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THURSDAY AUGUST 2!». 1929
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PA O S BIX
W e n d lin g W o m a n In T o w n
M r-
HUCKLEBERRIES FOUND
S M Wicks of W endling w as a
PLENTIFUL ON MOUNTAIN business v isito r In S pringfield for a
reach
W H A T HABBKNBD SO FAR
Tom B ilbeck ia th e n a rra to r He is a o » k a u n til m o rn in g anil w anted
tat newspaper w rite r who «Riven » ! food and s h e lte r fo r th e nig h t.
tum bledow n c a r he calla G ran d m o th er
Page. H e Is In love w ith M aryella. hia
I th o u g h t th a t I had aeen farm
P lana for a play a t th e Old S o ld iers
H om e a re u n d er way. G ran d m o tn er
P age h as e<w:lne tro u b le w hile M ary-
alia la out d riv in g w ith B llbeck. an d
C ooper in his big ro a d ste r, ta k e s M ary
back on th e tra il. H em m in g w ay In-
¡dated th a t th ey w ere on th e left.
i
I
" T h e re la no u s e Q uarreling about
j
( |n s i,v
‘T h e re is n o th in g
f i^ w ^ « s s f f L ,x .s " ;»
The a m a te u r p lay ers a re to Rive he th in k s Is rig h t.
It s a «.inch wt
P ygm alion and G alatea. In th e ir ver- wm both find s h e lte r if we k eep go
aion B llbeck la to a c t as th e sta tu e . ,
fa r ,..noUgh .”
a S n c d o r M
peeved
w hen
she I So
_ we
. ,
... . . _
e r aryella
s th a t g B e ts
ilbeck
la bow
legged
se p a ra te d . W e h ad grow n
M rs. H em ingw ay la te r f la tte rs B il­ In ten sely tire d of one a n o th e r a n y ­
beck and ta lk s to him ab o u t th e play. w ay ; esp ecially sin ce h u n g e r had
B ilbeck g a ts h e r hand, only to find a put an edge on o u r te m p e rs. Hem-
s a - ' i . s s i s V
s S
i
geat
T he S h e riff’s h o rse h a s b ro k en
loose M eanw hile H em m ingw ay sus-
peets B ilbeck m ore and m ore, and
Jim C ooper m ixes in to te ll B ilbeck
he had a rra n g e d th a t th e H em m ing-
w ays be d iv o rced and th a t B ilbeck Is
to m arry M rs. H em m ingw ay.
Mr. H em m ingw ay. h u sb an d of one
of the nu m bers, th in k s B ilbeck Is :n
love w ith h is wife. D uring th e argu-
m eat th e tw o m en receiv e n o tice th a t
th e re is a jail escap e a t tb<- p en iaen tl-
ary
T his e scap e Keeps B ilbeck busy
a t his n e w sp ap er w ork
’hi»' hl'
B ut M arvella sum m ons h m an d s ta r ts
g e ts aw ay front th e d ra m a tic club.
tellin g th e sto ry of "D oH yanna” w ho
believes a b a t ev e ry th in g th a t h a p p e n s
tu r n s out fo r th e b est.
T he p la y e rs a rriv e a t th e Old Sol-
d ie rs ’ H om e, b ein g g reeted royally an d
m e etin g Bilk H en w eah er and o th e rs
T he play a t th e Old S o ld iers H om e
is in te rru p te d b ecau se of a fire, th e
p lav ers and v e te ra n s escaping.
R iding aw ay from th e scen e of th e
Ill-fated play in th e ir co stu m es an d
o v erco ats, th e y a re held up by es-
b ran ch ed o ff o v e r to w ard th e n orth
u grew d a rk v ery rap id ly a f te r th e
gun wag gone, b u t th e snow on th e
»„
«ro u n d m ade it fairly easy to see
an d I w as ab le to hit up q u ite a fast
pace.
p ut t j,e fn rm h o u se I th o u g h t I
h3(, geen did
n o t m a te ria liz e .
I
.
. .. . .
h3Te sw o rn “ w a8 ln, ,h a t dl;
rectlo n . too. R a th e r th a n give up I
pushed on fu rth e r.
1 did not like
, h ^ ,dea of Koine p „ k to H em m ing-
w av a n d a d m ittin g th a t I w as wrong.
:
Knur S p rin g field n»en found the
I h u c k le b e rrie s p len tifu l on the sum
I mil of Gold H ill, n e a r Blue R iver,
i they re p o rt, follow ing an expedition
th e re S unday.
T he p arty , c o n sistin g of l.loyd
W illiam s. T
J
M axw ell. W elaey
to th e sound In th e rear.
I cam e to th e door w here I had ! M axw ell, and Bill Cox. left S pring
aeen my m an d is a p p e a r last
It | field a t 10 o'clock S aturday night and
stood open
1 step p ed In and closed '. reach ed Blue R iver about m idnight
It so ftly a fte r n*e
N ext 1 fell grop- L eav in g the c a r at S im m ons G reek, a
Inglv fo r th e light sw itch on th e wall 1 trib u ta ry , they s ta rte d hiking up the
B efore I could find It th e r e w as a {m o u n tain , sto p p in g at the spring*
woman*» sc ream in th e room some- , tw o-thlrila of th e way up th e sum m it
w h ere ah ead o f me. sm l th en at my at th re e o'clock, w h ere they ram p ed
back 1 h eard a click in g sound in th-* u n til d ay lig h t.
door 1 had Just cloand
I T h e m en co n tin u ed to th e to p the
My hand
found
th e sw itch
1 n ext m o rning and sp en t th e g re a te r
tu rn e d It on.
p a rt of th e day picking b e rrie s. <ach
S ittin g bolt u p rig h t In bed. w ith
’ one of them o b ta in in g five gallons
re v o lv e r leveled u t me. w as Mary T hey saw se v e ra l d e e r n e a r th e top.
,T h e y left th , top of th e hill w ith
ella.!
T h e re w as no one else In sig h t!
i filled palls nt 6 o'clock and reach ed
(TO BE C O N T IN U E O l
! S pringfield at S 30
C H R IS TIA N C IT IZ E N S H IP
REV. AND MRS BAILEY
IS TH E M E OF SERMON
HONORED AT DINNER
“C h ristia n
C itizen sh ip ”
will
he
A d in n e r p arly In honor of Rev
th e m e of Rev. Roy Dunn at the
S p rin g field C h ristia n
ch u rc h
S u n ­ and M rs W a lte r Halley of S pring
day m orning at t t
o'clock
Bible field. M assach u setts, who a re visit
sch o o l will he held ln th e ch u rch ing with frien d s here, « a s given on
b eg in n in g a t 9:3 0 o 'clo ck
In the W ednes luy night at th e holm- of
ev en in g at 7:30 o'clock Rev Ihinn Mr. ami M’ s lln rrv C hase at I ' h r r
G ardens.
T hose who « e re pr.-n-tlt
will sp eak on “tH irlstlan L lh ertv
At th a t tim e lie w ill use a c h a rt and a t the a ffa ir w ere Rev and Mi's
W> n dell and
will illu s tra te his ad d ress.
S pecial Bailey and ch ild ren .
P a tric ia ; Rev. H ailey's s is te r
and
m
usic
is
b
ein
g
a
rra
n
g
e
d
hut
th
e
d
e
­
S u rely if I k ep t o n In th e sa m e di-
brother-in-law . Mr and M is E rn est
rectlo n I had been going 1 would ta ils a re not vet co m p leted
T om orrow
n ig h t
th e
m onthly M eldleuer of E ugene i l r an d Mrs
g y e n tn u a lly re a c h som e so rt of sh* 1-
N ew port, and
.
P eligra of
C hurch nig h t will he held a t the A rth u r
11
P auline A r n i e .
c
h
ild
ren
.
A
rth
u
r
J
r
,
A p ro g ram
c o n sistin g of
It w as a lo n g tim e though, be- ch u rch .
Ms
G e r tru d e Golii i f
fo re I saw a w elco m in g lig h t
1 m usic and re a d in g s is b eing a rr a n g ­ and Billie
c 3 n t ga¥ j US| how long, but I think ed b y a c o m m ittee co m posed of Hood R iv er; Miss M arg u erite Gobi
t^ e n gevj>r3, h o u rs M arlon A dam s. Jo h n R o b ertso n and of J e ffe rs o n ; J . W. C hase,
Miss
A nyw ay. 1 w as th o ro u g h ly fa tig u e d . W . 1. H ouse, b u t It h as n o t yet been M aude C hase, and Mr. and Mrs
R e fre s h m e n ts
w ill
be H urry C hase and fam ily
and could b arely d re g one ski a fte r , com pleted.
Rev and Mrs. B ailey will leave by
se rv e d follow ing th e p ro g ram .
th e o th er.
train for S p ringfield, M a s sach u setts
caped convicts, one of whom Is cap­
B ut w hen 1 saw th e lig h t I q u ick ­
tured by Bilbeck after a struggle.
Rev B ailey is the
To Leave on V acatio n — M iss Wini- S a tu rd a y night.
ened m y p ace an d m ade for It. I
T he ca p tu re d th ie f is ta k e n back to
p asto r of th e P ark M em orial B ap­
frid
T
y
so
n
w
ill
leav
e
to
d
a
y
on
h
er
w
as
a
fra
id
th
a
t
th
e
people
who
th e Old S o ld ie rs' H om e and th e S h e r­
Miss tis t ch u rc h th ere. He w as brought
iff is s e n t fo r. As th e c a r re fu se s to lived th e r e w ould go to bed b efo re v a c atio n from G ray 's sto re.
budge, th e p la y e rs m u st sta y th e re , I could a rriv e .
T y so n e x p e c ts to v isit frie n d s for a up h e re and w as a g ra d u a te of the
and Mr. H em m ingw ay. h e a rin g th is
high school an d
the
As I p assed o v e r th e snow I had tim e In P o rtla n d an d th e n c o n tin u e S pringfield
over th e phone, sa y s he is com ing
to
S
e
a
ttle
.
S
h
e
w
ill
be
gone
from
'
U
n
iv
ersity
of
O
regon
He
w
as
or-
rig h t to th e hom e— as he is su sp i­ a cu rio u s se n se o f fa m ilia rity , a
dalned as a m in is te r a t th e local
cious of B ilbeck and h is w ife. M ean feelin g th a t I h ed been th e re before. S p rin g field for tw o w eeks.
B ap tist church.
w hile th e S h eriff a rriv e s.
All a t once th e nxoon c a m e out.
C ut»
Kn«e— G eorge
P ra n k s , an
H em m ingw ay a rriv e s ju s t w hen an d a t th e sam e tim e did th e build-
em ployee of S im m ons and G rey, log­
B ilbeck is a s s is tin g M rs. H em m ing- ¡n ? to w ard w hich 1 w as h ead in g
» « ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a » *
rh1nk.WX h ^
‘n t Meannwh,"e T d ™ j > knew a t once why th e n eighbor- g in g o p e ra to rs of Ja s p e r, c u t his i
THURSTON
♦
k n ee w ith an axe w hile at w ork on ♦
tu rb a n c e is h e ard in th e ce lla r, a n d hood h ad seem ed fa m ilia r.
The
W e d n esd ay
m o rn in g
He
was • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a
all in th e h o u se ru sh dow n to it.
, b uilding w as .a e Old S o ld ie rs' Home.
NOW GO ON W IT H T H E S T o R I
and j bad Wa lk e d a |( d a y to re tu rn b ro u g h t to S p rin g fie ld for m edical
C lifford W eav er an d Mrs. Mary
W e found th a t we w ere ln a a(
t0 th e Tery spot from w hich a tte n tio n .
M cE lroy from S alem sp en t th e week
bowl sh ap ed d ep ressio n w ith s te e p j j h ad g ta rte d !
V is it in g
in
W a s h in g to n — W . G end a t A. E. W eav er's.
sides an d a ro u n d ed b ottom . It looked
I had no v e ry c h eerfu l v ision of a H u g h es Is ex p ected to re tu rn to
Mrs. A nna H ouston and
P ran k
a s it would be a co m p a ra tiv e ly easy w arm w elcom e upon my re tu rn to f-p rln g field
to d a y
from
T acom a. Cumm from W ash in g to n a rriv e d on
m a tte r to clim b out.
H em m tngw av
H om e, b u t It w as a case o f any W ash in g to n , w h ere he has been th is S u n d ay from an ex ten d ed visit w ith
suggested th a t we ru n aro u n d in a pOr( jn a s to rn l, 80 j co n tin u ed on w eek v isitin g a t th e hom e of his th e ir sis te r, Mrs. Ira G ray.
circle and th e n by easy sp ira ls we
w aj. T h e H om e w as still h alf a sis te r. Mrs. Lem ley.
F lo ra and I^eota B ertsch . sm all
woukl finally re a c h th e top., a fte r m (]e d is ta n t w hen th e lig h t w ent
d a u g h te rs of Mr. an d Mrs. W 'l!i
A t S p rin g field H otel — Mr. and B ertsch from S p rin g field , hi » nt tin-
g u t j plugged on. I fe lt p re tty
th e Ramo m a r n '-r th a t m o to rcy cle o u t
rid e rs rid e w ithin a bowl.
su re th a t I could g et in w ithout M rs. Gus S w an so n of S a n ta Monica, w eek-end w ith th e ir uncle. E rn est
He s ta rte d o u t ah ead of m e and in w aKing anv one up, w hich I decided C alifo rn ia, and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. B ertsch
o rd e r to keep o u t of hts w ay I had w oujd be m uch b e tte r th an m ak in g A ndrew s of G ra n ts B ass w ere regis-
Mrs. Jo se p h in e Cum m left I st
te re d th is week a t th e S pringfield T h u rad ay fnr h e r ,,om e in N ark.
to follow. W e su cceed ed in e e tt.n g e x p lan a tio n s.
ali « a y up th e
along fine and w er
As 1 d rew n e a re r In th e shadow h otel.
New Je rs e y , a f te r a visit of s< eral
side of th e bow l v. •U H em m ingw ay. of th e w oods th 2 t b o rd ered th e read
H a rrisb u rg Man in Town W Piani w eeks w ith to r relatlv» s h ere
lly fin e slip p ' I I saw a fig u re d a rt su d d en ly from
w ho w as tra v e lin g
T he sm a ll th re s h e r m achine f i r ' di­
S p erlen , H a rris b u rg resid en t, w as a
and as he w ent ¡own c a rrie d m e th e ir n ro te e tln g sh ad e ac ro ss th e
ed
w ork M onday.
T h e larg e, one
b u sin e ss v isito r in S p rin g field on
w ith him . V/e la: led in o u r usual p atch of in te rv e n in g m oo n lig h t to
fin ish ed W ednesday. C lover hull iig
W ednesday.
of th e howl, th e Old S o ld ie rs’ Home.
position a t t h ' h o " m-n
'
began T u esd ay at A. H. M athew s
w ith th e sk is
h o p -le ssly tan g led u
E van H u g h es H ere— E v in H ughes
T h a t s t r u 'k me as r a th e r curious
B orn to Mr. and M rs
.Morris
an d «no«" hoes.
in S pringfield B raw n at th e Gosln-n h o sp ital, on
W hv shonld an y o n e be In such a s p e n t th e w eek-end
\Y a ro s e and
trie d
-h e sam e h u rry and w hv so fu rtiv e ?
v isitin g a t th e hom e of his p a re n ts. F riday. A ugust 23. a son.
sch em e ag- in. only to have th e sam e
I th o u g h t ft o v er q u ite a w hile as Mr. H u g h es is sp en d in g th e su m m er
Mr. and M rs. Ray Baugh and Mrs. ,
resu lt.
I stood th - r e w aitin g for so m eth in g as th e tra v e lin g re p re se n ta tiv e of a Jo h n E d m lston a tte n d e d the fu m ra l
A fter a se rie s of h e a rt b re a k in g else to occur.
p u b lish in g com pany.
He has been of th < ir brother-in-law . Jim .Maxwell,
tri 'Is we a rriv ed a t th e top. w orn out
S o u th ern
and la st S a tu rd a y at E lm ira.
T hen a so lu tio n o ccu red to mp. w o rk in g th ro u g h
and very hun g ry .
Is
Miss G race W ilburn from Salem
It w as d o u b tless th e o th e r escaped S o u th w e ste rn O regon, but now
"W e h av e b '» n delay ed so m uch." p riso n er, th e one who had held us w o rk in g th ro u g h th e co ast sectio n v isited h er
M iss
Mi Id reti
cousin.
said H em m engw ay, “th a t we have u p In th e road when we had sta rte d in th e v icin ity of N ew port.
P rice, last week
p robably m issed th e tr a in .”
for horn, th e first tim e!
“ I suppose so," I re tu rn e d , “but
T h e ch an ces w ere th a t he w an ted
th e r e should be a n o th e r tra in a g a 'n to get back and re lease his p a rtn e r
som e tim e. I guess If we h u rry up
As soon a s I had a rriv e d a t th at
we m ay be th e re befo re it goes."
decisio n I. too. h a ste n e d in th e sam e
So we push ed o n . a little d o u b tfu l d irectio n th a t he had gone. By the
as to our d irectio n , b u t as soon as we tjm e j
to th „ fro n t of th e h u ild in g I
em erged from th e wowl we found h e had d js a p p ear. "I. .' ' onc-t w in-;
th e sun again and headed in th a t dow in d icated very plain!., w here he 1
g en eral d irectio n , b earin g a little to p ad gone, an d rem o v in g my skis I
th e left as before.
j had no h e sita tio n in follow ing him .
A lthough w e w ere h u n g ry H em- j t w as h ard for mf! t0 c i,m b th ro u g h ,
mingwa-y vetoed thp idea of sto p p in g h u t I m an ag ed It.
at the firs t farm we cam e to. say in g
T h e re w as enough m o onlight com-
th a t we could n o t possibly be v ery ; | ng ¡n t0 t j,e liv in g room
w h ere I
fa r from th e tow n.
found m y self
fo r m e to see th a t
At th e to p of ev ery hill we expect- th e re w as no o n e th e re . I h ard ly
ed to get o u r firs t view o f F a ir O aks ex p ected th a t he would lin g e r long,
h n t every time we w ere disap p o in t-
w as d o u b tle ss se a rc h in g for the
ed. It seem ed s tra n g e th a t we had room In w hich Bill, his p a rtn e r was
n o t com e e ig h t m iles. S till, we w ere confined.
h ead ed in th e rig h t d ire c tio n , due ! T h e re Was n o th in g on th e m ain
w est a t le a s t to w ard th e sun.
: floor ex cep tin g th e liv in g room and i
It w as only w hen th e su n s e t th a t th e
serv ice q u a rte rs. I glan ced in
th a t w e realized o u r b lu n d er. W h ile I ear;h room below and
th en w en t up- j
we had been In th e soup-boaw i th e s ta irs w hich w as a m o re lik ely hunt-1
su n had p assed o v erh ead an d w hen | n g ground. I paused a t th e head of 1
■we had ta k e n o u r b e a rin g s
ag ain th e s ta irs sc a rc e ly b reath in g ,
a f t e r co m in g o u t we m u s t h a v e ! H e w as n o t th ere.
h ead ed so u th w e st w hen we w en t j W hile I w aited , sen ses a le r t and '
to w ard th e sun an d a little left n e rv e s ta u t, a fig u re glided th ro u g h j
Jt w as really sim ple w hen we
cam e a do o r and w en, down th e h all aw ay I
to th in k of it, b u t I d o u b t if an y o n e from me. Tt re a p p e a re d ag ain and
;
n o t ra ised ln w o o d craft would
have , p assed on Into a room .
I w as in a '
done d ifferen tly .
q u a n d a ry w h at to do. If I ra ise d an i
W e had been going e v e r sin ce alarm th e ch an ces w ere about, even
noon in th e o p p o site d irectio n , and th a t h e would escap e.
It seem ed
by th is tim e w e w ere th re e or four b e tte r to c a p tu re h im single-handed.
h o u rs tra v e lin g from F a ir O aks!
T h e refo re, w hen b e d isap p eared
J u s t by w ay o f d iv ersio n we now Into th e n ex t room I follow ed down
h ad an a rg u m e n t a s to w hich way th e h all. As I did I h eard a door In
th e n e n re s t farm h o u se lay from b ack of m e open, but. w as too In ten t
w here we w ere. W e had d eterm in ed on m y q u a rry to pay m uch a tte n tio n
short
tim e
Jaeger Man In Town I ' I. W a l­
lace of Jasper was among I be visi
tors In Springfield frinii the country
W ednesday
W ednesday
mimm
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