Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-06
FRUTTLAND ITEMS
,cap;tal Journal Special Service.)

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Fruitland, Or, Sept. 6,-The Fruit
land service flag contains the following
names, Nelson and Robert Croshaw, bro
theirs; Kenneth Runner, Carson Standi-
fer, Oswald Fleigel, Ayisal and L. N
Branson, Jr., brothers; VIM Bethany;
Fred Gerig; Leo Donaldson; Robert Clo-
shaw died at Fort Stevens more than a
year ago.
julius Miller will soon begin drying
prunes at the Kuntz ranch down the
river near Wheatland.
j.. w. Silsbee, veteran of the Civil
War, going from the state OF Wiscon-
sin, and who visited relatives in Port
land at Fruitland and in Bethel and
friends in Salem, has returned to his
home in California. He attended the
late %encampment at Portland. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Silsbee. The next
encampment will be held at Columbus,
hio. He states that every veteran reach
ing the age of rs years will receive $40
a month pension. He is "a years old and
gets $32. The family at one time owned
property in the Auburn district and re-
moved to Auburn 20 years ago. When
he got onto State street in Salem last
week he was almost lost. He could not
see the old wooden shaeks which fer
so long disfigured the city. He could
hardly credit his eyes when he saw the
modern sky scrapers which s%upplanted
the rookeries.
In my news last week the types made
me state that General Candy was MUIR
dered by Modoc Indians in 1898. 1t
should have been 1873. Also for
true" read "cute''.
Friday 3Oth at 4 p. m. the thermome-
ter registered 80 in the shade. In the
sun 112.
For about two weeks every day a big
auto truck sometimes two) with two
~trailers pass through here, piled high
with baled straw bound for Salem. [ am
told the straw comes up from the hills
out toward Silverton.
The Hun is backtracking toward the
Rhine. The American people are at last
getting it through their thick heads
that the military machine is not cutting
as much hay as it used to. There have
been a few monkey wrenehes dropped in
the hopper Of late that have developed
quite an amount of friction-the U. s.
boys helped do it.
Mack ~Standifer has had word from
! his son Carson, who is in the navy. The
letter was from a South American port
The boys are Oh a cruise on one of
Uncle Sam S war ships and are seeing
any amount Of salt water-more water
than land. Carson states that his next
address would be New York Cfty.
1t is dinged insour ears that we arc
civilized and therefore do not attempt
reprisal; that is when a dirty Hun as
saults a helpless woman in the war zone
don't kill him should you have the
chance. You know that would not do
1t is one Of the fortunes or misfortune'
of war, We are too civilized to avengC
a wronged woman. 1t makes one sick
,enOugh to d~isgorgehis breakfast to heal
such nonsense about civilization. Is
man quite civilized who when he gets
a leeherous wretch who has defiled
helpless ~womanhood, in his power, doe
not smite him to the earth? When pool
Cole, a U. s. soldier was found nailed tC
a barn door by devilisll Hun soldiers il
is pleasant to know that an ~avengine
brother sent some of these hellians ovel
the brink of the pit in short order.
night to visit his parents returned tC