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« s PAGE MIX THX SPR1NQFULJ3 NNW8 THURSDAY, MARCH 20. 1930 MRS. A. B. VAN VAL2AH appointed to direct better homes work m arried ,l‘“fwr’' to L ak e <'«‘« *g -d to he MadJUun, la with nim whea he encounters Gunner L « k . Maddison— Luke M add Mon. L . tek„ tor gp^ h Looks almost aa though you'd been "Yes— but It Isn't worth at scribblin' absent mladodly " The de H e « . heav.lv .I tectire's shrewd eyes were on the .n t Z Z w ‘“ " “ ''ed. you know young banker. ' But at the asms w»MdJd " " ‘ P° " Cy " MUCH INTEREST GIVEN IN ALLEN ORGAN CONCERT 'lu a ic lo v n r . are vary much Inter- M rs Bernice Van Valwth has been esled In ths forthcom ing sppearencs appointed to head the B elter Homes «. W a r n nD. Allen, distinguished or com m ittee work In Springfield bv James Ford, executive director of the ganlst. Is a concert a t the Music audi national organisation known aa torium ln R urene on the evening of A pril I. His concert Is being spon B e lte r Homes ln America. ahrnad studying piano composition under Rudolph duns and Von F allita H e has been a faculty member of the College of the IM rlflo for several years and Is now on ths faculty at Stanford university. Gueats Invited far Dinner Mr. and Mrs W P. Tyson, and A county meeting of all chairmen sored by the members of I ’hl lleia, daughters. M uriel and W ln irrld . and was held ln Bugene last week and national professional women's fra t M r and Mrs. Charlee H lvett, of L in coln. Nebraska, house gueats at (he others w ill be held In the near ern ity of music and drama. ¿ 2 ,h z r * br~ th • - < h- Tyson home, wera dinner guesle ot future to outline plans for the carry- M r. . Allan recognised aa ns one of , — ........... .. * «i» j — - .- a , . Is . iT-vu«ni«HG P*"^- stricken. I« .h T a '" “ ‘" ’ ’ • “ • 'H «‘•m p a lg ii «he leading organists In the United Mrs M ary A. McPherson and lailu McPherson at the home of the fo r In this and In o ther cities of Lane Stalen. II« has spent two seasons m er laet Sunday. County. advice. M orell tells Maddison la te r r * a‘ erd>7 »fternoon. but they were fairs He “ " reticent—a n 1 « , erred me t o Z n . ’’^ ’*** « *****“* The purpose o f the organisation le no- z ^ j d ^ ior th m ,- to point out to the Am erican public the many ways In which their homes Now go on w ith the story. may be Improved, both Inside and M a check the other day fo r eighteen t ÏZ X "My name was forged to It. I did out for very U tile money, and to .h o w thousand. how these improvements do actually not give a check to Rex for that sum. TO BE C O N TIN U ED ' «* 1 t»»e him my check for that __________ 1 have been making inquiries. I find help the living conditions of many th a t he was heavily involved In a | fam ilies without additional expense SERVICE STATiON TEAM derelict West African gold m ining President H erb ert Hoover was for- WINS BOWLING FROM “Did you now? Maybe you'd like I syndicate, lost on the shares of which GROTTt> Pr* ,l d *'ni of the organisation. to show me the counterfoil o f that WENDLING you bought for a song less thkn a year but resigned upon becoming elected I check*" ago. H e has beea buying these shares T he Casey's Service Station bowl- ‘ ® ° ff1ce * nd *’ n,,w ,h * honorary Ror a second Luke was taken on m argin and they have been drop g club club became Ing became victors victors In In a three ‘'h* ,rm * n o f ,h *> hoard of d ire c to r. aback. ping ln value. On the day he paid game bowling series Tueeday evening It 1« the purposv - _ Of . the leaders In “I f there were any reason fo r doing yon eighteen thousand five hundred when they plied up a lead of IS« pins this movement to appoint a chairman •o . I could, but I see no reason." pounds there came another demand over th e ir opponents, the W endltng In each district and let her appoint Mr. Bird was not abashed: for a larg er amount. he j team on the W ednllng alleys. a group of assistants who w ill en- leaned his huge arms on the table, lawn mown« l° k<M'P laW*“ *“ Con«,lllo»< with thOM D anty's heart sank though he gave Tw o previous matches were rolled, ueavor to carry out some project to lawn mowers they run so easily. Finest quality obtain no visible evidence of his pertuba- and when he spoke his voice was one on the Springfield alleys and the Improve living conditions |„ „ c h serious. able . guaranteed to give satisfaction and exceptional service tlon. This mao knew more than he community. other on the alleys at W endltng ''I'v e no rig ht to ask— I'm not the had droamed could be known. Here T he bowlers and th e ir scores for Much work has been dons 'h'v Priced according to size and quality. was a crisis in Morell's affa irs which sort of man who would attem p t to the series were as follows: B etter Homes organisation In other m ight easily lead his to ruin and un pull a b lu ff on a gentlem an like you. Casey's Service S u tto n : Parts of the United States. This Is I'll put m y c a rd , on the table T h a t do a ll those fin e schemes of his. Game 1st 2nd 3rd T o t i especially true In Santa Barbara T i o l e t know exactly w hat you check was met In notes and I want Endicott ------------- 174 1 (( ISO 520 county. C alifornia, where several mo to know where those notes went. Lepley are suggesting." he said. "M y Inter 1«« 177 144 487 del homes were built and furnished I T hera s a bird In London I w ant to Bryan est in the company Is a very slight 15» ISO 175 624 at a very modest cost, and In the { one. and I was h orrified when I catch. I'v e got one of the best cages Black 148 125 161 424 south much educational work among learend th a t Rex had been gambling fo r him that ever was built, and while Carson 1(S 118 17» 4»1 the negro people haa resulted In tn the share«. I give you the fullest It's em pty so Is my heart. I f that • greatly Im proving housing conditions check was a forgery It m ig ht get the Totals permission to make any Investigation 823 784 82» 244« W eodllng team you wish." | deceased a bad name, but It would CIVIC CLUB TO TALK m ake It very easy for me to pull in Game . . . llw, Luke opened the draw er e f his deek 3rd T o t'l GARDENS ON TUESDAY a certain man for u tterin g." B o w er. «... and took out a check. From where he 17» 445 “TO tell you tbe tru th . M r. Maddl-1 W a rfe l .................. i 61 l u •a t D aaty thought the signature was 132 394 • T he annus, garden m eeting of the a tolerably good forgery H e had son; I w ant th a t man's fing er prints H a l l ________ __ lg4 1M 140 478 C ivic club w ill be held next Tuesday thought so when Rex had brought the so much th a t I wonder I don't knock Cook ___ . ______ lgg 1#J 182 484 evening at the home o f M r». A. B. Van down tn the street and take em. W aterhouse check to him It is the simplest thing him . . . --------- -------- 18» 185 145 47» Valxab. with a special program o n l| In the world to forge a name, and so i L u k e s eyes were averted; he gave B etter Homes and Gardens, planned no sign until the detective had T o t a l s __ fa r as he bad been able to judge there — 791 714 755 2280 for the evening. finished. w ere no flaw s in Rex Leferre's essay Clayton K irklan d w ill d eliver an “I'm sorry I can't help you. T h a t In that dangerous game. address on H arm ony Colors and MRS. POLLARD HOSTESS check was drawn by me and signed "You realise w hat la wrong with by me." TO MISSIONARY SOCIETY Flow er Groupings, etc., and each mem ber Is asked to bring a plant or GARDEN CULTIVATORS ........... this check." asked Luke “You're too kind to the crim inal Members of the United M issionary some seeds -------- ~ to exchange w ith the T he o ther shook his head. classes. M r. Maddison. No wonder Society were entertained at the home I Other lnetnb« « - "A re you suggeatlng th a t I knew G unner Haynes thinks you're a good ot Mrs. N. L. Pollard on _____ F rid a y ! Mrs K ' ’ ’“ S * w111 he assistant the check was forged?” fe lle r—six months he got yesterday ho has h° * ,CM w lth M r’ Van V a lia h a t ths Before he could reply there was a for being a suspected person. W hat evening. Mrs. E lm er Boyer, who tap a t the door and Luke looked up a m an! When I tried to pump him recently returned from the mission m eeting on Tuesday. fields of A frica, waa the principal angrily. about your friend he w ouldn't let on speaker. Mrs. Bailey, Hugene. pre? ■'Come in.” he said. th a t he knew his even." sldent o f thte Women's M issionary I t wa« the m.mager. i "M o rell ?" Luke was thrown o ff h it •o clety of the Christian church, was “I am sorry to interrup t you. M r. guard, as he saw by the Sparrow's •Iso a guest o f the meeting. Mrs. Maddison. but w ill you aee M r. Bird grin. N ettleton, led the devotional« fo r the of Scotland Yard?", “T hat's the name. W hat's the use meeting. In spite of his self possession Dsnty of ta lk in g a t cross purposes? He's Those present were Mrs. E. E. h alf rose from his seat. T he Sparrow the— " Pyne, Mrs. Jordan, her mother. Mrs. wag' the labt man in the world he " I know nothing about M orell." E. E. M orrison. M rs. F. A. T aylo r. wanted to meet that morning. Luke waa emphatic. “H e Was a friend Mrs. C liff Abrams, Mrs. Alvin Sever- L uke thought for a moment. of M r. Leferre's. I'd ra th e r not dis I son, Mrs. Lynn Lansbery and the "Just a moment." cuss him ." guests and hostess. H e rose and opened the door lead T h e Sparrow sighed again, gather- ing to the corridor. "I shall want to see you again about tunate Rex had practised the name of j - ____________ this check. M orel! " he said. Maddison, and stuffed them back In : FARM CFNQIIC -ra v e r.» "W hy not now?" his pocket book CENSUS TAKERS It was a challenge, bnt L ake Mau- "Nobody helps the police. A ll are WILL BE NAMED SOON dison could sense its Insincerity. again« the natural guardians of the ! v i,„ M r. Bird has come to see me on children o f the poor. I l l be getting takers w « T l 2 ^ Z i quite another m atter," he said. "In along." axere w ill be made soon .according due course we w ill Interview him to H e offered a lim p hand and went 1 K oke' dI#‘ r,c « supervisor heavily o f , he room t he ^ Ortjr fonr «"um erators w ill be gether." Haynea, aa Am erican crook, in a London hotel lobby, Danton M orell a friend Of M argaret's brother. Rex Is watching them, and wonders If ____________________ _ ,,’k ; x d,,« , k ,,n^ x , n ; . o ’s'iu;.’ 1 Gunner recognises him a fte _ r seven years. T h a i night Rex is found dead and by h l, aide a note addressed to . I f you'll excuse the liberty I cal Zd % ¡ w a s 88.25, 58.90, 510.25. 511.50, 514.00, 516.00 G arden ’ ----- ---70c, 51, 51.35 ..... ........ 70c, 51, 51.15 aHlnELS......... »1. 51.45, 51.65 j 4 5 q l J p Wright & Sons / Reniarkable Values in N ew Sp H e closed the door on bla visitor had hardly closed upon him before the other doer Mr. Bird came heavily flre t tim e «Ince the tragedy h e h e a r d n”er0 " T " d faT° red ° f th * woman h« K. "C n ,t,’” r * “ W ' " yOU me ‘ « “ orrow. Luke?" Ha-rin a visitor. M r. Maddison? 1 H e r voice was very low * ” nPbod’r '» ' ‘'Now. If I m a y - darling, let ■» I was w aiting In the s tr e e t . come to you now I" OUIt" ,de ” I But her level voice denied him L n k . nodded cu rtly I "T om orro w _ , f , h l„ Jh„ . | v ‘ M r. Danton Morell. Do you know business. h ,m r money?" Luke, id r " - n„ >n ' i ” e<1 f° r ' h' f>rm Just arrived. Our New Spring Dresses and Coats. In the Season’s Newest Modes and brightest and moat delicate fabrics. The dresses are remarkable In quality for they are of fine Silk Canton or Flat Crepe Prints, and their workmanship Is superb. In fact, you never dreamed of finding such beautifully smart frocks at such modest prices and «»»«»“ «•«'on Meyer, assistant supervisor. Is c r a Z n r T ^ " * ‘ PP° * ntn,ent’ *num - coZX , Jo" e«>hl0’ *«>d Jackson «»untie«. The m anufacturers and distribution census Is now being completed In all P,a,rt’ e°» LaD'’ C° U,Hy' exc*>btln« «he -m A • P ^ ‘<1 enum erator | * 75 to "ent 10 ta k * lhe censu» «here. Injures Hand W ith Axe M r. E. O. Stratton, employee o f the Booth K e lly m ill here. Injured his from distance. never find me bargin’ In on socletv. Invariab ly Incoherent, for the same hand last Saturday when he struck I'v e had one dre«a «alt In seventeen the back of It w ith an axe. T h e In- reason that others are Incoherent in Jry was dressed a t a local doctor's years and w ear It twice a year— once the clrcum «tancea-*tlie thought too office. for the Police Dinner and once to give the moths a cold." "Do you know anything about h im ’ T he Sparrow's wide »mile grew wider. "Aa onPe’ rk°nZ " T ' ’ ', from . Z! ? ' T ” e '« " ^ ^ « e d n e s , Dresses Coats , he „uestion he L ° rd M a?or— th re » h m o ff his balance, and when I'm humble. You Luke Maddison was Hurried he was H is name and address—an' that's We are also announcing our First Showing of New Spring Millinery H a r r y L. C o rb ett A splendid line of New Spring Hats In all the season’s most wanted colors. Very graceful models In new designs and materials. Very reasonably priced. as much aa any policeman w a n t, to know about anybody. Bad business this young Leferre case, M r. Maddi son. You don’t want to appear ln It suppose?’’ L uke looked at him, startled. M r. Bird coughed. "W e ll, you do and you dont.,’ I happened to search the body and the I republican CANDIDATE F or $2.98 to $4.98 room. I found three loose checks on the N o rth te rn &. Southern Bank— th a t’s w here you keep your private •e c o u n t, a in ’t it? And this— ." Very leis u rely he took out a fa t and worn le a th e r case fro m his pocket, laid It fla t on the desk and rummaged In the inside. A fte r a w hile he found what he was looking for— tw o folded sheets o f paper, e v id e n tly torn from a school exercise book. H e smoothed these fla t and L a k e saw a succession of of signature«, one under the other, \ Suggestion» for Spring P rim a rlo « Maty I « Full Line of KISER AND HUMMING BIRD HOSIERY—ln latest shades KISER and McCREADY SILK RAYON UNDERWEAR Fulop’s Department Store ^d»„ Csrtm /sr Csewraer Com., f ío y j J. Cook, Fi,td Mg, 334 Main Street J. Fulop, Prop. 8pringflold, Oregon