THE DAILY CAPITAL ICJRNAL, SAL'S M. OREGON". THURSDAY. FEB. 17. 1916.
Jecond
Furelture
Furnish Your Home for Price
We buy the house furnishings of two or three
houses every day on the average and can show you
the largest stock outside of Portland to pick from :
One $65 polished top Loraine Range, like new $25.09
Dressers, all kinds and sizes ...... $3.00 to $15.00
Two 6-ft. 42-in. Extension Tables, can't be told
f rom new $5.00 each
One $7.50 heavy mission Rocker $4.00
One $25 10x12 10-wire Brussels Rug $11.00
Rockers, strong and substantial, values to $5.00,
each 59c
One $12 2-in. white continuous Bed
One $15 2-burner oil Stove, like new
Heaters, all kinds, and sizes $1.00 Up
One $10 glass front. Cupboard, like new $4.50
One $12.50 Princess Dresser, beveled plate glass
Above are just a few of the hundreds of bargains
we can show you.
We hang Awnings.
We pack Furniture.
We repair Furniture and Upholster.
Get our prices on anything we guarantee to save
you money.
E. L. Stiff & Son
We sell the cheapest because our expenses are lowest
Corner State and Liberty Sts. Phone 941
3 Snaps
A good modem 7-room house, close
in, on a good corner lot, two streets
paved, if sold this week, will sell for
just one-half what it cost me. For
particulars, don't phone, but call and
tee Ii. Bechtel.
Well improved five-acre tract, close
in, deep, rich black soil; only $."00
down; price .$1,100.
Ten Acres
("lose in, and as good land as there
is in the state; price 1 800 ; terms;
-adjoining land sold i10 to $M0 per
acre.
Mr. Homeseeker
Or Investor, look up the above
bargains and be convinced that 1 only
advertise bargains.
L BECHTEL & CO.
JU7 State Street.
Salem, Oregon
TODAY'S ODDEST STOEY.
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 17. fle
cnuse she weeps every time she
thinks of a trolley car, Miss
Rose Mather is todav suing the
St. Paul City liaihv'ay Co., for
$22,000 damages. She claims
her coqdition resulted from her
being in a Btrcet car accident.
TODAY
Cherrians
Letter Writing
Pictures
Saturday
Today, Friday and
Showing the parade to post
office and the children mail
ing letters; also includes all
the big Letter Writing Do
ings iu Portland.
In Addition to our Regular
Program.
YE LIBERTY'
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WAE NEWS OF ONE
YEAR AGO TODAY
Austrian batteries Tesumed
the bombardment of Belgrade,
Scrvia. The Russian army con
tinued its . hurried retreat
through East Prussia before the
driving Teutons. The nllies
claimed and Germany did not
deny, important western front
successes.
Oregon Land Grant
Bills Are Taken Up
Washington, Feb. 17. The house 'pub
lic lands committee today took up the
Oregon and California land grnnt bills,
involving disposition of 2,30(1,000 acres
of land in western Oregon, with a view
to framing legislation under the su
preme court decision giving congress six
months within which to provide a meth
od for such disposition. Representatives
of the interior, agriculture and justice
departments testified.
fS. V. Williams of the justice depart
ment, tolling of his Oregon investiga
tions, said that he found few actual
settlers on the properly and that the
land was highly valuable for timber
only, lie considered that congress is
empowered to take the title to the lands
again and to dispose- of them as it sees
fit, allowing the Oregon and California i
railroad $2.50 an acre, lie advised that
tho government sell the land for what
it can get. but in a manner to insure
its development.
Big Timber Deal Made by
Spaulding Logging Co.
The Charles K. Spaulding Logging
company has purchased 311,000,000 feet
of timber in Benton county from I'll i 1
Metschan, Sr., proprietor of the Im
perial hotel. Phil Metschan, Jr., acted
for his father In the deal.
The timber is mostly fir and lies be
tween Corvallis and
purchase price was
Philomath. The!
$1 per thousand
feet, making a total consideration of
$50,000.
It is intended by the Spaulding com
pany to log the timber to supply its
mins ai iiniem ana icnnerg. me instrument that received the Gold
The timber just purchased is but Me.lnl at Han Francisco and tho fin
a short distance from a body of est nlnver uiano ever shinned here. of.
about similar size purchased a few
days ago by tho lumber company
from the Mary's River Timber com
pany. MARRIED
MITCUKI.r.-.TOHNSON In Hayes
ville, Wednesday, February 10,1
1910, at noon, Ellen R. Johnson i
and James T. Mitchell, Rev. A. A.i
Winter of the United Evangelical)
church of Salem, officiating. Mr.
and Mrs. Mitchell will make their
home in TTnvcsvillo.
THE LETTER ARRIVED
Pangor. Cal., Feb. 17 After knocking
about tho country for a half century,
a liittfip It'rittnn iliirjntr ttiA Pit-it wn
has just reached L. E. Cole.
COMMERCIAL CLUB'S
Advocates State Printing
School BooksMany Other
Matters Discussed
The public ation bv the state of text
i books for the. elementary grades of the.
I public schools w as endorsed by an un-1
j amnions vote by the Commercial club
j at their monthly meeting held last j
; night.
i The motion to endorse came before i
(the club in a motion offered by Autliurj
i W. Lawrence, state printer, who of- j
fered the resolution that the Com
mercial club endorse the publication ofi
elementary grade text books in Oregon,!
, and that a copy of the resolution be !
i sent to the several commercial clubs j
! of the state. This was done in order i
i that the commercial clubs of the state!
' may express themselves, and later get !
'together on some definite proposition.!
I August Huckestein, director of tho i
1 industrial department, ehnmpioned the
movement in favor of the state print
I ing text books used in the schools, and
jhad figures to show the average an-
nual cost of books in this state and
I other states. From figures submitted,
I it would appear that, wdiile Oregon
I school books cost on an average $11.52,
Kansas, a state that prints tho greater j
'part of its books, has an averago of'
only .fi3..'i7 and California also printing;
i its books, with an average ot $.i.2(.
! Indiana educates its school children at
an average expense a year for text
books of only $3.88.
Manufacturers ExlUblt.
A. A. Lee, who has been interested in j
school affairs for the past ten years
ami wno is now a meniDer or me
school board, was in favor of state
publication of books, but preferred to
go slow about endorsing state publica
tion, at. least until more definite plans
could be made. Benjamin Brick wns
emphatically in favor of state publico-
I tion, and claimed that while the teach
ers in Salem were all right, the text
books were all wrong.
F. G. Deokebaeh, director for the
tourist and publicity department,
stated that fully 3,!00 letters had been
mailed letter writing week and that
ho felt assured that results would be
satisfactory. He also announced that
the Cherrians hoped to go on an ex
cursion to Coos bay as soon as the
line was completed to Marshfield,
which would be in about three months.
A manufacturers exhibit is planned
for Salem at some near date, when all
the manufacturers in Salem will be
given an opportunity to exhibit exact
ly what they are making here, and to
call the attention of the citizens of
Salem to their wares, as the success of
almost any manufacturer depends much
on the local esupport. given.
Roads and Auction Days.
T. B. Kay, director of the legisla
tion department, introduced a resolu
tion supporting the bill now in Con
gress, by which $1,000,000 a year for
ten years will be spent by the govern
ment in the building of good roads in
the forest reserve of the state. He
stated that' one-fourth of the land in
the state is in the hands of the govern
ment and that more than half of this
land is in forests, paying no taxes. The
resolution was passed unanimously.
Also the motion favoring the mouth of
the Columbia as a naval base.
The Civic department, through Man-,
ager O. H. Luck, announced that a com- j
mittee was working on the fair grounds
road, but was holding off until thej
supreme court rendered two decisions,
WI1M II IlllfcMt im.v ...... -v. i
city undertaking part of the work. Thej
bathing beach committee, with L. H. j
McMnhon chairman, is also working
on the problem. The automobile com-,
mittee gave its opinion that just at
present it was not advisable to attempt
to organize an automobile association. I
Auction days mny be resumed, if !
i. L ... ..1.. kava aniiin prrpcr. nil u
Every Salem Home can have
a Piano. Saturday is the Last
Day Chickerings, Deckers,
Kimballs, Smith & Barnes.
All that are not sold by next
Saturday night will be shipped
back.
Many havo purchased, and if the
people only knew for how little a good
piano could be purchased and on such
easy terms, all would be sold in a few I
hours. When you can purchase a $.175 j
piano for .f-'OO, on frli.UO per month
payments, or a piano for $105, it
is surely piano buying time.
See the $850 Kimball Player Piano,
fered now for $.jl.i, with $25 worth of
free music, on very easy terms. See
the beautiful $00 Player Piano for
wzo.
We also have taken in exchange as
part payment for pianos and player
pianos a number of used organs and
pianos, which are priced from $15 to
$140, and on terms as low as $.3.00 per
month.
Every instrument is guaranteed by
Eilers Music House and the Manufac
turers. f'tore open Evening.
J. C. Gallagher
General Agent for Eilers Music House
and Manufacturers.
264 NORTH COMMERCIAL
THE
INVENTORY
SALE
Continues until March. As
this effects almost every
department, it will be a Sav
ingto you to BUY NOW.
Monster Sale of Shoes
Now on in
THE BARGAIN SHOE BASEMENT
g (tby saleu first
there is a sufficient call for a regular
day, similar to those held last fall, ac
cording to- the report of the agricul
tural department.
On account of the several social and
educational events in the city last
evening, the Commercial dub with its
membership of 800 was not largely rep
resented at. the meeting.
sjF
COOSWELI- To Mr. nnd Mrs. C. M.
Cogswell, 171I5 South High street,
Wednesday, February Hi, 1811, a son,
weight nine pounds.
TODAY
Tomorrow and Saturday
Julius Steger
In His Great Success
"THE MASTER OF
THE HOUSE"
Boxing
"KITTIE WHITE"
(In Person)
The Champion Lady Eoxer
of the World
A Refined Exhibition of the
Manly Art for Ladies
and Children.
Keystone Comedy
BLIGH THEATRE
H
J nfiMTNO. "wt.w vmm"
LAST TIME
TODAY
A Elg Laugh Show
Douglas Fairbanks
DOUBLE
TROUBLE
Ami a Roaring Key
aton ('oriifijy
Tomorrow
Bessie Barriscale
in
The Golden Claw'
Weber & Fields
Greatest Comedians on
Earth, In
"Best of Enemies"
Added Attraction
MISS MARY SCirCLTZ
In Violin Solos.
AFTER
- WILLAMETTE NOTES
The Websterian literary society had a
very interesting program last evening
and a good attendance showed that the
program committee's work was ap
preciated. "Tho 'Movie' vs. the Church," by
Harold Eakin w.is a clear definition as
to the work of the two institutions and
was a fine expression of free thought.
"The best nuto on the market," by
Iceland Austin, was instructive and in
teresting, for in his discussion he con
sidered the strong points nnd the draw
backs of a number of the leading uutos.
"The Little Things," by Max Hall,
was i philosophical treatment of a sub
ject, which concerns every one, name
ly, the regarding of insignificant small
; tilings that help to make character, op
portunities of which nre presented to
till daily; as ho snid, "It's t.io little
things that count. "
! " The faculty as it is," was disenss
ed by Roland let fries, mil his treat
j nieiit, of tho subject revealed many
strong points of individual faculty mom
meis thnt many hud failed t notice.
"Hrnncleis, the man," was consider
ed by Uonnld .Matthews, and ho gave
a sketidi of the life of the new supreme
justice to the Cnited States supreme'
j court, that introduced iiiin f ivorably to
( he crowd.
I "The faculty as it should bo" by
tfustav l.icning showed what the ideal
college faculty st'ove to do, in achiev-
ing their mission in educating young
J men ami women, Following the pro
I gram all the members united in sing
ing Willamette songs.
I Tho V. W. ('. A. will hold their regu
:lnr weekly meeting this afternoon in
their lest room. Miss Rosamond Oil-,
bert. will present lor consideration "A
U'oiking Iteligion," ami Miss Carrie
Coolisey will give .i vocal solo.
I T'ni student volunteer band, of Wil
lamette, will go in body to Corvallis to
I morrow to attend the joint college con
ference of ministry-missions which
will beheld February' IS-lin,
President C. (1. lioney will give the
: opening address Friday afternoon. Prof.
t'hurles I,. Sheiiuan, head of tho depart
ment of education will deliver the next
number of the public library lecture
course tomorrow evening in the auditor
ium of the public library, lie has
chosen lor his subject, "Tile Involution
of the Sense of Citizenship."
The senior basketball teim will meet
tho sophomore team this afternoon for
th second game of the Inst scries. The
seniors have lost but ono game this
season and are trying hard to win out in
the series for tile silver cup which is
offered as a prize to the team wtih the
highest percentage to their credit.
The MMiior class wilt uresent n class
pliy at graduation time which will bo
unique III that it will be written, direct
ed and staged entirely by members of
the class.
In tho class there aro several mem
bers who have decided dramatic, ability
and the play will undoubtedly be of a
high class nature. The setting will bn
local nnd consequently will bo interest
ing to everyone.
the junior class pi ly, ".Sherwood,"
is fast becoming a reality, the entire
cast has been chosen nnd many of them
have most of their parts committed.
Professor Mac.Muirny, who is directing
tho play, is working hard to make this
year's play the biggest success of tho
season, he has written x song especially
for the last act of tho play and this
will be rendered by a chorus of 00
voices.
The play is historical in nature, and
a great ileal of scenery will have to be
secured for its successful staging.
Sam R. King, malinger of the play,
states that the play will bo an excellent
interpretation .if the life of Robin
Hood, when that distinguished charac
ter lived in the lalmy days of Iionnie
England.
If tl. earner doe not glv
lerrtc notify the office.
Miss Katie White
O :
$' :) X i
A
Jl 4
T .!. mm
The champion lady boxer of the world
an 'Added attraction at the Hligh for the
balan-.o of the week. She carries sev
eral gold medals as a proof of her skill
as well as the championship belt. She
gives a refined exhibition in the manly
art of self defenso for ladies and chil
dren. Miss White offers to box any local
boxer not over i:tO pounds. She will
appeir at tho Hligh theatro today, Fri
day and Saturday, matinee and evening.
A PATHETIC REQUEST.
Amsterdam, Feb. 17. "If it
is necessary to commit suicide,
please drown or hung yourself."
Thus reads a placard issued by
the burgomaster of lioitcsford,
a small village near Brussels.
The German military authorities
recently fined the village $1250
because a citizen so far forgot
himself as to suicido by shoot-
ing. Tho Ikdgians are forbid-
den to have firearms. The
burgomaster paid tho fine but.
to save the town treasury he
nppealed to the villagers to die,
if die they must, sans bullets.
FAIR PLAY
THAT'S IT
Play fair with your Stomach, Liver
and Howels and you will always bo
repaid. Often times, help is needed,
which suggests a trial of
HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
The Quick Way
and
The Safe Way
TO
Chicago
and the EAST
is via
California
The cost is but slightly higher
via tlio Southern routes. Tho
limit of tickets is longer al
lowing liberal stopovers.
Four Trains Daily
from San Francisco
to C h i c a g o Over
land Limited Pacific
Limited San Fran
cisco Limited Over
land Express.
Through standard anil tourist
sleeping cars to Denver, Oma
ha, ht. Louis, Kansas City and
, Chicago. Observation cars on
all limited trains.
Ask your local agent or write
John M. Scott, Gen. Pass Agent,
Portland, Ore.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
UNION PACIFIC
Always Watch JThis
A.
Strictly correct weight, square deal
junk, metal, rubber, hides and furs.
Pig stock of all sizes second hand
iron for both roof and building. Hoofing paper and second hand
linoleum.
H. Steinback Junk' Co.
The House of lla'f a Million Bargains.
302 North Commorcinl bt Kione 808
The suDer-
rf ior excel-
leave uj
materials and the tightness
of "Knapp-Felt" makes ex
cessive weight unnecessary.
These famous hats are of !
a beautiful mellow texture
and are absolutely fast
color.
The very best in Amer
ica that's why we sell
them.
Crofut-Knapp Hats $3,
$4 and $G.
Stetsons $4 and $3.
BAMOND-BISflOPJH).
The Toggery
167 Commercial St.
Leading Clothiers i
Have you seen
World's Fair
Greatest
Attraction
Oregon
MONDAY
One Day Only
February 21 st
Ask Tho Capital Journal about Job
printing.
Protected
All
The
Way
Ogden Route
Ad"
Changes Often
and highest prices for all kinds of
I pay 2(ic rrr pound for old rigs.
incubators. All kinds corrugated T
BUY V
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