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5 EE I er I CHARLES H. FISHES MONDAY EVEXTXG August 13, 1917 Editor and Publisher IT of I lie. Capital J PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. h. 8. BARNES, President, CHAS. H. FISHER. , Vice-President. DORA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and Treas. iMily by earner, per year Daily by mail, per year SUBSCRIPTION RATES ..J5.00 Per momo 3.00 Per month ..45c 35c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES Ward Lewi.. New York, TribunBuUd.ng. Buildjng The Capital Journal carrier boy. ar, instructed to put the paper, on the rorch If thVearrier doe. not do this, missc. you, or neglect, getting the Kr to you time, kindly phone th. circulation manager, a. thi. is the Fv Vav we 'an determine whether or not the camera are following in .ruction.. PhS" Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be .ent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed yon. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by Audit Bureau of Circulations. the Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason UNCLE SAM IS AT WORK. The United States is preparing for war on the greatest scale ever undertaken by any country on so short a notice. England at the start did not act one-half as promptly or with such tremendous energy. While we have . been watching congress and getting weary of delays over the food control bill and some other things we have lost sight of what has really been done. We have placed our reg ular army on a war footing, and done the same thing with the national guardsmen, organizing an army of halt a million men who are already in a fair state of prepara tion for facing the enemy. On top of this we have registered ten million men of fighting age and are rapid ly selecting from these another army of 687,000 men. The most stupendous job of all however, is the building of sixteen cantonments for housing and taking care ot this vast army. These cantonments will have an average capacity of 50,000 each. In other words they will be six teen cities with a population of 50,000 each and these will be of modern buildings provided with electric lights, baths, water systems and sewers. These sixteen cities will house and feed a population practically equal to that of the state of Oregon. There will be sleeping quarters, ' dining rooms all modern conveniences that would care tor all the people in this state and these cities will have been built within less than three months. It shows the magnitude of the task ahead of us when such preparation as this is made. The munition factor ies are turning out vast quantities of munitions and an army of men is making uniforms for the other army that is preparing for the front. , Another army is making aeroplanes with which to as sist in wresting the supremacy of the air from the Ger mans and making them fight blindly. At the same time another army is at work building merchant ships lor transporting the army and its supplies across the At lantic. It is because we have not taken part m tne actual fighting that we are disposed to think the govern ment is delaying and hesitating, which is far from the facts We have done more in the way of preparing foi war than England did in a year, and there is certainly no greater need of hurry on our part than there was on that of England in the first year of the war. America is not open to the charge of wasting time, outside of the work of congress. There has been unnecessary delay thpre and there is now and will continue to be delay at: that source, but it is the fault of our system ot govern ment. There is no place where one is so alone as in a great citv. This is emphasized by the dispatches yesterday tell ing of the deaths from heat in New York, and how those stricken were left lying on the pavement unnoticed by the passing crowds. It is not exactly heartlessness that causes this apparent neglect of fellow beings, but because the city has provided persons for taking care of just sucft cases. "The police and hospital ambulances will look after him," is the feeling of the passer and explains why no sympathy is expressed or no attempt made to assist. Still, one can hardly realize that city life can destroy the instinct to help one under such circumstances. It may be that we country folks, as New Yorkers would call us, are behind the times, but we are not ashamed of the fact that we are at all times willing to stoop to lift the stricken and to give such aid as we can. It may be countryfied, but it at least is not inhuman. Hoover will not have to spend any time suggesting , reduction in the size of bathing suits, mey nave uewj shrinking so radically the past few years that about all that is left of them is the fast colors, and a puckering string. ft THE WICKED KAISER The kaiser, so dispatches say, would bring us dire disasters, and loathsome agents, in his pay, are selling poisoned plasters. With deadly germs these plasters swarm, like skippers in old cheeses, and if you put one on your form, you'll die of punk diseases. O'er tales like this we groan and grieve, and wring our hands. and sniffle; we are so easy we believe such tinhorn brands of piffle. The kaiser stole my shorthorn pup, and killed my old cat, Tabby: he put some poison in her cup, and knocked her cold and flabby. The kaiser's agents come at night, wnen darkness o'er us thickens, and all -the cops are out of sight, and steal mv Lee-horn rhirkpns. The kaiser sent his loathsome spies to rob my humble dwelling; they stole some sinkers and three pies, and left me vainly yelling. The kaiser's pretty busy now, with enemies all round him, who kick up such a beastly row the racket must confound him. Yet he finds leisure, while he kills, and dodges new disasters, to send out men with poisoned pills, and germy porous plasters. Oh, bunk and piffle! Tommyrot! Some Ananias told it! Say, will we ever learn to spot a fake when we behold it? J, 'I And He Did 4c OH- mrCBlU.Ho CUMBTntt , TREE tm CfET METmATS! LOVELY APPJX! XT" I mc ioiij nurcrcue THE COLOR SCHEME The sun was beginning to set over I Housekeepers Look to Hoover to Loosen Grip of Speculators The good housekeeper will certainly the great city, tinting the f ulmigatious approve of any efforts that Herbert clouds a scandilcrous red. j Hoover may make in the control of the Mrs. Velocipede Johnson, cullud, f00(i problem if he can make it uncora stopped and set down her basket ot -ki t - i.- i wash in wondering amazement, mirth-, fortllble tor 80me f tke b.g packing ful awe and hilarious surprise, as Mrs. plants that have corralled the market Charlie Sing toddled" out. in the way of canned goods. According "Well, I nebbcr," ejaculated Mrs. to dispatches from Washington, the Velocipede Jackson. "A Chinese wo- first move will be to investigate why man! The first ebbcr 1 see! Well, ef canned tomatoes are so high, especially that ain't the mos' curiousest sight! as the output this vear is several mil- Good as a circus! It Sho' do beat all how some races o' folks is born so com ical looking! Ha ha h! " And as she stood cachinnating, Mrs. Strutting Crow, wife of the chief of an Indian village connected with Whis slebaum's Wild Woolly West Show, suddenly drew up her little bronco and stared, fascinated. "Mercy!" exclaimtd Mrs. Frothing- ham Minow, leaning out of her sump tuous ninety cylinder Squord car and raising her lorgnette to a languid eye. A squaw person! Well- Tee necl How lion pounds more than last year. The housekeeper is evidently aware that the canned tomato she .was buying one year ago for ten cents will now cost her 20 cents and the can that cost 15 cents about this time last year is passed over the country for 25 cents. And all this notwithstanding the enormous output of tomatoes in every, part of the country excepting thiB northwest. Retailers say it is not their fault, as the cans that were sold ono year ago at 90 cents a dozen are now quoted at $1.90 and those vnrv nmiiainir. Drive nn. Henri, and do wholesaled a year ago at $1.30 a dozen be careful not to run over any white are now offered at $2.20. Hence if Mr. MY HUSBAND AND I By Jane Phelps ' IN IMFLUSIVE ACT CHAPTER CXXI There sat Junior perched up on the sergeant's desk, eating candy, and chattering away to the officer and a couple of burly policemen as uncon cerned as if he were at home. First Tom, then 1 grabbed hiin and kissed him over and over, paying no attention to his little sticky hands and face, nor to his struggles to free himself. 'I don t want to bo home!" he de clared, when Tom spoke of starting- L want to stay here, ' and he com menced to cry. Jt was really ludicrous. Tom and I were so happy, so excited over finding him safe and ail right, and the little rascal refusing to go with us. 'Don't you want to go home to ba by sister and Norah! Poor Norah feels so badly because you ran away." JNo, l want to stav here wif this man a," and lie slid out of my arms to snuggle against tho sergeant's knee, much to the officer's amusement. "Very well, Mamma will have to get ano'.her littlo boy,," I said, pretending I was going to leave him there. Junior paid not tho slightest atten tion to my threat, but admiringly play ed with the brass buttons on the ser geant's coat. In the meantime Tom had been ques tioning the officer who brought Junior into the station house. He had found him wandering around, and unable to tell hiin where he lived; or anything save his name was "Junior Tom" and something about "Norah. " I saw Tom take his pocket book out and after thanking the officer lay a twenty dollar bill on tho desk. The of ficer tried to refuse it, but Tom in sisted that he give it to his little boy to start a bank account. It had devel oped during the conversation that the otticer had a boy about Junior a age. Reunited Junior eried' " whea we took him away, but as sdn as he got home and was cuddled and ,playcd With by Norah whose eyes were red and swollen with weeping, he became his old sunny self. "What in the world did you give; the officer that money for," I asked. "It is their business to take care of people. I don 't think it was at all nec essary. You're too impulsive." ' ' Why, Sue, you don 't begrudge twenty dollars for our boy, do you?" "No, nor a good deal more if it had been necessary. But that officer's boy probably has more than Junior. I think it was perfect nonsense. You preach economy constantly to mc, then go and do some extravagant thing I wouldn't think of doing. " "Well, it is done, so we won't talk about it," Tom answered, with the air of finality he could assume when dis pleased with what I said. You may be sure that Junior was Eettcd and coddled that night. When e said his prayers he added to the usual list, whom he asked God to bless, "and the nice man's in the park," much to our amusement. For days afterward I went with No rah when sho took the children to the park; when gradually as Junior seemed to realize that he must not run away from her again, I once more trusted her to go alone. A Housewarmlng Tom had laughingly suggested that we have a sort of housewarming. We couldn't have many, so few of our friends were in town. But we would have Walter and Helen, Carol Black lock, and the Hendersons. Vivian Mor ton would not be back for another month, or I should have invited her. I was quite excited ovct it. Tom too, seemed more interested than he usually did over any of our attompts at entertaining. "It's too bad we are an odd num ber," he said. 'ios, I wish Vivian was at Home-' "I don't suppose there is anyone else we might have," he returned doubtfully. "pio one that I want," I replied Then all suddenly it flasjied over mo children." The sun, yawning blushily, finished the day's setting. that Tom might be hinting for an in vitation for Miss Coleman. Let him hint! I would pay no attention. We made out a very nice supper menu. I set the table with the lovely tablecloth and napkins Carol had brought me from Europe, and Tom sent some flowers both for the tablo and tho living room. Really the house look ed most attractive, and as I waited for our guests to arrive I thought how wise I had been to insist upon moving. They all came together. That is ar rived at the house at the same time. We had a good laugh over it as they all came from different directions. We played cards until ten o'clock when we adjourned to the dining room for supper. Helen and Claire Henderson went in to raptures over my table. "1 never saw a more exquisite cloth," the latter said. She herself had such lovely linen that it was the more flattering to have her so admire mine. (Tomorrow A trifling disagreement) LAST MEXICAN WAR VETERAN IN CALIFORNIA, DEAD Sacramento, Cal., Aug. 11. Franklin Dufour, the last of the Mexican war veterans in California, died here today. He was 95 years old and had been ill cnly a short time. He was a member of Lieutenant Lansdale Post, No. 67, Vet erans of Foreign Wars of the Unitod States. He leaves a daughter, Mrs Lot tie Robb, of Stockton, a daughter and four sons residing here. HOT WAVE HITS PORTLAND. Portland, Or. Aug. 13. Portland to day is prepared for another day of rec ord heat. Yesterday the thermometer reached 92 degrees and one prostration was reported. Hoover, who trod the streets of Salem about a generation ago, will make it uncomfortable for the big packing plants that have brought the entire Cal ifornia output of tomatoes, he will re-, ceive the thanks of this part of the universe. According to reports, the big packing houses have the tomatoes and are going to make the people pay war time prices, unless something happens to cause a Budden repentence. these Useful Publications May Be Had For the Asking Tho Union Pacific system has juBt taken from the press two very useful and highly valuable publications, one the "Columbia River Gorge", giving a topographical map of and describing how to make a series of short jaunts into that wonderfully interesting re gion. Since the completion of the High way a large number of delightful foot and pony trails have been constructed into the nearby mountain fastnesses that may be easily "negotiated" on foot in a day, using Portland as the starting point and taking a convenient morning train to the nearest station. Many Columbia Gorge scenes beautify its pages. The other is a convenient indexed pocket map of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, printed in colors and giving the latest map data of those Btates, . These publications are for free distri bution on application to . Wm. McMur- ray, General .Passenger Agent, .rortiana, Oregon. , . BALL PLATERS ENLIST. Chicago, Aug. 13. ITncle Sam has launched a recruiting drive among the semi-pro ball players of Chicago, and is meeting with generous returns. More than 100 have been enlisted. The weather sharps announce another week of fair weather, If it is state-fair weather the announcement will please everybody. I LADD & BUSH, Bankers EtabMshed 1868 CAPITAL ....... $500,000.00 jr ii ii i j TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS j SAVINGS DEPARTMENT s PRICE THAT WILL' MAKE THI FURNITURE MOVE FAiT Si We have decided to move our Furniture business from 349 North Commercial street to a new location. Entire Stock is being sacri ficed to avoid expense of moving. Unheard of low prices. Come and reap the benefit. Be Disposed of in 2 Weeks Stock Must Sale Is Now OnSo HurryTabe Your Pick While the Picking Is Good $12.50 Iron Beds $9.50 $7.50 Iron Springs, sale price $4.50 $12.00 Pure Cotton Felt Mattress $9.50 $3.00 Oak Diners, sale price $2.50 $14.50 Oak Extension Tables, sale price $12.00 $12.00 6-foot Extension Tables, sale price . . $9.00 $7.50 Rockers, sale price $4.50 $26.00 Rugs, sale price $22.50 $15.90 Kitchen Cabinets, sale price $10.00 Thousands of other pieces of medium and high grade furniture and house furnishings at a sacrifice. Everything contained in our big store building and its big warehouse. Terms TC IT Strictly - ILL&o ULd 1 1 Cash ji liirir tm. Five Busy Stores 349 North Commercial Street Phones 941 and 508