Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-16

mated and elected to the office Of city
marshal, or not, l will cooperate with
every movement to preserve the law
of the city, state and nation. Yours
for a clean city, for ourselves, our
children and the stranger within our
gates. is X Joseph E. Wright.
paid adv.)
W. F. Drager Of the Drager Fruit Co.,
after an extensive tour of the county
figures upon the crop situation about
as follows: Strawberries will be about
an average crop on account of the vine
not making a full growth early in the
season. Prunes have especially been
benefited by the recent rains and the
condition of the crop has materially i'm.
proved. Cherries are looking a little
better and pears promise a big crop. The
peach crop will be short due to the cold
weather during blooming time.
The best yet, Where? Dance armory
Saturday night.
o. P. Hoff, republican. for state
treasurer. My statement in election
pamphlet clearly defines my stand on
all questions. paid adv.)
Home Sweet Home: Joseph E. Wright
veteran patriot, and candidate for
city marshal, came to Salem in 1908,
and has not registered or voted at any
other place since. Yours for home and
country. paid adv.)
Tomorrow evening is the date set for
the annual Concert of the Willamette
Glee club to be given at the opera
house. Since their reception in Wash.
the club members are Of the Cd.
ion that the concert to be given here
is in many respects much better than
in former years. At least the press com.
ments were most favorable and the
audiences everywhere were most libef,
al with their applause.
.
A clean broom, a clean SWEEP, a clean
city. Candidate for city marshal, is
x Joseph f. Wright. (Paid adv.)
I buy everything for cash. Phone $40
or oil, Woodry, the a%uctioneer.
o. P. Hoff, republican, for state
treasurer. My statement in election
pamphlet clearly defines my stand on
all questions, paid adv.o
o
Seven sticks Of dynamite were found
yesterday under the bridge over the
Pudding river on the Silverton road.
were found by a boy who re-
ported the matter to his father and he
to the sheriff. The dynamite had evil
IDENTIFY been left there by some one who
has forgotten it. There is no suspicion
that the bridge was being prepared
to be blown up to "prevent the APP
proach Of Hindenburg" as someone sug.
Rains in this vicinity and down the
valley brought the river up five inches
the past "a hours, the guage
today reading two feet and three inches
above zero. The minimum temperature
last night was Al above.
Cafeteria dinner, Unitarian church
May II.
Cafeteria dinner Unitarian church,
May II. War dishes will be
Vote No. "a x G.. F. Robertson for
constable. paid adv.)
Portland seems to be having It's troub-
with auto thieves and there is a
suspicion that in a majority of eases,
the stealing is done by boys. B. S.
Smith, a private detective of Portland
spent the night in Salem with three
Portland boys accused of stealing an
automobile. They were taken asleep in
the stolen car near Albany, and return 4,
I'd to Portland authorities today. The
boys, all about l6 years old, had been
in tie car at nights since they
lad headed south from Portland. /
Go to the cafeteria dinner at Unitar-
an church Friday evening, May II.
By voting No. IA X G.. F. Robertson
FOR constable, means you believe in
efficiency in office" (Paid adv.)
I
One of the big propositions to come
before the voters of Salem tomorrow is
whether the mayors and aldermen shall
serve for a term Of two or four years.
The law as it now stands makes the
term of these city officials two years.
The proposed charter amendment pro
vides that the term shall be four years
beginning with those who are eLecied to-
morrow. On this amendment, a vote
Eyes means that the term shall be
made four years and a vote "no'
means the present law allowing alder
men to serve two years is satisfactory.
.
Remember cafeteria dinner at Uni
tartan church, Friday $3.50 to 1880.