Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-20

n-n. and will raise
Z large bunch Of porkers. He has a
- Sa.n and is milking
about twenty-five cows.
AIRS. Clara Essen of Forest Grove.
state superintendent of Sunday school
work for the Christian church, and
Mr.. and Mrs. W. J. Clark of Cincinnati
ii, will hold convention at the Chris.
tian church Tuesday afternoon. A cor.
dial invitation is extended to all who
are interested in Sunday school work.
Mrs. Nichols, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Howell left for Portland.
Tuesday with her little son, where they
will spend a week, then start east, via
Omaha. to join Mr.. Nichols in New
York City where they will make their
future home.
The Monmouth Mercantile company
store, formerly owned by f. w. Strong,
was bought out last week by two diff
ferent parties. The grocery division
being purchased by the Miller Mercan-
tile company whose own grocery de-
partment joins them on tie east. The
two stores will now be one with COM
plete stock of goods. The dry goods
department was bought by Portland
firm with Mr.. Bloom as manager who
is now conducting sale which re-
minds one of a city "elosing out"
with its rush of bargain hunters.
AT the meeting of the city council
Tuesday night the question of septic
tanks was discussed; the city surgeon
was instructed to draw up plans for a
standard in septic tank construction
and the city attorney to draw up an
ordinance to set this standard. The
question between the Lumber company
and the civic club as to whether the
former shall continue to occupy the
present site which belongs to the city,
seems at last about to be com.
promised.
The regular annual meeting Of the
Commercial Club was held Tuesday
evening in the club room; new Officers
elected for the ensuing year were as
! follows: President, A. B. Morlan; vice
president, G. I. Boothby; secretary, f.
B. Hamilton.
Gordon Bowman who has conducted
the livery and transfer business for the
last year sold out last Friday to Mr..
Frank Skeen. Mr.. Skeen has been in
the harness business here for several
wears, but has sold this stock to Mr..
D. L. Williams, who will handle it in
connection with his shoe repairing
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Edwards, Mrs.
Bowman and family and Mrs. E. T.
Evans were trading in Dallas Thurs
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gordon Bowman have
stored their household effects with
| Mr.. Bowman;'s brother Harris Bow
man, for time Mr.. Bowman expects
to go to Airlie to work in a logging
camp and later on try his luck at
farming again. Mrs. Bowman will
visit with her husbands mother and
at Harrison Bowman's Is while he is at
work at Airlie.
Mrs. H. S. Partwood has been quite
ill with asthma and heart trouble for
several days.
The Athena and the Y. N. o. A.
societies of the high school met in
Joint session on Friday night in the
high school assembly, room and enjoyed
Joint program of the two societies.
! Mf. M, nj. harvey VI oiIt AnAAC Aoi u
of Monmouth has sold about twenty
five hundred boxes of apples up to
date, the price ranging from fifty cents
to one dollar twenty-five, the average
price being seventy-five cents. He
SPRAYS his trees five times year and
has very small per cent of Gull stock.
Mr.. Harvey has recently installed cleo
tric lights in his house and barns.
Harvey sickafoose, who has been
deputised to visit several of the near
by lodges Of the 7. 0. 0. f., went to
Buna Vista Wednesday evening to
meet with the brothers there. He was
accompanied by Mr.. Webber, Paul
Tacheron, D. G. Walker and Howard
Morlan. The party went By auto and
report a pleasant time.
The Miller Mercantile Co. are buying
potatoes this week to fill carload
order from a Portland firm. e. R. Os-