Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-10-01

A bond of $3.50 was filed with the
county court Wednesday by D. L. Cum
minis, son-in-law of w. w. Johns, Wis
died at the age of 81 years in Salem
| September 81, to act as administrstsr
of the Johns estate. The estate es1-
sists Of about $3.50 of personal and
real property.
Sapronia A. Farnham, daughter II
Mary S. Farnham, who died in Marion
August 23, was also appointed adminis-
tratrix of that estate by County Judss
TBushey. She filed bond of $3.50 With
the county clerk Wednesday. Mary D.
Farnham was q resident Of Marasn
county for the past 80 years.
The first two nonresident licenses
for huntino in Oregon to be issued in
this county for this season, were given
TO C. W. and Mollie Stacey of Akron,
Mich. Wednesday morning. The non.
resident license costs SO, which is
$3.50 more than the resident license.
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Waldo Miller, former resident of Sa-
lem, but who has been engaged at
Portland with the Standard Oil Co.,
returned here Tuesday with his faml-
ly, and intends to make this his per
mancnt home. Mr.. Miller was in Port
land several months, and Wednesday
expressed joy at the fact that he was
able to return to Salem. He will make
his home in East Salem.
Rev. Harold J. Hickerson, former
associate of the Barnes store, was in
Salem Wednesday visiting friends.
Rev. Hickerson resides at Bay City,
and is in Salem attending the 9th an
nual conference of the Methodist
Episcopal church. He has been away
from Salem for two years.
Phillip Ringlc son of Mr.. and Mrs.
w. p. Ringle, North Salem, returned to
his home here Tuesday night after an
absence of about two years, during
which time he served overseas with
Uncle Sam s forces. Young Riddle left
Salem with Company M, was later
transferred to the First division, and
was engaged in many of the import
ant battles on the front. He fought
in the engagements at Soissons st. Mi
hicl, and in the Argonne forest; later
being transferred with the army of oc-
cupation to Coblenz. He probably will
resume his studies at the high school,
where he left when the war called
Herbert W. Savage, well known
young man of Sa.em, who enlisted fer
war service and left this city with
Company M, returned Tuesday evening.
He was discharged several days ago
at Camp Lewis. Savage was transfer
red to the First division ammunition
train in France, and figured in some
Of the most sanguinary struggles of the
war. He probably will resume his pro
fession as civil engineer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Porter Of
Umatilla county were visitors at the
state capitol Wednesday.
Ralph Watson of the Oregon Jonrn-
al staff is b state capitol visitor from
Portland today,
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Willard N. Marks an attorney of Al
bany, was business visitor in the in
heritance tax department of the state
treasurer S office this morning.
Miss Eunice Fleenor, formerly with
the Salem Abstract company, has ac-
cepted position as stenographer in
the forestry department at the state
house.
The chemical ruck of the fire de-
partment responded to call at 11;25
Wednesday morning at S95 North
Commercial street, where a small CHM
ney fire excited considerable anxiety
in the neighborhood for time. The
blaze was quickly extinguished, and no
damage was done. The fire was at the
apartment house on the old Dame@
property.
Within a week, the nrnne season viii
have closed in the hills back of Scots
Mills, S. II. Van Trump, county fruit
inspector, said today The orchards in
the hills and also southwest of Turner
had the best crops in the county, due
largely to the fact that many Of the
orchards are young. In all the hill sec
tons he said the crop was from week
to ten days later than other sections.
The boys dormitorv of the state int
stitution for the feeble minded, cost
ing $27 900, was accepted by the state
board of control yesterday. Also the
high pressure steam line for which $40,
900 was appropriated but not all used
and the addition to the barn, costing
$4,000 Plans for the barn and dormi-
tory were drawn by PA. Legg.
Work began in all the city's schools
morning without hitch,
and complete satisfaction with the
opening of actual classes was express.
ed by City Superintendent of Schools
Todd, Enrolment of pupils resumed,
with a slight increase in all schools.
Several other service men entered the
high school,
Veta M. Smallwood has filed a pcti-
zion for divorce from Harry f. Small
wood, aud alleges us follows: He told
aer she didn 7 have lick of sense. That
she was foolish That she was too
That he insisted on hav.
ng his own way all the time. And then
/ this last accusation was not sufficient
or any woman to get a divorce, she