Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-09-01
Fruitland News
lCanital journal Special service.l


Fruitland, Ore, Aug. 31.-Emil Sund-
borg who is one OF the militia boys now
on the border. He is mess cook and gets
SIS a month for his work and culinary
skill. Besides he draws his regular pay
from Uncle Sam as a soldier.
Norris Ransom s new barn is rapidly
on the way to completion. 1t looms up
wonderfully against the western sky
as your chronicler gazes on the setting
sun these warm evenings.
Thursday at p. IN. the mercury stood
at sc degrees in the shade here. In
the sun 1l0 degrees at $3.50. In Fresno,
Cal, 25 years ago l saw the thermometer
register on two consecutive days at
p. M, lis degrees and l2O in the shade!
and l heard of no prostrations. 1t was
a dry, still heat.
Colonel Hofer in a recent Capital
Journal gets after the drys and all but
calls them fanatics. He also takes
fling at the Sunday law people-they
who would close up all work and about
all play-on the first day of the week.
These he would call Puritans which tai
lies quite well with the word he applies
TO the drys. But the colonel should not
class these citizens as one. That would
be quite wrong. There are many hun
dreds in Oregon who voted dry who
would not vote to sustain Sunday law.
Colonel Hofer is clever, but should not
be so careless with his branding iron.
Sunday evening Mr.. H. w. White, of
Salem, preached in the church here to
large congregation. Though not pos
sessing a classical education, he has zeal
and a fund of common sense which
some Of the clergy ought to cultivate.
His theme was sinless perfection. He
said he believed the Bible from begin
ming to end though he did not profess to
understand it all, rather sensible
proposition, for if we refused to believe
a thing because we did not understand
all about it, we would not believe some
of the commonest things as for instance,
that grass grows. Come again, Brother
White
A brother Of VIM. Donaldson is visit
ing with the family. Mr.. Donaldson re.
sides near Marion, Kansas, and with
his family is taking a look at Oregon.
He will find no. nicer place in it than
our Fruitland with its handsome wo-
men and gallant men.
Some of the threshed grain is turning
out better than expected.
Clarence Boiling is delivering wood at
the asylum farm.
Joe Fliegel, Jr., has been helping
Walter Ransom roof the new barn. One
day this week the boys took a ther-
mometer up with them and it registered
I03 degrees in the sun of course. The
barns is 40 by 2S and the NOW space
will hold % tons of loose nay. The roof
is covered by l2,500 shingles and is
quarter pitch.
We all hope the railroad controversy
will soon be settled. 1t seems the broth
erhoods have not been BADLY deal with
by the railroads. 1t is said they have
purse of $l5,000,000 as sort of an
emergency fund az in case of uni,
versal strike. If they could save this
of their wages they were not poor
ly paid. They demand an eight hour
day and 10 hour wage which seems
to me prepos,erous. An eight hour day
may be all right in many industries, but
what could we do with it out here IN
the country where we sometimes have to
put in l6-just double.
Those religious societies which re-
Gently met in New York by resolution
censured President Wilson as though he
has not trouble enough on his hands.
They seem to think ne slighted or in
suited "the church"
Our good Presbyterian president 1
believe. would try to be fair to all the
religious sects, Catholic, Methodist and
the others, treating all alike. We
should remember there are people with
very long and very sore toes it is hard
TO avoid stepping on.
What is real news; Is IL something
nobody has heard off If so, there is
no real news. 1t would then be lies.
try to give the news-may be not all
of it-but it's news. If it's the other
II was not meant to be. News may be
true enough though unimportant enough
as "Bill Brown went to Portland;n
Doug. Pilgarliez has bought three
shotes" and "Mrs. Smith -Thompkins
motored to Halifax" Well, who cares.
But it's new if true.