Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1903-11-25
BRIDE OF
THE PACIFIC
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is a sacrifice as great as in war, and
the suffering is greater and more pro
longed, and unattended bv any stir
ring martial splendors. Well may we
sigh for the horseless age.
saw crates of ducks and poultry so
near dead from exhaustion that they
barely had life enough to squawk
How can people eat such poultry, cfter
having seen Il? The good thing is
they don't see It, and 1t is nothing but
what goes in any city.
At Pasco Friday there were several
dozen passengers thrown of to await
a train. The mercury was at zero. and
women and children were freezing,
with no FIRE In the waiting room shed.
and no coal in sight. In the other end
of the shed called a station at this fa.
nous junction were the railroad men,
working with warm fires, and tons of
coke stored there. An old German
broke in on them, and demanded that
the passengers get shelter and
warmth. Coal was "rustled." and the
sufferers made comfortable. The ducks
and chickens are not the only Victims
OF cruel treatment Al Kent Wash,
Saturday afternoon. about 80 head OF
beef cattle were standing in the stock
yard in from six inches to foot of
water. They had been there for some
time, as all look detected and hung
their heads It was late, and | sup
pose they spent tho night in that tor,
ure pen. where they could not lie
down or stand up with comfort. Cor
tainly money made by cattlemen or
Transportation companies at the ex
pense Of such cruelty 10 dumb brutes
will carry a curse with II, and we
should not eat the beef.
According to a statement OF the SO.
attic city treasurer, assessments range
from 20 90 90 per cent OF values The
powerful interests like great corpora.
tlons are in one class and the smaller
fry. like home-owners and small buHi.
ness men are in another. / leave the
reader TO imagine which Only law
requiring publicity OF assessments be
fore equalization will ever correct this
evil.
Seattle has her own water system,
taking the supply from the Cedar riv.
or. The plant cost about $500 900;
would be worth s5.OOO,0OO in the hands
OF any private corporation; costs $50.
600 TO $4,000 year 10 operate and
produces 100000 net revenue 90 the
city An electric light and power
plant is going in that win be still more
profitable. also owned by the city,
as the result OF fight made by the
little one-cent Star
| interviewed Mayor Humes. very
clever politician, who talked 20 mo
half an hour about his administration,
but all his remarks sounded very fine
to two or three callers who were In
his Office while / was there lie Is
strong type, rough and ready. vital
Western politician, who stands we'll
with the "b'hoys," aud the classes who
attract most attention at tho hands OF
tho police and get very little.
VIII II. Parry, formerly editor OF
this paper. is In president OF the city
council and ono OF those solid mul
do0ns In politics He has developed
from a small Journalist into a munici.
pal plutocrat. who has things pretty
much his own way. flo believes in
stalwart Republican machine politics,
bu, admitted that n tax lovles ran up
much more there would be no remedy
bu, for the people 20 put IN a business
Naturalization.
Seattle school management Is far
SUPERIOR 20 the city or county govern.
ment. On a 5h.mlll levy the schools
board has run up-todate schools, with
a high school OF 1000 attendance. has
built all school houses needed and
kept up TO the demands OF a growing
population. Out Of their ordinary re-
celpts they have this year spent about
$500 900 on buildings and real estate.
r. w. shorrock. banker. is a ruling
spirit
/ u was a pleasure 20 meet many for
mer salemites. many Of them IN pOai
tions Of prominence. and all prosper
GUS met Mrs j. @. Wright at the
Occidental Hotel the guest of Mra.
Allen. whose husband was builder Of
tho Salem water works. Major TOl
man. whose father was surveyor gen
eral Is in the quaHermaster's depart
ment j. @. Luhrman rs running a
skating rink on Lake Washington ]
met Mr. and Mrs George y Meach'
am. both formerly Of Salem. He was
school teacher IN the early days inI
/ North and South Salem. and became
city treasurer Of Seattle hope 20 go