Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1916)
J:' EIGHTEEN THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, JAN. 1, 1916. Marion County Requires $364,186 to Run Affairs A Few Reasons Why So Many People Buy DODGE Bros Cars Dodge Bros, are the. only firm building automobiles in United States who own and operate their own factory no other stock holders, no stock for sale. Were in the business years before putting a car out under their own name. Made the boast that they would build a car that would always stand as a monument to their name. And sell at a low price. They have more than made good their boast in one year. Never did a car jump into the front so quickly. . We Dodge dealers, knowing what is in the car, and the men behind it, must only be as honest with the people as the car is; and our business will grow in future as has in past year. Why People Buy OVERLANDS The Overland factory build more' cars than any other factory in the world that sell for more than $500; output over 600 care per day, en abling them to buy material in such enormous quantities-rsame .millions of dollars., in buying, alone. An article bought right, is half sold. When you ask the man who owns an Overland what kind of car he has, he does not hesitate a second to tell you its an OVERLAND, and stands right there to tell you why he bought an Overland. With these thousands of moving and talking advertisements, it makes selling Over lands about as easy as selling a tire. WHY WE WILL SELL SO MANY CADILAC CARS Because they are the smoothest running car in the world, and stay that way, and sell for $2230.00 here. Why you should buy of Misner: We have the best line of Cars in their class in the world; have the room and location to take care of you, and will try to treat you as would like you to treat us if tables were turned. D. MISNER Phone 97, opp. Marion Hotel' WW 1 . Jl- ill A' I,' A is! ;i At-. OREGON TATE HOSPITAL Dr. B. E. Lee Steliier, Supt Tho Oregon Stnto Hospital for Hip rnsnnc, is nn Institution ot which the Htnto can justly feel proud. It la beautifully located nt the eastern nldo of tlie cltv, nnd Ik furnished with every convenience, for tho care nnd comfort of its inmates. It was provided tor by vote of tho legislnturo in 1HH0, and the patients previously eared for in Portland under contrnet, SOS men and 102 women wore removed to it. The number of patients ii.oii'iised with the growth of the state until in 1IM3 there wcro 1,735, On this date 320 of them were removed to tho branch asylum at Pendleton. ' Dr. H. E. Leo Hteiner is superintend ent, and tnai ho is the right man in tho right place is emphasized by his being roccntly reappointed, although a Democrat, by tbo liopublicnn board. It was a hnndsomo tribute to his worth and ability, as is the fact that about 40 per cent of those received at tho institution are sent home cured. There are 21j nnmes on tho pay roll, which averages about $9,700 monthly. The new receiving ward was com pleted and opened in the fall of 1012, and its equipment is second to none. All new patients are treated here. Commercial Club Makes Splendid Showing (Continued from Seventeen.) tnent of market conditions for the pro ducer, nnd in nn effort to solve some of theso prublems.n number of meetings have been held during tho Inst two or three months to discuss these matters in a friendly tnd helpful spirit with the producers in this section. These meetings have been productive of much good already and tho matter of establishing a cooperative handling association for all kinds of produce, thnt cannot be absorbed by local consump tion is now under consideration and is in the hands of a committee composed of (lenrge W. Weeks, I.. H. MeMahan, K. C. l'uulus, A. C. Ldbby and Milton Hrown. The members of the executive com mittee of this department havo a desire to do everything possible to promote the agricultural and horticultural in terests of this community, and expect to tnko hold of various matters as they may be presented in a helpful and cner getls manner. If the carrier doee not give service notify the office. 4lTrTTrTrfTtTfHrmTMTWmfmtfmTfrM We have just completed The remodeling and nlAnrtnx of our stow which make it th largest t i ana oniy exclusive Bicycle store in tne city, n X ' We Invite you W call and tee oar sew store and oar big line of T BICYCLES, 8TTNDBH3 AND ST7TPLIX3 AND TIRES. At tne lowest t jintvi iu U9 I'll. Scott & Scott I Watch the Orowlnf Bicycle It ore Grow. BS2 Bute Street What Business Men Think of Outlook For Coming Year (Continued from Thirteen.) makes business timid and unsettles conditions." ' J. C. Terry, druggist! "I think tho year 1910 will bo a great Improvement over 1015. Our Christmas sales were far ahead of those two years ago." Hal. D. Paton, bookstore: "Several things havo combined to mako the year a hard one, tho street assessments for paving aro a great drain, taking much money away. I think by mid-summer there will bo much improvement." Wm. MoOilchrist, Jr., furniture! "I think wo will have a good year. The east cannot be as prosperous as it is, without the effects being felt hero. With the lumber mills working full time business is hound to feel it here, and there are indications of this hap pening." W. II. Stcusloff, butcher and packer: "Tho outlook is better than last year. Inquiries for our- products are increas ing steadily and market for fresh meats Is Improving. Whon working men start for the logging camps as they are now doing, I have noticed bnslnesa soon icks up. Lumber Is the backbono of regon businoes. Besides thore Is a good portion of tho hop crop and much wheat yet to market. When these move business will get an uplift." . Thomas K. Campbell, public uility commissioner: "The year will show a marked improvement ovor last. Tho rail roads are all showing marked Increase In business and report moving more and more lumber. Oregon has, I think, climbed the hill and will have good sledding soon. The future looks much brighter to me." ( James McKvoy. Chicago store! "Too many fool laws In Oregon has hurt business. Whether it Is to improve I think, depends on whether or not we attend more to husinose and less to changing thoories." By August Huckestcin, Director Indus trial Department. The chairman and directors of tho in dustrial department of the Salem Com mercial club, aro endeavoring to ascer tain the rent needs of thoso manufac turers who are now engaged In the va rious pursuits, that make up the wage rolls in our city. When they get tho desired informa tion, it shall be their purposo to bring it before our commercial body, and en list their moral aid and support, of those who aro furnishing employment to many of our people. We all renlizo tho difficulties en gendered, to induce lurgo manufactur ing institutions, who aro already en gaged in tho manufacturing business to change their base of operations, unless they have some special inducement of fered them, to como into our midst. Hence it devolves upon all of us, as business men, nnd every resident of Sa lem, and surrounding country, to lend our moral support to our local enter prises, and thereby mako Salem a big ger and more prosperous city to live in. The success of onr Commercial club, as well as our city, depends upon the individual effort, and loyalty of the local people, eacit and every one of whom should realize, that prosperity comes only to thoso communities that provides employment all the year round, for the mechanic as well as the laborer, who ase an important factor In a city's growth. Secretary Redfield wants "dump ing" of foreign goods in the United States malo " -fonso under the law. Tho same sort of unfair competition by an American ta punishable, and there seems to bo no reason why Eu ropeans should be permitted to do wnac Americans are denied ue right to do." Phone 81, for better carrier service. (Continued from Thirteen.) tho county superintendent tho exact cost of tuition in his district and the number of non-resident pupils attend ing the high school. The county su perintendent then apportions this a mount for each non-resident pupil. This law puts the country boy and girl on nn equal footing with their city cousins. There has been an increased attendance j in all tho high schools in the county ; sinco this law went into effect. Many j more students in' the country taking ; advantage of a high school education. During the past year successful i school fairs were held at Stayton, Mt. ; Angel nnd Buttcville. The schools of tho county also had a very "creditable i booth at tho state fair. Over five hundred boys and girls were enrolled ' in the industrial club work. The in i dications are that there will be many more than thnt number enrolled for the i coming year. t Credits for Homo Work. Nearly one half of the schools last I year gavo. credit for home work, done i by the pupils. The pupils are given n blank upon which are printed the tilings for winch credit is given aim the cred its for each one. Credit is given for Drncticallv cvervthinir that the bov or ' girl does at home, lollowine is a par ! tiul list of the items: Cleaning teeth, caring for hands, making bed, prepnr i ing meals, putting up lunch, washing : nnd drying dishes, sweeping and dust j ing a room, gathering tho eggs, feed ; ing tho chickens, carrying in wood, building fire, taking care of horse or cow, milking cow, practicing music losson, sleeping with bedroom window open and any other work directed by tho parents. This work is all done un- I dcr the direction of the parents and they aro required tw certify thnt the work has been dono as reported by the pupil. Many teachers find that this plan of homo work increases the pupil's interest in his regular studies at school. The parents are interested in tho plan because tho children tako a greater in terest in home duties. Spelling Contests. Practically every school in the coun ty took part in the spelling contests lust year. Four local contests are ar ranged in each school district. The words are selected and prepared by the county superintendent. A list is mail ed to the teacher. Tho words are writ ten by tho pupils nnd graded by the teacher. A record is kept of tho num ber of words missed by each class, the average per cent of each class and also tho grade mado by each pupil. All pu pils making 90 per cent in all the con tests arc eligible to enter the county eontest which is held in Salem the lat ter part of May. At the county contest ono hundred words are dictated and written by the pupils. In case two or more do not miss any words or are tied, tho winner is decided by nn oral con test. Gold medals are awarded to the winners in each grade. About four hundred boys and girls took part in the contest at the fcalem high school last May. School rallies and teachers' institutes were held in ull parts of tho county. Teachers, school ofheers, parents and pupils are invited to take part in these meetings. The program is made up of songs and recitations by tho pupils of tho districts participating and educa tional addresses. During tho past year nearly one half of the districts in the county hnve or ganized Parent-Teacher Associations. Theso associations have done much for tho improvement of the schools and in securing tho cooperation of tho par ents and teachers. Many new associa tions havo been organized sinco the beginning of school lust September. The Stnto Department of Education has issued a bulletin giving plans for or ganizing an association and. suggest ing programs for their meetings. Part of tho meetings of tho associations arc tnken up in discussing the problems of tho school. At others, speakers from tho Uuiverstiy of Oregon, tho Oregon Agricultural Collego and tho Normal school aro secured. Community sings, debates, nnd spelling matches are held. In fact, the Parent-Teacher Associa tions tako charge of most of tho social activities in tho districts. Sural Supervisors, During the last four years, this county tins been provided with two ru ral school supervisors. Theso super visors have visited each of the rural schools from four to six times each year, attending parents' meetings in ench ot tho districts and havo cooperated with the school officers and teachers in bringing tho schools up to a high standard. With tho aid of the super visors, much more effective work can bo dono by tho county school super intendent. Schools can be visited oft cnor and various activities can bo pro moted which would be Impossible with Out their aid. Tho work of tho superintendent of fioo has Increased very Rapidly during the past few years. One stenographer is kept busy in the offico during the entire year. Following are a few of the things thnt engngo the attention of the superintendout and clerk. Tho daily mail of ono to one hundred letters, registration of tho teachers certifi cates, making three apportionments of tho county and state school funds, mak ing library apportionments, cheeking and mailing library books to tho dis tricts, considering changes and mak ing boundaries of school districts, checking monthly nnd annual reports of teachors and the census and annual re ports of district clerks, mailing blanks to teachers and school officers, con ducting thrco examinations for the eighth grade and two examinations for the teachers each year and making a record of same, keeping a complete rec ord of tho department and grades for every pupil in tho county outside of Salem, the enforcement of the compul sorv educational law, conducting local and annual Institutes. About one third of tho time of the superintendent Ms devoted to visiting rural and town schols. ' Teachers Bank High. "The teachors in the county were never better prepared for their work than at the present time," says County Superintendent W. M. Smith. "Of tho three hundred teachers teach ing in the county last year, fifty were university or college graduates, twenty five had some college preparation, seventy-three either had one or two years preparation at a Normal school, clcv- WE WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR mwmm en had completed the Normal course in tho high schools, sixty- three were graduates of four year high schools, fifty- one had some high school prep aration and the remainder had no prep aration above the eighth grade. The schools are all graded according to the state course of study prepared by tho State Board of Education. This year tho teachers are paying particular at tention to reading, writing and lnng- With December 31, 1915, ends the eighth year of bank supervision in Ore gon. During this period the state banks nnd trust companies have increased in number from ono hundred and thirty two with total resources of $53,421, 543.58, to one hundred seventy-two banks and five trust companies with total footings, aggregating $02,624, 130.25. These figures do not correctly represent the increases made by the individual banks in their total resourc es, for the reason that the state banks during this period lost approximately $12,000,000.00 of assests through con solidations with national institutions. Our first Bank Act, passed by the 1907 Legislative body, was in many re spects crude and lacking in important essentials, but it has Cuen added to and amended by each succeeding legislature, until now wo have u good workablo banking law, recognized by all as one of the best in the United States. Banking conditions in Oregon, at this time, aro quite satisfactory. There seems to oc a general feeling of con- tidcnce in all lines of business through out tho stato and the prospects for tho coming year aro very encouraging. Whilo there was a general shrinkage in nearly every item of tho bank state ment during the early part of the year, there has been a gradual return to nor mal conditions and a decided improve ment in the situation since the call of June 30. Banks havo shown a general willingness and a tendency to "clenn house' nnd havo materially strength ened their assets during tho yenr through tho elimination of bad and doubtful items. Conditions Improving Conservative methods nnd sound banking principals have been quito no ticable, nnd banking conditions havo also bocn gTeatly improved in certain districts through consolidations and re organizations already effected nnd now in progress. Authority to do a banking business has been refused applicants in several instances whero investiga tion has Bhown the field already suffi ciently served, or whore it was appar ent the organization was sought to fur ther tho personal interests of the promoters. During tho year, six new state banks have been organized and opened for business, ono was closed by this department, two went into voluntary liquidation and two have been absorbed by national institutions, making a net gain of one in number. During the same period tho national banks in this stato havo decreased by ono in number, thero having bocn one new organization and two consolidations. Bankers Optimistic On Novmber 10, tho date of the of ficial call, thero wcro in this state, eighty-seven national and ono hundred and seventy-four state institutions, with, total resources aggregating $10-1,481,-127.14. Total deposits on the same date were $12t3,lt7,402.89, being an in crease of $3,882,599.64 sinco the state ment of September 2. Unliko all other previous statements, practically the en tire increase is noted in the demand and commercial deposits, indicating a general willingness or tendency, on tho part of tho public, to invest snrplus funds in commercial and business en terprises. Reserves of all banks in the stato during tho year have been main tained, as a whole, greatly in excess of requirements, avoraging about thirty ono per cent. It is true, however, that tho liabilities reprinting borrowed money have been unusually heavy dur ing the past six months, but from exam inations mndo by tnis depnrtmont, it appears that the extension of credit has been fully justified, nnd with one or two exceptions, ban Kb havo only bor rowed to meet the legitimnto seasonal demands of their customers. Summarizing banking conditions in Oregon, I would say that reports re ceived by this offico indicnto n consid erable increaso in business activity In nearly every section of tno stnto. Bus iness men nro generally confident and oven optimistic, in their views ns to the future and I havo every reason to bc lievo that tho banking situation will continue to improve nnd thnt tho com ing year will mark tho return to nor mal conditions. Oregon banks ns a wholo are in splendid condtion nnd will be nblo to meet any emergency thnt may ariso. SEEKS DIVORCE FROM MAIL ORDER HUSBAND Yreka, Cal., Dee. 31. Tho applica tion of Airs. Jool M. Davis, formerly Mrs. Lydia Cnlvin, of Woodburn, Ore, for a divorce from her "mail order" hubby, has been taken under advise ment by tbo superior court after a hearing behind closed doors. A cor respondence resulting from Mrs. Cal vin's answering Dnvis' advertisement in a matimonial paper ended in their marriage July 3, 1913. The plaintiff alleges Davis vnrlously misrepresent ed his wealth, and furthermore know ing hor to bo n trained nurse, had mado arrangements prior to her com ing to his home at Etna, to take charge of nursinj; cases. Later he told hor she had hotter keep boarders to pa tho ocory bill. Mrs. Davis has five sons and three daughters by "r first hnehnnd. "4 A Happy New Year and Many Thanks to all for the patronage shown THE STORE OF HOUSEWARES Lets all of us make 1916 the Best year we have ever had for Salem by being loyal and true to the best home town to live in in the U. S. MHHMMeeee t Wm. Gahlsdorf ut iv. uiMiKTY PHONE 67 1 uago. An effort is being made to have the pupils recite by topio in history, physiology, geography and civics. Any . ono who visits tho schools regularly will be impressed by the splendid order maintained in the school room. Pupils are taught, so far as possible to bo self-governing. To act rightly, not be couso the teacher is present, but be causo they know it is right to do right." Banks Make Fine Gains In Number and Resources it.