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VETERANS CONDEMN OREGONIAFJ (iKOKGE II. THOMAS TOST, AT SILVKKTOX, EXPRESSES ITS INDIOXATIOX AT THAT PA. I'EUS FALSE AND SCANDAL. Ol'S UTTERANCES CONCERN. IXG CIVIL WAR VETERANS. Tbe following . resolutions were unanimously adopted At the regular meeting of George T. Thomas Tost, jf. 11, on Saturday, April 8, 1911, at Silverton, Oregon: Whereas, The Dally Oregonlan, of Portland, Oregon, has on various and numerous occasions In the past, and especially during the time that the Sulloway pension bill was pending In the late, congress, taken occasion to defame and insult the surviving vet erans of the Civil War. In its efforts to defeat the passage of the said pen sion bill, by referring to the said sur viving comrades as "hungry rogues," "disappointed parasites," "skulkers, ' "cowards." bounty Jumpers," etc., at the same time hypocritically and falsely pretending, editorially, that ft was in favor of pensioning and be stowing nil kinds of favors upon worthy surviving veterans, and Whereas, The said Oregonlan, by Its bitter and vindictive opposition to the passage of the measure which would give relief to the thousands of our needy comrades who are Inea pacitated by advancing age and bod- DATLr CAT IT AX JOCBXAL, BALEM, OREGON. TCESDAY, APRIL 11, 19U. lly Infirmities from earning even a meagre support for themselves and their families, has Implied and seeks to convey the Impression that the worthy comrades have practically all passed on. and that the thousands who still survive and are asking for this relief are mostly of the un. worthy class and seeking to plunder the United States treasury, therefore, be It Resolved, That we, the members and comrades of this post, do here by regret that a great newspaper, professing to voice and represent the sentiments of Oregon people, should allow Its editorial columns to be pol luted by such false, unpatrlotlo, un just and scandalous utterances, thereby grossly and Inexcusably In sulting every surviving veteran and cruelly besmirching the memory of our honored comrades who have an swered to the last roll call, and further Resolved, That we urge UDOn-all the Grand Army posts in the Depart ment of Washington and Oregon to Join us In expressing their indigna tion at, and earnest disapproval of, the Oregonian's gross and unoro. voked insults to our comrades, living and dead. And we also ask that our sons and daughters and friends and every true and loyal citizen of our state will give this matter careful thought, and remember. Adqpted by unanimous vote. C. F. HICKS, Commander. H. M. Bullls, Adjutant. o Spring fever often takes the form of gardening. It generally Is Inter mittent and of mild form. A SALEM WOMAN COMPARES . OREGON AND CALIFORNIA Mrs. Ruth E. Sayre Has Travel ed Much and Observed Closely and Points Out the Fact That Oregon Excels Her Sister State in Everything in the Way of Soil and Products, and Even in California's Greatest Advertising Card Climate. Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO R I A Get It at Dr. Stone's Drag Store , Mrs. Ruth E. Sayre, a native daughter of Oregon, who resides at 1259 Chemeketa street, has recent ly returned from two months spent in California. She visited all the principal cities and spent gome time with her youngest daughter, who resides In San Francisco, but put in most of her time in Southern Califor nia. She also made the side trip to Catalina Island, and took la a num ber of the 100-mile excursions that are made in all directions from Los Angeles. Mrs. Sayre Is quite a trav eler. She has been In California sev eral times, and has been all over the East. She says she met a hundred Oregonlans in Southern California, and in all her travels did not meet a Callfornlan who had ever visited Ore gon. She was surprised! at this, and concluded that either the people of Oregon were more prosperous, or the Callfornians think there is no place worth visiting. Mrs. Sayre is a great booster for Salem. "One thing struck me very funny." said Mrs. Sayre, "and that is why California tourists are all routed back East via Salt Lake, when they could Just as well come through Ore. gon without any greater expense. Of course, it may be that the railroads save hauling them about 500 miles further for the same money. I do not believe one-quarter of the people who come to the Pacific coast ever get to Oregon, and yet we have a better state, and more to show than they have in California. As for cli mate, we have them beaten a thou sand miles. I saw but two nice Sun. days in two months ia California, the rest of the time it rained and stormed Why, it Just Blmply rained all the time down there this winter, and! It hasn't quit yet. At Los Angeles they told us it rained a great deal hard er down at San Diego, and thev dls- joouraged everyone from going to San Diego. The railroads around Los Angeles and on south were washed away several times while I was there It doesn't Just rain. It pours. They have Plank walks laid across the gut. ters, and to get from the street cars to the sidewalks. The rain comes down In torrents and runs oft the 'dobe' soil and through the streets as If they were sewers. The women wear rubber boots in getting around the cltifes to go shopping. Yet, In spite of all this, every Callfornlan boa9ts of the climate, pushes his town for all there is in it, and they all have both hands out for the nlckle. The cafeterias and real es tate men seem to be the only people Metropolitan Life Insurance Co 1 II M. OF NEW YORK JOIIN R. IIEGEMAN, President Insurance Superintendent's Report The New York Insurance Department has had the Company under examination, pursuant to law, for about fifteen months. After this examination the Superintendent of Insurance said: THOROUGHNESS. "It is thought thai no Company of this character under the supervision of any Insurance Depart ment in the United States has ever been so thoroughly examined by such a Department." PAYMENT OF CLAIMS. "The claims received aver aged from 600 to 800 each working day; the percentage of rejections is small, being in 1909 less than one-half of one per cent." CAREFUL INVESTMENTS. "On an investment of $100,000,000 in real estate mortgages this Company now holds through foreclosure but one piece of realty." INDUSTRIAL POLICIES AT COST. "On this basis this Company, from all of its departments, added to its surplus irr-1909, after setting aside in that year as a liability its dividends and bonuses for 1910,-about $800,000; in other words, the volume of its business being considered, seems to have furnished insurance substantially at cost." PROGRESSIVE MANAGEMENT. The Department Report shows during the last five years: Reduction in the ratio of expense to premium income . . 7.13 Reduction in the ratio of lapse to issue 10.36 Reduction Of cancellations in first year of insurance. . 8.92 Ordinary Department In 1910 the Company wrote n larger amount of Ordinary business in the United States and Canada than any other company, by TWENTY MILLIONS ! In 1910 the Company placed Ordinary Insurance up to the Limit of the Law and was obliged to hold back hundreds of thousands of dollars of insurance by reason of the New York statute limiting amount in any one year. MORAL: Get in early this year and avoid the rush at the end. Best plans; cheapest rates; all policies non-participatingthat is, the money is not collected on promise of repayment in dividends, but is left ia the pockets of the insured by reduction of premium. Industrial Department OLD POLICIES. A bonus has been declared to Industrial policy-holders amounting to nearly SIX MILLIONS OF DOLLARS payable in 1911 on Whole Life and Increasing Life and Endowment policies issued prior to 1907, which bonuses give reduction of premiums varying, according to period of per sistence, from EIGHT TO ONE HUNDRED PER CENT. The Company added not one dollar to surplus at the end of 1910 out of income from Industrial policies. NEW POLICIES. The benefits on policies issued since January 1, 1907, are over TWENTY PER CENT. GREATER than the benefits promised by policies issued previously. , In the last eighteen years it has declared TWENTY-FIVE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in voluntary bonuses over and above all requirements of policies. who make money, and I must Bay you can gvt a good meal, all you can eat. for 25 to 35 cents. "The principal occupations of the tourist are eating and excursions. In all my travels around the country I did not see a single v.'getable garden. I asked one man where the wilted things they called vegetables came from. He said they were hauled from a Dago camp 35 miles awav They have no such soil aa we have In Oregon. A great deal of It is sand gravel and adobe. Many of the or chards have to be fertilized every two years, at a cost of $35 per acre, to keep them bearing. I talked with one man who was tilling the soil in a little valley between sand moun tains. It was 'dobe land, and he had to hitch eight horses to a plow to cultivate it, and ten horses to a wagon to pull the crops out. Thev had to start plowing It when it was wet, and keep working It until It is dry enough to plant. They raised nothing but sugar beets" In that val ley, and have to put up board fences to keep the sands from drifting In from all sides as the weather changes He said the way they made farming pay was to send their teams and men off Into another valley a part of the year where they raise grain and hay. and help them harvest. By doing this they could make enough to buy feed for the rest of the year. "California is the paradise for sick people. I never saw so many Inva lids, white-facedi young men and sick wome In my life. About every other cultivate It, nad ten horses to a sick list. Our Board of Trade could do some good work by circulating literature down 'there, if the people had their railroad tickets made out to come this way. I could have dis tributed thousands of pieces of liter ature at the Central Excursion Sta tion in Los Angeles, and on the steamer going over to Catalina, but it wouldn't have been much, use unless we could get them to travel up through Oregon. I am glad to be home again, where railroad tracks don't have to be nailed down to keep them from washing away. They have invented a new way to stop the floods carrying off the railroad tracks In Southern California. They weight them down with gunny sicks filled with sand. If the truth and facts could be known, California would not compare for a moment with Western Oregon." THE COUNCIL ROUTINE BUSINESS OUDINAXCE CONCERNING STREET CARS THE MOST IMPORTANT HUT MANY PAVING MATTERS WERE ACTED UPON. Children Cry for Fletcher's "4 VXNNXNNXXXXXXSKVXX The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which 1ms been ' In use for over 30 years, hns Dorno tho signature of .rf " an(t haa been niada under his per- I li 80nal supervision since Its Infancy. "rw; A11ow no one. to deceive you In this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and "Just-ns-good" are but -Experiments that triflo with a:id endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTQRIA Gastorla Is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Karcotio substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys "Worms and allays Feverlshness. It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the. Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural Bleep. The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE C ASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of J The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years Twr erwTu commnt. tt nuy rmrrr. new romt ertr. Salem Bank & Trust Co. General banking and Trust Easiness With our assurance that we are able and willing to take care of It, we solicit your Banking Business. Open an account with us and .111 I 1 a . ... - . . . wo win B.ueuu you every iavor consistent wnn good Danmng prin doles. r We Pay Four Per Cent on Savings. LIBERTY ST., JUST OFF STATE ST. rTTTTTf Welfare Work for Policy-holders Extracts from the Report of the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York. . "NURSING SYSTEM. About two years ago this Company inaugurated a system whereby trained nurses would, upon request, bo sent to the homes of sick or bedridden policy-holders in its Industrial Department. . . . While this service has been but recently established, and while, therefore, the examiners are in some doubt as to its ultimate effectiveness either from the standpoint of saving the lives of policy-holders or minimizing unhealthy condi tions, no oae can make a personal investigation into what has already been done without being profoundly impressed with, not only the economic, but, more, the beneficent value of the work. Numerous cases where liveB have been saved are already on record. Many instances showing improve ment in home conditions due to the visits of the nurse3 are known." "No summary of this examination of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company would be complete which omitted reference to certain agencies for social service which it has inaugurated and is now conducting." "CAMPAIGN AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS. Among the activities of this Company begun since the Armstrong investigation is its participation in the nation-wide crusade against tuberculosis. As to policy-holders, its work has thus far been confined to the dissemination of the literature of prevention and instruction; a work which its great Agency force and close contact with the industrial classes makes easy, as well as effective. As a matter of mere business economics, the Company's activities ia this direction entitle it to the approval of the Department" Largest Company in the World The largest amount of insurance la force of any Company in the world $2,215,851,388, covering 1 1,288,054 policies, la 1910 the Company made the largest gain in insurance in force of any Company in the world. Assets, - S313.988.334.00 Paid to Policy-holders and Held for Their Liabilities, 285,240,250.30 Security, - - - S605.394.013 Mr. Walter M. Long, Supt. SALEM OREGON. m a. The following routine business was transacted last evening by the city council: Street committee was directed to purchase a cement testing outfit. A petition by the Parlfln staton Telephone company to build a cor rugated Iron warehouse on its prop erty in the city denied. A remonstrance against the Im provement of East State street re ferred to the committee on streets. It contains three-fourths of the names of property owners and the petition for paving the street will no doubt fail. Street committee reported adverse ly on the remonstrance against the Improvement of Summer street. A petition for the paving of East Court street was referred to the committee on streets. An ordinance compelling street car company to keep doors of cars unlocked, and a conductor on each car. Passed. Assessment ordinances for the paving of Twelfth from Bellevue to Mission; Thirteenth from Ferry to Marlon; Liberty from Ferry to Win ter; Summer from Court to Mill Creek and Asylum avenue were passed. Salem's most poular res taurant THE WHITE HOUSE We cater to the public who demand a good meal for a. small price, Wm. McGilchrist & Sons. W9 I Gold Dust Flour Made by the SYDNEY POWER COMPANY, Bydaey, Oregoa. Made for Family Dae. Aak your grocer for It Braa aad Hborta always haai. P. B. WALLACE, Agt. g Try a Journal want ad. Salem Fence Works i Headquarters for Woven Wire Fencing, Hop Wire, Barb Wire, Poultry Netting, Shin gles, Maltboid Roofing, P. . B. and Ready Roofing. Screen Doors and Adjustable Window Screens. All at the lowest prices. CHAS. MULLIGAN 250 Court street. Phone 124 1" FRENCH FEKIALE liPILLS. A 81, Ctat )tutF lor ftomaatto Hunmvtno. nmn inowi tb fail. bpi? i hu. faction Uuaraniewl or MnOf KfurjM, tteul frmA it l.00 pur bot. Will lend cbtfu un irlal.lo h LtiA Mr when reilev4. lUmplMKrM. If ywui druggist doM sot kwt Uwa wb4 your rdri u I ha UNITED MCDICAlCO.,aoa r. UnoaVTCH. . The Bosom Sets Flat The stud button boles exactly meet, the neck band does not bind on your neck; button boles exactly meet buttons, no bulging front, in faet a perfect fit if we launder your shirts. It ig done with our new STEAM PRESSES, which do not i-ub or burn the fibre, but MOULD the cuffs, neck band and bosom to a PERFECT SHAPE. Try the new work. Visitors welcome. Salem Steam Laundry 130-16(1 South Liberty Street Phone 2H Try a Journal Want Ad for Quick Results Arc You Looking For thje Best Orchard Development Proposition in Oregon? We have it. Call and see us. The A. C. BOHRNSTEDT CO. 304 U.S. National Bank Bldg. SALEM, OREGON Head Office, Minneapolis, Minn. Branch Offices i Slucleny and Creswell, Oreg. Sold in Saem by Dr. 5. C. Ston