Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1911-12-16
A GOSSIPY LETTER.
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N0H' e""t was laAo was held for
TWO years to keep him down, come uu
through 1t all and in spite OF every-
thing. He has since been nominated
for state senator hands down. which
ne declined He was then elected
mayor OF Oregon City and has served
term to the satisfaction Of the com
nmnity, and without even being
threatened with the recall. Brown.
eits friends are urging him to enter
tne race Tor congress and II he does
there will be something doing In this
district He Is a good campaigner. a
uead-line champion OF proeressive
policies such as the Initiative and
referendum, Direct Primary and
statement No, One and can make
people SEQ things as he does at an
A new idea was born IN Portland
the other day when O G. Carpenter
and Lawrence N Smith dropped down
from their apple ranches al Hood
River and opened an apple store In
the ground floor corner OF the Yeor
building, really said to be owned Nv
benson, the timber man, aud began
to put up packages Of fancy apples.
containing from one apple up to a
bushel. They put up little baskets.
ana baby boxes OF Lady apples and
pretty Snow and Waxens. There are
90 people who have half a dollar or
a dollar, where one has Ave dollars 10
pay for a fancy box Of apples, and
yet the 50-cent people and the dollar
people love the beautiful fruit lust aa
much. That idea has been the salva-
ton Of the raisln industry Of Califor-
MIA and will prove the greatest ex-
pander Of the apple business They
VIII run the store until New Years.
They VIII push the idea into the re-
tail trade of the big cities of tho
Hast, and you Just watch II grow
eee
The man who has but one dollar
and buys himself drink on Christ
mas day, and gives the rest to the
poor, ls better man at heart than
the fellow who don't take a drink
and keeps the dollar.
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The Taft committee, OF which Ban
Selling Is the head, Is made up OF
the following: I. b. Wilcox. capital
ist; Ben Selling, clothing magnate.
A. q Rushlight, reform mayor, AM
drew g Smith. state board OF health
ana side partner of DR., Henry Waldo
Coe; w. b. Ayre. millionaire lnm-
berman John r. Logan, attorney; %.
o. Lively manager Union stock
Yards; Waldemar Seton, Justice OF
the peace; ]. J. Porter, OF Porter
Bros, railroad contractors; Phil Met
schan, Jr., manager Imperial Hotel;
John s. Beall, good roads machines:
A. y, Clark, attorney; w. NJ. Killings
worth, real estate; w. p. Woodward
druggist; Amadee NJ. Smith sewer
pipe manufacturer; j. b. Yeon, Yeon
building; John II. Burgard, insur-
ance; d. j. Malarkey, attorney. Tho
Taft organization Is 10 be spread over
the state, and Mr.. Selling says ne has
nothing 10 do with any mans differ
ences OF opinion about other matters.
All he wants a man 10 say ls that he
fayors Taft's denomination for pres
ident and no matter what HIS politics
or Views about major or minor mat
ters, This organization began opera
tons by adopting platform OF pro-
gresslye policies, declaring IN favor
OF all the laws enacted by the people.
thus putting themselves on record for
a progressive organization OF the Re-
publican party from the turn-loose.
Away down deep. II Is hinted. that
Mr. Selling may be the progressive
compromise candidate for the United
States senate.
Albert G. Clark. advertising man
for the Wadams q Kerr Brothers.
Wholesale house was elevated presI
dent Of the Portland Ad club. He has
been the active man IN adding mem
bers and has been rewarded with
big years work ahead OF him. He
has a hobby to get permanent quar-
iers for the club, and would spend
about two thousand dollars year OF
.ts income for that purpose.
Aren't you glad you are not
itockholder In the Gypsy Smith tab
srnacle that is left with a $4,000 de-
iolt Well, he made people think OF
better for awhile. and
Portland revival boosters can charge
I 70 profit and loss.
80
w A. Carter the young lawyer In
he Corbett building, may be the next
Republican candidate for district at
orney He Is well known al Salem,
md all over the state, and would give
hat Office clean administration Ii
iuch thing is possible with the
lirty mess a district attorney al Port