OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Evont3 of the Week Assembled for Information of Uur Readers. Th« (trilling of a wull (or the (hr- vuls wall«* * aysti iy bun b> < u voui.lel- •d. Th« «. iiil unnuii) report u( thw*couu- ty clerk's ollie« shows that tha finan­ cial condition of Jack»on county la healthy. The h«at wave haa eliminated aphla In the walnut orchard« of Marlon coun­ ty, according to announceinnnt of growers. The new Hotel RedfUond, a $260.- 000 structure recently erected In Red­ mond, held Ita formal opening to the public July 28 and >7. Hllla for road work In Columbia county during the month of June paaa ad at the July term of the county court, totiUed $45,7115. The Lane county fair ground« are now being uaed by the Bible Standard church«« from all over the coaat for a ramp-meeting place. A n«w lourlat record waa eatahllah ed at Aablund recently when 314 car«, repreaehtlug 13 atutea, wore rcgialered at the camp ground«. Receipt« of the United Btatua laud office at Roseburg for the fiscal year ended June 30 were $40# 141 13, aceord Ing to the report just completed. Leno county'« 1928 filbert crop will be practically double that of last year, when 20,000 pounds were gathered This year's crop 1« estimated at 40,000 pounds. Owing to a disagreement with Mayor J. B. Messick, who appointed him In December, 1924, M. L. Stout h as resigned as chief of police at Baker The Eugene school budget for 1925 29 of $308,682.26 and a tax levy of $200,475.70 were pased upon favorably at a special election. Leas than 200 votes were cast. Thieves with a motor truck forced the back door of the Armory Berv- Ice station of Medford and stole the entire lire stock of the establishment, amounting to $1500. New Instruments for weather ob- serving are to be supplied to the Eu­ gene weather observer, In order to make more accurate checks for the United States air mall. The Santlam rlvar road, which has been In process of construction. Is now completed to a point eight miles above Detroit. The road Is being built by the federal forest bureau. A new addition to the Salem post office, to cost approximately $20,000, will be erected during the present year, according to announcement re­ ceived from Washington, D. U. Senator Charles L. McNary spent a day last week at Newport, Inspect Ing the harbor and conferring with federal engineers with relation to (la- proposed extension of the Jetty, Oceanside In Tillamook county has been choacn as the camp site for the Marlon county Y, M. C. A. boys' sum mer camp this year. About 4o .Marion county boys will be accommodated. Loss from the Glendale fire, whlcn destroyed all the business section oi that city with the exception of thret buildings, has been set at $125,000 by It. L. Barry, fire Insurance adjuster. Cottage Grove has but three Civil var veterans surviving, as a resuli of the death of Roaxon Gray Elliott. 86. His three compatriots participated In funeral services for the aged vet «ran. The Salem chamber of commerci filed with the public service conimls slon a request that It be allowed Io intervene In the so-called cross-state railroad case which will be heard In Portland. A life-size portrait of Ex-Governoi Walter M. Pierce, authorised by the 1927 legislature, has been completed and will be given a place with the portraits o( all his predecessors In th- halls of the state capttol. People of Hums. Canyon City, John Day and other communities met at Do vine Canyon and dedicated a mnnu raent on the Joaquin Miller trail Judge R. W. Suwyer and Lewis A McArthur were the speakers. Properties of the Oregon state gam.- commission, exclusive of its reul es tale holdings, were valued at $201, 284 at the end of June, It Is disclosed in an inventory Just completed by Harold Clifford, stale game warden. Ratings on tho dairies that supply Portland with milk will be made but once a year front now on because ol tha vast amount of work Involved In the semi-annual reports, according to Rr. D. W. Mack, chief of the city milk division. The Pacific Bancorporatlon, an or ganlsation incorporated July 17, ol this year, baa purchased four bank« in southwestern Oregon, according to Senator Charles Hall, Marshfield, one of the incorporators. Names of the banks were withheld. P A G E F IV E T H E S P R IN G F IE L D N E W S THURHDAY AUGUST 2, 192« Three hundred and II.,y thnr'uhu dollars will b« «xp- ltd- d on a coal re duidlon plant In North llnnd, accord Ing to arraugementa announced by Clyde M. Ulefton, secrelury of the Coal Producla corporation, which haa By CECILK a large water frontage under contract. The vogue for printed cottons and Benator McNary und George Vick, president ,of the Salem chamber of linens continue without abatement commerce, have requested (he chief und since It Is one of the high spots of aeronautics, department of com of the summer mode, should have Its men » at Washington, D. C., to station full share of attention a physician In Malein for the purpose Behold, then, Ibis charming little of examining applicants for pilot's 11- movie star In her printed cotton cos­ coimt'M. Thirty flax-pulling machines are tume und broad brimmed bat— and now In operation In the Willamette resist the temptation of having une valley, and are doing the work pre­ of your own, If you can. The model shown la of printed linen viously accolnpllahed by 1800 men by hand. Virtually all of the flax pro­ In smart shades of green and fawn, duced In the Willamette valley this with a touch of black arel organ« for Trimming bands year lias been contracted by the peni­ accenting colors. and blouse are of pule honey-colored tentiary. Harris Ellsworth, field manager tor linen. The grosgraln hat band and the Oregon state editorial association, binding are of rich, deep hunter's bus been named vice president of the green. You may have a short Jacket or National Editorial association, to full length ensemble coat and skirt represent Oregon. Ellsworth will take the position In the association held by of printed cotton with contrasting Hal Hosa, formerly of tbo Oregon City plain fabric for the underblouse—or. Enterprise and now candidate for sec- If you prefer, a coatless sports frock of the figured fabric. Either choice rotary of state. Is supremely chic. A special election waa held In New­ * * * port to amend the charter of Newport, Shoes in Color? authorising the city council to pur The market haa been flooded with chase leal property adjoining the city hall and to erect an addition to the shoes of colored kid and llnqp which City hull. Il was said that $20.000 ! offer remarkable opportunities for In gunerul bonds would be Issued If artistic color schemes. And yet, wo the general plan was carried out. The ■ so seldom see these tinted shoes worn authorization carried about ten to one. I to advantage. It you would indulge In 1 u pair or two before the season closes, A delegation of Malin, Klamath ' I think you'll find the most harmon- cojnly, citizens, urged Governor Pat­ i lous when matching the dominant terson and members of the public serv­ , color In some figured fabric Instead of ice commission to use their Influence In Inducing (be Bouthern Pacific oom attempting t.» use them In contrast or pan/ to construct Its extension of the as a nmteh for plain shades. Gray, Modoc Northern railroad from Klam­ helge, and brown tones are exceptions I to the rule, of course. ath Fulls to Alturas, Cal., on the so- • • • called old survey which touches the Pyjamas for the Beach lowu of Malin. Modesty (7 7) may be responsible The federal power commission has announced authorization of a prelim­ for the all-enveloping pyjama loung- inary permit to the city of Eugene, for a power project on the McKenzie river with ultimate installation capac­ TH URSTO N ity of 32,009 horsepower. The com­ I mission also announced authorisation of a preliminary permit for a power Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gray received project on the Deschutes river In 'word that their son, Hubert, under­ Sherman and Wasto counties. went an operation for appendicitis Girls employed In the state motor at Klamath Falla last week. He was vehicle department must wear stock­ reported as'doing well. ings, regardless of the hot weather or The lutdles Aid Society held a other conditions, according to an edict silver tea at Mrs. Charles Taylor's Issued by Barn Koaer, secretary of last Thursday afternoon. They raised state, who administers the motor ve­ enough money to finish making pav- hicle laws. The order was «aid to ments on the piano which they pur­ have affected more than 30 girls, who ch ased about Thanksgiving day last appeared at the motor vehicle division year, for the church. one day last week without stockings. Mrs. Beulah Harbit spent the week­ Of all the motor vehicles that pass­ end with Mrs. Margaret Campbell. Mrs. Bert Weaver and children ed given points in Oregon recently when a traffic census waa taken be­ spent the past week visiting relatives tween the hours of a. ai. and 10 p near Notl returning home Tuesday. Mrs. Sides from California who has in., more than 47 per cent were from other states. The count was made by , spent the past two weeks with Mrs. the state highway department. A total ' Taylor Needham left for her home of 102,940 passenger cars were count­ last Saturday. ed bearing Oregon licenses, and 49,- Arthur Calvert went to Junction 357 from other states. Motor busses Cecil and Edna Baxter of Portland numbered 2248 and trucks 14,866. ed the funeral of his uncle, William There were 644 motorcycles and 430 Calvert, whose death occurred verv horse-drawn vehicles. suddenly last week, being overcome A temporary Injunction restraining with the heat. Mrs James Hill's mother, who has the secretary of stste from placing on the ballot at the general election In spent the past mrmth visiting her, •« November the so-called Dunne mess leaving this week for her home In ure reducing approximately 50 per California. C edi and dna Baxter from Portland rent of the motor vehicle license fee» In Oregon, was sought in a petition are visiting their grandmother. Mrs filed In the circuit court In Salem by j Cassie Baxter. Joseph Devers, attorney for the state j Charles Taylor and Day Morgan highway department. Aa soon as the motored to Indian Creek last Sutur- petition Is served on the secretary of • day where they spent the week-end state It will he referred to the attorney with Mr. Taylor's mother, returning general. Any answer that will be home Sunday evening. made by the aecretary of state prob­ Harvey Calvert has spent* the past ably will depend upon an opinion to two weeks with hts rather, Anda ba given by the attorney general as Calvert, near Junction City. to tha legality of the proceedings. It John Price and P. J. Barnett re­ was alleged In the petition filed by turned home last Sunday from Bei- Devers that the Dunne bill Is uncon­ knap Springs where they have spent stitutional. the past two weeks. Mr. Price was Slate bank stock In Oregon la atill greatly Improved from the rheuma­ subject to assessment and taxatlftn In tism while there. spite of the recent decision handed down by the federal court in Portland In the case of the Brotherhood Co­ FARM REM INDERS * operative National bank vs. Sheriff • e e e « • « • • « • Hurlhurt, according to an opinion If every bit of leaves of gooseberry handed down by Attorney General Van and currants affected with anthrac- Winkle for the guidance of Earl L Fisher, state tax commissioner. Thi i nose or leaf spot could be completely decision of the federal court was to 1 destroyed before the buds sturt In the effect that the requirements of i spring the disease would he slopped, congress relative to the taxation ol . the Oregon experiment station finds. national hank stock not having been : Growers cannot depend on this but complied with In this state the stock must of necessity resort to sprays— of the Brotherhood bank was not tax one when the leaves approach full able. The opinion of the attorney size and another soon as the fruit general holds that while the decision Is picked—for the latter bordeaux 4- applies to nil national bunks In the 4-50. date It does not affect the status ol Cultivating soil keeps down weeds, state bank stock. prevents caking o( the surface soil With the Instullutlou of a new di gester, the capacity of the Salem paper thus allowing oxygen to go Into the mill has been increased front 88 to ground, stimulates root growth by 100 tons of paper dally. The product keeping soil In a loose condition and of the Salem plant Is being shipped gives the garden a well kept appear­ ance. * to all parts of the United Slates, and the market is unlimited. Mash hoppers on the free range are The public service commission located near the houses so that the grunted the application of the Weyer haeuser Timber company for permls pullets will eat plenty of mash. slon to construct and maintain an Watering In dry weather Is essen­ overhead crossing on the Ashland Klamath Falls highway Just east ol tial to healthy plants and Is best done early In the day so the plant will the Klamath river bridge at Keno. dry off before night making them less material. The powdered lead arsen­ THIRD COVER SPRAY ate Is used at the rafe of 2 pounds FOR MOTH NOW DUE to 100 gallons of water.' Through ap­ V ery L a te s t I The third cover spray or the first spray for the second brood codling moth in the Willamette valley Is due now, warns the experiment station. The second brood motlts are now on the wing and uggs laid by them will hatch In 5 to 8 days. Lead arsenate Is the standard spray plication Is essential if worm Injury Is to be prevented, says It G. Thomp­ son, assistant entomologist. Return from Beach— Mr. and Mrs. Frank DePue and Mr. and Mrs. War­ ren Sutton returned from Yachets this morning frOronite Y SPRAY flies-mosquitoes, roaches ô’moths.etc. OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA Ing robes so much the vogue for beach wear—but we doubt It. The equip­ ment la too smartly becoming to have arrived for any ut decorative reasons. Many of these beach sets are quite modernistic and most original as Io line and design. If vacation plans are turning seaward—of course you'll have a s e t • a “ w here saving» are g r e a te s t” 942 W illam ette St., Eug en e. Oregon. How to Buy a Care-Free Old Age a A Metallic Note for Fall Among advance showing of fall fab­ rics there are some very Interesting metallic crepes, having the metal de­ sign In mass effect on one side and silhouetted on the other. A number of metallic satins are also shown. If you wish to be financially independent at 60 you must buy it, exactly as you buy food, clothing or a home. A small sum set aside from your pay envelope each week and invested wisely, will pur­ chase a contented old age. susceptible to disease. Lack of mois­ ture stunts and weakens the plants often causing the flower buds to dry up, drop off or develop Into worthless small specimens. But how shall we begin, you ask ? Everything costs so much, there is nothing left over. May suggest that by shopping in a J. C. Penney Cofn- pany Store you will pay less for what you Suy‘ and can save that difference Our Low Juices ^re made by our enormous buying power, never z . m skimping on Quality, and when you pay Cash fort*' ' your purchases you ¿an’t spend mord than you . $rr - ch i have. we Hens used for breeders are chosen l from fowls that have laid one year and I proved to be gopd layers. A vigorous j fowl that Is In good flesh Is best. re CALL AND SEE Dr. N. W. 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