Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-11
Reform School Boys
Break Into Station
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Capital Journal Special Service
Quinaby, Ore, Aug. ll.-Gaining en-.
trance to the Quinaby depot by climb.
ing over the transom, three bows from
the reform school secured 81 in pen.
nies and revenue stamps early Friday
morning, and managed TO get as far as
Oregon City, where they were captured
Saturday.
The families of J. c. McFarlanc and
G. g. Beckner attended the family re.
union of the SSrff and Drill famihes
at Joseph Sarff's at Salem Heights
last Sunday. There were so persons
present, all related to the Sarffs. Tab.
les yere set in the grove and bounti.
full dinner served
The daily shipment from the peach
orchard of Louis Laehmund, on Kaiser
Bottom, is five hundred boxes. They
are of the Freestone variety so much
sought for canning, and are being sent
to Portland over the Oregon Electric.
There being no depot or agent at Clax-
tar the 0rchardists and others making
large shipments are forced to wait until
the arrival of trains and then do their
own loading upon the cars at consider
able loss of time
The family of Rev. Guy Slower, of
Brooks, is spending rev weeks camp.
ing in Quinaby park. The Professor
Gilmores have just finished an outing
there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Sarff, of Brewer.
vile, Mimi, were weekend guests of
the j. C. McFarlanes.
R. H. Bone, an aged gentleman who
suffered broken nose :y being thrown
down by Salem street car some weeks
ago, is sufficiently improved to visit
his daughter, Mrs. Lee Mccormick, of
this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peterson, of Hayesville
were visitors Wednesday at the Harold
home. Mr.. Peterson is in very feeble
health.
The Misses Amanda and Alvina Hahn
have returned to Portland after a visit
to their family here.
Ethel Jones, the little daughter of w
K. Jones, who had an arm broken by q
fall from horse last week while visit
ing at Rosedale, is improving nicely.
Willard Matthes is confined to his
bed by an attack of lagrippe.
Mr.. Worth, the aged father of Mrs
James o Neil enjoyed his first automo
bile ride last week, when Miss Christine
Harold. who owns handsome Stude
baker car, took him to Gervais and st
Paul. During the two months that Miss
Harold has owned her car she has done
great deal Of missionary work in TAX
ing the "shut-ins" driving through the
country, having taken over 30 persons
out who would otherwise never have
had an opportunity Of going beyond
their own homes.
John Jones, Of l.7pmere, former
resident of Quinaby, is reported suffer
ing from a fractured collarbone, sus
tanned in an accident last week when
Frank Lyniff drove his machine ovel
the bridge railing at Salem.
Mrs. Lena LaF'lemme and two chill
dren of Wrens, Benton county, are
visiting friends at Brooks.
G.. W. Sturgis has sold his 2S-acr'
farm near Brooks to George Ferrell fol
consideration Of $4,000. The property
is regarded as a bargain at this price
but Mr. Sturgis has concluded that he
has found a place that beats the vii
lumette valley, where he lived 40 years
before moving to Bentop county las
fall. On his last trip over from Wren'
he started back with a COW which he
intended to butcher, but on the way
home traded it for rive fine heifeI
calves.
Mrs. John Jones is i'll in Salem hos
pital.
Roy Sturgis has sold his restaurant il
eastern Oregon and returned to Brooks
on account of i'll health.
Mrs. G. S. McMunn visited Monda!
at the home of Il. A. Matthes at Clax
tar, where two of her grandchildren
Margaret and Augusta Matthes, hav,
the whooping cough There is mucl
sickness in the country but no fatalitie
reported.
Miss Grace Lick, kho taught severa
terms of school successfully in th'
vicinity Of Quinaby, has accepted
school at Aurora.