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Newspaper Page Text-WWTI' '"vgjB$n$fi? DAIIiT OAriTAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 01. 1000. CAPITAL JOURNAL'S EDITORIAL PAGE.: HOFER BROS. Publishers and Proprietors THE JOURNAL STANDS FOR PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT, GOOD GOVERNMENT, AND NO DEGRADED LA1IOR. HELP Till! WATERWAYS. SPLENDID SHOWING FOR THE SCHOOLS. Tho annual school nicotine was attended by about forty of Salem's most public-spirited cltlzenB, and It was a plensuro to seo tho ladles rep rcsented. Tho financial showing mndo by Mossrs. Byrd, Leo and Epploy of the board of education WAS VERY SATISFACTORY. Tholr stewardship for tho past year was unaulmounly endorsed and would haVo boon If tho wholo voting population of the district had been thoro. Thoso contlomen showed that they had mannged tho Bchools with great economy and yet have- kept pneo with at least somo of tho demands of progress, Cleric Johnson's report Is printed In this paper and should bo filed nway for roforonco by all citizens who nro IntorcBtcd In THK EXCEL LENT IIUSINESS MANAGEMENT OF OUR SCHOOLS. Chairman Dyrd mndo a statomont that tho board would bo ablo to ro duco tho debt of tho district by moro than $0,000, probably as much as 7,500, with n levy of only throo mills. Lovlos tho past two years havo boon eight mills per annum. Mr. Lee of tha board said If it wcro not for tho interest burdon and paying off tho standing bonded bodt, THE DISTRICT COULD RUN ON A ONE MILL LEVY. Mr. Leo Btntcd that at tho farthost they hoped to wlpo out all the debt Insldo of flvo years with no higher lovy than tho present, which is unusually low on account of tho high valuations. Tho tnxpayors woro shown tho now sanitary plumbing anil septic sow ngo system which Is a great improvement on tho conditions that havo provailed In tho past. Tho sorvlcos of Bitoh gontlomon on tho school board without any re muneration shows that good government DO US NOT DKPKN'D ON HIGH SALARIES. It dopends on tho chnructor of nion wlio do not graft tho public. Tho lovy In tho Saloin district Is ono of tho lowost in tho stato and tho Salem public schools nro among tho vory host. Thoro l.i still room for pragross and this domnnd must bo mot by tho board of education. THE PEOPLE WILL SUSTAIN PROGRESS. Salem li bohlnd other cities of this slzo in iuubIc. drawing and gym nasium work. Snlein should and will tnko up manual training. Tho Btnto of Oregon should awaken to tho necessity of doing a great deal of work for tho development of its waterways. Just now there Is quite a tendency to ronst tho railroads when a great deal moro enn be accomplished ROOSTING THE WATERWAYS. Tho railroads deserve somo roasting. They will get somo legislation. But we are llablo to go too far on thoso lines. Wo cannot go too far in tho direction of helping ourselves by doing something to Improve the waterways. Portland has set an example in crentlng tho Port of Portlnnd commis sion and HEROICALLY TACGLING THE IIARIIOR PRORLEM. Coos Bay is doing tho same kind of work. Astoria and other hurbor cities could to great advantage follow In the same lines. Tho cities and tho counties on tho Wlllametto river could well under take to do something to render this river navigable. A tax for that purpose Is a tax to holp tho producer and tho merchant to And EASIER ACCESS TO THE GREAT MARKETS OF THE WORLD. As John Sharpo Williams said at tho Rivers and Harbors congress, such appropriations are investments and not expenditures. Thoy bring an Immediate return In lower freight rates, and nro tho best and most EFFECTIVE REGULATION OF RAILROAD RATES. Meroly roasting tho railroads and creating a furthor paralysis with stringent legislation will not help us much. We must help ourselves a little. Washington Is 3,000 miles away and relying entirely on what con gress will do for our rivers and harbors Is a slow and uncertnln process. Tho Capital Journal believes that tho wholo Wlllametto valley basin should exert Itself and tax Itself to open this river nnd MAKE THE LOCKS AND CANAL FREE. It would not cost one-half as much per year tax as tho producers and shippers nro now pnylng In tolls on tho canal. It will bo twenty years beforo congress enn porform thnt task. In deed It Is vory doubtful If congress will do it at all. Tho $400, 000 Bpont on tho locks nnd cnnnl of tho Ynmhlll river will bo cited ngnlnst us. .MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TAKES THE RAILROADS. -o- RELIAHILITY OK THE NEWSPAPERS. Thoro Is no doubt but that thoy nro vory rollnblo when thoy nro not something else. Tho pnst wook Tho Capital Journal rosrots that It has to WASTE A GREAT AMOUNT OF VALUAIILE SPACE DENYING NEWS. It was published as nows thnt Jim Hill would retire, but it had to bo contradicted next day. It was published as news that Anthony Comstock had boon dis charged from tho postal service. It wus not true nnd had to be denied. Another revolution wuh announced In Cuba, but oven THAT I'ltOIl AllLE HIT OF NEWS HAD TO HE RECALLED. Most exciting of all wnu tho groat Hcnmtiit that Senator Fulton had hulpod mako a mtiltl-bllllonalro of Woyerhiiusor. Then enmo tho correction that ho hud never hulpod tho lumhor king turn any trick at nil, etc. SomollmoH u wholo pngo of nows published In a Portlnnd dally has to bo retracted In u fow IIiioh In this llttlo paper next day. Tho Associated Pross U vory active corroding mlH-stntuments of tho Scrlppa News association, whon u piece of NEWS IS SENT OUT THAT IS NOT NEWS AT ALL. But ub n rule tho Surlpps people are moro than kept busy correct ing nnu-uows-Htutomuuts of Ittt grant and uuclunt rival. Between tho two, howovur, most great Huh and some small ones nro Hot right, at least, to part of tho public Of course, tho result of printing so ninny largo Hob Is TO KEEP A LARGE PART OF THE PEOPLE DECEIVED ALL THE TIME. It U seldom that a big nuws story printed In u metropolitan paper nH tho truth is over corrected, no matter how puroly fiction It may havo been. But thnt Is tho way of tho world. One-half our time Is spout correct ing orrouuouH Impression Imbibed during the other half until It can bo said that falsehood Is ono of tho largest uninspected nrtlolen of consumption o .. WHO SHALL HE RESPONSIBLE? Cnnnda has long had government ownership of railways and those sho does not own In wholo or In part bIio strictly controls by a railway commission, which has far grcator power than has been grudgingly al lowed our lntorstnto commcrco commission. And now Moxlco has gone much furthor, hor government having ac quired through contracts absoluto control of all tho important Hues of railroad In tho republic, which will bo merged Into ono system. Alrondy tho government owns or controls two principal roads, ono of which crosses tho isthumus of Tehunntepoc nnd is a formldnblo livnl to tho Panama railroad for lntcr-ocoanlc buslnoss. Tho government of Moxlco will hold a majority of tho stock In n cor poration formed to take ovor tho stock of tho railroads that havo boon wholly under prlvnto ownership, Issuing Its own stock or bonds In ox change. It is expected thnt by elimination of tho expenses of competi tion, nnd through tho economies effected by morglng tho various roads Into ono system, charges will bo reducod to tho public and at tho same tlmo profits bo mndo sufficient to allow roasonablo dividends nnd furthor Improvements. In prlnclplo thoro Is scarcely room for doubt thnt tho ownorshlp nnd operation of railroads by govornniont, for tho development of a country nnd tho wolfaro of Its Inhabitants, is proforablo to prlvnto ownorshlp, charging nil tho traffic will bear and oblclnlng tho utmost profit within us short n tlmo ns possible. It Is truo that under prlvnto ownorshlp thoro may bo consolidation or morgor, with resulting reduction In cost or oporntlon. But tho savings tluiB offoctod to Into tho pockets of tho owners or managers, nnd tho public dorlvo no ItonofU from them. Undor prlvnto ownorshlp, ns Is notorious, tho railroads in tho United States nro grossly ovor-cnpltnllzod. That Is, stocks and bonds nro issuod to an amount far In oxcoss of tho actual cost of tho roads and tholr equip ment. And on this highly Inlluted capitalisation tho pooplo must pny In terest in tho form of oxcosslvoly high freights and faros. Canada and Moxlco aro but following tho oxnmplo of nonrly all tho European countries nnd of Now Zoainnd nnd Austrnlla. Tho United Statos Is making a boglnnlng. with govornniont ownorshlp of tho Punnma railroad, and tho supromo Importnnco of that Is that It froos tho road from tho blighting control of the transcontinental railroads of this coun try, whoso objectw wns to keop down isthmian traffic as much ns pos Hlhlo. Sacramento Boo. Thoro Is uu Important prlnclplo Involved In tho suggestion of Alder man StolK, thnt power In tho city government be centralized, and official responsibility fixed somewhoro. The people havo elected u chief of police and city marshal, nnd WILL HOLD HIM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE POLICE ADMINISTRATION of' tho city and tho enforcement of laws. At tho sumo tlmo tho city council must olect tho police ftfrco undor this chief of police chosen by tho people, nnd the rosult Is a division of. responsibility. Tho demoralization of tho police force of tho capital city has boon , serious tho mist vimr. nnd the mnmliiu-.t nf thn nltv nmmnll will twit npiiln ' wish to become responsible for whatovor conditions prevail. Tho council ulinulil not compol tho chief of police TO TAKE MEN ON HIS FORCE IN WHOM HE HAS NO CONFIDENCE. The ohiof of pollco must nominate men who ran got tho votes of tho counolnl. Tho people nnd the city council should hold the chief of police respon sible for poaco and order. Tho council and chlot of pollco must become responsible tor tho en forcement or law In tho city. But tho council and tha chief ot pollco must work In harmony and both should mako concessions. Undor tho chnrtoi iho chlof or pollco U oleotod by tho people, with powor of romoval or suspension by tho muyor. Ho Is hold rosponslblo for Scrofula Is very often acquired, though generally inherited. Bad hygiene, foul air, impure water, are among its causes. It is called "the soil for tubercles," and where it is allowed to remain tubercu losis or consumption is pretty sure to take root. Hood'sSarsaparilla Removes every trace of scrofula. Get Hood's. For testimonials of remarkable cures end for Book on Scrofula, No. 1. C L Hood Co., Lowell, Maw. PLANNING FOR GREAT I BEAR HUNT Somel of the Matters That iWI113Arouse Interest at Washington law and ordor nnd tho enforcement of ordinances. On any plan or dlvldod authority, or with only part or the pollco forco under his control. THE CHIEF OF POLICE IS HANDICAPPED. No one will blame Chief of Police Gibson with resigning If ho has a policeman forced upon him In whom ho has no confidence. In tho course of a your ton to twenty men nro roqnlred on tho pollco force. Good men for police duty aro senrco ns hen's tooth and can't be picked up every day. Salem has outgrown tho village conditions whoro tho pollco forco should bo mndo tho football ot tho spoils system, whoro ovory position Is to bo mndo trading stock of tho professional politician. T11H POLICE OF THIS CITV SHOULD RE UNIFORMED. Thoy should bo undor thorough discipline Thoro should bo no discord or lack of harmony on tho forco. Tho nion should not owo tholr place to soma trador who mukos ward politics tho principal occupation ot his llfo, Lot tho pooplo fairly understand tho isauo nnd tho prlnclplo luvolvod a pollco forco rosponslblo to tho oh jot of police, or a dlvldod pollco forco responsible to no ono, For tho past your tho city has had pollcomon who woro elected against tho protest of tho buslnoss men and AGAINST THE WISHES OF THK CHIKKO1 POMOK. Who, knowing tho results, xvauts to boo that continued T The council and the chief of pollco should confer and securo a hats niouiquB h4 4Hciet ik11c forco (or tho capital city. "Economy Is one -of tho most essential elements of success, yet most wretchedly disregarded. The old tidngc, 'Wilful wastu makes woeful want,' never was more ful ly exemplified than In these days, when much of the want that now prevails would not exist had caro Ikh'ii taken lu tlmo of prosperity to lay up something for n rainy day," Mnrslval Field. Theso uro days of prosperity. Opvn a savings account now. Sartags Dtpartmtat Capital Natioaal Bank Washington, Doc. 31. (Special) Col. William F. Cody, or "Buffalo Bill," as ho Is known to tho world at largo, Is horo planning for u big boar hunt in Wyoming next fall, and It is said that tho Prosident practically has promised to accompany hlra. Colonol Cody's description of tho hords of door and tho multiplicity of bonrs and mountain lions In tho . Big Honrt and Shoshono mountains I hns oxcltod tho Presidential hunting . rsvor and It Is not unllkejy that Mr. Roosovolt will slip away, from tho enros of stato for a week or so noxt ! autumn and dlsnppoar Into tho fast-! uessos oi me ltocKy .Mountains. ( $CoIolo?ffi To Heat Cold Rooms Quickly K8 ;; :8v$5r : fiflEUVJ Everv house has Its cold room. Abnormal weather conditions. Inadcauate stove or furnace heat often result In some particular Dart of tha house belne cold and cheerless. You con make home warm and cheerful with tho PERFECTION (Equipped with Smokeless Device) Carry it about from room to room. Turn wick high or low there's no danger. Smokeles device prevents smoke and smell. Easy to operate as a lamp. All parts easily cleaned. Brass oil fount beautifully em- heat Twofinlshes nickel and japan. Handsome, useful, reliable. Every heater warranted. If not at your dealer's write our uearesi agcucy iui ucitiiyuvu unuiiu. R&Sb Lamp the best lmo (or all-rounj household use vou can buv. EaulcoeJ with latest Improved burner. Glvea bright, steady light at lowest cost. Made of brass tnrougnout ana mcxei piaiej. suitaoie tor any room wnetner iiDrary,aintng;roo:n,parioror Dearoom. bate and satisfactory. Every lamp warranted. Write to , nearest agency ir not at your aeaier s. Standard Oil Company array of legal talent Is arraigned on both sides of tho question, nnd from prosont appearances tho supremo court has a vory hard nut to crack. Membors of tho Pacific coast dele gation In congress will not bo ldlo during tho recess of congress. A party of thorn representing tho states of Washington, Oregon, California, Utah and Idaho hold a conference this wook to dctormlno upon a policy regarding legislation pcrtnlnlng to tho Chlncso nnd .Tnpanese, In addi tion, sovornl or tho members havo lort for Panunia whoro they will ln vostlgnto conditions and will spend about ilvo days along tho route of tho canal. Tho chlor object will bo to determine Just what advantngc3 will nccruo 'commercially to tho Pa cific slopo whon the cnnnl Is opened nnd nlso to loarn with ns much cer tainty ns posslblo about what tlmo tho blir ditch will bo flutshod, so ns to cnablo proparatlous to bo mndo to (alto cure or tho Incronsod trade. Still another fonturo that will bo lookod Into by tho committee going to tho Isthmus will ha the labor situation. It has boon snld that no coollo labor has boon used In tho digging or the ditch. This tho commlttoo will soo lor Itsolf, for thoro has been a groat outcry on tho Pacific slopo against tho employment of Chinese. Tho commlttoo will return shortly nftor tho roconvonlug or congross on Jan uary 2. ns nsninst less than $4,000,000 la 1S97, the year berore annexation. Not nlono hns tlu trade of Porto Rice with tho United States Increased enormously, but It also shows a large increase internnlly nnd with other foreign countries. Governor Beek- man Winthrop, who Is hero looking! nftor tho Interests of tho Island be foro congross, Is highly pleased that this report should have followed so closely on tho President's plea for moro liberal political conditions (or tho Porto Rlcans. Governor Win throp Is spending tho Chrl3tmas holi days at Hot Springs, Vn whero he is taklns tho baths. A Inrso num ber of senntors and representatives nlso nro stopping nt tho Homestead hotol there, and Porto Hlco's chief executive Is pursuing his missionary work diligently during the recess. It Is not unlikely thnt some favorable action will bo taken with regard to tho Island's noods before congress adjourns In March. Following close on tho Prosldont's messngo urging citizenship for Porto aico, comos tho roport of tho dopnrt mont of commorco nnd labor showing tho remnrkablo growth In commerce botwoen tho Unltod Statos nnd that Island. Tho flguros just announced show thnt tho trade In the cnlondar year of 1900 will oxceod $40,000,000, Often The Kidneys Are Iplllljp A pretty fight Is bolng xvngod In tho United Statos supremo court between Kansas and Colorado. Tho caso KroWS OUt of tho 11SO nf llin u-nlnra of tho Arkansas river, and the Sun-' -..v... v.. mntv viiiMiu limw VUIUUIUU iha8 appropriated xvater In tho last fifteen years to tho x-aluo of not less than $75,000,000. Tho Kansas at torneys claim on behalf of tholr stato that Colorado Is taking practically all of tho xvater for irrigation pur poses, and they domand that a fair division bo rondo. On tho other hand Colorado's attorneys declaro emphat ically that thoro Is enough water for all. aud dony that their dralu on tho rlvor has worked to tho dlsadvantaeo ot their sister state. A formidable! Weakened by Over-Work. Uuhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood. It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles were to be iraceu io tne kidneys, but now modem science proves that nearly nil diseases have their 'beginning in the disorder of these most important organs. The kidneys filter nnd nurify the blood thnt is tlipir i-nrt- Therefore, when your kidneys are xveak or out of order, you can understand how quickly your entire body is affected and how every organ seems to fail to do its duty. If you are sick or feel badly," begiu taking the great kidney remedy, Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon as your kidneys are xvell they xvill help all the other orgaus to health. A trial xvill convince auyone. If vou are sick vou can tnntre nn tula. take bv first doctorinir vnur kii1nfv The mild and the extraordinary effect of jjr. wimcr-s uxvamp-KOor, tue great kidney remedy, is soon realized. It stands the highest fo its xvonderful cures of the ntost distresstnir cases, anil is Knlil mm us merits iy ail druggists in fifty-cent and oue-dollur size bottles. You iiiuv haven samnlo hottle r. .. - .T by mail free, nlso a pamphlet telling you how to find out if you have kidney or bladder trouble. Mention this paper when writing to Dr. Kilmer & Co., lHnK hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake, but remember the name, Swamp-Root, Ur. Kilmer's Rwnmt.lruf .i .t. .i dress, Dinghamtoa, K. Y., ou every bottU. ."Minion News Items. School closod Friday afternoon fori a two xveeks' vacation. Tlierowasal lltornry program given by tho pupils. Tho children woro given a treat of j candy bv tholr touchers. Mr Hogsl nnd Miss Gunning. A Christinas tree and program wal hold lu the Presbyterian church The! program was under the management! of Mrs. Jamison. Mr. Hunt docornted tho tree lu the! window of tho postoftlce Rev. nnd Mrs. 13 F. Hlnshnw andl George Hlnshnw havo gone to Port- land for tho holidays, Mrs. Hudloy has gone to Salem tol visit hor parents. Three boys escaped from the Che mawa school, and were taken la cush tody by Storey Cooley and Willi Small, who accompanied them backl to tho school and received the re-1 ward. Addlo Condlt. of Ale, fell froml their porch and hurst herself serlous-1 lv. l?...,..w rniin...n.. la nultn sick With tvnlinld fnvm-. Clint Trncv nnd family and A. H-j Hunt nnd family spent Christmas atj tlin linmn nf V.t. Fnrnhani Mr. Gustav MItzner has moved tol Salem. Mr. Gllson and Mr, Mltl traded farms. Mr. Gllson has movi onto tho MItzner farm. A Tiri.n..t fin. .TiiinestOlVU, Glasgow, Scotland. Dec, 31---cutter is being built In Fife's yard"; Alrllo to race for tho Canada CM Sho Is bolng built under tho Americ lr. ..nmnnf whlcll WlH "HO Ul U1VH3UI UIUUI"! qtA ablo her to compoto In Canada o .... . ...j .... Aiin .Tarvls. tne win uo suueu wy - ,j well known Canadian helmsman, will afterwards bo taken to - town to sail for the Roo Sho xvill bo a 27-rater, -.. " j the agreement, between tho ' ' Canadian and Rochester Yacht and will bo pitted against any Gleloxv boats as go to JaB for during tho exposition io -"" the American Prosident s cup. PILES CURED IN TO "j2f PASO OINTMENT la f", to cure aay caw of u ,f',a f W 14 days or bomx refunded