Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-28

schools, has announced that the open
ing of the coming school year will baI
September 90 1t is believed that the
enrolment will be regular 'corker"
this year.
Almost settled in our new location,
247 Commercial street. New goods
arriving daily. Some special bargains
yet to be had. Be sure and visit our
salesrooms. Salem Furniture Co.
Inside intelligence on Sundays
ball game. The Portland TranspOrta-
tion club is coming to Salem with the
fastest players available, well knowing
that the 0. s. P. are seeing red over
their defeat by the Senators, and will
no doubt prove in Sundays game
that they are second to none.
Preparations are being made by the
Western Union Company to install
time and signal clocks in Willamette
University. The clocks will be so con-
neeted with alarms that students will
be called at the beginning of each
class. 1t is believed that the new
system will not only be beneficial to
the pupils, but will eliminate a great
amount Of bother for the teachers
A serious conflagration was mar
rowly averted yesterday afternoon on
North Twelfth street, when Professor
]. T. Matthews and son were success
full in putting out a grass fire which
was eating its way toward a residence
belonging to E. Tanner. The Tanner
family was not at home, and had not
Professor Matthews and his son done
some fast work, the house would have
been burning shortly.
Miss Clara Mosher has returned from
six.weeks vacation trip to the east.
Miss Mosher visited various points in
Canada along the Canadian Pacific
road, through st. Paul and Superior AT
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, she met her broth
er Senator Gus C. Mosher, where they
visited their sister, Mrs. L. H. Van Cott
who returned with them to Portland for
few months stay on the coast. Miss
Mosher will be in Salem for some time
and will deliver another course of lee
lures in September.
Next Saturday will see the end of all
saloons located in or near railroad sta
tions, the law passed at the last session
of the legislature, making them illegal
becoming effective September l. The
fight to do away with saloons in rail
way stations was started by Governor
West more than a year ago, when an
effort was made to close the bars in the
Jefferson-street station, in Portland
through injunction proceedings. 1t de-
veloped that the existing law relating
to the subject was not sufficient tC
clase the saloons and new one was
passed. The law affects large number
of saloons throughout the state. So far
as is known, the saloon men have no in
tention of fighting the law.
Figures gathered by Labor Commits
sioner Hotf show that during July there
were 372 accidents in the industries OF
the state and five were fatal. The ac
cidents were divided into the following
classes; Logging, 24 machine shop
30; paper mill, 40; railroad construc
tion, "a, one fatal; railroad section, 80;
railroad train, 35, three fatal; railroad
yard, 80; sawmills, 66, one fatal; saw
mill yards, IA; miscellaneous, 81.
1t is announced that the Christian En-
deavorers, EpwOrth League and b. Y
r. .. young people will entertain the
squadron of the Portland c. +. Union
Saturday and Sunday. Miss Emily Luce
now of Salem, who formerly was a
member Of the Portland local union, in
vited the members of the Portland
squadron. The members of the Port
lnnd union that will attend this meeting
are; Bert Paul, president of the City
Union; Emma Boyd, Carl Little, Essie
Mcclure, Mollie Fetting, Clarence
Sprague, Vera Kitchen, Martha Monta
que, and F. G. Lister, president.elect
g. Evert Baker, state president, will
be in Salem Saturday on business and
will join the Portland squadron in this
gathering. A reception will be given
by the young people of Salem to these
members Saturday evening, which will
be held in the Epworth League room.
of the NJ. +, church. On Sunday morn.
ing, $3.50, quiet hour meeting, place an.
nounced later, At 8 clock in the af
ternoon on Sunday union meeting will
be held in the Christian church under
the auspices of the Salem Christian En-.
deayor Union.
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