Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1921-12-09


was merely car checker billing
out some cars.
By action of the Willamette
university student body Thursday,
change will be made in their con-
stitution which will give the edi-
tor and the manager of the school
Collegian each salary of 500 per
year for their services. In addi-
tion to this each will receive one
third of any excess profits over
and above running expenses for
the year.
An order issued by the public
service commission Thursday
grants permission to construct a
crossing at grade with the tracks
of the Spokane, Portland & Seat
tie railway at its intersection with
Williams street in the town of
Scappoose and denied the right to
construct crossing at Laurel
street in the same city.
New out buildings and walks
have been constructed at the Pratt
um and Auburn school houses, ac-
cording to Mrs. Mary L. Fulker-
son, county superintendent OF
schools. At the Pleasant Point
school for boys, a Mothers club
has been organized which meets
at the school monthly. The Fruit
land school now boasts a parent
teachers association, Mrs. Fulker-
son said.
Engine trouble forced a party
of five Salem men to call for as
sistance Wednesday night in get
ting into town. In the party were
j. G. Meddler, Rev. H. F. Pember-
ton, w. E. Brooks, w. E. Tomlison
and A. G. Bohrnstedt. The party
were returning fhvtn Y'ortlano snG
on the Dayton-Hopmere road the
engine broke down. Not an auto
mobile passed them for three hours
after the incident happened.
Commercial clubs in both Port
land and Pendleton have commun-
icated with T. e. McCroskey,
manager of the Salem Commercial
club, with view to obtaining the
local organizations support in the
matter of the proposed Wallula-
Umatilla cutoff road. Portland
contends that, through construc-
tion of the 20 miles of highway,
mnch good would come to the
state, while Pendleton insists that
other proposed roads in that vicin-
ity should be built first. The pro-
posal will be brought before the
state highway commission in the
near future. Mr.. McCroskey is in
clined to favor the stand taken by
Pendleton.
Raspberries, pleasing to the
taste as well as to the eye, are
on the vines at the home of s. G..
Kightlinger, $50 Miller street.
Raspberries appear chiefly in the
summer time and are uncommon
at this time of the year.
Tomorrow night the four fra
ternities of Willamette university
will give open house parties to
students of Willamette and to
other friends of the city. Each
party is to last one half hour, the
visitors travelling from one house
to the next until all four houses
have entertained.
Miss Helen avra and Arthur F.
Tasto were married last night at
the home of Rev. George Kohler,
pastor of Christ's Evangelical
Lutheran church. They were at
tended by Miss Matilda Vavra and
Garret Templeton. They will live
in Salem. Mr.. Tasto Is employed
at the Union Abstract company.
Mrs. Tasto ia the daughter Of
Mrs. Edward Richter and is em-
pIoyed at the Salem Abstract com
pany. The wedding was a surprise
for their friends.
Prizes for book reviews offered
to school children by the Salem
Woman's club have been announc-
ed. Those chosen as the best were
written by Dorothy White, fourth
grade, Lincoln school; John Lam
bert, fifth grade. Englewood
school; Helen Bortoss, sixth grade
Lincoln school; Helen Richard
son, seventh grade, Grant school.
The prizes will be presented at
1880 Saturday evening at the
book exhibit in the Commercial
club. The public is invited. It ia
announced that a large number
Of reviews had to be thrown gut
bec1fEe thsy contained too many