The Springfield news. (Springfield, Lane County, Or.) 1916-2006, June 28, 1928, Page 6, Image 6

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P A C K S IX
The Tiger Trail
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I particularly disquieting. doctor,
have two people verify It.
(T O BE C O N T IN U E D )
to
THURSDAY JU N E 28. 102«
a a 'WS
pital.
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Community News
By Special
Correspondants
BICYCLE RIDERS TO
“Of cou rse that s just a detail. The
V IE IN B IG C O N T E S T
U P P E R W IL L A M E T T E
legend that has grown up deals with
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the stories that the colored people!
a bicycle event In which hoys from
At the annual election for. high
mid—stxiut som ething they saw them Springfield as well as all other part»
after."
' of the county w ill take part has been school d istrict No. I Chas. Me Peek
She paused, and in the little silen ce . announced as part of the July 4th of the Coast Fork district was c h o n ' l l
v s hear»! som e night bird give Its ' celebration In Eugene Moore's Cyel-> by a large majority to be director
Mr. Dilley was the
eleepy call from the marsh.
' and Toy shop of Eugene Is sponsoring for five years
"At first the stories w ere r a th e r ! « contest for which prises are being retiring director. A heavy vote was
cast.
▼ague. Now and again they would offered.
Mrs. I T Circle who has been with
get a glim pse of som ething tawny , Boys must sign up on or before l,
sad alive In the thickets. Everybody p n, tix, ay and final tryouts will be her daughter, Mrs Frank Storm in
laughed at first. But as tim e went pviday evening at 1S2«4 Jefferson Portland Is at thy home ranch at
cn it got increasingly hard to laugh street, Eugene, betw een 6 and 8 p. nt. Edenvale for a short visit with her
Too many people told the sam e storv. i Abou, 50 r|ders will enter the fob sons. Taylor. L ester and Louis amt
And one night a traveler stopped ,owjng even ts: Miss and out race. 10 Mr. Circle. ‘ Mrs. C ircle Is not in vei >
at the house. Simply sp eech less with r((, erg prUcs, watch donated by New good realth and will return to Port
fright. He said that a tiger, cleai iteparlure com pany; $3.50 In trade, I land soon.
Mrs. Charles Mi Peek o f Coast Fori*
and tawny In the mo »plight, had fol- y oorp-8 shop; foot pump. Bridgeport
Ktwed his horse.
Brass com pany; Plank ride. 20 riders, w as burled at the Pleasant Hill cem e­
Monday afternoon
at, 3 JO
The stories all agreed on one prises, gold knife and chain, donated tery
point. The beast was alw ays seen j,v E clipse Machine company, wheel o'clock. S ervices were held at the
' Pleasant Hill Christian church W A.
e ther on or ahou this hill on which horn, Persons M anufacturing com
Mrs. M cPeek was
the house is built
And then, one pan.v. mud guards, Internaional Stamp Elkins oltid atin g
midnight » negro cam e with a can- vrorks; slow race, 10 riders, pair of 'tak en with a stroke of apoplexy w li l->
die on som e errand into the library, tires. Federal Rubber company, cyclo­ Irtteu d in g the Ice cream .social given
the room w s are now in. He told meter. V eeder Manufacturing com ­ ! by the Farmers I’nlon at the Clover-
rather a straight story afterward. He pany, chain. Diamond Mfg company; dale school Friday night. She » a s
couldn't see at first. He Just heard girls’ race. $4 00 In trade. Moore's taken to her home and died ut 3
soipettting bounding about In the shop; pair of pedals. Torrington com ­ .o'clock Saturday morning Her death
, was a great shock to her fam ily and
shadows-—playing with the curtains. pany, horn, B evens Brothers.
! her many friends as she was in the
His candle-light showed him som e­
best of health. She w ill be greatly
thing big as ai enormous hound—and
Pooles H ave V is ito rs — Mrs. Alice
m issed iu the Upper W illam ette d is­
yellow and black in color.
E lliott of I^banon and son. Lester
“That Is substantially the legend. Martin of S eattle, were visitors at trict as she was an en th u siastic work­
Dr Lon*. Of course I don’t want the Charles P Poole home on Tues- er in community, social aud church
circles
She was much Interested 'n
you to think tw ice about it— if you ,,av
■ the schools and worked for their Itn-
do you would take your bag and go.
I
1 proveinent and progress. T he.church
For fea rs and years the story was
T onsils srs Removed— « . O. Web­ and Christian Endeavor rooms were
Just told at Intervals, and not even
ber tit Eugene underwent an opera­ l filled »1th the friends who cam e to
the. negroes were afraid.
But two
tion for the rem oval of bis tonsils in attend the funeral. The floral offer­
years ago— But you've heard enough
the office of a local phvsician T u es­ ings were many and beautiful there
Let's talk of som ething else "
day?
’ being many set pieces
“If I'm to cure thia house of its
| Mr .and Mrs M E Haya. Mrs. A. J
troubles, you'd better tell me all." I
P A IN T IN G and K als o m ln ln g In a ll Its 1 Phelps, and H asel and Gladjis Wheel-
told her.
branches.
Reduced Prices.
Roy jar, came dowi^ from Monmouth Sat-
She braced beraelf and continued.
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I urday to be present a t the church
She was a sensible, cool beaded Am­
birthday celebration Sunday.
Thev
erican girl; and I had no doubt but
that the story was hard for her to FOR HALB—Carbon paper In larga are attending summer school at Nor
sheets, MxSt tachas, suitable for mal.
ta ll Already I w as groping for som e
making
tracings. The News O ttaa
Mr. and Mrs. Claude Ktme, see
aaterat ex pis nation for the legends.
Miss Thelm a W heeler, returned from
T v o years ago Sam. one -if our
th eir honeymoon In tim e to attend
C A L L FO R S C H O O L W A R R A N T S
colored men. came wild-eyed I t . to the
the Trent annual picnic June 23.
bouse and said that be hau seen the Springfield, Oregon, June 27th. 1*28.
N O T IC E 18 HEREBY GIVEN. That
Nina Dilley. Vena Awbrey and
t h i n g Just below oar veranda— and
all of us laughed at him
Perhaps » | School D istrict No. 1# of Lane County, Arah Nell Arnold are cam ping in the
month Inter on of the house-maids | Oregon, will pay at the office of the Tinker woods and picking loganber­
came with almost an identical story— district clerk at the First N ational ries and thinning apples for Mr.
she sad one of the young colored men bank of Springfield, school warrants Tinker. Others who are working in
had been walking about the hillside, up to and Including No. 2412 Interest the Tinker orchard are Evlyn Phelps.
Belle Olson. Emma Olson. Helda
and it had suddenly emerged from the ' ceases after June 30. Signed
R. W SMITH. D istrict Clerk.
It Miller, Esther Miller. Arlene Mitchell,
shrubbery. It m a k e s'su c h a story
iiw i M cD nnielda, T eln to , ¿Aluorta and
W ilm s Circle, s l i d lln sel Headman
A large crowd attended the nil day
-m eeting held at thej Pleasant Hill
Christlun church ill celebration of the-
78th birthday of the founding of the
church
Rev Harry Benton gave the
address In the morning Rev. Stivers
of Eugene. Mr. Bristow aud Mrs
Hem enway. Springfield, gave talks in
the afternoon. There w as a splendid
choir both morning and afternoon. A
basket dinner was served at the nnon
hour.
Donald Kahler, who la working at
the Hurry Schrenk ranch near June
tton City was home liv er Sunday
While m ending a lance, at the farm
of his parents little 8 year old Ben
Brown fell and broke his left arm
Just above the elbow. In falling l|e
Just m issed landing on a pitchfork
that lay with the tines up.
Miss Juanita Lombard nt Spring
field spent the w eek en d at Pleasant
Hill visitin g with Mrs. O. H. W unpe
lln
The M isses Verna and Shirley
W iley left Pleasant Hill tor Salem
lent week, where thay w ill spend thy
summer. They hope to attend high
school at P leasant Hill again next
year.
Mr. and Mrs. S tow ell and two
younger children of Trent left for
Medford Saturday to Join her two
obtest daughters. Evelyn and Myrtle,
who left several w eeks ago and un-
working In the apple, and puer or­
chard*.
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K. E. Kilpatrick left tor the moun­
tains Friday where he luts a position
In the forestry serylce for the sum ­
mer.
Several very fine milk cow s reacts»!
to the T. B. test given last w eek and
had to be killed.
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L ittle V adetts Curta, who has been
receiving medical treatm ent At the
Shriners hospital In Portland is at the
home of her parents at Pleasant HUI
for a couple of months.
THURSTO N
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Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ednilston and
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Enhoff motored to
the lava bed up the M cKenzie last
W ednesday.
Miss Elizabeth McMahon under
went an operation for appendicitis
last Tuesday at Pacific Christian hos-
I’xirry Price and Felix Sparks
motored to Detroit, Oregon. where
they attended a forestry m eeting last
week
Mr and Mrs Joe Endicott from
Vancouver spent the iweek end ’with
their brother und fam ily Mr and Mr».
John Endicott.
•
Rev. Ard Hoven who has been (he
m inister nt Thurston for several
m onths has gone to Eastern Oregon
to work during harvest. Ilia fu lle r
filled the pulpit here Inal Bunday.
Mrs Curtis D ewitt and hnhy from
near San F ran d seo, California, ar­
rived Monday for an indefinlie visit
with her grumtpurcula. Mr, aud Mrs
A. W. Weaver
The l.aitlss Aid met with Mrs Roy
Fdm tston last Thursday. The next
m eeting will be In three w eeks with
Mrs. Fred Russell.
Mrs A. W W eaver whit»- 'n P o r t
land last week had her teeth exlrm t
ed.
Mrs Rosa Baughman rrotn Kugeae
spent the w eek en d with two- slat.r.
Mrs. John Price, In Tnurston.
Carl Webber from San Francisco.
California, ami Henry Webber of Eu
gene, and their sister' Martha, were
in Thurston Mondav- calling on old
friends
They resided here several
years ago.
Mrs Lewis, who has been with her
daughter, Mrs George Endicott, for
several m onths has gone to Philo-
nuitlj to visit relatives
Lum Mays from latmlax spent Sun
day In Thurston.
Melvin Buell from Klatnath Falls'
arrived In Thurstton Tuesday ev e n ­
ing to spend the Fourth of July with
his aunt. Miss Senna Heersma
Mrs. Taylur Needham has her two
sm all grandsons, Dannie and Bobbie
M itchell, with her while their m other
Is helping care for her father nd
mother, Mr and Mrs Caatleman. at
Pleasant HUI. who are both sick
Mr. and Mrs. Dave W eaver and son.
Roy from Oakland, California, who
have been visitin g nere left for thetr
home last Saturday
Jerry Endicott from Eugene spent
Sunday afternoon In Thurston.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Taylor and
Mr and Mrs. Siam Morgan motored to
Salem last Sunday where Mrs. .Mor­
gan's fam ily held a reunion at the
S tate fair grounds.
Miss Ada Davison from Philomath
la spending the sum mer with Mrs
George Platt.
There w ill b»1 a school m eeting held
on Friday afternoon st the school
house to vote on Issuing warrants to
bu'ld a tw o room school Imu -e ami
to liny land for II, after consult latina
the Thurston and Davis d istricts, • <»
place It nearer the center of Ihn ills
trlct
Isiren Elimistön Is the proud pos­
sessor <>f a henuttful heavy gold ring,
sent from India- by R unal# Gilbert a
IT. nt (). student now In India, the ring
rep resen ts two snakes, one d«»» a
ruby to represent the eye ami the
other an emerald
C H A N G E S IN P O S T A L
RATES
ARE
L IS T E D : ■
S C H E D U L E IS G IV E N
Changes In postal rates which cover
alm ost all classes of mall have been
made by the postal departm ent, a.-
curding to word received today by F
II llam lin, local postm aster.
The Changes briefly are;
R ales Oh new spapers mailed by
publishers, [ournl rat- < slightly in-
, Teas» -1
R ales on second Class mall- n o w »
papers rem allol by Individuals- re­
duced from l* o cen ts for each two
ounces to one cent for each two
ounces.
I’n n e l post rates for fifth, sista ,
seventh, slid etylith zones, slightly
reduced.
,
R egistration fees, registration amt
Indemnity extended as follow s For
registry ami Indemnity, not exm adlng
$5u. If- ci-nts; for registry and Io
ileionltv, *50 to $100. 20 cen ts; $100
Io $300. 30 cen ts; $300 to $300. '.'I
cen ts; $300 to *400. 50 cen ts; *400 to
,500. 00 cen ts; $5Oo to $«00, 70 cent »;
$000 to $700, 80 cen ts; $700 to *800,
90 cen ts; $800 to $1000, one dollar
Special delivery charge ou first class
mall rem ains the • sam e, len cent»
For packuges w eighing not more than
two pounds the charge for special de
livery will be 15 «;efc,t* Fbr parrels
w eighing tw o to ten pounds the
charge will be 35 cen ts and for par
cels exceed ing ten pounds, thirty-five
cents.
Bpeclal handling cnargea:- Provi­
sion Is made for Ire special haadllng
of fourth class mall whlrh Insures it
the sam e expeditious handling and
transnprtatlon aa Is given first rla.is
mall, upon payment of (ha fullowtnx
1 barges.
P ackages
w eighing
not
more than two pounds, 16 sent*;
packages w eighing front Own to 10
pounds, 25 cen ts; packages w etzhlng
more than 10 pounds, 36 rents. Mpei-lil
handling will tie required on all pack
ages containing hi.by chicks, nr baby
alligators.
It Is optional with the
sender upon nil other packages
Three Big
Days
July 2, 3, 4
Celebrate in
EUGENE
A Real Old-Fashioned Celebration
Speed Boat Races, Log Rolling and Logging Contests
Kinds-Liberal Prizes
Sports and Races of All
ROUNDUP AT FAIR GROUNDS EACH AFTERNOON
Spectacular
SHAM BATTLE
Realistic
Baseball, Dancing, Rides and Amusements
Dawn Until 9:30 a.m. July 4th
Music ... All D ay... Every Day ... City Park
MONDAY
TWO BIG PARADES
WEDNESDAY
Boxing at Armory Tuesday Night, July 3rd, 7:30 p.m.
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS ON NIGHT OF 4TH