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JAN 23. 1930.
TYPING CLASSES MAKE
INTERESTING COVERS
FOR TERM PROJECTS
TOWN AND VICINITY
Roma very Interesting and clever
specimens of tha kinds of work which
can be done with a typewriter ora
being handed la thia week by tha
students In Mra. Baher'a class la
typewriting at the high school. 8ba
assigned to each pupil as a part of
hla regular work, the problem of
making a cover design, using only the
characters and letters of tha mach
ine» for the work. The first one to
be turned In to the Instructor was a
study of natural landscape« with
trees, rail fences and all the other
things one usually finds on such a
picture.
Goshen Man Hara 8 E. Cola, of
From Vida -A. T. Donohue, of Vida,
Goshen, Visited In this city Tuesday. purchased supplies In thia city on
Wadnaaday.
Rowers Ratldent Hara—R F Milne
e l I owm . 1« visiting at the home of
Qoaa to Cottage Grove—William
Dr and Mr», C arl l*h*tt«plnco.
Itodenbough niada a hualneaa trip to ,
Cottage Orov» Tuaaday.
From L*rburg II Slavins. of Lea
burg, tr.i » mi clod business In thia city
Oonna Raaldent Hara — Charles
in Tuesday,
Stevens, of llonna, was a visitor In
Springfield yesterday.
Natron Raaldent Comaa- Mrs
II. O.
Fni'ih. or Natron, was a visitor here
H»a Pneumonia David Smith, of
Mabie, la reported to lw confined to
ou Tuesday,
bla bed with a severe attack of j
Haa Flo Itoy Russell, of Ixiwoll, pneumonia.
la confined to hla honm with an at
tach of the Influenza,
May Carrier III -Clyde Keever, the
n ail carrier on rural route 2 out of ;
From Culp Croak Mr and Mra. W. Eugene, la III at hla home. Mr. Kea
Patton, of Culp Crook, war» visitors ver gone through thia city every day
In tha city Tuaaday.
while on hla route.
University Student III- llobart WII- ;
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aon, aim of Mra Oortrudo Wllaon, la
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III at hla home here with Influenza.
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THURSTON
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RETIRING STAR OFFICER
PRESENTED WITH RITUAL
Mrs. Opal Roberts, retiring worthy
matron of the Eastern Star, was
presented with a ritual of the order
tn a beautiful ease Saturday after
noon at a gathering of the 1929 and
1930 officers, at the home of Mrs.
Jeanette Wright. The newly elected
worthy matron waa installed Tues
day.
Invited as meats of the officers
were Mr«. C. E Wheaton. Mrs R. B.
Oldham, and Mr». W K. Barnell.
Card» and sew'ng occu»4ed most of
the time during the afternoon. A
luncheon was served by Mrs. Wright.
Spend» Week end Mere Frank Par
Itay Mitchell motored to , Cottage
rish, of Ixtfnyette, spent the past j drove laat Thursday for hla grand
week end In thia city on hualneaa.
mother. Mra. Teatara. (the la quite f
III, threatening with pneumonia.
From Cedar Flat»- J. W Plummer,
C o t S a a u rl H ill o f Seattle, fa m o u s _______
Allen Varnell, amall aon of Wayne
--------- o f good roads, is behind dto
of Cedar Flats, was a visitor here on
p ro le « to bwitd the conm rtM g belt between B r i t i s h ___
------- which will malts a continuous motor
Yarnell, of Springfield, haa come to >
Saturday.
road from Memo to Ae Par North. The road wW pass
Peace P ortal which stands on the Intaraa*
make hla home with Mr. and Mra
t«a»al boundary line. The Roedeer meat industry la
being (oetared by tha Government which «Stag
■'»Btar Realdent Hara I’ T. Peder John Price.
areal herds which serve as food foe the
f Dexter, purchased feed In Mra. Storla, from Wyoming, la
>d Friday nt laat week.
visiting with her brother, Dan Hough
-
•an Hara—(Irani Roberta and other relative» here.
Jay Grant, atudent at O. 8. C. at Reindeer Meat One
as a Saturday caller
Product Bute» need» for paper making.
Alaska is the last great unexplored MRS. P. BRATTAIN WILL
Corvallla. »pent the weak end with
v,
Few realise how big Alaska la. You part of the United States. There are
ATTEND P. T .A . MEETS
hla parent» here.
Which Uncle Sam Hopes
could put Into It all of the Atlantic still more than a hundred million
—-Ml»» Frieda
Mra lluSert Oray, who trachea at
Mrs. Paul Brattain. president of the
coast states from Maine to Florida, acres which have never even been
To Make Popular
spent the
Notl, »pent the week-end at her home
Springfield P. T. A., will be an offi
add
Tennessee.
Alabama,
and
Missi
he city. hare.
seen from an airplane. Young men
By C A L E B JO H N S O N
sippi and still have room to spare. with the pioneer spirit which has cial delegate to the annual meeting
Mrs
fttrent-Teachers’
association,
Mlaa Veda Dray, who trachea at
Had your reindeer
steak yet?
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In all of this territory there only made this country what It Is are the of
B Os
fa Lorsne, »pant the week-end with her
The Introduction of reindeer meat about 55,000 inhabitants, of whom ones to whom Uncle Sam is looking which Is to be held in Portland on
■ Bprli.
Saturday of this week.
naranta, Mr. and Mra. Fred o ruy
a staple food product It the Oov half are Eskimos. Yet the climate of to open up this great Territory.
Problems which are bothering local
ernment'a
latest
method
of
getting
the
Alaska
is
milder
than
In
most
of
the
•r.
and
Mra.
Curtiz
Price,
from
From ►
organizations will be discussed, and
»failed the week-end at the real of the United Stated interested northern part» of the United States,
of the Pow
suggestions for improvement of the
In Alaska. In the larger cities rein the principal drawback being that it
John Price.
spent Mondsy
From Jasper—J. W. Wallace was work as a whole will be made by the
'Ivert, who was aerloualy deer »teaks, chops and roasts are be gets pretty warm in summer- In the calling on his friends in this city on
state president, Mrs. Brice, at the
$ Are D inner G uet.
1» gun exploded a few ing served In many hotels and rest Interi-r the thermometer sometimes Wednesday.
meeting.
i
nCckerson were guaau
aurant»,
and
Is
expected
that
In
lime
goes
to
60
below
In
winter
and
raises
’o leavp the hospital
■ I * end Mrs W (’ Rebu
•he home of hla a great mbat packing Industry will to 90 or more In July, but along the
I on Friday evening
develop In the northern Industry.
corrt, where the warm Japanese cur
rent tempera the climate. It seldom
Als»kn
Is
getting
closer
to
the”rm
T
t
Haa Operation—Hugh Jolt,
basketball teams
drops below xero and 80 above Is
ame at- Marcóla laat of the nation all the time. Now the
admitted to the Paclftc Christian
about the highest in mid-summer.
| pltal In Eugene, Frldav. where he u*
« on account of the United States and Canada are co
operating
In
the
construction
of
a
There are considerable areas ot
I derwent a major operation.
ney are to play Lorane
te.
Lorane next Friday night. great motor highway which, when good farming land, where wheat can
942 Willamette St., Eugene, Oregon.
Small Girl Ilf—Velma Peddlcord,
completed, will mnke it easy for auto- , he grown economically, but there are
the daughter of Mr and Mrs. A. (’.
mobile tourists to Visit Alaska a» It I r less than 600 farms in the whole terri
I Peddlcord, la III at to r home In this GOOD PLAYS SHOWING
now for them to drive to Florida. tory so far. The government esti
(city.
AT FOX THEATRES NOW The driving force behlna this latest mates that 60 million arret are adapt
1 project Is the Indefatigable Col. Sam able to farming. One drawback has
Her» Saturday—O, E Benson and
The success of Joan Crawford as uel Hill of Seattle, who more than been the lack of transportation factll-
I Walter Easton, both of Waltervtlle, a singer In "The Hollywood Revue
j were transacting business In Spring of 1929" led Metro-Gold wyn-Mayer anyone else ha» been reseponslble for tlea. The Alaska Railroad, owned by
the building of good roads In the the government, is extending its lines
| Held on Saturday.
Io Insert a couple of brand new vocal Northwest It will only take 750 and the proposed new highway will
O f W o o l M a c k in a w C lo th
numbers In Miss Crawford's new all- miles of new construction to com open up sections heretofore Inaccess
Tonsils Ramoved-—Herbert Taylor,
talking
vehicle
"Untamed,"
which
la
The ever popular lumber
plete the highway link between the ible. It will be many years, however,
| of Eugene, hod his tonsils removed at
jack that is so practical tor
the office of a local physician here on being shown this week at the Fox- j Mexican border up the Pacific Coast before the Interior of Alaska will be
McDonald.
outdoor wear. These are o f »
Friday.
through Canada to Fairbanks. Alaska very easy to get at, except as indus
The first of these Is "The Jungle and the new road will pass through tries develop and establish their own
all-wool mackinaw cloth with
Leaburg Ranchers Hare—Ram Ood- Song." composed by Nsclo Herb j the famous Peace Portal which stand» means of communication.
knitted bottoms and 2 pockets.
dard and Barney Oldfield, both of Brown and Arthur Freed who are re on the International boundary line
Open collar style. Fancy pat
The
reindeer
herds,
which
pasture
Ltaaburg, spent Friday In Springfield sponsible for "The Wedding of the
terns.
Although Alaska has been the 1 on the great rangea In the nerthwest
looking after business Interests.
Painted Doll" and "8lngln* In the property of the United States since It
ern
part
of
the
Territory,
have
de
Rain.” The second number. "That
Bern—Mr. and Mrs J. C. Sweeney I Wonderful Something Called L ot ».” was bought from Russia In 1866 for veloped frow a few which were
97.200.000, large parts of the territory
are the parents of a baby son. born
was written by Joe Goodwin and Lou are till unexplored. Nobody know» brought to Alaska years ago from
at the Pacific Christian hoapltal In Alter.
Lapland, to provide food for the
what riches may come out of thl» Eskimos. They now number more
Enge.ie on Friday of last week.
The story starts In the jungles of northern wilderness.
So for. pro than a million head, of which 700.000
California Man Here—W R. Boyd. 1 South America where Bingo Dowling ducts worth more than 200 times the
ore females, and are Increasing at the
4 of Redondo Beach, California. Is visit has grown up without a mother and original cost of the territory have
rate of 30.000 or more a year. It is
lin g hla slater, Mrs. Frank Blair, at wlth no curb on her Impulses.
been yielded, chiefly |n gold, »nlmon. the government's purpose to Induce
Ja<>k Conway, director of "Modern seal fur» anu lumber. There Is at
I Lowell.
capital to establish racking houses
Maidens." assembled a very compel-
least one good pll Held and a good for the slaughter and shipment of the
Return» to Vancouver—Hugh Kea- ) ent cast for this production.
grade of steam coal la found at seve reindeer meat, which can compete
ker, of Vancouver. Waehlngton. re
ral pointe. The United States navy Is with beef in quality and price, nnd to
turned home after »pending a few
In her first comedy role on the
making an serial survey of the whole establish colonies of forme: - to ’-ike
day» with relatives here.
screen, Dolores Costello Is reported
territory, photographing It from the up free land on which to grow grain
Son Born—Mr. and Mr». Sum Mont to have one of her blggeat auccessea. sky. This survey has already result to fatten the reindeer for market,
gomery are the parents of a baby »on The picture. "The Glad Rag Doll,” I ed In the discovery of a waterfall I Other Industries which are being
which was horn to them laat Thurs which come» to the Fox-McDonald ! capable of generating at least 20,000 tried out experimentally In Alaska
Theatre on Sunday for a three day»
day morning.
horsepower, and of forests which can
engagement, waa written by Harvey supply all the wood pulp the Un'ted are sheep g- xlng and fur farming,
the later with considerable success.
At Hoapltal—John Wearln, RD years Gates,
old, waa admitted to the Pacific
t
?brl»tlan hospital In Eugene Monday.
Columbia Pictures ha s taken the
J
He haa pneumonia.
New York Stoc k Exchange and
Cottage Grove People In—Mr. and dramatized It In a novel and roman-
Mrs. A. O. Wooley, of Cottage Orove, tlc’ manner under the title of “Wall
.¿transacted business In Springfield Street,” with Ralph Ince and Alleen
Pringle In the leading roles. It Is at
’yesterday.
the Fox McDonald now.
In Washington—W. G. Hughes, pre-
dent of the First National bank, Is SNOW FREEZES ON CURBS;
looking after business Interests In
BUSINESS MEN CRUMBLE
he state of Washington.
T h e re '» a w ay to a v o id c h illy dis
Vast Alaska Territory Being Opened
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J C PENNEY CO
Lumberjacks
$3.98
I
HEADY!
|
O sensational new
and Im proved no-w ringer
Considerable comment has been
Maroola Resident In—L. W. Boggs,
pf Marcóla, was a Springfield visitor heard on the streets this week over
|esterday. He reporta that the roads the action of the state hlghwny de
partment In shoving the loose snow
re very Icy,
of the first fall over from the center
Returns to Hom«—Miss Imogene of the street against the curb, wherc
(lltenhergor, a cousin of Mrs. C. H. It later thawed and froze Into Ice. .
rhotteplace. who has been visiting making parking difficult and drain
Itere for a few days, left Tuesday for ago nlmost Impossible.
|«r homo at Salem.
The hanks of snow against th e '
Week-end With Parent»—Mrs. Ver- curbs are a bit annoying to t h e !
Adams, teacher In the Monroe motorist, but then those who hnve to
Bhooln, spent the week-end here ns drive over In Eugene are wondering j
est of her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs, H. If they are nny better off there where i
Phetteplace.
the snow wn» shoved In the middle
of the street and left to freeze. Now j
I Former Resident Calls—W. M Hun thoy have a maze of deep ruts In the j
gr called on his friends In Spring ! frozen snow right on Willamette (
bid last Thursday. Mr. Hunter was street, and It Is next to Impossible
^turning from Calgary, Canada, to get out of them when once In.
here he had been visiting his dnugh-
Highway officials admit that they
Lols and Ixirraine. The Hunter are having trouble with the heavy
nlly formerly lived In Springfield, snow fall. It Is something new to
movod to Powers some time ago. them In the upper Willamette valley.
E A S Y washers
at LOWEST PRICES
over oefced for any no-w rlnger EASY
Take your choice of
1. Im p ro v e d suction
typ e washer
* . M arvelous oew
M o u n t a in S tates
P ow er C o m p a n y
m y
,
in a warm room
even] m m ninq „
com fort at the beginning o f thé dey.
Juzt let us install a Hum phrey Radi-
ant fire in your bedroom. Start it up
w h e n you cloze th e w in d o w . . .
Radiant&rez are healthful, too, fo r
every room in the house. They th ro w »
o ff that glow ing, penetrating "sun
light" heat which is nature's method
o f warm ing the human body. And
they burn gtz, which means flexiblg
and e c o n o m ic al h e a tin g servie».
W e w ill demonstrate, i f you wish.
HÛMPHREY
ftadiantfiip
Northwest Cities Gas Co.
Springfield, Oregon