Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-05
All Around Town


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Shook & Traver Of this city were
awarded the contract for the building
Of the $4,000 school house at Estaeada.
Work will begin at once.
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Tho Spaulding Logging company has
secured the contract for the mill work
and lumber as well as all other building
materials FOR the new Electric building
TO be erected by Steusloff Bros. Stewart
& Engstrom are the contractors.
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The temperature continues at about
two degrees lower than one year ago.
Yesterday the range was from 6l TO 80
while for the same date one year ago
it was 40 10 IS. The river is falling with
Il stage today of 5S feet above the
low water mark.
The windshield of every patriotic au-
tomObile owner may now become an adj
vertisement for the navy. j. h. Adams,
recruiting officer for the navy, has
number of these small posters that
could be placed on the windshields, with
the following wording: "Your country
calls. Join the marines. Apply recruit
ing stations or navy league.
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A few things are coming the way Of
the good housekceper, Several vege-
tables are quoted at decline, whole
sale, for mex: Monday and the sugar
spectators or jobbers-whichever word
is preferred-hnve announced 20 cent
a hundred decline in sugar. Selling on
the present market quotation, cane
sugar should retail for 500 and beet
sugar, $3.50 q hundred.
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The Salem Rifle club will hereafter
drill in the old armordy Friday even
ings. The indoor practice shooting will
be ON Wednesday evenings. Since this
club has the only rifles in town and
since becoming member does not in
any way involve service, several of the
older men who would like the benefits
of the drilling are becoming interested
The initiation fee is 81 with 81 year
dues. A. b. Poole is secretary and will
take applications.
On or about April %, r. E. Clark re-
ported that he had bicycle stolen. Re
Gently boy by the name of Edgewel-
Ter, paroled from the reform school,
whose home was at Newberg, left his
home and took wheel. This wheel he
rode to the Clark place, where he left
it, taking Clark's instead. Then he
rode back to the reform school and gave
himself up. Clark s wheel is at the re-
form school and the wheel left at
Clark s is ready to be turned over to
the Newberg officials,
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Plans are under way to make the COM
ing Memorial day great patriotic
event as we'll as day to commemorate
the memory of the nation Is dead. A
general committee composed of repre-
sentatives Of the various patriotic asso-
Citations has been appointed to look aft |
er the program. For this purpose meet |
ing was held this past week by Sedg- |
wick Post of the G.. A. r. 1t is planned |
to make the program similar to that of !
last year.
The treasury department at Washing
ton has sent out notices to all post. |
masters that employees who come under |
the head of care takers are asked to |
contribute towards the Red Cross Those .
receiving less than $1,000 a year may
give 90 cents. those receiving between |
$1,000 and $4,000 year should donate |
81, and employees receiving an annual |
salary of more than $4,000 are to for
ward So. The amounts are limited to |
these figures and the giving is not |
compulsory. The treasury department
just makes the suggestion. This will
affect only three employees of the Sa-
lem postoffice.
On account of the serious illness of
Mrs. Emma G. Hawley, mother of Rep
resentative William G. Hawley, near
Monroe, it is believed Representative
Hawley is hurrying home from Wash
ington. Mrs. Hawley is at the home
of her daughter, Mrs w. F. Starr, and
is not expected to live It is believed
Representative Hawley has left Wash
lngton on account or tne fact that
telegram from Secretary of the Treas
ury McAdoo asking him to take charge
Of floating the "liberty loan" bond
issue in this district. Mrs. Hawley is
about "a years old and has a son in
Arizona, who is also believed to be
rushing to her bedside.
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Harley o. White has so far recovered
from his illness that he was able to /,
pend few hours at his office yester-
lay. Just now Mr.. White is in the lime
light from the fact that as school di-
'ector, he holds the deciding vote as to
whether the school teachers will receive {
IN advance of $5 a month salary the
coming year. Mr.. Buren and Mr.. Clark /
ire opposed to any advance, while Mr.. {
Lee and Mr. Barnes think they should
nave it, on account Of the high cost
If living. Unless special meeting is
:alled, the salary proposition will be de- J
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