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Editorial Page of 'The Capital Journal" CHARLES H FISHES, Editor and Manager. Tl'KSHAY FVKN1XG, September 5, 1SH'. PUBLISHED EVEBT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. S- nun n ivnorsuw. w. m tjAPVirn fH AS. H. FISHtK. President Vice-President DOB A C. AXDRESEN, Sec. and Treat Dally by esrrler, per year Daily by mail, per year u. SUBSCB1PTION BATES ftvOft Per month 3.00 Per month 45c 35c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEOBAPH BEPORT EASTERN BEPBESENTATIVES New Tork, Ward-Lewis-Williams Special Agency, tribune Building Chisago, W. H. Stockwel 1, People ' Pan Building. The Capital Journal carrier boya are infracted to put the paper, on the If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or -eglects gettitng the W to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager as thu u the only VZTwt e T determine whether or not the carrier are following instructions, n Mata 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. . MORMONS DOING WELL JUST LIKE WHAT YOU GET The Oregonian commenting on a statement made by some Sociologist that after the war there would be plenty of women tramps, and the further suggestion that some talk of polygamy had been suggested as a means in quu. ly replenishing the population of Europe, says: lhat would furnish an opening for the Mormons to move bodily to some country which encourages them to marry an un limited number of its surplus women." If our big con temporary had kept close tab on the "Mormon Church ot Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ" as they style them selves, it would know that the Mormon church is in no need of moving to any other country. It is claimed the practice of polygamy is no longer in vogue, however, but as to that only those in the church can answer. It is a matter easily proven though that the Mormon church is growing in the most surprising manner. It controls Utah politically and financially. It has Idaho in a firm grip in both these lines and New Mexico is almost under its con trol. It has, owing to its tithing system, more money than any other church and this vast fund is increasing so rapidly as to astound that part of the financial world in touch with, the situation. Recently the church erected an administrative building in Salt Lake City at a cost of three million dollars, and it possesses a general fund of at least three hundred million dollars. It owns the rich est mines in the territory, it controls the sugar beet in dustry of two possibly three states, it owns two-fifths of the Oregon Short line railroad and is interested in others, it has water rights of untold value and it has investments in all parts of the United States. On top of this is its tithing system that brings in one-tenth of the products of the Mormon people yearly. It is establishing its churches in every state in the union from Maine to Cali fornia and even down in Mexico. Wherever it gets a foot Tinlrl thpre like a Canada thistle it stays, and there it pros pers. There is no need of the Mormon church seeking or accepting any larger or more prolific field than the United States. It is doing very well thank you, and shows some growth in the last seventy years. There is quite a difference between living on roots and lodging in hovels as the Mormon people did when they first came to Utah, on,i Kniiriincr R:inon.nnn huildinps uist for its own con venience. There is a difference between crossing 1200 miles of wind swept and desolate prairies with all one s worldly possessions in a hand cart, and owning and oper ating a thousand miles of railroad. . Lieutenant Shackelton is a leader men can tie to. Leaving his crew or most of it, marooned on the ice last April, he with a few chosen men in a small boat made the passage through seven hundred miles of ice floes to a whaling station at South Georgia, and at once began the attempt to save his companions. They were left with only provisions for five weeks, and it was necessary to hurry. Three different attempts were made by him to reach his companions, and it was only last bunday tnat the glad news was sent from Puntas Arenas Chile that the daring explorer had succeeded and brought his men safely out of the desolate antarctics, and all in good health. It is a record to be proud of and a deed of daring to which the world takes off its hat." The Southern Pacific is charmingly frank and equally polite. Answering a complaint that a certain mill could not get cars for hauling its logs, the managers write the Public Service Commission explaining it satisfactorily. They say the reason there are no cars for the logs is that the company had to use the cars for the purpose of haul ing the finished product from the mill. That explanation should satisfy almost anyone except of course the fellow who wants cars and cannot get them. No reasonable man can dispute the fact that the same cars cannot be engaged in hauling logs to the mill and the finished product, the lumber, away at one and the same time. If the mill cannot get its lumber hauled away it has no use for the logs, and once it has no logs it will not need any cars to haul its lumber away for it will have none to haul. Here are all the elements of logic applied. The premises are plainly stated and the conclusions irrefutable. Following out this line of reasoning it will be seen that there is no reason for complaining about car shortage. The producer should remember that when a car takes his product to market he cannot expect to have it ready to carry more while it is being returned to him. It cannot possibly be traveling away loaded and coming back empty at the same time. This is'on the well known principle that vmi cannot eat vour cake and have it at the same time. The shipper disposed to complain should remember that he must give his carload ot stuti time to reacn tne marKeis nnrr the oar to rret hack before he thinks of complaining. With this system in operation tne car snortage wouiu no lonrer exist for the shipper would have one going or coming and what more can he reasonably desire? Why should a millman be in a hurry to have his lumber hauled away when he has no more logs.' And wny snouid ne want more logs when the lumber he has cannot be hauled to market? Go to, you foolish millman ! If you don't get what you like, like what you get, and you will be happy and contented. No matter what is done concerning the final settle ment of the dispute between the men and the railroad managers, it is nrettv certain the eight hour day has come to stay. It may turn out that the railroads will not be badly hurt as they imagine they will be, and that the whole affair may be dropped. Then men say they are willing to help the roads get better rates if they are necessary on account of the change in time. If the roads get this increase they will probably be satisfied. They could pay three times the wages they have paid, or will pay under the new schedule, and not feel it if the water was squeezed out of their stocks and the roads only had to earn a fair return on the money actually invested. The little cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born now belongs, as it should, to the people of the United States. It is a sacred spot; a shrine toward which Americans can turn to draw strength lor better and greater aeeus in the betterment of the world and the uplifting of human ity. It is the political Bethlehem, for there was born the man destined to show the way to higher and purer politi cal life and of whom it can be said: "He stooped to touch what others soared to reach." The latest dispatch concerning Villa says "he is still somewhere in Mexico." We submit that anyone who is familiar with Northern Mexico its heat, bugs, insects, reptiles and natives; that the statement that ne is in Northern Mexico does not necessarily imply that he is alive. When hell gets crowded that section will serve well for the over flow population. The soldier boys not only got the glad hand this morn ing but also a cheering mandout. No doubt they appre ciated both. Wrelsh is still the lightweight champion but it was a close shave. Almost as close as it was for the referee. sjc sfc sjc sjc sfc sc sjc sc sc )) sjc sfc sfc sfc : THE TATTLER ; ! Labor day Salem. was quietly observed in Colorado Springs was the war zone yesterday. Anyway, the dust is settled. Much of the spiciest news is never printed. ' Nice lot of boys, those Company 51 fellows. Nice lot of folks they've got, too. And some of their friends are pret ty nice people also. A kitchen stove that will bake bis cuits on its inside and boil sugar on its outside is a good enough stove for anybody. A certniu man in 8nlem laughed Sun day, and now he has two cracks in his face instead of one. Hop yard dance promoters are busy. Business at the picture theatres is increasing. The Nation's Favorite Butter Not There Is No Better Looks like a good fair. The weather next Saturday bids fair to be cool. Too bad. Hnlf of the good old circus smell is lost in cool weather. Whether the crop is long or short, the hop pickers have had the joy of spend ing their money in anticipation. BREWERIES NOW . MAKE PETJIT JTJICE Always Watch This Ad Changes Often Mr. Hughes having been dumb as an oyster concern ing the threatened railroad strike, never opening his mouth or dropping a suggestion concerning it; comes out in vitriolic criticism of the settlement the moment it is made. He is criticism personified, having been educated in that line while on the supreme bench, wnere ms ousi tipsq nnl rtelip-ht was to seek for and discover flaws in any crVir Wore him: and like all critics, has degenerated into a common scold. ' Marshfield is just beginning to find out what a big place she is destined to become, and of how much import ance to the balance of the state. With a thirty foot chan nel and a shorter haul to world markets she is bound to become the shipping pttnt for southern Oregon. (Kansas City .Star.) In the campaigns for prohibition it Oregon and Washington the liquor in-) tercsts pointed to the big brewing ( plants, which would be closed, and the hundreds of men who would be thrown out of work if those states became drv. and that argumeut had influence with many voters. But prohibition came in both those states and this is Miat hap pened: You have seen in The Star a page advertisement of "Loja", a new fruit juice, lhat is a product ot the brew eries of Oregon and Washington. Leopold I'. Schmidt, founder and and owner of great breweries in Olym piu, Salem and Bellingham, saw. that prohibition was coming. He believed in the future of fruit juices aud he or ganized a company and before the pro hibitory law went iuto effect he stop ped making beer and equipped his three brewery plants to make "Loju." the juice of loganberries and "Appleju" the juice of ripe apples. The new fruit juices were liked by the public, the de mand grew, the business prospered aud now, instead of being closed, the three breweries are niHiiiug at full capacity and more men are employed than form erly. And these men have the pride of knowing that they are in a clean busi ness which is a benefit instead of a curse to mankind. Idaho Holding Its Primary Election Boise, Idaho, Sept. 5. Republicans ami democrats are nominating congress ional, state and county tickets in the Idaho primary today. Uuterest centers in the republican euhernatoival and congressional eon tests. Captain K. ('. Davis of Boise, D. W. Davis of American Falls, Lieu tenant Governor Herman Tavlor of Saud Point and George E. Crum of Lewiston are in the race for governor. Congressmen Addison T. Smith and Robert -M. Met racken, seek reuomina tion. Other congressional candidates are Burton L. French of Moscow aud E. K. Klliutt of Bonners Ferry. . Governor Alexander ' has no opposi tion for re Humiliation. His Device. "Hullo, Tom! What's this I heat about your having some lnbor-snjiug dc vice?" "It's true, all right. I'm going to marrv ou heiress." Strictly correct weight, square deal and highest prices for all kld of junk, metal, rubber, hides and furs. I pay 2c per pound for old raft. X Big stock of all sizes second hand incubators. All kinds corrugated T iron for both roofs and buildings. Eoofing paper and second kaad r linoleum. H. Steinback Junk Co. The House of Half a Milliom Bargains. 103 North Commercial tt na4 m MM- Of course it had to rain when the boys came home, else how would they know they were home? R'tppHngRhumos iwarcnavon,.; osm Children Cry for Fletcher's The Kind Yon Have Always Bonght, and which has been in use lor over 30 years, has borne the signature of - and has been -undo under his per- 'Jrf- p1' sonal supervision since its infancy. &ccU4l, Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-ns-good " are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger tho health ot Infants and Children Experience against Experiment What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Props and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It ' contains neither Opium, Morphine nor otlier Narcotie substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms aud allays Fcvcrlshness. For more than thirty years it lias been in constant use for tho relief of Constipation, Flatulency, "Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS ) Bears the Signature of Si In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought 4W CINTAU1 OOMNV. tffWYOMW CITV, CLIFFORD'S LOVE WANES i ii 'if f"?"t':4y CHAPTER XIII LADD & BUSH, Bankers ., Established 1868 ; CAPITAL - $500,000,00 Transact a General Banking Business . Safety Deposit Boxes SAYINGS DEPARTMENT INVITATION TO AUTUMN Come, eentle Fall ! Imperial Autumn, come Heat long endured has knocked us out of plumb; sagged in the back and wabbly in the knees, humbly we beg a breath of Autumn breeze. Long have we watched the redhot days drag by, panting and sick be neath a well-done sky; as people long, when Winter has its fling, long for the glow and genial warmth of Spring, so do we yearn, our backs against the wall, yearn for your chill, O life-preserving Fall ! Bring on your frost, regardless of expense ! Bid Summer quit, bid heat go humping hence! Wilted we stand, a weary, washed-out band, hoping that snow will come and hide the land, muttering low, amid the endless heat," "Fall, when you come bring forty kinds of sleet ! Let every gust be born of arctic snows, freeze all our ears, put chillblains in our toes! Cover our spinach with a coat of rime, let us be cold, for three months at a time !" Let us repeat, ere heat hath made us dumb, Come, gentle Fall, imperial Autumn, come ! Father and mother had been cone It seems so stranire when I look at the three davs when Clifford returned. I In-ginning of my story that some one Wns sitting up, and the baby had grown else -should have written it. My story! wonderfully. He came in about 7 the story of "My Husband and I." o'ekx-k in the morning. He was bronzed I found the first sheets soon after with the sun and wind,vfull of good na- I was able to be around. Jiy nurse, iture because ot the very good tim !f;Nt came "Would vou care to se m.- i. -: t & .. nl.;U T.i.-i j l : . . : i i.:. A1IS8 emeu, nail nruieu iiirui i'4 t imu nuu ou 1115 vm-auuii, nun ins -" ,,, ..tf! lr;. PIJ,. .ill cess m xisiiuig. "Did you have a good timet how is the babyf Quite a young lady now, I expect!" "Indeed she is!" I replied with en thusiasm, although hurt that he had forgotten my remark anent her when ha hert" still resentful, "Miss Elden . 'bring her in if you would. She it with. was ill: and had forgotten to taka no ne n-ill, hir 1 hurt Them Pftra l'Fli.1 viwi hiv. A tTi-t.i hmAT A m I " '" V" ""-"I-" Y7 v:Ti ' ,r V " , ."V; . " ..: I Mandv.' rullv awav wnere no viib vuiuu nu vu giuu 10 gt'i hicki ou l vou iiuu i itw..i u -,i. .A.tf oestroy mem. cue u-u mui m orenwi. ffi, ,, v. i,,i i, foriiigs, my uuhappiness while sue was with me, "so vividly. But now that years have passed I shall finish the story of our life together Clifford ' and' mine the story eommenoed by some one else. VYy It Is Told. Miss Elden died soon after she left "Yes, I had a tip-top time." he said in auswer to my query. "I never knew the fish to bite better! You got my let ter?' he said. when the babv was laid in hia arms. "Why notf time," I rejoined. Then- seeing that Clifford was in no way impressed either I by my tone, or the sarcasm, I boasted Mie looks exactlr like you! xom les, l received your letter,"! ans- .. , . . . . that it hart ; ; " ' U7'riil inl,tlv till in.liimnnl been the on'lv letter I had received: and i Bay Is Admired. more so that he could so calmlv mention r "Who wants tot Not me! although. me, so she will never -now nun i nw i it, and without apology. "I did not at-1 1 am sorry sue dqesn t resemme yoo. her loosely-written sheets, nor that tempt to reply, a you had left no sure Her chances a a beauty would be ia what she had told prompted me to finish .ddrees even had' we wished to com- creased. But as it is I expect I shall the story of my married life. Imunicate with you," I added, deter-1 be very proud of the young Miss," and o oue, not even myseir, could pui nnued he should know that I resented i he laid her verr gentlv on the bed. ... t ... i l ! . . . I .... ,...,. into words the suffering I endured in; his neglect. the first weeks of my baby's life. The "You look very welt again!" he re neglect, that hurt so cruelly, the feel-1 turned, paying no atteutioft to the iug of loueliuess that to oppressed me. remarks. Then, as I grew better, the despera-j "Yes. I am quite well. The doctor tion. I am sure that had my bauy not savs I mnv go out tomorrow." lived I should have died too; my self- tormenting thoughts, my anguish was so hard to bear. And I was so young. That's fine! I'll get a machine and take you and the kid for a ride. Miss Llden can go with us. By the way, What a foolish thing a woman is, a young woman. Just because of thost few gentle words I could almost have forgiven Clifford the neglect of months. He continued: "Now I must go to the office," and he kissed first me, then the oaby. (Tomorrow An Automobile Bide.)