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.1 Editorial Page of "The Capita! Journal" MiiNHAV EVENING, Jnuiinry :tl, 11111. CHARLES H. FISHER, Editor and. Manager. PUBLISHED F.VEKY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON", UY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. B. BARNES, CHAS. H. FISHER, DORA C. ANDIiESEN, President Vice-President Sec. and Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Dily by currier, per year $5.00 Per month Daily by mail, per yeur 3.U0 Per month 45c 35e FULL LEASED WIRE TELKGRAPII REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago WardLewii-Williams Special Agency Tribune Building IlarrT H. Fisher Co. 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys nre instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier dues not do this, misses you, or neglects petting the paper to you on time, kindly phono tho circulation manager, as this is the only way we can dotermiuo whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main SI. POVERTY MAY BE A BLESSING Tho nnpstinn is often asked: Why is it that sons of rich men are so often poor specimens of humanity? The question is not hard to answer. The fathers attained success by reason of struggles that aroused and developed what was best within them. The sons, without necessity for such struggle, leave un done that which alone can make a man. Carnegie, the other day, said: "Let a young man be ever so poor, if he have health and energy and a noble purpose in life, all things are possible to him. Let a young man, however, have all the wealth he desires, and yet lack moral and physical health, and have no purpose in life, and there is none so poor as he, and the same may apply to a woman." Few know better than Carnegie the origin and rise of successful men. His own life is his best text. Ending his schooling at ten years of age, beginning life as a bobbin boy in a cotton factory, later a messenger boy at $1.20 a -week, then a telegraph "operator, and now the richest and greatest ironmaster in the world. His story is largely that of Lord Strathcona, who though born in poverty, rose to a place as the largest land owner in the world, and the story of whose life has seldom been equalled in fiction. The story of the greatest iron-master and of the larg est land owner is also the story of the greatest inventor, Edison, who was obliged to be a wage-earner as a news boy at seven, and who, in eager thirst for knowledge, fitted up, while still a lad, a crude labratory in the cellar of his home for experiments in chemistry; next he tried his hand as a telegraph operator, then inventing telegraph appliances and other electrical improvements, until; by the hardest labor on record, he became the greatest of all inventors. Wealth has its advantages, but so has poverty. Some objection is made to the proposed nomination of Justice Hughes for the office of president, on the ground that he being a member of the supreme court, the tradi tions of the country preclude his being a candidate. This is the veriest bosh. If that is all the reason that can be advanced against his candidacy, then there is no reason at all. When a man is placed on the supreme bench none of his rights, civil, or political, is taken from him; and tho vipht. to run for resident is one belonging to every citizen regardless of creed, occupation or politics. The office of supreme justice is not so exalted that accepting the presidency of the United States is a step downward. Now comes Mr. U'Ken and says that the legislature did not cut oil' that $200 expense money for delegates to presi dential conventions, and that this sum is still available for those elected to go back and toll the convention which candidate the voters of the state told them to cast their votes for. A two cent stamp would accomplish the same purpose, but it would deprive someone of a chance to lay a foundation for future political reward. The follow who casts his vote as the people tell him to cast it, naturally is entitled to a large slice when the pie is cut. The Oregon Voter, published by C. C. Chapman, con siders the law giving public officials or bodies the right to pay local merchants f per cent moiv for products than they pay outside dealerss, a bad one. In commenting on the law and its effects the voter says: "If we fear com petition here at home, and try to protect ourselves from it, how can we face the same competition when we seek business outside of Portland and Oregon?" Yet the Voter advocates a high protective t a rill'. What makes the preparedness idea so popular is that there arc so many kinds of it. With several thousand ex perts handing out plans no two of which come anywhere near agreeing, it furnishes such a splendid subject for the American voters to dispute over without reaching any conclusion, that it is liable to get lost in the maze of argument. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1S6S CAPITAL $:oo,ooo.oo Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Dr. Dewey says the flax grown in the Willamette valley is superior to any grown elsewhere in the, United States. This is no news to valley people but at the same time it is pleasing to have such an authority as Dr. Dewey tell the world about it. Salem is yet to be the Belfast of the United States, and her linens will become famous around the world. The Oregonian is generous in crediting Skamania county, Washington, with bonding itself for $210,000 which it says is $600 for each person in the county. It gives the population as H,500, and if the sum and the population are both given correctly it would amount, not to $600 but to $60 each. The indications are, from the spectacular pronounce ments from the Portland pulpits, anent preparedness, that the reverend gentlemen are moved more by desire for publicity and notoriety than by patriotism. Each one is a little more violent and virulent than those who broke into the limelight before him. The Cage submarine invented by a Los Angeles man is true to name. Not long ago it sunk in the harbor at Los Angeles, and Saturday it went down for the second time while being towed to the wharf. This type not only sub marges easily, but stays submerged indefinitely. With the streets of Yuma, Arizona, running seven feet deep with flood waters, Phoenix in the swim and other towns in Arizona drowned out, old timers familiar with that section would not be surprised to hear by wireless that Satan was busy just now building boats. Astronomers have decided there are no canals on Mars. This too, just when apparently one of them has broken and turned its contents down on southern California. Maybe they all broke at once and that is the reason the astronomers could not find them. Lloyd George says: "The war has hardly begun." With thirty or more billion dollars already expended, it would seem that if Mr. George's statement is correct someone's credit is going to be badly stretched before the end is reached. The Capital Journal does not mind printing stories about picking roses here Christmas day, but respectfully asks contributors not to send anything of this kind for publication until the weather moderates, and the snow melts. United States senators are establishing a dangerous precedent for themselves in suggesting that Brandeis should not be confirmed as associate justice of the United States supreme court because he is "unfit for the place." Chinese rebels have dynamited big sections of the Hankow and Pekin railroad, preventing Yuan Shi Kai transporting troops from north to south. Evidently the Chinks have been studying the European war methods. Nobody is to blame for that fire in Seattle Wednes day in which six persons lost their lives. It seems a lot of hemp was hung over the stove pipes to dry and it thoughtlessly got too hot and started to blaze, Farmers and Home Makers Assemble at La Grande (My United Press.) La (iraiide. Or.. .Ian. 31. Prepared to exchange views on the subjects of farming, eugenics and home manage-1 nient, men ami women from nil parts of I'ninn county, and fat beyond itsj borders, gathered in Li Grande today, for the opening of fuiners' and homej makers' week, under the auspices ofj tho Oregon Agricultural college and government experts. Registration of visitors was practic-; ally tho only thing accomplished today.! The La Grande commercial club rccep-i tion committee took each visitor in I tow, .ind accommodations were found' for all. The climax of the week, however. will be next Friday. Good roads ex-j ports of national and state fame will, address a gathering on that day. Simultaneously, Eastern Oregon ha-1 bios will compete in eugenic tests. The! b i by show begins at 0 a. m. Friday and continues all day. ((rangers and. farmers union members meet Saturday. i Lectures and demonstrations of in-j forest to farmers and housewives nre scheduled for every night this week. NO MORE BACKACHE ! NO MORE .MISERY ! Hundreds of people have been reliev-j ed of the agonies caused by weak, dis-i cased or ologgod-up kidneys by using! Sohax. the new remedy that quickly, reaches the source of all kidney com- i plaints. ' If you suffer with pnius in your back5 and sides or have any signs of kidney, or bladder trouble such as rheumatic ! pains, puffy swellings under the eyes; or in the feet and ankles, if you are. nervous, tired and run-down, or bother ed with urinary disorders, Solvnx will; quickly and surely relieve you ot your misery. Kolvax is probably the most potent remedy yet devised for ridding the sys tem of uric acid and driving out nil the poisonous impurities which cause such troubles. It neutralizes, dissolves and makes tho kidneys sift out all the uric acid and poisous left by the blood, and renders the kidneys and urinary organs clean, vigorous and healthy. Many of the best druggists say that no medicine ought to be paid for un less it does the user some good. Solvnx therefore sells under a positive guar antee to quickly relieve the worst cases of kidney trouble or your money re funded. Try Solvax today and if you cannot see and feel a decided change for tho better just go to the druggist from whom you bought it and tell him you want your money back and he will return it without question. This is the strongest argument that can be offered in behalf of any medicine. Solvax Is sold in Salem and vicinity by Daniel J. Fry and other leading dealers. )( jc jc sjc )c sfi sjc jc sic J( Jt sjc tfi sjs i(c )t He OPEN FORUM lm lf lf 4t ilt tt 41 yfi P T 1 p 1 T 1 Put Your Brains at Work This country is full of men who need, not knowl edge but action. There are dozens of things they know they should do, but they do not do them. They know, for instance, that they should have some money in reserve. They know that misfortune would find them unprepared, and that their death would subject their family to great hardship. They know that most of the suffering of the country is caused by the general neglect of plain, common-sense duty. But why do they neglect their duty ? Answer this question silently. If your reflections point to a sav ings account, don't stifle the prompting. 4r,i INTEREST ON SAVINGS ACCOUNTS UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK of Salem, Oregon Member Federal Reserve Banks FARMER TALKS BACK With President Wilson touring the country and boost ing for preparedness it is no wonder that Teddy will go to the windward islands. Woodrow has stolen most of his ammunition, also his gun. Editor Journal: As America is a free country and everyone seems free to say what ho thinks about the other fellow, would like to say a few words myself. Of course we farmers all know that the merchants criticise us and condemn the mail order house because we buy a few goods from the mail order house. They put up the argument that Sears Hoe'buck & Co., Montgomery Ward & Co., and so on, don't help to build Sa lem up. nor do they tmy our goods, which is very true; but I can say this by experience that I have offered some With the Chinese revolution assuming alarming pro portions all the continents of the old world are nov the scenes of war. Will it be the America's next? Those astronomers who discovered a couple of new worlds a few days ago evidently caught them young, as they are both in the milky way. The floods north of the Mexican border may account for the fact that Villa has not been captured, married or killed for several days. l ' - uy-- FPIDF.AITP Life Is a sad and painful trip for people who are aging. An epidemic of the grip o'er all the land is raging. The young men sneeze a while and laugh, and cough a while and snicker; the old men break themselves f i in half when coughing, and grow sicker. lS: The young recover when thev take of medi cine a spoonful, the old men dope and still they ache, and life is grim and pruneful. The young lay off a half a day, when grip has sprung its warning, and they are back, serene ana gay, to work, tomorrow morn ing. The old must sit around the stove for weeks which isn't funny until the doc, a downy cove, has taken all their money. The Old must sit and sonlf thfiiV -fWf nnrl cu-nl. I ---- - IVVl) UdlU V 4 I low pills and powders, and mustard plasters wear, and eat I (tanntnrod snnnx mid rVinwrWs T Hnta f r Vino o VAiinfY 1 ...... 1 1 . . . man Drag aooui me way ne suiters; he has no right to chew the rag among us ancient duffers ! ITV" V, i (if the Salem merchants produce at i)0 I per cent less than they were retniling ' the article for and have been answer ed this way: "We can buy it in Port land for such a price." The price being ! one-third less than I ask for my pro i iluce. of course, you all know such as ; this doesn't just please the farmer. Hut this is only the beginning. The Statesman Publishing company takes a 1 hand in the game and trys to say what ; the merchant hasn't thought of. They ridicule the mail order house and criti cise the ignorant fanner and advise ; him to spend his money at home with the home merchants because the home i merchants buy his goods and seven 1 hundred more smart things that I don't recall at present. Then when the merchant wants a little job of printing : done other than newspaper ads and the printer quotes his regular price - Mr. ' Merchant frequently says, 1 can get this ! in Portland or some other citv for so much, of course a less price, he doesn't stop to consider spending his money at home, it is where it will buy the most goods. Then again I notice after all of Mr. Newspaper's criticism of the mail order houses he will print a .Tones cash store ad. While I don't recall nay of Montgomery Ward or Sears Roe- j buck ( o. will venture to say Mr. News- paper would gladly print one for cither j of them nnd take pay for same. I have even seen pictures where the I farmer's team was frightened by a mail I order company delivery car and caused a break down or something of the kind. And tho car went on its way without even stopping to see if they had caused any trouble. There is also another thing I have noticed, thnt is a number of the farmers who buy from the mail order house ride in a car instead of go afoot or drive some old plug like the fellow who spends nil his money at home. Laving all jokes aside Mr. Merchant I is out for tho money nnd spends it I where it will buy the. most. Mr. States j man editor is out for the money not fr j the honor ami satisfaction of saving I converted the farmer nnd taught him to spend his money with the home mer chants, and Mr. Fnrmer if you don't be careful and spend your money where it will buy tho most goods especially if you earn it bv producing goods for the Salem mnrket yon won't be able to bur: the necessities of life. A FARMKIi. were mistaken in the night of the Wa conda literary could have found the Waconda young folks not frozen out, as suggested by .'the Quinaby reporter, but a lively crowd, at a surprise party nearby, given to Miss F.mma M. Fin ney, of that place. The disappointment was mutual, the visiting assembly from Quinaby, Brooks and Hopmerc would have been much appreciated. They should not fail to come again. The liter ary society meets every two weeks. There will be, at the next one, on Feb ruary 5, a program and a debute, " Re solved, That the Cnited States should not prepare for war." Some perhaps could take part, also Salem people, who could return on the 11 or 2 o'clock elc trie cur, If a debater I would oppose preparedness. I think as Bryan did, we are affected with rabies from the sur rounding dogs of war. My observation has been that the two dogs that are al ways pitched onto, are the big one and the little one, we arc neither. If Kngland saw fit to pitch onto us, Japan and Russia and France nnd Italy and Turkey would bo compelled to, be cause they are allies, we should not ally our 1'uited States with South America because we do not want to fight their battles, there is nothing to it but trouble. Canada and Mexico are also being fought to death. We are 1011 per cent safer than before the war. Single handed Japan is afraid of us, and if she did interfere, Germany would see her chance to play even with Japan. All we need do is not to snarl and rattle our chains, in other words use diplomacy, and attend to our own business, sail on neutral ships or better still, those under our own flag; never under a warring flag. Our right should be to ship our pro ducts to Germany as well as to the oth er countries. If we kept on our own ships, as we should, the submarine war fare would kill no American. Americans under a British flag, thus protecting the British is equal to putting Americans for a breastwork on Uritish battlefield, very un just. War at the best, is wrong, because it is nothing more nor less than wholesale murder. As a great nation we should lead in abolishing war and teach other countries to lay (town their arms instead of unnecessarily preparing as we are now doing. Come to the debate. ELLA M. FIX X 1 : Y. INSURANCE MEM ORGANIZE A DAGGER IN THE BACK As a means of protecting themselves from transient agents, about -H local representatives of life insurance com panies, with licenses issued out of :. lem, met Saturday afternoon and org anized. The object of the association also is to bring together in nionthlj meetings those engaged in this line of business. The meetings will be held tlx lust Saturday of each month in the Com mercial club rooms. Officers elected were as follows: A. II. (iage, president; ly 11. Rim er, vice-president; W. ('. Dyer, secie tary -treasurer. B. A. Polin and George K. Schaefer. acting with the officers, form the executive committee. That's the woman's dread when sha gets up in the morning to start the dav's work. "Oh! How my back laches." GOLD MF.DAL Haarlem Oil (Capsules taken today eases the back I ache of tomorrow taken every day ends the backache for all time. Don't , delay. What's the use of suffering! iegin taking GOLD MEDAL Haarlem I Oil Capsules' today and be relieved to i morrow. Take three or four every day I and be permanently free from wrencti I ing distressing back pain. Hut be sur to get GOLD MF.DAL. Since lOfii I GOLD Mr.uAL Haarlem Oil has been I the National Remedy of Holland, th i Government of the Netherlands having granted a special charter authorizing its preparation and sale. The house Wife of Holland would almost as soon I be without bread as she would without I her " Real Dutch Drops" as she quaint lly calls GOLD MKDAL Haarlem Oil : Capsules. This is the one reason why j you. will f i ml women and children jof Holland so sturdy and robust, i GOLD M I'. DAL are the nine, original ! Haarlem Oil Capsules imported direct from the laboratories in Haarlem, Hob ; land. Hut be sure to get GOI.T MKDAL. Look for the name on ever i box. Sold by reliable druggists in I sealed packages at 2,h', ,"0c and $Ld0. ! Money refunded if thev do not help ;you. Accept only the GOLD MEDAL, j All others are imitations. , . Manufacturer Would Interest Local Capital ! Has any man some extra capital that he would like to invest in the mauufai . jure of brooders? The Commercial club j is in touch with a man who claims to I have a brooder that is superior to nnv thing that has been produced. He live ! five miles from Snm and has been j making them, but needs capital to en ' large his plant. , The manufacturer of the brooder , claims that it follows nature and is so i constructed thnt the chicks will have ; the heat applied to their backs, regu , lar hen fashion. In fact, it is claimed l thnt the brooder has so many fine points that there could be no real com- petition if properly placed on tho mar I ket. The man who has been ranking them claims to have n patent and nil that he needs is capital to manufacture and organize a selling rampsiign. I Should any one feel interested, O. H. I Luck, of the Commercial club, would I like to get into communication with idem, uaar waiem needs is manufac turing establishments nnd parties with either idens of money will receive con sideration at the Commercial dub. FARMER FROZE TO DEATH Watsouville. Cal., Jan. 01. John Hoover, aged 7", a well known famier, froze to death near here last niglr when his hoie threw hi in and then kicked him into unconsciousness. ))(:!( PORTLAND HAS SLUMP . Portland. Or.. Jan. ,11. Ex port trade from Portland took a decided slump in Janunry, ac cording to figures compiled to day. The value of the January exports is placed at $4oS,144, against f.l.iax.s?" last year. Scarcity of ships, the closing of the Panama canal, and ice in the Columhin river nre the causes assigned, ft' Always Watch This Ad Changes Often An Enlightentng Debate. K.litor of Capital Journal: The merry sleighing party of 12 young people who 44444MH..tMMUU run int. WOODSMAN W have all kind of Ale, Sledgei, Wedge, Stwj nd Equipmenti for the woods. v-mm AU kiidi of Corrugated Iron for both Roofe and BnildinM. A good tSOO.OO Laundry Mancrnl. litrhrlv nj .-...(. . . I eort " ' C iuurl" ""a1" $15 AND 120 NEW OVERCOATS AT $5.00. I Py 1 1-2 cents per ponnd for old rigs. 1 pay highest price for hldee and for. H. Steinbock Junk'Co. ThB Hon'8 of Hllf Million Bargains. So"? North rnniMirpidl Ktraat . 1 1 i v : " : "one sos. i i