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TliriiSIMV KVK.NIXO,
October 21, 1!H .
CHARLES H. FlT
Editor and Maq.
Editorial Page of "The Capital Journa
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IF THEY UNDERSTOOD
While the war in Europe rages and men go to their
death daily by thousands, one is forced to wonder howl
many if any really understand what they are lighting tor
or about. While the masses do the fighting, it is distinct
ly a war of the classes. The German farmers and labor
ing men had no quarrel with their, fellows in France,
Belgium, Russia or England, yet they are pouring out
their blood in desperate battle with them. The converse
of the proposition is equally true, and those fighting Ger
many, that is the private, soldiers, have little or any
knowledge as to what they are doing it for.
It can safely be asserted that had the whole situation
been thoroughly explained to, and understood by the
masses of each of the warring countries, the war would
not have taken place, for the masses would have refused
to go to the front to slaughter their fellow men or to be
.slaughtered by them.
Indeed if those now at each others throats really un
derstood the situation, it is doubtful if the war would last
another week, for they would understand that when the
harvest of death had been gathered, that such of them as !
1.1 lw... n l,,.. P 1n!4 nnnn fViniv.1
iui vive wuiuu uuvc u uuiuun ui ucui. imu ujjuu uiui
shoulders, that would bear heavily not only upon them
but on generation after generation yet to be born.
How many of them know that the daily cost of the
war is eighty-five million dollars, or at the rate of thirty
billion, thirty thousand millions of dollars a year, with
an interest burden of one billion five hundred million dol
lars a year, and that the indirect loss is fully as much
more?
How many of them know that if the war is prolonged
until February, and the death and loss rate continues as it
lias during the war there will have been killed in battle
more than five million men, the flower of the manhood of
the waiving countries?
How many of them know that the deaths from sick
ness up to that time will be at least two million five hun
dred thousand, a total of seven million five hundred
thousand deaths in eighteen months?
How many of them realize that of the vast armies
that have been, or are now in the field, more than five
million will be permanent cripples, by the time the war is
eighteen months old?
How many of them realize that of those who survive
the bloody field and deadly exposure seventy-five per
appealed to the people to turn in their hoarded gold for
the good of the country. In that time the people in re
sponse to this appeal have turned in $182,000,000 and the
end is not vet. For ntteen weeks the thrifty middle
classes, and the really poor, have taken their little sav
ings of gold, and placed it, as it were, ah offering on tne
altars of patriotism at the rate of $12,000,000 a week.
As stated this vast sum has been turned in by the
poor, and in small individual amounts. When it is con
sidered that a million dollars in gold will weigh about a
ton and two-thirds, and that the deposits of $12,000,000
a week means a turning in of twenty ton's of gold coin,
the number that has answered the call, it will be seen is
large.
Here in America during the civil war, a similar call
scared tne gold into hiding so far that it could only be
coaxed out to invest in greenbacks at forty cents on the
dollar. Americans are probably as patriotic as other
folks, sometimes, but when it comes to rubbing up against
the American eagle on the American- coin, patriotism,
well anyway, it has to be given time to stutter.
The slides in the Panama canal are not slides at all in
the common acceptation of the term. The formation is
clay and earth, and this owing to the weight of the earth
on each side of the deep cut in the canal squeezes the soft
ground out side wise from under the hills and fills the
canal, not by a slide from above, but with mud pressed
out and up until the canal is filled. General Goethals has,
as will be seen from today's telegraph news, ordered the
mountains removed on each side of the canal in order
to relieve the pressure. In this respect Goethals is like
Faith, but it is presumed that moving mountains is a slow
job for either of them. .
Rev. Clarence-True Wilson has two jobs of reform
mixed. While sending out much literature on the drink
evil, he also makes that literature comply with the de
mands of those who are trying to teach the American peo
ple to spell by ear. He will find that many papers will
not handle hi stuff on account of the spelling as the
editors will not take the time to go through his copy and
respell it.
Mrs. Gait is having her wedding outfit made in Balti
more. It is always that way. "Cows far off wear long
horns" and "Far fetched and dear bought, pleases the
ladies." If Mrs. Gait was to be married in Baltimore she
would probably have her gowns made in Washington,
New York or any old place except Baltimore. There are
some Salem folks that are possessed of the same ideas.
At the bottom of the tremendous movement in stocks
is just one thing optimism. When the war is over the
bottom will drop out and there will not be any optimism.
In its place will be a panic caused by a lot of wrecked and
"busted" speculators, from which the business of the
country will suffer, though in no wise responsible for the
senseless speculation.
Assistant State Engineer
Points Out Availability of
Forfeited Lands
Ripp.ingRhijmos
cent will never recover physically or morally from the
ellect of thou service and association.'
If the masses realized that their countries were rush-
IT
THE WINTER STUNT
Thf fiivnnm ic vnwnintr thn pr.nl Inola'o fjwnln(r
mg headlong into bankruptcy, and must necessarily ior, aroun(j for a share of my trade; and soon I'll be spending
many years be at a hopeless disadvantage in the race with ninstp,.s-,npndinfr for p.nnl nf whiph plinWa mnrlp
other nations for progress and success, do you think they
would still seek to assassinate each other without cause
and without reason?
If the leaders, the monarchs, the little handful who
plan and control and command, who know in advance and
in detail what is to be done, what is intended for the
future, were to enlighten the masses, take them into their
confidence, and let them see clearly the plans, would not
both those in the ranks as well as those at home rise up
and compel the men in control to find some way of bring
ing the senseless conflict to an end?
It is not too much to demand that the people should
know the reasons for the commencement and continuance
of pending wars, and they should understand the awful
piasters unending, for coal of which clinkers are made.
Last April how gladly, how merrily, madly,1
1 shut the old furnaces door, and cried, j
"For a season there will be no reason to
gorge you, you rusty old bore! No more
must I, daily," I said to it, gayly, "comei
here with a scoop in my hand, and fill your!
steel belly with coal that is smelly, diluted'
with sulphur and sand!" But now to the
cellar I go like a feller whose spirit is brok-j
en and crushed, a soul-weary toiler, to see
that the boiler is blackened and polished
and brushed; to clean up the damper and
fix and revamp her, and tinker a while with the grate, the
I mica door spongin', and sweeping the dungeon, where1
shortly they'll dump in the slate. The furnace is yawning;
consequences
Those who are directly affected and who must bear; and soon I'll be pawning my watch for the price of the
the burdens are in a large measure ignorant of the facts coal; ah, winter is bitter, it putteth a critter so deep in the
which have been suppressed, partly at least, and prob- dodgasted hole!
amy almost entirely, oocause knowledge ot these tacts
would prevent a continuance of the most stupendous, the; rrranv Ic Kn
most unreasonable, the most causeless destruction of life wrrdnz 1S
and property the world has ever witnessed
AN EXAMPLE OF PATRIOTISM
r '
France has set an example in patriotism that is re
markable. I'lfteen weeks ago the
Affected by Embargo
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 1863
Capital ....... $.-)00,000.00
Traniact a general banking business
Safety Deposit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
thoso along the international border in
Chihuahua and Sonera, ami Lower Cali
fornia ports."
For the present, however, Carrauza
will not bo allotted to have arm ship-
Washington. Oet. 20. In a letter to,1"1 """ '" prewritten.
Mecretnrv of the Treasury MeAdoo, di- v , , .,, ",' . , , ,
reeling the enforcement of the embargo ".vV';.v admit be ia fallible,
by eastern officials, the president suir- "0,',t VU ,nit of ,,,u-
I nested, however, nil execution in fnvnr a"-"MMWMaMMMM-MM.B.
-i i . i .. . . - -
v rencn government i u
I "I have found that there exists in
I .Mexico conditions of domestic violence
promoted by the use of arms and mil
nitions of war proeured from tlio Tail
ed Mates," the letter said. I hereby
admonish all eituons of the Vailed
Mutes and every person to abstniu
from violation of the joint .resolution
of emigres, and I hereby warn them
that all violations will be rigorously
prosecuted."
In a letter from Secretary Lansing to
the president, permission for Varrana
to receive anna wns requested.
"Information befo.ro this depart
meat," Hie letter said, "leads me to
believe that the rt'cognir.ed de facto
government of Mexico tins now effected
control of all porta of eutry except
Give Your
Stomach
A Chance
i Help it, when it lacks tone or strength,
by the use or
I HOSTETTER'S
Stomach Bitters
. Editor Capital Journal: I was pres
ent at the conference held some time
ago at the Commercial club to discuss
tne matter of disposing of the Oregon
& California Road Grant Lands. I was
much surprised at the unchallenged as
sertions of many of the speakers that
only a very small part of the lands in
this grant is susceptible of agricultural
development after the timber lias been
removed. While I am not as fumiliar
with the lands in the Oregon & Cali
fornia grant as some of those who spoke
at tue conference, jo judging trom
what I do know of the lands in par
ticular and the Willamette valley and
the country to the south in general, it
is incomprehensible to mo that a large
proportion of these lands are unfit for
agricultural purposes. Many elements
must be considered in determining
waetner or not land is tillable; topog
raphy alone does not govern. Land
that is very steep in the Willamette
valley, for example,. may pny better to
farm than level land in the arid part
of the state. Climato, fertility of the
soil and market facilities are important
factors in determining tho suitability
of the land for agricultural purposes.
Lands, which twenty-five years ago
wero regarded as valuable for pasture
only, are being eagerly sought today.
Much of tho thousand dollar an acre
Hood Eiver lands in the early nineties,
would doubtless have been classed us
non-tillublo. With excellent climate, fer
tile soil and adequate transportation fa
cilities in favor of a largo part of these
lands, 1 am convinced that too much
weight has been given their somewhat
adverso topograpic conditions and their
Rgriculturul possibilities grossly under
estimated. That this question is of grent import
ance is borne out by ilic fact that the
department of justice has seen fit to
send its representatives out to inspect
the lands, it is probablo that congres
sional actioa will hinge on this point. If
valuable for agriculture, duo considera
tion will be given the states' claim that
this land should remain on the tax roll.
On the other hand if they are valuable
only for timber and grazing, they will
make a fine addition to the forest re
serves. We may expect action by congress,
depending upon tho representations
mado to it with reference to the char
acter of the lands, as follows: including
the lands under tho forest reservo or
requiring the lauds to be disposed -of
according to the terms of the original
grant to actual settlers in not to exceed
100 acre tracts at $2.50 per acre; or
providing that the covenant be removed
and the land turned over to the railroad
company to dispose of in the mnnner
and at the time and price it sees fit.
In exchnngo for sfate's support of
this plan, a few dollars might be ex
tracted to fatten the stute's exchequer.
The lands would be sold at their value,
greatly to the benefit of the company,
to tho detriment of the prospective set
tler and the Btuto would be in the posi
tion of having sold its birthright for a
mess of pottage. While the right of
congress to remove any restrictions on
the sale of the laud Fin posed by the
original grunt is generally admitted, it
is generally conceded that it is not
within the power of congress to impose
other restrictions, such us the payment
of money to the stute. it is therefore
questionable whether the state would
secure even a slight financial advant
age through an alliance with the South
ern l'ucific.
Oregon needs more settlers, more
land under cultivation, and if the Ore
gon & California lands are made to
serve this purpose, thev must be dis
posed of in accordance with the terms'
of the original grnnt.
ri:iu'Y a. crri'KR.
No Trace Is Found
of Jlenton Robbers
Seattle. Wash., Oct. 20. Kfforts to
capture two heavily armed men, who
held up and robbed' tho Citizens' bank
of Kenton yesterday afternoon and es
caped id an automobile with $1,110 in
gold and currency has utterly failed, 50
far today.
In spite of the fact that several
posses of citizens started after the rob
bers almost within a minute after they
fled from Kenton, all trace of them is
lost at the point nenr liryn .Mnwr,
where they lenped from the' car driven
by Hurry Anderson, ordering the etr-
ror stricken chauffeur to drive on with- i
out siimmnmng the police, under pen
alty of death.
Stanley Keen. 20 years old, who was
shot in the leg by one of the robbers as
they wero fleeing from Kenton, is re
covering from a painful wound.
The shots of the bandits were pro
voked when (). P. Stone, proprietor of
a laundry opened fire nt them with a
rifle, Instantly one of the men stood
up in the automobile and fired directly
at Recce and another man who was
tnndinjj on a corner.
Inside the bank they covered Cashier
R. W. tiillism and Miss Kusnii Wn,U
bookkeeper, with revolvers and ordered
milium io give ineni "11181 money" or
be killed.
A poor or inferior butter will make the best
bread distasteful
THEREFORE
ASK YOUR GROCER FOR
Marion Creamery Butter
"Meadow Brook"
Tt costs no more and you Get the Best
PEATUM NOTES.
(Capital Journal Special Service.)
Pratitm, Or., Oct. 20. Mr. and Mrs. I
Mark McAllister, of Salem, visited with;
Mr.- McAllister's parents Sunday;
Miss Alicia Welty, of Pratiim, will
leave for Florence, Oregon, this week
where she will keep house for her
brothers. j
Miss Anna Schrooder left for Salem
several weeks ago where she will re
main for some time.
Miss Esther Schaap spent the week
end at home. I
Miss Alicia Welty visited with Miss
Mary Gerig last Sunday afternoon. ;
Mrs. C. A. Williams, of Silverton,1
spent last Sunday with the Ceo. Schaap
family, -
A graveled road is being put through
from the county road to the warehouse,
the work being done by the men who
volunteered their services.
Miss Vema Ludi, of -this place is
staying in Salem.
Miss Priscilla Otterbein is visiting
with friends in this neighborhood. 1
Mr. and Mrs. Schrocder and son, Al
bert, had a fnc auto ride Sunday af
ternoon with Mr. Otto Butler. j
A parent-teachers meeting will be,
held next Friday afternoon at tiie Prat
iim sctiool building.
GORED TO DEATH BY BULL
Leavenworth, Wash., Oct. 20. The!
body of Charles Hove, aged 60, a stock
raiser, gored to death yesterday by a
Holstein bull, will be shipped to the
family nt Everett, it was announced to
day. Ho was driving the cattlo home
on his ranch when the bull rushed upon
him,
SHOT WITH HIS OWN GUN.
Dr. W. A. COX
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.
PHONE 926.
Everett. Wash.,' Oct. 20. Lloyd J.
Southard, 14, is at the city hospital
here with a badly lacerated "arm and
other injuries. n9 a result of a hunting
accideilf near Crnnit-a Fnllo Tl,. Krtv
- - - ...... UUJ
was sitting on a log when the gun fell!
nu msciiurneii,
JENSEN GOT HIS.
Portland. Or., Oct. 20. Convicted on
a statutory charge, J. Jensen, a masseur
is under sentence today from 3 to 20
years in the penitentiary. Jensen, it
was olinrged, took advantage of his po
sition as physician, ,
Where is the old-fashioned boy who
called a man a "guinea" instead of
a guyf" I
Beware of Ointments for
Catarrh that Contain Mercury
as mercury will aurely destroy the m
of smell and completely deranire in
whole system when entering- It throw"
the mucous surfaces. Such articles inouW
never be used except on prescription!
from reputable physicians, as the dumw
they will do ia ten fold to the good o
can possibly derive from them. Hani
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by F-
Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.. contains M
mercury, and is taken Internally, ictim
directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. In buying Hani
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen
Ine. It Is taken Internally one! made M
Toledo. Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & CO..TW
timonlal8 free. .,u
Sold by DruKKlsts. Price 7c Pwwj'
Take Hall's Family Mill for conillKUe
You'll find it very helpful
A MERCURIAL DISPOSITION.
Taeoma, Wash., (Vt. 20. When ac
siised by his wife of conduct unbecom
ing a good and faithful husband, F W
Vomer swallowed three mereurv tablets
n is in uungerou condition in a1
hospital today from the effects of the!
poison.
raster is an employe of the Northern'
t H
t .
1 Special Round Trip Fares
I to the
I Manufacturers' and
Land Products Show
to i)e held In
PORTLAND, OREGON
October 25th to November 13th
These low round-trip fares will apply
from all stations
SALE DATES AND LIMITS
.
From Kugene nnd nil points Xorth
Oct. 20, 2S, Xov. 2, 9, 11, return limit
of o days.
1'roiu all points south of Kugene in
cluding Klamath Falls branch and
I'oos Bay and Oakridge branches
Oct. 2fi, 31, .Nov. 5, S. Return limit
" of 7 days.
Full particulars as to fares, train
sihedules, etc., ran be obtained from
nearest Agent of the
SOUTHERN PACIFIC
John M. Scott, General Passtnter Aeent Portland. Oregon.
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