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

! VI NhN SohHs anu Out Is uON Ill ldll
awaiting trial, one has been dismissed
and one sent to the reform school.
With the enrolment of new men, and
the rifle practice now going on, the
soldier boys at the armory are keeping
I pretty busy. At the meeting last night
committees were appointed for the
Washington birthday banquet and the
annual inspection dance, to be given
March 8. Those on the banquet com
mittee are Sergeant Max l.. Afford.
Corporal H. F. McInturff and Corporal
Arnold Gralapp The dance committee
is Lieutenant J. Roy Neer, Lieutenant
Dana II. Allen, Sergeant Walter l..
Spaulding, Corporal II. F. McInturff
and Private A, Evans Houston.
Prof. H. P. Barss, botanist and plant
pathologist of the Oregon Agricultural
college, was in the city yesterday, CON
ferring with G. o. Constable, county
fruit inspector, for the summer com
paign against brown rot. Prof. Barss
has made experiments in spraying peach
curl leaf while the tree was dormant,
and from results obtained, now strongly
recommends that spraying be done dur.
ing the month of February. Heretofore,
most of the spraying has been done in
the fall and early spring, but now he
recommends spraying while the tree is
| dormant
A hearing will be conducted by the
board Of control tomorrow of tbe
charges preferred against DR.. R. E. L.
steiner by Kline Curry, an aged woman
VINO resides in Jackson county. Mrs.
Curry 8 husband, William Curry. was a
patient Of the asylum and she was sent
TO this city by the authorities of jack.
son county. She had little or no mon.
ey and depnded upon charity while
here. She charges that her husband was
mstreated at the asylum but consider.
ing her advanced age the ASYLUM auth.
orities consider her complaints the Wis.
ion of senile mind,
January was the record month for
iires IN Salem according to the number
OF runs by the fire department which
responded to 20 alarms during the snow
weather For January, 1915, the depart
meht made is runs which was the rec.
ord up to that time, The reason for the
| large number Of calls was given nv
Ohlet Hutton as the tendency 10 heat
up stoves more than usual which caused
shlmney fires. Most of the runs were
made TO chimney fires and no residences
or buildings burned during the month.
Inc department made run to chin.
ney fire at 6;45 last night to the house
occupied by W, A. Kuny at 666 Marion
street. No damage N-as done.
.
Judge Charles L. McNary is evident
i ly as well known TO the people of Sa.
lem by the back of his head as he is by
the front. In yesterdays Capital Jour
nal, the Spas advertisement showed
the back view of man IS head, offering
a box Of candy to the first person
coming TO the store and giving the cor.
rect name. The Journal was scarcely
issued, when people began coming in to
the Spa, as well as terephoning, and al.
most every one named the picture as
being that of Judge MeNary. Mrs. J,
G. Trager was the winner Of the box OF
candy, A lady, who has been an in.
valid, telephoned Mr., Myers that she
had known Judge McNary when boy
and although she had not seen him for
many years, she was sure the picture
was the rear view Of the judges head
In the Thursday issue Of the Journal
the back view Of the head Of a promi
nent state house official viii be shown
the one guessing right to also receive
: o box Of candy.