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February J. 110.
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CHANGING AMERICAN CONDITIONS
Ever since the United States became such, this coun
try has been an exporter of agricultural products. There
will come a time in the not very remote future, if our
growth is maintained, when we will cease to export food
stuffs for the simple reason that we will consume them
all at home. Besides there is a vast unsettled country in
South America where land is to be had almost for the
asking and where grain can be grown more cheaply than
it can here.
Argentine alone exports annually four million tons of
wheat, or about 125,000,000 bushels, and yet of her p0
millions of acres less than five per cent are under cultiva
tion. There are millions of acres lying virgin that are as
easily brought under cultivation as were the prairies of
Illinois, and these will sometime in the near future be
largely made to produce either corn or wheat, as both are
it might be said, indigenous.
Besides her vast grainaries she has great tracts
suited to cattle raising, and with her immense yield of
corn this makes it an ideal country for growing the beef
supply of the old world.
On top of this it grows cotton, tobacco, rice, sugar, all
the fruits of the temperate zone and some belonging to
the tropics. In fact in its products it is a duplicate of the
United States. It is destined to be in the near future
what the United States has so long been, the granary
of the world.
Of course it will be many years before this country
has to import food stuffs, that is wheat, meat and such,
but that time will come. When it does though our sup
plies will come rather from the north than from the
Argentine, for Canada is to be a great wheat country,
hut the reciprocity of trade will probably cause such
supplies as we need to come partly from the Argentine.
While agriculture still leads all other sources of
wealth with us the time will come when our manufactures
will take the leading place, and we must find our markets
largely in the Latin American countries. It is fortunate
that the present European war has brought us into closer
and more friendly relations, for it is with her and her
sister republics south of us that we must cast our lot, not
only politically but commercially.
Unfortunate conditions in Mexico are holding back the
time when our relations with our American neighbors
will be placed on a solid foundation, and it is these con
ditions that in a way cause our extreme leniency with
war torn Mexico.
Latin America has always been suspicious of us, and
perhaps with some reason considering our former treat
ment of Mexico. Our course with that unhappy country
now will either cement a lasting friendship or again
awaken suspicions that it will take years to overcome.
No longer can the finger of scorn be pointed at Oregon
as the "Webfoot" state. California so far outclasses her
for extreme dampness that she is no longer in the swim.
Just note these little items and then size Oregon up with
the drouth-ridden, desert-surrounded, arid section of
California where last week according to the dispatches
a submarine dived in the harbor at Los Angeles and staid
down to get away from the floods. Thousands of snakes
took to the bay to get away from the torrential rains and
he fish drowned from the fresh water floods. Can you
beat it, or any other place equal it?
Now comes the experts from the agricultural depart
ment at Washington. and pronounce the Oregon flax
fiber superior to any grown in the United States. As the
opinion is unanimous, all that it seems necessary to do to
make it the great industry of Oregon is to grow enough
of it. The factories back east are just naturally longing
for our flax fiber. Let's get busy and send it to them.
Reading the sporting pages, and of the alleged battles
between modern scrappers, one is forced to believe the
pugilists are all of the reformed kind. They one and all
seem to strike each other agreeably.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
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TELEGRAPH REPORT
$300,000.00
Oregon's corn crop last year, amounted to 1,155,000
bushels. Some corn for Oregon; but measured by the
old reliable corn states it does not size up very large.
Illinois crop last year was 350 times as large. In other
words Illinois raised as much corn for every day in the
year as Oregon grew in the year. At the same time in
proportion to population we have the sucker state beaten
in the number of our automobiles.
Good bye, old January, we are all glad you are gone.
February may be no better but we have the consolation
that it can be no worse. Just at present the outlook for
billing and cooing by the birdies on Saint Valentine's day
is not encouraging. Unless there is a change and a
decided one instead of hearts and doves on the 14th there
will be sleigh bells and snow birds.
Now that suffrage has come to stay we suggest to the
republican politicians who are up a stump hunting a can
didate for president that Mrs. Woodrow Wilson could
probably give the president a harder race for the place
than any candidate yet suggested.
WThen Congressman Sinnott gets that hat made from
the fur of an Oregon jack rabbit he will be a hard man to
beat in the race for congress, or anything else he chooses
to run for. It would be hard to get ahead of a man with
a jack rabbit headpiece.
ippnngKnuiRQS
THE VEILED FUTURE
We know not what a day
weal or woe; so let us smile
fantastic toe.
We may feel sure tomorrow's sun will
hide, the whole clay long; and when all
things are said and done, our guesses will
be wrong. We may insist that dark green
grief tomorrow's brow will wear; and yet
the dawn may bring relief from all the woes
we bear. No man should look ahead and
say, "Tomorrow is a frost, so I shall wail
around today, and weep, and blame the
cost.'' And so. as I have often said, in
X
rfw f A dirges fierce but brief, it's foolishment to
iJJLJJ 1 ahead for further stores of grief. It's
vain to rend our beards and say, "Tomor
row's charged with fate"; far better to enjoy today, be
fore it pulls its freight. This day is ours, this cheerful
morn; all yesterdays are dead; all other days are yet un
born, the stretch of days ahead. This day is ours, the
dear, sweet thing, until it ambles by so let us dance and
let us sing, and throw our hats on high.
WHAT DYSPEPTICS
SHOULD EAT
Indigestion and practical', all forms
! of stomach trouble, about nine times
'out of ten, are due lo hyperacidity;
therefore stomach siifl'ctvs .should,
w encver possible, moid er.liin fond
that is acid in its nature, or which by
I chemical action in the stomach do-
velops acidily. rnfovhinatcly, such a
ruin eliminates most loo, is wliiili ale
pleasant lo the taste 'is well ns those
which are rich in blood, flesh and
nerve building properties. This is the
reason why dyspeptics and stomach
sufferers are usually so thin, emaci
ated and lacking in that vital energy
which eau only come from a well fed
body. For the benefit to those suf
ferers who have been obliged to ex
clude from their diet all starchy, sweet,
j or fatty food, and are Irving to keep
1 up a miserable existence on gluten
I products, it is suggested that you try
' a meal of any food or foods which you
liKe,
in meliorate nmoiiut, taking iin-
mediately afterwards a tcapoonful of
llisaraled .Magnesia in a little, hot or
cold water. This will neutralize any
excess acid which may be present, or
which may be formed, and instead of
tho usual feeling of uneasiness and
fullness, you probably will find that
your food agrees wilh you perfectly.
There is nothing better than llisiirated
Magnesia as a food corrective and ant
acid. It has no direct action on the
stomach; but by ncutrali.ing the acid
ity of the food contents, and thus re
moving the source of the acid irrita
tion which inflames the delicate stom
ach lining, it docs mine than could be
possibly done by any drug or medicine
that acts upon the stomach lining
rather than the stomach contents.
Medicines of various kinds should be
taken whenever necessary but there is
no sense in dosing nn inflnmed nnd
irritated stomnch with drugs instead
of getting rid of the acid the cause
of the trouble. Cet n little llisiirated
Magnesia from your druggist, eat what
yon want at your next meal, take some
of the Itisurntod Magnesia, as directed
above, nnd see if this isn't the best
advice you ever had on the subject of
eating.
SWEETEST PIG IN BUNCH
New York, Feb. 1. , pink pig pa
raded with pernicious placidity about
the gold drawing room of Mrs. Payne
Whitney's home at h charily ball ba
za ir. proud with the pride of being the
origiuiil pig in the parlor.
TEETH NOT WORK DOES IT
Chicago. Feb. 1. Neglect of teeth,
not hard work, nukes the farmer look
old in middle ago, 1i. Henry 11. Favill
told tiie physicians' club.
shall bring, what brand of
and let us sine, and trip
Minister Indicted
For Assault On Girl
j Chico, Oil., Feb. 1. Rev. Madison
I Slnugliter, pastor of the First Baptist
, church here, is out today on $10,000
, bail, following his indictment on five
! counts, charging assault on lo-year-old
j (lertrude I.ninson.
Meanwhile, the pastor's wife stood
! faithfully by him, and indicated that
j she may seek to punish the party or
I parties responsible for the charges,
j Slaughter himself maintains lie is in
i iioeent and that when bis trial conies
on he will demonstrate that he is the
victim of a " f ramo up" by liquor in
terests. j The indictments followed the final
Consideration of the girl's charges yes
I terdny. Her parents were the last
: witnesses, but they nre understood tc
i have taken the position that the girl's
claims against the pastor were unfound-
ed.
Meanwhile, the girl tomorrow will
stand preliminary trial on n charge
of delininencv. brought after the court
had ordered that she be sent home in
stead of beinir held incommunicado ns
a witness in the pastor's case.
Large Hop Firm to
Construct Buildings
Independence, Or. .Feb. 1. The out
look for niiich building in this vicinity
was never better .lad conditions nre be
ginning to look much brighter. Wigan-
Hichardson company, who own one of
the largest hop mucin's in Oregon, lo
cated live miles south of this city, has
contracted for the erection of four
large modern hop houses, ami will
erect it large warehouse ndii two barns
to house their stock. They also ex
pect to incre.ise their acreage in hops
this venr.
BOOKKEEPER GOING TO WAR
Independence, Or., Feb. 1 licit Co
ble, head bookkeeper for the Wignn
Richardson company, the largest hop
glowers in Oregon, will leave ou the
loth of February in answer to his
country's call for' men to enlist in the
nrniy. lie is an Englishman by birtii,
but will enlist in one of the Cnnndinn
regiments and emb.irk for tho seat of
war about the Jut li of February.
IT HAD THE "KICK"
Pendleton, Ore., Feb. 1. Arnold
Planting, of Helix is convinced today
that prohibition drinks have n real
kick in them. Going' to a friend's cup
board in response to nn invitation, he
selected a bottle of muriatic acid and
wood alcohol and took a swij;. He will
recover.
Tit Capital Journal Want Ads.
FALLSJN SEATTLE
Snow Fall Continuous For 36
Hours, Transcontinental
Roads AH Blocked
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 1. Know-slides!
in the Cascades today stalled all trans-1
eontiunentnl trains to and from Seattle i
and it w ill be several hours nt least j
before they will be moving again.
A westbound Great Northern train is i
delayed at Leavenworth, while North-i
era Pacific trains are being held at Eas-!
ton. The Milwaukee trains nre nlso'TJ
blocked but no serious delays nre ap
prehended. The Canadian Pacific is
not seriously delayed.
The snow has been falling bore and
in the mountains for the past !'i hours
continuously. Eight inches of fresh
snow fell in Seattle last night and th
weather bureau says it's u draw wheth
er more snow falls this afternoon or
whether it will rain.
Tho temperature at 10 -o'clock was
:n.
With a record of .11 continuous days
of snow on the ground, the novelty of
seeing the edges of l.ake Washington
frozen up, appeared today.
ITCHING SKIN-
WAKEFUL NIGHTS
Not to Be Endured Poslam Allays
Eczema's Distress
If ever any remedy may be said to
"triumph'' over a disease, certainly
Poslam does so in the healing of Ec
zema. The aggravation attending this
malady is torturous and nerve-raking.
It is persistently stubborn, but tho
I healing powers of Poslam soon pre
vail over it, sumiue it and usually
eradicate it thoroughly ami permanent
ly. Itching stops at once. Daily im
provement is seen as healing progresses.
As to soaps you use on your skin,
if these irritate, try .Poslam Soap, medi
cated with I'osiam, jnd .-..ipciior for
daily use. Toilet and Hath.
For samples, send lr stamps to Emer
gency Laboratories, We.'t -tli St.,
New' Yw'-i t it Soi l by all Di uggist.
Oregon Co-operative
Creamery Plan May
Be Finally Adopted
Portland, Ore., Feb. 1. An Oregon
co-operative creamery association will
probably result from the conference of
representatives from more than .10 co
operative creameries in Portland yes
terday. At the beginning of the conference
J. .T. Petersen, of Carlton, made a mo
tion to incorporate, nnd discussion of
the motion occupied the session until
the noon intermission.
The smaller co operative creameries
are anxious for incorporation. Their
I delegates declared they could not con
jtinue in business much longer without
! an increase of strength by uniting in
i terests.
j The more successful co-operntive
I creameries in such locations ns .Tune
I Hon City, Clear Creek. Albany, Eugene
! and Astoria were inclined to advise a
' preliminary organization which will
:rive its energies to the standardization
I of butter making and production in the
I state before Attempt Is made to estab
' lish a selling agency.
Purposes Are Named.
Two purposes of incorporation, ns
suggested, were standardization of the
' product nnd needs to the Portland nnd
other markets on nil equal basis with
he city creameries of centrnlizcrs
which are now r.lleged to control both
' the price paid for butter fat to pro
ducers and the price for butter paid
consumers.
i The meeting was called to order by
W. K. Newell, president of the Oregon
Dairymen 's association.
J. D. Miekio. state dairy and food
commissioner, declared that without
. state organization of co-operative
; creameries the country creameries
lure doomed and that destruction will
thereafter be visited on the dairy
1 men.
"We will find that if we do not
j hang together we will hang sepa
I lately," quoted Air. Newell.
1 Professor Graves Gives View.
"The work of standardizing can be
I done in three to four months if von
! will follow- directions we will give
you, predicted Professor k. k. (.raves
of the Oregon Agricultural college,
who acted ns secretary of the con
ference. Tr. Hector MncPherson of the same
institution gave the creamerynien ex
cellent suggestions concerning the rou
tine of organizations.
Comments by the creamerynien in
dicated the need of standardization,
and of better marketing opportunity.
One admitted that to get print butter
on tho Poniard market he allowed a
five per cent discount for cash.
Main- expressed confidence that
with the offered backing of the stnte
dairy and food commissioner's office,
the Oregon Agricultural college and
the government service, co-opernte or
ganization should now be assured of
success, which did not come to a for
mer co operative plan.
The conference is being continued
this afternoon.
FOR POULTRY ONLY
San Bruno, Oil.. Feb. 1. If the chick
ens of this town will persUt in running
this street, thev will be hobbled, in"-1
zled and tagged provided a city ordin-i
r.m'o under consideration is passed.
iXote. This applies to the poultry '
kind of chickens.
Dr. W. A. COX
2
PAINLESS DENTIST
303 State Street
SALEM, ORE.
Save Money and
Discomforts
This applies to tooth troubles in a more certain
degree than any others. Save yourselves pain and
money by having your teeth looked after by com
petent men.
Charges reasonable. Work guaranteed.
Lady Nurse. Sanitary Office.
Dr. W. A. Cox
303 State Street
Dry Law Makes Good
Showing In Tacoma!
Tacoma. Wash., Feb. 1. Strict en
forcement of the state prohibition law
for the first month of its operation has
resulted in the reduction of crime to
the extent of one-third in this county,
according to county and city officers
today. Drunk nnd disorderly cases in
police court are almost a thing of the
past, officials say. During tho first
month of the year there Were only lid
arrests for drunkenness, compared with
Kill in .lanuary. 1015.
Permits for the importation of l.O'ili
quarts of beer nnd S18 quarts of liquor
other than beer, were issued in the
county during January.
' British Take Letters
From Attache Von Papen
Washington, Feb. 1. Copies nnd pho
tographs of letters and check stubs,
and other documents taken by the Brit
ish from the recalled German Attache
Von Papen while he was en route to
Germany were received today by the
state department. As he had not had
time to inspect them, Secretary of
State Lansing was not prepared to say
whether these proved, as Britons had
contended that Pnpcn was involved in
financing anti-ally plotters in the Tin
ted States.
DESERTED SCHOONER SEEN
Seattle, XVn-di.. Feb. 1. Mystery
shrouded the identity today of a desert
ed schooner, reported as having been
sighted adrift far out at sea by Cap
tain IC. Chiba, of the Kumi Main, jus)
armed here from Japan.
The schooner, Captain Chiba said, was
stripped of -sails and her crew and
small boats were gone. Snow concealed
the name of the craft. Fishermen
say the deserted boat may be a hali
but ship, possibly the JUukwnrd Ho. re
ported overdue at Vancouver. B. C.
DID NOT SINK PERSIA
Washington, Fid). 1. Secretary of
State Lansing announced today that the
state department had ,received Aus
tria's denial that an Austrian subma
rine sank the liner Persia.
Tho note said that all submarine
commanders had reported they had
nothing to do w ith the incident.
SEATTLE CANAL FILLED
Seattle .XVnsh.. Feb. 1. The Lake
Washiiigton-l'uget Sound ship canal
locks were flooded for the first time
this morning. The date for the forma! j
opening has not been set. A number
of army engineers assembled here to
witness the first flooding.
SEATTLE TO GET POWER
Seattle. Wash., Feb. l.-The city
council yesterday voted to develop the
Sauk-Siiiattle power site, in the govern
ment forest reserve, for auxiliary elec
tric power.
VERY UNUSUAL
"Then you snv von have a model hus
band?" "Quite. Since we have been married
he has never given the neighbors a
moment's anxiety."
Always Watch This
FOR THE WOODSMAN 1
We have all kinds of Axei, Sledgei, Wedges, Saws and Equipments ?
for the woods.
AU kiads of Corrupted Iron for both Roofs and Building;.
eost Bd S00-0 Laundl7 Mangel, slightly usea for one-fourth origins!
$15 AND 120 NEW OVERCOATS AT 13.00. t
I pay 1 1-2 cents per pound for old rags.
I H. Steinbeck Junk'Co.
t . .t . Th Hou,e 01 Hslf Million Bargains.
802 North Commercial Street. 8 .n. I
Attention
at the
Proper
Time Will
Phone 926
Lusitania Case May
Be Determined Friday
Washington, Feb. 1. The administra
tion today expected to know by Friday
or Saturday whether Germany has seen
fit to agree in full to the American
demands in the Lusitania case, or
whether her forthcoming reply will seek
new delay.
Ultimate acquiescence is regarded by
officials as inevitable, despite tho
"grave but not serious" situation Sec
retary Lansing and President Wilson
have said exists.
A high official illustrated this today
with the remark:
"There is a crisis in any grave ill
ness. It is approached slowly but. sure
ly. We expect tho crisis to' be passed
safely." '
PERRYDALE BOYS STUDY DAIRY
Perrvdale. Ore.. Feb. 1. W A Tin
rr,
of the United States department of a
riciiiture and member of the Oregon ag
ricultural college faculty, accompanied
a score of boys from the Perrvdale high
school to dairies for study. Only threo
of the club members were present .it
the recent stock-judging contest ae
Corvnllis, but each took a prize.
We'll tell you, overv da v. the news
of the world.
Mr. Went-And-Cut-It
--HerVsJIr. 'Gets-It'
The New plan Corn Cure That's as
Sure as the Rising Sun
"Glad to meat you! " says the razor
to the corn. I'll bleed for" you!" says
the corn to the razor. Razors and
corns love each other. Corns love to
"Why. O MTiy. DI.1 I Do Itf 'C.tiW
for Me After This If I Lire:''
be cut, picked, gouged, salved,
fdas-
tere.d ami jerked out thev
grow
faster. Mr. and Mrs. Went -n nt-( nt--
It realir.e it now, they use "Gets-It"
instead it's the wonderful, simple
corn-cure that never fails. Stops pain.
Vou apply it in ' seconds, it dries at
once, the corn is doomed. Xothing to
stick to the stocking or press on the
corn. Jt means good-night to plasters,
salves, diggers, razors and toe-bundling.
Vou can wear smaller shoes. Your
corns will come right off, "clean as a
whistle." Never inflames hea'thy
flesh. The world's biggest selling
corn cure.
"Gets-It" is sold by druggists every
where. 2")c a bottle, or sent direct bv
K. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, HI.
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