Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-08-21

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| 1t is reported the wholesale drug
houses of Portland, will not sell to the
retailer more than one dozen bottles of
peroxide of hydrogen Of size, owing
to shortage in the supply. The price
has also advanced and standard makes
in small bottles which previously re-
tailed for Is cents will be advanced to
20 cents in price. The supply of barium
used in the manufacture of peroxide
comes from Germany.
The railroad commission issued an
order this morning granting the Sump-
! ter Valley railway permission to leave
imfenced about 46 miles of its right of
way. The right of way in question was
in four different stretches and comes
/ under the ruling that the commission
may grant railroad permission to leave
the right Of way mfencel in cases
where there is natural barrier or
where the topographic conditions of the
country do not render fence neces-
sity.
This afternoon about two o'clock the
company of ''The Candy Shop, which
will play at the Grand tonight, arrived
in the city with its carloads of scenery
and troupe of 40 people. II is always
interesting to watch the transportation
facilities of big show that travels
about the United States and the re.
moval of the scenery from the ears at.
tracted curious observers Manager
Waters says this show opens the fall
season and is the event of the season
as It has the reputation of being the
liveliest bit of theatrical nonsense ever
put on the boards.
In order TO organize more fully the
campaign for advertising the Oregon
loganbcrry, there will be meeting of
the Oregon LOganberry association in
the auditorium of the Salem CONNER
cial club Saturday at 9 O'Clock y. m.
The growers are planning to raise a
fund for advertising the berry, The
commercial club viii do the work Of
promoting the advertising and exploita.
tion. II is expected that about $500
win be secured for this fund. w. l..
Bentley, of Woodburn, is president of
the association, and Il. II, Rorberts
secretary.
Bread prices in Salem have taken
another jump, On account of the raise
IN the prices Of flour and sugar il has
been found necessary ON the part OF the
salem bakers TO advance the wholesale
price Of bread from 2is cents per loaf
( wholesale To four cents flat. War con
ditions have been such that sugar and
flour have advanced by leaps and
bounds until the raise has affected the
bakers seriously. The new scale is TO
so into effect on September l. SO after
tnat date bread sold 20 the groeers win
ne at cents per loaf Bread will sell
TO the consumer however, at 8 cents per
one pound loaf The bakers held a
meeting recently and discussed the
situation with the result that the raise
in price was found TO be necessary to
pay living and operating expenses A
detailed statement of the bakers APP
pears in display aud in another
column Of the Capital Journal.
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A horse In the service Of the state
that deliberately contracts n ease OF
acute collie to which il suceumbs, not
only losses It's life but fails TO come
under the terms Of the workmeu's com.
pensation act according TO the opinion
handed down by the attorney general
this morning. Ii seems that William
Dalziel, deputy state labor commits.
sioner while working near The Dalles,
hired team from local liveryman
One of the horses died Of the collie aud
the deputy wanted to know who should
pay for the horse. Six affidavits show,
ing that the horse was not over driven
or mistreated and that il had had the
best Of care accompanied the letter.
Accordingly Il WAS held that nalziel
could not be held for contributors
negligence and the ruling was that the
hyetyman would have TO stand the loss
Of the horse,
The prune dryer ana a number Of