Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-03
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mONeu INTO ltS new location IN tne
five story building just completed in
Albany, taking advantage of Labor
day to do its moving.
Mrs. Susan Whitsey, 95 years old,
celebrated her birthday at her home on
Foots creek near Medford, August 10.
Hood River schools opened Monday
with an unusual attendance that taxes
the capacity of her school buildings.
Reports from all parts of the valley
show that big army of pickers is now
at work gathering the hop crop.
The estimate of 125,OOO bales of hops
for the 1913 crop apparently is too
low, and the figures when the crop is
all in will be above 100000.
A rabid COW was killed on Catherine
creek, a few miles east of Union, Sun.
day. The cow became ferocious and
chased the herders out of the range
and all other cattle were in a state of
terror. Information was telephoned
to Union and the authorities notified
the herder to kill the cow.
Walter Davis, aged about 80, re.
tired farmer, slipped as he attempted
to board car at Stewards Station, Port.
land, Monday, and was ground to death
by the wheels. He had just bidden his
wife good bye and she, standing on the
porch, witnessed the accident and was
the first to reach the body.
A $4,000 damage suit will be tried
in Albany this week, it being brought
against the Lebanon Lumber company
by Nellie Mcdaniel of Pendleton, on
account of the death of her husband,
Warren Mcdaniel, who was killed while
working in the company's sawmill at
Lebanon almost two years ago.
Mrs. Elizabeth Weed Wilcox died
while out for a drive near Corvallis
Sunday, probably from apoplexy or
heart disease. Just before the attack
she complained of having been "stung
by bees.''
o. V. Meyers, an orchardist of Med.
ford, is out a fine crop of Ben Davis
apples. He employed lot of pickers
to gather his crop of Gravenstein ap.
pies, and instead they picked all the
Ben Davis brand which is yet green
and unfit for use.
Nurses at Eugene have organized the
Lane County Graduate Nurses associa.
tion.
Fossils council has ordered the con.
struction of another reservoir to aug.
ment the city's water supply.
Eugene Register: They talk all thew
want to about supermen and superwo.
men, but the fellow who brings back
money from his vacation is no SLOUGH
klamath Falls has abolished tho
nickelin'the-slot machines, in fact as
well as in law, by ordering out those
IN operation in cigar stores, where the
mill made its last public appearance.
Baker Herald; La Grande has had n
merry paving war and as result the
city is to get good paving at a lower
price. This is good thing for Baker
to remember when 1t needs more paw
ing.
Considerable Durkee about this dis
patch; "The contractors are doing th,
cement work preparatory to putting il
new steel bridge across Burnt rive,
south of Durkee They will also put
one across Durkee creek above Dur
kee. "
In the reminiscence column Of IN,
Prneville Review the information il
Supplied that on September 90, 1883
wheat in the Prineville market was sell
ing at 70 cents, oats and barley at 81
cents and potatoes at i5 and so cents
Tin the plans for meeting the Port
land Auto club at The Dalles and e,
corting them to the Round. Up ther
is" says the East orcgonian, ga mar
Hesitation Of the real Pendleton spirit
the spirit that makes the big show $
popular and causes II to have 80 man
ardent boosters. 4"
Most of mans illusions come on
Vtth hta h.s.