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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
CALIFORNIANS HOPE TO
COMPROMISE WITH LINES

pressed themselves as being anxious
to do the right thing. aa they realize
that the carriers have n great stake
In the meeting inasmuch as their
prosperity In bound up In tho pros
perlty of tho state, which they arar3n
nowiso ready TO see injured. Cham
bors. In discussing the position OF
the railroads. says that there II no
portion Of the United States which
has a. favorable freight rates AZ
those accorded tho Pacific coast. and
he Processes 20 be OF the opinion that
the protoata OF the shippers are not
we'll founded
"Wo allow terminal rates on East
orn ghlpmontl ON all bait one or two
commodlti g." he says. "and we give
inland point In the state the benefit
OF the rate enforced by water compe-
iltion between Eastern points aud
san FraLc'aco, although not COM
PEELED to do 80 by law. In some
eases w. make rates to meet market
conditions, allowing not for tariff
competition. but for competition
which the California product must
meet NJ its place of sale This Is for
the purpose OF allowing California
goods 10 roach certain markets In
the Northwest. which would other
wlHo be Oppo'ed 10 them"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
KELLY AND PAPKE
READY FOR TONIGHT
(By Ed MorlartyD
Omitted Press Leased Wlre)

Los Angeles, Cal, Dec. Is
Hugo Kelly and Billy Papke are
ready today 90 tramp tho boards at
Jeffries' big tight shed this evening,
The boys are to start on scheduled
25-rOund battle. Papke has been In
stalled an to l Ofayorite, Odds
have been skipping with such rapldlty
around here OF late that there may
be a change before the men come to-
gether.
The presence OF Jim Corbett In
town has excited more than Ordin-
AIRY Interest n Jim can get away
from his show In time ne vii hurry
Jeifries and Corbott Iournoyed 10
Jack Doyie's camp yesterday after
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
A Personal Appeal.

II we could talk 10 you PERSONAL
~ about the great merit OF Foiey $
Honey and Tar, for coughs, eolds ana
lung trouble, you never could be IN
dueed 10 experiment with unknown
preparatiOns that may contain some
harmful drugs Foley's Honey ana
Tar costs yCu no more, ana has a
record OF 40 year Of cures J. L
Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
EXCURSION FARES
ACCOUNT CHRISTMAS
AND NEW YEARS

For the above occasion round
trip tickets will be sold To all points
In Oregon. on the o. Il. N. or s. T..
company ONE AND ONE-THIRD
FARE. Sale dates: December rs.
10. 23, "a and 20. Limit. cOntin-
uOus passage In both directions; final
return limit. January 4. 1903.
WIN McMURRAY,
12-l5-iOt General Pass. Agent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
WAR WITH JAPAN

could not possibly make so many
cripples as rheumatism does every
year. And yet there Is no reason
Why this disease should cripple any
one, II all sufferehs will rub the al
fected parts night and mOring with
Ballard's Snow LinlmeDt. Cures all
aches and pains. Sold by all dce.-
ers
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
Don't Be Hopeless.

about yourself when you're crippled
with rheumatism Or r,iT iciai5 o.
course you've tried lots Of things aud
they failed Try Ballard's Snow
Liniment-it will drive away all
aches, pains and Stiffness and leave
persons ever wholly recover. Give
you as wei Is you were before. Sold
by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15

How Love Made u Great Painter.
From Some Famous Pictures and
Their Stories." by Helen zimmern
In the December Metropolitan
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
Por Eczema. Tetrer and salt Rheum.

The intense itching Characteristic
OF these ailments is almost instantly
allayed by Chamberlain SalYe,
Many severe cases have been cured
by IL. For sale by Or. Stones Drug
store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
Dangerous Operation.

q removal of the appendix hy
"a No one who takes DR..
NV Life Pills is ever sub
4 this frightful ordeal. They
Ipuletly you don't feel them
constipation, headache. bl.-
and malaria. 25e at j. Z.
Nrug store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15
AOked 10 Death

,nly said OF babies who have
Group. How unnecessary
r. cAild ever had the Group
wing a cold or cough al
II you will stop the first
IL the cough with Ballard 8
Ia syrup there is no danger
.oi Group. Sold by all deal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15

Richard r. Roberts, who crossed
the plains to Oregon I'm 1852, died
AT Oregon City yesterday at the age
of IS years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15

N A. Laue has handed in
fnation 10 the governor as
n OF the State Board Of
g
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-12-15

The BoOth-Kelly lumber plant
near Eugene will resume the first Of
the year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Can ston Cars by Wireless.

With an instrument that will send a
wireless message 1S0 miles and regis
ter a signal in the cab of a moving
locomotive, the Union Pacific believes
it has solved one of the most valuable
problems in the campaign for the pre-
vention of accidents on railroads.
The device is the invention OF DR..
F. H. Milliner, electrical engineer,
who has been experimenting at the
Union Pacific shops in Omaha for two
or three years.
DR.. Milliner has now so far per
fected his patent that any number OF
locomotives on the same track may be
equipped with the signals and yet only
the one which it is intended to reach
will receive the signal.
The device consists of a neat con-
trivance placed in the cab by which
station agent may signal train be.
tween stations and advise the engineer
of impending danger. A bell and a
red light are used for the signal, and
these are operated by wireless teleg-
raphy. The new signal is worked in
connection with the block signal ser.
vice.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Mosque In Railroad Carriaue.

The Hedjaz railway, among other
things, will contain a carriage fitted
up as a mosque, where pilgrims will
be able to perform their devotions
during the journey to the sacred cit
les. Externally the praying carriage
is only distinguishable from the other
carriages by minaret six feet high.
The interior is luxuriously fitted. The
floor is covered with the richest of
Persian carpets, while around the
sides are verses from the Koran ap-
propriate to the pilgrimage and in let
ters of gold. A chart indicates the
direction of Mecca at one end and
at the other are placed four vessels for
holding water for the ritual aSlutiens.
Most of the carriages are of foreign
make, but the wagon mosquee" was
built in Constantinople.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
The Bio Expense of Empty Cars.

One of the difficult features of the
business depression which adversely
affected operating results is found in
the empty freight car movement, which
increased nearly 100000 miles;
when the sudden falling off In freight
traffic came, not only were our lines
well covered with foreign cars, which
must be returned to their owners
empty, to avoid further per diem
charges, but being an intermediate
road, was flooded with empty cars be-
ing returned from western lines to
those in the east, and vice versa. A
vast amount OF transportation ex-
penses approximately $1,OO0,0OO) was
incurred in moving this equipment
without revenue, and our hire of equip
ment debit balance increased s461,-
25S; the latter, however, partly on ac.
count of the increased per diem rate.
Rock Island Railroad Annual Report.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
PHILADELPHIA FLYER of 1897.

In these days of trains every hour,
on the hour" between New York and
Philadelphia, we can hardly conceive
how the newspaper announcement
made March 10, 1877, that flyer
would begin flying on Sd April to per.
form the journey between the two
cities in one day" could have created
a great sensation-even in Philadel.
phia. Eighty miles in IA hours does
not seem to us such breathless speed,
but when We read in the same paper
that in order to accomplish this feat
John Butler, with his Wagon, must
needs get out from the sign of the
Death of the Fox at daybreak and
drive at top speed (the horses being
changed at each stage ere the coach
stops roclling) to meet the ferry of
Rubin Fitzrandolph, which delivers
passengers in New York by night"
we can understand that for those
leisurely times this was indeed go
ing some" This, at least, was the
opinion of a traveller who performed
this journey in 1887, for he writes
home: and if any one wishes to
travel more quickly let him go to Ken
lucky and charter a streak of light
ming"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
WHY FAST TRAINS ARE SAFEST.
Many Logical Reasons Advanced by
an Engineer

Its safer to ride on mile-a- minute
train than 1t is on slower one" re-
marked railroad engineer. why?
oh, for lots of reasons. For one thing,
because you are through with your
journey quicker. BY that ! mean that
there is always certain--though
small-element of danger in riding on
a train; and this does not decrease il
the train is moving slowly. 1t remains
the same. Therefore, if you are two
hours travelling between two points on
one train, and can do it in an hour
on another, you are in danger just
that much less time.
But another much more apparent
reason is that all the employees along
the line know when the Twentieth
Century or the Empire State is COM
ing along, and watch out for her.
They take pains, too, to see that
everything they have to do connected
with her going past is attended to. An
employe along the track sometimes
forgets, and If he forgets at some i'm
portant juncture there is liable to be
u.
about the crack trains-he doesn't
forget them-and that's another rea-
son they're safer.
"Then, too, the rolling stock of these
fast trains is the best that money can
buy, and it is inspected with more
minute care before it goes out than
any other. When a slow train that is
behind time starts in to hit 50mile
clip, the engineer, not being accus-
toned to getting over the road at that
speed, is liable to take some of the
curves little too fast and go into
the ditch. The man on the limited
train, however, knows just at what
speed he has to take every curve and
how he can let her open along the
straight stretches until she is doing a
mile in so seconds.
In case of collision, too, a long
heavy train moving at 40 miles an
hour will crumple up more cars before
it loses it's momentum than a fast
train with lighter load. The very
weight of the large number of cars
crushing into each other far outbal-
ances the speed of the blow.
Lastly, the men who drive the fast
trains are the picked ones of the line.
| dare say that the men running the
limiteds ON the various roads are
those who have been in the company's s
service for many years and haven't
cost their roads a penny in accidents.
Why is that? Largely because they
are careful men and don't take any
chances. When the weather is not
foggy. and you can see the signals,
the chances of accident are very
small indeed, but when the signal
lights are hard to pick up it's the en-
gineers of the limiteds that run the
slowest."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
THE PUBLIC EYE.

In little more we came to an open
space, very thronged.
THE Public Eye" shouted the mega
phone man of our party.
There were some curious people
within the space but even more Curl
GUS were those just outside.
or these latter we thought certain
women especially interesting; they
were busily neglecting their families
in order to get into the Public Eye.
A pathos attached to another group
of women who had been in the Pub
lie Eye and could never be happy out
of 1t, though they couldn't in the least
tell why.
Positively funny were few men
who kept trying, by variety of droll
devices, to break into the Public
Eye. "Vice-presidential candidates."
our megaphone man explained-Puck.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Electricity and Railroads.

There are now in the United States
almost 10000 miles of electrical rail-
roads, not including the former steam
railroads which are using this power
at the terminals. There are plenty
of men living who remember when
there were not so many miles of
steam railroads in the country The
trolley, which was at first a purely
urban institution, has become COM
petitor with steam, and it seems GER
tain that few generations hence cleo
tricity will be the great motive pow
er on all railroads unless some inyen-
tion of superior quality is brought
out to supplant both.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
, AN EMBROIDERER !
, OF BUTTERFLIES !
By ELEANoRE II. PORTER
By ELEANoRE II. PORTER
Observation-Disclosures
Copyright, by Ford Pub. Coz

Charles Gordon frowned at the mag
azine illustration of his latest short
story, and stroked his neat beard with
long, nervous fingers.
It's simply ruined!" he muttered.
The whole effect is lost. illustrated
by Birdie Taylor, Birdie Taylor, in
deed!" he repeated, wrathfully. "As
| xpected--woman' work-and a
Birdie too. BY George!-i-Pll
write to her; she needs a lesson-and
she shall have one, too" he finished,
as he crossed the room to his desk.
Charles ]. Gordon, the newest hit"
in the literary world, had grown pain
fully exacting of late. His publishers,
his recently acquired private secre-
tary, his favorte waiter at "The AL
bemarle"-all were aware of it. Per-
haps the dazzling glare of the lime
light of publicity fretted him, or per-
haps his recent contract to write 5000
words each month at a fabulous price
for certain publishing house inter
fered with his priced independence.
However this might be, the letter he
dispatched that night through the
magazine publishers to Miss Birdie
Taylor was short, relentless and
straight to the point.
my Dear Madam" read Miss Taylor
at her breakfast table two days later,
when illustrating a story it is always
we'll to read through the entire manu-
script at least once. If this is done. such
unimportant slips as straight hair for
curls, modern furnishings for antique, and
interior for landscape setting, are not
liable to occur Very sincerely yours,
CHARLES ]. GORDON"
Had Gordon applied to this letter
his own advice and read it through
once, Miss Taylors startled eyes
might never have seen it, A vague
uneasiness assailed him as soon as it
had left his hands, and he wished he
could remember jIst what he had
written in the frs. flush of his dis
pleasure.
This same uneasiness gave way to
a distinct shock wheE, four days later
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

& Chesapeake Bay railroad, seeking
entrance to Richmond, Va, found the
track elevation problem facing it un-
der circumstances which called for
extraordinary measures.
1t happened that the right of way
of the railroad entering Richmond ran
close to old wooden buildings which
were of most infiammable charac-
ter, and for this reason the fear of
fire prevented the consideration Of
wood as a material for the viaduct
construction. 1t was thought the most
natural material to use under the cir
cumstances, therefore, would be struc-
tural steel, and the first plans for the
work were made for that sort of
structure. The engineer in charge,
however, suggested before work actu-
ally commenced that reinforced con-
crete could be adopted for this as well
as for the more ordinary type Of
building, and his suggestion was in
dorsed by the management.
The foundation was therefore laid
of stiff clay and gravel and footings
buiiI " DVdi q "Ci6ht vi thlCO toiio
a square foot to provide for all pos
sible stresses including proposed fu-
ture double tracking. The concrete
was made of one part Portland ce-
ment, two parts granite dust and four
parts crushed granite, to pass through
a ree-quarter-inch ring. Throughout
was used a steel trussed bar for the
reinforcing
The spans vary in length from 18
to 70 feet, the latter distance from
support to support making many build
ers open their eyes in wonder. But,
in completed form, the whole viaduct
is practically one great monolith, as
stone-with the added strength, quite
beyond that of any stone, impaired by
the steel within it's body.
In testing the viaduct before it was
accepted by the railroad locomotive
and tender and two steel gondola cars
loaded with steel rails and weigh
ing about 10000 pounds each were
run the full length of the structure.
The train was then run back and de-
fiections measured for several spans.
After that test was made by break
ing the train at various points on the
viaduct, and, finally, by running the
engine and cars at speed of 35 miles
an hour over the structure. A deflec-
tion of even-thirty-seconds of an inch
was the maximum, which proves the
elasticity and reliability of the mate
rial Trains are now running over
the viaduct.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Sues Railroad for s25. 600.

w. F. Almond, a postal clerk of
Wichita, Kan, filed $4,000 damage
suit against the Missouri Pacific for
injuries he alleges were received In
wreck near Winfield, May 81, 1908.
He says he has been unable to work
since, and is permanently injured. He
also says the injuries were received in
a mail car which was so old and rick
ETY. that it had been condemned. but
was still being used by the Missouri
Pacific, regardless of the orders.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

at the Mortons' reception, his hostess
led him up to charmingly pretty girl
and said, after the hasty murmuring
of the names
You two people really should know
each other! Miss Taylor does those
delightful pictures for the magazines,
you know, Mr.. Gordon" Mrs. Morton
added by way of explanation. Then,
with consciousness of duty well
performed, she turned to her other
guests.
Gordon found himself looking into a
pair of mischievous brown eyes, in the
depths of which he was sure he de-
tected a flash of resentment. He
bravely rallied his forces for what he
felt was now inevitable.
"Ah, Miss Taylor, I've been wanting
to see you, that isl thought / owed
you an apology for the letter." he be-
gan, hurriedly. 81 am sure | can't i'm
agine what made me-"
But, Mr. Gordon" interrupted the
girl, her cheeks reddening, Z"
Not word-not world" inter
DO0tu bOluolis
But really, | am"
Yes, yes, ! know know all you
would say persisted Gordon again,
"and | won't listen. | was a brute
miserable brute" he repeated, glory
ing in his abject humiliation as he
came more and more under the sway
of those troubled brown eyes.
After that memorable reception the
subject of illustrations was carefully
avoided by the author whenever he
saw Miss Taylor. He had no wish to
repeat his self-styled stupid blunders"
of that first meeting, and as for the
lady, her placid ignoring of the sub
ject indicated that she had quite for
gotten the whole affair.
Gordon had -ot forgotten. A curious
sinking feeling came over him when
ever he thought of those abhorred pic
lures; first, because of himself, then
because OF her.
He was thinking of these same illus
trations when he said wrathfully to a
fellow author one day:
"Grayson, no woman should attempt
anything beyond an embroidered but
terfiy on a sofa pillow"
The two men were at the Hemin-
way art exhibition, standing before a
particularly faulty piece of work
bearing a feminine signature.
Grayson laughed. He had opened
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
About the Size of II.

preachers are about the only men
who can give better satisfaction by
doing less work." remarked the
thoughtful thinker
How do you figure that out?'
queried the innocent bystander.
Short sermons always please" ex-
planned the t.t-Chicago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
60 e. g ns0zEs2 {DznA=5I
GNI[i[1[1[5D> 0nlO[l[5S
The Cause of vernaI Verdancy.

The kindergarten teacher had been
telling her pupils about the seasons
and the colors that were characteristic
of each.
Now" said she, "if you were trys
ing to represent spring, which of the
colored challls would you use?"
Green, responded little Pat,
promptly.
"Why?" he was asked.
"Cause st. Patrick's day comes in
spring"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
ImDrovement.

1T is sad,' said the man who uses
slang, ito see politicians so busy
knocking one another
We'll" answered Senator Sorghum,
even that program represents an i'm
provement. It's little more humane
to go after a man with a hammer than
with an ax."-Washington Star
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Hauls Train Two Miles Iona.

train of cars half mile long is
nothing. President Underwood of the
Erie has an engine that weighs 573,-
600 pounds, the largest and most pow
erful locomotive in the world. This
monster, and monstrosity, with 16 driv-
ing wheels, hauls a freight train of
260 cars, two miles lonR.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
His Business to Be,

The insurance man with literary
ambitions you took on the staff of the
magazine is very much dissatisfied at
being one of the subordinate authors. "
II don't see why he should be-
Wasn't he always an underwriter?"-
Baltimore American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Discreet Prophecy,

why do you invariably predict the
coolest winter we have had in years?"
Well answered Prof. Blatherton,
'if it comes true people necessarily
give me credit for great wisdom. And
if it doesn't come true, they are too
thankful to hold any grudge. Wash
ington Star
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Combination.

Complaining Customer-Say, this fly
paper is full of holes.
: The Groceries. madam l know
it is. 1t is the new combination"
fly paper, and is made with the holes
so that it can be used for porous plas'
ters after the fly season is over
Judge
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Rural Habits

Smith-Hello, Jones, do you still
live out at Oyster Bay?
Jones-No-I'm in Brooklyn now.
How is it that you Long Island
people are always moving from vii
lage to village ?"-Life.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
One Sian.

Said He-Young Smythe and Miss
Brown are evidently in love with
each other
Said She-Judging by the way they
look at each other?
Said He-No; judging by the way
they don't look at anybody else.-Chi
cago Daily News.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
In the Riaht Spirit,

II am II. How long should | wear
my dresses?" wrote a fair lass to the
editor of the query department of a
leading magazine.
From your first appearance in the
morning until you retire at night re-
piled the editor-Judge.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17

to 70 feet, forms
one of the most
remarkable recent
performances of
engineers a n d
builders in. the
field of railroad
construction.
The Richmond II
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
The WAY She Does

Mrs. Clymer is model housewife
in one way"
What is that?'
by dint of giving her dinners, teas
and receptions to the reporters, she
manages always to keep her house in
print. ."-Baltimor American.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1908-12-17
Never Sees Il

Ida-Why haven't you been to see
me?
Emily-Just look at the weather
we've had!
Ida-I can't. We live in q shaft
tment.-Judge