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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON. TUESDAY, JUNE 19, 1916.
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Open Only a Few More Days.
POSITIVELY QUITTING BUSINESS
Groceries, Drugs, .Hardware, Paints, Glass, Dry
Goods and Shoes at Less than the old Wholesale
Prices. A few sample of what our prices are like:
$1.00 Men's Union Suits 49c
$1.50 Men's Dress Shirts - 75c
$1.50 Men's Straw Hats -50c
$1.00 Bottles Kidney and Liver Medicine 50c
25c Bottles Turpentine, Nitre, Sweet Oil, etc.. . J3C
$1.00 Bottles Kodol 50c
$1.00 pkg. Stock Tonic 25
$5.00 Worth Berry Crates $3.00
$75 Cream Seperator $25
50c Sport Dress Goods 25c
Cut Rate Store
270 North Commercial
OLD STARS WILL PLAY
RED CROSS FIELD DAY
Names On List Recall Old
Times When the Game
Was At Its Zenith
Chicago, June 19 Several promising
young recruits, including Churlcs Co
mickey, and l'red i'feft'er, ore expected
to bis given n try out in a baseball
Rinue which will feature the lied Cross
field day to be held nt Woeghinan Purk
July 5! 1.
Tbo two clubs will be made up most
ly of stars or' the old National league
and old American association. On the
former team will lie Aiihou, Pfeffor,
1'ete O'Hrien, ilort Reunion, Jack Mc
Oormick, Prank Knitter, Kddie Hughes,
William Deists, Prank AIcNiehols, Jot
Bidwell and Hob Hweirv.er, In the line
up of the latter -will be Comiskey, Tom
Tlnwson, Nut Hudson, Jake Htalif, Tony
Aliii.ane, Adolph SpiclniHii, Matty Zim
mer, Charley Heading, limmy Callahan
mid Heorgo Moriarity,
Golf Experts Gather
. Portland, Or., June 111. Crack golf
era from California, Washington and
Oregon are gathering here today i'or the
northwest Patriotic Golf tournament
which will begin next Monday on Wv
vrly links.
11. Chandler Kgan of Medford, Or.,
form national champion nnd several
times western title holder, is in Port
land today from liis orchard near Med
i ford and K. Kilioy of the Presidio
golf club of Sn Francisco, has arriv
ed. Jack Neville, Vincent Whitney,
Douglas Grant and a ilo.on other Call
t'ornin experts are expected to arrive
here before the end of the week.
Leonard Wins Again
New York, June 1!) itenny Leonard
linn added another to his list of knock
outs todnv. Johnnv Nelson of Philadel
phia, went down to defeat in the third
round of a scheduled ten round oout
ut. the hands of the new lightweight
champion. After Nelson had been knock
ed down repeatedly, Hofereo Melrt
land stopped the tight.
Wolverton Still Silent
San Krnnciseo, Juno 1!' Reports that
Ttri-v Wolverton. rionosed niniiniror of
the Han Francisco ISenla, would nink
a sensational statement regarding the
affairs of the Coast league, flew fast
today. Although importuned by newspa
per men to "show his hand" aud
strike back nt Henry Uerry who un
ceremoniously "fired" him, Wolverton
ho far has been silent. Hut ho is ad
mittedly angry at the treatment ac
corded him.
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Figures Bearing Upon
Proposed Amendments
To Salem
June 13th, 1917.
To the Kditor of the Journal:
Every person who now or hereafter
exoects to make Kaleni his home and
every person who pays taxes on Salem
property whether he- lives here or not
j should be vitally interested iu the char-
on July ninth. It cannot be said that if
me auienumeiiTs are auopicu rnai rue so
t.-uiicu iiitiiajtjuuu uuuiiiii aiMcuiiiui-ii .
or some other bonding amendment will
not in the near future be submitted to
the voters, and if submitted that it will
;not be adopted. Jt is, however, almost
! s I....:.... .Ua. lit .u
.1 jujcujii; i:uiii.ittajiiu inui luc alliens
ments which are to be voted on at the
special election are not adopted, some
cknnKO will be made relative to paying
.or street improvements.
Without attempting to express an
opinion regarding the merits of either
the re-assessment or bonding plan it is
the purpose of this article to give some
facts and suggest certaiu matters which
may aid those who are interested in
the question.
At the present time tho city is di
vided into two factious. Some there are
w ho contend that the city as a whole
should pay for all street improvements,
not only in the future but should re
imburse those who have paid Bpecial
.a I... .. -I'!.... In 111, l.ncf
Others maintaiuin that the abutting
property owners should bear the entire
expense of street, improvements auu
,1,,.. IF tltn oit-v wnM nrtw In hfii hnnileil
to repay the money which has already
i :.i LiuiLln. I.A,L,iiiin
OeOU pUJO lUr jiatJJlg uroinc. nu0
il.n ut.iula . - ynt.fiif ailft ttavitiar lieW
streets it would bankrupt the city or at
l 1. xl... 1 .. .... l.:,lv .1.,.. Man,
ICaSC IllUJiU IUAOB BO nip" m.t Mi."
businesses would not locate here and
many of those that are already here
would be driven away.
uonaiuon us carious
1.. ....al.l,.-.w. tli.aa mi.aliniiu Tin niiC
IU lujinmriuin uivou
should be guided by his own selfish in
terests. What is good for the city as
a whole should bo good for at least a
largo majority of its residents and tax
payers. Without business enteriprses
residence property, as well as business
properly, wouiu grea-iiy uupicuuut.
'Ph., al ftm urouent: time finds
itself iii a serious predicament. Many
of the property owners refuse to pay
the installments on the special assess
ments for street paving when the same
become due and even refuse to keep up
the interest ou tho special assessment.
As a consequence the city has been
obliged to assess all the property in
tlie Cliy 111 OTUOr LO IUIBO lliuurj
.1.! Iiulliwit, t.u Aaiitnnld nt
about $100,000 a year. The man who
has paid or is paying his own street
assessment should not be compelled to
pay taxes iu ueip puj mictrat v,
one else's assessment. One of tho amend
ments litis for its purpose the collec
tion of tho various installments as they
become due as well as interest.
......... .).. anr.enmn eourt. flcclareil
m-L-cuu; luc om,...... ...
the assessments for the paving of booth
High street and South Twelfth street
invalid. Unfler the present charter there
is no method whereby the city can re
assess the property abutting on these
streets, and it is proposed by one of
the amendments to ennble the city to
re-assess tins property so i"
-!.... 1,. (AtHliiin will not be com-
pelled to pay for this paving. If some
such amendment is not auupum
..w.a.. ivlm linvn onid for the
paving in front of their property wil.
also nave to ueur piin i i"
the paving of these streets.
Data From Other Cities
In resisting this charter amendment
ninnv people contend that the system
now iu vogue of requiring the abutting
property owner to pay the eutiro cost
of paving tho street in front of his
property is out of dato and unjust.
Some there are who do not offer any
solution of the problem, while others
would have tho c.it- issue bonds to re
imburse those who have paid special
n.a..u,....nt. fnf nnvtni as well aa for
tho purpose of inak:ng future improve
ments. , ,
It might be helpful here to know how
usts of paving In other cities arc
apportioned. Duta relative to this sub
;.,.. ; limited. Wo are fortunate,
however, in having a table which was
compiled bv tne municipal ramm
of tho Cleveland Chamber of Commerce
in April, 1914, relative to the pave
ments in that city. In referring to the
investigation made by the committee it
reports as follows:
"Communications were directed to
civic organizations and to city officials
in a number of the more important
cities iu this country for the purpose
of procuring reports and other data ot
these cities valuable information was
received but we were surprised to find
how little tabulated information was
obtained upon this important subject
and how little consideration had been
given to it by civic, organizations and
city officials in the more important cit
ies' of this country."
What They Have Dons
The committee summarizes the sta
..,;,.., .....niio.l from these cities as
i follows: ...
I New paving in 62 per cent of these
i cities the property pays all; in per
.1,1 ,.,..,i.,,tv niri 50 tier cent; in
10 tier cent tue property p,a uiu.. -
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ept in one city where the property
Ipavs 30 per cent; iu 22 per ceut of
; these cities tho city pays all.
Ropaving In 3 per cent of these
cities the property pays all; in 10 per
cent the property pays 50 per cent; in
is per cent tho property pays between
I 30 and 100 per cent; in 40 per cent the
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CUV 'ti, a ... ,
Approximately 25 per cent of the
cities pav the major part of the origin
al paving, while 40 per cent of the cit
ies do the major part of repaving-
We have been unable to ascertain
-v...,. th .-ilies. which bear the entire
exoense of street improvement or pav
ing, or a portion thereof, began the sys
tem. In comparing Salem with these
cities the following facts should be kept
in mind:
Situation Is Outlined
1 That it i proposed to issue mu
nicipal bonds to pay for all the hard
surfacing done in the past.
2 That it is proposed to reimburse
property owners for pavements which
City Charter
have worn out, been torn up and re
placed. - 3 That the abutting property own
erg have, in the past, been responsible
for the paving of many streets which
would not have been paved had the city
as a whole been paying the bill.
4 That many of tho paved streets
are little used by the public and were
paved for the convenience of a few.
I o mat targe Tracts or lano nave
i been laid out into lots and blocks-and
the streets paved lor the purpose of
j disposing of the property.
6 That the owners of property abut
! ting on paved streets will be enriched
,at the expense of those owning proper
jty on unpaved streets.
7 That those owning property abut
j ting on unpaved streets are entitled to
I have the street in front of their prop
lerty paved if the city donates to the
I property owners off the main traveled
j streets the pavements in front of their
I property.
. Question of Finding
mere seems to De some queanoii u
to whether or not the city should bond
itself to re-iuiburse tho property owner
where the hard surface pavement has
been worn out and has been replaced
and especially, where the property own
er has been compelled to pay to have
the street macadamized which has been
replaced bv hard surface. Thore are
some people, however, who urge that if
tho city is to pay i'or the new pavement
so that the abutting property owner
will not be out anything except his gen
eral taxes hlong with the rest of the
taxpayers, that the city should also re
imburse all property owners who have
paid anything on street improvements,
whether it be hard surface paving or
macadam, and also interest on the am
ount paid since the city , has had tnc
use of the money.
The conditions here now are much
dilierent from what they would be if
the city were just beginning to pave the
streets. In such case it might under
take to pay, by the issuance of munie
ioal bonds, the entire cost of paving.
The money could be raised by general
taxation to meet the interest and in
stallments as they became due. Most,
if not all, of the authorities on this
subject maintain that the bonds should
be paid during the life of the pavement
This could not be done here for consid
erable of tho paving is worn out and
has been replaced while other paving
is almost gone-
General Taxation nan
In the July, 191 3, Municipal League
Bulletin the following is said regarding
the payment of improvement by gen
eral taxation:
"The plan of paying the entire cost
out or the general taxes is a mctiiou
which has been quite generally discard
ed in most large cities. One of the prin
cipal objections to this method is that
it is conducive ,to log roiling ms
city officials, who are besieged with
applications from all parts of the city
for special improvements. Kach section
invariably wants more than its share
and the inevitable result is discrimina
tion and extravagance. It also effects
budget making as those whose sections
have recently been improved want the
budtret items for improvement curtail
ed and those who are after improve
ments want it made larger."
There is a good deal to be said re
garding the present method of requir
ing the abutting property owners to pay
the entire cost -of paving the streets.
On the one hand the owner of resilience
property may not be benefited to the
full extent of the cost of the improve
ment, but his property is certainly
benefited. Some such system as sug
gested in the article from the Munici
pal League Bulletin above referred to
might be adopted. The plan is:
The Combination Flan
"In view of tho objections to both
the special assessment nnd the general
taxation plans, a combination of the
two has been suggested and is in ef
fect in many cities at the present time.
Theoretically, this combination plan
would seem'to solve many of the prob
lems presented by the use of either
method bv itself.
"One difficulty is to fix a proper
proportion to be paid by a special dis
trict and bv the city at large. If cither
25 per cent or 50 per cent were paid
by the city at large, it probably would
do away with most of the objections to
the other system.
"In this connection there is one fact
that might have a bearing on the ques
tion, although it is not recognized in
any improvement work as far as known.
This lact is that there is a difference
between the benefits derived from im
provements iu residence and business
sections. In a residence section, the
property owner, as r'e. does not
want to divert traffic past his proper
ty rather, he seeks a quiet and rcsttul
thoroughfare, the paving of which Is
not" of paramount importance. On the
other hand, tho value of property for
business purposes depends largely on its
accessibility to the public at large and
a paved street before such property is
of much greater relative value than in
the residence sections. Briefly, there
fore, a paved street increases the value
of business property much more than it
does residence property. The question
then arises, should not property adja
cent to a business street pay a larger
proportion of the cost of improvement
than property on a residence street!
Whv not pav from the general fund
25 per cent of the cost of paving busi
ness streets and 50 per cent of the
cost of improving residence streets!
Classifying Streets
Tn referring to the portiou of the
cost of repaying the municipal commit
tee of the Cleveland - namoer m v um
meree, in the report above referred to.
says:
'I'pon certain down town streets
whef the business is of such a nature
that the condition of the streets is an
important factor, we believe the pro
Portion paid bv the property owner
might well he ' increased. This might
K the cssr won certain main
thoroughfares where additional bene
fits are derived from greater o"'
t,t viich itWlHIllVli the citv might well
be relieve! of a considerable part of
the cost of reraving. for other streets
we believe the cost should be shared
in iust vrowrtkm. probably under the
Jold method of 50 per cent for the city
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THEY ARE MARRIED;
Dr. Thomas Married Third
Time Before It Stuck
They Go to France
Chicago, Juno 19. Dr. Harold E.
Thomas and Mrs. Adclaine Millspaug
Bryant Thomas, who were married for
the third time last night, were prepar
ing today to go to France. Tho doctor
intends to head his own Red Cross
unit, while his wife will be one of the
nurses. ,
Mrs. Thomas then Adclaine Mills-
baugh became a party to a double
elopement in April 1913, which made
her the wife of L,ester Bryant. The mar
riage was immediately annulled by the
parents. Iu July 1913, she married" Rob
ert Presnell. They later separated.
Then, Bryant charged the annulment
of his marriage was illegal and had it
set aside. This automatically annulled
tho marriage of Presnell. Bryant ob
tained a divorce Jirtie 14, 1916. A month
later she married Dr. Thomas in Park
Falls, Wis.
The laws of Illinois prevented their
marriage in the state within a year af
ter Bryant 's divorce. They went to the
coast and were remarried in Oakland,
Cal., October 23.
Mrs. R. Livingston Beekman, wife of
the governor of Rhode Island and sis
ter of Dr. Thomas, attended tne wen
ding here last night.
Court House News
When the suit for damages for per
sonal injuries, brought by Mrs- Dora
H. Llark against M. Li. ana a. iwones
is decided bv a iurv in Judge Kelly's
court this afternoon, it will end the
docket for the June term of the cir-
nit court. The testimony in the case
has been completed and the attorneys
were presenting their arguments to the
jury, early this afternoon.
J. W. Bradley, who was arrested in
Portland yesterday, was brought to Sa
lem today to answer a charge of pass
ing bogus checks drawn upon the Ladd
& Bush bank. Bradley, who has been
usinr the names of Baker, Hartley,
Smith avl Brown, is said to have pass
ed numerous bogus checks in Bums
ranging from JL'.aO to fou. nis practice
wn to order a bill of merchandise
and make payment with a check, for
which he would receive a small amount
of change. Most of the goods he order
ed sent to Silverton.
Iird Northeliffe's London Times is
familiarly called the Thunderer, and
't ice he ha owned it there has
been lightning to match the thunder.
and 50
i per cent tor tne property owner.
There
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Fiersol and Adams Held In
Connection With Keet Baby
Murder, Spirited Away
Kansas City. Mo.. June 19. Claude
Piersol and Cletus Adams, held in con
nection with the Keet kidnaping, wore
! taken secretly from the county jail
nere eany tonay. xneir whereabouts
now is unknown to local officers. It is
believed, however, that they are eith
er held in St. Louis or are in the cus
tody of federal officers.
The request for the prisoners came
from Sheriff "Bill" Webb, after the
suspects had been questioned by ed
eral officials and Greene county author
ities.
i The sheriff also carried with him
j information issued at Springfield charg
jing Adams and Piersol with the murder
of baby Lloyd Keet. The charges were
I filed after it was learned efforts are
being made to secure the release of
the suspects.
Rewards totalling $1300 have been
offered for the arrest of the Keet ab
ductors and influential Springfield men
are raising $15,00 to add to the sum
offered by the state and couutr.
Dick Carter, the third person charg
ed with tie murder of the kidnaped
baby has not been apprehended.
Red Cross Campaign
Meets Quick Response
Washington, June 19. Every big city'
is active today in the Red Cross cam- j
paign to raise $100,000,000 during Red I
Cross week.
The first day's returns complete up to!
10 a. m- puts totals at $3,203,250, ex
clusive of JTcw York City, which had
not vet reported officially.
i Xew York, however, has collec?ed up
wards of $14,000,000, with one million
ooiiar comriouuoa irom j. tr. ..uorgan
Co. George Baker ha3 offered to con
tribute $1,000,000 if 24 others will con
tribute a like amount. The total to
date, therefore, from unofficial figures,
is near $20,000,000.
j $23,000,000 Reported.
v asuingiun, uune iv. neu i.ross
. headquarters announced a total sub- j
1 scription to its war fund of approxi-.
mflt.,l- nnilOe.il mnm .Kan ma-fifth 1
of the $100,000,000 sought up to 3
I o'clock this afternoon.
Oregon Will Exceed
Red Cross Allotment
Portland, Or., June 19. Oregon w ill
exceed its Red Ctoss allotment.
This was certaia today the second
day of the Red Cro?s drive when the
committee in charge of the campaign
reported that a dozen Oregon towns had
already- filled their allotment and
Portland had donated approximately
one fourth of a $200,000 quota.
Xir.e firms and individuals at a ban
quet here last night announced contri
butions totalling $30,500.
Wasco and Sherman counties were
asked to raise $15,000. They announced
today $.'i3.500 was pledged 'to date and
that the committee would raise $45,000
before the end of the week. Similar re
ports are being received from every
corner of the state.
And on which of the three days just
past did you take 'em off J-
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$3,232.01 Up to Noon
For Red Cross Fund
Three thousand, two hundred
and thirty two dollars and one
cent, was the amount reported
a noon today for Salem 's share
of the $100,000,000 war fnnd
of the Red Cross. This is near-
ly one tenth of the total am- :
ount to be raised, and the re-
port was received with enthnsi- ;
asm by the teams and their
captains.
. Amounts turned' in today by
the various teams follows: Wm.
Evans, $69.50; Louis Lach- :
mund, $485.00; Jos. II. Albert, 4c
$533.00; R. K. Page, $291.00;
Chas. Galloway, $204 50; C. S.
Hamilton, $398.50; R. C. Bish-
op, $155.75; T. A. Livcsley,
$191.00; Max O. Buren $415.75; '
, Curtis Cross $343.50; executive ;
coinmittee $204.51. :
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