Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-31

tnant Thomas Everett May and Mis-.
Annette Hofer. Both are well known Sa
lem young people and have large cir
Gle of friends who will be interested in
the announcement.
.
GARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for the many acts of kind
ness and sympathy during our recent
bereavement. Also for the beautiful
floral offerings.-Mrs. Charity Pat
terson and daughters, Mr.. E. D. Pat
terson and family.
Willamette chapter of the Red Gross
shipped Saturday 1,240 triangular band
ages for use in the base hospitals of
France. Friday when the call came in
for the immediate shipment Of all band
ages on hand, there were but 240 on
the shelves at the local headuarters. By
noon Saturday 800 more bandages had
been received and all were packed and
shipped.
The burial place beaut4fuL Here all
is peace, no tipsy headstoAss, NO
mounds of mud, no sunken graves, no
snakes or worms or vermin, ne wsedy
evidence of neglect. The body Is plae-
ed in a snow white, always dry, GaHi-
tary tomb, there to remain forever, all
is quiet, Teverant and beautiful. This
is civilizations final tribute to Its dead
This is Mount Crest Abbey Mausole-
ann. Tombs 1925 up. Phone manager
1060W. tt
Rev. Geo. T. Holt, OF the First Bap-
fist church, received a cablegram from
his son, Corporal II. B. Holt, of the 18th
Railway Engineers, which indicated his
division had arrived "over there.' The
message was dated Dec. 2Sth, and CON
tanned the words, "all well-love to
all The place from which it had been
cabled had been censored.
.
The Red Gross campaign headquar-
ters have received word that the mem
bership buttons have all been used up
and no more are to be had on the coast
at present. The letter states that it will
not be possible to secure more buttons
before the middle of January. At that
time all members and those who become
members in the recent campaign may
receive their membership buttons.
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Good news to landlords-we have
purchased the entire stock Of wall pa
per of the Beaver State Paint com
pany at a sacrifice and propose to
throw it on the market at about one
half price. The stock is all new, clean
desirable First to come will get tfc
best ones. Buren, s Furniture Store, l79
Commercial st.
Mrs. Mae Ivie received letter this
morning from her son, Lloyd, who is a
member of the engineering corps which
left Vancouver recently. The letter was
dated Dec. 27. and was mailed at Kan
sas City, it having taken the boys from
Dec. 2lst to the 9th to travel from
Vancouver to the Sunflower state. Mr..
Ivie stated that Kansas was a better
looking state than some they had seen
on the trip, and that the "niggers were
as thick as flies in Kansas City and
black as COAL He said the general
feeling among the boys was that they
were headed for North Carolina.
A. j. Lowell, member of the aero
signal corps, now at Vancouver, spent
the day yesterday in the city with rela-
tives and at the home of his friend, w.
H. Mills, 1895 Marion. Together with
his wife, and Miss Helen Duh of this
city, Mr.. Lowell left last night on the
o. h. for Vancouver. Mrs. Lowell and
Miss Duh will spent n few days visiting
in Portland and at Vancouver. Mr..
Lowell thought it possible that his sec
tion of the corps would leave Vancouver
some time this week-destination un-
known.
The funeral of little Paul Ludwig
Meyer, the infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugo Meyer, living 3 miles southwest
of Salem on the Slough road, was held
this morning at the Rigdon parlors. The
child died AZ the Deaconess hospital as
the result of burns received when he
pulled pot of boiling coffee off the
table, pouring it over his face and body.
The services were conducted by Rev.
Geo. Koehler, of the Lutheran church.
was in the L. o. o. f. GENE
terry.
Two cenent mixers and large force
pf men were busy on the east approach
If the new Marion-Polk county bridge
tcday. Work on the new structure is ne
ng pushed as fast as weather condi-
liens and receipt of material will Per
nit As soon as the Willamette reaches
4 lower stage new supporting piers will
be placed under the temporary bridge
md it will again be opened to traffic.
rhe water will have to recede perhaps
live or six feet yet before this can be
lone.
W. H. Smith, secretary of the Mar
on County Poultry association, Is re
.eiving inquiries daily for premium
lists for the poultry show this year. An
annual county poultry show has been
leld every year for the past six or
seven years up te the present. The as
has depended in the past upon
he financial support of the commercial
hub and it is not known at this time
whether an appropriation has been made
Tor 4 show this year. The second week
a January is the regular time for hold
ng the exhibition. Mr.. Smith has re-
,eived over 40 inquiries for premium
lists.