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Editorial Page of The Capital Journal
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CHARLES H FISHES
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PUBLISHED E 'Ki;V EVENING EXCErT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREOON, BY
L. 8. BARXE?
CITAS.
President.
II . FISHER,
Vice -Prosi dent.
DORA C. AXDRESEN,
Set. and Treas.
"No pay no work," is, Senator Brownell's idea of the
-D j, m i Kumtoritt job. When the 40 days for which the state
Capital JOUrnal Mtg, CO., fie. pays its lw makeis expired Friday night the legislator
reinai'Keu ne nau oiner inings to attend to ana packing
his grip returned to his law practice at Oregon City,
leaving the rest of the representatives to finish up bus
iness or leave it unfinished. It may be remarked though
that all the measures in which Brownell was especially
interested had been salely acted upon.
no more than is generally done by all the legislators, who
when the clock registers midnight of the fortieth day,
after being turned back a few times, leave the unacted on
bills to their fate and they, that is the bills, die in the
committees' hands.
A SUCCESSFUL SQUAB FARM
HL'BSCKIITiON RATES
Pailv bv carrier, per year $r.0(J Per
Daily by ninil, per year
month 4."c
3.00 Per month 35c
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only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following in
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b special messenger if the carrier hns missed you.
R. M. Rader who purchased the Caleb '
Sakyer 10 acre on-hard some time ago
has just completed a one hundred foot
squab house. He now has over two
hundred pairs of pigeons which pro
duce from six to ten pair of squabs per j
year. Mr. Rader marketed the first doE
en six weeks old squabs at five dollars
per dosten at Portland, and they were'
pronounced equal to anv ever on that '
However he did' This is about 41 8-3 cents per
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A SILLY PROCEEDING
Portland is having a rather unique law suit, it being
! brought against a wealthy timber man whom the plaintiff
! accused of stealing his wife's affections. The peculiarity
One of the bitterest fights of the session was 0Vr0f the case is the defense set up, which alleges that the
house bill :i02, placing the forfeited Oregon & California defendant did not steal said affections or any part
Land Grant lands on the assessment rolls. It had a thereof as alleged but declares the fact to be that another1
stormy passage in the house and there was considerable , man stole them, and afterward paid the plaintiff what
c . u Tf ncA v,,m,7o,. Coti,.- I the latter considered their value. There is nothing in
of a row in the senate over it. It passed, however, oatui-; ., , , . ... , , b,
1 ' . '. . pvk ptwp to snow tht first, thief ever returned the ponds.
day afternoon, it being the special order at 4 0 clock when ; t- SUI)Dosition is he -till has them and therefore the
bird, and basing the crop of each pair
or year at sixteen birds would make a
gross income trom each pair of pigeons
about l.")ti. This beats a pair of chick
ens, even at the present price of eggs
and poultry. In addition, the orchard
produced about two hundred boxes of
ajqdes, orchard run, this season, Mr.
Rader expects to add a blooded pair of
White Wvandottcs to the ranch and to
have loud lairs of breeding pigeons
during this year. Donald Record.
LATE HOP NOTES
Across Lot
o Rich
Representative Bean spoke, at the senate's request, for defendant could not steal them from plaintiff.
ten minutes, defending the bill; and Laton, who opposed i be called an alibi for the affections.
It might
Geo. W. Yer
of hops to A.
cents. This wr
lots left.
A. Christen
taken up then
spoils, 1 om fe
Of the Li mbel
been taken Ui
mi
Kn
one
sold &to h;
& S( t I
of the best In
and Henry Boje have
hop yards and "ill plant
pans, and onions. Par!
e yards west of town has
Hubbard 1 nt e r prise.
it, answered in a seven minute talk, Bean having three
minutes to close. It is probable it would not have got by
had not a compromise been agieed on by which it was
submitted to the people by referendum.
The Capital Journal has called attention several
times to the different roads taken by the legal mind and
that of the layman in dealing with questions of law.
This may tie the reason the idea of taxing the lands seems
It was expected the legislature would adjourn Satur
day night, but there were a number of bills not acted on,
and during the alternoon it was agreed to hold
Monday. It is likely the session will end sometime today
though it may be well toward midnight. There is the
road bonding bill that was allowed to go to second read
ing late Saturday that is up in the senate today and the
Mayor Morrison, of Springfield,
week contracted .'10,000 pounds oi
for delivery to Falk, Wormra &
each year 1017, 1018, 1010, at 11
per pound.
hist ,
hop,
Co.
enti
Fiber and Hofer, of St. Paul, have
OVeK-j contracted to deliver to the Johnson
Hop company, each 10,000 pounds, at 10
cents. Nick Cook has agreed to deliver
to the same firm 15,000 pounds, at
10 i-2 cents. The latter is a two vear
deal.
'I I... .i.Jiruiiilfifl f1 TTf rl I I r-f T VilV- ' . V v v -j .... -v .--- ....... -
lilt ;ii i v i t eiun ui. tuc uiii . .
take the lavman's view of it.
admit the lands were forfeited by act of congres tor tail-
much of a local matter to be successfully used as a club,
ut ue tarns - " - " y it is urobablv the bienest stick the house has left
ure oi tne ranroaa company 10 compiy wim uiu wima ui
vTSbSZtSlSmff Now The Erl of Derby, England's Secretary of State for
v.. vw J t, ,P , I n,,,,nv.nd Un off vrHC Vl C ToitVl n OXTOfnn viptnW hilt
has really forfeited the ancs, for, if because the railroad i -u"Mlu- "c - f" V 7"" '
r, g ,,.. t: 1 S JlI' ..A l .u k asserts that the verv fiercest contest is vet to come. He
(id not IU111U lis part 01 tne conn act, aim uu lanua i , . , , r , . . ,
j-eason of this breach of contract are torteitabie to any
one, it must be to the original owner, and the party of
thp first nart in the contract under which the railroad
secured such title as it had. They certainly did not revert
to the state of Oregon, for it never had a shadow of title,
nor has it now. Congress in forfeiting the lands or
rather in the acts subsequent to their being so declared by
the court, practicaly admitted the roads had an equity
in the lands. If it has anything in the way of interest in
those lands now, it is this equity. Then the question
conies up: Is that equity, the extent of which has not yet
been decided, taxable ? It would seem to the lay mind, not.
Suppose a city lot valued say at $1,000 here in Salem
was assessed to John Doe, and at the same time Richard
Roe had an enuitv in that lot in the sum of $100, would
the equity as well as the property be taxed? Or, to bring
the matter still nearer the same conditions: Suppose the
city of Salem sold a lot to John Doe, taking a mortgage
for the larger part of the purchase money; and later
through failure to pay the mortgage should be foreclosed
but with a decree that a certain portion of the money
paid should be returned; could the taxes on the property
ho nnlWtpd from the citv sum) v because it had taKen
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over the pre
this sum decreed by
could he be assessed for it?
The railroad lands in question originally belonged to
ot the party to wnom
points out that while Germany is suffering from food
shortage that she still has vast resources and will oe anie
to continue the struggle for a long time. He asserts that
the critical period of the war will come within the next
few months, and advises that good and bad news be re
ceived with the same gameness and determination, and
that there is but one thing to do and that is "stick it out."
It is a hopeful sign that of the appropriations made
two years ago some $200,000 remain unexpended. This is
a rather remarkable thing for it has been the practice not
in Oregon alone by any means, for departments to use
up all the money appropriated for them lest a precedent
should be established and future appropriations be cut
down.
An open season for beavers in Benton and Marion
counties was declared by the legislators principally by the
efforts of Representative Lafferty. The clams on the
other hand will get a rest over in the Yaquina bay section,
a closed season being declared for them.
rPVio 'Tlnd frtvon diifks " owiriP- to Senator Gill's love for
i ZSfiSSk by the court a. tho purchaser's due, , to be slaughtered by wha Sena or Dmuck cabs PoU-
i land game hogs," at the rate of :$5 a day lrom behind tne
blinds on Sturgeon lake, m bauvies island.
. t j mi JV'l
mere 3? , Mtar jrisat;
tney are returned u aim aam ueuuuic wre f''v , h i v, tio nnn no n ni,1).ff;11 Hnwf vpp there is a
Ou.Vmualgovenn.n.nt. If this istruo, how can they be, leaving -fc""
naiance oi ine Buvenuiiem iiu . -
taxed, anv more than th
within the state?
Passing the matter up to the people to decide is the
veriest child's play. It is a question of law, not of fact
that is to be decided, and if the people should order the
lands placed on the assessment rolls what would the order
amount to? Would it change the status of the lands?
Would the decision of the people of this state have any
weight with the supreme court in deciding a question of
law? It looks as though representative Bean, and Sen
ator Olson were simply making, grand stand plays for the
benefit of the dear people. The latter wanted to know
in his argument before the senate: "Whether this state
was a vassal, or whether it shall assert its rights to tax
the land within her own borders." We will not deny that
the state has the right to assess all government lands
within the state, those of the land grant with them, but
we fancy the paved roads projected for the state will all
have been completed and worn out before a cent of the
tax is ever collected. However it places the state in
position to start a nice little law suit and lose it.
unexpended appropriations.
the
Anywav the cranberry boxes were standardized and
bee inspectors were placed on the state's pay roll.
RipplitifRtajmos1
LADD & BUSH. Banker:
Established 1868
CAPITAL $500,000.00
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
.SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
NEW THOUGHT
A headache most ungainly my skull with
anguish fills, while sadly and profanely I
swallow dope and pills. My kindly New
Thought neighbor, who finds this life a
smile, comes over here to labor and talk
with me a while. "Your head's not really
aching," he says to me, "old hoss; your
dome of thought is faking, and putting
bunk across. There's no such thing as
anguish, there's no such graft as pain, and
invalids who languish are never safe and
sane. Forget vour wild and woolly belief
j!n pain, today; just swear you're feeling bully, and you
j will feel that way." When nothing is the matter, and I am
j hale and sound. I like that kind of chatter-I eat it by the
pound. But when my head is aching, until you hear it
creak, and some one says I'm faking, I raise an angry
j shriek, a loud, blood-curdling holler, that makes his life
i blood freeze; and then around his collar I tie his feet
I and knees. 1
Recent hop sales have heen reported
as follows: L. P. Gooding, 20 hales at
7 I S cents; U. Waltz, 35 hales; S. .Mc
Donald, 10 bale; .Toe Hiller, 17 bales;
Geo. Faber, 9 bales, all at the some
price, 7 1-2 easts at St. Paul, to the
Johnson Hop company. A. J ilishler
bought 41 bales from J. H. Miley and 28
bales from Gray & Jliley at 7 cents.
Van Damme, of St. Paul, has sold 31
bales at 7 1-2 cents. Aurora Observer.
DEAD ON
HIS FEET
Most financial
failures are caused
by trying to go too
fast.
Those who go
"across lots," or the
get-rich-quick route, encounter many pitfalls.
The main-traveled road to success is the
one which leads to the savings bank.
It may seem slow to some, but proof abounds
that those who keep on it succeed in accumu
lating money and learn to handle it wisely.
Suggestion: Make an "every-pay-day" de
posit at this bank and you will "arrive" sooner
than those who take the route "across lots to
riches."
UNITED STATES NATIONAL BANK
Salem, Oregon
Member Federal Reserve Bank
C
OREGON NEWS
at Vancouver bantu hs.
The directors of the Mount Angel
bank have offered ifcoOUO to the f tinn
ers of the surrounding country with
i which to build silos. The Uum! has
announced that this sum will be loan
! ed for this purpose at 5 per cent.
t'nion county's jail, from which sev-
oral prisoners have made their escape
their combine.! cargoes amounted to,..,,,,, jllry to be unsafe, and extensive
24,463,678 feet of lumber, In the same 1 1 epairs and improvements are urged.
period nine vessels carried 7.101,381 1
During the mouth of January 27 ves
sels loaded with lumber at the mills in
the lower Columbia river district and
feet, from 111, river mills mnltino a I HOW TO GET THE BRIDGE
GOLD MKDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules d t t , f .,, 0;;n .. . J .Aurora Observer.
will bring new life and quickly relieve ! ,r tnat 0f, tne Columbia river in With Polk county officials holding
that stopped up congested fedtng.They targoea during the month of .lanuti.-v.j out for n concrete bridge at Kalem, when
will thoroughly cleanse and wash out " . everybodv knows that county has no
the kidneys and bladder and gently i The box factory, drv kilns and boiler : money and no prospects of 'any with
carry off the ill effects of excesses TOWms 0f flle Clatsop mill at Astoria, j which-to construct it, the only conelu
all kinds. The healmg, soothing oilom. 0f tht. gij-gcsl lumbering eonetrnsjsion thai can be drawn is that those
soaks right into the walls and lining of. in tnc lower Columbia river district, countv officials want NO BRIDGE If
the kidneys and expels the poisons in W88 destroyed by fire with a loss ap- Salem or Marion county want a steel
vuui sisieni. xvee I .your moneys III ,m,vim3lino .,1 Mill) !... S vn o n 1, , !,,;.(,,.. , .,11
good shape by dail use of GOLD MED
AL Haarlem Oil Capsules and on
will have good health. Go to your
druggist at once and secure a package,
of this time honored world wide rem
edy. It is not a "patent inelicine. " It
is paseeil upon by IT. S. government
chemists and declared, pure before com
ing into this country. GOLu MEDAL
is the pure, original Haarlem Oil, im
ported direct from the ancient labora
tories in Holland, where it is the fta
tontil Household Remedy of the sturdy
Dutch. Lood for th name GOLDi
MKDAIj on every oox. Accept no sun
st it ute. Your druggist will gladly re
fund your money if not as represented
young KHSSlau Finn, started the tire.; the only way to get it is to build it
Loss is Covered by insurance. Seven I ,
thousand doors were burned in the fac
tory devoted to their manufacture, tSdj
hundreds of thousands of feet of valu-i
able lumber in the kiln was lost.
it appears
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It Works! Try It
OPPORTUNITIES IN BUSINESS
During this season's course the public
library is touching the interests many
classes of people. On next Friday even
ing the business men and the younger
prospective business men will have op-bH
portiimiy to near, a discussion mat is
sure to be of interest. Dean D. Walter
Morton is head of the school of com
merce at the University of Oregon and
is known somewhat to Oregon audiences
as a lecturer along his line. The lecture
takes place Friday evening, February
23, at 8 p. m.. in the library auditorium.
All who are interested are cordially in
vited to hear what the dean has to fay
on this subject.
Practically 1, 000,000 will be spent
during the coming season in building
roads in Oregon, under the terms of the
federal good road law, of the state
legislature will put up dollar for dol
lar to match the alotuients that have
made from the federal appropria
tion. Four distinct allotments have
been mad;
the total amount allotcd being $491,
9ti. lietorc this federal money be
comes available the state must enter
into a satisfactory agreement with the
secretary of agriculture, to maintain j ounct
the roads al ter they are finished. little.
Tells how to loosen a sore,
tender corn so it lifts
out without pain.
.l I'H.it'l " 'i'-i
Good news spreads rapidly and drug
aists here are kent busv disnensimr
for road building in Oregon, freozoue. the ether discovery- of a Cin
cinnati man, which is said to loosen
any corn so it lifts out with the fin
gers. Ask at any pharmacy for a cmarter
of freezone, which will cost very
but is said to ho sufficient to rid
j one s feet of every hard or soft corn
The senate has passed Senator Lane s i or callus.
repealing sections 2588, 8589 and! you apply hist a few drons on the
SflMO, of the revised statutes, so that , tender, aching corn and instantly the
vessels bound in the Columbia river for : soreness is relieved, and soon the corn
Portland need BO longer stop at Astoria ( is so shriveled that it lifts out with
to exhibit their pajiers, nor need vessels j out pain, It is a stickv substance
bound outward from Portland stop atlwhAeS dries when applied and never
Astoria to file copies of their manifests j inflames or even irritates the ad.join-
, ing tissue.
The secretary of war has decided de-1 This discovery will prevent thou
finitelv to purchase a tract of land sands of deaths annuallv from lock iaw
in the vicinity of Linnton for a rifle land infection heretofore resulting from
(range for the use of troops stationed ' the suicidal habit of cutting corns.
WM HUSDAND MWi
WEDDING BELLS
CIIAI'TKR CLI
I hnd seen Leonard Brook
twice since Clifford arrived
times 1 had begged him to gi
before the wedding; so that 1
'Happy is the bride
on'" Elsie quoted,
Both I down to breakfaet. It
away noon wedding, so thr
should! a full one.
the sun shiues The boys
Zona came themselves
and
with
w as to be a ; rice and all the old sh,o tho-
morning was Md. They had tied up the trunk
with white ribbon nnd A
not be so anxious as regarded mother Zona was married in the little the harness. All the servants from
and the girls. Now that Clifford was church we all had attended and the! both the house and the quarter were
with us he could not hope to see me same pastor who hud baptized all of I lined up each side of the carriage
save when others were present, andjBS married her. On accouut of j drive, their hands, full of wild flowers
that could give him but little satisfae- j father's death the wedding was a ; they had gathered early that moni
tion. Finally I persuaded him to go. very quiet one. only near relatives and; ing. Such a shower of rice -such a
He left a note of regret for mother and! young friends of both families being j fulisadc of old shoes, as were thrown
a dainty gift for Zona. j present. She was a lovely bride, and! after the voting bride and groom as
What a boy he was! I think that Curtain looked so manly and proud. I Zona 's favorite pair of horses drew
in that lay his appeal to ine. Clifford j I felt sure they yvould always be hap- J them along over the roadwav of wild
was so dignified, so almost stiff with'py together. flowers I have never seen Once
iu, that Leonard's boyishness took; "A couple of children," mother .again a feeling of pitv for myself
on an added value in my eyes. Never-1 said with tears in her eyes, "but lithat 1 had missed all such demon
theless I was immensely relieved when jam not afraid to trust her with Cur-! strations at my wedding, brought a
he left. I well knew it was only a tain. He is a noble boy. j mist to my eyes through which I
temporary solving of my troubles; and j Clifford had given her away, and as, watched tke receding carriage
the knowledge that I longed to -call usual a thrill of pride in his appear-j We were typical southerners in our
him back and tell him that I eared tooiauce made ine think for a few moments j love for horses. Father had stead
nmeh to let him go did not make things; 'that perhaps after all I MIGHT some-1 fastly refused to buv a motor car
easier or more comfortable for me. time be happy with him. j and "mother har felt iust as he did'
I was delighted at what Clifford RICE AND OLD SHOES. They we re good enough' for hevy
had told me of Morton Levering; and After a gay wedding breakfaet the work; bnt for pleasure there was
only hoped he was right. 1 knew " newly weds'' left for the north on nothing like a horse,
now that Elsie really lovled him. and! their wedding trip. Such a lark as' The horse party broke np immedi
if 1 had spoiled my life; it made me Zona's young friends made of it.'ately, and mother, Elsie and I were
the more anxious that the girls' It made me feel so old, yet I was only! alone. Clifford had gone about an
shouldn't make a mess uf theirs. six years older than Zona. But six ' hour after Zona left. iJen, liner r.,t
lawnediyears is a long time when thev are i business.
girls had armed
several pounds of
The day of the wedding
bright and beautiful.
j unhappy years
J (Toiuorroty An I'nforseen Illness.)