Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-02-16

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Prof. Ulysses S. Dotson, principal of the
Park school spoke, followed by a vocal
solo by Master Emmett Summerville.
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Frank Woodry, of Portland, is in. the
city looking for a location as auction
eer.
State publication Of the text books
used in Oregon will be one of the sew
eral important subjects that will come
before the monthly meeting of the Com
mercial club this evening.
H. H. Hill and family are moving to.
day to Portland where they will make
their home. Mr.. Hill was formerly an
alderman and prominent in Modern
Woodman circles. Until three months
ago, he was an employe Of the Cross
market.
A farmer from st. Paul Ore, writes
the Commercial club as follows: g.
have three acres of loganberries. Prices
last fall were so uncertain and unsatis-
factory and the market so unreliable,
that l had decided to plow them up. l
have been persuaded to reconsider on
account of the avowed intentions of the
juiceries in Salem to make a larger mar.
ket."
Articles Of incorporation have been
filed at the office of the corporation
commissioner for the McGraw Tire and
Rubber company, with capitalization
of 81 100000. The main office of the
company is in Ohio. The Olivet Baptist
church of Veneta Lane county, a char
liable organization, was incorporated
and the James McWood & Co., of Port
land, reduced its capitalization from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The Commercial club is in receipt of
a letter from a Hubbard commission
house, stating they can handle all the
onion seeds in the valley and are in
position to make car load shipments
The letter came to Manager 0. II. Luck
when the firm learned that the clul
here was in communication with large
dealers in Chicago who could handle
onion sets only in ear load lots.
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T. H. Booth, of the industrial depart
ment of the Wells-Fargo Express com
pany with headquarters in Seattle,
could not arrange to address the mem
bers of the Commercial club this even.
ing, but has promiser 70 be on hand at
the monthly meeting in March. L. A..
Mmcey, general agent Of the company
at Portland, writes that he expects to
be present at the March meeting.
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The basketball team of the sopho-
more class Of the high school easily de-
feated the players from the mute school
yesterday, with score Of 40 to 4. The
one sided score was rather from the
fact that the players from the deaf
school had not put in the hard and
consistent practice of the high school
girls, The game was played at the deaf
school and luncheon served TO the hipl
school team.
Having spent several days in Port
land in the interests of the great Moose
show to be given at the Opera house
March ., Benjamin Brick is ready to
announce that in reality, he intends to
put ON the greatest snow on earth and
that already he has secured 10 special
acts. Placards will be distributed with.
in few days, Of kind never before
seen In the city Besides the 40 seats
reserved by the Wick Bros employees
W, $. Hale of the state training school
for boys has reserved II seats in row
seven of the orchestra and other line
parties will be arranged
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Mrs. E. Hofer, in going out TO the
garage Just back of her home, 76i
South Commercial street Yesterday ev,
ening about $3.50, slipped on the step.
leading to the garage and fell, break
ing her left thigh, No one saw the ac
cident, and she lay where she fell foi
ten minutes or longer before she wa,
I discovered. Drs. Miles and Carlton
Smith reduced the fracture and today
Mrs. Hofer is resting easily and wait
ing patiently for time to repair tn,
damages. The balance Of the family i,
Kept busy responding to the flood OF
condolences pouring in over the phon,
as well as being delivered personally,
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Mail order oatalog houses evidently
regard the country within $50 miles OF
salem as fine territory for their bust
ness, as one eastern firm sent 10000
catologs for distribution from salem
into the first, second and third posta
zones, aud another eastern house viii
send a shipment Of 5000 this week. Tn,
first shipment Of $4,000 came by freigh