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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 23, 1918)
H i 1 ff? J ffiffi CHARLES H. FISHES Iff jfrf rHm Editor and Publisher tfftMflf ttorial Page of The Capital Joumal 'Vy'f'Y'TTTCTTfTFT MONDAY EVENING 3x8 December 23, 1918 w9? Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communication! To the IJmktial Journal BALEM 136 S. Commercial Bt. OEEGON should find that paper vigorously demanding that they be placed on a peace basis at once. HALF A BILLION LOST IN FOOD. SUBSCRIPTION KATES Daily, by Carrier, per year 5.00 Per Month Daily by Mail, per year. $3.00 Per Month.. ..45e 35c FULL, LEASED WIBE TELEUKAPH REPORT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W- D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stockwell, Chicago, People's Oas Building The Daily Capital Journal earricr boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, ot neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine wnctucr or not mo earners are luuuwiug iuuuti j. 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. , THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL , Is the only newspaper In Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the , Audit Bureau Of Circulations THE BIG PORTLAND IDEA. The Oregonian is still contending for wood shipbuild ing in Oregon, backed up by government' subsidies. It takes the Capital Journal to task for insisting that the industry should be put on a permanent peace-time basis that vessels may be well-built and turned out at a reason able ccSst. Of course, we do not know that these boats are costing quadruple their peace-time value, because no official figures are available and it is quite certain that every effort will be made by all concerned to keep these things from public scrutiny. We believe, however, that it is a conservative estimate to say that a vessel worth $150,000 before the war costs the government $600,000 now, and that tne iormer was oeuer in an respecis ana mn Rp.awnrf.iiv. Tfc has been to the advantage of the speculators who rushed into the shipbuilding business at Portland and other coast points with a desire to get ncn while helping to save the country to boost the cost, since thev revived 10 ner cent over and above cost from the government. It is this arrangement that the Oregonian contends should be continued lor tne oenent oi roruana and the surrounding territory. It would, -indeed, be a truly nice permanent graft for those who. are in on, it". The Oregonian" justifies its stand for the permanency of government wooden ship subsidies on the ground that Portland needs them and that other Oregon towns receive indirect benefit from them. Therefore-all should stand in and pull the wires to keep the golden stream flowing from the national treasure. It is not at all enthusiastic about the Capital Journal's suggestion that the industry be financed by Portland capital and placed on a legitimate, permanent basis standing on its own merits as all real industries must in the normal times of peace. Furthermore, the big Portland idea is uppermost in the Oregonian's editorials on this subject that Salem and other towns should be content with the occasional dollar that comes their way from industries located in Portland. Portlanders believe that every payroll in the state, all its schools, and as much of its state government as can lie constitutionally taken there should be located in Port land. Freight rates have been so fixed by Portland man ipulation that manufacturing industries are forced to lo cate there, and if by chance one happens to go else where, the big city proceeds to entice it away. This illus trates the Portland idea of the development of the state, and explains why Washington and California have grown far ahead of Oregon. The Oregonian would not for a moment put up a fight for government subsidized industries in Salem or any other town in the state except Portland. In fact, we Five hundred million dollars may be a mere trifle, now that we have got used to thinking in billions. Still, such a sum is not to be sneezed at. It means about $25 for every family in this country, and it is what we have lost this year in food alone from this nefarious work of rodents. The department of agriculture submits a bill of $200, 000,000 resulting from the depreciations of common rats arid mice. The other $300,000,000 represents the work of ground squirrels, rabbits, gophers, wood rats, field mice, etc. A general campaign of education is to be under taken by government bureaus. In every state there will be propaganda in order to wake the public up to the destructive propensities of these domestic enemies. Their evil operations are not to be tolerated, at a time when the world is so short of food. It is recognized, too, that they cause enormous losses through their destruc tion of other forms of property. . The nation might save a billion dollars a year if it could exterminate the rodents I Open Forma SCHOOL BUDGET. Committee on Public Information Appointed. ANOTHER YACHT RACE. RIPPLING RHYMES BylWalt Mason ' A YEAR AGO. Ah, well I remember how last year's December was poignant with sorrow and woe; the Teuton was tooting nd raging and shooting, an awesome and terrible foe. With briny tears dropping we went to our shopping, the shopping that Christmas requires, and bought for the kiddies tin rabbits and biddies, and lollipops, lanterns and lyres. No joy was in buying, but, sobbing and sighing, we pushed ourselves round in the stoits, and thought of our brothers and cousine and others who suffered on far f or- eign shores. And often when pricing the cakes with their icing, the candies and walnuts and figs, the tears would leave traces all over our faces, till we wiped them away with our wigs. Oh, sad was that season; for we had no reason to think that war's end would soon come; the Prus sian seemed stronger and fiercer the longer he marched to the beat of his drum. So when we were gazing on doo dads amazing, on wax dolls and Theodore bears, emotion would take us, our feelings would shake us, we'd swoon and go rolling down stairs. But now we are happy and peppy and snappy, the day of our sorrow is done, we've fixed this old planet so kings shall not man it, we've fast ened the lid on the Hun! The world has pretty nearly forgotten all about yachting. It is not an essential industry, neither is it one of the sports that have had a great deal to do with win ning the war. Now up bobs Sir Thomas Lipton, exactly as of yore, with another challenge to America. Verily, peace is here. The Shamrock IV and the Resolute were ready to race when the war broke out. Sir Thomas promptly de cided to wait for a happier time. It was just as well. -The U-boats might have got him. Now that the seas are freed by the combined might of Britain and America, it is fit ting that the two great sporting nations should s meet again in the biggest, prettiest and cleanest of sports. - Lipton has waited long and tried hard and paid like a gentleman. He really deserves to win the cup before he "goes west." on his last voyage. No American wants to see the famous trophy cross the sea, but if he gets it no American will grudge him the honor. .For he is a true sportsman if there ever was one; and true sportsmanship shines with all the greater luster after a war fronijwhich the challenger, py his foul practices, banished sportsman ship and chivalry. '. It is said that inasmuch as international etiquette de mands that a visit from the head of a foreign; nation shall be reurned in kind, we may expect the rulers of the var ious Allied countries to come to America after President Wilson's return. They'll be welcome we're, sure. .. And what a good chance it will be for democrat Americans to gaze on crowned heads and decorated bosoms! The latest estimates place the loss in killed during the world war at 6,000,000. This total is high, but those who read the war correspondents' report of the slaughter day after day are agreeably surprised to learn that it wa3 not greater. ' ' There is talk now of electing Marshal Foch president of France. After having wielded the greatest military power in history, it isn't likely that Foch would care much about an office whose incumbent has no more authority than theking of England. . After all this discussion of the annual school budget it should be remembered that the schools will be kept open whether it is adopted or not. The money will be borrow ed and interest upon it paid b the taxpayers if the budget is rejected. In about ten days a great many persons will be sub scribing to their annual New Year pledges, and about the same time some members of the legislature will be trying to forget those they made previous to election. The Badioche Landeszeitung, returning to a favorite German theme, says, "the next war will be won in the air." Any war that Germany wins will be won m a re gion a good deal lower and hotter than that. There is nothing like preparedness. Still the archi tect who has completed plans for the capitol of the League of Nations might be regarded as a trifle previous, might he not? Tf -note at.1v n Hnllnr imn tho tyrpnf T?Afl flrnRft army of mercy and today is the" last day for volunteers. THEWIFE . By Jane Phelps. RUTH ASKE HER AUNT. TO VISIT HER CHAPTER CXVn. Brian had gone. This was the only thing of which Ruth was capable of thinking. He had gone away, perhaps to be killed. She might wwi see him again, and ah had not told him the wonderful news. Suddouly she recalled what she had overheard on the telephone. He had been talking to someone presumably a woman, as she had heard a woman's voice. Who wondered if it were Molhe King. All at once her jealousy, tvery thing she had held against Brian, seem ed of little moment. 8he must reach him and tell him she had no rigai let him go unless she did so. 8ho hunted up Molly's number in the telephone and called her. It took her some tinio to get an answer, and when she did, she thonght Mollie's voice sounded as if she were trying. A sort of nausea earns over her as she thought of what she should say; to think that she should call her husband at auother woman's home to tell him such a thing. The reaction was too much for her, and she quickly hong A committee on publie information concerning matters of interest to the taxpayers of school district No. 24, 8a km, Oregon, in connection with tho coming election on Monday, Dec 30, on tne school budget, was appointed by a group of business men who met Thurs day at the Commercial club. A series of articles will appear ovei tho names of the committee ou public information for tho purpose of getting at the truth and setting forth facts on which all an rely. Question Why is it necessary to eall an election to pass the school budget t Answer For two reasons within the law. (1) Elections are rcqu..r by law to pass a. budget for school pur poses, (i) The increase in this budget is in excess of 6 per cent and tho propo sition must be voted upon as coming under the 6 per cent limitation law. Q. How much is the actual increase in taxes asked for in the school budget of this ycart " A. 1st year $80,000.00 was rated from tuxes for the support of the ba lcm public schools. This year the amount is to be $93,298.54, an increase of $13,298.54. Q. Why was it necessary to mako such an increase,? A. Salaries increased by $5971.59 the purehaso of the Holman properly costing $250.00, and the docrease or in eomo on the census amounting to $2780 accounts for practically all of the in crease. Decreased income on account of delinquent taxes accounts for Ue balance. Q Why was It nocossary to increase salaries t A. Everybody is familiar with the causes which produced higher wages in everv walk of life. There is not a business firm which has not increased up the recoivor, then sank upon the floor in an agony of spirit, and sobbed out er iiiisory, her love and her longing until Eachcl, hearing, came and put her tbed. Tho next morning "' the ; postman brought her a hastily scribbled note x Q.:nn. 1IUIU iiraui . r "Don't fret, Ruth 'Everything will come out all right.'-"l am just-going aboard, and will give this to someone to mail., I shall love you every minute and shall write you as often as I can. Brian." Ruth read and reread the Bhort noto, finding comfort in spite of its' brief ness. Thon as sho idly turned the cn voIodo over she saw it had been mailed at one of the terminal stations ovor two hours after Brian had lelt ncr. Had tho man carried it around in his pockot, or hud it been posted as soon as Brian gave it to liimt How she wished sho knew. But now sho never would know. She'd probably die, and then Brian would bo freo, sho thought, with an hysterical burst of self pity. But she" must not give way to her feelings. Sho must work and Bavn, against the time when sho would 1e idla So sho dried her eyes and was at tne shop at the usual time. Mr. Manilcl remarked upon ier paw nees. Sho told him that she had not slept, that Brian had gond very late tho night before gone overseas, one did not understand tho look which swept over his face; it seemed as if he wero glad of something but it was anno a nuicklv. and in its place came the sympathetic expression she knew so woll. "Wo must not let you bo loncij, uui that ho is gone," Wandel said, after u moment. "He is very fortunate be young enough to fight. "Yes ho thought so." That night Ruth wrote her aunt a long letter. She told of Brian's going, also she told her the secret she ad withheld from. Thon she said: "When vou can arrange your affairs for an absence, won't you cowo and stay several weeks, or months if you will, with met I am very lonely. 1 shall bo more so. Please come, Aunt Louisa. 1 jtid you more than anyone elso iu the world needs you. 1 shall look anviously for a letter tolling me you will comet and when." After sho had postca this letter Jiuin felt better. There was comfort in tho thought that thero was someone who cared; someone who would be interest ed in hor.. And there was Arthur Man del. She recalled the sympathy express ed in his face when she had told him she was to be alone now. She must take good care of her health, not fret any more than she could avoid, so that she would be able to return to work as soon as possible after hor baby came the child of whom Brian'knew nothing, and which, because of the sound of Moi lic King's voice, sho had not told him. But unable to longer restrain nersclli because of her longing Iot understand ing, sho told Rachel The old nurse petted and fussed over hor to her hearts content. She begged ) er to give up her position and remain at home; but Buth laughed at her, and told her that she shruld go mad at home whh nothing to do but think of Brian so far away. The submarine menace was growing hourly, and she had that fear to add te her sorrow. Longingly aha scanned the papers for new. Then one morn ing she received the eard saying they had arrived safely "somewhere at a French port." That night Buth knelt down and thanked God for his safety, and pray ed that he might come back to her. Tomorrow Kuth goes out with a Employer. its expenditures along this liae. In tne schools it was necessary to raise sal aries of teachers to meet competition from other schools, and other proios sions. Janitor help waB more expensivi on account of scarcity of labor. War conditions account for all of this. Q. Why did the decrease in th.- nrf sus enumeration cause an increase ir. taxes. A. Because the schools receive a tie over $8 per child from the state snd county school funds for each child be tween the agcg of 4 and 20 years, enutu crated within, the district as of Octo ber 25 of each year. The census was lets this year &.'B names making u loss of $27t0 income to the district. Thu must be made up from taxes. Why purchase the Holmau prop erty at this timet A. This property adjoins tho high school property on the south on High street.. This property will be needodi I for school purposes and if not bought when the opportunity is presented the' school board faces the probability of! paying a much higher price for it in tho future. I Q. Was the Holman property a good' buyf A. Yos, without question. The price was $3250. 1 he,propcrty is assessed at ?rf4UU, Which is only os per cent oi its rpal vftlnp ftrtOnO Kplinnl hnnrrie in the i l - ki puai iiuvv iii'Kuuaiuu iur u"D pitco Hi a higher figure than tho one at which this board bought it. For school pur poses it is worth tho money paid for it. Q. If the budget fails to carry this time, how will Uie school operate f I A. School district 24 Ealom, Oregon,' can borrow money up to $100,000.00, which it will do. Interest will cost tho j taxpakers of Salem from $5000 to $7000, Q. How will this deficit ever be made up I I A. It will be put into tho levy a year hence whether or not the.taxpay- ers vote it now. Such is the law and a case is on record where it operated this way, Q. Is it to the taxpayers' intrest to vote down this budget t A. Nvj. They will.be relieved of any tax this year for school purposes, but next year the tax will be more than double. By noting down this budget the taxpayers are putting upon them selves the paying' of $5000 or $7000 in terest necessary to pay off the interest en the money which tho school board CHOCOLATE AND COCOA The Soldiers' Favorites. Should consumers pay more for Choc olate and Cocoa if the threatened short age af raw material is artificially cre ated 1 Peculiar conditions exist today in the Cocoa and Chocolate industry; Ml during the war Cocoa and Choco late have been in the highest favor and justly so on account of their great loud value, and the boys in all branches of the service have consumed enormoas quantities. In spite of numerous difficulties, chief among them the shortage of su gar, manufacturers' prices on their standard brands of Cocoa and Chocolate have not been advanced. . Now, owing to a regulation that tha manufacturers shall be allowed to pur chase only 64 per cent cf their normal amount of raw eoeoa, it would aeem that an advance in prices would ba necessary if this 64 per cent restriction should bo allowed to remain in forca long enough to create an artificial short age. The men in uniform on thoir return homo would find themselves obliged to pay more for their favorite confection than thcv did abroad. This is in face of the allegation that there aro many vessels in United States ports waiting only for the guarantees of return cargoes, to sail for South Am erica where there is as abundance of cocoa awaiting shipment if our manu facturers are only allowed to buy it. will borrow. By voting down the budg et tho taxpayers will raise their own taxes by about mill over and abovo everything elso next year. Other questions will bo raised and answered in the succeeding articles.. Respectfully submitted by the Com mittee on Public Information. MILTON MEYEBS, Chm. WM. TRINDLE TH.W. BOTH FMED THIELSEN MfcLVTN PLIMPTON . W. T. JENKE J. J. 80BEBT9 H. H. OLINGER BN F. WEST JOS. H. ALBERT. SPANISH INFLUENZA WHAT IT IS , .......... - W It ' IT CUill I R DF TDFATFfi ill OIIUULVULIIILHILU Nothing New Simply The Old Grip, Or La Grippe, That Was Epidemic In 1889-90, Only Then It Came From Russia By Way Of France And This Time By Way Of Spain. Go to Bed and Stay Quiet Take a LaxativeEat Plenty of Nourishing Food Keep Up Tour Strength Na ture is the Only "Cure" ALWAYS CALL A DOCTOB, NO OCCASION FOB PANIC Spanish influenza, which appeared in Spain in May, has all the appearance of grip or la grippe, which has swept over the world in numerous epidemics as far back as history runs. Hippoc rates refers to an epidemic in 412 B. (',, which is regarded by many to have been influenza. Every cenitury" has had its attacks. Beginning with 1831, this country has had five epidemics, the Inst in 1889-90. There is no occasion for panic in fluenza itself hag a very low percent age of fatalities not over one death out of every four hundred cases, ac cording to the N. C. Board of Health. The chief danger lies in complications arising, attaching principally patients in a run down condition-those who don't go to bed soon enough, or those who get up too early. THE SYMPTOMS Orip er influenza, as it Is now call ed, usually begins with a chill follow ed by aching, feverishness and some times nausea and dizziness and a gen eral feeling of weakness and depres sion. The temperature is from 100 to lot, and tho fever usually lasts from three to five days. The germs attack the mucous membrane, or lining of the nir psages nose, throat and bronchial tubes there is usually a hard eough, especially bad at night, often times a soro throat or tonsilitis, and frequently all the appearances of a severe cold.. THE TREATMENT Go to bed at the first symptoms, not only for your own sake, but to avoid spreading the disease to ethers take a purgative, eat plenty o! nourishing food, remain perfectly quiet and don't worry. Quinine, Asperin or Dover's Powder, etc., may be administered by the physicians, directions ta relive the aching. But there is no cure or spe cific for influenza the disease must run its course, but nature herself will threw off the attack if only you keep up your strength. The chief danger lies in the complications which may arise. Influenza so weakens the bodily resistance that there is danger of pntmnonia or bronchitis - developing and sometimes inflammation of the middle ear, or heart affoeliona. For these reasons, it is very important that the patient remain in" bed until his strength returns stay in bed at least two days or more after tho fever has left yon, or if yon are over 50 or not strong tay is bed four days or more, according to the severity of the attack. EXTERNAL APPLICATIONS In order to stimulate the lining of the air passages to throw off the grip germs, to aid in loosening the phlegm and keeping the air passges open, thus making the breathing easier, Vick'a VapoRub will be found effective. Hot, wot towels should bo app'.cd over the throat, chest and back between the Shoulder hladns tn nnen ihu nnru Tli Vapo-Bub should be rubbed in over iuu purrs unni tne sKin 19 lea, spread oil thicklv and covered -wlfh Ium tl,;,.lr. nesses of hot flannel c!otl;s. Leavo the clothing loose around tho neck as the heat Of the hndv lihorntoo thn i.m. dients in the form of vapors. These vapors, inhaled with each breath, car ry the medication directly to the parts affected. At tha Bame time, VapoRub is absorbed through and stimulates tho skin, attracting tho blood to the sur face and thus aids in relieving the con gestion within. HOW TO AVOID THE DISEASE Evidence seems tn ninvn flint fhio ia a germ disease, spread principally by human contact hinflv h ing, sneezing or spitting. So avoid per- vua noting turn, fvnicii uieang avoid ing crowds common drinking cups, roller towels, etc. Keen in mnr tmriil strength by plenty r,f exercise in th's open air, and good food. KEEP FREE FROM COLDS Above all. keen free from tnlii am colds irritate the lining of the air pas sages and render them mnch better breeding places for the geims. Usa Vick VapoRub at the votv first tig, of cold. For a head cold, mnlt a. lit. jtle in a spoon and inhale the vapors, ur ueiier sun. nse vapoKub in a ben zoin steam kettle. Tf thin ia ant iviil. a We, use an ordinary tea kettle. Fill 1-1 -,! . ... uiur iuu 01 Doiiing water, put in hair a teaseoon of VarmRnh frnm tim t. j time keep the kettlo jnst slowly boil- injt. muuie me steam arising. nvix.: tick s VapoKub is the dis covery of a North Carolina arnimst. who found how to combine, in salve lr .1--. ... jiurui, .urnmoi ana uampno wita suck essential oils as -eucalyptus, Thyme, Cubebs. ets., so that when the salve is applied to the body neat, these ingre dients are liberated ia the form of va pors. " VapoRub is comparatively new in. 2ew York, New England and a few western states, where it is just sow being introduced. In other sections of the country, however, it is the stan dard home remedy in ovr a millioa. , Dvrnr ior ait rorms er cola trouble more than six million jars were sold .last year. It i particularly recommended for children's train or onhl n riia 1 T Hsl I externally applied and, t herefore, earn s rreeiy as aes'rea wit hoot the slightest harmful effects. Vapo Rub eaa be had in three sizes 30c, . 60c, 1.20 at aU druggists.