Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-10-09

sNAL, SALEM, OREGON, M
Ray F. Richardson and Lloyd T. Rig
don, of the Rigdon & Richardson under
taking parlors, returned yesterday iron
a trip TO Portland. They came by mo
tor.
/ Glenn Unruh, attorney of this city
who has been down at Dayton attend
ing to his prunes, was in Salem yes
terday for a short visit. He returne,
this morning to finish harvesting tn
crop, which he says is fine one.
j The temperature, as recorded at tn
0. G. I. company's dock, has beel
gradually rising and yesterday the max
mum was 6S degrees and the minimum
~. There has been no change in thu
height of the river for over a week.
Condlloins in the local hop marke
remains practically the same as the,
were Saturday. The hop growers asso
citation reports the manifestation o.
considerable activity, with no deals be
Ing closed, the price continuing steady
at from II to liz cents.
The official score of the membership
of the membership contest between the
Salem and Eugene Y. NJ, association,
is as follows: Eugene 34,SOO; Salem
l02, $50. General Elliott defeated Gen
cral Rowland by about forty thousand
points, which was more than Eugene
| scored
A. M. Clough, the county coroner, mo.
tored to Mill City Sunday to bring Mrs
Workman, daughter of Mrs. Margaret
White, who died here Saturday morn.
ing, to this city. Mr.. Clough reports
the roads excellent except four miles
this side of Mehama, which he says is
rocy and rough and needs lots of work.
O.
The car shortage combined with other
things has resulted in an increase in
the price of cord wood in this market.
Second growth fir is now selling for
$3.50 a cord in four foot length, and
old Iir is selling Tor $3.50. The price of
four foot oak is $500. This is an in
crease of 80 cents cord
o
A. A. Mickle, Southern Pacific freight
agent, who was i'll the latter part of
last week with. severe cold, is about
his work again at the freight house.
When he arrived at the office he found
a fine China pheasant on his desk all
ready to take home and get ready to
cook. He says he is going to have big
feed tonight.
A big parade is being planned by the
Salem w. o. w. for Wednesday evening
when Silverton and Dallas Woodmen
viii welcome Head Consul l. I. Boak,
who comes here on that date. A band
is to be secured and all three camps
will appear in the procession through
the city streets.
The time for filing petitions of can
didacy in the city primaries expired
October q. Only one candidate of those
mentioned for various offices in the
city government failed to file his com
pleted petition in time. This was +. A.
Boyington, who has been announced as
a candidate for alderman from the 5th
ward.
j. R. Fouch, of Travers City, Mich,
arrived in Salem yesterday on a bust
ness trip. He was former resident of
Falls City and is wellknown in the
Valley From here he will
go to Raymond, Wash. He left his home
in Michigan last Thursday morning and
has found exceptionally fine weather
all the way out west.
j. w. Jones, advertising manager
Of the Capital Journal, will speak to the
business mems league Tuesday evening
At its regular monthly meeting on the
subject of advertising. Mr.. Jones
Is an expert in the line of advertising
and it is expected he will give the bus
ness men thoroughly interesting talk |
After the address, matters of business
will come up for discussion.
Fire this morning between 5 and |
} clock destroyed the prune dryer be.
onging to Oscar Fry, about three miles
vest of this city in Polk county. The
lrier contained approximately seven
.ons of prunes. Mr.. Fry's loss is esti-
mated TO be in the neighborhood of $3,-
100. 1t is understood that the dryer
vas partially insured.
.
Launched at noon today with lunch
on in the Y. NJ. c. A. rooms, the annual
financial campaign of the Salem asso-
iation began with rush that is eX-
'ected to carry the committee through
o success in record breaking time.
Forty business men comprise the COM
nittce that will raise the funds for
he coming years work. The campaign
) expected to last about ten days.
At eight o clock this evening the
alem Rifle club will assemble in the
ity hall for drill under Captain Rosen-
erg yesterday the members of the
lub were ON the rifle range at FINER
nd the following qualiried as marks
zen under the National Rifle associa-
IN REGULATIONS: II. A. Freeland, j. g.
,emneon, J. C. Macy, Charles McCar'