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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (May 31, 1912)
riOB TWO. DART CAPITAL JOrBVAL, SALES, OREbo. FRIDAY, HAT SI, 1912. THE CAPITAL JOURNAL E. HOFER, Editor and Proprietor R. M. HOFER, Manager Independent Newiipaper Devoted to American Principle and the Progrrae and Development of All Oregon Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem. Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Invariably In Advance) Pally, py Carrier, per year ...$5.20 Per month.. 45c Dally, by Mall, per year 4.00 Per month.. 85c Weekly, by Mall, per year .... 1.00 Six month. 50c FULL LEARKD WIRB TELEGRAPH RKPORT I The observance of Memorial Day has taught the American people to beautify their cemeteries and care for the graves of their departed. It teaches every year priceless lessons of patriotism without stirring up the frantic brand of that article that wants to kill people. Memorial Day is a constant reminder of the awful waste and loss economically and morally from nations carrying on warfare of any kind. There are great gains out of sacrifice and it seems some les sons of life are learned only in the terrible school of suffering and loss. So we honor the men and women who made sacrifices when warfare was inevitable and learn the great lessons of the victor ies of peace. . The water committee of the city council should not be discour aged because they have not met with universal acceptance. Great reforms and great improvernment are wrought slowly and must be made a reality of the community consciousness. The committee should not abandon its campaign, although it seems that reasonable arbitration is stronger than condemnation. A perfectly fair disposition to take over the property of the water company at a perfectly fair price is what is desired. When that is done the city has only begun with the problem for then it must put in a filter or get a gravity supply from the mountains. A Philadelphia firm sends us a very flattering invitation to buy neckties very cheaply. We suppose every, business man in the city, or possbly every man in town has a similar. The invitation to buy our haberdashery in the City of Peace is very attractive in price. ' But suppose every citizen in Oregon acted upon the invitation, and upon all such invitations? ' Would Oregon be richer or poorer, and would her citizens real ly be happier dressed that way? It is probable that Philadelphia now gets more cash out of Oregon than any department store in the state. St. Louis ha3 been built up into a wonderful manufacturing center by developing the home market. The foundation of all successful city building is to patronize the home merchant. Without the home business man there would be no commercial clubs in pur cities. Let us catch onto the right end of the Philadelphia necktie and prosper. In Vancouver, B. C.one-third of the city revenues are raised by an income tax on incomes of $5000 and upwards. One-third of the revenues are raised on licenses and special privilege taxes, or what we call occupation taxes. The remaining one-third of the revenues are raised from a tax on land values, and all improvements and taxes on personal property are exempt. If the Single Taxers of Oregon will show us some such plan as that they will get a great deal of support for it. In Vancouver residences of t'he finest kind are built without fear that the owner will be forever taxed on his enterprise. The Single Tax alone is not a very taking proposition it savors too much of confiscation of land values. Oregon has a terrible monopolization of lands, and some day it will be shaken off. Whether the Single Tax alone would not make a greater land monopoly, is a question. For instance suppose we put all the railroad company tax on its lands. Will not the corporation find sortie way of collecting back on its lands? , , . WILL HAVE APLEIITY TO VOTE Oil According to estimates madothoro will be about 30 or 40 Initiative and referendum measures to go on the "ballot at the next general election, and while ninny of them are In circu lation, but one so far hits been died. The one (lied In the equal BuffraRO amendment. Thla wan defeated at the Inst general election, but a vigorous campaign In being waged In Its be half At tlila election, and Hioho favor ing It are snngulno of success at the polls. Besides tlila measure, nix law pniwcd by tho Inst legislature were leferred to the people for approval or rejoctlon, and upon four lawa funded by tho legislature, the peo ple have Invoked tho referendum. The aro the two bills making appro priation for the Vnlvoralty of Ore gon, bill making an appropriation for the Monmouth Normal school nnd the Malnrkey "Public Utility' till. The meausres referred by the legis lature are: A law creating the office of llentonant governor; a law pro' vttllng for uniform taxation; a law permitting taxes to be levlod on dif ferent classes of property; a law making stockholders in banks liable for double the amount of the stock subscribed for by them, and two otlv er taxation measures. Alaska for Teddy. Valdeis, Alaska, May 30. Tho terrl torlal Republican convontlon has en dorsed and Instructed six delegates for RoohovoH. A strong antl-Taft platform was adopted. Delegnto Wlckcrsham was re-onm- InatiKl and hlH election Is assured. llend granted a franchlso to the S P. which was accepted and signed In side of two minutes, and In half an hour ties were placed In the street, rails placed on them nnd the first spike was driven. Tho road Is to be completed from Eugene to Bend by 1315. Polk county Block nnd dairymen ere buying some fine sires, nnd will have still better breeds of cattlo, If Hint Is possible. YOUR STOMACH IS YOUR BEST FRIEND OR YOUR WORST ENEMY To enjoy food and at the Bame time derive proper benefit therefrom, your Btomacli must bo In a healthy condition. If your Btomach is upset and out of order half of tho time, choice foods will fall to tempt you. A bad. out-of-order stomach Is a forerunner of many serious diseases. When you fool run-down and half nick, have bad taste In the mouth, coated tongue; when you ar droopy, nervous, fool blunted after eating, and your food Hon Ilka a hoary lumy In your rtomach, you can make up your mind that at the bottom of all this there Is ono cause fermentation of undigested food. Provo to yourself after taking a lit tle Cooper's Now Discovery, that your stomacli Is as good as any and thai there la nothing wrong with It. Stop this fermentation of food and begin eating what you want without fear of Indigestion. Cooper's New Dlscov I pry tones up tho system, puts tlicdl I Restive organs In a healthy condition, ! helps tho liver and kidneys and j makog life worth living. You can get , a bottle today at J. C. Porry't store. MAIJITOBA HAS TRIALS OF HER OWIJ TRIES GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP AND REAPS A RICH HARVEST OF SCANDAL, PECULATION AND POLITICAL DISHONESTY. Winnipeg, May 31. Americans com- Inglnto Canada, whree they have been led to believe governmental condi tions are so much superior to those In the United States are, upon their arrival In Winnipeg, now being given on Insight Into the manner in which the Caadlan government operates the affairs of Its state-owned utilities, which docs not, by any means, bear out the claims of the superiority of the government of the great northern neighbor nor of Its ability to operate a government monopoly of public ser vice concerns with anything like the results credited to It. Although tho scandals now being brought to light by royal commls slon has shaken Manitoba business and politics to the foundation, prac tically nothing of It has reached the United States. The reason for this is that local pride has succeeded In sup pressing the condition from American newspapers. One of the standard subjects of Canadian attacks on the United States has been alleged cor ruption In municipal, state and gov ernment matter, and to have a worse slate of affairs than anything charged against American public officials brought to light right at home was anything but agreeable matter to have spread In Yankee , newspapers. Put so far as this Instance Is con cerned, all theoretical objections to government ownership have by actual facts been demonstrated to be sound. Four years ago Manitoba went Into government ownership by Installing a line of grain elevators and practical ly forcing all privately owned tele phone exchanges In the province to sell to a government system which was being organized. The biggest of these plants, tho Winnipeg company, was American owned and operated. The provincial government .took a club, went after the Americans, and threatened to parallel their lines If they did not sell. The Americans sold, but having to deal with gov ernment agents handling other peo ple's money Instead of their own, they got a million dollars or so more than any level headed buslnesa man would have paid for the plant. Then, having acquired a number of ether exchanges throughout the prov ince, tho state telephone company started business with a flourish. From time to time glowing reports were made of the success of the sys tem and all went well until some months ago when the telephone com mission suddenly announced a tre mendous Increase In rates. A "howl" went up. Half the towns In the province appointed commis sions to see why the Increase was necessary. The tumult became bo great that Premier Roblln appointed a crown non-partisan commission to Investigate the whole question. It Is the many scandals brought out by this royal commission which Is giving Americans the chance to return to Ciinadlnns the many gibes which this country has for so long thrown at the great republic to tho Bouth when the question of the conduct of municipal and Btate affairs were under discus sion. Although owned by the govern ment for less than four years, the disclosures before the commission show the entire system to be perme ated with graft. Incompetence and scandal. As Boon as the announce ment of an InveBtlgatlon was made, one of the telephone commissioners resigned. One employe hus been ar rested on a graft charge and other arrests are to follow. In every de partment was found scandal. The purchasing department admitted hav Ing bought at ono time, $."00,000 worth of supplies which were not needed. Tho construction depart ment told of running lines ono day and taking them down the following day. One lino 1? miles long was built In order that one customer might be served. Mnterlals were wasted; time was "killed." In the auditing depart ment were found raised vouchers, nnd vouchers which had been signed In blank and afterwards filled In ns the holder wished. Tho accounting department accepted without question such sums as were- remitted for long distance calls by branch managers. In all the three years there lias been no general checking up of the sys tem. The scandal reached the Provincial parliament and became the question of the hour. Member McPherson, from the floor, charged that the peo ple hnd been grossly deceived. They were led, he said to believe there weuld be from 1911 operation, a sur plus of $.100,000. Instead there was a big deficit. T. II. Johnson, another member, made- the charge "tho lnbors of tho commission have brought to light an alarming state of affairs. A reinarkablo story of unsatisfactory -MostMilei Per Dollar J The most durable rubber, if the sturdiest strain-resisting construction, make Firestone Tires and Rims undisputed leaders by right of Iservice accomplishment. Sold By All Dealers Who Cowider Quality finance and blundering by certain em ployes haB been made public." The commission has just finished Its work and Its official report is dai ly expected now and the general be lief is that, because of Die failure and scandals in connection with the past operation of tho system, this re port will suggest the retirement of the government from the public own ership field. But thanks to the crown commission Americans have now bad an opportunity of seeing for them selves the manner in which the nor thern government conducts its state owned utltlities and those in Canada no more have to apologize for any graft disclosures which may come to light down in the "States." THE SALEM SENATORS DEFEATED THE CUBS In a good game the Salem Senators defeated the Portland Cubs yesterday afternoon on the league grounds by a score of 5 to 2. The Senators made one tally in the third and another in the fourth Inning, and the Cubs made one In tho fourth and fifth innings. Thus the score remained until the eighth inning, when Salem succeeded in landing three men over the home plate. In the fourth inning pitcher E. W. Baker landed on one of Wil ford's quick delivery specials, Bend ing It over the fence, scoring a home run. Two were given first base on balls oft Baker, and three from Wllford. Baker secured eight strikeouts and Wllford had five to his credit. Um pire, Cernlck. Salem line-up: 1st base, R, C. Bak er; catcher, Porterfleld; 3rd base, E. V. akBer; pitcher, Humphreys; 2nd base, Keene; short stop, Wesley; right field, Derrick; center field, Yates, left field. Cubs lineup: Walker, short stop; Slvera, 3rd base; Shannhan, 2nd base; Johnson, catcher; Burns, 1st base; Swlnt, center field; Gertz, left field; Hustey, right field; Wllford; pitcher. A QUARTER CENTURY Before the public. Over five million samples given away each year. The constant and Increasing sales from samples, proves the genuine merit of Allen s Foot-Ease, the antiseptic pow der to be shaken Into the shoes for corns, bunions, aching, swollen, moist, tender teet. Sold everywhere, 25c. Sample FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy, New York. Notice for Bids. Notice Is hereby given that the common council of the city of Salem, Oregon, Invites sealed bids for the making of an Improvement of the al ley In block 5 from the south line of Chemeketa street to the north line of Court street with Standard Bltullthlc Pavement, Light Standard Bltullthlc Pavement, Light Gravel Bltullthlc Pavement, Heavy Gravel Bltullthlc Pavement, El Oso Pavement, El Oso Pavement Number Four (4), Crushed Rock Concrete Pavement, Gravel Con crete Pavement, ABphalt Pavemclit, Asphaltlc Concrete Pavement, Haa sam Pavement, Granocrete Concrete Pavement, or Dolarway Pavement In accordance with the plans, specifica tions nnd estimates on file In the of fice of the city recorder of Bald city which are hereby referred to and made a part of this notice. Said bids will bo opened on or af ter tho 3rd day of June, 1912, at or about 7:30 o'clock p. m., In open council meeting In the city hall In Solom, Oregon. Each bid submitted must be accompanied by a certified check equal In amount to 10 per cent of the amount of the bid. The city of Salem reserves the right to reject any and all bids. This notice Is pub lished for five successive days in a ('ally newspaper published In the city of Salem, Oregon, the date of first publication being May 28, 1912. CHAS. F. ELGIN, City Recordor. 6-28-Bt Corvallls Knlghta Templar havo or ganized a conimandory. SALEM DANK & TRUST CO. GENERAL BANKING AND TRUST BUSINESS With our assurance that we are able and willing to take care of it, we solicit your Banking Busi ness. Open an account with u, and we will extend you evory favor consistent with good bank ing principles. VIE PAY FOUR PER CENT ON SAYINGS Corner State and Liberty Streets J. U Ahler, President W. (I. Knst, Cnshler. 8. S. East. Vice President Dr. L. n. 8tipvea. L. 11. Roberta. Director. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND SALEM ARE THE BUSY OPERATING PLACES OF THE CHICAGO STORE AH the time busy buying in Chicago and New York and all the time busy selling in Sulcm. We are me only store in Salem Hint Permanently retains an Eastern buyer. Ho Is an expert and keeps ns strictly tmiei on the best bargains and the Infest and newest merchandise. Tho new shipments we hare now received ire certainly attractive and wonderfully low priced. This is the Store for Millinery Bargains New Millinery Just received the swellest trimmed hats, shapes, flowers.French plumes and fancy feathers we ever had the pleasure of offer ing our numerous friends and customers. No big prices asked here. It is the volume of business we want 15.00, $7.50, 18.50 and $10.00 hats now on sale for $1.!5, $2.50, $2.75, $3.50 and up. Extra Special 10,000 yard 1912 latest and newest Wash Goods now placed on sale and ready for selling. Every class and kind Is shown. Any cotton fabric you ask for, you can find here and In all colors. 81-3c pretty lawns I Vic 15c Dress Ginghams, yd 8 l-3c Percales, yd 5c, 8 l-3c and 10c Lace Curtains, pair ........ 49c, 65c, 98c und up llecuutlful Kerr Silks nnd Dress Goods Just Received New Silks and Dress Goods Now opened up and ready for selling. A grand assort ment and the best values we ever offered our customers. Silks, yard ' .... 25c, 35c, 49c, 65c and up Dress Goods, yard . . . 25c, 35c, 49c, 75c and up II yon want stylish wearing apparH offered at small prices, come here. New Suits, Coats , and Dresses Now on sale. Styles like the picture at remarkably low prices. $18 and (20 Suits NOW $8.50, $10.50 and $12.50 $15.00 $18.00 Coats NOW $7.50 $8.50 $10.50 Silk Dresses $7.50 (8.50 $10.50 i;pT0 $iaoo T4UES C2T, 'fl Hic ru mm " Salem Oregon The Chicago Store The Store That Saves You Money jEsrasfflsmaf Notice for Bids. Notice is hereby given that the common council of the city of Salem, Oiegon, Invites sealed bids for the making of on Improvement of South 17th street from 15 foet north of the south line of State street to the north line of Ferry street with Standard Eitulithlc Pavement, Light Standard Bltullthlc Pavement, Light Gravel Bltullthlc Pavement, Heavy Gravel Eitulithlc Pavement, El Oso Pave nient, El Oso Pavement Number Four (4), Crushed Rock Concrete Pavement, Gravel Concrete Pavement Asphalt Povement, Asphaltlc Con crete Pavement, Hassam Pavement, Granocrete Concrete Pavement, or Dolarway Pavement In accordance with the' plans, specifications and ostlmates on file in the office of the city recorder of Bald city, which are hereby referred to and made a part of this notice. Said bids will be opened on or af ter the 3rd day of June, 1912, at or about 7:30 o'clock, p. m., In open council meeting In the city hall In Salem, Oregon. Each bid submitted must be accompanied by a certified check equal lu amount to 10 percent of the amount of the bid. The city of Salem reserves tho right to reject any and all bids. This notice Is pub lished for flvo successive daya In a dally newspaper published In the city of Salem, Oregon, tho date of first publication being May 28, 1912. CHAS. F. ELGIN, City Recorder. 5-28-Dt PRUNES We have one ot the finest large prune orchard propositions ' to be found at only $98 TER ACRE of which there are 24 acres of or chard with 16 acres HEARING The whole place la 155 acres, of which over 60 acres are under plow. Dalance In pasture nnd a lot of GOOD TIMBER It Is located about two miles souii of Rosedale, part of It facing on the main rock road. Also about a mile down grade haul to new Oregon Elec tric station. Good house, barn, etc. IOC CAN'T BEAT IT. E. HOFER & SONS Investments, 213 S. Commercial Street To Care a cold In One Dar. Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. Druggists refund money if It fails to cure. E. W. Grovel signa ture Is on each box. 25 cents. Hood River is Infested with tramps alleged berry pickers. AutomobileMotor Cycle and Accessory Dealers of Salem APPERSON 8. F. ANDERSON. Also Agent for Re and MlWJ Great Western Oarage 147 . W Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S OASTORIA AUBURN BUICK E-M-F FORD sap I AT YOnt SERVICE SIX DATS f each week for washing cleanly and Ironing beautifully ypur X lied Linen Table Linen Personal Linen and Family Wash Better accept our service and try the work done here. It can't bo done betttr! CAPITAL CITY STEAM LAUNDRY rheae 164 HUDSON W. S. FITTS, Agent Also Agent for Met. 418 Court Street OTTO WILSON Also Agent for the Chalmers Thone 220 Cor. Comerclal and I"" E-M-F MOTOR SALES CO. K. M. F. "80" Flanders "iO C. L. Rose, Mgr. gl S. Col FORD AGENCY, E. II. Whiteside, t& Also Agents for H. C. H. and LM"r 121 N. Liberty St. l'lione TICK BROS. Also Agents for Elmore and "ViT Capital Garage l'lione JHS INDIAN ffiSSs i A'M! rwr. T X1 1 C YCLES North Commercial Street l'hontwt MAXWELL The Car That Always Huns GEO, Jl. WILLS ?fi Capllal Garage l OVERLAND Phone SI.MONTON MOTOR (0. Also Agent for MH; , 1311 lfil North H lK 8,r HARLEY-DA VIDSON MOTOR CYCLES IIACSEB BROS- , Ante and Motorcycle SnppHrt Minneapolis Motorrvcls t Tunn motor 1 iivyi CYCLES FRANK MOORE Bicycles, Sundries, I Court Street 1 hJl. VULCAN IZ I NG JSsJWr I 1 VP .UfnelB Guaranteed. lfB, Great Western W C. W. Moof' and TOWING Telephone Mal Kmbry and Cmpf Car fr IHJ gi TboM Bain W6. Hi B AUTOMOBILES OHIO ""IK"" v Kelly Trnrt