orial Page of "The Capital Journa
MONDAY FVF.NIXC.
January 24 1!1.
CHARLES II. FISHER,
Editor and Manager.
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
L. S. BARNES.
President
CHAS. H. FISHER,
Vice-President
DORA C. ANDRESEN,
Sec. Hiid TrcnB.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES
D.iilv bv carrier, nor roar tS.OO Per month.
Daily by mail, per year
3.00 Per month.
.45c
.35e
FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT
EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES
New York Chicago
Ward-Lewis-Williams Special Agency Harry It. Filicr Co.
Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St.
The Capital Journal carrier boy aro instructed to put the pnpors on the
porch. If tho carrier does not do thin, misses you, or neglects getting the
paper to you on time, kindly phono tho circulation manager, us this is the only
way we can detcrmiuo whether or not tho carriers arc following instructions.
Phono Main 81.
FEW FOREIGN GOODS COMING IN
A siimmnrizinpr of the duties collected on merchandise
imported into the United States from 1821 to 1915 is con-!
tained in the opening section of "Imported Merchandise
Entered for Consumption and Duties Collected There
on," during the fiscal year 1915, has just been completed
by the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, De
partment of Commerce.
Decreased customs revenues in the fiscal year 1915
clearly reflect the influence of war, which operated to cut
off imports generally and especially merchandise from
Europe, the leading source of dutiable goods. While cus
toms revenues in 1914 amounted to $28:5,700,000, a de
crease of $28,700,000, or less than 10 per cent, when com
pared with 191:1, in the following year under war they
fell to $205,800,000, being $78,700,000, or 27 1-2 per cent
below the total for 1914.
Cuctoms revenues in the period from 1821 to 1845 aver
aged, roughly speaking, about $25,000,000 a year; from
1846 to 1855, approximately $45,000,000 a year; in the
succeeding decade, $00,000,000; in the thirty years from
1SGG to 1895, about $180,000,000; and in the last twenty
years, a little more than $257,000,000 per annum, the low
est point being $145,000,000 jn 1898 and the highest $:?29,
500,000 in 1907.
The moral to be drawn from these figures on imports
from foreign countries is that the howl in certain quar
tern about "free trade" flooding the country with foreign-made
goods is without any foundation in fact.
' ' SOME EFFECTS OF PROHIBITION
It may be too soon to make any estimates worm wnne
as to the effect of prohibition on crime, but although it has
been less than a month since the three northwest states
went dry, reports from all of them show that there has
been a marked falling off in crime, or to be exact, mis
demeanors and small offenses. Of course, the main fall
ing off is in the arrests for drunkenness, but there is also
a decrease in arrests for assault and battery and other
minor offenses which go to show that old John Barleycorn
was a quarrelsome sort. As to its effect on the more ser
ious crimes it will take considerable time before reliable
statistics can be compiled. It is probable though that the
showing in this respect will also be a good one, for many
of the murders and shooting scrapes heretofore, were due
to drink. ,
Another thing rather unexpected about the dry condi
tions is that the importation of liquors is not nearly so
large as was looked for. It may be that the supplies laid
in before the law went into effect may account for part
of this, and that when these are exhausted the business
of the express companies will show a marked increase,
but the fact remains that so far the demand for liquors
appears to have been almost wiped out.
Several of the college presidents and professors are
out in advocacy of simplified spelling. Having for years
vainly tried to teach the college graduate how to spell so
as not to be a disgrace to the alma mater, they have aban
doned the attempt and will now try to bring spelling
within the reach-of their pupils. There is a proverb that:
"If tho mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet
must go to the mountain, "As Abe Martin would t say,
"There are other ways of killing a cat besides choking it
on hot butter."
Last week snow and sleighing were on the boards, and
yet in another month city folks will be setting out the od
oriferous onion and the succulent radish and lettuce.
Spring does not linger on the lap of winter in Oregon, but
instead generally keeps several laps ahead of him.
From the unusual amount and severity of windstorms
this year it looks as though little 191G was trying hemself
out to see if he could stand the coming presidential cam
paign with all the little campaigns added.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 18G8
CAPITAL
$500,000.00
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
History records the fact that Bologna once went to
war over a bucket. This seems a small matter to quarrel
about, yet it is the small things that cause the most
trouble. Some poet wrote : "Think riaught a trifle though
it small appear, Sands make the mountains, moments
make the year, and trifles life." This is shown to be
true in a story that comes from Oregon City of an Italian
with a German wife, the two having widely divergent
ideas about the high cost of living. The wife put a boiled
egg in the lunch of their little daughter. The husband
thought this extravagance with eggs at present prices.
They disputed, got angry and had a pitched battle. Italy
is in jv.il for assaulting and beating Germany, and under
$500 bail bond and the egg being cooked was eaten
anyway.
The Capital Journal has received several communica
tions criticising the plan of writing letters to eastern
people in order to get them to come to Oregon. Most of
these take the position that there is no work for those al
ready here, and it is wrong to try to induce more to come.
These criticisms have not been printed for the reason that
they were entirely outside of the issue. The letters were
written not for the purpose of bringing people hfre to
locate, but to invite tourists to visit us. They were to ad
vertise Oregon scenery, and point out her attractions for
those who wanted a pleasant and splendid vacation, giv
ing the state an opportunity to reap some of the benefits
financially and otherwise, that California receives from
this source.
"Group B" is the latest secret organization inimical to
the United States, that has been discovered by U. S. secret
service agents. According to them this organization is
composed of political refugees, and was organized in 1872.
It is claimed this organization assisted in the escape of
Ignatius T. Lincoln, self confessed German spy, from the
United States marshal. Lincoln was ordered extradited
as a forger, but insists England wanted to get him
intending to shoot him as a spy. The organization was
strong enough to secure the release of Jan Pouren, whose
extradition was demanded by Russia. The order for his
release was made by President Roosevelt.
The department of agriculture says the stock of pota
toes remaining in growers hands is 38 per cent smaller
than last year and 15 per cent smaller than in 1914. Nine
teen northern states which produce 66 per cent of the
crop, had January 1 only 105,345,000 bushels. According
to this potatoes are liable to reach record prices before
the new crop comes in and the shipping trust will not
have a chance to take all the advance in prices either, as
the crop will be consumed at home. ,
The Evening Telegram of Portland probably has a
limited number of readers in the Willamette Valley, but
it is a wonder that it has any. It advocates the institu
tion of such railroad rates, because it is owned by Port
land lumbermen, that will close the valley sawmills for all
time to come. Also it favors removal of the state fair to
Portland, and in all respects is only a little dinky Portland
local organ holding to the idea that there is nothing worth
while in the state except its one big city.
About the only thing Justice Hughes has ever done to
qualify for the presidential race, is to raise a crop of
whiskers that infringe on Carranza's copyrights. How
ever, his beard is no heavier than that of most of the in
fant industries his party so strenuously wet nurses.
It is said that the Germans have invented a "leather
less" shoe. The same idea has evidently been utilized by
shoe manufacturers in America for a good many years
past, but they haven't branded them that way.
Wu RipplfngRhtjmos
' jo M
THE SPEECH MAKERS
President to Start Thursday
On Stumping Tour to De
fend Preparedness
Washington, .Inn. 24. Politics will
pop anil sizzle this week.
Tlie main event on the political cal
endar is President Wilson's stumping
tour to swing public sentiment in la
vor of national preparedness; this will
open Thursday night in New York. Af
terwards he will swing around the cir
cle in the middle west. Today, he
added St. l.ouis to tho list of cities ll
rcady on the itinerary.
Speeches concerning the Mexican
situation arc expected to deepen the
political tinge oi' this trip, though the
chief object thcieof is to exhort the
public to support the general idea of
defenses of the nation not tho exact
program recommended to congress, but.
tile general policy of being ready for
war. The president has especially re
quested tint bis audiences not be put
to expense, and has asked that he be
permitted to- address as many persons
as possible.
Another dish on tlio political menu
will be the meeting of republican load
ers at Chicago this week to discuss ar
rangements for the convention. In
this, the question of whether ronserva-j
live or irugressivc cieiiicniH snail uoui
i n Ate the convention, may nrise, though
efforts will be mado to sidetrack it if
possible.
Still another political development i
will be the movement of progressive re
publicans in congress to reach a work
ing agreement on progressive legisla
tion and to work toward progressive
control ot the convention.
Yet other , political phases of the
wcelt are the plans ot pence .Mvoentes
to end former Secretary of State Itry
an out on an anti-preparedness stump
ing tour: while preparedness, advocates
havo urged Colonel Roosevelt to speak!
at Cmcngo on the subject of delense.
Preacher Would Send
His Sons to Battlefields
Portland, Or., Jim. 24. "Peace at
any pricers" are morally certain today
that Dr. A. A. Morrison, pastor of the
fashionable Trinity Kpiseop.il church,
is not one of them.
From the pulpit yesterdny Dr. Mor
rison demanded preparedness and flay
ed those who advocated a doctrine of
non-resistance.
"The ideal Christian basis of ap
peal," he said, "is love in hlcnl as
applicable sometimes ns nit, appeal to a
lamp post. If wc must be prepared at
all, let us be prepared in first class
shape.
"I would be nsh.imed of my sons if
they didn't volunteer immediately if
needed.''
"The man withla
program99
People believe in .the "man with a pro
gram" a man with a fixed plan of financial
progress suited to the condition in which he
finds himself. The earnest man has the
deepest regard for a saving account. He
knows that it is the "Stronghold of the
Future."
Do you have a financial program and are
you following it with determination?
Our savings department is designed to
help you, and we will be glad to have you
open your savings account now.
WE PAY Vo
United States National Bank
WILLAMETTE GLEE TOURS '
The ; Willamette quartet, comprising
Gus Anderson, of Hayesville, first ten
or; Harry Mills, of Salem, second ten
or; Kay Medcnlf, of Salem, first hnss;
Harry Bowers, of Brownsville, second
bass, and Burgess 1". Fori I, manager,
started yesterday for a week's trip
down the Columbia.
Numerous trips have been made to
towns close to Sulem, and good crowds
have been present ench time.
Besides tho songs from the quartet,
Anderson gives humorous reudings,
with Bowers giving the more serious
ones, and Mills some fine piano selec
tions. So fur one of the most popular quar
tet selections in tho "Ode to William
etle." The cities to lie visited on the Co
lumbia trip are: Rainier, January 21;
Clatsliiuiie, January 25; Warrenton,
Jniiunry 2li; Seaside, January 27 j St.
Helens, January 2N; Troiitdulo, January
20.
Jim Jimpson stutters when he talks; his tongue or else
his larynx balks; it takes a long and painful while for him
to cross a cerbal stile; his face goes through contortions
weird, and froth is blown all o'er his beard.
And yet Jim Jimpson doesn't mind; he j
seems to think that he will find spellbinding i
wreaths within his reach he's always glad!
to make a speech. Hob Hoskin's education'' !
bad; he sidestepped school when but a lad,!
and now he keeps the language bent; he
says, "I seen," and "I have went." When he
orates, poor Grammar groans, and has an
dV-.yJ ache in all its bones, and cultured people
vnu uivu nuii twin uvtib nidi uicuoio anvi
weep and swear. Yet Hoskin thinks he is a
peach at reeling off a witty speech. It seems as though
all misfit gents, who cannot talk for thirteen cents, who
torture people when they spiel, and make of language an
ordeal, are sure they wear, with graceful ease, the mantle
of Demosthenes.
NORTH HOWELL NOTES
Mr. and Mrs. I. K. Cutsforth, Mm,
Lucy Richard n ml Mrs. Alice Willis
were guests at C. A. Sawyer's Tuesday
afternoon.
A large crowd attended the party nl
the Orange hall last Thursday evening
and all repotted a very enjoyable time.
Mrs. C. A. Sawyer ami daughter, Jes
sie, Mr. and Mrs. A. 1?. Rieknrd and
Rev. Jasper took dinner nt J. S. Coom
ler's Sunday.
Mr. Isaac Stevens was a guest nt J.
K. Waltmiin's on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tims. Bump wei'o Mt.
Angel visitors Monday.
Several of the young men from this
section attended the leap year dnace at
Central Howell Saturday night. (lor
vais Star.
TUNNEL CAVE-IN IS FATAL
A TRAVELING BANK
New York, Jan. 24. When linmigra
lion men .irked poorly clad Mrs. Aspn-1
sia Diaiuejiis from (Ireece whether she
hinl nay money, she nmunged uublnsh- j
Ingly to find here nnd Jhero mostly:
tiiere about her peison $-11,000 In
gold.
ASK FOR and GET
HORLICK'S
THE ORIGINAL
MALTED MILK
i CbMp totwtituUi coat YOU Mm prico.
Dallas, Ore., Jan. 24. Stephen Car
lyle, aged ,r)0. was killed yesterday near
Hoskins, Polk county, when a tunnel
upon which he was working caved In.
It took three hours to remove the
debris. All indications pointed to tic
fact thnt death was instantaneous. A
sister has arrived from Tortland nnd
will take the body back with her. Mr.
Cnrlyle was la the employ of the Val
ley & Siletis Kuilroad company. He was
unmarried and leaves surviving a sister
in Portland, .a sister In Joplin, Missouri,
and a brother in Bishee, Arizona,
FACES FORGERY CHARGE
Portland. Or., Jan. 21. Earl Cam
eron, aged SO yurs, son of J. K. Cam
eron, a wealthy lumberman today f.iced
trial on a charge of forging cheeks to
Hie amount of
Young Cameron was arrested last
night by deputy sheriffs. They de
clared he stole the checkbook of Mrs.
Mnttie Bunnell, whoso daughter. Miss
Irene liunuell, young Cameron had l're
quentlv visited.
J. K. C micron fii'nished "00 hail
for his ton.
AURORANEWS
Mr: and Mrs. Eugene Flynn moved
out to their farm near Chuiupoeg this
week. Many friends here regret their
change of residence.
Pis. tleisv and Dedinun went to
Bulteville Monday to uttend u little
girl at the C. K. Arnold family, who in
jured hoi hip a short time ago.'
L. .1. Ch.ipin, formerly County Agri
culturist, was in Aurora last week. He
came in from llutteville wfiere he had
been looking at Borne land with a view-
to purchasing.
L. W. Grimm, principal of the Butte
ville school, passed tho recent teachers'
examination successfully and has been
granted A certificate. II. C. Todd of
Hubbard, and Anna C. Spollio, of Can
by, were nlso granted certificates.
At Hubbard last week the Bund asso
ciation chose the following officers: (.
W. Knight, president; J. K. McLaugh
lin, vice-president; D. A. F. De Les
pinnsse, secretary .mil treasurer; C. t
Kevins, custodian; A. D. Wolfer, di
rector. The ctuinty commissioners of Clacka
mas county 'receive but 3 per day for
the time actually spent in tho service
of tho conntv., Marion county pays $4
per day. Polk county $11, Yamhill $4,
several Kasteru Oregon counties $5;
and Miijtnotiuh county .$lsou per year.
F. W. Kraiht held a public Auction
nt his farm near Bulteville Friday. Mr.
Kiacht is moving to Portland where he
will live with his daughter, Mis.
L. C. l.ee. Mr. nnd Mrs. Haulier, who
have been with Mr. Kracht at Hutte
ville will move to their home at Bejv
erton. I'rbnn Kirk, of St. Paul, and Miss
Annn.ettii MeCormick, of West Wood
burn, were married last week Wednes
day at sr. Luke's church, Woodburn,
Father Maher performing the cere
mony. Miss Carrie MeCormick was
bridesilinid and Albert McKay best
mm. The newly wedded couple will
reside at St. Ituil.
Henry Schwartz, aged S3, a resilient
of Wilsonville section for 41) years,
died Friday at the Good Samaritan
hospital nt Portland. The body was
brought to Wilsonville Saturday. The
funcril was held at the residence at
that idace and the burial took place at
Stafford cemetery in the afternoon.
Mr. Schwnrtz leaves n widow and three
children. ( Ibserver.
j
OPEN FORUM
"Bachelor" Women.
F.ditor of Capital Journal, Salem, Ore.
Dear Sir;
I read an editorial article of yours not
long ago in which you nsser'tcd thnt
modern old ntniiln nlan hni1in1,-,i. it-nmnn
are quite an admirable and happy ape-
l IV-.
With due respect to your crisp writ
ing I beg to correct your observation.
I nm a bachelor woninn myself and I
have known n lot of them'on tho At
lantic const, in the Mississippi valley
and in the Rocky mountains: educated,
cnpablo women who may put up n bluff
about contentment, hut believe me, un
derneath, there isn't n more restless,
client ed, wasted class of people on enrth
than these so-rolled independent wo
men. Down in (heir hearts they know
that all this independence of which so
ciety seems to be so proud is n bitter
counterfeit of what God or nature in
tended for them.
I could tell you facts about these
good looking bachelors that would
make your hair curl. All that thev are
worth is their bank account ond 'their
clothes and most of them are well nware
of their poverty,
Yours respect fullv,
MAR.IORTE srTHF.RLANTJ,
1G00 Downing street, Denver, Col.
January IS, 1P10.
WHY ABE THE MAIL ORDERS..
Miimesota Farmer Gives Merchant
Some' Pointers.
The importance of intelligent and
continuous advertising is clearly set
forth in the following letter from a
Minnesota fanner to his local news
paper. Answering occnsional article!
that appear in print about mail order
houses, he says:
"If the miiil order houses get $IO(n)
out of this county each month that be
longs to the home merchants, the fault
is with the home nierch.ints themselves.
The mail order houses advertise and
give prices on everything they offer
for sale. They tell us what they iiavo
and what they want for it.
"Of course we get soaked onco in a
while, and if we do we can try sonio
other house. Most of the home mer
chants who advertise at all don't quote
prices. They neglect to tell us wh.it
we want to know prices. Of course
we can get to the store anl ask the
price of this article ami that, but you
know how it is one doesn't know so
well what he wants to buy when lm
gets in a store as when he is nt home.
And there is where the mnil order
hoiuses. make their hit. Thev scud their
advertising matter into our homes ami
we re id it when we haven't anything
else to do nnd every member of the
family who reads their stuff usually
finds something that he or some other
member of the family wants nnd many
orders are ode nnd scut out at just such,
times.
"Right here is where tho homo
merchant falls down. If he talked up
his business in our homes the same a
the m.iil order houses do, the people
would be in to see him the next, tinia
they came to town and in many case
extra trips would be made to get thing
nt once that we wanted when they
were brought to our attention.
"The home merchant can save the
expense of getting out n catalog. We
people read the home p.iper more care
fully than we do n catalog, and if the
merchant, wants to talk business with
ns, let him put his talk in the home
papers, and put it in so we know be
means business. The. home merchant
nine out of ten times sells his goods
as cheap .19 the mail order houses, and.
I believe on many things ho is much,
cheaper, but how are we to know if he
does not tell us about it?
"A merchant must- not think that
even his best customers know his goods
so well that they can tell what he ha
without being told.
"It is 110110 of my business but I
don't like to see these roasts in the
paper all the time about us fellows who
get .1 little stuff shipped in once in a
while nnd never anything said on the
other side. There are always two sides
to a question and I have given you
mine. If it is anything to you, you
can take it.1' Coqnille Sentinel.
FIVE NEW CANALS
Flagstaff. Ariz., J.111. 24. Tt 's just
one cnnnl lifter another on Mars; i'ive
new ones have broken out near the
north polo of that well known planet,
nccording to Powell observatory astronomers.
Pimples Disappear
Thne Is one remedy that seldom falla
to clear away all pimples, black head
nnd skin eruptions and that makes tlia
skin soft, clear and healthy. 1
Any druggist can supply you with temo,
which generally overcomes all akin dis
eases. Acne, eczema, itch, pimples,
rashes, black heads in most eases alva
way to lemo. Frequently, minor blem
ishes disappear overnight. Itching usu
ally stops iustnntly. Zemo is safe, clean,
easy to nse and denendnble. It costs onlv,
iV; an extra large bottle, Jt.lKt. It
will not stain, Is not creasy or sticky and
Is positively safe for tender, sensitive
kiu. r., ,
Zeuio, Cleveland.
Always Watch This Ad Changes Often
wi inc. WUUUSMAN
for ft. wo7d." klDd' f Ale'' 81ed, 8 EqnJpm.Ht.
ia kiJ,l'o ,nfMC?rrnp,ta tron ,OT b0" Koofs na Bnildlnw.
good 800.00 Laundry Mangel, lightly u.ed for original
$18 AND 120 NEW OVERCOATS AT 1300
I P7 1 1-8 cent per pound for old rags.
Z pay highest prtct for tide and fur.
H. Steinbock Junk'Co.
t vjm a 1 1 1 i u v uii mrn' a mraan
Phono 80S.
17