Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-03-29

Jay Brown, William Abbot, Rodney Aid
en-, Frank Zinn, Phillip Ringle, Herman
Bailey, Ray Lahey, John Seofield and
Elmer Cook. Eight Of the boys are
from the senior class.
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Public dance Moose hall tonight. Ad-
mission soc. Ladies free.
Attention Spanish-American veter-
ans: Members of Hal Hibbard Camp
No. will assemble at armory Friday
morning at $3.50 O'Clock with other
patriotic orders in honor of Co. NJ. A.
NJ. Southwick., Commander.
j. Teuscher, Jr., travelling agent for
the Boys and Girls Aid society of Ore
gon, stopped at the police station this
morning with James a. Rhoten, little
lad of ~ years, of Jackson county, who
was committed to the reform school on
petition of R. E. Arne, superintendent
Of the Boys and Girls society.
What is the true spirit of religion
doing something or believing some
thing! Sunday at IL a. M. at the Uni
tartan church." Life Insurance as a
religious obligation A special invi-
tation to all interested in insurance.
3-31
Public dance Moose hall tonight. Ad-
mission soc. Ladies free.
The Salem Patriotic League will meet
J at the rooms of the Young Women IS
, Christian association at 2:30 'clock
Friday afternoon. This call is made by
the president, Mrs. Olive s. Enright.
The object of the meeting is to again
take up patriotic and benevolent work
for the families of the soldiers who have
joined Companw NJ. All women who
are interested in patriotic work are in
vited to attend.
The parent-teachers association of
Mountain View are giving social Fri
day evening March 30 There will be
short patriotic program and refresh
mcnts, 5 and Zoe. $50
Halibut 15c, Doty, Phone 2125. 121
s. Commercial.
The Salem Rifle club has taken note
of the fact that the Saginaw, Mich,
team has been doing some shooting that
threatens the lead of the home shooters.
Hence last night their work was much
better, shooting at the rate of 901 score.
The home team is slightly in the lead,
and there are but three more shoots,
The scores last night were: Frank
Mapes, 1856; j. G. Mullen, 1888; B. w.
Macy, 1S0; II. V. Doe, III; Fred Day,
174; Bert Whorley, 173; A. B. Poole,
170; c. w. Elgin, 1877
| Fish, Doty's Marlset. Phone 2125, 121
S. Commercial.
In cooperation with the churches of
the city, the Y. M. G. A. will launch q
two or three weeks health campaign be
ginning next Monday. J. G. Elliott, a
lecturer from Los Angeles, will speak
every afternoon at either the Congre
gational, Christian or First Methodist
churches After the lectures, Mr.. Ell
lott will conduct classes IN physical
culture, making practical application
of the ideas suggester in his lectures.
The state of Panama, South America
from which the United States secured
its 10 mile wide canal zone, has notified
the postal authorities at Washington
that hereafter it will not receive
through the mails any articles of gold
silver, or piew elry of any kind. In the
orders issued OF the postmasterS
throughout the country to this effect
no reason is given why the young re
public adjoining some of the property
of the U. s. along the isthmus doesn
care to receive valuables through the
mail.
The farmer weather of yesterday anG
the heavy rains of the afternoon botf
added to the gauge of the river, which
rose 1.2 feet during the past "a hours
The gauge this morning was ll.2 feet
The rainfall yesterday was Al of al
inch and this with the melting snow
: brought the river up to the highest
gauge OF the year. The range of TEN
perature for Wednesday was from o.
to IL.
The Esd annual session of the Oregon
conference Of the United Evangelical
church VIII De held IN Salem April 90
The president of the conference is W
H. Fouke, of Naperville, Ill. He viii
be here and take an active part in the
work. The Rev. G. L. Lowell, pastor OF
the United Evangelical church of Salem
is secretary of the conference; Rev. &
, p. Gates, of Dayton, is statistical seere
tary, and Rev. S. S. Mumey, of Salem
is treasurer.
Those who are interested in flax cul
ture will have an opportunity this ev
ening to hear man who has been IN
terested i'll flax for the past 20 years
His name is j. Sidney Starting, presi
dent and treasurer of the Flaxen Fibre
Down company, manufacturers of liner
products, with mills at North Tonawan
da, n, Y. During his long business ca
reer, Mr.. Startling has made frequent
visits to Belgium, Ireland and Canad;
and studied the culture of flax. To more
clearly show the correct way of hand