Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-05-26

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the Greek oyster house man, VIII. \.
been in Portland for twenty W.,
says THE TOWN Is DEAD BEcAus,
THE SPORTING ELEMENT A.,
UNDER THE BAN OF TOM wopa
AND THAT WILLIAMS Is AL,
RIGHT.
A bunch Of sports who follow a.
race track arrived on the boat s,,-
Frisco Thursday morning and told =.
Portland was the best town on q,
coast after the Bay City for their ~.
fession. ! figure IL all up that n
WILLIAMS GETS ANY REpupr,
CAN VOTES he will be elected
from 100 TO 5000 majority Fo,
certainly is solid with the sport,,
classes. On the other hand Dan van
mer, a Salem man who holds a cha.
in one Of the big barbershops u,,
there is the same talk and feeling I,
the air there was when Word and M.,
ming and Chamberlain were eleo,,l
He says the race will be close Ana
Lane may win. He says the indepe0d
ent voters who get no graft out !,
politics are all for Lane. Now, tbe,
you have all | have heard on the mh
ject at Portland, circulating not in n,
Arlington or Commercial clubs. bu
among the mudsill element Of socls,,
DOWN AMONG THE COMMON Sm
STRATUM OF SOCIETY, where IA,
pie are more apt to have real feeling
and express honest thoughts
II is characteristic Of the Portanl
Fair management to bid for popularit,
with other states, FEELING THhs
OREGON BELONGS TO THEM AMI
HOW. The matter of state pride do~
not enter into their calculatisu,
Washington in many respects is mo-,
to them than Oregon. 50 II happv
that tho Washington Agricultural q Z.
lego cadets get prominent place d
the official parade at the opening Of d,
Lewis and Clark Fair, AND -HB On
ECON AGRICULTURAL ooLlBm
CADETS ARE LEFT OUT. Some 4
the Oregon friends Of that school an
up in arms and say the Oregon Fam
ors' College shall DO represented. TIE
Oregon college cadets are large
finer, better.drilled body Of men. Bot
they were not invited, not OFFICIALLY
recognized, and IL they get into u,
forced put" AND THEY Will
HAVE TO MARCH BB
HIND THE WASHINGTON BOYS
At the State Grange, Grand Masls
Leedy's official report deplores the lasl
Of a suitable girls dormitory at tb
State Agricultural college. He ap
THE PRESENT GIRLS DORM
TORY Is A DISGRACE TO TIN
STATE. This was applauded az
shows what will happen when Il come
to voting on the general apprOphi
tion bill now tied up with the ret
erendum. It carries an appropriati@
for a girls dormitory at the Corvallis
school. All the farmers interested u
that school will vote for the bill to 81
that. Each county that has an ihni
tuition provided for by an approPfh
tion will do the same AND THE BILL
WILL PASS. In the meantime Il wi
be tied up for two years Over MI
lion of taxes will be collected and Pas
up in the state treasury TO be losue
out to the banks. The same bann
will advance the money TO carry .
tho expenses of the state They VI
buy claims against the state at az
count, and in the end REAP A D0V
BILE HARVEST OF THR DIsooUSi
AND INTEREST. In the end the sai
payer will pay the whole bilLN All "
schools will run on and be proves
for. Capital will be diverted ii'.
legitimate channels, Improvement VI
DO delayed and the state injured
1t is a dear school Of politics We "
earning the lessons Of government '
But il the people cannot aeeOnPl-
reforms in any other way Ti1
WILL ACCOMPLISH THEM
THIS WAY. II / am any good
guessing the next legislature T'n
'un on different lines.
The failure Of proper state Pii''
provide a suitable Oregon mining
libit again displays the disPosi'i'h
he Portland fair managers to .
o other states more than then
oregon puts up the $5OO,Ooo for y
and TO BOOST PORTLAND ~
OTHER STATES.
Ona xvould have thought tnal v"