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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1913)
T-fc r fir $ n 4 v ' WEDNESDAY rage or I ne daiem capital journal Feb. 5, 191a The Capital Journal Published by The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TABER, Editor and Manager in Independent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and the Progress and Development of Salem In Particular and All Oregon In General Published Every tCvoninc Hxcept Hunday, Halem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Invariably In Advance) Dally, by Carrier, per year ...10.20 Per month. .411c Dally, by Mali, per year 4.00 Per month.. 85c Weekly, by Mall, per year .... 1.00 Hli montba.BOc CUM, I.HAHK.I) WIHU TMI.HOItAl'H RBFOHT ADVERTISING KATES. Advertising rates will lie furnished on application. "Want" ads and "New Today" ads strictly cash In udv anco. The Capital Journal In more than anxious to give Its subscribers the very best carrier service possible. II you don't get yonr paper on time, Just phone Main 82 nnd a copy will be sent you by special messenger. The Capital Journal management wants all Its subscribers to receive prompt and efficient service your complaints registered at this office will receive rsrcful attention. uik pook max's ci.rn. GKNTLEMKN of the legislature, you. bo lar as the making of laws !s concerned, at least, are tlr: whole people of the state of Oregon. Your acts are theirs, hence It behooves you to consider well before acting up on proposed laws which lnl.orfero with tlia natural rights or liberty of any or all of the people of the Blate. There Is a bill now before you proposing among other things, to close the pool and billiard rooms In thu cities on Sundays. Theoretically the bill is all right, but how will It work out prac tically? Is tlio law necessary? Is It Just? Is It equal In f.s application to all classes? In other words Is It not class legislation of the most pronounc ed kind? l.i practically every city In the Btnto there are such pool rooms. They nre lur,;e, roomy well provided with chairs warm and comfortable, nnd they sell no spirituous liquors of any kind. In cvciy cliy, also, there la a class of hard working men who aro homeless. They have no lamlllos, board at res taurants, and their bed rooms nre such that they are unfitted for occupancy during '.lie day being usually Illy light ed and without heat. To this class of men, tho pool room Sundays is n ,.uven of rest They nre about the (; ly places they can go (n Hint day where they are sheltered from tile elements. muI can bo comfortable. Close these tesoits and where will this (lass of men K on Sundays.. If this In w is lassdl, a real hardship Is wink ed upon th'.so homeless hard-wn.Kln;; men Then, too, tho law. Is class legisla tion, for It does not close the prlvnto vlub rooms. If a man has sullleient menus, ho can Join the clubs, common to overy city, can play pool or billiards Binoke, and for that matter oven get liquors on Sundays In a largo percent age of them. This class of men, too, usually have homes, or at least aro so housed that, they can occupy their rooms Sundays and bo comfortiihlo In them. In other words tho proposed law would deprive thoso who really need a place In which they run be rotnfortablo on Sundays, while per mitting thoso who do not need them tho full enjoyment of tho snmo privi leges. . It Is claimed thiiit. In the larger cities these pool rooms are niudn headquar ters by tho criminal class. Admitting this to he tnu It should at least be mi aid to the police In hx-atlng them liii' If it Is true. It Is at most only a meeting place, for It Is not even assert ed that the pool rooms create the i rlni IiiiiIh, anil who knows but the very tact ol being cold nnd homeless has rivaled many of them. If the fact, tho.' cilivluals meet In them Is siilllrlcnt reason for abolishing them, how about tin legislature? 'I ho lnhhlen of the legislatures are the meeting places uf nunc nf the sieariest ami givi'"st criminals In ili.t country, rrimlunls wlin would If they couhl, roll all the pmple, Instead of an Individual or two, yet Hint Is no r, urn n for abolishing the I'T'1 lature, or nt lecst no more cogent reason than f" abolishing the po il n (inis. Tho law also applies to moving pie t in shmv4 which another of lis tin t fcMures. f!.e moving picture t, as a rqie teach good moral lessons, mil ioi'iiish h.ini'ie.'h amusing and In Mi llctlvo enti i liiiiiinent. People can not to made mural liy law, but, com fort and harmless amusement and en ter jilnnieiiis aro conducive to morals, ml Inimical to them, Tint pent renins are the poor man's cluliii, Ihi' picture shows about his SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES I Our safety deposit boxes, In our Tlsco Manganese Steel Vault, the strongest .on the Pacific Coast, am now ready for renting, we will bo pleased to show them to you. j! LADD & BUSH, Bankers 1 limit financially in that lino of amuse ment. Why then deprive him of them? Again, hero In Salem the P. E. & E. has generously provided a big room for ttis employes, provided it with pool and billiard tnhlos, In faot realized the nec essity of its employes having a com forlablo place to meet nnd to spend their lolsuro time. Here In Salem also tho state, you gentlemen of the legis lature, has provided an armory. It has pool and billiard tables, Is warmed and uindn comfortable for tho mllltla boys, nnd tho state did nicely In creat ing It. Will you, gentlemen, abolish this stale pool room while shutting up tho others? If not, why not? THE PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW. THE OFFICE of the city attorney now carries with It a salary of $1500 a year. Tho ordlniuico was signed by the mayor shortly after Its passage by tho council. As The Jour nal has Btatcd, it lias no feeling ugalust tho present city attorney, for If the services aro worth that sum, ho Is as much entitled to recoivo tho emolu ments of tho office as tiny other law yer, Tho objection The Journal has Is twofold. First It is against the In creasing tho salary of any office dur ing tho Incumbency of the ollloeir, whether elected or appointed. Second It believes tho salary Is excessive for tho amount of work required, and that no prlvnto corporation would pay tiny whero near such sum for similar ser vices. Tills Is why It has repeatedly, though so far vainly asked t,ho Individ ual cotinclliuen or the city attorney to make such showing as they could In defenso of thu Increase. Then again, there Is something pe culiar In the manner In which this In crease was made. So far as Tho Jour nal Is concerned It freely confesses that It does not know whether the city attorney asked for an Increase of Bili ary or not, If ho did, there Is nothing on record to show that fact, hence It appears on tho face of thlngB that the increase, was a voluntary act on the part of the council. This sudden gen erosity with the city's money, came very soon after his election by tho council, so that tho Increased pay runs practically for tbo full term. The citi zens of Salem aro doing much more thinking and talking, too, on this sub ject than tho coiincllmen nro aware of for naturally people aro most of them timid nbout talking of It to them or In I heir presence, but they nre talking, Just tint same. This Is another reason The Journal offers Its columns to the council or any of Its members, or tho city attorney, to throw such light on the subject us they, and they only, can. If this Increase in salary was neces sary, Just or proper, the people should know It anil they aro anxious for tho Information. Some aro disposed to lilauio Attorney Page. The Journal falls to see where he Is especially to blame for acci pting any salary offered him, either large or small, nnd the Increased sl.o of It could hardly be looked upon as a deterrent either to him or any one else. This, of course, If he did not ask to hnvo tbo salary Increased. If ho did so ask, then It Is up to him as well as the coiincllmen, to show tho people on what grounds the Increase was demanded. If ho did not so ii.sk, It Is up to tint councllmeu to show why It voluntarily Increased a salary when no request ever was mailo to It to do so. The people of the city would llko to bo Informed on the matter, and The Capital Journal offers Its columns ns a medium through wb ch that Information ran be made public. Medford Man Is Made Goat by Speaker M'ARTIHR PLAYS MEAN TRICK ON It E A MES TIIL'STS I E.1I0C II A T 10 MEMBERS IN (HAIR WHEN THERE'S NOTHING DOING. Speaker Pat McArthur was feeling very tired yesterday afternoon, and also very much at peace with all the world. Inasmuch as there was a prosy discussion on over an unimport ant bill, ho decided it would be a nice tribute to Oregon's minority par ty to put the Democratic member In his place while he strolled around tbo house floor, violating rule 66. "Will Mr. Hagood, of Multnomah, please take the chair?" shouted Mr Arthur. Hagood would and (lid. Mounting the rostrum, the champion and lieu tenant of Governor West seized the gavel and glared around at the Repub lican majority as much as to say, "Now dare to start something." Meanwhile McArthur was already on the floor, smoking In violation of the rule. Everything went lovely under Ha good's regime, nnd Pnt enjoyed his smoke nnd visits nt various member s desk. The whilom speaker had no ! difficult decisions to make. The only excitement nrose when Hagood nnd Forbes of Crook happened to glnro nt 'each other. legislative hearts wen1, plt-l-pat, ns the strong verbal run-in .of these two members the day before was remembered. Nothing further doing, however. J McArthur finally resumed the chair I when bill-Introducing time came, and 42 new bills were brought to the chief clerk's desk for first reading. This .meant that after tho tltlo of each Mil was read by Rending Clerk Dudley Clarke, tho speaker would have to 'say: "First rending of the bill. Wlth 'out objection It is passed to Us sec ond rending." j Think of saying that 42 times. Tat thought of It, and the more he thought the more ho felt that he couhl trust another Democrat In tho speaker's chnlr. Hence he called Clareno L. Reamcs. Tho latter had been talking f if two hours .it his desk with Mter ney W. E. P.ilpps, also of Medford. Now, when two lawyers discuss any thing for two hours In private conver sation they are going some especial ly Medford lawyers. Hence Reamcs' volco wns rather wenk when ho :m sinned the speaker's chnlr. However, tho feel of the gavel gave him renewed strength. After tho first title was rend he spoke out real strong: "First rending of tho bill. Without objection It Is passed to Its second rending." Snme thing up to the twelfth bill, when It wns noticed that he wns weak ening. From then on he gradually gave out, every little while shorten ing up the formula. It went about ns follows: Fifteenth bill "First reading of bill. Without objection passed to sic olid rending." Fnlrly strong, but wlgns of distress. Eighteenth bill. First reading 1.111. No objections pnssed second reading. (Distress very plain). Twenty-fifth bill. "First rending. Siobjortlons Bhe's pnssed." (Very weak). Thirtieth bill. "First rending. She's passed. (Very weaker). Thirty-fifth bill. "Streadlng. She's pass. (Pitiful look toward Pat). Forty-first bill. "Streadlng, spassd." (Dumb despair). Fortjvsecond hill. "Spassed." (Help less). To Frame Some Good Road Laws For a Joint committee consisting of three from the houso and three from the senate to nrrlvo at a harmonious l'hm for good roads legislation Is ihe provif l n of n concurrent resolution Intiedt'ced yobterdny aftornoon by Sot'iitur '1 li'iiiii'son. The legislative Is divided .uio many factions on tne Kittd question, yet nil are determined to see good rends legislation enacted before tho closo of the session. Tbo Thompson resolution follows: Whereas, there has been a general demand thrughout the slate of Oregon for many years for the enactment of modern legislation to permit the con struction of permanent highways, nnd Whereas, the various organizations and Individuals, who desire such leg islation have been unable to ngree up on the character of such legislation with the result that no legislation has been enacted to this dale; ami Whereas, tho last legislature had Years of Suffering Catarrh and Blood Disease- Doctors "Failed to Cure. Miss Mabel F. Hawkins, 1214 La'fny ette St., Fort Wayne, Inch, writes: "l''or three years 1 was troubled with catarrh and blood dls-ase. I tried sev eral doetors and a dozen different rem edies, but none of them did-me nny good. A friend told me of Hood's Sar eaparilla. I took two bottles of this medicine nnd was as well and strong ns ever. 1 feel like a different person and recommend Hood's tn nnv one suf fering from catarrh." Get It today in usual liquid form or chocolaud tablets called S irsatabs. 1913 FEBRUARY 1913 I S IMIT IWIT If Isl 1 I 1 1 1 1 TT ElOTpt314l5 161718192021m 252425262728r before it bills of such diverse charac ter and of such inharmonious nature thnt Hie respective members were unable to agree upon any suitable leg islation until the closing days of the session nnd, In formulating the bills which were enacted, sufficient tlmo was not taken to properly prepare the same, with the result that nil highway bills passed by the Inst legislature were vetoed by the governor, and said vetoes were sustained by this leg islature; and Whereas, a slmilnr condition now exists in that ench house has before it many highway bills, and so long ns the committees of the two houses work separately there Is n reasonable probability thnt the present legisla ture may be unable to ngree upon legislation governing this most Im portant subject, unless a method is provided whereby a oonference may be hnd; nnd Whereas, it Is obvious that legisla tion of a positive character, relating to good roads is demanded by the peo- pole of the state at the hands of this session, and should be accomplished, and to that end It Is necessary that the different measures now before the different houses of this session bo reconciled In order thnt positive nnd harmonious laws be given to the peo plo of the Btate; therefore be it Resolved, by the senate, the house concurring, thnt a committee of three on the pnrt of the house nnd a llko committee on the pnrt of the senate be appointed by the respective presid ing officers of the house and senate, which committee shall consider nil road bills, and formulate a plan of harmonious nctlon on the part of tho two houses so far as all pond legisla tion before tho present session of tho legislature Is concerned. Senator Day Wants Water from Mountains MILTNO.HAH SENATOR PROPOSES TO RHINO IN SITPLY FOR ALL STATE INSTITITIONS I'ltO.U FOREST RESERVE. Senate bill No. 126, by Dny, of Mult nomnh, hns not even been considered by the committee on public lnnds, but Is the most Important hill before the leglBlnttire from a sanitary stand point. Shipping Hull Run wnter up from Portland Is regarded ns a Joke by ninny, but seriously spenklng few people hnve considered what it would cost the slate if an epidemic were to break out In n stnte Institution or the Capital City Itself during a session of tho legislature, and how quickly Joint resolutions would be rushed through to move the state capital to some city that has pure mountain water. The title of tho bill Is a com prehensive one from a business stand point, nnd rends ns follows: A bill for nn net to provide pure mountain water, electric lights, power nnd hont for stnte institutions, locnted nt nnd near tho state capital, and to nmko appropriations therefor. Text of tho BUI. That tho governor, secretary of stnte and Btnto trensurer, nre hereby created a board of building commis sioners, nnd as such board nro direct ed to Immediately proceed under the provisions of this net nnd under the provisions of sections G5R1 to fiiiR", In clusive, nf Iird's Oregon Laws, nnd other laws which may be applicable to procure nn ndequnto supply of pure mountnln water for the state Institu tions, located at nnd nenr the Btntc cnpltnl. Such water supply shall bo taken from tho nearest nvnllable source of supply, from a pure moun tain stream flowing from tho forest reserve. They are further authorized to procure such wnter rights ns niny be necessary to genernte electric pow er, for the use of snld Institutions. Section 2. In cnrrylng out the purposes of this act, the said board Is hereby authorized to command the WE (.'row Itecjiusc We (Jive the Best Values (II S TCAGO February Clean-up Sale Every year we hold an ANNUAL FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE for two weeks, for the purpose of clean ing up and getting rid of all odd lots, odd sizes and broken lines of all kinds of goods all over our store Profits will not be considered on nil broken lines all over this big store. We must have room for our NEW SPRING GOODS, which are now pouring In on top of us. Come here and save money. SEE THE FOLLOWING PRICES: NEW SILKS AND NEW Dress Goods NOW PLACED ON SALE WONDERFUL BARGAINS services of the state engineer, and al so to employ convict labor, if found desirable. Section. 3. That immediately upon this act going Into effect, the board shall proceed to secure the necessary dnta, plans and specifications, rights nnd title to property, including rights of way and Bite for dam, power plant nnd reservoir, and shall commence to prosecute the work in this act. Section 4. To commence the work, nnd for the purpose of cnrrylng Into effect the provisions of this net, there Is hereby appropriated out of the public treasury In this Btate from any money not otherwise appropriated, the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars for the year 1913, and the sum of fifty thousand ($50,000) dollars ench year thereafter, until the work herein provided for Is completed, or sb much thereof ns may be necessary, Including the expense of surveys and estimates, and of litigation Incurred, or thnt mny herenfter be Incurred con cerning the supply of wnter, light and power for snld Institutions, and the secretary of state is hereby authorized nnd required by law to draw a war rant on tho treasurer, nnd the treasur er is to pay nil such warrants for nil clnlms thnt have been audited by PAPE'S! BREAKS A COLD AT ONCE FIRST DOSE OF PAPE'S COLD COM POI ND ENDS GRIPPE MISERY TASTES NICE. You can surely end Grlppo and break up tho most severe cold either In head, chest, back, Btomach or limbs, by taking a dose of Pnpe's Cold Com pound every two hours until three consocutlve doses are taken. It promptly relieves the most mls-e-ablo headache, dullness, head and nose stuffedttp teverlshness, sneezing, wire throat, mucous catarrhal dis charges, running of the nose, soreness stiffness nnd rheumatic twinges. Take this wonderful Compound as directed, without Interference with your usual duties and with the knowl edge that there Is nothing else in the world, which will cure your cold or end Grippe misery as promptly and without any other lsslstance or bad nfter-effects as a 23-cent package of Pnpe's Cold Compound, which, any druggist enn supply accept no sub stitute contains no quinine belongs In every home. Tastes nice. mm ALE.M TbOF? EC? ON OUR SPOT CASH SYSTEM Is maklkng the customers fast.. You can't beat our prices. REMNANTS OF WOOL DRESS GOODS HALF PRICE REMNANTS OF COTTON DRESS GOODS HALF rillCE REMNANTS OF SILKS HALF PRICE New New Suits Coats Priced Priced Down Down ODD SIZES ODD SIZES $4.50 $3.50 $7.50 $4.95 $8.50 $7.50 AND AND $10.50 $10.50 VALUES WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE VALUES WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICK said board to the secretary of state. The appropriation of fifty ($.-)0,000) dollars per annum, for the prosecution of this work, shall bo, and the Biune Is hereby made continuous from year to year, and shall be Included In the an nual estlmntes of the necessary state expense, until the completion of the work herein provldedi Section E. It Is hereby declared that this act is necessary for the im mediate preservation of the public health of the people of the state in stitutions, and the public generally, and that an emergency exists and is hereby declared, and that this . act shall be In full force nnd effect, from nnd after lis pnsaoge. Veteran Will Feed. (UNITED r-RKSR USASGD W1RE.1 Senttle. Wash,, Feb. 5. One hundred veterans of the wnrs In the Philippines nre smacking their lips over the taste of cai'ahou steaks, the first since the days of '98, which they devoured at a reunion In the Washington annex. The cat abou, or wnter buffalo calf was Im ported Irom Manila especially for this annunl banquet of tho association. Notice of Intention to Improve. Notice Is hereby given that the com mon council of the city of Salem, Oregon, deems It expedient and pro poses to Improve Oak street from the east side of Commercial street to the west side of High street with gravel concrete pavement at the expense of the adjacent and abutting property within said limits, In accordance with the plans, specifications and esti mates for the Improvement of said Oak street from the east side of Com mercial street to the West side of High street, as heretofore adopted by the common council and on file In the office of the city recorder, which are hereby referred to for a more par ticular nnd detailed description of said Improvement, nnd are hereby made a part of this notice. Written remonstrnnce ngalnst the improvement proposed herein mny bo made nt any time within ten (10) days from the final publication of this no tice, In the manenr provided by tho city charter This notice Is published for ten (10) days, pursuant to a resolution of the common council, nnd the date of the first publication thereof is the 4th dny of February, 1913, and the date of the final publication will be the 15th dny of February, 1913. HAS T. ELGIN, City Recorder. . 2-4-llt A woman seldom finds any good In her husband by the detective method. Our Motto ! "Honest Goods lit Lowest Trices" Extra Special Percales per Yard 5c, 6 l-4c, 8 l-3c. I1IG SHEETS ISo $1.00 Long-Wnlsted Corsets Special lDc Odd lines of Men's and IJoys' clothing at about ....Half price 1000 yards of Fine EmbroH erlcs now on salo All Kuri.ilus New One piece Dresses Priced Down ODD SIZES $4.50 $5.90 $7.50 AND $8.50 WORTH DOUBLE " THE NEWEST DESIGNS IN WALL PAPER -ARE AT I Porter's;? 455 COURT STREET T Chooso tho colors for your t t room wnn (no am or an expert wall paper innn. All patent medicines or medicine ad vertised in this paper is for sale at DR. STONE'S Drug Store SALEM, OREGON, also DR. STONE'S 8T0JMCII POWDER and BLUES RELIEF Which cures: Indigestion, our Stomach, Painla thn Stomach, Gas In the Stomach, Llues, Despondency and "down ln tb mouth." Uakes a gad person cheerful.