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Editorial Page of "THe Capital Journal" TIU KSDAV KVKXIXU, December 7, nun. CHARLES H FISHER, Editor and Manager PUBLISHED EVEET EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, CHAS. H. FISHER, President. Vice-President. DORA C. ANDRESEN, Bee. and Trcas. (SUBSCRIPTION RATES Baity by carrier, per year $5.00 Per month 4ae Itnily by mail, per year 3.00 Per month 35e " FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EAST HKN R EI'RESKNTATl VES New York, Ward -Lewis-Williams Special Agency, Tribune Building Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People's Gas Building The Capital Journal currier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, mimics you, or neglects getting tho paper to you on time, kindly phono the circulation manager, aa this is the only way we can determine whether or not tho carriers aro following instructions. Fhone Main 81 beforo 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. HAVE THE GRANARY OF THE BALKANS According to the dispatches yesterday Bucharest, the capital of Rumania, is in the hands of the Teuton allies. At the same time there is a grand disruption in the Eng lish cabinet, which this news will not tend to better. Rumania has simply received the same treatment from the allies that all other nations joining them have received and is paying the same penalty as did they. At this dis tance it would seem that the whole trouble lay in the fact that there is no united and concerted action between the allies. It has been the habit during the entire war for each nation to act largely independent of the others. When Russia was making a hard drive on the eastern front the allies on the west laid off and watched the fight; and when the fighting was most desperate on the western front, Russia took a breathing spell. This is the main cause behind the row in the British cabinet for Lloyd George who stands head and shoulders above the balance of the English leaders has always insisted on con certed action and a lessening of bosses. The object of the German drive is said not to be Buch arest alone, but a determination to crush the Rumanian armies and then make a further drive at Russia, with Odessa the probable objective point. This of course is only guess work, for the German generals are not prone to tell their objects in advance. However, should this prove true, the Teutons will have the biggest contract they have yet undertaken. To advance a short distance into Russian territory may not be very difficult, but the country is so large and railroad facilities so poor that to penetrate any distance into it is a difficult matter. Napoleon went to Moscow. He also came back. That is about all any nation can do with Russia. To send an army thousands of miles from its base of supplies and wjth Russia's. restricted railroad service, maintain it, is a practical impossibility. Germany will probably be con tent with having meted out severe punishment to Ru mania, and will not try to go far into Russia. She has captured great supplies of foodstuffs and is in possession of the granary of the Balkans if not of Europe. In this respect her victory in Rumania is of more importance' than any of her others. Tortland does not like pork, but at the same time dis likes to see Tacoma get that 13,000 troop post. The Chamber of Commerce wires Senator Chamberlain that the proper place for the proposed headquarters is old Fort Vancouver, Washington, which it may be incidental ly remarked is really a suburb of Portland. e nope Portland may get the post established at Vancouver for several reasons, some of them sentimental, but at the rame time would not sec our neighbor have pork thrust upon her. But a short time ago folks were sitting up of nights to worry over the infantile paralysis epidemic prevalent in New" York. With a letting up in the number of deaths, all interest in the matter suddenly died out until it was seldom spoken of at all. Will the present insistent de mand for lower prices of foodstuffs follow the same course? Prices were' high for a long time before any one made a kick about it, but when it started, a lire is the only thing that can grow and spread as it did. The embargo idea has taken a firm hold on the public and especially on congress. With the session but a few days old there have been embargoes suggested on almost everything. One wants it on paper, another on leather, still others on wheat, beef, coal, wool, cotton, and so on through practically the whole list. So far war munitions have not been mentioned very loudly by the law makers, especially those whose constituents are engaged in manu facturing them. The militant suffragettes of the type that conceived the idea of the alimony special with the diamond head lights, in the interests' of Hughes' candidacy, are doing the cause much injury. These women constitute the strongest argument against national woman suffrage. The little city of Umatilla in Eastern Oregon has the distinction of having all its officers women. The mayor, or mayoress or whatever the official title should be. was a candidate against her husband for the place and won. hands down. It being the iirst city in the state, if not in the United States to officer itself with women, the names of the lot are worthy of being placed on record. The mayor-is Mrs. E. E. Stecher; the four council "men" are, Mrs. C. G. Brownell, Mrs. Roy F. Paulu, Mrs. B. Spinning and Mrs. H. O. Means. Mrs. J. H. Cherry is city record er, and Mrs. Robert Merrick treasurer. The balance of the state will keep its eyes on Umatilla and its ladylike officials and watch with keen interest the result of what can be done in the way of managing a community by the hands that rocked the cradle and chased the male bipeds oil their old time jobs. It is the earliest hope of The Oregoninn that congress will adopt the rec- 'iilut ions of the president. They would do substantial iustice to the rail roads, the employes and the public. The minds of congressmen should now be so free from nil thought of entering to any special interest that they will be able to legislate calmly and. deliberately for t lie common iood." The ion- pie do not desire that the railroad men be given less than justice; the rail road men surely do not desire more. They should be content to lay their case fiiirly before congress, uppenliug only to reason and trusting that all ineir ,usi cniiins will ne granted. iJrcgoiiiuu. Now that the election is over the Oregcnian cordially endorses the views of President Wilson and advises congress to heed his suggestions. Its editorials have un dergone a great change since election day. The interstate commerce commission has done awav" with the $15 differential against the northern routes, as compared with the southern lines, and visitors to the coast can now travel as cheaply by way of Seattle and Portland as via New Orleans and Los Angeles. It should prove of great benefit to the northwest, as well as the tourist, for the latter will see some scenery the like of which can be found nowhere else. There never was any excuse for the differential and it should have been done away with long ago. A big pleasant looking chap got on South Commercial street car recently, stopping on the back platform where little crowd was discussing the high cost of living. "What is your opinion about it?" asked one as the argu ment lagged. "Me," said the big one: "Well I really have not the slightest idea." Some of the crowd turned pale, some sat down, and some looked as though they thought he belonged in the asylum. You see it was not because he did not know that caused the ructions, but because he told the truth so brazenly. ; . i . ..: v The Hungry squad has completed its two weeks dem onstration of the fact that a person could live on 40 cents a day. This has been a well established fact in most households in this country for the last hundred years. Now that the doctors have discovered it they are puffed up with pride and are telling other folks how to accom plish what they of necessity have been doing time immemorial. T a 0 M "The Natural Shortening" Cake that "melts in your mouth"! Cottcjene creams up easily and beautifully and in sures the lightness and delicacy that good cake requires. By using Cottolene in cake-making you will always be sure of the best results. This excellent pure food product is the ideal shortening for bis cuits and pastry of all kinds. Used for frying it makes foods better, more tasty and more digestible. You can have it in large or small pails, as you like. Arrange with your grocer to supply you with Cottolene regularly. Almond Cream Cake Cream V cup of butter and Cottolene packed togsther.add one cup of sugar, and mix in alternately cup of milk or water and two cups of pastry flour sifted three times with two teaspoons baking powder. Beat well, flavor and add five stiffly beaten whites. Bake in two layers. Whipsweetenedcream until stiff; flavor with almond ex tract and sherry; add chopped blanched almonds and spread between and over the layers. Garnish with cherries. From "HOME HEWS" maifed tret it you writ our General OfKcn. CMrago 1 1 jjH -fegnaaiffia'' jj pSTHTiTFA IRRAN K company - 0 1 1 OPEN FORUM it: STREET PAVING BONDS. bonds which will not bear liny interest until signed and delivered. Sow as to making new improvements, on say one or more blocks, n petition can be pre sented to the eity eonneil by part or all of the people interested in the im provement and they shall then be furnished with an estimate of the cost of such Improvement and before it est and all these bonds within 2' years, allowing a reasonable increase in assessed valuation.. There are several reasons why this low rate of interest is desirable, it is so low that it will eliminate all specu lative interests and it is high enough that the bonds will he desirable for savings investments. It also makes it To the Kditor of the Daily fnnitnl .lonnial: I desire to use your Open I "hall ue ordered by the council there assume the form, of a popular loan l oruin for the following letter which sna " he enough money placed in the with the purchasers already provided: I think will be of interest to the vot- hands of the city treasurer by fhe this will keep 25 to 30 thousand dollar ers or faleni and certainly to the ) poiiiioners to cover tne expense of sunt paen year in Salem instead ot sending property owners. improvement and in return for said 40 or 50 thousand east under the ordi- llaving expected to see upon the bal-' f1,ln of money the council shall author- nary bonding plan, and each tax payer lot a proposition looking to the bond- UAS tu0 ixuanee of an equal amount of will be a bond holder and s hfaiem ing of the city for the purpose of re- "'o above mentioned bonds to the booster. The Rochester, New York, Herald asks: "Shall biog raphies be truthful?" Of course it is hard to look into the future and make any prognostications as to what writers may do, but if this species of literary vanity does not change its skin and also its spots the answer will be a unanimous negative. Rather queer isn't it that the two big Standard .Oil magnates should have the same prefix: "John D." Now only one has it though. The other had it. The fact that the Oregon hens are taking a lay ofHn stead of doing the Macduff act does not cause any appar ent shortage of real "fresh eggs." ' i. At present prices for meat Shylock would probably have managed to wiggle along with half his order, or about eight ounces. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18G8 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT THE OLD SLOGAN The frosty breezes have emerged from lands where snow is dropping, and pretty soon we will be urged to do our early shop ping. Thus speed the busy months away, by hopes and fears attended; 'twas early spring-time yesterday, and now the Fall's near ended. But yesterday the fields' were green, and bugs and birds were cheery; to day we're burning gasoline across a land scape dreary. The old time slogan makes me sad but never sour or surly when all the merchants in the erad. crv. "Do vour shopping early !" For it reminds me of the fact that life is swiftly flying; Time has no pity and no tact; he wants to see us dying. 'Tis but an hour since Groundhog Day, when we were blithely skating, fir when we blew our coin away, the Fourth a-celebrating! 'Tis but an hour, and now we hear the Stentor loud and burly, who roars and jars the atmosphere "Please do your shopping early !" Well, such is life, and men and dames, and maids with tresses curly, will brace themselves against their hames, and do their shopping early. LIU Landing the expense incurred on street party or parties paying the money. improvements to date, and providing a . -However, the city council enn refuse means of carrying o;i future improve- niako any such improvements if in incuts, and not having a chance to ' judgment it is not for the best in vote on the matter, I have a plan that terest of the city or for the public appears to nie sufficient to cover all good. Xow for n fen- figures. These objections that might arise, in the mat-1 bonds can Jie issued under the unit ter, us follows: Chnngo the charter so ! system of nothing less than ten dol that the issuance of $1,500,000 in j 'ls even multiples of that amount, bonds can be authorized by tho proper an improvement or claim amounts authority, bearing II per cent interest to Iii"'." issue bond for &!0l.00 and from the date of issuance. Jieturn to . collect the $4.25 cash, or if $104.7" is each property owner on which the se bond for $1110.00 and pay $4.75 pavement or improvement assessment enshs this will about equalize itself, has been paid enough of these 3 perj After paying out the $750,000 would cent bonds to cover the amount of the leave of one illion dollars, the sum of street improvement, and in cases where . $50,0ii(i, and it is likely that sum only part of the payment has been paid would be more than sufficient to cover and the balance stands as a lien or jail improvements to be made for some bond against the property, the owner j years to come. of the property shall pay enough money i ' The interest on $1,0(10,000 nt 3 per into the city treasury to pay the bal-1 cent would be $30,(100 per annum, an ance due on said bond and accumulated I annual levy of : 1-2 mills will likely interest thereon and he shall then be j be enough ' to pay the interest on ail entitled to have issued to him the bond j issued bonds unci before a larger levy cohering the entile amount of his (would be required the increase of street assessment for paving or im-j values of assessable property would be provement. If, of course, he will not more than the present $1 l,50n.uio, make this payment as nhove providod I enough thai the II 1-2 mills would be the eity or owner of the bond can at j the limit ever required to pay the in its option foreclose as provided by the tetest on Outstanding improving bonds. FRANK C. FKRGVHOX. WHAT WOODROW COST Washington, Dec. 7. Final re port of the treasurer of the democratic national committee filed today with the clerk of tho house shows total receipts $1, 808,348.10; expenditures, $l,t)SH,-5Mi.74. present charter and ordinance. Now as to the matter of extending the pres ent improvement or making new street improvement, I am informed that about $750j'Oil will be required to pay off these claims for pavement or street im provements already made. That would leave in the hands of the city treas urer the sum of $750,000 in unsigned There can be a sinking fund provided of 2 12 mills each year and this sum can be used each year or as often as practicable to retire the bonds and un der this system the levy for interest decreasing each year; this decrease can be added to the levy for sinking fund, thus maintaining each year for the two purposes a 5 mill levy will pay inter- THE HERE FACT THAI Scott's Emulsion is generously used in tuberculosis camps is proof positive that it is the most energizing prepa ration in the world. It has power to create power. It warms and nourishes; it enriches the blood, stops loss of flesh and builds you up. SCOTT'S IS PURE AND RICH AND FREE FROPJI ALCOHOL Scott & Bownc, Bloomfield, N. J, 16-M WW r fir . m J JanePhelpsr iKr-AW, THE FINAL PREPARATIONS FOR THE PARTY , down thinking I would get up in a min- morP, but kent at ik.!,i lite: t hat I hnit no (imp for a nnn Whan .' . vtt I woke with a start the clock was strik- Tork lu fln nt'"'ly different . CllAl'TKR XCV. lu spite of my almost sleepless night I was up early. There was an unaccus tomed softness ill Clifford's manner, and I felt very small and humble. Sev ern! times I was on the point of again kent me nuiet : a feelinir that he would ' nltmir n1li,rlit n, T .nu .i . I"" a'. imagined some second not care to discuss the subiect. . ! flush of nri,l nr,A r,l. t i l.I B0" ".?rd was kind. I at . . J "... " 1 " Fstv a A IVURCTl WVhAi1 I iiorl 1 Ji my in an entirely different spirit. and I had slept soundly for an wh.v would such thoughts always come to me iust when T -oa hnn;D. t. l ..tA t.LA T J 3 , . " !'" '' -...-.vv. ...... it-, ivfucy j juiiqU up UIIO. (jg (ne. Illg : hour. here was something wrong about me ; I always imncined some second mi.f Cliffo Canital Journal Want Ads Will Get You What You Wani After he left for the office I went around. In the kitchen all was going C0I, u LL vnflJ rA.fil"1' upstairs and looked over my wardrobe. ; as smoothly as could be, as it always , d" 71. hether The burned dress lay on a chair, and I! did when JInndv was sunerintendinir. v. r . f . .. . . shuddered as 1 looked nt it. But forlSavorv odors r,B from tsi ""si BI" n-"ousti i jy-know now Clifford I might have been burned to other 'things on the stove- I lauchincrlv VL .c7 wome.n' more than men death. I thought, and forgot entirely i declared that I wanted my dinner right ih , t '. f 3 41 V ""-v,JU8t M Io1 that I had blamed him for setting me' that minute. , wns- Ahat ther long for th on fire. The setting of the table was my part 'n? t w ttl?T f- Zt1 1oV?' f lb? I finally decided to wear a simple, of the afternoon's work. And as 1 ar- l J I y haM ,n,."d; Bnd "l"4 white crepe, which both Clifford and ranged the daintv china and glass, tied W "V? why 'hc-v nBV niinw Mavsou had admired when I wore the broad pink ribbons which were to ! i u r'T Can' do to W1B I iu me iin-iior in luuojiu, lum on--Hum me iuvor!i i.urrora naa selected t i i W . ...nn.s ,;,,-!,,-. in iiml ttnT man tied, I hurried downstairs to-help with: them daintv tli.i tmnl nirniifTiininnr. fn my nnrrv I Little Kdith was to go to Muriel's. !he had a thoroughly competent mnid, w ho would look after her and put her to bed. inns lor tne women, and k . nnninf ..iim- ,... .v. T " "i.ninn n II--."- ........ j .Mi? .uviui-UV IU Uti If 1, -:..i.. i i... i i . . ... ir ai uiui lit-mrc una Kept me nappy oil uav, in spite of what might have been the norror or it. I felt nearer C fford. nl rriesean keep her en- votion IF HE TRIES; About 0 o'clock the man came to take! most glad of the dancer beennsn nf th up nie rugs; iiicn vnnie iut iionM. i ne , Knowledge, tnnt it aga affected hi enure morning nits mim-ii up iintuuiiiig the house and placing the furniture. After a light luncheon Mandy fairly pushed me into my room and made me lie down. Be a good chile and go to sleep," she admonished as she closed the door. An Hour's Rest When Mandy closed the door I lav if I had been if ss in earne.-t in my wish to please Cliftord, if he would hav tried harder tJ be nice to me. At times I had begun Jo believe that a man only he have turned nl.1 a i.'s v l"rvB Ior tnnf "nl,1n nc is not cflnE he to care former h T"- M these disturbing thought. iou niruilgu 'i mum im x put iae tinish- ing touches to my table, cave a last Would ceased Disturbed Thoughts. TtiAn T .. I I : . j . i, , ., .. u nuuunni L 11 roiiui iia rh.t . . . L. . . . - he would have ralcd had it been Kate . t . ,1' ,nen M,n up or Mandy. If itwere just that a Immun VL M 1 hard Cllfford ' " w, being was in danger that had affected nun; not mat 11 was Mi. After that thought came I aang no (Tomorrw The Dinner Guests Arrive.) J 1