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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

vond remlttlng the tax, and but 1T
lie has been done IN the way OF pri-
vate promotion. Pending the oper-
alton OF these agencies 1t might De
veil for housewives to learn some-
thing OF the merits Of alcohol for
domestic uses.
For lighting purposes alcohol Is
burned in a lamp provided with an
incandescent mantle or Welsbach
burner, Of precisely the same char
acter as the burners now 20 general
~ used with Illuminating gas, and
with identical results. GasIhcabon
"a secured by burning a little alco-
.bol around the burner to heat It up
AZ the start. No further attention Is
required. and the beautiful. steady
white Hight "a maintained as long as
the supply OF alcohol continues.
When burned in this manner alco-
hol has a decided advantage as an
Illuminant over kerosene burned In
any form OF wick lamp.
Probably nine-tenths OF the COM
pleteiy denatured alcohol consumed
in Germany Is burned for heat pro-
ductIon in the household. Alcohol
CASTLES quite readily, and, on ac-
count Of It's low content Of carbon
the gas produced burns with blue
fame without the introduction OF
air for complete combustion, as IS
necessary with the gases produced
from gasoline and kerosene, or Win
ordinary Illuminating gas. There is'
therefore, an entire absence OF the
production OF SCOT, or unconsumed
carbon. Charles A. Crompton'
Chief Chemist, Internal Revenue
Service.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

Undated It's accounts and restored 1t
10 It's owners with cost OF s11sO,
NJ which s666 was receiver and coun-
sel fees, appears as the first fruits OF
the new banking law. No proyisio"
Of that act was more angrily OBJ
posed by the professional politician
Than that which committed to the
state department OF banking liqui-
datIon of failed banking institu-
lions. To see these rich political
"ploms disappearing was enough
IN excite wrath. With the Knlcker-
,eoeker Trust company receivers, ap-
no,uted before the enactment Of the
law asking 100000 for their five
months services, and with recollec-
ton OF what political debts have
been paid in the past by appoint
ment of bosses, large or small, to
slnecures of this sort. the feeling
Of the politicians over such a show
ing az that OF the Home Bank must
naturally be mingled contempt and
evaporation. Even the minor IN
soIvencies which helped along wor-
thy private secretaries and retired
dancing masters are to oe handled
with this shameful parslmony by
the department. Everyone will e.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

=, the city Of Chicago has peea .n
~ ,.,aaa aiong the lake front, Where
.,' son,b park commission was lih'
,nS @ IN for additional parks ana a
iaTge percentage of the tunhei ca
was deposited there
This year all dumping o. ol ,e,u anS
=, the lake front is prohibited, anu
v ,sis necessltates depositing OF tne
material by means of scows OF loau- %
in~ I, IN railway cars and shipping
:. - Tho outskirts of the city. An
.,,o,o in Municipal Engineering
MAGAZINE points out the ADVANTAGES .
~ thIs new method of the Illinois
Tnnnel company through the elec-
trIcally operated disposal station
preparations have been made 20
receive. transport and entirely as
nose of All excavated or surplus ma
terial from easements, suo-oase-
ments and caIssons. as wen 40
foundations, through these subway
tunnels. also refuse and ashes lroi1
hr,,d,nq and all waste material
which engineers, contractors ana
building owners may wish to nave
Tsmoved. This disposal station was
constructed by George w. Jackson
and a traffic contract has been made
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20
German and English Friction.

IA England bent upon nagging
Germany into declaring war against
France? Nothing less than this IL
Inferred by many observers Of Euro
mean analrs. one OF them. Cen
eral Galllfet. formerly Frances
minister OF war. Is quoted as saying
that In his opinion Great Britain Is
intent upon provoking war In Eur
one for the sake OF retaining her
mystery OF the sea. In fve years,
at the present rate OF building, Ger
many will have more Dreadnoughts
anoat that Great Britain, while the
United States Will be respectable
rival OF Britain in naval power. A
war IN Europe, with Germany as the
aggressor. would certainly tend TO
divert German energies from naval
expansion. and II the process OF iso-
latlng Germany Is perfected, Great
Britain would have the satisfaction
Of seeing her allies hghtlng her
principal rival.
The warllke expressions OF En-
peror william at Doberltz on May
29th are arlously received. Ger
man newspapers. while Affecting TO
believe that the kaiser was mis-
quoted. are themselves IN bell'ger-
ent mood In consequence Of the rap
ID strides made by Great Britain In
concentrating the powers against
Germany. one OF the most influential
organs. the North German Gazette,
on Friday published \ seml-ofhcial
statement, which recognizes the pre-
yallng unoa ilness and attributes II
10 widespread uncertainty as 70
whether a new grouping OF the pow
ers ls being effected which might Inn
pedc The pacific settlement OF pend
ing questions.
In the meantime n Is significant
that Germany Is Importing gold IN
large quantities from the United
States. Last week she took S3.S50.-
oOO. and further engagements viii
bring the total gold exports from
New York up % S5O.O00,0O0. most
of IL going 10 Berllu The demand
Tor gold by Germany Is - great that
the loss OF tnteres, In transit Is no
obstacle. No clear reason has been
given for this need OF gold, aud GER
talny Il Is not being used TO extlu-
gulsh American obligations,
That Emperor William vii not be
idle while England Is At work try.
Ing 10 Isolate" him may be taken
Tor granted. lie proved long ago
that he possessed judgment as wei.
as pugnacliy lt Is not at all likely
that he could he nagged into los
ing war. hut on the other hand. it
might nor be difficult 20 induce him
20 hght Il he perceived tha, war was
advantageous Germany possesses
immense advantages over the rest of
Europe On army a6alrs She can
mobollge am army quicker and de,iy.
er % AZ the scene ot wan lu better
trim than any other power Within
nye years % Wil he possible tor Ger.
many to Laval such au army on Be.-
lsh soil. IN spite OF the British macy
unless IN ghe meantime stems az
taken by the Islanders % gaard more
strougly ,helr norJheastern eoas,
As matters stand, s IS probably TO.
tht m,eresi ot Eng'ani that Ger
many should be emhrolied n Eu-I
ropean war " Emperor William
should conclude that MS interests
are ia the same direction. Eagland
will not have any trouble m nsgslns
him % the hgh Inc tr.rf Wesf,-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

Turning now TO the other class 81
users We come 20 the most impor-
tant point upon which the people
need Instruction 20 derive the full
benefit Of the new Law, The merit
OF dcnaturod alcohol as source OF
heat. light and power must be
brought % the attention OF each In
diyldual before the fun development
OF 'hose uses can bee realized. Ger
many has made ,ho greatest pro.
gresf of any nation IA this respect
and the use OF donatured alcohol
there has increased from rs million
gallons Ia 1891 60 81 millions sat
lona Ia 1905.
Here NO provision has been made
yet FOR government promotion he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

with.the Illinois Tunnel company "a
receive and transport by train Al,
of the refuse material through n,
vast system ofsunderground tunnals
The central location of this di,.
posal station, with its complete con.
nections with the tunnel system bv
main trunk lines and by passes great.
ly facilitates the movement of trains
and on this account they can bs
filled quickly, transported and tha
contents disposed of. after which
they may be returned to the point Of
action to be refilled, without being
hampered or delayed by weatbe,
conditions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

The Inland Waterways OF China.
The realization OF imminent perils
from The inland waterways OF the
privlnees has led China to ADOPT
such means as seem most available
and practicable for the more ade-
auase protection OF her river system
PROVINCES that have hitherto had no
special provision for policing by
water patrol are to have their rivers
and other naugabie. channeIs. Inland
guarded alike for the suppression OF
piracy and also With a view to pre-
vent tie smuggling into the lpterior
Of arnb and munitions Of war
We notice that the provinces OF
Human and Hupet are 70 have
"provihcial admiral" under whose
3nrisdIctIon will be the charge OF
rlyerIne defense. Thus FAR in the
history, Of administration OF the EN-
plre this class OF ofnclals has, we
believe. held ofice only Ia the sea-
board provinces. When, however
the extent and excellence Of inland
waterways within the bounds OF the
provinces under consideration are
appreciated Il becomes clear that on
their proper control the fate OF the
country IN times Of emergency may
conceIvably depend.
Human Is drained by four rivers
which all empty into the Tung-ting
lake. A glance at any reliable map
will show that the basin Of these riv-
crs covers little less than half the
province and the fact that the river
Hsiang Chang and certain OF It's nu-
merous tributaries are nayigable for
cargo boats is significant I'm relation
20 facilities for easy transportation
between the Yangtse and all the
eastern part OF Human 70 the bord-
ers OF the province OF Kwang-tuns
To Judge OF the extended system.
some of It's ramiflcations, the Jour
ney across from the Kwang-tung
north river OF Llen-chau 70 a point
IN Human where naylgable stream
iH reached that connects with chan
nels by which the traveller may go
through To the Yangtso IS quite
practicable. and has been undertah
On recently with fair frequency by
persons bent on getting Views OF
three OF the finest provinces In
china.
As for Ilupel. province divided
by the Yangtse Int, southern ani
a northern part. the means OF trans
porlatlon Afforded by this river and
by the Han. which Joins the Yangtse
AT IIankOw. are among the marvel'
OF inland navigation We have ln-
dlcated some OF the circumstances
leading TO more careful and CON-
plete control OF these great water
ways. Other causes are presum-
ably To be sought In the tendency
recently manifested by western ma
tions 10 take upon themselves the
duty of patrolllng Chinese rivers.
Japan has been the last 10 intimate
an intention OF sendlrg war vessels
up the Yangtle, aud In view OF the
situation that now obtains between
these two countries the reasons for
proper control aud safeguarding OF
their avenues OF access 10 her terri
tory have received additional weight
aud Importance China Mall
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

cali Attorney-General Jackson's dec
laration in April: This is the worst
legislation that has ever been
passed." The sentiment OF the gem
eral public, any one of whom may
some day be a stockholder or depos-
ltor in a crippled bank, and whose
mare in the funds recovered can
no longer be taxed for the beneiit
Of political jobs, will be somewhat
dlfferent. OF one thing we may be
sure: the new law, thus vindicated
in its results. has come to stay.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20
Chicago subways Used for Refuse
nisDOsaI

THERE has just been placed In
operatlon in Chicago an electrically
operated disposal station for receiv-
ing ashes, dirt from excavations ana
refuse of all kinds, the handling OF
the material being by electric pow
er in the subways of the Illinois
Tunnel company. This station Is To-
Gated on the river, and the tunnel
cars as elevated will dump into
scow- which, In turn, convey the
refuse several miles out Into the.
lake. before dumping.
For years the excavation retuse
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

O O O, o 90 o o O O d q
O More men are "henpecked, !,
O by seemingly adverse circuu,- q
O stances than by their wives. o
O A little advertising may help D
O you to boss your own circunl. O
o stances.
O classification" Of your want 0
O ad. makes 1t as easy to find as 0
o your house. o.
q O o o 0 o o o o o 90
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

Tho annoancement ,hat the state
superintendent % banking. ae,lng a.
recelser In the Insolvency OF the
Home Raak oi RPoaklyn, has lla.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-07-20

OWE R
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Tho entire neld Of ,oieeee. no.
who're has there been such pros
ress a. in the science OF Optics
aud ,he FI,ung o. Glasses our
success in this iins &, due. In q
measure. 90 the tac, ,ha, We
srasp every aea merlivrlous llea,
We constantly seek 10 or.glaate
or follow rev methods OF excel.
leuoe sea, al. Ia any Nay aid US
Ia tAe practice Of Fl,iias Glasses.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10

see what it's got to do with tn pint We were discusssn'. You said ye'd gone gunnin' in the woods for fish, an up to date we aint heard anything like a bullet whizzin' through the air"
 That's because l ain't come to that part of my story yet" explained the captain. You're one of them fel lers that wants to git through before your finished, which ain't a thurro way O doin' business. No, I ain't never through till I'm done. 1 was goin' to say that as soon as we was able to go outdoors on tollable dry land, to look after the horses an cattle, we found a most surprisin' state O affairs in the woods. They was mostly tall pines. the kind ye made masts for schooners of in them days, an that is now used for telegraph poles an fiag-staffs. The water hadn't come up higher 'n half way to the top of 'em, but wherever | they had been under water there was a couple O fish of one kind or an l other caught on the sharp needles of l every branch. too far out to be ketched hold of by anybody climbin the trees, an too high up to be l reached by hand, or with an ordinary l pole. so we had to shoot 'em to ge, 'em off. l guess the old man an me must ha' bagged thousand of em be fore we got through,
 So ye see. Joe, now that ye've give me time t finish the story, that 1t has somethin' to do with the pint we was discussin', an that there Is cases where when ye say the woods is full O fishermen shootin' for sammon. or trout or some other inhabitant of the deep. y ain't so far out O the way after all"
 "Humph," calculated the postmas ter with shrug of his shoulders If l was justice O the peace, an was called upon to give ye time fol that story. I'd give ye 20 years, gol durned If I wouldn't"
 Dye mean to say ye doubt my word?" demanded the captain.
 No" said Joe, T don't doubt one O your words Every dod-gastet word O the bunch Is good one, an in common every day use by reppy table people. but when ye put em to getheri"
 Here the postmaster paused ant shook his head dubiously.
 When I put 'em together, what?' insisted the captain.
 They're a meenace to public nor ality." said the Postmaster, "an' .. such deserve ta be indicted"
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10
WILL AID MARRIAGE
PAcIFIc COAST BACHELORS FORM
 AFFINITY CLUB.
Scarcity of Maids Results in Society Which Plans to Import Women Organization to Pay
 Wedding Expenses.

Spokane, Wash.-Designed to solve the problem of the scarcity of mar | riageable young women in the island empire, the Spokane Affinity club has been organized in this city by 20 bach elors under 90 years of age.
 The society proposes to bring 5000
 young women into the Spokane coun
 try from the eastern states, find em
 ployment for them, and act as general
 sponsor. When any of the imported
 young women is convinced that she
 has found her soul-mate all marriage expenses will be borne by the club, in- eluding the license, the ministers fee, a wedding dinner and flowers.
 J. C. Power Brown, secretary of the Spokane mining brokers exchange, is president of the new society. The secretary and treasurer is Wallace A. McBurney, vice president and man. ager of the Falls City Lumber com pany, and the manager of the society is Cadwallader Jones, manager of the United States Steel and Equipment company.
 The membership is drawn from the best circles of Spokane society. AS a member must have property of value greater than s1,000, they are all eligible young men and entirely liable in case they find their affinity among the importations. Branches are to be instituted in every city and town of more than 500 inhabitants throughout the inland empire.
 Shortly after the organization of the club President Brown gave out the following statement:
 The purpose of the club is to in duce young women to come into this district. There is a scarcity of young women in the northwest, and the in land empire is no exception. I am not overestimating the fact when I say that 5000 women between the ages of 20 and 30 years could find good hus- bands and comfortable homes in Spo- kane alone. This may seem an ex- trayagant statement in city of nearly 100000 population, but the fact is that many more men than women have come into the city during the last Is months.
 The first step In the campaign to bring young women into the country will be to write to our friends and ac. quaintances in the old homes in the middle, western eastern, southern and New England states and eastern Can In @< tt. ', west, and then prevail upon them to write to their girl acquaintances. In that way chain system will be es- tablished and the problem finally solved
 Any man between the ages of 25 and 40, industrious and of good char acter, and possessed of at least 1000, or it's equivalent in realty, is eligible to membership in the club"
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10

tidal waves in South Ameriky-they wasn't bucketful O milk alongside O the water that flowed down the Ken nebee. an welt was twice as wet as any water that ever come out O
 the sea. Me an grandfather was out iu the field plowin when it come. an before We realized what was happenin' the waiter was up t our necks. Tn old man was a powerful old feller for a ninety-two year old, an he turns to me an says. Come along. sonny, git aboard your old grandfather's neck. an I'll swim ye home It's a leetle too swampy to do no more work to- day Ca climbed up his back an set astl addle of his shoulders, an the old man struck out for home When We got there the wat CT had rig up as high as the second floor, an l tell ye grandma was putty glad when she see us climbin' in the bedroom winder
 none the worse for our little swim
 Soon s he got me landed safe, th' old
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10

man dove fin again an swum over to
 the hen house. an lowed 1t back an
 fastened it with a rope to the brick
 chimbly. so's we wouldn't lose none O
 the poultry after which we set down
 an played peenuckle until dinner
 time. Grandmother d had the sense to move the kitchen stove upstairs, an enough kindlin' to keep the fires goin', an for three days we fed on spring chicken. I never thought I'd see the day when I'd had enough chicken ( eat, but on the beginnin O tn fourth day it sort O made me tired to have 1t brought on tn table agin, an I said so. guess l must ha' been one them spilled youngsters, because as socn as said that grandfather said he guessed he'd go foragin' for little variety"
 So he took the cat-boat, spose, that ys kep' in the cornf1eld, an went cruisin?" put In the Postmaster sar- castically.
 If was romancin might say that he did said the Captain calmly. But seein' as l am tellin' ye nothin' but what happened I'm goin' to stick to the facts. He took the door O the cloe's closet of the hinges, fastened couple O bed-slats an thole pins into the sides for oars, lanehed the door through the winder an rowed of to see what he could find Bimeby he came back again and said they wasn't nothln in sight. an he guessed we'd have to stick to chicken until the wat ters subsidized The words was hard ly out O his mouth when We heard a terrific floppin' goin' on out in the hall and. l gorry, when we went out to see what it was, goshed If we didn't see bustin' big sammon swimmin' around just over the staircase, an fghtin' like the dickens with a cou- pie of pick'rel. Tn old man bust into a nit O laughter, when he sees the fish an turning to grandmother he says, I guess ye must O left the back door open. Ma he says. The house Is full o fish An I gorry 1t was I never see such lot of em, or so many kinds O 'em all to oncet. There was pickrel, an sammon, an trout, an bass. an sturgeon till ye couldn't count em. an every mothers son of em as mad s hornet because they couldn't git out Ye see the old farm house had acted jest like net an
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10
First rate thank ye" said ths Gap.

First rate, thank ye," said ths Gap tain cheerfully.
 Are they still Twin on the sxcond floor?" said Si Wotherspoon.
 '"Oh mo-" replied the captain. At the end of the week the waiter sub sidized, an things resumed their nat eral course, but ye never see such a place as the first floor when the last drop O that freshet trickled out the back door. It was chock full O fish. We was putty nigh onto a week pick in 'em up. I guess there must ha' been GOO sammon averagin' eight pounds apiece in the parlor. The
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10
GIVES CANNON THE IRON GRIP
"6aby" Member with Viselike Hand
 shake, Makes Him Vince,

Washington.-A mild hammered and unathletic-looking young man is Rep resentative Harry Wolf of Baltimore. aged 27, the baby" of the present house, and who began life as a news. boy. He was introduced to Speaker Cannon.
 The speaker extended his hand Wolf took a good, firm grip on It. The speaker winced and pulled his hand away as quickly as he could. The fin. gers were in bunch and almost par. alyzed. The baby" member has a grip like wise and works it all the time without thinking.
 Young man. said the speaker rue. fully, as he shook the circulation back into his crushed paw, If you have a grip on your district like that Fm afraid l won't live to see another Re. publican elected from it.
The Forrest City times., 1908-01-10

after they'd swum in the back door, through the kitchen into the parlor, they couldn't find their way back They was ketched jest as sure as if they d swum into net. The only trouble was how we'd ketch 'em our selves. All our tackle was down stairs, but my grandmother was mighty inventive old lady considerin' her eighty-seven years, an 1t didn't take her long to fix matters sos we had all the fish we could eat She cut open one O tn pillars, an threw half a dozen feathers on the surface of the water, sos the fish would take em for flies, an when they rig for a snack, shed lean over the top step an ened on to the handle of warmth pan. On top O tat a half O dozen nice fat cartridges lookin' for a place to light flew in the winder an dropped exhausted on the foot O the bed. We'll sir, I never lived so high in all my life as we did that week Grand father'd married grandmother because
 
 county, an she lived up to her rep pytation that week l can tell ye. She roasted, billed and fried them part ridges. an the way she didn't serve up sammon, pike, trout an bass ain't been invented yet. Tn only thing We missed was our pie for breakfast, an l tell ye 1t come hard for awhile doin without it. When ye'd had a thing all your life, an it's suddenly cut out 1t gifts on your nerves a lit tie,"
 "P'tlc1arly coffee" put in Si Wotherspoon. T sh'd think ye'd ha missed your coffee more n the pie
 We would have" said the captain But ye see grandfather bein' frs, class swimmer-he'd been a logger for 90 years of his life, an what ht couldn't do in the waiter cant be did he dove downstairs into the kitchen an swum to where the coffee was grabbed canful of the dresser swum through the back door an come up with 1t sputterin' like a porpoist outside the house jest under the win der where grandmother was sittin waitin' for 1t. Of course we had tc do without milk an sugar. but after a couple O trials O pure coffee wt got to like 1t, an from that day tC this I ain't never used milk an sugar in mine. an as far es know, neither has my grandfather an my grand mother"
 q hope they're very we'll an en ioyin' good health" said the Postmas ] ter, gloonily.