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PAQ1 TEN UXDNESDAY715T1913. it 'C,itarf-r I ' -4 '-V - NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION The Place to Buy HOE Is at the J. C. PENNEY CO. Store. Then you will be sure of getting the best in every sense of the word. Our company is the largest individual shoe buyer in the United States. This gives us "The Edge" on the people just buying for one store. You can rest assured of getting THE BEST of Material, Work manship, Style and Treatment when buying from us. At the same time you will be making a great saving in money. AN INSPECTION WILL CON VINCE YOU. . White Canvas Pumps ..$1.49- 51.89 $1.98 $2.98 White Canvas Shoes $1.98. $2.49.52. 98 $3. 50 and $3: 98 We have Shoes of all kinds for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN Incorporated i 11 A' HUM MJL9J y 'II II wmm nr PERSONAL Mrs. Ada Lake left this morning for Viroqua, Wisconsin, over the Oregon Electric. Chai. H. parks is a visitor in Port land today. ' Chas. H. Farmer is in Seattle for a three day stay. E. T. Barnes of the Barnes' can! store is in Portland on business mat tors. , .. N. S. Savage pf the Barnes stone is houie from a trip to Iowa and St. Jo seph, Missouri, He reports flourishing business conditions in that part of the country. G. P. Lane of Palls City was in tin city yesterday. Clifford Harold of Tangent register ed at the Bligh Wednesday. Court House News O. L, Ferris and Edna Ferris against Julius G. and Anna Voget is the tltlo of a suit filed in the circuit court this morning. The action is brought to re cover tho sum of $81.90 taxes due on., and for a transcript of title to cer tain property purchsncd by plaintiffs of defendants and which the warranty deed eovoi.antcd was fme from all in cumbrances and liens save a certain mortgage. Those items it is allcgod are liens against said property. In the miit of the Oregon Holding t'nmpany ngamst Horao.9 W. and Emma Thielsch a nnn-nnit was entered at the request of plaintiff the suit having been settled out of court. BORN BOBN To Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Har mon, 1463 South Fir street, Salem, Or.'gon, Ma 14, 1918, a daughter. BOBN-ToMr. and Mrs. G. L. Well, 043 South Winter street, Balcin, Ore gon, May 15, 1918, a daughter. Mr. Luvell is pastor of the United Evangelical church of this city. . HIED MAY. At her home in Pomona, Cal ifornia, after a lingering illness, Mrs. Hugh Mny. Besides her husband, she is survived by one son and other relatives in Sa lem and California. In the ,mit of the Ben Lomond Water Works against G. V. Ellis a motion to place the case on tho trial docket was filed t.idav. AUCTION SALE WOODRY'S AUCTION MARKET Every Sat, 10:30 A. M. and 1:30 P.M. Everybody Welcome. F.N.WOODRY The Auctioneer Hone 510 or 511 NUSBAl'M At the home of her daugh ter, Mrs. A. Hrur.a, of Portland, Ore gon, May 15, 1918, Mrs. Begina Nus bnum at the age of 75 years. She waB tho widow of the lute John Nualmiim of 11'40 North Fourth street of 8alm. She is survived by tho followinf chil dren: Mrs. Kate Harrow, of Fairbrult, Minn.: Peter J. and I'hilin J. Niisbnmn of Astoria: Mrs. Anna Hrnza of oPrt land and William J. and Joseph Aos baum of this city. Hhe also loaves twelve children and one great grandchild, two sinters and other relatives, living in Miunesottt, her former home. Tho funeral services will be held in this city at St. Joseph's church, the dote of which will be announced later. Absolutely Wheatless Bread Demonstrated Miss Lowne Parker, our home demon stration agent, is now dovoting her time to demonst ating the possibilities of po tatoes and the broads that are absolute ly wheatless. It is hoped that she may be nblo to givfl Snlom one demonstration before this month is past. One of he" favorite recipes is Potato pudding made by this prescription; and baked in tt greased dish for forty-five minutes: 1V4 cup mashed potatoes, 4 tablespoons fat. 2 eggs well Iveaton. cup milk. 14 cup teaspoon salt. Mi lemon (juice and grntod rind). 1 tablespoon sugar, eup raisins and nut meats. THE LAST BTORY HOUR WARD FOB. MAYOR All Around Town; rt C0MWGJEVENTS . TONIGHT May 16. Bichmond P. Hob ton lecture at Armory, Free. May 17 Willamette Glee club concert, opera house. May 17. Primary Election, City, County and State. May 20 23. Bernardi Great er Exposition, auspices Moose lodge. May 22. Cherrian dance at Armory. May 30. Memorial Day. June 4-7. State Grange meet ing in Salem. June 5-6. State Jewelers' Convention in Salem. -June 8. Total eclipsa of the sun. World's Almanac gives hour as 1:38, but new time schedule will make the hour 2:38. June 12. Commencement day Willamette University. June 14. High school gradua tion. June 17. Election of two school directors in Salem. Dr. M. P. Mendelsohn fits eyes cor rectly. U. S. National Bsnk Bldg. tt "The best" is all you can do when death comes. Call Webb & Clough Co. Phone 120. tf. All banks will be closed tomorrow, election day. Under th Oregon law, election days are legal holidays. This however will not interfere with tho postoffice as it will observe the "busi ness as usual" plan. 16 X Prcy M. Varney for marshal. (raid adv.) Another benefit lance at Macleay Saturday night. 5-ltJ Louis Lachmund and Frank Davey spoke last evening at the moving pic ture theatres for the coming Bed Cross campaign and will appear again tonight Mr. Lachmund at MM Libtrty and Mr. I)avoy at the Oregon. Bain or shine, get out and vote for Constable Percy M. Varney for city marshal. (Paid adv.) Hare you made up your mind to support Varney for city marshal 1 (Paid adv.) If four years hard work as a police officer are to be considered, Percy M. Varneiy is surely qualified for city marshal. (Paid edv.) Vote 73 X Walter E. DeLong for constable. 1 years service as police of Salem and deputy sheriff of Ma rion county. 5-15 Patton Plumbing Co., 385 Chemeketa Phone 1096. .We do repair work. Stoves and furnaces coiled. tf. The Cherrians wil give a jitney danc nt the armory on the evening of Wed nesday, Mny 22, The dance is to be in the way of a Cherrian benefit. The Htknt orchestra with fiw pieces will furnish the music and there is to be several special features. "The funeral beautiful." Webb ft Clough Co. tf. There will be some dance at armory Saturday night. o Unitarian Cafeteria dinner Friday evening, 5:30 to 7:30. Besolred that: Whether I am nomi nated and elected to the office of eity marshal, or not, I will cooperate with every movement to preserve the law of the eity, state and nation. Yours for a clean city, fot ourselves, our children and the stranger within our gates. 18 X Joseph E. Wright. (Paid adv.) W. F. Drager of the Drager Fruit Co, after an extensive tour of the connty figures upon the crop situation about as follows: Strawberries will be about an average erop on acount of the vine not making a full growth early in the season. Prunes have especially been benefited by the recent rains and the condition of the crop has materially im proved. Cherries are looking a little better and pears promise a big crop. The peach crop will be short due to the cold weather during blooming time. As a candidate for mayor of the city of Salem I want to repeat, so that it may be understood distinctly by the electors, that my candidacy is not backed by any corporation end that, if elected, I shall be guided in my policy solely by consideration of the welfare of the city as a whole. I am a taxpayer. I am a member of tho city council .and as a meiuber of that body I have been an active alderman and have made a iclose study of the needs and conditions of the eity. I have been a member of important committees of the council and at the beginning of the year assisted in cutting the budget to a minimum without impairing its ef ficiency. It stands to reason that a man who res served on the council is betjter qualified to fcrve as (mayor than one who has not. I ask your sup port. FRANK S. WARD. (Paid adv.) The last story hour is to be Suturday morning nt 9:30, and potatoes are tho subject. A potato fairy tale and a potato dialogue mako the nrotrrnm. Lei nil the children who wish to help "Spud the Kaiser," be at the library promptly at 8:30. A statement has been circulated to the effoet tlint. the Southern- Pacific Railway Co. is responsible for myself becoming a candidate for mayor. This is absolutely talse. 1 have the interests of no corporation to serve neither will I bo influenced by. any person, firm or corporation in the uiNeharjie or my dutv if elected C. K. AiBlN. (Paid adv.) The Spaulding Logging company is opening up a new camp on the Valley and Silotz railroad in the Luckiamuto country. It will ship about 70,000 feet duily. A large amount of the timber near th0 new camp is high grade fir which can be used for the uiauufacturo of airplanes. Come to the auction on Sat. at Wood- ry's auction market. Cafeteria dinner Unitarian ennjeh, Friday May 17. War dishes will.bl served. Charlie Chaplain in his new film "A Dog's Life" continues to draw crowds at the Liberty. There may be a differ-j once of opinion as to humor in tho ; movies, but Chaplin is the comedian j who holds the youngsters as well as the. older folks. The dog in this movie is al-j most as important as Charlue himself, j 0. P. Tlot!. republican, for utata' treasurer. Mr statement in election The best yet, Where? Dance armory Saturday night. o O. P. Hoff, republican, for state treasurer. My statement in election pamphlet clearly defines my stand on all questions. (Paid adv) Home Sweet Home: Joseph B. Wright vateran patriot, and candidate for city marshal, came to Salem in 1903, and has not registered or voted at any other placo since. Yours for home- and country. (Paid adv.) o Tomorrow evening Is the date set for the annual Concert of the Willamette Glee club to be given at the opera house. Since their reception in Wash ington, tho club members are of the op ion that the concert to be given here is in many respects much better than in former years. At least the press com ments were most favorable and the audiences everywhere were most libef. al with their applause. o A clean broom, a clean sw) ep, a clean city. Candidate for city marshal, 18 X Josaph E. Wright. (Paid adv.) j o , I I buy everything for cash. Phone 510 or 511, Woodry, the auctioneer. O. P. Hoff, republican, for state treasurer. My statement in election pamphlet clearly defines my stund on all questions. (Paid adv.) Seven sticks of dynamite were found yesterday under the bridge over the Pudding river on the Silverton road. They wer.9 found by a boy who re- nnrtnil tliA mnttui1 in liia fnfia tin A ha to ine sucriii. mo aynamice nan evi dently been left there by some one who ' has forgotten it. There is no suspicion 1 that the Driilae was being prepared to be blown up ,to "prevent the ap proach of Hindenburg" as someone sug gested. Bains in this vicinity and down the valley brought the river up five inches during tho past 24 hours, the guage today reading two feet and three inches above zero. The minimum temperature last night was 47 above. Cafeteria dinner, Unitarian church Friday May 17. o Cafeteria dinner Unitarian church, Friday May 17. War dishes will be served. o Vote No. 74 X Q. T. Robertson for constable. ' (Paid adv.) o- lignahires of Petitions Up to Attorney General Secretary Olcott has passed another of those troublesome questions up to the state's tangle straightener, the attorney general. He asks: ''What methods may the clerks adopt in arriv ing at a belief as to the genuineness of signatures to initiative or refer endum petitions!" Attorney General Brown replies ''be lief is of al shades and degrees from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance." Concerning the cases where signa tures have the full name on the regis tration books and the signature on the petitions has the initials only, or con trariwise, he says: "Initials only stand for names." "If the clerk believes from similar ity of writing, or from any other lawful irformation in his possession that the person signing the petition is in fact the same person whoso name appears of record as having registered, then in such case the clerk should eertify the same as genuine. However neither presumption is conclusive but is satisfactory until overcome." He adds: "It is wel. however, con sidering that after the first 200 names are compared for which the clerk has two day., that the clerk must com pare 200 names each day, that the statute use the word 'belief, which it will be remembered, admits of all degrees from the slightest suspicion to fullest asuurance." . . For efficiency In office vote 17 X J. T. Welsh for city marshal. (Paid adv) j Vote 17 X J. T. Welsh for city mar shal. Your vote will bo appreciated. (Paid adv.) Th Pauline Literary society of the TCiinhdll school of Theolocv elected its oficers at their meeting yesterday for next year, ueorge . auouii, presiuem j The officers elected were as follows: President, Murray- Keefer; vice presi dent, Hubert intK.; secreiary-ircusui-vi V. U Bnntnn; critic. Georo B. Abbott: rporter, Alfred Bates; sergeant at arms, A. r . ilnnson. NEW THINGS Just Received Ladies' Voile and Lingerie Waists. The Smartest assortment yet received Each 98c White WASH SKIRTS in a11 the new materials: Gabardine, Pique, Oyster Linon, Seibro Cloth and White Ramie Weave Cloth. A style for every Poeketbook $1,49, $1.98 and $2.45 PETTICOATS Dozens Pretty to cnoose from 75c to $3.75 Our Prices Always the Lowest GALE & COMPANY COMMXBCIAIi and COURT STREETS, FORMERLY CHICAaO 8TOEB PHONE 1072 Portland seems to be having Its troub les with auto thieves and there is a suspicion that .in a majority of cases, the stealing is done by brtvs. B. S. Smith, a private detective of Portland spout the night in Pnlern with three Portland bovs accused of stealme an automobile They were taken asleep in the stolen car near Albanv, and return ed to Portland authorities today. The boys, all about 10 years old, had been sleeping in tlv car at nights since they hud headed south from Portland. Bichmond P. Hobion, who has been before the public eye since June 3, 1898 when h.-3 sank the soldier Merrimac in the Sautingo harbor, will speak this evening at the armory under tne aus pices of the Auti-8aloon league of Am erica. He has choBen for his subject "America in War." While in congrtbs Mr. Hobson was one of the leading ad vocates of national prohibition, eyen in the days when prohibition was not quite so popular as it is now. There will be no admission charge and as the speaker will touch on two subjects of general interest war and prohibition the ar mory will doubtless be taxed to its seating capacity. ADVERTISED LETTERS. Advertised May 14, 1918: Eaile, Mr. and Mrs. H. II.; Kelley, Mr. L. L.; Kel ley, Mr. F. P.; Koniery, A. H.j Keaton, Miss Nellie; Montgomery, Mr. M.; Jfel son, Miss Hattie; Polmanter, Mr. Ueorgo Pettit, Mrs. N. M.; Robins, Mr. Lester; Saufea, Mrs. B. B.; Springer, Mrs. J. V.; Story, Bort M.j Stotlar, Mr. Elmer; Walacc, Miss Salem; Waston, Miss Alico AlTUUST HUCKESTELN, Postmaster. TRY JOURNAL WANT ADS Louis Lachmund Is Genuine 49er Louis Lachmund is a genuine '49er." That is his number on the bal lot at tomorrow's primaries and be sides this evidenco d the frank open heartednes of his that is of the old ' ' days of 49 " variety. That is the rea son he has sd many friends and why fchey stick to him. As mayor or Salem ho made a record for sterling business methods and for invariable frankness. His cards are always on tho tohle, and hei has a splendid addTPFg and is a flu ent speaker? he is pre-eminently quali fied for the position of state, senator to which h aspires- One of the pecul iarities of this election is that the re sults so far las members of the legisla ture, both houses, are concerned, the primaries tomorrow will be really the election as there ar no candidates on any other ticket. There aro four can-, didates, all republicans ,and it is up to the republican voters to -nick tho right two men for the democrats will have nothing to say about it, and after the choJv is made tomorrow it is 'all over. There aro numerous combina tions possible with, four in the field, but most of these mado are pretty certain to have tho name of Louis Lachmund as one. of the two. LET US ESTIMATE ON . All your Printing an TJp-to-Now office to meet your print ing demands. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL PHONE 81 & j pamphlet clearly define my stand on I all questions. (Paid adv ) Go to th caf eteila .dinner at Unitar ian church Friday evening, May 17 o By voting No. 74 X Q- F. Robertson i for constable, meang you believe in "ofWetioney in office." (Paid adv.) o- .One of the big propositions to come before the voters of Salem tomorrow is whether the mayors and aldermen shall wrve for a term of two or four years. The law as it now stands makes the term of these city officials two years. The proposed charter amendment pro vides thnt the term shall be four years, beginning with those who are elected to morrow. On this amendment, a vote "yes" menus that the term shall be made four years and a vote "no," means the present law allowing alder men to serwi two years is satisfactory. o Rernembf cafeteria dinner at Uni- 'jianun rnunut, jvrtuay oiw o i BIG DANC E ARMORY Every Saturday Night Go where the Crowds Go. Music by Woodry's Orchestra. Bring Your Friends R0STE1N&G mm Nice assortment of Crepe Kimonas, very pretty, well made. Three assortments, priced at $2.50 $2.00 and $1.65 Minera Yarns, new assortment, just in. Best Yarn on the market; pretty colors. Muslinwear, real bargains, at old prices. Nice Underskirts, wide embroidery at 51.45 $1 . 25 Crepe or Muslin Night Gowns 75c to $1 .25 Ladies' Vhite Waists, special assortment, neat styles, good patterns, only $125 MILLINERY Visit this Department, in rear room. Big display of Ladies' and Girls' Hats, Shapes, Flowers, Orna ments and Ribbons special good showing of Chil dren's Hats. See the Newr Auto Hat, it is a beauty. All up to date and reasonable prices. 240-246 Commercial Street Hi i 1 LllfMEIKiT!" S3' v r i IP D OPERA house Reservations open today at Opera House Pharmacy :: :: Phone - - 1459 SO GENTS 1 7th gay, ..way 4. 3 llllllll ADMISSION - D &