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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1912)
f IGX TWO. DAILY CAPITAL JOUKTAI, SklXV, OBEGOX, WEDNESDAY. JAXUART 17, 1118. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL E. HOFER, Editor and Proprietor. K. M. HOFEH, Manager fclent Kewipmper Devotrf to American Principle J Ui Prcrtu mud DtrelopmMit iiANurom ruMaud kM Ermirs Except Sunday, Salem. Ore. ("""CHIPTION HATES: llnvariablr la Advance) Baflr. W Carrier, per rear- W OO Per month- Dtfr.b; Mn. per rear- 400 P,r """"- Werar. by MaO. pernar MO Six montha- tVLL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT THE SALEM SEWER INIQUITY. When the city council started in to create the sewer districts and build sewers at expense of the abutting property, The Cap ital Journal called attention to the radical change in policy. The main sewers, up to that time had been built by a bond issue against the entire corporation. That, in our humble opinion, is the only cn-rect way to build a sewer system for any city. A sewer system is a sanitary provision to afford sanitation and drainage facilities for the whole city. The property owner is required to build his own connections to the main sewer system of the city. The property owner must build the alley sewer or connecting sewer at his own expense, so much per lot. It Is the same as a municipal water system, the city owns and builds the mains, and the property owner builds his connection. After building the sewers through the older and richer busi ness parts of the city on the correct plan, the policy was changed and the sewers in the newer and poorer parts of the city are built at the expense of the property owners abutting. That makes the suburban property owner pay his share of the sewers for the older and richer parts of the city, and pay for his own besides. This elemental injustice was appealed from by the city prop erty owners of North and South Salem, and cases have been taken to the supreme court. But it is doubtful if the people will get any justice there, as by technicalities of the laws the vital question has probably not been raised. The still greater farce of our system of government is that the charter, instead of being strictly construed in the interest of the citizen, is being construed against the citizen. The mayor and city attorney and other attorneys hired with the citizen's taxes, are arrayed against the citizen, and what show does he stand ? On top of this double iniquity, it is shown by the experts' re ports on the city books, that surplus revenues extracted from the citizens for these sewers were transferred to the street funds. The loosest kind of loose construction of the charter is being followed to the extent of putting liens on the homes of the poor er people, that will in the end confiscate them. Certainly the financial geniuses back of this whole scheme will have something to explain, and certainly they will probably be able to explain it all away. The explanation may be satisfactory to themselves as offi cials, but there are a large number of people who will not be easily satisfied. Hon. C. N. McArthur, of Multnomah county, may become a candidate for the lower house and then for the speakership of the legislature. He served as speaker for one term, and made a more than average good one. He learned a whole lot. and would make a better one next time. He was speaker just after the people had voted the State University $125,000 a year fixed support, besides what that school gets from the universty land funds. He is a graduate of the university. As usual, Mr. Eaton, of Eugene, wanted to bring in a bill for a building costing sev eral hundred thousand dollars, but the speaker set his foot down on it, and said he thought they had better hold back a lit tle, and not crowd the patient people of Oregon. Mr. Mc Ar thur also favored putting all the institutions of higher education under one board of three persons, not residents of the college towns, to unify their work and bring about economy. But the college push killed that, and enacted the Board of Higher Cur ncula, that is now costing $1500 every iwo years and maintains al the graft features "in statu quo." Mr. McArthur has the in telligence and the business ability to make the state a decent speaker something Oregon has not had for some tfne, and a speaker for the taxpayer, which the state has not had in 23 years, to the personal knowledge of the writer THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. Jnky .Taft ent a message to congress on economy and efficiency in the government service. June Zo, 1910, congress appropriated $100,000 to create a commission to see if something could not be done to pare down. or instance, the government pays out over 5600,000 a year (Xingj;rXrent at Waahilltt,n' D- C- f does its 'own nSK tweke million dollars traveling expenses for officials altmlfy ' Y "g mi,en8e bo,,ks $120'000 tould b The commission making this investigation spent money the Enin7upUhernte0f R ye:ir' and - r S , President Taft recommend to congresss that thn commw itTfind'S1 Vmm)' nil(1 r0,000 !oS Of course, it is folly to ask very much in the wav of reduction ZlTflK? Pt,nsThen the president gets $75,000 a vSv On top of this the president g,ts about $100,000 a year trawl" ing expenses and for hi, expenses at the national caSa The example of the governnirnt is demoralizing to the citl-zon Mile oXernmk:n " S to n.. ,rvsWT m-4,M J : ' ii .tZt and intelligence of the -uthea ri8lnjr power ?rar!da Col. Grant has been sleeping on Phis rSl nduM.,ndiJate that expensively and more extravaran lv T 13 not a more government in the tffpSff fiy ?n.d , mt screwed out of the people there bv nfftft ?v total taxes greater than the total cost rffhS ,H K are this ''oar f;lr ago. Every county office but ill S tT7,nment. M few J" fourorfivetinu asVuuh as i di.f f 1 ntt.orne-v s office cost people should think t wie before ho! t wIX year a f ices from Portland. There no It nVor state is such continuous and Sr.p,iSlll)le,rl,eMt Portland. It has been rSS to l ltT? office,lootin a lie men there appweff6 Md a few Pub X-RAYS AND SMILES. Chemeketa and Center streets have been torn up bo often and remained bo, so long that if the pavement could talk it could explain how it feels to live in Mexico . "Money is the root of all evil," and the council seems to be deter mined to dig up the root. Chinese rwomen are as up-to-date as the modern Chinaman. The repub lic is hardly born, but already the ladieg are demanding equal suffrage. They will get it, too, for the Chinks begging the ladies' pardon are going the whole hog. The city council no doubt found it much easier to raise the saloon license than the saloonmen will. Next the city council will want the corpse to pungle from the drapings of hlB coffin an occupation tax. The proverb says shrouds have no pockets. This is why the dead were apparently overlooked by the city council, when figuring on revenues. A little street car now and then la relished when you catch it when? In buying wood don't overlook the fact that 100 feet make a cord, and 45 feet half a cord. The Wlllametto Is running down, which is an old habit of that once blue stream. With the present quality or quan tity of electric Juice furnished the city, the whole thereof might be taken by strangers as the "red light" dis trict. Ben Holladay located the S. P. da pot far out of town to spite Salem and the older It gets the more thank ful Salemltes are for Ben's thought fulness. The Oregonlan this morning editor ially says: "The Christian era began when Christ was born." Did it? Now some Hood Ttlver faddiBts want the school readers revised because the stories in them are "too exciting." Chances are the same kids are reading "Rattlesnake Dick, the Bull of the Woods," and such, In secret, and con sider the readers tame. Might substi tute 'Watt's Hymns" or Baxter's Hints to the Unconverted." o . Persons trnllhlnrl with nnrtlnl nir. alysls are often very much benefited bV maS8R'incr thfi Affnptnrl nnrfn thor oughly when applying Chamberlain's L,minieni. mis liniment also relieves rhoumatlc nalns. For nnl hv nil deaJrR. o The Danger nf I n Otnnn is its fatal tendency to pneumonia. To cure your la grippe coughs take Fo ley's Honey and Tar Compound. R. E. KlBlier. Wash nertnn. Kna . aava- "I waB troubled with a severe attack of la grippe and nothing I used did me any gooa ana i was threatened with pneumonia, a rrlend advised me to use Foley's Honev and Tar and I got some at once. I was re lieved from the very first. By the time I had taken three bottles my la grinne was cone. I hniiovo kv,ih', Honey and Tar Compound to be the ncsi memcine l ever used and always keep a bottle with me." Red Cross rnarmacy (H. Jerman). o HrMW aaaattxitcd bacta U taha Vr. MtW laxathra Tablets. Hoods Sarsaparilla Cures all humors, catarrh and rheumatism, relieves that tired feeling, restores the appetite, cures paleness, nervousness, builds up the whole system. Get It today In usunl liquid form or chocolated tablets raiif.1 Sarsataba. YOUR IDLE MONEY WILL EAItX INTEREST AT the rate of Four Tor Cent per annum for rnrh month it Is on deposit in our Snvliics Dr. iwrtment. It In subject to your withdrawal t nv (me. This Is n pood j,iiu.c tc,.1( funds which jou may have on hand ftivuitini; an opportunity for Investment. CAPITAL NATIONAL SAVINGS DEPARTMENT J. II. Albert, E. H. ( rolsun, Pres. Vice. Pres. Jos, II. Albert, Cashier. SALEM BANK & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING AND TIU'ST BUSINESS "ith our assurance that we are able and willing to take cr of it, we solicit your Banking Busings. Op,n an account with us, and we will extend you every favor con- S& d banklng pri"- WE PAY FOCR PER CYVT ON SAYINGS Ubcrty Strict, Just off State J. L. AHLKRS. President, W. Q. EAST, Cashier S- 8. EAST. Vlca-Pras. U H. ROBERTS, Directors. JIST LOVES SALEW BrT NOT 20 DAYS' WORTH Either serve 20 days in the city Jail or leave town was the proposi tion put up to Mrs. Rina Rodgers this morning by Judge Klg'n and she accepted the latter. She was arrested yesterday on the charge of vagrancy. The statement was made that she was arrested In a room over the C. T. V. headquar ters, but this wan an error ns she was not arrested in my of the roon s controlled by that organization, but in a room in a lodging house maiii tained in the same building. Judge Did Not llcllere lllm. James McFarland appeared befo the Judge on the charge of drunken ness and be maintained that he had not touched a drop of liquor for 20 days. The evidence of the officers, however, was that they had found him lying intoxicated on a slab pl'o, and that so profoundly -was he under the influence of liquor that a convey ance was necessary to take him to the city Jail. Tne Judge doubled the sentence for him for falsifying, giv ing him five "days. There were also a number of other cases on drunkenness. MISS MAUD JOHNSON WON LADIES SUIT TUESDAY. THE CHICAGO STORE THE HOUSE OF BARGAINS Thousands of people have taken advantage of the great sale of the CHICAGO STORE. Thousands more have the opportunity to do the same. Bargains reign throughout every department, Our suits and dresses for the ladies cannot be beat at twice the money we ask for them, Our mid-winter sale of undermuslins are being sold at cost and less; now just a few items of interest: BECI1TEI I BYNON BARGAINS 51 ACRES F01t $-1800 We have Just listed a fine 51-acre farm of Al land with 43 acres under cultivation, balance timber and pas ture. Running water, soil a rich dark loam, level but well drained, easily worked. No adjoining land can be had even in large tracts for less than S12a per acre. There is a small house, and barn and the place Is well fenced. Owner going East on eD. 1st, and will sell now for J4S00 and give easy terms. BUNGALOW BARGAIN We have a new ami mrvrlorn Hnmii. low Which Was built for a hnma ami not to sell but owner was called East ana told us to sell at once. Here Is a chance to tret n sunon niac r.,- $2500. Easy terms. AXOTIIEB 0XE Listen to this. Wo w- o room cottage, a cosy place, In good location, which we can sell for only $150 down and t.ho hnlnnna Buy this place and cut out the rent, own your own home. This proptrey will double in value soon. The price is very low, being only $1150. Odd Lines Tailored Suits $3.90, $4.95, $6.90 Odd lines tailored suits for misses and women, handsome novelty mixtures In gray, brown, blue, tan and black, short and medium length coats, plain gored, panels and pleated skirts, good prac tical suits that will give you lots of good service. Original pries. $17.50 to $30.00 Ladies' Flannelette Petti coats, out they go at 22c Indies' Flannel Klmonas, only a few left, $1.;;, Ladies' Tailored Waists in all stylos, classy, np-to- date In plain and pleated, white and colors. 29c to 98c Sweater Coats $1.19 All our women's wool sweaters that have been mussed from counter display, values up to $1.00, go for $1.19. SALE OF FANCY DRESS SILKS Good styles, values up to 75c, for 23c Fancy Silks In a Tarli-ty of stripes, figures and checks, (iood colors, includlntr blue, tun, grey, green,' brown, rose, white, etc, suitable for dresses, waists, lininirs, trimmings mid fancy work, mines to "Jo on Special Sale 23c Watch the papers for our hourly sales, you will be able to buy some tremendous bargains. THE CHICAGO STORE TlprijfvCE ANOTHER BIG FIRE. (Continued Irom page 1.) New York. The building was divided into sections by two-foot walls. One section was utilized by the John Wanamaker company, and contained gdods worth $5,000,000, consigned to the mammoth store. The other sec tions were tenanted by more than 50 smaller firms. The fire started In the Wanamaker section, and spread through a section ocupied by Glmbel liros., to the small er storage rooms. The heaviest loss falls to the Wanamaker and Glmbel firms. Goods worth more than $8,- 000,000 were saved. Two firemen were leriously injured by a falling wall. Fred R. Waters is on. a buslnes trip to Portland. C K. Spauldlng made a business trip to the Oregon metropolis yesterday. VACANT LOTS 50x173. Twentii in, sewer and water assessment naid. east front, fine soil, half block to paved street, only $350. $350 will buy a fine lot, 50x125, on carline, close to school, line buy Easy terms. $425 will buy a fine lot on Capitol street. In paved district directly op posite the Oaks, the swell addition of Salem. Terms. 375 will buy a good lot, 55x156 on good street; $100 down, balance to We have lots in all the additions in oalem. We write Insnrnnce In tbe Best Companies. Woney to loan on Real Estate. We buy, sell and exchange real estate Bechtel & Bynon! 317 State Street. Tel. Main 432 ' nasaanassaassnnsaaaacaanaaaoaaoiasassaananaaanaaEaaai Perfect Collar Laundering Every collar and euil that we nniiiticr Is guaranteed perfect. to be use the same equipment and methods that the largest collar and cuff factories are us. Ing. We are making old collars look like new. Ererjone pass through a pro. cos that moulds tbe edges as smooth as new. We shape turn down collurs without cracking. tfny wf hare a trial from ton this week! Salem j Laundry Co, $ lti-liiG S. LIBERTY ST. I TELEfllOXE MAIN 25 A Carload of Extension Tables We have just put on our display floor some of the finest Dining Tables ever exhibited in Salem. These are fine quartered oak, with flush rims, and the size of tops are 42, 45, 48 or 54 inches, finished in golden wax, polished or fumed, in all lengths and They're reasonably priced, $17.50 to $55 Imperial Furniture Co, 177 North Liberty Street, Salem, Oregon Bi 1 13 II U II It !i IS II IS II IS u II n n M K B 0 g U H i O SI a i 8 S i I ii i u ! i i 1 i laaaaaaaanaaanffsnr, : u Ji V , ;