' "" "' '"" ""' "' ' ' ' ' " 111 I I I : . . . ( .. 1..iiiiiiii I,. III nil .n.ni.ilin in B 11 I ' I i I in 1 1 in mi .11. i.i.iii-iii - in. i ...i iii.i " .,.,imn... .,,- , in, Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" KDN'KSD.W KVKMNCi l-Vrl.u.-ii v -2, l!Hfi. CHARLES H. Fl-SIIER, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEIT SUNDAY, SALEM, OHEGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U B. BABNE3, CHAS. H. FISITER, UOKA C. ANDRESEN, President Vice-l'residont Sec. and Treas. SUBSCRIPTION BATES fliiW carrier, tier vear $5 00 IVr month. Daily by mail, per year FULL LEASED WIRE EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Ward-Lewis-Williams Special Agency Harry R. Eishor Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the. carrier does not do thin, missel you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can detcruiino whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81. MAIL ORDER A fnitripf in the Onpn mail order business on the i some instances is material, mis may De irue, aim no one goes so far as to say that no article should ever be pur chased. away from home. It is the general principle of patronizing the home merchant where the difference in price is not too great that is contended for. It stands to reason that the money spent at home aids in the up building and development of the country, and the larger the business of local merchants become the better they are able to supply the needs of their customers because goods may be bought in quantities to greater advantage and at lower prices. That is of course where mail order houses have the advantage. They pay no local taxes, employ no local help, sell for cash in advance, where the local merchant must frequently give long credit, and their margin of profit if smaller is much more certain, and on their vast volume of business runs into fabulous sums. , If the city department stores and mail order houses . succeed in putting the small city and town merchants out of business the town must retrograde and the farmer's local market will be curtailed to an extent that will prob ably more than off-set the lower price he may purchase goods for through large stores which buy in great quan tities direct from the factories and sell for cash, from centrally located warehouses where many of the ex penses of retailing are eliminated. Farm lands lying adjacent to large, prosperous and progressive towns are more valuable and profitable than those farther removed from market centers, and these cannot exist without they are supported by the sur rounding country. That is the gravest danger facing this country today the elimination of the small city and the concentration of wealth, business and industry in a few large centers. It is corrupting American life, is the most potent cause of labor unrest, and threatens many of the best social institutions of our national life. The mail order business is doing more than any other one thing to aid the drift away from the country and the small city toward the crowded centres of business and industrial life. The farmer or anyone else should look out for him self and not be bound to any iron-clad rule of buying or selling, but he should always make a virtue of loyalty to his home community, and give it preference whenever he can afford to. The mail order house cares nothing for its patron except his money in advance and denies the priviledge of examining the goods before purchase, gives no credit, employs no local help, pays no taxes, builds no business houses 'in the community and buys none of the products of farm. It is a cold-blooded business proposition. Friends of the "Colonel" say he is willing to put aside personal ambition in the interest of party harmony. The friends do not say which party harmony he is willing to make such a sacrifice for, but as ho still stands by the progressives it is pretty certain he is not interested in republican harmony, unless it is harmonious for the nomination of a certain prominent progressive, whom he could pronounce as absolutely reliable. When the Colonel lays aside personal ambition the leopard will have the spots knocked oil' himself and the Ethiopan will sport a lighter cuticle. The birds are self reliant little fellows. While de pendent on man for sustenance while the ground is cov ered with snow, every one of them as soon as the snow was off at once began to hustle for himself. It is prob- able they will need little or no help from this on, at least this winter, and they will not ask it unless dire need compels. Portland is experiencing a "silver thaw" again. Any where else it would be a sleet, and a mighty bad one at that. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1SG8 CAPITAL Transact a General Banking Business Safety Dcpesit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT .45c .35c 3.00 Per month. TELEGRAPH REPORT BUSINESS Forum todav. defends the ground that the saving in I ml I i 1 I $300,000.00 HOW TO KILL A DOG A humanitarian association at Albany, New York, had a hot discussion over the question of how to kill a dog. After much fervid oratory and the misplacement of many humanitarian tears, it was discovered that the question had long been settled by the association itself. The way to kill a dog is to shoot him. This is a humane association's decree, and so it is final. The general public is likely to accept the method without protest. Indeed, it had accepted it ever since shooting irons were first invented. But what has always bothered the humanitarian re cess in the public mind is how the most kindly to cut off a dog's tail. There is the great dog problem. Whatever the means by which a dog is killed, his howls of pain die with him. But in cutting off his tail it is different. There are painful after effects; and how to reduce these to the minimum, or any other kind of mum, is the important question. Who does not remember the good old humanitarians who advocated cutting off the tail only an inch at a time. They have their counterpart today in those who in killing the dog would use poisons or chloroform. It doesn't hurt so much all at once but it hurts longer. Those who imagine the day of the horse is over, will be surprised to read the statistics sent out by the de partment of agriculture. In the year 1911 there were in the United States 20,277,000; in 1914 21,195,000, and last year 21,200,000. In their working mate, the lowly mule, the figures are comparatively the same. In 1911 there were 4,2:2,000' in 1914, 4,479,000, and last year 4,560,000. The prices though are lower now than a year ago and still lower than five years ago. Afjjain Seattle forges ahead of Portland. Monday nieht Seattle had eight inches of snow while the best Portland could do was to squirm along under an inch orj two of sleet. We do not know just how to pronounce it, but the new supreme justice's name does not listen good in a prohibi tion state. Still Brandeis may be a good lawyer. There is an eclipse of the sun advertised for tomorrow morning at sunrise. Those who do not care to get up at that hour can see it just as well later in the day. If the ground hog came out today it is a dead cer tainty he did not go back for a forty days sleep unless he had an India rubber sleeping bag. SANTA While Christmas shoppers, rank on rank, were throng ing to the stores, the head push of a Pittsburg bank quite calmly closed its doors. Some forty thousand children had their savings treasured there, and many a little girl and lad was filled with black despair. 'Terhaps,''. the urbane cashier cried, "in seven vears or so, the grim receivers know." The V,,,;,. nVwuil-c. iiiv.il v.iiti-1-wo Weailiy lliey Christmas time lTf J Frick reared up and said, "This will not k)..U do, I swow; the kids sha'n't weeping go to , iur l.d thev'll have their monev now Alad- uui uil n nave lutii muiity nuvy . niau din nibbed lllS WOndl'OUS laniP. in SlUOkV Old rittSgrad, ; ii i ii... cum unnv. v. .. ...v. ... ------ Christmas clad! The children, rescued from the hole by i him, nu doubt declare "A soul, een thougn a millionaire i Would Run Auto Trains . On City Sidewalks S., Francisco. Feb. 2.-Auto trains .,. .; , ' the successes of the exposition transportation facilities may be running up and down the sidewalks. The eclipse of the sun will be visible of the business district soon. i in Salem tomorrow morning at 7 :22 and This proposal was made to the board !wn continue for 2" minutes when the1 ot supervisors imiaj o iv .. mum- IMirg I10 llSKCll lor u ,vr, u. auto trains on both sidewalks Of Mar - 1. ......... .... C....,.n.l trt Vllitl, mi fini i no.,, ...i,,i... Vni'li train will earrv CO rras- sengers and will make four miles an :(,,,, ,lu iH.Vi. i;l he totul or m,.,r. hour. 1 u. s . The promoter admits that the rurbsj , , Aj1,i!Vi1, tlu. nlroPlllor, at the cross strec s of each dock pre-!w, f in h scut a difficulty but offers to pay all ; ,,- ,.,.,.1,1 ,,:.,, ,i,., ., , expenses for fixing these curbings. Today Is Ground Hog Day and Shadows Are Rare Today is Ground Hog day and if the historic animal wiits until he can sce his shadow today around Salem he will 1 , . 1 r , f.;, : ,! be few and far between tod iv. The ; tod.iy to permit them to prevent carry Willamette alley appears to lie more ing of motion picture films as baggage, favorable than some other parts of the They pointed out this is often done, state. It' the ground hog comes out in particularly between I.os Angeles and Portland he will get his nose i hilled ' here, but that the practice is danger with a siher thaw and if he should ous because of the inflammable char- appear in Hood l!icr rountv he will belneter of the films. 'obliged to et'eud his burrow througTi ' three feet of snow. FRICK will divide the aSSetS J 1 heartsick little children wept, 1 only registered voters should be nllow- n - itb. tnow irora emlorl OS11'11 H'K" r"1'! petition." mi tvuio nut "u"tui m ; IlOIliewaiU CltJJl Ultll , was spoiled. Then Henry ! 1 . . .t i. u. . 1 ,,1 . man may have a large white Eclipse of the Sun Visible In Salem TomOITOW at SlMlllSe 1U1HUIIOW U OWHIM! shadow ot the moon passes lrom , ,.,, ,,, ,, ,,, th(, c.lltll nt 7:4, . . . At .,1,,,. imiv nl,(lllt ao ,wr ,.ent .. . 1 .. . . jnt ,,, sm, , ,,,(,u liv lnr. ,(, mtl : , ...'.. i -.. 1 this time and all who visit his home nt this time may vi-'w the eclip'e free of charge. Mr. McAdlr.m is convalescing from a recent illness mid is uin'dc to set up his instrument down town as has been his fusion ill the past. AFRAID TO CARRY FILMS ,i,;:,, : ,, r: z; San Francisco, Feb. Kailronds of 1 1 j T17 Capital Journal Want Ads. TALKED TO CLUB Well-Known Jurist Was Speaker at First M. E. Church Last Night In discussing "The Kecnll as Ap plied to tiie Judiciary," before the Six o'clock club of tiie First Methodist church last evening, .lodge Henry L. lienson of the supreme court .issuined the general position- that it was absurd for "the people to sit in judgment of those whose decisions were rendered af ter deliberate judgment and also after hearing brilliant lawyers argue both sides of tiie question. The judge was of the opinion that the decisions of the people were not always c.ilni and deliberate and from a historical standpoint, cited the trial before Houtius I'ilute, who against his own judgment, yielded to the clamor of the public. iFollowing Hie able paper rend by Judge lienson the recall was general ly dismissed, tiie general opinion among the older men being that the recall was . .1 - l. ...... ...., langeroiis. while the younger lawyers expresses Hie imiuiii mai me 't-o'ii-were not liable to abuse the privilege of tiie recall. "Too many material things influence people to vote for a recall," said Jus tice lleorge II. Unmet t. "With the re call, competent men could be releg.ited to the back ground for those who know how to shake hands and mix with the people. There never was a legislature in tiiis state but was the direct product ol' the people." "The people need to cultivate sober judgment rather than to submit to tiie excitement of the moment, and the pub lic is safe as long as people .let on the'r better impulses," said Justice llurnett. Walter Winslow agreed with Judge Benson that the H'ople were capable or passing judgment on many subjects, lint for himself, could see no danger in the recall. "The people have not allowed themselves to run away with tho ree.ill so far, and I have not hoard that it has been used with bad re sults," said Mr. Winslow. Opposition to the recall of n judge for an unpopular decision was voiced by Mr,i Winslow. "I believe the people have made fewer mistakes than the legislators. 1 am strong for the people but they are to blame if the right kind of legislators are not elected." "I do not like a whole lot of what is called reform and progress," said Judge .1. C. ilorelnnd, clerk of the su preme court. Acknowledging that the recall, initiative and referendum were here to stay, tiie judge thought the next best thing was to remedy the laws, as a man now could with but I U. . I.. U... .1 little ditticultv, secure aamigh names on . petition to force an election on a recall, lie urged that a law be passed, permitting onlv the names of registered voters on a recall petition. He also recalled the fact that during the sos siou of the last egislnturo, he intro duced a bill providing that no man should sign A recall petition, unless a registered voter. Like many other bills, it died in committee. Hoy F. Shields also agreed in general with Judge Benson and said that often lawyers feel that when the decision goes against them that it did not seem right, but later, come to the conclusion that the judgment of the supreme court was sustained by the evidence. As to the recall of judges, Mr. Shields wis of the opinion that a judge could be tried ns any ordinary city citizen, if found to be corrupt. District Attorney Hingo believed that the recall would never improperly be useu. j ne power to recall indues shonlit be in the hands of the people, state Treasurer T. 11. Knv ,i .i , .i ... u;i' opinion nun me recall is aimseil CZiTt h;;;T .'ift'l t,"'' 'nT in ,'. propoi'Vciii. 'go their ami : si"- " lf ih" "'' is 'H . . Vu- place and un the petition-. This;""' lll:"1' l,f European market carr.vinir around a net it ion should nnr.tho.v no permitted, said .Mr - Knv. , Alaska Coal Fields Ready To Be Opened For Independent Miners Washington, Feb. ;.--.V'tual devel opment nf the f :l llll llmstl- h-Ii Citniiii- ka ,Hml MA in Alaska' will begin this Tho i,,,,,,,,,,,!,. miner wj i,ave ,.i(ince, under the lease system Secretary of the, Tiito'ior l.nie is expected to announce wi'hin the next few. weeks, to work this cod He-fdd Uncle Sam has o carefully .....,., fl.llm .,;., 1,M,,1 .... i. ,i. ,.,,i l.arons. Tins is the prediction Secretary of the Interior I.ane. I from By fall the plans to have the govern-jis nient railroad built tot lie coul fields. An army of railroad builders will gin nnout March 1st to complete the line to the Malanuska fields. "Our immediate objective is the Matanuskn fields,'' said Secretary I.ane today. "We want to push tho railroad through so that we will be in the coal fields bv the end of this year. We have drawn a lease on these coal lands. We hope within "ill days to be able to announce those parts of the coal fields that are reserved to the government. At the end of this vear we hope to have a fro,A,,ci,orgeptoii,cMat,.s. ka fields, and we ought to press on from the Mataiuiska Kiver through the Susitnn vallev." The immediate work1 this spring and summer on the Alaska rniliouil according to Lane and Chair man Kdes of the Alasls Dailrond Com mission, will be to complete the road from the deep water terminal nt Reward through to Matauuska. "W jihm to BACKACHE AN Hear Mr. Editor: , finally decided to put it into the drug For the benefit of others, I gladly : stores of this country within iminedi give this statement regarding the ate reach of all sufferers, merits of Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. Simply ask for Doctor Pieree'B An Am nearly TO years of age. I suffered uric Tablets. There can be no imita from backache, weak back, rheunia-. tion. Every package of "Anuric" i tism, and could not control the esc- sure to he Dr. Pierce's. You will cretimi of the kidneys. I can safely find the signature on the package say that "Anuric, " 'the new discovery ; just as you do on Dr. Fierce 'a fav of Dr. Fierce, Buffalo, X. V., has done'orite Prescription, the ever-famous me more real good than anything J friend to ailing women, and Dr. have ever taken for these aiiments. I Pierce's (iolden Medical Discovery, I thank him and wish him success in; proven by years to be the. greatest gen ius field of relieving the suffering. ! eral tunic and reconstructor for any Sincerely yours, ' one. Mrs. 5s. M. Flint, j At any rate don't give up hope of being cured of your malady until "An Note: Fp to this time. " Anuric '' , uric " has been tried. Just a few has not been on sale to the public, but : doses have proven that it will make by the persuasion of many patients one fed like a different person, aiid the increased demand for this won-; Editor Please insert this letter in dcrful healing tablet, Doctor Pierce has ; some conspicuous place in your paper. build this summer ns much as possible of the road from Kern ( reek to Anchor age," said Chairman Edes. The final payment for the Alaska Northern Rail road, bought by the government, will be made July ii, according to Chair man Edes. The. whole purchase price was l,l.'if,ri0( and the government al rondv has paid a half million. That the Alaska Northern can be put into Uhape for $100.0(10 is asserted bv See . 1 . ..... .i r.,tnr- Tune He insists the govern-' incut got a bargain m acquiring it, as it cost .t.,7"0,000. Seventy pound ; diet what the cotton states will do to rails are being laid on the new govern-1 ward prohibiting the exportation of nieiit road and new track of 1" miles . cotton, but it is safe to predict that from the end of the Alaska Northern I the import duty will be reduced nia- has already been laid, and 20 more, miles graded. Pratuni News Notes (Capital Journal Special Serviced Pratum, Or., Feb. 2 Miss M.y.v liar- per, who attends tne Capital Business ....ll...... :.. U..ln.. ui.mil ttiu u-P.i .- Ottll iliii,-;r in ..ini.i, ..j-.... .... .. v . .... with her father who resides east of this city. Miss Leiu Bnmseyer spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe riiimseyoi. Mr. I.eo Nadon, who has been em ployed in Portland, is visiting with his i rents. Miss Verna T.udi was a Salem visitor Wednesday. Mr. George Schaap was a c.ipital city visitor Saturday. Miss Blanche Cornu is recovering fro-r. a severe attack of la rippe. Mr. Nadon, who resides etst of this city is very ill with the la grippe, A hard times party was given by tour young ladies last Thursday even ing in the hall. A good time was en ,)O.M'd by ill present. The Franklin Literary society gave its regular meeting 'Friday evening. A large crowd attended. The debate on, llisolver, That a spendthrift is more of a detriment to his county than a miser, wis handled by the following: Affirm ative, Melvin Lien. Alicia Weltv and K. C. I'etticrew; negative, Joe C'ralinne, S. CI. Yates and Otto Bentler. The judges chosen were: Miss Maurer. D. .1. Steiner and S. S. liaunignrtncr. The decision was in favor of the affirma tive. The following program was giv en: Kecitation, Isiah Stiencr; music, S. J. Yates; reading, Harry Bischoff; current events, by K. C. I'etticrew; and music my Mr. Weiss, 'the next meet ii;g will be held February 12. Mr. V. J. Krehhiel who is on the federal jury in Portland is home for Sunday. Mr. Karl Soamster. of Snlein, visited Thursday with his brother. V. I.. Seani ster, w'uo bought the Pooler store. Brazil May Offer Big Cotton Market Hiu De Janeiro, Jan. 2.1 (By Mail) Brazilians now paying big prices for their cotton goods believe there is a Cotton Combine here, which is takiu"' was otjn,p,.,t.l(it. of the short northern Brazil ,.,.,, to i,,,,,,., ,.,,.,,,.,. The people be- ,!,,iff "!'"''' An- - V.T;iX;i:;;e !" ''Z.r 'i;.; l'assi1.-1' vo;"r 1,"war'1 m ,!"ltt ""; "'V'1' t",)l's;",n e- mnv ,,,, hl ni.irl;et here to take have lost. Brazil wears cotton. i Not onlv wears it, but grows it. There are more than three hundred Brazilian mills manufacturing it. These mills employ To.OOil operators. Therefore, when a two vears' drought in the northern states reduces the crop by halt ami a cointiine ot buyers, pro tected by a 4 cents a pound import duty, vomers this half and makes the textile industry pay an exhorbitnnt price for it. the Brazilian sits up and i !'"' f"'- f'" '!'" lf t1"' l''- "" l1""1 a twentv per cent increase on it. the ""i.OoO operators are working half time and the other Brazilians arc pnyin.i more for their clothes, and other cot ton goods. The onlv happv men in r Brazil, so far as cotton is concerned. are tne niciuoers ot the Olivers com bine and thev are sitting tight behind their four cent wall and savimr noth- except that it is still te'rriblv drv :n the northern cotton fields. ' Last jiiveu l icsiuvni inn-. iiir-cmi a Ilivm he-Mveek President Bra7; directed orial to the governments ot all the cot ton states ot Brazil, urging them to raise tho export duties on cotton to a Always Watch This FOR THE Wi have all kinds of Axes, Sledges, Wedges, Saws and Equipments lor mo nuutio. AU kisds of Corrugated Iron for both Boofs and Buildings. X A good $S00.00 Laundry Mangel, slightly used for one-fourth original eosl $15 AND $20 NEW OVEHCOAT3 AT $3.00. J I pay 1 1-2 cents per pound for old togs. I pay highest pries for hide and fur. J H. Steinbock Junk'Co. The House of Half a Million Bargain. J 802 North Commercial Street. Phona 0 2 D RHEUMATISM prohibitive figure. This is the extent of his power over export duties, which are regulated by the states individual ly. Kecently a government measure was introduced in the federal senate proposing to delete or tit least reduce, the duty oa imported raw cotton. The memorial to the states was directed in the hope of stopping a possible short age in the Brazilian markets. The bill in the senate has for its purpose the reduction in local prices by means of outside competition. Nobody can pre- terinlly and that is the big hope of the ! textile industry, the hope of the Amer , ican exporter and the benefit of all concerned except perhaps the Brazilian I grower and the combine. The grower doesn't worrv. excent for oratorical 'purposes, because he produces the best ,,,,,, iH the .(irl(1 whc tho drought . him I LI STIFFNESS AW Bring Back Color, Gloss and Thickness With Grandma's Recipe of Sage and Sulphur Common garden sage brewed into a heavy tea, with sulphur and alcohol mbled, will turn gray, streaked and faded hair beautifully dark and luxuri ant; remove every bit or dandruff, stop scalji itching niul falling hair. Mixing the Sage Tea ami Sulphur recipe at home, though, is troublesome. An easier way is to get the leady-to-use tonic, costing about 50 cents a large bottle, at drug stores, known us "Wveth's Sage and .Sulphur Compound," thus avoiding a lot of 1UUU6. While wispy, gray, faded hair is not sinful, we all desire to retain our youth ful appearance and attractiveness. By darkening vour hair with Wveth's Sage and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it does it so naturally, so evenly. You just dampen a sponge or soft brush with ir and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand nt a time; by morning all gray hairs have disap peared. After another aplication or two, your hair becomes beautif ally dark, glossy, soft and luxuriant and you appear years younger. The nomination of Mr. Brandeis for supreme court justice is indication that President Wilson is not only "too proud to fight," but is--ready to meet a fight half way iu a good cause. Lime Starvation Caus.es Tuberculosis The Medical Rc.ord (Nctt York) of Ueeembrr IS, IVUII, lontnlni article on "The Treatment of Pnl monary Tuberenlosla. Haseil ea tae AiNuniitloa That the Dietetic t'aune of the Disease la l.lme Starvation," hr Dr. John F. Hussell, who aayai T'he condition which la reeoaralaed li preceding the active development of tuberculuHla la the adult may be considered a due to lime atarvatioa. Among laorffanlc aubatancea lime aalta appear to ba of apecial phyaloloKical importance but If the aalta are not In organic romblnatloa It la difficult to auppoae that the celia can appropriate tkeia for food." Tears of widespread use confirm us In the belief thnt the success of Eckman's Alterative In cases of pul monary tuberculosis (consumption) and chronic throat and bronchial troubles Is due In large measure to Its content of lime, so combined with other ingredients as to bs easily ap propriated by the cells. Doubtless this has hsd much to do with the results obtained in many cases of these affections, which ap pear to have yielded to Eckman's Alterative. As it contains no opiates, narcotics or habit-forming drugs, it is safa to try. Tour druggist will order It for you or you can send direct. Kckaiaa Laboratory, Philadelphia, Ad' -Changes Often WOODSMAN -3f (WaVir MBTRKW-aW