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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1918. FIVE MM 4 I THE JOURNALS NEW TODAY GEDIUM IN MARION COUNTY-TRY THEM f OR RESULTS: JOURNAL WANT AD DEPARTMENT IS THE BEST SELLING CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING BATES Bate per word New Today: j Each insertion le Oae week (6 insertions) 5c 17e r .k OA l...Avt;..nc "i,Jl"nr, -sponsible for more than one insertion, for errors in Clarified Advertisements, j Jead your advertisement tlie first day; appears and notity us ininieuiaitiy. Minimum charge Inc. BABBITS for sale at 991 N Cottage. 6-2 WANTED Young woman for house keeper. 576 Laurel St. 9-4 WANTED Two huskvy boys about 16, years old. Cherry City Bakery Co. 9-4 WANTED Experienced saleslady for drvss goods dept. Gale & Co. '9-3 FOR RENT 3 rooms furnished-, mod era. 332 N 12th. tf FALL and winter pasture for horses and cattle. Phone 2219. ' 9-2 WANTED To rent small farm east of Salem. Rt. 6, box 146, Salem. 9-3 HOP PICKERS wanted. Phone 53F11. Adam Orey, Rt. 8. If FIB WOOD for sale. Phone 51F13 or 50F3 after 8 p. m. Chris Petersen, tf FOB SALE 2 Shropshire bucks. C. C. Bussell, Wacoada. Or. Phone 3l'3. tf FURNISHED fiats for rent. Call 1737 W. tf WANTED Veal calves and fat cntle. Phono 1376W. 9-8 FOB SALE Ash wood 7, $7.50 per cord. Phono 1096J. 9-6 GOOD pasture for cows on the L. K. Page estate. Phepe 44F22. tf COL. W. F. WEIGHT, the auctioneer. Turner, Oregon. Phom 59. tf. ton SALE A $2000 house and lot for $1000 cash. See Ben West, assessor's office. 9 2 WANTED A pair of good secondhand buggy shafts. Phone 45F14. John Gi rardin, Turner. 9-2 FOB TRADE Or sale, good driving and saddle mure for cow. Phone 2500W5 or box 162, Salem. - 9-6 MANURE for the hauling. Inquire Spaulding' barns on South Comn.er- cial. 9-4 WANTED Middle aged woman to keep house for man and 11 year old boy. Inquire room 7, Baker Apts. 9-2 ALBERTA peaches this week, only; sP ply limited; Vj miles north of bridge on Wallace road. M. C. Petteys. tf WANTED To buy a Brunswick or oth er good used phonograph. Phone 142 Address 1041 S. 13th. 9-4 FOR SALE Extra good cow, 5 years old, freshens Sept. 7. Phone 65F11. S. 8. Arnold. tf FOUND Money on Mountain Dew farm Owner can have same by properly de scribing and paying this ad. W. H Egan. Phone 3F11. 9-7 FOR SALE Purebred and grade Shrop shire and Cotswold rams. Albert Sav age, Silverton. 9 1 WANTED; Plain sewing by th0 day. Phono 2166. Residence 1120 Chcmeke ta St. , 9-9 BOY of 16 or over wanted at Journal office to carry paper route. Apply at on.e. tf SALESMAN, collector wanted for Ma rion and Yamhill counties. Call 333 State. '9-7 WALL PAPER 13 cents per double roll spwsjd. Buren's Furniture Store, 179 Commercial. tf. .WANTED Man and team, can make from $8 to $9.50 per day. Call phone 4X51 Turner. tf. HOUSEKEEPING apartments and ingle rooms, nicely furnished, at 033 Ferry street. tf. ftVO and three rjom furnished apart ments. 491 N Cottage. Phone 2203- tf. FOR SALE Rye for seed, c lb., sacks extra. C. C." Russell, Waconda, Or., Phone 3F3. tf WANTED Girl or woman for house work, good wages; write or call Mrs. W. C. Garbc, 1226 E. Burnside, Port land. 9-4 MIDDLE aged widow with small boy wishes position as housekeeper in small family. Phone 1162W or address A. A. 495 S. 12th St., Salem. 9-2 FOB SALE At bargain, 6 room modern bungalow, large log, garage, one block from paved street, 2 blocks to car line An ideal home for little money. Ad dress A. J. 20 care JeurnaL tf GOVERNMENT eivil service examina- tionn Oreeron in September, Govern- ment chjrk, railway mail, teacher, im- migrant inspector, typewriter, re- search clerk, Salary $1200 $2000. Ex- nerience unnecessary. Men. women de- irinff government nositions write for! free particulars, J. C. Leonard (former ' rivil service examiner.) 1039 Kenois Building, Washington, D, C, 9 9 L0ST - A buch of keys, on ring and chain. Return to the. Journal office and receive reward. tf VAXTED-Hop pickers, picking will eommenee Sept. 2d at II. L. Jones vard. Phono 71i'3. 9-2 FOR SALE Good wrk and driving mare,, harnvss and wagon, 2 shoats and nousehold furniture H. M. Foiiot, Rt. 6, box lOiA. 9-i WANTED Party to harvest erop dry bvans on shares. Beans now ready to pick. Phone 1332J, call 623 N Win ter tf TWO boys over sixteen desired for mes senger work during state fair at fair grounds. Apply Chief Operator, The Pac. Tel. & Tel. Co. - 9-2 FOR SALE Your choice of tw0 full blood Jersey cows, also one work mare, cheap. Phone 108F31. Rt. 4, box 33. 9-3 (V ANTED Hop pickers in Eiver bot tom yard, picking good; will move pickers to and from yard.. Downing and "Eoff. Phone 1283 or 97. 9 4 MAN and wife wanted for general farm work, everything furnished and work steady. Phone Jefferson 30F22, W. J. Turnidgc, Talbot, Or. 9-7 WANTED To rent modern 6 or 7 room house or bunalow with access to gnr ngo, for family of three. Address Shaw, box 36 or phone 22F23. 9-2 FOR RENT Nico modern seven rojin house, six lots, good well with wind- . mill, good orchard, barn, chicken hons es, four blocks from Highland school. Inquire at 1079 Chemckcta St. or phone 14. 9 2 HOP pickers wanted, five miles fn m town, 100 acres, 50c a box. Call on Hop Lee, 436 Ferry to register. Lee Hi.i.g, Rt. 8, box 98, Salem. Picking starts Sept. 7. 9-6 FOR 5'j per cent farm loans, see the Manon-Polk county national farm loan association. W. D. Smith, 303 Salem Bank of Commerce bldg. tf 5 GOOD men wanted for factory work long job at good wages. Call at room 303 Salem Bank of Com. bldg., or phone 482, agent, W. D. Smith. tf WANTED To enr. grain land, from 2 to 6 hundred acres, either cash or grain rent. Also want to buy some small pigs. Adam Orey, Et. 8, Phone 59F11. tf WANT TO EXCHANGE NEW STORAGE BATTERY FOR FIB WOOD ADDRESS F. S. CARE JOURNAL 9-1 FOR RENT 1000 acres river bottom land, or any portion thereof, for one or more years. Terms cash. We would prefer renters who wish to grow veg etnbles, as wo now have vegetable drying plant located on ranch. Ad dress E. Clemens Horst Co., Inde pendence, Or. 8-31 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Scaled bids for constructing a frame waivhouse 40 feet by 80 feet with con crete floor to be limit near the state prison, will be received by the Oregon Statu Highway commission at 11 3 'clock a. m. on September 10, 1918, at its offiee 1301 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon. Bidders must accompany bid with cash, bidder's bond, or certified check for an amount equal to at least five (3 per cvnt) per cent of the total amount of the bid. A corporate surety bond will be re quired for tho faithful performance of the contract in a sum equal to one half the amount of the bid. Plans, specifications and forms of con tract; proposal blanks and full inuirnia- tion may be obtained at the office of the State Highway commission state house, upon deposit of five ($5.00) dol lars. The right is reserved to rejvict any or all proposals or to accept the proposal or proposals deemed best for the elate of Oregon STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION. 8. BENSON, Chairman. W. L. THOMPSON, Commissioner R, A. BOOTH, Commission-er. Attest: HERBERT NUNN, State Highway Engineer Aug 28-31 Sep 2-5-7-9 NOTICE To. whom it may concern: Yon are hereby notified that John W. Sehwa- baucr and Mary Anna Schwabauer have made application to the county court of Marion county, Oregon, to have their names changed to John Bow- erg and Mary Anna Bowers, Also to have the names of their two sons cbang ed from .Oliver John Schwabauer to Oliver John Bowers and from Clarence John Schwabauer to Clarence John Bowers and you are further notified that this notice is served pursuant to an order of sail county court. V ll Napoleon Davis, Attorney for Petitioners. The Journal classified a (la art great favorites with people who do things Try one. frE- for smuU faTf FOR SALE First clas9 baled oat lav Thonc 76F11. U3 TRI CK driver wanted at state insti tution for f Able minded, call or tele phone lti6. 9-4 ROOM house and 2, lots in West Sa lem to sell, will take 1 cow and team as part pav. V. F. Thomas, Rt. 2, box 10. FOR SALE Fireproof safe, Marietta safe cabinet, scientists underwriter's fire test model. A bargain if taken at once. Phone 123. 9-4 WANTED To rent farm of 73 to 200 acres. Prefer a dairy ranch equipped but will consider grain ranch. Have good equipment. Address C care Jour nal, tf FOR SALE 1914 Ford roadster or tour ing ear $300; 19J4 Studebaker $373. Highway Garage, 1000 S. Cora'l. Phone 355. tf WANTED 3 men in prune dryer, good wages, i or 6 ia.m lies to pick up prunvs pr.ee 10c bushel Ten s furn- shed Wood, water and good camp- 2 nr A families tn ing place. Phone 11F24 or call Coolys grocery store, FOR SALE Five passenger Reg. All new tires. Fine mechanical condition. Electric equipment, with starter. This is a sacrifice sale and if yon want a first class buy cheap,' call 81 and ask for Mills, or see car at North western Garage. tf. TO SELL FURNITURE OF MY BEAUTIFUL FURNISHED HOME INCLUDING EDISON PHONO GRAPH AND VULCAN GAS RANGE ALL HIGH CLASS FURNITURE AND THE SAME AS NEW. RESI DENCE FOR RENT. 757 CENTER. 9-7 YOUNG LADIES WANTED. PERMANENT POSITIONS. ' NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. PAID WHILE LEARNING RAPID INCREASE IN WAGES CALL AT TELEPHONE COMPANY 170 NORTH LIBERTY tf State House Notes Application to increase its. express rates over tho Sumpter Valley railroad was filed today by thj American Rail way Express company with the public service commission. The company asks to practically double its commodity ex- pres4 rates and to increase its class rates until they are one and one halt timvs as much as the first c'ass freight rates. In some instances now, it is point ed out, the express rates are less than tho first class freight rates and the re sult is that many packages which should be shipped by freight are being sent by express. Th0 net. income of tho O. W. R. & N. for the year.of 1917 was $1,141,337, ac cording to the annual report the com pany filed today with the public service commission. Tl.-e company reicived from operat ing revenues the sum of $2,097,09, which was an increase of $3,216,837 over the revenues of the preceding year. Its operating expenses amounted to $14,- 878,198, an iucreaso of $1,838,350. . Gross income for the year was $0, 977,675, from which deductions of $', 836,337 were made for interest and oth er .obligations, leaving the net nicomv of '$1,141,337. Alleging that the water system is too small for the town, the city of Prine villc has filed a complaint with the pub lic service commission against the Dvs- chutes Power eompany, which supplies water for the city. The complaint al leges that there is not enough water for domestic sis during thv irrigalion sea son and the town is without adequate tire protection.. Liberty Loan Posters To Be Seen Soon Within a few days there will be shown in the city the four attractive as well as impressive Fourth Liberty loan posters, all calling attention to some of the numberless reasons why everyone should support the govern ment in purchasing Fourth Liberty loan bonds. ."That Liberty Shall not Perish from the Earth" is the title of the large poster showing the statue of Liberty in ew lork harbor in the midst of a bombing expedition with New York city enveloped in flames and the Ger man airplanes flying over the city. "Beat Back the Hun with Liberty Bonds." This poster shows a brutal Hun soldier climbing over an enclos ure. His fingers are -dripping in .blood and bis bayonet shows the stains of his blody work. He wearg the regu lation spiked Hun helmet and has the look of a beast. ' "Keep These Off the U. S. A." tells the story of what would happen if tho German soldier, landed in the Unit ed States- It i that of a Hun's bloody boot blood stained decorated on the body of the boot with the German eagle- The picture is that of a boot only but most suggestive. "Must Children Die and Mothers Plead in Vain" is a poster of a mother in her wrecked borne with two children clinging to her in their terror. It is a vivid picture of what has happened in Belgium,' , CHINESE in OF EDCUATION MURDERED ASSASSINjOICIDES Is Attacktd As He Leaves Chinese flub. Died In 15 Minutes. Victoria, B. C, Sept. 2- As he was stepping from the Chinese club where he had been dining with friends and consular officers, Tang Hui Lung, min- ister of education for China and former minister of the interior, was assassin ated by Mah Chew, a barber, at 7:30 last night. Mah Chew, who stood in waiting fo; the minister, fired two shots with deadly effect, one bullet penetrating the jaw and the other the breast, lanss Hui Lung, died within 15 minutes. Mah Chew committed suicide. The motive of the murder is said to be political. Rebels Behind Murder. San Francisco, Sept- 2. Tang Hui Lung, Chinese minister of education, probably was assassinated at the in- stignation of South China rebels, local , o f fc u h of T Jvie. R c ni i I tin n nniarpr nr iiufii I inn wmx uc- lieved to be seeking financial aid on this continent to quell the revolution in Southern China where opposition to the present eovernnient has become biter. t City News t - Business was not very rushing at the police station during August. The ar rests were 11, compared to 14 for Aug ust of one year ago. The receipts were $45. Of this amount, $10 was contrib uted by a second hand firm and $5 for becoming too loud with a motorcycle during a band concert and a speedster $5. Another speedster contributed $5 and two plain drunks paid $10 each for tho privilege of staying a while in the city cooler- Mike Basmujpn of the Elks' lodge writes from the Presidio California, as follows: "I am enjoying my army life. Have finished my course at school and for the present am stationed at the Presidio within 73 feet, nf the boy. Orin A. LaCourse was sent to IFt. Leavenworth and Frank DeWitt to Sam Antonio, Texas. At the Presidio we were invited to front one to three dan ce a week and also to a party or two." lo When it comes to temperature and rainfall, July and August of this month were strikingly alike. For in stance, for each month the mean max imum temperature was 77 an-a lor eacn month the mean minimum was 55. Tte rainfall for each month was .67 of an inch and the greatest amount of pre cipitation during any 24 hour period for each month was exactly the same, .60 of an inch. o When the weather is fine and noth ing special going on in the city, there are but few fire alarms- sent into the fire department. During the month of August eight fire calls wure received, but fortunately there was but little loss. Rubbish and grass fires were re. sponsinble for several calls and a gas lighter for another. The only real dam agj by fire during the month was at tlie home of Ab Magers on Aug. 23, where a fire caught in a wood lift ami burned to some extent the contents of one room. Less fires are reported din ing July than any other month of the year and the greatest number during December. Rough weather is rntlwr sure to cause a number of fire oinrmg vhil for settled condition as in August, there arfi jit few calls. o A corn crop almost equal to that of the famous Wabnrh vallvy and the Illi nois prairies may ,k found on Central Howell prairie and in the district to wards Lake Lnbish, according to D. u. White who did some motoring out into that section of the country yestCTdiy. He noted that the iwll cultivated fields were doing the best. If this year is a sample of what Oregon can do in the corn business, Mr. White see8 no reason why this should not be a givat h8! rais ing county, bringing the hop up ou lv er and then fattening with corn. Dr. C. B. O'Neill, a member of the Salein Elks lodge writes from the hos pital training school of Puget Hound that he is doing some hard work and hard Vaining the:v days. He write!, the navy life is great and that he is mighty glad he is in the s.-rvice. A member of the Elks lodge noted while in Portland that on the two ser vice flags of tl.v Portland Elks lodge, there was 144 stars. Also the fact that on the Salem MMvice flag, there are "8 staru, all of which he thought was pret ty good for Hnl'.-m, considering tnc memberships of the two lodges. o A grass fire on south Fourteenth street brought the fire department out at 2:30 this afternoon.- No damage. o ; Salem men fared well in the dis tribution of commissions in the organ ization of the intelligence department of the Oregon Guard. Harvey Wells is advanced to the ranks of major and A. B. Poole and Mnrray Wade given commissions as first lieutenants. Lieut. J. W. Jones of Salem is ad vanced to the rsnk of Captain. These officer tre to report tfor duty to the chief of the intelligence dpan ment. The intelligence department will assist th local boards of the state during the present emergency in lo cating and arresting desertrs. It will also mvstigate and report cases violatres of the espionage act. A. , ft Krfr mm P. O. DEPARTMENT GETS SIX SPECIALLY BUILT MAIL FLANES Thv Stnudnrd Aircraft corporal iuiw fo.n.al ly delivered to the post office department of the United States government the firtft six specially -built airplane mail carriers. The planvs are of 150 horsepower and have Hispano-Siiiza motors. Thi photograph shows the aviators of the mail service. Copyright, Committee of Public Information Underwood & Underwood. Says Many Big Farms Will Not Be Cropped The Coming Season Many of the big farms in the coun ty will not be plantvd to grain of any kind on account of the scarcity of la bor anj especially that kind of labor that is neeeesary for extensive farming. This is the statement of one of the lead ing big farmers ef thu valley. He says that the farming of large. tracts requires experienced tractor men and that the average garage man or ex-office man cannot do th work Tho office boy and the business nisn suddenly placed on a farm, the same au-( to dipatches reaching hero from Mos thority 8ays, do not fill the bill as they . Tha j:,. ),. ,1,1,,,., i, ;n are accustomed to shorter hours and ., . ... . i j men on the oig rarms me invjiperieiiccu man cannot do the work. Many of the young farmers who werc experienced with . result that the extensive farm-, m.w 11. arraiyim 1 Many large farming tracts of from 600 to 1000 acres will probably not be cultivated as there ib not tho experienc ed labor to be found that can undertake the job. There is a big demand for from 40 to 80 acre tracts but as eacD must have a house and barn, there isn't enough to go around. And hence the big farming tracts to some extent stand a chance of no cultivation the coming yvar. Asks For Information And Surely Needs It It's strange what queer ideas pto pie even in eastern Oregon have ftrined regarding the Willamette valley. For instance, F. J. Chapman, manager of the Salem Commercial club, is in re ccipt of a letter today from a man living near Pendleton who has becone interest ed in this valley. The man inquires whether it is true that the valley in this section is infested with flvas. Then he wants to know if the report is true that during the winter time it rains so hard that it is impossible for one to go anywhere on account of tho bad roads Answering hig inquiries, it may be said that the government has no offi cial record as to the flea proposition but there is a record of rainfall and it is about like this: Last January it was fairly cloudy al though there was but 4.39 inches of rain fall. February of this lear, when rains are vxpeeted, tho climate lived up to itB standard witj, a precipitation' of 5.08 inches, about twice the amount that fell in February of 1917. March was normal with only 3.51 inches of rain, and then since that date, the country has been dry enough to suit f,n caslern O.vgoniaii, with the following rainfall: April 1.22 inches, Mnv 1.08 inches, June no rainfall, July .67 of on i lie I, and August thn sniiie. Men between the a?, of 18 and 21 and also from 31 to 4.) years or aye arc to register in their voting pre finds in the county Thursday Sept. 12. Those, who are in the city but live elsewhere may register at the local recruiting board where their registra tion will be noted and papers given the registrant. But it will be up to the registrant to see that hi local board gets his papers bv 8 'lit. 12. For one who does not live in this part of the county, in Division No. 1, the registering here is a matter of con venience io snvo nun tiih ir'Miuio oi returning to his home. But the local board does not assume that the in formation will reach the board of tlie registrant- That is up to him The question of where to register is easily settled, as in every voting precinct in the county there will be a registering board of four people. Jn Salem, where there are 18 precincts, tbo registering booth will to at the places h hi-re votes were cast in county and state clc-tioiis. -o . Bert Smith who has been serving as motorcycle eon for the city has re signed and is now a deputy sheriff and will serve as motorcycle cop for the county. Instead of loking for thi speedrter in the city ho will keep an ev out for the speed maniac on the country roads. o Someone oat on Mission and Fif teenth street believes in telling his troubles to the police- A rejKirt came in to headquarters late last night that "a don out here is making himself very much despised." It was suggest- If'ed that the police look into the com- plaint and make proper disposition of the dog. " w" q v. A ?. it General Seminoff Defeats Bcl sheviki Army And Has It. On The Run Amsterdam, Sept. 2 Five thousand SkH-Aal Revolutionaries have been ar- rested and cntcneed to death, according , av..f, : ,i. ...,, . . , oe executed if the partv uersists in ... ... activities opposed to the soviet govern- . . ' ."V-'T unit8. Pat'ollin8 them. in un tilO 11 IO IClUBill 111UOUI.1. Brusiloff Arrested. Amsterdam, Sept. 2. General Biusil off, former commaniler-iii-chief of the Russian armies, has been arrested on suspicion of being connected with counter-revolutionary activities in Rus sia, according to a dispatch from Mos cow today. A Berlin dispatch declared red guards have murdered the ari'hbishop and lead ing priests of the Russian Orthodox church at Riga. Bemenoir is victor. London, Sept. 2. Tho capture by General Semenoff's cavalry of Hnd abular, Chiuadant, Daluchcsi and ihnr akal stations, wes reported in undated dispatches received today from Harbin. The enemy is retiring across tho Onon river, the dispatch adds. Americans in Fighting. Vladivostok, Aug- 31. American troops entered the battle aguinst the Bolsheviki along the Ussuri front on Tuesday, August 27, it was announced here. Japs Capture Town. Tokio, Aug. 31. General Semenoff 's anti-Bolshevik troops have captured Dutirin, on the Ussuri river, and tho Japanese have captured Himakova, etist of Lke Huiika, it was learned here to- lay. The enemy lett 300 dead on the ; r, ... : I ' i . TO. 1 " I ' TV i I I. 55 U M FASHION NOTE FROM FARltJA st)vl helmet Red Cross nursing gown pa iamas and hospital slippers are strictly in style as a morning walking outfit at the portablj tent hospital,- provide! by American Red Cross near tho front. A walking cane is permitted those who are a trif!u lame, , Copyright, Underwood & Vnderwod slHMii ;'iwt..-urvj.:... t . i, r ' ' V t , MIL field at Kimakovka. 'Fifty Japanese were killed and 120 wounded in the battle. Helps the Prisoners. Harbin, Manchuria, Aug. 31 Tho arrival of allied troops at the Man- huiitttt border has given addition: (Veeho-Slovaks prisoners in Central Siberia a chance to rise against tho Bolsheviki, according to reports re ceived here today. These Czechs have attacked the Bol sheviki, who are reported retreating tu Petrograd and Kiahhtka. Three Oregon Men With Canadians, Wounded Ottawa. Out, Sept. 2. The follow, ing Americans appear in today's Can adian casualty Wat: Killed in action: H. Wilson, Saa Francisco; J. G. Goode San Francisco; D. Mitchell, Dunsmuir, Cal.; W. J. Miller, Metcalfe, Ari. Wounded in action: H. H. Hill, Los Angeles; J. D. Clancy, Portland, Or-; T. B. Perkins, Frar.er, Idaho; E. J. McPhee, Mcdford, Or.; T. Rodgers, Kalispell, Mont.; R. .1- Kragear, San l)icg, Cal.; G. Papadakis, Man Fra cisco; H. P. Miller, Seattle; H. Stinton, Beverly Hills, Cal.; Ill: O. Burton, Summer, Or. DON'T GIVE A PICNIC FOR ALL THE INSECTS lie, t3 TH3 DRYING PRODUCT SHOULD EE ICUUfcHtD WITH CHE6SEC1-OTH TACKED TO A FRAME POU PRO TECTION FROM OUST ANO FLNIMG Get the free drying book the Na tional War Garden Commission of Washington will send for a two cent stamp for postage, and learn all ibout drying. H" .... "4. . . ? i i 0W- 111 II