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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 24, 1917)
THREE Welcome! Ye Christian Endeavor e rs to Salem Also Welcome to the Stockton Department Store Where Snappy New Spring Merchandise Is on Display in Every Department Early Sale Today A Special Price On Young Women's and Young Men's Suits Cor. Court and Com'l St. Polk County Gets Large ' CARLOAD OF SMELT Returns From Fruit Crop ON WAY TO NEW YORK sje ;e ', SOCIETY :je ! 'f ss $ ; (Continued on page three.) nd mildly applauded b; concert i)atrona,Witfa all thousands of this adulation enough to turn any young linger s lead Tsiauiua is said to remain as simple and unaffected us when she first begun the study of her chosen art. In Washington, Where she sang during the present season, she was tendered a re eeptiou by the linn, Cato Soils, com mtsflioncr of Indian affairs, and there received many men high in government official circles, with their wives, among them the social leaders ot the capital. Mr. Sells is naturally very proud of' this aristocratic and accomplished Indian girl, who affords a striking example of the posibilities of the Indian for assimilating cultural education. Tsia nina, by the way, has been Invited to participate in the inaugural ceremonies st Washington next March, but, will, unfortunately, be prevented on account of concert bookings previously made for the Pacific coast. In her recital, Tsianina not only sings many charm ing Indian songs, but explains their legends, tells briefly of the part played by music in the early uihal life of her forefathers, and illustrates their in volved dame rhythms by means of na tive rattles, etc, She wears Idealized In dian dress, and her smile has been de scribed as "a song itself, wedded to Klvsian music. An enjoyable proi ture of the evening at the meeting of the Highland parent teachers associa tion on Wednesday night at the High land school. The evening was opened with the singing of America b. the assemblage followed by devotional services bv Rot, Hoefcett. Later the progtatnme was given in cluding readings Mr. Bennett; playlet, "American celebrities' the Missel Nam lie I .anil), Helen ISeweley and Karl Higlow and Dwight Hill; recitation, lit tle Mabel Smith; reading ''Washing ton's birthday'' Cecil Korbert; vocal solo, Miss Mabel llaight; piano solo, Patriotic melody, Miss llouser; violin solo, Virgil White; reading, Miss Ruby Hoekett: violin solo. Miss 0 lady I Card- nor; recitation, .lames Smith; reeittVtloa WlMiy McCoy; piano dnet. Miss Gla- ays Scott aid KYed 'line. LONESOME SINGLE ELKS ENTERTAINED lioth benevolence and protection were' exemplified Thursday evening by the local li. P. O. E. as each Klk who boast ed a home and fireside, regardless of' tho "high cost of living," took under fall protecting antlers one, two or three! of the unmarried brothers, and benevo lently conduoted him, or them, to the bosom of his family where "Mother Klk" and in many instances all the lit-; tie "Klklets" beamed welcome to and; showered bounties upon the lonely of! I he hcnl. The ingenious plan of the committee was carried out to the of those who had not. known the joys of real home cooking since boyhood fill-' ed the spacious lodge rooms to overflow-: ing with the satisfied expression on I their smiling faces of the "prodigal! son" after tho disappearance of the; "fatted calf." One might well have mistaken the lodge session for a testi-l monial meeting as one young fellow after another told of the repast he had' been regaled with and avowed Ins m tention of soon becoming a "benedict " It is rumored about the club rooms that there are many "liarkuses" among the lonely ones of the herd who are, after their dinner experience of Thursday evening, more than ' ' willin ' ' and some talk of a conceited campaign in the nature of a search for eligible ' ' Peggoties. ' ' Over half the fruit used by the Sa leui canuery, operated by Hunt Broth ere. lumen front l'olk county; SHI per cent of the Bart left pears and 75 per cent of the cherries come from this . side of the river. The cannery pays over lOO.tltH) a year to Polk growers for their fruit, according to W. O.I Allen, manager of Hunt Brothers' Sa lem branch, who talked to the fruit- growers of Dallas Saturday on the fruit situation, the cannery's nants and prices. "You can see from these figures what this inter-county bridge tanglo will do for our cannery and the fruit growers of Polk county," said Mr. Al len. "It will mean a great loss to both; the growers will lose their best market nud we cannot run anywhere near to capacity without Polk county fruit. The ferry will help some, but it is doubtful whether the ferry will , be able to handle the vast quantities that lire usunlly transported; theu too, the charges w ill materially cut down the growers' income." I Mr. Allen laid especial emphasis on I berries. "We could use more ever-1 green blackberries than all the other, varieties put together, yet the ever-. ' green is despised around Dallas. The i cost of production for the evergreen is the lowest of any fruit on the market; the crop never fails because i tho evergreen blossoms before the ! frosts come. The yield per ncre with, a little cultivation reaches fi tons and! sometimes as high as 12." Hunt; . Brothers are offering to write 10 year! term contracts at $50 per ton ami can' ; use an unlimited quantity. That more red raspberries will be .grown in Polk as the hops are dug up, is the opinion of Mr. Allen. "The i sandy loams of the hop yards are ! ideal for this variety of berry," snid the visiting cannery man. j "Today, we could sell three times the available supply of black cap 'raspberries; I am willing to write1 five-year contracts for 150 acres more of them." said Mr. Allen- "On the whole, the Hunger, a new variety, jieeiM to be the best type to grow; it is very prolific and less seedy than the old standby, the American. Last 'year, we paid 80 a ton for these ber ries." In order to make their season as long and continuous as possible, Hunt Brothers start with gooseberries, most ! ! of which they get from West Salem,. Gooseberries are prolific growers unci ! nice to handle, but there is no big market for them, according to, Mr. Al ilea. "People do not eat the real tart,' ! acid fruits 885 days in the year. Still we would write a few more contracts at $40 per ton." i Mr. Allen cautioned against toe growing' of more loganberries. The market is not established and there are many acres ct out in loganber ries; the supply seems to be ahead of the demand, even now. The same is true about pears; production is nearlx ahead of demand, since the war. There is not nearly as much home consmnp letter, and many1""" ror pearl as there is abiouu ino ruTure or cnerries oepenus up on scientists' ability to find some spray that will prevent their Bracking from rain," according to Mr. Allen. "Char ries erark simply bernum- th? rain goes through the pores of the skin ami swells the cells until the cheriv po nen. '' Mr. Allen believes toot n waterproof spray will soon he invented whiel will stop this and thus assure n bright future for the cherry industry. The cherries will be picked when ripe and not just to keep them from cracking, the season will thus be lengthened out ami the market will double if this handicap is overcome." Hunt Brothers are not writing term contracts on cherries until the situation clears up, but they arc equipping to handle from .10 to 40 pat cent more than they did last year. "I could easily use 200 tons of sour cherries this year but there is no avail able supply," said Mr. Allen, in con cluding his talk. "There is always some demand for this fruit and the sour cher ry is not as apt to split, either." The Prune Crop. Sixteen hundred acres of producing prune land in Polk county gove a to tal of 8.500,000 pounds of dried prunes in 1910. This was the largest crop ever produced ill the county, and it is con servatively valued at' $210,000. This crop gave wage eai tiers of the county over .S0.00O in cash during the past year. According to figures compiled by a prominent prune raiser ot Dallas, the average crop of prune (dried') was 2,125 pounds to the acre, or in green fruit about 0,200 pounds to the acre, worth il27.50. The harvesting of Polk's crop cost 31.W M'i acre, cultivation $10 pei acre and taxes $3 per acre Figuring the value on an average of $501) per acre, the interest at six per cent an. ounts to $30 per acre, leaving an av erage net profit of $52.1)0 for the grow crs in 1S10, and the actual profits after paying all labor costs for tho handling of th crop were $84,040, Besides the 1,000 acres in bearing there were last year 1,000 more acres which had not reached a productive stage. The increase in value on these 1,000 acres is figured very conserva tively at $50 per acre per year, so that last year, these 1,600 tinbearing acres increased in value $80,000. This year's planting lias been quite heavy, too. and will add materially to this. It cost $9,000 to cultivatethe unheal ing land, and allowing $3,2011 more for interest on this acreage there was a net increase of $07,200. The packing plant employed a force of 125 people to pack the prunes, 40 men and 86 women. Their payroll was $15,000. It cost to cultivate last year $10,000, and to harvest the crop $50, 509, making a total of $81,860 which went to labor in handling the prune crop o'f the county. A typical case of one prune raiser is cited. His orchard produced 4,000 pounds of dried fruit to the acre which was worth $240. It cost this man $00 to harvest. $10 to cultivate (including pruning), $3 taxes, and he figured in terest at six m' cent on $500; it left trim a net prnfrt-nf $103 per acre, or if he would have to pay six per cent on a valuation of $1,000 per acre he would have had left $73 per acre in ready caihi And the prune industry is jusl in its infancy in Polk county. Dallas Ob- New York Officials Working to Relieve Poor of the City New York. Feb. 24. A carload of Columbia river smelt, purchased by long distance telephone, today is on its war to New York to do ts part toward re licving the shortage of food and high prices here. The smelt were purchased by the mayor's committee on food sup ply, of -which Ueorgo W Perkins is head, and it is susM'eted that Perkins himself paid for it. In addition, 4,000.(1(1 pounds of rice have been purchased to be paid for at six cents a pound. The committee plans to cnrofullv natch the distribution of the tish and it has a satisfactory effect on the market will be purchased. Rice is urged as a diet anil if the price goes over six cents a pound the committee plans to dump a huge amount on the market. Investigations showed today that many East Side families are subsisting for the most part on bread and ten. with the occasional luxury of meat and veget ables. School children, it is said, are in a mush more ragged and unkept condi tion this winter than in previous sea j sons. Sporadic street disorders are coiitiuu WATCH THIS SPICE MONDAY Brick Brothers "The Store That Guarantees Every Purchase" Corner State and Liberty Streets ing but the police claim to have i e sit nation well in hand. In the Williams burg section, dealers are d4ng very lit tle business. Many of them have not had their carts on the streetsh for scv ernl days. District Attorney Swaun planned to begin today an investigation of charges that food is being held up. GENERAL FUNSTON (Continued from page one.) practically suspended business out of re spect to General Fnnston's memory. My proclamation of the mayor, all city and public offices were closed and many business houses shut their doors. W- ml IB flB IS HAROLD LOCKWOOP, IN APPEARING AT THE OREGON THE PIDGIN ISLAND ATRE TUESDAY ANI WEDNESDAY se jjs if. sj: Y.W. C.A. NOTES s Twenty members of the executive board of the Christian Endeavor en joyed dinner at the cafeteria. Friday evening. Miss TVinifred Baglcy is spending the Week end with friends in Portland. Mr. Weiss of the Cherry City Baking Co., explained the process of baking bread and pastry to twenty seven members of the Y. W. C. A. on Wednes day afternoon. The machinery was run ning and every step from the flour to wrapping the loaves of broad was sat isfactorily explained. The young women are exceedingly grateful to Mr. Weiss for his time and kindness shown them. a Miss Emily Branson, i resident of the Y. W. C. A, has returned after a weeks tay in Seattle. Sometimes one puts off one's baek .down too long. For instance, Germany needn't have been ashamed to yield to Uncle Sam, but after the flivver states get in, vuh can't let them think they've Muffed yuh, ean yuht PAULINE- FREDEP.I'"iv i, in TllrV SLAVH 'ARKT FAMOUS lJl C Y t '' .j-P.-IS. The Slave Market Coining to Ye Liberty The pirates swarmed over the rail as the terrified passengers huddled in a group. The eye of the chieftain fell upon a beautiful girl in the ciowd and he roared for his men to seize her and hustle her over the rail into his gig. 'She's mine," he snarled, as he caught a member uf the crew lasting an envious glance at the frightened girl, whose proud spirit still mastered her terror of the villainous Jot about her. When the pirates had attacked the ship only one among all the men on board had dared to fight to save the girl and he was John Barton, a soldier of fortune whom she had met by chance back in the sunny Spain which she had left behind. This man was hurled over board by the pirates and thought to be dead. But he turned up later in a most unexpected way and -saved this beauti ful girl from the miserable crew that had placed her on sale as a slave, in revenge for the killing of their chief. The girl was Pauline Frederick and the one man who came to her rescue was Thomas Meighnii. for it all happened la 'The Slave Market." the Famous Players production which is the Para mount attraction at the Ye Liberty for the coming Tuesday. Wednesday and TERRIFIC CYCLONE SWEEPS GULF STATES ! Fourteen Known Dead But List Will Grow Freaks of the Storm Atlanta, (!a., Feb. 24. Fourteen known dead, many others reported : killed and 180 or more injured are to day's casualty figures following a storm that ripped its destructive way across three states late yesterday. Property damage cannot be accurate ly est ini.-'l ed,- nor can the real death toll be learned until the stricken districts in Mississippi, (Jeorgia and Alabama are searched by scores of relief parties that had been working ceaslessly for nearly twenty-four hours at two o'clock this afternoon. Wire com- ' muiiication is being very slmvly re- j stored. The bowling gal that crumpled in small houses and a crowded school be fore occupants even knew of the storm's coming, stopped with the same lightning suddenness with which it began. The gale played many weird pranks. At tdthonta, fa., two children were whirled from the street, twisting anil swirling in the air anil dropped un harmed on a brush heap a score of yards away. A -sturdy oak was jerked from the ground at the same town and dropped through the roof of the home of Mrs. 1. W. Fane II. Several customers wore in the small store oi I. W. Punkett, when the storm Came. The building was lifted into the air, leaving Punkett, his wife and his customers standing unhurt on the floor, which was torn from the four walls of the structure, Thursday. The story is by Frederick Arnold Kiimrner and the photo-play was dire, ted by Hugh Ford. In the cast are such .-iee;i celebrities as Wellington Playter. Albert Hart and Ruby Uoff man. How Fat Actress Was Made Slim Tab fat. Many stage people now depend tirelv upon .Mnriuola Proscription lets for reduction and controlling One clever actress tells that she redae-J id I w o to four pounds a week bv using1 this new torn of the famous Murmolu Prescript ion (Bd now. by tailing Mar-i moll Tublets'several times a vein, keeps! her weight just right. All druggists sellj Mamxila Prescription Tablets at " ceiits for a large ese Or you can act them bv sending price direct to the Marl mola Co., HiiJ Woodward Ave., Detroit, ll Mich. If von have not tried them d Thev are harmless and effective. HIPPODROME V audeville Three High Class Refined Acts Sunday BECKER AND WADE MILTON FRANKEL KREMKE BROTHERS in "Karicatures in Eccentric Comedy uTW0 A. M." Kommon Klay" Acrobats The most beautiful screen drama ever offered bv Bluebird "God's Crucible" 1 holographed in nature-wonders of Arizona's grand cuuvon. The Home of Salem's JkBLIGM Sunday Real Live Attractions vHr theatre wr Matinee and Evening I SUNDAY AND MONDAY If I had twenty thousand gowns And twenty thousand pairs of shoes, And twenty thousand gorgeous hats, And coats and gloves to match their hues. If I had twenty thousand maids And footmen riding by my side, I'd like to know with all my heart If I should then be satisfied. VALESKA SURAH The Woman of a Thousand Emotions as the Girl in I 5 r . vai.kska bubat a PPlHKCTlor-) w 11,1,1AM J-rox" "The Victim" THE STORY OF A FIGHT AGAINST FATE "CTta Mr Ye Liberty Theatre The Great Herbert TRAVELUTTE AND COMPANY THE MAN WHO SET THE WORLD A "LAFIN" THE KING OF HYPNOTISTS. TWO DAYS-THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, MARCH 1 AND 2 The Big Show and Company BLIGH THEATRE Never Here Before