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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 21, 1916)
EIGHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, JAN, 21, 1916. Tomorrow the Last Day of eyers' January Clearance 1 M and Stock Reducing Sales 1 Supply Needs for the Family and Home 1 ii Tomorrow, the closing day of the most sue- j i; cessful Sale Event. Special Prices on Every- jj thing in the Store. IDENT Says At Best It Is Cowardly at Worst Criminal Will Stamp It Out Bankrupt stocks or trashy merchandise are not al lowed to enter this store. We take great pride in keeping a clean stock of dependable goods, for we be lieve "the best is none too good for our customers." The name "Meyers" (Good Goods) stands for best quality, courteous and efficient service always. Go to Meyers if you want the best is a common saying among persons who have shopped here for years. Thirty-six years of successful merchandising in Salem. FOR RENT Millinery Department space on second floor after February 15th. Inquire at office. TT ivyi N II T U i THE HOUSE OF QUALITY cooplcoop s 'tttttfflitttttntttrtti ttmtnnntnmtixi All Around Town Mttwmmttmttmntmttinnmmmmmtamtmimmnc Dr. Mendelsohn, specialist, fits glass es correctly. U. 8. 13ank. Uldjj. The Roseburg high school basketball team will play the Hulem high school team next Tuesday evening in the city at the high school gymnusium, The Hob Nob has received a large shipment of Star ltniiul crochet throid. Any sizo, 100 a ball this week. tf A number of women hare taken up bowling lately. Among those who nro becoming experts nre Mrs. Lloyd Hums ilea and Mrs. Art Loflor. 0. H. P. Cough Syrup will stop your cough. No euro, no pay. tor sale it the Opeia JIuuhb riiartnney. tf Dr. Stone's Drug store. A dance will be given at the Elk lodge next Tuesdny night. The commit tee in charge is II. J. Moiring, Chus. Pcnnison and Milo Kasmussen. Music will be furnished by the Elk orchestra, Dr. Stone's drug stora. Electrio baths and massage tinder your phvaielnu's directions. N. N. Im us, 218 Hubbard Iildg. l'hone 555. tf Ivnn 0. McDanlel, secrBtary of the Bnleui .Social Service (.'outer, is home with a genuino enso of the old time jrrippo. Prof. Mok, of Chicago, 111., repre senting The Scholl Manufacturing Co., will givo free demonstrations and ox amiuHtion of all foot ailments for men, women and children at Fullortons, 270 North Commercial, Friday and Sat urday of this week. Jiu22 The Eev. II. Charles Dunsmore, of Independence, was iu tho eity yestor dny. Mr, Dunsmoro Hiunt Bcvcral months at the Han Frnncisen exposi tion, as a representative for l'olk county- fl The annual meeting of stockholders ntumu RESIDENCE PARLORS Uncensed Lady Em balmer Moderate Prices Latest Methods Are Found Only At Cottage Undertaking Parlors Phono 724. Salem, Ore. of tho Salem Fruit Union will bo held at tho office of union, Trade and High streets, Saturday, January L'2, 1910, 10 o'clock a. m. All stockholders re quested to be present. J.m21 A meeting of special interest will be held in tho ISnlvution Army hull to night nt 7:45 o'clock, when the .Sunday school children will tuke pin t in the ev ening program, l'urents nnd friends are heartily invited to attend. Notice, I ant with the Modem Shoo Repair company nd am prepared to do all kinds of shoo repairing. John C. Lul ley. tf Last fall, just before the state fair, the license fee for tno operating of n taxi cnb or automobile is the city was increased to $25. A bill placing this license fee of $10 will be acted on nt the next meeting" of the city coun cil, Monday, February 7. Hygrade cigars stand for the highest quality and Salem made. John Claire Montieith, teacher of sing ing, iu Stlcm nSturdnys. Call 20-15 .1. McElroy's band of Portland has been employed to furnish the musio for tho next stnto fair. This band had tho con tract last yenr although it was not giv en them until tho ladies' bond of CM cngo decided not to tour the const. For real bargains in framed pictures Attend tho removal snlo nt Tho Frame Shop and (lifterv. Also small gifts and pottery. Ideal tor weddings. 279 N. Commercial. The brick paving along the lines of tho Oregon Electrio in this city nnd the lines of tho 1'ortlund, F.ugcno & East ern on Stnto street, will bo relaid ns a result of the recent rreezc. Tho snow packed in between tho bricks and loosened them up causing them to raise several inches in places. The following articles wore loft at tiio postoffico. Owners mny call nt the stump window! 1 pumo containing money! gold nnd pearl handled Indies umbreiln; also 4 cheaper ladies umbrel las; also two packages of Indies worn shoes. Tho ownors of articles nre ex pected to pay charges of advertising. A. lluckesteiu, P. M. Tonight "The Sonrnut in the House" nt tho Urnnd, 8:45. Fred Zueldke, formerly with the Koy Woolen Mills, has formed a partnership in the tailoring business with M. A. Estes. They are having quarters special ly arranged for them in tho Salem Hank of Commerce building, facing on Liberty street, just south of tho Scott liynon real estate office Theatre goers should plan to attend Willi im Owen & company's production of "Tho Servant in tho House-' at the Ornnd thentro tonight under auspices of Salem high school. Don't fail to see "The Servant in the iioiiso" tonight at the Uruud, 8:45 p. 1". Dr. Aithur Patch McKinlay address ed the students of tho high school this afternoon in the auditorium. Dr. Mc Kinlay has been in school work more ! than 20 years, tho Inst 15 having been in Portland. Ho will speak tonight at 7:30 o'clock at the public library. Seat sale now on for "The Servant iu tho House" tonight nt the Grand, admission ifl.oO, $1,011, im ind oUe. Since the target year began January 1, at Iho armory, a number of the en listed men uro taking advantage of the in door riflo range. Iu order to ac custom the soldier to the size of the gun used in tho regular service, an army rir'ln with regulation sights and weight is used, but with a .22 calibre bore. Tlveryono should see "The Servant in tho House'' nt the Ornnd tonight, .8:15 p. in. Although there was a rainfall of .33 of nn inch for tho 24 hours before 8 o'clock this'morning, the river rose only throo-tenths of a foot last night and is now threo feet above low water mark. The lowest temperature last night as registered by the government's ther mometer was 37 degrees above "The Servant in the House" tonight at the Urn ml. Prices ifl.50, fl.OO, 75c and 00c. Flour is up another notch of five cents a nck, effective today. This is an advance of 20 cents a sack within tho Inst six weeks. But sugnr is now 25 cents a hundred cheaper than it was six works ago. Along towards the Inst of the yenr, sugar dropped 35 cents a hundred in price, nnd bo far has only recovered ten cents a hundred. Notice to the Public. Tho gnrbago dump at tho Salem Tile & Mercantilo company's grounds will bo discontinued. Hereafter nil gr bage, until further notice, will bo tak en to tho penitential'' grounds, just south of the penitentiary. C11A8, F.I.OIN-, .Tun. 24. Ctiy Recorder. Just one more day in the great letter writing week. Tho letters may now be dropped in nuy convenient letter box or nt tha office of tho Portland Ruilwny, Light & Power company's office. Hut tho letter will do just as much good even if mailed tho last day included in the governor's proclamation. A post card of tho Columbia Highway en closed in tho letter is ulso good adver tising for Oregon. Five umbrollas, two pair of shoes, wrnpped, and n purse containing real money have been left by Indies in the postoffico lobby within tho Inst few days, nnd Postmaster Huckestcin adver tises today that he bus taken charge of them and awaits the owners. It seems Hint the men have been nblo to swing on to their umbrellas pretty well dur ing tho rainy weather ami it is the Indies only who leave them in tho lob- by. Attorney General Brown will make a trip to Washington, D. C to represent the stnto in two eases that are now pending before the United States courts and ho has made the request that both eases may bo heard nt the same time by the court so that ho may be required) to make but one trip to Washington. One case is that of the Pacific Live stock company against John H, Lewis and tho other is that of tho Stato of Oregon against F. O. Bunting. Percy Varney,' of the Salem police force, returned today from McMinn villo where ho and Mrs. Varney have been visiting at tho home of Mrs. Varney 's mother, Mrs. J. F. Allison, who has been seriously ill. Mrs. Alli son is reported ns slowly recovering from her illness. Mrs. Varney will re main at her mother's home for a short time. The County Assessors of this state will bo called together for n three days' convention in this city, February 15, ltf and 17. W. A. Kail, of Lincoln county, president of tho Stnto Asses sors' association, hns appointed a com mittee to arrange for a program for the convention. The Richmond school surely has the right boosting spirit for Oregon und the Willamette .valley. From nn enrollment of 193 pupils, 105 letters were written and deposited with the Port land Railway, Light & Power company. When 85 per cent of tho pupils of a school take an interest in a movement for the good of tho stnto, it is pretty good evidence that tho henrts of those pupils arc in the right place. Chester Murphy, of Portland, who is largely interested in real cstnto in Kn lcm, is not only a booster for Salem, but shows tho proper spirit by Inking out two memberships in tho Commercial club, and paying for them iu advance. In writing Manngor O. II. Luck, he states, "I am willing nt all times to advance the interest of Salem und the surrounding country," and ns actions speak louder than words, he enclosed a j nn ..1 1. .1.. i t Ttu chuck iur mu iwu mcmuciHiups. The lecture this evening at the public library by Dr. Arthur Patch McKin lay, of tho Portland schools, promises to be one rather out of the usual. Ho is really an entertaining speaker. Those who hove heard him nro very positive that his lecture will l0 worth hearing. His subject, "Campaigning With C. J. Caesar in Belgium, C7 B. C.," will per haps givo tho learned doctor an oppor tunity to compare the campaigns of Caesar with those of the present day military men. Tho lecture will begin promptly nt 7:30 o'clock, in order that it will bo concluded in timo for the en tertainment nt the opera house which will not begin until 8:45 o'clock. FLOOD IN KANSAS. Fort Scott, Kan.. Jan. 21. Many per sons here are homeless todav because of rising creeks, flnoded by heavy rains. Tee gorges blocking tno rivers nro be ing dynamited. When In SALEM, OREGON, stop t 8LIGH HOTEL Btrictly Modern Free and Private Baths . BATES: 75c, 11.00. 11.50 FEB DAT The only hotel in the business district. Nearest to all Depots, Thoatrcs and Capitol Buildings. A Home Away From Home. T. O. BLIOH, Prop. Both Phones, nee Auto Bus. Pulo Alto, Cal., Jan. 21. Attacking hazing as "a combination of cowardice nnd bullyism," Dr. Ray Lyman AVilbur, now president of Lelaud Stanford, Jr., university, today in un address to the student body that lie intends to wipe it out here for nil time. "At the best," he said, "it is oon- itemptible; at the worst, criminal. It marks downfall of democracy, nnd any thing that lias to be done in tne mini cannot be sanctioned." He hinted that student control will bo eliminated if the practice continues. Ho counselled his hearers to partake of university activities other than mere i sillily, noiuing only xn'j men nuv uuvu interest in healthy endeavors, and nre not nicro bookworms, amount to any thing in tho every day world. "You can't be a good citizen and lay down," he said. "Dr. Wilbur indicated the university must limit its student, body; and he ex pressed a desire to have more domitory lifo. Ho nnnounced, too, careful sclectio i of powerful men will be mnde to fill the places of professors, retiring soon un der tho age limit. Richmond School Won Commercial Club Prize Richmond school won the prize of fered by the Commercial club for writ ing tho largest number of Oregon boost ing letters. Thnt is, tho largest in pro portion to the attendance of the school. Tho Richmond nvernge of letters, com pared to the total attendance was 85.5 per cent, which was going some for Richmond. The Highland and Lincoln schools did not participate, und wrote no letters nt all. The senior high school did not partici pate in the contest ns it was only open to tho grades and junior high schools. The record, showing the total enroll ment of each school, the number of let ters written and tho percentage of let ters, is ns follows: School. Enrollment. No.letters. Pet. Englewood 1(12 40 24.7 Garfield 323 123 38.1 flrant il5 34 10.8 Highland 272 0 0 Lincoln 31ft 0 0 McKinlcy 88 12 13.0 1'nrk 210 3!) 15.9 Richmond HI3 105 85.5 Washington 527 31 5.0 The high school did not compete, but showed its pntriotism by mailing more than 1,000 letters. With such boosting for Oregon ns saown ny the Richmond school nnd the senior high school, the futuro of tho state is assured. Marion County Has Resourcesof $233,029 Marion county hns resources nf $2,1.1, 020.90 now on hand to pny an indebted ness of $0,035.18 according to the re port of tho county clerk of the financial conditions of the county for the period from July 1, 1915, to January 1, 1910. Tho liabilities of the county totnl $0,035.18 nnd nro for warrants drawn on the county treasury and outstanding and unpaid January 1 of this year. The resources of tho county consist of delinquent tuxes from 1905 to 1915 and total $90,240.19 nnd cash on hand nt. tho office of the county treasurer in the sum of $130,783.77 or a total of $233,029.91!. Program Provides 16 Submarine Bases Washington, Jan. 21. Sixteen sub marine bnscs, divided between the At lantic and Pacific coasts, nt a cost of $10,000,000 or $12,000,000 are included in tho administration preparedness pro jects, Admiral VanFord told the house naval committee today. The navy de partment has already planned for the Pearl harbor, Hawaii, base, while the first Atlantic base will he at Now Lon don, Conn. Tho other sites have not been selected, but when they nro com pleted, the "mother" submarine, sup ply ships will be abandoned. Ho snid the government is justified in spending $7,800,000 for oil tnek stations and pumping lines for the navy. Today and Tomorrow Specials at Damon's No. 1 Imported Walnuts Best Creamery Butter per pound 0r 15c 35c 6 Pounds Rice Russet Apples, per Box 25c 75c Best Hard Wheat Flour 3 Pd0ained per sack 25c 1 50 Per Gallon, $1.00 1tTt i a r 40c Oranges, Our Price 14 Pounds of Sugar for $1.00 Lemons, 15c per Doz. 6 Large Rolls Toilet 2 of Brcad for Paper 25c 5c No. 10 Lard, per pail 2 Pounds Rio Coffee for $1.15 35c . n ,,. 3 Cans Corn, Tomatoes 4 Cans Milk . or Salmon 30c 25c Buying and selling for cash and having no rent to pay, enables us to undersell. MAKE US PROVE IT. 855 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. PHONE 68 Killed Two Coons and . Found Fred Erixon ing to Teliernn dispatches today. Tho Turks nro heuding southwest toward Burujird. TO LECTURE ON "THE INDIAN' As n representative of Smithsonian institute, Dr. Iao J. Vrnihtonhcrg is now in the Indian. Training school nt Chemnwn, mnklng a studv of the In dian. Taking for his subject, "The American Indian," he will lecture Mon day night in tho chapel of Willamette University. Besides Oregon, lie Is making n study of the Indian nn the entire Pacific, coast. Tho results of his Investigation will ho given in his lecture Monday evening. Dr. Friichtenberg was formerly n member of the faculty of Columbia University, New York. Ho has been placed on tho lecture course, ns Helen M, Kenn Is uuiible to sneak on account of illness, W. H. Dnlrymple not only reports killing two loons nt riiddinr; river yesterday but takes the Mexican plun and shows tho hides. In company with his brother, 1, K. Dnlrymple, he went to tho Funding river section yesterday for the express purpose of killing a coon. F. K. l.nd no license to carry a gun so was permitted to lug the axe, with the promiso that he .could also carry the game. Tho first thii.g the hunters found wns Fred Erixon, who needed finding too, because he was lost. Fred proved to be j a great coon tiailer for when he struck j a track the others had to hang on to! his coat tails to keep from losing him J again. Ono of tho eoona wns followed three miles before tieed and shot. Tho other led tho boys a chase of five miles, fin-' nlly like Itoonevelt's red fox, climbing a tree, a big fir, and ho hit the top of it before ho stopped. It took six snots to bring him down, though every one of them hit him. Erixon, tho boys say, swum the river three times in treeing the coons, each of which wns a big ono, they weighing 10 and 20 pounds respectively. Mr. Dnlrymple says he will have the skins dressed and made Into a silver fox robe or something else. EACH GETS SOMETHING Potrogrnd. .Tan. 21. The Russian hnve occupied Hultannbad, 00 miles southeast of Kumadnn, I'orsin, accord- Phone 700 TAXI SERVICE Can for any time of day or night. Good Garaga In connection for storage of cars. Seasonable Bates. SALEM TAXI CO. Garaga OPEN ALL NIGHT. 246 State Street. Watch and ucJEWELRY, WdfflIBPi Also Nice Line of Jewelry. KARL NETJGEBAUEB Haionic Bldg. sgsssl ,.-(-'.-; 5 iii i J JNOT GRAY HAIRS But TIRED EYES Suggest Age Let us rest thoso tired looking eyes nith a pair of our CAREFULLY FIT TED GLASSES, You'll be surprised ut the result. MISS A. McCULLOCH, Optometrist, t 208-209 Hubbard Building. Phone 109 I 1 I 66TI ii iiii E SERVANT IN TIE HODS TH99 iu Tonight RAND Chas. Rann Kennedy's Great Production-Presented by Wm. Owen & Co.Prcies $1.50, $1.00, 75c, 50c