Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-01-31

another equally as boisterous when
a half hour later he was called out to
the phone. Now Joe is trying to fig
ure out whether his friends are more
pleased TO see him leave than to
come or whether it is the other way
round.
Mr.. Darcy with becoming modesty
tried to blush when he addressed the
big assemblage as Ladies and gentle
men," There were no ladies present,
and, Judging from the way they guyed
P, H., he, no doubt, has the same idea
about the presence Of gentlemen.
$50
when I took my seat at this table
I had my speech all written out, and
in my pocket, but find some one has
swiped it. Senator Fulton was sitting
next me. This will probably explain
two things, why my speech is poor
and Senator Fulton's so remarkably
good" Mayor Sleeves.
49,
Words spurt from Darcy and Nc
Arthur like water from the Waite
fountain, abundantly and multifarious-
ly colored, while folks like me have
to struggle to give birth to an idea
and then go verbally broke trying to
furnish language to clothe the baby
with, Mayor Sleeves.
"The most beautiful country in the
world, thousands of acres Of beaver
dam land, and other thousands ex-
tremely rich, though the beavers evil
IDENTIFY did not consider it worth
dam. Mayor Sleeves.
$3.50
Mayor Sleeves, in concluding his
address of welcome, said that, bearing
in mind the school boys definition Of
elocution, he would stop right there
He explained that the boy defined it
as being "a cruel but speedy manner
of putting people to death"
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Salem water is good enough for
any one, 1t comes fresh from the
Cascades, from the foot of the Three
Sisters, and is good enough even for
the sanitary livestock commission. -
Governor West.
Presiding over the house is Just
nice easy work, like feeding thresh-
ing machine. All you have to do is to
stand up and work hard with both
ms,"-Pat Macarthur.
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Ben Hayden, obiecting to proposed
constitutional amendment pending
for the Legislature meeting every year
said 1t should meet only every ten
years, and then do nothing but repeal
the acts Of its predecessors. Pat
Macarthur.
I'VE are eXpending $125,00O
month, more than $4,000 a day, have
$1,5OO,OOO worth Of rails on hand; are
spending $4,000 a month for right-of
way; will buy all our ties in Oregon
Will use 10000 poles and will spent
$l2,OOO,OOO, and have our system com
> pleted from Portland to Eugene, tn,
side lines running and the loop oper
ating spend 100000 for depot an,
terminals in Salem, and S1.25OOO
here at salem,"-Ralph Moody
Attorney Carey is not large but I
like the first faucet the Irishman eve
tackled, As he watched the waite
running, in reply to query as to wha
was the matter, he replied, as h
scratched his head: "I'm dommed
! ca understand how so shmall
thing kin hould so much wather."
e A#a
THE peril to our institutions Is No
the accumulation of wealth nor III
D concentration of labor but the build
I ing up OF class consciousness. Tn
g hope Of the country is equal mel
c equal women, with classes cut on
y and this is not something for the fl
u ture, but is with us now The DANCE
point has been reached Hon. w. I
l. Fenton,
l. Mr. Burke's argument that a re,
u logical chair at o, A, c. would caus
70 Oregon to make her own tlling an
u cement saving millions in freigh
Z never Jared the sensibilties Of III
. railroad men. Which shows they NJ
- game.
8 WILLIAM ROGERS LORD
i 70 LECTURE on COAS