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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" T I MVl LA K.N I Nli. January 5. WIT. OHIET.EH H FISHKB, tutor tmi Mi car. POBLI8HKD KVEBT KVENINO EXCEPT SUNDAY. HA1.KM, 0HE00N, BY Capital Journal Ptg, Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, CHA8. H. FI8HEB, DORA C. ANDBE8EN, President. Vice-President. Sec. end Treat. SlBhCUllTION BAILS ally by carrier, per year Daily by mail, per year . . . 5.00 . 3.00 Per month 46e Per month 33c FULL LEASED WIBE TELEGRAPH BEPOBT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York, Ward Iwle Williamt Special Agency, Tribnne Building Chicago, W. H. Ptockwell, People's Uat Building The Capital Journal carrier boyi are initrneted to put the papen on the forth. If the carrier docs not do this, misset yon, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, at this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instruction-. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be tent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. ABOUT REDUCING SALARIES LIBELLING THE ANTIQUE CRACKED MJ CHAPPED HANBS Dennli Eucalyptus Ointment AT ALL DRUG STORE TUBta 26C JARB OOC The Portland Telegram has taken up the matter of re ducing expenses of running the state. A few weeks ago when this subject was first broached following the pass ing of the six per cent tax limitation law, the Capital Journal called attention to the fact that the first persons whose salaries would be cut would be the janitors, those who took care of the state house lawns, the clerks under the smallest pay and the stenographers. That is where the Telegram suggests the savings should be made. The proposal is to take from $10 to .$25 a month off the salaries of those who can least afford to lose it, and make no cuts in salaries of those who could stand a reduction. We are not advocating a reduction of salaries anywhere, but if they are to be cut, it strikes us that the saving of a few dollars that could be made in this way would not prove of any material benefit to the taxpayers. We do not know how many small salaried clerks and stenographers there are around the capitol, but let us suppose there are 75 and their salaries should be cut an average of 15 dol lars a month. That would make a saving of $l;),500 a year. Secretary Olcott says the state can get along un der the new law, and if it can, it can certainly get along without taking its savings out of the pay envelopes al ready small enough. The saving of $i:?,500 a year will go but a short distance toward meeting the $715,000 defici ency that is worrying the state treasurer and the gov ernor. It might be possible if those who really want to save the state something worth while would examine into the boards and commissions with which the state is abundantly blest, they could by the simple process of elimination and consolidation make a saving that would amount to something. If salaries are to be pruned it would be well to commence at the top rather than the bottom. If an employe getting $900 a year can stand a reduction of 20 pe.r cent, why can't the employe getting $:!,000 or $4,000 do the same thing? We are not suggest ing that this be done, but if cuts are to be made it is evident those employes with the larger salaries can stand it with the greater ease. One of the features of the coming session of the legislature that will prevent the meeting being one glad round of pleasure, is that in connection with the passing of six per cent tax limitation law practically all the de partments are demanding increased appropriations. On the one hand the people have said to the legislature: "You must conduct the affairs of the state within a cer tain limitation of funds." On the other hand the depart ments ar ealready telling the people of the state they must have more money, or their branch of the state's business will Buffer. It is nice to be an Oregon legislator and draw three big plunks every day while facing de mands for more coin by everyone else. The members of the legislature can hardly keep even and live within their salaries, but they have to do it. They might call atten tion to thmselves as a living example that some depart ments have to stay within the limits prescribed by law. A cheering bit of news to Americans generally is that during the vear 1916, 1060 ships were built in this country with a total of 488,446 tons. Of these 127.276 tons were of wooden construction. Next year, or rather this one, gives promise of a greatly increased output from American shipyards, and a still higher per centage of wooden ships. The northwest will add materially to this result. The dopesters had it figured out to within a point of what the results would be. They had it 15 to 0, while it was 14 to a big cipher. Another small error in the cal culation was that the wise ones had both the 15 and the 0 on the wrong sides. Maybe their wires were crossed. It is interesting to learn that a steamer built at Coos Bay last July is on her way to the Columbia river to load lumber. When we have Oregon ships carrying Oregon products to the world, ideal conditions will have been reached. The supreme court of Washington has solemnly de cided that the publishing of matter liable to cause a dead person to be thought illy of, or holding such an one up to contempt, was a libel and consequently that the man who published some matter reflecting on the habits of George Washington was guilty of publishing a libel, and he must: tVitHfnro lonnrnicVi in ioil fr v cmracnl vwn-i L o I n i: i t :i. A L :n - e I MAI NhWx wunut:uni Liiat 11 it wrung w spuaK 111 ox aiiyuiie ytniu nuuu . PSlVfinllv of trip HpH it lnrtlrc tic tVinnrrh tht Wochinortnn j v..U.. w.v. 6-.. , Miureuie uuun was saiving puDiic sentiment, ratner man interpreting the law. However as the supreme court has so decided it behooves all of us to be a bit careful in speaking of those old fellows who passed away in the long ago. We confess now with due humility that we have been guilty of libel though unwittingly We have spoken lightly of Cleopatra, and made some insinuations as to the character of good queen Bess, otherwise Eliza beth of England. We remember also once jesting about Semiramis; and indulging in some remarks about Poti phar's wife that were distinctly libelous since they might, if taken seriously, have held the parties up to contempt and ridicule. We have deliberately criticised the costume of our common ancestress, Eve, and this in spite of the The Power of the Press PERSISTENT, PULSATING, PUBLIC POWER, POSSESSED PERMANENTLY BY PAINSTAKING AND PATIENT POPULAR PEOPLE'S PAPERS. I By James M. Headv Each day and each HOUR, I feel I'm a POWER that makes for the upbuild of MEN. J i O'er earth as I ROAM on street and in HOME I'm bringing mv message AGAIN. Oregon's 1916 fruit prop will not There are many who WAIT and who grieve when I'm growers fuiiy !.o io.. . . mis is the LATE for them I've a story of CHEER. There are valuation ,.iape.i m the oommer, ii others who DREAD to read what I've SAID the thoupht of my coming brings FEAR. For 'tis in my DOMINION to mould men's OPINION concerning the acts that are DONE. I lend my ASSIST ANCE and strength and PERSISTENCE oft times when a battle is WON. In the thick of the FIGHT, I stand for the RIGHT and care not for censure or BLAME. I know in the END the wrong's bound to BEND and I have not sullied my Citizens of Vale have presented a petition asking' the. public serviee cnni mission to restrain the Oregon Short Line Tailroad from putting into effect its order to discunt inue do Saturday, December 23, the morning and evening trains ami also the Kund.iv train from (SCOB- 191 Q produetion of Oregon Italian prunes reached the 40JHML0OO-mmnd tact that she has many descendants who could it they m e snipping value ot which wa felt that way, take offense at the flippancy displayed taLKSS?!. ."w' varieties ..."fluit! speaking of the first lady of the land. owgonkm. We can understand now after the matter has been passed upon by a supreme court, why it was that Mark Twain wept at the tomb of Adam; why so many had their ancestors come over in the Mayflower; and why is an aristocrat ? It is that innate veneration of the dead, which bv the way, might bring one within reach of the that point. It is alleged the d decision of the Washington supreme court should he say!!1"11, ,Pe t JiT! ,r:,ins ;Ti" wo,'V , . , , . , , . 1 . t hardship on the town, and compel the anything liable to hold it or its members up to ridicule.;.. i to stop over iebt and Sunday Tf it woe nnt fni- that wo wmilrl ho torvmtoH tn onmrnatiti'" : to"11 1" milci; BW " " V""V ..V, " "VA v v.. VVy V.VJ.....1V..1V. J 1 i , 1 On tne COUrt S UeClSlOn. Tro&peet for the sale of iackrabbit shins by the wholesale came to Ropre Mutative Kinnott today from Funston tiros., St. Louis, who claim to be the largest handlers in the world. "There is no trouble about the mar ket; the trouble is in getting the skins collected,"' Kinnot was informed. ''We believe we can find a market for all skins produced in too country at 15 to IS cents per pound delivered at St. Louis." Sinnot thinks this may lead to prac ticable business for eastern Oregon. hipping crop, and does not include t.ie valun of fruit consumed at home. Tilt ing altogether, the crop was worth! I, 000,000 more than in any previous' year. The apple crop proved to be bet ter than had been anticipated. The total shipping crop is estimated at about :!ulXi cars. On account of the continued car shortage, a large pro portion of the crop remains yet to be moved. While apples head the list iu point of value the prune crop take first rank for the amount of utside xj ti.t'C' Btoaev bronchi into the state. The 1 AM Hi. Ira the telons one r LAK tor he knows that my kAK is more keen than the ear of the LAW. Football fans back east will come to the conclusion that W. J. B. of Nebraska had the ratio too high. Last year at Pasadena the Washington State College team walloped Brown University with the finals 14 to O. Yes terday the same trimming was handed Pennsylvania by the brawny boys from the U. of O. at Eugene. It may be added that when the boys get back from their trip, Eugene will be all red and the burden of the song hum med in that live wire city will be, "There'll be a hot time in the old town tonight," Cons Bay Harbor: Saturday morn ing Kruse and Hanks launched their third ship in a year. The Florence Ol son, built for Oliver Olson, was suc cessfully launched while a large crowd cheered. The stormy weather kept many from seeing- the ship take the The boat, will be taken to Kan An Oregonian headline Sunday read: "Portland in grip of Siberian cold." The maximum temperature for ll i ! v . 1 J 1 tne aav is given in anotner column oi tne same page as i water 29, with the minimum 24. The one three degrees belowFl;Vu:isc'' 7 fW uh"e u . , ,, i, -i rr?i will be fitted with steam power. freezing point, the other seven degrees. Ihis is ani eloquent illustration of the Oregon climate. What is looked upon as "Siberian cold," back east would be thought only good corn-husking weather. The car shortage is getting shorter slowly. That is the scarcity is not so great, or there are more cars or something. Anyway the situation is not so exasperating. wanton H. C. OF PAPER The men who make the white print paper are trying out a get-rich caper. No pent up Utica contracts them, and no sane statute counteracts them. They view Ye Printer's protests sourly, and keep on rais ing prices hourly. At noon they send the price up higher, and laugh to acorn the frenzied buyer; and in the solemn mid night watches, they raise the price a few more notches. There is no reason for this i Coos Bay Harbor: Carload shipments are no unusual liiug for the Xorth Hend Condensing company, for that concern has been sendiug out canned milk in lnrge. quantities of that size for years but heretofore always by steamer. Today the company is load ing B bos car with milk and will ship it on the Sunset route to the south. This is the first car to go out by fail. One of the biggest quartz strikes iu A MOTHER'S TROUBLES A mother's unending work and devotion drains and Strains her physical strength and leaves its mark in dimmed eyes and careworn ex pressions ahe ages before her time. Aiiy mother who is weary and languid should start taking Scott's Emulsion oi Norwegian Cod Liver Oil as a strengthen ing food and bracing touic to add rich ness to her blood and build up her nerves before it is too late. Start Scott's Emulsion today its fame is world-wide, it ii free from alcohol. Scott & Bowne, Btoomfield, N.J, IMS. And he dreads my white GLARE and my clarion BLARE ; of me every criminal's in AWE. But he is my FRIEND who good tidings doth SEND to -the uttermost parts of the EARTH. The people worth WHILE, with no wish to BEGUILE, the folk who possess Stirling WORTH, No man is so GREAT that he may DICTATE or order my voice to be STILLED. 'Tis by breaking my WORD that vengeance is STIRRED and by my own act I am KILLED. Each day as I TELL of what folks have to SELL in the shops and the marts of the NATION I'm creating a PART fast becoming the HEART and the soul of my very CREATION. But I'd have you REMEMBER in June or DECEM BER that though I have many an AD, the thing that ENDURES is not the "Corn CURES", is not that which makes me most GLAD. To know that the PEOPLE in home 'neath church STEEPLE and everywhere join in my PRAISE is my reason for BEING and helps in the SEEING of paths and the parting of WAYS. So I the NEWSPAPER and Destiny SHAPER have made me this place in the WORLD and men stand BEFORE me and none can IGNORE me wherever my banner's UNFURLED. To be just and RIGHT and on time every NIGHT, and not to bring sorrow or PAIN This is my DESIRE and of it I ne'er TIRE. I strive to bring smiles once AGAIN, to the care-worn of EARTH, some of whom from their BIRTH never seem to have had a fair PORTION I would be mankind's FRIEND from the start to the END "and embrace EARTH from Ocean to OCEAN. "THE DAILY NEWSPAPER" Especially The Daify Capital Journal of Salem, Oregon." years was reported by Albert and Pnecin Akmir rlta Frank Geiser. owners of the Connor ! WSblp ADOUl "1" creek mine on the Snalce river in NdVdl BdS6 LoC&HOIl Baher county. They brought in two j retorts containing nearly $Ul,CO0 in San Francisco, Jan. 2.--Althouga gold. The deposit represented a seven- j members of the United States eommis day output of the new stamp mill atision on naval yards and naval bases the mine. I were silent today, it was rumored here . I that the eommisMon would recommend Cranberrv gi awers of Oregon met at j Hunters Point as the site for the pro Astoria recently and organized a Pa-1 Ps(,1 Pacific base and San Pedro as cific Cranberrv Growers' association. : thp Slte fo' a submarine base. The It is estimated that 10.000 barrels of i commission will leave tonight for Port cranberries will bo grown on thel'"n1 a"'' Seattle. No confirmation of and to market that amount means no! small undertaking. You can lead a contravt. but you baseball player to a an 't make him think Other rumors were that the commis- ' sion would recommend the transfer of the United States naval training sta tion from Goat Island to some other point. plunder, for doubling prices up like j thunder, save that the paper sharks arei greedy, and are not loath to strip the needy. From every j section of the nation come cries of grief and agitation,! from publishers and kindred colonels, who say they must; Mlopruu Liicii juiuumci, miw iwnv xn n tionuig xvi. . aj.vj.ax, CHAPTER CK unless relief to them is given. The paper makers hearj Does it seem that ray storv is made up the roaring, and see the flood of briny pouring-the j "VXX. lTLX illorm of wrath around them thickens and raise the'. significant things instead of the import price, to beat the dickens. Before the finish of this win- gS - JK?th ter, we shall behold, methinks, Ye Printer, shorn of his! to d so i am teiiing of my Me i.: U..4-1 ,1,...,,- vi-i. fU l.v..v. nmm. i.iust as it was rather of OCB lives, UHl IIUIC SIIIUC ami uiui uc, man ucai tuc giuuiiijf o"" , Clifford's and mine MWUSMAND! Jane Phelps r mm j f by a weeping nation. house portal, and draw a free and filling ration provided; i used to wonder if there were any rules uj nuuu out, uuuiu mu uijjiiiv-Bc , if books were published giving poor mis guided people hints as to how they could hold the affection of those they loved. But I have made up my mind that Life is an endless experiment. That the old "trv, trv aguin,'' is the onlv possible CONGRESS WANTS TO KNOW LADD & RUSH, Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Washington, Jan. 8. Identical reso lutions, calling upon the attorney gen eral and the seeretaiies of war and the treasury to furnish to congress "if not incompatible with the public in terest, information concerning the ex portation of arms and ammunition in to Mexico in violation of the presi dent's embargo." were introduced to day in the house by Representative Kahn of California. PNEUMONIA VICTIMS WANTS NEW DISTRICT Kl l'aso. Texas, .lan. 2. A double funeral will be held here today for Cor poral Joseph II. Wederburn, company I and Private Harry W. Retuley, com pany I). Thirty Michigan, who died at the base hospital here yesterday of pneumonia. Wederburn came from Kast Jordan, Mich., and Remley from Alpena, ltoth meu were only 19 vears old. Clifford remarked, when and he says he has a sort LIFE IS MADE UP OF TRIFLES try to hold her lover's or her husband's mg, Mildred love when she saw it slipping from her came jn day when I was lunching with a woman!01 rionection tnat he delivered a let I met in Chicago. She didn't agree with ; ter addressed to me. He thinks he no me, and said that when the time came ticed it because I get so little house if I had a reason I would hang on just mail." as defiantly as anyone. Now that I was i "Then he's not sure?" I asked, so almost sure that Clifford loved either ; relieved I scarcely could keep the joy Mabel Horton or Lola Gardner, or both, I resolved to hide my misery as best I could until I was absolutely sure l ad from BIT voico. No not nbsolutelv. ' Well, I have questioned both Kara lost him, that no part of his love be-land Alandy closely and neither have longed to me. Then I would quietly ; touched the mail. I knew they hadn't, leave him, and Edith and I would get what happiness we could out of life. Docs it seem strange that I knew so little about these two women who so to succeed in marriage as in all I vital! v interested me? That I should not because whenever Kate gets a letter I always give it to her. Mandy never gets any mail." t "Course she don't!" Edith, who had been listening, broke in. "Why, Mandy other things we attempt. But at this know'which of them my husband faTor-Can't read nor write. I read'ber stor time I thought to dissemble, act a part, e(jt Bemember that I had only met them ies out of my books sometimes-" meet Clifford's coldness with deceit onfe 0r twice; that Clifford seemed de-1 "I know you do. dear," I told her. BREWERY LOST CHARTER San (Antonio, Texas, Jan. ". The Lone Star Brewing company was sold lies, if necessary was the only way Now I know better. that he told me nothing of the evenings Kxperience is a severe teacher, but we he spent with them. Perhaps had I met all must go to school to her. I think it them oftener, known them better, I is K.merson who says: should not have been so miserably jeal- "The man is only half himself, the nns who knows! other halt is his expression. termined I should not know them, andjthankful for the interruption, "and it is very nice ot vou. But if teaches you to entertaining So I think it was with me. And the niness. I. too. "hang on," as the Chi at miction from the courthouse steps1 nit tnat was my expression was not eago woman ha.d expressed it, hoping si tae court tree, wrauw i i oiuu givo no connuence most against nope tnat soineTOing would ' . .-. ,,.. nlnn .,1 .n. 1 li , 1 .n.l ..I,.,,,, l i .1 .i; V. . . riKf ll" "W iiiH mm nuuui nn f MlU T- uuiu nUpfH'n W C" 1 ITt 11 UllUK UtlWfflU V-II I T l.n .1.1 M 3 1 . . .1. . 1 .. .lAI'llK .-will" iiv i" H'UMiuuMiiv iu iwivw- luru uuu uiv. cuaue i iii-ui ivji lup itl oming, t tall and rsew Mexico Uesignat lpohtieal campaign funds. The proper- A BOBoJto. ter. ed at the thirteenth district with the'ty was sold' to Franz Groos, banker, All my life I had left nothing but eon- No Trace of the Letter farm loan bank located at Denver. for 1577,500. 'tempt for the girl or woman who would "I spoke to the postman this morn- Washinnton, Jan. Creation of new Ituin loan bank district is sought : todav, in compliance with in a tun orrereii louay uy senator .-nai- order taking awav its charter for vio- roth, who seeks to have Colorado, Wy , latiug state laws in contributing to I loved. read nieeiy, as well as Man.lv. so keep it up. ' ' "It's queer about that letter," Clif ford mused, seemingly loath to drop the Yet in spite f my distrust, my unhap-J subject, "but probably it was lost in tne posiomce. He was very quiet the rest of the ev ening, and I made up my mind that no matter what happened I would never lie to him again. (Tomorrow Muriel Franklvn's Attitude.)