Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-01-11

Judge f. C. Kirkpatrick. for !
mer Polk county judge. was in ,
Salem today transaeting business. .
The Marion County Realtors
association will hold its weekly
luncheon in the dining room OF
the Y. ". c. A. tomorrow instead
Of the Marion hotel which is hav-
ing repairs made on its kitchen.
The meeting will be entirely tax
en- up with business.
A. S. Ellis of this city was ar
rested yesterday afternoon By
Traffic officer Miller Hayden on
charge of speeding. Ellis put up
/ $40 bail and was cited TO appear
before Police Judge Earl Race
next Saturday afternoon. He was
arrested on the Fair grounds
road.
Two characters who, by their
actions. led him to be suspicious,
were lurking in the vicinity OF ]
the 0strin store at the corner OF |
18th and State street yesterday |
evening, according to C. Fl. Os- |
trim, who complained to the po-
lice. Officers who investigated the
case were unable to find any trace
of the two individuals.
Work on the Marion hotel
kitchen Improvements is progress
ing rapidly. The former windows
and doors which opened into the
alley have been bricked up and
the entrance will be made in the
rear. In about two weeks, A n.
Pierre, manager, expects to have
the work completed.
Information concerning horse
propelled street sweepers which
will pick up the trach as they
sweep, is being sought by Walter
! Low, Salem street commissioner.
AT present two men are required
to follow the sweeper employed
by the city, and take care of the
refuse which is merely swept to
the cutters. Considerable money
could be saved through the pur-
chase of modern sweeper, Com
mission Low believes.
There are but few, If any, of
the $50 dope addicts, believed to
be in the state outside of Port
! land, who are located in Salem,
according to the police. 1t is esti-
, mated that there are 1900 drug
users in Oregon. 1850 of whom
are residents of Portland. Police
said yesterday that drug users
had been reported here, but that
investigation had disclosed no act
ual proof that the dope is being
: handled to any extent.
c. B. Clancy. Salem florist,
announced yesterday that c. F.
! Breithaupt, Washington nursery
/ man. has purchased half inter-
/ est in the Clancy greenhouse at
: 18th and Market streets and that
he and his partner are making
. elaborate plans to have the local
greenhouse one of the largest in
{, the Willamette valley. The green
: house at present has $1,000 square
= feet under glass and this will be
increased to $1,000 feet. The
transaction In no way affected
! the Ciancey store. of which Mr..
i Clancy is still sole proprietor.
An admonition both to pool
. . hall proprietors and minors who
: frequent the parlors was issued
yesterday evening by Chief of Po-
q lice verden M. Moff:tt, who de-
s clared that, in the future, youths
( under age found in these estab-
= lishments will be picked up. "Nu-
!, merous complaints have been re-
: ceived at this office that boys un-
der age are playing pool and BID
lizards, and the practice must
r STOP" Chief Moffitt said. All Of
! ficers were instructed to keep a
Q close watch for cue artists who
are not of age.
e Obel Green, known here as a
= pioneer resident of Salem for
many years previous to 1900,
e died Sunday in the hospital OF
8 the washington Veterans home
l. at Retsil, Washington. Mr.. Green
/ came out here from Ohio IN the
n early 70's and after successful
h career in and around Salem left
n for Bremerton, Washington,
It where he lived up to this time,
He is survived by son, Rea
Green, of -Bellingham, Washing
= ton; two daughters, Mrs. Bertha
{G. Coute and Mrs. Edith E. Ed
- munson of Medford, Oregon,
Burial was made today in the
y y war veterans cemetery at Retsil.
l. CARD OF THANKS
u We wish to thank all of our
neighbors and friends, especially