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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1922
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The Old Parties
The ease with which people nowadays swing from one
political party to the other has caused many misgivings as
to the future of the old parties. Will they continue, or will
they give way to new organizations? Will the radicals
gradually unite in one party and the conservatives in another,
or will both parties continue to consist of discordant factions ?
As a matter of fact, the direct primary ha3 destroyed the
organization of the American political party as it has been
known since the creation of the republic- There is no political
solidarity, no political unity, and no political morality. The
party stands for nothing except office and spoils and appro
priates the label under compromise of principle for votes.
Both old parties are bankrupt in leadership and both bank
rupt in morals. Elections record only the ynrest of the people
as they blindly strike at the party m power, as if all economic
and social ills could be cured by the nostrums of the politician
And with direct primaries controlling the party, political
chaos will grow worse instead of better.
As the old parties, with their crazy-quilt mixture of op
posing aims and conflicting ideals, lose their cohesion and
unity, and mean less and less we have the rise of groups or
blocs, which though standing for special and class interests,
instead of the general interest, have developed both leader
ship, program and a unity lacking in the party organizations
The tendency to increase the power and influence and num
ber of these blocs also contributes to the destruction of
party. We will have farm bloc, a labor bloc, a socialist bloc,
a bigotry bloc, etc., after the manner of European govern
ments. '
What the future will be, no one can say, though conditions
are somewhat parrallel to those in the 50's when the Whig
party disintegrated and the Democratic party split, the Know
Nothing party arose and swept many states with its religious
intolerance and racial annimosities, and the Republican party
was born to preserve the union and end slavery a purpose
that the Whigs lacked the courage to champion. Out of ex
isting political confusion may arise a real leadership not
wholly demagogic or narrowed to class, and a party that
means something besides the spoils of office.
Still Agitating
Notwithstanding the expressed opinion of every com
munity they serve from El Paso to Portland against unmerg
ing of the (General and Southern Pacific, the Union Pacific
is still vigorously trying to create a sentiment for the seper-
ation of the two lines and the acquisition of the Central
Pacific by the Union Pacific.
Tactics being followed are revealed at Eugene, Medford
and other cities where the Chambers of Commerce have
passed resolutions protesting the unmerger' Union Pacific
agents have secured a referendum to protest the resolution
and when as at Eugene members almost unanimously en
dorsed the chamber's action, have circulated petitions of
remonstrance. So far the net result of the Union Pacific
efforts has been the fomenting of community discord.
The railroad situation has been thoroughly studied by
shippers and by commercial organizations affected. The
rival claims of the contestants have been presented and
gone over in detail. There is no doubt in the minds of those
served but that the unmerging of the two systems at this
late day will be disastrous. Moreover the Southern Pacific
has promised by resolution of board of directors, a definite
plan of construction, the completion of the Natron cut-off
and the extension of the line from Klamath to. Susanville, in
case it is confirmed in possession of the' Central Pacific in
the grouping of rail systems by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, whereas the Union Pacific has promised nothing
and merely holds out the hope that if it is given the privilege
of grabbing Southern Pacific business without effort, it
may also build lines if they will pay.
Railroad competition is a good thing-provided there is
business enough to sustain it. Otherwise .it is a bad thing,
not only for the lines but for the people served. The com
petitive Deschutes lines are a case in point. If the business
of western Oregon warrants a competitive line, there is
nothing to prevent the Union Pacific from constructing a
line from Ontario to theWillamette valley through any one
of several passes. But all that the Union Pacific desires is
to cripple a competitor by grabbing its business and secure
an entrance into San Fruncisco.
The Southern and Central Pacifies have been under com
mon control and management since 1870- Their lines are
inextricably woven together and seperation would leave
numerous disconnected stubs and fragments. The Oregon
lines would be left 191 miles from remainder of the system
and the Ogden gateway again closed as under Harriman's
regime, while the Union Pacific would be entrenched in a
transportation monopoly of the west which is not for
Oregon's best interests.
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, What Happened
When Sheila Elliston
Refused Love
By 1DAH McGLONH GIBSON
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A holiday is a sure sign of a rain.
Houses to let at a high rent are houses to let alone.
"The man in the street" has now become "The man in
tne invver.
The difference between slender and skinny girls is a mat
ter of income.
Some people think that a dry dock is a doctor who writes
prescriptions.
Making friends is a big satisfaction. They wear longer
than the kind you buy.
"Hooch, mon," is the limit of the average American's un
derstanding of Scotch.
A wise man never attempts to understand women; he
merely tries to get along with them.
Girls, it's getting cold enough to get out the decollette
vaist and lay aside the summer furs.
There seems to be a great many more people telling w hat
t do than there are those who are doing what they are told.
The Discovery
I rushed blindly forward not
knowing the import of that siniste
remark of the woman beside me,
What work did she mean that the
little white pellet had donef
Was Sheila dead or only sleep-
ingt
I hardly dared go to the bed. She
looked so white and I could not see
that she was breathing.
The same thought came to Phil
and Tony, but we were all reassur
ed by the woman saying. "Do not
worry. I gave her only a very lit
tie morphine. I wanted to help her,
And morphine's the only comfort
hat can be given to a woman alitor
she gets down here.'
The tragedy of this assertion was
heightened by the matter of fact
tone in which the woman made it.
'When I found this girl on the
street," Sarah continued, "she was
talking to herself and calling upon
Walter to come and get her out of
some ort of trouble. The name Wal-
ter was one I had been much in
terested in for the last few weeks
and I trio'd to talk to her.
''She was bareheaded and I si
she was out of her head.
When sue saw me, she gave a
little cry of delight and ran over
to me holding out both her hands.
saying I am glad, so glad you are
here. Help me to find Walter. And
then she looked around as though
she were afraid that someone would
some and get her before she found
him.
"At first I thought she was the
sister of a young man I had been
taking care of named Walter. I ask
ed, 'Are you Walter's sisterf She
paid no attention to my question,
but kept entreating, 'Help me to
find Walter. Until I find him and
he tells Phil the truth, Phil will
keep on hating me."
'Darling darling," crooneo Phil,
kneoling beside the bed and taking
Sho'ila's hands in his.
"Darling,'' he repeated, covering
the little hot hand with kisses, "1
never hated yon. I have always lov
ed you even when I was made to
bolieve you did not love me."
Sheila for a moment seemed try
ing to understand. She opened her
eyes and looked at him but just as
I thought, with bated beath, that
she was going to recognize my broth
er sho turned her face awav with a
gn ana questioned . won t you
help me to find Walter! '
I do not think I will ever again
see upon my brother's faco such an
Knish as I did when he realised that
Sheila did not know him.
''So that is Sheila, is it!" Sarah
whispered. "That is the young lady
I heard Walter often speak of. And
is that man the one for whom she
proved faithless to the boy. Was it
because Bhe fell in love with hira!"
Questions spilled out of the woman's
month engely. I looked up causual
ly and noted with surprise remnants
of once great beauty in the. woman's
face as she bent forward toward
me. I saw that she was young, per
haps even younger than Sheila. Vice
and drugs had multiplied the years.
"Ho certainty got a raw deal from
jome one, she commented viciously.
"It was too bad ' that a boy like
Walter would have to come down
here to find a little kindness from a
woman like me. He was too good
too decent for all that. But I
do not think that I would have
brought that woman np here if I
had known she was the Sheila that
Walter had loved, the one who had
written him the love letter that he
always carried."
"Sheila did not write that letter
to Walter," 1 said to the woman
rather loudly before I thought.
Phil raised his head from where
it had been resting close to Sheila's
nerveless hand. He saw a great
light. Presently he said:
'Am I to understand, Kv. that
the letter Sue showed nie from her
brother the letter he wanted her to
send to Sheila was in answer to
one to which Sheila's name had been
forged f ' '
"Yes, Phil, I would have told yon
before, but yon believed so implieit
Iv in Susanne that it wsa not the
time to make accusations."
Phil's hand stole teuderly to the
curling hair about his wife's face
He quickly brought it away, his face
alight with hope. ,
"Her face is damp, Kay. Do you
think the fever is broken V
''Here's a man who can tell you,'
broke in Tony Hoper, and I then
realized that Tony had been absent
from the room fo some time. Good
old Tonyt It was he who had sense
enough to get a doctor.
The doctor went over to the bed
and lifted Sheila's drooping
lids. -
"Who gave her the morphine," he
demanded quickly.
I did, doctor. I picked her up on
tho street. She was raving' with
fover. The only thing I had to
quiet her was one of these."
She handed him a little pellet.
MONDAY Out of the Depths.
eye-
ANKENY BOTTOM CORN
GOES 75 BUSHELS PER
Five ears of giant yellow Held
corn, Bald by Bill Scott, a farmer
living on the Ankeny Bottom, a
(ew miles south of Salem, to be
samples of the corn which he
raised on' his place this summer
and which went 75 bushels to the
acre, was brought to The Journal
jfflce yesterday afternoon by a
iriend of the grower. Mr.- Scott
had 15 acres of the corn.
The ears which were brought
as samples would, be envied ay
many an Iowa farmer as a sixty
bushel an acre yield is thought to
be a good crop In the regular corn
district. The ears average about
2 Inches In length and 8 Inches
circumference. The five have
combine weight of a little more
than nine pounds. One of the ears
has in the neighborhood of 750
denials. The are sixteen rows of
the corn and 47 kernals in one
row.
Very little money was spent by
the candidates for minor state
offices or In their behalf during
the recent pre-election campaign
according to statements filed with
Secretary of State Koier. C. H.
Gram, re-elected to the office oi
state labor commissioner, spent
nothing at all in the campaign
while his opponent, B. H. Hansen,
independent candidate, reports
the expenditure of $171.35.
Neither George H. Burnett nor
John McCourt spent any money in
seeking re-election to the supreme
bench. ,mMlBk
W. Lair Thompson reports the
expenditure of $200 in fighting
the income tax bill.
Other statements filed yester
day were:
John H. Carkin, republican
(candidate for representative,
eighth representative district,
nothing.
Rollie W. Watson, republican
candidate for representative, 29th
representative district, nothing.
George G. Bingham, contribu
tion to republican county central
committee, $69.
Milton A. Miller,, democratic
for state treasurer,
candidate
nothing.
George
candidate
H. Burnett, republican
for justice of the su
preme court, nothing.
W. B. Ewing, democratic can
didate for state representative,
fourth representative district,
comprising Douglas county, $7.
Percy R. Kelly, republican can
didate for circuit judge, third ju
dicial district, nothing.
J. U. Campbell, republican can
didate for circuit judge, fifth ju
dicial district, nothing.
W. H. J. Clark, republican can
didate for state senator, 14th sen
atorial district, nothing.
F. L. Chambers, republican can
didate for state representative,
third representative district, $30.
Ben F. Keeney, republican can
didate for state representative,
third representative district, noth
ing.
L. N. Blowers, republican can
didate for representative, ninth
representative district, nothing.
John McCourt, republican can
didate for justice o the supreme
court, nothing.
Wells W. Wood, republican can
didate for circuit judge, ninth ju
dicial district, $124.25.
George R. Bagley, circuit judge,
republican, 19th judicial district,
nothing.
J. A. Eakin, republican candi
date for circuit judge, 20th judi
cial d.Istrict, notlifhg.
L. L, Ray, democratic candi
What's New on Hie Market
FORREST GINN
The eastern cranberries appear
ed on the market this morning
for the first time this year. They
are selling at 30 cents a pound
The Washington cranberries tre
still on the market and are re
tailing at 15 cents a pound and
at some places for two pounds tor
45 cents. The eastern berry Is
said to be of 'a finer flavor.
Bureau Clargo pears,- locally
grown are on the market at this
time. They are selling at 25
cents a basket. These pears are
said to be good for baking as well
as for eating.
A limited supply of halibut
cheeks appeared on the local mar
ket this morning. They are sell
ing at 30 cents a pound, A fine
way to prepare halibut cheeks is
to roll them in cracker crumbs
and then fry.
Since Brussel sprouts appeared
on the market tne nrai or. me
week there has been a good de
mand. They are selling at 25
cents a pound.
The first dried prunes of this
year's crop to be sold in bulk ap
peared on the market this morn
ing seling at two pounds for a
quarter.
Several of the stores are offer
ing home made hominy. It is sell
ing at 15 cents a quart.
Word has been received by the
local dealers that the natural oys
ter beds on the Yaquina bay have
been closed by the government so
that the supply of oysters from
that source are automatically
topped. The Olympia oysters are
seling at 90 cents a pint. '
Through series of bad investments and prevail
ing conditions. Therefore am forced to make
sacrifice to meet my creditors' demands, and to
anyone who will give me $3,500 and assume $6,000
mortgage, I will give and furnish abstract to my
$15,000 farm, located in Poly county, i2 mile from
paved highway; highly improved must be sold
by Nov. 15th- First and last time it will be
advertised. For interview address
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TO BE OPENED TODAY
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 11 Queen
Pippin II, Miss Gwendolyn Bow
man of Charleston, Wash., was to
open the second annual Northwest
Fruit exposition here today. A
reception by her at the Hotel
Washington, where a royal suite
has been placed at her disposal for
the nine days of the show was
set for this morning. Seattle
club women are to serve tea each
afternoon to women from other
parts of the northwest, and to
take visitors on automobile tours.
. Germany has 7,000,000 men train
ed as soldiers, who are capable of
being mobilised.
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