Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-11

| x NJ. Z. church. *
x May 30.-Memorial day. All *
X stores closed. X
* June special state election. X
x June S.-High school commence *
* ment at armory. x
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Judge Bingham this afternoon issued
an order dismissing the divorce ease of
Glenn E. Eoff against Beulah Eoff,
The hearing was held this morning on
motion of the attorneys.
The Salem Women s club will meet
tomorrow in the Sunday school room
of the First Christian church at 2:30.
The members are urged to be prompt
for election of officers and other i'm,
portant business.
This is the last snow story of the sea-
SON The snow is about all out of the
mountains in the Black Rock section
and the logging camps are working with
full crews. Logs are coming to the
mills by rail.
Mary G, Rowland, M D., offices over
Golden Rule store. Special attention to
Women and children, and Diseases Of
the Skin. Office hours 10 to - and 2
TO 4. Clio
The Barnes circus had no license to
pay today as it pitched its tents outside
the city limits.
Dance at Liberty Sat. night. 5-11
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Saturday morning the children will be
told several interesting stories at the
public library at the usual hour, $3.50
and 1890. The three are, 'The Wise
Men of Gotham, " "The Three Wishes"
and "Alarm.n -
D. A. White, the veteran seed man,
says no one need be alarmed about his
garden even if the season is the latest
since 1891. He says that potatoes
planted even as late as the middle of
June have been known to make a fine
crop.
The superintendent of the public
schools of Shedd, Ore, Professor Geo.
r. Schreiber is very sick. He is at the
home of his wife's parents, Rev. and
Mrs. G. w. Plumer, 355 South Four
teenth street. While he is improving
some he is still very critically i'll.
R. o. Smelling from Oakland, Cal, is
in the city and will make his home here,
having been appointed agent for the As
sociated Oil company. This plant has
recently completed a $4,000 building in
Salem. Mr.. and Mrs. Smelling will make
their home at the Marion hotel.
The Salem Heights Tennis club is Civ
ing a benefit program this evening at
Salem Heights for the purpose of rails
ing money to build tennis court. The
program includes the sale of candies,
various kinds of refreshments and dane
ing. A good time is promised those who
attend.
1t was just one year ago yesterday
that the cold snap played havoc with
early garden vegetables when the mer-
curry in the thermometer dropped to 81
at night and the highest for the day
was 48. Yesterday the range was from
| GA to 45. The river is now falling with
q stage of S,S feet.
Governor Withycombe, Judge Moore,
John H. Albert and others assisted yes.
terday afternoon in planting trees in
the parking Of the Deaconess hospital
The planting was in honor of the sever
deaconesses at the hospital and in the
excavation for each tree was placed &
bottle containing the name of the mar
who planted the tree and the Deaconesl
in whose honor it was planted.
The drifting launch picked up few
days ago by the steamer Grey Eagle O
the Spaulding Logging company ha
found its owner, or rather, the owne
has found the launch. 1t belongs t.
W. G. Crawford living near Fairfield
and had been tied up in the Tmlal
slough near Fairfield. Mr.. Crawfor
was in Portland looking for it when h
heard that it was here safely in care 0
the Spaulding people.
%
Marjorie Webb, the three and one
half year old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
9. B. Webb narrowly escaped seriou
injury when she fell into the basemen
at neighbours house where she wa
playing. Little Marjorie and play
mate were playing telephone, when sh
stepped backward into an open ira
door on the. porch, falling eight fee
and striking her forehead on the eemen
steps. She was unconscious from 1.3
until o'clock yesterday afternoon bu
is gradually recovering from the fall.
.
George M Post announces that tn
plans and specifications for the CON
fort station to be located at the corne
of State and High streets will be read
for the contractors within a week or i
days. After. the contract has bee
awarded, the work should begin abou
June j. The rest rooms will be unde
the sidewalk adjoining the court hous
lawn at State and High streets. wit
five feet of the walk FOR stairway er
| frances. The woman s rest room will b
! ! IA by Is feet and both sides of the res