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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
MARION COUNTY AUTO
OWNERS CONTRIBUTE
S5,SO8 TO ROAD FUND
MulhlOmah County Only One
In State With More Autos
Than Marion

Marion county is second only to Multi
nomah county in the number of motor
vehicles in this state and for license
fees for the year from January |, 1915,
to December 81, 1915, will receive So
S0S.72 from the state while Multnomah
receives $36,Sl9.l1. The total amount
received by the secretary of state from
Marion county motorists was $7,250.50
and from this sum was subtracted ST.
44l,7S to pay for the cost of the H.
cense plates, chauffeur badges, postage,
printing, and clerk hire.
For the year 1915 total of $S7, ,203..
0S will be returned to the counties out
of $l0S,SS1.50 collected by the state.
In 1914 the counties received $6l ,000.S6
and in 1913 they received $43,476.0S.
Secretary of State Olcott has Just
completed the apportionment to the
counties of the monies received from
motor vehicle and chauffeur licenses
for 1915. The total receipts amounted
to $10S,sSl.50. OF this amount $S7 23O..
0S, or so lilo per cent of the total re-.
ccipts. was returned to the counties;
$S,S36.3S was paid for license plates
and chauffeur badges; $7,127S6 for
clerical services; $2,Gl710 for postage
and forwarding charges; $2,2S2,95 for
printing blanks, forms, monthly lists
required by law to be furnished county
clerks, etc; $7l9.63 for stationery. and
$3.50 for refunds.
OF the total receipts for 1911, IS 7-10
per cent was returned to the counties,
and for the year 1915, 76 G.10 per cent
of the fees received was refunded to
the counties. License plates and chauf-
fcur badges in 1915 cost S l-10 per
cent of the total receipts, in 1914 the
cost was S $40 per cent, and in 49,"
it was 2-l0 per cent. From the best
information obtainable Oregon pays as
little as or less than any other state for
its license plates--these now costing
but 10 cents each or 90 cents per pair
Contracts for these have never been al.
lowed to 60 outside the state and are o.
present being furnished by Portland
firms. Clerical service amounted to
6 6-lO per cent of the receipts in
which is 40 per cent below this item
for 1914.
The following statement shows the to-
tai received from residents of each of
the respective counties and the balance
rcmitted to the county treasurers for
the benefit of their county road funds,
as the law directs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
LMdenenlence EMternrisol J

The Importance and intelligent aud
continuous advertising is clearly set
forth in the following letter from one
of our readers ON route two Answer
ing occasional articles that appear in
print about mail order business he
says;
Editor Of the Independence Enter.
prise;
"lf the mail order houses get $1,000
out of this vicinity each month, that
belongs to the home merchants, the
fault is with the home merchants en-.
tirely The mail order houses Udver.
tisc and give US prices on everything
they offer for sale. They'll tell us
what they have and what they want
ror IT, OF course We get soaked
once in awhile, and IL we do we can
try some other house. Most of the
home merchants who advertise at
all don't quote prices, They neglect
20 tell us what we want TO know -
prices, OF course we can go to the
store aud ask the prices of this article
and that but you know how il is
WV NNNNN Z hNNN ~ NNll NNUA HN
wants to buy when he gets in store
os when he is ut home. And there is
whcrc the mail order houses mako
their hit. They send their udvertis-
ing matter into our homes aud we
read II when we haven't anything
else to do and every member of the
family usually finds something that no
or some other member Of the family
wants, aud many orders are made
up aud sent out at just such times.
"Ripht here Is whore the home
merchant falls down. If he talked up
this business in our homes the same
as the mail order houses do, the peo,
pie would be In 20 see him the next
time they came to town, and in many
cases extra trips would be made TO
get things ut once that we wanted
When they were brought to our otten.
tion,
''Thc home merchant can save the
expense Of getting out q catolog We
people read the home paper more
carefully than we DO a eatulog, and if
the merchant wants 20 talk business
with us, lot him pu; his talk in the
homo papers aud put Il in SO we
know he means business. Tho home
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
HOW TO BEAT THE CATALOG HOUSES
Man Who Buys from Them Tells How to Do the Trick


merchant, nine times out of then
sells his goods as cheap as the mail
order houses, and believe on many
things he is much cheaper, but how
are we to know if he does not tell us
about it2
"a merchant must not think that
even his best customers know his
goods SO well that they can tell what he
has without being told.
at is none Of my business how
the home merchant runs his business
but don't like to see these roasts
in the paper all the time about us
fellows who get little stuff shipped
in once in awhile, and never any.
thing said on the other side, There
are always two sides to question, and
! have given you mime If it is any.
thing to you, you can take It.
S. II. w.. Route >.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
A LESSON FOR AMERICANS

One of the outstanding features of the present world
conflict in its way quite marked as that OF German
preparedness has been and still is the lack of unity Of
action between the various forces that make up British
national life says the Minneapolis Farm Stock Home
There has been dearth OF men, nor OF Willingness to
sacrifice for ones country Rather what appears to be
the matter judged from this distance, IS class loyalty
to ones trade business superior to that given to the
state So we find Loyd-George, after eighteen months
of war pleading for more munitions. Strikes for higher
wages occur 1t is broadly limited that graft similar to
that induged in by Civil War contractors is not
wholly unknown SelishneSS ngeS the Whoe atmosphere
of British internal politics.
This is personal liberty gone mad When everybody
is anxious squeeze bit of extra profit out OF the peril
GUS position in which the empire finds itself placed the
empire itself is in grave danger, and TAR more so from
within than from without
Such situation did not arise over night 1t is the
natural attitude of masses of trained to class con-
scousness by interested and selfish leaders who present
to them the plea that they are the underngs-the down
trodden and that they must burst the shackes that
bind them For the most part such arguments are rot
There never has been time since history began when
labor had little to complain OF and as much to be thanK
full for as it has right 1t is better housed better
clothed better fed than before 1t is true that labor
is not getting the full reward of its toll But what the
agitators do not let the workngmen see is that the
methods adopted to force higher wages are seldestuc
tive Limit mans production per day to set number
of pieces and you destroy efficiency progress the very
opportunity to rise to better things The American farm
er gets taste of what this means when his l. W. WI
'hep" soldiers on him. Are the boys coming up as hired
men under such influences better than the kind
we used to have? No answer is needed.
Develop sloth in and you get what goes with it
indifference to the higher ideals squad living, drunken
ness chronic state of anarchstc poverty inns is What
the false teachings Of batherske class leaders have done
for and to the workngman Of England; this is what
similar teaching doing to the workingman of America
1t high time that we take home to ourselves the bit
ter lesson of British class pettnes and eject 1t IRON our
national life wherever it has found foothold 1t is far
more important that we all rise together than that one
group rises above the rest 1t will avail us little to set our
class above our fellows if while doing so the national life
that gives us being and that guards us falls into decay
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
NATIONAL FOREST NOTES

Portland, Ore, Jan. Improve.
ments ON the National forests during
1915 are represented by los miles of
road, l,7l0 miles of trail, 2,2S7 miles of
telephone lines LOG miles of fire line,
lO2 lookout structures, 35 bridges, 267
miles Of fence, COG dwellings,, barns and
other structures, % corrals, and 202 wa.
ter improvements.
To date approximately $4,000 miles of
roads, trails and fire lines. aud 10000
miles of telephone line have been built
within the National forests OF the Uni.
ted States
The net area actually owned by the
public within the National forests Of
the United States is 62,I73,2S0 acre.
The number of National forests is now
reduced to 1866 as against 1863 year
ago.
Members Of the Forest Service deliy.
cred, during 1915 llO public oddresse1,
mainly in response to requests from
educational institutions, associations Of
lumbcrmen, technical societies, aud Ma.
tional forest users.
Twenty-soven new publications were
issued last year by the forest service.
and $4,000 copies Of forest service
publications were distributed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
NEW USE FOR SEPARATOR

Oregon City, Ore, Jan. 1.-THE cream
separator is an added attraction on
Clackamas county farm today.
eff you run apple cider through u
separator" writes a farmer, "practi-
cally pure alcohol comes out the cream
spout, and tasteless liquid out tho
other"
This farmer wrote to District AT
torney Hedges asking if it is violation
of the prohibition law for him to separ-
ate his cider.
1t is, says Hedges.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
slOS,SsI.5O ssI2sO.OS
ATTACKED BY LYNX

Livermore Cal. Jan ATTACKED by
u lynx while pruning vines at the Con.
cannon vineyard near here, Grant Bax.
ter was compelled to fight for his life
before he finally succeeded in over.
powering the animal late yesterday aft.
crnoon. Baxter was ut work in the
vineyard when he saw the animal eruch.
ed for spring. He attempted to back
away but was followed for so feet
when the lynx suddenly sprang at his
throat,
A desperate fight followed. Baxter
retained his pruning shears and with
these aud his feet dispatched the ami.
NAL, only after his clothing had been
torn to ribbons and his face aud body
scratched and bitten. The lynx was in
poor condition but was one of the larg.
est ever seen in this vicinity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
WANTS MExIcANs PUNISHED

Oakland, Cal, Jan IL References
to the Mexican situation in the sermon
of Rev. George W. White yesterday
aroused conflicting opinions as to their
today omt~g parishioners Of
the First Methodist Episcopal church.
"Therc mmderers Of Americans, " he
said, "should be punished. 1t is time to
remember that the president is the
president Of the whole people and must
safeguard the interests Of all
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
- Editorial Page of ~The Capital JournaI" -
THE GRACE TO GET MAD

"What need in the first place and the last" says
and to keep mad Citizenship that lies down. content to
let itself be robbed abused, made byword of, is bad
citizenship prefer the company Of the man who does
the robbng and abusing any day. to that of the fellow
who tamely submits to it. The crooked politician wants
softer snap than non-resistance in the citizen
These vigorous remarks do not apply to New York
alone They apply with equal force to all sections Of
blessed country. If there anything that the common
citizen knows nothing whatever about it public affairs
The average free and independent American citizen gen
orally manages to know something about his private
business and good deal about his neighbors business
but that which is the most vital business of bothpubc
business-gives him the least concern.
The old adage "what is everybodys business is no.
bodys business" finds striking exempfcation in the at
tude of the average citizen toward public business
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
LANE FOR SUPREME BENCH.

San Francisco. Jan. lj.-Frank X.
Lane, secretary of the interior. today
has the endorsement of the Bar Asso.
citation of san Francisco for appoint
ment TO the United States supreme
bench. Only one member of the as.
sociation opposed Lane, on the ground
that his legal knowledge is insufficient.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

acneS! WHAT Iun TO rlde on speedy Sled,
till curfew summons the kids to bed! What
fun to fashion ball of snow, and throw it
straight as boy can throw, and see it
break on some pilgrims neck, and hear him
quote from the works of Heck The snow
means oodles Of wholesome joy to the glow
ing soul of the growing boy. But the snow
means grief to the ancient gent, whose step
is feeble, whose back is bent. He coughs
his diaphragm inside out, and he has the
grip and he has gOut; and all diseases he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
SENTENCED FOR LIFE

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. l5.--Scn.
tence Of life Imprisonment was imposed
today upon Frederick Price, found gull
" Of numbering his wife in November.
1914.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
NOT MANY AMERICANS
GOING TO GERMANY NOW

Berlin, Jan. l5.-Nearly l00,.
600 strangers came to Berlin
in November, declare official
reports, OF this number 1885
came from foreign lands but
only SO from America. The
number of visitors was exactly
96,056 compared with 71,27l a
year ago. The Foreigners com
ing from Russia, numbered 956;
Austria Hungary, 1856; Eng
land, .; Sweden, FOG; Norway,
l9s; Denmark, j92; Belgium, %;
Holland, 4j0; the Balkans, 16S;
Switzerland, 32S; Asia, 6; and
Africa, II.
\. l.. 4. Il, Il. l., IL. a. Il. IL. Il.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
Spanish Steamer Sunk.

London, Jan. 1.-THE Spanish steam
er Belgica has been sunk by sub
marine. Twenty-three of her crew were
rescued
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

Carranza's soldiers have just executed Villas chief
executor We trust that they performed the job in way
to satisfy his artistic taste and skill in the profession of
numbering.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

No one can gain an accurate idea of whether the
country is prosperous not by listening to the com
plants of those whose selfish interests have been inter
fered with by legislation but if you are interested IN
real index note that the production of motor vehicles
in 1915 was nearly 100000 80 per cent more than the
previous year while the production for the current year
is conselvatively estimated at 100000 remarks the
Commoner.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

If all the bandits in Mexico are sain as Carranza
promises, there will be for the first time shortage of
generals and colones in that country
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

ever Knew the brings back and others too He
has to shovel little track and he slips and falls and he
breaks his back and the SNOWFALL thrown by the joyous
kid drives in his whskers and spos his lid and he calls
aloud in voice of woe "Oh blank the binkety blink
blank snown
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

The progressves seem perfectly willing to unite with
the stand pat republicans ticket composed Of Roose
welt and Johnson
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

The English are putting down 1900 miles Of water pipe
in the desert east of Suez part of their plan to defend
the canal. But no one is astonshed The war mas
changed the habit of our minds We now accept as COM
monpace the most extraordinary ideas which no man
ever thought of in thousand years of peace remarks an
exchange.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17
THE SNOW

The schoolboy shreks with exultant glee, when the
snow comes down and enshrouds the lea What fun to
wade in the dazzling flakes without fear of rheumatic
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

And now we presume America will have to feed the
Montenegrins.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

Write letter this week or better STILL dozen of
them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

instructed the the
the not do this misses ncgs getting the
the circulation this the only
determine whether not the carriers are following instructions
Phone Main 81.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

II the carrier does not give
service notify the office.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-17

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Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
oIscoNIERr in MEXICO CITY
Newspaper From South Tells Of Con.
slant Agitation and Disorder.

NU'>ss'~V Ss'o S'eSs sSss
Reports Of social discomfort In
Mexico are contained In . copy Of Ei
Nscional, . CarrAnxa organ Of Mexico
City. which reached El PAso. II statea
init last week General BENJAMIN Hill.
military commander Of the federal dis
trict. had covered the city with patrols
to disperse gatherings of striking en-
ployees Of the electric lighting and
street railway company. 1t added that
several shots had been fired and that
sma riots hal resulted.
s-cor6dng to the paper, CArranxa
met Representatives Of the Federation
'n,t~- TO ORGANIZATION behind
the strike. and informed them that in
his opirfor their action in striking
was unpatriotic. social discomfort in
Mexico was attributed to socialist
labor agdtators." Arrivals in Ell Paso
from the Mexican capital. however.
said that the food scarcity and lack Of
work are important factors.
Private dispatches from Chihuahua
CITY said that General Inex Salaxar.
heA In connection with alleged rcvo-
lutionary plots. had been executed BY
General Trevino.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
GAIN new GROUND
hnies d A1ies Aivaaee q
Ihree Frouk.
SEVERE flea11xe n VAST.

Frs"eh cisim 10 Have Captured Sew
sral Miles Of Trenches On oemme
Tsutens Ascent Enemy was Re
pulssd BY Counter Attacks.
Hard hghtins In the Somme region
Of France. In Galicia and In the Italian
theater. with further gains for the en-
tente allies In all three regions
marked the latest operations.
French and Russian forces hav1
gained additional important success
- over the armies Of the centra
powers In northern France and Gall
cia- A sustained attack over q from
Of three and three-fourths miles b,
the French to q third German line II
the Somme resulted in the capture o.
all the trenches to depth OF from {
third to two-thirds Of . mile. TIL,
line Of the victorious French advance
extends from Hardecourt to thu
Somme river at Busecourt
The village Of Maurepas. which hat
been the cetner Of much severe Sght
ing during tho last Few weeks. wal
partly occupied by the French in tn.
same assault German prisoners tt
the number Of 1000 and thirty ma
chine guns were captured.
Between Thierval and the Somme
according to Berlin. assaults by tht
entente allies brote down with hcav,
casualties 70 the attackers.
On the eastern front the Austro
Germans have been forced to give NJ
the entire 6tripa line from Taruopo
to Bucxacz. The capture Of the Strips
line by the Russians followed the TAX
ing OF many towns near Tarnopol
The Duke Of Aosta is keeping up hii
strong offensive against the Austrian.
in the Isonzo region. having driver
them from fortified positions in tn,
Monfaicone and Goriyia sectors ant
taken prisoner 1000 additional men
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
Is KILLED IN COLLISION
Crowded Trolley Cars Crash Together
Near Johnstown, Pa.

NOoS SVuuetOWUs ~.
Twenty-Five persons were killed ana
sixty three injured In q head-on col
lision between two crowded trolley
cars on the line Of the Southern Cam,
bria Traction company. between Echo
and Rookvale. seven miles from
Johnstown. Pa. Fourteen persons were
instantly killed, while the others died
after being removed from the wreck.
age. Several more are in q serious
condition and will probably die.
According to persons In tho vicinity
ct the time Of the wreck, one car va.
standing still near the car barn al
Echo when the other car. In charge Of
Motorman Angus Warner. CRASHED
down . steep grade into It. Both cars
were demolished. Shortly before the
accident varner's car rushed past the
station at Brookvale. with Warner
waving his hands. Believing that the
car. which was going at the rate OF
about thirty miles an hour, was not
under control. the current was shut
on at the power plant. but this action
was taken too late 20 avoid the crash.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
Holds CONFERENCE
PIesidsat ksuss e. b I'd
q laiksa1 nagnstss.
MEN REFUSE 10 AlSTllTF.

Dearly oeush: PrivlIssss-Reprs-
sentativss Of Beth Factions q 70
Washinetsn.
A general strike ON virtually all the
railroads Of the nation. paralyxing
commerce and throwing 1000. 900 men
OUT OF employment. can be averted
only through the good oflices Of Pres
ident Wilson. as = result Of develop
ments In the dispute over the mems
demands for an eight.hour day and
time and = half for overtime.
The controversy was laid before the
president. At his invitation, after the
workers had natly refused any form
81 arbitration or mediation.
The railroad managers. nineteen In
number. and the leaders OF the four
railroad brotherhoods. accompanied by
thirty Of the 900 delegates assembled
Al New York. left for the capital at
midnight and arrived In Washington
In time for an early conference with
the president.
President Wilson called the repro
sentatives Of the brotherhoods to the
White House and arranged to see the
committee OF managers afterward.
President Wilson's Communication
To the brotherhoods and the railroad
managers pointed out that sucn q
paralysis Of business as would follow
q general railroad strike would be a
catastrophe at any time. but would be
nothing shert of . disaster under
present conditions On this ground
the president based his request for .
conference with representatives Of
both factions.
Elisha Lee. chairman Of the confer.
ence committee OF railroad managers.
placed the responsibility for the utter
failure of the mediators upon the
men. the railroads having proposed
Arst, mediation. and then arbitration
without success
A. b. GArretson. president OF the
Order Of Railway Conductors. the
oficial spokesman FIR the men, ON the
other hand. placed the blame for the
break entirely upon the unbending at.
titude of the railroads.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
elk shIps nsld Up ~ submarine.

Six ships were held up At once by q
German submarine. The commando.
Of the submarine Ordered the crew OF
the French steamer Marie to get into
boats and then sank the vesse, with
bombs In view OF the crews Of the
other ave ships. The Norwegian
steamers Cred0 and Soro were sent to
the bottom. each weasel going down in
ten minutes. The other three ships
were allowed to continue their voy
ages after being searched and all
their papers examined. The crews Of
the three sunkeu ships were picked
up by the -anish steamer Robert an.
landed ct Havre.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
At WORK ON REVENUE BILL
Senators In Caucus Steadily 70 Aqrss
on Measure,

on Measure.
The Importance Of the 200.00n, 900
revenue bill, on which senate Demo-
Gratis devoted mary hours Of delibera-
ton IN caucus. IL being Impressed up
on leaders by the fact that the arpro-
priations OF the session now nearing
comuletion have brrken all records.
With passage this week Of the $780,
100000 ship purchase bill and prob
able approval by the house Of the sen.
ate's gigantic naval bill. the appropria-
tions Of the sixtyfourth congress will
have exceeded the previous high rec
ord BY at least 100000.
Tho aggregate appropriation for al
purposes probably will approximate
31,700. .O00. 900.
Gunnison news-champion., 1916-08-25
Hughes Begins Second Week.

Charles q. Hughes began the second
woek Of his campaign with . twenty.
hye mile motor trip to Coeur d'Alene.
Idaho. where he delivered an address.
The nominee returned to Spokane for
Two meetings, leaving for Tacoma
Immediately after speaking. This
week will carry him ~ far as Los
Angeles. all through Tacoma. Seattle.
Portland and San Francisco.