Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-29
F. t. Sheldon, travelling official for
the S. P. Co., is here on business.


F. T. Sheldon, travelling official for
the s. p. Co., is here on business.
Suppose your auto should burn to-
night. Insure with W. c. Dyer, with
Bechtel & Bynon.
A. G. Magers has returned from an
extended visit to Spokane, Seattle and
other points in Washington and Oregon.
All parties interested in the welfare
of the University of Oregon will please
meet at the Board of Trade rooms at
8 O'Clock this evening.
Attorney w. P. Lord, Jr., was in the
city today on legal business. He will
return tomorrow morning to Portland,
where he is now making his home
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Grove have re-
turned from brief visit to the metrop.
oils. Mr. Grove hob-nobbed with the
hotel fraternity in Portland while Mrs.
Grove visited her many acquaintance.
An amendment to the billiard room
ordinance was made last evening at
the council meeting, providing that the
places shall be closed on Sunday. Ref.
erence to card games was stricken out.
E. Cooper and Frank Magers inter.
viewed Battle creek last Monday in
search Of the speckled beauties. While
Mr.. Magers sat on the bank and soaked
up the sunshine, Mr.. Cooper plucked
fourteen trout from the stream.
The premium list for the first Aurora
school fair is out, and shows $l40 in
cash offered as prizes. The fair is to
be held September 20 and will be for
Aurora and surrounding districts in
Marion and Clackamas counties.
Yesterday was the birthday of Com
rade White, and the ladies of the
Grand Army celebrated it, by having a
postcard shower on the old comrade.
Some of the ladies went to his home
and sang the old battle songs to him.
After Mr.. Lord S instructive and
addresses at the high school
yesterday, everyone should own one of
his books, "The First Book Upon the
Birds of Oregon and Washington. Or
der of your bookseller, or Of the j. K
Gill Co., Portland.
Senators will boost for Salem Ba-
kerites to meet all the principal towns
in the state and advertise Salem as
never before. New suits and a better
ball team than in 1912. Opening game
May 4, 800 p. M. League
grounds east end State street.
Lords addition is now on the mar
ket-finest residence property ever Of
fered in. the city-four blocks from
business center. Prices on these lots
are put down very low, so as to
close out the property soon. For sale
by W. A. Rutherford. Phone1401.
4-15-eod-1mo
A. NJ. Griffin, who was arrested re-
Gently on the charge of violating the
school laws by keeping his son from
attending the Hazelgreen school, was
today fined So, but the justice of the
peace suspended judgment by reason of
it being special term, when the lad
was kept out of school Attorney I'm
rub appeared for the defendant
Geo. II. Sauder, an cmploye of the
Vogt shoe store and Will Prutt, a
knight of the saw, jack-plane and ham
mer, made a trip to Black Rock Sunday
and succeeded in landing about the
prettiest basket full of trout brought
into the city this season. The fish were
of good size and the boys had at least
1875 of them. Considering the weather
and condition of the streams, this is a
fine catch.
Following bids for 100 cords of slab.
wood were submitted at the meeting of
the council last evening. Salem Lum-
Der company, $2,55 per cord; Star Wood
company, $2.35; Salem Fuel yards,
1894; A. H, Tracy, green wood, $3.50.
The Salem Wood company has already
delivered 100 cords, but a mixup result
ed in new bids being called. The bids
were referred to the ways and means
committee.
The Ladies Aid Of Salem Heights
met with Mrs. Frank A. Thompson Fri
day afternoon and had, as usual, a
very pleasant time The following
named members were present: Mrs. c.
A, Savage, Mrs VIM. Sawyer, Mrs. G.
Campbell, Mrs. s. Perkins, Mrs. j.
Kingsley, Mrs, Winchell, Mrs, B.
Rench, Mrs. L. Bixby, Mrs. II. Hig.
gins and Mrs. c. c. Pascoe. A large
amount of sewing for sick member
was accomplished and full justice
done to a delicious lunch served by
the hostess. The next meeting will be