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OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAI INTEREST
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
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Fishing operations in the lower Co-
lunibla river continue to show sniull
results while upriver conditions are
good, according to returns to Aotorid
cunnerj men.
The intangibles tax law enacted at
the 1929 legislature, with a fixed rate
of 5 per cent, has returned to the state
up to this time a total of »9O7.0S5 78.
according to a report prepared by the
state tax commission
According to C. W. Kimball of New
York city, president of the Kimball
Fruit company, who is visiting the
company's plant at Central Point, the
promises for the fruit Industry iu
Rogue River valley were never better
than this year.
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T H l’ItSPAY, MAY 22, 1930
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• * • « * * * * * * « » * * , , LANE BICYCLE RIDERS
Purchases Supplies
Mrs J |,
Register at Elite
Mi and Mis
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UPPER W ILLA M ETTE
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Itohert Rullina, of Long Reach, Call Fount Ian. of la*ahnrg. purchased
PLAN
RACES.
STUNTS.
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fonila. Jean Marfin, of Portland. supplies while Iu Ibis city un huttur
The Pleasuni HUI public school
FAIRGROUNDS JUNE 1 ; Jack Mluddurd, Il M. McDaniels, ilAy.
will hold its closing plculc Thursday
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» this ww*.
. i ui-, were iiem
Sunday, June I, will be a gala day
of
week. Slate va
exams
held
Principal Events of the Week
Wednesday and Thursday of Iasi tor •<*ne county bicycle riders when
Assembled for Information
week Mr. W P Sheridan, as prln
gather at the Lane county fair
dpal. and Mrs Jease Phelpa as the ««>»'«<<« In Eugene for the first hl-
of Our Readers.
teacher of the primary grades, have cyclepolo and field day to he attemp*
been elected again for next year
*’** *n ***** county.
The population at the state peniten
The Pleasant Hill l\lgh school
Tb» *••> wl11 b« chuck full of races
tiary at Salem has reached a new high
commencement will he held Friday.
*v”nta, which will make It very
Bark, with XX) prisoners on the regis
Juue IS.
, Interesting for both the riders and
ter.
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The Pleasant Hill athletic club ,h* "P«ctators. says Dlnty Moore, of
baseball team defeated the team *b” ‘' •°« r® Cycle and Toy store,
The first fire of the year In Crater
from Blodgett last Sunday on the
A
*ce cream cone will be given
national forest was started recently
Pleasant Hill grounds by a score of ,0
child who vntera the parade
by lightning striking a tree In the Ap
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13 to 2. A large crowd turned out to which officially opens the day’s ac
plegate district near Copper.
The annual Gilliam county fair will Witness the game.
tivities
al ------------
2 00 o'clock.
The
parade
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Organised labor of Eugene will spon be held in Condon September 11, 12
The
Hill
wlU **' *r«u**d «he • race » track,
lev Pleasant
I Itil- ^ u lll
g s l l l high
l l l f l l l school
B I 11 ( M l I base
llt ln l*
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t and
a ia n
sor a Fourth of July celebration in Eu and 13. or two weeks earlier in the
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a
ball team defeated the team from the •>r*1*>* will be offered for various
gene, and preliminary steps will be month than In previous years, in hopes
Eugene high school Monday afternoon
A ««Id watch will he given
taken at once, it Is announced.
of having better weather and also be
by a score of 2 to 1. The Pleasant ,or ,b” bMl ‘•«'«rated bicycle In the
Just
a
week
after
other
fain
In
the
The cherry crop in Lane county «rill
Hill team defeated the Elmira team b*r»de Amtfher prize will be given
neighboring counties.
be better than it was Indicated two
last week. Baseball schedule has for ,h*
humorous and comical
or three weeks ago, according to C.
Historical markers are to be placed been badly cut up on account of the n,“ k‘,u P
K. Stewart, county fruit Inspector.
on several landmarks in Lane county rain
| Yhe Hlellg theatre has offered to
Owing to lack of funds the city coun by the local chapter of the Daughters
The women's club of Pleasant Hill •*’ *
^r*e theatre tickets to the
cil of Roseburg has deterred the wid of the American Revolution in May will meet at the home of Mrs. Andy Br,< 100 *■•**•*•■• *ho enter the field
ening of the main streets. The esti and June. One of the markers will be Olson for an all day meeting on June on ®unday afternoon. Other prises
placed on tl,e homesite of Eugene A At the last meeting held at the w*** b** <•»•» to the oldest and to the
mate for Improving 1* blocks was ap-
Skinner, founder of Eugene.
yrozlmately |10,0C0.
home of Mrs. E. Y. Swift, the ladles X°un«®*t riders.
Purchase of 1' acres and large con decided to meet once a month dur-
Plenty of races are also being
Rocking of the road leading from the
Oregon coast hlghsray north of Flor crete buildings from the Cooe Bay tng the summer Instead of once each Planned to make the day Interesting
Lumber company by the Port Orford two weeks.
The races will Include a one-half
ence to the ocean beaches between the
Cedar Products company opens a new
month of the Siuslaw river and Heceta
The Pleasant HUI high school will m,,e ra‘ « for children 12 years and
Industry at Marshfield which will be hold an Ice cream aoclal and pro- under; one-half mile free for all on
bead has been started.
used to save waste from the manufac gram at the gymnasium Friday of »t«ck bicycles; one-eighth inlle for
The town council of Lakeview has
ture of white cedar lumber.
'this week.
«Iris only; and a one-half inlle race
authorised the Immediate paving of
Lamb shipping is beginning in sev
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Kilpatrick. Mr. ,or b*’S(* A slow race, a relay race,
10 blocks in the business section. Rob
ert Gould, city engineer of Bend, has eral parts of Douglas county. Oue and Mrs. Will Sharp, Mr. P. N. Laird “nd * plunk race will furnish enter-
truckload hue been shipped out of and daughter, Loree, motored
to talnmeni for the afternoon.
been engaged to supervise the work.
Yoncalla and another from Myrtle Bend over the week end on a fishing
The first elimination race forTFio
K. A. Young, 55, driller for an oil
Cf eek. Shipments are earlier this sea trip. Miss Irma Laird returned with Amateur Bicycle League of America
Company in Coos county, was killed
son owing to the low market, which them.
will be held during the afternoon
When an automobile went over a grade
shows little prospect of improvement.
Roy Russell and son
re cutting This race Is open only to those who
Bear Remote on the Coos Bay-Rose
Wheat field« of Jefferson county piling on the ranch of K. P. Lattln.
want to compete in all of the races
burg highway. It is believed Young
have been greatly benefited by heavy
Several dogs have heeu poisoned to determine the county champion
tell asleep.
rains of the past week, according to in the Edenvale district lately, ship.
Plans and specifications for the
information from Madras, where .31 | Chicken stealing has been going on
The races are being sponsored by
Hendricks bridge-Doyle hill section of
of an inch of precipitation was meas in several places where dogs have the Hendershott Gun store, the llelllg
the McKenzie highway covering nine
ured. Spring wheat is in excellent ! been poisoned. Petty thieving I. be theatre, and the Moore Cycle and
miles have been received by the Lane
condition and good crops are expected. coming quite a common occurrence. Toy store, and all bicycle riders in I
county court from the state highway
A fierce electric storm passed over
The Hult mill at Lowell has been the county are invited to take part In
department
central Oregon recently and left three closed The Gulstina mill at Dexter the stunts and races.
The annual picnic at Pleasant HUI.
towns, Prineville, i'.edmond and Mad has been closed. The men working
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Which has been held since pioneer
ras, without power and light service at Pengra have had a 15 per cent MANY FORMER TEXANS
days, will be held this year June It.
I for many hours. The bolt which put cut in their wages with the possible
It has been announced. The Christian
MEET H ER £ LAST WEEK
the power line out of commission chance of a shut down ahead of
Endeavor society of that place will |
' struck a pole in Crooked river gorge. them.
have charge.
Maurice (Jim) Dllly while hauling' A larKe number «• former Texas
Arthur CaMes, garage man of near
The last of the salvage from the
« terta ln ed at a
Seaside, was confronted with a full- lumber from the Enterprise district re,W""'"
Admiral Benson, which was wrecked •
'""h '” nn,‘r “ ,he bom- *'»
grown cougar in his garden a few days ran Into a swarm of bees on the Ol-
Sear the mouth of the Columbia, has
'i‘,ora B ,rt»ch on •^»«••X
ago. Not relishing the prospects of .son Hill. The experience was quite
been brought to Astoria. It includes
rest-
becoming a meal, Cables shouted for novel and exciting, according to Mr. *“* Mr"' J H Wood' •
Winches, anchors, chains, port lights
denl of the lx « « Star state, donated
help. A cousin appeared with a gun Oilly.
And other heavy equipment.
Several residents of Pleasant Hill * lari’' <ake wl,h ,he word Te««» (
and fired three shots as the animal
George Lambrith of Alpine dropped
attended the oratorio in Eugene on and “ b<>n'‘ 9tar on ,he l° b •** colored
fled.
dead Sunday at a ball game in which
Friday night.
Icing. Members of the club who were |
The Mountain States Power company
be was playing. He had been batting,
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present were Mr and Mrs. M J Me
has commenced Installing the 29 new
When the umpire called him "out.“
Klin. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Edmlston.
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ornamental street lamps authorized by
As he turned to leave the plate be
Mrs Lizzie Gray. Mr. and Mrs. D.
the city council of Albany and will •
TH U R STO N
♦ A. Moody. Mr. and Mrs Evans, Mr.
pitched forward on bis face.
have the work done within a few ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
Rev. ant
and I
A 2-year-old horse fell into a 50-foot
Arnold Hays, of Seattle, who made and Mrs. Jesse » Soverns,
" W " . Hev.
weeks. When this series of lamps is
well on the Martin ranch on the Lex installed Albany will hare 81 orna a trip to Bend, stopped over last Mrs D E Baker' Grandma Green
ington market i^fad near Heppner. He
Thursday night with his uncle. A W Mrs Pearl Lyons. Mr. and Mrs
mental posts.
Cowart. Mrs. Edna Yarnall, Mrs.
was standing on the top of the well
Automobile registration time, and. Weaver, on his return to Seattle.
Morgatf, and daughter.
drinking from a watering trough when
Mrs. Hennlgan visited Mrs. Bert Clarence
incidentally, time for payment of the
Frances, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Caul-
the timbers gave way under him.
Weaver
last
Friday.
annual license fee, is again approach
The unusual sight of a rainbow at
The Ladies Aid will meet with thorn. Mrs. llva McClain, Mr and
ing. Reminders of this fact were be
Bight was seen by a number of Glen ing sent out to approximately 300,000 Mrs. Richard Hart on Thursday after Mrs. Edward Conyers, Mrs. J. R.
dale people recently at 10:15 when a Oregon motor vehicle owners by Sec noon and work for Mrs. Joe H irt. Woods and sons. Glen and A. R
complete rainbow arched the north retary of State Hal E. Hoss In the Several members met with Mrs. Ell' u Wood. Mr. and Mrs B. H. Parker,
western sky with a silvery full moon
Needham on Friday evening a:;d Mrs. Jewell Oelger. Mrs. Ernest
form of application blanks.
Black. Edna June Yarnall. Nathalie
in the opposite side of the heavens.
helped
shell filberts.
Through the efforts of A. C. Allen,
Edmlston, Theda
Rhodes.
Iona
Mrs.
Ira
Nice's
brooder
burned
on
A total of 11,842 loans, representing
resident state horticultural commis-
Rhodes,
Hazel
Russell,
I^one
Ed
an aggregate ot »28,328,525, were au siones, George I. Reeves, senior ety Sunday night, burning »0 thorough
thorized under the state veterans re mologist of the department of agri bred chickens of Ihe Keeney stock. monston, and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Bertsch.
lief act up to March 1 of this year, ac culture, arrived in Talent in Rogue
There will be a basket dinner
Plans were also discussed at the
cording to a r^oort from Frank Moore,
river valley to begin operations on the given at the church next Sunday as
meeting for the third annual picnic
secretary of the state bonus commie
a
farewell
to
Rev.
Martaln
and
his
control of the alfalfa weevil In Jack
to be held some time In June.
•ion.
son, Josephine and Klamath counties. assistant. Miss Smith, as that will be
■ their last Sunday. They plan to leave
Mr. and Mrs. R. Alexander, promin
Oiling operations on the Sherman
Four-H Buildings Good
for their homes In California next
ent Pendleton residents, were felici-
highway from Demoss springs to
Monday.
ted by friends there and by telegraph
Lane county has a set of Four H
Grass valley, designed to provide a
Mr. and Mrs. Bud McPherson and club buildings which surpass any In
and radio from distant points, the oc
non skid surface, has started, the state
casion being their 50th wedding anni highway office at The Dalles has an family, of Springfield, visited at John any other county in the eleven west
versary and the 80th birthday of Mr.
ern states In which Miss Madge
nounced. A similar surfacing will be Edmiston's last Sunday.
Alexander.
Mrs. Ira Gray and Mr. jtnd Mrs. Russe directs club work, she stated
applied on the Columbia highway from
A flaming meteor, said to have been
the Multnomah county line to The Koy Edmlston attended the reception last week after inspecting the build
the Texas ladies gave their husbands ings at the county fair grounds,
the size of an airplane, was reported
Dalles.
at Mrs. Ernest Bertsch's home in which belong to the club workers.
to have fallen near Conway, Or. T
Thomas Lilleho of Reedsport start
F. Mills, Pendleton angler, reported ed the work of changing the Roose Springfield last Friday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Endicott and
seeing the white-hot rock plainly. He
velt ferry routing across Coos bay and
Mrs. Joe Ifart and daughter motored
said it fell somewhere in the Blue
is Installing new slips on the south
to Bend last Sunday.
mountains.
and north sides. The routing will
move the north slip a quarter of a mile
THE MARKETS
Doctor's Nurse Leaves
westward and the crossing will be
i«:
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Portland
Mrs. Carroll O. Groshong concluded
shortened several hundred feet, giv
Wheat—Big Bend bluestem, >116%;
her work as office nurse for Dr. W.
ing ferry crossings 20 minutes instead
•oft white, western white, >1.03%;
C. Rebhan on Friday. Mrs. Groshong
of 30 as heretofore.
hard winter, northern spring, western
and her husband will leave next
red, >1.01%.
Jean Jones. 15, daughter of Frank week for Vale, Oregon, where they
Jones and granddaughter of Benjamin will visit with her parents. They will
Hay—Alfalfa, »20 per ton; valley
F. Jones, "father of the Roosevelt return to Lane county in September,
timothy, »20..SOtl 21; eastern Oregon
highway,” has been elected to repre and will make their home at Florence,
timothy, »23.50024; clover, »17; oat
sent Newport at the opening of the where Mr. Groshong will be principal j
hay, »17; oats and vetch, »17.50018.
Salmon River hfghway from Grand of thi high school. Miss Clara Jones
Butterfat—31035c.
Rohde to Otis, where the new highway Is taking the position In Dr. Rebhan s
Eggs—Ranch, 21©24c.
wIR connect with the Roosevelt high office.
Cattle—Steers, good, »11.25011.85.
way. The opening date has been sei
Hogg—Good to choice, »9.50011.
on July 19, at which time cities of
Lambs—Good to choice, »8.60010.
Eastern Star Has Dinner
Oregon will participate in a pageant.
Seattle
A 6:30 dinner was enjoyed by the
Wheat—Soft white, western white,
Within the next ten years the Wil i members of the Eastern Star on
hard winter, western red and northern
lamette valley will produce more than , Tuesday evening, preceding the re-
spring, »1.04; Big Bend bluestem
200,000 acres of flax annually, accord | gular business meeting. Only one
»1.15.
lng to the prediction made at Salen | more meeting of thte group will he
E ggs—Ranch, 25 029c.
by E. O. Robinson, president of th i held this summer, states Mrs. W
Butterfat—88c.
Pacific Coast Linen mills as Vancou Wright, worthy matron.
Cattle—Choice steers, »11011.60.
ver, Wash.
Hogs—Prime light, »1O.8O01L
The senate claims committee ha
Roads Gone Over
Lambs—Choice, »9010.
reported favorably on a hill to reim
The city atreet department has
S polians
burse Clatsop county for »100,000 that been taking advantage of the recent
Cattle—Steers, good, »10.26011.
wax spent by the county several yearn rains which have softened the gravel
Hogs—Good to choice, »10.36010.60
ago to purchp.se a site for tbe na«sl streets, and they have been blading
Lambs—Medium to good, »9.50010
bsge at Tongue Point, which never several of them down to fill up the
was completed.
chuck holes. Mill street was gone
over Its entire length on Tuesday.
Bill Thomas, Arthur Scott, and E
Vialta from Marcola
Mra, Idt
Beams, all of Giants P ush , and Wll
: liani Burke, of San Francisco, were Saunders, of Marcola. »poni Mnnday
in
[ registered at the Elite hotel the first afternoon Iransactlng business
part of the week
Ihls city
It All Comes
Back to You
T h e farm er’s incom e
goes back directly in
to the com m unity
In tlollum and cents,
the dairy Induatry In the
largest in the nation, ex
ceeding both the «tee,
industry and the auto
mobile ’ Induatry.
The
value of manufactured
productR based ■”’i milk
as a raw m aUJ<t ex
ceeds any one of the
great lndiiRtr(t*H by over
600 million dollare.
“ EAT MORE BUTTER FOR YOUR H EALTH
AND OREGON'S W EALTH"
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C A 5H&CA RRX
BREIER’S
REMOVAL SALE
Sell Everything—Move Nothing
Children’s Cotton Hone
Boys’ Suits
Ladles full-fashioned Silk Hose
Ladle«’ Dress Shoes In snappy lasts
Men's Dress Pants
Ijadies* Middle Blouses
Piece Goods, up to 10 yards
Men’s Fine Dress Suits, >25.00 values
lAidies' Pajamas
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Men's Dress Shirts. t»8e values
Men's Athletic Big Yank
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