Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-08-17
All Around Town
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Z X LOGGERS, FALLERS, RIG
< X GING MEN, BUCKERS, SNIP
< X PERS. SILVER FALLS TIM
( X BER CO., SILVERToN, ORE +;
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( reason why girls leave home is becaus
of-a wedding ring.
Bert Russell writes friends in the cit,
from La Grande that he is working il
grocery store day time and in tn
evenings playing in moving pictur
show. He was formerly a member of tn,
Salem military band and well known il
! musical circles.
Chief of Police Cooper has gone OF
his vacation to Bretenbush Springs. He
took his family with him and will re
4 main two weeks. Officer Lucas is ac
ting chief. He just returned from his
vacation at Newport, where he found
the weather quite frigid.
Second Lieutenant Robert Davy, of
this city, has received orders to report
to the Preside on August 20 for active
duty. He was member of NJ company
on the Mexican border. He will leave
next Monday for San Francisco. He
took his examination for the commission
at Corvallis early in May.
o.
Reports coming to @. o. Constable on
the prune situation in this vicinity is
to the effect that in the hills the crop
is light but that it is heavier in the
low lands north of the city. But take
the situation in general, it may still be
regarded as favorable although of
course good rain right now would be
of wonderful benefit.
.
Red bananas were in the market to-
day for the first time in two years.
They sell at about the same price as
the regulation banana and come ship
ped direct from Central America. All
other bananas received in the city also
come from Central America. The food
experts say there is big food values in
bananas.
DR.. Ray Pomeroy, or rather Lieuten-
ant Ray Pomeroy, writes that he is sta
toned at the Bremerton navy yards
and has been assigned to give series
of lectures. His classes number about so
and in this number are included all
classes of employees in the hospitals and
those associated in the navy yard work.
Here is suggestion, made by prom
inent grocer that may be of value to
the good house keeper. On account of
the small crop of peaches and the al
most certainty that the Crawfords and
other late peaches are to be most aw-
fully scarce, the time to can peaches
is right now and take no chance.
o
Before the employees of the Salem
Woolen Mills store lecture was deliv-
cred last evening by J. NJ. Heady on
Store Efficiency" Mr.. Heady studied
and was graduated at the University of
California, under the great efficiency
expert DIR. Myer Bloomfield, who is now
employed by the government as ex-
pert supervisor, stationed at Boston.
Ham and, once the favorite of the
section crew, is now becoming real
luxury. A first class genuine fresh laid
ranch egg sets the pocket book back |
about four cents and two bits worth of
ham looks as if it had been weighed |
on the apotheeary scales of druggist. |
Pork is higher today in Salem than ever |
before in the history of the Portland |
market.
1t is becoming the thing for women
to carry their merchandise packages in
Portland. This is due to patriotic mo-
tives as much as anything else, as the
National Couicil of Defense is making !,
it very plain that in the great questions
If economy the women can do their
share by preventing the great expense
If delivery. Anyhow, Portland is about
% put it up to the women o fthe city
md it will be given a try-out beginning
lext Monday.
The Business Mems League, at the
of the State Council of De-
ense, has called meeting at the COM
nercial club this evening at 80 O'Clock.
There are several big questions of econ
my now being urged by the National
1ouneil of Defense, and through the ma
ional organization, the state and local
are asked to act. P. E.
fullerton, director of the Mercantile de-
,artment of the Commercial club will
reside.
w. Connel Dyer who has been tour
ng in Yellowstone National Park, with
ut the necessity of spending very much
honey, arrived home today. The Mis-
ouri State Life Insurance company
ave a ten days free trip through the
ark to all of its agents who had sold
uring the past fiscal year life insur-
nee amounting to 100000 or over.
With III other insurance men, all in
he 100000 class, the tour was made.
.
The Commercial club has been Off
ially appointed local representative of
he State Council of Defense. The di-
setors of the club will appoint Pat
iotie Service League for the county.
udge Bushey viii cooperate with the
commercial club in putting the county