Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-09-06
Monmouth

monmouth, oregon, sept. o.
| The sale of the Lucas house is
reported this week. The purchaser
is j. ]. Russell of Cornelius, Or.
former resident of this section
He formerly rented the Lucas farm
north of town and now plans to
make his home here. Consideration
is $1100. Mrs. Denney who has
been occupying the house will
move into the Leonard house, ad-
joining, now occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bounds. The Bounds will
move into the Mack house to be
vacated by r. L. Kilen.
Frank Clark, of the garage force
has rented the Sturkin house and
moved out of the Kurre house on
Main street which he has occupied
for a year past.
Mrs. Cornelius and daughter
Helen returned this week from a
four weeks vacation on the Tilia-
nook county coast.
Mrs. Franklin Ives is visiting
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J..
M. Mcdonald preparatory to NOV
ing to California. Mr.. Ives has
charge of machinery in road work
for the Warren company, which
machinery is now being repaired
and made ready for the change.
Mrs. w. J. Stockholm is spend
ing the week taking in the sights
of Portland. She is the guest of her
relative. Mrs. Elizabeth Brume.
Miss Hope Mcdonald returned
from a visit to Portland Tuesday
evening.
Work in the rebuilding Of the
Boots house under the direction
of Rev. p. Conklin is now in pro-
gress. 1t is planned to have 1t rea-
dy for use by the time normal
school starts. IN
Geo. Sullivan, ]. 0. Andrus and
John Yeater returned Monday
from a trip to Tillamook county in
the vicinity of Nehalem. where
they went after salmon. Since the
canneries on the Columbia closed
down fishermen are selling the
salmon much cheaper than before.
The three brought back nine big
fish for home canning.
Mrs. E. B. Hamilton and small
baby were here from Dallas We'd
nesday supervising the packing Of
her furniture for removal to Dali
las. The Hamilton house was re-
Gently sold to Miss Record, critic
teacher at the normal.
I III. c. Winters and family are
back from a trip that took them
over a large part of the west. They
left four months go for Kansas by
way of California. They stopped in
Los Angeles and Uplands in south
ern California, picked oranges ana
took in the attractions of that re-
gion. Back to San Francisco and
by way of Ogden. Utah, they went
to Kansas, their, former home
where Mr.. Winters worked in the
wheat fields. Kansas this year had
a million and half acres of vol
unteer wheat Last years csop in
sections of Kansas was slim and
he fields were abandoned for this
year, But fall rains sprouted the |
wheat and it grew without further |,
assistance. Mr.. Winters worked for :
'ne man who had 100 acres that
Yielded $4,000 worth of grain on
, volunteer crop. When he left |
wheat was hard to sell, ex-
,ept old wheat of which there was
in the country. The |
were laid up for a time |
n Colorado while two of the chill |
iren had the measles and on the !
way back they stopped for a visit
lear Twin Falls. in Idaho. Re-
urniSg to Monmouth the house |
n which they formerly lived had |
'een sold so they have moved into
he Griffa house. just out or the
'ity limits to the southeast of
own. ~
Mrs. M. Beckett of Carlton has
fought the Griffa rooming hous-
s and took possession Tuesday.
rhe property consists of two build
ngS with apartments for house
leeping sufficient for twenty five
II thirty students. Mr.. and Mrs.
iriffa both of whom are poorly
n health. will go to jefferson to
I've with their daughter, Mrs. e.
;. Ciodfelter.