Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-01-27
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JOURNAL "X-RAYS."
The people have not been financing
this school district, but the bankers,
politicians and legislators have. It's
time the people took hand.
OF course. the Eugene Register will
print a correct version of the delin.
quent tax law of Washington. 1t is
a fair paper generally, IL 1t is some
what partisan like the rest OF US.
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Rev. Brown Of Frisco should now
90 ahead and make as good record
the rest of his life as King David did.
or course, he can't restore Miss OYER
mann's character. or his family's tar
nished honor. But he can 20 on
preaching; that's the easiest thing in
the world, II not the greatest.
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-Four thousand dollars year inter-
est is too much for this school district.
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If wheat should go up again to 80
cents bushel or TO any respectable
| figures how many farmers would sell
before IL fell again. Raise your hands.
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Judge johnson, who is president
OF the Salem School Board says the
present board will have nothing to do
with bringing out two candidates for
directors or managing the election.
That's right: let the people act for
once.
Lion county is entitled to the bak-
cry for economical county govern
ment and low taxes. They are also
enterprising. The county court put
up $3.50 for fruit exhibit 9t the state
fair and that also walked off with the
bakery. Those Pops are wideawake
without being boodlers.
Everyone is glad Mr. Jory is putting
down new walk in South Salem. If
the mischevous boys had let him
alone Il would have been down long
ago. Now that its going down there
is talk Of celebration.
There should be no politics In pub
lie school management but lots OF
good business ability.
Everybody 10 town is wearing pink
or blue. The Y. NJ. G. A. has GER
tainly doomed the ribbon industry.
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That sidewalk to the cemeteries is
not exactly disgrace; it comes nearer
being a crime. Most people who
travel that way don't walk.
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II the Salem Y. NJ. G. A. keeps up
its pink and blue ribbon battle they
will stimulate the establishment of a
ribbon industry at Salem. That will
be another factory to employ labor.
ReY. Brown gave out no news when
he confessed his guilty relations to
Miss Overman. Everybody knew it.
Give the Devil his due: the present
county court has cut down the assess
ment bill $2394 55. It's still high
enough.
Lots of people ask us: whats Kin
caid going to do? Just what he's
been dOing--make record as model,
obliging, strictly honest, secretary of
state. He has saved the people hun
dreds OF thousands Of dollars, stood out
against all joObery, and even opposed
the combinations ia his own party,
for which, OF course, the combine will
down him If they can.
1t would be simply outrageous If
the people OF this school district
should decide to put its finances in
order.
The X Rays never said Col. D unne
was appointed to the place Ike Pat.
terson seeks. Read the X Rays more
carefully.
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1t only takes petition of ten tax
payers to get the school board TO sub
init the question Of getting this dis |
trict on a cash basis; but it Will take |
whole lot of votes.
County Judge Barton OF Linn, bet
ter look out. The way he and his |
brother POpuliStS are running Linn |
county finances will make some of |
them available on the state ticket.
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Jas. X. Weatherford is a railroad |
president. But it will be some time |
before the Corvallis and Eastern"
makes him millionaire.
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We are not afraid to call the Union
fusion. It's the last call to dinner.
IL Is fuse or not fuse; that's the ques-
tion. Whether il were better TO elect |
at least part of the state ticket and
put silver man 10 congress, or TO
continue u have nothing and be ruled
by the gold bugs and have rich bood-
lers feeding oil the crib of state
This Is the question for our POpulist
friends to consider.
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