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MM'. i Edtorirf Page of 77 Capita Journa Hi Ks-IVvY EVENINO, CHARLES H. FISHER J February L Ml 7. Editor and Manager j V a tw-AV.SSV.V.V.V.VJV.V.V.W.SV.W.V.W.'.V. PUBLISHED EVERY EVKMNO EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, 0800$ BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BARNES, (.HAS. H. FISIIKR. DORA C. AND RES EN, President. Vice-President. Sec. and Treas. SUSS' Kil'TlON KATES Dailv by carrier, per year 3.00 Per month 45e Duly by and, per Tea 3.00 Per month 35c FULL LEASED WIRE TWI.Bii K Al'H HEPOKT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES -New York, W. D. Ward, Tribune Building. tillage ui tut st; pu&iai cat us wowu ctaici. siany j ; ,.,,.... ,.,,. , I Waaro and Hood ) 4 Alexander Theiap I Some Little Stories and Gossip of the Legislature The Capital .Jonrnal carrier boys are instructed to pnt the papers on the 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 the enlv wav ve can determine' whether or not the carriers are following in traction's. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier ha missed you. persons would hnd their property bought out Irom under I them when they had supposed the former owner had paid I the taxes, and many non-resident taxpayers who had in I the meantime changed their postoffice address, would i never receive the postal card notice. To advocate selling I thp hnrnp nr nther real ni-nnertv nf a delinouent taxoaver i 4 ! on a postal card note is absolutely indefensible from any : n kuc dry wu is irp before the sen standpoint of justice or honest administration of puhUef-K i affailS. : threshed out. It evidently is not dry And nobody, so far as we are able to learn, besides the i jTMfft h'ort. ant .journal ana juaee tfusnev. warns 10 nanuie coi-; list ..t tin t . . j. . , i i. , , 1 1 1 1 1 legislature a One with the harm and (f tire House ' ' f 1. mi iver 1 iities. Mis. i.snn. sli,- is liti'-ht. vivsrions. a good listener, ami an equal ly g 1 speaker. She. is not insist, ut nliont having ilie woman's privilege nf the hist word, for she draw nol need it. Sli.' speaks seldom but when she does it is briefly and to the oint. The result is that wheu she does sneak the balance void Orton. "What is your objection .'" the legislators pay attention, and lire ::-ked Diniick. "We are ovet iuu di ning . benefited thereby. Ike printer." was the reply. This was, m has mc.de a splendid iiupreaion repeated .with each bill, and there were "ot only on the members but on nil ho 11 number of them. Finally Orton re-' have heard her or had the piivileu. of pen ted his objection and was informed talking to her. Slie lias broken down that "as the bills were nlreadv printed "t"1 swept aside :i large si'ed deep eut- eii prejuiiiee nuiuiiio.i n niaiiv against ose lii'imitteil to receive houoi . Ml 11 1 II f 1 1 I t , I 1 .' 1 I : ItASf f Til I I' T 11 II 1 S .-' t i t'N ill.- nil l..." I I I I II 1 u I I ' I I nf ill I I I ' I ' ' .... I I . ; lection ot taxes in tne aarK in an oia iasnionea ana un- wi abou, e'.er;thin;, eN. whi!e s0 far wu ,.,;;Mi -Ortou hl ,,,;. ,,:,.,.. women holding oftiee, ..V, iii i I bUSineSS like Way, except the USUal hOUSe gang Ot tax it hag not been proposed to cut oft the tion. Dimiek giving him a sort of islalive ottice. I here is not nun,. f, ,,.,.onf foolnusc on,) Viancrorc nn Pno. i ust' Ior sacranieutai purposes, and per- " there will-be no division -ot (hid .nmas P"P"Jr member in the I1011.se and nii- hen speculatoi-s, warrant scalpers and nangers on. ros-1 hBlm xvilI not ,. ,,,;,,,.'.,. s,m. ;,,, ,.uullty l(H,u.. UHn, ,,. ...her like h... if there are s,-i,. ..id Sibly the abstract Companies Which thrive On tangled j would go to this length and mkeao J tion before (he senate preluding it with ' piquancy to some of the dehato iii ' i n M ,i . v. u j.i j pxeeDtioua whatever. Some Of these koM the remark: "There beinir no obicc the senate. Jail its a suggestion It z unes ana ail OI inese wormies wuo vvuuiu idru; auvaii-1 iUt . DW ,,, uim. -m embltleal tion," and the sen&tora imiled nhtle theJw'Sht km Rood plan to send ht , the WHO WANTS BUSINESS METHODS DISCARDED? i tage of th6 hard-pressed, ignorant or perhaps careless entirely, wate. would do ins. aa wen. lobby did tbe same audibly. senate next this of curse, it ' v i. V mi A J -P i.u,o., Iuimi Htrtrevw, it is not expected thnt unv '. the pie up east of the mountain! do . nmnprtv owner. Yon will find one ot these tin noin . ....... , : 1 t. . ... .... tk. n .1 COlintv COUrt house Speculators hiding behind every COUn- l.m other than tkea imefgated with re-! grHulated on th tact that the first of ,ll,,st' tTmted states an example of what , . , , u ite ,V, .ov,fo f ionontinno fVio i '-'rd to making the law still more dras-jthe sex to 1 leeted to a seat in the suttrage means Mk produces in "way tv uidere. clerk or sheriff who wants to discontinue tne u ,,, ..,-.,,. ,.,. a,i,mted the out on the i-at-ifi. : advertising of the delinquent tax list. wit -in have to uo back t0 the house Business efficiency, honesty and fair play demand the j some compromise reached before the bill I ; advertising "bf the delinquent tax list in the-most open go. to .h.. governor. .With pc I , , . . . , . , i , sibilitv in sight it may be the Ml h ill i - and above-board manner through the newspapeis - , ,; iM ,,.,, , ,,. govcriMt an. i fV.r Pr.,.flonrl TouctiqI lrnmir! it and .TllflCrp KllRhPV W'Ollld 1 iil some time next week. However, it i 1. 1 i ui iiaou tJ w ... i i.oi ... VI k. a v v ... " j i t. 1 -. 1 A. 1.. n nv. Atf Know II ne possessea sense enougn lo pivyviiy wimuu I the busyjess affairs of a county of the wealth and im portance ot Manon. The Portland Evening Journal, organ of the Portland plutocrats cmd special interests, is continuing its dirty and unfair fight upon the legitimate newspapers of Ore gon. It brands all publishers as grafters who accept the business of printing a delinquent tax list, although it ad mits that the principal graft in this business has been in the county of Multnomah and that it participated in the graft, and has so far failed to return any conscience money to the public treasury. , In1 last evening's issue the Portland Journal prints' an alleged interview with Judge Bushey of Marion county in which the cost of publishing the delinquent tax list is discussed, and figures are given covering several years past. These may be right or wrong and at worst show little evidence of graft, and none of cullusion between the publishers, since their bills were not excessive and dif fered in their totals. -Only regarding the past two years does the present publisher of the Capital Journal have any personal knowledge, since these are the only ones he has printed. Of these two lists the Portland Journal has its obliging tool, Judge Bushey, says: SITUATION MORE TANGLED The Salem ucwspnpers had evidently agreed on their mtes and bills by V)', when the IMS delinquent list was published 82 cents an inch for each 01 five insertions, costing the county :I28 for each paper. The same rate was charged for the publication in 1910 Of the 1!14 delin quents, and five inseitions in each paper cost the county $368.80 each. Not onlv was the largest .type possiplc used with heavy sings, bur there wero hundreds of nee. Hess r.-pilitions. For instance, in one list the name ol .i... n . u u iv. w r..o.v.i4.l UK times: iii another, tbe name of the Hammond Lumber company is repeated ties, and there arc s-l lull descrip tion B of tracts in the same locality that could be referred to clearly on the space ol u postal card. Portland Journal. And here is all the graft the Portland Journal is howl ing about! Marion county, second largest in the state, handfes nearly a million dollars in taxes, and to collect it and close the books finally, it cost for advertising in 1913, $658 (for both newspapers) and in 1914, $7:57.60 (for both papers) and this bill was not paid by the county, but by the delinquents. What private business concern or corporation, doing a million dollar annual business, is able to clean up its collections for $600 or $700 a year? And who is doing all this kicking about advertising the delinquent list? County judges and others who are backed up by the hangers on and grafters about the court houses of Oregon. Men who fleece everybody who come their way scalping county claims, buying tax liens in the dark and putting honest people to all kinds of trouble and expense. The Portland Journal may have been a 'party to graft ing the taxpayers of Multnomah county in the publication nf thp dplinmient list, as it now confesses it was, but there has been no graft in Marion county in this, respect, as the figures given by Judge Bushey and reprinted above from the Portland Journal aie proof. The price paid here is only commensur-ate with the service rendered, and the service is one -of the most important in the conduct of . . -i ti mi j county affairs in a business-iiKe way. ine county ex penses are made up in budget form and a tax levy is made to cover them if the taxes assessed are paid. If they are not paid the property of the delinquent must be sold to realize the money necessary to meet me county uuugeu There is only one way this can honestly and effectively be done: by advertising thoroughly, with a full and cor rect description, all the property delinquent and the date upon which it will be sold if the taxes are not settled be fore that date. The burden falls not upon the man who has paid his taxes but where it should fall, upon the property owner who has not paid. It is properly not an; expense upon the general treasury, and the present method of advertising'tnis delinquent list and charging tfte cost against the delinquents recognizes this fact. But the delinquent has rights in this matter also. One of these rights is full notice of his delinquency, through, publication in its fullest possible sense, and not by the percarious, uncertain and unbusinesslike method of postal cards through the mail, an expense which, the man who has already paid his taxes, would have to bear. Assess ments are made a full year, or even more, before taxes become delinquent, and a large amount of property changes hands between the time of making the assess ment and the levying of the taxes, so that a large per- Great Britain has notified the world that she has ! placed mines in certain waters near the coast of the i Netherlands; and Germany comes back with the an nouncement tjaat she has extended the zone inside of 1 which she will wage relentless war on vessels of all na : tions, and warning all such to. keep out of it. At the same time she establishes a route which can be traveled with safety so far as she is concerned by strictly pas I cpno-PT- vpsspIs Thp.Rfi must he vouched for bv the United i States as carrying no contraband as defined by Germany. It is in effect a declaration that if England and the al i lies do not cease trying to starve the Germans, that Ger 1 many will use every means at her command to bring the ; hunger phase of the war home to Great Britain and France. What the result will be can not be forecasted, nor can the course this country will pursue, all depend inrr run euvTVinnrlincr and f.l rmimstanaees of individua II II, UJI CUl 1 r iai w m.- I cases. At first glance it wouia seem tnai uus is a ureawi I of the promise made this country by Germany that she i would not attack ships without warning. The arming of ! ships "for defense" by Great Britain, these ships being i able to cope with submarines is another feature that will ! have to be dealt with. Germany claims this arming i makes it impossible for her submarines to warn a vessel so armed without the utmost danger to themselves. Taken all in all, the situation as the common herd would ; express it, is "getting no better fast." is likely most of the advance supplies j Ifiid in iifjainst a long drought ha .e nil! been ordered, and delay "ill not largely increase the business at llornl.rook or other California shippi.ig'point-s. When Senator Diniick was in the chair yesterday afternoon .luring the j- discussion of the Htt bill conceriinig tuberculosis hospitals, Senator Orton lliouglit to bullying the president pro tern by objecting us bills from the house were read the first time.. "I object," 'TWAS EVER THUS ;I; t j? ;;c :;; ADEN CADI1M It Of $ jt THE BRIDGff QUESTION LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1S68 CAPITAL 8500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT i There remains after today but a dozen days for the j ; legislature to cltan up its calendar, it can saieiy De siaieu ! that night sessions will have to be resorted to if all the i bills are to be acted upon. It has been the hardest work i ing lot of legislators ever assembled in Oregon's capital. ! True, three Saturdays have been without the legislative work in the halls, but the committees have been at work ! and nothing can be done until their reports are in. Every ' day the desks of the president and speaker have been 1 cleared, and before each adjournment there is a busy few thp meetinps of committees. The i bone dry bill being practically out of the way, the con solidation bills getting pretty well in hand and the appro priation committee already reporting back many of its bills eives promise of getting at least all important meas ures attended to. The 29th session has set the pace tor work, and it will probably add to that record a reputation for economy. thp PtiKlip Service Commission has written a lengthy letter to President Sproule, of the Southern Pacific, calling attention to the desperate sit uation of Oregon industries on account of the car short age. He covers the case fully and concludes: "Unless immediate and positive efforts of securing more power and additional freight equipment are adopted, this year ...m Ua o rinrviotmn nf thp verv unsatisfactory conditions Will a, uuuvmw - j existing last year. Will you arrange to promptly meet this need?" Owing to the fact that President Sproule is a very busy raiffoad president and may overlook replying soon, we venture to make answer for him. Briefly the answer is: "I will not," A Baker City man undertook to get from under the coal shortage by ordering a shipment of coal from Wyom ing by parcel post. The idea was to beat the car shortage alscvbut the. storms stopped all trains and the Baker man is still shy his coal. The shipment cost $83 a ton which is much like some subscriptions for the heathen, it requiring more for the freight than the amount con tributed. It is seldom Uncle Sam goes back -on those who rely on him, but the coal trust and the carshortage, backed by a real blizzard were too much even for our good old uncle. To the K.litor We are ta ouvers in both counties, a' resident of Salem all my life, naturally much interested in this bridge movement. I should like to suggest a plan that seems practical to me. I shoubUprefer to see the 1 2,000, Ol a requisite portion of it. that it would, require to plank the railroad bridge, used in putting in B large steam ferry. It would have to be built here as it ......I.I ..... I... I.,, .mil, I IhMuiffh tl.. lncU individual at Oregon City. I thinK we snoui.i not consoler any thing but a concrete bridge, the cos" of OOUrM would be great, we must ev nand to great things, why not now.' We would have something to show for the money invested, and a bridge of this kind would requite no outlay for up keep. We would not be facing this sitna tion again as a concrete bridge uniil.l be permanent structure. It seems to me a steel bridge every twenty live years or so, with all the expense of lip keep added, would equal a concrete bridge in the end, lurther innio I understand in government work that all steel construction must be drilled, but the average contractor has a method of cold steel bunch, which the government claims .-rv :--ta'.i.es the steel thereby materially shortening its lite. If we should build a steel bridge this cold steel punch method is doubtless what we would get. My plan for a steam ferry would be to operate it until the two counties were ready for a concrete bridge, and when the time came thnt the. ferry was no lonoec needed here let it ronlace the OH! at independence which is owned and Q erafittvjiy Marion and I'olk counties, f Th,. ones: ion of a lafldiuir. I BUtrneBt the Marion county court, il it dare, in this nge when corporations are given everything thev want, condemn enough water front belonging to a private eOTjl potation for a lauding III the old fen When I am well I josh the doc, and say his pills are made of chalk, which never cured a human ache; that all his science is a fake. I roast him bitterly because he is too handy with his saws, and seems so anxious to remove one's backbone from its old time groove. But when my organs all go wrong, and I'm no longer hale and strong, but doubled up with grievous pains, clear from my fetlocks to my brains, the doctor is my only hope; I clamor for his pills and dope. And if he brings his saw and spade, and save hp thinks hp'U linvp tn wndp all kit n-r 'I' i i i i i i , iiv i ' iivi t v. v vy i i through my system with the same, I say, "Go on, and hew my frame!" And when I'm lying on my oed, with poul tices upon my head, I murmur softly to the nurse, "The good old doc no more I'll curse! His science kept me from the grave, and after this I will behave." But when I'm on my feet once more, I hang around the corner store, and say the doctor is a fake who couldn't shoo away an ache. Thus, when our cares have taken wings, we hoot and jeer at solemn things. Let us by all means hnYe a steam for y, let it be built right away that m lore valuable time be lost, and opciat d until we have a coio-rete bridge. OXK lXTKIfKSTKK. II 00 Members I 100 Hours! p Watch This Space raw HUSGfAND AND I THE PARTING President Wilson's peace ideas will have to materialize soon as it will not be long until spring trench cleaning be gins on the western front. After the curtain fire is hung on the line it will be too late until the summer campaign is over. CHAPTER CXX.WI. All the time we were packing, even though the incessant chatter Mu riel kept up, I wondered what I should say to mother. Had I thought it wise I should have planned to kep it from her; but I wasn't good ut keeping secreta, and I knew that in seme way she would divine that mv visit wu not simidv a home com ing for a bit, as it had always been, but soemthing far more serious. Ouu thing I firmly decided. 1 would say nothing about Leonard Brooks. In fact, I wouldn't have dreamed of speaking to mother about any man save mv husband if it wen possible to avoid it. Her ideas were too strict, and as 1 had come to think, too old-fashioned. I would tell her thnt I had made up my mind to leave Clifford; that he hnd sent mi to her for a time hoping to alter my decision. I couldn't ask her not to meiition the matter to the girl( or the neighbors; it savored too much of guilt, and J Dad done nothing to be ashamed of. Then, too, mother thought th.-ro should be perfect love, perfect un-i deistanding, perfect harmony between ( husband and wife. 1 knew ticeausc l had heard her say so. It had been M between her and dad. -He ue, to say their married life hall been one hundred per cent hnppi UCSS M I tell lllolo icted that I iust -d, while 1 went to the ti at mv earnest solieita I Ion I .mild not face Clifford n I not have worried. He as thouL'h noihliut hud haiiii I felt as if the whole world were ttUttb'' ling about my ears. He chatted amiab ly with Muriel and me the few inonieni we had to wait, petted Kdith, tind sent graeiOUl messages to mother and the girls. Was he trying to .-.end me away so pleasantly that i might forget my determination to leave him.' I wonder ed as he waved me a final good bye, an. I threw a kiss to Edith. Comments. ' I got nice daddy, I ma ? ' ' Kdith conf idod drew out. "HliM Hammond shure am feelin' torn' fine today," Mandy volunteered, ns -lie made us comfortable "I don' 'member his bein' so happy lookin ' in n long time." "(Had to be rid of BM," 1 thought: then eame the remembrance thnt had he so wished he might have been rid of me tor all tin.e. Lite was too much of a problem for me. I mis worn out will worry, tired to deall ing. I couldn't do anythin; tm I time, so I would rest. I laid my head on the In seat and dosed my eyes. I t rail think' least if the "Y,r ions' be still. Missy Kdith, yo' 'mamma it 'ike.' Mandy ivhUpered, "What makes my mamma so young and my papa -o old, Mandy not so awful old, but not pretty and youltg like mamma .' ' "Sh s! " whispered Mainly , 'Yo mamma warn'! nojthiu' but ehile when she married Marse Hammond, .les a chile, " she repeated. "All yon f.a am a fine lookin' man, Missy Kdith! 1. ain't no fault to fin' wM his looks. ' ' "His hair's gray, Mandy, and Mum ma's hair is brown like mine. Ann, Mandy, what did she get married to daddy for when she was a child! Wry didn't she wall till she groucd up!" "Dat's ,ps what I axes oia Man.h.'' the colored woman returned, and think ing the confidence had gone far enough I opened my eves and gave her an or der. Kdith was very quick, ami T didn't w.'nt her to speculate concerning her father and myself. Time enough for chat when 1 had made some move toward a scoaration. For in spite ot the meek way in which I hnd obeyed Cliffoid. I had no intention of relum ing to hini-u his wife. I would de cide just what I would do. then nopuiint liim with u v deoiiion. Trin. rr.iw -An Accident.)