THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, I W
TME SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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ECKERSON 1T T S SPRIN GFIELD ON AIR MAP NINE LOCAL STUDENTS
COMPLETING
WORK
AT
ISSUED IN 1862 OWNED
Springfield is being put on th e a ir m ap by
BY SPRINGFIELD MAN
U. OF O. SUMMER SCHOOL
M ajor G. II. E ckerson, w ho has been the chief
a ttra c tio n at the various air circuses he lias a t ­
U n iv ersity of O regon. A ugust 1
A tw o d o lla r blit Issued by the
tended the last few weeks, in M ontana. W ashing­
\m o n g those w ho a re finishing C o n fed erate S ta te s of A merien for
ton and O regon. C onsidering th a t stu n t flying su m m er school w ork at th e U ntver p ay m en t of "a ll d u es except export
is a sideline w ith th e m ajor, who is interested in sltx of O regon a re Mrs G enevieve d u tie s " and "fu n d ab le In eight per
instru ctio n and the com m ercial p h ases of a v ia ­ B eam an, W E lluell. O 1> Cole Os cent slock or bonds of th e C onfm ler
tion, his activities at th e various air show s proves e ar G ladlsh. M arjo rie M G ran t. P earl a te S ta te s " Is ow ned by J J Brown
E tta M cM ullin. Audrey M cP herson. Illg, aged S p rin g field resid en t, who
th at he is a rem ark ab le aviator.
T heda I» P e rk in s and C J P ike of ex h ib ited It In the S p rin g field Newa
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The sensation he c reated at Hie Sunset Trail
a ir derby before 20,000 people, is told in the
M orning R egister:
T H U R S D A Y . A U G U ST 1. 1929
SUNSET TRAIL PAG HAN’T
FIN E PRESEN TATION
"T h e se th o u san d s th rilled , late In th e afternoon, to an
T he Sunset Trail pageant last week in Eugene exh ib itio n of s tu n ts by M ajor G II E ck erso n of f i r i n g
field, w hich u n d o u b ted ly w as th e m ost seu satlo u .il air
w as a wonderful p ortrayal of a great epie dram a ex h ib itio n ev e r seen In th is sectio n . A sco re of planes
Of the west. It brought m ankind down from the p erfo rm ed befo re th e huge cro w d s d u rin g th e aftern o o n ,
earliest savage to this present highly civilized b u t n o th in g eq u aled th e fixing a n tic s of th e S pringfield
sta te , and no doubt had great historic and ed u ca­ aviator.
Rides on H i* Back
tion value as well as being good en te rta in m e n t.
In his b eau tifu l, red , tap er-w in g ed W aco biplane. M ajor
Much th o u g h t and tra in in g was necessary to E ck erso n sw ooped o v er th e field In a se rie s of se n satio n al
build a great pageant w ith hundreds of people, ro lls and loops. T h en , w hile th e crow d e m itte d th o u san d s
m am m oth scenery and large am ount of equip­ of -a h s ' he tu rn e d th e plane on its hack
"Som ehow , it seem ed to get along on its hack as well
m ent. T he sm oothness in w hich the show went as a n y w h ere else Again ami ag ain , he flew for a q u a rte r
off indicated th at the producers w ere m asters of of a m ile w ith th e lan d in g g e a r upside a g a in s t th e sk>. as
the business and had good cooperation from the a fly ’s legs clin g to th e o il in g .
"N o t co n ten t w ith ex h ib itin g th is stu n t well o v er the
cast.
E ugene is to be c o n g ratu lated on the whole
celebration. It was a w onderful m an ifestatio n
o f com m unity enterprise.
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field, th e m ajo r d ared to d ro p w ith in a few h u n d red feet
of th e e a rth , and ag ain tu rn ed oyer, llo ev en gained altl
tu d e w ith hts sh ip tu rn ed u p sid e down.
“V eteran a v ia to rs also p raised his s tu n t of ex ecu tin g a
se rie s of ro lls and at the sam e tim e g a in in g a ltitu d e . Rolls
a re usu ally acco m p lish ed as th e plane drops.
E ck erso n undoub ted ly sto le th e A m erican L egion's show
an d he will be -e n again today in sim ilar an tics."
Real m ining interests th at a re spending m uch
m oney have invaded the B ohem ia district. They
should be given every en co u rag em en t because if
th e m ining in Laye county ever conies into its
SOMETHING FOR NOTHING
own, it will be done on a business like basis by
T he Volstead law will be put to a severe test
experienced operators. The old tim e m ining has w hen alcohol shall be successfully m ade out of
gone out with th e horse and buggy.
a ir and w ater.
Help in im proving th e ro ad s in the m ining dis­
A G erm an professor, H err Plauson, has p er­
tric ts w here large investm ents a re being m ade
fected a high-speed electronic tu b e th a t, lie
is perfectly proper on th e p a rt of th e county. A thinks, will so effectually bom bard th e m olecules
bona-tide m iner has as m uch right to ask the
and atom s of air and w a te r th a t sy n th etic alco­
county for a road as has the farm er to get to his
hol will result.
farm or a city m an to get to his favorite tro u t j
T he new cath o d e-ray m ay be exercised to such
stream .
an econom ic efficiency th a t it will tra n sfo rm the
w aste products of the petroleum stills and of the
The editor of a N orth C arolina paper appeared coke ovens into rubber, alcohol, acetic acids and
on the stre e ts in pajam as as a hot w eath er cos­ valuable d ru g s and perfum es.
tum e. He was arre ste d but acquitted at trial.
His defense was th a t he had m ore on th an m o s t'
T he T hree S isters region is being visited this
wom en and as the law only prohibited “indecent
exposure of the person.” he could not be con­ year by m ore people th an usual. T his m onth
victed. T he m ayor of his tow n issued a procla­ sees the Eugene Y. M. C. A. cam p a t Todd lake,
m ation saying th a t he too would w ear pajam as and the opening of the su m m er o uting cam ps of
on the s tre e t if he had th e nerve. The m ayor the M azam as and Obsidian d u b s. Several h u n ­
expressed the difference betw een the sexes when dred people will visit th e lakes, m ountain peaks
and glaciers th is sum m er. This a re a is about
it conies to dress— the fem ale has the nerve.
th e only spot of any size th a t is just as n a tu re
left it. In y ears to com e it will no doubt be a
A lthough this is the m ost progressive age in big asset to th is country.
history, som e of the old things still stick by even
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th e best of us. T he W hite H ouse still uses the
Lane co u n ty cannot afford to insure the rail­
w ashboard and flatiron in the basem ent laundry.
road
com pany a g ain st d am age from slides on
Considering the am ount of en tertain in g the
th
e
new
Siuslaw highw ay. W hen the railroad
laundry is a busy place at the W hite House. T his(
entails considerable work all by hand. E x-presi­ com pany took th e co u n ty road bed down th e
dent Coolidge »..ut some of it down though. He river for its tra c k s it m u st have know n th a t
som e day room would have to tie m ade for a
m ade the se rv a n ts use paper towels.
sta
n d a rd highw ay. Now when the tim e has com e
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to build such a highw ay it should ta k e its own
President Hoover has a ’possum for a p e t.1 chances and not a sk the people of Lane county
T h a t's one way of m aking a hit with the dem o­ to tak e the whole risk. T here will be plenty of
cratic south.
risk for the co u n ty and s ta te on the new highw ay.
A Good One— To
Pass Up
Hy Albert T. Reid
S p ringfield
N early BOO s tu d e n ts h av e been re
g lstered at Hie u n iv ersity d u rin g the
six w<eks su m m er session
A now
fe a tu re of th is su m m er will be the
co m m en cem en t e x ercises, A ugust 30.
a fte r the post session, ut w hich d e ­
gree* will be g ra n te d to th o s e who
h a v e filled g rad u atio n re q u irem en ts.
P revious to th is, th o se elig ib le for do
g rees have been In Id o v e r u n til the
re g u la r Ju n e com m en cem en t.
T he re g u la r session closes August
2. and post sessio n begins August 6,
la stin g u n til August 30
D uring tin-
post session som e stu d e n t* will r e ­
main on th e cam p u s to study w hile a
larg e n u m b er will ta k e tin- A laskan
cruise. T h is trip , w hich wilt tak e
nearly ISa s tu d e n ts on a p lctu esq u e
to u r of th e no rth , will occupy two
w e e k s , and a th ird w ill lie spi nt on
the cam p u s
D uring tin- post scs Ion
th e cam pus will be ex ceptionally
quiet and m any s tu d e n ts ta k e advant
ag e of th is o p p o rtu n ity to do Inton
sive work
EUGENE
On Sat. August 3
at the
O S B O R N E H O T E L , fro m 10 a. m. to
4 p. m.
E vening» by telephone ap
p om tm en ts only.
fo r C onsu ltatio n
R edllch. H ip su ccessfu l
T he " P e rfe c t R e te n tln n S hields"
hold the ru p tu re perfectlv , no m a tte r
w hat position th e body assu m e s or
how heavy a w eight you lift. T hey
give In stan t relief. co n tra c t th e open
Ing in a re m a rk a b ly sh o rt tim e and
stre n g th e n th e weak tissu e s (th e real
c a u se of ru p tu re ) so th a t th ey fre
qilentlv re c o v e r th e ir p revious n a tu ra l I
re a ln ln g pow er, n eed in g no fu rth e r
o utside su p p o rt. S tom ach
(rouble,
back ach e,
and
co n stip a tio n
often
caused by R u p tu re p rom ptly d is a p ­
pear.
T ru ly re m a rk a b le and prom pt r e ­
su lts have been o b tain ed not onlv with
re cen t and not fully developed rup- 5
tu re s b u t also w ith old. long n e g le c t­
ed ones.
ONCE
No e la s tic b elts or n n n n n n n n n n n n n 1
TRY IT -
TH REE PARTS
C A SO llM E AuO
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n ■ r, -r
f . i if
No elasH c belt« nor filthy le g stra p s
a re used.
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V is itin g
I g u a ra n te e th e d u ra b ility of my ,
ab so lu te ly sw eat and m o istu re proof,
s a n in ta ry ap p lian ces.
76% of ru p tu re d c h ild ren reco v er
i com pletely th ro u g h e x p ert m ech an ical
tre a tm e n t acc o rd in g to sta tis tic s .
Do not w aste your m oney on w idely
ad v e rtise d m ail o rd e r co n tra p tio n s.
You c an n o t fit yourself.
C. F. R edliah, R u pture Appliance
E x p e rt, Hom e o ffice, Boston Block,
M i n n e a p 0 11a, M innesota.
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S ta te s
and
Un-
to
Picnic
t'n lte d
CLARA TUTTLE FENTON
W rig h t
Hom -
Mr
and
M is W illiam ITIee of P o rtlan d lire
v isitin g th is week at th e hom e of Mrs
P ric e 's pu ren ta, Mr and Mrs S C
W right.
Coming to
Ingenious, re c e n tly p erfected de. I
vices a re now ho ld in g ru p tu re s firm ly
w hich h e re to fo re n e v er had been re ­
tained.
C’UPL new
T M l SPIN
HIGH BALL
C o n fed erate
S ta te s."
Rupture Shield
Expert
Mr
E
e x p ert say s:
Tennesseean*
office S a tu rd a y m o rning
T h e bill
F o rm e r re a ld e n t* o f the ata te of
w as k ept by Ills sta le r, Mrs. S adie T e n n e sse e and th e ir frien d s w ho nr«
Ragland.
now cltla e n s of th e s tu te of Oregon
T h e bill Is p rin ted on lint one aide a re Invited to nt tend th e T e n n e sse e
and w as laaued ut R ichm ond. Vlr reunion w hich will he held a t Idle-
gitila, the c a p ita l of tin- C o n fed erate wood p erk , on th e W est Side highw ay
S tatea. on .'m ie 3, IM S
It b ears th e betw een Ju n c tio n City and M onroe.
p erso n al sig n a tu re of E W G arr. re Sunday. T h e a ffa ir will he In th e
g ls te r of cu rren cy , and W \ G an n ett form of a picnic, to w hich th e pas*
tr e a s u re r of the sh o rt lived republic w ord will he "P o ssu m nml sw eet
It b ears th e p o rtra it of Je ffe rso n ta le r s " J It Eox Is (he p re s id e n t
Dnvls. presidi lit of th e ('(in fed eral i , of th e O regon T e n n e sse e asso ciatio n
♦
and a n o th e r cu rio u s p ictu re of tw o
From
Albany
Miss
L ucille
w om en k n eelin g to g e th e r, w hich Is H ere
e n title d "tWx m o n th s ufici ilo- sign H olm an of A lbany w as a v isito r In
lug of a tre a ty of peace h tw n the S p ringfield Monduv
R oseburg People H ere M rs U bar
b
Eli-I l- an d d a u g h te r, M arg aret ot
R rre b u rg . a re sp en d in g a few days
in S pringfield v isitin g a t th e hom e
cf Mr and M rs E II H am lin. They
a rriv ed h ere last T h u rsd a y to lak e In
ihe S u n set ’’’’•all c e le b ra tio n ut E u­
gene. M rs. F ield s Is a s is te r of Mrs
H am lin
No C harge
N ebraska Picnic Announced
T he sixth a n n u al p íenle of fo rm e r
re s id e n ts of th e a ta te of N eb rask a
now living In Oregon will he hold
B unday, August 4, In th e C orvalll*
au to pafk, acco rd in g to an a n n o u n c e ­
m ent by C E K unaom, s e c re ta ry of
the asso ciatio n
All people w ho a t
one tim e lived In N eb rask a a re In­
vited to a tte n d , to g e th e r w ith th e ir
frien d s E lee coffee will Io- provided
S ta te A ccredited T es c h er of Piano
Eugene Bible U n iv e rs ity
FREE
M E T H O D IS T P A R S O N A G E
W E S T S P R IN G F IE L D
aaaaeanasesw
OUR
USED CARS
With an O. K T h a t C ounts
a re
R e co n d itio n ed o r C h eck ed an d sold u n d e r o u r
SATISFACTION GUARANTEE
MORRIS CHEVROLET Co.
942 Olive Street.
OREGON
EUGENE
USED CAR LOT 7th and OAK
D r i n k s THAT MAKE YOU
FORGET WARM WEATHER
So cooling, so refresh in g th at you Just forget it is w arm ,
t h a t’s tin* effect of one of E ggim ann’s fountain specials.
P ure cream ami fruit juices are used at our fountain anil
th ere is plenty of Ice to keep them cold.
A lthough th ere bits been record breaking a tte n d a n c e at
tills sta tio n we never run out. T h e re ’s a cold drink here
for you, mixed the way you like it.
F G G I M A N N ’S
W here the S erv ice is D ifferent”
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The Trail’s End—
HE im pressive and beautiful
pageant “T h e S unset T rail,"
was conceived and presented
in order th a t th e achieve­
m en ts of o u r heroic forefathers.
T h e P ioneers of O regon, might,
not perish. Few of them rem ain.
F or th e g re a t m ajority, the long
trail Is ended. May the m em ory
of th eir lives grow b rig h te r with
th e years!
T
Sooner or later, the trail ends
for all of us. It is inevitable. Is
it not fitting, th en , th a t we should
provide for th e end of the trail
a suitable and p rem an en t shrine,
w here the rem ain s of o u r loved
ones m ay lie In peace and security,
and w here th e sadness which is
inseparable from death m ay be
softened by th e ten d e r b eau ty of
n atu re, and dignified by im pres­
sive su rroundings?
It Is in this spirit th a t REST-
HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK was
planned, and to th is end It is
dedicated.
O ur s m a rt sty le s do
not d e tr a c t from on e's
a p p e a r a n c e — T h e y of-
ten a< d to it.
DR.E.C.
M EADE
O P T O M E T R ir T
14- W E Z T
0 th
AVE
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R est-H a ven
MEMORIAL PARK
Located a mile and a half south of the city lim it* on South
W illam ette Street, on the 8peneer Butte Road