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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 23, 1917)
i Editorial Page of The Capital Journal Tl I.HrW l. I MXti Jaiimitv 1.i7. CHARLES H. FISHER Editor and "1 I BUSHED EVERY KVKMNli BZCRPT HUNDAY, SALEM, OKKOON, BV Capital Journal Ptg. Co., nc. L 8. BARNES. President. HAS. II. TORES, Vice 1'rosnlcnt. DOHA C. A V ORKSKX, Sec. udJ Troas. MUBH'.'Rll'TIOM HATES Daily by carrier, per year .0U I'cr Dally by mail, per year :!.0l) JVr month 45e mouth -ioc FULL LEASED W'lKK TKI.KCItAl'ii KKI'OKT BA8TEUN KEPBE8KNTAT1 V E8 Kow York, W. I. Waul. Triliuue Huilding. Chi. ago, W. H. Btockwell, People's i:is Building. The Capital Journal rarrier bojn are I attracted to pal the papers on the porch. If the nu rior does not do thin, nrfaittl you, or neglect gelling 1 lit', j. . jut to you on Una, kindly phone the circulation mnaafr, as this is tin; o ily way are can determine whether or not the carriers are following in structions. I'hone Main S before 7:110 o'clock anil paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier bus missed you. CONCERNING TIGHT WADS The author of senate bill 6: doing advertising ot the delinquent looked a most important feature of the matter. away with the tne tathaMaHaa isaeeleaa1 by the a u . i .i i-i.-w ! -it utiidii niuuii upon ine iaX llSt eVldenilV OVer- count commissi.mcrs. Throni-hout That iS state these notices were printed tL.,t k AK t Ki. ! Ui:U..j t l "" newspapers i at small ex laaBM mien uic wuiucm liai IS puuii&lit'll II gives legal pen..,, t the owners of property uii constructive notice to the property owner that unless "'"''i ,ax "" j t -ii i i Fj t r it i noii all count v for fear of vertain paid the property will be sold. If this notice is not pub- .,. vapapaW tfa ,,,,,, ,,,mmif. lished there is no means of knowing whether the property f? "'' i i .. , . r r r. i daily newspapers of I'ort'and. This,1 owner has received any notice whatever. Suppose after , t , rs, . a- ,-essary but the I the assessment is made and before the taxes are due the im tm th, j 1. i j m, , . , , , . i inetropolitBii press eliuse the lesser of I property changes hands. The seller says the taxes are I two arUa. paid," and they are so far as due, but owing to our tax1 ,TI:B c?",l,rv '"s wiii survive the! J , ' . " . Bhock. Whenever tlm delinquent tax' system the taxes for the year are not the ones that are In ls published in towttry tm- paid, although naturally the buyer would suppose that '"T;r u '"VrH, ,vork, tm ,i ii i i x vt ,i , u 7 , jiositors, extra work for makeup men, was the tax alluded to. Now the tax collector sends a etta prof. reading, extra pap. , postal card to the owner as he appeared on the tax roll, ''!"' ' J1"'.,1"' ""' eounlrv ni"s i , , j . rr , , , 'Ipapar got tor this service was not cx-i nut he does not send a notice to the real owner, who thus wbetant, "or was u Kraft a one d has no notice actual or constructive that his property is to ' j fL'1 be sold for taxes after a certain date. Suppose after this I i'dw the mw mImmm the mom? the sheriff sells the property, would the sale be legal? The 'gS&jFtif Vto vZTZ t ' UWUCI lius IUK1 no liuuvtf IU any IxlIlU, lias not Iiatl HIS liny pwai oarqa mm to clerical liclp in: Children Cry for Fletcher's t he bari offici The cost to the owner of delinquent property will ba the siinie. It i nil riyht to try the new scheme. lVrhans it ill wort. feature of the old system which be lost is the fact I hat publica me nqaaai tax list helps taxes. No one likes to nnv The I will t ion coll t 1 equivalent for the money they pay in the shape of J nts a pound; and this by the car load. At retail , just as he wants value received for money he ex-i the price is probably near four cents a pound. At the , tiapif same rate wheat would be selling around $2.25 a bushel, Under the caution: "Tieht Wad Committee." the P " a. l i 1 1 i i 1 lit rv it n Oregon Voter indulges in a light vein in some comments ' ' court, wnat Kim ot title can tne snerin s deed . convey on the individual characteristics of the make up of the this proposed bill goes through it will open the doors Ways and Means committees of the senate and heme. &p.endlef2 that s alK To le,g,al Safe As an example of persiflage and badinage it is as is most! that would bind he property owner, the sheriff would f ti,,, r,A;.' iLhi. in hui line hnih inst mctivp .md'have to go through the tax list, examine the records as to amusing. However, some injustice is done Marion coun-! every piece oi property o see ii u nau cnangeu nanus aim ZTZulZyZ tv'K hart headed senator Alec Lar ollette. Alter discuss-! "vv "F"1 "fr V" "f" itance in the , ing that senator's ideas of economy it says of him that: ot property tor taxes where the ownership had "in tact he objects to paying any taxes at all." As a mat-, changed, would simply be the forerunner of a law suit, ter of fact LaFolette is one of the heaviest taxpayers in ! and endless trouble the county, and he looks upon the paying of taxes just as . he does on money lie spends in his private business. It .Wheat may be king but the lowly spud has his royal is not the paving of taxes that Alec objects to, but the "s skinned a city block when it comes to prices. In p . . o .,v,f tv, t nA Seattle the areus-eved potato is quoted at $60 a ton, or payiiiK ih umiecessai v wacs. nc wwiw mo ,reuF w Sv-- r - . . r , . . real taxes Anyone who will take a look at the splendid peach ; wWle in fact it has stopped climbing apparently at .about orchards, the well kept barns and buildings on the LaFoi lette farms will realize that he spends his money freely to get the best, and to produce the best. At the same time he does not waste a dollar. When he spends a dollar he wants 100 cents in return. He has the same old fashioned ideas about public business. He wants the state to get value received for every dollar it expends especially if it expends it on his advice and' with his help. As to this trait the state would be better off if there Mere more legislators as careful about state expenditures as is Alec LaFollette. It is possible the other members of the senate committee on Ways and Means are as "tight wads," as LaFollette, but the picture of the committee with: "medals for stinginess adorning their chests, trophies of defunct institutions ornamenting their triumphs, scalps of assassinated salaries dangling from their belts and the blood of slaughtered appropriations; dripping from their busy knives," is as Mark Twain said about the statement that he was dead: ' Slightly exag gerated." It may be a correct picture of what will be at. the end of the session, but at present it is premature. Sol far there are no scalp8 and no sign of blood, while the; AnA tnetitntinne .mill sl'iufrht eivd aDDropiiations are not .C.lVl UlvilULlV IV III' ,-- 11 . iJm XV t UlllU D V- 1 1 1 Lilt JJ L CI LV. gIUY.l ilUO hihv.h the best of it as wheat yields around 20 bushels to the acre and potatoes 200. RipplitifRhip DOMESTICS lion ot taxes because no mie likes to j In- published as a debtor or as one UB-I I'ble to pay taxes due Ifee coiinlv and. manjr made the effort and did raise J their tux monies in order to avoid this contingency. If the legislature desires to make if; easier for the owner of pro party, let I them further amend the delinquent tax laws by abolishing the usurious panaltlei by which unfortunate pen pie w ho are temporarily embarrassed tor ready money pny heavily for their misfortune. I tie senate has pauad a law provld-j ing for five per cent interest with eiyht i er cent as u maximum under written I contract. Let them wipe out the 10 and 12 and 10 per cent interest and nenalties now attaching to certificates of delinquent taxes. The house of representatives wklt passed the present law" will not do this because it would hurt some of the loan sharks who are interested in buying up tax certificates and who are Wl of the present law passed by the house. I Without public notice of delinqucncv, ! under the post card mailing svstem, the; amount of delinquent taxea will steadily I increase and those who like to fatten! off the misfortunes of others will rem,! "niiiiuiuiiy growing Harvest The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been in use for over over 30 years, has borne the signature of - and has been made under his per LZ jCJ&ffijh7fLjts sonal swrv011 since its infancy. uts7y. -coccK. Allow no one to deceive you in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. r What is CASTOR I A Castona is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Paregoric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its age is its guarantee. For more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic and Diarrhoea; allaying Feverishness arising therefrom, and by regulating the Stomach and Bowels, aids the assimilation of Food; giving healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTOR I A ALWAYS Bears the Signature Bears the Signature of Id Use For Over 31 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought THE CENTAUW COMPANY. lew vonic c i tv. treatise on ''Recent Medical Kescarcli es" by Foster I'riddy, Earl ( otton will give a vocal solo with I'anl Anderson j accompanying on the piano. The pro gram win close with Tiokham (filbert in the chair for Parliamentary practice. official use as recommended by the College Presidents' Association at a recent meeting. These words are: program. catalog, decalog, prolog, demagog, pedagog, thoro. thorofare, thru and thruout. ( r We've had about a thousand maids, who '','.!"'e ,um" !f Shyioeka, like the ...v.... mis leisiaioiu inoun A ipei knot ii i tion of ial lioon to students who are be poor spellers is the adop 0 words by the uaivereitv for (Europe will do well to beat its swords into plowshares before it beats itself into a cocked hat. worked for us for wages; they cleaned the floors and window shades, and cooked, by easy stages. And ever and anon they'd quit; their time had come to marry; and Grace would wed her smiling Kit, and Jane would wed her Harry. And I felt sorry for the groom, whene'er there was a wedding; when matrimony lost its bloom, he'd find some rocky sledding. Of all the thousand girls we've hired, not one was; truly saving; economy would make them tired, and some times set them raving. It was the same with Beryl prune of this.or urged it upon ine legislature, and was no lobby of thes house or out of it- e members of i presume there j ntlemen in the i University Notes as the leuu-aunual period of gloom is. at hand, few indolent students are to lie found . around the campus this week. The examinations for the first semester are scheduled for the week of January -iw to February a and their approach is not particularly pleasant to I 4-U.. .1..- . , . ,. . . ' 1 nn.se uesinug io B "tlie survival of I In tiltiest ' at the close nf the ... , . tllilUkS Kb l in in luvilit:, AO o tic wiv citniiv- j- T . ..... " in 0ei.loni.ii Inyfi'Mfl 1 ii institutions ai'e llOl OlllV ailVO ,T , ... D.. J ...UU 0t1. M.A,,M fU, ,-. "tt,v inieneetunl entertainment. ,n i 1 iwi. iiw . ..-T - ' , i" , i , mauil, Willi OUUIl itlltl Willi ociu.y , uncv n iuu LiiiJiej um riaii! int. pbmim-ons: Vlie S:i ai'lCS SO tar iKtvt- mil ukcii wuv-ui-u . mnil r.-r.A fViume tknra in f Vln ollmr TVlOir WHitdH I aid the appropriations are going to take every cent tne j succotash and steak as g0od as you have tasted; they; law allows the legislature to matte, even wiin uie ia wasted pudding, pie and cake, and all that could be i cent increase over last year, lhe truth ot the matter isj , T, wjmtej snfllv thev wasted souu. and did that the Ways and Means committees ot the two houses . ... st- rUdnt seAm to care a whoop fori OPEN FORUM are up against the real thing. 1 hey have the jod pi pai - iU nrotestinff. So when they go away to wed, I ing. cutting down and perhaps doing some assassin; . iing f-Qr thoge fch ma for Clarence) William, Step on the side, that they are not hankering after. hey , p d Adolphus, James and Harry, have lhe iob of cuttimr somewhere and no matter where. it is the institution board, commission or even useless; graft that feels the knife or gets the axe, will become- oeiferous in condemnation, and soul harrowing in its; ululations. Whatever the committees do they will be the! wirget for all the dead eats and rotten eggs, so to speak, j vi the English language, me comnnuees are up against it and no matter what they do they will be in the condi tion described in the old rhyme: "Ynu shall and you shant. You must and you can't, You will and you won't You'll be damned if you do, And be damned of you don't." are already beintf considered for the big rejuvenator of highbrow cob webs of the week, the annual l'ost RmUU Jubilee. The carefree gambols of that evening are the best antidote for tired nerves and worn out physiques that the university has ever been able to offer. ip sje BUSINESS ECONOMY. Taylor Curtis, of San Francisco, is an auctioneer, also an enthusiastic golfer. Recently he was given a bag of golf cluba to sell at auction. Taylor had heard of the stringent rules by which an amateur golf player who as sisted in laying off golf links lost his standing as an ama Editor believe ii All light. Let 's I if the Capital Journal: Do yi Salem ! Of course you d let 's boost together. oust for pavement ncedee better , tor mole lights; let herever beautiful pavka una i ma lie it the most 078 to the good, with 75 cent water rate to house users. Ashland, Oregon, house users pay 75 cents for rater, cents for telephone) and "5 cents for electric light, electric irons, etc-, with no meter. Portland Oregon, pays 73 cents for wijier. the probability plant looks up t ure. Figures from other cities, enough to cover this whole page are available to anyone who cares to investigate, and as n committee of one 1 would appoint our niavor as special investigator, to bring Ol varied interest Ts (lie Websterina society s program for next Wednes day evening. Guitar Leiniug will dis- j cuss "Eoonoaie Oeology as a College Subject," and Fred Teiill is to relate SOSle of his "Vacation Kxiieriences in the Vesomite ' Valley. '' Follow ing a and municipal lighting ;lil for lhe near lu- BEWARE In This Sign 100 We Shall Conquer Watch This Space that pel iimnentlv builds n Community we must make Salem equally attractive I ith other cities. Pavements, parks and lawns arc beau . tiful. but there is a much more vital is 1 1 ue before the average lioine-seeker, I well as the hoine ow uer. and that is "What does it cost to live there?" tn m l.t the cmiticil imr new tcnr bv so tloinc. and he climbed down and turned the iob mayor outlined his policv for conduct- attractive city on the coast. But this tacts and figures before the council, is net all we must do. If we wish to thence to the voters, and give Suleui make our city attractive to home-seek- such tv boost that the very moss will eis which bv the way is the only class slip from our old timers' backs. of auctioning off the clubs to an assistant. catch tne losing my standing as an amateur by selling a few old clubs" said Taylor. Under the rules though he may lose out because someone offered to let him sell the shinny sticks. "YOU don't 8 C S OUtiBCM, declaring tor Let's boost for a better Salem, a pro- gres-ie city, a city that has discarded the idea that all it can do for its citi zen taxpayer is to use him for its dump ing grouud for dead issues such as sew- as ers, worn out pavements and bridges, is which should have been paid for out of our ancestor s inheritance tax, leaving no alternative foi Air, Taxpayer but to bear his burden throng lifS and at death pass it on to his posterity. what Salem has been doing in That ' ducting any private business, manting the past, is doing now. and will con- his siucereity, we wonder if he will real- linue to do unless there is a radical ly woik to that end, so Tar as lies in his change In our "Business F.conomy." I power. Let me illustrate: If by tap- thiuk the people are ready for this ping i municipal main, tie could cut nis change. It is only lair to put the mat WHUSBANDANDI A WEAPON AT HAND j "Then will you make the attempt to: change ,iwn v., it torn , tins way rignt nowT I depended i en T hi'heee von rtvi v ,innt t., l. -i. . ' him. I realized on rousing that .Muriel kind to you i Burns Mavson CHAPTEB CXXVUJ. 1 ( Yiin rt:i!lv ilftn t mint tn Iaava ford. Mildred. I KNOW v,,o don't, rlmtt htWM v ,eltv mmt to 0,1 WM W jealousy. She You are hurt, chagrined, your amour your husband ii only for Kdith 's sake. , '"'n into acocunt that he proprc offended. The fates have heenjlf he should be attentive, loyal, and in ! really cared nothing for me; therefore'. that they have sent ale way kind, would you ever think hisTienloiisv even if provoked would here just now. oiiiot leaving him.' I am sure von he "m0t ' ' ' must act a part. Mildred. Meet your ! wouldn't! she went on, answering her, The night ' Burns Miv'son arrived husband's neglect With the smiling uon- own question j Clifford and I dined" with Miim at a chalance which another man's devotion Mildred Disagree. popular restaurant. Mabel Horton was given n woman when helped bv htC "But he won't be. ' there when ttn ,..;. ,j 5. rlder Oh, I know you ar'e wonderingi "Try him and see." St'f 3k Avhy I haven t advised you to use Leon , "But I have tried him o many that she was invited at Clifford ne nrd Brooke's infatuatioii to advise you times. ' cial reQuest' T thinh Ko ZJJlL ... v ,,wru soiiki snow me that he Burns Mayson to appear. But Mr. tells me you will win out tins time." ime. fWBUBUua noum pay no aueniion iOj i nave no rairn, ancl " i Fortunatelv I ieounru, ue iooks upon nun as a noy. "un, ye ot utile taitu: ' quoted -Mu- ineu it .Miutti Hurt l.eonara i am nei. was still angry with remembered Muriel 'a : warning, and so was able to meet the Situation with perfect nonchalance, to LADD & BUSH, Bankers Estabtished 1868 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT half and pel haps more -if b cuiincit necessities, a source of benefit to every iing with a municipal telephone from home owner, but also a source of rev Ithc high plane of luxury to the mere enue that will lower taxes, and make household necessity within reach of all everybody wonder why the dickens -would he do it.' Well 1 should say s.uncbodv didn't think of it before, lhe would. E B. OAUGHKBTY. Whv not the same business econom 11 1 1 1 city I The only reason Salem DELINQUENT TAX ADVERTISING is not enjoying low rates for these ne- . icessitics is that we have ceased to bo (La Grande Observer.) listed With the piogressive. We're a, A great hulnbooloo has been raised ileait uumiic of "my iiiirini a. 'ne seeilHn wont , i water mil in two inis coming yeai u ter up to tuetn ana see. j-ei s I'oost ror n ewu uri ivc. om oinuiiaio ncquaiuicn vnn tne scriptures the verv evident .n. vr i... ...in. ...... . ;;.,.,! i;. ..:.. .,i u .. Alo-o., I. ., .,,nn f th., ri.i ,. i,u tw ,i .T . . V ."l ,8l"miiture ot lrs. u, iniiiruiir; "" n .......... t: . ru; nnu "w ic.ii me a"o.-, ouo' ..,,..v... ., o. ...... ........ t...L ...... ...v mvafn inrm apmpiks; aim i norton ; and the bewilderment plant he could reduce his light bill one means not only lower rate for theae elegant, and from your husband's point . woefully lacking in an understanding of husband. oi view. iiuuui-ioiisM iiisciiiaiiug 1 1 mem ui inner umes. r frir..,r mvuvr , . know 1 am right I have tried to think ! "Well my faith may be great enough . sonal way with M, L MSS of other ways, but yu will have to to remove eumains, but not to change ; allusions to his formal visit ' the good meet him, your husband, on his own i tlitford, I countered. " but I am will-1 times we had his attentions' JTm Tn grouud to be effective." ingtotrv." .rhicairo etc SLlt t rr , , "I guess that is quite true." 1 au- "That's all I ask." Muriel returned ' abomniblv with him But I soofhedTy sw ered thoughtful v. : smiling. vTv j ,. " If Clifford should change, if he were ; " Aud if I fail!" j " .shot. K d,"D,( " to ue initerem, wouiu i stui want lo; men l m with vou no matter what At first fc leave him would I still love Leonard . vou do. Brooks? To the first question I could i "Thank you, Muriel. appeared puzzled at . iy intimate manner, so different from 1 tear vou wi the i v: . .. Pin booster is out of or over the publication of the delinquent give no answer. There was too much, be put to the test," I replied. 'ami nlThn k. iAn.. j. .. i- der -out of date ON THK BL'M. tax notice in the uewepnpers and the to consider. Edith, mother and the, talked uo more just then. T had changed tnin uL 5 . r, i ,volti. ,i.., ,...t .i,.,t ii ..e v. ,i.. ......oi .. u,.. t., . a.. x..n tl-i.v w . " cn8ng"i toward him. and he sec- .v... v u, ........ ...... iitxii,, v. I , ji v9vii I III I . vo us .. mt ovauuc, .v wui .v t,ir s,-( j t ...i. "ui 0iuua nldybOll. OfluCd 1T1V efforts olmnflt 1.. ,;,.. . 1 , . . I..,., .... l.i 1 i-ii . i . , . .v :u . l. ..1 ..:. T V .. i i t ,, i i . . .a... . . . almost ... .......i. wn.v- mr v.... isnuiMa prin tiling i ei i i nil' uuiices ui me torn queiiou a ivuen iu.i ausari nouiuj 1 leu mill, nail so leu lor long, that Ollsly. on me sum ui iiii.iiwui uimvieii luueoi- iinure oe sent out nv postal cuius. oe yes. ici to nuai purpose save io,j ediuess, aud at the present time is s.e, too strenu- The hulabooloi postal has arisen because of make hiin unhappy- .I knew Clifford well enough to be snrel that nothing I could say or do would1 (Tomorrow A Motor Bide.)