Editorial Page of Tlie Salem Capital formal
TUESDAY
Jan. 21, 1913.
The Capital Journal
Published by
The Barnes -Taber Company
GRAHAM P. TABER, Editor and Manager
An Independent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and the Progress
and Development of Salem In Particular and All Oregon in General
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A WEAKKMXG STIMULANT.
ONH wholesome thing about us as
a people Is that we remember
and learn from our mistakes.
We do not yet pretend lo popular as
tuteness, but at least we are smarter
than wo UBed to be. Take, for In
stance, the big electrical power grant
we have just made to tho Great Palls
Power company of Montana. This
grant Is for tho transmission of power,
over public domain, for the electrifi
cation of 450 miles of railroad be
tween Harlowtown, Montana, and Av
ery, Idaho, along the main line of tho
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget Sound
railroad.
The grant, which is for 50 years, Is
subject to readjustment every 10
years, and provides for the regulation
of rates and Bervlce, tho sale of pow
er to tho United States, the state and
the cities at as low a rate as Is given
any other buyer, and demands the ap
proval of tho secretary of tho interior
for the transferring of the permit.
When the Union Pacific railroad
waa under construction we granted
'It not only the right of way, but all
the timber, iron and oaal within Blx
miles of the line not to mention cash
subsidies of from $16,000 to $48,000 a
mile. In 1808, the New York Express
thus guilelessly writes: "Tho sum of
$50,000,000 bos been sot apart to be
divided equally between these two
companies (the Union Pacific and the
Central Pacific tho bonds of tho
government being Issued In propor
tion to the length done and the diffi
culties of construction. The rood is
required to b first-class and the
further grant of 12,800 acres of land
per mile may bo reckoned among its
ulterior resources Under this stimu
lus the companies have mado oom
mendnblo progress within tho past
two ye!rs."
It Is hardly necessary to recall that
under this "stimulus" the construction
profit on tho whole road above all ex
penses was at loast $13,900,000.
As a people today wo profor to be
loss stimulating to private enterprises,
as we have suggested by tho restric
tions placed by the department of
Intorlor upon the Great Falls power
grant.
lars' wortli of food, and that the house
wife is paying thirteen dollars for six
dollars worth of nourishment, the
seven dollars' difference going to pay
mlddlotnon, railways, etc., this need
cause no dismay It simply means that
our commercial machinery Is receiving
more than Its just due and that it
needs overhauling and simplifying, a
task to which the American peoplo are
fully equal. But the other statement,
instead of causing any apprehension,
should really bo a reason for congrat
ulation. That the American people Is
sufficiently alive to the importance
and value of pure foodstuffs for this
knowledge to have an Influence on
prices Is a most gratifying sign of pro
gress and of higher and better stand
ards of living. The fact that the ini
tial cost Is greater has no bearing on
the ultimate value of the food product.
Certlfiod milk costs more than ordin
ary dirty, disease-carrying milk, but
It Is more expensive? When one con
siders the cost of medical services,
nursing, medicines and loss of time
and life caused by disease transmit
ted by dirty milk, it becomes evident
that the first coat Is not a fair crite
rion, and that clean, pure milk Is far
cheaper in tho end, even though its
initial cost Is a few cents higher. This
Is truo of all puro foods. Tho de
mand for pure food materials and the
Increase In living expenses from this
cause can nccount for only a small
part of the present lncreaao In prices,
but, so far as It goes, It Is a welcome
slmi, since it means better and purer
foods and less sickness. Let us not
pay more than Is necessary for any
food, but let. us havo puro foods, no
matter what they may cost,
Labor In
Session at
"Los Angeles
UNIIKD TOEH8 IJHABED WlkE.
Jjoa Angeles, Cal., Jan. 21. Fall
uro of the Los Angeles city govern
mont to welcome the delegates to the I
twelfth annual convention of the
Stato Building Trades Council caused i
a bitter reproach by Secretary A. J. I
Mooney when the first session of tho
convention opened yostorday Mooncy
declared the fulluro of tho city to
greet the labor men was duo to a '
dlHllkn for unlnna niwl unlnnlunia. !
Four hundred delegatus represent
ing every local In the stato gathered
in the labor toniplo for the official
opening of the meeting. President B.
II. McCarthy of San Francisco replied
to on address of welcome by E. J.
Hendricks of Los Angeles.
McCarthy deplored tho attltudo of
tlu Los Angeles city administration
toward labor and forecasted a hard
fight by labor for control of tho city's
govern mental machinery at the next
('lection. Also, ho strongly Intimated,
In Introducing Job Ilarrlman to tho
convention that he would be labor's
candidate for mayor In the next cam
paign.
Hurrlman was given a rousing re
ception by the delegates. Ho worded
a warm declaration of Innocence in
behalf of the union men convicted at i
Indianapolis of Illegally transporting
dynamite. At this juncture a por
trait of Olaf Tvoltmoe wa3 displayed.
It was the signal for a vociferous
demonstration.
THE COST OF 0001) LIVING.
THAT the medical fraternity does
not bend all Its enorgies toward
Bolvlng problems dealing direct
ly with tho knifo and tho application
of medicine Is to bo noted in tho char
acter of articles appearing in Tho
Journal of Tho American Medical as
sociation, a Into ono which Is of very
special tlmollnoss being tho follow
ing on living cobIs as Influenced by
methods which insure purity and
wholesomeness:
"Two stateiiienls havo appeared In
tho newspaper recently regarding
the ever-Interesting subject of the
present high cost, of living. Ono was
that, under present rindltlonfl, the
cost of conveying hIx dollars' worth of
food from tho producer to the consum
er Is seven dollars. The other was a
statement from the depnrtmont of ag
riculture that one of the factors in
producing higher prices Is the agita
tion for pure fondsluffH and the enact
ment and enforcement of pure food
laws. These statements are typical of
two most Important forces nt present
influencing living condlllons. One has
to do entirely with management and
administration. If It Is true that It
costs seven dollars to market six dol-
TI1ACHS JOSEPH'S NAME
HUT CAN'T LOCATE MUSTACHE
Senator Joseph's nationality Is an
enigma to a lot of Portland people
His namo suggests a Hebrew Uncage,
but his bill to appropriate half a mil
lion dollars for un exhibit at San
Francisco seems to contradict this.
Taking tho senator's manners as a
working basis to trace his pedigree,
ono would be forced to the conclusion
that ho Is of French descont. Joseph
Is easily the most polite .nan In the
senate'. "Mr. President, I am willing
that the senator from Podunk, or the
senator from Blngvlllo should speak
first," has become a familiar phrase on
tho senator's Hps. Two generations
ago J-o-o-p-h may havo been pro
nounced Yousecf, with the stross on
tho "seet"
Tho Multnomah solon lias tho elo
quence of an American Indian and a
relationship to tho famous Chief
Joseph has been suggested. Tho beau
ties nnd refinement of a Greek of
the ancient Athens, not tho modern
railroad typo mingle in the study Tho
solon has Uio wit of an Irishman, but
Dan Kellaher says "not at nil, not
yet,"
But Joseph con talk just as good
United States as Milt Miller, and exe
cute Just as I.lnooln-llko goHtlires ns
Dlinlck, so there you are.
Isaiah Newton Day, the herculean
senator from Multnomah county1, ap
peared this morning with the bristling
black mnstnelio eradicated from his
features. The senator no longer looks
llko nn appendage of tho House of
Schwnckeiisteliier, but lines up very
harmoniously with Kellaher, Malar
key, Dlmlek. etc.
II It; II SCHOOL AM)
RAILROAD CO-OI'EHATE
Boys In the high school nt McComb
City. Miss., earn from $12 to $18 a
month regularly while attending
school. A plan of co-operation has
been drawn tip between the high
school and the Illinois Central rail
road, whereby the boys attend school
one day and work In the railroad
shops the next, according to informa
tion received nt tho United States
Bureau of Education, Tho "student
apprentices," as they are called, are
paid for their work In the shops, the
minimum wago being 12 cents an
hour. After four years of combined
high school attendance and shop work
tho boy Is prepared to enter collego
or draw a man's pay at his trade.
Railroad and school authorities
both agree that tho plan works well.
The railroad official In charge of the
boys said:
"After actual tests It Is shown that
tho plan of co-operation between the
Illinois Central railroad shops and
tho McComb City High School Is not
only feasibly but that It is working
out In a manner entirely satisfactory.
I believe It to be for the best Inter
est of the railroad company to fill
all vacancies in the apprenticeship
system as far as possible with co
oierat!vtf apprentices."
Suierintendent Hughes, of tho
school system, is equally enthusiastic
over results from the school's point
of vlow. He believes tho plan offers
ono solution of tho problem of keep
ing boys In school; that It fosters a
boy's spirit of Independence and sat
lsflos his commendable ambition to
get Into tbe game of llfo,
The McComb City plan Is another
indication of. tho strength of the
present movement for systematic vo
cational education In connoctlon with
tho public schools. It Is noteworthy
In that It docs not loso sight of tho
need for continued cultural training
for tho boy who may want to earn
his living In the shops,
v"T3rBTU dt TOT T7w,i: P"Py f collects the Invisible
ifJ'ni J3.M143 Ja? JlVBcrmn of disease-spreads them over
V i our food and poisons na with typhoid.
The Mosquito
with Its bill Injects Into
our vein MALARIA.
WE ARE all exposed to such dangers our only armor Is good red
blood! Lot your Rtomach bo of good digestion, your liver active
nd year lungi full of gonil pure air and you don't surrender to any of the disease
bearing gorms. The bet known tonic and alterative, that correct! a torpid liver,
and helps Uigoation ao that good blood ia manufactured and tho syitcm nourished, la
piScV. Med!2! Discovery
Thla turnout medicine hna been sold by mediclna dealer In Its liquid form for
over forty yuan, giving grant nitiif notion. If you profor you ran now obtain Dr.
Pierce's Golden nodical Discovery talilota of your dragg-Sat at 11.00, also in 60c alia
or by mail aand bO one-cent stamps, R.V. Pierce, M. D., Uultulo, N.Y., for trial box.
1,,iDiAna f 7 t fit are fully and properly answered In the People'a Medical Ait
XtUVallOnS Of Llllt , K.V. ei.,r,M. D. All the knowll a reims
man or w.tman, wife or (taut htar should hsva, ts contained In this biff Home Doctor Uooa
eontalnlna low puns with nirravSnm bound In cloth, ssnt tat ts anyone aanuiiii U ana
Mat stamps to prepay coat of wrapplns and postage.
hi: came eah to
OYEIILOOKINfl IT
Marshfleld, Ore.. Jan. 21. Baring
against tlmo with tho returns of the
president lal election of Oregon which
ho must deliver In Washington by
January 27 or be subject to n fine of
$1000, Hugh MeLnln left here at mid
night Monday.
Mr, Melaln. when at Salem last
week, understood that, ho had until
February 12 to deliver tho returns
In Washington, hut today be discov
ered that tho United Slates laws re
quired hint to deliver tho votes there
not. later than tho last Monday In
January. Immediately uimui finding
out that ho had boon misinformed,
Mr. Mil.aln made arrangements to
start on his Journey nnd left at mid
night on tho race after having made
arrangements for relays of teams to
carry him out to tho railroad, whero
ho will embark for tho Kast.
With tho present Btnto of tho roods
tho chances nro against him mnklng
the trip on time, as It Is a long and
hard run to the railroad and with
bllzjiards and snowslltles to hold up
the trains. McLean realizes that he
has a hard and exceedingly doubtful
trip ahead.
A man's religion seldom wears out
from overwork.
Our 30
Day Annul
Sli.
C
o
leane
Sale -
IS STILL CONTINUED
j PROFITS NOT CONSIDERED DURING THIS SALE
OUR SPOT CASH SYSTEM of buying and selling enables us to place be
fore our customers merchandise of merit and quality at much lower prices
than can be touched by our competitors. We are manufacturers' buyers.
Don't be led astray by nonsensical talk. All we ask of you is to go to the
other stores first. Examine their goods over carefully, then come here and
see where is the best place to spend your money. We have grown faster
than any other store on the Pacific Coast. There must be a reason for it.
We give the people honest values at lower prices than anywhere else in Salem
TRADE AT SALEM'S PROGRESSIVE STORE
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If m
mm
'Iff
91P
$4
Suits
now on sale at
Salem's Spot
Cash Store that
makes the
Low Prices
.50
.50
$8.50
and
$10.50
Stylish Suits
Fashionably
Trimmed and
Tailored
Worth Double
$7
TT"M-M
Fashionable I COME HERE; Fashionable
Coats
now selling at clear
ing prices
$3.50
$5.90
$7.90
and
$10.50
and see the
Piles of
New Spring
Goods
stacked up on the
counters, all marked
in plain figures at
Prices that
I will convince
you
that the Chicago
Store is the right place
for you to spend your
money
Wf 4-J
rr c tut ii tc
High Cost of
Living Down
Our Spot Cash
System enables us
to give you the
Best Values at the
iving Down j LOWEST PRICES
New Spring Silks
New Spring Dress
Goods
New Spring Dress
Ginghams
and Wash Goods
Velvet Corduroys
Our Spot Cash System Enables
us to give Lower Prices
than Elsewhere
M
NEW SPRING
MILLINERY
opened
Come fs,
ii styles . i
C.HLiC AGO
OUR SPOT CASH
SYSTEM
Means a great saving to econom-
ical buyers
PRETTY CHALLIES A
Per yard rC
FURS, SWEATERS, SHIRTS,
WAISTS and UNDERSKIRTS
AT CLEARING PRICES
Men's UNDERWEAR, OVER.
SHIRTS, GLCVES AND
CLOTHING HALF PRICE
BLANKETS, COMFORTS,
SHEETS and PILLOW CASES
AT CLEARING PRICES
UK
SALEM, OREGON. THE STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY
ATT 0 II N K Y.fi K N K II t fit A IV V 0 II I)
TO TELL OF WATER TOWER
Tho members of the Salem Six
O'clock Club will hold ono of their
regular meetings In the First M. E.
church this evening, mid some Inter
esting Information relative to Oregon's
water power wiy bo learned by all
who attend, when Attorney-Gonural
Crawford delivers an address uion the
sulijwt. The water powor of this
state Is becoming one of the most Im
portant factors in upbuilding the mun
ufactu ii'g business, and its wealth is
unlimited, according to the different
reports submitted by export Inspect
ors, A sumptuous lunch will be served
promptly at 6:!0 by ths ladles, and
something fine Is looked forward to
In the "eats" lino.
Flood .Ncnrs Record.
Iunitkd rnr.nn manbd wiiib
I'nlontown, Ky., Jan. 21 Cypress
and Howell, Ind are under several
foot of water today and practically
every homo. In theso two towns Is
submerged. The river here Is 4fl
feet, Boven-tonths of a foot below the
record mark of 1884, when scores
IMirlshcd.
The situation Is unchanged from
Cincinnati to Cairo, tho hills remain
ing crowded with flood refugees.
To Cure s Cold tn Ono Dir.
Take LAXATIVE DROMO Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money If It
falls to cure. E. W. GROVE'3 Signa
ture Is on each box. 25c.
Nearly everybody will recommend a
lot of remedies ho wouldn't think of
using himself.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A
Foils a Foul Plot.
When a shameful plot exists be
tween liver and bowels to cause dis
tress by refusing to act, take Dr.
King's New Llfo Pills, and end such
abuBo of your system. They gently
compel right action of stomach, Uver
and bowels, and restore your health
and all good feelings. 25o at J. C.
Perry's.
Hints for Hnnsckerpent.
Keep Foley's Money and Tar Com
pound always on band, and you can
o.uickly head off a cold by Its prompt
use. It contains no opiates, heals and
soothes the In lamed air passages,
stops tho cough, nnd may save a big
doctor's bill. J. K Hlgglns, Stanton,
Vs., writes that "One bottle of Fo
ley's Honey and Tar Compound cured
me of a bad cough. I find It a sure
cure for coughs and oolds." In a yel
low package. Dr. Stone Drug Store.
If spoils is a party's principal object
It deserves to be Roosevelted.
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTORI A