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CHARLES H. FISHER
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SIDE LIGHTS ON
THE LEGISLATURE
eeoinenoom
L. S. BABNKS,
CHAS. H. FISHER,
DURA (,'. AXI1RKSEN.
President
Vice-President
Hoc. and Trims.
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Phone Main 81. ,
HUNTING FOR THE SALARIED "JOB."
An eastern exchange talks entertainingly of the job
hunters who just at this time of year are infesting about
t'very state in the union. It asserts that there are some
men at least who at every change of the administration
go out in search of what they call a job. But they are not
' looking for that at all. Asked what they do want, they
reply: ,"Oh, anything if it only has a respectable salary
attached."
They 'have not singled out anything in particular no
service in which they are interested, or which they arc
competent to render. In fact, they don't care at all about
the service they may be able to give; their minds are
wholly on the money they are likely to get. They even
talk about the ease with which it will come, if only they
can muster enough influence to get the place. They ask
you to boost them up so that, without any special effort on
their part, they can get something out of the treasury.
There's human nature pictured again. Haven't you
seen them logging for appointment to vacancy time and
again? There's quite a company of them with the notion
large that they are just the fits for about every kind of a
job that's likely to lie left open by discharge, death or res.
ignation, and when the opening comes they're there. The
nature of the job and their experience and ability are
minor matters for consideration with them. Such a thing
as their proving a misfit in the positions they seek to fill
never enters their thoughts.
WE KNOW TOO MUCH?
Ignorant indeed is considered the man today who dees
not know more than Shakespeare knew.
But Shakespeare produced his marvelous masterpiece
because what he did know he did know.
The average school boy of today knows infinitely more
things than lis grandfater ever dreamed of. .But it is to
these grandfathers we look for models of excellenco in
high character, clear thought and rich achievement. Why';
Because, while the grandfather's world was a small one.
he completely filled it.
The abundance and extent of knowledge available to us
today is astonishing as compared with that available to
the ancients. Even the common school pupils of our time
are taught infinitely more than Socrates, Plato and Ho
mer knew.
And, yet, the greatest works come from these ancients.
From them we inherit the world's highest literature, its
greatest paintings, its finest architecture, its best road
building. Why is this?
Simply because the ancient, while his range of know
ledge was small, thoroughly studied one thing and thus
completely mastered it.
The brilliant Alcibiades was mentally and bodily the
perfect type of the most nearly perfect race. Socrates,
his master, gives a list of the things Alcibiades had learn
ed: "Thou hast learned thy letters, to play on the cit
hara, and to wrestle. This is all that thou hast learned,
unless something has escaped me."
What American parent would be content that his son
should have only the education of Alcibiades, or an edu
cation corresponding to that of Horace, or to that which
sufficed for Shakespeare?
Yet, although the burdens laid upon the mind have
been steadily augmented, its powers have not increased.
Our brains are not better constituted than were those of
our fathers, although where they learned one thing we
attempt to learn a hundred. They learned and we at
tempt to learn.
The only hope for us is to make a selection from the
attempts of our too heavily burdened minds, and in those
selected lines to emulate the thoroughness of our fore
fathers. To him who conserves his forces, concentrating upon
the different specialties as ours is we cannot possibly do
the things needful to him, and holds his mind steadily to
ward a direct and definite purpose, the opportunities for
preeminent success in any line of endeavor are infiifitcly
greater today than they were to the ancients or to our
grandfathers.
In a slate of society so complex and so advanced in
LADD & BUSH, ! Bankers
Ksfthlishctl 1868
Capita! $."00,000.00
Transact a general hanking Inisincso
Safety Peposit llovcs
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
.$5.00 Per ninntli . ..
. 3.00 Per month...
, 1.(10 Hix months. .
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TKl.KURAPH KKI'OKT
Colonel Roosevelt's plan to stop wars by leagueing the j
world together against any power that might make war, j
is but emphasizing the original purpose of The Hague!
Tribunal, which has utterly failed, says Goodwin's Week-
ly. To forbid alliances would help but would not be aj
cure. To order a boycott against any nation that might
bring on a war would greatly help, but it would not be a ;
cure. j
Were a decree against all offensive and defensive al-!
liances to be accepted, then were two powers, say Great'
Britain and Germany, to form a secret alliance and start!
out to conquer the earth, they would pretty nearly suc
ceed. !
That would be no more breaking of pledges than we I
have all seen during the past five months. A general dis-i
arming of the nations and the destruction of their war-:
, ships and land defenses would be effective, but when could
!such an agreement be made? To boycott in trade nations
who insisted on going to war would help, but it would be ;
hard to enforce a decree of that kind. There is too much ;
of the wild-beast in human hearts still, to insure a cessa-!
tion of wars.
The Omaha Bee says: "It is. feared that President
Wilson has incurred the. eternal enmity of Governor Col
quitt of Texas by refusing to sanction the latter's plan
for invading Mexico and subsidizing the cotton kings."
Naturally enough President Wilson has incurred some
enmity because he wouldn't act in any other manner than
that of the sensible, sane man he is.
The Oregonian is satisfied that the legislative houses
acted with excellent judgment in choosing their presiding
officers. Since the Portland paper made the selections in
advance of the session, it ought to be satisfied.
While the "safety first", policy may be featured by the
Oregon railroads, economy in operating expenses runs a
close second.
The legislative craze for economy is likely to result in
the abolishing of several non-salaried commissions.
Italy is ready to send 2,000,000 men to war, but "the
number which would come back is not so definite.
LITTLE BOBBIE'S PA
(By William F, Kirk.)
1 'uive jtiiiii'-l ii new liu'dt'lH Cluli s.mI
M:i hi t'ii wen he c;iim nnnm last nite.
Sum ui' H 1 1 men me ' .H"11 , s
I.hi, site ni'iI I lol'l nil Die liHlii's that
I win Mire niv Imnlmtul wii'i In' one nl'
I was ne 'er iiuh 'i ii)' It nvikr, t'i
i'n, wind h thi' iilee.' Oh, M Ma, wo
iiu.iV 'l that it wii'l U kind uf uii-e t )
meet iiMte a week or no lit tilt Imam of
mini' one ni lis, A: iMm-ns the grille
.tt k: of sum of tin1 i;tatt' niitiils wirh
let) tlmre 1 liiini prints on tin' pair's
of iint Ma si d, Xext week wo an'
tioini; to tails Lowell.
W iiiiii' dois lie livi1, ned I'm, ilident
kt;uw tliate jih an)' Lowell in our litt"l
i l iiW -I.
I -nil ut'ni'lo you iloant umL't'slain!,
-i'd Ma. M inter Lowell is u poet who
lieen ded a lone titne, Init he rote
mini I'ldil'nl thine, we nro nun '.u
diii'NM him at our net meeting.
Why do you (..inlw havif to discus a
man i.ller he ih dej ' se I'll. Ain 't thire
etnil'l of in old sports living thill you
not discuss at vine imvtinu f
A L'.enn yon do not nisp my moon
ine,. ,od Ma, I mean thai we niv yoiny
lo diM'iiss linn in a litery way, the lnitv
et lii-. poems, the yi';unhir of liis utiol-no-,
etr. Mi's ('rain I human is mm
niini here tonito, She n presitlent id
oiir-ew ehi she mil explain it Loi
ter o you. iV Ineii Missus Cruin hoou
au raiui in the door,
I mi ilmnned to meet yoti, se I'n,
wen Mtt iutenlm od her Id I'n. My iltvr
wile was ji't telling me about a new
I, Ye. I is ( hdi which yon holies has oi
HaiiLrM. Uh, yes, hei Ma's fieinl,, we are very
nnieli inleiested in lirvinv; onr Ini-d'and'
oiii, tm. My hinliiihd promtM'il lad
lute that lie winl shin ely atl eiol our
Phi meet iny, our Lowell meet inn. I
laippetis you U now Lowell, sod M ismis
'mi.; Pooiiau. t
I was in Lowell, Mas., onse, nod I'a,
I'ut I oeei hi.ew a filler by thai
ikhiii, Hot maylie I can lorn Mimihinu
1ibiMi him by attending a inoetiii such
as oii men-diun.
lie nde liutitnl line, m'd Ma's frond.
.Iik( In hhow yen ium deep ho in I will
ask you a question thai ho rote ami
that nobody has ovor been nbel to
Miner. The tpiestiun i "What in :'o
niio i a day in .lone ' ' '
Thai is n kind o; a tuff riddle, ed
, I'a. Let mo moo. Mow wond this bo
for i' ansoi, sod I'n: A baseball aini
in .l.iiiuaiy,
o, "od Mn, vun do mtt (jet the idee,
deere.'t. Mister Lowell was to soul.
I'ul to bolher about thine. like biiM'b HI
caini". Think niu'.ivn, now Md, Ma.
W hal Ik-no line as it day in June!
I donnV know, sed I'a. Maybe the
nns.-r is n beol'-dtike,
I am at'iade yure husband isent nrv
pooti.k, sod Missu;' i'raiu noomui. My
ileer siv, sho sod to I a, the idiie is this,
or nt least it Iiii.i always Heemod tn an1
ten) .Mister Lowell nient. this to bo til-
idee tlint thato is leelv uofhin in th'1
woibl so litre its day in June. Thdt
is the idoo.
Certainly, mM Mil. that is the idee.
1 am surprised that my hmdmml dideu!
"Oe it sooner.
Well, sed Pa. vlint of it
! don 'I ihiuk I'a will ovvor to
Be Grateful
Tlio New 'ear finds poor Kurope
lorn, and splashed witli fifty kinds of
Uore; a million sad eyod women mourn
the loved ones wln return no more. A
m i 1 1 i o u orphans
slarvod and h n 1,
their hearts loo oar
lv known to puin,
look down the roa I
and call for dad,
and look and ''all
and weep in vain.
A million homos are
Kannl and bare,
w h o r i onee the
sounds of p;loe were
ftearil where chib
tliv.ii 1 i s p o d the
ovenintf prayer, and
parenta r o a d the
sacred Word, Ami
in this etnmlry, blessed of (bid, there
is no roar of foeniouH umin; no urisly
tenor stalks abroad to slay nur broth
ors ami our sons. No butehers on our
shoes aspire to dye our d roams, now
runniHtf clear; wo athor by tho oon
int; fire, secure from harm and free,
from four Ihies yratitudo your bosom
fill that you are I'mm such anguish
free, or do you whino of overy ill,
however IrifiitiK' it may be Oh, we
who no our peaceful ways, unmonaced
by war ' si eel-clad ranks, should INH
the air with sonus of praise "and bom
bard Heaven with our thanks.
7
COLONEL TO BE ELECTED,
1 II 1 1 1 ii i i Slufiin will iiltciul llu- i'Iiv
I in l III w hirll llll nlTliTI H lit' llio Oli'rtll
Niiliniiiil l.iiiiiil ranking abtno int
lii'iiti'iiiiirt will m it i 'i ) .11 1 1. to ho In1!'!
I'lii ly in l-'i'liiiiiu v, tu si'k'it mi t t' I' i i-1 i
nl' colonel ul tho Third ri'Kimi'iit. Oiv
)jon .Nntionnl (Innhl, 11 oition wliuli
will In1 mii'iHimI I'Vliiniirv 1 Ii v Ciihiin'l
I'linili'ii II. Mnitin. roli'iii'l Mnitin Ii i
Iioimi tinnnli'iii'1! I'ii'k to hi ii'nuhir
li Kill!.1!!), wllil'll is rtlltilllOil lit .Nll' O.
An.-..
I nili'i' llu1 ti ili'iiil Inw jti iii' i"Kiir I i
liilolii'l M ii it i n nin Ik1 IiikI only iijion
ii. Mi'-t of tin1 Yitiiiinil i tin I1 oi'nni'
nlioii. To nolri t n limn tin eUvtion i.i
hold ,i u.l th,1 iiuiii 1 1 ti 1 1 1 I . A i-iMpii'st m
toon iniiili1 n ui ti tho war iloi'mtinoit.
No niuni1 hint1 hi't'ii itiiMitiiiniMl ni liKo
iy I'liiiili'lnliM I'nr tin1 'uMtuin hoii1.
I'llllllll OllMTVl'f.
DALLAS HOSriTAL SUED.
Cliiiiiiiiii Iho Kinii ,,t' .lil!i."i for lli.ii
him i os, Momh'. t'. II. MomiMin Hiol .too
Mi runiii'll, lor.il ni. hiti'i ts, yofti'iilny
fili'il mi iii liim niiiiii.it tin1 Ihilhis ho
I'itnl in tin1 oiii'iut i unit of thi I'miii
ty. The I'oinplnint ulloci1- that tin hit
vict1 of tin' ai',liitiftii won1 rnii'lovi1'!
in tho IllllklllU of Iiiiih aiol lllMilllOll
iltawinu1. tor On1 hospital luiihliiiii. Wal
tor I.. Toom', .lr liloil tho i'iiii'liiinl
as attorm is I'm' tin1 ilainl it (. Olisor
i or.
an.' of tho inoi'tinjiH of tho Koo.li'r's
'lllll.
"I don't want to aoensc Govcruor'
Vitliyiomlip of i!niarisni, or ovon in
tiinuti1 that ho mijiiit lie guilty of such
mi unpardonable win", an4d Semntor
I'.arrctt, of I'liiatilla, last eveninit, 'lint
the iviinliiiK of his niessago niiht war
rant that suspicion when its text is
eoniinri'd to my resolution providing
for the consolidation of some of the
state boards and commissions.'' Sen
ator Barrett hns a resolution and a.bill
before the senate reluting to the con
solidation of some, of the boards mid
commissions which, lie savs. are draft
ed after his own ideas of how the af
fair of such departments miylit be
conducted with the greatest saving of
expense consistent with efficiency.
"f was most agreeably surprised to
note the growth and wonderful amount
of substantial improvement that -has
been wrontiht in the citv of Salem;
fine, new litiildingspaved streets, etc.,
since I have been over in the sage
brush HOuntry," said Trunk ' Dnvev,
former Snleinite and now- a representa
tive from Crook an-! llarnev counties,
11 but I noticed one old bindinnrk when
I landed here, and that was the S. P.
depot. I was nt once surprised and
sorry that the Hnrriman 'vsteni hns
been so impoverished tha it. could not
afford to eons' met a now depot in
keeping with ihe improvements that,
has been i.ninf en in a citv of Salem's
sie. 1 reullv did not realize how hard
up the riiilroal company was."
Willi two ex-governors, former iov
ernor Mendv and (leer upon the speak
er "latform vestevdav afternoon nil
of OreL'oll 's livin" ex-governors, with
the exception of Senator Chamberlain
rind .lay Tbiw-ernian, were represented
in vesterdity 's inauguration ceremonies.
Of course lifter the oath of office was
1'il'iiiiiisterecl to flnvernor Witbveoinbe,
(inveinor West, was relegated into the
"ex" column and he becomes the
fifth living ex-govei nor. Kx-tlovernor
Moodv was the sevenlti iovert-or of the
j Mure of Oreuoa. having served from
, ISS2 to 1 SS7 ami ex-Oiivernor C!em- was
the tenth cover nor. hnviiig served from
; 1.SII11 to 100.1.
Konnor (lovernor floor became rem
iniscent nfter the inaugural ceremonies,
vei-terdny nfteinoon. nud pulling a
ban Isnine gold wntch from his pocket,
1 bo recnlled how it was presented to
him by the members of the house of
representatives., when ho was speaker
lit years ago. Kx Covei'iiur (leer was
speaker of the house during the session
of l-SIU nud li" suys that he bus worn
the watch every day since the date of
1 its ireM'iitat ion mid would not part
for it far the world. II bears the in
scriptiin "MiMiibeis of the House of
. Kepicsenliitives of Oregon, to T. T.
(leer IMII". upon the iu-ide of the
front case. Mr. (leer was also the last
Republican governor to have been
elei ted. by the people before (iijvernor
Wilhycombe.
.loo Singer, assistant se.rgeantnt
itrtus, is always en the job and when it.
comes to "authority" doe spells it
with a big "A". With a simple wave
of the hand, during the proceedings
lending up to the inaugural ceremonies
yesterlay afternoon Joe put the O. S.
I. A. orchestra out of business nearly
choking OsonivStoollininn or in the act
nl' delivering a high note on the trom
bone, and announced: "Misdor Sbeak
or; the honorable ilresideiil and mem-,
bers of the senate of the State of Ore
gon, nliettv." Also when Joe starts
through a 'mob with his iiiithorative
"gniigwuy" everybody sits up and
takes notice.
CELEBRATE SILVER WEDDING.
.Mr. ami Mrs. (leorge W. Yergen cel
ebrated tiie twenty-fifth anniversary of
their marriage, nt the I'yt li in ti hall on
Now Year'H day, over n hundred guests
'assembling to 'observe tlint hupp.v oc
casion. M ii n y of the guests being from
Cortland, they were received nt II
o'clock, mid mnnv remained until the
evening train. .
Music, curds, reiulfngs, singing nnd
iliiiicing were tiie social diversions t hill
shed the duy to a close. At 2 p. in.
dinner w us served nt tin1- Pioneer ho
tel, lifter which Henry 1.. llents made
a coiigrutiilntory and eulogistic after
dinner tnlk, which voiced the senti
ments of the nssenibled guests.
Mr. nud Mrs, Yergen nre lifelong
residents of this community. Their
lives are typical of the lurge-hi'urteil,
generous citizenry of this section,
whose industry and energy huve made
it the finest pluce in the world to live,
mid it is these sniiie ipinlitics tlint have
niiide thctn the hosts nf fiiends that
wish them ninny other happy nnd pros
perous anniversaries.
Many beautiful gifts in silver were
received. The guests enjoyed every
minute of the day, nnd greatly appre
ciated the iiistniiuentnl music by Mrs.
Vandeleur, Mrs. K. T.. Miller and Miss
Yergen, as well as the soagji by Mrs.
Yiiuileleur nnd Mrs. (ieis, and the
splendid rendering of "Il-ignr" by
Mrs. W. II. Monroe. They nlso appre
ciated the efforts of the Pioneer hotel
in prepniing nnd serving the excel
. lent dinner.
I The guests present were Mr. end Mrs.
.1. W. See, Mr. nnd Mrs. Win. Klaus.
I of Aiirorn: Air. and Mrs. Sipiit-e l-'av-Mur,
Mr. ami Mrs. K. II. Shaw. Mr, nnd
j Mrs. ,T. V. Swan, Mr. and Mrs. W. II.
j Monroe. Mr. ijml Mrs. A. A. Crisell.
I of Portliind: Mr. mid Mm. ,1. P. Kcl
1 lor. Mr. nnd Mrs. A, K. Feller. Mr. nnd
iMr. 0. S. lloskins, Mr. nnd Mrs. Fred
, Yergen. Mr. nnd Mrs. Chris (liesy ami
(l.orin (iiesy, of Poiiubl: Mr. and Mrs.
I Clin. Pecke, Mr. nnd Mis. Henry
; Hecke, Mr. and Mrs. O. X. lion, ling.
Mr. nud Mrs. Jus. liibslund, Mr. nnd
Mrs. S. A. Miller, Mr, nnd Mrs. W. II.
IJilen, Mr. and Mrs. lie... A. Khlen.
t .... 1 VI .... t II ... i 1
.ur. inni mix, ., i', leren, ,ir, iiiot
! Mrs. F. K. Yoru'en, Mr. nnd Mis. M.
N (Visell, Mr. nud Mrs. Wlat worth.
You Need
We
Provide
the Way
This sale of select men's and young men's suits for
$9.85 means much to every man who appreciates the
best in quality at the most reasonable price. These
suits are of the latest styles and newest materials
their "goodness" will please even more than the low
price.
THE SUIT YOU WANT IS HERE
G. W. JOHNSON & CO.
141 North Commercial Street
at the Roth Grocery Company
Italian Prunes 5 pounds for 25c
Good Broken Head Rice .5 pounds for 25c
Fancy Japan Style Rice 4 pounds for 25c
Picnic Hams (Eastern) Sugar Cured 15c
Supreme Milk (the very best) 3 for 25c
Ripe Olives, Extra Standards, gallon tins 85c
Tender Sweet Peas, 2 for 25c; per dozen $1.35
Sliced Pineapple, No. 2 tins 2 for 25c
Onarga Corn, 2 for 23c; per daz. $1.10
SWEET NAVEL ORANGES
The largest and best, for 30c per dozen
SPECIAL
Hickmott's Medium White Asparagus; regular 25c;
special 20c; per dozen $2.25
Roth Grocery Co.
Capital Monumental Works
We manufacture mon
uments from American
and foreign granites.
We have installed a
complete monument
manufacturing plant
and make everything in
our line right here in
Salem. You are invit
ed to call and inspect
our stock and plant.
Office and Factory
2210 South Commercinl
Phone C89
Mr. and Mrs. .V. C. Schuerer, Mr. nnd
Mm. .1. V. sSudler, Mr. nnd Mrs. N..C. '
Westcotf, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ali'.ler,
Mr. nnd Mm. Henry 1.. Hents, Mrs.
,T. S. Vunileleiir, Mrs. Diuna Snyder,
nnd Mi Alice Kiuuk, llenrieltn .
lleebe, I. urine Kerr nnd Nomn Yergen
of Allium: Mr. nnd Mm. 11. F. Yer-'
Ken nnd Mr. nnd Mm. (Irnnt White, of
Cuiiby: Mri. ruuliue (Ieis, Mrs. K. K.
Ilrett mid Mrs. K. Yiidiuiis, of l'ort
land; and .Messrs. C'lyde Havens, of
Kstacndu; I'ell Yerijen, V. H. Sclieuier,
(us Keil. Hubert Whitworth, l.orin
(liesy, Albert I-dilen and Kay Yerjfeii, ;
of Aurora.
Mn. riNN is reappointed!
Waldo Finn was lnt week nppointed
county londmaster by tiie court, nt n
salary of 1 HO 'or month. .Mr. Finn
served In this i-a'ucity Inst your, and
his VMuk ennnot fail (o be Hpprociutod
by all persons iutoiested in kooiI ronds.
lie has iiinuuiiinted n sytein. of ronib
nialvintf that mil only ineiins a saving in
construction but one that tends toward
pernomency. Pallas ( ibserver.
Always cheap and always
dependable a Journal
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OWN A HOME
of your own. Can you afford to pay
rent f I when you can buy it good U
rootn house, lurue lot for $ti.i(); terms.
Worth $10U0, to bo sold this wook.
((onoy to Loan.
$in,OC0 iVill buy ono of tho best Im
proved 100 nerc farms, llowoll I'rnirio.
0.:io, improvod C;i aero .'arm, How
ell I'rnirio.
Houses for Rent.
-2.0."o, well liniuoved 0 aero tract
close in; snap.
Insurance.
We. writo insiuanee, beet old Una
companies, idionu 4,12,
Swaps.
We can exchnnue your property for
what you want. ISeo
Bschtcl & Baumgarlner
Successors to
HECIITKL i- BYXON
347 State Street phon 432
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