Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-19
Citv News
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DR.. O. B. o'Neiii arrived in the city
yesterday from Sante Domingo, West
Indies, where he was stationed at a
marine hospital. DR.. 0'Neill enlisted
in the navy July 25, 1918, in the hos
pital corps and from Puget Sound was
assigned to duties for special eye work
in the West Indies. He will resume his
practice as eye specialist with offices
over the Ladd & Bush bank.
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Robert E. Perlich arrived in the city
last evening. He is one of the Salem
boys who have seen real soldier life
and who knows what it means to hear
Jack johnson coming his way, be-
sides several kinds of whizz-bangs. He
has been in the service two years with
the stripes that Indicate two years in
! France.
The funeral services of Mrs. Eliza
beth Weeksler, who died in Salem Jan.
4, 19l9 will be held Thursday alter
noon at 2:30 clock from the chapel
of Webb & Clough and will be con-
Quoted by the Rev. H. NJ. Aldrich. Bur
ial will be in the City View cemetery.
At the time of her death, her husband
| Captain Wecksler was with the United
States army in Siberia and could not
be located for several days. He at
once left for this country and arrived
in Salem last night. Mr.. and Mrs.
Wecksler were married a few years
ago in the Philippine. Islands where he
was stationed. AT the outbreak of the
late war Mr.. Weeksler was given his
commission as captain and assigned to
duty in the Philippines and later as
signed to service in Siberia.
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The local exemption board will be
closed March 81 and will offer for sale
next Monday morning several filing
cabinets, one Remington typewriter
and about 250 pounds of waste paper.
In the case of j. X Sears against O..
w. Dancer, the jury brought in ver-
dict for the defendant. This was the
case where the tenant G. W. Dancer
had made no settlement for nine years
and when an effort was made to get
together, the owner and the tenant
could not agree. Hence the circuit court
was called in to decide through the me
dunn of a jury and the tenant won.
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An auction sale of government prop
erty will be held at Camp Lewis of a
collection Of horses and mules. The cir
culars announce that the government
will sell alt auction 34S draft horses,
200 draft mules and 80 pack mules. The
government does business for cash and
the mules and horses will have to be
removed within "a hours after purchase
The sale begins next Monday morning,
e. Pohle & Son have purchased a
stock Of machinery at Dayton, Oregon,
formerly owned by the Hogan & Auto
Co. and will remove same to Salem.
w. j. Culver, county road master,
says that work -on the Liberty road
will begin within ten days or two
weeks or just as soon as the weather
will permit The first work will be
that of scarifying and grading. Then
| it will be allowed to settle until along
in June when the county will put
down a hard surfaced road of asphaltic
and concrete. The work begins about
three quarters of mile south of the
city limits on South Commercial street
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NOTECE - Barber shop under new
management. Having purchased the
Gibson barber shop at 457 State ~.
and being desirous to serve the pub
lie to the best of my ability, ! have
decided to keep open from ; a. m.
to 8 p. m. Shall endeavor to keep
the best of workmen and expect to
pay them honest wages and shall ex'
pect them to give you honest service
Haircut Soc, shaving l5c; children 4
haireIting speciality 25e, Saturday
excepted. Respectfully yours for bus
mess. Paul DeAntemont. 3-lg
The Maccabees will hold social this
evening at their lodge rooms in the
Mccormack block. There will be a spe'
eial program of music besides address
es by August Huckestein and q. >
Dotson. There will also be refreshments
served after the program.
]. E. McCroskey, recently elected
manager Of the Salem Commercial elnt
tarrived in the city and found he hac
troubles from the start. His troubles
came from the fact that he would like
a modern house to live in and such
thing is hard to find in Salem just al