Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-12-01

next Monday. The government viii now
help anyone save at the rate of 25 cents
a stamp and as soon as 16 have been
purchased will issue a war stamp certifi-
cate with the additional payment of
IL cents. The interest is 4 IL per cent.
The Bible lectures that have been
given this week at the South Salem
Friends church have met with such a
cordial reception that they will be con-
tinued. Mr.. Barker who has been Civ
ing the lectures will remain for the
two services of Sunday. There will be
no meeting this evening.
.
Among the little Red Cross soldiers
of Turner who will sing Sunday even
ing at the First Congregational church
are Helen Peetz, Winnifred willis,
Mizpah Palmerson, Sybil Peetz, Evan
geline Simmons, Hazel Peetz, Evelyn
Osborn, Leda Young, Edith Osborn,
Edith Mickey and Marie Waggoner.
John Chaves will appear as the boy elo-
cutionist.
Mrs. Mae Pettyjohn of Salem, who
has been spending the summer in Mul-
len, Idaho, was married to o. w. Carter
of that place in Spokane on Thanks
giving day by the Rev. Lawrence
Short. They are spending few days in
Seattle and Portland and other points
ON the coast.
Aldermen Frank Ward, Paul v. John
son and Lloyd T. Rigdon are now on
record as friends of the children, fig
uring that playground and supervised
play is more beneficial to the young
sters than street and gang playing.
They were the only three aldermen that
voted in favor of an appropriation OF
$500 for play grounds at the meeting of
the city council last evening.
The annual Elks' memorial services
to be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30
clock at the armory is public ser
vice and the public is invited. Hereto
fore, the services have been held IN
the opera house, but as they will be
patriotic and as 80 of the local Elks
are in the service, it was thought best
to hold these services in the armory
where all could be Accommodated.
It was just a few days ago that the
stage of the river was so low that the
Grahamona could not come to Salem ON
account of it's winter paddles. But there
has been considerable rainfall since
Tuesday and the warm weather in the
mountains south has brought a volume
of water down the river until today
the guage is over IL feet above the zero
mark. This is a rise of IL 12 feet since
Tuesday evening.
The assessment ordinance for the paw
| ing of south Commercial street was
made a special order of business for
the meeting of the council next Monday
evening. 1t is probable that property
owners will be present at that meeting
to enter their objections to the several
amounts levied against their properties.
This includes south Commercial street
from Mission to the city limits.
.
The local recruiting office for the
army reports today one recruit, Andrew
OVAL, age % of Salem, who goes into
the quartermaster s corps. Men of CON
script age have but IL more days in
which to present themselves at the
army or navy recruiting stations, as
there will be no voluntary enlistments
permitted after noon of Dec. 10, from
men between the ages of 2l and I'll.
.
The Salem postoffice for the month OF
November sold stamps to the sum of
$685.. 80, and to the outside postofflces
in this district, $2S76. Sales for second
class matter amounted to $1S4 and for
third class, 1920. Waste paper brought
the government 81. The total sales for
the month for local business amounted
to $10,692.83. One year ago the sales
for November were $S,215.9O. Part OF
the increase in the receipts is due to
the fact that since Nov. 2, letter post
age was three cents. 1t seems that the
increase in first class postage has had
no effect on the business.
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According to the gasoline ordinance
that passed the city council last even
ing, no business in the down town see
tion of the city viii be permitted to
carry more than 10 gallons of ntlam-
able materials such as gasoline, benzlne
distillate, and such. Ii there is more
than one gallon carried, it must be IN
metal retainers approved by the fire
warden. If more than ten gallons are TO
be carried in stock, 1t must be placed
four feet under ground. Five gallon
tanks are allowed to any one firm, but
no more.
Now Is the time to buy drygoods IN
stead of waiting until this time next
year. Everything made of cotton IS go
ing higher and higher as the new quo
tations come in. This morning, accord
ING TO the quotation sheet of one of the
largest wholesale drygOods houses IN
the country, travelling men will ask
the following prices, wholesale: Hope
domestic, 16 IL cehys a yard; Ions
dale, 10 cents; Indian Head, q cents;
Everett IS cheviots, IL IL cents; Ken
frow's Devonshire, % cents; calico IL
l-2 cents and Ashland ticking, 30 cents.
/ 1t was not so long ago that Ashland
ticking sold retail at 20 cents. Now the
wholesale price is SO cents Drygoods
stores in the city have made it prac-
/ tiee to sell at what was really below