Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-29

give money to aid the county in rails
ing its $4,000 quota for the coming
United War Fund drive, to begin Nov.
II. The quota for the boys and girls
of the county is $2,l00. Posters will
soon be issued to be given to the home
where boy or girl has signed the
'svictory'' card. The payments that
the Victory boy or girl pledges are to
be made before March /, 1919.
Ernest Baker, who has been i'll of
pneumonia for the past ten days at
Camp Lewis is reported today to be inn
proving. He has been moved into the
convalescent ward. just before his i'll
ness he had been advanced to the rank
of sergeant.
Word was received in the city this
morning of the death of Mrs. George
Steele of Portland. She was the daugh-
ter-in-law of Mrs. N. Steele and the
sister in law of Mrs. G. c. Kays and
Mrs. L. j. Young of Salem.
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| Cecil Mist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Char
lies Mist Of 1892 North 10th street, Sa-
lem, has received the appointment to
the u. s. military school at West Point.
The appointment was made. direct by
Senator MeNary.. Accompanied by his
father young Mist will leave in a few
ldays for the east. He is graduate of
the Salem high school class of 1918
land member of the Students Army
Training corps of Willamette Univer-
sity. The appointment means that the
young man will receive his military
education at the expense of the United
Estates and after four years of study
will be given commission as second
lieutenant.
4 --L-o-
/ The telephone rang and the man al
the other end OF the line from the
! Capital journal coffee excitedly ex
claimed. "Take out my advertisement
and do not under any circumstances
run it again" The man wasn't mad
His only trouble was that for couple
of days he had advertised for Bel
gian hare doe and after one issue OF
the paper business picked up to sucf
an extent that the next day most Of
his time was taken in answering hi
advertisement. Moral If you want any
thing advertise in the Capital Journal
4 The Sproed family has been espec
tally unfortunate during the past two
weeks. The IS year old son John diet
of influenza Oct. 81. and few day
: later, the mother, Mrs. Louia Sproec
; died at the hospital last Friday iron
an operation. 0thmer members of th'
family were sick at the time of tn
= mothers death.
A complete baby's outfit is wante,
by the Home Service Section of tn
Red Cross. The call is urgent. Their
is war baby that is in need of tn
! proper woolen clothing and as the cas-
is most urgent, the Home Service Sta
y tion is sending out this call for hell
I Those who feed interested enough t
help this war baby are asked to call Q
telephone to the Home Service Se'
: ton of the Red Cross.
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g Eggs are retailing for eight and on'
i third cents each in San Francisco an
y the people down there when they al
= pear on the streets are obliged to wea
flu masks. All of which goes to sho'
!, there are some compensations in Ii
!, , ing in the Willamette valley whei
Z eggs are now selling at about 20 cent
: dozen and no one but willamette so
! diers wear the masks.
t' .
= The armory will be absolutely close
ON orders Of Col Al. r. Woolpert, eu
:. todian. The orders are as follows: "I
: = compliance with paragraph 2, gener'
p.