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The Capitalurttal, Salem, Oregon
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hal be displayed at half-mast for
a period of ten days. Be It further,
"Resolved, that In respect of the
safd J. D. Matlock that the busi
ness men and citizens of Eugene
be earnestly requested to cease
their labor and close their places
of business for a short period of
time on Wednesday, May 25th,
1921, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon
during the period of the funeral
of the said J. D. Matlock. Be It
further
Resolved, that this resolution
be spread on the mfnutes of the
common council, a copy furnished
1-k ,) me meiiiueia ui Hie lamuy aim lu
AUWlli the nreas for publication."
Salem Men
Try Races
On Cycles
Smith Brothers Enter
5-Mile Sidecar Run
and Break
Reuel Third In Race
Salem i3 making a bid for
prominence in motorcycledom,
with Heuel Smith and his brother
Hiram battling for victory with
the Indian champion Burns,
Burns, world beater. Such is the
story of Harry Scott and the
"""" '"u,"cu; after a short period of illness last
tiuiii iuv i dcoa m i ui i iuiMi ouima;
Suggested As
New Chairman
Of Republicans
Mrs. G. F. Tracy
Dies Of Illness
Mrs. G. F. Tracy of this city
passed away quietly at her home
and Monday.
Both brothers entered in the
side care race for five miles, but
Saturday. Although she had been
very ill for some two weeks her
case had not been considered br
each had hard luck and were for-jyond hope and Friday rallied to
ced to drop out-of the race. Thus, the extent that she was consid
ended Sunday, but undaunted, the ered safely past the danger point.
Smith brothers put the good parts j Mr. and Mrs. Tracy celebrated
of one machine together with the their golden wedding anniversary
presentables of other, and on Mon-,recently and at the same time
day, Reuel rode for third place I their youngest daughter, Merle,
on the dirt track close behind thejwas married. Friday a daughter
wlzzard Burns. Part of Burns of tne deceased, Mrs. Parker, who
name as speed-demond comes from I nad Deen wHh her for a number
the his uncanny luck on the track, of dayg left U)r nome , Taro.
George Kraus,
Councilman of
Aurora. Dead
according to spectators from Sal
lem. In the ten-mile open race
he was as good as beaten when a ford
Cnilnlu lit 1,1a . . ,. t.r.n An ., .. 1. I
- , " ' She was married in 18
n i;.Mii' in nam iucx ana wusihmi
away with a breakdown.
Equaling the world's record on
a dirt track, Jim Davis on a Har-ley-Davidson
machine turned a
mile in 46:5 seconds, for one of
the features of the races. He also
won the northwestern champion
ship in the 16-mile race in 12:2:3
making an average time of 74
miles an hour. In the 5-mile side
car race the dirt track record for
the world was aproached with u
time of 5:1:1.
The Harley-Davidson took away
most of the honors of the meet,
but Burns on his Indian rode to
a fare-the-well. Ludlow and
Davis of the Harley squad were
the most notable performers of the
races.
Joe Peters, pilot of an airplane
that rose to shoot movies of the
races, was badly injured when his
plane crashed near the track short
ly after starting. The plane car
ried five passengers, including the
pilot and his mchanlc, and before
It was fairly started the motor
went had. Not sufficient head
way to control the machine had
been attained, and It plunged to
the ground, smashing the machine
beyond hope of repair. Some
doubts of Peters recovery are held
but Injuries of others were pro
nounced not to be serious.
It had been planned to drop a
rooster from the plan, for a gen
eral scromnie the luck.y one who
would catch It to receive JtfiO
credit on a motorcycle. But the
breakdown put an end to these
plans
Salem observes look forward to
next year when the Smith Moth
ers- can again try out their luck.
They are sure that hard luck can
not await the leva! stars forever
iinn wun a yeai go, the Smiths
Rnouid he able to put up some per
formance.
ma, so sure the recovery seemed.
Mrs. Tracy was born in Craw-
county, Ohio, April 15, 1852.
1. living
In Iowa at that time. In 1906 the
family moved to Salem where
they have remained ever since.
Mrs. Tracy was a member of the
First Christian church.
Mr3. Tracy leaves five children
besides her husband: Albert M.
and Ferris (I. of Salem; J. Claire
of Dallas; Mrs. Kffle Weaver and
Mrs. Merle Parker of Tacoma.
George Kraus pioneer council
man of Aurora and for sometime
the only surviving member of the
trustees of Aurora colony, whose
charter dated back to 1844, died
Sunday evening at the age of 78
years, 8 months and 21 days.
Having served several terms
recently on the city council Mr.
Kraus has always been active In
the affairs of his community. Al
though the charter was granted
earlier the colony, of Aurora did
not come into exhistence until
1856. George Kraus was among
the youngest of the trustees of he
remarkable company of .people
who carved homes out of a tom
bered winderness.
George Kraus was born in Pitts
burgh, Pennsylvania, September 8
1841. He came to Aurora from
the esat la 1863 in largest train
of ox and mule drawn wagons
among five that started from Mis
souri with Aurora as their destin
ation. In 1879 he married Elizabeth
Giesy, daughter of the chairman
of the trustees of Aurora at that
Besides his wife he leaves
Orletta and Georgia, daughters;
i Arthur W. and John B., sons; and
. limn- i ,i . . A
of the Republican National Com-' ' oi Aurora, ur
n.ttt-o Mr Arl;.ms was a candi- letta ls at present located in
date for the pest In 1918
Latest Photo of
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being allowed to take a shot
the enemy.
But Tom refuses to allow his
cherished bows to be subjected to
zie pass will probably be open for "J protest-
v asJI t-rvakj... .vi iv. n . ucuiue
McKenzie Pass May
Be Open by June 15
Eugene, May 31--The MCrven
Points
tor V...
Floors
J For Your
Furniture
oft. J. Si
John T. Adams, of Iowa, who,1
according to rumors in official tfme
Washington, will in all prouaDii- .
Ity, be elected to succeed Post-i
master-General Hays as chairman
P Z' it Fl'lipi
traffic about the middle of jane,
says J. A. Swartz, of the Lost
Creek ranch, which is the last
stopping place on the McKenzie
highway before the summit Is
reached. Mr. Swartz says that two
forest service men crossed the
summit a few days ago and found
from six to ten feet of snow but
It was melting rapidly. The pass
is usually clear by the middle of
June.
Seims and Carlson's rock crush
er has started operations and the
work of surfacing the highway
between Blue River and the Bel
knap Springs road will start at
once, says Mr. Swartz.
Marshfield Mails
Books to Bishops
Trubey, tuberculosis Inspector
wanted to inoculate the animals
and If they received their "shots"
It will be done only because the
law requires it.
Albany Teachers
To Swear Allegiance
Albany, May 31. All teacners
in the Albany schools will have
to swear allegiance to the flag of
the United States and to the
state of Oregon when they .sign
their contracts in the future un
der a recent law passed in the
state by the legislature (which
went into effect May 25.
This was brought to the atten
tion of the school board recently
Marshfield, May 31. The ' ana tne contracts ior next year
Marshfield chamber of commerce w111 be Prepared by the clerk ac-
is mailing booklets to all the . coramgij .
but was Portland, while the rest of the
defeated by Chairman Hays. Mr.
Hays will resign June 8 and the
National Committee, which meets
In Washington that day, will Im
mediately elect his successor.
bishops who attended the recent
bishops' convention held in Por
land with the view of interesting
the people in their respective dio
ceses in the Coos Bay country.
The bishops were loud in their
praise of Oregon and the Pacific
northwest and are In a position
to render this and other rammii-
sioner S. M. Hitchcock, charging tlai a sreat sorvj.e in the way
him with direct connection with f publicity and It is the purpose
the Wall Street bomb explosion of furthering this that the book
last September, in which thirty- lets are being- mailed to the
Giuseppe de Filippo, of Bayon
ne, N. J., laborer and truck driver,
has been arrested on a warrant
issued by United States Commis-
Hills Bros.
Red Can
C0FFE
Body of Soldier
Shipped to Albany
Albany. May 31. The body of very difficult and stony road to
Alfred E. Babcock, soldier after travel before he obtains that sum
whom the Albany American Ie
glon post was named, was ship- defend the action Mr. West has
ped from Jersey City, N. J., Sun- instituted in the circuit court,
family are at present in the com
munity of Auror
Today at three o'clock funeral
services wil be held in Aurora in
terment wil be in the cemetery
there,
IXoot Hosa Will
tip Finish Fiffht u. oi u. urcnesrra
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M-irsfcfield. MaV 31. Ex-Gov- W KJTl V C XXUIIIC jVIUXrh
ernor Oswald West, who claims I ui .euii, luugene
his services on behalf of Coos May 31. The first home concert association
county were wtirth $19,000 more . ever attempted by the University,
than he was paid for the work f 0regon orchestra will be giv
he did at Washington, win iiuu
nine persons were killed and
scores injured. According to the
authorities, Filippo has been iden
tified by three persons as the
driver of the deadly wagon.
The reduction in freight rates
on dried pruneB from $1.66 to
$1.25 per hundred will mean a
saving of at least $100,000 to
growers of prunes in western Ore
gon, according to R. C. Paulus of
the Oregon Growers' Cooperative
en on the evening of Friday,
June 3, in the Eugene theatre.
The county court ls prepared to The orchestra, which is a 35 piece
organization under the direction
day morning according to
'and If the ex-governor persists In
message received here by Edwin pushing the claim, the litigatlojj
Portmiller, adjutant of the local j will not end in a few days.
legion post.
Corporal Babcock was
aid District Attorney
mem- ' Fisher in the defense,
Ben S.
the court
ber of the 5th company, C. A. C, has engaged the firm of Goes,
of Albany and the seven members Kendall & Murphy of Marshfield
of his squad will act as pall bear
ers at the funeral here.
Albany, May 30. Judge Geo.
G. Bingham, of department two
Wnrkmsn Ininrwi of the third judicial district, was
Mill City, May 30. Claude in Albany to hear the case of the
Wilson was painfully Injured union high school at Crawfords
whlle working on the steam shov- ' vllle. After the attorneys bad
of Rex Underwood, has "recently
returned from a spring tour, a
regular feature, routed this year
through southern Oregon.
Enthusiastic receptions have
marked every appearance of the
orchestra both on the campus
and on its tour to the south. Un- g
der Rex Underwood's direction !te
is considered to have reached a g
high point of musical excellence. I 3
leaders of the churches.
Believes in Golden Rule
Bend, Or., May SI. Tom Ved
der, rancher of Lower Bridge,
Or., believes the golden rule
should apply to animals as well
as men.
Tom. while In the army, was
compelled to take his regulation
nine "shots" in the arm before
J. W. Miller, who replaced
Mrs. Ida M. Cummlngs as school
superintendent of Lnn county,
el gang up near camp 14, a large made a start before the court, it(has also resigned because
holt dropping from the top of the was found that tne clerk of the
shovel striking Mr. Wilson on 'school district Involved had not
the top of the he.id, making a been served with the proper writ,
large gash. He was brought to 'so the hearing was postponed.
Mill City and attended by Dr. Al-;The case will be taken up during
len. This Is the second Injury of the next session of court here un
thls kind Mr. Wilson has had. der Judge Bingham on June 6.
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Memory of Eugene
Ex-Mayor Honored
rcngene, Ore.,
memory of J. D.
city councilman
May 30.- The
Matlock, former
nt mayor or
Eugene, was honored !v the com
mon council by the adaption of a
resolution as follows:
"Whereas, the Hon. J. D. Mat
lock, died at his home in Eugene
Oregon on the 23rd day of May
1921. and,
Whereas, said J. d. Matlock
s,M- ,it I I,., a,., -a .
" y ' j ui iMiRene as a
member of this council and at
mayor of said city on many dn
ferent occassions ana ror a long
period ofttme and many ot the
marks of progress and development
of the city of Eugene are due to
his energy and progresslveness as
a citizen and public oficer of the
city of Eugene. Now, therefore
b. it,
"Keeolvea. by the mavor and
common council of the city ot
Eugene that the flag on the city
Coming To The Oregon
money is available from the gen
eral school fund to recompense
him for money that he has ad
vanced for his personal expenses
and postage.
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