Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-05-19

in finding out what line the man they
seek is on. SO many favor the New
York Telephone company having
monopoly of the business. much as they
hate monopolies. One thing is certain,
and that is, no city has telephone
system that is anywhere as good and
efficient as New York's system, and the
city therefore doesn't need any other
system. The Independents can justly
claim that they brought about the re-
duction Of rates on the mere hint that
they were coming TO town. The indie.
pendent companies have been lombard.
ing Comptroller Metz with kilograms
from distant cities, telling how we'll
two systems work in those cities, and
altogether the question, as all these
presentations of arguments to strength.
en- the two positions are presented,
brings much profit to the publishers Of
newspapers as it presents the best class
of advertising paying the highest rates,
and taking very large quantities of
space. The present telephone system
says 1t will be contented with 10 per
cent profit on its investment, and will
let the city authorities control the
prices Of its service, with the utmost
publicity as to all the details of the
business. The independents offer big
sum for the privilege of using the
streets for their lines. and for the
franchise. One thing is certain, and
that is, that the city Of New York will
surely be in a much better condition as
to telephones when this war is over
than it was when 1t began.
1t is at last authoritatively settled.
what was the name of the great navi.
gator who first sailed up the noble
Hudson river, and after whom it was
named, the name chosen for the river
happily having no obscurity about it,
For centuries the navigator has been
called Hendrick, and yet that wasn't
his name, it being simple Henry, just
like a plain everyday American of
modern times. This matter is settled
by Hugh Hastings, historian of the
/ state of New York, who quotes from
the original contract between the di
rectors of the East India company and
the chamber of Amsterdam, made on
the sth day of January, 1909. and
which bears the name in Dutch copy,
both in the body of the document and
the signature, "Henry Hudson"
Thank the Lord, there has been one
big work for the public that has had
no suspicion of graft about II, and that
is the most remarkable investigation
this city ever had, the investigation
Of the insurance companies. This in
vestigation took up great deal of
time, the work upon il was very siren
iuous, and there was steady attention
to every detail. Besides that there was
displayed large measure Of genius in
the manners OF investigating that
made every shot tell. And yet the bill
of Charles +. Hughes, the legal exam
iner. was only $4,000, a paltry sum
compared with the sums eounsels re-.
eeiyed from the company In its undis-
turbed days. IL he had put Il at siOO.'
600, there would not have been a muir
mur, and II would have been paid with
out hesitation, as being a piece Of work
of exceptional value. The whole eS
penses foot up but a little over slOO,'
COO Some Of the oldtimers would
have spent half to whole million on
the work, and not have reached such
conclusive results.
The school authorities have been
greatly disturbed Ia regard TO the
proper way for the children 10 carry
their schooI books 10 and from the
school houses. They established a rule
that they should carry them 6rst on
the right side, and then on the left
side, doing one On the even days, AMI
the other on the odd days In this way
1t was thought that their weight would
] not tend 70 make the children lop-