OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Brief Resume of Happenings of
the Week Collected for
Our Readers.
Y r r ’ l’ ill county*« »spenrtlturaa In
l**2H are aatlm atad nt *661,1^7 48. This
compares with *568,676 10 spent In
sear.
Iow a M inister To
Carl It. Gray, praaldaat ef tke tie tea
Pacific system, has advised A. H Ed
monds. assistant tra ffls utaaager ta
Portlaad, that tha nompauy has decid
ed to parckaaa 16.009.099 worth of asw
equipment, Including I I model freight
engines to he placed la aarvlca la the
Pacific northwest.
Delegates to Pan-American Conference
Cbarlea
was found
a specific
by a ju ry
more than
W alker, Beatty atorkm an.
guilty at K lam ath Falla on
charge of stealing a cow
which deliberated a little
two hours
DEPENDABLE EIJEQLA5S SERVICE
Bids for highway construction Joba
In three counties and a park conces
sion In U m atilla county w ill be opened
at a meeting of the state highway com-
mission In Portland, Thursday, Janu
ary 28.
A new high population record was
set at the state penitentiary In Salem
when 861 prisoners were registered
AU of the convict», w ith the exception
of those In the hospital, are employed
regularly.
M rs E lla Sliulx W ilson was re
elected secretary of the state fa ir
board.
A. C. M arsters of itoseburg
was elected president. It It. Craw ford
of Salem vice president and A. Hush
of Salem treasurer.
W. J. Culver was elected M arlon
county roadinuster for the l&tli oon-
seiutlve tint«.
V irtu a lly all ot the
hard surfaced highways In Marlon
county were constructed under M r.
Culver's supervision.
T he M t. Hood Railw ay company's
tracks have been kept open constantly
during the recent storm and service
has been maintained to Parkdale.
About 86 ears of apples along Ita track
are aw aiting shipment.
Ing to a report prepared by the state
Industrial accident commission. The
victim was James It. Stem uierm au, ot
Marshfield T here were 483 accidents
reported to the commission during
the week covered In the report.
OPTOmETtUT— ElJESiqHT SPECIALIST
878 IDilU.nette Si
Phone 620
Photo shows President Coolidge with members of the Am erican
delegation to the Sixth In te rn a tio n a l Conference of Am erican States
which opens at Havana, Cuba, January 16 They called at the W h ite
House to disc s plans for participation in the conclave
L e ft to
right are: Judge M organ O 'B rie n ; Charles E Hughe» form er Secre
tary of State; Secretary of State Frank II Kellogg. President Cool
idge; H e n ry P Fletcher, U nited States Ambassador to Ita ly ; form er
Senatdr Oscar Underw ood; J G. Scott, and D r L F Rowe, director
of the Pan-Am erican U n ion
Mrs. Klchouseh In— M rs John Kick-
busch of W a lte rv llle was a Springfield
visitor Monday.
Good Juicy,
Tender Meat
Cold w eather calls for m ore m eat on your table. There
is- no food lakes the place of m eat especially on frosty days
when the body demanda the highest am ount of nourishm ent,
ilu r m eats are the very best. Handled under stirctly sani
tary conditions and by expert butchers m eat bought here
will alw ays please. 'Whether its a nice tender steak, a big
juicy roast, chops, sausage or any kind of m eat you can
take it home with the full knowledge its good m eat.
estate In this vicinity.
Mrs. Price H ere— Mrs. W a lte r Price
and A lvin Price of M arcóla were
Springfield visitors Monday.
DePue st Salem— Attorney F ran k
DePue w e n t to Salem on business
I
Monday.
Montgom erys at Notl— M r. and Mra.
Ham M ontgom ery were visitors at
j N o ll Sunday w ith hls relatives,
i
j
Here From Rainbow— Mrs. George
W illia m s o f Rainbow was a Spring
field visito r Saturday.
Returns to
has returned
visiting here
the death of
EUQENE
Jest one Iking— bat I do it ngbl
Paul W agner Hers— Paul W agner,
Portland, wag here Wednesday look
ing a fte r hls Interests in the W elnhard ’
Idaho— Mrs. Allen K lo tz '
to W eiser, Idaho, after ,
for some tim e follow ing ,
her father, F ra n k Chase
OFFICERS CLUB FORMED
BY NEIGHBORS AT MEET
Officers club of the Neighbors of
W oodcraft was organized at a meeting I
last iiigh t-at the home of the guardian ;
neighbor. Mrs. C. F Egaim ann. Mrs.
M erlon Allan s was named president. ’
INDEPENDENT MEAT CO.
Phone 63
PRATT HOLVERSON
4th and Main Sts.
E C. STUART
Coburg Man V isitor— Business was Mrs Eggim ann secretary, and Mrs. ¡
transact« d here Monday by Paul Gar-1
j^ x to n . treasurer.
I
T he organization w ill forw ard the I
boden, Coburg
social activities o f the lodge, and w ill I
meet on the first Wednesday o f each
month. T he next m eeting w ill be at
here Monday.
the home of Mrs. D o llle H u n te r on
Hem enw ay In Springfield— E. E the first Wednesday In February.
Hem enw ay of Eugene M otor Route
Those present last night were Mrs.
M arion Adams. Mrs. Ada H u rlb u tt,
II was a v la lto r here Saturday.
Mrs. Dollle H unter. Sfr» Edith Hurd,
Cresw ell Man In— E W . Mathews
Mrs
Lorene
W rig h t.
M rs.
Ray
of Cresw ell paid Springfield « visit
Stevens, Mrs. Sadie B aldw in. Mrs.
Saturday.
Daisy Pugh and Mrs. E d ith Laxton
Chase In own — M. L. Chase of
Chase Garden» was a business visitor
Portland became 77 years old F rl
day. when the city had one of it« aev
era I birthdays
It was January IS.
1860, that the legislature ol the te r r i
Msble Man Here— L. G. Paris ol
tory granted to the city Its charter Mabie waa a Springfield visito r Sun
and a few days la te r the city council day.
confirmed that charter. It became ef
Rev. Sykes III— Rev. Gabriel Svke»
fectlve February 8, 1860, and the first
J was confined to hls home w ith Illness
ejection was held April 6 w hrn Hugh
early this week.
|j O 'B ryant was elected mayor,
j
RoporU recently given out by Post-
Here From Goshen— M r. and Mrs.
m aster T u lley at W allow a Indicate a , U M. Gossler of Goshen were visitors
; ateady gain In receipts for the office ' here yesterday.
during the past year.
Stamp sales
Jasper Man In—J R Conrad of
for the q uarter ending December 31.
I Jasper paid Springfield a visit yester
192«, w er • *1871.38 and for tbo stmt
lar quarter ending December 31, 1927, day.
tho Bale» w ire <1730.78, a gain ot
L ester K irk V isitor— Lester K irk .
<48 93
Thle gain has been consist
' who lives ngrth of Eugene, paid Spring-
ent through every quarter during tho
fluid u v is it Tueaday.
past year.
Creaw ell W om an Here— Mrs. F E.
T he Eastern Oregon l ’save Officers'
Co-operative association mat In La Roberta of Creaw ell paid Springfield
JUST ARRIVED
A NEW POPULAR PRICED
Bedroom Suite
2 SPRINGFIELD STUDENTS
COMPLETE DEGREE WORK.
IN IVORY ENAMEL
3 Piece Suite consisting of Bed, Dressing Table
and Chiffonier
U n iv e rs ity o f Oregon-. Eugene, Ore..
Jan. 19— i Special I — Miss Ruth Kerch-
er and Miss M au rin e L o t herd, of
Springfiel are two of the 39 students
of the U n iversity of Oregon who ha re
completed th e ir w ork for degrees, It
Is announced by E e ir l M. P a lle tt.
reg istrar, follow ing the approval of
their names by the faculty. T he board
of regents at its next meeting w ill
fo rm ally puss upon the awards.
Miss K erch er w ill receive n degree
of Bachelor of arts, and Miss Lom bard
w ill be graduated w ith a degree of
Bachelor of science. F ifteen Bachelor
of arts degrees w ill be awarded and
sixteen degrees o f Bachelor of science,
while there w ill be one Bachelor of
business
adm inistration ,
and
one
Bachelor of education given.
Miss
M argaret Woodson, of Heppner, w ill
receive a Doctor of Jurisprudence de
gree w hile Raymond E. Baker, of
Albany, w ill receive a M aster of
Philosophy and doseph A. Santee, a
M aster of Scelnce degree.
Grande laat week and elected Clint a visit Tuesday.
Hayuua, La Grande police chief, presi
Mrs. P c 'te r Here— Mrs. C. E. Potter
dent; Henry M cKinney of Baker, vice
of W a lte rv llle was a Springfield visi
president; 8. H. Burleigh of E nter
tor Monday.
prise. secretary -treaeurar; Autoe Helm
of l-a Grande, aseletant secretary;
G irl Has Pneumonia— T he small
Jeese Hreeheare of La Grande and daughter of George Cannon, who
D istrict Attorney Blodgett of Nyeea, lives on the E lm ira road, la suffering
Coos county expanded 812,897.26 for
members of the executive committee. from pneumonia.
roail projects during December, It was
Business of the H arrisburg National
revualed a t Coquille by figures com
Is In H ospital— Dale C urtis. Leba
plied In the county cle rk ’s office. The bank baa been purchased by the Junc non Is In the Pacific C hristian hospi
greatest amount was spent on general tion City State bank, and conaollda
tal seriously HI.
tlon of the ln»tltutlona waa effected
roads, totaling 814,089 70.
laat week. Thia deal presents the un
Peterson a t Eugene— 1. M. Peterson 1
F ire losses In Oregon, exclusive of
usual situation of a state bank acquir m aster o f the local Masonic lodge, at- *.
Portland, during December aggregate
ad 1396.043, according to a report pre ing a national bank Deposits amount tended a lodge a ffa ir in Eugene M on
pared by the state fire marshal. There ing to between *70,900 and *78,000 day evening.
were taken over In the transfer. The
were 78 flree reported, of which three
Returns From C alifo rn ia— M r. and
Junction C ity State has mere than
were of an Incendiary origin.
tw ice that amount of daposlte. The Mrs. Robert Pierce and M r. and Mrs.
The state legislature would be pro
change leaven H arrisburg w ith one Alex M acintosh have returned from a
hlblted from Interferin g w ith leglsla-
two weeks' trip to C alifornia.
bank, the F irs t National.
tlon enacted by the voters, under the
W
ith
growing
conditions
abaolutely.
Goes To Portland— W H . L am bert
provisions of a proposed constitutional
am endm ent filed In the office» of the Ideal. Douglas county broccoli growers w ent to Portland to spend this week
secretary of state at Salem last week. are looking forward to one of the big w ith hls w ife and daughter, Jean M a r
geat crops In the history of the Indus tin.
L ate registration at the Oregon Ag
try. The present fear la that the un
ricu ltu ral oollege has Increased the
Hera From Florence— M rs. Charles
usually warm January weather w ill
total for this term to 3297, the largest
bring the crop on too early, at a tim e Johnson of Florence spent a few days j
enrollm ent of degree students for tha
when the m arket Is flooded w ith C a li of this week here attend ing to b u s t-!
second term In the history of the col
She stayed a t the
fornia cauliflow er, resulting In lower ness Interests.
lege. according to the latest report Is
M rs. Johnson Is a 1
prices. T he present estim ate Is that Am erican hotel.
sued by E. B. Lemon, registrar.
there w ill be more than 809 carloads fo rm er Springfield resident.
Decision to solicit support for tha
Judge Bryan Here— Judge Bryan, of j
»hipped out of the Umpqua valley dur
proposed wool warehouse In Baker
ing the laat of February, M arch aad
W
eiser, Idaho, brother of the lale
was made at a m ealing of the nakso
A pril. Aa effort to standardise a caaSa
Joseph Bryan of this city, visited In ,
County W ool Growers' aasociatlen In
for Dragon shipments has so ta r met
this city Monday. H e visited C. E '
B a k w last week, and a com mittee was
w ith failure, sad the several shlpplag
Kenyon, caahler of the Com m ercial 1
appointed with a view of determ ining
orgaalaatleas w ill probably eaeh uae
State bank, and a form er resident of
the sentiment of sheepmen In regard
a different style e i crate.
W eiser.
to the project.
K. O. W a r ear af FUat Book. presi
Tbo Ooqallls chamber of eommereo
Gladys W a lk e r H u rt—G ladys W a lk
dent, aad Bab Tboinpaae ad Happmat,
w ill petition tha federal radio tom-
Ticwpraatdeat, w are uauxnBmauaiy sa- er sustained a painful gash above one
mission to p erm it the establishment
sleeted to th eir peolltoaa by tha O re eye when she fell and struck h er head
of a broadcasting stallo.i there as Mia
gon W aal Grewere' aaaaatattaa at the on the table a t h er home Monday
center of Coos county. Thts aettoa
close af th e ir Slat aaaaal eeavenMea evening. T h ree etltc.hee w ere neces
camo aa the result ot a mas' lag a f the
sary to close the wound.
In Pendleton last weak.
ahamher laat weak.
In celebration af the Uataltarttoa af
Lost by (Ira In A storia during 1927
Plan Food Sale
a naw w ater system, tka taws st F air
war lowwat a f any year stnse tka big
T h e women of the Hom e M issionary
view, 11 miles east of Purtta.wd aa the
disaster ef 1922, according to the an
Columbia highway. w « k<4d a m a s t society w ill hold a cooked food sale
nual rep ort of F ire C hief 0 . ■■ Foster.
Illg aad satertaln m ent la the aadltar- Saturday, January 31, In the A. R.
Tha total loss laat year wae <17.-
tnia of the town's new »akaalkausa as Sneed store. Pies, cakes, salads, and
997.08. on which Insnrance totaling
other foods w ill be on sale fro m 10
Thursday night, January 98
810.160.01 waa paid.
a. m. to 2 p. m.
Hesslds Is to have an aviation
school, a tract of 80 acres having been
purchased for that purpose In the
north end of tha city, w ith a m ile of
riv e r and ocean frontage. The school
w ill be opened In July.
Dr. "Roijdl Qick
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Fay Lllnsmoor, Oakgrove orchard lit,
lost his chicken house and 400 hens
last week
lie hud adopted the new
system of lighting hla hennery before
day In order to get hla birds out early
Gasoline luntertis were used. H e re
tired a fter lighting the lamps, and
the fam ily was aroused later by the
fire.
W ith in a atone'» toss of the Pacific
The N orthw est Society of Slate
ocean
at W inchester lory, near Reeds-
H ighw ay Engineer» w ill hold th eir an
port, roses are In bloom, according to
nual meeting at the Multnomah hotel
Mrs. 8. M Scott, resident of that dis
In Portland, January 71. according to
tric t.
The sunshine of recent days
a recent announcement.
has caused the Ituds to unfold, she
W ith a yard full of lum ber and a
said, and open spaces of the commons
scarcity of logs as the cause, the Ore
ere turning s brighter green from new
gon T ra il saw m ill at N orth Powder
grown grass
boa shut down and w ill probably not
W heat Is being threshed In heavy
open again until spring.
snow at the Fred W. Kpplnger ranch
Of a total of 8573 children examined north of Baker. T he g, un could not
In the elem entary schools of Marlon
be thr*shed durllTg the fall because ol
county, only 34 per cent were found the rains. It seems little damaged by
tree front defects, while 6142 wore
running about 40
the snow and Is rutiniug
found w ith defects of some kind
bushels to the acre. So far .as known
A 81.000 volt line has been built by this Is the first wheat that has been
the Pacific Power A L ig ht company threshed there In January.
between Pendleton and Athena at a
T h ere was one (atallty due to In
cost of flB.ooo a mils. Nest summer
dustrlal accldeuts In Oregon during
thia w ill be extended to W alla W alla. the week ending January 12, accord
mon topic w ill be a t thia tim e, " F irs t
Things F irs t."
Preach
The Rev. C E Crandall o f the Dee
Sunday School at 9:86 A. I I .
Mofnes, lows. M E conference w ill
Epw orth League 8:39 P. M
preach at the morning service Sunday
January 22, a t the M ethodist church
here, a t 11 A. M. His topic w ill be
Rev. Blom Preach es— Rev. C. !L
"W h a t Is M a n ’ ” A t 7:20 P. M. the Blom of the Springfield Baptist church
regular pastor Rev Sykes w ill preach preached at evangelistic services .»
especially fo r young people. H ls ser Junction C ity this week.
A serious outbreak of smallpox was
found at Grand Konde In northwest
ern Polk county by County H ealth O f
fic e r Ur. A. B Starbuck, Four chll
dren In one Indian fam ily and three
o ther children, one a white girl, were
found to have the disease. T his la the
eecoud outbreak thia winter.
Thu »null ot Dayton. In Ila atato- ' Jack Glover, 11. Laurelhurst school,
n u n l of Dwcetnber .11. III87, rvglslersd Portland, won firs t prise for the best
a total £ » In ot *16.909 In resources essay on "H ighw ay Safety," submitted
(or the year.
by Oregon elem entary students In the
Clover growers of Clackamas coun 1928-27 national safety campaign held
ty attended a clover conference bold uuder the direction of the National
at the Oregon C ity chamber o( com Automobile chamber of commerce, lie
waa awarded a gold medal valued at
merce rooms last Monday.
Total aalna of stamps and stamped
paper at the Handy postoffice tor the
year ended Decoiuber 11, 1917, was
<2178 22; a «aln ot <11119 over the
previous year.
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