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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
SELECT FIVE AS JUDGES.

From the list Of 10 names selected
by the chairman of the intercollegiate
Peace 0ratorcal association, five will
be selected to sit in Judgment over tho
efforts at supremacy of the represen.
tatives Of Pacific university, Univer.
sity of Oregon Pacific college, william.
cite university, the public speaking
class Of the Portland Y. NJ. c. A., Nc.
Minnyille college, Eugene Bible univer.
sity and Reed college, when they meet
in annual contest in Corvallis on Feb.
ruary 80.
The names from which five will bc
chosen to act as judges nrc; Lloyd
Marquam, principal Albany high school;
&c, W. Boetticher, superintendent, All.
bany; d. +. Carlton, assistant state
superintendent, Salem; =. Il. Welles, as.
sistant state superintendent Salem; j.
X. Alderman, president Oregon Normal
school, Monmouth; J. y. Evendon, Ore.
gon Normal school; H, NJ. Crooks, pres.
ident, Albany college, Albany; W. l..
jackson, county superintendent, Linn
county; j. Il. Calayan, county supcrin.
tendent, Clackamas county; Marshall
n. Dana, Portland; r. L. Hilton, Port.
land; l.. X, Alderman, superintendent
of schools, Portland
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
THE BUaHNIc oHIIp.

A most eugenic baby came
To he his parents blessing;
He took prize as soon as born,
Projections all possessing.
lie grew to boyhood's happy age,
All cups and ribbons taking.
With not oue virtue, great or small,
Omitted in his making,
And yet his parents took no pride,
But rather were they nettlcd;
A thought Of him a heavy gloom
Upon his father settled.
And when che viewed his flawless wdolC
A Crouch obsessed his mother
lie did not have a single fault
To blame upon each other.
--McLandhufgh Wilson in the New
York Times.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
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THE MODERN GIRL.

We knock and criticize her,
We scold, apostrophize her,
We wish that she were wiser,
More capable and kind,
Her path we re always stalking
To criticize aer talking,
Her clothes, her ways OF walking,
Her manners and her mind,
We say, con, highty.tighty!
she's frivolous and tlighty,
And all her ways are mighty,
Undignitied to see;
She dances and she chatters,
Our golden rule she skaters,
Aud laughs at serious matters
With unabated glee.
We chide aud we correct her,
We shadow and detect her,
We study and dissect her,
With all her smiles and tears,
And find, on looking o'er her
(And learning TO adore herr,
She 5 Just like girls before her
For twenty thousand yearsl
Exchange
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
BETTER BUSINESS SYSTEM FOR CITY,

Few merchants in Salem would escape the bankruptcy
court each clerk allowed to do the buying for his
to be paid by the bookeeper who knew nothing of the
work in the departments Yet this is the state of affairs
under which the business Of the city of Salem has been
conducted Each month horde of bills was presented to
the finance committee to be audited The finance COM
mitee did not know whether dozen horses had been shod
dozen shovels purchased If the bills were presented
by reputable firm in regular way they were paid A
bill for dozen shoves coming before the next finance
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
Cheap Sports

So long as all our schemes are win.
ming, We find It easy to keep grinuing,
to say that life's O. H.; we are cheer.
full blithc and sunny when we are rok.
Ing In the money aud cutting lots cl
hay We cry, "rhis world is sweet
mud ehecrful' oh, why is anybody
fearful, why are there sobs and sighsi
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

There isn't such u
thing as sorrow,
and he's a chump
who tries TO borrow
a pair of weeping
eyes, We all are
optimists, for Ger.
tain, when we re
with Fortune gaily
flirtin' and seldom
drawing blanks; We
all are singing
psalms with ardor
when we have bu.
con In the lorder
and credit at the
banks. But when
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

we have few rcycrscs, uh, then our
remnant stock Of curses all grouchily
We spring; we cease to boost the world
We dwell in and like wounded pup
we're yellu' we fail to dance and sing.
No more like humble bees we humble;
we stand around and gronn and grumble
our spirits In eclipse; the worlds no
morc an ElDorado, aud nothing can we
see hut shadow because we we lost our
grips It's only when our schemes are
winning that we 20 round sercnely
grinning, like children at their play;
cheap sports. the whole blamed push
and boilingl We suk and brood and
quit our toilhg when things don Z
come our way.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18
STATE NEWS
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Roseburg Review: Superintendent j.
L. May, Of the Southern Pacific com
pany, whose districJ extends as far
north as Junction City, returned this
morning after a day spent looking over
the line to the north He reports the
business of the company at the low
water mark of many years, but believes
Il better condition will begin some time
within the next month. The lumber
trade, which has been practically at a
standstill, he says is picking up, and
mills that have been shut down are now
opening, The mill at Leona is expected
to reopen in few days.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

Eugene Guard: The local committee
that has had charge of the musical part
of the program for the Endeavor con
vention, February 10, 90, q, announces
that each session will open with a song
service led by Harold EIumbert A con
yention chorus has been organized, con
sisung Of the best singers from the
yaritus societies A ladies quartet,
composed of Mrs. A. Middleton Miss
Louise Yoran, Mrs. c. b. Marks and
Mrs. Rose Powell, will favor the con-
yention with selections. The uniyer
sity men s glce club will sing college
songs for 90 minutes Friday night
Other singers who have been secured
are Miss Hoyt and Henry Filler.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

Eugene Register: R. A. Boo.h, who
will represent Governor James A.
Withycombe at the opening of the Pan
ama.Pacifc exposition Saturday, left
Eugene on the Shasta Limited train last
night For San Francisco. Mr. Booth is
one Of the Oregon commissioners to the
exposition and mas been selected by
the governor to represent the state in
an official caparity because the COVER
nor 81 busy with his public duties in
connection with the present session Of
the legislature at Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

Senator Kathryn Clarke writes to her home folks at
Glendale Oregon, follows eve have good many
orators in the senate whose exercised ability in that line
has decided tendency clog the wheels of progress and
am frank to admit that do not think it is worth the
price the state is paying for it." And of those who
have attended the senate sessions spectators will agree
that the woman legislator has mighty level headed view
of the oraorca attanments of her colleagues But isn't
it little out of heordinary to have woman object to
takes Is possible she has been denied her feminine
perOgative of having the last word?
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

People boast of their ancestors only
after the world has forgotten their
records.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

True wisdom never thinks itself
wiser than Il really it,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

There is more gray matter in the advertisements than
in much Of the worlds literature according to an address
delivered in Eugene recently The probable reason that
magnes he is ad writer Books cater to the popular
sentiment and usually pass with the reading but advertise
ments must pay dividends and build up businesses.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-02-18

c. Chapman has resigned his position as state boost
er to begin the publication of political paper in Portland
Mr. Chapman says that he intends to treat all political
questions fairly such is to be his policy he has selected
the proper field for this line of journalism.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
FURTHER DECLINE ON
 STOCK EXCHANGE
Pessimistic Advices From Abroad Cause Heavy
 Liquidation

New York, November 9.-The heavy hiquidation which swept over yesterdays hate market was renewed with greater Igor today. all parts of the list scoring |hew minimums for the current move Zrnent. The decline gathered increased fforce from professional sources, traders Hn general being active on the short side E Eof the account. Foreign offerings were Ealso an important factor, estimates of SLondon's sales ranging from 35,000 to s50O0O shares.
 In fact, much of the days unsettlement twas caused by further pessimistic ad- Evices from abroad. These bore largely kupon political and financial conditions af- 'fecting the allied nations and were sup Eplemented by unconfirmed rumors that Barge war orders were in danger of can Icellation. Apart from steady pressure, Rhowever, the market maniIested many Asymptoms of an artificial character, (which made it vulnerable to attack. Spe- Icialtes made only normal recoverfes. All Nthe activity of the session was at the Sexpense of values, trading becoming dull 'Son every covering movement. Some of the Nextreme declines were Studebaker 23 Hat 140, Willys-Overland 26 at 210, General %MotorS 70 at 370, Baldwin Locomotive at BIS, Tennessee Copper at 51 and Great XNorthern Ore at 461s.
 Shares in the so1called near war class Bike American Linseed common and pre- Eferred United States Industrial Alcohol, *Distillers' Securities and American Coal Products, lost 3 to 10 points. United
 States Steel, which was among the few Readers to show actual strength at the opening, declined to S3ss and closed at S4as, "a net gain of 14.
 4 In the railways, declines ran from 1 to E2 points, St. Paul, Norfolk and Western #and the Southern lines showing least re- Esistance. Trading in these issues was Broader than usual. Metal shares yielded Enuch of their recent advance, although
 Technical conditions in that industry con- <inued altogether favorable.
 Among the railway returns of the day
 Has that of the Missouri Pacific system
 Showing net decrease of s273,0o0 for Sep Eember.
 Bonds sagged in sympathy. some specu-
 ative issues making appreciable declines.
 Total sales, par value, aggregated $4745,-
 boo.
 United States bonds were unchanged on
 ball.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
ELEVEN

tive. We all had our penny bank, and how we did touch" everyone who touched usl We rattled the pennies in glee. shook them out to count and put them back broke the bank when we went broke, and sometimes had riot of spending when we lost our self-control But why prac- tce self control for little time, only to lose it and discount all the previous good work2 The father of these boys seeks to make self-control lasting proposition
 You can't spend what you do not have. Money in the pocket burns. It is easy to say no to some alluring window or ap- pealing advertisement when you have no money with you: but when the purse Is full, how hard to turn away! You can't go if you haven't the price of ticket; but how much better to stay at home when you have the price of ticket with you. To carry money around and be able to say no to the many opportunities that appeal to you to spend is to develop character. resisting power, reserve and strength It means that you know your self and can conquer yourself But until you are strong enough to say no and stick to it. you had better let the bank do the resisting for you. for this is what banks are for. You can't spend money while it is in a bank.
 AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATION.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
Produce Market

New York, November 9.-Butter frmer: receipts, 1l,S66; creamery extras, 92 score, 3o@3Olac; creamery, higher scoring 310 3l1ac; firsts, 2719@291ac. Eggs irregular: receipts, 10.276; fresh gathered extra fine, 3s@40c; extra firsts. 36@3Sc; firsts, 31@35c: seconds, 2SQ3Oc. Chese firm; receipts, 3S10; state whole milk held flats, specials. l6%q16c; do average fancy, 151sc; do cur rent make, specials, 1514G157sc; do aver age fancy, 1514c. Live poultry prices un- settled. Dressed quiet; prices unchanged
 Chicago, November 9.-Butter higher creamery, 231a0291ac. Eggs higher: re- eeipts. %29 cases; firsts, 300301ac; ordinary firsts, H48c; at mark, cases included, 2OD 2Sc. Potatoes, receipts, 60 cars; Michigan and Wisconsin whites. 48@5Sc; Minnesota and Dakota whites, 53Q60c; Minnesota and Dakota Ohios. 5o@55c. Poultry, alive, un- changed
 St. Louis, November 9.--PouItry, butter unchanged. Eggs. PIC.
 Kansas City, November 9.-Butter. eggs poultry unchanged.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
BEAR|SH SENTIMENT
 EXPRESSES WHEAT
Owners of Wheat Unload on Disclosure of Worlds
 Available Supply

Chicago, November 9.-Rapid enlarge ment of stocks, both domestic and for eign, tended today to stimulate bearish sentiment regarding wheat The mar ket closed nervous, z ole to 1Ac net lower with December at $1.02h and May at s1.0S h e 1.0sss. Corn showed q loss of 1-16c fer December, but 1s@ ssc advance for May Oats finished un- changed to Is e lower, and provisions were down F ease.
 Hurried unloading by owners of wheat took place as soon as figures were posted disclosing a big increase in the worlds available stock The bulls had previously been handicapped, by liberal receipts at the cheif terminals northwest and southwest of here. but the selling pressure became much more pronounced and was only a little re- faxed in the dealings near the end of the session. Forecasts of showers tha, would tend to improve the condition of the newly seeded winter crop formed one of the main clements adverse to any important rally.
 Breaks in the price of wheat were followed by reports that as a result farmers in Nebraska and the northwest showed signs Of adopting a policy of holding back conslgnments Traders friendly to an advance derived minor degree of comfort also from word that estimates of the Argentine exportable surplus would have to be cut owing to damage done by drouth.
 Corn developed comparative strength, influenced by opinoins that measured py Feeding value the total domestic yield this season was but slightly above the crop of 1914. Judged by the same standard an actual shortage was said to be indicated for the surplus states, oats held about steady. Offerings were aosorbed by houses that usually act for the seaboard
 Provisions gave way with hogs. Transactions were almost entirely con fined to packers and to stockyard specu- lators
 Future quotations were as follows:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10

ent weaknesses. Know thyself' is a good motto; but before you can command yourself. you must know yourself-get a grip on yourself, and learn to say mo" to yourself.
 One of the most common weaknesses is self indulgence-gratii It may be qualification of an appetite. passion, love of dress, amusement. or what not but it springs from the same root, lack of self control Children manifest this weakness in many waXs-bursts of passion and un- ruliness, but especially in the childish de- sire to find pleasure in the spending of money for little qualifications. partcu- larly candy. Many a merchant makes living from this trait in childrden, and many parents foster it by too free indul- gence in pennies with no strings" on them, A dime to the average child does not mean two nickels. or 10 pennies, but two sodas. Money has value only as it buyes something.
 The boy who gets all the spending money he wants will develop spending tendencies that will last through life. A certain western youth came east years ago for his health. His father was gen erous and allowed him plenty of money. He bought his candy by the niclSels worth, and single mouthful cost cent. He came east again in later years. for pleasure, and paid s10 to see a prize fight. It was the fruition of his early mdul- gences.
 Even though children are compelled to work for their spending money, doing chores and little jobs, if they are allowed to spend freely with no restraint, it were better they did not work, for the good results of their industry are negatiyed by the bad results of their spending To earn simply to spend is not so wholesome q proposition by far as to earn to ac- quire.
 Numerous plans and schemes have been devised to teach children thrift, such as the penny banks, school savings banks stamp saving systems, and the like, but if it is easy to spend after the money Is once saved, the whole process is defec-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
THE IRISH POTATO
 SUPPLY IS SHORT
Prices Expected to Reach $1 Bushel-FlOur Is Off
 10 Cents

Prices and conditions on Morris avenue ranged about the same as Monday, About the only changes noted were in the feed stuff and flour market. All grades of flour are off 10c per barrel, Wheat shorts are also off $1 per ton and corn Sc per bushel.
 The supply of Irish potatoes is running short and prices have advanced 5c per bushel, and dealers say they look for the price to jump to S1 per bushel in the next day or so. Fresh country eggs are also scarce and prices continue to ad- vance little each day.
 Cabbage is plentiful and there are some very fine, large heads vn the market; prices are off Ac per pound. The supply and demand both are good for poultry, except small flyers Hens are off au- other cent per pound. The fish market is steady and a sufficient supply is being received each day for all needs.
 While business on Morris avenue con- tinues fairly good, dealers say they do not look for any big rush until we get some good cold weather. Today's quotations follow:
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
Spot Cotton
TALKS ON THRIFT
Resisting the Tendency to Spend

certain father has devised a rather novel plan to develop resisting power in his boys Knowing the value of self control especially in money matters, he gives each boy q weekly allowance with the stipulation that 1t must be carried in the pocket during the week, and only half of it spent. One boy receives 20 cents each week. If he produces dime at the week end, he gets another 20 cents if he doesn't he gets only dime The other boy receives a dime and must pro- duce nickel to get another dime There is thus constant incentive to save-to resist. It may be that the reward spurs them on, but the fact remains that this father is developing resisting power in the boys that will stand them in good stead in after years.
 There is merit in this plan, for the greatest achievement any man can make is to conquer himself; to overcome his natural tendencies and correct his inher-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
Ayery'S Cotton Letter

Birmingham, November 9.-The cotton market today during the early session continued it's downward course, although LiverpooPs quotations were from to 8 English points better than due. The slight advance on the opening met fresh sell ing by the professionals. who have been dominating things for sometime. It was said, however, there was little evidence of any southern selling on the decline.
 The course of the market suggested that the big fellows were gunning for Ii cents for January, and I wired my cus- level, they would probably go lower, tenn porarily, but if they were unable to force Il cents, the market had probably seen bottom.
 The big bugaboo which the bears hold up continually to scare the timid bulls is mo spot demand" and good weather" The first I regard as to be taken with grain of salt True the export demand undoubtedly is not what it should be. but all their arguments are predicated on the theory that there never will be any more export demand, which is poor theory to work on. The weather according to the way I read the map indicates a decided change and as the average date of killing frost for the cot ton belt is around November 10, it is doubtful if the bears will try to press their limit much further.
 Believe today, if not quite the end, at least marks the beginning of the end of the decline, and as it is a thousand to one bet trying to pick the low, advise purchases now.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
SMALL ADVANCE
 IN COTTON MARKET
Session Showed Steadiness on Account of Peace
 RumOrs

New Orleans, November 9.--Small ad- vances and moderate declines featured the cotton market today. There was lit tie decided trend. Late in the session steadiness was shown. put the foundation for this appeared to be nothing more than very vague peace rumors. The close was at net gain of to ' points.
 On the opening call prices were sent points over yesterdays close by the strength of Liverpool. This was the high est of the day. Offerings became heavy, shorts increasing their commitments while longs were disposed to liquidate. The slow trading in the spot department ap- peared to be one of the main reasons for the selling, although reports from the interior claimed that spots were as firm ly held as ever, and that many producers were taking advantage of the facilities of fered by the federal reserve banks for money with which to carry their cotton At the lowest prices were at net decline of 13 to 15 points.
 Throughout the session the market had a fairly easy undertone on fear of a change for the worse in the weather over the belt.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
NET ADVANCE OF
 COTTON PRICES
Spot Houses Moderate Buy CTS and Export Demand
 More Active

New York, November 9.--An early de- cline carried the market into new low ground for the movement during today trading. but rather sharp rallies followed, with January selling up from Il. 40111,6fc, and closing at 11.5Sc. The general hst closed steady at net advance of to points.
 The market opened at an advance of 5 to s points in response to relatively steady showing in Liverpool and pri- vate cables reporting that southern spot holders were not following the decline in futures. The weather map, however, showed no damaging temperature in the south, which was doubtless disappont- ment to some of yesterdays buyers, While Liverpool was a seller here, as though expecting to see still wider differences, and the market soon weekend under this pressure, Wall street and southern sell ing The offerings became more active and general as prices eased off and stop orders were uncovered on the break into new low ground for the movement, with December contracts selling down to 1.2Se. March to 1.61c and May to 11.75c. At this decline of about s9 per bale from the seasons high record on January con- tracts, the selling became less active, and prices steadied on covering of shorts. Spot houses or trade interests appeared to be moderate buyers and the demand grew more active during the forenoon from both exporters and domestic mills. The rally carried December up to Il. 47c, March to 11.S4c and May to 1l.97c in the late trading, with the market closing to points off from the best under realizing. Talk of an improved spot demand was the prominent feature on the afternoon advance here, although a good deal of the buying was doubtless in expectation of a reaction after the recent severe break.
 New York Cotton Futures
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-11-10
Cholera Spreads Among
 the Armenian Refugees

New York. November 9.-Cho,era has added it's terrors to the burdens of Armenian refugees who fled the Tigris and Euphrates valleys to Tabriz, ac. cording to advices received here by the Presbyterian board of foreign mis- sions One hundred day is the aver age mortality from the scourge in Ta- brig alone, the advices say.
 Tiflis, Russia, which lies south of the Caucasus mountains not a great distance of Tabriz and Urumiah, is similarly in the grip of an epidemic which has caused 700 deaths, accord ing to the boards advices It is thought likely that these deaths were due to cholera. also, although the na- ture of the disease Is not designated in advices