Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-05-25
WILL MARCH
IN MEMORIAL PARADE
Salem's Booster Organization Is Drill
ing Regularly for It's Appearance
in Rose Celebration.
GOOD PROGRESS MADE
IN RAISING FUNDS
Committees. Appointed by King Bing
Milt Meyers Are Given Out
Have Problems to Solve.

The "Cherrians have been invited
to march in the Memorial day parade
next Saturday and nave accepted the
invitation, which will add one more
uniform organization to the parade
which will wind through the streets of
Salem to the cemetery, whore "taps"
will be sounded over the graves of the
departed comrades. The Cherrians are
now drilling regularly for the Portland
rose show and intend to make a good
showing when they appear in tie pa
rade in that city during festival week.
They will go to Portland in special
train over one of the roads out of this
city, but the final selection has not yet
been made.
The committee soliciting funds for
the Cherry fair, with William McGil-
christ as chairman, reports good prog.
ress in the raising OF funds for the
cherry fair, though the budget is not
yet complete, as it is necessary that
$2500 be secured to insure the success
of the fair OF this amount something
over $1700 has been subscribed
Along with the proposition of secur-
ing funds the cherry fair committees
have found another problem to solve,
and that is the securing of enough
fruit to make a good showing. While
the fruitgrowers as a whole prefer cash
prizes to the cups, they are reticent
about packing samples of their best
fruit for exhibition and then being
obliged to dispose of it themselves
Heretofore the cherry fair has provid.
ed fund to purchase all fruit on ex.
addition at double the price offered by
the cannery. This year they propose
to offer cash prizes and leave tho
grower to dispose OF his fruit as rhC
sees fit. THE fruit may be damaged
to some extent through exhibiting, ant
of course will not b. worth more thai
the market price, but it will not b,
damaged to the extent that it is to
, tai loss by any means.
Prizes Better Paid.
First and second prizes are offere,
in each class and the winners of tn
prizes will be better paid than usual
but the losers will be obliged to bea
: a small percentage of loss unless they
consider the advertisement to be gain
+ ed of some value. The committee ex
presses the opinion that the fruitgrow
ers should take sporting chance an,
enter their fruit. They cannot all wir
but those that do land prizes will b
ahead of the game and the rest shoul
u take the chance and only strive nard
> er to land the prizes.
The committees appointed by M. /
Meyers, king Of the cherrians, to tax
IS charge of the various departments, ar
e as follows:
n Publicity-Robt. s. Gill, W. M. Han
is ilton, Mr.. Coughill, F. Mangis an
r Stanley Barton.
1t Sports-John Turner R. A. Grant.
e, Concessions--Dr. II. II. Olinger, Ge
st Waters, T. A. Rineheart.
20 Exhibits-Chas Dick, Mr. Foster an
ID Walter Stolz.
s. PaviliOn-Mr. White, ]. H. Laute
IS man and Mr.. Cooper.
y. Auto parade-John J. Roberts. Ge
ID Rodgers and Chaunccy Bishop.
n, Baby show-Sam Kozer, jam
IT, Young, Ben w. Olcott, Geo. Brow
Joseph Allison, Frank r. Lowell, Ge
~ J. Brown.
&C. Bands-Will Evans, Jack Grove al
NJ Hal Patton.
"a Prizes-J. W. Roland, Paul Walla
tn and Mr. Scnaefer.
Ic' Program-H. C. Epley, Theo. Rot
1T DR.. B. F. Pound.
ey Qucen-Carl Gabrielson, Curtis Croi
:, Laurence Hofer, Fritz Slade and Frai
d. Spears.