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SPRINGFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON,
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MANY A T TE N D FUNERAL
OF O R V IL L E
PLAN T O C O M P L E T E ROADS
B. K ES SEY AND G IV E T H E M
Ranker Laid to Real by Hundreds of County
Townspeople; Servlets at M ethodiet
Church;
Large F lo rlal Offerings.
W ill
Coast and
Levy
2
M cKenzie
TO STATE
M ill
T ax
for
Highw ays;
To Build W illa m e tte Road.
Thlevei Use Bur on Front Door Oathirlng to pay a final tribute to I A speclul road tux of 2 mills to
of Wright and Son Hardwnre; I) II Kessey, president of the Com complete tbe W illamette valley-coast'
Steal $400 W orth of Guns inert 1st State bunk, who died last highway and the McKenite highway j
from Rack and M ake Get Thursday morning, hundreds of p e ii ih a t they may be taken over by the,
pie crowded the Methodist ch u rch , state will be placed on next years
away.
at the funeral Monday u^ernoon.
| had g it, according to C. I*. Barnard, *
Pallbearers were C. K Rwarts, 11 : county Judge. The section o f' the!
Afier Jimmying lh» front door of
the Wright and bone Hardware A, Washburn«. It W. Hoof, Harry coast highway from Kalnrock to Flor*
F r it t s and E K cn ee anti s e v e ra l pieces o f th e M i
•tore, a burglar removed' five large W h itn e y , F o rre s t
pallbearers, all K ens’«* highway are not completed to,
calibre rifles, three repeating ahot. Morrison, llnnury
Puna uiid on« double barrel,*,I shot- members of the bank staff were M »late specification» yet. When thej
•din from the store Tuesday night. M Peery, Welby Stevens, At Mont- "tale takes those roads over entirely
Herbert It will not be necessary for the county j
The work was done sometime be* gotnery, Al Perkins, and
to tako rare of expensive m alntm -i
tw,*,*u 3 no and 3:40 In the morning. Clark.
Mr K essey was 62 years of ng«, “neo.
The loan la a»flmat,*,| by owners
at lh« »tore to lie between J300 and and ‘s survived by his wife, Mrs. ’ Next year It Is the plan of the count
H00 Nothing «lap In the «tore was Mary Kessey. one sen. Dwight, a fgth-A y court to Improve the W illamette
taken, and severul dollars left In the • r, C Ke- <*y of Milford. Iowa, a «(»-» hlghwuy from Iziwell to Oakridge, ,
cash register wae left undisturbed. ler. Mrs. Ilulh Hall of Health* and a Tin re Is $286,000 of the bond money*
Fmd Hinson, night patrolman re brother. II C. K essey of victor. Col- »¡lotlid to this road. The bureau of
ported seeing a large e«r without ora lo Mrs Hall and Mr. II. C. Keo* public roads will majch tb'e money as:
soon as Its fund« are. available. As
I'ghla route Into town from the west, sey were here for the services.
Coming h**re twelve years ago fro in i’he W lllaniete highway Is much trav-'
Juat before the robbery 1« thought to
have occurred. Mr H lnsen'called t** j Iowa. Mr. Kessey organized the hunk ' k'd the county court has decide^ to
the occupants of the ear to awlteb on of which he was first cashier, and Jut- • Improve It as soon a* possible, says
iJudge Barnard. The W illamette w ill’
their lights, hut they disregarded him er president.
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j also he a state hlghwuy when com-1
and drove eaat ou Mala street A few 1
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10, 1025
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"T h e People'« Paper**
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I S T E V E N S N EW P R E S ID E N T
C O M M E R C IA L S T A T E BANK
I Succeeds
O.
Bank
B. Ketfsey, ¡Drceased;
Will Have Same
Policy.
CITY SCHOOLS WILL
OPEN NEXT WEEK
Welby Stevens was chosen presi Registration on Thursday; List
of Teachers and Assignment
dent of the Comerclal State bank at
of Grades to Different Build*
a meeting of the director* Tuesday
ings Made by Principals.
evening. Mr. Stevens will succeed O.
, E. Kessey, who died last Thursday,
A1. , h_
,
All the city schools will open
Mrs. Kessey was chosen as a d l-, Thursday. September 17 at 9 a. m. It
i rector at th? meeting.
i *» strongly urged by the board of dl-
Mr. Stevens was one of the orig in a l. rectors that all who expect to attend
stockholders of the bank when It was register on the opening day, and a
organized tw elve years ago. Although ;-a'ger first day enrollment than last
he will be the executive bead ot the y ‘ ur is expected Work on the new
' organization. Herbert Clark, cashier. Brattata school is progressing rapidlv
will have active charge of the b an k .! and it will be ready for occupation
The new management of the bank 1 by the September 17, according to Mr.
p'sns to follow as exactly a s possible V. D. Bain, principal of the hign
tne policies established by Mr. Kes- 8cilo°l- All students will be required
svy as founder of the bank, and to to choose a major suhject from among
nulntaln the same relations with cus- *,he following group; mathematics,
turners which Mr. Kessey has cul- j »clence, history, foreign language and
’ ' rated.
» ,.* commerce. The work will then be
organized arqund the major subject
selected. English Is, of course, a re
LABOR DAY PR O G RA M
quired part of any course. In addi-
SUCCESS wl
D E , ^ S . P l IT i E
R n A n IN e t|oa t0 the'departm ents above, man-
t n
Despite the rata, which stopped
lralnlng and domestic science will
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several of the afternoon events sched- “ U ught 38 Iast year- except a third
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PASSES
A
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pined.'
minutes later, while making hl«
•cieBC® courae wl11 •»
A coincident carrying a moral, uled for the Wendltag Intbor day cele-1
rounds of the town, Mr, lllnnen found
C H R IS T IA N H O S P IT A L
was
the
.suspending
of
“Babe"
Iration,
a
large
crowd,
estimated
to
I
C O B U RG S C H O O LS W IL L
the door ot the store standing open. '
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Ruth from b arb ali and a fine of be twice as targe as tbe one la-I
Besides Mr. Bain, who will be in
"
! Mrs. Lolo Conley, aged 33. died '
O P EN S E P T E M B E R 21ST
$■*,000 for failure to observe train year, visited the mill town. Mot’cu | cbarge
Physical education, there
M A ZA M A P A R T Y C L IM B S
| yoaterday afternoon at the PaetQc ’
ing rules-—the same week in wmeh
pictures tak?v there will be shown at wl11 he feur other teachers from last
Detroit
citizens
s
ta
g
ij
a
great
cele
The
Coburg
Public
schools
will
op
S O U T H S IS T E R SU N D A Y ,
ho"P»«l In Eugene Funer*
>*-ars staff and five new instructors.
bration for Ty Cobb, marking his the Bell theater this evening.
al »erv'ce» will he held from the W al-ieD "n September 21. A good inroll
20 years there— the greatest play i The log bteking ana tree topping They are: A. J, Morgan, manual
ment
is
expected.
Including
a
num
ker
rhnpel
Saturday
afternoon
at
er the game has ever produced.
A party of sixteen Portland and Eu*
training; Miss Anne Hill, English;
Presents and cash amounting to ¡and othe- ev i t s a.-h**du>ed for th*. Mrs. Virginia Rice, commercial; Mrs.
gene people, under the auspices of the 2 00. Rev, K V Stivers of Eugene ber of new students both ta the high
'morning wont off smoothly. Norman
$10,000 were showered upon him.
school and ta the gradex The corp.«
Mntan-.a club and lead by | | K. Maxey reading the service
* Coleman, -.'i rident of Reed college Pauline Bain, domestic science and
Mr».
Conley.
n
resident
of
Camp
of
teachers
is
as
follows:
Professor
of Springfield, rllrnbeu.the South s is
failed to ippear to sp ak at no is, art; D. C. Taylor, history; p. c. Whit
ler Sunday. Three other Maxnmas. Creek. |» »urvlved by her husband. ' T* C. Mountain. Superintend* nt; Misa C IV IC CLUB R E P O R T S
and H. II Lamnon, a Lcyal Leg! ,n taker, langauge; Miss Fay Spaulding!
Mr and Mr». Fred McNeil of Port Ernest Day Conley; her parents, Mr. Ruby Speer und Mine Mary Chisholm,
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S
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N
SE
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R
A
D
E
A
T
of Loggers znd Lumber-ten field o: English and music; Miss Sylvia
land and Miss Celeste Campbell of and Mrs. Nelson A. signor: a grand assistants ta the high school; Mrs.
¡h e barbecue
ma'h™ * 'lpa: Miss France.
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M
E
C
A
M
P
A
IG
N
H
E
R
E
flcer' tCok
place
Eugene climbed the Middle Slstei mother, Mrs. Alma Signor; four chil Pirtle, seventh and eighth grades;
Hodge, science.
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meat failed te stand the nish and th
Miss
Stevens,
fifth
and
sixth
grades;
dren,
Pauline.
Ernest
Day
Jr..
Francis
Sunday and stayed over lo climb the
The Junior high cshccl will be held
Merchant* are enlarging
their supply rat. out after the first on
South Sister Tuesday. They plan to Earl ami William D; six brother». Mlae Brisbane, third end fourth; Mrs.
In the Lincoln building under the
stocks and cooperttag with the Civic !,aughts.
KO down the Skyline trail to C rater, Andy H <’lande I>* Baall W. Virgil Henngon, first and second.
of Otto Burcham, One
Wendling's baseball nine defeated , principalshlp
Coburg la looking forward to a club ta the “Try Springfield Mer-
Elbe L. and George Signor; and
fuR time and one half time teach“. ,
Lake.
„
because oT tae ! b e
at,ded
,h ,s department of
Eugene members of the party were one staler. Rhea Mae Signor. The splendid school year. The heating c h a tt . F trtt campaign the program that wag ,
Moselle Hair, E E. Chadwick. Wlilet- decease«] was born In Eugene and ¡ P>*nt I« being reorganized eo as to commlttee
. m—
,. * * *..« n»
im w «n«—
» a —
,.
» Wendling's
. ... ■ pencil artists also the school, i ne Junior high school
of ***,.
the ¿« club
reported at • » the
rain.
provide a more adequate heating sys
ta Moore, Fred Terrell, Lester Me- passed ber life in this vicinity.
regular m eeting held Tuesday eve- defeated the combined Sprlngfield- teacher in addition to Burcham are:
tem.
Mr. Ihnsplger has been em
Donald, J. F. Bovard. F. D. Voigt, Ar-
nlng In the Chamber of Commerce Eugene pencil pushers 3-1 ta a five Miss Elizabeth James, mathematics;
ployed ns caretaker of the building.
Ihur Rogers. Jr.. Franklin Hall and C A R N IV A L W IL L APPEAR
Cltlselns have responded to the Civic Inning battle. A. C. Dixon, general Miss Jessam ine Nelson. English; Mrs’.
M is. C,.|,-ate Campbell, and those
U N D E R L E C IO N A U S P IC E S * nd “ ,‘n,r8* Pd ln pu,Un* ’•’ “rythlng club efforts to keep at home over a manager of the Booth-Kelly mills Mary E. L. Walker, history; Mrs.
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j ta splendid order for ---------------------
the opening of
from Portland were Benjamin Wood '
half million dollars expended annually scoring the only counter for the Kathryn Duncan, georgraphy; Mrs.
The Dixon Carnival company, h a v .' ” honI
bridge, Mr. and Mrs. Fred McNeil.
out of town and there has been a losers. The loot races and swimming Ella Lombard, civics; Elmer Halstead
A
A manual
nlnn,,Hl “r,s department Is be " great increase ta local business, the contests were called off because of agrirulture- The other subjects will
II F. Arragnn. Col. Forrester, Merle tag four special »how», a m erry go
round and a ferrla wheel will be In ,ng e<l ,,lpped for the coming year. committee reported,
Moore, J. Read, and Mr. Arnold.
'the rata.
| be distributed among the teachers.
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Mrs. O r. Read Hem enwty, prlnci-
The program committee told the
A E. Br tton with three boya also town September 17. IN. and 19. under
Ralph Hand won two out of the
Pal of the Brattaln school and super
climbed the aouth Sister Sunday, and j ¡the auapcea of the Springfield Amerl W AIN B O U T D R A W
club members that they planned to , hree fallg from Ray Cag„ e jn
Monday Mr Britton took a group of can Legion. The show will bp on the!
A T L E G IO N S M O K E R
up the campaign with an edu- wre, tllng niatch. Thtg wag schednIed visor of all grades below Junior high
school, announces the following plan
Eugene Boy Scouts up the Middle empty lot weat of the Legion pavll-
c.t.o n .1 movement or "Business Re- to be an outdoor eyent but
Eddie Hathaway and •'Slow" York, minders ' which would be a study of of the rain „ w„ staged Qn
tem for the first six elem entary grades:
Bister. Twenty four of the twenty- lion at 2nd and Main streets.
Jitney dances will be given nt the both of Eugene, fought to a draw In local trade. The program committee
AU first and second grade pupils lir-
five who started made the top A
porary platform ta the 4L hall. T h r e e ',, „ . . . .
,
k/k W1W tr e matches
we o * a»« ____
.
i ir,g
*"a8t °I fourth street and north
. party from Bend and several other pavllllon on the evenings of the 18th the main event of the American Le Is composed of Mesdames McGowan, F
boxmg
preceded
the 'matcn.
and
19th
as
a
further
attraction.
All
gion
smoker
Friday
evening.
The
of
Main
attend
the
Brattaln school,
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Ketele and Olson.
:
parti«-» made the South Sister climb.
and all living on or w est of Fourth
A rnln storm, and several severe snow concessions will be handled by the decision was unpopular with the
The Civic club gave a vote of H IG H V H n m
c a a t o ii i
crowd, for although York was faster thanks to the Lions club for furnish- H ' G H S C H 0 0 L FOOTBALL
street and south of Mata attend the
flurries interrupted tbe hikers, but carnival company.
No more smokers will be held by nnd more Indjscr* et fighter. Hatha- tag Ice cream at the W illamette |
P R O S P E C T S LOOK GOOD h,,th school building which Is fitted
the storms were of short duration
for Xwo primary rooms
All third
and between the gusts the visibility the Legion this summer, it was de-1 w a y s good sportsmanship made him Heights picnic.
With only two players, Cox and and fourth grade pupils attend the
1 elded at a meeting Wednesday e v e -!,h« favorite,
win said to be good.
The club went on record as opposed
nlng. Although the possibility o f’ glv-
Ik® Beason of Coburg lost to Bob to traveling carnivals as they took McMullen, lost through graduation. Lincoln school; and all fifth and
t tag
e«M a
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_
_ a > four-round1
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smoker one
evening
of the car-, Scott by a decision * In
money out of town and provided a pr° 8*>et,s for
Springfield high sixth the Brattaln school. However.
JO H N W IN D H A M . AGE 79
! ^ 0 0 l_f.00' bal1 ? am look brl*bt- Two 11 ma-v be n * « ® w y to make some
nival was discussed, this action wns i rl<ht. Bill Swane of SprlngBeld was poor form of amusement.
DIED A T M A B E L SU N D A Y taken because support of the sm ok ers1 Flv«*n the decision over Russell Ohls Mrs, Glendenlng was made an hon other players, Casteel and Makinson changes ta this program after school
commences but to begin with It will
has not Justified giving more of them, of Cottage Grove after Ohls fouled orary member of the club because of may not return to school.
John Windham died Sunday a t his
The first practice of the season will be followed.
C. A Swarfs, Legion commander, sta t-, Bwane ta the second round of their her "untiring help and faithfulness."
home In Mabel at the age of 79 years.
be September 17, registration day.
The following comprise the corps
ed After the carnival, the pavllllon n Fht
Funeral services. In charge of thn will be torn down and sold.
j Ke® Bettis of Springfield won a de-
Marguth and McPherson of the back- of grade teachers; Mrs. Elizabeth
H u rt In Accident.
W F. Walker, were held at the Mabe)
field will return, and Lewis, Bates Page, first A and B; and Mrs. Opal
Flnal arrangements for the show ■ ‘ >«<on $ rotti B illy p e m n x k of Bu-
church Tuesday morning burial at the
Mrs. W «ter Williams received a H. Cowart. Moon. C. Thompson, Has- Roberts, second A and B; ln the high
wlll be made at another Ia*glon m eet gene In their four-round scrap. Kid
cemetery there.
Lewis and Ted Blackwell, both of Eu sprained shoulder and five other oc- tings, J. Thompson and Pollard of school. Mrs. Crystal Male and Mrs.
ing next Wednesday evening.
Mr. Windham Is survived by his
gene, and Andy Tomseth and Bert cupants of the car which her hgsband the linemen are expected to report, Paul Basford, third B : Miss Mary
wife, Mrs. Marggret Windham, four
was driving were badly bruised Sun-1 „ , , . u ..
Voris, third and fourth A, and Mis*
Here from Portland— Mr. and Mrs. Tomseth, of Springfield, furnished day
when .he car skidded on the wet . . Z , J - .® ! ?
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■ons, George E. and J. R. Windham
T. B. Sausser of Portland arrived In the curtain ralseas Both bouts won
Edna Platt, forth B, in the Lincoln
usual
amount
of
new
material,
V.
<Jf Mabel, T. O Windham of Kllkflatt. Springfield Sunday. Mr. Sansser Is a large hand from the crowd,
pavement three miles south o t Sa
school,
Bain, coach. Is looking forward
Washington, and J. C. Windham of
lem
and turned over. All of them
taking his vacation and continued
Jim Lawson of Eugene acted as
M,ss Marjorie Tracy, first B; Miss
a
successful
season.
Portland; and two daughtera, Mrs
were caught under the overturned car
Hazel Stephens, first A; Miss Altie
,
u
, hl" ,rlp to North n,,nd* vehllv uls wlfe¡f«f<’re«*
and held there until It was lifted
Ì n ? .a T r u k
nd
tol d her
Mr. and Mrs.
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Manning, second A and B; Miss Ann
Marriage Licenses for Week.
V.
of Mabel.
u
. — o Stewart.
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1 Ä
Harry
Gorrie, fifth A; Miss Nina Boesen,
On their return home i Go Hunting—Mr. and MTs“T F5ey from them. The car was badly dam
aged.
they were accompanied by Mr. Saus- Snodgrass left yesterday on a hunting
During the last week the county fifth B; Mrs, Eula Montgomery, sixth
Returning from Congo, Africa.
ser's brother and two sisters, who j trip. Mrs. Snldgrass was the first wo-
¡clerk has Issued marriage licenses to B; and Mr. Virgil McPherson, sixth
Family Reunion Held.
MI rr Hattie Mitchell, daughter of were entertained* at dinner at the an in Lane county to take out a hunt-
the following: John W. Lawson, Oak A; In the Brattaln school. Mrs. Male
leaving for tag license this year.
Mr. and Mrs. II. T. Mitchell, writes Stewart home before
ridge, and Marguerite Gonxlgaln, Eu- will give half time to public school
A family reunion was celebarted at
from her mission, at the most distant Portland.
the home of Mr. and Mrs. C I Oor- T n,,: Alph'd° S° l0r,° a"d Sarah Val’ music a n 1 nigh school orchestra work.
point of civinzatlon on the Congo,
qundav with
w hk
i ♦
•
Breaks Bone In Hand— Allan \v„t rip
n e, Hr.. Sunday,
nineteen
mem-
u ta » ~ both of Rice Hill; Glendon
Change In Vaudeville.
that after Attending a church confer-
? ’tWn
Erickap’‘' bp‘b
Guests at Luncheon— Mrs. C. E. xel broke a bone In hla hand yester h er, of the family present. Those here
¡*n*e In October, she will | en*e on Fischer of Eugene had aa luncheon day while he was working at the mill for the occasion were H. A. Withers ° f
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The Helllg association vaudeville
iovem ber S for the United States guests last Thursday-Mrs. T. B. Saus- whpn a piece of lumber struck him. and son, Harry of Burns, Mrs. D C ? ! ykM’ X
E“ K*‘n9: Prank'in which has appeared heretofore on
*n her first years furlow, and If noth- ser of Portland, Mrs. Jla rry Stewart
England and four children, L illian ,: L
Sprlngf.eld and Doris R. Wednesday has been changed to
ig prevents she will be nt home In of Springfield, and Miss Vlrglna Ful
X
St°" e Thursday evening. A rearrangement
Visits Stewart Home— Frana Bout David. Dan and Don of W estlmber.
Iprlngfleld for Christmas.
ler of Eugene.
Euge"e: of the circuit has taken place which
in of Portland, and formerly of Min T. C. Gorrle of Portland, Mias Maude
Miss Mitchell left New York on
Byr° n;,
an* gives the H elllg a different dating.
neapolis, visited, at the Harry Stewart Gorrie of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs.
leptember 28. 1924 for mission work
C. I. Gorrie. S r . Miss Jeannlne With- ? " r,e
„Po: ,Ia"<,: J ™ " * " "
home
Friday
on
his
way
to
Bend.
The change takes effect next week.
Will Visit Here— Mr. and Mrs. L.
n Africa, and has had some very In-
ers. Mr. and Mrs C. I. Gorrie Jr„ and
, ° £ b* an<1 J " " '0” Rou« ea“' The full program Is carried in other
W. Meyers and MVs. lis le Meyers of
srestlng experiences In the woldest
A
Hav* Bon— Mr. and Mrs. Hurry son. Marvin, Jack Gorrie. James Gor-
columns of this paper each week.
Salem are expected here tomorrow
Ind most distant point of Christian
r.e. Miss Margaret Gorrie and Miss ‘p"*
V " “*
a
to visit with Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Powers of Mabie are the parents of
Civilization, In the Congo region. Ele-
Anne Gorrie of Springfield
¡PaU' R' Kl°"tar' r> xter* an<1 Verna
Building Ready for 8chool.
Adrian, before going on to California. * nine-pound son, born at the Frank
Ihanls and hippopotami are frequent
‘Bryant, Mohawk; Joseph Emerson
Powers home in Jäprlngfleld, Septem,
Flnnle's plumbing shop is finishing
plght prowlers around their hablta-
1 Barnes, Roblnervtlle. California, and
ber 9, 1936.
Street Open— After being closed Louis® Hanson, Junction City.
the last of the plumbing In the new
lons.
- .
Returns to Portland— Mrs, Nellie
two days while members of the coun-i
Brattaln school this week. The cabi
Miss Mitchell will «pend eight Rlssette left yesterday for Portland
Tensile Removed— Francis,
snu\> | ty road crew scraped and grad«! j
net work ta the Interior la being gone
Bonths with her parents here before after spending several days with her
son of Mr. and Mr«. Stanley Gray ot south 2nd street
etreet and south n D, th
these
e»«'
Bloyele to Be Sold— After being over, and will be finished in time for
brother, E. G. Sutton.
returning to her work ta Africa.
Landax. had his tonsils and adenoids streets are open to trafilo today.
unclaimed for over a> month, a bl- school Monday. September 21.
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removed this morning.
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'cycle found several week» ago by
Here from Portland*—Mr. and Mrs.
Here frem Dexter— Frank Smith of
Drive to Albany— Mr*. W. F. Wal- a member of the police force will
Goes to Independence— B. J. San-
ilph Kadderly of Portland was In Dexter was a business visitor In town
In from Jasper—J M. Shelly was ker and Mr*. Clara Fawver are visit- be sold at auction In front of the
key left yesterday for in d ep en d en t
wn yesterday.
thia morning.
In town from Jasper W ednesday.
tag in Albany today.
city hall Saturday afternoon at 1:00. where he will spend his vacation.
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