Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-13
Willamette Valley News
Fruitland News


Capital Journal Special Service)
Fruitland. April l2.--Easter services
were held az the church hee Sunday.
Rev. Edward Simpson of Salem preach
ed. In the evening the following pro
gram OF exercises was rendered, Ken
meth Runner in charge: Reading of
scripture lesson, Cor. 15:50-Js, Miss
Dorothy Runner; invocation, r. T.
Mills; song, Ruth Latin, Della Mills,
freida .Stahdifer; recitation, Franklin
Girod; song, " He Arose = by the Bible
class; recitation, Thclma Jacksons
music, Harold latin. Frank Egglex,
organ and violin; drill by eight girls;
=" Hark. Ten thousand Harps and Voic-
es, by the Bible class; recitation,
Geo. Jackson; song Swing the Bean
tiful Lilies by seven girls; recita-
tion, Lenta Patton; recitation, Della
Mills; recitation, Verns Martin; song,
" America BY the congregation. The
church was wcIl filled. Without de
tracting from any as all did their parts
well, may mention the cute little
verses spoken by four year old Zelma
bee jackson and "Washington a Kiss
by Miss Patton of Shaw.
A most rcgrettablc sonnd--thc beat
Of the war drum throughout the land.
Yes, Salem plant your vacant lots,
Que here in the country we intend to
plant aleo soon as the water on oul
land gets shallow enough.
Mrs. David Mills and daughter, Miss
Lenta Patton, Of Shaw visited rela-
tives here Sunday.
Uncle Sam is getting on his war bon.
net at last and believe me he aetting
it on in good shape.
Yes, the city clerk and the unskill
ed city working man do feel the high
cost of living as do we here in the
country. While they buy practically
every thing they eat. we raise some OF
ours, yet il costs us something. We
don t get biscuits and flap jacks and
loaf bread for naught to say nothing
about the labor of producing them
Let 5 see. Wheat in Salem was quot
ed in Monday Capital journal al
$3.50 a bushel. There is about &C
pounds of flour in bushel of wheat
The cheapest flour is now more than
4 cents a pound, the dearest 8 cents
At $l.50 per bushel for wheat we get
2la cents pound and pay for our
cheapest flour more than 4 cents, and
for the higher grade cents. And more
it costs about 80 cents bushcl to
get our wheat in the sack, so we in
this. way with dollar wheat at a little
more than a cent and a half q pound
buy flour at a little more than cents
a pound. Also our butter and eggs
don t come free. They cost us some
thing to produce. Even our present
high priced potatoes cost us something
too. Also our sugar and tea and coffee
and clothing cost us the same as city
folks pay. Again, scores of owners oi
small farms--l0 and Is acre tracts dt
not raise their own bread-have to buy
flour and no wheat to buy it with
Many Oregon farmers with more thar
20 acres pay out cash for their floud.
/ Wednesday G. O. Swales owner 0
"Crescent Stock Farm" sold at auc
tion household and other personal prop
erty, cows, pigs, etc. He goes to Pull
man, Wash, to take charge of hi
fathcr-in-law S large ranch. He char
tered car and will take quite al
amount Of household and other person
| al belongings, Rev. Edward Simpson
and family Of Salem will in a short
time occupy the farm home.
The Whiteher farm has been pur
chased by family from the state Of
Washington. The house is being remod
eled and other improvements made.
Erratum Last week for Monroe
read Monse, (pron. mons.)
Mr.. Manser of Pratum makes hi