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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 3, 1921)
Page Four The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Capital Journal Salem, Oregon An Independent Newspaper Published evenings except Sun day by Capital Journal Printing Co.. 135 South Commercial. Telephones: Circulation and Bus ineas, 81; Kdltorlal, 82, , G. Putnam. Editor and Publisher Entered as uecond class mail matler at Salem, Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION HATES By carrier, 66 cents a month. By mail, in Marlon and Polk counties, 50 cents a month. Else where $7.00 a year, $3. Si, tor 6 months, $1.75 for three months. Mail subscriptions payable in ad vance. Advertising representatives: W. L. Ward, Tribune Bids;., Nejw York; W. H. Stockwell, Peoples (las Bldg., Chicago. HEMHKK ASSOCIATE!: PRESS 3 The Associated Press lis exclu sively entitled to the uaarfur pub lication of all news) Ifcispatches :rediieil to it or nor otherwise predated in this paper and also ocul news published hssaeim Loganbefry Laughs - By Rober uillcn teas Is Die mother of invention. If the jyiiln't bring heaven rev ;t u .vast robbed hell ot i'H Iprrors. nuld flatter n man, pre i . t UaJnk him a great hit witri ds or ask him for advice. en, if they wouldn't listen to r Prince of Peace, perhaps they til listen to the tax UKHessor. Bl-ri .leldnm stop to admire a window display unless there Is a good mirror at the back of the window. The very fact that an alien does not approve of things in America should be sufficient reason to de port him. When Solomon was called nwny from home on a business trip, it always took him seven hours and twenty minutes to kiss his wives and lady friends goodbye. i .nan never gets so low down that his neighbors won't sign a paper endorsing him for something or other. Cussing landlords is a delight ful pastime, but it doesn't encour age the building of new houses tor rent. There are two kinds of mar ried men: Those who lie to their wives, and those who are not afraid of their wives. There Is hlways a way out of a difficulty. If you don't like the income lax, you can stop making toe Income. And If people thought It proof of culture, they would take the medicines that were popular a hundred years ago. When n great man resolves to Write a book about It, he wishes to scolil somebody or establish an alibi for himself. You can now hear your pastor preach nn the telephone -and this doesn't refer to the times when central gives him the wrong nuni her. Doctors esn now prescribe any amount of wine you d. The trouble is to find n drug store that has that much. When General Hard Times pre pares to launch a drive, the shock troops iue composed of the coun try's most able whlners. The only thing you can say for the ten-cent shoe shine Is thai It nahles the boy to make the right change for a one-legged man. In crowded Europe It Is dif ficult to Isolate those who have ttintajtenus diseases, ami so they Just give 'em passports to Amer ica. People n int. heoause Liberty honds sre not worth par; but they seldom whine because dough hoys yet In hospitals are not worth Just Folks By I IX. K A. (.VINT (Copyrighted) Keep Ootnc. When things go wrong, as they sometimes will. And the road you're trudging seems all up hill. When the funds are low and the debts are high And you want to smile, but you hsve to sigh, When cue is pressing you down a bit. Rest if uu must but don't you quit. Lit la queer with its twists and turns. As every one of us sometimes learns. And many a failure turns shout When he might have won had ha stuck it out; Don't give Dp, though the pace seems slow Tou may su ..eud with another blow. Often the goal Is nearer than It seesns to a faint and faltering man. Often the struggler has given up When he might have captured the victor s cap. And he learned too late, when Lite nU--ht slipped down, Tew cloee he was to the golden crown. nuui Is failare turned inside out The stiver Unt of the r'.oods of dwwbt. And you never can tell how clows a are. ft may be near when It seems afar; So stic to the fight when you re It's things seem worst thst , Increased Phone Rates Increases in telephone rates averaging 30 percent have been granted by the Public Service Commission to the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph company, which recently petitioned for larger revenues to carry on construction work and expansion. In Salem the charges for business phones are increased 50 percent. Extension, and improvements ordered by the commission aggregate between $5,000,000 and $7,000,000 and the com nanv rpvennex were declared insufficient to pay interest on existing investment. The commission's decree says : The revenue derived from rates fixed in this order is not oesuneu, nor is it sufficient, to cover the construction programme contemplated; mn in he emended. exceDt as new telephones are added, though we do expect, relying on representations made at the hearing, that in providing a compensatory reium un w.w ... already Invested, it will induce and attract the necessary new capital for proposed additions. Like other public service corporations, the telephone com nnnv aVAfil helrl to a fixed income while the costs of operation, including labor, supplies and taxes, soared. Hence the demands for increased rates, which alter being posiponea several years, are granted at a time of general deflation, with both labor and materials declining. The company's revenues were declared insufficient to pay operating expenses, and the public service corporations refuse to take the medicine of readjustment as the merchant, farmer and manufacturer must, and swallow the loss. Nor can they be compelled to make betterments and extensions without sufficient revenues guaranteed. It seems to have become an axiom that the public must nmtar trip investor in rjublic service corporations, otherwise they will cease to function. Yet no one protects the invest ments of the farmer or business man. The latter, however, have the opportunity to speculate and protiteer, denied to tne femoe When mnnpv rolls in in too ereat a Quantity, rates are supposed to be cut they seldom are, for means are always fouhd to absorb the revenue, lhe protiteenng in puo lic service corporations was done in the promotion, wrecking, refinancing and other operations before they came under nublic control. Yet one never sees a public utility petitioning for a lower schedule of public charges. - ... i , n "l.i It is questionable whether the increased rates win yieiu the additional revenues sought. The "buyers strike" tend ency prevailing will cause the removal of many phones, just as the increased railroad rates have produced less gross revenues for traffic. Every additional charge by public service corporations increases permanently the cost of living and shows the fallacy of supposing that we will ever again return to the pre-war plane of living costs. The alternative to public regulation is public ownership and operation and the public is not ready for that. The service is poor enough under private ownership, with the incentive of promotion and profits. Experience has proved that it would rapidly deteriorate under public ownership. As soon as the ordinary man begins to work for the govern ment, his efficiency decreases and his output diminishes. Politics would complete the demoralization. The national trait of individualism unfits Americans for experiments in socialism. At the same time the Public Service Commission an nounces the increased rates, the American Telephone & Telegraph company, of which the Pacific company is a sub sidiary, announces in its annual report a most prosperous year. The dividend rate for the past 14 years has been 8 percent, and in addition to paying dividends of $8.00 per share, the past year, all interest and fixed charges, $8,000, 000 was appropriated for Reserve for Contingencies and $8,444,422.78 carried to surplus account. The parent company and its predecessors have paid dividends at the rate of at least $7.50 per share for the past 39 years and in addition created a flock of multi-millionaires. The stock, however, has been widely distributed among the people and the number of shareholders total 139,448, the average number of shares held being 32. The financiers and underwriters long ago unloaded on the dear people. Most of those compelled to pungle up the additional revenues, will wonder why some of the $16,000,000 of excess profits are not used for extensions instead of being placed in the surplus preparatory to a stock dividend but the parent company makes each subsidiary finance itself from the people it serves and is content to take the profit. to me because you were you father's son whom I had Jovef passionately all my life In tm way, and was wining to learn to love in any way you asked 08 me Jim! my brother my lovef " She flung herself into his arms, j choking, clinging to him, strug gling to control her volcet "I am nothing I am nothing," she sobbed passionately. "Why should not all my gratitude and loyalty be for your father's son? What Is so terrible to me is that I can't give myself! That I can't throw myself at your feet for life. Y-TlMt THE TAL6 OP BENNY .BAKER BY ARTHUR SCUM DAiUti "-wi ae (at Benny Badger. "Tou'rw spoiled I my gams," shs said. "Tou went ! and showed yourself. And when they saw you, the Prairie Doga hid again." Benny Badger looked at Mrs. Coyote pleasanUy enough. "Why don't you dig for them?" he asked. But Mrs. Coyote didn't appear to care for that idea in the least. dogs ThoughC'otlnrmlnsuchrompUrPuned his head out of rn.i,. fashion. Benny Badger sight. y you wuuit aw . u i 1 . : rr kfintl If he noticed iemiy an enly wonderful! Or, to snap my wasted no lime hor( I e must hiiVB thought him no fingers in the world's face for your what had Just happened A heap of dirt. Any- sake dearest that would be so was somhing far more 1 on. 1 Benny, while that c aimed ; SUilklns Lnrough the j u iwnnv it) i rvtva a l v ----- , It hlgni ime.e....B. h aed d at tne aoor- i - - r tit There is no denying Ru Hirer was displeased, lie warn- The Restless Sex By Kobert Chambers. Author of " (Copyrighted 1S1J by Barbarians." The Dark Star," etc. Robert W. Chambers. 1 sake -dearest that wou little to do for you so easy. "But I can't. Your father dad would know It. And then the world would blame him for ever harboring a gutter waif " "Steve, dearest " "Oh. Jim," she stammered, "I haven't even told you how those Inherited traits have raised the deuce with me. I've got In me all the low instincts, all the Indolence, the selfish laziness, the haphaz ard, irresponsible, devil may care traits of the man who was my own father!" "Steve " "Let me tell you I've got to tell you. I can't keep it any longer. It was something In Oswald thai ap pealed to that gypsy side of me awoke It, I think. The first time I ever saw him, as a boy, and un der disagreeable circumstances. I felt an odd Inclination for him. Re was like me, and I sensed it I told you that once. It's true. Something In him appealed to the vagaboml recklessness and irresponsibility latent in me the tendency to wan der, the indolent desire to drift and explore pleasant places. , After you went abroad I met him. I wrote you about it. I liked him. He fascinated me. There was some thing in common something com mon In common between us. . . I went to his studio, at first with Helen, and also when otners were there. Then I went alone. I didn't care, knowing there was really no hnrm in going, and also being at the age when defiance of conven tion Is more or less attractive to every girl. "He was fascinating. He was plainly in love with me. But that means nothing to a girl except the subtle excitement and flattery of the fact. But he was what I want ed a fellow vagabond! "Every time I came into town I went to his studio. My aunt had no idea what I was up to. And we did have such good times, Jim! you see he was successful then, and he had a wonderful studio- and a car and we ran out ,ato the country and then returned to take in his studio. . . . And, Jim, it was all riit but it was not good for me." She clasped his arm with both of hers and rested her head 0.11 his shoulder; and went on talking in a steadier and more subdued voice: "I didn't write you about it; I was very sure you wouldn't ap prove. And my head was stuffed full of modernism and liberty and urge and the necessity for self ex pression. I felt that I had a per fect right to enjoy myself. . . . And then came trouble. It always does. . . . Oswald's father, Chil tern Grismer, came to the hos pital one day, terribly wrought up and looking ghastly. "My aunt had gone to New York to consult a specialist, but he ask ed for me, and I came down to the private reception room. I was a graduate nurse then. Oh, Jim! it was quite dreadfuls He seem ed to be scared until he saw what I was. Then he was fearfnllv harsh with me. He told me that j my aunt was anout to begin suit nn.tiiist nim to recover some money great deal of money whir h my aunt pretended I should have Inherited from my grandmother, Mr. Grismer's sister. "He said we were two adven turesses and that he would expose me und my unhappy origin all that horror of my childhood " of the corners of his eyes at Even as he glance way of the nearest house he caug . . - . a ,,V. rim sight 01 a sn.au neau w.u ""-'' , - kinI, covote at hand to eyes, which stared at turn wunoui . - -- And he was all blinking. .k. I ready to growl, when something Kenny woven neare,. i-,-. ul ,, hl. mld and head promptly vanished. Then Benny Badger smiled all over his face. "Ah!" he exlaimed. "Here's somebody else at home!" And he looked all around at a number of other doorways. To his great delight he saw other eyes peeping at him. ' There's a lot of 'em at home!" Benny cried with great glee. He never felt happier in all his life. Everything was exactly as he would have wished It. And he was Just taking off his coat, and trying to decide where he would begin to dig, when some thing happened that made him look very peevish. And he slip ped his coat on again, and lay flat In the grass. A coyote had come bounding up at exactly the wrong time! And Central Oregon's first highway work of the spring season com menced this week with the laying of concrete culverts on the Bend Horse nidge road, recently author ized by the state commission. DIRECTORY close his mouth. The coyote walked through the village and disappeared in the dis tance. And here and there heads soon began to appear in doorways. But when Benny Badger stood up and drew nearer to them, they dropped down again. The next moment a very angry lady rushed up and began scolding Benny Badger at the top of her voice. It was Mrs. Coyote. "Go away from this village!" she shrieked. "You're spoiling our hunting!" "Whose hunting?" 'Eenny Badger asked her. "Mine and my husband's!" she snapped. "That was my husband that passed by here tew minutes ago. Of course we know the Prairie Dogs will all hide when they see him. But they're so silly that they're sure to bob up and stare at him after tie nas gone along. And then" she said then's the time I dash up and grab them." Mrs. Coyote paused and glared v. ' ""ser . ut uoth of them 7 M though h. u em togsthJ'Ti able to spoThhS COMPUTING scales, cash register and general store fixtures at 226 Stark St., Portland. Or., be tween 1st and 2nd streets. PLUMBING and Repairing reasonable. Phone 287W. done m6G WHY SELL FOR LEKS? WE will Pay you more cash for your household goods. Get our bid before you sell. People's Furniture and Hardware Store, 271 N. Commercial street. Phone 734. There Was Nothing So Good for Congestion and Colds as Mustard But the old-fashioned mustard plaster burned and blistered while it acted. Get the relief and help that mustard plasters gave, without the plaster and without the blister. Musterole docs it It is a clean. SALEM SCAVENGER Garbage 1 white ointment, maae Wltn o l mil and refuse of all kinds removed ! tard. It 13 scientincauy preparea, so by the month at reasonable rates that it works wonders, and yet does Cesspools cleaned and dead ani-1 blister the tenderest skin, mala removed. Day phone 167. j Gently massage Musterole in with the muni iM.Kne .....I, fintrer-t ns. SeehowauicK vitbnnesre -1 lief how speedily the pain disappears. Use Musterole for sore throat, bron chitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges tion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chil blains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia). 35c and oSc jars; hospital size $3.00 Mgr. Auctioneer G. SATTERLEE, 404 Ferry St. Salem. Ore., Phone 1177 Foot Specialist CHA& E TATRO, 404 Masonic Bldg. Bring us your foot troubles 68 SECURITY BENEFIT ASSOCIA TION Meet in Foresters' hall, 22S N. Commercial street, every Wednesday evening. F. G. Brock, Finance, J40 Court St. Farm Loans FARM LOANS Any amount. Low rates. Full repayment privileges. Very prompt service. Ask about our 20-year loans at 6 percent. Hawkins Roberts, 205 Oregon Bldg , Salem. Ore. BUILDING LOANS MADE May tie repaid like rent. Life, Fire, Health, Accident, In demnity, Llbality and Auto In surance written. A. C. BOHRNSTEDT 401 Masonic Temple, .Salem, Ore, Osteopathy WHITE AND MARSHALL, Osteopathic physicians and sur geons, 506 U S. Bank Building. Phone 859. Dr. White, resi dence phone 469; Br. Marshall, residence phone 834. "You know wht 1 am," ahe repeated. "You snd dad did ev erything to make me like your selves You took me out of the gutter " "Steve!" "You took me out of the gut ter!" she repeated excitedly. "You cleaned the filth from me. cava me shelter, love; you educated me, made m possible, strove to eradicate th unworthy Instincts and inclinations which I might have inherited. My aunt told me. I know what dad did for me! Why shouldn't I adore the mem ory of your father? Why should n't I love his son? I do. I always have. I didn't dream that you ever could offer me a greater love. But when I understood that it was true when I realized that it was real ly love, then I stepped Into your arms because you held them out Secretary Wilson Named Successor To Maine Man Washington, March 3. William B. Wilson, the retiring secretary of labor, was appointed today by lresident Wilson as a member of the international Joint committee tto succeed Obadiah Gardiner of Maine, whose resignation had been received by the president. It was announced at the White House that Mr. Wilson had accepted the post. Stove Repairing STOVES rebuilt and repaired. 50 years, experience; Depot Na tional and American fence, sizes 26 to 58 inches high. Paints, oil and varnishes, etc., logan berry and hop hooks. Salem Fence and Stove Works, 250 Court street. Phone 124. Water Company SALEM WATER COMPANY Of fice, corner Commercial and Trade 8ts. Bills payable monthly In advance. Phone S7. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY Exceptional Buy We have a Piano like nevr that must be aold this week. Party is leaving city. This is YOUR opportunity to get a hu h grade Piano at a bar gain. Don't overlook it. J.W. IALLM AN III Sotitk Camercial Street Opposite Capital Journal "Isobel; or, The Trail's End," Has Been Called That Author's Best Of all the Curwood stor ies, it has been acsnowl edged that none has the breadth and human appeal of his famous novel, "Iso bel," from which this Interest Ing epic of a Northland ro mance was adapted. Those who have read this volume will find that the photoplay version adheres closely to the lines of action and char acter portrayal as laid down by the author. Edwin C rewe. in fact, h.is been said to have given photoplay fans their first ra; glimpse of Curwood; In other words, he has retained the full ower of the anther's sweep ing character portraytals and hat tense and exciting climaxes. When presentel for the first time at the Hote' As tor grand ball room .n New York recently. reviewers declared it was the greatest story of the nortnwest ever filmed. It comes u 'his city after repeating iu success ful New Y'ork premiere la other large cities of th. country- I Make Shaving a Pleasure With Cuticura Talcum After shaving with Cutirun Soap the Cuticura way. Cuticura Talcum it an in tiispwihte m&tmaat. Artfeer and tmv phvlactjc, it at soochrac aad rrfrnanig ta the most tender skxa. JfTtf3Ma--a2-r wtxw I tte. Ointment tttid Or TfcK um Jax Cobcori Sop ah wthoal mw, Lyko Makes Hope a Reality Lyko brings a new view of life to the weak and debilitated. Hope springs again in the once discour aged mind. Strength and courage reappear and the man once more takes his place among those who enjoy vibrant health and energy. fix Great General Tonic tends to put the "human machine" in perfect working order by help ing to restore the bodily functions to their normal activity. It regulates the bowtlc. prevent eonitipa tioo. incnueathe appetite, tiaalatas dictation sad ones bp the siatem in general. A Hygienic Remedy Lykoiamanufactured m the moat modern lab oratories under themoat hygienic conditiona. A ad every beta is teeted aa to the thera peutic value of th eorapouaded drugs The chraiohjrieaJ effect of ita component ia mearntzee) by medical authentic. Aak Your Druggist Make th test today of Lyko if you seed laiatiTe tonic. See for youraelf how aoon few doaea wdl relieve you. Sold only ia original pack aseaat all leading drug etm. Smlm MmmufmlUmmi a LYKO MEDICINE COMPANY New Yotk KaaavaaCet For Sale by all Druggists. Always In Stock at Terry's Drug Store. COULD HARDLY EAT ANYTHING UNTIL HE USED pr nn ui MJ4WS0IU F0VX0 IT A WCWERFVL kUBICUX I L'llU'iin aaSwaf aBaw&aw ' V 2 veBk lr ' ttred snd cowtd hardly en ttwg swttl I bm1 i' ru na. .vkti t appetite aa good and bit Mrenetn r-lurned. I tokl my Betbb'B and erery owe of uieoa Tuoa-' Ita woBierrul naediclB. Ton can a.aya get a uoae run at mj aoaaa no matter what the War tat -ata, T. N. Wasnoaa. Box B. Bran City, BK Catarrh of the stomach and bowels Is axno: te many firms of eattvrrnal diarmsr fro which a large nomber of Twrvpta neeaiK-s-; suffer. V,fty yc-a-? of usefulness is the ru an tee behind PE-RU-NA Takifts ar LNp. UU Evtrr i 1 Painless Parker Examines Teeth Free By Painless Parka TRUST dentists make a charge for looking at your teeth and telling you what they need, but they will not tell you how much it will cost to have the work done until the job is completed. Then you get a bill that wakes you up. In all E. R. Parker System Offices nations and advice are free. A patient is told what is needed to fix the teeth up in gooct shape and what the price will be for doing it. No guesswork about it This is my idea of the square deal. $ h the only way to practice dentistry on a sat isfactory basis. I have never had anything to do with the Dental Trust, because iu ways have made dentistry cost more than the people could afford to pay. When you think of TEETH tabu PARKER. . fttgistortd DeaHlfi (Jting K R. PARKER SYSTEM Dr. rainless Parker Dr. D. Id. Ogdtn ur. v. At iiiiBuuiu ur. K. W. Doniy State L commercial St. mm stsfm) The Traffic Officer Says: "Out In all kinds of Vreather hot and cold dusty and rainy. Yet my throat never bothers me." He uses BUNTES Cough Drops. Keep a box handy. You may need them, too. BUNTE BROTHERS :t CHICAGO Makera of the World Famous Candy and Cocoa took for the Red Boa with the Funny Fat Ma on I'.l MENTHOL AND HOREHOlfl Every Acre Reclaimed it a permanent investment paying profits every year IT costs something hi both time and money W clear cut-over land, but you only spend it year once for each acre. One fair crop will Pj for the work and usually show a profit beuM Then, free from stumps, that land will pay P every single year. Results in this state have &m conclusively that STUMPING POWDERS Du Pont and Repauno Brands (Pacific Northwest Products) are ideal for this work quick, effective, econafflcil mere tore they are used by a majority Clear mora land In 1921 1920 was one of the biggest land-clearing yean state has ever known. The farmers all district are planning for even greater accw" merits in 1921. Join the movement and reap benefits. -jnansj Bee our local dealer regarding Du Pont S for spring delivery. Write tor "frj iogged-oll Lands." it s raiuaoie WATT SHIPP POWDER COMP SALEM. OREGON. E. L du Pont de Nemours & to., Portland, Oregon. i! LADD & BUSH BANKERS ESTABLISHED 1868 fi-PriM-al Banking BUS-" A Office Honrs from 10 a. m. to 3J