Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-23
JOURNAL "x-RAYs."

Ice-works weather still continues.
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Forty cents box is offered you, Mr.
hop Picker.
Professor Thos. Condor, the lie
ronte of Oregon, ought to be president
bf the state university.
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From Harper's Bazar IL is learned
that Professor Mcclure was to have
been the next president OF the state
University.
All the bondsmen Of Elk City Treas
urer Swafford, including Mayor Rich
ardson, should dig up at once the S5,-
boo shortage due the city.
OF course, it would not hurt the city
credit if the $4,000 due from Richard
SONS busted bank we're paid in, as he
said it would be in two weeks.
Senator Mcbride is to select the
State senators, and ex. Senator Mitch
ell the representatives to be chosen by
the people as legislators next June.
Tnat is the rumored arrangement.
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Ihirty-four mills is too high. Re-
duce the taxes. Salem Statesman.
This sounds we'll for the paper that
published a $3.50 tax list and bled the
county treasury to the extent of $500
therefor.
They are good appointments-exc
3ent-but where is the economy In
putting one man out merely to make
room to put another In ?-StatesmaD.
1t is certainly to be lamented that
Robbie was ever relieved of the super
intendency of the state rcformatory.
If the city council cannot get
auorum, it is suggested Pap Richard
son swear in force OF deputy marsh
ais and "organize" them as he at
tampted in the interest Of the
Mitchell house.
The business manager of THE JOUR-
MAI. is in British Columbia. The ad-
yertising rates are the same. as the
extra expense of hobnobbing with the
Subjects of the Queen is borne out OF
his private purse.
A caller.at the ,IOryallls'Times Office
was Jimmy Battees Of SIletZ and his
visit brought tn mind how Thomas ii.
Tongue was elected to congress by a
i..ajorty of 81 through 119 Indian
nples cast solidly for him on the Siletz
reservation. Jimmy was full
blooded siwash, but withal an Amer
lean citizen, and in very good English
he poured out his anguish OF heart
over fact that he had been inveigled
into support of Tongue. "Yes we
all voted for him, but are sorry for it
now. said Jimmy. George Mcbride
wrote letter to Harvey and told him
to have us boys vote for Tongue, and
we did it," There is no evidence
that Mr.. Tongue will not make as
good a congressman for the Indians
as they have eyer had.
Rev. w. G. Templeton came from
Texas to Eugene to preach on trialin
the G. p. church. The trial was ev-
identity not satisfactory, for he re-
bnrned to Texas, where he got even
with Oregon by being interviewed
and calling our state" poor old Ore
gon," s. ating that our people subsis-
ted on wheat bread and canned sal
mon, etc. We are the best fed people
In the world, with four vegetables,
varied meats, and unsurpassed fruits.
besides which those of Texas are in
Significant. The Governor of Oregon
should demand the person of Rev.
Templeton by extradltion process.
He should be brought back to learn
manners in the only country in the
world where all hotels and restaurants
serve pie twice day and where spring
chicken lasts all the year around.
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or course, taxpayers, as such, do
not approve of ofextravagance and bood-
ling in public affairs. Even If the
taxpayer is an official, he has no right
TO impose false and extortiondte
charges on his fellow taxpayers. A
Salem authority says:
COnly part of the bills for conveying
insane and convicts to Salem have
been filed in the secretary OF states
office since the failure of the legisla-
ture to organize.
The evidence furnished by the filed
claims shows the charges for trans
portation of conYicts and insane haye