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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

FAMILY LIQUOR sToRE-All stand.
ard brands of liquors kept in stock.
Wines by the gallon, bottle or case
Free delivery in the city limits. E.
Eckerlin. LAG N. Commercial st.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

Some day, we hope, this big and i'm.
portant congressional district will get
creditable representation in the lower
house Of congress.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

FOR SALE OR RENT-Small grocery
and confectionery store, also one va
cant store suitable for any business.
740 South Fourteenth street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

Poor old China; is it to be 2OOO years
of war there now; after 200 years of
lethargy7
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

Why doesn't some preacher or lee.
turer take for a subject, How to be
happy though richi"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

STOCKS FOR SALE-Either private
or public to the highest bidder, Uni.
ted States Cashier Co., so shares at
$40 each; Coin Machine Manufactur-
ing Co., shares at 800 each; Call
Switch Co., 40 shares at $40 each; ;
The Electric Mining 6 Smelling Co.,
100 shares at 81 each; Campbell's Au-
tomato Safety Gas Burner Co., 25
shares at $5 each. These stock must
be sold to settle upan estate of U. G..
Kightlinger by July 81, 1918. Ad-
dress S. c. Kightlinger, 800 Miller
st., Salem, Oregon, administrator of
the estate.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
Great Chinese Doctor
l. M. Hum

Prepares medicines which will cure all
known diseases. He makes a speciality
Of asthma, lung, throat, stomach, liver
kidney, rheumatism, debility and hernia
troubles, smallpox epidemic, lost man
hood female weakness paralysis bOils
and bruises Of all kinds.
Care Of Yick So Tong, Chinese Med
ical Co., South High Street, salem, Or.
office hours from 10 to 12 a. m. and
! to 7 p. m, including Sundays
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

1G ACRES good soil, 11A miles from
Oregon Electric, in Ankeney bottom,
all in cultivation, on good road.
Price $500, with 800 first payment.
Small buildings and we'll See J. H.
Mills, 275 State street.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

EARN So WEEKLY at home during
spare time mailing circulars. For par
ticulars send l0c in silver, which we
return when you begin work. Droste
Co., 474.J33 Trumbull avenue, De-
troit, Mich.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
WATER COMPANY.

SALEM WATER CoMPANY-office
corner Commercial and Trade SITS.
For water service apply at office.
Bill payable monthly in advance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
WOOD SAVING.

WOOD sAwED-Price FOR cord wood
Hardwood, 6Oc; fir, soc; slab, 6Ocj
old junk, $1.75 per hour. P. A. Ship
Invr
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

DRS. B. H. WHITE AND R. W.
Walton, osteOpathic physicians and
nerve specialists. Graduates of
American School of osteOpathy,
Kirksville, Mo. Post graduate and
specialized in nervous diseases at
Los Angeles College, Treat acute
and chronic DISEASES. Consultation
free. Lady attendant. Office sos
500 U. s. National Bank building.
Phone S59 Residence 346 N, Capt.
tol street. Phone 469
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

GUARANTEED AUTO sPRINGs--we
manufacture high grade auto and
truck springs, also repair, set up,
and re-temper old springs. Our long
list of satisfied customers will rec
ommend our ability as leaders in
our work. Laher Auto Spring Co.,
26 North 18th st. Portland Or.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

WooDMEN OF woRLD-Meet every
Friday night at 1880 o'clock in
Masonic hall, Mccormack block. W.
G. Prunk, c. c; L. H. Fletcher,
Clerk.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

Still, woman's vanity isn't in it
with a man 3 conceit.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

THE WESTERN JUNK Co-319.3l7
Center street. Your chance for get
ting a square deal We buy and
sell everything, such as household
goods, machinery, pipe, fittings; all
kinds of metal, sacks, rags, rubber
Phone Main 706.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE-One Frazier Grey racing
sulky at bargain. Phone 544. A.
]. Anderson.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

I WILL SELL at bargain good young
team, wagon and harness, almost
new. Will sell separate. Call owner
at Main 423.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

ORDER OF MoosE-Cherry
City Lodge No, 49S, meets every
Tuesday evening at 1880 in Moose
Hall, corner Court and High streets.
GUY o. SMITH Distator; II. H. Tur-
ner, Secretary, 1875 South Commercial
Street. limitations I'd and 4th Tues
days.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-08-01

journal Want Ads Bring Results.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

used for detecting the dishonesty 81
employees are maryels of ingenuity and
careful attention to detail but means
of determining whether trains are on
Grated in accordance with the require
ments of safety and In conformity with
the rules are almost entirely lacking.
I'm previous reports the commission
has recommended legislation requiring
the Standardization of operating rules.
1t is vitar to the safe movement ct
trains that rules should be explicit
and uniform In character, so that they
may be easily understood and that
there may be no doubt as to their
application. To this end federal legis-
lation Is necessary
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

fabitually violated by employees who
are charged with responsibility for the
safe movement of trains. The evidence
also is that in many cases operating
Officers are cognizant of this habituaI
disregard of rules and no proper steps
are taken to correct the evil. Many
operating officers seem to proceed
upon the theory that their RESPONSE
bility ends with the PRONUNCIATION of
rules. apparently overlooking the fact
that no matter how inherently good n
rule may be. it is of no force unless
IL is obeyed. On very many railroads
there is little or no system of inspec-
tion or supervision of the work Of
train service employees so far as per-
tains to those matters which vitality
effect safety. Employees are not eX-
amined on the operating rules except
ct the time of their promotion AMI
only the most perfunctory efforts are
made to determine their fitness to per-
fern the duties assigned to them from
time to time.
"This lack of supervision and in
spection with respect to matters at
fecting the safety of trains is unex-
rlainable when the careful supervision
of all matters directly affecting the
revenue of the roads is considered.
The auditing and checking systems
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
ATTENTION TO LARGE NUMBER
OF ACCIDENTS CAUSES VIC
OROUS RECOMMENDATIONS BY
INTERSTATE COMMERCE CON-
MISSION IN ANNUAL REPORT

Washington, December 1s.-Empha-
sizing the necessity for further action
by the federal government to pro-
vide greater safety for travellers. and
employees upon American railroads. the
interstate commerce commission, in its
annual report, submitted to Congress
today, makes vigorous recommenda-
tions for additional powers over the
physical construction and operation of
the roads. The commission also rec
ommends that 1t be given authority
to supervise the issue of railroad So
curities and some measure of control
over the capitalization.
Conditions disclosed by the commits
sion's investigation of railroad acct
dents during the year present a sit
uation which, the commission believes
ought to be the subject Of immediate
legislation. Seventy-six accidents IN
vestigated comprised 81 collisions and
70 derailments, and caused the death
Of 2sS and the injury of 1880 persons
Commenting upon these facts, the re.
port says:
Many Accidents
"The commission again is compelled
to note the exceedingly large proper
ton of train accidents due to derelic-
tion of duty on the part of employees.
Fifty-six of the accidents Investigated
during the year, or nearly "A per cent
Of the whole number, were directly
caused by mistakes of employees. These
mistakes were of the same nature as
those noted by the commission in It's
last annual report. namely, disregard
of fixed signals. improper tagging,
failure to obey train orders, improper
checking of train register, standing OF
orders, occupying main track on time
Of superior train, block operator al
lowed train to enter occupied track,
dispatcher gave lap order or used im-
proper form of order; operator mado
mistake in copying order; switch left
open in face of approaching train, ex-
cessive speed. failure to Identify train
that was met.
These errors are exactly the, ones
which figure in the causes of train
accidents year after year. Their per.
sistence, leading always to the SAINT
/ arrowing results, points Inevitably tc
| the truth of one or the other of tn.
following alternatives: Either a gree
majority of these deplorabIe railroad
disasters are unavoidable or there ex-
lists a widespread lack of intelligent
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
EGGS EXPENSIVE IN
CHATTOOGA COUNTY

Lyerly, Ca, December 19.-Eggs. Where
are they all coming from? Not many
days ago eggs were one of the rarest OF
articles to be found here, but not so to-
day, for Lyerly produce buyers have on
hand a good supply of real country eggs.
1T appears that instead of the hens re-
fusing to furnish eggs for Christmas, the
poultry raisers have been holding them
for better price, which they most GER
tainly have received, eggs selling as high
as So cents per dozen during the past
week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
HARVEST FIGURES
OFFER INTERESTING
TRADE SPECULATION
Corn Not Up to Last Year,
But Money Value Is
Greater This Year
COTTON AND HAY IN
FRIENDLY RIVALRY
Value of Cotton This Year, However,
Seems to Be Considerably Ahead
of Hay--Other Crop
Reports
BY HOLLAND

New York. December 19-If other things
than the record made by the American
farmers in the present year were not of
immediate influence, overshadowing the
certainty of great supplies of new wealth
and fresh capital which the harvest of
this year will create, then tho
report which came from Wash
tngton day or two ago would without
any question have stimulated the securi-
ties market. But just at this time the
railroad situation, the perplexities oc-
casioned by the uncertainty respecting
the effects of a new banking and cur
renoy law and the presumed agitation in
Congress in favor of additional antitrust
legislation completely overshadow for the
time being the extraordinary report made
by the department of agriculture at
Washington early in the present week.
In some of the offices where banking
is directed q good deal of attention was
paid to this report. There was no hesi-
tation in saying that 1t contained infor-
nation which makes certain that there
will be improved conditions In the spring
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
Tax Assessors Appointed

Lyerly. Ga, December 19-Chattooea
county's board of tax assessors was ap-
pointed this week by the board of roads
and revenue of the county. j. V. Wheeler
was appointed for a. term of six years,
w. G. Watson four years, and c. N.
Pursley two years. The terms of office
of the assessors will begin on January
/, next. but their actual work will not
begin until next summer, when the tax
returns are in for the year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20

and early summer unless political and
legislative agitations and actions are too
radical
The report is spoken of here as again
demonstrating that it does not always do
to accept as final the estimates of the
harvests that are made either by the gov
ernment or by the private experts before
the harvests are garnered or even while
they are being garnered.
There Is vivid recollection of the fact
that almost every one who processes to
be familiar with the cotton situation two
and three years ago predicted in one case
very small crop and in the other case
not much more than an average crop.
Yet both of these predictions were mac
curate. The planters of the south proved
the fnaccuracy with a magnificent DEM
onstration of very great harvests.
In one case they harvested a very large
crop and it was one of the worlds great
est bankers who said in August, 1911,
that the cotton exported from the United
States following the harvest of that year
would be likely to create a visible inter-
national trade balance of approximately
$450. 900, 600.
In recent years, many of the estimates
made of the amount in bushels of the
corn harvest have been far below actual
measurements of these harvests. Even
mate was that we should not harvest
much over two and one-quarter million
bushels of corn. Almost every time mis-
takes have been made in the prediction
of the wheat harvest the actual dem
onstration has shown that these mistakes
represented underestimates rather than
overestimates.
The True Estimate
The department of agriculture is fairly
well assured that the American farmers
harvested in the late summer and early
fall of this year a little under two and
one-half billion bushels of corn. This, of
course, is considerably under the stupen-
dous corn harvest of last year. The farm
ers raised last year approximately 600,-
900 more bushels of corn than they
did this year. Last years harvest was,
however, phenomenal. nor was there ex-
pectation that the figures established a
new standard of American corn produc-
ton. The best experts say that a harvest
of American corn in excess of two billion
five hundred million bushels is to be
considered excellent.
The farmers did superbly with their
wheat this year, garnering nearly 764-
100000 bushels they never before did so
we'll. Yet We shall probably consume
at home almost all this wheat
Almost Record Crop
Therefore the harvests of the year
1913 will probably pass into history as
almost record making harvests, and in
some respects absolutely record max
ing. For after all it is not so much the
quantity of business that furnishes the
most satisfactory results as 1t is the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20


and well directed effort to minimize
the mistakes of employees in the oper-
alton of trains. 1t is not believed that
all those accidents which are caused
by the mistakes of employees are un-
syoidable. 1t Is quite true that man
Is prone to error and as long as abso-
lutte reliance is placed upon the human
element in the operation of trains ac-
cidents are bound to occur, but until
it can be shown that all reasonable
and proper measures have been taken
for it's prevention no accident can be
olassed as unavoidable.
Violations of Rules
"All of the mistakes noted above a.e
violations of simple rules, which should
have been easily understood by. men
of sufficient Intelligence to be en-
trusted with the operation of trains.
The evidence is that in the main the
rules are understood, but they arc
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-12-20
browns in Tub

Gyerly. Ga, December 19.-(SpecialD
While playing around tub of water
Wednesday afternoon, Henry Strickland.
the 2-year-old son of Henry Strickland.
colored, Of near here, became overbal-
anced, fell in the water and drowned be-
fore help reached him.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
RAILWAY BUSINESS FOR JANUARY

The mild weather that prevailed
throughout the United States during
January and the good conditions of bus
mess in general caused the returns of
the railways to show large increases over
January of 1912, a month that was char
acterized by severe weather impeding
railway operation. Operating income for
each mile Of line averaged $3.50 for each
day in January, 1913. This average for
January 1912 was 500.
The corresponding average per mile per
day for the last fiscal year was 4 9.19, for
he previous fiscal year 1872, for the sew
en- months of the current fiscal year
SLID. Comparison with the longer per
iOds averages the effect of fluctuations
o. the weather and shows that last Jan
nary as usual was relatively a poor
month of railway traffic.
The fact that this operating income
per mile of line per day averaged $12.13
in November, $1G,1G in December, and
p1.G6 in January shows that as usual
this was 4 montlkr during which traffic
diminished.
Operating income, is the amount, after
the payment Of operating expenses and
taxes. available to the railways for rent
ais, interest or bonds, appropriations for
bctterments, improvements, and new con
struction, and for dividends. In the ag
sregate it averaged per mile of line for
The month 1915 for the railways of the
West.
These figures are from the summary of
earnings and expenses Of steam railways
operating about ninety per cent. of the
mileage Of the country, made by the Blu
reau Of Railway Economics from the re
ports of these railways to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
JOURNALISM.

Dean Williams of the school Of Jour
naiism at the Missouri university de-
livered an address in the auditorium of
the University of Texas recently. Judge
ing from the extracts of his address
printed in the Texas papers that must
have been a speech worth hearing-
Journalism said Dean Williams.
is the profession of the interpreter.
Good journalism takes the worlds
thoughts. doings and desires and. record
ing, interprets them unto the common
good.
Other men do great deeds or little
deeds, full of glory or meanness. The
journalist interprcts these deeds INTO
the multitude. He is the clerk Of the
.day-the recording angel-and his work
is the production Of commentaries upon
the gospel Of human life.
70 be interpreter the journalist must
needs be catholic~in his Sympathics.
democratic in large sense in his journal.
What is not meant for YOU may be
meant for yOur neiehbor. who is More
numerous by far than you. The public
library is for the few: the
is for the many. Books are the reser-
voirS; the newspapers are the running
streams. Libraries iii the advanced age
are too high for the multitude. .Tleengh
and by means of them-Sometimes dcxpikA
thcm-a scholar rises here and there to
bless the nation or an age. The news
paper, however, lifts whole peoples into
the sunlight. Andrew Carnegie. the
canny Scotchman, persuaded many cities
70 pay taxes perpetually to maintain a
library to bear his name. The news
paper must maintain Itself by the volun-
tary contribution of the people whom it
blcsSes-or blames. Yet the newspaper
carries information and inspiration to
thousands, while the library. valuable
as it is, supplies information and in
SEPARATION only to scores.
My experience with reporters is hat
the man quoted is more often made to
say things that he meant but did not
after than to say things he uttered and
did not mean. The reporter can not al
ways make speakers utter good sense. but
he nearly always makes them utter good
grammar. That's one mission Of the re-
porter
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
NEW POLAR EXPEDITION.

The end Of june Will see the depart
ure from Hayre Of a French polar eXpe-
diti0n under Jules de Payer. The ends
sought. however, are purely scientific
and this expedition will not be a sport
ing rush for the North Pole" The Drin-
yipal purpose is thoroughly to investi-
gate the great abyss which borders the
North European submarine continent,
and TO this everything else is subordin-
ated.
The expedition, which comprises ex-
pert biologists, photographers, ocean
ographers biologists and naturalists.
Will take up It's winter quarters in the
Franz Josef archipelago, and the mem
bers will devote the long winter to max
ing astronomical and meteorological OBJ
scTvGtiCns.
When summer comes the expedition
VIII be divided into two parts: the
first. under VI. De PAYER. assisted bv two
sea captains, a military aviator and a
navy doctor. will push boldly north
ward; the second under a navy l~icuten-
ant. will survey and make ~soundings
among the canals. fjords and islands of
the archipelago as yet %uncxplored.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
CANAL.

1t is TO be hoped that the chief Of engi-
neers VIII give his approval to the inter
coastal canal rs a whole. AS matters
stand there are some reaches of the
canal which lack the endorsement of the
engineers department. One of them is
the part that lies between Corpus
Christi and Point Isabel. Whether the
objection goes to the whole of this dis
lance or only a part Of it The Herald is
unable to say. In any case it is a pity
if the objection was well founded or if
il was not well founded. General Bixby,
chief engineer, seems inclined TO the
opinion that the department can afford
to give its endorsement to the whole
canal. If the endorsement is given it is
believed congress viii furnish the money
to complete the work.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
NOBILITY AND MEANNESS.

AS between the noble and the base in
this world. where lies the majority? The
great flood in Ohio, and especially III
Dayton, developed in some people traits
of heartlessness and greed that must
have made the angels weep; and in
some people traits of courage and hui
manity that even the devils must have
been constrained to applaud.
No sooner did the catastrophe overtakc
the city than all classes of human
ghouls and hyenas come from their dens
to make spoil of the Sufferings of their
neighbors and fellow townSmen. Some
invaded the flood drenched homes, and
despoiled them Of valuables. or fished
the drowned bodies from the mire and
rubbish and %plundered them. Others
took advantage of the ruined and help
less people to advance the prices of 0
and drink TO eXhOrbitant proportions.
One man rowcd a boat through the
streets and hailed the benumbed victims
~clinging TO trees, telephone poles and
house tops. Offering TO save them for SO
per capita. other men doing the same
work for nothing, upset this fellow into
the water. cOnfiscatcd his boat and APP
piled il TO saving lives without price.
At the same time all over the city
men were risking their lives to save the
helpless without expectation Of fame or
emOlument. Again and again men
plunged into icy waters to save the lives
of women and children whom they had
never seen before and would perhaps
never see again. Again and again in
rescuc work men whose lives were en-
dangcred and who were suffering from
cold, thirst, and hunger, gave place to
women and children. Altogether events
of that sort exhibit human basencSs and
nobility in sharp contrasts. All things
considered. taking the record for author
ity, the noble. the brave and the humane
seem to be in the majority. However we
must admit that at the final adjustment
of the balances OF good and evil we shall
be found to be a rather mixed lot.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-04-02
SOMETHING ABOUT
TIE PROGRESS OF
THE PRESS
By John II. FdUOn.

You can not see the forest for the
trees" said a historian, nor his
tory in the making for being 50
close to the event"
He wrote before the present
greatness of the newspapers was
attained. Nowadays the history Of
the minute is yours when you pick
up your daily newspaper. Not
only those things which happen in
the city and throughout the coun-
try. but throughout the world.
There are rOmanceS back of this
achievement. tales of suffering, of
loyalty to the paper. Of long hours.
of strenuous endeavor and daring.
Consider carefully this comp0s-
ite wonder, the newspaper which
Won buy daily for an insignificant
price. Usually it contains several
square yards of paper, and. in the
metropolitan dailes. its lines of
type set end to end would extend
fer miles. And all this type must
be set in q few short hours. The
wonder is that your paper does not
eos won many times its present
price.
The advertisements, as well as
l. tfrr-ncws. r of great Importance
because they bring YOU the store
news Of Brownsyille's leading mer-
chants and tell YOU of opportuni-
ties 10 purchase at a big saving in
price.