THE DAILY CAPIT VL JOCTBNAL. SALEM.. OREGON. r?IPAT. SEPTEMBER , i14.
ilVB
Saturday
'Only
'w regular 25-cent
Ww Women
jad Children
19c
per pa ir
j Also'our 15-Cent
j Hosiery for
I ' lie-
Thisisfpr Saturday
. only
DRESS
GOODS
SM
1AM111G QUEST OF
CAPITAL
AT PAHAMA FAIR
111
L
paid until January 1, 113. The sales
checks or receipts from tlhese firms may
bV exchanged for votes at this office
na vote for every 5 eeU of your pur
chase. .
The Markets
that has been on dur
ing August will be
off after next Satur
day night. Until then
the following prices
hold good ,
$3.50 yahies .......... t. 13.15
$3.00 values $2.69
82.00 values 52.24 .
$2.25 values $1.99
$2.00- values 4 . . . $1.79
81.75 values 1 68
$1.50 values $1.34
$1.25 values ., $1.10
$1.00 values .' .; .. $ .83
$ .75 values $ .67
$ .65 value .............. $ .68
$ .60 values . .... i ......... S .41
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i Interest in Popular Contest !vIo7etVwBark'.r'
. . .. ...Mlsa Staley .........
I increases uauy, as me
Voting Shows .
The name and standing of the ran
didotea follow:
'Jean Mclnturff
Mrs. Grace Eoff Hibbler
Pearl Ziaa
(Milrred Atherton
Ruth Fugate J...,.,.
(Beryl Jieedhaui ..
Renska Swart
breadstuff, wer. sponsible H0W T1IE SITUATION
September wheat touched $1.1!) 3-8; '
December, $1.22$ and May 11.29 3-8. j
APPEARS TO CRITIC
Wheat still ha an upward tendency, I
SAN TRANCISCO MARKETS.
I
Una Fraaviseo. Cet. 4. tecs hiehcr. n i t, t.j. t.
going np, according to varieties, from ' F.itrta. 3dVie: firsts, 30c; pullets, 32e: i .
one to three rents. At the . es-: r.ii,w.i .,Vr : L '" Tremendous Fortification Will Mako
""i4Vio" of 1,10 "'"angr- Portland yes- Butter F.xtras 32e: prime firsts 2Sct: Entraact Almost Impossible,
:.7o6o;
j.a raise of three erat over fhe day be
fore, but offers were refused at loss
- jjl.VYlthan $1.13. Forty-fold was quoted at
07,'f ' cent rnis ovrr yesterday, and
1828'
elub was np half a eeut, being; quoted
at Uo. So wheat was obtainable, how-
JEAN M'INTURFF LEADS
MRS ffiBBm NEXT
Remember There Will Be No
thing Too Good for the
Canital Journafs Guest
I Ewiliu i'bua ...
Celia AiIson ...........
Margaret White ......
Marie Bolinger
Violot Cory
Arline Ohm
Beta Byan .
Myrtle Herdlein
Marguerite Ostrander
Eustis Davis..,... ...
Kuril) Buroker
Lola De Long ......
Grace Craig ....
Hazel Johnson
Marie Schwab -
Haiel Cooley
Mil Ired Cooper
Beatrice Crawford
Maude McLaughlin ...
Luanaa Brown
Bernic Sauter
Ava Putnam
Vivian argrove ...
Orace Taylor
era Oeorce , .
Miss Orilla Baker ..
ever, at these prices. Farmers are sit-
Cheese California fanfv, 14c: firsts,
12; seeoads, lO'.je. . ,
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Portland, Ore- Sept. 4. Wheat
i;,!"" "R" "O." mills arc practically OatsNo. 1 white feed, i2.23,
ira7 ' material iq worn on. Parley B
nop Buyers were at llarrialiurg
Thursday trying to buy fugglca, but
rrrawprH AimnntiA 2l) iiit an.l m.. hue.
:'J'rnn''"0M wos done. In California the mar-
"" ' JnDnl'ie' ' 't111! prices at Sacramento be-
i.iuu )n( rnnnrtift aa lit I'ltnta A little lni
1C47!
258(1
.1553i
1330 !
provement is reported in tho prune
markets in California, but locally there
is no change. The Northwestern prune
crop is turning out 15 to L'O per cent
larger than estimates, but is still eon
.jdcrably below normal. Oregon and ,,, whc tho grnin t Rt dvan- which marks the weak spot in raris'
Washington have been getting higher ec. Jf 5(,ft, tfna ovor ,Mt n;Kht.g ft. Lf-vc rig.
prices than ( ahfornia for the fancy nft, (,mtution,, tiepteraber wheat! Chief reliance for the protection ct
juagiiaiena juiih t't" ;ar unehnngod and poultry is in
Mable Brassfield 800 i supply with rather -seak demand.
Interest in the popular voting con
test by which some young lady of Salem
will be the guest of the Capital
Journal at the Panama-Pacific exposi
tion is growing daily. Many votes
have been polled since the last count
was printed in the paper, and there is
goo reason to believe that several
candidates are holding back votes in
large numbers, preferring to deposit
them in' the ballot box later. Large
quantities of sales checks are being; Gladys Gray
brought into the Capital Journal of-' Marie Evans
fiee by the candidates and theirl
friends for which vote coupons are be- . . ;, . . ,. . . .. ..
jng issued at the rate of one vote for! Th" 'ollow.ng is a list of the f-rrus
each 5 eeuts of tho amount o.f the! whose sales checks or receipts may be
purchase. Increasing activity in this I exchanged for votes at the Capital Jour
respect is more noticeable as the eon-!naj 0ffjce.
test grows omer. jner irip to ma;
great exixwition, with its wealth ofj
woTld-wide wonders, will be the event !
.. 1320
1313
: 1203
I0?x
r 10H0
1075
1010
'TOO trade, but this has been iirettv well
10pup,iid and the demand haa ceased for
IMS , this feature. ' ,
- 10(10 1 B0tn dealers and growers are up in
1000; the air as to the effect the war will
-- 1000! have on the crop. If the markets can
- 1000' bo1 reached, the demand would over-
1000 j reach tho supply, but if some of the
1000 markets aro cut off thero might be a
... 1000 1 surplus. The egg market is firm, with
i prices tending upward, umry prouueta
By J. W. T. Mason.
(Former London Correspondent of thr
Uuited Tress.)
New York Sept. 4. Two dnys ag
the Germans were within 15 miles of
the nurthertnost forts of Paris' outer
defenses.
Senlis and Chantilly are this dis
tance from the Montignon, Pomont an t
Kcouen forts, whica will be tho first
; important outposts to see the invaders
as thoy approach the city.
Doubtless German skirmishers aro
now in the suburbs of Paris, examin-
Rarley Brewing, 25; feed, 24.
Hogs Best live, 0.25.
Prime steers, $7; fancy eows, ti; 1
best calves, S.25.
Spring lambs,
Butter City creamery, 35c.
Fees Selected loeal extras, 32c.
Hens, 13e: broilers, J3ie: gecso, 10c. !inc the territory about the northeastern
. town of Genesse. This village, just off
Wheat Jumps Tiva Cents. the main highway from Senlis, is at
Chicago, .Sept. 4. All previous ree- the nortii end of a Hue running sontb-
ords for high wheat prices were broken 'east to Six, half a milo from Vaujour,
big
Mary Guyer
Alma Hall
Vera Marti)!
Iotta PenB
Silvia Miller ".
800!
750 1
750 j
750
730 i
(50 j
750
LOCAL WHOLESALE MAEKET3.
jumped to $1.20Si; December to $l.SJ'Hi thia area has been placed on sever)
and May tQ $1.30,t. , small streams, only temporarily fort'-
Corn also swung upward. It started j tied. '.
is power out later prices enniDea iiniu i These outer works probably will aeo
a Moderate general gain whs rccoraeo.
Juo tactions for vats held within a
narrow margin.
On account of lower prices for live
hogs, provisions were easy.
RULING WILL FORCE
THE USE OF METERS
j aOVB AWAY DIRIGIBLE. . j
jlilmrp, Sept. 4. A German Zepx
.1 tried today to surprise the-Ant-
phnv . .; .
'Appearing st soflie tlistanee from the
ij, it attempted to drift over it with ;
h wind from the direction of the
I n Scheldt, that the noise of its pro-
Wm night be noticed. ' f
iWittkBi on the outlying forts .
pled it, iowevcr, and hundreds of ;
riflemen on rooftops and several aero
guns in the cathedral spire opened fire
on it. , ' r . v.; . ..
The dirigible made" ' an , attempt to
msh the wireless station but the fusil
lade directed ag&imft ittvas to hot that
it was forced to ascend to a higher
level "and finally disappeared. , -
It wae believed it 'Was hit." Iv .
Th fireless cooker having been gen
erally adopted, the farmer is now look
ing for a fireless hired man. . .
of a life time for the fortunate win
ner, and the Capital Journal guaran
tees that no expense will be sfjed in
marking it a pleasant one. First class
railroad fare.-the best of hotel ac
commodations, and facilities for seeing
the great fair at its best will be pro-1
vide 1 free of all charge by this paper. I
It will be a prize well worth working!
for..- . I
Miss Jean Mclnturff is the leader in j
the count todav. having displaced Mrs,
Graco Eoff Hibbler. , .Several other j.
candidates have made decided gains. I
The 'plan adopted by thie paper forj
fiving the trip does not require the eon-1
tostant to sell anything. The only thing'
necessary to secure votes being to na-j
tronize some of Salem's most popnlap,
stores.' The advertisements or these;
firms is run y in each Friday's Capital.
Journal. These firms have agreed to
give a gales check or receipt to every
purchaser for cash or for monthly bills
Stockton's
The Toggery .
Salem Electric Co.
Salem Cigar Factory
Imperial Furniture Company.
Salem Laundry Co.
Wiley B. Allen Co.
The Globe Theatre.
The Royal Bakery (bread wrappers)
' A. C. Devoe Shoes 1
The Spa
Hauser riros.
Trover & Weigel, Photographers
Yokohama Crockery k Tea Co. ,
Vick Bros. Garage
Salem Fish and Ponltrv Market
Independent Meat Market
(V M. Roberts Grocery
Poisal and Shaw Grocery
C. M. Eppley Grocery.
The Highland Grocery
Reddaway 's Cash Grocery
J. L. iJusiek & .Son Grocerv
,Dr. Mark Skiff Dental Office
VJ.; E. Hockett, Piano .JTuncr
Salem Ice Co. "--.
Hay. timothy
Clover, per ton
I Ml aad vatch ...
(heat
Wheat, per bushel
I Bran, per
I Oats, per
I Chittim bark, per lb,
j Potatoes, per cwt. ....
Baxter ana xiggs.
Nuttcrfat, per lb
Creamery butter, per lb. ........
Eggs ... .
Poultry.
Hens, per lb ,
Roosters, per lb ,......
Fryers
Steers.
Steers
much hand to hand fighting if the Ger
mans attack between Genesse and Van
jours.
A Big Contract.
Once they fall, however, tiie heavily
fortified inner positions between tho
entreuched camps of Saint Denis aint
Vinceniies will make the work of get
ting inside the city . wall a far moro
serious problem.
The reported capture of La Fere, if
true, mimf ntrenltr on minniiv fontiiiu-
$11.00 That by irricatiutr any part of a lot anionir Frenchnien concorniiiirthn nhil
"('-8 the property owner is obligated to pay ity of Paris itself to hold out Indefi-
8.00 for the irrigation of the entire lot isinitely. The LaFere fortifications are It
8-00 i the oninioa expressed by Frank J. Mil-'miniature reproduction of those uf
L...-L-1 n.- i . - . . . . .i i . . . . . ... . ...
r uusui-i .Hier, or ine siate rauroatt eouuiiission, j raris, and their fall, af ter so brief a
too - $'-8.00 j wnen asked about the new rates in the resistance, must have beeu highly en-
,,unCl 40c order applying to the Salem Water .couraging to the German.
Mi5e company. Some property owners who
i.uuihave large lots have inquired at the
Capital Journal office from time to
time if it were possible to irrigate ouly
35e 1 ti1(t front pnrt 0f their lots and pay by
23e j fi.e smiare vard. Mr. Miller said that
, -if it were desired to water only part of j
,,,t- tha lot that the company could install
.DU a meter,
lie
company ci
'Measured service is the most just,
!eqnitiiblc and economical, anyway,'
....5Vj6c ; , tti i Mr Miner." and it is only a dues-
tOWS, per CWt. .. "j(Sue : f time until all mililic, services
Hogs, fat, per lb. 7 Ho(!)8 'jc wiu be 1, on a measured basis.
Stack hogs, per lb J i Telephones, water and other services
fcwes, per lb .:. 3 Vjc wi) bo vw&ed according to a regular
Spring lambs, per lb. ... 44efe5e, - , te witn flM(1 rnto. M th0 electric
Veal, lirtt class ..... 13a
Pens.
Dry, per lb 8e
Salted country pelts, each 65c$l
Lamb peVts, each 25o
. Paints and.
M$mx iar Your
(l f fw?Ki? 4 Is
N Imlsi ,, Y, rr& Imxm " - If f
sH ' WufjH y im plac
lights are on a meter and tho telegraph
eompimy charges by tho message. In
this way, as in the case of water, the
man who has a flat rnto has no in
centive to be economical with the wa
ter and he uses all he can whether it
is needed or not. If it were on a me
ter ho would use what was required
and no more. Thus it would be cheaper
tha fninnanv anil I'hnaitnv fni1 tllA
terday's close here today. Reports that: mer in'tha , nl ' , he wolllJ
foreign governments were soeknig Am- pay ony.for wliat ho usoa.M
WHEAT ADVANCES.
Chicago, Sept. 4. Wheat prices ltd
vanccd between 4 and a cents over ye'
with LaFere eliminated as a pives
for the unfortunute Franco-British left
wing, the sorely harasred allied arnry
must operato as if it were based on
Paris. It has beeu forced to become:
the advance guard of Paris' defender.!.
This accomplishment within a week
is a great tribute to the majs forma
tion of tho German generals.
SEATTLE MARKETS.
Seattle, Wash., Sopt. 4. Eggs Fresh,
ranch, 3940e Orientals, 18c
Butter Local, cubes, 34c; bricks 35c,
Oregon cubes, 32(5?33e.
Cheese Llmburger, 19c; Wisconsin,
19cj Swiss (domestic), 24c; Washing
ton, 17i18c.
Onions Green, 20fii 25e per dor..; casl
ern Washington, l(ri)l'j; Cnlit'ornl.i,
1 V(T2c.
Potatoes Local, 1(o)lVe per pound,
eastern Washington, l((iJl'jC.
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London, Sept. 4. A German aero
plane reconnoitering over a British war
fleet fell into the water today near
Harwich. The aviutor and an officer"
who accompanied him were captured.
The aeroplane sank.
THE DAYS WAR
(Continued from page one.)
Half Million Russians.
London, Sept. 4. Half a million Rus
sians were rumored today to bo iu Eng
In ml in readiness for a landing on the
continent at the rear of German 'j
forces in northern France.
Tho oaar s troops, mostly eossacku,
were said to have landed at Aberdeen,
Scotland, from Archangel, and to havo
beeu transported to southern English
ports, whence it was understood tiny,
would bo ferried across the channel to
Intend to cut the line of tho kaiser '.i
communications through Belgium.
These reports could not be verified,
ns tho war office had withhold all new
since Thursday, but it was known tlmU
all foreigners had been ordered to leavo
Ostend, which was considered signil't
cant of some important enterprise on
foot there.
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HAEDWAIRE
ate Street
Phone 217
Don't Be Misled If
You Have Lung Troublo
If you have Lung Trouble, do not bo
misled by reports of discoveries of spo
eifics to relieve that affection. .No
specific, hns as yet been found. Kci
man's Alterative, however, is a medi
cine fur Throat k and Lung troubles
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I fit to you. Iti'Bd of thit case:
I 3li:t Seventh Ave., New York.
1 "Gentlemen: Five yours ago last
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: congested lungs. After several week'
treatment I was advised by the doctor
to go to a convalescent sanitarium, but
could not be admitted becauso the do
tor at tho hospital, after a thorough
examination, declared my case Lung
Trouble, and gave me a certificate to
that effect. I showed the certificate
to Father Stark, and be advised me to
take Kck man's AHcintlve. I took tho
Alterative faithfully as directed, and
soon found myself free from niglk
sweats and fever, and gradually get
better. I have not taken the Alteta-
tivo now for two years, and can truth
fully .say I am well. I feel better anil
am stronger than before my sickness,"
(Affidavit) MARY KORHAMER.
(Above abbreviated; more on re
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