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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY. APRIL 19, 1919. PAGE HVi" V--'- w " . . - , a. f? - r; MARY PICKFORD Coming to the Oregon Theatre next Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday in ''Captain Kid, Jr." LIVESLEYNWS. (Capital Journal Special Service.) Livesley, Ore., April 19 Mrs. M. E. Ingmun of Seattle, Wash., is sponding the week with Mrs. Alice, Coolidge. Knis llettencouit of .Portland spent tho wock end with his parents. L. F. Clynier has purchased a young team of houses from 0, D. (Juery. Miss Mary Borgelt spent a few days in l'ortlund visiting friends. Ernest Hermingsten is visiting at. the liome of his brother, Pete. John Keonoy and wife of Portland are making un extended visit with J. P. ltrosslor and family. Tho Oro. Electric, repair crew has licen statiouod here a few days repair ing bridges, etc. Mrs. Claud Edwards and Mrs. Ora Hurtin of Salem, wero visiting rela tives and friends one day this week, bud tho "lizzy" was a bit contrary, owing to a different driver, we pre sume. Little Franeis Bresslcr is In Port land visiting with hor sister, lilidys, and other relatives. Mrs. Ed. Doris of Payette, Idaho, nnd Mr. aud Mrs. F. Rickott oif Sa lem, spont a day at the homo of C. D. Query, in the afternoon. W. V. John son and wife also came in, as these tiro all old tiino friends from Xcbras ka. Mrs. Bert Stout has been on m stck list but is much bettor at the p.1 'sent writing. Tho Livesly Rod Cross auxiliary and O. T. club which have worked togothor this winter and spring, met Thursday at the home of Mrs. Schwab and work ed on refugee garments and on tho Thursday previos they met with Mis. Bliss Fidler nud did similar work, Mr. and Mrs. Joolo and Mrs. Mag gie lliggins, of Ontario, Cnuudu, return ed heme Saturday, after an extended visit with George Uiins and family and other relatives. A family from Canada hr.s purchased tho Watson plueo and expects to movo onto it within a few days. We aro glad to see the place occupied again. Mrs. Julia Ilcrmingsen came out ouc day this week to visit with her sons on the ranch. We understand tint Law renco has Btarted for Canada. C. D. Query is increasing his logan berry acreage. "SEEING EUROPE" t OpsaFcna BOAO BOND ISSUE Editor Capital Journal: A aauilxr of our people are planning to Tote an in debtedness of ''50,000 to bnild hard surfaced roads. This amount, though secured through selling bonds, will operate as a ilanket mortgage, cover ing all taxable property in this county. This is rather a large amount of money for us to borrow and pay inter est on for 20 years, interest and prin cipal will amount to about $1,500,000. Every rand holder in this eouuty must pay his portion of this public indebt edness in proportion to the assessed value of his property. It will operate as a first mortgage. As a lien it takes priority even over a mortgage held by a private party. Taxog come first. Your share of the annual payment of the $S5O,0d0 and ac crued interest will appear on the tax collector's books as a part of the dues whit's you must pay. There is no es cape from this obligation. If you do not pay your portion of this tSoO.OOO road fund, should the voters authorize it, your property will be sold and the amount deducted from the sale price. If we want to cover our farm or city heme with a mortgage as security for thi8 loan then our move is to vote "Yes." Pi, however, we feel that the de mands on our exchequer have been very urgent and frequent during the past everal years and that the calls Tor money aro certain to continue in sistent for Romo time to come, then our plain duty is to play safe and protect our farm end home against this finan cial incumbrance by voting "No." FA Hi PLAY. Salem, April 10th. OPPOSED TO ROAD BOND I30S Taris, Mar. 10 (By mail) An ar my of prospective guides has already begun drilling and rehearsing their pat tor on the 'former ibalttleficldj of France in preparation for the tourist hosts from America. The National Touring club of Fronco organized before the war, lias resumed business. Its first act was to map out the batitle area in twenty districts. Organization of the Third Idaho reg iment is now in progress under direc tion of Adjutant General A. II. Wil son. Tilot flock is installing a municipal lighting system, and is also renewing its watoT system at a cost of $16,000. AFTER YOU HAVE BOUGHT Victory Bonds BUY A TIRE AT n Mciin works W. M. Hughes 474 Ferry St. HHfSSlVJU'M! Phone 364 Editor Capita! Journal: Wi w".i pay the SfiO.UUl) buck to the holders r Marion county bonds, should the bond ing issue be authorized to build apimlt highways, on election day in June? Three fourths of the taxes coming into the county treasury are paid ly our farmers as laud tax. Our farmers will, therefore, be obliged to pay ifti.i", 500 of the bonds and a like amount of of the accrued interest at the end of 20 years, when the bonds full due, making a total of $1,275,000. This load, iu addition to what our tillers of tlio soil aro now carrying, will be so burdciisomo that a good many will simply get out from under the load by entering the ranks of wage earners. The shifting of the cost of public improvements from the cities largely to tho country has hud very much to do with the abandonment of our farms. Tho loss of experienced farmers has been a national calamity. It has resulted in tho sharp upward turn of the common necessities of li to and now is not only threatening dis integration of our cities 'but also bringing about the overturn of estab lished forms of national governments. - Is it not about time to stop our mad rush onward into the night of bonded indebtedness! Had we not better be gin to pay eomo of those we have al ready incurred instead of voting more bonds which, in the final analysis, must be paid largely by farmers and daily laborers! 'Why voto ourselves intio bondage! The roads, it is proposed to cover with patent pavemeut material, are good lock roads now. Tiey will serve for all kinds of traffic for a number of years. They aro paid for. They havo been built only within tho past several years. .Now, Jot us use them for a while at least. A littlo more common sense mixed with our management of public affairs will go far toward restoring a state of equilibrium during Ihtse strenuous times. Never mind tho delivery of tho products of our farms. Don't got over anxious about handling them. We can deliver our fruit and grain over ma ondum roads as well as over asphalt highways or auto speedways. J 'lay fair with the farmer if you expect to have him continue growing your meat, fruit nnd broad. W. F. SMITH. Olervais, Oregon. Him in. Pee Isaiah 14 ch. 12 . It seems the devil was an angel and was cast out of heave a for he was wick ed. Isaiah 14 eh. 4 to 24 vs. Luke 10 ch. 17 to 1 vs. 1 John 3 ch. 8 vs. The devil in a form of a serpeant caus ed uaa to fall ties. 3 ch. 1 vs. A curs was put on the devil by Cod, en. 3 ch. 14 v. Job 1 eh. to 13 vs. Job 2 th.'l to 9 vs. The devil though! ho could cause Job to turn from id but failed. Christ was tempted by him just as sooa as he wsa bai'tixed a:ii was acknowledged by tlod to be his beloved son. Matt. 3 ch. 1(1 aud IT vs The devil is called IW-lxotub and the Prince of lVvils. Prince of the rower of the air, Prince of this world. A er-1 pent, father of liars, powerful, subtle, deceitful, fierce, cruel; spoken of as a wolf, roaring lios, fowler a sower of tares and appears as an aiigtl of light, 2 Oor. 11 ch. 4 v; now if this is not plain, I can give you a lot more refer ences if you will give me an address. But to see the devil in a form I don't think we can; only his spirit dwells in people of today. iSoms are mean and wicked looking. Know them by the fruits they bear. The most dan gerous is the man or woman, that is handsome and accomplished, has a pleasant smile, wenis fine cloth; what he will cause people to d, 1 Tim. 4 ch. 1 U 4 vs; Mutt. 13 ch. 1S ; 2 Cor. 4 ch. 4 v; 2 The. 2 ch. S t: IS v; llev. Hi ch. 14 and 1.". v; Matt. 24 ch. 11 v. Ix-t us not be deceived, and lie careful we are not keeping the doc trine of men and d vils. even if they do miracles Matt. 24 ch. 24 and 2") vs; Matt. 7. ch. 21 to -I v. It will be no excuse for you or me if we aro de ceived; we liiiist prove every thing by the bible, must, not cha.igc a word. Cod old Adam and Eve if they ate of a certaiu fruit "Thou shalt surely i" Devil said, "Ye shall not surely die." See Cal. 1 ch. ti to 13 v; Kov." 22 ch. 1!) and 20 vs. What will happen to the devil and all that do nut Cod's com ii.H.ui.iien., wc vi.l ii. cr l...ve a 3 c f.nd cl si, v i, . s' ...e c'.a'.u. S,i if v.-j waui ui be i'..i I'liU'.cu wo u.wst take ;.ic s.eps he c..ni;:..i,ls c: i.f. Titr.i iie vh. uei.ii'.v. -C,..1 us h-- cS.',u:i:i on,! !i i b . .0. h.:i v.". ::;i:o. ow Harrow then the Oliver Pulverizer and you have a Real Seed Bed! a 1.. -iy i uth. not ex'ieet i! .a wc will be tempted as others have been. 2 Cor. 2 eh. II v; 2 Cor. 11 ch. 3 and 40; Eph. 4 ch. 20 and 27 vs; ; Eph. (1 ch. 1(1 nnd 17 v. I May this do some cue (rood, i tho ' wish of ono Unit takes the Bible alone. TOLLOW your plow with Jn a disk harrow; then use the Oliver Pulverizer, and you have, in nine times out of ten, a perfectly finished seed bed. The soil will be free from clods and air spaces, and the surface will be a mellow mulch, which will not crust over. It is almost invaluable for Hi BIT State Distributors corn, wheat, oats, alfalfa, potatoes, beets, sugar cane, rice, cotton and most other crops. An ideal implement to usa with your Fordson, and it transforms your perfect Oliver plowing into a perfect seed bed. See the pulverizer and let us tell you why these implements will increase your profits. VALLEY MOTOR CO. Local Dealers . ! WHAT WILL TEE PEOPLE DO? I DEVIL DESCRIPTION To the Editor: Answer to Truth Seeker; I am not a minister, but as I have seen no answer for them, 1 will try and do the best I can. Lot us us see what wc can if i nd in the Bible, That is the only Ibook we can lenrn of To tho Editor: It is certainly an. us ing to read the discussions, testimonials, etc., concerning tho .telephone dilimua iu general. e note whh interest tho article in last night's Capital Journal concerning tho ultimatum delivered to our city council by one Mr. Phillips, a representative of tho telephone com pany, in which ho advises us against the installation of a municipul system (nnturully). While tho most of us boast of being (at least) semi-intelligent beings, wo cannot understand tho method of rea soning theso corporation managers use, when they tell us almost in tho same breuth thatMho company is losing mon ey, that the more subscribers it has the more it loses, that if tho city iifatulls a system, they will bo right hero to com- i pete for patronngo (in order to lose more money, of course) for it naturally follows that they must supply service below tho present rate, in order to meet the city's rate, and last but not least informs tho public in general that they will accept a higher rate, and infers that wo aro "not game" to order out , the phones, even though wo realize jwe'ro being held up. We're not in po sition to speak for tho majority of I phone users, but wish to suy that if tho majority resented this proposed in crease in rates as strongly as .does the writer of this article, tho eompanv 'would bo told to go soinewhero fl! with . their phones, in languago tho editor would probably refuse to print. Phonos to some arc a necessity, to others a con venience, nud to still ofliers a mere lux ury. In any case there is only a cer tain value to the individual. No one denies the convenience of a phono, yet I wo must all agree Unit there is a limit I to their value us a household necessity, ,nnd it seems to be n pretty widespread I opinion that the limit of value, has been i reached in the present rate charged for ! service. Just how much 11 r. Phillips 'knows about the public senmnent on ! tliiB question will be determine!1, shortly after the increase if it conies, j While investigations are in order it , might be well to appoint someone to investigate the ssnity of somo of the I officers of tho company who gave the I testimony referred to in this article, '(ienernlly speukinf, persons who ill- tT"' S MV ' - ' ''"V "t 'Tt XT" V3"- ' - - -r- , , lippiy liver riilvenzer One Eve.y -i April 19th 4v 73c Frame Pumps 50c -$1.75 and $2.25 Inner Tubes put in $1.50 Ask about our giving Bicycle Goods Each Month Iff ml I Irru A. El. IV3G 421 Court St. r .r rrr yi. t- 1 ' v, . ,. ' ' ' .... ) , .. Jl It- r, f r K r .... r ' ? A I ' . - I 4 t i v .'VH St ' j' - . THE UELASTT cT HUMANITY" Alien HolubarV Super Producb'on Starring DOROTMy PU1LLIP5 Comin gto the Oregon Theater next Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday and Saturday. Two shows afternoons and two evenings- dulge in that sort of reasoning are con sidered Incapable of taking caro of themselves, and it may bo inconsistent with tho public afo,ty to liavo them running at large. This being a question of public, inter est, let's hour from sonio of tho other citizens on this matter, if the editor will be so kind as to give epuco. Per haps Mr. Phillips would liko to offer a few suggestions as to how to prepare I no puiiuc n i li m i tor i lie new raies. Yours for a "Salem Owned Kvstein." READER, WCKEYNRYS. (Capital Journul Special Service) Rickey, Ore., April 19. Eugene Wheeler of the marines, who was sta tioned iu Texas, litis received his dis- ehinge. . j .Miss Veiu'ta Lewis, Hiss Lettio W'ul-j luoo and Miss tiolila Wheeler culled on j Mrs. Clifford (leaner of Auburn lns,tj TLnisJay ul'li rnion. I ilr. and Mrs. M. M. Magoo and nii.ightcr Margcrct, Bp( lit Hunday with M.'. uud Mis. 11. . i!u,;o3 of Hco'.ts M Is. Cal Lor.ls who saw servico wilt the aviation forces in France, returned to hit hime hero a few days ago. 1 csides Miss Venta "ewis wlitf Mie'it ;1k week, Mr. and Mis. E. A. Lewis iitLHtaiiicd L. H. Lewis of Cro led tn.jcr, ami Mri. Loc' Tri:sli of Lyons, Nitk.'rinv. Mr. Owen Fypbe spent tho day in r uiom. Miss Helen Uickman of Portland, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. nnd Mrs. u. Hickman. Mrs. Y. White was a Nib'in visitor Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Lewis i.nd family "iM'iit Siiiii'mv with r"liifive lit Lvims. Mr. nnd Mrs. Tom Doniirau of Hiotlsi Mills have pun liaacd the five acre tract l Ion"!"" ti, Miss llu.ol Haines. The I consideration was one thousand dollais. Among those who motored to Kulem Thursday to view the "tank" were Mr.! Drnrhnugli, Mr. nnd Mrs. K. A. Lewis1 and family. Mr. mid Mrs. M. M. Mnee, Miss Lcla Hiiuni, T. Wallace and family and Mrs. Lockhart. Miss Margaret Mugoe spent Thursday with he, (fraud father, 1). A. Haines. Will lienvor of Hnlini, has just fin ished drilling a well for Adolph Hagn. Arthur W. Itonigar, who arrived from St. Helens h.t week for an extended visit with relatives, received a telegram to return at once to resume his duties as head liner of the Ht. Helens Ship building company. Mrs. licmgar who accompanied him will remain for a short time with her father, I). A. Haines. M. M. Magee who has been having the road graveled ha laid off tho teams for the present. -- Mr. Tulajr. has received a message that his son's bride, who was a French girl, has irriviu in the United Ktates. It is unde-stood that J. P. Ashby has rented his farm to C A. Callis. The H. K.iiiiee family have moved ti Sahm. Mia. Burbee's aunt, Mrs. Whito of Culifoui'n, is a guest of the family. . Gd!f Too Delicate When Wifey Acts As Assistant Snn Kraneisco, Ajiril 19. Coif is en tirely too delicate a game for a man to play when his wifo is a caddy. Muhlon Dolman, advertising man, is being sued for divorce, his wifo's grounds being an allegation that ho left her ulono Sundays, and refused to allow her to even go to the links where lie spent 'the day. It was suggested that Dolman let his wife a'Touipany him as caddy if ha di liked playing against her. "fmposalble," was his horrified re ply. "Hitting a golf hull.js a delicata matter. Iiungino someone making a tritn remark as yon weije poised te i;wing. It would throw you off your tame. Well, Unit's just lib. 'lit what mini 's wile w -fiuld do, " Hood tWvor Bounty will have its first annual fair next September. Jiii k Miller, who wus fninil last Fri day night near Vancouver barrncks af ter an iinsuecrrsfiil attempt to cum Wit suicide, has been adjudged insane. ,i f &L0 I How Long Will It Last? That's just another way of asking,' ''How good is your battery insulation." For no battery is better than its insulation. Threaded Rubber Insulation is ono of the things that makes the Still Ik'tU-r Willard a much better battery. . vj Threaded Rubber Insulation, which post pones indefinitely the need of re-insulation, is the most important battery improvement that has been made in years- Auto Electric Shop Degge&Burrell WE CALL AND DELIVER YOUR BATTERY. NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR SERVICE CAR. PHONE 203 418 COURT ST.