9 PACK RIGHT OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST /Vete Sport Outjit STATE RALLY TO BE HELD HERE MAY 2-3 — Brief Resume of Happenings ol the Week Collected for Our Readers. Senator Frederick »Stetwer has tele­ graphed from Washington. D. 0., that he will take up with the department ef commerce the Baker request (or permission to use the government landing field north of the city in re­ turn for payment of the ground rent It is felt that Raker must hare a land­ ing field before long and the govern­ ment field north of the city can not be need by private fliers except in emer­ gencies Complying with the request of the Lincoln County Agricultural council, the county court has set aside a re- rolving fund of »260 to purchase agri­ cultural lime for the farmers of Lin­ coln county. Splendid results have been obtained on all types of soils with the use of ground lime rock. Clover and vetch yields have been doubled, and stands secured where the crops failed to grow previously. A carload of lime was orderid tor im­ mediate delivery at Toledo. > The Douglas county court has grant­ ed the request of the granges of the county for appointment ot a county lair board and named George Staples sf Reedsport, C. O. Garrett of Glen­ dale and C. C. Hill of Glides as the three members, who, with the county school superintendent. Mrs. Edith Ack- srt, will make up the board. There has been a strong demand throughout the county for renewal of the annual Sounty fair and the board was ap­ pointed with a view to its reestablish­ ment. Governor Patterson reprieved for one week the death sentences imposed on James Willos and Ellsworth Kel­ ley. who were slated for execution in the state penitentiary Friday, for the •laving of Milton Holman and John Sweeney, guards, during a break at the prison in August, 1925. After clinging to their overturned boat for one and one-half hours in the middle of the Columbia river off Brad­ bury slough, near Mayger, ten miles below Rainer. Ray Johnson. 35, and his brother-in-law. a boy of 13 years, were rescued by two deputy fish war­ dens passing in a patrol boat. TlIVItffiAY APRIL 2d. 102« THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS Allison. KInuinth Falls Leaders of Christian Churches May 2 to Gather in Rally at Spring- Morning Session. field Church; Noted Man Heller Underalnndlnx of Our Prob­ From Ohio in Charge; Com­ lems. plete Program is Given. Favorite hymn time and Invocation, F undam entalists lenders of the Christian churches of Oregon will gal her here for a twoilay conferenee lu the Springfield Christian ehurvh. May 1 and 2. „ Victor Johnson, of the Christian Restoration assiM-lutiou Cincinnati, t.hlo, who will come here to he In charge of the ga>.iertng. I* nationally known us an exponent of Christian unity, which he says "ran come only by the discarding of all man-made dogmas and creeds and the accept­ ance of the New Testunient os the only rule of faith and practice." The gathering will open with a sup- per given by the women of the Spring- field church In honor of the visiting speakers and delegates. Missionaries, ministers, church officers und society executives will he here In largv num­ bers. The program of the conference Is us follows: Supper In honor of visitors. May 1 6:30. Evening Session 8:00 o'clock. Better Understanding of Our Plea. Invocation. H. L. Ford, Enterprise, Oregon. Evangelistic song service. Address, "What We Stand For" and. organisation of the rally, Victor Johnson. Cincinnati. Special Music. Address. "Why the Restoration Plea Will Win." I>r. E. C. Sanderson president Eugene Bible. U niver­ sity. Devotional and Benediction. N K K. J. Adams, of Eugene. E . J Adams, of E uK *ns. haa filed a candidate ftrr delegate to tha R ep ublican natio nal convention to ba held a t K anaas C ity In June, from th e b'trat congreaaional district M r. Adam s was a delegate to tha n a tio n al convention a t Chicago In 1920 and secured th e firs t roreat road plan k ever w ritte n In the n *. tio n a l p la tfo rm T h is plan k pledged th e consideration of the tsxsblo vain® ot th e n a tio n al forests is a c o n tro llin g fa c to r w h e n , considering ap p ro p ria tio n s fo r forest roads - ’.3 tra ils . L a te r he accepted the position •< a re n -ta ry to S -ita io r S tan field a .3 th e re continued his e ffo rt fo r lar-?-« ap p ro p ria tio n s. Since then O regcn has received over six m illion dollars, o r to be exact. ii.S47.T9S.0tl. of i\-d - e ra l m oney expended on th e forest roads o f Oregon T h ou gh th is fu nd la shared by eleven States and tw o te rrito rie s Oregon receives about one seventh o f the to tal ap prop riation s. M r . A dam s was also a delegate to th e n atio nal convention a t Cleveland In 1914 and chosen a m em ber of the resolutions com m ittee. T h e c h a ir­ m an named him one o f 15 to w rite and arra n g e th e p la tfo rm . T h e re he secured th re e plunks in w h ich Oregon Is v ita lly Interested. A co n tin u a tio n of F e d eral aid fo r highw ays: la rg e r ap p ro p ria tio n s for forest roads: and th e consider".lion o f poten tial tonnage In ap p ro vin g projects fo r th e im p ro ve m e n t of harbors. M r A dam s conceived the m ethod o f securing re lie f fo r th e O H e also planned and directed th e land g ra n t eonntles and d rew the bill th a t passed Congress w ith o u t am en td m en t. H e also planned and directed th e cam paign before th e com m ittees and Congress th a t re­ sulted in th e passage of th e M il ‘n 1926 These counties have a lrea d y received over eig ht m illio n dollars and w ill receive a n n u a lly about th re e q u a rte rs o f a m illio n u n til th e proceeds from sales a re su f­ fic ie n t to refu nd theee advances and leave a residue fo r distrib u tio n ac­ co rd ing to th e term s o f the o rig inal act M r. A dam s wae ac tive In th e prep­ a ra tio n and passage o t th e present F e d e ra l aid h le h w a v la w In co-opera­ tio n w ith th e 1st* S enator Tow nsend w ho was th e a u th o r of the law . as DEBATE STUDENTS MAKE REFORESTATION TALKS Four debate students at the high school addressed an assembly Wed­ nesday afternoon in behalf of the na­ tional forest fire prevention week which is in progress. William Cox spoxe on the history of reforestration, Frank Mersdorf on the purpose of reforestration, Dortha Bailey on the nature of reforestration and Dick Kliese on the progress of the movement. Paul Potter sang "Jean", the num­ ber which he will present at the state music tournament Saturday and the quartet Sang “When Love Is Kind", the number which they will enter in the competition. *■» Fire losses In Oregon, exclusive of Portland, during March aggregated •231.443, according to a report pre­ HIGH WATER IS HARD ON FISHING, ANGLERS AVER Scouts Take Hike pared by the state fire marshal. There | Troop 11 of the Springfield Boy were 60 fires reported, five being of Incendiary origin. The most disastrous streams near ' Scouts took a hike to the hills near fire was at Goble, where a warehouse here until the water sub9lde8’ local ! here last Sunday. Scoutmaster W. R. was destroyed with a loss of »30.000. ! anKlers said thls weelt Not mMch Aldrich led the group. Other hikes . fishing is being done during the past are planned son. Plans are also un­ jrran e will be host for the next few ." Rev. S. Kart Childers Address, "The Marvel of I. B. M Abe F Bennett, Eugene. The Herald file minutes. Address. "Tin- Need of the Gospel In Japan," M. B. Madden, Osaka, Japan. Committee reports. Benediction. Evening Session. Better Understanding of Our Stew­ ardship. Favorite hymn time. invocation, Leon Chatnlee .McMinn­ ville. Address. "Good Stewards of Christ Jesus," Rex Dallas, Albany. The only remaining hope for tho building of a comfort siallon here Is In the fall election, C. K Kenyon, chulrniun of I lie purk committee for Ute chamber of commerce, suld today. A bond voted by the (Miopie here is the only ntiians of financing the build­ ing, he said. The proposed station would cost in the iielgliborhiMid .if »3608 The city already owns the lot at the corner of Fourth and A streets which Is proposed us the site. Those ivho favor the move urge that the I «Udine b ' made to Includa the city library and city hull offices in order that It would not be necessary to em­ ploy u custodian for Ihe building TROOP 11 SCOUTS ARE ACTIVE. REPORT AT MEET Membership In troop 11 of Boy Scouts here Is nt the maximum of 24 und Ihe hoys are doing fine work, it was reported at a meeting last night. Each of the three patrols put on a humorous pantomime ns a feature if the meeting. The first patrol pre»- t il l e d a feebl- minded schtMil slum , the second patrol a juxx band demon­ stration and the (bird patrol an Indian massacre. Btert-optlcan slides from the uni­ versity extension division were shown. The pictures dealt with fiowt-fs and Insects. Williams Self Service Store Closing Out The NEWLAND STOCK j ; ' | Sale Starts Saturday April 28 at 9:30 A.M. Be Here When the Doors Open THOUSANDS OF REAL BARGAINS R u m m age Lot Our R epu tation C onsisting of W om en’s Silk S hirt W aists, W om en’s P ettico ats, M en’s S hirts, Chil­ d ren 's Poplin Dresses, L aundry Hags, Hoys’ Hals, U nderw ear and Dozens of .Articles. Values to $3.75. fo r fair dealing and courteous service will prevail here the same as at our Eugene store. Every article i& guaranteed and if not satisfactory your money w ill be cheer­ fully refunded. 19c RIBBONS COATS AND SUITS for Women and Children To clean them tip in a hurry we are offer­ ing these exceptional g a rm e n ts at the ridicu­ lous price of One lot of plain am i fancy Ribbons w idth up to 5 inches-— Take Them Away 10c bolt 98c each FOOTWEAR One Lot of