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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1913)
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OBEOON, BATUEDAT, MABCH 22, 1913. FAGS ELEVEN. is BY ELECTRICITY Here is a Little Story of Borne of the Electric Stunts Done for One John Smith. At the shrill command of his oloctric alarm clock, John Smith, commuter, ' sprang out of bod In the groy dawn j and switched ou the electric light, lie ' hastily washed with electrically manu-1 facturcd soap. A seasoned veteran of tho 7.42 express, ho wasted fow min utes in dressing, but before ho was half ' clad tho wntor was steaming hot in his electric shaving mug. Dashing down stairs he attacked a rapld-firo break fust of eggs, oloctrically boilod, toast, cloctricully grilled, coffoo, electrically percolated, and eream, oloctrically sep arated from milk electrically milked from cdectrically curried cows. lie lnshcd out of his front door just in time to catch au electrically heated and propelled trolley to the railroad station built of electrically manufactured ce ment. While waiting for tho 7:42 ex jm'ss he liuii'ed au electrically mu.ln cigarette with nn electrically manufac tured nmtch. When tho express enmo up, Mr. Smith settled down in the smok ing car to read his electrically printed morning newspaper. Arriving in town ho descended into an electrically lighted subway through which he was whisked on electric cars safeguarded by electric, signals. Ho ascended to his twenty story office in an electric, elevator and touching an electric button summoned a stenograph er with electrically curled hair who op crated nn electrically manufactured typewriter with electric . Knough! But it 's not a joiol One could take John Smith through very minute and hour of his business lay, follow him back home again until lie turned in for the night and every minute and hour of that day and night would be inado in sonio way inbro con venient and comfortable by tho marvels of electricity. Thero aro hundreds of thousands, millions of John Smiths, In ovory great civilized country today. The change has come so gradually that wo do not realize what a revolu tion electricity has wrought in modern life. There aro few uses to which elec tricity is not put in modern industry and up-to-date households. For an In . -finite variety of work, ranging from milking cows to making ice cream, from running sewing machines to washing dishes, from the manufacture of loco motives to tjo making of wall paper, ffoctivo.-and economical use is now made of electrical apparatus. Recently tho Crocker-Wheeler company made a tabulation of tho purposes for which one type of tho motors was used, and tho following list includes only a small part of the products oloctrically manu factured: automobiles, barrels, baskots, boats, boltB and nuts, boots and shoes, Tiottlos, boxes, bricks, brooms, candles, cans, carriages, cartridges, cement, chains, chairs, cignrettes, cordnge, corks, lovators, envelopes, gun powder, hooks and eyes, hoops, ico, jewelry, locomo tives, lead pipes, leather ,lumber, matches, nails, oat meal, pnint, paper ' bags nnd boxes, pins, pottery, presses, rivets, rubber, silk, soap, spools, tacks, textiles, typewriters, wagons, wall pa '0r nnd wire. THE ROUND-UP Jim Hurry, a railroad employe, was murdered' at, Wolf Creek, fivo miles south of Glendalc some time yesterday Jim Chapman, a soetion workman, who was seen in his company last, has dis appeared. Ralph Henry, acquitted of murder in killing George Dodd, was sent to the insane asylum Friday. He expects to bo released in a few days, as he has now regained his sanity the trial be ing over. While Portland has 35,000 women eligible to vote, only 10,000 have regis tered to date, and there only remains 20 days in which the balance can reg ister, Mrs. Roy E. Johnson, of Springfield, was sovcrely and perhaps fatally burned Wednesday, her clothes catch ing firo from the kitchen stove, t F. X. Mathieu, tho venerable pioneer, who is quite sick at Portland, is re ported as somewhat improved. He is 94 years old, and tho wish is goncral that ho may round (lit a full century. Sensido has worked tho recall on Mnyor Gilbert, 74 names more than re quired being on tho petition. Tho wo men took an active part in perfecting tho petition. A FIRM BELIEVE IN a nit K jr Mr. Arenz Sets Out Some of the Points of Superiority Claimed for Concrete. In support of his contentions in re gard to tho paving question now to the fore in thiB city, George Arenz, of tho company of Arenz & Son, sets forth a few features in substantiating tho ac tual worth and wearing qualities of thoi hard surfaco pavement. ' He is an ar-1 dent boliover in concrete pavement and J n ra ti u II II II 13 II II II II TENSION TABLES We Handle the Famous LENTZ Dining Tables which are made in Nashville, Mich, by one of the largest table factories in the World. Every table is made of solid quarter-sawed oak, and is a marvel for beauty and perfection. They come f inished in golden waxed or polished oak, as you wish EVERY TABLE IS FINISHED AND LOOKS FINISHED EXPRESSES APPRECIATION OP CAPITAL JOURNAL Graham I. Talier, Esq., Salem, Oregon. My llenr Mr. Taber: I want to congratulate you on the splendid showing made in Tho Journal of Inst Saturday's demonstration in con nection with tho opening of tho new bridge. Being a printer and newspaper man myself, I enn well realize what thnt involves in a placo like Salem, where of course you do not have all the advantages possessed by tho metropolis . tun newspapers. It was certainly a trood showing and I will tnke pleasure in spreading it broadcast to the extent that Mr. Woodruff is ablo to get copies of tho paper. I am only sorry that ar rangements were not made for a largo . number of them in advance. Thanking you very much, for the many thoughtful courtesies extended by yourself and ofher good friends at 8a . lem to Mrs. Strahorn and myself, and again wishing to earnestly express the sontimont that I am thoroughly imbued with tho Idea that the demonstration was a great thing for 8alom, as well as for tho interests I represent, I remain, Sincerely yours, ROBT. E. STRAHORN. Scott & Scott arc purchasers of the Tcctz new and second hand furnlturo business at 2.i2 State street, are ex perienced merchants .and are increas ing their stock with new goods which are much need to meet the demands of their patrons, J. E. Scott Is with the well known firm of Bochtol & By- tinn rnnl (-state firm, and Chas. E. Scott was formerly with the Wade, Fearce Co. An TJp-to-Date Hardware Store. Ray L. Farmer, an old resident of Salem, who conducts one of tho finest hardware stores in tho state, has been on that samo comor for twenty-eight years. Mr. Farmer has grown in the business with tho improvement. Mr. Farmer begnn when all cooking utensils wore made by hand, Btich as tinware, kettles, wnHh boilers, etc. Can you roal izo it! it hardly scorns possible, but in this day nnd age everything is turned out with groat rapidity ond at much less cost, with tho lutest improved ma chinery and in great factories. Look through this store and you will find everything for tho kitchen, and to make the home more comfortable and woman 'b work easier. Springtime de mands a change. in view of tho fact Salom Is on the eve, so to speak, of a new ora In paving, ho offers some suggestions along the ine. "Salein can reach across the conti nent and shake handB with Dotroit, Michigan," said Mr. O. C. Aronz & Sons, to tho Capital Journal man, this morning. '.' We havo made a long stride on the road that Detroit has travelled in lay ing her coucrcto pavements. Upwards of 85 miles of tho type of solid cou crcto that wo lay on our Salom street has been put down in Wayne county, Mich., of which Detroit is tho conter," added Arenz. Ho thon spoke of tho more sovero tost ou tho concrete in Wayne county by virtue of tho heavier trucks and tho heavy tonnage thut pours into tho big automobile city from tho county at largo, Edward N. Hiuos, chairman of tho Wayne County Road Commission, took a census of the traffcie at a given point, which showed that in four yoars POPCORN CONTEST. Novel Corn-Raising Contest Inaugur ated by Capital National Bank Feature of Salem School Fair. Marion county may yet become fam ous as a corn-producing county, if the efforts of soveral hundred boys and girls can accomplish this result, and unless all signs fail there will be more popcorn in this county noxt fall than theie ever Was before. One of the interesting featured of the Siiietn school fnir to bn hold in the Ar mory in Salem next fall, will be the popcorn contest. Tho Capital National bank has of fered i"0 in prizes for this contest, which will bo open to every pupil of tho public Bchools in Marion county. Tho seed will bo furnished free by the bank and the prizes will go to tho boys nnd girls who raise tho most good pop corn on a single plat of ground not ex ceeding 1200 square feet in area. Tho size of the planting has boon limited, being only about 1-3(5 of an aero, so that the boys and girls living in the cities will havo a chance at tho prizes, which will bo thirteen in number. All tho work, except tho first plowing or spading of tho ground, must bo per formed by tho contestants. Tho result expected is that hundreds of families in Mnrion county will bo popping corn next winter, and hundreds of boys and girls will enjoy thoir win ter evenings at homo eating the crisp snowy flakes which they themselves produced. Many, no doubt, will have some to sell on tho market, where it commands a good price. The boys nnd girls who enter the con test will begin getting thoir ground in order right away, as a full month can well be spent getting the soil in per fect condition for planting. Prof. Scud dor, head of tho department of agricul ture at tho Orogou Agricultural College, says the best time to plant the seed is in May after tho ground Is warm and danger from frost is past. Entry blanks aro now being prepared and will be ready for distribution ou and after April 1. After that dnte County Superintendent Smith will, upon the application of any teacher,. forward to the teacher the number of blanks re quired for the signatures of (he pupils who desire to enter the race. If more convenient tho blanks and seed enn bo procured by calling at tho superintend ent's office In the court house, or at the Capital National bank. The judging will bo under the supor vision of the Oregon Agricultural col lege, and prizes will be awarded as fol lows: First prize, 15; second, 110; third, 5j fourth, 2; fifth, 2; sixth, 2; sev- enth, 2; eighth, 2; ninth, (2; tenth, $2; eleventh, $2; twelfth, $2; thirteenth a- II 11 II II II II tl II n ti H a El II 11 II II II fl II H 13 II II 11 11 ' CASH OR CREDIT r-4-M-f-M--M over 1,300,000 vchiclos (more traffic 1 1 than would go over an ordinary country I J road in twenty years) had passed, with- j out Bhowing ruts, holes or bumps and j ,J with next to nothing Bpent for surface, maintenance, "Sulem can hold her hoad up in tho bid she makes for colonists," continued j Mr. Arenz. "Tho man who comes from a well paved eastern section naturally gives us credit for our coucrcto pave- II 11 II II II II Three Large mmifa If tho hnntttm-M for thfl Sflll I II M II 11 Joaquin valley, in California, argue its attractions, bocauso of their 100 miles of concrete roads, we can claim that our own good start points to the day when Salem concrete will not only be laid in tho city but out into the country." "The Now York state appropriation of fifty million is going-into concrete. Even the Florida ovorgladcs are now being invaded by the smooth evorlast ing concrote Toads," " It should bo remombercd that Salom can make a strong bid over towns in tho valley that havo- paid high priceB for the bitulithic. The easterner is no fool when he buys a home. He comes from the oldor section where concrete is largely used In paving. They will rate us high for our choice of con crete. They will thank us for eliminat ing that particular typo of bituminous pavement that cannot bo boldly guaran teed to wear, and that comes high both in first cost and expense of. mainte nance. "Noar Seattle thero Is an experiment that would make most any homo seeker shy awa.," Mr Arenz declares. "This road was said by its builders to bo tho last word in rond building. It cost tho taxpayers $15,000 per milo. It was bitulithic, laid on a crushed rock found ation. After tho road was finished, Old Sol enmo at high noon with tho heat of a summer day and gave it a solar-plexus blow. Tho tar top grow soft under tho bent. Thero were spongy places beneath the crushed rock. Knter now the heavy wagons. Down through tho soft top, pressing the crushed rock into the soft earth, went tho wheels. The $15,000 creation wreck ed. Of course, tho paving monopoly that built tho load enmo up nnd rebuilt it, but a burnt child drends tho firo and when tho commissioners planned to put in a second road of tho samo perishable type, the taxpayers rose up and public opinion made tho authorities use con crete." Mr. Arenz harks back to tho attitude of tho engineers who aro laying con crcte'for roads. "Water may stand on this concreto nnd no harm follows," says Arenz. "With bitumen, standing water means a rotted place. Then a hole, lnto'this tho heavy vehicle drops, tho holo grows and tho pavement wrecks. As a result of a scientific test made' by the Wayne county commis sioners, light is thrown on the wearing quality of concrete. Tho Pavement Do terminator, a device for testing pave ments was used. This test showed that sections of brick, cedar block, granite block and bituminous pavement under the severe test, showed a wear of l'v inches. Tint tho wear on concreto wn hardly perceptible. "Our Sniem pavements laid with con creto have a gritty surface, you must remember. They afford good traction for all types of vehicles," concludes Arenz, "Horses find good footing oi concrete, without regard to wet wcath er and no man can tell its length of service, since with each passing year Iconcrete take on grcator strength." Stores IB&QSSSSSSSSQQSSSEsiai We Sell No Veneered Tables Because they are made with soft wood or cheap oak centi es and have not the last ing qualities of the solid ork tables. See Our Window Display and decide for yourself whether or not we can satisfy your wants in the table line Mf w aw -wmm w. home iFURNiSnhR. i COR. COURT & HIGH STS. Salem Portland Vancouver fl III All 1 1 8 pyp? 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It's so easy to operate that a child can manipulate it without any special effort. Unlike the ordinary davenport bed, you do not sleep on tho upholstering. The Kindel is equipped with the best oil tempered Premier wire coil springs, and a high grade of cotton felt mattress. The bedding is always in proper place ready for immediate use. An easily accessable wardrobe is provided under the scat. The Kindel is a beautiful piece of furniture that adds wonderfully to the attractiveness of the home, while at the tame time it is the most convenient and useful article imagin able. Kindel bed davenports can be had in all popular woods and finishes. CALL ON US BEFORE YOU..DO YOUR SPRING FURNISHING. m 11 y Kl tl II El 1 II n ci is u 14 II 11 II II II II II 11 n ii n !3 11 11 H II II ti II u ii ii 13 II II tl II U 11 11 II 11 14 11 II 11 II Ii II II 11 II 11 M u