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FOOT THE SALEM CAPIT 'T, ,TOTnwr. t.m OREGON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1914. Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28, 1914 TIIE'aXILYWlmL JOURNAL PUBLISHED BY CAPITAL JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Inc. OABLES H. FISHES EDITOR AND MANAGER PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, BALEM. OREGON SUBSCRIPTION BATES! Daily, by Carrier, per year 5.00 Per month.. Daily, by Mail, pit year 3.00 Per month.. Weekly, ey Mail, per year 1.00 Six months. .4Sc ,.35c .50c FULL LEASED WIBE TELEGRAPH REPORT Tba Capital Journal carrier boys are Instructed to put the papers on the torch. If the carrier does not do thli, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, at toll la the only way we can determine whether or not the carrier! are following instructions. Yhone Main 82. . THE WAR AND IMMIGRATION. It is not surprising that the war in Europe should have caused a great decrease in immigration to the United States. The figures from the port of New York are sig nificant. During the month of September only 22,000 aliens entered that port as compared with 108,000 for the month of September, 191:?. Even before the war there had been a gradual decline in the figures. After the strug gle in Europe ends immigration to this country is likely to be comparatively small. At all events we are not likely to have the flood of newcomers that marked the last de cade. The various nations of the Old World will be kept busy trying to bind the wounds and heal the effects of the war. Men and women, too will be needed to till the soil, and the supply will scarcely equal the demand. Thus political economists and statisticians will have a new subject upon which to exercise their wits. What will be the effect of the war upon the United States so far as immigration is concerned? At first blush one is tempted to say that it will be good. Many persons who are perfect ly friendly to desirable immigrants do not hesitate to say that they have been coming into this country too rapidly to be properly assimilated. In New York and in many other large cities the schools are kept busy teaching them the English language. Hence a respite, for a few years at least, may give us the opportunity of catching up with the needs of these new Americans. SEIZING OPPORTUNITY. A current magazine story tells a suggestive story of Chas. T. Yerkes. When he was only 1:1 years old he had by hard work and frugality got $3 in a savings bank. One day he found a store where an auction of soap was going on. He knew it as the same soap his mother used, and bought it to the limit of his money. Then he showed the auctioneer his bank book and ask ed him to hold the soap until he could draw the money. On his way to the bank he stopped in a grocery and made a deal in which he doubled his money. He did not have to draw out his $5, but added that much more to it; and this money formed the foundation of the vast fortune he afterwards amassed. The ordinary boy, who becomes but an ordinary man, would have been slow to risk that hard-earned $3; but would have watched others buy, holding fast all the while to his precious nest-egg. Truly, if we would see the color of our future, we must look for it in our present. If we would gaze on the star of our destiny, we must look for it in our own hearts. The Messenger says "this is a time when party ties appear to be held in not very high regard," and proves its assertion by coining out for William Hanloy for United States senator. It also says it will continue to be demo cratic. Bill Ilanley had almost, if not quite, a national reputation as a builder of fences in the good old days of open ranges, and it is said at times came near beinc entangled in the meshes of the law because of the allega tion of' hia neighbors that his proficiency in branding mavericks was depleting their herds. Having turned his attention to statesmanship, he shows the same Inclination to run his fences across the ranges of other political parties, and sticks his brand, resembling in size and shape a double eagle, on all the loose mavericks who are wan dering around hungry and homeless on the political ranges. Bill will probably be a "rustler" as long as he lives. That English capitalist who is trying to force Harvard to discharge one of its professors by threatening to cut it out of his will and refusing to leave it some ten million dollars, reminds one of the corporations trying to force their employes to vote as they direct or lose their iobs. The main difference is that the employes actually had the jobs but Harvard has not the money. 'Besides, if Harvard was to yield to the peppery old gentleman's commands in this case, would it not put him in the position of dictator to the institution so long ns he lived? The threat of dis inheritance would still hang over it. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 13C8 Capital $300,000.00 Transact a general banking: business Safety Deposit Boxe9 SAVINGS DEPARTMENT There is a movement in many counties of the state to send business men to the legislature, regardless of their party affiliations. Since there is no longer a United States senator to be elected by that body, the legislature has lost all the political significance that was formerly at tached to it. It is now simply a law-making body, having also the appropriation of the money raised by taxation, and by its expenditures the tax rate, whether high or low, is governed. This fact makes it imperative that the leg islature should be made up of clear-headed business men if the state's affairs are to be conducted on a conservative, economical system, and the voters have it in their power to see that such men are elected to represent their in terests. In Marion county one man of the right type is J. R. Linn, candidate for state senator, a successful, self made business man who has the respect and confidence of the people in a wide circle of acquaintances acquired dur ing a long residence and through large business opera tions. His good judgment is undoubted and his integrity unquestioned even by those who differ with him on mat ters of public policy. As a member of the state parole board he has had valuable experience which has familiar ized him with the state institutions and would be of great value to any legislator. 'As such an official he has assist ed in making the Oregon system in this respect one which states all over the country are copying as worthy of their emulation. Furthermore, Marion county, as the seat of the state capital, ought to send big, progressive men to represent its people in the senate, and Jim Linn is one of that type a man who would take high rank among the members of the upper house and have an active and influ ential part in the shaping of legislation for the good of the state, using care and discretion in the appropriation of the money of the taxpayers. The Oregonian says there will be a republican presi dent in the White House in 1917, and that therefore a re publican senator should be elected so as to be in harmony with the administration. The Oregonian may be mistaken about the politics of the president at the time named; but if its argument is correct and right, then the state should send democrats back to congress to be in harmony with the administration, for it is undoubtedly true that there will be a democratic president in the White House until 1917, or during the full term for which the congressmen elected this year will serve. Brothers Hawley and Sin not might object to the logical conclusion to be drawn from the Oregonian s argument. Having called attention to the unfairness and insin cerity of the Portland Evening Telegram, the Capital Journal is in turn attacked by that paper in a vituperative screed which contains neither wit nor reason. It is a source of gratification, however, to know that we have earned the displeasure of the sewer through which the Oregonian has so long discharged the filth it did not dare to carry in its own columns, and feel that we need no fur ther recommendation of our right to be regarded as worthy of the favor of the best elements of the community. If you are interested in city politics, do not fail to at tend the primaries, as it is there probably many of the of ficials will be selected. As the Capital Journal pointed out yesterday for the benefit of the voters, if any candi date gets a majority of all votes cast for any office, he is elected and does not come before the voters again at the regular election. So if you have any choice for mayor and most of the councilmen, go to the primaries, as all these will probably be selected at that time. The statement that "politics makes strange bedfel lows" was never more thoroughly exemplified than in the present election. It is not necessary to point out just who are in bed together, but even a brief study of the sleepers will make almost anyone who has a particle of humor smile at the combinations. 3C st ifc 3ff 3t 3ft 3C ift 3(C 3ft 3C THE ROUND-UP Medford's fire department it to hnve a light automobile for use iu running to small fires. Woodburn's council has accepted the new Carnegie library building and the: work of moving from the old quarters will soon begin. ' The Modern Travelers' club, of Al bany, Bold apple cookery on Apple Day, cleared $25 and will devote the proceeds to the purchase of books for the city library. Corvnllis' postmaster is able to rc-i port, ns the result, of the recent count, that his office is handling almost don bio the number of letters and pack-' ages handled by city carriers nt the Mu mo date in 1012, and more thun double the weight of mail. 0. A. C. graduates and former stu dents at Burns huve organized an (). A. ('. club. Bi monthly meetings will be held. Officers are: President, J. ('. I.eedy; vice-president, Frances Clark: secretary, -Mildred Wilson; treasurer. Neil Smith, Discussing the movement to have a portion of Malheur county annexed to Baker, the Baker Hernld snys: "We assure Bridgeport, Ironside anil Mor mon Basin that they will he welcome now members to the Bnkor county fnmily and that we sincerely hope they will soon be with us." Tillamook Herald: Ncilson & Lang, cattle buyers, lost six head of cattle, the same 'being carried off by the high tide last Sunday. They were pas tured on the Wilson near the Whitney ranch. There were about 40 head in the water at one time. However, nil were snved but six which were carried out in the deep water and were drown ed. Pendleton will entertain 2I" teachers from the county mid many educators from other points, when the annual in stitute meets there Thun-day and Fri day of this week. Pendleton has an auto street enr ser vice, with fares 5 cents. The service is said to lie excellent. tt 0 Albany's high school is to have two liand.i. It has one, and the second is being orguui7.ed, The Condon foinmunity league has obtained free quarters for a traveling library, which is now in use, Medford's council is emivl'.'ring a municipal telephone proposition made hv the Chamber of Commerce at Moil ford. The Sou considers tho prospect of adoption favorable. Preparatory extension of the ninnual training department of the linker schools is to be effected by introducing mechanical drawing in the grades. The department hn students enrolled. The Kcho Knterprise has made its appearance, a four pnge, six column weekly, with W. It. Fletcher as editor and K. O. Harlan ns manager. It is well edited, well printed and well patronized on the business side. "The growing city of Kt. 1'aul may have its faults," says the Woodburn Independent, "but it cannot be said that It Is dend nor is it sleeping by any inenns. It would pay ninny n larger town in Oregon to emulate Ht. 1'iinl in ambition and energy," Passage from report of recent meet ing of the Astoria park commission, In Astoria Hudgct: "Steps were, t,oken to aciiuire another 10 acres of ground on Coxcomb hill; plans laid for the establishing of a swimming pool nd iiiient to thn city reservoir near the ( liively park; suggestions offered for Imiiroviug block i'i in Alderbrtiok that. was recently donated by Mary M, Kel ly ot Washington, I). (.'." According to the dispatches from all points in the war zone, each and every one of the contestants has annihilat ed the other fellows. One Austrian army that we have been keeping track of since its first annihilation, has been re-annihilated fourteen times in nineteen days, and is still as lively as a lizard in a hot skillet. Belgium has more at stake in the war than any of the other nations. If Germany wins, she is lost as a country, for as a government she will be a "has been." If, how ever, the allies win, she will occupy a position so high that all of us will have to look up to her. The dispatches say Colonel Roosevelt Monday began stumping the state of Pennsylvania for Clifford I'inchot, and will continue to stump it until Thursday night. Penn sylvania is getting off easy. The colonel, when he stumps anything, generally keeps it stumped longer than that. As the political campaign warmed up and the Portland newspapers broke out, Mt. Lassen suddenly went out of business. Probably thought it could not compete in the mud-slinging of the big papers that could erupt daily and in several editions. That Illinois woman who is teaching the boys how to sew evidently sees far into the future and is preparing them against the time when the full results of the suf frage movement have been attained. Some of the other names in the war tone are mizzling to Americans, but there are few if any of them nut thai can twist their tongue around the name of that place re cently captured by the Germans. It is "Damme. raw Oh, bat thn rat mid slice the. mice. il nil make this country clean anil mi1 From every huuse where, people dwell, let s drive the rodents forth, pell-mell; In very store nml very shop, let 's chase the pests nml never stop, until the spangled b ii u ii e r w a vw above ten billion rodents' g r.v e s. I lie rats consume the farmer's onts, and gnaw the whiskers off his gnats, and rub him yearly of a sum. which, figured up, would strike, III in dumb, Tho rats destroy the grocer's cheese, his enrh prunes nnd seedless pens, and do such damage in Ills store the sheriff conies to close his door. I hev spoil the house wife's cherished flour, and make, her sunny temper sour and so she jaws round of course until her husband gets divorce. The rat's a nuisance without end ami there Is no one to defend the noxious critter foul and vile, the world's most hated nnimlle. Lot ns with pitfall and with gin beset the path he wander in, Let us go forth with bombs and guns, explore his alleys nml his runs, and slay him ns St, (ieorge of old laid nut the dragon, fierce and bold. This world will be a better place when every trilm and every race of filthy things which crawl or fly, eurl up thir legs or wings anil die, Po en their heads we've set a price; go, bat the nvts and slice the niircl No Route South can equal The Scenic Shasta Route of the SOUTHERN PACIFIC Through Oregon and California THREE THROUGH TRAINS DAILY "Shasta Limited" Leares Salem 6:43 p. m. "San Francisco Express" Leaves Salem 10:38 p. m. "California Express" Leaves Salem 3:32 a. m. Direct connection at Snn Francisco with trains Fast via Ogden or South through Los Angeles, 1 l'aso or New Orleans. $55 Salem to Los Angeles and return ON SALE DAILY, LIMIT SIX MONTHS Corresponding Low Bound Trip rares All Other S. P. Points Tickets to all points south and east on sale daily. Literature descriptivo of California, tho Exposi tion and the trip Kan Francisco to New Orleans on application to nearest Agent, or John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon. Manufacturers and Land Products Show, Port land, October 26th to November llto. Shoot the Brute Republican Mass Meeting GRAND OPERA HOUSE SATURDAY NIGHT, OCTOBER 31, 8:00O'CLOCK Speeches by Congressman W. C. Hawley HON. S. B. HOUSTON AND OTHERS GOOD MUSIC. ALL INVITED. During the afternoon from 2:00 to 5:00 o'clock The Ladies' Republican Auxiliary will hold a reception in the parlors of the Hotel Marion, to which the ladies of Marion county are invited. (Paid Adv.) Special "Cedar Post" Sale Saturday Only, Oct. 31 BEST QUALITY, SEVEN-FOOT We carry a full line of .Builders' Hardware, Lum ber and Building Material of all kinds, Paints, Oil, Varnishes, Plaster and Cement. Watch for our Saturday specials. Capital Lumber Co. 3 1!) SOUTH TWELFTH rilONE 436 The first woman handed (lie flrt inn n nn apple, hut her dnnuhters have ticca handing men lemons ever since, GOOD FOR 25 VOTES For i Address This coupon may be exchanged for votes in the con test for a trip to San Francisco in 1915, at the Capital Journal office. Not good after October 31, 1911. House of Half a Million Bargains We carry the largest stock of Sacks and Fruit Jars. H. Steinbock Junk Co. 13 Stat Street. Pslem, Oregoo. I'kon. Mala M