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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-18

CHAPTER, No. 81, o. E.
S.-Regular meeting every first and
third Tuesday at s p. m. in the Ma.
sonic Temple. Elizabeth Read, w.
M; Ida M. Babcock, secretary.
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UNDERWRITERS

LEHMAN & CLoUGH-C. B. Webb, A.
NJ. Clough morticians and funeral di-
reetors. Latest modern methods
known to the profession employed.
445 Court street. Main 120; Main 9SS.
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PACIFIC LODGE No. so, A. F. & A. M.
Stated communications third Friday
in each month at 1880 p. m. in the
Masonic Temple. Glenn 9. Niles, w.
M; Ernest II. Choate, secretary.
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MULTNOMAH ROYAL ARCH CHAP.
TER, No. |, r.. A. M.-Regular meet
ing second Friday in each month at
8 p. m. in the Masonic Temple, Al
fred +. Marcus, Elk. High Priest; Rus
sell M. Brooks, secretary.
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FOR SALE

SMALL general stock Of merchandise
for sale. Inquire ll00 North Cap.
itol street. u
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WANTED TO LEASE-smalI dairy
ranch with stock and tools, might
buy. Address W. G., care Journal.
Novl0
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WoODMEN OF THE WORLD = Meet
every Friday night at o'clock in
Mccormack block. Oscar Donaldson,
9. c.; L. s. Geer, clerk. 507 Court
street. Phone 593.
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WATER COMPANY

SALEM WATER CoMPANY--0ffice
corner Commercial and Trade streets
For water service apply at office.
Bills payable monthly in advance.
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WANTED--To correspond with some
woman, also party wishes to cores
pond with some respectable man.
Won't you write9 Please send self
addressed envelop. =. M. L., Bog
291, Corvallis, Oregon. Nov2S
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DE MoLAY COMMANDERY, No. s,
K. Irregular conclave fourth Fri
day in each month at 5 O'Clock p. M,
in Masonic Temple. Soiourning Sir
Knights are courteously invited to
meet with us. Geo. II. Burnett, L. c.,
Frank A. Turner, recorder.
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MAUsoLEUM

MOUNT CREST ABBEY MAUso.
LEUM-The better way. Dry and
sanitary. Building always open to
visitors Sunday TO p. m. j. w.
Gaskill, manager. 1928 South 18th.
Phone 1868.
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R. N. of A.--"Oregon Grape Camp"
No. 1860, meets every Thursday even
ing in Mccormack building, Court and
Liberty streets; elevator. Miss Syl-
via Shaupp, 1871 Market, oracle;
Hazel Price, Imperial Furniture Co.,
recorder.
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WANTED

WANT TO RENT-Small improved
tract, to 8 acres near school. +. A.
Meade, Route 5, Box So. Novl9
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HODSON COUNCIL, No. l, R. & s. NJ.
Stated assembly first Monday in
each month, Masonic Temple. James
Plant, Thrice Illustrious Master; Glen
@. Niles, recorder.
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: SIMPLE HOME TREATMENT
: TO REMOVE HAIRY GRoWTHS
(Deauty Cultllre)

+ = y x x x y X 4 II 4 y y j.
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over the place until he is in danger Of
being pinned.
This danger forces him to move the
man Of 4, and that man can do Moth
ing but amble cheerfully down to ~,
where he will ind that the king on
32 holds two men for one. and the
problem liz solved.
Very few saw the Importance OF this
king chasing and could not see whtre
white was going TO win the game.
With problem No. 3i the members
OF the Sun Checker Club start on their
quest for fresh honor and white cards.
Those who solve all ten Of the prob
lens from 341 to $50 inclusive will he
entitled to white membership cards IN
the club. TAose solving nine will get
red cards those who can solve eight,
blue cards, and those who fail on three
out of the ten get green cards.
Those who get white cards and have
held them before are entitled to a star
after their names for each white card
so held. SO far l.. s Hart Jr., 0f
D%uncannon. Pa. Is In the lead with
four stars on his card. Those who are
close after him with three stars each
are J. II. Noremac, John DAILY ard
p. J. McGarry.
Not to be too hard on the contest
ants at the start, here Is an ending tina.
Is probably more instructive than diff
PROBLEM NO. 341. CHECKERS.
Black.
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stein have outlined a general merger
OF office and officials, reducing the
number of district attorneys, for in
stance from five separate establish
ments to one. In like they
recommend that instead Of continu-
ing to maintain five commissioners of
jurors there should he but one. who
should be an appointee of the Appel
late Division. 1t is further urged that
the office Of public administrator he
abolished and that the functions
thereof be transferred to the City
Chamberlain. At present there Is a
pubic administrator for each Of the
five counties. with salaries running
from $4,000 down and certain fees / n
certain cases.
Thee heartlcss Bruere and the
equally heartless Wallstein, having no
compassion for the politically hungry,
furthermore propose to put out of
business n out of existence the
various commissioners of records, also
their very satisfactory salaries. and
to have their present work taken care
20: by a small temporary force in the
offices of the Register. the city and
County Clerk" ard the Surrogate.
Likewise these ~iconclasts include in
their sweeping programme the idea of
replacing by a single department the
Registers Office in each of the three
counties, and the Register division OF
the County Clerks office in the two
other counties, and that the Mayor of
New York appoint the head of the
combined office, the necessary legal
work for the new department to be
done by the regularly established law
department Of the city.
II this wholesale scheme of decapi-
tation ever comes up for serious con-
sidcration by the Constitutional Con-
vention the echoes may be expected
to ring with announcement on the
part Of sundry practitioners at the
bar, clerks. stenographers. dJorkeep-
ers, messengers, and others who will
see their jobs mounting skyward and
dissipating in the thin blue ether.
But that is not all. Next Messrs.
Wallstein and Bruere take a hack at
the S~urrogate's courts. The five Sur
rogates' courts should be consolidated
into one court" they remark d!spas-
sionately. and urn their attention to
the county courts with these few
words: These should lie consolidated
with the Supreme Court or sOgne
other kind of combination should be
effected. as for example. with the
Court of General Sessions and the
City Court" And as "A final blow to
the departing ghosts Of those who
longingly haunt over and around the
city paymsster's office, Mr.. Wallstein
and Mr.. Bruere propose to use a quick
and expeditions form of asphyXiating
gas on the high shcriffs themselves
on four out of five Of them. How?
Simply declare that the office of Sher
in Is abolished from off that part of
the earth that includes the five coun-
ties embraced within Greater New
York.
Transfer" they continue. the Sher-
IFS functions in all counties as peace
officer to the Police Department, as a
taller to the Department of Correc-
tons; and as to the Sheriff's further
duty-to execute civil court mandates
.-unites all the offices into one, have II
absorb the city m%arshals. and let II
he headed by an dppointee OF the
Mayor. necessary legal work to be done
by the city law department"
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All that has been lone IL to change
your dollar bill into two half dollars (;
TO turn your ace of hearts into the
KING and queen. The object Is to get
different honors. so that the honors In
the three suits may be laid out thus
A X Is Q j 10, of different suits.
THIS analysis shows that the hand is a
KING above average. and Is therefore a
better no trumper than hand "A" or "B."
II IL true thai there In no sure" trio. in
clubs II the ace and queen happen to be
on the left, but the hances are that th!s
combination Will stop the suit.
The object. therefore, Of the 70 trump
bid is to show the partner that you have
a hand that il above average and 10
protected in three suits. That Is. he
need have no fear OF the opponents run
ming any OF these suits down against
him. The bid never means that you can
win the game at no trumps, no matter
what he has. With such a hand you
would bid three 10 trumps right off the
reel. With 100 aces II Is conventional 20
art with two no trumps.
When combined with the Ave card
take put in hearts or spades the no
trumper N one Of the most useful and
effective bids IN the game. provided II Is
not pushed o far. The failure TO bid
no trumps originally with any haad that
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entS or highways.
Many counties have a county attor-
ney: in New York city the Corpora
ton Counsel represents county off,
Gals in civil matters where they are
not supplied with special counsel.
Finally. a chief medical examiner for
the entire city is to perform the work
which in other counties Is entrusted
to the Coroners. There appears to
be no reason add the two who havc
outlined this plan, why this reorgan-
ization according to modern conditions
should not be made complete"
At the present time the total cost
for personal service" in the forty
county departments is well above
81, 500, 900. BY a consolidation such
as is urged. II Is estimated that of this
large sum there would be saved ST.
1~43,164.96. The present number OF
county officials Is 1921: and by COM
plete consolidation as suggested 4i9
OF these could he spared and the num-
Der of county officials reduced from
1921 to lap.
As a definite example OF what woulI
be the result in an individual office
the District Attorneys are cited. At
present the five county offices employ
312 persons in UGH work and pay In
salaries $725,745. BY consolidating
all five of the county District Attor-
neys' offices into one Is of the 3l2
could be eliminated, with a saving Of
more than $4,000 in salaries. The
suggested reorganization upites the
nv offices into a single office under
the jurisdiction Of one District Attor-
ney at $4,000 salary and eliminates,
among h eighteen mentioned, four
District Attorneys who now draw SAL
aries aggregating $4,000.
In order that the efficiency Of this
department should not be impaired no
reduction Is suggested in the present
number Of assistants to the District
Attorneys, but instead of two secre-
taries one is proposed, and consolida-
ton would make possible the elimina-
tion OF four chief clerks, with their
comfortable salaries. The one chief
clerk retained would he provided with
two deputy chief clerks and one
auditor at present salaries. with q
saving in this item Of $3.50. Mes
sengers would be reduced in number
from ten to five and telephone opera
tors from four TO two, but'no reduce
ton would be made in the number OF
general Clerks, stenographers. county
detectives, process servers. office boys.
or employees of what is called the
Bureau Of Special Sessions Infor-
nation"
After an exhaustive consideration Of
conditions and public interests in
volvcd Mr.. Bruere and Mr.. wallstein
have come to the conclusion that
while, in their opinion. there is i'm
perative need for an immediate re-
organization of the county govern
mcnts within the city Of New York,
comparatively little can b. done by
merely internal administrative reform.
More can be accomplished in this
direction by the legislature" they
add, but even the Legislature can
not authorize OF effect the necessary
and fundamental reforms.
The Constitutional Convention,
therefore, is the one agency TO which
the city can appeal for relief from
the present eXtravaCant and inefficient
form of county government. which has
been saddled upon the city through no
Will of its own. but merely as a sur
vival from medieval times"
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1 One very striking point brought out
by the careful study made by Mr..
Bruere and MIR. Wallstein Is to show
the people OF the city what a burden
of taxation they are staggering under
because OF mandatory legislation"
To those not familiar with this phrase
It may he explained that under the
present system of government n
taxation a budget allowance Is made
up for county government Of each Of
the five counties in the greater city,
and that for the year 1915 this budget
for county purposes reached "A total
OF something more than 81, 900, 900. 1t
doesn't make any difference. appar-
emily, whether the taxpayers of New
York city want to spend that sum on
their five county governments or not
They have to: and they have to raise
the money by taxing themselves, too.
for that matter.
OF the 81, 200, 900. more than so per
cent. represented appropriations which
could not he increased or decreased by
the budget makers themselves either
because the exact mount was fixed
by law or because the power of deter
mining the amount was conferred
upon others than the budget makers.
II Is important to note that the pres
ent Constitution Of the State gives the
Mayor of New York nc veto power
over bills affecting county government
within the city.
Some of the results Of this manda-
tory legislation are highly amusing,
especially in regard to salaries paid in
different counties, all of which are en-
braced within the single city. For
example, the chief clerk of the Kings
County Court, with only W court
parts TO look after and fifty-ive sub
o~rdinates. receives a mandatory salary
of $500. while the salary Of the chief
clerk of the Court OF General Session.,
the county court of New York
county,. who has six court parts and
1l3 subordinates. is fixed by the Legis-
lature at $4,000. Stenographers in
Kings County courts receive fixed sal
aries of $4,000 each. as against sal
aries Of $500 for the stenographers
in the Court of General Sessions. There
are many other inequalities of salary
Of like nature.
Year by year, under the archaic
scheme Of county government suited
to n hundred years ago and still kept
up right here in this big town of
several millions. the cost of such
county expenses has been rising
steadily. like a tide that keeps on
coming up but never dreams Of re-
ceding. Fifteen years ago. In the
year 1901. the total county budget ap-
propriations. exclusive of the State
tax. amounted TO SO. 7Oi ,B16.l7. Spe-
cial legislation put through at AL
bany and not subject to the check Of
veto by the Mayor has increased this
county budget appropriation until for
the year 1915 IL has risen to S,O33,-
7l6.s2. In fifteen years the county
budget appropriations increased by
more tina 1881, 500, a growth of
about 80 per cent.
According TO Mr.. Bruere and Mr..
Wallstein a mass of uncontrovertible
facts Of which the foregoing are sam
pies chosen here and there consti-
tute a sufficient indictment Of the
present system of county government.
They assert that a form Of govern
ment that leads itself ~ readily to
abuse is fundamentally unsuited to
the needs Of this great n populous
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COUNTY OFFICES COST MILLIONS

community. County government, they
recall. was first devised for rural dis
trlcts. 1t originated in medieval
England and was brought to this
country In the days before large ur-
ban areas came into existence. and
IT has not proved itself to be adapt
able to the new conditions of tenn
ing cities, Intense living conditions,
congested business neighborhoods.
In particular, they believe, has the
development of the city Of New YORK.
with its complete scheme Of municipal
government. demonstrated the absurd
ity Of continuing separate n dis
! tinct county organizations which at
best are merely relics of a bygone
day. Nevertheless, the old scheme
has persisted. and the result a been
a multiplication Of elective offices baf-
fling to the voter. the obscurity OF
many county offices and the unfor-
tunate consequences.
"a thorough reorganization OF
county government is Imperative
declare Mr.. Wallstein and Mr.. Bruere.
IF the machinery OF administration
Is to be adapted to modern needs"
Already a certain degree OF cen
tralization has been effected by reason
of the merger of the five county treas
urers with a central municipal officer
the City Chamberlain-and a trans
fer of the powers of the five sets OF
County Supervisors to a central mu-
nicipal legislative body. the Board Of
Aldermen.
THE feasibility OF further centraliza-
! ton" they add. AT once suggests it.
self" That medieval institutions
have persisted through habit and in
ertia of public opinion will not be re-
garded by thoughtful persons as proof
of their necessity at present, remark
Messrs. Bruere and Wallstein. For
many years" they continue, THE Cor
oner's office in this city persisted in
spite of its obvious superfluity and its
maladministration. Now that provi-
sion is made for its abolition few will
contend that it had anything but an
tiquity TO recommend It,"
In like manner they say. no argu-
ment can be advanced for the reten-
ton of five County Clerks. or five Dis
trict Attorneys that will not tend to
prove with equal force that there shall
be five County Treasurers and five
Boards of County Supervisors. Many
duties are already discharged by the
municipal government. each of which,
in an "up-State" county devo!ves upon
a separate county officer.
In place of County superintendent
Of the Poor there is here, in New York,
the municipal Department of Public
Charities.
The Fiance Department q: the city
performs the york done elsewhere by
County Comptro,lcrs.
County Scalers of Weights and
Measures are replaced here by the
Mayors Bureau Of Weights and Meas
ures.
The care of criminal prisoners has
been largely transferred from the Sher-
IN to the municipal Department OF
Correction.
There Is a single Board of Elections
for the city of New York in place Of
a Commissioner of Elections for each
county. Also in each borough the
Bureau Of Public buildings and Offices.
and not the Sheriff. Is the custodian OF
county buildings.
The borough Bureaus Of Highways
take the place Of County Superintend-
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Y dealt and nass,d His hand ia
rather Too snacu,a,,,a for !, ,rumrer
although 3, nigh, na.s ~ ono ~ HE 80
were a k,ny onaer .ui, m. Gibbs are
weak and he has only twn suits
ston,ed Rednc,ng bis borors IN ,b,i,
eouivaIep,s we yet
a I 10 ,n dioere,, sui,s
This ia M be,,.r Than av,ray. and as
there arc nrl, ,un suite nrn,'c,,d I, n,
no, nm 10 standa I'd y ia righ, IN Ass
WIN A tho situation IL diyerert III
cards are ~ exac,Iv tho same value nc
". b,,t are he,,er dJst rIhutcd hut no
has a great sdyontage over y which Is
a roInt ina, tho ,eyi,r.r should m,Lo
n careful note ~
y has passcd without, n hid. There is
theresore one weak onnore,, a,d tho
s,rcrvtb Go nroh, hl,. he,,won y and "a
ono ~ whom 10 AZ MARINER
~ A bids no trprn second hand v
.ays ro,bIrg ahnn, Nc ho,r,s h,,, cit,
,iyht and Iesds ,b,u with tho ,as,,,, tho,
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u dealt ard pissed, of course. II we
analyza AS hand we shall ind that the
onors In are the following
\ X * q J 10 10, in different suits.
This IL "A king and ten above average,
with three suits safely stopped, and a
weak hand on the right. What more
does \ want? When he passed Y bid
clubs ana the no trumper was then out
OF the question for A.. At the same time
u could not see any use in bidding
spades. with five honors against him and
a prospective dummy that had nothing
to show him. This weakness of the part
ner implied by his having no bid IL "A
very important factor in the bidding.
The consequence was that Y made two
by cards and simple honors in clubs IL
and -; total. -,
II a will only bid his hand while
he has the chance the club suit will
never be heard from. and even II Y Is
foolish enough TO call 1t when he has
the lead against the no trurnpcr that
Will not interfere with B's declaring the
spades.
A good player in VS. position would
say nothing when \ bids no trump, but
would tax the chance of saving the
game against that declaration, As the
cards lie the nc trumper would h. set,
as Y and II make five clubs and two
spades. because Il would lay down the
ace of spades the homer he got in be-
fore leading the last of the clubs, as he
has no small cards of the spade suit to
echo with.
When II bids two spades 1t does not
matter what u leads. Is makes five
by cards and the anne, against simple
honors.
At one table the actual play went this
way; Small heart from u. The ace
wins the jack, A small diamond to get
the ace and king out of the way OF the
queen thigh cards from the short hand).
The queen OF trumps was covered by the
king and the ace fell. after which Y
made a club but that was all, as b
could lead through z's queen Of hearts.
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Y dealt, and at one or two tables
evidently did not consider this hand
good enough for a no trumper. yet II
comes under the rule. because there are
three suits stopped, and II the honors in
the three suits are laid out In order they
are
A X q q J 10. in different suits.
This il n queen above average. and
three suits stopped" or protected. 1t
is true that there is nothing in spades.
but II one waits for all four suits to
bid no trumps there would be very few
such bids made. A mathematician has
calculated that the odds against fa wing
all -four suits protected are ia to 1.
That IL, only once in ia deals would
o have such strength.
When the dealer passed. Y did not feel
Justified In making any declaration. as
the game, or even the odd trick. in
hearts is out of the question II there is
going TO be nothing in the dummy. II
there Is going to be anything in the
dummy why does not z show 1t when
he has the chance? Y has only one
sure trick In his hand.
b has what would be an original no
trumper with many players. although
the hearts are weak, but fourth hand
1t is not a safe bid when the partner
has said nothing. B bid a diamond
and made two by cards at several tables,
with simple honors, II and IA: total 2s.
At the tables at which Y bid no
trumps and was taken out with two
hea rts Il led the diamonds and Y made
fve by cards without any trouble when
he finessed the trump. four by cards
when this finesse was taken on the
wrong side. Three clubs. Ntwo spades
and a run on diamonds did the bust
ness.
Here Is another example. in which
me difference in the scores was due to
AS putting in a very bad club bid at
one table. instead Of no trumps. and
Us being allowed to play the hand at
hea rts at another table.
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There are no trumps and u IL In the
lead. \ and u want four of these eight
tricks against any defence. Solvers
should give important variations.
The distribution of the cards is as fol-
lows:
Y has the jack four three OF CLUES,
king nine seven deuce of diamonds. Ave
OF spades, no hearts.
A has the king OF clubs. queen ten
eight six three OF diamonds, queen and
nine OF spades, no hearts.
Il has the queen ten eight six OF clubs,
Jack of diamonds, ace jack four OF
spades, no hearts.
u has the ace nine seven of clubs, ace
ive four of diamonds, ten and seven OF
spades, no hearts.
CHICKEN ~
Problem No. 339. by II. d. Lyman,
proved an excellent object lesson for the
student of checke; tactics in showing
the Importance OF seeing not so much how
to do a thing as what II was that had
10 be done. IN this position the thing 10
be done was TO make tn man on 4 walk
the plank.
: The distribution Of the pieces was 4:
Black men on 4 and "a, king on 22.
White mar on 20. kings on Is and 81.
White TO play and win. Here are the
moves that solve.