THURSDAY, NOV. H>. 1928, THE SPRING FIRED NFAVS F ’ ^ -T T A rthur Hall Here— A ilbur Hi» I o f' •• l«>'« »•• Ht» >p at Tollman Biudlo, kiruttlu Is «UltliiM a t the Keseey hiyuiv F u re u r (’ -ti RED GROSS YEAR A RELIEF RECORD Practical Instruction« In HOME SEWING By Ruth Wveth Sp»»rt here. M ill 1/ yo u r b irth d ay is th is w eek, count, e and determ ination a re the Huge Relief Work After Midwest Tornado the Greatest to American Annals. DISASTERS DHCP IN 1925 Ranged From Fire to Earthquake and Covered Wide Area at Home and Abroad. « .lti>'«t m arked ch aracteristics of > ur r. ituio. I V l i i n g i. » iys im pression, you sontetinu’.» ta .9 u p 'it p arself bunlens und biiiUc-.' th at seem f a r bityend > ir stiei ;;iit, but your clear enorm ous reserve pow er enables ou to c a rry th e load, und « stress, w hen weaker nature« woe.id i.iil utterly. to create rreporod- g rit and „lure the I’vn-ons b m u n d er those v ile - a re not generally p o p u la r—they a re eith er loved great!» or very ' >u»h dislike«!—tiiero is no tn-betwe, a. Vet w on culture»!, th ey a re the mo»t fx»cinatitqf and com panionable persons one would care to meet. « T ’ e'w o nan. w hile ra th e r im , utient and blunt of speech, m ake w ry re e d m others and rule th e household. O utaide atTair* do not appeal to to il, i re men have ren-.arkah e talents, an d can reach the g re a te st h- ti • -i ay vocation th a t dcu.anJs suprem e coolness, »«U-contidenee u.»l Cour«k££» • Arab Hoyt Rae ja Ami» H )f Ritgen«» ’ T »\C H ANI» T I M B R I » r and causing inestim able property loss. relief preparedness among chapters It left a huge area of devastation in all over the country Its wake, presenting a real problem J The services of the American Red The Red Cross, however, went to j Cross are perform ed invii ibly tn the work on the heels of the storm , car­ name of the American i „ pic. On the ing for the injured, sheltering and effectiveness of this rep resentation feeding whole comm unities, and help during the past year, it will launch Ing every individual sufferer from the the ninth annual roll call this year on November 11. to eontlaue until iestrw ction back to normal. The m agnitude of the problem Is in­ Thanksgiving. N ovember 2$, durlug dicated by com parison of its huge cas which support through m em bersnlp ualty list w ith th a t of the en tire pre­ will be invited for 192*. ceding year, whose combined losses were 735 dead and not quite 2.000 in­ W h at Becomes of Red Cross Sweater« W hat becomes of the sw eaters jured. as a result of the record num which the American Red (“roes has ber o t 192 catastrophic*. The story of the Red Cross service asked for? In the Arat place, they are In the past year, recounted by the re­ needed for the 30.000 disabled veter­ port. ranges from Area heading the list an s still in hospitals this w inter, the of d estructive forces with 29 disasters, g arm ents being In g reat demand. The to mine explosions, tornadoes, ty­ surplus left from the war has been exhausted since the A rm istice, hence phoons. floods and earthquakes. The S anta B arbara earthquake was the new call for the sw eater-knitters among the outstanding events record to resum e th eir needles, a call already ed in the report. The Red Croes had being met. Coes to P ortland— Mr- Florence i h » ■ - opp< d her« Tuesday on her way from her t'ninp creek horn < Io lltrtla n d . « lo r e »be will visit a t tin home of Mrs C lara jiask» ll TO SHOW PICTURES AT 4-L M EET MONDAY EVE P ictu res showi ig various sawmill- Ing operation in th e N orthw est prob­ ably wli! be shown by H. H. Dam- mon. field officer of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumberm en, a t Mon­ day nig h t’s m eeting of th e local 4-L unit. Mr. Darnmc-n Is In the city to­ day m aking p lan s for th e showing. T he pictures will be m ov'ng, of life size. T he m eeting will be held In the W oodmen of tb e World hall. Chicken Dinner SucceM. U nqualified success atten d ed the M ethodiet women's chicken din n er served In the church basem ent. N ear­ ly $200 was tak en in. H ere from P ortland— Miss G race Male w as a week-end visitor a t h er hom e h ere She arrived from P o rt­ land T hursday evening of last week, and w as am ong the Springfield peo­ ple who saw the footh'4 1 game In Eu­ gene S aturday. Women’s and Children’s Coats and Dresses Beginning Tomorrow, Nov. 20 O ur entire line o f w om en’s and children's coats and dresses are o rd in a rly about 30% low er in price than elsewhere. On top o f th a t e xtra o rd in a ry saving we are adding another fo r seven days. A ll women's and children’s coats anti dress­ es are reduced to a new low price. Coats are fu r-trim m e d and plain tailored In a beautifu l assortm ent o f styles, pat­ terns, anti colors. A t the prices offered you can’t a ffo rd to miss th is selling event. New Styles—New Colors Dresses of silk, crepe silk, georgette, flannel- and serge th a t include the very latest style has to offer. T h e ir q u a lity is n o t exceeded anywhere fo r the price asked. See them ! H u rry ! C. J. BRE1ER CO. EUGENE, OREGON O N L Y S E V E N DAYS MORE U N T IL TH A N K S - C IVIN G Does Your W ardrobe Need R efreshing? A ttends Big Came— S B Reason of I’ortlanil «attended the Oregon O A C ge ne Saturday, rem ain tig over ■be week-end visiting friends In Springfield. The Model Cleaners H ere from Fall C reek— Mr ami Mr- Frank K iutiley of Full Creek » , r , 1 Springfield «tailors yesterday. Always nt your service H sre from L esburg— John C urrie of 1.,-aburg was tn town on biisin«»** yes­ terday ‘-»fl co m p eted tta relief organisation on i The American Red Cross serves In the scene within a few hours of the your nam e; you can make It more disaster, and in addition bad launched effective by adding your name to it» a program designed to perm anently tne menu-ship during the Roll Call. resto re every person affected by it. Svov. 11 -26. to his form er statu s once more. The Red Cross service in the period ! following the wreck of the Navy a ir­ READERS-—If «making ship “Shenai*doah“ was typical of its EUGENE M IN ISTER HEARD pseM sr j U t Fa ' t«k Spaara » I v a prom ptness and effectiveness. Serv­ tfc-ni f-sr yav. A lir c s a bar is care of AT FATH ER , SON M EETIN G ice In thia instance was afforded by Red Cross chapters in the vicinity of th e wreck, and by rep resen tativ es of 1 R elations betw een “dad and his APPEAL FOR A U X ILIA R Y th e national organisation. It de&on bov” w ere discussed by Rev. Bruce stra te s graphically the value of each C H R ISTM AS W ORK MADE of the more than 3.000 chapters of . Olffen, U niversity of Oregon pastor the society which are a t work in vlr- for the P resb y terian church In Eu­ An appeal to th e Springfield mem- j tually every of the country. In gene, in bis nddress a t the annual bers of th e A m erican Legion auxil ary the facility they afford the national fathejj and sons banquet of th e to support th e sta te d ep artm en t In Its organization in em ergencies. S p rin g f'e ld . M ethodist church Mon­ T here w ere 61 dom estic d isaster op­ effo rts to make th e coming C hristm as day night. erations reported In which th e Red s. aaon a happy one for disabled v et­ Cross rendered service eith er through . F orty fath ers end sons w ere pana- eran s. v eteran s’ orphans and fam ilies, chapter o r national staff personnel a.r«d tu b ercu lar nurse«, was sounded during th e year, in 34 of these the . <>nt at the banquet, which was held by Mrs. J. W. M -Inturff. secretary of ra tio n a l organization appropriated a In the church basem ent P resident L. ___ _ to tal of $3.047,256.49, the g reater por- May of the M ethodist B rotherh-od. th e dep artm en t, in h le tte r received v Mrs'. 'd ' B H u e « y .F p res.d en t o f ' which «vas received as direct which sponsored the affair, presided ' contributions for the relief of sped- and Introduced Rev Glff n A rrange­ th e S p rin cf’eb! unit. fled disasters. The relief operations | ‘‘If your m em bers could but v 'slt following >he n< rthern Ohio tn ra a d i m ents were In the hand« of Or W H the hospitals in which the buddies of June. 1924, were brought to a close Pollard, chairm an of the e n te rta in ­ of th e ir sons.hcsbands, fath ers and in May. 1925, after an arrangem ent m ent com m ittee. b ro th ers are confined, or see th e fam ­ had been made with the Lorain ch ap i Fight new m em her« f«r *h“ bro th ­ te r to provide expert services to the ! ilies of th ese men who a re Mill pay- fam ilies of any tornado sufferers wh > I erhood were propos‘-d. and w 11 be ing th e price of 'h e ir ex’r-m e devo- 8Uch a g ïu ta n c e In the next voted on at the next business session ticn to th e ir country. I am su re th a t two yeers. In this single d isaster the of th e organization. they could never do enough for them relief work, as Anally accounted, i The M ethodist I-adles’ aid served I an d for the A m erican Legion aux 1- reached a total of $1.019.751.23. th e dinner. The mid-western tornado of this lary," said Mrs. M clnturff in h er le t­ O. A. C. Student» H ere— Ralph year, covering a strip o t territo ry 400 ter. miles long involved an expenditure Jones and Law rence Templeton, fra ­ The s ta te secretary told of the ne­ up to June 30 of $774.000. while tnv tern ity b ro th ers a t O. A. C. of Ivan cessity for each un it doing its p art total am ount turned In to the fund I Male, were guests a t th e Male home d u ring th e pre-holiday season. She through the agency of the Red Cross here over the week-end. suggested th a t a toy show er be held, was $2.645.000. In addition to this sum specifically collected to r the pur a t which toys and garm en ts would pose, th e Red Cross had expended Final. be collected for the o rp h an s and fam from Its regular reserves $124.000. In all these disasters. Red Cross • “We do n o t e n te r Into corre pond- Hies. T here are several hundred Ore­ gon veterans scattered over the west w orkers have been Im pressed by the ence as to the reasons for rejectio n s.” a t various hopsitals th a t m ust b e ,re sp irit of determ ination and hopeful- snickered St. P eter a s he kb ked th e m em bered by the Oregon a u x ’llary if * * »**’«*’■ protesting ed ito r down the ei vator . i recovered from th eir grief and bewll shaft. they are rem em bered a t till, she said. Mrs. M clnturff said th a t It Is prob- a l’ e th at she will be able to visit the local unit during January. She urged th a t th e work of th e organization be tak en up w ith renew ed vigor a t this time. U Seven Days of Specials on ---- r - ---------------------- ----- — - ■ » » - - ---- Factory Dem onstration of Colonial Ranges Monday, Nov. 23 to Wednesday, Nov. 25 Mr. Campbell, factory representive, will be here to demonstrate the exclusive and desirable feat­ ures of these Built in Oregon ranges. With each range sold during this demonstration we will give ABSOLUTELY FREE VALUABLE PREMIUMS. See them in our windows. Your old stove taken in as part payment. A small down payment will place one of these ranges in your home. Wright & Son Springfield, Oregon