Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-01
:. willamette Valley NetOs :.

sisting of chicken, masned potatoes,
gravy, creamed carrots, mince pie and
other substantial farm dishes that
have a way of Milling fellow up "
as one youngster said. At the last came
a special treat of ice cream, always
V1ost acceptable to youngsters. The
room and table were prettily decOrat-
ed with Christmas colors, the cooking
and serving was perfect for which the
Misses Beardsley, Mckinney and Ham
ilton deserve much credit These girls
are Normal students who are taking
.domh site kcienee under Miss Butler
and have been getting the practice
along with the theory, by cooking and
serving the hot lunches for period of
several weeks, for these boys and
girls.
Workmen are busy renovating the
interior of Pres. Ackerman 5 office at
the Normal during this vacation,
Frightening the woodwork with a new
coat of paint and placing some new
furniture.
The body of Louis Wienert, the
young man who was drowned recently
in the Luckiamute, has not yet been
found though the whole neighborhood
has cooperated with the relatives in
the search. The continued rains keep
the stream raging torrent which
makes it impossible to drag for the
body. At the time the accident happen
ed the log jam in the vicinity of the
Dodson place was over mile in
length.
On Wednesday night the boys bas-
ket ball team of the high school play
ed against the alumni boys, who were
home from the o. A. c. for the holi-
days. The alumni boys came off victor
ious with score Of 27 to 19 in their
favor.
A number of people from this vicin.
ity attended the corn show at Inde.
pendenee yesterday, and report good
showing
G.. E. Deakins, agent for the 8. P.
company here, has been. transferred
to Myrtle Point to take charge of the
work there. Mrs Brown, wife of the
agent at independence, will succeed
Mr. Deakins for the preent.
Frank Lougharry of the Luckiamute
country, president of the Oregon Jer-
sey cattle club, viii preside at the an
nual meeting of that organization at
the 0. A. c. on Tuesday, Jan. l. Prof.
T. II. GCffIle OF Monmouth viii speak
before the meeting.
| Clark Hembree shipped another car
load Of hogs to Portland Thursday.
A new boiler has been ordered for
the cooperative creamery and is ex-
| pected to arrive sometime this week.
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ance at the State Teachers associa-
| tion in PORTLAND. He will remain in
the city several days longer and while
there he will undergo an operation on
his throat.
A letter from Miss Agusta Baker,
former chorus teacher in the high
high school here, states that she is do
ing similar work in the Marshfield
high school, besides her regular work
as teacher of fourth grade. Miss Ba'
ker mother is Lying at Beaverton.
Since the priGe of butterfat has
raied to fifty six cents, it is doubtful
if the cheese factory here will begin
making cheese for the present. The
cooperative creamery people were
preparing to start making cheese and
had selected a cheese maker, when the
market for butterfat took sudden
jump. For the small difference in
price the dtarmers would realize, it
would not be profitable to make the
change at present.
Miss Anna Wood, who has been
teaching at McMinnville, has resigned
her position there and has gone tc
Walla Walla where she has been EN-
ployed in one of the schools at an in
crease in salary of $l5 per month
with shorter hours.
Fred Huber, mail carrier on route l
is seriously considering whether or moi
he will give up the job. He says it il
all he can do to make expenses and ht
will have to get at something else II
the spring if he doesn't get an in
crease in salary before that time.
Hugh VanLoaan went to Dallas Sun
day afternoon to spend few day
with his aunt, Mrs. Fred Holman.