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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" THURSDAY KVEMNO. August 2, IPIO. CHARLES H FISHER, Editor and Manager. PUBLISHED EVEKT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. g. BARNES, CHAS. H. FISHER, " DORA C. ANDRESEN, President Vice-President Sec- and Treas. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ffwiw hT .arrler. ner Tear 500 P mntn DUy by mail, per year r , 3.00 Per month 45c .3uc FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New Tork, Ward-Lewis-Williams Special Agency, Tribune Building Chieago, W. H. Stockwel 1, People 'a Pan Building. . Tha Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the orak. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or -.eglects gettitng the taper to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as. this is the only ay we can determine whether on not the carriers are following instructions Pake Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special paeasenfer if the carrier has missed you. , THE CHANGE TIME BRINGS Mr. Hughes speaks tonight in the Mormon tabernacle in Salt Lake City and will, according to advices yester day, have a tremendous crowd out to hear him. This is quite different from conditions in that then village along in 1857, when the Mormon war song was the popular air and the Legion of Nauvoo was getting ready to attack the United States army then on the way from the Missouri. 4 The martial melody went something like this, or the first verse did: ' "Old Squaw-killing Harney's on the way The Mormon people for to slay To let him perish would be a sin So we'll take all he's got for bringing him in. Dudah! Du-dah!" ' They paid their respects to Alfred Cummings, of Mis souri, who had been appointed by Buchanan as territorial governor in place of Brigham Young, this way: "Old Buck has sent we understand, A Missouri ass to rule the land." ; However there was so much "more truth than poetry in that stanza that the balance of the song need not be repeated, although it might be added that the soft cadences of the mellifluous chorus were repeated at the 'end of each verse and the singers sometimes gave it more "pep" by ringing in the chorus after every two lines. It may be said of these same Mormons however, that they found Salt Lake a desert and made it a garden. This, on top of raising Apostle-Senator Reed Smoot, is certainly going some. They are a great people and deserve all H f Via Mnvmnns. w ith all their faults, have set the" world an example of industry and thrift that is worthy of emulation. CANDIDATES AND PARTIES Assessor West says he will not put the forfeited lands on the assessment roll this year and gives his reasons which are apparently spund. He points out that the state county cannot lose by not assessing the lands unless that non-assessment runs over, a period of more than five years. In other words, that at any time within five years such lands can be placed on the rolls and the taxes be collected. Another thing about the case is, that if the lands are placed on the rolls the county will not get a cent trom them, but will have to pay the state its prc-por- tion of the tax although it is not collected. In other words the county would have to pay the state whatever the state tax is on these lands, collecting the money with which to pay it from taxation of other property. Unless the land grant counties feel like making the state a pres ent of a neat little sum they will not assess the granted lands until it is discovered to whom they belong. STATE NEWS A special train of Portland celebrants passed through on their way to the Coos-Bay-Eugene wedding last night and should be at North Bend today. They beat Salem to it but Salem although a day late is proud of the fact that with only one tenth or less of Portland's population she sends more than halt as many of her citizens to rejoice with her neighbor over at tidewater. Salem will be there Friday night and there will be something doing from the time she arrives until the last sad farewells are said. A sensible woman writes the doctor who edits the health column in the .Oregonian that she thinks men are foolish to wear collars and coats during the warm weather, and that they should don shirt waists and open collars. She is eminently correct, and men will follow her advice when she and her sisters discard that belt line armor plate known as a corset. One is about as senseless as the other, and the two make honors easy between the sexes as to blamed foolishness. The state board of health of Louisiana is making an investigation of the water supply of the cities and towns of the state. It is announced that so soon as this is com pleted a survey of the milk supply will be begun. Is the examination of the water just a preliminary to getting at the real character of the milk? The Oregonian criticises the Jackson club for resolv ing itself into a non-partisan body merely for the pur pose of placing democratic nominees on the ballot as non-partisans as well as democrats. While it is true that a person cannot be affiliated with, or as it is usually expressed, "belong" to a party and at the same time be a non-partisan, it is quite easy to be the candidate for each party or group. We have no less an example than that of the distinguished republican candidate for congress from the eastern Oregon district, one of the ablest and squar cst men in the state regardless of party, Hon. N. J. Sin nott, who is on the ballot as the candidate of the Repub lican, Democrat and Progressive parties. It is conceded "Nick" with all his versatility cannot be a member of all these parties at the same time, yet there is nothing to prevent him from accepting the nomination as the man all parties desire. If our big contemporary wants to tackle the Jackson Club it should hit it where it lives and where the blow might reach its solar plexus. An indignant correspondent writing a Portland paper and signing himself "Anti-Mud Slinger" criticises the democrats who criticise Hughes and while deprecating mud-slinging generally says: "Perhaps, however, it is not to be wondered at, coming from those who make a practice of registering and voting at the primaries of a party they do not belong to as good democrats are sup posed to do in Oregon." Pretty fair stab for an anti mud slinger isn't it? With a little practice he should be a champion mud-slinger himself. Former Governor West generously offers to Governor Withycombe the collective advice of the Oregonian, Tele gram and other papers friendly to his administration, as to the best manner of conducting the state prison. The governor having requested the appointment of an ad visory board, it was real thoughtful as well as kind of Os to go to the governor's assistance. Those particular .newspapers used to give West all kinds of advice on how to run the state institutions. When "Doc" Epley steps off the cars at Mashfield its a ten to one bet that someone cheers the arrival of the G. 0. P. Fred Bynon might do the Bull Moose stunt and make the illusion still more real. This is only a hint to Marshfield folks that the Salem visit is not of a political character. As the master bakers in the east insist the price of bread must be increased because of the advance in flour, which by the way seems reasonable enough; why does the price of bread on this coast stay at the same figures it does in the east where flour is $8 the barrel while here it is $6.00? Young Ensign Green makes no mention, of finding Peary's Crockerland alleged to be northeast of Greenland Peary's alleged discovery caused an expedition to be sent to prove statement. Green, being from Missouri, was the right man for the job. Mrs. John McTaggnrt of Madras, ure., believes she possesses a valuable secret in the process of making dyes from berries, roots, bark mid plants. one says sue was informed by an ex pert of the Oregon Agricultural college that (lyes made from the vegetable king aom are not a success because tuey fade, but on following the directions tor tests her colorings came out un scathed. She forwarded to Congress mun Sinnott a number of samples of eiotn lived in ilitterent colors from Ure gon berries, roots and bark, requesting thut tests be npplied by government ex perts. Mr. Sinnott will ask tiiat the materials submitted be made the sub ject of experiments? Oregon City Enerprise Classes in modeling at the University of Oregon hereafter will use silica taken from the mines of the Silica King Mines com pany of Oregon City in their class work Charles T. Terrill, of the silica com pany, has received assurances from the big state grhool at Eugene that the local silica was ideal for the work. For use in modeling, the silica is placed in tubs of water until it has absorbed all the water possible and is soft. Jt is then moulded into the desired shapes and allowed to dry. Eugene sculptors have found that it dried without crack ing and has tin even surface. Marshfield Herald:' Jesse Smith, while in town yesterday, was relating un experience he and Watt Short had the other day while traveling the trails in the 25-9 country east of Allegany. They were on . duty as fire wardens and had seen many deer. As they were plodding along on an open trail they ame luce to lace with two large buck elk and two cows. They were within i50 feet'of the animals when each party saw the other. All stopped and sur veyed the situation. Reports from Eastern beach resorts indicate the girl bathers use one of their shoestrings for bathing suits. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1S6S CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes . SAVINGS DEPARTMENT The Oregonian thinks the main trouble with our battle ships is that they are too slow. Well, if that is true they can be depended on not to run away from any enemy and to give a good account of themselves if attacked. The market quotations from Chicago showing the cost of living has increased 25 per cent in the past year, will cause Cupid to unstring his bow, ditch his arrows and go out of business, or else buy an automatic. With all the belligerents taking part in the fighting in the Balkans the officers in command should understand about how the masons felt at the building of the Tower of Babel. RipplfngRhumos w ImiTu HAPPY THOUGHT Just think of it September's near us! The summer days, that badly queer us, will soon be past and gone; we'll look outdoors some luscious morning and see a film of frost adorning the orchard and the lawn. September's coming, bless her gizzard, and later on come snow and blizzard, down from the arctic pole; and you and I, oh gentle neighbor, will have to buckle down and labor, to raise the price of coal. Let winter come, with roar and nimble! It seems to me I'll never grumble again at wintry blast; it seems to me I'll hail with gladness Old, Boreas, whose maudlin madness has bored me in the past. The cold will be a welcome comer, for I have had rav fill of summer. and dust and heat and flies, of torrid nights and scorching breezes, and prickly heat and punk diseases, and ants and brazen skies. September's coming, gentle reader, the heat, that long has been a leader, will soon be on the wing; so let all sad and baking mortals cheer up and fill the air with chortles, and smile and dance and sing. r"SL v. Medford Sun: Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, president Columbia university, of New York, fumed publicist, and not ed in the political life of the nation tor bis associations witn presidents, spent a few hours Thursday in Med ford en route from Crater lake, which he visited with his wife and daughter and secretary. "Crater lake is one of the wonder spots or the eartn, saia Dr. Butler, "but 1 can't understand why you don't improve your ronds and have more people see it. I heard of it by chance. They tell me you are wait ing for federal aid. That is one of the great faults of the American people, thev desire others to do their work. They always want 'Oeorge to do it. Federal aid is too slow. I commit ten vou in a week all the things I think about Crater lake. It is a beautiful Ashland Tidings: Pew people in the Rogue river valley seem to realize that a .j00,tl00 cement plant has been con structed at Cold Hill ami will be m operation with a capacity of 1000 bar rels of cement a day, as soon as a few pieces of machinery arrive trom the east and are installed. Although no definite date has been set, actual oper ation is expected in September, and cement will he shipped out in sinau quantities through the full. At pres- nt tne plant is pracucuiiy cumpiei.cu. About 400 men have been put to work at the plants of the Peninsula Lumber comp"ny and the new ship vard connected therewith at St. Johns, Ore. Oregon City Enterprise: Mrs. B. A. Anderson of Maple Lane was in this city on business Saturday. Mrs. An derson snys that the coyotes in her section of Maple Lane are giving the residents considerable trouble in the way of carrying off poultry. Their yells can be heard for some distance. It is planned to rid the neighborhood of these animals. A timber wolf was seen a few days ago by Mr. Haas. THE SCAFFOLD FELL. San Francisco, Aug. 24. One man is dying and two others are in. a seri ous condition nt the Totrero hospital today as the result of the collapse of vacation Season Fare $5.ie Week End 1 $3.85 trip should not be delayed. Newport ''Oregon's premier beach resort" is not far away and is easily reached. 2 Daily Trains from Albany and Corvallis-. Low round trip fares are available. Good hotel accommodations. Fine surf bath ing. Boating on Yaquina Bay. You can't beat Newport for a place to enjoy a vacation. - Ask any local agent or write to John M. Scott, General Passenger Agt. Portland, Oregon Southern Pacific The Nation's Favorite Butter Nut There Is No Better Always Watch This Ad Changes Often MHHMtH IIMHIIIKm Strictly correct weight, square deal and highest prices for all kladf at junk, metal, rubber, hides and furs. I par 2Vte per pound for old nt. 2 Big stock of all sizes second hand Incubators. All kinds eorrsgated iron for both roofs aad buildings. Hoofing paper ' and second aaad linoleum. JH. Steinback JunkCo. Tne House of Half a Million Bargain, 108 North Commercial It Plea Ma nmttntiiMtntnMiimtiiui a scaffold on which they were work' ing, D. Dalgren, Oakland, may die. John Mclntyre, received body and in ternal injuries. J. Parsons had both teet crushed. top of a 23 foot scaffold at the West ern Sugar Refining company when it gave way. Oil of cedar is one of the anti-mo The men were hoisting pipe to the , squito drugs. aJVH . a la vir" JP" .vJane Phelps - I'T-W IT ' Ms W-1 MILDRED ARRAIGNS HER EMOTIONS CHAPTER III. Mildred looked at the clock. She was surprised at the time for even when we are unhappy the hours slip away and gave a start as she saw it was nearly 12 o'clock. She had been anxious for Clifford to come, yet now she dread ed to have him see her. He would be t'ross when he saw she had been crying. She trembled at the thought, and the tears stnrted anew. "Hello! what did you sit up for? You'll lose your beauty sleep if you do this. Did what! been crying again The devil! What 's a man to do with a woman-like youf Crying, sniveling all the time, rretty looking object you are! I should advise you to go to bed, wher you can't be seen." A Cold Welcome. Not a word about leaving her alone until so late, not a kise when he came in: just hard words bweeause she had been crying. Ami she only cried be cause she loved him. Couldn't he un derstand t' Or didn't he want tof Mildred had not spoken, but she left the room as her husband suggested. She undressed and crawled into bed, her slim body shaken with sobs. She must control herself. Crushing her face into the pillow sheViually grew quiet, just as Clifford put out the light. He didn't speak to her, and she hesi tated, afraid she would cry again.. But creeping close to him she lay very quiet !ly until his regular breathing told her ', that he slept. j All night Mildred lay awake, trying to think what could be the matter with her. What had she done to lose her hus- , band's love? Could she ever make him' lenre for her again as he had seemed1, to when they were first married! She rose before Clifford wakened and when she saw how pale and wan she ' 1 looked, she did all she could to remove the traces of her unhappy evening, and , sleepless night. She put on a pale pink house dress that Clifford had admired, j ana tola ner was becoming, combed net hair more painstakingly than was usual with her in the morning, aud determin ed to be bright and cheerful when h I came down to breakfast. 1 "What have you for breakfast this morning, Katef" she asked the maid. "Spine eggs and pertates, ma'am." "Cook some bacon, Kate. Nice and crisp, as Mr. Hammond likes it. And make some corn muffins. You'll have time if you hurry. He's not np yet And Kate please take great pains. I particularly want a nice breakfast this morning." "I 11 do my best, ma'am." Returning to the dining room, Mil dred fussed around the table, changing this and that dish, putting the moraine paper ,folded as Clifford liked it. be side his plate; drawiug the curtains o that he would have plenty of light, yet ro uer a mue in snaaow. Perhaps he would not notice hnu- wnm ..,1 t;u,t she looked. "Hurry, Clifford! breakfast is nearly ready!" she called to him. A Misstep. Mildred had not meant to maka any advances, but she couldn't help it, or SO she told herlf Sh ....! i ' v.- dignified when she knew she had dons noiuing wrong; but as yet she had been. uuttuie ia control ner impulses. Their breakfast passed off pleasant Clifford was pleased to see Mildred u un-iueu to ignore all that had pass ed. 'and chsttnl with hn ...j:.J l.. " "v., .c-auiug ucr bits from the paper as usuSL He kisesd her carelessly on her cheek when ha left, aud said nothing when she forgot her good intentions, and passionately told him of her love. "I'll be home early with theatre tickets," he told her. "You better le down after breakfast and rest." (Tomorrow A Look Backward.)