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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1912)
DAILT CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEK, OBEOOIf, THtRHPAY, OfTOBEBim Pan Two. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL HOFER, Editor nnd Proprietor R. M. HOFER, Manager hdpi(lnt N.wnpr IXfotfd to America Principle nil th Program tnfl rwlnpmnt ot All Orwn foblliliwl Vrf Kunlntj Kf'Pt Hunday, Huli-m, Oman SUBSCRIPTION RATES: ( InTirlnblj In Adrtnc) ftlr. PT Cirrltr, pw J"r ...W20 Pr month.. e 111,, bf Hill, pr 7ir 4.00 I' month. .Me WtKklj, bj m, V yf .... tOO " contln . But KUI.L LEAHBD WinB TKI-KUItAI'll HBl'OItT THE PEOPLE SHOULD KEEP COOL. be This, the clo.sinsr month of the national campaitrn the voters should not get panicky or be stampeded by butfttbooiam. The three candidates for president are all clean, able, high minded men of far more than average ability and character. This does not mean that any citizen is to suppress his convic tions, and not have a deep feeling of preference for one. But it does mean that the campaign claptrap that any of these men is owned by the money trust is a pipe-dream. The people at heart do not believe it, and the yellow journals are lacking in intelligence when they rely on such rotten argu- ""liig'lnterests are supporting each one of the above candidates, and their influence will go far to checjc and counteract each oth er. So far the national campaign has been conducted on high lines, and for the first time in history has not paralyzed the in (luHtrics Not a factory has quit running, not a bank has suspended, not a railroad has stopped building on account of the national cam- The business and the industries of the country should not bo crucified the last thirty days of the campaign by yellow journal ifim There was never so much power directly in the hands of the people in selecting a president as at present, and they can be trusted. , , , , , , , , , Hut the voters themselves must be educated to keep cool and discount what is said by campaign managers on the old lines. The old line is to blacken and degrade the character of the op position and slander the personal character of the candidate. Ix't the independent voters in all parties the intelligent, con scientious voters, who read and think, keep their powder dry. National campaigns involve large expenditures of money, and the candidates, if they are high-minded Americans, are not to blame for this condition, unless they clearly and personally vio late Rome law enacted against cbrrupt practices in public affairs. A MUNICIPAL REFORM PROGRAM. The property owners of the Seventh ward unanimously adopt ed the following municipal program of public policies: Resolved, That we endorse the initiative measures sub mitted by the city council for assuming the cost of con structing sewers in South Salem and North Salem and Union and Marion street sewers, provided the city govern ment guarantees to us in writing that property owners pay only for the house connection to the alloy or the street sewer. Resolved, That we demand the enforcement of the popu lar loan plan of selling bonds in small denominations to the residents of the city as provided in the city charter, as we believe it contrary to the best interests of the citizens to nell long-time bonds in the east and send away the interest. We demand that all city officials serve the citizens and the taxpayers only, and not the corporations and contractors doing business with the city. We demand that public ser vants elected by our votes serve no other interest or master. We demand that all cases of violation of state laws in the city nnd coming under the control or jurisdiction of the chief of police be takon before the city recorder and tried, and that all justice and constable fees collected in such cases be turned into the city treasurer, as provided by law. We demand a department of public works organized to give the city public work nt cost of labor and materials, nnd that all concrete bridges, crosswalks, sidewalks and pave ments bo buill by the city nt actual cost to. the property owners. We demand that the city be governed within the budget appropriations, and be put on n casli basis. The principle issue is that sewer bond issuo be grnnled only Ulion condition that it be clearly understood. The charier amendment reads that the assessment against the citi'on shall be limited to the first block "only." This can bo construed to mean two things either all the sew er or lateral already built in that block, or the house connection only. If the city saw fit to build n lateral or a main sewer or a bi-Mich throuirh a bWk the owners of the block should not be held for it but only for their house connections with it. If a sewer adjoins n block and the owners of the block wish t'- unite nnd lay an alley sewer to the city sewer that is their r'VI't nnd that is all they should ever pay. There has been so much careless work and so much unfairness in this whole sewer enterprise, and so much disposition to cinch t1-" little property owner that it is up to the citizens to say just whnt they mean. The new city administration should be given clearlv to under stnn.l what the property owners understand the bill to mean, an'' let the next city engineer and city nttorney take notice. The rest of the municipal reform program is aimed at public po'irios that mean the protection of the citizen and property twner ncainst various forms of legalized robberies. Let nil candidates take warning that the city government must be for the people, and not for the interests." VOTE AGAINST ROCKING THE SCHOOL FUND. C, ns nsst P. Strain, a Marion county man, who made a good record sessor of Umatilla county, and has been repeatedly elected, WOMEN TAKE NOTICE! A man cannot undrratunj the torture ami mlTi-ring many women rnclur Uncomplainingly, It the maturity ul men nufcrcd at ntuvh pain and endured with patience tlx weakening lu'ltnesaet Unit mini wuincn do, they would ak for Immediate sympathy and look lor a quick cure. Many women liuvo been uvcd from a life ol misery and aulTrrinii hy turning to the niiht reined v Dr. 1'iereo'a Favorite I'rcacription a remedy which ii tale to take became oonlaiuini) no nareotica, alcohol or injurious ingredient!. It it an Iterative extract ol roott, made with pure glycerin, and lintt given to the publio by that lainout tpecialitt in the dieea of women Dr. K, V. Tierce, ul the Invalid' Hotel and Surtficnl Institute of llullulo, N. Y. Mu. I.izik M. lli:ssiiKlMi:n,of Lincoln, Noh.,KO"C"St., wivs: "I ml iv uwlluiKiilul it It inu, h plenum no that noma milorhiu wimiiin may know tho trim worth of your remedies. 1 wai u rent sufferer from fcmiilo trutituVn but alter tflkliiir one Imtile of Pr. l'lereo' Kuvorltu 1'iwrlptlon, which u, lnend iuhU-,1 mo to toko, I found myself very much lm- 'invert. Alter tnkliif three moro hollies, ninl uinj two) oxen of Pr, I'lerco'n union TuHi'K 1 found mvsolt on tint rout to rivovory. I ttna In i r health lor livu years but now I am cimxl. "I hope nil women sulTerlnir from frnmlo weakness will give Pr. nerve' I'avorllo Proscription a f.tir trial. Doctor I'iorae't Pleataut Pellett regulate and invigorate) tomach, liver and bowel.. Sutfar-ooeted, tiny granulea. is showing up the injustice of the amendment on the ballot 305 He charees bold y that it win sacnuco u'c pu" cripple city anKunty finances to allow this to become a .law lie says it is a proposition to model our tax laws after the worst boss-ridden and graft-eaten states of the East. As we understand the matter, it would allow the property of the big corporations to be classified under a separate head and assessed only by the state board for state purposes. ' The $100,525,000 assessed valuation of railroad property would not be subject to levies of local taxing bodies. t 4u: u .., if ia a verv hnrl nronosition. ana snouiu 11 UII3 in llfe J" H ,V'J ' , , ri snowed under by the voters. Read what Strain says. Although our railroad development has hardly begun this Ls the immense sum which now represents the assessed val ue of the public service property of this state. It is all locat ed in the railroad school districts, railroad citjes and rail road counties. , . ..,'., . Adoption of senate joint resolution No. 8 by the voters next November would surely lend to transferring the taxes upon this great sum from our local government to the state government. This would force up local levies amazingly in many school districts cities and counties. Advances of 2 to 5 mills would be the rule and 10 to 15 mills not unusual. Yet reduction of the state levy would be slight only 1 or 2 mills. , . , , Worse still, a source of revenue, such as this, not drawn directly from the taxpayers, tends to' conceal expenditures, thereby inviting those excessive, wrongful appropriations of public funds which have so often scandalizes our institu tions and overburdened our taxpayers. THE OPEN FORUM The Cnpltnl Journnl Invites pub- I lie tllacuHBlon in this department f Let both slilca of all matters T be fully broiiKht out it is not the purpoBe of this newspaper to do the thinking for Its reudors. The I nnrllliii luvt. Thore In great gtioil In humanity. The law of unlvernal brotherhood fitlll IioIiIh anil becomes more and more Im bedded In the human Jienrt. The iioiue bei'omes more sacred as clvlll. nllun and Justice advances, The un written law is very strongly Intrench ed In human life. Self-defense Is the first law, In all mil Ions the home Is snored. He who would lift a hand against that sacred thing deserves only contempt of hla fellow men. We nre told, In the papers, of a homo wliero n wretch led two daugh ters astray and was making advances toward the third when the father, see ing the distress of the mother shot and killed the betrayer. How dear to the parental heart were these chil dren With what care and love they had watched over and reared them. What fond hopes they chorlshed In their lives for their futuro. With whnt Inexpressible grief they beheld the ruin, thus wrought. None but those who have felt It can ever know the pain. Death Is sweet beside It. Tile writer remcnibers being taken Into a home one dark, rainy night, by a kind farmer nnd his good wife. They gavo him every hospitality Whllo sitting by the fire In that home ho never enn forget the awful wall which came from the mother, and which could have been heard a block awny. On Inquiring the cause we learned that their only child, a lovely daughter, had been drugged nnd ruin ed by a drummer. Dy this one act the life of the family had been rendered most, unhappy, and tho daughter with unutterable shame, had left the coun try nnd refused to return. Tho moth er, we learned, hnd wept night nnd tiny for two years. It Is nn awful thing, wo know, to take human life, but In many ways It Is n moro dreadful thing to nssnHlnato human character, nnd a designing mural leper who will so forgot and pmstltuto nil law as to ruin nn Inno cent girl forfeits his right to live on this fair earth, and If the outraged pnrent under tho unwritten law, takes the life of tho betrayer, few Juries could be found who would condemn him. If Governor West, as Intimated, i-eos fit to pardon that father and si ml him back to protect his home, all honest men will sny that a good deed has been done to the human race. A few months ago the writer heard a prominent minister sny that In one small town In our dear slate there were nineteen girls about to become mothers nnd the youngest wns only 11 years, of nge. It looks llko It Is time the unwritten or some other law was put to work and made to work over lime. A fiend who will ruthlessly lead to ruin nn innocent, trusting girl, surely deserves to die nnd tho unwritten law justly says the slayer shall go free. Mr. Wilcox was nut guilty of man slaughter. He only killed a prowling wild beast. In a way the culprit kill-, ed himself. He committed moral sui cide. If we should have more use of the unwritten law, our hoVnes would be safer and humanity better off. It u.ru seep meir place. Let character have every safeguard. Lot tho home bo protected nt nil bayards. Let the assassinator of human character there by forfeit hla worthless life, OHSKRVER. RErTSKD TO I'AY Ills MI ITS lM'OME TX Umdon, Oct. 3,-Tluit the British authorities have abandoned attempts to oomivol a nmi) to pay his wife's In come tax Is evident here today from tho unconditional release of Mark Wllks, arrested recently for refusing to pay his wife's tax. X reason for tl.elr action was given by the police Mrs. Wllks, who Is a suffrngetle, re fused flatly to pay. i THE GIRL FROM THE li, S, A, AT GRAND MONDAY HP "Just Say HORLICK'S It Means " Original and Ginulni MALTED MILK Tlii Food-drink lor aii More hetJtliiul than Tea or Colfeo. Agree wilh the weakest digestion. Delicious, invigorating nd nutritious. Rich milk, multod pain, powda form. A nnirk lunch Drenared in a minute. Take no lutititule. Ak forllORLICK'S. tT Others are imitations. Candidates' Cards For Marshal. The undersigned hereby announces his candidacy for city marshal and chief of police, subject to the city pri maries. D. W. GIDSON. Manager Grand opera house will offer his patrons on Monday, October 7, one of the successful plays of the season "The Girl From U. S. A." pro duced by Woods & Chalker. Accord ing to newspaper clippings It Is a new piny with no other Just llko It. It Uikes a representative American, Just such a bright and charming girl ns you often meet In your every day life, and places her In strange lands among strnnge people In situations that call for the cleverest diplomacy to solve nnd shows how she can nat urally and gaily save herself nnd her friends from Impending ruin. The Kcnos vivid In color and atmosphere are drawn from real life and of ab sorbing human Interest. The stage pictures are beautiful, the players are chosen from the first ranks of popu lar favorites. A clever nctress In the person of Miss Oulnn Marlon has been selected t0 assume the title rolo of "Tho Girl From li. S. A." For City Recorder. I hereby announce my candidacy for city recorder at tho primaries Novem ber 4th. Platform Courtesy, correct records of proceedings, law and evi dence. EARL RACE. 9-13- ClinrloH F. Elgin, Candidate for Nomination Office of CITY RECORDER To the people of Salem: I desire to serve a second term, and submit my official record as my recommendation, Samuel 0. Rurkhart Candidate for nomination for office of City Marshal. nn, AUETTE I NIVEKSITY TO 0R0AMZE A RAM) A start was made last night to or ganize a band at the Willamette uni versity, when ten men assembled for practice. It Is expected thnt a bnnd of from fifteen to twenty pieces will bo organized without much trouble as a good deal of enthusiasm exists among the musically Inclined at the Institution and many more will Join the band In a few days. The purpose of the band will be to furnish music for athletic events, carnivals and oth er events of a similar nature. An other meeting will bo held soon at which It Is expected that a much larg er number will attend. lleeroSated 111k Watch. UNITED rilEHS LEASED Willi. Pendleton, Or., Oct. 3. C. E. Welch told Justice Smith ho (Smith) had drunk so much beer his waistline was tight and so when George Van Horn Hied to lift his watch ho felt the pres sure nnd nabbed the thief. R. A. Crossan. Candidate for re-election to the of fice of City Treasurer at the primar ies to be held in the city of Salem, Or., November 4, 1912. Chan. y'. Rriuil. Candidate for City Marshal. My promise: "I will protect you under the laws and cinch you If you break them." For County Recorder. H. L. Clark, Independent Democrat ic candidate for the office of county recorder, the candidate endorsed unanimously by the Marlon County Democratic committee and the Inde pendent Taxpayers League. Platform: Courtesy, strict economy and reduc tion of. taxes. 9-25-tf EE ADVICE TO SICK WOMEN Notice to Taxpayers. The county board of equalization will convene on Monday, October 21, for the purpose of examining and equalizing the assessment rolls of Ma rlon county, Oregon, and will remain In session six days. All persons de siring to protest assessments on said rolls must do so according to the fol lowing provisions of the law: "Petitions or applications for the re duction of a particular assessment Bhull be mndo In writing, verified by oath of the applicant or his attorney nnd be filed with tho board during the first week It Is, by law, required to be in session, and any petition or appli cation not so made, verified and filed, shall not be considered or acted upon by thb board." F. J. RICE, Assessor for Marlon County. 10-1-lOt-dly Thousands Have Been Helped By Common Sense Suggestions. That lHO pound pumpkin prompts cue to do some pie figuring. Women sufFering from any form of fe male ills are invited to communicate promptly wi th the woman 's private corre spondence department of the Lydia E. PinkhamMedicine Co., Lynn, Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. A woman can freely talk of her private illness to a woman; thus has been established a confidential corre spondence which has extended over many years and which has never been broken. Never have they published a testimonial or used a letter without the written consent of the writer, and never has the Company allowed these confiden tial letters to get out of their possession, as the hundreds of thousands of them in their files will attest. Out of the vast volume of experience which they have to draw from, it is more than possible thnt they possess the very knowledge- needed in your case. Noth ing is asked in return except your good will, and their advice has helped thou- Biinus. Dureiy any woman, rich or poor, should be glad to take advantage of tills generous ofiVr of assistance. Ad dress Lydia E. Pink ham Medicine Co., (confidential) Lynn, Moss. Every woman ought to have I-yiliii K. rinkham's 80-page Text Kitok. It H not a book for general distribution, u,s it Is too expensive. It ia free nnd only obtainable by nialU Writo fur it today. 1! mm lip Individual Safes Our Safe Deposit Vault contains a large number of Individual safes. We rent these to people at 3 and up wards, according to size. These safes are under the sole control of the renter, and afford convenience, pri vacy and security. We in vito you to call raid Inspect them. r7$b -l Mi Ladies!, Misses' and Children's New Fall Suits and Coats now priced away down Ladies' Suits $4.95, $7.50, $10.50, $12.50 Misses' Coats $3.50, $4.50, $7.50 Children's Coats $1.98, $2.50, $3.50 ptg MM New Fall Trimmed Hats . The latest y Shown Prices small $1.50 $2.50 And up like the picture Dress Goods and Silks If you want to buy the latest Dress Goods and Silks at the right prices, come her), We are headquarters, Price, yard, 25c, 35c, 49c, 75c and up mm Boys' Clothing Priced the low est in Salem SUITS $1.98 $2.45 $3.50 Big.values OSTRICH PLUMES on sale $1.95 $2.50 $3.50 li Ladies' and Children's Winter Underwear Now on sale at cut low prices Misses' Union Suits .....25c Ladies' Union Suits 49c Children's Winter Under wear 25c 10,000 Yards of Domestics Now on sale at the lowest prices CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON