Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-05

!. Auction of the McPeek furniture
stock continues l 80 p. m. Saturday,
271 n. Commercial street. E. L. Stiff
& Son. 4-6
Frank Miller, son of Frank j. Miller,
of the Public Service commission, has
enlisted in Companl M aud left this
morning for Vancouver. He was ac-
companied as far as Portland by his
mother.
Big dance at Brooks, April 5th, Come
Gents soc As
This morning a young fellow named
Coffee was given q hearing in the po-
lice court on the charge of disorderly
conduct but was dismissed because of
want of evidence.
Why do you suffer with corns, bun
ions and callouses when you can have
them removed by a scientific chirOpO-
dist without pain or bad after effects,
at Capital Drug store, Saturday last
day.
The Business Mems league of the
Commercial club will meet next Tues
day evening Robert G. Duncan, secre-
tary of the Portland Grocers' associa-
tion will deliver a talk on "Co-opera-
tion and Organization.
.
The flax growing contracts are now
ready and all farmers wishing to grow
flax for the state of Oregon, are in
vited to consult as early as possible
with Supt Crawford of the flax depart
AT
Russell Gross man, who was tried yes
terday afternoon in the police court for
disorderly conduct, pleaded guilty to
vagrancy and was given 20 days in Jail.
Furniture auction McPeek stock, 271
N. Commercial street, 1870 p. m. Sat
urdav, E. l.. Stiff & Son. 46
The first limitations of the Woodmen
of the World under their new ritual will
take place in the city May 4. District
Manager Jones has selected the staff
for the new work. After it gets in good
working order Mr.. Jones expects to take
the team to all the Woodmen lodges in
the valley in order that they may see
what a really first class staff can dc
with the new work.
| .
Home owners, hotel or rooming house
keepers and furniture dealers will do
well to attend the auction of the Me.
Peek furniture stock, 271 N. CONNER
cial street at 1870 Saturday. AZ
The Victrola and Victor records are
now handled exclusively by the I'm
perial Furniture Co. The number of
sales in the last few days assures Man
ager McGilchrist of the success of this
lnew line.
Friends of Prof. F. S. Gannett are
congratulating him on his election as
superintendent of the Silverton school
for the school year beginning next fall
For the past two years he has been
principal Of the Washington JupiOr high
school. He is a graduate of Bowdoin
college.
Col E. G. Snider, whirlwind auction
Ger, 27l N. Commercial, Saturday l:30
In n, 40
Save money. Buy goods from E, L.
Stiff & Son. stores. 4-6
.
The Salem Patriotic league will meet
at the Y. W. c. A. on Liberty street
Friday afternoon at $3.50 o 'clock. Under
| the present conditions, members of the
league feel they need the loyal support
of all and especially that of the min.
listers in the city. The league will doubt.
less have important work to do within
the next few months and the meeting
tomorrow afternoon is to discuss and
lay plans for immediate action
] H. P. Barss, plant pathologist of the
! Oregon Agricultural college, is expected
to be in Salem tomorrow to confer with
! c. o. Constable, county fruit inspector
and Others who are interested in spray
ing. 1t is probable that several orch
ards will be selected for the expert
ments this spring and summer and that
the dry spraying will be tried out oil
the Oregon State hospital farm.
.
1 In the damage case for personal in
iuries suffered as the result of col
lision between an automobile driven by
F. A. Erixon and a Southern Pacific
train near Chcmawa on the morning Of
October IL, 1916, the Southern Pacific
this afternoon filed its answer to the
complaint. The answer throws the blam,
on the shoulders of Mr.. Erixon an(
states that he was negligent and care
less in that he did not stop, look ol
listen before he drove his automobile
across the defendants tracks. 1t wa!
because of this negligence that the ae
eident resulted the answer alleges.
H. M. Hudson, who escaped from thu
prison here in 1913, after serving par
of five year term, is being held il
New York awaiting the coming of ;
prison guard, who leaves this evening Il
bring him gaek to finish his job. Hud
son is known as ''the man with many
wives" and prison officials here be
lieve he is tho man known as "Osborn
and "Wax," recently in the limeligh
! in the east,