Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-07-09


" Special meeting of Salem
e lodge No. 4, A. F. & A. NJ,
IA this evening. Work in the E.
.HN. A. degree. Visiting brethren
%N"'l'"%e, .
Save 5 per cent with Our cash regis
ter checks. We conduct our business
on cash basis. Perry S Drug Store. tt
Two IS year old S-cung men enlisted
in the army today. William w. Wilson
of Stayton selected the medical corps
and William H. Wilson of Amity, also
the medical corps. They are now on their
way to Fort Lawton, near Seattle for
their preliminary training.
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Instructions have been received by
Postmaster August HuekesteIn from the
treasury department at Washington that
the limit of the amount one person
might own of War Savings Stamps has
been raised from 81, 900 to $1,000.
The funeral services of Amos Sargent
will be held Wednesday morning at 10
0 clock from the chapel of Webb &
Clough and will be conducted by the
Rev. A. f. Lacey of the Jason Lee Mem
oIial church. Burial will be in the Odd
Fellows cemetery.
The story of a heroic rescue of a
drowning man last evening by one of
the TRUSTEES of the penitentiary was
told today, although the penitentiafy
authorities had heard nohing about it.
It seems that last evening Lester Frame
and his Uncle Walter Rowan were
swimming not far from the pen when
Nlr. Frame become exhausted and was
sinking for the third time when a trusty
who was working near, jumped in and
saved the drowning man.
Senator Charles H. McNary arrived
in Portland yesterday evening and at
once left for Salem. The funeral SER
vices of Mrs. McNary were held this
afternoon from the Boise home on Court
street. The house was banked with flor
al offerings, many from Portland and
other sections Of the state. Every nook
and corner of the Boise home was a
veritable bower, filling the air with
fragrance and typical Of the warm
friendship and tender sympathy.
The total amount of war savings
stamps sold in school district No. "a,
which includes Salem, during the recent
w. s. S. campaign amount to $101, GAO,
The quota for Salem was $250,00O but
it is probable that number of people
bought stamps at the postoffice within
the past two weeks who have net listed
their purchases with any member Of the
W. S. s. committees. The $11, $40 was
secured from 4,l60 pledges.
Coral LAKE, member of the local
lodge of Elks is now with the ordnance
department. and stationed at Camp Han.
cock, near Augusta, Georgia. He writes
that he is enjoying his experiences in
the south and that he has become quite
accustomed to temperature of 104 de-
grees during the afternoons. He notes
the fact that Augusta, Ca, has wider
streets than Salem with trees on them
and that to him they look more like
town lots than streets.
.
Hear DR.. Lucas, Grand Theater, to-
night. 7-10
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your problem in life about Health, Do
nestle, Love, Business or Social af-
fairs; treat Nervous, Mental or Phys
ical diseases, and tell you your natur-
al vocation in life. Office Room 81,
Bligh hotel, July 9-10-11 from 10 a. m.
to $3.50 p. m. pr. Lucas will see only
those who phone or call for an ap-
pointment. 7-10
Thomas Hill, who has spent most of
the last 25 years in the Oregon state
hospital for the insane, eloped today
while employed about the institution.
lie was first committed from Coos
county. A few years ago he was trans.
ferred to the Eastern Oregon state hos
ptal, from which he eloped. He turned
up next at the state institution for
feeble-minded, where he called to visit
a brother. He was then returned to the
asylum, here, He is considered harmless.
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Hear DR.. Lucas, Grand Theater TO-
night. 7-l0
What might have been a serious acci-
dent to the Silverton auto stage was
narrowly averted Saturday morning by
the watchfulness of the Salem Falls
City railroad engineer. The stage was
upon the track at Capital and Union
streets before the approaching train
was noticed by the driver, who with
quick judgment, turned and run along
the rails for several feet to avoid a
collision. The engineer of the train, how