Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-10

arrived this morning to spend her va
cation in nearby hop yards.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. Luthy left this
morning for Seattle, where they will
visit their daughter, Mrs. Frank ALI
son, for a few days.
The Willamette river is getting SO
low at this point that steamers are
compelled to fairly wiggle along over
the bars between here and Portland. To
add to this drawback to river trans
portation, the traffic is great now and
it is hardly possible to navigate with
out the use of tackle attached to the
shore.
At > o'clock this afternoon it was
announced that all tickets on the spe'
cial train to the Roundup, which leaves
at 9 o'clock tomorrow, had been sold,
and that the demand was still great.
Agent Houston remarked at the time
he could get another car, if there was
demand enough for it in evidence right
away, which means at least IS more
wOuld-be "round.uppers."
With the exception of few yards
in this county, the growers are still
calling for hop pickers to harvest the
crop. The sooner the hops are picked
now the more satisfied the growers
will be, and several hundred extra
pickers would be welcomed at the
present time, Reports made by differ
ent growers this morning are to the
effect that the hops are in a splendid
condition, and a surprisingly rich har-
vest is looked forward to.
Estel Cooper has received a gift from
Oklahoma which he considers to be
about the finest thing ever shipped to
this city. 1t is in the form of a mock.
ing bird and although shipped through
all kinds Of weather for long distance,
the bird is still able to hop about and
blink cheerfully at OregOn's bright sun
light. Mr.. Cooper hopes to secure a
mate for the whistler soon. This is the
second southern sOngster received by
Mr.. Cooper and some time ago, Whit
Cooper, brother of Estel Cooper, re-.
ceived a shipment of possum from the
far southern states.
A fox terrier dog and "a State street
car caused people to stare just before
noon today when the pup attempted to
dash between the front fender and the
wheels of westbound car. The dog did
not see or hear the car until it was
nearly opposite him while he was trot-
ting across the street When he OBJ.
served the car, instead of stopping, the
canine made a dive forward and was
caught and thrown to the street by a
brake rod Instead of trying to get
out, Mr.. Dog lay perfectly still and al.
lowed the body of the car to pass harm.
lessly over his back, when he jumped
up and scampered to the sidewalk.
" Lucky dog" said a witness to the
accident as he noticed the dog turned
and paced up State street as though
nothing had happened.
The laws of 1913 provide for coun.
ties appropriating $4,000 to $4,000 for
agricultural extension, the state appro.
priating the same amount, and some
question having arisen as to the man.
ner in which it should be paid out, At.
torney.General Crawford this morning
gave out an opinion to the effect that
the counties did not have to send the
money to the state treasurer, but that
1t could be paid out by the county
court, the same as any other county
bills are paid He suggested that in
making out the reports to send to the
state treasurer that they should show
that one'half was paid by the county
and the other by the state.