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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1905)
nr & MF 1; r v !y . R DAXLT CAPITAL JTOTJBKAIy . T,Ti a v jrAMTJAEY T, IMS. I """" rni mnzuiii. mjvj.vii . nii unm, w --" i -- M w SMTE HAD PARTNERS j IN BASE LAND DMS Easteni jQregon Farmer and Agent West "Have Interesting Corie- -,''M spondence PINKERTON FLAYS THE RAILROAD COMPANIES taio Lnl ARont Oswald West Is todel with lotton frpm peoplo who Oasvo ptircluuxwl land from tho Btata Bn former yoars. Tho following letter tTre an Kastorn Oregon fanner in a tieSr wimple of tho correspendence: Iotter Prom Citizen. Bnkcovon, Dee. 31, 1001. Mr. Oswnld West, SUito Land Agent, Skltiia, Oregon. Dear Bin Your of ihe 13th Inst. ojso Iily to hand today with contents mated In regard to you bolng able to ttwrnUh Jmso for tho purposo of reto Verting myrojocted list No. 327, at lfe raU of $a per acre, which .la a dollar moro per aero than what I pur aod It for. At tho time I mado iny application of purchaao the prleo 8rgaJMl for was H per acre, which iUtinr moro (hnn this lapd is worth. ino land is not the object. I wc uuy u ror tlio land which Is nearly roelu. An tny liomestood hero is ass and waterless. I bought It for a "Voter right. I don't understand this way of doing ftsstftoww, this stato of Oregon selling HA tho rate of $i per ncro, then niHwrwards cfemaiidlng $5 per acre lit 1 Just this way about It, If I am not "werthy of tho purohaso bargain and U Institution called tho state of Ore- wW Agree, to rofund the money I fU ort tho wuno condition and tho mswwm, uiey can keep tho land. If ifeey fcnvo old mo land based upon irortkUvw rotten script, I think It U tHnr duty to mako It good. t don't siw that there Is any Juatlco On eoinpelllnff mo to buy now script & thoy have lmen swindled on tho awrchww bargain If I can't get a rcqtuu-n deal on this cnuo I gueM I will Oiavo to leave It to tho court to decide. Yuurv very truly, JVUIW W. COIWAZ. .TUkwivmj, Wasco, county, Oregon. Mft West In replying to tho letter aaya: Letter Trom BUto. Salem, Ore., January 0, 1005. lr. Julius Cornnr., Ilakoovoii, Ore. Dear Hln I am in receipt of yours nf tho 31t ultimo, and while I feel sor orjr for you and admit that you have n gpod cause to complain, them Is no 'tiling In (ho world that I ciui do for you other than that proposed. Tlio Ute received but $i!.50 per noro for tka Vond the other 1.B0, you say you &vo paid, has (jonu to the private In dividuals who furnished you the base. Vkre aro hundreds of people In tho wuan fix m you are and have no ro coerso but Mint of receiving lmek tho wtonoy thoy have paid tho stnle. Ail nooit as the list bv whisk thu tract selected Is runeelled, you might! buy it from tho Government as an Iso lated tract, that is If It Is Isolated. This con bo dono by having it ftdvcr tlaed by tho Dalles Land Offlco for 30 days and then sold to tho highest bidder. There will probnbly bo no othor bidders and you will bn able to get It for 11.25 per acre. If tho tract In rraoloctod for you by thla office, It will cost you $5.00 per acre, as provided by law, and 'you will rocolvo credit for wh'oiovor sums you havo already paid to tho state. If I con bo of any servico to you at any time please advise mo nnd I will bo plcaaed to aid you. Yours very truly, 8TATE LAND AOE.VT. Curse of Misfit Shoos. Tho .national curso of the United did States Is no longer tho drink problem. It 'a a problem of walking and shoes. Teachers attending the National as sociation convention at tho Auditorium annex mado tho dlscovory that 00 por cont of tho women and mnny of tho men do not know how to navigate tho streets properly. 'Gliding," thoy say, "is not walking, and tho 'kangaroo' high step is a jar to tho nervous sys tem." First, William Schuyler of 8t. Louis startled tho assemblage by announcing that by close observation bo had dls- novcrod that a vast per cent of tho wo men teachers of tho country did not know how to walk correctly. IThnxr ilnmlu .11. 1. .I.. I 41. "wj ni..i .iiuu UIUUJ4 m tuu pair lest manner possible, paying no ntten tion to tho rules of physical culture, of which they aro s'uppoml to havo at least somo knowledge," said Mr. Bohuyler. As this statement was not disputed, even by the women teachers present, it was allowed to stand. Then President William 11. Maxwell, who is superintendent of tho public sohool system of Now York, contributed the Inst link in tho chain of nvidonce by denouncing the manner of walking of ordinary mortals as well as tenchors. "It is a national evil n gigantic evil," said Mr. Maxwell. "And It Is brought about largely by the fact that peoplo wear iiiInIH shoes. " CliionRO American, Tho eloctrle tramway from Lima to niiorrillos, tho first electric traction road to bo operated in Peru, is eight miles long nnd reaches to Marrauco, a popular neighboring seasido resor. The purrHiso of tho road is to afford cheap nnd rapid transit Iwtween Hum nud the much frequented bathing re sorts of Miration, Unrranoo, lluon Castor, rhortlllort, etc. fi..- . , ., -.,-1 . t -frl - ,v V3VT" . J -mm, ' Hr ..jtHsflyHBisLsHsnslssHr- Jfc ' F .wHR wi ..AlsHsBtHsWf ri." JHHsHHHHHHK "V 1 HHsKPHsraHHsHHP'' s- .HHHisssiVaSsl . , .JsinsBrsB. Ai ; Mamma&m om&r r i tMMiMIWIWIssswssmsmsts1sssmWsmT nsTMlTl i il i wTsWslssssssMsssssssKMlsssMffill imamnBBBttmBmmmm ' nHHHHHHBIHF sHbIbssssBsbsSsssssssssssV V '' fflsHsBBSBsBsBlBsflBSBsBBSBSSBsK I . 1HBnBHSlBBBBBBBMBBHBSBBBBBHSllBBMr.. . 1..J 'sssssssssssssssssssasssssVF ' B iBHbbsbsbsbsIbibsbsHHHsHsNP CAITAIK R. U. IXB. Jwthr o( "UwmU'WlWai ad lwttt wf tleueral )itait !(. !." OptU lUUat 11 Li wh4 Wak mmI reet4ltt4tia vf awral lUWrt K. l" (UduWodsy, Vg & Odwivaay). ) lad U k rMurkaVl rptloa Ip vw svoeUou, U tho faultiest tn, of rtk jRTWt &afdmst(Si wkeft full tuuu Mui JUwnt, )I llv4 durln; fcU tly Hoyke4 MgUv, tbtt L wBIa wmt WkUgtou" ( wtu ttttdMl t h wlvvlty t VlraU tW r Uv mt. Althwich hit fetter wws Mwaaer-lahtef f the CWI4 ert KiwkNv Ia eUte4 j s prlvato U tho HtHkbildjp ArtlMery, where ha srv4 wltki dUtlastiw and r lW iMpUla. He wet his father tkr time uaJer nro. Oae, at Siiarp, ta C-wawuaJlair rerml Nera hu Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 7. Sensa tional charges against the railway com panies of the United States are made In a book entitled "His Personal Kec ord," which Is to be issued this month. Its author is William J. Pinkcrton, foreman of a switching crew here, and a contributor for years to railway journals. Eighteen years' continuous service In railroad work' havo furnished him tho basis of tho book. It is said that sinco Plnkcrton's plans became pub lic ho has been offered by a high rail way official great inducements not to publish tho work. He declined. Tho work is particularly timely in view of tho unprecodentedly largo number of fatal wrecks this year. Tho ago limit and unreasonable standard of physical examination, the writor claims, aro directly responsible for tho appalling increase in railroad disasters. Ho says: "Thirty-eight years is tho average standard ago limit of most of the great railway corporations of tho United States. Ono who has lost his position through resignation or discharge in mnny of tho departments on all the big systems is barred from further em ployment at tho vocation at which he has spent tho morning of his life, if his age is abovo tho limit. "Public safety domands caution, and caution is synonymous with youth, clear eyes and cloar brains, say tho rail way capitalists. And tho public feels a little rlpplo of gratitude, an electric thrill of safety up its back, and snug gles confidently against tho cushions. "But wait u minute. "It shall bo tho province of this book to tell where the ago limit is un just, wherein it work hardships and suf fering, drives men to criminal prac tice, destitution nnd suicide, and sac rifices the public beeauso inexperience is rheaper In tho labor market than ex perience cheaper for tho capitalist who buys. "It Is not generally known that all the great railways havo systems of osplonago nnd bureaus of information, interchangeable and unlimited In scope, through which every net of the omployo's life Is traced, tabulated, and in time arrayed against him; thut an appllennt for a position in tho traffic servlco of a railroad must fill out a personul record blank covering his on tire life, nnd must, in many cases, file a tintype photograph of himself a tin type because it cannot be retouched, and beeauso It will show all facial blemishes and mnrks which surgery at some future time might remove. -, .(.,., .u. WM.f.Y IllUllb UU a railway is subjected to a moro rigid examination thau a recruit in tho Uni ted States army, fllvo the railway's mcdlsnl examiner in some eases a stripling from the bench of a machine medical college a good anlmnl, sound of wiud and limb and flesh from the bundles of the plow nnd he will not thump the applicant for n hollow sound. Hut tho veteran railway man, with tho tip of n finger missing sinco he made n coupling ono night Inst winter, is thrown upon tho rubbish heap undone bjj his experience. "The writer objects uot to n reason able examination for oolor blindness and hearing, but enters emphatie pro test against the universal praetico of these greedy powers far disposing of wio vcieran ueioro no snail ixxemo a subject for participation in the various M-Alled 'relief funds.' "Millions of dollars aro collected la hospital and pension fund OMMuents by the railway companies of the United State. Nat one-tenth of this meney Is ever expended, aad It is not charged that th railway companies de net ful fill their obligations, llwt by ridding thmlvM ef eld employe and raking on in their plaees men wh are less lla- we t present etolma for aHtne, they have the Millie for w the prwktlH uf their lnwUe. "Thqy are jealous in the otMtlun of thee fwuds, t wMefc they 4e net Mutributa nhc eestt, and twrWwt that the wen wlw maintain Umm m ro. moved tfre i;i at mlsfortsMM shall make them tyt the WssxtU t whtek ttty are MttUled. TU rasa, and thU aUae, U the- oaplAMitai of the aire Utalt ami phystswl Maadard f rnllrea4. "The tMUtng of a mUUwmI mmb i a matter ef yw, Oa wW h&4 tn ter4 erte itMlt tWrMgUy Ma at 3. JW the nxt 1 yer he U wrth mk t his tMpfeyer than h xs duriag the 19 year ef apprentic shtp, llwt he must jya. The 'weeding at prweM U tarried n taMantly sad quietly. Men we dikarge4 every day b the w4t tUmsy pretexts.' Further on IHakertea wysi "IVpxrtweRt U pHted alH de- word goes out that operating expenses must be reduced. Retrenchment is made sometimes by actual reduction in the daily wages of employes; sometimes by increasing the amount of piecework or increasing the tonnage; somotimes mil nff is added to monthly men while re- .Ineinir the number employed, besides replacing brakemen on passenger trains by negro porters who will perform in a way the brakeman's worK as wen as all sorts of menial tasks at less than half their pay. What does 'high finance' care about human life so long as dividends increase!" These extracts aro from the first chapter of "His Personal Record," and give an indication of the general tono of tho volume. Specific wrecKS aro cited in substantiation of arguments tho author makes. FIGHTING FRUIT PESTS S .miimtmiMt-Q-lVllQtiH'' "' 'IF tH) .lit Ill'IM.A ooks by William t "It is unjust to those fruit growers who spray their orchards to permit others in the same neighborhood to neg lect this duty and harbor millions of pests to scatter over tho adjacent coun try and damago every orchard in reach of them," said W. L. Buckner of Free water to an East Oregonian reporter. "Tho law should bo enforced and overy man In the country should be compelled to spray his trees right now, whilo tho pests can bo reached. Thcro aro many orcbardists in tho Milton and Freowater districts who keep clean or chards nnd grow practically clean fruit but there are neighbors all around them who violate tho law, refuso to spray, and thus lower tho general standard of the fruit produced in that district. "It is not costly to spray for the aphis and scale. I have just sprayed 500 young trees and the cost of tho ma terial was not more than $15. Tho work is simple nnd any man can do it who will exerclso care and common sense, and the law should bo enforced. "Wo aro shipping our fruit to Walla Walla, whero it does not command a fair price, beeauso it comes from an Infected district. Buyers como into our orchards and pick out a few boxes of tho bt grades, and our wormy, post ridden fruit is loft on our hands, unfit for use nnd a disgraco to tho state. "I hope to see tho law strictly en forced next spring. Many of our or chardlsts tako pride in their orchards, and take especial prldo in growing clean fruit, but what can wo hope, where a neighbor next door rofusea to spray, and allows the pests to accumu late in millions to bo distributed over the orchards of noighbors who havo spent money and time in ridding their orchards of tho posts. "I have found a good formulu to bo as follews: Forty pounds of lime, 20 pounds of sulphur nnd 10 pounds of salt to 00 gallons of water. This solu tion is very strong and will be effective; Right now is n good time to spray. Tho solution should be so strong as to color tho truuks and limbs of tho trees, and a good practise is found to bo that of wrapping u olsth around the tree just below tho limbs. The pests, in crawl lug up the trunk of the tree, will lodge uauer mis oletU and can bo killed easily. "Wo are anxious to have tl l enforced, and will eo-oporate with the horticultural eomMlsoUeer at any and all times." The Great Northern Railway Cow, lay of England runurta that thresh . - - - - nuemttuns in workiug and ehaagas in .n.w, .,-r whim more pAMagm iw umimi nao bent) etrrnd J..ri- the last half ysar. The Tad railway stwtw mUot w vie WiwsiH PenarU and Cardiff u wuckiug SAtUfaetodty and a umh uf mw mm are Wing UUt for it br a Bristus tin. T yur Wmd pi. wuk A ttmrf. tku at star? OurUug ! Wright's Par. lld.he Our Wll, ttliw $ TaUK nfw form. Try xU wfF. en's bit t err lata aclUs after It k4 retired. i th r lat uprite4et anilst tofcUlu Lm kaa livJ Bttl vu Pite4frL wVm it beM. i (am at Wet IVIal, UtwiK ttl? lkt fk f hlh aiM t lra dtrMeMs. The Our Building Material Quality the lt aad f" tousluVi 1. Br ia . , ... that we h4t uvecythUg ' fuunOattun tu rf we .! J2? yuur Hai. rsu ... wrr,7 that VogetLumber&FuelCo . Lens: i ci Ways of Wood Folk WiMetaess Was Secrets of the Woods Wood Folk at School Beasts of the Field Fowls of the Air School of the Woods Net $1.50 Following the Deer m $ 1 .25 A Little Brother to the Bear Nrf $1-50 75c 75c 75c 75c $1.75 $1.75 GINN & COMPANY, Polishers Trade Depar fcmenh 29 Beacon St., Boston HHGWMBBimftofffHiiV919199 Stabbed on Street St. Louis, Jan. 7. Father Charles Quinn, of New York, while on his way to tho station last nigtt to take a train for Butte, Montana, was attacked by three footpads, and severely beaten. He was stabbed three times, and left un conscious on the street. His condition' is serious. Excursion Party Injured. New York, Jon. 7. Tho derailing of a trolley car in tho Brownsville section, Brooklyn, early this morning, resulted in tho injury of 30 persons. Pour suf. fered broken skulls, and two are in a dying condition. The carrlod a par ty of members of tho Royal Arcanum. PARK AND WASHINGTON STREETS PORTLAND, OREGON Established in 1866. Open all the year. Private ot class instruction. Thousands of graduates in posi tions ; opportunities constantly occurring. It pays to attend our school. Catalogue, specimens, etc., free. A. P. ARMSTRONG, LL.B., PRINCIPAL GASOLINE LAMPS . k llltlll VJ Vril .eiVP. vnii a hof i:i.i ' i . take care of, costs less and works oerfectlv - ,w &vi me njjuc Kina. STEWART'S PERFECTED MATCH LIGHTER -- - w uii,u3i:. nun rnot iiui .. i Please, and they light with Get S2S.rf "' "" winter. fcfea one match a gasoline WttzL !0I 288 Commercial st Exclusive c Awat Salem and Vicinity SaMm. n I - -, -w.I VI I I AfD , - m XB-r.TTTr-m ot Air, Hot Wator Steam Heating a Spedalty. SALEM OREGON mwixZir ;UHN sholunSLT Mnant Tay0t ' ExMrleacti cotter Mf t;ii!-:.h. AlSO cUl Z I ora uthA A.vm aunuinm. OMrtRe.o... . ""-SSh Court steet ,ZJ ,w T"?vwaee.-