j n n yHHI>AY, JANUARY 9. 19.30
TH F SPRINGFIELD NTWH
Radio Conies to Rescue When
Earthquake Severs Cables
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T W E N T Y DECREES IS
Cook Win! Medal
SAYS W EATHER MAN
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TIi« minimum temperature for Wed
nesday night was 20 degrees, accord-
Illg to readings taken by Gerald l»e
Brockert. United States weather man
at Eugene. The temperature was ris
ing very slowly during the forenoon,
standing at 22 above at 10 00 o'clock.
This was the coldest night of the
season, with the exception of one
night In November, when It dropped
to 18 and than turned nice and warm
early the next morning.
Several thermometers In this city
registered lower than the figure given
by the weather observer, and It la
possible that It was ono or two de
Loo., Charle, Delhi«, one of New
Y o rk , most noted French chefs h r,
tre e , colder here In the early morn
been decorated by 'he French Gov-
ing Last night was quite warm and
ernmrn. w „h thr C r o „
a coat of snow fell which completely
ou Meule, Aguculc,
covered the valley. The thermometer 1
tumbled after midnight.
Snow which fell Sunday nigh' on LOCAL NURSE MARRIED
ON SATURDAY EVENING
the higher hills around Springfield
continued to hang on until today. The
•Miss Edith Ellis became the bride
( oburg hills and Spencer's huttetiave
been snow covered for almost a week <>f ' arr‘>11
0 l‘o*honi. of Eugene,
The »’«m m ...,, of t h r h td e io w T
of Santa Clegs. Indiana, was almost
•mnved under a f Christmas ziti» let
ta riaent m Irom all over the country
5-° * * mailed to children with the
Santa Claus postmark
Principal Events of the Week
Assembled for Information
of Our Readers.
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Or,’"h,>nK
M arcóla— Ray
Marcóla,, was a bush
Springfield yesterday.
Wlnager, a t
visitor la
Mohawk Man Hare— Virk Hammltt
In from Camp Creek—-Albert Llndly
W altervllle Reeldent Shope— Mrs of Mohawk, was a visitor In the city
of Camp Creek, was a caller In the
D E
Benson, of W altervllle, was yesterday.
city on Saturday.
purchasing supplies in Springfield
Prom Leaburg—R A. Ao, tlB *
visits Friends — W iliam Thomp last weekend.
I>eslmrg. visited with friead. here
yesterday
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son. of Waltervllle. called on some
Cottage Grove Men Here — R. M
of bis friends In thia city last Satur
Proudflt, of Cottage Orove, was tran
le Injured—Albert Russell was In
day.
sacting bualneea In 8prtngfleld last jured when he fell from a bridge he
Friday
afternoon.
From Leaburg—Charles Carter, of
was working on. Several rib , were
Leaburg. was a recent visitor In
Looks after Business Interests— broken.
Springfield.
p 8. Hills. Of Jasper, was looking
Purchases Suppllsa-M ra. Leo pa„.
8penda Saturday |„ City—Alvin after several of his business Interests
of Marcóla, waa purchasing sup
Stevens, of Camp Creek, visited with while in this city Saturday.
plies while In thia city the middle of
friends in this city Saturday.
Purchases F e e d -J
J. Cabe. of the week.
Harrisburg Resident Here— William Waltervllle. purchased feed at one
! Camp Greek Men In— Raymond
Spurlln, of Harrisburg, was a visitor of the local stores while In the city
*c and N. McPherson, both of
on
Saturday.
In Hprlngfleld on Saturday
f h ? w 2 * k’ Were
»» ‘he city
Go to Los Angeles—Mr. and Mm
Visits In City It I, Denning, of Mo
hawk. was a caller In the city last 8. C. Wright left Springfield Sunday i " • t o r n , from Portland - Vernon
for Los Angeles, where they will I
Friday.
Jo ttand
TUe"d* y
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spend the next three months.
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been
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Hers from
Thurston— Bill Platt
the United States Veteran, hos-
Taka Daughter to Ashland— Mr
«nd Boy Evanston, both of Thurston,
were Saturday vialtora In 8prlngtleld. and Mrs H arry Eaton went to Ash
land Saturday, taking their daughter
Ill With Pneumonia— Leo Neet Is Edith, to that city to resume her
IB with pneumonia at his hothe In work In the normal school there.
east of Springfield.
Return to Westfir—-Mra. D. E.
Hers from Goshen—8 L. Hollis, ot Lanabery returned to her home at
(Joshen. was a visitor in the city on W estflr Sunday, after spending the
Tuesday afternoon.
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
holidays here with her mother, Mrs.
Emma
Olson,
and
her
brother,
Os
Visiting Brother—Mrs. Ethel Bar
W ILLIAM POWELL
wald Olson.
i rett, of Portland, is here visiting at
in
the home of her brother, Bert Doane.
Visits Parent»— Mrs. Herbert Moon
Bell Theatre
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Motor to Leaburg—Mr. and Mrs. C.
F. Egglmann motored to Leaburg on
Monday afternoon to see the new
Eugene water board power plant.
The Greene
Murder Case”
and daughters. May Etta and Agnes,
returned to Springfield Sunday after
having spent the weekend visiting In
Cottage Grove at the home of her
parents. M r and Mrs. O. C. Gowtng.
and
Rstuma to Portland— Frank Snod
Dinner Guests— Mr. and Mrs. Lin
grass returned to his home at Port coln Cochran, of Portland, were din
land on Sunday, after haring spent
ner guests at a five o’clock dinner on
The $87,000 paving and street Im
provement program In the business
Flu Patient Recovering — Riley
center of Burns has been completed
Snodgrass Is able to be up about his
and the work accepted.
home, but has not yet returned to
Volcanic cinders from Lava butte,
work following a recent attack of the
near Bend, are being shipped for use influenza.
In the decking of the Longview bridge.
The contract calls for 36 carloads.
Dinner Guests — C. Woodruff, of
Kay Dulling, who lives northeast of
Medford, and Harold Woodruff, of
Redmond, has threshed his Ladioo
Brownsville, were dinner guests Mon
clover crop, which weighed SO pounds
day evening at the home of Mr. and
to the acre, and refused a price of 80c
Mrs G. H. Turner. Mr. C. Woodruff
per lb.
Is a brother of Mrs. Turner and Har-
The coat of Lane county's road oil- '
lng program this year was $28.600.
Fifty miles of road were oUed. Plans
are being made to enlarge the pro-
ffram next year.
Fire, believed to have originated In
the basement of the Central Pharma
cy a' The Dalles, virtually destroyed
the Condon building, lu which the
pharmacy was located.
Jack Duffy Comedy.
"Are Scotch T ight”
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“The Viking”
Hxa Accident—Ed Kester suffered
painful Injuries Tuesday when he fell
from his chicken house.
Several
stitches were required to close the
wound In his forehead.
Spend
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Jan. 17-18
CLARA BOW
Week-end at Ashland— Mrs
D. B. Murphy and Mrs. Sam Rich
mond went to Ashland Saturday. Mrs.
Murphy visited at the home of her
parents. Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, wh'le
Mra. Richmond
visited
with
her
daughter. Lucille, who Is attending
the Ashland Normal school.
in
“The Saturday
Night Kid”
FULOP’S DEPT. STORE
Money Saving Sale, Starting
Purchaso of the building at Third
and Union streets, owned by The
Dalles Knights of Pythias lodge, by
the local Masonic bodies for use as
a Masonic temple, waa announced re
cently.
JANUARY 10
Rapid progress is being made on
the Flr-Tex plant located a short dis
tance from the city limits of St. Hel
ens Contractors have 180 workmen
on the Job, and concrete foundations
for two of the main buildings are In.
The dock, which Is 800 feet long and
has a frontage of 200 feet on Scap-
poose buy, la about two-thlrd com
plete and will be finished this month.
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«'"» «tulet home wed-
ding at the residence of the groom's
The McKenzie hlghwny snow line
Mr and Mrs A. G. Oroshong.
Approximately 7.000.000 feet of tlm
has been brought down as far ns Vida ! 433 W,'M' Tenth street, Saturday
now, according to Haymond Walsh. ,,v,’“ l>ig. The ceremony was witnessed her products were shipped to foreign
resident engineer at Eugene, who J
onl>' » few close friends of the ports from Coos Bay during October,
•fated this m o n tln * that tho snow couple. The Rev. Duncan Cameron. ; according to the monthly report of
the customs office under Chester
Plows and equipment had been of Cottage Grove, performed the cere
brought down to W altervllle and were many, with Miss Alice Jacobs, n and ( lark. The export In ten months to
being kept there In the event of a Keith Fennel, both of Eugene, serv-! tals 89.881,063 feet valued at >1,786
heavy .now fall, whl. h might block lng b h bridesmaid and best man re (67.
the roadR there.
The Oregon Bee Keepers assocla
spectively.
Mr. Groshong graduated from the | tlon. In convention In Pendleton re
The highway Is not open to traffic
cently. named W. (1. Rodda, Hermit
beyond the ixwt Creek ranch. An I nlverslty of Oregon In 1828, and Is
ton bee man. as fiend of the organize
now
principal
of
the
W
alker
Union
attempt will he made to keep It open
Hon. J. Skovbo, also of Hermiston,
high school at Walker.
to that point during the winter, and
was elected Vice president and It. A
th e highw ay d e p a rtn ie n t'
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"»« d a u g h te r of Scullen of Corvallis, secretary treas
those would-be hardy Inllvldunls wh",
'"d
° ' '" rK'' 11 El11’ , <»f Yale
urer.
a ttem p t to drive th e ir ear
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8h ” r p ,',|v M h,-r nurse’s ’
The state highway commission has
the ranch. It was only with great
Pltal In Eugene, going from there to purchased the entire block In the
difficulty that three university men
Harvard Medical school at Boston as south part ot Redmond on the MrKsn
ware grought out with their automo-
a
graduate student, where ahe coni- j zle highway and near Tho DallesCal
bile after bolng snowed In for several
pleled a course In physiotherapy She J I torn la highway for the erection ot a
days.
assumed her present prtWtlon in the maintenance and machine shed. Work
There Is less snow on tho pass this office of Dr. W. C. Rebhan In April will start on the building within 3o
days
yenr than at the same time Inst year, of Inst year, soon after completing her
Plans for the expenditure of about
thinks Mr. Walsh. He was on the pass work In the east. She will centlnn.
on New Year's day and has been to serve ns nurse In Dr. Robhan'g I >250,000 by the Oregon Lumber com
Puny in Bates and Baker with a view
keeping In toucn with the snowfall office until sometime next summer.
Io Increasing the production of the
alnco that date.
Mr. anil Mrs. Groshong have et
two plants approximately 60 per cent
lahllshed their home at 1617 Fair
The W illamette valley has been
within
the next few months are an
mount boulevard. Eugene.
fortunate In hnvlng less »now fall here
nouneed by David Stoddard, general
than In most parts of the state. The
manager.
Sydney surprised his teacher
southern section near Grants Pass
Total resources of both state and
he was about to go home.
and between there nnd Redding In
national hanks operating In Oregon
What
have
I
learned
today,
California, seems to have been tho
at the close of business October 4
teacher,” he asked.
hardest hit.
I earlier: What a curious question. showed a decrease of >5.456.226 81,
when compared with those of tho cor’
Efforts were still being made th's Why do you ask?
Sydney; They'll want to know at responding period a year ago. accord
morning to get a relief party to the
ing to a statement prepared by the
three Grants Pas, men who are snow homo.
state superintendent of banks. There
bound at the Oregon eaves.
"Iso was a decrease of >2,896.618.26
Salesman:
These shirts simply
In bonds nnd securities and a decrease
r ?.?r„,.’î."5rT7 .Mo.,’ e™ .h.ou«e, «'tonr laugh at the Inundry, sir.
° f >6.898.933.67 In cash and due from
furnished or unfurnished. ' Phone
Customer; Yes, I know. I've had
banks.
14BM.
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some come back with their sides split.
which la unusual here.
From
TOWN AND VICINITY
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The tnoit srrious disaster in the its remarkable power of elasticity
history of submarine cables has in its capacity under emergency
proved to be the most effective dem
pressure. R. C. A. Communications,
onstration of the value of radio as with many new short wave stations
a means of international communica just recently completed, established
tion.
immediately new channels to Lon
On Monday the 18th of Novem don, Paris and Berlin, all operating
her an earthquake at sea off the
speeds ordinarily not required in
North Atlantic ( oast of the West normal times.
ern Hemisphere interrupted ten
“This interruption to cable service
of the twenty-one cables connecting proves
beyond question the absolute
North America with Europe.
As soon as the seriousness of the necessity for an extensive inter
national radio communications sys
cable interruption was discovered,
tem. Radio will provide our only
many targe cable users diverted
their messages to radio The traffic means of communication with other
diverted from the cables the day countries when the cables are inter
after the disaster broke all records rupted.”
The operating personnel of R. C.
of international radio cninmuniei
tlon, according to W . A W inter K. Communications was instantly
bottom. Vice President of R. C. A increased and the working hours of
the regular force were extended to
Communications, Inc.
As cable ships rushed to the scene meet the emergency. Notice of a
of the disaster, the pressure on the bonus of one week's salary payable
radio facilities increased daily. By on the 1st of December was posted
the end of the first week the Euro in the operating room at 66 Broad
pean radio circuits wrre handling Street, New York. This was author
a traffic volume almost 100 per cent ised by Major General James G.
greater than normal
Harbord, President of the Radio
"In thia emergency." Mr. Winter- Corporation of America, a. a To
bottom stated, "radio has had a ward for the efforts of the staff,
splendid opportunity to demonstrate which General Harbord described
not only its dependability as a sub as "befitting the beat traditions of
stitute for normal cable service, but the communications service.”
M IN IM U M READING
PAO « FTV»
For a short time only in order to reduc« o , . r
rem!rkta b lïb* fd r\ tCki:’g inventory-
will offer
dise
6
reductlons °» seasonable merchan-
tCo °b u X o o d T id' 8eaS° n ? is is a rea' opportunity
to Duy goods you need at a big saving.
REDUCTIONS TH R O U G H O U T T H E STORE
Here are a few of the Pre-Inventory Bargains
$25 5 to $30 Men’s all wool Overcoats
and
O v e rc o a t« a
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roivoats. special
$17 98
$35 to $45 Men's all wool Topcoats and
^Overcoats, special
$24.98
$S5 to $40 Men's all wool Suits
$24.98
$4.00 Men’s Single Pants
$2 93
$1.50 Polo Shirts
98c
$3.00 Wood mixed Shirts
$1.98
$5
S t 50
sn n en ® h»aVy nl1 w<xn B lazers $3.98
$
Hoys all wool B lazers
. $ ’ 98
25c Colored bordered H andkerchiefs
2 for 25c
$1.75 Ribbed Onion «nits
$1.29
$2.98
Ti’ r n 't ’i'00 ” ” W° o1 Un,on 8ults
$3-98
1 , 0 s l” 'et Blankets, single
95c
?2./5 Nashua double sheet Blanket $1-95
$.r.> genuine Nashua wool mixed full
size Blankets
™
1°
,Ladiea’ Coats, to close $14.98
$•55 to $40 Ladies’ Coats
$19 98
$ e h o lS *7' 96 I‘a<lle8’ Rai” C oats’ y ’»r
.
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25c and 30c fast colored P rin ts
45c fast colored P rin ts ... '
18-
29c
High grade Charmeuse Print, special 3Sc
9-4 Fam ous Ex. Cl. brand
JS
High grade Woolens for dresses and corns
p e r v a n ! ’ WCh
‘’ ° r ? 2'50 to * 6 00
onP ^ ' a d ’ y o u r c h o ic e
$129
30c
-5c
60c
25c
Outing Flannel, yard wide
¡8C
and 30c Cretonne
«¿Y
and 75c Cretonne
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Hope Muslin .
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B . o X s . rX
X
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«g 'gn } Y Onl m lx e d U n io n S »K »
$1.50 House Dresses ...............
5>5c
c
=
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and
U50 S,lk
!5
?n ? to $6.00 Ladles'
Umbrellas,
spec $1.95
$3 48
$3.60
Hats .....'
are, econ°mical and care to save
n high-grade merchandise, DON’T MISS
the Bonn Fide Bargains. Compare our
¡»there Tha tqi"al ny ° f rnerchand‘«p with
«mere. I hat is all we ask of you.
SALE STARTS FRIDAY THE 10th.
334 Main Street
Department
Julius Fulop, Prop.
Springfield, Oregon