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THE SPRINGFIELD N E Ä
k J
BPIUNGP1ELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON,
TWKNTY-SBCOND YEAR
NEWTHEATREPLANS
DEVELOPING III CITY
"T h e People's Paper"
H. J. Cox N am ed
H ead o f Chamber
I
L IV I
NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
NUMBER 40
THURSDAY, DEC. 3, 1925.
ONE OF U. S. GIANTS OF THE AIR
Pinna Are Formed For Aiding
In Agitntion For New
Springfield Bridge.
C. W. McKee. Oenernl Mnnager
of Heilig Chain, and Other Of
Election of officers, and form ation
Discuss
Play-
I ficials
ic ia is 1
Z IB V U B » r Proposed
iu p u o o u
r m j-
_
_
of illune for cooperation with a Lions
house On Visit to City;
Coun- f l u i i r t i l l u n i I
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tl tMM » il I r iff it
l lf ’ Vp-
d u b com m ittee I In
supporting
a I move
cil Hears Plan.
Local Young Men Are Signing
Up for Service In Proposed
Springfield Company; Would
Make Possible Formation of
Lane County Battalion.
m ent for the construction of a elate-
Plans for the organization of an
Ereotlon of a »25,000 th eatre h ern highway bridge across th e W illam ette
Oregon N ational Guard com pany In
for opertlon by th e Helllg th eu lre river on the pier» at th e fool of Mala
Springfield, should an o rd er to r three
com pany looms aa a practical certain - s tre e t, w ere u rau n t Im portant n u t
new com panies In the state be issued
ty a» a result of a vlett paid Hpring- t e n accom plished a t a m eeting of the
as expected, are being m ade by local
field thia week by C W. M» Kee. gen- Springfield C ham ber of Comm erce!
men Interested. Success ha» atten d ed
oral m anager of the Heilig chain, and held Friday night.
the efforts to sign up young m en in
other official« of th « co m p a n y
I II. J. Cox, chief accouutant a t the I
the com unity as m em bers, and i t is
W h ile no d e f in it e a g r e e m e n t we» Booth - Kelly Lum ber c o m p a n y 's
unofficially
reported th a t 40 of the
entered into w ith J A S e a rs ? and Springfield plant w as chosen a» pres-1
necessary 45 have been signed and
L K Cage, on whose land It 1» pro- Went of the cham ber, succeeding W .j
posed to build the Wieutre. It la tin- F W alker, who was voted Ihauk* to r.
prom ises have been obtained from
deratood that the Helllg rep resen ts- hl» five year« of service In th at capa-1
the o th er five.
five» looked with favor on the R a n ,c ity . F. II Hamlin wa» nam ed vlco-i
W ith th e
Springfield
company
This Barling Bomber it the world's biggest airplane. Required two and or.e-half years to build, cost
and th at plan» for the project are president, and M J Mi Kiln, IreaS-j
ing »400,000 As soon as Lieut. John A. MocReady finishes experimental flight testa it will be stored at
I signed up. It is hoped by those Inter-
McCook Field, Dayton, Ohio.
going ahead. New developm ents In u re r D irectors chosen w ere W F.
! ested th a t the organization of a unit
\ here will be authorized if th e ¡war de-
th e proposed program nr« * specie i W alker. Ju liu s Fulop, it tl. Hughes, t
•oon,
H F. Clarke, and W. O. W right.
j partm en t o rd er is issued. Local con
CHEVROLET AGENCY TO
INDUSTRIAL BOARD IS
During th e ir visit In the city, th e
The com m ittee named for the pur-
tractors, It is understood are consld-
OPEN IN SPRINGFIELD
H elllg rep resen tativ es m et with th e pose of cooperating In th e commun-
ORGANIZED FOR WORK ertng plans for an arm ory, w ith the
city council at the city h alt Tuesday Ity's effo rts to bring uhout the bridge
'
1 expectation of subm itting
them.
Gannett
M otor
Company
Leasee
Will W ork W ith Eugene Industrial „hould the company be authorized.
night to discuss th e grunting of a con stru ctio n was com posed of E. E.
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Stevens Building Artec Ford
C om m ittee In Locating P lants on
Form ation of a N ational Guard com-
building perm 't to them In the event M orriston, H. K. Maxey and 11 F.
Garage ia Moved.
Form er S. P. Lsnd.
pany in Springfield woufif m ake pos-
they go ahead with the plans. They Clarke.
Mrs. Dawaoe. Entertains.
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! slble th e organization of a battalion
expressed their belief Chat a th e a tre
It Is understood th a t th e state high-
Mrs. William Dawson entertained
A now C hevrolet c ar agency will be w ith a covered dish »upper a t her
such us they plan will lie succtwoful way comm ission Is witling to stand
F irst steps to place Industries on of four com panies in L ane county
In Springfield, and told of i I mj plans half the expense of th e construction opened In Springfield In th e S tevens home Tuesday evening. G uests w ere the old S outhern Pacific shep site u n d er M ajor W. G. W hite of Eugene,
for a ftr»t clans building F irst class of th e propsrd Springfield span, pro htgldlng as soon as the D unner Motor Mr. and Mrs. Ferrol Perkins, Mrs. Le- he-e recently leased by the city w ere ! T here are new two com panies a t Eu-
j.;ubank , Mr. and Mrs. Paul laxen Tuesday evening w hen the gene, and one a t C ottage
show s will he given h ere, if th plans vlded th at latne county will m atch com pany occupies the new K urai‘ j
Grove,
building u u t t H
F ifth
und _ A ----------
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The Scalete. Paul Scaiefe, Jr., and Mr. board appointed by th e council m et I while another a t Springfield would
in.
-th e s la te appropriation for th e yg. building
fth i—
g<, through, it was said
F
W hite, P o rtlan d archl- m alnder of the cost. W orking on this budding has heeu eased to th e Gan- and M rs. W. H. Adrian.
and organized. O fficers of the board ! make the fourth.
F Manson
.Munson Whit
<ec\. Is com pleting th e a rc h itectu ral proposition, the I.lons c uh and chum- j n e tl Motor com pany of Eugene ugents
wl 1 be H. E. Maxey, chairm an, and !
It is on this fact, and th e probablt-
draw ings of th e Springfield th e e tre her com m ittees are planning to m ake i for this d istric t who will conduct tile
H F. C larke, secretary. O ther mem- ity shat th e Springfield company will
Kensignton Club to M e e t
His plans show a first class, co n crete un effort to get a » p ed al tax p ro p o sal, “ K*mcy here according to Welby
Th« K ensington club will m eet on b< rs a re A. J. Perkins. W. G. H ughes ! be entirety signed up, th a t th e local
stru c tu re . with a seatin g capacity of cn
b allot at th e prlm am ry d e c -i Stevens ow ner of th e property,
men interested a re building th e ir
th e afternoon of December 11. a t the and S. C. W right.
he com
a t the
looo. Provisions an- m ade for an or- n uns next spring, which. If voted,! The C hevrolet agency has sold home of Mrs. W. v C. . n Rebhan.
e o n s . .u
n . f I T
-pne
com m
m ittee
ittee according
according to
to the
m e j , hopes
nop-"s th
ma»
iuv local
»»«.a. u u n h , it . will be au-
Mrs.
gun. und other featu res of a m etro- Wl»uld provide for l.au e county's many cars In th is field. W ith th e new Rebhan and Mrs. Paul B astard will prearranged plan expects to w o rk ! thorlzed It is um^erstood th a t the or-
p o llu n play house An attractiv e lots „bare of the expense and -would as- popular priced m odel It Is expected to be Joint hostesses.
wjth the Industrial com m ittee of the ganization of th ree com panies In Ore-
by. with four sm all, plate glass front >urw t he bridge. The Eugene C ham ber ( build up a larg e business here. A
Ttila m eeting will take the form ot Eugene c h am b e r of Comm erce t < gon is to be asked
shops, Is Included In the specifics-
co m m erce is com ltted to s u p p o rt; garage will be conducted along with a Chrlatma» party. Each m em ber Is : bring about location of Industries
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'th is plan. Active cam paign la plan- the agency, It Is announced.
to bring a useful gift not exceeding here. Several types of Industry have LEGION DANCE FLOOR IS
Uotia.
oration for title proposed m„| by (j,c local com m ittees during
15 cents i s c o st and a n exchange of been considered for the land Lere.
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The
SOLD;
WRECKING —
STARTS
building ll«W betw een the Sneed de- lh(> ,-omlng six m onths.
BOY SCOUT TROOP HERE
p resen t» will add to th e sp irit of j L iteratu re settin g fo rth the Spring-
prtm ent store and th e Com m ercial
T h e cham ber bus endorsed th e I
the affair.
I ; - » field
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•— j S i a i e O I t u r u a u t r p u x u w i u x
proposal
free
sites
iv iu
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Sale of the dance platform a t a^w-w
Sec-
TO BE ORGANIZED SOON
S tate bank budding.
' stre e t lighting proposal now being
.trie s will be printed and distributed ond and Main s t r e e u to C h a je s 9.
M anager McDonald of the H elllg considered.
Kill K lara Klub at Eugene.
| according to decision of th e commit-
of E ugenei WM com pleted thia
| Movement Revived by Lions Club
R»*rk en tertain ed the j tee
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th e a tre of E ugene sccom panlert th e !
Mrs. W itfred Beck
week by the local p est of the Amert-
Member»; Tyaon and Barber Vol
Kill K lare club at h er home in Eu-1 jj^eguge of its location on th e rail- caQ
m rnl m anager mid other» to S pring
BANK BUILDING IS
unteer Services.
gene Monday evening. Those present j road maln Une and adjacen t to the I W ork of rem oving th e platform
field.
OCCUPIED BY DOCTORS:
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ro a u m am u u c <,u„
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U -O V -M
rw
W
H
I
IT esident Cox today tiivm.-d the
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o«_„.
,rt,,n Springfield
were Mrs.
W.
H.
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Mountain s ta te __ s » w Pow I er . company
. . elec from th e corner Is being sta rte d im-
Handaome
rgan
a oy "w
u ith ” the ; i A
A drian.
M
aude
Bryan.
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« tv-inv
stan d in g com m ittees for Uie cham
,me new
new- office«
offices In
In the
the sec-
s e c -; . ' ’^
" " ” xa ion 7 o "„.«nied
,lrlan' Mrs.
MrS
MaU,1<“
Br>'an’ M rs tr,c
’lant M weU
bein8
th “ m
m ediately
ediately Dy
by n Leap,
will use the»
in .« a » l 5 pia»..
" . . . as
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a p , who
- h - j »»»»»
oml etory of th e n n v F ir st N a tio n a l
! Clark W heaton. A special guest from mill
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ber. a» follow»;
ra c e the Springfield
property ]U(nber ¡p the construction of build-
l a ik building were occupied Mondav ; « r e e tn e n t of W P. Tyson to accepL
, wag
Joiln K etelg.
T rade, Com m erce and Industrie»—
becomes valuable for industrial sites. jngg on b[s Eugene property.
n a n s in iiiu in g
e
R alph -
r,,|’P<>ni' lbllltles of ,h * PoaBlon of
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A J Perkins, W elby Stevens, Dnn W. „y
Few cities have such an ideal land |
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Dr. W C. Rebhan and Dr. » a .« ™
u WI1Jt alln(iunc(d to.
Attend Eugene Party.
on which to place industries.
»•rice.
DtpiM l. d e n tis t » . W R-rnf. local Jew | day. C. F. B arber has offered his serv
BAPTISTS WILL PRESENT
The benefit card party held by the
Leg I »hi I Ion-. T axation. H ighw ays. eler, has removed his sto re to th e bus
Five a cres of th e 247 in the tra c t
Ices as a ss ista n t sco u tm aster
CANTATA AT CHRISTMAS
F ish und (lam e— M. M. Percy. E. E. iness room on the low er floor.
i Spanish-A m erican W ar V eterans aux- will be se t aside for a park soon by
The m a tte r will tie placed before ! 1)lary |n Eugene iast F riday evening
M orrison. W. I’. Tyson.
An attra c tiv e and well-lighted- re
the board.
P resentation of a c a n ta ta on De
- - by
- Mr. and . . Mrs.
.
. M.
. . B.
.
Publicity. C onventions, Civic, E du ception room Is provldwl In the new the Lkm« club In m eeting tom orrow • I waa attim ded
cem
ber 22. and a program by the Sun
noon,
T
he
Lions
d
u
b
.
through
P
resi
cational and Social—F. B. Ham lin. suite of offices In th e second story.
H untly. Mrs. C. F. Eggim ann. and FIRE DESTROYS REWEY S
day school on C hristm as eve, are to
d
en
t
H.
E.
Maxey
and
H
erb
ert
Cox.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Sam
Richmond
of
Eu
D r W. H Pollard. II. E M axey.
j 'A Amp,e
,o
r
convenient
arran
g
e-
m ple room for
a rra n g e
BATTERY STATION HERE be features of the F irst B aptist
llousw — W F. W a lk e r, C. F. Eggl- m ent of „„ulm
nent
the e of-
equipm
ent Is
Is given
given In
In th
of- h as sponsored th e move to organise gene. Mrs. G. N. F raser won first
church observance of C hristm as, ac
the
boy'»
work.
The
local
troop
will
prize
a
t
bridge,
and
Mrs.
Sam
uels
„
¡flees
of
the
physician
and
the
den-
tnann.
F ire a t 8 o’clock yesterday m orn cording to announcem ent m ade this
be
organized
u
n
d
er
the
L
ane
County
F inance— W. O Hughes, H
F ‘ t l s t P riv ate offices, in addition to
carried off h ighest honors ait Five
ing gutted the building w hich housed week. Already practice fo r the can ta
C larke, G. O. B ushm an.
' , h4J pubRc reception room, also are Boy Scout council.
H undred.
the b attery service statio n belonging ta and the program Is under »way.
T he new cham b er p resid en t m ade
A year ago th e Lions club voted to
to Marion Rewey, on Main betw een
T he c an ta ta to be given is “The
th e f<» lowing sta te m e n t as to h is I
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conduct a Boy Scout troop in Spring-
Enjoy Duck Dinner.
Second and T hird streets. Damage to i P rince of Peace." N orton P engra is
field hut a t th a t tim e w ere unab le to
Wild duck, shot on a hunting trip
plans
ns for the y ear:
BAKERY TO MOVE
taling over »1000 resulted.
In charge of the p resentation, and
Prevention of a»-ctlonol Jealousies.
R I I I L D I N G ! f1»*1 a scoutm aster,
to K 'am atb county by Riley Snod
T he blaze. It w as believed, re e u lte i a large chorus is practicing.
will be one of th e chief o bjectives j
IN TO NfcW BUILU.mu
grass and N orm an H oward, w as the
from an overheated etove. Rewey had
Mrs. L. E. Blom is in charge of the
of my adm inistratio n of (Tmmher o f ,
8 p rln ffleld bakery
will be NOVEMBER POSTOFFICE
principal dish a t a d in n er given by kindled a fire In the stove, but was
general
p reparations for th e C hrist
Com m erce affine 1 will use my
p resen t location to
RECEIPTS MAKE GAIN Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass a t th e ir home not in the building w hen th e fire
m as eve »program by th e children.
last
F
riday
evening.
P
resen
t
w
ere
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broke o u t Going inside a few m inutes She is assisted by te a c h e rs of th e
m unlty In every way. «
' „ .„ „ „ n g now being erected a t Fifth
An 11 p er cen t gain in postal re Mr. and Mrs. Carl Olson and fam ily a fte r th e fire w as built in the stove,
,
In te re st of men w ith good h
„treets, according to announce- ceipt» over the correstponding period and Mr. and Mrs. J. P. 9haw and he discovered the en tire Interior of various church school classes.
and Industrial proposltlos. prom ot ng
proprt, to r. The of a y ear ago Is shown in the Novem family.
the building in flam es. H e rushed to
th e general civic Interests, and a I g
r , p rlt wh|ch wm be occupied ber rep o rt of P o stm aster F. B Ham-
SPRINGFIELD LOSES TO
a
nearby house, w here th e alarm was
tlin stand th a t only throughi coop, ra
I
p ,fth
Miss W ooley Entertains.
COTTAGE GROVE OUTFIT
Un.
turned in.
tlo n am ong ourselv es and with o th ers
. «
A sm all group of friends enjoyed
A lthough it w as im possible to save
N ovember receip ts totaled »645.74,
a delightful evening as the guest of th e equipm ent in the interior of the
can we prosper.
Superior ¡weight and speed gave
against »581.43 for Novem ber, 1924.
••I take the position w ith the under- |
prM ente(J
'th u s showing a gain
of
»64
31.
or
a
p
M
is.
Chlole
Wooley
la
st
T
hursday
C
ottage
Grove H 'gh school football
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but.dlng, tan k s and o th er equipm ent
standing thut I will be suppor «■
,
m yrtlewood ballot box waa. pre proxim ate»- 11 p er r cent. T hut
h at the
the re-1
re- ¡evening.
evening. G
G uests
uests w
w re
re Mrs.
Mrs. E E lsie
lsie Pol-
Pol- outside w ere saved from the flam es squad a 37 to 0 victory over th e
th e se oblectlvM .''
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t t « M d th e C ascade ch u p ler of th t eelp ts for th e year a re praetlenllv 1 lard. Miss Francto ravis,
.
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The building is the property of Springfield grid aggregation in a one
sided gam e on the local field T hanks
I I D D 4 O V PATRONAGE ON
|O rd er of the E a ste rn S tar by A lberta ce rta in to exceed t hP »8000 m arked I'au trell. Mr. Jackson, Oswald O son. F ran k B erger of Eugene.
and m em bers of the W ooley family.
LIBRARY PATRONAUt VIM
a McM„ r phy. p ast grand m atron
giving day. At no tim e did Spring-
tip last y ear w as th e sta te m e n t of
field th reaten the v isito rs’ victory.
INCREASE. REPORT SHOWS i Oregon, »luring th e m eetl
CHURCH NIGHT PLANNED
P o stm aster Hamlin.
Moshlers E ntertain
A ¡wet field m ade passing p recar
Tuesday night.
W ith prospect» for a lively holiday
BY CHRISTIAN CHURCH ious, and both team s re so rted to line
Evidence
p> ople
G uests a t the R. E. M oshler home
" ’ ‘“ '"iï n / " th
, n a ô t r » Springfield
‘ ïs'"Rhow „ In
the
M '- '^ e r s of the o rd er unafB llated
1>cem ber postal reeeplts are
recep its are
In the wlth the local ch ap te r w er« special season, D ecem ber postal
nro rending
reading 'tnoro
nor. Is
' ; shown
hl
reco rlg nt ,he on T hanksgiving day w ere Mr. and
plunges and end ru n s for th e ir yard-
T
of a a s sé e rié
of “Church
T he
he firs
first t of
n e s s or
w as easl,y outclassed
port
R oberts
II- g u ests a t th e m eeting. A p n igram and
Mrs. W. E. K nott and son, W illiam,
,n,,n h,y L T
; of Mary
"
v w h.ch
P
b rarlan of the local library, which .
featu res of tho event,
of E ugene; Mrs. G. E. G riffis, and night program s, will be given a t the by the C ottage Grove team , which ha¡j
has
reco rd s an In c rm w of 53 during No-
(n (hp , Q o P ,
family, of Springfield, and Mr. anJ C hristian church tom orrow evening had a season of alm ost unbroken grid
T he firs t program is In charge of the
GIRLS CLUB WORK UNDER
veintier
lib rary - pa-
Mrs. S. G. Mosihier.
Vt-IIIIIIT In
in tho
uin num
H U bqr . of
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ball
w om en's class of th e church school, iron successes.
/òci&ty
I
a
sxsv
rs
tron«. This number, It was reported
a t the llhrnry board m eeting held
T uesday evening, m arks a record.
T he Increase In O ctober wa» only 30.
Election of officer» for 1926 was
postponed until th e m eeting to be
held Jan u ary 5.
WAY AT BRATTAIN SCHOOL
Rebekah» Elect Officers.
Encampment To Meet.
W ith plans for an exhibition of the
W. B. P» ngra encam pm ent, No. 67,
Mrs. W anda B arnes wa» named
noble grnn»l of the loeal Rebekah resu lta of the work n ext spring, and I. O. O. F. will m eet Friday evening.
lislge in m eeting T uesday night, probably com petition w ith o th er clubs Five candidates will ba given work
(»«her officers elected w ere Mrs. a t the county fair, a sew ing club has in tbo golden rule degree.
G rand O fficer Visits.
Daniels, vice g ran d ; Mrs. Leo Clark, been organlbd n t th e B rattaln school
Mrs. C ora H etner, grand guardian
recording se cretary ; Mr«. Mildre» am ong sixth grade girls. Mrs. Ora
Plan Opening Fl»h M arket.
Anthony, m u o ld an ; Mrs. A. H adley, Rend Hemeniway and Mrs. Etila M ont of th is Jurisdiction of N eighbors of
Gate» and Bird, form erly of R»« ds- tre a su re r, and Mrs. F red H inson, fi gomery a re In stru ctin g th e club m em W’oodcrnft, visited the local lodge at
Ils m eeting held last, night. Degree
bers.
r» rt, , plan to opon a fish m ark et in nancial secretary.
The new Springfield club is one of work w as exemplified.
the room adjo in in g . ih e Spring«» Id
cteam ery , betw een now nnd Decem
N eedlecraft to Meet.
100 such org an izatio n s In th e Lane
Mrs. Adrian E n tertain s
b er 10. E veryth in g In the wav ot
The N eadlecreft club m eets this county school«. The w ork Is carried
Mr«, W.
vv. H.
n . Adrian
a u n a u »-u»'■
—-
Mr«.
en tertained the
eea food will be c a rrltd in th e m a r afternoon a t the hom e of Mrs. E '.v in ¡o u t undpr tb e auspicies o t t»he Oregon
A gricultural college. A fter the spring chr'-santhem um club a t her home (
k et, according to «lie owner».
May.
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’ exhibition, m uch 0» th e Springfield |a st evening.
Gravel T rain W orking—A gravel c)ub.H handiw ork will be ta k fn to the I
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Steve Owen T hom as and Eloanorn
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prise« nre v is its
P arent»—C.
of the
S quires w ere m arrie d by Rev. L. E. train
lrH1B I» working th
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------------ L. Chase,
...I the
Ik« rirxta^
. . . . h(, entered
.
> in com
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sU l.n ...
Blom a t the B ap tist parsonage Wed- , „ alr ynrd, |n Eugene, and
Bots- wnn w,„
petition
w . r.
R. Cate M otor zwwnrwintf
oompany of PfkTt.
1 ort-
nertlny aflernoon.
ford gravel pits n ear Oakridge.
ftl , ho s tato fair a t 8 a lf n .
laud, Is h ere visltln« his parents.
and succeeding church nights, to be
held once each m onth, will be a r
ranged by other classe« of the school.
E ach of th e ev en ts is to be som ew hat
in th e n a tu re of a su rp rise for th e
church m em bers and friends, all of
whom a re Invited by th o se In charge.
Rev. S. E arl C hilders n st Sunday
com pleted an In terestin g series of
serm ons on the Second coming of
Christ.
Bazaar Proves Success
A
— to
— tal of »145 was cleared a t the
_____ and food sale held by th e
bazaar
C atholic W om en's guild la s t S a tu r
day. Mr«. N orbert Aye held the lucky
num ber for 'the dishes, a fte r a draw
ing by W. C. W right of W right's
hardw are store.
To O verhaul T urbine.
P rep aratio s a re being m ade at the
local p lan t of the M ountain S tates
Pow er company to overhaul tho 2000
kilow att turbine and g en erato r In use
thera. W ork on re p airin g the p lant
boilers Is progressing, according to
W ayne M cLagan, engineer.
Offices Remodelled.
W ork on rem odelling th e office« of
Dr, W. H. Pollard and Dr. N. W.
F.mery h as been com pleted with suc
cessful results. New paint and wall
d ressin g adds m aterially to the ap
pearance of the offices, while the
q u a rters of Dr. Pollard a re m ade m ore
convenient to patrons by the construc
tion of a dressing room.