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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 13, 1930)
PAGE TWO EXCLUSIVE NEWS DISPATCHES WILLAMETTE VALLEY NEWS BY SPECIAL COItRESPONDENT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1930 RESIDENTS OF DALLAS OFFER SELVES ON JOB Dallas The work of installing the gas mains Is proceeding at a rapid pace, according to Angus McLean, construction. 1 unman In charge o! the work. By the end of the present week some 2900 feet of two Inch high pressure lateral feeders will have been Installed. r Theae lateral feeders run east and west and are fed from the four Inch line which is laid along Levens street. A crew of 40 men are at pres ent employed by the company and under present conditions no more will be employed. McLean states that of the present force 34 are local men and that in the selection of his crew prefer ence was given to those who were married. It is his belief that the back of the employment situation has been broken locally by the hlr- ing of these men aa he has very, few applicants for Jobs now eom ! pared with the time when work was i first started inside the city limits. t. (CHARLES DARST IS ! CALLED ON TUESDAY r St ay ton Charles Paul Darst, 56, passed away at the Stayton hospl , tal Tuesday following a paralytic ; atrott on August 4, 1S30. Darst has sprat his entire life on the farm near Sublimity wher he t and two sisters have lived since the t parents died many years ago. Par thena darst died August 17. 1929. He leaves on sister Phldelia Darst of Sublimity. Tlie funeral will be held at the Weddle funeral chapel Thursday morning at id ocloc with burial at Rockey Point. Members of the Elks lodge of Sa lem will act as pallbeaVers. ' ORCHARDS ARE HIT p BY WHITE MILDEW i Waconda A white mildew has struck the peach orchards in this j section. Prank Pelton was the first 1 to discover It in his orchard, but ; upon investigation it was found in the other orchards also. The affected parts are being cut away and burn ed and the rest of the tree heavily ' sprayed. It is In a mild form and the growers are hoping to check it without much trouble. i JEFFERSON SWELTERS . IN SUMMER'S HEAT . ! Jefferson Jefferson sweltered In vthe heat Monday when the mercury climbed to (7 degrees, the hottest day of the season. The river proved a xpular resort for both old and ' young during the afternoon and evening. j KAVMOND8 ARB BACK : West Salem Mr. and Mrs. B. A. ' Raymond and daughters, Hope and Margaret, recently motored to We natchee. Wash., their former home for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond have returned home but Hope and Margaret will stay in Wenatchee for a time as their uncle bas employment for them. ' BARTNIKg AT VANCOUVER Rlverview Mr. and Mrs. Parll Bartntk are visiting at the home of their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Welch of Van couver, Wash. They will return the Utter part of this week. : CALLERS FROM NEWPORT Rlverview Mrs. Clara Cbapelle and little Carol Jean Ollkey of Newport spent several days with William Ollkey and family. Carol Jean Is a granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. GUkey. Mrs. Gladys Shaw and son, Marlon spent the week end at the Gukey home. PROFESSOR VISITS Lafayette Dr. J. Almon Baker arrived here Saturday from In- dianola, Iowa to visit his mother, Mrs. Phoebe Baker, other relatives and old friends. He grew up in this community, was graduated from Lafayette nigh school and McMlnnviue college, now known as Linlield college. Dr. Baker has . a chair of chemistry in Indlanola - college. I , THRESHING STARTS - Brush Creek Threshing will be gin in this district on Tuesday of this week. Both Alvin Krug and Fred Krug expect to have the threshing machines at their farms on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mrs. D. E. Oelser of 8llverton Is assist ing at the Alvin Krug home. !) HUNTERS MOVING Falls City Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hunter and daughter of New port, are moving to Falls City to niaxe meir nome. Falls City Mrs. Mina Hoppe of Bi-appuoso arrivea Monday eve ning for a weeks vbit with her two daughters. Mrs. Ben Freer of Fir Orove and Mrs. B. E. Freer of skrtnle. POLLYWOOD$ of25c Talkie Ton.lT aad THlRsnAY Tonight fa TUiII. Mght ring Your Ticket Pallia Talking! Cnoasdj ad tiound Review Al HUBBARD MERCHANT AND FAMILY ON TRI Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. L. 1 scnou and daughter, Dorothy, are spending the week at Newport. Dur ing their absence the hardware busi ness la being conducted by their aaugnter and her husband. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Beer. Members of the Mrs. Anna Scholl family are also vacationing there. Miss Orva and w. Barrett Joined the grouo Wed' nesaay. RELIGIOUS RALLY HELD AT COLTON Molalla The annual rallv of the iiacsamaa county council of Keil- glous Education was attended by about 500 at the Colton Creek park at coiton butioay. m the morning Rev. T. Kagen of Seattle, who is Held man for the Baptist denomln atlon, gave an address on "Author ity of Jesus.- Song service was led by Miss Alma Larktn. Martin Berglund of Colton favored the audience with a sola In the af ternoon they were addressed Religious Training and Business' by Judge Walter H. Evans of the Portland circuit court. The Col ton chorus and also the Rural Dell chorus sang several selections and Mtas Alma Larkins sang a solo. Rev. H. L. Weiss, chairman of the Methodist Episcopal commission of Christian education, gave one of the most interesting and modern addresses on the effect of teaching on the character of scholars of the Sunday school. NORTH HOWELL HAS GRANGE CLUB MEET North Howell The H. E. C. club of North Howell grange held their August meeting at the home of the president, Diadema Cline. Plans were dlsclsacd for banquet for the Daseoau team, Pamona picnic at Sllverton park, North Howell home coming, Hallowe'en party and corn show. Refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted by Emily tucnter. Those present were Amy Beer. Mrs. Fred Beer, Lena Weisner, Gladys Waltman, Helen Weisner. Emma Fitzke, Amanda Drake. Flo renvce Oddie, Daisy Bump, Emily Rtchter, Mary Lou Weisner and Diadema Cline, WEST SALEM PEOPLE ATTEND CAMP MEETING West Salem Mrs. Emma Boners of Sixth street attended the closing session of the Seventh Day Advent lst camp meeting at Gladstone park Sunday. She accompanied her son-in-law and daugher, the C. A. Bal ing of the Bethel neighborhood. two 01 the speakers of the day were from Rhoocala In southern Af rica, one or whom was an American missionary and the other a native African. . The meetings were well attended. One day there were 4000 present. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Braaten and Mabel of the Wallace road, also at tended. ARRIVE FOR VISIT West Salem Mrs. Harrv Detch. mendy-of Seattle arrived Wednesday ior a visit witn her sister and bro- ther-ln-law, Mr. and Mrs. Waldo Baker and their family. She will al. so be the guest of her mother. Mrs. T. L. Miller In Salem. Her brother Charles Wright who has been In Washington awhile, returned home with her. Mr. Detchmendy I peeled to come down the last of the week for two weeks' vacation when be and Mrs. Detchmendy will make an auto trip to a number of Cali fornia point. GUEST AT RIVERVIEW Rlverview Elmer Bishop of Mo desto, Calif., la visiting with rela tives here, the Holt families, Som mer and Whetstone families. Mr. Bishop visited In Washington be fore coming here. S. B. Holt and lamlly, Mrs. Fred Sommer. and Mr. Bishop spent Monday with relatives at MIU City before he returned home. Dayton Mrs. Walter Senn and family are spending one week with relatives at the coast at Kernville. Today . and Thursday REGINALD VITAPHONK ACTS Talking Cooie.1,' Movietone Fri. Hat. nia-Tln-Tin Iw The Mast MaMer" I YY.itk M.M. 1T..n.1. 1 I aatt WUIlam Austin la I :6 I The aioai annuiu I I serlra of complini- I 1 lion ever welded Into 1 talking plrfnr. - Yoa'll enjoy every mlHHt ml It, 8rH!V, NORTH HOWELL GRANGERS HOLD REGULAR MEET North Howell The North Howell grange had an Interesting meeting wnn is visitors and 37 members present. The various committees made reports. A poster committee of three, Kna Harmon, Sam Got- tenberg and Tom Bump, was ap pointed by the grange master. Plans were made for a North Howell home coming some time in September at the . North Howell grove. The lecture hour was de voted to county agent discussions. William Teutsch of Corvallis. ex plained the worx and duties of the county agents and what had been accomplished in different counties. Mr. Stalker. Mr. Larson. Mr. Glatt, Mr. Bowen. Old Bowcn and Sam Brown also gave talks on coun. ty agents. Refreshments were serv ed by the August birthday members. HENNIN6S HOSTS TO CALIFORNIA PEOPLE Ocrvais Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Henning have had as their guests the past week, Mrs. A. P. Henning of Clements, Calif., mother of Mr. Henning; John Hennln2 and two daughters, Elma and Ellen of Lodl, Calif, .and a niece. Miss Eunice Henning of Delta, Calif. They left for their homes In the south, Tues day. On Monday the parv. with the addition of Mrs. S. Stevens and Mrs. Johanna Clark, were dinner uests of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Saunders in Portland. ANNUAL REUNION OF DELAPP SWAN CLAN West Salem Mr. and Mrs. M. J. DeLapp and -family attended the annual reunion of the DeLaim- Swan clan, which v.as held Sundry i In the Peninsula park in Portland. Eighty-five of the descedants of the two original families were present from various parts of Oregon, Wash ington and Missouri. Two eieters of Mr. DeLaDD. Mr. Edith Sutton of Kansas City. Ho.. and Mrs. Louise Hltt and children. Lorrene. Waldo, Calvin and Ha and their cousin. Opal McCallister, all oi bt. Louis, Mo., who have been guests of relatives here, and In Ray mond, Wash., for the past several weeks, remained over the week end that they might attend this year's reunion. The eastern visitors started their return trio to Missouri Monday. FIRE LOSS SLIGHT Dallas A defective flue was re-spon-lble for an early morning call to the fire department Tuesday aoout :J0 o'clock. The outbreak oc curred In a house at 318 Maple street owned by A. J. Barham and occu cupled by Arthur Smith. Prompt action by the department using the chemical tank extinguished the flames and little damage was done amounting in all to a little over 35 . jrjvit CKQ1 ' " (S Fax ELSINORE t& " J L Tjday v. ;.-. ;,.! .-si.jlk Thura, Fri. -JT ' t , ', - -" & -1 ,'. . ; !: .5 4..ir t -! ' .' -;. . ft CAMPBELL TO JUDGE LEGION MUSIC CORPS Sllverton Prof. Hal CamDbeU left this morning for Baker where he will be on of three judges for the drum and bugle contest to be held then during the state convention of the American Legion. This Is the sixth year that Camp bell has attended the Legion state conventions in this capacity. Camp bell intends returning Sunday. MILL CITY LADIES AID ENTERTAINED Mill City The Ladies' Aid enter tained at the home of Mrs. L. C. Chance In honor of Mrs. John Ey man who is leaving with her fam ily for Lewiston. W. The Aid enjoyed s number of stories of travel and the Aid pre sented Mrs. Eyman with a lovely picture in appreciation of the help sne naa given in the society. She also received a number of Individ ual guts. Refreshment were served by the hostess, Mrs. L. C. Chance. Those present were Mrs. John Ey man, nonor guest; Mrs. E. LaDuke, Mrs. Tom LaDuke, Mrs. Elmer Shaw, Mrs. D. D, Wilkinson, Mrs. Fred Kerby, Mrs. E. Oouje, Mrs. George Sumpter, Mrs. George Hook, Mrs. Floyd Shepherd, Mrs. Art Roda and the hostess, Mrs. L. C. Chance. POLK COUNTY ROAD PROJECTS LIMITED Dallas A limited amount of road work Is being performed on the Salt creek cutoff road by the county. most oi tne work being located on Butler hill and at Hart bridge. Pres ent plans call for the widening of the road at these two points to stan dard width. No definite plans have been drawn up with regard to next year s program but it is extremely likely that the work to be done will attain considerable proportions In view of the fact that with the ne cessary improvements completed an increased volume of traffic will pass over this road to the coast. ATTEND DRILL Jefferson Captain J. O. Van Winkle and Corporal Verdo Harris attended the regular drill practice of their Hospital Company at Leb anon Monday evening. Owing to the busy season others of the squad were unable to attend. SWIM PARTY HELD Hubbard The George Knight. Ivan Stewart and Crittenden fami lies spent Monday evening on the Molalla river at Canby. Among the guests with them were Mrs. May Bennett and sons. Leo and Harry of Monroe, Wash. Mrs. Bennett was formerly Miss May Critt3nden daughter of C. M. Crittenden, and sister of Jay and Ruby. She has been visiting with her father and oiner relatives and friends for the past three weeks and will return to ber home Sunday. The evening was spent in the water by the majority oi inue ai tne river. ll'ti one ereat- actress-one soul touched wait the spavk of gertiu ..to carrion the tradition ..tlie beauty of drama.. and this Is i . GRETA. (SAR.BO whose sublime perfor mance a Cavailtn! ..rlw Jove. ttagic figure of mance . wtllatwayeooralleei'tKe ' supreme moment of the telling Mrrecn. Herat at taut., is a niaaterjuetxt ' ' . iiyJi f . e"ti - L 1 1, t ssauas EPWORTH MEET CLOSES AFTER FINE SESSION Falls City Th Epworth League grounds were almost de serted Monday morning with only 6 persons left. The registration totaled over 500 this year which Is lota more than usual. Portland district won th sports contest this year while the camp beautiful contest for large leagues was won by Jason Lee camp with Rose City Park second and Cor vallis third. The camp beautiful contest for small leagues was won by Falls City, with Oak Orove second and Jefferson third. The attendance was won by Jason Lee, with Corvallis second. For the small leagues Pratum won first. Nearly all the faculty have gone. The cooks left Monday and P. N. Haroun, registrar, left Tuesday. Mr. Miles will not leave until Fri day. Rev. Walter Warner left Sunday night for Tacoma, Wash., where he will attend a school for young ministers. CONFERENCE VOTES PARSONAGE REPAIRS Dayton Plans to modernize some features of the Evangelical parson oae at Dayton were started when 29 members attended quarterly con ference conducted by Presidina El der C. P. Gates of Portland here Saturday evening. Porches and wa ter fixtures are the subject of Im provement. 12)11 IS Broken All AO 326 State Street BARN DESTROYED ON WOLFER PLACE SUverton The fir department was called to the old barn on the former Wolfard place at the end of North James avenue Monday af ternoon. The barn burned to the ground but firemen kept the fire from spreading to bouse located near the barn. It Is thought that the barn caught fire from sparks from fires set along the railroad tracks. VALLEY ITALIANS . MEET AT PICNIC Mt. Angel The annual Italian picnic was held Sunday at the Hall farm on th Abiqua river. The af ternoon was spent In playing games and swimming. A basket lunch was served at noou. Those present Included Mr. and Mrs. J. Endrigo and family of Qer vais, Mrs. M. Marson and family of Gervais, Mr. and Mrs. S. Turin and family of Mt. Angel. Mr. and Mrs. L. Bean and family of Woodburn, Mr. and Mrs. J. De Roia and family. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bean and family of Mt. Angel, Mrs. M. Ollvottl and daughter Anne of Portland, Frank Martin and son Ralph of Barlow. Tony Crlescnauer and Steve Bau- man of Gervais and Mrs. Meggio of Mt. AngeL WIOM FAMILY HOME West Salem Mrs. Charlie Wurm and children, Carl and Thelma of Rug street, arrived home Monday from a several weeks' visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Stan ton at their home In Bakersfield. CaL The Stantons are former re&i-H dents of this city. Announces a BLIAKI-UP of Lines of Both High and Cuban Heels go in one feig closing out sal These prices cannot be equalled in any store in Salem, and we would advise morning, as these shoes will WHITE-THOMAS REUNION HELD WEST SALEM West Salem Mr. and Mrs. Wal ter White and daughters, Grace Ann and Ruth Ellen, and Mr. and Mrs. Chester O.' White and daughters, Peggy and Floy, motored from Seat tle Saturday and were guests of their mother, Mrs. M. A. White, and sister, Mrs, J. E. Thomas, at their home on Edge-water street, until Tuesday morning. Sunday a family reunion was held at the White-Thomas home, additional guests being Mr. and Mrs, Paul Kaminslne and son, Carol, of Junction City; Mr. and Mrs. A. V. White and Mr. and Mrs. H. Hendrickson of Salem. Monday the Seattle visitors, ac companied by Mrs. M. A. White and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, enloved GRAND LLOYD HUGHES MARY ASTOR ALSO COMEDY SNAPSHOTS NEWS M. G. M. ACT i 1 i n i nn. ses rumps and lies ui coming early Tuesday not last long. Next to Ladd a motor trip to Eugene, where they held a picnic dinner. The Washington group left Tues day morning for their home in till north eta city. ELDERLY MAN IS HURT IN ACCIDENT Donald Two cars traveling at a high rate of speed collided at the intersection oi the west side of the city Sunday afternoon, resulting In serious Injury of Joseph Langdon, 81, of Jennings Lodge. He was accompanied by his son and another young man and was riding In a roadster which waa struck broadside by a large car driv en by a young man from Portland. Langdon was carried into the Gooch home and Dr. B. F, Glesy was called from Aurora to administer first aid. Glesy took Langdon to a hospital in Portland from which later reports came that the Injured man bad broken ribs which penetrated the lung. WED. Till BS. RADIO PICTURE cn & Bush Bank r
