PAGE TWO THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS 1 1- OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. ✓ SôMI OF 3 I UN' NoOf SOM I The Grants P m city council has agreed to purchase from a group of D ssie f, Col., capitalist« the water sys­ tem tor »65.000. E E. Wescott of the Dever neighbor­ hood hae brought into Albany for ex­ hibition vetch measuring 9 feet and 10 inches in length. Fire destroyed the Horton Lumber company plant near Junction City. Officials of the plant estimated the loss at more than »100.000. Six carloads of Douglas county cher­ ries will be shipped out this season as the first consignments of the new Hurst Root plant at Roseburg. The annual reunion and picnic for the former students of Mineral Springs oollege. once a nourishing institution at Sodaville, will be held July 27. The total value of gold, silver, cop- par and lead produced In Oregon in 1*29 was »486.000. the largest since 1*24. the bureau of mines announces. A total of 8837 persona. In 2582 automobiles, visited Crater lahe na- tlanal park over the July 4 week end. Superintendent Solinaky announr-^d >t Medford. In au etfurt to Improve the cherry , market, barreling of them, a new lu i duatry. has been started at Salem by Max Gehatr. prominent grower and leader in the movement to obtain a I tariff on cherriee. E re believed to have been started ' by brush burning operations, deetroy- eo several huudred cords of wood at the Frank Frankford wood yard at Klamath Falls, causing a loss of up wards of »16.000. ■ PRE-SCHOOL CLINIC HELD AT LOWELL LAST WEEK ■ i ! , A proposed ordinance limiting the number of pool halls in Salem to on. for each 4000 residents was voted down by the city council. The ordi nance was sponsored by a number oi pool room operators. Lakeview's first pavlug is assure, since approval of the engineer's plan by the city council was given recently The paving will be in the busluet, section of the Lake county seat an will cost about »35.000. Prune growers of the Wlllamett " valley met in Salem recently to dis suss the production of prunes as I. relates to the federal pure food laws The meeting was held under tbs d rection of government officials. H e le n Jensen, 15 years old. o f Sheep breeders of the Wlllamett, Council Bluffs. Iowa, who woo rhe valley attended the sheep picnic at th, »1,000 cash p ru e in the N ational Spelling Ber at Washington. Floyd Fox farm in tho Waldo hills re ceutly. Moro than 100 were prosen • • ♦ • ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ a « « from Multnomah, Yamhill, Clackamas Marion, Polk and Linn counties. • THURSTON With a premium list of »5000 foi The past few days several acci­ exhibits, the largest free entertain men* program ever offered and Indies dents have happened in our neigh lions of more exhibits than ever be borhood. William Henson fell from a lore, the annual Klamath Falls county cherry tree, striking across his trail er. which stood under the tree No fair prospects were never brighter. bones were broken but he has been The hatch cover door of the upper unable to work for several days deck of the ship Admiral Watson, -. , _ ... ... . Fred Gay fell, striking h’x head on which was wrecked off the Alaskan . . . , , to coast two years ago. was picked up a . hog trough, , mak'ng It necessary ’ in have several stitches taken to close on the beach at Heceta head by Free I., . " the wound. Weston. It bad floated 2000 miles. w „ -- Entertain at Dinner Sunday Mr and Mrs K II Masterson en tertalned a large number of friends Fifteen children of the lx,weII and relatives at an Informal dinner school district were examined last at their home ou Sunday Those at­ ' week In the first pre school clinic Io tending were Mr and Mrs Grau Mas- be held s i Lowell by Dr W K Greg teraon. of Paisley, Mr and Mrs J In, son. head of the Ia n s county health Baker, Mias Marie and Furl Baker, unit and Miss June Gavin, Ixins I Hi». Millie lllauiou, Mr and Mrs county health nurse. They were as ('beater Nye and iw e children. Mr aisled by several local women The and Mra. W ill HinI'h, and M r and work of the pre-school clinic consists , Mrs Marlon Smith and I wo children. of a physical examination io deter ° ’ Coburg mine If there are any defects which , ~ can he remedied before (he child lew s People V is ltln o M r and Mr» starts school, thus giving him an A rth u r Ix iu k , o f G re n v ille . Iowa, a n equal chance with others who are v is itin g ut lire home o f hi» brother Just starting. CERTIFICATION RULES FOR POTATOES RECEIVED t opics of the regulations which must be followed for (he certification of potatoes to be used for seed pur­ posed have been received by G 8. Fletcher. Lane County Agricultural agent, and those who intend Io have their crop of potatoes certified are urged to see the county agent this week. A fee of »3 per acre, with a minimum of »5. is charged for the In­ spection work. It Is necessary that the potatoes have been planted from certified seed In order Io have the new crop certified. THURSDAY, JULY 17. l»30 SOHOOL DISCONTINUED FOR LACK OF STUDENTS Hr'hool district No. 30. which p, i alata of the lerrllory surrounding Cruswlte on the Cascade line of ih > Southern Pacific, has been dlapontla ued for lack of population, according to an announcement made Tuesday by E J Moore» county school stipe- ilitendenl There were only three pupils In the dlslrlrl Iasi year ami x school was conditi ted In a hoi pgr taken off the wheels and set along the railroad track The only children using the school were those of the railroad employees The depot and the pout riffles c anti fa m ily . M r. anti M rs F red Louk. M r L o u k'a moi her w ill o n mpany Cruxetle were both rllsi on I In tied g them when th e y re tu rn io th e ir home short white ago SHEER DRESSES in Print* A ir y Licsnss P la ts Found c h iffo n , and g su rg rttn that flu tte rin g uae all *9.90 214.75 J. C. Penney Go. «»• D IV A IT M IM fsIT O B I Even Robinson Crusoe Advertised MR. Cl LOBS ERS / USE T MY DI 4 i U tim ch a rm in g little tricks o f fem ­ An automobile license plate num­ bered 75 506. encased on one of the inine faahiont Jj4c*, floun- The sweet pea and garden show, an S"‘"• a ,,lx 'lallon h‘,,rt ewa, bows, ru lftn , , , »„J annual community event In Rainier er’ "** !33i w**k ,h " Mt% some even h a w little jacket» for 15 yean , will not be held this year Kenxie highway cast of Springfield. , . .. .... .. to dotf while you w h irl because of an unfavorable season for and is now al the cltv hall where It . . e ia . jmej . . by . the OWner The flowers and gardens. through tKe dance. T he prints m . . . _ . . , . .. I are the tu r n e r o f su m m er co»- Clatsop county farmers are harvest­ bererl i5-606. encased In one of the . . . „ . persons to whom the plates have ing one of the largest hay crops in ora Sizes foe women, Mrs. Florence Price, while carrp been Issued have not yel been pub In the event that Roseburg is select­ recent years. Due to intermittent and fuiuura rains pasture throughout the county ed as the site for a national soldiers ing some canned fruit down some Rshed. by the Secretary of State, so home It will be up to the city to donate steps had her ankle turn, causing local officials have no means of de- is In good condition. Indian fishermen near The Dalles to the government 100 to 150 acres of her to fall and cutting her hand termlning the ownership except by report the beginning of the summer land. The bill pending in congress very bad on glass, also bruising her communication with the office at bod> Salem run of steelheads. Many fish are be­ does not provide money for a site. Mrs Baker was picking c h e r r i e s ------------------------------ ing caught with dip nets below Celilo The Coquille Lumber company has Cousin Oise—Herbert Moon was on the Columbia river. been organised at Coquille through from a ladder when It broke, causing Four hundred tons of sulphur, prop­ arrangements of D. D. Hall of Port­ her to fall and hurting her ankle, be called to Kelso, Washington. Sunday on account of the death of a cousin In erty of the Sitka Spruce Pulp t Paper land, ex-manager of the West Coast sides other bruises. The W alterville District Sunday ” >at c ,’r- company, was dropped Into the bay Lumber company, to take over the ------ near Empire when a dock on which plant of the old E. E. Johnson Lumber school conference was held at Wal company of that city. tervllle last Sunday afternoon. Mr Attends Convention — Sam Rich it was stored collapsed. Iff’ this city for Bend Saturday Carl Fallen. 18. was sent to jail for and Mrs. Ray Baugh and Mrs. John A total of 363.732.39 was spent In »42 Willaiuette Bt.. Eugene, Oregon where he Is attending the convention the fiscal year ending July 1. 1930, ten days when he pleaded guilty In Edmiston attended from here. tv,- > _. . . . ' °f ’he Veterans of Foreign Wars. oa road and trails construction In the the Justice court at Salem on a charge Several from Thurston attended , Cascade national forest, according to of driving an automoolle without cur­ the Hill's reunion last Sunday at rent license plates. Earl Griepentrog Jasper Among those attending were Fatty Thompson, supervisor. was fined »10 for driving hla car with­ Mr. sod Mrs. Ira Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Picking, packing and shipping of the out proper license plates Bert Mathews and family, Mrs. Union county cherry crop, which will A large plant will be built at Red­ Needham and son. Ray Mitchell. Mr. amount to several hundred tons, began recently at Cove and Union, the two mond to make lime rock into land and Mrs. John Price and family. Mr I plaster tor fertilizer. Ths machinery and Mrs. Walter Platt and family. eantera of the local cherry belt will be on the ground inside of <0 days Mds Jennie Edmiston, Fred Gray. ‘ The plant of the Mill Creek Lumber according to the promoters. The rock Mrs. Hubert Gray and Miss Veda ; oom pan y. operated 11 miles south of will be hauled from a mine In Jeffer Gray. George Thompson and Harry I The Dalles by O. A. Wallmark. has son county which was filed on 14 Baugh. bass destroyed by fire. Officials es­ years ago. Mrs. Jennie Edmiston. of Eugene, timated the loss to be about 315.906. Lane county will receive a refund on spent the week end in Thurston. Repairs have been completed at the part of the coat of the right of way Mra. Margaret Engles, who h had ' Gold Hill plant of the Beaver Portland for the Siuslaw highway, now under infection in her foot for several Cement company and the company's construction. Under the agreement, weeks, is much Improved and la able limestone quarry at Marble m n.nt.tn ths county was to provide the right to walk with the aid of one crutch and both are ready to of way. and the state highway com- now. misaloo and federal road bureau to Mias 8kow, county home demon­ A rock crusher has besa set up ou divide construction costs. strator. met with the ladies of thia th s A. Christensen farm four miles The Umatilla County Farm bureau community Tuesday and Wednesday east of Harrisburg for crushing rock has established the following wage afternoons at the home of Mr» to be used in surfacing the Blue •rale tor the coming harvest: Separ Hill, and gave them instructions on Btickey market road in that aeighbor- ator operators. »7 to »10. depending making lamp shades. on the machine; caterpillar men, sack Mr. and Mrs. John Endicott enjoy­ The rainfall of Astoria Is short ap­ sewer» and Jiggers, »4 to »5; header ed a vlait last Sunday with their proximately 20 inches since last Sep­ punchers. »3 to »4; the same to trick nephew and family from Harrisburg. tember Despite the fact that 1.74 drivers; team drivers, »4 to 35; cooks, Perry Price, who is working on the Inches fell in June the tou t was still »2 to »3; roustabouts, »3. road at the summit, spent the week •hy of the normal rain of 3.06 inches Whon he wag exiled on an inland, one of hla John Maddox, 63. Melrose farmer. end here at his home. for June. Mr and Mrs. William Rennie spent Is in a hospital at Roseburg suffering first acts was to advertise for help. Ills advertise­ Fire destroyed the Eugene Box com­ shot wounds because he was mistaken the past week l0 Salem visiting with pany plant at Eugene, causing damage for a whole flock of wild pigeons. Gus relatives. ment was not a newspaper ad but an outdoor estimated at 315,000. The spread of | Koken, neighboring farmer, employed Mias Cora Calvert, of Junction c ity form of publicity. He hung hla shirt on a pole at flames to adjoining lumber yards was Maddox to pick cherries. Koken, with spent the past week end with her prevented by firemen after an eight- a shotgun, was hunting wild pigeons aunt, Mrs, Ray Baugh the water’s edge and awaited results. Circulation hour tight. John Endicott and Oeorge Hart I destroying his fruit He saw tree was very poor, but he did not take hlB ad out be­ * Waller high school children of Chi­ branches moving and fired. have finished picking their cherries. cago. through an air mall letter which Each report an excellent crop. Like an oasis In the desert, Hepp cause results were not Immediate. He left the arrived in Salem recently, Invited Gov­ ner’a Mrs. Veda Wheeler, of M Eugene. I new « artesian which - uow ric -a m a well, w e ll, w h ic h will w ill I -------- ------------------- -- ernor Norblad to attend the national furnish tha municipal water eupply in "pent ,ast We',n *’",a y wl” > Mr ™nd ad IN for a long time and eventually It got re­ air races to be held there August 26 the future, has been attracting vial- f harlea Taylor. sults. A passing ship saw the ad and took Robin­ Mr. and Mrs. Larkin and family, of J to September 1. tors la large numbers. The well, Relfountain. spent last Sunday with | son Crusoe aboard ship back to civilization. The which is located at the forks of Wil­ B THE MARKETS low creek, 12 mllee southeast of Hepp­ Mr. and Mrs. Bert Weaver. Portland gular and consistent ad-merchant of today by re William Hayden, a traveling sales­ ner. was dedicated In connection with Wheat—Big Bend bluestem. »1.05H; man from Seattle, stopped over to! vertlslng can alBo get results, for he has the ad­ soft white, western white, 81Hc; hard tha Fourth of July celebration there. , Diamond Lake Lodge and resort are vlg,t hl" fr,'*n