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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the
common council Of the city of Salem,
Oregon, invites sealed bids for the
making of an improvement of South
Cottage street from the south line of
State street to the north line
OF Trade street in said city, with
Standard bitulithic pavement, Light
Standard bitullthic pavement, light
gravel bitulithic pavement, heavy
gravel bitulithic pavement, Ell oso
pavement El Oso pavement Number
Four a., crushed rock concrete pave
ment, gravel concrete pavement, as
phalt pavement, asphaltic concrete
pavement, Hassam pavement, Grano-
crete concrete pavement or Dolarway
pavement, in accordance with the
plans, specifications and estimates on
file in the office Of the city recorder
of said city, which are hereby re-
ferred to and made part of this
notice.
Said bids will be opened on or af-
ter the 22nd day of April, 1912, at or
about 1880 o'clock p. M, in open
council meeting in the city hall in Sa-
lem, Oregon. Each bid submitted
must be accompanied by certified
check equal in amount to ten per
cent of the amount of the bid. The
city of Salem reserves the right to
reject any and all bids. This notice
is published for five successive days
in daily newspaper published in the
city of Salem, Oregon, the date of
first publication being April II, 1912.
CHAS, F. ELGIN, City Recorder.
4-11-6t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15

Mr.. Moore should have an opportun-
, ity at once to face the charges. This
brought Mr.. Schneider into the con-
troversy who defended the report and
stated that the financial affairs of
the student body were in very bad
shape. Mr.. Schneider then continued
to give his version of the condition
of affairs in the student body to con-
| siderable length, so that Chairman
Mores, realizing that great deal of
the talk was foreign to the matter
before the board, called the meeting
to order and quiet was once more
obtained Mr.. Lafky then took the
matter up and was warned by the
chairman to be as brief as possible,
as great deal of time was being
wasted over trihing matters. Mr..
Lafky at great length attempted to
justify methods of. expenditure and
irregularities in the transactions of
the student body affairs. G. w.
Eyre was also allowed the courtesy
of the floor and talked on student
body affairs. He contended that it is
matter into which the school board
should not enter. The finances Of
that body are provided by the stu
dents and their parents and not by
taxation. He said the students liked
all the teachers and honored all the
officials Of the schools as we'll as
the board and that they got value re-
ceived for all moneys spent in the
different activities of the student
body. He was in favor of turning
the whole matter over to that body,
but his view did not meet with much
favor by the board as a resolution,
was drafted which called for an in
vestigation of the accounts and re-
ports by the Finance committee of
the board, (Millard and Lafky), and
an expert accountant.
When it became known that Mr..
Kirk and Mr.. Moore were not to have
an opportunity Of refuting the
charges at last nights meeting, Mr..
Moore arose and dramatically stated
that he had the vouchers and proofs
of his expenditures as manager of
the football team and they were sub
mitted to the board. Mr.. Davis,
verified the vouchers as having been
submitted to the investigating COM
mittee, which reported that he had
not furnished such reports and
vouchers as was customary for man
ayers to submit.
The vouchers were inspected by the
members Of the board. At this point
Clifford Farmer, Of the auditing COM
mittee, was asked to examine these
vouchers and on inspection said he
had never seen them before and they
had never been submitted. Prof.
Schreiber looked at them and said
these vouchers had been asked for
by the committee, but had not been
produced by Mr.. Moore, who told the
auditing committee that they were
lost.
Prior to adjournment however, Mr..
Lafky introduced resolution which
had for its purpose the dissolution
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15

of the student body of the high
school, which created a great deal of
surprise among the members of the
board and those present. Chairman
Moores doubted the legality of the
movement and asked Mr.. Lafky If he
had consulted an attorney, or wheth-
er he had gotten an opinion from the
attorney general on the subject. to
which Mr.. Lafky replied he had the
attorney generals opinion on the
matter. This matter will be made a
special order of business for the
next regular meeting, which is next
Saturday.
No action was taken on selection
Of teachers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15
Notice for Bids.

Notice is hereby given that the COM
mon council of the city Of Salem, Ore
gon, invites sealed bids for the max
ing of an improvement Of North High
street from the north line of Court
street to the North line of Marion
street with Standard Bitulithic Pave
ment, Light Standard Bitulithic Pave
ment, Light Gravel Bitulithic Pave
ment, Heavy Gravel Bitulithic Pave
ment, El-oso Pavement, El-Oso Pave
ment Number Four a., Crushed Rock
Concrete Pavement, Gravel Concrete
Pavement, Asphalt Pavement, Asphal-
tic Concrete Pavement, Hassam Pave
ment, Granocrete Concrete Pavement
or Dolarway Pavement, in accordance
with the plans, specifications and es-
Inmates on file in the office Of the city
recorder of said city; which are here
by referred to and made part of this
notice.
Said bids will be opened on or after
the 22d day April. 1912, at or about
1880 o'clock p. M, in open council
meeting in the city hall, in Salem, Ore
gon. Each bid submitted must be ac-
companied by certified check equal
in amount to 10 per cent of the
bid. The city of Salem reserves the
rgiht to reject any and all bids. This
notice is published for five successive
days in a daily newspaper published
in the city Of Salem, Oregon, the date
of the first publication being April 1S,
1912.
CHAS. F. ELGIN, City Recorder.
4-13-6t
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15

by the auditing committee that he
himself moved the abolition of the
student body activities. II his reso-
luton carries, Salem is to be the
only high school city in the state
where there are to be no student
body activities because the manage
ment has been loose, irregular and
apparently conducted In an unbusl-
ness like manner The general con-
sensus of opinion is that the student
body affairs are in need of thorough
reformation but not many will go so
far as to say there should be no
student body activities whatever.
Gresham Ia to have n fruit cannerV
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1912-04-15

JOurn 4 Want Ads" Bring Results.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

! IS another way OF saying that here
was a warm time in the old town on
more than one night. Judging by the
! imperial fddler's liking for splendid
/ orgies That The goddess OF love IN
/ joyed special popularity among the
! Ostlenses as the Inhabitants OF the
city were called, Is shown By the large
| number OF statues Of Venus, including
one particularly fine one. which have
! been discovered there. There Is evil
dence too. OF the cronistae the re
porters of that time that the life in
the season at Ostia was, in the words
OF Bill Nye, a continuous round or
torchlight professions and Nardi Gras
1t Is pretty hard 10 say how many
years before The foundation OF Rome
Ostla was in existence and flourish
ing as the seaport Of Latium Virgil
says that Aeneas, escaping from the
burning Troy. stopped with his fellows
at the mouths OF the Tiber where he
founded the New Troy. afterwards
called by the simpler name OF Ostia.
This poet!cai account is not wholly
supported by historical investigations,
however But there is no doubt that
ANGUS Marcus. who lived some 400
years before the birth Of Christ, estab-
lished himself ar Ostia after having
defeated several Latin towns.
II was the foundation of Rome and
its rapid development that caused an
a
ment OF the port OF Ostia This. ow-
ing TO the short distance from the
city. was often called the port OF
Rome. and II provided for the city the
greatest part o! the many requisites
for its existence. From the corn of
Egypt and Sicily 10 the marbles OF
Greece and Asia Minor. from the
wines Of Falernus and Of Naples 10
the gold Of Africa and Spain. every
thing brought 10 Rome was landed at
Ostia and thence by the Tiber was
shipped to the capital Ostia followed
Rome In its splendor and its magni-
tude: when the Roman empire was at
its zenith Ostia vas also at the maxi.
mum OF its glory. Not only was Il q
commercial center but military base
for war expeditions Claudlus. the
emperor, sailed from Ostia to the con-
quest Of Britain
Excavations at Ostia had never
been successfully and scientifically
carried out until a few years ago.
The world owes to Professor Ian.
ciana. the Italian archaeologist. the
first scientific research Of the ruins
OF the town. This savant was also the
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
Hardly tho Sunday School Brand.

The young hopeful had secreted
some bright buttons In his pocket.
which came from the motor car show
When Sunday school was well under
way. he took one out and pinned il on
his coat, feeling 1t an ornament I'm
fortunately. when the minister came
round to speak to the dear children.
his near sighted eyes were caught by
the color.
We'll. Richard, see you are wear
Ing some motto. my lad. What does
1t say"
You read It, SIR replied Richard.
hanging his head
But ! cannot see. | haven't my
glasses, son. Read it SO We can all
hear you
Richard blushed 1T says. sir. Amt
II - TO be poor?' "-Metropolltan
Magazine.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Nevertheless the great majorA of
comets do disappear and have not
come back, and astronomers are dl.
vided In opinion as to whether they
ever will return
When comet Is discovered It is
the business OF the astronomer to find
as promptly as may be, the path It IL
pursuing. whether 1t is oval or "
shaped, and here he encounters the
real difficulties Of the problem. He
must rely upon observations made
while the comet IL visible, and this Pc
riod Is so short compared with the
time taken to move over the whole or
bit. that It is almost impossible to de-
eide from the little section of the or
bit covered by observations whether
1t belongs to the one type or the 9TH
er.
Whether the orbits be prevailing Of
one kind or the other. 1t Is clear that
they are Of very different sizes, some
OF them approaching SO clese to the
sun that the comet 10 literally made
more than red hot AS It sweeps past,
while In other cases tho comet at ito
nearest approach to the sun 10 far out.
side the orbit of the earth. From q
statistical study Of these orbits. 1t
appears probable that those comets
that are discovered and observed from
the earth constitute only a small frac-
ton OF the total number that enter
or belong to the solar system. To be
at all. a comet either must
b unusually big and bright or 1t must
GENE near the earth. an. With due
reference to these conditions and 20
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

first TO draw the attention OF the tai
I ian government to the treasures which
the sands OF Ostia We're concealtns
Some authorities on archaeology al
most discouraged Professor LanCiani
( In his first attempts. but a short work
/ was quite sufficient 10 prove what az
important page OF history Ost!a would
disclose to the world if its ruins were
brought to light.
The excavations az Ostia have no"
uncovered the TWO main thorough
fares Of the town, the decumanus
and the "c..1-" which. according TO
Roman topography, marked the first
foundations of the city The decu.
manus, the street leading TO the sea,
was tlanked by porticoes leading 10
shops or private houses. Some or the
porticoes have been found in excellent
condition and most Of the walls are
also well preserved These walls are,
as usual in Roman architecture. rath-
er thick, thus showing that the heat
must have been considerable in the
town. especially as almost every house
bears traces of an open space or
yeranda which opens toward the sea
and is sheltered from the suns rays,
The theater, which lies close 10 the
decumanus, still bears It's original
form and some OF us columns, its stat
uas and its mOsaics are beautifully
preserved The capitals OF the col
umns are OF remarkable workman
ship and judging by their height and
BY the size o. the statues which adorn-
ed the entrance OF the theater the lat
ter must have been an exceedingly
large building to hold several thou
sand people. II was founded by
Agrippa and restored by Caracalla at
the end of the fourth century In
this theater was found a large statue
of Venus which Is now at the Lateran
Museum in Rome. while another. the
Venus Of the Sea. has been found bur
led underneath the stage.
A great part Of the decumanus has
yet to be unearthed, the greatest
and perhaps the most interesting part.
as this is the portion approaching the
sea, where the famous port is sup.
I1sed to have been in existence
Professor Vaglieri-who, in succession
10 I.anciani, is now In charge of the
avations-thinks that he may not
only come across the walls OF the
port and its docks. but that he may
also find the remains OF ancient ships
and at any rate archaeological mate
rial OF the greatest Importance for the
reconstruction of this old port
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

the average number Of comets that
are found year by year, 1t appears that
for every comet that ever comes In
side the orbit OF the earth there must
be someJ45 or so that never come 80
near the sun and which must therefore
in great part remain undiscovered. An
even more striking conclusion along
these Lines is that if we count the or
bit Of the most distant planet, Nep-
tune. as fixing the boundary of the SOL
ar systems. there are at all times pres.
ent within this spherical domain sew.
eral thousand comets, the average
number being trif1e under 5000. but
OF these thousand there are visible
from the earth at any one time hardly
more than one or two 1t must not
be inferred however. that comets are
less numerous near the earth than
elsewhere. for quite the contrary Is
true. the number OF comets per billion
cubic miles Of space Is greater near
the sun and diminishes somewhat ran
idly to the outermost confines of the
system and 1t 10 only the immense
expanse Of the solar system beyond
the earth's orbit that makes the to-
tai number OF comets 80 great. II II
this same great space available for
them to move In that makes
the chance Of collision bet ween comets
and planets 30 extremely small. There
is no known instance OF q head-on col.
lision between such bodies. or of the
falling OF comet into the sun, ii
though the mathematical chapter of &C
cidents contemplates as probable the
occurrence Of about one suck event a.
the latter In every century.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
WHERE DO COMETS
COME FROM TO US?
BY GEORGE c. cOMSTOcK.
Professor Of Astronomy. University Of

PROFESSOR OF Astronomy. University OF
Wisconsin.
The popular interest In comets is
doubtless due to their transitory char
acter. associated with the common be-
lief that they are rare and unusual ap-
pearances. Great comets certainly are
unusual and not more than once or
twice In q lifetime are there to be
seen such types as the beautiful comet
OF 1882. which was visible In broad
daylight. and whose tail was long
enough to bridge the space between
earth and sun But little comets are
plentiful as great ones are rare
AS numerous a. fishes in the sea"
was Kepler's phrases three centuries
ago-and with the systematic use of
the telescope In searching for comets.
their number has grown, until now
there 10 scarce . night In the year
upon which one or more Of these bod
les may not be seen. But their stay
10 brief and within q few weeks. or at
most a few months. they are gone.
never to reappear." as is often said
Of them. 1t IL well known. however.
that some Of them do come
back after time. as Hal
ley's comet only two years ago.
and there are more than half hun
deed others which appear and disap-
peAr. time after time. upon schedules
well known and regular.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

OStla IS oder, 100, imam
either Pompeii or Herculaneum. older
than Rome itself. whose seaport. as
well as fashionable watering place,
the 0ng-buried city used to be-
The work OF unearthing Ostia has
now been going on for some years.
OF late, thanks to the interest that has
been taken in 1t by King Victor En-
manuel and the parl,ament-the latter
having just voted $4,000 toward new
excAyations-it has made rapid head
way. The two principal streets Of the
city. as we'll as Its splendid theater.
having been brought to light. This an
cient town, the greatest center Of com
MERGE and Of amusement OF Ruman
times. with its splendid buildings and
magnificent monuments, has been bur-
fed since the fall OF the Roman En-
pire IN grave OF mingled sand,
and rubbish, which In places Is
pad even 80 feet deep.
De upper ten OF Rome had their
dmmer homes ar Ostia. which Is only
thirteen miles from the capital. and
used to go there in April and stay IN
I'll September during all OF which
time there was lot doing. The
Maiumae. or May festival was cele
brated at Ostia with great pomp by
the emperor and his court, who drove
all the way from Rome in their gor-
geous state coaches. followed, say the
records, by the uotabies, which means
the 400 OF the day, and the matronea
which may mean the chaperones.
though they had little use Of these in
those rapid days. and accompanied bv
crowds OF people cheering To Castor
and Pollux. the presiding divini,ies OF
the place. These festivals lasted sew.
erai weeks. during which there were
constant libations. which l.. Roman
for rounds OF drinks, and sacrifices to
Racchus and Venus, the gods OF wine
and love.
Piutarch Livy and Cicero speak OF
ostia as having been a place OF de-
light" and the fayorite town OF en-
perors and nobility for several hun
dred years" Nero had a special fond
ness for the Roman Newport, which
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
With the Lid OF.

Mother" asked Bob, with a hope,
full eye on the peppermint-jar. have
ben ag God boy this afternoon"
"M-m-yes," answered moth, dubi-
ously. recalling certain little rift
within the lutte. The four-year-old DIP
lomat looked anxious.
Please" ne begged, Say a wide
open yss!"-Harper's Bazaar.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

And would ye partake OF harvest's
Joys, the corn must be soWn in spring
Carlyle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Tho way some women talk ts
enough to make a bachelor feel bald
headed.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

FTER being buried under
sand for fifteen centuries,
the remains of Ostia. the
Newport OF the ancient
Romans. have now been
largely unearthed. This
years American visitors to
the Eternal City will find
them almost as interesting
10 visit as Pompeii itself.
ncfia la nllar ton than
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Mrs Beacon Streete-l'm glad your
uncle left you some money. but
please. Norah, don't call II Legacy.
Say !imbacy. II Is very improper 70
say leg always say limb
Norah-Yis. ma'am. an shaii
warr,Im oop thot limb o mutton Tor
dinner. or will yez how II cowld7
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Tho woman pugilist knows just 40"
to assert her rights
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

II ts only the very young man WHO
wants to paint the town. An Old man
is satisfied Il he can Iresco the con-
ners
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-20
Patents For State Lands.

HELENA, Nov. 16,-After having
selections Of land aggregating 300, 600
acres to fill the various state land
grants held up in the department OF
the interior from one to twelve years,
patents to it are being received at last.
Today Governor Norris received q
clear list for 2,34S.64 acres in the
Havre land district from the depart
ment of the interior, being q of a
number of lists that have been coming
quite regularly of late.
Last July Governor Norris entered q
vigorous protest against the delays to
which the state was being subjected
preventing 1t from leasing or renting
lands to which it was clearly entitled
and after holding q conference with
Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Adams was assured Montana's land
affairs would be expedited.
The promise was carried out, and
already q good many thousand acres
| of land In this state have been taker
from the suspended list and placed or
the clear list.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-20
Candidates Home In Canada.

HELENA, Nov. 14.-The right Of
Charles H. Conner, the socialist elect
ed to the Legislature from Lincoln
county, to hold his seat may be con-
tested on the ground that Conner is a
resident of Canada, and not of the
county that sent him to help make
laws for Montana.
Conner has lived in Montana many
years, fret in Anaconda, then Butte,
and then Belt, Cascade county elect.
ing him to the lower house in the
Seventh assembly. From Belt he went
to what is now Lincoln county and
started to develop a fruit farm. His
efforts net with success aud Conner
is now considered one of the more
sub stantial citizens of that region.
His fruit farm straddles the inter-
national boundary line, a part being
in the United States and the remainder
In Canada. First Conner lived on the
American side of his orchard, bu,
about five or six years ago, according
to q report brought here by q Lincoln
county man, Conner, to take advan'
tage of the nearby Canadian school
there being zone on this eide of tn,
line, moved with his family into
dwelling on the Canadian eide of tn
orchard. His employees be quarteret
in q house on the American side.
1t is insisted that Connors, though
still a citizen of this country, is NJ
longer q resident of Lincoln county
and therefore has no right to sit /
the legislature. Word from LincolI
county ia that an effort to unseat hir
may be pushed on these grounds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-20
Cordova Is Wettest City.

SEATTLE, Nov. 16.-The weather
Office at Cordovs, Alaska, reports that
the precipitation between January l.
and November l. OF this year was III
inches. Six inches of rainfall in q
day is not infrequent. The change OF
climate that is supposed to have been
caused by the shifting OF the course Of
ocean currents has raised the tenn
perature along the coast, and has alec
greatly increased the rainfall. Cordo'
va is said to be the rainiest city I'M
der the American flag.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1912-11-20
New Senator From Idaho.

BOISE, Nov. 16.-Gov. James q.
Hawley decided at the last moment
not to resign his Office to accept the
appointment as United States senator
at the hands Of Lieutenant Governor
Sweetzer and appointed Judge I. j.
Perky OF Boise to fill the unexpired
term of the late Senator Hepburn.
Governor Hswley in q statement to-
night, said that to accept the United
States senatorsLir from Lieutenant
Governor Sweetzer would be virtually
the came as appointing himself and
that he would not take the Office under
that condition.