Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-26


from Vancouver, B &C.
Rex winnans, of Portland, former
Salem. boy, is registered at the Hotel
Marion.
Manager Grove, of the Hotel Ma
rion, has gone to San Francisco on
business.
Misses Alta and Grace Niles, of Van
couver, B. c., are in the city visiting
friends this week.
Attorney George Frazure, of Rose
burg, is attending to legal matters in
the city this week.
O. P. COpperwell, of Boise, Idaho, is
visiting his brother Frank, who resides
at 667 North Summer street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter LaBarde have
left for Denver Colo where they will
visit Mrs. LaBarde's parents for few
weeks.
Mrs. W. F. Fargo has returned to
the city, having visited friends at
Myrtle Point. She spent three weeks
in the Coos Bay country.
Judge Galloway of department No. 3
of the circuit court, has gone to Nc.
Minnville on official business. He ex.
poets to be home this evening
Mrs. G. Hume, of Portland, is visiting
Salem friends this week. She will re-
main here during the remainder of the
week and then go to southern Oregon to
visit her sister, Mrs. j. L. Kaufman.
After being confined at the State
Hospital for the insane but 16 days,
Kate Westerlund, an inmate committed
from Astoria, succeeded in making an
escape yesterday afternoon, and has
not been heard of since. The woman is
of Finnish birth, and is considered
harmless. She is 50 years of age, and
has relative in Astoria whose name
is Mrs. j. A. BastrOm.
NJ. A. Lane, son of the late Professor
NJ. G.. Lane, and former resident of
Salem, but now of Aberdeen, Wash, is
in the city visiting old friends, Mr..
Lane says he sees great improvement
in Salem and predicts bright future
for the CanitoI CITY
Win Carter and wife will leave soon
for Newport to enjoy week S outing
Mr.. Carter has never been to the pop
ular summer resort as yet, having been
in Oregon but a short time, and he is
anxious to see what this state has in
the way Of recreation places.
Captain Cam, who was rescued from
his ship, the California, in the wreck
off the Alaskan coast week ago, was
a Salem boy. His father, Thomas H.
Cam, was clerk of the state land board
from 1874 to 1878. Old,timers say he
built the house now occupied by II. S.
Belle on Church street. He left Salem
about 1880, moving to Seattle.
William Petzel was yesterday ap.
pointed administrator of the estate of
the late Joe Petzel who was killed in
an accident between an auto truck and
an electric truck near Chemawa last
week. The deceased left an estate val.
ued at $4,000 The heirs are: vii.
liam Petzel, NJ, J. Petzel Elizabeth
Petzel, Franic MOisan, Christian
Hayes, A. F. Petzel and A. C. Petzel.
There will be no recall petitions to
be voted upon at the next special city
election September 10, according TO
City Recorder Elgin. He declared to.
day that there has been no petition
filed to date, and, as the law requires
that all petitions for recall must be on
file on or before the Goth day prior 10
the date Of the election, the recorder
cannot accept any such measures now
Commissioner Ferguson who examined
into the matter of the application of
the Consolidated Life Insurance Com
pany to do business in this state, says
in his report; "FrOm the standpoint
of this department, do not find one
feature of this company's proposal
which this department can approve.
The entire proposition is crude, and the
concern evidently is not in the hands of
experienced insurance people. I feel
that this department cannot consistent.
ly issue this company a permit"
Carelessness nearly caused possible
injury to a delivery wagon driver this
morning about 10 oclock, when the
rig barely escaped from colliding with
a southbound Oregon Electric car at
the intersection of State and High
streets. The horse and wagon was
trotting east on State street, and. lust
as the rig reached the O. +. track. A
train drew up, stopped and proceeded
to eros the street car track. The
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