Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-03

WASH, who has been visiting her sol
j. A. Wright of the Portland Railwa,
Light and Power company office, vii
return to her home tomorrow. She vii
be accompanied by her son who viii
visit in Washington the coming tw'
weeks.
i A gift of $1,000 for the girls new
dormitory of Willamette Universit,
with P. J. BriK of Astoria as the donor
is announced today by President Car
Gregg Doney. The University received
a few months ago gift of $500 from
Mrs. Samuel Elmore, also of Astoria.
MIR. and Mrs. Elmer Nash, of So
I North Liberty street, celebrated thei
fifth wedding anniversary Saturday
evening with dinner party. Their
were nine guests present at the dinner
Those present were: Mr.. and Mrs. f
r. Doan and children and Mr.. and Mrs
B. Cavanaugh and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Cooke Patton mo
tored down to Portland Sunday morn
ing. Mrs. Patton remained to visit will
Mrs. A. w. Regner. Mr.. Patton returned
to Salem on late Oregon Electric trair
They were accompanied by Mrs. E. Z
Waters and Mrs. George Waters.
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y. M. Massey, aged At, a farmer liv
ing between Woodburn and Broadacres
committed suicide Saturday by hanging
himself in his barn. No reason could bt
learned as to why he took his life. Cor
oner Clough was notified and as the evi
dence showed that it was clearly a ease
Of suicide, no inquest was held.
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The play grounds in Albert's pas
ture are still open and those in charge
invite children and their parents tC
make il their play grounds. Plans are
now being made for a special afternoon
of sports to include swimming races
foot and even wading races in which the
winners will be given prizes. If suffi
cient number are interested in swim
ming and apply for the free lessons, 8
class will be organized to meet between
four and five O'Clock afternoons.
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The peach crop will run very ngh'
this year, not averaging one third of ;
crop, according to Senator LaFolette
one of the champion peach raisers Of
Mission Bottoms Last year with the bis
! crop, peaches were selling around 6(
cents a bushel, but with the greatly
reduced yield this year, figure OF
So may be the amount required to carry
away bushel.
News of the death at Vancouvel
barracks Friday of George r. Rardin
member of NJ company, Third Oregon
Infantry, and a former student at Will
lamette has been received here. Deatl
came as the result of typhoid fever ant
complications. This is the first mortal
ity to occur in the company. His home
was in Centralia, Washington.
AS long as the people of Salem wan'
to swim and dance, Riverside Dip vii
be kept open for business. Notwith
standing the maximum temperature was
rs yesterday, several enthusiastic swim
mers availed themselves of the chance
to swim Sunday. Tonight there will bt
big doings a: the Dip in the way oi
dancing, fire works and other attrac
tions, besides swimming. Quite a mum
Der of people spent the afternoon al
the Dip and with the jazz band on hand
to furnish music, there will be bis
times tonight, even if it is the third day
of September.
j. w. L. Smith and w. G. Hopes
Marion county school supervisors, viii
start out Tuesday to visit various parts
of the county where the boys and girls
/ are doing club work. They will alsC
visit those who are not in the clubs
but who are engaged in the industria
work. They are preparing for the in
dustrial club fairs that will be held fol
the selection of prize winning exhibits
for the state fair. Fairs viii be held al
Silverton, SCOTS Mills, and Mt. Ange
ON September 10 and 20; and at Don
aid, st. Paul. Aurora, Woodburn, Ger
vais and Aumsville on the same date.
It seems that the army just cannot
keep the Salem boys from taking the
promotions and better things offered
Word was received today from james
Marr, formerly book keeper with the U
s. National bank, that he is now To-
Gated at Bremerton training for wire
less operator in the navy. He has made
sueR rapid progress that the navy de
partment viii send him to Harvard Uni
versity for additional training. The APP
pointment TO Harvard for those in wire
less training is one of the choice plums
of the service and it seems that only
young men especially equipped for the
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