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SALE if, OBrOQ WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1D1S. SIX All Around Town t LI 5aUii.LlMal Journal WE DO NOT HAVE SPECIAL SALES ON JUST SPECIAL THINGS FOR JUST A DAY OR A WEEK, BUT WE HAVE UNUSUALLY LOW PRICES ON EVERYTHING, ALL THE TIME This Fact Makes the J. C. Penney Co. The Most Popular Store in Every One of the 197 Cities Fortunate Enough to Have One of our Stores We Have the Lowest Prices On Everything to wear for Men, Women or Children SI UGHT33ZP SUNK Washington,' Aug. 7. The Diamond Hhoala lightship ,iff Oupe Hattocas, N. C, tfas shell ed and sunk by a submarine late yesterday afternoon, when the submarine came within half a mile of the beach, the nnvy ilepartiueut announced today. The crew took to. their bouts ami reached shore safely. . The recruiting business in the army illation in .Nllem has failed off the past day-or so due. to the tunny false ru mo regarding the conditions of en Joitmont. While ('.(ingress may pays the new draft law to include men from 1 1a 21 and from .'11 'to 4.i. men of this ne may volunteer not only up to Sept. when it is probable they will be re quired to register, but possibly until J heir order luimbers arc railed. Any linw, as the situation now stands, mim j outside cf the. present drart-age, who will, be included, later, nuw have (privilege of aelac.ting their ervic( the . I.ALLOCK At the Willamette Huni torium Wednesday noon, August 7, AU, Mrs. Nlialieth Uillock, at the nge of Oil yearn. Hlie was the wife of Andrew Lallie.k oe WS Mouth 22d street. 'L'h' body in t; the chapel of Webb mid Clough and as et no funeral ar rangements hlvo been made. SeT" V HOW ABOUT YOUR EYES-ARE YOU IN NEED OF GLASSES? Let us remind yw that you can come to us with the absolute assurance that every effort will be exerted to meet your optical needs with fair prides. DR. A. McCULLOCH Optometrist, 201-5 Salem Bank of Commerce Bldg. TO&SG LENSES . - i GET 1 LYDON SPEEDLER I cm thoroughly convinced by actual test of the merit of the Lydftn Ppeedler that I want all iny friends and their friends to know about it. It costs you nottung to own a i.yaon pe?a lcr because it sives it price in month. It in the biggest value for $!i that I know of Fita every car, I hare taken the general agency for thi territory and want a Use ngent in each town, ree or write me at once and let me explua and demonstrate. JOHN D. CAUGIIELL Boi 1P3 Silem, Ore. Fhano 1H7 EoItitv Distributer Incorp orated. " j - Court House Notes In the case of N.-llie E. Woolery vs Kov A. Woolen- and Josephine Parker, the defendant K. A. Woolery filed an answer in wnieii he alleges that we plaintiff haj an obstinate and irritnbl.' disposition niid was not satisfied with the defendant 's ability to provide for hiY an, at times refused to make her home with him. He also claims that the property in question was bought by his own moo.'). Josephine. Parker alleges that Woolery was employed by her on her farm and Hint she had paid him for his work in full to August 1. i. 1. Needhaui reports u sheriff 's sale iif the land involved in 'die suit of S. T. N'orlheutt against John H. llartog and others , iu which the laud was or dcv.id by the court to be sold to satis fy a judgment of r4 1 ti.07. The land was bought by S. T. Noi'thcutt for 20,U42.72, inp au neuig muoc iujm iu ... tiou as provided by law. A marriau,. license w.13 issued yester- dav hi Kollm laivnce fiilmunds, l. au- i to mechanic, and Lorenn May Allen, 22, ia stenographer. Both parties live in Ha- 1 -111 RAIN IN NEBEASKA HastiiiL'S. Neb.. Auir. 7. Huiu which cime suddenly to central and western N.'biaA.-i last night broke the spell of hot Muds that had been sweeping over the state. From half to au inch of rain, followed by damp, cool weather today, is snid by farmers to insure about hail' a en whereas if the winds hnd contin ued today, probably would have regis tered ,i complete failure. MORE MILES I am getting six more miles per gallon of gasoline, 20 per cent more power from my engine and freedom from carbon troubles. I am saving dollars every month instead of wasting them in un necessary gasoline. All because I use a "The funaral beautiful. '....Webb & tf .Clough Co. Dr. Mendelsohn, the eye . will return Sept. 1st. "tnf.'t whit who enlisted a few nioiiths afo, is now stationed at San ! Pedro in the ordnance department. He is at ( amp Kearney and writes that the boys have spring mattresses to sleep on, hot and cold water for show er baths and the best of everything to eat. ...."The best-' is all yon can do -when .loath conies. Call Webb & Clough Co Phone 12). ....We sell for cash Conunencing July 1st we will couduct our business on a strictlv cash basis. Patlon's Book Store.' tf. The Foresters of America will hold a special meeting next Tuesday even ing to arrange the entertainment for Philip J. Schiitland, supreme chief ran ger of the Foresters of America. He will pay the lodge a visit on the even ing of Friday, August Hi. Dr. Schenk's offices wlU be closed from Aug. 3rd to Sept. 8, 1318. 9-3 ....Irrigation.. Even., numbers,.. Moh., Wed., Fri., and Hun. Odd numbers, Tues. Thurs, Sat. jind Sun. Kven numbers are on the south and east side of street. Odd numbers ere on north and west sile of stieet. tf. ''PershingW Crusaders" will be shown for three days at the Liberty theater beginning Thursday. The film is shon under the auspices of the V. (i. government and is the first official war picture. It was shown one week at the Heilig theatre in Portland. H. A. Johnson, fire lusurance agency does a general1 fire insurance business, both mutual and old line companies. 1 and 2 Bush bauk bldg. Phone 347. 93 Yesterday the mercury in the ther mometer climbed up to the IK! notch in Petroit, Michigan, anil 104 mid 100 was registered in several cities in the east. Out in the Willamette valley thiniM seem to be mute -different a the uiivertiment's thermometer was with a minimum of .r.r last night. At S o'clock this morning it' was fiH above. Dr. Scheuk's offices will be closed from Aug. 3d to SSejit. 8, 1018. 9-3 Atteutlou M. W. A. J. A. Wright being called to other work, all M. W. A. work will be handled through my office fit ,'i0i Bank of Commerce bldg. P. J. Kuiitz, 812 Dr. Carl Gregg Doney will lecture tomorrow- evening at the Centenary Methodist church' in Portland for the benefit of th." war relief fund of the Mis-ionary .Society of Wilbur Metho dist, church. .Sixteen young men from the Pacific Marine Iron Works will sing. Ho will speak particularly of the conditions confronting the women and children of France. Edviu Tiuglestadt of Wimiesheik county, 1'iwa, w;is inducted into the ser vice today and left for Camp Lewis. Ho has been working at Silvertoa and at the roipu'st of the Oecnrah, Iowa, board, was inducted into the service from Marion county y Special meeting of Salem A lodge N.U. 4. A.- F. & A. M., this evening. Work in the E. A. vV-degr.'e. Visiting brethren wel- yfjir.'ome " o Mr. ui.d Mrs. G. E. Terwilliger, grad- iia'c moiticians and funeral directors, "V C.K aieketa Sr. Phone 724. Oeorge Viclt of the Val'ey Motor Co. left this morning tor Pendleton. The Dalles and otiher points in the eastern part of the state. He is supervising agencies recently placed for the Ford Tractor and assisting in demonstra tions. B. H. Wagner of the Prico Shoe store Coming Events Aug. 8 9-19 "Pershing's cru ealers" at Liberty Theater. Aug. T. Annual Meeting of Wisconsin Society. Aug. 15 Membership meeting of Salem Commercial club. Aug 1. Annual Meeting of Iowa Society. t i is feeli I ! day as i from n linsr considerably encouraged to ne has just received advices northern Aiusaa mat tne govern ment will survey the coal and oil group in that section of the territory in which he i-s interested with' Robert Mnnu, and Stephen McClovern. The land was discovered by the men in 190(5 and Mr. Wagner says he has been paying annually $100 nou resident assessments with a total investment in assessment. i of l2do. J I will ship Saturday, will pay high csr price for stock of all kinds. Phone 2?.'i"J evenings. C. T). Burdick. Salem women who are interested in making clothing for the Belgium child ren are asked to mtet at the city pub lic, library Friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. Mrs. ltrita He-dine is takinit the lead in the movement here an will tell of the work at the meeting. This is the line of work in which all kinds of material are wanted and especially stockings and undergarments and the request is made that auch materials be sent to the public library. Some time ago someone discovered that very nice garments eould bo made for small child ren from stockings anil the meeting! Friday afternoon is the beginning of the work in thi line. The camp meeting at 14th and A Sts. is interdenominational iu character and is progressing n'uvly. The interest and attendance is increasing....; there are three services each day at 10:30, 2:30 and 7:30 p. m. and sleeping accomnioda tious and a place when? meals can be purchased on the ground at very reas onable rates. 8-9 Max So'of, charged with violating the law in buying; junk from a person specialist,! under the age of 21 years, was tried tf i by a jury thi-s morning in the city re Icorder's office and found guilty, lie was let off with the minimum tine ot- Americans between the ages of 21 and 3.1 years are wanted by the navy for the aviation service. The men must have had tome practical experience with gas engines or a fair technical education. Men in deferred classifica tion can get releases from the local ex emption board for this service. F.nlist ed men will be sent to San lHcgo for intensive training of three months, equal to about one year in a college. The navy also wants carpenters, musi cians and yeoiueu. C. L. Snyder of Vick Bros., repair department appeared before the city court this morning to answer to the charge cf running his motorcycle with the niunler cut-out wide open. It seems that about 8':45 during the band con cert last evening Mr. Snyder rode on Court stieet opposite to the band stand and was making more neise than the law allowed. It cost him ." There has been considerablt complaint- in regard to motorcyclists making a lot of noise during band concerts. The police were instructed to stop it and Mr. Snyder happened to be No, 1. Fr-ish bread 10c a loaf, full weigh. Mi l;ct Market, 3.11 State street. A. A. Lee received two letters thiii morning from his son Lloyd A. Lee who is in w in France in the signal service. One was dated June 2, and ths other Juno 7, showing that about ten weeks is the quickest mail time between the Pacific coast and the boys in France.: According to all Reports, the big de lay is iu the handling of the letters in France. Mr. Lee -ays his son figures he was the first man from Marion county to set foot in France. He enlist ed iu the, quartermaster's corps of the regular army May 17. 1917, and arriv ed iu France Aug 4, 1IH7, completing his one year's service in. that country lust Sunday, C. V. Piper of Washington, D. C. head of the Bureau of Fornee croo in- l vestigation, a sulf division of the Bur eau of Plant Industry was in the city yesterday ,a guest of Prof. J. C. Nelson principal of the Salem high school. He is' one of the most eminent batonists in the eountrv and is the author of sev- 'eral books on botnnv. His work best known in the northwest is entitled, ''Flora of Washington", while his last book is entitlod. ''Flora of the North western Coast", recently issued. Mr. Piper and Mr. Nelson spent part of the time yesterday driving up the canyon beyond Silverton. O. B. Gingrich, secretary of the Sa lem V. M. ('. A -announces that he is netting ready for the fall work, calling iu th..' various Y, M. C. A. committees. Two new propositions will bp submitted One will be to put on the force a coun ty secretary for boys and boys' work and the other to put on a secretary for the local work of the boys Inquiries for Willamette valley laud continue to come in to the Salem Com mercial club. A man from La Grande wrote that he had sold out and intend ed to locate in the valley and that his brother living in Oklahoma had become dissatisfied with the crop failures ie that state and the shortage of water. He wrote that his brother honed to find a suitable location fot,a cow ranch where there was plenty of good cheap grass land. The city paving plnnt, now rented to Marion county on a basis f 7lj cents per superficial square yarn ior worn ' ' . 1 .... w oris one bv the countv. has proved a tine investment for the city, esptcially since th( plnnt originally cost the city only $1500. Vp to date the-county has paved 211.400- square yards on the road be tween Salem and Silverton and 3.0'H) square yards on the bridge and np pn ach, 'making a total of 2S.400 square yards. At the agreed price of 7j cent per square vard the city has already made on tlie contract 2.20." 00. The county now has about three fourths of a mile to pave on the Silverton road and then the plant will be taken to the river road beyond the fair grounds. W. F. Drager of the Drager Fruit Company is home from Roseburg. He says in' that section of the state the prunes are beginning to color with no indications of disease of any kind. The drying season there will open the lat ter part of August and the sie of the prunes iu the low lands will run most ly in the 4l)-."0 sizes. The Drager Fruit Company will, handle practically nil the pear crop in Douglas county, amount ing to over 250 tons; Mr. Drager said. They will all be shipped to canneries This year each can will hold about 2j pounds and shipments be packed in cases of 24 cans to the case. At the meetiug hold at tho armory Inst eveiiinc tn discuss raising two companies of Oregon national guard in Siibiii addresses er.. made by Lieu tenant Colonel A. T. Woolpert, Major, A. A. Hall, Captain A. B. Wilson and 17 GILE & CQ.1MAL WEEK On Staple Domestic Sheetings, Muslio, Etc. Now on sale at bargain prices. We handle only the best known, staple brands. This is a timely' special to supply your needs for fall and future. You are prob ably familiar with the cotton goods marketprices advancing from day to day and it looks like higher prices this fall. However by buying direct from the largest mills and factories in the United States we are offering the follow ing prices for one week only, ending Saturday night. Buy all you reasonably Vant for your own use. We reserve the right to limit quantities. Regal Sheeting, 81 inches wide, bleached .49c Yd Pepperell or Mohawk Sheeting, 81 inches wide, bleached 64c Yd Pepperell or Mohawk Sheeting, 81 inches wide, unbleached . ; 59c Yd Pepperell or Mohawk Sheeting, 72 inches wide, bleached m 59 c Yd Pepperell or Mohawk Sheeting, 72 inches wide, unbleached 55c Yd Indian Head Linens 33 inches wide 33c 36 inches w ide ' 38c Hope Muslin Bleached Best Quality, Yard Wide 25c Yd Lonsdale Muslin Bleached, Best Quality, Yard Wide -28c Yd 3 Pound Cotton Batt Bleached White. r. .$1.00 Batt Crash Toweling , 11 l-2c Yd Linen Crash Toweling, Extra Quality 18c Yd Our Prices Always the Lowest GALE & COMPANY Commercial and Court Sts. . Formerly Chicago Store others. Members of any of tin four home companies are eligible as members of the Oregon national guard aim way hold membership iu both regiments until the Oregon national guard is federal ized,, at which time they will be given honorable discharge from the home company. Th.; regiment must be organiz ed this month and two companies of 100 each 'nave been assigned to Salem. (There is au impression among army men here that the Oregon national guard may se,e service within the border ot the United states eariy next year. Sergeant Davv of the local army recruiting station is pretty well post ed on genera army conditions and army etiquette, having seen 14 years service mostly in recruiting, but a few days ago r.e was called on to decide a ques tion just a little beyond the regulation a rmv affairs. A woman came to his of fice' and asked him if it was advisable or would be right for her to attend a movSig picture show with another man, lis her husband was in the service in France, but she wanted to go to the movies. As there was nothing ia his official documents or the army regula tions to cover such a fine point of etiquette, the sergeant gave it up and the question is still unanswered. Lee George of the Whitehouse res taurant "left this afternoon for Bates ville, Arkansas, to assist a brother -"'-; - ,. i ... .n .1 I. a nniiutt- rkiins4 According i r ""' ' ." . ,. '....." to the letters written ny nis nrotner from Batesville, the farmers in that section had been rolling" the mangan ese boulders out of the way in order to raise cotton. But just recently some one discovered that what appeared to the farmers as rocks, were really val uable manganese ore assaying about .$7"i a ton. The metal is used for tem-. Hrin,i steel and also in the mantifac-1 tore of all kinds of cutlery. According to the letters received by Mr. George the government has taken over the' manganese deposits and will buy alp the ore produced. It will be surface : mining. Mr. George said, and all that: will be necessary will be for the far- ( mers to shovel it by means of steam I shovels into the ears. He received a iwire this morning from his brother to j come and assist him in handling his big deal. Germans Are Looting Ki!ig Albert's Palace1 . - j Amsterdam, Aug. 7. Germans in ; Belgium ore looting the palace of King Albert, according to word received j here. During the last week Germans j have brought into Holland pictures, j furniture and books known, to belong to the king's, collections. Originally the Germans declared King Albert's possessions to be "quite saore,i to them. 1 rS.?-r J Socialist Leader Tried To Jump Bail Seattle, Aug. 7 Chief of police at Havre, Mont-, yesterday morning ap prehended Emil Herman. "vVashington state secretary of the socialist party, ei route to Chicago on Great Northern train No, 2. Herman jumped his bail of $20,000 in Seattle, where he was un dor federal sentence to serve 10 years in the 'penitentiary for violation of the espionage act- llernian was arrested on order of Clarence L. Beamcs, head of the de partment of justice of this district. A wire from the chief of police at Havre, announced tho arrest of Herman, who is mow in the custody of the United States marshal of Montana and will leave todav for Seattle. KNIGHTS INSTALL OFFICERS The Knights of Pythias installed the following officers last evening: P. Andreseu, chancellor commander. "Walter Lenon, vice chancellor comman der. Neal Suminerville, prelate. P. J. KuuU, keeper of the records and seals. A. M. Hansen, master of the work. J. L. Tucker, master of arms. C. K Siegmund, inner guard George Will, outer guard. After havine served for the past eight years 83 keeper of the records and seals. W. B. Gilson announced that ho would not he a candidate for re-election. The records of the lodge will now Ue in charge of P. J. Kuiitz. , I WANT TO BUY Your Junk and give yoa a square business deal. I always pay the highest cash prices. I WANT YOUR SACKS AND BAGS I buy all kinds of used goods, 2nd hand furni ture, rubber and junk. Get my prices before you selL THE CAPITAL JUNK CO. The Square Deal House 271 Chemeketa Street Phone 398 Better Conditions For Workers In Lead Washington. Aug. 7. The 'national war labor board has made an award to the employes of the St. Joseph Lead company at Herculcanum, Mo., which will bettor living conditions for the workers and at the same time increase the efficiency of the company. ' , Tho awards include a general in crease of wages, a minimum wage and provides for a system of collective bar gaining between the company and its employes. I L.M.HUM j care of -f Yick So ToEg . Chinese Medicine and Tea C. T Has medicine which will enre X any known disease. i f Op'.n Sundayj from 111 i a 4 t until S p. n, J . 1j3 Souti High i. 4 Salem, Oregon. Phona I8J I WANTED, JUNK And All Kinds of 2nd Hand -OOd3. ' Full Market Prices Special ' - Prices paid for Sacks. Get our prices beore yon sell. THE rEOPLE'8 JtTNK h 2ND 4 HAND STOBE . ' 271 5. Com'l St. Phone 734 - " Used Furniture Wanted t Highest Cash Prices Paid for Used Furniture - S. L. STIFF ft SON . Phone 841 or S08 l A-L HARRIS &S0N Hopmere, Oregon. Buy Grain And Hay Sacks for Sale at Warehouse. It may be to your Advantage to get our Price Journal Want Ads Pay