Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-11-30
All Around Town

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( The Salem library exhibit in the
windows of the c. S. Hamilton furniture
store for tomorrow will be handled by
Mrs. Blanche Howard. Her work will
be mostly in telling and demonstrating
the loan desk work and the general
workings OF city library.
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Salem jazz band by Salem people,
Moose hall Sat. night $50.
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The Steusloff market is now display
ing in its window a service flag with
four stars indicating that from the mar
ket, this number of men are now in the
service of the country. William F. Per-
Itch is now in the transportation SER
vice in France, and Samuel Jones, Rus
sell Emmett and Gilbert Kennon all
volunteered for service in the navy.
Paul X. Walker, residing on Garden
road, is associated with the Perrine
land Marsters real estate. Their office
is in the Hubbard building. Mr. Walk
er has resided in Salem for the past 13
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him well in his new profession.
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E. F. Wright and wife are home from
two months visit in the south near
| New Orleans. For the past Is years, Mr..
| Wright has been motorman on the Com
mercial street line. 1t is understood that
while in the south he put in the greater
part of his time hunting alligators along
the Louisiana bayous.
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Frank Meridith who has been in
North Yakima looking after the state
Of Washington Is state fair for couple
of years, spent Thanksgiving with his
folks here. He is still looking "plump ~
and wears the same old smile that al
ways made his friends glad to meet him
whether he owed them anything or not.
Somehow he just seems to fill in the
landscape and make things look right
once more, but he won't stay.
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Seven new auxiliaries were recogniz-
ed by the board of Willamette chapter
American Red Cross, at meeting held
few days ago. The new auxiliaries are
Gates, Ballston, Elkins, Garden Road
Busy club, State Normal school of
Monmouth, Luella Kimball of Salem and
Buell.. With the recognizing of these
seven auxiliaries, Willamette chapter
now numbers 119 auxiliaries, with to-
tai membership of more than 1900.
Among the names mentioned yester-
day of men now in France who arel
members of the local Lodge Of Elks, one
was omitted-that of H. j. Eberly, Of
Company D, Tenth Engineers, Forestry
service. He was formerly with the state
engineers office at the state house. The
Elks' service flag with 38 stars will
be shown at the annual memorial SER
vices to be held Sunday afternoon at
$3.50 clock in the armory.
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Lieutenant Cloyd Rauch arrived homo
from the Officers Training camp inI
California Wednesday evening. He is on
leave for a couple of weeks having to
report at Camp Lewis December l5.
While he is not certain as to his move
ments, he believes he will probably be
at the camp until Spring, as there are
more officers than will be needed until
the next quota is called. He is looking
every inch a soldier and fills his uni
form as neatly as though he wore a
Major Generals straps.
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During the Marion county teachers
institute held this week at the high
school building, those interested in man
ual training and domestic art formed
an organization. G.. r. Bonnel, superin-
tendent of the manual training work in
the city schools, was elected chairman
with instructions to select committee
to work with him to formulate plans.
The general object of the organization
is to promote manual training and do
nestle art work in the rural schools,
cooperating with the city schools.
Next week will be known as "Boy
Scout" week at the city library, when
all kinds of books will be shown adapt |
ed to the reading of boy scouts. Be
sides these books, there will be exhibit |
ed a general line of books for children
whereby parents aud those who are IN
tending to present books for Christmas
may get line of what is best. Fully lO0
books will be shown. A class from the
high school will visit the library to
make a study of what is regarded asl
the best of reading for the youngsters.
The women who were discouraged
few days ago by the report that two
members of the cabinet in Washington
had given an interview to the extent
that woolen garments were not needed
by the soldirs should not feel discour-
aged. One member of the cabinet SO
quoted said it was all mistake and
now comes word from Red Cross head
quarters that more woolen socks and
sweaters are needed and that the WON
en- can just keep on knitting with the
feeling they are doing what is best FOR