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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1921)
fa& 2s The Capital Journal, Salem, On eon. i 33 40Cherrians Go by Auto to Lebanon Fair Forty Cherrians with an IS piece band left here this morning at 7 o'clock to attend the straw berry fair at Lebanon and to march in one of the n&rari during the day. , Three routes have been selected for those who go by automobile. The first la over the Green bridge the second, over An ken v ini a.. the third is way of Turner Aums- ville and Albany. Those going this latter route have been inform ed from Lebanon that they should turn to the left at the lr m. sign just before reaching Albany ior mis is tna best route. Every one was exnectert h r.ebaaon by 10 o'clock in the morning, so that an earty start van necessary to assure arrival on .-i'-heduled time. This is the first trip of the or ganization this season and whit uniforms are being pulled out and put in shape. Many of the mem-wives. Labor Leader Who May Oust Sam Gompers Reduction In Wages 4 to jumber Industry Is Affected Most, Stores Not at All; All High er Than Before War Wages iu Salem during tne paai ear have been reduced trom lour j 33 per cent in all lines of in .ustry, according to information -otained from the different plants .nd trades of the city. Store and .If Ice help have not apparently een affected by this reduction. While labor has been thus re iuced, all of which reduction ave tukeu place within a short eriod of time, wages are now ISO er cent higher in most lines than jefore the war. In the woolen industry, women vho were receiving 12 to 14 uents an hour for ten hours be ore the war, are now receiving ;7 cents an hour on and eight lour basis. A- year ago wher. ages were at their peak, (hey re elved 50 cents an hour. In the lumber mills, the mini .mm before the war for com mm. ;abor was ji.00 to $2.25 a day foi en hours. It is now $3.00 for a lay of eight hours. At the height if the demand for common laboi I year ago, mill workers were paid i4.60. The reduction in this in ' lustry to the present scale was made in the late winter when wages were cut to $3.60, and then again in the spring when they were cut to $3.00. The total re duction amounted to over 33 per cent. While wheat has fallen in price ind flour has suffered a similar re luctlon, the wages of th men em doyed In the flouring mills have Deen reduced 20 per cent in some In the case of the older mployes the wages were not r luecd, but maintained at last ears schedule of 60 cents an hour for nine hours. The present wage scale Is 40 cents for nine hours, .tefore the war it was 30 cents rfr 10 hours. For the reason that the local aper industry was not established fore the war. It is Impossible to T what the scale would have en. The company is at present peratlng under a scale of $4.32, hlch wAs reached after a red tic- ian of 20 per cent announced bout a month ago. Another industry which has wing up here during the war la !e packing industry. It is hard to itlmate the minimum wacc la 'Z:Zir TT '1 " " "ld well Informed labor Tn7 d" y U,e i0 c,rcIe8 that Samuel Oompers, for piani. ine average wage paid the first tl me slilf! 18R5 mv ha 1 tn k. k. V , -" American federation of Labor at rll"7LulU" """f th invention In Dv.r. next; ...,,, . UM Ih.t Tnh n T ! Lewis, president of the United j Mine Workers of America, may succeed the veteran leader. Lewis while not a candidate for the of-1 flee, is said to be "willing" to accept. Varna Argues On Suggested Door Key Law Vienna, June 3. The proposed law to give Viennese apartment dwellers front door keys and re lieve the concierges from the duty of letting them in and out la meet ing widespread opposition. Ap parently the people themselves do not want it and the newspapers are unanimous against it. It is also meeting with opposi tion from the insurance companies on the ground of Increased danger of burglary if the watchful eye of the concierge is removed from the entrance. The Merchants' associa tion has made a formal protest against its passage. The papers advance such ingen ous arguments as: What can a man do if he returns home late at night and has lost or forgotten his key? What about night telegrams and doctors' visits? Must every member of the family have a key at such cost? One paper even gravely suggests the plight of a man who might have his key stolen. The enormous size of front door keys here is not overlooked in the general argument and it innka as if the concierges' association which demands the lnwk is foing to be defeated. j ft American readers must reroorn ber that there is no such thing in Austria as the open apartment house vestibule with Its electric bell or speaking tube to everv an. artment, but the massive doors with enormous locks cut the housi trom the street except for tbi janitor's bell. Soldier Supposed Dead Causes Mix-up Worcester, Mass., June 3. With the supposed body of Carl Wil li elm Lemberg, former private in the Three Hundred and First Am munition Train, on its way to Worcester, Lemberg has been posi tively identified as alive in the Norwich State Hospital for the Insane, while friends' here were making plans for holding a mili tary funeral. Red Cross officials and Lemberg's friends were striv ing to straighten out the tangle' and have the soldier's body, now! on its way here, urbserlv tndenM-! HaJ .1 . i ' eoi 10 us proper destina tlon. way of prolonging life, but with out operating on patients. Whereas Dr. Woronoff claims he can rejuvenate old men. Pro fessor Danville claims he can pre vent persons, of both sexes, from becoming old. He merely advises everybody to allow themselves to be packed in ice for a given period and says that this process tends to prevent the tissue of the body from degenerating and states that as long as the tissues remain vig orous life is possible. L. M. HUM Care of Yick So Tong Chinese Medicine and Tea Co. Has medicine which will cure any known disease Open Sundays from 10 a. m, until 8 p. m. 153 South High Street Balem, Oregon. Phone 283 Wellesley Turns Out Crack Girls' Crew Wellesley, Mass., June 3. Wel lesley College boat crew is ready to begin its season. The eight has been whipped into shape by fre quent practice on Lake Wabas and is said to be one of the strong est ever turned out by Wellesley. The attractive and athletic younj women who compose the crew been contests exactly as would be have been trained and coached for their contests exactly as would be a male crew. They take their work Tery seriously, and Wellesley is very proud of tha. Miss Dorothy Brainard is stroke oar and captain of the crew. "Miaa Helm Sherman is head of the rowing department this year, while Miss Dorothy Breingan will be in charge next year. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAT Ice Keeps Life In Body, Says Prof. Paris. June 3. Dr. Woronoff, of monkey gland fame, will have to find something new if he wants to put one over on Professor Gas ton Dauville, a well-known French biologist, who afso has found a last year's salaries. Salesmen course, are paid according to eir ability, some getting as high $150 a month, and others $110. a few cases bonuses are given llch makes the final amount re fved by the employe, average ore. In the grocery stores the aw e pay of the clerk is twenty to enty-flve dollars a week. This is also the average In 1920. but 1915 it was sixteen to eighteen liars. salaries of women employes in T goods stores average eighteen liars a week for the two years 1920 and 1921. In one of the rgest stores in Salem of this! .aracter, an increase was renort ii over last year. Carpenters tnatre a reduction tere recently, following the decl-l on of the Portland carpenters, i rom $7.50 to $7.20. The average! age In this trade before the wart was $5.00. House painters before he war' lot 60 cents an hour. Today thei icule is 90 cents, which scale was euched sometime ago. Harry Foster was klled instant -'am ty near North Bend when a Ihr J from an overturned car rolled over '9 .aim. r 1 wHtk' 1 j ft 1 II til 1 1 I Portland & Salem Stage Line Every Hour on the Hour at lJottt unas Leaves 10th and Alder at Seward Hotel every hour Leaves Salem Bligh Hotel First Stage 7 a. m. Last Stage 7 p. m. ill je&tis. ill MRS. SMITH LIVED ON THE EUROPEAN PLAN. ALWAYS FIGHTING. SEE 'SCRAPPILY MARRIED' AT THE OREGON TODAY For Happy, Care-Free, Growing Girls Good mothers these days think first of the child's health and happiness even in the matter of selecting shoes. ' The surest way to build a little girl's health is to make act i ve outdoor exercise inviting to her. And a sure way to do this is to see that her shoes are so comfortable that she will enjoy every minute spent outdoors. Buster Brown and boys' feet shapely and to give them Mrs. Newlywed: Oh, Mr. Butch er, that hum we irnt M.rd was no good. Butcher: Impossible, why it was Just cured. Mrs. Newlywed: Well, It must have had a relapse. are designed to keep girls' strength and sturdiness. This is due to the famous Brown Shaping Lasts that make each shoe fit the foot snugly without pinching or binding and to give it the uroDer support at ball, arch and heel. Besides this, Buster Brown Shoes are made of the finest grades of leather, either for every day wear or for dress occasions. Wonderful values all this week in children's shoes. SALEM - SELiVKKTON STAm efves Leave. Salem Siiverton O. E. Depot News stand 7:00 a. m. 8:16 a. m. 11:00 a. ra. i;oo p. m. 8:00 P- nt. 6:18 p. m. SAIdWM-INDEPENDKNCE MONMOUTH STAGE Leavo Salem O, E. depot 7:00 a. m. 11:00 a. m. 8:00 n m Leave Monmouth Hctel 8:15 a. m. 1:00 p. m. 8:15 p. m. Leave Independence Hcil S:30 a. m. 1:15 p. m. 6:30 p. m. Special trips by appointment. Seven passenger car for hire, 3. W. PARKER, IVop. Res. phone 615. Business Dhonc 7 " lamped the f5trr-S Muatogie, okh, Week an ""WMj, , " an opera aw 1 me, enclosed j, T beads and tw, . Perspiration.' " I Home Build Take Notiq Wo can save vn n... you to come ana , prices. We alwava h. of all kind,, ayst" Tents, all shes,-prlce8 CAPITAL Bargain Hoid We buy and n . xnunedSo oten. ,i Power to Develop fa dus tries Largely In Hands of Women By IDA B. CALLAHAN " "5 " v,en reaerauonol Women , Club "PIGHIT to ninety per cent of the hou - hold articles and clothing for the faml, is Dougnt oy tne women ot the state. If the women of Oregon should fWiJ. i buy Oregon Products a tremendous indu trial growth would surely result. Mai people who are now idle would have job) The factories would be increased in size Payrolls would be larger. Women of Oregon, let us try the dJ of asking for home products. Thisplai if properly supported, would meaai more prosperous Oregon and maq more happy homes "out where tin handclasp's a little stronger." Ask for Oregon brands! OREGON RAN ASSOCIATED 1NDUSTB1ES OF OREGON ?0J OREGON BUILD1N0 PORTLAND Tlie Columbia Gorge hotel near Hood River is now completed and will be open to guests within i a few duvs. "THE KILLER" BY STKWART EDWARD WHITE COMBINES RO MANCE AND CO! .OR OP THE OLD WEST WITH MODERN REALISM AND GRIPPING Srsi'ENSK Buster Brown Shoe Store 125 North Commercial Street Phone 685 MEATS It is during times like the present, that we are better able to aenionstrate to you the many advantages of dealiner with the Midget. You can see each decline immediately reflected in our; uu uusuomers. 11 pnees and quality mean anytwng to you, TRY US. H " Men's Summer Unions Keep Your Credit Good Credit is one of the most import ant factors in the industrial and business world today. It is said ninety per cent of al 1 transaction are done on credit. One place where it is essenMal to keep your credit good is with your banker. Many firms and individuals in this section are gtad they are fav orably known to the United States Nation L Uilied States NtttoiMl Bank SALEM Ijl J M SALEM - SAMPLE ; STORE ATHLETIC UNIONS Checked Nainsook, 34 to 46 98c FINE BALBRIGGAN UNIONS Short or long sleeve, ankle length 36 to 46 98c MEN'S SHIRTS OR DRAWERS Fine Balbriggan, each 48c OPEN MESH UNIONS Short sleeves, ankle length, 36 t 46 98c OPEN MESH UNIONS For boys, 26 to 34 60c BOYS' ATHLETIC UNIONS Sizes 26 to 34 75c SEE OUR LINE OF MEN'S DRESS SHIRTS With or without collar, soft turnback cuffs ...... 98c to $4.85 t nioa Made Blue Bib Overalls. $1.15 Striped Bib Overalls $1.00 Khaki Pants . $1.95 Men's Elk Outing Shoes ... $2.95 to $3.85 Men's Heavy Work Shoes $2.98 to $5.90 Whipcord Pants $2.45 Lace Trousers $2.85 to $3.95 MEN S SAMPLE GLOVES Most any kind you want priced right MEN'S DRESS SHOES Black or tan, various styles $4.95 to $8.85 MEN'S EVERYDAY PANTS Stripes, grays and mixtures at $1.95, $2.95 to $3.85 WOMEN'S WHITE FABRIC OXFORDS AND PUMPS With Louis or Military heels in various toes $2.25 to $2.98 0e and Two-Stray Pumps $2.45 Ladies Banded Hats $1.45 to $2.98 Women's Ribbed Union Salts 59c MtaeB and Clsiw"'s Wash Dresses Ladies Vtste , 98c to $1.85 rtms 3fe Ladies Wafets ..98c to $$.95 PORK STEAK 20c lb. LOIN CHOPS 25c lb. MUTTON CHOPS 12 l-2c lb. LOIN OF VEAL 20c lb. VEAL STEAK 20c lb. PRIME BOASTS 15c lb. OUBUUH C. J. Breier Co. 141 NO. COML ST. Tw Do Better Ben far Less SALEM SAMPLE STORE FRESH WEINERS 20c lb. DRY SALT PORK 15c lb. LEGS OF MUTTON 15c lb. FANCY HALIBUT firm and fresh 20c lb. LING COD, STURGEON, CmNOOALMONEfe SHRIMP MEAT for salads and cocktails 75c lb. OTTE KIPPERED SAI IS DELICIOUS 25c lb. J Midget Market Originators of Low Prices HOT LN THE COMBINE 351 State a