Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-04-08

in grave danger. Mr.. and Mrs Bar
ham left Wednesday evening for the
southern Oregon city to be with their
lson.
Jesse R. Wilson, travelling secretary
of the Student Volunteer movement.
is at Willamette university this week.
hloding meetings in the interest of
foreign service and meeting individual
students personally for conferences
in regard to life work. With a num-
Der of men and women already in the
field. Willamette is greatly interest
ed in this work, and has lately raised
a fund of $500 for building a chapel
in India and for work in other places.
Due to the resignation of Harold
Dimick. who has taken up the work
Of physical director at the State
Training school and has had to give
up most of his school activities, Fran
els Cramer has been elected presi-
dent of the Sigma Tau local frater-
nifty, Cramer is a senior and a char
ter member of the organization.
Once upon a time Frank w. Durbin
of Salem was a red-hot democratic
politician and was intensely interested
in matters political He says he does
MT pay-any attention to such matter:
now and is concentrating his attention
on hops He is at the Imperial with
Henry A. Sonoyer, who is also a hoI
man. Mr.. Durbin attracted statewide
attention when Tracy and Merrill es.
capped from the penitentiary after kill.
ing several guards. Sheriff Durbir
followed the desperadoes to the Clack'
amas county line and had no more
luck trying to get the killers than die
the dozen other sheriffs who pursued
the men in the following two months
-Oregcsia a
ID. G. Drager, who in his little cor.
ner in the county ~treasurer's office
has kept county financial records III
to the Traction of fraction fol
nearly six years. filed Wednesday hi
declaration of candidacy for re-elec.
tion. Many a disgruntled taxpayer
who has entered the portals of tn,
courthouse with the conviction all
county officers were nearly as bad a,
the common profiteers, has had con
tact with Dawes cherry grin an,
departed from the building in NOR,
pleasant frame of mind. Mr.. Drage,
states that If nominated and elected
for a fourth term, he will continue t,
do hic hast Of k1o to,lr
Five tramps, arrested at the South
ern Pacific depot early. this mornin,
by Night Officer Victor, spent the re
mainder of the night in the. city iai
as guests of Salem's police depart
ment, The hoboes, George Hogan, Sal
Francisco; Jack Smith, Sacramento
George Knox, San Francisco; Pa
Peters, Toronto, Can, and Elmer Will
cox, Sacramento, were permitted t
continue their wandering this morn
ing after assuring Chief of Polio,
Welsh that they would leave Salem
The front wheel of an auto, tn,
owner of which was not known to tn,
police was smashed this mornin,
when an auto delivery truck owne,
by Barker and Baker 339 North Com
mercial street collided with it as |
stood parked at the corner of Unioi
and Commercial streets. The coils
ion was unavoidable according t,
police reports because a house tina
was being moved and that stood il
L fnn uf,oAt ..I e. H., n1uu.l1o a.. Lii.
past without striking the other ma
chine.
An unidentified Ford auto with
tire clamp or lock fastened to tn
tfront wheel, was seen by William
English, route Z, Salem, this morn
ing as he was going to work, goinI
east on Columbia street. officer