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OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Cur Readers.
THURSDAY. APRIL SR. 1'F’A
T H E SPRIN GFIELD N1CWS
PAGE EIGHT
All the stre a m s In C u rry county,
wiih th e ex ception of th e Rogue, are
closed to com m ercial fishing, anil will
rem ain closed until S ep tem b er 15.
when they w.ll be open unUl Novcui
her 20
Mrs. Elsie K enw orthy, early O regon
pioneer, who died recen tly nt C orvallis
at th e age of 97 y ears. left (our ch il­
dren. 31 gran d ch ild ren . 58 gi .u t grand
ch ild ren an d th ree great-great grand
children.
F ru it tre e s su fficien t to plant m ore
th au 200 a cres ot land n ear The
D alles have beeu shipped in thia year
and d istrib u te d am ong o rch ard ow n­
e rs through the county chain her of
com m erce.
Six tho u san d a cres of sum m er fal
low land in U m atilla county have been
leased un til S ep tem b er 25 at a coal
of $3 an acre and w ill he plauted to
beans by th e E ckhoff F arm P ro d u cts
corporation.
W ork sta rte d recen tly on th e con­
stru ctio n of 50 new houses at Seueca
th a t will be used to house em ployes
of th e E dw ard H iues W estern Ptne
com pany. A bout 350 m en will he em ­
ployed by May L
A freak egg. laid rtcen lly by a
Rhode irlainl R id hen. was dliqilayed
In Mini'>ril by its ow ner I' W I'wlv,
of Jn cksonvtlle
It Is soft shelled. Is
u tii.il six inches in eircullii* renee and
th ree u n 'e s long The n -h lly of the
egg lies in the fart that a u ’ii.uil hard
sin lied egg Is on the Inside
liiipenuitiK strife lietw een Albany and
L ebanon o v er ilivisl >n of school dis ;
trlc ls was av erted « h e n n pence meet
lug w as held in A lbany la d week. It
was decided th a t th e d istric ts trib u tary
to each tow n bo defined mid th at llie
feasib ility of bus sy stem s te r each ap
portioned group be Investigated.
C are in R eporting F ires Asked
A req u est to tin» people of S pring
Held to give exact am i expltcll In
fo rm atio n as to th e locution w hen r e ­
p o rting fin s w as mude Monday 1“
J e r s e S m ltson. file cllb f
T he Ic
p a rtm e n t wn* hotliered considerably
w hen going to a sm all fire on W ater
stre e t last week b ecause Hie p arty
re p o rtin g the fire said m erely that It
w as over hv th e school house
Mr. S m ltson a s k i th a t persons re
pai ting fire s call 5. Hi«* fire d epart
m e n t , not 35. 'lie elle hall, and give
Ihe «Xilct Street and n u m i* " of tile
house when* th e blaze Is located
•THE MODEL CHURCH" IS
BAPTIST SERMON THEME
"T ile Model C lllirch” Will he th e
th em e of tin* m orning serm on by lt**v
C II lilani at Hie S p rin g field B aptist
church S unday m orning at II o ’, lu c k
T he g irls' q u a rte t of th e ch u rch w II
slag se v e rtl special n u m b ers d u ring
the serv ices
In the ev en in g nt 7 30 Itev Blom
will ta k e the th em e of his Serm on
The Abbey, a fram e ap artm en t build­
' from till* te n th e h a p te r of Acts T he
ing at New pert waa d estroyed by fire
B aptist luille q u a rte t will slug sev eral
la s t week. Loss is estim ated at $1000.
n um bers In tin* evening
O bservance of m usic week. May 5
T he
te a c h e r's
tra in in g
classes,
to 11. was urged in a le tte r Issued
have been organized will m eet nt 7 10
M em bers of th e sta te fntr author- i
by C. A. Howard, sta te su p erin ten d e n t
o'clock on W ednesday night P ra y e r
T re n t Child Dead
lied the issu an ce of I'ui.tWO in tiego- '
t. ollllli.U .ilcr .lu ti 1 IliKHlC of
of public instruction.
tiab le w arra n ts to apply on the con
Pi «n») Ivan»*, nwdit al offi • ■ of
I.o rm a Je a n M.inmey. Hie Infinit service and lllhle stu d y will be held
A radio statio n to co st $3000 is be
the P rc v id c n t's yach t, M avtlow er,
stiu e tio n of a uuw grand tund and
d a u g h te r of Mr atei Mrs Itulpli M ia at the ch u rch T h u rsd ay night at 7 30
ing erected by th e governm ent on the
edit ..tle ra l building. T he s ta te legis : l i a s b u l l a p p o in te d sp e c ia l p h ) I-
moy. <*f T re n t, died S atu rd ay at th e
latu ro at Its last session appropriated | ci.m ti> P re sid e n t H oover
L a G rande air field and will be ready
Coglll G ets 8. P Job H ere
P acific C h ristia n h o sp ital at Eugene
$100,000 for th e stru c tu re , contingent
for operation w ithin six weeks.
Max Coghlll of E ugene, h as been
follow ing a sh o rt Illness at the age of
WEEK-DAY BIBLE SCHOOL
upon $50,000 being raised locally.
A full carload of broom handles from
eleven m onths
T he fu n eral serv ice! assigned to th e isisltlon of e ar c l-rlt
the P routy broom handle factory w ere
George W. D unn of Ashland was
TO GIVE FINAL PROGRAM
w er held nt Ihe W’a lk er Poole chapel at th e local S o u th ern P acific depot
elected grand coniiiiunder of the grand
shipped to New Jersey , leaving W ar
AT CHURCH WEDNESDAY In S pringfield Monday afternoon at He sin.....mis M (» O lson, who had
com niandery of K nights T em plar of
ren to n over th e S. P. & S. railw ay.
2 o'eloek. th e In term e n t follow ed at been holding the isisltlon te m p o rarily
O regon in an n u al session at La
Bulb grow ing Is a rapidly grow ing
rip* child follow ing th e prom otion of O sw ald
M arking th e com pletion of thi th e P leasan t Hill cem e tery
G rande. C orvallis was selected us the w ork of th e w eek day Bible sehool, Is survived by h e r p aren ts
O lson from yard clerk to c a sh ie r
in d u stry in Jo sep h in e county. In 1928
1930 convention city. Next year's con­ who h has been held III ««prlngfleld
> carloads of bulbs, valued at $6000 a
vention will be held In April, but the (luring Ihe p ast se v e ra l m onth». a
carload w ere shipped out of G ran ts
T he g ates of th e S avage Rapids dam
d ate has not yet been decided upon.
p ro g ram will he p re se n te d at the
P ass.
have been closed and the G ran ts
In view of th e heavy fru it damage M ethodist ch u rc h W ednesday night
TONIGHT
T here are still four and a half feet P a ss irrig a tio n d is tric t is now ready
In C alifornia, A lbert Burch, president A pril ? t. by th e stu d e n ts w ho have
of snow at Lake of th e Woods and two to serv e its p atro n s for th e connug
feet a t Diamond Lake Lodge, and both irrig atio n season. T he p lant supplies of the J ic’ son county fru it grow ers ta k e n th e cauraea.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
league, said th a t so u th ern Oregon ,
th ese places expect to open about w ater to 10,000 acres.
T h e B ible ».< bool w as co nducted by
grow ers will be benefited by the m is­
EUGENE, OREGON
Ju n e 1.
T he O regon sta te highw ay com m is­ fortune of th e sister s ta te and that Miss Goldin •kmith of the E ugene Bible
U
n
iv
ersity
.
P
a
c
t
g
ra
d
e
above
thi
T he d ep artm en t of ag ricu ltu re an
sion has m ade applicatio n to the
’ >cal gro w eis m ust take all precau-j
nounces th a t th e condition of w inter U nited S ta le s en g in ee rs' office (or a tlons possible to save th e ir crop from I f, u rth had <>l!e hour of In stru ctio n In
Bible stu d y e a c h week
M iss Sm ith
w heat iu O regon ia S6 per cen t as perm it to co n stru ct a bridge acro ss
ltn llar dam age
ta u g h t at tn e B ra tta ln school on Mon
com pared with 03 p er cent on April A lsea bay at W aldport, about two
A p etition to u n d ertak e the larg est . d ay s and nt th e L incoln school on
10 la st year.
m iles from the ocean.
stre e t Im provem ent project in K lam ath TU'indavs
IN
T he 10,000-pound load lim it signs on
P u rch ase of th e w ater system at Falls, the m acadam izing of 95 blocks
T h e p rogram w hich will be p resen t
th e Old O regon T rail betw een Baker L akeview by th e city h as been reeoni
In mill and in d u strial additions, and
and H aines have been rem oved and m ended and a p etition ia being circu ­ th e laying of co n crete sidew alks and j ed M onday n ig h t Is us follow s:
the load lim it has been moved back to lated ask in g th e council to place a curbs, was received by the city coun- j F ing salu te.
20,000 pounds.
m easure on th e ballot ta vole $64,000 cil recen tly . T h at body im m ediately | S o n g —“A m erica th e B eau tifu l.”
S c r lp tu 'a lesso n . P salm 19
O peration of busses instead of s tre e t­ bonds for th is purpose.
ord ered th e city en g in eer to draw up
M em ory w ork. F o u rth B.
c a rs in the city of Salem resu lted in
Game b ird s in B aker county w ere plans and specifications.
R ecitatio n . “ T he F lag th a t G rew "
a loss of $10,000 during 1928, acco rd ­ fed tw o tons of g rain during th e two
T axes paid and to be paid in the
A RIOT OF LAUGHTER!
S ong—"5«etta, Je su s. J e s u s ”
ing to officials of th e S ou th ern P a­ m onths of severe w in ter w eather, ac­ sta te ot O regon th is year aggregate
L
o
rd
's
P
ray
er.
cific company
cording to W. B. Fellow s, gam e w ar­ $50,794,633.14. as ag ain st $19,794,633.14
Blblo In fo rm atio n . School
BARGAIN MATINEE
SATURDAY and SUNDAY
Due to th e declining m ark et p rev ail­ den. P h easan ts, quail and d eer a re
in 1928, according to a statem en t is
M em ory w ork. Pipper g ra d e s
now in good condition.
ing since th e first of the year, approxi
sued by th e s ta te tax com m issioner.
S< ng— "T a k e th e D ear Old Bible
COMING SUNDAY
m ately 300.000 bushels of last y ear's
T he Canby cham ber of com m erce T he 1929 tax es are based on the as­
W
ith Y ou."
w heat crop rem ain unsold in the hands set Sunday, May 5. as th e d ate fu r the sessm en t ro lls for th e y ear 1928. The
Bible sta ry . F ifth B.
of O regon farm ers.
an n u al blossom day, and a rra n g em en ts increase of tax es for 1929 when com ­
S en g —“ In My H e a rt T h e re R ings a
The W ashington C ounty N ational are being m ade for e n te rta in m e n t of pared w ith 1928 is $851,065.
M elody."
F arm Loan association has m ade loans hundreds of v isito rs who a re expected
Leo A lbertson. 4. son of Mr. and
irip slo n a ry sto ry . S ixth A.
to
visit
th
e
tu
lip
farm
s
on
th
a
t
day.
In th e county am ounting to $1,030,800,
Mrs. H enry A lbertson of Yocum valley,
M ap d raw in g . F o u rth A
according to a re p o rt of A. R. England,
A bronze tab let, bearing n am es of n ear Lakeview , sh o t and killed his
E le c tric Map. F o u rth A.
secretary -treasu rer.
19 c h a rte r m em bers of C latsop P lain s b ro th er. C harles 9, a t the A lbertson
<4tojy of th e T em p le, S ixth B.
F aced by the m ost acu te w ater sh o rt • P re sb y terian church, organized in 1346 ranch. W ith a n o th e r b ro th er, Leo and
D raw ing th e T em ple, J u n io r high
W hen ap p etite cries "m o re"
age in years, ran ch ers in th e Brogan and said to be th e oldest P ro te sta n t C harles had gone to the house to build school.
unit prudence <1 ocb not deny,
a
fire.
W
hile
th
e
tw
o
older
boys
were
church
w
est
of
tn
e
Hockey
m
ountains,
and Jam ieson sectio n s of M alheur
O ffering
yon can be sure th e subject
county are urging th e early com ple­ was dedicated a t th e site of th e old busy a t the stove Leo got a 30-caliber
S in g —”1 Love to T ell th e S to r y ”
under consideration Is Ice
carbine,
loaded
it
and
pulled
the
trig
­
church
a
t
a
m
eeting
of
th
e
P
o
rtlan
d
tion of th e Vale p ro je c t
cream .
ger.
T he Salem city council passed an P resb y tery held last week.
H er th ro a t to rn by the fangs of a
T ry tine of our bricks for a
W alter N ash, well-known Dead In
ordinance au thorizing the sale of $50,-
Crook county has the distin ctio n o(
delicious desert.
supposedly rabid coyote, Miss Mabie being th e first county In O regon to
000 of m unicipal airp o rt bonds. The ilian d is tric t ran ch er, was b itten a
Gordon, 17-year-old S ilveriake girl, rem it its first half tnxca for the yeai
bends w ere voted a t a special elec­ few- days ago by a ra ttle sn a k e when
Ju st phone us at any tim e
his dog by barking called his a tte n ­ was in Bend w aiting for serum being 1929 to the s ta te tre a su re r. T he sta te 's
tion held th ree m onths ago.
.•tntl w e will send one up!
rushed
th
ere
from
the
state
board
of
p art of the first half taxes In Crook
Coos bay was su rp rised last week tion to a hole in the ground. Mr. N ash
Solid Brick Bricks c u t In
h ealth labo rato ry in P ortland. The county w as $13,700.16.
when it was found an oil drilling o u t­ reached into the hole w ith a forked
Slices T o Suit Any Occasion
wound
is
regarded
as
very
serious,
R esources of the two banks of 8:
fit had been w orking for th e p ast week stick and the sn ak e fasten ed its fangs
since th e poison will spread quickly
in
his
thum
b.
H
e
held
on
grim
ly
until
H elens on M arch 27 toLaled $1,273,
on th e shingle house p roperty, three
from th e th ro a t to all p a rts of the
he pulled it out of th e hole.
592, which is an Increase since the Iasi
m iles south of M arshfield.
body.
B ecause his cap was th e color of a
statem ent several m onths ago. Sav
All so u th ern O regon cities will join
"W here Ihe S erv ice is D ifferent"
W hales have Invaded P o rt Orford , logs deposits la tlie tw o banks amount
G lendale May 1 in a m o n ster cele b ra­ squirrel, N eis P eterso n of John Day
reefs.
F
or
m
any
days
com
m
ercial
1
. a . svr.ously shot recen tly . W ith sev­
to $571.639. w hich also is an increas-
tion m arking th e opening of the big
fisherm en and trailers have told of i since th e previous statem ent.
saw m ill recen tly com pleted by the eral o her uoys P eterso n was out along
large num b rs o t whales seen off the '
¿he riv er and had become sep arated
Decision of the state highw ay con;
G lendale L um ber company.
reefs. A local tro lling c ra ft retu rn ed
non» the o th ers. He was sittin g on a
iii I sh I ou on th e request of the Lam
recently with the report th a t a large
The D eschutes C ounty fair board
rock. I h e o th er p arty cam e along
county court th a t grading co n tracts bi
whale rose w ith in a few yards of th eir
h as decided on S ep tem b er 26, 27 and
and his b. o th er saw him . He fired
let on the Black Canyon section of the
boat and began spouting. B fore the
28 for th e la ir th is year. Im prove
with his ritle and th e sh o t stru ck the
upper W illam ette highw ay probably
astonish» d fish er m il could move out
m e a ts will be m ade on the grounds
hoy's scalp and plowed a furrow about
will be given a t the next m eeting ol
r.f th e danger zon» th e ir boat was half
and buildings will be painted.
two in ch es long.
the com m ission In P ortland April 19.
full
of
w
ater.
O bservance of S alem ’s ann u al bios
it was announced.
E v e re tt F io w trs, a s e ttle r on the
Increase of autom obiles registered
som dey, o riginally set for Sunday.
S tate prohibition agents participate!;
O thoco pro ject, n ear P rin ev ille, h eard
in
Oregon
last
year
was
n
ext
to
the
A pril 21, h as been postponed until
in
123 a rre s ts for violation of thi
a pipe organ recital one Sunday m orn
sm allest of any state, according to the
A pril 28. T he ev en t is being spon
liquor laws d u rin g the m onth of
ing recen tly w hile cleaning out a well
federal
bureau
of
roa»Is.
T
he
num
ber
Fully equipped including bumper and
sored by th e Salem C herrians.
on his piace. L oosing around he dis­ of cars on th e reg istratio n books there : March, according to a report prepared
spare tire
D uring th e year 1923, 17,170 car
iiy
George
A
lexander,
state
prohibition
covered th a t th e m usic was issuing
was 248,118 In 1928 and 244,572 In j
loads of fru its and vegetab les were from th e end of an iron pipe co n n ect­
director. F ines w cie imposed in the
PHAETON
(¡04.00
1927, an increase of 3546, or 1.4 per
shipped out of Oregon, according to ing th e well and th e kitchen pum p, one
cent. Indiana, with 1.2 per cent, was am ount of $16,590, with Jail sentences
ROADSTER
594.00
re p o rts to th e bureau of ag ricu ltu ral enu of the pipe being disconnected at
aggregating 910 days.
th e only sta te rep orting a sm aller In
econom ics from railroad agents.
th e tim e. T h ere was no radio se t
F ederal p red ato ry anim al h u n ters
crease, w hile F lo rid a reported a de
SPO R T ROADSTER
(¡29.00
P lan s for a new A storia industry
w ithin a mile rad iu s of h is ranch.
took 259 coyotes and 31 bobcats In
crease of 10.6 per cent.
BUSINESS COUPE
(¡77.00
for th e m anu factu re of charcoal to be
O regon during March, according to Ihe
T w elve p erso n s were k illed and 312
P te sld e n t Hoover, G overnor P a tte r
used in poultry feed a re rep o rted to in ju red in 2060 traffic accid en ts in
m
onthly
re
p
o
rt
of
S
tanley
G.
Jew
ett,
son and m ayors of neighboring Oregon
SPO R T COUPE
702.00
have been launched by H enry Niemi O regon during March, according to a
Eleven unborn
cities joined C orvallis and the state com piled recently.
and A. J. A nderson of th a t city.
bobcats,
175
unborn
coyotes,
one
STANDARD
COUPE
re p o rt p rep ared by T. A. R aitety . chlet
..............
702.00
college population re cen tly in cele- j
in sp ecto r for th e sta te iu»tor vehicle
T h e ta n k s of the S tan d ard Oil com
bracing opening of the s tre e t lighting . badger, 154 porcupines and eight
TUDOR SEDAN
677.00
system . Just in stalled.
P resident j skunks w ere also killed.
pany on the o u tsk irts of Union were d ep artm en t. A pproxim ately 945 of th e
broken open recently and 20 gallons accid en ts were due to carelessn ess on
E
xpenditure
of
$1,250,000
annually
FORDOR
SEDAN
H oover pressed a teleg rap h key In the
777.00
th e p a rt of d riv ers, w hile 185 were
of oil and a large q u an tity of gasollm
W hite H ouse, which se n t an Im pulse In labor and supplies in the B aker dis
TOWN
SEDAN
.............. 847.00
caused by d riv ers attem p tin g to p ass
w ere taken aw ay by unknow n parties.
o v e r 4000 m iles of w ire to throw a trlc t was announced by officers of the
sw itch in C orvallis, tu rn in g on the j S toddard L um ber com pany, which re ­
Camp Phy, sum m er playground of on th e w rong side, in 327 accidents
F. O. B. SPRINGFIELD
cently com pleted the organization of
Boy S couts of eastern Oregon, will the d riv ers did not have rig h t of way. lig h ts for th e first tim e.
S ta te highw ay crew s a re a t work
open in B aker county Ju n e 30 for th ree
A “crooks exchange” to cover east- j th e la rg e st lum ber producing program
T H E new Ford is a great car to drive because of the
10-day periods. A court of honor will rebuilding th a t portion of th e O regon
ern O regon and w estern Idaho was j In ea ste rn OregoD. The com pany ex
way it holds the road even at high speeds.
trail betw een B aker and th e tow n of p u t In o p eratio n a t Vale re c en tly with | pects to em ploy 800 men.
be held a t the close of each period
H aines, a stre tc h of about ten m iles.
T en tativ e plans for a d is tric t meet-
32 sh eriffs and police officers ag ree­
P ractically all the independent
F or sev eral w eeks th e highw ay has
ing to p ost each o th er on crooks a t Ing of federal farm loan associations In
d a irie s of the C en tral Polnt-M edford
This roadability is due to the low center of gravity,
larg e In th e te rrito ry . T he organiza­ the w estern O regon d istrict, to be
d istric t o p eratin g milk ro u tes in the 1 been in th e w orst condition in years,
the semi-elliptic transverse springs, tho Houdaille hy­
the foundation having caved In. A ftet
tio n , known as th e E a ste rn Oregon held in E ugene Ju n e 14, a re being
valley tow ns a re com bining th e ir In
O fficers C ooperative association, will made by W. A. A yers, se c re ta ry of
te re s ts by Incorporating a cream ery , rep air work had been done cave-in
draulic two-way shock absorbers, and the low ratio of
process continued on account of frost
o p erate th ro u g h A. L. H elm s, of La the Lane C ounty F irs t N ational Farm
com pany and estab lish in g th e main
unsprung weight to sprung w eight
G rande, asso ciatio n se cretary , who will I Loan association. It Is expected that
p lan t on th e Pacific highw ay In th e | in th e su b stan ce, and much difficulty
a c t as a m edium of exchange for In­ 100 re p re se n ta tiv e s of various federal
B errydale d is tric t Just n o rth of Med­ has been encountered g ettin g th e tra il
farm loan associations will be there.
form ation on underw orld c h aracters.
ford. A large co n crete building Is be 1 in shape for th e heavy traffic which
Come in and arrange for a derftonstration... You'll
already Is In progress.
Rem oval of electric and telephone
ing rem odeled fo r th e purpose.
By a vote of 180 to 16 a t th e special
find this roadability feature of the new Ford as out­
C o nstruction of a new bridge over
A pproxim ately 125,000 one and two- '
election held recently, B aker tax p ay ­ poles along th e highw ay betw een
M arshfield and Coquille from n earness
ers approved th e Pacific T elephone
year-old seedlings w ere shipped to 275 i the Rogue riv e r a t G ran ts P ass and
standing as its beauty, speed, comfort, safety, relia­
and T eleg rap h com pany franchise, to tho pavem ent Is believed to Indicate
perso n s In O regon from th e Oregon | im provem ent of the F rem o n t highw ay
bility and economy.
which calls for th e paym ent of th e olty an Im provem ent of th e 17% m iles by
fo rest n u rsery durin g th e spring dis­ from Lakeview to th e C alifornia line
addition
of
five
feet
on
both
sides
of
a
re
tw
o
of
th
e
p
ro
jects
th
e
s
ta
te
of $65,500 over a period of 25 years.
trib u tio n of planting stock, according
highw ay com m ission h as placed on
Perfect balance is a great thing in a motor car.
W ith th e In stallation of a second ro­ the pavem ent.
to a rep o rt issued by F. A. Elliott,
M argaret P urvlne, 15, will be the
the 1930 building program .
ta ry tu b u lar fu rnace by the Q uicksilver
s ta te forester.
youngest person ever g rad u ated from
C onstruction of a new g rade school
S yndicate, o p eratin g cin n ab ar m ines
In w hat is known as th e Eaglt
a t Black B utte, 18 m iles south of Cot­ th e Salem high school when Hhe re­
C reek H eights d istrict, n e a r E stacad a, a t Lakeview , which Is to be nam ed
B ernard Daly school in honor o t Dr. I tage G rove, th e capacity of the fur­ ceives her diplom a In June. She Is
1000 w alnut tre e s have been se t out
the d au g h ter of A lderm an P u rv ln e and
B ernard Daly, who estab lish ed a fund
naces has been Increased to 180 tons
by o rc h ard lsts th is spring. The soil
Dr. M ary P urvlne. The oldest person
seem s adapted to successful w alnut of nearly $1,000,000 to pay college ex­ dally. T he crew h as been Increased
in the class Is 24,
penses
for
all
w
orthy
L
ake
county
59 10th East
Eugene, Oregon
to 50 m en.
grow ing. A large num ber of o rch ard s
high school g rad u ates, will s ta rt, boob .
a re alread y th riv in g well.
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