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The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
- KuRrz FRANcHlsr

The city council has again deferred
action in granting second electric
light and power franchise at Salem.
The proposition OF Mr.. Kurt 70 give
a bond OF $4,000 for faithful per
formance Of his contract is very salts
factory.
But It is understood that he de-
murs at a provision TO pay per cent
Of his gross earnings into the city
treasury unless that tax is also ex.
tended to the present light and power
company
The council probably has the right
to enforce that provision and collect
gross earnings tax on the company
already installed here.
It would be manifestly unfair ille-
gal and unjust TO collect that tax from
the Kurt corporation and not from
his competitor
II the council finds Il has no pow.
er and authority to impose gross
'at hihhb tdA Dh polh ~ ououiu not ut
imposed on Kurtz.
But the most serious objection 20
the Kurtz franchise is that II cannot
be 80 drawn that Il might not be
closed out under execution. and bid in
by the company already. established
here.
If the Kurtz franchise can be grant.
ed so that Mr. Kurtz. or his success
sors. will be compelled to operate It in
competition. well and good.
II that cannot be done perhaps the
city can reserve the right to become
the first purchaser in case OF sale on
alienation Of the franchise
All these problems and contingent
cies show that there are serlous din
cultles in the way Of granting fran.
chise.
The only sound proposition for the
average citizen Is municipal owner
ship OF lighting plant. Then the city
Is In a position to protect the citizen
against overeharges, aud to produce
revenues ont OF this public service
franchise
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

Co. or the Pullman Car Co. or the
Express companies had to pay on a
basis Of market value Of their stocks.
This proposition applies only to
their tangible property values, and
does not take into consideration the
value of their franchises. good will,
etc.
Is Il any wonder that the average
farmer is crying out at unjust taxa
ton? When II is proposed TO make
the untaxed franchises and the cor
poratlons having valuable intangible
properties worth millions. pay their
portion or any portion of the taxes.
the legislature kills tho bill
When It is proposed to get after the
last dollar Of value in the farmers
acres. his last pig. sheep. goat OF COW.
the law Is enacted.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
BRYAN vs. CLEVELAND.

Bryan's roast OF Grover Cleveland
contains a great deal OF truth. but
manifests the excessive political un-
wisdom OF which the Nebraska states
man continues 10 enjoy the monopoly,
While SIR. Bryan may force Grover
Cleveland upon the Democratic party
as It's candidate. he cannot push him
into sufficient prominence to make
him president
While Cleveland and his followers
are wisely advocating harmony with
out abandoning their convictions. Bfy.
an Is in the attitude OF opposing their
modifying propositions with discord-
ant utterances.
Having forced himself and his
handmade platform upon the party a
second time In 1900. and having re
celved the support OF all his loyal fol.
lowers. he should sublet the contract
OF leadership for awhile.
Bryan should say now as ne might
have said gracefully in 1900: Gentle
men Of the Democratic party--I have
had my say and had my day. and
my program have been rejected. Try
some other leader. will support him.
I am Democrat not a dictator"
But 10 read his Kansas City
he wants anything but har.
mony. anything but the success Of the
Democratic party. nothing hut his
own prominence and vainglory
We fear Bryan belongs TO the Inn
modest class OF politicians who look
upon parties as their footstool. and
on the voter as their legitimate prey
and plaything
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
Going into Larasr omess.

On May lst, the Chicago branch OF
the advertising agency OF J. Walter
Thompson Company will remove 20
handsome aud commOdious Offices in
the New York Life building. which
are being especially fitted up for It's
use 20 accommodate It's growing
needs.
The volume OF business placed with
the Chicago ONCE alone is nearly
equal 10 the entire business OF any
other advertising agency in the West.
while the main ofhces OF the Thomp-
son Agency are In New York City.
where the major portion OF its con
tracts are handled
Mr. c. r. Raymond. the vice presi.
dent OF the company, and its western
manager, has now been associated
with this house for twelve years. and
has been continuously engaged in the
advertising held for over twenty
years.
This agency Is handling at the pres
ent time some Of the largest and most
desirable accounts emanatlng from
the West. and Is considered one OF the
most responsible. reliable. and pro
gressiye firms In the advertising bus,
mess
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

testant churches and the smaller sect
known as the Christian Connection.
The conference is composed OF dele
gates appointed by the four denomin-
ations to formulate a scheme of union
II the idea Is deemed feasible All OF
the churches have somewhat similar
fosm .of church government, making
much OF local self-government Any
agreement reached is likely 10 be
based largely upon the freedom and
independence OF individual churches
and freedom from binding cTeeds.
Greed differences. II Is felt will not
prove so great an obstacle to unity
as the opposite ideas OF policy now
obtaining The question OF what
name the unified denominations
should adopt will be an interesting
one.
II the union Of the four churches is
accomplished II will form a body Of
/. 100000 II Is believed that in the
event of union there need be little ad.
iustment Of fields. save, perhaps be
tween United Brethren and Method
lists Prutestants. These bodies have
their chief strength In Pennsylvania.
Ohio, Maryland and Indiana. Congre-
gationalists are stronger in New Eng
land, Brooklyn. Chicago and on the
Pacific coast while the Christians
who are not 10 be confounded with
the large Christian or Disciples Of
Christ hody, have their strength in
the South and Southwest.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
How,s Thls9

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh thai
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrt
Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. o
We. the undersigned have known F
y. Cheney for the last is years. and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions. and financially
able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm.
West q Truax, wholesale Drug
gists. Toledo, o.
Walding, Kinan & Marvin, Whole
sale Druggists. 9'oi do. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces OF the system.
Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per
bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
wARalno nulLpINe raApes.

II Is stated that 800 carpenters are
laid on In Portland because OF scaroi
~ OF lumber.
The carpenters charge that the saw
mills have entered into combine
with the master builders 10 force con
tractors 70 stand out against the de
mands OF the unions for an eight hour
day and $3.50 a day wages.
The employers were challenged 70
debate the strike with the Building
Trades council
This Is an unfortunate circumstance
for the interests Of Portland business
men aud for the labor unions. especl.
ally the carpenters
Portland has not been educated up
10 the demands Of organized labor.
and II is questionable whether that
city can ever be brought up TO union
labor standards
While this building trades war In.
wolves few hundred carpenters,
there are thousands OF laboring men
employed all over the city on private
and public payrolls at good wages.
sun n the building trades strike
is carried ON long enough II viii In.
terrupt other business interests.
The Journal believes that "a con.
seryative community as Portland
cannot be run under the high pressure
that Is applied at San Francisco.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
THE MAKING OF The SQUARE.

The ladies are progressing in the
making OF Marion Square what II
should long since have been a modern
municipal recreation ground
They are enutled 10 the loyal sup
port OF an who are in a position to
assist them financially. morally or
with suggestions.
The square Is assured OF improve
ment and permanent beautifying at
the hands OF the loving. gentle and in.
telligent women OF that part OF the
city
The square Is to have beautiful
walks beautiful band and speaking
stand. beautiful borders and beauti.
fol fountain.
They will make It a great, cosy.
comfortable lounging place In sum.
mer4a refreshing place for a sannter
at all seasons. public play gpOund. a
smokingroom where the fragrant Ha.
vana and aromatic pipe win offend no
one, and viii be the more enjoyed BY
the devotee Of nicotine.
hnsic and speech win res0und IN
those vanlted aisles ana leafy bowers
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
Herbert camphslIa case.

Al the faculty meeting yesterday
afternoon the action OF Professor
straub. expelling Herbert Campbell,
a senior in the university, from his
Greek classes for a slight misdemean-
or was sustained. Mr.. Campbell will
not be allowed TO re-enter the Greek
classes, nor take his major work in
any other course-Eugene Guard.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
GETTING AFTER THE FARMER

In Iowa they have found new way
OF getting after the valuations Of farm
property and raising the valuations
OF farm property for the purposes Of
assessment
The real estate transfers for the
year are footed up from the record
ers books aud averages are taken as
the basis OF assessing property.
The intention Is to get at the actual
cash value OF the farms by taking the
figures at which they SELL and hand
ing them over to the assessor
In Clayton county. Iowa. 2S.5l6
acres Of farm land changed hands at
actual sales prices, not counting nom
inal considerations, AZ an average
price of sSs7s per acre.
This land was entered on the as
sessment rolls at s267t per acre.
In making this assessment baslS
there have been omitted the follow
Ing
All deeds conveying less than Ave
acres
Deeds In which the consideration
was nominal
Deeds conveying both lands and
town lots Il, which IL was not possi-
bile TO determine the relative value
OF each
Deeds conveying lands. IN Clayton
and adjoining counties in which the
value Of each is not given separately
sherlns deeds aud tax deeds.
Human Ingenuity could not go
much farther In compelling the farm
er 20 give In the value OF his farms
for assessment
Il Is wonderful that the inventors Of
new schemes OF taxation cannot see
that those systems win IN the end
force the application OF the same sys.
tenn aga8st corporations and person
al property
In Oregon bill was introduced in
the last legislature to compel corpor-
atiohs 10 make showing Of their
earnings and valuations of property
for purposes OF assessment
The bill was Indefinitely postponed
although new taxes were imposed on
the farmer such as half million for
the Portland fair. etc,
In Iowa the farmers land Is valued
al almost the fun selling price for the
purpose OF assessment and taxation
The same Is done In Oregon. but
by a less scientific system. The law
requires Il 10 be taxed al is true cash
value.
suppose the property OF the Hart.
man system were assessed AZ the
market value Of she stocks ana secur.
itlea suppose the Ben Telephone
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

Lovers WIN llnger and loiter in the
sweet summer nights.
The making OF the square shall be
celebrated in song and story OF future
generations in praise Of the Salem wo
men who are so generously and un.
selfshly promoting this public i'm
provement
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
It's Just a Couch

That gets your lungs sore and weak
and payes the way for pneumonia or
consumption. or both. Aeker's EnaIlsh
Remedy viii stop the cough In day
and heal your lungs. Il win cure con.
sumption. asthma, bronchitis. and all
throat and lung troubles. Positively
guaranteed, and money refunded Il
you are not satisfied. Write US for
frea sample W. n. Hooker a Co.
BuaAio. NJ Y. d J, Fry. druEgist.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
churehes % Combine

Pittsburg. Pa. April 22.-More than
one million church members in the
United States are vitality Interested
In the proceedings OF the conference
begun here today having for It's oh,
ieet a union Of the Congregational
united Brethren and Methodist Pro
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

We sell the greatest Of blood purl
6ers, AelSer's Blood Elixir. under pos
Tive guarantee. Il will cure all chron
io and other blood polsons. II you
have eruptions or sores on your body
or are pale. weak. run down. Il Is Just
what you need. We refund money II
YOU are not satisfied. 80 cents and
800 ID. ]. Fry, druggist.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
DR.. J.F.ICooE

Has that profession healing -
kingdom failure When your system h o.
pure blood You viii only find vitality in the r
kin gdom. Poisonous doctors knives thumb
lightning will the 49,
poisons the life
and create diseases umors consumption
diseases mind that his medicine
tonic stimulan temporary relief which you m
poisonous drugs later
medicine effect sirs up po,
You expect be few an
your coming on and VA
time 1t out of system win take OF ~
build This what the people Do m
They being humbugged medicines an
of Natures Herbswha the When a
viii help they have
stInct people study Of
been life study with weary is tm
and too to worry Of this world
DR.. Cook Cures All Kinds of Diseases
30l Liberty Street. Salem, Oregon.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

For short order meals the White
House Restaurant is the leading
place. Open day and night. Prompt
service.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

The dispatches say that William
Vanderbilt is going to have a new
wife, and then add she is widow
Would that be olassed as new or sec
ond hand?
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

Old BIN Anderson says that II a
newspaper were to tell only the truth
always II would be In a perpetual H..
bel suit
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

II Is at least possible that what
makes the Macedonians and other
dwellers In the Balkans mad, is try
ing TO pronounce each others names.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

With the beginning OF May the po
iitical pot will he ready TO boil. Sc
far II has hardly got to slmmerlng.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22

A doctor claims that whIstling
after dinner aids digestion. AZ any
rate II beats whlstling for dinner.
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-04-22
JOURNAL x-RAYs.

Some people never find out that the
truth win do as well as a lie once IN a
while.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
Same Old Mormonis1n.

4 Thanks to revelations of the last
few days, the country is no longer in
doubt as to the survival of polygamy
in Utah. Apostle Heber J. Grant, in
a moment of excitement, admitted that
he already had two wives and that it
was only the fear of the law that kept
him from having another. Next came
the revelations in the Hilton estate
case regarding sealing" practice
even more at variance with morality
than polygamy for polygamy is mere
ly plural marriage whereas sealing
takes no account of the marriage vow.
Sealing is a Mormon form Of uniting
a man and woman for life or for etern-
ity, but the union may begin at any
time and; may be kept up In spite of
marriage. I Testifying in the Hilton
case, where Mrs. Hilton is claiming
share of the estate on the ground that
she was sealed to the deceased
Charles W. Penrose, high priest and
editor of the official organ of the Nor
mon church, declared that sea1i1i III Was
recognized rite Of the Mormon
church and that a couple that had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17

construction Of a ship canal from
ocean to ocean. She has rejected a
canal treaty negotiated with the
United States and abdicated her func-
tiohSand duty.
The treaty imposes nos obligation
upon our government to join Colombia
and whip Panama insurgents back as
a department. Of Colombia. Our gov-
eminent cannot under treaty obliga-
lions go beyond her duty OF maintains
ing positively and efficaciously' the
free transit Of the isthmus, even
against the government of Colombia
itself, II she attempts to raid over the
isthmian territory to restore Panama
to her rule. The sovereignty of the
isthmian territory has departed from
Colombia. The de facto government
Of Panama has become de jure gov
eminent, recognized by the United
States. France and Germany, who will
be followed by the other leading ma
tons of the world. Colombia will
ultimately have to. do the same. fS
The house insurgents have quit--every
one Of them. How much prettier they
would look il they had never commencedl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
LAKE PAVED WITH GOLD

: I'd !. /. s-a
Mayo lake, adjacent to- Stewart river.
in British Yukon, is believed to be paved
with gold. How to secure the gold is the
problem now confronting mining engineers.
Five rich gold bearing creeks drain into
Mayo lake. For centuries they have been
sweeping their golden deposits into the
lake. The shores Of the lake were pros
pected this summer and were found to
contain gold in paying quantities, but all
attempts to sound bottom have been fail
ures. The lake seems to lie in great
crater OF such depth as to make gravity
drainage impossible: 1t is much deeper
than Stewart river. and its waters could
not be carried off in that great natural
artery. The lake is twenty miles long and
about two miles wide. Soundings at the
mouth Of Ledge creek failed to find bot
tom after reaching a depth Of 900 feeI.
The Ottawa government will be asked to
Investigate Stewart river miners believe
the lakes bottom would produce more
gold than the entire Klondike
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
THREE MORE DIE
In. WISCONSIN
Accidents to Hunters Increase as the
Season for Deer Is Pro-
longed.
Two Are in Jail for Setting a Trap
Gun Which Killed a
Man

Special to The Journal.
Milwaukee, Nov. 17-Three more
persons have been killed and three I'M
jured as the result of hunting mishaps
in Wisconsin. William Shilling. who
lives near Altoona, was shot yester-
day while hunting by some one UNI
known. He may not recover. John
Zangell, while driving with his daugh-
ter near Escanaba Sunday, ran into
"a. fusilade fired by a hunting party.
The horse was killed and one shot
struck the buggy.
A' John Morse was accidentally shot
and killed while hunting deer near
Strickland, e Gates county. Charles
Rigg was killed while hunting in the
town of Merrimac, Portage county.
His own gun was accidentally dis
charged. A trap gun set on Deer
river near Crystal Falls, Mich, killed
Edward Crop. EEh
Levy Bundy and Charles Herald Of
Bedding are in Jail charged with set
ting it, and the sheriff is looking for
John German, who, it is said, actually
set the gun. Near Ashland, Henry
Porter, a farmer, was taken for a deer
and shot thru the legs.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
IRVING ON APPROPRIATE DRESSING

8 Henry Irving once preached quite a
.terse sermon on appropriate dressing A
clever young woman belonging TO his, COM
pany appeared at a rehearsal one morning
dressed ir a lovely gown and a stunning
hat Irving comm tented on the. unusual
splendor Of her getup,- whereupon the ac-
tress explained that she was going to a
swell luncheon that afternoon and had
saved time by dressing in advance. Then
run away to the luncheon first. my dear
young lady," said the star. Just now
your mind, too. is dressed up for the
luncheon and not for work. When you
come to rehearsal come looking the part
The young woman. who IS now a star,
never forgot the lesson which she learned
that morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
TUESDAY EVENING,

been sealed might live together re-
gardless OF marriage vows. 81
Apostle Heber Grant promptly
skipped tos Europe after he realized
what an admission he had made, and
thus got away, from the sheriff who
was looking for him with warrant
charging him with maintaining
polygamous relations. AS High Priest
Penrose discreetly refused to mention
any. specific instances of sealing, his
testimony may not be followed by ar
rests, but that Is a minor matter. The
important fact is that the country now
fully understands that the Mormon
church in Utah is the same old, NOR
ally rotten institution it has always
been. and that, like a cancerous
growth. it still infests the nation with
it's depraved standards of marriage. s
The Mormons have been 4 problem
for more than sixty years. and the
country Is not much nearer a solution
now than in the past. Brigham Young
probably was wiser than he knew
when she located the Mormons where
economic life. Thru it they became
a compact community. leaving few
openings for the gentiles to break in.
Had the Mormons settled in a state
where irrigation is not necessary the
offensive features of their queer re-
rubbed off by friction with the out
side world; but in Utah they are the
state, they are the mass and the few
gentiles who have found a foothold
among them have not been able to
make any impression.
Allsof this new evidence OF the -four
fishing condition of polygamy in Utah
should have a bearing on the Smoot
case. Why not make salutary ex-
ample Of Smoot? Now that he Is in
the senate, he can be expelled by a
two-thirds vote for any cause that may
seem sufficient to his fellow-members.
Why is not his utilization with an or
ganization that upholds polygamy and
sealing sufficient cause for expul-
sion from any gathering OF decent
American citizens? Shoots expulsion
on general principles would be the
hardest blow that could be admin
istered to Mormonism at present.
1t will take national legislation to
strike at the roots Of polygamy. and
as that means the amendment of the
constitution, it Is very far away, I'M
less the people should be intensely
stirred up, and we don't seem to be
susceptible to stirring up-as our
fathers were. With the waning of the
plain and simple religious beliefs there
has departed from the national char
acter much Of that ardor for moral
reforms that is, as a rule, closely as
ISOLATED with religious zeal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-17
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