Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-01-30
TIE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL SALEM OREGON
Cooperative
Creamery Has Good Year

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porous year. A sum amounting to $l02
517.93 was distributed among the pa.
irons. Butter to the amount of 249,00O
pounds was made and sold. The gross
receipts of the creamery amounted to
sl1S,OOO during the year. Stock hold
ers have received eight per cent in
terest and all running expenses have
been kept up from the proceeds, be-
sides adding new equipment to the
value of $2553.7S, since the plant be-
came cooperative, nearly two and one
half years ago.
Mr.. Morlan reports that his son,
Howard, has arrived in st. Louis, No..
where he is awaiting his discharge,
and SO is expected homo soon.
DR.. and Mrs. Bowcrsox have both
been confined to their home with a
touch of influenza, Tho the DIR. vas
more worn but from his strenuous
work due to the epidemic. A Dr. For
bes of Corvallis has been taking his
place for few days.
Mrs. Nancy J. Foster, one of the
Oregon pioneers, died Jan. Is in Port
land, at the age of 72 years. She, with
her parents, crossed the plains by OK
team in 1858, settling near Silverton.
She was married ito N. A. Foster in
1865. Ten children were born to this
couple, seven of whom survive the
mother. One son, N. E. Foster, is a cit
izen of Monmouth and another son,
Herman Foster, IS with the 56th en-
gineers in France.
Miss Alberta Greene, who resigned
her position as head Of the art de-
partment of the Normal last year to
take q course in reconstruction work
at Reed college, writes that she was
one of the disappointed who did not
get to go across; she is now doing re-
construction work in a tuberculosis
sanitorium in New York.
Dr. Margaret NQrdfeldt, who has un-
til recently, been working under the
war department commission ON train
ing camp activities, assigned to the
social hygiene section CT women S
work, gave a series of lectures to the
women of the Normal last week on
the Problems of sex hygiene" ;" DR..
Nordfeldt is a graduate of Vassar and
was a practitioner in New York. She
is now lecturing to the college women
of the northwest, disseminating knowl-
edge on this vital subject among them
in the hope that it may be passed on
for the enlightenment and regenera
tion of the human race.
A committee from the Commercial
club called on the county court re-
Gently to find out what could be done
toward the improvement of the Mon
neutrality-suspicious. highway. The
court promised early attention in the
matter and the chances are good that
thsi piece of road will be paved dur
ing the coming summer.
A letter from M. S. Pittman, form
er head Of the department of rural
schools at the Normal, but now at
tending Columbia university, states
that the family have all had the flu,
in severe form, but are now quite
recovered. Mrs. Pittman and baby arc
spending the winter with her people
in the south.
Mrs. Alba Craven who has been suf-
fering from nervous heart trouble,
became worse last Wednesday and was
taken to the Deaconcss hospital in Sa-
lem for treatment. Her condition was
quite serious and was the result of
overwork following a severe case of
influenza, from which she had not full
ly recovered. Mr.. Craven had been
very ill and confined to the hospital
for several weeks before Mrs. Craven
contracted the disease. The extra work
and worry incident to his sickness had
much to do with the bringing about Of
the nervous trouble. AT this writing
her condition is much improved.
Prof. Gilmore had the misfortune
one day last week while driving his
Chevrolet, cf colliding with a Ford,
with the result that his car was dam
aged considerably. Mr.. Gilmore's car
was in such a position that he could
not turn out much and the inexperi-
enced girl who was driving the Ford
simply ran into him.
r. W. TavcnRer has received his
honorable discharge and has returned
to Monmouth for visit with his moth
er, Mrs IL. Dcdman. Mr.. Tavenner was
principal elect Of Monmouth high
school but was drawn under the select
i've draft, just before the opening of
school. He was stationed at Grants
Pass doing clerical work until few
weeks ago when he went to Camp
Lewis where he remained until re-
Gently when he was mustered out
Mr.. and Mrs. Milton Hoyser motor
ed to Dallas Thursday for visit with
Mrs. Hoyser's brother and wife, Mr..
and Mrs. John Nelson.
Miss Gaynelle Shore, who was en-
gagged to teach school at Crane, Ore,
has certainly been laboring under diff
ficulties. She left in September to be-
gin her school work, but before she
reached Crane was taken sick with
tonsilitis aud complications, which. de-
tanned her for several weeks In the
mean time another teacher was sub 1
stituting for her and when she became
well enough to teach the influenza
broke out in the vicinity and the !
school was closed. Miss Shore came
home then for the holidays and re-
NAMED until about two weeks ago
when she went back to Crane again |
expecting that the ban would be lift
ed and school resumed. When she reach !
ed her destination she found every |
thing closed and the situation worse
than ever Many were i'll with the flu
and nurses were scarce so Gaynelle
the call and is now doing
her hit in this capacity, caring for in 1
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