Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-05-26
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CITY NEWS
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The West Salem baseball team will
play the Jitneys on the West Salem
grounds next Sunday afternoon, the
game beginning at 2;30 O'Clock. West
Salem was winner in the last game
played between these teams, but the
Jitneys have been considerably
strengthened during the last three
weeks.
The sophomores Of the high school
are one point nearer the coveted cup Of
fered by the Civies club. In the game
yesterday the sophomore team defeated
the junior baseball players with score
Of to 10. The contest will be decid-
ed within a few days and the cup Of
fered by the Civics club to the high
school class making the greatest mum
ber of points in the interclass contests
will be awarded next Friday.
The last meeting of the season of
the children who have been. attending
the regular story hour Saturday morn
ings at the public library will take
place tomorrow morning at 9:3O
O'Clock. 1t is in the way of children 3
fancy dress party when all the little
ones are to come representing a famous
character. All the children are invit-
ed to come in whatever costume they
may find convenient.
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For use in the U. s. forest service
at Grants Pass, the government has or
dered from the Spaulding Logging
company "Ready-Cut" look out
house. 1t is made according to the
government s specifications and will
be used by one of the fire wardens
This is the first house of the kind in
use by the government but as it is of
an approved design for forest use, it'll
is probable tnat additional orders will
be received.
The funeral of Mrs j. A. Churchill
was held this afternoon from st. Pauls
Episcopal church and was conducted
by the Rev. r. S. Gill Interment was
in the City View cemetery. The pail
bearers, all prominent educators of the
state were P. L. Campbell president
of the University of Oregon; L. D.
Ressler of the Oregon Agricultural Col |
lege; Il. t, MoOres, superintendent of
the Oregon state school for the blind |
j. H. Ackermln, president of the state
Monmouth Normal school; Walter M.
Smith, county school superintendent
and E. =. Carlton, assistant state su-
perintendent
News Of the death of Mrs John Holm
on May Is has just been received by
friends in this city. Mr.. and Mrs. |
Holm were residents of Salem 25 years
ago at which time he worked at the
blacksmith trade. About 10 years ago
they went to Montana and then to !
Fruitland, Idaho where Mr.. Holm died |
a year ago. After his death Mrs. Holm !
went to the home of her brother, A. |
X. Baker, at Graysville, Tenn, where
she died They were members of the
Cottage Street United Evangelical
chudch and Mrs. Holm was a member
Of the Women of Woodcraft. They are
remembered by many old friends in this
city.
The high school building will offer
three separate entertainments tonight.
Those interested in manual training
work will find the boys working in
their workshop on the first floor, with |
G. h. Bonell and his assistants in
charge. In the gymnasium, the girls |
of the high school, under the direction
of Miss Griffin, the physical instruc-
tor, will give program of calestehnics
and special drills. For those interest. /
ed in cooking, the girls of the domestic
science department, with the instructor
Miss Bertha Edwards, will show what
they have accomplished in the way of |
taking care of home as far as pro-
viding correct meals is concerned. Af- |
ter the demonstration, there will be a
cooked food sale.
A apaper was in circulation today
among the business men of the down
town districts, asking Charles l.. Dick |
to permit his name to be used as can
didate for school director at the com
ing election, Monday, June 10. While |
Mr.. Dick has not as yet agreed, it is
probable that he will consent espe.
cially as the request comes from many
of the most prominent business men
who feel that business man should
be placed on the board to succeed B. J. |
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