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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" Friday evexixu, December S. 1910. CHARLES H FISHfll Editor n Managep PUBLISHED EVEKY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OKEOON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BABNES, CHAS. H. FISHEB, Presidont. Vico-Presidont. SUBSCRIPTION HATES JBaily by carrier, por year Daily by mail, per year . . POLL LEASED W1KE EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York, Ward LewiR-Willinms Special Agency, Tribune Building Chicago, W. H. btockwoll, People ' Uas Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the noreh. If the carrier docs not do thia, misses you, or neglects Retting the paper to you on time, kindlv phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81 before 7:110 o'clock and a paper will be oat you by special messenger if the enrriur has missed you. ' THE PINNACLE OF SNOBBERY There is some discussion just now as to the failure of the American youth to enlist in the army or navy, and the Jaws are blamed. It is at least an open question as to that being the real cause of the scant enlistments. Not long since an exchange had an editorial on the treatment ac corded a little bunch of marines ashore from a cruiser. They went to a moving picture show, and while enjoying the treat were asked by the usher to move and go into the gallery, that others attending the show objected to sitting fit 11 11 Tn fVioiv pvorlit- bo it. said thev refused to move. They had paid for their seats,' were decently dressed and properly behaved, and all the fault that could be found with them was that they wore their country's uniform. However, the usher insisting, they finally, to avoid a scene, left the theater.. If such is the treatment soldiers and sailors are to receive at the hands of the public they are sworn to protect in case of war, is it any wonder that the manly boy is backward about enlisting in a service that is looked down upon by social snobs? The American uniform stands, like the flag, for. our liberties and our safety; and the American who feels above taking off his hat to the one or associating with the wearers of the other should be sent into Mexico and for gotten. .' i ' '; Now that Polk county has actually appropriated the money for' the Willamette bridge at this place it looks as though another year will see it completed. Marion coun ty has been ready to put up her part for some time and presumably the city of Salem is also ready. Now if the county judges and other officials will get together and agree upon both the type of bridge and the location it will permit the starting of work on the structure early in the Spring. If this is not done another year may pass before the dangerous old bridge now in use is done away with. ages for the alienating oi his wile s anecuons. in urn poem has the lines: "The jingling of the guinea cures the hurt that honor feels." It is evidently truth as well as poetry "for the amount of damage due to the loss of affec tions is always measured by the size of the defendant s bank roll, rather than the warmth and depth of the al leged affections. The same affections alienated by a poor man would not be considered worth going to law over. An aviator suggests that each city and town hang out a sign of some kind so that birdmen can identify the place without coming down. A number of them may re fuse to do this for the reason they do not care whether the high flyers recognize them or not. It is a safe bet though that Seattle and Portland will each get busy and comply with the suggestion lest some one passing over might take the one place for the other, which would make both mad. Japan is patterning after Great Britain and is having a break up of her cabinet. Some of the younger leaders object to the present prime minister. Terauchi, because Wis old and has no party affiliations. It sounds strange to an American to speak of a man holding high office and not being connected with any party, but then this is in Japan where civilization has not yet got beyond the realms of sense and reason. A prize steer thirteen months old and weighing some thing less than a ton was sold in Chicago Thui-sday for nearly $2,000. Anyway the price was at the rate of $1.70 a pound, which is the highest beef has been since the memorable occasion when the cow jumped over the moon. Butter and eggs are both on the toboggan slide in Chicago and as butter started first the skids should be in good running order for the hen apples. Republicans in congress are backing a bill to stop election betting. We don't blame them. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18GS CAPITAL Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT DORA 0. ANDKESEN, bee. and Trcaa. .$5.00 Per month . 3.00 Per month 45o 35c TELEOKAl'H REPORT $500,000.00 "PASSING Everyone who has player cards realizes how hard it is to remember whose turn it is to deal. It is this trait, or failure of memory, that was the originator of the term: "passing the buck." Among poker players in the olden time it was the custom to lay a pocket knife on the table and this was passed to the next man by the dealer, so that when the hand was played, the man with the knife wtihout asking that momentous question: "whose deal is it?" proceeded to pass out the cards, passing the knife again as soon as he finished his deal. In those same olden days a large portion of the pocket knives had a buckhorn handle, so the term "passing the buck" just naturally followed. The meaning conveyed by passing the buck, and the meaning of the term now, is that it is the person's turn to deal to whom the buck is passed. It has not only come to be a common expression but also a common habit. An example of it is before the pub lic just now over the argument about high prices. The consumer rebelled against prices that were getting to be prohibitive, and naturally the only person he or she, mostly she, could complain to was the retail grocer. Now the grocer was only charging a fair profit for his work, and naturally he did not feel like standing for the blame. So he "passed the buck" up to the jobber with its palpable hint that it was his he like the grocer was only he paid the wholesaler, argued it with the grocer and finding him "sot" in his ways passed the buck to the wholesaler. The wholesaler was not the original pro ducer and so he "passed the buck" along to the packers of meats and canned stuffs, makers, to the importers and gathered up his stock. The yet and the buck is travelling around the table. It will reach the ultimate source in time, and then there will be no more passing. Instead there will be a general reduc tion in prices in some lines and then the buck will be passed down again to the retailer who will be told to get in and sell goods and build up a trade once more. RippSititfRhnrno JOHN BARLEYCORN "I seem to be deep in disgrace; they're shutting all doors in my face," sighs John Barleycorn, as three or four chasers to chase. "Where once I was welcome as guest, they split up my coat and my vest, and bust me with chairs, and kick me down stairs, and say it is all for the best. Oh, once I was haughty and proud; my diamonds were many and loud; I traveled in state and was close to the great, and looked with disdain on the crowd. I handed down laws and decrees to henchmen who got on their knees, to list to my rede, for favors to plead and fawners were busy as bees. But now when my visage appears, the people don't greet me with cheers; and cabbage and sticks and; tomcats and bricks are spoiling my hat and my ears. The people," John Barleycorn said, "are cutting out vintages red; I do not see why they go back on old rye, unless they've been counting their dead." THE ROBINS COME WHEN TOLD ABOUT IT Salem. Or., 1!. Mr. T. .1. Cheshire, Salem, Oregon. Dour friend: Sumo S. Doc. I. 191(1. days ago 1 no- tired your query in I ho Journal, re- guiding the robins and the suggestion I is close to oOoO. Thia figure was in itial perhaps "thev weio all down to rived at after enis:il of the Japanese Kiln XleMuiin'a." they were not, just .;,-,, j,ook wllioa ia printed by the then, but thev evidently look the r . . hund," and eame the' dav before Ti'l.anes.e association ot Oregon, in the Tliauksuh inn. one hundred strong. II native tongue, for the information at had not missed them until you said ii....- , .... i i.., r tin, infill that perhaps they had eaten so many of our cherries that they had all died from i.ppendioitis. I rather wonder where they have kept themselves further north per haps till winter weir.her drove them baek. They are having a big time eat ing the grapes that grow on the roof of the woodshed which we did not gather beeause the shingles are old and we were afraid we would go through if wo tried to get them. 1 do not really love the robins they are so greedy md when in winter time we put food t out for all the birds the robbins drive tho smaller ones away, even when they are so full themselves that they havo to walk sideways to see over them selves in front. Last winter there was inst one lone bitter quince left hunt ing on the tree and during that awful stonu they used to come and peck into the well know n eastern distributors, that, but we left a lot of apples for,,!0lin Nix & Co., from its Chicago of them and ninny quiueos besides the! fice. The house of --x was the first grain's so I guess we will bp bird head- in the field and literally developed quarters this winter. Five o'hor beuuti- the market for the now well known ful birds have been hero for a few days " I'm qua" brand nut up by the I'mp- the sue of a blackbird, black hcadi.nia Vallev fruit union of Kosebura, ami dark blue body. Were its head blue j for which John Nix & Co. are sole dis l and body black it would answer tho de-1 tributors. They will have around -00 Ascription of the crow-blackbird given icars starting late in February or early in farmer's luilletin 513. It has not the! in March. ' bright blue of the blue jay or the Cnli- - jfornin jay but squawks so it iis some) Charles W. Morris, who took his (sort of jay. I am interested in birds! mother-in-law to Arlington a few days jbut know so little about their names. neo, reports having seen the wreck of Think the bird cluu must be broken tor tj-uck on Shutler flat that was up. At least 1 see nothing of them in j destroyed by tire in a somewhat pe- !,(, i. ' Thanking you for remembering mo in print . . I am. yours verv rulv, KU.A M 'M V N X. TrT the Journal classified ada THE BUCK" deal. The jobber feeling that adding a tan profit to what to the millmen and sugar- all the balance of whom he game is not played to an end he swallows a horn, and ! STATE NEWS J The number of Jnpnnosr in Oregon Japanese tourists. This pamphlet gives the exact num ber of Japanese people iu Oregon last year at-;t.19, and it ts believed that tho number lias not changed materially within the last vear. Umatilla county now has a school masters' club. At a meeting of prin cipals of all the schools in the coun ty, an organization was perfected with the election of Superintendent Wash burn, of -nltiui. us president, and Principal Russell, of Athena, as secre tarv. The orn.m;'ation is open to all teachers. Principal Kussell was elect- ed to represent the organisation at the a n mm 1 state convention ot teachers in Portland duriug the holidays. Rosoburg Review: The Oregon broo eoli deal will be larger this year than ever beiore, and will be handled by - - 'iiir why, savs rue rossu tiouritai. i ,msinir throuuh a ei-eat drift of 'mnblo-weed that had blown off the fields and filled the lane as high as the fences n spark from tho engine set fire 'o tho weeds, and, as Charlie said, "You know the rest,'' Bersa a lasji m 1 OPEN FORUM AUTO SPEEDING Kditor Journal: Since the sad death of Miss Rigdon in Salem a short, time ago a considerable has been said through the local press about reckless automobile driving. Some of the writ ers blamo the reckless drivers, others alone with this the General niialhv of the people which has a certain negative iiiiioeuce a sort or "don t care it they do it 's none of my business if the law is transgressed. "'This may be true to a pertain extent. There is one thin all the writers 1 Have read have singularly- omitted and that is the city of Salem neimits or allows a high rate of speed within its limits! Do you want the proof! Mere it is. As you come into tho city from the country, alonir thn principal roads you w ill see a nicely lettered ad monition in these words: "City limits slow down to L!0 miles." This admoni tion, is a few feet from the ground and is fastened to a- post or upright. Said admonition is evidently for mituists only. Xow just think of what the dtv allows. It allows an automobile to lie driven along its streets at the rate of 20 miles an hour! It ninv bo said this is outside the fire limits. Yes but in! side the city limits. Within the fire limits the speed is 1.") miles an hour. In the Capital Journal of iiec. -t a writ er thinks this is ' slow traveling." Let us see. Our fast race horses our big trotters cover a mile iu two minutes and this is going some. It is at the rate of HO miles an hour a speed somewhat above that made by the Oregon Electric and the S. , fronl Salem to J'ortland. Xow is half this speed on the crowdj'd streets of Salem "alow traveling J" It is certninly too fast! When passing the school houses of the city during school hours tho autoist must slow down to 10 miles which is only a third less than the speed allowed in the fire district. Is this rather "slow'' driving .along a street which may have several chil dren playing in dining the recesses.' If the writer in tho Journal could run that distance in that time along the streets of Salem he would find himself at the end ready to stoi). "O miles an hour is fast enough in the country un less in an emergency. Many ears do not go that fast, some but 10 or 12, as all car drivers are not speeders. And this is doubtless fast enough on any ordinary occasion plenty fast on a busy street filled with vehicles ami pedestrians. Motorcyclists also drive ton fast but are not so dan gerous as the ear drivers. When wo consider that the railway trains and the Oregon Klectric cats must slow down to much less than 20 or l.'i miles within the city limits it is simpiy as tonishing that the city allows the auto ist to drive his cur twice as fast, and particularly when a largo n umber of thein nre or may be speeding all tho time, going and coming with no warn ing bell or other auditory device, which the slower moving rail ears are requir ed to use and which come into tho city only ut stated periods and not all the time. DOM A MI'HR, Fruit la nd. Dee. 7. DHUTSCHLAND DUE HOME Xew York, Dec. 8. The merchant submarine Deutscliland is due back in her home port of Bremen today, if the speed maintained on the last trip ticdoss the Atlantic was kept up after she left Xew London, Conn. The Deutscliland departed for homo on November 1. She was just seven teen dnvs making the trip from Bremen to the Vow Kneland port. CASTOR IA Ftr Infants and Children In Use For Over 30 Years Always bears the Signature THE CHAPTER XCVr. Clifford and I talked little while we were dressing; but after I had finished I asked: "How do I look, Clifford?" "Very nice indeed," he responded. looking critically ut mo. "1011 remember I wore this dress in Chicago," i volunteered. Ho gave me another glance before he replied: "It s very smart and becoming, so don't think any more about tho burned one I suppose vou are still regretting that." "It was lovely." I. returned, "but I am so grateful and so thankful to you tor saving me that I have not thought much about the dress." "Don't talk about it!" he said, im patiently, with a shudder, again grow ing pale as he had before. Just then Kute came, in and asked a question, then it was time to go down stairs to receive our guests. Clifford gave one glance into the dining-room, nud while he said nothing I could see he was pleased. Hums Mnyson was the first to arrive, and the others followed in quick tuc- cession. They all looked so lovely the women T mean and the men were so smart in their evening clothes that I was indeed a proud hostess as I greeted them. Tho Dinner. Burns Mayson sat at my right. Mr. Xorville at my left. Sirs. Horton was next Clifford and the rest arranged as I thoVht best. The dinner was absolutely perfect Twice -Mr. Mayson said so low no one NONE BETTER YOU'LL LIKE IT B utter Not BREAD SIMPLE WAY TO END DANDRUFF There is one sure way that has nev er failed to remove dundruff at once, and that is to dissolve it, then you de stroy it entirely. To do this, just get about four ounces of blain. common li quid arvon r com any drug store (this is all you will need), apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it iu gently with the linger tips. I' morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four inure applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single truce of it, no matter how much dandruff you may have. Von will find all itching and digging of th scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, lustrous, glossy silky and soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. CHRISTMAS HELP WANTED. The Salem Salvation Army Corp is again making preparation to being Christmas chooi to the homes of the worthy poor of the city. In order to do this it will be necessary to have the co-operation of every kind hearted citizen of Salem and surorunding country. Owing to the high cost of food stuffs it will necessitate a large outlay of money, and a special appeal is be iug made to the public for funds, also a great quantity of vegetables, fruit, potatoes, and other articles of food can be used; also clothing of all. kinds is needed. The special features of this year's arrangements will be of a threefold character. One The distribution of carefully prepared basket dinners, each basket containing sufficient food for a family. Two A Christmas tree and entertainment for the poor chil dren of the city. Three To secure at the same time funds for our relief work, enabling us to help cases of distress appealing to us during the winter months; also to continue our general work. CAPTAIN and MKS. J. L. KELSO NO MORE SOUP Portland, Or., Dec. 8. The soupless age is upon us. Retailers of canned chicken gumbo and other brews an nounced today that soup factories throughout the I'nited States had agreed not to sell any more of their product for ",0 days, on account of a scarcity ot ingredients. HUSBAND AND DINNER GUESTS ARRIVE but mo heard: "You are a perfect wonder!" And once he told me: "You are lovely to night, you put the others in the shade." I felt n little nnilia.raHa,! ...,tO T .... vu.ui.i ,nc-u uillll J. looked at Clifford and saw him leaning 1, mum .uuuei uurion, ana saving some thing evidently intended onlV for her ears. Then I was glad that KUMEONK appreciated me; that someone said nice things to me. Once during the dinner the subject of music was brought up, and I thought regretfully of Leonard Brooke. He would have been able to discuss it so koowiugly. Then, too, I missed his handsome, clean-cut boyish face. But I remembered that he would soon come to the dance, and thought only of my guests when Hums Mayson would al low me to remember anyone but him. "I know T tlm mnnnrmlUin. shamefully! " he apologized. "But Xorville lives here. You can talk to him after 1 go back home." Leonard Brooke Is Late--And Disagreeable. Soon after we left the diniug-room the later guests began to arrive. Soon all were there save Leonard Brooke. What had happened? Surely he would not disappoint me and Btay away. Of a sudden I lost all interest in mv guests, and could only watch the entrance to the living-room where the dancing was going on. I was dancing Tith Burns Mavson when I first saw him, and was surprised at the thrill of gladness which ran through me. We stopped near him, and I presented the two men. I saw at once PURE AND RICH SWEET AND CLEAN DEATH OF EDMOND P. EVANS Kdmond Price Evans, after ailiDg for the past ten years and being confined to his bed for six mouths, died at his home in Woodburn' December 2, aged ".'! years, .'! months ami -0 days. He is survived by a widow and six children Earl, Arthur, Xoru, Kuby, Mabel and Ralph, He also leaves a brother und sister in Missouri and two bisters ia Kansas. Mr. Evans was born in Butler eiun-t- Ohio, August 3, 18-13. At tho age of 10 he enlisted to serve in the civil war iu company ;F, l'.ith Illinois Volunteers, and was enrolled Sept. it, 1S02. He wan in the service It years, 'i months and 24 days and was honorably discharged from the service on une 9, lStia, at Washington, D. C. In the year of I8b" he moved to the state of Kansas and in 1S04 was married to 5'iss Lizzie M. Oreeu near Atwood, Kawlins county, Kansas, where he lived until when with his family he moved to Woodburn, residing here until the timo of his death. The funeral of this estimable citi zen and comrade was Monday, services heiug held in the Chinch of tiod chapel, licv. Oscar Lewis officiating. Among the many present were members of the Woman's Relief Corps and (.. A. R. post, attending iu a body and solding ritualistic service at the chapel. Inter ment was at Hello I'assi cemetery. Woodburn Independent. !jj DONT WASTE TIME It 's a waste of timo to experiment with linimeuts and plasters' when you have a dull, throbbing backache or sharp, stabbing twinges. Get after the eaus"! Help the kidneys with Dean's Kidney Pills. Read this: A. J. Wood, 089 JCorth Commercial street, Salem, says: "Kidney and bladder trouble got to a point with me about two months ago when I was ob liged to take some steps in checking it or suffer moro serious results. The worst time I had was just after getting up in the morning and the kidney secre tions were very annoying. I believe us ing Doan's Kidney Pills', procured from Dr. Stone's drug storo, and my kidneys wero restored!" to a normal condition and I was freed from every symptom of the trouble." (Statement t-ivea January 30, 1900.) " On April 11, miO, Mr. Wood ndded: "I have had very little trouble from my kidneys or backache since I got hold of Duan's Kidney Pills. I don't know of anything equal to them." Prieo 50 cents, at all dealers. Don 't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the eame that Mr. Wood has twice recommended, Koster-Milbnm Cn Pm. K. T. ' that they were antagonistic, Leonard either could not, or did not care to hide His feeling; while Burns Mnyson wa suavely polite. "I have saved the next dance for you, Leonard! " I said, boldly, I did not care what he thnncrkt P n.a T vir:uT talk to him. "You are indeed fortunate," Mr, Mavson said in a cold voice. 'Thank you, Mrs. Hammond, and pardon me for coming so late," Leonard said to me, utterly ignoring Mr. Mavson. "You ask what's the matter with me, I'll tell you!" Leonard said in a smothered voice, "I hate that man! Hate to have him near you with his smooth ways and his millions! " "Why. Leonard." I replied, surprised at his outburst, "ho is absolutely noth ing to me but a business friend of Clif ford's, and as such I must be nice to him. I have to go in to supper with him, o please do not attach any importance . .,- vuiiuru arranged everything," 1 added, puixled to explain why I should be so auxioua to convince Leonard. "You will excuse me if I leave after this dance,' ' he burst out, and I noticed he was white as a sheet. "Certainly, if you desire to leave," I replied, pride coming to my rescue; if he wanted to act like a spoiled child, why, all right. Yet after he had gone all zeet for mjr evening seemed to ooze out, and I went throuuh mv dutied ically. .In mm (Tomorrow A Call From Muriel Franklyn.)