Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-25

The picnic of the Royal NeighbOrs
and Modern WOOdmen at the fair
grounds Thursday evening, June 26, is
indefinitely postponed on account of
the rainy weather. Committee.
A. E. LAHORE, a well-known Salem
man, and for eight years in the theat-
rical line, has now the entire charge Of
the Globe theatre. Mr. LAHORE is a
young man of ability, and is bound to
be progressive in anything he under
takes.
While listening to the music at the
band concert last night, Raleigh Howe,
by some odd happenstance, lost his
bank roll, amounting to numerous bits.
Raleigh says he wouldn't mind the loss
so much, if he knew "howe" the money
was going to be spent
]. P. Rogers has sold his fine gaso'
line yacht, the "Eola," to Roy King,
of Portland. The consideration of the
sale was in the neighborhood of $500.
Mr.. Rogers craft was the finest ever
floating on the Willamette here and he
made several extended tours in her.
Governor West, Secretary of State
Olcott and Treasurer Kay left for Port
land early this morning to attend the
farewell given to the veterans of the
G.. A. R., who are to attend the reunion
OIL the battlefield at Gettysburg. This
is the 5Oth anniversary of the battle,
the reunion being brought about by the
appropriations of the state of Pennsyl'
vania for $15OOOO and congress for an
additional 100000, making a total of
$45O,OOO.
Last evening Cherry City lodge No.
4Gs, Loyal Order of Moose, held a meet
ing and took up the proposition of send
ing delegates to attend the Moose car
nival to be held in Eugene, and also to
attend the regatta to be held in Astoria.
The lodge members decided that they
would send delegates to both of the eel
ebrations. July ! was picked as the
meeting night in which to select dele
gates.
General Freight Agent Hinshaw, of
the Southern Pacific, has asked the rail
road commission for permission to es-
tablish a 81 rate on cement rock from
Green, Oswego and Portland. Hinshaw
contends that unless the above reduc-
tion is made the proposed cement plant
will be unable to do business. The S.
P. also wants to carry hydrate lime at
35 cents a ton between the two points
in question, and also lime rock (fertiliz-
er) at $l.s5 per ton. Recently the rail
road commission granted a So rate on
cement from Gold Hill to Portland
H. D. Wagnon, an old time Salem
man was in this office this morning
and called attention to the fact that
the old China wash house on the Ryan
block on Commercial street, it was
stated had been used as such for TWEEN
ty years, was really used as a wash
house since 1865. Before that it was
used as a store house for tomb stones.
However the old building has gone the
way of all earthly things, being crowd
ed out for more interesting matter.
That grove of tall frs at the corner
of Lincoln and Commercial streets is
there no longer. 1t has been cut down
and the cut up again, and is now first
class cord wood. 1t makes a wonderful
change in the looks of things up that
way and its removal is certainly appre-
ciated by those residing OH the hill, as
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and the valley to the north, which was
shut off before.
The following companies have ap.
piled for articles of Incorporation:
Cleyeland & Coles Valley Telephone
Company, of Cleveland, for $4,000;
Keystone Optical Company, of Port.
land, for $4,000; Minnesota Develop.
ment Company, of Ontario, for $4,000;
Berrott Brothers Company, of Baker,
for 10000; Zapf Furniture & Hard
ware Company, of Astoria, asking for
dissolution; Whitten Plumbing Com
pauy, of Portland, asking for dissolu.
tion.
Lew Shaw, of Chicago, will meet the
best billiard players in the city at the
Mecca billiard rooms, Masonic temple
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