T illH ISPAV M A lie n .1, 1027 T H K SPR IN O FIK I .D NEWS CRESCN STATE NEWS CF GENERAL INTEREST Brief Resume of Happenings of Otegtm monthly pensions have been granted as follows Katrina Neale, Portland. $50; Janette Casey. Port­ land $30; John F Smith North Port­ land. $25; Hiram Barker. Roseburg. $65; Frank B. l.ytel. Charleston. $30 The recent flood has doue consider­ able damage to broccoli In Douglas the Week Collected for county, according to G. R Green, field manager for the American Fruit Our Readers. Growers for Oregon The previous estim ate ot 350 carloads front that Nor* than 1890 persons from 19 dif­ section has been cut to approximately fer« nt states and foreiam countries 150. attrnihsl an annual get-together meet­ Retween 13 and 15 per cent of the ing h e ld a t S a le m . More than 12« 000.000 » a s spent In Oregon by the federal government daring 192« it has been revealed by figures niade public. Judge Eakin at Astoria dismissed 66 cases and threatened to throw out 66 others unless the persons Interest­ ed appear within 3d days. An Increase of Id per cent in the use of water meters in Baker between M i l and 1916 it shown in a report by the city water departm ent A mysterious explosion in the home of Oscar Maki at Astoria demolished the cook stove and wrecked every­ thing in the kitchen at the time. Mrs Mae Wadley. I I years of age and mother of six children, committed suicide at her home near Hasel Green in Marion county, by drinking poison. Willard Galloway, wanted by Lane county authorities to serve out a sen­ tence of JO days wnd a fine of $250 for a liquor lew violation, was arrested in Los Angeles. The steam lumber schooner Mary Moore struck on the breakwater at the mouth of the Coquille river and sank in ISO feet of water about two miles off shore. E During tha past year a total of 1.- 100 ««Os» pounds of pyrotol. converted government explosive, was purchased in Oregon through offices of the vari­ ous county agents. Work will begin at once on logging off a tract of timber land four miles southeast of Rainier, which is reported to contain approximately 4,000.000 feet of standing timber. R. L Fromme. supervisor of the for­ est. reports that there are 51? miles of trails and ’•ways” in the Deschutes national forest that were cooatructed at a cost of $21,367. Six hundred and seventy cases of influenxa were reported in the state last week according to a bulletin is­ sued by Dr. Frederick D. Stricker, state health officer. Louis E Louden. 2$. who burned a home in Marshfield with the expecta­ tion of obtaining insurance money, was s«mtenced by Judge Kendall to three years in the penitentiary. Governor Patterson named John L. May. Jacob Kanxler and Harold C. Jones, all of Portland, to rep’-esent the state on the national army and navy preparedness committee. Methodist pastors from all eastern Oregon points from Pendleton west, were in Hood River Saturday and Sun­ day to attend the second annua! mid­ year institute of the Epworth League. Dorothy Pui't. 16. narrowly escaped death when th Robert A. Puitt farm home near Bond was destroyed by fire of undeterminc 1 origin. Flames were ■weeping across her bed when she awoke. Freight rate on fresh berries. In sugar shipped from Oregon and Wash­ ington points to Los Angeles for can­ ning were ordered materially reduced in a decision by the interstate com mere« commission. Harry N Burnside of Corvallis, a private in the Oregon national guard« has been appointed to West Point mil ltary academy upon recommendation of his regimental commander, the war department announced. Henry T. Barker of Payette, Idaho, has filed with the state engineer ap­ plication to appropriate waste water from i he Payette-Oregon slope irrlga tion district for the irrigation of 40 acres of land in Malheur county. The state supreme court affirmed the decree of Judge Walter Evans ot the Multnomah county circuit court in the case of John Butchek of P o rtla n d , who is under death sentence for Blay lng his wife on the night of January 14, 192«. Stormy weather has prevented much activity in the halibut fishing indus­ try off the Columbia river since the opening of the season February 15. One boat reached the banks and fished for a short period but returned with­ out a fish. Two million young silverside salmon were released into the north fork of the Klatskanine river from the state fish hatchery. The fish are about seven inches long and bad been in the hatchery ponds for approximately 16 months. Edward F. Averill, state game war- tjejh received a telegram from E W. Nelson ot the blolngteal survey with headquarters In Washington, suggest­ ing the necessity of reducing the num­ ber of ducks killed annually. Mr. A t - •rill telegraphed that he would not agree to shortening the open season hot would suggest that the bag limit he reduced TOWN AND VICINITY —ii Tulley Is Visiter— M erritt Tulley. funner Springfield resident no-» llv Ing in Wallowa, was here Saturday visiting old frlende ■ spec* Dr- Plietteplaee Dr Carl I’helteplai.e. who has been In New York City for several weeks. Is expected in return In Springfield March 6, uetainling io word received In Dr W C. Ilelihali Dr. Phi-tteplace atudied ihllilreli» tllaraaea and obstetrics al the New York Lying in heepllal during Ilia visit In Gotham He ru tie In Spring field recently from Marshfield, ami established otfi«-*» with Dr Rebhan III the First National hank building. -, i . „i.,— i III At Home— W A Moline, resident H a ttie M itchell Belie of Springfield for many yeara, le 111 ai bla residence al Seventh ami G Hattie Mill-hell, daughter o f M r. an! Mr». Mason In— Mrs Frank Mason street. It Is reported. Mrs II T M il. h e ll o f S p rin g fie ld , of Marcóla was a visitor here M o n d a y . s a ile d recently from 11« Iglum for the Visitor From Portland— Will Mosli B e lg ia n C u tirte a h e re she Is engaged Remodel House— Mr. and Mrs Marion Adams are remodeling their residence 1er. son of S tl. Mushier of Hayden 111 m la s lo n w o rk fo r th e C h r is tia n de Bridge, was a visitor here over the nomination here. week end with relatives, lie returned Miss Mitchell returned last year Go To Roseburg— Mr. and Mrs. G to Portland, where he Is temporarily on furlough after spending some time CALI. AND BEE Dr N W Emery 11. Turner motored to Roseburg late residing, on Wednesday. lu the Congo on mission work. <>n prices on pla'e ami other work if last week. Lse C’srk III— Lee Clark la ill al his S or'tl? field residence, 1926 Vmatilla county wheat crop is still in the hands of the growers, it is Here From Cushman— Mrs K E estimated This is a smaller percent­ age for this time of year than for Brat Is in of Cushman was a v is it o r J many years, wheat buyers said Pros here Saturday. peets for the 1927 wheat crop are Has Pneumonia—G C R ic h a rd s o n , bright. resident of West Springfield. I» aufer- Sheepmen, both range and flock tng from an attack of (neumonía. owners, ot Vnion county, organised the Platt Here— George I'latt. Thurston Vnion County Wool Growers associa lion at a meeting at La Grande 8. E farmer, was a business visitor here Miller. Vnion. was elected president; Monday. T. B. Johnson, i-a Grande, rlee-preai Jasper Resident Here— Miss Thelma dent; H G. Avery. La Grande, secre­ Wallace of Jasper was a visitor here tary-treasurer. Monday. On (he ground that a school election Brewer In Town— Roy Brewer of held August 26. 1926. was Illegal. 20 taxpayers ot Canby filed suit in circuit Fall Creek was here for ■ short time , court against the directors ot Vnion Monday. high school district No. 1. Canby, re Visit From Creek—Mr» D W. Gias straining them from purchasing prop pey of Fall Creek was a Saturday visit- ‘ erty from George Brown and building or In Springfield. a school house on this land Donna Woman Here— Mrs Dick Three indictments were returned by the Lane county grand Jury against Kelly of Donna spent a part of Satur­ Henry Bergman and Miss Harriet day visiting in Springfield. Weatherson. president and cashier, re­ Coburg Man Here— Henry Bricker spectively of the Lane County Stale of Coburg was a business visitor in and Savings bank of Florence, who Springfield Saturday. were arrested a few days ago at Btrm inghain. Ala., and who will be brought Is Recovering—Mrs. G. VV. Hobson bark at once. * of Springfield Is at the Mercy hospital Vpon request of Representative recovering from an operation. Crumpacker of Portland, the house Jasper Man Here— James Aubrey of rivefcs and harbors committee agreed Jasper transacted bustness in Spring to report a resolution at the present field Monday. session of congress authorising the closing of the east Swan Island chan­ Here From Grove— Mrs. Carl Eetepp nel in the Willamette river and desig of Cottage Grove spent a part of Mon­ nation of the west channel for navi­ day here. gation purposes. Thurston Man In— Bill Parke, farm ­ It would be for the best interests of er of the Thurston district, shopped the fishing industry in the state of j in Springfield Monday. Oregon to replace W. T. Eakin and J. S. Hayes as members of the state Here From Jasper—Mrs. Mark Sel- fish commission, according to a report bring of J as tier was a Springfield issued by members of the senate com visitor Monday. mittee appointed recently to conduct Here From Marcóla— Mrs. J. O. an investigation of the aftBlrs of the Murdock. Marcóla, spent a part of fish commission. Monday visiting In Springfield. An additional $52,000 has been made available with which to complete the Here From Hill—Mrs Ralph Laird present dredging program on n i l s of Pleasnt Hill shopped In Springfield mook bay. where channel improve­ Monday. ments are being carried out between Stevens is Visitor— Bob Stevens, the entrance and Garibaldi, according to information received by Russell Fall Creek farmer, transacted busi­ Hawkins, president of the port of Bay ness here Monduy. City commission. Visits at Grove— Mrs. A. R Saeed There were three fatalities In the visited during the week-end with her state due to industrial accidents dur brother at Cottage Orove. ing the week ending February 24. ac­ Walterville Man Here— T. W. Car­ cording to a report prepared by the state industrial accident commission ney. W altervllle resident, spent a part The victims were: R. T. Miller, Grants of Monday transacting business in Pass, laborer; William Bllkowski. Springfield. Springfield, logger, and William Man is Fined— W. Cannon. Eugene, Broadback. ripple rigger. \ paid a fine of $9 In police court here Investigation of the purchase agree­ Monday, following his arrest for . ment between Fred Herrick, Idaho speeding by officer A. 8 Currie. lumberman, and the forest service, - covering Malheur forest timber In Bicycle Stolen—Jesse Sumner re- : Grant and Harney counties, was con­ ported to police Monday that his cluded by the public land sub-commit­ bicycle was stolen In broad daylight ¡ tee which has been conducting It for from in front of a local bowling alley. ! two weeks, with prospects Indicating Here From Portland—J W Strelt a report favorable to Herrick. of Portland came down Monday to Pendleton's automobile park will I visit with Mr. and Mrs. M. 11 Huntly. i not be sold or leased and will continue j Mr. Strelt Is an old-time friend of the | to be operated as a municipal con­ Huntly'». cern, It was decided at a meeting of the- city council. Plans for the im Notl Visitors Here— Mr. and Mrs. ; provement of the park to mean Cooper of Elma. Washington, tion received 67.027,796 pounds of milk drove to Springfield Saturday to at­ last year. Receipts from the sale of tend the funeral of William Cooper. cheese were $1,836,718.57 and from ■alee of cream $64,611 I t The avera«« Drive From Wlnberry—Mr. and price received for cheese was 34.64 cents per pound and the average prioe Mrs. Harold Barney of Wlnberry were to patrons tor butter tat was in Springfield on business Monday. Ac­ companied by tbelr family, they drove $6.17. eeata. to town. For Ford and Chevrolet Owners A tire with the famous, road gripping Good­ year All-Weather Tread redesigned for Bal­ loon Tire use. — a tread now that assuros long and even Wear against the “cupping" and uneven wear so common to ordinary Balloons. — a tread that will give better traction under all going, in addition to far longer and more satisfactory wear. 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