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EIGHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, PKTPAY, DEC. 10, 1915. E OF THE lollies is Near DO YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY USEFUL GirTS ARE MOST POPULAR HANDKERCHIEF DEPARTMENT Best assortment and best values. All Linen Handkerchiefs 10c, 15c, 25c, 35c and 50c. Dainty designs. Also cheaper lines of Kerchiefs from 2 cents up. LADIES' WHITE APRONS-Nice dainty goods, at re duced prices. FOR MEN We have nice Neckwear, Suspenders, Socks and Gloves. FURS at big reductions. They make appreciated gifts. 'UMBRELLAS in great variety. Nice ones at $2, $1.50 and $1.00 each. SILK BOOT HOSIERY 25c and 50c a pair. Rostein&Greenbaum 246 COMMERCIAL Si. SALEM, ORE Polk County Budget Requires 20 Mill Tax The county court of Tollc county 'will be In seBtson nt the court house iu the city of Dalian, Oregon, in the court room thereof, on tlio liOth .lay of December, 19115, at the hour of 10 o' clock in the forenoon of said day, at An Optimist A man who owns a Fish Brand Reflex Slicker $3.00 when Old Prob says rain. Waterproof, absolutely Ot Prot.ctor Hit, 75 c.nU Satisfaction Guaranteed T&fR'S Send for catalog A. J. TOWER CO. 211 BOSTON ; Special PAce i FIVE LOADS Mill Wood $1.50" Prompt Delivery AT Spaulding Logging Company ay Time at Hand which time and place opportunity for u urn una complete discussion or the estimates of the amount of money pro posed to bo rained bv taxation for the ensuing year, will bo given any tax payer subject to such tax levy, when made, to be beard in favor of or ngninst nny proposed tax lovies. Total estimated expense of the county lor the year 11U0 ....275,103 The probable receipts of Tolk county for the year 1)410 from other sources than direct tax ation upon real and personal property are estimated to bo 5,3011 Total amount to be raised by direct taxation 270,190 Total to be raised in general fund Including state tax 179,070 Total to bo raised for county school fund, including high schools and libraries 57,525 Total to i.e raised for general rond fund 38,300 Total $275,49') This cstimnted budget makes pro vision tor Polk county's share of the cost of the inter-county bridge across the Willamette river at Snlem. The vomit v court recommends thnt there be levied upon thu property liable therefor: (leneinl fund, including state tux, 12.75 mills, (lenernl rond fund, 3 mills. School fund, 4.25 mills. Don't forget Red Cross seals in your Christmas preparedness program. AGGIES MAY LOSE STEWART. jjg Corvallis, Or., Dec. 10. Of- if fered a salary of WOO a your to I'ourh the football team of the Michigan Agricultural col- lege, Dr. K. J. .Stewart, may leave the Oregon Agricultural $ college, where he turned out an exceptionally stron eleven this year. ' Bikers 24 Miles Ahead of Eecord. New York, IJec. 10. Two of the teams which have been clinging tena ciously to the leaders in the six day bicycle race at Ma.lison Square Harden lost a lap at 9 a. m. today, and eleven teams were bunched in the lead. Up to that hour, 2,000 miles and one lap were traversed. The former record for tho same time was 2.0UG miles and nine laps. To Coach Nebraska, Bloomington, 111., Dec. 10. E. O. Stichm, football coach of the Univer sity of Nebraska, will coacii the In diana eleven next year. Stichm will become head intercollegiate athletic di rector. May Act As Scout Chicago, Dec. 10. Billy Sullivan formerly with the Chicago" Americans and lust "year with the Minneapolis Am erican association club today declined to say whether he will accept the offer of the Chicago Nationals to coach young, pitchers and act as scouts. , Australian Sport Be-Knighted. San Franeisco, Dec. 10. Hugh Mc intosh, formerly prominent boxing pro moter in Australia is to be .knighted, according to information brought here by passengers on the liner Ventura. This will be his reward for activity iu securing recruits for England. Mc intosh is reported to have been one of the lending war party leaders in New Zealand and Australia. Approves Football Schedule. Seattle, Wash., Dee. 10. The Uni versity of Washington board of control has approved the football schedule made at the recent conference meeting in J'ortlnnd but took under advisement the adoption of the basketball sched ule, basketball games were scheduled with teams that insist on playing freshmen and the bonrd of control postponed action until next week whether the games Bhould be played. A eommitteo of tho bonrd, composed of Dr. David Thomson, Tom Alderson and Hay Gardner, to confer with the alumni representative, Dr. Don Palmer, will scout around for a new football coach for the university team. Cross Examination of McManigal In Progress Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 10. Ortie Mc Mimical, state witness in the M. A. Schmidt dynamite and murder trial, faced the cross-examination of defense attorneys this afternoon. Ilia direct ouestioniuor cmic.luiliul. the Iawvam fnr Schmidt, headed by Senator Nate CogU- inn, unucKou ins story witn vigor , The defense claimed Bchmidt wn not connected with the alleged dynamiting of the Times by McMiiuigal'a evidence. A gasp ran through the courtroom when the confessed ilvnnmitar nn tlia stand exhibited an nlurm clock bomb. A bomb of that character was used to blow up tho Times, according to the state. McManigal cxnliiiiiod how the device worked, and asserted four such iniernni maciiincs were used in caus ing disastrous explosions in Peroria, 111., iu one night. . 1,200 SERBS CAPTURED Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, L. I.. Dec. 10. Austro-Germnn enpture of 1,200 Herbs nnd Montenegrins and Bul garian capture of 10 English cannon, south of Htrnmnitzii, was reported of ficially today. Shipping Men Think Vessel Is Identified New York, Dec. 10. Shipping men feared this nfternoon the new Dnnte Alighieri, in service less tluin a year, was the vessel submarined as reported in London cables. There are, however, two vessels of this Hume. One is comparatively small: the new one is a 10,000 ton ship plying between rsew lorn, iMiples nnd Genua. Ibis one left here October 25 with more than 1,000 passengers, arriving Tucsdny at Naples. She was scheduled to return to New York on the 18th, but as the sailing wns cancelled, it is assumed Italy requisitioned her. HOPEWELL IS QUIET. Petersburg, Vn., Doc. 10. rTopcwell Is quiet. The militia commander there itemed this nfternoon that any troops had been killed or that there had been lynching after the conflagration In the eitv yesterday. HelMgees insist thero wns a lynching, rortlund people who find it hard to choose between the charms of chick ens nnd cows can dudgo the Issue by attending both shows. HARLAN, 2 h' In. CORTLEY, 2H Id. Arrow 7&tch COLLARS IhiMmta tlwtt,rMMAea.,lM.aiiM Will Pay Railroad 2.50 An Acre and Also Certain Por tion of Taxes Paid A proposal to compromise the Oregon California land grant question will be made by the committee representing the state,; providing the railroad de mauds that tho state make a definite offer. Briefly, the state will offer to pay the railroad $2.50 an acre tor every acre in its holdings of 2,300,000 acres in Oregon and, in addition, nil the mon ey it has paid in taxes on a valuation in excess of $2.50 an acre. The railroad, however, will be asked to deduct from this total whatever money has been re ceived through its sale of lands in the original grunt. This agreement was Teached bv the committee representing the state this morning at a conference held in the governor's' office and nt which the .Southern Pacific was to have been rep resented. The delegates from the rai road failed to arrive in time for the conference but will meet with the state committee this afternoon. In agreeing to make its proposal the state recognizes no moral obligation but makes its ioffor solely for the purpose of reaching a settlement in the matter which has been the subject of a num ber of conferences and is apparently still rar trom solution. Generous to Railroad. Governor Withvenmhe was utrnncrlv , ' i - in favor of letting the railroad make something; on the deal as a settlement means that approximately $12,000,000 will accrue to the state, part of whica would go ' into the' irreducible school fund and the remainder be divided among the various counties interested. Present assessed valuation of the 2, auu.uuu acres is aoout $zu,ouu,UOU. The railroad company maintains that, regardless of the funds accruing from sale of lands, it is $2,309,000 behind, and that this is the reason it asks the state to join it in petitioning congress to release it from its obligations. Al though valued originally at $2.50 an acre, the lands have recently been as sessed at more than $10 an acre. For the past two years the railroad has ne glected to pay these taxes. In accepting the state's offor, Gov ernor Withycombe estimates that the railroad would get nearly $8,000,000. In order for Oregon to get the $12,000,000 it would be necessary for the state to sell the lands secured from the railroad. This gale, the governor believes, should be made only to actual settlers and not to individuals for the purpose of specu luting in cither the timber or the land. To this. end he pieposed that sales be made in tracts- not to exceed 100 acres at $2.50 an acre, paymeut to be completed in 10 yearB. Each quarter section so sold, however, should not have more than 1,00000 feet of stand ing timber .on it or the settler would be required to pay for all additional timber. Would Protect Settler. "The Btate," declared Governor Withycombe, "should seek to protect tho actual home builder. The small Bet tier with Ilia-tittle cottage and a small barn on his farm should be given pro tection that will make it worth his while to develop the property, and for this reason I don't favor letting heav ily timbered tracts go into tho hands of those who wish only to make a profit in the lumber market." The governor also was of tho opinion that it would be a good step for the state to tako over deforested lands for tho purpose of reforestation. He be lieves that a wonderful revival in the lumber industry, with particular refer ence to Oregon, will follow the moment tho European war is ended, Senator 8, M. Garland of Linn coun ty, declared himself willing to give the railroad a bonus simply that the con troversy may be settled. Ho declared the state didn't owe the railroad a cent above the originnl $2.50 valuation and charged Unit the road had not lived up to its agreement with Oregon. Before n settlement is reached, he continued, the company Bhould give an accounting for nil money received for sale of lands. If tho railroad has lost money on thet lands it is not the state's fault, he maintains. Taxes Are Big Item. Senator L. E. Benn of Lane county, a member of the committee, avered that there are two essentials which the state must insist on. First, the state must have its delinquent taxes now due on tho property and second, the land should bo privately owned and utilized. There is now owing Lane county on tho holdings, ho stated, about $200,000 iu taxes, interest and penalties. On its holdings the railroad company lias paid $l,9r5,llH exclusive of the 19H mid 1915 assessments which have not vet been met. Taking two-thirds as the averago- valuation throughout the state the road declares it has paid about $.'1,000,000 in taxes on a valua tion of $1.05 nn aero. On this valuation a total of more than $1,000,000 has been paid siuco the land grant was made. Absence, of railroad representatives at tins morning's meeting prevented adjudication of the mutter. Hoprcscn tativo W. I, Vawter of Medford, and C. E, Spence of Oregon City, advised tho eommitteo by letter that they would be unable to attend. Staten Plans Possessed Little Military Value San Francisco, Dec. 10. Heports of the uncovering of a spy plot, which aroused army men today, were set at rest this afternoon when Captain Rich ard L. Dingley, of the California Na tional Guard explained the alleged theft of fortification plans from the quartermaster's department, When the home of Henry McDonald, former guardsman in the quartermas ter's department was raided early ty day police found plans of mortars at Fort Winfield Scott, ; The plans, had disappeared threo months ago and pos sessed little military valut. McDonald is held nt the city prison. Italy says she wants no separato 'peace. So do the rest of them; but people are entitled to their doubts. I Points Out Especial Needs of California and Puget Sound Washington, Dec. 10. Paget Sound, laliiornia and the Atlantic region were termed "critical areas," needing particular defense, in a special defense report of the war eolege submitted to day to Secretary of War Garrison. The report, advocating a program of pre paredness rar greater than the admin istration adopted, counselled that for tnese three areas the needs are: Puget Sound, one division of troops, lesB tne divisional cavalry, and a bri gade of cavalry. . California, one division and a bri gade of cavalry, Atlantic region, the same as Cali fornia. The war college recommendations, based on the Monroe doctrine and the avoidance of entangling alliances, call ed for a co-ordinate plan of land and sea defense. For the land forces, the college advised 1,500,000 men either fully or partly trained. These would be divided into stand ing armp of 121,000 with the colors plus 379,000 reserves at the end of an eight year enlistment term; a contin ental army, trained three months a year for each of three years, totalling 500,000 and 500,000 others on furlough subject to field duty after an addition al three months training; while there would be no additional provision for state militia. The cost of this plan would be $353, 460,000 the first year. The administra tion plan contemplates a $182,234,559 outlay . annually when the system it suggests is in full operation. Reinforcement of the island posses ions was suggested, and the college pointed out that miles of coast line lie unguarded by harbor defenses and that hence strong mobile forces are needed to guard aaginst an enemy b landing force. Particular attention was paid to the Philippines and Hawaii and it was suggested there must be a strong controlling navy in the Pacific if this nation ever needed to send forces there. , WILLAMETTE NOTES The Y. M.-Y. W. C. A. have decided to hold another joint vesper service, since the last one was so greatly en joyed by all. The two associations will therefore meet Sunday afternoon in tho Philodorian halls at 3 o'clock. Prof. James T. Matthews will speak on "The Christmas Spirit," and special musical talent has been secured for the occasion. The last vesper service was well attended by townspeople as well as university students nnd any and all who are interested are cordially in vited tne coming Sunday. The Y. M. C.'A. extension depart ment which is under the charge of Jo seph Gerhart is planning on making several deputation trips during the hol idays to neighboring towns and cities as requests hnve come in for them to send out speakers and musical talent This is a commendable line of work and Mr. Gerhart is giving a great deal of his time to tho advancement of the Y. M. C. A. work in the extension de partment. The Woman's Willamette club today read a resolution which provided that hereafter the Willamette athletic field should be officially known as the Swectlnnd Field inasmuch as Dr. G, J. Swectland. Jr., was the direct cause of the iield being established and through his constant untiring efforts it has come to be recognized as one' of the best athletic fields in the northwest. Dr. Sweetlend is now athletic director1 of Hobart college in New York and hts record lor the year shows thnt not a single uerent nas oeen cnaiitea up against his football team. He is fast establishing a record as a coach at his old alma mater. The yell writing contest which has been on at Willamette for some time wob closed recently and this morning the students were given the enance to decide which was the most popular yell thnt had been written. A large W. U. pillow top wns given for first prize and a pennant for second place. The winners are not known yet as the ballots had not been counted. The competitive essav contest which was inaugurated by John Gary while1 he wns forensic manager was completed this morning when Paul Smith, present manager, announced the decision of the judges in awnrding places to the con testants. Iu a brief speech before pre senting the prizes, Mr. Smith stated that man was ono example where sur vival of the fittest did noV depend upon brute force alone, but that mind was tho predominant factor. This ho used to illustrate that debaters, orators and essayists who represent colleges should receive as much recognition for their efforts as do atheletes who represent the college in athletic contstB. First place was awarded to James Reed Bain it ociiiui, u" inn vnrtnj. n uuuu twn of the Great War," Iu his ossay, Mr. Bum endeavors to do away with tne dices which are advanced as reas ons for stating that this or that nation is to blame, and tries to take a talr minded, impartial outlook on the war and its following consequences. It is an essny that one would gain from by reading over and in ordor tnac every one mny have the privilege of so doing it will be published in a noar edition of the Collegian. Mr. Hubert Blatch- ford, a senior, took second place, wane Mr. Walter Glolser, also a senior, re ceived third place. ceived third place, The frlat priM was a beautiful cardinal and gold Indian blanket "with the W. V. monogram worked In the center. Second prize was a large w, U. pennant. Two girls won the first prizes for electrical prosperity week essays, and girls took 1H of the 25 prises. Explan ations are duo from the boys. "We must learn it is jnst at neces sary to provide labor as learning for ( li imtk arlm nnn.l U It ,- PAV Frank L. Loveland. It is something worth thinking about during the glad Christ mas season. Awaiting insurance adjust ments because of last night's disasterous fire. It must, of necessity, be sev eral days before we can open for business. We wish to express our appre ciation of the splendid service done by the Salem Fire Depart ment. HAMMOND-BISHOP CO. GRAND Home of the Paramount Pictures Today and Saturday The Popular Photoplay Star Blanch Sweet In the Paramount Production The Secret Sin Also the second installment of the new PARAMOUNT NEWS WEEKLY COMING SUNDAY . Mary Pickf ord IN The Good Little Devil Tuesday Wednesday THE CHORUS LADY Alleged Counterfehr ' Placed Under Arrect San Francisco, Dec. 11. I. W. Schweitzer, arrested on charge of hav ing counterfeiting molds in his posses sion, today faces the possibility of more serious complications as the re sult of a pamphlet found in his posses sion which tells, iu language and lay men can understand, how to manu facture bombs. Schweitzer was given a preliminary hearing this afternoon be fore United States Commissioner Krull. LOW BATES FOB IMMIGRANTS. Chicago, Dec. 10. Immigration Com missioner Cuminotti said here today he will ask congress to amend the inter state commorce act so that immigrant farm laborers may secure low railroad rates and he will also seek permission to send thousands of unemployed men to work on government lands. WOULD INVESTIGATE PLOTS Washington, Dec. 10 Senator Lodge of Massachusetts this afternoon moved appointment of a senate eommitteo to investigate bomb plots and tne sinking of the Lusitania, Arabic, Ancona and other vessels. Over in Europe they dig inj down nt Panama" thev dig out: at both places something important is expected to happen by next spring. Prune- - Loganberry Combination Bos for a CtlBISTMAS GIFT Or a paper wrapped sealed 10 lb, box or our fancy PHEASANT PERFECTION PBUNES Ton can't beat it for an approprtata seasonable gift to your eastern friends, While uie box loots It will speak to them every day about Salem, Oregon. Sea display in Both Grocery Oo.'s win dow, or at our office... Thousands of them are going, order yours today. Willamette Valley Alwnva Watch Thift FOR THE We hsrs all kinds of Axes, Sledges, Wedges, Saw and Equipments) AU kinds of Comas ted Iron - A good 1800.00 Laundry Mangel, son IB AND 120 NEW OVERCOATS AT M.00. X pay 1 18 cents par pound for old rags. X 97 hlgnast prlc for hid and for. H. Steinbock Junk Co. The Hons of Half a Villi on Bargains. SOI North Commercial Street. The Store Is Closed THEATREl UurwantAds areiiKeap TlieailrddjveFbvWJrofaLoslOl want ad 13 wonderful Try one ifyou havelost somethiiA CALL FOB BIDS. SALE OF BONDS. The undersigned will receive Bealod bids up to 5 o'clock p. m. Monday, De cember 20, 1915, for improvement bonds of the city of Balem, Oregon, to) the amount of $(1,709.67. Interest at the rate of 6 cer cent tier annum rtav- able semi-annually at Salem, Oregon. Bight is reserved by tho city to reject any and all bids. ujias. r. jetjUIN, City Kecordor. December 10, "THE OLD RELIABLE" REMEDYforMEN AT DRUG 6 16T8. 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