Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-09-26
Knights Of Pythias
Boost Liberty Bonds
.Icapi.al J0arnal speeial serviesl


Capital journal Special Serviee)
Dallas, Or Sept. GA big Liberty
Bond booster meeting will be held in
the armOry in Dallas tonight for the
purpose OF instilling more enthusiasm
INTO the sale Of the Fourth Liberty
Loan Bonds The meeting is to be un-
Ger the auspices Of Marion Ledge Nc.
re- Knights of Pythias who have done
everything possible to make the rally
: success. Colonel John Leader, a veter-
an Of the present world war who saw
two years Of active service in the
trenches with the English army will
be the speaker of the evening. Colonel
Leader is now stationed as military in
strurtor at the University of Oregon
and it is seldom that the people living
in communities suen as Dall;s and Polk
county have an opportunity of hearing
such a speaker, as Colonel Leader of
, fers first hand knowledge of the afro
cities and other acts of unhuman char
aeter committed by the German army
an Belgium and France. Other features
of the program of the evening will be
musical selections by the Independence
and Monmouth quartet and vocal solo
by Paul Blackstone of Monmouth. Cir
cult Judge Harry H. Belt will preside
at the meeting. This is expected TO he
the biggest patriotic gathering in Dali
las since the war began and invita-
tions have been sent to surrounding
towns asking them to cooperate in
making the affair a bounding success.
Frosts Damage Late Fall Crops.
Severe frosts Of the past two nights
have seriously damaged the late fall
crops such as tomatoes and eueumbers
in this section of the county. A number
of farmers had large acreages set out
to tomatoes and in some instances crop
had just begun to ripen when the frost
took the vines. The tomato crop has
been unusually large this year and with
the prospects of a late crop numbers of
housewives had cut off canning the
product until later in the season. The
Crane crop has been hit hard by the
frosts in some cases while in others
very little damage has been done,
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Polk Prine Crop Nets Large Sum.
The Polk county prune crop for this
year has been estimated by A. G. Pet
ersen, manager of the California Pack
ing Corporation plans in Dallas as being
close to- 100000 pounds, which when
sold will bring to the growers some
thing like $450,000 Most of the prunes
are grown around Dallas and the wave
of prosperity has already gegun to
strike the town. To take care of the
large increase in acreage coming into
bearing this year the California Pack
ing Corporation has enlarged their big
packing plant with an additional 40
feet space, three stories high and have
installed number of pieces of new
modern machinery which will enable
them to take care Of the crop in a
much quicker manner than heretofore.
Dried prunes have already begun to ar.
rive at the plant and before the last Of
the week the forces will be working
day and night to take care o fthe in
coming product. The run this year will
be about the same as last year, about
nine months being set os the time to
process and ship the 1918 crop.
Mrs. Winnie Braden secretary of the
Polk County Fair Association is in Sa-
lem this week having charge of Polk S
exhibit at the state fair.
Miss Maude Robertson is a guest Of
friends in Portland this week.
| Hon. ond Mrs. w. V. Fuller are
camping at the State Fair in the Cap
ital City this week
Graham Griswold, Of the Griswold-
Davis Lumber company Of Falls City
was Dallas visitor, Tuesday after
moon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Simonton are
moving to Suver this week where Mr..
Simonton has position with the Suver
Mercantile company
Mr.. and Mrs H. L. Fenton and Mrs