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DAIXiT CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OIIEGON, MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1000.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
E. HOFER, Editor and Proprietor
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SALEM MORALS ARE EASILY MADE WORSE.
Those who appeal to the public in the interest of improv
ing the public morals are sometimes unintentionally trying to
make matters worse instead of better,
Some harsh criticism has been indulged because a fight
Is being made to pass an ordinance to permit restaurants
alongside of saloons to serve I'quors with meals.
Which is better, drinking with meals or treating and bar
drinking?
There are but two such places in the city and the amount
sold will not pay for a license because the quantity of liquor
served with meals is very small.
There is a saloon where meals are served in the saloon
But at present no hotel or restaurant is permitted to serve
any beer or wine with meals, Yet what is the difference?
The bottle habit is being built up Instead of public drink
ing with meals, This Is a harsh and prescriptive regula
tion that will do more harm than good.
It will result in the establishment of some large concern
that can afford to run a dining room and bar under one
business, and serve hundreds where now but a few are served,
A few impracticable and visionary prohibitionists think
they can make everybody come to their way of thinking.
The same class are trying to drive the women in the red
light district, out into Jhe suburbs,
The red light district is now segregated and congested,
and all who seek Its denizens are forced to do so more or
less publicly. Those same mistaken moralists would drive
these women into the residence parts of the city.
There thov would demoralize society, carrv on vice in rooms
now considered decent, and Injure property, and make the
moral lines of demarcation uncertain,
Mayor Lane tried that in Portland and has not helped
morals in that c'ty a particle.
Salem morals may easily bo made worse, by those who
are unwilling to trust to education and the development of
the individual members of society along right lines,
Those who condemn persons who drink wine or beer with
their meals want the right to use all the patent medicines
or alcoholic liquors as medicines or tonics they see fit.
Yot it can be laid down as a hard cold fact, that drink
ing a glass of beer or wine with a meal is a highly moral
act compared with the patent medicine habits ana drug hab
its of some of the straight-laced sisterhood,
The whole race suicide proposition is bound up in the drug
habits that are glossed over by the very people who fight de
cent, open and reasonable use of mild beverages.
Let us all como out In tho open and practice our customs
and vices and not drive decent people to practice what they
boliovo Is perfectly honest and moral in secret,
SALEM
SOAKED
PORTLAND
Playing on n diamond dump with
rain, and In occasional showers,
which mado tho hors htdo ball slip
pery and hard to handle, tho Fair
mount club hull toam avongod thorn
boIvou yostordfcy afternoon, on tho
Asylum nvtnuo ball grounds, against
tho Third Iloglnvout toatn of Port
land, O. N. 0., dctontlng thorn by a
scoro of 4 to 2,
Elinor Dauo, Salem's twlrlor, cer
tainly had tho wild foldlers on his
morclloss lis. yostorday. Tho youug
pltchor Blmply put tho okldoo sign on
ovory ono )t thorn, and tho way ho
took caro of tho Portland gonts was
as easy as a cub bear handling a
roasting car. and tho autfloldors had
nothing to do hut muko tho regular
trips In and out of tho Hold and wal
lop tho ball around tho lot at tholr
lolBuro, Dauo did tho rest, with tho
nailstanco of Catchor West, who hold
(ho bean shooter to tho mark in lino
sliapo. On a fow occasions tho ball
waa mot with by Portland, but they
olthor had a slick bat or Daue's
curvos woro too twisty, as nothing
was knocked out worthy of mention.
Fulrmount'a Inlleld gavo Dauo cxcol
lont backing', howovor. and several
snappy plays woro mado, which kept
tho fairly largo crowd In good humor
Aftor tho first Inning Portland's ag
gregation woro strlctjy on tho bad.
Any team In tho Twilight League
could linvw whipped thorn to a frarrlo
It would bo interesting to learn what
sort of an accident ever Introduced
bomo of tholr plnyera to baseball, es
pecially tho! i- socond baseman. This
player (checkor player, to bo morej
correct) wjs amusing to look at. Of i
all tho booting of easy llttlo pop flys ,
and groundors, nono llko It was oor
boforo seen iu Salem, and it would bo
a great holp to tho Portland team's
socond baseman to hang arouna tno
Vaughn atroot ground3 for a whllo
and eeo how tho professionals tako
caro of tho batted balls. Portland's
pitcher and catchor woro good, how
ever, and tho toam la dosorvlng of
Bomo credit for tho hnrd playing of
Bomo of tholr toam, but their off
plnyorB handled thonuelvos bo slow
that tho Third Itoglment could not
havo won tho gamo nt nny tlmo.
In tho eighth Inning tho Portland
pitcher grow somowhnt norvous,
when Mnnngor Miller found a Hold
er's mitt and took a hand In tho
gamo, When Mlllor enmo to bat, tho
pltchor begt.n laying them out of
reach as much as possible, but ho ev
idently overlooked tlu fact that tho
big manager had a long reach, as a
ball thrown a trltlo near tho plato
was landed upon by Manager Miller,
which bounded morrlly through tho
l'lfleld for ono of tho prettloit hits
of tho game, bringing In ono man and
allowing Mlllor to squat on first.
Loo Abbey outdated at tho gamo,
with tho host of satisfaction, as usu-nl.
SUPERIOR OFFICERS
COMING TO SALEM
Tho uupromo officers of tho Dogreo
of Honor are coming to Snlem, and
will bo entertained by tho local order,
S'lvor noil Clrclo. on Friday, tho
second day of tho Chorry Fair, Thoy
aru about ten In number, and from
tho large cltlc of tho United States,
aud, with btat, officials from Port
land, and Grand Chief Mrs. Harriet
C. Loonoy, will bo glvon a plcnlo din
ner at Marlon square and shown tho
attractions of tho city. Tho mem
bers uro requested to bring full bas
kets and como to Marlon equaro pre
pared to have a good tlmo. Mrs.
Frauces 11. Oloon, of St. Paul, Minn.;
Elizabeth E. Allburn, SIpux City, In.;
Nelllo Avorlll, of Tawnsend, Mont,;
Mary Dalloy, of St. Paul, Minn.;
Maggh Uaker, Albany, Or.; Mayme
Ilrlggs, of Portland, Or., tho execu
tive board of tho Degree of Honor, In
Portland, will entertain them.
By Our Formula
We produce In Hood's Sarsaparilla
medicine tnac nas an unap
proaohed record of cures of
Scrofula, ecromn, eruptions, catarrh,
rheumatism, anemia, nervousness, that
tired feeling, loss of appetite, eto.
The combination aud proportions of
tho mora than twenty different remedial
agents containod in Ilood'a Sarsaparilla
aro known only to ourselves, bo there
can bo no substitute.
This medloino makes healthy and
strong tho "Littlo Soldiers" Iu your
blood, thoso corpuscles that fight tho
disease genua constantly attacking you.
So unusual was the proposition made by this paper that
prayers be offered for rain last week that the papers of the
state have given the matter columns, The Portland papers
are full of it, and while the Oregonian and Statesman as
usual knocked our efforts to do good, the Portland evening
papers, helped the matter, and like a doubting I nomas. Dea
con Hendricks gave the cause two columns Sunday morn
ing when it looked as if it were going to rain, So far as The
Capital Journal can learn, Rev, John Comer of the First Bap
tist church was the only divine in this city who lifted his
voice in prayer for rain at the suggestion of this newspaper,
and he evidently was heard, for Friday night not a little rain
fell, The roads in the hills east of .the city, and south, were
muddy, and the spring grain looked refreshed and fairly lift
ed its heads in rejoicing, The rain cut down the attend
ance at the Waldo Hills pioaeer picnic, and came very near
ly wetting the crowds several times,
The editor of The Journal received a number of telegrams
and phone calls from various parts of the country inquiring
for rain, and several reported rains falling, and the timely
downpours were all credited to Salem methods of praying
for rain, The following telegram was received from the
biggest merchant, and popular mayor of Astoria late Satur
day afternoon, when it was evidently pouring on that un
godly city:
"Astoria, Or,, June 26, 1909,
"Col, E, Hofer, Salem, Or,
"Want to go on picnic tomorrow, Please stop this rain,
"6:40 P, M, " HERMAN WISE,"
The Telegram in a two-column, double-leaded editorial,
starting with poetry, says:
"Within 24 hours from the time prayers for rain were ask
ed for at Salem through the suggestion of Colonel E, Hofer,
in The Capital Journal, a sprinkle came,
"This is the quickest response by rain to prayers that is
on record on the coast, And Colonel Hofer is not taking the
credit to himself, saying that he is perfectly willing that any
one whose business it Is to hold prayer meetings shall have
the credit for bringing the showers,"
The Oregonian, which turns everything into politics, said
Sunday:
"Colonel Hofer of Salem reports the quickest answer to
prayer fo rraln ever recorded in history, Will this make
him governor of Oregon?"
The Oregonian is sorely afraid the lightning will not strike
the tall tower of the Portland political weather bureau,
A lady called at The Journal and protested against any
further efforts on our part, She said her Royal Ann cherries
wore ripe and she wanted to do her canning this week, and
didn't want her fruit all cracked, The. editor promised to
consider the matter, but said the whole country was still
suffering for rain, and it was a matter he could not interfere
with, The people have a right to pray for rain, and if
enough righteous men pray believing, they shall be heard,
and the rains will descend, This is not a personal matter,
tor the editor has gone to a development congress in tast
ern Oregon, and will not be back until time for the Chorry
Fair, and is not responsible for what the churches may do,
They may overdo it and crack all the cherries, But the fact
remains a little judicious praying helped the situation a whole
lot and everybody recognizes now that even one small news
paper and one Baptist preacher can break a drouth if they
aro s'neero.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Get ready for it It's comingl
The day we celebrate, The day we do honor to the
patriots who dared to sign their names to that docu
ment of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, It
was old Ben Franklin who said, when signing it,
"Gentlemen, if we don't hang together, we'll hang
separately,"
You Must Dress Well No Matter
Where You Celebrate
G.W.JOHNSON&CO
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SESSION WILL BE
LONG DRAWN OUT
l United rresa leased Wire.
Olympic, Wash., Juno 28 Indl-
cntloni today nro thnt llttlo will ho
accomplished by tho legislature this
nftornoon, Noltlior hoiuo will mot
until 2:30 o clock, nnd when thoy do
nssomblo, judging by prosont condi
tions, each will ho prono to play a
waiting gamo.
IIopo Is not (lend among tho ad
ministration force thnt tho two
noulod votos to pass tho Palmer bill
In tho senate, abolishing tho office of
Insurnnco commissioner, can bo se
cured, but It coma certain -that thoy
will not bo had at this afternoon's
session.
Speaker Meigs announced today
that ho had not yet mado up tho
committee to proparo articles of Im
poachmont. under tho resolution of
Friday. It hardly seems possible
that, oven if tho commtttoo ls.named
nt tho beginning of the session, it
will bo nblo to proceed far with tho
articles by night, becauso of tho ex
tromo caro necesHary In constructing
tho document. Fow of tho members
of tho legislature had roturned to
this city this morning, and a slim at
tendance at today's session is predicted.
Tlmo, tldo and automobiles wait
for no man or woman, olthor, like
wise, children, chickens or dogs.
CAPITAL NATIONAL BANK
J, H, Albert, Pres,
E, M, Croisan, Vice Pres,
Jos, H, Albert, Cashier
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Pays Interest on Saving's
Accounts
THIRTY YEARS IN PEN,
HE ASKS FOR PAROLE
Nevada City, Cal., Juno 28. Chns.
I). Thome, ono of tho most notorious
criminals in tho onrly history of Cali
fornia, today mado application for
parole. Tho application was publish
ed in a local paper nnd caused surprise-
as It wub not thought thnt
Thorno would havo tho temerity to
ask for parole.
Thome was sent to San Qtiontln
nearly thirty years ngo nftor convlc
tlou of ono of tho most eelebrnted
robberies and murdors In the history
of tho state, lie was ono of three
robbers who hold up tho Eureka stago
September 1, 1879, killing William
Cummings, u banker of Moore's Flat.
Cummlngs had $20,000 in gold bul
lion which ho fought to keep tho
robbers from getting away with. In
tho moleo ho was killed. Tho rob
bers escaped but were aftorwards
captured in various parts of tho coun
try. Thorno was tried and sent to San
Quenlln for life. Ho is believed to
bo tho, ono who fired tho fatal shot.
After being. In San Quontin a fow
years, ho was ono of four men who
managed' to smuggle; in a number
of firearms for tho purpose of mak
ing n "jail break. .Thqrplau was f rus-trated'-nt
tho tlrite b.ut later ho did
mako lihescnpo and "worked 'his way
east, wherov ho remntnet' fo"r somo
time until 'liBMvas recaptured by de
tectives. It Is not likely that Thorno
will bo paroled.
H. A. JOHNSON & CO.
MURPHY BLOCK
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RAPID GROWTH
OF ARMY OF PEACE
Now York, Juno 28. Figures Il
lustrative of tho Increased activity
and growth of tho society for tho
study and prevention of tuberculosis,
woro mado public today. According
to tho roport, eight million persons
aro enrolled In tho fight against tho
dread whlto plague, an increase of
threo hundred jier cent In tho last
four year. A Blgulflcant fact Is that
forty-Aro jier cont of tho- onrolled
are laymen.
MONEY LOANED
On Real Estate
LONG TIME, EASY PAYMENTS
Reliable Representatives wanted
THE JACKSON LOAN & TRUST CO.
Jackson, Miss. Fort Worth, Texas
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Look At This
jor Sale A ftrst class rooming and boat ding house prop
sltion at Newport, Oregon. Two houses and furnishings and
lots will bo sold for less than tho cost bf tho houses. The
buildings aro four years old and furnished complete. The
owner Is a non-resident and needs tho money. Look Into
this as a cpeculatlon.
LEE WILLIAMS
Newport, Ore. Inquire at Journal Office
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