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THURSDAY, FRB. IS. 1930
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Thousands of steelheads were able BICYCLE ENTHUSIASTS
memtieis who were unable to he pre»
HIGHWAY BODY ASKS FOR NEW GRANGE ORGANIZED
to ascend the Columbia and Willam
eut al (be Friday meeting II I« es
TO
GATHER
IN
EUGENE
BRIDGE REMOVAL BIDS
ette rivers during the freese up, and
BY FARMERS AT LOWELL period thul between 40 and 60 mem
commercial fishermen were unable to
TO ELECT OFFICERS
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hei a will Ji In the new organisation
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Bids for dismantling of the old
Farmers living In the Lowell dis
catch them. Thia fact, according to
Harry Veatch was elected worthy
The amateur Bicycle League of «I* 1 “««•»<« brW«* were called for at trie« mel laat Friday night and organ
State Game Warden Clifford, will in
master am* Joe Walker was selected
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of
America
will
hold
Ita
annual
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highway
sure
a
large
run
In
tour
yeans.
Principal Events of the Keek
lBed the Lowell Grange with a charter gr.rtge secretary.
A plan (or the organisation of the county meeting at the T. M C. A. (onm laslon held In Purtlar.d laat membership of 36.
Arthur Brown, |
Assembled for information
agricultural industry on a sound co In Kugeue on Monday eveulng. Febru week. They will be opened at a meet- state grange organiser had charge ot , Il C. M heeler of Pleasant lllll, m ss
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opt ratlve basis looting toward a fed
of Our Readers.
1er of the laine County grange was
eration of commodity agencies over
hall
Ihe principal speaker »I the organi
bicycle
racing
for
the
coming
season
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,nclu<’e
bo,h
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the eutire northwest la suggested by
He addressed those preaent
Feed and (rain dealer« from all the agricultural committee of the Every bicycle rider la urged to at mantling of the bridge here and the charter will h« held open until Wed sallen
nesday, February 19 to enable others on the subject, "Grange In laiglalit
pans of Oregon gathered at Salem re Roseburg chamber of commerce.
tend the meeting
A special effort reconstruction of the bridge . ve- the to join the organisation as charier
tlon.”
cently for their annual convention.
At the annual meeting of etockhold- will be made to get as many to Join’* * “ '”rk * *h* WllUn"*"* ri’ "
Drilling for oil haa atarted in Cooa er» of the Mount Angel Co-operative the League on Monday night as pos I on a county road one mile -n«t of
Creswell.
county near Coquille and le to be con- Cri-uiery. R. J. Rerning, Charles stble.
ttnued to a depth of <000 feet, if nec Bachsler and Joseph Hernt were re
Many races are being planned for
| | M | v ||| ,,e received for other road
essary.
elected directors. The past year waa the local riders during the summer work In the state, one part of whlrh
Fall-sown grain la in splendid con a profitable one. the Increase In busi and the committee directing these de will tnclud • grading of about r 4 miles
dition, It is evident, since the snow is ness oeing nearly »100.000 over the sires to have the contestants present of the 'l.aaevelt roast highway at the
almost gone, farmers of the Dayton year before.
for the meeting to discuss ways and J Qienadn-Douglae county Hue.
vicinity report.
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A farmer or producer who butchers means of handling the races.
The flrst of these races will be held
The 1930 budget adopted by the his own livestock and sella his meat
Corvallis chamber of commerce totals products from his own wagon on the on February 22. The riders will leave
*11.830. This figure is *830 more than streets of an adjoining town or city, ,b<? Cabin City auto park at Eugene
the 1929 budget, which was *11.000.
comes within the state law which reg at 8:00 a. m and will return to the
Increase in the price of milk la an ulates the sale of meat and poultry, same place after a one hour rest per
Bounced by the Medford Milk Distri according to an opinion prepared by iod In Corvallis, the other terminus
of the race.
bution association to 12 cents per the attorney-general.
Many valuable prises are being of
quart and 7 cents per pint for grade
Street lights have been turned on
■ilk.
at Florence after several months of fered for the race The flrst prtae
Edward F. Wells, West Woodburn blng a drak town. The recent cold will be a wrist watch manufactured
Yes, shoe week throughout
tanner, was Instantly killed when an snap prevented the power company by either the New Departure Mann
Oregon Electric work train struck his from fulfilling Its contract to have facturing company, or the Eclipse Ma
the Breier Chain
automobile on the West Woodburn them o h by January IS. The business chine company. Second prise wtll be
district Is lighted by 100-watt lamps. an Ele L*'ip contributed by the Delta
grossing.
Nearly hulf a hundred Breier store« will Join this shoe
I-amp company. The third prise Is
drive for this is to get more people acquainted with our
The Chinook winds which melted Extensions will be added as required.
Cupid's
superior shoe values.
There were <95 fires in Portland a pair of rims offered by the Lobdell
the snow at Astoria did work that
Most Effective
would have cost the city *<7,000, ac that caused a total loss of *911,813.45 company. The fourth is a pair of ped
We aim for a greater volume at low prices
cording to the estimate of the street last year. Fred W. Roberts, fire mar al» by the Person Majestic company
Valentine Is Flowers
shal, «aid in his annual report, and and the 5th is a number . pump do
superintendent.
nated by the Bridgeport Pump com
the
bureau
answered
a
total
ot
1547
Flowers
Ollie Jones and Clifford Stephenson.
pany.
Charged with larceny of a number of alarma, of which 1$52 had to do with
All those finishing the race In seven
Always Impart
horses from the range in Rye valley, brush fires, burning flues, grass tires
Womens Arch Supports
Womens Straps, Ties and
hours will be entitled to 50 cents
and
false
alarms
that
caused
uo
lose.
were found guilty by a jury in circuit
A Message of Love
worth
of
repairing
labor
at
the
Moore
Pumps, In black or brown.
in Black and Tan. Combi
January« export business from
court at Baker.
Cycle Shop In Eugene. A pair of
Military or High Heels
Prospects for the peach crop this Portland, which covered products that Fisk tires will be donated by the
nation last
When you "Say It With
year In Hood River valley are not ranged alphabetically from apples to
Moore Toy and Cycle shop to the per
flowers" you are saying it
good, according to S. C. Oxborrow, a wheat, rolled up a volume of 93,113
son making the beat time In the race
tons
having
a
valuation
ot
*4.321.468.
a way she will appreciate
west side grower. Many buds have
to
Corvallis.
The
second
prise
will
1
exceeding the showing in January last
most.
been killed by frost, he reports.
year when 85,276 tons were floated for be a pair of mud guards donated by
1 Lot Children Shoes, sizes
Registrations of out-of-state automo
Mens Work Shoes In
foreign destinations, the combined val the International Stamp Works.
Every
Woman
loves
biles at the Ashland chamber of com-
5 to 13
This
race
aa
well
as
several
others
ue of which was *3.320,922.
Flowers.
Iseather or Paracord soles
■ sree in January ran 104 ahead of the
which
will
follow
are
all
being
backed
Construction ot two uow w u g s to
game month last year, and were the
by the Amateur Bicycle League of
highest in seven years, except in 1938. the Oregon state penitentiary at a America. J. E (D intyl Moore la the,
cost ot approximately *170.000 waa
Boys High Top Boots
Logging led the 1929 accidental
urged by Henry Myers, superintend state representative for the group.
death roll in Lane county with ten
The best junior and senior rider In
real Bargain, sizes
eut, at a meeting of the state board
Mens Oxfords In black or
men killed, automobile fatalities to
Telephone 86 W
of control at Salem. Myers said that »he entire state will be given a free
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tan, welt soles
taled seven, the annual report of W.
trip
to
the
National
Bicycle
races
held
some immediate acliou was necessary
West End of Bridge
W Branstetter, county coroner, says.
to cope with the rapidly increasing In the East next fall.
C. A. Howard, state superintendent population at the institution.
• f schools, and E. A. Britton of Rose-
Services of two crop specialists rep WATER BOARD TO GRANT
hnrg, Coos-Douglas scout executive,
resenting the federal government ex
NO LAKE CONCESSIONS
were the principal speakers at the
tension service in Marion county, with
•pring teachers’ Institute at Bandon
out cost to the taxpayers, may be ob
Th- re will be no concession» grant
recently.
tained in the near future, according to e,1 by the Eugene Water Board to In
Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pio a plan outlined at Salem recently by
divlduci- who may desire to establish
neers will celebrate Oregon's 71st Walter T. Stolz. The department ot
eatlrg house» and other roadside at-
birthday anniversary February 14, agriculture will advance *65oO for this
tractions along the shores of the new
with a statehood banquet and valen purpose, provided *3000 la raised lo
la«e which haa been formed at Lea-
tine dance at the Multnomah hotel in cally.
b-irg by the construction of the new
Portland.
A diversion dam in the Malheur power dam.
Editors and publishers from all over
The Water Board contends that the
river above Harper, almost two miles
the state and points up and down the
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«nd rocky
i establishment
of such places along
of
tunnel
through
hills
Pacific coast arriyed in Eugene re
many miles of canal, is completed for ’he lake would do more damage to
cently for the aeasions of the 12th an
the
carrying of water to the 4000 acres •the natural scenery than the retell .,
_Bual press conference at the Univer
of land within the Harper and Little ' could offset.
sity of Oregon.
Authorisation for an appropriation Valley units of the Vale irrigation ' This decision by the Eugene organ
• f *50,000 for a statue of Theodore project. The tunnels that will carry isation will meet with hearty approve
Roosevelt on Battle rock. Port Orford the water of the project are lined with In Springfield where the Lions club
harbor, Oregon, waa proposed In a concrete and are large enough for a Is now engaged In a campaign t >
beautify the McKenzie highway from
JUU introduced in the United States truck to pass through.
A huge pine tree, which, according this city to Doyle hill.
senate recently.
A much discussed issue in Linn to a count of its growth rings, pushed
county, the employment of a county its way above the Deschutes soil in LEGION DOES NOT MEET:
agent, la to be referred to the voters 1280, was cut recently in the Fort
OFFICERS OUT OF CITY
Of the county at the May primary. The Rock country and hauled into Bend
The regular meeting of the Ameri
county court refused to provide for for milling. The big pine scaled 13,500
feet, not counting the wood in its can Legion which was to have been
an agent In the 1930 budget.
massive limbs. The 32-foot logs cut held at the Chamber of Commerce
Melting enows and additional rain
fail have improved mining conditions from the tree were so big that two room» last Friday night wa» called
throughout southern Oregon, and there tractors were required to haul them off at the la»t minute as most of the
are now a good many miners operating from the woods to the logging train. officer» were unable to be present. W
■mall placer mines In the hills that
George Horner and Jean Cox, two N. Dow wa» at Salem attending the
have not been operated since the be farmers of the Floras creek section, dental clinic, Mr. M. B. Huntly was
ginning of the war In 1914.
were attacked by a large female black called to Astoria and other» had other
More than 30,000 pounds of turkey bear while slashing brush on tbelr engagements for the evening
left Medford recently for Boston, ship property. One of the men threw his
ped by the farmers’ exchange coop axe at the bear which hit the mark, OFFICE WORKERS ATTEND
eratlve in the January pool.
This but only served to increase her an
MEETINGS ON TUESDAY
amount waa 8000 pounds in excess of ger. Horner took refuge behind a
the receipts anticipated by managers tree while Cox hastened to the house
Ml»» Maxine Snodgrass attended a
Of the exchange, they said.
for a gun. When the latter returned, meeting of accountants of the Moun
• shot from the rifle mortally wounded tain States Power company which was
'Wfc.
THE markets
the animal.
held at Albany on Tuesday afternoon.
Portland
A total of 189 persons were killed | In the evening she wa« Joined by
Wheat—Big Bend bluestem, *1.25;
■oft white and western white, *1.16; and 4711 persons were injured in 30,- Miss Lulu McPherson and the two
hard winter, northern spring and west 181 traffic accidents In Oregon during went to Dallas where they attended
the year 1929, according to the annual the ladles committee meeting of the
ern red, *1.13.
Hay—Alfalfa, *24024.50 per ton; report of T. A. Raffety, chief inspector , National Electrical Association.
valley timothy, »20.50021; eastern for the state motor vehicle depart-
Oregon timothy. »23 0 23 50; clover, ment, filed with the secretary of state ' Yarnell Man Here—W. H. 8mlth
»20; oat hay. »19; oats and retch, *20 recently. Approximately 13,890 of the of Yarnell made several purchases In
accidents were due to reckless drlv this city on Monday.
020.50.
Harmony in Typt and Dtaign
ing, while iu 1025 cases drivers were
Butterfat—32 0 3<c.
exceeding the speed limit. Failure to
Eggs—Ranch, 26030c.
Prevaila in all Our Printing
DON’T FO RG ET OUR
give proper signals resulted In 2475 1
CatGe—Steers, good, *11011.50.
accidents.
In
484
accident«
the
drlv
Hogs—Good to choice, *9.75011.
Lambs—Good to choice, *11.50012. ers were drunk. Of the total numbei
of persons killed, 39 were pedestrians.
Seattle
Salmon taken from both the Oregon
Wheat—Soft White, western white.
»1.18; hard winter, northern spring, Mn<1 tb* Washington banks of the Co-
, 1 16; western red, *1.14; bluestem, 1 lumbla river with net gear and trol
ling equipment last season amounted
*1.28.
to 26.078,391 pounds, valued at »5,905,
Egg»—Ranch, 23 0 28«.
024, according to estimates of Master
Butterfat—41a.
Slightly Used, Re
possessed and Shop
Cattle—Choice steers, *10.25 011.2*. Fish Warden Hoyt.
A Umatilla county farmers exchange
Hogs—Prime light, *10.96 011.10.
worn Ilo tp o in t and
was formed at Milton recently, with
Lambs—Choice, »11.50 012.
Westinghouse Elec
Claude Harris, president, A. R. Shum
Spokane
tric Ranges.
way, vice president, and Ralph A.
Cattle—Steers, good, *10.60011.
Also several Shop
Hogs—Good to choice, *10.85010.75. Trlbou, secretary-treasurer. The com
worn Washers and
Lambs—Medium to good, *10.760 pany will handle hay, farm supplies,
Ironers
grain, fruit and produce.
>1.10.
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