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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

temporary repairs to this boulevard
and the contract was not let.
THE victory of the new pavemen;
in the Seventy-second street case
practically puts an end to the expen.
sive condition which prevailed when
the Barber concern, which is the
head of the trust, was without COM
petition in spreading asphalt over
New York's streets, and there is a
strong probability that the pavement
in Seventh avenue will be laid under
new conditions"
This but briefly summarizes the re-
suit of two years litigation on the
part of Mayor Lows administration
with the Asphalt trust, and the rec
ords in the various proceedings in
volve something over six hundred
pages.
Rotten Asphalt Roasted by Officials.
When Mayor Low took his seat,
many asphalt pavements in New
York were in dilapidated condition.
The commissioners of public works
and the presidents of the various bor-
oughs found It impossible to require
the asphalt companies to maintain
their streets, which were still under
guaranty, in satisfactory condition,
and New York daily papers have been
filled with criticisms, and with the
expressions of public indignation
aroused by the methods of the trust
Petitions for paving aggregating
some 100000 square yards, and in
Guiding such prominent boulevards
as Seventh, st. Nicholas and Lenov
avenues, were presented, asking that
the streets be paved with the bitull-
thic pavement, a patented pavement
controlled by Warren Brothers COM
pany. Most of these petitions were
obtained and presented by the prop
erty owners or the taxpayers asso-
Citations, and were further endorsed
by official reports and the appearance
before the proper authorities of nu-
merous associations, such as The
Road Drivers, The Automobilists.
Truck Owners, Associated Cycle
clubs, The League of American
Wheelmen. etc. The result of these
strong endorsements induced the
president of the borough of Manhat-
tan to send the engineer of highways
to investigate the pavement where It
had been laid in other cities, and It
finally resulted in the borough engi-
neers and commissioners of public
works of other boroughs. making
similar Investigations through their
engineers. and the official record OF
the proceedings is one of the strong
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08
How It Spreads.

Tho flrst package OF DR.. Leon
hardt's Hem-Roid that was put out
went TO small town In Nebraska.
IL cured case OF Piles that was
considered hopeless.
The news spread and the demand
prompted DIR. j. s. LeoDhardt. OF
Lincoln, Neb., the discoverer, TO pre-
pare II for general use. Now Il n be-
ing sent to all parts OF the world.
IL will cure any case OF Piles.
Sold for 100, with absolute guar
antee.
DIR. Leonhardt Co., Niagara Falls,
N. Y, ProprietorH. Sold by Dr. s. O
Stone. Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08
Hnntinr for TronhIe.

i've lived in California 20 years..
and am still hunting for trouble In
the way OF burns. sores. wounds.
boils, cuts, sprains, or n case OF piles
that Bucklen's Arnica salve won't
quickly cure" writes Charles Walt
ers, Of Allegheny, Sierra Co. No use
hunting, MIR. Walters; II cures every
case. Guaranteed at J. G. Jerry's
drug store; 25c.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

T. J. Chambers. Ed. vindicator,
Liberty, Texas. writes Dec. 26. 1909;
with pleasure and unsolicited by
you. bear testimony 10 the curative
power OF Ballard's Horehound Syrup.
I have used II In my family and can
cheerfully anirm II is the most eff
fective and best remedy for coughs
and colds l have ever used" Sold
by ID. J. Fry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

guarantees, but the cost of excava-
tion and foundation was extra.
The Trust Uses Same Tactics Else
where.
This trust tactic cutting and slash
Ing for the purpose OF annihilating
legitimate competition. is we'll UNDER
stood by the American public, and II
is to the credit OF the Low admins
tration that ii was not bulldozed into
accepting a bid for asphalt at $1.17
as against a bid for bitulithic at
$2.40, for 1t was clear that the as
phalt pavement at any price was not
suitable for the conditions expected
of pavement on a resident driving
boulevard In New York. and II was
also clear that the bed was made for
the purpose of destroying competi-
tion, rather than In good faith.
II is not probable that greater
difference would ever exist in the
future, and lnasmuch as the legality
OF the award under these conditions
has been sustained by the courts, It
is fair TO assume that IL Will be diff
cult for the asphalt trust to further
hamper the construction OF pavement
other than asphalt In this city. II Is
a noteworthy fact, too, that in pass
Ing on this matter the board of esti-
mate and aDportionment has acted
unanimously. and that there has
been no difference of opinion on the
part of the New York officials.
Similar tactics TO those practIced
in New York are being practiced In
other cities. but / know OF no city
or of any administration that has
stood the attack and made the fight
more manfully than have Mayor Low
and his administration.
The corporation eounsel's Office
has been called to do a tremendous
amount OF extra work on account of
the greed of the trust. and public tm-
Drovement In New York City has been
delayed to no little extent, but now
the way is clear TO proceed with paw
ing without the consent OF the trust.
IL may seem strange. but the ar
ticle regulating the use OF patented
pavement In the city OF New York
has been in the various charters for
more than forty years. and this r.
the first time ii has ever been ad-
judicated, and this adjudication
throws the way open 20 the use OF
the most modern pavement, whether
patented or not.
Trust Fights All Kinds OF Pavements
The obstructive tactics OF the as
phalt trust in New York city have
not been confined exclusively 10 op-
position to the bitulithic pavement. |
IL also endeayored, but unsuccessful-
ly, by legal process. 10 prevent the
laying OF asphalt block pavement. on
the ground that IL was a patented
pavement. The same tactics have
been taken In other cities. for In
STANCE, In 81. Louis. The Barber AS
phalt Paving company, through It's
agent. enJoined the city from laying
the bitulithic pavement. but the
courts vacated the injunction aid
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

!, the greatest tasks under
i ~ the Low administration to
H., the affairs of the city of New
v.s in connection with paving
- The result of the hard-
E-s, hattie against the asphalt
mnst be gratifying to the NAV
- his co-workers in the board
'.,imate and apportionment. In
i .ornectIon | quote from the New
rribuue of Sunday, December
ulow for the Asphalt Trust.
Irhs asphalt trust has received a
- blow by the award made by
mark department for the pave
n, ot West seventy-second street.
4 ,rust has made a big fight to
H. away competitors, going so far
~ obtain an Injunction against
Warren Brothers company, max
Of the bitulithic pavement. Strong
|tests have been made against the
Of sheet asphalt, owing to its
Hpery condition in wet weather,
|the Road Drivers association, The
\ York and Chicago association,
Iomoblle and cyclists organizations
/ other interests, and the park de-
.tment deferred the matter to the
Ind Of estimate and apportionment
! asked permission to award the
Itraet to the Warren company
|er the courts had vacated the in
lcilon obtained by the trust. The
Ist then obtained a temporary stay,
tdlng an appeal, but this was va
|ed and the contract has been
arded to the Warren company, at
lao a square yard, exclusive OF
lndations, but including a five-year
pranty. This price is higher than
bid for sheet asphalt, but lower
IN that Of block asphalt.
The same organizations which
ptested against the use of sheet
rAalt in Seventy-second street, rec
|mendtd that the bitulithic pave
|ni be placed In upper Seventh
lnue, and the authorities were sat
led Of the merits of the pavement
bred, but here the asphalt trust
bed the objection that the process
: patented, and taking advantage
q clause In the Greater New York
lrler relating TO the use of patent
articles by the city, obtained an
unetion preventing the city from
ng H. This clause has never been
erpreted by the courts, and the ap-
lale division decided the case prac-
lly AGAINST the trust, but, owing
me delay occasioned by the litiga-
D. the authorities decided to make
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08
Tell us how much Lard your grocer
sells and we will tell you how
much indigestion is In
the neighborhood.

Lard is made from hog-fat and is bound
% Oe greasy and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
absolutely unhealthy. There isn't an
ounce OF hogfat in CotfoLene. It's basis is
Just pure, refined Cotton seed oil, which is
'AO'Oughly digestible and healthful.
The stomach of the average American
Aas been subjected to lard-soaked food for
,s4iS simply because people have not
c -.0Sn the dangers of the "lard habit"
: sal0I<nf is so much superior to lard, both
= ! . the palatability of the food it pro-
@4SsS and its healthful qualities, that it
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

est endorsements of merit which any
pavement has ever received.
After these Investigations there
came the opinion of the Corporation
counsel, suggesting two methods by
which a patented pavement could be
legally advertised for in the city of
New York, in view of the following
clause in the charter:
Except for repairs, no patented
pavement shall be laid, and no pat
ented article shall be advertised for,
contracted for or purchased, except
under such circumstances that there
can be fair and reasonable appor-
tunity for competition, the conditions
to secure which shall be prescribed
by the board of estimate and appor-
tionment."
Bitulithic Unanimously Adopted.
The board of estimate and appor-
tionment which is composed of May
or Low. the controller and the presi-
dent of each of the boroughs, to-
gether with the president of the
board of aldermen, unanimously
adopted specifications for the bituli-
this pavement.
The next opposition then came
from The Barber Asphalt Paving
company appearing before the board
of estimate and apportionment, hav-
ing expressed willingness to in
fringe the Warren patents, and claim
ing they would lay the same pave
ment for much less than cost of con-
struction. The board of estimate and
apportionment were not allured by
the trusts offer, and refused to con-
slider It in this form of pavement.
Then The Barber Asphalt Paving
company, acting as a taxpayer. under
took to enjoin the city from contract
ing for the pavement on Seventh
avenue, and the city has been fight
ing for its rights ever since, and has,
finally, after passing through the
various court been able to award
contracts on Seventy-second street.
II is to the credit of the bitulithic
pavement that II should have had the
unanimous endorsement of such
strong administration as the Low ad
ministration. Even in the case of
street, The Barber
Asphalt Paving company has been
given three hearings, and II has not
been able to present case which the
courts would sustain. All the techni-
calities of the law have been resort,
ed to. The cities of the United States
which have been accustomed to deal
ing witt the asphalt trust are famil-
lar with its tactics. TIL etrust is
hard loser, and never has failed 10
place every possible impedient in the
way OF administrations which did not
do its bidding.
Under the methods adopted In the
city of New York for laying patent
ed pavement on Seventy-second
street, bids were invited for sheet
asphalt as well as for bitulithie, and
the asphalt people submitted the
ridiculous bid OF s1.17 per square
yard for the work complete, as
against the bitulithic bid of $2.40 per
square yard. Both included five-year
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

Six coyotes, emboldened by hunger
came uD to the back door of Hood
River butcher He gave them
handout.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

You'd better paddle your own canoe.
For that's what you'll have TO do,
For when you are In hard luck
And want to borrow "saw-buck"
All you'll get is sym.pa-thee
Unless you take Rock Mountain
Tea.
DIR. Stones drug store
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

Hon. T. G. Hendricks. who recent
ly donated a park 10 Eugene has
given the city $500 for a library,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

S. l.. Kline. OF Corvallis, has pre-
sented the public school with a vaiu-
able fountain.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

Corvallis has offered bonus for
the establishment OF furniture fac
tory.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

A huge panther appeared near
Forest Grove Tuesday.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08
The Phenomenal T.
Of their

Il suffered for Of
Iccnld
aEoues o ndgestor NV food would after eating aud
wond have sick headaches aud dHy SPELLS forty pounda
In weisht and erew weak aud doood with diff
tried numbe soeallcd remedies
eeiysd no relief Beading Of the remaraee of stomach
trial Iseeurcd bottle OF the New Discovery aud received al
immediate
pereuce difficulty IN dgesting All and
rapidly
aud weight desre thank the good
remedies ~ for
MR.. KENNY JORDAN, i36 Pcnn Ave. Scranton. Pa.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1907-02-08

,,or somers C. Municipal Journal and Enquirer)
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05
Cut OF With a Shilling.

Here said lawyer. taking down q
calf bound book, ''is the will from
which originated the famous phrase,
Cut off with shilling
1T is the will Of Stephen Godfrey.
He died In Lambeth in 179G. Now. I'll
read you the paragraph In GOdfrey'S
will that gave the world the phrase.
A nasty paragraph it is too:
"'Whereas, 1t was my misfortune to
be made very uneasy by Elizabeth God
frey, my wife, for many yearsA from
our marriage, by her turbulent beha-
vior. for she was not content with de-
SpiSing my admOnitiOns, but she con-
trived every method to make me un-
happy; she was 50 perverse in her ma
ture that she would not be reclaimed,
but seemed only to be born to be Il
plague to Ihe The strength of Samson,
the knowledge of Homer, the prudence
of Augustus, the cunning Of Pyrrhus,
Hannibal and the watchfulness of
HOmOgeneS could not have been sutti-
cent to subdue her. for no skill or
force in the world could make her
good, and ms we have lived separate
and apart from each other eight years,
and she having perverted her son to
leave and totally abandon me-there-
fore give her one shilling only"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05
GAS PLANT OPERATION.
Luelsn II. Tying Compares Public and
Private Ownership.

Private Ownership.
Lucien II. Tying contributed to the
August issue of MoOdy's Magazine a
strong article on Private versus Pub
lie Operation of Gas Companies" from
which we take the following:
Making money out of Il gas plant is
not like picking gold eagles ont Of the
street. and a franchise to run the gas
business In community is no gold
mine. 1t may be developed into a
source of great profit. but only in con
junction with capital and business abil-
ity. especially the latter, which if not
employed in the particular gas bust
ness in question might be securing
greater returns in some other field.
There is 10 more logic in the belief
that the surplus earnings of Il success
full gas company over certain per
centage on the investment should go
to the municipality than that IL whole
sale grocer should refund to his Gus
toner all profits over q per cent. say.
on the capitalization of his company
The success of the gas company comes
from the use of proper judgment ell
ergy and business methods in the use
and risk of capital invested, just as in
any other business.
THAT often the gas business is ap-
parently Il natural monopoly in II given
community does not diSprOve the fore
going reasoning. The gas companies
that are making the most money today
are not those that are taking advan-
tage of their franchise rights to exact
high rates. They are the ones who by
their own effort in educating the peo
pie are SO increasing the per capita
consumption of gas HS to make lower
rate Il business possibility and by their
intelligent attention to operating cost
and investment of large amounts of
new capital when needed are able to
reduce the cost Of making gas Sutfi-
ciently to secure greater total profit
out of selling Il large amount of gas ut
q low rate than was before received
when rates were higher and business
less.
"But 1t Is only by the most aggres-
sive and intelligent business methods
that Il gas company can hope to sue
ceed under such conditions The nbi.
ity to handle the business in this way
is something that municipality can
not buy at Il salary. The opportunities
in other lines of business are too great
to those with the capacity that enables
them to develop the highest earning
power out of a gas company at a low
margin of profit for the product"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05
There Was a Reason.

Some of the forms Of graft practiced
In certain Indiana cities which have
gone into the municipal ownership
business may be peculiar to those
towns. In one of them. which OWNS
and runs its waterwOrks system. us
Rochester does. the city waterworks
were insured for $4,000. A cement
water tank carried $4,000 Insurance.
though it could not be fired If thou.
sand incendiares went to work ar ii,
It happened that in that town one of
the influential officials was agent for
fire insurance company which had
risks" on the water tank and other
properties s.-Rochester IN. " Demo
crat and Chronicle.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05
Pardoned.

The former convict, proud and elat-
ed, was narrating his Jail experiences
to a bosom pal.
Say, Pete" asked the pal, how'd
y git out 50 soon? Any pull wild de
big Sticks?"
well | pursume y might put it in
dat kind O. talk" replied Pete, the for
mer convict. but de main reason was
me pGrltGness. Ever since left me
home" he continued cOntidentially.
I've aIlus follered de advice O. me
mudder ter be perlite."
"Y' don't say" rejoined the pal, sur
prised. How'd dat git y out two
years early? Good behaviOr?"
"No, not egzactly," explained Pete.
1T was dis way: De gOv'nOr was look
in over de pen one day, an when he
passed me in de corridor | stepped on
his foot accidentally. Course bowed
very low an says slowly, Pray. pardon
me, gov nor an" he continued, in
tlating his chest and assuming Il con-
tented air, "de govnor pardoned me-"
"Oh" said his pal in a terrible whis-
per.
And then the next vaudeville team
was announced. I!arper's Weekly.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05
PUBLIC BUSINESS NEGLECTED.
No Private Enterprises Could Have
Been So Badly Managed Without COL

No Private Enterprises Could Have
Been So Badly Managed Without COL
lapse.
1t Is stern but not pleasant duty
to call occasional attention to the way
events continue to stutfy the claims
of the municipal ownership advocates
that the public does its own business
as well as or better than the individual
does his.
Take three enterprises of present
moment. No private individual or
corporation constrained by profit
making purpose and upholstered by
the taxing power would make such
crazy and corrupt contracts for a
building as those which investigation
shows the state of PENNSYLVANIA made
for the Harrisburg capitol No private
enterprise would have so little to show
for six Years of work on a simple en-
gineering problem as the municipality
has in the Manhattan bridge No in.
dividual able to keep out of the bank
ruptcy courts and the insane asylum
would have spent. as Father Knicker-
booker has spent, $I.000.U00 for hall
of records. taken seven years to build
1t and then found that 1t would not
hold his records
The huge debt Of the metropolis. its
narrow borrowing power. the condition
of its streets, docks and parks and the
confusion of its tax system. all are eX-
planned and Illuminated by these con.
temporary incidents. - Editorial in New
York Mail and Express.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-12-05

Bradley put it carefully into his pOck
etboOk and sought to lead the con-
vCrsatiOn into other channels.
But that evening when he reached
home he tucked the print into his
looking glass and went to sleep to
dream of the girl His own vacation
came in few days, and he determin-
ed to spend the time in locating the
station and through that the girl. The
l.. and V. had three sets Of plans from
which it built stations. These were
OF wood, brick or stone according to
the Importance of the place. There
were probably fifty or sixty stations
along the line precisely like the one
in the picture. Instead of buying a
ticket to the fishing country, as he had
at first intended, he purchased a mile
age book and started out to find. the
station.
Just above the door in which the girl
had been standing he noticed a pecul-
lar knot in the boards and, giving up
only sufficient mileage to carry him
made his way down the line He rode
on the same train until dusk prevent
ed him from closely examining the
stations and then left the train, to the
great relief of the conductor, who had
early in the day come to the conclu-
sion that his passenger must be in
sane.
The second days search was no
more successful and on the evening
of the third day he had come to the
end of the line without having lOcat-
ed the station he sought
He bought another mileage book and
turned back over the road, and this
time he found the place for which he
sought The station had been newly
painted, and the knots had been Gov
cred up by the paint.
But he found that the station was
the girl. There were half dozen
places where summer boarders were
taken, he learned from the station
agent. He picked out one and made
arrangements to have his trunk for
warded, and then he settled down to
prosecute his inquiry.
Seeing the train come in" was
popular occupation with the summer
visitors and Bradley did not let II
single train escape him. He hung
about the station at all hours. but be-
ycnd getting very well acquainted with
the station agent he made no progress
1t was apparent that the girl he had
sought had gone.
1t was near the end of the second
week that Bradley summoned up the
courage to show the agent his photo
graph and ask information.
"A friend "G mine. took 1t the other
day from the train" he said. II
thought that perhaps she might like
one il could locate her"
81 remember her." said the agent.
Bradleys heart gave bound.
"She's gone out west somewhere"
said the agent vaguely, and Bradley's
elation was suddenly checked
81 suppose that some one has her
address," he suggested. Il might get
it from them and mail her a copy"
The agent smiled.
"She wasn't visiting no one" he eX-
planned. She just stopped Off here a
couple Of days to see the lake. |
think her ma came from here years