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PAGE NX T H U R S D A Y . J U N E 2H, 1»3Q Greatest Transcontinental Highway Being Constructed T W O S T O N E P IE R S N O W IT 'S S W E E T E R T H A N " S W E E T IE " ! 'M A N Y P E O P L E A T T E N D IN D IC A T E S P O T W H E R E OLD B R ID G E A N N U A L M A S O N IC P IC N IC STO OD One thousand people attended the The old Springfield bridge acroaa third annual lams county Masonic pic. but dusty and pavlns le belns carried T h e O ld £ p a m s h T r a il, F ro m St. the Willamette river, which until thia ale which was held al the Beavey Hop on reptdly. eventually to cover the en • prlns waa the only hlshway connect A ugustine to San Diego, Is Island on Sunday. Chenier M Law tire atreich From Kl Paso westward Ins . ... link . . . . between Ine , the two citlea or Ku rence, worshipful master of the Mr Nearly Finished * " * * *i*W M',,dCO Art* M,a ** ‘he «*«• aad Sprlnsfleld ,„ n e two s»ne. Two Kensle lodge, was the principal speak California Fine 1« T it mile«. of which i.rr* .ton« »U r. « v la » L ™ -K~a.e k .» t . 1 r f* •<<»• P««r» now Stand on oppo- By CALEB JOHNSON er. Short talks were also mads by about half I. paved, the rest «ravel bank, of the river as mule re- By the end of 1M1 tt will be poaai Mrs. Thomas Bailey of Junction City, over the d re e , and throuxh minder, of the progrea. and change ble for a motorist to start fro « Maine mother of Kdward F Bailey, now can be Rocky mountains By (he end ot which oonMruc and drive to San Antonio. Texas, with d id st, for governor on the Dsmocretlc I this year R I, expected that the last . rauch , „ (Wr and , , ron(rvr out ever sett in s off hard road. With ticket, and by Hugh Rossnn of Kugena stretch of tha 17S miles acruaa Callfor brldse to take Its place in another (wo or three years the mo- B1> l0 and Elbert Bede of Cottage Grove nta to the Pacific will have been There still remain, p |.„ ,v * toriet can continue hla Journey to Cal- Special musical numbers by a Ku dence of a brldse once spanning the tfornia, over hard roods all the way gene quartet led by William Kidwell This great highway. 2.741 miles river at that point as the steel beams With all of our progress In road were Interspersed through Ihr pro- * building, there is today not a single IO"*' ‘a .1th,‘ U , W t *,n* le ple' p of ar® W «* In groups on either side of gram route across the continent which does bl,ildln* which has ever been the river where they are awaiting Plenty of athletic contests and not involve driving over hundreds of I'on"t ruc‘ed alnc® th® da7a when the shipment to Portland for refahrlcatlon sport events were provided for people miles of roads which nobody could 1 **“ ” connected all of the outlying sod later assembling again to provide of all ages. classify as good and which most mo ^ro’ tnc” of Eur°P® with Imperial a bridge across the same river a few Nancy Carroll Stanley Smith m the ParHino.int l i r e torlsta, accustomed to the paved ’ r°* da’ ’ Ome ° f wW<‘h h,T** ni,,ea of ,h e p»clflc highway at M R . A N D M R S. JA CO BY highw ay, of both coast, and the day “ d are maIn ‘>•"•»*'1 at u p i* l,.h, I*.“rry Gn?en> Skaatii Dullagher. Lillian Roth Great Lakes region, would classify as ** <x’mmerce w hen It The actual dlsmanteling work was _^t_Dj^_CjJlonial theater Sunday. E N T E R T A IN N E W L Y W E D S positively bad But with the comple- ? ,,f? ! ^ ' ‘d ” Wl" h* T* C° at “pward of completed about a week ago and the tlop of the Old Spanish Trail w e shall * , Pmvided by the states, removing of the scaffolding w a s oom N A N C Y C A R R O L L IN Three couples which have been "Come Out oi the Kitchen." “Honey have a highway connecting the At- « * " “ *’ municipalities and by the pleted yesterday The scaffolding will " H O N E Y A T C O L O N IA L has all the original humor of this married during he month of June laatic and the Pacific oceans, a high 8 ,a '®® government. be moved to Creswell for use In the great American comedy plus the In were guests at a party given for them The Colonial theatre In Eugene an imitable songs of those celebrated Tuesday evening by Mr and Mrs. Q. As every other great road does, the assembling dr the bridge near that way paved or hard-surfaced through Of K Jacoby at their home at Swimmers ont Its entire length, and a trans Old Spanish Trail la opening up new city, and the steel work will be load- nounces the opening there Sunday. composers. Hartlng and Costow continental highway, moreover, which areas to settlem ents, to ‘ndustry and ed onto cars and shipped within the Monday and Tuesday of "Honey," a the five songs featured In the show, Delight. They are Mr. and Mrs. (hirl will be passable at all seasons of the to development. Until It was cut next few days, according to O. N big special feature starring Nancy there are two. "In My Little Hope Steen. Mr and Mrs Clive Stanley, I Chest and "Sing You Somera," which and Mr. and Mrs Harry Huffman of year, since It is located throughout through from Jacksonville west, five Pierce, contractor In charge of both Carroll. Kugene. Miss Carroll is remembered as the will doubtless lie the most popular. Its length far to the south of the years ago. few tourists to Florida ever bridge Jobs. More than two months were requir bright and particular luminary of enow belt, which makes the more saw the lovely rolling country of West Games, conversation, and dancing In support of Miss Carroll are Stan northerly passages impossible In win Florida, the hills and rivers and coast ed to tear down the old structure, the "Sweetie," a musical romance of col ley Smith, her lover In "Sweotle"; provided entertainment for (he eve line vistas that lie between Tallahas bolts and pins of which had become legiate capers. ter. Lillian Itoth. of "The l.ove Parade" ning Itefreabmenls were served at a city or of rensa Pensa to ru»«y rusty i that of th them were next It's no wonder that the United see and the beautiful cuy n a i many or "Honey" Is even sweeter than fame. Harry Green. "The Klbllser". late hour. States government is aiding liberally ,o ,a ’ ’rhlcb wi,h 1,9 magnificent bar- 1 o Impossible to remove "Sweetie " h | , ,h e kind of musical Sheets Gallagher, funny man of Just how long In the construction of this road which bor *1or and new rail connections n north- o rth . lo n e the th e new n e w bridge which production that gives Miss Carroll full "Pointed Heels," ZaSu Pills, the ever V isitor, In Portland— Mr. and Mrs will give the speediest possible route war<1 *" rapldly recapturing Its an dedicated by the late Governor play for her particular style of cud- tearful maid; Mini Green, b-yearsild j Clive Stanley mot-red to Portland to for the movement of motorised m ill-;cleDt lmPortan<'« as a seaport. And , Patterson last fall will be serviceable dlesome "It." girl woh made a hit In "The Marriage (spend the w eekend visiting with tary forces from one coast to the 4,1 ,lo n ” < *'9 route, the tide n0 a a one any degree of certain ---n.wrw.ssB nur growing ------------------- a a w e w 'snows a . i n n U to v lirRIPP OI CerT«in Based on the famous stage play, Playground." and others. friends In (hat city. ___ 01 motorists following the Old Spanish ( ‘F. Two sets of pleiS now stand along other. From Maine to Florida the Atlantic Trail la d,sco’rp''ing and spreading the , the river whore former bridges were .... VVAWa le els^. —« ak _____ as * ». • Coastal highway is now substantially news t0 ,he ” •* of the wor,d tha' ,n '------------------ completed, ei’her concrete, tar mac- ; ,hla ’outh and ’««thweest here are op- S P R IN G F IE L D IN V IT E D adam or hard sand-clay surface all the poruni,1®!' ard beauties which few JQ EUGENE FOURTH way. And when It gets to historic had eTer r®allaed existed. O F J U L Y C E L E B R A T IO N old St. Augustine. Florida, It strikes ' — ----------------------------- the beginning of the Old Spanish BIBLE SCHOOL PROGRAM The people of Springfield have re- Trail, connecting St. Augustine on ---------------- P L E A —— SES A U D IE N C E H E R E r®ilr®d ,n Invitation through Mayor W the east with San Diego on the wrest. 1 P- Tyson to attend the old fashioned The idea of a cross-continent high- A very enthusiastic audience greet- Fourth of July celebration to be way which would follow the trade ed the students of the Bible Rxpres. staged on the Lane County fair and military trails based by the early »Ion and Dramatic, school which end- ground July « and 5 under the spon Spanish settlers on the Gulf and in ed Its two weeks work last Thursday sorshlp of the Central Labor council, th s southwest was first given light evening with a program of Biblical of Eugene. Et a gathering at Mobile. Ala., in 1»15. i dramatisations and song pantomlra The Invitation, signed by Robert M We recommend B tltu tll upholstered Nobody knows who selected the pic- Ing at the Methodist church, Fischer Jr., chairman of the celebra fi.m iture to those who take pride in turesque and descriptive name, nor ( Each of the participants. 30 girls In tlon committee, reads: their household fumiahtng». /iiltutrll Just how the movement started. The number. were dre, w(, |n biblical cos- * 11" r-u x e n e c e n t r a l I-a bor Conn- "The Eugene Control Labor Coun first idea was to connect New O r-(tam es typical of the times they were cU would llk® to formally inrite the furniture Is soundly constructed, leans with Miami. Bnt the west heard representing. Many of those com P^oP*® of your city to attend the old beautifully designed and skillfully about it and eagerly Joined in the men'ed on the work which had been farbloned Fourth of July celebration covered In the choicest of long-wearing movemen’. set up a promotion heao- don«, at the school and stated that ,o bp ’ •»«ed on the Lane County fair- fabrics. R iltuvll come* to us and goes quarters In San Antonio, and pro- they thought the dramatisation of the <rnund« July 4 and 6. from Os to you with a guarantee from Jacted the original plan two thousand parable of the ten virgins was the It Is the first major event that or miles farther than Its original enthus- most in, p,r, ng part the entlre pr„. ganised labor has ever attempted to the makers which assures you o f life- lasm had dreamed of going. gram. sponsor In thia county, and we look king satisfaction You'll never regret T E R M S Y o u ’ll L ik » A n d n o w b Is nearing completion Mlg, Era Mllrphy who d|r, ctPd for it to be a big success. Free ad your choice of R illw tll furniture. starting from St. Augustine, where the school left Friday for Seattle mission to the fairgrounds, free park the Spaniards have left their inde- where she is conducting a similar ing of cars and free entertainment of •tru-ible record in the narrow street! course In one of the largest churches many sorta will be offered, and we Jacquard Covered Davenports a id pictureaqque old fort and other in that city. are sure you will enjoy It. bn I dings of this oldest of American ________ "Should Springfield or any 8prlng- Tapestry Davenports mursclpal ‘ier..tlie Old Spanish Trail F U S E L A G E O F G L ID E R fleld or* anl“ tlon car® to enter _ runs through Jacksonville Tallahas _ n ° at ln ,he m»ntmoth parade on the B R O K E N L A S T S U N D A Y morning of the Fourjh. we shall be see. Penxai-ola, Mobile, Bay Saint All Over Mohair Davenports Louis, New Orleans, l^ k e Charles, , on*y ,0° Kind to cooperate.’ ,h ? F „ ,e K ° WDed by ThP committee h a. ar- Beaumont. Houston. San Antonio. Fort Stockton, El Paso. Las Cruces, Doug the Eugene glider club was demolish- ranged for two days of horse racing ed Sunday when the glider was with fireworks displays .1 las. Tucson. Phoenix and so to Call-j — — ------- - wiui ureworks displays at night. fornia and San Diego. It crosses eight ' anappp froni 'he knoll at the Herb Owen. Eugene matchmaker, has states, three great bays and the great ' anK'4r a "d fp|l the ground. Carl announced two wrestling cards with est of North American rivers. It ! eneri,,>n was in the glider and he several outstanding wrestlers. crosses the Orest Divide at its lowest det,are<l afterwards that he seemed All Over Mohair Davenport and Lazy Back Chair Plenty of picnic grounds will be point, at Bisbee. Arisona, at an altl- I to haTe be*‘n "h®1 lnto a »«cuum, be available for those who wish to bring tude of (,.1)30 feet above sea-level and cause Just as soon as the momentum basket tonches The celebration Is to descends into the Imperial Valley caused by the shock cord had passed be modelled after the old-time cele threugh El Oen’ro, California, SI feet the glider settled directly down on brations of a few years ago. and ev- belcw the aea-tevcl. Yet there are no the ground breaking the fuselage In erythlng is being done to assure Its grades which cannot be driven In high the sudden descent. He was unln- success. JUr*d I ®T« n r Eugene organisation Is tak- gea- New parts for the gilder are being Ing a hand in helping line up the cele- Two-thlrds of the drainage water of cnurv Skates, nuKvs. crosses crussrs ( the me Old wiu mad® 'h l, week. They will be put brat Ion. The parade will feature the the United Fellows band, the Kugene high 8»a mish Troll, yet only taro ferries ' ,Bto P^c® by the members of the club e e n n , . one ,0,0 .o o « .. the >ho Missis and It Is expected that they will f!y school band and the Legion Drum and are n necessary, across Bngle corps as well a . a number of sippi river at New Orieanw the other again next Sunday. The accident last Sunday waa the brilliant floata. over Berwick Bay at Morgan City, _____ Laui^iana. All of the other water- first serious one to happen to the lo -1 caorses which the troll crosses have cal gilder, and It happened on (he first C A S C A D E F O R E S T S C H O O L flight of the day. ----------- been bridged. B E IN G -- H — E L D T H IS W E E K The Old Spanish Trail follows the line of the chain of missions and pre F A M IL Y M E M B E R S M E E T Sixty prospective forest servlvce sidios which the King of Spain or workers, all of whom will be employed H A L F W A Y FO R P IC N IC dered In 1772 to be constructed from In the Cascade national forest during the Golf of Mexico, to the Oulf of Cal The members of the Fraedrlck *be ^'re ,eaaon Ibis summer, began an lfornla. San Antonin was the meeting family enjoyed a novel gathering on lntena,ve four daF training period at plavc of all the trolls connecting the 8unday Hr. and Mrs. E. E E. lol,,porary headquarters near Skin Sunday when Mr. 8panl»h settlem ents with each other. 1,'raPfirlck and their son and daugh* ner's Butte on Tuesday. Among these And ln Saa Antonio, a few weeks ago, terlnJaw. Mr. and Mrs. A. T. Frae men are nine Instructors and seven the King of Spain, through the Span drlck. and their family, all motored visiting fire wardens, as well as Fos- ish ambassador to the Halted 8taten, south as far a« Canyonville where ter Steele, chief fire warden In the presented a royal decoration to Har- they met Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Frae Cascade forest, and who has charge of ral Ayers, tha managing director of drlck, jr., of Prospect. California, and the camp. the Old Spanish Trail Association. In »Pent the day along the creek The Tbfl gathering of slashings, setting recognition of his services In preserv sun was shining all day and It was "mal1 flrea and dem°n»'ratlons of -------- a s. w ear la g and perpetuating the old Spanish almost almoflt too »ay»« «• *<«.— i how to put them out and actual prac warm at times a_ to be - com-1 tradition fortable, said Mr. Fraedrlck upon re tlce In this work Is being followed Of the first 57# miles of the Trail, turning to Springfield. each day at the camp from S t Augustine to Bay 9t. Louis, Men from the Sluslaw forest who Each party drove more than 125 a ll but a tew miles has been paved’ miles to attend the half-way meeting. were In camp last week did not have and that part. In Misslaslpppl, is hard to se t fires to demonstrate how to pat saad and gravel. Thence across Lou THURMAN GAS 8TATI0N them ont for Just when they were isiana to Ul« Texas line, 382 miles, ready for these tests forest fires broke TO SELL NEW GASOLINE out In the national forest near Flor osaorete jm vem ent la being laid the satire distance, though tt will be the ence and the men went right to work. A new gasoline pump and storage cad of next year before this is com tank la being Installed at the Thur peted. The unpaved sections are good Delivers Memorial Address man service station this week. The jpavel reads. Charles Poole special deputy grand new equipment s ill be used In the «Me VYoai th s Texas-Louisiana line to of the Ollmore blue-green gasoline «neater of the I. O. O. F. at Bngnne a«a Antonio, 229 nllea, the Trail Is which win be on.eale In Springfield was the speaker and delivered the M per esnt pared. Thenos, 512 miles for the flrst time the latter part of eulogies at the annual memorial ser vice et the Odd Fellows temple In te ■ fta a ,- the grerel read (g I t i l l « ------ Eugene lest night. For Homes that want the BEST M O N T H E N D S P E C IA L WRIGHT & SONS /À X E FU RNITURE For Limited Time Only P A IN T kAct Now! Take Advan> tage of This Offer W ith Each Yearly Subscription to The Springfield New» we will gire SO Green Trading Stamp« i