Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-29

contracted with the Phillips mill OF
Aurora for all the slab wood produced
at the mill this summer and fall.
The Modern Woodmen and Royal
Neighbors were guests of the United
Artisans last night, upon the occasion
of the fire prevention lecture given by
Harvey Wells and Fire Marshal
Stevens.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany will be in its new home in the
Bligh block Saturday night, and work
will commence Sunday morning.
Will Carver, well known young man
here, is reported as just recovering from
an eight days illness during which time
he was in the Letterman hospital in
the Preside, San Francisco. Mr..
Carver is in the medical corps.
Rev. DR.. @. @. Polling, of Corvallis,
J an old resident of this city, passed
: throughsFhere today on his way to the
Good Samaritan hospital in Portland,
where he will undergo an operation to-
morrow for appendicitis.
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Lloyd Ivie, son of MRS. May Ivie, of
the Capital hotel, has been appointed
drill master of squad of greenhorn" "
engineers in Company B, of the Fourth
regiment of engineers in the U. S. army,
stationed at Vancouver.
| d. A. White is preparing for the grain
harvest by sorting old sacks, and hav-
ing the majority of them mended Mr..
White states that new burlap sacks are
worth from IA to l6 cents apiece and
are almost off the market, the British
government controlling the output of
the Indian states.
| Andrew Anderson, prominent con-
tractor of Salem is in Turner, where he
will have charge of the building of sew
/ eral sidewalks, and retaining wall for
the canal there. Turner is making quite
few improvements this summer, and
plans are made to lay two blocks of
pavement in the city.
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The Yeoman lodge will leave for Sill
verton this evening rs strong, where
with the assistance of the drill team and
! the degree staffs they will show the
Silverton lodge how to do things. The
Salem bunch will leave in autos and
trucks from the Oregon Electric depot
at $3.50.
Gilbert J. Kennen, age 1S, of Salem,
while not of the conscription age, has
volunteered for service in the medical
1a,ao NJ ant Of ha laff fbic
afternoon for Vancouver. Walter A.
Green, 81, is the latest recruit from
Turner, which is showing up well in
giving its quota to the volunteer army.
Mr.. Green also enters the medical corps.
Information concerning the system of
of drafting for the National army will
be found upon the bulletin board of the
army recruiting station which is locat-
ed at the foot of the stairs. This board
/ is kept up to date with the latest in
formation concerning military affairs
and is well worth reading.
Carleton Welborn, aged 21; Harold A.
Olson, age 20, and Vincent Domogalla,
age 25, all Of Salem, applied for en-
listment in the hospital corps of the
navy today. Aubrey L. BASQUE, age H.
will leave in the morning for head
quarters. He is just in time to enlist
as after Sunday no one under Is can
enter the navy. His home is in Inde-
/ pendence.
! j. Zimmerman, of Camas, Wash, a
former Salem man, was in the city to-
day in the interest of his Revolving
Garden Weeder, - which he has had pa
tented and is now placing in the hard
ware stores for sale. The weeder is
of several sizes and can be used in flow
er gardens, in onion beds and in beet
beds. He has placed some in the Salem
Hardware store. He has a brother liv-
ing near Turner and lived here himself
about 20 years ago.
The Marion County Jersey Cattle club
will hold its annual picnic at the Mel
low farm of F. A. Doerfler, 1S miles
east of Salem, tomorrow. The annual
meeting of the club will be held during
the day for election of officers, etc.
/ A good program has been arranged,
along dairy lines. Everybody come
bring your families and well-filled
baskets and have pleasant and profit
able time Members of the C. j. c. c.,
and of cow-testing associations and
Jersey cattle clubs are cordially in
vited.
Genial pat Coffin, who is employ
ed by the Western Union Telegraph
company to tick off messages at the of
flee on State street, is planning to sign
up ON July for radio service with the
United States government in France
On that date, just before the memorable
Fourth, he will hold up his right hand
and swear allegiance again to Uncle
Samuel and become soldier. His duties
| will carry him soon to France where he
will be stationed a few miles behind
the firing line to radiate messages and
good cheer to the "Sanmies as the
IU. s. troops are called. tPat" went
to Portland this morning in an auto
mobile and is expected back this even
ing.