Daily capital journal., January 11, 1917, Image 4

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HI KM.Y EVENING
CHARLES H. nSHEE
Editor and Huiftr
.1 annuo 11. I'.i 17.
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A GOOD PIECE OF WORK
The most important action of the Commercial Club
since its organization is the offer to guarantee that from
three to four thousand acres will be planted to flax in the
vicinity of Salem if anyone
here. It is claimed that interested parties nave examined
into the matter and have expressed a willingness to build;
the mills
5 it they can D guaranteea ine quaniuj 01 nax j
y to keep them busy. This kind of work means
necessary
much to Salem and the farmers of this vicinity and if the j
club through its action assists in getting a flax product
;tl . i ., i .1 1 koea It will knva ilnnu a in n on if .p.irtf' tiippp !
linn t-M-awiiniicu oci v. m in uu.i, r-
of work. The governor in his
tention to the fact that while the first year s flax experi
ment did not make a good showing, owing to it being an
experiment and besides an unfortunate season, that the
crop of 1916 was a profitable one, and the results indicate!
that crops to follow will make a still better showing as;
the farmers get experience in growing the crop.
The United States supreme court had held the Webb
Kenyon law is constitutional although this decision will
help make the morning constitutional that much harder
to get. This however should relieve some of our legis
lators of a great deal of worry, as under this law, a wot
state cannot send liquors into a dry state, if the latter
objects. This should settle the Hornbrook business and
all similar. It raises a nice question tnougn, anu opens
the door for whole lots of trouble for the supreme court
in the not remote future, if it stands by the doctrine of
"stare decisis." If one state can prevent another sending
liquors into it, why cannot it prevent it sending any other
articles? If it can do this will not the states and not the
federal government control interstate traffic? We do
not presume to question the decision, but that it opens the
door for legislation of one state against the products of
another being brought into, it seems undeniable.
If Thomas Lawson is telling the truth, he should be
compelled to tell the whole truth and expose those, if
any, who have profited by the alleged leaks from the gov
ernment departments at Washington. It is too serious
a charge to be passed by without the most thorough in
vestigation. So far Lawson has refused to mention any
name or to make any assertions backed by anything more
reliable than hearsay. He insinuates that he could tell
much more; but when cornered dodges and equivocates.
If he is lying, which seems highly probable from his ac
tions, he 'should be punished as severely as the law can
punish such a scurrilous scandal monger. It is up to the
congressional committee to make him either "shoot or
give up the gun.
England has fixed the price of wheat at 60 shillings
for 504 pounds. This would equal about $1.58 a bushel.
This would make the price in England lower than in
Chicago or even here in Oregon where bluestem is quoted
above that price and other varieties at about the same
price as in England. The same dispatch says potatoes are
priced at from 115 to iM shillings a ton. This would
mean about 85 cents a bushel or one and a half cents a
pound. Considering the conditions in the tight little Isle
it is evident the High Cost of Living has not visited it.
0
Authorities on the subject say sugar will be lower.
They point out that Cuba had a record crop last year, it
totalling above :,t500,()00 tons. This however would not
of itself cause a drop in the sweetening if no other things
happen to assist. It is claimed the demand in Europe
regulates the market and that the unsettled conditions
there prevent any reasonably certain foi-ecast as to what
that demand will be. One thing that makes the drop
seem certain is that it is so long yet to "preserving time."
It appears, or seems to, that in the report of the Mex
ican General Murguia that he had whipped Villa and had
him and his army on the run
a hopmil sign tor it is the hrst
the border from Mexican sources in two years that had,
LADD & BUSH. Banker
Established 1868
CAPITAL
Transact a General Banking Business
Safety Deposit Boxes
.SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
Ptg. Co., Inc.
DOHA C.
AND RES EN,
Sc. and Troas.
. RATES
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will build and operate a mill;
message iuesday called at
he told the truth.
TViio io
story coining norm across
$500,000.00
even the semblance of truth.
the exception that proves the
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11
THE SLEEPING PORCH
There still are folks who sleep indoors, in!
closed up rooms they heave their snores, I
and breathe the stale and stagnant air
which harbors germs and microbes there.'
And when the shades of night are sped,
and they crawl stiffly out of bed, they say
they're feeling worse, a heap, than ere they;
had their little sleep. I used to slumber in '
f.aftfeaW '
mhL i
a room that was as airtight as a tomb, and
I was always out of whack, with rheuma-
tism in my back, and corns and bunions ofi I
A n,mm, Uv. ,,,b. ,i;or. 1
rwicca, anu
But now a sleeping porch is
winfis whine. T rise when
from my whiskers brush the
nose anfl earS; and greet the day Wltn hearty cheers. And
jm so hearty and so hale, the undertaker lifts a wail. He
used to think he'd get me soon, and plant me out beneath i
the moon, when I was groaning of my ills, and blowing '
i? 1 :n r..i. : l i. .c i. I
coin lor oeesvvax uiiis. i)U l.
go scooting up the village street, and prancing like an
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OKruuixi, lie uuesn i rviiuw vviieie lie is u
I Some Little stories and
Gossip of the Legislature
Chief Clerk John Cochrane of (lie sen-
te, is one of the moil popular officials
of this and two previous legislatures.
The reason is not far to seek. His earl
iest work was as I route carrier ou the
Capital Journal when Col. and Andy
llofer were running it in its early days.
Willi Keh a stun it is natural that any
position that needs filling, anil filling
right, is open to Win, "Johnny" had
the habit of getting there long before'
he discarded marbles and the diniinu
tive Johnny and like Minerva leaped I
full armed as John I), into public no
tice and well deserved position.
"Andy" Hoier told the writer of John
W.'s get-thei e-ai ti veuess. before doing
the Minerva stunt. Johnny came
through the front office one evening
carrying a big bag of Capital Journals.
He was leaning well over to oue side to
balance the weight of Col, Hofer's
heavy editorials, and Andy noticing him
called out: "That's a pretty heavy
bundle. Johnny- Don't they make you
tired f"
"Me tired," answered the coming
chief clerk. "Nah, 1 only peddle 'em,
I don 't read 'em.
picture Adonis
I'hil Hates, the moving
ot the northwest is shedding the light
of his continuance and considerable in
formation at to tourist travel, scenery,
good roads and the necessity of calling
the attention af the balance of the
country and tourists to the fact that
this section ardently desires the first
has our uneiualleil quantity and unriv
alled quality ot the second and is
rapidly accumulating the last. He is
also suggesting this to the members o'f
the legislature only, that a modest sum
spent in advertising the sceuery of the
northwest, would be a splendid and
profitable investment.
A proposition is on foot to advertise
the northwest, Idaho, Washington ami
Oregon untiling for the purpose. Prom
this it seems probable that Philip has
some figures In his pockets that will
i become public property before the sc-s-I
sion is half over.
J. S. Stewart, known throughout all
the bunch grata country as "Jim"
who lives in Fossil and pries out fet
Fossil Journal weekly for all iu Possil
dom, is as he says, "just kinda lookin'
after things'' up about the state house.
Jim bails from Fossil, but is no nearer
being fossilized than when, the writer
first met him in The Dalles 30 years
ago. He is the li vest and liveliest relic
of the paleozoic age that ever mounted
the hurricane deck of a Cayuse and
chased the double-jointed coyotes over
the rluiroeki of Wheeler county. What
he is after is not known, but whatever
it is, Jim will get it. or if ho doesn't
he will always think he ought to have
done so.
When it was suggested during the de
bate over the number of clerks that
should be employed oti the engrossing
and enrolling committees that it was
better to hire them now while they
were plentiful than to wait until the
middle of the session when some of them
might get awnv, there was a mutual
interchange of grins between some hun-
idea of applicants for positions in the
,f:;".1;!0Lrmed t0 touoh
manv funnvbones at once
You wouldn't suspect in looking at
the governor that he was a humorist but
he deceives his looks. He remarked
yesterday that it was much better for
the state to nave a repuiincan governor
acting in harmony with a republican
legislature in ennctiug ueeded legisla
tion of a sound, sane character, and ac
complishing it without strife or turmoil.
History shows it is the legislation
that is enacted without strife that is
genera'ly the very worst kind- To have
everything running along without a
hitch is the ideal condition for the gen
tlemen with axes to grind. Parturition
without pain is not possible if a healthy
'ittle Bill is to be born. The kicker and
the objector are the salvation of the
However it is probably only
rule.
cvciy UUKi jj.uin. uiocaoc.
mine, and over me the night
entries the snnrisp p-lnw. and
snow, and thaw the ice from i
seeinu uie on uuuvaiu ieet,
4-
t
people so far as makin
cemed. for they force
lnws are con
a general and
thorough discussion of the matter in
hand and bring it oul into the sunlight.
I.oretta is a fine animal and the gover
nor ia ,1 t ilonfti it in.t".' of hordes Tllilt
was the comment a prominent repulili- I
can legislator made on the governor's
message.
lii
od
he house extended its courtesy to
newspaper representatives and start
off right foot foremost. The sen
ate neglected to do this but then Presi
dent Moser knew the boys and realized
they ilid not need to have anything ex
tended them that could be grabbed. If
the gang can get by the doorkeeper they
can be relied on not to let anything get
away.
Mrs. Jenny Kemp, state president of
the Woman's Christian Temperance Un
ion, iH here to look after legislation
connected with bills dealing with aho
holic liquor and education questions, sin
has her headquarters in the state lib
rary in the supreme court building, Mrs.
Kemp is regarded almost as a necessary
figure in temperance legislation and is
often consulted on measures that deal
with the liquor traffic. and with prob
lems involving wayward girls. Through
her influence in the lobby ninny wise
and sane ideas have been incorporated
into Oregon laws.
Senator Diinii k 's (Sonenrreut resolu
tion providing that axpropriation bills
shall be introdnoM within 'Ml days and
that none be introduced during the last
10 duvs of the session was passed by
the senate yesterday as one of the
moans w hereby appropriations are to be
held down to the six per cent limitation,
as provided iu the constitution. As it is
a concurrent resolution it will have to
pass the house before it becomes ef
fective. If it does, and it probably will,
all bills appropriating money must1 be
introduced within the first SO days of
the session.
The Rogue River fishing struggle that
has raged Intermittently since 1S74 be
tween the Hume fishing interests and
the people who are dependent on fishing
for a living and sportsmen who fish for
pleasure, was precipitated ill the house
yesterday when Tichenor of Coos and
Curry, counties introduced a bill to pro
hibit fishing for salmon below a cer
tain dead line, except with hook and
line. The dead line is drawn across the
river from Doyle Point and extends out
to the three mile limit. The objection
to fishing with anything other than
hook and line is made because other
methods have a tendency to drive the
fish from the river and keep them from
entering it to spawn.
This measure follows recommenda
tions of the fish and game commisison.
Tuesday the southern Oregon delegation
held an informal conference to discuss
the problem of abolishing seining anil
set net fishing in the Rogue river but
no bill has yet been drafted. The Hume
interests are controlled of Roderick
Macleay. of Portland, who practically
cwns the river to the exclusion o'f in
dividual fishing and sportsmen.
Tn addition to the measures of the
"bone dry" bill introduced in the house
by Representatives Lewis, he presented
another which prohibits the manufac
ture and sale and keenins for sale, of I
patent and proprietary medicines con-
taining more than one-half of one per
cent of alcohol. If the patent medicim-
comx""""
are reasonably intended or likely to be
used as a beveragt or for internal use eyes still smiled bravely at us. tier express their sympathy. Leonard Brooke i "Yes, I was to go with him but fath
it shall be unlawful to sell iv at mo spirit was stronger than her body, and came often. He seemed to have forgot- er was taken sick the day before wa
prescription is given by a physician the I clung to her at the last as I never had ten all, save a desire to help me bear were to start, " I explained,
prescription must be kept on file for in done before! fearful that I might lose my sorrow. He brought new music, and "Mabel Horton told me Mr. Han,
spection for two years; a copy must als her too. Dad's had always been the when we played or sang together I for- mond didn't go to the funeral "
be sent to the county clerk," who shall leading spirit in our home, mother's the got to grieve for a time. He also had! "No, I could not reach him in time,
keep it ou file for two years. Fine and gentle loving one. Their devotion to taken upon himself the task of teaching and although he offered it wonld have
jail sentence are penalties for violation, eaeh other had been wonderful. I re- Edith to drive her pony. I told Clifford been useless to come afterward " I told
-j member that when I was first married he had offered to do so and he replied: her, commencing to be sorry ' I had
As the result of the meeting of the I thought all married people were like "Tell him to go ahead! 1 haven't shown interest.
committee ou insurance with lusurance them. And I smiled sadly as I recalled time, and hell be more careful of Edith'
Commissioner Wells yesterday, Tuesday how very soon I had been disabused of than a man we could hire." (Tomorrow Unpleasant Information)
of next week at 11 o'cloek haw been
et as the time when the Mutual com
panies in the state wilt be given a hear
tag by the joint committees of the sen
ate and houae on innurnnee. The repre
sentatives of the mutual companies will
be given a hearing at this time relative
to provision!) in the new insurance code
af feeling their organizations. This code
I haa not yet been introduced but it is
l aaid to cover every branch of insur
i auce.
Mrs Alexander Thompson, of The
Dalles, representative from Hood River
and Wasco counties, is the only woman
in the state legislature. Sue in a demo
crat, and was given the privilege of as
sisting iu organizing the house, which
is predominantly republican. Her daugh
ter is with her anil nets as stenograplier.
She has a bouquet of white carnations
on her desk, which is on the front row,
west sido of the house, second desk
from the center aisle.
Charles Krskine, enrolling clerk of the
llotlxe i . u former Sinli.rat lv
graduate ..f the wu)aaiett unWeraity
E&T.i t MS?"S
graduating he went t. ntrai Oregon
i""1 opened law office at Bend, where
h(, ,, , ,, ti,.ill(, -nee Hl, w,
raUiM eieri at the ms aaaaioa of
i ue legislature, unu won nis position
this session without much opposition.
i-ioniieu oioii, ot rornaaa, represen-i
tiitive from Multnomah, is said to be
Hie handsomest man in the house. He,
ftft tll'U 2? PoS"
" " California pigskin star.
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u'rd: iy tpi botb boa'a w
" i "oust-
the legislature. Just after
hud adjourned Tor the afternoon, l'up
! DO got into tin altercation with
i someone's bulldog in the rotunda and
; backed up his argument w ith teeth and
j toe nails. The barking and yelping
: penetrated both houses and the repre
sentatives and senators and visitors
poured out from their places into the
rotunda. Before damage was done the
dogs were separated.
Argentine Statesman
Talks of Military Laws
By Charles P. Stewart.
t (United Press staff correspondent.)
I Buenos Aires, Jan. 11 General Pablo
itiechieri, author
of Argentine 's mili-
: trir unrriitu I,,,,- tli!i,L. ,1.1.
I xmianrintion ..ill' ,-,, t ,,.,ii ,- i... v 1
satisfactory for the United States. In
an interview accorded the United Press
today he manifested the greatest inter
est in the report from Washington that
military heads 'favored adoption of the
Argentine idea for America.
"Argentine resorted to conscription
because it was the only method of main
tabling a military reserve," the gen
eral asserted. "The results 'have been
most excellent democratizing our peo
pie) improving them mentally and pays
lcauy and welding together
dicers nationalities.
various
"Illustrative of the ua-aailiiarisfie
character of the Argentine law. it might purposes only five days in the week,
be cited that the leading militarists here, and then for not more than fron six to
opposed passage of the measure when it Uine months in the year. Thus many
was pending, expressing their prefer-; thousands of dollars worth of public
ence for a professional army. property has beCn standing idle a large
"Owing to the similarity between the i part of the year and many people have
United States and Argentine as to ideals Deen denied the social and intellectual
and institutions, I believe the Argen- pleasures which are so greatly enjoyed
tine plan will be eventually found satis- ; the country districts. This' economic
factory to America." j w.as,0 .in bo largely done away with
State Superintendents
Annual Report Filed
In his biennial report to the legisla
lure Superintendent of Public Instruc
Hon, J, A. Churchill highly commends
the law making every Oregon school
house a civic center. Tn discussing
this subject, Mr. Churchill says:
"In 1915, the State legislature en
acted a law making every public school
house a civic center, under the control
of the district school board, where the
citizens of the district may 'engage iu
mXlfcr Jvne Phelps
CHAPTER SECVIII. that idea.
The colt father had civen Edith when! "Clifford met us, and was most kind
she was born we shipped home. I would
get her a pony cart and she should learn
to drive it.
I offered to let Mandy remain with
mother for a while, at least until she
visited me. But with her usual unselfish -
uess she would not hear to it. T know
no wthnt she felt that I -needed Mandy.
that she would be a comfort as well as a
servant to me.
"No, dear," she said, "I have all the
help I need, and I am happier about
vou when 1 know Mandv is with you-
I didn't think then that she referred
in any manner to my life with Clifford,
but afterward I was sure that was what
she meant.
Mother was so quiet, so dependent,
had so leaned on dad all her life, that
when I heard one of the neighbors say
she would not be long in following him,
i roared sue spoae tne mini. Momer
had grown so frail looking, although her
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supervised recreational activities, and
where they may discuss any and all
subjects which in their judgment per
tain to the educational, economic, artis
tic and moral interests of the citizens.'
1 1ighting, heating, janitor service and
the services of the supervising officer
when needed, may be paid from the
public school funds of the district.
''The passage of this law has done
much to open the doors of our country
schoolhouses to the church, the Grange,
the Farmers' Union, and the I'arent
Teacher Association. Because these
buildings were erected primarily for
the use of the schools, their use has
frequently been refused for any other
purposes, in spite of the fact that a
1 building for public meetings is greatly
needed in every rural community, and
! the schn- 1-houscs are used for school
throuah the passage of this In
through the passage of tins law pro
viding for the use of school houses
civic centers.
Roy Hinterliter Is
Guilty of Manslaughter
Olney. lib. Jan. 10. The jury in
the rase of Hoy Hinterliter, charged
with the "air bubble" murder of K.liz
abeth Katcliffe, returned a verdict of
guilty of manslaughter at 4iV this
morning alter twelve hours delibera
tion. Motions for a new trial and for a
BACK TO CLIFFORD
and tender. I told him of dad. of the
I will which he seemed ro think stono-e
but dismissed without further comment, j
j He seemed surprised that I was not in
, mourning.
Edith Takes Driving Lessons. i
, "Dad hated mourning," I told him,,
"so we decided not to wear it. Al- j
though mother will wear black but not
crepe."
" A very sensible arrangement, " Clif-i
ford agreed. "Mourning always de-
presses me, and I should think it would I
tne wearer to a great degree I be-
licve too
tfsmm
that it is unhealthv to beler recounting all the
swathed in crepe the way some women
are."
I took up my home life again with
no perceptible change, but always there
was the thought of dad. Not dad lying
in the graveyard, but as he used to be,
strong, loving, impatient of anything
wnicn ne considered wrong. !
Muriel and others called at once to!
ASTORIA
I For Infants and Children.
Mothers Know That
Genuine Castoria
Always
Bears the
Signature
of
in
Use
For Over
Thirty Years
CASTORIA
THE CEMTAUH COMPANY NEW VORH C I FY
writ of stay, were overruled by tha
court.
The decision of the jury enme after
dramatic climax in the courtroom for
ty five minutes before, when the court
I had ordered the jury, which, after IS
hours deliberation, had reported with
their verdict, back to the jury room.
The clerk read the verdict of guilty
of manslaughter in the first degree.
"Are you satisfied with your ver
dict f" Judge Miller asked the jurora
preparatory to dismissal.
""o, 1 am not," answered one juror.
The court then ordered the men to de
liberate further, but with thorn went
instructions that practically forced
them to find Hinterliter guilty. The
court told the jury that anyone aiding
or abetting iu a criminal operation i
guilty of crime. Hinterliter had confess
ed that he assisted Elizabeth Ratcliffa
when she attempted to perform the
fatal operation upon herself, in a fu
tile attempt to hide the evidence of
their unwise love.
Miss Ratcliffe's death was caused by
air bubbles, injected into veins, reach
ing the heart.
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Get a Can
TO-DAY
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Hardware
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Kate Jordon Gossips.
Two or three times a week Leonard
Ana lalt" wouiQ "rive 101 an flour.
Then he would come in and chat with
me. The days when I did not see him
seemed gray 'and lonelv, no matter how
brightly the sun shone." Yet I gave that
no thought, just accepted his company
as my right. Had Clifford objected,
or had I realized to what it was leading
me, my story might never have beea
told.
I had been home about a wsek whea
Kate Jordon called. As usual she was
full and running over with n-osin. Aft-
Bhe commenced to talk of Mabe' Hortoa,
' 0f Lob Gardner, and of Clifford. Aa
ever when she talked of them T mthur
helped her along. My jealousy was as
great, my curiosity as keen concerning
them, as" it ever had been,
"Your husband was in Chicago whea
your father died wasn't kef" aha
queried.