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I f I THURSDAY. JANUARY 22, 1931 í T H E S P R IN G F IE L D NEW S COST OF FLOUR MINOR WILLAKENZIE GRANGE ITEM IN PRODUCTION LISTS NEW COMMITTEES EXPENSE OF BAKERS TOWN. AND V IC IN IT Y Roseburg Raaldant Vlalta Homer Vlaltor from Euls -Austin Rhodes Wright of Roaeburg epont Hunilay In of Kula was a business visitor lu Springfield vlaltlng friend». Springfield on Friday. Portland Raaldant Haro Dr. 0. O. Marcóla Raaldant Hara — Vernon Van Valsah ot Portlaiiil ap<<nt the Feagles of Marcóla visited friends In wm<kttnd vlaltlng In Hpringrield. Springfield on Monday. Drlvaa to Albany- A. L. Wadu drove Vlalta from Oakridge- -W. C. Wilkin Io Albany Saturday. He returned to son of Dakrldgo was In Springfield Springfield the m u m day. Monday to receive medical care. Thuraton Raaldant Haro—Oeurge Waltervllle Resident Hara - Kd Ro.a I’lalt or 'lliuralon was a bualneaa of Waltervllle wan a visitor In Spring vlaltor lu Springfield on Monday. field Tuesday. Vlalta from Wlnberry J, ||. Cole Haa Pneumonia Mrs. J. 11. Elliott of Wlnberry visited friend« lu Spring- of Jasper In seriously III at her home field Monday afternoon. with pneumonia. Drlvaa to Salem- Dr. It. P. Morten- Vlalta Frlsnde—Miss Martha Camp aon «pent Friday and Saturday at bell of Wullervllle visited with friends Salmi looking after bualneoa mature. In Springfield on Tuesday. Shop« Wadnaaday Mr« C. F. Hoff Shops Tuesday—Mrs. Joe Qunen of man of Deerhorn was a «hopper In Marcóla was a whopper In Sprlugfleld II i I h rlty yesterday. Tuesday. Xamp Creek Raaldant Her»—Mrs Oaatar People Hara-M r and Mrs. Percy Itoaaman of Camp Creek waa Ira Mathews of Dexter were visitors u vlaltor In Springfield Wednesday. In Springfield on Tuesday afterno->n. Tranaacta Bualneaa—Pater Finn of Mareóla Resident Hara— M L. lamburg waa a bualneaa vlaltor In I-andes of Marcóla was a business (hl« city yeaterday. visitor In Springfield Tuesday. Comae from Waltorvllle- Dick Hart Wlnberry Man Here—Charles Neet of Waltervllle vlalted friend» In of Wlnberry was a visitor In Spring- Springfield Wedneaday. field on Wedneaday. Deerhorn Raaldant H a r o - Mrs, Haa Operation -Mrs. Kenneth Gir Charles Carter of Deerhorn waa a ard underwent a major operation at visitor In Springfield yesterday. the Pacific Christian hospital In Bu- Vlalta from Fall Crook—H. E. Walk gen«« Wednesday morning. er of Fall Creek waa a vlaltor In thia Haa Operation—H. C. Day under city yeaterday. went a major operation at the Pacific Blue River People Hara Mr. aud Christian hospital In Eugene on Mon Mr«. Bert Vincent of Blue Itlver were day. vlaltor« In Springfield Wednesday Returns to Home—M. M. Perry has v.alta at Portland- Mr«. M M. Perry returned to his home here after a vlalted In Portland the first of the business trip to southern Oregon cltlee. week. J. Harold Murray and Lola Moran as they appear in the leading roles of “Under 8uspieion,” at Fox Rex, 8unday and Monday. MUDDY STREET AT H. S. NORA ANNIE WOOD DIES IN EUGENE LAST WEEK IMPROVED THIS WEEK The muddy parking atrip In front of the high school Is being graded down thia week by Robert lirrie, new street commissioner. The soft mud and dirt Is being shored out Into the street to fill the chuck holes. Gravel may be spread on the strip after It has been worked down. Htu dents and others at tho high school have been in the habit of parking their automobiles In front of the school haring been granted permis sion to run them up on the boulevard from the city council. Thia has re sulted In a slough of mud In front of the M hool every time It rain». The work now being done Is expected to Rooms Painted The bark rooms of eliminato this. Return« from Eastern Oregon—1‘aul llrattaln ha« returned from Paisley In the Independent Meat Mnrket are be Eastern Oregon and 1« vlaltlng with ing given a fresh coating of paint NEW BRIDGE IS STARTED this week. friend« here this week. Funeral services for Nora Annie Wood, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Wood, who died at the Eugene hospital Wednesday of last week were held Saturday from the Walker-Poole funeral home In Eugene. Rev. Harry R. Neet conduct ed the service«. EVANGELISTIC SERVICES CONTINUE ALL THIS WEEK Special evangelistic Rev. H. E. Krelder Washington haa been , he We, t 8prlll<i,eld Efforts on the part of senators at Washington, D. C. to start an Inquiry Into the failure of bread prices to tumble w.th the prevailing low market price of wheat and Hour Is being counteracted by studies of production and merchandising costs now being made by the »perry Milling company at San Francisco. The first report received here la In the form of an article ‘‘Let's Tell the Truth About the Coat of Bread." The article «bows how although the price of wheat as dropped from $1.3b per bushel to 76 cents, yet the actual drop In the cost of flour for each loaf of bread Is only one cent. Expert millers, the article states, can produce one one-pound loaf of bread from one pound of good milling wheat. Prices of other commodities have dropped very little and merchandising costs have Increased, the writer con tends, hence the price of bread can be cut only one cent at the best and still give the manufacturer bis former percentage of profit. A table of percent of total cost of spedfleld Rems In a loaf of bread was compiled and Is as follows: Flour, 26.7; other Ingredients 14.5; manu facture 25.4; sale, distribution and administration 33.4. That the price of flour Is only a minor element In the production cost of bread is Illustrated In the article by a table showing the various costs of producing 100 pounds of bread. The price of flour is set at $6.00 per barrel and Is gradually scaled down until the cost of the flovr Is not Included In the cost of the bread and ihe average cost per pound Is then 4.1 cents as compared with the cost when flour Is $6.00 per barrel, at which time the cost per pound of bread was 6.2 cents. Committee appointments for the year 1931 for Wlllakenzle Grange were announced thia week by Elmo Chase, master of the grange. They Include: Executive committee, F. B Harlow, Roy Corum. C. B. Calef; home economics—Mrs. Harve Cox, Mrs. Roy Corum, Mrs. H. L. McIntyre; relief—Mrs. J. 8. Walls, Mrs. C. H. Harrold, H. L. McIntyre; legislative— C. 9 Calef. H. E. McKay, Charlie Walls; finance—Dr. R. E. McIntyre, C. H. Jensen, E. J. Relyea; agricul tural—W. A. Ayers, Vincent Davis, Wm. James, O. S. Fletcher, B. L. Cox; music—Wlfred Cook, C. H. Rutherford, Ella Marie Baker, Arthut Rice; prees representative—Mrs. Carl Rutherford; fair board representative —J. 8. Walls. Members of the Lowell grange will be guests of the Willakenxie Grange Saturday night. A program will be provided and will be followed by a basket supper furnished by the enter taining grange. KITCHEN IMPROVEMENT TO BE DEMONSTRATED The first of a series of three demon stration lecture« on Kitchen Improve ment to be given at the Goshen hall by Mis Gertrude Skow, Lane county demonstration agent will be held this afternoon. The meetings will be held two weeks apart and are open to everyone. The ladies will have pot luck dinners at noon on the days of the demonstrations. KENSINGTON CLUB WILL HAVE LUNCHEON FRIDAY Members of the Kensington club will be entertained with a 1:00 o'clock luncheon at the Osburn hotel Friday services which of this week. Mrs. Charles Poole and of Grandview, Mrs. W. K. Barnell will be the conducting at Methodlgt IRRIGATED ACREAGE DROPS hostesses for the affair. church will continue each evening this week. The visiting pastor will also preach at both of the services »unday. The Sunday school meets at ON BLUE RIVER ROAD 10:00 o'clock. Everyone Is Invited to attend the meetings. Vlalta Parent» Wayne Hawke came CANDY. TOBACCO TAKEN Work of Improving the road from Io Springfield from Albany Saturday FROM STORE AT LOWELL Blue river up to the copper mines ATTEND LEGION MEETING to spend the week-end with hl« par Is being pushed ahead rapidly during rats. AT SALEM LAST NIGHT No clue has been found yet of the Ihe winter months according to Goahen Raaldant Visits—O. E Hem- Identity of the thieves who entered Charles Neal, county road patrolman Major and Mrs. M. B. Huntley and cnway of Goshen wan a business visi the Blair store at Lowell Friday eve In that district. Workmen are now tor In Springfield on Monday after ning taking about $75 worth of tobacco busy constructing a concrete bridge Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Larson went to Salem Wednesday to attend the noon. and caudy. Access to the store was across Simmons creek about a half district meeting of the American Le gained by breaking tho front window mile from the McKenzie highway. The Haa Operation—Mrs. D. M. Tonole gion and Legion Auxiliary which was with a rock. Tho small light above lower part of this road has been underwent a najor operation at the held in that city last night. Progress the front door which la always kept graded and the mine owners have Pacific Christian hospital In Eugene being made in various membership lighted waa broken before the theft dona considerable work on their prt on Monday morning. campaigns wus discussed at the meet took place. Sheriff's officers are In vale part of the road. It Is expected ing there. Drive to Portland -Mr. and Mrs. clined to think that It was a Job that the road will be opened all the Welby Stevens «pent the first half of of amateurs as matches were used way to the mine this summer. the week In Portland on business. Inside of (he building Instead of the Matty local people spend week-ends CANNERY STOCKHOLDERS They motored there Monday morning. usual flaahltght with which most camping alon^ this road on the banks DO NOT CANCEL CONTRACT modern hold-bp men equip themselves. of the Blue river during the summer Son Born Mr. and Mrs. Ray Fish, Stockholders in the Eugene Fruit months. route 1, Creswell, are the parents of Growers association may cancel their BURNS PROVE FATAL TO a baby son horn to them at tho contracts with the association for the YOUNG BOY AT WESTFIR RECENT BRIDE HONORED Pacific Christian hospital In Eugene year by doing so this month if they on January 16. 1*31. W ITH SHOWER FRIDAY want to, but none have Indicated any Elmer L. Arnold, eight-year-old son desire to do so during the first half Motor to Shedd— Mr. and Mrs. Riley of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Arnold of A kitchen shower honoring Mrs. C. Snodgrass and daughter. Maxine, mo Westfir, died at the Eugene hospital G. Van Valzah, formerly Miss Ann of the month according to M. H. tored to Shedd Sunday to visit at Friday as the result of burns received Gorrle was gtveu by Miss Mabel Harlow, president. The entire cannery plant Is being the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. M December >7 when his clothes became Olson at her home Friday evening. given an overhauling now preparatory Snodgrass. Ignited while he was standing close Teachers and other friends of the to the packing of fruit early In the to an open flreplace. He Is survived bride were guests and enjoyed an In Washington—Wm. G. Hughes, summer. raishler of tha First National Bank by his parents, two sisters, Adeline evening of guessing game« and con Is In Washington transacting business snd Jewell, and one brother, Wendell. tests. COY LEATHER INJURES The remains were shipped to Dallas Guests Included Mrs. A. B. Van In several cities. He Is expected to for Interment HEAD CUTTING WOOD Valzah, Miss Crystal Bryan. Miss return Friday evonlng. Thelma Sweeney. Miss Wilma 8cott, Co}r Leathers seriously injured his Entertains with Dinner—Mrs. A. J. MRS. BARNELL IS SOLOIST Miss Edna Platt, Miss Dorothy Gir Hchnetxky entertained with a family ard. Miss Margaret Gorrle, Miss Alta head and lacerated his scalp Saturday FOR LODGE INSTALLATION Manning. Miss Eva Phetteplace, Miss while chopping wood. He was stoop ttlnher at hor home Sunday evening. ing over spitting hls wood and raised Gueaita were Mr. and M ts . ML A. Mrs. W. K. Barnell was a gueet Nina Boeson, Miss Minnie Olson, Miss Pohl and family, ami Dr. and Mrs, soloist at the Installation ceremonies Cora Olson, Mrs, Ivan Male, Mrs. up suddenly striking hls head against the ceiling. Several stitches were It. P. Mortenson and children. for the Blue River chapter of the Elton 1 S a l l e , Mrs. Ella Lombard, necesary to close the scalp wound. Mrs. Mabel Riddle. Mrs. raul Has Recovering at Hospital — Arthur Eastern Star In Eugene Thursday eve ford. Mrs. W. W. Walker. Mrs. Ar Prorhnow, son of Mr. and Mrs. George nlng of last week. She was accom thur Roberts and Mrs. L. K. Page. panied by Mrs. Ixruls Waldorf, violin l*rochnow, Is now recovering from complication ns a result of the scarlet list and Mrs. Dow Moxley, pianist fever which he had recently. He Is Several Springfield Star members at HUNTERS COLLECT FUNDS tended the Installation meeting which FOR WILD GAME HIDES at the Eugene hospital. was held at the Masonic building In H. C. Saunders of Jasper collected Power Superintendent Hara—L. E. Eugene. bounties on three large cougars, eight Wallace, superintendent of the steam In 3 Months and bobcats and one wolf Friday at the plant of the Monutaln State« Power Feels Years Younger Harry, wearing his first pair of office of W. B. Dillard, county clerk. company, arrlvod In Springfield last pants, went down town to see his •'I have been taking Kruschen Salts Others who collected bounties for week to assume his duties here. Mr. father. After daddy had told him smaller quantities of predatory ani for nearly 3 months. I have con Wallace ha« boen transferred to what a big man he was. he asked tinued taking one teaspoonful In warm mals were Alex Workman of Mabel, water every morning. I then weighed Springfield from Tillamook to take him If he would like a nickel. Harry who brought In one adult female 217 pounds was always bothered with the place of W. C. Mcl-agan who replied: coyote pelt, and Bud Klntzley of Fall pains In my back and lower part of has been moved to orth Bend. "Well, It makes a feller feel better Creek who had two bobcats. abdomen and sides. "Now I am glad to say 1 am a well to have a little money In his poc woman, feel much stronger, years kets.' YOUNG WIFE, AFRAID TO "Oh, eave my hair! Save my younger and my weight Is 170 pounds. hair!" she cried pointing to a wig I do not only feel better but I look EAT, LIVES ON SOUP better, so all my friends say. A kindly landlady Inquired of the rapidly drifting out to sea. ”1 shall never be without Kruschen "Afraid of stomach gas, I lived on • Madam,” replletd the gallant life Salts, will never cease taking my daily soup for 6 months. Then 1 tried Ad- young bride how she and her husband guard, as he took a firm grip on dose and more than glad to highly lerlka and now I eat most anything proposed to spend their holiday. without any gas."—Mrs. A. Connor. "Our plans so far,” replied the her shoulder. "I'm only a life-saver, recommend It for the great good that Is in It." Mrs. S. A. Solomon, New Adlerlka relieves stomach gas In bride, "are tentative." not a hair restorer,” Bern, N. C., Jan. 1930.” "P. S. You TEN minutes! Acts on BOTH upper 'Oh, how delightful!” exclaimed the may think I am exaggerating by writ and lower bowel, removing old poi "I’ve found a dandy parking space." ing such a long letter but truly I feel "I'm sure you'll enjoy sonous waste you never knew was landlady. so Indebted to you for putting out such "Yeah?” there. Don't fool with medicine camping out more than anything else wonderful salts that 1 cannot say which cleans only PART of bowels, you could do." "It has only one drawback.” enough." hut let Adlerlka give stomach and '•What's that?” A bottle ot Kruschen Salts that lasts bowels a REAL cleaning and get rid "There's a car In it ! ” 4 weeks costs but 86 cents at Ketels’ of all gas; Flanery's Drug Store. Young Hubby— Dearest, what did Drug Store and druggists the world you do with that rubber plant Aunt First One—"Yesterday I stepped over. Take one half teaspoon In a glass of hot water every morning be Agatha gave us 7 Into the middle of the street, held fore breakfast. Young Wife— I put It upstairs, up my arms, and stopped a runaway Your old discarded Tricycles Attention to diet will help—cut out honey. Why do you askT pastry and fatty meats—go light on horse. and Bicycles. Young Hubby—Oh, for no particular Second One—That’s nothing. To potatoes, butter cream and sugar— Kruschen way Is the safe way to reason. I was wondering what kind day 1 held up two finger« and«stopped the 120 W. 8th Kugene loose fat. Try one bottle and If not of salad this Is. a taxi." Joyfully satisfied—money back. IN MANY OREGON COUNTIES Irrigated farming in Lane county has not Increased during the last ten years, but has gradually decreased according to figures included In the farm census, announcement of which has Just been made by the Depart ment of Commerce at Washington. Lane county had 1.144 acres under ‘rrlgatlon last year the report shows. This Is a lighter acreage than re ported in 1920. The county has acre age enterprises capable of Irrigating to the extent of 2,719. Those countie« showing Increases In Irrigation during the past ten years are Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jack- son, Jefferson, Josephine, Klamath. Morrow and Wasco, all other show ing sliftht decreases. The greatest increase was shown In Klamath coun ty the acreage under tirig.-rion Jumped from 90,000 acres In 1920 to 150,710 1' • IP 19. GIRLS LEAGUE CONDUCTS FOOD SALE ON SATURDAY The girls league of the high school conducted a successful food sale at the Egglmann confectionery Saturday. The league members have decided to contribute $25 towards the cost of the new curtain In the high school auditorium and the food sales was held to aslst them In raising this money. The girls will also sponsor another basket social at the high school auditorium today to raise money for the same purpose. B e n e f ic ia l LOAN SOCIETY TIFFANY BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR Cor. W illam ette ft Eighth Sts. P H O N E : 3 0 4 0 EUG ENE. OREGON Licensed by the State. CAROLINA WOMAN LOST 47 LBS. WANTED Chair and Davenport 7n Velour an d M oh air SPECIALLY PRICED $49.5° Up Wright & Sons Hardware Furniture Paint