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About Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1889)
r I ( w CAPITAL CITY NEWS. Recifal of (he Daily Doings Compiled From Various Sources. Happenings Over llio City and From the Country. News A COMMON CASE. The I'apltil City Hand. Last night a brass band was or ganized m Salem, with oftlcers as follews: President, Walter Lowe; secretary, Willis MoElroy; business manager, John Chase ; leader, Lon Walln; treasurer, Ted Crawford. The band organized with a mem bership of eighteen but tliey expect the numbcrlto reach twehty-four by tho time of their netft meeting. Aside from tho otllccrs there are th6 following members : Levi Card, Ray Gilbert, John Farrar, Irvine Wag ne, Albert Smith, Ed Cattorlin, Joseph Hoeye, Milt Myers, Frank Haas, Bud Boone, Jay Hastings and Joe Farrar. The organization has taken the name of the Capital City Band and will meet for rehear sal two nights each week, Monday and Thursday. The Heine Concert. Heine himself is perhaps the great est violinist living and his violin surpasses any wo have ever heard. Any one with experience in attend ing concerts must have been struck with tho excellence of its tones. "With such an instrument and such nn execution one may have some idea of what the mysterious Paganinl was. The playing on the piano was by Mrs. Heine, and It wero well if the affected amateurs of to-day could see how neatly and naturally ono of the very best of players manages tho instrument. To lovers of music it was a real treat. For a Crenmery. To-morrow afternoon at tho ofllce of tho Oregon Land Co., will be held a meeting of farmers and cltl zeiw interested in tho establishment of a creamery In Salem. If wo need any one thing more than another it is a creamery. It would bo tho means of furnishing us a good mar ket for tho product of our cows as well as furnishing us with tho best butter at all times. It is sincerely hoped there will bo sullloiont spirit manifested in tho enterprise to-morrow to warrant tho inunediato estab lishment of such nn enterprise In tho capital city. Illegally ht'lllUK" N IUhky. Walter Hooyo was Jast night brought up from Stiiylonaiid lodged in jail, to answer to tho chaws of selling ami giving liquor to a minor. A true bill was found against him by tho grand ury, and his trial will occur perhaps thin afternoon. In default of ball ho went to jail. One of Jinny. M. W. Primer writes us from Bed Blull", Cal., requesting asamplocopy of tho CAi'tTAii .Touhnai.. Ho says ho is from tho east and it is too hot and dry in California to suit him, but thinks Oregon is Just what lie wants. Come along, wo can suit you.. Tho experience of oiie Davis, near Los Angeles, ought to mako people think n little. He owns a flue iarm on which are costly improvements but wanting three hundred dollars in a sudden emergency tried to bor row it in the city. Tho lender would give the money for but nine ty days and required a warranty deed which he would return when tho cash was returned. Tho borrow er happened to have too much sense to ncceed to the demand. But tho question arises, why should money, the prime need of business life, be so much more powerful, such a royalty among all other property? It is because it 13 monopolized. Were horses made a legal tender and their issue controlled by a few then wo should all take off our hats to the "boss men." The legal tender prop erty should be furnished in abun dance by tho people, for the people at merely a nominal interest, enough to defray tho revenues perhaps. In other words, will the peoplo never have sense enough to administer all tho great public needs for themselves instead of permitting a few to derive princely Increases from them while the peoplo themselves go on defraying the great revenues out of their own earnings. . We are like some individual who has wealth and case and power but lets others monopolize them, whilo he goes begging for work on tho highway. Tliero is not, there never has been an argu ment against the proposition em braced in tho abovo but such methods of reasoning as uphold despotism, slavery, inequality of all kinds. "Let us alone! mind your own business, you aro a fool, a crank. It has always been so and will bo so, etc., etc." Money. THOSE FISH LADDERS. In the Causo of Justice This State ment is Made. In the CAPiTAiiJouRNAii of Wed nesday the following article appear ed under the head of "Fish Ladders:" "ThU matter Is of interest to all who live above the tails. It Is truly wonderful to think Trow matters of such lmnortnnce are neglected In this reelon. Ulio following from the Portland Welcome Is timely, and tho Albany Democrat seconds the motien: A few years since the Oregon legislature appropriated 810,000 to Construct a flsh laduer at the Oregon City falls, and placed tho sum by law in tho hands of the then governor ror disbursement ror that pur pose. The money came to his hands, and there never has b en such fish-ladder con structed, other than a pretended attempt by a contractor for 11350, and lasted only u few weeks as a show, which wo are Inform ed has not been settled for within $300. Those Interested In the culture of salmon In these waters, especially of the upper Willamette, snouia agitato me present leg islature to Investigate this omission and demand an account of this fish-ladder fund." An Addition to Mills City. A plat of lladloy's addition to Mills City has been llled with tho county clerk. Tho addition lies along tho Sautiam and is a beauti ful tract. This now town is on a genuine boom of no mean proportions. I'rrparlni; For Hit llrlrk. Kxjavatlons for tho now brick block on Commercial street opposite the Bank block, aro being made and as soon as the plans and specifica tions are completed bids for the work of construction will ho Invited. Alimit Mountain Vitllcy. Mountain valley Is a lowly vale, h! Um tod In tho houthwost comer of Umatilla county. It Is bounded on tho north by a vast range of bunch grass hills, whore thousands ol sheep, cattle and hoies graze and do well, and on the south by the Blue Mountains, covered with an endless amrunt of timber whioh will lost tho worthy peoplo of Mountain valley and their posterity for endless ngus to conic. The soil Is of the richest, well watered by beautiful rivulets. The coal mines which aro being doveloiwd by Chap Carlson aro loaded two miles and one-half from our valloy. 1 1 has long boon known by the people of this vicinity that the surrounding hills wero tilled with large deposits of the best qual ity of coal, and they have looked forward with pleasure to the timo when some enterprising company would take hold of the mines und give tho country a boom. ICast Ore-gonlan, Young Tramps. Our correspondent from Grant's Pass gives us an item of news that has a moral for every town and ham let In tho state. ,IIe says there is a class of young lads in that prosper ous village that loves to roam about tho streets, smoke cigarettes, listen to tramp stories and mako them- solves a public and private nuisance. Several of these youths have paired oil and have proposed taking the road as professionals. Recently ono couple of tho&o young bloods beat their way to Portland and their whereabouts is now unknown. Monday night two others boarded tho north bound passenger train and stole a ride, One of them was caught a couple of stations from where they koI on, and bounced. Tho other child dodged about and escaped until they got to Glendale. At that placo ono of tho train men spied him on thu top of a slecpor. When he found ho was discovered lio jump ed up and started forward over tho top of the cars. Tho train man went through tho train to head him otl'but when he got to the front tho bov was nowhere to bo found and as they had just started out of tho depot, it was surmised that ho had jumped oil'. Tho engineer in back ing Ills engine into the round house soon afterward saw tho boy lying in the ditch, all covered with mud. Ho was taken up and kindly cared for and his parents telegraphed for, to conic and get him. He was iu sonsllileat last accounts, and there appears a very small chance for him to recover. T01.KH0 TALK. The saw-mill Is buzzing every day and is doing good work. Tho Literary society is nourishing nicely. Tt meets on Saturday eve nings. Miss Sadie Klnaugh is heroHpeud luga few weeks with her sister Miss. Clark. Tho work on the government soows Is progressing nicely. Ono Is almost llnished. The Toledo minstrels aro talking of giving an entertainment at New port somo time in tho near future. Mr. Brazelton had the misfortune to fall Into tho bay yesterday. Ho thought that a cold b.ith might bo good for him. The Toledo Baud still plays about three times every week. Tho boys are improving very fast and promise to be tlrst class players. Miss Georgia Vlncont will start a niusle class next Monday. She Is a very successful player and wo hope- that sho may meet with great success as a teacher. Signs of our new throe thousand dollar liotcl aro coming to lights Some of the grading for the founda tion has been done aud tho archi tectural drafting is completed, so we have it on paper anyway. Never sutler your goods to be your Owl. Not being quite familiar with the question and tho reliability of tho author, we supposed tho endorse ments of the statements made were reliable, and thinking a fish ladder was needed, we published tho com ments of the papers named. But on examination of the facts and the records at tho state bouse we have abundant proof that the whole article is not only contemptible in its insinuations but absolutely false. The facts aro these: In 1882 the legislature appropriat ed $5000 for a fish ladder at Oregon City and authorized the governor to appoint a commission whoso duty it should be to proceed to tho erection of a fish ladder at the falls of the Willamette at Oregon City. The then governor, Moody, appointed Wallace Baldwin of Corvallis as commissioner and he proceeded toin vestigato tho matter, but finding no ladder could bo constructed in a substantial maimer with the money at his command, took no action but reported his doings to tho legislature at tho next session following. The legislature of 1885 appropriated $10, 750, and Mr. Baldwin proceeded to obtain contracts, etc., and a ladder was constructed. Iu February 1887, the committee appointed on the part of the house, at that session, reported as follews: "After careful examination we And that the amount of the appropria tion was $10,750. That Mr. Wallace Baldwin was appointed commis sioner with authority to authorize tho construction of said fishway or lisli ladder. We find in our ex amination that Mr. Baldwin ex pended to the San Francisco Bridge company $0,750; to Mr. Webber for making survey, plans and superin tending tho work during construc tion, $450; attorneys' fees, $85; to Wallace Baldwin, salary, 200; to Wallace Baldwin for traveling ex penses, 75. Leaving a balance still on hand of $40." This amount of $40 balance exactly agrees with tho report of the secretary of state made to tho legislature at that session. Thus it will bo fceen that the course and conduct of all concerned was honest and honorable, and that the appropriation made was honestly expended. How any paper at all conversant with the history of Orc ein for only three years back, could publish such a batch of cowardly in sinuations and contemptible false hoods we cannot tell. We have only been a resident of Oregon on this coast a short time and wero led into its publication by the endorse ments it seemed to secure. The ladder was destroyed by tho Hoods aud drift of the winter of 1S87, or so much damaged that tho state has so far taken no action for its re pair. Woexcecdingly regret tho injustice done, and improve- this early oppor tunity to make such amends as to us seem just and right. LOCAL SUMMAUY. Found At 252 Commercial St., Speight & Souder. dim Wantkd A reliable person to wash dishes. Inquire at this office. Eev. W. S. Matthews, of Salem, Is at Oak Creek visiting with friends- Painless dental operations at Dr. T. C. Smith, 92 Stale street, tf. Progressive hearts is the latest and withal a very popular game in cards. The Eugene folks claim their strcetjrailway will be running by the first of June. Burke ond Studd will this even ing continue their services at the Presbyterlun church. There is quite nn Interest awakened. Joo and Henry DuBois, formerly of Salem, are in Eastern Oregon, with postoffice addresses of Umatil la. They are railroading. A little Sun was. born yester- night to George Sun and wife. The Sun Is a son and is of heavy set com plexion and Celestial descent. Amity-lias recovered "from its great big smallpox scare and they have succeeded lu raising perhaps one of the strictest quarantines Oregon has ever known. The ladies of tho W. C. T. TJ. of Salem hereby express thanks for all donations received by them, espec ially the $7 clock for their free read ing room, on Court street. , Prof. Itork's class in arithmetic gives a free exhibition at his room in the Salem Business College, Gris wold block, next Monday evening, Feb. 18th. All are invited to be present. 4t. Tls not ull of life to live nor all of death to die, but you get more choice fancy groceries than you can carry away tor a very little money at Squire Farrar's. Dont take our word for it, but go and see for your self. tf ruey aro arriving by tne car load. We refer to those fine new goods at the Capitol Adventure Co. They carry a complete live stock of goods in all classes and kinds of goods. Prices low and stock first class. tf. Tho Capital Journal thinks it very mean to clip an article and sign it "Ex." Oh dear, how sensa tive. Roseburg Review. Oh, the soft allegation seemeth to knock tho Review's "i"out. A good word, that "sensative." Tho mines of Baker City aro beginning to attract much attention from eastern mining circles. His father's son, Russell Harrison, is in terested there, and a large number of prospectors aro expected with spring's blood and boom or bud and bloom. FT A L PARK ADDITION TO THE CITY OFSALBM. FINEST ADDITION TO THE CITY. Wide Avenues, Bcautitul Lay of Land, Full Lots, Magnificent Yiow, and' Perfect Drainage. Corner Lots Only AND Inside Lots Only $300, $200, These aro positively the best lots for the money that can bo bought aa 1 joining the city limits. The tract has been platted and there aro 184 choice lots. Anticipate the coming boom with a PROFITABLE INVESTMENT, By Buying Lots In Tho CAPITAL PARK ADD Represented By EX H. BELLINGER & CO. ON They Also Have a large list of real estate Not advertised, which they offer at tho very lowest prices, aud invite every one having property for sale and all INTENDING PURCHASERS J ToGiveTlicmaCall. SALEM, Office in Armory Building, State St., OREGON. EhL J. E. Denton of Washing ton Territory, but formerly of Iowa, will occupy the pulpit at the Chris tian church on Sunday morning at 10:30. Eld. Denton is revivalist of great reputation and stops with us on bis way to- Silverton where he ill couduct a revival. Stenography. A special class in shorthand will bo formed at the Salem Business College, Griswold Block, at 4 p. m., next Monday evening, Feb. 18th. All thoe desir lug to take lessons will do well to bo present. Type-writing instruction free to students. Terms aro low. 4-t. At Oregon city a day or two ago Mrs. C. M. Phillips and Mrs. Bridget G a fluey wero arrested and fined $10 each for whispering in church. Tho cause of this arrest was that during services someone turned loose iu tho church a field mouse, and you know women don't like mice. 1 ME -IS A SURE GO- So Is SALEM REAL ESTATE. SEE 1 SEE ! -Tho Followiug New Bargains- tor the Proposed Site of tie Woolen Mill -LOTS IN- I'lBlCIT CUIUtT I'UUl'EEDIMiS. Tho court was occupied with tho hearing of the cas of Joint Patterson vs. Clell Hayden during the entire forenoon. Tho case has just gone to the jury. Tho grand jury has returned four teen truo and two untrue bills. An eminent physician Buys- a tienlthv llvor secretes (Tom two to threo pounds of Ullo everv iwemv-lour noun ami dUnosoa UirtliUhevrotlon wliero It will do the most Kxhi. now irtno uteris out or oruer, tne wliolo sybtom Is lu trouble, tho spirits aro depressed, tho mind is not clear, and a per- on whoso nver is urn perioiuing lis uuiy Is very soon unfitted for regular buslnohs. Dr. llonlep's llandellon Tonlo rouses tho torpid liver und cnubles It to perform Its proper functions, thereby regulating th whole systuin. Bold by 1). W. Miithews Jt C, A Srisomble Hint. Genuine now buckwheat Hour, and a flue article of table syrup, at the Graugo store, 120 State etreoi, Salem. tf. Th ailll Subscription. The soliciting committee for tho woolen mill subsidy resumed their canvass this afternoon. The amount this morning had reached $9,500, but it is rapidly going up. The lat est additions to tho list are'Ed. Hirsch, $250; Mrs. Edcs, $200; John Savage, Jr$100. Tho committee htd obtained over $1,600 iu subscription to-day up to 8 o'clock p. in. Dutard's Specific Is mi nbooluto euro (or all eruptive uImwuoh of the Bttln. such as Salt Hlium, lltirbers itch, nine Worm mil ...M.... n.mu.-n ..vt ..1.1,1 Wtll Aoht head und ull Itchliu; or Inflamed con. dltlons of tho skin, whether arising from dlsetuoor exposure. It Is guaranteed In every ense. Bold by D.AV. MnthewsA Co, Well Named. "Why not call North Dakota Un acapa?" asks tho St. Paul Pioneer Press. That's it; why "ot. Why not call it Ciiaubuugagungmaug? Why not call it Chlmquassabanitok, or Moleehunkainunk or Cbardogga gognionohoggagogg? Why not call the St. Paul Pioneer Press tho "Squedunk Bazoo?" QUEEN ANNE ADDITION, $150 tO $500 EACH. $7200 Five blocks and cood house adjoining tho woolen mill site. $1400 Corner lot, story and half house, facing Woman's college. A bargalu. $ 000 2 lots near tho woolen mill site on State stect. -:- ALSO THE FOLLOWING OTHER BARGAINS: -:- $4200 For ten days only. 65 acres adjoining the city. Improved gard en land. Good house, barn and orchard. Plank road to town. $4500 Tho Bonham place. 10 acres highly improved. $420013 acres on Howell Prairie road. Highly improved. Lots in North Salem. Centrally located. $150 to $225 each. Moores & Manning, Real Estate and Insurance Agents, 317 Commercial Street. THE BEST STOCK OE STOVES IN THE CITY IS AT R. M. WADE & CO'S 282 to 286 Commercial Street, SALEM. en Ctnnot do Better Than call at tho Grange Store, 12G Stato street, if you want a good tea or anything olso In tho grocery lino. Don't fall to look at tho White Cross Extracts, the best lu the mar ket, t-f Garland Stoves, Charter Oak Steves, Brighton Range AND MANY OTHER LEADING STYLES. Also a Complete Stock of Hardwarejand Farm Machinery, Wagons and Cairiafj J