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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1924)
PAGE EIGHT ZJNSER LEAVES TO ACCEPT POST E, Possibility of the return of P. Howard Zlnser to the position of Marion County Boy Scout Execu tive or of the four county merger hould that organization decide to continue, went glimmering this morning with the announcement that he has accepted the position as assistant executive for Spokane. Mr. Zl liner will leave within the next few days for his new work, word being received from J. B. Varner, Spokane executive, to re port as soon as possible. During the two and a half years prior to the merging of the Marion County Boy Scout organ ization with the four-county merger, Mr. Zinser served as executive of the Marion county unit. With the merging of the four county organizations under the leadership of K. L. Haga, Mr. Zlnser served as assistant. During recent Scout Conclaves the work of Mr. Zinaer with boys has attracted uniform attention of higher officials. Hia work In Spokane will be with an organ ization of nearly 100 troops of Bcouts. The Willamette Valley " Boy Scout Council is to meet Thursday evening, Aug. 28, at which time definite plans for the future will be determined. BLIND STAGGERS HAS GRIP IN CLARKE COUNTY Vancouver, Wash., Aug. 21. (Special.) Several cases of "blind staggers' affecting homes have been reported in this dis trict. One horse Is said to have died. The disease givcB the horse the appearance of being drunk. Blind staggers la said to be caused from eating ferns which arc poisonous to horses. On account of the extremely dry season, which however, has not affected the growth of ferns, some hay is snid to have become affocted with the eame poisonous substanco to an extent which will cause consider able sickness among horses this Winter, a prominent veterinarian said today. Ho recommended bringing in hay from unaffected districts rathor than to chance feeding hay grown where forna are prevalent and were mixed in with the hay. ARTIST PLANS YEARS OF TRAVEL IN WAGON Bouttlo, Wash. Slghtflcclng In n covered wngon, with "Chicago in two years" as the first goal, Jh the plan of Ijoul.q Dana Johnson, n local artist, who hna left hero with his family on a journey of flvo or six years. In a trim gray praliio schooner, Betty Lou, aged 2, plays under Ihc shelter of the ennvus. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson and Barbara, ned 11. hlko along tho highways. Mr. John on expects to "knock off a year" In Chicnpo to atmly art. He then will continue to "hit the trail" un til he and h!H fnmily tire of thr novelty. Tho schooner, which he constructed, Is fitted with every thing for n homo and a school. SECOND SON BORN TO KING GEORGE'S DAUGHTER (lOldnborough. Yorkshire, Kng, Aug, 21. tlly Associated Press.) Princess Mary, daughter of King Ceorge and wife of Viscount IxiH:ellce, gave birth to her sccon:! child, a son, this morning at Coldsbnrough hall, one of the seats of tho Lnscel'cs family. (Princess Mary was married to Viscount Lnscellea In Westminster Abhy on February i!K, 1922. Their first child, also a boy, waf born hi London on February 7, 1923, and was christened lleurgo Henry Hu bert I.ascelles.) 1000 EGGS In EVERY HEN If You Keep Chickens CUT THIS OUT The great trouble with the poultry business has always hern that the laying life of a hen wan too Blunt," says Henry Trafford, In tor national I'oullry Kxport and Hreeder, fur nearly eighteen ynr editor of l'oultry Hucccss. The average pullet lays lf0 KK. If kept tho aecond year, hc may Iny 100 more. Then nho guen to market. Yi't. It has been bv-Umi-tlflcally pRtabllnhrd that every pullet In born or hatched with over one thousand minute egg norma in her system nnd will lay them n a highly profltnhln ban I a ovr n period of four to nix year- time If given proppr enre. How to work to pret 1000 egg from every hen; how to get pul lets laying early; how to make tho old hens Iny like puUrKt; how & ESTABLISHED 18G8 GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS Office Hours from 10 a. in. to 3 p. ni. E TO BE BIG EVENT With the three far western states 88 well as Canada repre sented in the forthcoming night home ehows to be held in connec. tlon with the eixty third annual Oregon state fair, which opene In Salem, September 22nd, the out look is for one of the most note worthy exhibitions of fine horse flesh ever shown at the local fair, Preliminary classification and prize liste were off the press this week and will be mailed immedi ately to every owner of show an imals In the Pacific northwest and contiguous territory. Humor, started early In the season, and gaining a certain ground, had it that there would be no horse show this year at the state fair. This erroneous impres sion was left, according to fair officials, by persons not in any way officially identified with the fair, and should by now, be con sistently Buppreeaed by the activ- itiea that are progressing In the horse show department of the fair. "Dreed to Kefrister Entries close for the show Sep tember 18th, and exhibitors are being urged to make their entires as early as possible and secure stabling, this allotment being made in the order entries are re ceived. Many attractive features have been arranged for the entertain mcnt of horse show patrons this fail, Including a number of mil itary drills to be put on by the Oregon Agricultural college. The Institution will also make a number of fine individual entries. As heretofore the hunting .and jumping elites will occupy a con spicuous place on the programs, the various divisions to include lightweight and heavyweight hunters, ladles' and novice hunt ers and hunting pairs. There will be a handy hunter jumping class, a free for all high jump, the Co rinthian, Grafton broad , jump with cu ps of f ered for the best feminine and masculine rider. Still another class of much in terest Is that for cow horses, to he shown under stock saddle, with cowboy wearing full regalia. I forces will count forty percent of tli is, training forty per cent and rider's skill twenty per cent. Polo Ponies listed Tn the draft burse division many hundreds of dollars will go to the participants in the differ ent clnsses, which Include: bast pairs, four in hand, six In hand and driving competition. Polo ponies occupy a separate place on the program, as do alp.o ponies single,, In harness, pairs in harness and ponies under saddle. In the chain 11 ion classes all horses having taken a first or second prize must compete, un less excused by the horse show manager. Champion nnd reserve champion ribbons will be pre sented to first and second prize winners for champion roadster, light harness, champion heavy harness horses, champion three gaited saddle horses, champion fivo gaited saddle horses and champion hunters. There is n big class for road sters, standard or nonstandard, for carriage horses, for sad-lie horses, featuring three and five gaited horses. SCHOOL HEADS OF THREE COUNTIES FILE REPORTS An enrollment of 1827 students In the grndes and 399 in the high schools Is shown In the an nual report of J. C. Conley, Wal lowa county superintendent of schools, filfd yesterday with State Superintendent J. A. Churchill. A total of 123 were employed In the county, tho report Bhows, the averago salary of the women teachers being $107. 61 and the men teachers ? 105.55. The per centage of attendance throughout the year was 93.6. The county has G5 school districts. Last June 59 were graduated from the high schools of the county nnd 148 to krpn up heavy egg production all through eoUl winter months when eggs are highest; triple egg production; make slacker hens iuiflllo. Thrso and many other money making poultry eeerets are contained in .Mr. Traf ford's "1000 KtHl 1IKN" nysteni of poultry raining, one eopy of which will be (tent absolutely free to any reader of this paper who keeps six hen or more. There is big profit for tho poultry keeper who gets tho eggs. Mr. Tin ford tells how. If you keep chlekcnn nnd want theui to make money for you, cut out this ad and send It with your name and nddre tn Henry Trafford. Suite 34 II, Herald Bid., Itlng hampton, N. Y., nnd ft free copy of "The 1000 K(IO UKN" will be sent by return mall. Adv. 1- C from the grades. The annual report from R. P. Goln, Lincoln county superintend ent, shows 6000 boys and girls enrolled In Industrial clubs and preparing exhibits for the local and state fairs. The schools en rolled during the year 1809 pupils, 277 of which were in the high schools. The percentage of at tendance for Lincoln county was 96.9. During the past year the people of the county adopted the county unit By stem of school ad ministration. The report of Linn county for the year 1923-24 shows 130 school districts employing 273 teachers and enrolling 6561 pupils, 4367 In the grades, and 1194 in the high schools. Remember that tho true worth of a man is to be measured by the objects he pursues. Emerson Hough's Immortal Romance The cowards never started died on the way. HnTTTmri mimiii - hi "THE COVERED CAST Will Hanion J. Warren Kerrigan Molly Wingate Lois Wilson Sam Woodliull Alan Hale Mr. Wingate Charles Ogle . Mrs. Wingnte Ethel Wales Jackson Ernest Torrcnce Hriducr Tully Marshal Kit Carson Guy Oliver Jed Wingate John Fox THE CAPITAL JOUENAL, SALEM, OREGON: FOOTBALL SEASON AT CALIFORNIA NOW OPEN Berkeley,- Cal., Aug. 20. With the signing of Candida tee this aft ernoon the 1924 football Beason at the University of California will officially open and will con tinue until the clash between Pennsylvania and the Golden Dears in the Berkeley bowl. The sign-up today will be for lnter class competition only as a con ference ruling prevents the letter and numeral men from active par ticipation in football until Septem ber IS. Beginning September 15 the California team will face the hard est schedule in several yeare and Coach Andy Smith will have to develop another "wonder team" if the record Bears Is to continue un- emlrched. The weak WAGON" MM BpgMMagg p "THE MANY SEEK TO ENTER UNIVERSITY THIS FALL University of Oregon, Eugene, Aug. 21. Applications for en trance into the University of Ore gon are coming In at the rate of 100 a week, according to an an nouncement made by Carlton E. Spencer, university registrar. Up to date, the number granted en trance exceeds the number at the same time last year by about 20 per cent. ''AH Indications are that the en rollment of new students this fall term will far exceed any previous year,' Mr. Spencer said. Thursday and Friday, Septem ber 25 and 26 are set for the reg ular registration days, although entering students are expected to take physical examinations The Show You Have Been Waiting For It 's Here! JUST IMAGINE THIS You'll see hundreds of men, women, children, horses, oxen a two-mile wagon train of pioneer days fleeing for their lives from a raging fire that Said waste nine square miles of prairie. You'll see a thousand real, yelling, painted Indians riding madly to attack in their famous "cir clc of death" formation. . You'll see a buffalo huntOwith the world's only remaining herd of buffalo. You'll se the wagon train ford a turbulent mile-wide torrent. You'll see the whole spectacle heart-drama of the perilous, glorious days of '49. The story of a man's love and sacrifice for a beautiful girl in the most amazing setting ever photographed. Your most gorgeous screen adventure. General Performances Commence Promptly at 2:30 7:15 9:15 P. M. Poors open 30 minutes be fore starting time Monday, September 2, ana me freshmen English examinations will be held on Tuesday, Septem ber 23. Classes will begin Mon day, September 29. Zanni's Plane Demolished. Hanoi, French Indo-Chlna, Aug. 21. Major Slannl'a airplane, which overturned on his attempt ed hop off for Canton, was so bad ly damaged that it cannot be re paired, It has been established. The Argentine flier at present is at Hong Kong awaiting Instruc tions from his manager. CUNBURN Appir vick vr very lightly ft soothes the tortured skin. 0r 17 Million Jm Vd Ymb Afternoon and Evening Admission 50c Children 25c HAZEL STONE REX MJUIlBintBI BBBIJ t J iS H-aT- I jm WU JIJ I lk II Ask Today About ll'UI aW a.w HI I ft STARTING BIGGER THAN A 3-RING CIRCUS AT THE ORGAN mil " - THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1924 AMERICA'S GREATEST VACATION Land and Water Trip inciuainj world famous Inside Passage to border! of Alaska, Totem Dole .41. leges, Skeene end Fruer Rivers, Mt. Kobeon. hl.k. . " est of Canadian Rockies, Jasper National Park, largest in the world. Nearly 2.000 miles dm m of scenic glories for....y00 from Portland, Including meal, ' and berth on steamer between Vancouver and Prince Rupert A. B. HOLTORP, City Pass. 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