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RECOMMENDS PURCHASE OF
LAUD WATER ROWER:
WATER
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Mayor Lachmund Regrets He Could Not Sign the Ordinance
to Buy the Water Plant Last 'Year, But Considered the
Price Out of All Reason and So Vetoed It Would Reopen
Negotiations With , Company and Either Purchase or Con
demn Points Out Easy Way for City to Own Its' Own
Lighting Plant.
BKITID PI ESS LKABBO WIU.
Mayor Lachmund announces pro
gressive policies for securing for the
Capital City a municipal water supply
and at the same time undertaking to
acquire a power plant and make the
electric lights needed for the city.,
The people of Salem voted in 1910
to amend the city charter to acquire
public ownership of a water system,
in conjunction with . the state, and
there Is authority for expending J450,
000 of bonds for a water system ade
quate for the' state capital. At the
time the state officials and heads of
state Institutions were ready to join
the city in any forward movement for
mountain ' water. Since then the state
has expended a great deal of money oil I
improving its water supply, and is
spending1 $10,000 at present for a well
for drinking water at the asylum. As
a mutter of cold bard fact not a state
Institution has an adequate Bupply to-
if J a tiki I til UD l Ulft
1 n n v -i no iiara rait rost nuiaf n t
another well; and the same is prob
ably true lb a greater or less degree
of all the 'state Institutions. , Hence
the mayor's message on this subject
Is of the greatest importance, in so far
as It alms at any practical solution of
the water' problem. On that subject
the message Is as follows: .
Favors Water Supply.
I regret that I. could not bring my
pEW MEN 111
CHARGE OF
THE CITY
,SEVE SEW COIWCILMKN TAKE
THEIR SEATS MAYOR NAMES
THE XEW COMMITTEES SOME
ORATORICAL HOUQUETS l'RE.
I SENTEI).
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Mayor.
Louis Lachmund.
Aider men.
G. G. Brown.
C. O. Constable.
W. W. Hill.
J. P. Jones.
P. J. Lafky. .
J. E. Pemberton.
J. S. Pennybaker.
W. T. Rigdon.
E, J. Sauter.
J. C. Siegmund.
J. N. Skalfe.
0. L. Townsend.
J. D. Waring.
H. O. White.
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' Before an audience which taxed the
capacity of the council chamber to
the extent that standing room was
..w.v v....-
t even at a premium, the old members
I of the council last evening bowed j
themselves gracefully off the stage,
and the new councimen assumed tneir
places and picked
up the reins
of
government.
Before the new members assumed
their seats the council and the spec
I tators listened to a few swan songs.
J Ex-Councilman Huckesteln sang a
very preuy swan song one inai won
t tor him considerable applause. He
i reviewed the . work of the adminis-
tratlon of which he had been a mem-.
5 ber, and declared that, while the
1 councilmen had been much criticised,
that those criticisms had been dl
) rected agaitiBt them because they were
, progressive; and that in after years
I the people, as a whole, would see the
j value of their services, and apprecl
! ate them. He paid a glowing tribute
CITY TO
ml
--THINKS
PLANT PRICE HIGH
self about to approve the ordinance
relative to the purchase of the pres
ent water system by the city, but the
price asked was. In my judgment, en
tirely out off proportion to its true val
ue, hence I did not hesitate to affix
my veto to the bill, but I am and
have been in favor of reopening ne
gotiations with the company, looking
to Its acquisition by the city, and then,
If it Is Impossible to arrive at a sat
isfactory basis of settlement. Institute
condemnation proceedings for its pos
session. i ' ;
The question of water In its appli
cation to quality, volume and rates is
of the greatest importance to the com
munity, and I deem, it both urgent and
necessary that proper legislation :be-
Inaugurated and enacted to bring this
about. The Installation of a satlstae-1
tory, filtration ;. plant should be our
nrai tnougnt as 'R assures (is of ' a
grade of water to which every citizen
is Justly entitled for the protection of
life and preservation of happiness. The
extension of mains In -every: direction
and mere- particularly In our outlying
districts is of such Importance that
anyfatlure on our .part to bring this
about would be. little .short. of crim
inal. The citizens living in the out
skirts of the city, have been subjected
(Continued on page ive.)
to 'ex-Cbuffcllman Low to his work
for the fire, department, and thanked
the mayor and council for the many
courtesies shown him while a member
of the body. .
Ex-Councilman Low responded with
a talk on the Improvements made In
the city. He also spoke at length up
on the fire department, and thanked
the council for the support It had
given.
Ex-Councilman Hatch made a brief
talk, declaring the fire department to
be the best in the state.
Mayor Lachmund was the last to
speak and In the course of his re
marks stated that more Improvements
had been made in the last year by the
city than during 59 years back.
The retiring councilmen are N. D.
Elliott, August Huckesteln, W. T. Mof-
flt, H. W. Hatch, W. S. Low, S. A.
Manning and W; H. Eldridge. .
Committee Appointments.
The following commitees were ap
pointed by Mayor Lachmund:
Ways and means--Selgmund,' Town-
send and White.
Ordinances Jones, Brown and Laf
i ky.
Accounts and current expenses
White. Pennybaker and Siegmund.
Streets Lafky, Jones and Skalfe.
Public buildings Sauter, Lafky and
Pemberton.
Sewerage Skalfe, Pemberton and
Pennybaker.
Plumbing Constable, Rigdon and
Skalfe.
Licenses Hill, Brown and Jones.
j.'lre ana
siegmund.
. prMee8'
Fire and water Waring, Hill and
Bridges
Pennybaker, Waring and
Lay.
I Health and
police Jones, Cauter
. and Constable.
I Lights Hill, Pemberton and Town
send. i Printing Rigdon, Townsend and
Brown.
public parks Brown
Rigdon and
j0nes.
, Revlsion of minutes Pemberton.
Constable and Hill.
j Ruies Townsend, 'Siegmund and
gauter.
The mayor also appointed Frank
Durbin as a member of the library
board, and the appointment was rati
fled by the council. There are two
other vacancies to be filled on this
(Continued on Page S.)
.OlIOllTER
BlTitpfflT
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La Follette Will Stay.
Chicago. Jan. 3. Reports that
Senator Robert La, Follette
would retire from the preslden-
tial race were set at rest, here
today in an official statement
from Walter HouBer. the Wis-
consln man's manager, from
La Fpllette headquarters. Holts-
er said: '
"One for all I wish to set at
rest rumors that LaFollette will
withdraw or his friends will
withdraw his name as a candl-
date., for. the presidency. The
campaign will continue until
the gavel falls in convention de-
daring who Is the Republican
nominee for president. There
need be no speculation indulged
In regarding this fight."
MAYOR BEYIEWS THE YEAR,
i POINTS OLT THE YAST AMOUNT
OF. WORK DONE, AND- HAKES
SOME ; PERTINENT -. SUGGES
TIONS. :
Followng Is the annual address of
Mayor Lachmund, delivered ' at the
council meeting last night:' '' -
Pursuant with the charter it is in
cumbent, upon jne .to. submit an. an
nual message to this body.
- The year just ended has been a
memorable one, in fact the greatest
In the history of our - city. It has
been a year of achievements and our
efforts should, be directed ' towards
making the year of 1912 still more
successful.
Never In the history of Salem has
prosperity been so widespread and
far-reaching. Kind Providence has
smiled upon us from every angle and
we would be remiss In our duty if
our efforts and energies were not di
rected towards making the year to
come one of still greater deeds.
When the present administration
went Into office, a policy of extended
municipal Improvements for a Great
er Salein had already been Inaugur
ated which was fathered and car
ried to a most successful conclusion,
thanks to thesplendid and unselfish
efforts of the different members of
this honorable body. Each and every
member is entitled to the thanks and
the appreciation of a critical public
and It Is therefore unnecessary to
single out any special services ren
dered by any particular committee 38
there Is , enough praise for everyone.
In my first message to this body, I
recommended a number of impor
tant matters for adoption, many of
which have been enacted, but In a
growing and thriving city, new sub
jects require our consideration and
I take this opportunity of directing
your attention to a number which I
deem essential to the welfare of . the
whole community.
StreetR.
One hundred eighty-five thousand,
seven hundred sixty-seven square
yards of hard surface pavement, In
volving the expenditure of $407,679
have been laid throughout the city
during 1911 and 30 miles of sewers j
have been constructed at a cost of
$329,408. making inp all a grand total
of $737,087. Who can gainsay that
this enormous amount of mony has
not been judiciously and honestly ex
pended? Nothing has done more to
lift Salem from the mire In which It
has dwelt for so many years, noth
ing has done more to make Salem
what it is today, and nothing can do
more to make Salem what it Is and
always will be, the second city in the
state, than hard surface .pavements
and Improved sanitary conditions.
There was a time when municipal
improvements of this acharacter were
difficult of accomplishment, but that
our charter creating competition In
(Continued on pat At)
uESSAGE
OF PAYOR
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' SALEX, OREGOX, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY S, 1912.
4
. Dlrken's Son Dead.
New York Jfl. J. A sudden at-
tack of acute indigestion Is the
, cause given today , for , the death
4 of Alfred Tennyson Dickens,, son 4
of the celebrated novelist, who
body lies In the ,Hotel Astor, 4
' where he was stopping. Dickens
4 was on a lecture tour of the
United States. His home was in
Melbourne, Australia, and the
funeral arrangements 'are being 4
delayed until word 'Is received
4 today from his children there. 4
He was a widower.
CITY'S JEW
OFFICERS
111 CHARGE
ROLAND K. PAGE CITY ATTORNEY,
S. P. M'CRACKEN SANITARY IN
SPECT0R THE, ONLY CHANGES
MADE FROM LAST FORCE, OUT
SIDE OF COUNCILMEN.
''..''
City attorney Roland K. Page
Fire chief Mark Savage.
Sanitary inspector S. P. Mc-
Cracken.
City engineer Walter Skel-
ton. ;
Health officer Dr. a B.
Miles.
Street . commissioner Wm.
Zwicker.
. Day officer S. O. Burkhardt.
Patrolmen Jack Whltlatch,
'W. F. Thompson, F, H. Shedeck,
W. W. Gaines. V V ' . -.
; Desk Sergeant-C.-V. Nelson.
Poundmaster E. Erwra. ' """
Without a tremor, ; without a mo
mentary halt, the proceedings . being
like clockwork, the new council last
plght ratified the appointments made
by the members In caucus just before
the first of the year. Councilman
Lafky ground out the nominations,
and they - were hardly put, by the
mayor before Recorder Elgin declared
them elected. ;.
The retiring officers are Grant Cor
by, city attorney, and Amos Long,
sanitary inspector. The rest of the
list are re-elections.'
City Attorney Talks, ,
After the election of the officers
Mayor Lachmund called upon the new
city attorney for a talk. Mr. Page
was formerly manager of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power company, and
he availed himself of the opportunity,
after thanking the members for con
ferring the office upon him, to declare
that he was In no way connected now
with the corporation. After entering
the law ' business, he stated, he did
some work for the corporation, but it
was matters which were pending1 when
he resigned, and he received no addi
tional . compensation for it. He was
free, he declared to give his whole
service as faithfully and loyally to
the city as he had given them to the
corporation.
Sanitary Inspector McCracken also
made a short talk, saying he was
grateful for the honor of being made
sanitary inspector, and assertlngg that
he would discharge all the duties per
taining to the office faithfully and
Impartially, and to the best of his
ability.
Firemen Appointed.
Upon the recomemndation of Chief
Savage, the following were appointed
members of the fire department: Driv
ers, A. H. Phillips, Peter Graber, Ev
erett Fisher and Andrew McFarland.
Engineers, Blake Berk and Fred An
derson. Chemical engineers, Wm.
Iwan and Walter Churchill. Relief
man, J. K. Gulick. Hosemen, Frank
Filbert, Robert Muths, Percy PIo, E.
C Churchill, George Wlnslow, Ralph
Schindler, Carl Jepson, Walter Hatch,
C. C. Burpee, Iwan Woods. Stokers,
C. W. Jorgenson and Ray Lotislgnont.
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Rig Fire In Onturlo.
(ogrriD puss uiiid wtns.1
London, Ont., Jan. 3. Fire, which
broke out at the London asylum late
last night, endangered the lives of
patients In one wing and destroyed the
entertainment hall, just after a con
cert, at which there were 1400 pati
ents, had concluded. Soldiers guarded
the patients aer they were taken
from the burning building. The loss
was $50,000.
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The farm Is a half-brother to the
chemical labratory. Prison Mirror.
EEFTRU
TtLLSOtWfl GS
White House Puizled. ; '
t Washington, -Jan. .31,. The
white house today Is mysterious
and apparently puzzled over the
political situation . . which re-
volves about a report thai
1 Roosevelt's silence Indicates that
that he waiting to see If the
popular demand , is strong
enough to warrant his accept-
ance of a call to the presidential
nomination. ,
Friends of "resident Taft
deny that he will .withdraw from
the race, and quote him as say-
Ing that his colors are nailed to
the mast and that nothing but
' death can prevent his remain-
lng In the contest .
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BISTRE
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OF f.f 3EEIS
ERTED
Pennsylvania Coal Barons, An
ticipating a Strike of 1 50,
000 Miners Next-Spring,
Start "a Campaign of Pub
licity. vwft v
PRESS AGENT IS SECURED
Ills First Assertion Is That the Com
panles. Now. Hare Between Seven
and Eight Million Tons on Hand,
and Are Steadily Storing More for
an Emergency tThls Indicates Com
panles Will Resist .Strikers' De
niands.
(DNITBO nisi LIASSO WIU.
New York, Jan. "3. In fear of, or In
preparation for another gigantic strike
of 150,000 miners of . coal In the an
thracite region, the coal barons,
through familiar channels, have start
ed a campaign of publicity.
A statement Is being sent broa dcast
over Pennsylvania that the operators
are prepared for a strike in the
spring, indicating that they will re
sist any effort by the United Mine
Workers of America to gain any
changed conditions for the miners.
A well-known press agent, employed
by the operators, Is giving publicity
here to the statement that the mining
companies are now storing coal for
emergency use, having between 7,000,-
000 and 8,000,000 tons on hand at
present.
There is talk that the union will de
mand an Increase of 20 per cent In
wages January 5. They may also ask
for an eight-hour day, abolition of the
board of conciliation and payment for
coal mined by weight, instead of by
the car.
MOVE TO PLACE
ROOSEVELT Oil
THE BALLOT
Secretary of State Ben W. Olcott Is
preparing petitions and as soon as
they are printed they will be circu
lated by The Capital Journal for vol
untary signatures to make Roosevelt
a candidate for the presidency under
the Oregon preferential primary.
The straw vote being taken by The
Capital Journal has only one fault.
The people are not expressing them
selves very fast. There Is no doubt
but that the Insurgent sentiment is
very strong in Oregon. The Roose
velt has' only begun to come in the
past few days and only yesterday
were Democratic candidates printed
on the straw ballot.
The result up to date stands as
follows:
La Follette, 466.
Roosevelt. 233.
Taft 101.
Bourne, 1.
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ARMOURS AND
OTHERS " UNDER
AfJD DOr.lI
If ED
He Insists, However, That the Trust Never Undertook to:.
Fix the Prices of Any "of Their Products May Have Cur
tailed Output and Influenced Prices That Way, But Never
Dictated the Price the Retailers. . Should t ChargeSwifts,.,
and Armours Owned 82 Per Cent of the Cdfnbine,'s tSock .
DNITSD rises uusss vua.1
Chicago, ..Jan. t 3. Secretary .Veed
er, who was active for years in- the
conferences which the government
zays resulted in the beef trust, fin
ished his direct testimony today in
the hearing of the cases against the
Chicago packers charged with con
spiracy , under the Sherman law.
Veeder admitted that, despite the
injunction of -the United States courts
In 1903, the packers continued secret
meetings for eight months after the
National Packing company was
formed in March of that year.
He testified that of the business
handled through the statistical bu
reau, the Armour company got 29
per cent, the Armour Packing com
pany, 21 per cent, the Swifts, 32 per
cent, ad that the remainder was di
vided among the other firms in the
combine, . j .
j Veeder declared , that representa
tives of the Armours and Swifts dom
inated their conferences and that the
; Chamberlain, 1.
"The following letter was received
this morning from an old soldier at
Portland: ..,. ,,..,,.,., . .
-1 From Veteran Repabllcan.
f . "Portland,. Dec. 30:
"Col. K. Hofer,
"Salem, Oreg.
"Dear Sir: ;
"I desire to express my pleasure
in reading your letter of Deci 29th,
published in the "Morning Oregon
Ian" of even date, relative to placing
the name of ex-President Theodore
Roosevelt as a candidate for presi
dent on the primary nominating bal
lot In Oregon.
"I cast my first vote for the lament
ed Abraham Lincoln and I have never
seen the time since, and I have voted
every year since, when I felt It nec
essary to go outside of the Republi
can party to find a candidate good
enough.
. "I have voted twice for Ex-president
Roosevelt and I would only be
too glad to vote for him again.
"In conclusion I wish to say you
Perhaps you made many good resolutions for the -New
Year-'-most everyone does, and. yet neglected
the resolution which will benefit most of all, to be
always well dressed. . r- '
Our ClearanceSal
offers you 'a grand opportunity to make and keep I
this resolution.
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Bishop's Ready Tailored Suits i
and O' coats Reduced 20 per cent : I
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from the regular modest price. . '. ' '
"Roberts" Regular $3.00 Winter
Hats for $2.40
Boy's Suits and Overcoats Reduced
20 to 33 1-3 per cent J
t r-i r if mr
i ouc oraaiey murners tor . zoc
and many other reductions that are money savers, t
1 Salem Woolem Mill Store t
l "Just Wright" Shoes.
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SWIFTS HELD
THEIRTHUL1DS
THE TRUST
others were forced to ' accept their
terms."'." )) i,; ' " ' .',
At the close of Veeders's - direct
testimony, Special Government Pros
ecutor Wilkerson . promised that the
next witness would prove the final
absorption of the statistical bureau
through, which the packers worked
by the National Packing company. . ,
When . Veeder's cross-examination
begau he said in answer to the first
question asked:
"Never during the years I was con
nected with the conforences of the
packers did they attempt to fix the
prices of any product," " ;
Later, however, he qualified the
statement by adding: i ' '
"Prices may have been, affected by
curtailment of the output -and regu
lation ofthe territory to which each
concern was v permitted to ship, but
the packers never agreed to the prlc
for" wilch the retailers and the pub
lic were to' te ' asked :: for any pro
duct." ' ;
have expressed my views exactly la
your letter. ' ,
"If you so desire, you may make
us of this letter.
..."Thanking, you for your attention,
I am Very truly yeours, ,'
"GEO. W. i BILLINGS, '
'539,E. 22nd ;St North,
''Portland, Oregon.
"Late of Co.
unteer Cav.
M. 2nd Wisconsin Vol-
Mudaiue Carle Has It.
Paris, Jan. 3. Madame Curie, noted
scientist and joint discoverer of radi
um, is in a hospital here today with
a serious attack of appendicitis. She
will be operated upon as soon as prep
arations can be completed. Madame
Curie received the Noble . prize for
chemistry last year. . "j
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A vice-president Is a politician al
ready dead, waiting for a live one to
die. , .
The woman who counts her turkeys
before she has raised them is foolish
Indeed.
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Cleaning and Pressing.