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EXGTHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JTMTKJfAL, 1AXEM, OBZrdK, ntlDAT, JTTLT SI, 1911 Second Week of :: Special Sale ' This Vieeh Quality ,, M M MM 1 All Around Town AMUSEMENTS. ' BLIOH State, between Liberty and High) Motion picture of "The LoHt Diamond", a lioartgrippiiig story in threo roels, and "The oCurting of Prudouce" one of tho popular beauty films. GLOBE (Stake, betweon Lib- crty and High) Motion pie- tures of Mary Pick ford in "Threa.ls of Destiny" and Florence Lawrence in "A Singulnr Cynic", twp great photoplay stars on name pro- gram. BAND CONCERT At Willson Park, 8 p. ni. The oloctric .fountain will play at 8:30 p. m. A license was issued yesterday for the marriage of Burl (.'rum, a laborer of this city aud Kuby lledriek, altio of this city. Piano tuning, first-class work. Phone 1405, leave orders with O. C. Will or B. F. Peters. J. E. Hockett. The Salem commercial club was pre sented with a beautiful bouquet of gladumaa yostenlav afternoon by Franklin and Dibble, florists of this city. The flowers are a first class Fain pie of what can he done in Salem in the way of raising beautiful thinjn. o Hall's Ferry While the bridge Is un safe cross the river at Hall's Ferry. Five minutes' service day and night. Hall's Ferry Co. Paul Irvine, son of Rev. J. II. Irvine, and a Willamette university student, re ports a splendid outing and successful business tuning pianos in Tillamook and Hay City, where he Is spending hs vvation. Dr. Mendelsohn, specialist In fitting glasses correctly. U, 8. bank building o A suit for divorce was filed in the circuit court today ly Lucy Witto against Charles Witte,' her 'husband. The couple were married In Portland in l!'fl. The plaintiff asks for a decree of nlwolute divorce on the grounds of cruel and inhuman tratment and the custody of a five-year-old daughter Florence. Brooms! Brooms! Brooms for the house, brooms for the barn, brooms for the garage, brooms for everywhere. Oct them at Shufer's, 187 South Commer cial. o A complaint to foreclose a mechanics lien was filed iu the circuit court ves tenlny by Charles W. Nittt against Mrs. M. C. Wild, formerly Mrs. W. C. Wild. It is alleged in the complaint that Mr. Nist, who is a contractor and builder In this city, agreed to construct a bungalow for Mrs. Wild on her prop erty for a stated sum, according to blue prints prepared by an architect. It is further alleged thst the defendant caused many changes aud alterations in the work after it was started. All MEYERS REMODELING AND EXPANSION SALE Our Entire Stock of Overcoats & Raincoats Mast Be Sold At Once We are busy with remodeling and must get them out of the way immediately. The stock includes newest and most popular models. Here are the closing out prices: $20.00, $22.50, $25.00, $27.50 OVERCOATS, TAKE YOUR PICK OF THE STOCK NOW FOR ONLY $9.95 $18 OVERCOATS OR RAINCOATS $9.00 $15 OVERCOATS OR RAINCOATS $7.50 $12 OVERCOATS OR RAINCOATS $6.00 See them on display in. our windows. of Shoes in the Footwear Section ere s a sae tnat snould appeal to all who want an extra good pair of shoes at a bargain price. One large lot of Women's Oxfords and Pumps, popular leathers in tan and black, $3.00, $3.50 and $4.00 grade. Take your pick for 99c a pair One large lot of Men's Shoes, good styles, in tan and black", popular leathers, $4.00, $4.50 and $5.00 grades. Take your pick for $2.98 a pair liCOODlGOODfi of these changos necessitated extra work according to the builder and brought tho final price up above the original estimate of cost. It is claimed that there is still a sum of money ow ing on the building and it is to collect this sum that the suit was brought. Lunch dainties for your camp-fire party or for your Sunday picnio ara fresher and finer whon you get them of L. M. Boggs & Co., the quality gro cers. Under the direction of Miss Margaret Wishart, of the Salem hospital, pictures of all tho babies who won prizes in the Eugenics contests here are being col lected by tho promotion department of tho Snlutu commercial club. Tho pic tures will be sunt to the better babies bureau of Woman's Homo Companion and will show Marion county's finest, o When you want the finest flavored bread the kind that remnins moist tho longest you will, call up the Sperling grocery and ask for Tip-Top bread. o The hunting season opens tomorrow and it is estimated that probably 1000 hunters in this state will rush to tho mountains. State Forester Elliott Bays that last year they were careful about starting fires, and that he hopes they will mnko a record this season for care in handling their camp fires and will throw no matches, cigar stubs or cigar ettes into places where a fire may be started. To the Journal subscribers Please see that tho carrier boy gives you a proper receipt when you pay him money. o Communications are being sent out to the county dealers by Frod O. Buchtol, deputy state scaler of weights and measures, asking the county sealers to send in their reports by September 1 iu accordance with the provisions of the state law. The county sealers are ,w li.LVIf'WIUlU II, mini irjiui 19. , ) .1 i V- ..nnnga. n n .1 .. . ! . , ! , .. - M . V. . office. These reports will all be com bined in the report thut is to be sub mitted to the next session of the legislature. OABD OF THANKS. We wish to extend our thanks to the Foresters of America and to our friends and neighbors for their many acts of kiudness during our recent" bereave ment in the death of Charles L. Watson. MR. AND MuS CROSS AND FAMILY. A. B. Wilson left last night for Ta coma, where he will assume the duties of managing the Postal Telegraph of fice. Mrs. A. K. Wilson will fill her husband's position here at the Postal Telegraph office. She has beon a mem ber of the State Industrial Accident commission office at tho statehouse. Mrs. Wilson will join her husband after he gets settled in Tacoma. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Crider, of San Jose, California, and Mr. Chsuncv Crider and Mrs. J. M. Campbell, of Dallas, have been visiting with Mrs. J. C. Morrison of Mill street for the past few days. Mr. and Mrs. Creidor drove through from San Jose with their ear by way of Nevada and Cen tral Oregon. They crossed the Cascades and entered the Willamette Valley at Eugene and from there went to Dallas. From Dallas they came to Salem and expect to start on the return trip to morrow. They started from San Jose June 5 aud arrived here about July 13. On the roturn trip thoy will stop at Crater Lake to hunt and fish. Scott Riggs and family are planning to ac company them on the trip as far south ns Crater Lake. o During the month of August while tho Bupreme court is on its vacation, the supreme court library will not be open evenings nor Saturday afternoons. To have worked all day gathering up the swill of a city and in tho i. veiling driving it home in a wagon to fatten up a drove of hogs and then just ns the journey was about finished to have a Southern Pacific train hit the was;on and scatter swill to the four corners of the earth was the experience yesterday evening of Knsper Meior, who lives near the Oregon training school. The wagon was practically demolished and scattered in chunks along tho track for about half a mile while at the first crash there was a shower of swill that would have done credit to a tidal wave. Horses and driver were unhurt but somewhat dazed by the narrow escape. o State Engineer John H. Lewis left today for southern Oregon to examine a number of stute engineering projects in that section. He will go direct from here to the Dinmondvillo borings at the proposed reservoir site at (ueon Prairie on the upper Deschutes river. The state is also making some exten sive investigations of seepage condi tions in the canals of tho Central Ore gon Irrigation company. Mr. Lewis will look over this work bofore return ing next week. If time permits, Mr. Lewis will spend a day with his family j now at Bay Ocean on his way back to ' this city. o I E. E. Bimce, writing from Spokane,! Wash., to the promotion department of I the Salem commercial club in response' to literature sent out, Bays that he re- i reived the information and that the prospects about Salem look good to him. Ho expects to arrive hero in a fewj weeks to look over the country. It is reported that Claude Hill, one of the clerks in Price's shoe store, wasj given a 5 kopeck note recently by a young girl who came in to buy" a pair; of shoes. It is said Hill took the note-1 and passed out $3 in renl coin of the l realm to the girl. The 5 kopeck note! wns "Chorrian" money. Hill's friends are laughing over the matter at his expense. 0 This afternoon the city recorder and tho members of the fir0 ami water: committee of the Salem council will' open bids for the furnishing of 23 fire; hydrants which are to be installed in! Salem. The bids were received up to ! three o'clock and all opened. It is' expected that as when the contract Is let that Salem will shortly name some1 up-to-date fire hydrants. " j "In the Daily Capital Journal fori July 16, 1 find au article concerning' land at reasonable prices near Salem. ! That is what I am looking for. Anv : information which will help me to find j land at a reasonable price so that I may use what moucy I have to make a! comfortable home, will be appreciated, i Mrs. M. F. Amos, McMinnville. ' The: above is a sample of the letters that' are being received by the promotion J department of the cialem commercial) club in regard to cheap lands. The de-! partment expects to give the writer' all the aid possible. i When Constable E. E. Cooper retain ed yesterday evening from Astoria, where he went to bring bach O. Allen, A Money-Saving Sale of Boys' Clothing In order to make room for our fall shipment of Boys' Clothing, we must reduce the stock on hand. Therefore we are placing our entire stock of these goods on sale at a reduction of 33 1-' per cent. All mothers who have boys to clothe will do well to vis it this section and outfit the boy during this sale. Service who was wanted here for forgery and beating a board bill, he also brought back J. C, Kose, who is wanted here for embezzlement. Allen was captured in Astoria several days ago, and the constable went down to the city by tho sea on receipt of wire information that the capture had been made. Rose was secured Wednesday afternoon while he was working in a tailoring es tablishment, Attorney Frank Holmes and Mrs. Holmes and their son Phillip will leave today for Slab Creek in Tillamook coun ty, where they will spend a couple of weeks on the beach and in the woods. J. F. Nounce, -who has been staying at Sodaville in the hopes of obtaining benefit to his health, is reported not im proving, and with Mrs. Nounce is ex pected to return to Salem shortly. o Ed J. Canatsey, president and man ager of Tho Travelors Cigar Co., ac companied by Mrs. Canatsey and fam ily, has returned from a 10 days' trip to Bar View, Tillamook county, where they had a most delightful outing, o Sam Q. Campbell, field Inspector of the North Pacific Fruit distributors, arrived this morning in Salem. He says that the peach crop will be ready to move in a-out six or eight days aud that at that time the Salem Fruit I'uion will begin to ship in carload lots. Shipments will be made from Salem and Waconda. The cars are loaded at Waconda In order to save the trip to this city. Mr. Campbell left this evening for Portland but will return to Salem for the shipping sea son. Bligh Today "THE LOST DIAMOND" A heart-gripping story in three reels. MARGARET FISHER The Salem Girl In another of the Famous Beauty Films THE MUTUAL WEEKLY Depicting Recent Import ant Events in the World's News. Bligh Quantity and Quality 5c Admission - 10c prizes offered; dahlia growers ! In order to give the amateur Dahlia I growers of the state a chance to win! some specii:l prizes the board of the state fair directors has decided to of fer premiums for this class of exhibits to the exclusion of professional grow-; ers. The professional growers will not be permitted to compete in this class! though they will be given space in the; building to exhibit their flowers. The board has set aside a large building, ! 40 by 80 feet for this flower show. It; is the building occupied by the Eu-j genics baby contest last year. This year the Eugenics show will be placed' in the space occupied bv the art de-' partment in the old paviiion. The Art! department will be placed in the uew building now under construction nt this year's fair. i The entries will close Sunday, Sep-1 tember 27, 1914. at 6 o'clock n. m. and all of the blooms shown in this class must be gTown by the exhibitors them selves. Exhibits in this class will be shown flat. All necessary material, moss, burlap, flats and vases will be fur nished by the Fair Board. Exhibitors are urged to bring some of their best varieties with long stemi, for exhibi tion as cut flowers in vases. This will have a bearing, on tho awarding of premiums. Premiums will be awarded on the following: Size of exibit, condition of bloom, number of varieties and new varieties. Class 104. Lot No. 1. Cactus variety, only, (to siageci Monday, September 28), first prize $20, second prile $10. iaji-u iio. z. decorative variety, on ly, (to be staged Tuesday, September 29, first prize $20: second prize $10. Lot No. 3. Paoony variety, only, (to ue staged Wednesday, September 30), first prize 20: second orize slO. Lot No. 4. Best general display of louowing types: enow Pompon, Single Cactus, Decorative and Paeony, (to be staged Thursday, Oct. 1), prize $25. PERSONALS Mrs. E. C. Bushnell is spending sev eral weeks on the Bushnell farm near Bethel. Thad Young, a popular- commercial traveller of Portland, is visiting at the home of Honfy Bell. The Misses Kittie and Ruth Brewer, of Chemawa, are visiting ia Salem. W. P. Powers, travelling passenger and freight agent of the O. E., left this morning for Corvallis. Merrill Lamport is a business visitor in Seattle. i Miss Hazel I. Lang is visiting her mother and sisters in Spokane where she will spend her month's vacation. S. M. Doerfler will leave Saturday for a ten days vacation visit in Port land. Mrs. L. C. Curtis returned Wednes day from a vacation trip where she spent Potlntch week in Seattle and Tacoma aud Inst week at the Curtis hop ranch at Talbot. j Charles Dick left this morning for a; business trip in Albany. ! I J. F. StfMWPr ia rni.iatni.nrl nt t1.nl Bligh. Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Smith, of Silver ton, are guests at tho Bligh. C. II. Stuller, of Baker, is at the. Bligh. A. R. Chase and A. F. Alhlcr, motor cyclists of Mcdford, are at the Bligh. Mrs. B. O. Brooks, of Dallas, was a guest at the Bligh yesterday. Dr. and Mrs. W, L. Mercer have re turned from Iowa, where thoy have been visiting relatives. Eddie Hanson, known while with M company at the National Guard camp at Oearhart as "Repeater," the mascot, left yesterday afternoon on the electric for a short stay in Port land. Zndoc J. Riggs, one of the firm of j the Capital Drug store, leaves Monday evening for nn outing in the mining section of northern California about 80 miles east of Redding. Mr. Riggs ex pects to be gene about three weeks, combining business with pleasure, ex pecting to capture a deer and some trout. . i (Continued from page one.) seize the Austrian and German shipping there if war is declared. I Austrian Troops Repulsed. Nish, Servia, July 31. That Aus tria's forces had failed to capture the (pass admitting them to the Morava i river valley, by which they planned to ! invade Servia, was announced by the war office here today, j It was stated that the fighting was j desperate and that losses were heavy on , both sides. , j Two Austrian divisions, it was added, i had failed to force the Kovatzoh defile . aftor an all-day fight on the banks of the River Driua. j Air Fleet Preparing. Paris, July 31. Commanders of ren dezvous stations of naval reservists or dered todny a stock of commissary sup plies in anticipation of a mobilization order tomorrow. The aeroplane divis ion also was preparing for action. Think This a Blind. , London, July 31. That a German army mobilization would be ordered to day was denied iu a Berlin message re- ceived by the Exchange Telegraph com pany this afternoon, after being passed by the censor. j It was considered obvious hefe that the dispatch was intended as a blind. King George has cancelled all his en-; ' gagements. Murray meat and Raymond Bow land, both of whom graduated from the i Willamette university college 6f law with the class of 1914, have located in I Astoria, and will make that city the , scene of their labors in the practice of i I law. They have offices in the L O. O. ! F. building and are greatly encouraged 1 win xne prospects so lar. CAPTAIN LORENZEN ENDS WORK IN SALEM Cantain Lorenzen of the Salem corps of the Salvation Army closes his work in this eity Sunday night when he j preaches his farewell sermon in the Army hall. On Tuesday or Wednes-j day of next week he will leave for Long Beach, Washington, to attend the Salvation Army camp meeting. After that be will leave for his new appoint-' ment. Where this is he docs not know. Saturday evening Captain Lorenzen i will give the lecture "The Work of the Salvation Army", with 75 slides illus-! trating, which will show many local scenes, in the army hall. There will be no admission charged. Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock there! will be the commissioning of local of ficers. These officers correspond to! the non-commissioned officers in the i regular army. The service is impres-I sive. New soldiers will be enrolled in the army at this time also. Captain Lorenzen has returned from a trip to Portland where he attended the funeral of II. Massinger, a 19-year old boy who was drowned Sunday in the Seilwood swimming tank. He was a brother-in-law of the captain. The funeral was held Wednesday near Ore gon City. DIED. GIVEN At 9:30 a. m. Fri.iav, July 31, 1914, at the Salem hospital, Francis Mary, wife of W. T. Given of Turner, aged 41 years. The body will be at the undertaking parlors of Rigdon & Richardson until Sunday at 1 p. m. Funeral services will be held in the Twin Oak cemetery at Turner Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o 'clock. ETHEL LAWRENCE SHOT Velma Wood, 12 years old, found a revolver, and in jest pointed it at her playmate, Ethel Lawrence, aged 11, Tuesday afternoon. The revolver was loaded and the Lawrence girl is in the hospital near death. The shot pierced the neck and left lung. The accident occurred in the hop yards of Scott & Lewis near Independ ence. The parents were at work and the girls were playing about the house. B. T. Mclntyre, of Independence, and Dr. C. H. Robertson, of Salem, are making every effort to save the Law rence girl's life. GLOBE Mary Pickf ord AND FLORENCE LAWRENCE The Two Greatest Stars in Photoplays on the Same Program MARY PICKFORD "THREADS FLORENCE LAWRENCE in "A SINGULAR CYNIC" Two other best licensed pictures will be shown on the same big feature program. TINY SNYDER Popular Baritone L. C1IMEIER at the Organ 10c The Cash Buyer gets the closest possible price, as he should; the credit buyer pays what the accommodation costs and knows precisely what the cost is. Buying and selling for cash and paying no rent enables us to make lower prices than credit stores can make. Watch our ads and compare our prices with the credit store prices: One order will convince you that you can get more for your money at Damon's than any store in Salem doing a credit business. A 10c bottle of Blueing for VinFlour, made from No. 1 Milling Hard' Wheat! "you' pay $1.50 $1.65 and as high as $2.00 for this same grade of nour. Damon's price An absolute guarantee goes with each sack!' If not' perfectly saUsfac" tory and if it isn't the best flour you ever had in your kitchen, your $1.40 is waiting for you and we will come and get the flour Best Valley Flour, regular $1.25 value, our price $1.15 per sack Fresh Onions, Lettuce and Carrots, 3 bunches for ioc Potatoes, 15 pounds for , 25c Best Creamery Butter i.'.V.V. ate" 'pound Fresh Tomatoes.. 5c the pound 5 pounds Pure Lard for 70 10 pounds Pure Lard for !!. '.140 1 pound Steel Cut Coffee for ! " , ' sne Fresh Ranch Eggs ."..'"".'."Jfc down Price and quality tell the tale. You get both at Damon's. For the convenience of the people, we keep our store open until 7 o'clock p. m. Damon Grocers 885 N. Com I Street NEW TODAY DON'T FORGET to stop at Fred Night lunch. WANTED A few lady agents, will par well. 640 State street. FOR SALE Extra high grade cow, S years old. 1103 Leslie. OLD PAPERS foi carpets; 10 cents per hundred. Journal office. SPLENDID furnished housekeeping rooms at The Lincoln, 633 Ferry. FOR SALE $05 Monarch range with coil, almost new.. 835 North 17th St. FOB RENT Small dwelling in busi ness district. Phone 419, Carey S. Martin. A.SH AND SECOND-GROWTH FIR wood, four foot. Star Wood Co., Phone 426. WANTED Work by firBt-clnss carpen ter; town or country. Call at 647 Mill street. FOR RENT Cheap, new, modern, five room bungalow, with basement. Phone 427 B. SEWING MACHINES Must be sold at once, $3, $3. New drop aead ma chines $25 and up. 640 State street. WANTED A housekeeper by widower with one child. Lives lj miles from town. Address E. A., care of Journal. WE HAVE, choice cheat hay, oats and vetch, or wheat and vetch hay, for sale. George Swegle, Garden road. FOR SALE 24 acres fruit land, 6 miles from Salem. Will take $60 per acre if sold within 30 days. W. E. Detrick, R. F. D. No. 2, Salem. INFORMATION OF VALUE to those wanting to take up homesteads. In quire of Low & Derrick, 359 State street. FOR SALE Two four-step cone pulleys 12-16 inch diameter; 16 feet lVj inea shafting and hangers, almost new; cheap if taken quickly. Inquire J. R. M., Journal office. WANT TO RENT From 30 to 50 acres of tillable land with or without build isgs, close in. Would accept small tracts, but prefer all in one body. Phone 1437 or call Pinckney Bros.' dairy, west end steel bridge. Today and . Saturday in OF DESTINY' "Home of the best PICTURES" and MUSIC & Son Free Delivery Phone 68