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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 31, 1915)
Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" fl.M DA V KVKNIXd, I Kvember liH-i. CHARLES H. FISHEB, Editor and Manager publish kd i'.vkuy r.vKxixc. kxckpt sfxday, sai.km, orkgox, by Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. B. BARNF.S, President CHAJS. H. FISHEB, Vice-President DORA C. AXMU-.SF.N, Sec. and Trens. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dnilv by carrier, per year $3.00 Pol' month. Daily by mail, per year ."..00 IVr innntli. FCLI. I.HAKK11 WIHK TF.I.KGRAPU KKl'OHT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Wsrd-Lewis-Williams Special Agency Ilnrry It. Visiter Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put tbe papers on Hit' porch. If' the carrier dees not do this, misses yon, or neglect getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine nlicthcr or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main SI. SOME "DRY" SIDE ISSUES It is announced that with the swearing off drinking by the three states of Oregon, Washington and Idaho to night, 2,100 saloons will close their doors at midnight. That is a good many saloons, and just what it means is not easily grasped. The Capital journal is always pleased to make these things easily understood by its readers, and hence offers a few facts and figures. The average saloon has double doors and these will measure about five feet. The aggregate would make one door five times 2,100 feet wide or almost exactly two miles. This it will be seen is some saloon door. The avergae counter in a saloon is probably about 20 feet. This would make one counter twenty times 2,100 feet long, or about eight miles. This would provide room for a string of eight miles of men at a time to quench their thirst, and should in the course of a whole day go far toward accomplishing that object. At midnight tonight some ten thousand card tables will be out of a job, and there will be probably 100,000 or more chairs that will wait in vain for occupants. Then there is the vast array of glasses and bar fix tures, what will become of them? There will be 2,100 mirrors, some of them very fine ones, that will reflect nothing more lively than the wall on the other side of the room. These mirrors placed side by side would per haps reach more than three miles. Where will all this stuff and a great quantity of other things not mentioned go? However it does not belong to us, so why worry? The owners can, and no doubt will do that themselves. At the same time it calls attention to the fact that there is something doing when three states go dry. The latest concerning the Austrian tangle is that Austria will accede to the demands of the United States, with the exception that she will not. She will agree to pay damages for the loss of American lives but refuses to assent to the American position, or to give up a cent. She will agree to stop sinking ships carrying passengers without first giving warning, and will allow the passen gers to get clear of the ship before sending it to the bot tom; providing the commanders of her submarines feel disposed to act that way. She will, Monday; she won't Tuesday; she is in doubt Wednesday; situation clears Thursday; clouds up again Friday; Flurries of both hot and cold air Saturday, and Sunday she lays off and rests up for another strenuous week of "the same thing over again." Today she is reported to have agreed to all Uncle Sam's demands. What tomorrow will bring forth remains to be seen. The first industrial event of the coming year will be the Marion County Poultry Show, to be held here Jan uary 11-14, and it is a very important one. The meeting promises to far excel all previous ones, as already the entries are pouring in and applications for entry cards are more numerous than ever. Many of the prize win ners at the exposition have written for cards and promise to show their pens of the "very best birds in America." Prominent breeders from all parts of the state will attend and some of the O. A. C. prize winners will be shown. To poultry lovers it will prove of intense interest, and the attendance will probably break all records. Salemites should make it an especial duty to visit the exhibit. "He jests at scars who never felt a wound." So says an old poem, but even those who have been badly wound ed can laugh at some wounds as well as some scars. Many at some time have felt the teeth of old John Barley corn, and bear the scars of his attack. At the same time they can smile as they think of the array of "bottle-scarred veterans" of his army, who will suffer for the next few weeks as they undergo the process of being weaned. The whole northwest has gone dry, and the weather clerk has even put the skies in the dry column. The old boys will get used to it, and in a short time can truthfully say: to the balance of the states: "Come on in, the water is fine." Along with the fact that eight states go into the dry column tomorrow comes the statement from Mexico that the state of Sonora, Mexico, is now absolutely dry, and that the governors of the other states are considering the plan of making them all dry. In Sonora "one taking a drink is liable to .suffer death," says the dispatch. Whether this means that he might be shot for taking the drink, or whether the man who sent the dispatch had some experience with "mescal" and simply mentioned the natural results of such hardihood, is not explained. It is said Ford's peace experiment will cost a million dollars. As the statement was made yesterday that the delegation was thinking of distributing $10,000 among the poor, it is possible the cost may be more than that sum. If the delegation gets the habit of giving, and turns itself into an eleemosynary institution, it could seen make Henry's fortune backfire disastrously. Holding their quadrennial love feast at Indianapolis Thursday the republicans of Indiana placed "their onliest one" in the race for the presidential nomination. It can not be definitely asserted that the gathering of the clans Wednesday night for this purpose was the cause of snow falling in southern California that night, but it looks suspicious. Someone must have killed a press reporter or two on the Mexican border, for they have not. killed Villa for several days. Only death, and that their own, could have stopped their continual assassination of the rebel chief. Drink Lots of Water and Stop Eating Meat for a While if Your Bladder Troubles You When you wake up w ith backache and dull misery in the kidney region it gen erally means you have been eating too much meat, says a well-known author ity. Meat forms uric ucid which over works kidneys in their effort to filter it from blood and they become sort of paralyzed and loggy. When your kidneys get sluggish and clog you must relieve them, like you relieve your bowels; re moving all tho body's urinous waste, elso you have, bnchache, sick headache, dizzy spells; your stomach sours, tongue is coated, ami when the weather is bad you have rheumatism twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night. Either consult a good, reliable physi cian at once or get from your pharma cist about, four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of wat er before breakfast for a few dnys and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia, and has been used for generations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys also to neutralize acids in the urine 'so it no longer irritates, thus ending blad der weakness. Jad Salts is a life saver for regular meat eaters, t is inexpensive, cannot injuro and makes a delightful, effer vescent lithia-water drink. 1 s SPECIAL FARES FOR YEAR-END TRIPS ON OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY THE POPULAR WILLAMETTE VALLEY ROUTE ROUND TRIP FARES In effect between Willamette Valley points December 17, IS, 22, 23, 2J, 25, 31, 1015, and January 1, 191G. Final return limit on tickets sold these dates is January 4, 1016. Plan Your Christmas and New Year Holidays Accordingly Round trip rates of $10 and $'-i."0 from Portland to San Francisco via "The North Bank" rail and S. S. "Northern Pacific" December 20, 21, 24. 25, 2fi, SO. Return limit January 1. Meals and berth includ ed in tares. For further details consult J. W. RITCHIE, Agent Salem Always Watch This Ad "Changes Often this material entitled to consideration ! in erecting such a bridge at the state! capital? Washington and California I have large cement plants and are build ing permanent bridges on a large scale. Why not encourage this Pacific coast industry? At Dallas 50 men are at work build ing a railroad to the limestone beds for the Oswego cement plant. Mr. Burcb and his associates have invested a quar ter of a million in this industry in Jackson county. Why not make friends of these counties and use Oregon ma terial on our new bridge at Salem'.' If we want capital in Oregon to invest in industries, is anyone to blame but our selves if we do not encourage use of the Oregon product when we have the opportunity? Are we not in honor bound to give recognition to Pacific const industries if our own state cannot supply us? If public money, the tax payers' money, cannot be used to en courage home industries we would like to hear a good reason whv not. HOFKR. A MOVING PICTURE TALE. RipplfngRhijmGS term vy WINTRY WINDS Snowballing is something; Los Angeles never before experienced, and her little try at it yesterday will be long remembered. It will be a land, or weather mark, by which future weather freaks will be measured, occupying the same place in this line that "the winter of '62" does in the j Willamette valley calendars. It was a great addition to: the holiday amusements of our Southern California neighbors, and we congratulate them on for once seeing j something round that wasn t at the same time yellow. We congratulate them heartily too, on the fact that the white blanket did not hurt their fruit crop or give them a bad jolt in, or below, the citrus bolt, that would have knocked them out. The dry spell just starting in the northwest will cause a falling oil' in tho demand for lemons, but there will be plenty left to hand the con tingent from the ell'ote east in the shape of land bargains and such. Yuan Shi Kai may have made a mistake in trying to get into the royal class, but at the same time he must be given credit with being a shrewd politician. Thursday's dispatches tell of his abolishing all taxes throughout the various provinces for the period of three years. It may be different in China, but here that would entitle him not only to a crown, but to pick out his harp. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1863 CAPITAL - - $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAYINGS DEPARTMENT The wintry wind blows down the village street, and chills men's whiskers as it fiercely spins. How happy they who have the goods to eat, and bright, warm fires by which to toast their shins! I see the homes where comfort reigns supreme, the winrinws o'lnw trip rViimnpva rnno-ri nn bT V a smoke ; indoors the kids with merry laugh ter scream, when Dad turns loose a pre historic joke. The men who work in sum mer, spring and fall, may view the winter with unworried brows, rest in their chairs, their feet against the wall, and hear the singing of their cheerful fraus. There's store of onions by the cellar stair, there's bacon hanging by the kitchen door1 the kids have shoes and other things to wear, there's lots of kindling on the woodshed floor. And as I look, some dele gates go past, the hungry men, who always are on deck; they hunt a hole in which to dodge the blast, all down and out, each one a sorry wreck. They would not work when summer smiled and glowed, and there was work for every willing hand; they loafed and lounged along the open road, they played and dreamed throughout a busy land. FOR THE WOODSMAN We have all kinds of Axes, Sledges, Wedges, Saws and Equipments for the woods. All kinds of Corrugated Iron foT both Eoofs and Buildings. J A good $800.00 Laundry Mangel, slightly used for one-fourth original - cost $15 AND $20 NEW OVERCOATS AT $5.00. t- I pay l 1-2 cents per pound for old rags, I pay highest price for hide and fur. J H. Steinbock Junk Co. ' The House of Half a Million Bargains. 302 North Commercial Street. Phone 80S. I i.os Angeles. Cat.. Dec. 31. Mis Thnnilnin 1.'.,1 ..,.. ...Sf ,.t .1 I ,,,,, m- ,,i un- ni'uii, today filed a .1,000 alleged alienation of affections suit here against Lucy Smythe, Hollywood motion picture actress. Mrs. lioberts alleges Miss Smythe met her husband at the St. Francis hotel in fan Francisco in 1 004, and that after ward they met in Portland nird muny cities of the (,'nited Ktnlcs and Canada. She also claims they were together on .Huberts' yacht, the "Taby Wanna." Six States Going Dry At Stroke of Midnight (Ccutlnued from Fage One.) OPEN FORUM Proposed Bridge Plans. 1-Mitor Journal: The procedure for adopting plans for n new bridge across the Willamette makes it possible to Ret a fine permanent structure, that will be a credit to the Capital City. The great est asset of our city is its beautiful lo cation on the liver and its magnificent streets and public buildings and grounds. The new bridge can and should be made tv beautiful structure, adding to the charms of our city. We should not, for the sake of cheapness, duplicate the present unsightly bridge. The new bridge should be the full width of our streets, have wide walks, with cluster lights and room for two street car tracks. Such a bridge would be a great asset. It would draw tourist travel and stimu late, the growth of a fine city where West Salem now stands. It would add ten times its cost to the assessed rolls of the two counties In a few years. I attended the dedication of u new bridge in California across the Yuba river, recently, and it i a beautiful structure. It is full width of the state highwuy, of low concrete arches, with n lift to let boats through. The concrete is finished in white so it never need be painted. There is no wooden floor to rot. It has beautiful electric cluster lights and is named tho White Way a thing of beauty by day and by night. Why can't we do something like thai f A word from our concrete industry. Oregon is developing Portland cement plants nt Gold Hill and Oswego. Is not of business. With these closings, sev eral thousand men will lie out of work. Persons, manv of whom were never known to drink, feverishly laid in the'rj last supplies today. Whiskey sold at' v.l cints; wines were one half to one tiird off; lliirgundy was unobtainable; leer was at about the normal price for, most jdaces had figured well in tailor ing off their supplies. Hotels can serve no liquor after mid night; hence there was a damper on the usual gayety of these places for New Years eve. Dispensaries Busy. j Columbia, S. C, Pec. 'M. Pispensa--lies did a laud olfice business here to day in preparation for the dry law, go-1 ing into effect tonight. Hereafter a1 South Carolinian will be entitled to re-1 ceive one gallon of whiskey or beer a month. Only 150 Saloons Close. Boise, Idaho, Dec. ,'tl. Statutory pro-1 hibition takes effect in Idaho at mid night tonight, and it isn't causing a great deal of excitement today. Most i of the stnto has been drv under lo-i cnl option and only about 150 saloons remniu to be knocked out by the law, Home celebration is expected tonight and the police in Boise are prepared to stop too great a degree of hilarity. The few remaining cases of liquor must be consumed or destroyed tonight, for the Idaho law is said to be the most dras tic in the United States and doesn't permit the possession of liquor. Even alcohol is procurable only in small quan tities and on order from probate court. Idaho's prohibition lnw is now be fore the Fluted States supreme court on appeal. Constitutional prohibition will be voted on next November. tion ut once to hold this lnw, dosing Iowa saloons, to be valid. "Whatever may be the results of this war, there may be afterward little or no love for the I'nitod .States and other American nations. They must stand to gether for eventualities." FRUITLAND NEWS (Capital Journal Special Service.) Fruitland, Ore., Dec. .10. D, S. Yoder of Fciiiundo, (ill., former resident ot Salem, recently visited his mother, Mrs. Hostetter, a widowed lady living on the Pratum road. Dnn being personally known to your representative is vouch ed a good fellow, having n smull body and a big soul. He returned to his California home Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. H. C." Bressler hnd a stall fed two chicken family Christmas dinner. Mrs. li. being one of Fruit land 's most famous cooks, to say the dinner was a little above par is not say ing too much. Everybody here in Fruitland is going now very soon to turn a new leaf in life's great book. At least we are go ing to change almanacs and begin a new calendar. - There is a vacant house in this part of our school district the Doney house. Will not some home sicker take a look at this property in acres and settle down among ns) That is. some good. first rate family and not too many dogs. And now that Dr. llelseldon has been further exonerated by the civil auth orities for letting a deformed baby live, what will those hysterical people who nearly stampeded themselves becauss the doctor would not use ti knife on it, do? Also, what, will Abe Martin, say f Carl Steiubach, living on the Pratum. road, received a message yesterday that his aged mother living in Colorado, is at the point of death. Wm. McXair and ifrs. McNair hav' returned from the state of Washing ton, where they went to attend the fu neral of iv brother-in-law who was drowned while working on a log boom. That was a fair tribute to "Velvet .Toe" by J. H, C, even though inspired by the spirit of smoke. I have heard it stated that suction applied to a light ed pipe or cigar is a burnt offering ti Diabolus. If that be true what a lot ot grim and grimcy poets in Tophet whero "the smoke of their torment aseendeth, up forever and over." A late Cnpital Journal leader in formed us that Christmas commemor ates the resurrection of Christ. About all of us here at Fruitland also believe it has something to do with his birth. Quite a lot of other people believe it. too. We also hold that Easter, too, suggest the Anastnsis, Will Test Law. Davenport, Iowa, ec, .11. In order to make a test case of the mulct law at least two saloons here will open their doors January .1. State officers have declared their intention of taking nc- Tell your neighbor of the sat- Isf action of reading the Cap- ltal Journal. j A Happy New Year Can be spent with friends or relatives at a small cost for traveling expenses if you take advantage of the Holiday Rates. Low Round Trip Tickets are on sale between all Southern Pacific stations in Oregon on Friday, December 31, and Saturday, January . Return limit of January 4th. Special Loop Train via the Southern Pacific Electric line will rim Portland to McMinn ville and return on the above dates. Ask our agent for further particulars. SOUTHERN PACIFIC J. M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent Portland, Ore.