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Evening star., 1909-03-13

island is self-supporting 1t is not only
paying all OF It's running expenses but IT
has a surplus every year which We can
devote to public Improvement We in
tend to develop the island much as We
can and TO spend in Formosa the taxes
collected there. In addition 10 what |
have mentioned We have already estab-
lished "a system OF lighthouses about ths
coasts. We. have improved the principal
harbors.- have dug sewers and canals In
the chief cities and have established
eleven hospitals and schools for training
native physicians. The dredging OF thS
kelung harbor alone cost ono million dol
lars. and We have other works under way
and in contemplation which require large
expenditures. Altogether the island -
materially improving under our manage
ment.
As close this interview | sec a state
ment in the Taiyo. a japanese newspaper.
made by Mr.. lmai. one of the chief For
mosan officials. concerning the head hunt
ers. He says that the aborigines have
about half the land and that they num-
Der one hundred thousand. There are nine
tribes of them. divided up into thousands
of clans or families. each of which is in
dependent The most vicious of the tribes
is the Atayai. This tribe still practices
head hunting. Its members sally forth
upon the people of the lOwlands whenever
they can break through the lines and
bring back a head or so.
Mr. Imai says that they use the human
head as a sacrifcial offering at the time
of sowing mllet and that in marriage the
would-be bride seeks the man who has
taken the most heads. Indeed. the pos
session of human heads means influence,
wealth and authority for the owner.
This man says that the savages do not
like the Chinese. and that the head-hunt-
ing custom originated largely because the
Chinese have overrun the island and
taken the best lands The SayageS were
glad to see the Japanese come in. and
some Of the tribes - are quite docile.
Schools have been established among
them and men from certain tribes have
visited Japan.
Altogether it is doubtful whether Japan
has lost more men in handling her saN-
ages than we have lost with ours at the
Philippines Since 1895 there have been
fourteen big fights and several thousand
skirinishes. In these 2S2 japanese and
about :t.o0o friendly Formosans have been
killed. while about S2,o00.OO0 has been
spent in defending the boundary line.
This line runs along the third mountain
range. and there five or six men i'm
each guardhouse. The houses were for
nerly rooted with thatch. but the savages
set them on fire with burning arrows.
and they are now covered with sod The
aborigines have firearms and are excel
lent shots They are becoming more
and more quiet and it is believed that
they will eventually be civilized.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1909-03-13

high standing which it formerly held
in the American market The chief va
riety is known as Oolong. 1t was first
sent to America in 1867 when it was
worth more than a dollar pound. The
annual exports now amount to about
IL 100000 pounds, of which Oolong con-
stitutes about one-third of the whole L
understand the tea is very popular in
America. and that its sale there might
be still greatly increased"
How about the camphor monopoly?
understand that Japan supplies the world
with that drug
THAT is true and ii is also true that
most of the supply comes from Formosa.
Within the past year or so scomphor for
ests have been discovered in China, and
there is prospect of competition from
that country. AT present we have a mo-
nOpoiy of the worlds trade and the gov
ernment has control of the manufac
ture and sale in order to protect the in
dustry. When we took possession of the
island we found the camphor business in
a precarious state. No efforts We're made
spare the trees and the crudeSt meth
DDS were employed in the manufa cture.
Now factories have been established in
Formosa and Japan. and the most of the
product goes abroad. either direct OF
through japanese ports. 1t used to so by
way Of Hongkong.'
'HoW much camphor does the world Use
in a year,"
About S.OOO.OOO pounds Our revenue
from 1t amounts to in the neighborhood of
S3,iO0OOO a year. We restrict the pro-
duction according to the demand and
are thus enabled to keep up the prices
The camphor trees of Formosa are said
to cover an area OF manySquare miles
and proba bly,. have enough TO supply
all that the world will need for a century
to come.
The conversation here turned to the
opium question. The Japanese do not
allow opium to be used anywhere except
in Formosa. None is smoked in Japan
proper and the authorities believe that
they have adopted policy which will
eventually wipe out the practice in For
mosa. This policy was largely originated
by Baron Goto. who is noted as a phys-
clan and as a sanitary scientist as well
statesman Said he:
Il had had much to do with opium
pa atients prior to lny going to Formosa,
and / knew that 1t was Il physical i'm
possibility to successfully prohibit the
opium smoking among those who had
been addicted to the habit for years. In
deed. it is almost impossi ible to stop the
use of the drug even when the man him
self is anxious to do so. The only way
to handle the situation it seemed To me
to have a registered list of those
addicted to the practice and to have a
certain amount of opium sold through
the governmen to them by Ii
cenSed officials. II is crime TO sell
opium to those who are not SO registered
Evening star., 1909-03-13

rope. and now. in spite of the opposition
of those who hated its prurent plot it
has swept in victory across the United
States. Electra is claiming musical
Europe.
And the result is that the composer is
ION the way 10 be the richest man who
ever gained his wealth by giving the
world it's musical art.
Mr Strauss has no false ideas on the
subject of art and business. Tn his
shrewd mind there is nothing about them
that cannot be united. He is willing to
give 20 the world the protoundest in
spirations of his muse. but in his CON
ception every note must be literally a
golden note to be paid for at the highest
market price.
matter what the rnceints from the uro-
ductors of his forks may be. one thir~
is ever certain that Strauss himself will
nc' fan to profit richly.
Ills leading Worfc. excluding the NO
latest sensations "Salome" and "Eler-
ira. are already big sources Of rev"n-n
~" has made from 'FuersnOt' and -ha
"Sinfon'a Domestic more r'onev than
Peethovep ever made from all his svnl-
nhonies tho grandest known specimens
% pure music.
Rut what these works have Welded iS
only dron in the bucket compared to
what is assured from he two sao~q-
uonal operas that are now cOmrlandine-
sHch close attention in the capitals of
the old and the new world.
ln the first year of "Salome's' intro
ductton TO the sage Strauss only got
from 1t in royalties about $1,5no \
number of far-sighted managers saw
that the work was destined to make its
way and that eventually it would be
source of big revenue. Offers were made
Ia Strauss TO purchase il outright and
in davs of old this would have been ac-
compished. for the composer bu siness-
man had not then developed
But 100000 outright didn't appeal to
Strauss. He decided that there were
still greater rewards to be made by walt
ing. and the wisdom of his decision IS
shown in the fact that this wears roy-
alties on ''Salome" will net him S25, 600
and the sum is certain to grow for not
less than five years more.
Electra has been snapped ND by
every opera house in Europe for the
public is crazy to hear everything from
the muse of The most noted of living
masters of the orchestra.
In New York the contention between
the Manhattan and Metropolitan opera
houses 10 get Electra for the sea son
Evening star., 1909-03-13
COncelflinu
Well-knOWn peODIQ,.
THE ATTRACTIVE TITLE.

HARLES NJ. SCHWAB. at a dinner in
- New York, denied the claim of Lon
don Truth that in the marriage mark ct
American men were at discount.
1T is true" said Mr.. Schwab. that a
good many of our heiresses marry for
eignerS. but they don't marry them as
men: they marry them as titles
Once. in Monte Carlo, a lady said to
me:
It's pity that Sallie Bangs. The
Oshkosh heiress. doesn't find out the true
character of that wicked Prince Cham
pisnOn she's gone and soi engaged to.
Sally used TO read man like book
Maybe said ]. she's satisfied in
this case 10 read only the title
Evening star., 1909-03-13

to make the use 'of the Japanese language
prevalent throughout the island. We
have a central language school at Taipeh
In order to teach Japanese to the natives
and the native languages to the Japa-
nese. This school has a normal branch
which is training Japanese teachers for
the native primary schools. 1t has Il tan
guage branch where students are trained
for the civil service. We have railway
and telegraph sections. We have also
some schools for japanese children and
some for native girls. We have estah-
lished primary schools for native children
all over the island and they are largely
attended,
SIS Japan spending much money on
FormOsa?"
Not now replied Baron Goto. The
Evening star., 1909-03-13
A WRONG READING.

DR. c. II. PARkHURST, the eloquent
- New York clergyman, at recent
banquet said of charity:
Too MANY of lis, perhaps, misinterpret
the meaning of charity as the master mis-
interpreted the scriptural text.
This iuaster.ea pillar of the western
church. entered in his journal:
The scripture ordains that If a man
take. away thy coat let him have thy
cloak also Today, having caught the
hostler stealing my potatoes. | have CIV
en- him the sack. :,
Evening star., 1909-03-13

that the composer has made with his
publishers assures him a big proportion
of the return from these compositions.
Moreover: the composer is also con-
nected with the Berlin Royal Opera
House. i'm the capacity of general musi-
cal director. for which he receives an
o,her 5000 per year.
The concert tours of Strauss have also
netted him. big returns. for all over the
world the public Of music is eager to see
the maker of works that have delighted
in some cases and as.ounded in all.
From all sources 1t is a fair estimate
that Richard Strauss in one year makes
hundred thousand dollars from his
works, a greater sum than Beethoven
Evening star., 1909-03-13

HE day for the
starving musical
genius is over.
Richard Strauss
has abolished il.
The noted COM
poser of 'Salome,
Electra and other
sensational works
is setting the world
OF art an eXa mple
in financial skill.
Beethoven, Mo
Evening star., 1909-03-13
\ r

LdFE. v dener, muSlCIdNS dNtIeIII OF H1OU-
ern may we'll look with envy at this
marvellous German, who combines in his
own personality the curiously antaSo-
nized traits OF musical genius and busi-
ness mastery.
Strauss can write great music. The
Evening star., 1909-03-13
Il RICHARD STRAUSS IS THE JOHN D.

DICHARD STRAUSS, COMPOSER OF THE SEN
IN SATIONAL "SALOME' AND "ELECTRA." REP
RESENTS A NEW IDEA IN MUSIC-NO STARVING
GENIUS IN THE GARRET FOR HIM-HE is AS
GREAT BUSINESS MAN AS HE IS MUSICIAN
HE GETS ROYALTIES TO THE EXTENT OF So 5000
YEAR FROM "SALOME" AND 1T IS SAID THAT
"ELECTRA" WILL GO FURTHER IN PROFIT
YIELDING.
Evening star., 1909-03-13

WANT to tell you
what the japanese
are doing in For
mosa. Uncle Sam
Is much interested
in that island. and
Secretary Taft re-
Gently sent a COM
mission of the War
Department to go
through 1t and re-
port to him with a
view TO improve
Evening star., 1909-03-13

TER TRUNK RAILROAD AND HOW 1T WAS
! BUILT-A BIG ELECTRIC SCHEME-THE
CAMPHOR MONOPOLY AND ITS POSSIBILITIES
HOW FORMOSA MANAGES THE OPIUM EVIL
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PEOPLE-THE HEAD
HUNTERS AND HOW. THEY ARE CONTROLLED.
Evening star., 1909-03-13
TOXIC. 1909.

Copyright. 1909 by Frank G. Carpenter9
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
TnIyIO 1000
Evening star., 1909-03-13
COMPOSER STRAUSS AND HIS SON AT PLAY.

of 1910 was so keen that Oscar Hammer
stein paid 5000 as a preliminary guar
antee for a season OF thirty perform
anceS.
1t is reasonable expectation that
from the first season Electra will pro-
duce for Strauss not less than 100000 per
year. and the sum in the natural course
of events is likely 20 grow till 1t gets to
the $50 OC0-a-year mark
The songs of Strauss are also big
source of profit. and they have a big
sale all the year round. The bargain
Evening star., 1909-03-13

ments in our policy iii managing the
Philippines. Japan got Formosa at he
close of its war with China, just about
five years before the Philippines came to
us. The island was then in the throes of
rebellion. and 1t was looked upon as about
the poorest piece of property in the far
east 1t had practically been offered to
France and Great Britain and refused. Its
habitantS We're thought to be only pi-
rates and savage head hunters. mixed
with the lowest grade opium smoking
Chinese, and il was turbulent to an ex-
treme. 1t was. If anything. in a worse
condition than the Philippines when we
took hold of them. After the island was
Ceded to the Japanese they had TO fight
their way from one end of Ii to the other
TO conquer it. and they kept military
establishment there for five or six years
-
~ The same. time they began to make
Improvements and to reorganize the coun-
try. The island was put under a. civil ad-
ministration within less than two years
after it's requirement. and now at the end
of thirteen years it is fixed part of the
Japanese empire. paying it's own financial
expenses and rapidly improving along the
lines of modern civilization. In these
letters of mine on the awakening of Asia
II is thus fitting that at least one should
be written Oh the awakening of For
mOSa.
In order-to tell You how this nation
Of savages and semi ha rbarianS mas
been quickened into modern life
called this morning on Baron Shimpef
Goto at his official residence near the
ShinbaS Shi railroad station here in To-
kio Baron Goto is now one of the cab
met of the emperor. He is the minis
ter of communications: and as such has
charge of the railways telegrdphs,
shipping and other transportation prob
Evening star., 1909-03-13

'AS to rice, we are trying to improve
the product in quantity and quality The
people are now raising two crops a year
in most parts of the island. We expect to
better the tea also and give back 10 it the
Evening star., 1909-03-13

Pointing to the model, Baron Goto
spoke of big electric proposition which
may be carried out in the future Said
he:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17

Tickling, tight coughs can be
surely and quickly loosened with {.
prescription druggists are dispensing
everywhere as DR.. Shops Cough
Remedy. And it is so very diffec-
ent than common cough medicines.
No opium, no chloroform, absolute
ly nothing harsh or unsafe. The
tender leaves of a harmless, lung
healing mountainous shrub gives
the the curative properties to DR..
Snoop's Cough Remedy. Those leaves
ave the power to calm the most dis
essing cough and to soothe and
cal the most sensitive bronchial
embrane. Mothers should, for safe
tvs sake alone, always demand Dr.
Shops. 1t can with perfect free
dom be given to even the youngest
babes. Test it for yourself and see.
Sold by Capital Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17

Mrs. Louie Hite. 42s outlen st.,
DanVilel. ILL.,, writes. October LIST:
"Foley's Kidney Pills started me on
the road 10 health. was treated by
four doctors. and took other kid
ney remedies but grew worse. and
was unable to do my housework,
and the doctor told me could only
live from two to six months. am
now so much better that do all my
own work. and shall be glad 10
tell any one afhicted with kidney or
bladder trouble the good results !
received from taking Foley's Kidney
Pills" Commence today and be well
Do not risk having Bright's Disease
or Diabetes. j. g. Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17
THE MARKETS

San Francisco. Nov. 17.-Good to
choice California club, $1.771h.@
1.s215; Australian, $1.9O@2; So
nora, S1.S502; Northern wheat,
bluestem, S1.S215 @1,90; club, ST.
723s Oils; Turkey, $1.SO@1.90,
Russian red, $1.7O@1.72M.
Barley-Feed, S1.45@1.46A; fan
cy, $1.471S common to fair, $1.4O
@1.4215 brewing and shipping,
$1.4S& @1.50; fancy, $1.51A.
Eggs-Per dozen, including cases:
Extras, 54c; firsts, 45c; seconds,
soc; thirds, 2Sc; storage, extras, SIC
Butter-Per pound: Extras, SSc,
firsts, S01Sc; seconds, 29c; storage,
extras, soc; do, ladies, 251hc; do,
firsts, 25c.
New cheese-Per pound; New
California flats, 1Sc; firsts, 16Mc;
seconds, 15c; California Young Amer
lea. fancy, 19c; firsts, 17c; Eastern
Oregon, 17c; do, New York singles,
19c; do, Daisies, 1914; do, Young
America, 1880.
PotatOes-Per GENITAL: River
whites, 65 a soc in sacks, with some
Choice stock higher; Salinas, $1.15
a 1.35; Oregons, 90c@$1; sweet
potatoes, in crates, $1fb1.25; in
sacks, 1c per pound.
Onions-Yellow, S0@90c.
Oranges-Per box: New navels,
$2.50@3; do, Tangerines, $1@1.75;
Valencias, $2.75 q $50.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17
ALDERMEN
To HAVE
POWER
To Order Repairs and Expend
Street Funds in Their
Respective Wards.

To give the suburban wards lit
tie something for their money this
coming year, the following ordi-
nance was prepared, and as it only
asks that half the money paid into
the city treasury from each of these
wards shall be spent in them il
ought to find no trouble in passing
To Give Aldermen Authority.
Mr.. Hofer introduced the follow
ing:
Ordinance in relation to the con-
struction and repair of streets and
sidewalks in the City of Salem, Or
egon.
Section 1. That hereafter one
half (h) of the money collected
for the City of Salem, Oregon, for
road poll tax and one-half of the
money collected for the purpose of
maintaining, making, repairing and
keeping up streets in said city shall
be expended by the two aldermen
from each ward and in the ward in
which they are elected in proportion
to the amount of revenue collected
from each ward for the purposes
above named.
Section 2. Hereafter the al
dermen of the ward for which they
are electedS shall be empowered to
direct the owners of property to
construct and repair sidewalks
where it is deemed advisable and to
direct the street commissioner to
repair and construct crosswalks
where needed and supervise the re-
pair and construction of the same. /"
Read twice and referred to COM
mittee on ordinances.
At present a sidewalk cannot be
built Or repaired or a crosswalk put
in without bringing the matter be-
fore the whole city council, having
it referred to the street committee
or the city attorney or the street
commissioner or the city engineer.
There is so much red tape and fuss
over a little matter that it some
times takes year to get sidewalk
down or a crosswalk put in or a
little street or sewer repair made.
The object of the ordinance is
to give the aldermen a little author
ity in their own wards and a little
control over the money of the peo-
pie they represent. 1t will be
claimed that a highly centralized
power is needed to carry on such
work and repairs legally, but the
cold fact remains that the suburban
wards get back little of the money
they pay into the city treasury and
their aldermen have to keep up a
constant fight to get any improve
ments made 1t is the opinion of
the author of the bill that it should
pass
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17
Good Cough Medicine for Children
and Grown Folks, Too.

I'VE could hardly do without
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy" says
Mrs. Flora Despair, of Bloyd, Ky.
81 found it to be so good for the
Group and have used 1t for years.
can heartily recommend 1t for coughs
colds and Group in children and
grown folks, too" The above shows
the implicit confidence that many
mothers place in Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. a confidence based
on many years experience in the use
of It. No one need hesitate to use
this remedy for It contains no chlor-
oform, opium or other narcotics and
may be given to a child as confident
ly as to an adult. For sale by all
good druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17
INTESTINAL INDIGESTION
A Form of Dyspepsia Usually Result
ing From the Inability to Digest :.
Starchy Foods.

There are agreat many persons
who are victims of what is known as
intestinal indigestion, disease which
is due to the fact that the starchy
foods are either partly digested or
not digested at all, and the result of
this trouble may be either an obsti-
nate constipation ar persistent diar-
rhoea.
This Inability to digest starch is
called "amylaceous dyspepsia, dis
ease which is much in evidence.
Americans are notoriously poor di-
gesters of starch, and as starchy
foods, such as potatoes, rice, bread,
etc, are digested entirely in tn small
intestine, and not inthe stomach prop
er, as is generally supposed, it can be
readily seen how intestinal indiges-
tion will usually produce diarrhoea.
In the small intestine the pancre-
attic juice acts upon the starches and
ordinarily, in state of health, pos
sesses the power of converting them
into grape sugar and dextrine. Starch
must be so transformed before it can
be of use to the animal being. Re-
naming as unchanged starch it
either passes through the alimentary
canal, and proves a useful burden to
the system, because it resists absorp-
ton, or in cases of intestinal indiges-
ton, the food products becoming
acrid through qualification, which Of
of the intestine, resulting in diar-
rhoea
In a complaint of this character
many persons use paregoric, Squibb's
ch and tannin to relieve the
diahhroea, all of these remedies be-
ing powerfully astringent, and they
stop the trouble suddenly, locking
up the morbid secretions, throwing
the toxic intestinal poison back on the
system, and often causing death
through auto-intoXication.
STURART'S DYSPEPSIA TAB
LETS contain among other powerful
digestives, a substance called dias-
tase, which thoroughly digests every
particle of starchy foods nj the small
intestine, and prevents the possibility
of intestinal indigestion, no matter
how excessive may be the amount of
food eaten.
These tablets also contain calcium
carbonate, which is a mild though
effective sub-astringent, and which
relieves and cures the diarrhoea by
easy stages. 1t does not act with
such suddenness as would cause poi
soning of the system, but on the con-
trary, by its antiseptic properties, ali
toxins, intestinal indigestion and di-
arrhoea, are destroyed.
Not only are the starch 9s digested
the uIc of Stuart's Dyspepsia a)lo.s,
but tin ough the action of othet in
gr.G orts they contain aIbumnr.is
f..r ds ''ke meat and eggs arr also -
gHEl2d. Thus they cure ini nstiun
of any kind. Buy UanEaSs from
your druggist today for so cents ami
send us your mama ana address fer
free sample package Address +. A.
Stuart Co., $50 StUar; big Ma
shall, Mich.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17
State of Ohio, City of Toledo
Lucas County

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he senior partner of the firm of #.
j, Cheney & Co., doing business in
the City of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will
pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS for each and every case
of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and inscribed
in my presence, this 9th day of De-
cember, A. D., 1885.
(SeaD A. w. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17

Read the pain formula on a box
of iPnk Pain Tablets. Then ask
your doctor If there is a better one.
Pain means congestion-blood pres
sure somewhere. DR.. Shops Pink
Pain Tablets check head pains, wo-
manly pains, pains anywhere. Try
one, and see! 20 for 25c. Sold by
Capital Drug Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17

Lots of money wasted on ads.
Mr.. Hoch, advertising manager for
Meyer & Frank, Portland, says he
uses only the local papers. He cuts
bill boards. bridges. calendars, pro-
grams and anything else.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-11-17

Do not howl and gnaw your fin
gers after the holiday trade is over
and half your stock is on your
shelves if you have not used the
Capital Journal to tell people what
you've got to sell.