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i EIGHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1916. -i ; ft if '- : A ii "Salem's Big Department Store" I COMBINATION SALE 10-Piece Genuine White Lined Guernsey Ware Set and a White House Cook Book all (or $1.69 The Guernsey Set consists of two bowls, one casserole and six custard cups. The cook book is so well known that it needs no description a regular $1.00 book. For the coming week $1.69 for the set and book. (Second floor.) s 1 Great School Time Sale of Boy's j Suits and Overcoats With prices for good Children's things as low as we $5 quote, there need be no hesitancy in coming here jyjj and buying the entire outfit from head to heel. $j Included in this sale are Novelty Suits for juveniles Ijjjj and regular knickerbocker Norfolk styles in various Iv colors and cloths. Juvenile sizes 2 1-2 to 8 years; boys sizes 3 to 17 years. Blue serges exempted in ft this sale. C? Boys' $6, $6.50 and $7 Suits and Overcoats . . .$4.95 S Boys' $7.50 and $8.00 Suits and Overcoats . . . .$5.95 fc Boys' $4.50 and $5.00 Suits 1 Fxrellent Assortment Srhool Hp We feature an unusually strong ti line of Boys' Black Shoes with neavy waierprooi soies, sizes i to 6, priced at 2.50 QUALITY AND SERVICE "Salem Folks Use Loganber ries for Pastry Because No Other Is Grown Here" In malting a mention of loganberries the Coldwater (Michigan) Daily Re verter, which presumedly claims to be ronducted nlong intelligent lines i a live town of liOUO inhabitants, says the fruit is used exclusively in tho vicini ty of Snlom, Oregon, for pastry, as rberriea and other slniilnr fruits are lint grown in this region. This startling Information comes in the form of B clipping from tho news paper aforesaid to Mnnnger I'aulus of the Salem Fruit union, sent by l'hillip Gilbert, formerly a fmit grower and lawyer of this city, now located at Minneapolis. Mr. Gilbert suggests that more advertising matter ho sent to the ast from this region. The item from the Reporter is herewith giveu in full: "Charles Spatilding, Coldwnter's vet rran commercial salesman, wns exhibit ing a speciment of logan berries at the Jioportor office today that are a nov rlty in this part of the country. The jdant was sent to Mr. Spaulding a year go from Siilem, Oregon, by a brother-iulaw- I'liilip Gilbert, formerly of Cold water, who is now engaged there in ranching. The plant is rather fragile 1'Ut grows to the height of twelve to fifteen feet The berries resembled gigantic red raspberries in shape, but when ripe they are of a deep purple color. They have the delicious flavor of red raspberries combined with the tart of the cherry or currant and make moBt appetizing pie. This fruit is ued exclusively on the const for pastry as cherries and other similnr fruits are not grown in that region." The Medford Mall Tribune, in a news story relativo to a number of burg laries recently committed in that town, nays that the police are, watching for Tarro! l'owell, who is suspected of hav ing committed the crimes. This is the IJimi' lad who is suspected of having etolcn money and clothing from a Sa lem friend several weeks ago. CAR5 Of Any kind Any time Salem-Independence Auto t Service J EDMUND SON BUBNEB, Props Phone 939 or 1235 Leaves Saletn, cor. State tad Liberty Street daily, 8:00 a. m., 11:00 a. m., 2:30 p. m. and 0:00 p. m. . Leaves Independence opposite Postoffice daily. ' 0:00 a. m., 12:30 p. m., 4:00 p. m. td and 7:00 p. m. Fare, 50c J ' Extra Cara for Country Trips. 3 i I i i and Overcoats . . . .$3.95 Shoes for Rnvs and Girls Bring the children here' and we X . ., .. ,: will shoe them to vour entire Bat- isfaetion. LOJU VERY CLOSE RACE Put On Market Last Fall Be came Popular at Once More To Be Made The Northwest Fruit Products com pany, manufacturers of Loju and Appl ju reports the shipment of the fifth ear of Loju for I. os Angeles this season and yesterday the shipment of the sec ond car to Omaha. (Second ear -shipments have been made this season to Dallas, Texas; Kansas City, Minneap olis, Oakland and San Francisco. By the end of tho month, pressing of ap ples will begin for Applju. This drink was placed on the Oregon market last year and was found to be so satis factory that shipments will bo mude this fall to all points covered by I.oju. Frist ear lots will be sent out iibout Decem ber 1. Two presses will handle the apples in the Salem plant and five at Olympin, where the capacity is 10 to 12 cars of apples daily. The Salem plant is now working 1(! hours dnily on bottling I.oju after a delay of several duys.on account of a shortage of bottles. As soon as sufficient bottles are received from the east, the plant will run three shifts of eight hours each. The Inter State Conieinrce commission has postponed until December 30 the going into efect of the new rate to eastern points from the const. This wns the ruling that brought the rate from 02 1-2 cents a hundred to 85 cents, add ing 11 1-2 cents freight to every ease of I.oju shipped east, Involving a loss to the Loju plant alone of close to $20, 000 a year. Before the first of the year efforts will De made to secure n sus pension of the ruling which discrimin ated ngninst nil the dinning and pack ing industries of the Pacific, north west. Drastic Measure Cut Out. Washington, Sept. 7. The senate and house conference committee on the rev enue bill this afternoon agreed to elim inate' the Phclnn amendment whereby the president, would be authorized to re fuse the I'nited States mnils, express and other interstate communication to citizens of any country that interfered with the I'nited States mails. The Inst agreement to be reached by the conference committee was ac ceptance of the house tax of ten cents a gallon on brandies, used in fortify ing wines instead of 30 cents ami a graduated tax on still wiues instead of the eight cent a gallon tax, propos ed in the senate amendment. The sen ate copper tax failed. WILL CHART COAST San Francisco, Sept. 7. The Pacific Coast from Tiajuana to Alaska will be resurveyed entirely next year and more exhaustive charts of the'waters for .10 miles off shore will be made, bv the j I'nited States government according to K. (i. l'atton, in charge of the coast pilot section of the coast and geodetic survey. Submerged rocks will be sought out and charted, said Patton, who added that especial attention will be paid to the coast of Mendocino county which has a number of uncharted reefs and waters t lint have baffled navigators for many years. MAT AVERT STRIKE Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 7 That there is still a chance to avert a coal miners' strike in the southwest wns indicated lute today when the ouerators asked the general conference of miners and oper ators be postponed until tomorrow. The request was granted. Miners now believe the concession will come to avert the strike. All Around Town COMING EVENTS Sept. 7-8-9. Willamette Valley Tennis Tournament, Salem. September 9. Barnum & Bail- ey'a circus. September 11. Monthly meet- ing Salem Floral society, Com- mercial club. Sept. 18. Opening day of city schools. Sept. 18. Willamette Universi- ty collcgo year begins. September 20. Monthly meot- ing Commercial club. Address by Harwood Hall. Sept. 25-30 Oregon State Fair. Oct. 4-5-6 Marion County In- stitute, Salem. Oct. 13. Inauguration of Dr. Carl Gregg Doney ns presi- dent of Willamette Universi- tv. Dr. Mendelsohn, specialist, fits glasse M correctly. U. S. Bank. Bld'. O. E. Feist the jeweler who has been with O. T. Pomeroy is now in Portland working for the Heidcainper jewelry company. o Drink Cereo, the liquid food, the health drink, Ask your grocer. tf Sergeant Schuster of the local re cruiting office is in Silvcrton seeking young men who are ambitious to enter the service of tho V. S. in the regular army. Leading jewelers and silversmiths Hartman Bros. Co., successor to Barr's. Five applications for membership in to the Siilem lodge B. P. O. K, 330 will be voted on this evening, the only reg ular meeting that will bo held this month. No finer stock anywhere than at Hartmun BroB. Co., jewelers and sil versmiths. Stato and Liberty. The river fell 3'a Inches yesterday and is now .1 of a foot above Igw water mark. The range of temperature yesterday was 24 degrees, with the maximum at 70 and the minimum 52 degrees above. u i ....Dr. F. H. Thompson has his offices, ...... 1..1...1 nn.l BiiDi.itiliv.ia in t.'nr XnHA. irilllllllllM "'HI ... . .... u ... , I ml . Ill T)n..l. nO f'i...- eye biiu luiuui.. n jjuun ui num - merco. tf i The mill men and commission house men in Salem have about come to the. conclusion that wheat prices are up for good and that what was considered j just a flurry 111 wheat, was the real thing. Hence the mills and other buy ers were a little more liberal in their buying yesterday. Salem's most reliable Jewelers, Gard ner & Kecno. Alfred Ooholet of Walla Walla Is In the city for a few duys visiting friends He is now a civil engineer for the Northern Pacific with headquarters at Walla Walla. Although he was a res ident of Snleiti years ago, he had not seen the city for 111 years and well, he was surprised to even see paved streets. Bring your agates home to be pol ished. Gardner & Keene, Jewelers, Snlcm. Archie Crisp, the "human fly" who entertained several thousand folks by climbing the Meyers department store building and the court house ns fur as the clock, is billed to climb to the top of the Multnomah hotel in Port la ml this evening. A few dnys Inter he expects to climb the 42 story Smith building in Seattle. Dr. Alice Bancroft, over Stockton's: Kye and Nerve Specialist. The funeral of Mrs. Ethel L. Smith who died at her home l.V0 State street Wednesday wns held this afternoon from the resilience. The services were conducted by the Kev. Curl H. KUiott iiiulcr the auspices nf the P. K. O. Sis terhood. The body will be taken to Centcrville, Indiana, for burial, ne cotnpnniod by the husband, Charles B. Smith and little son. Hygrade cigars are all that the name implies. Siilem made 5 cents. The Spaulding Logging company dock is piled up with heavy lumber for California shipment, but with no cars to ship. The larger pieces are 12 bv 12 inches bv 40 feet, ordered for oil derricks in the liakersf teld dis trict. Toe trouble seems to be in get ting Southern Pacific cars ns the com pany hus been able to secure all the Oregon Klectric cars needed. Oakland Boys Band will give dance at armory Saturday evening at 9:00 o'clock. scpt 0 The street improvement committee of the city council has plans and spec if icat ions' for a dryer to be used in drying tho material used in the recent ly purchased paving plant now in use on the fair grounds road. When com pleted, it is estimated that it - will double the capacity of tho plunt. It is expected that the dryer will bo put in operation early next week. The management of Hotel Marion takes pleasure in announcing a dinner dance in toe beautiful main dining room for Frida Sept. 8. Uiitner at 7 p. m. Music 7 :':( to 10:30. $1.00 per cover. Hooth's orchestra. Chns. O. Mil ler, Mgr. A letter received this morning from t.ie Kev. Robert S. Hill, rector of St. Paul 's Kpiscopal church, who under went a second operation at tho tiood I Samaritan hospital in Portland about two weeks ago, gives the cheering news that he is rapidly recovering and that he hopes to be home within a few days. Ho will not be able to resume his duties as rector for several weeks. L. O. Hansett was fined $25 In po lice court this morning for carrying eoncealed weapons. -o A grass fire on North Summer street called out the department yesterday afternoon at about 4 o'clock. No dam age, A permit has been taken out at the office of the city recorder by K L. Kappiiahn to build a one story frame garage, to etjst $500. During August, the Crown Drug store sold stamps ami stamped envelopes to the value of $803.40, showing a mater ial increase over other months. Festival in Swedish church, there will be a festival in tho Swedish church comer S. 15th and Mill streets tomor row evening, Friday Sept. 8, at 8 o'clock, tiood program will be render ed. Refreshments served. Free admit tance. All are must cordially invited to attend. The prune drying season is now on ami the driers will be in full opera tion by next Monday in the Kosedale and Suniiyside districts. Whilo the crop is not quite up to the high stand ard of 1912, yet it is the lurgest since that year and prices have been very satisfactory. All of which indicates that some of the prune growers in this section will nave a touch ot the pros perity thut is said to bo so rampant in different parts ot tiie country, A special dance will be given at the armory by the Oakland Boys Band ot Oakland, uanr., oamruuy evening m 9 o'clock. The music will be furnished by this band. The boys aro on their return hike and take this means of making expense money. Preceding the dunce a concert will be held in Willson Park. The following Marion county stu dents passed the eighth grade exami nations recently held in, Salem and Sil vcrton: Daisy Mntheny, Albert Larson, Inez L. (race. William Davenport, Maud Anderson, Elsio Simeral, Karl Hennet, Oliver Shields, all of Silverton; l : l.i.l va .TnhiiHtnn. Salem No. tl: Knth ryn (.rosier, anient . , nuw m- S0U Salem No. 3; C.lnrn Huge, Silver- ..... M .1. t It 'l.'nntn Vnnillll)-n . . XT- a. r..l. Will. m,, nu. , J. AW'.., - v- . . . l. O..I X- T. Al'.l.ln.l i,wai'(i rrins, oajtm u, wium.v. Knglish, Stay ton. It is not the biggest kite that will stand the best chance of receiving the first nwurd nt the kite show to be held tomorrow afternoon at the Albert Park playgrounds. Bigness is not especially necessary as the awarus wui no Becom ing to workmanship and general util ity. Tho kites will first be displayed and then their owners will be given a chance to show how a first class kite should fly. The judges will .take into consideration the workniunsliip as well ns the flying possibilities of each kite in making the awards. toiiah the addition to the Marion hotel is completed, Salem can boast of the largest hotel in the state outside of Portland. The dining room is now the most artistic in the northwest, com paring favorably with the famous crys tal room of the Benson hotel in Port loud. There will be 124 guest rooms and the entire plant has been recon structed by tiie Pcnhnm Vacuum Heat ing svstem. The two upper floors of the uildition will be completed in time to take care of the hotel's pntrons during the stnte fair. Not since the Civil war has sugar taken so radical a drop as it did yes terdiiy, but almost all the grocers had been given a hint that something was likely to happen and there wns but lit tle stock on hand. According to the wholesale quotations, sugnr should now retail at $7.35 mid $7.15 nlfliough there is a feeling that another drop may be looked for within a week. The price now is 50 cents a hundred higher thnn it was one year ago. The first drop of last fall 'was September 11, when tiie decline was "JO cents a hundred and it kept going down until October when a price of 5.90 was reached. Then the climb begun until the high notch of $.30 was reached July 29. The Maccabees at their meeting last evening discussed plans for the hold ing of a convention in tiie city some time in October. The ladies of the Maccabees elected officers for the com ing yenr as follows: Mrs. Ktnma Smith commander; Mrs. Lillian Olmstead. lieutenant commander; Mrs. Lixxiel Head, acting past president; Mrs. Car oline Bnshncll, finance auditor; Mrs. Carrie l.indscy, chaplain; Mrs. Jennie Miller, record keeper; Mrs. Lin Me Daniels, lady at arms; Mrs. Ada I.eep er, sergeant; Mrs. Mclvlna Sloper, sen tinel; Mrs. Luellii French, picket; Miss Opal Bowen, musician; Mrs. Viola Swarts, captain; Miss Reba Beers, col or bearer No. 1; Miss Dora Heglen, color bearer No. 2. Everybody is getting ready to join in and sing, " When Johnny comes marching home," for the cheering news came over the wire this morning that the boys at Clackamas were soon to be mustered out and returned to thoir homes. Tho Salem Patriotic League is already formulating plans for an appropriate reception, not only when tho special with the company arrives. but for a grand patriotic reception at the armorv when the public will be in vited to welcome th heroes of the Mexican border of lulrt. There will be addresses of welcome and appropri ate exercises, all to be determined as soon as word is received as to when the mustering out and return ' will take place. o Wedding Invitations, Announcements and calling cards Priiited at tne Jour nal Job Department. L Witnesses Tell of Finding BodiesEvidence Against Thompson Circumstantial Ilillsboro, Or., Sept. 7. An audience composed mostly of women heard mur- der scenes "vividly described today In ; Judge Biigley's court, where Bennett j Thompson, ranch hand , is on trial j 1-nitrnvu wnn Killing ,irs. neien u. Jennings and Fred Bistman, a jitney driver. James L. Andrews, deputy sheriff, was the first 'witness. He described finding Kistnians blood stained auto mobile behind the house of Mrs. Jen nings nt the Core ranch. It is alleged Thompson Killed Kistninn, who he is said to have hired to drive him to the scene, so the chauffeur could not betrny him. Andrews told of climbing through a cellar window into the house, May 16, 1910, and finding Mis. Jennings dead in bed, her head smashed with a heavy maul, which lay nearby. Thompson's lawyers admit these de tails but declare tho defendant is not the murderer. Thero is nothing but circumstantial evidence ngninst him. m j - i Third Tournament' I of Salem Tennis Club 1 I The third annual tournament of the m :. rn..L i- .v. j rtiM'ui 1 villus 1.1UU iu luc v:iiaiiiiiun- smp ot tne Willamette valley Degan this morning at 10 o'clock under very favorable auspices, even the weather man favoring the tournament after the early hours of the day suggested rain. Whilo schedules ato announced on account of the general conditions of play, these schedules cannot be carried out to any great extent. This morning in the singles between E. W. Kay of Salem nnd Percy Young of Albany, the playing favored Kuy with scores of 11 to 9 and 6 to 2. On court 2, W. L. McUougnl of Salem and Charles Stewart of Albany, the score favored McDougul with the first set 6 td 3 and the second, 0 to 1. By default, Chester M. Cox was given the decision iu the set between himself and O. B. .Gingrich. Olinger vs. Rodgers, scheduled lor this morning was awarded to Kodgers bv default. The lust set of the afternoon is scheduled for 4:43. In court 1, Miss Bess Cowden will piny against Mrs. K. T. Stafford. In court 2, in doubles, Miss Marian Howe and A. S. Frohmaiil will play against Miss Alice McBride I and partner. The schedules for tomorrow have not as yet been announced. Movement On Foot for Trades Union Bank San Francisco, Sept. 7. San Francis co is to have a trades union bank, City Supervisor Andrew Gallagher an nounced today. He declared he has been working on the plan for months and that a promi nent banker, whose name is withheld for the present, has agreed to head suetl an institution. "For some time I have been giving serious thought to the establishment of a trades union bank in Son Fran cisco," Gallagher said in his statement, 'and very shortly the mntter will be put before the San Francisco labor coun cil for action. "I have discussed the subject with n I . THE Covers the Country Everywhere m the United States wherever gas offers its unlimited service to mankind in the pulse of the great, throbbing city, or in the quiet heart of the smaller, forward striving community, one finds the Gas Range The Gas Range is the firepot of the nation's cooking. Gas Ranges Are in Millions of Homes The popularity of the Gas Range where Gas is available is not due to whim or fad. It has proved its practicability and its economy. Gas Range cooking is comparatively easy. It is cool, labor-saving, reliable and inex pensive. Pipe your home for Gas and enjoy the advantages it will bring to your house hold. Let us explain. Phone 85. The Gas Works number of labor men, state officials and bankers and they have all pro nounced the scheme feasible and help-! fill to the labor movement. My reason! for advocating the bank are that, during I strikes and lockouts, some of the banks: have finauoed those fighting labor. "i Federal Farm Loan Board j Convenes at Portland Portland, Or., Sept. 7. Hearing na guinents for the establishment of a Pa cific Northwest land bnnk district, tho federal farm loan board convened in Portland today. Fanners from all parts nf Oregon ami southern Washington at tended. The members of the board nt to day's hearing were Herbert (juick, Charles K. Lobdell, George W. Nonis and W. S. A. Smith, who acted as chairman in the absence of secretary McAdoo. Manv ranchers testified. They de NEW PUZZLE clared short loans, high interest rates , and the difficulty in getting loans 10 newed handicapped agricultural de velopment in the northwest. George W. Miller of Lane county testified that 12 farmers around Ku- geue had already orgnni.ed n loan as- socintion, which is proving practical. Wuodbiirn Independent: An enthus iastic and well attended meeting of the Woodbtirn Hotnil Merchants' nsso cintion was held after a bainpiet at tho Woodbtirn hotel Tuesday night. Among other business of importance transacted was the decision to hold another corn show in this city in October, to observe National Pay l'p Week October 2 to 7, appointment of a committee o look lifter putting up signboards directing travelers attention and showing dis tance to Woodbtirn, and passing a res olution requesting the Southern Pact fin company to provide more suitable ac commodations by crectiii.r; a new depot building compatible to the importance of the city and junction point. J