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W I L L A M I T T t V A L L IV
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T E R M IN A L O F
THE
NATRON
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
TW KNTY-FIRKT YEAR
F
EVENT THIS YEAR
Varied Program Offered by
Twelvth Annual Exhibition
which Ends This Evening Af­
ter Four-Day Program; Dis­
plays Well Made.
SPRINGFIELD. LANK COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 18, 1924.
(FOUR OUT FOR SCHOOL
’ LANE PIONEERS HOLD
CLERK O FDISTRICT NO. 19
Q eteler,
M cK Innle,
Lanabarry
REUNION AND PICNIC
and Old Tim ara Q athar and Swap Stories
Sm ith Saak Position L e ft Vacant
of SO Yaara Ago or M ora; M illa r
■y J. W . C o ffin ’s Death.
Elactad PraaldanL
Experts Favor
CUTOFF
“The People's Papar"
L IV C
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 3«.
I WIGWAG SIGNAL FOR
SECOND ST. CROSSING
Ables Project
P. to Install Naw M agnetic Signal
Soon to W arn T ra ffic a t Blind
C IIÏ SCHOOLS OPEN
WITH FULL HOUSE
Crossing on Main H ighw ay
Whether Irrigation Experiment
Station is Located Here De­
A total of 30 new members signed
a magnetic wigwag signal win be 1^ 0 at Noon at High School; 331
pends on Community
th« membership roll, meeting the re-
Lincoln Building With
Installed at the Second street cross- j at
qulrementa of 60 years residence In
More Registering; Classes
Ing • w
with
the ooumern
Southern raciric
Pacific railroad
.
. . . . . . . '»
nu lne
The Importance and possibilities of
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the state. The state pioneer group
Tomorrow: Teachers Assign­
according to Information received
requires birth In Oregon prior to 1866, the r . C. Ablee irrigation project and froln E L. King, superintendent of
ed to Grades.
Thomas McKInnla, ttxubrn
W.
Smith. Lyn«» I-ansberry and Walter
Gossler hare filed petitions which
place their name» on the ballot for
sohool clerk of district 19 In the elec
tlnn to be held Saturday, September but the county rules were recently the advantages of having a field ex the railroad company by the Spring- i
pcrlmentai station of the Oregon Agn fl"ld Chamber of Commerce. Mr K in g1 Enrollment In the Springfield high
With a program varlng from horse- 20. The position was left vacant by changed to the 60 years residence,
The members of the association cultural college here were very fav- BaT" the near traffic warning signal 8ch001 wb,cb began today totalled
racing to a baby »how, from free on-1 the death of J W. Coffin, who held
about 14o up until noon, with pros-
trrtnlnmonta by the Dixie Minstrels that position as well as that of city w,"> have gone beyond since the 1023 orsbly Impreseed on Professors Pow w1|l be Installed promptly.
ers and Jarden of O. A. C. who v is it-' The Second street crossing because J H "[ Daore
C° m#’ ac' ° rdlD< 10
.reunion are Hated as follows:
and th« Wheeler and McMahon circus recorder.
for the election worn
were made
Caroline Marx. Eugene,
Eugene. ISM;
1864; Chari- ed the 286 acre-farm north of Spring- is blinded by the warehouse on the „ .
to athletic atunta and wroatllnx. the' Plans
,,lsn » tor
Carotin»
. . . . . . .
twelfth
annual l-ane
Lane county
county fair
fair In
In at *
school board Tuna- oa A. Damewood, Crow. 1853; Charles field Tuesday. They expressed them- west side of the street has long been I
®m®nway, princpa o
e
n-
twelfth annual
Eugene ending today has offered en- <lBy '>*«•*• The board also voted to A. McCullough. Crow, 1863; James M selves as bellevelng this an Ideal spot dangerous to motorists. At the last ' °
°® ’ reb°rte
PUJ? ’ 1 *S
tertalnment for young and old of wldw I pur‘ ha""
blackboards for the Andrews, Eugene. 1863; R. M. Veatch, to demonstrate what Irrigation would meeting of be Springfield Chamber o f™ ,rn nff'
*re ar*'
y
reg ‘
Commerce a committee was appointed
lD the hlgh ’ Ch001 th“’ ,Br The
ly different tastes
Exhibits of hor Hbr,0Efl«W high school, and to buy native of Cottage Grove, 1861; David - do.
ses and livestock, of fancy bred pool-!*0 ”'"
acalea ,o b* Used for weigh McFarland. Cottage Orove. 1863; F E.
oth er sections of the state are also 10 bring the matter to the attention first grade at the Lincoln building
try. let the clUaens of the county
“ ,"1 "'-•»'»ring the students in the Itunn. native. Eugene. 1869; James C. after experimental stations. Two of ,h ® P«bMc service commission, totalled 39. and is very crowded. Four
know wbal l-ane county can offer at p
work.
Bushnell. Eugene. 1831; Mrs. William things will be necessary before one Tb,a wa" doae and Tuesday a letter pupils who are not 6 years old In Oc­
tie best. Ilot da< stands, balloons snn
Mr McKInnla Is a retired farmer Sloops, Eugene, 1863; Miss Amanda can be located here according to In- wa’ received from the commission tober were sent back to their -homes
taffy give the tang and Jest lauilllar no* employed at the Booth Kelly Hayes. Eugene; W P. Cheslre. Eugene formation left by the college experts.
the Information from Mr. because the crowded conditions made
strict age limita necessary.
to every email boy and every boy »"»’’«••I He Is owner o f the Bell 1864 J a m es Wallace. Natron; M rs.IoDe Is that there must be positive evl- Kln< He said the appropriation for lo-
A trial of the high school shedule
Frown tall.
thesrter building
|A nna Barger, native. Irving. 1873; |d ence that the people of his vicl- sta!llng and maintaining the device
will be run through tomorrow morn­
Hprlngfleld hae been well represent-
Mr SmllJi la Janitor at the Spring- Hrs. Rosetta Dickenson. Eugene, 1864, nity
n tty want
want the
stallan
and
the
other
bad
h*en
»uthoriied
and
It
would
be
the statian and the other
a
»uw on
ing so that schedules can be worked
cd In the various department* . No- Held high school, and for many years " llllam Wallace, Natron, 1862; Mel- i-
ai- consideration by . the
k- legls- Dut
I* favorable
put un
“P nromnrlv
Promptly.
out. The morning will be given over
ttreable in the large pavilion la the • resident of this city
, vln Fenwick, Springfield, 1868; Amos lature. The Impression was that If an
to this adjustment, and there will
splendid Mh«wln<
showing in frull.
fruit, vegetable«
vegetables
Mr <J«a«l»r 1«
Is amtisiani
assistant pontm
postmaster
native. Kugene.
Eugene. 1S54;
1864; Ben
Ben Irrigation experimental station were CONLEY FUNERAL HELD
RpIrnUhl
as ter Wilkins, native,
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probably be ____
no sohool In the
afternoon
Uf).l
— »- of .K
»•( (he
nr 111« f I F>l«l tU\alAM1r.a
esal H
l m m l l l h Dona.
n n l I 1864;
k f ii.
and fir»
flowers
th« (lhase Gardens .}•»
,bo H
Springfield
postofflce. ~ and
Hammltt,
George ZX__
Ors-
to be located on the 40 acres with
SUNDAY AT SPRINGFIELD Principali Bain" sald~W ork vrilì'tegin
Flower* In the deep autumn shad»« Prominent in American Legion actl- * ‘■'1. Eugene; Jamee Callaway, Eu-
water right to be donated by Mr.
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pjom ptl^ —
Monday
morning In the
tnake guy the southern wing of the
I gene, 1863; Clay Owen, Lorane, 1860. Ables the community must support
make
(he v*, |ee.
Funeral services fcr Miss Ethel various courses.
Mr l-anaberry has been bookkeep- J. T. Duckworth. Eugene, 1859; Anna and make use of It.
large pavilion aUo.
The puhllc
(Conley. 39. were held Sunday after-1 The Introduction of system atic In-
markets are represented by a high er for the Carl Fischer sawmill at Lyons, Springfield. 1853; John C. Por-
More than 100 acres has already ni°on at 2 p m ln tbe Springfield strnctlon In music, art and physical
Walton for some lim e past
iter, Cottage Grove, 1864; William Plt-
quality of produce on exhibition
been plowed on the Ablee farm and ’ hrl"tlan ehuroh. Rev. E. V. Stivers training will be a feature of the Lin-
P'lilng closes at 6 o'clock this eve- “*F. Junction City. 1863; O. R. Chris-
In the collection of E. C. Eckert,
Mr. Ables will go ahead and plow the of tbe Eu«ene ( hristian church of- C0| n school program this year. Mrs.
| man. Eugene; Jamee Benton. Eugene,
Eugene taxidermist and furrier, may n,n*
40 acres
acres orrered
offered as
as well
well as
as level
level It
It
«0
“ a” lstod h? J Rer James Hemenway
Hemenway will
will give
give the
the music
music and
1
he
polls
will
be
open
for
voting
In
1864;
Androw
Wood,
Eugene,
1863;
be seen some Interesting Indian relics,
and put It In shape for Irrigation. He olnter- Interment was In the Laurel art work x. representative of the
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on Saturday
tUllB M
il ill»" UH
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»»«w»/ 1 frem 2 to Mra Josie Smith, Coburg. 1863; Jos. states he will carry on the work so
grinding r<|m|iiiirui
equipment tri
of ■
stone
some
un *; the City
cemetery.
_
j 1 U
— niversity
Diversity of
of Oregon
Oregon physical
physical e ednea-
earth In Mexico, others from «astern ®
« 0 rbM-k In .a
the . afternoon.
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Liles, native. Crow. 1865; B. F. Wilk-
Death came to Miss Conley on Tues- , 1on department will confer with Mrs
that
if
tbe
project
Is
pat
over
this
Oregon
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es. Ads, Thomas VanDuyn, Coburg;
this afternoon regarding
winter the college men may take day evening September 9. from a frac Hemenwa
Mallnda Mathews. Dexter; L. Btlyeu.
Much Interest has been arrimsed LIONS H^AR R O R E R ON
lure at the base of the brain received , o ,e phy8l, , tra|nlns worR MoTe
hold immediately.
Eugene. t®»2;
1862; Mra
Mrs, Fannie Estelle
By the art display, which Is declared
D A W E S R E P A R A T IO N «? c*u**ne-
' when struck by a car driven by Mias
enary work w ill be Included In the
to be better both In variety and qual- i
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1 Custer, Eugene. I860; Mrs. Ernestine
Carol Chase at Second and A streets.
FOUR NEW CANDIDATES
/ n“ e,* 1 “T J " T /
C0ur9es “ we”
lly than In previous years. Ons oil
The Dawes Reparation plan which “ ,!Wr‘ S* nt" Clan‘’ 1R63:
Lwlse
No Inquest
inquest waa
wa« held, although
althou^i rela­
rela-
Teacher« .» »he
k „a.
SEEKING CITY OFFICES liv e , of Miss Chase requested an ln-
™ L .
.
painting by C J. Fulton. Ikig.-ne be likened to a receivership of Oer 1 K,,b*n,<,n- 8an,a Clar». 185«; Arthur
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veerigatlon of the accident Parents
L L lX
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clothier, depicts a beach
the Lln<ll*,>r' G««hen; Mary A Baker. Cot-
each scene near many, was discussed before
before the
Bandon. It has attracted much at- Springfield I.lon» club at Ila regular tag» Grove; Fhllo Wilcox. Springfield. Roaeerman, Lansberry, and Smith for of the deceased did not ask for an
Marlorle Tr.««
Recorder and G eo rg . W . S tew ari
luqueat. Coroner W W. Branstetter
enroHm ent of U boys L d ’ ir k "
tent Ion as baa week la otta by Virgil luncheon last Friday noon by C. D. 1863; Mrs D. M McCrady, Eugene;
F ..w for C ^ n d lm « .
!"*• '» BpringfleW Thursday afternoon rfysta,
“ 4 “
O. Hafea. fine arte fnetructnr at tha Rorer. president of the Eugene Bank Adam Ritchey, Jasper, Mrs, E lls Belk
Fnlverslty of Oregon who Is known of Commerce
nap. Belknap Bridge; Mrs. Anna
and held an inquiry, but no inqnest , g K, rts. X|na c
Mr.
Rorer r expressed
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a iir e a e e u
for his Interpretation of desert set the belief the troubles of the world Standish, Eugene; Jos Powell, Cot­
Farther excitem ent ln the political waa fou*>d necessary
fifth A, 10 boys and 15 girls; Ella
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tings A painting by John F Carlson were purely economical and that the tage Grove.
contest In November Is promised by
•
Hayden, third A and fourth A, 10
New York painter famous for his Dawes plan which would solve the rep
Fined for Camp Fire.
A picnic dinner of lavish propor­ the fact that four new names have
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is, iYlIB
boys
and gi
17 girls;
Mrs A. |_/#
L. fLQ[)rrJA-
Roberts.
•now scene», may be seen In the col aratlon payments by putting Germany tions and (alee o f the '"|g»xjd old been added to the list of candidate»
Oeorge Strawn of Woodburn. Ore-|gecond B. 17 boys and 12 girls- Elmea
lection U fe drawings, caat draw- on Its feet economically would make days." their hardships and their Joys, by petitions this week.
gon. while camping In the upper Me- H. Halstead, sixth B and sixth A. 23
Ing» and pencil and crayon sketches, prosperity throughout the world
wore featured at the fair on Tuesday.
Reuben W Smith and Bruce Lane- Kenile country on Sept. 11. left his boys and 10 girls; Mrs. Elizabeth C.
a . well a . original d esign , are hung
p c . Ables, who pioneered the | r "Pioneer D ey”. Heading the organi­ berry also candidates for the position campfire
ramPf,re without totally extinguish
extinguish- Page, first B, 22 boys and 17 glrls-
Oeorge Mlllei
Millet, Of school clerk In the Saturday elec- ln*
vrllr „ Is Ueor<e
11 was dlscov«’'ed by a forest Mrs. Ella Lombard, sixth B 24 girls’
Th - v ", . „ .
„
i rl«a tlon In this district with his big sation for this year
1
ta
r-VtrS la
_ of a ..
The echool children are well repre- Mn<1. ,olc, of hl(1 pfforlji |(_
1853.
who
Is a , brother
the _ famous lion, are in the race for city recorder, MrTlce
,n d Mr Strawn ' Edn* Platt, fourth B. 11 bo'vs and 15
Rented with handicraft Various pie-
.nt , ,■
, ™ nt,t,iIed to ref ° rt to Dlatrict R*" Kirts; Eula Montgomery, fifth B 13
.
.
,a<' ’ Xperment station here and was Joaquin Miller, and B son of the Hub a« Is Calvin Roaserman.
£ * of furniture have been made by aasuered the hearty support of the X r i 7
a""» ‘ v,tled
« ♦ ‘’H l. Stewart has announced h l.
8t,,',0n
aad 10 girls; Mrs. Helen Morgan.
m u te ? ? * ,k' . /
'
a ’ nd "Ub U ° ° ’ 10 ,b " eon n ectloT ^
,re i
a «
•
Intention to run for the position of Br'dRe , 1 P° n do!nJ ,,h ls' the
first A. 12 boys and 19 girls.
milted to the Judges as has also a
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L B r i8 t° W
-*«y councilm an. T here are two places
,OC‘ J fore8t
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violin
Art work In this class la es
Went to Corvallis and N e w p o rt- elected to serve h l. 11th ye. r In (he to be rille<1 The candidates now num. flce and complaint was made in the N E W BOOKS AND
peelally attractive
secretary s chair
l bpr
, hrep
H
r a d |q
L |B R A R y
u
.u
, , erb . pr, . , . r.
. w p „ Justice
uusuce Court
vourt and
ana when
wnen Mr. Strawn
her three. Herbert J. Cox and W C
.
Auto dealers have devoted a large Mr and Mrs. F. B. Flanery and daugh-
I. , ,
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appeared h e was assessed »5.00 a n d 1
smounl of spnrn to the display of ,e r ' <,,,roth’r» ‘‘P*"1 ,be week end ut
McLagan are the other two
1
I
83.86 costa. While Mr. Strawn waa
_. .
the
h ir l, Include ('orva» ta »«>«> Newport
Thirty-four new
new books were pur-
the latest
latest car
car models
models w
which
Regumed to Portland— Miss Orel
No candidates have yet offered to confident he had left his campfire In Tbirt’afou’'
chen Herrick, who has been visit- "take the race for mayor three-sided, an absolutely safe condition he an cbased yesterday In Eugene for
the
Bisr. Durant. Flint, Oldamoblle. Ford.
Paige. Sludebaker. Bulck, Chevrolet.
Home from Hospital — Clarence
'"g *1 the homo of Dr R P Morten- and as things now stan I It ts between, mltted that possibility the fire wa> s Prln<f|e ld library out of the new
allotment of 60 for the coming year.
who underwent B minor op- sen as a guest of Miss Alice Morten-' G O. Bushman and Willian Long Wll- not nulte o„t
Chrysler, Maxwell, Hudson, and Es­ Bradley
sex make*
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oration
last Saturday,
has been j lor the past three weeks, returned Ham G Hughes Is the sole candidate
Owing to he very dry conditions at In the list is included some splendid
according to
to Miss
Miss Mary
Rob-
The Santa Clara community furnish- hrouKht home from the hospital.
I to her home in Portland Sunday.
for city treasurer.
ithe present time, all forest officers fiction,
° . according
Mary Rob-
«’<1 the best sectional Induslrinl
'
have very emphatic Instructions that /
rartan-> New illustrated edl-
play, || waa decided early In the week 1
all such cases must
must he
deal» «-i.h
be dealt
with as lons of Alice *" Wonderland” and
Robinhood ’ wil delight the young­
E. C McElroy, ticket clerk at the I
promptly and harshly as possible
Eugene Southern Pacific station was
sters. A new book on radio was pur­
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declared the winner of the first prise
chased for the boys. A new atlas
Attend Meeting in Albany,
for the freakiest hat worn during
and a book on the scenic beauties of
the week to ndvertlse the county fair.
Roy A. Humphreys, cashier at the the Nothwest are Included, also.
He was given 87 50. rash Cllnto Hurd,
local Sou hern Pacific depot, and Os­
Youth Shot In Knee.
president of the fair association, w o-
wald M. Clson. Southern Pacific
second prise of »6. and Lloyd E. Ire-
warehousman, attended a meeting of
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1 Billy Breeding, young son of Mr.
land, father of the freak hat Idea, was
he Brotherhood of Railway Clerks and M„ Qeorge Breed
Qf c
given third prlxe of »2.60. The prlxes
In Albany Sunday, as well as the was shot ,n , he Rnee thjg
were swardml Tuesday evening at
big picnic in Bryant’s Park there. pnd u hPn th 99 ■»,
u. 1.
M
,
en<* when the .22 rifle which he was
the grandstand entertainment. The
Mr. and rMs. Humphreys and son
,.
, 0 , 1
u.
j
cleaning was accidentally discharged
wearers of the frenk hats paraded be
Russell, went Saturday 11 -ht and re- -nh«
.
j «
e
o
,
Tuie bullet entered the knee near one
fore the stand and members of the
turned Sunday evening accompanied
,u„
1 ,« 1
,
ot tbe larger nerves, and It may be
Dixie Pyncopators »elert ns Judges,
by the r other son. Charles, who h a d . n ece9 W y
m a
selecting 'he three funniest, and al­
been vlsltlpg his grandparents there, eration tQ extricatp R
°p
lowing ihe audience to designate the
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Humphreys. Mr. 1
rating e f the three
Olson went down Sunday morning, re-1
turning with the Humphreys In the
Walnut Lumber Commands High
Yesterday was baby day at the fair,
and the Judges were put Io the dif­
evening.
Price— Logging operations near the
ficult task of chousing the handsom­
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| old home of W. E. Mount Joy near
eik
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r. . -n-ki,
.
. r>eorla- Illinois, are chietfy in the
est of the county out of the 177 ba­
Elbow Severely Cut—W hile at work wainu. dlR,.,,.»
Mr m
bies entered in the event. There weri
In camp 34 above W en dllng N. J. W a rd
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‘ o’,n Joy re'
20 prize winners, m which Hprlngfleld J
had his dhow accidentally cut. The
’ ' h#t S0"’e !o ,s wh,ch bave ,ald
was represented by two winners. Phy' I
cut penetrated clear to the bone, and r f 1
'' "'an> >ears are tak-
Ils. daught'-r of Mrs. Virgil T. Wright,
¡s.ven stitches had to he taken to ever <)Le i s «‘ "r J T
J “ 0'’
and Dorln Helen Rayburn, daughter
|c ’ose ho wound. H e has been recelv-
‘
.. ’>nK a” d 134 4n"
of Mrs. o . C. Rayburn
ing dally treatment and dr< <sing for v.>i
,
1
1 ’ " .> purchased at
the cut at the Eugene hospital t h is ! W '65 by “ ('Pa,er tApr8'
Four Janes, three Johns and two
Mnrys carried off prizes nine eyes
week. A soon as he Is able he plans
Dam W ork N earing Completion.
were favorites with the Judges, with
to leave on a trip Io Hillyard, Wash-
12 blueeyed babies. | | ut brown eyes
W
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a re ___.
busy on the south
■ ng on, and Spokane to visit h is,
ran a close, accond will, 10. Girls
ihlldrcn. - | ping to see his s ls t e i,' "Ing of the new dam at the Booth-
seemed to be prettier than hoys, for
Mrs. May Holford of Portland.
i Kelly sawmill, nnd Its completion will
14 girls were nnnounced winners as
mean the completion of the entire
compared to 8 boys.
structure, since the north wtng and
Elected to Grand Lodge.
Best looking twins -F irst, Joseph
the center sluiceways are finished.
nnd Albert Flaherty, Eugene, sons of
Mayor E. B. Parks of Eugene and The structure Is yet to be braked
Mr and Mrs, M. J. Flaherty; second
H. E M ey, o f Springfield, have been with dirt.
prize, Marlaa nnd Mnrled Olsen, Cres­
A removable bridge, 16 feet by 24
elected delegates to the Grand Lodge
well, daughters of Mr nnd Mrs. Arth-*
completed
on m
the
Knights of Pythias convening n e x t, has been
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•—- weok
«««.» on
e
ur OLaen.
month In Portland They will repre-! <4ocb weat of tb® mill. The structure
For bafllea under one year—First
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par» Kzx s » z \ * « x V » _ ____
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sent. Helmet. Lodg » No. 33. Mr. Maxey can be removed by a crane whea
Rosalie Anno Calef, motor roate It,
trains
come
la
on
the
traet
undfr
it the Junior past commander e t the
(«antinned on page 4)
» • bridge.
local ledge.
,
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m