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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Notice of Special Meeting of the Stock.
holders Of Freeland Consolidated
Mining Co.
Notice is hereby given that spe.
cial meeting Of the Freeland Consoli.
dated Mining company will be held in
the office Of the secretary at room 413
in the Masonic Temple building, in sa.
lem, Oregon, on Monday, September
~, 1913, at the hour of p. m. Of said
day for the purpose of devising means
10 raise money to pay the debts Of the
corporation, TO mortgage or sell ,le
property of tho corporation to raise
FUNDS to do necessary assessmen w., ,k
on the mining property of the com.
pany to sell or hypothecate any or all
property Of tho corporation to raise
funds to pay overlnc taxes. assess
ments and licenses, to pass a resolution
Tor the reorganization or for the disso
iut'on OF the corporation, as may be
necessary to comply with the reouire
ments of tho now corporation law af
the state of Oregon, and to transact
such other business as may be neces.
'aFy to protect the interests of the
stockholders.
This notice is published for ten davs
IN the Daily Capital Journal, as ro.
quired by the bylaws of said corpora.
tion.
Dated September II, 1918.
HUGH FREELAND, President.
Carey F. Martin, Secretary.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
HIS WHINE.

wv RITING IN Thursdays Journal George NIFTY of EOa says
N C forces are raising hue cry good
wv yet it is significant willing
let the farming class select the roads to be improved The farming
class do not blame the wealthy pleasure seeking striving
the building of highways tourists they do blame them for
their upHnped sham in pretending that the building
best interest of the farmers Why Misrepresentation deception
regarding trunk line highways paeng railroad transportation
ines9
Many people believe that weygd our cities have
little regard for the farming their sham pense arc showing
small principle to gain their ends"
commenting the OREGON Journal etor commarts tbrs.
Happily all EOla statesmen NIFTY folks in that
town not look upon themselves the only persons
NIFTY nothing but people the city All their de-
signs are wicked designs All their plans crooked All preten
ons are sham ptenOns All their
farmer That his song many times SUNG in to T
ma s column of letters from the people,
What of the nothing othersa What of the in.
n heart Of man who thinks everybody snerl
makeup of publicly purity and publicly accuses all
others of hypocrisy pensesq
Good men see good others Honest honesty
sincerity Nfor od
intentions see good intentions n others
What was the suspicious distu
growing complaining spitefu wilmer that NIFTY
Mr. NIFTY of Eo suspicious may be diutful he may even
growing complaining spefu whner the Oregon Journal
him. but wrote the comment on his
statement beOg' NIFTY ca wilmer" because he city
Tor wanting good roads built be no
controversy the necessity building good reach all parts of the
country both parallel railroad there no doubt
ne interest Oh the city good roads enthusiast and his country brother
lie in different directions interested just Mr. NIFTY stated
building roads main highways country interested in
r those that Of most benefit to the farmer
fae both classes of roads built eventually completed
The question is which is the farmer that these
good ROADS benefit the
tenon just and right For the city men are
getting or trying to get these roads built penes abso
ute true We believe all directions contemporary
certain off the track in attacking NIFTY expressing opinion An
other thing that the big Portland should accusing
NIFTY Of being exactly what condemns him for do
good his motives vaunts il own prv
sees no honesty him. justice him, sincerity good in
tentns yet says that he has all these traits ees % in
others Read the last comment above and
you Will see that all the the United kind of
"a winner that NIFTY is that the a much worse
by itty is
journal does not deny it, but simply jumps him and wilmer
is all right to build the roads through the state great highways let us
do 1t on tho merits of the proposition 1t Of
folks that this should be done but that the should
be done City folks who entitled good
roads as farmers They have right demand get them
and there why the should pre-
tnses and the work grounds farmer OF course
he gets some benefit from the big highways built but his
immediate interest the building the which he
reaches his market town.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
CHILDREN HATE OIL,
CALOMEL AND PILLS
California Syrup of Figs" Best for
Tender Stomach, Liver Bowels
Tastes Delicious.

Look back at your childhood days,
Remember the 'dose" mother insisted
on--castor oil, calomel cathartics. How
you hated them, how you fought against
taking them.
With our children it's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
physic simply don't realize what they
do The children's s revolt is well.found.
ed. Their tender little "insides" are
injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, give only deli
cious "Californip Syrup of Figs" Its
action is positive, but gentle Millions
Of mothers keep this harmless "fruit
laxative" handy; they know children
love to take it; that it never fails to
clean the liver and bowels and sweeten
the stomach, and that a teaspoonful Civ.
en- today saves a sick child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for 5O.cent bot.
tie of California Syrup of Figs"
which has full directions for babies,
children of all ages and for grown.ups
plainly on each bottle. Beware of coun.
terfeits sold here. See that it is made
by California Fig Syrup Company"
Refuse any other kind with contemnt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Notice of Assessment for Improvement
Of satteman Street From the North
Line Of Center Street to the South
Line Of "A' Street.
Notice is hereby given that the com.
mon council of the city of Salem, Ore.
gon, will at or about 8 O. clock p. M, on
the Goth day of September, 1918, or at
the same hour at any subsequent regu-
lar council meeting thereafter at the
common council chambers, in the city
of Salem, Oregon, proceed to assess
upon each lot or part thereof or parcel
Of land liable therefor, its proportion.
ate share of the total cost of improv.
ing Statesman street from the north
line Of Center street to the south line
Of "a" street.
All persons interested in said assess
ment are hereby notified to appear at
said time before the said common
council and present their objections, if
any they have, to said assessment, and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
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Independence claims that a hop pick
er there picked 115O pounds of hops in
one day, and another who gathered HOO
pounds of the fragrant beer blossoms
in the same length of time Miss Leila
Murray, of Yamhill, claims to have
picked 1901 pounds, and that this is
the record for the state.
SO
Francis Ward O'Connir, aged three
years, of Junction City, scored go in
the eugenic contest held there recently.
Fifty thousand trout fry were dis
tributed in Polk county streams last
week, mostly in the Luckiamute and
Rickreall rivers.
Tomo Sealpara was shot and killed
Saturday by Mrs. Peter Rizzi, near
Bend. She claims that he made i'm
proper advances to her, and that she
shot him, and then taking her baby
fled. The body Of her victim was
found lying on the floor with his head
resting on tin pan.
###
The entire crop of Hood River Jona-
than apples has been sold. There will
be about 60 carloads,
#HR
The Sutherlin Inn, at Sutherlin, was
burned Sunday morning. It was one of
the most noted hotels in Southern Ore.
gon, and the loss is about $4,000.
DR.. Leach, deported from Coos Bay,
arrived at Coquille Sunday in response
to a subpoena, He had a body guard.
The hop crop of 1913 will put about
one million dollars in circulation in In
dependence and theNnear.by country.
The Oregon Electric has built a fine
warehouse opposite Independence.
Edgar Starr, aged 10, was kicked in
the stomach by horse, at Corvallis,
Friday, and his condition is precarious.
More than GO00 visitors attended the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Running rp and down stairs, sweeo.
ing and bending over making beds will
not make woman healthy or beauA
full She must get out of doors, walk
a mile or two every day and take
Ohameorlain'S Tablets to improve her
digestion and regulate her bowels, Fo,
sale by all dealers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

the pew.plan corn cure 'GETSITJ
Watch it get rid of that corn, wart.
calms or bunion in a hurry" gets
1T" is as sure as time II takes two
seconds to apply-that's all. No
bandages to stick and fuss over no
salves to make corns sore and turn
true flesh raw and red, no plasters, no
more knives and razors that may
cause blood poison, no more digging at
corns. just the easiest thing in the
world to use. Your corn days are over
"GETS-lp' is guaranteed. IL is safe.
never hurts healthy flesh.
Your druggist sells "GETS. IT." 95
cents per bottle, or direct IL you wish,
from r Lawrence & Co., Chicago.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

property owners and the Oregon Paw
ing & Quarry compan over a failure
to put the proper amount of cement in
the paving was reported. The com
pany agreed to reduce the contract
price of $295s.6O 10 per cent, or
$355.7O because something like $50
sacks Of cement had not been put in.
The selection of Claude Berry as the
new engineer of the fire department
was reported.
It was explained in answer to the
claim Of Minton that the S. p had
gone to work to lower its tracks in the
northern section of the city, although
no grade had been established, that
the engineer had given the company a
grade on Market street, where the work
was being done.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

apply to said council on or before A,
29th day of September, 1918, to coma,
ize their proportionate share Of the ID
tai cost of improving said Statesman
street, and their said assessments.
oHAs. r, ELGIN, City Recorlu
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
SNAP
Bechtel & Bynon only advertise ral
bargains.

Bechtel & Bynon only advertise ral
bargains.
800 Acres, $50 per Acre
800 acres, 8 miles south Of Salem ID
the heart Of the great prune belt, llD|
acres under cultivation, 100 acre, d
very fine timber, a snap. $4,000 down,
will take some Salem or Portland prop
erty as part pay.
Houses Sold on Easy Payments
Some as low as $25 down, balance so
per month.
Money to Loan.
Seven Acres Cheap,
Seven acres, close in, rock road, only
$1,000; terms,
Insurance,
Seven good companies. Insure now
For Rent
Houses in all parts of the city,
BEcHTEL 4 BYNONi
347 State Street
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
''Get-lt" for COrnS
Surely Gets Them

It's the Corn Cure on a New Plan
Gets Every Corn Quick and Sure.
=" If you re like me, and have tried
nearly everything to get rid of corns
and have still got them, just try the
new, sure, quick, easy painless way
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Woman certainly against it, tragedy Fruit
land Sunday when refused leave her bs
band Had she done least would have been tho
husband might have shot her Should shooting fatally capital pun
ehmen would hardly be enough
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Eugene has water supply that absolutely pure but as
comes from wells the plant it claimed tho seopago gives
the beverage ao that would drinking ococo or something
Woro-if it could bo found.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

General Miles be candidate congress Massachusetts dis
ct H has been rendered the Republican nomination. but says he indie
pendent in politics.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

justice of the at klamath Falls has purchased for the
of $2 the vintage thinks can get
yde two out of The encouraging indicates that sometime
the auto will be within newppapemen
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
Regulates Traffic.

A resolution for the regulation Of
traffic to the state fair grounds was
adopted An effot will be made to
have the people travel on certain streets
going, and return on others.
An estimate of balance of $464 40
due to w. II. Wilson for the North
Church street improvement was allowed
A petition of B. F. West and others,
Union street, for sewer Improvement,
was referred to the street committee.
John Zack notified the council that
his contract to furnish so cords Of wood
to the fire department had been abro-
gated when the fire chief refused to let
him deliver all the wood before Septem-
ber l, He had delivered 251a cords
when informed there was no more room.
The matter was referred to the com.
mittee on public buildings.
The state fair board was given per.
mission to use the city dumping ground.
Licenses Required.
An ordinance requiring license of
$40 per year for taxicabs and automO-
biles carrying passengers was passed.
The ordinance is aimed to curb Port.
landers who come here annually and
reap harvest during the state fair.
Jones and Cummings voted against the
ordinance, asserting the city had no
power to regulate traffic to points out.
side the city.
Ordinances regulating the sale of i'm.
provement bonds and providing for the
assessment of Union street, Water to
Twelfth, were passed.
1t was voted to decorate the city hall
appropriately during the state fair.
An ordinance designed to keep auto
mobile owners from blocking streets
during parades or interfering with them
and for further safeguarding of parades
was passed after some discussion.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

The first passenger train from Eu.
gene to Mott, last week, carried 1850
passengers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Benton county fair at Corvallis, and
they all got their moneys worth, too
It was a first-class exhibit in every
way.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
Y. w. G. A. MatrOn.

Brown introduced a resolution ap
propriating $40 per month for matron
at the Oregon Electric depot. He ex-
planned that the Y. w. c. A. had ar
ranged for a matron and wished some
help from the city. Jones said there
was no money for the purpose and
Brown fixed it up by a transfer of the
amount from the park fund.
A resolution requiring the removal of
certain poles of the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company from CONNER
cial street was passed. A bill of the
company for $12j.6S was allowed and
Polk and Marion counties will be called
on to each pay one-third, the amount
being expended for the installation Of
lights on the Willamette bridge.
They Have Their Doubts.
The city attorney recommended pay
ment of $1,000 deposited by the Univer-
sal Construction company, asserting
that the street Improvement contract
had been substantially complied
with" The report was referred to the
street committee The company's work
was performed in the Oaks addition and
Jones and Brown seemed to have their,
doubts about the job being satisfactory.
j, W. Gross was allowed rs per cent
of an estimate of $69O.S3 for work on
an alley in block 10.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
COMMISSION FORM
ELECTION POSTPONED
Council Decides to Leave 1t to Com
mittee When Vote viii Be Taken
on Proposition.
BROWN RAPS CRITICS WHO
HAVE BEEN POUNDING HIM
StrenuOusly Resents Councilman's In
situations as Well as Those of 9th
ers in Salem.

The city council voted unanimously
last night to indefinitely postpone the
commission form charter amendment
election. A petition from 356 voters
asked that the election be postponed
from November and the council was
willing There was some discussion ov-
er the matter, some favoring December
l., while others thought it should be left
to the committee to decide This plan
was finally adopted. Earlier in the
meeting Mayor Sleeves had been au-
thorized to add five women to the COM
mittee 1t had also developed that
Judge Slater, who had served in the
investigation of sto1z, said he had
enough of committee work and would
not help on the charter, Mccormack, it
appeared, was opposed to the commits
sion form and unwilling to draft a char.
ter. This means a total of seven ap-
pointments for Mayor Sleeves and those
well-posted say he will be able to CON
troll the committee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
Brown Is Indignant.

Brown denounced those who had i'm.
.pugned his motives, he declaring that
he had consulted no one before intro
ducing the resolution a week ago. He
said he had been accused Of all sort of
things, one story widely circulated be.
ing that he had been induced to bring
up the commission issue by the liquor
men, 1t was disgusting and discourag.
ing for a man to try to do what was
right to be scored, especially by the
church people who should stand back of
him, he insisted. He said one alderman
had appeared at the office of the local
morning newspaper and charged him
with being tool of the liquor interests.
stolz asserted that certain people had
used the proposition for their own DUR.
pose.
Within 4S hours after the council had
acted on the Brown resolution, certain
persons were going around trying to
diseredit Brown and others. He de.
clared that the criticism was altogether
unfounded' Macy opposed the plan to
allow the committee to drift indefinite.
ly' He wanted it stated that report
should be made not later than April l.,
1914.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23
Says They Are Deceived.

-aNJ sNAo CNNO1NOus
turner said he sincerely hoped the
people who had been misled and de.
ceived would realize the fact, He
thought perhaps he could have saved all
the trouble by resigning from the com.
mlttee The election was to be held to
amend the charter to provide for a
commission form of government and, il
was beyond his comprehension how anv
one could get the idea that it could af.
feet the wet and dry proposition. Many
Oh the old features of the charter would
undoubtedly be adopted
The action of the council at least
puts the charter proposition out of the
way during the November and Decem.
Der elections.
Resolution Re-reftrred.
AFTER strenuous argument on the part
OF Councilman Jones, his resolution
providing that the sewer bond issue bo
reduced by $4,000, because that
amount was not necessary, was re-.
referred to the committee on accounts
and current expenses. Jones gave n
long talk, in which he asserted that tho
budget could be reduced next year, and
the tax levy kept down to 10 mills.
He figured a total of 100000 could
be raised, as compared to $164OOO last
year By reducing the sewer bond is.
sue, there would bo that much less in.
terest to bo taken care of, he said
Minton argued that great cuts could
be made in the budget. He believed
$4,000 could be saved. On street
cleaning, he said, the cost could be re-.
duced $4,000.
Cummings said many cuts had been
suggested to him, one being that the
city attorneys salary be put back at
the old figure, and 5000 saved by re.
quiring him to get his stenographic
work for the city done at the city hall,
instead Of providing him with stenog.
rapher in his office.
Name Changed to Rose.
An ordinance changing the name Of
Currant street to Rose was passed, Tur.
ner explained that Mrs, Purvino pro.
posed to give every one along the street
rose cuttings to beautify il.
Reports telling of work Of repair on
streets leading to tho fair grounds were
read.
Another week was given the commit.
teo on fire and water to prepare plans
for fire engine,
II was explained that the reason no
policeman had appeared at the s. P.
depot for a week was that Recorder
Elgin had him engaged in serving le.
gal notices.
Reduction Is Made.
A settlement Of Statesman street
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-09-23

Fifty thousand trout fry were dis
tributed in Polk county streams last
week, mostly in the Luckiamute and
Rickreall rivers.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-24


Plsved strenuous Football Then. \.
81 Ia The twelfth century London IN
joyed football. N 1tz-Stephen, clerk to
Thomas T. Beckett, tells how after din
ner the youths Of the city would
I address themselves" to football,
These sport we're fastidious ii
their way. The scholars of each
school had q ball peculiar to them
selves, as had indeed most Of the par
tticular trades. The fathers of the
players, too, were ''as youthful as the
youngest" For, their natural heat
seeming to be revived at the sight Of
so much agility" they sprang from
their stands into the arena. In later
days, too, the excitement of the game
has been known to infect the spec
tators. Somebody wrote of game in
1893: these two men were killed
by Ould Gunter. Gunter's sonnes and
ye Gregories fell together by We years
at football. Ould Gunter drewe his
dagger and broke boothe their heades,
and they died boothe within a fort
night after" IT,,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-24

Bemidji is to have the biggest
Fourth of July celebration is has had
in years. Invitations are being sent
to all surrounding towns and to the
farmers in the country. Plans are
being made to care for thousands of
people on that day and the smaller
neigh boring towns will find it to their
advantage if they will join Bemidji
in this big two day festival. Good,
clean, moral, sport is promised those
who attend and the way the business
men of the town are pushing the pro-
ject, Indications point to record break
ing events.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1913-05-24

hand.
The only horsepower was four
legged and wore q tail.
The steam boat was still building
on the ways of Fulton's brain, and
the wheels Of the steam engine, had
only moved in steph enson's head.
It took Benjamin Franklin two
weeks to send a letter from Boston
and get a reply from Baltimore.
Abraham Lincoln's angular frame
never reposed in Pullman berth.
Garfield called twenty-day Gin
err" an ocean greyhound" ~. "a
It is hardly year since the father
of antiseptic surgery was gathered to
his fathers. d. #'@
Electric light, trolley cars, bicycles,
automobiles, department stores, sky
scrapers, ten-cent collars, timed sal
mon, airships, penny newspapers,
appendicitis and power cranes are
infant ideas still toddling in their
diapers. 1855. "a. Y. q.
Thirty years ago electricity, had
never been hitched to a wheel: gun
powder was the most powerful ex-
plosive; subways weren't considered
within range of possibility. ""&
'Impossibility'' is now an old-fash-
toned word with a definition but not
a meaning. Almost every dream of the
past is reality today.
The magic cities and the fairy
kingdoms of your grandmothers
aren't half So wonderful as the world
in which you live.
The wizards, elves, pixies, gnomes
and djins Of legend; Jumped together,
never did as much in all their his
toried years as we've accomplished in
the last decade. Wisconsin State
Journal.