Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-06-20

pdlem DdIDeIS lineup IOIllduui Al
bany, Corvallis, Ashland and Medford
are charging 3j cents for hair.cutting.
On June 23 the Salem BARRIERS will fall
into line and raise the price to 80 cents.
The shops in the residence districts at
this time will begin closing at the same
time as the downtown shops. S. A.
Lewis, secretary, 344 State street.
According to the bill passed by the
legislature creating a fund for county
fairs, the secretary of state has pre-
pared a report giving the apportion-
ment for each county. $2,24L77 has
been set aside for Marion county while
$1O32.49 was apportiOned to the county
of Polk.
Several complaints have been made
to this office of the habit many dray.
men and autoists have of letting their
teams or autos stand in front of stores
and other places of business. It Is
claimed that anyone wanting TO stop
Tor any purpose in front of business
place cannot get near it because of
this No doubt it is due to carelessness
more than anything else, and now that
attention has been called to it, the
"habit" will be stopped.
The committee that was appointed to
investigate the complaint of Fred Da}d
the fruit vendor at the Oregon Electro
depot, have thrown up the job and say
that the mayor and city attorney may
have the pleasure. Dadd complained
that even though he has a license to
sen fruit the police are forever modest
ing him and trying to interfere with his
business.
That beautiful grove of young fir
trees ct the corner of Lincoln and Com.
mercial will soon be a thing of other
days, as a gang of wOodchoppers is at
work dropping the tall poles, chopping
them into cord wood and clearing the
ground The land belongs to Secretary
Olcott, and whether it means the cree.
Itiou Of fine mansion or that Ben is
Just laying in a supply Of wood for the
winter, only he knows, and he won t
tell.
All Of the road supervisors in this
county whose districts are free of
heavy or thick timber were appointed
fire wardens by the county court yes
terday on the recommendation of the
state forester. This action was taken
in behalf of the mnchers and residents
who life in districts not patroled by q
regular state deputy warden. The ex
penses of the road supervisors in in
vestigating will be paid by county
court.
The Union Meat company will fur
nish the meat for the several state in
,stitutions for the next six months. Thi,
was the decision Of the board Of contro
which gave the Union Meat company
the preference over the Carstens Pack
ing company, of Tacoma, even though
the bid Of the Portland firm was Q
cents higher on 100 pounds, than tha
Of the Tacoma firm. If the bid Of tn,
Carstens company had been accepte,
the state would have been held respon
si6le for the meat with no allowanc,
for shrinkage or spoilage.
Governor West has appointed Ernes
Ringo, OF Salem, as special prosecuto
and agent of the state Mr.. Ringo viii
have charge of the crusade against Il
quor and vice and will conduct al
prosecutions against the law offenders
At the recent cleanup in Portland Gov
eruor West entrusted many OF the mat
ters Of the investigation in the handi
Of Ringo. It was the original intention
Of West to appoint Ringo to the offic,
of county attorney for Marion county
but the recent referendum against tn,
county attorney bill put that beyond
reach.