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I P* PAGE SIX 1 McLAGLEN C O M tS SUNDAY IN LATEST COMEDY ROLE OREGON STATE NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST Victor McLaglen is hard on utib forms. >n his various military roles since "What Price Glory," he has worn out some twenty sets of olive drab and khaki from his strenuous exertions. Three inlforma alone were used to k sip Vic properly clo'hsd In his latest Pox M i.letone, ' A Devil with Women," p le ln g at the llell the itre Bunday and Mondav Me- , I Ui.1 n is supported in this film by M i Ma-Is. Humphrey Bogart, and . Luana Alcnnii, among others* Irving Cummings, who <l‘reel i d Mrlatgleii In •On the I.evell" also dliet-'ed this i production "He wae her man. but h» done her wrong," Is the theme on which t I'athe s dramatic picture, "Her Man," a story of night life In Havana billed at the theatre for Tuesday. Wed nee-1 i day and Thursday of next week I The wistful Helen Twelvetreee I Cherlee B ickford sod Kay Johnson In ''Th e Passion F lo w e r" playing st the Fox M cDonald th e a tre . Sunday and Monday. appears as the relentless Frankie, and j Ricardo Cortex, he of the passionate She I wonder If you remember ms? Angus What would you do with eyes and dangerous siuile, is Johnnie, Year« ago you asked me to marry $1.000 If I was to give It to you? the man who "done her wrong." Mar Sandy The first thing I would do you. jorie Ramheau makes her screen Absent minded Professor— Ah. yes; debut us Annie, with whom, in the would la< to count It. and did you? ancient melody, Frankie's man trifled "Have you seen the mounted police with dire results. ' When Is your wife coming back?" Wally Wales in "Breed of the West" of Chicago?" "Gosh, do the gangsters stuff 'em "I don't know Hhe Is taking part will be seen at the theatre Friday as well as shisil 'em?" In a vacation marathon’" and Saturday of this week Principal Events of the Week Assembled for Information of Our Readers. b b 1 8 Û b F fa fa a 1 f c fa c a I s e ii t a D f b a fa o r. r d P b il tl P t: c b r P ti tl h H il V h c w b ti u ii it a s> «X ì t 4 THVUSDAY. FKU H VAItY 2«. »»31 TH E SPR1NGFIE1J1 NEWS The Orcgon-Am.’rtcan mill, which has been closed since December 16. started operating last week at Ver nonia. More than 150 men were em ployed. Rapid progress is being made on the construction of a new high school athletic field in Bend and the grounds will be in shape tor the spring meet of mid-state schools. Cinders from Pilot butte, aged volcano at the east ern city limits, will be used on the track. A giant sturgeon of the site that has made fish stories famous, was caught in the Willamette river near Oregon City by M. L. Bussard and Jimmie Rands. The fish was feet long, weighing 195 pounds and pro vided the Bussard. Rands and 28 other families with dinner. W. A. Luse, 91. one of the oldest pioneers of southwestern Oregon, die,! at his ranch home on South Coos river. He operated the first sawmill at Empire, and came to Coos bay in 1855. He moved from Empire to his river ranch 47 years ago and lived there until his death. Klamath people age smiling big smiles as the result of the resumption of the principal sawmill operations, following a prolonged shutdown. The Kesterson Lumber company and the Crater Lake Lumber company plants started recently and the other larger operatora are planning to start cut ting within the next 10 days or two weeks. Oregon's share of the national forest receipts for the fiscal year 1930 is >191.772, according to report released from the Portland office of the region al forester. Total receipts of $1.677,- 559 have been divided among Oregon and 27 other states. California heads the list with a share of >406.S77, Ore gon is second and Washington is third with $166.441. The Toledo port commission has awarded a contract to O. R. Altree. president of the newly formed Altree Marine Manufacturing company of To ledo, for the construction of a 15-inch suction dredge at a cost of $43,847.65. the dredge to be used to deepen the Yaquina river from Toledo to New port. The dredge is to be completed within six months. Crews have begun work on both ends of the six-mile cut on market road No. 35, also known as the Foothills highway near Molalla. The men are blasting stumps and will have two steam shovels on the Job as soon as weather permits. This road will con nect Estacada and Molalla and will reduce the distance from Salem to Mount Hood about 25 miles. At the request of the Baker county butter committee all but one of the food merchants have agreed not to sell butter substitutes. The commit tee called on grocers and gave out cards bearing the words, “we do not sell buffer substitutes.” Grocers in the-small towns will also be asked to co-operate in the movement to elimin ate the use of butter substitutes. Dates for the annual encampment of units of the Oregon National Guard have been announced by Adjutant Gen eral George A. White. Units of the 82d Infantry Brigade, hospital com pany No. 167 and the state staff, will go to Camp Clatsop for Intensive train ing from June 9 to 29. The annual drill for the artillery units will be held at Fort Stevens from July 11 to 25. The Rogue River Traffic associa tion has approved the plan of the New York pear committee for an assess ment of one cent a box on ail auction sales of winter varieties of pears. The money will be used for an extensive pear advertising campaign in the New York city trading area. The Wenat chee, Yakima and Hood River districts have been asked to approve the plan. Tree-lined highways and shaded wayside will greet motorists In Mal heur county a few years hence, if plans of a county-wide tree-planting committee, now under way, material ise The first step is investigation of types of trees that will be suitable in Malheur county and then adoption of a uniform system. Box elder, Siber ian elm and locust were suggested as most suitable types. Business men are planning to raise a fund to defray expenses of a survey to determine the cost of constructing a breakwater near Tillamook head which would permit yachts, flsbing boats and small craft to land at Sea side and anchor in a protected harbor. Their tentative proposal would in clude a breakwater extending north from the tip of Tillamook head and then curve northeast to enclose a cove for the anchorage grounds. “ FOLLOW T H R U " COMES screen, and. to all the charms of the sensational stage production, Bara mount has added those two delight Inspired by a pretty and famous ful screen favorites. Charles Rogers woman athlete, produced by Ameri and Nancy Carroll. "Follow Thru" Is a musical slice of ca's great stage generals, filled with catchy songs, pepped with screaming country club life, ripping with com comedy, revelling in heart-tingling edy situations, throbbing with a ting romance, "Follow Thru" swept Broad ling love story, and it s all In Tech way off its feet, and, for two years, nicolor. Patron« who see It ut the kept Schwab and Mandel, its pro . t'olonlal theatre, starting Thursday “ ROYAL F A M IL Y " IS ducers, hosts to an entertainment- for three days, will see even more of at M c D onald show a show that did the thousands who hungry world. paid five and six dollars a seat to What Is moat certainly the clever But now "Follow Thru" is on the see in New York. est display of lirllllnnt acting that film audiences have been privileged to see ually becomes a gangster. He quar In many months Is on parade at the "T H E LAST PARADE" AT fox M c D onald F riday rels with a rivul exar of racketeers, Fox McDonald thea* • Tuesday, Wed one Marino, and then puts htni on nesday and Thursday where "The "The Last Parade," the Columbia the spot to avenge the murder of Royal Family of Hroadwuv" will show picture at the Fox McDonald theatre Molly Pearson’s brother. The law "The Royal Family of Broadway" Friday and Saturday night. Is one of steps in with disastrous results for Is based on the famous play. "The the most stirring pictures of the year. Cookie Leonard. Royal Family” hy George S Kaufman The first two sequences are particu and Edna Ferher. It depicts the home larly spectacular, serving as a fine Calabash was seated in his office Ute of a lending family of American j beginning for a screen attraction of when the phone rang "Hello, Is this stage performers. dramatic tensity, which develops logi Mr. Calabash?" came the voice over Hut I’ Is not the impressive quality cally and move rapidly toward an the wire. of the original playwrightIng alone unexpected climax. ''Yes.'' replied Calabash. "Who Is which makes this play a wonderful The plat revolves around two typi thia?" movie. Most of the splendid attri cal New York characters. Cookie hutes of this production are (ound In "This is Johnson, Johnson, Johnson the stirring craftsmanship of Fredrlc Leonard, a newspaper reporter, and and Johnson lawyers. Michael O'Dowd, a policeman. Both March. Ina Claire, Henrietta Cron- fall in love with pretty Molly Pear- "Oh. good morning, good morning, man and Mary Brian- ns presentable si n. Cookie, broke and hungry, event good morning, good morning." a quartet of sterling actors as oue could wish for TO COLONIAL TH EATRE Meat Market Opened I have ()|M*n<*<l a Modern Meat Market in the ita lp h A- Stanley Btore and invite you to come in and gel acquainted, and see the modern <*qulptnent now being used. G. W. CLARK, Proprietor in MIIOK al » D trrth a n F O X OUR NEW PRICES W IS T CO AST 25c • IM IA T H IS 50c 35c T ill 2 P. M. A fter N ights FRIDAY and SATURDAY “ Passion F lo w e r” Sunday 'SZizA. CHARLES HO(if NANCV CARROLL G olf! G irls! Giggles! And glorious romance! The show tha t drove straight down the fairw a y to the heart of America's fun-loving public. Nearly tw o years on Broadway! A rio t of song and la u gh ter! A ll-T E C H - NICOLOR! Outdoors! THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY USUAL nr PRICES ZajC COLONIAL Irish-M urphy Co* FORMERLY GRAY’S GROCERY F ifth and Main Streets Phone 22 S h o r te n in g Bulk B rin g Container llC C o o k in g O a ts 5c C o ffe e 34c Pound 3 Lbs $1.00 In .i Gripping Underworld Drama A ST PARADE COMING Mrs. Vere de Vero—‘Tm Inviting a profesaor of tomance languages to our dance thia evening. Her daughter—"That's wonderful of you, mother. Is he going to croon for us?" NOTICE TO CREDITORS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been ap pointed administrator of the estate ' of MATTIE A WILMORE, de ceased, by the County Court of Lane County, Oregon. All persons hav’ng claims against said estate are required to t resent them, with the proper vouches attached, to the undersigned at the law offices of ¡MMBL * EVANS. In the First National Bank Building, in Eugene, Oregon, within six months from the date of this notice. Dated at Eugene, Dreg n, this 26th day of February, 1931 RAY W WILMORE, Administrator of the Estate of MATTIE A WILMORE, I...... aged IMMEL & EVANS, Attorneys for Estate. F. 26-¡vf.fi 12 19 26 SUNDAY For 2 Days KATHLEEN NORRIS K A Y FW ANL.IS CHARLES BICKFORD-KAY JQWM&0M IN A CLAIRE FRtDfliC MARCH UOYALFAMIIY OF BROADWAY* / V STARTS TUESDAY fo r 3 Days Here It the Inside on the 7 famous family f of noted actors Small Jar Special $18.75 IOC 5c D r in k a n d E n jo y L ip to n s W illi ( 'n il Spring» $23.20 The Regular Price« of each are Y e llo w L a b e l C o f f e e 1 pound 3 9 c G raham Fine and Coarse Sack 25C White Laundry 40 Lb. Felled G oitnii L in ie r Mattre»» $6.85 50 I,b. $9.85 Hininionii Cotton L in ie r Mattress D oublt-Deck Coil Springs Soap Good in any water 10 Bars 25C 1 You ll Rest Easy on This BED SP R IN G ««¿M ATTRESS M u sta rd Pint Jar Pkg. JACK HOIT TOM eeOODS CON .TkMCI CUMMW4GS P e te r P a n Lb. Fisher’s Fast "Passion Flower." William de Mllle's M G M picture at the Fox McDonald theatre Sunday and Monday Is a well done presentation of the popular and much discussed novel by Kathleen Norris. The roles of Casey. Dnn. Dulce. Morado and Leroy Pringle are played by such excellent screen artists as Kay Johnson, Charles Bltfltford. Kay Francis, la*wts Stone and Winter Hall. Wright & Sons 59 35