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OREGGN STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
P rin c ip a l E vents of the W eek
A ssem bled fo r In fo rm a tio n
of O ur R e a d e rs .
T he walnut outlook is m ost e n c o u r
agin?- according to W . H. B eutley,
m anager of the D u ndee W alnut a sso
ciation .
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S ix ty b u sh els of w h eat to the acre
la th e resu lt o f th e h arvest on a tract
o f land In th e T ule Lake d istr ict of
'K lam ath county.
T he first contribution to the F lorida
r e lie f fund at Bend cam e from a farm
er w ith a large fam ily. H e gave five
b o x es of apples.
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P ro fesso r D rill of O regon S ta te col
le g e is in p o sse ssio n o f sev era l g la ss
balls found on the coast and presum
ab ly w ashed from Japan.
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T he an cien t carrier th at h as been
called th e “G alloping G oose" has been
tak en o ft the railroad b etw een W il
lam in a and Grand Ronde.
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H ord es of du ck s and g e e s e th reaten
to consu m e a large part of th e w h eat
and barley crop of Cox B roth ers at
T ule lake, K lam ath county.
A rlin gton has a good m any up-to-
d ate buildings, w hich h ave been added
to by th e new garage of S n ell A L em
on. w ith the la test in equipm ent.
The S iltco o s Rod and Gun club has
been organised and a m eetin g of Eu
g e n e and P ortland sp ortsm en Inter-
aated w as held at Ada r ecen tly.
T he O regon sta te h o rsesh o e cham
pion pitcher Is H enry M cGrew, 20, of
W oodburn, who attain ed th is honor re
cen tly a t the W ash in gton cou n ty fair.
T each ers w ho sm ok e c ig a r ette s w ill
not hold th eir jobs In th e E ugene
sch o o ls, according to a resolu tion
adopted by the E ugene board o f edu
cation.
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A carload of K lam ath pum ice has
b een shipped to San F ran cisco to be
te ste d a s to its com m ercial valu e as
a m aterial In certain ty p es o f con
stru ction .
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T h resh in g op eration s have been
Som ew hat delayed in the W allow a sec
tio n during the p ast w eek, due to tw o
h e a v y rains which fe ll during th e past
few days.
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R ate red uction s rep resen tin g an an
nual savin g of *90,000 to d om estic aDd
com m ercial lig h tin g cu stom ers have
been m ade by th e C altlom la-O regon
P o w er com pany.
* W . M. D ickerson o f Bend has In b is
g a r d e n a squash vine th at has borne
se v e n sq u ash es w h ose total w eigh t Is
103 pounds.
T he la rg e st squash
"w eighs 22 pounds.
F ire of Undeterm ined origin did
th ou san d s of dollars' dam age to the
tw o-story fram e building occu pied by
th e J. C. P orter gen eral m erchandise
sto re in N ew berg.
T h e M arm ot sch ool d istrict h as pur
chased a bus to transp ort th e children
o f th e d istrict to the Sandy school,
w h ich is con solid ated th is year w ith
M arm ot and Firwood.
A shland voters w ill p a ss judgm ent
o n three proposed city charter am end
m e n ts In N ovem ber. One change In
c re a se s th e term of councilm en from
tw o years to four years.
T h e graydiggers, a p est of the farm
er d esp ite th e war th a t has been
w aged on them th is sum m er, have in
p la c es around S w eet H om e devoured
e n tire crops of potatoes.
M iss
creek .
pound
w ith a
an im al
F loren ce Conner of Hibbard
B aker county, killed a 300-
bear near her hom e recen tly
,30-calibre rifle, bringing the
out of a pine tree.
About 00 r ela tiv es and friend s called
a t the O. A. K rlgbaum hom e In E sta
cada recen tly for a fam ily reunion and
to o ffer congratulation s to Mr. a hd
Mrs. Krlgbaum on th eir 60th w edding
ann iversary.
B ecau se of the crow ded condition of
th e Marion cou n ty jail S h eriff Bowar
haa been com pelled to take over four
c e lls In the c ity Jail. T here are now
34 prisoners in the cou n ty jail, with
norm al accom m odation s lor 30.
F ire started by tw o hu n ters d estroy
ed a large d on k ey en gin e, sk ylin e and
o th er loggin g equipm ent ow n ed by tbe
W estw ood Lum ber com pany at Ripple.
Hard w ork by a large crew of men
aaved tb e cam p of th e com pany.
P lan s are under w ay for th e ship-
pin g of 400 bead of dairy cow s from
C oos cou n ty to G azelle and Bakers
field , Cal., by Jam es T. J en k in s, coun
ty com m ission er. T b e stock Is largely
grade J e r se y s and a few H olstein s.
M ilton’s n ew *25,000 m unicipal hy
d ro-electric plan t w a s se t In operation
for th e fir st tim e la st w eek.
The
plan t is rated a t 1250 horsep ow er and
th is, w ith th e old plan t, rated a t about
600 horsep ow er, w ill be able to fur
n ish ligh t and pow er for r esid en ts of
M ilton-F reew ater and th e surrounding
d is t r ic t In e ig h t y e a rs th e original
plan t paid for Itself and a lso pulled
th e city of M ilton out o f d ebt. In 1920
M ilton ow ed over *110,000, but th is
w as reduced lo *23,000 a t the tim e the
new plan t w as started .
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER ». 1»28 a
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, N in eteen ow n ers o f curb gaso lin e
pum ps In A storia w ere ordered by a
writ of m andam us to rem ove them .
Tbe w rit w as granted to six com plain
ing g a so lin e tillin g sta tio n ow n ers.
Linn cou n ty voters w ill vote on a
! m ill lev y to raise *60.000 w ith which
to m atch sta te and federal funds for
th e con stru ction o f the San tlam high
w ay to th e sum m it o f the C ascad es.
T here are ap p roxim ately 1ST w idow s
In S ea sid e, accord in g to a recen t un
official c en su s m ade at a local hotel,
w ith an estim a ted 13 "grass" w idow s
w ithin the city lim its, m aking the sur
prising total o f 200 w id ow s of the
“sod" and " grass” variety.
More than 50 c itiz e n s of C orvallis
In co v er a lls and old clo th es, worked
at the new C orvallis airport, under the
direction o f C. R. B riggs, B enton coun
ty a g en t, and legion com m itteem an ,
preparing the field for th e legion air
derby, held last Satu rd ay and Sunday.
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f a irp la n e Just a s th e A rctic bu s been
I con q u ered .
H e h a s a ls o pu rchased
I tor th e v e n tu r e an iron fr eig h te r, th.«
| C h elsea , w h ich Is In N ew Z ealand
T h e C h else a w ill be used m ain ly to
tra n sp o rt th e su p p lie s
Byrd w ill tiy tow ard th e P ole In h is
tri m otored m on op lan e nam ed uft«r
F loyd B e n n e tt.
T h e S ou th P ole Is on u plateau
ab ou t tw o m ile s h igh , w hich m akes
It very difficu lt for an uvlu tor a s the
a ir la very rare., ami th e land in g speed
m ust th e r efo r e be v ery great
T hus,
ypeelu l care m ust be tak en to p r e se rv e
th e lun dlug sk its o f th e plan e, th e t i c
m ollah m n n t of w h ich w ould m ake it
-difficult, If not Im p ossib le, for the fly
in g purty to retu rn to the base.
A fter le a v in g New Z ealund Byrd
w ill e sta b lish a b ase on th e R oss Ire
B arrier, about 1,000 m ile s from tbe
pole
A s e lf su p p o rtin g s e ttle m e n t
w ill be e sta b lish e d h ere and th e Bunt-
so n w ill be sen t back to N ew Z ealand
to p reven t th e lo ss o f her by c ru sh in g
' in th e Ice. Byrd w ill e sta b lish b a ses
from th e B arrier to tb e P ole, 100
T h e trip w ill a lso he d e v o te d to
m ile s ap art from each oth er, to be s c le n llfle stu d y , w ith a sp e c ia l m ap
u sed in c a s e o f e m er g en cy .
pin g ca m era u sed to churl th e region s
W hen th e b u ses h a v e b een laid exp lored .
T h e S ou th P o le, w h ich haa b een
h ith e r to o n ly tw ic e a tta in e d , is the
o b je c tiv e o f C om m an der R ichard E.
Byrd In t h e m o st c a re fu lly planned
v v a g e o f e x p lo ra tio n e v e r m ade.
C om m an der Byrd la d e p a r tin g from
N ew Y ork in hla A n tarttc sh ip tm>
S am son , a cco m p a n ied
by
fifty-five i
v o lu n te e rs, a m o n g th em su ch h e r o e s 1
of th e air a s B ern t B alch eu . T h om as
M ulroy and H arold 1. Jun e
C om m an der Byrd is ta k in g th r e e I
p la n es w ith him .
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ing of a m ysteriou s d ise a se p revalent ♦
at Tule lake. K lam ath county, and an
expert has been hired by the sta te to
T h e first s o c ia l e v en t o f the high
stu dy and If p ossib le p rescribe a rem sc h o o l w a s h eld la st F rid ay n ig h t at
ed y for th e m alady, H arold Clifford, th e g y m n a siu m w h en the g irls o f th e
sta te gam e w arden, w ho m ade an in sc h o o l e n te r ta in e d th e boy as a re
v e stig a tin g trip to K lam ath county, ward for p u ttin g in the w in ter su pp ly
said.
o f w ood
T h e r e w as no program but
W. O. H ayden, O regon pioneer, died th e e v e n in g w a s sp en t r en ew in g a c
suddenly at the sta te fair grounds In q u a in ta n c es and m e e tin g th e n ew stu
Salem . H e w as em ployed as a sp ecial d e n ts and fr esh m en t.
G am es w ere
officer and w as on duty at th e tim e of p layed un til th e g ir ls se r v ed r e fr e s h
h!s death. Mr, H ayden w as 69 years m e n ts c o n sistin g of salad , san dw ich"*
j old. H e w as born near E alo, Polk p ic k les, cak e and punch,
county, and w as th e son o i Judge and
Mr and Mrs W W. W ooten are the
Mrs. Benjam in H ayden, p ion eers of proud p a r e n ts o f a baby d a u g h ter born
1849,
F rid ay a ftern o o n , O ctob er 28.
M ike D illey retu rn ed from Idaho
Chunks o f Iron p rojected through
th e air by th e exp losion o f 12 stic k s la s t Su nd ay. H e and h is brother R u s
of dyn am ite being used tq break up a s e l w ent to Idaho in Ju ly to look for
huge fly w h eel at a Bend foundry, w ork d u rin g h a r v e st tim e R u sse l D il
crashed through th e w a lls of a resi le y did n ot return. C ecil C u rts w ho
d en ce several hundred fe e t aw ay, tore a lso w en t to Idaho e x p e c ts to retu rn
part of th e roof off an oth er h ou se and th e m iddle o f O ctober.
dam aged th e Iron w orks. N o on e was
T h e S e n io r E n d eavor of th e C h ris
hurt.
tia n church o f P le a sa n t H ill h eld th eir
e le c tio n
la st
S u n d ay
A check for *98.546 47 w as received sem i-an n u al
In Medford from th e treasu ry depart n ig h t. T h e fo llo w in g officers w ere
m ent, W ash in gton, D. C., as tbe 1928 e le c te d : P re sid e n t. M ary H ard en ; se c
A r len e
M itc h e ll;
P ia n is t.
paym ent to Jackson county o f Its retary,
C arter;
c h o r iste r ,
P r e n tic e
sh are o f th e O regon-C alifornia tax re H elen
fund m oney. The ch eck is th e third W h eeler.
received by that county and th e total
Mrs. F ran k B lair o f L ow ell h as gon e
received from the fund to d ate Is *1.- to L on g B each . C aliforn ia for a
368,809.24.
m o n th ’s v isit at th e h om e o f her
A final d ecision on th e M ount Hood m o th er. S h e w e n t In co m p a n y w ith
tram w ay q u estion m ay n ot be ren her broth er T om B oyd w ho v isite d in
dered by S ecretary of A gricu ltu re Jar O regon for a w eek .
dine for a few days, it w as said In
A very p le a sa n t su rp rise party w a s
W ash in gton, D. C„ r ecen tly. C on fer
g iv en to th e A. C. F orn ey fa m ily at
en ces are being helA-by him w ith Ma C lo v erd a le la st S atu rd ay n igh t. T h o se
jor S tew art, ch ief fijjester, and others, p r e se n t w ere Mr. and Mrs. John S e ll
with a view to early com pletion of tbe ers, Mr. and Mrs. E. C. K ull, Mr and
d elib eration s on the m atter.
Mrs. F ran k T lv e y , Mr and Mrs T. W
A large quantity o f prunes have
M organ and fa m ily . Mr. and Mrs. M on
been bought by t h e ’JCugene F ru itgrow roe H ill. Mr. and Mrs. J L.
ers' a sso cia tio n at Yakim a, W ash., to and fa m ily , H arold and F ra n ce s P ark s,
fill orders th at could not be filled at F ran k E llio tt. Mr. and Mrs. E. F.
E ugene on accou nt of th e sh ortage of R ob erts and fam ily, Mrs. H arry F ish-
th is crop In w estern O regon. T he E u w ood, Mrs. R ach el F le tch er of S ilv er-
gen e a sso cia tio n Is a lso unable to fill ton. Mr. and Mrs.' T. H P ark s and
all its orders for canned pears, and fa m ily and Mrs. F orn ey and B en and
several oth er ca n n eries throughout John F orn ey.
the W illam ette v a lley w ill help su p
ply th e dem and.
T r e e s G row on R ock s
But *60 is listed as th e co st of fig h t
W a sh in g to n , O ct. 4. (A C )— A str ik
ing fire s In th e San tiam fo r est thus
in g fe a tu re o f the g rea t Z apata S w am p
far thia year, and th a t w as for tbe
o f so u th ern C u t» are h u g e tr e e s g r o w
purchase o f hose, accord in g to C. C.
ing w ith ou t any v isib le sig n s of su p
H all, supervisor. S u p ervisor H all said
port. T h is sw am p In clu d es an a rea
the fire lo ss In th e San tlam forest has
of lim e sto n e that. Is filled w ith h o le s
been thus far th e lo w est In th e P acific
and covered w ith a v a riety o f trop ical
D uring th e season
j co a st d istr ict.
trees.
there h as been no tim ber burned
M any k in d s of tr e e s are found g r o w
Flight fires w ere extin g u ish ed before
ing on th is lim e sto n e area , w h ere not
th ey had in flicted dam age. S ix w ere
a s m uch a s a sin g le sp oon fu l o f so il
, caused by tou rist cam pers and tw o b ,
could be ga th ered from an acre. T h e
ligh tning.
tr e e s m ake th eir sta r t In sm a ll
S ecreta ry o f S ta te H o ss has an
p o c k e ts and h o le s In th e lim e sto n e.
nounced th e app ortionm ent of *305,
S e a r ch in g for food, th e r o o ts str a y
203.07 in autom ob ile lic e n se fe e s and
abou t o ver th e su rfa c e o f th e ro ck s
*19,154.15 in bus and truck fe e s am ong
T h e y fin ally p lu nge through h o le s to
counties.
T he su m s rep re se n t one
find su ste n a n c e In so li h id den d e e p ly
fourth of th e fe e s, le s s ad m in istrative
In th e cavern ou s r e c e s s e s of th e co ra l
exp en ses, co llected In th e r esp e ctiv e
ston
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cou n ties for the six-m onth period en d
ing S ep tem ber 15. T h e bus and truck
fee app ortionm ent is m ade from funds
collected by th e pu blic se r v ic e com
m ission on a m ilea g e b asis from the
b u sses and tru ck s o p eratin g b etw eet
fixed term ini.
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Mr and Mrs M orris llerg of tills c llv ,
w as p r e se n ted In a c o m p lete recita l
at III» Mi Morrai! and W iishhurio-
aud itorium Iasi Satu rd ay e v e n in g he
her Instructor, H euhen t ’h n lv li- (Jof
fte le r o . A large au d ien ce heard the
r ec ita l by th e youn g m u sic ia n who
h as had Just o n e s e a so n 's m u sical
train in g.
T h e program Included
R ip p les, l in d i; M inuet. B a i l i ; Mock
Ing Bird Son g, H a w th o rn e; by Juu
B erg
P a trio tic S on g. G rieg;
A ndan te.
B e eth o v en : G erm an Son g. T seh alk ow
s|ty ; by Ihirls G reer
N orth lain d C radle Son g. J G uvnor;
l«roresslon In Ihe F orest, B la k e ; B ar
c a ro lle, B lak e; by Jun e lle r g
T h e IliiMS-rfiv. It S ch u m a n n ; P re
lud e Op28 No 7. C hopin; T a r a n te lla ,
H am er; by D oris G reer
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W ith alm o st 500 cars o f on ion s ly
ing in th e field s, pulled, dried and
ready for the topping m achinery at
Brooks, large crew s of m en. wom en
and children have been en gaged In
gath erin g th e crop in to b oxes ready
for h au lin g to th e dryers and to the
railw ay station .
T h e new M asonic hall, w hich w as
started thia sum m er, w ill be com p let
ed about O ctober 15. E laborate plana
are being m ade for th e d edication . It
la a tw o-story, fireproof building of
con crete tile w ith a sp ec ia l stu cco
fr o n t Its coat w ill be about *12.000
com pleted and furnished.
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The T il T aylor m em orial sta tu e w ill
be in P en dleton som e tim e during the
w inter, according to an n ou n cem en t by
A. l'h im iste r P roctor, sculptor, who
worked on the m odel In R om e. Italy,
and B ru ssels. B elgium . T h e m em orial
la b ein g put In r ea d in ess for the
statu e.
C om m ittees r ep re se n tin g
variou s
se c tio n s o f C latsop county w ill m eet
In A storia In th e near futu re to confer
w ith
B rigadier-G eneral G eorge A.
W hite regarding th e h old in g of a big
three-day celeb ration In th e county
during th e national guard encam pm en t
In A storia n e x t June.
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C redit and G eneral Of
fices.
SECOND FLOOR
W om en’s, C hildren’s Ap
parel S ections — S w eat
ers — W ash F ro ck s —
D raperies — A r t Needle
L ingerie Baby S hop —
M illinery — Rockw ood
P ottery.
TH IR D FLOOR
Rad ios—P h o n o g ra p h s—
S h eet Music — Pianos—
M usical In stru m e n ts —
E lectrical Goods— W ash
ing M achines — Iro n ers
-—E lectric R efrig erato rs
— R ugs— A uditorium .
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It
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one of th o se brig h t cheerful places th a t you like
to go to m eet y o u r friends— A place to lunch In b eau ti
ful su rro u n d in g s— by high arch ed w indow s- on tables
covered with clean linen luncheon clo th s—dishes and
glass w are th a t sparxle In cleanliness- a service th at
Is cheerful and people in terested in seeing th at you are
pleased.
We specialize In a 35c lunch th a t h as a choice of two
specials each day and alw ays Includes hom e baked
b iscu its or rolls—-delicious cofTee— and tem pting hom e
baked pies.
T hen th ere is Erigidaire salad.
A m odern
fo u n ta in — Ice cream s or sh e rb e rts and all afternoon
th e
m ost
appetizlnz
aftern o o n
teas.— M eet
your
friends In th is lunch room on th e balcony.
T his Is only one of th e m odem ap pointm ents of this
new m odern d e p a rtm e n t sto re th a t th o u san d s of people
enjoy.
It offers you all th e a d v an tag es of the largest
city sto res rig h t h e re in your own com m unity.
T H IS ST O R E ’S CUSTOM ERS TAKE PARTICULAR
DELIGHT IN BEING ABLE TO SECURE HERE THE
NEW THINGS— WHEN TH EN ARE NEW!