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FRIDAY
FEB. 13, 1914
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WHY GOVERNMENT COMES HIGH.
FORMER PRESIDENT TAFT is worried over the advance
of the Socialist propaganda, of which, he declares, Colo
nel Theodore Roosevelt is the chief exponent. Of course,
the ex-president is right in the main, every thinking man
knows that, overlooking his personal reference to the Colonel.
All our so-called progressive laws are socialistic, more especial
ly in a state like Oregon, where we have the workingmen's
compensation act, widow's pension law, and commissions and in
spectors to probe into the affairs of all kinds of private business
concerns, regulating hours of labor and general conduct until the
proprietor has become little more than the manager, with limit
ed authority. Government is becoming centralized and indi
vidualism minimized more rapidly than the most ardent Social
ist could have hoped for only a few years ago.
Taxes are high mainly because the machinery of government
is becoming more complicated. New laws are constantly call
ing for additional commissions, inspectors and officials of varied
rank and grade,' This vast horde of office holders is living at
the expense of the taxpayers, and each successive session of the
legislature and general election, through the initiative, creates
more officials at the behest of the people or their representa
tives. The only logical conclusion is that the taxpayer who believes
in plain, old-fashioned government, has a right to object to high
taxes, while the "progressive," who is constantly demanding
new and expensive innovations, should take his medicine like a
man when taxpaying time comes around.
PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
GENERALLY speaking, the people of the country seem to
take little interest in the Panama canal tolls question. It
is doubtful if many of them really understand the issue
raised sufficiently to form a positive opinion. No fair
minded person will contend that the bill might stand if it con
travenes our treaty rights with England, because the faith of the
nation should be inviolable. Congress probably pnssed the bill
hastily, as it has done in many cases of important legislation.
None is disposed to do any injry to American shipping. Every
one, on the contrary, wants to help it along in every legitimate
way; but to repudiate a treaty in order to benefit this industry
would be dishonest nnd short-sighted. Just what can properly
bo done to stimulate our carrying trade may well engage the se
rious attention of our statesmen.
BONDS EASY TO ISSUE, HARD TO PAY.
R. F. E. PACKARD, of the North Dakota tax commission,
has an article In the Courier-News, of Fargo, on bond
issues and public debts, interest, etc., which is interest
ing reading.
The things he states are not new, but they are in a way cheer
ing, because they show that other cities are at least as foolish as
ourselves. Fargo is about the same size of Salom, and is in debt
almost identical in amount with ours, it being $1,205,056.73,
while Salem's debt, according to the very full and detailed show
ing made by Mayor Steeves early in the year, is $1,204,881.81.
Mr. Tackard points out that the city has paid out more for in
terest than the total of the principal, and owes the debt yet.
He also calls attention to the practice of bonding without mak
ing provisions for meeting the bonds when they como due.
In this connection ho cites a case in Grand Forks. In 1882,
when that city was a village, the citizens needed a fire engine,'
or thought they did, and so bought a baby steamer, agreeing to
pay $0000 therefor. For this the village issued bonds bearing 7
per cent interest. When the bonds came due $1000 was paid on
the principal, and the $5000 refunded at 6 per cent bonds run
ning for 20 years. The interest charges to December 31, 1013,
were $10,375. The payment at time of refunding, $1000, and
the total paid for the baby stenmer, which was sent to the dump
pile years ago, was $11,375, and the city still owes $5000 of the
original $0000, its cost price.
Tho same city, in 1889, bondod for bridge building in the sum
of $50,000, and at maturity $10,000 was paid and the balance,
$40,000, was refunded by 20-ycar 4 per cent bonds. When tho
bonds are paid the total will be $102,000 paid in interest and
$50,000 principal, a total of $152,000, and the bridge is now
worn out and must be replaced.
Sounds like home, doesn't it?
Salem, In 1880, issued bonds in the sum of $30,000 to build a
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Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
Traveler's Checks
wooden bridge across the Willamette. This bridge washed out
in the winter of 1889-1890, but the, bonds did not; they are still
with us and drawing interest at the same old rate. They were
refunded in 1904, and are due in April of this year. Mayor
Steeves insists they be paid, and it is hoped he can find some
way to do this.
There is also outstanding an issue of $20,000 bonds issued for
building the steel bridge which replaced the wooden one,
washed away as stated, and which will be due in 1920. This
bridge is also about worn out and must be replaced, and for
this purpose still more bonds must be issued before long. We
will then have two bridges worn out one after the other, and
neither paid for; while the third one will be wearing out and
getting ready for another bridge and more bonds.
We are not objecting to the issuing of bonds for needed pur
poses. They are, under our system, a necessity, but we do sug
gest that, while issuing bonds, we occasionally vary the monot
ony by paying some of the older issues, for the interest account
is growing steadily and rapidly. The city's interest debt now is
about $66,000 a year. Mayor Steeves is eminently correct in
insisting that we begin to pay off some of this old indebtedness.
This means economy and retrenchment, and this should be the
rule, until the debt is paid off. The sum of $66,000 a year now
going out of the city in the way of interest would come handy.
NOT A CREDITABLE PROCEEDING.
EDNESDAY Governor West made public his ideas about
the Fish and Game Commissions, and among these was
the opinion that the expense was too great, and should
De reduced. 1 he same day the Fish and Game Commis
sion met in secret session, and, in order to comply with the gov
ernor's ideas made two extra offices and increased the running
expenses $2800 a year.
The board also showed its understanding of the situation by
making one of its members the state Game Warden and the
clerk of the commission the Master Fish Warden. This shows
talent was s.bundant among the commission members.
Mr. Finley was retained and will have charge of the educa
tional and biological department, and Mr. Clanton will be super
intendent of hatcheries. The new commissioners will drav a
salary of $2100 each, while the salaries of Finley and Clanton
were reduced $700 each, leavine them with onlv S2400 n venr.
But they stood for it, and did not even resign. This helps pay
the salaries of the new wardens, but increases the salary account
$Z8iu a year.
In 1911 the expense of the game commission was about $1-1,-000
and this grew in 1912 to $123,000, and this year it was
$137,000 for the first 11 months, and not including tho month of
December.
Despite Governor West's suggestions it is nrobable it will con
tinue to grow. t
There are several reasons for this belief. One of theso ia tw
the commission appointed its own members to office, which is
neither a clean nor a decent thing to do, for, while the appoint
ments may be the best, they alwavs have the annenrnnrp nf
crookedness to the public, no matter how good they may be. For
anoiner reason the commission held a star chamber meeting in
discussing and making these appointments, sitting behind closed
doors, when their meeting should haVe been open and above
ooara, ano tne public admitted.
When a committee or a commission is afraid to let its proceed
ings be known to the people who emnlov thpm if
awakens suspicion that there is somethinc crookprl emtio- nn nn,l
this suspicion is generally found well grounded.
It is claimed, however, that the expenses will be reduced, in
spite of the fact that there are now permanent official bosses
whose salaries amount to $9000 yearly.
How quickly the scenes shift in this progressive age! Only
a few days ago we were told by high railroad authorities that
the filing of the S. P.-C. P. dissolution Suit WOllld snpll ruin nnd
disaster to the state of Oregon. Now that the suit has actually
been started the same railroad sources give out the news that it
will force much active railroad construction in the state, includ
ing the completion of the important Natron cut-off to Califor
nia. If so, the pending calamity will prove a stimulus to devel
opment long overdue.
W. S. Conner, one of the best local newspaper men in the
stale, has sold the Cottage Grove Leader to J. D. Quellen, an ex
perienced publisher, and will retire from tho
- .-w-- v iiiv ay vo-
ent, at least.
Kansas always manages to keep in the limelight as the cham
pion freak-producer. The latest is a postmaster who worried
himself to death because his resignation was not accepted.
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THE ROUND-UP.
Work on paving tlin (Vntrnl Point
Modford unit of tho Pa.-lfio Highway
will begin in a few days, mid will bo
com plot iM In two months. Tho pave
ment will tut four inches of re inforood
concrete w-ilh granitoid surface nnd will
be It) feet. In width,
a
Ananias liickor and his wife wore
guest Bt a midday luncheon at (hunts
Puss Wednesday. Hoiug In Josephine
county where the residents could net
at him he unhesitatingly announced
Hint Josephine county was the onlv one
in the state where tho roads were good.
David Aiinauins has the bump of dis
cretion largely developed.
a
Thn cororer's jury at Portland holds
that Mrs, Meadow, came to her death
from strangulation but accused no one.
Circumstantial evidence points to her
former husband as the murderer.
h'uscburg is Inking step to otiitlih
a politic library, hut says nothing about
havlnir ileMirn nn Andv. He will in
nil probability not be overlooked,
Joseph I.orftiuir, Jr., and John I.or
sung, hi brother, fell 73 feet at Hills
boro Wednesday when a Moid frame
which they wore dismantling collapsed.
The top of the structure struck the sub
power and switch-house of the Washing
ton-Oregon Corporation, which probab
ly saved their lives, llotli hovs sua
tained broken legs, and Joseph, Jr., Is
Internally injured.
Nearly 4,000 judges and clerks of
election were appointed in Multnomah
county Wednesday.
Judge Virgil K. Water lias been ap
pointed receiver of the Kinney proiier
ties at Multifield. U H. Kinney 1 in
a sanatorium at Can Francisco. It is
said the properties will be sold, and
they are estimated to be worth from
K'lKVNH) to 1,000,000.
When Rev. Adolph Onudlitz, of Port
land, returned from a two months' visit
to California last week he found his
wife had secured . divorce, and that
he had been deprived of his personal
property and a ten acre tract of land.
Tor this reiinin he asks that the divorce
proceedings be re opned nnd he givot.
his day in court.
The Multnomah Club, of Portland
"hows a gain of H3 member during
HM3, and 1 on a solid financial basir
a
I.ou Caper and Jack Murdock, tw
fnrm laborer staged a frontier ceiu
likA old days, at a dance at Pendleton
SALEM'S SILK HOUSE IS THE
CHBCAGO STORE
If you want to see silks stacked up in piles of every class and kind visit Salem's leading
bargain-giver. Silks of every description and at prices from 25 cents a yard to any price
you wish. Tub Silks, Charmeuse Silks, Taffeta Silks Messaline Silks and Fancy Dress
and Waisting Silks. Come here for bargains.
NEW SPRING
Suits and
Coats
W l'FHIIMtl"flf"fflBi
Come and see the new styles
and the best bargains in Salem.
The new arrivals are very
classy, and best of all, we
make the low prices. Up to
t the hour styles, now only
$7.90
$8.90
$1 0.90
AND
$1 2.90
lit
LADIES SHOES NOW ON
SALE
Another lot of the famous bargains,
like we had on sale in October.
$3.50 values only $1.49
New SPRING DRESS GOODS
Thousands of yards to choose from in
all the latest weaves and materials.
Yard, 19c, 25c, 35c
49c and up
EMBROIDERIES and LACES
Now stacked out on our counters. Small
prices is our slogan.
Per Yd. 2c, 3c, 5c,
813c, 10c and up
Ladies'
12'2o
Hose
now
4 pairs
for
25c
X JP .
1 n7'a tt mt mil aiiimi .nil
wsmm
the STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY
MUHM PiIUIHJMS. ll,llMlllll imm-'t l.lHIIP.ll I j
Ladies'
85c
Union
Suits
now
only
40c
Tuesday night. Caper danced with a
pretty school ma'am, but on asking for
a second whirl he was refused and
thereupon drew his gatling and fired
three shots, but was overpowered and
put out. He soon returned with Mur
dock, one armed with a riflo and the
other a shotgun, and threatened to
shoot tho whole crowd. They finally
left taking two horses that did not be
long to them,
. A
Koseburg's city marshal swooped
down on the local lodge of Eagles in
thnt city Tuesday night, and confiscated
48 bottles of beer. On tho trial the
judge held thnt thero was no ovidenco
that thero had been any attempt to 'ell
the beer and ordered it returned to the
lodge.
GOOD KOADS URGED.
united muss LiiSD winu.1
Columbus, O., Feb. 13. Good roads
throughout the country would menu the
saving of enough money each year to
build 15 Panama Canals. This was the
statement today of State Highway
Commissioner James K. Marker In dis
cussing his pains for a publicity cam
paign In connection with the depart
ment's good roads movement. "The
cost of hauling one ton, one mile on a
good road by horse drawn wagon is
eight cent," said Marker, "Tho av
erage cost In the t'nited State is 23
cents. Five billion tons of freight are
hauled annually over roads. The aver
age haul is ten mile. This make the
Mother Stanislaus
Tells of Recovery
Throat Tronlilra, like contlniirit rough
ami colli, often seriously .fleet Tin
Iuiik. If jrou liavn not found ujr tin
nrmemcnt from th tretirtncnt you have
tried, Invi-stlKHte tho numy report snow
line Itcni-htH, mill. In numerous esse,
couiitlctc rei-overli-s, lirotiuht admit by th
ue of tCckiunn Alterative. Till Is
nii'itli lu. fur Tliront ami l.unit 1oiiMe,
fiirnrsblr k ii. nui for more ilinu tlftvea
jrcsm Ilciul this esse:
Convent of St. Anne, (tsnfiirit, Fl.
"Oentlcmen: lu Kebrimrv. lint, four
rioctnrs examined uty throat mil oro
nminccd lite ueceswliir of nu ooenttiiin.
IUvIiik h.md st I'eiksklll, N V Moth.
erhoum. of Hie Xlstcrs of St. Krsni'll,
whore 1 i visiting, of Koknisn's Altcrn
tlv, I iWtormliicd a lnt resort to try
It After tiiklnii four or nv bottle lurn
piece of iIi,.immI iLisue cam. awns. I
continued the Alterative, to my itniti'ful
and dully relief. In ten moiiihs I sit
restored to in-rfect honlth. I would I
glint to write or tnlk to any permit who
ninv hav. n uViil't alsnit It. I would Ilk.
tlii'Ut to see and henr from my own lips.
If they so ilolre. "II I would nv of It.''
(Sluuedi MOTIIKIt M. STAMk'UI'K.
iAIhivc allirc liili-d; mote ell lenient. I
K-'kniatt's Altornlli e hii I'eeu pnn ,-n l,y
many yi'im' ti-iit to tie ui,t efiusrlou.
for severe Tlvont nnd l.uutt A Ti I l.'-ii,
llroi.i hills, Mroni hlsl Afhma. Siul-Korn
Cold and In ui-l'iilldtiiK Ihe siiui.
t'otitnlns no niiri-otl,-, 1010114 nr lisMt-tormina-
drum. A-k for booklet telllu(
of Mii terliii and write to R. kmnn
IjilKiratotr. rhllndelnhla. I'a , f.r evl-arm.-..
Kor ul tr all lentllim druiulst
J. C. Pwry, Dnigftjt.
traffic amount to 50 billion ton-miles.
At 23 cents a ton mile the annual cost
is $11,000,000,000. At eight cents a
ton-milo, tho good road cost, the sav
ing would bo $7,500,000,000."
CHBJSTOFFERSON PLANS
TO PROCEED SATURDAY
(UNITED fiiess leased wiiie
San Frnmcisco, Feb. 13. With a larg
er engine in his original machine, Avi
ator SMiib ChriHtofferson plaiiB to rise
from Bakersfiold Saturday to complete
his flight from San Francisco to San
Diego, which he was forced to aban
don after four unsuccessful attempts to
top tho Tehachnpi mountains.
"Tho air was too cold for- my en
gine," said Christofferson upon his ar
rival here by train today. "With a.
chilled engine I could not got high
enough to cross the mountain. I am go
ing to substitute a 100 horse power en
gine' for my 00 horso power. With this
I. will bo aide to rise 7000 or 80110 feet,,
mil then will be able to cross the moun
tains easily,"
Christofferson expected to return by
train to Bakersfiold today.
INDEPENDENT
MARKET
Good Bacon per lb. I7jc
Good Sugar Cured Bacon, " 20c
Best Lard He
Best Eastern Cured Hams . " 19c
Picnic Hams " l3c
255 Ferry Street .-. ... Phone 729
Km
House of Half a Million Bargains
Como and see the biggest wonder in the history of Salem. We buy and
sell avorything from a needle to a pioc. of gold. We pay the highest
cash price for everything. Complete tinshop iet tools for sale.
H. Steinbock Junk Co.
H til Ci.l. r n
3 en,, crcev. paiotn, uregon. phone Main o24
Marion Second Hand Store i
A new store just opened. A great opportunity for Salem people. We sell X
new goods. We buv and sell ancnnil.tinn.1 ..,:. .... . ....
. . . . '""lurr, .loves, cunning,
tools, hardware and men1, furnishing. We pay highe.t price, for
elothmg, shoe, and furnishing. Como to u. for bargains.
119 Marion Second Hand Store
Ferry BuL nmm ... 9100