Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-10-01

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Baseball scores were more than
coronets and pennant hopes than
Norman blood" (apologies to Tenny'
SOM I'm Chicago last week during
/ that painful, neck-and-neck race be-
tween Chicago and New York in tho
National, and Chicago and Cleveland
| in the American league, thousands
of staid business men greeting one
another during the afternoon by
asking WHATS the scorer" Eleva-
tor operators in Office buildings con.
ferred earnestly with millionaires as
the cages shot ap and down, while
thev both waited for news from the
battlefelds. Messenger boys were
called into much-upholstered sane
tmms { oreport the latest bulletin and
get a quarter. II was a period OF
tense anxiety which the recent finan-
clal furry was unimportant. Crowds
surrounded downtown score boards
for hours and rich and poor were
fuged into true. democratic brothe"~
hood by the weight Of possible disas-
ter and hope of victory. One Chi
cago rooter for the White Sox re-
ceived through the mails postcard
from Detroit to which was pinned
dollar bill-the price of admission
to two games. The card was In
scribed:
Money TO spare / never have:
Hard time, they are to blame.
But Away ! give the price to see
A good old baseball game"
The new militant mood of the
country's fire in-urance interests u
Is said will make a meeting of the
Fire Underwriters association of the
northwest, in Chicago, October Z,
something OF a milestone In fire in
'urance history. Patience has
creased to be a virtue" they say, the
import OF the remark being best un-
derstood by the fact that I'm nearly
every state OF the union the fire in
surance companies are made the tar
get for one 10 fifty-seven varieties Of
proposed legislation, most o, Il be-
Ing aimed at any mutual inter-
change of experience TO enable each
TO adapt thciH "c'es 20 the
comparative hazard OF the different
ella as Of property, "anti-compact"
bills, so-called Tho ere ,ossef IN
recent years have been so enormous
that the Insurance companies have
seen wiped out the profits of score
OF years. mostly made I'm the invet l.
ment of the big sums OF money In
their hands and not from undorwr't-
Ing. which has not been profitable.
A scientific read iustment of rates
Is their goal. that and the enactment
Of laws establishing the office OF fire
whose duty Il will be 20
investigate questionable fires ami
bring incendlaries TO punishment,
arson having been encouraged I'm re-
cent years, according 10 the records.
hy valued policy" laws.
which eXacted the payment Of a fix
ad sum IN the case OF loss by q 20.
Fire I'm urance oHlciplr ana speclal
agents from a score OF states viii he
present ~ tho conference The ro-
iponsIbility OF the public 10 the IN
'urance companies and the import
lnce 20 all business OF sound insur-
,nce will be aubject Of di7cussion.
The dedication OF the S5,O00,O0O T
'Ourt house of Crook county, October .
Chicago Day'-wil be made q
arge. brass band occasion. II al /
he invitations 10 civic organizations F.
md clubs should be acceIod the /
10000 cubic feet of space In .
he building would not be enough, /
md an overflow meeting In the .
treets. for half n mile or so would /
'nsue. As many orators on that oc- .
AS 'On will proudly declare, II Is the .
argest county building I'm the Uni .
ga States. more than twice the size
II the one Il replaced Probably no /
aetless illusions VIII be made 10
he fact that the cost was less than
.alf the cOrt of the other. owing 70
be eXigencies Of early dav politics
ma the spoil thereof. The caissons
nder the structure extend 116 feey
downward 90 solid rock. and contain
vice as much concrete as would
make a bulk as big as the Auditor
um tower Next door ChiCago's
'ngy city hall Is dwindling under
he hand of the wrecking gang
mother year and the meganhone
nan on the rubberneok wagon" will /
0lnt 90 twin structure beside tho
curt house, as the new city hall"
he county was I'm much better shane
D build home than was the city.
IS revenues are not 10 be sneezed az.
eng almost S4,50O.0O0 a wear from
axes and over $1,000, 600 wear
rom the earning of the fee offices.
he regular expenses. however. arc
4 proDortion. the -alary list totaline
yer s2.50O,00O a year