PAGE SIX
T H E SPRING H E L D XWWR
The i p per »ad of tbe Val» project
ta teeming with activity. M uety uieu
, and two draglines are working on the
canals.
B Y T H E M A Y O R O F T H E C IT Y O F S P R IN G F IE L D
The February receipts of the Med
th e A m e ric a » Legion will »non c e le b ra te th e te n th a n n iv e rs a ry of It»
ford postoffice were the greatest tor
w,,° M' n,,hly • * .......... .
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Principal Events of the Week any month in its history. They amount Z * . T m ; To
peril it w.ll be a n a n n iv e rsa ry of ach iev em en t (or a g re a t w o rk h a , been per
to 710.254.
Assembled for Information
The Union Oil company of Califor­ ot med by th e L egion in th e llecad e of peace .h a t h as follow ed .h e cl.,,,. of
th e w o rld w ar.
T h e A m erica« Legion w as born out of th e sp irit of com
of Our Headers.
nia has purchased an acre of land in
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t
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the city of Canby from the Snell prop
ety.
situated
on
the
Pacific
highway,
The Neskowin cheese factory has
and will begin at cnee to coustiuct g ra n t of public serv ice th a t h a s no p aru llal In the n a tio n 's h story
resumed operation, after the custom
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buildings for a storage plant in C auliy bv t h . 1wU;,‘!rC“-.,r l ,'" ” k
ary three mouths' winter shutdown.
/'
*' b ■'
of the o rg an is a tio n hay. l„ . e x e ri 'd In the
Fisherm an who seek halibut on tin
Farm ers of Yamhill count) held an
, ‘ Of th e d i s a b l 'd s o ld ie r s , th e «HI- o r p h a n s a n d th o ... w in, « e r e I, ft
agricultural institute ou March 5. 6. banks off tlte M a rsh field c o a it report "
" s . ' t i e w.ll
A lthqugh m uch III, h >„n . oini>ll«he(| i,„- H ,
v,
7 and 8 under the direction of County that deg sharks aie making it itupos su ffe re rs .h e re is still a g re a t deal to be done.
T h I , ; i„ „
g iv e n a s - '
sible to take large catches, as the
Agricultural A giut S. T. White.
th. ere e is
1» need
to r It
n
sharks steal the bait. The water is Sltrut-ec th at th is w ork w ,l| be co n tin u ed an. tony a , » th
In
*"ll
Baker's building permits for the year said to he swarming with those small th e held of co m m u n ity se rv ice th e le g io n h i s su e
p
ro
je
c
ts
n
all
par,.,
o,
the
c
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try
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•f'h.iv
y
d
v
in
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,
1928 amounted to 7187.642 and came fish.
o tH i.te wav th e p ow er ot the L egion to erv e In t i m e ' ' ,
T ,„. , ...
within 79038 of setting a new high
Virtually all residents of Jordan val »ration of th e L eg n m 's te n th m in iv er .-ary on M arch if. and I.; will be n„,
mark for the history of the city.
ley, ni u attu women, were working
It Is
Preparations are being made by the with pick and shovels to slave oil a casio n for a ren ew ed effort to en ro ll m ore w ar v e te ra n s in th is w ork
th e p u rp o se of th e L egion to In crease It, m em b ersh ip In o rd e r th a t its « ,rk
Rossburg cannery for the broccoli run threatened flooding of the town by ’
T he people of th is city a re
of the season. It is expected that the Baxter creek. The creek begun ristttg for th e y e a r m ay he bro ad en ed and ex tended.
tru ly a p p re c ia tiv e of th e c h a ra c te r of the work th a t Is being don., Io »he
rack will be twice as large as last when a warm Chinook wind swept
" h*“ ™
' - I d be glvvm f, / ,.s ,
year's.
dowu the valley aud a nuuiuer of the Dnuan’ce8'’
houses
were
flooded.
Recent rains have loosened the con
NOW. TH ER EFO RE, f. \v I'. T 's o n . \c r ln g M nvor of th, C iv of
ges.ion of white cedar logs in the
With the recent expiration of a six S pringfield do h ereb y proclaim F riday, M arch 15. a n d S a t u r d iv \ l
I,
middle fork of Coquille river, where m onths’ eream pool contract between
as III, d a te s for th e T ent!, \n n lv e rs a r v (V! »brntion of I'l,.
, ....
tim bers were piled to a height of 60 th e H erm isto n C ream ery company auu and urge a , c l,.te n s to ah.
Legion ta every possible wav «,,
, "e
feet In places.
local project dairymen, negotiations m em b ersh ip stren g ih . E very v a le ,, ,, should
r.b e to th e
,g‘
, )f
During the last fiscal year Benton have been completed for a rem wal ot th e organisation by w earin g th e L egion bu tto n
the agreem ent for a year. Between
county received 13»ai Chinese pheas
i ?•» "
TH ER E O F I hav e her» unto se t m v h a n d and , up . ,) th
ants from the state game commission. 70U and S00 cows have been signed up
so
far
under
the
new
contract.
Linn county received 2031. Marion
~
~
Work will begin next week by the
1595 and Lane 2120.
Dana
Coustrucuou
company
of
Pori
D. M. Lowe of Talent reports the
S igned, W. I*. TYSON,
finding of several head of his range I laud in surfacing the Saiuiam high — . r
___________
' • # ' <>r <>f S pringfield. O regon.
cattle that had been missing for three , way from Lebanon to Shea hill. The
grading
of
this
sector
of
the
read
was
years, in the Wagner Butte district in
G ANNETT MOTOR FORCE
completed last fail by the Slate Con
the Siskiyou mountains.
structien company of Albany and the !
TO TA K E AIRPLANE RIDES
During the past two years. 1927 and base course of rock was laid on most
1928, a total of 7303,737.90 has been of the road.
The entire force of the Gannett
»pent for improvement of Benton coun
Motor company of Eugene, has been
Only .24 of an inch of rain- fell in
ty's highways.
This total Includes
divided Into two team s, to com pete
Medford during February, which was
both county and state funds.
with each o th er In selling used cars
2.43 inches less than the normal tor
this week. F S. G annett, m anager of
Another old land mark of Rogue that month, and made only 8.17 inches
i the com pany is captain of the Whirl-
River valley, the ancient Kaylor drug - (or the seasonable precipitation. Sep j
win,7 team The other team adopted
■tore in Phoenix, is being wrecked for ternber 1 to date. The normal for that
Cyclone for th eir name, and Is headed
a new building on the site. The build
period is 13.57. Only one February
tug was erected 46 years ago.
by W. L. Teague sales manager.
since 1911 has had a lighter rainfall. 1
Fbr one week, sta rtin g Tuesday
More than 50 cougars have been that in 1920.
March
12. and ending Monday even
killed by hunters in Oregon since the
Three fires have been discovered in i
ing March 18. Both team s will con­
first of the year, the extrem e cold the Siuslaw national forest area this ,
cen trate on Used Cars. The team
w eather in the m ountains having driv- . year, according to reports received by I
selling the largest num ber of used
en the animals to lower levels.
R. S. Shelley, supervisor of the forest. ,
ears. In addition to receiving indivi­
Edwin P T O Ohaldeston.
Ollie Smith, 15. a prospector, was All three fires have been in the north
w ar old veteran of the Crimean
dual prizes, will be treated to a free
ern
part
of
the
forest.
The
forest
was
drowned a few days ago in the Rogue
W.U. ccarnntted suacide at ,Asbury
A irplane ride. The first day o f thr
river while attem pting to cross the very dry until early this week, when '
contest th ree used cars were deliver­
a
heavy
rain
fell,
extinguishing,
the
stream on an aerial cable at Halfmoon
ed. And Indication were th a, the ho,
fires and lessening the danger.
“ SINS OF T H E F A TH E R S ”
Bar, a short distance above Iiiahe.
pace would he kept ,,p for the entire
W arm er w eather has brought joy to 1 FEATURED AT McDONALD we»k.
Alvin Armstrong. 2-year-old son of
Joss Armstrong of B! asant Ridge. 1 stockmen of the John Day region, ot .
Emil Jammings comes to the Mc­
•b< nt six miles south of Redmond, fell whom many have been in severe
EUGENE HO SPITAL NOW
Into a cistern at bis home and died in straits for several months. Feed has Donald th e ate r in Eugene today for
OPEN TO ALL PHYSICIANS
been scarce and some ranchers
havt th ree days. In his latest picture. "Sins
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R i mond about three hours later.
Isen
cutting
sagebrush
for
th
eir
cat-
of
the
F
ath
ers"
equipped
with
sound.
H. A. Oermiquette and his son Ben
A change In the policy of the Eu­
Macy of the sheepmen have been This announcem ent will undoubtedly gene hospital recently announced hv
stt.iered serious bum s while rescuing
horses and cattle from their barn in shipping in hay at a cost of 527 a ton. be welcome news to the hosts of Jan- T. W. I.ewsndder. the new m anager,
Lambing is proceeding satisfactorily. nings fans in this city, who have a r opens the hospital to practice by all
E ast Beaverton. The barn was de
The state p' nitentiary at Salem had dent followers of th eir favorite since refu tab le
Physicians.
H< retofor"
stroyed by fire but all the stock was
a population of 729 prisoners, winch his first American made picture.
saved.
i only m em bers of 4he staff of the hos
Dr. Hugo Rlesenfeld composed the pftal were allowed to practice,
A new postoffice to be known as s<ns a ae.v high record in the history
A rtuur has been established at the of the institution. Five men were re­ musical trappings for the picture, and j Only registered nurses are on duty
Oregon Copper company's Mother ceived at the prison last week, crowd the Param ount orehc-stra of 75 pieces at the hospital and th ere nr»» is
Lode mine in Raker county. George iag the prison to capacity and a num played for the recording of the R lese n -, nurses on the staff according to In­
ber of inmates have been assigned to feld compositions.
form ation given out by Mr. !,ewsi»il-
E. McQuade has been named post
I tem porary sleeping quarters in the
T w o fully equipped r i'- g p r lc
O ne of the surprises in sto re for der.
m aster.
j uaroar suop. hospital and commissary J a n n in g s ’ fan s will be h e a rin g th e ir and one d eliv ery room a re m n in 'ain etl.
Klamath county ockmen are jubl
departm ent.
fiv n ite sin% an o il G -rn ie n o p era
lent over the 1 «
■ by the legisla
A ctivities in hop culture in the Will selectio n . K now ledge th a t Ja n n in g s
ture cf the bill utsi
d to check mo-
toured callie run • 13, w-hich has .u -g n iss hop yard started recently possessed a fine sin g in g voice w as not
wuea a crew of men began replacing g en erally know n, and th e v e rs a tile
cauacd an annual
as of 540,000 in
poles and wire. It present w eather actor adds «noth' »■ taier.f to bis a l­
the county.
continues, plowing will be started at re ad y long list of aeco n ip llsh m en ts.
D, u g ias county's broccoli crop,
once. ¡Spraying iru it trees is almost Ja n n in g s is su p p o rted in his la te s t
thought to be a complete loss as a re
completed. Planting early potatoes is effort by R uth C h a tte rtim Z j S u Pitts,
suit oi recent severe weather, has suf­ in progress on many farms. Grain is
B arry N orton anil M atth ew Hetz.
fered less than 10 per cent damage doing splendidly in that locality, the
Eddie W hite, sta r of the variety
f:om frost, according to E. A. P e tte j, farm ers report.
stager who w ill be seen and heard in
federal inspector.
Because of an acute shortage of feed the V ltaphone presentation program
The McKenna Lumber company of in that section, M. J. Sevier of Dia­
at the McDonald, T hursday, Friday j
Bandon has leased the Easiside mill mond prairie recently shipped three
and S aturday, first i am»» into promln
from the Coos Bay Lumber company cars of cattle to North Powder, where
ence as an en tertain er at tr a in in g .
at Marshfield and plans to begin cut
they will be led. A lew other ship cam ps for soldiers. Eddie was sen t (
ting sffruce about May 1. The mill will
m eets oi stock have been made from in 1917 on a tour of the train in g cam ps '
employ about 75 men.
other parts ot the county to Baker throughout th e country and won a •
D.vidend checks am ounting to 7174,
and Halfway, where feed is said to chance to appear in vaudeville by his '
197.24, representing a 10 per cent divi
be more plentiful. Hay has become excellent work
dend. will be paid to depositors of the | difficult to obtain at Wallowa.
H erm an Wells, noted comedian who
defunct Astoria National bank about
A fox terrior, not a ; or old, scented fs seen and heard with Fern R1- ’mond
the end of March, according to W. C.
a bear recently while Otto Aschoff, In “The Gyp” in the Vltaphone pre-
Crawford, the receiver.
Portland-Sandy stage driver, took a mentation program at the McDonald
Botulinus poison in a straw stack on day off for a hunting trip to Marmot, th e ate r this week end began hiH career
the Steve H iatt farm near La Grande Aschoff, after investigating a hole in ,
a m em ber of the T>ew D ockstader I
was responsible for a num ber of live
a clump of cedars, passed it up, but m instrel troupe. He also toured t h e ||
stock deaths in that district recently, the dog plunged right in and grabbed j European countries with a pantom im e
according to an analysis iqade by Dr, bruin by the lip. Aschoff killed the I com pany which played In every large
W. H. Lytle, state veterinarian.
bear before the dog wag injured. The 1 city and village. The pantom im e play
C. A. Ringer of Medical Springs and bear weighed about 300 pounds.
Is a relic of the middle ages and one
his father have killed 2000 rabbits
One hundred thousand rabbit skins i
^ e first forma of drama.
with strychnine this winter. Of the were shipped out of Oregon this win
2000 shipped to outside points 100 ter. according to Ira N. Gabrlelson, ro­ LOCAL WOMEN ON LANE
were white-tailed rabbits, which net
dent control leader of the United
RED CROSS C O M M ITTEE
ted the shippers 40 cents each.
States departm ent of agriculture, with
The two Cunningham campa of the offices in the Portland postofflce build
Several local women were appointed
Coos Bay Lumber company, northeast ing. ThlB is one of the results ot the upon com m ittees recently announced
of Coquille, opened March 4, after a work of the bureau of biological sur for the Lane county chapter of the
shutdown of seven weeks. The com
vey in trying to rid the country ot var American Red Cross.
pany employed the usual num ber of lous rodent pests such as rats, gophers
Those appointed from here include:
workmen, estim ated at about 300.
and other agricultural nuisances.
Mrs. M. B. H untly, on the hom e se r­
An important new business Institn
A clock, still in running order but vice com m ittee, Mrs. William Donald­
tion for the Florence section is undei more than 100 years old, Is attracting son on the production com m ittee;
way. installing of m achinery and attention at a Medford jewelry store Mrs. C. O. Wilson on the Junior Red
equipment which arrived recently be
where it has been placed on exhibition Cross com m ittee and Mrs. A. B. Van
gan in the H. M. Biberstein cheese fac
by its owner, Mrs. William Frideger Valzah on the d isaster relief com m it­
tory, located In the form er cannery of th at city. The clock has been In tee.
at Cushman.
the same family for a century and
These com m ittees which arc com­
Seventeen years of service as a law was owned by Mrs. Frideger’s grand- i posed of m em bers from throughout
enloreem ent officer in Deschutes coun
father in Louisiana. It was never be : the county ore to direct the Red Corss
ty was ended recently by 8. E. Roberts fore in a Jewelry shop to be repaired work in the county.
of Bend when he turned over the office and runs for 30 days on one winding,
of sheriff to Claude L. McCauley
striking every hour and half hour. It
Eoulp Wood Saw—C W. G erber has
Robe ts was appointed to the office Is sheathed iu a case of glass, marble equipped a small wood saw which he
December 20, 1916.
and gold.
Intends to use for com m ercial wood
i sawing.
Ci!ERCN STATE NEWS
OF GEKEMLINTEREST
A PROCLAM A TION
BU Y
TH UR SD AY, M ARCH 14,
<if detective stories III modern fiction
history, who (bus rar has »hielded his
Identity behind his nong de plume,
wns pi'iumuded by Param ount officials
to appear before the motion picture
cam era.
Parade I s a d er
Vim Dine Is se e n
on the screen for
th e tirst tim e I........
I'aiiarv M urder
C lis e ," M s f u m e d m v stery sto ry w hich
will show nt Hie McDonuld th re n trn
s ta rlin g Ruudav f o r f o u r days.
h
M alcolm Si C lair d irected ’•Tbw
C a n a ry M urder Cast
whirl» 1 « n
1W", all (Hiking pi lure, w ith V-’irt
D ine a»-»l«lltig him In iro n in g out
tenchnlciil lllfflciiltle*»
< s u r d A 1 ( kjvs ) w v ii , of Mont-
g»»»x-»v. A la . c siu ii ui,lei of ihr t
t c l konfedrratr V erran», leading a
naiack- at the imyigwtatton ,»( Hoover
l'or th*> ftrst ta w organisations of
M «rrl.*>r L ic e m e a I m tir J
D uring the p ast week fiiftfThtir«* ll< -
»•n»»*M h a v e b* en g r a b I o,| hy 111«* routi
• oulcvtrijlr r r ln .ilu a ir takuig port
ty c le rk to ttic follow ing
■i tlx* matatta at eetrnsaurs.
or .1, in, ib m c n i .
f täry KobbltiM,
V a n u ta ; E d w in Z ln k c r Hint iM rnth v
WlXlli v . I,nth o f Eugen» ; ( •*tri fa w I m
a n d I,Ilia I'.tc h e ry h e ll, if S,u ftigfletd;
C a rl K rk o f J u n c t io n Cll> a n d Bea-
,i • ■ V a n n . E u g e n e ; H a ra ld J o n e s ,
lid Vaigar»', 1(1» Unhang, i, b a th of
E ugene
VAN DINE'S PLAY AT
M c D onald S unday
s Van I» lie. th, m v s'
or o f th e m ost sue. SSflll eri»
A 3 CAY S3.GG f ALE
Your noighbor w ill be hore— w ill you?
Your choice of Hats
• ,i this boautiful
S pring assortm ent
This Johnson H at Sale offers you values to $7.50 at this
rem arkably low price. Straws, straw cloths and all the
5pL'n?i ’7ia5eS,ii ,s- Hundreds and hundreds to choose from
and all styled in the S pring mode.
T H IS O PPO RTU NITY A V A ILA B LE ONLY
THUR SD AY,
FRIDAY,
SATURDAY
See Them In Our Windows.
There Is One Here For. You.
Johnson's fo r Hosiery
E U G E N E ’S G A R M E N T S H O P
J O H N S O N ’S
EUGENE
P O P U L A R P R iC E S T O R E
957 W illam ette
and SAVE!
Kafoury’s
F orm erly F arm ers E xchange
Big Store Positively Going
Out of Business •
Great Closing Out Sale
NOW IN PROGRESS
Buy -
J W W eib
Hats Shoes Hosiery Shirts
Gloves, Wash Goods etc.
Everything Reduced to Close Out Stock Quickly
Shoes, Hats, Gloves, Underwear
Shirts, Collars, Ties, Men’s and
Boy’s Pants, Overalls, Play Suits,
Silks, Wash goods, etc.
EVERYTHING DOWN IN PRICE