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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 18. 1930
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The Important Issue
Those who want it change in state government, cannot
secure it by a vote for governor because the governor's
power is very limited. He has few appointments, most of
which are under the Board of Control. The power for legis
lation lies in the legislature, and as there is no independent
ticket for the legislature, its complexion win remain much
the same as in the past.
' Those who want a change in government and a real.
shake-up and business-like reorganization should vote for the
cabinet form provided in a constitutional amendment on the
November ballot. . This centers power in the hands of the
governor, abolishes the numerous irresponsible commissions
and provides much the same management of public affairs
utilised by private business. .
. The principles are yie same. They Involve a general
executive head and the classification of functions into de
partments, each under a manager responsible to the general
manager, the governor. Similar and Telated functions are
grouped in the same department. By frequent meetings
with ins lieutenants the general manager Keeps the business
going as a unit. Coordinated accounting and auditing keep
a check on every activity.
The only objection raised to the measure is that it gives
the governor toe great power, but if so, the legislature can
rectify it But the cabinet form as proposed for Oregon is
in successful operation in fifteen states and has resulted in
greatly reduced taxation and greater efficiency. It is of
course being bitterly fought by all state officials, of which
there is a superfluity, but that is one reason it should be
adopted.
The state's income is between $75,000,000 and P80.000,-
000 each biennium. It is collected from about 00 different
sources by 65 distinct agencies. There is ne general super
vision tf the collection and expenditure. The state has on
its payroll over ,O0O employes, receiving (650,000 per
month, or over $7,500,000 per year in wages and salaries
alone. There is no centralized responsibility, no general su
pervision and no uniform recognition of merit in the selection
or promotion of state employes.
The adoption of the cabinet form is of far greater im
porUnoe than the choice ef a governor and should receive
the major attention in the campaign.
Bailey vs Meier
"You knew the truth and did not state it" says Edward
F. Bniley, Democratic candidate for governor, in reply to a
circular issued by the Railroad Brotherhood Cooperative Po
litical League in which the League praises the attitude of
Julius Meier on labor injunctions and denounces that of Mr.
Bailey, in its effort to swing organized labor into supporting
Mr. Meier. And Mr. Bailey proceeds to contrast the position
f tooth candidates showing how Mr. Meier has contented
himself with generalities while he himself has been specific.
i The League quotes Mr. Meier as saying in outlining his
position upon labor injunctions:
.1 win unqualifiedly indorse each and every plank of the Joseph plat-
lorro and I will lavor any and all legislation the purpose of which Is to
safeguard to citizens the sacred Tights guaranteed to them under our
.Federal ami State domututlana. and will oppose with all the power at
any command any legislation or arbitrary usurpation of power by the
courts to abrogate or nullify tn any manner whatsoever these constitu
tional nights and cuaranteea.
This might be construed any way desired, for nothing is
said about organized labor or labor injunctions. Contrast
this with the statement Mr. Bailey made to the State Feder
ation of Labor :
5 am opposed to government by Injunction in any case, and particu
larly with reference to the use of injunction in labor disputes. I believe
In the principle of collective bargaining and that organised labor has the
right to strike in the event that they are not fairly treated by their em
ployers. I am in favor of legislation which will restrict injunctions In
labor disputes and I favor a law outlawing "yellow dog" contracts.
Does Mr. Meier believe in collective bargaining on wage
scales? He has never tolerated it in his own institution.
Does he oppose labor injunctions in strikes? It is not a mat-!
ter of record. Does Tie believe in restricting injunctions in
labor disputes? He does not say so. Does he favor outlaw
ing of "yellow .dog" contracts? Even as candidate, he does
ndt declare for it.
Indeed, Why Not?.
Hall Patton has launched an ambitious scheme to build a
$500,000 modern hotel upon his Court street home site for
which the community is asked to kindly subscribe $500,000.
And which, as he says w ill be a monument to him. Mr. Pat
ton is to be commended for h ronwrsion to progress for he
councilman he has opposed every progressive move from city
bridges down to street vacation for factory building.
A new hotel will be a fine thing for Salem, provided it
is a paying proposition, but Salem is too near Portland to be a
hotel city and while we already have two good hotels, neither
is paying. Community financed hoteU are fine things for
the high pressure promoters who secure the subscriptions,
furnish tie plans and take the contracts, but the stockhold
ers usually hold the sack as witness the experience of Ash
land, Corvallis, LaCrnnde and many other cities. And if
there was a real opportunity for a new hotel, would not men
in the business build one?
Instead of seeking stock contributions for a hotel, why
does not Mr. Putton get Salem a icw hotel "without cost to
the taxpayers" to give "service at cost" by a municipal
bond issue of $500,000? If the council favors a $5,000,000
bond issue for unneeded municipal power nlnnts. whv balk
at $500,000 bonds for a municipal hotel, and let the council
run it with taxpayers footing- deficiencies? It would simplify
matters and saw commissions.
L'NUSUAL CERE.MONT
St. Louis, Mo.. (LP) Dr. Harris
fires-.- PrMhvb.rian hiirrti mriv
of New York, preached his wUe's
iwiermi sermon nere recently, in
stead of offering an eulogy, he read
four religious poena vrttten by
.Mrs. Oregg, Interspersing them
with scriptural passages.
Recalling the Old am of -Daisy
Bell," crowds of Cardiff, Wales, re
cently witnessed a wedding at which
the bride and groom arrived at the
ohurrfa separately on .single bicyc
les and as fcarband and wife rode
away aa a tandem lor Uietr honey
moon. All the gnests peddled to the
church In cycling costumes. The
bride and groom wore dark cycling
breches, -while tome ot the guests
were In shorts with bare knees. As
the bridal couple left the church
they passed under an arrtro-ar
'acroed of Mcyele wheels. The bride
iHs Miss M. Hers and the arson.
Frederick Jones. Both are promi
nent In cycling clubs.
Brother of Scarf ace
Al Capone Captured
In Chicago Roundup
Chicago (UP) Police squads, Hunting the 26 gangster
public enemies in Chicago's latest crime drive, Thursday ar
rested Matthew Capone, younger brother of "Scarface" Al
Capone, the gang leader. Matthew,
21, and fresh from Miami, Fla. the
gangster's winter home, was cap
tured as the squads lay in wait for
Scarface Al" at his luxurious south
side apartment.
The younger Capone was held at
the Orand Crossing station pending
further investigation.
Matthew was the first of the Ca
pones to be taken in the drive. Al
though his name does not appear on
the "public enemy list." the name
of Al heads the list foUowed by that
of Ralph, another brother who had
been sentenced to the federal peni
tentiary for income tax fraud.
Matthew drove up to the Capone
home at 7744 Prairie avenue, In a
large automobile bearing Pennsyl
vania license plates. The amiad
members, who had been posted
around the apartment hoping some
of the Ca pones would appear, rush
ed on Matthew with pistols ready,
ueneving ne was Al or Kalpn. .
He submitted to arrest quietly, al
though be protested "he hadn't done
anything."
"I'm Just a schoolboy," he said,
"coming back from a vacation."
He said he has bees attending
Willinova school, 13 miles from Phil
adelphia, and that h: had driven to
Chicago iron the Miami home of
his brother AL
After arresting young Capone, the
squad searched the Capone apart
ment house but found no trace of
Al or Ralph. The first floor of the
Hat. where Al lives part of the time
with his wife and two children, -was
vacant, Capone 's mother was the!
only occupant of the two flats, which
are richly furnished with Oriental
rugs, tapestries and period furniture.
ewe said Al had been there only
once since his Philadelphia Jail term
and she "thought" he now was In
Florida. Al's wife is In Colorado
Springs, she said. -
Previously the souads had visited
the homes of Jack and Harry Zu- j
sick, lieutenants of Al. and found
WOOD BRIDGES
TO BE REPAIRED
THIS WINTER
Six or seven wooden bridges In
the north end of the county are la
need of replacement or heavy re
pairs, ft was ascertained by Coun
ty commissioner .Smith and Road'
master Johnson who made an ln
spectlon tour Tuesday to examine
bridges and get lined up on some
of such work that may be done tn
the a inter season.
One ef the bridges, the largest,
already had been scheduled for re
placement, this being the bridge
on the Whiskey Hill road east of
Hubbard. This will require about
a 120-foot span for replacement
and will probably call for a steel
and concrete structure. While It
had been hoped to get this bridge
work done this year Roadmaster.
Johnson is doubtful if It can be
done because of the lateness of the
season, pudding River rises from
25 to -40 feet according to seasons
and he states the contractor might
that neither had been at home re
cently. .
Young Capone's arrest was in line
with Judge John P. McOoorty's war
on gangsters and racketeers in
which Judge John H. Lyle swore out
vagrancy warrants against the 26
"public enemies."
get his piers In and suddenly find
that high water had brought mud
into them to an extent a good
share of the work might be undone.
However, it 1s possible an effort
wiU be made to still go ahead with
the work If it can be Mued up In
a satisfactory manner.
Six more bridges west of Hub
bard, Woodburn and Broadacrss.
were soruttnlsed and all of them
will need repair or replacement.
One trestle bridge In particular, a
bridge on the Jackson hill road
about 70-feet long, they found had
simply fallen over by Its own
weight. Nothing was on the bridge
when it happened but it is thought
a heavy truck might have passed
over it. Jarred loose the rotted tim
bers and the bridge fen over at Its
leisure. It dropped only in about
six feet of -water. The road Is a
little used road taking care of log
hauling and timber principally and
with a few heavy rains its use would
be virtually discontinued because
of difficulty in getting through.
However, the trestle will probably
be replaced as soon s possible.
Three bridges on the St Paul.
Woodburn road need replacement
or repair. Most of the bridges ex
amined have only been in seven or
eight years but one 70-foot bridge
the St. Paw-Woodburn road
put tn 10 years ago Is still in good
shape except at the approaches
where the timbers have rotted out
some and these will be replaced.
The water seems to gather and
stand at the ends of the bridges
-which causes an ear4ier rotting.
Bmie rerraeernerrt win b? done
with concrete bridges hut In such
a remote and little used bridge as
the ssestle on the Jackson's hill
road a trestle replacement will be
made.
Suver Search that has continued
since Monday for George Reynolds
has proved futile as no trace of his
A
astlaxlasw
Open Air Circus Acts
Daily Horse Show
Races Auto Show
livestock Exhibits
County BiapUys
now to attend
whereabouts had been found late
Wednesday evening. The ranch of
Carl OeArmond where Reynolds was
living has been combed by men
from both Suver and Valley View.
Reynolds has been In poor health
for the last year and was not feeling
well when last seen Thursday.
Don't Let
PILES
rob you of
HEALTH"
Millions of people are losing
their crip on hearth because .
they tail to heed nature's
warnings. If you sutler from
stomach and digestive pains,
headaches, constipation, ner
vousness and irritability look
to your colon. These are the
symptoms of rectal and colon
ailmentsusually PILES.
You meed not auttar tram PILES.
Dr. H. A. PbUlips, a succewful ftpe
cialiat of 1 $ years experience caa
help voi. Conaylialino and riiagnaila
FREE. Booklet lioKribing mctbad
tent ircc id
RECTAL COLON CLINIC
MOAaWAV AHD M
"We solved our power problem
in
. . . says Mr. GEORGE W. THATCHER
President, Inman-Poulsen Lumber Co.
HORSE SENSE SERIES. ..NO.
s IllV c 0 e
Famous in all the Northwest' for the sane- terests are so closely tied to the interests of
nes of his views, Mr. Thatcher proves his all Oregonians that he could not afford to ba
rurht to an opinion by being the head of misled or to mislead any one of us. Pacific
one of Oreeon's largest concerns. His in- Northwest Public Service Co. ("Pepco") '
BOOST FOR OREGON AND EVERYTHING IN IT!
"VTOU can't beat an efficiently run business
I any way you try. The power companies
can pay heavy taxes, pay reasonable divi
dends and still reduce rates as they have
here in Oregon during the past ten years.
"Until 1923, we generated our own
power for the Inman-Poulsen mills. The
soot spotted our lumber, the sparks set
fire to it Our power costs were high
and we couldn't give ourselves as good
service as the regular power companies
give us now.
"And I don't think our state and city
officials know any more about the power .
business than we do. Their business is gov
ernment and they can run the government
better than the power companies could.
Likewise the power companies can run their
own business best Otherwise the companies
generating 95 of the power in America
wouldn't be privately owned.
"We regulate them, tell them how much
profit they can make, what sort of service
they must give and charge them hundreds
of thousands of dollars of taxes per year.'
"What better could we ask?
xWe need a lot of sound-thinking peo
ple to say good things about Oregon
and all its industries. Our industrial
power rates'are as reasonable as any:
where in the country and we can be
proud of our power companies. That
sort of an' attitude is nothing but good
common sense and there is a lot of
common sense in Oregon !'
IT'S GOOD HORSE SENSE
President Inmak-Podlsen Co.