Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-06-17
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The deciding by lot of the nomina.
tions for the various offices in this
county in which there were several
Der Of votes was held at the office of
candidates who received the same mum
the county clerk today In the Salem
district four candidates were tied for
the progressive nomination for con-
stable In the draw J. w. Roberts was
the lucky man over Percy Varney, c.
H. Pratt and 5. w. Robertson who
were tied with him. In the Aumsville
district f. Merrifield won the demo
cratic nomination and d.. F. Eastburn
won the democratic nomination for iuS-
tice of the peace, G. A. G. Moore re.
ceived the democratic nomination for
Justice of the peace in the Turner dis
trict and Frank Gill drew the deme-
cratic nomination for constable of the
Horeb district. +. F. Osborne won the
demoncratie nomination for the Cham
poeg district. He is also the repub.
lican and progressive nominee. Ross
T. McIntire, \. NJ. Clough aud Mil.
dred R. Brooks were tied for the. pro-
gressive nomination for coroner and A.
NJ. Clough was lucky in the draw.
Judge Percy R. Kelly, of department
No. l of the circuit court, today noti-
fled County Clerk Gehlhar that all
of the cases in which the lawyer mem.
bers of Company M were attorneys
would be postponed on the calendar of
the July term of the circuit court until
after the return of the company from
encampment. The, other cases will be
used to fill in the calendar of the court
until after July Is when the company
will return from camp. The July term
of the circuit court starts July g. Ten
members of the company are practieing
attorneys in Salem.
Asenath NJ. Power was today ap-
pointed by Judge Bushey as guardian
of Frank Kenneth Power, aged II. and
Florence Mabel Power, 8, the children
of F. w. Power, deceased. The estates
of the two minor children consists of
life insurance policies to the value of
$4,000 for each
Judge Bushey today appointed
Asenath NJ. Power the widow of the
deceased and Alex Power, brother of
the deceased as administrtrix and ad-
ministrator of the estate of +. W. Pow.
er, who died m this county, May p
1916. The estate consists of personal
property in this county to the value of
$4,000, real property in Hood River
county valued at $4,000 and property in
Washington worth $1,000. The heirs are
Asenath NJ. Power, Frank Kenneth
Power and Florence Mabel Power, all of
Salem. t.t-
Henry f. Dumas and Mary A. Dumas
his wife today adopted Rachel Hoff-
man, aged six years, in the probate
court of this county The petition
states that the mother of the child
died soon after the .childis birth and
that the father, Charles Hoffman. de-.
serted the mother previous to the birth
of the child. Hoffman is now a con.
Wet at the Oregon penitentiary. The
name of the ehiid was changed to
Rachel Viola Dumas 3'isrs!
Nora Stranz has filed suit in the
circuit court for divorce from John
Stranz, her husband The couple were
married in Washington in 1905 and
have one child, Ruth Lillian Stranz,
aged nine years, of whom the mother
seekc the care and custody 1t is al
legged that the defendant deserted his
wief January l, 1914. There is no
property involved in the suit.
After a case in justice, a suit filed in
circuit court, another step to the con
troversy was added -today when A.
Taylor filed a damage suit against
Charles D. Schmid. The plaintiff al.
leges that the defendant falsely charged
the plaintiff with threatening him with
bodily injury and caused his arrest and
subsequent trial in the Justice court
where the charge against Taylor was
dismissed. Taylor alleges that he was
damaged $4,000 worth and that his ex.
penses at the trial were $25 and he asks
judgment against Schmidt in the sum
of $2,025 and costs He claims that
Schmidt is attempting to force him to
give up lease to the "Old Ball
Place"
G. A. Ycrgen today filed a suit in
the circuit court against Agnes b. Pur.
din, Charles D. Purdin and William
Esch to restrain the sheriff from car.
rying out an order which would de.
priye Yergen Of the custody Of his
eightyear-oId daughter. Agnes B.
Purdin is the former wife of Yergen
from whom he was divorced four years
ago in Washington county At that
time he was given the care and custody
of their daughter, Edna Ellen Yerpen.
now eight year sold. He alleges that
his eX.wife secured an order from the
court in Washington county giving her
the care and custody Of the child and
that unless restrained the sheriff will
carry out the order Grant Corby is at.
torney for the plaintiff
ago and was read by him before the
Oregon society Of Portland one year
ago. The meeting tonight is under the
auspices of the Daughters Of the Revo.
luton and the Sons of the American
Revolution, both Salem chapters and is