Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-04
All Around Town

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
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I Sunday evening at service In COM
memoration Of the fifheth anniversary
of the organization of the church. Rev.
J. b. Champion or McMiuuyillc, will
fill his pulpit here that evening
Vernon Elwen, who joined the ma
rine corps, will pass through the city
this evening on the 1906 Southern Pa
cifie on his way TO Slarc Island.
This evening the "FOrty-five Eff
fieieney" club will meet in the city lib.
rary auditorium and general talk ON
I"0ld Age Pensions will occupy the
attention. All "Forty.fivers" are re,
quested to be in attendance.
Eugene Slater, former secretary Of
the Salem Elk lodge, writes friends in
the city that he is now associated with
an automobile house in Cleveland and
that he has a fine job. Mr.. Rasmussen,
a member of the Salem lodge is locat
ed in Detroit.
Mrs. Russell Catlin will instruct a
class in knitting Tuesday and Friday
afternoons from 2 until o'clock at
the postoffiee building in the rooms up
stairs occupied by the Red Cross. Pros
pective knitters are requested to bring
their knitting needles
.
The Red Cross headquarters in the
postoffiee building, in charge Of Mrs.
Harry f. Clay, is surely a busy place.
| Yesterday 30 ladies were busy and the
number is increasing daily. Glasses meet
every day as Mrs. Clay is on duty from
8 o'clock until $3.50. The auXiliaries
are now calling for work and to them
are sent work on hospital garments and
knitting.
A machinists' mate first class,
draws down salary or rather income
of $60.50 a month and all found. As
such H. H. Hoyser, %, enlisted yester-
| day. Marcus McLain, IS, of Scio, en-
listed as third class fireman at a pay of
| $2420 a day and all found. They went
| to Bremerton this afternoon.
| Beginning Saturday, the public library
will be prepared to receive Red Cross
memberships. 1t would be a good idea
| for every adult patron who is not a
member of the organization to bring a
| dollar to the library and take home n
receipt for membership in the Red Cross
/ Nth q, hnp1- 20 pnoA
.
The boys of the Junior State Infan-
/ try will meet tonight at 1880 O'Clock
at the Unitarian church. Arrange,
ments have been made for drilling. In
all probability, provision will be made
| to turn the organization over to the
county superintendent or city superin.
tendent, john w. Todd, in order that
| there will be no conflict with plans
that have been made by the local school
authorities.
Five men have boon busy the past
two months preparing the new Polk Is
directory of Salem and Marion county
and the two rural routes from Salem
into Polk county. E. G. Raymond who
las hdu CldlRt VI Lut WOIhs Sdlu ltldl
since the directory was last issued about
two years ago, the number of names Oh
the rural routes has about doubled es
pecially at Stayton. The directory will
cover the II towns in the county. II
Salem a double canvas was made
through the business district as well as
the residence in order that none might
be missed. The directory will be issued
early in July.
The report of the condition of the
Ladd & Bush bank of this city, at the
close of business May /, is printed il
today's paper. 1t is interesting in show
inv that total resources have reached
practically the four million mark, the
exact figures being 1885, 1888, anC
that deposits are now well above three
million dollars. This is one of the best
statements ever issued by the pioneer
banking establishment and no doubt re
flcts the financial growth and solidity
J Of the community.
There is sad prune story coming
from Roseburg' 1t seems that last fall
when so many Of the prune growers
were feeling mighty fine over the bis
! crop, a newspaper man came and in
terviewed them. Of course the value
Of their orchards went up considerably
and the owners did not hesitate to tel
/ of what they were worth. But it just
so happened that cruel assessor clip
ped the prosperity story and when as
4 sessing, instead of accepting the usua
hard times story, just took his figures
from the prosperity story. Moral; Tel
Y the newspaper men the exact truth only
/ Sergeant ]. L. Norton, Of Company
N, has been invalided home from La
Grande. Shortly after going to La
Grande with his comptny, he suffered
from inflammatory rheumatism which
became very serious after the exposure
OF camp life at La Grande, especially