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PAG« SIX TUB SPRINGFIELD NEWS THUHKDAY. JANVAKY 17. 1929 T OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAUNTEREST H enry Holden, resid en t a t the N orth Fork com m unity, n e a r Florence, w as killed in stan tly wheu a large log rolled over him. S h eriff T aylor of Lane county has recovered from an assa u lt by thugs a Principal Events of the Week tew days ago, who w aylaid him and knocked him unconscious. He w as not Assembled for Information robbed and th e m otive Is supposed to have been revenge. of Our Readers. Ike W eatherford, w hose hobby t* aviation, recen tly purchased 80 acres Tha Oregon Wool G row ers' associa i of land n ear A rlington and has a crew tion held its annual sta te convention I of men erectin g buildings unJ leveling In Baker recently. th e ground p rep arato ry to estab lish P ostal receip ts at th e A storia post ing an aviation field. office during 192* totaled *67.214, an M ary M argaret G rim es. 7 year-old Increase of *250.47 over th e 1927 re d au g h ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. P. G rim es, ceipt*. living 14 m iles n o rth w est of Junction Illinois valley P ort O rford cedar 1* City, was fatally shot by h er 9-year-old being shipped to Jap an . T he logs are b ro th er R obert w hile th e two w ere obtained n ear Bandon and hauled to playing w ith a sm all rifle. W aters Creek by truck. A ttain m en ts of E dgar G rim es of The Inland G rain com pany, a new H arrisb u rg . 1928 n atio n al 4-11 club lead er cham pion, bore fru it recently *26.000 corporation, has been o rg an ii *d at F reew ater by H. S. M urray, A. in th e ap p ro p riatio n of *850 by th e county court to re sto re th e office of L. G rover and John R. B arnes. Linn county club leader, vacated five A ccording to a recen t survey. Eu y ears ago by failu re of th e co u rt to gene's population is now estim ated at provide funds. *7.542, an increase of 150 p er cent C. M arsters of R oseburg w as elected since th e decennial census of 1920. p resid en t of th e O regon s ta te fair A pproxim ately 40 new business board at th e ann u al m eetlug of th e I houses, rep resen tin g a large num ber board held in Salem recently. T his Is of various lines of endeavor, were Mr. M arsters' second successive term opened in Medford during th e year as p resid en t of th e board. Mrs. Ella 1928. S hults W ilson w as re-elected s e c re The oil p rospecting well at Fossil ta ry of th e board. h as reached a depth of 700 feet and W hile cleaning out th e mail boxes th e crew is now drilling in red shale used in th e house and sen ate during W ork is going on continuously day and th e leg islatu re tw o y ears ago, w ork n ig h t men found th ree le tte rs w hich were All-time building records in McMinn overlooked and not tak en to th e post ville w ere sh attere d in 1928 when a office. T h is carelessn ess will be call to tal of *463.984 was invested. The ed to th e atte n tio n of th e m ail clerks am ount is *237.000 more th an was at th e 1929 session. •p e n t in 1927. A gavel fashioned from a piece of Medford and Jackson county during tim b er which had been In th e W hite th e year 1928 broke all records in pear H ouse for m ore th a n 112 y ears was shipm ents, lum ber production, C rater , p resen ted to th e P o rtlan d cham ber of L ake travel, school atten d an ce and com m erce by F. C. Knapp, p resid en t of the P en n in su la L um ber com pany. In hank deposits. W asco county's to tal of tax to be behalf of the N atio n al L um ber Menu raised for county purposes th is year ■ fa ctu rers' association. S tate prohibition o p erativ es p artici will be *421.318.80. T he county nurse, previously dropped from th e budget, pated In 83 a rr e s ts for v iolations of liquor law s during D ecem ber, accord will be retained. W ith a cash balance of *155.532.97. ing to a rep o rt filed w ith G overnor the Linn county court en ters th e new P atterso n by G eorge A lexander, sta te y ear well supplied w ith funds. The prohibition d irecto r. F ines im posed balance is one of th e larg est in the in th e cases ag g reg ated *7925, with jail sen ten ces to talin g 520 days. histo ry of th e county. Sinking of a num ber of wells which, John Laing of H aines and two p a rt n ers have uncovered a com m ercial if successful, will provide Salem with vein of ore in th e ir m ine 14 m iles from an im proved w ater supply, was an H aines which show s values as high as nounced by th e O regon-W ashington W ater Service com pany. W ork on *450 per ton in silver-lead. one of th e w ells w as under way last A seagull flew into a 2300-volt powei week. The Salem w ater h as had a line at Seaside one day last week, peculiar ta s te for sev eral w eeks, and causing a sh o rt circuit and leaving the many h ouseholders have obtained th eir town w ithout pow er for an hour. The d rin k in g w ater a t sp rin g s and from gull recovered and flew away. wells outsid e of th e city. The sea going tug G eorgia M. Brown M erger of 125 re ta il grocery sto res owned by th e S ta r Towing company, w ent aground recen tly on th e beach in th e W illam ette valley, p resen tin g just south of th e Siletz Bay bar when ag g reg ate reso u rces of n early *1.500,- 000. was perfected in Salem recently a tow line fouled h er propellor. The m erger, created by th e W iliam Although th ere w as no g reat activ ette G rocery com pany, b rin g s into ex ity in building in P endleton during istence one of th e la rg e st chain sto re 1928, records show th at perm its issued org an izatio n s in Oregon. T he o rg an during th e y ear had a value of *157,- ization will be allied for buying w ith a 442, or *63.691 m ore than in 1927. chain of 450 sto res in W ashington. Oregon land in 1928 yielded farm Theodore Roth, p resid en t of the com products w orth *565.000.000, su rp ass pany, said. ing the to tal of 1927 by n early *20. R ural re sid e n ts from various dis 000.000. Eleven m illion m ore dollars triers petitioned th e Hood R iv er city was taken from th e stream s in fish. council for d o m estic w ater supply The W est Lane L um ber company from th e new *250,000 Cold S prings plant n ear Sw isshom e sta rte d up th m unicipal w ater sy stem now under first of the y ear w ith 40 em ployes construction. City A tto rn ey Sm ith In The plant, recen tly tak en o v er by ne« formed th e co u n try re sid e n ts th a t they ow ners, had been idle for about a year may form w ater d is tric ts along the In the tw o m onths in w hich th e cc pipeline and th a t th e city will deliver operative shipping association of Wal w ater to th e d is tric ts a t its pipelines. Iowa county farm ers h as been in exls Each d is tric t will a rran g e Its own dis tence, 3756 hogs have been shipped trib u tin g system . bringing the farm ers a to tal of *62,- S. G. Simon of T an g en t w as elected U 3. p resid en t of th e O regon D airym en’s Dogs killed 448 sheep and 19 goats association at th e closlDg session of in Linn county during 1928, according th e 36th annual convention of th e or to records of claim s filed w ith the g anlzatlon held In Medford. Barton Linn county court. The loss is more t A ldrich of R edm ond w as nam ed vice than *5000. The court is now auditing ; p resid en t, and P. M. B randt of Cor the claim s. vallis, secretc.-y-treusurer. M arshfield was selected a* th e convention city R ichard Cayzer. a rtist, lost heavil) for n ex t year, with th e u n d erstan d in g a t Tillam ook recently when fire de etroyed his studio with many valuable th a t an e a ste rn Oregon city would ba nam ed th e following year. paintings. Mr. C ayzer was severely burned in an a ttem p t to save some Of ' The public schools of Oregon are his property. the la rg e st single en te rp rise in the A report compiled by Sheriff Tayloi shows th at 296 persons were Inm ates of the Lane county jail during 1928 I This is considerably less th an the ' three preceding years, which show an ; average of 525. P. G. Gilmore, ow ner of the Gilmore hotel in Newport, was killed In an autom obile accident six m iles e a st oi Toledo on th e icy Newport-CorvalllH highway. Mrs. Gilmore, who wag trap ped under the car, wag badly bruised but not seriously injured. The total tax levy In E ugene this year will be 58.5 mills, according to County A ssessor Keeney. L ast year the to tal was 54.6 m ills. The big Item o f increase Is the 4-mill levy for con stru ctio n of th e M cKenzie and F lor snee sta te highw ays. The Hood River county court ha* announced that fund* available tor aounty fruit Inspection work will be used In employment of a county agent The coat of the agents annual work Will be *5000 a year, of which tfeg flpouty will pay *240& j i , - Raym ond Moor«. *». xaraxe employ«. was dead and hl* nephew Clyde Moore. 2*. was in custody a fte r a wild flight thro u g h the hills a* a resu lt of the dis ch arg e of a rifle In the hands of the nephsw during a tu ssel with the uncle. The shooting occurred at Radio park. IS mile* from G rant* P ass CITY HEALTH REPORT FOR YEAR SHOWS 91 BIRTHS. 58 DEATHS Chester r. Mills Wins Dui ju t Prize, 54a j or Chewier P. Mill* l u m a i Ih » Chief of New York, sud the *23.18X1 check he received from W C. D u i ant st die Hist award ui the ewtay contrai spurt a- veil bv Pui ant for (he beet pirut for making pi «dubitimi tfia rti« *. T h e S o u th ern Oregon Sale* com pany. p rom inent fruit buying, selling and packing concern of Medford, an- nouncee th a t It will s ta r t work Feb ru ary 1 on th* construction of a cold sto rag e and packing plant to cost *100,1)00. It will be one of th e largest p lan ts of th e kind In the state. Linn county has Increased Its e<iulp m ent by n early *10.000 during the last year, th e Inventory for 1928 show* Value of m ach in ery ow ned by the county now is *133,134 15. L ast y e a r’* in v en to ry show ed county oquipm ent valustl at *133,186 50. T he equipm ent co n sists chiefly of gravel plants, rock cru sh ers and road m achinery. .tv eF sei*» GIRL SCOUTS TO START LEGISLATIVE MEASURES WORK ON MERIT BADGES WILL BE SENT TO NEWS OFFICE DURING SESSION Members of the local t r i p of T h ro u g h th e c o u rtesy of S e n a to rs T h e C latsop tax roll for collection In 1929 will am ount to *2.112.992 64. Bell an d B ailey and R e p re se n ta tiv e s according to figures announced at (he P o tter. Ilo w u rd an d M cC ready th e county a ss e sso r's office In A storia. S pringfield N ew s h a s been placed on T h e roll is *71.501 03 less than that th e m ailin g list to receive copies of collected du rin g 1928. A lthough the bills In tro d u ced anil d iscu ssed In both roll to tals less m illage, levies a re gen • houses of th e leg islatu re. erally h igher In view of valuation re- On « count of th e c u rta ilm e n t of ex ductions am ounting to *2,0d0.000. pensea few er n u m b ers of copies have Llnn county m ark et ro ad s built d u r I been sen t out th is y ear th a n h e re lo- ing th e last season cost *5257 41) a fore, ao th e copies at the N ew s office mile, w hereas th e average m arket road a re open to acc e ss by th e public. A letter received by the N ew s from cost thro u g h o u t th e s ta te is m ore than *6000, according to C. H. Leonard, Senator Bally sta tes In the event that county eng in eer. In his rep o rt to the anyone want u copy of any particular sta te highw ay com m ission. T he re m easure for them to write to Senator Bell o r h im self an d such re q u ested port sta te s th a t 19 4 utiles of m arket road w ere built a t a to tal cost of *102.- copy will he fo rw ard ed . 541 32 W hile th e com bined business car ried by 195 stock tire In surance com panies and th e ir 65 subsidiaries, oper atin g in O regon, show ed a gain of *9,- 000,000 in 1927 as com pared w ith 1926. ap proxim ately 75 stock life insurance com panies show ed a gain of (33.680,- 026 94 In o u tstan d in g risk s at th e close of 1927 o v er th e sam e period of the preceding year. R oseburg's building record for 1928 was th e best in th e city's history, ex cept to r th e y ear of 1925. T he total am ount w as *439.165. which w as only *72,000 less th an the city 's banner year. The new court house, now In process of construction, and the med leal a rts building, for w hich the con tra c t was only recen tly let. co n stitu ted th e tw o m ajo r p ro jects of the year. In h erita n ce tax In the am ount of *700,212.58 w as collected by th e sta te in h eritan ce tax d ep artm en t during the year 1928. according to announcem ent made by T. B. Kay. s ta te tre a su re r. The sta te tre a su re r ad m in isters the in h eritan ce tax law. T he incom e from in h eritan ce tax during 1928 w as *83,- 000 In excess of th a t collected In any one y ear in th e history of the d ep art m ent P oultrym en of e a stern Orogon will m eet In P endleton on Ja n u a ry 11 to h e a r th e re p o rt of a poultry survey m ade by th e Oregon A gricultural col lege for th e p art of th e s ta te east of th e C ascade range. T he college was asked to m ake the rep o rt early in the fall when poultrym en m et th e re to draw up a plan w hereby they could tak e ad v an tag e of the new "pick up” o r "In tra n s it" freight ra te offered by the Union Pacific. F rid ay and S aturday. F e b ru ary 1 and 2, have been set aside for the dedi cation of th e n ew est addition to L in field's cam pus, M elrose hall. At th a t tim e B aptists, th e people of McMinn ville and th e college will Join bands in the opening of a building w hich Is the initial m ovem ent tow ard a series of new buildings which will Include a library, a chapel, com m ons building, dorm itories, a n e » gym nasium , a new science hall and a now m usic hall. Jo* M iller of A lder slope hag been chosen head of th e W allow a County M arketing association, form ed a t En te rp rlse recen tly . T here a re six o th er d irecto rs, w ith one of them actlDg as secretary -treasu rer. Inform ation from th e county ag en t show s th a t during th a tw o m onths co-operative shipping has been done from the county, m ore th an *60,000 w orth of hogs alone h a re been m arketed by the farm er* of the county, as well a* a considerable nuro bar of sheep and cattle. state and re p resen t an in v estm en t of L egislation providing relief from more th an *40,000,000 in building*, d ep red atio n s by dog* am ong sheep in grounds and equipm ent, according to O regon Is th e purpose of a m ovem ent the biennial rep o rt of C. A. H oward, sta rte d In A lbany by local sheep own state su p erin ten d e n t of schools, which ers, who com plain th a t th e ir losses are was filed with G overnor P a tte rso n re- co n stan tly grow ing g reater. In Linn cently. D aring th e fiscal y ear and- ; county proceeds from dog license* dur ing Ju n e 18, 1928, th ese schools ex Ing 1628 totaled *3112 35, w hile claim s pended *22,000,000. A pproxim ately for sh eep losses have alread y far ex 8000 teac h ers a re em ployed and more ceeded th is a m o u n t D uring 1827 dog than 187,000 children are enrolled licenses yielded *2343, w hile claim s T here are 9624 clerks and school board w ere n early *6000, leaving sheep own m em bers. ers to b e a r h alf th e ir losses. S tate highw ay m ain ten an ce forces T h e land se ttle m e n t re p o rt of the are spread in g gravel south from Myr O regon ch am b er of com m erce from tle P oint tow ard Bridge, w here th e dis Jan u a ry 1, 1928 to Ja n u a ry 1, 1929, In tance Is supplied with reserv e piles of cludes th e follow ing Inform ation: gravel for 11 m iles. T his gravel is N um ber of inquiries received, 12,123; being leveled with a g ra d e r as fast aa signed q u estio n n aires retu rn ed , 735; laid. The sta te expects to oil h alf of num ber sta tin g th ey w ere com ing to the road th is sp rin g or sum m er. The Oregon to locate, 867; with specified thoroughfare is the sta te highw ay be cap ital In v estm en t of *1,875,223; le t tw een C oot county and D ouglas, and ters m ailed out, 31,723; pieces of lite r th ere are said to be m any soft and bad atu re m ailed out, 25,920; callers a t of placeB In th e road as far as Cam as fice, 2,618; new s e ttle rs reported, 457; valley, due to tru ck in g of logs in the inv estm en t, *2,123,316.50 and acreage, sum m er m ouths. 387,031. I Springfield Girl Scouts who met last Friday and elected officers, will meet this afternoon at the llratt ilu school at 4:30. Patrol work ami work on the merit badges will com m ence Officers elected last Friday were Eva I.ouk, president; Ethel Adams, vice p resid en t; Ruth Stratton, secre tary; Adeline Perkins, Evelyn und Barbara Adams, patrol leaders. Alta Manning Is leader of the troop. NEEDLECRAFT CLUB TO INITIATE NEW MEMBERS The ladles of the local .......Ilecraft club will meet at the home of Mrs, C. O. W ilson tonight ut which m eeting the follow ing n o s m em bers will lie In Itlated: Mrs W N Dow. Mrs Jack LOCAL LEGIONNAIRES llen d erer, Mrs G eorge Carsons, and TO ATTEND MEET TODAY Mrs. Allan Kafoury. After the Initiation and the regular S ta te officers of th e A m erican Leg m eetin g the ladles of the club will en Ion will be p re s e n t ut th e a n n u a l d is te r ta ln th e h u sb a n d s of the members tr ic t co n feren ce of leg lo n n u lres and au x iliary to he held In E ugene today. M eth od ist Church S erv ic e * T h e au x iliary groups will m eet a t 3 T h e follow ing se rv ices a re an n o u n o'clock th is afte rn o o n an d ut 6 45 a ced for th e M eth o d ist ch u rch for next b anquet will be held a t th e C h am b er S u n d ay ; of C om m erce for all ex-service men S u n d ay school at 9 45. and m em b ers of th e au x iliary . Ju n io r ch u rch nt 11 o'clock. B etw een 75 and 100 v isito rs a re ex Morning worship at 11 o'clock Suh- pected to a tte n d Including a probable Jcct "Jesus Surveys a Church." T he d eleg a tio n of 10 o r so m em b ers from choir will sing the anthotn "How Ex Springfield. O th e r tow ns to be re p cellen t Is Thv Na-me ’*—W oolev. re se n te d Include C ottage G rove. J u n c Epworth League nt 6:30 P. M tio n C ity, C orvallis, T oledo, N ew port. Evening W orship 7:30. Subject, "A L ebanon and o th e r tow ns Man of the Tombs." V isitin g officials Include: B en F ish er, s ta te co m m an d er; C arl M oser, M. W. A. AND NEIGHBORS s ta te a d ju d a n t; H arry N elson, s ta te WILL INSTALL FRIDAY co m m u n ity se rv ice c h a irm a n ; J e r ry The Modern Woodmen of America O wen of th e A m erican L egion staff. will Install officers at their meeting Friday night to be held In the W. O. M inister V isit»— Rev. D em ing of W hall The Roynl Neighbors of Am C orvallis sp e n t S unday In th is city erica will hold Installation on the v isitin g w ith Rev. Ted G oodw in who sam e evening ami probubly a Joint In is co n d u ctin g m etln g s here. stullatlon wilt he held. There were 91 births and 58 death* ruported to Hr W. II Pollard, the city health officer, during the year 1938 according to a report made public lust Monduy. T he report glvea the follow ing re cord of cases of sick n ess during the year, chicken pnx 9; scarlet fever 18; m easles I; imumps 3; typhoid 1; diphtheria 1; Influent* 'reported 24; pneumonia 3; culture» taken of dlph therln 3; «pacific d iseases 5; tuhercu- toala 1. a There were 21 exam ,nations made o f w ell w ater during the vear the re port show« with the follow ing results- 8 good for drinking purposes, 5 pot- | luted, and 8 not fit for drinking pur- : pose«. I Dr Pollard recomm ended that the city council lak e steps lit regard to the city sew erage system He sug gested an extension of sew ers needed. l - 'u i i b i - r r.-, , o i i i i u n d u l l . . i i b m u g fi F IR E C H IF F A U P M IT S REPORT TO COUNCIL The loss from Are dam age for Rprlngfteld during the past vear was k *843 00 nrcordlng to the report given In last Monday by J esse Sm ltson. Springfield Are chief. The report briefly sta tes the follow- Ing record for the year- calls an sw er ed 49; m iles traveled 73; gallons of c h em icals used 1087; and fire loss *343 00 B irth d a y P a rty G iven Monday night a birthday dinner party was given at the hom e of Mr and Mrs C (1 W ilson honoring ?lr». E S Riddel of Eugene. T hose present at the partv were. Mr and Mrs C (1. W ilson and »wo sons. Donald and Hobart. Mr. and Mrs E C Riddel rnd sons, Robert and Slgrld. anil Mr and Mrs Clifford W ilson and son Mr Riddel Is Mrs C O W ilson's brother. Mr. Riddel and fam ily have recently moved to Eugene from Fort D islge, Iowa. Springfield Visitor»— Mr anil Mrs II It Mulkey and I wo sons. W arn« and John, and daughter. Mary Marg ) aret. anil Mr and Mrs. Chnrles Ken neth Wilson of Salem were Sunday gu ests of Mr. and Mrs C <> Wilson. Z The Telephone serves best when its service is universal TO U T» T E L E P H O N E la connectible with 143,000 other telephone* in Oregon, and with aulhwa telephones all over tlie United State*. A moment’ s thn nght w ill show that such a broad service—putting your telephone at the center oi a network that covers Oregon and tha n a tio n -ia mad» possible only by mu/ornuty oi equipment, uniformity of method, and duae-working harmony between eparatinc com pomes of these widely 1 geographical area*. About two-thsrda of the nation’s telephones — (he nineteen million to which your tele phone la readily connectible—are operated by a group of companies known collectively a* tha Ball System. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company ia one of these operating companies. N ot only does the relationship give the Pacific Company the right to all patents, technical experience and results of scientific research of the Bell System, but it enables the Pacific Company to operate at the lowest possible coot— thereby keeping charges for telephone service at a minimum. T h ro u g h tha Western E le c t r ic C o m p a n y — th e m a n u fa c tu r in g , e u p p ly a n d d ie tr ib u tin g o r g a n is a tio n o f th e B e ll S y e te m — th e P a c if ic C o m p a n y ia a b le to g e t ita te le p h o n e au p- p i i e t about c h e a p e r th a n i t w o u ld g e t th e m o th e rw ia e . T H E P A C IF IC T E L E P H O N E rl out In the report was that g rix -efl «tores, ronfertlonnry stores, and all places where m eals were served to the puhlle he com pelled Io keen n well covered garbage call In the alley for collection of refuse and w aste Espec ial need of this during the fly breeding season was urged Tha co-ordinating head of tha Bell By____ ia the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, a national erganiaatiou with more than tao.uoo stockholdars. I t ewaa a m ajority of the stock of the oparatlag im fundamautal intarast is tha beet possible tala- phone service at tha lowest oast, with safety, and ita fifty year aid principle has beau ta sash ao speculative or large profits, but to work solely for a com- stantly enlarging and improving teiephewe service. • Tha ownership of a m ajority of T h e Pacific Telaptuxie and Telegraph company’s stock by tha American Talaphona and Telegraph Coun- pany has been regularly published la the American Company’s annual report. ***d spread broadcast for many years. I t la one of the chief reasons for ;l>e advanced type cd telephone service enjoyed in Oregon and on the Pacific Coast. W e a r e p r o u d to b e o n e o f th e f a m i l y o f a e a o c ia te d c o m p an iea w h o ae m u tu a l aw> o p e ra tio n a n d acceaa to th e te le p h o n o aar- p a rie n c a a n d re a e a rc h aa ro icoa o f th e notioaa h a ve g iv e n to O re g o n a n d th e U n it e d S ta to o th e m oat n e a r ly u n iv e ra a l te le p h o n e a e rv io o poaceaaed b y a n y c o u n try . J. L. BLAND Manager AND TELEG RAPH COM PANY