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The Chehalis Bee-Nugget from Chehalis, Washington • Page 17

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i CHBWAT.TS. WASHINGTON Big Crowd Watched Auto Sold for Only 99 Cents crowd gathered at the Harry B. Quick Auto Company Friday morn- Jns 6 the inauguration of the novel 99 cent sale Mr. Quick started The advertised offer auto tor 99 cents brought a considerable number, and this was bought by Gus Keeper Other 99 cent cars were sold during the sale. But a large ber of good reconditioned automobiles have been sold during the sale, at prices multiples of 99.

This was a novel event, and the first time it had ever been applied in this locality to a sale of automobiles G. G. Temple Is New Morton Mayor Morton, April has a new Bjayor, the city council having elected G. G. Temple to succeed A Jarnagln, resigned.

The latter will engage in business at Bellevue, near Seattle. Milton E. Waste has been chosen marshal and will fill other duties as well. He succeeds John Lester, who has accepted a position on the Chehalis police force. CECIL DYE INJURED IN CAMP JfEAR TOLEDO.

April Dye was badly injured Thursday afternoon while working in the logging camp of the Toledo-Winlock Logging Company, three miles east of Toledo He was a loader on the crane, and caught between two pilings and crushed. He was taken to the St. Helens hospital in Chehalia where Xray showed no bones were broken, but it is feared he is Injured Internally. It is reported that he will likely recover. THE CHEHAU8 BEE-NUGGET, FRIDAY.

'APRIL, 26, 1930. Mr. and Mrs. Dever Have 64th Wedding Date PAOB IT Geo. Godfrey Quits State Highway Position Cf George Godfrey of Chehalia, who has been with the bridge division of the state highway engineering department the past 11 years, being stationed here' for several years past, has resigned from the work.

He has gone into business for himself, having this week purchased the Nichols News Agency business, which handles the circulation in the ChehalJs district of the Tacoma Daily Ledger, the Portland Oregonian, a long list of magazines and other publications. George has spent practically his entire life in Chehalis, where he has a wide acquaintance and he expects to put his entire energy into making tiis new business a success. His old- time friends will be pleased to help him make it so. EASTERN BROOK TROUT PLANTED AT MORTON. Morton, April Game Warden Otto Beusch brought 20,000 eastern brook trout to Morton and planted them in a rearing pond erected at the W.

T. Crumb ranch Sunday by members of the Morton Isaak Walton League chapter. HING BUT THE NAME When A. I. PKilp and his as.

sociates took over Durant they set out to create an automobile that could build its own reputation. It couldn't be built in a day, nor in months, but it has been done. The car is the Entirely new Durant. By any standard, this is a quality car, built to give performance and to keep on giving it. Ride in it Drive it.

Feel its finger-light control. Test the effortless power that surges forth at your command in the new DurintModel6-14. Mode! 4-14 Prices Sterlet $540 Prices Start PrictsSUrtMfftS F.O.HLAHSMOMKH. Spike Motor Corporation 417 N. Pearl St.

CENTRALIA Phone 1180 The many local friends of Mr. and Mrs. John Dever of Los Angeles pioneer residents of Chehalis, will be Interested to learn that this couple had the rather unusual honor ol celebrating their 64th wedding anniversary early in AprIL A recent Issue of a LOB Angeles paper published the pictures of Mr. and Mrs. Dever, and the following description of the event: "Mr and Mrs.

John Dever were married April 3, 1866 at St. Marys church. Portage City, Wisconsin. Yesterday (April 3, 1930) their sixty- fourth wedding anniversary, was commemorated at a devout Thanksgiving Mass at St. Columbkille church, 64th and Main streets where they have been regular communicants since coming to Los Angeles over seven years ago.

"Mr. and Mrs. Dever came to America with their parents as children, their acquaintance dating from school days in Wisconsin. Dever was born in Donegal County, Ireland, February 15, 1838, having passed his ninety-second milestone a month or so ago. Mrs.

Dever (nee Jane A. Dixon) was born, in Dublin, April 7, 1844 and will be eighty-six next Sunday. Both old people are in good health though Mr. Dever is more active. He walks the ten blocks from bis hime to attend daily Lenten services, not having missed once since March 5th.

He walks with a lively stride and disdains the use of a cane. He wears glasses for reading only although frequently he reads without them. "At the outbreak of the Civil War, Mr. Dever answered President Lincoln's call for 300,000 men. He enlisted in the llth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers, and was one of eleven survivors of Company (of a total of 115 men) to be mustered out at the completion of his three year enlistment period.

He re-enlisted at Indianola, Texas, as a Veteran-Volunteer, serving 1 until September 29, 1865, making a total of four years and one month that he gave to the cause of the Union. "Mr. Dever became a member of the G. A. R.

in 1874 and was an active member and officer in Joe Hooker Post No. 25 at Chehalis, Washington, where he lived from 1889 until coming to Los Angeles. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Dever, five of whom survive.

Three are here in Los Angeles. There are six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Dever maintain their own household at7015 South San Pedro street, together with a bachelor son." WINlXXTK-TOLiEDO LOGGING CAMP CIX)SES.

Toledo, April logging- camp of the Winlock-Toledo Lumber Company closed Saturday for a period, of from 60 to 90 days and maybe longer, according to a statement made by officials of the company. The closing down is due to the unsatisfactory condition of the lumber market. The local company has around $80,000 worth of lumber at the Winlock mill and no market for it; other companies have millions of feet of finished lumber on their hands and but little demand for It. It is expected that practically all logging camps will be closed within the next few weeks. PRODUCTS MOVING RATHER SLOWLY.

Winlock, April receiving stations are now kept extremely busy in taking care of the Influx of eggs and broilers with the poultry business rapidly Hearing the spring peak regarding volume of eggs and poultry receipts. The poultry plant at the Washington Co-Op is not yet operating at full capacity, but there are more than 100 persona now on the payroll of that concern and this number will be increased as the season progresses. Thousands of broilers are now being marketed each week here. Approximately 2300 cases, of eggs are marketed at the co-op. Both egg and broiler receipts are still increasing.

MAPLE BURLS BEING SHIPPED OUT OP WINLOCK. Winlock, April latest product to be shipped from the Winlock-Toledo district is maple burls, the large knotty masses that adhere to maple trees. A carload of them has been recently gathered from the woods and brought here by Brewer of Toledo for shipment east. They are used In the construction of high class furniture and were consigned to a Kansas city firm with Cin- minnati as the ultimate destinaton. WINLOCK ROUTE 2 TO BE EXTENDED MILES.

Winlock, April M. E. Meloy has received authorization from Washington, D. to extend rural delivery service on Route 2 to patrons living on the John King road as far as the Guy Webb place, a distance of 3.1 miles. This service is to commence May 1.

CENTURY OLD APPLE TREE IN BLOOM. Vancouver, April other aged beauties, the Hudson Bay apple tre 1 04 eai- old, does not resort to artificial means to retain the semblance of youth. It Is covered with pink and white blossoms, and is as beautiful as any of the young apple trees throughout Clark county. The tree bears apples every year, a small yellow fruit, shaped like a Spltzen- berg. Morton Walton Club Elects Officers Morton.

A Wal- tonites have elected Prank Klngs- land i President; Eric Brosze, vice- president; Herschel Wilson, secre- have na Kingsland: and Ways and Means a Harry Mmer OT tt Pollution-n Joe 9 leTln Ervie Conservation--Li. 0-. vi- CHEHALIS Smooth sailing for Baby in one of these ultra smart 1930 model carriages If small babies could talk you can bet they would be enthusiastic over these new carriages. Beautiful color combinations are the just like the newest automobiles. The one shown above is luxuriously upholstered has balloon tires and other late refinements.

Exactly as sketched-- $32.50 A at a very low price This model also features the newest color combinations and has the same smooth riding gear but is slightly smaller. An exceptional value-- TERMS ARRANGED TO SUIT YOU Accept This Gift --with the Compliments of the Eastman Kodak Company For Your Child lf His or Her Twelfth Birthday T1 Comes Any Time During 1930 Jf AVE YOU a youngster whose twelfth birthday in 1930? If so, he or she may obtain an unexpected birthday gift! To mark the Fiftieth Anniversary of Kodak, the Eastman Kodak Company has authorized IM to present--free of all charge or obligation-a limited number of handsome new cameras and rolls'of Kodak Film to girls and boys who become twelve years old this year. Any child who can qualify and who Is accompanied to our store during May by a parent or guardian will receive bis or her camera without delay or red tape, provided our stock has not yet been exhausted. It makes no difference in what month of 1930 the youngster's birthday comes. The important thing to remember is that demand for these cameras is more than likely to exceed the supply, and that the cameras will be distributed only as long as they last during the month of May.

Each camera, especially made for this occasion, will be accompanied by a fresh roll of Kodak Film. A valuable and worth while birthday gift for any youngster! DRUG STORE 843 Market St Phone 53 Bladder Irritation or Itching sensation, backache IBB making TO? jive op. Orator a i how anlckly It worki and whaTit doe. Money back if it dowrtMnr fluick and completely Try today COe. Geo.

L. Sean Drue Company toua, Harry Cooper. Publicity--R. L. Knapp.

Membership--Ira Poore. Official coffee brewer--W. E. Clevinger, L. G.

Vltous, member of the Lewis county game commission, reported that In June and July that body will receive thousands of eyed trout eggs for planting in waters now shut off from fish bearing by reason of high falls and other Help was asked In locating places where these eggs may be planted. Dogs were reported bothering nestings of Chinese pheasants near here. Recently Otto J. Buesch, county game warden, and Mr. Vltous released a number of mated pairs of Chinese pheasants in eastern Lewis county, these being from the county game farm at Silver Creek.

FORKST DISTRICT HAS A BtJSY SOCIAL WBKK. Forest, April Frank Klein of Everett vJsltJnr Mrs. W. D. Anderson, her mother; Nederlander was in Silver Creek demonstrating work.

at Mossyrock and Salkum attending the meetings of their clubs. Mrs. Thompson's daughter, Mrs. Sabin, is nick at her mother's. Mr and Mrs.

B. F- Blahop. Mrs. Eva Hum of Centralla were A nnerM 3 of Mr. and Mrs.

McCoy. Mr. and Mrs. E. Saundera and family of Ford's Prairie were afternoon guests.

The- Plerpolnt family is sick with scarlet fever and Mr. Pierpolnt is laid up with blood poison. WInnifred Wulz was a lovely present from the nrlntine the yearly program. A WM given by Miss Copp on the dresses That are to Judged at the next council on the second day of May. Foot stools were made at the meeting trr a.

very enjoyable meeting me -erred delicious in Ported visJtinr nd shopping 1 Mrs. who la visiting at the home of Mrs. Ed. Yates spent Friday with Mary Nedertander, Mrs. Cogdlll formerly lived at Forest Mrs.

Kate Thompson spent Friday at Kelso visiting her daughter who is slowly recovering from an operation. Mr. and Mm. Chax. OeMell spent Thursday at OrtSng vliltlng Mr.

and Mrs. Colyn. They also the bulb farm. The daffodils are In full bloom, now and It makes a beautiful picture. Clarence Roberts, who was hit on his knee by a cable Is slowly recovering.

Hlsa Wlnnifred Wulx spent week end at Olympia visiting- Mr. and Mrs. R. LL Wade. Mrs.

Wulu and daughter Jean and Joe Wulz motored down on Sunday. Mr. and- Mrs. Chae. Oessell and Frank Miller, Mary Nederlander, attended a.

Pomona Grange meeting at Rochester last Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Urquhart and Mrs.

H. Rosebroofc spent Friday at Onalasfca. Mr. and Mrs. George Nisi are the proud owner of a new radio..

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