Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-24

l ~ been recognized by the chapter. TWC
new auxiliaries have also been recogniz.
ed in Dallas, one being the Company
"L" auxiliary and the other the Mistle-
toe auxiliary.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Terwilliger, grad
uate morticians and funeral directors,
no Chemeketa st. Phone 724.
The Coast Bridge company is working
on the two west piers of the new inter
county bridge at the present time. The
company is still waiting on the war de-
partment engineers for permission to go
ahead and put in additional supporting
piers under the old bridge. With this
accomplished the old bridge can again
be opened to vehicle traffic as well
as for traffic which is not allowed to
pass over it. The Willamette has been
at stage this week which would al
low work ON the supporting piers if
the company was not held back by the
delay of the war department.
Dressmaking class will meet at the
Industrial Normal, 18th and Wilbur
Sts on Tuesday, Wednesday and Sat
urday of each week beginning Janu
ary 29. If you have a garment to cut,
or sewing TO be done, come and have
lit done by the latest methods and mod
els For further information address
IJ. j. Kraps, Salem, Or.
The surgical dressings department of
the Red Cross will be closed from to-
morrow till Monday owing to the fact
that the shipment Of gauze which was
expected, has not arrived, thus causing
a shortage of material to work with
The department received small ship
ment of gauze the first of the week
but this has all been used up. The gauze
had been ordered for weeks but has not
arrived and until it comes the depart
ment Will be compelled to remain idle.
1t is expected supply will be received
Monday.
Dinner will be served to rs persons
from $3.50 to clock Friday evening
in the rooms of the domestic science de-
partment at the high school by the stu
dents of the department, under the di-
rection of Miss Nell Sykes and Miss
Gertrude Purinton. The reservation plan
has been in assigning the plates and |
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cents plate will be made. The instruc-
tors in charge of the department believe
that with the members doing all the |
work half of the amount taken in can be
donated to the Armenian-Syrian relief |
fund.
At the weekly shoot of the Salem |
Rifle club held last night in the ar
mory, five men qualified for the To-
foot indoor range. Those who qualified
were: B. w. Macy, Frank Mapes, Fred
Day, Fl. V. Doe and c. w. Elgin. Others
who shot were Don Wiggins, w. J.
Entrees, Geo. Keuscher, Robt. Nicholson,
A. B. Poole, Sam Hughes and Earl Jory.
Weekly shoots are to be held each Wed
nesday night. The shoot last night was
in the nature of a preliminary contest
to qualify members for a match to be
held later for the trophy cup on exhi-
bition in the window of the Hartman
Brothers jewelry store.
.
Out of nearly 500 essays handed in by
the school children of Marion county in
the essay contest on Armenia, the list
has been narrowed down to 21 essays,
from which viii be selected the prize
winners. Eight of these are by high
school students, ten by junior high, and
three by grade pupils. The larger num-
Der of papers which have been eliminat-
ed were on account of verbatim copying
which had been done by the writers
from literature on Armenia, given out
by the committee and obtained at the
library. The three Judges who have con-
'ented to make the final selection of
The winning essays are: f. NJ. Burke, E
pastor of the Unity church; Miss Flora
NJ. Case. of the public library, and E.
!. Carlton, assistant state superintend-
mt. 1t is expected the results win be
announced within the next few days.
.
Arrangements had been made for a
delegation from the Commercial club TO
meet the Public Service Commissioners
his afternoon to urge the latter to pro- :
-ide for physical connection between