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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT
of the Portland Road

Notice is hereby given that the com
mon council deem it expedient so to
do, and hereby declares its purpose
and intention to improve that portion
Of the Portland road between the north
end of the pavement on the Portland
road and the west line of the Oregon
& California Railway company's right
of way at the expense Of the abutting
and adjacent property by bringing
said portion of the Portland road to
the established grade and paving said
portion of the Portland road with
two inch bituminous concrete wearing
surface eighteen (ls) feet in width
laid on redress of the present macad-
am foundation, in accordance with the
plans, specifications and estimates for
the Improvement Of said portion of
said street, adopted by the common
council on February 10, 1917, now on
file in the office Of the city recorder,
which for greater certainty and a more
detailed description thereof are hereby
referred to and made part hereof.
The common council hereby declares
its purpose and intention to make the
above described Improvement by and
through the street improvement de-
partment Of the city Of Salem
By order of the common council.
EARL RACE, City Recorder.
Date Of first publication Of this no
tiee, March 6, 1917. BIG
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
NOTICE OF IMPROVEMENT
Of the Alley in Block At,
City of Salem

Notice is hereby given that the com
mon council deems it expedieAt so to
do, and hereby declares its purpose and
intention to improve the alley in block
AZ of the city of Salem between the
north line of Ferry street and the
south line of State street at the ex-
pense of the abntting and adjacent
property by bringing said portion of
said alley to the established grade and
paving the same with q Portland ce-
ment crushed rock concrete pavement
six inches in thickness, in accordance
with the plans, specifications and esti-
mates for the improvement of said
portion of said alley adopted by the
common council May Is, 1916, which
are now on file in the office Of the
city recorder, and which, for greater
certainty and more detailed descrip-
ton thereof are hereby referred to
and made part hereof.
Tine common council hereby declares
its purpose and intention to make the
proposed improvement above describ-
ed by and through the street i'm.
provement department of the city of
Salem.
By order of the common council.
EARL RACE, City Recorder
Date Of first publication of this no
tice, March 6, 1917. 3-16
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
War Office Offered Big Auto
Factory If U. 5. Needs Ii

Toledo, Ohio, March 10.-John W.
Willys, automobile manufacturer of
this city, has telegraphed to President
Wilson, pledging his support in the
present crisis and offering to the gov
ernment the use of his immense plant
at Toledo and its subsidiary plants as
well as the plants of his allied compan-
les, if their facilities are needed in
connection with the pending difficult
ty or later eventuahties.
The Toledo factory controlled by
WHY'S is one of the very largest indi-
vidual plants of this country, occupy
ing 103 acres eff floor spaee and EN-.
ploying approximately Is, 300 men; 20,
900 men are said to be employed in the
subsidiary and allied WHY'S proper
ties. The telegram to the president read
as follows:
You have my sincere and loyal sup
port and cooperation in the present
crisis ON behalf of the WHY'S Overland
company and its subsidiary and allied
companies, including the companies
controlled by me, l desire to extend
to you their various plants and organ
izations for the use of the government
if needed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
Maxwell Crosses Florida
Swamp In a Remarkable Run
DETROIT DRIVER PILOTS CAR
FROM JACKSONVILLE TO
TAMPA FOR RECORD

Tampa, Fla, March To- Taking a
route that involved the risk of sink
ing out of sight in the great withla-
chooehee swamp in central Florida
If his motor stopped Percy W. Gibbs,
Detroit automobile driver, this week
established remarkable new motor
ear speed and endurance record for
the 276 miles between here and Jack
sonville and attained the distinction
of having been the first man to cross
F1orida's second greatest bog locality
in an automobile.
Riding in the ear with Gibbs was
Byron West, proprietor and editor of
the Florida Times Union, one of the
foremost good roads workers in Flori-
da, who asserted here after the run
had been finished that the trip opened
up the possibility of developing in the
swamp the greatest adventure field in
America for motorists.
Gibbs used a Maxwell touring car
ON the run and he carried three pas
sengers besides himself. In addition
to the newspaper editor there was
another Jacksonville newspaper man
in the car and a representative of the
good roads committee of the Jackson
vile chamber of commerce.
The route through the % miles of
chee swamp cuts 25 miles off the dis
tance between the two largest Florida
cities.
Gibbs left Jacksonville at l a. M.
and was in Tampa at the start of the
business day. The total distance
covered was 276 miles, and this his
car negotiated without car or motor
stop. His average for the run was ap-
proximately 40 miles an hour.
The route through the 25 miles of
swamp was made with the aid of q
Seminole Indian native and guide, who
piloted the car from high spot to high
spot and whose final caution to the dri'
yer was to avoid allowing the ear to stoT
at any point within the water logged
district. Frequently the car was in
water holes two feet deep, while water
stretches axle-deep often continued a
half mile or more There is no sign
of life in the jungle other than the ALI.
gators, their native reptile companions
and the tropical birds.
The Withlachoochee swamp lies north
east of Dade City, above the Withla
chooehee river, and the district is second
only to the Everglades as an impreg
nable bog district. Gibbs crossed the
swamp in darkness, using two extra re
gulation headlights attached to his wind
shield to light up the trail the Indian
had marked out.
1t was asserted that a still higher
speed average could have been attained
had it not been for the smoke banks
frequently encountered in the orange
and grapefruit localities during the
night, these arising from smudge fires
maintained by the citrus growers toprC
tect against occurrences of recent frosts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

David $. LindeInan. Long Island
hotel magnte, has just completed a
tianseontinental tour from New York
70 Los Angeles. AT the end Of the
big drive he poured out his enthusi
asm over the performance of the Su
per-Six to o. h. Parker, advertising
man for the II. l.. Arnold company, in
these words:
GAS there are six in my family
said Mr.. Lindeman, cit would cost
more to come by train than it would
by motor car. Besides we wanted TO
have the use of our Hudson Super-Six
for touring about California during
our winter stay. We therefore made
the trip overland and, while Il was
very late in the season, we had such
unusually good weather all the way
across that we never had 10 put our
top up once during the entire "trip.
Throughout the east you will hear
all sorts of disagreeable experiences,
particularly for the western portion
of the trip.
Gas matter of fact, our journey
west OF Kansas City was the most en-
ioyable of the entire trip.
we tfaNeieu 9,47f miles, made q
number of side trips, including the
Garden of the Gods, Estes National
Park, the mountain drives around Den
ver, Petrified Forest, Pueblo Indians
and the Grand Canyon in Arizona. We
had driven our Super-Six over 6,00O
miles before leaving home, and we new
er had the hood of the motor up on the
entire journey except to put oil in the
motor Besides the six in my party,
we had all of our baggage, including a
heavy touring trunk, and folding suit
cases, for the entire party.
"Just to show you that transconti-
mental motoring under the right con
ditions is great for both young, old
and middle aged, let me tell YOU that
we had our daughter, Dora, only five
years old last week, with us, and also
my mother and father and aunt. The
elderly ones enjoyed the trip as much
as my wife and 1; and as for the ba-
by, she was the happiest and health
lest of all.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
Cost Of Living Was
Higher in the Fourteenth
Century Than Il Is Today

Seattle, Wash, Mar. IA carpenter
in the fourteenth century received a
wage Of only l2 cents day. against
$3.50 today. Yet the cost of living
was, relatively, higher than it is to-
day.
The statement is that Of Professor R.
~ Garrett, Of the University OF Wash
ington, who also reeites a list of food
costs taken from the accounts of the
expenditures Of the Earl of Derby, later
King Henry " of England. as he was
about TO embark in 1890 ON a campaign
against the I-ithuanians.
A carpenter, in those days. for his
daily wage of l2 cents could buy one
pound of butter, two pounds of cheese,
pound of salt, two pounds of flour. one
dozen and half eggs, chicken and q
pound of rice. A carpenter of today
would have to pay $500 for this bill
of goods but il wouldn I eat up his en-
tire daily wage, as il would that of the
carpenter of 1890. The later carpenter
would still have $I.9O left. SO. argues
Prof. Garrett, while the worker of to-
day pays more for necessities he gets
much more, comparatively, for his labor.
So the times are better.
In 1890 eggs were nine cents a gross.
The Earl of Derby paid 30 cents for 800
eggs that today would cost him from
$3.50 to $l4. For II pounds of butter,
that would now cost him 81. he paid a
shilling, or 25 cents. Rice brought by
way of Venice from the east cost 10
pounds for shilling. 1t costs a dollar
today.
The one shilling exception TO the gen
eral rise in prices that has occurred
since that time is sugar. In 1890 it cost
SO cents a pound, and now it retails
at six cents. Here are some other prices
taken from the Earl of Derby's ac-
counts:
A fine white horse, $25; ale, 2 to 4
cents a gallon; best wine, cents a
quart; mutton, 65 cents carcass; beef,
1915 to $3.50 carcass; vinegar. 10
cents gallon: dates, cents a pound /:
blankets, 80 cents q yard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
Liquor In the Radiator
Gives Fachine a Jag;
Just Keeps EN- Warm

Hutchinson, Kan, no longer annoys
the men with thirsts who lament the
waste of whisky and beer confiscated
IN Kansas. Heretofore these LIQUORS
have been poured into the gutter to
tease with their aroma. But the ad-
vent of the motorear has brought n
new means of disposing of confiseated
liquor.
Mayor A. G. Gleadall of Hutchinson
is the genius who has discovered the
new use for liquor. He has ordered it
all saved and stored and will put ii in
the radiators of the city's motorcars
TO take the place of an anti-freeze
dope" which the city has been buy
ing.
Incidentally he is also setting good
example with respect to broken bot
fles. The bottles in which liquor was
bought will no longer be smashed
with danger of the pieces eventually
getting on highways-but emptied and
sold to a local bottling works which
Will put into them Notwithstanding
drinks.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
street wear. -
Raccoon Goats.

street wear"
Raccoon Goats.
The feature of the men IS end Of the
automobile apparel business is said by
all odds to be the great demand that
has developed for raccoon coats, in
spite of the sharp increase in price
that has come about, thing that had
been thought would hamper their
sale. As result Of this demand there
is marked scarcity of raeeoon coats,
not only in the shops, but in the
hands of the manufacturers as we'll.
A further result is that coats of this
Kind, which two years ago could be
had for $55 to $65, now cost sos and up
ward. A really good one would retail in
the neighborhood of $3.50.
IN the cheaper goods some Of the
hig shops are offering long khaki
coats that are lined with sheepskin
from shoulder to waist and set off by
wombat or raccoon collars. One of
the little features of these coats is the
limited wristlet that is set in the bot
tom of the sleeve to keep the wrist and
lower arm warm. Not only are these
coats used by a certain class of chauf-
feurs to a considerable extent, but they
have taken well with persons who want
warm for outdoor sports
wear, where great activity is not re-
quired, at reasonable price.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
Average AutOist Is Ex-
pOnent of Preparedness

Mothers who did not raise their boys
to be soldiers should have taken the
precaution to keep them away from
automobile, for in the development of
efficiency, which is synonym for
preparedness and a military requisite,
the motor car has been vital factor
in this country, especially in the last
decade.
According to the 1916 automobile
census, there are more than 100000
motorists in the United States, men
who have learned to be efficient and
prepared through the use and care Of
their ears.
The average automobile owner is al
ways ready for the emergency. He
never thinks of taking to the open
road without pump, oil can, spare
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
osTEoPATH

DRS. B. II. WHITE and r. W. WAL
TON - Osteopathic physicians and
nerve specialists. Graduate Of Amer
lean school Of Osteopathy, Kirksville,
Mo. Post graduate and specialized in
nerve diseases at Los Angeles college
Treat acute and chronic diseases
Consultation free. Lady attendant
Office 505-506 u. S. National Bank
building. Phone $50. Residence, 340
North Capital street. Phone Ago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

"Designers of women's wear have
gone far afield in their search for novel
colors with which to enhance the charms
of the feminine motorist this spring" "
said dealer. From the restless sea
have they taken its green; they have
invaded the wine marts and brought
forth chartreuse In the mountains they
have brought to light the hue of gold
and the forests have been made to yield
a shade that is to be called spruce blue.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

tire, repair outfit, wrenches, tool and
other equipment. On the dash of his
car is a fire extinguisher. To pull the
machine out of deep mud and sand on
a long tour a tow rope is carried.
Anti-skid chains are used as an insur-
anee against accidents. In winter the
driver fills the radiator with anti
freeze solution and covers the hood of
his car.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

oregon CITY Transportation Company
Boats leave Salem for Portland Monday,
Wednesday and Friday at ii a, m. and
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings
at O a. m. ForCervallis the boats leave
Salem Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
evenings at 5 0 clock Boats leave Port
iand for Salem at 45 each mornins,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE room house in
three apartments and basement. Well
located on nice corner, with paved
streets, on ear line, blocks from
state house grounds, now bringing
good income. viii consider exchange
for smaller house with barn, or lot
large enough for barn, close in.
Square Deal Realty Co, 202 U. S.
Bank bldg If
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
cI1RopRAcMc-sPINoLoGIsT

DIR. o. L. SCoTT--Graduate of Chiro.
practices Fountain Head, Davenport,
Iowa. If you have tried everything
and got no relief, try Chiropractic
spinal adjustments and get well. Of
flee 406-7-S u. s. National Bank
building. Phone Main 81. Residence.
Main S2S-R.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
LODGE DIRECTORY

MODERN wO0DMEN OF AMERICA---Ors
gon Cedar Camp. No. 5246. meets every
Thursday evening at s o'clock In Me
Derby Lalky bldg, corner Court and
High streets. J. F. Day, v. O., J. A.
Wright, clerk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
MISCELLANEOUS

FLORA A. BREWSTER, M. D.-Neu-
rologist. nervous and chronic diseas-
es speciality. 35 yrs. experience with
drugs, surgery and drugless methods.
Examination free. 712 State st. Phone
1850.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

SALEM LODGE Nc. 4. A. F. 4 A. NJ
Stated communications Grst Friday IL
each month at 40 u. IA. in the Masonic
Temple Fred 4, MeIntire, W.M.;s.Z.
Sulver, secretary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

r. N. A.-"O Oregon Grape Camn,s No.
1861, meet every Thursday evening
in Derby and Lafby building, Court
and High streets; Mrs. Sylvia
Sehaupp 1871 Market, oracle; Mrs.
Melissa Persons, recorder, 1896 North
Commercial Phone I436M.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
LODGE,

LODGE, No. 1s, x. Of p
Derby building, every Tuesday
evening Of each week at 7;a0. Lloyd
7. Rigdon, 6. q; w. b. ellison, X.
Of r. aud $.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
WATER COMPANY

SALEM WATER COMPANY-Office
corner Commercial and Trade streets
Bills payable monthly in advance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

H. STEINBOCK JUNK Cove pay
65e per 100 lbs news paper and mag
azines. Highest prices for hides and
pelts. A large stock of logan berry
and fence wire for less than half
price. Phone sos. 302 N CONNER
cial. as
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
STOVE REPAIRING

STOVES REBUILT AND REPAIRED
so years experience.
Depot National and American fence
Sizes 26 to SO in. high.
Paints, oil and varnish, etc.
LQganberry and hop hooks.
S8lem Fence and Stove Works, 900
Court street. Phone Ia.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

NURSERY - High and
Ferry SITS. Full line nursery stock.
Italian prune speciality. Nursery To-
Gated one mile east of penitentiaFy.
Address R. 9, Salem, Ore. Phone 100
F2I.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

cAIlh u 7lEEh LINEs 7
No. 73--Arrlves at Salem 30 :15 a. m.
No. 76--Leaves Salems .,.,..9 80 a. m.
No. 75-Ar. Salem (mixedl -. 2 100 D. m.
No. 14-Leave Salem ..... 8 :05 D. m.
sNe connection south OF Geer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
UNDERWRITERS

WEBB & CLOUGH CQ.-C. B. Webb,
A. NJ. Clough niofticians and funeral
directors. Latest modern methods
known to the profession employed.
499 Court St. Main 100, Main 9Sss.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

A. o. o. w.-rrotection Lodae Ns =
Meets every Monday evening at 8 in tia
Mccormack hall corner Court ana Liherfw
streets. h. r. Mason, NJ. W., s. A.
MeFadden, recorder; A. L. Brown.
nnancier; r. B. Duncan, treasurer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

RICHARDSON C0.--Funeral
directors and undertakers, 252 North
High street. Day and night phone
1873.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10

ARTIsANs-Capitsl Assembly.
No. 81, meets every Thursday at n.
m. in ]. o. O. +. hall. c. o. MatloeE.
Al. A. Q. A Vibbert secretary, Crown
Drug store, 33S State street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-10
SALEM, FALLS CRY AND wrsTERN

No. 16f-Lv. Salem, motor II 100 q. m.
No, 1G3-Lv. Salem, motor .....9 AS a. m.
No. l65--Lv. Salem for Monmouth
Rock Island Argus., 1917-03-01
Special Assessment Notice of supple
meutal Assessment Gen. No. 500.

mental assessment Gen. No. 800.
Notice lis hereby given TO all persons
interested that the county court Of
Rock Island county. Illinois. on the
--+n dav OF January A. II. 1917. in the
matter Of the above named improve
-e4r. entitled. In Repetition of the
nl.v Of Rock Island to assess the cost
III construction of "a sewer on Eleventh
avenue from west line of Eleventh
street. To- the sewer on Seventh street,
aaa oa Tenth avenue, from the west
Hna 1E Eleventh street to the west line
u. Ninth street.. and continuing west
fl laz alley to the sewer on Seventh
street, ordered the commissioner
heretofore appointed here, to make and
return supplemental assessment. as
aasziuE the amount Of the deficit here
.- as shown bv the certificate Of costs
The number Of instalImeHts and inter
est are GhH same as in the original as
s.=zw=ur.
That the supplemental assessment
rat was returned and filed in said
court ou the 24th day Of February. A.
j 1917, and that a final hearing there
aa wt55 be had i'm said court on the 14th
day oG March A. ID. 1917, at the hour
u5 o'clock a. IN. or as soon thereafter
as t6a business Of the court VIII per
L.l.
AIT persons desiring. may file OBJ
+-.lerz iu said court. before said day.
au# may appear ON the hearing and
make eaeiT defense
Dated Rock Island, Illinois. Feb "a.
lgL--
s. S. HULL.
Commissioner appointed TO make said
Rock Island Argus., 1917-03-01

Real estate and personal. You will
get better service by calling now than
g sou wait tlIl March and the last min
ute resh- Tax collector has Offices in
fine state Bank building, You are re-
aaesred to pay sOur taxes now 50 as
90 relieve the congestion later on
WALDO SCHNEIDER. Collector.
The day book., 1917-01-03

Harry Poole, lake pllOI, Sa4A BIC
swindIed him out of $50.
SafebIowers got 1886 from Cosmo-
poHtan theater, 1888 S. Halsted.
Geo. DerIett, 1852 Maryland aV.,
held up by two men. $1S.
Mrs. Lillian McMuIien wants d.
Vorce from Al Says he won't work.
David cotter, s49 N. Clark, fined
81 and costs for trying to firt with
PoliceWoman Ada Chandler.
Mrs. Ella Anderson, 6545 Kenwood
av., got non-suppOrt warrant for
julius Anderson.
Miller H. Karnes, 6545 Kenwood
av., got divorce from Pauline. She
left him.
Sam L. Kohn, clerk United Cigar
store, Milwaukee av.. and Paulina,
beaten over head when he resisted
robbers. They got $50.
Louis n. ReVaI, Jr., 1873 AinsIee,
sued for divorce by Mrs. Freda.
Cruelty charged.
Mrs. Minnie Metzger, 1850 w. Mad
ison, divorced from Vim. Drunken
ness.
Mrs. Minnie Young, 531s w. 22d
pl, divorced from Alfred. Drunken
ness.
Victor FarTow, wanted in Des
Moines for wife abandonment, ar
rested in Oak Park.
Henry Mcfarland, Palatine, wants
divorce from Mrs. Frances. Says
she's living in haywood with Thos.
Carroll.
Huston A. Smith, accused of en-
bezzIfng $2,50O from SherWin-Wil-
liams Paint Co., coming back from
California to face charge. -.s-
Waiter Thomas, negro, 3o17 Wa
bash av., arrested. Accused as purse
snatcher.
Unidentified man hit by auto at
Madison and Desplaines Monday
died. Jos. Pired, 738 w. 26th pL,
held by police.
Adoiph SussneT, SO, Oak Park in
The day book., 1917-01-03

badly hurt. Struck by auto of Chas.
Holmes, 1892 S. Green.
Rev. Francis BoznaLC, 240s S. Al
bany aV., and two boys hurt when
auto skidded and struck telegraph
pole.
Nathan Taylor, negro, convicted
of rObbing Ebenezer DOnohue. Latter
identified him by voice
Willis Rand, 8, WiImette, accident
ly killed when his two older brothers
were firing at targets.
Four men badly hurt when Two
huge towers used in construction of =
American Can Co. bldg, haywood,
fell.
States Atty Hoyne to ask new in
dictments for Att'ys Erbstein and
O'Donnel.
Sanitary District Trustee Brett
wants new power plant south Of
Joliet.
Pres. Wilson thanked Nelson Fu-,
qua, 13, 5733 S. Kimbark av, for
birthday wishes.
Schools still face coal shortage
problem.
Flre caused $4,000 damage to
bldg. at lib S. Jefferson occupied
by Horne Coping Co., Elevator Sup
ply & Repair Co. and Vacuum Car
CO.
Fritz D. JugIer, said to be son of
Count of Luxembourg, found dead at
1905 Forsythe av., East Chicago.
Heart trouble.
Bonds of Roy Whitehead, alleged
member of auto thieves trust, raised
from $4,000 to $4,000. -,
Chas. M. DepeW placed on trial for
alleged, murder Of Det. Serg't John
BaillE
Mrs. Jesse M. Allen, 361 Institute
pl, granted divorce. Another wom- =
an broke up home.
Henry C. Lytton7 & Sons, owners Of
The Hub, announce that employees
will receive 20 per cent increase in