Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-07-04
WOlEOUTH NEWS

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'..,b July g.-rho registrar Of
As.- ,~nal REPORTS she total number
DE Ne''- ..hool students to be four
-9,sl oa Tuesday OF lne t, .s91u
haas' THIS number Is cons defaoif
weeas' han vas expected bat Is iarg
sinalil,i IA enrolment Of last year.
q "a ,a5egt body held meeting Wed
The ss'uI mi organized into county
49, 'ns according 20 the esi'splishea
Issr ,l,a az the summer school students.
ssO] me close Of the session they
bss''S ,,,nt 4 "stunt' program, each
WI s;eias with the others IN the &c
s.S, ,v4' "a produce the most clever ana
iea 4 stunt" The annual reception
Psna students was held saturday eve
iet Wv y. thc campus, Tolstoi IS " Res
nlls 'an ~ >, was seen in film at the Nor
mai Friday evening.
n n Powell. who for the past two
:. h.. occupied the position OF man
!s1s - ,be Monmouth Cooperative
S,.amery AZ. has resigned the position.
n, powcll has large farm aud feeis
~, ~ ne mus, devote more tme TO TINS
va va "A other private business which IS
~ ~ ."sson for his giving up the cream
~ - worn. Joseph \. Larson OF tanbyy
y! w. ,ngnped TO succeed Mr.. Powell
ue M has had much experience Ia cream
e,y work and We trust he will give the
IN, ~ efficient service and satisfaction
4. tb,t piyen by Mr.. rcwell The bus
.aess i u a prosperous aud growing
condition and og o. Monmouth : most
,aluabIe assets
The Baptist people are negotiating
49, ,be Naples property, the papers are
l.eipv prcpared aud the deal viii prob
ably be closed soon.
Word has been received from the
rseob smith family who left TO spend
M SIMMER camping in eastern Ore
ron. stating that they are located Tor
ihe present at Bend where they are en-
ioying good fishing.
Al the George Jones Jersey sale held
recently at the farm on the Luekia-
mite twenty four head Of cattle were
sod The sum Of $500 was realized
flom the heard, George is seen driving
q new car these days.
A so foot addition is being built onto
ihe Oregon Milling Co. warehouse here
The Monmouth tile and brick fac
iory is exhibiting some neat samples
of building tile, the result Of recent OK.
perimeuts in this line. The tile are
Similar 10 cement blocks with air space
nnd are GxSxl2 inches in size. There is
an abundant supply Of suitable mater
al for the manufacture Of the blocks,
within easy reach of the works.
Arthur Miller has returned TO Mon.
snouth after long service with the ar
hny In France and with the navy, He
was member Of the Goth Isineers,
lis work being mostly in the lumber
industry getting bridge material.
h. R. Ostrom has Just concluded
harvesting his strawberry crop and
hallengcs any grower In the valley 10
show figures IN proof Of better rec.
Drd From exactly one third Of an acre
he sold berries this year which brought
him $3.50, which is al the rate OF slll0
= per acre This crop is the third one for
s this patch and the plants nre good for
pnother one next year The ilrst year
he crop sold for s19j; the second wear
1890. All thru the hot dry summer
ast year fresh ripe berries could be
found in this patch and until frost
Silied the vines in the fall the family
pnJoyed fresh strawberries on the Ia.
PIE The place is located one half mile
Routh Of town and the soil seems pc.
fuliarly adapted to strawberries.
A party Of girls consisting OF Meta
iaryey Una Vinegar, Beth Partridge,
)ousr Vera and Iona Lee and Beth
)strom left Monday for the loganber.
y fields in the vicinity of Salem.
I'd Rodgers had the misfortune, one
ay last week while repairing an en-.
llage cutter, 10 have his hand badly
nulllg ed This ldlyes Mr.. Rodgers
|cftibly handicapped as he had previ.
usy lost one hand Ia similar man.
er several years ago.
mr. and Mrs T.. r. Exams received a
elegram Tuesday from their son Stan.
" announcing his arrival from over
eaS, INC telegram was dated June 80
hoooken, N. Y. Owing to the teleg-