Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-30
project will have been betrayed By
Illinois and Chicago.

cago's hungry 100000 people ha,
become a pressing problem in eco
Monies. for the city has outgrown IL.
producing area. As result the cost
OF the transportation and dlstribu
tlon OF garden and farm produce has
become too large a factor in house
Wives expenses and OF late investiga.
ton has been made OF the neglected
aand-solls In Michigan, for II they
will produce the potatoes. berries
and garden truck. and will pasture
livestock II will mean a big saving
Soil experts OF the government re.
Gently reported that each OF the vari-
Gus Michigan soils was particularly
adapted to some line OF farming Or
gardening. which will mean a new
era for the neglected eutoyer region
which once was forest abandoned 70
the lumbermen, who discouraged
settlement. Experiments have
proved that conditions for clover and
winter feed for livestock are 30 good
that large ranches are being estab-
lished and In time cattle. sheep and
hogs in large numbers will be
brought across old Lake Michigan
cool we'll watered and fed, 20 the
stock yards. The lake route also
gives promise OF cheaper transporta-
tiOn for the green stun" and the
vegetables. fruits and dairy produce
that Chicago gulpe down in enormous
quantities each day. Already lake
transportation companies cannot
build boats fast enough. One plan
TO end the congestion OF famous South
Water street Is 20 establish three
markcts-one on the north side. one
on the south side. and another down
town. accessible 20 the Chicago river.
"The Scientific Cost of a Snow.
storm or How Much a Large city
Ought TO Spend for Winter Street
Cleaning" Is the subject OF some
startling figures Just launched by
tho deputy commissioner Of public
works OF Chicago. Most munici-
pall,Ies know to their sorrow how
much money is actually spent for
this purpose every winter and how
much Of the beautiful" Is annually
left To turn 10 slush and Ice on the
streets. II remained for tho Chicago
expert 10 determine the theoretical
cost OF picking up a blizzard and un-
tremendously dumping II outside the
city limits. he based his estimates
on the last storm In Chicago and this
Is how he worked Il: "The factors
'n the problem are I 500 miles of
improved streets In the city. averag.
ing as fee' In width each. and GOV
cred Of the weatherman Is 10 be
oredlted) with ten inches OF snow
This gives. by simple arithmetic. u /
total OF ii,7Sa.333 cubic yards of !
snow 90 bo removed n We had an I
deal streot-cleaning service. The /
'ub.c yrrds, and a team VII lhaul five /
'uhic Yards and team will houl ave I
Dads a day Therefore. hy "a little /
more simple arithmetic We ascertain
hat Il would take t6s,333. Ia teams
me day 10 carry on the snow. The
department. has 90 pay for the SER
ices of team aud driver s. day /.
five times i6s.S23 ia makes So
't6,666.Sa as the cost of teams %
au away the last snowstorm from
he improved streets Then n YOU
'ant to go sim further ana count ln
he number OF men necessary to
grape, sweep and shovel the snow
nd the average vase per day, Here
ho export paused 10 get a scratch pa
nd when hls audience tiptosd softly
al ot the room he was husily hguring
n the annual cost OF january thaw.
ased ON an estimate OF t.G7e,StS II
.et feet In the city ANA one case ~ q
Ripe 90 every thousand feet.
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'cordlng TO e. v hubbard. national
NJ c. A. secretary OF Japanese
ork IN Korea aud japan. in lee L
.ro here The trvay 90 peace \
hich ceded 10 Japan a great terri. e
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ala ma, get. and absolute posses 81
pa of Korea and Manohurla." hoI
ia The nation VAS disappointed
"a che result VAS resentment of the
panso people against the Unltei ,
ates hut the leaders are begin. y.
ug Go see that ihs c0uatry was !,