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TlHîRSPAY. JANUARY 29. 1931
OREGON STATE NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Events ot the Week
Assembled lor Information
ot Our Readers.
TH E M A R K ET«
Portland
T H E SPRINGFIELD NEWS
DRAINAGE FACTS GIVEN
IN LATE CENSUS REPORT
Heavy taxpayer* of Yamhill county
are forming a branch of the Taxpay­
er»' Equalisation League ot Oregon to
obtalu a more equitable equalization
of the tax on real property, now hear­
ing 30 per < ent ot the tax burden.
Visiting In Portland
McKenzie
Resident Hare—
Bob
Stevens of McKenzie Bridge trans-
nuteil bualneaa In thia city Monday.
Visits Monday— C. I-andera of Mar
cola was a visitor In Springfield on
Monday morning.
H aa O peratio n — W . T . Clark under
w ent a major operation at 'he Eu
gem* hospital on Saturday.
J
Visits from W lnberry Mr». M Ma
thany of W lnberry waa a visitor In
Springfield on Monday.
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The Swenson aawmlll aouth ot Ven­
eta alarted operatlona after a ahut*
down ot aeveral week».
Karl Weaver. Same valley rancher,
reporta a vein of coal dlacovered on
bta properly. He waa digging a well.
Motor vehicle reglatratlon feea for
the tlrat alz niontha of the preeent
fiscal year to January 1 totaled *4.-
192.334 6».
Report» that platinum, gold and «li­
ver are being taken from Galea creek
at Pureal Grove'» back dour haa the
town agog.
The Rooeevelt highway aouth of Sea-
aide waa blocked recently for 100 feet
by a landallde. It took about ten daya
to remove the debrla.
Enrollment at the Unlveralty of
Oregon reached a new high level of
3244 for the winter term, an Increaae
of 7» over la»l year.
Mrs. Bather Silver waa Injured fa­
tally when ahe waa thrown from a log
oo the beach near Devil» lake recent­
ly. The log rolled on her.
Stockholder» of the St. Helena Co­
operative Creamery aaaoclatlon have
voted to Join the bower Columbia Val­
ley Co-operative Dairy aaaoclatlon.
A determined effort la being made
by the Bend police department to en­
force the ordinance againat throwing
paper and other refuae upon public or
private property.
Motor vehicle falalltlea In Oregon
In 1*30 aggregated »30, aa againat
339 In 192*. Figures ware releaaed
at Salem recently by Hal B. Hoaa,
aecretary of atate.
John H. Maxwell, farmer ot the
Ilona latne dlatrlct near Medford, haa
a freak at hla atock ranch—a * month-
old calf with mule hoofa. The calf
la otherwlae normal.
The Portland office of the United
State» biological aurvey haa received
a ahlpment of 100 pounda of atrych-
nlne to be uaod In the war againat
rodent» and predatory animal».
Albert Hoffman. 1». of Central
Point died from wound« received
when a war aouvenlr exploded. The
boy had picked up what he thought
waa a piece of metal and hammered
It
In the Intereat of economy the coun­
cil of Cottage Grove haa reduced aal-
i
of city employee. The cute range
fr
36 to 10 per cent The night
polli
officer waa the only one not
reduced.
Ex I -rlmenta will be conducted by
l i M iller of the United Statea de-
i. tm- nt of agriculture at the Bentley
»u ii.«. grove, near Dundee, In an ef­
fort In combat the bacterial blight­
ing of nuta.
A. C. Barnes of Prineville recently
had trouble with hla radio receiving
net.
Examination dlacloaed that a
mouae had found Ita way Into the
working parte of the aet, and had
been elecrocuted.
Bfforta to aecure a new power life­
boat for the local ooaat guard ata-
tlon are to be continued by the Ban­
don chamber of commerce deaplte a
discouraging reaponae from Admiral
BUlard, chief of the service.
The board ot director* of the Med­
ford Irrigation dlatrlct haa decided to
merge It* management with that ot the
Talent dlatrlct, In the Intereat of econ­
omy. Olen Arnaplger w ill be general
manager of the two dlatrlct*.
A record ot 173 pounda of butter-
fat In 74 daya la the unuaual record
aet by a Josephine county Guernaey
cow owned by J. 0. Calhoun of Grant*
Paaa. The average annual amount of
butterfat produced In Oregon la 173
pound», It haa been announced by atate
dairy Inapector*.
Fred Clover Is
visiting In Portland.
Albany'» rainfall during 1*30 waa al­
Visits Friends— A. W. W eaver of
most a third leaa thau the average
during the laat 16 year». F M. French, Thurston visited with friends In
local United Hlatea weather obaervar, Springfield on Monday afternoon.
said. The 1*30 total was 24.64 Inchea.
Jaeper Man H e re —F. 8. W hitm er
The 16 year average la 3* 18 Inchea.
of Jasper was a business visitor In
How to meet the crisis ot the pres­ Springfield Monday.
ent panlrky condition of the dairy
V isits
fro m
Cam p
C reek— B m il
products market occupied the chief
place of attention at the 36tb annual Bauer of Camp Creek waa a visitor
meeting of the Greguu Dairymen's aa In Springfield the first of the week
Wheat — III* Bend bluestem, Sic;
»oft while. weatarn whit». M e; hard
winter, northern spring, wenteru red.
Me.
Ila y - Buying price, f. o. b Portland:
»»elation held at Redmond recently.
Alfalfa, •17.64011; valley timothy.
Retail business In Portland In ex-
|17 60; eaatern Oregon timothy. (1 3 9
ceaa of *211,000,000 Is shown by tha
*20; clover. 14; oat hay, *14; oata and
bureau of the esuaus In the reloase
vetch. »13 60014.
1 of the returns from the 1*30 distribu­
Ilu tto tfu l— 1 * 9 lie.
tion census now being complied. The
Eg«« Itancb, 1 2 Ci 20c.
1*30 population of Portland la 301.8*0.
C a llie Steers, good. (3 6 0 9 * 19.
Edward (’low, 17, aon of Mr. and
Ilog» Good to choice, *9 0 0 9 * 25.
Mrs. Charles Clow of Uniondale, was
Ijim ba Good to choice, *4.7607.14
In the McMinnville hospital recently
•s e ttle
with a fractured skulL Tha youth
W heat—Soft white, weatarn white.
ran behind a barn while a blaat In a
(4c; northern aprlng. bard winter,
slump waa exploded. A place ot the
weatern rod, 64e; hlueatnm, 47c.
stump waa thrown over the barn, strik­
Kgga Itanch, # 9 13c.
ing him on the hoad.
Butterfat—84c.
Engineers appointed by the public
Cattle—Choice ateere. *7.769*.60.
service comralaslon to aludy traffic
Iloga Good to choice,
26.
conditions on the Pacific highway at
Ijtm bs Choice, *4.5097.
the northern entrance of Albany have
Bpokane
recommended an underground crossing
Cattle--Steer*. good. »7 50 9 *2 6 .
that will serve both the .Pacific and
Iloga Good to choice. *3 46.
the Ha nt lam highway by eliminating
Lambs—Medium to good,* 6 9 * .
existing grade croaslnga.
PAGE FIVE
Marlon county with an Infant mor­
tality of only 36.3 per 1000 during
1*2», la one of the moat favored re­
gion» In the entire nation In thia
reaped, according to Dr. Vernon A.
Douglas, county health officer. Births
In the county during the year totaled
933, compared to 810 In 1*2*.
The Oregon Packing company of
Salem notified growers that no con­
tracts for pumpkin acreage w ill be
taken for next year. The company
generally took contracts for 3500 to
4000 tons of pumpkins at thia time of
the year. No pack will be made next
year, however, directors aald.
Lane county haa a total of 6,400
r u e s of land In drainage enterprises
' To St. Louie— Paul Crandall left according to figures released this
Springfield Monday evening for 8t. week by the department of commerce
I x > u I h where he will bo employed with In connection with the compilation of
hla brother In an Ice cream factory.
Information taken at the tim e of the
farm census for 1930. There are no
Visits D aug h ter- Mrs. B. A. Wash­
acres , of land In the county which
burn« left for Hau Francisco Wednes­
are unfit for crop because of a lack
day to visit; her daughter and to
of drainage.
receive medical care.
Three thousand c lih t hund. ;d acr»»
M erch an t III— E. E. Fraedricks, used of land under drainage la fit for
furniture dealer, has been sick the normal crops while the remaining
llrs t part of the week and has not 1.300 acre» are fit for partial crop.
been able to be at his »tore.
All of thia land la not planted to
crops, however. Only 3,900 acres of
N ew Room Added -A new room haa
this land waa Incorporated In crop«
been added to the Sunday school
u 11*25» the report stows, last 2,0,0
facilities at the Baptist church this
acres of this land was actually farmed
week. One of the larger rooms baa
during the year.
been divided into two class rooms.
The figures oo not Include land
Dismissed
fro m
H o sp ital — Hoy | devoted to growing of wild hay.
Brewer was dismissed from the Pacific
The drainage enterprises of Oregon
Chrltitian hospital where he has been Includes 476 miles ot open ditches,
receiving medical trea’ ineuts on Wed­ 121 miles of levees and dikes, and
nesday.
42 miles of tile drains.
Residents of tha upper Chetco river.
In southern Curry county, where there
are large areas of fertile bottom land
and thousands of acres of grailng. are
asking the county for an extanalon of
the highway to a point tan miles
farther up the river.
Representatives of the Rogue River
valley fruit Industry w ill name a com­
mittee composed of three member* of
tha traffic aaaoclatlon and three mem­
ber* of the Fruitgrowers’ league to
study the advisability ot merging the
league and traffic association. k
The drainage enterprises of tha
state represents a total investment
of 34,264,467.
Lane county haa an
l?v*M in«nt of *1 >00 Only one other
county. Benton, haa a «mailer Invest­
ment, having 82,100. Klam ath county
leads all other* with an Investment
of 31,329,977. Columbia county follows
a close second with an Investment
of 31.061.26».
No Pursuit
For years he had been terribly hen­
pecked. One morning at breakfast he
said to hla w ife: ’‘My dear I bad a
queer dream laat night. I thought I
saw another man running off with
you."
"Indeed!” said his wife.
did you »ay to him?"
"And what
The state has a total of 204,432
"Oh," he answered "1 asked him
Visits Son— Mrs. K a lie Brummette
went to Portland Saturday to spend j acres of land in drainage enterprises. why he waa running.”— Exchange.
some tim e visiting with her son, John,,
Visiting Friends— L. It Hloch of who Is In the Good Sam aritan hos­
Marcóla visited with friends in this pital.
city the first of the week.
V is it H ere— Mrs Dell Hinson and
W altervllls Resident Hare— Oscar
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daughter, Caroline, of Oswego, and
Millican of W altervllle wan a buslnesa
Mrs. Robert Arnold of Shedd were
visitor In Springfield Monday.
week-end visitors a t the home of Mr. .
First National Bank Bldg.
Transact» Bualneaa--Noah W rght and Mrs. Fred Hinson.
D r. J O S E P H IN E C . B R A U N
Naturopathic Phyjician
Springfield
of Marcóla waa a business valtor In
Springfield on Friday.
Recovers from Operation— Mrs. It
G. Masters, former Springfield real
Sister Ola*— Mra. L. K. l ’âge was dent who underwent an operation at
called to California last week to at­ the Pacific Christian hospital In Eu
tend the funeral services for her gene last week, has recovered s u ffl-.
aiater who died at Sacramento.
clenlly so that she waa able to return
to her home on Tuesday.
Arm Infection— H arry Harrington,
parla man at the Anderson Ford
Canadians V isit— Glen Bowerman
garage, has an Inflicted arm this and daughter, Lucy, of Alberta, Can­
week and haa to carrÿ It In a sling ada. who have been spending the
C in d er In Eye
Ray Beiaell of Múr­
enla had a cinder removed from his
eye at the office of a local physician
on Saturday.
the pasl week has gone to San Fran-
I claco to visit with Kenneth De l-assus,
S; rlngfleld boy.
Goiter Operation— Perry W illiams
of Rainbow underwent a major oper-
! at ion for goiter at the Pacific Christ­
ian hospital In Eugene on Saturday.
A local physlclal who did the operat­
ing reports that the patient is getting
along nicely.
Phones: Office 73J
Residence 143W
Office hours:
1 to 5 P. M.
Residence 223 B street
winter In California, were recent vis­
itors in Springfield a t the home of
their coustn, Mrs. W illiam Clark,
whom they had not seen for 30 years.
Week-end Guest — Misa Florence MACHINERY COMPANY
Oregon dairymen must develop and C o ffin .o f Portland waa a Springfield
WILL OFFER FIFTEEN
maintain an aggressive spirit If they visitor over the weekend, being a
are to curb the Increased use of ole©- guest of Mr. and Mr». C. E. Swart«.
FOUR-H SCHOLARSHIPS
margerlne and other dairy aubatltutaa
Tonsils Removsd— A. W’ . ik-hwering
and a corresponding decrease In the
Fifteen scholarship of *500 each
use of butter and dairy products. J. D. of Creswell had his tonsils removed will be awarded by the International
Mickle, atate dairy and food commis­ ut the office of u local physician on Harvester company, manufacturers of
Monday morning.
sioner, declared recently at Eugene.
all kinds of farm machinery, to young
The national forest aervtce and Lane
Visiting Mother— Mra. C. O. Wilson people in the Western states who are
county will co-operate In building a went to Salem Monday to six nd some outstanding in the Fonr-H club work
mad over the summit, between the time visiting with her mother in that according to an announcement re ,
celved last week by R. C. Kuehner,
headwaters of Indian creek and those j city-
new county club leader. W inners of
of Ten Mile creek In the northwestern
Visit Relatives— Mr. and Mrs. M ar­ the scholarships must be able to
part ot the county. It was announced.
The county will obtain the right of lon Adams und son, Bob, and Mrs. attend college eith er next year or the
way and the forest aervloe w ill grade George Carson drove to Monroe Sun­ year after, which would make them
day to spend the day visiting with either Juniors or seniors In high school
the road.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Mains and family. now.
All timber lands are to he aaaasaed
Complete details concerning this
for fire protection, regardless of reel-
Visits from Portland— George W il­
contest
w ill soon be available at the
dent exemption, unless the specific liams, Instructor In the Benson Poly­
areas to be exempted are designated technic school at Portland spent the office of the club leader at the court­
and are patrolled by tha owners, ac­ week-end with his fam ily In Eugene house In Eugene.
cording to a legal opinion handed down and at the fox furm at Rainbow.
FANCY BREEDING RABBITS
by the attorney-general at Salem re­
cently. The opinion was requested by • Son Bom — M r. and Mrs. W. E.
SHIPPED TO CALIFORNIA
Howells of W altervllle are the parents
the atate forestry department
of a baby boy born to them at the
Three W hite Flemish breeding stock
Tha oonatrucUon of a telephone line
Pacific Christian hospital In Eugene rabbits were shipped to a party In
Into the Chetco river district haa been
on Saturday, January 24. 1931.
Southern California last week by R.
announced by officials of the Siskiyou
national foreat. Action taken by the
Injures Hip— Thomas Ryon, em­ B. Nelson of the Nelson poultry and
forestry department In allowing resi­ ployee at the Fischer lumber mill at rabbit farm. Inquiries and orders are j
dents ot the district access to the gov­ Marcóla, was brought to Springfield coming in every day regarding chick­
ernment lines la a part of * plan Friday for medical attention to bis ens and rabbits available at the local
which w ill afford better fire preven­ hip which he Injured while working. plant according to Mr. Nelson.
Three fancy breeding cockerels were
tion during the summer months.
Baby Son Born— M r. and Mrs. M ar­ shipped to U m atilla Saturday and an
M illing facilities for the new »10.-
vin Spores of Donna are the parents order for five more was received on
000 addition to the Farm Bureau Co­
of a baby son born to them at the Monday.
Requests for baby chicks
operative warehouse at Hermiston
Pacific Christian hospital In Eugene have been received from such distant
have been purchased, and w ill be In­
on Sunday evening, January 25, 1931. places as Kansas City.
stalled within the next fe w days. Whan
Many people are buying settings of
oompleted end ready for operation the
Gaea to California— Frank Snod­
warehouse will be one of the heat of grass, brother of Riley Snodgrass who eggs and raising th eir own high grade
Its oapadty In tha northwest, with tha has been visiting in Springfield during chicks.
beat milling equipment available.
Curry county's tax levy for thia year
w ill be 33 mills, one-tenth of a mill
lower than for the peat year and the
lowest tax for many year*. The ooun-
ty commissioners feel highly pleased
that they have boen able to keep down
the tax levy when there la such great
demand for public expenditures. Cur­
ry's levy la probably the lowest of any
county In the state.
The temperature of the water In
the well being drilled a t Lakeview to
obtain hot water with which to heat the
entire city Jumped to 300 degrees
when the bit reached a depth of 8*3
fe e t One hotel, a hospital and three
homes now are being heated by a well
that was drilled apteral yeara ago.
If the present wall w ill provide 1000
gallons a minute a t 300 degrees, that
will be a sufficient amount to heat the
city of 300 Inhabitants.
It has 30,425 acres of land which Is
unfit for crop because of lack of
drainage. A total of 144,664 acres of
drained land Is fit for normal crops
aa compared to 37.261 acres fit for
only partial crop. About tw othlrd»
of all available land, or 141, 826 acres
are now under cultivation.
How One Woman
Lost 20 lbs. of Fat
Lost Her Double Chin
Lost Her Prominent Hips
Lost Her Sluggishness
Gained Physical Vigor
Gained In Vlvaciouanesa
Gained a Shapely Figure
Move to Portland— Mr. and Mrs.
i Lee Inman and daughter, Marjorie,
left Springfield Monday for Portland
I f you're fat— firs t remove the
where they w ill make their home for cause!
’ Take one half teaspoonful of KR U-
j Iho Immediate future. Mr. Inman was
8 C H E N SALTS In a glass of hot
1 formerly manager of the Springfield water before break '-s t every morning
Municipal airport.
—cut out pastry and fatty meats— go
light on potatoes, butter cream and
Attend Birthday Party— Mr. and sugar— In 3 weeks get on the scales
Mrs. J. M. Larson, their two sons, and note how many pounds of fat
and Mr. Larson's aunt, Mrs. Tony have vanished.
Notice also that you have gained In
Charrett, of New York city, motored energy— your skit* Is clearer— your
to Junction City Monday evening to eyes spnrkle with glorious health—
attend a birthday party at the home you feel younger in body— koener In
of Mrs. Sam M iller, honoring Mra. mind. K R U S C H E N w ill git[e any fat
person a oyous surprise.
M iller, sister of Mra. Larson.
Get an 8Rc bottle of K R U 3 C H E N
SALTS at Ketels' Drug Store (lasts
Oakridge Man Hare— Ell Clark, serv­ 4 weeks). I f even .ais first bottle
ice station operator at Oakridge, was doesn't convlnco you this Is the easi­
a business visitor In Springfield on est, safest and surest way to lose fat
Mondny. Mr. Clark said that he had — If you don't feel a superb mprove-
ment In health— so gloriously ener­
niado several trip up to the small
getic— vigorously alive— your money
lake where the large W est Coast air­ gladly returned.
plane made a foreed landing on New
Mrs Marne Carey of Buffalo, N. Y„
3 ear's day. He declared that there writes— "Since I began taking Kru-
schen Salts I have lost 20 pounds and
was between five and seven feet of I feel as If I had lost 50 pounds— 1
snow there now and that more was feel »0 good and the best part of It
falling every week.
ail 1« th a t I eat anything 1 like.
Chair and
Davenport
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V e /o u r a n d M o h a ir
SPECIALLY PRICED
$40.50 Up
Wright & Sons
Hardware
Paint
Furniture
BUY NOW -
Not in many years have prices been so low on a
vast number of merchandise items as at present.
Not in many years has there been such an oppor­
tunity to get so much for so little money.
The thrifty are seeing the advantage of buying
now while prices are low, knowing that these
prices cannot remain at the present level very
long.
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Buyers are eager to buy when they find bargains
or hear of them.
The merchant who has bar­
gains and advertises them captures the buyers’
dollars.
Buyers Read
The Springfield News
For Bargains