DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, BALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10. 1909.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL
E. HOFn;r Editor And Proprietor
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UNIONgpC
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ANCIENT GRAFTING
. COMBINE IS AT WORK
Same Gang Composed of Republicans and Democrats Has
Bled the State for Twenty Years Why Taxes Are
High People Demand Clean-up.
MONEY IS SPENT LAVISHLY AT SEATTLE
FuHdn for Oregon Commission nt A. V. 1. Arc Twit Dclng Exhausted
Liberal with Expenses There Will Ho Illg Deficit for Leglslnturc
Stenographer's Snlnry In Doubled nnd Members of Hoard Live nt High
Priced Hotels While in Service of tho State.
A Snloni special: Judging from
tho rnto nt which tho Oregon com
missioners nt tho A. Y. P. exposition
nro sponillng tho state's money appro
priated for tho exhibit nt tho Soattlo
fuir, thero will bo n deficit when tho
exposition closes.
Tho 1007 law croatlng tho commis
sion appropriated $100,000 for tho
purpose of carrying tho net Into ef
fect. Tho 1007 legislature appro
priate $25,000 more. Up to date
tbo commission hns oxhaustod tho
appropriation of $100,000 nnd hns
used $10,801.27 of tho $25,000 ap
propriation. Tho law under which tho commis
sion oporntcs is very broad In Us ,
scopo .prnctlcally giving tho commis
sion a froo hand to spend money as
it plonscu, and for that reason thoi
nttornoy gonorni nns givon ii ns ins
pinion thnt tho socrotnry of stato's
offlco Is limited in Its authority to
BiiporviBo tho vouchors of tho com
mission. Money Spent LnvMily.
An oxnminntton of tho claims on
f llo In tho secretary's offlco indicates,
howovor, that tho Btnto'B money has
boon spont with a lavish hand. Hun
dreds of dollars hnvo been spent for
ruga, curtains, carpets, mirrors nnd
expensive furnishing materials. That
nothing Is too small and nothing too
largo to churgo to tiio state Is shown
by tho inclusion In the bills of suoh
Horns us atrcot car tickets and bus
faro. Three dollars for room Is
not unusual nnd not ono of tho com
missioners npponrs to havo eaten u
meal In tho past year ami n half that
cost less thnn CO contB nnd from that
up to $l.G0.
Tho bill far printing booklets Ib
$2,000.07. OhU, Wormian & King
wore paid $6-8 tor pillows, carpets,
otc, V. P. Fuller ft Co., Boottlo, ro
coivod $001.83 for furnishing of va
rious kinds. Miss Elizabeth O'Keono,
who started In nfter tho appointment
of the commission ns "steuogrnphor
to tho president (W, II. Wohrung)
nt a salary of $60, was rntsed to $100
In April. 1900. At about this timo
sho was allowed aiso $23 far board
for ono month Tho next month this
was rnlHcd to $30, and since June,
Coffee
Always uniform our
best product sold In 1 lb.,
2 lb., 2$ lb. and 5 lb. cans.
Your grocer will grind it
bolter U ground at home not
too tlno. .
j IDLE MONEY I!
! j will earn interest in our
j Savings Department and ; ;
! ! is available when wanted, j j
A good place for trust i j
; ; funds in the hands of Ad- ! !
;; ministrators, Executors,
;j Trustees and Guardians. ;;
jj SAVINGS DEPARTMENT!!
i: Capital National Bank I;
galcm, Ore.
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nnd including thnt month, Miss
O'Kceno hns boon drnwlng from tbo
state ..ensury $150 every month,
which Includes an ullownnco of $50
n month for board.
Benson Draws Loss Salary.
Tho othor employes, including sons
of stnto senntors ns woll as engineer
nnd othor important functionaries,
nro nllowcd only $2G a month for
bonrd nnd most of thorn nro drnwlng
conBldornbly less salary than Miss
O'Keono.
Tho contract tor lighting tho Ore
gon building calls for four paymontn
of $500 each, only ono of which has
been pnld. Tho balance $1500, must
como from tho $8000 or tno remain
ing $25,000.
Commissioner Wohrung's account
for tho month of August, 1900, wus
$357.45, including $300 salary. Tho
expense accounts of tho othor com
missioners do not vary materially, ex
cept that tho Into M. D. Wisdom ap
pears to have been moro careful in
tho oxpondlturo of stnto money thnn
Bomo of tho othors.
Tho commission is composed of
W. II. Wohrung. presldont; E. W.
Rowo, W. T. Wright nnd J. O.
Hooth. M. D. Wisdom, who wns n
momher oi the commission, wns nlso
Its secretary.
WILL MAKE A DASH
FOR THE SOUTH POLE
(VKITHtl I'ltERS XXXKT.yt WIBE.
London, Sent. 13. Captain It. P.
Scott today wild that ho will hoad n
British oxpcdltion to attempt tho
discovery of tho south polo noxt yonr
Captain Scott wns In oommnnd of
the Discovery expedition In 1901,
when nn unsuccessful dnsh wns mode
for the Antarctic polo.
Scott said that tho main reason for
tho dash next year Is to secure tho
honor of tho discovery to Oroat Brit
ain. Three methods to reach tbo south
onnost oxtromlty of tho globe will bo
employed ponies and dogs, Bledges
and motor Bledges.
London, 8opt. 13. Within several
hours nfter ho had announced that
ho would dUcovor tho south polo, It
it certain nmount of money was
ratal d to outfit nn expedition, $200,
000 had been subscribed by Eugllsh
lii ( n nnd turned (Ivor to Captain
Robert Scott today.
Th llritMi pooplo who subscriber
tn )1 amount gave liberally because
tl'i fiared that if the expedition did
rot haw in a hurry that Dr. Clmr
i t u Frenchman, who is now in tho
Vnii'mctli- teglo would nnnounce
tl-i dt-iovery of the pole.
Captain Scott will start July 1.
aivl will have two supply base.
In addition to ufinlos, Captain
Sott will use motor sledges nnd
d gs
JAILBIRDS TOLD ON
GIRL WHO HELPED THEM
(l NITU I'HIiMH UUMEI) WUK.
Nevudii, Mo., Sept. 13. After be
ing betrayed by two men sho at
tempted to aid n jail escape, Anna
DePrntt, a domestic, today Is In se
rious condition from a gunshot
wound which sho inflicted upon hor-
eit in an attempt to commit sui
cide.
Tho girl worked In a house adjoin
lug tho county Jail, whero Joseph
Carry and Jumes Dow aro Impris
oned, accused of robbery.
Yesterday tho men prevailed on
tho young woman to pass them a tile.
At the risk of hor liberty she com
piled nnd the men had nil but
sawed their way out when a passer-
uy saw thorn nt work, and notified
tho sheriff.
The men. foiled In tholr plans, told
the sheriff who gave thorn tho file.
The girl was informed that she nrob-
ubly would bo arrostud, and shortly
atterwards she shot herself through
tho breast.
o
Italian Social Function.
Ii'mtmi run uuked wiacl
Plttburg. Sept. 13. As tho rosult
f u riot last night following a drink
ing Pout. Mary M o6l a and Tony
Curco rv dead today, nnd a doteu
other Kalians are wounded.
Little Soldiers
In your blood aro tho millions
of corpuscles that dofond you
against dlsoaso.
To mako and keep these littlo soldiers
bcaltlly and strong, la simply to mnko
and keep tho blood of t bo -right quality
and quantity.
This is just what Hood's Sarsaparilla
docs it helps tho littlo soldiers in your
blood to light disease for you.
It cures scrofula, eczema, eruptions,
catarrh, rheumatism, anemia, nervous
ness, dyspepsia, general debility, and
builds up tho wholo system.
JOHNNY WHALEN ALSO
DISCOVERS THE POLE
(r sited rosss leased wise.
San Francisco, Sept. 13. Pretend
ing that ho was Dr. Cook, and that
an unoccupied cottago on tho summit
of a hill at Utah and Nineteenth
Btreet wns tho north nolo, 10-yenr-
old John Whalen mado a bold dash
from civilization, namely a lamp
post, and after successfully negotiat
ing tho ico fields reached tbo boreal
center. Thoro, overcomo by tho cold
nnd oxhniiBtlon tho bravo discoverer
started a fire In tho basement of the
pole, planted a small American flag,
which he had carried, and returnod
to his baso of supplies, tho lamp post,
once more.
Tho firemen nrrlved too lato to
save the cottage, for the north polo
was wrapped In flames, and Is re
duced to ashes.
Tho origin of tho Are remained a
mystery until Flro Captain Charles
Cullen today announced that young
Whalen was nn explorer bold, and tho
flro wns built to warm his frozen
nose.
Uopplty nop.
Aro you Junt barely gottlng around
by tho aid of cnutchos or a caneT
Unless you hnvo lost a limb or havo
n deformity If your troublo is
rhoumntlsm, lumbago, sprain, stiff
Joints, or nnythlng of llko nnturo uso
Dallard's Snow Liniment, and in no
time you can throw away your
crutches and bo as woll as anyone
Prlco 25c, 50c nnd $1.00 Sold by
nil dealers.
LOST HIS LIFEfTN
THE NEVADA DESERTS
I UNITED rilESH LEASED WIItE.
Tonopah, Sept. 13. Searching par
ties nro now scouring tho desert for
n trnco of Davo Eldrldgc. a son of a
well-known sowing machine, manu
facturer, who left urconwntor August
2-1, for his mining claim in tho Pan
nmlnt rnnge, hnvo thus far boon un
successful In their hunt for tho man.
nollcf that Eldrldgo has mot a
horrlblo death from thirst 1b gnlnlng
stronger credence with each succeed
ing hour.
No part of the desert between
Dentil Valley, Junction and Green
water will bo left unexplored by tho
pnrtles now looking for tho wealthy
Easterner.
BAD FOREST FIRES
IN CALIFORNIA
(UNITED MUSK LEASED WIBE.l
Sonoma, Cal., Sept. 13. Today a
gray pall of heavy smoko from tho
foroflt fir os In the mountains north
nnd oast of horo nil but obscures the
sun.
The flames nro making rapid pro
gress along tho rldgos toward WIN
letts, fanned by n strong north
ward breezo.
Everything Is dry and only the
shifting of tho wind or a heavy rain
storm can snvo tho forests now In the
pathway of n long lino of fire.
Fire lighters nro helpless In the
faco of tho conflagration.
AFTER
Cured by Lydia E. Pink
ham's Vegetable Compound
JUAW.TOX, - A VVl lllill.JUjUinA.
Plnkhnm'R YVcetnblu Comnotliul illlS
. . i ,.( il.t f ,lr. "TS
given liio uon mv
I suffered lor ten
years with seriout
female troubles, in.
tlnmmntian, ulcer,
ntion, indigestion,
nervousness, ana
could not sleep.
Doctors gave me
up, as they said my
troubles were
chronic. I was in
despair, and did not
rnrn whether I lived
or died, when 1 read about Lydia L.
Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound ; so I
began to take it, and am well again and
relieved of all my Buffering.'1 Mrs.
Gk.ohok Johdy.Box 40, Marlton, XJ.
Lydia 32. rinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots and
herbs, contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
for tho largest number of actual cures
of female diseases wo know of, and
thousand8ofToluntarytestimonlalsaro
on tile in tho Pinkhara laboratory at
Lynn, Mass., from women who have
been cured from almost every form of
female complaints, inflammation, ul
ceration, displacements, fibroid tumors,
irregularities, perlodio pains, backache,
Indigestion nnd nervous prostration.
Every BUfforlnjr woman owes it to her
self to give Lydia E. Pinkhain's "Vege
table Compound a trial.
If you avouM HUo special ml vice
about your ciuw w rlto u conlltlcu
tlul letter to Mrs. lMnkluun, nt
Lynn, Mass. Her mlvico is free,
nud nlwujs helpful.
SBFFERING
TEN YEARS
B
E. CLEMEN& HOHhx CO.
IJUVH MAN HOI'S
Tnrotigii James Hayes of Eugene nt
Nineteen Cents.-
Eugene, Sept. 13 (Special.)
James Hayes, hop buyer for tho
Clemens Horst Company, reports tho
purchnso of tho following lots of hops
for his company; .The Ed Ayers lot
of 22 bales; W. D. Perkins, eight
bales; Lee Bros., 35 bales; Linn
Doggs, eight bales; John Dosser, 30
bales. All those bought wore near
Hnrrlsburg nnd Junction. He nlso
purchased the II. V. Hammttt lot of
41 bales and L. h. Jsievons lot of
29 bales, near Eugene. Tho prico
paid for all was 19 cents.
Mr. Hayes reports the crop this
year not moro than half the usual
production of tho yards and Bays the
hops are quite light Ho ascribes tho
short crop to tho neavy frosts last
winter and lato Bpring, cold nights
during the summer and lndlffcronco
In cultivation on the part of tho
growers as the reasons.
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Good for nilloasnoss.
"I took two of Chamberlain's Btom
ech and Llvor Tablets last night,
and I fool fifty por cont bettor than
I havo for wooks," Bays J. J. Fire
stone, of Allogan, Mich. "They are
certainly a flno artlclo for bilious
ness." For salo by all good drug
gists. Samples tree.
HAVE NARROW ESCAPE
FROM BURNING HOTEL
UNITED l'RESS LEAKED WIRH,
Now Yor:;, Sept. 13. Sixty guests
narrowly escaped death early today
when tho fashionable Holmcshurst
Inn, at Edgcmorc, Long Island, was
completely dostroyed by flro.
Whllo it Is bollovcd that all of tho
guests escaped, flrcmon say that thoy
saw two women return to tho burn
ing building for their Jowolry. Thoso
women havo not booon seen since and
a search of tho ruins is bolng mado
today. Tho Holtneshurot Inn was a
four-story building.
o
It Saved Ills Leg.
"All thought I'd loso my losj."
writes J. A. Swonson, Watortown,
Wis. "Ton ycats of eczema, that 15
doctors could not euro, had at last
laid mo up. Thon Hucklon's Arnica
Salvo cured It sound and woll." In
fallible for skin eruptions, eexoms,
salt rboum, boils, fovor sores, burns,
scalds, cuts and piles, 25c at J, O.
rerry s.
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Xotlco to Contractors.
Notice Is horoby given that scaled
bids will bo oponcd nt a mooting of
tho common council of Snlem, Oro
go n, to bo hold on tho 20th day of
September, 1909, for tho improve
ment of Stnto Btrcot in tho city of
Salem, Oregon, from tho east lino
of Twelfth street to tho west lino of
North Mill creek In Bald city. Said
Improvement shall bo mado with
Warren Brothers' Dltullthlc Water
proof Pavement in accordance with
tho plans nnd specifications ndoptcd
by tho common council for snld Im
provement nnd now on fllo In tho
office oi the city recorder. Dlds will
bo received on proposals submittod
by the city nttornoy nnd must bo in
uccordanco with tho specifications.
Dnto of tho first publication of this
notice, tho 11th dity of Soptombor,
1909.
By order of tho common council,
W. A. MOORES,
9-ll-5t City Itecordor.
Xotlco to Contractor.
Notlco is horoby given that sealed
bids will bo opened nt a meeting of
tho common council of Salem, Ore
gon, to bo hold on tho 20th of Sep
tember, 1909, for tho Improvement of
r rout stroet In the city of Snlom, Ore
gon, from a point 300 feot south of
the south lino of Market street to
the north city limits. Snld Improve
ment shnll bo mado with gravel In
accordance with the plnns inl speci
fications adoptod by the common
council for said Improvement and now
on file In the offic of the city re
corder. Bids will bo rocelvod on
proposals submitted by tho cltv at
torney and must be In accordance
with the specifications.
Date of the first publication of this
notice, the 10th day of September,
1909.
By order of the common council,
W. A. MOORES,
9-10-5t City Recorder.
n
Notice of Street AsesMiient,
Notlco is horoby given that the
common council of tho city of Salem,
Oregon, will at or about S o'clock
p. ra. on the 20th day of September,
1909, at the common council cham
bers of said city, proceed to assess
upon each lot or parcel of land liable,
its proportionate share of the deficit
on account of tho Improvement of
Market street in tho city of Salem,
Oregon, trom tho east line of Liberty
street to the west lino of Broadway
street and from the east line of
Broadway street to tho west line of
Sixth street In said city.
Date of tho first publication of this
notice, tho 10th day of September.
1909.
By order of the common council,
W. A. MOORES.
9-10-31 City Recorder.
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WELL DESERVED.
Tho Praise That Comes From Tlutnk
ful Snlem People.
Ono kldnoy romedy novcr falls.
Salem peoplo roly upon It.
Tho romedy Is Doon's Kldnoy Pills.
Snlem testimony proves It always
reliable.
P. W. Brown, 374 Summer stroot,
Salem, Ore., says: "Thrco years ot
millwright work In n sulphur fac
tory, when It wns necessary to per
form repairs in poisonous gases and
to work In cramped position, and
sometimes wet to tho skin, caused
my kldnoy troublo. I suffered from
A. M. CL0UGH
UNDERTAKER
Graduate Embalmer
113 COURT ST.
Coroner of Marion County
Salem, Oregon
Offlco Phono ISO Main
Residence I Main
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ELITE
Bst Services in the City
The Popular Resort
Lunch Counter
W. A. IRVIN, Prop, f
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Miimiuimnuuiunnnnnnmsuiuia
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Salem Feed Barn !
BAYNE & SMITH, Proprietors
Capacity for 300 horses. Waiting rooms open day
and night.
All Modern Equipments.
SOUTH END BIG BRIDGE ON
S. COMMERCIAL ST.
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nuyuiar rtjeu Dctui pnues
own feed. Best feed furnished at reasonahlp. nrines J
Electric Lighted
Barn opens Monday,
aniiaitiBii)iaiaiiif nitnojei,,,!;
CASTORIA
For Infar.ts and Children.
Tiie Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the A,
Signature
of
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For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
a lameness nnd soreness across the
small of my back, and about two
months ngo, whon In this condition
my attention was called to Doan's
; Kldnoy Pills. I wont to Dr. Stono's
drug store, nnd procured a box ana
soon tho backacho and soreness
across tho loins entirely disappeared,
ns also did tho other symptoms ot my
troublo. Doan's Kldnoy Pills nro
worthy of n trial by anyono annoyed
with bnckacho or kldnoy complaint."
For salo by all dealers. Price 50
conts. Fostor-Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
Now York, solo agents for tho United
States.
Romembnr the namo Doan's
and tako no other.
LiAAAAAAAL
BUCKINGHAM'S
PALACE OF
SWEETS
(Red Cross Pharmacy)
Ice Creams, Ices and x
Confectionery.
FAMILIES SUPPLIED.
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CAFE
Open All Night l
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and City Water .
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