a
DUAU
Wi
L'sr
i w J f o (««Sr*.* • ,^ » a e a l s*0* ® " *ddr*a*
A/ua f i o . m «Mr» 0/ (A m seieejinprr.
Should She T ak e H im Back?
lüvslrjlud bylcrttcCChrisfy
"F eller's name was Brown. Me an
him (ell out over a hoss 1 stole from
him over In Huntsville. We had a
•h o o tin' scrape then. Wal, as 1 was
gtraddlln' my hoss back there in Mer
cer I seen this Brown an' seen him be-1
WHAT H A PPE N E D BEFO RE
Buck Duane, quick on the draw,
kills Cal Bain in self defense and finds
himself an outlaw. Flying from pur
suit, he m eets Luke Stevens, another
outlaw, and the two become pals.
Luke narrowly escapes capture and
fore he seen me
“Could have killed him, too. But 1 ' Duane is shocked to find his brother
* u n l break.n' my word to you. 1 outlaw severely wounded.
Cast of P rin c ip al C h aracter» in T h i»
T h rillin g Story by Zane Grey
here. W hat do you think of this
h o le r
“I t’s pretty bad," replied Duane, and
he could not look the cheerful outlaw
In the eyes.
"I reckon it Is. Wal, I've had some
had wounds I lived over. Guess mebbe
I can stand this one. Now, Buck, get
me some place in the brakes—leave
me some grub an' w ater a t my hand—
aa' then you clear o u t”
. . . Last of the Duanes
Buck Duane
A Texas "Bad M an"
Cal Bain . . . .
An O u tlaw
Luke Stevens
Bland ........... L ead er of O u tla w Group
M r*. Bland . .
J e n n i e ............ . G irl at B lan d ’s Camp
Capt. M c N e lly . . . C a p ta in of Rangers
Cheaeldine
decided his conduct w ithout further
; speech.
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•
TH U R STO N
daughter. Dora, and grandson, Roy of
♦ Junction City took C hristm as dinner
D ear lllss V e ra :
I used Io go Olli freq u en tly w ith
u young m an about tw o yours m y
senior. S uddenly lie stopped lu l l
ing on me. and for about eight
m onth* I did not see him Now b»
Is ra ilin g on me again
lie says
he was In te re ste d In a n o th e r girl,
but no longer Is. am i w an ts me
to I»' Ins sw eeth eaD ag ain Shall
I welcome him back alth o u g h ho
h u rt mo very m uch by keeping
aw ay umi going w ith a n o th e r girl*
seemed In bad shape, though lie w as,
Ills advent created no Interest until
I still spirited and cheerful.
Duane he nxle up to the white men. w ho'»ei e
' made camp. The outlaw refused food. lolling m the shade Of a house. 1 his
but asked for both whiskey and water, place evidently was a store and su
loon, and from the Inside camo a laxy
Then he stretch « ! out.
1 "Buck, will you take off niv boots?" hum of voices.
As Dunne reined to a hall one of the
j,e asked with a faint sm ile on his
loungers In the sh ad e rose w ith a loud
hp-
Duaue removed them, wondering if exclamation.
"Bust me If diet ain 't Luke's hoss!"
the outlaw had the thought th a t he
The others accorded th e ir Interest.
did not want to die with his boots on
“ Pard, you—stu ck —to m e !" the out If not assent, by rising to uilvanee to
ward Duane.
law whispered.
"How about It. Euchre? Ain't thet
Duane caught a hint of gladness In
the voice—he traced a faint surprise L u k es bay?" queried the first man
"Plain as your nose." replied the fel
In the haggard face. Stevens seemed
low called Euchre.
like a little child.
To Duane the moment was sad. ele
"T here ain 't no doubt about thet
m ental. big with a burden of m ystery then." laugheil another, "fer Bosomer s
nose is sure plain on the landscape "
he could not understand.
Duane burled him In a sh all« *
T hese men line up before Duane
arroyo and heaped up a pile of stones and as he cooly re g a rd e d them he
to m ark the grave. T h at done he
F irst, he w atered the horses filled .
,
"Leave you here alone?” asked
canteens and water-bags, and then tied , •*<»<»«» h i. com rade - horse, hung the
Duane sharply.
You see. I ca n 't keep u p j the pack upon his own horse. T hat done j WBaP°ns 0Ter ' e pomme . an ni0UI’
"Shore.
w ith you. Brown an ’ his friends will he lifted Stevens upon his horse, and 1 ln*
own
*ed 10 \ i i ’* * "
toiler us acrost the river a ways holding him in the saddle, turned in. j tr a "
gat er ng w g .
You ve got to think of num ber one in I to the brakes, being careful to pick ! P resently the trail w iden«! Into a
th is game.”
out hard or grassy ground th at left road, and that into a kind of square
"W hat yould you do in my case?" little signs
of tracks.
lined with a num ber of adobe umi log
Duane curiously.
All th a t night, Duane, gloomy and buildings, of rudest structure. W ith in
“ Wei, I reckon I'd clear out an' thoughtful, atten tiv e to the wounded I sight were horses, dogs, a couple of
gave my hide," replied Stevens.
outlaw, walked the trail and never ■ steers, Mexican women wPh children.
Duane felt inclined to doubt the out- halted till daybreak. He was tired and white men. all of whom apepared
la v ’s assertion. For his own p art h ea th e n , and very hungry. Stevens ( to be doing nothing.
TO W N AN D V IC IN IT Y
From S alem —Mr. and Mrs. H. W
EIGHTEEN
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V is it at Salem — M rs
C alled
Eugene Business College
“ It's A
A. E. R O BER TS. Pres.
Telephone 666
Good School”
Miner Building
Eugene, Oregon
L eavin g fo r C a lifo rn ia — M r. and
Mrs. J. L. Allen of Cottage Grove are
leaving soon for San Diego, California,
where they will spend the .winter and
poslbly locate. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are
parents of Mrs. A. It. Sneed of tills
city.
M arshfield— M r«
E dith
Shi
from ,(>ft \v,.(| n,.«,|ay night for Marshfield
San Diego, California, spent the hull- Shll ,lnH
¥| H|tlng with Mr* Ilari
d ay s w ith Mr. and Mra. I. N. E ndicott
Mt-Iti.Twon h ere.
F rank
land
He h as been visiting his par
en ts, Mr and Mrs F ra n k A. De l*ue
At the
S r . In Springfield.
L eaves for E v e re tt— C h a r le s G lrln rd
of E v erett. W ashington, and Mr and
Mrs K enneth G irard and baby of
Olympia. W ashington, have been visit
h(),t(|ays R, |h(. h „m,.
(hp(r
|)ari,n(M
Mr
M r„
c h n r |OB G ira rd left
for Ev„r,
K ir ,
W edm - ■
M C D O N A LD
THEATRE. EUGENE
(
G e o rg e tta
Z im m erm an
of
,,, (H< #t (1)p pa( lflc (.hr|R ,
Ian h ospital on C ollege hill y e ste rd a t
m o rn in g
Mrs. Z im m erm an w as 71
years old.
S u rv iv in g a re : D aniel Z lrrn ierm n n ;
pne d au g h ter. Mrs S keels of M arsh
B" ‘l ,,nB si“'" '. M™ Itheda I'yl.
Eugene.
Mrs Zimmerman had
• » -« "h er of the Springfield
M ethodist Episcopal church for 35
years.
of
T he fu n eral serv ices a re to be held
S unday afternoon nt 2 o'clock nt the
W alker-P oole ch ap el Rev. C. J. Pike
will officiate. In te rm e n t will he at the
l«itirel Hill cem etery .
|
w ith
Dolores Costello
Conrad Nagel
|
PIONEER PASSES AWAY
AJ HOSPITAL IN EUGENF
1'la v in g
“Tenderloin”
h ,ni’
^jrK
Now
Mr nnd Mrs Ken
n eth G irnrd d e p a rte d today for th eir
CASTOR OIL
»
C o m in g Sunday
The
“SPIELER”
A gripping d ram a
of carnival life
with
R E NEE A D O R EE
Get T ic k e ts N ow Eor
M cD onald-R ex
N EW Y E A R 'S
EVE
MIDNITE MATINEE
M onday, Dec. 31
C O M IN G JAN. 1
"T h e S in g in g F ool”
w ith Al Jolson
Î
The Best
Resolution
You Can Make!
When you make up your
mental or written list of New
Year’s Resolutions- and who
does not—you simply can't
afford to leave out the one
that will mean most to you:
"Resolve, to i ave More In
1929.”
When you save you are safe!
You don't know w hat It will m ean
to you to have a com fortable nent
egg laid aside to m eet any emerge
?
ency.
One dollar s ta rts an account In
this hank.
Save more—anti If you hnve not
yet. started to save, START NOW
WITH ONE DOLLAR. This is
the hank of court** ’ and service.
Is pleasant and easy to
take. All nasty ta ste Is
refined away, but the
beneficial action is as
sured.
Flanery’s
Drug Store
A GOOD B A N K IN A GOOD C O U N T Y .
i
S tar»
De Pue Jr., R eturn« -F ra n k
Pue, J r , will today re tu rn to Pori
TiuMjeteSC"
are the enrollment, dates for the Mid-Winter Term at the
Eugene Business College. It will pay you to investigate
this school before enrolling elsewhere.
St. N ic k S trik e s Flu
From San Diego— M abie L o w ,
ENROLL NOW!
Portland— II. C. Dyke
' and Mrs. Dyke, who Is a sister of A.
It. Kneed of this city, and son, Harold,
spent C hristm as day here and at Cott
age Grove. While here they were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Kneed.
to
h e r hom e
d u rin g the middle of the week
25c
fro m
W Hawke
If he
The holiday season finds the fiu
Christman day for Salem to visit Mrs
H aw ke's daughter and son In law. Mr epidemic which has been so much In
and Mrs H arry Holt. They plan on evidence during the past few weeks
on the wane, according to I>r. W. IL
returning here Sunday.
Pollard, health officer. O ther con-
Returns Home—lnex Neet of Port tageous diseases are also clearing up.
Innil who has been visiting friends In Mr Pollard reports one of scarlet
this city through the holidays, return (,,ver and one of small pox.
ed yesterday to Portland While here
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she was a guest of Miss Ju an ita ’
Haack.
Castor Oil
Come
G
(
and ch ild ren . IH 'nald » " d VBr_ ^ \ l e f t
thought they could have been recog
nixed anyw here as desperados.
The man called Bosomer. who struck
out In advance of the others, was a
hardlooklng custom er, with yellow
eyes and an enorm ous nose lie had
sandy hair ami a skin the color of dust
"S tran g er, who are you, an' where
did you get th et bay hoss?” he de
nianded.
His yellow eyes took In Steven's
horse, then the weapons hung on the
Page to t
______ O hlson Continued
was called on back
m
M O N D A Y , JA N U A R Y 7
b reak in g w ith th e girl lie lias been
seeing for th e pusi half y ear or so.
Il Is quite u n tu m i for him Io liavo
been led aw ay from you for a lim e,
then (lading th a t he w as m ista k e n and
p re fe rre d von
Of course. Oils was
not very nice of him In a way. hut I
th in k II can ho forgiven u n less you
sen se th a t he In less fond of you (hull
form erly. Ill w hich ease lie m ay slm
l>ly lie callin g on you for w aul of o th e r
com pany.
A scertain Just how he feels alm ut
th e girl he h as been seeing w h eth er
he gave h e r up o r w hether she sent
him aw ay
Do tills carefu lly , w ithout
Y tt, dear Eighteen, 1 think you
Tho fact th a t lie has com e
should
back to you show s th a t he IIIU«I cure
for you very much, else Instead of
com ing bark to you he w ight have
HklpiMMl on to aoni« other girl a fte r
with Mr. and Mrs. Ray Baugh.
Jam es H astings had a wreck coming Scott af S ale m . sp e n t l h r i'tm a s with
From P o rtla n d — W a lte r G reen umi
P erry Price and Jay G rant, who are
fam ily of P o rtla n d visited frien d s In
attending O. A. C. in Corvallis, arrived home from Springfield a few evenings Mr- Bn*^ Mrs. " • II- Adrian,
home last W ednesday to spend the ago dam aging his car quite badly.
Go To A lbany— Mr. an d M rs W. R S pringfield d u rin g th e holidays.
holidays w ith home folks here.
D aw son an d son s p e n t C h ristm a s w ith
pra m ||w V isits__Max G reen and fami-
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H errington and T H E A T R E S W IL L H A V E
relatives and friends In Albany.
fr()m Portland arc visiting friends
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford H errington and
NEW
Y
E
A
R
F
R
O
LIC
To
Newport—
Mr.
and
Mrs
Laurence
in
Springfield
and C o llag e Grove.
daughter. Dorris, from Klam ath Falls
Moffitt
braved
the
rain
yesterday
and
and
j^ra
Merle Tobias of K ebo,
are here for an indefinite visit with
R ep o rts of th e e n te rta in m e n t head- m otore(j lo N ew port.
W ash in g to n , a re v isitin g Mr and Mrs
th eir daughters and sisters and family
Mr. and Mrs. W illiam Henson and q u arters for the big combined Mid- i
— M iss G race O. A. Tobias over the holidays.
night m atinee a t the McDonald and
P o rtla n d T eacher H ere- ... ..
(
M its Flossie H errington.
Rex th e atres next Monday night. New Male, teacher in th e Portland schools B|>ck Ro<over>_ E c, Black
tlv
Black of
of tlv
T here was a C hristm as tree with an
Y
ear's
eve,
indicate
th
a
t
one
of
the
is
spending
the
vacation
with
Mr.
ami
D
anner
M(),
or
Company
recently
In
excellent program given by the grade
most
pretentious
m
idnight
shows
ever
Mrs.
M.
M.
Male
of
this
city.
j
eluded
In
the
sick
list
retu
rn
ed
to
school assisted by the T hurston orch
e stra and Professor Landles and his staged locally will be offered by these
V ia lta W a lte rv llle — Miss L ucy Sch w ork last S a tu rd ay .
w erlng of Portland spent C hristm as
helpers from Eugene on Monday even to Universal houses.
R eturn Home— M r. anil M rs. Ken
A dozen acts of professional vaude- day wJth here p arentH. Mr. and Mrs.
ing.
n e th C hase and son D orm an and
The high and grade schools are hav vllle, headed by a m usical comedy E R g chw erlng of W altervllle.
d au g h ter, D oris, re tu rn e d W ednesday
ing a vacation until W ednesday Ja n u with a choir of dancing and singing
from F orest Grove.
beauties,
will
hold
headline
honors
Week-end
Visitor—
Dr.
C.
O.
Van
ary 2.
Jam es Edmiston returned to Cottage on the stage, augm ented by a stage Valzah, of Portland is spending tho
Back to W o rk — M i-
\ d.i bail
Grove w ith his brother, Loren, who hand and pit orch estra and several week-end with his m other. Mrs. A. B. who has been dow n w ith th e flu Is
«
s a i __
t » ie n i* /I
Van Valzah.
ip e n t C hristm as here, to spend a few extra surprise musical features.
m uch . . Im proved.
Miss f b a •»■««»
n e ■ re A tu
rn e d
days.
The absolute cream of the vaude.
Mere p rorn p 0Ptiand— Miss Maud« to i,pr work as book-keeper for tin-
The T hurston high school staged a ville circuits w ere combed to make a Gorrle an(} Elery Fay, both of
D niir.tr M otor com pany y esterd ay .
play “P rofessor Pep,” at the hall here combined midnight m atinee hill for ]an,j spent C hristm as with Mrs. C. I.
la st F riday evening which was well this special New Year's show, advises Gorrie, Sr.
W ill Leave S unday— Mrs. J
W
Lorali Is leav in g fo r F resno. C alifornia
atten d ed and pronounced as one o f ! M anager Russell Brown, who is
Spend Christen»« Here— Mr. and Slin(li.y n| gh, tn be with her daughter,
the best plays ever given here by busllv engaged with details of the
Mrs. O. E. Adrian of Eugene sp en t MrR
w h |tnpy. Mrs. Ix.rah has
those who saw it:
huge affair
Advance
tick
et
sales
Indicate
that
C
hristm
as
day
with
Mr.
and
Mrs.
W.
bppn
aprlnK„ e„, for two
Rev. John T urner visited friends
¿vuvauce in n e i
...
here
.
p ear F ranklin last week. The revival
record crowd will atten d these two H Adrian nere.
months.
m eeting which he w ill conduct here shows, and a unique Innovation this
Springfield Visitors— D. W. Gerber
for a week will begin nevt Sunday year being th a t the sam e ticket will an(, fam j]y an q dauehter, Grace, from
W. J. Burgoine III—W. J. Burgolne.
morning.
adm it the holder to eith er th eatre, ana SpattIe gppnt C hristm as with Mr. and assista n t m anager of the Portland
brunch of the Ford Motor Company Is
Miss Maude Russell who is teaching of selecting which ever program tro y Mrs H E Q erber of this city.
n ear E nterprise is spending holidays wish for th eir evening’s entertain-
seriously ill In Portland. Mr. Bur
C h ristm as on the M cK en zie — M r. goine Is a brother-in-law of J. F. In
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Doors will be thrown open at 10:50.
,
,, . ,
.v
„«
and Mrs. C. E. W heaton spent ( hrlst man of Springfield and has many
Russell.
Im m ediately afte r th e close of th e
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Miss Eva Phetteplace, who teacher repu)a r night show, and the New m as day at Redslde with Mr. and Mrs. : | r ,en(jg here.
at B'.achley, Is home for the holidays. Year’s eve frolic w'"l begin about B urt Vincent
Miss Hazel Edmiston, who teaches ji:3 0 . A 'preview ” feature will be
Library Gets Donation— Mr. and
gt St. Helens, is home for the holidays, shown a t both th eatres, and «aafi j j rB jp m S tew art made a generous
Mrs. Belmont R ussell spent Friday house prom ises a full program of fun i donation of 25 books to the Spring
Bight at Freu Russell's. She was driv- j an(] hilarity In keeping with the spirit fleW library this week. Among the
lng through to California to m eet her of
New Year, which will be usured au thors of this collection are: McCut-
Something New!
husband and w here they expect to )n promptly a t the stroke of twelve. c},eon. Hugh, Crawford, Hodgson,
m ake th eir home for some time.
-with a big surprise stage stunt at each jjurnett. Ellsm ere, and Townsend.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. W eaver and Mr theatre,
Leaving for Portland—Mr. and Mrs.
gnd Mrs. B ert W eaver and family and
Arnold D. Collier, county club leader,
that Children like!
W illiam W eaver spent C hristm as day
Fam ily Gathering Held
will leave Saturday for Portland and
g t H arpole home in Meadowview
from there will go to Los Angeles,
A pleasant family gathering w a s ,
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Mathews gave a
C hristm as dinner for their family, on had at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John f a llf irn la w In r< he will g t h . h r
C hristm as day, which Includes Mr. and Rosmon on th eir farm In the Camp [ *n m
'
. rp
„t
_
.
.
. _
.
.
,
Eugene
Mr. Collier Is a frequent
Mrs. Lum Drury, from Jasper, and : Creek section on C hristm as day.
__
.
!
.
,,
„,
i yIs tor to Springfield In connection
Those present w ere: Mr. and Mrs.
,
... ..
.
Children, Mrs. A lebrta W eaver, and
. and
„a two
___ children 1 with
his work with the boys and
William
Lightfoot
.
d aughters from Leaburg, Miss Nellie
M athews from Los Angeles, who will of College Crest, Mr. and Mrs. John *,ir 8 ‘ 11 8
*pend holidays here. Miss Norma H enderer, P. H. Emery, Mr. and M rs.' Fam ||y Reunion — To celebrate a
Paddock, and
daughter, family reunion, dinner was given at i
M athew s from Eugene and Miss Lois Charles
B ertha, Mr. and Mrs. W ade Paddock, , the home of Mr. and Mra. 9. C. W right i
M athew s and Alex Mathews.
Mr. and Mrs. Jam es Calvert and and Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Emery.
! on C hristm as day. Those present 1
3-ounce Size
were Mr. and Mrs. S. C. W right, W. C.
W right, and f a m i l y , M r. a n d
’ Mrs. J. M. Elder a n d f a m i l y
No more fighting to give
of Portland, Mr. and Mrs. Wil
your children caster ell!
liam Price, of Portland, Mr. and Mrs.
G. S. Wright, of Eugene, and Mr. and
W E D N E S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 2, AND
Mrs. B. L. W right.
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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 27, I92K
THE SPRINGFlfflJJ NRW9
PAGH TWO
s
Commercial State Bank
OF S P R IN G F IE L D
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