Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-06


The girls of Miss Canning's class
of the First Congregational church
will give a jitney entertainment in the
social rooms of the church, for the
benefit of the pipe organ fund, Friday
evening Dec 7th at 1880 O'Clock. An
interesting program has been prepared.
Funeral services of Mrs. Harriet J.
Hendershott were held this afternoon
at the home of the deceased s daughter,
Mrs. j. B. Eaton, 500 South 18th street
The deceased was SO years old and had
resided with her daughter at this place
for the past eight years. The remains
were shipped to Cove, Union county, for
interment.
Parents and teachers and all who are
interested in children and Christmas
Gift books for them are cordially in
yited to come to the Salem public libra.
ry on Saturday afternoon of this week
and examine the special editions 81
Illustrated books which the library IS
showing this week. This is ''Good book
week., at the library and special eff
fort is being made to feature desire
able children's books.
''How to Run Legislature" was
the rather imposing theme that Chas.
G. Miller, manager of the Marion hotel
was to speak on at the annual conven-
ton of the Oregon State Hotel Men s
association to be held in Portland the
last of the week. Mr.. Miller will not
be able to enlighten his brethren ON
the subject, however, as the stress OF To-
cal affairs keeps him at home and he
has been compelled to cancel the num-
ber.
F. G.. Deckebach returned Tuesday
from a business trip to Portland. Mr:
Deckebach is one of three of special
commission recently appointed by the
governor to bring order out OF the
chaos existing more or less generally
among the smaller creameries of the
state especially as regards the subject
of profit and loss under present con
ditions of operation. Mr.. Deckebach
saws the commission has not yet met
and nothing has been done so far. He
has not been notified as to just when
the commission will meet, which Will
doubtless be in Portland.
| Chadwick chapter No. 81 Order OF
| Eastern Star has chosen the following
elective Officers who will be installed
at the January meeting of the order;
| Worthy Matron, Mrs. Faye wright;
| Worthy Patron, Judge Geo. ii. Burnett;
| Associate Matron, Mrs. Estelle Smlth,
secretary Mrs. Ida Babcock; treasurer,
| Miss Mary Chadwick; conductress,
! Miss Hazel Bishop; assistant conduct
ress, Mrs. Monnie Hauser. A very en-
| ioyable and at the same time appro-
pirate feature of the evening was the
nart Lieutenant Cloyd Rauch, through
lbeing home from American Lake a few
days on furlough, was enabled to take
lin Dbearing the national colors to the
east"
The trial held yesterday afternoon
4 before Judge Race of George Smith and
Earl Thompson who were implicated IN
the recent bootlegging case, resulted III
a locked jury. The jurymen drawn tol
the trial were A. t. Moffitt, w. IL
/ Skipton, A. A. Burton, f. o. Bartholo
new, F. j. Rice and j. w. Pratt The
defendants were taxi drivers for the
4 Oregon Taxi company and claimed they
knew nothing whatever as to the liquor
shipments, but merely met the parties
having the liquor at the train IN the
course of their regular business, just al
they would have met anyone else. The
| defendants further asserted they cannot
very well tell what passenger has II
his suitcase and that if they made IN
uuiry as to the same they would prob
ably be told to mind their own affairs
One of the youthful but strong com
petitors who will have an exhibit a
the annual corn show held i'll Salen
next week is William Blake, Jr., IA
year-old son of Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Blake
living in the Kaiser district north o
+ town. This young agriculturist has al
ready won a number of honors that en-
title him to rank among the most prom
inent corn growers of the northwest
His exhibit, grown by himself on HI
fathers farm north of town, took frs
prize at the state fair this year. Youn
4 Blake also sent an exhibit up to tn
corn show recently held at Spokan
and there took a prize in the nature 0
a Grow corn planter valued at abou
$50. But this ism all. Last year h
sent an exhibit up to the show at Spt
kane and captured prize at that tim
consisting of a 2-horse corn cultivato
4 lYoung Blake now considers himsel
so wen equipped for corn growing tha
l he is selecting his seed an@ preparin
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