Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-07-26
x-RAYS AND SMILES

A great deal OF the religion of
today consists in smoothly and scien-
tifically working people. It's work
the other fellow with all your might
from morning till night. Work your
father, work your mother-get the
best of one another; work your
neighbor weekdays and work the
Lord on Sunday.
The idea of the federal govern
ment sending out a bunch of big
salarled officials to tell shippers how
to pack fruit for the marketl Then
they solemnly tell the newspapers
the important thing is to keep Il
COOL And go on drawing salariesl
! Great scottl Uncle Sans experts
will next be telling the old barnyard
hens how to lay their eggs-at 80
much a layi
Everybody wishes the Oregon
Electric would run out to Liberty.
Those people will get carline some
day.
] One man is running the town of
Dexter. Iowa, purely as a business
proposition. That is nothing new.
Salem city. Salem school district, and
Marion county have been run that
way for years.
II left to a popular vote whether
the rain did more good than harm,
II would be decided In favor of the
rain by big majority
Jos. Jones, who was for many
, years a sergeant on the state house
|, force at Salem, has retained HIS
/, place on the police force at Portland
under Mayor Simon. Joseph kept
In under the stormy Lane admins
tration and has the kindly alert quail.
ties of a typical leader among met.
) ropolitan peace officers.
1Ae citizens OF Grove Hollow are
: to form an improvement club. Thai
neglected part OF Benton county will
! now come 20 the front. As usual
the ganders will probably do all tn,
talking.
One OF the best local papers W,
: get IL the ontario Optimlst. It Il
: full OF those interesting little iteml
that constitute the local history o
the growth of a community, and fa
y more Importance attaches TO tn,
: size Of big hens egg than interna
8 tional affairs.
Talk about flying machines, tn
telephone, or the man who lnvente,
J. sleep, the watermelon Is by Ear tn
noblest product OF civilization. Their
are no microbes in Il. You can
E make whiskey out OF Il. There /
:, no artificial substitute for Il. II need
h no protective tariff and requires n
cultivated taste 10 enjoy Il. Il
" as great a. feast to the barefoot bo
n as to the greatest millionaire. and h
n can get away with great deal NOR
/ Oh Il.
N Tip Humphrey. OF the Jefferson Rt
sr view, is a booster for the home bant
II lie says for an occasional donatlo
they would give Sunday concerts 4
the grove. There are some men 70
" tight To give a penny 10 support
band, but Tip Is not one OF that klnC
- some even expect To hear heaveni
music through all eternity and neve
~fop q cent In the contribution boz
n MISS Edna Dean Proctor, an al
4 legged poetess from Bostlng, vislte
:, Tacoma Saturday with the Nations
"a editorial Association and delighte
y, Tacomans by settling the controvers
v over Mount Rainier. Miss Edn
Dean Proctor says II should be oalle
Tacoma" and as a reason, says Nv
owe IL as a monument TO the In
dians." Now Edna can go back I
,r Bosting and tell Back Bay denizen
4 To change the name OF Bunker hi
D. TO Breeds" hill. I'VE owe Il as
"a monument to the American patriots.
IA
n The dictionary Is Invaluable In tab
ing the sting out OF harsh languag,
woman, a perfect lady too, In su