Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-10-29
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has been having pretty serious time
with the Spanish influenza. With an at
tendance of 600 or more, there has been
reported during the past two weeks,
$50 cases Of which 16 were fatal. How
ever, today things are reported greatly
improved as only two are in the hos
pital, and no new cases. For the past
two weeks no attempt was made to
hold the regular school sessions. Every
one of the So employed at the school
has been giving attention to those yho
have been i'll. Superintendent Hall re-
ports that all have had the best of care
and that with no new cases developing
today he feols the worst is over.
There are in Salem today 3,306 chill
drcn Of school age, according to the
school census completed last week. One
year ago the census showed that 3.972
were in the Salem school district. This
| loss of 662 is attributed largely to
| the fact that so many families have
moved to Portland or Astoria to en-
gage in the ship yard works and it is
! these families that had the largest
number Of school children. The falling
off in the census is also thought to
be due to the fact that many did not
understand that a report must be made
Of every one in the family between the
ages Of four and q years. There are
also many boys and girls just under
the age of 2l who are working else
where than in Salem this year and in
many families these were not reported,
although their actual home was in Sa.
lem.
On account Of the Spanish influenza,
the directors of the Liberty school
south Of Salem have decided to close
their school until further notice. When
it is deemed advisable to open tht
school, due notice viii be given in the
! Capital Journal.
The funeral services of Clarence E
Miles. who died Oct. 21 at Fort Sill
Oklahoma, will be held az the Webb 4
, Clough chapel tomorrow morning. Tn,
! services will be conducted BY the Rev
, H. N. Aldrich and burial viii be il
! the City View cemetery,
| From police standpoint it is no
1.-THE proper thing to camu out within
the city limits during this cold snap
: Last night an Australian BY the nam
1 lof Jackson was caught in the act 0
: building little camp fire out toward
4 1.-THE Southern Pacific depot. The can
> lopy of heaven is not considered by tn
) Salem police as sufficient covering
4 these chilly and rainy evenings and tn
! Australian was taken to the city lai
q Ito continue his slumbers.
4 The automobile blue book to be pull
q llished this winter in Chicago will eor
/ tain the information that Salem is
!. Icitv of 1880 and that il is 1875 fee
/. Iaboye the sea level. Also that il wa
4 founded in 1912 and was formerl
i known as Chemeketa Mills. Also tina
lin Salem is located an imposing stat
leapital building. Regarding the IL
s famed civic center Of the city the boo
. Twin say, ssit has a splendid elvl
\ lcenter one Of the best in the west an
7 an interesting feature is the rare co
! lleetion Of trees and shrubs which dra'
II many visitors to the city annually. =
ell -
II o. B. Gingrich reported to the p
& Ilice yesterday the loss Of a new Goos
I. lrieh automobile tire. He thinks 1t wa
4 taken Oct. 20 although he did not TAX
/ Inotice Of his loss until Oct. 2S.
nj Posters Of the 'svictory Boy an
q lalso the Victory Girl" win soon b
4 ION display in every school house
Ishe county. A Victory boy or girl
ana vhn Nigns A nledQs ia earn An