THURSDAY MAY 17. 11*28
T H E SPRIN GFIELD NEWS
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Red Hair Blue Sea
MEMORIAL DAY PLANS
VIRTUALLY COMPLETE;
SPEAKERS ARE NAMED
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Virtually complete plans for Memor­
ial day observance here were unnoun
ced following a meeting last night >f
the general committee headed by M
belt, found It empty. The girl saw B Huntly.
Palmyra's impulse on sighting this | He would ne—dead!
“ w h ere savings a re g re a te s t
The
brown
man
pointed
to
the
sand
1
that,
in throwing his knife away, she
seeking ship—for It was the Okaya
llev. C. 11. Blom, pastor of the Bap­
942 Willamette St.. Eugene, Oregon.
ma—was to whirl around and atkOttM in the canoe—an island. T h e n he * had made her owu death certain,
tist church, has been selected as
extended
his
arm;
the
Island
was
But.
instantly
now.
the
savage
ral
the Joyful fact. In this moment all
speaker of the day. Rev. Gabriel
her new aversion for the brown man locate«!; there ahead and somewhere, lied Only for a second did paralyzing Sykes Will deliver the prayer of Invo­
was forgotten But. as she moved, the unseen, to starboard. Then he flat- discovery unnerve him. The shark had lution
words froze upon her lips. They two. tened out his palm horisontally. laid all hut seised its victim. A moment
The I. O. O. F band of Eugene will
by this Intervention, were no longer his cheek upon it, attempted an ex- and action would be too late. But in provide Ihe music for the day and
of time the man leap««!
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friends. From the steamer Olive planation of slumber, he closed his that , flash
With Folded Scarf Band
.
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f Pallas Murphv has been named to
landed with his feet upon Ihe shark « ,
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would fly almost as quickly as from eyes and began to snore.
secure a quartet to sing numbers at
Soon would this nightmare of wind , back. The Impact threw the monster the service in the cemetery.
Here's a Leghorn Hat
the Pigeon of Noah.
Aboard the Imperial Japanese Gun­ and sea be ended. Soon would she , Into brief panic,
that
has a full quota of
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i Only a morning program will be
boat Okayama as it passed within be liberated from this rack of torture. I She tore at her dress; thrust out i , .
style.
Sand colored, oval
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held
this __ year The big parade will
arm’s reach of the distracted girl and She could throw herself down In the knife. He snatched it: dived
sunk crown and wide snap
! start, at 11 o’clock, ending In the ceme-
then steamed on, was the ship's com­ never-waking slumber.
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
I tery where the principal service will
brim.
pany of the wrecked Yacht Rainbow
Her hand stole toward the opening
’ be conducted.
Gathered on the deck were all who of her dress and her Angers closed,
Il has the new silk folded
Zack Klntsley has been named mar­
best had loved Palmyra Tree in life. caressingly, over the handle of the PETITION TO SET LAND
srarf
band. All in all, an ex­
shal of the day Major Huntly and
But though these swept the sea with knife hidden there. For Olive had
OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS:
ceptional bat and one of our
F
B.
Hamlin
will
act
as
his
aides
their binoculars until their eyes could
feature values at the low price
given It back.
L. ST. TO BE IMPROVED
Tom Swart» will have charg«
stand no more, none ever knew
of—
The topmasts of the Pigeon of Noah
of the line of march In the parade.
Even as the girl made piteous at
Vacation ot >8 acres of Jand east of piowera wm be |n charge of the Am
tempt to cast a mirror's ray across appeared. Olive snatchedi down sail
the gulf. Commander Sakamoto was and mast. He lashed them flat. With Fifth street In the north part of town ,.r|,,an Legion auxiliary. Ihe Women's
himself every- was aske«t by l*aul and L E. Basford ('(vie club and other women's orgatil
turning to John Thurston with fatal a glance he assured
thing aboard was
secure.
Then, ami others In a petition to the city cations. Boy Scouts will gather the
decision.
t],.w,.rs donated hv townspeople. The
"Mv dear—mister." he said. "That paddle In hand, he kept their craft council Monday evening The pr >-
Pvrty >» unimproved iwtth streets or Fnur-L and the W O W. lodge twill
Ponape—he has catched the poor Miss to the hollow of the seas.
But on. on came the top masts, the aUeyB and ,he
«=»•'«» no clean up 'the cemetery and arrange
Tree back again—very sure We gut
benefits from being within the city for benches.
the bird letter and that ruin all the topsails, rising against the sky. The
limits. The petition was referred
Kanaka's chance. For him to reach girl gasped in terror. On came the
A Boy Scout will be named to plav
to the street committee for Investiga­
this far unhelped, even if nobody sails, on and on. nearer and nearer,
taps. School children will njeet nt a
tion.
makes some chase, would be a—too taller and more definite—more greatly
place to he designated by A. J Mor­
The vaction of a stub street be gan and will take part In the parade.
to be dreaded.
,
much."
tween blocks 57 and 58. extended sur- Mayor O. O nushman and member«
Wherefore. Sakamoto, put all to the
And then, in this awful moment
° f Spr,n*fleW’
ato° a8ked b’r a tZ tbe clty^ouncll^vtll participate !n
wrong by Olive's strategy of stealth without word or warning Olive ,
and deviousness, threw the Okayama sprang overboard. Palmyra uttered petition from property owners. This ,hp proKrum Thp Unna c,ub w,„ bp
pr()V,(,p traBapor, a„ OB to thp
northward and steamed forever out of a wail. After all he had braved, to street has never been used and runs nakpd
the field of pursuit; never again to forsake her now? To seek his own into the river. Tue petition was re- cemetery
pass within sight of canoe or schoon­ safety in flight? No! It was unthink­ ferred to the street committee.
State traffic officer«, directed hy
The council voted to improve
er; deserting the girl in that hour able!
Chief of Police George Valller. will
L street from 9th to 10th streets on
when white savage and brown closed
And scarcely the unworthy thought. petition of the property owners. The attend to the traffic.
in for possession of her body
Complete printed programs will he
Yalmyras knowledge of their than
brown man 8 hana 8b° l UP street Is now unimproved and people
course was so vague that she had not |
gave one twist llvtng on it have a poor entrance to distributed over town, the chairman
, announced.
known whether they sailed the Sun- The next second Palmyra was flound­ their property.
rise or the Sunset chain of the Mar­ ering in the water, the canoe capslaed.
Merchants and others displaying
With a stroke the savage reached JENNINGS TENT $H 0W TO ¡flags are requested to keep them at
shalls.
Olive unexpectedly dived. There
an<1 ranght her by the hair. As
PLAY HERE NEXT W EEK :half ma8, un" 1 Boon and ,bcn ra,a*
Estimates Made Before W« S tart the Job
was one plop of his toes at the sur- a kitten held in its mother s teeth,
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I them again to fall mast.
face and then she saw his outreach- »be ceased to struggle. With another
Coming here after successful en
Major Huntly again urged that peo
ing fingers clutch a stone at the bot- stroke he recaptured the canoe, bot­
gagementa In southern Oregon and ' pIp hprp a„ „ , ,hp rommlttPP
mak.
tom. He brought his feet down and tom up. He put his foot on the out-
ornja the Jennings Tent show ,
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moved crouching as if he were rigger, tilted the hull so the imprison- Callfornia' th* Jennings Tent show ,ne ,hp c„iPhratlnn successful by at
moved, croucning. as ir ne
ere
e
will open next Monday evening for temllnv the nrnrrnm n.> .-nn.idnr«
stooped on drv land, looking for some- ed air escaped. W ith one arm he bore ,
tending the program He < onslders
_.
down
noon
the
canoe
their
rnmhlned
I
’
, the service of much worth to Spring
thing lost
I down upon the canoe, their combined j *«eg» run in inis city.
The stock company will present field Ijtst year accounts of the cele-
A uthorized Ford Sales and Service
She could see as well as if there weight, to sink it and control Its
‘ Phone 49
Olive
was
moving
«o
motion.
The
other
arm
held
the
girl.
i
bo,h
conwdjr and dramatic produc- bratlon were printed In at least 20
Fifth and A. S treet«
were no water.
one side now The great clam was submerged, so that she choked and tions during the seven day showing different newspaper« and service
here.
men's magazines.
lying immediately behind him, its up- fought for breath.
The
company
has
been
in
Spring-
-
per shell raised like a trap. She was
on, on the Lupe-a-Noa indeed had
field
on
previous
occaglpns
and
the
momentarily uneasy, then laughed
come, nearer and nearer—but not too
Suddenly, before she could realize near. Careening under its spread of, j shew
. has . . won comment for the clean
in
it as she loked placidly on. he had said p had been unbelievably close an
D'R
Pr° U*’t 08
"FOR HONEST, PROMPT, AND STRICT ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW"
shifted, stepped backwards. The trap and then, all unknowing, had flown 1 8
ra n^,ul>
snapped shut across his foot.
away. Ponape Burke, with his binoc- aD<
p "
company 18
Instantly, the brown body was con- u|arg, had glared straight over them n° W Q faD 8 aH8’
torted. A gush of bubbles silver ¡n his scrutiny of the more distant
SPRINGFIELD TWIRLERS
globules streaming upward from h’s gPa
frantic cry. The girl uttered a shriek,
TO PLAY PLEASANT HILL
He placed the girl's hands on the
covered her eyes.
now buoyant canoe, returned Its gear.
Why, wliy had she not warned him!
The Springfield city baseball team
She'd known the danger.
,
. .
. will play its second game of the sea­
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stooped for the more difficult feat of
But as the girl lay, shuddering.
son Sunday In a game with Pleasant
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hauling Palmyra aboard when, startl-
something wet touched her arm. Re-
Hill. Whether the game will be play-1
. ,
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ingly, he let go his hold with a gut-
coiling with a easp. she found herself
ed here or at Pleasant Hill will d e-'
looking into the dripping face of the 1 tUa Crf
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pent on the condition of the grounds -
. brown man. which smiled pleasantly. i ! She turned frightened
eyea over her
“
at the Brattaln school which the i
. reopened . . her _
_ „ she shoulder, then screamed. For there.
When she
eyes
players have been working on since
cutting
the
surface,
a
little
Jet
of
knew that she had fainted.
being given the privilege of using
She loked at this creature, awed. spray rising from its edge, was an­ them.
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He was alive, seemingly unharmed; other sail—the deadful lateen of a
rather pleased with himself and her shark!
(a ) Belief in prohibition and the enfo rce­
Uncles Death Learned — V. J.
The man-eater was almost upon her.
astonishment.
Daniels, manager of the Loop pool
m ent thereof.
He drew the knife she had given Frantic, she turned her eyes to Olive,
him and with a gesture or two made There he stood, for the first time at hall, this week received word of the i
all plain. Olive had thrust the blade fa“>‘ His hand, with lightning In­ death of his uncle, H. W. Grimes In [
(b) C ourtesy to the public.
in between the valves of the clam's «Hnct, had flown to the sheath of his Yuba City, California, on May 12.
arnvn «ami severed th*» muncles that
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snapped these together.
(c) Disco urae m ent of prosecution not
Having explained, he rescued the
cocoanut shell, which was bobbing
founded on su b sta n tia l evidence.
away on the water, and prepared to
dive anew
When she understood,
(d) Prom otion and rep resen tatio n of the
thp girl cried out in protest. “Oh.
don't, don’t try azain I, I cannot beat
best in terests of th e people.
it!”
CHAPTER X.
He divined her meaning, grimaced
(e) Efficient and econom ical a d m in istra ­
C a n d id a te for
hack re a ssu rin g ly.
A moment later
tion of th e office of D istrict A ttorney.
he was once more crouched, holding
to the lava floor.
For an Interval the bubbles, came
flying up. Then th<- an followed
He placed the shell In the canoe, lift­
ed himself aboard scarc'-lv l'sted the
frail craft from an even keel.
The girl, still dizzy with shock, sat
and stared at the cocoanut bottle that
PRIMARIES, MAY 18
had brought tragedy so near. Olive,
amused, presently picked it up and
offered it. When she did not respond,
CANDIDATE FOR REPUBLICAN NOMINATION FOR
he raised the shell above his mouth,
tilted ft until the contents spurted out |
—and drank.
Palmyra laughed hysterically. He
had filled the thing at the bottom of
the ocean a hundred feet from land.
HE PROMISES A CLEAN, EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION
Yet now he drank.
She took the sphere when he offer­
ed It aBaln and tasted experimentally;
sweet, fresh water; clear, cold as
from a spring.
The girl drank deeply. Then, hold­
ing the shell upon her knees, she sat
for a long time, looking covertly at
Vote 70 | X | Earl E. Luckey, for Sheriff. "Economical administra­
this brown being.
tion. Strict enforiement of all laws without fear or favor.”
He had all but given life itself that
she might have the wate she craved.
And he would have given life It­
(PAID ADV. BY DONALD R. HUSBAND, ATTORNEY, 860 WILL. ST., EUGENE, ORE.)
(Paid Advertisement by Luckey-For Sheriff Club, R. A. Babb, Presi­
self had she taken his knife and not
dent, James H. Baker, Secretary Treasurer, Miner Building, Eugene.)
granted her own.
By STANLEY P. OSBORN
Stylish, Cool Leghorn Hats
$3.98
Paint Your Car!
Dress your Ford up for $10.00
W e Paint All Makes of Cars
and Guarantee Our Work
E. R. DANNER MOTOR CO.
INQUIRE OF SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
His Character and Ability
/ Stand For —
EARL E. LUCKEY
Sheriff
Donald R.Husband
You Know Him
Springfield is His Home Town
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
LANE COUNTY
You Know He Means It
VOTE 57
Donald R. Husband for Dist. Attorney