Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-26
STRANGE HAPPENINGS
OF FIVE YEARS AGO
Town Was Getting Ready To
Vote On Wet And Dry And
Movies Were 10 Cents.


Five years is not SO long a period
in the life of city unless it is meas
ured by events.
For instance, in the Capital Journal
dated October "a, 1918, there appears a
half page paid advertisement with the
caption: An appeal for dry Salem
by the business and professional men s
campaign committee In favor Of a
dry Salem there is the following argu-
ments offered in the advertisements:
The liquor business must be out
lawed sometime. Why not begin nowi
The only reason it has not been out
lawed in Salem long ago is because the
saloon keepers are willing to pay al
most any price for the privilege Of car
rying it on under the protection of the
law. Salem is now receiving $4,000
annually license money from her sa-
looms. This is paltry sum not to be
compared to the value of one of our
loved ones, many of whom are annually
started down the road to ruin every
year.
Among the men on the campaign COM
mittee who signed the appeal were E.
7. Barnes, w. 7. Rigdon, John Payne
G. M. Roberts, DR.. G. V. Ellis, DR. B.
L. Sleeves, DR.. H. G. Epley and DR.
E. {. Fisher. The appeal seemed &c
have the right effect as on the election
two weeks later the city went dry with
a majority of 4S4.
Those were the days of long age
when it cost but ten cents to go to the
movies. In the issue of te Capital Jour
nal dated October 25, 1918, The Globe
was advertising last chance set
The Girl and The Tiger. a, Te Lib
erty the offering was Master Hall, tn,
wonderful boy soprano. Also a movi,
two reel about "The Homespun." The
Wexford was offering fine two rec
movie Of "Why Girls Leave Home.
The Bligh theatre offered three refined
vaudeville acts.
One Of the advertisements run in th
issue of October 25, 1918, by the. Salen
Brewery Association presented its al
gumcnt with the headline "Why drinl
water when you can get Salem beergn
In the issue Of the Capital Journa
, dated October 80, 1918, just few day
!, before the election which was to decid
wet or dry for Salem, there appeared
half page advertisement, inserrc.. ',
the Salem Welfare League which ia
vored saloons, as follows: "The So
loon--Its place in the social economy
Ma adequate substitute for it," An
that was only five years ago.
The markets have changed wonder
fully during the past five years. In tn
Capital Journal issue Of October 81
1918, wheat is quoted at n cents
bushel. 1t is now 1925. Patent flou
then was quoted in the Portland mai
ket wholesale at $40 a barrel. tt
day flour costs in Salem from $12
1913 barrel.
r Oregon creamery butter was the
!. quoted at 30 cents a pound wholesal,
4 Today it is &C cents with retail pric
of 72 cents. Dealers were paying 3
7 cents for eggs in Salem five years ag
g while today the price is 55 cents. Th
market price on potatoes five years ag
S was from 70 cents to $1.00 per hundred
e Today it is just $500 hundred.
In the issue Of November l, 191;
Max Buren and William Steusloff il
!, scrt an advertisement stating they al
not candidates for councilmen in tn
second ward at the coming election
On the same day is the news item tina
"John J. Roberts, the well known bu
mess man now conducting the 'Tos
gerry had the misfortune to receive
. broken wrist while attempting to Gran
his automobile" In the same issu
Chas II. Hinges, jewelcr and opticial
announces that he is positively goin
l. out Of business. s1The Chocolate 50
y dier' Is billed at the opera house fl
L the evening of November 8, 1913.