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- 1M1LY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEMOREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 27,1919.
THE BEEF BARONS SURRENDER.
A FTER having for years vociferously denied their
Rippling Rhymes.
SNOW
A lot of snow came down last
night; It's lying round me as I write,
l.i ghastly drift and heap; it's in the
alleys and the mews, it's everywhere.
or men to use the only thing that
cheap. If snow would make the fur
nace hot, and heat the house, 'twould
hit the spot, and spoil a lot of grief
ftlas, it Isn't worth a dern; In val
ve ve tried to make It burn, go we
reur up and beef. How It would
soothe the anguished soul, If there
hou!rf be a fall of coat, or wood -In
proper sizel'Twould make the outlook
far more bright to have a shower of
anthracite from these forbidding
skies. We long to see the fireplace
glow, and so we get a raft of snow
tlint will not even smoke; and so we
sit around and freeze and any that
life's one long disease, that's ceased
to be a joke. My hands are frozen on
my lyre, there is no' coal, there is no
fire, and knife edgod tern posts blow;
I look around for stuff to burn, for
egg or nut or lump I yearn and get
a foot of snow, The snow lies deep
on dale and dell; J have a thousand
tons to sell, but no one wants to buy;
men want It not, but they'd go broke
to get a oord of elm or oak from yon
. tier lowering sky.
Odds and Ends
1,08 Angeles Frank Wllklns want
ed a drink. "Here Is a bottle of Si-
eltlon white wine" the bootlegger
told him. "Sparkling, five dollars,'
Whereupon Frank became owner of
bit excellent bottle of lemon soda.
Chicago Thres days ago street car
fares were ordered reduced here ef
fective today. Emery Brown stayed
Away from home for three days. He
told his wife he waited until he could
ride for six cents.
monopolistic uroDensities and h
""" uuiuceiite UJ. law violations, tne Deei trust,
composed of the five Chicago packers, have made a virtue
vi nece&siiy ana agreed with Attornev General PaWr f n Music for Everybody
a federal court decree of dissolution. - - iJLVJi
inis greedy autocracy overreached itself. Not satis- by way of an obJect leasoa-,nat u 18
Jir Ta co"trmn mea5 Products, it successfully, at- Z. "-21
temptea tO 'DeCOme a IOOd trust, anrl cnnr.rnl all linoa cratization of mankind. Education is
J . , . ...
lOOQ, DrOflllPtS. It rinm notaH fVi rnU., ij. lne Br levener.
fQW W " ZZ J T C F""MJf egg, OUt- if the next generation makes mors
v-nccoc dim cannery Dusmess, entered tne wholesale of ,lfe than we hav made, it win be
grocery business, owned and operated refrigerator car beoaU8e f 4156 Ioner piod spent m
airofamt UKl.',.J PC , r, '""gerdior Car preparation. Several years ago John
j u o, couiuiiBueu retail Stores and thUS Was enabled tO Fiske Mentioned a theory which in
control distribution and marketing of the majority of
Millions of dollars were spent in printers ink by the
trust to convince the public of its merits nnrl nriilonr h
without avail. Its ruthless crushing of competitors its today among Primltlve
reckless rKcnrirnWiVw, if : JZ. P!lTS "S youth attains his majo,
- uiwviiuiiuttwuji, iijTs uii vri is i ii rill upprinnr n l'nn
ed a public sentiment that caused its
By the decree, it is shorn of the poweF'that gave it SntSSM
. """" rv . 111 ues oi inaustry and must con-
tme its activities to meat. Its monopoly of stock-yards
terminal railroads and cold stnracr. ml Antes lo n Urtrl
and competition admitted. The trust, must. M nf itc Ei'
STrtfOO arrt anil ifo V,U, ; nrc .. . .
-..u ocu lta nuiuiiius 111 iO Concerns WhlCh It flOm. e"nl leaams un oraer to get com
mates. - rort and Inspiration from the Holy
rru - j? i . - ..i''. - vvoraj, writing (for there were no
AlltJ lUIt'ea Surrender Ot the beef harnns is t ho -PiVot typewriters and few printing presses).
great victory for Attorney General Palmer in h; PJf"!.0,,11, ,waB. 8uppo.8ed
nfiirrn fr f fU l,:U 1 -j u ... , . . - " '" J quicKen
1 vur W1C UI&U t:usL 01 "vmg oy restoring normal
conditions destroyed by monopoly. It cannot have other
tuan a ueneiiciai anect-as the ennrt n nfinn ia
CONCERNING MUSIC
'- x' (Director of Music for Salem Schools)
' . By C. A. DAVIDSON
terested "many people It was the
theory that in the evolution of the
race man's Intelligence grows pronor-
the early history of the race and even
tionately with the expansion of "the
period of Infancy." For exam pta, In
races, the
majority t 14 to
16 years, while our civilization Im
poses upon those who would be ttad
rigorous
fourth
or twenty-fifty birthday,
The needs of life .have inrr&ased so
many fold that the educational curric
ulum has had to be expanded again
again to meet them. In the early
in New England, education
pie." We hope to Interest children
in music from the first grade to the
high school. We hope to so motivate
and vitalize the work that music will
become " thing of beauty and a joy
forever" to one and all. We hope also
to see "community music" on such a
firm footing that grown folks and
children all will join spontaneously
and unhesitatingly in whistling hum
ming or singing with the phonograph
or pianp in the home or social gather
ing, with the band in the park, with
the organ at the movies, and with the
Orchestra at the dance or theatre.
Then will our tastes Improve little by
little away from "The Alcoholic Blues"
and we Bhall be on the right road to
become a truly musical nation.
RECOGNIZING RUSSIA.
and discipline the Intellect). In the
same good old days in the South we
find education tending more towards
music, painting, alhletics and sports
of various kinds which were supposed
to enable the educated class to enjoy
life, or in Other words to enjoy their
leisure time of which there was plen
ty because most of the work was done
by slaves. Now we are gradually
Detroit An enterprising pawn
shop merchant here today had his
sign in his window: Christmas jew
elry not hockable here.
New Tork Dock Commissioner
liulbert called In the bomb squad to
(pen a belated Christmas package.
After removing the wrappings with
a knife," the detectives' finished their
job with a cork sorews . '
New York. rhomas Mulhorn, a
bartender was ' fined $25 for selling
""fiigh balls to two woman. He explained
that he thought "prohibition was for
men, only."
L
UNIQUE "AD" SCHEME
Utilizing a unique advertising moth
t, the tHimluy school convention or
Uic llayosvllle dlHtrlct is announced by
v photographic program card being
received 1)y Jntrons tuul friends (of
tun- district.......
The convention will be held at the
McCleary school house Docombor E8,
mid the day's program follows:
10 a. in. Song siirvlce. Devotion by
Ilcv. J. W. lirooster.
10:30 a. in. Reviewing Iamoiib.
No. "a 1 to 4, Miss Mabol Williams
No's. S to 8. Itnv. 3. W. Brooster,
No's. to 12, F. H. Whlt9. '
11 a .m. Special imnslo, Krultland
Sunday school.
11:30 a .ni, Address, Dr. E. Slier
vood.
""12 ni. Ilusket dinner.
1 p. 111. Son service.
Music by Auburn and MoCleary
Funduy schools.
T LOYD-GEORGE in his reCfint. SneefVl tn ha PrtJ?alnlnB our enomib freedom, labor
JUI oVr,1on--4 4-W i . "I "r,V. v . navln& s inning, we are coming
vAmuicu uirti it was impOSSlDie tO make Peace With t0 have more and more leisure time
KUSSia DeCaUSe Of CIVll War e-x-tsHnrr tWo W , J,!11" leisure .time we do not have dur-
"Tf tho "Rfil0r.M,L-; t4. i "lv-xt; cioociicu. ing the day we steal from the night
" uuisneviiii want to sneak tnr K'ncaio h
SO DV SUmmonme' a national asspmr.lv f.00l,r J . ency ' education for leisure so fits
the one thin'cr tfcl T) 3: ' lur neW--that we are adopting it and
a fc. viiv uuioiir: virvi i r km i i f if 1 linn i t- tn Aif nr uriintr mnou i
,1 - w . ' wu VAV UAllsli 11J.C V j " B "1UD"'i i . IHIIIICIHJ,
wiere can De no diplomatic relations between Russia and ln our 801,001 aCtlvlties-
the outsit wrM " U,Ween KUS,Sla and Consequently we feel that all chll
vv .mwiu, wwie ia Jiuuilllg 10 prOVe that the ,ren should haVe a chance at musio
Lenine autocracy is the creation nf the Pn00;Q nanr,u ; JAs Dr- Frank Damrosch puts it:
reSDOnsfhle tn thorn " fYF'S V, , "Music should have a place in every
school for rich nnri nnnmlllro T
Bolshevism or Sovietism. is not democrapv ' Tn nra. my 8l.ncere homage to the educator for
tice it is the control of fmvernment tv,nr,w? ' ir ?norn?,"!ih6 y.whi.ch "lusl
., - . o. viiiuwn noiciite UVija.l" ,lB sner lorm, wnicn nas been
iiuiiurity, tneoreucany chosen by occupational renresen. "tne exclusive property of the talented
tation froni rrrnims nf rn.b-0.n u , hr the rIch..oan be popularized and
tattuii iiuni groups oi workers not nv p-eno-rnnVnai wnn. n
.rUwwu. i0 xiui, auciansm ana is repudiated bv m
CiallSts. Rnnver sttrlaa i 'fV, A-fl .i? . W"r.
Salem people generally are much
interested in the programs given by
the Apollo Club as evidenced by the
sale of a large number of associate
memberships. These memberships
ftrs J5.00 each and entitle the holder
to four tickets for each concert. We
expect a treat in the person of John
Hand who will be the soloist at the
next concert January 13th. He is a
new tenor in the concert field and is
rapidly gaining natienal recognition
Alma Gluck, the famous operatic
soprano so well known through her
victor records, has recently suffered
such a serious nervous breakdown that
she is compelled to cancel all en
gagements for the season.
Maud Powell, probably America's
greatest woman violinist, also suf
fered a nervous collapse.
Truly music is enervating work and
there is a limit to what flesh and
blood can endure. I am reminded of
what my first voice teacher said: "It
takes a strong man to be a sineer.
This was before" the woman suffrage
amendment was made to the national
constitution. He might now say,
it takes a strong man to e a concert
artist, yea verily, how much m
does it take a strong woman."
The mayor of New York closed the
Lexington Theatre where German
opera was to be presented in the Ger
man tongue, thanks to the American
Legion and a number of other patri
otic organizations, and may the good
work go on and prospper. The" lan
guage of music is universal, but the
the kaiser are no more for America
now than they were when Belgium
and Armenia were desecrated and the
LuBitania went down. Let us be One
People, and speaking One Language,
unaer une uood Old "Stars and
Stripes." .
in Salem. I do not want you to think
I have a well bred dog with a pedl
nu a vard or two long for he : Is
not He is just a dog one's best friend
a companion inai wui wim j""
and go with you where nothing or no
human being will.
As every one knows one an train
a dog, with but a little trouble, to
guard you and yours at all times, no
matter what hardships hd has to go
through. I could leave my dog on
the car and go away and leave him
in charge and know when ever I go
back that the car and everything in
it would be as I left it "no matter
whether it be five minutes "or a week.
The only way for any one to get In
the car or take anything out of it
would be to kill him. I have gone and
left him for several hours and then
send some one that he knows, just
to try to get the car throagh kind
ness but they always came back with
out it.
On our trip out here it "was neces
sary to make a minor repair and the
garage man said he would have it
ready by the time we had dinner. We
went and left the dog in the car and
at the end of an hour and a half we
went to get the car -?and the garajta
man welcomed us with "If you
anything done to that. car you win
have to take that d dog out and
keep him out of the garajre tii t
am through with the oar."
I can throw my coat, down nrwi
him to "watch it", and I will n.-I
you he will ' watch It a treat
longer than U wKl stay n ai
Oregon, after the roads get tn hrJ
to travel. For we have fully made un
our minds to go back to Indiana and
pay our three dollar dog tax that en
titles a dog .to live as god wtah.i
them to live. G, F. BRAZIEn
ILLINOIS GETS ALEXANDER
Chicago, Dec. 27. Grover rn-
land Alexander will aid In roundim.
the University of Illinois baseball
team Into condition next spring. Be
fore going south with the Cubs h.
will spend several weeks at Cham
paign showing the students how to
pitch. .
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. "But the story's true, Mme. Gor
don," I isaid quietly, for their jang
ling had acted as a quieting draught
to my overwrought .nerves. ; ...
She looked at,me, speechless wfth
anger.' ' .''.' '' ::,
Then She turned to John and asked
tartly
.... - Avuuuiaitcu y v . au
w... xuyvc oiyivs ll tne DankrUPtCV Of SOCia ism " . " to be bamboozled by one of its
.Bolshevism, as practiced 'bv Lenine and TWskv reporters lnt0 wng such a.iym re-
fliitnerntwi ,rUi ' ' v v
r 1 i , "1VA yiwi as ever czansm was. It has
. uisi olui vauuii ana misery to Russia because of the
collapse of production. and transportation under its re
gime It has repudiated the national debts, and so inflat
ed the currency by issuing paper, money, that gold has
"tv" 'w iwunig ana proaucers retuse to sell pro
ducts for worthless monev firentin f nnAu;S.
t Bolshevism .provides .no work, as it has banished
Drams and capital, and denies the rirrht nf tha .n
strike. It has abolished freedom of press and speech. Its'
v uicutv nas lung ago peen tried and found wanting
in the progress of the world. fi
None of the Allied governments have declared war
upon Russia. The troops they have there are a legacy
of the German war. They have not recognized Bolshevist
'7' " s never proved itself representative of
more than a small minority of Russians.
Russia must work out her own saivation-but the
Bolshevists will never solve the problem and sooner or
own incapacity. This
c Avucaiau tevuiuuon corresponds to the reien
of terror under the French revolution and it took the
jv-.o i,u toiawisu u smoie aemocracy.
"farewell" to. Indiana. We arrived in
Silverton the middle of July and in
visiting in and around Silverton
couia not help but believe all they
had told me was true. And after
quite satisfied of visiting and begin
ning to feel we had about worn out
our welcome we decided to pntnn tn
Salem to live. Naturally after getting
a. iew siaos or wood and a few spuds
suDscrioect ror the Capital Journal
uu mrougn its columns I got my
first' disappointment and that was
"What does fcathefine mean?"
"I expect sh.Vmeans. Just what
says;; answered John. . "She usuallyleTn m not alIow d" ei
. "Do vou mean to tell me. John ?!We "ttA 1,0 notlon. of kS the
don, that that story in" the morning
papers of your being out all hours of
I0VE and MARRIED U
Idah MSQlone Gibson
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A TILT WITH MME. GORDON.
8 l. ni. Address. Rev. William
Nlcholl. County president of the dia- Johl was with m in mv dnuirA n
i'-ict. sup past mmo, Gordon's room to go
a p. 111. Aaaress, itev. u. 1 Lov- 'Jr " as limsterful as he usnnllv
eu. "noiwiip in our Sunday schools." was, in ins own domain, he shrank
4 p. m. musines session. rrom clnshlng wills with hla mrsti
Ittk atlll 1.. ., . -
-v... ...in mm t-unveniionni rAiinir
TT .111. . .. 1 . n r . . . I 1 , . - W
uiiiauuii miuuy nns zs.vst acres or "'"i uecause suo wua his mother he
ensurveyed land, according to the an
pual report of the commissioner of the
general land office,
you
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I
Of all th' noessentlala th" . rich
XfitrhirJor is th' most non. Another
t'linsr we've noticed Is that bper wa
" hain't in th' hurry V:.cy ned t'j
must put a curb upon his tongue. His
duty, however, did not go so far as
to allow her to do the thlnm oho
wished to do. He was nuite na lnmlnn.
soie as sne when it came to action.
Henrietta met us in the hall.
'Lying it wait for us?" said John
unaer his breath, with an ugly grin
Mme. lioition wishes to sea
both In her room," she said.
t turned to John tremulously. "I
can t go, John," I said.
un, you'd better da it and gvt it
over."
But dont you see I can't do an
more today? l'v got about to the nd
or my strength physically
Yes, you can," he answered, "and
tne sooner we have it out with moth
er the better it will be for you and
the easier it will be for ne,"
Nlko WmitN Tn Shout
tiPHK. . . . .... - - -
onRier it will be ror him!" mv
neart icueatod, "lut what about me?
Does he mnke it any easier for me?"
At that moment I wanted to shout
from the houaotops to every unmar
ried woman of my acquaintance: "Un
til mothers educate their boys to treat
their wives differently, go on a strike
against the marriage tie!" I hated the
whole sex.
Of course this insane Idea was part
ly the result of my condition, although
I did not realise it then. I started.
however, for my room, but John ig
nored hiy wish, and taking me by the
arm in such a decisive manner that
had I resisted In the sliKhteet i should
have 1hii hurt, he said: i
then I'm through. It's been the hard
est day of my life."
"But what about me, John?" :
said aloud at this time. For every time
that John showed me his utter selfish
ness I was again shocked and hurt
anew.
"Why, you haven't had a very hard
day, have you?" he asked In surprise.
iou must remember it was your own
desire to oome home on the train th
ki us into this mess. If you had been
here I never would have called upon
r gone out with her. Then it
Wnt, vm.M ....... ,. .
. .. ,uu, vnn proposition to go to
the hospital and be seen all over town
with me today. This is the first thing
i nura BSKea you to do and vnn i.b
on this!"
Oh. all right: but I
take note right here. John nnrrinn " 1
aid with a quick flamelng of angry
energy, "that I cannot rmnm,. .
time since we have been married
when I have asked you to do one thing
for me and you have done it winir.
ly. Most of the time you have either
jKnureu my request or refused it."
imi loiiK-s From Madam
Just here Henrlette came out of the
room and said
"Mme Cordon wishes me to say that
you are not comilng in tn m.
she hopes you will not discus norm
al matters outside her door."
I felt the hot blood rush to mv hu
and followed John as he strode an
grily into the room.
Just so long i r furnish m. v,..,.
or you women. I shall stand and talk
and place in It that I wish," John said
loudly, glowering at his mother. With
marked resentment she glowered back
at him as she said fretfully:
"I think It la time that you should
oome to me with some explanation of
this disgraceful newspaper story. I
hop that you have had the entire
mmr arrted. I cannnr
tlow it-
the night with Elizabeth Moreland
ana nail killing innocent people. Is
true?"
Two Badly Hurt. 1
'Reasonably so," he answered. "I
was out motoring with Bess late last
night, another car ran Into mine, and
the boy and girl In the car were bad
ly hurt. Katherine and I have been at
the hospital and find that they will re
cover."
"Well, I can't understand why you
ever married Katherine, if you are
going back to your old love with Eliza
beth Moreland.''
I felt myself turning sick at heart.
"Mother!" said John horrifiedas he
looked at me in consternation.
'Well, Katherine might as well un
derstand this first as last."
I waited to hear no more
"Katherine does understand perfect
ly, I interrupted, "and if you will ex
cuse me I will go to my room."
i turned, groped my way to the
floor, and left them toirether.
(Monday Mme. Gordon Must Not Be
Unhappy)
as we had no notion
dog we had to take him to live with
uh in a iurnisned apartment, without
a dog toilet, and this is where our
irouDie began. To take care of the
little fellow as he was accustomed
which was to go with me on the car
wherever tiat would be, and get out
of the house for a few times rtn-inir
the day or night (whichever the oc
casion may be), but Instead u
should ask to get out we would have
to stand and watch him nni it v,
should ever look as though he would
iiko 10 go out in tne street wi.i
call him back. While he is 1nst ,w
would like to see some nf 9i.w.
wnoie neartert people or even some
i meir nair hearted ones, see him
lying in his box. looking up at you
with an expression on his face as to
say, "Can't you help me as I would
help you?" As for the lack nf
(clse his kidneys are paralyzed and he
nas no use or his back legs. I am in
clined to think if this should have
happened In Indiana the humane so
ciety would have taken ma in hand.
No doubt you have such a society in
your city and If so I think they would
do well to take up the dog question
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Editor Journal: Five years ago
this month I was married to a widow,
who had buried her first husband at
Silverton, Or. From that time on un
til last May there was very few days
she or the girls did not speak of Ore
gonwhat a wonderful place it was
and what wonderful whole hearted
people lived there. So In Ma I sold
out and loaded the Mrs., the two girls
and the dog In the Ford and . said I
Guaranteed
Years
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