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The Yale expositor., 1906-09-21
SUITS OVER SMALL SUMS
Vital Principles often involved
Where Amount Seems Trifllng.

A Georgia railroad and one of its
patrons have got as far as the SUI
preme court of that state with law
suit in which the sum of money at
issue is IS cents, but there is prin-
ciple involved which both sides are
determined shall be settled for all
time, says the Boston Transcript.
In Atlanta, as in most cities south
of New England, one can not enter a
having it punched at the gates. An
Atlanta man to aid a woman with a
good deal of hand baggage bought a
ticket to the nearest station beyond
at the price named. 1t was stamped
''redeemable If not used" The pur-
chaser before leaving the station pre-
sented ii for redemption, but this was
refused. He then went to the local
court, which decided in his favor. The
railroad company then appealed to a
higher court, on the ground that in
his purchase of the ticket he simply
pretended to enter into a contract
and his purpose was to defraud.
Again the purchaser obtained a
judgment and the case is now before
the supreme court of Georgia. The
principle of the plaintiff is that the
railroad had no right to question his
motives when he presented the ticket
for redemption and that of the rail-
road company is that the existence
of the gate system is at issue.
hou
been based on issues involving very
small money considerations. The SUI
preme court of the United States last
winter gave a good deal of time and
research to a cause carried before 1t
on appeal involving only $24. A rail-
road was in this case, the defendant.
1t owed one of its employees, train
hand, this sum, which was attached
and collected by one of his creditors.
The employe contended that the
money was still due him and carried
the case up to the highest tribunal
in the land.
Our own famous Chief Justice Shaw
wrote one of his most luminous ex-
positions of legal principles in decid-
ing a case which turned on the own
ership of a bull calf. 1t is related
that the bar snickered at the frequent
repetition of the phrase "the said bull
calf" and the chief justice rebuked
the laughing lawyer by saying: Gen
tlemen, you do not reflect what a bull
calf may be to a very poor family"
Robert Browning went to law over
the value of one bottle of wine, on
the great principle that he would not
be swindled for half a crown If he
could help it. The kicker" is often
the subject of ridicule, but kickers
have helped the world along at
times. Given a great scenic environ
ment and the Kicker" becomes a his
torical parsonage of the first class.
John Hampden would never have
felt" the amount of ship money"
assessed on his estate.
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upon. This Is less than was looked
for by some enthusiastic western peo-
pie, who maintained that increased
acreage necessarily meant an in
creased aggregate. Still, 10000, 900
bushels of wheat is 100000 better
than what was looked upon last year
as a good crop, and we do not think
Western Canada has much cause to
feel down in the mouth because the
acme Of its anticipations on the wheat
crop may not have been realized
Taking one year with another, that
country has demonstrated that II can
be depended upon as great wheat
growing territory, and has to be reck-
oned with in the markets of the
world.
The yield In oats has been in
creased this year by nearly 100000
bushels, the aggregate estimate being
75,725.600, with the average at 41.2
bushels to the acre. The estimated
crop Of barley is placed at 16,9S0.600
bushels, which is a slight increase
over the total of last year. OF fax the
estimate given is 690.1S4 bushels.
which is a material increase upon last
years figures.
Following are the figures In detail
for wheat, oats, and barley in West
ern Canada for the three years last
past:
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p.nslon Head works savIno.

Washington.-Com of Pen
sions Warner has worked economies
In the service which have saved the
government s201,346 during the last
fiscal year. He has. reduced the ex-
penses of the bureau s92.552. has cut
the expenses of special examiners $780,
39s. of examining surgeons $4,000.
has made saving In salaries and
clerk hire at agencies of $7,242, in
rents and contingent expenses of
agencies, 1864. and In the examina-
tion of pension agents has saved
$500.
The Yale expositor., 1906-09-21
The Ace of Machinery.


The thinking, directing mind becomes
daily of more account, while mere
Drawn falls correspondingly in value
from day to day. That eccentric phil
osopher. Ebert Hubbard, says in one
of his essays, where machine will
do better work than the human hand,
we prefer to let the machine do the
work"
1t has been but few years since
the cotton gin, the spinning Jenny"
and the power loom displaced the
hand picker, the spinning wheel and
the hand loom; since the reaper and
binder, the rake and tedder, the now
ing machine took the place of the old
cradle, scythe. pitchfork and hand
rake; since the friction match SUI
perseded the flint and tinder; since
the modern paint factory replaced the
slab and muller, the paint pot and
paddle.
In every case where machinery has
been introduced to replace hand labor,
the laborers have resisted the change;
and as the weavers, the sempstresses
and the farm laborers protested
against new-fangled looms, sewing ma
chimes and agricultural implements,
so in recent times compositors have
protested against type-setting ma
chimes, glass blowers against bottle
blowing machines, and painters
against ready mixed paints. And as
in the case of these short-sighted
classes of an earlier day, so with their
imitators of to-day, the protest will
be in vain. 1t is a protest against CIV
ilization, against the common veal,
against their own welfare.
The history of all mechanical i'm
provements shows that workmen are
the first to be benefited by them.
The invention of the sewing machine,
instead of throwing thousands of wom-
en- out of employment, increased the
demand to such an extent that thou
sands of women have been employed,
at better wages, for shorter hours and
easier work where hundreds before
worked in laborious misery to exc
out a pitiable existence. 1t was SO
with spinning and weaving machin-
cry, with agricultural implements-in
fact, IT, is so with every notable i'm
provement. The multiplication Of
books in the last decade is a direct
result of the invention of linotype
machinery and fast presses.
The mixed paint industry. in which
carefully designed paints for house
painting are prepared on large scale
by special machinery. is another i'm
provement of the same type. The
cheapness and general excellence OF
these products has so stimulated the
consumption of paint that the de-
mand for the services of painters has
correspondingly multiplied. Before
the advent of these goods well-paint-
ed house was noticeable from it's
rarity, whereas to-day an ill-painted
house is conspicuous.
Nevertheless, the painters, as q
rule, following the example set by
the weavers, the sempstresses and the
farm laborers OF old, almost to a man,
oppose the improvement. 1t is a real
Improvement, however, and simply be-
CduoC VI Ihdb AaOI bhC odiO VI ouSh
prod ucts has increased until during
the present year it will fall not far
short of 90,OOO,0O0 or 100,0O0.o0O gal
Ions.
Hindsight is always better than
foresight, and most of us who deplore
the short-sightedness Of our ancestors
would do we'll to see that we do not
in turn furnish terrible examples" to
our posterity.
The Yale expositor., 1906-09-21
Alberta.

All of which goes to show that a
wheat crop of nearly If not fully co.
000,000 bushels may be safely counted
The Yale expositor., 1906-09-21

after 20 days with a somewhat better
report and gave reasons for the faith
that was in them. They had travelled
all through the spring wheat district;
had driven 1,400 miles through the
grain country, besides travelling thou
sands of miles by rail; and they had
visited SO localities and knew where
of they spoke. They reported: Wheat.
90,250,000 bushels, on 4,750,000 acres,
with an average yield of 19 bushels
per acre. The western division Of
the Bank of Commerce also investi-
gated with the following result:
Alberta.
The Yale expositor., 1906-09-21
AM odIoua comnarIson-

Doesn't scrubbly look cheap beside
that magnificent. well-dressed wife OF
his?"
Il should say SOL He looks like q
bar-tender's sbirt-stud beside the Koh-
i-noor."-Judge.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
The Officer and the Man.

The following is the experience OF
German army private:
During the second manouvers, "
he says. | was sent on ahead 10
select quarters for my company.
The police supplied the names OF
householders who are expected to
shelter the soldiery. and had to
decide on the number OF men who
should be assigned to each place. 1t
seems that our major dispatched a
courier with message for our cap
tain. For some reason op other the
message was not delivered. The
next day the captain called me out,
and. in the presence OF the whole
company, rebuked me for not deliv-
ering the message.
II did not receive any message. ."
ventured.
shut your mouth. you liar" he
Numbered. And again he beloved;
why didn't you deliver that mes
sage. you -" told him second
time that i had not received any
message. The captain temper broke
all bounds. With an oath he rode
his horse at me full tilt. hurling
filthy names at me the while. Wher
he had ridden right up TO me-I fully
expected he would run over me, bus
dared not move-he suddenly rein
ed in his horse. and drawing a long
dagger from his belt. shouted. liyid
with passion; IL have half a mind
10 stick this through your vile body,
you schweinhund!"
Once more he asked me about the
message. and one more | answered
him.
"Then Ave days confinement and
bread and water be your punishment,
you liarl" he retorted.
He repeated the question several
times and increased my term of i'm
prlsonment each time | answered in
the negative until my term OF inn
prisonment eQualed fourteen days.
was placed under arrest. Next day
was released. afterward found
that the captain had discovered his
mistake. but he never referred TO IL.
livingston Wright In The World
To-Day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Price. Of Pig Iron Increasing.

Philadelphia. Pa, Dec. 6.-The
owners of all furnaces here are en-
deavoring to secure their supply Of
pig iron for the coming year and also
for lsoS. The ore is soaring in price
and IL is calculated that, owing to
slow production, prices during the
coming year will be the highest in
the history OF the country.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Don't Let Your /
Piles Gro
Bvery Hemorrhoidal Ulcer 4.
tile Field for Cancer and On,
Deadly Diseases.
Trial Package Freo

Constipation unchecked br,,.
flammation, Inflammation
piles and piles too often suuer,,s1
tumors of malignant nature
glIt is utmost folly to allov n
condition to continue. II Won
piles the veins of the rectnr
congested, and the excessive
ing of the abdominal walls tos
a passage in many cases les
rupture and cracking of the h.
There is no greater sufferin, \
this. If you are a sufferer n
piles you know it. 1t is foolla
think that any amount of cath,.1
will relieve you. On the co,,-l
purgatives are favorable to ths /,
duction of hemmorrhoids. Do M
deceived either by the illusion I,
an operation always cures. II =,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Foresters Elect onlcers.

Court Sherwood. Forest OF f. Of
A., met last Tuesday evening in their
hall. elected officers and partook OF
a sumptous banquet which they had
prepared. The. following officers
were elected
Chief ranger-Lee Abby.
Sub-chief-Clarenoe Perry.
Treasurer-lra Jorgenson.
Financial secretary-A. l.. Brown.
Recording seeretary-F. Z. Ander-
son.
Senior Martin Viesko.
Leeturer-Dr. o. b. Miles.
Senior beedle--Leyette Miller.
Junior beedle-H. Nelson.
Trustee-Geo. Patterson.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06

There Is No Greater Torture Than Pila
times does, but the agony Of the opsl
alton is too great to warrant the N
pertinent, except as a last resort
There is only one natural way n
cure piles. There are medlcamsh
which together heal the muccs
membrane of the bowels and rectEn|
and give 1t life. The Pyramid DH|
Co. have prepared suppositories oi
venient for insertion into the aneaa|
part and containing the soothili
healing, invigorating medicines ned
ed to effect a quick and permiasr
cure. That these do cure piles
proved by the voluntary testimct1|
of thousands.
BY every mail we get letters q
this;
Wishing to give credit viz
credit Is due, ] feel II my duty 70 'f
manity-as well as. yourselVa 2
write you regarding your pile rens
.dy. l have not finished my hrd %
and am now well. After the ti''
treatment of Prymid Pile Cure %
soreness left, and the swellings nav
kept decreasing. also used !01
pills and am feeling like my~I
again. Thanking you kindly ] -
yours truly, c. Crowley, l7O 9Th A"'
Seattle, Wash"
We do not ask you 10 take 0'
word. We are willing that "
should try our treatment and de''s
for yourself. Send 70 the Pyran'
Drug Co., ~ Pyramid Bldga AN
shall. Mich. and you will receH'
free trial package by return n'
After you have used the conten"
this package you can secure ea''''
the same medicine, II you VIII -
for the Pyramid Pile Cure
For sale at all druggists eV ''''
per box.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
SECRETARY
F. w. BENSON
is MOVING

Wanted-A dozen or more able-bod-
led men and boys to volunteer to
assist in laying carpets, place fur
niture, hang curtains, split and
put in wood. Call at my new resi-
dence on Capital street Frank w.
Benson, secretary of state-elect.
, Frank w. Benson, secretary of
state-elect, has arrived in Salem With
his family, carpetbag, etc, and will
establish permanent residence here
or at least will make Salem his place
of abode during his incumbency. His
hands are blistered and calloused
and his trousers nearly worn out at
the knees from the strenuous exer-
tions attendant upon moving, and
with a groan of despair as caravan
passed by the hotel with a heaping
load of household goods lebeled "F.
w. Benson, Salem," he positively re-
fused to discuss affairs of state, and
shambled along in the wake OF the
truck to receive the goods at his new
home.
"The next time l run for the Of
fce OF secretary of state, or any 9th
err" he painted, 81 shall have 1t ex-
pllcitly understood that the Office is
! to be moved to me, and not me to
the office. thought / was having a
strenuous time during the campaign,
but the physical and mental stress l
was under then is not to be COM
pared in any sense with the worries
OF moving. II the duties of the of
fee are as severe as those of moving
1 will resign before my term ex-
pires."
exit Mr.. Benson.)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06

James Il. Corey, supposed TO be
an Alaskan mine owner. was taken
on the train at Eugene Tuesday in
an insane condition. Shortly after
he boarded the car at Portland he be-
san 10 act oueerly, and at times be-
came violent.
The anti-saloon element out-voted
the open-town people at Tillamook
City In the election Monday.
Dr. A. G. Prln has been elected
mayor of scio.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Personals


business. .. I sy
DR.. Ransom. of Turner, is a Salem
visitor today
Hon. T. B. Kay returned this
morning from Eugene. 81
j. w. Bailey. of Portland, was III
town on business yesterday
G. F. Robertson postmaster at
Turner, is in the city today. -
Mrs. G. R. stahL of the reform
school, went to Portland today. :
Mrs. Oswald West and Miss HUT
ton are visiting friends in Portland
Mrs. ]. R. Lee left this morning
for Roseburg, where she will reside.
Arthur c. Boeschen. of Newport,
is visiting relatives and friends in
Salem.
j. G. Graham returned this morn
ing from the car shortage meeting in
Eugene.
Mrs. Childers and daughter, Miss
Claudia. have returned from a visit
in Portland.
]. d. Barber, the dairyman of Ma
rion. made business trip to this
city yesterday.
]. G. Coffey, after few days
visit with his family here, returned
to Oregon City this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Gray went
to Portland today on business.
Miss Louise Fryslie was a pas
senger this morning bound for Port
land, to be the guest of friends.
Charles G. Robin, after a visit
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. p.
Robin, returned to his home in Fort
Slmcoe, Washington, yesterday.
II. w. Stone, general secretary OF
the Portland Y. NJ. c. A., is in the
city. He will assist in the funeral
services of the late c. l.. Shepard,
who is to be buried at Zena today.
Mrs. w. II. Lambson. state COM
mander of the Oregon and Washing
ton Lady Maccabees, visited the Hive
here on its last meeting night, and
left for Portland this morning.
Mrs. Il. II. Rotan. who has been
the guest of Mrs f. F. Parkhurst, re-
turned to her home in Portland this
She will be accompanied
by Mrs. Parkhurst. who will visit in
the metropolis for few days.
II. Doe and wife left this morning
for Eureka, California, to visit the
formers mother. who recently ar
rived in Eureka from her home in
Maine. Mr.. Doe has not seen his
mother for 80 years.
Mrs. Holman and daughters, Mat
tie and Pearl. went to Albany this
to visit relatives for two
weeks.
II. Smelling and wife, of Dallas,
passed through the city this morn
Ing, en- route TO Albany, where they
will visit relatives.
Eugene Shelby, superintendent OF
& Co., of San Francisco,
was in the city yesterday. He left
this morning for Albany on business.
Mr.. Shelby was connected with the
Salem Mercury in 1878.
Mrs. e. Davis and Mrs. Tom Nc
Hugh returned this morning from a
visit in Portland.
A. Welch and Mr.. Hall, who were
formerly connected with the Citizens
Light & Traction Company, OF this
city, came up from Portland this
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
INSISTS ON CONTROL
OF THE SCHOOLS
CONTINUED on page eight)


-~~S~y~~~--~~-~-o-oc?-,~~
head of the department of constitu-
tional law at the University of Cali
fornia, declared today that Mf.
Roosevelt, in his contention, did mot
have leg to stand on"
Consul-G General Miller, of Yokoha-
ma. who is in California on visit,
met this morning with the school
board and received full statistics on
the subject. United States District
Attorney Robert T. Devlin, acting on
instructions from Attorney-General
Moody, at the request of Secretary
of state Root, conferred at length
this afternoon with City Attorney
William Burke, in an endeavor to
arrive at an agreement on the law in
yolved, with a view to a test suit In
the state or federal courts.
Governor-elect Gillett refused to
discuss the issue, but members of the
legislature which will meet in Janu-
ary, are almost a unit in their asser-
ton that the state law providing for
separate schools for Japanese will be
strengthened, instead of relaxed, ana
the California delegation In congress
will be instructed to redouble Its
efforts to secure the passage of Jap
anese exclusion bill.
Calls Roosevelt Insincere.
Following are extracts from the
state press;
San Francisco Chronicle-This Is
an implied threat to use the military
forces to put Japanese children into
our schools. when he we'll knows
that he has no authority TO do any
thing OF the kind, and that any such
attempt could only lead to his own
impeachment. That expression will
strike the country as an exhibition of
lmpotent rage, which it is very NOR
tifying to see in a formal message of
the President. But the worst OF all
Is the Presidents evident insinceri-
ty. When referring to Hawaii, he
says:
Hawaii is now making an effort
to secure immigration fit in the end
to assume the duties and burdens of
full American citizenship"
That language and the context
.ko,. tInt tha Drasldant racnunf1ac
that the immigration which Hawaii
has been receiving is not so fit. That
immigration, however, has recently
been almost exclusively Japanese.
New Subject for Rhetoric.
Call-There is a good deal OF 'ex-
cited rhetoric in the message, based
on information. We refuse to ac-
cept a rebuke that springs from mis-
apprehension, and. as for these
"mutterings of which the President
amusingly speaks, they take their
rise In sense that the American
standard of living is impossible in
competition with the Japanese. We
commend that TO the President as a
subject worthy of his eloquence.
Sacramento Union-The President
has dealt with this matter impetu-
ously; he has argued from wrong
premises and he has reached wrong
conclusions. Not even the big stick
Is big enough TO compel the people OF
California 10 do a thing which they
have a fixed determination not to do.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
CITY NEWS
A ColIe stion Of Important Para
graphs for Your Confederation
L.ooklng Oyer sItuatIon--

II. n. Corey. of Baker City, who
IL slated for the lucrative position of
auditing clerk in the Office of Secre-
tary OF State during the admlnistra-
tion OF secretary-elect y. w. Ben
son. Is In the city. and made visit
20 the department yesterday to size
the situation, in order 60 famillarize
himself with the work somewhat be-
fore getting into the HARNESS. He
viii take S. A. Koser's place In the
oiiice. and MIR. Koser will succeed
Frank X. Lowell. as chief clerk. un-
der Mr.. Benson, secretary-elect
Benson Is expected almost any day
20 take up his permanent residence
here.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Worked for the Comnnny.

East Liverpool, o., Dec. "a
street car stopped here in the dark
ness last night, while the conductor
entered the sheds. A stranger board
ed the car. ran It four miles, collect
ed all the fares. and escaped. The
motorman was fooled by the perfect
signal, he being curtained on ac-
count of the rain.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Retter Than slN-

The Midland Opera Quintet ap'
peared before an appreciative audi
ence last night In the new Elks' hall.
The singers were successful, insofar
as they grRtined the popular demand
for music that all could understand.
They reminded one of "A college glee
club, aud brought back 20 many the
memory OF their "alma mater" and
their happy college days. The tenor
was suffering from severe cold
which was quite noticeable In his
voice.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Chicago's New Court.

Chicago, Dec. 6.-The new munic-
ipal court Unexpectedly promised to
be the greatest force yet discovered
In suppression of the evils of the un.
der world. Judge Going president
OF the district freQuented by levee
habitues, today order 60 women to
leave the city, and issued a subpoena
for the clerks of the former justices
under the old system. II is charged
that strawbonds were made, and 1t Is
said that convictions of oficlals con-
niving at the trade are certain.
Caughing Spell Caused Death.
Harry Duckwell. aged rs years,
ehoked to death early yesterday
morning at his home. I'm the presence
OF his wife and child. He contracted
slight cold a few days ago and
paid but little attention to It. Yes
terday morning he was seized with a
Mt OF coughing which continued for
some time. His wife sent for a
physician but before he could ar
rive. another coughing spell came on
and Duckwell died from suffocation.
st Louis Globe-Democrat. Dec.
lst.. 1901"
Billiards. Horehound Syrup
would have saved him. 25e, soc and
sl'oo Sold by d. ]. Fry's drug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
Had Purse stolen

Miss Tressa Moffitt. who returned
Saturday from visit In Salem, had
her purse and handbag stolen from
her as she was getting on the train
In that place. The purse was in the
handbag, which was hanging on her
arm. and contained about SIS. her
ticket and some keys. She discov-
cred her loss before the train started
and got some more money from her
father.--Lebanon Express.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1906-12-06
ship subsidy niII.

Washington, Dec. 6.-Senator
Beveridge introduced bin today
providing that the cost OF meat In
spection be paid by the packers.
Grosvenor agreed to the revision Of
the ship subsidy TO conhne aid to
South American and Oriental lines
only.