Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-10-18
'BUTTFV|LLf HOLDS
MOST ENTHUSIASTIC
LIBERTY BOND RALLY
Good Sized Audience Was
Gathered with Only One
Hours Notice

not much more than that population
upon so short notice of less than al
hour, is a sample of what can be don,
if the proper grade and degree of en-
thusiasm is behind the spirit which
moves such activity. Credit for sucl
an accomplishment is due to Esther NJ
Nelson, teacher of the Butteville pub
lie school, who sent out an S. o. s. il
all directions, by means of her pupil
and the use of the telephone and had {
rousing liberty BOND and food con
servation meeting on hand at 1880 il
the evening for the purpose of listen
ing to Postmaster August Huekesteil
and Mrs. E. E. Fisher, of this city, upoI
the merits Of both these important wal
issues.
The Butteville meeting was original
ly was scheduled for $50 and was wei
advertised accordingly. Postmaster
Huckestein and his party of speaker,
arrived during the afternoon and being
obliged to meet another engagement
for the evening, could not wait until
the appointed hour. As soon as Miss
Nelson learned of this contingency she
Immediately dismissed the school and
sent her pupils s%currying in all direc-
tions with the news of change of meet.
ing time; got busy on the telephone
herself, and before the time for the
meeting arrived automobiles and rigs
of all descriptions were emerging from
clouds of dust and emptied their loads
of human freight at the door of the
school house.
Postmaster Huckestein pronounced it
one of the most enthusiastic and SER
ious-minded meetings that it had been
his pleasure of addressing for many a
day and that the people of the Butte
vile district were heart and soul in
support of both the liberty bond and
food saving campaigns and would make
a record for. themselves when the OPP
portunity arrives for them to come to
the front. Mr.. Huckestein and Mrs.
Fisher both addressed the meeting, as
well as a later one at the exceedingly
patriotic town of Ut. Paul, upon both
liberty bond and food substitution
movements and they were received with
the most cordial and enthusiast site defer.
ence.
Three mass meetings are being held
in many of the progressive and wide
awake towns of Marion county almost
every evening and they will continue
until the close of the food substitution
campaign, which will be during the
week of October 28-November a. Pub
lie meetings are also being held almost
nightly in the district school houses
throughout the country and County
School Superintendent Smiths force
of organizers and speakers are kept
continually on the jump to meet their
engagements and inform the people of
the objects and needs Of the campaign.
Local organizations of all kinds,
business, patriotic, social and fraternal
are coming forward handsomely with
lists of volunteer workers for the wind
up campaign in the city during the clos
ing week and the big list is rapidly
gaining working-basis proportions.
Among the latest to have sent in lists
are the Salem Grange No. II, Patrons
of Husbandry; Oregon Grape Camp No.
1860, Royal Neighbors of America, and
Salem Council No. 1922, Knights and
Ladies OF Security. The lists of volun-
teer workers from each of these organ
i%zations follows:
Salem Grange No. II, Patrons of
Husbandry-H. M. Birdsall, route 4;
Ed A. Jory, route 3; J.. J. Mcdonald;
route 3; John w. L. Smith, route 6, of
Salem. I. E, Shields, Gervais; A. W.
Howell, route 3; C. H. Taylor, route 2;
+. f. Townsend, 444 S. High street;
J.. A. Sellwood, 465 Front St.; A. E.
Zimmerman, route 9, Salem; Mrs. Mat
tie E. Myers, and Mrs. Belle McGil-
christ, route 4; Mrs. Elsie Carpenter,
route 3; Mrs. Carrie Chaffee, route 1;
Mrs. Margaret Lansing and Miss X. r.
Smith, route 7; Mrs. Athea Pogue, Asa
Marion; Mrs. Mary How'd, 1472 State;
Mrs. Sophia Keene, 467 N. 2lst.
Oregon Grape Camp No. 1860, Royal
Neighbors of America: Clara Reinoehl,
2199 Broadway; Mrs. Myrtle Johns, 210
N. Commercial; Mrs. Nettie Stanton,
1860 s.. cottage; Mrs. Gertrude Cum
mings, 1895 Marion; Mrs. Margaret Ac-
herman, 100 Owens; Mrs. Cora Hunt,
991 N. Cottage; Mrs. Susie Litehfield,
1865 Waller; Mrs. Susie P%armenter, 78l
N. Front; Mrs. Addie Petteys, r. +. D.
No. l, West Salem; Mrs. Ella Fielding.
1926 N. Summer; Mrs. Grace Bishop.
r. f. d. No. z; Mrs. Margaret West
Mrs. Kate ]. Maurer, 317 n. Liberty;
Mrs. E. E. Mattin, r. f. d. No. 8; Mrs
Pearl P. Coursey, PA Court ST.; Mrs. +
E. Barker, 1855 s. 10th; Mrs. Carrie
Bum, r. f. ID. NO. /; Mrs. Laura Is,
Noyes, Shaw, Oregon; Mrs. Nina Peck.
6S5 N. High; Mrs. Phyllis Tucker, 1854
N Fourth; Miss Ruth Purvine, 1909 N,
Fifth; Miss Jennie B. Potter, r. +. D.
No. z; Mrs. Kate Bernardo, 45S S. High
Mrs. W. NJ. Mott, $50 N. Commercial.
Salem Council No. 1922, Knights ano
Ladies of Security-Mrs. Rose Hagc-
dorm, 1912 Fir St; VIM. J. Hagedorn,
1872 Fir st.; Harvey Title, $40 Marion
Edith little, $40 Marion; Mrs. Ada
Reinemer, l4s Miller; Miss Bertha Rein
emer, 148 Miller; Miss Henrietta Helm
emer, l48 Miller; Mrs. z. M. uregory
376 Belmont; Mr.. P. NJ. Gregory, 8.
Belmont; Mrs. Coyne Walton, s
Fourteenth; +. f. Walton, $50 S. -Four