Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-04-18

rock macadamized road built TO
Stayton at the rate we are going,
and under the kind of laws we have.
An electric road will bring ten
times the business and ten times the
development TO that towns on the
line that a macadamized wagon road
would bring; and create new busi-
ness THAT A WAGON ROAD
WOULD NEVER CREATE.
An electric road under good
business management Will be pay
ing enterprise To those who put
their money into it and will be
worth twice as much Ave years from
now as II Is today
An electric rond adds greatly 10
the wealth OF the country through
which II passes, aud Is kept mp
WITHOUT BECOMING A CON-
STANT BURDEN on THE TAN
PAYERS.
Not speaking by authority, but
Judging from utterances OF the men
who compose the board OF trustees,
they WILL TAKE FROM ONE TO
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
STOCK EACH IN THE PROPOSED
LINE.
II is safe guess that fifty thous-
and dollars OF the stock will be taken
before ever the stock subscription
reaches the city OF Salem, and there
Is not business man IN this city
who cannot afford to take some
stock,
The committee will submit
prospectus Saturday of the cost OF
the proposed line. and OF the prob
able earnings of the line. ON THIS
RASIS THEY WILL ASK THAT
STOCK BE TAKEN.
So far no man has been asked TO
take a dollar Of stock, but many have
yOlunt 'ered 20 take stock and have
told the members OF the Board Of
Trustees that they were ready 10
helm the project.
No subscription I'm the way of a
subsidy or donation will be asked for
or expected Not a dollar will he
asked for but on the basis of a good
investment WHICH WILL BRING
IMMEDIATE RETURNS.
I But II tho road costs $4,000. AND
1T Will NOT COST MUCH MORE
THAN HALF THAT, and n every
dollar OF stock were a donation, and
the road were built and operated.
/ it,would nav To tIild H.
An who halp this enterprise will
/ have made their money hack long
before the two wears roll around
when they would be given an ODDOr-
ltunity TO HAVE THEIR STOCK
REDEEMED At PAR.
Every dollar of the money will he
expended for labor and material. all
, produced here but the steel rails, and
4 will be turned over and over In the
channels OF business and helping to
make better times.
| II IS the busy nimble dollar that
q i7 rolling from hand to hand that
makes good times and builds COM
munities al a rapid rate. The idle
congested boarded dollar helms a
/ strong belief I'm credit BI'T THAT
STOPS.
e But of what Is the credit of the
individual or the community n IL Is
not used for some practical purpose.
/ Neither money nor credit have any
I NtH'ftN WNN'f.NH NMNN gre N NMs
We have had our fill of politics
l the past sixty days. We have got
through calling names and ripping
/ mn each others character and mo-
tives. II rs time 10 he doing sorse-
thing 10 build mp our fortunes aud
! our country
There are more fortunes 10 be
Z made and more wealth 10 he added
p to our communities by me constr.lc-
: tion of electric lines than hv anv
other nroces AND WHY Not REND
! kNFRN ENERGY on THAT
4 WORK
let us hui'i this line from Salem
30 Stavton and not nut il on. and
no. allow ourselves TO be nut on
with promises that some one else
will do II for uF n we will only wait.
The man who makes love success
fully does 10 while he Is young and
fresh and doss not wait until he is
a timid old bachelor NEITHER
hlES HE WAIT FOR SOME OTHER
FELIOW TO 10 THE COURTING
l.! Let us reach out for connections
With all the surrounding country.