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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1920)
MONDAY, iiAY THE CAPITAY JOURNAL Salvation Army Begins Drive For : Funds Here Today With a. force of "5 live solicitors Ja the city who began work at noon, find about 75 throughout the county outside of Salem, a supreme effort was launched here today 10 raite 113. S00 in the county and 15000 in the rily for the aid of the Salvation aruy. Jt la planned to brinK the campaign lo a successful conclusion by the end tf the week, as more than two weeks have been spent by A. C. Bohrnstedt county chairman of the campaign, and a corps of assistants, devtglng jnethods and plans to conduct the . campaign as quickly anil successful )y as possible. , The campaign In the city had its formal "kick off this noon when Dr. Char Ira T. Wheeler of Chicago, field organizer for the Salvation army, talked at the business men's luncheon fa the Commercial club. lir. Wheeler l!d not make the usual plea for aid, .hut devoted his entire talk to ex plaining the aims of the KalVatlon ur ny, and the purposes for which the jfund are being solicited. I The campnlKn, scheduled to form ally start In the stale Saturday, was begun In most sectionstoday, accord ing to reports received at the local fend county campaign headquarters In the Commercial ciub. The money faiaed In the state will be spent by the Salvation army to equip unci pro Vide a home for unfortunate girls and boys near Yamhill. Ail money rais ed In a community In excess of the quota will be spent In the develop, jnent of Salvation army activities In that particular community, Dr. ."Wheeler said. t The campaign In the county Is be Intr conducted throuKh the chminela iif the Marlon county community fed eration, while In Hulem It Is being carried on solely by live young sules inen who have been contributed by merilmiils and business men of the ity. ' It Is the plan to make a house to Siouse campaign In th ecity nnn ev ryone will be nuked to lend aid, elth r big or small, to the movement. ! In his talk before Ihe business men l)r. Wheeler declared that "the one (greatest organization In the world the despised old Salvation army is feeding more people In ifurope mid Asia, and everywhere, thiin any otb--r similar body of persons." lie dealt jit length in his talk citing specific Incidents when the Salvation army has hi lil out the hand of mercy to (ho suffering and needy,. , . .. . t-t lo in nmt tt tne month, Mr. Koar pointed out, 83.332 automobiles had foen licensed in the state, netting $1,750,000 in lieeast-s this year. Com- O j pared to thfs, he said, licenses receipts XvCQuireillcniS OI lin 02,000. indicating the t va5l increase of cars in the state. Mr. Kozr zlso explained the finan cial aid bill for honorably discharge, soldiers and sailors that Is to be voted RcouiremenU of the new state traf- u"on "r ln e'eciora oi me state may ffc law w hich becomes effective J.ilv l n,ier me oia cm wnicn pnmaea 1. and the reason why it was parwd 1200,000. he raid, more than 4000 sol by the recent special session of the ' dl?rs and have already applied state leublatun. were cited in . talk 1 for aid. Financial aid will be appor- at the Commercial club business! t'oncu aecora.nS o me lime spent uy Kozer Explains uirements of New Traffic Law men's luncheon this noon by Sam Koxer, deputy secretary of state. Increased number of accidents i suiting from driving of motor vehicles in the state, and particularly in Port land .in recent years and the necessity of Imposing mors stringent require ments on drivers wen declared by Mr. Koxer as the prime reasons the act was passed. . - The law requires that every opera tor of a motor vehicle in the state, over the age of 16, register Kith the secretary of state's office, and pay a driver's fee of !5 cents, Mr. Koier ex plained. No person under the age of 16 will bo permitted to drive a motor vehicle after July 1. On or about June 1 certificates of registration will be sent from the secretary of state's of fice to all owners of automobiles In the state. These are to be filled pursuant to the requirements thereon, Mr. Koz er said, and be mailed back to the sec retary of state with the required fee of 25 cents for each driver. .Mr. Kowr declared that one provis ion of the law requires three men to be knewn as state traffic inspectors whose duty it shall bo to co-operate with local peace officers in the en forcement of the law and to strive in asmuch its possible to secure the aid of the drivers generally to observe the provisions of the net. ' The certificates of registration to be sent to auto owners impose a veritable examination on the driver, requiring them, over their signature, to state their age, description, whether or not they have full use of limbs and vision, and whether they are sufficiently men, tally sound to operate a motor vehicle. the individual in actual study he said. Local Growers Fail To Substantiate Late Contract Talk Although cherry growers In The Dal le district are reported to have dis poed of their Royal Ann cherries by contract to Libby, McNeil & Libby at la cents no similar scale has been set In the Salem dltrlct for this item. The price In this vicinity is stationary at 11 cents per pound. From the upper Columba section comes reports that 18 cents is being paid but this has not been confirmed by market bulletins. Another unsubstantiated rumor has it that an outside cannery fe offering 17 cents per pflund for strawberries, but this no local growers have signed for this figure so far as is known. Woolen Mill Has Fire On Saturday Damage estimated at J 400 result ed to equipment and machinery in tho drier room of the Thomas B. Kay woolen mills from a. fire which start ed by combustion In a drier at about I10:?0 a. m. Saturday. Although the fire burned threat eningly within the drier, employes of the mii'v with the aid of the fire equipment on hand, managed to keep it from spreading and soon ex tinguished It entirely. City firemen were not summoned to tho fire, ' Loganberry Tips Are Thief s Haul An enterprising thief visited the siordon residence near Liberty, Fri day night and took 4000 loganberry flips according to n report received WUurdnjr night by Sheriff W. h .Needlmm. Mrs. May Cordon, who reported the heft states that she had prepared the tips for mis and bad placed them in uhs ready to be shipped Saturday. Tho sheriff's office reports no Irnco of I bo stolen property, but growers mid planters have promised to assist tlto officers in tracing any unUHunl appearance of the tips oil local markets. BLIGH THEATRE 1 JOURNAL WANT ADS PAT. I I 1 - Starts s . . morrow s WOMEN Will Make Great Savings i In buying their wear ing apparel from the J. C. PENNEY CO. Buying in such large quantities for our 297 Stores enables us to gctpvr merchandise at the lowest possible figures. Doing strictly a cash business, and not delivering are two more im portant reasons why we can sell you at the lowest prices. Coats, Suits and Dresses At Unusually low figures. You need to see them to appre-. date the values SILK DRESSES $12.S0 to $34.75 WOOL DRESSES $18.50 to $37.50 aYrfJn " '$18'50 i0 $.7S SUITS . ......... ... $32.50 to $54.00 SKIRTS ........ .$7,so to $16.50 GIRUS COATS ........... $6.90 to $21.50 . I - n 1 1 - oA eHation-wicle Institution f il Poles Occupy Kiew In Drive Against Reds Warsaw, May i. Poiih forces oc-j cupied Kiev yesterd, according to; extra editions of the newspapers here today. General Pllcudski, president of the Polish state, led the troops into: the city, the newspapers say. The Polish advance into the Urkaine along a front of ISO miles began early last week for the announced purpose ; of expelling the "foreipn invaders" orj Russian bolshevik!. The Ukraine, asj an Independent republic, would create. a buffer state between Poland and the bolshevlki. Kley is the capital of the-l Ukraine and the outlet for Its vast stores of agricultural products. General Pilsudiskl, head of the Pol ish tate, said that after the expulsion or the bolshevik! the' Poles would re mafTi only until an authorized Ukrain ina government took control. Salem High Makes Good Jump-Off In ", Valley Hi Series The Molalla high school team re tained Its present season record of vic tory, Saturday when Salem HI made tho Journey to the Clackamas town for a 3 to 0 defeat, Saturday. Despite the fact that the boys were playing on a field hat had never known leveler or mower, Ringle held the Molalla crew down to one hit. Two errors, an un fortunate throw and a passed ball en abled Molalla to check In their 4hree runs during their half of the eighth inning. Saturday, May 8, Salem meets this team again when they journey here for a. contest at Oxford Park. With affairs between the two schools tanding as they are fans prophesy a record break ing game. Today the local high school team plays Estacada high school at Oxford park. This will be Salem's third game In' the Inter-scholastic series. Friday the team administered a drubbing to Mc Minnville with a 11-2 score, Fischer hurling for Salem. . Ladies Coats and Suits f I Are now greatly reduced. New spring and Summer models in Coata made of tan pol0 cloth which is all the rage this season. Ladies' Suits of French Serge, Tricotine, Wool Poplins, etc. .Ladies Suits $19.50 to 847.50 Ladies' Coats $15.00 to $34.50 Our Prices Always The Lowest Gale & Company Com'l. and Court Sts. ' Formerly Chicago Store JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY. .:.now- The VIRGIN of STAMBOUL Starring Priscilla Dean? MUTT-JEFF COMEDY OUTING SCENIC K Draperies MADE TO ORDER TO ITT TOUR WINDOWS CS. Hamilton 140 Court Street "Walfelt" Takes the place of nous -S Max 0. Buren lit North Comioroi SEE Woo dry's Stock of Furniture, Ranges, Heaters, Rugs, Tools, etc., before you buy , 870 N. Com'l ..St. Phones 510 or fill FOR LONO DISTANCE aOTO TRUCKING WillametteV alley Transfer Co. ElqEwM Now Taking Place Spread The News See Ad on Page 2 Peoples' Cash Store - J ORCHESTRA I1 EVENINGS I! " PHONE 1400 LIDlKIY wb also do local Ml . ' HAULING i y - - v f I . JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY bmisbbssbbsjsbbsssjsbbssjsjbjsjisjsssjhss j ' I "What's In a Name?" I I There is a good deal in the nameMC. P. Bishop." It stands for a man who has ' j...J JL.'.L. i - I . O f W yviu uuny yeum m ousmess in zaiem selling Men's Furnishings with square treatment and reliable merchandise as a motto. If you have not been here lately come tomorrow and let us get acquainted with you once more. ' , ' HART SHAFFNER & MARX SUITS AND OVERCOATS , STETSON AND MALLEROY HATS JUST WRIGHT SHOES MANHATTAN SHIRTS YOU DO NOT TAKE A CHANCE TO LOSE IF YOU PURCHASE IIERE " aem Woolen Mills Store - C. P. BISHOP, PROP ' EVERY FAMILY IN MARION AND POLK COUNTIES A PATRON