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CONDEMN TYPE OF HIGHWAYS
Layman Often Errs in Passing Judg-
ment on Type When Poor Main-
tenance Is to Blame.

The following is taken from a paper
by B. H. Piepmeier, maintenance en-
gineer, highway department, state Of
Illinois. 1t touches subject upon
which every layman who uses the pub
lie roads should inform himself:
MANY different types of roads
have been condemned by the public
chiefly on account Of the lack of prop
er maintenance. The proper type Of
road may be selected by the engineer,
but if he has no means Of controlling
maintenance his choice may be con-
demned by the average leyman.
Public sentiment is nodded largely
by the results that are evident to the
eye, regardless of the money actually
expended. 1t is not uncommon to
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MILK'S JOURNEY:
COW TO KITCHEN
Many Farmers Working Hard to
Give People Clean Food at
Earliest Moment.
DIFFICULT STEPS IN SYSTEM
Product Must Be Carefully Cooled to
Keep 1t and Then Hauled Over
Bad Roads to RaiIroads-Dif-
ferent In Small Towns.

In the handling Of foodstuffs the
American people constantly demand in
creased service. Package goods, deliv-
cries and special deliveries, buying in
small quantities and so on, all require
additional labor by some one. The
find a bottle Of clean, cold milk on
the doorstep in the morning. If the
milkman is late or does not come at
all, vigorous complaint is voiced. Such
a complaint is likely to be based on a
lack of understanding Of the many
difficult steps involved in the modern
system Of distributing milk.
Up Before Daybreak.
Way off in the country somewhere,
perhaps as far as 200 miles, some
farmer must rise before daybreak to
feed and milk his cows. The milk
must be- carefully cooled to keep it
sweet, and must then be hauled for
several miles over sometimes almost
impossible roads to the railroad.
Long Haul to City.
Then begins the long haul to the
city where the milk is carried on big
trucks to the dealers plant. There it
is carefully pasteurized, bottled and
placed in the refrigerator. The next
morning about one or two o'clock the
bottled milk is loaded on the delivery
wagon and the driver starts on his
way, carrying from 300 to 400 quarts,
all of which must be delivered before
breakfast time. OF course in small
towns this system is simpler, as the
farmer often delivers the milk directly
to the consumer, but even then there
are so many difficulties that the milk
man may be excused If he is little
late now and then.
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PowderIess Gun Deadly.

An American inventive genius has
invented a powderless gun which may
revolutiOnize land attacks. The gun,
which might be taken for a large
grindstone at a short distance, is re-
volved at great speed by an electric
motor, and is capable of firing hun
dreds of shots a minute. The bullets
are carried in small cups, which mold
them until the gun reaches the proper
position for their discharge by CEN
trifugal force. The weapon is ac-
curate at five miles, is cheap to oper-
ate and is nOiSeleSS.
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Reduce Fly Injury to Stock.

Here are some of the preventive
measures advocated by the United
States department Of agriculture to
decrease the losses of animals due to
the larvae of flies: Burning or deep
burying of carcasses of animals, the
arranging Of breeding operations so
that young stock will be born in late
fall, winter or early spring, the carry
ing on in winter and early spring
months of branding, dehOrning and
other operations resulting in wounds,
taking precautions to prevent injury
TO live stock from pens and fences or
while on range or in pasture, the de-
struction of ticks and the poisoning
and trapping of flies. Farmers Bull
letin S57 describes the damage these
flies do and methods Of controlling
them. Burning or burying carcasses
is very important, it is pointed out,
since it is on this material that mag
gots, infesting wounds, are chiefly de-
pendent for propagation. If all decay
ing animal matter could be destroyed,
the troublesome blow fies-the insect
bringing about maggot infestation-
would be practically exterminated.
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Exercise Prevents Pig Thumps.

When the pigs are from four or five
to ten days old, be on the lookout for
thumps. The best-looking fat little
pig is the one to go first every time.
An almost certain indication is a lit
tie roll of fat around the neck. While
there is no known cure for tbumps,
the trouble is quite easily prevented.
Plenty of exercise for the pigs Is the
answer. In cold, stormy weather out
of-door exercise is impossible, bat II
a central narrowing house with an all
leyway is used, get the little fat fell
lows into the alley and put in about
ten or fifteen minutes three or four
times q day chasing them with bug
gy whip, until they are pretty well
tired out. If this is impossible, try
putting one or two of the little pigs at
time in a large barrel or hogshead,
placed by the narrowing pen. The
pigs will hear the old sow making
fuss and in running around the bar
rel hunting for corner to climb out,
generally will take the exercise neces-
sary to ward off thumps. A consider
able part of the battle Is won If the
litter gets past the first ten days or
so with a good start.
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ontana.

High officials both of Anaconda and
Inspiration companies denied report
that a consolidation Of the two proper
ties is contemplated and that the mer-
ger will be arranged on basis of one
share of Anaconda for one share of In
spiration.
Copper Company is building the larg
est electric ferro-manganese plant in
the world at Great Falls, Mont. This
plant is to consist of five 7,00-horse-
power furnaces, having total power
consumption of<35, 5,OOO-horsepower. It
is probable that two more furnaces
will be installed, giving total horse
power consumption of $4,000
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hear the layman say that certain
roads are very expensive and unsat-
isfactory. He often passes judgment
upon road and condemns it without
any investigation of it's cost or how
economical and satisfactory 1t might
be if properly maintained.
"The average road engineer is con-
fronted with the problem of educating
the public to an appreciation of the
principles of economy in road improve
ment as much as with technical mat
ters. such as the selection of type of
pavement and the method of properly
maintaining after construction"
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Wyomlng.

Producers and Refiners Corporation
has five standard rigs at work in Big
Sand draw. Several of these are drill
ing on ground leased from the River
ton Petroleum Company.
Leslie Oil Company, drilling on the
Lee school section in the Warm
Springs field, near Thermopolis,
brought in it's third we'll on that
ground at a depth of 1,005 feet, just
one foot deeper than we'll No. Q on the
same section.
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Home Defense League.

"My wife is the limit" groaned the
American businessman, who was din
ing with a French visitor to this coun-
try. "Since the war began it's just
one meeting after another-night and
day. Tell me, does your wife go in
much for club wOrkw
mo, re club-nevaire, replied his
guest. zone time-tree time she have
slap me and pull re hair, but, mon
Dieu !-ze club-nevaire." THE Gar
gOyle.
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Boston Wool Trade.

.-Wool-Scoured basis: Texas
Fine, y months. $1.72@1.75; fine,
months, $1.55 @1.60.
Territory-Fine staple, S1.S5@1.S7:
half blood combing, $1.75@1.7S; three,
eighths blood combing, $1.5O@155; fine
clothing, .$1:60 @ I:65; fine medium
clothing, $1.55 @1.60.
Pulled-Extra, $1.SO@1S5; AA, s1.7O
@1.SO; A supers, S1.60@1.65.
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Isolated "CIodhopuer.U

Isolated by bad roads the farmer
surely is a "clodhopper," and must
keep hopping fast and for long hours
or his income will be buried deep un'
der his transportation expenses.
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Chicago Live Stock Quotations.

Chicago-Hogs-Bulk. $16.S5@17.4o;
1850; heavy, $15.SOQ172O; rough, $3.50
@ 1880; pigs, $1300Q1725
Cattle-Native steers, $1O2O017.35.
stockers and feeders, SS3O@12,25:
COWS VS." and heifers. $6.S5@13.S5; calves,
sheep-$ls sOo@1z4o; lambs. s1s.25@
21.65.
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Kansas City Produce.

Kansas City. = Butter = Creamery,
40hc; flrsts, 39hc; seconds, 38c; pack
ing, soc.
Eggs-327hc.
Poultry-Koosters. 1Sc; broilers, 24@
26c.
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Added to this would be the value @

Added to this would be the value of
horses and horse barn, dwelling house,
harnesses, farm machinery, etc.
The value Of the land itself Is the
biggest single item. 1t has not been
included in this estimate. because Of
it's variability. If land worth $50 an
acre is used, the land investment
would be close to $4,000. If 5000 land
is bought, it's cost would approximate
$4,000.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Prices for Metals.

Bar silver 99%c.
Copper, $2312h.
Lead, $71007.25.
Spelter, $6.76
Tungsten concentrates, per unit,
$24.50.
Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates, 60 per cent, $2O.OO@22.5O per
unit; crude ores, 60 per cent, $22.O6 %
$500; 25 per cent, $12.00@12.50; 10 per
cent, $9.40@1220.
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Butter, Eggs and Potatoes.

--Butter-Creamery, 34042c.
Eggs-tirsts, 33Q34Ac; ordinary
firsts, 32Q33c; at mark, cases included,
32Q33c.
Wisconsin, Michigan and
Minnesota bulk. $1.10Q125; ditto,
sacks, $1.2O@1.30.
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st. Louis.-Spelter, $6.76.

Boulder, Colo.-Tungsten concen-
trates, 90 per cent, $20.00@22.5O per
unit. Crude ores, go per cent, $4,000
$500; 25 per cent, '12.O0@12.50; 10 per
cent, $9.40@1220.
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Quality of Butter.

Uniformity in quality is the secret
of success in holding customers for
the product Of the private dairy.
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Value of Heifers.

A heifer is valuable in propoi tion
to the smallness Of the feed required
by her to make pound of butter.
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Comfortable Barns Best.

Comfortable barns keep dairy cows
warm far more cheaply than high
priced feed.
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Duluth, Minn.-Linseed. $4o4@41o%;
to arrive, $4.o4A. May, s4.O4M bid:
July, $4.o4% asked: October, ss.55.
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Eggs.

Eggs, graded No. 1 net, F. "
o. B. Denver. 81
Eggs, graded No. 2 net, F.
0. B. Denver. r............. 2;
Eggs, case count. misc.
cases, less commission. $4,000 9.7l
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Material for Good Butter.
Good butter can be made only from
good, clean-f1avored cream.
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Price of Sugar
Linseed.

New York. - Sugar - Centrifugal
6.006; fine granulated, 7.45.
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HIDES AND PELTS.
Dry Hides.


Flint, butcher, 1b. .................2 .26c
Flint. fallen, lb. ...................2 .24c
Flint, bull and stag, lb. .15c
Flint, culls and glue, lb. ........ .15c
Sait Hntsi nides, dSs To- crsb:if -
price Of green salt.
Green Sailed, Cured Hides.
over IDS, 10: ........... .8Q &c
Under lbs, 10. so SC
Glue hides and skins, 1b. ........ &c
Bulls and stays, lb. ............ 7c
Green, &c lb. less than cured
Dry Fiat Pelts.
w w ool peItS' 10; ......'. ....... 40g42c
Short wool pelts ...;;... ..35 q 37c
No 2 Murrain shearings, 1b..... 10c
Bucks, saddles and pieces at value.
TallOw and Grease.
Prime rendered tallow, lb. IS 100 .12
No 1 tallow lb. ............ 100 IL
No. 2 tallow, lb. ............ .O9@ 10
grease, ib. ......... 900 10
Calf aud Kip Green Sailed.
Calfskin, salted ............$ .18@ .22
Kip, ID. .,:.................. 100 IA
peacons., each ca 1.oo@1.255
each ............... 500 |.75
Horse-No. /, each ......... 5.OO@5.5O
Horse-No. 2, each ,........ 4.OO@4.50
Glue and pony. each. ....... 2.50@3.00
Colt. each ......: :........... 500 so
Lamb and Sheep. each .....s .5o@2.5o
Spring lamb, each .......... .15@ AS
Shearl1ngs, each .........:. 100 so
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
(F. q. B. Denver, Carload Price.)
Flour.


Hungarian patent, SO lbs, sacked,
subject to discount ............ 80
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Live Poultry.
(PriceS not r n r Denvt

(Pr1ceS net T. .. B. DenVer.J
Roosters, Id. .................1 10 @15
Turkeys, 10 lbs. or over. 20 Q3O
E1eHS A4 w 20
DUCKS, young ..........,...... %
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Capital in Dairy Farming.

Very few people realize the amount
of money invested in the dairy farms
of the country. The department OF
agriculture reports that on January
1, 1913, there were 23,384,0OO milch
COWS on farms in the United States,
and these cows were valued at 1,643,-
$4,000. Add to this figure the value
of lands, buildings and machinery
used in dairy farming, and the aggre-
gate is stupendous. /
The investment in individual dairy
farms varies considerably, being in
flienced by land values, the number
and kind Of buildings, and the quality
of the cattle kept. A modern dairy
Of 80 cows, capable of producing a
daily average of 500 quarts of milk,
would require an investment in equip
ment Of approximately $4,000. This
would be divided as follows:
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DRESSED POULTRY.

Less 10 per cent commission.
Turkeys. fancy d. p...........3 80 @32
Turkeys, old toms. ............2 Q25
Turkeys, choice ...........20 20 @22
Ducks, young =. .............27 gao
reese 40 va
EIOOSL0rS 10 V4o
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WESTERN
MINING AND OIL
NEWS
Prices for M etals

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Prices for Metals.
New York.-Lead, $7.10@7.25.
Copper, $23.12h.
Bar silver, 99%c.
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Butter.
Fruit
Vegetables.

Apples Cold, new fancy, box. 100 ESQ
Pears, Colo. .............. 800
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07
BROWN YMMONDs.

/, A wedding of much interest among
Elliott Prairie S latest was that of Miss
Virginia Symmonds, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Symmonds of Oak Lawn, and
Mr.. Claude Brown, son Of Willis Brown.
of Elliott Prairie, on August goth.
The ceremony took place at the homo
of the brides aunt at Oregon City, Few.
Seeman, officiating. Only the imnedi-
ate relatives attended them. Both Of
the young people are widely known in
the social circles of Elliott Prairie, Hub.
bard and WOODBURY..
Miss %Symmonds is one Of Oak Lawns
charming and attractive girls and viii
be remembered as having attended Wod-
bun High school the past two years,
where she made hosts Of friends.
Mr.. Brown is we'll known in musical
circles, having been a member Of tho
Hubbard band and several orchestras.
The happy couple spent a very pleas
ant week with home folks, after which
Mr.. Brown was ordered to report at
Oregon City for military duty, Monday,
August 26, from where he left for Camp
Lewis. Mrs. Brown will remain with
her parents while her husband serves in
the United States Army.-Independent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07

S the first week in September
= opens there is renewed interest
and activity IN various woman s
organizations indicating the important
part women will assume in state and
national life this winter.
Immediately preceding the state con-
v%entiOn of the Oregon Federation of
WOman's clubs to be held in Portland
September II to 20, win be a meeting
of the county ehairmen Of the woman 5
division of the liberty loan committee.
Mrs. Baldwin, chairman of the wo-
mans committee Of the Liberty Loan
of Federal Reserve bank district, will
come from San Francisco to conduct
this meeting. As the women are to play
a large part in the coming liberty loan
campaign this meeting will be of great
significance, Miss Matte Beatty. who
is chairman Of the woman's division
of Marion county, will be one in at
tendance at this meeting.
Beginning Monday night, the 18th,
with a community sing and reception
at the Portland Auditorium, the Fed
Grafton of Woman S clubs will open its
convention. During the following days
there will be the usual reports of stand
ing committees of which an important
n will be that Of the legislative com
mittee.
Among the outside influential speak
ers will be President Doney who will
speak Wednesday, the 18th, on cam.
eriean civilization versus German
kuitur. " President p. l.. Campbell, who
has been in Washington for some time
as secretary treasurer of the American
Council on Education, will also ad-
dress the convention on q timely sub
jeet.
The delegates from Salem have not
yet been selected but by virtue of their
offices the following women viii at.
tend: Mrs. John H. Albert, president
of Salem's Woman s club; Mrs. w. +.
Fargo, president of North Salem Wo.
mans club; Mrs. f. A. Elliott, state
chairman of conservation committee
and Miss Matte Beatty, first vice
president of the state organization.
The program committee for the con
hthhiVh apbpihbNu Wy +hios 1haAAth ~
Gastner, president, consists of Miss
Matte Beatty of Salem, Mrs. John NJ.
Scott Of Portland and Mrs. A, +. Ivan
hoe of La Grande.
The event Of the week that will as
sumo paramount Importance for those
interested in education and in the Uni
v%ersity of Oregon particularly will be
the thrift stamp tea, which will be Civ
en- Wednesday afternoon, September II,
from three to six in the parlors of the
Young Women's Christian association
rooms. The tea is being sponsored by
many prominent Salem women, as well
as the graduates and students Of the
university.
This tea is ore of a series that is
being given in many Oregon towns by
the Woman's League, an organization
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07

People will be interested to know
that altho Miss Mayors has enlarged
her work by going to Portland, she
plans to spend Friday and Saturday
of each week in Salem. Miss Mayors is
also arranging a large ladies chorus for
Friday evening of each week. This is
an idea Miss Mayors has wanted to car
ny out for many years. The club is uni
que in that it is not organized to enter
tain various functions throughout the
year, but will spend the winter in pre-
pairing something really worthwhile for
a public concert to lie given in the
spring at the Grand. Many Of the most
prominent musicians in the city are
enrolled in the chorus and when others
have returned from their vacations the
enrolment will no doubt total fifty la
dies.
Nearly all cities have permanent or
CARNATIONS of ladies choruses and are
affiliated with a national organization.
Miss Mayors is well prepared to CON
duct this fine chorus having had spe--
cial work under such eminent instruc-
tors as Chapman of Boston, Borowski
composer, and also conductor of opera
choruses in Chicago Musical college and
Maryott of Chica.D ,. With the object
of conducting a speciality Miss Mayors
of making conducting a specially Miss
Mayors has carefully studied the direct
ing of many large choral societies. Sa-
lem musical folk will look forward with
pleasure to the appearance of the club
during the coming season,
u
One of the Salem women who has left
very recently for Red Cross nursing,
was Miss Ruth Perlich. Since her grad
uation four years ago from the Salem
hospital, Miss Perlieh has been doing
splendid work along a special line at the
sanatarium. She left this week for
Camp Lewis where she will be station
cd until the unit to which she is assign
ed is completed SO that it can go to
France.
Another Willamette sanatorium grad.
uate who is now in France doing Red
Cross nursing is Miss Anna Berg. She
was one who had a large influence in
organizing the local Red Cross chapter
Miss Ora Cavitt who graduated sew
eral years ago will report for duty De-
tober first. She does not know yet
where her work will be
4 ~
Leaving yesterday Mr.. and Mrs. S.
MeElnoa are anticipating a ten days
motoring trip to various Sound cities.
They plan to visit relatives in Seattle,
Everett, Snohomish and Bellingham. On
their return they plan to stop at Camp
Lewis to visit Lieutenant Frank Allen. a
nephew of Mrs. McElnea's from Bell
ingham.
Mr.. and Mrs. CISCO Parker and chill
dren, Violia and Wesley. came Thurs
uav to visit Mr.. Parkers' mother, Mrs
Will Bennett of the Court apartments.
They are from Fossil, Oregon, and plan
to remain about two weeks.
Mrs. Heigman, Mr.. Parkers' mother
in-law, also accompanied themr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-07

Mrs. j. H. Hauser. who has been Wis
iting relatives and friends in Salem
since the meeting of the Grand Army
of the Republic in Portland last month,
left Thursday for the east, On her re-
turn home she planned TO visit in Port
land, Seattle and Raymond, Washing
ton.
Whihe here She was the inspiration
of several informal affairs. Last week
she was the honor guest at a meeting
planned by the Woman's Relief Corps,
of which organization she is the past
department president Of the state of
South Dakota.
Mrs. /. o. Curtis and Mrs. j.. s. AuF-
tin entertained jointly at a prettily ap-
pointed dinner Wednesday evening,
when Mrs. j.. H. Hauser and her sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. W. II. Cook, were sPe.
cal guests,
Mrs. Cook was the hostess at a de-
lightfully informal afternoon party
Tuesday, when she invited some Of her
friends in to meet Mrs. Hauser. Bowls
of roses in the rooms carried out the
spirit of summer time and the guests
spent the afternoon happily in knitting
and sewing. The guests included Mrs.
R. N Avison, Mrs. Henry Talbot, Mrs.
Carl Gregg Doney, Mrs. Matilda w.
Evans, Mrs. James Graham, Mrs. d. A.
Hodge, Mrs. Paul Hauser, Mrs. Ivan
G. Bellinger, the guest of honor, Mrs.
Hauser, and the hostess, Mrs. Cook.
\ = \
Miss Laura Purvine, who has been
spending her vacation at Seaview with
friends expects to return to Portland
tomorrow. Before coming home she will
spend the week visiting Miss Celia
Wilson, a former Salem girl who is
now a telegraph operator there.
Miss Caroline Hrubetz plans to leave
in several weeks for Berkeley where
she will enter the University of Cali
fornia as a junior. Miss Hrubetz will
take many courses in the department. Of
chemistry in which she is especially in
terested.
y n y
Mrs. William Burt Powell, who has
been visiting friends and relatives in
this vicinity for a fortnight. returned
Thursday. Among others she visited
with Mrs. Clifford Bates in Dallas and
ner aunt, Mrs. Roma Hunter, in Salem
Il e =
The Missionary society of the First
Presbyterian church met yesterday at
2:30 in the church parlors for their reg
ular meeting. The sabjnct for the aftor-
noon was "Mormanism, and the lead
ers in charge were Mrs. A. O. Condit,
Mrs. G. NJ. Brown and Mrs. Robert FAX,
IN.
After visiting for some time her sis
ter, Mrs, n. j. Haas 1871 South Church
street, Mrs, j. F. Hatchford left recent
ly for her home in the east. On her re-
turn trip she planned to visit in Port
land and to go from there to spend a
few days at Seaside, after leaving
there she planned to 90 to Seattle from
she would start for her journey
to her home in Independence, Iowa.