Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-08-12
News Notes Of Salem and Vicinity Briefly Told

F. A. Cook. representative of
the ]. N. Allen Manufacturing
company, who was a student in
Willamette university in 1861, be-
fore the present Waller hall was
built. has visited the school to
look over his alma mater. Mr..
Cook tells Of the flood in 1861,
when 300 residents Of Salem were
housed in the old Oregon institute
building, then the home of the uni
yersity at that time.
A diving contest is at present
being held in the Y. M. G. A.
tank for boys, featuring such
events as the shallow dive, deep
dive, swim under water and the
jackknife dive! Boys of IL and
under met in the tank at two
O'Clock and boys between IL and
16 will meet at four o'clock.
Word has been received at the
university from President Carl g.
Doney who says that he has
reached the turning point in the
Journey and expects to be back
in Salem in about 10 days. DR..
Doney and family are touring Cal
lifornia by auto.
Mrs. Mark S. Huckestein of
Honolulu is visiting her husbands
relatives, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Huckestein, having arrived by
iway Of Seattle last night. She ex-
lpects the arrival Of her mother,
Mrs. James Reed. soon,o and will
20 from here to her former home
in San Jose, Calf.
II has been noticed that in
some parts of Salem and Marion
lcounty generally the soft naples
lare beginning to shed their leaves,
land some of the weather wise ma
ltiyes hold that this presages eth.
er an early winter or a very Sc
were winter.
While adjusting the trolley
(which had slipped off the wire,
Hast night short distance south
lof Portland, Brakeman ]. Q. Si-
lgrist of the Oregon Electric was
Injured when the trolley dropped,
lstriking him on the head. He was
able to continue the run to this
Icity, however.
Richard Halfway, superintend-
ent of United Construction COM
pany, which has the contracts for
lpaving jobs on Capitol and Court
streets in this city, arrived here
this morning to make arrange
Iments for opening the work.
| A bicycle which Dill Taylor re-
ported was stolen from in front
Of the Rigdon undertaking estab-
lishment Wednesday night was
recovered by the police at the post
loffice yesterday.
! Jim Lee, Chinaman convicted
of operating an opium pipe and
fined $40 in police court Wednes-
day afternoon, paid his fine late
4 yesterday and was released from
the city jail.
| Ray Haynes, who makes his
home in the White House restaur-
ant building, yesterday reported
to police that his bicycle had been
stolen from in front of the LOU
plant.
i Bids for the installation OF an
Ielectric passenger elevator in the
state capitol building and a
freight elevator in the supreme
court building will be opened by
the state board of control today.
| Mr.. and Mrs. t. M. Hicks and
family are spending 10 days az
Bar View in company with Mr.
land Mrs. Fl. R. DeQuire. They left
wednesday and will be back the
latter part of next week.
| summit church services on
Sunday, 14th. Sunday school IL
a. M. Mrs. James Best. supefln-
tendent. At II a. m. Rev. A. .
Mulligan of Salem will preach
Public invited.
Closing out lawn sprinklers and
garden hose, it will pay you to
get next years hose now. sun ;
I 404 Court street. A7
Everett Pfxley left for Portland
yesterday and from there INTENDS
to go to Alaska. He will be gone
about two weeks.
Year-OldBOy
Golf Wonder