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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 1920)
Four Capital Journal The Capital Journal M INDEPENDENT Newspaper. Published every evening except Sunday by The Capital Journal Printing Co., 136 South Commer cial street. Telephones Circulation and Buine?8 office, 81; Editorial rooms, 82. O. Putnajm, Editor and Publisher Entered as second .class -mall matter at Salem, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATEh By carrier 50 cents a month. By mall 60 c a month, 11.25 for three months, $2.26 for six months, $4 per year In Marion and Polk coun ties. Elsewhere $5 a year. Solving the Housing Problem Salem is not the only city in the country facing a housing problem though most of them have made a more serious effort to remedy the situation. In nearly every growing city in the United States similar conditions exist. In the larger cities the situation is acute, for rents have mounted skyward and there has been little building of dwellings, and there seems no limit to the greed of profiteering landlords, despite legislative action to restrain their cupidity. For six years practically the only building done in Amer ica has been for public, business, industrial and pleasure purposes, factories, theatres, ollice buildings and garages have been erected in quantity but no dwellings. No provis ion has been made for increased population. High costs n.. nt TT K p-fivpnimpn' all mail subscriptions are payable j have scared investors and the high rates of interest have In advance ! diverted money into other channels Nevertheless houses for people are a public care and if AHirprtisintr representatives W. T wnrH Tribune Bldg. New York -w. h. stockwen, -coPies ..u not proVicied by private means, should be provided by govern- Bldg., Chicago. MEMBER ASSOCIATED fKESS The Associated Press is exclu alvely entitled to the use for pub lication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and lso local news published herein. Public Forum Salem, Or., Aug. 2!ith. To the Editor: In reading over your ads in last mgnis juumtii, j came across an add for a house maid, signed A. J. B. Consider- int,' ment. " America has been slow to recognize the responsibility of the community to the inhabitants in this respect, yet it has long been recognized in European countries. Distrust of extending the scope of public activities is partially at least the cause. Love and Married Life By the Noted Author IDAH McGLONE GIBSON .shall I Surrender to Elizabeth? Alice and Helen left me soon af terward and I went up to the nursery, as I had learned that my baby in my arms was like taking a composing draught. With her tiny head burrowing Into my bos om, I could always think better and more clearly. This time, however, I could not dismiss the feeling of unrest into which Karl's letter had thrown me. I almost wished he had not written me. and yet, I knew that if anything terrible was to come to me, I would Jeel much more able to bear it if I knew that the steady hand and ready sympathy of Karl Shepard was near. . I had many things to think about. First, 1 had to decide if I were going to carry on the battle that I had begun with Elizabeth Mot-eland. Again came the ques tion, did I want to keep John? Should I ask him to chooBe, after showing him the letter which would tell him that I knew all? ILBCPY-TIME TA LES KYiSl TP Ml fi'TifiuiS V FJtEDfrlE )JMf I REPLY BY ARTHUR SCOTT BAILEY other knitting needle at Fred- n T.mlvhii!r's Advice. her ri.ii himself face to face die. T.dvh one night in I "We", if W' not careIess- Farmer Green's meadow. Freddk you're silly, anyhow," she snap Firefly noticed, even before she pod. "I wouldn't object so much spoke' that th elittle lady was not' to your light if only you'd put it in a cheerful mood. In fact, she j , ,oma R00(i use. But as long as The t'itv of London has crone into the buildiner of dwellings i h'a he would instantly .-, i v, xji:.. r..; oi choe me and respectability yju an wuiw bwiuv, m ao "cum anu ima oiuius novc ther than Elizabeth and thescan been rebuilt and made attractive, thousands ot comfort able homes have been and are being built outside the municipal limits by the county council, while the industrial housing projects financed by the British government during ..hilli,- rn.nl red of HUM maid the restrictions Imposed, ana mr wai aic cnuuiinjs uwuuuir iut tiic vvunu. other suggestions concerning me i jn England the ministry ot health, working in coniunc- tion with the office of works, has general charge of the build- coveted servant, l, being an ex i;,...u... ia r,f considerable expel' lence thought perhaps i might i ing program, co-operating with the local officials of various giv,. a. j. b. some suggestions mat : municipalities. There are not enough skilled men to do even wu'h" it "m 'my' opinion that Tny a quarter of the work wanted, and the government has pro maid with sufficient intelligence j hibited "luxury and unessential building," so that if a man to interpret the ad might take part jjj t b jjj cottages he jg not aHowed to build anything In any family conversation and 6 ' J 6 thai to the intellectual benefit of , else. there are housing bond campaigns all over England. many I have known. Mains aie human, and like to be treated as such, and A. J. B s ad ought to be sufficient evidence to the per son of average intelligence wn.v housemaids are so scarce. I am also of the opinion that A. J. B. might have better success if the ad in question were inserted in the Cincinnati Inquirer, or the Kv- ansville Star, or some other pub lication that has wide circulation iiouth of the Mason-Dixon lin Oreiron maids are not the right complexion to be housemaids tin der conditions imposed in A. .1 B.'s ad. Yours truly, HOUSEWIFE. Oregon News Portland. Or., Aug. 26. Elgnt nW forest fires were reported Wednesday to headquarters of the United States forest service in Port land. Only one of them, it was stated, has assumed serious propor tions, this being located in Wallowa national forest, northeastern Ore- l. Twenty five men were sent to fight this fire. Airplane patrols re turning here today reported the dls covcry of six small fires, four being In Lane county and two in Lnn county. The fire in the Columbia nation ai forest along the Lewis river, which has been burning for ten dayst oday was reported to be al most under control. .Suffragists to Celebrate. Portland. Or., Aug. 26. The rati fication of the equal suttrage amendment will be celebrated In Port land Saturday by the blowing of factory whistles and the ringing of bells generally, Mrs. C. B. Sim mons, chairman oi m ra,.i rvr.x Alliance, announced ........cv ---- at a meeting ot the organization. .Grazing Decreases. Portland. Or., Aug. 20. A con nlderal leorease In grazing activi ties this year from those of the ar son of I'M 9 was reported by the grazing ..I'lice of the forest service. This is due largely, according to F. N. Kavauaugh, head of the de partment, to the discouraging out look of market prices and the In creased cost of labor and mninten ance. l.'or this season, says Kiivu naugh. and to a less extent last year then tookmen have been confronted With a losing propositlone in th sheep and cattle industry. While the cost of production has held its own and ill many cases increased, the prices received for stock prod ucts have decerased. As a result cattlemen have been forced to con tlnue through the period at a Io Or quit the business. MoNury Inspects Road. Roseburg. Or.. Aug. 26. Five automobiles carrying a delegation of Eugene businessmen and Sena tor Charles 1.. McNary and Repre sentative W. C. Hawlev arrived In Rosbug last night on a tour of in spection over the old military road into Klamath county. They will also visit Crater Lake where Sena tor McNary will inspect the hotel conducted there and report his find ings to the secretary of the interior. The matter of federal aid for con structing a highway from Klamath Falst o Crater Lake also will n given attention by the delegation. dal which would ensue. 1 knew also from the look on his face, as he looked at Elizabeth when we were over at the new house, that he was mine to keep if I wanted him. D John, like most other men, was a coward when it came to fac ing consequences. That was one thing 1 had to give Elizabeth Mor.eland credit for she, too, lived up to her type. She, too, lived up to her type. She, too, had the courage to face anything for the mar, she loved. But, like oth er loving women, she could not face him with the truth. She was always trying to be the woman he wanted her to be, rather than the woman she was. frowned at him darkly and point Od one of her knitting needles straight at him as she began to speak. "You're terribly careless with that light of yours," she said. "People are always warning me that my house Is on fire and tell ing me that I'd better hurry home. Now " she added "now I Over 10,000 housing schemes are being financed. Of thesei 7.120 have been approved with an area for 550,000 houses V,A" at once felt jy oorrj- fo" , ....... , aV , . .... i ... hla woman. She probably loved. in acouana iiw,uuu nouses nave ueen autnorizea, tne dicis averaging about $5,000 per house as against an average cost of $4,250 in England. Money is raised by municipal and district building bonds, authorized by local governments, bearing 6 per cent interest. The British government charges 7 per cent for money ad vanced for building, and borrowing in the ordinary way for housing schemes not financed by bonds, is usually 7 per cent. During the war the United States government built some fine dwelling centers, but since then has done nothing. Nor" have any of the states, though some of the cities have co operated in the effort to supply dwellings. But there seems no reason why the credit of the community and of the state should not -be utilized to secure needed dwellings especially if private capital refuses to meet the emergency. Governor Smith of New York has recommended the crea tion of local housing boards in communities of 10,000 people and of a central state housing agency "to aid each locality in meeting the immediate pressing need for sufficient homes," and his recommendations have "been embodied in the state democratic platform. Further measures suggested are extension of state credit, legislation for housing, if neces sary as a municipal activity and various forms of tax ex emption, which require constitutional amendments. - Providing homes for people is more essential that build ing highways for automobiles. If Oregon's credit can be loaned for thirty million dollars worth of roads, some way certainly ought to be figured out for a loan of credit of a fraction of this amount to assist community home building. Here is a fitting task for some of our newly elected legislators, the mapping out of a program of state and com munity cooperation in supplying needed houses. The successful efforts along the same constructive lines of foreign states and cities, point to a solution of the housing problem, which is growing more acute as the days go by. John better than I did. She cer tanly had loved him more. And beside, Elizabeth cared more foi the material things that John could give her than I did. I knew that it must have ground her proud spirit into the dust to see all the things that had come to me as John's wife yes, to have helped prepare for another worn an some of the things that John had, in his obtuseness, asked her to prepare for me. Was it because John Gordon was so egotistical? So bound up ift himself that he had made quite unhappy the two women who had loved him most? Even while asking myself this question, I gave John credit for not realizing just how he had. tor. tured both Elizabeth and me. To both of us he exerted the same magnetic Influence probably to a much greater degrree with Eliza beth than with me. I was quite sure of this, because that very morning I had found another mis sive from Elizabeth, -which said: "My world means only frou, John, and whatever comes I want you to remember All through the long, unhappy ' years I made one passionate plea; Imploring Fate to brush aside The dark despair of Hope defer red And give me the boon of Love Without which Life were drear Indeed, "You're terribly that light of yours,' careless with slic said. think I'ev discovered the reason why my friends are forever wor rying about fire. Xo doubt when they give nie such advice they have seen you prowling around my house with that light of yours; and they think that if you haven't already set my house on fire, you're just a-going to." When Freddie Firefly saw that Mrs. Ladybug wa smaking Benja min Bat's mistake of thinking that his light could start a blaze, he had to smile. , "Nonsense!" he cried. "I'm al ways very careful, Mrs. Ladybug, when I'm near your house. You know that I wouldn't want your charming children to burn up." And now Mrs. Ladybug pointed I've known you and that s sev eral weeks I've never seen you do anything but caper about the meadow and dance." And then Mrs. Ladybug began to knit furl, ously, as if to show Freddie Fire fly that she was never Idle, even if she did spend a good deal of time away from home. "Do you intnd always to fritter your nights away as you do now?" she In quired. "What else could I do? I should like to know " Freddie bega n. "Why not use your light In some kind of work?" Mrs. Lady- bug asked him. 'What work. I should like to know " Freddie said. And since Mrs. Ladybug did not at once an swer him, lie added: "I don't be lieve you can suggest anything can you?" "Oh, yes, I can!" she declared quickly. "I was thinking. That's why I didn't reply sooner. Prob ably yo udon't know that I have helped many youngsters to begin to work. For instance, it was I lliat told Daddy Longlegs to help Farmer Green with his harvest ing." Little Mrs. Ladybug felt so proud of herself that she dropped a stitch without noticing it. "Daddy Longlegs! He's not young!" Freddie Firefly exclaimed. "Oh, yes, he is! He's not so old as you think," Mrs. Ladybug re plied. "He's just about your age. And if he can work, you certainly can." "But I didn't know that Daddy Longlegs was working for Farmer Green," Freddie Firefly said. "He tried to, one day. But the wind blew too hard. ... It wasn't really Daddy's fault," Mrs. Ladybug explained. And you o Ladybug explained. And you ought not to attempt to work onj windy nights, either." r.he W ont n n I Wireless Aids Fishermen's Work Boston. Local fishing firms look for a big crop of mn.w.i prices coincident with the activities of the United States Fisheries meauier naicyon, wnich has been assigned to th prospective macker el grounds off this coast. Equipped with wireless, the Halcyon goes on patrol duty. When a school Is sight ed word Is flashed up to the fish eries and they start out to Glon, o ester at full speed. More mackerel vessels are eq uipped with motor power this vear than ever before, according to fig ures obtained at Gloucester, the city made world famous by Kip ling's "Captains Courageous." wind and tide wait for no man, runs the old saying, but the up-to-date Glou cester fisherman on 1920 waits for neither tide nor wind he. waits on ly for gasoline. Russian Crown Jewels Hidden Paris. The crown jewels of Russia, including the great stone known as the "Diamond of the Czar" and valued at $2,000,000 are hidden away either In Russian or in some of the bordering states and mgl0Pll 1 "er was no 7e an-n Wm PU1 " "portea tk. bought to Uniut. sold. Since the nuk th Diggest Sem hav Peht lar2y ' ei-v' ns T nJ"1 Jor stones which. Flax iTSeizt By Stockholm I from tho amj,. tons nr .,""r S SOW, ish fta """I fcred for ...I ,"on I in KBVal vists. The Swedish fnw flax has been mtaappr, owners art that the British the purhcase of fa, i-uunmes may be ' tht consignment. FEED NERVES PLENTY If PHOSPHATE IH 1 Keen Minded Men, Enereetic and Surr Rely on It Asserts Prominent N. Y. Physical and a nationally known medical text books, in si llitro-Pliosphntc a Godsend. Men and women, nervous and fretful, easily upset and often fa tigued, need plenty of organjic phoEphate, and the sooner they heed this advice the better their health will be. In every one of the millions of cells that make up your body, phosphorus is a most important part. Your nervous system, your brain, your blood and even your bones must have a sufficient sup ply of phosphorus or wearlness: nervousness and a general run down condition, as well as lack of normal mental power is sure to result. Big men of affairs mighty men who control industries he- "For your light might go out, and cause of sheer will power and then dent.' there'd be a terrible acci their large sums of cash to bind Purchases. South American buyers declare that Germany has been almost com pletely driven from the Latin- Am erican jewelry markets, which it formerly dominated, and that all the nations of the southern contin ent are now doing their trading with the United States. "Missouri Fluff" Is New Chicken Kansas City. Mo. It remained for i Missouri woman to "show" the National Poultry association, which assembled here, that she could, like Luther Burbank, plant "wizzard."' produce a strictly "Missouri chicken." The "chicken wizard" is Mrs .1 D. Rioe, of Lucerne, Mo., and her product is said to be unlike any thing heretofore known in the poultry world. It is a large white fluffy chicken with peculiar shaped father. and she has named it the "Missouri Fluff." Rippling Rhymes Old and New The millionaire of other days thought he was cutting ice, j behind his team of trotting bays, that-cost a beastly price. 1 well recall the shining rigs in which they rode in state, the surreys, phaetons and gigs, with nags of trotting gait. I used to see them whizzing by, and envy turned me sour; and thunder, how they used to fly! Some seven miles an hour! I wonder what Jim Fisk would say, if he could shake his shroud, and for three quarters of a day mix with the modern crowd. He was a dead game sport, was Jim, before he cashed his string; and nothing was too good for him he sampled everything. And when he in his carriage rode, behind his dappled team, he thought his outfit was an ode, and he, him self, a scream. But if he saw an auto hum, all quivering with power, from Yuba Dam to Kingdom Come, at sixty miles an hour well, we can only wildly guess what Jimuel would say ; but he would think, with keen distress, of his old two-hoss shay. The poor man with his henry car that up the highway climbs, has luxury that well might jar the plutes of olden times. In the gray deays and months and years That span Eternity's fair shore Just sixty minutes filled with love Would makbe my cup of bliss o'erflow; And I on memories feed for evermore. One little hour by radiance blessed. One golden hour! Alas! Deaf were the ears to which I cried And I went stumbling through the storm . My way o'ercast with clouds and dark; Until you came, I saw the sun Of love shine throogh your eyes I laid my weary head upon your, breast And there encircled by your loving arms . I found my hour of gold. Hampstead, Eng. To a man iv.,o ioiu tne magistrate that he man s name Gasoline Comes From Water Well Tul i. Okla. Oil men are faced by a "puzzler" in the shape of a water well ni the nidustrial section of the city. The well, a shallow one. is giv ing up gasoline testing sixty by gravity. "Old Heads" pronounce the fluid the "real stuff" but are at a loss to give an explanation. the ears of corn are higher on the stalks than his head. . Ninety percent of the corn is ten feet high and the average is twelve feet. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAT Veterans Object to Bar Maids Liverpool. About 2.000 former service men here are protesting against the employment of bar maids in the city's hotels and pub lic houses. When a deputation waited on the committee of the Liverpool Brew, ers and Spirit Merchants associa tion, one of the men stated that if the barmaids did not give place to service men action would be taken to force the women out. There are ab,out 2,000 barmaids employed in Liverpool. Largest Railway Owned by Canada Ottawa, Ont. - The Canadian government willo wn the largest railway system In the world when the amalgamation of the Canadian National, the Grand Trunk and the urand Trunk Pacific lines have been completed In the next few months. As a result of the merger the Canadian National railways will Ploy 7$0,000 persons, operate 2.000 fl" tl " ZV" ,f ""'' modern locomotives, 1.S00 passe,.- , ' an(J one bitter' the ger cars and 70,000 freight n CuTbt a J2T2ES.I with a carrying caoacitv of son Son I "1ust e V' wcalth' man- , ' " lurnea out that the Stretching from Sydney N. S. to I Rothschild. iVctoria, B. ft, a distance of 42;loi ' miles across the continent, the sys tem will operate 1,038 miles m Move Scotia 279 miles in Prince Ed ward Island, 1,107 miles in New Brunswick, 2,496 miles in Quebeck i), .152 miles in Ontario, 2.230 miles In Manitoba, 3,576 miles in Saskat chewan, 2,090 miles in Albert 1,227 miles in British Columbia ana 1 .SSI miles in the United States. The merger carries with it thirty two ships sailing from Atlantic and Pacific ports. The government pro gramme calls for construction of an additional thirty freighters, which will bring the total capacity of the fleet to "60,000 dead weight tons. Sixteen ships will sail out of Van couver to China, India, Japan, Ha waii, East Indies and Australian ports and the remainder will sail from Quebec, Montreal and Halifax to Europe, South America and West Indies. nervous force, know this, or If they don't are clever enough to have a physjclan who does. Physicians more and more are realizing that Bitro-Phosphate, as dispensed at drug stores, is a ne cessity to over forty percent of men ad women, because present day foods do not contain enough phosphate to give the body and especially the nervous system the supply it needs. Speaking on this very subject, Dr. Frederick S. Kolle, Editor-in-Chief of Physicians' "Who's Who," phatic statement said: "If I had my way, 1 phate should be pre every doctor and used k j hospital. Later, Dr. Kolle old: the nerve tissue begins to l vitality, woman begins to k youth and vivaclonsnm I Iy, pleasant disposition I she becomes Irritable, i ent. It would indeed beti panionable, moody and i If more men and aware of the efflcaey I Phosphate." . Hot weather is dreaded k and women who are i nervous, timid and ! orous development becaal their vitality amloet to thif ing point. To all such people Bltn phate is recommended 1 is the one organic which, when absorbed by II tern, will supply the elm cessary for a vigorous, body free from any sua weakness or disordered n Your druggist has Bltt phate in the original packaM complete Instructions for I suits. Jewelry Export Trade Develops Chicago. Development of the export jewelry trade of the United states has been remarkable since the war put Germany and Austria out of business and seriously crip pled the commerce of England. Foreign jewelry buyers are Just now swarming into the United Sta tes and arc making heavy purchase among the Jewelry Jobbers and the manufacturers of Attleboro, Provi dence, New York and Chicago. They are in the market, it is said, tor all lines of Jewelry from plated goods to the most expensive plati num wares. South American, English and Scandinavian buyers are particul arly anxious to obtain rolled gold t.l 111 ll..,! lPW0lrv n-liinl. im . A two day search by Sheriff An- s.,m , h norm! r "with ,hi,. y. derson of Baker county resulted countries. All the buyers either in the location of five liquor atills, have bank accounts in" institutions result of forty y i c i ivoio. -in rn a Poll 11 1 rv Or flrp rn rev n tr 1 n t va,,h -..I- v. . ti. v oui sci vim;. YOUNG CIS MADE STRONG Mrs. Boyd Tells How Hei Daughter Benefited by Tak ing Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Danville, m.My aaugnter was very delicate and we thought we could' not raise her. She was troubled with ir r e g u lar i ty and she was not able to go to school. For a year we gave her e l kinds of tonics but to no good. One day one of y o ur little books was thrown on our porch and I saw what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound had done for oth ers and what it might do for her. Now she is getting fat and enes to school every day. You can tell every mother what the eVgetable Compound has done for my daugh ter." Mrs. J. H. Boyd, 1002 N. Jackson St., Danville, 111. If every girl who suffers as Miss Boyl did. or from irroc.io-i. ties, painful periods, backache, sideache. draggine down nai flammation lr ulceration would only give this famous root and herb remedy a trial they would soon find relief from such suffering. For special advice women are asked to write the Lvdla v. Piv. ham Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass. The You gotta hand it to Jeff. He's there with the imagination. ears' experience is (adv) WHO LOSES? When you read announcements of "Ten Dollar Glasses for Five Dollars", just stop and think. In every business transaction someone profits. Do you suppose that any man is in business to do business at a loss intention ally? When you purchase glasses from us you ?et Glasses that are absolutely correct in jvery detail, and besides you pay just whst ;hey are worth, no more, no less. APPEAL TO O'NEILL Our Work Guaranteed Satisfactory Dr. C. B. O'Neill Optometrist-Optician Ladd & Bush Bank Blkg., State and Com mercial Street, Salem, Oregon. Phone 625 iQ m LADD & BUSH Bankers Established 1868 General Banking Business Office Hours from 10 a. m. to3p copyright, lo. W fi iTaoe " Topeka, Kan. It cost Governor Henry J. Allen just eighty centss to be nominated by the republican ,':: pi iniarivK the first of the month. He spent that amount In Itualir.g out petitions of friends to I circulate for him that he might be placed on the primary ticket. K coincidence Is that the gover- Birmingham. A floral amo ori majority over his qpponont. mmr,. In m-hl. h over ah un.lred'C B. Snow, may reach SO.000 ant, -Wlv dec..r..t. d . ..i - ' 1,1 I. was If so, it will !m . cos: him Just oiuW 'Cops Get Tramp As Parade Waits Costs 80 Cents For Nomination tti fnr nearl? half an ' cent for each thousand majority. nterprlslng motorcycle : ' itMd negro tramp. Co Tree .u. .,! f,- . it Tooek. Kan., Aug. S6. When fW to the city Jail. The j C. B. Hokenberry, who has a farm! ffi-ers had been de a ottpm land near Topelc. goe.j i th nroosrton hut to h rVest his corn this Kail he'll! i.icrf about such have ,. lake M (rtopladder along , ! I rZZrrr. rrrrr.-.- lA I I 1 rTZivt I 6n- goat'. ,rw.ece,) jjB fTTT- f M-T V ( 7 pact i'm ? fcuSe Me, mtt,bvt v 60 cT?" r W M'fJ seuEue me: ah, iuhu ?J f ruZJxtw?) ' Icmuv rw gonna gotta Be going! How KY THe 6eWe k W kP coot IH. PAW T ?J?P A.NTu? I CCATi -R.a-RiJ TUfcKtH BATH AAA 1" says thc uiA-f iDKfcfP cocc J . cookAT ) I saw) y iee if r can't Ll- ..lilUS 1S NOT TONOT.ce -me J - SOCK A coot '.,0 tj ujARNYCO tJ J 5ajf