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-B 7 tdttonal rase or I he Lamt P CHARLES n. FISHES f Jitor aad Publisher ournQi SATrRPAT EVENING April 19, 1919 au 3 Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address AH Communication! To (Djcflailn Ailal Ifaurnal GOOD SENSE FROM KANSAS. tALEM 136 3. Commercial St. OKEOON 61'BiJCElPTIOX KATES Ds-Hy, by Csrrier, per year $3.00 Ter Month 45e Daily by Mail, per year 3.00 Per Month 3a FULL LEASED WIRE TKLEUKAi'H KEi'OBT FOREIGN BEPBESENTATIVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Buildin?. W. H. StoeaweU, Chicago, People's C-aa Building Tka Dily Capital Jonrnal earner boya are instructed to put tha patera on the yorth. If tha carrier does not do thia, misses you, or aegleeta getting the paper to you on time, kindly phono the circulation manager, as thia ia tha only way we ean determine whether or not the carriers are following inatraetiona. Phone tl before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the Barrier has missed you. 'Wav out vonder where th mountains The governor of Kansas, in a recent letter written in;i-ifu its Kr"anuVur towards the sky, .nrvl,. in nr. nni.rol fn- ViJo e,,r,r,r t o nr(n,V nnlini. ov " ncre 9uu b"di thru, in failure n-yij w " l' i'" aupvii, oi a tciuuu KU"W " As they race with cloudj on hiiih; pressed sentiments commingling common sense and pat- j Where s: fringe if ranged Fine tieos riotism in a manner worth repeating. Part of his letter ;Tf ' iS aS IOlIOWS: Dressed o gorgeously for spring; I "I am unable to agree to assist any body of men to' ,he d0 wooa 1b!r?m? ' fie ! , , . .v u "It. -L "h the erpsy winds that stray I trade upon the misery of this world for their own enrich-'oh, the iurin(f woods are railing, ment. This is a peculiar hour. Because of the waste of lm n,,he, -ionK dayr . ., . . .. . j Trees are slow lv douuins; verdure, energy in destruction and the devastation of the war,,Bu8heS wait au"d watch the sun; .half the population of the world has suffered from under-jackets fcoddiejp together, j production. Much of the suffering still endures. L'aiiTiS ZkI iftnembie "That any body or group of men should, so suddenly j 'Cross the pathway, towards the i?ght, unci iiic v,uiiiiuoiiii vi tnc vvai tiiiu i line mc nuuu 10 oim grappling with the tremendous shortage of staple com jmcdities, begin a deliberate organization to retard pro- duction, is unspeakable. It is one of those distressing in cidents which show how easily men in their greed forget THE DAILY CAPITA!. JOURNAL Li th only newspaper in Salem whoa circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Clrculationa SB3B8B8Bc DOGS AND CHILDREN. Once more an alarm is sounded concerning the moral Ftatus of American womanhood and the sequent perils to the nation. Says the Rev. Dr. Christian F. Reisner of New York City. "American women like dogs better than chcildren. I suppose, after all, it is better for them to pet dogs than to do something worse. But if the stabilizing influence cf the home continues to be destroyed at the rate of today, the Bolsheviki will get us." Much ado about pretty nearly nothing, as usual ! The reverend gentleman must be given credit for having the courage of his convictions, inasmuch as he made these re marks before a congress of women. But that doesn't make his convictions any the more convincing. "American women like dogs better than children" how often that stale charge has been sounded in the ears of a long-suffering public! Very likely it is true of a lot of women the reverend doctor sees parading along Fifth Avenue. But one feels like taking him gently and firm ly by the lapel of his ministerial coat and informing him that Fifth Avenue is not the United States. How many American women like dogs better than children? Put it to any group of Americans, male or female, in any city, town or village in the United States. Answer it yourself. It doesn't need answering. The woman who would rather pet a poodle dog than cuddle a baby is of course no more typical of American women in general than the town drunkard is typical of American men. How fortunate is the West in having as one of its rep resentatives in congress a man so well infoimed as Sen ator Miles Poindexter, of Washington, who tells us that :t will be months before the peace with Germany is final ly signed, that it will take at least three months more for the Paris conference to complete the pact and that Presi dent Wilson will net be able to remain abroad until the Germans have signed the treaty. And how willing is he to give the poor, misguided American public the benefit of the knowledge he has so accurately acquired 7,000 miles from the scene of action. Dot the landscape, purple, white; And the little creek cauiing On its war in morry glee Oh, the woods keep calling, calling, All day long, to han-ass me! Like a pall my work hangs o'er me, Killing all my days with i;loom, to norma hearing t The Roosevelt highway bill authorizes the issue of bonds to the amount of $2,500,000 for the purpose of con structing the Roosevelt Highway along the coast of Ore gon, upen the condition, however, that the federal govern ment appropriate an equal amount for the same purpose. If the government fails to do this, then no part of these bonds can be issued by the state, and if the federal gov ernment does appropriate a like amount for this purpose it will give to the state of Oregon all the advantages of this road at a cost of 50 cents on ths dollar. The auto license fees already provided by law will be sufficient to not only pay all the principal and all the interest on the present bonds of the state and those now authorized to be issued, duc wm aiso pay me principal ana mieresi oi mese bonds and several million dollars worth more if needed. The bill will be voted upon at the special election in June. A writer in the "Open Forum" department today wants to know if the columns of the Capital Journal will be open for discussion of the road bond issue on either side. Certainly anyone who writes an article, not too long, on any subject of public interest and is willing him self to stand back of the views expressed will always get a hearing in this paper. We do not, however, care for anonymous communications and have little respect for them. With a little wild Scotch bloom. GRACE E. 11 ALL. OVEH IHB TOP AND PAY! ill iiiiii i i ii x (JFi limit an uit uaa wiui uuimi, the lessons which should have been learned along the iwuie each woodland fairy beckors pathway of suffering and common sacrifice. The occasion for the message is of less importance than tho message itself; The hour is indeed pecauliar. Nothing but the strictest observance of the highest prin ciples of patriotism and humanity can restore the world !. Governor Allen s ringing words merit wider ban was his intention when he wrote them. the Men in CLASS Al A sound, health? nan ia never t back number. A oian can be as vigorous and able at seventy aa at twenty. Condition, not years, puts you in the discard. A sjatera weakened by overwork and care lesa Iivm briuirB old age prematurely, me bodiiy f.uxuom are impaired and unpleasant symptoms appear. The waa wot is generally the kidneis. Keep thens clean and in proper working con dition and you will aenerslly niid Tour wlf ia Class A. Take GOLD MEDAL Haarlem OU CtpsiiU-s pcriodicallr and your system will alwava be in working '.rder. Your spirits will be enlivened, your musrlea eupple, your mind activv, .nd your body capable of hard work. Don t wait uutd jou have been reject ed. Commence to be a first-tlass man now. Ga to your drtircist at once Get a trml boa of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Ihl Cnrwulcs. They are mad f the pure, original, imported Hiar-It-m Oil tiie kind your (reat-i;ranuiatb-er used. Ivro capsules each day will keep y,u toned up and feeling fine. .Money refunded if they do not help you ltememb-r to ak for the imported GOLD MEDAL Biand. Iu three aiaeV clctl packue't "It's A Long, Long Trail" PIONEER FARM HOilE BUN3 A good many partisan editors who do not like the politics of the present secretary of war, profess to be lieve that military offenders should be tried by a jury of newspaper editors and political demigogues who would side where the largest number of votes might be influenced. The Victory bond campaign is ivt over because the banks have underwritten Salem's quota. That is simply a guarantee on their part that our people are going to do their pait and in turn the confidence of the banks in the public spirit of the community should be shown not to have been misplaced. The bond subscription books will Le open at all the city banks Monday and it is expected that just as many persons will subscribe as if the soliciting committee were cut. RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason SPRING DOPE. Now that spring, so blithe and merrv, spreads' its rugs of living grass, from the learned apothecary we must buy some sassafras. Four our blood is coursing slowly after winter's lengdrawn games, and a lot of boils unholy soon will break out on our frames; and we'll have a bilious fever and a lot of other ills, and old Death will swing his cleaver if we don't buy yarbs and pills. Oh, the druggist smiles and whistles, as he labors all alone, as he boils a lot of thistles, for this season is his own; he is brewing tea of tansy and of liverwort and leeks, flavored with a dash of pansy, and he chortles when he speaks. In the cure of ailments chronic our learned pharmacist delights; he is mixing up a tonic for our livers and our lights. For our blood is slow and sluggish, and we're breaking out with rash, and for potions dire and druggish we must blow our surplus cash. And we need a hair restorer and an eye wash for our glims; dope to stop the elm tree borer, which is threatening our limbs. So we see the druggist wrestle, lack of his prescription case, with his mortar and his peslie, making dope to save the race. Coffee is soon to become the national drink of this country, so the traders in that beverage are asserting. But if that should be the case how long before there will be a prohibition movement directed against the health destroying habit? THE PROMOTER'S VJFE BY JANE PHELPS A CONFIDENTIAL CONVERSATION. CHATTER I. XXIV. Whin 1 n-krd Mr. Frederick whnt lie thini;l, t of r.liuulie Orion my heart Hrenied to almost stop beaintf so anx iously did 1 wait his reply. Would Jie think tlint she nnd Neil ''Mrs. Orion ia hard up. Slie is the kind of woman we see occasionally iu the west." he interrupted my thoughts. "She is hard lis nails, too clever to lie wicked, knouin she is not. caiintf nothing uhat people wy at least 1 jiitlije she does net." "No, nhe never did! Even when Mr. Oiton was iiihe. lint then people simply smiled at her actions; now they talk." ''1 see. I know very little f society folks. 1 know a cood woman when I see her, and an honest man. 1 know, loo, a clever woootu like litis Mis. Oi ton. How long have your husband and his friends lieeit goinjl theref" .''A louu time nearly six or eight months. Ever since I refused to enter tain those men here. I did wrong, did nn't If" ''That's a question I can't answer. You certainly could not entertain that bnnrh at Mrs. Orion's lat night. Whe ther you could have prevented Forbes from getting ni'ned up with some of them if you had allowed a few like Scott to ciiioc here, I don't know. I doubt il. however. And it is too late to think o ft'iat. I would rather lose every dollar 1 have in the world that see you making free with those pvople I was ilh In .t night." ''Yen are so od to me, T don't sec why!" I murmured, all the time knowr. ing why that he cared for me. Then before lie could answer my tactics ouestien I asked another? 'How can Itlanehe Orton endure them? She l edocnSed, necnmpli-hed, dainty. As 1 spoke I remen Wred what she had ssid about resting so she would be at her bet when she was going to be bored. "If she wasnn't all thoe things she wuoldn't bo the kind of a woman who could help in promoting. Add to what you have said, cleverness, need of money love of luxury, and you Ime the ty pical woman aid to any promoter." "Then you think that" ''That you hnve cause to fear her!" rending my thoughts uncannily. "I do not think so not in the way yon mean She is fascinating, and very beautiful, ltut a man wiih a wife like you would hardly allow himself to be duped by a woman of her type. Then too when men and women ure i miny sort of business deals, either honest or dishonest, they seldom have love nffairs also. They don't go together. 1 would not worry about that phase of the matter if 1 were you." 1 was so relieved I sighed audibly. This man's plain common sense view of the matter had taken away the jesloirsy J felt at least for the present. 'Then you think that whnt Mr. Tow ers and others said is truef Thnt Neil, Mr. Forbes is not quite honest!" My fare burned as I put the question, yet I must know. "I am afraid that all his schemes won't stand daylight as I said. He can't be cn'iroly ignorant of the fact, as he ia the brains of all the thinirs he goes into. There are usually three or four type in all promoting outfits. The aociot v man, or the man with edu cation and appcaranre, the bluff com mon man, whose verv bluff ness causes confidence, the politician often, and either some woman like this Mrs, Or ton. or another man who is enuuy elever at cutertBiuimr. Wine and wom en sometimes play a big part if the deal is crooked. ' ' "Do they blame Neil for being so I wan going to say generous, but in stead I changed it to ' 'extravagant f " For th'F ' 1 gestured to include houiw, evervthinir. 'Yes. They say he usesVther people's men v to live as yon do. instead of try ing to make them tha profits he prom is 'S. I am sorry, ltut I must tell you the truth." "No wonder Lvrraine and job al- Over the top they went and won; Home they are coming today. Safe froid the foe thev made vou here. OVER THE TOT AND PAY! Hungry nnd cold and wet they fought All in the work of the day. Little vou know ot the euimige fierce! OVER THE TOT AND PAY! Simile n f H,,.m .,,,.,.,1 n,l 1 iiraini or tuc moociv rrnv. Heroes, with wound Btripes earned for vou. OVER THE TOT AND PAY! Scorn and contempt they'll hnvo for you If slackers you arc today. Bone of thei, bone and blood of their blood OVER THE TOT AND PAY! Here and abroad they aro watching vou; Soldiera of C. 8. A. They draft VOL' now for the Victory Loan! OVER THE TOP AND PAY! PORTLAND TKLEOBAM. TURNER NEWS Ed Httmninn, of Stayton, who will run the engine at the Miller snwimll, has moved his family to tho mm site, a house having been erecrea tor vneir oc cupnncy. Mr. and Mrs. J. F-. Whitehead, Mrs. William Jlutr.ke, Mrs. Esther Neil, G. W, Farris and wife, and J. E. Farris and wife attended Pomona- grange in Hulrm Wednesday. A good time was hud and the dinner was simply great. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Farris have re ceived word that their son, Grant Far ris, who has been in camp in Virginia, has received his discharge nnd was mar ried a few days ngo. They expect him home within a short time. Horn To Mr. nnd Mrs. O. A. Men ay, April 12, 1919 a son, weighting lO'i lbs All concerned doing nicely and Bert is now making his mail -route nil hour i-head of schedule time. The young man was named Phillip McKay. We hnve in our possession a ropy of (he census of Turner taken on Juno 1SS;I. by George L. Cornelius and I'r. W. C. Smith. The list contains the names of 1mi persons who fcs:ed here at that lime. Tribune. The pioner homo of . B. Pattoii sit uated iu tne Waldo hills aoiut three and one-half miles east ot Mucieny viui entirely consumed by fire Saturday. April 12. The fire is thought to have stinted from a defective Hue ami wis well under way when discuve-.d by Mrs. Amort, wife of the man who works for Mr. Pattoii. As soon us Mrs. Amort discovered the fire sue lmtneuiatel.v turned iu thu alurm bv uliono. The neighbors from surrounding couutrv hastened to the scene of tuu iuut;Uj,ra tion but tho lire Iu;d gaiued such rapid headway that it was beyond control of all human help. The rescuing arty immediately turned tii' ir attention to the saving of household goods uud suc eeded in saving most or loo contents of the home. Mr. Pattoii and. Mr. Amort were in the field when the fire aturteil and knew nothing of the unfortunate affair lllllll till; IIOIOU HUB UllllOSl COU0IIUICU. Mr, Pattoii 's homo was one of the last of the pioneer homes and is sa;e: to have lu.ftn huilt nvi, fiftv vonra nim. and was prized very highly by Mr. Pat ton who never left the dear old home until the homo left him. Silverton Tribune. Thirteen alien slackers of Astoria were deprived of their right to secure citizenship papers Monday by Jtidye Eakin. - so, dis.'our.'ied my oi ial plans." ' Yi u are young, just put them off a while. I must go now. 1 .hall be in town a few- days. 1 am going to talk with your husband like n Dutch uncle, us we say. Tljen 1 will tell you of a plan I have." 'You ere the only real friend I have in the world!" I said impulsively, giv ing him both my hands. He dtew tne to him, kissed me once on my forehead, as he might have kissed a child then left without another word. (Tomorrow Snd. Disturbing Thoughts Follow) hnve a well deserved repu tation as a safe and effective remedy for stomach ail lacuts. They are QiiicMy hclpfiil iu bilious attacks, hick headache, dyspepsia, heartburn and constipation. They act gently and surely on the organs of elimina tion, purify the blood, tone tin system and very quickly Lr, f , I An, Mfditm la th Wtrla. 5 :d eve rrwhr, la bcM. 10a 25c '"wA.HiaA-,. r M J !3 h tk-rt li E;,''r,"rwin.iriiiir fr?? "pniiiwiffr;' j-,wpW'2t!jiKy ft! n t 4 1 COMFORT. THIS is something that ladies appreciate in a bank they do business withquite as much as the conveniences afforded. We have made the United States National bank as comfort able as anyone could wish for. A special room for ladies is one of the advantages provided. Our Safe Deposit Boxes provide as surance against loss of all kinds of valuable papers. t: -v jsl ! I nun! SW;pk Jorcm vlfull, r Si i 9A 6 ii America must finish heads up ; she must clear to the last' dollar every debt she incur- red. The money from the Victory Liberty loan will pay the bills. Those having bonds and that feel they cannot hold them, who would rather have furniture and rugs instead, we would say we will take them in exchange at par. We are free to say: "Hold them if you can", but if you must sell and need house furnish ings, bring them to us. Those window shades ia all the staple colors with a number one spring roller, and good quality cloth ma terial at 68 cents each, are a bargain. See us on shades be fore buying. When you come here forn advertised arti cle, we are not "just sold out", but here's something at a higher price that's bet ter. We have what we ad vertise. Yes, we still have a good assortment of patterns in the four-yard wide linoleum for most rooms. This width will fill without a seam, mak ing it ideal when it comes to cleaning. No chance for water to get under. When this stock is gone w caennot sell the same quality bought today for at least twenty cents per yard more. Moral: BUY NOW. Yes, its a long, long trail from Yonkers New York, where the Smiths rugs are made, or from Amsterdam New York where the San lords rugs are made, or from Worcester, Mass., where the Whittals rugs are made. A nice assortment from each of these factories are on the "trail." and in a few days will be on our sales-floor. H BERS AM) H 467 Court Street s