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dross««! In my traveling costume. I
sent for my father to bid him good­
bye away from the guest«.
' Father, 1 have changed, haven't 17
And yet they'll never believe I Intend
to be anything but a flupper wife. I
adore Curtiss and 111 never, never
look at anybody use." 1 poured out
hay on tha Irrigated lands of Crook
county Is being made by R. H lie»»«,
farm management specialist of the
extension s«-rvlce. Oregon Agricultural
i college, cooperating with W. Ik Tuck-
i or, county agent.
Brief Resume of Happenings of 1 So successlul has been the policy
1 of oiling macadam highways In east-
the Week Collected for
! «rn Oregon sod oa the Mount Hood
loop that the highway commission has I
Our Readers.
| announced that It would have nearly |
three limes ns many mile» under oil
E ir lr buying al a I«»» prlr«» of «5
In 1926 n« there were In 1925.
p«.nl*. chararlerlxeil l lie opening of Ihe
Plans for the erection of a 126 foot
Chrlultna« turkey m arket »• llu».'burn.
i monument t at A»iorla to Captain
Lolnnd I'arl, 1«. °f Hubbard, «11« <1 1 Robert Gray, «Iliicoverer of the Colum- j
nt a Hab-iu honpllnl «« »bo re»uli of In- I Ida river, the explorers Lewie and
Jurlo« »uttered •» an automobile acci­ ! Clark, and John Jacob Astor, founder j
dent.
I of Astoria, were announced by Ralph i
Ciin.-roto product» •nantifaptun.ra of i Budd, president of the Great Northern i
Oregon, Wn»hlnMtnn anti Idaho m«t In railway.
Portland and formed a permanent or- I The stale fl/h commission and Till-
gnnlxallon.
■ arnook county officers are defendants
Three robb.r» hold up the Hunk of In a « n il brought ngalnst them by Tom
OREGON NEWS ITEMS
OF SPECIAL INTEREST
Troutdale. »eiaed »•"« and eaeapad In ' Price, oonuuarclal flabermsm. who
a atnl«n automobila ufior eluding two seeks to «-njoln them from enforcing
deputy sheriff».
a recent order closing certain streams
The twenty-ninth annual convention In the county to not fishing ami com­
of the Oregon W ool Grower»’ n»»o«'la- mercial fishing.
tton will be held In Pendleton for
Robert W. Cameron of Portland. I
throe day». January 21-23.
wealthy life Insurance mun. died at
The city of Vernonia ha» acquired his room lu the Oelser Grand hotel at j
a tract of three acre» one block from Baker According to Dr A H. Hixson,
the main atreet on llock creek, which who made an examination of the body. !
will be made Into a public playground. death waa caused by drinking poison
The annual abort cour»e In dairy ous liquor, of which two partly filled
manufacturing conducted by the dairy kettlee were found In the room by
department of the Oregon Agricul­ police.
Fifteen Inmates of the old state
tural collego will he given January
training school for boys at Salem were
4 to SO.
Total budget expenditure« of »16.- tran»ferrwl to the boys' Institution
089,297 for the year 1926 were certi­ completed recently near Woodburn.
fied by the ta i aupervlalng and con­ Approximately 105 other boys will be
servation rxtmmlUee of Multnomah sent to the school as soon as the build
logs are equipped. Between 60 and
county.
60 boys will be retained at the old
J. K. Flynn of Portland waa reap­
pointed a member of the »tale board Institution.
There Is sufficient flax acreage In
of conciliation for a term of four years
Mr. Flynn repiwaenta the employers ou the Willamette valley to provide raw
material for the proposed new »840.000
the board.
linen mill st Salem for many years,
Government hunters In Oregon kill
according to announcement made by
f | 437 coyote* S5 bobcats. 7» porcu­
directors of the company following a
pines. SS badger» and five akunka dur­
survey conducted by a flax expert
ing the month of N iieuuler, «8 hunt-
brought from the east to Investigate
era working.
the situation.
That the bag limit oh mule deer In
Charles A. Smith, president of the
Oregon be r«»duced to one buck with
Pacific Btatea Lumber company, bet­
horn», wa» a recommendation made
ter known as the Coos Bay Lumber
by the neachutna Rod and Gun club to
company. dUwl at hl« homo In Berke­
the atate game commtaalun.
ley. Cal. Mr. Smith, whose Invest­
Marlon county's tentative budget of ments In Oregon were between »20.-
proposed eipendlturea for 1928. as pre­ 000,000 and »26,000,000. has been Iden­
pared by the budget committee. Indi­ tified with the lumber Industry of thia
cates an Increase of »69,666. when slat« sines 1904.
compared with the year 19S8.
Firs losses In Oregon, exclusive of
When the Salvation Army took In­ P orltesd. for the month of November
ventory of Its receipts from street agsregot«-d »178.966 22. according to
kettles at Salom. there was found In a report prepared by the state Insur­
one of them a set of teeth In which ance oomtnlssloner
There were 43
were a number of gold fillings.
fires reported, throe of which were of
Portland's population at the close of an locandlary origin. The moot dis­
1925. six years after the last decennial astrous fire was at O le* where a store
census. Is S35.774. compared with 258.- and contents were destroyed with a
288. an Increase of SO p«>r cent, accord­ lose of »40,000.
ing to a survey Just completed.
At the meeting of the Western Nut
Yeggs blew open the s|e«>l vault In Growers' association at McMinnville.
the bank at Shedd and took about J. A. Holt of Eugene was elected presi­
»5000 In bonds and negotiable papers dent for the coming year. Dr. Robert
In addition to 1118 In cash from the Nixon of Forest Orove. rice-president
aafely deposit boxes of depositors.
for Oregon; John Spurgeon. Vancou­
Major H. T. Coiner, district engineer ver. vice president for Washington; C.
at I*ortlnnd. hue submitted a report E. Schuster of Corvallis, secretary-
to Washington. I). C , recommending treasurer. Forest Grove was » e le ct.il
construction of a channel S5 feet deep us the m .iilu g place for the associa­
and 600 feet wide from Portland to tion In 1926.
T ainbls property In the state of Ore­
the gee.
Removal of Prank Pram well, state gon, Including equalisations and ap­
superintendent of banks, was demand­ portionments by the county boards and
ed by W. It. Haines and other officials state tax commission. Is »1.084337.-
of the Portland National bank at a 61891, according to the assessm ent
special meeting of the slato banking roll summary for the year 1926. It Is
upon this figure that the state tax
board at Salem.
Klamath county assessed fines in levy for 1946 will be bosvd, after being
the amount of »9233.60 for liquor law •quolixwt by application of the tax
violations during August. Septemlmr rwUo« of the various countleo. The
and October, according to a report assessed valuations tor this year show
prepared by Will Levan* etuto pro­ an lm-renoe of »25,6OT.882.30 as oom
pared with tboee of last yeas.
hibition commissioner.
The new »200,000 bridge wver the
One hundred and one mills report­
Wlllameriv»
rlror at Harrisburg was
ing to the Weet Onaat Lumbermen's
assoc.tetton for the week ending I»«»- (named Io trafDc last w-ee* Tb« bridge
cember 6 manufactured 97.167,191 feet Is the last WHIanw«« river bridge
of lumber, sold 94,179.341 feet and unit on tbs Peeiflc highway and takes
the place of the Harrlebnsg ferry that
■hipped 1O6.W7.47O feet.
ha» been In use for ywera Ubnatrn^
Oregon taxpayer» will be obliged to
tton of the bridge has b»»m under way
contribute »7,200330.79 for «tale pur
for tire last 18 month*. The bridge
poses during 1!»«. according to an­
1ms three l«0foot span* making the
nouncement made by the state tax
total length 640 foot, twit wWh tho ad-
commission. The 1928 levy Is »192.-
(lltl.ai of approach (»matructhn the
000 lose than that for 1926.
h ta g * slrwschee out to 1600 fea t The
Miss Thelma Martin, of Salem, prob­ bridge Is of oooerets sad steet
ably has the distinction of being the
Frosh bool, which oa Jans M of this
first woman to serre as an officer of year was quoted at »7 30 a 100 pounds,
a barber's anion In this state. At a was llet.it at »9 36 In bids m w iv.xl by
meeting of tha Salem barbers' union the state board of oontrol in oonnec-
Miss Martin wag elected vloe-preal tlon with furnishing supplies for the
dent.
various state Institutions during tho
William Hart, Umatilla county six months starting January 1, 1926.
rancher ami buckaroo. was freed by Bacon, which six months ago was
a Jury In the court of Foderal Judge quoted at approximately 80 cents a
lloan In Portland on a charge of hav pound, has dropped to 37 cents per
lng murdered Mathew Sheoshlp, Uma­ pound, while coffee can ho purctMMcd
tilla Indian, who died September 1». under the now bids st 39% cents a
pound os against 31% cents six
1924.
Assnrnnce that the timber will be months ago. Hard whtwt flour has
saved In the Immediate vicinity of the advanced from »7.42 a barrel to »7 64.
Lava river cave, seenlo spot of greet Isird compound also has Incmaaod In
Interest to tourists, ten miles south of prion from approximately 12 oents n
Bend, has been glvon by officials of pound io 13 2 8 oents. I*u» lard has
the Shelrin-HIxon company, who have dropped from 17 2 6 cents a pound to
written the state highway commission 16 7-10 oents. Mutton hue advanced
a notion that the company Is preparing from »7.20 a 100 pounds to »14. Dane
to deed a strip of land surrounding sugar has dropped to »6.46. Ham has
the mouth of the cove to the state. dropped from 27 cents to »8 cents a
The I-nva river cave Is one of the pound. l*rl(»'8 tor boons aro upproxl
volcanic wonders of the Desehut.ee tnately 2« pur oont lowo*
country.
tny heart
There, there." lie patted my hand
"a bride shouWn t worry about any­
thing In the world and certainly »he
shouldn't mind the harmless raillery
of her friends. That always follows
a girl who has been uqueetlonably a
belle."
"But 1 worship my husband and I'll
always be true to him, even In ray
thoughts," 1 replied vehemently.
"Your mother said those very words
to me, 81» He, on her .wedding n igh t"
A shadow of sadness clouded my
lather's eyes and entterly removed the
smile from his face.
1 wondered what be could have
meant.
(To be continued next week)
annual Cladstmas program.
The morning program »rill Include:
Exercise by primary boys; motion
song; recitation by Bruce Maxey; lul­
laby, Muriel Tyson, and song by the
Intermediate girls.
in Charge of the entire arrange­
ments for the Christmas program are
Mrs. It. E. Moehler. Mrs. W. P. Tyson,
Mrs. R. O. Masters and E. E. Morri­
son.
PAGEANT TO BE GIVEN
ILLEGAL PARKING CAUSE
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH
OF POLICE COURT FINES
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"I w ill," I replied
so softly that or.ly
my lips moved.
A pageant In which the Cbristunas
scenes as related in Lew W alace i
B enH ur" will be depleted In pantom­
ime la to be given at the Springfield
Christian church on Sunday evening.
December 20, as one of the chief fea­
tures of the church's observance of
the Christmas season.
Fines were Imposed on two t i n by
Recorder it. W. Smith, Monday.
I. D. Heddypeth, of Springfield, was
assessed »2 after pleading guilty to
parking his automobile too near a
f r - ping, as charged by Night Police­
man Hinson. Frank Blade, of Lug-ne,
paid a fine of like amount for park­
Extracts from the book will be read in- his automobile in front of the
by Mrs. Ora Head Hemeoway as adult city fire bal Saturday night.
members of the church execute the
pantomimes. The shepherd scene on
New Train W orking.
the hillside at night, the coming of the
A work tra.n began working daily
wise men, and the scene showing
Joseph and Mary and the cradle, will between SprhigfMd and Jasper Mon­
be depicted. A children's chorus will day, in addition to the gravel train
that Is working on this section carry­
take part In the pageant.
The dramatic direction is In charge ing gravel to the terminal In Eugene.
of Mrs. Hemenway. Preceding the The new tram Is equipped, with a dit­
pageant the church orchestra will give cher, and is widening cuts on the line.
Ford Shipment Arrives—A carload
several selections, and instrumental
and voed solos of Christmas muste of Ford automobile« and Fordson
tractors arrived Monday from Port­
will be presented.
On Sunday morning the children of land, for the Danner Motor company
cf Springfield.
For Ever Child, ^oth Young and Old
SUGGESTIONS
For the Smaller
Boys and Girls
SUGGESTIONS
For the Little Lady
Growing Up
SUGGESTIONS
For the Older
Boy
TKicYCLES
IRON TOYS
Iron toys that are practically
unbreakable and that will
amuse and interest the tiny totg
are sensible and economical.
We have a large supply of the
newest designs. Many of them
Bell for as low as ???cents each
DRAWING BOOK
Is your daughter artistically
inclined? Most children love to
draw and it in an excellent
taste to cultivate in them. We
have just received a large pr-
der of Painting Books with ¡fat-
tern drawings that are simple,
yet instructive. There is a color
chart.
In the apt-a»,. summer and
fall a Tri cycle will keep the lad
out iu the open, icr he will
wheel himself up and down the
block tor hours at a lin.-. Some
are paiaied black with red
wheels and white rubber tires.
The frames and rims and spokes
are of steel.
RObMNG HORSES
What little boy or girl is there
that would not be tickled to find
a Rocking Horse awaiting his
pleasure on Christmas morn­
ing? Select one for your son or
daughter from our large stock.
They are all in perfect working
condition, cheap_too.
TOY BEARS
What child is there that is
not both proud and happy when
they are the owner of a Teddy
Bear? They range in length
from baby ones six inches long
,*to big '‘papa" bears eighteen
inches long. Some are brown,
others white.
g
ELECTRIC TRAINS
and other kinds as well. Your
kid can have more fun with one
of these trains than with any­
thing else. They are modeled
along the same lines and work
on the same principle as regu­
lar trains.
TRAINS— TRACKS
Well-built toys that will keep
from year to year and which
can be added to from time to
time are the most sensible to
buy. ’DrAins that run on real
Tracks are just this kind and
can be made larger and larger
at any time. $1.50 will start a
railroad.
NOVELTY TOYS
Dolls in all sorts of Transfor­
mations. Animals such as cats,
dogs, bears, rabbits and mon­
keys. There are clowns that
will tickle the little lady's fun-
nybone and others that will
captivate her childish fancy.
They range In price from 50c
and up.
Ko"-'
DOLLS
Your daughter will just want
to cuddle them all in her arms
and shower her childish lore
and motherliness upon them.
They are made with the one
idea. Good workmanship and
child pleasure. Half regular
price.
ROCKERS, $1.35
Little bright red rockers—
strongly made. How little girls
love them!
DRUMS
from 50c to $2.00. These drums
are well made and are a source
of much enjoyment for young­
sters. It wouldn’t be Christmas
without the boy had something
to make a noise with.
KIDDIE KARS
from $2.50 up. Put health and
happiness into the boy of yours
by giving him a useful gift he
can get lots of exercise out of.
Girls too like to ride these Kid-
de Kars. We have them all sizes.
Hall’s Cash Store
Main and 4th Streets, Springfield