Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-15

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81 William sproule, president of the
Southern Pacific railroa, notified Gov
!. ernor Withycombe today by telegram
! that the subscription of the company
( to the Liberty loan of quarter of a
( million dollars has been credited to the
I banks of the state of Oregon through
: the Twelfth district federal reserve
! bank, as the company's contribution to
( Oregon Is allotment.
: The Boy Scouts are doing loyal work
in securing the success of the Liberty
: loan bonds. In three days work Bit
|; ner Hudelson, of 915 South Twelfth
; street, member Of Cherry City Troop,
; No. 2, turned in Is applications for
; Liberty bonds totaling $3.50. Wilson
Simeral, also Boy Scout, sold 10 $50
bonds and took one himself, making
IL bonds. He is only Is years old and
bought the bond with his own earnings.
Ira Mercer, son of DR.. Mercer, of this
city, will soon be on his way to France.
He returned from Portland yesterday,
where he enlisted in a United States
Ambulance company, which will leave
soon for Allentown, Pennsylvania, for
a few weeks training before going
across to France. He joined Ambulance
company No. 10, and is the youngest
of its members. He graduated last
week from the Salem high school.
The month of June is about half gone
and there has been only .6S of an inch
of rain. The government IS official
thermometer happens to be located in a
nice cool spot on the north side of the
| o. G. T. office. Hence when it really |
gets sizzling hot on the street, that ther-
mometer officially registers just ordin-
ary hot weather. Wednesday the mer- |
curry crept up to the SO mark and the
same Thursday, although several street |
thermometers displayed greater energy
and climbed to the 80 mark.
Several Cherrians lost their heels
while in Portland yesterday. 1t seems
that in places the streets in Portland
have been newly paved or holes filled
up. These spots of tar or asphaltum
were rather yielding under the hot sun
of yesterday and the heels of the march
ers sank down deep-so deep that few
of the boys came home not so well heel
ed. Others were more careful and man |
aged to keep their heels by working
cork screw step.
Because Lot Pearce, noble of the I
Mystic Shrine, was unable to secure |
the required camel's milk for the lunch /
con that was to have been given to {
Potentate James Moffett, of Portland, c
the potentate refused TO come today /
and the luncheon was accordingly post i
poned until such time as camel could Y
be secured that would give the required '
milk The potentate gave as his reason s
for not coming today that he was de- /
tained by having to serve on the grand e
jury in Portland. f
Those who wish to get their war
news first hand will have that oppor- {
tunity at the meeting this evening at {
the armory when DR.. Ralph Matson of '
Portland, will tell of his work with the t
hospital corps of the French army. The S
lecture will be illustrated. Several S
numbers will be included i'll the Y
DIR. Matson comes here on a '
special invitation of the Nurses Red 1
Cross association. IT
Charles Forbes Taylor, the wonderful n
boy preacher who has preached in the t
largest cities and churches in America,
will preach his final sermons in the
First Congregational church tomorrow D
at IL and at $3.50 and in the evening S
at 1880. Monday evening he will tell h
the story of his life, how he learned to v
preach, what he reads, how he spends t
his time, how he received the little "
he possesses, what Salem peo- g
pie have said about him and it will be a b
great treat to hear this story. "
Miss Laura @. Bailey, teacher of Eng n
lish in the Washington junior high C
school, will have the honor of reading b
a paper before the National Educa- D
tional association which will hold its q
annual meeting in Portland from July G.
IA to to the 2lst. The leading educators S,
from all parts of the country will attend Il
this annual meet. The subject of the
paper to be read by Miss Bailey is,
q Appreciation of Literature in the
Junior High Schools - ri
Plans for labor in the country are be-
ng worked out by J. E. Cooter, district q
agricultural agent for Polk and Marion
counties. About 25 of the boys at the
ligh school showed intentions of ac
epting country work. None of the
,irls were asked So far in the two
ounties, about 125 school boys have
greed to accept employment in the
ountry. Mr.. Cooter expects later to
make statement as to what has been
lone in this work in the two counties.
.
The public library is now preparing
o help those who want to spend a
ew weeks vacation but are RATHER I'M
eeided. Miss Case, the librarian, is
ecuring time tables and all sorts of
acation literature. Hence those who
ave the time and inclination to go on
vacation may find something to help