Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-06

Florence Houston as superintendent OF
the art department at the fair this
year Miss Musa Geer could not see her
way clear to conduct the department
this season.
The Hood River Glacier says that
city will give the Salem Cherrians a
warm reception next Thursday when
our boys stop there on their way to the
Pendleton Roundup. Hood River can
do it, all right.
The government agricultural ex-
pert, L. ]. Chapiu, and Fruit Inspector
Constable have made an investigation
of the prune orchards in this vicinity,
and report that very little damage was
done by the rain.
Up to the present time local Officers
have had no calls to quiet hop yard
brawls. Within four days after the
picking started last year, rows Of every
description occurred but the pickers
seem to be more satisfied this season
and so intent upon gathering in the
hop checks that they can't find time
to hunt trouble.
The funeral of August schirmer, who
died last Tuesday from heart failure,
was held from the Clough & Lehman
undertaking parlors today at II
o'clock, H. W. Gross officiating. The
remains will be sent East for burial
and will be accompanied by the son, A
G. Schirmer, and daughter, Mrs. Paul
Rasmussen.
The Salem Woman's club is making
final preparations to fit up the home Of
Rev. P. s. Knight as rest building
and a place where women can spend
the nights in more privacy than in ho'
tells or rooming houses. The Woman Is
club is working diligently on the plan
and hope to have the cottage fitted up
soon. Rev. knights home is located
on Liberty street, between Chemeke'
ia and Court. Funds with which to
perfect the plans for the rest and sleep
ing quarters are being raised today
by the club.
Frank Patterson, the 9-year-old son
of laborer on fruit ranch south Of
the city, experienced no little Difficult
ty in reaching the city yesterday, when
he left his home in CASTOR, Ore. The
lad was bundled off the train at Ger.
linger-the place where he didn t want
to go, Of course-and was compelled
to wait several hours for another train
to come along He boarded gasoline
car and was brought to Salem, but was
still lost. Mrs. Jackson, the county
Juvenile officer, ran across the little
traveller, and, taking him under her
motherly care, soon found his daddy.
George Hines, the man who attempt
ed to escape after being arrested on
a charge of forgery and who was cap
tured last Thursday night by Officers
WoOlery and Irvine in real motion.pic-
ture fashion, waived examination be-
fore Justice Webster yesterday after
noon and was bound over to await the
action of the grand jury. According
to Chief of Police Shedeek it is going
to be hard problem to convict Hines,
as no one saw him actually forge a
check. There is considerable discussion
on the streets today concerning the Of
ficers actions taken to stop Hines
when he attempted to escape. 1t is
said that the officer had no legal right
to fire upon the man for the reason he
was not then criminal fugitive A,
r. Wilson and wife, Mr. Wilson being
the manager Of the local Postal Tele.
graph office, were passing along Che,
meketa street when bullets began to
sing around them and it is but an act
of good fortune that the leaden mis-.
siles did not find a mark in the person
Of some bystander
| About forty members of the Willim.
cite Valley Lumbermer S association
met in the quarters of the promotion
department of the Commercial club this
afternoon at . O'Clock. The matters
introduced for discussion pertained to
the protection of the valley timber and
the general affairs of the industry.
Feeling like he had just stepped out
of a six.plumed sleeper with pair of
black horses for locomotive, G. Buell.
appeared before Judge Elgin in the po
lice court this morning and pleaded
guilty to the charge Of being drunk and
disorderly' After paying the customary
50 fine, Buell. wended his way south To
the hop yard which he had left yester.
day morning,
According to the local hop men, the
lslS crop will be harvested two weeks
from today. They say that the pickers
are going at the work hammer and
tongs and that the hops are being
l'hcked from the vines by the tons. Al.
though some of the pickers are wont to
relate their ability in a manner likened
to the fisherman, ten and twelve boxes
daily is mere matter of little work
on the part of some of the harvesters