Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-13

Geo. F. Wick, Gilbert Thompson and R.
Il. Nicholson viii leave Monday for
Sacramento, Cal, where they will at
tend the second annual Pacific tractor
exhibition, which will be held next week
at the California state experiment farm
near Sacramento. All makes Of tractors
manufactured in the United States Will
be on hand and much open field work
will be donG by them.
The fire department was called out
about Gao o'clock last evening to the
Bush Bray building on north CONNER
cial street; by flames which had orig
mated III some manner between the
wall and the display cases of the Tom
Cronise atudio, located at the entrance
of the stairway to the second floor. No
damage of consequence was reported.
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A number Of Salem Odd Fellows left
this afternoon for Lyons to attend the
Marion county district convention Deing
held there this afternoon and tonight.
A larger number are planning to leave
this evening after the days work is
finished. A banquet will be served this
evening, with music and a number of
speeches. The "T. L. T. c." club Of the
local order is scheduled on the program
for a number of selections.
The newly organized business mems
company of Salem home guards will
meet at the armory Monday night at
Z 40 for their first regular drill. All
members are to bring the enlistment
blanks, and any who may wish to join
the company should come to the meeting
where they will be given an opporp.n-
ity to do SO. Captain A. A. Hall and
Lieutenant M. L. Myers stated today
that it is particularly urgent that all
members be on hand for the meev.ng.
A full house greeted the recital given
last evening at Waller hall by the stu
dCnls of the public speaking depart
ment under the direction of Prof.-Della
Crowder Miller. An excellent program
consisting of stories, representations,
burlesques, monologues, lyrics, etc., was
rendered, calling forth the hearty APP
plause of the audience. This was the
recital by the students of this de-
par IOI IlllD 6CdSOu dIlu III llduV |
respects was the most pleasing that has
been given. The students and their in
are to be commended for the
excellent showing made.
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A slight mixup between a truck
operated by the Capital City transfer
company and a State street streetcar
between Liberty and Higl
this morning. The driver of the
truck came out of the alley by Busick s
store and attempted to cross the
street car track when either his engine
partially stalled or the street car came
loo fast, or a combination of both oe-
Cured, with the result that the truck
was bumped down the track several
feet by the car. No particular damage
resulted TO either of the participants.
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S. H. Van Trump, who spent yester-
day at Turner inspecting fruit condi-
tons, says that the Itahan prunes i'll
that neighborhood will blossom in
about a week under favorable condi
tions and that the orchards near Tur-
ner are in good condition. He found
very little scale, but did manage to To-
late a lot of bad roses after he drove,
off the main highway. He says H. p.
Rarss, plant pathologist Of the 0. A. c.,
has sent fot specimens of the new apple
to send on to Washington as
is entirely a new disease in this
part of the country.
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&. @. S. Piper, of the firm of Scott &
local cycle dealers, returned from
tnas ne was successLGl ~