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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1920)
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. AT PUBLIC EXPENSE confc ion or ultimatum s you . T I f I I i 1 1 T I I I ? I ! B I I AM. 1. tllJ. 4-aJaW 1 hC. Lful InLuluuiulnl- Politicians in congress propose to secure the ex-soldier vote choose ai u, and have bo doubt i j i -c i or j v. ;n 4kA:that denims win be boosted as soon' Pubiiahed every vetimg except service, necessitating the expenditure of over a billion dollars, aunday by The Capita: Journal Print-; . . h it - nrrmos4d to gaddle on to the Deorile in the form of a eenc5' 13 Snth I 'nminprctai KfHL ' ' . , . SCO., 13. Soutn commercial kiwi t . ., , , , , j rises to suddIv a. fiphone circtiiation nd Bui-; direct tax upon sales. As a result, the already over burdened uwvl' , office. 8i: Kdttoriai room, gi. ; Ki(, wouW have to toxeg upon purchases of merchandise ! y"t " Q- pptxam. Editor ana yupusBCT. ,and necessities, the same as they now pay on luxuries. The tax big busunss" can rise to the etner- Just as "big business" always popular demand, but Increased rates. The present fad. coming so suddenly t. a a !.. ...il ninl.i m 1 . j . . , j iL i 1 li" warnuw. i.. uulcicu ojw.. .... . Wouiu oe aauea 10 every arucie nu uie cost ui uvuig iiiuiicnaeij , ,., , . ,h h,. tsr at Balem. Oregon. , . , , ' , . . gentlenjen n&pplng. and now they have nitrcascu, tu uic iwisuuna, onu wsauw ii.cu TOi awakened to th fact that somebody and as titey were not even Invited to the "put ting," It must, of necessity, be a fail ure. In Birmingham. Alabama, (quot ing from Cooper's Weekly) prices on overall were raised from two dollars to six, while the clubs were being or ganised. In Poughkeepsie, N. Y., (quoting Capital Journal) a news item states that while wholesalers had not as yet advanced prices, retailers were . , . - ..... V. TXW lUn L ....... wnlilj V.n.A 4n MM Ad J.V. IIM. AM. . A 1 Q .1 .-. . n.ih i ?s f.r three I . ... BM Tut snroetiitng o er. -' . taxes to live. iueaiiwnue, nouuiig j uune uy inese cuiigressiunai suticstucu to curb the profiteer and prevent piling up still higher his fabulous profits. Instead of mulcting the swollen fortunes of the profiteer, the burden is to be shifted upon his victims and the cpnsumer pay the bill While something should have been done for the service men, rear In Marion and lolK counties. Elsewhere $5 a year. Mr order of U. 8. government, all shall subscriptions are payable in ad-anee. Advertising representatives W. U Ward. Tribune Bldg., New Tork: W. H. Btockwell, Peoples Gas bldg., Ciilcago. to enable them to help themselves, the time to do it was when rU news dispatches credited to it or ot otherwise credited In this paper nd also local news published herein. "Ff'PLSfthev were mustered out of service and left to start life anew. f"" t advanced prices everywhere. entitled to the use for publication of j The proposed bonus comes too late to be of much assistance to! JhJJ! e, "fif-.1 !.he ret.t"?.ra; !!!" men already re-established in industry, and the idea of a bonus ;Ce, are m many cases as guilty as the on the eve of election as a tardy reward for patriotism must be worst of them. The fact that dealers somewhat repulsive to men who freely offered their all to their j th country over were caught with am- OreeOtl country a service beyond price. It has the appearance of a'with no excuse under Heaven to m . . . cheap attempt to influence votes by a raid on the treasury at the crease prices, has made it possible to nSP.T Vat mnS Deonle's eXDense. . get outfits at fairly reasonable prices. The present congress is certainly breaking all records as the nZJS K? worst ever and has displayed less constructive ability and com-'their ultimatum, "Weil get you next mon sense thaJT any in recent history. time." I Your writer In the Journal of the INCREASING HIGHWAY FUNDS.' ' 2 1st attempted to show that a bushel ,. . ., , , , , , . I or wheat would buy as much propor- There was a time, in the not distant past, when Oregonians j uonateiy as it did five years ago. were content to wallow in the streaks of mire called roads, and i Granting his premise, i would like to as fiercely fought every effort at highway improvement as the 8tat i farmers wheat t barbarians of old combatted the encroachment of civilization. C .VX'IS.'S Meilford. Alexander Sparrow, su perintendent of Crater Lake n.ttlonnl park, received word today that the Know ia now nine feet deep at the rim Df the lake. This la the same amount reported this time lii'Jt year which in dicates motor travel to the lake will lie open about the npiiii! time, July 1. The first of the yenr there was practi cally no nr.w in the pork and a month j That time has happily passed, although We Still have With US! short in I quality of the twenty-five dol- BKo there was six feet. "3s HE TALE IF! W1 KIN Y ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY lb) mm THE XEW BIRD CHAPTER V. Farmer Ureen had not been home long, after his trip to the village, when Kusty Wren heard a sound that rortliuul. Three full cargoes of wheat or flour were hooked yesterday by the Cnlumbia-Paelfic Shipping com pany feir export from Portland to Eur' ope during May and June. The vessels to curry these carcoes will be the uteamers Iwwey, Effingham and liak ersfleld of the Kumpean-I'clflc line. These cargoes constitute the second lot of grain or grain products to w oont ranted for shipment from Port land on private account since the early days of the recent wnr. The destina tions of the three vessels has not been announced beyond an indefinite "Eur ope." and the shipper, whose nam is not divulged, has the option of load ing with wheat or flour, or both. Itaker. Members of Ihe fire depart ment have presented to the city com missioners a demand for an increase In Silarleo of 120 a month, to take effect May 1. The demand Is accompanied with a threat that other persons will have to be hired to take the positions of the present fire fighters .unless the rise Is granted. Increased cost of liv ing Is the reason for the action of the firemen, according to the petition. Most of the members of the local fire department now receive $105 a mouth and the highest salaried fireman re ceives (115. Portland. Bpenilatlon as to the amount ot lumber thut can be stowed uboard one ot the Ferris wood hulls When rigged as a sailer was set at rest today when It became known here that nui Northern Alula Ilavlslde, now awaiting a crew at Port Angeles, had linen cleared with 1,823,000 feet for Bouth Africa. Captain L. C. Hansen, her master ways that with about 100 Ions more ballast she would have worked an additional 100,000 feet of fir. Public Forum To the Kdllor: -In Thursday's Jour ntil uiiiU'i' heading ot "Latest News Covering Central Willamette Valley," Mt, Angel news yon have published an article which Is very Inaccurate and misleading. . You say there are only about four hundred carloads of potatoes In ,lho ntnte yet to be shipped from the 1919 crop compared with three thousand cars at this time hmt year. The report of the I'nlled Slates de partment ot nRi'UuUure, bureau ot markets, shows that Oregon only ship ped 1 1. h 3 curs ot potatoes altogether hist season and the estimated produc tiun this season was KH per cent lees which was cut probably 20 per cent more by the freer.e, making only about 68 per cent last season or 1145 cars to !o shipped this season, niij It is the writer's opinion that there are not fifty cars remaining In the state to be hipped. To glvo you an Idea of what bourbons tenaciously opposing progress and bitterly contesting lar 8Uit ot ,iVB 'er as. a man' f 'every proposed improvement as a matter of habit. Oregon has ingeniously solved the problem of highway build ing by shifting the financial burden upon the automobile, and motor license receipts are used to pay interest and principal upon highway bonds. The ever-increasing number Of motor vehicles provides an ever-increasing fund so that more money is avail able than can be utilized under present legal restrictions. To remedy the situation and provide a way whereby the high way program outlined can be completed and extended, a constitu tional amendment has been submitted to the people for approval 1 a the May primary election, extending the bonding limitation of the state for highway construction to four per cent of the asses sed valuation, instead of two per cent, which will permit the issuance of bonds to the limit that motor license receipts can pay for. Under the system adopted, the state highways are paid for by the motor owners who use them, instead of the general tax payer, who secures the benefit of the highway without cost. The more state highways constructed, the better for the state and its taxpayers. Therefore, there can be no reasonable objection against the extension of bonding limitation, which means only the extension of state credits and not the expenditure of monies rais ed by general taxation. Everyone whofavors good roads and constructive develop ment should vote for the four per cent bonding limitation. us with experience are willine to test! fy . Besides the farmer is not the whole population, and with the excep tion of a few trade unions that have had the power to force their wages to a level with the increased cost In liv Ing, there are hundreds of thousands in clerical positions, teachers, etc. who are still struggling along on in creases ot forty per cent, and less. The postal clerks for example, have, only this last year, received an increase amounting approximately to thirty Seven and one-half per cent more than the basic salary of ten years ago. With this condition prevailing In many oth er similar vocations, Is It any wonder that we are being driven Into overalls. Yours truly, E. B. DAUGHERTY. Rippling Rhymes POTATOES. Today I bought a peck of spuds, my hungry form to fill; I had to soak my Sunday duda ere I could pay the bill. " I paid as much to buy a peek as once a bushel brought; and so I wept and cried "By Heck" and drank a williewaught. I drank a horn of Adam's alo, my spirit to revive; for how can one dig up the kale, and keep his pep alive? They say we run to luxuries, when we a-shopping go; for costly meats, imported cheese, uor hard earned bucks we blow. "Eat simple fare," the wise men say, "cut out the rich and fine, and you may save some coin each day, and put the same in brine." The wise men sagely chew their cuds and hand us logic pure; but is there simpler fare than spuds, the stand by of the poor? Tis not the farmer makes them dear; the gro cer's not to blame; some fat and heartless profiteer is at his beastly game. Somewhere there is a middleman whose rake-off is a crime; the buyer is the also-ran who gets stung every time. Somewheve there Is a sycamore, somewhere a hempen rope; these crazy times will soon be o'er, and sense will (come, I hope. LOVE and MARRIED LIFE By the Noted Author ID AH McGLONE GIDSON Moffitt Starts Crusade Against Lawless Drivers Instructed to "nab" all lawless auto and motorcycle drivers, and charged with uninterrupted enforcement of the city's traffic statutes, Traffic Officer Morntt began at noon today a sysl teniatic crusade against speeders, reck less drivers and careless motorists. Heretofore Officer Moffitfs detail has covered a wide range, including trat fic patrol, Investigations and emer gency runs. Chief of Police Welsh said this morning that with the in creaseof traffic and the inability of one officer to cover traffic and aid In other police work he has decided to place one man on traffio violations alone. Complaints have come to headquar ters that traffic violations are being made In outlying districts of the city and the chief hopes to be able to com bat this by placing an officer with en- tire time in running down the viola tors. , Shortly after noon Ted Loder, re siding on North 17th street, was re ported for cutting a corner with his auto; and P. S. Kilian, route 6, Sa lem, was reported for driving past a standing street car. "What happened to upset you? for once made him keep quite still for at least five seconds. "Cuckoo! cuckoo!" The cry came from inside the farmhouse. And since the windows were wide open. Rusty could easily hear it from the tree near-by, where he lived. ""There's a new bird in there!" Rus ty Wren exclaimed to himself as soon as the sound reached his ears. He lis tened intently. But the call was not repeated. "Farmer Green is not satisfied with my singing!" Rusty cried. And there upon he flew into such a rage that when his wife came home a few min utes later, she was actually fright ened. "What In the world Is the matter?' she asked her husband anxiously. "Matter?" cried Rusty Wren. "Here I've sung my best for Farmer Green all summer, and waken him at dawn every morning without fail! And what do you suppose he's done? He has brought home a strange bird from the village, because he doesn't care for my singing." ' Mrs. Rusty Wren told her husband that he must be mistaken. I "Maybe a bird flew Inside the farmhouse by accident, she said. "What kind of bird is it?" she inquired. "It said 'Cuckoo!' " Rusty explain ed. "But if it's a cuckoo, It's different from any other I've ever heard. You know yourself that Black Bill Cuckoo who lives in the bushes beyond the orchard says, "Cow, cow!" "I wouldn't worry, if I were you" Mrs. Rusty advised her husband. "No doubt this strange bird has already made his escapes" It was then after sunset And soon Rusty Wren's family were all fast asleep, without having heard any more bird notes from hte farmhouse. The next morning Rusty awoke just as the first streaks of gray show ed in the east He was about to begin his dawn song when through the kit chen window came that "Cuckoo! cuckoo!" again. C Rusty knew then that the strange bird was still there. "Did you hear that?" he asked his wife. She nodded her head silently. "He's telling Farmer Green that it's time to get up!" Rusty exclaimed indignantly. "And since Framer Oreen has seen fit to get somebody else to wake him, I certainly shall not trouble myself on his account any more." j So Rusty Wren flew away to the! orchard to sing his dawn song. Jolly Robin, who lived there, in an apple tree, was surprised to hear Rusty Wren singing in that neighborhood so early. And he was still more astonish ed at Rusty's melody. , His voice was so much shriller than usual that Jolly Robin knew In- j stantly that something had displeas ed him. "What's happened -to upset you?"'! Jolly Robin inquired, after Rusty had finished singing. "I xepect to come here and give my dawn song every morning," Rusty remarked. "And if there's anybody living in the orchard that objects, he had better move away at once." Of course Jolly Robin didn't -want to do that. And he said as much, too. "But I hope you'll sing a little more happily," he told Rusty, "be cause I don't like to hear people com plaining and neither does my wife." It is easy to understand why Far mer Green and his family overslept, when one knows that Rusty .Wren no longer sang his dawn song beneath Farmre Green's window. And when Rusty saw that the whole household never stirred until long after sunrise, he was so pleased that he couldn't help making a few remarks about the new bird In the farmhouse, which had annoyed him so by singing "Cuckoo! cuckoo!" "This stranger is a very poor song ster!" Rusty said to his wife. "AH he can sing is 'Cuckoo! cuckoo!' In that silly way of his. He has no trills and runs and ripples at all! And he caa't ever repeat his song ten times a min ute, as I give mine. He has to wait at least half an hour before he cries 'Cuckoo! cuckoo!" again. And no one but a simpleton would ever attempt to awaken a hard-working farmer by such half-hearted singing." . Mrs. Rusty quite agreed with her husband. Farmer Green will be sorry he brought home such a worthless bird' she said. A !M TTi:it OF III KINKSS "Just what does that oil business mean?" nsked John of the lawyer. "Mrs. Gordon's cousin can tell her that better than 1," said the lawyer. "That Is one ot the things, Kather- Ine," said Charles, "for which your this means, we have shipped as high ns mother and I came to Atlantlo City thirty cars in the month of May with: We Intended to tell you that a gusher nl leaxt tiu other firms In the state had been struck on some property be Jiamlllng as many as we do. While this longluK to you in Texas, but your yenr we will probably not ship more! mother's illness and sudden death put than two or three cars the balance or jit entirely out ot my mind. I had in the season. 11. R. MAXOIS. JY WALKING TA1HH) Ban Francisco "Jaywalking" Is h der the ban In Ban Francisco and Boy Hcouts are assisting the police In a campaign to prevent pedestrians from warming across the streets in unregu lated crowds. Jaywalking is held to be particularly dangerous on Market tret, oil which there are four sets of :hok, m Surface streetcar tracks, timrle iMirlng the week ending April 15 there were five fatalities In Oregon due to ncledcnts, according to a re port of the Industrial accident com luUnion. . , tended going down there to see about it as soon as your mother was settled with you." "Well, I think," said John eagerly, "that I can leave my business next week and go down and see about It myself, it won't be necessary to trouble you." Churtes colored. It wasn't a very nice remark. I knew that I must as sert myself at this moment or forever . r-e-rl J IjJ-iI M I. .,, . t j . ? V: i sb. m mi mi '! '! H tl M two ' ! u ll nix ill! I V "-X ll-,t th linrlen Can Do It "I don't think, John, that you need leave your business at all," I said, "especially ns you have totd me ever slnoo you cams to Atlantic City how important It was that you should be home as soon as possible. Charles, of course, knows all about this and has all the correspondence and letters and I think the best thing to do Is to let him go on Just as he pluuned to. do." "Are you craty, Katherine," asked angrily. "I rertululy shall allow ho one but myself to transact any busi ness for you that that promises such great returns na an oil gusher." "I will turn 'over all the corres pondence to John," said Charlie has tily. '1 had rneant to do so from the first, as soon ns Ihe will wns read." Of course, I had known that this' was Charlie's intention, but I thought It was very unkind and uncalled for in John to aot as if he thought Char les was going to make something for hlmndf out of the business, and con sequent ly I said. "Hut Charles, I wish you to go." John looked at me, t knew he was too angry to speak. In a moment however, he recovered, and said, "I will attend to this business. Kather ine." - Aiilii!ctl a Representative "I Ix-g your pardon. John. 1 have just appointed Chain as my representative," "W h it da you mean," he asked. ,-Vhnt I have said. John." To you mean to tell me, Katherine Gordon, that ou are Kisir.ii to let Some other man beside your husband attend to jour aff.iii- In !.ieh i!utMi:an.'?" "Ye-s, Juhr " ' "" ' I ':!: '-'' a tu:tt wit has spent most of his life In small towns, who has shown no great apti tude for business. Is the man to en gineer this deal," was John's sarcastic observation. "I was right In what 1 said to you this morning. I should have taken this thing over Immed iately. There Is no reason why you should have been at the reading of this will. You are quite too 111 to have anything of the kind to bother you." "I beg your pardon, Mr. Gordon," said the lawyer. "I would have been impossible for me to have read this will unless the chief beneficiary had been present," "1'ltfle," was all John said, as he strode from the room. Pity In His Words. "Allow me to bid you good after noon, Katherine," said .my mother's lawyer, a man who had known me ever since I was a little girl, and It seemed to me that his accent as he spoke the words held more of pity for me than contempt for John. I was sure, however, that the old, dignified lawyer, would never transact any business with John Gordon again If he could help it, Immediately, for 4'.iis'' reason, I determined to consult hlm In nil affairs ot my business where a! legal mind was necessary. "Katherine, Katherine. why did you do this," asked Charles a the door closed on the lawyer. "Ion't you know that I can't come between husband and wife?" "Of-course you can do as you please Charles, but It you do not help me In this I shall ask same strange man to do so. I am determined that I saall tranaet my awn business in my own way." QFAKEB AT TAHITI Papeete, Tahiti. The series of eatrh quakes which have shaken the islandB of Tahiti, Moore and Mehella, since 1918 still continue and during Febru ary Increased in Intensity. ' Scarcely a day has passed without several earth tremors. The center of these disturb ances seems to be under these Islands. A I YOU Will Pull' Em Out with Oar Fishingl T lit i acme In Spite of the April Showers .... $1.73 up Public Fontm ' To the Editor:- The most encourag ing sign of success of the overall club movement, Is the roar of protest brought forth from manufactnrrrs and driers. While elubs are hem organized, measurements being takea preparatory o placing orders vltn wholesalers, the movement is behig ' de nounced as "silly," "crasy," "an- J patriotic." and last but not least, - ' failure. Members of the club note with ! pleasure, however, that as yet th movement has not been confused w ith I botshevtant pr the I. W. W. Our would be rhaniplcns of the public safety hasten forward with figures to ht i tlu fnite ibe movement by pointiT? out in ys lint if there in m nmiK.i-si ' . mutter uf ,2mstnd fr d,-nhr. tt will tend tn'I 3'-d t'!Mrt)H w.t..-d by ret-.ia! tj J Rods .... Reels ... Line .... Leaders $1.50 up .....15c tip .... 15c up Spinners 20c up Salmon Eggs .... 25c to 40c LiveChub on Saturday. Abbie & Embrie, Allcock, Superior and Lyle net and dry flies, Domagiac, Neverfail, Tad Polly and Bite'em, Bass Minnows. Perfection Hod Tips, Large assortment of Snelled Hooks, Bait Boxes, Leader Boxes, Fly Books and other ; . i ' GOODS YOU CAN RELY ON "Where Anders Meet" I V When Lionel Barrymore played "The Copperhead" on the stage, wmoen and men alaike wept like children, rose from their seats and cheered. The patrons of the Oregon theatre will see this same great drama Sun.-Mon.-Tues. -enacted by a cast of thousands, with TJarrymore in the title role ! , REFRIGERATOR Overmire Steel Construction Company . We hare In stock for Immediate Shipment TANK. fLANGE STEEL JmSSS SSSffi S Manufacturer, of Tanks, BoUe Stacks, Pipe. Fabricated Mater- lal for .Buildings and Bridge Eat W.U, Street and Hawthorne Avenue, POIU.TAXD OREGON Pbone East 8721 Office 445 Court St P.iy 998 EMPEY TDANSFFD LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE HAULING CONTRACT OR HOUR YE STRIVE TO PLEASE OUR CUSTOMERS" LADD & BUSH BANKERS Eatablished 1S63 General Banking Business Office Hoars from 19 a. is. to 3 p. m. Do not wait the very WaTt weather comes tol toatrefrigtratQtl buy it now and! you will not have enj! spoiled edibles fo throw away.WecJ ry the Raney make J one of the verybesl- have sold this mafa! for over thirty yean' and know it to fcgjasfj what we say it is. Last fall a jobbtil in Seattle who ftas handled this line on this coast for a num ber of years, founik could not get th line for this year, on account of being over sold in the east, offer ed us the stock held on hand at a great reduction in priced h bought all he hat, and can now offer these to our trade ai least 33 1-3 per cent less than the regular prices prevailing now, ; f J These are all in ash wood, well finish ed and guarantee in every way. Do noi think of buying a n- trigerator vetore swj ing these. 1 Good sized oitM holding fifty pounds of ice, $29.50; seventy-five pounds $33 to $36.75; 100 pounds $42.50, $43.75 and $6 OiAIilBERS & CHAfllBEKS 'LAWN. MOWERS-, At verv little pries ball-bearing 16-ui A No. 1 niachl $725: 18-inch, ' Sold on their merBs -if not just asm recommended them your money back! See us first on iaw mowers!. i Ghambers1 o CI Chambers i ;i 467 Court Stre-