Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-11
:. Willamette Valley News ;.

show the true community spirit by Of
fering some contribution from the gar
den, field or store-house to help win
for Monmouth vicinity the place it
should have at the county fair.
j. R. Stockholm, proprietor of "Mon-
mouth Orchards, - has a force of men
at work propping the limbs of the
prune trees of the large commercial
orchard. He says although the ground
under the trees is purple with the inn
mature fruit the trees are still so
heavily loaded that he found it neces-
sary to support the limbs to prevent
much damage by breaking.
Samuel Stricken has disposed of his
property here to a party from Illinois.
The deal involves a consideration of
$4,000. Mr.. Striekler gets a nine
hundred acre farm near Roseburg and
his property here goes in at $4,000.
The improvements at the Normal are
fast taking shape. The roof to the new
addition to the chapel will soon be on
and the dormatory annex is being plas-
tered. T. P. Gilmore is making him
self handy there since he finished the
thresher.
A letter from Grover Hinkle of Com
Ipany L, states that he has charge of a
squad Of men who were detailer from
LaGrande to fight forest fires in the
Blue Mountains. They had been there
several days and had had the fire al
most under control.
d "A building and loan association was
Organized here recently with Mr.. d. T.
Williams as local agent and Mr.. D. c..
Walker secretary and treasurer.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E Smith spent Sun
day and Labor Day in Portland
Herman Frimm and wife who have
been picking hops at the Jap yard neal
Independence, say the hops there are
the state. However they are not max
ing as much as in former years-about
twelve boxes a day while their usual
number is twenty-five boxes. The rea-
son is the Jap's hops were contracted
for eleven cents per pound and they
were compelled to pick so clean. Many
poor people from Portland were not
making expenses.
&. Miss Bessie Graham will teach in
one of the Corvallis schools this year.
The cooperative creamery has just
installed a new Victor combined churn
and butter-worker of 1000 pounds ca
pScity.
AIRS. T. ]. Edwards enjoyed a visit
from her aunt and uncle Mr.. and Mrs.
'C&E. Bruce of Portland, the first of
the week
Elmer Rake and family have moved
to Carlton where he will engage in the
bucher business with his brother.
E.. R. Ostrom made a business trip to
Salem last Tuesday.
Frank Pittsford, who has been pre-
pairing Clark Hembree' IS Jerseys for ex-'
hibit at the fairs this fall, elft Thurs
day with the herd for the California
state fair. at SACRAMENTO. He arrived
there with the cattle Friday night in
time for the opening day, Saturday the
8th.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. O. Lightfoot, who
have been spendihgs several weeks at
the springs, returned last Thursday. Mr..
Lightfoot took the prescribed three
weeks treatment for his rheumatism
but returned in a much worse condition
than when he left.s He is unable to be
at the store and suffers a great deal.
Clover hulling is about finished in
this vicinity, The yield in general was
very light but the price promises to
partly make up for this.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. o. Powell, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gentle and family were among
those who made the trip to Salem Tues
day.
A new baby boy arrived at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. frank Moreland on
Sunday, September End,
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lucas of Port
land, visited last week at the home of
w. j. Mulkey's.
Cora Scott, sister of Helen and Alice
Scott of Monmouth, is working in The
Dalles as seamstress in a laundry at
forty dollars per month.
In all the official tests made in this
part of Polk county for tuberculosis
among the dairy stock, it was found
that none prevailed.