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DAILY CAPITAL JOtJKtTAL. SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1004. DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL ? BY HOFER BROS. orrioiAL census salem. MAY 1904, 13.287. , Evening In tbo Woods. IjKjras a summer 's,,evo, tho, birds wero Jf&slnlring? sweetly, i i?l Not a cloud marred the heaven's purple huo, .Aimlessly I wandered from the road s;v .side, ?9wn whoro tho prctjty pansles f grew. Tho pcrfumo from tho gentle waving ,!; follngo, Secmod to wafj; its scent upon tho air, WMle tho moon of sllvor-whito cast boams so mollow-brlghVi Jit was ,tho hpnd of Naturo grand and fair. Tho pink rose scattered leaves of pur- "est velvot, Tho emerald ivy seemed to creep along, Tho violet, modestly, kissed the pretty ' bluebell, f-Th- M.!y t of icgond and of song. Tho moss, in strands of greenj swayed b'yfttho zephyrs, Murmurod of tho forest kings of old, , While tho honoy-suckle, goldonrod and daisies, 1 j! oW about King Sunshino and his 4 gold. 3o water-cress was bathing in tho 41 stroamlot, "Whllo primroso sang to daffodil of lovo, "Wild-clover listened to buttercups' frlinnfc fttni-Ina. Amjd tho mournful sound of turtle be abovo favoring friends or neigh bors, either in purchasing a sio or let tfng ajncontrnct forli building. 1 !ftf NEW STEEET POUCYi Tho "people of thlstity a're ready for J a new deal on street work. The-Republican city administration should give it to them. ' . Tho new street committee should riso abov'ct tho practices of tho pas't and stop puttirig unscreened river gravel, sand and mud on tho principal streets. s Tho city should ask bids for supply ing a thousand cubic yards of broken rock at convenient places for distribution. Tho city should nBk bids for supply ing a thousano cubic yards of scrconed gravel screoned of mud and sand in two sizes. Having procured material for tho stroots, the abutting property should do tho grading and hauling on tho metal to mako a Surface. Somo such system will at least bo as intelligent as tho best country road, dis tricts are doing. Men who cannot ad vance a little should not bo put on tho street committoo next year. Tho peoplo are becoming moro intel ligent on this matter of roads and stroets antl havo a right to demand progress by officials. A mnn liko Judgo Scott for chairman of tho street committee would sco that wo had at least ono well-constructed street in the city. JCOMMER- CIAL cm "ELECTION I ls for the Ensuing Year Club Has Strong Membership and Is in Fine Financial Condition &. j, dovo. Spanish moss told of shadowy moon f - HKit murdors, - a.TMmt,,, hopppnod, O, so mnny years ago, And tho flr-trco scared tho company, my, just awful, ?Vlion in hoarso volco it mutterod, JTimo to go." gEho ferns woro kissed by softly fall m ing dow-drops, - -Mothor Naturo favors neither high u nor low, ' 'Wlillo squirrels high from tree-top 'I pooping, S Scampered merrily to nud fro. Tho night-owl began his ovonlng con- cert, g Tho, nightingales' liquid notes arose, .And twinkling stnrs liko diamonds, sparkled, . As weary nnturo sank in swcot ro- poso. ATTACKING SENATOIt MITCHELL 4 Thero aro still a few politicians left in Oregon who aro ambitious to tnko n tfall out of Senator Mitchell. This was shown In tho recent Salem Uy oloctlon, and again crops out In tho land fraud trials. In tho monntlmo Senator Mitchell 8ms boon ndvnncod to a greator posi tion of usefulness to tho West. Ho is even being considered for tchnirinan of tho I'nnunm cannl commit- toe. He can stand small attacks in ho roar with equanimity. Ho is nu old man ami has n position of commanding influence attained by Sow Western senators mid beyond tho mlnco of detraction. Of course, political opponents will do all they can in tho meantime to uu- ermlno and pull him down such is eltlsh personal politics. ' Hut tho psyiilo know that ho is do- itiitf lliuiu tin OfruU tlmlt Ttliy of hiB grltics or detractors havo over dono or mill over bo nblo to do. aim NEW SALEM HIGH SCHOOL. Thoro Is llttlo room for confrdversy vor a high school alto in this city. Tho district owns a slto whoro tho wo llttlo central schools are located. fn living one moro lot thero will glvo jihqm ouo of tho fluent half blocks in (tho city. V Of course, if boiiio wealthy corpora jjllou or Individual, owning u largo mmount of land, wished to donate n iblook to tho district for n high school Idtc, it would bo worth considering. f Otherwise the slto owned by tho city s well adapted to tho purpose Lot tho board of education go ahead, adopt plans und build, Lot tho board get plans from differ ent" architects, or ltiro a compotont itrohltcot in whom they have conn donee, whether ho resides at Salem or lnowhere 4 Tho erection of a bountiful public dnilldlug is not n personal maUor or to bo disposed of on a personal basis. f'lio Capital City is entitled to tho best uildlug that can bo scoured under the fe Ircumstancos, Tho school board must THE MABSHALSHIP CONTEST. Tho contest to unseat Tom Cornelius is still raging in tho breasts of a few local Democratic politicians. "Pap" Walker, tho old Citizen's al derman from tho First Ward, supported Sklpton at tho election, but voted with tho Republicans to givo Cornelius tho certificate of oloction. Cornelius has bqcn several times un sealed by a Hlllsboro correspondent, who claims ho ia not a resident of Sa lem, otc. Thoy still rely on hs having voted for stato officials ovor thero in 1002, on having been n delcgato to a con vention from Washington county, and on hnvlhg stopped somo time in n houso owned by his wlfo at Cornelius, ns ground for unseating him ns marshal. All theso aro technical accusations for political effoct. It will bo shown that Tom Cornelius has had a continual logal residence in this city, for noarly seven years, whero ho has cducatod his children, paid taxes nnd earned his liv ing by honest work. X-RAYS Oregon needs moro laying hens and fower lying politicians. Of course it is groat fun investigat ing n successful opponent's -record and trying to show 'that' ho not ontitlod to tho office. But it lstno fun to havo your own rocord laid bare. ' Pup Walker Is a thoroughbred poli tician. Ho don't bellevo in koeping up n fight after tho peoplo havo decided tho mntter. ' Tho Journal owes its renders an,apol ogy for printing. Jts editor's nnmo in several plncos in this paper. It will not soon occttr again if it can bo prevented. " D. M. C. Oault, of this city, is send ing so ni o very interesting Salem letters to his former paper tho Hlllsboro In dependent. For n ono-hnndod man ho writes woll better than somo men with two. It is said tho Illlhoo club contemplates moving to larger quarters nnd adding nu' athletic department liko tho Mult nomah club of Portland. Tho lattor would bo a good improvement, but whoro eould It find suoh suitable quarters! Droam Worth $10,000. Andrew Sabol, employed In tho Koy stono flour mill at Naiiticoko, somo time ago saw lu a dream an Invention for separating foreign substances from grain just boforo it was ground. Ho told somo friends nnd asked tholr as sistance in making It, but they laughed nt him. Preserving n clear conception of the invention lu his mind, ho went to work, built u model, got a patent ou it Inst month, and lias now received nn offer of $10,000 for tho patent rights from n Massachusetts firm. . Tho principle of tho invention is magnetism, It removes foreign sub stnnoos from tho grain and averts ac cidents' to tho grinding machinery. Tho residents of Parachute, Cal., do not like tho nnmo of their town and havo asked tho postoffico department to cbango it to Qrand Valley, " t A cough medicine over sixty years old This must mean merit, solid, genuine merit. It certainly must be true that Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cures coughs, colds, croup, bronchitis, asthma, Ask your own doctor to explain whv it strengthens weak throats and heals Inflamed lungs. ftSASi: d The Orcater Salem Commercial club held its regular annual' mooting Satur day night, December 10, at tho city hall. Tho. following resolutions were sub muicu to j mo ciuu ana t unanimously adepted: "Whereas, The Willamctto river is a great public highway in tho stato of Orogon, and has been navigated by stoam vessels ever since tho settlement of this country, and Whereas, For years tho government of tho United States has assumed juris diction over the same and appropriated money for the improvement thereof, arid "Whereas, Tho locks at tho falls of tho Willamctto at Oregon City nro owned by a privnto corporation and tolls aro charged all vessels for tho froight and passengers carried by them through tho same, which is a groat em bargo upon tho commorco of tho Wil lamctto valley, and "Whereas, It has bcon the policy of tho government to mako nil navigable river freo. "Now, therefore, bo it "Resolved, By tho Greater Salem Commercial club that our senators and representatives in congress bo request ed to uso all honorable moans in their power to securo nn appropriation to either purchase or acquiro by condem nation tho said locks at Orogon City, and thereafter maintain nnd oporato tho snmo so that no chargo shall bo mado vcssols or products passing through said lockB- and bo it further "Kcsolvod, That a copy of theso resolutions bo sont to our delegation in congress." A. W. Prescott, Gcorgo F. Ilodgers nnd Mayor Waters wero appointed a committee of threo to proparo resolu tions showing tho appreciation of tho club of the service of tho president, Colonel E. Hofor, ronderod by writing tho articlo on Orogon which won tho gold modal presented by the Portland Commercial club for the best articlo on Orogon to be publishod in a nowspaper outsldo of tho stato. This motion was mado by Mr. Prescott, nnd ho was giv on power to appoint tho committeo on condition that ho mako himself a mem ber. Tho nnnunl report of tho president was then read and placed ou file, ns follews: , President's Annual Report. "Tho wcrk of this organization tho past year has been ono of organiza tion und preparation for the groatest event in tho history of Oregon tho Lewis and Clark centcnnlnl, and look ing forward to tho incoming tldos of immigration nnd tourist travel that will como to tho Pacific coast in larger numbers noxt yonr thnn over bofore. Tho officers of this commercial organi zation havo realized that a great re sponsibility rested upon their should ers in representing tho interests of tho community in n multiplicity of mat ters that seem to dovolvo upon no pub lic ofllclnl and nro not always glvou tho attontion of privnto cltlzons, which they suroly deserve. A 'commercial club, acting through its officers and standing nnd special committees, can arouse pub lie interest and awaken public spirit where tho newspapers' oven fail to ac complish results. Ono of tho first tnsks that devolved upon this club was tho condition hinted nt by tho report of tho retiring prosldeut lust yenr, whicli asked that the club tnko up tho mat ter of relief for tho flhlppors from car MlinrfnrrA sml nrnnriRnil nili-micn tu luni. bor rutos that would leavo many OroJ gon industries practically without nny but tho homo market. This club re coivod statements from hundreds of shippers, sawmills, produco dealers nnd others showing tho actual lossos suf fered and tho effect tho advance In lnmlier rates would havo on the lumber Industry in tho n interior of tho state. Theso communications wero scut in confldoneo to tho Commercial club, and woro nover surrendered to tho corpora tions complained of. Tho result was a confereuco of the traffic managers after oxtonded correspondence, nnd the resto ration of tho old rates on lumber and a rovival of business in western Oro gon. Tho co-operation of the Commer cial clubs at Eugene, Portland, Cottago Orovo and other places proves tho prac tical value of theso modern business guilds. Another matter that has boon pressed by this club has been the im provement of tho Upper Willamette river, and especially tho Salem harbor. Recently tho clfib has'oecurod tho at tention ofjtho engineering department to tho danger of cutting through tho rivor -opposUo this city, and the prom ise of a rccommondntion for a rovct mont of tno west bank. Scores of occasions call for tho as- atafntiAt rf n Pnrnnintrtlnl ntttli nn t. Officers fAxe Chosen I Banization t,,at 8tam,a euara ' vry mil-reap ui mu cummuimy mui uuuuis tho business nnd enterprises of tho citi zen or tho nggrcgatc. Not meddling with religious, political or moral con troversies, it yet- stands ready to help any nnd all situations in which tho progross, prosperity or development of tho municipal lifo aro involved. Good roads and a Marion county exhibit nro interests especially dear to this club. Tho promotion of attendance nt the stato fair has boon successfully taken up each year in emphasizing tho value of Salem day and Portland day. For two years tho club undertook to raise purses of $1000 .each for special stako races. Last yoar the club confined it self to n guaranty thnt the races would fill, which thoy never failed to do. Last year tho club appointed a special com mitteo to securo tho ostnblishmont or purchnso of a suitable residence for tho governor and his family in this city. Tho appropriations committeo recom mended the purchnso of tho historic E. N. Cooke mansion, nnd tho bill passoJ both houses, but finally went down un der a veto, not on account of tho merits or deinorits of that proposition, but be cause tho item was sandwiched in with somo other charges against tho stato which tho governor did not approve. Tho club is urged to again pross tho purchnso of an executive mansion. Once accomplished, it will bo considered an appropriate achievement for nny public- spirited commonwealth. July 12 this club held tho first stato Development loaguo mass meeting in tho city halt, which was nddressod by Tom Richardson nnd other Portland men. Largo delegations wero sent to the stato convention held in Portland in AugUBt, and ns a result a corre spondence committeo has beon organ ized in harmony with tho plan being pursued by about 50 similar clubs in tho stnto. Letters havo beon written by mombers of this club to eastern papers to-ndvortiso Oregon, and somo of them aro being given wido circulation, one lotter winning tho first prizo offered by tho Portland Commercial Club. By tho joint efforts -of tho club nnd tho city council a census board was organizod last April, and tho first official census of Greater Salem was takon under its direction, showing tho seven wards of tho city to have a population of 13,287. But for this work tho city wpuld have no official census until 1010. Tho Snlom Commercial Club has nt present 203 mombers nnd subscribers to its correspondence, nnd a net revenue of about $1000 per annum. It closes tho work of tho present yenr with nit outstanding bills provided for, nnd n cash surplus in tho treasury. Dues aro payablo monthly, nnd business men in this community prefer to pay them monthly. Tho officials for tho ensuing yenr should mako provision for prompt collection of monthly dues, ns tho club loses both membors nnd duos by fail ure to collect. By sacrifices of tlmo on the pnrt of the oxecutivo committoo tho work of tho club has been brought Into perfect business , order, A first class oxecutivo committeo a indispdn siblo to tho success- of the. organiza tion. It is tho bouI und lifo' of tho club. It plans work, supplios defects in tho officials themselves, inspires con fidence among tho rank and file and overcome s"l fishnet and apathy in the citizonshlp of tho community. Tho ox ecutivo committeo nro tho generals without whom no Victory for tho de velopment of nny city cifn bo won. A successful commercial club Should hnvo a permanent headqunrtors, nt a central nnd ncccsslblo location, with opportu nity for tho display of a local exhibit, such ns will Interest visitors, and a supply of litornturo vand advertising matter, Public meetings should be hold soveral timos each year, at which tho whole business community should bo present. Those rnlllcs bring new blood into tho organisation, and do ,yelop bettor mothods of work and now" jources of rovonuc. Tho oxecutivo committee of tho club has held several pssions with special classes of citizens, nnd very rccontly met tho real estato dealors of this city in a friendly coil fereuce, explaining is methods of work nnd asking tholr co operation in send ing nbrond advertising mnttor through their wido correspondence. Tho com mitteo is planuing to moet other class es of business mon, nnd will endeavor to socuro co-oporntion with them along tho lino of their spoeial interest. Tho club has n number of tho ministors of tho city among its mombers, and will attempt to enlist their co-operation in promoting immigration and tho gonor nl development of tho community. Many of theso mlulsters will mako use ful workers by sendine letters abont or processes of accretion in popula tion. If all professions would unite with thonowspapora through a com. mcrcinl club in unlformljrsoundlng tho praises of tho community great good would result to themselves and the city in which thoy reside. The educational institutions of a city j can bo mado ono or tlio greatest means of advertising. Our University, our business collcgo nnd normal schools, law schools nnd colloges of modlclno, our academy and tho public schools themselves should becomo onlistod lu' tho fight to mnko this a greater city, P eOIMATCTj Ho Get a bo..,. ...:'? - WUlTt.,.. .- .. ""' dni8Pt aM rrJ '" v.urg It novor fails. Trv It . "Oil of Mrtburn, iicnlng. Ajmoti.. ""ugestioa, Eyspspslji, On rutin... uunnhI Malarial wl a. T.i. U "' - -j i na see, als, , Wash Kour Own Clothes Woll, that's your privilege; but when you seo tho oxcollent work ao, nnu tno low prices we eta for family washing tho chancej ui mac your noxt wock's wash rig como to us. Need not send wen call, also deliver on Ibo day v, promise it. Ask us, by word oi mouth, moll or telephone, what i charge. Tiie-Salem Steam Launslr Their teacher nnd even tho scholars, a fr" W of our 1903 Almanac $ .-.! ... - very instructive ' I( uecomo nn orguuisuu ibciui iut can sprending tho reputation of this city as the most desirable and popular homo and rcsldonco city in tho west. Aftor tho harmodlous co-operation of all tho professions, churches, frntors nnd schools has been secured, under tho lead of a good commercial organization then no limit can bo placed upon tho development of tho community. Tho corrospondenco committeo of 1000 slywld includo all tho brainy nnd thinking citizenship that hns tho good of tho community at heart, and can look boyond tho selfishness of mcro in dividual success at tho oxponso of pub lic spirit nnd tho nbsence of public enterprise. Tho commercial club prop orly understood nnd well-managed must includo every other llvo nnd holp fnl organization thnt hones to sco in dustries multiplied nnd population in creased. This organization seeks to overcome that indiffcronco nnd inertia which seems satisfiod with tho slower processes of growth exemplified by tho annual ring of fibre added to the slow growing oak. We look forward to tho tlmo when tho fair metropolis of tho agricultural belt of Western Orogon will bo a city of 20,000 people. This can bo ncpompllshed in flvo years, if we work for it with truo Wostorn grit and courage. The spirit of expansion is up on our peoplo as novor before. This is tho solo object of tho existence of tho commercial club. In conclusion lot this report review tho past achievements. of tho Commer cial Club. Ouo of its first labors, nnd in fact the incentivo to tho birth of tho organization, was tho creation of a charter board composed of fivo mom; bors of this club and fivo membors of tho city council. That charter was en noted to equalize tho burdens of taxa tion, nnd give bettor sanitary and po lice protection to tho oity and suburbs, and especially to Includo all territory proporly belonging to tho city within Its lognl boundnries. That chartor was rccontly sustained in tho -courts, and bids fair to stand the severest tests of legal scrutiny, proving thnt a commer cial body can bo trusted with important public duties. ' Another great achiovenicnt of the Commercial Club was the cstablishseit at this city of tho flax fibre indttitrr. , Hundreds of acros of flax are now It ing grown, and a number of icntci'mj plnnts havo bcon established, whils t linen mill is still counted among tl possibilities of tho not far distant h- turo. A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very erpw sivo. Occasionally life itself ii tit prlco'of a mistake, but yon '11 never It wrong if you tnko Dr. King's NewLifi Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Hal- nche, Liver or Bowel troubles. Tie; aro gontlo yet thorough. 25o at. C, Porry'a Drug Store. OJSlI TOH.IA, Tha Kind Yen HaBJtonWt , tptaa : We Will Ghe Away 5 A 5c Toy with every porcfiase of $ J worth of goods ! iAJOcToy " " $2 " ?l ! A 5cToy J A 20c Toy j A 25c Toy While they last. tt it tt tt tt tt $3 4 5 We have several cross on nandt J Saturday we will seTla 20c picture for 5c while they J last. t sThe Variety Stotef 92ii?r i ANORA M. WELCH, - - Prop. I ItCtStsilllHlllSllllttlMtMlHI Bmmmmmiwwsmm!mmimmmm AUTUMN AND WINTER; STYLES IN SHOES Takes, lots of our show space and storcTspaco stylos that are bonnd to win your approval and fit ye" foot nicely ,as to looks, comfortably Us to thp, "feel." No pocketbwl strain in pur selling figures. EJ inducement to buy is accorded yo hero, and wo cordially welcoma your oxaminntlon of our footwear. Jacob Vogt 00 State Street m iiluic Wing Sang Co.: vi urenis- ana parties' jptfrnisnmg; lyooos, uu"v - WranivfG fZUi.l T4- T7lf ft- f finflrfaV COOW J Now on sale at cost. JOO Coort St., Salem, Of , " H I I I H I I H I I l ? I I I t I H I I I 1 w ' ' ' ' WfinLc?-afo -.J T),.l.tf TT.ifir T intinr SlOt t our country to thoir church papers in'r , ECKEI tho East, nnd thus swelling thoir or- U " ot NWHra ganlxatlon with new people from tho East, instead of depending upon slow- ECKERL5N, 258 Commercial Street ind wines. 1 """ - i at Cedarbrook whltf-"""" , . 1 ganlxatlon with new neonlo from tbJf Merrier brandtho best for family ue. All order flllea " urerea in tie city Hmlta. 'Phone Mala U5L nnininmniiiimMH Kjkj