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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
How Would You Like To
Answer Henry FOrd's Mail?

Can YOU imagine what Henry Ford S
personal mail is! A visit to the office
Of Mr.. Ford S private secretary, Mr..
Ernest G. Liebold, gives you a pretty
definite idea. A few minutes after a
mail.delivery arrives you might easily
mistake Mr.. Licbold's office, at the
Ford Motor Company, for the post Of
flee of a very fair.sized town. The
letters come in in bundles, bales and
crates. OF course, they are all sorts,
And the amazingly efficient system
soon has them all on their way TO their
proper destinations some for investiga.
tion, few for immediate action and
all for the files-bccause every letter is
preserved, Secretary Liebold has three
assistants, and the dispatch and ac.
curacv with which they estimate the
genuineness of a letter and the sim
cerity Of its writer seem uncanny.
Tn TO the latter part Of January, Mr..
Ford IS private letters averaged about
200 letters a day About that time Mr.
Ford gave his testimony to the federal
industrial mmission-testimOn which
threw light upon the scope Of the Ford
Profit. Sharing Plan and the wonderful
social and sociological results it has ac.
complished. Then Mr.. Ford's mail
Jumped to about 600 letters day. Now
il has lapsed back into steady grist
of $50 day Mr.. Liebold s dictated
replies average now about 14O day
which in itself is fairly good day Is
correspondence.
They are very human documents for
the most part-these letters to Henry
Ford. They range from offers Of $500.
OGO paintings to heart.breaking prayers
for bread. And every one is carefully
read and considered. That's the re.
markable part Of Henry Ford's mail
There are funny things in the mail,
too. There's the professional letter
writer. His fcIow-eountrymen, for.
eigncrs Of course, marvelling at this
culture and resource, pay him ten cents
letter. bespeakug jobs and charity
and miracles Of assorted kinds. And
the professional letter writer preserves
his stilted form and grnds out a half
dozen letters 10 Henry Ford each day.
OF course, being paid in advance, the
professional letter writer doesn't care
what becomes Of his literary master.
pieces Naturally, the majority Of the
Ford.correspondents want jobs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
Anvil WILSON WINNER
OF FRED GILBERT CUP
Three Shooters Tie at 81 Per
Cent But Hard Hitting Gun
ner Lands Prize

Avil Wilson added another medal to
his ai:est and another cup to his buffet
yesterday afternoon when he won the
Fred Gilbert trophy cup at the shoot
conducted by the Capital City Rod &
Gun club at their Seventeenth street
grounds. Wilson, James Dalrymple
and Lloyd Hauser were all three tied
at 81 per cent, and in the shoot.off
of the tie 25-bird event, Wilson
broke "a, Dalrymple % and Hauser %,
The three high men in point Of birds
broken were Wilson, Dalrymple aud
Siddall, each of wnom broke 80 out
of 100. The handicap was arranged so
that each men was guaranteed IS per
cent from the regular distance of lG
yards.
The day was perfect for shooting,
with the exception of a high wind
which made the targets bit wobbly,
but afforded the more sport A good
crowd was in attendance, numbering
many ladies among the spectators
James Reid and Mr., Allen, both of
Protland, took part, and Henry Neatch
of Cottage Grove, also tried conclusions
witn the local shooters
No shoot will be held tomorrow on
accent of the large number of shot
gun experts who are going to try fish
ing Sunday. On March 2S, however
the shooting will be resumed, when o
merchandise shoot is to be arranged.
The following score shows the actua
number of breaks out Of 100 shot al
and the points with the handicap:
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
! Sport tNeus
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ~ ~ +*+++***+ ~

line on all the players in this vicinity
who have played ON the Salem team or
would be glad to try tor position on
that team SO as to be ready to start
the season as soon as the park is fin
ished;
That to date he had talked with
Humphries, Jones and Maxon, of the
1918 team; Kellis, Brill, Hill, McDan.
iels, Williams, DeLapp, and they were
all anxiols to see the team get started
That there were number of other
good players in town, among whom are
Keene and Bell, of the 1918 team, sew
cral If the high school team wno should
be able to make the team when school
is out and several new faces in Barry
a pitcher, a first baseman (name moi
known, and others;
That he did not anticipate any trou
BILE in building team that could hold
down its own against any of the semi
pro teams in this vicinity;
That he looked for all the old play
ers to come back strong, and tnat with
regular and hard practice the recruits
would surprise the fans before the sea
son was wei under way, especially Nc
Daniels, Kellis, Brill and Hill. Me
Daniels is an infielder oF several years
experience. Kellis is a fast, conscien
tious player, Brill good fielder an(
good sand-lot slugger, and Hill a nat
ural born athlete, who iusts needs somc
good hard practice and experience
Williams, DeLapp and Barry come wei
recommended.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
COMMERCIAL CLUB
ENTERS PROTEST

The governors office received this
morning the following telegrom from R.
L. Scott, secretary of the Hood River
commercial club, relative to Columbia
highway contract in Hood River coun-
ty:
"Hood River county certainly will
object if fifty thousand dollars is not
spent on Mitchell's point as per agree
ment made when we voted seventy-five
thousand dollars last summer for Col
umbia highway. The commission will
have to do the explaining if this fifty
thousand should be diverted to some
other point that Mitchells. We made
our fight and won on this very thing,
in spite of the doubters, Contractors
failing to get the job should go and
look for other jobs and not try and
soil this one"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
REVISED BASEBALL RULES

Suggested as result of legal SQUAD.
bles interjected into game.
To insure a successful baseball sea
son, under the new ideas about the
legal angles Of the game, it will evi.
IDENTIFY be necessary to hold a Joint
meeting Of the larger leagues, and
to 1gree upon code whereby mag.
mates, players and patrons shall alike
receive the protection Of the law,
Clauses such as these will have to
be accepted by all concerned, or the
game will 60 ka.smash, as such as sun.
riso
Batsmen with two strikes called
shall not be permitted to ask for an
INJUNCTION.
Pinch hitters and relief pitchers
must be provided with the documen.
tary proof that they are not under
injunction or fugitives from Justice.
Local laws or city ordinances con.
cernlng the caging or claiming Of
dangerous animals shall not be en-.
forced against lefthanded pitchers.
Peanut butchers may be enjoinel,
arrested, or executor Nv any time
after the first inning.
Nc club shall be permitted to carry
moro than q players or IS lawyers.
Any lawyer who takes the place Of
A player must serve in the capacity
of olayer only He may not serve
writ upon the ball, and If he shall
stop or attempt to stop the ball by
heaving a lawbook at il the batsman
shall be given six bases.
No Judge shall be permitted to
offieiate as umpire. lnasmueh as 1t
takes Judge 90 days in which ia
render decision, the time occupied
in playing nine innings might fatigue
/ the arowd.
Two years from now, no doubt the
examination questions propounded as
the finishing test Of a law-student e
attainments will read very much in
this fashion:
o. /. when is a baseball contract
not contracti
J o. 9. Is an umpire entitled TO the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
LEADS BoWLEIs' TOURNAMENT

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20

Spokane, Wash, March l9.-The
FairbanksMorse five in the Northwest
international bowling tournament
stand in first place today wit ha high
score at the big bowling contest at
the Spokane alleys. They defeated the
Butte Grill team last night by total
pins of 2769 to 1884.
The Spokane Specials defeated the
WGlkover five by 27l5 to 255j. The
Fogclquist team acorod 25j4 against
2545 by the Rotary club. Dvrak, of
the Spokane Specials, rolled the high
individual score Of the evening with
222 ims. +. Mundroa, of the Bate
team, was second, with 29l pins.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20

benefits Of the fourteenth amendment :
Q. 3. What retainer fee makes the
reserve rule ta) strictly legal; (b) null
and voidl
Q. 4. Quote the ancient Babylon.
ian laws, governing ground.rules.
Q. ). Under what circumstances
(aside from managing the Cincinnati
Reds) may a man legally sue for a
Carnegie medal
Q. 0. Is mayhem or simple assault
the proper charge against hotelkeep.
er who knowingly gives sharp table
knives Ia bush reeruitsl
Q. lis Il self.defense or iustifi.
able homicide to shoot bonehead p
Baseball Magazine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
Some Fast Tennis Games
Played At Coronado

Coronado, Cal, March 1S.-Some fast
tennis was played at the Coronado coun.
try club today, with other spirited CON
tests in progress this afternoon.
Florence Sutton and Miss Wyatt w0;.
from Mrs. L. NJ. Kennett and Miss
Louis Fleischman. Score 6-3, 60.
The Misses Runk won from Mrs. F.
Crawford and Miss Ellis, 3-6 6-3, 6-2.
In the gentlemen singles, Bell de-
feated Fottrell, 3-6, 60, Ga.
Brown defeated Mace, rs, SO.
In the mixed doubles, Miss Cavan-
augh and Mr.. McCarty were defeated
by Miss Sutton and Mr.. Herd, 60, SO.
Mrs. Ellis and Nat Brown defeated
Katherine Richards and Dr. Zen Frees
.6.1, rs. -g ~7,,
NGarporie Wyatt and X. X. i,enIgrl
won,from Lolita Magic and Stanley Ca,
anaugh, 60, 6-l.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Kennett and Clarence
Griffin defeated Mrs. Hull and l.. NJ
Kennett, Cd, GA.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20

The average married woman mas two
dispositions. One she exhibits in pub,
lie and the other she uses at home.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-03-20
MEM BASEBALL MEN
| IIN[ UP FOR PRACTICE
,,,,pective Players Brighten
ID d Batting Eyes With the
1915 Season in View

u :, n, tba hoom
Interest in OaSeoo'' W.
~ fine spring days, ana any mum
oo,siMc recruits may be seen
" VI A. links out Of their arms
iaNus rooont los and in the alleys
Ihe .tiam sStan' bonrs If the fans show
PEI NulniH5 . = tba oomp in Salem that
,nIyl''S w. ;" rrospective players this
'hoWn .o5 w. % Of strong support as
Ply j a'oaio" ot.ono foam.
Ffll as q ''io ,'isation or tbe team is still
la' u,sanh Ign hnt tbc players of the
pt ~ ,uI hoos to make the team are
VIM "Tpv 'Tpnoos ~ in beino olt of con,
|suns S.,, ~ tbo seoson starts. and when
uV1 a.". VIVA .nonlor nrorti,e is called the
l'@ oonfrontcd with the pleas.
( ''Sss, 'ss,oaet Of beirc obliged 10 choose
plU'pooyb I,nbor ~ of GOOD men all trying
1l l'I a.. Hg ,ho toom With some good re.
(, ny l.s,i ~ "a '1 ston info tbe saoes of any
Ius " '''p han.s ,m,O a sIrmn the team
pgalai 1l., "nU NOV '|T"' So maintained through
'lilaIu may, nr, .ooorJlos, w of minries or
Y .ne s.,'an. 'saaO" ,hot somotiwcs Jisorgan.
na tsuss' , '"''
E = @aui, ,,., o,,;,o . hrrcb of nlav.
lay lay e'en,ns 0'a ,,so,bor, G"'', Of tbo v N g 4
|. Sna''g u, s,a a''",vv,r ",,nnosinm V NV and went
laS y a. .ro .nI honS. ~ Of bottino and field.
ll'asa a,.i., tSO "UJ Uhi,b " w"s tbs firs, rcal
,'D pIa'uys ~ ,So Sn''S SoIo% "p' senators tbis
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
iy Without Saloons Labor Efficiency Basis Today

son? Ashland is likely to go Dir.
at the coming spring election
The same is true of Bayfield, ant
the farmers at Nash are making
an effort to close the saloon il
that town. That's the reason
they are saying very little about
the money that will go out o1
town.
They are not saying very much
about the revenue the city will
lose if the saloons are not voted
back. The voters are ''next" tc
that kind of dope and refuse tc
allow the wool to be pulled over
their eyes any longer. The cost
of maintaining saloons in this
country has been mighty high,
counting the number of men and
boys it has ruined. Every fifth
home in the land must donate
one boy if the saloons are to be
kept going-Are you willing to
give your boy in order that the
saloons may operate again?
People are raising up as never
before against the saloon evil.
Legislatures are legislating a
gainst it. Fraternal brotherhoods
are barring it out. Union labor
is against it. Out of one hundred
and sixty labor exchanges re-
ceived by Edwin T. Harris, the
socialist leader of Superior, he
says 157 of them constantly ad-
vocate temperance. 1t is getting
to be popular to be on the dry"
side. Railroads, manufacturing
institutions and almost all en-
ployers of labor are discriminating
against the drinker and they are
insisting that their employees be
sober and industrious men.
Cheap appeals are being made
this spring to get the vote of the
laborinp man to favor the saloon.
If there ever was man that the
saloon has beensa curse TO, isis
the laborer. Washburn is COM
posed mostly of family men, men
who have children whom they
want to grow up without the in
fiuence of the saloon. 1t is going
to be hard matter to convince
these men that the saloon is a
benefit to them.
Read what the manufacturing
firms of our city have to say
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

One does not have to go very
far to find facts that prove the
saloon is a breeder of crime. UI
in the county jail of Bayfield,
county Washburn lad is lodged
behind the bars awaiting hear
ing on the charge of assault with
intent to murder. The hearing
will be held today.
This young man, it is said, had
been working in the woods dur
the winter months and had ac-
cumulated quite a "stake." In
returning to his home in this
city he had to come by way of
Ashland where they have saloons.
When this young man waa a boy
Washburn had the licensed sal
oon and it was in these places
that he formed an appetite for
liquor. Naturally when ne ar
rived at a place where that
appetite could be satisfied he
proceeded to "tank" up and
upon his arrival in this city he
was in an intoxicated condition
with plenty of booze on his per-
son to supply himself and others.
During the evening he got into
a quarrel with his older brother
and so infaned was his mind
by the liquor he had been drink
ing that he went into the house
and got a shot gun, which he
loaded, and upon his return from
the house fired shot at his
brother, one shot grazing his
brothers scalp and inficting a
slight wound.
The young man was arrested
by officers and placed in the
county Jail. He is now awaiting
a hearing on the charge of assault
with intent to murder.
It is not likely that the older
brother will appear against him
for he knows liquor was more to
blame for the deed than was the
young man. The thought of
committing a grave crime would
not have entered his brain had it
not been for the liquor which in
famed it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

In the present campaign which
being waged in Washburn capital
and labor stand united as being op-
posed to the saloon. A nine months
trial without the evil has brought
about this change.
Labor is on the efficiency basis to-
day and there is great discrimin-
alton between the drinker and the
non-drlnker with the result that the
sober. industrious men are being
given the preference when labor is
being employed.
The employer realizes that with
out the saloon labor has been of a
much better class than ever before
with fewer men off duty, fewer
accidents, and with men having more
money. One employer who hires
over 100 men says the personal in
iuries at his institution for the past
year did not amount to Sc, that men
were able to perform better work and
that only one man appeared for work
in an intoxicated condition.
The laborer realizes that without
the saloon he has had more money
with which to enjoy the comforts of
life.
There is not an employer of labor
in the city this spring that is not
lined up in the fight against the
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

Do the voters of Washburn
want to license these institutions
which might tend to rob men,
who frequent them, of their right
senses, simply to get the license
money which is paid into the city
treasury? Do you want to license
places that will debauch the
character of the young men of
our city?
The saloon men are as sorry as
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
Will Champion Cause of a
No-License Town
Said to be One of the Great
est Temperance Lecturers
-" i
in Country.

t
Owen O. Wizard, president of the
Worlds Association of Detectives
and one of the most successful detec-
tives in any country and any land,
nemisis of bootleggers, gamblers,
grafters, black hand bandits and out
laws of every class, will begin q
series of lectures at the Opera House
in this city tonight in the interest OF
the nO-license campaign. Detective
Wizard needs no introduction to the
people of Washburn for he is well
known to nearly every voter, having
delivered lectures in this city during
the campaign of a year ago when the
saloons were voted out. )
Captain Wizard is forceful and
fearless orator and the saloon gang
trembles when he is around. In his
addresses here last year the Opera
House proved too small to accomo-
date the large crowds and for that
reason parents are requested to leave
small children at home in order that
adults may have an opportunity to
hear this man.
Captain Wizard will lecture here on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights. The lecture this evening
will start at eight O'Clock and will
be FREE to everyone. Do not miss
it.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
Chew Rehired

At a meeting of the school
board held on Monday evening
Tobias A. Chew, who has been
principal of the Washburn
schools during the past year,
was re.hired for the coming
year by unanimous vote.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
TIE DOOM OF THE
SALOON In WASH
BURN WILL Be
SEALED APR.
LOCAL CONDITIONS ARE FINE

On Tuesday of next week ar
election will be held in this fail
city of ours and one of the inn
portant questions to be decided
at that time is whether or not
Washburn will license saloons
during the coming year. At the
election held a year ago the
voters, by a substantial majority,
voted out the saloons and there
is only one reason why the ques-
ton is to be voted on again this
spring. A FEW MEN WANT
TO GET BACK INTO THE SA-
LOON BUSINESS, and they are
being urged on in their fight by
the whiskey gang" and the
brewers who see a lot of good
money getting away from them
through Washburn being dry"
The saloon interests are using
gum-shoe methods this spring in
their endeavor to interest voters
in their cause but they are able
to create but little interest for
the voter knows the saloon has
been of no benefit to himself or
his family.
A good deal is being said about
personal liberty" during the
present campaign--that one man
should not have the right to say
what his neighbor should. Lis
ten, this is what BILLY" Sunday
says about personal liberty:
"These are fine, large, mouth
filling words, and they certainly
do sound frst-rate; but when
you get right down and analyze
them in the light of common
horse-sense, you will discover
that in their application to the
present controversy they mean
just this: Personal liberty" is
for the man who, if he has the
inclination and the price, can
stand up at a bar and fill his hide
so full of red liquor that he is for
the time being transformed into
an irresponsible, dangerous, evil
smelling brute. But personal
liberty is NOT for his patient,
long-suffering wife, who has to
endure with what fortitude she
may his blows and curses; nor is
it for his children, who, if they
escape his insane rage, are yet
robbed of every known joy and
privilege of childhood, and too
often grow up neglected, un-
cared for and vicious as the re-
suit of their surroundings and
example before them. Person
al liberty" is not for the sober,
industrious citizen who from the
proceeds Of honest toll and or
derly living has to pay, willing
or not, the tax bills which pile up
as the direct result of drunken
ness, disorder and poverty, the
items of which are written in the
records of every police court
This rant about personal liber-
ty" has not a leg to stand upon.'
This spring the liquor interests
are saying very little about the
money that will go to Ashland
that was their principal cry 9
year ago. Do you know the rea.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01

Again the farmers in the
towns surrounding the city have
interested themselves in the
campaign which is being waged
this spring to keep the saloons
out of the city and they are do
ing everything in their power to
help the cause. The farmers do
not have a vote in the city but
they are lending their moral
support and are doing every
thing possible to help the dry
cause.
At the town meetings held the
past week the farmers have
openly deciatnd that they will
not permit saloons to exist in
their towns and they will make
good what they say, as was
demonstrated last year when
they refused to think of grant
ing licenses.
The farmers know the saloon
is a detriment to them as we'll as
to the city people.
The brewers and liquor men
make a big boast of the amount
of grain which they use in the
manufacture of liquor and what
a big help they are to the
farmers. Why are they afraid
to let the farmers get shot at
the booze business with their
ballot through county option.
They know too we'll what the
farmer would do to them if given
a chance.
The farmers, as a rule, have
no time for the liquor business
and the farmers surrounding
this city have proven that they
are no exception to the rule.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1915-04-01
Will Serve Lunch

The local w. G. r.. u. will
serve lunch at the Biexrud
building on Bayfield, street all
day election day. Plan to make
this your headquarters during
the day.