Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-27
All Around Town

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Next Wednesday the Grange will hole
its monthly picnic in the Albert Park
All members are invited.
The Woman's Relief Corps will holc
picnic next Thursday at Marion
Square. All old comrades and member
of the corps and Circle and also Spanisl
war veterans are invited.
A grass fire about house at Mis-
sion and Bush streets shortly after thre,
o clock. this afternoon called out the de
partment, which made a quick ru1
south. The fire was soon extinguishet
and did little damage.
George W. Eyre and family are home
from two weeks motoring tour of the
Sound country, going as far north al
Vancouver, British Columbia. Mr.. Eyre
says the travelling was fine, especially
as he did not care to break any speed
records, being satisfied with about 100
miles day.
The city public library is doing what
it can to keep the people of Salem post.
ed on the food proposition. Among the
many books on this subject recently re.
ceived are the following: Meat Substi.
tutes; Let Nothing Spoil; Help Feel
Yourself; Home Canning Manuals foi
Vegetables and Fruits; Home Dry Man
ual. These books are now on display
at the library.
And now the board of directors of the
Aberdeen schools have taken note of the
fact that if enc wants to study a for
eigh language, why not try Spanish. The
fact that Pacific coast points will
doubtless have considerable trade with
Mexico and the countries of South Am
erica had much to do with the intro
duction of Spanish by the board.
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A L. Wallace and wife and r. w.
Gerber and wife returned Sunday from
two weeks vacation camping out at
Marion Lake. They report forest fire
between the lake and Mt. Jefferson and
another near Gates. Mr.. Germer is west
ern business representative of the
United Press association, with headquar-
ters at San Francisco. He will leave this
evening for the south. Mrs. Gerber will
visit in the city the coming week,
guest at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace.
N. S. Savage of the Barnes store has
the honor and pleasure of having a
town named after him indirectly. This
is the way it occurred. Mr.. Savage hap
pens to have a son living in Wyoming
and the son was the founder of town,
officially designated by the postoffice
as Savagetown Mr..
Savage is just home from visit at
Wyoming. He says his son
is doing fine business as general mer-
chant.
Salem young ladies and also others
to be strictly up to date should carry
the swagger stick. Everybody's doing
it in the larger cities, even Portland.
Said stick is built on the plan of lead
pencil, about IS inches long. They are
carried to intimate the officers who also
carry swagger sticks when off duty. 1t
doesn' It require anything much more
than nerve, as the prices now run from
60 cents up.
Students, alumni, and faculty of Viii
lamette University will gather on the
camp grounds at the State Fair grounds
Tuesday afternoon and evening for a
picnic. The gathering is under the aus
pices of the Salem Willamette Alumni
association, and all students in the city,
and alumni are cordially invited to at
tend. Supper will be served about six
0 clock.
Dry weather is causing considerable
dropping in the prune orchards both IN
the red hill and valley districts. The
drop does not seem to be confined to
any special location. This condition @.
o. Constable says is entirely due to the
unusual drought so different from that
of 1914 when the ftgs and cool cloudy
weather did much to keep the mois-
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with sunshiny weather has caused more
than the average evaporation.
r. E. Kennedy, of 694 North High
street, who was driving an automobile
north on Twelfth street between Bell
vue and Oak streets collided with a
horse and buggy driven by c. A. Shan
non of R. F. D. No. l. As a result of
the collision, the buggy was damaged
quite severely, Mr.. Shannon was thrown
from the rig and dragged about thirty
feet over the pavement, and the horses
broke away. Kennedy stopped and gave
what assistance he could and agreed to
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