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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

Thus finally was the Woman's S Relief
Corps Auxiliary to the Grand Army of
the Republic firmly established on ma
tion-wide foundation. It's objects are:
"Section l. To specially aid and as
sist the Grand Army of the Republic
and to perpctuate the memory Of their
heroic dead
use, it being only reasonable to leduce
"Section ,. To assist such Union vet.
erans MS need our help and protection
and to extend needful aid to their
widows and orphans To find them
homes and assure them of sympathy and
friends. TO cherish and emulate the
deeds Of our army nurses and of all 10y
al women who rendered loving service
to our country in her hour of peril.
"Section 3. To maintain true alleg-
lance to the United States of America.
To include lessons of patriotism and
love Of country among our children and
in the communities in which we live and
TO encourage the spread of universal
liberty and equal rights to all.
1.-The motto of our order is Fratern,
ity, Charity and Loyalty"
In 1913, 30 years after our or9anza.
tion, | find Judge Harvey NJ Trimblc
commander in chief of the Grand Army,
pays this tribute to the Woman S Relief
Corps "Y Yours is the greatest organza.
tion of women in all the world.
No other organization is at all com
parable with the Woman S Relief Corps
in the extent and character of its work
and the ennobling and patriotic influ.
ence it has extended i'll our country"
WITH the development of our country
this work is growing in Importance and
our order is increasing in membership.
Cleaning from the journal Of Ore.
CONS own national president, Mrs Cora
NJ. Davis | learn that at the 30th ma,
tional convention 2,S32 corps were re.
ported.
The financial record Of this year,
1912, was total of $l77,5i696 given to
those three purposes--relicf, Memorial
day work aud contributed to the posts.
For relief alone $lS3, ,5&3 was expeud.
cd by the corps,
Further from the same high authority
| find that in the so years of Relief
Corps work there has been expended in
aid to the posts. relief and Memorial
day observance the sum of 81 ,02l, ,2SS. .73.
Such in b.ief is the history of the
work Of the Woman's Relief Corps Aux.
iliary to the Grand Army of the Re.
public, as measured by dollars and
cents; but howeyery We measure the
sympathy, the patriotism, the loyalty,
the ennobling influence of women band.
ed together FOR slch righteous cause.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

Craig, II. F. DeGuire, j. F. Fishwood,
Thos. w. Lusk.
Stayton.
w. d. Cornish, Jno. f. Mielke, H. j.
Follis, Jacob H. Missler, w. H. Hobson,
j. r. Gardner.
East Stayton.
John S. Taylor. w. j. Hewitt, n. !.
Gehlen, Frank Cremer, Frank Lesley,
Giles f. Thomas.
Waconda.
Robert Cole, A. j. Egan.
East Waconda.
George Bonney, John Christie, Henry
Hall, s. w. Hardwastle, Frank Busky,
Marquis L. Hendricks, Geo. A. Landon,
William A. Wengenroth, Jas. Trullinger,
5. H. Stoner.
West Woodburn
Frank Beck, Fred j. Miller. D. S.
Livesay, Peter Brakhmann, Herbert l..
Gill, Grover Pcmeroy, William j. John
son.
West Stayton.
S. j. Condit, William F. Harris.
Subl1mity.
William English, Nick Zimmerman.
Theo. Neuberger, G. D. Scott, David
Potteroff, A. c. Barrows, F. NJ. Fresh.
Turner
G. w. Hunsaker, 1. H. Small, John
Girardin, J. I. Gray, H. J. Glass, Ralph
Hussey, Ed. A. Lytle, Edw. Doerfler.
Victor Point.
Ghas. MeElhaney, H. E. King, Phillip
Fisher.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

To stop the Portland squahble an eff
fort is being made TO have bill passed
providing that the lists not be made
public in newspapers but that notices
be sent to the delinquents by postal.
In the teapot tempest in Portland
it is brought out that the printing of
lists in newspapers is a graft of
newspapers whereas the truth is far
from this. The idea has been that the
printing of the lists in the newspapers
caused many who did not want the
publicity to pay ahead Of publication
time, that it helped find people by
spreading the news to their friends who
would tell them and would clean up
the matter in public legal way. The
expense for the publication of these
lists is borne by the delinquent tax
payers and not by the public at large
as some officials thy to show. The pos
sibility of postal cards getting lost and
the delinquents thus not notified can
readily be seen.
The plans for publication are clearly
defined by the law now existing SO
that the matter is taken out of politics
as newspapers want it to be. The pres
ent system of collecting has proven eff
fective and should not be replaced by
one that will be less effective and no
cheaper just because of Portland
argument.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
JURY LIST FOR 1917

Following is the list of those drawn
for jury duty during the year 1917 in
Marion cofunty, this list being the re,
vised official list Of those subject TO
jury duty:
Aumsville.
Gideon Alexander. G. W. Bavnard, II
n Porter, Chas. Helm, John Smith, john
Lewis, W. X. Winslow.
Aurora.
A, NJ. Fry, John Kraus. f. NJ. Grim.
David A. keil, John W. Sadler, Louis
Webert.
Breitenbush
j. NJ. Hullnsworth.
Brooks.
Frenk Diem, G. +. Sturgis. Leonard
Barnick, John DeJardin, M l.. Jones.
Jacob NaylOr.
Butteville.
John Murray, Fred l.. Fargo.
Champoeg.
Henry Zorn, Chas. Z. Geelan, Edw.
Pillett.
Chemawa.
Carl II. Johnson, Sam'l A, Mccall.
Edwin A. Smith, Geo. n. Thompson, n.
T. Williamson, Albert f. Zimmerman.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
History of the w. r. c.
Auxiliary to the G. A. X.

This is but glimpse Of conditions
following the great war and during the
panicky crisis of the early seventies.
This in brief is an outline of the
causes that called the Woman S Relief
Corps into being
The Grand Army Of the Republic had
organized AT the close of the war to pro.
mote the great principles Of fraternity,
charity and LOYALTY.
This organization had done much to
aid unfortunate comrades. soldiers.
widows aud orphans, but the needs were
great, the demands beyond the strength
of the order and again, woman, God 's
helpmate to man, came to the aid OF
the overburdened comrades.
As early ms 90 i'll Portland Maine,
a local post had organized society I'M.
der the namc of "Bosworth Relief
Corps, No. l.
A little later we find that similar
society, called the Post Ladies Aid
society, was formed in Ohio.
Then Massachusetts, swung into line
with two or three similar societies and
from these three states the movement
spread, gaining rapidly in popularity
and in numbers.
The Grand Army fostered these socie-
ties and gladly accepted their aid.
In the l4th national eneampment of
the G, A. r., held at indianapolis, Ind.
July, 1881, resolution was introduced
by Chaplain in Chief Lowering calling
attention to the Importance OF an of
ficial organized woman s auxiliary.
A committee was appointed to con.
slider the question and report at the /,
annual encampment.
When the committee reported. these
resolutions We're presented and unani.
mousliy adopted:
4" Resolved, That we approve the pro.
jeet of organizing u National Woman Is
RELIEF Corps.
Resolved That such Woman s Re,
lief Corps may use under such title the
words Auxiliary to the Grand Army of
the Republic ~
This was in 1881 but il was not till
1883 when Paul NanderVoort was com.
mander in chief that the Grand Army
took measures to put this resolution
into effect.
-hNautii uuAllluIlcs nNu bVeH spread
ing rapidly and when in the spring OF
1888 Commander in Chief VanderV oort
issued his call for the Denver encamp
ment; he invited the Woman's AuXihar
les to meet at Denver July 25th, anG
10th and form 4 national association.
! About 80 women responded to thi,
/ call exclusive Of the Denver auxiliary
/ In organized assembly d vote was tax
en- on the requirements for membership
IN The Woman 5 Relief Corps aud by
q majority vote all loyal women of good
moral character were declared eligible
10 membership.
AZ. this meeting in Denver July, 1883
tho organization of the National Do
man. 's Relief Corps was perfected.
When the encampment Of the Grand
Army was Notified Of this organization
it unanimously passed the following
! resolution:
" Resolved, That we cordially hail this
organization Of National Woman Is Re
lief Corps and extend our greetings tt
them.
We return our warmest thanks L
the loyal women Of our land; for theil
earnest support aud encouragement ana
! hid them Godspeed In their patriot,
work
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

costs the South $50,000.000 a year.
A Western railroad has resorted
to novel way to reduce its etivelope
bill during the past few months.
Train reports and other written busi-
ness matters are sent out in envelopes
which have been ruled into u squares
for names and addresses. Every time
an envelope reaches its destination
the name and address is crossed off
and another written in the next
space. In this way one envelope is
made TO do the work of y. Ii is
only discarded when all the spaces
have been used. Nearly $1,000 has
been saved from the usual expendi- 4,
ture for envelopes, When a large
corporation is not above such econ
omy, why should the individual be
A railroad corporation in the East
is helping some of its employees 10
use their time to good advantage BY
allowing them to 60 to school, and
learn something that will enable them
TO make more money. This railroad
conducts correspondence courses of
instruction in which nearly 10000 Of
IT'S employees are enrolled as students.
Upwards of 2,3G0 Of these pupils
are Italians who are studying the
English language by mail and are
htting themselves to be citizens and
better workinen. The remainder Of
the students are enrolled in courses
in mathematics and practical electric
ity. These new comers to our conn
try are learning the lesson Of thrift |
OF time.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
By Mrs. Mary E. Watson

After the usual business meeting held
in Moose hall Saturday afternoon
January 20 the Woman's Relief Corps
"had short program" This was of a
patriotic nature TO honor Mckinley 5
birthday. Mrs, Susan Salmon, the pa.
triotic instructor, hdd requested the
following ladies to assist in the eXer'
cises.
Mrs. Mary Entrees, who read Il sketch
OF the life of Mckinley.
Quartotte, Lead Kindly Light, :
Airs, LeMoyne Il. Clarke, Mrs Lizzie
Matters, Mrs. Elsie b. Simcral, Miss
Edith Benedict.
Mrs. Mary 4, Watson read the outline
OF The history of the W, r, c.
The Woman's Relief Corps os an or
ganization is based on semi-miliiary
regime.
We pledge allegiance to the flag of
our eountry--to abide by the rules OF
our order and loyalty support all of
firers in authority we furthermore
promise to faithfully perform all duties
required.
Thus when my superior officer com
mauded me to appear on this program
as historian of the Woau 5 Relief Corps,
il was Hmine not to make reply mine
not TO reason why, mine but to-reclte a
lesson in history,
Behind effect lies cause!
Further back than the origin of our
order history records the causes that
rnllcd ID into being
In the four years war for the preser'
walton of the Union woman S part was
largely that Of relief
soldiers aid societies were organized
from New England to the farthest
west.
Tho the workers in these societies
hospitals and sanitary supplies were
gathered money collected, nurses equip
ped aud maintained.
In the long years of the awful string
gle. tho the direct agency of the loyel
patriotic women OF the north, millions
al dollars were raised and expended
thousands OF lives savedl
But---with the disbandonment of oul
armies; these societies ceased TO bel
The great struggle was over
For years war had been the chict
thought the absorbing Interest OF oui
people!
Recruiting and maintaining armie
the business OF the nation.
Now all was changed; and from th'
chaos aud havoc of wrecked condition
q new start must be made,
Our soldiers were gladly and euthus
iastieally welcomed home, but beneau
the ponlp and glory were pitiablc con
ditious that individually must be faced
Ii is not hard to be brave in numbers
but now those who had fought togethe
must alone fight the battle for exist
anee
Many were shattered IN health, man,
wounded and crippled, many were undis
ciplined boys when they enlisted TO
their country's defense. They had beer
drilled in warfare but were all unfittet
for the battle werlS Of life.
Thousands and thousands of unsIille,
wage earners out Of employment wer
thus thrown on the body polite.
And with all this army Of unemploye,
our need for workers had largel,
ceased.
The immense demand for supplies wa
over, our war kits were flat
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

could only save such small sum
that it would not be worth saving"
Starting with one cent and adding
cent each week makes over Sl2 a
year. Flooding steadily on, step by
step, little By little, bit by Bit
says Charles Buxton, that is the way
to wealth. that Is the way to wisdom,
that is the way to glory Pounds are
the sons, not Of pounds, but of
renee"
The street railways are large corr
porations built up out OF ive cent
fares. One oF the largest buildings
in the world was built from the prof
its OF FIVE and ten cent store. Sum
flower seeds are small and insignifi-
cant, but making oil from them is
highly prosperous business in Ger
many. The tick is tiny insect but
because it imbeds itself in cattle it
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
ACCEPTED pARE-DEAp

Windsor, Ont, Jan. 27.-St, Clair
Walker, age 2S, honorably discharged
after doing his bit for England in No
Mans Land, was instantly killed today
in a Windsor garage where he was em-
ployed because he accepted dare.
Employees were gathered about an
electric motor in the garage.
"Bet you re afraid to touch the two
charging points and form connec-
tion,' said one.
Walker wasn' t.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
Croisan.

CrolSan.
If. b. Carpenter, +. Il. Truehlood
Donald
J. T. Feller james Ryan, c. Giesy,
q. n. Cone, William A, Yergen.
Elkhorn
John Lomker. a
Englewood.
w. II. eDalrymple, W. r. Latin, C. E.
McllwaiE, W. E. Vincent c. F. Lans-
ing.
NJ. w. Mahony, Louis Aral.
Fairgrounds.
G. w. Bceehler, Walter G. Pearmine
Riley kitchcy, A. Rowland
East Gervais.
Henry Elder, j. bingham, j. W. Grass
n;n, Jno. j. Kcmp, +. w. Manning.
West Gervais.
+. j. Cutsforth, Arthur Coffin, Jos. c.
Fersehweiler.
Horeb.
Geo. A. Spencer, B. L. George.
Central Howell.
+. ~ Bassett, W. Desart, 0. c. Jer-
man.
ItSAIu I1OWOh.
K. c. Jefferson, A. T. Cline, JOS. HUI
gill, Ellis Stevens.
last hubbard
w. 7. Grimm, Levi p. Hershberger, J.
Fred Palmer, William II. Platte, Leon
ara A. l$raden.
West Hubbard.
Joseph Calvert, H. N. Beck, David
Hovendeu, August viii, Albert G. Jor-
dan.
Jefferson.
Paul Buchner, j. t. Jones, Herbert
Looney, A. c. Libby, c. V. Clodfelter
Chos, &. Miller, James G.. Pate, ]. n.
Roland.
Liberty,
r. D. Gibson, Frank Hrubetz.
Macleay,
II. O. Taylor, f. b. Patton. H. F. Mar
tin.
Marion.
G. W. Adams, j. \. Docrfler, John
Palmer
Steve Bauman, Geo W. Gibbens, John
Dinwoodi, Louis H. Grassman.
Mehama
]. T. Richards, Henry A. Siegmund,
y. Stoessel.
Mill City.
G. II. Work, Frank Potter, Albert
Seitzinger.
Monitor.
Jos. 7. Ross, V. j. White, S. W. Nor
ton, Fred Hassing.
East Mt. Angel.
n. G. Nickel, Fred Schwab. Otto i.
Oswald, Francis ] Schmidt, Frank
Stupfel
West Mt, Angel.
Henry Butsch, Alfred Booth, H. W.
Houfgham, Edw c. May.
Pringle.
+, G. Clark, l.. w. Potter, Frank Null.
Quinaby.
G. W. Chatfield Alexander Harold.
Chas, w. Pugh
Riverview.
Emerson Groves.
Rosedale.
Jno. W. Jory, r. d. Teter.
Salem No. 1.
L. A. Byrd, l.. A. Davis, VIM Frost,
+. I Malvin, A. c. Giles. H. w. Hatch,
John Koeneke, f. b. Millard W. II. Pet
tit.
Salem No. 9.
Russell Catlin. Curtis B. Cross. ID. w.
Eyre, A. |, Eoff. Ralph Glover, JOS. Le.
bold W, II Steusloff, Franklin l.. Wa
ters, Elmer White, Otto u. Wilson.
Salem No. s.
Geo. W. Lucas. q I. Doty. Jacob F.
Molleneop, Vernon F. Kelley, Chas H.
Cameron, A. A. Burton, w, Y Richard
son.
Salem No. 4.
G. Y. Standish, w. c. Faulkner, II. f.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27

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P, W. Revelts,
co,o Hro
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nj. Era,i, c',';th tl''i'o'P P'' o"iio' a.
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c.ee Salem NO ..
co y; Gntiord "m' olegmnnG, Frank
Shedeck, Geo. ii. Deacon, W. f. Drager.
Salem No. Z
f. A. English, Anthony Gregson, Levy
McCracken, Albert Fleming, Fred Min
zenmier, T. L. Pope.
Salem No. 8.
Rue Drager. w. AL Jones, Adam Korb.
Christ Paulus, p. l.. Frazier, w. e. Nc,
Twain.
Salem No
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
THE DELINQUENT TAX LIST.
Baker City HeraldA

(Baker City Herald.)
When it comes to state affairs Port
land has often been called the head
and body and the rest Of the state the
tail of the animal. just now the
wrangle among Portland newspapers
over who shall print the delinquent tax
list is likely to affect an entire state.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-27
LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT
BY S. w. STRAUS
PrSHasAf AuerTeGH SOciey for Thrift

You n e e d
not be in the
milf o aaire
class to be a
spendth rift.
You can be a
spendt h rift
with a dollar
or a lesser
sum. Il don't
5 c { II o W
someone says,
IL make such
a small salary
that | can't
possibly save;
at e a S t /
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
Rockingham Hospital Aid.

At the annual meeting of the Rock.
ingham Hospital Aid society Monday
night in assembly hall these officers
were elected: President, Mrs Fred J .
Perry; first vice president, Mrs. y. G..
Williams; second vice president, MIS-.
Gerald Wclch; secretary Miss Blanche
Webb; treasurer, Mrs f.. l.. Walker
directors, Miss Caroline Arms. Mrs. G.
f. Davis, Mrs. w A. Graham. Mrs. j. H.
Blodgett, Mrs. a. NJ Richards Mrs. L..
Il, Wilson and Mrs. w. j. Wright of
Saxtons River and Mrs j. p Holmes Of
Westminster. The trcasurer's report
showed the total receipts OF the year to
lave been Sl,6SO.70, and $3l427 remains
IN the treasury, while the remainder was
spent for supplies for the hospital and
furnishings Tor the new nurses home
which was opened December |. The Hos
lutal Aid society has membership Of
1j1
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1917-12-14
KIRKLAND DEFENDS BURNETT.
Explains How Records of Former SUI
perintendent of Streets in Bellows
Falls Were Kept

The following letter addressed to
the editor of the Bellows Falls Times
and published in that paper, explains
Il situation about which much misap-
prchcnsion has existed, and by request
il is reproduced in The Phoenix
It is said q lie will travel around
the world while the truth is putting on
his boots. | am inclined TO think that
the same is true in the matter of news
paper scandal. In the faint hope that
truth may catch up, ] would like to
say few words in regard to-we
won t say acoustic ns-but innuendocs,
considering the conduct of our late SUI
rorintcndent of Streets Mr.. Burnett.
Those sheets which were torn from
his record book turned out to be mem
oranda of charges for work done for
the village, some of which had been
paid for, aud some not. On leaving his
position Mr.. Burnett transferred what
was unpaid to the card index, and as
the pages were disiigurcd and did not
look very WELL he tore them out and
fortunately took them home. If he has
been otherwise than an honest man he
would have taken particular pains to
destroy them.
In regard to the Baldasaro matter
this was a ease where there had been
trading back and forth between Mr..
Baldasaro and the village. The vii
lage had furnished Mr., Baldasaro with
material and labor and he ON the other
hand had paid back partially in ma
tcrial, including an oil pump which
the village needed for its work. All
this some Of the former board of tuS-
tees knew about. Mr.. Burnett, as the
account remained unsettled, had taken
ii with him and endeavored all summer
to get settlement with Mr.. Baldasaro,
lie had also written his successor, Mr.,
Lawlor, in regard to the matter, and
had used every means possible to get
the affair Strengthened out He was
not obliged to do this but like any
honest and Obliging man was willing
to do more than his part. The ac-
count is now made out and now in
the hands OF Mr.. C0pron, the treasurer.
The extreme anxiety betrayed by a Ger
tain member of the board in urging
the immediate collection Of the debt
is in flaming contrast to the howl of
objection he put up last spring when
the attorney for the village proposed
to adopt legal measures to collect a
bill of over $400 due from the Street
Railway company, which should have