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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02
Far11lers OF
10 States
Here Today

Forty-f1Ve delegates 1fom 1o
states who attended the western
states farm conference held in
Portland January 80 to February
2, arrived here this afternoon,
close to 6 o'clock on tWo-day
tour of the Willamette valley hav-
ing visited all important points OF
interest on the way down.
Out side of the demonstration
in rabbit raising, supervised by
e. T. Troffeder, head Of the I'll
gard rabbit club, given in the
hotel. shortly after the arrival OF
the delegates, the visitors spent
the greater part of the evening
resting before their trip to Albany
tomorrow.
The delegates were given a
demonstration of potato seed cut
ting and treating by agricultural
club of Oregon City under the di-
rection of Ethel 1. Calkins.
Potato grading was demonstrat-
ed by w. A. Holt on the farm OF
George Brown, three miles out OF
Candy.
Poultry demonstrations were
performed at the farm of w. d.
Thompson under the direction oi
H. E. Cosby, poultry extension ex-
pert.
Tomorrow morning the delegates
will leave the Marion hotel for the
Holt dairy farm near Thomas
Professor E. B. Fits will deliver
the lecture in dairy demonstration
work.
Albany Next Stop.
Following the dairy demonstra-
tion Professor H. d. Scudder VIII
demonstrate land clearing, aftel
which the delegation will proceed
to Albany and from there drive tC
inspect the buildings OF oregon
Agricultural college.
Government experts who were
with the delegates We're: Dr. u y
Smith. chief of the government
extension work; George e. Farrel
field agent of projects and pro
grams; Miss Florence E. War anc
R G.. Foster, field agents; Ger
trude Warren and Marian Bros
eve in charge of the division o.
home economic of the department
of agriculture.
Delegates from the western
states who attended the confer
ence at Portland were:
Arizona-A. B. Ballantyne anC
Alice P. Joyce. -,
California;. H. Coeheron' al
rector of extension work OF tn'
state; DR.. Elwood Mead, pro1essol
of rural institutions; L. b. Smrtl
and ]. W.. assistant county agrl
cultural agents; W. R. Ralston
assistant boys and girls clul
leaders; F. NJ. Sparrier, Miss H. u
Eddie and Miss May Seacrest.
CoIorado-Roud McCann, stat.
director of extension work; A. E
Govett. county agent; Miriam
HAYNES. state leader in home eco
Monies; Miss Maud Sheridan
Idaho-W. Kjosness, state agrl
culturist. ,
Montana-F. S. Cooley, directo
of extension; ]. c. Taylor, Mis-
Anna M. Turly, director OF nom
economics extension work; Chas
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Japanese women usually begin
smoking when about ten years
old.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

The emergency fleet corporation
launched 1912 huIls.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02
Born

Born
FERGUSON-To Mr.. and Mrs.
Leroy A. Ferguson, route z,
box $50, Salem, Sunday, Jan.
29, 1922, a daughter.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Society serenaders, Elite hall
'naay. 2Ss
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

The right front fender of an
automobile driven by D. H. Pres
nall, 2030 north Church street,
was torn off yesterday when 1t
collided with a machine driven
by George Feller, 434 south Cot
tage street, according to a report
made to the police. The Presnall
car was moving south on Winter,
and the Feller automobile was
headed west ON Division street
when the accident occurred. No
one was injured in the crash, ac-
cording to the report.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

february's first building per-
r't was issued this morning by
peputy City Recorder Mark Poul-
ssn TO Edgar Rowland of this city
nno will erect a one story dwell
,As at 2095 south Church street.
Il , VIII cost $4,000, according to
Ne Permit, and e. s. Robinson
VII be the contractor.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02
COMING EVENTS

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X COMING EVENTS \
X
X X u X X x X X X X 4 X y x
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X Feb. 2-Shrine club old X
X fashioned basket social, X
X Shrine mosque. u,
X Feb. 5.-Public lecture, X
X I. B. s. A, 2:SO p. m. Derby X
X building. X
X Feb. S-Vachel Lindsay, X
X Waller hall, 8 o'clock. X
\ Feb. 12-Organ recital, x
X Lucien Becker, Christian X
X church $3.50. X
X Feb 16 to 19-Christian X
X Endeavor state convention, X
X armory. X
X X X X X X X X X X X X !. \
Milton Evans, Of Drain, was
trarsacting business in Salem
Wednesday and calling upon
friends among the states official
family. Mr.. Evans has only re-
Gently disposed of his banking In
terests in Drain but will continue
his residence in that city for the
present at least.
B. L. Eddy, Roseburg attorney
and state senator from Douglas
county, transacted business with
the state industrial accident com
mission here Wednesday. Senator
Eidv is among the prominently
mentioned" candidates for the
presidency of the next senate.
A Maximum Of 40 degrees and
a minimum of II degrees were
recorded by the official weather
man in Salem yesterday. There
was no rainfall. The Willamette
river, reported at "a feet at
o'clock this morning, was still
falling.
Society Serenaders, Friday,
Elite hall. %"
Salem post office employees
were again warned today that
smallpox is epidemic in many To-
calities and that 1t is more fatal
in type than for many years pre-.
vious. Authorities at Washington
II. c., caution all postal workers
to take all possible care to pro
tect themselves and their families
against the disease.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

A bicycle which was found by
the police several days ago, yes
terday was claimed by Charles X.
Bishop of this city. The wheel was
relinQuished to him.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Governor Olcott has announced
the appointment of w. P Strand
borg of Portland as member Of
the Oregon land settlement COM
miss;1 t, succeed Emory Ohm
stead, resigned, also Of Portland.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson, county
superintendent Of schools, left this
afternoon for Jefferson where she
will visit on school business. She
expects to return to Salem to-
night.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

]. P. Newell, consulting engin-
eer, was a visitor in the capt.
tai city in conference with mem
bers of the public service COM
mission, Wednesday.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Campbell,
formerly of Portland, have NOV
ed to Salem and will make their
home in this city. Mr.. Campbell Is
deputy supreme commander of the
Maccabees.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Are you losing out by not en-
rolling for a course at the Capital
Business college? You'll need to be
ready for next summers calls.
New class starts Monday, Febru-
ary 6. 2S"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Films in at one at six they re
done. II. NJ. Sanderson, Red Cross
pharmacy, 3S6 State st. 28*
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

A. J. Foster, corn doctor, over
patton's book store. Phone 957.
81
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Officer Victor last night placed
In the police station bicycle
which had been abandoned for
several days near the Mill apart
ments, 265 south Commercial
street. This morning the owner
had not called for the wheel.
The Woman's Missionary soci-
ETY. of the First Presbyterian
church will hold It's annual meet
Ing for election Of officers Fri
day afternoon In the church par
lors. 1t is announced that a large
attendance is desired.
The Mary Martha society of
Court Street Christian church
will hold an all day meeting to-
morrow at the church. The men
will join the group at noon. The
Woman's Missionary society will
hold its meeting at 2 O'Clock.
A pre-convention rally was held
on Sunday by the Marion county
Christian Endeavor union at
Clear Lake. Brooks, Clear Lake
and Woodburn were in the rally.
Those who went from Salem were
Rev. R. L. Putnam, president of
the county union; Miss Elizabeth
Hogg, Harold Eakin and Wayne
Bowman.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

A bicycle which he found aban-
doned at the corner Of State and
Liberty streets was last night TAX
on TO the police station by Patrol
man Victor.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Five men applied for free beds
IN the city jail last night. They
~ navo their names as Richard Fry,
w w NJ Murphy, Frank Abbott j.
Tlliott and Peter Touse. .
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

The automobile business In
Portland appears to be fairly
good, according to Mayor George
E. HalYorsen, who returned last
night from a short business visit
In the metropolis. He made the
trip by automobile.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Newspapers and publications of
tne second class, separately wrap
PED may now be accepted for
mailing to foreign countries at a
iate Of one cent for every four
ounees or fraction thereof, ac-
0Ordlng to word received this
morning by Postmaster August
nuekestein from Washington, D.
c.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Lost, life time schaeffer foun-
toin pen. Finder please leave at
Com mercial book store and re-
ovHl ,1a roward 2S*
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

G. H. Gram, state labor COM
missioner, and VIM. A. Marshall,
Industrial accident commissioner,
left this morning for Columbia
county to Investigate the wreck on
the Nehalem logging railroad
Tuesday, which claimed the life OF
one man and injured six others.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Attention G. A. R. Sedgwick
nost will attend the funeral OF
Comrade Charles l.. Buckbee at
Webb & Clough chapel at p. M
Friday afternoon. d. F. Lane
commander.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Get a 1922 MacDonald's Farm
ers almanac at Tyler's drug store.
2S*
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02
FREE

FREE
Consultation and examination,
hrs Bradford G Bradford, D. G.
gate Licensed Physicians. Ten
Years in practice. Phone 526,
suite 319, Oregon bldg. "
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

W. H. Burghardt, 629 north
Winter street, was today celebrat-
ihg his S5th birthday by visiting
Various friends located In various
parts Of the city. Mr.. Burghardt,
VINO Is very active, declares that
MS health was never better. He
was born in Great Darlington,
Mass, and moved to Salem FL
years ago. During that time he has
ilVed continuously in the same
house.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

G, N. Needham about baby
hicks. b5S State. OPP. court house
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

(COntlnue0 from page OHeJ
jected," the secretary gave 1t as
his opinion that dam No. 2 CIVIL
son dam") should be completed by
the government and that the pow
er requirements for commercial
purposes, the benefits to naviga-
tion, as well as the possible needs
of the government, would warrant
this expenditure"
"If this were DONE" he con-
tinues, "the government may it.
self undertake to sell the product
to the best advantage. Iu such
case the amount Of the govern
ment's present proposed invest
ment would be very materially re-
duced, because dam No. 3, cost
ing from $18,0O0.O00 to $25,000.-
900, would not be built" and II
would not be necessary to make
the full installation Of power
plants on the Wilson dam until
the market required such installa-
tiOn
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

rrank S. Sem, Portland attor-
ov argued case on appeal be-
ssrn nU. the supreme court here We'd
nesday afternoon.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02
LOCAL BRIEFS AND PERSONALS

Gust A. Brown and e. B. Ga
VI n Eugene were guests OF the
Marion hotel last night
rrv the new barber shop at ISL
iberty st. G. G. Givens and B.
E. Birch 80
,t. and Mrs. A. W. Crecker
~ Mrs. Goldie Carey of Jeffer-
Anu we're registered at the Bligh
hotel last night.
Doonle use Swift's fertilizer be-
.uso II makes them money. See
SI Clorence s. Bovine or phone S5S'
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-02-02

Society Serenaders, Friday,
Elite hall. 28*
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
Quincy Todd on ''Hands Up!"

cash-andcarry business by way OF
a little polite but sincere bandftry.
And, besides, he Is very much
afraid Of his wife. who beats him
up once in q while in way that
women have in them days. He
practices up quite lot out in the
sage and then calls himself One.
Gun Hicks, because he allows he
can spread more CONSERVATION and
general non compus menus with
one gun than any other bandit can
with two.
The first victim he picks out
to sort Of try II on the dog is
Uncle Purdy Haskins, who has
lived in them parts SO long that
he has got a pet name for every
ella monster. He is about eighty
years old and has the reputation
Of being quite wealthy and having
the stun boarded in his cabin.
The Washington times., 1922-01-22

q mile and half and trim the legs
off'n a scarlet fever microbe one
at q time.
When q bandit meets six citi-
zens he is sure to meet a half
dozen good shots. and when he
meets one citizen he meets a guy
who can shoot as good as him, II
not q little better. II wasn't no
crime to perforate bandit in those
days. They didn't send the bandit
. bouquet and electrocute the guy
that shot him. But, civilization is
advancing. as they say in DR..
Eliot's 1--WE feet of books. The
spirit OF disarmament has took
holt OF everybody but the highway
men.
Which reminds me OF One-Gun
Hicks, Of my town, who gets very
tired of the ordinary pursuits Of
life and decides to go into the
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
By Roy K. Moulton
BY TAD

Hicks figgers that this old grand
pap is about all in and will be
easy meat.
80 he rides up to the cabin one
day with a red bandanner over the
lower part Of the face and the old
man Is settin' out in front smokin'
q cob pipe.
"T am One4Gun Hicks yells the
new bandit. Throw UP yer hands
"'Helly'are.' yells Uncle Purdy.
and he throws up his hands. but
at the same time as he throws up
his hands he throws up . piece OF
artillery that looks as big to One
Gun Hicks as a Fort Sumter can
non and begins lettin' of lead like
a smelter. The first shot got One
Gun Hicks on his pistolfnger and
his gun drops to the ground. He
wheels his bronc and starts for the
horizon. but before he gets out of
The Washington times., 1922-01-22

"OurS;n the wild and woolly where
I live once upon a time It 10 quite
different. A guy had to have some
nerve to start In the banditting
profession and make q success Of
It. He is liable to get home as
porous as a hammock and with
enough lead in him to sink 0 life
boat. There is a time when
bandit is liable to get all mussed.
but that is before our laws got so
high-brow that they protect and
encourage robbery and murder.
There amt much encouragement
in them olden days.
Then. when guy gets TO be
one year old he is practising with
a six and can hit silver dollar
four rods away; when he is ten
years old he can hit q dime on
top Of a church steeple, and when
he is twenty-one he can stand OF
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
Cheer Up, It'll Soon Be Over

THERE are glad tdings In
store, so be not down-hearted
nor i'll at ease. II will all be
over in a short time. Taps will be
sounded in 1898. or course. 1t is
q long time to wait, but we have
the promise that the old world is
going to do q flop in 1888 like
hooched gentleman falling OF
scenic railroad.
The British Society Of Astrolo-
gers has fixed It all up very nicely
for US. They have wrapped up our
fate and tied It with blue baby.
ribbon and all we have to do 10 to
accept 1t. The society has cast q
horoscope which, this time. turns
out to be q horrorcope. and here
is what Is going to happen.
They don't say much about what
is going to happen between now
and 1926, and 20 We are left at lib.
erty to expect anything. which
lends an element Of surprise to tho
situation.
From 1895 on, however. the world
is going to shimmy itself into q
state of nervous prostration such
as It has never known before. The
horoscope says,
1T will be a succession Of
plaques. famines. wars. riots, revo-
lutions, floods, shipwrecks. earth
quakes and failures. Tho planets
Mars and Mercury VIII BE- in con-
junction" Tough stun. that. The
regular old STUFF with Kick" and
everything.
The Washington times., 1922-01-22

The horoscope continues:
Seven years later the great Arma-
geddon win take place. It will be
q final conflict between Moham.
mechanism allied with Bolshevism.
against the united Anglo-Saxon
world. When It 10 over there will
be few Of us left, and those few
will be entirely exhausted"
Those who are spending their
time kicking about everything now
have the satisfaction Of knowing
that their troubles will not last
much longer. Only . few moro
incometax blanks to mi out, only
q few more raises in the rent, only
a few more moving days and only
a few more trips on the old sub
urban train to and from Gladys
Manor.
It is we'll to take these things
into consideration In planning for
the future, which Is to be 30 short.
Perhaps you can get along without
the gold dishes you were going to
buy on the installment plan and,
IL you have been saving up Tor =
villa at Newport, there - little NE
in continuing. You could nsvsr
mako It by 1926.
Little boys who are planning 10
BE- President win BE- SAVED tns
trouble. Tue house you srs 6yinx
to pay Cor on monthly payments
will not be taken sway from yoa.
Ashes to ashsaL
Dust 70 dmt,
II 1929 doesn't got you -
1883 mus
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
is an OUTRAGE ,beins

THERE Is an outrage being
perpetrated in this country
- which must stop. The movie
hero is being imposed upon in a
shameful manner. The awful Sc
cret Is out. He Is not getting
enough money. To our everlasting
shame he is not paid a sum COM
mensurate with his great services
to mankind. The courts have Just
recently heard OF fragrant case.
A prominent movie stars wife
sued him for divorce on the ground
Of incompatibiIity Of expenditure
and the family skeleton Of the
movie world was hauled out of the
closet and dangled before the Judge
and Jury. The movie hero finally
agreed to alimony aggregating $40
a month, but said he could pay no
more. Forty dollars q month ought
to keep the average movie stars
wife in lipsticks.
Little wonder. He, himself, is
getting only $4,000. which is little
more than $4,000 . month. II he
were not wasting his time in the
movies he could, with his talent
and education, be making at least
$1,000 q year as clerk in some
body's shoe store.
Can anyone imagine an artist, es-
peciarly q movie artist, getting
along on q pittance like $4,000 a
month"; Ridiculous. The wonder
Is that he feels able to pay the $40
a month to his wife. Probably he
has q great heart. He has SEIZED
uled his list Of absolutely impera.
tive personal expenses as follows:
Photographs for popularity pur-
poses, $1,000 q year; publicity,
$1,000; wardrobe. $1,000; valet,
$1,000; personal wardrobe, $1,000;
clubs, $4,000; living quarters.
$1,000; food, $1,4Oo, automobile
service, $500, and insurance, $3.50.
In this list he has allowed him.
seh only s1,400 for food and only
$4,000 for taxicab service, and
heaven knows you can't ride far in
taxicab for $4,000. Can anyone
imagine greater self-sacrifice than
that in order that the wife and
children can have $3.50 a year for
their support? No. This man Is a
victim Of a pernicious system, and
he IL only one OF thousands who
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
IT AM reading an article In one
II Of my wife's magazines last

Of my wife's magazines last
night" says Elias @. Hig-
ginbotham, "and I see where .
beauty expert says It makes the
hands nice and white to hold them
up in the air q good deal"
III that II the case" says Quincy
Todd, the people around in this
neck Of the woods ort to have
about the whitest hands in the
world. For standing with them
held up in the air Is their charac-
teristic attitude. especially payroll
messengers and cigar store clerks.
A,he cigar store cferhs should ort
to have hands like the Easter lily.
II am talking to one of these
birds the other day. and he is a
very skittish sort of person indeed,
and when the suburban conductor
comes along to get the tickets and
points his punch at this cigar store
, clerk and yells Tickets the latter
throws up his hands through force
Of habit and yells: .PIice.'
"This clerk says he has been held
up SO often that he can ride from
Van Courtlandt Park to the Bat
terry in the subway and hang onto
. strap all the way without feeling
the least bit lame.
81 don't have to ask these birds
what they want when they come
into the cigar store says this
party. They tell me. I just keep
my hands in the air and nod my
head toward the safe. don't have
60 show EN- where the cash regis
ter II. Three or four of them have
done Q Doug Fairbanks over the
pigar case. II we have had Q poor
bay am oil outa luck and get a
couple of more punctures to add
b my collection. I am keeping a
bot reserved for me in the hospital
10 I can flop down on It any time.
land when 1 am there, the
burses don't know whether I am
here again or yet.
~.Ths guy that invents . bullet
roof shirt for cigar clerks 10 60
hR to make a lotta dough, believe
ne. But there is one advantage
D It. A guy don't have to 60 to
he expense Of northern deer
uniting trip to be shot
these new-fangled bandits
Ave got quite an edge on the old
oys that used to travel around
trough the West when I am a
oung sap back in the old home
bwn. These days all the artillery
ON one side of the battle. There
a cute little law that prevents a
bcent citizen from defending him
BIZ, his family, his goldfish.
monograph and dollar watch. Any
itizen caught with a gun goes to
ing Sing. Any bandit caught with
gun simply gets caught. That's
he difference.
cit is about as safe to 60 from
bank to q factory with a payroll
here in the effete East as It is to
20 over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
me average citizen fighting
bandit in the East has got as much
b a chance as a weakfish in q
Dattle with eating shark. All
he can do without breaking the
aw is to try and talk the bandit
INTO a different frame Of mind.