Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-12-20
The Petit JodPDdl,
A Daily Paper for the Boys and
Girls of Oregon.
Vol.1. Salem, Dec. 20, 1897, No 6
BY A. KID, EDITOR.

Gold has been found at New Wnat
com, WASH, in the craws of ducks ant
turkeys. The ducks had picked it NJ
in the gravel where a well had beer
dug. A farmer found nugget o
gold worth $l.70 in one turkey.
Two men who left Dawson City or
the Yukon River Noy. 3rd have ar
rived at Victoria, B. G. Dec, 16. The
kilograms don't agree as to the dan
ger of starving. One report says OF
one of these men:
"Kastner does not share the belief OF
starvation staring the Dawsonites in
the face, still the stores are selling nc
food. He feels confident that ii the
population pool provisions there will
be sufficient for all throughout the
winter.
The other report says: "KastneI
says people will starve in Dawson this
winter, as there is not enough food
About 1000 are talking of coming out
on the first ice."
What does Kastner say? What don t
he say? All this should teach you to
be slow to believe news until 1t is
fully confirmed.
The Alaska gold discovery will have
one good effect. 1t will cause great
many new boats to be built and give
employment to laboring men. They
are building boats all over the United
States for the ocean and river traffic
caused by the gold discovery.
Wood is So a cord at Moscow, Idaho.
"The Runaway" is the name of a
story sent to the Z. j. by boy under
IL, who attends Lincoln school, South
Salem, 1t is as follows:
zone day when.Jwo boys came from
school they thought they would have
some fun with their calf. So they
made sled and harness and hitched
the calf to it. They gave the lines d
jerk and away The calf went, oyer
rosebushes, throuTh blackberry vines
and down the hill, toys and all. and
the last they saw Of the calf it was
headed for timber, tail up end head a
rising"
Salem, Ore, December II, 1897.
Quite story and quite a Chase !
That boy we predict will become a
reporter some day. That item will he
hard to beat. But let the boys and
girls who read the p. j. try. If they
don't beat it this month Story Chase
will get that premium FOR the best
item this month. TO compete, it must
be original and about something that
happens that the writer knows about
For daily paper like this it should
be reported right away as the Z. j..
cannot print stale news.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. l6.-A sub
marine boat was tried here on the
Patapsco river and made two trips un-
der water, taking party inside each
time. The second trip a diver was
taken down and walked out of a door
in the side of the boat and explored
the bottom OF the river and then came
in again. The vessel had two hollow
masts that stuck above the water and
let air out and into the boat. They
claim 1t could be steered and is sue
cess.
Johnny Knockemstiff," kid
writer at Portland is the author OF
the following items:
Prosperity is hit dis blooming city
hard. Ii. NJ. Wagner made a raise
and is got brand new stOye-pipe
plug dicer
Under Socialism all OF us would get
a government job. Its de only sys-
TEN where dere is enough offices TO go
around Lets all join de socialists.
"Think or starye" is de motto of de
New Time" magazine. Tink and
starYe is de motto OF dis paper, toe.
We lives on faith, cause we amt paid
for our works.