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DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREpON TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1007.
HOFER BROS., & an Proprietors
E. HOFER, Editor. A. P. HOFER, Manngcr.
THE JOURNAL STANDS FOR PROGRESS, DEVELOPMENT, GOOD
GOVERNMENT. AND NO DEGRADED LABOR.
THE GRAND ARMY'S RECESSIONAL.
Down from tho choir with feoblcd Btcp and slow,
Singing their bravo recessional, they go,
Gray, broken choristers of war,
Uoarlng aloft boforo their ago dimmed eyes,
As 'tworo thoir cross for sign, of sacrifice
Tho flag which they In battlo bore
Down from tho choir whero lato their hoarse throats sang
Till all tho Bky arched vast cathedral rang
With echoes of their rough mado song,.
Whoro roared the organ's deop artillery
And Hcromncd tho slender plpo's dread minstrelsy
In florco debate of right and wrong.
Down past tho altar, bright with flowers, they tread
Tho aisles 'neath which in sloop their comrades dead
Keep bivouac after thoir led strife,
Thoir own ranks thinner growing as they march
Into tho Bhadows of tho narrow arch
Which hides tho lasting from this llfo.
. ,
Soon, booh, will pass tho last gray pilgrim through .
Of that thin lino in surplices of bluo j
Winding as somo tired stream a-sea;
Soon, soon, will sound upon our ltst'nlng cars
Ills Inst son's quaver as ho disappears
Uoyond our answering litany.
And soon tho fnlnt antiphonnl refrain,
Which momory repeats In swootoned strnln,
Will come, as from somo far cloud ahoro;
Thon for a spneo, tho hush of unspoko prayer, '.
And wo who'vo knelt shall rlso with heart to daro
Tho thing in penco thoy sang in war.
John Flnloy In Scribnor's Mngazino.
TARDY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF A GREAT WRONG.
A nhoop-kllllng dog that raids tho flocks of a neighborhood for n
morion of yoars becomes an object of gonornl dctostatlon and tho target
of nil tho neighborhood shotguns.
A nownpapor that poses for tho last fifty yoars as tho only sniiBnge-
'Binding mnchluo for cramming tho paoplo with Intelligence nbout Btato
nffalrs, HAS GOT ITSELF INTO A VERY LAMENTAHLE ATTITUDE.
Of course, It can contlnuo to Bluff Us roadors with misinformation.
It can refrain from ovor onllghtoiring thorn by novor printing whon tho
othor follow throws daylight Into its corobollum.
Hut its nttltudo In tho long run by that policy will bo A ROUT THE
SAME HIGH STATUS OF POPULARITY OF THE SHEEP-KILLING
mod.
For ii nowspnpor that luiB fought tho supremo court, tho stato super
ns tho Orogonlan Iuib It hnB now mado a strange confession.
Wo will take a fow braluological pellets from an editorial on the
Sunday pago, and dluuoct them:
NO. 1. 'THE ONLY OFFICER WHO HAS DEEN TURNING ANY
FEES INTO THE STATE TREASURY IS THE SECRETARY OF
STATE."
That Is not n fact. Tho clerk of tro supromo court, tho Htato super
intendent of schools tho troasuror hluiKolf, nnd tho governor and somo
othor olllolnlfl have boon turning In foes.
Wo shall loavo tho computation of tho amounts to tho lonthory con
moIoiico of th Orugonlnu whon It gots roady, assuring It whon It (loos
uompllo tho fooH thoy collect WE SHALL GIVE THEM A CAREFUL
REVISION.
No. Ii. Tho Orogonlan ndmltB that tho Roorotary (Just ono olllclaU,
Iiiih In tho llrst four months undttr tho flat salary law turnod In $1G58.R0
In toon to tho Htato troaaury (THAT HE VHKI) TO KEEP AND SHOVE
INTO HIS POCKET).
THANKS FOR THAT ADMISSION OF A LITTLE PETTY GRAH Or
310.iH.no.'
Next, thi) groat and pulHeant and ouco only Orogonlan figures out
Hint whllo tho Hocrotary of stato has iinlloutd and turnod ovor $1058. SO
In tho piiHt four months, ha will not do noiuiy so much tho rostof tho
your. IT WILL HE CUT DOWN FOR THE WHOLE YEAR TO 810,000,
OR LESS.
If tho Orognnlnn couldn't llguro that down, why tho ono state ofllolnl
would bo turning In Tooa of $14,000 a your In round flguros, THAT HE
USED TO SHOVE DOWN INTO HIS POCKETS, IN DEFIANCE OF THE
STATE CONSTITUTION.
As tho Orogoiilaii coinloiiod that and fought tho adoption of tho flat
salary law, rldloulcd It and tulvUad tho Ilonuhlloait candldato, A MR.
RILL FURNISH OF UMATILLA COUNTY TO SPIT UPON IT, (and lie
was too good a man to have ovor taken such fatal advloo,) wo wish to
iiuoto tho constitution of Oregon, to show that tho sucretary of stato
really took money In dotlauco of the constitution, and took ono Item of
$11,000 annually:
Artli'lc XIII, HiHilon 1, Silnrlcs of Stato OllWvrs.
"Tho governor shall reculvo an onnunl salary of llfteon hum! rod dol
lars. Tho Moerotary of stato shall raoalvo nn annual salary of flftoon hun
dred dollars. Tho troasuror of stato shall rocolvo an annual salary of
olght hundred dollars. Tho Jiulgoa of tho supromo court shall oaoh ro
volvo an annunl salary of two thousand dollars. THEY SHALL RE
CEIVE NO FEES OR PERQUISITES WHATEVER FOR THE PER
VORMANCK OF ANY DUTIES. CONNECTED WITH THEIR RESPEC
TIVE OFFICES; and tho compensation of ofllcors, If not llxod by this
constitution, shall bo provided by law."
Only It own rawhldo consclonco will limit tho oxtont to which tho
Orogonlan will hoop Us own roadors Ignorant on mattors IN WHICH
IT KMIMM TO HAVE AN INTEREST IN KEEPING THEM IN THE
DARK.
Hut Its Sunday odltorlal iiinkos duoh bolatod admissions, and dls
liroviM what it has bson olalmlng for many years, that wo oall nttontlon
to Its nxt admission.
NO. .. "ALL THE OTHER FEES AND PERQUISITES HAVE RHF.N
CIT OFF REFECTING A SAVING OF AtlOUT SIMtikV
Rotnuinlier this is referring to this snmo ottlco of seorotary of state,
which Is putting $14,000 a year Into tho treasury.
Add $H,000 and I9S35, and don't yon got pretty NEARLY 5,000
EACH YEAR SAVED ON ONE OFFICE RY THE FLAT SALARY LAW?
What tho othor otllcors aro turning Into tho treasury In tho shapo of
foos undor tho flat salary will appear later, whon tho Oregonlan gets am
othor holator Sunday spasm of admissions.
11,000 IN, AND $1)380 NOT GOtNG OUT!
Tho Capital Journal In contondlug for a flat salary law claimed that
It would savo tho people of tho stato fifty thousaud dollars a yoar.
Tho Orogonlan donled this. Whllo tho Republicans proiutsed & flat
salary law In thoir platform in 1902, UNDER THK INFLUENCE OF
"rMK OKEOONIAX TUB U3G1SLATIVH PLEDGE-liRKAKERS POSJV
VONKD THK ltKFOKM FOUR YKARfi.
That postponement at a low cstlmato cost tho peoplo of Oregon fifty
thousnnd dollars a year, or $200,000 In four years.
Tho Orcgonlan's advice Is always "expensive." It comes high to the
people who pay for it, RUT IT IS A'ALUAHLE TO THE OTHER FEL
LOW. Of course, it would bo impertinent to ask tho Oregonlan, how much
was its shnro of tho $200,000 graft "in violation of tho constitution?"
.. . ... ..- t....i .i...ittrr wlint wn linnn n nn Innffnnalvc
11 Bliouiu uu ruiiiurnuu in tuiiuiuunib ........ .. - - .- -
and gentlemanly review of tills mattor, that tho same violation of tho
Implied reform promised In tho constitution IS REING CARRIED ON
FOR FOUR YEARS RY DELAYING 1'U'JLUiiSU xius amxis mwxisii
ON A FLAT SALARY.
Thoro Is another $25,000 yearly graft going to tho bow-wows. t Theso
llttlo $100,000 and $200,000 rake-olts mako our mushroom millionaires.
After tho peoplo have forced tho adoption of tho flat salary law, after
amending tho constitution to salary tho stato printer, aftor tho Repub
lican party has been bunkoed out of Its control of the governorship by
tho Oregonlan for eight years, that paper admits that THE FLAT
SALARY IS MAKING ONE STATE OFFICE COUGH UP $25,000 A
YEAR.
In a fow years It will bo tolling how much is being saved by by putting
the Btato printer on a flat salary.
Once In a whllo Its columns will bo used to toll what vicious dema
gogic Bheets Tho Capital Journal, and its llttlo namesake down tho
creek arc.
In tho moantimo tho peoplo will draw their own conclusions and per
haps wlpo tho rest of tho Republican party in Oregon off tho slato po
litically speaking, IN ORDER TO GET RID OF THE DOMINATION OF
THE OREGONIAN IN STATE AFFAIRS.
But popular reforms will go on. Thoy can bo delayed but thoy can
not bo mado Impossible, with tho power of n fow Independent news
papers to enlighten tho Independent votor.
WILL HAVE TIMRER CRUISED.
Assessor Rice will add sovoral millions to the Marlon county nsscss
mont rolls by having tho timber lands hcia for speculation in this coun
ty cruised.
Slnco tho Deals bill in the lato lcglslnturo was defeated it is up to
Marion county to follow suit of a number of othor countlca throughout
tho stato and havo tho timber area of this county cruised so that tho
timber holders would pay their Just proportion of taxes.
At tho prosont timo tho timber holders aro not pnylng taxes anywhoro
IN PROPORTION TO THE VALUES THEY HOLD THEIR LAND AT.
It was Just tho othor day that wo wcro informed from rollablo
courcos that Mr. So and So wns offered $5000 for a quarter section of
Umber. Tho assessed valuation is NO WHERE IN PROPORTION TO
WHAT THE TILLARLE LANDS ARE ASSESSED AT.
This la no fault of tho assessor, becauso ho has ovory yoar gradually
raised on tho valuation but tho rniso hns not been In proportion with
tho lncrcnso in valuations of theso holdings.
Washington county on tho west side hns flvo competent cruisers In tho
tlmbor MAKING ESTIMATES OF THE TIMRER AREA OF THAT
COUNTY.
Clatsop, Benton, Linn, Clackamas, Lane and Polk aro all having thoir
tlmbor cruised, or havo had it dono.
It Ib now up to tho assessor of Marlon .county to do llkowlso nnd plnco
nsBosscd valuation on thoso tlmbor owners 'claims IN PROPORTION TO
WHAT THEY ARE WORTH TO THE HOLDERS.
Tho county court should mako iho assessor a llboral nllowanco for
this purpose. '
Every Man
Woman and
Child
WHO WANTS TO SAVE ONE
DOLLAR (OR MORE) AT A
TIME AND PUT IT AT INTER.
EST IS INVITED TO OPEN A
SAVINGS ACCOUNT WITH US.
LET US TAKE CARE OF YOUR
SAVINGS AND IN TLME TREY
WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU.
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Capital National
Bank
WILL TRY THE GALVESTON plan.
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THE NEWEST SHAPES
FOR YOUNG LADIES
wo'ro talking about shoes now aro
to bo had hero. Maybo wo ought
to Bay Btylos, for tho young woman
of today Is athletic onough to look
out for hor own shapo. For Fall
and Wlntor woar, thon, wo will
show any matdon a shoo to rival In
daintiness hor own foot, and It will
bo comfortable, too ovon as to tho
prlco wo'll ask.
JACOB VOGT
Opposite I'nttons' Hook Storo
345 State St. Salem, Oregon
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Lowlston, Idnho, Is tho first city In tho west to adopt tho Galveston
form of city govornmont.
Sovornl In tho south hnvo takon It up nnd ench roport It A GREAT
IMPROVEMENT OVER THE OLD METHOD.
Aftor tho dlsast'or at Galveston a fow yoars ago tho city was nlmoBt
a wrock.
Sovoral of tho oltzons who doslrod to stny and holp rebuild tho town
of thoir cholco wont boforo tho legislature of Toxas and had tho chartor
abollshod, establishing In Its stond n now nnd tltstlnot form of govorn
mont, Tho now plan hnd olllcorB nnd dlroctors elected THE SAME AS IF IT
WERE A PRIVATE CORPORATION.
Tho head of tho directorate attends to tho dutlos that usually dovolvo
upon n mayor and tho other members of tho commission fill tho positions
or tronsuror, comptroller, city onglnoor nnd street nnd sower suporlu
tondont. Tho flvo appoint a police Judge, city nttornoy, chief of pollco nnd
othor otllclnls.
Tho buslnoss of tho city Is run tho satuo as If It woro tho Individual
biiBlnoss of thoso flvo men, but It Is compulsory that ovory ofllclal act
must bo publlshod, WHICH FORTIFIES THE VENTURE AGAINST
GRAFT IN ALL OF ITS FORMS.
Tho morlt of n now movo is to bo dotormlnod by tho succoss which
followod its workings.
It hn3 boon succossful In Galveston and Houston nnd several othor
eouthorn towns.
Rocontly tho lown BtatQ legislature passed an act wniCH PERMITS
CITIES OF THAT STATE TO ADOPT THE GALVESTON PLAN IF
THEY CHOOSE.
Lowlston is tho first city to bring tho ldoa ncross tho Rocky moun
tains. Thnt city hns had a rapid growth tho past fow years and now has a
population of about 10,000.
Recently a now charter wnB adopted, that wont Into effect Thursday.
This now chartor completely changos tho old rocognlzod form of city
government.
IT PLACES THE GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY DIRECTLY IN THE
HANDS OF THE PEOPLE.
It provldos for tho Inltlntlvo and roforendum, tho recall, and gives tho
city tho right to own and construct public utllltlos of nil sorts and
ompowors tho city authorities to fix and rogulnto tho price for gas, power
ami stroot car faros,
Thoro aro six councllmen who with the mayor oxorolso all legislative
functions nnd onch of whom fills some one of the executive ofllces of
tho olty.
ALL ARE ELECTED AT LARGE, thus doing away with tho ward
councilman.
Ono councllmnn is pollco commissioner and gots pav for his double
dutlos of legislator for tho city and tho head of tho pollco department.
in tho snmo way another councilman will bo flro commissioner the
thlfil will a ct-i-kt . .. i - ..
v""" ' - wmmuiMiuuor, mo tourtn commissioner of public
ntntttrn lm flftl. II.. . . .
u,RO, iu unit mo water works and tho sixth tho commissioner of
flunnoo nnd rovonuo.
Becauso they aro not oloctod by wards IT IS POSSIBLE TO PICK THE
REST MATERIAL FOR EACH PLACE.
Franchises may be grantod limited to a llfo of 25 yoars, after which
they may bo acquired by tho city at a fair valuation for tho tangible
property, no allowance whatever to bo mado for any value derived
through tho franchise
Public sorvlco corporations aro forbidden to in any way contribute to
campaign funds and twenty-flvo per cent of tho voters petitioning at
any time. JLU DEMAND A RECALL OF ANY OFFICIAL NOT PER
FORMING HIS DUTIES SATISFACTORILY TO THE TEOPLE
Whllo It Is an Innovation. Lewiston's now charter provides for tho
running of a city on such practical lines that Us operation will be
watched with the greatest Interest mu over tko United States '
9i
J. W. BOLLEN
Manager
Salem
Undertaking
Co.
Funeral Director and
Embalmor.
Calls answered day or
night.
BUlT.mv .
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b0r.".:.Tpi)rmitia.j
material ,WttaJ
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Ju8tcoeanBIW '"N
ur yards. B,lshi
GOODALKu
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Land
Plaster
Delays
Carload
f the famou Orw i
Plaster, tho greitljrtfflei
land restorer. (w.
better than any UbjJ
nure. Ty It oaynrfe
buiuuus ana mm. jtj
great Investment oa its J
Special prices In urtifcg
TILLS0N & Q
151 HiskSj
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Phono 70, 383 Court St., Salem
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ii EAT IT!
ii Eat What?
The good stuff::
served dally and ;;
hourly at the
WHITE HOUSE
RESTAURANT
HiinmiiH
NOTICE
Tho difference txUjatcJ
and thoso of other Wo!j
cause of the tnptrlorltrott
tho use of pure mteM-
ond grndo flour or en
mado filling!" -wmiif.
frosh nnd sweet -ul
mixing and baking. Oriaj
CAPITAL BAKHK, ,
anxom
Putting In Modem I
in ni
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J. M. LAWRENCE
Formerly linker, Lawrence & Raker.
Reliable Grocer, At the Old
Stand
Call for Bids.
Bids will bo received by the City
Recordor up to 5 o'clock p.
Monday, May 20, 1907, for the con
struction of a cement concrete walk
on Twelfth street, In Salem, Oregon
in front of tho south 45 feet of lot
No. 1, in block No. 3, In Yew Park
addition to the City of Salem, Ore
gon. W. A. MOORES,
6-9-10 Recorder
rtt
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