Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-05
All Around Town


Prices cut in two on our boys fancy
suits, sizes 10 to II years.-Salem Wool
en- Mills Store.
A reunion of the Arabian Knights
club win be held Thursday evening of
this week at the Masonic Temple. Part
of the entertainment of the evening will
be drill by the boys of the Y. NJ. c. A.
athletic class, a reading from J. Whit
comb Riley by Perry Reigleman and
solos by A. A. Sehram. Members of
the legislature who are Shriners and
their wives win be invited.
Boys suit sale, We are now offering
broken lines of boys fancy fall and
winter suits at x their regular price
Salem WOolen Mills Store.
Judge P. H. darcy is home from a
five days visit of the Elks lodges at
Medford and Ashland in his official ca
paeity as district deputy grand exalted
ruler. He reports the lodges in both
titles enjoying prosperity with grow
ing memberships. In his duties as dis
trict deputy Judge D'Arey examines the
records of the lodges and gives sugges-
tions regarding the general work of the
lodge.
Regular meeting of Hodson Council
No. !, X. 4 S. NJ, this evening. A full
attendance is requested by order of
the Thrice i'll. Master. Visiting com
panions welcome.
The business of the Salem postoffice
for the month of January of this year
shows an increase of five per cent over
the business of January of one year ago.
The total income of the office for Jan
uary of 1916 was $s,294.5S, while the
past January it was $S,716.33 This
amount is divided as follows: Sale of
stamps and for other first class matter,
S765S.29; for second class matter, $l07.-
67 third and fourth class matter, $7S4.-
81, and receipts from box rent, $l65.50,
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The ball to be given by the Cherrians
Friday night plimentaory to lne
members of the legislature, promises to
be the most elaborate of the season, and
is creating considerable interest in So
cial circles. Tickets will be sold by
Cherrians at 81 for gentlemen, ladies
free, and admission to the galleries will
be 25 cents. Committees have been APP
pointed by Chairman Fullerton to take
charge of the various features in con
nection with the ball and all are busy
with the arrangements.
The boys working in the two express
offices are preparing to heave a large
sized sigh of relief as the hour of 4
O'Clock of Wednesday of this week APP
prOaches. When that mystic hour ar
rives, there will be no more handling
of booze for the express companies. The
stocks are being pretty well taken care
of and the chances are that neither of
the companies will be obliged to send
anything out of the state, as the new
law requires This morning the Great
Northern office had but one package
to deliver.
Hatters furs have advanced more
than 100 per cent within the last two
years. This need not necessarily worry
the lady of the house who has been
planning for several years on buying a
set of Turs, for be it known, hatters
furs are used only in the manufacture
of men S hats. The gent who has been
getting by with sky piece that cost
him So will be called on to add about
four bits to his next purchase Wool
is also becoming scarce as the European
countries supplied more than half of the
wool used i'll the United States. One
big clothing manufacturer III Chicago
predicts 50 wool unless the war ends
within six months.
The employees of the Southern Pacific
Pacific and the Salem Street Railway
are wearing a smile that wont come off
at least not for several days. The
long looked for semi-annual bonus an
nouneed several months ago, arrived
this morning, amounting to five per sent
of each employee s annual salary The
street railway employees are better off
to the extent of 81 800, as 80 of them
came under the provisions of the bonus.
In the Southern Pacific offices, II of
the men are feeling considerably bet
ter as $50960 was distributed among
them today. The next bonus will be
paid ON the July pay roll, making a
Nulol IOl NdNH tluHidNC VI dl diuphHN
equal to 10 per cent of his annual pay.
! Life on the ocean wave looked about
right to Virgil f. Keyt 2590 Fair
grounds road, aifd therefore he enlisted
in the navy. Nolan N. Moore, of Sea
side, Ore, also enlisted, ana both
young men were sent to the training
school at San Francisco where they will
be under instruction for two and a half
months before being assigned duty on
ship. Since the new appropriation law
went into effect, the navy is short 23,-
600 men. John Il. Adams, in charge of
the naval recruiting office in the post
office buildong is in receipt of num-
Der of letters from young men who have
enlisted from Salem, telling how well
| pleased they are with their new nte and
opportunities for study.
| .
! The immediate chances of ferry may
be summed up as follows: The Salem
Ferry company submitted proposition
to the county courts of Marion and Polk
counties and il is understood il is salts.
factory to both courts. lit provides tor
boat 20 by So feet, to be run on a cable
from the foot of Court street to the
old landing on the Polk county side.
The boat is to be propelled by a so
horsepower gasoline launch No guar