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OAZLT CAPITAL JOUXNAL, BALXlf, OUCH), SATURDAY, FERUABY 21, 1914.
COST OF GOVERNMENT
Speakers at Republican Meeting Admit
There Are Too Many Commissions
and Office Nowadays.
CLAIM IT IS TIME TO CALL
HALT AND TRIM EXPENSES
Candidate Crawford OUm lie. Can
Save $1,000,000 In Yer If Ho ia
Elected Governor,
True to hi word, State Treasurer
Tom Kay appeared before the mem
bers of the Young Men's Republican
club last night loaded down with sta
tistics concerning the conduct of the
state government, and gave some facts
and figures which are not flattering to
ay one. In short, Mr. Kay pointed out
that the taxpayers are carrying a load
ia the way of useless offices and com
missions which will become so weighty
in the near future, unless conditions
are changed, as to boost taxes sky
ward to such an extent that the or
dinary property holder will be nnable
to "come, through" when assessments
are due.
Figure do not lie, especially if taken
from tho state records, said Mr. Kay.
The speaker selected the channels
through which the tax money goes,
one by one, and commented upon each
source in no uncertain terms.
Baps Railroad Commission.
In mentioning the appropriations
made for the conduct of the stato rail
road commission, Mr. Kay stated thai,
while the commission performed some
difficult work in the way of settling
transportation problems, considerable
monoy has been expended for trips
made by certain members of tho com
mission who bolioved it necessary that
they should go to Europe or somo oth
er far-away land in order to glean in
formation in regard to tho work of reg
ulating railway companies.
Experimental fatal stations; which
aro supported by $10,000 appropria
tions, a non-supporting penitentiary,
ceo or) highway commissions and a hun
dred and one other unproductive com
mission are largely responsible for the
present state of affairs in Orogon, said
Mr. Kay, Oregon's judicial systom is
costing the taxpayers nearly a million
dollars annually, ho asserted, and this
great expenso is being maido even larg
er by reason of unnecessary litigation
and useless prosecutions,
v Crawford Talks.
Attorney-General A. M. Crawford was
called upon to give tho members of
the club a little talk hast night, and
ho responded by declaring that, iu the
event he Is given the authority to steer
tho ship of stato next November, that
he will proceed to luy plans whereby
tho taxpayers will be saved at least a
million dollars a year, Mr. Crawford
sliiled that saving $5000 here anil
10,000 there soon' results in bringing
down the animal expenditure to a min
imum, and that thoro is not the slight
est doubt but tluit much of the drain
on tho treasury cnu bo slackened by
giving moro attention to tlio smaller
sources through which tho taxes go.
Roasts Ropublicans.
"You Hoptibllcnn should wnko up
and elect a governor who will knock
h 1 out of any plan proposed to create
thoso useless commission and salary
berths," said Col. Hofor, who was
called upon to speak. Col. llofer de
clared that tho Republican party In
this stato is asleep; slumbering while
the taxpayers are getting tho wrong
end of the deal from start to finish.
Hit declared that it is high timo that
all Republicans should wnko up and
got in the gamo with tho sjinio lifo as
they did in former years, when taxes
were not so high that they mado mil
lionaires figure closely in order to keep
possession of their property.
Tho nieoling was well attended hint
night and tho members of tho club
were well satisfied with tho progress
mado toward getting In lino for the
campaign.
NEARNESS HELD 10 JURY
DEFENSE THAT HIS WirE RE
FUSED TO UVE WITH HIM
FAILS TO GAIN FREEDOM.
Z. Nearness, who was arrested last
Thursday on the charge of non-support,
wna given tt hearing before Jus
tice of tho Jeace Webster yostotxlay af
ternoon. The evidence introduced was
sufficient In tlio mind of the court to
warrant Nearness being bound over to
await action of tin next grand jury.
His bonds wore accordingly placed at
$1.10 which the defendant furnished.
Mrs. Nearness was the slate's priucipnl
witness and the defense was based on
tho ground tho complaining wife n
fused to live with I lie dcfcmluut and
give him a chance to support her. Conn
ty Attorney liingo and Attorney Van
Valkeiiburg repri'n'ntivl tlio prosecu
tion while Attorneys lico. (1. Bingham
anil Mr, Al:ma aro pounsel for tho do
fondant, ISoth turtles reside In Silver
ton,
Personal Mention
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Albert and Henry
B. Thielsen were visitors in Portland
yosterday.
Miss Elmo Ohling, of Albany, is in
the city today visiting friends at Lau
sanne hadl.
Major H. L. Bolwby, state highway
commissioner, was in Portland yester
day on business.
Miss Olive Richardson left last night
for Portland, where she will spend
Sunday with friends and relatives.
William Steelhammer, of Silverton,
who is attending the Oregon-Willamette
medical school in Portland, is in
the city today.
Burgess Ford, principal of Estacada
high school, and prominent aluminus
of Willamette University, is spending
the day in the city.
Mrs. Edward Roiter has returned to
her home In Seattle, after visiting for
several days with her sister, Mrs. How
ard Jones, of this city.
Kinney Miller, secretary of the Eu
gene Y. M. C. A., is in the city today.
Mr. Miller ia president of the Willam
ette alumni association.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Anderson, of
Woodburn, aire in the city visiting at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ander
son, on North Winter street.
Mrs. J. H. Robbins, of Silverton,
passed through the city yesterday on
her way home from McMinnville,
where she has been visiting,
Mrs. J. D. Moore, of Whitefish,
Mont, is visiting with her brother-in-law,
Rev. Father A. Moore, of this city,
and taking medical treatment.
RaymonMcRae, former allround star
at Willamette university, now promi
nent in athletics at the Multnomah
club, Portland, is spending the day
here.
Harley McDongal, of Portland, was
In the city last nitfht visiting old-time
friends and transacting business. He
left on a late Oregon Electric train for
Albany.
Charles Harrison, of PortlamJ, grad
uate of Salem high school and Willam
ette University, is in this city attend
ing the award day exercises at the
university.
Ocorgo M. Hyland, who is a member
of tho valley commission of the Pan
ama fair, and who is to represent Mult
nomah county, was in the city yester
day on business.
DEATH NOTICES.
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HAMILTON.
At a local hospital, February 20,
1914, A. J. Hamilton, aged 72 years.
Funeral services wore held from
Lehman & dough chapel this after
noon at 1:30. Rev. F. T. Porter, pas
tor of the First Christian church, will
officiate. The burial will take place
in tho I. O. O. F, cemetery. Deceased
leaves a widow and son at McMinn
ville. BHAVELAND.
At a local hospital, IVbruary 20,
1914, Mrs, Anna Sliavolund, aged 38
years.
i Funeral services will bo held from
Irf'hmun & ('lough's chapel at 2:30 p.
m. Sunday. Rov. F. T. Porter, pastor
of tho First Christian church, will of
ficiate. The burial will take place in
City View cemetery.
Deceased leaves a husband, John
Shiiveliind, of lO.IO North Liberty
street,
VANDUYN.
Tsnac Vanduyn, 75 years old, died
Thursday at his homo, 79 Lovejoy
street, Portland, of ailments incident
to advanced age. Mr, Vanduyn hiul
been a resident of Portland for 23
years. Ho had boon in Oregon nearly
50 years, formerly residing in this
city and Independence.
Ho ia survived by a widow and ono
son, Frank, a member of tho real es
tate firm of Vanduyn' & Wivlton.
Funeral services were conducted at
the family residence at 2 p, ni. today,
under tho auspices of tho Masonic
lodge. Interment was iu liivorvicw
cemetery.
VETERAN HAS BAD FALL
HAMILTON FOUND UNCONSCIOUS
ON BOUTII HIGH STREET AND
13 CUT AND BRUISED.
Thomas Hamilton, O. A. R., veteran
and well known resident of this city,
was found lying unconscious on South
High street last night by Mr. Davis,
an old friend. Mr. Hamilton, when
found, was bleeding freely from
wounds on tho head and was too weak
to walk. Mr. Davis conducted him to
the home of Dr. Smith and at tho ro
quest of the physician took the in
jured man to the office in the Mnsnnle
building whore Dr. W. W. livrd ex
amined him. Mr. Hamilton did uol
know what caused his injuries last
night, saying that ho had no knowledge
of what had oceurod. He la subject
to fainting spells however, and it l
lelinvcd tlint while walking homo lust
ii lit lie was attacked by one of tin
dla und falling to the pavement sue
tained the cuts and bruises about thi
head.
WOMEN M GOAL FED
Girl of 16 Years Assert Soldiers Under
General Chase Struck Her and
Kept Her In Jail.
CRIPPLED WOMAN 8AYS SHE
WAS ALSO ROUGHLY HANDLED
Congressman Blrnes Shows Indigna
tion Upon Hearing Testimony
and Promise Thorough Probe
umitid rasas liasid wibi.
Trinidad, Colo., Feb. 21. Brutal
treatment of women by militiamen in
the Colorado mine strike zone was
charged by more witnesses yesterday
afternoon before the congressional sub
committee investigating conditions in
the coal fields of the state.
Sarah A la rat or, a girl of 16, said
she was one of those who saw the
cavalry under Adjutant General Chase
ride into a crowd of women and child
ren who hod gathered in Trinidad
January 22 to protest against "Moth
er" Jones' 'continued imprisonment.
Tells Them "Bide Women Down."
According to her account, Bhe was
standing on the sidewalk, watching the
parade, when the soldiers appeared.
General Chase, she asserted, personally
gave the order for the charge, shout
ing to bis men to "ride the women
down." Chase, she added, kicked her
in the breast because she failed to
move quickly enough, but she escaped
by dodging behind a telephone pole.
A minute afterwards she was arrested
however, she said, and kept for six
hours in a filthy cell with no charge
against ber.
Crippled Woman Roughly Used.
Mrs. ,'Stolla Hayes, a cripple, testi
fied that she, too, was watching the
procession from tho sidewalk, holding
her five year old son by tho hand and
her infant baby on her arm, when a
trooper forced her roughly into a door
way, exclaiming: "If you don't want
your baby killed, leave it at home."
Congressman Byrnes showed increas
ing anger as he listened to these two
women witnesses, and after Mrs, Hayes
had finished, declared ho proposed to
probo the militia's actions to the bot
tom. MUTT AND JEFF.
When you go to see "Mutt and
Jeff in Panama" just leave your dig
nity at home, or elso put in on the
chair and sit on it, cause you niut go
ing to care who sees you Inughing like
a blamod fool, oxorybody else does,
so it's not. noticed. Tho doctor says
t lint every time you sneeze, you kill
about a million microbes. I'll bet tlint
every timo you see "Mutt and Jeff"
you "choke" about ten million
' ' grouches. ' '
'THE HAM TREE.
Tho first buck and wing dancing
over seen on the stage ill tho northern
states was done bv Mclntvro and
Heath in 1H70 at Tony Pastor's The
atre, New York. It was a considerable
change from tlio jig, clog nud reel
dancing hitherto shown by such old
minstrel men as Bridge, Wambold, Ber
nard and Hilly Buluis, and at otico mot
with great fuvor. Somo of the quaint
stops shown in John fort's elaborate
revival of tho very successful musical
comedy "The Ham Tree," iu which
thest) famous comedians uppear at the
Grand tonight nro exactly like those
they first offered in the North nearly
forty years ago.
Sacrifice
Sale
House, barn, 14 lots; terms
$2500
If sold in 10 day
Mr, Investor and Home-seeker, if you
aro looking for a real snap, look this up
at once. For the next 10 days 1 will
offer my Groom house, barn, 14 large
lots, iu a fiuo location, on car lino and
close to store and school. This property
is well worth $5000, but if sold in the
next 10 day will take $'J."00, hnlf cash,
balance to suit. Seo my agents.
Bcchtel & Bynon
317 State Strevt.
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GIRLS TO BECOME WIVES
CNITXD PBISS LIA8ID Willi.
Denver, Feb. 21. To teach young
girls their responsibility toward their
home, friends and children and to show
them that good work must be done with
good tools and that the body is the
tool of the mind and the spirit, is the
task set for herself by Mrs. Anna M. ,
Noble, lecturer on sex hygiene, whose
addresses on that subject to public
school children have been fostered by
local club women. Mrs. Noble has out
lined a practical course of instruction
leading up to the truths she teaches in
the following article:
BY MBS. ANNA M. NOBLE.
(Written for the United Press.)
The ideal home is the biggest con
tribution a woman can make to her
state. To teach girls the art of home
making combined with the art of par
ent hood and sex education is my aim.
At the time that girls are forming their
standards of social life the subject
can be best presented, hence I choose
high school pupils. The great trouble
with our socitey is the lack of proper
home rtaining. Once start the girl
thinking what it costs to maintain a
home and give ber the proper idea of
home economics she will hesitate a long
time before she runB away to marry a
boy incapable of maintaining a home.
My work with girls is entirely con
structive. I have little faith in my
ability to reform anyone, but much in
the chance to form the right standards
in the average girl's mind. I combine
Hvsical hygiene with practical home
making, child training, and the respon
sibility of each girl to the future gen
eration. Tho results of on immoral life are
not held up to my pupils, but the beauty
of fho ideal mental and spiritual rela
tionships of the home are constantly
held up to them. The girls make a
budget of expenses for a horse to be
maintained on a $100 a month Balary.
Tlicy imagine tbey have married a man
who earnB that sum. It looks easy to
run a house on that amount and save
$25 monthly. The results of careful
investigation of prices of food, cloth
ing, incidental expenses of dentists'
bills, doctor bill, car fare and numer
ous other things that must bo taken
into account fairly stagger enthusias
tic, young women. They begin to re
alizo the value of money to appreciate
how mother has to skimp to make ends
moet.
And there is tho question of amuse
ments. Every girl must find her own
danger line in the social world. My
lino will not do for somo other girl.
The girl who loves to read and cares
little for mingling with others is in
danger of becoming a useless unit in
tho ideal community. Her siBter who
likes tho "movies" is in danger of
boeomiug infatuated with that Bort of
amusement only. Then, too, tho girls
grasp the dnnger of going along the
"Grout Whito Way" unchaperoned. In
my two years of experience in this work
I havo never had a girl who has takeu
these lectures iu tho wrong spirit. They
aro eager to learn to become builders
of tlio ideal home, and mothers of (ho
beat type of children.
VOTER NOT RESTRICTED TO ONE
CANDIDATE FOR CERTAIN OF
FICE, SAYS CRAWFORD.
In answer to an inquiry Attorney
General Crawford says that any qual
ified elector can sign any number ot
petitions for nomination for tho sani"
office, and that his nnmo must be
counted as it appears on each petitiou.
It was the general idea that if a voter
signed one nominating petition, for
governor for instance, that ho could
not sign uuy oilier candidate's petition
for tlio mine office. This was not cor
rect, and the voter Can curry a foun
tain pen and amuse himself or herself
cither, by signing all tho petitions pre
sented, so long as ho or she is of the
Miiim political party as the candidate.
CARL GRAY WILL BECOME
PRESIDENT TRISCO LINE
(OMITPO rilKSS LHAHKD WHIR.)
St. Paul, Feb. 21. trl li. Gray, who
has resigued from tho presidency of the
Great Northern railroad, will become
president of tho St. Louis & Snn Fran
cisco railroad as soon an that corpor
ation passes out of the hands of the re
ceiver. This announcement was made
in St. Louis, and verification was giv
en at Mr. Graf's offices here lato yes
terday. STEAMER EUREKA IN DISTRESS.
(I'MTKn r-nsss ijcasko wins.)
Ssui Francisco, Feb, 21. A wireless
mossuge received here at 11 o'clock to
day from the Los Angeles office of the
I'nitoU Press said the revenue Cutter
Manning was searching for the steam
er Kureka, reported 'in distress efl
1'ort Orford.
NORTH DAKOTAN8 MEET.
(unitrd ruts ilium wm.)
Washington, Feb. 1. United State
Treasurer Hurke aild other North Da
kota notables tonight will attend the
annual banquet of Washington's North
Dakota society.
HAMPHLET ISSUED BY CHURCH
ILL REGARDING OBSERVANCE
TO BE HEARD MARCH 9-14.
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion, J. A. Churchill, has issued a pam
phlet which is being sent to all the
teachers in the state to be used by
them in observing "Alfalfa Week,"
which has been set for March 9 to 14.
In order to emphasize the importance
of growing alfalfa in the Pacific
Northwest, the state superintendents
of Oregon, Washington and Idaho, have
agreed to pet apart one week in which
the growing of alfalfa will be empha
sized in the language work of all the
grades, as well as in the high school.
In speaking of the importance of
this matter, Superintendent Churchill
said, "In many sections of our state
alfalfa is the most . important forage
crop grown. Since our supply of meat,
milk and butter depend, to a large ex
tent, upon the production of plenty
of cheap forage, the importance of
this crop can be readily seen. Many
of our lands have been robbed of their
fertility through a failure to grow
leguminous crops such as alfalfa and
the clovers. One of the most important
yet most expensive fertilizers, i nitro
gen. Alfalfa gathers great quantities
of nitrogen from the air and stores it
on its roots in the form of nodules.
The agricultural experts tell us that
a field which has been kept in alfalfa
for three or four years has had from
$30 to $45 worth of nitrogen added to
the soil of each acre. The great crops
of wheat and oats Which are raised on
land which has previously been in al
falfa proves the truth of this state
ment. Since half of the boys and girls
who are attending school will proba
bly live on farms and be dependent
upon agriculture for their living,', the
value of teaching them more about this
important, plant is manifest."
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF CUBBY
COUNTY EXPECTS TO SEEK
NOMINATION FOB CONGRESS.
W. H. Meredith, district attorney of
Curry county, is in the city today, look
ing over the political situation. He is
expecting to enter the race for the
Democratic nomination for congress
man in this district, and promises to
make a live campaign on live issues.
One thing he will favor is tho opening
up of many of the forest reserves, and
a Bystem of local taxation of the
lands included therein.
SENTENCING DELAYED.
(DNITKD I'BESH LEASED WHIR.
San Francisco, Feb. 21. Government
Prosecutors Sullivan and Rocho consent
ed yestorday afternoon to a continuance
of one week before sentence is pro
nounced upon James B. Smith, F. C.
Mills and Edward H, Mayer, officials
of tho Western Fuel' company, convict
ed of conspiracy to defraud govern
ment. NARROWLY ESCAPE IN FIRE.
UNITKD 1'IIESS LEASED Willi. 1
San Francisco, Feb. 21. About 20;
Japanese, men and women, had narrow j
escapes early today from tlio Althea
lodging house, which caught fire from
omo unknown cnuso and was damaged i
to tho extent of $0,000 or $7,000. I
SPEEDER'S FINE REMITTED. I
fUNtTED 1'IIESH LEASED WIIIB.) 1
Portland, Or., Feb. 21. Harry Huak
. 1 ... 1.1 :.. T...I..- l-n.... ' on,, I
pieifiicu guniv in .nmjiv nut iuii a i-uuii
to automobile speeding, but the fine
imposed was later remitted when the
judge heard that Iluak had been ar
rested whilo giving a gang of newsboys
a joy ride.
Governor West has been ariied tc
issue a requisition on the governor of
Washington for James Stevens, who
is under indictment in Lane county,
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
Bargains
f'.'ufl down, modern bungalow,
(i-room. Price $1-100.
$2,100 house, barn, 14 lots;
term.
$.1.-100, modern house, 7-roonis,
basement, close iu, worth $-"000.
$il2.", five-acre tract, all under
cultivation, easy terms.
$2,100, well improved 5-oero
tract.
$10,000 will buy tho best 81
aero farm in tho valley; terms.
Houses for Rent
We write insurance and bonds.
Money to Loan.
Wo buy, sell and exchange any
thing in the realty line; ny
stato iu the Union list with us.
Bechtel & Bynon
317 Bute Btroot.
InC , TAMPW 'KOVNO OH Ca
'S
(Continued from page one.)
crossed from El Paso to Juarez Wednes
day to look for Benton.
The American was Gustav Bauch, ar
rested several days ago on the charge
that he was a spy for the federal gov
ernment. Concentrated Action Posible.
Berlin, Feb. 21. That, as a result of
the Benton affair, European govern
ments were exchanging notes with a
view to concentrated action in Mexico,
or to demand that America act, was re
ported here today. The rumors lacked
confirmation. .
Villa Leaves to Take Charge. :
Chihuahua City, Mex., Feb. 21.
Though he said he would wait here for
the arrival of more artillery, General
Villa left today for Escalon to take per
sonal charge of an attack on Torreon,
scheduled for tomorrow or Monday,
WELL!
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AVRJL HAW V V ILd
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RUNS WELL
RIDES WELL
WEARS WELL
"ALL'S
With
Price:$S25
R
ees & Elgin
Corner Ferry and High
Frank Farrell
and
a Mildred Ford
As the famous "Zeke"
and "Daisy" in "The
Missouri Girl."
At the
BLIGB THEATRE
Next Saturday,.
Feb. 28
This show plays aJ
large opera houses at
$1.00; cut prices at the
Bligh, 35c, 50c.
Bargain matinee 25c
Spring Settlements
60-acre valley farm, fine stalte of cul
tivation, good improvements, $6000.
Farm to exchange for city property.
Splendidly furnished cottage, close
in, for rent.
One of our customers wants $750 oo
good real estate at 8 per cent. Will
ysu make this loan 7
Cosy little home, all new and weil
fitted kitchen; a peach of a home for
$900.
FOLKS SCOTT REALTY CO.
FISHERIES THEATY HIT.
UNITED JHXSS LEASED WIRS.
Washington, Feb. 21. The proposed
fisheries treaty with Canada, was criti
cized before the house foreign affaire
committee yesterday afternoon by Wil
liam Freeman of Seattle, representing
salmon packers. He urged that the
treaty be modified so as to give Puget
Sound fishermen freodom in the industry.
7TT U V
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WELL"
The
F.O.B. Salem