SALEM
CHARTER
FEATURES
i Information About the Old
and the New
Isome Attention Will Be Given
to Vital Statistics
A municipal chnrter, to truly serve
tho city of which It Is the orgnnlc
Icodo, miiBt expand, symotrlcally, with
Itho growth of tho community It stands
for. It varies from a constitution In
that It deals with tho active potentlall.
ties of public llfo, rather than with
basic principlo of law only. A city
;rovs at a swifter pace than a state or
intlon, and tho fundamental law mi
Jor which it operates becomes re
stricted and unserviceable unless It Is
amended frequently, and kopt to the
full standard of advanclnc renuire.
lent.
h Tho orlglunl charter of tho city of
Salem, which ha undergone six
fchangos at .the hands of tho Oregon
legislature, In tho course of 39 years.
(fill soon bo again submitted for
intendment, and It Ib hoped tho now
Instrument will fully meet tho expec
tations of municipal life, as represent
ed by tho flourishing llttlo capital of
Jrcgon. Tho present chartor. known
ii. iiiiii
inn uimzciih cnarter, was, nppar.
Bntly adequate for the greatest ncods
f Salem at tho tlmo of Its passage.
Jut tho romnrkablo progress made by
3io city since 1S99. loavos a good deal
tti bo desired In tho way of charter-
ithorlty, and It Is to supply this bin-
Jib that tho charter commission ap-
jintou, jointly, by tho common conn-
I) nnd th Grenter Salem Commor-
al Club, is now fnlthfully working.
Nio existing chartor contains many
svlsiona that will call for the en-
Srcemcnt of pollclos absolutely now
tho people of Snlom, and tho most
fthem have worked for tho public
Igpdj this, after all Is said and done,
Itho pnramnunt purpose of ull such
KQdCB. and when tho cliartor commls-
Eton shall have ronortod now nmand-
nients. there will bo a bettor and
broader basis upon which to construct
tjwmanlfeBt destiny of Salem nmong
Itho cities of tho groat Northwest.
fii tho remnrkublc dotall of city bus
ies s It Is exceedingly difllcult to
frame a charter that shall cover every
ninaso of action, nnd the weakness of
aany a provision Is hot discovered tin-
Jdollberato effort Is inndo to opornto
IKKinricr tho gulso of nn ordinance.
KTIiefle failures must bo made good by
intendment, though tho original pur-
Ijoeo of the provision Is not disturbed,
land this class of amendment Is enter-
mm
AB largely Into tho work of tho nres-
it commission; hut there are mini-
Sb of new elements of civic Inw en
ding Its attention.
lit would be of lmmenso bonoflt to
municipal corporations of Or
If a general law could bo framed
tho legislature conferring upon
Ri'nclls, subject to the approval of
ilzens Interested, the right to
fond their chartors without rotor-
bo to tho law-making powor of tho
ito. This could bo dono by pre-
Sblng certain limits of oporatlon by
tes of various degroos of population
uy enforcing constitutional ob-
ranees, and would rollevo the logls-
turo of a burdensome task, and give
people of towns and cities a clos-
grasp upon the organic law In
gUlch, as taxpayers, they are. sololy
MsFested.
Wno ten men now at work upon tho
gner of Salem aro sooklng, dlslu-
Jtedly, to put tho law of tho city
iuch condition that nothing shall
eking In the expediting of pub-
affairs safely and creditably, and
endeavoring to cover all tho lapses
jrent In tho present law. They are
Ing with somo vory Important
fires bearing upon tho boundaries,
ice, adornment and safety of the
and will soon submit a group of
ailments that have boon drawn
the utmost care
wn mny advance readily and con-
her general business securely.
gout the hampering incident of tu
ition and Irresponsible Interfor-
though it Is certain no such In-
intent can be so nearly perfect as
Bcape criticism and legal attack
Sether. but the opportunity for
tlvlng thi- work may s reduced
imlnlmum
long the newer provisions being
ip by the commission. Is that re-
log the maintenance of vital sta-
the public ronord of births,
is, dlseaso and sanitary Inspec-
Ta safeguard no city of the size of
should bo without; and the mo-
Operandi prescribed will entail no
land costly charges. In the ostab-
ant of a health department, but
so arranged that the cost wH
demics shall monnco. or aflldt the city
The record of vital statistics -will bo
added to tho work of the recorder
oce, and cost tho people practically
nothing, except tho payment of tho
penalties for violation of tlm w u.
other vnluablo adjunct will bo tho au
thorlty to bond the city In redemption
of accruing bonded Indebtedness,
without going to tho legislature for
specific authority, a provision that
will confer no power to crcato addi
tional debt, without the command of
the pcoplo therefor, but still save tho
credit of tho city by permitting tho
council to promptly and honestly dls
poso of her recognized obligations,
when thej: shall mature. Still another
proposition of worth Is to establish
a popular park commission, that will
nsurc tho proper appreciation and
treatment of tho municipal park lands
and at no cost to tho taxpayer, Bavo
that which Is voluntary. Again, tho
commission will put tho city In her
proper position In tho mnttor of roads
and streets, and tho resourcos Incl
dent thereto, and give her ti.n mm.i.
site authority to collect and miming
ior ail taxes In ti.ic fn.i mi..
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commission will recommended ex
panded boundaries for tho city, and
nio Its reasons thorofor, nnd oxplaln
tho probablo roeultB of such oxpan
slon, as to population, Incomo and
cost of malntonnnco. They will also
provldo the requisite powor for the
acquirement of all tho great locrl'
utilities, such as water, gas, electric
sorvlco nnd other public convonl
onces, under a systom In which tho
People shall havo the solo direction,
and, when takon possession of, the
absolute ownership and control of
these valuable olemonts of municipal
no. uosKios thoso things, thoro will
be many minor changes, correcting
the shortcomings of tho present char
ter, and supplying many details that
win onnanco the administration
public nffalrs.
Tho entire
THE DAILY JOURNAL, 8ALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1902.
YOUNG
RIP VAN
WINKLE
Played at Salem by Thomas
Jefferson
Immense Audience Turns Out
. at the Grand
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of
charter commission
meets again on Monday night to hear
reports front sub-commlttoes.
ACAUSE
OF
HEADACHE
One Very Common Cause,
Generally Over-Looked
Hondacho Is a symptom, an Indica
tion of dornngemont or dlseaso in
onto organ, nnd the cnuso of tho
headache Is difficult to locnto bocauso
so ninny diseases hnvo headache as
a promlnont symptom; dorangoment
of tho stomach nnd llvor, heart trouble
kidney dlseaso. lung trouble, oyo strain
or III fitting glasses nil produco bond-
aches and If wo could always locato
tho organ which Is nt fault tho cure
of . obstlnato headaches would bo n
much simpler mnttor.
However, for that form of hondacho
called frontal hcadacho, pain back of
tho eyos and In forohend, tho cnuso Is
now known to bo' catarrh of the hoad.
and throat; when tho hondacho Is
located In back of head and nock It is
often cuusod from catnrrh of tho stom
ach or liver.
At any rate catarrh Is the most
common cnuso of such headaches nnd
tho euro of tho catarrh causes a
prompt disappearance of tho bond
achos. Thoro Is at prosont no trontmont
for catarrh so convenient nnd olfectlvo
ns Stuart's Catarrh Tablots, n new In
ternal romedy In tablot form, com-
iioHou oi antiseptics into rod gum,
blood root which act upon tho blood
nnd cause the elimination of the ca
tarrhal poison from the system
through tho natural channels.
Miss Cora AInsloy , a prominent
schools, sponks of hor experience with
school toachor In one of our normal
catarihal headaohos and ouloglzos
Stuart's Catarrh Tablots as a cure for
thorn. Sho says: "I sufforod dally
from severe frontal headache and pain
In the baok of my eyes, at times so
intensely as to incapacitate me In my
dally dutlos. I had suffered from
catarrh, moro or less for years but
never thought It was the cause of
my headachos. but Anally became con-
I'liinnml lltnt a,ili .,-nu tin. .. aiiua l.n
to the end that
cnuso tne uoatincnes were always
worae whenever I had a cold or fresh
attack of catarrh.
"Stuart's Catarrlr Tablet were
highly recommended to me as a safe
and pleasant catarrh cure and after
using a few fifty cent boxes which
1 procured from my druggist's 1 was
surprint! and delighted to find that
both the catarrh and headache had
gone for good,"
Stuart's Catarrh Tablets are fcolil by
druggists at fifty cents per. fiackage
under the guarantee of the proprietors
that they contain absolutely no eo
calnet found in so many catarrh
cures) no opium (so common in cheap
cough cures) nor any harmful drug.
They oontaln simply the wholesome
antiseptics neoemary. to destroy and
drive, from the system the germs of
A house packed, and with scats in
tho aisles, greeted Thomas Jefforsdn
In tho play Immortalized by his fath
er, tho world-famous Joseph Jefferson,
In tho dramatization of Washington
Irving's "Legond of Sleepy Hollow."
Without much preliminary heralding,
tho people Bhowed their appreciation
of a good play that attempts no great
amount of morality, and yet pleasos
all. Tho temperance man nnd tho tin
plor sec their side of tho case pro
sented. Tho hon-peckod htiBband and
tho abused wife got nbout equal satis
faction. As Rip, tho younger Jeffer
son, Is moro demonstrative than his
father, but In many places approaches
near to tho perfection of nrt attained
by the sonlor, who plnyod the part of
Itlp going on half a century.
To most persons not up In tho tra
ditional refinement of the elder Jeffer
son, tho nctlng of tho youngor man
will be moro satisfactory, for tho rea
son that Joseph Jefferson llonts along
In nn ntmosphero of mystic Idenllsm
created out of the tradition that ho Is
the one and only man who plays the
part to perfection, and. therefore,
leaves the mind of the audlonco to
(111 In nnd supplement his nlmost im
palpable touches. While he suggests,
Thomas Jefferson nets and cnrrles the
throad along In a most masterly ninn
ner. In tho second scone, nftor re
turning from the long sleep, and ask
Ing questions of the inn keeper who
succeeded Nick Vedder. ho reaches
the high-water mark of his art, and
wns glvon a curtnln call, somothlng
very rare with our people. The part
of Hip's wlfo was best In the first
scenes; but ns Doldrleh's wlfo somo
what stilted. Tho children wore ad
mired by nil for their splendid work,
except that Meenle. nged twenty-six,
talked as a girl of 10. In nil the piny
was well staged, except that tho thun
der was too plainly artificial for gen
ernl enjoyment. Hut wo cannot have
all these matters porfoct at a one
night performance. Thoro wns a large
nttendnnco of somo of the- best people
of tho surrounding towns.
NEW GOLF
VESTS
WITH SLEE-
$4.00, $4.50,
$5.00 EACH.
DENT's Gloves
for MEN
and WOMEN
$.75 and
$2.00 pair.
GLOVES
The usual Holiday Lino Is hero.
Wo always carry the host J 1.00
and $1.60 values. Also a complete
lino of Dont's Gloves for Men and
Women at $1.75 nnd $2.00.
Men's silk lined kids In nil sizes
nnd shades.
!i PURSES,
BAGS,
; ChattelaineSj
" UlitCe
SOCIETY
PLAY AT
THEGRAND
Next Tuesday, "Friends" to
Be Presented
New Chain Purses
$35cto$4.00each
New Postilion Holts, made of Kino
Tnffotn and Ienu do Sole; trimmed
with small buttons, fancy bucklos.
Cloaks
Sails
The entire lino at
SALE PRICES
Wo want to closo all of our
Ladles and Misses Jackets, Suits,
Skirts, Silk Waists nnd Walking
Skirts bcfqro Jan. 1st, nnd In ordor
tp do qp offor tho greatest values
over known.
$6 Values
$0 Values.
$f5 Values
$20 Values
$3.95
$6.67
$9.90
$3.35
Fi
rut
9
Marten, Mink, Fox, Nuttiu, IJoavor
Scnrfs, muko good Christmas gifts.
$.50 to $30.00
SUIT CASES
CLUB BAGS, etc
Dent's Gloves for mon nnd Women!!
$1.7G and $2.00 pair. "
A flno assortment of lonthor bags-
of all kinds Just in. Prices of'-
Grips.
start at $. 25
Suit Cases at $3.50,
$4.50, $7 and $ J 0.00 J
MEN'S SUITS I
Want to dross up' for tho I loll.
dnyB? We"l mnko It' easy for
you If you-will tako tlmo to look,
Fancy worsteds $t 2.00 to
$5
Meltons in Oxford $X2 I
Black Clay Worsteds $0,
$5, $20
MEN's and Boy's
SWEATERS i
Now lino of colers: Green and I
Pink, lied und White, Green nnd lj
White, lied and Green, Old Gold
and Cardinal. '
$f.25 to $2.50
iHHiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiii-mii imitiHinii iiiiiiiHiimiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 7
A College Social.
Tho members of tho faculty and tho
students or Wlllamotta Unlvorslty hold
a meeting lost ovonlng nnd discussed
ever, nnd strlvos to win the prlo various mntters of Into rata to tho col
li)- gottlug hor father In IiIb powor ( logo. A muslcul program wns given,
and locking him up, giving hor tho the young ladles' glue club nppuarliiK
to ench othor. She is tho prima donnn
at tho Metropolitan opern houso,
wealthy but doos not know It A
director of tho opera houso does how-
prlzo
Tho patrons of tho Grand will en
Joy tho production of "Frlonds" that
opens on Tuesday night. Dee. 1C. The
story is n slmplo ouo. The ndvouturcs
of two young mon. "Friends," who
share tho one dross suit butwoeu them
nnd who sacrifice ovorythlng, ono for
tho other. One Is a struggling plnn
ist, tho other a poet. When the
woman collie's, they still are nil in nil
Cured
My
Wife of Heart
Disease and
Myself of Nervous
Dyspepsia With
Dr. Miles' Heart Cure
and Nervine.
"If l had lut known whit medicine and
what nht mcuih were reluble I would lie
about J 1 ,000 ahead today. For eart mjr
Improftslon that ho has been arrested
for embe.zlontflnt. The father Ib an
opium fliind, whom tho director hoops
supplied with w'hlskoy nnd opium;
but virtue Is dually trlumphnnt nnd nil
ciuls happily.
Tho play Is replete with comedy
flnshos nnd well worked Incidents.
Tho cast Is wondorfully strong, In
cluding such well known people ns
Mrs. Soltun Fetter Royal, MIbb Mabel
Dlxoy, Miss Irene Orny, Mr. K. Milton
Ttoylo, Mr. Km met Shnokolford, Mr.
II. I). Dradloy, Mr. AVrlght Grantor
and othors. Manngor lien Stoin
promises nn elaborate production of
tliu piece,
for the first tlmo this bouhoii.
OMITTED
FROM THE
C0DE
Important Section of the Law
About an Office
Attornoy-Gouornl Dlaekburn bus
Soats on sale at box office Tuosday ' rendered nn opinion to tho offect that
9 a. m. Prices $1.00, 75c, 60o, 36c.
Asking For
More Pardons
the state land bonrd and the olllce of
state laud agont aro both authorized
by the laws of the stato, nnd aro to
bo maintained for tho performance of
tho duties that aro proscribed In tho
statutes. The section rolatliiR to tho
state land agent and his duties was
lr.ilu.t In .1,.. nim.ill!.. . . il... ..n...
.'...viv ui. VUllllMllllfi Ul lllll J1UW
codo by Judges riollliigor and Cotton
A petition for tho iiartlon of William who ll ,fl I'ronumoil. concluded that
and George Ilaldwin, who aro serving tho houso blu orontlng the stato laud
sentences of two and ono year, ro- nKon wnH roponlod by tho senate bill
spectlvely. for manslaughter, having whlch Provides for the state land
been convicted In Multnomah county. onrd. The lattor bill was panned and
has been tiled with Governor Geer. approved one day after the enactment'
The tuition Is stronly sinned by a1"1 "I'provnl of the houiw bill, and It
wife had been troubled wiih nuiterhie and li'nriinmi iniu Iik-IimMmv in ,.r ttu, was Inferreil that the subHeuuent act
$$llm&5St$r& W that found the men gull- repealed the former tatf.i.tlon ... the'
tttr'.t '. . . . .!. . . . . . .. . .. till 11 IX Ullllllflt lillt I 111 tl.n .l.l.tl... -.
ma tnea neany every ,iy. )m ilaldwin. the wife and inoui- " """J"'. " hip iimiiiuii hi
er of tlie two men. swomiianled by Ul8 nUornoy-goneral thnt the second
another son ami Attorney Spencer, of " fubsiient act did not content
Portland, wns In the nJty today and l'lnt Ul rl'" r " atliortsHg
different latul rioclori and
patent mcdnine I heard of and my wife bad
almoat citeu up In deinair wken my drupitt
advUedlier l irive lir. Mrie.' Heart Lure
and KeMoratUe Nervine a inaL After Uk
in; one-half bottle oi th Nerviue h frit
better than he had in twemy yt.r. She
bought three botllea of each and it todak en
joyinc beller heallh than lite did lit aliler
life. I know it U all due to Dr. Milea' He
ttoralive Nervine and New Heart Cure, 1
think ReatoratMe Nervlee ft the UeU rocUi
cine en earth- At a ttemach remady it can
not be beaien. It cured roe of ntivoui df
peetia and ii from any caute I feel nervout
ana 1 think my Moniarh n comz to trouble
me I juattakea few ioe of Nervine and
Nerve and Liter IMh and I aeon feel all
right again. Dr. Milea' Antt Pain Pill are
the brat remedy for headache and paint I
have ever uted. I alvraya keep a bei in my
bouie. Une Pain Pill will knouk any pain
in thirty minutes. 1 have been ujng Dr
Milea Reatoratne Rrmedlea in ray family
fifteen ) and think tbey arc the be4i in
the world." Isaac IJrA'DtlV, Station Mat
t, Santa PgB- fc. YfaSIta, Kan,
All drufcl"1 "" -nl tntatantec firal bot
tle Dr. Mflei Reroedle. Sena for free book
on Nervous and Heart DUeates. Adores
Dr. Milts McdkaJ Co, ElVhart, Ind.
pertwinalli' prewntwl the petition to ,,,B PPlntment and iirenprthlutf the
'the orriMir. Georne IlnMwIti was l,l"" n'' )niienitlon of the state
lanu agent, in pawing nn the case,
the attorney-general wye that the va
lidity of the act has lin recognized
fount! ijtillty of maHslautthter for hav
ing emteail the death of a companion
in a street tight, and his father was
ronvlafjHl and sHtenoeil as an hci-oih i
pltee ta the killing. ,
e I
MIim Ina Holcomb, a iiHrae Ih the :
iialem li(fdtal. arrival yeatertlay to
ri-maln for some time, with hor slater,
Mra. Marlon Darts, of Springfield, who
la unite sick. Huaone Register,
o
How docs your umbrella stand the
weather?, REMEMBER, we recover
and repair tnem.
3HIPP & HAU8ER,
by the executive and -legislative
hraneheff or the state government; by
the governor In the appointment of
the land agent and sanctioning his
acts, the state legislature by making
appropriations for th support uf the
oince, the secretary of state by audit
ing claims from that offlo. and the
stato land board by giving Hje aetlons
of the ageni an efAot Tfie ajljnjon
an the subjeot was delivered lo gecro
tar ul Stttf Uujjlair Qn Hrldaj aHor-uofln
RAREST
SHOW
CASES
One Alade Especially for Out
Glass Ware
Solid Walnut and French.
Plate Glass
Ono of the most attractive plauttH
about any city nj this tlmo or tliu year
In Its Jewelry stores, osiicclally when
tlioy nru flllud with holiday displays,
and the ono' place in Snlom Just now
that Is attracting the multitudes Is
Ilnrr's Jewelry store. Aside from ull
other attractions, they hnvo put In tho
finest show case for cut gins uvoj'
brought to the coast. It Ih made,- of
the heaviest plato glase, with solid
walnut trimmings. Inside the shelv
ing, the lmuk and tho bojtoin arc
made of French plate mirrors, which
reflect and display tho stock In a mag
nlflcont manlier.. It is fllloil with a su
perb stock or out glass or the finest
manufacture, including scoroH of de
signs, and all or a usorul, as wull as
an ornamental naturo.
Ilnrr's- store, by tho way. has struek
tho happy medium or a stm-k that Is
within tliu reach or all. and yet them
Rre article! fit for the fluent. Aside
from having all the cases tilled with
uode on display, the large vault is
packed chuck full of reserve stdck,
euch as silver and table Hure of all
kinds. The- throng or Christ inn buy
era Is sure to b round at Ilnrr's, and
a careful Insiieetion of the stock Justi
fies the prophecy that they will not
come awny disappointed.
The Excitement Not Over.
The ruth to the drug store still con
tinues and dally scores of people call
for a bottle of Kemp's IJalaam for the
Throat and I.qngs for the cure of
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Uronohltls
and Consumption. Kemp's Daliam,
the standard family remedy, Is sold ou
a guarantee and never falls to give en
tire satisfaction. Price 2Ko and sDo.2
Hlfjheat Cash Prices
Pur 'i!eki, titrkufs. ducks au,t
gSftse, Wl!Ja!!i$to JfBtol. tf
U
!i
r
i
only at such Intervals as epi
catarrhal disease 12-9tli.j3
JSV,