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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 8, 1916)
Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal''; CHABLE8 H FISHES, Editor and Manager. WKDXKHDA Y EVEN'IXG, November S, IP 10. PUBLISHED EVEHT EVENING EXCEPT BUND. SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. n . n a vilflirT U B. BABNES, CHAS. H. JWiKK, President. Vice-President. SUBSCRIPTION RATES $5.00 Per month 3.00 Per month Daily by carrier, per year iJaily by mail, per year "FULL LEASED W1KB EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES nr.- v,t w.nl l.pwin Williams Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People 'a Gag Building " The Capital Journal currier boy. are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier docs not do this, n..ssea you, or neglects get jug the taper to you on time, kindly phono the circulation manager, as this is the only IT.y we Yn J "determine whether or not the carriers are following truetion ?one Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. n THE COST OF STYLE It would be interesting as well as surprising if the amount "Style" costs the United States yearly could be ascertained. While the men would have to- answer for a small portion of it the greater part would be chargeable to woman; for it is the ever changing styles in her wear ing apparel that is responsible for the larger part of the CSThe merchant, especially the merchant of the medium and smaller cities, dealing in women's goods has in the changing styles his greatest problem. He does not know how long any given style is to be the proper thing, and hence has no means of judging as to the size of his stock. For this reason he takes big chances if he orders much, and consequently is handicapped in carrying as large a selection as he would like, or as the demands of his trade actually require. On top of this he must jump the price pretty stiffly to protect himself against a sudden change of fashion. A short time ago the ladies, God bless 'em, were hobbled and practically hog tied so far as their skirts were concerned. The material in those hobbled skirts was practically worth about what it would bring as rags when the fashion changed. What the merchants had left in stock was dead waste, for a woman might as w ell be out of the world as out of style. It is the same with every change of fashion, the mer chant is left with a lot of dead stock. It would be indeed an interesting story if the sum total of the loss thus caused could be learned. Not only the actual loss in the dead stock but the increased price the wearers must pay in order to protect the merchant against this loss. HOW THEY WERE RUNNING f In the early days of Kentucky a rich English squire came over to this country, and purchasing a large tract of wild land, found his principal amusement in chasing foxes, which were numerous, with his big pack of hounds. One day the fox having given the hounds a long run, the old squire got lost in following the pack and riding hot haste trying to pick up the trail again he ran across a tall, lank Kentuckian who was chopping wood. Pulling up he sputered out: "Say, my good man, did you see any thing of a pack of hounds after a fox, pass this way? "Wall," said the native resting one foot on the log and squirting a mouthful of tobacco juice at a mark ten feet away, "I reckon I did squire." , "'Ow were they running?" asked the impatient Eng lishman. , , . , , . i "Wall, Squire," was the reply, "it was kind o nip and chuck, but if anything, the dogs was a lettle ahead. It looks as though wheat had about reached its limit. Fluttering around $1.82 in Chicago, going up or down as outside influences bear upon it. Heavy rains in Argen tine saving or partly saving the crop now getting well on toward maturity. A short time ago this crop was looked upon as a failure, and this possibly cutting out of the world's markets 15,000,000 bushels of its bread supply, was one cause of wheat's climbing so near the $2.00 mark. The assurance of at least half a crop, or perhaps more, caused the reaction. While no one can forsee what speculators may do with the cereals, it looks as though the price would be lower rather than higher. Bread having been advanced in price, or the size of the loaf reduced in most places, on account of the high price of wheat, it will be interesting to watch the re, luctance with which the price will be reduced should wheat drop back to normal again. While Carranza has imposed high duties on many products he has made most food stuffs free, in an at tempt to relieve the condition of the starving in the bandit infested states of northern Mexico. No matter what the final result for president is there is every indication in the returns that the wild and wooly West purposes to have its say in national affairs hereafter. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1863 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT DORA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and Treas. 45c .;i5c TELEGRAPH REPORT Special Agency, Tribune Building THE DEFEATED Since all the campaign flags are furled, the last spellbinder's bleated, the saddest thing in this old world is one who was defeated. Until the last he hoped to win; now drearily he hikes it, and wears a weird and wintry grin, and would my best while in the game," he says, his eyes a-brimming; "there are no sore spots on my frame, since in the soup I'm swim ming." Will he get back to honest toil, to wise and sane endeavor? No! One cam paign's enough to spoil a patriot forever. The lust for office in his blood he'll never quit his run ning, although he meets a nasty thud whenever he goes gunning. To save the dear old spangled flag, and serve the darling people, all through his years he'll chew the rag, on forum, stump and steeple. For weeks and months our weary ears to piffle have been treated; now for the winners we have cheers, and grins for the defeated. LITTLE .TALKS ON THRIFT By 8. W. STRAUS v ' PrtiUtnt Amtrican Ssciitj fir Thrift In the home should the seeds of thrift be planted. A nation cannot rise above the level of its home life, and the pub lic lite of a nation is the reflection of the home life. We should remember that the thrifty nations are the hardest to vanquish in war or in any other great crisis. . There are numerous ways in which a housewife may save, small ways, a few cents at a time, hardly worth while in the opinion of mme, Many women with large families would be too proud to ask their milkmen to deliver skim milk to them and thus save a few cents, because the milkmen might think th ey were poor or stingy, or be cause they are under the Impres sion tha skim milk has little or no value. Yet it is a very econom ical food material... To be sure, it has lost its butterrat by being skimmed, but there are left the su gar, the mineral substances and the protein. Skim milk is classed with such food material as eggs, meat and cheese. Two quarts and a half. H0RNI3RD0K SAFE CALIFORNIA IS IT Both Prohibition Amendments Defeated In State of California Sun Froncisco, Nov. S. Complete- re turns from nil sections of California will show defeat of both prohibition amendments submitted to the voters Tuesday according to announcement this afternoon by representative of the I'uited California Industries. Execu tive Officer McDowell declared all re ports indicate that the wets have won. It was evident, however, iu spite of this statement flint the result might prove to be very close. (Scattering fig ure tabulated dining the morning in dicate that amendment No. 2 might run more strongly tlinn had been expected and some of the drys were predicting its passage. The returns show that- cities are ev erywhere voting against both amend ments, while the rural district are fa voring them. Keep Dreams Quiet. Ion't tell your dreams if you have a skeletou in your closet. To mauy graduates of experimental psychology the psycho-analysis of 7 ' X aV imiaii lift It'll Significant you never find a drug gist, anywhere, who does not carry For'The Teeth Powder Cream PrmprtJ ty m Doctor Bond 2e stamp today for a ("roas trial package of either ut. L.70Q I rertsct Tootla LW.Lyea & Sea, be, 661 pretend he likes it. "It did of skim milk, at four cents a quart, contain about as much protein or energy producing substance as a pound of round steak at twenty cents a pound. Oyster stew made with skim milk is good to the taste and very nutritious.- By buying a scale and weighing: her purchases, a housekeeper found' that in one week, through short; weights, she had lost 16 cents which means $8.32 a year. When boiling water to cook food, it wouldl he well for the cook to remember, that no matter how fast the waterj boils it gets no hotter and the heat, used in boiling away more water' than is needed is wasted. Many housewives throw away suet, which, if rendered, has the same value as lard. What makes the city garbage contract so valuable is the great amount of fat left after refining. Analysis of raw garbage shows that grease constitutes 3.S per cent and fertilizer, ingredients 0.3 per cent. The value of a ton of raw garbage is about $5.00. the grease being worth $3.00 and the fertil izer ingredients $2.00. It's these little things that count with the economical housewives, who really have more time to think of how they can save than their mothers did, andtiicy should not forget to instill in their children ideas of thrift in the use of heat, light and all household conitnod. itiea. v Kansas Gives Wilson Plurality of 10,000 Topeka, Kas:, Nov. 8. Kansas has given Woodrow Wilson 10,000 to 13,000 plurality over Hughci, possibly more- It has chosen four democratic and four republican congressmen, gave a rcpub liean governor the largest plurality and candidate has ever received, elected a republican legislature and then picked democratic ami republican local offic in Is iudi-scriminntelr. The worst split ticket Kansas lias ever known became apparent with more complete returns today. Counties couut ed Bolidly republican . went to Wilson and democratic comities went to Hughes. B. B. Anthony, republican in the First district; b. t. Little, republican, in Uec ond district; P.. P. Campbell. Governor Capper apparently has plu rality exceeding of 125,000 in the state with the republican state ticket running 50,0(10 to 00,000 over the democrats etnts ticket. dreams is as simple as solving algo braic problems. In fine, medical men, under the tute Inge of Professor Sigiuund Freud of Budapesth; Ir. Carl Young, of Zurich, Switzerland; Dr. John . B. Watson of Johns Hopkins University and others, seriously demand the narration of dreams, not only of sirk persona but of those in perfect hculth, with a view both to find the causes of nituiv phy sical and mental ailments as well as to clear up many threatened dangor or prevent troubles to oome. A mf Cwtfaf Smrgtry Powder 01 Dental Cream. W.27tliSt,N.Y.Gty OPEN FORUM 9! IS IT A SQUARE DEAL? Houston,' Texas, Oct. 15. To the Editor of the Capital Journal: As a student of sociul justice I am interest ed in knowing if it is right and proper for the supreme court of a sovereign state to extend a heavy examination fe"c from n young man who seeks ad mission to the bar upon examination, then hold an examination and official ly admit through written evidence that the young man passed the bar examina tion, yet refuse to grant him a license, and also refuse to return his examina tion fee. I am only seekingjenlightcnment. I am groping iu the dark for that which is riglir. Can supremo court judges permit this practice and still hold the sacred confidence of the people!. Perhaps the applicant fur admission who paid his fee nud passed the bar examination was obscure and of little influence. Would this alter the-un yielding law of right .Should this fact lie sufficient to deny him Ills birth right of justice? .Should not justice be accorded to the weak us well as the strong'! Is nny system of justice tliut fulls short of this ideul worthy of the 1111 me? It is not my purpose to chiimiiiou the cause of this particular young man. 1 desire rather to call attention to a gen eral principle. Is it right? 11 it. is right, then let every struggling young man who applies to the privute committee of lawyers who examine applicants under stand that if this committee desires to throw him down and keep his money, that 1-s their privilege, as well as their authority. If the young man is told to try again, and is thrown down again and again, let him understand that he has 110 body or tribunal to which he may appeal except that sense of justice Hint lies in the hearts of the people and which is the source of all law and the authority of nil courts. . Let me be specific. A certain young ninn took the bar examination in Ore gon in May, J 1 5. The examination was conducted by a committee of lawyers who luul been chosen for that purpose by the supreme court. On the opening day of this examination the youug man was writing answers to questions in grammar and composition when one of the examining committee came to his desk and took all papers and answers from him, because it wus the noon hour. The young man was suffering from nn n thick ot acute iiiuigestiou. (Ibis, of course, will evoke a smile of incredulity troin any crooked lawyer). Urammar and geography the youug 111 nil did not romplete, but supposed that he would be allowed to complete them in the aft ernoon. Having completed all other af ternoon examinations he asked to be al lowed to answer the questions he could not rench while iu the grip of pain. The privilege of answering these questions was denied him, although he had several hours of idle time on his hands and the examination was still iu progress. He was assured, however, that his, failure to submit answers to questions in gram mar and geography would not be held ngain-st him, under the circumstances, in grading his papers. He passed the law examination and made passing grades in every academic branch iu which he was examined. But the committee of law yers refused to certify his name to the -supreme court for a license because he submitted no answers to the questions he was refused permission to answer. The chairman of this committee wrote the young man a letter in tfhieh he used. this language: "1 find that you passed the bar examination satisfactorily." Still the young man was not granted a certificate, and the clerk o'f the supreme court has definitely refused to return CASTOR I A Fir Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature CHA1TKR I.XX. "I Bin going to Chicago on busiuess, Mildred. Would you like to go with met" Clifford asked. "I surely would!" I quickly replied. It was the first time since our marriage that he had offered to take me any where with him. "But what about Edith t" "Why she will stay at home with Kate and Xlaudy, of course." "But I have never ieft her Clifford, ant once since she was born have I been awav from her over night." " It 'a time you have then. For heav en's sake, Mildred, use a little common sense if you have any which I some times doubt. I am going on a business trip- Tf you care to go I will take you, but I don't want to hear any fussing about Kdith, either before we go or while we are away. If you don't want to leave her, why etay at home your self," Clifford finished impatientlv. "Oh, I'll go, dear!" I hasteaed to say. "Mnudv is entirely trustworthy, and Muriel Franklyn will, I am sure, drop in occasionally. But even as I said it I knew I should fret for Kdith, yet I determined to go. A Complete Wardrobe. I was so glad that my wardrobe was iu such good condition. Clifford would have no cause to be ashamed of me be fore his business friends, I thought, ex pecting of course to meet them. I pack ed my trunk with the rrentest rare, se lecting only things which were new, so in the latest style; or were exceptionally MM What You Can See On SHASTA ROUTE Three Daily Trains-Portland to San Francisco Shasta Limited No. 15 No. 13 8:20 A. M. 3:50 P. M. 8:00 P. M. V KM t ai' U 5:50 P.M. 6:50 P.M. 7:30 A.M. Illustrated booklet showing scenes along the Shasta Route sent free on request. JOHN M. SCOTT, General Passenger Agent, Salem, Oregon the money collected as an examination fee. Is it right? O KO. W. DIXON, (Former Secretary Oregon Hotel Asso ciation.) A Freak Plant. Eleven fully matured tomatoes and as many good-sized potatoes ' growing nn 11 single plant in the vegetable gar dens of the Pennsylvania (State college constitute a new wonder of the vege table world. The expeiment was conceived by C. K. Myers, professor of experimental vegetable growing at the college. A potato wns planted, and on the stalk produced a young tomato shoot was grafted. The union wus potected with NONE BETTER YOU'LL LIKE IT Butter HUSBAND AN A JOURNEY becoming. The dny before we were to start, I al most banked out. Every time I looked at Edith a lump would come iu my throat, and I had to swallow hard to keep the tears back- But in the morn ing, we left before she was awake; aud the excitement of going, Clifford ' evident approval of the dross I wore, helped me not to give way. I wore a handsome, dark, cloth tailor suit and a small hat to match. They were very quiet, but quite stylish and elegant. And although I wiped a few tears away when I bent over Edith to kiss her crnrut -tivrt T nil ohM tn anwap PliflnrA I ; . J - - - ! rh(Mrfiillv w)iin hh railed ia m. "Hurry, Mildred, or you will make me miss mv train! " "All right, dear, I'm all ready I " I called back, then, with a last patring injunction to Mandy anent F.dith, I ran out aud jumped into the taxi beside him I almost felt as if I were going on an other wedding trip. I said so to Clifford ai we rolled along, and he laughingly kissed me sav ing: "I believe that's what a groom is ex pected to do as toon as he has his bride alone, isn't itf" A Disappointment We had a pleasant trip but arrived in Chicago in a pouring rain. Clifford immediately commenced to fuss because he had brought me with him. "A man's a fool to take a woman with him on a business trip! " he graum- MM t PORTLAND Salem (Capitol Bldg) . Albany Eugene (University of Oregon) Roseburg (Cow Creek Canyon) Grants Pass Medford Ashland (Iithia Springs) Mt.-Shasta Shasta Springs Sacramento Canyon Red Bluff Sacramento (State Capital) Port Costa Oakland SAN FRANCISCO f wax and bound with raffia, exactly as) is done in the ordinary grafting of fruit tress. On the vine were many tomato blos soms, and these developed into normal tomatoes. Underground at the s,im time the potatoes thrived as if they were growing under the stimulus of their own vine. Philadelphia Noth Am erican. The Baltimore inventor of a- new pneumatic gun claims it will hurt dynamite shells weighing 20 pounds S3 miles. ntraviolct rays' aid digestion for persons with weak stomachs, according to a French physician. I Not PURE AND RICH SWEET AND CLEAN D 9- bled, when I rather insisted, we wail and take our trunk to the hotel on the) taxi he had called. "Next time IU know better." "But,Clifford, we are going to a big hotel. Yon don't. U-nnt ma -. . - t dinner in a traveling dress, do you!" I luuiuuir Bsnea, uuaote as usual to keep still when he was out ot sorts; and ma nsnal bringing more trouble upon my self. , "What has your looks got to do with it, compared to my ability to transact the business I came uponf " he asked sarcastically, just as the cabby appear ed with my trunk. We had lovely rooms he had wired to reserve them and as he went out im mediately we had taken possession of them, I unpacked, bathed, then made my toilet for dinner. I took plenty of time, and when at 7 n'truk T . wi nd waiting, I felt satisfied with the rnitlf I sat down by the window and gazed out at the lights of the city while I waited for Clifford to return. Seven 0 clock, a quarter then a half chimed from a nearby tower. . Then the tele phone rang. With a sinking heart I crossed the room and took np the re ceiver. "Go down and eat your dinner, them go to bed; I shan't be in until late," 1 lit ford said, then without waiting for an answer hung up the reecWer. (Tomorrow A Lovely Evening.)