Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-05
z@-@I Editorial rage or lhe capital Journal

of the meeting the shares were raised
from $40 to 3Sj.
Miss viii from Boston who is rep
resentng the national prohibition
movement, gave an interesting talk to
the Normal school students in chapel
last Wednesday morning. Her whole
talk was illustrated by charts showing
the result of the liquor habit on the
organs of the body and was presented
to the students from the teachers point
Of view.
The minstrel show to be given by the
high school has been postponed from
April 9TH and Sth to April 18th and
10Th as more time for the preparation
of the event is needed to make it the
success which it is going to be. Two
important features of the minstrel
show will be the play "Jumbo jun -
and the "Minstrel Orchestra -.
Governor James Withycombe was the
guest of honor at the Normal school
chapel exercises on last Friday. March
"a. Mr.. Withycombe was accompanied
by his secretary, Mr.. George p. Put.
nam. On their entrance to chapel the
guests were greeted by a standing sa.
lutte and a cheer of welcome. The ton.
lc Of the governor S address for the
morning was "The School S Relation
to Citizenship, which was full of good
cheer information and encouragement,
especially for the teachers of the ru-
raj districts for the speaker is aware
of the rare opportunities offered by
the country life. He emphasized the
need for good and intelligent citizen
ship and encouraged the students to
take advantage of every opportunity
given which would aid them in the de.
velopment of finer type of manhood
and wOmanhood.
Clarence Daniel, student of the
o. \. C.. in Corvallis came home for a
week end visit with his mother and
friends.
Mr.. V. o. Boots, who has been very
sick in a Portland hospital, is improv.
ing very nicely and his many friends
are glad to know that he is expected
home in few days,
By the fine weather which Monmouth
people have been enjoying the last
few days, no one would hardly remem-
Der that the slough south of town was
itself IN amateur lake.
Harold Benjamin of Salem was acre
Saturday and Sunday visiting friends
and he was in attendance at the Nor
NAL dance on Saturday night.
The city council met in regular ses-
sion last Wednesday night and the
meeting was a long one, lasting until
IL 0 clock. Several important mat. I
p,rs !, were dlScui5ed and considered.
hesoIut'ons .'',I Tor the improvement of
streets > and and slueWalks We're presented
ny une ulIlereht committees
Mrs. Vernon Brown of Portland ar
rived here Tuesday evening on a visit
with her mother, Mrs. A. Shore. to stay
until Sunday.
Miss Butler. Miss Hobam. Miss Tav.
lor, Miss Greene and Miss Kennon
made a business trim to Portland tbis
week end, incidentally ATTENDING tbe
opera there.
IittIe eioat.norna of,1 .o,o b. u.o
homo of Ne onJ I'm Nfrss podt ot'imu ~ '-ie
Snndav A. pittna,, % Ina. i's' .
tba Tornoi sohonI ','ri n"I H. t ,e"yileI III
stndon+ bod,, ,raiao a "l'" .L tne ioeultf anu
Pittmar ;, Men tbo 'trI trro '@r ~ro ieN ils'lG
school sniri+ -" '"' u "e oieson ->or'uai
PresiJent Ackermor of +ho No.noI
has accented an inI,ito+ion ne az ~, -,o,''a,
1JdresS ~ tbo In1onJ ''i, ,,'i IL r. ~ sits i"
ars' associa+ion moot;no ] H",p,ie ,.hieh 'e"cI ii
moot in SnoGona ,o il'''iISs Wsss,ina Mnivu VIII
AnriI iS.lo.5o p""'' ""'"'''s s'o"' o"
irbe firs+ silvo, +oo o;,o, H.. a.,
woman : Civic cEb % of ,fonn,ortS rm u.ne rne
,iTnn at +ho Lo,, ei"" y, NJ MoHtnou!n Hf was