Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-04-27


The Willamette stood at 80 feet
above low water today. fallig from 3.5
feet since yesterday.
Trover will be found az his studio
through may and June Opp Bhgh
theater.
! Albert Kreft, son Of ChaS. Kreft, pro-
prietor of the Center street grocery
store, returned last evening to Portland
after a short visit with his parents
before leaving for Camp Lewis with the
Multnomah county contingent of regis
tered men. He left Portland this morn
ing for the .eantonment.
George Burres, who formerly lived in
Salem and won quite a reputation here
as candy maker, spent last evening in
the city as the guest of II. o. White
and family. Mr.. Burres is now located
at Eugene, where he is proprietor Of
a confectionery store.
A community service flag will be un-
veilad at West Salem tomorrow after
noon at four o. clock, at the West Salem
school house, Judge Benson will give an
address agd Mrs. Halle Parrish Drrdall
will sing several selections, among them
being Keep the Home Fires Burn
ing"
Dr. and Mrs. o. A. Olson, Mr.. and
Mrs. William Neil, Mr.. and Mrs. Paul
V. johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. Roy H. Mills
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kirk, DIR. and Mrs.
Chas. Bates and Mrs. Walter Spaulding
made up party that drove over to Dal-
las last night and attended dance put
on by the Hunt orchestra.
O.
John Liskusly was turned over to a.
deputy U. S. marshal from Portland at
6 'clock this morning. He is charged
with being an alien enemy. A short time
ago Liskusky attempted to get a young
Austrian in trouble but after investi-
CATION, the authorities discovered that
Liskusky was Cue for federal inves-
tigation and was placed under arrest.
The Junior Rainbow regiment Is
growing as the following are entitled to
honorabia mention, having sold more
than $50 worth of War Savings Stamps.
Helen Watcher, 1884 South Commercial
street, Lincoln school: Eunice Harmon
and Elmer c. Harmon, 1863 Fir street,
Lincoln school; Ruth Moore, 1910 Les
lie street, Washington school.
You can't ever tell what change In
a man IS business affairs will do to him.
Frank M. Newton reports that when he
started in the transfer business six
years ago. daughter was born to him.
Today he gave up his horse as means
of travel and began driving truck as
modern transfer men are doing, wr@se-
upon a son was born to him. Now he isl
figuring what would happen should he
adopt the airplare as means of trans
fer
s. II. Van Trump, county fruit in
spector, reports strange kind OF pear
blight in spots in the naighborhood OF
Shaw where he spent yesterday in fruit
inspection. The pear blossoms seem wilt |
ed, Mr.. Van Trump said, and have turn
ed a reddish brown. There are several in
dieations Of the same blight in the Che
mawa neighborhood. AS this is some
thing entirely new, Mr.. Van Trump sent
specimens to the plant pathologist, Fl. P.
Barss, Of the Dragon agricultural col
lege.
MIR. and Mrs Elton Shaw and Mrs. /
Harry Anderson, of Portland, hava been
in Salem this week attending the Sun
day school convention. Mr.. and Mrs.
Shaw were former residents of this city
having moved to Portland in 1905,
where the former is connected with the I
U. s. customs service. Mr.. Shaw stated
today that he notices vast changes and
improvements in Salem since he was last
here five years ago.
.
Enrol Valentine Byrnes, in the eyes
of the federal authorities is regarded as
a deserter from the national army. He
failed to report in Salem yesterday
when he was to entrain for Camp Lewis.
His case is now entirely out of the
hands fthe local exemption board and
also beyond the immediate jurisdiction
of Sheriff Needham. His time expired at
3 o'clock this afternoon. 1t is now up
to the federal authorities to locate him
and deal according to law.
.
For those who are interested in the
bridge across the Willamette, it may be
said that it win be entirely paid for as
soon as finished which is lot more than
can be said about the first and second
bridges for which the city is still pay
ing on its share. 1t will east $250,o0
when completed which is estimated and
called for in the contract as August l.
The city pays nothing on this bridge ex-
,ept its equitable share of taxes. The
last agitation for a new bridge began ,
in July of 1919 but il was not until
July Of 1917 that action was finally
taken. The scaffolding is now being put ,
ap for the steel work. !
The body Of Ed LaValley, who was ,
Thursday at Snoka,le was .