Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-08-31


that about a week ago a carrier pigeon
came to his place with a band about
its leg upon which was a date and the
name of Salem, Oregon. StrOm wants
to hear from the owner of the bird.
Members of the Salem Rifle club will
take part in an official shoot at the
Finer range Sunday. Krag-Jorgen-
sens recently sent to the club, 20 inl
will be used and also the gov
ernment ammunition. The shooting
will be according to the rules of the
war department and an official record
will be kept of all scores.
Because of the impending strike all
passengers who will not reach their des-
tination by 4 clock Monday morning
are urged to delay their trip, as they
may be subject to serious delays and
the Oregon Electric or Southern Pa
cific will not be responsible for loss
or the inconvenience of travel. The
strike if called will be effective at II
o clock Monday morning.
Carey F. Martin and family will re-
turn this evening from months stay
at Belknap Springs. While climbing
on top of mountain, Mr.. Martin
claims to have discovered an unnamed
lake. No word has been received as
to whether he intends to name it, or
refer the matter to members of the
national geographic society.
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Fred Moore, charged with giving to-
bacco TO boys at the state training
school, was brought before Justice of
the Peace Webster yesterday and fin
ed $15. The sentence was suspended
pending good behavior. Moore is said
TO have given the boys tobacco while
engaged in hauling wood to the school.
Superintendent Hale entered the com
plant.
The funeral Of Charles E. Bier was
held this afternoon under the auspices
of the local Elk lodge from the chapel
of Webb & Clough. Burial was in the
City View cemetery. The pail bearers
were Watt Shipp, Ed Baker, VIM.
Burghardt, .Ir., William Bross, William
Esch and William Evans. According
TO the report made to the Oregon board
of health by the attending physicians,
his death was due to typhoid fever.
Come on with your oats stories Ed
ward Dunnigan of Howell Prairie was
in the city yesterday with report
that on II acres the yield was 1900
bushels, little over So bushels to the
acre. He says that a neighbor aver
aged 81 bushels to the acre and that
to his figures, the difference
in Weld was due to the fact that Mr..
Dunnigan has a number of COWS and
a manure spreader, and his neighbor
hasn t.
Ike Patterson who lives just across
the river near Eola was in the city yes
terday, boasting that he had the best
hop ward in the country and that his
could not be beat anywhere
in the west. Mr.. Patterson is six
footer and then some, get he says his
corn towers several feet above him
even with his hat on. He took a prize
last year at the corn show in Salem and
is privately of the opinion that he
will take another next December.
The report for August weather, ac
cording to the official figures at the
O. C. #. dock is as follows: Maximum
80; minimum, IL; rainfall,
81 of an inch which is Just that much
more than August of one year ago The
wind was from the north 21 days OF
the month, from the south seven days
and from the west two days. The time
of taking the official record Is D
o clock in the afternoon and this shows
that II days We're clear and Ii Were
cloudy.
Failure of the prosecuting witness,
J. Z. Miller, to appear this morning re-
suited in the dismissal by Justice Web
ster of Rudolph Betker and Mrs. Elsa
Miller. who had been arrested on
charge of adultry. Their arrest fol
lowed trial in the city police court
on n charge of indecent conduct, TO
which they pleaded guilty, Betker be-
inc fined $40 and Mrs. Miller $50. The
couple were arrested in local room
ing mouse Monday night.
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Next Monday will be observed as
kite dav by children in all parts of the
country and Just to get in line with the
national observance, children are invit'
ed to bring their kites to the Albert
Park Fairgrounds and get in ON the
pleasures of kite flying. There is no
limit as to size or shape or length OF
tail. or whether the kite has any. tail
at all; or it may be of the Chinese
stvle which is mostly tail. Girls are
qualified as kite flyers as well as boys,
lust so they have kite of their own
A $4,000 warehouse will be erected
by II. s. Gile 4 Co., made necessary by
the large amount of Pheasant brand
loganberry juice the company has stor-
ell in gallon glass bottles. To fill the
orders already booked, the company
has stored ten times the amount of To-