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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 9, 1925)
SATURDAY, MAY lro. inc. JWUK1NAU M. UKfcXKJN 10 STAGE GRAND - OPENING MAY 1 2 A grand opening of the new plant ol the Salem Laundry com pany will be flu god May 12, 13 and 14. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week. The plant, located at 203 South High street, has recently been.com fleted at a total cost of (titiO.OOO, nearly 41 il equipment being new. The Salem Lauumy company for merly waa located on South Lib erty, just eff State aireei. Opera tion of the present plant wa be tun May 2. K. L. Wieder, manager of the establishment, has announced thai the genera! imbue is invited to the opening next week. The open ing will be staged in the evenings, hours be in;; set from 7:30 to 9:30 o'clock, 'ihe plant will be kept running all the time visitors arc present in order 10 demonstrate bow every piece of machinery operates, and h'nv each Individual washing Is bandied. "Except for the high trmpcru tiire of water used in our wash ing, the water we use is such tint anyone would bo perfectly willing to wash his hand in it," says Mr. Midler. The build in:? is made of rein forced concreie, with hue win dows which let in an ample sup ply of light. The entire floor is ot concrete. Twenty-eight people ere employed at the plant. A rest loom and lunch room, as well as room to hang coats in, have been built upstairs. The plant has a big two flat work ironers of the most modern type. It is also equipped with a 1 evolving dryer which pumps 7000 feot of dry air a minute through the clothes. As explained by Mr. Wieder, clothes which are hunc, cn a line to dry become stiff. In a revolving dryer they remain limp and flexible. Nothing but meu'd soft co'lars fs hung on a Husband Held in Slaying Frank Rocnrek, former army butcber, shown above in Inset, waa arrested In Chicago, following the finding In hit home by detectives shown above) of a stained knife and hatchet, in (heir Investigation Into the supposed murder of a woman whose torso waa found on lonely golf course, Kocurek'a wife. Anna, also shown, waa missing. line to dry at the Salem Laundry company's plant. The process of Ironing a fltairt involves the use of five different .rons, each of which is operated electrically bv , means of a foot lever. One irons the cuffs, an other the neck band, another the seelevs and a fifth the body ot the shirt. Each iron is steam heated, making It impossible to burn the clothing. Four nickel plated sock ironing rroms iron the socks from the In side. Each form is adjustable to the size of whatever sock is wash cd. A special darning machine z used to darn holes whenever they aro found. "We can mcke a curtain loo!t like new," says Mr. Wieder, re ferring to the work done by a spe cial curtain dryer which has r. ;;augc making it possible to f any sized curtain by a moment adjustment. A carding nrnc-i r used to treat blankets make thcr- '(ok an soft and fluffy thp day Silverton News Silverton, Slay 9 Preliminary plana for the National Guard arm ory which Is to be built at Silver ton, have been submitted and It lf thought that everything will be in readiness to start work on the building on June first. With Mrs. Ines Reynolds a honor guest, Mrs. H. B. Latham waa hostess at a delightful tea al her home on Mill street. Spirea, tulips and peonies were used throughout the rooms. Assisting the hostess were M. William Ser vice, Mis. C. A. Reynolds, MJhs May Service and Mrs. H. R. Irish. Guests were the honor su?ct, Mrs. Reynolds, Mrs. C. A. Reynolds, Mrs. William Service, Mrs. R. A. Cowden, Mrs. John Hoblitt, Mrs. Carl Stamey. Mrs. A. E. Jnnz, Mrs. Ceorge Huhbs, Mrs. Fred Even son, Mrs. G. I. Barr, Mrs. Nora Everon, Mrs. C. W. Keene, Mrs. If. R. Irish, Mrs. P. L. Brown, Mrs. Frank Syrng, Airs. Ernest Palmer, Mrs. Helen Wrightman, Mrs. E. R. Ekman, Mrs. William MacNeill, Mrs. William Towne, Mrs. G. B. Bentson, Mrs. Gertrude Cameron, Mrs. Fred Treadgold, Mrs. C. M. Wray, Mrs. R. E. Kleinsorge, Mrs. E. A. Booth, Mrs. E. Banks, Miss May Service, Miss Eleanor Mc Clafne, and Miss Florence Gamble. Harold Madsen has entered the Benson Polytechnic school at Portland. Mr. Madsen is registered with the electrical engineers. Rev. and Mrs. S. Lindseth have moved from the St. John's par sonage to their new home built on recently purchased property on the Silem-Silverton highway. Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Kiev who came to Silverton last fall from North Dakota have rented the parsonage and moved Into It. Mr. and Mrs. MJcheal Olscn are miking plans for an automobile trip to their old home In Iowa. They will be accompan ed by their on, Alvln. Their daughter. Miss Hannah Olsen will Join them In June as she expects to leave here as soon as her school duties are over for the season. The party will also attend the Norwegian cenlenial to be held at Minneapo lis in June. Mr. and Mrs. Olnen expert to leave around the ISth of May. Mrs. E. Cramer is one of the Silverton mothers who will attend Mother's day festivities at Corval Hs. She will be the guest ot her daughter. Miss Vivian Cramer. Attorney H. J. Van Valkenburg. who has had his offices In the First National bank building since It was built will move to the Black ery building on south Water street the 10th of May. M. C. Woodward, who with Mrs. Woodward and daugh;r. Mis Catherine Woodard, has been tour Ing Europe for the pas three months, has returned to Silverton. Miss Woodard I visiting In Cali fornia and Mrs. Woodard to with friends in Canada. They expect to return to silverton within the oext few day a Miss Ella Moores. he d.uishter it Mr. and Mm. Cr.ar.es Moores. to now employed at fhe Meier and Frank store at Portland. 8. A. Pitney, son of Mrs. A. C. Bather, is visiting friends at 8il rirton. Mr. Pitney came from Valla Walla, Washington, where e to taking treatment at the gov mmenl hospital for Injury receiv ed In the world war. NEW INCORPORATIONS Tti) follwlac r:!rl of Incor poration rrre Mfd Thursday wil'i 'he corporation department: West End Derelopnunt com tArti.n.i ineoroorator. Warren E. Thomas. Otto J. Krae- mer. U 0. Csrnanan; capuai, 1:8 000. Alderton Inrtstment companf. Portland; Incorpora'ors. Oscar Alderton. Archibald A "lertoj. An drew T. Ald.-tn: capital. 11000. Alfred Nelson looked after legal business at St. Paul, Oregon on Tuesday. Mi's. Nelson and child ren, and Louise Larsen, who is here from Hettinger, North Dako- , accompanied him on the trip. A deal was completed Tuesday whereby Mr. and Mrs. Charles Moores purchased Albert E. John son's property Just outside of the oily limits on South Water street. The transaction included an acre of land. they were made, according to Mr. Wieder. Special tubs are kept In which to wash good a by band in case they are too delicate to be bandied n any other way. An exact system is used to check nd recheck each Individual wash ing, preventing possibility ot any articles becoming lost. r West Salem News West Salem, Or., May I. The Hpworth league held lta regular business and social at the pareon nge on Saturday evening. The young folks will give a measuring party on Thursday evening, May 14. Everyone come and enjoy a good time and help the plane fund. Ben Garner of Klngwood Ter race, who hBa been seriously in fcllowlng a major operation, U onvalescing nicely. He Is In the veteran's hospital at Portland at this time. Mother's day will be celebrated by appropriate sorvlcea Sunday, and on Monday evening a genera) pood time Is planned for mothers. fathers, eons and daughters. The entertainment will consist of songt acd exercises, after which the la dies will furnish light refresh ments. Quite a few folks from town at tended the funeral ot Mr. Osborne, Friday. Fev. F. L. Cannell, wife and 'amlly were Sunday dinner guests 4t the home of Mr. and Mrs. For rester of the Silverton road. Dr. Copeland of McMiunvillt was a visitor at the home ot A. D. Leach and visited the capital city Wednesday. Mrs. Hat risen or Salem called on Mrs. PhUlips and Mrs. Good speed last Monday. Mrs. Hobble, who has been very ill. is getting along nicely at thh time. Mr. and Mrs. Sebern and fam t'y motored to McMlnnvllle, Sun- Jay, and called on friends. J. V. Chandler ot Sunnyelde has l-urchased a lot on Kingwood ave uU6v and has Improved It by a :iuall dwelling. Mrs. Ross spent several days ' Portland Isei week in order to at tend a conference held by the Con Jiegatlonal cburcn. She was a Jelegate from the Salem Congre gational churvb. George Chapman has Improved nia residence by putting a new oof on it. Mr. and Mrs. Gay Deihm of . ty called at the Goodspeed borne last week. Urn. Mary Davis Is vlistlng her brother, Mr. Logan ot Dallas, who itln ill health. Mrs). E. Best Is visiting relatives at Summit. Lloyd F. Harris ot Los Angeles, Cal., visited at the McAdams homo Tuesday, Mr. Ashenbrenner has pur chased two lets from William Phillips and la improving them by a house. Mr. Maye of Aumsvllle Is visit ing his old time friends, Mr. an'l Mrs. Richardson. Mr. Marts is still Improving his property. He is putting up a ruicKen house now. Eva Thornton of Salem visited last week with her aunt, Mrs. 1 hornton. PAGE THREE The Last Step in the Spring Tune-up Cur inspection covers five im portant points. It begins with testing the solution and ends with cleaning the battery top. Same thorough service on ALL makes. JOE WILLIAMS "The Battery Han" 631 Court Street . 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