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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 8, 1913)
Editorial Page of The Salem Capital Journal lfSS THE CHICAGO The Capital Journal Published hy The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TAniCIl, Editor and Manager An Independent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and the Progress and Development of Salem In Particular and All Oregon In General I'lilillHhwl Kycry Evening Uxcept Hunduy, SiiIimii, Oregon 8UUSCKIPT10N RATES: (Invariably Id Advance) Dally, by Carrier, per year ...$5.20 Ter month.. 45c Dally, by Mall, per year 4.00 Per month.. 85c Weekly, hy Mall, per year .... 1.00 Rlx months .line KIM, I, I.KAHKII WIKK TKI.KOHAl'll KKi'OHT The Capital Journal Is more Hum noxious to (fhe Its subscribers the very best carrier service possible. If you don't (ret your paper on time, Just lilione Main 82 and a copy will lie soul yon by special messenger. The Capital Jonrnal mnniigeniciit wants nil Its subscribers to receive prompt and efficient service your complaints registered at this office will receive rareftii attention. SAI.EM AM) 10tS. THE new city administration starts off under propitious circum stances. The past year has been a prosperous one for nil, nnd the oily has made great strides towards her ultimate greatness. The pnst year has witnessed great Improvements, among them, and chlefest of them being the magnificent sewer system. Miles of streets have been paved, many fine buildings taken the place of those rath er disreputable, and the residence por tions of the city have been improved by many1 splendid new houses. It would take much space indeed to even men tion the ninny Improvements that little 1013 first peeped nt that the baby 1 1 1 2 could not see, for the Bnme reason the Spanish fleet oauld not tie seen, bo cause they were not In sight. Tho com pletion of the Oregon Electric to Al bany and the building of the road to Fir, aro milestones set along the rond we are traveling. While we can look buck over 1912 with Justifiable pride, we can al3 look forward to what . 1913 Is to bring us, with serono con fidence. While building naturnlly holdB up at this time of the year, many new resi dences are planned nnd work will bo begun on them with the coming of good weather. Tho Oregon Klortrlc is pushing on, nnd before tho close of the year will have brought the Capital City In close touch with the rich ter ritory south of us. The Salem, Falls City & Western will extend lis lines though perhaps not under thnt name, in fact, has already commenced doing so, to Sllverton and on, opening up a rich section to Salem trade. The West Side lines will also make connection that will, before the year Is out, bring us In touch with tho "fat" county of Ponton, and all the rich West Side. At the same time the road to Falls City will probably be extended probably to the coast. In the meantime there will probably be something doing on the old Wil lamette. That It will eventually havo a six-foot channel to some point above Salem Is a certainly, and that this big work will commence this yenr is at lrast possible. The city has aw il.cned and, like a young giant, is forging ahead It owes much to lis progeni tors those who lnld It out on splendid lines for there Is no cltyi on (lie const bo splendidly planned. Its broad streets are a revelation to all who come from the Hastcm cities nnd n special delight to Portland folks for that city wag unfortunate In Its street provisions. The big parking system in the location of its public buildings, is another feature that no city on the const, or nnywhero else, for that mat ter, can boast. We have entered upon nn era of street paving under which many miles of beautiful streets will be added to tho miles we nlieady have, be fore the year has gone. It Is probable too, that 191.1 will Bee the city at least In a fair wny to own Its own water plant. The new city administration is composed of bright, progressive, wide awake men, who will look after the city's best Interests, and not overlook nn:'thing that is to hor advanlage. With a magnificent agricultural coun try all around us, tho center of a gient fruit belt, thousands of acres of pur pling prunes, and other thousands where the generous and prolific hop vines bring rich returns, nnd, nllove all, with a railroad system that reaches, or will reach, radiating like tho spokes In a wheel Into the rich nnd nlmost virgin territory around us, opening up the Brent fruit section of the Waldo Hills, and bringing the nn equaled timber of both the Cascades and the Coast ranges to our doors, who is there shall set the limit to our growth or fix the measure of our pros perity? Truly the future for Salem is roseate. Where the New Ones Came from JACKSON DAT. TODAY Is the fiflth nnnlvcrsnry of the closing battle at New Orlenns between tho Hrltlsh forces under Sir Edward Paekingham, brother-in-law to the Duke of Wellington, the hero of Waterloo, and the American forces under General Jackson, in which tho latter won a decisive victory, and In which the bravo and gallant Paekingham, after havlnng his right mm shattered by) a riflo ball, and bis horse shot under him, was' struck In tho breast by a grape shot as he led fresh reinforcement b to the attack and expired In tho arms of a fellow officer. The British, despite the loss of their leader, made a brave and bitter fight, but were mowed down hy the unerring riflemen of Kentucky and Tennessee, nnd were forced. to retire. It was the last battle of the war of 1812. In fact the battlo was fought after tho treaty of peace had been Blgned at Ghent which was done on December 24, 1812, or the day! aftor the fighting at New Orleans began, tho first of the scries of bnttlcB fought there having taken place December 23d. Since that time January 8th has been celebrated by the Democratic cle ment, nt least, as "Jackson day," and It la being appropriately observed in practically all of tho larger cities of our country tmlay. 'Old Hickory" wag overy inch a soldier, nnd all Ameri cans, regardlesB of politics, can well afford to do him honor, for he was morally coiiragooiiB, ns well as phys ically brave. Next year tho occasion will, no doubt, lie a memorable one, for tho magic, name centennial will then apply to It. Washington, Jan. 8. Will an army of underpaid, lindereducated and largely underfed Immigrants from the south of Kurope land on the Pacific coust of the United States immediate ly following the opening of the" Pana ma canal? The federal bureau of immigration lias not made nny special Investigation of the question, although the off iclnla of the bureau mlnilt that the standard of living of workers in California, Ore gon nnd Washington is threatened by the arrival of theso people In any great numbers. Analyols of figures from the current report of the bureau, however, shows that for the year ending Juno 30, 191", th Imnilirratlnn tn this ennntrv frnm I Austria was 8r),8.ri4, from Ilungnry 93,028, from Italy, Including Sicily and Sardinia, 157,13 1, from the Russinn em pire and Finland 102,395, from Greece 27,449, from Tliilgnria, Servla and Mon tenegro, 4147, from Roumanla 1997, from Turkey In Europe 11,481, Turkey In ABla 12,788, from Spain 0327 and from Portugal 10,230. In contrast to this total of 572,130 coming from the countries whero tho wages and stand ards of living are low, is the report of only 27,788 from the entire Germnn empire, 8028 from France, 8075 from Norway and 83,027 from the United Kingdam The total of the European Immigration for the year was 718,857, and the total from all continents 838,- 172. Skilled laborers admitted to the United States during the year num bered 127,010, while there were also landed 184,154 farm laborers, 135,720 common laborers, 110,529 servants and 2.11,070, including women and children, who had no special occupation. New York was the destination of 239,275 of theso people, while Pennsyl vania received 109,025 nnd' Massachu setts, 70,171. California got 28,905, Oregon 4138 and Washington 11,882. Mnnyl of these coming to the Pacific const were Asiatics. When Bteerngo tickets to San Fran cisco, Portland and Seattle can be sold In the Medlternrnenn and Halknn coun tries for JO more than the present rate to New York, the Immigration officials here believe that the Pacific coast will draw much of tho Immigrant tide now flowing to Now York, Massachu setts, Pennsylvania nnd New Jersey. Tickets for tiso on stonmors to be run through tho canal are Bnld to bo now on Bale on the Installment plan In Greece, Italy and Austria, Years of Suffering Catarrh and Blood Disease -Doctors Failed to Cure. Mies Mabel F. nankins, 1214 Lafay ette St., Kort Wayne, Ind., writes! "Fur three years 1. was troubled with catarrh and blood disease. I tried sev eral doctors and a dozen different rem edies, but none of ihem did me any good. A friend told me of Hood's Sar naparilla, I took two bottles of this medicine nnd was as well und strong as ever. 1 feel like a different person nnd recommend Hood'" to any one suf fering from catarrh. " Get It "oduy. In usual liquid form or chocolaWd tablets called SarsatabSa Will Help Democrats Revise It 31 'i'l'.rtSC'' I JMI Ik For the Modern Baby Bunting Daddy doesn't go out to hunt for rabbit skins to keep the baby warm. Hf It lra rnmnnti but more practical. He buys a "Perfection and all during the cold Fall and Winter months his house is kept warm and cozy for his wife and babies. A Perfection Oil Heater it almost indispens able when there are children in the home. Every home has uses for it MaJt with nlckil Irlmmlnf, plain treat arennmefoo', tmraoot .ue aVumf. Ornamental. nejrpenf.i'ie. Latlt for eare. aiO from room to room. Al oWen everyarA.r. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (Calioraia) SSI Market Street Su FraaclM HEAVYWEIGHT I.ECTl'RER DODGED HIS OPPORTUNITY Aftor advertising extensively that he would deliver a lecture in Salem last night on the subject of "Capitalism versus Socialism,'1 an obese California bishop named William M. Dell, came to town, took dinner, wrote a couple of letters at the hotel, then reassembled his gatherings and took a trnin for Portland. The blBhop cast a weather eye about the horizon shortly aftor nrrlvlnff hero, and remarked that "It looked like rain, nnd didn't pronilso much of a hearing for his lecture.' He also no ticed thnt there were some picture shows In oiicrntlon, nnd hnl a hunch thnt they would draw from his crowd. Tho lecture wns to hnve been deliv ered under the nuiplceg of the Y. M. C A. Hell didn't even cnll Secretary Conipton up by telephone, but nd dresBed him a penciled note, snyliiR he had "sized things up, and didn't believe It looked favnrnblo for a lecture." A good-sized crowd gathered at the Meth odist church expecting to henr the party of much nvolrduprdo he weighs :)liO pounds ind touted, repute. SiiY flcn to say, bo couldn't draw a corpor al's guard on the street comer were I e to come to Salem again. appellant, Multnomah county, affirmed Justice Eakln. Merchant's National Hnnk of Port land, plaintiff and respondent, against the John P. Sharkey Co., defendant and appellant, Multnomah county, re versed. Justice Mcllride. S. W. Lorey, appellant, against the O.-W. R. & N. Co., the Oregon Short Line and the Dencer & Rio Grande, re spondents, Multnomah county, re versed and remanded. Justice Ilean, Prank S. Fields, respondent, against Multnomah county, appellant, Multno mah county, affirmed. Justice tlenn. AUTOS HELP PAY THE STATE'S EXPENSES The registration of motor vehicles in Oregon up to September 30 1912, numbered 9988, says the report of the Secretary of State Olcott. This is against C428 for tho previous year. There were 1704 chauffeurs licensed in 1912. Fees from those licenses, in cluding transfer charges, amounted to $42,280. Tho corresponding numbers for 1911 were $1671 nnd $3(1,130. Under the law any unused balance of the receipts not required In the ad ministration of tho law, which in cludes the cost of providing number plates, In duplicate, chauffeur badges, clerical work and Incidental office ex penses, is at the end of each year transferred to the credit of the gener al fund. Accordingly on December 31, 1911, the state treasurer transfer red from the motor vehicle fund to the general fund the sum of $17,900, The transfer for 1912 is expected to be double that amount. UNITED PJ1ES8 LEASED WIItE. Washington, Jan. 8. "The stato of Washington is progressive, and the members of the Washington delega tion in congress who support progres sive legislation will have the sunporh of the electorate In that course," says Representative William La Follette, who was re-elected last November as a Republican, but who will vote for most of the Wood row Wilson policies in the next house. "Any representative from our sec tion of the country who may attempt to protect special interests as against the legislative needs 'of the masses of the people Is going to face defeat when he comes up again. Our slate is not devoted to high tariff. We aro going to remain In the vanguard of the pro gressive movement." Representative La Follette says that Wilson may lose some congressional districts two years hence, due to the usual reaction after a landslide, the real test of the Biiccess or failure of his work will not come until four years have passed. TORE WOULD HAVE SCHOOL FOR THE OLDER BOYS Jay Upton, of Portland, proposes to Introduce in the legislature a bill for the establishment of a state reforma tory for the care of hoys between the ages of 10 and 20 ytears, who are not hardened criminals, but who aro guilty of misdemeanors, for which boys are now" commonly sent to tho training school. Superintendent Will S. Hale, of the training school, says that the bill will receive his hearty support. Ho at tributes most of the trouble In . the training school to boys who are over 16 years old, The Institution is not so equipped that the older boys can be kept separately from the younger boys, and the younger lads very naturally mould their habits after those of their elders, It has been shown In the biennial report of Superintendent Hale, and al so In the preliminary Investigation In to charges against Hale In the gover nor's office Monday, that most of the boys who have escaped from the insti tution have been among the older members of the school. Find Kelp Worth Many Millions UNITED I'llBSB LE48KD WIRE. Washington, Jan. 8. After having mapped the great kelp groves in the Pacific ocean along the coast from the Mexican . line to Cape Flattery, Prof. Milton Whitney, chief of the fed eral bureau of soils, announces that this resource can supply several times the entire demand for potash salts as fertilizer on farms In the United States. Work is now In progress which will determine very closely how many millions this kelp growth is worth. Prof, Whitney Issues a warning that the ground feldspar, ground lava and ground phonollte recently Introduced I in the American markets are not ser viceable in the average case as the standard mixtures. Fertilizer enough to supply three times JJie present needs of the country for a thousand years is estimated to be available from the fields of phosphate and other high grade material already known. WANTS PAY FOR CLEARING GROUND George E. Noble filed a complaint In the circuit court yesterday" against Smith Rrothers, In which he alleges that $1718.46 is due him for sorvices performed since May 1, 1910. The com plaint sets forth that the plaintiff en tered Into a contract with the defend ants to slush 339 acres of land con trolled by Smith Bros., and that he has fulfilled the contract Insofar ns the work Is concerned, but the defendants hnve not paid the full amount due. If your children aie subject to at tacks of croup, watch for the first symptoms, hoarseness. Give Cham berlain's Cough Remedy as soon as tho child becomes hoarse, and the at tack may be warded off. For sale by all dealers. VALLEY MAY HAVE A BASEBALL LEAGUE Ray Raker, manager of the famous Salem Senators, the champion ama teur baseball team of Western Oregon for the 1912 season, says that there is much talk of the formation of a Wil lamette valley league the coming sea son, but thnt he will not give entrance Into a league the slightest consideration. Raker says that his experience Is that the league scheme for amateur baseball Is a money loser. He believes that bettor ball can bo furnished the fans of Salem, bigger crowds brought to the ball park, and consequently more money made with a first-class In dependent team than with a league. SUPREME COURT HANDS DOWN EICIIT OPINIONS Might opinions were handed down by the supreme court yesterday. Six were appeals from tho lower court for Mult nomah county, one from Umatilla and one from IVmglas. The rases were: Shlpniiin, Denny, Rhnnie & Co., re spondents, ngnlnst the Portland Con struction Co., et nl nppellnnts, Mult nomnh county, modified nnd affirmed. Just Ice lliirnett. V. W. l'nlne and J. O. Pnlne, appel lants, ngnlnst the Milton, Freeewater & Hudson Hay Irrigation Co., respond ents, Umatilla county, modified. Jus tice Knkln, F. R Krusnrt nnd John Siren, plain tiffs und respondents, ngnlnst J. L. Shambrouk, defendant and appellant, Douglas county, affirmed. Justlco Mc Hrlde. West Side Lumber Shingle Co., ap pellant, against A. O. Herald, respond ent, Multnomah county, reversed. Jus tice Moore. N. Jonas, plaintiff and respondent. against William Hughes, defendant and, I Success depends largely upon Good Health Xj In your race for success don't loose sight of the fact that only through good health can you attain success. The tension you must necessarily place upon your nerves, and the sacrifice of proper exercise you have to make at times must be balanced in some way. Dr. Pierced Golden Medical Discovery U (A. balancing powra vitalising powtr. It acts on the stomach and organs of digestion and nutrition, thus purifying the blood and giving strength to the nerves, Indirectly siding the liver to perform its very important work. Dr. Fierce ' GalJtn Mmdical Ditcovtry has been successful for a generation as a tonic and body builder. Sold by medicine dealers in liquid or tablet form trial box of "Tablets" mailed on receipt of 60 one cent stamps. If in (ailing health write Dr. R. V. Pierce's faculty at Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, New York. DR. PIERCE'S GREAT FAMILY DOCTOR BOM, The People. Common Sense Medical AdvUer -newly revieed up-to-date editkra-of 1008 Paget, anawen hot-U of delicate question, which every woman, infleormarried.ouB'ht lo know. Senl FHfcE In cloth bindine to any address on receipt of 31 eneent ilimm. tn cover cott of wrappine and mailing only. Automobile Motor Cycle and Accessory Dealers of Salem ImtA AT MOTOR uvuimy cycles WATT RIIIPP Aniaisnltlon, Fishing; Tackle, Kte. North Cosinierrlal Street l'hone Ml 7 11 Rif 1 C f 'iKeot 11. 0. II. nnd Oakland V allCY ITlUlUr IrCU VUe MO Ferry St l'hone Main 229S New Suits now $3.95 5.90 8.50 and 10.50 the latest shown New Coats now $3.50 4.95 7.50 and 10.50 all new 1913 arrivals Silks and Dress Goods Now on sale at the lowest prlres ever offered In Salcni. All prlres from 25c per yd. and up is one of Salem's GREATEST UP BUILDING INDUSTRIES. See the amount of people we employ and the High Class Standard of wages we pay. When you trade here you are helping to build up a- Greater Sajem which is the ambition of all people who live in Salem to make our city one of the most beautiful on the Pacific Coast. Don't be skepti cal or think you can do better else- I where. We know that you cannot buy buy reliable merchandise any where cheaper than at the Chicago Store. We are cash manufacturers' buyers and our prices cannot be beaten by the biggest house on the Pacific Coast. Our Banner Year Was 1912 1913 we want to make greater and if you only investigate and keep a careful eye on the progressive Chi cago Store that buys for cash and sells for cash. Your cost of living will be cut down about one half. Extra Special PrrriilcR, ynrd 6c (JIiikIiiiiiih, jrnrd 5C Oiitlnir flannels, yard c, Sr, fl 1.4c 81-8c Hl(t nhwts .....4So 8prlnl towel prlres 4c, Sr, 8 1-Sc, 10c CHICAGO STORE SALEM, OREGON The Store That Saves You Money