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Oetnber 16. 191.-..
CHARLES H. HsHeTI
ICBI.IHKD KVKRY KVEMN0 F.XCKIT SCXDAT, .SALEM, 0BEG0.V, BY
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
U S. BARNES,
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CHAS. H. FISHER.
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LUMBER MARKET WAKES UP
this country. She has hampered our trade with neutral
nations, seized ships carrying goods, which she declared
contraband, to neutral nations and at the same time has
supplied these same goods to these neutral markets from
which she has excluded our products. These facts have
been brought to light and proved by Consul Skinner, and
they are a charge which may well make Great Britain
get in a hurry to make amends for, and do tardy justice
to the United States.
Germany, whatever her other faults may be has
played fair with us. True she delayed as long as she
decently could, but when it came to a show down she
acted'square and white. It behooves England to be as
fair as Germany has been, and more than that Germany
has a right to demand that England bejnot treated any
better than she was. This country is neutral, and that
means that all the warring parties are to be treated alike
and all held to the same accountability.
A Galley o Fun!
Many things indicate that the lumber business is again
on the boom and that the revival is here to stay. Here in
the Willamette valley there is now a car shortage at the
lumber mills of at least 200 cars, and the situation grows
worse instead of better. Two weeks ago the Southern
Pacific rushed 100 cars to western Oregon mills to meet
the unexpected demand, and though cars in ever increas
ing numbers have been sent to the mills, the shortage
steadily grows larger.
Another indication of increased activity in the lumber
business comes through the Industrial Accident Commis
sion. Its records for the week ending today show 6: ac
cidents in saw mills, which is a decided increase over any
week of the past year or two.
The lumberng interest being such a prominent one in
Oregon, it is looked to as a certain indication of business
conditions. Experience shows that no matter what crops
or prices are, if the lumber business is quiet, all other
is correspondingly stagnant.
. It is indeed .pleasing to have so strong an indication
that prosperity has again returned and reports of condi
tions governing the lumber markets are such as to indi
cate, that for the next year at least, there will be an un
usual demand for lumber. j
It is pointed out that the railroads have used just as
few ties as possible during the past two years, and that j
from this source alone there will be a demand for hun-j
dreds of millions of feet. j
It is also suggested that with the end of the war there'
will be an immense demand for lumber, to replace build
ings destroyed, as repairs and rebuilding can be made
more quickly with lumber than any other material. The
outlook is certainly cheering.
ENGLAND AND ALLIES DILATORY
ALWAYS.
Time haunted her. She laughed at
!iim, she resorted to a thousand de
vices whereby to discomfort him, but
be was not to be shaken off. At lengtli
ibe lost her temper.
"Can't you see," she flared out re
luctantly, "that there's no room fox
you where beauty dwells?"
"There is always," Time rejoined
touching his scythe significantly
"ioo1" for one mower!"
The government's October crop report somewhat
anticipates the president's forthcoming Thanksgiving
proclamation, in that it points out many things for which
the whole country has reason tojbe profoundly thankful.
However it does not interfere with one subject, that in
which the president will probably be more deeply inter
ested than the balance of the country that is if the j
ceremony is performed before that time.
Perhaps Chicago bankers would have subscribed toj
that big loan, if England had not sniped $15,000,000;
worth of packers' products. The bankers cannot afford
to antagonize the fellows who run the slaughter houses.
Wonder if the president in purchasing an engagement
ring, patronized the leading jeweler in Washington, and
if so, if she let him have it at cost or did she stcik him
for the usual profit?
Bv the time Carranza pets recognized he will be so
- - - . o
old that no one will recognize him by his photographs'
taken when he was seeking recognition. j
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It is now easily understood why the president did not:
want to be bothered with an extra session of the senate!
before December. j
PROGRESS.
"The clowns nowadays are a great
(leal more accomplished than they
u.scd to be." i
"Yes, indeed! When I was a boy, a
clown needed nothing but a make up I
and an almanac."
. If you want to build a new fence or repair an .old
one, or if you want shingles, weather boards or
anything in the Lumber Line, you can go to no
better place than our establishment for your
materials. You can always depend upon getting
the right stuff at the right price from us.
SPAULDING LOGGING CO.
FRONT AND FERRY- ' PHONE 1889
RippHngRhijmQsfl
Two things that stand out prominently in the story
of the European war, is the lack of co-operation and the'
apparently inexcusable slowness of England to act. The'
last feature may be but a result of the hrst.
When the allies were putting up their hottest and
best fighting along the French frontier, Russia was in
active, and Germany was able to concentrate the larger
part of her forces there. When Russia woke up and
made such a strenuous drive the allies took a rest and
allowed the Teutons to concentrate their forces against
the Russians.
England was slow about getting her big army ready
and still slower about getting it to the front. In fact, ac-'
cording to the dispatches Friday, she had an army of:
2,000,000 reserves at home on which to draw for forces'
to aid Serbia, and yet instead of using these reserves, she!
talks of abandoning the attack on the Dardanelles. !
It looks at this distance as though that army of:
2,000,000 reserves would and should be drawn on not only
to aid Serbia, but to strengthen the allies at other points.,
The Teutons are making a tierce drive through Serbia,
the latter putting up, still unaided, a stubborn and gallant
defence. Instead of rushing troops to her aid England is
pursuing her old tactics, and will only be ready to go to
Serbia's aid after she has been conquered.
The Teutons have outgeneraled the allies on all oc-!
casions, and that they have been so uniformly successful,
is due largely to their habit of striking quickly, and all
together. It looks as though Serbia was doomed and
that the Teutons will be successful in reaching Constant
nople, and that when this is done, and nut before, Eng-J
land will take steps to prevent it. j
ENGLAND MUST PLAY FAIR
SLANDER
i
A little slice of slander will do no end of harm. You;
say that Alexander has got a wooden arm. The chap
who hears you tell it, will note the story down, and then
he'll go and yell it, with frills, throughout
the town. He'll peddle here and yander, all
up and down the line, the tale that Alex
ander has got a wooden spine. Then Johns-'
ing will meander, and tell his neighbor,1
J Gregg, that poor old Alexander has got a
a wooaen leg. ana layman tells Leancter j
tnis way such stones spread that lucklessj
Alpxander hns cnt n u-nnrlon rioarl TVion
Ai Alexander hears it; a tear streams from!
UffiXi Q his eye; he brands it and he sears it as a
confounded lie. He says, "It is no puddin'!
to wear a scandal wreath; I've nothing that is wooden
about me but my teeth. And now I'll take my claymore
and spoil the liars' plans; I'll cripple up or slay more than
forty scandal fans." The town is full of scrapping be
cause that story spread; we hear the wounded yapping,'
we count the mangled dead. The morgue is full of corses,1
the jail is full of jakes; oh, reader, hold your horses, and
pass along no fakes ! i
THE CROSSED FINGERS.
He swore that her kiss was the first
, he had had;.
But his fingers were crossed!
He'd kissed but his mother, when h :
was a lad
Yes, his fingers were crossed!
He vowed that not only he'd ne'er
had a taste
Of quivering lips, but that no othei ;
waist
Had ever been clasped by his arm !
Then In haste
His two fingers he crossed! i
The sparkler he gave her he'd pur-:
chased that day
But his fingers were crossed! ;
No previous maiden had worn it nay, '
nay!
But his fingers were crossed!
And never, so long as his life should,
endure, i
Would eye, cheek, or lip of another
maid lure,
He knew it, past every doubt he was i
sure.
But his fincers were crossed! I
She listened to all of the guff he had '
said j
Wliilo his finsers were crossed! j
She laid on his bosom her wise 1 i 1 1 1 f" :
head I
While his fingers were crossed! j
She answered so low that the famed
"little bird" !
Who peddlei sweet secrets could j
scarcely have heard
As she breathed, "Oh, my love, 1 be
lieve every word!"
But HER fincers were crossed' ;
A poorer inferior butter will make the best
bread distasteful
THEREFORE
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
Marion Creamery Butter
"Meadow Brook"
U costs no more and you Get the Best
ft:
OPEN FORUM
SHOULD TRY HIS OWN MEDICINE.
It is intimated in the dispatches from Washington that
England will make all kinds of concessions in order to re-!
tain the friendship of the United States. It is not con-;
cessions the United States wants. Instead she demands
strictly fair dealing. England has not played fair with.
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Sali-in. dr.. Oct. lti, lPr.
K lil.ir t i-i'ital Journal: In readini;
tin- Hi-count of the coiiitnorcin! club
men in j in the Journal lust niiht, I
noticed that President Hamilton advo
cated " Try i in; Siileui r'irsf and illus
trated hn idea by u'cUiij thut Sa
lem Isolde buy !"aletu n.n le bread in
stead of sending tn Portland or Hup-nt'
for it, ecu taoiii;h tho bread did not
tune unite riuiit. 1 heartily indorse the
sentiment j I mn a firm believer in
patrunitihii Sulcm firt, lust and all the
tune. I aio noticed that asii argu
ment in advocacy of tin ideM, he said:
"If home bakerien were (jiven more
business thev would eventually n in
ni hinery that would enable them to
compete with nnvthinij in the state."
This reads well and sounds patriotic,
but bow does it souare with President
Hamilton's and the t-luh'i action in
sending east for a manager for
club'
Is it not an admission, or an asser
tion that Salem brain are not of o
irood a ijiitlt! y as those imported from
the east, and a further admission that
Salem his no men with brains enough
to handle the affairs of the eommercial
clllbt
1 admit tVe-idon! Hamilton V
preaching, but do nut fancy the way
it ife up with his ptnctirV
OUSKRVKR.
1 1 1
Owiamito and the stump puller norV
wonderfully well when ricMfiillv,
handled.
Dr. W. A. COX
I f
PAINLESS DENTIST
303 State Street
SALEM, ORE.
The Milestones of Life
are indicated by the
Teeth.
By preserving the teeth
you help prolong life at
the same time enjoy life
as you go along.
Let me attend to your
tooth troubles.
. Examination free.
Lady attendant always
present.
rilOXE 926.
Si - :"
NO IMPROVEMENT.
Old Inhabitant I can remember
when hogs ran loose on Broadway.
1 Young InhabitantThey ride on the
cars now.
; TEMPERAMENT IN FOLLY.
The fool, In his heart, aalth a nuru
ber of thinss. Suppose he happens
to be a phlepniatlc fool, with a fond
ress for luxury.
"I do not care," naith he, In tf.at
case, "to go out Into the damp, Chh!
woods, and mistake a toadftool for
mushroom. I much prefer to pet up
In the nlnhf. In my comfortable flat
and drink out of the wrong bottle."
THE MUSCULAR TEST.
Oh! for the day that are no more,
When, clad from head to heel.
And een on their hands men wore
! Pres fabrics made ot steel.
t wlnh I had then lived, alas!
j So I could firmly stand
j Knd give the laugh to some voun; ai
j Who tried to tt mv b--.'i
Wood
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HE DIED SMILING.
Seattle. Wash.. IVt. 10 A man dead.
a. n laborer entered, an Oeci-
! l0!L"er- . ... ti. . WU
I here waj no repn. "
i.i'".rrr rmereii. an .cct- " . t
" saioon last night and -'rT-
sat down. He sat there two hours with , -
a broad smile n h,. . . ... . -ill tell J"" T
Pi roael.ed and touehetl him on the -anti in Journal A3 I
" ' ' . , KewTodar. Try it. t$
h.it the joke, palf MkeJ the '