Capital journal., October 20, 1922, Page PAGE SIX, Image 6

PAGE SIX
THE CAPITAL
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SALEM, OREGON
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OEORC1B PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher
,: Spreading I the Burden
Walter M. Pierce in his campaign as democratic-ku
klux klan candidate for governor, makes a strong plea for
"spreading the burden" of taxation, without however com
mitting himself to any special program of spread. So far
he has failed to make public any constructive program for
reducing taxes, contenting himself with the flat promise of
cutting taxation in half which is an impossibility.
Mr. Pierce's record in the senate indicates his perform
ance as a tax cutter. In 1917, 1919 and 1920 legislatures
there were 178 appropriation bills passed, appropriating a
total of $10,522,281. Mr. Pierce voted, for 157 of these
measures, appropriating $10,057,160. -He missed voting on
ten bills appropriating $92,068 and voted against only 11
bills, appropriating $385,047. During these sessions, new
state taxes were voted by the people onto the taxpayers to
the extent of $4,967,913, the people simply ratifying the tax
increases submitted by the legislature. Mr. Pierce support
ed and voted for every one of these measurs.
Having participated in increasing the tax, Mr. Pierce
while in the senate initiated a plan for spreading 'the tax,
and introduced a constitutional amendment designed to
exempt from taxation, money, notes, credits and accounts.
This measure reads as follows:
8. J, R. 18 Pierce Proposed amendment to t.e constitution of
the state of Oregon to be submitted to the people (or tbelr approval
or rejection at the regular general election in November, 1918.
Be it resolved by the senate and the house ot representatives,
Jointly concurring:
Section 1. That Section 1 ot Article IX of the constitution of the
state of bregon shall be and hereby la amended to read as follows:
Section 1. The legislative assembly shall, and the people through
the initiative may, provide by law 'for a uniform and equal rate of
asaessment and taxation, and shall prescribe such regulations as shall
secure a just valuation for taxation ot all property, both real and
personal; excepting s,lctt on,y as Is used for municipal, educational,
literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes, and money, notes,
credits and accounts, and household furniture and personal effect,
when used as such, as may be specially exempted by law.
This would be a spread with a vengeance inasmuch as it
would relieve the capitalists, the bankers and" brokers and
the holders of intangible wealth from taxation altogether
upon these securities and spread the burden upon the back
of the farmer the man with a hoe. Such a spread would
bow still further a back already stooped with undue burdens
of taxation. If any such spread is in Mr. Pierce's mind, he
had better be left on his own 36 farms.
Along State Street
A closed book makes a dull scholar.
Off again, on again, gone again, Constantine.
The coal situation isn't so black as its painted.
Straw hats were called in long ago, but some short skirts
seem to go on indefinately. .
PANTOMIME By J. H. Strobe!
TJ7HAT HAPPENED When
Y rSheila Elliston Refused Love
By ID AH McGLONK GIBSON
name from
Every automobile driver should knoW the difference be
tween horsepower and horse sense.
Many a man has become rich through forgetting to bring
home what his wife told him to bring. '
Great artists practice in private, but a new driver of an
automobile uses the pedestrains for his audience.
The bobbed hair of the modern flapper recalls the chrysan
themum locks of the football player of 30 "years ago.
The tinsmiths are said to be doing a fine tailoring busi
ness making hollow copper waistcoats for bootleggers.
"Soft coal prices show wide range." In proportion, pre
fiumably, to the profiteering itch of the persons who handle
it.
A man is the head of the household just as long as he is
unconscious of the fact that his wife is the board of direc
tors.
If you can't buy coal, just send over the price of a ton
to Europe for a consignment of German marks or Russian
rubles.
Manufacturers of saxaphones are offering to sell the in
struments with one month's free trial. This sounds as if
it is going to be a long, hard winter.
UNITED ARMY STORES
We Have Just Boueht for the Salem Store
1 0O Army O. D. Overcoats
to sell at the exceptionally low price of $575 Reclaimed,
but most of them marly new. They are going ui and prob
ably your laBt chance to get good reclaimed army overcoat.
New
coata $6.75 to
leather
$11.50.
Leather Coat, with sheepskin
lluings 5950
Um'i beut ' Ball Band" Hip
Kubber Boots, i lo 13 a,
$3.85.
3 lb. all wool O D Blsuket
$2,93.
4 lb. all wool O D Blankets.
$3.45.
Trench Shoes,, to 13..... $3,85
Men's reclaimed Slicker Kain
CoaU $1.00
Men's new Ralo Hats (JOc
Men's Stag Shirts, $5.50 to
$9.00.
Sum Kolding Army Cola,
$3.95.
New government Army
Ah $1,00
Men's new O D Wool
Breerhe -; $4 50
Men's reclaimed O D Wofll
Breeches $2.50
Men's new armv O D Wool
s,,irU $3.25
Men's, tan army or officers'
Dress Shoes $5.50
Meu'a new rain coats..., $6,50
Meu's best double seat and
dorjle knee corduroy
Breeches $6.00
Men's heavy wool pants
--$3.25 and $3.85
Men 's reclaimed khaki
Breeches $1.00
Another lot of men's new
Khaki Breeches at $3.50
rac sacka (all slset) $ 75
to $4.00.
Some Bargains in Teats
UNITED ARMY STORES
,r 50 Santa Commercial Street. Salem. Orecron
' To the Hospital
"We most hurry him to the hos
pital," said one of the men. "Run
for a taxi, Harry. It was damned
awkward that he should take poison
at this moment, but I- am not a
murderer, and only quick help can
save him. We must hurry though,
or we'll all be in bad with the po
lice." At this Ihoment they caught sight
of John and me and literally spill
ed thcniHolvcs across the street.
I drew nearer to John for they
were the roughest men I had ever
seen deeply-lined faces and sin
dimmed eyes. All of the three were
disheveled, dirty, and showed the
effect of poisonous liquor and dope.
And Sheila had been in their house!
"Have you seen a taxi about
heref" demanded one.
"No, sir," answered my chauffeur.
"The street has been leserted dur
ing the storm."
The men looked at me curiously.
"Were you also looking for a taxi,
madamef"
"No, my car is just around the
corner."
Thank Uod, one or them ex
elnimwl.
Maduine, vll you lend us your
ear? It is a case of life and death.
A man in the house there oas just
taken poison. You'll have to decide
in a hurry, for in the excitement
some dimmed fool has turned in
hurry call for the ploice, and if we
do not have him out and away in a
minute or two, they'll be here and
pull the house. We'll all go to the
'jug' and perhaps you with us. In
the meantime the mnn will die."
''Bring him out immediately," I
said to the men, who did not wait to
hear' more.
"John, get 1he ear here by the
time they come down."
"But what will you do, Mrs. Wil
mington t I hate to leave you here
alone with this rabble."
"I have been hero alone all
night, John." .
"'Oh, no, you have not. Mr. Phil
haa been here, and I stood by to
take care of you."
My heart beat a little faster. So
John, too, knew that Phil had been
in that doorway with me. Did he
think that I hud come'. down here
to spy upon my brother! How much
had he heard of Phil's and Su-
sannes conversation! Had he seen
Sheila and Tony Soperf All this 1
had no time to ask even if I had
wished.
"Go!" I commanded. "I will walk
over to 3rd Ave. and get a taxi."
John had the car at the doorway
by the time the men came down,
carrying a limp figure. I had an in
tuition that it was Walter Jones
and so I stood near until I could
say to" John, 'Be sure and find out
the man's name, and after you have
taken him to the hospital, come
directly to the town house. I will
be waiting for you."
As I turned away I heard the
clang of the police wagon.
"Here they come. Get out quick,
boys.
"You, chauffeur, run to the near
est hospital.
I waited to hear no more.
John told me afterward that those
men dispersed as though the ground
had swallowed them up. He Btarted
off, thinking, of course, that one of
them had stayed with the uncon
scious man in my limousine.
"I drove to the Good Samaritan
hospital," said John, in telling me
about it, and what was my sur
prise to find, when I opened tne
door for a conple of stretcher bear
ers, only what I thought was a dead
body. The men jerked it out quick
ly anfl as I drove away, I was held
up by an individual who seemed
to doubt my word.
'I told him that as I was return
ing from a little jaunt on my own
account with my eif iloyer's car, 1
had almost ran over this man e
body in the road. It was common
humanity that mado me pick him up
and bring liim to the hospital, and
I made a great fuss about being de
tained for doing a kind act.
"I'll lose my job if I don't get
back very soon," 1 said. "The man
was alive when I picked him up."
He is alive now, one of the
stretcher bearers 'eaid.
Hjet him into the operating
room at once, then. .
'Then, Mrs.- Wilmington, they
made me wait for the outcome. 1
toll yon I was e.n needles and pins.
I didn't dare telephone to find out
if you had arrived lame, for I did
not want you to get mixed up in
it."
But John, do you realize that
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n
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GWhenjou order by 'Phones
saytMARL OIL
Bo sure your dealer gets the or
der right, because Pearl Oil isn't
just kerosene. It is a Standard Oil
product, refined and re-refined by'
a special process which turns out
the best and most economical fuel i :
obtainable for oil heaters, lamps
and cooks toves.
A good oil heater is clean and easy . , ,
to operate if you burn Pearl Ofl. '. ,
The touch vof a match brings a''
cheery warmth when and where!
it is wanted and at very little cost.
At dealers everywhere. Order by
name Pearl 03.
they eaa find out my
the ear"i number T"
"I changed the numbers last night
when I found out what part of the
eity you were stopping to long. I
wanted to be on the safe sde."
In epits of my fatigue, in spite
of my anxiety, in spite of every
thing, I smiled especially as John
said that the man's name was found
to be Walter Jones, that'he was
still alive but unconscious, and that
word had been sent to his mother
and sister.
I had been waiting at the house
for this information for a long time.
After leaving John to take the
man to the hospital, I walked a long
way to the nearest street car away
from the city, I rode miles and be
came calmer and hmad matured a
plan by which I, at least, could be
satisfied that everyone was getting
his or her rights in all tbis confus
ed affair.
In pursuance of this pn I now
intended to interview Walter Jones
if he regained consciousness.
Tomorrow Kay Calls on the Police.
MORGAN PLANS
MERGER OF FOUR
NORTHERN LINES
sentative
company was
10 DAYS IN JAIL
FOR RALPH DE PALMA
Fresno, Cal., Oct. 20. Ralph
DePalma racing driver, scheduled
to start serving a 10 day sentence
for speeding in Madera county,
failed to give himself up at the
appointed time, 10 o'clock, this
morning. Madera county officers
ha started search for him under
Instructions to immediately place
him under arrest if found.
DePalma is understood here to
have retained the services of a
local law firm with the intention
of fighting the imposition of a
Jail sentence.
He was arrested Tuesday at
Merced on the charge of 'having
driven a car through Chow Chilla,
near Madera at 74 miles an hour.
He entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced to ten days in the
Madera county jail.
New York, Oct. 20. A repre-
of J. P. Morgan anu
to join today the
conference of heads of three trunk
line railroads considering pians
for a merger of the Great North
ern, Northern Pacific, Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy and pos
sibly the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroads.
Reports of a proposed consoli
dation of three of the roads have
been made public but it has just
been learned that the negotiators
are considering adding the St.
Paul railroad to the merger.
Ralph Budd, president of th
Great Northern; Hale Holden,
president of Burlington, ani
Charles A. Donnelly, president of
the Northern Pacific, were in con
ference yesterday. At the close of
the meeting it was stated that
material progress had been made
in the plan and that a representa
tive of J. P. Morgan and company,
bankers for the roads, would be
called in today.
COOLIDGE PREDICTS
REPUBLICAN VICTORY
New York, Oct. 20. Vice-President
Calvin Coolidge, who was
in New York today, predicted a
republican victory in New Jersey
in November. He will speak to
night in Newark in the interest
of Senator Joseph S. Frelinghuy
sens candidacy for re-election.
The vice-president said that in
formation reaching him indicated
that the republicans will hold
both branches -of congress.
FRIDAY,
TRY TO DEPORT MAN
WITHOUT A COliTBY
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 20. Imml
rratlon officials here today were
puziling their heads m to what to
do with Eric Richard Skog, sailor,
h noweat "man without a coun
try."
Skog came here as a stowaway
nn hin from the Orient last
Aueust. He was ordered deported
as likely to become a public
charge. But when the time came
to actually deport Skog, there was
a hitch. According to immigration
nffielalK. Skoe could not be sent
back to the Orient because author
ities there refused to allow him to
land. He cannot be sent to Swe
den the lmd of his birth, as offi
cials there refuse to receive him
because of a law which requires
that after a person has remained
in another country twelve years
he cannot retain Swedish citizen
shin. So Skog is held at the Im
migration detention station here.
Today he began a legal fight to
remain in this country.
OCTOBER 20, 192a
SCANDINAVIAN PAPER
COMPETITION FEARED
' Chicago, Oct. 20. Discussing
Snanrl in avian competition in the
naner industry, Dr. Hugh P. Ba
ker, executive secretary of the
American Paper and Pulp associ
ation, declared at the business
conference of paper manufactur
ers and merchants today that
"America must get over its idea
of self sufficiency if it is to se
cure its fair share of the world's
paper market."
"American mills have been do
veloped with the idea of meeting
the domestic market, . he said,
"while Scandinavian countries,
with cheaper labor, and regarding
the forests rather than the mill
as the key point of .the industry,
aim chiefly at the foreign mar
ket."
FULL VALUE
Is what you get for your money in buying:
ELK1
TTD 1
Ounces for
(Mora than a pound and half
for a quarter)
SAME PRICE
For over 30 vears
WHY PAY WAR PRICES?
MILLIONS OF POUNDS BOUGHT BY THE GOVERNMENT
BAKE-RITE
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Made with prunesfigs, nuts, fresh butter, the best flour
and in fact everything that is needed to make it the very
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And it Sells for Thrity-f ive Cents
we
Once you try prune cake you will demand it and tomorrow
are going to give you a chance to taste it without charge.
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Bake-Rite Sanitary
Bakery
457 State St
Pjwne 263
Perfeci
Coffee
impossible
wiihoui
correct
granulation
The old home coffee mill,
while it might operate
satisfactorily for a short
time, was very quiclr to
deteriorate into an in
strument for breaking
instead of grinding cof'
fee and the resulting
granulation -as far from
lending itself to efficient
coffee making. With the
advent of the Vacuum
Process it became possi'
ble to pack coffee ground
and since that time, the
public has found it pos
sible to purchase coffee
with an improved gran'
ulation. ,
The experiments that
Hills Bros, have con
ducted over a period of
years has shown that
this part of coffee man'
ufacture is an exceeding
ly important item. Cof
fee, if ground too coarse'
ly will be wasteful in w
suit, and if ground ex
tremely fine, will lack in
flavor to an extent that
it will be impossible to
brew from it a perfect
cup of coffee.
It is unnecessary to call
to the attention of users
of Hills Bros. Coffee the
uniform granulation
that is consistently mab'
tained, for it is one of the
important items in the
course of manufacture .
that insures consumers,
of a more perfect coffee,
beverage