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PAGE TOUB THE DAILY OAPITAI. JOTJBNAI SALEM. OREOOW. TUESDAY, APRIL 21, 1914. Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal TUESDAY APRIL 21, 1914 THE DAILY Gli?TAL JOURNAL PUDUSHED BY CAPITAL JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Inc. CHARLES B. riSHEJR, EDITOR OXAHAM P. TAB EH, MANAOER PUBLISHED EVERY EVE NIK a EfCEPT 8UNDAY. SALEM, OREGON SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Polly, by Carrier, per year . '5.20 Daily, by Wall, per ear ... .00 Weekly, by Mall, per year . 1.00 FULL LEASED WIR E TELEORAPH REPORT WHAT IOWA TOWN DID. THERE is a live commercial club in a small town in Iowa, which offered to duplicate every day's work done by the fanners of the township on the highways leading into the community. The county paid for the road material and, for every farmer who spent a day on the roads, another man from the town went out to work an equal number of hours. The result was a notable improvement in the highways of the township and a better feeling existed between city and country, and every town and city in the United States can do as much as this Iowa village has done with equal results. Farmers alone do not profit by good roads. Well-built high ways are of importance to the autoists from the towns and cities, still more Important to the merchants, and of even greater value to the ultimate consumers who need the products of the farm to sustain city life. If farmers can haul foodstuffs to town cheaper over good roads, good roads should mean cheaper food stuffs to townspeople and city residents. Merchants seek the trade of people from miles around, but the only way they can command it is to have good highways leading from the country to their stores. From the towns, then, should go the workers -of good roads as well as from the farms. Theadvantage of such co-operation between this community and country people of the vicinity is easily evident. Is this community alive to its opportunity? Good roads mean money in everyones pockets ; they are worth the ex tra effort. They are worth pledging a day for every day put in by the country people upon roads. This is not a time for congress or for any citizen to quibble over the minor matters, or to question the motives or wisdom of the president's policy regarding Mexico. The honor and integ- rity of the nation has been assailed its uniformed sailors have been subjected to indignities by a foreign country the gravest insult that may be offered, since were it not resented to the ut most an American citizen would no longer be assurred of pro tection in another country. The affront to the flag and the uni form of its defenders is an affront to every loyal citizen of the republic, who, now that the crisis has come, might do no better than to affirm the gallant Decatur's famous toast: "My coun try, may she always be right, but right or wrong, my country!" Eefore Salem ever reaches the fulness of her power and splen dor she must have factories. The big payroll is what makes cities and supports them. It has been pointed out that the Wil lamette valley is the natural home of the flax, and that the very best fibre is grown here. That has been demonstrated. Sooner or later Salem will be a great flax center,-the Belfast of Ameri ca, and the slower we are in-recognizing this, the longer it will be before Salem develops into the great city it is certain to be come. Think and talk flax awhile and get yourself as well as your neighbors interested in it. We will be called upon some time to take hold and help get the industry started, and we might as well begin now. Nebraska farmers would cut the size of the legislature to fit the state's financial condition. An 'exchange remarks that no one has yet been found radical enough to propose that a legis- lature be paid only what it is worth. He surely could not be hit ting at Oregon for here we pay the lawmakers almost as much as the average laborer gets. A Colorado court has ruled that a marriage. contract between a boy of 14 and a girl of 11 is legal. This may be true in Colo rado, and, anyway, it is no more freakish than the general run of Colorado court opinions, which are seemingly made to avoid all the rules and dictates of common sense. General Coxey is to march his army on Washington and de mand that the government loan money to individuals at 2 per cent. This is good so far as it goes, but the general should also have a proviso that in making such loans the government be also precluded from asking any kind of security. As a hunch to the army of the unemployed we would suggest that they go to Mexico and then come back across the border as Lapp & Bush, Bankers Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes Traveler's Checks - Per mouth.................... 45s Per mouth 33c Six months............ SOo The Capital Journal carrier hoys are lnitructed to put the paper on the porch. If the carrier doe not do this, misies you, or neglect getting the paper to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation managor, a this It the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 82. Mexican refugees. Uncle Sam runs a fairly good boarding house near the border, at least none of the boarders are either com plaining or leaving his table. . . :; 1 ... v It is estimated that the people of the United States will spend $600,000 for automobiles this year, or at the rate of $2,000,000 for each working day. ' At the same time the old cry about the high coat of living still goes up to the skies day and night. . When Coxey gets to Washington with his army Uncle Sam should draft the whole bunch for service in Mexico. Being ab solutely worthless for any other purpose, it may be they would be a success at stopping Mexican bullets. Colonel Goethals, who built the Panama canal, says toll ex emption would be a great mis-take. This i3 pretty good au thority, for, Goethals is not in politics, knows what he is talking about, and makes no grand stand plays. It turns out that the what-you-may-call-it, ' shot- by Colonel Roosevelt, was not a curcuri nor a curculio, but a spalococus poepppigi. We are pleased indeed to make the correction and get the colonel on record correctly. King George's second son has had his allowance raised from $5000 a year to $15,000. This rnijrht be sufficient for A nrlnno. let, but it would not be a week's stipend for the sons of some of the American "kings of finance." Thaw has won his fight for a writ of habeas corpus, but the lawyers on both sides will see that he does hot get away. X7E recommend Zerolene as the best yy automobile oil we can make an oil produced by experts of long experience who have studied the needs of motor lubri cation and who have at their command selected crudes and the best refinery equip ment with which to produce an oil exactly adapted to the purpose. Standard Oil Company THE ROUND IIP. Mrs. Kritlna Oimre and hnr twn! daughters, Victoria r.ged 8 and Elleui ogeu u wore drowned at Astoria Sun day morning and Jven A. Oimre, the husband and father had his wrist brok en when' the auto in which they were speeding skidded on the railroad tracks jumped the wharf and turning turtle pinned the three under it in s,ix fer.t of water. Oimre was rescued by Fire man ISetten who also did efficient work in recovering the bodies. i i it in riHimeii mat ou.imu attended church in Portland Htinday that hardly Paint Up knew the wav there. forget it again. They will soon Baudon is having a gold mining ex eitemeut of the black-Band variety There is quito a rush of miners to that section. A new oyster bed has been discov-. ered on tho reefs -lying a mile off Viuqiiinit Jlay. The oysters aro larger than those found in the bay and resem ble the. .lupauone variety. Woodlawn Orange No. 350 Patrons of Husbandry has paimed a resolution and forwnrded it to the County Court of Multnomah, strongly objecting to tho appointment of it so called "Farm Kxpert", "They allege that it would I. n il. 1 . . 1 , .1 iiuv ui- iur me ucst interests oi tno county. A severe hail .?torm swept ovsr 1'niou Sunday. It is thought little or no damage was done by it. w Assistant secretary of tho navv Franklin 0. Koosevcit is almost 83 good nu advertiser as Teddy himself. At Portland whilo waiting for the Shasta Limited, on which ho was a passt'iiger, to pull out, he walked bare headed up mid down the platform for half an hour so thii public could sea one really great innn. . Fugene is to hav-j a Brand" siellir.ir bee with 1,000 ront 'stunts. It will be between l.nne cenntv pupils nnd will be hebl May 10. i The Oregon Civie Lineuo would tnke: away the power of hiring tencher: lroui tho school directors and give it j to tho county school superintendent, Aj I nMS. IlVe1ften. "ai"1 bofore- yon should toddle to the store, if. your standoff lint tnn .".,. l I 1 "lvcst ' yellow ' I I'aint; then embel vw I bah house and barn, nu tne neighbors suy, "By darn! What a lovely, gor geous hue! Ve must got to painting, too!" That 'a the way - great move ments start; soma wise gent with hero heart sets the pace, and then the guys ioiiqw w a era bis pathway lies. f f with glad and joyous whoop you should upint your chicken! coop, red or yellow, pink or gray, you wi;l see the neighbor jay to tho nearest drugstore rush, there to buy some paint, a brush; and next day you 'J. see that chump putting green stripes ojn 'his pump, and he'll give a coat of blue to the fence and clothesline, too.' In the spring Damo Nature tries to' astonish human eves, spreading on the colors thick; every thing is span ami spick; fields of green and skies of blue, everywhere a pleas ing hue. And her sunlight often fall on our gray and dingy walls, and it makes her sick and faint, that w. don't indulge in paint. Buy a gallon can right now! Pnint the sidewalk and the cow, paint the house and paint the shed, paint things yellow, paint them rod! r" i bad, and illy advised move. A. II. Granger, a traveling sales man was held up beaten and robbed by thugs at Mauper.s Sunday got and a gold watch. . 'Washington county has on its good roads program for .1914, among other items, lo milcn of macadam, in variou sections. Sheridan is to be a town of dogless streets, unless owners prefer paying license to keeping dogs chained. Tho inducement is $2.50 to $3, according Fa i to dog's sex. During the evening of the Rodeo period, July 8, 4 and 3, Main street, in Klamath Falls, from Secdnd to Sev enth, will be closed to traffic and wi.M be couverted into an oped air danc4 hall. ; - .. , . v . Woodburn is fam4uV--.for- its stock shows, and . the Independent advises that the next one be held much Utter in the season than formerly and that particular attention be given to cattln and hogs. . The city council of Joseph has passed an ordinance prohibiting the playing oi Dan on tne streets, and the tleralil in assisting in the enforcement of the. ordinance, says: "Surely, there is plenty of room in this great big world of sin and sorrow to play ball without having to play on the streots." FACES RECALL STIRRED UP TEELING AGAINST HIM IN SHROT RULE. STRENUOUS EXECUTIVE HAS 2 Small South anrl CPnh-al R,' , American Republics fTi Chance to Live Vy By CHAMP CLARK 1914, by American rress Association. 1 GLORY in our political influence outside of our own borders. When tho United States became a republic there was one other, the Swiss republic. Now there ore twenty-six republics, and in tho large sense wo made them all by the wholcsomeness of our example, by teaching the world that men could govern themselves. NOT ONE OF THE CENTRAL OR SOUTH AMERICAN REPUBLICS COULD HAVE LIVED SIX MONTHS IF WE HAD NOT.G1VEN THEM THE CHANCE TO LIVE IF IT HAD NOT BEEN FOR THE MONROE DOC TRINE. EVERY LITTLE WHILE SOME ONE POPS UP AND SAYS THE MONROE DOCTRINE 13 DEAD. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND MADE HIM ! SELF A HISTORIC CHARACTER BY HIS VENEZUELAN MESSAGE. I i STAND ON ONE SENTENCE IN THAT MESSAGE, -WE ARE SOVEREIGN ON THIS CONTINENT." j What w the Monroe doctrine? It was the declaration that wo i proposed that no foreign nation shoujd colonize on this continent. When any country of Europe has felt inclined to lav hands on any of the South or Central American republics TUEY HAVE TAKEN A GOOD, LONG LOOK AT US AND DECIDED THAT THEY j WOULD RATHER LET THEil GO THAN TO TAKE A LICK IXO FROM US. Long Beach, Cal., April 21. After being in off ico three months Into which short time he has crowded more excitement than any previous chief executive ever stirred up during a whole administration, Louis Napoleon Whealton, this city's strenuous mayor, faces today a probable recall move ment. His oppouents showed their strength yesterday by smashingly de feating tho councilnianic and free holder candidates he favored. While the votes were being counted, the mayor and his police commission were holding a midnight sesaion, at which Chief of Police Austin aud Captain of Detectives Eohert O'Rouk were suspended for 30 days, pending inves tigation of Whealton't charges thut they allowed blind pigs and gambling games to operate. Whealton's attitude toward police heads and toward the city librarian, Miss Ellis, who recently resigned has stirred up feeling against him. INTEREST ON STATE PUNDS. (Sydney (O.) Democrat.) Four millions of dollars interest on public monies received annually in the state of Ohio. This eclipses the rec ord of all the other states in the I'nion, SalemFence Works B, B. FLEMING, Prop. Headquarters American Wire Fence, Motley's Patent Hop Bas ket Send your orders In now. Blj stock of hop and loganbery wire. Bobber roofing, SL50 ap per sqnarfc Elastic roof paint, cant U beat Stock of paints and Tarnishes at 20 per sat . dacUon, tore braada. Cedar foc poata and wood and Iron walk aad drive cite. . 964 Cart St ffcea VH . P. O. Sea 380. Back of Oki44 Itm with respect to the oarninor caimcltv of public monies. Several years ago a plan was started to ascertain to what extent tho publie finances of the common-wealth were misused. The disclosures shocked the stato and defeated the republican party. No bona fide effort was made to placo the state treasury balance on a satisfactory earning basis until a Democratic administration was in augurated in Columbus under the lead of . Governor Harmon and State Treasurer Creamer when the state balance was deposited on the com petitive bidding plan. During the past five years a total of $976,000 of interest has been turned into the state treasury. And all of this would have gone to swell the profits of favorite banks and private individuals, but for the hange. Out of the movement thus inaugurated in Columbus there has grown a movement of reform in this direction in all tho counties. The lust report of Treasurer Brennan that $4,. 000,000 of interest is earned annually in the state on deposits of public money shows how strongly the reform has taken root. Household Worry Is 99 Per Cent Wash Day Good Riddance by the Laundry Remedy. Linen, blanket, curtain a p. parel all come back beautiful when we do your work. Salem Steam Laundry 136 South Liberty Street Phone 25 Dry Cleaning. Ask the Drirer Little Carl Nichols, who resides on North Front street, was seen trugding home with a nine-inch cut-throat trout, which he honked in North Mill creek near the new railroad and wagon bridge. Young Nichols had ten min utes to spare before eating lunch after he came home from school today nnd he went down in iio a,i, creek with his hazel fish pole and five ..... j.uu mm iricu ins lucK. The re sult was that Carl yanked out one of the prettiest fish caught here in some ....... ,e Jlla hscq i big, fat spider no lonnd under unmn il,i k,..,i- the creek for bait, and snid that he got a bite just as soon as the hook hit the stream. W. J. PATTERSON, M. D. V. Veterinarian grad uate McKillip Col lege, Chicago, 111., which enjoys the largest practice in ine world. Larne n e s s, dentistrv and diseases of the foot a mw. Cialtv. Now Veterino .': ..t. . - -'j "rc.miuj iaou just installed. Phones- Tl.Mn... 1961; office, 278. .Office ind 420 South Commercial Stxeet. ' MMMMMMM i; GOLD DUST FLOUR Made by the SYDNEY POWEB COMPANY Sydney, Oregon Made for family Use. f Ask your grocer for it . f and shorts always on hand. P. B. WALLACE, Agent I THAT COUNTRY HOME You've always longed for a place in tho country, and, be sides, the doctor says tho chil dren's health' would be much bet ter there, but you've either failed to find just the place that suited jou or the prices have not Suited your pocketbook. Well, it 'g a ten to one shot you haven't tried the Want Ads. In the Want Columns are all sorts of offers of homes at the seaside, or in the country, or mountains, at all sorts of prices, and yow can hardly fail to be suited if you out give them a trial. H you don't see what you want, why, run a Journal Ad of yonr own and yon'U surely get it then. But, above all, act this month of April, for this is the big realty season. House of Half a Million Bargains v-ome and see the biggest wonder in Stejnbock Junk Co. nw . nana score I . "- our, tea am each .. . 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