Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-06-17

that the postal savings measure was
a menace. Genuine alarm was felt
by the savings bankers in conse-
'quence, although very few of them
familiarized themselves with the
measure or the experience with the
system in European countries, Can
ada, Japan, Australia and the Philip
pines. The Postal Savings Bank
League, with almost no campaign
funds, has continued a propaganda
in behalf of the measure which has
been given hearty cooperation by
newspapers throughout the country
regardless of politics or the pressure
brought in some cases by the Ameri-
can Bankers Association. The en-
.actment of the measure truthfully
may be said to be due to an unusual
degree to the newspapers of the
United States.
If you feel like flying, try the
Chicago-New York aeroplane race
which is free for all comers-all who
can best Darius Green by keeping an
airship up and going for at least an
hour. The date has not been settled
but will be prior to October 18 when
the international aero meet will be
held on Long Island. The start will
be from Chicago because the prevail
ing winds are eastward so Chicago
and vicinity will have many glimpses
of aviation. The prize will be $685.
O00- if the New York Times and
the Chicago Post succeed in raising
that sum. At least one woman pro-
poses to be a contestant, Miss Alice
Potter of Elgin, Ills, who has made
a reputation in long distance automo-
bile drives and who believes the
nerve necessary for that will serve
in flying. Orville Wright has shown
keen interest in this first long dis
tance aero contest. G. X. Hamilton
and his biplane will be in it. More
than score of aviators, some Of
them well-known candidates for hon
ors in the international meet will as
semble in Chicago aext fall for pre-
1iminary flights and strenuous tests
of their moters. within two years
the aviation game will have advanced
to a stage where every man who is
ce pable of riding a motorcycle wNl
be able to fly, that's how fast the
thing is progressing" was the declar-
alton made by L. L. Bernard of New
York, an aviation enthusiast who at
tended all of the big aero meets in
Europe last year.
The circus business has suffered
such a chill during this erratic
spring that Chicago parents were Of
fered an unprecedented opportunity
to snap up at bargain prices as
household pets the hippo, lions,
tigers, hyenas and other items of at
least one menagerie which was halt
ed and sold under the hammer to
satisfy creditors. The lions were
marked down. to 500 to 5000 and
perfectly good elephants to $500 to-
$4,000 The temperatures that have
prevailed for two months have kept
the theaters full, while the tracing
coasters" and other allUrements of
the amusement park have night after
oh oil hn
Lake Michigan breeze that has given
Chicago a reputation as a summer
resort has continued to suggest ice
in Mackinae Straits and the crowds
in the summer gardens have not
crowded so as to be noticeable. How
ever, the theaters have enjoyed 1t
and developed graft of more flag
rant variety than ever before. It.
has been found that nearly one-third
of the tickets for each performance
in the principal theaters of Chicago
these invariably for the best seats
are regularly issued by the man
ayers OF the downtown play houses,
with few exceptions, to the ticket
spectators OF the city. On each
ticket sold the theater receives a !
bonus of 25 cents over the regular
price. Brokers make the same prof
It, One form of ticket brokers alone
uses on an average 400 tickets a
week from each theater in the city. |
The profit in this instance, when ten
theaters are doing fair weeks busi-
ness, is $2,O0O-this amount above
the regular advertised price Of the
tickets being divided equally be-
tween theater managers and the
brokers'
Muskrat farming. so highly recon-
mended by Secretary Of Agriculture
Wilson recently. is being systemati-
cally followed in Chieago-not ia
the downtown district but in the en-
virons. in the Sag Valley. AS in the