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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1916)
Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" BATTBDAY IVKXINC, December 1 IPl'i. CHARLES H FISHER, Mi tor an4 Uuifw PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY. SALEM, OBEQON. BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BABNE9, CHA9. H. FISI1EB, President. Vice-President. DDK A C. ANDKESEN, 8ee. and Tress. aily by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year . SUBSCRIPTION BATES $5.00 Per month 45c 3.00 Per month 35c FULL LEAHKD WIKE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York, Ward Lewis Williams Special Agn?y, Tribune Building Chicago, W. H. Stookwcll, People's Gaa Building The Capital Journnl carrier bo a are instructed to put the papers on tho porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is tho only way we can determine whether or not the carriers aro following instructions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier hits missed you. CROPS NEARLY AX AVERAGE Government crops are not so the government experts state they are. What makes the j aUgh at? crops seem unusually short is the fact that last year there were bumper yields ot nearly all products, and tne great TURNING TO SOCIALISM The European war is blamed for many things, for most of them probably rightly so. Among this class is the turning of American, ideas toward socialism. Little or nothing is said of this tendency suddenly springing into life but it is tine just the same. Car shortage has sug gested "government ownership" and given the idea a strong boost. High cost of living has suggested the placing of an embargo on foodstuffs, of the government taking charge of all such and regulating prices therefor. Government ownership of our merchant marine is an-j other socialistic measure. Municipal stores, municipal! wmi .-ti.mjr; luuwiuiij wiicie a vjuijici us suspecieu or proved and selling the stuff at fixed prices is still another socialistic measure. The real important feature of all the suggestions made for the purpose of bettering conditions, is that all of them are along the lines of socialism. Strange isn't it that for estimates just issued as to theeountry s ; every supposed evil the people should all turn to these discouraging as Uhey at first seem and as theories which at other times they were disposed to ovnoi'fc efntiu thtiv qvp What mnbe thpn i J 1 Tkrt fttAMAMI SEW L?viMr,,r 1,., ) i. 1 A. 1 - V falling off is noticed. Compared with the five year .?lrfj "X' JX "'"T araes the crops .re with the exception of oats con- gl? ' k J&J1 SLt D " --J w-s. . i i v aaavviJlvui v. 1 lU V. 1 1 1 C J I V V 11U111 11 so that taking the other years as a basis the country is tne ugnt mswei without stuttenng. only some 40,000,000 bushels shy on wheat. Last year's! " corn crop was nearly 400,000,000 bushels in excess, and The lu2J& alP'?e? 2 ,stateL h raised the five year average so much that this year's crop assessors is $878,7o. 5,944. This is $55,731,087 less than the seems light when in fact it is about an average of the valuation last year. This amount would last England in yield for the five years previous to 1915. paying her war expenses, for one month. If the assessors The oat crop is larger by nearly ft hundred million i had not reduced the valuation the sum would have paid bushels than for the oast five years. Potatoes are short,!6""1 iwu lungei THE WHOLE BODY NEEDS PURE BLOOD The bones, the muscle's, and all (lie organs of the body depend for their strength and tone and healthy action on pure blood. If the blood is very impure, the bones become di sensed; the muscles become enfeebled, the step loses its elasticity, and there is inability to perform the usual amount of labor. The skin loses its clearness, and pimples, blotches and other eruption : appear. Hood's Rarsaparilla makes puro blood. It is positively unequaled it 1 the treatment of scrofula and other humors, catarrh, rheumatism, dvs pepsia, less of appetite, that tired feeling. Be sure to pet Hood's nr. J get it today. All druggists. University Notes showing only 285,000,000 bushels as against the usual yield of :!(0,000,000. Apples snow an increase ot aoout iwo million barrels, and oranges of nearly three million boxes. Hay makes the best showing of all the year's crops increasing from sixty-six million tons to eighty-six million. It will be seen from even a cursory examination of the estimates that there is an abundance of foodstuffs for all, with a liberal surplus for export in most lines. The shaking up of the wheat market in Chicago yesterday showed that it is not scarcity of wheat but foreign demand and speculation that is keeping prices up and making the American loaf dear. Wheat prices have dropped about twelve per cent since last Saturday and are scheduled for still lower prices. It would make an interesting array of figures if the extra cost of living in America could be figured out so that it could be seen how much this country is paying on account of the war. It is safe to say the consumers pay more extra each year than the value of all the munitions and war material exported. It is quite probable that the amounts paid out by American consumers since the war started in the way of increased prices is larger than all our boasted increase of capital. Poor old John Barleycorn is surely having a hard row to hoe. The latest jolt given him is the recommendation by a congressional committee that all liquor advertise ments be refused the use of the mails. The committee also recommends that the penalty for violation of this proposed law be a Jfine of $1,000. The Spectator modestly says "it is a high class weekly that appeals to people whose minds have not become atrophied by permitting editors, politicians, soap box orators and other kinds of demagogues to do their think ing." According to this the gentleman who publishes the Spectator is not an editor. Perhaps he is right. The Dictator has dictated for the second time this week and has pleased two capacity houses. The house was sold out again yesterday by noon, which shows that Salem people appreciate their home talent and also a good play well presented. The Association of County Judges and Commissioners at a meeting in Portland recently, passed a resolution condemning the widows' pension law and asking its re peal. They were of the Opinion the law failed to provide the relief intended, and besides was cumbersome and ex pensive. It-was the unanimous opinion that the old sys tem of county aid was far superior and more business like besides producing more real benefits and preventing fraud, or at least the helping of the undeserving. Only eight more days untill Christmas, and the chances are you have not done all your shopping yet. If not begin at once and don't stop until the last present is bought or your Christmas money is exhausted. One of the amusing features of the stock market al most panic is that some of the employers a few days ago gave their employes a bonus for Christmas, and most of these at once invested their present in stock and of course lost the whole business, and in many cases more with it. There is an old saying that "the burned child dreads the fire," but it is evident that seeing others get burned does not cause the same dread. According to the government reports the tobacco crop this year is considerably above the average. This sug gests a nice box of cigars or a humidor of tobacco for the favorite pipe, makes a fine holiday gift. You can't go wrong in your selection, for while some brands may be better than others they are all good. The peace proposal coming from Germany and the other Teuton allies was somewhat of a surprise, but that Turkey should desire peace with Christmas looming up large and near, is quite natural. The wonder is the pro posal was not made before Thanksgiving. The trouble with that submarine over at Humboldt Hay was that it tried to submerge where the water was too shallow. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18fiS CAPITAL S500.000.00 Transact a General Ranking Untitles SafVtv Deposit Hoxeo SAVINGS DEPARTMENT The price of bread has not gone up in Salem, but the size of some loaves indicate they have been left too long in the oven and have shrunk. In a platinum setting some of them would make fine necktie pins. Mill orders are getting more and more plentiful, but this is not the case with the cars necessary to enable the mill orders to be filled. Let 'em Rave" SOMETIMES A KNOCK'S A BOOST ! I Have Tried Since I've Been in Salem To be on the level and friendly and all that kind of thing, and not put on any airs or be STUCK-UP AND CHESTY, and speak to everybody that I meet on the street. Some of 'em don't speak back, but they might as well. I'M TAKING AS MUCH OF A CHANCE AS THEY ARE. Most everybody was and is just like MY FRIEND MR. McDANIEL of THE SALEM COMMERCIAL CLUB. They treat me nice and smile and tell me "How do you like Salem?" and "I'm glad you're here" and they mean it. But once in a long while I meet SOME BIG STIFF with an ingrown disposition and a chronic grouch THAT HATES HIMSELF and is SO SOUR that, HIS FOOD DISAGREES WITH HIM. a And when I see him if he shakes hands at all I've got to look up to see if I haven't got A DEAD COD-FISH BY THE TAIL. And then he looks at me kind a superior like and he "registers" to himself (as he looks we over condescendingly), "YOU POOR BOOB, I DON'T LIKE YOUR STYLE." All I want to say is this: I feel sorry for the fellow that can't keep things to himself any better than that Don't you? If you happen to see "THE GUY I'M THINKING ABOUT" tell him he ain't SORE, he's just SICK and to cheer up, CHERRIES WILL SOON BE RIPE; and thank him for moving to Salem, because if he wasn't here I mightn't have had anything to write about. "THE ADVERTISER" "Who believes its The Knockers that make THE BOOST ERS the Best People on Earth." By a margin of 10 points svnro at tM finish, the sophomore class of the university won the annual cross country run yesterday afternoon on Sweetland Hold. The mile ami a half course con sisting of six laps around the cinder imth, w;is run on a slonnv track, t here by making it impossible to secure goo,! IIinic. Added to this was tho frccziuL' tog which hung so low over the field thai it w:is Impossible 'to see the run ners while in action on the opposite side of the track. Koine Jackson, winner of first place in last year's ruu, again bagged the essential distance for first place hon ors. Ho ran neck to neck with Victor Taylor of the freshmen for approximate ly five laps, but in the final sprint suc ceeded in nosing out a lead of SO feet. With Taylor thus getting second, the strife for third place between Collins of the frosh and Stewart of tho sophs was keen and a delight to watch. Col lins took the honor by half a head's length. hollowing close in the rear were Morse, I.awson and It ex ford of the sophomores who took fifth, sixth and seventh places Respectively. Chiltick and Eegge of the freshmen came iu later as did Crisp of the same class. Craven did not finish. Tasker of the sophomores was lost. By the scoring in vogue of the race the team qualifying in the least num ber of place points was the -winner. This gave the sophomores the second winning of the Hauser Brothers' silver trophy cup by tho score of 23 to 33. According to the terms of its donation the cup must be won three successive times to assure permanent possession. N'o teams were entered by the upper classes. Coach R. L. Mathews was of ficial starter and Harold Tobie, Le land Austin and Arlie Walker judges of the course. An Important amendment to the con stitution and by-laws of the associated student body was made In Friday mofn inn's student meeting. Provision was made that the $100 due to the athletic manager for services rendered during a single scholastic year should be paid in tertiary installments rather than iu B lump sum at the conclusion of the year, under the former provision the manager was forced to wait nearly a your before receiving his remuneration for his services. Arlie Walker, a grad uate of the 1910 class and now a junior in the college of liberal arts, is the present manager. NONf BETTER YOU'LL LIKE IT Butter Nut BREAD PURE AND RICH SWEET AND CLEAN appropriate program hour on Washington's for the birth da v. hapol Challenging all comers of any nation-; alityj shape or form, a new semi-Be-!' cret society has been formed among L prominent athletes of the varsity Which the members hope will in time take onj- the aspects of u national organization, i J Believing that any possible candidates i. for membership should be given oppor-i tunitv to meet the standards of the so- i ciety, the members have chosen basket- ball as the best tester of appropriate-1 T ...... .. i,.- The CoroNA personal writing machine neaa for affiliation. Their array on th gymnasium floor consisting of Bartlett and dates, forwards; Booth and Tobie. f guards, and Carson, center, is sufficient to strike terror iuto tho hearts of the opposition. Initial tryouts for member Snip will be a feature of January's ath letic calendar. Price $50 Place your order now for Christ mas delivery. Call or write to C. M. LOCKWOOD 210 X. Com 'I St. - Salem Or. t see Among the many social organizations of the campus is the II -A club of lovers Of mild sportsmanship in keeping wil'n the Willamette ideal. The meetings of the club are strictly formal and are, held at the discretion of the charter members fconsisting of LeRoy Card. Arvid Peterson, Chester Womer, Max well Hall, Dwight Kloster, Seine Jack son and I.estle Sparks. Checkers, rook and sweet eider help to while away the hours uncouducive to serious contem plation of tho curriculum's problems. One evidence of the approaching ses sion of the Oregon state legislature was evident this week when the state hi.'ii way department was forced to abandon its committee room headquarters at the state house. Accommodations for the department wore secured in the science hall of the university located on tho nortnwest corner ot tne umversitv cam pus. Now housed on the first floor of the building are to be found the J. H. Scott and S. H. Probert parties of high way engineers. At the adjournment of the legislature the offices will be again in their former location in the state house. The latest members to pool their des tinies with the Philodorian society of the university are War fen Booth and Willis Vincent. Their iniation into full fellowship was a. hilarious event of the week. Especially attractive to all lovers of teal Christmas frolics is the formal se mester joint party of the Philodosian and riiundorian societies this evemugi ;.. tiw, .. &! k it- i A :u I in int uif.nii''ii nuns iittjis. vuimitiecs have been at work for a week on the plans which assures an evening of care free jollity such as always character izes the social affairs of the two societies. Donald Matthews, ex- 'If' is at pres ent engaged in slashing brush in the rural district near Pratum. Oregon. I'n dor the snappy Oregon weather his health is very much improved since he was compelled to abandon his uni versity course a few weeks ago ou ac count of a nervous breakdown. In all upon the Jewish people provoked a bit ter revolt in which the Jews, led by the famous Judos Maccabeus and his bio thors, finally defeated the Syrian arm ies, re entered the Temple and rededi catod it as the center of Jewish worship. Iu honor of this re-dedication, the feast of C'hannukah (dedication) was estab lished, its eight days to be holidays, days of song and thanksgiving. The holiday is" marked by special prayers of thanks and psalms of praise inserted into the daily ritual, und by thc kindling of the Channukeh lights. The usual custom is to light one light on the first day, two on the second, three on the third, and so on, udding one each successive day of feast. As to the reason for this custom of kindling the lights, legend tells that when Judas Maccabeus and his victorious army re dedicated the Temple and cleansed it of all the impurities of idolatry, he found that there was only enough pure oil to keep the perpetual light burning one day, and it would be long before new oil could be procurred. But mi raculously, this small amount of oil probability he will not resume his stud-1 lasted tor eight days, and the perpetual ies until next fall. ght was not extinguished- For this I reason it was ordained that every year Starting off the forensic season will lights should be kindled for eight days be the debate tryont next Wednesday I in every household. It became ensto afternoon of all men intending to as- niarv for the light to be placed in the pire to represent Willamette on (he windows and the doorways, so that tho platform this winter. Tie affirmative streets of tho cities be lighted up. Thus will be given 10 minutes for construct-1 the feast came to be known also u,s the no argument and three minutes for re buttal. The tryout will be private. Taut T iU The Jewish date for the beginning of Although latent during the school sessions, at the time of recesses and holidays tho booster power of the Washingtonian society makes itself of front rank important o. Membership is '.imitod to all students and faculty members attending Willamette who claim the state of Washington a sthelr home Mate. The Organization exists merely for advertising the varsity in the respective districts represented and that it is an important factor in Wil lamette extension work, the member ship of 35 is ample testimony. Charles Randall was elected president and Ruth Peringer vice president at the meeting yesterday noon. A committee of three students was appointed to outline an How WiHamette university students reciprocate for the favors tendered them by the business men of Salem was shown Thursday and Friday evenings by the large number of students attend ing tho Cherrian play, "The Dictator." Very favorable reports of the sterling merit of the play are in circulation on the campus. Of particular interest to the upper classes was the fact that "The Dictator'' was selected to bo the annual junior class plav three years ago. but troubles over tho prospective cast and the royalty prevented its stag ing at that time. An enjoyable comeback to the num erous indignities heaped upon the class of 1919 last evening at the semester party by the freshman partisans was tue songtest Held in the corridors of Waller hall soon after midnight. Fresh men lodgers were ousted from their trundle beds and compelled to sing in honor of the sophomore class. Those freshmen contributing - to the amuse ment of tho conquerors were Collins, Lyman, Payne. Carpenter and Pollock. this toast is tho twenty-fifth of tho month of Kislev. According to one tradition, the reason that Judas selected this date is because it fell exactly three years after Antiochus had defiied the Temple; according to another tradition it is because that was also the day when the Israelites, after being delivered from Egypt, completed the Tabernacle in the wilderness. CHANNUKAH FESTIVAL DEDICATION. OF The Feast of Dedication fChaunu kah) commences at sundown Tuesday, December 19th. and lasts for eight day's. It celebrates the successful ending of a war against the religious tyranny. Its predominant message, therefore, is re ligious liberty. Iu the year 162 before the present era, tho .Syrian kink. Antiochus Epi phones, sot up a statue of a pagan deitv in the Jewish temple of Jerusalem, and tried to compel the Jews to worship it and abandon their own historic faith. This effort at forcing an alien religion TWO ACRES OF CORN DID IT Ed McDonald, one of our prosper ous and enterprising farmers who lives on Howell Prairie established a splen did record from a two-acre field of corn this year. He fattened 23 shoats for market almost entirely from the field, commencing to feed as soon as the corn was large enough to feed in the stalk. Besides this his cattle received many "smiles" from tho field and to cap the chmax after accomplishing all this he gathered his 1917 seed corn from the field. Who says corn is not a profitable crop in Oregon ? Silverton Apepal. Distress After Meals TRY HOSTETTER'S " 1 STOMACH BITTERS It prepares the stomach to receive food, assists digestion and keeps the bowels open. PANDI mm JmvAA Owing to delayed mails today's instalment of this story faded to arrive It is expected it will be here by Monday.