Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-02
The funeral services of Frederick, the


The funeral services of Frederick, the
two year old son of DR.. and Mrs. f..
H. Thompson, who died Saturday morn
ing, were held this afternoon from the
Rigdon chapel and were conducted by
the Rev. R. N Avison. Burial was in
the City View cemetery. He was their
only child, as a baby daughter died
about one year ago.
The vaudeville at the Bhgh theatre
last evening was much above the Av-
erage and the standing room only sign
was out the greater part of the eve
ming. The acts included Smith & Me
Gary in singing and dancing, the King
Sisters, who were so well received in
Portland last week, and Wellington &
Sylvia in general comedy.
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Fire Saturday evening destroyed d
large barn at Chemawa and it is i'm
derstood burned several head of horses,
besides 1000 bushels of grain and about
so tons of hay. The loss is estimated
at something over $4,000. The cause of
the fire is unknown as the watchman
had visited the barn but short time
before the fire was discovered.
The annual meeting of the Cherrians
will be held Tuesday evening at 6:15
clock in the auditorium of the Com
mercial club. At this meeting all Off
GERS for the coming year will be elect
ed and will assume office at once. The
official notice to the Cherrians asking
them to be on hand is as follows:
:" Cherrians. Annual election Tuesday
evening, Dec. at 6:l5 p. m. sharp.
Lunch and smokes free. Let s wake
up. Hal D. Patton, King Bing, VIM.
Gahlsdorf, chancellor" AS Cherrian
officers may serve but one year and are
not eligible for reelection, the election
win mean that the affairs of the boost
! ing organization will be in entirely diff
ferent hands for 1919.
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Real estate dealers of the city will
organize Wednesday evening when
meeting will be held at the Commercial
club. 1t is hoped to form realty or
ganization similar to the one in Port
land. Mr. Cowgirl, real estate man
of Portland, will deliver an address.
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At the midnight hour a report came
into the police station last night that
two horses were running at large in
south Salem. The record of the police
department reads that the officer
could not catch them for they lifted
their heads and tails and made off like
the wind. f"
The flowers that bloom in the spring
having nothing on the raspberries that
ripen in December, for raspberries real
ly do grow and ripen in this valley as
late as December and just to prove it
Nicholas Bier today was showing his
friends a cutting from a raspberry bush
with dozens of red raspberries as taste
full as thoes that ripen during the sum-
mer months.
The number thirteen was an unlucky
one from the standpoint of the 13 boys
who ran away last Saturday afternoon
from the Oregon State Training school
as every one of them are now back at
the school. The last two were brought
in last night at midnight. They had
stolen the car of Lot l.. Pearce Satur-
day about the time Mr.. Pearce was ell
ioying his dinner and headed for Sill
verton. They stuck in the mud late
Saturday night, and were pulled out by
a. kindly farmer Sunday morning. They
finally arrived in Portland where they
went to the home of one Of the boys
With the father of one of the boys
they returned to Salem in the Pearce
ear.
Invitations have been issued by the
Elks lodge to its members for an in
formal dance to be given Tuesday eve
ming of this week, beginning at 81
o'clock. The dance is only for Elks
and their ladies, and it will be held in |
the lodge rooms.
At the meeting of the directors of
Willamette chapter, American Red
Cross, held this afternoon at the Com
mercial club, Henry w. Meyers was
elected chairman of the executive com
mittee; Mrs. W. H. Dancy, first vice
chairman; August Huekestein, second
vice chairman; D. w. Eyre treasurer;
VIM. Gahlsdorf, chairman of the can.