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"1 Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" SATURDAY EVENING, juiv is, win. CHARLES H FISHES, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. f. a RARVES. CHAS. II. FISH President Vice-President SUBSCRIPTION BATES K carrier, ner rear $3-00 Per month Daily by mail, per year , FULL LEASED WIRE EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York, Ward-Lowis-Williams Special Agency, Tribune Building Chicago, V. II. btoekwel 1, People's Una Building. Th. Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the area. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or i.eylocts gettitng tho naner to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, us this is the only war we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phono Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will bo sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. SOME CRIMINAL The railroads although pretending to be playing dear; uffio Tnfcnnv cinfp thp nonnle bepan takine some control! of them through the utility commissions, are still far from i being all the good little Doys iney seem 10 ue. r ui yeaia the roads running from Chicago to San Francisco and Los Angeles have charged $20 more to tourists making the trip by way of Portland or the Sound than by way of New Orleans, and this, although the latter road is con siderably the longer. ' . . The Southern Pacific is the road principally responsi ble for this and it has no excuse for its action other than that it needs the money. It claims the road from Portland to San Francisco is an expensive one to operate and that its business is light. For this reason it levies toll on tourist travel to play even, cinching the whole Northwest and injuring itself immensely by so doing. It is a short-sighted policy, for it offsets the same road's action in trying to induce tourists to take the Shasta route. The company publishes pamphlets beauti fully illustrated for the purpose of inducing travel to Oregon and then drives the same travel to some other route by an unnecessary and illegal charge. It may be all this publicity work of the Southern Pa cific is for the purpose of gathering in that extra $20. It would look that wayf for if it really wants tourist travel by the way of Oregon and the Sound, all it"has to do is to cut out the differentials and give the Northwest the same rates it does the Southwest. If passengers can be hauled from Chicago to Los Angeles at a given rate by way of New Orleans, why can they not be carried over a shorter line between the same points at the same rate? t There is no reason only the arbitrary one of petty tyranny on the part of still more petty minded officials. The public utility commissions of Washington and Ore gon have attacked the Southern Tacific and other roads over this discrimination, and have taken the matter be fore the interstate commerce commission. They should a tho vniirnnrls hp rnmDelled to cease charging more for a short haul than for is being done in the discrimination against me iwuiwesi on passenger rates. ' Mohair is bringing a good price and the demand is un limited. The angora goat is, as it were, indigenous to the section west of the Cascades. The unuerorusn is auunu ant and that is his favorite dish. Logged off lands grow abundant crops of underbrush without plowing or seed ing, and furnish succulent pasture ' for the family of Capricornus. This naturally suggests the bringing to gether of the goat and the underbrush and while making a profit from the finest mohair in the world at the same time get rid of the brush and make useful and productive the logged off lands. Hood River is working a similar proposition using sheep instead of goats to pasture the logged off lands in the southern part of Hood River val ley. The idea is the same but as a land clearer the goat is far superior to the sheep. The latter takes more kind ly to grass but the browse is the favorite food of the an gora. Turn lots of them loose on the logged off lands, and they will eat everything but the fir stumps. A dispatch from The Dalles tells of the Germans buy ing the stems of the cherries from the canneries there, and further says they are used to make poisonous gas. The story may be all right only it should have read pits, or seeds, instead of stems. Peach, prune and cherry pits are not the source of cyanide of potassium, but of hydro cyanic acid with which potassium is united to make cyanide of potassium. Under the constitution every state is supposed to have two senators and most of the states take advantage of this clause to keep two on the job. Sometime Oregon will wake up to the benefits to be derived from adopting this course. It is seldom Oregon has had two senators at the same time, and much of the time she has had noire. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18G8 CAPITAL Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Kit, DURA C. ANDRESEN, Bee. and Treas. .45c ...:toc 3.00 Per nioiitii TELEGRAPH REPORT DISCRIMINATION the long one. That is what $500,000.00 According to Attorney Joslyn, who is assisting in the prosecution of Orpet, that personage is somewhat various in his make up. The lawyer asserted he was a skunk, a red handed,, cold blooded murderer, a louse and enough other things to make him a curiosity that would have de lighted the heart of P. T. Barnum. Mr. Joslyn's meta phor is much like that of the Irish orator, who told his audience that "Ireland's cup of misery which for years had been, running over, was now almost full." Strange, isn't it how timid folks are. about going in swimming with a shark, and yet these same folks will hit a 60 mile gait in an auto where the chances of death are a hundred thousand times as great as from shark bite. It is the same principle that makes a woman climb a chair at the sight of a mouse, yet she will take a rolling pin to her old man and knock him out in one round. No shark victims are reported since the killing of young Stilwell and the gallant youth Fisher who went to his rescue despite the presence of the shark and lost his own life in so doing. One reason for the lack of victims is that there is no more shark bait. Naturally bathers are taking sun baths instead of wallowing in the briny, leav ing the latter to the man eaters. The dispatch telling of the killing of three automobil ists in California Thursday night stated that they were traveling at the rate of sixty miles an hour when a tire burst and the auto swerved and turned turtle. The coroner wisely remarked that he thought "they were traveling too fast." Talk about hard luck! how would like to own a beach resort near New York City and have a measly shark take possession of the ocean front just when the hottest wave of the year was doing its best to send people to patronize you ? The Marshfield Daily Record of last Saturday issued a interesting special number dealing with the resources of Coos and Curry counties. It was well printed and pro fusely illustrated. AMERICANISM v If I elect to see a piece of Madagascar, Greenland, Greece, or any other clime, I'd like to feel that Uncle Sam will guard me well, where'er I am, without a waste of time. I'd like to feel as safe in Rome, as I am feeling here at home, with cops on every hand; I'd like to see insulters wince, when I, with hauteur of a prince, proclaim my native land. But when I traveled in Cathay, the people stopped me on my way, and pulled my nose and ears; and when I cried, "Unhand me, skates' I'm from the creat United States," they greeted me with K I 'J Hv jf-A jeers. They robbed me of my .fountain pen, f$.r V mv dHar watch and every yen, they stole' " u my dachshund pup, and I stood by and saw them swipe my safety razor and my pipe, and new tin drinking cup. I notified my government and asked that battleships be sent, as fast as they could track, to shoot that country full of holes, and prod the thieves with ten foot poles, and get my chattels back. But Uncle Sam just wrote some notes, instead of going after goats, and break ing some one's dome ; and so I say Americans will find it is, the best of plans to stick around at home. Valley & Siletz Road Is Fast Approaching Vast Timber Area Tho Vulloy & Silotr. ralroud has beeu completed to what is known ns the upper dam ou the Big Luekia niiile, and trains are now rmiuing to I lint point. The survey has been fin ished as far us the Haydeu place, on the Falls City-Newport highway. Hint it is expected that the line will be limit there during the Rummer. A camp is now being established for the inauguration of work ou the Inde pendence branch of the road, and it is stated upon what appears to be reliable authority that this connec-J tiun will be rushed through with all possible speed. Work trains are uow I running between "Hoskins and the up-' per dam, and those who have been; over the road say that it is in ex-( collent condition. The railroad cross-1 es the Hig l.uekuamute at tho latter place. H. I.. Donald of Portland, chief en gineer of the Valley & Silets, was in Dallas on Wednesday, and while here told The Observer that with a late fall the rnilroad would bo completed to the Harden place, six and one- half miles from the dam mentioned above, this year. A large force of , workmen are now engaged ou this portion of the construction, but pro gress must necessarily be slow on . account of the mountainous country ; through which the line passes. The completion of the road into the basin , will open to the company a vast amount of virgin timber, the harvest- ing of which is the chief purpose of I the new railway. Several years ago I a considerable amount of this timber i area was burued over and this will I b first logged iu order to save it 1 from decay. When the Hayden place plans had been consummated this valuable product will be available. Speaking of the probability of es tablishing a sawmill at Independence for the eonversiou of this timber into merchantable lumber. Mr. Don ald stated positively that no definite plans had been consummated to this end; that this part of the develop ment program remained for future determination. "The expenditure of $0,000 for land at Independence is of smnll consideration in a million dollar project, the promoters safe guarding their interests through the purchase in case future developments might require land at that point." said Mr. Donald. "The company could deliver logs to the Southern l'ncific at Simpson, or float them down the river if it so desired. It is possible to make a storage pond on the Independence holdings," con cluded the engineer. Mr. Douald stated, however, that the railroad would be pushed through to Independence during the summer, one camp having already been estab lished on the extension work. The ter ritory through which the road will pass from Simpson to Independence makes building comparatively easy. One pos sible hindrance is at the Alelmien bridge, across the Luckiamute, but this will likely be adjusted, without difficulty. The surrey is within a few rods of the bridge approach, aud some highway changes will probably have to be made. From Dallas Mr. Donald went to Falls. City, he also having general en gineering charge of the logging road now under construction by the Falls City Lumber & Logging company up Teal creek. Satisfactory progress is being made on this work,' Sufficient steel for seven miles of railroad has been delivered, and tracklaying is now going on. The road ia designed to deliver logs to the Falls Citr mill from the Cobb-Mitchell interests, which are also represented in the Val ley Siieti road and in Siietx basin timber. Dallas Observer. I AS WEIL AS DISEASE Have Superstitious Dread of Hospitals, and Fight for Their Babies By Betty Graeme, (Written for the United Press.) New York, July 13. "Oh, please doctor, da baby, he is nod seek any more. He is all right, I am telling you, he is all right! " I With this plea a mother in the dis j trict of Brooklyn stricken with the areau mtantile paralysis today sought to save her buby from the common ter ror of the foreign settlement the hos pital. Not only must the doctors and nurses engaged in the fight to save human life, battle with disease and filth, but with human ignorance. Mothers fight for their children when the ambulance arrives. The en tiro neighborhood gathers about tho doctors anil nurses. Often times there i are near riots. The incident of toduv was typical. In response to the appeals of .Mrs. Ilolman who lives Madison street, the ambulance physician picked up the mite of humanity, to see that he was "nil right.'' He stood the boy up. Tim little legs were normal. Then as childish awe gave way to fear, the wee bit of humanity burst into tears. Hut only one eye fills, only one side of the little luce moves. Iu tho immobility of the other side, is writ, ns plainly as in words, the pres ence of the malady iu its milder, more common form. A nod, and the nurse has stripped the child and donned the hospitul slip. As she unfolds the white blanket to wrap around it, the mother, with, a crv of despair, snatches her baby and the two half crazed beings cling to each other iu desperation, sobbing wildly. A policeman is sum moned and the child hurried awny with the shrieking mother aud neighbors, who swarm into the street, following in the wake of the ambulance until it disappears. Ignorame, fear and superstition com bino to block the work of those who are fighting day and night to stem the plague that clutches New York iu a death grip. The light, clean dormi tories, corps of skilled nurses and doc tors mean nothing to the poor mothers bereft of their young. f Southern Pacific Advertises Oregon In an attractive folder in which ap pears illustrations of the beauties of nature in Oregon, the Southern Pacific is advertising; Oregon as a playground. In no part of the west, even in the mouiitain divide regions of Colorado has nature been so lavish in producing startling effects. The wonders of this southern Oregon region are now placed within easy reach of the tourist as well as those who revel in the sublime in nature. For instance. Crater Lake, with its surface of 0,177 feet above sen level, is perhaps the most remnrkable body of water in the world. No hike in the world is equal in depth, none surround ed by so precipitous wal s and none claim' the distinction of being the cra ter of a burnt-out volcano. It is comfortable for tourists wif.i 'the modern ho'el on the brink of the crater. The road to the lake leads ! either through Medford or by way of i Klumuth, many travelers making the iloop. From Medford tt is M miles by ! comfortable automobile stages. Once at -the brim of the crater, aud the tourist may select his abiding I place either at the Crater Lake Lodge, 'or in the tents which Muster near by. There is the cruise around the bike, a 'trip to Wizard island where the Knights of Pythias held initiation ex lercises a year ago by special, permit, jof the government, nud ut the southern 'end of the shore, the Phantom ship. with its peaks 1,1.1s feet above the i water. i The Indians have wonderful legends , concerning Llao Hock, of Wizard Is land nud the various cliffs rising thous ands of feet perpendicular from the I water's edge. From Crater T.ake, It is easy staging ; to other wonders of southern Oregon the Josephine county limestone caverns jsurnamed the Marbie Hulls of Oregon, fnr more extensive than the famous ! Mammoth Cave of Kentucky. Big Transport Caught In Tropical Gale l Washington, ,Tuly 14. The United ! States naval collier Hector 11.000 tons ' was reported in distress 45 miles 'south by east of the Charleston light- ship, according to a radiogramto the i coast guard service. A gale was report ied raging at that point. A radiogram to the navv department from the Char leston vard this afternoon said the eol- lier Hector is limping northward under ) her own steam, on the outer edge of a j ', hurricane. Several steamers at 2 o'clock i i were reported close enough to take off I the crew should occasion arise. Hurricane Hits Coast Portsmouth, Vs., July 14. The coasts , of the Caroliuas and Georgia are being ! lashed today by one of the most furious tropical hurricanes in rears. Reports Teaching here say at least two persons have been killed at Savannah. .. The Other Way. "Then you don't want to Wove foot prints on the sands of timet" I "Nix." answered th politician guar- dedly- "All I want ia to eover up my tracks. ts. The Nation's Favorite B utter Not There Is Always Watch This t Strictly correct weight, square deal and highest prices for all kladi of junk, metal, rubber, hides and furs. I pay 8e per pound for old ngi. t Big stock of all sizes second hand incubators. All kinds corrugate - iron for both roofs and buildings. Hoofing paper and second aaad linoleum. H. Steinback Junk Co. The House of Half a Million Bargains. . 102 North Commercial St Pioas III Immigi :iz d:ii juiiKi cuiuii Din Not Pleasing to Works, Washington, July 14. Denouncing 'f Race and Race the proposed new immigration bill, ' suggested by Japan as the solution of j . ?'"1,,s ,k.fr 1a;1 .JuI' ".-8Panki , breezes filled the sails of numerous the exclusion problem, Senator Works, yachts, hundred horse power motors California, this afternoon declared in j roared in hydroplanes and expert a senate speech, that Japan must ! swimmers and divers practised their . . , , , , . ., . ' favorite stunts in the waters of Put- recognize "the unalterable fact that , In.Rav MaY ,Jav ft,ive W,A unlimited immigration of her people i sportsmen here to attend the 22d an into country, cannot and will not be nnal regatta of the Inter-Lake yacht permitted. " I 'nK association, w hich begins tomorrow Works demanded two armies and two ' ""l1, on,ls ;,,,1iv, 2,1 navies as the onlv wnv to protect the i B"utnf a", olnssos' f,rom 'awls an3 Pacific coast if War with Japan should' v,rl,l , '? ' were nl,jsp - , i manned DV sportsmen from manv mid - He' defended the California state lnw!.wesU'rn oities; J'0"'" JV hV i. i . i -i ... i - ;been arranged lor each day of the land-except, he said, it did not go far enough. Six Colored Troopers Buried at Arlingt on Washington. Julv 14 On the same green slope where such heroes as Sheridan. Meade, Sherman nnd Me-1 Tl)ree ra(.pl( for oa,.n ' of tea Clellan were buried, six colored troop- j ,.la8ses of vachts will be run, the first ers. members of the Tenth cavalry j Momlav. Prizes amounting to .V00 which died fighting at Carrizal werejwin be awarded, in the swimming laid to rest today. They were accorded ! events, central interest is iii tho 2 mile the same full military honors that I Great Lakes championship race, which marked the burial of their white cap-j is open to men and women nmatcurs. tn in I'hnrlcsi T. Ttnvil. lust. TuesdllV. . i Thousands watched the funeral cortege! as it wound slowly from imon station to the old home of Robert E. Lee, now Arlington national cemetery. Chances of Saving the Bear Are Poor Eureka. Cnl., July 14. Chances of re moving the steamer Bear from the reef on which she went aground last month were declared today to be very remote. The beach now runs out to the vessel and she can be boarded any time dry shod. Freight tennis are stopping un der the hatches nnd are receiving freight. The present plan is for the ves sel to use her own engines to dredge herself out and this will require a great deal of time. No preparations to re move her have yet been made and the pumps to be used have not even been completed. BASE BALL AT GEEVAI3 The Gervais ball team were again the victors last Siindip- when they played the Salem Motorcycle team at Salem, the score being 5 to 9. - This makes nine games played by Gervais so far this 9eason, S of which has been won by Gervais. The follow ing are the team: Canby, Brooks, Sil verton, Waiondn. North Howell. Mo torcycle club Salem, Lang 4: Company Portland. Kenton of Portland and the Motorcycle Club the second time. The Kenton club was the only defeat Ger vais has had this season. The game Sunday July lfi will be between Gervais and Knights of Co lumbus of Portlaud, on the Gervais diamond Star, MEMBER OF MARINE BAND ARRESTED AT DALLAS The city treasury has been enriched to the extent of 110 since the first of the month because of the vigilence of Marshal Chase in rouuding up persons whose immoral tendencies led them too far. Last week the Jap hotel keeper paid SHRi for keeping a disorderly house. Saturday night -the marshal taught a member of the New York Marine Band, which appeared on the Chautauqua program that day, as he was attempting to enter a window of the house of a woman whom he had followed home. The man put np $5 appearance money which he forfeited. Tuesday morning an old man living in North Dallas was arrested for inde cent exposure and paid a to fine in police court. Itemizer. No Better Ad Changes Often MOMt v--Li-. iimcr - Lahe lauuers Ready to Race and ,e ,, hnn ' .:' ,lp h plane event. Two races for each of the nine classes o power boats will be run. One hnnnicnp race for each class and one handicap according to tho American power boat association rules is scheduled. A hang and go back race will include cruisers, runabouts, ' ,irfl,,ii, express cruisers, opeu boats and by- Real Estate Transfers '.. T. Bogard et ux, to Tray Bogard J. Cooler el. No. SO S 1 W. Chas. Schnlenberg et ux to Mrs. Dell Bradley, lot 1, See. 2.") 7 2 W P. L. Warden to J. K. Harding, pt. blk. 10. Nobb Hill Annex. Geo. K. Brey and J. S. Cooper, trus tee to O. K. nud T. M. Harrington, lot 7, blk. B, Jinrlington Add., Salem. J. W. Bewlcy et nr to L. M. Scrog gin, iots 0 asd 8, blk. 0, Prickey's Add. Salem. G. M. Harvey et al by sheriff to P. Haslenbacker, E. Woodward el. HO 6 2 V. S. M. Wilcox to Jno. McKinney all blk, 5. Settlemier's Add. Woodburn. pt. J. B. Ducharme cl.(4 S 1 W. ,7 no. Tweed et al to Louise and John H. Lauderback, Caleb B. Chapman cL No. 00 7 2 W. John and Louise Lauderback to Joha Tweed et al, P. X. Woodworth el. ! 7 2 W; Caleb B. Chapman el. 00 7 2 W. Lauderback and Tweed et al to Joha and Manil M. Tweed, Caleb B. Chap man el. 00 7 2 W. W, W. Ray et ux to Adam aad Louisa Zenzer, D. C. L. J. B.' Dagnon. and 6, blk. 11, Riverside Add. Baled, and 0, blk. 11, Ri venule Add, Salem. Jenuie Maxfield to Nellie Bruns kit 4, blk. 11, Riverside Add. Salem. Jno. Moir to Jane Moir, pt. blk. 5, Roberts Add. Salem. Sarah Shanks to Wallace M. Wil liams, west 50 ft. of lot 4, Cochrane Add. Woodburn. Wallace M. Williams to Sarah Shanks, lot 1, Oswald Add. Woodburn. Claude E. (latch et ux to Frank A. Moore, lot 5, blk. 10, University Add. Salem. John W. Loder and Grace K. Ixnlef to Mary E. Hart E 1-2 of loot 1 and ue 1-2 lot 2, blk. P, Capital Park Add. Salem. MARION COUNTY VETERANS Preparations are now under way for the meeting of tjie Marion County Vet erans association which will meet ia -Silverton, Thursday August 3. The meeting wili be for one day and will be held in the city park. L. J. Adams has been secured to give the address of welcome; Mayor Potter wilt speak; ladies quartet will sing beside other program features to make the day pleasant. Veterans from different points ia the state outside of the county will b present and the "boys of the old bri gade" are planning a day long to b remembered. Silverton Appeal. -t1