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p;esix. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1919. i THE CAPITMJDURHAL AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER . Published every evening except Sun day by The -Capital Journal Printing Co 138 South Commercial street, Salem, Oregon. G.' PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher Telephones Circulation and Busl mess Office, 81: Editorial rooms, S. Member Audit Bureau of Circulation FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE Entered as second class mall matter at Salem, Oregon. "' THE NATIONAL UNREST. National Advertising Representa tives W. D. Ward, Tribune Building, New York: W. H. Stockwell, People's Gas Building, Chicago. SUBSCRIPTION RATES - Until November 1, 1919, by carrier, 46 cents a month; by mail, $3 a year.. After November 1, 1919. by carrier, E cents a month, by mall 1 4 a year. nv order of U. S. government, all moil subscriptions are payable In ad vance. IAN never is, but always to be blest." .The sunshine is " never as bright as that goldened by memory and to 3ay ever obscured by the mirage of tomorrow. The very real and substantial blessin3 we are eniovin? are over looked in insatiable greed for more for man,liko the fallen angel, is never satisfied, the more he has, the more ne seeks. Discontent is a human characteristic and a certain amount greatly to.be desired. It is symptomatic of change and of progress. Guided intelligently it leads toward the promised land. Lacking vision and perspective, it in- spires a blind chase after will-o-the-wisps into the dismal swamps of anarchy. Whatever progress humanity has made is due to dis content. It differentiates man from the beast, and civil ized man from savage. Had primeval man been contented with ihs lot, we would still be living in the jungle. But to be worth while, discontent must be constructive. When destructive solely, it is fatal to progress. ENGINEERS PASSING STATE EXAMINATION ARE LISTED BY BOARD . Ripp'ing Rhymes. THE STRIKE FKVEIt My Job Is all I could desire, it yields me handsome pay: I wrestle with my blooming lyre for eight briefs hours a Anv. I outfit to think myself In kick, to have a Job I like; but all the other boys have struck, and so I think I'll strike . No stern oppressor grinds my fii'ce with cruel Iron heel; to tryunts in the higher place I make no vain ap peal. No rank injustice I lament, my spirit Isn't sore; I have no grievance , worth a cent, that makes me walk the ' floor. But I see all the striking lads parade along the pike; they've quit their work In all the grads, and so I think I'll strike. I am the only man at work In all this lovely land, nwho does not find his labors Irk, who makes no stern demand. I'm satisfied with what I do, and with the pay I get; each day I earn three bone or two, in damp but honest sweat. I'm treated better than a king, and life seems pretty slick, and AS I sit around and sing I can't think lip a kick. But I am lonesome all the day, the one contented guy; the rest have thrown their tools away,- and they go marching by. I see them wav ing bright red flags as up the street they hike; and so my lilting labor drags I rather think I'll strike. This country of ours never was so prosperous as it is today. There is work for all at the hiehest wafes. Crons are abundant and bring record prices. The wheels of in dustry are humming as never before. We are producing mum guuus, growing more 100a, mining more ore than ever in history. Crowned with the laurels of victory in a world war, there never was such an occasion for nation al thanksgivingyet our blessings pass almost unnoticed as we whine over the trivial and clamor for the unattain able. It is true that livine costs ,&rp hph hut thpm ia nn lack of the wherewithal to live. There are no soup kitch ens, little poverty or suffering from want and employ ment for all. Yet in spite of such prosperity, there is more groundless complaint, more unreasoning unrest, more discordant discontent than ever in the regular periods in the past, there have been years of panic Mi,? " .R; A a-nA nnm,,iV nf Jlf,. ' i i. ... iJ -T V H- Reineklng, A. H. Richmond, C. utPi ccoiuii, ui luitness ana wain ana none 01 tnem . Redact ever produced such seething discontent as this era of pros perity. In bad times, men are onlv inn &A rn wnrk the number of strikes now in progress testify as to our prosperity. - Successful applicants for registration as nrnfjsional engineers, determined oy the recent examinations, are an nounced by the statebo ard of engi neering examiners as follows: H. B. Abry, J. H. Abbott, -W. W. Auburn, C. Andersen, L. G. Apperson, B. C. Ball, J. E. Butler, J. O. Baar.'M. A. Baker, J. H. Ballweg,-R. H. BaL dock, P. W. Beasley, G. S. Beatty, M. O: Bennett, G. Boschke, L. Bergs- vik, W. Ballons, G. W. Buck, W. E. Burkhalter, R. C. Bonser, G. H. Bink- ley. C. R. Beardsley, C. H. Benson, C L. Brown, J. A, Currey, A. B. Carter, R. E. Cushman',' S. B. Cathcart, D. D. Clarke, J. W. Cunningham, C. Cutler, J. J. Cullinan, B. L. Campbell, P. C. Cloghorn, W. H. Cullers, B. C. Condit, R. H. Coppock, J. H. Cary, J. Dickson, C. O. Diffenderfer, E. I. Davis, W. F. Eddy, F. W. Eichenlaub, G. S. Edmon- stone, N. H. Entler, J. V; Ferguson, C. F. Fisher, D. O. Glass, J. N. Gearhart, S. Geilsbeek, A. K. Grondahl, D. R. Groves, F. C. -Green, G. G. Hall, J. V. Halss, J. R. Hanson, A. Headley, R. E. Hickson, W. S. Hodge, F. F. Hogan, B. M. Howard, G. A. Hopps, D. C. Hen r.y; J. F. Joyce, C. I. Kephardt, F. C. King, O. A. Kratz, R. E. Koon, C. P. Keyser, H. M. Lull, R. Lenoir, A. M. Lupfer, V. W. Lucius, Charles McGon- lgle, B. A. McClanathan, E. B. Mac Naughton, A. J. McMillan, J. F. Mea ger, H. D. Mills, E. E. Mische, W. E. Morris, O. B. Misz; S. Murray, G. C. Mason, W. H. Mersh, A. E. McKennett, J. B. Madden, W. L. Morrison, A. B. Moore, C. G. Nash, W. C. Nicholas, J. E. Nelson, J. P. Newell, H. Nunn, A. E. Perry, G. F. Parker, J. E. Peck, T. try. 'has ben for some time at Long Beach, I Charles Clow has sold his residence property in town to John C. Half man, I Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Follis were in (and will move with his wife and nn ScioTu esday to attend the funeral of , to Portland, where his daughter Bessie Mrs. Follis' mother, Mrs. Baird. jhas ben employed some time as a Mrs. M. J. Follis is shome from a stenographer. vjajt wtn Portland relatives. -laiio aim iiiumer are uguui a. s. watters, who ror some time nas residents of Stayton. Mr. Ashe was h ut rnrii in 'uitvm Wnahinirtnn ifor some time employed In the woolen 'is home for a visit with his parents, mills, and is as,!n emoloyed there. He Captain and Mrs. W. S. Watters. ' ! . Several of the Masonic brethren jwent to Salem Saturday evening to witness work In one of the lodges 4 - INCORPORATIONS. Odds and Ends Baltimore, Md. After attacking the watchman at the Pikevllla Distill ing company's .plant, three negroes Ji.aile off with 15 cases of whiskey in H undertaker's wagon. Hurrisburg, Pa.' Hereufter it will be "extra" and "paper" and not "uxtra" and "polper.u, Newsboys have termed a "do without club" which In I'luiW'H slang. New York Mlohae Starke, ; eordlng to the police, bought a sol dier's second hand uniform and col Ii'ded $275 by begging. He wanted to take his bride on a honeymoon, he explained. Cleveland, Ohio Reading In the newspapers that he overlooked 1126 hen he robbed the Brooks oil sta tion, the same boiidlt returned and forced the clerk to empty the till strain. Des Moines Some one is always laking the Joy out of life. With both m cold wave and a coal strike in proij peot. Des Moines druggists boosted ire price of quinine. Omaha, Neb. "If all drunks had as sweet a breath as you, they might get ou easier," Judge Foster told Jack i-oya, who said he accumulated his Jag by drinking a bottle of "modest violet" perfume. San Francisco "I'st! Gimme some of the real stuff," muttered a strang er over the mahogany. Pat Carney gave him a bottle. The stranger flush fd a star and told Pat to "come along' But the real stuff wns Ice tea. Hartford, Conn. Eight barrels of v,ine, several of hard cider, ten drunks and three liquor law violators were gathered in by the police in a raid on a "quiet" little party. . ABE MARTIN ,t . ' Much of the unrest is due directly to the war, with its prolonged nervous strain and aroused passions. Some of it is due to justifiable discontent over conditions and aspir ations for betterment. Most of it. however is rlnp fn tVio effect of hitherto unknown prosperity for prosperity is otiHu wcav upun tuaiaci-er uian aaversity ana aonor mally develops the ego. Anarchists, radicals and dreamers' have seized upon the occasion to fan the fires of discontent into the blaze of revolutionbut as no fundamental cause for discon tent exists, their, ettorts will be futile. The foreign ele ment may rave but the native American retains his com mon sense and his love for the republic. Though old man trouble IS at the hat. nnrl knnolcincr a few fouls, the people will be found fielding perfectly throughout this trying game of reconstruction. Profiteers, autocrats and anarchists will all be retired in one, two, three order before the game is over. E. D. Roberts, H. J. Rob erts, D. H. Rowe, F. M. Randlett, C. N. Reitze, O. H. Stanley, H. L. Stout, G. I. Stebbins, C. F. Swigert, E. L. Strange, C. P. Smith, C. H. Smith, S. Smyth, A. S. Tee, C. F. Thomas, E. B. Thompson, W. S. Turner, E. L. Vinton, C. F. Waite, J. F. Waller, L. D. Wil liams, C. R. Wright, F. P. Wentz, E. Withycombe, H. C. A. Worrell, J. E. Tates, W. H. Y6ung. HOW TO GET RIO . OMfOUR COL: The quick way U to use , Dr. King's New Discovery DON'T put off until tonight what you csn do today. Step Into your druggist's and buy a bottle ef Dr. King's New Discov ery. Start taking It at once. By the time you reach home you'll be on the way to recovery. This standard family friend has been breaking colds, roughs, grippe attacks, and croup for more than fifty years. It's used wherever sure fire relief Is appreciated. Children and grownups alike ran use it there Is no disagreeable after-effect. Tour druggist has It. 0c. and $1.20 bottles. Give It a trial. Bowels Begging for Help Torpid liver pleading for assist ance? How careless to neglect these things when Dr. King's New Life Pills so promptly, mildly, yet effec tively come to their relief 1 v Leaving the system unrleaneu, clogged bowels unmoved, results in health-destructive after-effects. Let stimulating, tonic -in -action Dr. King's New Life Pills bring you the happiness of regular, normal bowel and liver functioning. Keep feeling fit, doing the work of a man or wo man who finds relish In it. All Uruggists 25c. - there. They report a good visit. I The Joseph Hamman family have ! moved to Salem whfere they will reside. This will be more convenitent for Mr. I Hamman In handling his Salem-Stay- j ton-Mill City stage route. D. B. Hill, a former Stayton resident, will son open a bank in Mill City in companv with an Albany man. . F. M. Hunkers remains quite low, with no prospects of recovery. I i A rticles of incorporation were Tuesdi-.y by the Pacifio Hotel company of Portland which has' tal stock of 110,000 and of whic) incorporator, are Frank W. H - Alvin G. Beach and Orville V. ) jble; and by the Realtor Investor! jpany, Portland, capitalized at I ana oi wnicn me incorporator! Fred German, Carl G. Wintler aj L. Hurd. - Three Are Drowned WheJ Flood Sweeps Thru Mhsl St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 29. drowned and thniiAn.ndn of rinllui-a, Miss Helen Moore, the teacher who aee rtnnn is the toll nf ftnnflu In ima ueeii quite in ui warren iticnara son's for several weeks, is reported much improved. Miss Maryan Alexander is assisting in the postoffice during the absence of Mrs. Parry. Salmon fishermen on the Siuslaw and Umpqua rivers quit work when the buyers cut the price from 8 1-2 to 7 1-2 cents a pound. eastern Missouri today. Wlllia Hixton and his two children lost j lives when they were swept awai the torrent In Smith's Ford cree Tipton, Mo. The freshman class of Willari university has voted to donate a to the university, and has approp) ea the necessary funds. LADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 General Banking Business Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Stayton. (Capital Journal Special. Service.) LOVE and MARRIED IIFB jhj. xne noxea mitnor ) Idah MSG&one Gibson orn covrtship .11 What's become o' n' ole fashioned wife that used V kiss her husband Jest t' see If hW ben drinkln'T Folks that are married fer ther money never seem t' tumble. "Friends or enemies?" John whis pered again. 'Isn't that largely for you to de cide?" I asked. "If it is," he answered vehemently, we shall be something much mora than friends. Girl, girl, don't you know that you aided perhaps by this music are pulling my senses from me?" 'You don't seem to be missing a beat of the music," I answered with the last shred of my common sense, which I felt slipping from me all too rapidly. liie man who couldn't dance with you, my dear, through life, with or without music, would have no soul." My heart was beating so fast that I pulled away a little for fear he would lei tt, nt which he, with the assurance of a cave man, pressed me closer in his arms. 'Don't you know, girl." he asked. "that you've got to get used to this? Your place from now on is next to my heart." Really?" I asked. "Point out to me the young woman whose place I am going to usurp," I added In a flio- pant tone to conceal my true feelings. i nere nas never been anw place 1 there's never heen anv vniinc wnmnn ! before. I never thought there would be one who would make mv nerves Jump as you have done." "t think we had better stop dan cing." I said, "and back to Helen. I want to ask her why she has played me the sorry trick of Introducing me to a mad mnn." "Yes, I am mad mad for you. Girl, von surely understand that you are mine t want you." "Have you always gotten just what you wanted?" I managed to whisper, although my heart was shouting' "Take me. take me!" ' , "Yes," he answered coolly, "and, ac cording to Kipling 'I've taken my own where I've found It!' " "Cave man stuff, I managed to 'aiuth again. "Cave than stuff," he answered, "if vou Ike, but the truth for all that. And there's one thing more that you must believe I have never said what I have said to you Just now to any other liv ing woman." "Tut, tut! This to rue. when I've been hearing from all your friends that you are the most fascinating man in town." "That's only the talk of a lot of silly women, because I've never fallen for them." "Arrogance?" "I'm not arrogant now; I'm the humblest of your devotees." he hasten ed. "Can't you see that I've fallen for you good and hard? Why, girl, until this moment I've never felt that there was only one woman for one man in the world but now I know it. To me what people have called lve has only meant a combination of the time, the place and the girl. Now I realize just what a fatuous ass I have ben not to have known that somewhere on this old earth a girl with your great brown eyes, your yielding form and tempting month was waiting for me." The music died away In cadences that kept our emotions dancing, although-it stiled our feet. I could feel the reluctance with which'he took his arm from about me, and although evory one on the floor was clamoring for an encore, I Insisted that he should take me to a seat. I suddenly felt tired and not able to dominate the love-making. It seemed to me that I was cheapening myself by allowing any man to talk to me as he was doing, and yet my heart was! crying out for more. I wanted again to have his arm around my waist, to ieei the warmth of his body. . I wnnted'ugain to hear him call me "girl" fi accents which made the wor da caress. j We moved toward the veranda i where Helen was seated. As we were wending our way between the doncers, for an instance I was pressed against j him and realized that my head barely reached his shoulder. "Just as tall as my heart," he said, softly. It was not the words that took my breath away, but the fact that the same thought had come to both of us at once. "Don't you realize." he Insisted. "that I told the truth when I said that j our place is there?" . i And at that time, God pity me, 1 1 monght It was. (Continued tomorrow.) Stayton, Or., Oct. 29. Martin Berg, of Seaside, was visiting his family here Sunday.;; He expects to be employed In Portland in future. Leo Klecker left the first of the week for Portland, where he will be employed. The "WVJ. Meyer family have return ed io SCa.vton from Idanha, the snow there beginning to fall. Mr. Meyer will be employed in the logging camp there fof, some time. Mrs. Frank Parry .and little son, Dixon, left Sunday morning for Berk eley, Cal., where they will spend some time viisting relatives. . Mrs. B. F. Ford entertained a party of ladles at her home Saturday after noon, In honor of the lady teachers of the Stayton schools. It is reported a very enjeyable event. John Gehlen, of Portland, spent a couple of, days here this week visiting relatives and friends. He was employ ed in the shipyards there for some time but quit the work. He says quite a number of yard workers are being laid off. . Mrs. Ben Gehlen is home from a vis it with Portland relatives. C. B. Kramer, the baker, is using a pair of crutches to accommodate a sprained ankle. . Frank A. Smith, who recently sold his farm east of town, Is moving to Sa lem. He is not certain but that he may be a resident of the east end of the county again, having his eye on a piece of property not far from Stay ton. Cecil Riggs, son of T. B. Riggs, for mer resident of Stayton, is here visit ing relatives and friends. Cecil was 23 months in the service of Uncle Sam, spending eighteen months overseas. He did not see any fighting, being em ployed as a mechanician in the air serv ice. Earl Quener, a former resident, is visiting relatives and friends in town. He is living In the Puget Sound coun- NOW RAISES 600 CHICKENS After Being Relieved of Or. ganic Trouble by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Alleged Plot To Kidnap Edsel Ford Frustrated Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 29. An alleged plot to kidnap Edsel Ford, son of Henry Ford, millionaire automobile manufacturer of Detroit and hold him for J200.000 ransom was frustrated hers with the arrest of four men. The alleged conspiracy was exposed by Floyd Gray, who sald'he was a ri- vate detective and posed as n ex-convict to gain the confidence of the men and Join in the undertaking. Police are investigating Gray's story. Boston Dr. R. K. Smith declares. Kugar is a poison because it is nothing i "re than solidified alcohol. I llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll HI Oregon, III. "I took Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for an or ganic trouble which pulled me down un til I could not put my foot to the floor and could scarcely do my wont, ana as I live on a small farm and raise six hundred chickens every year it made it very bard for me. "I saw the Com pound advertised it our paper, and tried It has restored my health so I can do all my work and I am so grateful that I am recomrr end ing it to my friends." Mrs. D. M. Alters, R. B. 4, Oregon, III, Only women who have suffered the tor tures of such troubles and have dragged along from day to day can realize the relief which this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters. Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters' condition should profit 'by her recom mendation, and if there are any com plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass., for advice. I The result of their 40 years experience J is at your service. and neither could you ... . . - . . .. j have told the differencS . Ida Gardner Drawn from actual photograph Why Monday's Audience at The Grand Theatre was so Completely Mvs tified. Ida Gardner was inside the Phonograph in all Excepting Physical Presence m "Vfw performance last Monday night at the Grand theatre seems fraught with mystery. But the explanation is simple enough. Kra Set Pure of what happened. Miss" Gardner sang Sweet Gen evieve. She stopped after the first f tw lines, but her voice flowed on without a break. No one even noticed she had stopped-until some eyes keener than the rest, saw her lips were still. It was only then that real ization dawned. The audience found it had been listening to theNew iiiaison. ' To every ear the "two voices, living and RE-CREATED, had been without a shade of difference. T?F SmniT11 t5e audie"ce- They hd expected the KL-CREATED art to betray its phonographic origin. It was a step too advanced for their comprehension that this instrument should be all that Miss Gardner is, excepting her physical presence. The NEW EDISON "The Phonograph With a Sour This extraordinary proof is the only means through which people learn to appreciate the true pow ers of the New Edison. If ycu are interested in music, it is indeed un fortunate that you were not pres ent. A, The instrument used in Monday's Tone Yet, you know this is a test which no other phonograph dares to attempt. It is proof that no one canevade or deny. The New Edi- lher?nIy Phoograph which HE-CREATES music and the soul of music. Come in and hear it for your self. . J , e-Tnst Is tv. . . ... sells for 1285. It ii ,,n .,i1m. ' mouei wnicn Edison perfected after spendinB Th.e MiHion ZZlT GEO. C. WILL Salem's EDISON Dealer