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PAGE FOUR Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. fcCf 'uj1' 'Ui'UfcTmiiili U tLLXU GKOBGH POTXAM, Kditor and Publisher 139 S. Commercial St. OBEOQH 8UBSCEIPTI0N BATES Daily, by Carrier, per year 45.00 Per Month- Daily by Hail, per year 3.00 Per Month... 45e 35a FULL LEASED WIBE TEIiEOJBAPH EEPOET rOEEIQN EEPBEBENTATITES W. D. Ward, New Tork, Tribune Building. W. H. Stock well, Chicago, People's Qas Building n DAj Capital Journal carrier boys, are instructed to pot the papers on the porta, 11 the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting, the paper U you on "time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we an determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone II before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent yon by special messenger if the terrier has missed yon. - THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is gnaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations FOREWORD. Faith in the future of Salem, its commercial and in dustrial expansion, and in the development of the wealth of natural resources, of the Willamette Valley, as well as appreciation of its scenic charms and beauty, is respon sible for our purchase of the Capital Journal. We hope' to carry on the work of building a news paper worth while, so admirably begun by Mr. Fisher, to produce a little better newspaper than perhaps support justifies, to become a vigorous force in the upbuilding of the community and a vital factor in the prosperity of the country, and eventually grow into a real capital news paper of state influence. The Capital, Journal will honestly endeavor to print ? the news uncolored and unbiased. It will be unfettered in . policies, independent in politics, progressive in tendencies, 1 A it llJ A 11 1 tiincereiv sirivinir ior me ueuermeni 01 conditions aim . the welfare of humanity in brief a newspaper of ideas and ideals. .'; Aifh fhcCA mmo in lnonf xra nolr fVio flAnfinnarl nr ri- ration of the community in creating an increasingly bet ter newspaper, whose obligation to the community is only balanced by the obligation, of, the community to it a 1 " i. L-1 I : i a. 11 1 1 1 (u nun eiiu 1 iu r 1 vlii v 1 1 w 1 t ,u 1 1 ira 1 1 j 1 u -vi 11 n t r 1 1'uinin GEORGE PUTNAM. RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason Hunting A HusbandJfURNITOSE FACTORY IS l fOR SALEM BY MART DOUQLA3 RELIEF COMING. " Be patient" yet a little 'while, and winter will return ; the blasts will com in arctic-style, the blasts for which you yearn. .' A little more of ardent heat, that heat which is a crime, and , we may all exult in sleet, and have the hangedest time. What though all night we toss and roll, and slumber does not come ? 'Twill soon be time to shovel coal, and make the furnace hum; then life will be one round of bliss without a carking care; remember it, on days like this, and cease to sigh and swear. Be patient, for it's always wise to bravely stand the gaff; so boil the germs .and swat the flies, and at hot weather, laugh. The geese will soon be flying past, to dodge the polar storms, and, following, the eager blast will cool our fevered forms. And all our cares will disappear when winter brines its mows, and we have frostbite in the ear, and chillblains in the toes. How merrily we'll pay for coal that costs twelve Imcks a ton, the precious knowledge in our soul, that sum mer days are done! - rOINDEXTER REPLIES 10 WILSON'S ATTACK First Answer To "Contempt ible Quitter" Charge Is Given In Senate. K ,",- Byllo. Mania Wellington, Sept. 8, The first reply from tie senate floor .to Preaidvui. Wil son's "contemptible quiUu-" statement cmue from Senutor l'oindcKter, Wash ington, today. IVuidextor, in a speech, declared that Knglund mid France were under o'ullgt lions to this country aud tiiut t lie Uni ted (States wag not under any ouiiga Uuus to them. "The president says if we reject tlio league wo will be 'contemptible iiit-t-r,' " Polndexter wml, aud asked: " VVI111 1 would we be niiittiug?" "Hp says 'we must tn- witu the Slime.' What is the game aud when will the game be finished if it is nut finished nowt ' He says we won the wn-r for Fiance THE CAEDS AEE ON THE TABLE Should I go to Cousin Madeleine's! I debated the question seriously. Cousin Madeleine- was one. of father's cousins. He had- never been in sympathy with her. I saw "her about once a year. She would come hurrying up the path dress ed in extravagant creations. And hurry down again. ' f: Vaguely I remembered a visit to her. She had a beautiful summer homo, Lon- gue View, on Long Island. .And she was ultra-smart. . In money views aud guests! ' ' ' Sara Lane, you know you could never fit in with that set," I argued. "You're afraid. That's all. Take dare! And go "argued the other side of my brain. It's a chanee a great big ciiauce aud you may meet liim there. I'll go! And now to plan. . Cousin Madeleine.' said, "We dress very simply! " But I know what that means. The very best thing I could get with my little hoard. I have $200 left. First, tips. I must save out for th cook, butler, second man, upstairs maid, ehauftenr and the engineer on thu bdat That makes n big hole. I shall put $00 aside tor traveling expenses, tips, inci dentals. . - O110 hundred and fifty dollars for t whole wardrobe. It would bo better to have two or three stunning dresses for Longuc View and wear them all the time. Perhaps a morning dress and an evening dress. I feel wickedly extravagant, tint it is my last throw. That lovely simple wmto clujton that 1 saw at La V ale s. It is $85, marked down from $125. I shall get it. Then I have $93 left. ; La Villa's while chiffon $63. Slippers and stockings 1,1 High shoes ; 10 Sport coat of brown suede.... 25 Hport hat of velour 9' , With what is left I shall got tho lit tle things. I can find lovely materials and make a. morning dress of serge and silk. A pair of tiesand an afternoon dress. So I shall linvo three dresses. Even ing, one of some light sinmplo 'taffeta for afternoons, and a serge for morn ings. And I shall live in those. Now I must plan the small details and work and figure out. I have thrown my last card on the table. What will Fate turn up? (Tomorrow Longuo View.) ; Conditions Favorable Foe De . yelopment Of Industry Is Belief. If the city of fcialein is to work out its deBtiny as one of the chief manufactur ing centors of Oregon, the next logical addition to its industries will be a furni ture and implement factory. At a recent meeting of Oregon aiunu faeturers in Poitiand the fact was brought out that in spite of their large volume of business the Portland furni ture makers cannot keep paco with the demand for their goods, and the ques tion of encouraging outside capital to locate in the v..Jley was discussed. Thus fur the manufacturers have been de pending upon nearby markets, a largo proportion of their goods being sold locally; but it was pointed out that with a proper system of extension their products could be distributed over a large part of the iuter-mouutain terri tory.. There is nothing lacking to nmko Sa lt 111 the home of some such plant, unless it bo the absenee of water power, and that is a negligible factor us compared with the question of labor and a plenti ful supply of proper timber. Salem is so locatod that a. vast lumber, resource is made available through tributary streams lumber suitable for a .wide scopo of manufacturing purposes. While) there is no hard wood in this territory suitablo for the finer grado of furni ture, oak and other hard woods ean be shipped in by rail or by water at a mere fraction- of the cost of tile same amount of timbor made up in f Urnitnit . The greater proportion of the turni-. .re mu i.r m is mauo up in xne Ww freBh prmiPS nnrt plmn8. The wesi, out mere ls a vast quanriiy otfaet tmt tUo apl,lt. market n,d the goods shipped from the cast whiw could ; ,.;,.,. iu cnf8 ha(, inrilll.H , ,,. good apple prices surlskvs paulus West To Have Bulk Of Big Crop Over Nation Says LocalExpert Apple growers m Oregon os well B thronghuut the northwest may fee! as sure'.! that, taking everything i-ito con sideration, good prices are aaiured for M season's eroji. This is the opinion of the appla situ ation as- cxpresseu by Hobert u. i amus after a conference with the apple grow ers in Oregon and Washingtound aft or correspondence with men "liO attend ed? the national apple growers son voli tion reeoutly held at Milwaulis-j. - For the first time iu the hi.-tory 0! the apple business, this year the state? west ot tho Kocky mountains will pio-d-iee 53 per cent of the crop, and like wise for the first time the state cf Washington stands at the heil from a crop-standpoint. . Ai.in for the 'jret uuio hit ton'f apples packed iu boxes will lur nish a larger supply than the barrolied apples of the east. "There is a diversity of opinion be tween selling houses on tho coast and speculative buyers in the cast as to the apple market," Mr. Paulus said. "A number of eastern concerns feel that the government 'a investigation of lie high cost of living and the propaganda now going on uiging tho consu.ner .' iai 11 ix spending and encouraging thrift will have some affect on the purchas ing public. ' "Buyers in the cast are also more cautious than usual duo to the fact they lost considerable on the soft irults, 'Old Doc," Scoffed At By Marines, Now Their Hero, With War Cross III 4 ZT?2&r4 III . v.. i .iMK;;-yv. ;'" Af,'. W: . . Ill :.'. DR.. JOHN H. CUfFCi bo as ecouoniieally made up in this city. A prominent local dealer statos that he has not hud a cull from a furniture salesman for mouths. Tho wholesalers or to adopt a-hand to mouth policy in buying "This tendency towards- waiting- is chnirgiug to gome-extent duo to too ie't league of nations, the hate tliey will! engeuuer, tne ouruens of taxation on the backs of tho poor, the bereft parents of these sons, the widows. and orphans of those who would carry out the man- dntc of tho league of nations on a fool's errand to Asia, tire 'supreme sacrifice' of all thisi as tho president himself char acterizes tf does lie not know that the alternative to all this misery aad folly is the peace we have earned 111 a victor ious war that is now finished t" . . NEW BOOKS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY and Knglund, and having done so, it would be dishonorable for us now to abandon them. How did winning the war for Franco und Knglund put us un der obligations to them or to the rest of Europe f" "Is it not the truth that the services wn rendered Kurope 1" tho war put Lur op under obligations to us, instead of putting lis under obligations to Knrupef Would our people ever have bf kod this war if they had thought that after they had wou it the president would toil them it would be dishonorable for them to come hornet , "The president says in his stately stylo 'put up or shut up,' Hee,)t the leugue of nation or offer a substitute for it. The opponents of the leaguo offer as substitute for the tonstitutioii of the United tates, the Declaration of Inde pendence mid Lincoln's government 'by the people,' "The president offers us & govern ment by 11 council in Geneva and says you must, take it if you have uolhlng better to offer. It is not a question of nifything better to offer. The questiou is whether there is anything whorse that could be offered. " Whcu the presideuf asks this ques tion, does-he not know that tho alter native to the wars fur. whieu ho is even now enlisting American boys to be car ried on la Asia and Knropo under the ! L ADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 General Banking Business Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. of the territory. , Sooner-or later capital will look over western Oregon with a view, to securing a favorable site for manufacturing plants of this kind;. and Salem should bc-fsm! iu a receptive attitude. WEST PLEADS CHANCE TO GIVE TESTIMONY Former . Governor Resents Frears AftemptToDo Talking For Him. rortluiid, Or., Sept. 8." For God's sake give me a chance," exclaimed for mer Governor Oswald West while on tho witness stand today at tho congressional sub-committee's investigation of spruce production. "I insist upon bfting; given a chance," continued West, resenting what he de clared to be Chairman i'rear 's effort to testify for him. "L. never know of a ense where the "judge: did. the testify ing." Frenr, in the form of a question as to facts, had suggested, that West, while in Washington, D., C, hud secured the removal of trcorgs 8. Lonij from the spruce advisory board on tho ground, as Orear said that "he was secret uiv of tho Weyha,usor interests, a large influ ence in determining the price of lum ber, and to keep him on the board would bo like taking candv from a- bubv." Vi,.t .....i 'ri , sion of the disease to which special ,rees tllaVho bo Ze .... . . , nii-niviiio in ma wu war: TtTcniieti no P ied in each case, with one separate )lft(l ndvia(1(1 tho aecrotarV of ,vfu chapter o tree surgery, by Yv. Howard J onlv Rgllill8t the llppointmcnt of "Textbook of botanv for colleges, " ! letm .f K.usse'1 ....KUUI (IflUII. MHIIUlli "Western livestock management," by E. L. Potter. "Archibald Marshall, a realistic nov elist," his biograuphy and critcism of his work by William Lyon Phelps. " Waif of the-sea," a romance of the great deep, by Cynis Townsend Brady. "Midas and son," a no'vol by tho author of "Soniu," Stephen McKonna. "I've come to stay," it novel by Mrs. Vorse. For the Children. "The boys' book of chemit-try ' un explanation of up-to-date chemistry to gether with many easily made experi ments by Charles Ramstiy Clarke. " Mexico from Cortes to Carrania," uu interesting story of the country's progress, by Louise Hasbrouck. "Our little Cossack cousin iu Si beria" by F. A. Vostnokov. "Little maid in old Connecticut," by Mrs, Curtis. . are unable to keep up with tho demands J tere. will be a shol.ta;e of rcfri.. "National governments and the world war," brief description and dis cussion of the governments of the coun tries most concerned iu the treaty of the league of nations, written by two historians of note, Frederic Ogg and Charles Heard. "Life after death," a discussion of the problems of the future life and its nature, written by u student of psychol ogy, James II. Uyslop. "The apple," a practical book deal iiiK with the latest modern practices of apple'eulture, by Albert E. Wilkinson. "Manual of tree diseases," discus- orator cars. Buyers realizing this are beginning- to tako caro of their require ments by early shipments. - me actuut neavyi aemanu tor ap ples will not develop until after the middle of October, Mi1. Paulus- said. ' ' It is at- this time of year that- fruits are delivered in the east and not until de livery is there any way of knowing what the demands will be. - Tho probable in crease-of freight lines will have some thing to do with the net amount io be icceived by the growers. "But, on tho other hand, eastern buy out recognize the ' unusually- prosperous conditions everywhere. There - ia plas tically no ono not employed aud wages I aro tho. highest ever known. The Amer ican., peopto are spenoing monoy rrcely. As for the- export busiuoss, this is still an uncertain factor, due to tho ever changing o'eeau rates and the low point of exchange and the governmental re strictions in European markets. "One factor that mav have n.uch to do with the price is the fact that the majority of apples in the northwest havo been purchased by eastern buyers and are now being held. This will liave r tendency towards a strong market. "But tho' final test of the situation is the consumer. The law of supply and demand is the prinio factor in the apple os well as other markets." OREGON BOYS WIN IN INTER STATE EVENTS Disquo. Ho said this was duo to Hawk- i ins' management of the Whituoy com Ipany, which had timber to sell to the government. Federal Duck Seasons Will Rule Oregon House Postpones Return fo U. S. Upon Wilson's Request Loudon, Sept. 8. At the urgeut re quest of President Wilson, it Was leant edtodny Colonel E, M. House is post poning his return to America indefinite- i ly. Instead, he will go to Paris, where tho sittings of the allied mandate com mission will bo resumed. ' Owing to the uneertuin position cf the Vuited States senate with regard to American acceptance of mandates under the league of nations, the work or the commission is progressing with diffi culty, it was snid. ' After spending the summer s forest patrol lookouts iu the Cascade moun tains east of Eugoue, Mixs'Porothy An drew and Miss Martha Andrews, sis ters, have returned to their old jols aa school teachers. The federal season for duck shooting will be followed by the state game au thorities, according to an announcement made by Carl D. shoemaker, state game warden. For all of western Oregou, or game, district No. 1, which takes in all the counties west of the summit ot the Cascade mountains, the-season opens on October 1 and closes on January 13, both days inclusive." For eastern Oregon, or game district No. 2, the seasons opens on September 16 and closes on lVcem ber 31, both days inclusive. Tho courts havo uniformly hold that the federal laws ia supreme and if sea sons are to be changed they must come through tho federal government and not the state. Sportsmen throughout Ore gon will, therefore observe the-federal laws aud seasons with reference to the shooting of ducks. However, all other provisions of the state law, with the ex ception of the 0emnjt and plowing dates will be enforced as there 1s no conflict with reference to bag limits, hcvirs for shooting and methods of pursuit, the bag limit for migratory birds is twenty five in any one day end not to exceed thirty in any seven consecutive days. I Twenty thousand head of sheep near 1 " 1 (Yakima. Wash., are being withheld from Use Thft Jnnrrisi Hairt hh .the mrket beeuw ot th "e" - ju prices. Marion County Lads Land Pig Judging Championship Of Northwest. , Two boys, members of tho U. S. Na tional bank pig club of Sulem, not only carried off tho honors in competing with all coiners from tho state ot Ore gon, but last week won first place at tljo Iuter-State fair held at Spokane, competing with pig club members from Washington, Idaho and Mentana. The two boys who are now tho cham pion pig judges of tho northwest are Homer Bray of the Auburn school and Oliver Feustman of the Bethel school. In addition to winning as a team against representatives fro mother states in ap praising the value of pigs, Homer Bray won first place in Si free for all judging contest and Oliver Feustman, fourth place. Having won over all competitors in Oregon in judging the markot value oC hogs, the U. S.. Kational bank pig club paid the expenses of the boys to the Inter-State fair held at Spokane. In judging the market value of hogs at the Spokane fair, four hogs were placed on a platform and the young pig club members gave the percentage mar ket value of each hog, and- later gave oral reasons as to why these valuations were given. The prize for winning was mostly in glory as each received $5 cash besides all expenses. However, Homer Bray received $20 for winning first place againBt all comers. The two winning boys have also the honor- of belonging to the largest and most active pig club m America, with a membership of lSd. Continuing its fight airaiust aliens aud slacker the Astoria Post of the American Legion has demanded the dis charge of an employe of the rnion Fishermen's Co-operatiro Packiug. com pany. To the world he Is the Rev. Dr. John H. Clifford. His D. D. come from no jerk-water college but from Oxford University, England, but: the rnen of the Fifth Marines know him as "Old Doo'-Clifford-or "Bap tlsb Doc"1 or just plain- "Doc" and the. Croix da Guerre- he wears on hla Y. M. C. A. uniform isn't ball as dear to hint: aa-the Marine Insig nia on his cap and the eagle, globe und anchor buttons that the leath ernecks sewed on his coat in defi ance ot all military regulations. When he wag first' assigned to the Marines a husky non-com said to him: "Get tun heir out of here! We don't want any parson is oar cut fit." But; it was . only about threa weeks- later that Or, Clifford was stewing; around camp bemoaning the loss of his coat and- cap. It was the boys of tbe 45th Company who were at the bottom of it. The coat and cap both turned up, but the "Y" buttons bad' been ripped off the coat to be replaced by the regulation, buttons of the Marines, and the. Marine Insignia was beside the Red Triangle on the cap. - The captain and the major made a great to-do. Civilians oughtn't, couldn't, shouldn't wear the insig nia of the corps. Colonel Doyen, who died of pneumonia soon after being promoted to the rank of Brigadier General, heard about It and started an investigation. He made a special ruling as follows: "If the boys want you to wear the Insignia, Doc, it stays on. What they want goes with me." How "Doc." won his Croix de Guerre Is another story. It deals with a wounded colonel in a front Una trench; of crossing an open field where machine gun bullets wer whistling through the air waist high and explosives were b ing dropped every few minutes by a squadron ot eighteen German airplanes; ot the rescue ot tbe colo nel and ot carrying bini .back, through a rain or projectiles to safety. And Doe Clifford remembers that as an "amusing-Incident"!1 "Corporal Starling was with me," ha said, "and. ha kept telling ma to, keep, low aa wa were crawl ing along dragging that old stretch er. How. could I keep low with i stomach like mine?" He didn't force bis religious ser vices on the men. The asked for them. One he will always remem ber. It was Inspired by an East Side New Tek Jew, and beld In a little Catholic church. The group that joined In praync and hymna included representatives of nearly every religious belief and many who professed no belief at all. After the benediction one of the boys remarked seriously: "Do you know, Doc, that was a damned good meeting!" If you want to know more of what the marines thought of Dr. Clifford, you will have to ask some of them. But If you want Co know bow the leatherneoks impressed an Oxford Doctor of Divinity, a Baptist minis ter from Tuscon Arizona, who bas lived the life of a real nan and has worked among men from Northwest Canada to the Island of Java and from New Mexico to No Man's Land, read for yourself what Dr. Clifford says of the Marines. "Maybe you who have not been through hell over there will not be lieve it, but I say without a doubt in my mind that everySnej ol my boys who went west, and every oth er lad who died over there, has gone straight to heaven. "Every man In that outfit was exactly one hundred per cent, man, and not afraid to lay down his life. I've witnessed so many acts of . heroism among my- boys that there isn't paper enough to set them down." STEEL STRIKE WOULD EFFECT TWO MILLION Plans Being Laid At Washing ton Conference For Ex tensive Walk-Out. By Ralph Couch (United Press staff correspondent) Washington Sent. 9. A steH strike if one is caileu wiii iuvu.vb two million workers, including Great Lakes sailors and coal miners, according to plans being prepared here today at a series of conferences by twenty four union heads. Whether there will be. a strike will be determined before the conference adjourns, union heads said. President Andrew (Puruseth of the seamen s union and Edgar Wallace of the mine workers of America attended the conference this morning, Sailors of Furuseth's union man steamboats which carry iron ore (from Lake Superior tj- Ojike Erie ports, where it is loaded for shipment to steel mills. Thousands of acres of coal fields now being worked by union miners are owned and controlled by tho United States Steel corporation, "either direct ly or through subsidiaries. Hope- of averting the; strike today was Jielieved to depend 'entirelv upon efforts of President Wilson and gov ernment officials. At the close of the first session of the conference Chair--man John Fitzpatrick refused to say what action the conference took on a telegram sent President Gompcrs of the American Federation of Labor by President Wilson. . Frank Anderson, prominent farmer and banker of Heppner and pioneer of jorrow county, cliert following an oper ation for stomach trouble Saturday. , COMMON SENSE FOR CORNS. "GF.TS-rr The Great Painless Corn Loosener.; Simple as A B C. Never Fails If you have ever tried to stet rid 08 ' a corn 'by bundling up your toe with oandages, or try using salve that made your too red and almost. raw, or tried: "GeUjf" T.ke. Out Uh Ouch' to drag your corn out with a knlfm' there will be a surprise waiting for yom nuru jruu use - vtets-at." imagine peel ing your corn off gloriously, easily and5 painlessly, jnst like peeling off a ba-i nana skin. Well, that is what happeaai when you use "Gots-Ttr" The ia nntii. ing else that will give you this sama result.- Millions of folks have had that same blessed exneriencn Wki nnitw and suffer, limp, and spoil a good tima, for yourself and your friends, or yemp peace of mind while trvina rn nttnil to business! Use "Gets-Lt" the simple. common sense wav. Gets-It," the only sure suaranteed- moner back corn remover. nsit "hut trifle at any drug store. M'f'd by-K- Lawrence & Co., Chicago 111. Sold in Salem anil rMmmiiJuJ the world's beet torn remedv by 3. G. Perry P. J. Fry, Wm. Xeimeyer. 'Torget If-Buy At ikxfc