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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01

The County Commissioners Court
of Marion county transacts a busi-
ness of about $150,O00 per annum.
This court is composed of County
Judge VIM. Bushey. and County
Commissioners w. II. Goulet and ].
T. Beckwith. Judge Bushey and
Mr.. Beckwith are both farmers,
while Mr.. Goulet has also had con-
siderable experience in farming, and
has for many years managed liv-
cry business at Woodburn. The
people were very fortunate in the
selection of these gentlemen, and es-
pecially in having secured VIM.
Bushey for county Judge. Mr.
Bushey is not only familiar with the
needs of the farming population, but
was for many years a civil engineer
and county surveyor. He has a prac-
tical knowledge of road and bridge
building that is very valuable to the
tax payer. 1t is doubtful if there
is in all the thirty-four counties of
the state better balanced county
court than this one. Under the Ore
gon constitution the county Judge is
also probate judge, and has original
jurisdiction in certain classes OF
cases
The Office of county clerk has
been filled for the past four years
by R. D. Allen, who collects fees
and licenses to the amount of about
$4,000 a year. His son, Dan Allen,
a bright young member of the legal
profession, is his deputy. The other
deputy is Stanley Culver.
Harry p. Mimic is sheriff of Mar
ion county. He was the choice of
the people for this position under
the direct Primary Law, and was Sc
lected for his natural fitness and
splendid qualifications, and it would
be hard to make the voters and the
tax payers believe that there is any
better material in the country for
this position. With the assistance OF
his competent deputies, VIM. Esch
and w. 1. Needham. The sheriff Of
flee has this year cleaned up the tax
roll of 1901 900.
The Office of county assessor has
been filled for the past five years
by Fred M. Rice, and by act of legis-
lature his second term will not be
concluded until January, 1913. He
also employs thirteen deputies and
for the present year his assessments
will show an increased valuation for
Marion county of over a million and
half dollars. Property in Marion
county is assessed at nearly it's full
cash value, and this reform was
brought about by Mr.. Rice, as prior
TO his occupancy of this Office val
uations were on a basis of from
one-third to one-half values.
The public schools of Marion
county are looked after by Supt.
Walter M. Smith, who was first APP
pointed by the county court and af-
forwards nominated and elected by
the people. He is now serving on
his first term His deputy is Miss
Mary Henningsen. The Office col
lects quite a large amount of fees
which are placed in the education
fund of the county. Mr.. Smith is
doing a great deal to improve the
conditions of the country school and
is a champion of industrial educa-
ton, the great reform which is go
ing to give our country an improved
standard of citizenship.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01

are nine carriers on rural routes,
seven city carriers, nine clerks. and
two janitors employed, making a to-
tai of twenty-seven employees, be-
sides the postmaster and Mr.. John
H. Farrar, his assistant. The mails
between the postofflce and the Sonth-
ern Pacific thains are carried by
Thomas Andersen. The rural carri-
ers cover two hundred and sixteen
miles daily, serving 1877 families,
leaving only thirteen on all their
routes without daily service.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
Apartment Houses on State
Street

The Western Land Company,
Charles L. McNary, Henry w. Mey-
ers and DR.. T. M. Smith, ineorpora-
torss is planning on taking speedy
action toward the construction of a
handsome three-story apartment
house on the property adjoining the
Methodist church, State street.
1t is estimated the apartments
will be erected at a cost of $4,000
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
PoStoffiCe Business Indicates
the Growth of Salem

The New Years Capital Journal is
indebted to Postmaster Squire Far
rar for some interesting statistics
showing the growth of the postofice
business in the capital city of Ore
gon. The total receipts for the year
1900 were $17,397. For 1908 they
were $43,653. For the year 1909
the business will run up to $48,O0O
in round numbers. At present there
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01

for the Wallace estate; new build
ings and repairs at the Asylum cot
tage farms to the amount of $1O,-
600; pressed brick building for
the 1. o. o. F.. lodge at Junction
City, $4,000; $4,000 residence
for John w. Mimic. Nothing too
big nor too small for this firm and
they solicit the patronage of intend
ing builders.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
What One Successful Con-
tracing Firm Has Done

Here is the story of what the con-
tracing firm of Denison & McLaren
have done the past year in the way
of erecting new buildings. A
$3,5O0 modern house for Mrs. Jen-
ME Kyle; a $1,000 brick warehouse
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
Sacred Heart Academy

This Catholic institution conducted by the Sisters of the
Holy a pride the capital city. 1t
established
of graduating o
the capacity the ortysxth anniversary
it's To idea of time flies be
President Catch
Professor Powell handling the destiny Willamette
University While the school has been enlarged and its plant inn
the the tuition
the the day opened The Sisters conduct frstass
boarding school, having thirty students
all of the state The dormioTe provide private beds for
There
permitted The Acad
it's musical department which is supplied
pianos hryfve students in
culture instrumental In the high school department
chemical laboratories Palmer method
of penmanshp and illustration employed The most modern
educational methods in each department secular
teachers employed Miss Mulky in the primary department
Miss Chisholm teacher with the
further information Sister Sacred
Heart Academy Salem, Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-01-01
Salem the Home of the Foremost
Brands of Baking Powder

a
enterprises articles this
ion of the state supplied by manufacturers This
especially
and leading industry in manufacturing important
conducted G.. Eppley whose brands
of baking powder enjoy extensive local and outside trade
The Eppley Baking Powder plant has long enjoyed the dis
ncon being without sanitary app
in this the requisite
supplying
the food demand
AS if forcibly upon the sani
the Bppley
brands baking
jars ceany only attraction in
itself useful housewife
since they be used fruit reeptace being made in the
regulation sizes which the putting
But it is not only the packing of the baking powder that
visiting
that everything
that putting the baking the market
Eppley himself Nearly the
the the business manufactured right
the that forth to the
with the of purity behind it, it
sured fact that the product is just represented.
With all been devised by Mr.
Eppey for the manufacture of the powder it cost the consumer
advertised the highest
the question the
itself
peal people, If any, the
ket today
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
HOUSE RECLAMATION
PLAN Is ADOPTED

Washington. June 25.--The house
conferees won their fight for the house
provision in the bill authorizing the is-
suance Of $40, 100000 worth OF certifi-
Gates OF Indebtedness for the compile
ton OF reclamation projects, on which
it is proposed to spend the money as
raised. They made the concession,
however, that the provision be modi-
fed 80 that the power Of approving
projects rest upon the president alone.
The house provision would have re-
quired the approval Of the army en-
gineers.
The senate opposed turning over to
the army engineers the work Of ex-
amiping and approving projects On the
ground that many Of the projects had
been developed to q point where they
must be continued according to the
original plans or an Of the money IL
ready Invested would be lost.
An EFFORT to reconcile the differences
was made At the White House when
the president had the colaferees Il
He proposed that the oues-
ton Of having the projects examined
BY the army engineers ~ left to ~
Of the executive. and the
genate cOnferees were willing to ~.
sept this suggestion. sE
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
NOT TALKING
POLITICS PUBLICLY

New York, June 25.-"I don't know
that l shall ever make another politi-
cal speech" said Theodore Roosevelt.
The colonel had just popped out of
his editorial Office late in the after.
noon, his collar wilted and his face
red from the heat. He saw group Of
interviewers and stopped. They told
him his first political utterance was
awaited with the greatest interest
and when, please, would he make it..
Il have no idea when shall make a
political speech" he replied. II shall
make no speech of any kind for two
months, and my first speeches in Kan
sas City, Cheyenne, Milwaukee and
Chicago will have nothing to do with
politics. don't know that shall ever
make another political speech"
What! Never?" some one ex-
claimed.
II don't say never" he corrected.
II simply don't know
But, speech or no speech, confer
ences will continue.
Clifford Pinchot and James r. Gar
field, former secretary of the interior,
went to Oyster Bay with him that
night.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
Minor Happenings
of the Week

The International Congress OF
Chambers of Commerce has accepted
by reclamation an invitation to hold
the session of 1912 in Boston.
The battleship Idaho made the best
target record in the American navy
at this years practice performances,
and will hold the honor for the ensu-
ing year. The Idaho's score was 46.126.
The South Carolina was second with
42.5S6.
Federal regulation and control of
railroad stock and bond issues was ad-
vocated by Attorney General Wicker
sham in an address before the Illinois
Bar association. He argued that con-
gress is constitutionally empowered to
exercise such control.
The largest gathering of Indians
ever assembled in Manitoba will be
held at Portage la Prairie on July rs
and will continue for three days, the
same date as the annual fair. 1t is
estimated that at least there will be
1000 Indians in attendance.
The House conferees have receded
from their disagreement to the Senate
amendment to the campaign publicity
bill, and the act will provide for pub
LEGATION of contributions after cleo
tions. Senator Burrows made report
to the Senate and it was adopted.
The Interstate Commerce Commits
sion decides that it has no authority
over railroads and steamship lines in
Alaska. The commission holds that
Alaska is not territory of the United
States in the sense in which the
phrase is used in the acts regulating
interstate commerce.
New Yorks east side is facing an
other big strike. Between $4,000 and
10000 men and women cloakmakers
have quit work and the union leaders
declare that the number will be in
creased next week to $4,000. The
strikers demand shorter hours and 20
per cent increase in wages.
Postmaster-Genera Hitchcock has
been notified by the postal administra
ton of Greece that the transmission
in the mails of letters or packages
containing money was prohibited by
the law of that country. The law pre-
scribes a penalty to be inflicted upon
the addressers of letters or packages
sent in contravention of the law.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
MONUMENT At SEATTLE +
FOR JOHN ERICSSON

Seattle, June .27.--At Fortuna park
yesterday afternoon, when Oliver T.
Erickson, the manufacturer, made the
first announcement of the organization
of the John Ericsson Memorial Assoc
citation, which will build $4,000
monument on some downtown public
location to the noted Swedish inven-
tor of the Monitor, whose influence,
more than any other single circum-
stance, served to turn the tide of civil
war upon the seas. The occasion was
the celebration OF midsummer, the ma
tional Swedish annual festival. The
committee which win have charge Of
the Ericsson memorial ahairs is com.
posed of @. J. Erickson, Carl ,. Smith,
]. e. Chilberg. John Ostrom, Otto Rose.
leaf, Nels Lewis and Johann Egardh.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
DEPARTMENTAL HEADS
FOR STATE FAIR CHOSE"

North Yakima, June 27.-Tne ="
lowing list Of departmental heads ~
the state fair in this city this 1an ~ -
tains many names of prominent IT. ast
and women in their line: Horses e.
tie. sheep and swine, G. M Klcna' ~
Seattle; agriculture, William = rs :
renee, Puyallup; fruit, Proi. v,
Thornber, pullman; collective c0un; ~
w. II. Lawrence; plants, culinary =. =
venile and art, Miss Sue LonD q
North Yakima; educational. Len s;,e.
Dewey. Olympia: made in Was sants
ton, . i. II. Henry, Prosser; s'u = w..
stock Judging contest, William !,
Donald, Pullman; bees ana u.rry
King Glover, Mabton; poultry, aose
b. Coilief. Tacoma; butter and cu ssst.
scoring contest, u w. Hanson North
tie: machinery, ". a: White, 1ohn
Yakima: speed, harness division I'M.
Pace. North Yakima; speed a.cou-
division. Robert r. Leighton, sa1 rohn
YER amusements and attractions, 'S sae
pace: children's flower show, Mls y i and
Lombard; lecture course, parau ss,ma;
Judges, ]. s. Ixloeber, North J NV. 70
I,tlch ccw test, IN q! ni 4 ssy,.ttle.
mans day Ars Smith De wee. o'
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
SUBMARINES TO BE
CONSTRUCTED AT SEATTLE

Seattle, June 27.-The construction
of three more submarines, the con-
tracts for which have just been let by
the United States navy department,
will bring more work to Seattle ship
yards.
The contracts provide for four YES
sells, one to be built by the Lake Tor.
pedo Boat Company. of Connecticut,
and three by the Electric Boat Com.
pany, OF New York, the former to be
built in the East and the three latter
in the West.
The Electric Boat Company now has
two submarines under construction at
the Moran shipyards. The cost OF the
boats just contracted for will run from
$432, 900 to $475,0O0 each.
C.. b. Lamont, of the Electric Boat
Company, said at his office in the MO
ran Company's plant: Il have not
been notified where the three boats
will be built by our company, but PROB
ably the work will be divided between
Seattle and San Francisco. The ap
preparation for these submarines was
authorized in March a year ago.
TN addition, the naval bill, WHICH
has been passed by. both houses pro-
viles for four more submarines ana .
collier, all to be built on this coas''
which will mean very important WON
for the ship builders OF the west DC
attic ship builders. are sure to get az
important part Of the work.
The amount Of construction oeciu..
on by the navy will mean the expenon
ture in the West of nearly S4'0oVO''
for new war craft.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
eEFusE TO REDUCE
NEW PULLMAN aA,..

Washington, June a5
q. q tne application for a reb ass report
the case involving a reducti Susa a. Of
ing car rates, the interstate' a oo y sleep.
commission sharply critics. commerce
man Company for not subm u sae Pull.
case. Aacts In thu
Two days go it was ann
the e commission that while raSssl. by
q tne LOTUS cases against tuhu a
man Company and the Grea treat s NE Pull
r 1s would be granted, no ,'s s,.a
the order Of the commission ~ va s'sy in
allowed. The order is T. ho would be
fective July /. ooome ct
Companies Criticised.
The commission in ITO az
issued today points out that tha report
OF the commission were ~ ofoers
March is. 1910, after an inva msoe %
extending over a period of 'lsatloa
three years, yet the carriers inr nesfl!
the Pullman Company and tho s' Wv
Northern Railroad comn. ufeat
commission declares, "have Seen a :.
remain quiescent until within . !. ! %
days of the time when tho no.. lev
their terms are to become owa' .s Oy
The commission criticises the m.s,
obs OF the carriers in this fashion r'''lF
Specifies Complaints
This method Of procedure !, :.
satisfactory, and, since the MO-, NV
ings before the commission nerts 'seu
as matter of great importanoo NC,
wide publicity, appears to be Will. guy
adequate excuses. Nevertheless v :"
commission would now susnend t tse
operation of the orders until sncb ~; 'A'
as the additional evidence referred ~
could be introduced and passed una ~
II convinced that such evidence von,d
show the pertinent circumstances an s
conditions to be materially different
from those indicated by the evidence
which was considered when tho ordo..
were made.
But until then the commission fool,
constrained to decline to postpone fur.
Their the effective date of the orders
May Change Rate.
It is stated in the report that tho
date for rehearing will not be fixed
until the orders have been in force
for a sufficient period of time, say
three or four months. to enable the
commission to obtain information con.
oerning their effect"
Assurance is given that if the re.
suits under the rates fixed indicate
that mistake has been made, the
commission will not hesitate to make
any change it may consider proper.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
Washington State
News Items

w. L. Lemon has been reappOinted
postmaster at North Yakima, and King
p. Allen was reappointed at Pullman.
The senate passed bill providing
for the appointment of an assistant
treasurer of the United States at Sc
attic.
T.. C. Shorrock, of Seattle, has been
reappointed by Gov. Hay as manager
of the state accountancy board, to sue
coed himself.
What is said will be the finest high
school in the state will be erected on
the site of the South Central high
school, destroyed by fire at Spokane.
The Farmers & Merchants bank
and the Central Trust Company of
North Yakima will consolidate, with
r. S. Wickersham of Seattle as cash
Ter.
The Milwaukee road will put on a
train from Seattle to Ashford, the near
est station to Mount Rainier. An auto
stage line will complete the trip to
LOngmire.
The North Yakima council has or
dered the construction of Is blocks
of asphalt paving, six blocks of brick,
and the purchase of lots for a new
central fire station.
During the past ten days total of
900 ctofo liuuor Jioouco fooc Of cog
each have been paid into the Office of
the state treasurer through the tax
commissioners office.
The crusher and screen at the state
rock crushing plant in Selah Gap is
now ready for use. Bnukers have not
as yet been built, but the rock can be
loaded direct on the cars.
Sixty convicts employed on the state
road south of Bellingham who went on
strike for an eight-hour day, won their
strike. Orders were issued putting
the work on an eight-hour schedule.
Fifty college and university grad
yates, seventy-one holders of diplomas
from normal schools and 143 high
school graduates are attending the
summer school at the University of
Washington.
The twenty-fourth annual meeting of
the Northwestern Baptist association,
which has its headquarters in Seattle,
was held this year in the First Bap-
fist church of Snohomish, beginning
it's sessions Tuesday and ending Thurs
day.
So great has been the success of the
Farmers Telephone company of the
Wenatchee district that the capital
stock will be increased from $4,000
to 100000. The company was or
ganized six years ago, and now covers
the entire valley.
Where taxes are levied on lands
held under contract of sale from the
state and the contract is subsequently
Cancelled tax certificate issued by
the county for the unpaid taxes is
void. This is the decision of the at
torney general in case from Kitsap
county.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01
MUNICIPAL PLANTS
GAINING IN FAVOR

Washington, D. c., June 27.--Muni-
.cipal central electric light and power
plants, or stations, increased more
than 100 per cent more rapidly in their
number than the commercial stations
in the United States, according to the
census bureaus forthcoming report on
the census for 1907 of central electric
light and power stations.
A comparison of the number of re-
ports received by the bureau from
municipal stations in 1907 with those
received from the same source in 1902
shows an increase of 53.6 per cent as
against 23.4 per cent for the CONNER
cial companies.
The proportionately greater increase
in municipal stations, the report
states, is largely due to the fact that
they are practically exempt from the
cancellations that 20 frequently oc-
cur among the commercial companies
A further analysis of the reports
show that although SO municipal sta
tions which reported in 1902 had be-
come commercial stations in 1907,
there were 113 stations reported as
commercial in 1902 which had become
municipal in 1907. ID
These facts do not furnish corro-
borative evidence of the claim which
has been made, sustained by what APP
pears reasonable argument, that the
drift Of these public utilities is from
municipal to commercial use. On the
contrary, the report states, there APP
pears to be distinct field for munich
pal electric stations, not only because
of feeling which may exist in many
localities that these public utilities
should be owned by the cities. but be-
cause many OF the places in which
municipal plants are located do not
present sufficient inducement for the
investment Of commercial capital.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1910-07-01

revised list Of ginneries has been pre-
pared for the next canvass. and con-
tracts with special agents for collect
ing the statistics are now being enter
ed into. These agents are paid on 9
piece-price basis.
The division OF vital statistics,
which collects annual statistics Of
births and deaths, reports that the tab
ulation Of the mortality statistics for
1909 is well under way and is expect
ed to end by July 20. From January
to May 81 the reports of 160.2S0
deaths occurring during 1910 were re-
ceived by this division. It is prepar-
ing to issue it's first report on birth
statistics, covering the year 1908, the
liquidation for which is nearly com
pleted.
Other Office Details.
The division of revision and results,
which reviews the manuscripts pre-
pared by the other divisions and as
sists in planning methods Of tabula-
ton, has also direct charge of the sta
tistics of the population of institutions,
such as prisons, insane asylums, and
the like. More than $500 agents,
mostly employees of the institutions
concerned, are furnishing monthly re-
turns covering the year 1910.
/. The personnel and expense of the
Census Bureau have naturally grown
rapidly with the new work of the de-
cennial census. The bureau had 761
clerks in the Washington office on
December i, 1910, the number increas-
ing since then at the rate of about so
per day.
The disbursing office paid out over
$4,000 in May. The payment of
enumerators' accounts was begun on
May IL, and from 1900 to 1000 enum-
orators are being paid off daily, the
payments on this account reaching
nearly 100000 per day at the present
time.
Plan for Population Announcements.
The Census Bureau expects soon to
begin giving out to the press and the
public the population returns for the
cities of the country. Announcements
will be made from day to day, as rap
idly as the totals are correctly ascer.
tanned, one announcement being made
in the morning for the convenience of
the evening newspapers. and another
in the afternoon or evening for the
morning newspapers. In order to pre-
vent any discrimination, the an
nOuncomontS will hp On made that all
press associations and Washington
correspondents can obtain the returns
at the same time. Papers not having
correspondents or press association
service may, if they request it, be tele-
graphed at their own expense the pop
ulation returns for their cities as soon
as available.