Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-08

1 has been done and the results of tn,
summers work is entirely satisfactory
r. Arnold oehler may be looking fol
a letter addressed in a feminine hand
writing, but the chances are about 1OC
per cent he will never get it unless the
dead letter offices comes to his assist
ance. Posted on the bulletin of mis-
rected letters at the posteffice is g
letter addressed to Mr.. Oehler to Hawk
eye, Oregon, and there doesn t happen
to be any pOstoffiee of that name in
the state.
First Church Of Christ, Scientist
Sunday services are held at 40 Che
meketa street, at IL a. m. Subject of
Bible lesson, MAN. Sunday school,
9:45 a. nj. Wednesday evening testi,
monial meeting at 8 o'clock. Reading
room in the Hubbard building, suit 303
Is open every day except Sunday and
holidays from 1l:45 a. m. to ) p. IN All
are cordially invited to attend our ser.
vices and to visit the reading room.
Carl E. Miller, who was recently
married to Miss Ethel B. Smith at Bar
clay, Kansas, has been visiting for the
past few days his parents Mr.. and Mrs.
II. G. Miller. They are now in Portland
where Mr.. Miller will continue his stud
les at the Pacific Dental college. After
October !, the home address of Mr..
and Mrs. S. +. Miller in Portland will
be 286 Holiday avenue.
.
Next Friday the children's play
grounds in Albert IS pasture will be the
scene of several contests on both land
md water. All ages of children between
six and thirteen years will take part
n the sports. Those who wish to enter
should write Rex Putnam or see him
it the play grounds and give in their
lames The sports will include wading
aces, foot races, swimming contests
md jumping and arranged according to
he age of the contestants. There will
'e no admission and everything is free.
The health of the community and es- |
'ecially of children has been much bet |
er than the average during the past
according to DR.. o. B. Miles. !
here has been a general absence of the |
sual troubles of children during the
Sickness in the county gener-
lly begins about hop picking time or
fter the first big rain, but up to date
Onditions have been good. The sick
ess in the fall in the country he at
ributes to general unsanitary condi-
ons, especially at the hop yards.
1t now appears that hiking is COM
lg to be one of the established ways
taking a summer vacation and in
lie meantime adding to one's general
hysical condition. Among those who
re just home from a $50 mile hike, the
en- carrying As pounds on their backs
-e U. S. Rider, Fay Collins and wife,
ex Howard and A. A. Giffray and
ife. They went to Detroit by rail and {
len proceeded to walk through the Lake
gions of that country, visiting Pelli-
in and Murphy and half dozen other
kes.
Three acres of prrne orchard belong
& to Walter Winslow of this city have
'en stripped of leaves by grasshoppers
ne orchard is east of the city and the t
have taken the trees row i
, row and devoured the leaves. 1t '
not known for certain the breed of S
e hoppers but it is believed they may
bribed by the German imperial gov l
nment to try to destroy American v
nit crops. If so they ought to be in- 9
rned. The non-combatant trees are a
rec and four years old and soon would O
producing prunes to fill the stomachs
the allies. r
An act of God" will be tie only =
ason if Salemites are not able to get q
pplies of coal from the Big One Fuel =.
mpany this winter. c. W. Niemeyer, q
1prietor, "Salem S coalman," has
W completed new bunkers on the
egon Electric railway at Hood street,
ing him together with his bunkers
South Fourteenth street on the o.
uthern Pacific railway, a total re- ,,
We capacity of over 300 tons to meet M
volume of business Mr.. Niemever nj
! purchased another DENLY truck, so m
4 customers can now get immediate 10
livery. No order too small and none
large. He has contracts for coal
ieh would supply the whole of Sa :
all winter. The price win remain
same-$S ton, "delivered where n
want it. Guaranteed weight and
1t is the best coal in Sa &
and the lowest priced coal. Phone
ne Thousand, 1921 and 946M.
he auxiEaries of Willamette chapter
working right along regardless of
canning season, changes of weather
other disturbing conditions. This
ming the Woman s Relief Corps of
I'M brought TO headquarters in the
S. bank, l. shoulder wraps and II
dkerehiefs. The French Prairie aux
" sent in 43 abdominal binders and
Knitted sponges. At least one party
rebates the fact that something
I'D be done for the now empty treas
of Willamette chapter by sending
check for $40.
is the fortunes of war and the far
$ of the northwest are the first to
it. Instead of getting from SO to
Q bushet for their wheat, the in
tions now are that the rulings of
food commission will stand and tbot