Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-07-06

10 Frank Banks, farmer, and Helen
Brown, both of this city. Elton Jones,
farmer, and Eva NJ. King secured a
marriage license yesterday. Both young
people are of this city.
-O-
Matron Hopkins Of the State Indus
trial School for Girls is putting up
hard fight, following every clue to
find the four girls who escaped from
the institution Friday night. Every
county in the state and police depart
ment in the cities have been notified
and the search viii 60 on.
The case Of Taylor against the Port
land, Eugene and Eastern viii be ia
ken up this afternoon in department
No of the circuit court after the con
clusion of the Copeland Morris ease.
Mr.. Taylor's suit is for personal dam
ages against the streetcar company.
Salem Party Goes Up Mckenzie
A party of Salem people consisting of
Dr. IAN Mrs. Clay, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Bush, ir., Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Bush and
j. A. Kapphahn, was in the city Fri
] day night on the way to the upper
Mckenzie to spend the Fourth, travel.
ing in omobiles.-Eugene Register
Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Hunt, Miss
Erma Putnam and Newton Smith, have
returned to Salem after spending a de-
lightful Fourth at the Cheney farm,
about half way between Independence
and Monmouth. The time was spent
in safe and sane manner lying about
under the trees and lunching several
times a day on the best that Polk
county can afford.
The campus Of Willamette University
will be the scene of picnic Tuesday
afternoon when the ministers of the
city Of Salem gather for their annual
outdoor jolly-up and basket dinner.
The affair will be from one O'Clock
until in the afternoon. The ministers
of the city ana their families are ex.
pected to be present in full force.
-O--
Charles B. Harrison, graduate of
Willamette University, who is con-
nected with a Portland business firm,
spent the Fourth in Salem. To cele.
brate the Fourth in a thoroughly safe
and sane manner he and the rest of the
Harrison family held a reunion on the
banks of the Willamette river. There
was plenty of good things to eat and
thoroughly enjoyable time was spent.
In spite of the fact that Saturday
was the Fourth and that yesterday was
sort of secondary celebration in the
way of picnic parties and excursions
there was nothing doing in the police
court this morning. 1t is usual after
u celebration of independence Dav that
the police Judge has a grist of male
factors lined up before him next day
but this morning the Jail was vacant
and the docket clear. Police Judge
Elgin, however, was busily reading the
law as set forth in Lords Oregon laws
so as to be ready for any emergency.
-O-
DR.. Mercer detained. DR.. and Mrs.
w. l.. Mercer were detained on their
trip to Iowa ON account of the hot
weather in the east. They will go la.
ter.
A gentleman living on High street
says that one day last week two men
hauling wood got one of their wagons
stuck hard and fast. The two were
delivering wood at the same place and
one left his team and load standing on
the street while he helped his partner
unload, When this was done and he
went after his own team it was found
the wagon had settled into the pave
ment several inches and in order to
get 1T moved an extra pair of horses
mad to be htched to it.
-O-
/ Al Cleveland, one of Watt Ships
motorcycle experts, bears the marks
on his face today of tumble from
new machine he rode over to the Falls
CITY celebration, IL is said that Mr..
Cleveland was unable to hold down the
new untried machns and it sped
around the curves at will. 1t is re-
ported that the motorcycle, being new
ana unused to the rough country roads,
got tired and wanted to ride the rider
awhile. At any rate, the rider went
INTO the ditch and got skinned up con-
slderably although not seriously hurt.
me accident happened between here
and Dallas.
The usual numerous reports of forest
tires on the day after the Fourth of
July have failed to materialize tajs
year, according to State Forester FL.
llott. Only one small fire had been ~
ported up to this afternoon and that
was entirely under control. The fire
was reported to be along the right-of.
way of the Columbia highway between
Wanna and WeStport. The nearest fire
warden had the fire under control with
lO men on the job to prevent fresh out.
breaks. On account of the many picnic
and camping parties on the Fourth Of
July, MIR. Elliott says that many camp
fires are left burning and afterward
grow to be a menacing forest fire. The
widespread warnings that have been
posted is believed to have been largely
instrumental for the more care taken
by campers and pieniekers this year.
o.
DR.. G. j, Smith democratic candidate
for governor, will be one Of the prin.
eipal speakers at the next meeting of
the promotion department of ... Sa
lem commercial club, which viii be held
/ Wednesday evening at the Marion no.
tel. Secretary Ralph Moores of the
department is working on what prom.
ises to be lively and thoroughly in.