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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 1926)
SATURDAY, AUGUST AMITY SENDING COLLEGES MANY Amity, Or., Aug. 21. Many high school students of Amity will con tinue their scholastic work this fall by going on to college, according to Superintendent Burgess Ford who hoc been active throughout the eummcr months seeing that as many gradautcs as possible attend institutions of higher learning. Mildred Harrison and Faye Mack will attend Monmouth normal school; Go Ida Huble, Oregon Agri cultural college; Itussoll Jones, Francis Patty, ltobert Fatty, Shliv le.- Umphleile and Hubert Wright, Lin field college; Robert Cnllender, Delmer Campbell, Hum Gross, Al bert McCrow, John Versteeg and Chester Kelly, Willamette univer sity; UorOon Morton, University of Southern California. Mr. Ford expects the largest en rollment at Amity next fall ever known in the school. Ono hundred and thirty students have given their Intentions to to registering In Sep tember. School will open Septem ber 13 or 20 depending -on- the progress of the fruit harvest. NOW BEING HELD Grand Island, Or., Aug. 21. A family reunion Is being held at the Roy Will home this week. Mrs. 'Will's parents and flvo sisters are nit together for the first time in 14 years. The visitors are Mr. and Mrs. Apherpon and daughter, Cecil, T Orange, Cat., Mr. and Mrs. Thomas llight. also of Orange, Mrs. W. P. Brewrink of Lewiston, Idaho, and Mrs. Elsie Yaden of Olympia, "Wash. The people from Orange left there Saturday morning and arrived hero Sunday evening In . time for supper. . r. . '.. .. PARSON AND WIFE CM WAY TO ALASKA WORK Amity, Aug. 21 Rev. nnd Mrs. E. 13. Cotton and littlo son John, accompanied Rev. and Mrs. Otho Love to Salem Thursday evening. Rev. Lovo and bride wero return ing from their honeymoon spent In different parts of Washington. A farewell family reunion was held at the home of the bride's parents in Salem Thursday evening. Rev. nnd Mrs. Love left early Friday morning for Alaska whore they go as missionaries. They expect to be gone for a period of three years Mrs. Love is a sister of Rev. E. B, Cotton Qf this city. POLK COUNTY BANDIT PAIR TAKEN TO CITY Dallas. Or., Aug.. 110. John nnd Fred Hill, who are charged with . assault and robbery vhilo armed with a dangerous weapon, were transferred by Sheriff Hooker, Fri day, to the Mutlnomah county jail for safe keeping until the grand jury meets. .. POLK COUNTY CUPID i BUSY DURING WEEK i Dalian, Aug." 21. Marrlago li censes wero granted during the past week by County Clerk Black to three couples. They werc Knoch Zimmerman, 29, Illinois, and Margaret N. Ertiger, 27, Dallas; "William Thomas Thompson, 36, and Mario Edlger, 32, Dallas; C. A. Purvfne, 25, Independence, and Ella D. Hawley, 19, Independence. WJiST SAXEM ' ; Harold Robinson who Is a patient at the Salem hospital. Is getting along as well as can bo expected. 1 Charles Robertson and Robert Clark were Portland business call ers Wednesday. - - . Mrs. Harold Hamilton of Klng v.ood Is suffering from an attack of gall stones. A. D. Leach who hns been holn Ing Mr, Kemsey harvest near Ma clay is home and will leave West Salem soon to dry prunes at Ros coe Clark's ranch near Summit, Mr. nnd Mrs. "William Ltndan of Yakima, AVash., are guests at the home of the lattcr's parents, Mr. and Mrs, Simpson. They will locate in the "Willamette valley If they find a suitable location. . Air. and Mrs. R. Martin of Don ald, Wash., were recent guests of Mrs. Martin's sister, Mrs. J. A. Gossar and family. RETURN TO DENVER Independence, Aug. 21 Mr. and Mrs, Henry Miller of Denver, Colo rado, who have been visiting with the latter' parents, Mr. and Mrs. William McKlnney, started on 4 heir homoward journey Thursday. They went to California from hero where they will spend some time visiting friends, BACK IN BANK Independence, Aug. 21. Dr. Charles H. Dunsmore has resumed his duties at tho First National bank after an absence of several months, most of the time being spent at his boyhood home 1 On tnrlo, Canada. Mrs. Cecil Messen ger, also employed In the bank left for a two weeks' vacation at the coast. MOTOR TO PORTLAND Independence, Aug. 21 Mrs. George Ruef, of Independence and her daughter, Mrs. Cialr Wenlgar, of Monmouth, motored to Portland Friday morning, returning home last night. - PATTY AT COAST Amity, Aug. 21. Henry Patty, precinct committeeman, is spend ing a few days at Neskowln visit ing with his sister Mn. Roy Shields. Mr, Patty has not been feeling well of lata and think the sea air will Improve bis health. Fresno Cal. Her clothes Ignited white she was lighting a stove, France Jlmlnes, 13, broke away from Her mother who was trying to -yescuft her and was burned to death, ...... 21, 1926 Black and Polar Bears Are Circus Feature Wednesday There are 13 bears in the Sells Floto circus menagerio this sea son. Two of them are black moun tain bears, one of which, Prince, is shown above. .Eleven are polars, pure white and native of northern climes. All 13 are highly trained and their value to the circus or ganization runs Into many thous ands of dollars. n prince Is a "clown bear", and his education is such that he is In TOWN TEAM IS Independence, Aug. 21. The In dependence town team and a team from tho Walker cannery met on the local baseball field at 6:30 last night. Five inning were played with a final score of 7-1 in favor of the town team. Just before the game a serpentine composed of tho employes of the Walker cannery was held on Main street. Tho men and boqs wore lints mado out of tin cans nnd the women and girls helped to make things noisy with horns 1 and squnwkers. A large crowd turned out for tho game. Dallas, Or., Aug. 21. County Commission irs Gardner, nnd Rid dell. Sheriff Hooker nnd County Clerk Black were in Eugene, Thurs day, to attend the Trail to Rail pageant. - While there , they took occasion to Inspect the annec. re cently built on the. Lane county court house. Polk county officials have, been figuring on ways to se cure a suitable jail, either by erect ing a new building or locating It In the old one. . , - . DAUGHTER RECOVERS FROM AUTO ACCIDENT Independence, Aug. 21. Mrs. F. R. Arrell has returned from Tilla mook where she has been visiting her daughter Mrs. G. G. Heston, formerly Ida Arrell of this city. . Mrs. Arrell states that her daugh ter has fully recovered from Injur ies received in nn auto accident on July 4. but that Mr. Heston Is still receiving medical attention. Mr. and Mrs. Heston -were riding In a truck when a touring car crowded them off the road, causing the truck to go down a steep embank ment. Mrs. Heston received cuts and bruises but her husband was seriously injprcd . and has been confined In the Tillamook hospltnl since the accident. Cherry City. Cleaners Will Remove That Spot We're , prepared for emergencies and acci dents. A hurry call will bring our Lizzie to your door, and in a few min utes your . soiled gar ments will be receiving careful treatment at the hands of our cleaning experts. Just phone 934. CHERRY CITY CLEANERS . 231 N. High EXCLUSIVE NEWS DISPATCHES ' fact a real clown and one whose antics constltuto a show of his own. Among other animals In the menagerie of tho Sells-Floto show, coming here Wednesday Aug. 25th, are 14 Hons, 12 tigers, 15 ele phants, monkeys, kangaroos, cam els, zobras, zebus, rhinos, hippos and others. Tho menagerie is tho greatest In tho world. With Prince in the picture is Miss Betty Miller, pretty littlo animal trainer with the show. - GRAND ISLAND MOURNS LEFLEY Grand Island, Or., Aug. 21. This community was very much sadden ed by tho death of George Lefley, nnd old resident of this place. Air. Lefley had been sick a week but few of his friends had heard about it and the news came as a shock. Mr. Lefley was quite an old man and has made his home here and in Unionvnle for a good many years, Ho came from England when but a young man. Ho was well thought of and loved by all who knew him on account of his honest, friendly, Christian life. Mrs. Lefley died just three years before her husband. Funeral arrangements have not been made. BACK FROM BEACH Independence, Aug. 21: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Irvine and daughters, Fay and Jean Ellen, motored to Cutler City the first of the week. Mesdamcs Heath, Sarah Irvine and Soely who had been spending sev eral weeks at Cutler City accom panied them home. . - OAKLAND presents the PONTIAC SIX Mandau Sedan Oakland's answer to the demand ance and appointments with those for a low-cost enclosed six of quality qualities of speed and stamina that construction a six that combines are recognized as the outstanding the utmost In distinguished appear characteristics of the Pontiac Six. VICK BROTHERS High Street at Trade Fred T. Bllrcti, Scio, Oregon Sllvcrton Motor Car Co., fiilvcrton, Oregon George Dorr, Wood burn, Oregon OAIOAND-PONTIAG PRODUCTS ; PQLK COUNTY- NEWS CHURCH BOARD MEMBERS QUIT West Sulem, Aug. 21 The board! of stewards meeting and pot luck supper held at the home of Rev. and Mrs. C. II. Burleigh was well attended and a very profitable as well as sociable evening was spent. Two of the oldest members of the board resigned who had served for six years very faithfully and cheer fully, viz: Mrs. J. T. Hunt as chair man of board and Mrs. Edward Brock as treasurer. The board was newly organized and Rev. Mrs. Burleighg was elect ed chairman, E.-T. Hammer, secre tary and A. Gosser, treasurer. The board decided to hold a meeting regularly the first of every month. The following were present at the. meeting: Rev. and Mrs. Can- nell, Mr, and Mrs. John Simmons and son, Mrs, Eva Slmrolng, Mrs. Bliss, Helen Bliss, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Qossar, Mr. and Mrs. 3, T. Hamer, Mrs. Ralph Sebern- and children, Mr. and Mrs. Schuttz, Mrs. Hunt. Mrs. Brock, .Mrs. James Best. BANKER BEGAN AMITY WEEKLY Amity, Aug. 21 C. G. LeMasters banker In Orange Cove, California, accompanied by his wife, visited here a few hours Thursday. LeMasters Is an ex-newspaper man and In cooperation with R. A. Harris, now of Salem, establish ed, the first newspaper in Amity year ago "The Amity Pop Gun1 and later he owner the Amity Standard. , Tho LeMasters have many friends here who were glad to wel come them to their old home town. PARACHUTE FOR PLANE DEVISED Inglewood, Cal., Aug. 21. A giant paraChute, spreading 274 yards of silk over a diameter of 50 feet and designed to bring an en tire airplane safely to earth, is to be given a practical test here next Tuesday. A plane weighing 1800 pounds, the motors of which will be stop ped at an altitude of 6000 feet, will be used In the experiment. It. Carl Oelze, formerly a chief aviation me chanic in the navy, will drive- the plane and gamble his safety on the succoss of the invention. ' Tho parachute Is designed to be carried in a box in tho tail of the fuselage of the plane, and is con trolled by a lever worked from Mio pilot's seat... . The device was tested recently at San Diego with n weight of 1150 pounds which was lowered to earth at a rate of 2C feet per second. Eureka, Cal. The big naval sea plane PB-1, flying from Seattle to San Diego, stopped here over night. San Francisco, Cal. Tho navy won't try any more "stunts" such as a Ilr.walTan or a polar flight In the near future, Secretary of the Navy Wilbur said upon his arrival from Seattle. Such flights cost too much money. Associate Dealer Slirccve A Son, Dallas, Oregon Johnson Motor Sales Co., Corvnllls, Oregon Stgyp3 CORBETT SEEKS TO BLOCK FIGHT Philadelphia. Augg. 21 WF) James J. Corbett, former world's heavyweight champion, Is now an obstacle to the fight between Jack Dcmpsey and Gene Tunnoy. Driven from New York to Chica go and back again and- then to Philadelphia because of various en tanglements, Tex Rickard, promot er of the fight, Is now facing more litigation. John H. McDevitt, counsel for Corbett, has advised his client to seek an Injunction to prevent the battle on the ground that Corbett has priority over all claims for such a contest nere. McDevitt asserted that Corbett had made plans to promote five In ternational bouts In tho Sesqul Ccntennlal exposition stadium, one of which would be a Dempsey- WIUs match, Corbett had the champion's approval for this con test, McDevitt said. An attorney for Taylor and Gun nis, local boxing promoters has conferred with Mayor Kendrick In connection with an alleged agree ment which that firm claims It has with exposition officials giving It the exclusive right to stage boxing bouts in the exposition stadium. HORSE THIEVES STILL OPERATE Fort Worth, Texas. Wherever the cattle thief Is to be found along the "last frontier," the field inspec tor of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Kaisers association is re doubling his vigilance slnco the re capture of Milt Cood. For Tom Ross, Good's partner, Is - still nt largo. . ' ' Ross and Good still have more than a hundred years to do be tween them In tho Texas peniten tiary on conviction of killing two field inspectors of the cattle raisers at Seminole, Texas, In 1924 W. D. Allison and O. L. Itobcrson.. Aided by the association, the state cap tured Ross and Good convicted and confined them. Then they made a sensational escape. Good was recently captured. "Ross nest," was the only com ment the inspectors had to make. The Seminole slayings are but an episode in the history of the asso ciation, an organization unlike any other In the world. After GO years, romance still rides with the field Inspector of the cattle raisers. For him, the old west Is far from his tory. Cattle stealing is still an or ganized industry. Two-gun des peradoes still vow vengeance on the field Inspector. MRS. G1RA11D HOM.G Independence, 'Aug. 21. Mrs. GIrnrd has returned to her home In Independence from a two weeks' visit with her daughter, Mrs. Wil liam Young of Portland. Mrs, Gir- ard and Mrs. Young spent a few dnys at Rockaway. ARE IN SEATTLE Independence, Aug. 21. F. O. Parker, accompanied by his daugh ter Grace, left for Seattle, where they will spend tho week end with Mrs. Parker's son, Hugh Miller, who Is a purser on the 8. S. Presi dent Madison. - " - Harrison rg Garage, Harrlvhurg, Oregon B. E. Tn t lor, Lebanon, Oregon $895 'GENERAL MOTORS BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS I Drive Power ffij I I Into Your Auto I j ' To Drive With"" J 1 - . I With the change from sun. to rain it is probable that your ignition and lighting needs adjustment. Take advantage of our service to save you heavier costs later. - REMEMBER: We are authorized representative for the great electrical ' , auto unit manufacturers for Salem "Genuine Parts Are Better ' Ask the Man With the Wooden Leg" ' . E. H; BURRELL 238 N. 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