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dttoAai The Salem. Capital Journal THURSDAY Feb. 6, 1913. ase o: The Capital Journal Published by The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TAB E It, Editor and Manager an Independent Newspaper Devoted to American Principles and tbe Progress mid Development of Salem In Particular and All Oregon In General Pulillabed Every Evening Except Hunday, Halera, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Invariably In Advance) Dally, by Carrier, per year ...$5.20 Per month.. 45c Dally, by Mall, per year 4.00 Per month.. 85c Weekly, by Wall, per year ... .. 1.00 Bit montia .BOc FULL LEASED VVIItH TEl.BOKAI'n RKl'OHT' I . ADVERTISING KATES. Advertising rates will be furnlslied on application. "Wasp ails and "New Today" als strictly cash In uilr nnce. The Capital Journal Is more tlian nnxlons to glvo Its subscribers the very t best carrier servlee possible. If you don't get your paper on time, Just "phone Sfnln 82 and a copy will bo sent you by special messenger. The Capital Journal management wants all Its subscribers to receive prompt and efficient service yonr complaints registered at this office will recolve c refill attention. i THE FINANCIAL GENICS. IT Is a common answer to the crit icism of tho wealthy to say, "You and everybody else had the same opportunity." This means that every man In the United States had the same opportunity to abBorb wealth as Rockefeller, Carnegie and every other rich man. This same argument Is used as nn excuse for the laws per mitting the accumulation of these tremendous fortunes. Theoretically the statement Is true, but practically It Is about as far from the truth aB It well could be. The trouble in dealing with the question of'money making Is that we fall to classify the money maker, the financier as a genius. The money-making faculty is as much "a gift of the Gods" as the ability to write verBe, or yoke together In di vine harmony the infinite spirits of Hound. It Is as much a gift, a. trait, ns that which gilds the tongue of the or ator, Inspires the brush of the ar tist, or stirs the wonderful brain of the Inventor. The money-making gift like those Is of the realms of genius. General Sherman was a military gen ius; that Ib the reason he won victor ies and fame. Hundreds of others "had the same opportunities," but they did not havo the same genius. Rockefeller "had tbe same opportuni ty" as John G. Snxo to wrlto the lnlni alile ' verso, and Saxe "had the same opportunity as Rockefeller to corral coal oil," yet Snxe wrote verso, while Rockefeller wrote checks, each fol lowing the bent of his genius. To say they had the same opportunity is ri diculous, for neither had the genius or the gift, by which he could do what the other did. Every American, every Democratic American, "hnd tho same Opportunity" to be elected president of the United Stntes that Woodrow Wilson had, yet they were not elected, and most of them could not have been under any circumstances. Nor, for that matter, could Wilson himself, bad it not been for the combination of cir cumstances over which ho had no con trol, that made him avalalile as a can didate. Shakespeare's contemporaries "had the samo opportunity" to wrlto his magnificent tragedies, but none of them did It unless It wns Ilacon. So had the contemporaries of Michael Angelo and Leonardl da Vinci the same opportunity to crente pictures that they had, Croesus had ns much genius as the famed men mentioned, but his was a financial, not a poetic or artistic genliiB. It Is so today, anil the fact that Rockefeller, Morgan nnd that chiBS of men are gifted with won derful financial, or money-making Renins, Is no excuse for pormllting them to do bo at tho expense of the balance of tho people of America who "have tho snmo opportunities." !( will be een, even from this slight exam ination Into the matter, that It is not a question of opportunity, but of Renins, plenty of men who have but little education and are not bright, In a broad way, are natural monoy-mak-eifl, and hundreds, artists, poets, IiIh torlans, generals, statesmen, profound ly wIho In many ways are absolutely devoid of the money-making genius. The making of money does not Indi cate brlllancy of Intellect, It shows only tho genius along that line, only with which the money-maker Is gifted. IllimS, W0KMS AM) SOU,. EVKKY thinking fanner has become convinced that, with the exception of a few varieties, birds are his friends, and are treated accordingly for thn most part. Tho farmer has also another friend. the humble earthworm. Investigation lately completed by the British govern ment In the Soudan proves that the re markable fertility of the valley of the White Nile Is largely due to the work of earthworms. The castings the earth which pass es through the digestive system of the earthworms on one acre of ground was found to be 239,580 pounds in the six months active growing season that the farmers of that country enjoy. This moans that a lot of the subsoil has been brought to the surface, and also that the land has been put In ex cellent condition by the thorough aera tion of the soil made posslblo through the runways of the worms. The British Investigation seems to prove that every farmer boy who digs a fow worms for fishing Is depriving the farm of many useful denizens of the soli. And how are we to become reconciled to the eating of the useful worms by the birds? But being rea soning and reasonable creatures our selves, let's not worry about either the birds or the worms, except to make our farms good homes for them and give them protection. Nature pro vided ways for them to take care of themselves. The "birdies" look after tho bugs In tho trees, and tho 'worm les" are busy under the ground most of tho time. If we look after our own duties on the surface, as we should, we will all get along very nicely to gether. A half million for the Panama expo sition Ib none too much. To those who fear to mako tho venture of advertis ing our resources, it might be pointed out that a certain clasB bitterly op posed tho purchase of Alaska, because they could see no hope of Immediate returns. Yet it proved a good Invest ment. We paid $7,200,000 for it, and It has sent us nearly $100,000,000 In return. GIVES GOVKHXOH POWER TO REMOVE OFFICIALS With the amendment that sheriffs, prosecuting attorneys and constables may have a day In court before being ousted by the governor for not proper ly attending to their official dntlos, the McColloch bill, giving tho governor greater power over such officials will bo reported for passage. The bill Is In the hands of a subcommittee ap pointed to revlso tho bill and will bo roported Into thn Judicial commlttoe. It Is believed Thompson, one of the siih-conimltteo nn mbers, will object even to tho revised text. Ilutler and McColloch will approve. Under (lie provisions of tho bill the governor may start, proceedings against nny officer whom he considers In not doing his duty, tho action to bo taken before tho circuit Judge of tho district or of nn adjoining district. If thn allegation aro found to bo true the officer may bo ousted from his office, or have another officer sub stituted In hlrt place, for a period of 90 days. While there was strong objec tion to weakening the bill by providing for court hearings, it is considered that tills provision will have tho effect of musing officials to take greater care In attending to their duties to avoid any possibility of being haled Into public cotirt. At Least 500 Bills Too Many The general Introduction of bllla In both house and senae will end today, and after that a bill can only be In troduced with' the consent of two- thirds of the members of olther branch. A perfect flood of bills is expected this afternoon. The house alone up to last night had 5,11 bills, of which the 32 following billa were Introduced luto yesterday. By Graves, providing for transfer certificates for stock of private corpo rations. By Potter, fixing salary of Wheolor county superintendent. By Forbes, providing for furnishing Immigration information outside of state. By Forbes, changing terms of circuit, court in Wasco and Crook. By llandly, providing for petitions In Incorporation of ports. By Carkln, providing for juvenile courts in cities of less than 100,000. By Westorlund, providing entrance requirements to high schools. By Belland, appropriating $1000 for extermination of seals and sea lions. By Gill, to prohibit advertising or soliciting sale of cigarettes. By Schuebel, legalizing Incorpora tion of cities and towns. By Boncbruku, prohibiting games of clumeo In saloons and prohibiting giv ing of drink checks. By Drunk, fixing salaries of Lincoln county officers. By Hill, making changes In registra tion blanks. I By Chllds, providing for Issuance of Igame licenses. By dwelling, authorizing board of .control to purchase all stationery and office supplies. By Murnaae, making boiler inspec- : tin one of -the duties of the labor com- missionor. By Joint commltteo on railroads, Railroad Commission's bluo Bky law. By Hall, relating to delegates and expenses to school board conventions. J By Reames, authorizing a suit In equity ugainst the state. I By Massey, to make county treasur ers tax collectors. By Spencer, changing penalty In rape cases. By Spencer, providing for removal of human remains from cemeteries. By committee on elections, authoriz ing secretary of state to comptlo and send out copies of election laws. By Upton, making county treasurers tix collectors. - By Upton, fixing snlnrlos of all coun ty officers. By Upton, appropriating $100,000 for Oregon Historical Society building in Portland. By Barton, providing for county road viewers. By Barton, fixing snlarle.8 of Coos county officials. By ITomnn, fixing time In which foreclosure suits may be brought. By Human, authorizing construction of a bridge across Snake river. By Pelrce, providing for imyment of expenses for handling Irreducible school fund. By iowelllng, repealing dead por tions of prison rules. By Strnnulmn, authorizing county taxation for a grloulturul research. 1913 FEBRUARY 1913 1617 w 101 1 013 H 15 1819 j , t 232425262728 2021 F S 1 8 er's door from Albany,. The express charges on this package would have been 25 cents, and the farmer would have had to mako a special trip to town to get It. It Is claimed that such packnges will have aB careful handling in the parcel post as they would receive by the ex press company. As the hatching season advances many of the progressive poultrymen will undoubtedly take ndvantage of this direct method of delivering eggs, particularly to customers living in the country. WE Grow Because We Give the Best Values Tt-Ji OREGON HICAGQ0TQRE Our Motto i "Honest Goods at Lowest Prices" Feb ruary Clean-up Sale Every year we hold an ANNUAL FEBRUARY CLEARANCE SALE for two weeks, for the purpose of clean ing up and getting rid of all odd lots, odd sizes and broken lines of all kinds of goods all over our store Profits will not be considered on nil broken lines all over thlB big store. We must have room for our NEW SPRING GOODS, which are now pouring in on top of us. Come here and save money. SEE THE FOLLOWING PRICES: ! EGGS FOR HATCHING BY THE PARCEL POST Eugene Prescott, tho Faverolles poultry breeder, has the distinction of being tho first local poultryinnn to use tho parcel post for delivering eggs. Fifteen eggs, weighing three pounds, cost 11 cents delivered at tho custom- Grafters Are After the Lands IJN1TKD I'UISS LEASED WIRE. Olympic, Wash., Feb. 6. By a voto of 53 to 40, the Wray bill, which makes a gift of approximately $5,000, 000 of Lawe Washington shore lands to five private owners, Including the Northern Pacific, is today ready for third and final reading. It precipi tated a white heat debate in the house between the progressives and the re actionaries. Representative Houser, who made the sensational waterfront monopoly charges, whlc hwere sub stantiated by an unfriendly commit tee, again led the fight against the "theft" of lands, which will be un covered when the lake Is lowered In completing the Lake Washington ca nal, "The special interests, now monon- olizlng the Seattle harbor, by this bill, also want to bottle up the lake fronts," he said. He charged Miller, who, with Wray, were tho chief defenders of the bill, as being the "special Interest report In the house.' Wray also Injected per. sonal feeling In tbe debate. The Public Sentiment Forced It IHNITKD MESS LEASED Will. Olympla, Wash., Feb. 6. Progres sives are today enjoying their first real victory In tho house. In splto of Its decidedly antagonistic attitude less two weeks ago, when Representative Houser, Progressive, made his sensa tional charges against tho Seattle wa ter front monopoly, the house, on Wed nesday unanimously went on record Is substantia' ing his contention that tho state should attempt to recover property now valued at about $100, 000,000. which Houser charged had been stolen from the state. Tho Sumner "hush" committee, np poln'ed by Taylor to Bqueleh the Hou ser charges, could not withstand pub lic sentiment, and recommend the test case to be brought by tho attorney-general. 1 '.0 CorvilHs PreBS, BuI'oIIm com plains that "Btir.-j ono not n.nh-jrl:- I to toko suhs'i ipMons for the Orcgrn Countryman, a monthly farm mngnzlno published by tho students of the Ore gon Agricultural College, is swindling the farmers In some parts of the state." Ho must bo delivering the magazine. Workmen's Compensation Bill Is Passed by House I SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES I :: ::i Our safety deposit boxes, In our Tbico Manganese Steel Vault, tho Btrongest on tho Pacific Coast, are now rendy for renting, we will be pleased to show them to you. LADD & BUSH, Bankers With only two dissenting votes, thoBO of Upton nnd Murnane, of Mult nomah, tho house lato yesterday, nf ter an afternoon of discussion on the measure, passed tho workmen's com pensation act. It seems a fnregono conclusion that the bill will pass In tho senate, and also, according to gos sip heard around the state house, wlfl bo referred to tho people nt tho next regular election. Upton. Howard, Parson nnd Schuebel made a determined fight to have cor tain sections of tho bill amended, but tbe measure wns passed exactly In the form ns recommended by the Jndlclnry committee. Chairman I.atourette, of that committee, led tho fight to pass the bill. The bill contains a provision tbnt nothing In lis wording shall be con strued ns abrogating any part of tho employers' liability art, Another sec tion provides for an appeal from tho commission's decisions to the circuit court, and that such nn appeal shall take precedence over all but criminal cases on the ducket. The bill provides for nn appropria tion of $50,000 for the first two years. After that period the funds created by the commission ore expected to be suf ficiently large to care for the de mands for compensation by injured workmen. Three commissioners will be appointed by the governor for four years each at salaries of $3fi00, will have charge of the fund and Its oper ations. The bill provides that employers who do not wish to take ndvantage of the law shall so state In writing to the commission by Juno 15, following the taking effect of the law, and they shall then be personally liable for ac cidents to their employes and for i their deaths. A faction of organized lah.ir Is np- posed to tho bill In its present form, and It wns this faction that Upton and Murnann represented In casting their I Kites ngalnst tho bill's passage NEW SILKS AXD NEW Dress Goods NOW PLACED OX SALE WONDERFUL BARGAINS OUR SPOT CASH SYSTEM Is maklkng the customers fast. You can't beat our prices. REMNANTS OF WOOL DRESS GOODS HALF MICE REMNANTS OF COTTON DRESS GOODS HALF PltlCE REMNANTS OF SILKS HALF PRICE Extra Special I Percales per Yard 5c, 6 l-4c, 8 l-3c. BIG SHEETS 4Sc $1.00 Long-Walsted Corsets Special li)c Odd lines of Men's and Boys' clothing at about ....Hulf price 1000 yards of Fine Embroid eries now on Bale All Riinralns VALUES WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE New New Suits Coats Priced Priced Down Down ODD SIZES ODD SIZES $4.50 $3.50 $7.50 ' $4.95 $8.50 $7.50 AND AND $10.50 $10.50 VALUES WORTH DOUBLE THE PRICE New One piece Dresses Priced Down ODD SIZES $4.50 $5.90 $7.50 AND $8.50 WORTH DOUBLE Pi ter In i r r Spineless Cactus and Coblesa Corn, Luther Burbank's Latest itJjjr y Y v 'fH'.M 'mm r mv.v 4 j.-.-J., i pfa. lit1 , ' Y v iA wv iv Pi- ,.: ; fer-.rfSfrrNttj ... SPINE! ESS cactus and eobless corn-truly tbey ore appropriate to the age if wireless telegraphy and stcples electric cars No one can deny that Luther Bur bank, the "plant wizard," liulcpd ranks with Marc oil. Edison, Teslt and the rest of out twentieth century mil glclans. lUrl is nk did a big thing for our friends, the animals, when he brought sufity out of confusion In cactus cultivation Shorn uf their dungor ous spines, the cactus Is fine nourishing fodder, capable uf being prmlueeil fifty to a b indred tons to tbe acre and outrivaling that most iiutritor.H and prolific of My crops, alfalfa. In the same wonderful nny hi' olitainud n corn without cobs. Perhaps be unwittingly hit a solar plexus lilow nt " corncob pip monopoly, but whnt of that He ut least dealt a dentn ,i, to one of ttie banes of ever; diner's existence. "It Is reported that Bryan has been offered ." O, yes, wo expect to read that regularly every day. Too often tho charity that begins at homo Isn't worth mention. You won't bo forced to eat your words If you pay compliments. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Notice of Intention to Improve. Notice Is hereby given that the com mon council of the city of Salem, Oregon, deems it expedient and pro poses to Improve Oak street from the east side of Commercial Btreet to the west side of High Btreet with gravel concrete pavement at the expense of the aJjacent nnd abutting property within said limits, in accordance with the plans, specifications and esti mates for the Improvement of said . Oak Btreet from tho east Bide of Com mercial street to the West? side of High street, as heretofore adopted by the common council and on file in the office of the city recorder, which are hereby referred to for a more par ticular and detailed description of said Improvement, nnd are hereby mndo a part of this notice. Written remonstrance against th Improvement proposed herein may bo made at any time within ten (10) days from the final publication of this no tice, In the mnnonr provided by the city charter This notlco Is published for ton (10) days, pursuant to a resolution of tho common council, and tho date of the first publication thereof Is the 4th day of February, 1013, and the date of the final publication will be the 15tl day of February, 1913. CHAS T. ELGIN, City Recorder. 2-4-llt CHILDREN WHO-AKE SICKLY. Mothers who value their own com fort and tho welfare of their children, should never be without a box of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, for use throughout the sea son. They break up colds, relieve fe verlshness, constipation, teething dis orders, headache and Btomach trou bles. Used by mothers for 22 years. THESE POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sold by all'drug stores. 25c. Don't ac cept any substitute. Sample mailed 1 REE, Address, A. S. Olmsted, LeRoy N. Y. SALEM DRUGGISTS MAKES A STATEMENT We always advise people who have stomach or bowel trouble to see a doctor. But to those wh0 do not wish to do this we will sny: Try the mix ture of simple buckthorn bark," gly cerine, etc., known as Ailler-l-ka. This simple new remedy Is so powerful that JUST ONE DOSE usually relieves "our stomach, gas on tho stomach and constipation QUICKLY. People who try Adler-l-ka are surprised at IU QUICK action. J. C. Perry.