Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-10-06
q Ne7ey Coerug Central willamette Valley By Special Repo
Independence
Guard Unit to
Choose Captain

"NNS~fA~tiieSsi oi.s OCts ~
While no definite, action has been
taken in the matter OF electing a
successor TO Captain stidd. who re-
Gently resigned his position as com
nlandant Of company X, it is inti-
mated that Second Lieutenant
Frank L. Dickson win likely be
elected as captain of the company.
First Lieutenant Ira Mix absolute
~ refuses to accept the office and
the next man in line is Mr Dick
son.
j. @. Mcintosh and wife were in
Salem Monday.
J. s. Cooper and wife motored to
Salem yesterday.
r. II. Young finished picking
hops yesterday, and he is said TO
be the last one to finish the job
this year. Mr.. Young waited to
get the pickers from the McLaugt-
lin yard, and when this was accom-
pifshed he waited until after .se
rain.
Neal Buys House.
Lester Neal has purchased a
house and tract Of land just north
of The city limits and is remonenng
the. building He will engage in
the fruit industry
I3. F.. Holland and family and D.
RI Rosenbaum and family are 1eav-
ing this week for Arizona. where
they will spend the winter. They
expect to return in the spring.
Jack Currie, who has been EN-
pIoyesa at the Post office. as limo
type operator for some time, left
yesterday for California, where he
expects TO work during the winter.
Buz and Arch Sloper were in
Dallas yesterday attending circuit
court.
airs. Arch sloper visited in Salem
yesterday.
w. X. Cookie was business Wis
itor In Salem Monday evening.
the X. of p. lodge held Il special
meeting Monday evening one Of
the great attractions was a special
speaker of much interest.
Hops Yield Heavy,
Il. Damon, who is cultivating a
ffve-acre hop yard in the city, on
the river bank, lacked just sl3 of
realizing 5000 for the crop. There
are a lot of male vines In the yard,
MIR. Damon says, and these he will
cut out and replant, The yard next
year, he says, win go better than
$4,000 per acre.
Mrs. Grace Hussey of Salem and
Mrs. ID. NJ. Stewart of Portland,
visited their parents in the city
Sunday. Mrs. Stewart and husband
ssae moving to Winlock.
fn letter to his father in Inde-
gs.audence. Sam Damon. who is in
ahe army, stationed in Texas, says
tfaat he has been promoted to cap
tain of a company,
Guy A. Newton and Miss Gusta
gesaIS were united in marriage at
Dallas few days ago by Justice
Sibiey. They win make their home
in Independence.
Most all independence went to
Monmouth Sunday 10 hear the
Minneapolis orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs Nav and daughter,
alter spending several months with
relatives in Independence. -rrt
Sunday for their home in Canaoa.
Jesse Whiteaker has returned
from an extended business visit ~
San Francisco.
Buys Coos Farm.
II. Hulbert has purchased a large
farm In Coos county and is prepar.
anE TO move there.
Horace Clark went to Salem Mon
LAY where he win attend high
school during the winter.
While working al the Foster mill
a few days ago A. Mekkelson sus-
tained a serious mangled hand He
viii be unable to work for some
9inae.
Shipping on a prune skin thrown
on the Sidewalk, b. p Sales fell and
sgsained his ankle. He is nayignt-
ing pn crutches.
Miss Gretchen kreamer went to
Salem Sunday. Miss kreamer Is
In the public school there.
Many truck loads of pHpnes are
tetag hauled from this vicinity to
tffe drying plants Ak salem.
Mrs. IL. A. ChilGs is moving TO
sasem where her daughter Miss
is one of the instructors in
sfle public school.