T llV ItS D A Y . AVGUST I. 1ft21
TH E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGB SIX
ton has been te a c h e r of piano In th e
E ugene Bible u n iv ersity , am i is quail
fled io give scliool credit tui p rim ary .
Ini- i up illalc ami high seined work
stu d e n ts
A lei cut calalog of th e
E ugene lllbl* university say* of Mrs.
F enton
HistPiy of Local Names OREGON STATE NEWS
GF GENERAL INTEREST
LOW ELL Amos I). H yland, who
cflniH from Low ell. Main©» in th e
fifties, esta b lish e d th e com m unity and
secu red a post office, of w hich he
w as the firs t p o stm aster. He nam ed
th e place for h is fo rm er hom e. He
w as a successfu l sto ck ra is e r and an
en e rg e tic and h a rd w orking m an He
bro u g h t up a fam ily of 14 children.
DEXTER D exter post office was
e stab lish ed in the early sev en ties and
w as first called B u tte D isappointm ent.
T his nam e is said to h tv e been d e
riv ed from a local lan d m ark , w hich
w as so nam ed by th e pio n eers who
got lost in th e neighborhood about
1853. S am uel H an d sak er, th e post-
m a ste r, had th e nam e changed b e
cau se th e old nam e w as inco n v en ien t,
but no one in th e v icin ity know s why
he selected th e n am e D exter.
BLUE R IV ER —B lue R iv er is r e-
m ark ab le in color and is w ell-named
T he Blue R iv er m ine w as found in
18*3, and th e stre a m w as undobutedlv
nam ed about th a t tim e lavrge stam p
m ills w ere in stalled but th e o re w as
low grade, ami th e m ills have not
been o p erated for som e y ears
Blue
R lv -r post office is located n e a r th e
m outh of B lue R iver w here Its w aters
flow into th e McKenxie.
N A TR O N — Natron is the name of
th e n ativ e c a rb o n a te of sodium , or
m in eral alk ali. N a tro lite is a h y d
ro u s silicate of alum inum and sodium
com m on in c a v itie s in b a sa lt and
o th e r igueous ro ck
it Is gen erally
of a w hite color an d tra n s p a re n t or
tra n slu c e n t N atro n statio n is said to
ow e its n am e to those su b stan ces.
R ichard K oeh ler, o f P o rtlan d , for
m any y ears an official of th e S o u th ern
P acific com pany, s ta te s th a t som e
n a tro lite w as found n e a r th e statio n ,
and it w as plan n ed to nam e th e place
on th a t acco u n t b u t ow ing to a m is
take th e nam e N atro n w as selected.
OAKRIDGE—T h is nam e w as se le c t
ed by M ajor R L. E d w ard s, a right-
of-way ag e n t of th e S o u th ern Pacific
com pany. It d e sc rib e s a c c u ra te ly th e
topography and su rro u n d in g tim b e r
cover. T he p ost office w as e sta b lish
ed about 1912.
COBURG—C o b u rg is said to beai
th e nam e of a w ell-known Lane
co u n ty stallion. A b lack sm ith by th e
nam e o f T h o m as K an e o p erated a
s h c r w here C oburg is now located,
and b ecau se th e h o rse w as bro u g h t
to h « shop to be shod, applied th e
nam e to th e In cip ien t com m unity.
S uper or Q uality B ET T E R BRFAD—
N ew H ome B akery, 405 Mill S tre e t.
MANY ATTRACTED BY
SUNSET TRAIN PAGEANT
LAST WEEK AT EUGENE
T v - town of S p rin g field m ig rated ,
aim -t com pletely
to E ugene the
la tte r p a rt of last '
f->r th e big
S u n set T rail celeb ratio n which was
held th e re T h u rsd ,
F rid ay an 1
S atu rd ay . T li- c e '- br.--.lon w as pro
bably th e bigge * ev er held in I^ine
cour.ty and a tu u d ' : v'.-itor.-, to Eu
g en e variously e stim ated a t from
25,00* to 75,000. At a n y ra te , e v ery
one agreed th a t th e crow d w hich w it
n ess q th e p io n eer p arad e F rid ay
nr.or:.:ng was th e biggest ev er g a th e r
ed in thr county.
T he S u n set T rail p ag ean t itself
w as a rem ark ab le success, financially
» “ well as a rtistic a lly . Fifteen h u n
dred person s p articip ated in It, and
a fte n th e re w ere a s m any as 1000 on
th e «•age at H ayw ard Field at one
tim e. A p icto rial re p re se n ta tio n of
th e T h re e S is te rs w as used as a
background fo r show .
T h " S u n set
T ra il w as divided into eight episodes,
each of which m erged into th e follow
ing one. It p o rtray ed th e histo ry of
O regon from th e e a rlie s t d ay s of the
M aya civilization down thro u g h the
d ay s of th e In d ian s and th e explorers
a n d the pio n eers to th e p resen t, and
th e n ahead to a conception of the
fu tu re . It w as d irected by M rs
A ccording to
S m ith of P o rtlan d .
R oshod , b u sin ess
m an ag er,
H ugh
J27.000 w as sp e n t in th e production
of the S u n set T rail, and th e 20,000
people a tte n d in g on th e th re e n ig h ts
b ro u g h t the g ate re c e ip ts to ap p ro x i
m a te ly $30,000.
An in te re s tin g and Im pressive p or
tra y a l of th e life o f th e p io n eers
w as th e P io n eer p arad e F rid ay m o rn
ing.
A g reat n u m b er of a u th e n tic
re lie s w ere d isplayed. N early ev ery
v eh icle in th e p arad e w as d raw n by .
e ith e r oxen o r h o rses, one of th e I
m o st im p ressiv e of w hich w as an old-
tim e logging o u tfit draw n by five
te a m s of oxen yolked to g eth er.
An a ir circu s w as held a t th e E u
gene a irp o rt F rid a y and S atu rd ay
a fte rn o o n s, w hich a ttra c te d
m ore
th a n 20.000 sp e c ta to rs. M ajor G. H.
E ck erso n , local a v ia to r, a ttra c te d
m o re a tte n tio n th a n an y o th e r flyer
In th e even t. T h e civic and Indus
tr ia l p arad e S a tu rd a y m o rn in g a t
tra c te d g re a t cro w d s.
A m ong t h e ;
e n tr ie s in th is w e re th o se of th e
S pringfield Mill a n d G rain co m p an y |
a n d the B ooth-K elly lu m b er com pany.
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
F. L. Kent, who has served for m any
y ears as crop sta tistic ia n for Oregon of
th e United S tates dep artm en t of a g ri
culture. has beeu prom oted to the posi
tion of trav elin g tru ck crop specialist
of th e dep artm en t and will have Ore
gon. W ashington. Idaho and Utah as
his te rrito ry .
Hood R iver cltlxens laid aside busi
ness for a couple of hours recently
to dedicate the city 's new $250,000 m u
nicipal w ater system , w hich is now
affording users In th e corporate lim
its and orchardlata whose homes are
along the pipeline w ith 4,500,000 gal
lons of w ater per day.
F ire o rig in atin g in the Oregon hotel
a t Chiloquin destroyed th e hotel and
th e ad joining Brown building. Dam
age was estim ated at about $35,000.
E fforts of firem en and volunteers pre
vented th e flam es from spreading to
o th er buildings. P atro n s of the hotel
escaped, but lost th e ir belongings.
Motor vehicle reg istratio n fees d ur
ing th e period Jan u ary 1 to May 31
aggregated $*,737,925. as ag ain st $6.
90,120.37 for the en tire year of 1923
Receipts for May of th is year were
$291,360.90 as ag ain st $253,933.02 In
May last year.
W hile w ading thro u g h th e pools of
Canuou beach a t low tide a few days
ago. H. H. Pregge was gripped by the
ankle and found him self in the grasp
of a baby octopus. The youngster,
m easuring 24 inches from tip to tip.
was p u t on display in a pan of ice
w ater in a store window a t Cannon
Beach.
E. H. S trohm eier, well-known Cen
tra l P oint rancher, spent his F o u rth
of Ju ly in attendance upon a family
of 22 Duroc Jersey pigs which arriv ed
th e n ig h t of the 3d. F ifteen of the
piglets survived th e Independence day
festivities and Mr. S tro h m eier figures
th a t 15 in one farrow is a pretty good
mess of pork.
R esidents of Bangor, west of N orth
Bend, and separated from th e main
city by Pony inlet, will have city w ater
soon. A rrangem ents a re being made
to extend th e m ains to Bangor, w here
th ere is a resident population of more
th an 1500. The m ain will be laid this
sum m er by the. O regon-W ashington
W ater company.
An unusually heavy crop of excellent
q uality alfalfa hay is being harvested
at Cove, w ith the second crop m aking
good grow th. W inter w heat Is head
ing and prom ises a good crop. S pring
sown grains and corn a re m aking good
grow th and looking fine. C herry pick
ing is scheduled to begin July 15 to 20,
w ith a m u 'h heavier crop th an th at
of last year.
The Pacific northw est has started
to harv est a w heat crop of »2,612,000
bushels. T his estim ate was issued by
L. F. Kent, statistician for Oregon of
the U nited " ta te s dep artm en t of ag ri
culture. The crop is not as large as
th a t of last year or the year before,
but it is slightly b etter th an the aver
age crop. It also is larg er th an grain
men anticipated a few weeks ago.
The largest parade of veteran organ
izations ever held in Oregon, state
cham pionship ju n io r baseball league
playoff, and dedication of Salem 's new
airp o rt, are am ong th e outstan d in g
events scheduled in conjunction with
th e annual state convention of the
A m erican Legion to be neld th ere
A ugust 8 to 10, Inclus'v» A govern
m ent airp lan e squadron w'l! be there
-o p articip ate in the I 'r p .’. - dedication
program .
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T hree sm all whales explored Ya-
q u 'o a bay r cently. They came into
th e bay alongside i t the steam ship
R obert Johnson, a; I r;-:i abreast of
th e ship a mile above the Newport
city dock as th e Johnson tu rn ed to
head into port. The whales capered
about as if they had perform ed a pleas
a n t duty. L ater, when the dredge
Michie headed out to sea, the whales
followed, keeping alongside of tb s
dredge J’r as they came In alongside
th e o th er boat.
Cascara bark shipm ents are going
to th e east from the coast section
around M arshfield but many gath erers
are holding for an advanced price.
Seven cents a pound has been paid
th is year, but th e peelers are certain
th e price will advance. Some of th e
buyers find th a t g reat care m ust be
exercised in receiving consignm ents.
They som etim es find a stovepipe Joint
hidden in th e sacks, filled w ith rock
Q uite frequently they find bark not
properly dried which has molded.
T h at $1,000,000 will be spent by the
governm ent paving th e rim road
arou n d C rater lake, prelim in ary work
and surveying to s ta rt th is year, was
the Inform ation given out a t Medford
recen tly by Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur,
secretary of th e Interior.
A new bu ild in g lor th e union high
school a t Florence is being planned,
according to E. J. Moore, Lane county
school su p erin ten d en t. The district
probably will be bonded. W endling Is
also p lan n in g to erect a $20,000 school
building, th e su p erin ten d e n t reports.
T hr Paris-bound monopl.mr Yellow Bird crussrti ih r Atlantic m ikm e , «if»
s u s t o r , b e ,n , Arm and l.e«„. h . Iran Avvoi.in, an«, H e r l . ’c r
»a« a sto w sw sy. t h r firs t on ., Ira n ,.,Ila n liv plane
,h r h is to r, ,,|
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weigh. ■ ÜK bo> h*d been the cauxc ui thcir la ilu u lo ivach thcit « b jcu iv e Fan»
MANY FROM HERE GOING
TO LEGION CONVENTION
AT SALEM NEXT WEEK
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••Clara T u ttle F enton. In s tru c to r In
piano mid te a c h e r tra in in g W as fo r
m er!, In H oughton W est van college,
ufflliuled te a c h e r of I lie N ational
Academ y of Music, m usical directin'
of th e P ro g ressiv e P lano seined of
New York, and last re a r re c e iv ’ d a
te a c h e r's c e rtific a te from tile C olum
b ia C o n serv ato ry of Music "
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REV. DUNN TO PREACH
AT UNION SERVICES
slogan for (he 1929 convention. whicli
premise.« tu curry on th e tra d itio n
Hev
Hoy Dunn, pantor of th e
In additim i to th e re g u la r business
sesslons, Ih ere wìll be uum ereiis Sprlngficdd C hrlnttan ch urch, will d e
featu re* s u d i as b arb ecu es, dtuirea, liv er the nerm on at the union n e r
am i m atinee* S p ecial «venta wìll In vten« w hich will tie field S u n d ay
clude thè d ed lcallo n of th e new night at th»» B aptlnt church at 7:30
III« MUhJecl will b»» “T h e
S alem Munii lt>nl A irport
rim isi,t> * o'clock
aftern o m i, u bow ling to u rn u m e n t mi C hief C o rn ersto n e " A union youna
P rilla r, a golf In u m an ti ut S aturduy. people'.* serv ice will he held at the
am i tliu s ta te eh.im pionslilp Jutiloi B aptist c h u rth In'alnntny at <1 30
“ la m p » of th e S c rip tu re s ” wilt be
league husehull game.
Hev Ihm n'a eubject at th»* m orning
MRS. FENTON TO CONDUCT serv ice at the C h rtctlan ch u rch a t II
o'clock
Bilde* sc hoed will ha held a t
PIANO CLASSES HERE th e ('tirls tla u eh 0 45
S tale prohibition o fu eers p articip at
ed in 72 a rre s ts for violation of the
liquor laws during April. F ines of $10.-
.150 were imposed and Jail sentences
Q uite a larg e d ele g a tio n from the
ag gregated 410 days. The officers de local post qf ih e A m erican Legion is
stroyed 7372 gallons of m ash, 790 gal expected to a tte n d the elev e n th an
lons of liquor and seized 12 stills. , nual O regon co n v en tio n w hich will
T h ree autom obiles wore confiscated.
ho held at Salem A ugust 8. 9. and 10.
Misa G. Dean, teac h er in the P erry F B. H am lin. M B H untly and I M
C hristian high school school at l’orry. P eterson w ill a tte n d ns th e official
was burned severely aud a boy critical deleg a tes of the S p rin g field post,
ly injured when a large beating stove while Ja c k Iatrson, W illiam Vashy
fell upon him. Miss Dean lifted the an I Yem W ooley will a tte n d ns at
hot stove with h er b are hands. She i te rn a l ves. T ru b e rt H enderson and
then carried him several blocks to F ran k E m erick a re also planning on
A chi«« In piano for *lu<l< nt* In th»
his home, and refused aid until be had atten d in g , and it is possible th a t a
tsook for Uv nun» B ET T E R BREAD
S
pringfield
dldtrlvt will tie organized
been atten d ed .
New Home B ik .r v , 405 Mill St
num ber of o th e rs will be at Salem
next
week
hy
Mr«.
C
lam
'flittie
Pen
U nfavorable w eath er has m ade the for pari of the th re e day session
seasou backw ard in farm work aud
Mrs M. B H untly will a tte n d the ton. wife of l<cv L. K. K rutm i. |Ni>u»t
veg. latiou uround Cove. S pring seed the session of the A m erican Legion of the P ree .M« thodlftt c h u rth at Went
Mrs Kent«»n will r» ginter
ing is practically com pleted. W inter I auxiliary as tlo offtcal d> le g a te from S p rin g field
61 E BRO A DW AY
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w heat, which is in ex cellent condition, . S pringfield, am i Mrs. I. M. P eterso n stu d en t« at th e ch u rch parsonag»'
Monday*
from
2
to
5
o'clock
J
u
the
is beitig pastured by sheep and cuttle. will go as a lte rn a tiv e
A n u m b er of
L arge «»«ortm ent Crepe
C ontinued cool end cloudy w eather , o th ers from the au x iliary a re also i aftern o o n .
"U ndle«.“ r eg. $1.25. now
lias held back fru it buds of all var expected to atten d .
For th e p aat threi year« Mrs Fen
ieties, w ith cherry blossom s ju st be
Tlo A nnual A m erican Legion con ;
ginning to open.
■ vention is one of th e biggest ev en ts
Sm all boys who live in and urouud
in the s ta te each sum m er. "T ra il Em
H erm isto u are now uiaklug pocket
i to Salem ." hus tieen adopted as the
money killing m agpies, according to
a com m unication received by H arold
T he selection of sites for the 35 bea
Clifford, sta te gam e w arden, from |
Is th e date for the opening; of the reg u lar Call T erm a t
con lights betw een Delta, C a l, and
H enry H itt, well-known H erm iston
Drain, Or., for protection of planes fly
the Eugene B usiness College. It’s a good scliool.
sportsm an. A bounty of 2 cents a
ing the night a ir mail, has been m ade
head is being paid, provided by the
Enrollment dates for Sept, are 3— 16— 30. Ask about it.
by the aeronautical eng in eers of the
U m atilla (arm bureau and the H erm is
d ep artm en t of com m erce. Night flje
ton A m erican Legion post.
T he reasonable rates, up-to-date equipm ent, and tho ro
Ing is scheduled to s ta rt Ju n e 1.
A full season's program for Wallowa
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tra in in g m ake this school o u tstan d in g and as good as the
Lewis Strong. 38. who died at M yrtle
county road building work has been
Point,
is
held
to
have
been
the
futlier
outlined by J. D. W alker, county eugi
best.
of dairying in Coos county. He was
ntei and the m em bers of the county
one of the first men in the county tc
court. Work on the link of road a
few m iles east of town w hich con milk any appreciable num ber of cows,
encourage a cream ery and sold his
nects th e W hisky creek aud Lostine-
A E. R O B E R T S . P resid ent
b u tte rfa t for 13 cen ts a pound wheD
Leap m ark et roads bus been going on
business first opened.
for the past th ree weeks and the grad
Miner Building,
Eugene, Oregon
Telephone 666
ing work it nearing completion.
The newly appointed R oseburg air-
Sixty-five new settlers arrived in
p o rt com m ission ordered a suivey of |
Oregon d u rin g April, bringing the
the 140-acre tra c t which is being held '
total for th e first q u a rte r of the year
under option for purchase for aviation '
to 157, as com pared with 96 for the
purposes. Ump<iua post of th - Am er
corresponding period of 1928. accord
in* to W. G. Idle, m anager of the Ore- J lean Legion holds th e option on the
tract, which th e city will tak e over us
gon S tate C ham ber of Commerce. The
n|-w se ttle rs in A pril purchased 4605 soon as the legal tra n sfe rs ta n be
acres of land and brought to the state
a total investm ent of $251.900. T h eir
An order to inspect ail fish ladders
investm ents rep resen ted nearly half and report any not in the best condi
of th e firs t q u a rte r total which was tion has been issued to all deputy
$545,325, as ag ain st $315.650 for th« gam e w ardens by S tate Game W arden
first q u arter of 192*.
Clifford, who says the law co m ielh n g
ladders Io be in shape will lie rigidly
STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF CALIFO RNIA
enforced.
K a f o u r y ’s
said
Tuesday, Septem ber 3
Eugene Business College
p r o m t e
'em EFLY SPRAY
£¿1
B9
flies,mosquitoes,
mafliestffttoihs.lice
, Powers Annus j
ugust Z ue
15/ to 50 Reductions
Throughout the Store
This is an opportunity to buy
that extra piece or to com
pletely furnish your home.
Dignified
Credit
POW ERS
Furniture Company
Eleventh and Willamette
Eugene
Pay as
You Earn