Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-09
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wood lumber 20 the Dernbeckcr mills at
Coalca, six miles north OF Oregon CITY.
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Manager Robert O. Paulus, Of the Sa-
lem Fruit Union, says there is more ton
mage wanted by the Wittenbcrg King
evaporating plant, TO be erected here
this summer. The present shortage Is
in beans, potatoes, onions and celery.
The company offers 10 year contracts
All the necessary seed for the Witten.
berg-king contracts has been received
at the Fruit Union.
DR.. Stone makes no charge for con-
sultation, examination or prescription.
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| Ralph Lindsay, telegraph hneman
of the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph company, left Salem this
morn morning for Portland where he
will take an examination as first class
electrician for the United States Signal
Reserve Corps. He has practically been
accepted and the examination to be TAX
on is one of the forms TO he gone
through. He is the first Of the group in
Salem to be accepted for this work,
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Terwilliger Funeral Home (home Of
the lungmotor) residence parlors, home
like. Lady embalmer. Phone 724.
You can buy five cent loaf Of bread
in Salem and that is where Salem has
one on Portland. But not long, for
within a few days - in fact as soon as
pans arrive-the five cent loaf will be
but memory. Today, 10 cents will
buy a 10 ounce loaf or two five cent
loaves weighing 81 ounces. Fifteen
cents will buy q 81 ounce loaf Wheat
went up to S3.l6 on the Chicago wheat
exchange this morning.
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DR.. Stones Drug Store for trusses.
What's in a name? Last evening
/" He'll Morgan's Girl' at Ye Liberty
theatre drew big house and the
chances are good for another capacity
tonight. The show is a good one and
worth double the price of admission.
Yet if the author had called it "John
Morgan's S Girl" possibly it would not
have drawn the crowd even with the
same film.
why Vaccination is Taboo, in the
Public Library" illustrated with Ian,
tern slides, will be the subject of an ad-
dress by Mrs. Lora c. Little at w, G. T.
U. hall Thursday evening at o'clock,
Admission free. Mrs. Little is a lee
turer for the national committee on
medical freedom education and is max
ing a coast to coast speaking tour of
the country.
The Highland Parent Teachers asso-
citation will meet tonight at the High
land school at o'clock Officers for
the coming year will be elected and the
following program offered: Address,
by Mayor Walter E. Keyes; piano solo,
Isola Smith, violin SOLO, Vergel White;
reading, Donald Davidson; reading, Al
bert SCHNEIDER; folk dances, by l2 little
girls.
Sad to relate, but it is a fact, that
when it comes to membership cam
paigns. the men in the United Artisan
lodge do not bat to a very high average.
The truth is, that in the recent member
ship campaign wherein it was the wo-
men versus the men, the lords of crea
tion lost and at the meeting Thursday
evening, May 10, they will be called
upon to furnish a first class dinner to
the women who were the better hustlers
in securing new members.
A circular letter is being sent out to
all alumni of the Oregon Agricultural
college by Percy A. Cupper, acting
president of the association, and f. B.
Lemon, alumni secretary, asking that
each alumnus see that his neighbor
plant every foot of available ground.
Also he is to see that he himself is not
so busy that he forgCts to till his own
lot and raise all the vegetables he can
The alumni are encouraged to encourage
the home guards, to drill raw recruits
or woud.be haw recruits, and also to
drill himself. The appeal is made to
marshal the resources of the nation for
the task Of prosecuting the war.
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This is a hard luck story. Just as the
young man who is making about $S5 a
month IS beginning to think of making
happy home for two, along comes the
government with proposed tax on in
comes in excess of 81 900 year. And
If the prospective better half goes on
visit, it will cost about so per cent more
than IN the past to write her letter as
one Of the means of raising money for
the war will probably be that Of in
creasing letter postage per ounce to
three cents and even a common postal
card will cost two cents,
.
On account of the small attendance
OF the business men last night at the
meeting called of the members of the
Business Men s league for the election
OF director for the coming year, the
meeting was postponed until Thursday