Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-03


Busick & Hebel have opened a gro.
Gerry store at the corner of Seventeenth
and Center street in the building for
merly occupied by Wellborn Brothers.
Ivan N. Meyer and wife are home
from visit of six weeks at Three
Rivers, Michigan. Mr.. Meyer says that
at Three Rivers is located the Sheffield
Manufacturing company and that its
working force of 1000 men is being Civ:
en- exclusively to the manufacture of
engines for airplanes.
Machines operators are wanted by the
Labor Board of the Navy Yard ser.
vice at Puget Sound, Wash. to secure
these men, examinations will be held
during the month. Each applicant must
have had at least one year. s experience
as a helper maehinist or six months ex-
perience as machinist. In the examina-
tion physical ability will be graded at
! 40 per cent and training and experience
at 60 per cert.
Sergeant Charles Davis, who has been
stationed at Bend as recruiting officer
for the past five months, has been as
signed to the Salem office and will as
sumo charge tomorrow. He made an en-
viable record during his five months az
Bend, enlisting for the regular army
zoo recruits. He has been in the service
eighteen years, stationed at San Fran
cisco and Ft. Worden, ON Puget Sound.
Corporal Stanley who has been in
charge Of the office for several week.
will continue on duty here.
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The eighth annual conference of the
Pacific Northwest Library association
met in Portland today and will continue
including Wednesday evening. Miss Cor
nelia Marvin, state librarian is presi-
dent of the association and is ON the
program for report this afternoon. At
! the Tuesday afternoon session, Miss
Flora NJ. Case, city librarian, will have
charge of the discussion on public IL
braries and tho loan system problems.
Miss Ruth Paxson, school librarian, is
also on the program for Tuesday, in
charge of the discussion on teaching the
use of books; plans and programs for
the elementary schools.
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|
annette University considerable trouble
in the way of securing professor of
English and literature for the coming
year. Professor George W. Whiting,
teacher of English at the Pennsylvania
College, Pennsylvania, was secured to
| taech. He was compelled on account of
the military situation to resign. Then
Professor Joseph H. Marshburn was Sc
lectcd and now he informs the univer-
sity authorities that he has had to an
swer the draft. The most recent selec-
tion is that of William A. Dardem, of
Oxford, Mississippi, who, as far as is
known now, will teach English this win
ter at Willamette.
Manager Trearrow of the Metropoh-
tan Life Insurance company narrowly
averted a serious accident yesterday
while returning from fishing trip on
the Santiam when his steering wheel
broke Just as he swung around a turn
of the road on hill. Had he not had
presence of mind to clamp on the foot
brake and the emergency brake and
shut off the power, meanwhile throw
/ ing the machine into low gear, it is
probable that he might have plunged
over a steep embankment. He was ae
companied by his assistant general man
ager, Mr.. Doremus In a second machine
were Fred Paulus and A. w. Wilson
of this city. hTey report average fish
ing.
During the month of August 90 re-
cruits were accepted for the army at
the local recruiting office, all of which
/ is of more than unusual interest from
the fact that when the call comes fof
the second draft, the number of recruits
enlisted from Marion county since June
80 will be deducted from the county IS
quota. If the second draft calls for $780,
/ 900 men, Marion county's quota would
be figured at 3S7, less the number of
enlistments at the time of the call since
June 80.
The machinery Of the Salem Fruit
company for the cleaning, grading and
polishing of beans, is now being INSTALL
ed in building near the s. P. depot.
Within few days, the equipment win
be ready for handling the crop. Con-
tracts have been entered into by the
Salem Fruit company for about $500
acres of beans, just for the cleaning,
grading and handling. The beans win
be handled through the operations of
pool wherein the company having
them in the warehouse win sell in ear
load lots at figures satisfactory to the