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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1919)
Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To AJUEtt 136 8. Commercial St. OREGON . SUBSCRIPTION BATES Drily, j Carrier, per year 5.00 Per Month.. Daily bv Mail, ner year M.OO Per Month.. FULL LEASED WIBE TELEGRAPH REPORT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES -( 1 W D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stockwell, Chicago, People'! Gas Building He IMily Capital Journal carrier boya.are instructed to put the papera on the porch. If the carrier doe not do thU, miase you, or negleeti getting the paper ! you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this ia the only way wa an determine whether or not the earrjera aro -following inatructiona. Phone 1 fcefore 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be aent you by apecial messenger if the aarrier ha missed you. . THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la the only newspaper in Salem whoee" circulation ia guaranteed by the Audit Bureau OX Circulation - . CRITICISM OF JUDGED , - ' : ' ' '....,..,.' . The imprisonment of a newspaper editor in Memphis, Tenn., on a charge of contempt of court, is resulting in a wholesome questioning throughout the' country of the oft-asserted immunity of the bench from public criticism. . The editor-concerned had published a political edit orial in which he mentioned no names, but made a gen eral criticism of political conditions and their connection with the judiciary. This was taken by a Memphis judge as a personal criticism of him. On the ground that the editor had attacked him in order to influence a pending law suit, he. ordered the editor to jail for ten days. Whether this particular action was just or unjust need not be discussed. Most of those who have comment ed upon it seem to think the editor was within his rights. As regards the right and duty of newspapers to criticise the courts when occasion seems to require it, there is gen eral agreement, but personally we have, in over thirty years experience, never found any necessity for criticising local courts, and we have found that as a rule only up right judges occupy the bench, who sometimes make.mis takesin judgment, but are never corrupt or venal.. ' As a matter of fact, most editors who attack local courts are trying to create a sensation and their course is detrimental to the best interests of the community in that they seek to undermine public confidence in courts by making sweeping general charges of corruption that are hapless " Tf thev are not themselves rotraes they are bigger fools than anybody else, except the occasional judge who now and then puts. one of them in jail: 'That course generally makes a martyr of a man who deserves only to be ignored. In this connection it should be remem bered that such an incident started Senator George E. Chamberlain on his long and triumphant political career in this state, and it came about in this way: ' ; Editor Kiser, of the Valley Record of.Ash.land, .'made'; some senseless and no doubt baseless charges of corrup tion against Circuit Judge Lionel Webster of that district. The judge, an able man, but very touchy on some matters, ordered the editor to jail, but his ase was carried to the supreme court and the sentence was never carried out. Then the republicans nominated Judge Webster for at torney, general, the democrats named Geo. E. Chamber lain, making his entry into state politics. Kiser, smart ing under his jail sentence, carried on a relentless war on Webster, enlisting most of the country newspapers on his side, regardless of party, and Chamberloin was elected hands downand has been invincible at the polls ever since tnat time. - -,-- . :- w But the right of honest criticism of any Official, or the judiciary cannot be denied, since that should be one of the duties of an independent press. This view is sup ported by Former President Taft, himself pne of the most distinguished members of the bench and bar. In address ing the American Bar Association at a comparatively re cent session he said: "The opportunity freely and publicly to criticize ju dicial action is of vastly more importance to the body pol itic than the immunity of courts and judges from unjust asperations and attack. . . ' ; . v;j "Nothing tends more to render judges careful of their decisions and anxiously solicitous to do exact justice, than the consciousness that every act of theirs is to be subject ed to the intelligent scrutiny and candid criticism of their teilow-men. . - , r. There are few men, whether they are judges for life or for 'a. shorter term, who do not pre fer to earn and hold the respect of all, and who cannot be reached and made to pause and deliberate bv hostile dud- lic criticism. - . "In the case of judges having a life tenure, their verv independence makes the right freely to comment on their decisions'of greater importance because it is the only practical and available instrument in the hands of the people to keep such judges alive to the reasonable de mands of those they serve." ! ; TRADE SUCCESS ABROAD r',:--- American commercial activity in Europe, is said to be advancing on a large scale. Exports are steadily in creasing. And in so far .as those exports consist not only of commodities particularly deeded here at home, but of machinery and other products. which can be spared, and are, calculated to create profitable and permanent loreign demond, the American public rejoices with the manufacturers. The recent reports of present success in the foreign field is said to consist mainly in the prompt delivery of goods, and the dong credit given. ; The American export ers are beating the Germans at their own game. It is gratifying to learn that our exporters at last are profiting by the lessons so long preached in vain. They might have won the foreign markets long ago, to a much greater extent, if they had' studied and ministered to special foreign demands as they are doing now. to your own mmd. Henestlv. You must admit . it was purposeful. It was in triguing. It was unworthy of a good woman. And you would turn from nic with repulsion, cry, "Liar,"" or Home such if I should dony you that word, Now, Sara Lane, you are old enough ; you are 'wise enough to kuow that no woman can treat a man as yota did me. Then pull aside your skirts daintily and say, "Men ere hateful vulgar coarse. . . They, are none of these things if you women' will give them an ideal lo live for in yourselves! You said, and weakly, that vou. dl6 not care for me. Why dia you not know it In the beginning! IJ you knew enough to ciraw me, a woman hater, out ot him self, ..to you, their why could you not kuow your own niind! That I wag not your man? , Yet, I feel in honesty bound to ad mit, that I do not believe you know your Own mind. Take time study yourself know what you are. And be, as I know you will be, a woman worthy of a good man's love. If I did not under my skin, respect you, admire you, I would not touch pen to paper for you. 1 see you us a woman able to do big big, fine things. Able, J say.- I want you to do them. ' Bosido you, the petty flirtations of a Dorothy Frazicr, the surface beauty of a Constance Dwight, arc as nothing. Be worthy of yourself. . , . . Yours, O. B. "Dr. Bixby. " I bowed my shamed head ou my hands. "I shall never," I vow to myself, "lend another man on, until I know myself. '' (Monday New Quarters.) OUR COLLECTION DEPARTMENT. ' This highly developed facility of the United.; States National Bank assures the customer of prompt remittances upon his Commercial : Notes, Drafts, Bills of Lading and! Accept- ances. If'your "Accounts Receivable" in clude such items we shall be glad to handle them. 4 "A CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTANT" Naiion;il IJank vSalem, Oregon- POLK FOREST PIKES NOW UNDER CONTROL RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason THE SUMMER OPTIMIST. If man's an optimist these days, when this old world seems all ablaze, if he can gayly sing and smile, he is an optimist worth while. There is no trick in being gay upon a spring or autumn day, When gentle breezes zip along, and birds put up a gladsome song, and nature seems to strain a thew to bring all pleasant things in view. Then any man can wear a grin, the ends of which obscure his chin. t But when the sun rays scorch your pelt, and all your innards seem to melt; when after days that make you weep, you go to bed and cannot sleep, and get up at the break of dawn, all in,, worn out and spent and gone, methinks it is another thing to beam around and smile and ?ing. I've never seen a sunshine gent who shone in sum mer worth a cent. I know a lot of Sunny Jims who prance around on buoyant limbs at other seasons of the year, but they all wilt wnen summer's here. When they break out with prickly heat, their words no more .are honey sweet; i V'hen they are pestered by the flies, they hand us out noj maxims wise. Like all the rest of mortal men, they cuss and rant, and cuss again. . Writing to the New York Times, "Ex-Buck Private" threatens to go into the, tall timber and be' very hard to find if Senator Borah and his associates bring on a war with Japan on account of Shantung, to fight France on ac count of the Sarre Basin, and to fight England oh account of Ireland. He requests Senator Borah and his associates to fight these powers if necessary and not offer only words and depend uponTthose who have just been thru a war. That is something about which the senator might think a little, according to the Woodburn Independent. An eastern editor finds consolation in the thought that mansions in the sky may be constructed as cheap ly as ever. . Which may also suggest the - only sure method of escaping the high cost of living. : We are all engaged in lines of business in which there is little opportunity for over-charging. But my, how the other fellows are profiteering! There are some things even more expensive than food. Ostrich feathers are selling wholesale at $1000 a pound. The longer the peace treaty debate drags on, the bet ter the profiteers like it. , Salem's housing problem is becoming more serious daily. L ADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 General Banking Business Commencing June 16th Banking Hours will be from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. ft i fl 1 Ji Friuiklv mavbo brutallr. But, Sara il liming A Husband! t ,o O to hurt von, but 8 that you will take heed. Ho that the next time you will BY MARY DOUGLAS A MAX SPEAKS The postman brought me this today. 1 have pondered long Over it. 1 am sorry and yet glad: Dear Pars, Lane: I wish that your uoto had been less pretty and more frankly written. But I kisnw you were sincere. Therefore I nra goiug to write to you as I would to a iister,. if I had one, not break a man i life with your gossa mer charm. With thoeo words I end my uioenws. Now it is man to man.' You did nnt.lhouu to make mo care for you. you sny--then why did you do ns you didt First Arouse my interest. . Second Inspire me1 with a devilish desire to know moro of you. ' Third Show mo as many Sara Lanes as there are days in the week. "This is all happenstance," yon say. !., it was not happenstance Look in- JobP rinting PHONE 199 The Quickener Press 193 N Coml-over Gala & Co. (Capital Journal Special Service.) Dallas, Or., Aug! 23. W. V. Fuller, district fire warden for Polk county, stated this morning that there are prac tically no fires in this county- which are not under the control of tne, tiro fighters. The dense cloud of smoke west of Dallas for the past several days led people to tiling that the timber. was afire near the "logging eanips in the western part of the county, .v Mr. Fuller, also stated that -the floss from fires so far this season was prac tically nothing as most, of the .fires so far were small and confined themselves to cither slashings or burned over lands. BIG BEAR KILLED NEAR DALLAS animal to such an extent that when Volh arrived on the scene with a rifle it was easily disposed of. The bear, which from all appearances.! was ii o'd one had but three tcct, one having been taken, off by a trap evi dently several years ago. The boys intend to have Hie hide tanned and made into a rug. They have already been offered a fancy price for the 'hide. . - ,. - MESSAGE OF CONDOLENCE SENT TO MRS. CARNEGIE ' (Capital Journal Special Service.) - Dallas, Or., Aug. 23. The Dallas city council in session this week ordered City Auditor J. T. Ford to send a mes sage of condolence to Mrs. Andrew Car negie inasmuch as the late Mr. Car negie was instrumental in this city hav ing a free public library. In addition to building -the library, Mr. Carnegio also set aside a sum' of money each year to be used in. maintain ing the building, 'i The building which was secured through the untiring efforts of Mra, George T. Gerlinger is one of the most (Capital Journal Special Service.) Pallas, Or., Aug. 23. A big black bear weighing 190 pounds was killed this week on the farm of Henry Tocvs, a short distance north of this city near Ibk station. The animal was killed by Robert Tocvs and Henry Voth, who had substantial edifies in the fcity and is one Dcen miming tnc oenr ror several aays0f tne best equipped libraries in the as it uao oeeii miming raws on ma, Willamette, vallcv. prune and apple orchards in that vicin ity and had eluded several hunting par ties which were organized to hunt for it. Young Toevs whs the first one to sight the hear and fired several shots .at it with si 12-gungo shotgun loaded wttv buckshot, He succeded in crippling the MRS PHOEBE HUCKLEBERRY After a long struggle against the rav ages of tuberculosis, Mrs. Phoebe Huck olberry passed to the great beyond last Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at Wood- burn ,aged 28 years, 9 months and IS days. Four children were born to the home, two girls and two boys, all living. Funeral services were conducted at the Hubbard Catholic church Sunday' after noon by Rev. Matthew Jonas of Wood- burn, interment in tho Hubbard ceme tery.. For several years prior to hor last , illness, deceased had not lived at Hub bard, spending' part of the time at Marshfield. In addition to her imme diate family, she is survived by her par ents Mr. and Mrs. John Garren, broth-" ers and sisters. Hubbard Enterprise.' . BROWNE QUITS FLYINtt - Lieutenant Floyd D. Browne and wife left hero Tuesday afternon in his car for southern California where he goea -to settle up his business affairs before coming to Silverton io make a perma nent home. , Mr. Browne, since .receiving his dis charge from the aviation service, line been engaged.' in 'the' aviation business froni a commercial standpoint, and own an interest in -two ships now in California-; also an interest in a ship which was brought to Oregon by him a few weeks' ago and was wrecked while ia Dallas, Ho has practically consummated Si deal for his interest in the Oregon ship with the. other stockholders in the Beaver Flying Corporation, and will re tire from the aviation business perma nently. Silverton Tribune. $$ Don't let em Roam $$ WHY YOU SHOULD INVESTIGATE The Happy Farmer Tractor Two vitally important points should be kept in mind in selecting a tractor : 1. It should Burn Kerosene with complete combustion, and without the, necessity of using a water feed. . : 2. It should handle easily under all circumstances, and be able to turn short in its tracks.. Both these important feature's are combined exclusively in the La Crosse HAPPY FARMER Tractor. ; ; There's a reason for every point of differ ence in the HArrY FARMER design. Earlier . tractor mistakes have served as guide posts to our engineers, and they have been enabled to take the safer and better road to success in practical, efficient tractor building. J ; The HAPPY FARMER is positively self guiding in the furrow, leaving the operator free to devote his attention to his implements or machines. By pressing his foot on a brake pedal the driver can pivot'the tractor on eith er drive wheel, turning it short in its tracks, . right or left. It will do any kind of work about the-farm, including all belt work, and do it better than horses, and at a considerable sav ing in labor and upkeep, j . i. : One man, with a HAPPY FARMER Tractor can do more and better work than three men with a dozen horsesand look at the high wages and scarcity of help, and the cost of horse-feed! Yes, it will pay you to own a HAPPY FARMER. Phone us for Free Demonstration Salem Velie Company " "N 1 1 I ti! k i I 1G2 North Commercial St. Phone 1604 G. E. Brookins, Proprietor
