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- . - VA NJVVVVVOTVyVXV VV .Tk. -V. fS. s. V o-v ... A- M MM lA. .V 4V VNV .V AV -TW"W.J"NV -Af -A Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address 11 Communications To 136 8. Commercial St. OHEOOK SUBSCRIPTION BATES Dally, by Carrir, per year. 5.00 Per Month.. Daily by Mail, per year, 3.00 . Per Month- .45e -35c FULL LEASED WIEE TEJUEQBAPH EEPOBT FOBEICKCT EEPBESENTATTVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W..H. BtockweH, Chicago, People' Qa Building fie Daily Capital Journal carrier boyi.are instructed to put the papers on the aorch. If the carrier does not do this, misses yon, or neglects getting the paper to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as thia ia tha only way wa an determine whether or not the carrier aro following instructions. Phone U before 7:80 o'clock and a paper will be .aent you by special messenger If the aarrier has missed you. ' - THE DAILY CAPITAL JOUENAL ; la tha only newspaper in Salem whose circulation ft guaranteed by tha Audit Bureau Of Circulations ANEW PARTY. ' The railroad brotherhoods frankly admit they have regarding their plan for federalizing the railroads. They not expected favorable action from the present congress have put the plan forward at this time mainly for propa ganda purposes. They intend to carry the fight into the national conventions of the two big political parties next year, meanwhile making all the converts they can from all ranks and classes. And it is broadly intimated that if they fail in getting their plan endorsed by either the re publican or democratic party in tha next national cam paign, they may. form a party of their own.' ., , ; This opens" up an interesting prospect. 1 here is no indication at present that either the Republican or Demo cratic party will stand for the Plumb plan. Public own ership of any kind is under a cloud. Congress is frank ly hostile to it, regardless of political alignment. , if the railroad unions, then, are determined to press the issue, it is very likely that they will be compelled to create a new party in order to obtain a verdict at the polls. Any party with' public ownership of railroads, and possibly other industries, as its chief plank will naturally be a radical party. A considerable nucleus for such a par ty will be found in the brotherhoods, themselves, rem fbrcad perhaps by a majority of the Federation of Labor, The latter organization has heretofore avoided "political . action," preferring to work through existing parties; but if a new party of this sort were organized, it is conceiv able, that the federation would join it, officially or un officially. ,To such" a party, too, would naturally gravitate many members of the old Socialist party and other. radical mi nority groups, and also the more radical members of both the big parties. . It is conceivable, indeed, that.it would precipitate a general break up and re-formation of national party or ganizations. In the beginning, the new party might have much resemblance to the recent Progressive party, now virtually extinct. : Tf it made headway,- it mighfafter a time, absorb all the radicals, leaving the conservatives to constitute, another party, : Old names might ' disappear or lose their original significance, as has happened more than once in American political history.;, The situation is full of interesting possibilities, and well worth studying. . ' V "A USEFUL ARMY. ' Discussing the new army program with the senate committee on military affairs,' Secretary of War, Baker remarked: a . , ...... . , . ' "I believe that the people are going to insist on hav ing an army more useful than heretofore. , A good deal of the time of the army in the past was spent in unproduc tive idleness. The country will not stand for that sort of thing, and the soldiers will not stand for it." ' ' Precisely so ! Particularly if the United States is to have a standing army of half a million or more. No con siderable body of Americans ever wanted to spend their! time unproauctively, and there is less inclination in that direction now than there has been for manyjears. An army is meant primarily to fieht. But when there happens to be no fighting to do, why merely march a? the lsg wore concerned, our them up and down or loaf in barracks? Soldiers,. as ST SmSS Secretary Baker suggests, soon weary of that, and the ' timber annually. This' we offered to public does not like to pay for it. jtho guv,em'"ent s well as our entire .; Much hasbeen accomplished of latein the way of "SSS USing the SOldiers' Spare time for educational purposes. , contract was announced, every logger m A very respectable amount ot usetul civil, instruction mw lltZLZ iiuw ue uuLtimeu m uie cuuise ui army service. jx re mains to develop some system of utilizing the troops in public works of various kinds when it can be done without interfering with the military duties. . ' favored corporation or go out of busi ness. ' ' '. ,. ',;""' "In plain the spruco production di vision was determined to carry out the terms of the Sicnis-Carey-Kerbaugh contract regardless of our attitude. 1'fte vcilod threat to put the logging industry of AS'ashington out of business unless it accepted sub-contracts from the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh corporation was not an idle" boast. The Siems- Carey-Jierbaugh people had priority on all essential ma chinery, and,. Major Hitchcock even went so far us to come riyht out in the open with the assertion that if neces sary tho government proposed to grant the Biems-Carey-Kerbaugh corporation 4 labor differential with wages wtiicn we could not hope to. meet. "Under the plan of Major Hiiehcock it was proposed that we sign a sub contract with the 8iems-0arey-Ker-baugh' corporation which would give that company the arbitrary right to can eel its agreement with us if it found us to be 'extravagant.' "The use of the word 'extravagant' by the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh. corpora tion caused mingled laughter and indig nation among all lumber men in this state. ' ' After that meeting the loggers of Washington spurned such a sub-contract with tho Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh coipora- tion and tho incident was closed insofar tho contents of, that contract. I wrote to Senator Poiudexter but be was in formed by the war department that ho might look at tho contract but it was not the policy of the department to is sue, copies of it. '. "Although tho United States "entered the war in April, 1917, it was not until September, 1918, that tho humiliating contract was entered into by the gov ernment, humiliating to the logging in T n ar.v nr tha Dtntn n nr. .11 n ... 41. ' ......v.. ... mo Diutv no Wl.il MS IU Ult? Jia- tioir. - ..... "In spite of handicaps, tho interests I represent, went ahead and produced 4,000,000 feet of spruce; Our expenses, some $90,000 hnve been refunded bv tho Lieutenant Lamar Tooze will speak tonight at the ar mory in this, city for a good cause, a small admission fee being charged for the benefit of the building fund of the woman's, building at the University of Oregon. Lieuten ant Tooze is a good speaker and he will tell of war ex periences at the front, and give his impressions of Europe and its people. This should be an entertainment which will draw a crowd that will tax the capacity of the armory. . government, V 1 - "There is some difference between "When a nation has just sent two and a half millions 'o'oTXd"''" thms "7 ' of its sons to fight on European battlefields, warning it ; KcrbaughrpoTatbfn and vouroooo' to escnew tne.aiiairs oi Europe is' aoout as usetul a3.iw ,lior gnrman Frfar inqtUrea. wflrnintr n tnnti wKn finds himsplf in miH-nnonn in n lonVv K-ltll-?r replied Butler grimly. boat to stay oh dryland," says the Saturday Evening Post. "If I could only see myself in the future," sighs an as piring young man. No optimist wants to do that. It would be too discouraging. - Mr. Citizen: . Your city is not made a bigger, bet ter place by accident. , It grows because other people than you have faith in its future. i . ' These men should all be interested in seeing its further development. United effort wins where individ- - -. ', ual effort fails. ,' 'J . Your Commercial Club is the only democratic organization for this pur pose. . . : If you are not a member then your effort is not counting for as much as it : could if thrown in with the mass. ; If you are a member, ' you ' have . neighbors who are not, tell us who they -are. ,1,;... ' .:.-.;''. '.'- "'. Sincerely, ' , SALEM COMMERCIAL CLUB. Publicity Department. t ! x t t . t t RIPPLING RHYMES By Wait Mascn A SMALL WORLD. I'm resting in the mountains, where countless people come, to sit beside the fountains and swallow Adam's rum. From regions superheated they come, to see the snow; and every day I'm greeted by friends of long ago. All day, like Southey's Kaspar, I'm sitting in the sun; and every hour some jasper comes to me on the run. "I'll bet you cannot name me!" exclaims the cheery wight; and odsfish, who can blame me, if he is guessing right? For I have known a legion whose names I can't recall ; and in this mountain region I seem to meet them all. "Your face is quite familiar." I murmur, through my hat; "your name is Hicks or Hillier, or some blamed thing like that." All day I'm guessing, guessing, who this or that one is, and find it most distressing, and often sigh, "Gee whiz." It fills me with dejection that friends come from afar, and I've no recollection of who the deuce they are. But I have known a million, and they're all coming here; and now it's Jane or Lillian, and now it's Vere de Vere. They all seem fond of larkine-. and they have but one game; thev all tome up remarking, ".You cannot guess my name !" And that is why I'm sadder than any mourner, far; it stingeth like an adder, this guessing who you are. In the West Indies there is a kind of tree known as the Divi-Divi, tree. If the Bolshevists ever hear of that they will make it their national emblem. Hunting A Husband BY MARY DOUGLAS THE THRESHOLD OF BOHEMIA "Thank you, I should like to." Some thing tickled him. Ite lauglited aloud, hanging on to the door linto!. Then he left nie. i He did not say wlieu or where or how. But it scorns to ! bp the mnnner take for-grauted. Shall 1 wear a smock t Twist my hair : iup in a queer way and go! .My slmlio U .finished. : No longer do( xn J shall go just as myself. Sara 1 cull it my room. 1 en not help stand- jLane, in a dress, not a smock. Perhaps ing in the door way nud looking at it. there I shall meet . Who knows? with startled eyes. (Tomorrow The New Atmosphere.) Murmu fare wo helped me. She guvt. ' ' " 1 . suggestions gladly. And I did the I PRAI)Iir.TI0M OF SPRIIPE (Continued from page one) T IT TO SELL ALL SUMS GOODS Clothing. Tobacco, Soaps And Other Articles To Be Disposed Of. HUttlHHHMIHItOIM-HltHHIHiMttltlMM work. The walls wero a soft yellow. "Good tone," Norma said. My floor is painted black, dull black. Black .silk curtains hang at my long windows. A narrow oouch projects into the room. Yellow, canary yellow, cov ers it and its pillows. My straight ehairs aro the same yellow. I painted them with long, straight strokes, j war with Germany beforo the first con tract for the production of spruce for .airplane purposes was let. And then -it j came out of a clear sly in tho shape of 1 the Siems Cnrey-Kerbicugh contract. The I lKUi"K industry f Washington became disturbed at tlte extravagance of opora- Norma put on their bucks queer quaint I " . ? " figure of men and things in oila, I do ' 1. 7 V , ' ". " " " , , . ., , . , , bv the draft, left us with a shortage of not know what the things are. But they , . , .. ' . , .... h t ... f labor ami the tales of high wages and noimons profits to bo tnJte'ii undo sub tiro doeorntive. Ijow, black book shelves are on two sides. These hold sober colored books, .scattered across them. No orniuiicuts in this room. My book shelves hold a pot tery bowl. "Keep fresh "flowers in this,'- said Norma ('ni'ott'o. I am afraid often my bowl will stand emuty. j contracts let by the Pioms-Oarey-Rer-jbaugh people, caused a serious disturb ance in the outlook of the logging busi i ness. ' "It was while the loggers faced such la crisis that a meeting of loggeu and j representatives of the spru.ee production i L ADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 , General Banking Business Commencing: June 16th Banking Hours will be from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. ; 1 have kept account of mv expenses. : 181 '" "!,s n",a 0,'n,Iln " P"?m I'aint, Si.M. Furniture ((all old things '" f ' 'fUS' R ,"PC,,". ,,,,!h, MJOT .vpaiutedi, hangings and coverings ' 'l,,,'1'l""'k "aa the V"1 lokcsmaa about ;for the spruce corporation. When I bent over with aching bc "e were told by Major Hitchcock, and paint-smeared fingers doing .; P'k'"tf fur Colonel Disqua, that tho floor, mv neighbor peered in. lie lean-! P"vernmout proposed to stand back of od against tho door lintel. Ho did not!,,,,, Kmins-Carey-KerbanRh contract with offer to help me. Instead, ho recited. ' une n ,ts Vaw'r- At 'h mcc- I sat back on mv heels.to listen. In!!".S ' was P'led that the loggers ot a souorcms voice he intoned: ' , Washington aecept a sub-coulract from "When I was one and twenty the S.eriis-C arey-Kerbaugh outfit. This I heard a wise man sav j J1"" fo furd that I have not Give crowns and pounds and rubies ,W 1 ah,e fl,,aU-v dotermmo just what But not vour herrt uwav. ' ' nu'aila- x w,r' Blwu to understand mat iiiiiesu we aeceptett tne suD-con-tr;;cts from the Siems-Carey-Kerbaugh corporation we might as well go out of business. Aa a matter of fact, it was mthor nccont snb-eontrnet from "the After the last, he stood looking at me, "Will you go to hear Morelli speak to night J" he asked. VI obf rinfin PHONE 199 The Quickener Press 193 N Com'l -o var Gal A Co. 0. E. Brookins, Prstriatoi Washington, Aug. 26. Retail and mail order stores will be opened Septem-1 ber 2o by the war department to sell I direct to the consumer both over the counter and by mail, comindities held ns army surplus, it was announced today. Hugh quantities of socks, underwear, shorts, raincoats, blankets, gloves, to bacco, soap and other articles will be sold at the stores. Stores will be opened at zone supply cities including San Francisco and also in other huge cities throughout tho country. : War department experts are now pre paring catalogues of goods to be put on sale. These will be made available at every postoffice and postal sub-sta-tioli in the country. The postoffice de partment has been requested to estab lish parcel post sub stations in each of tho stores so that mail orders may bo handled promptly. Goods will be distributed ivenly throughout the country. All goods will be sold at fixed prices. Mail order goods will be sold at regular prices, plus cost of delivery. The new plan for disposition sf army surplus is even broader than the plan by which surplus food was sold tliroiign tho parcel post. Under this plan orders were handed to postmasters who sent them to consumers. Under the newr plan the postmasters will be eliminated and' consumers will order by mail or buy from tho armv direct. PHEZ FARMS COMPANY INCOPRORATED TODAY Settlement And Operation Ot Farm Lands Object Of New Concern. Articles of incorporation were filed with tho seeretarv of state and the county elerk today by the Phez Farms companr with a capital stock of oU, 000. The stockholders of the company are John It. MiOv'ary, Louis . Lachmund, Homer H. Smith", .William McGilehrist Jr.. Fred W. Schmidt, W. H. Ragsdale and the Pheii company. The officers of th company are Fiei V Schmidt president, Louis Lachmund vice. presi dent, William 'MiiCrikhrist jjr.j secret tary and treasurer;- ' ' i. The company is organized to buy, operate and sell tracts of land with the object of bringing settlers into this part of tho valley. Sales of land, after partially developed will be mado to outside parties, with the object of bringing more laborers to the valb. It is understood the I'hez Farms company is in touch with several col onisation companies in the eas.t who will Jbring tha people here as soon as their advance agents are satisfiedtcon ditions are favorable for the small tract farmer. It is also possible that even colonization companies interested in bringing-Italians to the coast may settle Italians on the company's lands. As a starter in the. land business tho company has already purchased 374 acres in Mission bottoms. William Mc- Gilehriat Jr., will be in charge f th . land settlement feature' , aad ... JjOiuis.,.,i Jjachmuad manager of planting and ; cultivation. News Writers ynion Wins Labor Council Approval San Francisco, Aug. 26. The execu tive board of the San Francisco labor council last night endorsed tho forma tion of a news writers union here. It adopted a resolution . condemning cer tain San Francisco newspapers, alleged to have discharged employes because they joined the union. These newspapers today nedied the statements of former employes that they had been discharged for joining the union. ' - "Forget ir-Buy At Home I W iv Mo one need go thirsty ! There IS a toft drink which quenches thirst a drink for young and old a practical ly predigested drink which contains NONE cf the injuri ous properties generally found in soft drinks. Just you get acquainted with this drink of drinks RAINIER SPECIAL. Come to know how good a soft drink can be. Drink it when you're thirsty drink It with your meals. Insure yourself the genuine by' calling for RAI N1ER SPECIAL by name. 5? 3 I ft&inler Products Company, Buattla, D. S. A.. Manufacturer of Rainier Speciml, Hti Ber Bock, Malt Rainier, Raiaiax Ctxul, 6r:a and Diiatard Alcohol. ; The Rainier Products Company relieves retailers and consumers of the necessity of paying Revenue Taxes on Rainier Beverages by paying all taxes thereon direct to the government. ; V LANG & CO-Distributors. Portland, Oregon. . .