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PA« R B G H T
PHR SPR1NOFMCLD N
THURSDAY, MARCH 27. 1930
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
DRAMA AND OPERA TO BE
SHOWN AT THEATRE
Principal Events of the Week
Assemb'ed for Information
of Our Readers.
Secretary H u rl.y baa approvad aa
a llc tm .o t of SM.OM for Yaqulna bay
and harbor, where dredging will ba
■adartakaa Im m adiat.ly to pro ride
•or aa aatraara ehaanel over the
acaaa bar 2 t real daap and also a
ahatrael I t feat daap from the aa
tra a ra to Yaqulna.
With Riu curious car at Daytona
POLICE CHIEF TO RIDE
IN MOTORCYCLE RACES
<<
The Red Shadow" Coming
To Local High School Stage
vaudeville, opera and radio, s ta rt of
all our wonderful tw entieth century
amusement media In the greatest cast
ever assembled In one motion pt< lu r -
lin e hy one they pass before you
with dance, song or comic skit In
M etro - Ooldwyn - M ayer's “ Hollywood
Itevue.'' Ih le gigantic fu ll length all
talking, singing and dancing feature
coming Bunday
T w enty new song hits and novelty
dances, abundant gags and laughs,
tuneful melodies and dialogue that
sparkles, to aay nothing of tbe largest
dancing chorus of beautiful girls that
aver daisied the bald headed row
The most virile, realistic story of
newspaper life ever seen on the talk
| lug screen—that In a nutshell. Is the
l*aths all dialogue picture production
Big News'* at the Bell theatre on
Friday and Saturday. Tbe story Is
dram atic situations are as engrossing
to finish has a th rill of Its own W ith
Its «nappy dialogue. "Big News" will
hold attention of every spectator as
by a magic apell. It la a tremendous
theme adm irably presented and Its
dram atcl situations are aa engrnaalag
aa they are reallath-
As a box office
A plot that Is real, vivid, human A
»»»e< of trauacandeat m erit
Big
N e w t” has no superior on the vocal melodrama of human relationships
T hai Is the big thing In "W om an
screen.
Ttefi" It tolls the story o f two bro
thers -on» who lovas the law and
Stars of stage and screen; stars of enforces It— the other a crook.
W R Davis was granted an in
definite leave of absence from bia
duties as chief of police of Spring-
field last night by the police com Students Writ« Mystery Play
m ittee of the city
council.
Davis
For Second Laughteresque
had asked for leave so that be might
Program Friday.
be perm uted to spend at least a
part of the summer riding in many
Afternoon and evening rehearsals
of the h ill climbs which are staged | are now being conducted fo r the play 1
Employment conditions la Lana annually for motorcycle experts.
“T h e Red Shadow * which the mem
connty are showing Improvement, ac
lh»vta plans to leave Springfield
cording to Frank L. Armitage. super next Tuesday morn ng and accomp bers of the Junior and sophomore
D o n 't F o rg e t the B ig
intendent of the United Statea em anied by his fam 'lv w ill drive to classes at the high school are to pre
sent
as
a
part
of
the
second
laughter-
ployment bureau at Eugene. Thera Fresno, where he will meet C. W.
la a fa ir demand for logging camp and Brown, now In Log Angeles, who la esque program o f the school year
aawciill workers, he aays. aod there to be his companion on his iong trip. The play w ill be presented st the
on Friday
la acme demand for building workers. They w ill both ride In a cHmb at high school auditorium
evening at 8:00 o'clock. An admission
DRING HELD
One man was overcome by smoke Fresno and w ill then go to Los A n
charge of tw enty-five cents w ill be
geles. where Brown w II enter a race
and cied shortly afterw ard and 25 per
made.
SODS escaped in their night clothing at the Ascot speedway.
T be motion picture to be shown aa
Leaving C alifo rn ia the tw o men.
In a tira which destroyed the Tourist
AT
a part of ihc same program is T he
ittom as I.ipton, wealthy Irish
hotel, garage and restaurant at Clats with th eir fam ilies. i Brown was re
College Coquette.” a six reel cotnedy.
tra
merchant,
who
has
spent
two
mil
kanie recently. Owners estimated the cently m arried t o an A ustralian g irlt
T h e Identity of the Red Shadow la
lio n dollars trying to win the world's
Wisconsin,
damage at $20,000. The tire originat w ill go to M ilw aukee.
greatest yachting trophy, the Ameri
being kept a secret. T he plot of the
where
they
w
ill
spend
some
tim
e
at
ed la the kitchen from an oil beater.
ca'* Cup. announces hr »rill try again
play centers around a man disguised
(F orm erly B row nsville W ollen Mill« Store)
the
H arley
Davidson
Motorcycle
Some dairymen la the Shedd vlcln
In red clothing and who falls In love
Corner 7th and Willamette
Eugene. Oregon
factory.
Ity are beginning to sell their poorer
w ith a girl that Is about to m a rry a RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Brown Is an expert rider, and has
cowu. fearing that the market for their
crook, whom the Red Shadow la
Just returned to the United States
WORKER COMING TUE.
beef may not he as good in the fall
searching for.
H e r fath er does not
from England and Austral.a. where
as at present. During the last few
know that the man he la encouraging
W a lte r D. How ell,
general
field
he has spent the past three years.
Months it has been bard for dairymen
his daughter to m arry Is a crook, and secretary of tbe Intern atio nal Coun
Darts has gained quite a reputation
to make a profit after paying feed
w ill not believe it when told of the cil of Religious Education w ill make
in this state for hill cllm b l'ng feats
bills aod help. Some have been com
situation by the Red Shadow.
T he a visit to Eugene on Tuesday evening.
and has also gained recognition from
p ile d to lower wages. Help la plen
program w ill be replete w ith ting in g A p ril 1. io confer with com m llieea of
the H a rle y Davidson company, who
tifu l thia spring.
and dancing numbers, also
liv e ly ‘ the Lane County Council. The meet
are e m p lo y in g the two men to enter
boys
and girls choruses.
ALL-TALKING
I ln8 will be held Io tbe Presbyterian
State nigoway eng.neera are pre the races with the r brand of mach
The program is being produced under church and all Interested people are Admieeion
35c and 10c
paring for chaugee in tbe Roosevelt ines
j the direction of M*ss Lucille Holm an
Invited to hear him
T he meeting
highway oa the Denmark-Port Orford
D a ris
has constructed
a
large
unit for a distance of some miles. A tra ile r and w ill mount three m otor and Miss W agner, faculty advisor for Will be especially interesting to 8un
THURSDAY. Last Chance
the two high school groups. Daisy day school
workers,
pastors, and
change of routing In Port Orford is to cycles upright on |t.
The
tra ile r
The Dazzling Follies Beauties in
Tom aeth la In charge of the produc other church workers.
Mr
How ell
be made to offer a better view of what
w ill be attached to D irts * car and
tion
of
tbe
play.
w ill stop only at two Oregon cities
Is ahead for a distance of six or seven pulled all over the A tlan tic states.
T he cast o f characters for the Red on his present tour and It Is there-1
blocks.
Near Denmark contractors
Shadow la as follows;
fore expected that many delegations
a « erecting gravel bunkers and as
Red Shadow __________________ _ _ __ ? from other counties w ill attend the
Just O tit o f j d
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
sembling machinery for widening tbe
Sheron. the g irl ...... .. Daisy Tom seth. , meeting
highway and surfacing.
F ath er
__ ______ _ Darm an Chase.
Mrs. F ra n k Page, of W a lte rrille , la .
Fertillxlng his field of potatoes re
V i l l t a n ________________ Jack H u lett.
With Carul Lombard and Robert Armstrong
Ihe secretary of the Lane County 1
sulted 1n a western Lane county farm
L a rry _________________ Paul Sm ith.
Council of Religious Education.
The story of life in the editorial rooms of a great modern
er realizing a reiurn of $231 40 from
T he members of the chorus are;
newspaper.
an investment of only $8 75, County
G eraldine W ilkinson. Doris Chase.
Agent O. S. Pletcher reported. As a
MANY
ATTEND
MEETING
OF
Comedy—
So This is Marriage
Angeline
Severson. Evelyn
Lloyd.
means of experimentation, the farmer
Emma T rln k a , Junta May. E lla Irvtn,
NEEDLECRAFT GROUP
left a small part of the field unferti
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Lela Squires, Irene Jitn er, and Janet
lised. The portion on which super
Mrs. W. H. Pollard and Mrs. Harry
« I
Boyd.
phosphate was used yieled an increase
The cast for the "W edding o f the M. S tew art entertained for the mem
of 9618 pounds of potatoes per sere,
bers of tbe Needlecraft club at the
Painted Doll" Is headed
by
Faye
The most glamorous presentation of 25 leading Hollywood stars
or 178 per cent more than the other
borne o f the form er last Thursday |
Parsons as the Painted Doll, and Janet
ever shown in one production.
plot.
afternoon. The afternoon waa spent 1
Pherson w ill be the bridegroom. M ary
Specialty Act
Spitalny’s Band
with
guessing
games,
sewing
and
Seaside, the terminus of the Old
Hadley. Red Riding Hood. Irene Man-
other entertainm ent.
T he prlxe In
Oregon tra il and the western end of
ley, Buater
Brown, and
B arbara
TUESDAY. WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
the guessing game was won by Mrs
the Lewis and Clark journey In 1905-5.
Adams. M am a Doll.
EVELYN BRENT in
W.
N
Gossler
A luncheon was nlao
w ill be the scene of a celebration
T he o ther dolls from the follies are served.
commemorating the start of the first
K ath ryn Jack.
Jean
Bcott,
Haxel
Guests a t the meeting were Mrs
wagon train across the continent along
Shelley,
Dorothy
Fisher,
Dorothy
John Ketels. Mrs. Alex McKensle >f A Btory of two brothers who had very different Ideas concerning
what later was to become the famous
Ra wllna and Iris Cooper. T be b rid e s -, Eugene, and M r . W A. Bingham a
the law.
Oregon trail, according*to plans made
PIRE MARSHALL URGES
m a id , are Enid T r a v l, and Betty coualn
M r„ D w
wl|OM Comedy______________________________________“Adam'« Eve”
by the Seaside chamber of commerce
Anderson Revel Humncr w ill take tbe ( home „
Mooa(.> w Canada
CLEAN UP AGITATION part
A "Covered Wagon Centennial," cele
MATINEE
of the m ln l.te r
I
T „ e mwnlM.r, p r w „ ,
brating the journey of the first wagon
EVERY
SATURDAY
and
SUNDAY AFTERNOON at 1:30
The
grass
Is
just
starting
to
grow
dames George Carson. W N. Gossler.
train In 1830. will be promoted for
Bargain
Prices
— 20c and 10c
nicely,
but
warnings
are
already
be
Larson
W
rig
h
t,
O.
H.
J
a
rre
tt,
E.
E
Seaside 'his summer.
ing sent out by Clare A. Lae. s ta t e !
START
ON
MARCH
31«t.
Ma'-
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8«”‘-
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n»w»on,
r
Six y cows in herds belonging to
fire marshall, ren rn -.in g the people
L. D rury, C arl Olson. D. W. Crites,
members of the Union County Cow
of Oregon of the losses sustained In
M onday. M arch 31 has been de- W H. Pollard. Clifford W llaoo. John
Testing
association
produced
40
Ibia »tat« every year due to the many slgnated aa the opening date o f the Henderer. W N. bong, Floyd Wester-
pounds of butterfat during February
grass fires.
rodent control
campaign
in
Lane fle.d, and H a rry M Btewart.
according to Hana Seifera, official
The usual wording "no damage" 1 county. A ll farm ers and land owners
T he next meeting w ill be held on
tester, who aays there has been heavy
which is w ritien a fte r the reports of ' * r* urged by O. 8 . Fletcher. Less A pril J. w ith Mrs. W a lte r Scott and
culling of Inferior cows. The teat In
The
grass fires in mo«t places is
not ' county a g ricultural agent, to start Mrs. C a rl Olson as hostesses.
cluded 578 cow«. Star, a grade Jersey
true, says M r. bee.
More than
300 th e ir poison campaigns now before place of m eeting has not been decided
from the herd of Ernest Kohler, had
fire supply of food becomes more plentl- as yet.
the best record, being credited with grass fires were reported by the
season
last f«L
80.1 pounds of butterfat and 1271 chiefg during the dry
Blaatiag of a atamp under ctty feed
er llaaa of the Parittc Power A Light
company liaee oa the heighta near
the Wllaoo reservoir blew out a pot
head laaaialor aod burned out a light
ning arrester at the power plant, laav
lag Hood River without electricity for
an hour aad 44 minutes recently.
NOTICE
SUIT SALE
Price of O ne
W ed., Thurs., Fri., and Sat.
INMAN S W OOLEN GOODS STORE
Bell Theatre
“T H E D A N C E O F L IF E ”
‘ hIG NEW S”
HOLLYW OOD R EVUE”
“ W OM AN T R A P ”
I
pounds of milk. This cow was high
last month with 84.3 pounds of butter
fat.
Governor Norblad raised the gate
of the V ile irrigation diversion dam
at an impressive dedication ceremony
a t H arp er recently, turning the water
Into the main canal for the first unit
of 4000 acres. Tbe Vale project Is the
first government project to have wa
te r in M alheur county, where the Im
mense Owyhee undertaking also is
under construction.
The dedication
was an epochal event and all the
county, as well as Ontario and Nyssa,
Joined w ith H arp er and Vale to Cele
brate.
RODENBOUGH’S GARAGE
NOW IN NEW HOME
Im p ro v e m e n t, which are now be-
ing made at the new home of the
Rodenbough garage, located at the
corner of F ifth and A streets w ill
m ake It one o f the finest garages in
th e e n tire county, says A rch ie Davis,
one of the proprietors.
, T h e gasoline pump has been Instal
led In fro n t o f the b uilding and con
«tructlon o f shelves and counters In
the o ffice, which was fo rm e rly the
ta le s room o f the Ford agency. Is now
under way. W han this Is completed
the garage w ill have a very spacious
room tot th e ir re ta il parts sales and
fo r thole rad io equipm ent, aa w ell as
a p riv a te office.
summer, and many others were not
M r. F letch er points out that the
reported.
84 grass and brush f res poisoned barley which has been pre-
spread to buildings nd
; ed .'am 1 pared by his office and which Is now
age of over $150,00
135
started In rubbish burned
to the value of $308,000.
t . ;;h on sale In nearly every com m unity In
property the county should be put out now
‘ while there Is a scarcity of grain for
MEETING IS POSTPONED
FOR FIVE HUNDRED CLUB
T he reg ular meeting of the Five
Hundred club, which waa to have
been held at the home o f Dr. and
Mrs. C arl H . Phetteplace, has been
postponed on account of the Illness
of Dr. Phetteplace. Mra. W . R. Daw
son and Mrs. Phetteplace were to
have been Joint hostesses.
Conservative estimates, states M r th* ground squirrels and gray dlg-
Lee, places the average cost of turn- W * - Scattering of the grain now
ing out to a grass or brush fire at w ill be much more effective than to
$25. If w ater la turned on or if pro wait a few weeka, he declared.
longed fighting Is necessary, then
the cost Jumps to from $50 to over
$100 per fire.
Another Item to be
considered is the value of the tim e
of the employer or the volunteer who
responds to the call.
A Clean-up and Keep Clean cam- ,
Special purchase of 35 Silk Dresses, all sizes, regular
palgn Is urged by the fire m arshall. '
values up to $18.50 to go on sale Saturday at
He suggests that all vacant lota be
1 group values to $10.75— While they last to be’sold
! cleaned and that such open spaces
and lots be planted with flowers and
’ shrubs
which
w ill
enhance
the
beauty of the town as well as remove
the fire
hazard.
He
recommends
that local civic clubs undertake to
Introducing our new Spring Millinery. 25 Hats to go
put ,,ver , uch a cIean.up an<| b„ a u tl.
on Sale Saturday at
fylng campaign
Values up to $0.50
______
DRESS SALE
It’s almost play to keep lawiiB in condition with these
lawn mowers—they run so easily. Finest quality obtain
able, guaranteed to give satisfaction and exceptional service
Priced according to size and quality.
i, $8.90» $10.259
$11.504 $14.00y $ 1 6 .0 0
$ 5 .9 8
a t.................
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$ 3 .9 5
Millinery
<t? Qfi
Birthday
Coats
Dinner Given
Mrs. Hugh Jollffe entertained at a
dinner party at her home Tuesday
evening In honor of her husband’s
birthday. A social time was enjoyed
by the guests a fte r dinner.
Daughter Born— M r. and M rs. N.
Lan der are the parents of a baby
daughter born to them at th e ir home
a t D exter on Tuesday, March 25, l»30
Complete line of Coats In all sizes and colors. 15 Coats
—Saturday Special at
$ 1 2 .9 8
ValueB to $21.75. Tweeds, Dress Coats, etc.
8th Avenue Hat and Dress Shop
42 8th Avenue West
Eugene, Oregon
We give S. & H. Green Stamps
® A ltW ir
RAKES -.............70c» Sly $ 1 .3 5
H0BS ...................... 7OCy Sly $ 1 .1 5
8HOVBL8 ........... $ ly $1.45y $ 1 .6 5
GARDEN CULTIVATORS .......... $ 4 .5 0 UP
Wright & Sons
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