DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 8ALEU, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1903. TWO JfBWSsSJJSSWISSsM'S " ' " ""i-S m I fe,' Rr I: $ u py hi- ' ft B' i On December 28 we shall commence taking our annual inventory. We have lots of stock on hand 'that we do not want to I inventory Rather close it out and count the money. We never carry over goods from one season to another, when Low Prices Cut Prices Cost Prices or any other kind of prices will sell them. So we will now commence a GREAT INVENTORY SALE and continue until that date, Of course you can stay from this sale, if you want to, but you will lose money if you do, .Note a few of our prices. Everything CUT, $10.00 Sits os Ovetcoats szdvced to $ 7.00 12.50 " " 8.00 15 " " " iO $ J 7.50 Suits and Overcoats seduced 20 a 25 " " " $12.50 15 16,50 Remember you have the largest stock in Salem to select from. Don't miss this opportunity. VJi W. sylJFJLJL 257 Commercial Street THE DAILY JOURNAL 8crlpp Nsws Association Telegrams. 3 and 5 O'clock Editions. BY HOFER BROTHER8. Daljy One Year, 14.00 In Advincs. Dally Three Months, 11X0 In Advance. Dally by Carrier, 50 Cents Per Month. Weekly One Year. $1.00 In Avanc. JOURNAL 8PECIAL DELIVERY. vOno Weok f 10 Cuo Month 35 Throo Months 1.00 At Journal offlce. At Daue's Grocery, South Salem. At Bewersox Qrocery, Yew Park. Asylum Avenue Grocery Store. Electric Grocery, East State St 4HHHH ItHHUII Milt imtl Mf9 li-Ht MIHIIIr OREGON COMING EVENT8. DalryrnauV association, Corvallls, Dsoemuar 15-16. Poultry and it stock show, Salem, Dooomher 17-19. Spcgial session or the legislature, Snloni, Daosmber 31. National., livestock., convention, Portland. January 12-1B. Ancora goot shanr, Dallas, Janu arr H-16. The Weather. Tonight and Tuesday, cloudy, wllh oaaastoiial iwlu. PORTLAND" 'LEADS' THEM ALL. I'uruanu una mom name uepogiui than any of the rival oltlcs lu thu northwest. Portlaud has forty millions of oash lying in her banks God know what for. Portland iwmi to glory In tho fact nf u lurg surplus of Id's- capital ly- Ini? In Dim Intuitu. Wouldn't It Im a lileaswl good IhliiR for l'o it land If Portland had hm tills capital atMl morn actlro cu'iital. Isn't th city liuiwlassly rich? llnun't the town too many Idle dollars waiting tu tmt up the Hiterrite and crush the notivw dollar? Isn't the one active dollar (bat Is turning over ami ovr and making btisliMM and atherluc no moss, worth tea Idlu doltaniT Isn't, Cortland's Umst of having so much wttlUi 1)Iiik Idle lu the baak. tho Uonut of itiossoarkUm and decay T i m AVOID CAU8ES FOR LITIGATION SJome poreun imtillshes it na Ills oidaiOH In the ShIkiii Statesman that Food. aten without nppe tlle remnlna undlKoatoU causing Haertuurn Flatulency, Indigestion and Dyspepsia. o euro thosi allmenta tho lltttvrtt in atroiiKly recom uieudod by jihy stolons. Try tt aleo set our 1904 Alsiftaao from you." dru gist. It ( free. H0?J2 .cOTfTFHHa. V32XamVMk?Wi tffira the new city government shall take offlce Tuesday evening. In the past the new city council and mayor havo been Inaugurated In Janu ary, the old city officials holding until the new administration was sworn In. As there Is no published copy of the city charter complete. It Is difficult to discuss this matter Intelligently. Hut enough is known that It does not re quire the new city government to take the reins of government before Jnnu ary. The present city council and mayor are requlrod to mako up the financial budget for next year. Read soctior throe of the amendments to the char ter. 3. On or before December 31st of each yoar, the council shall make an estimate of tho expenso for tho ensu ing year, and the council shall by or dinance, estimate and declare the nec essary amount of monoy to be raised by general taxes, and shall levy tho necessary amount thereof, which levy shall not In any case oxceod the sum nf ten mills. Flip official terms of the appointive officers begin In January, and contin ues for one year. The city council is the judge of the qualifications of Its own members, arid can determine whether they are legally entitled to hold their seats. To undertake to swear In part or all the new aldermen before their term of office begins will Involve them in controversy and perhaps litigation. The fact Is. few persons, beeldos the present city recorder, know what the city charter and ordinances of the city contain. They have not been com piled or made public In years, and nave been frequently amended, changed, re-enacted and repealed. Not a person living in Salem today knows whnt tho hlcyclo restrictions ara, and the now city government Should proceed with the greatest can tiou, until It can act Intelligently in the premlsos. As no taxes aro levied in the now wards for the asROsment of 1903, It Is not necessary to swear In the alder men for those wards, and they cannot woll be sworn In before the mon elect ed at the samo time they wero aro al so given their seats. Uomemberfng that there is an els mout that only seeks a technical op portunity to tako the oharter of Greater Salem into the courts, and have It annulled, tho councilman who ara loyal to the new charter should avoid giving any cause for suah lltl ntlat Concerning "Taxpayer." IMItor Jeurnal: I thought the election was over last Monday, but I see quite a number of heavy "Taxpayers. whose names are too brittle to have made public, ara still charging corruption, and every thing else whiuh don't cost anything, to the Republican party and Its eleo Hon to office. One of the tuost serious charges is to the political record of Councilman Jacob. That is, serious to "Taxpayer," Taxpayer charges Mr. Jacobs with once being a Ilryan man, and en denvoriug to establish a co-operative exchange, and with being a Socialist. Voting for Hryan can't be sueh an awful crime since Taxpayer represents many who did vote for him. A co operative exchange Isn't a bad aide when the country Is financially panic stricken and the worklngman. with his "empty dinner pnll" is without work and money, all brought nbottt by such Ideas of political economy as Taxpayer evidently represents. Under tht Impetus of the Roosevelt and McKluley administrations the work Ingni'ii now carry the "full dinner pall." To chargo Mr. Jacobs as be ins unfit for oflloe on tho ground of being Inclined towards tho Socialists. Is to let ily a boomerang, for has not tho city government beoa under the thnm'w of an open and outsnoktm Socialist for tho past five years? What does Mr. Taxpayer want? Is a Social ist all right it ho pays any taxesT Well Mr. Jacobs has a nlco 5,QQ0 home In North Salem, and pay taxes, and votes the Republican ticket. Can Mr. t Taxpayer snow mat any city property is owned by his Socialist? pocs his Socialist pay any city taxes? Taxpayer among other of his state ments says: "We are also informed by the evening paper that $351 was j paid out In order to ote floaters whoi had not paid their poll-tax, which I counts for 117 votoo" He is as rash In his nssortlons as he Is llboral in selecting his promises. Tho ovenlng paper novor said anything of tho kind, or anything that could bo tortured In to an Insinuation to that effect. What it did say was, that poll taxos amount ing to ?3. had bocn collected, repre senting 119 votos. As to nuylng tloators, Its like being "hanged If you do and hanged If you don't." Tho so-called Citizens move ment stationed hired men to mako ovory Amoricnn citizen pay 3 for tho prlvlloge of exercising his free born right of suffrage, and becauso the , Republican pariy had more American spirit and money In Its ranks, and enough to defeat tho schoraers who endeavored to silence the Republican vote uy agitating the motter of poll taxes, now the Republicans are charged with buying the election. Those who are dead, please lay still! , saiem, uec. vi, jyua. REPUBLICAN VOTER. Women and Bargains, (Reader Magazine.) I. who wrlto this, at last fell a vie- ataeses&-eaeeeeeeecea JOURNAL X-RAYS ce)ae)ao)oe9oes9eeioe)tt Judge Ooorge. of Portland, feels sore; his dlgnPy has been In a rear- end collision, and received a frightful Jolt. The judge wanted a new clothes brush an official Judicial brush, of course, and when the county court re fused to buy it a hiatus of large size oponod between hlmsolf and the coun-' ty court It's -too bad. Queen Alexandria may be a brave woman, but she run at tho first fire. Tho Dalles Chronlclo Is still trying Moody, and. by wny of divertiseniant, Is Incidentally trying tho Oregonian for commontlng on the case. It Is al so trying tho Jury and Judge Belling oa In fact, has developed Into quite a supreme court Col. Olmsted advortlses to do wash Ing by the pound. The question is, does he wolgh it before or after? Down South they say tho Democrats disfranchise the niggers. Well, It wasn't the Republican party that tried to disfranchise the whltos in Salem. thn to the green-and.whlte wicker chair. This is how It happened. I asked , tho price. Eight dollars, replied tho shopkeeper. No. It was a ten-dollar chair. But he said oight. It was a! mistake. Nevertheless he would kcopl ins worn, i could havo It for olght. What heart of woman could roslst a bargain llko this? Bastdoe, I thought such honosty ought to be oncouraged. It Is but too uncommon in this wtckod .world. And woll, I roally wantod the chair. How could a wo man help wanting It when she found that tho salesman had made an orror of two dollars? It was a ten-dollar chair, tho shopkeopor repeated. I saw tho tag marked "Lxx Jxxx Mxxx." Thoro could bo no doubt of It. I goxed and gazed, but finally wont on, like the seamen of Ulysses, deaf, onlng myself to tho slron-volco. And though I hesitated. I might not havo beon lost; but returning by tho samo route. I saw a neighboring drucclst rush Into that store uarohoadod, as 1 1 uuw Buiijiimvu 10 cnance a oilj. NOCa I say that I then thought he had come for my chair? Need I sav that r than and there bought the chair? I Thus have I brought shame on a Judicious parent not my mother who has conscientiously labored , to teaeh me that the way of the bargain-hunter Is hard i 0 "Awfully Religious," Senator Cullom.' of Illinois, has a little granddaughter, of whom ho hi wry fond. In the cloakroom the oth er day tho venerable senior told how the little girl came to her grandmoth er a few days befort and said: "Grandma, tho man who takes away our ashee Is awfully religious." "Why. dear?" "Because when he nut the ashes In the cart today and the mule wouldn't go he sat there and tohl the mule all about a lot of religious things." Washington Correspondence New York World. Oil In Gilliam County. The well-drill of the Condon Drill ing Co., which is being operated on Dunn Bros., ranch northwest of town, struck a strata of blue sliajo or sonp stono at a depth of 72 feet last Fri day from which Is obtained good oil A considerable quantltly of the oil was brought up with tho first bucket of water raised when the well was bolug sand pumpod and the greasy fluid also adheres to tho drill stom to such an oxtont that when tho drill was allowed to rest on a plank ovor tho woll ovor night the oil trickled down onough to saturato tho plank. Tho oil Is dark colored and heavy and gives off tho woll known petro leum odor which cannot bo mistaken. Globe. An Unkind Father. It evor an offspring recolvod an un merited drubbing from an unkind fathoi, 'twas when representative Charles Johnson, of Grant county, framor of tho portago bill, disclaimed the good of that measure. It Is also a poor showing for any legislator to mako. whon ho frames a bill, secures Its passago, and hardly beforo tho governor's signature Is dry to say. "the bill 1b or no further use, having served its purpose. Ut's sing that old coon song low! and lustily. "Go Way Mr. Johnslng." because down here In Central Oregon the portage railway Is still a crying need." Orook County Journal. Against Germ Theory. Gus Tempka of WallaWalla is look ing for a fellow with a cast Iron stom ach or a esse of smallpox. He has no Idea who the follow is but hopes te learn something of him through hos pital records or death notices. ' Mr. Tempka lost a valuable cow from an attack of some disease yet undiagno sed, and being at a loss to know how to dispose of the carcass of the animal passed It over to a poultry raiser foe ehlekon feed. A hind quarter was dreaeed and carefully hung In a tree where tt was hoped the cohl weather would preserve It. When Mr. Tempka awoko next morning he was surprised to sea the rope which held the beef dangling In the air, for somebody had stolen the beef during the night and carried It away. Astorian. wimwuiii ii ii u Cherry Pectoral Doctors rarely have hard colds. They keep this old cough remedy In the house. Coughs, colds, weak lungs. LrsX?;: i HOLIDAY GOODS that are useful as well as ornamental. Urn .brellas, gloria silk, black or colors, handles 'neatly mounted with sterling silver, Look like $5 valuer, our price $1,75 to $3,00 anawis zsc eacn mat are worm :uc. we nave otners ranging price up to 52 50. Aiuiinery late slyle and good quality Af nnr nAnr rain nrmn A C?1 U nt nriHrw hhI.. i?4 OA I A $3 Hat costing you only $1 .80, j A $4 Hat costing you only $2.40. 50c batins only 25c per yard, bright co'ors. Rostein & Greenfcanm 302 Commercial Street KG. CROSS Meats and Provisions PHONB SL&X Established 1884 Signs of Renewed Activity In the real estate world IndlcsU 1 creasing building operations Ut!i 8pring, ani prompt us to remind Jtn that- our faclllUea for supplying hart and soft -wood, lumber, lath, shlngto, and othor building materials are ex ceptionally good. Wo will be plel to furnish estimates oa contract, largo or" small. A car of Mill QtJ shingles reoelred. QOODALE LUMBER CO, .v.. Near 8. P. Pas Ocprt Ptton Ml. lls)iaHlgtWfaa8BiB.igiaM4ClfllIPW :::::::tA GENCY O F:::::::: I BALFOUR, GUTHRIE & CO. GRAIN BDYERS AND SH1PPERS0F (VR A IN Oats For Sale. HOP CR0WER9 SUPPLIES. Crude and stick Sulphur. J. G. Graham, Agent, 207 Commercial St., Salem, Ore. f ciatNs-frtMO'-8gt8ata-cs)aniaiBiaiaiaictst9r D. S Bbntley. Wholesale and Retail. Roche Harbor Lime, Alsen Cement, Lath and Shingles, Sand and Gravel wL'i!?1 C B,ld,D? Material. AH Kinds of Heavy Haulln and Trswg I Work done on short notice. 18M83 eommerclil Stffc