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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 19, 1904)
CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904. DAILY TWO I' .it ill Blttf rial tfbage of ftbe SDail 3-ournal ByHOFER BROTHERS. Gcrfpps New Association Telegrams. Published every nfternoen excpet Subscription terms: Dally one year, $4.00 In advance; dally three months, $1.00 In advance! dally by carrier, 60c per month; weekly one year, $1.00 In advance. JOURNAL 8PECIAL DELIVERY. One week 10c; ono mbnlii 3Sc; three months $1.00. At Journal office; at Oaue's grocery, South Salem; at Bowersox' grocery, Yew Park; Asylum Avenue Grocery Store; Electric Grocery, East State a treot - Single Copies Price 5 cents. Price to newsboys 2J4 cents per copy. To Mall Subscribers Tho date when you subscrlttlon expires Is on tho nddrrwi labol of each paper. Whoa that dato arrlvoe, If your subscription has not flealu boon paid la advance, your nomo Is taken from tho list. A chajifio of dato on tho addreiw labol Is a recolpt. Entered at the poitofflce at Salem, EVENT8 FOR FEB. 19. WItchlta. Kas. Knights of Pythias district convention. Nashua, N. II. Y. M. 0. A. state Convention. Doflanoe, O Itopubllcan convention of the Fifth Congressional district to sclGcl delegates to tho republican national convention. Now Yorlc Opening of annual tournament for tho Indoor tennis ohamplonshlp of the United Slates In singles and double. To continue five dnvx. Somervllle, Maw. Fourteenth an nual statu conference of tho boys' department of the Y. M. C. A. of Massachusetts and Ilhode Island. " 0 DISCUSSION OF RECEIVER8HIPS. On the theory that a receivership Is a public trust, and tho rocolvor an o nicer of the court, acting in a public oaimclty, The Journal has always de voted spaa to such matters. In the Wlllams ft Itnglaud bank re ceivership It published mattor that severely arraigned certain foaturos of the proceeding, and at times was obliged to call things by their right names. The Journal rnught tho efforts to get luterest cm loan of state funds In that hank, and they wero defoated largely through Ita Htlrrlng up and making publlo tliu effort of parties to get un just advantage At that time Mr., lluih was groatly pleated (o have a newspaper get busy and lyJlp light bnttlw that happened to be, In his way or thinking, right and proiier. Now. wheu stinking up r receiver- slilp affect liliu the other way, there Is a roar, and personal abuse Is r soi (ml to tn silence all newspaper die ciimIuii. The William lOugland receiver ship was Undled by The Journal without gloves at times, but the par ties mainly Internet never reewted iu pvnnnai viun'uott iney were gentlemanly on alt occasion. UeoelvereblH are always Involved iu disagreeable circumstance, and the duties of tliu recolver are uot ploMWHt under any circumstance, and the greatest charity aad klurfaaa. ' should be shown any waa who i swob dutte liupoeod ug bile. There are also disagreeable duties v " wm nMM nM aver and con llitpoaed upon the Hewetween at " " wiltHry q human UUMK. They aiu vailed upon br the IMMle for publications that It li h ejwwa Immmw to make, but ts dvty. aeverthp. j SOUTH SALBM 8TRERT IMPROVE- MBNTS. Many persons have called at this of- tic to MirM their anuroval at iha mt. lort to put down a broken rock street ' " w Improvement on South Commercial smet. t rouuert with ' the Ulberty road of the sh we kind. There are three ata aeceeaary to grt this Improvement under waj, and tht-ro Is eo good reason wkj- they oau uot Un taken up and prowoUd see arately. Mrst: There must be a grade ea tabllshed by the itv of SaatM, aud the two aklerMee (nm that war. Mesers, Aheon aud llayne, wlU be able to hate that done through the street coHuulttee. hh una . The mauer of aovt; the rarlln Into the Wtedle of the Street must b.- taken uu. H It la desired to be done by the ureeerty ewaera aioug that Hrv-n. Third: There wuet be a evmmlt ee created to baasUe the fleaeees, ts raise a seeerripttee, and to Interview the city and count? nuUioriUea, a to what beta rag be obtained (row These are three wsjeneiideet and oparake nroiwrttwng, eh of whioh wt be attended bceer- before a permanent etreet Improrewet ag h obtained If the)' are not attended te. audi tc ktaNydlwculUea appear. lh wm&S& owners on UjHy uM teh Hm Sunday at 107 Commercial street. Oregon as second-class matter. (will bo Justified If thoy take steps to havo those streets Improved. The South Commercial street Im provement should be pushed first, as that etroot is on tho direct lino to Lib orty, and a continuation of tho excel lent brokon rock road already built. It Is to bo hoped the pooplo of South Satom will show tho propor spirit of enterprise and co-oporntlon to havo their principal strcot inado creditable and permanent highway. REVEREND ERRITT ON SKEPTICS Chris Ian AUnlster on in fidelity of Mind and Heart The.servioes at the Christian church last night wero up to the usual stand ard. A good ntidlonoe listened to a sermon on "Why Are You Not 8aved?" with such attention that many present 'poke of the matter In unusual terms. UUler Urrett gave tho reasona Christ gave for men and wo men refusing and rejecting Christ nnd Christianity A quotation from tho prophets onntaln the real reasons why many people are not Christiana. And the eaber termed this "Infideli ty (rf the heart." As a rule the Intell leet is good enough, hut most people go wrong and remain, wrong leaue of disposition of heart. Men close their ears to the appeals of truth; they eloM their eyes to Uie light of reve lation; they refuse to areept truth. even when It la ureseuted In the moat logical and forceful way. He said There are very few Intellectual skeptics, but there are many skeptics at beari. The Intellect will usually woe a sung for the right, but the heart rise up In rebellion and says NU tt lB Welled become subject " " '. And you aa why? lie- wee the kmtt la the btreugoet factil- (nouni- -' hate are the nowwrs w ute numan mind. mo iav aean tf up the one or the other. The parable of the sower Is a good Illustration of this truth. The good se,d felt In all klnda of aolL It waa U nrt mil. Hut In many cases the soil was not oreuariMl tnr ib. ..i i. . -- ...w awu. 1 reject the soger's attewnt to reuse sed to grow from nature. There waa otee thnt brought forth frwJt. thlrtx. sltr and a hundred told. There were hearts ready In wore or lees degree tor reeentlott of truth, but others let die. or eboked It out. One heart re spooded to the full and brought forth abtwgftMt harvest. The seed waa ood In all cases, but the soil, which could have been wade good, wai In a state of rebeilhw. and said we have no use tor the seed. The seed bj the word of Qod. and the soil It the bu uta heart, and this wakes the atwlt eatlon easy. What are the reasons wany of us are not Chrletlans Deeawe we will not hear with our ears; bemuee we will uot see with our eyes; because w wslll not understand wttk our kearte; and berauee we will Hot turn again that CkrUt way heal ue. The service wlU coaUW this week and next The Mkleet for to. Hhjbt Is: "Barmebbaa c Oferletr And Seturday Might: "Where Art The?- The uejbll Is gswdfeUy UMt d to these servtoeg. A SUletly Leap Year, Paety Given bv- the n nt it ir.u. Mi bakL teMw Bht. isi laiT 'AismwetM , THE PROBLEMS OF SEATTLE Political Conditions, Taxes, Street Improvements, Vice, A Easiness Programme for the Fa tare (Dy B. Hofer in Pacific Monthly for February.) As Hie grows more strenuous on the outposts of civilization, municipal problems In Seattle are more strik ing, and have reached a more acute aTant IniU c man g ..... .1 mfnlnim nnt TTInrh la tnfVG Seattle citizenship Is not more lndlf- feront; but its ,.Ult, is moro accus - tomod to shocks, and not so sensl- ne. wncro u.eu w -..---tlve. From this Is must not be con- ,can be found n any har bor toun from eluded that there Is less moral sensl- Nagasaki to Liverpool Tho district blllty, or any absence of the sterling devoted to degenerate humanity gros qualities of character requisite to, blacker as you approach ho ropica deal with situations that confront a 'or tho polo, and tho nderloln, as city. Daclc of all that is said about It la Known on tho Pacific Coast, Seattle being a "wide-open town." Brown obsolete In cities of tho same that city possesses a largo element of slzo In tho temperate zone. The tho keenest and most sagacious cltl- whole system of collecting revenues zonshlp that can bo drawn by the lr- from vice auenaoa- uy aemonu.w resistible magnet of business oppor- tlon of public sentiment, and debauch tunltlos from all the brightest Amerl- cry of the public service, At present can cities of tho East, and In tho It may bo a theory, but thoro Is a n-rnnt mnnint hntwAnn human Intelll. growing disgust and wholesomo re- gonco and obstacles to good govern- pudlatlon among cleaner-handed neo mont, tho lattor will bo vanquished P at sharing In tho profits of vice, nnd overthrown. Increasing Tax Levies. i What Is termed tho "Humes" ad ministration Is nearlng tho 'end of tho third torm of two years. Elected as Republicans, Mayor Humoa and his Tho difllcultloe In the way of bettor political colleaguos havo always main- government at Seattle are tho two talned underground connections with ' partisan machlnos. Tho political bat tho opposition, both in nowspnper In-!tlos In King nnd Piorco counties om fluonce and with local political man-, phaslze the Importance of party loy agew that mado their succoea powl- alty. While Seattle Is Itopubllcan by bio, although, at tho last ole'ctlon, the throo thousand majority in a presl Humoe pnrty wont In by a narrow dentlal yoar, tho opposition to tho margin. On his first torm. Mayor dominant party almost wipes out that Humes Bhowed a reduced tax levy, majority in city campaigns. A noml but In tho past throo years olty tax nation system puts another premium levies havo gono up from 8 mills to on tho rogular ticket. UndeV a 12i mills In tho old city limits, and!"braco" primary law, a caucus of tlio proportionately In tho now, In that rlnglcadors is held tho night beforo tlmo tho county tnxoe have also been the primary to mako the slato of del Increased 2 mills, and as tho olty pays jogates, and then tho "push" sees that over throe-fourths of tho county taxes, i It goos through tho next day, as Inde thoro has virtually boon an advance ! pondent slatos aro very difficult to of G mills in taxos on olty property 'got on the ofllclnl ballot. Thoro Is under tho Humoe administration. Tho ! almost no way to got any but tho school taxoe havo not Incronsod, but the city school board has mot all tho demands for a growing population, havo bought real estato and Uej& up repairs nnd made new bulltllngliosBl hie on a levy of 5V6 mills (he 'past five years. Increased Revenues required. The following table from the reports oi me city comptroller shows that the . . . .. . ... iiemami ror revenue have Increased 6ut or all proportion to the assessed valuation of preperty: lSstlmated Year. Assessment. I&xiiendltures 1W01 JII.SW.9II 90 1,28-1. IS 1W Rl.fl6S.W8 1.107,611.12 1W BB.OT-I.OIJ S.26J0SI.B0 This year, lielng a presidential ejec tion year, and a business depression being anticipated, the estimated reve nue required have been reduoed about a quarter of a million dollars, being only !,olR.oto.O. Hut the olty tax levy remains the same for 1001, that Is, lVi mills on the valuation of 1K. Mayor Hume explains the small Increase In aaseaetnents by the fact that real estate values are fixed only once In two year, and will show a great Increase uext yoar. The olty Is run un a cash beats, and the gener al pun seem to be to have a large cash surplus, with liberal transfers from the water fuuda whenever they are needed to replenish the city ex chequer. Expensive Street Imprevementrt. O a rough estimate, the city and urivaio property owners have attain two million dollars on streets the uaet year. Mvery street ha to Ue literally wade, whether it I a 40 per cent grade on one of the soft lilge and yellow chvy hills, a ail out into the sound, or a piling aud plank struc ture over one of the lakes. Deep out and heavy r)ll are the rule. T&e gravel and broken rork Is hauled 1h for a foumbUlou. with eight luokes of concrete, and then asphalt or brlek. The later 1 cooJued to the businge street. "An asphalt ,tret u the beet thing in the world." said an en thusiastic property owner on Broad way. The latest improvement there w ordered by a three-fourths vote and the axemeet on a corner lot la JITS. There are miles of thee street, and the dty ha almost gone wad on the subject of atrvet Improve Meets. The elty Is now paying for the iHtoreeeUoM. and In some cases as hljra a H per cent of a new grade and permanent pavement rails t,poa th general taxpayer. This fact Is to exelal the unusual Increase I the MunJeliMl budfet, and doe ex Bktln It tn part. Revenues From Vice. The eeerwee expenses of peUelag thl elty and meeting the demand from rapid growth have largely been mot from saloon revenues and a di rect tribute from vice. Mayor Humes admits that the felony statuto has re duced the Income from .this source. Seattle has boon tho worst advertised city In the world In reapect to vice. - -tua. facU are that the city is no worse than any oiner jport of ; ,u ze .The , famotu .dead. evon m ino 'uiri!i;i lolUi Ul M'""1- revenues. Tho rorwaru cry or tne century is, "No partnership witn vice." Is Clean Administration Possible? rogular tlckot of tho old parties In the Hold. Tho Itopubllcan party Is so strong that Its organ bolsters tho rog ular Do'mocratlc organizations, know ing If It can only lteop It In the field It has a walkovor to contlnnnco In power. To take the power of making nominations out of the hands of the gang la the only avenue to better mu- i.. ; nlolpal conditions. Now the taxpayer has to stand for the primary and elec tion expenses on top of all the city, school, county, and state taxes. There Is no way out of the present Increasing mire of municipal corrup tion but an absolutely nou-partlsan business administration. The appll cation of civil service rules under partisan spoils-government only strengthen the crowd In power. The city attorney's ofnee under civil ser vice control Is no check upon a cor rupt combination In the city hall, be cause It Is the' creature of that com bine. When asked what would be done If matters got "worse, Mr. Will Iarry, the president of the city coun cil, replied that the people would have to throw them all out and run the elty for awhile under a business ad ministration. He Is a strong parti san himself aud can tolerate no mug wumpery. but he wa one of a crowd tbet did overthrow the machine Iu the palmy day of a corrupt era of the past, and admtu that It may have to be done again. He Ukes a hopeful view of the city's future, saying that they are attempting to accomplish In a generation what ISastern cities haw done Iu a century. Slrcrolmum. The vojor of meerselmum 1ms nothing to do with the quality and ruugex froaj pure white to a light yellow or a blul white, Cnvlure Soniltvlob. Teke a soiall iiiwutlty of cavalre. add to It a little butter, some finely chopped oaloua or chives, a little lemon Jui.v ami a little paprika, mix well ami HH-ead ou thin alk-ea of buttered brvau adil a leaf of lettuce, uow the otn.-r slice. prM gently, trliu aud cut lu tw What Shall We Have for Dessert? This question arise in tho family everyday. Let us answer it to-day. Try Jeil-O, a delicious and healthful dessert. Pre. pared in two minute. No boiling no baUagl add boiling water had set to ;eoL Flvorst Laoa. Orasra Pm. I'berry and Strawberry. Get a package we yvwwa hVTji u VUbt Sale Ten 1 Eillion Boxes a Year. TilC rAulLV'9 BEST FOR mCANDV CATHARTIC' b, at -aswiWmmMs3L!&" vesaee0B)oaeteacf Nice Waist Plain oi Figured only JtOG yd Rostein & Gveenhavm 302 Commercial Street. $a9969M99999909099Q9e99eQ9M9QQWHt9&Q9QM 4&WXWBQ9e9-i-99-iQ&&Q 1818 8 gH-CflHKHel s 1 0 j&B ''"fill fflilBlUilKKVu'i : II 'I M ff warn. v9lwI '.b i m m7jjam wabvxi-lyu Ml Mi ' teWimn h (dPrmcN-j- " fan -fjff rvsmf ' ' ii iicieiaiB'ttt-rsHtHe-tatevfrfrfaiieiefrtMMgigiataw c)f-l-M-a-rfWM 0 R. M. Wade & Co. O ave ixeceive A carload of I: h&thed galvanised wisfe and ii ate piepaecJ 1 1 j tractive prices 6M-0-M-HBQ-K) Harritt & Lawrence Sell more Groceries and better Groceries than ANYBODY There s where you get GOOD treatment and GOOD goods op iu and see for yourself. tGoe80Mees6$afl&eaa8o9Mes2 A. M. PATRICK & CO.l 'Successor to D. S. Bentlcy. Wholesale nnd Retail Roche Hatfco Lime, Alsen Cement. 2 Lath and Shingles, I Tradna,ll,KwJ!BuUd,nir Mater,a1' Transfer Work done on short notice WoMi)feMtWMWd,8)MftMMftMwwM, HtSICH-t9-teite4-e 90UNCE4 SlimiminimniiaHt -r - o & e 3 PURITY EPPLEY'S PERFECTION A PURE CREAM O FTARTAR. " Baking Powder 6 "5 1 1 s a Put up In Mason'. j. aBn,, " Cherry Pectoral for hard colds, chronic coughs consumption, old cases, severe wuaca aiv yuui uucmr if f,. has better advice. i c.a, "lf,Mi,V FAVORITE HEDIOIME DrottU THE BOWELS Satins i i THE PICK OF THE FOREST Has been takon to supply tho stock of! lumber In our yards. Our stock In 1 comploto with all kinds of lumber. Just rocolved a car load of No. 1 ohlnglcs, also a car of flno shakei Wo aro ablo to fill any and all kind; of bills. Como and lot us show yon our stock. Yard and office near S. P. passonger! depot. 'Phono Main G51. GOODALE LUMBER CO. smooth and I; to make at-1;' H4-4)-rea4eH-HhVf Ct.D . O. 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