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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15
DIRECT FROM THE OLD COUN-
TRY TO WESTERN OREGON
MAN WHO LANDED HERE WITH
TEN DOLLARS NOW WORTH
FIFTY THOUSAND.

Oregon has now state immigra-
tion committee at work to secure
more German immigration from the
old country to this state. 1t has head
quarters at Portland, and is managed
under the direction of the State De-
yelopment league. A fund is being
raised and literature prepared for
distribution and advertising is to be
done in the German newspapers all
over the world.
A substantial German farmer
leaves Monday as the first missionary
to the dear father land-Frank. Bell,
of Sublimity, who will put in several
months talking up Western Oregon
among the German people of the
Rhein country. Mr.. Bell has lived in
Oregon over 20 years, and eXamina-
tion of the assessment rolls show him
TO be the proud owner of two farms,
and worth forty to fifty thusand dol
lars. He is an educated man, speaks
five languages, and was an employe
in the custom house in his own coun-
try before coming to America.
MI. Dtll SOtS W L VI Jlduu NOuudN
and leaves that evening for New
York, whence he sails for Germany
on the first steamer. He has prom
ised to send The Capital Journal a
few letters from time to time, telling
of his experiences.
Col. Hofer gave Mr.. Bell the fol-
lowing letter to c. C. Chapman, sec
retary Promotion Committee, Oregon
State Development League, CONNER
cial Club building, at Portland:
This will introduce Mr.. Frank
Bell, of Sublimity, a large German
community in Marion county, who
is on his way east to attend the grand
national conclave of Catholic Forest
ers Of America, at Cleveland, in Au-
gust He has lived here for "a years
and is a successful, substantial farm
er and man Of a great deal of in
fuence among the German Catholic
people, a man of liberal views and
we'll known in the Willamette valley
among people of all classes. He has
credentials from the archbishop to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15

ern camera WIS an old cigar box
with a spectacle lens.
The New York Evening Sun, in a
sympathetic mood, thus recalls the
early period of photography:
'Those were the good old days!
There has never been a photograph
made since the time of the daguerro-
type, in spite of all kinds of new
tangled ways, that could equal the
daguerrotypes exquisite beauty, deli
cate minuteness, and charm of color.
The daguerrotype was made to last
forever, and what Is more, It told the
truth and nothing but the truth, no
matter whether the truth consisted
of freckles, a crooked nose, or super
flous haid. Whatever the human de-
feet was, it was there to stay, for no
process of retouching made possible
a Before and After The girl who
said, L mayn't be pretty, but mother
says got the intellects in me-" saw
in a daguerrotype of herself nothing
but her LONELINESS, for the photo
grapher or rather the daguerrean, or
daguerreotyper could not remove the
freckles and substitute the intel
lects.' That feat remained for a
later day.
Taking it all in all, those really
were the good old days. When you
weat to have yourself daguerreo-
typed, all you had to do was to dress
according to several pages of direc-
tions, get your face whitewashed, and
sit for the third of an hour with your
body and head screwed In a chair
while the sun roasted you in Sky
light parlor or the daguerreotyper's
back yard. OF course, that was be-
fore a lot of improvements were made
in the process, in the good old time. y
The secret of the art was brought
from Paris by Prof. S. F. B. Morse
whittier he had gone in the interests
of his invention of the telegraph. He
got It from Daguerre, and, coming
home, began to follow the French.
mans lead in taking" views out-of-
doors. 1t was left for DR.. Draper tC
use first the living object, as the
writed in the Evening Sun says:
CDR. Draper, after studying the
whole process, decided that 1t could
be improved upon in some way tC
take pictures of anything living. His
studies in chemistry and physics
helped him greatly, and finally, work
ing on the top floor Of the New Yorl
University building, he made the frs
portrait of a person by photo
graphic process. The subject wa!
his sister, Dorothy Catherine, and hi
camera was a cigar box fitted will
a spectacle lens. Professor Morst
had failed to get any portraits of hi
daughter and her friends, although
he. had tried often.
Together he and DR.. Draper con
Quoted a studio in the Universit,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15
CASHIER SPENDS TWO WEEKS
IN THE EAST WHERE PEOPLE
SLEEP ON THE LAWNS LIKE
CATTLE TO KEEP COOL.

w. G. East, cashier Of the Salem
Bank and Trust Company, has re-
turned during the past week from a
two-weeks trip to Hutchinson, Kas.,
and Kansas City, Mo-, and says he
is better satisfied to remain in west
ern Oregon than ever before. Mr..
East and his associates came here
about year ago. and established a
banking business and their business
has grown constantly. Like the
United States National, that in six
years grew from the little Salem
State Bank to a million dollar con-
cern with It's own five story steel
building, the little Salem Bank &
Trust Company, has fifty year lease
and will soon go into a fine brick Of
flee building Of its own. Mr.. East
says business is not overly brisk in
Kansas. Hot weather has cooked
the early corn, oats and grass crops,
but late corn and the wheat crop
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15
The FRECKLES
SHOWED UP IN
The PICTURES
OLD FASHIONED DAGUERREO-
TYPES WERE UNBLUSHINGLY
TRUTHFUL, AND BROUGHT OUT
DETAILS OF FRECKLES, WARTS
AND BLEMISHES.

Whatever batteries the modern
photograph is capable of, the infancy
of that art dealt honestly, remarks
the Literary Digest. AS man or
woman was in the light of day so
they remained in the record which
the invention of Daguerre preserved
of them. The earliest feats of this
particular art of portraiture ar now
recalled by the celebration of the
centenary of the birth of DR.. John
w. Draper, the man who made the
first Photographic likeness of any
person in this country. The model
for his first portrait, which was
taken in 1889, was DR.. Draper's sis
ter, and his substitute for the mod
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15
GINSENG
CULTURE
AT SALEM

Ginseng culture has got a foothold
in Oregon, and one of the laws en-
acted by the last legislature is for
the protection of this industry, and
creates an official who makes it his
business to inspect the product and
gives certificates of pure stock to
growers. Mr.. d. Parker, on route l,
box 2, bought out the DR.. Parrish
stock three years ago, and has been
growing the roots ever since. He is
now the largest grower in the Will
lamette valley, and has about 1000
pounds of the roots, which sell all
the way from six to twelve dollars a
pound dry to the Chinese for medic
inal purposes. Mr. Parker will have
10000 plants to sell this fall, and
anyone interested in this industry
and its possibilities will find him a
very interesting man to talk to.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-07-15
AMERICAN
DEHYDRATING
CORPORATION
PLANNING TO LOCATE ONE HUN.
DRIED THOUSAND DOLLAR
PLANT AT SALEM TO HANDLE
FRUIT AND VEGETABLES.

Louis Muench, president of the
American Dehydrating Company, of
Wankesha, Wis, was in the city the
past week, investigating conditions
of fruit production in the Willamette
Valley.
His family settled near st. Char
les, Mo-, in 1885, known as the Gies-
ner Answandermugs Gesellschaft,
who brought thousands Of German
families into that state.
The American Dehydrating Com
pany has large factory at Waukes-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Woes Of Wealth.
from the PittsburE Post.

Then wealth doesn't bring happiness %
mo. Since We inherited money my
people don't want me to loaf In the gro
Gerry. And l can't get no comfort out of
ioafing in . bank. The hours are too
short"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
ICE FOR ALEXANDRIA.
Large Quantity to Be Used in Re.
frigerating Cars.

The four-masted schooner Clarence H.
Venner, which has been lying at Alexan-
dria for the past week unloading ice,
sailed yesterday in tow Of the tug Camilla
for Baltimore. where she will load fer
tilizer for a Maine port and possibly will
bring another cargo of ice to Alexandria.
1t is stated that from 1900 to 5000
tons Of the refrigerating material from
Maine will be used. In addition to a large
quantity Of manufactured ice. in cooling
refrigerator cars laden with fruits and
berries from the south and on their way
to the. markets in the north. The char
tering Of vessels that will bring this ice
to Alexandria is in progress. Most OF
this work will be done by barges, but
several cargoes may be brought in sail
ing craft.
The movement of fruits and early vege-
tables from Georgia. Florida and South
Carolina to Baltimore, Philadelphia and
New York has already begun, but the
cool weather has not made the demand
for ice very heavy. In the latter part
OF this month and in April and May.
when the season is at its height, many
hundred tons Of the refrigerating material
will be daily used in the cars at the Alex
andria icing stations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
Conservation of the Canvasback.

NioAh thc Dait.uoFt Gun.
Maryland Is known far and wide as the
home of the canvasback duck Ii is
known also for many other things, but no
other one thing, perhaps. has given it
wider publicity Or more enduring fame.
The canvasback duck Is esteemed among
epicures as the ultima thui. OF gusta;cry
delights, the chef d'oeuvre of vic,ualase,
and therefore the name of Maryland,
associated with that of this popular bid,
has. with the bird. been upon The lips of
thousands OF men with sufficient means
TO crafty their taste for good things 10
eat and memory tenacious enough to re-
member the s,Ot from which they come.
Thus the canvasback has been one Of The
states best advertising media. So great
has been the demand for the canvasback
that Maryland has in the last few years
become the resort OF the pot hunter, VINO
slew the ducks by the thousand Simply
because they were unprotected from his
avarice and the hunting grounds weic
free TO his depredations. There were
game laws In plenty, but there was lack
OF enforcement, and so the men Wh'
hunted for pay slew their thousands anu
their tens OF thousands without lei or
hindrance. until the canvasback was in
danger OF becoming, extinct. During the
last few years some Of the best hunsihg
grounds have passed into the hands OF
owners who have posted them ana STOP
ned The pct-hunters' tiespasses, mus CIV
ing the birds an opportunity to repishish
their iocks by the natural laws or III
crease. On the heels Of this has cofne at
tention to Matching the young or the
species, with the better enforcement OF
laws passed for their projection. ana
the upshot of the whole matter is thar
canvasbacks are now becoming more
plentiful, and Maryland's prestige as
the home of the best there Is In the
way of wild fowl food will be restored.
to be lost again no more forever here
is conservation OF a natural resource
that Is amply worth while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
BOY SCOUTS HAVE OUTING.
Spend Day in the Open in Charge Of
A. N. Chesley.

Attired in brown khaki uniforms. with
knarsacks thrown over their shoulders.
about seventy-five boy scouts - repre-
sentative young Americans''-went on a
scouting expedition to Pierce's mill, in
Rock Greek Park. today. They were In
charge of A. NJ. Chesley of the local
Y. NJ. c. A.
Besides various war games the boys
tried a new activity today. Mr.. Chesley
arrived at the mill a few minutes before
10 O'Clock. The scouts We're allowed to
hide i'm the vicinity of the mill prior to
10 o'clock. At the hour set afr. Chesley
blew the whistle. At the signaI each boy
rushed from cover i'm an effort 20 be the
first to reach him. The boy reaching him
first received a p"isr. Bef,re the signal
was given the boys were allowed to creep
as near as they eouio 20 Mr.. Chesley
without his detection.
At lunch time the buys divided into
patrols" each under The leadership OF
young man, and left the park. Out
side they built fires, cooked their rations
and snapped tales. The scouts will not
return to the city until late this after
noon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
The Fly and Mosquito.
From the Galveston News.


A Texas physician has demonstrated
that smallpox, admittedly a filth disease.
liz communicated only by the bite Of the
hedbug. That yellow fever and malaria
are communicable only by bite of All In
fected mosquito is also an established
fact. The typhoid scourge has its IN
ception in the filth that is distributed
by the common house ny. Rats scatter
the bubonic plague. and tuberculosis Is
contracted generally through breathing
the germs that are carried in dust. With
these facts known II would seem an easy
task to reduce or eliminate the hazard
to life that is found In these dred1 dis
ca SEES Mosquitoes NAV be eliminater by
proper drainage Of stagnant pools or by
oili1r the surface OF such pools. They
do not breed In considerable numbers
save in dead water. Those that ARE not
eliminated by precautionary measures
may he shut ont OF the homes by proper
screening. House flies breed in trash and
garbage Destruction of these breeding
places will to large extent do away
with the fly. Those that are LEFT can be
shut out OF the homes by proper screen
ing With knowledge OF the facts con-
corning the origin of disease the people
are able to make plans for their safety.
Concerted effort is necessary however.
and the civic pride of every community
should be enlisted I'm warfare against
known dangers such as are found in the
presence Of flies and mosquitoes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
ANCIENTs USED HANDOUTS.
Mentioned BY Virgil and Found in
Chariots of Carthaginians.

From the Lopdon tloce
In Virgil is to be found the first record
ed instance of the use of handouts. for
the poet tells that Proteus was thus fet-
tered and rendered powerless by Aris-
taeus, who apparently knew that even
the gods themselves were not proof
against this form of persuasion. In the
torious Greeks found several caariots
full of handouts among the baggage of
the defeated Carthaginians, and it Is
highly probable that the ancient ESyp-
tians had some contrivance OF the kind.
The word is derived from the Anglo
Saxon ''i,andcop," whence comes evil
IDENTIFY the slang term copper" in ear
Hest Saxon days "handcops" We're used
for nob'es and 'footcops" for kings but
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
the word is supplanted by the terms
"shackbolt'' and ''swivel-menacie,' and
the instruments themselves are as cum
bersome as the name by which they are
known.
Up to the middle of the last century
there were two kinds Of handcuffs in gen
erai use One. known as the flexible -
was very like those which are stu used !;
the other kind, called the figure g.
was used to restrain violent prisoners.
1t was so fashioned that the captive could
not move his hands. and was universally
dreaded. for the pain caused by limb
immovably confined is almost unbearaole.
A simple but powerful device for Sc
curing prisoners was the ''twister," Cow
abolished. owing to the injuries ii inf ct
ed. It consisted Of a chain with handles
at each end. The chain was put around
the wrists, the handles brought together
and twisted until firm grip was obtain
ed. The least struggle on the part OF
the captive and the chains bit deep into
his wrists. OF the same nature, but made
of wire, is ia ligote." while in an ener-
gency whipcord has proved perfectly sat
isfactory.
The manner of use is as follaws: Take
running knot, tie one moose around the
prisoners wrist. then. making him put
his hand in his pocket, lash the cord
around the body. and. bringing 1t back.
slip il through the Eoose again. The
prisoner is perfectly comfortable so long
as he does not attempt to take his hand
out of his pocket. a still more efficacious
method was once employed by a London
constable. Being without his handouts
and having nothing which could possibly
take their place. he silrply took his knife
ard cut off all the prisoners brace but
tons. This absolutely prevented rapid
flight, and gave the man something 10
do besides
The handcuff used In some parts of
eastern Europe is most primitive. II con-
sists of a V-shaped piece of metal. In
which the wrists arc inserted, ,he open
of cross hook. which must BE- kept
taut the whole time. The most handy
forr, of cuff which is in general use at
present comes from America; IL Is lighter,
and much less clumsy than the old 'fiex-
lille"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04

Harbor Police Boat, Now on Ways,
Seemingly in Good Condition.

The metal covering the hull of the har-
Dor police boat Vigilant, now at Bennett s
boatyard. has been removed, and. as far
as can be seen from the outside. the
wood under the metal is in good order
and but little repair work to the
hull will have to be done All unsound
planking is to be removed, and 1t may
be that when the hull is opened more
work may appear than can now be seen.
but this is not expected.
Mechanics are engaged in taking down
the engine Of the steamer in order TO
give it a thorough overhauling. and
some changes will have to be made in
the interior arrangements of the vessel
to accommodate the new fresh water
tank and filter that will be Installed
aboard the tug. When the Vigi.ant re-
turns to commission, in the latter part
of this month or early in April, she will
be ready for efficient service in either
fresh or salt water.
Lieut.. Russell Dean, in charge of the
harbor precinct, who is practical and
licensed steamboat man, is superintend-
ing the work being done on the FiGi-
liant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
RAILROADS.
Chesapeake & Ohio Lines

Published only as information. not guaranteed.
1901 noon Week Dsys-Pullman psrior car
washington to Newport News, Norfolk and
Old Point Comfort via Washington southern.
R. F. & p, Richmond and c. & o. Rwy.
Dining car.
200 P.N. Daily.-Fer virginia, West Virginia
and Kentucky points. Pullman sleepefs to
Cincinnati and Louisville. Dining car.
$50 PM. Daily-ST. LOUiS.CHICAGo SIP.
ClAL. Solid train to st. Louis. with Pull.
man sleeper to Chicago. Stops only at i'm.
portant stations: Pu;Imans finest equipment
i1:io Pm. Daily. r. Y. LIMITED to The
west, southwest and northwest. Pullman
sieepers to Virginia Hot Springs. Cincinnati
and Louisville. Cincinnati sleeper open fos
occupancy 10 pm. e. 4 o. dining car.
Ticket offices, S13 Pa. ave-, 1888 + st. and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
ALONG THE RIVER FRONT.
Arrivals.

Schooner Edith Verrall lumber from a
Potomac point to l.. A. Clarke & Son,
in Eastern branch: schooner Peri, lumber
from Coan river to j. H. Carter e. Co;
schooner Eleanor Russell. oysters in the
shell from the lower Potomac beds for
the market here; tug James o. Carter.
from Chicamuxen creek, where she de-
liyered a light barge; sioop Daisy. at
Alexandria. to load merchandise for
Pennington, Md; flattie Jumping Jack.
from lower river point, with cord wood
to dealers on the Eastern branch: bug
eyes Lima Cox and s. s. Smith, oysters
In the shell from the lower Potomac
beds; tug John Miller. towing lighters
from Little Hunting creek to the Eastern
branch; schooner Ruth and Ella. at 1lth
Departures.
Schooner Clarence II. venner. light
from Alexandria for Baltimore to load
for Bucksport, Me-; barge Potomac. to
Chicamuxen creek, in tow Of tug Carter,
to load pulp wood for Philadelphia;
schooner John Branford. light. for a
lower river point to load for this city;
schooner Earl Biscoe. light. for Mary
land point. from Georgetown, to load
lumber for dealers here; schooner
Roberts. light. from the Eastern branch
for a Potomac point to load cord wood;
schooner Five Sisters has sailed for Oc-
coqcan to load lumber back to this port;
schooned Eta, light. for the Wicomico
river to load oysters in the shell back
to this market; lighter Hercules, light.
for Marshall Hall to load cord wood for
the dealers here; sloop Quicktime. light
for a river point to load for this city;
tug Camilla, towing light schooner from
Alexandria for Baltimore.
Memoranda.
Schooner Ella is chartered to lad cord
wood on Upper Machodoc creek for
Robert Murphy, OH the Eastern branch;
schooner Oscar will return to lowe:
river point 10 load back to this city;
schooner Clara Leonard is reported as
having sailed from Nomini creek to the
dealers here: tug Margaret brought ferry
steamer Vermont from New York to the
capes Of the Chesapeake, en- route to this
city: tug Southern has sailed from Ralti
more with the coal-laden barges Seneca
and Pocomoke for Georgetown: schooner
Oracle May has sailed from Baltimore
for Norfolk to load lumber; schooner
Cheruhim Is at West Point Va, en- route
to Mattaponi river point, to load:
schooner Silver Wave is at lower Po-
tomac point loading for this city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
HERB SPECIALIST.


From the New York Sun.
Modern science, which has more mar
vels to tell Of than the imagination ever
created, does not disdain to explain away
medieval superstitions and legends when
1t has the chance. The apples OF the
Hesperides become oranges, Atlantis and
st. Brandan's Isle are pushed across the
ocean, and & natural explanation is given
for the magnetic mountain in the middle
OF the sea. That mass OF lodestOne was
the terror Of mariners on the unknown
ocean, for when a ship came within
range of it It was drawn on till every
nail and rivet flew out OF 1t and the
plankS fell apart. The story told IN the
arabian Nights was known throughout
Europe long before the tales were trans
lated. and accounted for many ship
that was never heard Of again.
With the compass In mind scientific
men have suggested that the legend may
have arisen In the magnetic variations
common in high latituues which are all
tabulated now for navigatcrs who have
to reckon with Them. The seaman who
returned home after his compass had
misbehaved would boast OF having es-
capped in time from the magne.6c noun
tain, and impute to it ttlS Toss of ships
not 50 satisfactory as the specific identi-
fication Of a possible place. 1t is pleasant.
therefore, to find an ingenious German
advancing the hypothesis. that Spitzber-
gen may be the mythical island.
That long neglected northern isle has
attracted much attention of late years.
The archipelago was cnce a stopping
place for wha,ers and arctic explorers.
1t became the starting point from which
Andree sailed. and Wellman did not sail,
for the north pale; it has come to be a
resort for those preparing for more ardu-
Gus explorations, for adventurous yachts
men, for scientific men desiring a cool
summer for their investigations. It offers
a new field for Alpine climbers and since
coal and minerals have been found on it
has been bone OF contention for Scan
iinav:an diplomacy. This has brought
also an effort to re-establisll fishing sta
tons on the Islands.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-04
To Get OFF a Sucker List"

From Golfers.
II you are unfortunate enough to have
your name entered upon the list of pos
sible purchasers of mining or oil stocks
fly Wright railroad and Industrial enter
prises promoted by such busy experts as
the post office authorities have lately
seen arresting. you are in for vast and
constantly flowing stream Of literature.
For sucker lists as the promoters call
thc rost& .! victims. aetna. alst. :,.>,-
:'>ceif--s -re fra"sss an6 naeset, &" frc,-
one fim-fam artist to another. Here is
the way to stop the annoyance:
Meet the letter carrier, or go personally
to the postmaster, and refuse formally to
receive mail from the promoter. The car
rier OR postmaster will then report to
Washington that the addressee refuses
mail. In turn, Washington notifies the
promoter not TO send any more mail to
the address. This Is an effective way to
protect yourself from the numerous sold
brick fnanc'ers against whom the post
office authorities have not as yet secured
evidence enough to Justify arrest and
prosecution for the fraudulent use OF the
mails.