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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-26

which this body is urged to send dele.
gates and give its heartiest moral sup.
port.
Removal Of the State Capital.
The discussion Of this proposition by
a Portland newspaper in a merely aca.
demie way should arouse this com
munity to a sense Of its duty in the
premises. As the seat Of government Of
great and growing state we owe Il
to the rest Of Oregon to do our part.
We are the benefciaries Of the larger
part Of the state taxes expended in
support Of state institutions located
here. We cannot sit still and neglect
doing our duty-the duty prompted by
public spirit and a just sense Of our
relation to the state at large This city
should at once take up two matters
that cannot longer be ignored-secur.
ing suitable water supply from some
unpolluted mountain stream and the
expenditure Of about 100000 annually.
IN paving streets and constructing
boulevards Salem will soon be on a
state highway from Portland 70 mo
California line that will be built with
state. county and local aid, and with
labor Of prisoners in part, and our
streets should be Of a character in
keeping at least with tho main high
ways leading to the city. Having ear.
nestly undertaken these two tasks, tho
people Of Oregon will have no good ar
guments and no cause whatever to 70.
move tho capital and state institu.
tions from Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-26
Greater Salem a Fact.

Az set forth In the annual reports
Of my predecessor, Hon. II. u, Thiel-
sen, tho main purpose Of this oFgani'
Eatioh was tho promotion Of a greater
Salem BY every means In our power,
The organization was sponsor FOR the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-26

guments and no cause whatever to 70.
move tho capital and state institu.
tions from Salem.
Prosperous and Progressive.
The Capital city was never more
prosperous and progressive than az
present Due 70 tho energy and per.
sisienco Of tho present city admins.
tration, at least ono milo Of broken
rock paved street IL contracted for
construction. At least a mile Of street.
car extension IL under way into the
rapidly settling suburbs on tho south.
Surveys are now making for trolley
line from Salem 10 Portland which
will lessen tho expense of travel and
connect all Tho valley towns In closer
bonds Of business and social inter.
course. Tho most up,to-date telephone
system and constantly extending con.
neciions with rural and Independent
telephones are multiplying business and
Industrial relations until Salem win
become tho center Of a network Of
commercial interests that viii make us
tho clearing house Of Western Oregon.
Nov industries aud new commercial on.
torpfises and new buildings by tho
hundred mark tho substantial progress
Of our city Our city and country arc
alling up with new people, who are
bringing new capital and now methods
Of doing business, all Of which cannot
but be beneficial 20 everybody.
Suggestions for tho Future.
Aa Portland has made great hit
from advertising itself ~ tho Ross
City Salem should take advantage of
tho suggestion and also work on the
proposition Of making a reputation FOR
being a foral center. There are bound
20 DO a large and continuous stream Of
travel through this part Of Oregon.
The streams Of tgayel started through
Oregon by tho Exposition will bring
more ami moro eastern people 20 our
city. What better way 20 make our
city beautiful than 20 start a move
mont toward all tho citizens and pub,
lie bodies and churches and schools
uniting Ia one great movement 20
make Salem tho Flower City Of tho
Northwest From February 20 No
vembeF large quantities Of flowers can
be produced out doors, Concerted ae-
tion can make parks, college, state
house aud school premises bright with
eoloTs and beautiful with shrub and
blossom. What better way 10 adver-
.ise our city and inspire everyone 90
leautify their honest A wagon load /
n flowers delivered at the two over
and trains for free distribution every |
hay from March % November would
10 more 10 advertise Salem than al
most any other plan that could be
mggested. TIE expense would be
mall and all could contribute 20 the
COMMON good and at the same time
tir public spirit az home. Planting
thousands Of roses and bulbs and other
lowering plants and shrubs would TO
ult. A joint movement with the
ark board and other organizations
Tould meet with hearty cooperation
rom the Southern Pacific officials, who
re willing to do their part in beauti
ying and irrigating their depot
rounds. There are enough depressing
eatures about a state capital 10 make
he need Of Frightening the vistas and
irowing color into the landscape an
operative duty.
scandinavian Committee.
A letter was read from Hans c.
7ahlberg, Of Portland, offering to come
, Salem and establish a bureau for
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-26
Improving the River.


The Commercial Club has alwavl
been an active and potent inauenuc,
in protecting and promoting the i'm
provement Of the Willamette river
! placing maps and information befor,
the war department, the engineering
department and the congressional dele
CATION for keeping the river open for
navigation and calling attention to IN,
condition Of the Salem harbor. The past
year boats have run to Salem all sum.
mer without interruption. and survey,
have been made for revetment Of
the west bank The Oregon City
transportation Co. Is especially en-
titled TO credit for It's enterprise in
running boats to Salient during the low.
est stage Of water ever known on tho
river, and for months az loss 20 them
selves Our successors IN Office hould
keep a vigilant and watchful eve upon
whatever is necessary 20 keep an open
river, although the benefits are much
lessened by tho tolls collected az ore.
gon City locks Tho proposition 70
make the locks free should be promot.
Cd by every possible means. and all
commercial bodies should see 70 Il that
the removal Of the tonnage charge 70.
dound 10 tho benefit Of tho shipper and
not merely bo absorbed by tho oorpor.
alton carrying their products.
Jowis and clark Pair.
This club has dono an In its power
to promote and render successful the
Lewis and Clark Centennial Erpoai.
tion. At an expense Of several hundred
dollars tho club, In cooperation with
Mayor Waters and a committee Of
tho Merchazis' League, took charge
n the proper observancos Of Salem
hay and broke tho record for atten.
lance from any interior city, proving
beyond controversy that salem IL the
second city In the state In point Of
population, public spirit aud enter.
rise, / wish 10 60 upon record as eK'
pressing tho sentiment Of this com
neFeial body that We favor tho eFes'
Ion Of a suitable memorial building for
no Stat Historical Society on the Low,
5 aud Clark Fair grounds, and n pos
Iibls tho making OF the grounds them
selves a public park, open TO the people
II tho whole state, and a part Of the
memorial its9f, and II possible a mon
iment itself 10 tho public spirit Of !
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1905-10-26

The following letter was read. fHOm
the stayt0n Mutual Telephone Co, and
on motion referred 10 q committee com,
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

The Valdora, according TO the
story Of Geldargo. capsized in a ter
rife hurricane on July 8. and for
4fifty-six days the boy lived on the
frail raft, aQd for 1fty-thrse of those
days utterly alone, seeing nc living
creature, except once. knowing not
where he was. yet living on and
hoping, day by day, that be would
reach land. or be picked up by some
passing vessel.
The records that were found on
board the life raft support the story
told by the cabin boy. and the logs
Of other ships show that the ocean In
the vicinity Of the equator was swept
by terrific hurricane ON that date.
The tale of his suflerings, Of the
horror OF being alone in the center
OF the greatest body Of water in the
world, the horrors of thirst, the
psngs Of hunger, the torture from
heat. the feyers, the chills, the raw
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

At daybreak they say the other
raft, scarcely thirty yards away.
The sea was quieter, and Begar vol
unteered 10 swim over and carry a
line so that the two RATS could be
hauled together He fastened the
line, but, in trying to Chamber on
board he lost his hold, and, while
the other two watched helplessly, he
sank
For one Mortified minute Matez
watched, and then he leaped into the
sea, started to swim toward the sink
ing man-and then, throwing up his
hands, he, too, sank.
Geldargo, q boy Of sixteen years,
on his first voyage away from home
was left alone, without chart, with
out any idea of where he was.
He sank down on TO the raft again,
clutching at the rope hand holds, and
how long he lay there he does not
know. II was dark when he got up.
The sea was running lower, and, at
the end Of the ropes. he could see
the other raft, Juggling away at the
end OF the tow. He crawled over
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
Lonq Anxious Daus.

Hour after hour during the day he
lay in the shade of his little mast,
and at noon time crawled under
little shelter, and all day he strained
his eyes across the water looking for
some sail. Once he saw a sail far
to the southwark. almost on the hori-
zon, but It disappeared. Once. also
he saw smoke. On the thirty-second
day the water from the four casks
was gone. All day he sat helplessIy
on the raft.
The water long had been stale and
fiat, but it had helped him wash
down the biscuit and the salt meats.
He was dying of thirst He felt his
mind wandering. and he held himself
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

and dragged the two RATS slowly to-
sgether, and then, during the day, he
transferred the two casks of water
and all tie food and blankets TO his
own raft. Then he dashed the other
raft tightly alongside, and during the
following days he busted himself
tearing it up. using whatever was
possible to make shelter for himself
From one pole he had made a mast.
and to it he fastened a bit OF sail,
scarcely FIVE feet square.
The ocean had subsidized and he
went along the equator as il floating
in sea Of oil. Scarcely ripple
broke the surface, and the sun beat
doSn upon him pitilessly. He dip
ped pieces of rag into the water and
sucked them, hour after hour, keep
ing his mouth moist, and he ate
sparingly, nibbling biscuits and oc-
casionally opening a can of beef aid
eating it. Every time he opened a
can he was forced 70 eat II all within
a few hours to keep 1t from spelling,
until he found he could fasten il by
a string and hang 1t overheard in the
water, only the added salt made him
desperately thirsty and forced him to
use more water.
The water evaporated, causing him
constant loss, and almost as much
was lost IN that way as by his drink
ing. The sea remained quiet. Once
a small storm raised the waves, but
mostly he drifted before light
breezes
On the thirtieth day, as he counted
them by notehes cut in the mast
with his knife, he saw gulls. and he
knew he was nearing some land. but
the next morning the gulls dlsap-
peared, and he knew he had passed
some island.
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

ings are worthy of the pen Of some
Dante.
His story as he told il 10 Captain
Michaels. OF the Alice, was written
down. The Valdora, bound for Mar
shall islands. was caught in ty-
phoon on July G, and for two days
ran under bare poles before the fury
Of the storm, threatened every min
ute with destruction.
On the first night of the storm the
barquentine sprung leak. and all
hands were called to man the pumps,
the men working In relays. The yes
sci carried a crew of nineteen men,
and besides there were on board a
crowd Of Polynesians, in charge of
two missionaries, who were bound
for Marshall inslands. These fright
ened natives, and the missionaries
as well, were forced into service. and
for hours in relays they struggled at
the pumps. the fury OF the storm
seeming to grow hourly. and the
water making Roadway in spite of
the efforts of the exhausted men. At
daybreak, instead OF subsiding, the
storm seemed TO increase in fury.
and Captain Lamtano ordered all the
boats prepared for launching, and
the two life RATS made ready and
proVisioned. The boats would hold
but thirty-one persons with the
water and stores-and, by lot, the
members of the crew decided their
places. The passengers were assign
ed to the boats, and three sailors to
each OF the life RATS.
1t was expected hourly that the
barquentine would sink, and all
hands were kept on deck ready to
take to the boats and RATS the mo-
ment the ship began to settle. But
through the day and the night the
trail little vessel plunged and raced
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

OF the thirty-seven who had lived
a few moments before only GeIdargo,
Juan Matez. and Rodrigo Begar were
alive The storm had subsidized, but
the waves still ran in huge, oily
breakers, that lifted the frail raft
high and then dropped it seemingly
to the bottom of the sea, and the
trio, paralyzed by fear. and over
swed by the presence of death and
their own narrow escape, chung, face
downward, to the raft, and prayed.
Hours passed, then Matez. looking
UP, saw the other raft near by. There
was a consultation. Creeping around
the men discovered that on board
their raft were two casks of water, a
large supply of sea biscuit. package
OF other food, box of canned food,
two blankets, a small patch of can
vas. They knew that on the other
raft were more provisions and more
water, but, with the sea running SO
high, it was death to attempt to
reach il. so the plan was abandoned,
and during the night, while the sea
slowly subsidized, the three chung TO
the raft, hanging on with teeth, feet,
and fingers while II pitched and toss
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

rs not the man who simply does
things, but the man who does
things better-for whom the world
is seeking.
Quick work is not always good work.
The hasty man is not always the rapid
worker. Good work done quickly and
easily is what is wanted.
Do your work once. and when done let
it be fnished-don't leave it in eondi-
ton to be done all over again. Employ
ers don't advance employees who half
do things
Work for results. but after planning
your work with results as the goal.
don't bother about results again un;iI
ycu have reached them. Work har.l
work steadily. and if you are pointed
In the right direction. you are sure to
succeed.
Be original.-if YOU are different" the
market for your talent is wider. If you
do things the same as everybody else
somebody will cut the price and you wiz
have to work cheap If you possess IN
dividuality you have almost a monopoly
and car get your own price.
Learn how the other fellows do things
first. and then md newer and better
way TO accomplish the results. Let this
question ever be uppermost. "Can I do
what I am doing, IN a manner that IS
easier ana better. and will another
method yield better returns for labor
exDendcd2'
Ideas breed opportunity. Habit kills
idea-produeing power. and exhausts the
mentality. The force OF custom often
paralvses progress.
The wise man may. perchaCce, 10
things that are done by the unwise. -
But in his wisdom he is further enliEht-
ened by his error. The man without wis
dom gains not because he sees not; nor
does he know that he has made an
error-and goes blndly on repeating II
and suffering through its repetition.
We come unconsciously to believe the
thing which We are IN the habit OF do
ing, TO be the right thing. In nearly
every instance. II you gain the buyers
attention repeatedly, he will come to
regard your arguments favorably. and
believe you to be right-in time
1t is said that the practical the cold
and the calculating are the only essence
of what We cali business IL is really
81. bat in a small mea sure. HIumaa
nature Is the moving power and human
nature Is neither cold nor calculating, II
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
Boat Sinks After Hope is ReuiUed

Hope was revived. The fury of
the storm was dying out, the seas
were tuning to subside. At 10
O'Clock the first meal in forty hours
was served. and the missionaries
assembled everybody who was not at
work. anC gave prayers of thanks
giving
Then, shortly after noon, when the
pumps seemed to be gaining, and the
storm dying. the worn out vessel sud
denly turned YEARLY on one side,
dipped water, righted herself-snd
then, with last effort. foundered,
turned half over, and sank.
At the first wallow there was a
wild rush for the boats and the RATS,
and frantic Efforts were made TO
launch them The two life RATS,
which had been dashed so the decks,
were cut loose. and. when the final
plunge OF the ship came, these two
RATS were left floating
When Geldargo arose to the sur
face he clambered aboard a raft, and
found there two sal ors, both Span
iards. The raft, viii ling around and
around III the eddies. lifted by giant
waves. pitched and tossed away from
the scene, and when the exhausted
men raised their heads not a boat
was in sight. Another life raft was
pitching on the waves a hundred
yards away-a few coops and boards
were floating or the sea. They saw
a few men struggle in the water, and
disappear. and hen everything was
silent
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
MAXIMS OF BUSINESS MEN

a definite sense. IL is a warm. emotion
al, uncertain. and buyer is just as
likely 20 be Influenced by a personal
feeling 3 he IS by a price
Are you deaf TO the knock Of oppoF-
tunity? Probably so, most OF the tin1ei
and It is the same with every other
man Men Of business are usually over
ears in the rumble of routine thought,
and il is small wonder that opportunity
tiInid rsps arc unperceived amid the
sense-dulling din Of the machinery OF
Ia nit.
The habit of doing things. OF viewing
them n a certain way. once firmly fixed
becomes a tyrant of the mind Il sap
presses effort at reform and denies
liberty OF action TO the faculties OTigi-
nality and progress are chained 20 the
dungeon walls of custom A man IN
business whose methods are dominated
by rigid habit, becomes a mere aatoms-
ton
Why does a Young firm grow? BE-
cause its members have not yet be-
come slaves Of ti.ne-worn methods
Why does IN old house cease TO groWS
Because, IN measure, its members
have their ewes blinded by the veil Of
custom and their ears have been stop
ped with the cotton of habit They
neither see nor hear the movement OF
changing conditions.
People won come TO YOU TO buy hi8n
quality gOOds-if YOU don't tell them
you've got then. To sell oH can't
decide whether there is a demand fer
Et'uS Nitttt 1A Try 20 &iAN7N "a (e@f4
you2
The best reason why isn't always
the prettiest word jiugie-but Il carries
further and makes finest music IN the
cash drawer.
II you advertise simply because you
love the game and ike 20 hancie the
cards. most any agreeable fellow VIII
dc 10 help-but if you play 20 win, you
should choose a good partner
good salesman. backed By another
good salesman who knows how 10 put
his persuasiveness on paper. holds 3
winning hand in the game Of business
getting
A buyers vanity viii often egg him
on TO reveal the secrets of his bust
ness success. but once known to The
salesman he IL poor craftsman who
can't make something OF IL
You cant get the accent Into the
printed stuff somehow. and accent is the
soul of language. The salesman follow
ing and supporting il. BY the tone Of
voice: can and does give the soul TO the
adveI Using.
Every form Of persuasion, whether e
be IN love or IN the simpler affairs OF
life. is in Its essentials exactly the same
as salesmauship in business.
Talk to Your statesmen about your az
vertising and tell Them OF its psychology
zeal effect-shofs them how 10 use 4
for their own beEeft, and keep al il. a.
long as you keep on advertising.
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

" XTRACT from log of the
British trading schooner
Alice: Sept. AT $3.50 a.
M, in 2 degrees, IS min
utes s, 169 degrees. 7
minutes. sighted raft. Boat in
charge of Mate Bolger lowered. Res
cued boy, raving from thirst and
hunger.
Behind the official record of that
rescue in the middle of the south
Pacific ocean there is hidden one Of
the strangest stories of adventure
and rescue ever recorded.
The boy VINO was picked I'D on
the raft in the middle of the ocean,
sixty miles TO the northwestward of
Enderburg island, In the PoIynesian
Pacific. was fernando Geldarge, a
Spanish cabin bog. the only survivor
Of the Spanish barquentine Yaldora;
The only person left alive of the
thirty-seven OF the crew and pas
sengers.
The story told by the youth-not
yet sixteen years Old-when he re-
covered consciousness on board the
British trading schooner, is one Of
the widest ever poured into the
ears Of sailors, and yet there is no
reason 10 disbelieve his tale, and,
indeed. ii is strongly supported By
the evidence.
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

tightly by the hand ropes on the raft
to keep from leaping into the sea
and ending his misery. He fell
asleep at last. under a brilliant moon,
and toward morning he awoke. The
sky was velvet blue. and the sea
looked like cIouded emerald under
the moonlight
after that he lost count. How long
he suffered he does not know, but
he awoke from his stupor to find
rain pouring down, warm and sooth-
ing. He held out his hands and fill
ed them. pressing them to his parch-
ed lips, and he threw on his clothes
and stood naked, soaking in the
moisture. Then he tore down his
sail, and making a basin of it he
caught the falling water and poured
it into the casks. One after another
The Washington times., 1905-11-26
Struggling against Madness.

Struggling against Madness.
From that on his memory of wat
happened was dim. He was sick. A
fever consumed him and he crawied
around the raft to hide himself from
the glare of the sun. At night chills
came and his mind wandered. He
lost count Of the days and nights.
and he struggled against the mad
ness that he felt coming over him.
He did not see the ship that saved
him He was asleep or deirious on
the raft when the lookout on the
Alice sighted the raft.
It was three days before he opened
his eyes and gazed at the top of the
berth in which he lay. Then, slowly.
as if afraid that it was al dream,
ne turned over and saw a man stand
ing by his berth. And then. with
cry of fright. he iapsed into uneon-
seriousness again and for days hover
ed near death
But finally he recovered, and gain
ing strength, told the story OF his
marvellous escape from death.
The Washington times., 1905-11-26

on through the mountainous seas,
and when daylight of July came it
was still a1oat, although leaking
badly.
The state herald., 1905-05-05

Arbor Day wss observed by tho Ilol
yoke schools on last Friday with quite
an interesting program. rh. pupils
took their dinner with them and alto II
on III. school house lawn. III. program
Of tho afternoon consisted Of athletic
sports aud there were some very lively
contests for the prizes, the lirat oi which
was carried of by lawrence Mckee and
tho second by Charley Wilcox Tho H.
efary program whH gwen at tho op.rs
House in tho evening and vhs interest
ing and entertaining. The pupils all
did we'll and the sIcfoises called forth
enthusiastic applause.
The state herald., 1905-05-05
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

IA often Ms great rs woman's. bot Thos
\. Austin. Mgr. of the "I.epubliosn" oi
Leavrnwof,h, Ind, ss, not unresson
ablo whom he refused 10 allow The doc
tors 10 operate on hla vile, for female
trouble. "ins,eaJ," he says, I'VE cOnclni
cd 70 Try Electric Iiitisr. My ~i's was
then 40 sick she could hardly leave bet
bed aud i've phyaloiana had failed to 70
llave her. Atier iahluR Electric Bitten
she WIS perfectly cured sud can nov
perform all her houaehnld duties" Uu
afantecd by oil dflrgists, price &c.
The state herald., 1905-05-05
SIAIlER.HlLlllRl

At tho Msthodist parsonage in Hoi.
yoke on "Wednesday May Ord, Rev. Gard
ofiicinting. Henry n. Statler add Miss
Alice +. Iioilund. both of this county,
vero married. Mr. Sistler 10 Que Of tina
cn,erpriainR farmers Of tho Ilax.un coun'
try and ia highly respected by all who
know HIM. The brid. s veil and favor.
ably known IN the bsxtup country
whore she has many friends. The IirR
AID extends best Wishes.