PACK RIGHT
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
A bill to add a grant of land to the
r r emont national forest in Oregon has
been introduced in congress by Repre­
sentative Butler.
The departm ent of agriculture esti­
m ates the production of w inter wheat
in Oregon during the 1939 season at
20,088,000 bushels.
The Parent-Teacher association at
Oak Grove, with an attendance of 150,
adopted a resolution opposing repeal
of the two-mill elem entary school tax
The steelhead season In the Rogue
river closed last week and there will
be no more fishing in the Rogue until
the Chinook salmon begin to run in
March.
A number of country schools
throughout Wasco county have been
closed for more than a week and will
not reopen until w eather conditions
change.
Free passage by ferry over the Wil­
lam ette river a t Peoria will be afford
ed travelers from now on as the re­
sult of action taken by the Linn coun
ty court.
THE SPRINGP1ID-D N1W S
The Anderson A M iddleton Lum ber
company at Lethani, one of the largest
sawmills in Lane county, is preparing
to resum e operations March 1 after
a shutdown of 13 months. Several
hundred men will bo put to work.
The village named . Service Creek. In
Wheeler county, .h o n 'd be spelled that
way and not "Sorvlcrcrcek'' nor "Sar-
vice Creek.” according to a decision of
the U nited S tates geographic board-
The town is named for the service
berry.
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THUR8DAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1929
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lng e x istin g huww re g a rd in g n o m in a­ LOCAL WOMEN ATTEND
tion and election p ro ced u re have been
COUNTY P. T. A. MEET
signed by th e governor. T h e amend
T he recital given by the T hurston
m e a ts cover such c o n s id e ra ,Ions as
F ive local women u(tehil»d th e L ane
o rch e stra on Tuesday evening directed
th e tiling of ca n d id a te s d e c la ra tio n s
county council of th e p a re n t te a c h e rs
by P ro fesso r latndles of E ugene was
and nominili Inn petitions, and (he fil­
a ssoclutlnn held ill Ju n c tio n t'lly la s t
g reatly enjoyed by th e audience. Mr
ing of (he certific a te s ef no m in atio n s
i Saturday. T h e purpose of th e council
u .nhrtrt ,,f S pr,
HS4lstt>(, „„
o f ca n d id a te s for county offices, also
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' u n its over Hie co u n ty to get to g e th e r
the drum
gave several solos on
ro ta tin g to th e m a n n e r of a rra n g e m e n t
I nnd com pare n o tes of th e lr a c tiv itie s
the xylophone and Miss latndles of
of ballot m u tte r and th e m an ,ter of '
and to 'd is c u ss m a tte rs p e rta in in g to
Eugene gave hwo violin solos There
p re p a ra tio n of the hallo,.
th e grow ,li and efficiency of th e p a r­
were 18 different Insturm ents.
.
I 'p to K atorditv, F eh ru nrv 16. B52 ent te a c h e rs asso c ia tio n s
Mr and Mrs. Charlie Gray left for
house hilts, 10 house reso lu tio n s. 18
Crandall Brothers ef Lebanon last K lam ath Falls last Wednesday after
Mrs. W W tluhrlal, of P o rtlan d ,
house Joint re s o lu tio n s an d ,1 coitpur-
week shipped a carload of sav.t.i biuvs spending a few days visiting relatives
w as th e p rin cip al sp e a k e r a , tlpy J u n c ­
re n t re so lu tio n s had been p resen ted
walnut lumber to Los Angeles. This
tion t'lly m eetin g
T h e memberg to
T here was no school in th«< high
before the house, and 80B se n a te hills
Is the first carload of this kind of last T hursday afternoon and Friday
go from h ere w ere Mrs U ral, tlo lv er-
I 22 se n a te résolut lens, ID joint sen a te
lumber to leave this part of the state. as th e haskethall Iraqis went to Eu
son, p resid en t of th e local gro u p : Mra.
re s o lu tio n s and 13 c o n c u rre n t Semite
Several loads of black waluut logs re­ gene where they played In the basket
P rnchlinw «eeretnrv p r o te in : M rs L.
r eso lu tio n s h a v e com e b efore (he sell
I» president of th .fr banks, «hr 1 u t
cently have been shipped east, but this ball tournam ent.
K Page, M rs W A llcm en w ay . nnd
National « I IndnwiwWiu«, Mo., the
t
ute.
T
he
g
o
v
ern
o
r
had
signed
93
m
eas
is the first to be iu t into lum ber and
Mrs. 0 O. F ish er
The Ladies' Aid m eats with Mrs.
CitMö * Natiuual ot F rankfort, K a n ,
uros m ost of them re p e a lin g or am end
then shipped.
and (he Kemper S u u Bank io B.s.u-
Fred Gray on T h u rsd ay afternoon.
A m ong o th e r th in g s ta k e n up nt
lng
e
x
istin
g
law
s.
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Joseph Baumgartner, of Long Pralr- i Mrs. Arch Shough and Mrs John
Jv n c tlo n C ity w as th e m a tte r of fu tu re
le. Swiss leader and Tillamook dairy ITtce motored to Corvallis Inst Sun
m eetin g s and It iwns d ecid ed to hold
LOCAL GUARD TO HAVE
man for the past 22 years, was injured day to see P erry Price iwho was III BILL WOULD PLACE
th re e Meetings d u rin g the school year,
fatally when the team of young horses with influenza.
ANNUAL INSPECTION one b eing d u rin g th e e a rly p a rty of
TAX MATTERS IN STATE
he was driving ran away, crashed
l>r. W heeler lectured at the T h u rs­
N ovem ber, the second In F e b ru a ry
through a fence, and upset the wagon.
COMMISSION CONTROL
M ajor A. M Jo n es, of th e 7th In anil th e th ird In May Dues w ore se t
ton high school last Tuesday a fte r­
He died shortly after the accident i
fa n try of the V ancouver b a rra c k s will
noon on the sixth senses.
House bill 198, glvlng ,he sta te tax Inspect the local H eadquarters com­ a, $1 00 p er v eer for a sso c ia tio n s hav
Three children in the wagon with him ,
Mrs. M argaret Campbell w ho has
, conin,Isslon en tlre control of thè ad pany 1st battalion 162 Infantry’ of lb« lng B0 m em b ers o r m ore and fifty
were uninjured.
c e n ts for a sso c ia tio n s h av in g less th an
L W! t u ..ineU.1" 0"
" “ " ‘- ‘n itlo n of tax lev le. and a s .e s .
A half carload of turkeys, th e final able to retu rn to her home W ednesday
National Guard In the arm orv here R0 m em bers.
menta
needs
only
thè
governor * next T hursday night at 8 o'clock.
shipm ent of the season, was dispatch-
she has been staying .with her sister
.
sig n atu re to become a law T he sen
ed from Medford recently by freight
"W e want the public lo attend. Mr.
Spend Sunday Here— Mr and Mrs.
M” .
n / l a t h e w s . since she retu rn , a t„ pass,„, , h<< b(|, S|Ul|r,,ay
by the Farm ers Exchange co-operative, <
from the hospital
■ C. K. Sw urts urges. "T he larger the P u rl W eber, of E ugene. sp,>nt S u tid av
The
law
to an Idaho point. The shipm ent con­
gives ahtioal suprem e turnout the b etter the Impression that a , the hom e of Mr. and Mrs. F O.
L eo ta Cole of Ja sp e r took dinner
sisted of approxim ately 1000 birds, at Jo h n Edniiston's Tuesday evening power to the sta te tax commission, i , made upon the Inspector."
F rese.
chiefly No. 1 grade. The valley was
It reads In p ar, th u s: "T he sta te tax
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commission of the sta te of Oregon Is
scoured for the shipment and there
are few turkeys left.
hereby authorized to exercise general
Klam ath county property ow ners are
supervision and control over the ml
A band of 20 cattle was driven
asked to approve a bond issue of $150.-
m inistration of assessm ents and tax
across the ice on the Columbia river
000 to construct two new school build
laws of the sta te over county a s­
at The Dalles last week, the first time
lngs and add additional rooms to other
sessors.
and
county
equalization
In 23 years th at livestock has made
structures.
boards, In perform ance of Ihelr duties
the crossing in this manner, according
The Umatilla county library made to old tim ers. The cattle were driven
relating to taxation und to do nnd
a gain of 17.7 per cent in circulation from the Oregon to the W ashington
perform any act to give any o rd er
(For Limited Time Only)
during the year 1928, as compared side. Sand had been placed upon the
or direction to any county board of
with an 8 per cent increase made in more slippery places.
equalization of any property, or class
the year 1927.
or classes of property. In any county 1
Twenty-eight additional farm units
Some opposition to the bill hns been
Lake county chapter of the Ameri- of the Tule Lake division of the Klam­
voiced by Lane county officials on the
can Red Cross received the honor flag ath reclamation project are ready for
last week for being the first chapter opening, the departm ent of the inter­
ground th at It will place too much -
In Oregon to fill its quota In the 1928 ior announces, with the usual prefer-
power In the hands of the sta te tax ,
12th annual roll call.
commission.
ance right to former service men. This
S tarting from a stovepipe th at was preference will run until June IS,
The excise tax hill designed by the
Latest Alamite System
Luctui N Littaucr, mllhonairc re­
too near a wall, fire damaged the after which any units rem aining will
solons to help solve the problem of i
tired glove manufacturer, 70, has
Orpheus theatre in Klamath Pails to be subject to general public entry.
"old m an deficit" passed the house |
nai'e a g ift of one million dollars to
the extent of $1500. Ko one was in
T
uesday with an alm ost unanim ous
One of the largest sturgeon taken
"aid humanity." credited to one of
the building at the time.
vote. The blit provides for an excise
many charitable organisations iouuled
from the Columbia river at The Dalles
This modern super-service station has been well received
by this m 'Issuer».
tax on banks and on oth er financial In-1
The oldest sawmill in K lam ath coun
for many years, m easuring approxi­
stltu tlo n s and business, m anufactur- by the motoring public,
We are equipped and plan to give the
ty, erected by McCormicks 45 years mately 10 feet from nose to tail, was
ago. is being moved from near Bray landed near S euferts’ cannery recent WEEDS PROBLEM BEFORE
lng and m erchantlle corporations. The ^ e s t s e r v ic e
to the Lorenz company's timber, about ly by Joe Estabrook, Indian. The
- STATE LEGISLATURE bill fu rth e r provides for the admin-
Istrtalnn of the act under the Jurladlc-
10 miles east of Bonanza.
sturgeon was caught by a set line
Hydraulic Hoist, Grease Pits. Wash Racks and all other
Salem. Feb. 21, — Among oth er l *on
,bp *ta ,e tnx commission
Harness and running races and a sunk to the bottom of the river, and
The bill introduced In the house by modern Service Station conveniences,
wedding every night in the grandstand was landed by hitching a team of 'weedy" problems tackled by .ie legis
lature la one of haw tall weeds may R °blnsln reducing the resident require- !
will feature the Jackson county fair horses to a block and tackle.
We Will Carry Exclusively
which will be held at Medford from
Only tem porary suspension of the grow and when they shall be cut. A «"«nts of a voter fram 90 to thirty days !
September 11 to 14 inclusive.
activities of a bowl of gold fish at Me- bill, which provides th a t weeds shall Pr,o r to any election has passed both
on,y ,hP «overnor"
Ira Clark, one of Harney county’s Kinley school, near Ma“rs’hfleld" result- not *row ,o a hel)fht ln excess ° f >2 houw” an *’
best known pioneers, was found dead ed when the tem perature dropped to inches an<1 sbal> be destroyed and pre sig n atu re to become a law
H ereafter It will be unlaw ful to use
on the road about two miles east of 14 degrees above zero and the fish yented from seeding during the re-
Crane, having been stricken with heart were encased in a solid cake of ice. m ainder of the calander year, has been the words, “stop," "caution.” "danger"
They resumed th eir activity when the P ro d u c e d by Senator Edward F In roadside advertising, for house bill
trouble while riding a horse.
327 relativ e to this passed recently
During its last fiscal year the state Ice cake was thawed. The tempera- Bal,ey of Junction City.
The bill. S enate bill 170. am ends by both houses was signed on Febru-
game commission paid bounties of $25 ture was the lowest In Marshfield at
several sections of the present law, ary 14 by th e governor. T he governor
each on 254 cougars that were killed any time during the past 25 years.
Springfield
In Oregon. This exceeded by 95 the
The 9:15 a. m. Pacific stage for relatin g to weed control d istricts and also signed on the sam e day the Southwest corner 2nd and Main Sts.
num ber killed in the previous year.
Portland was badly damaged near the exterm ination of noxious weeds, m easure am ending the Inheritance lux
“It m erely stiffens the present law 1 laws m aking a step-child a lln»-ul ile- - -
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The lambing season opened a little F orest Grove recently ln a collision
with an Oregon Electric train at the
We?d ex™
n atl"" a" d P»t» ""m e scendent.
too soon this spring at Sweet Home,
teeth in It," was Senator Bailey’s ex
Eight m< asu res by Robison amend
many lambs were born during the cold­ Pacific avenue railroad crossing. The planation of the bill.
est weather, feed was scarce In many driver stopped the stage before reach­
places and several lan bs and many ing the crossing, but his view was ob­
structed by a small waiting station BAPTIST CHURCH WILL
old sheep are dyin
on
the Pacific university campus and
HAVE SUNDAY SERVICE
While crossing a bridge at Klamath
he
failed
to see the oncoming train.
F alls a few nights ago, Thomas Carl­
A laym en's m eeting will feature the
The exereme cold w eather of the
son was attacked by three men, rob­
Sunday
m orning service at the local
bed of $50 and thrown into Link river. past lew weeks has spread havoc
Here are tom e WONDERFUL "BUY6”. Come In and tee the M erchandise—
H is cries attracted three other men, in local orchards a t The Dalles, re­ B aptist church. A fter Bible school
which
convenes
a,
10
o'clock
In
the
(We can ’t begin to portray the values In cold type) all we aay is, th a t you should
ducing the potential 1929 peach crop
who effected his rescue.
to
about
half
of
normal,
affecting
the
m
orning,
the
services
sta
rt
a
t
11
by
all
m
eans partake of these specials during the last 6 days of our
F rank Craig, 68, who died in La
U. M.
Grande last week, was born In The cherries and touching pears and ap- 0 clock, being conducted by
Wood and H. E. Wilson of the Eugene
Dalles an u was the son of the secono rlcot3, according to a report from
B
aptist church. Their them e will be
w hite fnmily to locate In that city. His County Fruit Inspector Ralph Hazen.
"S
h arin g C hrist with the W orld."
The
loss
is
virtually
confined
to
the
parents were both attached to the mili
Dress Pants, all wool serge nnd Cheviot, finely tailored, positively values up to
Special music at the evening se r­
bottom lands, where the most extrem e
tary post at The Dalles.
$12.00. Snappy, up to date m erchandise, a Real opportunity.
Per Pair,
vice hv th e choir under the leadreshlp
cold aattled.
The Southern Pacific company ha3
of
W
ilford
Cook
will
g've
the
gospel
The Bank of H aines at Haines, was
MENS DRESS SHOES, Genuine Vici, leather, made by famous m akers of high
n o tiii.d the public service commission
m essage In song
T here will also
grade footw ear.
You will find th is type In shoe sto res a t $5.50 and $6.00. We
th a t on and after March 14 direct held up by two unidentified men re­ b° solos, duets, a male o uartet. choir
have priced them during our Sale, for .................
term inal rates will be in effect on cently. Hugh LicCall, ta .'.ii.r, and
elections, a young ladies' quartet.
Melvin Heard, a - *s
'
'-
f a m products between Deschutes
: I o th e r musical features.
Dolld le a th e r , High Top Shoes (16 In ch ).
For sports anil general w ar, a real
ed
down
the
cu
in.
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io
county and California points.
Ju n io r and Senior young people's
closing the day’s
I.
- . . u else
"H uy"— Your c h an ce to stive $5.00 on a pair.
S hoes like th e e re ta il a t $12.50
ft» pw
Forty Columbia county sheep grow
to *18.90.
S ale I 'm ,
J ) / » /O
was in the bank when t..e robbers en­ societies will meet at G: 30 p. Ti. P ray ­
erg mat at Rainier a few days ago and tered and imm ediately proceeded to er and Bible study m eetings are every
organized the Columbia County Sheep hold up the employes. The robbers T hursday at 7:30 p. m.
M’-n's ami Y ouths’ Scout S hoes, co m fo rta b le and d u ra b le , o l i d le a th e r to p s w ith
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and Wool Growars' association, with got about $3000, accord::.:; to esti-
■Iron* seamletM vamps, Special (or
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J- W. Todd of Goble as president and mate3 made by the hank o.iiclals, and
LOCAL MEN ATTEND
G. E. McDonough secretary.
M en's ex cellen t CANVAS G LO V ES, w ith blue knit w rist.
2 P airs for
escaped after tleing the employes se­
LEGION MEETING
Plans are being made for the con
curely.
struction of a dam on the stream
Mr. and Mrs. M. B. H untly and J.
Men's Silk Four In Hand Ties, all new, colorful p attern s for Spring.
A big
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A ssistant P ostm aster General Glov­
which connects Siltcoos lake with the er hag given Franklin F. Karell, rep­ M. Larson last n ig h t attended the d is­
assortment to choose from
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Pacific ocean in order that the outlet resentative ln congress, every assur­ trict Legion m eeting held in Monroe.
Men’s Blue Cham hray Work S hirts, triple stitched, full cut, have 2 pockets, fast
may be kept open enabling salmon to ance th a t the Salt Lake-Pasco air mall
Among the m a tte rs brought up was
color,
strong fabric,
O /C*
enter the lake at all times.
line will be extended to Portland early the discussion of the Junior baseball
leagues
and
the
m
atter
of
com
m
unity
Clinton Kelley, 32, a moonshiner, next summer, according to W. D. B.
Men's soft finish H em stitched, fine white C hainbric H andkerchiefs,
Dobson, general m anager of the w elfare. The local men learned a t the
was shot to death by a state prohibí
p0- "
tion officer at Toledo last week after Portland chamber of commerce. The m eeting th a t the Pacific coast leagues '
Union Suits, all wool, super quality, W right'« famous 100% twool garm ents. Dark
a gun battle in which L. O. McBride, chamber’s plan is to develop air mail have offered $25,000 to be used In
and medium grey. Always sold at $(¡.50. W oodsmen and others who w ant real
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deputy sheriff, narrowly escaped business via the Columbia gorge, covering th e expenses for the Junior
protection in wool garm ents, will find these Just right.
Sale Price
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death. The bullet th a t killed Kelley which will be lighted and protected leagues which will be sponsored by the j
wa3 fired by J. J. Zimmerman, state by beacons If the air mall service is legions. A banquet was had a t the
50c Seem less wool Socks, good weight, very serviceable, assorted colors to choose
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m eeting.
dry agent.
extended as contemplated.
(ram. Marked down ta
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It
w
as
voted
to
have
the
next
dis­
While Val Kavlc, mill w orker at
Clifford Williams walked out of jail
Empire, was felling a tree in his yard at Marshfield recently a free man. tric t m eeting at Lebanon on F ebruary
OVERALLS, blh or w aist, made 01 Indigo blue twist. Denim, special tacking a t
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near North Bend, his son, Edward, 2. Hut his grandmother, Mrs. Rosa Rus­ 27. Lebanon delegates requested this.
points where the wear is g reatest, full cut, high grade garm ents. BUY NOW, Pair
ran directly under It as it was fall
sell of Bandon, was minus $1182 with ■\ good representation from th e legions |
W ork and Sem lzlress Pants, best tw ill cottonades In n eat striped p attern s, blue,
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lng. It fell on the child, fracturing
which she paid his fine, levied for all over th e county were present.
black and brown.
It will pay to buy several pairs a t Ibis price.
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his skull, from which he died shortly violation of liqu >r laws. "I need him
LIONS’ LADIES TO HAVE
afterw ards.
on the farm ,” Mrs. Russell said.
BANQUET FRIDAY NIGHT
At a meeting of the W heeler city
H arvey E. Inlow of Pendleton, new
council recently an order was given ly elected president of the Eastern
Lion's I,adies night will be held nt
for 300 additional feet of fire hose, Oregon Normal school a t La Grande,
nozzles and w ater pipe. This equip­ was in La Grande recently making a the Woodman hall h ere tomorrow
m ent will be added to the fire fight­ preliminary Inspection of tile school, night at a banquet and entertainm ent.
ing m aterial and will m aterially lessen
which will he completed in May, and Club features which will Include
stu n ts by mem bers of the club will be
the fire hazard in Wheeler.
conferring with local educators.
FORMERLY THE FARMERS EXCHANGE
given.
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Special Greasing Price
Complete Chassis
G R E A S IN G 5 0 c
RED CROWN GASOLINE
New Zerolene and Moboliol
I. R. JONES SUPER SERVICE SIATIOH
12 BIG SPECIALS FOR MEN
F E B R U A R Y C LEA RAN C E
$5.90
$3.95
25c
v
________ 95c
KAF0URYS
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