Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-24
Monmouth Gaming Team
Wins First Fair Prize

(Capital journal Special Servlce)
Monmouth, Sept. "A. Monmouth
canning team won fiTst place in the
canning contest at the Polk county
fair, Thursday morning. The team con
sists of Beth 0strom, Fannie Steinberg
and Una Vinegar. They will go to Sa-
lem one day this week to take part in
the demonstration at the state fair.
Mrs. Mary A. Green left Friday for
Ventura, California, where she goes
to spend the winter with sister.
Mrs. Edith Parker returned Friday
from Portland, where she had been
spending the week with relatives.
J, f. Mcclellan and son-in-law, ,Har
ry Judd, are working near TheDalles
getting out black locust for making tire
nails which are used in ship building.
Miss Barbara Steinberg, who has sue
cessfully passed the civil service ex-
animation for post office clerk, left for
Portland Sunday, where she will be EN- |
ployed in the Portland post office.
A ten pound baby boy arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. W. W. Newman
Monday, The parents have six young
sters, all under eleven, so they think
of naming the latest arrival Enough.
Monday night the cred, Red Heart
was shown on the screen at the Normal
chapel and was much appreciated by
the public who had been invited to at
tend this first entertainment free.
Friday night the "Beast of Ber
lin was given at the Normal, this be-
ing the first number on the lyceum
course to be given this winter.
Paul Green, private "medic" sta
toned at Toledo, spent the week end
with his sister, Mrs. John Riddell.
Ralph Vinegar, small son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. E. Vinegar, recently fell off
the porch and broke his collar bone.
Miss Gaynelle Shore, who was to
have begun her school. at Crane, Ore,
on the 9th, was detained en- route by a
serious affection Of the throat She is
still under the Doctors care and was
compelled to engage substitute to
teach until she is well enough to take
the place.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Crow and Miss
Daphne Ostrom spent the week end at
sunshine tafln.
Considerable excitement prevailed inl
the Monmouth prune drier last Friday
when the woodwork of the kiln caught
fire. Plenty of water and help was at'
hand and the flames were soon extin-
guished but not until quite bit OF
damage was done. About 300 trays OF
prunes were destroyed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Rodgers and Mr..
Treat left Tuesday for Netarts beach
in quest Of clans, as has been their Gus
tom every fall for several years. They
returned Sunday night with one humid
red eight pints of clans and a choice
fat ham taken from bear which Mr.
Rodgers killed while there. He and
DR.. sharp, friend living on ranch
in the vicinity, went out one night IN
search of bear. They caught sight of
two bio fellows in an orchard where
they had come to feast on apples. DIR.
Sharp fired first and wounded one OF
the bears slightly. Mr.. Rodgers then
fired and killed the bear which was a
bic fellcw and weighed about 800
pounds. The Rodgers made the trip IN
their car so they left the bear skin and
most of the meat with DR.. Sharp.
Huckleberries are plentiful there and
are ripe now. Mr.. Rodgers says there
are plenty of bear as well as deer IN
that part of the country and he ex-
peets to return again for a longer
hunting trip some time soon.
Friends Of Summer 0strom will be
interested to know that he has been
promoted to the rank of engineer, dat
ing from August 26. Summer enlisted
as q private almost as soon as the I.
S. Joined the allies. He was stationed
at Clackamas, where he, with squad
were guarding army supplies stored
there. Soon after that he did guard
duty in Portland In August, 1911, he
was sent to Ft. Candy as electrical ser
geant second class. Some time later he
was promoted to electrical sergeant
first class, and last month he received
the promotion to engineer. The next
step for which he will aim is master
electrician, which is the highest IN his
| line of work. Summer receives now
from the government $l03.50 in money
besides his clothing, medical attention
house rent, light, fuel, etc. Summer
ha sthe responsibility of the large
lights and all the electrical apparatus
in the fort; besides teaching regular
classes in gas engine and electricity.
He and his wife are comfortably To-
Gated there and he is very happy in
his work for Uncle Sam, tho of course
wants to 90 "over there" and help
the boys at the front. He has declined
the offer of End lieutenaney several
times, preferring to keep on in his line
as a nOn-com.