Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-02-26

! E. Cooke Patton, chairman of the en-
tertainment committee of the Elks ,
lodge announce ladies' evening at the
Elks' lodge for Tuesday, March 27. As
this is to be the final social event of
this administration, Mr. Patton is al
ready in the market for special features
and high class entertainers.
4 .
A telegram was received this morning
from Buffalo, N. Y, announcing the
death of Dewitt C. Leek, at his home in
Lassellaville, N. Y, from Bright's dis
! ease, after an illness of two months He
was brother Of Arthur Leek, af
| Brooks.
Business is good at the local recruit
ing office and now that the army offers
opportunity for study and advancement,
career in the army has greater attrac-
tons for the average young man. Yes
terday Edwin MacNeil, age 81, of Spo-
Zane, and George s. Daley, of Falls
City, signed up for service in the army
and left for Vancouver for the three
weeks preliminary training before being
assigned to regiment.
.
City Attorney Macy has received no
tice that hearing win be held on
March IL before the Public Service com
| mission in the matter of the electric
lighting and heating and power rates of
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
company. The hearing will begin at 10
O'Clock on the 18th of next month at
the court house in Portland. The inves-
tigation is on the commission Is own mo-
ton.
The annual election of officers for the
Elks lodge for the coming year will be
held at the Elk lodge next Thursday ev-
ening 1t is assured that Mayor Walter
b, Keyes will be elected exalted ruler
to succeed Louis Lachmund as no other
candidate has been nominated. There is
considerable competition for some of the
other offices and an interesting time is
promised. The newly elected officers
will be installed the first meeting night
i'll April.
Sunday school people will be in evi-
dence in Salem March 8 and 10 of next
month as the annual convention of the
Marion County Sunday School associa-
tion will meet in this city Every Sun
day school in the county is expected to
send at least two delegates. A good
program has been prepared, including
some of the best Sunday school workers
in the state.
...NoTICE-Having disposed of my in
terests in the G. H. Stuart IS No. Al
Products to G. M. Lockwood of PIG N.
commercial street, | take this opportu-
nlty to thank my many friends and Gus
toners for their liberal patronage dur
ing the past two years and take pleas
ure in referring YOU to Mr.. Lockwood
who will keep complete line of No
AL Products on hand at all times which
you may obtain by calling at store or
phone 96S.-Bert Dennis.
.
The Marion County Sunday School
convention will be held in Salem, March
3 and 10, at the First Presbyterian
church, The officers of the convention
are: President, Harry L. White, Salem;
yiee-presid MT, Glenn Niles, Salem; sec, |
retary and treasurer, Gustav Anderson. |
Salem. The departmental superinten-
dents are: Elementary, Miss Gladys !
Carson, of Salem; teen age, Mrs Cros-
by, of Woodburn; adult and home. Miss |
Gertrude Eakin, of Salem; educational, |
Burgess F. Ford, of jefferson.
The Park board of the city council
which has charge of the money spent |
for baud concerts during the summer, |
contemplates several changes for the |
next concert season. The committee hav- |
ing noticed that the large crowds APP |
Freciated vocal music, win probably ar |
range not only for several voealists, but |
also for the best local talent in the way
of quartette. The budget for the pres |
ent year includes $4,000 for summer /
band concerts. Chas Jones, Lloyd T. |
Rigdon aud Frank s. Ward now eonsti- |
tute the park committee and will have |
the handling of the band concert money. |
Allan G. Carson, sergeant in Company
NJ and John +. MeCammon will leave |
Salem in a few days for Jefferson bar
racks Missouri, where they viii enter
the 7. ). regular army. Sergeant Car |
son has seen active service as corporal !
Of Company NJ while ON the Mexican
border and since his return to Salem was |
N'NNSNN oVtSSdhts MT. MtAdlHulO0 is |
brother of Captain McCammon, adiutaut |
at the barracks. There is great need |
OF commissioned officers in the regular |
army and young men of ability are Of |
tered three years training at West
Point after serving one year in the
ranks.
The American City, magazine |
published in New York City and devot- |
ed to municipal improvements and civic |
advance, will publish in forthcoming
number an article by Ivan G.. Mcdaniel, |
manager of the Salem Commercial club. |
The article is entitled, Salem Week. .
and will describe the event that took |
place during the special salem Week =
held in the city last fall which was so |
pronounced q success from every stand |
point. 1t viii be remembered chat even
our ~ foot wide streets were hardly |
wide enough 70 accommodate the crowds
That came down town to see the displays /
and living models showing the latest
styles. And incidentally there was a
substantial increase in the membership
OF the Commercial club, due to the larg-
er interest in Salem : affairs.