Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-25

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DR.. Mendelsohn, the eye specialist,
will return Jan. LIST. u
Mr.. John Baker, of Eugene, who at
present is employed on government work
in the shipyards at st. Helens, is visit
ing friends in the city today. Mr.. Ba-
ker states that the company he is with
he's 1900 men on its pay roll.
Patton Plumbing 90. S55 Chemeksta
Phone 1906. We do repair work. Stoves
and furnaces eoiled. u
Latest returns from the headquarters
Of the Red Cross drive yesterday after
noon indicated that the final reports
from all points in the county would
hiring the total number of new members
secured up to between $500 and 5000.
Only few of the outside points have
vet been heard from in full and it is
not thought complete returns will be
in before the middle or end of the week.
DIR. Fred Ellis formerly with Dr.,
Griffith, has moved his dental office
to 302 q. s. Nat. bang bldg. Phone
21o6. II
E. B. Lockhart, formerly city editor
of the Statesman, and family are in the
city as Christmas guests at the DR.. j.
w. Meredith home, 24S South Church
street.
The burial place beautiful. Here all
is peace, no tipsy headstones, no
mounds of mud, no sunken graves, no
snakes or worms or vermln, no Weedy
evidence Of neglect. The body is plac-
ed in a snow white, always dry, eanl-
tary tomb, there to remain forever, an
is quiet, reverant and beautiful. rms
is civilizations final tribute to its dead
This is Mount Crest Abbey Mausoie-
um. Tombs 1925 up. Phone manager
Ineoy1 If
Word has been received by friends
from A. t. Wood, formerly of the Wood
& Raw cafe in the Masonic building,
that his wife was very low with little
hopes of her recovery. They are now
at Ogden, Utah.
Each employe of the Halvorsen b
Burns firm picked turkey meat from
their teeth after their Christmas din
ner today, as the result of the generosity
of the firm in giving each employe a
turkey as Christmas present.
The heavy rains to the south around
Eugene and vicinity is sending the VII
lamette up again, the water registering
l7.9 feet above low water this morning
a rise from 1919 yesterday morning.
.
The Armenian and Syrian relief FUND
was swelled by over $430, which was
contributed by the Christmas entertain
ment given Sunday evening by the First
1 Methodist Sunday school at the church
The donations were made by classes th'
largest giver being the Yomarco clas'
an organization of young married coup
les.
The big New Years dance OF th'
season will be that given by the Cher
rians ON Friday night of this week a
tbe armory. Aside from dancing enter
tainmept features will be had and tn
now wear will be fittingly ushered IN
plans are under. way for a smoker an'
initiation of officers which will be hell
later.
Mr. and Mrs. A. j. Conger and famil!
are in the city as Christmas guests o
tbe wife's parents, Mr.. and MIS-
Tbomas AIlport, 433 South 18th street
Mr. Copger is foreman at the SchwaD
Printing company plant in Portlan'
and is a son of j. |. Conger OF TN
Conger Printing company of this city,
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Warden Murphy of the state prlsol
, saws he is satisfied the fire in the prisol
few days ago was OF lneenulary "
igin. He also stated he is practically cel
tain of the person responsible, put una
the investigation has not been eomple'
ed and until it is nothing Will be uoh
= in the way of attempting to tasteh III
crime on the guilty person. Howeve
when the investigation is eomplet,
steps win be taken to punish those gun
ty,
, hundred Cherrians were busy TN
, morning scattering Christmas eheer owe
; tbe city among children not as toi
. tunately situated as Others. And tn
/ Christmas cheer radiated by the Ohei
, rians was of a real, substantial nature
: consisting not only of toys but also o
| grocery supplies and shoes and elothins
{ The Cherrians were divided into 70 SUI
committees, each committee visiting
family and each Cherrian having on
child TO whom to act the part of SAINT
Claus.
t The Cherrian Christmas tree on tn
I court house square was illuminated las
5 evening, looking very pretty as 1t rae
+ lated Christmas cheer from Its many
eolored lights, surmounted with IN
stStar of Bethlehem" ON top, Fac
! electrical store of the city rurnishe
( one man to help decorate the tree, an
( the P. R. L. & P. company will tw
K nish free the power for the lights dul
< ing the week.
Mrs. &. Ford, who has been visiting
q the home of Mrs. b. T. Salmon, 46
? North Eighteenth street, for sewers
!. weeks. has left for Emmett, Idaho, wher
/. she will visit her sister, Mrs. Martin
. before returning TO her home in Bethan
n NJ Ford was wall Dleased wit