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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1912)
llllttllttllll t 1 Case Corsets The Case Corsets are made of best materials, the best trimmings mid boned with Case's Double Aluminum Non-Rustable Stays Every Case Corset Is fully guaranteed and any deficiency In material, work manship or wear will be made good, We carry a complete line of Case cor sets In all tho latest styles for all figures, and at all prices D. M. C. Crochet and Embroidery Cottons; all colors and sizes. Special, fG.25 Velvet and Messallne Waists $1.75 THE JiOVEJIDEH HCTOKIAL KEYIEW PATEItXS A HE ItEADY FOU YOl'R SELECTION. 115 Worth High The Masonic Temple Greatest Magician Is Coming "Secln's bellevln,' but feelin's the naked truth," says an old Scotch pro' verb, but If ever one feels Inclined to question the applicability of that It Is after a couple of hours spent In witnessing the wonderful perform ance of Raymond, "Master of Mira cles." To see him Is not to believe him lor thereby one would have to ac cept miracle-working as a latter-day lact. Thus Is one forced to admit liavlng been pleasantly fooled, puz zled and mystified by this cleverest of Illusionists. Out of the hurly Inirly of uncanny sensations pro duced by a Raymond performance, one will have mazed reoollectlons of a hundred and one mysterious move-1 unsolved mysteries to be seen in the ments, of very solid bodies vanishing , Great Ravmond show. ence. Ho catches pigeons from the empty air, makes little boxes grow big In a twinkling and then extracts charming young ladles from them, and trans forms his assistants on a throne of mystery in a most. amazing manner. From his wonderful Noah's Ark he produces about as many birds and animals as cai.ie out of the original craft and this In spite of the fact that it has been shown, Just a moment be fore, to bo absolutely empty! A charming young lady, with a huge Merry Widow Jiat, materializes from "nowhere"; a hnnd, carried down into the audience, raps out answers to questions asked by people In the audience; a head, separate from body, smokes a cigarette and answers questions; entirely empty dishes pro vide a bountiful supply of bon-bons. Then there is that wonderful lllu sion, "metempsychosis," which for several presentalons puzzled the great Edison. "Astrala," the most startling of all aerial Illusions, is alone worth the price of admission. The above are a few of the many DAILY CAH1AL JOPItyAL, SALEM, OltECOX, MONDAY. OCTOIIEK 28, 1912. Problem of Good Roads Is up to Us OREGON STATE CHANGE 1'IIE SESTS TWO BILLS IT HAS l'BE. 1' A It ED AND ASKS VOTEItS TO EXAMINE AND THEN VOTE FOB THEM. Page Three Into ether, of flesh and blood things manufactured at a moment's notice, When the curtain rises on the Ray mond show It discloses a gorgeous or. Donas ana Doxes bum but not sight, as the entire stage hangings broken, and of many other surprises 'and fittings are of elepant silks, vel- silver and gold. Raymond even that cannot be extracted clearly from the masB, Raymond is full of tricks decep tion Just comes sprouting out of him all over he makes his audience feel foolishly myoptlc and pleasantly fool ish but never Is guilty of keeping them waiting long for more. No sooner has he produced a fowl from an egg, say, than he Is off mak ing a fowlhouso for It or something like that. Ho serves steaming hot coffee to the audience, coffee made from paper clippings In full view of the nudi- vnts: carries his own elegant cut-glass chandelier that nothing may be lack ing In the way of perfect appoint ment. In fact a fortune Is repre sented In the Investment and the equipment consists of 10 tons of stage parapbanalla; requiring 16 assls trnts to handle this colossal magic en tertainment. This is more than three times as much as carried by any other ningl clan In the world. Raymond will be gin Jjls season at the Grand Theatre on Tuesday, Oct 29. Ladd& Bush, Bankers Established 1868 Capital $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business, We issue travelers' checks and letters of credit avail able in all parts of the world. Full line af Duxback Sportsmen's cloth ing for ladles or men. Rainproof Cravenette cloth made in olive green or light tan Wet Weather Goods for Sportsmen Si 1 Witch Elk Hunting Boots are light, soft and pliable and as near waterproof as leather can be made. DRI-FOO T will make 'your shoes waterproof and preserve the leather. We would be pleased to show you our stock of the above. WtikL The people of the state of Oregon are facing tho greatest problem which has arisen In years, if not the great est In the history of the stnto. The highway problem, in all its ramifica tions, must be settled sometime, and there has been an effort mado on the part of many people to have that set tlement some soon. The need of good roads is conceded there Is no ques tion In any section of the state on that score. The problem lies in the system of construction, In tho manner of pay ment and In the method of selection. It Is not likely that a large percentage of the voters of the state will thor oughly familiarize themselves with all the provisions of all the bills which will appear on tho ballot November 5. It is conceded on all sides that a uniform system of highways should be constructed In the most substantial manner at a reasonable price per mile of construction. It Is conceded that tho division of the cost should be among the people interested and who will use the roads when constructed. Just what proportion of cost should be paid by tho state, by tho county and by adjacent property Is a problem which will stand discussion, no end of It, but finally It must be settled on an equltublo basis. The Slate Grango has had prepared and offers to the people of the Btato two bills, Nos. 324 and 32G. which were drawn with the purpose In view of giving tho people who must pay, control of the selection and construc tion of highways. True home rule was aimed at in preparing tho measures, while safeguards were thrown about the planning of highways that a state wide system would result. The Grange offers a bill providing for the details of road meetings, of selections of hlghays to bo improved, of the letting of contracts and for pay ment for the work, Another hill pro vides for a highway department which Is to bo under state supervision with charge of construction generally while the county officials will have actual charge of tho work In each county. In this way true home rule la provided for. These bills, coupled with the convict labor bills, will give the state an Ideal scheme for road construction. Tho method provided for is to have not loss than 50 taxpayers of any county petition the county court for an election to vote upon the construc tion of roads. An election Is to be called In. each district by the road su pervisor. The district meeting will elect delegates to a county meeting. Here plans for actual work will be made by the duly elected representa tives of the taxpayers. The county meeting will authorlzo tho Issuance of bonds In a sum not to exceed 5 per cent of the assessed valuation of the property of the county. The amount of tho bond issue and the length of time tho securities are to run will be determined at the meeting. The bill provides for uniform grades below 5 per cent. Competent engineers aro to be em ployed and construction Is to bo un dertaken under direction of the stale highway engineer. All work Is to be done by contract after due advertise ment, so that no favorites can be played. The bill assures the people that roads will be built where most needed and that principal centers will be served first, as tho plan contem plates the greatest good to the great est number. The argument In favor of these measures Is that they give the taxpay ers full control of road building and of the highway situation, both In amount of bonds to be issued and of the location of the roads to be Improv ed. The nature of the Improvement to be made Is also made a matter of pub lic concern, while the entire Job must Je done under the general supervis ion of the state highway engineer. An engineer named by tho county court or by tho people will be placed In actual charge of construction. Throughout the state for weeks, the local and county granges have studied Ihe various road bills, all of them. Or ganized labor has given extensive In vestigation to the problems promised in the various bills, and lias approved the grange measures 324-320, and if supporting them In the newspapers of the organization and through tho cen tral labor council of Portland. The grange bills have been brought before every commercial club in the state by the Hood River Commercial club, whfrh named a spHal commit tee to make a thorough Inquiry into the merits of the road measures of fered to the people. This committee reported that the grange measures, together with the convict labor bills, offered a complete system or highway construction with the least complica tion and the cleared plan of opera tion. The club went further and rec- I22EII22322 ommended that the other road bills be voted down In order that confusion should not result, and delay in begin ning work be allowed. Tho club then sent to each club in the state a state- mi nt of its findings with the urgent request that the businessmen familiar ize themselves with the measures through action by the various club committees. Oregon needs roads and that at an enrly date. But there Is a general ex- p:ession of sentiment among, at least the farming communities, that the pro posed state boudlng scheme is too big and unwieldy, and that the charge of Interest on the $1,000,000 a year for 30 years would be a needless burden on the people. It Is conceded that the exponse for Interest and upkeep of tho road would be a burden which at this time cannot adequately be understood. Thirty years is too long a time for the people of any state to pledge the an nual expenditure of so largo a sum of monoy through the ordinary political channels. Perhaps the chief objections to the grange measures come from sources that object to the taking from poltlcs of the expenditure of tho largo sum of money contemplated In the highway schemes. But in Oregon tho drift is toward direct government, with tho people really controlling in all tho af fairs of the state and the counties, and the grango measures were Intended to be In lino with tho very best ideas In road legislation. The grange bills have been discuss ed more than any other measure now before the people of Oregon, and up to tho present time no valid objection to the plan as contemplated has been of fered, except from directions where political activity Is considered essen- tial In advancing a schemo of road leg islation which will guarantee that the money, once voted by tho people, shall pass Into the hands of politicians and be disbursed as other public funds are usually disbursed. The grange bills contemplate home rule as nearly as possible. And for that reason people are supporting them In the country, In tho village, In tho city. C. E. SPKXCER. Thousands of (Jraleful Loiters from women In all parts of the I'nlted Plates and Canada who have been re lieved from almost every form of fe male complaints such as inflamma tion, ulceration, displacements, tu mors, irregularities, periodic pains and backache, by Lydla K. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, are on file In tho Plnkham laboratories at Lynn, Mass., but no letter Is ever published without written request or consent of the writer. Every suffering woman owes It to her self to give Lydla E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound a trial. Occasionally a couple marries In ."'wALDOHF J, , '. - '.. ' ' NEW TMsrpxrn tips ma err Arrow WING COLLARS STRONG WHERE OTHERS ARE WEAK. IforK CCIJ til Will Debate on the Single Tax This Evening SINGLE TAX fl a R M :e C. H. SHIELDS VS. W. S. U'REN ii ii ti u ii n ri ii H El a ii ti H 13 a u n u u ii ii ii ii u M ti ii ii n ti 13 U 11 13 11 11 II II n ti if n ii n ti ii ii 11 H ii H ii 11 ti M n H a H ii ii ii FREE Chairman: Attorney-General Crawford Ladies invited Armory Tonight October 28th W(f lf For two hours tonight Salem citi zens will have a chance to hear two of tho ablest debaters In tho stato in acrimonious and bitter forensic com bat. W. S. UTleti, champion of tho single tax measures and head of the campaign for single tax in Oregon, says of his forthcoming clash with Charles II. Shields, secretary of the Oregon Kquul Taxation League: "Wo will have a perfectly lovely time." And the glitter In Mr. U'lten's eye when ho said it Indicated that bv a lovely time" ho meant a "lovely scrap." Every available bit of seating capa city iu the Salem armory promises to he called upon to handle tho crowd which will hear tho speakers tonight. This becomes evident when It Is ro momberod that at their meetings in Salem at which they appeared singly they each drew moro than 1000 per sons to hear them. Attorney-General Crawford will bo In the chair. Mr. Shields, who tees in single tax a real menace to the welfare of Ore gon, will open the debate with a 40- minuto tii 11c during which time bo will point out that the Fels Fund Commis sion It Is the Fels of soup fumi! In financing (ho singlo tax propaganda In Oregon; that singlo tax iu Oregon, proposed as tho graduated singlo lax, s purely tho Henry Georiro system of Inglo tax; that tho Henry George sin glo tax will ultimately rob citizens of their land through confiscation of land values and that tho Bystem will bo far from equal. Mr. U'Ren will then have CO minutes for reply In which tlmo bo will de fend tho proposed measures and he will urgo upon tho voters of Oregon that their ono hope of prosperity lies In voting for the measure. Mr. Shields and Mr. U'Ren will (hen each have 10 mlnutos for rebuttal, after which Mr. SbWds will make a 10-mlnuto talk In closing. Tills will glvo each speaker GO minutes. Remarks which both Mr. Shields and Mr. U'Ren have been making about each other In tho course of the campaign give an Inkling of what the debate Is to be. Personalities have been avoided by tho merest scant di viding lino and each has loudly pro claimed that tho other was afraid to meet him on tho samo platform. Now Mr. Shields says ho will tear the mask from Mr. U'Ren, meet him with out gloves and neither ask nor expect quarter, This seems to pleaBO Mr. U'Ren, who has figuratively rolled up Ills sleeves and prepared for a battle royal. Thero will bo no rhnrgo for admit tance at tho public meeting at tho ar mory tonight. Children Ory FOR FLETCHER'S CASTOR I A 111 patent mediclnos or medicines ad vertlsed In this paper are for sale at DR. STONE'S Drug Store Salem, Oregon, A he DR. STONE'S ITCH OINTMENT Which cures in a few days SCHOOL ITCH, MANILA ITCH, MISSOURI ITCH or SEVEN YEAR ITCH. Price $1.00 Made by Dr. S. C. STONE, Salem, Oregon. Hilt EVERYTHING FOR BABY'S WEAR, CARE AND COMFORT Our department of Infants' Wear is always complete and attractive, Every mother who wants the best for her baby should come here, Dresses, bonnets, coats, bootees, blankets, sliawls,etc are here, all carcfullymado to combine service with looks Dresses, 25c to $7.50. Coats, $2.50 to $12.50. Bonnets, 29c to $3.50. Blankets, 48c to $3.50. HALLOWEEN NOVELTIES TO BE FOUND HERE SUITS $10 to $50 Women's DRESSES $8,75 to $45,00 COATS . $7,50 to $50 90AUTY HCRCHANDISt ' POPULAR l IliCRTy STRICT BtTWtCN STATE 't COUDT PRirtl CALL 1011 It IDS. Clly (if Snlem Refunding Rends. Nolico Is hereby given Unit tho com mon council of tho clly of Salem, Ore gon, will recelvo sealed bids for tho purchase of $20,000 of City of Salem Twenty (20) Year Refunding Honda, Ishuo of 1912, lu denominations of $500 each, beating Interest at tho rule of B per cent per annum, payable so.itl unnually, May 1st and November 1st, principal nnd Interest payablo at tho offlco of tho city treasurer In Salem, Oregon. Ilonds nro lion-redecnmblo general obligation and nro Issued for tho purposo of refunding outstanding bonds of the city. Ilids will bo opened nt or about 7:30 o'clock p. m. In open council meeting In tho clly hall at Salem, Oregon, on the Gth day of November, 1012. lllds Jaunt bo addressed "It. A. Croatian, Clly Treasurer, Salem, Oregon," and enclosed In a sealed envelope marked on tho outside thereof "Hid for $20.(00 City of Salem Twenty (20) Year lie funding llonds, Isbuo of 1912." All bids must bo accompanied by n certified check of r per cent of the total amount of Issue made payable Id tho mayor of tho city of Salem, Ore gen, as a guaranteo of good faith Unit Hie said bonds will bo accepted nnd paid for upon a proper allowing of le gality of Jssuo upon an award by tho common council of (ho clly of Salem, Oregon, No bid for less (ban par value md accrued Interest will bo considered and tho right to reject any and nil bids is hereby reserved in tho wild common council. It. A. CItOSSAN, 10-23-fit. Clly Treasurer. Mrs. I. C. Hastier, Grand Island Neb., has something Bho wIbIios to say about Foley's Honey nnd Tar Com pound. "My tbreo children had a very severo attack of whooping cough and suffered greatly. A friend recom mended Foley's Honey nnd Tar Com pound, nnd It did thorn more good than anything I gave them. I am glad (o recommend It." Sold by Dr, Stone Drug Company. A woman's opinions never becomo musty for lack of being aired. Notice to (', intra, iers. Proposals for fiirnlBhlng labor and materials required for tho erection of a cow barn at tho State Tuberculosis Institution will bo received nnd opened at tho Oovornor's offlco Wednesday, October 3D, 1912, at. 2 o'clock p. m. Pinna and specification may bo ob tained at tho offlco of V. C. Knighton, architect, slate house, Salem, Oregon. It. A. WATSON, 10-21-St. Aslstaiit Secretary. WM. STAIGER Independent Candidate for County Treasurer If elected, I will Provide an adequate bond, J Require banks to secure county deposits with them Leave funds as nearly as possible in their natural channels, Advocate a law that requires 2 per cent interest paid on county funds, WILLIAM STAIGER Automobile Motor Cycle and Accessory Dealers of Salem FORD Ul 1 OVER 1 LUIIUVI O l .AND E(Mil) AUF.X Y, L. II. Whiteside, Jtirr Also Aifcnt for II. ('. II. and I.enlor Jiirifo .No. olift Ferry Street. ('. L. ROSE COMPANY liiiine Main 2WW, 2111 S. Cominrc'l St. FAT HI A AT MOTOR ilVMSlfXll CYCLES WATT NIIII'P Ammunition, Fishing Tackle, Et. North I'liiiiuieriial Street Phone Ht Studebaker Auto S'lTKKIllKF.K 20 AM) ill) Kavld Keen, Sales Manager. C line Cn m'rn. nt' .Hummer. 5dlbSl0 Salem, Or. Show Hoiim High uad Ferrj