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THURSTON
*
lA«t Friday evening A W. Waavar
and family entertained 31 for dinner.
Among the guests were Mr. and Mr»
Arthurs Boyers and family from Port­
land. Mr and Mrs. Rust and family
•from Eugene. Mr. and Mrs. Robison
and family from Eugene. Mr. and Urn.
D ive Weaver and son. Roy. from
Crockett, California and Mrs. Fred
Stone from San Francisco.
M r. anil Mrs. Dove Weaver ana
son Roy. and Mrs. Fred Stone left
Saturday morning for their homes In
California after spending ten days
with their parents. Mr and Mrs A
W Weaver.
Mrs. Hubbard bad the misfortune
to cut her fore finger off her left
hand last Saturday night while split­
ting kindling
A Springfield physi­
cian dressed IL
George Perkins from Springfield
brought Mr. Smith's place recently,
Mr. and Mrs Smith and family left
last Friday for California.
The grade school was dismissed all
day last Wednesday and high school
In the afternoon In respect of Mrs.
Walter Platt whose funeral was held
that afternoon at Walker chapel In
Springfield.
.
Mr and Mrs. Arthur Buyers and
family drove up from Portland last
Thursday and spent the remainder
of the week at the Weaver home.
Mr. and Mrs. Winston Cole from
Portland were In Thurston last Sun­
day evening.
Mr and Mrs. Curtis Price and son.
John, left for Ogden. Utah, last Fri­
day where Curtis has employment
by the government. They are driving
through.
Mrs. Frank Taylor from Portland
and Mrs Joe McArthur from Eugene
visited Mrs. Charles Thylor 'last
Monday.
t
Miss Maude Edmlston returned
home last Wednesday from Tile
Dales where she spent the past two
months.
Mrs. Inus Flanigan from Eugene
visited Mrs. A. W Weaver Wednes-
day.
•
Mrs. Ralph Taylor and John Taylor
from Indian Creek and Mr. and Mrs.
Day Morgan and family from Eugene
visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Taylor
last Sunday.
Miss Midge Bamber from Klamath
Falls spent the week-end at Miss
Heersms.
UPPER WILLAMETTE
TONDELEYO
‘WHITC CARGO" WHICH
STIRRED ENGLAND IS
SHOWN AT COLONIAL
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THURSDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1930
THE SPRINGFIELD NEWS
PAGE EIGHT
C aptain S alisbury, noted e x p lo re r who w ill a p p ear In person Sunday to
W ednesday in conjunction w ith his th r illin g South Sea Island
pictures ‘'T h e Lost E m p ire " and "G ow ” a t the Fox Rex.
Station Master: "The pig cannot
Doctor H u nts Pheasants— Dr. W . N.
Dow. Riley Snodgrasa and D. W. Roof go In the carriage with you. It must
apent Wednesday huutlng Chinese hare a special compartment."
pheasants near Harrisburg.
Rustic: 'Thank you kindly, sir, but
there is no need for all that ceremony
Visiting Hare— Mrs. Lavina Hayes about my old pig."
of Portlad is a visitor at the home
Goes to Los Angelas— A. J. Cowart
of Mr. and Mrs. M B. Huntly. Mrs. left Monday for a visit at I xm Au
Huntly is a niece of Mrs. Hayes.
geles.
The ihousnnils of while men who
tell In the territory on the Wva'erti
Hilo of Africa known as the Hold
Coast have. In all probability, never
heard oi Hurl Carrol the theatrical
producer, but to him they are In
di I led. nevertheless, lor the Unproved
living conditions whllch have been
tut: i dui id there wilhlu recent years
and which have made that district
a ioinpuiativle paradise
I p to two years ago the rubber
plaatat.e
which cover the territory
were worked by men who, with few
exceptions, dared not tell their right
uanivs In any civilised country. So
unbearable were the hardships, so ter
irble were the degrading lufluences
of the country, that only men who
sought to bury unsavory pasts would
consent to take Jobs there. Of course,
Famed actress of "White Cargo"
there were exceptions; the plantation
as she appears In picture now
executive« were men of repute, but
playing at Colonial.
they hud comfort In the thought that
they could return to their homes when
their contracts on the plantations changing n->ne of the features which
made the stage play an outstanding
were terminated.
sensation—story, dialogue, characters
London Aroused
II was the ploy. "White Cargo," and situations are presaa'.ed exactly
produced by
Karl t’arrol while as they were In the play.
The cast has been selected with
change conditions. When this drams
was presented In London the stir especial care to bring out alt ele­
which It caused was much greater ments of realism which are neaen
than the one wrtch It met In this tlal to full enjoyment of the remark
country. Americans were content to able story. The part of Tondeleyo la
view the production merely as grip­ played by Gypsy Rhouma. who be
ping entertainment, but In Kngland came famous over night ns the result
It appealed not only as a theatrical of her screen portrayal of the lm
masterpiece but as an Indictment passioned child of nature.
the administrations of the Hold Coast
exploiters.
Manager. Malting Mat Service
It Is this illm version, the all talk­ ' "Why haven't you delivered that na
ing picture 'Whltle Cargo," Is now ! llonal Hat of trank vice presidents to
showing as a special first run attrac­ (be Bandtrap Golf Magasine?"
Asalslant: "Burry, sir, but ont
tion at the Colonial The producers
of the picture have been wise In truck broke down!"
EDIBLE MUSHROOMS CROW
NEAR CITY SAYS TYSON
There are a lot of mushrooms grow*
Ing about tha outskirts of the city
now which are excellent for eating
According to W. P. Tyson. He says :
that only a few of those which he
has seen are of the poisonous variety.
Ed waodered Into a tennis tourna­
ment the other day and sat down on
the bench.
"Whose game?" he asked.
A shy young thing sitting next co
him looked up hopefully.
‘ ‘I am." she said.
Although a smaller number of non­
resident motor vehicles were register­
ed this year than In 1929, figures by
the state motor vehicle department
show nearly 82,000 automobiles hear
Ing visitors and tourists to Oregon
registered this year.
The new electric light plant at Oak­
ridge has begun operations. Current
Is being distributed over the city of
Eugene from the plant operated by
diesel engines and work will be start
ed on the hydroelectric plant above
the town in a short time.
Citizens of The Dalles may except
snow-free main streets this winter, fol­
lowing the action of the city coun
cU in authorizing purchase of a snow
blade to be erected op the front of
tha city truck. The blade ban an A
foot wli’.h and a 10-lnch depth.
Livestock and lumber will form the
predominating background for the
Lane county display at the I’aelflc
Intcrnaltonal liv estock show which
opens In Portland next Haturday.
Much of the materlnle used In the
exhibit nt the elate fair will be In
chided III the livestock exhibit «•.
cording to Mrs Mabel Chadwick, l-ane
fair necretnry, who has charge of the
exhibit.
OVERHEATED STOVE IS
RESPONSIBLE FOR FIRE
Fire presumed to have been caused
by nil overheated elove did about >300
damage to a residence at L and First
streets at » 1 5 Saturday night The
place formerly belonged to a man
named Ford. He had sold It a few
days earlier to a California purchaser
who had Just started to move In Hal
urday. The new owuer was not at
the house during the fire and the fire
chief has not been able to get In
touch with him since.
Broker: I put a friend of mine on
his feet three limes In the last three
years.
Jones That's nothing!
I put a
friend of mine on hie feet I« times
last night.
Kind Hearted la d y : "And so you
have nine brothers and slaters! My'
It must take a lot of toast every
murnlnt for breakfast!"
Maggie "I'll say It does' It takes
all we ran scrape together;"
WANTED
Your old discarded Tricycles
ond Bicycles.
120 W. Nth
COLONIAL
No Hunting!
TVCz y y
On The Brattain Premises
•
The AI1 Talking
Picture of the World's
Moat Sensational Play
Eugene
Fox M c DON a LD
Signed
PLAYING
M RS. P A U L B R A T T A IN
A story of W hite .Men struggling
to keep T heir Souls Clean
Amidst T em ptation in the T rop­
ics.
♦
The first meeting of the Clover­
dale Community club for the winter
was held Thursday afternoon. Octo­
ber 9. Those present were Mra. E.
R. Anderson. Mrs. Harold Bauer, Mrs.
W. R. Elliott. Mrs L. Getchell. Mrs
Wm. James. Mrs. Leonard Bolin and
children. Mra. E. C. KulL Mrs. D. G.
Mitchell and eon. Mrs. E. F. Roberts.
Mrs. L. E. Park and Mrs. G. H. Parke.
The first meeting of the Pleasant
Hill Ladies' club will be held at the
home of Mrs. E. E. Schrenk Wednee
day afternoon. October 15. The wom­
en are aaked to bring their flower
seeds, bulbe. potted plants or garden
reeds for the exchange. A email fee
will be charged. A cordial Invitation
Is extended to all, especially to the
newcomers of the community.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Phelps have
Intailed a Spartan radio tn thetr home
at Pleasant Hill.
Orchard late are beginning to har­
vest their walnuts.
Friends of Mrs. Ernest Cooley, for­
merly Miss Manning, will be pleased
to hear she Is showing some Improve­
ment tn health but is still in the
hospital.
LIVESTOCK. LUMBER TO
FEATURE SHOW EXHIBIT
STO R E NO. 1
125 East B roadw ay, Eugsne
STORE NO. 3
S T O R E NO. 2
S3-95 W est B roadw ay, Eugene
3TORE NO. 4
M ain
S tre e t,
S p rin g fie ld ^
THURSDAY - FRIDAY - SATURDAY
CALUMET
OLYMPIC
Baking Powder
Nut Margarine
25c
One Pound Can
Pound
Makes a Calion
Borden’s Malted Milk
16-oz., $1 size
2 Jars .... $1.01 2
49c”
15c
Grape Juice
121/2
1
NOTE:
T h e Colonial d eparte fro m Ito re g u la r
policy to show th is a ttra c tio n only.
Prices foe
• th is special firs t ru n a ttra c tio n aro eat by the
producer— M atin ees. 25c; N ig h ts — 5Oc.
Cuasti Concentrated
Matches
Carton,
Six Boxes
ANO
SATURDAY
VNHTC
CARGO
960 C h arnelton St., Eugene
500
FRIDAY
A
Saturday Specials
99c
ROSE-DALE
P E A C H E S
No. 1 Tall Can
25 q
B u c k e y e M a lt
HerWe^SiiufKijlii
a Vtaaauu* (fatiar
FOX REX
49c
STARTING FRIDAY
n rg a a n B M rM Ywaataut i
25c CAKES
FOX REX THEATRE
I^arge Variety ........................................
SUNDAY-MONDAY— “THE LOST EMPIRE”
COOKIES
TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY— "COW"
10 V arieties to choose from -2 doz.
CAPTAIN
PIES
> N O R O E X H M tH t RETURNS
DOUGHNUTS
Apple, .Mince, Itäisin, Pum pkin, and
I lucklclx rry
mmm
IN PERSON
D esta
........................
1 0 c and
20c
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Wc c arry a complet«! Line of Bread and P astries. Special
O rders given prom pt atten tio n .
I
New HOME BAKER Y\
322 Main St.
Thrilling true pictures of the headhunters of
Ecuador—Cannibals who eat their own kin -Better
than “Biinba"—bigger than "Chang".
BOW
Springfield, Ore.
C. J. McKee, Prop.