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 . * 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, ,,| I, ... 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 .......... < ■ P a ..„ L „ , ••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 " , , “ “ t ‘ ’i ? ’ ' 'C C* " '‘ 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 *luu»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 • 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 x 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