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HE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
T W K N T Y -H IX T II YEAH
"The People'» Paper"
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NEW SPAPER
IN A L IV E T O W N
S PItlN G K IELD . LANE COUNTY. OREGON THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1929
RIH IS ELECTED
PULLMAN PRINCIPAL
SOOTH-KELLY MILL
SUSPENDS OPERATIONS
FOR TEN DAY PERIOD
S.H.S. Ends Ball
A ir Stow aw ay
S e a so n on l o p
REV. PIKE TO PREACH
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BACCALAUREATE SERMON
SUNDAY AT M. E. CHURCH
Recause of the over production In
The baccalaureate sermon for the
Cottage Grove Trimmed 13-6;
the lumber market at the present
aenlor class of the Springfield high
Championship Game at
Political Science Teacher in time, the Hprlngrield Booth Kelly
achool will be delivered at the Metho-
Eugene is Probable
High School,, Who Was Urged mill abut down work today In ac
eplscopal church Sunday evening at Body Asks State Highway Com*
8 o'clock by Rev. C. J. Pike, paator
For Principal Here, Given cordance with orders from the head
mission to Build Approach at
Standing in Lane County High School
of the Mcthgrflat church.
Position in Charge of Wash quarter* of the company.
Once Instead of Appealing
League
The mill will remain Idle for ten
Aa la cuatomary all of the Spring-
W
L Perc'tage
ington School
To Supreme Court; Eugene
days und will atari again Mondav
field
churches will Join In the bacca
Springfield
1
833
Chamber
Joins in Petition.
Oscar Gladlsh. who bus taught
June 3, according 1« O. II I
laureate service. Special music for
Eugene
1
.800
the service will be given by the
history «nil polkhal science In the Jarr"11- «upertnlend»nt of the plant.'
Cottage Grove
4
.333
Asking that the approach to the new
Springfield high school for the p a st( h **
''««npany's policy to shut
Methodist choir, which la being Springfield bridge be constructed at
University
5
.000
directed by Arab Hoyt Rae, of Eu- once in accordance with the ruling of
two years, Itua resigned hla position down Ila mllla occasionally for abort
Sprlngfleld high achool finished the gene. The program for the evening Judge G. F. Skip worth tn the Lane
to accept the poal of prlndpul of the perioda when the market la poor.
aeaaon In the lead, temporarily at *8 88 follow s«
high school ul Pullman, Wushluglon, The Wendllng mill and logging campa
county circuit court instead of appeal.
««teen year ild Oak
Audience, Ing the case to the state supreme
for n-xt year. Pullman la a oonaider- are done thia week.
least, of the lorne county high school
««penlng hymn
, T ’ Cat, g irl who returned fro m Salt
Invocation
..._ Rev. C. H Blom court, the Springfield chamber of
atdy larger town than Springfield,
eg y a fte r ito w m g away net tbs
league f,y defeating Cottage Grove at
A ) passenger pleas “ P atran an.",
.
.
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Anthem. “Hail to the Lord’s An- commerce, through Its officers and
there being over 400 students In the CIVIC CLUB PLANS
Sprlngfteld last Friday by a score of „ |nted.”
Choir
hlah school then- Tin- Wuahlngton
board of directors, petitioned the
ANNUAL ROSE FESTIVAL
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13-«.
Eugene
high
achool,
now
in
8crlpture
Reading.
Rev
S.
E. state highway commission Monday for
Stale college la located at Pullman
i second place, will end her seasion Childers.
FOR EARLY IN JUNE W ARRENS NEW MILL ON
Mr. Gladlsh was strongly urged by
Immediate action instead of further
this afternoon with a game
-
Audience. delay.
many townspeople for principal for
game w th Hvmn
G STREET NEARLY DONE;
Plans for the annual rose festiva
Baccalaureate sermon. "He Slew a
the Springfield high achool thia year.
-rz-\ o v a » *
University. If Eugene wins, aa is
The letter, which wag signed by F.
which will be h”tdi In Springfield
Rev. C. J. Pike B Hamlin, president of the chamber
TO S TA R T WORK»JUNE 10 likely.
University high school Lion." ..............
A long petition waa preaented to the
early In Jane were discussed at a
Closing hymn
........... .. Audience. of commerce, pointed out the fact
board by citizen» und al the heurlng
J has not yet showed much baseball
s|»ei lal meeting of the local Civic
Construction w orVon the new sa w ’ , . /
J
.
mUCb b88‘
Benediction
Rev C. H. Blom. that the residents of the Springfield
a warm aesolon developed In which duh held at the home of Mrs. L. L mill, which
being erected on U ‘
t
6han,plon8h‘p <* “ >• ® oun-
two members of the board voted not
vicinity are deprived of the use of an
ty
will
be
determined
by
a
third
game
May
-
" Monday
Id a y
The festiv al w .ll in s t r .- c . I , p ro g ressin g rapidly
ac
• »h,rd 9
LOCAL TEAM TO ENTER
to consider hla name ns an applicant elude a
expensive
structure which is com
Children s parade. the de- cording to II O Warren, of Eugene. EugX " w ' 7 "’i
r 8pr,B<fl*W
for the position. Hla realgnatlon from
pleted except for the west approach,
COUNTY TRACK MEET
.f ..h e windows of the busl- (,w„er of .he mill, who la auper-
*
Wednesday afternoon.
roratlon of
the high achool faculty leaves It with
and that all traffic passing through
nasa houses In .own an art exhibit vising the work. The new plant will
Tl“’ Springfield boys put. on an ex
AT EUGENE FRIDAY
out one of Ita beat teachers.
Springfield is forced to detour for at
and n flower display. The details be ready for operation about June 10. <ellent exhibition of baseball ability
Mr. Oladlah graduated from I. In
The newly orgainzed Springfield least a half mile, passing over a bridge
of the festival will be worked out
„
...
In the game with Cottage Grove here
field college In 1923, following which
ari. n s moving part of fhe Saturday, according to Leonard May- hlsh 8chool track team is ready to which is generally considered as
by the committee appointed
mac
he tanght one yeur at Parma, Idaho.
unsafe.
tchlnery to Springfield from Crow. ,
.
Mrs C E Wheaton was elected where he formerly oners.
‘ 'r’J’ ,W“‘ COaC"- Jo,,n Lynch, pitch- ente*' tbe Or8t annual «*•«>• county
For the pnat four yenra he haa lived
The Eugene chamber of commerce
meCt' whlch wlM ** held at
In Springfield, attending the achool general chairman of the affair al He Is Installing some new machlner- 188 hl* flr#t Kam” ,h *8 a6a8on for
of law of the University of Oregon for
meeting Monday Mrs. Ora Reed and a numb,.r of new electrl(. motorg Springfield, allowed the visitors only ^
ne ° n Hay* ard f*’ ,d Frlday af' and the Lane county court are Joining
two years For the past two summers Hemenway la to have charge of the to run th
, t
Tb b „ ,
,
“Ur b ta' 8»rta«««M made a total ' oon
pr n«fleW high school is with the Springfield body in petition
Mr Gladlsh has .„en d ed .he H„,v. r < hl.drens' parade......... „led by Mrs near enough compleL so ihJ. the
“ h" 8'
err° r8 o ltte ‘7
7
J „
~ ’ ing the state highway commission to
the plans
and complete
•'«r.
*->rh in political science, J J ^ ^ h e T ^ M ^ " W .l
">“‘fb'" -F may he Installed, but the j ba h' X X V ’ rr” ^
iOUr ^ 1 . 7 , the "first time“ V a t ' . » 7 7 revise
™ d« '»"tead
of causing
further the
do-
" v V ’i s
™
: ; X
R<S
p T oT
with Eugene Wednesday
attend the sumifler school again this ; I’lhblee, and Mrs. Have Fisher. Each
Th
...
year before moving to Pullman
child participating In th . parade will of
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be given an Ice . ream cone, and blue
"
2 000
° f lumb*‘r a day
T E A C H E R S ’ R E C E P T IO N
ribbon, will he awarded for the best
’"J" and *1" employ
E A C H ^S
R E C E P T IO N
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about ten men. Mr Warren will per
costumes. One section of the parade
sonallv .„"'¿''"V."’
supervise the work.
The
TO BE HELD TONIGHT will be ,-omlc All children must be ............
w“r“
1
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,
i
,
drvryed'ln costume or have a decor-
‘ ‘‘ ’ h,’>p,d ,o tbe mll> »»
A reception »«’«“ -ring the Spring-
f|o-t of
train and by truck. All of the lum-
field teachers who will not return
| her produced will be planed at the
next year will be given at the chant-
Mrs. Oavla was chosen to head thte Hyland planing mill on the adjoining
should be a real thriller, in the opin-
Ion of Mayfield, as the title of the
conference will be at stake Spring
g,iKht|y lhe favorlt# tQ win
, h„ contegt having defeated Eng. ne
P
tFaCk team8,
_.
an.d «Pr
eId '« en‘crlng the meet
The contention of the residents of
princlpa,ly ,or the Purpose of Intro- U est Springfield that the fill approach
«hieing track to the boys. The Spring- wh'ch was started would constitute •
neld ,eam ha" "Ot been pract,c,nK nood menac«’
tin»«" of high water
8-4 at Eugene May 14 Euzene won
the first game of the conference
geagon from SprlnKflp,d
, hp )ota,g
¿o” vp" ^ pn
m“Ch' ”
Mayfield has been em-
pba8,zin* b8’,eba'l
Preparation for
the coming championship game wirt,
Eugene.
Mayfield has not yet definitely se-
If completed, was sustained by Judge
Skipworth Saturday following the
hearing of the case tn the circuit
I court last week. The judge ortered
that the work on thé fill be stopped
Squires, Don bridge. This would cost approximate-
I Palmer, Thayer McMurray. Don Bet- ly »22.000, in the opinion of the stato
t|g and Hugh Cowart
highway engineers
Following the
high achool: Mrs. Ora Read Henten- Mrs. Carl Olson. Mrs. Ira Peterson, OILING OF STREETS
way, principal of the Brattnln achool; Mrs. Maud Bryan, Mrs W. W. Wal-
STUDENT
BODY
HEAD
220 yard dash—Freeman Squires, decision of the judge, the attorneys
BEING CONSIDERED
Francea Hodge. Maurlne Iximbard, l<’“r. #nd Mrs. L. K. Page. Mrs. Ora
Don Palmer, Thayer McMurray, Don fnr the highway commission stated
Oscar Glad'ah, and Glenn Coule, all R o d Hemenway will he In charge of
Freeman
Squires
defeated
Frank
Bettis, and Hugh Cowart.
that they Intended to appeal the cas«.
The oiling of some of the unpaved
of the high school faculty; Miss Nel- ,b ** art exhibit, a» which art work by
Pole vault—Everett Squires and
It Is probable that the action of
streets of Springfield to lessen the Mersdorf for president of the Spring
son of the junior high achool; and various Springfield people will be on 4UH, | npg!(
,|lp
i* Koi-,- Field high school student body In the Freeman Squires
the
highway commission in regard
n n n iin l o ln e tln n
/
Hazel Murphy and Penrl McMillan «H»pl»y. The ante of Ice cream dur-
Broad Jump— Don Palmer and Ev to the new bridge will he decided at
considered by the city council In co annual election of officers which was
of the Brattaln school.
, *nit th" festival will be handled bv
| the meeting of the body In Portland
operation with the Lions club. W. C held at the high school Thursday. erett Squires.
Everyone Is Invited to nttend the Mrs. I. A. Valentine. Mrs Have Salts- McLagan. chairman of the street comí
W°" ,hp
° f T,ce
Shot putt—Francis T>eds. Ralph today.
The commission met tn
reccptlon, whether a memltor of the man. and Mr«. Meda Catching.
Salem yesterday but took no action
mlttee of the city council, and a mem- president, defeating Ruth Bettis and Cole, and Bill Gerlach.
P. T. A. or not.
not.' Th«
The program
Javelin—Roy Starmer and Freeman on the matter Judge C P Barnard
j her of the Lions club. Is tn charge of Bessie Stewart. Fave Parsons won
which will he presented under the LOCAL HORSESHOE MEN
and Commissioner C lint4i Hurd of
the plans, which have not yet been the office of treasurer of the student Squires.
body from Ruth Carlton, and Bernice
Discus—Gaylord Morris and Free- the Lane countv court went to Port-
direction of Mrs. W K «arnell. Is as
N 0 S E Q U T EUGENE CLUB , worked out.
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follow s:
Cline was elected secretary over Au- [ man Squires.
land for the m eeting today.
Musical rending. Mrs
Florence I The Springfield horseshoe club - . ’f*”1 year 8econd atreet and Eas< dr«’' Smith and Jule Pollard.
Mile run — Bill Gerlach and Joe
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Anderson; vocal solo. Mrs Cliff barely nosed out Eugene by a score
w'“re r,' olIp«* f«>r the sum
The new officers start serving their Crandall.
Springfield to H ear Salem Speaker
Adams; piano solo, Miss Bernice « of 387 to 38R In the third game of the | ' " 7 ’ " fUn< " f° r the * ° rk be,nK ’«’m is at the op w ing of the school
High Jump—Don Palmer and Frank
Dr. G. O. Oliver, of 3alem will
N. hr; reading. Mrs Ora Read Hem season played on the local courts ™,,,ed IarK‘,lv by private subscriptions term next fall. The officers for this Mersdorf.
speak
In the Springfield Methodist
enway; vocal solo. Mrs. Jenny Mur- Sunday evening. Springfield scored : fr',ni ,l"‘ * l,iz«'ns of *b® town This ! year who have Just completed their' Springfield is not entering con-
phy; reading. Mrs Ida Adams. Re , 183 ringers and Eugene 188. l’itch'ng : ' ‘
” baS
propO8ed to raise the , terms are Jack Danner, president, lestants in the 440 yard dash or In church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock.
Dr. Oliver is vice-president of Wiliam,
freshmenls will he served
! for the local team were Gerlach. Beals. ' n,l”"‘y np<’essary for the oiling by sub-! Everett Squires vice president. Esther the half mile run.
ette University and prominent In
The officers of the parent-teachers Cox. Ernstlng. and Smith. A return ’"'rlp,l,’ns from Property owners whose McPherson secretary, and V e r n t c e ------------------------------
, young people's work throughout the
association for next year were elected mutch was played at Eupene la*. jJnd ah,llH nn thp "treet" olled
Hawkes treasurer,
METHODISTS TO HOLD
state. His subject will be “Life—
al a ........................■
meeting of —•"
the body last week night.
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ANNUAL PICNIC JUNE 18 Making Most of It.” The address will
They Include Mrs. R P. Mortensen
The victory over the Eugene team
be dirested principally to the young
president, Mrs Lum Anderson vlee-
,
, wnH tb«" First fo. the locals this sea-!
T L I D H r r> n
r
a »
The mt,Dlber8 of the Methodist people of the community.
president. Mrs. I K Page secretary. „„„ Thp fpn„,
(lpfpR(pd , w|ce
;
S A IIID C C 1C o u n c c i i
□ U U I K t S lb C r lO b E N
a
and Mrs. John Putman treasurer.
,.logp g(.,,rpH
, ,.VillIis par„ pr
LONG JOURNEY VIA AIR IS
I H k ILLER FOR LOCAL MENc brotherhood
hoir win be at gue the 8t8 annual
of 0,6 M
ethodi8t
Thp (
picnic of
Class Exercises Held
members of the local horseshoe club '
The senior class of the Springfield
McLagan and Flannery Make a range of qui,e blgh mo“n‘a‘ns. a the brotherhood which will be held
V. E. HOVEN TO PREACH
are practicing in preparation for en- |
___ ___ at Swim m ers Delight Tuesday, June high school held the annual class day
Trip
From
Salt
Lake
With
h
“"
°f
‘he
R°cky
8y8,e^’•
between
AT CHRISTIAN CHURCH try Into the Oregon horaeshoe tourna
northern Utah and southern Idaho.
was dec*ded at the Aiusiness exercises before the student assembly
Major G. H. Eckerson
.
ment which will be hekj in Portland
The mountains were very rugged and m eelln8 of the group Monday night. , Thursday morning. The clans will
Rev V. E. Hoven of the facility of under the auspices of the Portland
.
covered with snow. It was necessaray Tbe picn*c wiI* be beld during the was read by Elsie Cooppr. and th#
the Eugene Bible university will do horseshoe club this summer. The
in it * i\r, ,i
SR' ,n t ' years I for the plane to rise to a height of aRprnoon and evening. The brother- class prophecy by Margaret Swarts.
liver the morning sermon nt
the r|„b experts to he represented at Port-
nns i) man\ nun
toono feej j0 f|y over , be (Op„ Of hood voted to invite the Methodist In the afternoon the class tree, a
yet living, that a wagon train crossed
Springfield Christian church Sunday tand by Its best pitchers.
them.
Sunday school to Join in with It in scarlet hawthorne. was planted In the
morning at 11 o’clock. The mixed
the . plains _______________
anil deserts and rivers and
"As soon as we had crossed the 'be plcn,c’ but tbe directors of the school yard on the opposite of th#
onartel of the church, composed of I 1 h" t*prlngfleld horseshoe
players j mountains from Salt I-ake to Oregon
mountains,"
Flanery said, "we drop- ""
i Sunday
bave not yet acted on entrance walk from the hawthorne
Mr and Mrs. Dallas Murphy, Mrs
W h”'1 a J ” 11" caster time with Eugene < The trip required three months,
with
’""•" 8cb001
the auestlon
i ho nno.iinn
planted last year by the class of 1928,
r. Tyson, and John Robertaon. will ,P*m la8' niKht ln a match on ,bp the train making the fastest possible i ped in,° ,he 9118,16 R,ver v«Hcy. over
sing a apeclal number. Sunday achool 1 EuKene courts, winning thte contest time.
Last Wednesday night two I *be b'K irri8atlon project near Twin
Scouts Build Bridges
Ssltsmsn Observe« Birthday
will he held al 9:41! Wlnlfrld Tvaon by a 8Cor# of 384 *° 3r>8' Spdngfleld , Springfield men. W. C. McLagan am i, FaI,a
Floyd
Flanery.
.eft
by
train
for
SaiD
"We
could
see
the
whole
of
the
ir-1
„oa”^
h l k e d T
^ ' m A
* T dinner
m
party honoring Dave Salts-
will he Ihe leader of the Christian En. scored 201 points and Eugene 187.
Lake They reached Sal, Lake Friday, r a t io n project at one time.
The X
Sunday X r ^ t h . ^
deavor service In the evening at 7
.
...
. .. water i* »oVen r-__ _
o
c,ly parK »unday where the boys given at the Saltsman home last n igh t
Kensington Club Meets
o’clock There will he no evening ser
after spending two
nights and the »"«Pr
,akpn fr™ ,b6 Snake River Bpfnt th„ afternoon In doing the bridge The evening was spent in plavlng
vice at thp church because of the
Baccalaureate service at the Methodist
chnrch that night.
DorlR Helen Rayburn. R. daughter
of Mr. nnd Mrs. Otis Rayburn, was
The Springfield Kensington club
was entertained Inst Friday afternoon
......... of .......
.....................
......... Mrs.
— -
af the home
Mra.
8. C. Wright.
Wright's granddaughter. Teddy Wright
refreshments.
! assisted her
her In
In serving
serving refreshtr
Present at the meeting were Mes-
dames C. E. Kenyon, W. S. Wright,
J. T. Moore, H. K. Barnell, Edna
Swarts, L. I,. May, Levi Noet, Lum
Anderson, A. J. Morgan, Clarence
Chase. Anna Kessey, Larson Wright,
nnd four small children, Teddy nnd
To Oakridge—Ed Perkins, George Peggy Wright, nnd Molly and Nancy
Perklnn, nnd son Roscoe spent Satur Ann Chase.
day nn n huslness trip to Oakridge.
Goes to Portland—Mr. nnd Mrs.
Attend Missionary Meeting
W Goodmnn motored to Portland
A delegation from the Springfield
yeaterdny nn a business trip. They
Methodist church went to Coltnge
returned home the same day.
Grove Saturday to attend tthe dis
(
H a a Tonsils Removed—Mrs. Elner trict meeting of the Foreign Mlsslon-
Kner of Wendllng underwent nn op nray society. Those who attended
eration for the removal of her tonsils were Mrs. W. H. Pollard, Mrs. F. W.
at the office of a local physician Walker, Mrs. McElhaney, Mrs. N. W.
Monday.
Emery, and Mrs. W. O. Hughes.
will he held In the church Sunday June
2. She will he rrnwned ns ruler of
the event nt the beginning of the pro
gram. Her attendants will he chosen
Sunday.
better parts of two days on one of the «»“yon, which at that place is nearly building renufred as n a r t nf the w
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t ,.
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th r e e n n o rfo ro
v
a
. '’uualn« required as part of the work cards. Those who were present at
fastest modern trains.
Saturday; «nrce-quarters of a mile broad and tnr merit
-m. 1
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j
«
« .oe . , t
..
. n,anv ihe„ror.a #__ a
i Ior men t badges in pioneering. The the affair were Mr. and Mrs. Preder-
.
.
.
" P "C . a ter a not
, ,
..
boys constructed bridges across a , icks, Mr. and Mrs. John Ketels. Mr.
<^ Par,y brpak(faa,r F'at’P’ y and MC "rPJ 7 nleasant
t
♦ ,
2 S‘rP8m 8b° Ut 12 fPPt w,dp at the park’ and Mrs. W W. Walker. Mr. and Mrs.
I'"Kan and MnJor 0 ” Eckerson en- fered a pleasant contrast after the each brldgp bpi
blp { support. Car, O, , otl Mr and Mrq w „ Ad.
tered the major’s new 225 horse rugged desert country over which we ina a WP, ! b,
2rm ¿ „ n d . L a x
.
«
a «
r- a o
a txr.
a t
j ««.
hn/i firxwrt
i
i
xv , .
ing a weW&t or ¿00 pounds, and being rtan, Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Swarts. Mrs.
X L In L r . 3
H a,te'ta m
n
a ” 7
,n"" Wlth° “t ‘bP UM ° f nai'8’ - p e 1 Carr, and the host and hostess. Mr.
\
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' r
ti
" v.
OF°n
e win Falls project was being usPd to hold the structure to- and Mrs. Saltsman.
afternoon In time for dinner, making another stretch of rough worthless ; get her. The bovs who successfully
the Journey of nearly a thousand , appearing area before we reached I completed bridges that would stand
Gas W a r Ended
miles In a trifle more than seven Boise. We landed at Boise at 10 o-1 the lest were Ralph Hughes. Winston
The war is over as far as the ser
b0Ur8'
! rlf,ck and ceflHed the tank with 100 Bacus, and Carroll Adams.
vice stations of the Eugene and
"After leaving Salt Lake City we j gallons of gas. The mechanics at
Springfield vicinity are concerned.
flew by compass directly across the j Ihe Held said that we would never he
Honored at Party
The Eugene Dealers Protective as
lake at an altitude of about 8000 feet." j »hie to take off with that much gas
A birthday party honoring Wayne sociation, to which most of the gaso
Flanery said. In telling of the trip. It j nnd the three passengers, but the big Clover was held at the Clover home line dealers of this part of the county
took 45 minutes to cross the water Waco did so without difficulty. We ' Monday night. The evening was spent belong, decided at a meeting of the
Below we could see a number of large ¡«Pent 45 minutes In Boise, leaving ' in playing 500. after which refresh- board of directors Monday night that
Islands, almost mountains, rising up there about 10:45 o’clock.
ments were served. Those present hereafter gasoline should sell for 23V4
out of the lake. On one of these is a
More rougft and desert country were Mr. and Mrs. M B. Huntly, Mr. cents a gallon, thus ending the com
herd nf buffalo, the same herd that covered with sage brush was all that and Mrs. Higgins, Mr. and Mrs. Harry
petition which has existed for some
was used In filming the movie "The the airmen saw after leaving Boise BrowfleM of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs.
time. The new price took effect Tuea.
Covered Wagon.”
until they reached the Owyee Irriga Fred Bechlll of Eugene, Mr. and Mrs. day morning, and applies to all ser
Boon after they had crossed the tion project on the Snake river ln I. N. Endicott, and the host and
vice stations tn Eugene, 8pringfteld.
lake, Flanery, said, they crossed over
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hostess, Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Clover. and West Springfield.
,hi