Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-06
CITY NEWS
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Walter Spaulding will go to Portland
this evening to attend the federal in
spection of the supply department of
the Third Oregon Infantry to be held in
Portluand tonight. Mr.. Spaulding is a
member of this department,
.
An open competitive examination fol
railway mail clerks has been announced
by the U. S. Civil Service commission
for February 10 and will be held in the
civil sedvice rooms of the postoffice
building. In all civil service examina.
tions, application blanks must be filed
and sent to the commission at Washing.
ton with picture of the person making
application, as a means of Identification
at the time of the examination.
President Wilson received telegram
this morning from Hal Hibbard Camp,
No. 5, United Spanish War Veterans,
Department of Oregon, endorsing his ae-
tions in regard to the controversy with
Germany. The telegram drawn up by a
committee composed of A. t. Woolpert,
Leroy Hewitt and O. ]. Hull and en-
dorsed unanimously by the members of
the camp at the meeting last evening
is as follows: "We, the United Span
ish War Veterans, do hereby endorse
mreservedly the action of the presi-
dent is the controversy with the Ger
man government and pledge our loyalty
and support in whatever course the flu
ture may lead and hereby tender ouI
services in the same free spirit as OF
Ninety-eight. /"
The unfortunate members Of the Sa
lem lodge Of Elks who have no homes
and are obliged to eat at restaurants
or live in boarding houses will be given
an insight into home life and home
cooking on the evening of Thursday
February %, generally known as Wash
ington' 3 birthday. For on that evening
the married men of the lodge will invite
into their homes for dinner the unmar
ried contingent. The suggestion wai
made at the last meeting of the lodge
and met with instant favor, especially
among the unmarried Elks who roam
from boarding houses to restaurants
| Exalted Ruler Lachmund also favored
the idea and at once appointed com
mittee Of married men to round up thl
young Elks and others not under con
4 troll On this committee A. Fl. Moor
will act as chairman, assisted by Il. A
Kurtz and S. NJ Endicott. To max
| it his business that all unattached ELK
receive the dinner invitation, Robin Da.
was appointed as chairman of a commit
tee. After the Washington dinner, al
! Elks will report to the lodge for add
tional entertainment.
D
Edward Kelly and Miss Beulah Nc
| Feron, both of Mill City, were marrie'
yesterday by the Rev. r. n. Avison a
the parsonage Of the First Methods
church.
AS a elimination of the evangelist
campaign of the First Methodist church
last Sunday IA adults were baptised an
Al were received into membership, max
/ ing a total of 100 new members sine
last October. This brings the member
ship of the church to close to 1,200.
Word was received today from Port
land that Mrs. viii S. Hale, who was re
Gently operated on, is now out Of DANCE
and making satisfactory recovery. MI
Hale and son who have been in Portlan
win return Thursday.
.
The Sunday evening services Of tn
Unitarian church will include a program
rather out of the usual. The pupils 0
Mrs Anna Rogers Fish will read and re
cite from the writings of Oregon writ
ers. 1t will be an Oregon evening, dc
voted exclusively TO Oregon writers, in
cluding several who now live in Salem