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OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Event» of the Week
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of Our Readers.
Thom as S utton « u critically hu rt
Bear N ewberg by a runaw ay team.
» • v ir a l riba wore broken, and hla
M njn punctured. He has a chance to
nrcrcr.
E arl Elliott. 14,
H m chinsoo & Co.
• e a r Newport, was
load of logs jum ped
ev er h»tii
brakeinan on the
logging railroad
killed w h in a car
the track and ran
Fifty C hinese ph easan ts w ere re
leased a* G resham on nearby (arm s by
a local sportsm an. J. K M onger. T bs
birds w ere shipped from the C orvallis
game farm.
P atro n s of th e St. H elens postofflce
received th eir mail for the first tim e
last week from the new q u arters ot
the office In th e new B ennett building
M Strand street.
Much vetch seed is being shipped
from the com m unity around Sheridan.
T w enty thousand pounds has been
■hipped to A tlanta. Ga., and two car
loads to California.
Fanned by a stro n g wind, fire con-
■Brned the p lant and w arehouse of
th e Lakeview M anufacturing company
and caused a loss of about $20.000,
covered by Insurance.
The election on a bond issue of
$76.000 for a new school carried by a
vote of 163 to 88 at Vernonia. It is
expected th a t construction of at least
tw o room s will s ta rt im m ediately.
Many thousands of persons, cities
and rural, from all p arts of Jackson
county, atten d ed the all-day picnic
aponsored by the granges of Jackaon
county and the business men of Med­
ford.
The R oseburg cannery bag started
Its fall run and will pat up th e larg est
park since the plant was established.
A particularly large pack of pears,
blackberries and prunes is contern
plated.
Eddie, 13. son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
G rindle of Bend, died in a local hos­
pital as the resu lt of an injury re ­
ceived when a shotgun he was rem ov­
ing from an autom obile was acciden­
tally discharged.
• A tow ering snag, w eakened by fire,
fell into the m idst of a group of fire
fighters on Ruddy hill, th ree miles
southeast of Olallie lake, and crushed
Fred Gibson, 45. of Dufur. Or. Death
was instantaneous.
P ortland people passed around J 16.
000.000 more in business channels dur­
ing the m onth of August than was
passed around in August last year, ac­
cording to bank clearing figures of
the branch Federal R eserve bank.
P roperty ow ners under the H opkins
lateral ditch In Jackson county voted
130 to 32 (or th e to; m at.on of the
Rogue river valley irrigation district
Victor Burgell, M ichael H anley and
Donald Clark we r, elected directors.
Stanley Ma son Mcde, 15. while
hunting rab b its or, his fath er's farm
at Kellogg recently, w as fatally
wounded l.y the accidental discharge
of a gun th a t had been placed against
a h g while young Mode, his brother
and a neighbor hoy were resting.
The Baldwin stock ranch on Hay
creek north of Redmond, reported to
be the second largest ranch of this
kind in the world, is to have all lit
buildings redecorated both on the In
te rio r and exterior. T his was a large
contract, let to a paint company In
Ecnd.
A labor sho rtag e exists In Salem (or
the first tim e in many m onths, ac
cording to officials of the em ploym ent
agencies. T here were dem ands for
1086 w orkers during the past week,
with only 206 men registering It was
said th a t virtually all of the larger
hop yards are In need of pickers.
T H E M ARKETS
Portland
W heat—Big Bend bluestem , $134;
aedt white, w estern white. $1.24; hard
w inter, north ern spring, w estern red.
$1.21.
H ay—Buying prices, f.o.b. P ortland:
A lfalfa, $19.60020; valley tim othy,
$190 19 50; e a stern Oregon tim othy,
$20 50021; clover, $16; oat hay, $16;
o ats and vetch, $16.50; straw , $7.
B u tterfat—47 051c.
E ggs—Ranch, 32 0 39c.
C attle—Steers, good, $11011.80.
H ogs—Good to choice, $10012.
Lambs—Good to choice, $11011.
Seattle
W heat—Soft white, w estern white,
$ 0 6 ; hard w inter, w estern red, $1.23;
northern spring, $1.23; bluestem $1.8$.
E ggs—Ranch, 27042c.
Butterfat— 60c.
C attle—Choice steers, $10.50011.50
H ogs—Prim e, light, $12012.15.
L am bs—Choice, $11011.50,
8pokane
Cattle—Steers, good, 9.76010.60.
H ogs—Good and choice, $11.500
11.7$.
Lambs—Choice, $10010.2$.
W heat was m oving slowly In the
U m atilla area over the past week end.
due to the several cent drop in quota
tlons. Buyers estim ate th at about S.-
000.000 bushels, or half the county's
crop, has been con tracted for.
Hoquiam will be th e site for the
1930 S aengerfest of the Pacific C oast
Norwegian Singers* association, ac­
cording to a decision reached at the
24th annual S aengerfest of the order,
which ended In A storia recently.
Hop picking In I-ane county began
last week in most yards. Hop raising,
once as common a crop in th at section
as potato growing. Is rapidly lessen­
ing In extent. But a few of the larg er
fields now rem ain. Many of th ese
have long since abandoned early hop
growing.
T he Mt. Hood Land A W ater com­
pany has established a construction
camp at C lear lake. 11 miles south of
G overnm ent camp, for the construc­
tion of a tem porary log-crib dam to
supply w ater to W aplni.la plains
farms.
F u rth er curtailm ent of production
by mills and cam ps of the Pacific re ­
gion is necessary to avoid a severe
depression in th e lum ber industry this
w inter, it was stated al a m eeting cf
th e W illam ette Valley L um berm en's
association In Eugene.
T he present Mount P leasant school
In Clackam as county is to be moved
100 feet south to m ake way for a new
$25,000 stru ctu re to be erected during
the next few m onths.
S tudents of
Tw ilight will atten d the Mount P leas­
an t school as th e result of a recent
annexation.
THURSDAY, S K IT
T H E S P U IN H E IE L n NEW S
MANY FROM HERE TO
ATTEND BIG ROUND-UP
Alexander Breaks National Isague Mound Mark
A la rg e d eleg a tio n of S piliigili'ld
c itllo n s Is cxpei'lm l to l l l l e l n l tin
a n n u a l l*on<llst«n R o u n d u p , which
will open for u tour day svaslon In
th e e a s te rn O regon city next Wed
liesdiiv. S epti m lier 18
Among th e '
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p re p a ra tio n th e
o f lle la ls
bave col-
le c le d a Ilo s i o f li t i '
m ust fa m o u s
liu c k lu g lio rs e s o f th è c o u n try . T h e s e
In c lu d e (Ile
g ro u p
owued
liy
th e
I t o u n ' n | a s s o c ia tio n a n d aJso th e
I r w in , M c C a rty , and
S cale
lio rs e s ,
a ll f a l l i c i ! as lo ic k e rs
Mis« M anning B tck Miss Alla
Io Spring-
local people who will Ito th e re for M anning lias ra tu rn rd
th e g reat rodeo event a re Mr. and field a fte r an ex ten d ed to u r through
M rs W ayne C lover. H arry
llroin th e Snutli and Middle W est. Miss
field, and Mr. and Mrs. J. M L arson M anning left h ere in Ju n e and spent
moat of (hi sum m er visiting w ith re­
a n d fam ily.
lativ es In L ouisiana. Miss M anning
T ry ou ts for th e various e m it,s is 1
will teach tile first g rad e in the
of th e R ound-up a re now under way I
llriitluH i school Ibis year
in th e big a r e a s th e re , according to
w ord receiv ed from P en d leto n
A | B«cs From V acation Miss W lnl
larg e n u m b er of cowboy« a re on frld T yson re tu rn e d hem e W ednes­
h and and m any m ore a re expected 1 day night a fte r a (wo w eeks' v aca­
io a rriv e before W ednesday
The tion
Miss T yson s |e n l most of h er
s tr e e ts of P en d leto n a re said to he vacation w ith re lativ es In S eattle
deco rated
In p rep aratio n for tlo*
round up, and th e b u sin ess men of
th e tow n a re w earing w estern togs,
m uch tlii- som e as th e men of En
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gene v icin ity did In p re p aratio n for
th e S u n set T rail
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O f sp ecial In terest a l the Round up
will lie tlie Inii king co n test . .mil In
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Grover Alexander of St. I-outs has won the 37 Id victory of his
career, setting a new National League winning pitcher record. Tbs
former record w a r held by the late Christy Matbcwson.
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F all S uits
Some of the farm ers in the W allo­
BIG FIRES RAVAGE
wa comm unity have been busy recen t­ NEW BUILDING READY
/ o r Young Men
ly working th eir sum mer-fallow and
FOR OREGON FAIR
NORTHWEST FORESTS
getting seed w heat ready to r fall seed­
ing. Some say they are afraid to seed
Salem , O regon, S ept. 12.— E n trie s
(C ontinued from Page II
because of the danger of th e grain
for th e O regon S ta te F air a re pouring
The N fw rit in Style«,
being taken by the large hordes of into th e office of th e se c re ta ry . Mrs. 3000 ced ar poles. $2000 w orth of
Shade« and Pattern« on
grasshoppers.
i E lla S. W ilson, plan s (or th e horse b lastin g pow der, and $30,000 w orth
of
buildings
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Blaming cold sto rag e and shipping show and the races a re rapidly n e a r­
ing com pletion, and th e new g ra n d ­ Idaho n atio n al fo rests a re la< king,
trouble which have been experienced
The customary J. C. Penney quality
in the past in handling Bose nears on sta n d is all fin ish ed ex p ect for the but so u th ern ones have had 325 fire«
and finished workmanship in every suit
th
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with
uhout
$15.000
dam
age
too early picking, th e S uncrest or­ j e le c tric a l fix tu res w hich will be a d d ­
Smart, two-button, single-breasted model
chards, Medford grow ers, buyers and ed th is week. J u s t th e lust finishing H axard c o n tin u ts high.
with peak or notch lapel jacket. Novelty
shippers, announce th a t th eir forces to u ch es rem ain before th e opening,
''.M ontana re p o rts Indicate sltua-
weaves or fancy stripes in shades of tan,
will not sta rt picking Boses before 1 S ep tem b er 23.
tl«n som ew hat e a s ie r In place« hut
grey, brown and blue.
th e last week in Septem ber.
T h e w ealth of O reg o n 's agrlcul- «till critical.
Dam age 1» large, es
A large barn owned by R lkkoft ‘ tu ra l p ro d u cts and livestock, and the p e d a lly from an 80.000 ncre fire
brothers, farm ers, th ree miles north fin est racin g and show h o rses In the th a t got Into G lacier N ational P ark
of Eugene, was destroyed by fire last c u n try will be h ere fo r the week of T he B lackfoot asso ciatio n has had
week. The barn contained 35 tons of th e fair, ev ery day pucked to the trem en d o u s ex p an se handling th re e
baled straw , a th resh in g m achine and ! lim l’ w ith e n te rta in in g and ed u c a ­ big fires involving 50.000 acres, hut
R u n n in g and h a r­ tim b er loss is not g reat
o th er m achinery, 25 cords of wood and tio n al fe a tu re s.
about 20.000 shingles and o th er a rti­ n ess rac« a ev ery aftern o o n , In te r­
"All agi-nc'e« plead for Increased
Extra Pants at £5.90
sp ersed w ith vaudeville and a c ro ­ care fu ln e ss an d p recaution in th e
cles, all of which were burned.
Oregon holds the record for average b atic a cts, an d th e horse show every woods."
yield of cran b erries among all the night p ro m ises th rills in plenty.
T he O regon co u n ties will lie well
states producing th is fruit, according
to a le tte r Just received at Corvallis re p re se n te d In th e a g ric u ltu ra l booths
by Dr. Don C. Mote from H enry F. a n d in th e liv esto ck ex h ib its, a cco rd ­
Bain, senior pathologist with the ing to those In c o a rs e . Billy T aylor,
United S tates d ep artm en t of ag ricu l­ Salem , su p e rin te n d e n t of the agri- ,
ture, who is now stationed in W iscon­ c u ltu ra l pavilion h as been busy the
p a st m onth a rra n g in g for th e show ­
sin.
E stim ated postal receipts for Aug­ ing of g rain , v eg etab les, fru its and
ust, compiled by John M. Jones, P o rt­ n u ts, w hich due to the fine w eath er
land postm aster, indicated a loss as all seaso n will b e exceptionally fine.
F o r th o se who p re fe r to be In the
( compared with the receipts for the
o
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td o o rs there will lie a large c a m p
sam e month of last year. The 1928
figure was 8258,638.29, while for Aug­ Ing sp ace av ailab le in th e oak grove
ust of this y ear Mr. Jones set the fig­ on th e grounds, with A lbert T o ile r,
ure at $248,384, a loss of $8254 or 3 su p e rin te n d e n t of th e m em orial pavi ,
lion a t C ham poeg P ark , in ch arg e as
per cent.
m
ay o r of th e cam p ground
The state banking dep artm en t has
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declared a dividend of 10 per cent to
HOME
BAKERY OPENS
depositors In th e defunct F irst N ation­
al Bank of Joseph, which closed its
IN NEW LOCATION
doors on May 13. 1927. The dividend
totals $9804.14 and is the fourth to be
T he New H ome B akery opened for
declared since the hank closed, bring­ b u sin ess at Its new location Monday
ing the total now paid out on depos­ m orning, a fte r a move from 405 Mill
its up to 50 per cent.
s tre e t, Its o rig in al location. T he '
The Lystul-Lawson lum ber mill at new q u a rte rs of th e b ak ery have
Glendale was destroyed by fire recen t­ been th o ro u g h ly rem odeled anil re-
ly with loss estim ated at more than tin ish ed , w ith a re ta il sto re In fro n t ,
$110,000. The mill, which is the old­ aDd th e bake shop in th e r>ar. T he
est in th a t com m unity, had ju st been w alls h av e been kalso m ln ed in cream
rem odeled and enlarged, giving a and th e w oodw ork h as been p ainted ]
daily capacity of 50,000 feet. The fire w hite. A new ele c tric a lly o p erated
started In the main sawmill while the dough m ix er has been added to th e
w atchm an wag aw ay tor hi m idnight b a k e ry eq u ip m en t, giving facilities
meal.
for la rg e r production. An a ttra c tiv e |
An Ivory headed cane, brought to red and gold sign "N ew H ome B ak­
A m erica on the M ayflower some 300 e ry " h a s been p ain ted on each of
years ago by Thom as Blossoms of th e fro n t w indow s of th e shop, and
England, has ju s t been sen t to th e eld­ a new w hite aw n in g h as been in­
est living m em ber of the Blossom fain- : stalled .
lly. The cane had been In the posses­
sion of the late Enos Blossom of Wil- BABY FALLS ON TIN CAN
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U m ette, fath er of Mrs. W alter Elliott,
AND CUTS FACE BADLY
and it now passes to Mrs E llio tt's j
third cousin, Virgil Blossom
M arcella K oon, th e tw o y e a r old
The role of Good S am aritan cost th e baby d a u g h te r of Mr. and Mrs. L.
life of Pearl R ichards, 19, when her Koon of F is c h e r's Mill, M arcola,
autom obile plunged from tb » p o rtd o c k w as q u ite b adly In ju red a t h e r hom e
a t Marshfield a fte r she had tra n sp o rt­ M onday m o rn in g when she fell on
ed an officer o t th e B ritish cru iser th e sh a rp edge of a coffee can.. S he
Colombo from a downtown cafe to his s tru c k h e r face on th e edge of the
ship. P earl's siste r Irene, 21, was said
can, c u ttin g a deep curved gash from
to have leaped clear when th e ma­
th e c o rn e r of h e r m outh to h er ear.
chine left the dock and she was not
T h e ch ild w as bro u g h t to Spring-
Injured.
field to th e office of a local physi­
The W illam ette valley faces grave cian. an d th en w as taken, to th e
d an g er of losing a heavy percentage E ugene h o sp ital w here th e wound
of Its hop crop due to a sho rtag e of w as sew n up. More th an 20 stitc h e s
“ Birchfield "English Bungalow
"B irchfield" Davenport — Shaped
pickers, according to th e F ederal Em­ w ere req u ired to close th e cut. T h e
Type
Mohair
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ploym ent agency at Salem, and hep bahy w as re tu rn e d hom e M onday
Davenport
Mohair
g row ers generally. Sim Phillips, m an­
n ig h t and Is naw said to h e re c o v e r­
($64.50 Chair $19.50)
($79.50 C h a ir $64.50)
aging the U. S. Em ploym ent bureau,
ing nicely.
places the shortage In th e Salem and
Independence aectlons alone a t 10,000
8 H E M IX E D T H E P L U G S !
people. H ot aftern o o n s and dam p
V oice o v er th e telep h o n e: W illiam
Pay As
nights a re being experienced and the
Convenient
C ass! Come hom e rig h t aw ay. I've
grow ers sta te under th ese conditions
m ixed th o plugs In som e w ay; th e
onless picking is expedited the hops
You Earn
W llla m itte A 11th, Eurjene, Oro.
Term3
radio Is all covered w ith fro st and
will be ruined on th e vines.
th e e le c tric lco
box
is singing
"8 ch u ltx Is B ack a g a in !”
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