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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (July 8, 1905)
DAILY CAPITAL JOUBNAI BALEM, OVXQ01T, SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1005. - - - ii jtlairifjor. Gives to gray hair all that soft, dark, rich color so natural to early life. Checks falling hair; keeps the hair soft and smooth, and prevents sDllt. STORY OF THE MUTINY ROTH & GRABER v I tmg at tne ends. J.d-A9riA TMvrnli, Man. r HSBSBSBlliW' & K OAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL BY HOFER BROS. ornoiAii census balem, MAY, 1004, 13,287. Salon, tho Capital City. "Kind reador from other porta of our country, who may perhaps bo la Oro jon for" tho first tlmo, or may rccolvo a cpy of this paper, wo wish to loll ;ycwn few things about THE CAPITAL OZITY OP TIUS STATE. Salem Is located on tho main lino of tlhu onthcnr Pacific railroad, C3 miles wittJi of Portland, on tho Wlllamotto saner, and In tho heart of tho bcautl Bdl, fortllo Wlllamotto valloy,' Tbe eapitol building, costing n mil nion, tho supremo court, tho principal nrtrtlo institutions, tho Stato Fair and eoosnty seat of Marlon county aro lo tented hero. THE STATE EXPENDS on build 5ngn, nnd maintonanco of stato inatt entions ABOUT ONE MILLION AN jiuALLY. Tho county, city and school -.government nro- also woll maintained Ity public ozponditurcs. Marion county has inaugurated and la constructing a system of modem cmaeadaihlxcd highways. Thcso aro built Sir tho most tip-to-dato and scientific manner by tho county court and tho 4tata jjovornmont. Tlia elty government, tho school gov crnment, tho county government and t&m tato government ABE ALL ON A at&SH BASIS, nnd tho peoplo prido tflxemsulvcs on their SPIRIT OP FEO C3HESS AND LIBERALITY. Tho Capital of Oregon has wldo ffltrects, and Is tho most natural and Tbeautlful sito for n city in tho West. "Building lota do not hnvo to bo gradod, tint tho lots nro ready to set n houso upon. Land for homes is cheap, when It la considered that this is tho second city In'lho stato, and from 12,000 to 15,000 -population. Building mnterial is cheap. Owing to tho mild climato, houses can bo crcctod that nro porfoctiy coin fartnblo summer nnd winter for a minimum cost. This is cortainly tho lty for pcrsous of modornto moans. You aro urgod to rpad ovor this copy of tho Daily Capital Journal and judgo tor yoursolf whethor this is a good town or not. Then como up and visit our city of hdmes, schools nnd churches. of -a long lumber train or cattlo train. That sorvlco Is a llttlo.elow for a city of two banks, sovon churches and ft woolon mill. Somo of tho people up thoro seem to think tho Wllliynetto Valloy Development Loaguo is a kind of cross botweon a railroad commission and Toddy Roosovclt. Their town has been a city for twenty years. But tho passongor train stops at Silverton, about fifty milo8 from Brownsville. Thoro Is no passonjrer train on tho East Sldo lino from Silverton to Springfield. Ino lino runs through a well settled farming country with cities nnd towns and cities, nnd It sooms as though tho East Sldo lino should hnvo a train. Tho Brownsvlllians nro going to present a monster petition to havo a train put on. in tho moantimo they aro all doing a lot of thinking how thoy can explain to poopio scoking homes in that part of tho country why thoy do not havo a passongor train. Thoy hate to Ho to tho peoplo and toll them thoy Hvo on tho Southern Pacific railroad. But such is tho fact. Brownavillo Is on tho Cal Ipooia, and that Is next to being In Missouri. Thoy will havo to bo shown why thoy shouldn't havo a train. How the Russian Battleship Potemkin Became a Pirate This City Ha, a Modern Charter. Tho City of Salem has a vory pro grcasive oliartor, and a progressive city government. It keeps tho most conservative ele ments busy heading oft enterprises started by tho mayor nnd nlderinon. Tho question of constructing seven re inforced concroto bridges will bo sub wttol TO A VOTE Or THE COMMON TEOPLD THIS' MONTH. An expenditure of $50,000 will bo withorlzod on tho popular loan plan "by which tho peoplo havo tho first right to take tho bonds, and this provonts monopolization by syndicates and East rn bond doalers. Tho efty council has just orderod a street Improvement that will cost ton Uionsand dollars. Under tho chartor TID3 PEOPLE CANT INITIATE ANY IMPORTANT PUBLIC DiD?ROVBMBNT by n peti tion of 2I por cent of tho votors. It must thon bo submitted to a popu lar voto nnd if two-thirds voto for it tho work must bo ordered done by tho city council, No now bonded debt ean bo created, except b'y a voto of two-thirds of the persons voting, nnd thon it must bo on the popular loan plan. The chartor also provides a nlno-hour Jay, and protects anyone, from having tbelr property takon away for street improvement. Browuavillo on tho Oallnoola. The peoplo of Brownsvlllo havo ap pealed to tho Wlllamotto Valloy Devel opment Leaguo for relief from Inade quate transportation facilities. It takos thorn from olght to twelve hours to go ninety miles, nud that at the end NOTICE Depositors In the Savings Depart ment of tho Capital National Bank .ftto requested to presont their pass books for tho purpose of having credited tho eemt-annual Interest &oa July 1st. JOS. H, ALSBRT, OuAlat- What Salem Needs. Salem needs a swimming tank. What is tho mattor with tho city buying Fair mount Park for a publio picnic ground, and buying tho reservoir for tho boys and girls to loam to swim in in tho summer time. That would bo liko some thing, but tho editor oxpocts ho will bo takon up nnd resolutcd upon by tho tax payers' Icaguo for moroly mentioning such a thing. Salem needs a publio ploasuro ground, nnd a public swimming placo that is safo for tho boys and girls, big nnd llttlo. Won't somo of our mlllionnlro frlonds ploaso mnko tho city a present of somothlng liko that. Better far for tho public hoalth and morals than any number of medical colleges. But lot us not movo too fast. A few decent, pormanont bridges for' a starter, not stuck all over with patent medicine advertisements, will satisfy tho populistic portions of tho community. OASVOZtXA. Swt ta j9 Ihs Kind Yon Haro Wwajs Boyr Ills View of Bernhardt. Of all tho stories told of tho oxtromo slondorncss of Mmo, Sarah Bernhardt tho following probably caps thq cli max: Two Boston men woro talking about tho famous actress during her lost visit to this country whon ono of them oskod tho other If ho would liko to sco.hor, "Yes," was his frlond's dolightod reply. "Well, walk past that coupo and look In and you'lj sco her." Tho othor did as directed and thon cumo back looking disappointed. "Didn't you boo hort" inquired his frlond. "I lookod in and saw noth ing." "Woll, that's ho!" Boston Christian Register. A Pleasant Way to Travel. Tho abovo Is the usual verdict of the travolor using the Missouri Pacific railway botweon tho Pacific coast and the east, and wo believe that the serv ice and accommodations given merit this statement. From Denver, Colora do Springs and Denver thero aro two through trains dally to Kansas City and St. Louis, carrying Pullman's lat est standard electrlo-llghied sleeping cars, chair ears and upto-dato dining ears. Tho same excellent sorvlco is operated from Kansas City and "St. Louis to Memphis, Llttlo Rock and Hot Springs. If you are going east or south, wrlto for particulars and full In formation. W. O. M'BRIDE, Gen. Agfc, 121 Third St, PorUand, Ore, Hunting Foxes With Eagles. The hunting of foxes with eagles takes placo among tho Klrghese, in tho southwest portion of Slborla, whoro tho foxes' coats aro ruddy and perfect. Tho eagles aro powerful birds, of such weight that n small wooden sup port Is carried by tho oagle-boaror. A woll grown bird of more than usually fiorco temperament will occasionally kill a wolf. Directly any gamo Is seen tho birds rnako their flight and swoop down with great precision. "Ono of those birds has, of my knowlodge," writes our correspondent, "killed 17 foxes in tho last six weeks. I can vouch for this killing of foxes by eagles, for I personally took sev eral photographs and saw tho whole sport from beginning to end. t'Yoars ago I wrlto a letter to tho Field, telling how. foxes swarm up small plno trees in Florida when a 'kill' ap pears imminent, I have frequently seen them do so, but I was politely told what an Ananias X must be,1' London St. Petersburg, July 8. Tho story of tho troubles at Odessa has already boon covorod in tho statements mado by govornmont officials slnco tho com mencement of tho outbreak. After do tolling tho activity of tho Socialists' revolutionary commlttco In stirring up tho strikers ashoro ond tho arrival of tho mutinous crow of tho battleship Knlaz Potcmklno r. Odcsoa Juno 27, a now official account as published pro-coods: "Tbo mutiny of tho warships provid ed tho revolutionary commltteo with a good opportunity to influence tho masses. Tho committco vlsltod tho battleship and assured the mutineers that tho garrison of Odessa had laid down its arms and thnt tho wholo Black Sea squadron had joined hands with tho crow of tho Knioz Potomklno. According to oya-witnessos, ofllcors took an actlvo part in tho councils of tho battloshlp, especially two yountr cadets Tho results of tho anarchist Intrigues among tho workmen nnd mutinous sail ors bocamo immediately ovldont. Story of Drunken Orgie. "The troops woro unablo to uso their arms against tho crowds o workmen In tho vicinity of tho harbor for foar of possibility of nn enfilading firo from tho battloshlp. Tho harbor was there- foro at tho mercy of tho mob, which pillaged warehouses, broached casks of wino and spirits and started a drunkon orgle. With nightfall tho fires started by tho rioters soon at tained tcrriblo dimensions. Nearly ovorythlng in tho harbor" was de stroyed, tho mob refusing to nllow tho flremon to fight tho flames. Tho rail way freight shods wero pillaged and ninny rioters and looters wero burned alive whilo intoxicated. "Several tfraos during tho night of Juno 28 tho mob attacked tbo troops and pollco with rovolvors, but each tirao thoy woro scattored by a volloy from tho soldlors. Tho numbor of rioters killod or wounded Is not yot known, but must oxcocd several hun dred, Tho dnraago can bo only esti mated in tbo millions of rubles. A number of foreigners suffered. "On Juno 29 a stato of war was proclaimed and tho city was cordonod by troops. Tho disordors then ccasod. "Tho story confirms tho report that tho Knalz Potemkino on tho evening of Juno 29 flrod thrco blank shots as prescribed by tho Russian naval oodo for tho funeral of n sailor and follow ed this up with two livo shots, destroy ing part of a house. Otherwiso tho battleship did no damage." Tho government report then proceods to relato tho arrival of Admiral Km gor's squadron during tho morning of Juno 30 as follews: Potemkino Ready to Fight, "As tho squadron approaehod tho Odessa pier tho Knaiz Potemkin cleared for action, advanced to meet it and cut through its line. As the Kniaz Potemkino passed tbo mutineers ro colvod an ovation from tho crow of tho Ooorgl Poblodonoaetz. Roar Ad miral Kruger thereupon slgnalod tho squadron to swing around and return to Sebastopol, but the crew of the Ocorgl Poblodonosotz prevented tho vossel from following and put ashoro all tholr officers, disarmed, with the exception of Lieutenant Qrigcroff, who blow out his brains. "On tho advico of the revolutionists a eommlttoo of 20 was elected to take cbargo of the veesd, under the direc tion of a boatswain's mate, and ap parently against th latter 'a will. Dls- sonslon provalled among tho crew, only part of which was influenced by tho revolutionists and wanted to follow tbo Knlaz Potemklne. Tho latter threat ened to firo on tho Qeorgl Pobiedono sets, if sbo tried to rejoin the squadron at Sebastopol. Tho anti-revolutionary section, howover, ultimately gained tho upper hand, and when on tho aft ernoon of July 1 tho two battleships weighed anchor the Georgi Pobiedono setz put on full speed, entored tho harbor and sent the boatswain's mate and some sailors ashoro to signify her submission." Economy fc a strong point wkb Book's SarsaftariUcu A bottle lasts longer and 4oes More good than any otfeer. K k tk only me4kino of wUcli can truly he saM lOODOSES ONE DOLLAR GRO Dealers in Staple & Fancy GROCERIES 4 JO State St. Cot. Com'l & Court Sts, Anneuncement: ITaving bought tlio Atwood Grocery, on tho corner of Commercial and Court streets, and takon chargo of tho business July 1st, wo desire to an nounce to the patrons of tho store that wo will continuo to maintain the high reputation tho store has onjoyed, and will glvo the patrons tho best tbo market affords. Visitors coming to Salem aro invited to call at cither of our stores when in want of anything in our lino. Ptompt Delivery from Eithe Store Roth & Gteiber State St. Phone Main 5 Commercial Si. Phone Main 57 1 tMHWMSsMHMWHHHH: mmmmmmmmmmmmKHmmmmmmmmciii Your I - x v SALEM essvsJtM Financial Future Is likely to be exactly .what yot make it. What yot do now in the way of saving may determine what the lutm may bring you. To the level headed young man, a hank account, added to a detetmmation to make it larger, means much. The names of many stich ate enrolled ofl out bpoks; and the numbe are steadily increasing. Are you among the number? STATE BANK L K. PAGE. President E. W. HAZARD, Cashier t. i. it&i.-ILIJ&Jz