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TW ENTY-Tllllin YEAH
SCHOOL 10 OPEN
ON SEPTEMBER 13
Onto Set Week Earlier Than
Planned Economy To Be Ef
fected By Abolishing Mid-
Year Class«. Next January;
New Teacher Elected.
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People's Papar*
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NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
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BPItINOFIELD, LANE COUNTY. OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 5. 192«
FIVE FLOATS TO BE
SPRINGFIELD GRAVEL
ENTERED IN PARADE
COMPANY MOVES PLANT
A Great Golfer
Springfield Power and T ransportation New O utfit Being Erected At Loca-
Advantagee To Be Show
'
tlon on R iver Below Flour M ill
A nmber of floats will be entered by , The Hprlngfleld Hand and Gravel
Hprlngfleld In the Trail to Itali cele -I company will be reaady to start crush- ;
bratlon at Kugene according to plans ) ing gravel at their new plant south of
being made by local business houses !
the Hprlngfleld Mill and Grain com-S
and the Chamber of Commerce com
'puny about August 15, according to
mlttee.
I
The Chamber of Commerce has H. W. Chase of the gravel company
started In earnest on a float to repre- Tbey are building a plant with twice
sent all of Hprlngfleld and vicinity and ' tb - (apg,.„ y of lhp oW o„,. on a new
has enguged a man from Portland to!
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. . . . . alt* up the river from the old or.e,
build the float. The Hprlngfleld Mill )
and Grain com pany, the Booth K e lly '
exhausted the gravel at the
mill», the Mountain Htatea Power com -, old P » '-- The
»"»“ I "•
pany. and the 41. of Hprlngfleld and “ lar*’'
1 bar ln the Willamette
Wendllng have all signified tbelr In rl»»r whl,h
furnlah thtD1 wlth
tentlon to have float»
«’» ’ «” for “ *“»« “ rae ln the iuture
The Chamber of Commerce will In I Mr ( h a»e '• Installing a new bucket
vlte the following firms to enter float» ¡““d h<’,8‘
'ho n"w P‘“ Dt Whe"
In addition to the others already ««.¡com pleted, there will be trap» for
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a »
sand, pea gravel, number two round,
three-eights crushed, dust and number
the Commercial State Bank, the First
National Bonk, the Banner Motor one and two crushed gravel at th" ;
company, the Cascade Manufacturing plant.
NUMBER 31
ASK TON SEWER UNO
WATER EXTENSIONS
Two Petitions To Be Presented
To Council Calling For Spec
ial Election For Sewers; Wil
lamette Heights Asks For
Water Main.
It petitions, calling for an extension
of sewer», now in the hands of the
city recorder, are acted upon by the
city council, a special election will be
. 1
necessary in the fall at the same
time as the general election to decide
upon the issuing of bonds by the city
to pay for the new improvements.
It took Bobby Jones 12 years to
break into national title holding
Two petitions bave been left at the
ESE
ranks, but now at 24 h i is recog city hall for presentation to the coun
Several aristocratic mammas of
nized as one of the greatest golfers
cil asking for sewer extensions. The
W entworth-by-the-Sea, N. H., ob-
in the world. He was battling for
residents of Willamette Heights pres
t s
his third title last week in the U.
S. Open at Columbus. O.—already
ented a petition with fifteen signa
died their daughters during their
holding the U. S. Amateur and the
tures which calls for “a special elec
lesson». The “ male" Instructor
British open. Photo— as he arriv
tion at the time of the general elec
turned out to he the famous
ed from England with his aew
tion ln the fall to vote upon the pro
Aileen Riggln with s boyish boh.
title.
company, the Hprlngfleld Lumber com
position of Issuing bonds for the con
pany, the Carbollncum Wood Preeerv- JURY DISAGREES IN
struction of a trunk line sewer sys-
Ing company, and the Hwart« and
TRIAL OF PIRRIE NEW FIRE ENGINE
NEHER-WELCH WEDDING
tem south of the mill race. At th s
Washburn W holesale Packing com
ARRIVED YESTERDAY present time there are no sew ers In
EVENT OF YESTERDAY pany
The trial of Robert pirrie, on the |
that part of town and such a system
The floats to be built under the charge of plsaesslon of Intoxicating - Springfield’s n
Howard-Cooper ,g nee<je(, ..
Miss V iols Neher was married to
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Chamber of Commerce auaplcleg will | liquor. In the Justice court Monday re-
The property owner« north of O
Uwlght Welch last night st eight )O((t
John sta r), Ro,« P agean t, RU|t«d In the disagreement of the Jury ' Are truck arrived yesterday from Port-
land
after
the
fire
and
water
commis-
street
are also asking for a trunk line
t the home of the bride'« 1 decorator, will have charge of the an(, the release of I’lerrle. No decis-
o'clock
slon
and
Jess
Smltson,
new
Are
chief
**wer
*» lhat <’la‘ric‘ has no sewer
parents. Mr and Mrs J A. Neher o i building If this float. A finance com-j |„n ag (O a retrial has yet been an
and one is needed The petition ha«
la.ugla« Ourdetis Dr J II Kinmert of . mlttee, with Julius Fulop, chairman j nounced by the district attorney,
had made a hurried trip to Portland
twenty-six signers.
(.altforn|a
f o r Harry ■ S lew .rt snd Dr , 8.
hpard
was to purchase It The truck Is tbe n e« -| Tbe residents
California, p..r
p^rrorm-
. Ralph i The Jory
jury wbJcb
wu|vn u
c .m thp
of the W illam ette
T h is action doe» not a(T< i t tile pres-
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° ' composed of Mrs. W. H. Pollard fore
est model Howard-Cooper combined Heights also left a petition at the city
ed
the
cerem
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to
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Mr«
Gertie
ent mid-year cla»»e» whl> h will be
’ man. James I^xtcn, Mrs. Gertie truck and pumper with a capaitly of hall asking that the council recoin-
c o n tin u e until tbe pupils graduale. ' the bride'» slater »»» bride'» maid of t'ommrce amt 1-lon» club committee. Broadham, W. H McKlln, Robert 8id-
extension of Ute water mains
, K UBdgpy The Jury re. 350 gallons per minute, and a speed of “ end
In e n ier to avoid any possible Inc in- |and Victor Neher. a brother was best to take charge of the financing of th is , we„
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. ,,u In that d istrict They feel that they
65
miles
per
hour.
It
is
equipped
with
,
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vent« n. e the »ch<s.l board »III a llo w , n|a„ An„ ,h(.r brother. la-land Neher, float.
tired at 1:00 P. M. and reported short-
need more adequate protection against
The other float», while purely I n -'^ after an hourg deliberation.
any child who will be »lx by next Feb
chem
ical.,
hose,
and
ladder
The
fire
ag
the
Ne,Ron
F,gher
flre
showe4
was flower hoy.
dustrlal, will »how what Industries
ruary 1 to »tart to school the flr»t of
The prosecution claimed Pirrie to
,
hT
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ar'MV“X b U 8P r,n,n," , ha" “H'1 lh” re’ ° UrC” °* he"ln the ^oBseselon oTuquor but fall front ligh t, are made to turn with the need of a hydrant in that locality,
the term.
the wheels. Above the two lig h ts. They request "that a water hydrant
T’’’‘ 8pr'n' flHd M"'
! ed to convince the jury th .t . bottle
Ml»» t'rystall Bryan tins been elect ing on o'f Mr 'snd Mrs O N W rich l“ ” ’
Ihf »on of Mr and Mr» O N W elrh |G rai„ company will have a float »bow
nt are two others, one red and one green, b« placed somewhere in the W illam-
ed to till the place of Ml»» Nina Bow- of
lai Verne
Over 100 Invitation.! ,ng
pr<Mlurl,
, he flour ml„ and b'd te“
“ J L ,n
^vrd en
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, ette Heights district which will pro-
sen who resigned to take a position
and a big searchlight.
Two spot
'
vide ample protection tor a possible
ew - n7 handled the nrosecutlon anti
In the Kugene school». Ml«» Bryan were sent out for the wedding Fol- thp I1<M>th-K««lly float will show the
lights are placed above in front so
Qf flve yegrg
A new w>Mr
Br wn II the defense
Wit
will teach until the mid-year classes lowing the wedding an Informal re ,unlber prod u<.u . According to D. W
ceptlon for the newly marrl-d couple M(.K|„ix,n. secretary of the 4U t h e i " 0* “"1
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" „ » r h e rt they can be turned any way and main | B a dire necessity in this dis-
«top next January.
was held «t the Neher home In Doug pmpl<>ye, a oi the Booth-Kell, com pany!
throw light on the hone aa it Is being trict owing to the immedate p ro sfec^
The public school. of Springfield
will open B»p l e III be r 13 Instead of the
2oth «« a result of action luken by the
at hiKil board nt It» meeting Tuesday
night. The date waa advanced a week
Io bring Springfield In line with the
acboola at Kugene and Cottage Grove
w hich open on ihat date, and to enable
the Springfield tracher» to attend the
teacher» ln»tltute September 9. By
opening September 13. the «chool
hoard expect» that all the teacher«
will be here early enough to attend
the Inatltute, The school district re
ceive» |f. for each teacher In attend
ance.
No beginning mid year cla»»ea will
be started next January aa ha» been
done In the paat. This action waa
taken for reason» of economy, »» the
mid year eta»»en require more teacher«
than th« number of pupil» warrant
By eliminating the mid year claaaea.
the »chool board expect» to reduce
th s number of teacher» needed and ef-
feet an economy without lowering the
standards of th . school. In any way
» A
Isa Gardens
will have a float of their own A m eet ‘
'*>’*r*e
'kwpii Wavne Hawk taken into a building. The m achine, of three new home« to be built,” The
CALIFORNIA MAN FINED
a l»ree
o w n ’ . jn(t tp discuss
a
a
Wayne Hawk will carry 12W feet of ho«e.
. P*Htlon has sixteen signature«.
A
large number
numner of
or out
out o or f t town
the
matter is called a “ man named Rockwell.
.
FOR HAVING PHEASANT guest» attended the wedding Mr and #t Wpnd ||nB („n igh t Their float w ill; ttPpe»r',d for lhe defen e
The purchase If the new fly. .quip-' 7 ' )lMtteir
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J K Carter wss fined |4 0 and coata Mr" b " Kun* Mr "n > Mr« T["m- probably ahow the use of wood p
r <
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nA K ,^ c- AM n
ment came quickly after the special ®aln’ "
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“an d . of
Justice
court
Monday
for
having
a
Ml""
Ru,h
B»
r"et«.
Mr
and
Mrs
dU{.(H
,,
ne
w)th
,
he
W
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,
produc
STREET
DANCE
AND
election last Tuesday, St which the * * * OU“ U,D 8t* ‘M
con,p“nY*
in
c , j . . a
c - j .
‘he city council can do is to recom-
China pheasant In hl« possession out ° N
h Rnd d«ughter Dori« Mer- tk)n ,,umpatgn being carried on by the
CARNIVAL PLANNED council „ was authorised
to Issue bonds
■ , a „
o f » e « .,m
c a rte r appeared In c o u r t '" " Y ~ ’ pr
Jphn Brook"
toeals.
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mend that such mains be laid if in
to the amount of 17,500 for the pur-'
with Floyd Cantrell his aon-ln law ,r'm '
Verne. Other guests w ere, Th(, Sprlngfl,,|d Mill and Grain com-
The American Legion and Ladle« i .
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.
. their opinion they are justified by the
chase of a new truck. The flre and
r
u
who w a .a r r e n .te d for the ».m e of j M‘" ’’«rrlet Rutherford of Oakland , pany has an old burr which 1» to be Civic club will hold a Jitney street
, ,
. , „ _ needs of tbe d istrict If the power
water commission, composed of Her-,
fen«.-, and pleaded guilty
Cantrell n ,,n o,": Ml” Mnry Lcnl"* Pearce of pla(.e(| (n (hp h,„ ,ort(.aI „ectlon of the dance and carnival on Saturday night b e r tc o x . M J. McKlln. and Lawrence I eOn,p’ ny
,h<? « » * " ‘ 0 ,« «
Pleaded not xulUx xnd was r a lessed ' Terr" H ,u ”
Mr and Mrs.
T„ „ bprr waa u ,, flrlt one | August 14. The dance will be held on May lost no time In buying .he truck "eces8ary *°r the ma,ns ’» Justifle*
J M. Johnson nnd family of Hpoknne, ugta( , n ,(,!» section of the W illam ette! Fourth street between the Post Office
py probable revenue they will proceed
after a hearing by It W. Smith.
U 'a a h ln t r ln f t •
M la a
V V n n r ln
('a r l o?
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. being
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.. a .
k .'U a , a
. aB lhe need for one at this time ° fi._ __
Washington;
Miss
Wanda
Carl
oi
vaney
Installed
The
“°d
the
Springfield
N
ews
office,
ac-
to put them in, but the matter is dis
Tbe arrest wa« made by deputy
the year was felt badly.
B<><lnev R .»ch a mile from Junction' ’’<"'■»"<1! »"-I Mr and Mrs. N.
parade committee announ.ned that If cording to the present plans of the
tinct from the question of sewers,
Jack Howell, formerly with the
City on the west Hide of the O r e g o n <* Springfield.
anyone having any old ancient th in g 1 commltte in charge of the affair,
which are laid by the city.
of historic value will let them know' ln addition to a regular street dance, Springfield Mill and Grain company, j
Electric trncks. The arresting officer
| they will arrange to have It entered In [ carnival booths will be erected on the has been selected as fireman and traf-'
K ennett Buys Sneed* Store
claimed In have seen Cantrell get out NEW METER PURCHASED
BY MOUNTAIN STATES the parade. The committee in gen sidewalk and those who do not care fic officer to work with Jess Smltson, i
of the car with n gun In his hand.
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leral charge of the parade arrange- ’o dance may entertain them selves by who was appointed flre chief by the, Thp A R Sneedg
After overhauling the two men four or
The Mountain States Power com -jm#nts |B composed of G. O Bushman, a variety of amusements which will council last Tuesday. Under this ar-<opvns today UQder new manaKenit.n,
five miles from the place, Reach could
rangement, one man will be con stan t-,afU r bejng cIosed {or g
foUoW>
find no gun In the car, nor any along
h“ " received a new meter to chairman. H. E Maxey. Dr. W. C. Rele be providede at the carnival.
iy
on
duty
ln
case
of
flre.
Present plans provide for a country
the side of the road over which they
/ ‘he amount of water being han w H Adrian and E. E. Morrison,
I ing a closing out sale, conducted by
store, a fish pond, and other regular
had com.-, but the china pheasant was Pumped Into the m ains of the Spring ;
Work of remodf ling the fire hall to - Mr. Sneed since June 16. The new
I field water system and will Install R ' q
carnival features and of course plenty accommodate the new engine and pro-1 owner is J. O. Kennett of Eugene. x
In the car «HH warm.
LYBARGER DIES
The two men claimed they found;'” 11 l,,w weeks. The new apparatus
SUDDENLY AT HOME
h<>t doK*' ,c‘‘ cream and aoft drlnl,a vide sleeping quarters for the fire Mr. Sneed annouced his determina
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i Permission has alreody been granted men will proceed immediately ac tion to retire from business in ¡Spring-
the pheasant along the side of the '■ called a flow meter and Is designed
rood still wsrm as they were going «•» measure the puntpage rate of the
The funeral of Clifford Lybarger, “ > hol{1 l'»1 d"01'"
Slxlh 8 l w t °1»' cording to city officials.
field and go to California to live, last
out to see a threshing crew. As Car-1 » a lw pumps I he meter records the wb(J dlpd a| htg roniP ¡n 8t,-Wart's Ad poslte the public market, but It was
The new insurance rating for June. He had sold a great deal o(
ter, who Is from California, hnd never xulhma pumped pw minute and also dB |pn Tuesday morning, will be held thought best to change ths location to Springfield will be made known as his stock when the store was sold to
seen a pheaHant, Ihey slopped and i Indicates the rate pumped Ht an) |Om0rr0w afternoon at 2:30 from the Fourth street as that is more central- soon as the Insurance commission has Mr. Kennett. The new owner an-
picked the bird up and took It with ■ Klven time In gallons per minute.
i
j, Walker Undertaking Parlors. pF located.
compiled the necessary data.
The niunces that be would close out tho
By means of the new meter, th.- |,urtal will be in the l-aurel Hill cem i Oswald Olson is in charge of ar- new engine was tested by the Insur remaining stock of goods.
th< m They said they hnd no gun and
company officials will be b e t t e r p,Ary
rangements and has annouced the fol- ance upderwrlters Association 1 u
were not hunting
Lybarger wa-’ stricken with heart I'ow*ng committee chairmen; advertis- Portland before being brought here
As then- was no conclusive evidence equlped to mensure the am unt of
Telegraph Operators Leave
against Canterell, the case was d is i hlortne needed to purify the water (a nurp „„ his way heme from a n eigh -j1"*- John W ills; concessions, William and the results sent to Salem.
Several changes in the personnel at
missed. but Carter was fined for hav ami can more accurately regulate the bor-g pllM,„ where he had gone for the! Vasby; refreshments, Mrs. Maude
chlorine application rate. Before the, m1| k Tuesday morning
He was cm- Bryan; lights, Mrs. Walter Scott;
the Southern Pacific depot have taken
July P o s ta l’ Receipts Out
lug the bird In his possession.
purchase of the meter they had no p|oypd by {be Booth Kelly company j dance. Clarence Fandrum; and prises,
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I place recently J. W. Shaw, telegraph
way to accurately measure the am ount-af w endllng as a cook and had come j Mrs. C. E. Whpaton. Music will be
Postal receipts for July continue to, operator, has gone to Eugene as tha
Lions Club Hears Delegates
The report of the delegates to the of chlorine needed, as they had no to Springfield W ednesday on his va- i furnished by Elliott's Orchestra,
show a gain for this year over the third shift man at the passenger d *
Lions International convention nt way to tell how much walt>r was pass ,.atlon ,,e had formerly been In the
corresponding months of last year, p o t moving his family to Eugene Juljf
P a rty V isits Here
although the percentage for July fell | 27. His place at the local station has
Han Francisco was given at the week-! Ing through lhe pump» at any given restaurant business here.
Mrs. N. W. Emery was the hostess down a little from that for the first been taken by William Lamb who
ly meeting of the club last Friday W time
Mr. Lybarger w as 44 years old. He
The Instrument Is a high grade
HUrv|vptj by his wife, Stella Lybar- !'a8t week of a number o f people from six months of 1926.
F. Walker, who with W. C. Wright,
comes here from Oakridge.
att- ndi-d th.- convention gave the re electrically operated meter manufac-, g , r (wo ((HUghtors. Mrs. Doris Stlfler > other W lladietle valley points who
The receipts for July, 1926 were
J. B. Pennington who had tbe third
tured by the Republic Flow Metera wbo ,tveR n,,Hr Npwport „nd Lela Ly- were on their way to Crater Lake 3703.87. Those for July 1925 were relief here will go to Oakridge in tho
port.
The committee, headed by G. O. company of Chicago, Illinois and rn>' hargpr of Springfield and two brothers, Among them was Miss Irene Forsythe 3647.25, leaving a balance In favor o f 1 near future as the first shift man
Bushman, which Is to work with a |500. It Indicate« the flow of lh e w-an Pr UI)d paqj Lybarger of Dels- who used to teach in the Springfield this year of 356-62. or a gain of eight there. It is not known who will suo-
similar committee of the Chamber of water electrically, by transmitting warp, Oh|o . Bn(| a sister, I-ela Lybar- high school. Mis» Forsythe was ac and three-foitrths per cent. The g a in ' ceed him at the telegraph here,
companied by her mother, Mrs. H. for the first six months of the y ea r' Carl Olson left Monday on a two
Commerce on the floats to be entered t,he energy of the water flow Into an ' ger wh() 1s a m| Ss|onery In China,
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Forsythe of Woodburn, and her sister, was ten per c e n t
ln the Trail To Rail celebration at electric ltnpluse which operates a j
we?ks vacation in the mountains ac
Eugene roportod that definite plans needle on a dial, and can be Installed Ramodsling of Walker Chspel Com Miss W. Forsythe of SalSm. Other
companied by his family. M. F. Hard
pleted
I members of the party were; Mrs.
for the floats will bo formulated this anywhere,
Bennett Buys Beef Stock
esty is relieving him as depot agent
week.
Tho extensive remodeling and re- Murray of Chicago. Illllnols, and the
for a two weeks period.
T. F. Bennett of the Sanitary Mar-)
James Pugh Burled Tuesday
decorating of the W. K. Walker Under-1 Reverend and Mrs. Akers of Wood-
4-H Clubs To Meet In Eugene
ket bought twelve head of fine th ree' Breaks A nkle; Does Not Know It
taking parlors was completed this bum.
The boys and girls 4-H cluba of Lane
The party was going to Diamond and four year old steera of G. E. Carr
Jamen W. Pugh of West Springfield j woPk and as a result the establlsr-
County are going to enter a flout In was burled at the f-nurel Hill cerne-1 mpnt ,g onp of tj,e b«gt looking places and Crater Lakes before returning of Dexter last week. The cattle are
Gladys Goddard of W alterville slip
tho Trail to Ball parade In Eugene tery Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, j (n , bp smaller towns of the state. The home. Miss Irene Forsythe is sailing now at the Bennett ranch outside of ped off a log and broke her left ankle
on August 20,
At that time club Mrs. Van Dusan of the Light House mtrelor of the place was completely for China from Seattle September 5 town. Mr. Bennett also bought some by striking a rock in a creek on her
members from all over tho state will Temple, Eugene conducting the ser ^ ,n , over, w(th new carpets, curtains as a missionary.
Durham beef cattle on the same day brother’s place July 22 and didn’t
be present and each club Is asked to vices. Bnrlnl was from the Walker) and drftp,,„ being Installed. The front
from Barney Oldfield of Deerhorn know the ankle was broken until she
send a representative. A boy and girl Undertaking parlors, Springfield.
j of the main room was remodeled and
The cattle were delivered July 26.
Go T o Legion Convention
came Into the office of a local physi
from Klamath county are going to be
Severul Springfield have gone to the
Mr. Pugh died nt his home Sunday the family room made larger so ns to
cian and had an X-Rav picture taken
In Eugene and the Lane county clubs afternoon nt 71 yenrs of age. He Is mnke the accommodations as comfort- American Legion Convention In Marsh
Back From Dakota—J. F. N advornik|of It last week,
are asked to nominate a hoy and girl survived oy his wife, Mrs. Elisabeth able ns possible.
field this week. Mr. and Mrs. Huntly and wife returned Tuesday night from
Now she will have to use crutches
from each club from which two rep Pugh; two daughters, Mrs. Catherine)
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left for the convention city Wednesday North Dakota after a stay of two for a few days after hobbling around
resentatives will be selected Tor Lane Moore of Wendover, Utah, nnd- Mrs.)
Have Son—Mr. and Mrs. Fred afternoon. Jess Meats, Carl Sensensy weeks at Dickinson, their old home, for nearly a week without medical at-
county. Those two will entertain the Ellen Elma Bacon of Rnvlnn, Neb-1 Wright of Mareóla announced the nr- and Jack I-arson are also going. Carl Mr. Nadvornik expressed him self as tentlon. The break was not a bad
visiting club members and will have rnskn; nnd two sons, Roy and Floyd rival of a son, born yesterday evening. Sensensy is delegate from the local very glad to get back to Oregon as'on e. although Miss Goddard said It
all expenses paid.
post nnd Jack Larson alternate.
Pugh of West Springfield.
The baby weighed seven ponds.
It la too dry in the east to suit him. , hurt her considerably to walk.