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CHABLES II. FISHES
Editor and Publisher
THURSDAY EVENING
February 21, 1918
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RAILROADS KILL OUR INDUSTRIES
CIVIL SERVICE TYRANNY
Transcontinental railroads are seeking to raise the
rate on bottles shipped into Salem. This might look like
a Email matter to some communities but locally it is one the people because they are so strongly intrenched in their
of the bieszest questions confronting us. It strikes at the j positions,
Federal employes at Washington are opposed to the
eight-hour day. They are fighting the Borland bill very
vindictively and abusing the author of the measure as
well as everybody favoring it. .They only work seven
hours a day now and get thirty days vacation every
summer on full pay; naturally they dislike to see any law
enacted that will compel them to earn the pay they draw
from the government. . "
The opposition to the Barland bill is one of the fruits
of the civil service system which in time will give the
people of this country a great deal of trouble. Civil
service tenure of office is tending to build up a strong
and insolent cflass of lifej-itime office-holders, who fre
quently neglect to treat the public courteously and make
little 'effort to earn their salaries because they have life
jobs, no matter which political party is in power. There
is in the country now a vast and growing army of civil
service employes who all but defy the government and
big fruit juice industries which have been established
here and buy in the East many carloads of bottles, so
many carloads that the figures would look unreasonably
large if compiled and given out. Raising the freight rate
means an added hardship for industries struggling to
gain a profitable foothold in the commercial world. It
is a serious ouestion. indeed.
Why the railroads should invarably seek to throttle
all enterprise and industry throughout trie fsonnwesiii
seems strange to the average man, but it is most assured-1
ly the case. The lumber industry has sultered repeatedly
from the deadly thrusts of the ralroad rate men who al
ways seem to want all the traffic will bear and press the
limit a little in order that nothing may escape them that
might be extorted from the millman and manufacturer.
Instead of encouradne industries that in due time would
bring them additional business if successful they take all
the profits and more, too, for carrying goods to market,
or the raw material to the factory, and the result is
inevitable failure.
Why this short sighted policy is adhered to is not easily
explained but it is religiously pursued and the , Salem
bottle case is an example of it.
Some day the people of the United States the plain
people are going to revolt against this civil servn
tyranny and wipe it out of existence. They are going to
demand that the office holder serve the public and make
an honest effort to earn his salary or get down and out
and give place to some one who will do it.
i: Rippling Rhy mes i
by 'Walt Mason
If the kaiser wins the war there will be no republican
party in this country, as Chas. E. Hughes has pertinently
remarked. That view of the situation ought to induce
more republican leaders and newspaper editors to get into
line with Former President Taft and Elihu Root, quit
lying about the administration and kicking about every
thing and boost for the United States of America. That
will help a whole lot to save the nation and go a long way
toward preserving the republican party. If the move
ment to place party above country is persisted in there
will be only a few sad remnants of the g. o. p. left when
the war is over for the great mass of the voters of all
parties are loyal and will stand for no copperheads in
times like the present.
FEBRUARY
The second month of this year is with us,
gentle reader, reminding us that winter
drear will soon be a seceder. The month
itself is rather punk, with misfit brands of
weather, with snow and sleet and kindred
junk, and winds that shriek together. But
let it whoop and yawp and bawl, we won't
be greatly worried, for it's the briefest
month of all--short horses are soon cur
ried. And when it goes to hit the straw,
comes spring, with buds and roses, when
we'll no longer heed to thaw our .frozen
knees and noses ! So when the rude and
raucous blast in mauldin furv chills vmi.
and when the sleet storm, driving past, dismays and al
most kills you, remember winter's on the wane, it is his
parting flurry; spring's coming, mild and safe and sane,
and you should cut out worry. Spring's coming with its
birds and bees, and babbling brooks and chiggers, and
how we'll welcome things like these, worn out by winter's!
rigors ! bprmg's coming with the sounds and scents that
soothe the jaded spirit, and I much doubt if there are
gents who won't applaud and cheer it.
Proof that Some Women
do Avoid Operations
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Mrs. Etta Dorion, of Ogdensburg, Wis., says:
" I suffered from female troubles which caused piercing rains
like a knife through my back and side. I finally lost all my
strength so I had to go to bed. '1'he doctor advised an operation
but I would not listen to it. I thought of what I had read about
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and tried it. The first
bottle brought great relief and six bottles have entirely cured me.
All women who have female trouble of any kind shoul try
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound."
How Mrs. Boyd Avoided an Operation.
Canton, Ohio. "I suffered from a female trouble which
caused me much suffering, and two doctors decided that
I would have to go through an operation before I could
get weu.
"My mother, who had been helped by Lydia E. Pink-
nam a v egetaoie uompouna, auvisea me to try it De-
iore suDmitting to an operation, it reue vea me irom
my trouDios so 1 can do my hou3e work without any
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iemaie troubles to give L,ydia E. Pinkham s Vege
table Compound a trial and it will do as much J
for them." Mrs. Makie Boyd, 1421 6th St., f.
N. E., Canton, Ohio.
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By JANE PHELPS
MIXED REFLECTIONS.
NOSE CLOGGED FROM
A COLD 0.3 CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils
Open Up Air Passages.
To
Ahl What relief! Your closed nos-
Thc proposed starch factory is one of the most prac
tical moves set afoot in the valley for a long time. It
means the estahlishment of an industry that will make a,
reeular market for potatoe growers which will protect
them from complete loss in the years when low price?:
nrevail. It means also exporting less of the raw material
and more of the finished product. The great need of the:trils p ,p. thf ' von t
,,.,.. i i. ' i j i yur "ead a""6 clear ond tou can breatho
valley is factories to work up our raw material and freely . No more haWkinp, BnuiuinK,
consume our products, .keeping here the labor cost of ; "ht"
people. More money will come into the community if i
large part of the potato crop is shipped out in the form
of starch than is received for it now.
Don't stay stuffed ur! Get a small
bottle of Khr's Cream J?alm from your
dru'ixt now. Apply a litUo of this !
Louis J. Simpson, the leading businessman and booster
of Coos Bay, has thrown his hat into the ring and is
now a sure-enough candidate for the republican nomin
ation for governor. He is an active, energetic and suc
cessful businessman and has one splendid recommenda
tion to public consideration his home people are almost
unanimously for him and think he would make the best
governor the state ever had. A man who has the fullest
confidence of those who know him best is usually a good
man to trust in any position.
General Bonchbrunyevitch is commanding the Russian
army according to the dispatches today. That name re
inforced with some barbed wire entanglements ought to
stop even Hindenburg's legions. '
The spectacle of Germany forcing peace upon the
Russians with fire and sVord only shows, we presume,
that the Prussian militayists love peace so dearly that
thoy are willing to fight for it.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
fragrant, antiarptie cream in your nos- i sworod the Chief.
iriiB, iet u penetrate tnrmiKU every air
passage of tlio head; sootlie and heal
the swollen, inllamcd mucous membrane,
Biving you instant relief. Kly's Cream
Balm is just what every sold and ca
tarrh sufferer haa been, socking. It'
juat splendid.
the big Chief.
"Yes, it is," replied Mrs. Squawk.
"I hope it gets warmer, though. But
why weepest thou, oh Chief V she ask
ed. "Atoka-eaddo-ehoteau," (I am very
sad), replied the great Chief.
"But there's no reason for the weeps.
Can't I bring you a wampum sandwich
to cheer you upf " she aaked, "or a few
drops of lire water?"
"Xaw-nnwl" replied the Chief.
"How about some eocoanuts, dressed
with piekled alfalfa salad, hchf"
' ' A'urtT -naw 1 (.'hurokee-ehiloceo-el-ri-
no, (I am traveling in evil luck), an-
The Daily Novelette
'1 guess you do see wild beasts like
that from trains. Still, why the weepsf "
ag.'iin asked Mrs. Squawk.
Then in an unusual burst of confi
denee and tears, Chief Kiawo gave vent
to his long pent-up feelings.
" Kott-he-ehee-koo wawk-whootchee,'
(Big Chief Beuder, the pitcher of the
j white man's baseball, is getting $20,
1 000 a day from his mighty oil wells
I while I, the greatest chief since Miune
jwatha, father of the mighty Siouxes,
am only getting $l9,0uu a day. L gli
ugh!" eomplaiued the poor Chief.
THE MIGHTY KIOWA.
DON'T SUFFER
Use Soothing Musterole
When those sharp pains go shooting
through your head, when your skull
seems as it It would split, Just rub a
On February 7th
we received balance of Liberty
Loan Bonds
Now prepared to make deliveries to those
buying them.
Big Kiowa, chief of allthe Apaches, I
called "topper-jaw , "Son of the
Sun" "Squatting Father of all the
Squaws", "Friend or tho Fish",
"Lighter of the iloou", "1'roteetor of
tho 1'appooso," "The Mighty Talk
er", etc., was greatly loved by Lis peo
pie. For, had not their beloved Chief been
spokesman for them when the great
wmtt tamers na! uistriouteji tneir own ; Kfnetpmio r-n mr tmnW ,t
land among them Had he not, thiuk-) tJeck Jt draw3 out the inflammation,
mg only of the welfare of his people, goothes away the pain, usually giving
wisely chosen the richest laud for them jujck: relief.
with the biggest slice for himself t Had I Musterole ts a cle3n.wh'te ointment,
he not chosen the land with the great-! made with oil of mustard. Batterthaaa
est number, of oil-wells, which made j mustard plaster end does not blister,
them all wealthy mid gave them wonder- Many doctors end nurses frankly rec-
t'iil wigwams that were lighted within , OTimend Musterole for sore throat, bron-
with the magic spirits of tho white i cmtis, croup, sua neck, astnma, neural-
man, electricity f Aiut were not tnese jpa, congestion, pleurisy, rneumaosm.
wigwams warmed with the queer white
i'irrt railed steam "
Truly the niightv Chief had done ' chilblains, frosted fxt colds of the
great deeds for these, his people. i chest (it often prevents pneumonia). It
Hut hi? Chief Kiowa sat upon a pile! is ntways dependable,
of broom corn outside his palatial wig- cUC ana WCjars; DOSpttUl Sxae i&a
warn in his beloved land of Oklahoma,!
and largo wet tears dropped off his
stolid cheeks. I
"Oh, great red Chief, hello! ' greeted!
Mrs. Eliza Syuawk, wife of a rich
squatter nearby. j
"llow-coo-la, " (good morning), said I
lumbago, pains sod aches of the back or
omts, sprams, sora muscles, onuses.
Gray, Merton Gray, an artist who is
to be there, and"
"Where did you see GrayJ' he in
terrupted. "In the street. She called to him, to
find out if he had an engagement foi
that night. And George it isn't to be
a big party, there are to be only twelve
people. M. -
"That's quite a good sized' dinner
party,' .'he said dryly. ..
"She told Mr. Gray we were going
and he seemed quite pleased. Do you
know him well?"
"Fairly. He goes with a younger set
usually. But he is an addition to a din-
CHAPTEB X.
As we turned toward home I forgot
the man who had reminded me of
Goorge. It was silly. Ho never would
be up-town to a fashionablo restaurant
in tho middle of the day. But I did not
forget Merton Gray, nor the look of ad
miration I had seen in his eyes.
He was youug too. Perhaps he would
be more tolerant of mistakes, my mis
takes, than George's older friends. He
was nice-looking,- too. He was tall and
dark and slender. There was none of
the affections of dress of the usual ar
tist. He looked well, like my brothers,
and the boys at home would look if
they were dressed in the fashionable
garments he wore. I was sure I should
like him. X liked his name, too. "Mer
ton." It was different, uud some way
seemed to suit him.
Then my glance fell on the books.
Why had jlaage. Coring laugned so up
roariously when I told her they were
etiquette books i Don't people, smart
people, need to read them, and was
that the reason she iaugheuj Perhaps
tliey were not what I needed after all.
But it had not seemed nice to be laugh
ed at, and not know the reason. Oh, this
social business was so hard to learn.
W ould I ever be aoiu to make George
proud to take me out instead of asham
ed r i j ie t ,11 n t
x omiureu ix x uciuc. jn our paper English translations. We
had bought them. He would know H a lfilo onr ,tran9,ati(ms of everv artit.lo
the end of the month when the bill ,,i;ui,,i ; fi.
But should 1 wait until then r . t
that I went right on talking. " and i ner party at least the women seem te
she said you had acceped an engage- think so. What else did you dof Yon
meut to dinner for a week from to- seem ts have had rather an exciting dar
uigut, miu wio uibrouueeu me to u j.u.r. as zar as x can juoe.
Should I tell hiiu about the books t
I decided not to; but I felt guilty.
"Oh, nothing. 1 came riglit home
after I left her at the restaurant."
"You will need a new dress for that
dinner. Go to Mercedes and order one.
Better order another white one to take
the .place of the one spoiled the xtighf
you, cut your arm."
' ' All right. 1 wish you would go
with me."
"1 will for the fitting. They may
take advantage of your ignorance and
not do good work."
(Tomorrow Hnpjiy Beprieves.)
German-American Paper
Defies City Ordinance
Los Angeles, Cal. Feb. 21. English
translations of German, articles in ad
joining columns will not be published
by "Germania," local German daily,
according to Max E. Socha, its editor.
Tiiis will not be done unless a law is
passed by congress compelling such
action, the editors say.
"The city council has no power to
cntorco its demands that we publish
came in,
and let him find it out that way, or
tell him now! I was becoming so afraid
of doing the wrong thing of annoying
him that I hesitated over the sim
plest matters. I was fust losing all in
itiative; fast having all individuality
absorbed because ui my anxiety to
please my husband.
I had been pleased a a child oyer
my purchase; over the thought that com
pelled it. But now 1 TT-as Hilled and
frightened. Had I again done something
1 should notf Surely Mrs. coring nao.
some reason for her merriment.
Books On Etiquette Prove an
Annoyance
Then I thought of what I had said
auent Merton Gray, at which she had
again laughed. I had said that he did
not look at all like a famous person.
I really had meant it as a compliment;
but she had "seemed to thiuk it was
something funny, to be laughed at. If
she repeated it to him would he a:so
feel in the same wayf Or, the thought
left me aghast. Would he feel insulted,
that I had belittled himt Oh, dear, I
sighed, would 1 ever learnt And was
life worth living when one had to be
so particular what one said and didf"
When we reaehed home, instead of
carrying the books into the iibrary, the
natural place, I had Annie take them
into the guest room. I had not decided
what to do about telling George; and
he wouldn't see them in there.
All the afternoon I pored over their
contents. I read so many rules tor be
havior, so many silly so it seemed to
me directions how one should act, that
by the time I dressed for dinner my
mind was in a whirl. On the morrow
I would take only one subject, and try
and find out all there was to learn
of it before I proceeded to another. In
that wav I could remember what I read.
I wanted to be "good form" as
George called it. Wanted to for his sake,
more than for my own.
Dinner was ready when ne came in.
! So we had no time to talk until we met
at the table.
A Dinner Table Conversation.
"How's your arm!" was his first
question.
"Fin I and oh, George! I saw Mrs.
Loring today, I took her to the Elite
Restaurant in the car. She had an en
gagement there." I could not fail to
mt ice the start he gave, but I was
so interested in what I had to tell him
About Constipation .
Certain articles of diet tend to
check movements of the bowels. The
most common of these ire cheese, tea
and boiled milk. On the other hand
raw fruits, especially apples and "ba
nanas, also graham bread and whole
wheat bread promote a movement of
the bowels. When the bowels are bad
ly constipated, however, the suro way
is to take one or two vf Chamberlain '
Tablets immediately after supper.
ter, the department of justice and of
ficials in Washington. This is all that
is required of us."
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