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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

While motoring In Clackamas county
yesterday, Larry Hofer ran into the
clutches of the law for speeding, and a
little later repeated the performance
in Marion county.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

Private T. G. Campbell, of Company
L o. N. G., is in Salem today. He has
been at his grandparents home in Dal'
las for the past few days, and expects
to return to Clackamas soon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

Judge P. H. darcy and Rev. E. B.
Lockhart came into Salem last night
from Stayton, where Mr.. Lockhart
states the Salem men spoke to rep
resentative audience made up OF Stay
ton, Kingston and Aumsville people.
His tribute to the flag bringing forth
hearty rounds of applause from the
congregation. Judge ID 'Arcy's descrip-
tion Of the immigrahts coming to Ore
qon is said to have6 been eloquent, the
entire address on "Pioneers at the NJ
Z. church being greatly appreciated by
the Staytotn audience.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

Although the sturdy pioneer with
stood many hardships and underwent
many dangers, yet there was always one
thing which he could not, conquer, and
that was tho elements. So with the
n;oneer which for 13 years surmounted
the fountain at the west end OF Wilson
park, and known as the Breyman toun, !
tain, the elements proved more than a
match, and he being the weaker, went
down. Today the statue lies broken and
and crushed at the foot of the pedestal
thrown down by the heavy wind OF sat
urday evening. 1t was given. to the
civ by the Breyman brothers in l9o4'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

Thirty-six young people from the
BAPTIST church, members of the B. Y: F.
u, motored by truck to North Pales,
tine, Polk county, yesterday to attend
a rally. Delegates were present from
Albany, Corvallis and Independence.
The party returned by way of Albany
They report that the next rally VIII oe
held in Salem in January.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

pink strawberry blossoms anu pIuh
roses where yellow ones grew before
are the wonders of North Front street
These curiosities are found in the yard
and garden of Attorney b. H. h,ngo,
He states that the strawberry plants
were purchased from neighbor, and
last wear produced white bloom. How.
ever. this year they are so red that
one person seeing them mistook them
for ripe berries and so spoke of them
The roses are of a distinctly yellow
variety, but this year they have de-
eided red tinge. The only solution 10
the problem is that the formation OF
the soil, or the application of some for
eipn substance is such that the plants
are furnished with red tint.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-25

Miss Lucille Barton announces change
of address to 59S N. 18th st. (l5 block
N. of Center). Glasses are now being
formed for summer work in singing and
correct placing of the voice. Phone
1888. 7-13
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
WANTED. At ONCE

WANTED, At ONCE.
FIFTY MEN FOR STORM SEWER
WORK. APPLY TO f. L. GEDNEY,
CONTRACTOR.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19

North and by the public in every por-
ton OF America assures the perma.
ncncy of The event us an annual clae.
sic equal to the famous Alas
sweepstakes. in which "Scotty" Allen
has won undving fame as a dog driv.
err
Racing slcdge drivers ride but little
on their loboggan-like sledges. The
driver whose team crosses the finish
line in the Derby ahead of all rivals
will be the one who gets out and
runs the furthest with his Dogs in
the opinion Of Mortimer. The sledges
themselves will carry little weight.
The drivers kettle. in which he bOilS
tea at trail.side stops, his rabbit skin
sleeping robe and few packages OF
food for himself and his dogs will con
stitu'r the load for the carry-alls.
To Follow Pembina Trail.
Starring Wednesday at WINNIPEG,
the racers will follow the old Pembi.
ma trail route into North Dakota an.
thence across the Red river into Mir
nesOta. The progress of the contest
will be bulletined from each of the
towns and cities along the route. and
the arrival of the leading teams at tho
finish line in Como park. ST. Par
probably will be witnessed Monday or
Tuesday of tho week that city has SGT
aside for its second outdoor sports
carnival
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
FRED MITCHELL TO USE
HONOR SYSTEM TO MAKE
CUBS STAY ON WAGON

Fred Mitchell is to put the honor
system in force in Chicago.
Ballplayers are not to be told what
they shall or shall not do, but will be
expected to keep themselves in con-
dition.
The honor system usually works out
with ballplayers. Most are intelligent
enough to know their salaries depend
upon keeping in condition and it is
seldom necessary to put a guard over
them to keep them in bed at night and
away from the influences which make
them useless on the field next day.
Connie Mack had perfect honor
system with his world champions.
Mack didn't ride his men, nor did
he have them watched. But they
knew that he would not tolerate dis.
sipation and that he was. shrewd
enough to recognize the "day after"
symptoms Immediately. Several of
that famous outfit had never used Ii.
quor and did not have to be warned
the others respected the confidence
Mack placed in them
The honor system should work as
well with the Cubs.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
LAMPING EN-. WITH LURID
LARRY

Matt and Pat Mcdonald would do
we'll on 80 cents a day for meals.
New York police start a diet squad
Bet Matt McGrath didn't join it.
Freddie Welsh put up a forfeit to
box in Milwaukee. Didn't know the
Wisconsin law demanded forfeit
from sprinters.
Dave Fultz has called a strike. Some
day somebody will call Dawes bluff.
The first coin made in America was
recently found. Always thought Tom
Jones had it.
New York man has bet 5000 he
won't marry for To- years. That's
what We would call real insurance.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
OLIPHANT, UNCLE SANS
GREATEST ATHLETE.
AFTER FIFTH LETTER

Elmer @. Olphant, West Point 5
star football player and Uncle Sam S
greatest athlete. is now trying out
for the Army hockey team in hopes OF
winning his fifth "A" at the military
academy.
Oliphant has set a new record at
the army school by winning four let
ters, feat never before accomplished
He has letters in football, baseball
track and basketball. The only other
sport for which letter is awarded al
West Point is hockey.
Oliphant was compelled to give W
his basketball this year in order tt
try out with the hockey team as prac
tice for both is held at the same hours
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19

Heine Groh, Cincinnati intielder
was the best waiter in the National
league last season. Official averages
show he received ST passe; in l49
games.
And the figures for the las two sea-
sons show Heine has been getting on
base oftener than he did before thu
time.
The secret seems to be in an odd
batting style the little Cincinnatian
is using. a style revived from the days
of Old Pop Arson.
While the average player hugs the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
100 MILES AN HOUR IN BOAT

Ice boating at go or 20 miles an
hour is not fast enough for New York
sportsmen and new motor-propelled
iceboat is being built for Pierre A.
Proal, New York sportsman and anna
teur golfer which, it is believed, will
develop speed of 100 miles an hour or
more.
The boat is to be equipped with a
two-cylinder aviation motor develop
ing 14-horsepower which will turn an
aeroplane propeller six feet in iia-
meter at the rate sof 1900 revolutions
a minute. The frame of the boat is to
be Of similar construction to an ordi.
nary iceboat, but 1t will be equipped
with an automobile steering wheel at.
tached to the front runner to prevent
skidding.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
RACING MEN
WILL FOLLOW
P[MB|NA TRAIL
Huskies of Pure Strain To Be
Pitted Against Dogs Of
Crossed Blood
GREAT DRIVE FOR ST.
PAUL STARTS WEDNESDAY
Progress of Contest Will Be Bull
letined from Towns Along
the Line

ST. Paul, Mimi, Jan. H. Progress
in the breeding of sledgr dogs in the
Northwest Territory and Manitoba
will be one OF the direct results OF
the first Red River valley-St. Paul car,
nival derby, which will start Wednes-
day, January "a. in Winnipeg.
The race already has attracted as
entrants a dozen of the best dog driv-
ers in the North. who will have the
hardest speediest teams to be found
in all the broad stretch Of wintr,
country lying north of Winnipeg and
west of Hudson bay.
Each team will consist Of six dogs
or less. Huskies Of pre- strain will be
pitted against dogs in which the hus.
ky blood is mingled with that of the
st. Bernard and hound species. White
drivers will match their endurance
and cunning as dog trainers with the
Cree Indians.
May Become Annual Event.
The interest evinced in the Red
River valley derby by the men of the
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
ED WALSH MAY BUY
DES MONIES CLUB

The retirement of Big Ed Walsh
from major league baseball may fore
cast the control of the Des Moines
Western league team by another men,
Der of the White Sox.
Walsh is seriously considering buy
ing controlling interest in the Des
Moines tam following the purchase
OF the Wiclitc franchise by Frank Is
bell. who held the controlling interest
Iii the Des Moines team for several
years.
1sbell was a member of the Sox
when that team won the world cham
pionship in 1906.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19

for the opening of the annual conven-
ton Of the Northern Minnesota Edi-
torial association. Sessions opened at
10 o'clock this morning, in the Cham
her of Commerce.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19

plate with the front OF his body TO-
ward first base and only his head
turned toward 4 the pitcher, Groh
stands back CT the plate squarely fac
ing the pitcher. He steps up to the
plate as the ball is delivered if he
intends to swing.
As result the pitcher has nothing
except the plate to shoot at, while or
dinarily he has the batter's body as
guide.
The odd style is made more discon'
certing to the pitcher because Groh
is the only ball.player today who uses
this style in batting and the pitcher
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19

doesn't get a chance at him often
enough to learn his style. ",
GrOh, being harder to pitch to. nat,
urally draws more passes. His unique
batting position causes him to hit usu
ally to right field, although he bats
right-handed.
Only few great hitters, have used
this batting style. 'iH'
Cap Arson, free, hard hitte,. used
it for years while he was piling up
his record of 5000 hits. Ping Bodie
used it with telling effect in tho Am.
erican league, and Jimmie Callahan
also batted from that position.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
VAN HOOK LEADS IN BANK
DEPOSITS FOR MOCNTRAIL
Especial to The Tribune)

Especial to The Tribune)
Van Hook, N. D., Jan. 19--Van
Hooks per capita deposit is 1921.
According to statements issued by the
banks of Mountrail county at the call
Of the comptroller on December q,
deposits at that date are as follows:
Van Hook, $492,413 .65; Plaza, $780,
1865; Parshall, $363,055.75; Stanley,
$355,6S7.72; Ryder $32O,2O1. "A, and Ma
kOta. $295,131.76.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
MINOT TO EXTEND WHITE
WAY TO BOULEVARDS

Minot, N. D., Jan. 19-Work on the
extension Of the white way system Of
boulevard lighting for Minot, will be
started about April l, it was ANNOUNCE
ed today.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-01-19
CAR BOBS HERE

Car Stou0hton Mainite eobs for die.
tribution from Bismarck dealers only.
Write or wire Geo. q. Farrell, Die.
marck, or phone 3s8 Cayou Transfer
company.-AdM~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

than an output which might be OBJ
tanned by straining all forces to the
utmost.
A resolution recently passed by
the board Of directors Of the syndi-
cate throws some light on the fnan-
cial results of the current year. The
reserves set aside from the sales OF
ccal, coke and briquets during the
years 1911-19l3, amounting to SlO,-
100000 marks $3.50, 000), can now
be withdrawn, since the State Of
Prussia has taken over the Hibernia
shares. One-half Of that sum IS to
be distributed among the members,
and the remainder will be disposed
of later. The sums reserved for ex-
port premiums for the years 1914
and 1915 had been estimated too
high. Two and half million marks
$685. 00) Of the surplus is likewise
to be distributed among the men,
bers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Wheat Shortage
Not Enormous

The same thing is true OF wheat.
The actual shortage of wheat on the
mart of the Allies is not enormous,
and could readily have been met, IN
great part, if transportation had
been available. The shortage Is
rather one of ships, than of grain.
The shortage could, in fact, have
been in large part met by North
America alone if there had been any
way of checking consumption IN this
country. Our eminent conservation
lists are never weary of telling OF the
enormous waste Of food in America,
vet there Is no evidence that the
astonishing rise in prices of wheat,
from around 81 to around 50
bushel. in eighteen months, produced
anv marked decrease in the con-
sumption. If anything, it is prob
able that consumption actually in
creased, owing TO the general flush
condition Of the laboring classes.
WHAT'S true of steel, wheat and
cotton was equally true Of the coal
trade. The actual war demands for
coal have been relatively small, and,
as in the case of steel, have prob
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Brain Of Edison Works for All Because Prosperity OF Capital
Depends Upon the Service Renders to the Pubic-ln
faion Due to Lack of Economic Intelligence

big wooden buildings are disappear
ing.
The yearly or total amount that
accrues to all the Bells and Edisons
and Carnegies and tricks from the
gross income of the enterprises they
have founded or built up is an
almost trilling share. II cannot be
otherwise. because the immediate
gain from any new invention, or
process or of superior management
is rarely very great; and unless the
larger part Of this gain accrues to
the users, the public, there is no
lever to overcome the inertia Of
established things. SO it is safe to
say that from 80 TO SO per cent Of
all the gains" and advantages"
from inventive or executive genius
goes directly to the "helpless" gen
eral public.
And the same is true Of the pOr-
ton going to the present sharehold-
CTS, i. G., to the Investing class"
What part of the General Fec
tries total income goes to this Gin
vesting class? Or of United States
Steel, or the Bell Telephone or Edi-
son Electric, or any great corpora
ton? Ten to Is per cent or less.
No more.
And the rest of the story is that
practically all the active Carnegies
and Tricks and Edisons and Bells of
the present day are in the service of
great corporations, and you and |
may buy as large a share in the
products of their genius as our self
denial of immediate qualifications
will cut out of our daily eXpendi-
lures.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Rule to Limit
Output Repealed

At the last meeting of the Rhine
Westphalia Coal Syndicate the rule
limiting the output to so per cent of
normal was repealed because produc
ton has not reached that figure in
any Of the mines. The chairman de-
clared that the syndicate had to con-
tend with unusual difficulties in order
to satisfy the many demands made
upon it. and that the mines must do
everything possible to increase pro
duction. The mines had succeeded
i'll increasing the output somewhat
in May and June, although all the
furlouehed miners had not yet ar
rived. But even though the ship
ments for May and June were larger,
the difference between production
ard the requirements was still very
great, the demand being much larger
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
transportation Is
Cause of Apprehension

The transportation problem is UNI
usually important for both the mines
and the coal market. Means Of trans
portation were sadly lacking during
the past winter, and the situation
was renderd more acute by the Sc
we're cold, which locked the river
shipping in the harbors. Some of the
mines have their own harbors, but
most of the coal, coke and briquets IS
carried by railway and later shipped
in part by river boats. The summer
is always a dull season for transpor-
tation. IL is now being utilized for
an early accumulation of supplies,
the example Of large dealers being
followed By the public. Thus The
railways are now carrying as much
as can be shipped and yet the de-
mand can not be satisfied. In this
connection it must not be forgotten
that very large quantities are need
ell for war purposes, and such ship
ments have the preference over all
others.
It is generally feared that railway
transportation will be unsatisfactory
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Reasons for the
Jump in Steel

Jevons and other economists have
made elaborate Investigations into
the effect of small excess Of the
supply or demand on prices. 1t is
well known that this effect is very
great, and seemingly out Of all pro-
portion to the amount. What oc-
casioned the rapid rise in steel prices
was not the war demand immedi-
ately, as was shown by the fact that
the war had been going on for more
than year and a half before any
rise in price took place; the latter
was occasioned directly by an aston
ishing and quite abnormal demand
for steel all over our own country.
1t was abnormal because the buying
Of the railroads, both for road-bed
and car equipment, was far below
normal, and the railroads are the
largest users of steel in the coun-
try. Just where it all went remains
to this day a mystery to the steel
trade itself.
So long as the United States was
not actively in the war. there was
no acute reason why this abnormal
demand should be checked or sup
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
No more.
A System Which
Doesn't Exist

These are facts which must be
known to Mr.. Ferguson. if he is an
economic Investigator and competent
to be employed by the United States
government as such. And yet he
can demand the destruction of a sys-
TEN whereby the investing class
gets erery bit of the gains and hon
crs and advantages accruing TO mod
ern technology etc. OF course, no
such system exists.
But the emotional economies has
made other discoveries, Of far
greater consequence. One Of them is
this Il again quote from Mr.. Fer
guson's article:
That VIC have passed far beyond
the bonds Of Mr.. Snyder's orthodoxy
is evident from other kinds Of con-
sderotions also-for example, this:
What is knoicn rs the lac Of sup
ply and demand has become irrele-
rant. because war has made the de-
mand for goods absolute and Drac-
ticclW infinite"
To what extent is this true? There
has been since the war an acute de-
mand, or, if you please, an acute
shortage in a number of staples, as,
for example, steel, coal, cotton and
wheat. Let US take the first: Steel
production in the United States be-
fore the war had risen to above
thirty million tons. Last year it
reached 100000. ! asked the
president of one Of the larger steel
companies, who has been in close
touch with the situation, to make an
estimate Of the total demand for
steel Of all kinds directly occasioned
by the war. His figure was 10000
600 tons. On this basis the steel
companies have made up something
like four-ffths of the steel demand
Of the war.
But this estimate was far higher
than that of "The Metallurgical and
Chemical Engineer" which could not
find visible exports Of steel exceed
ing about one-sixth Of total produc-
ton. And this was only about 30
per cent over normal pre-war steel
exports. If the home demands for
steel occasioned by the war were as
much more, and this seems a liberal
figure, then the actual war demands
on this country for steel have been
fully met by the actual expansion Of
the steel plants.
What, then, has occasioned the
astonishing rise in steel?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
Any One May
Share in Profits

But the most remarkable part Of
these two instances of the outlay of
large capital for "syndicated" inven-
,ion is yet to be told. Not only did
the general public derive the larger
part of the advantage, as it always
does and must, but it was open to
the general public TO participate on
equal terms with Mr.. Rockefeller or
Nr. Morgan or any other Of the
capitalist class" TO any extent 1t
pleased, in all the remaining profit
of these inventions. Both inventions
were made by the great General
Electric Company. They We're used
by the big lighting and telephone
companies all over the country.
Shares in General Electric and Bell
Telephone and Edison Electric and
all the rest are on sale every week
o. the year at a share market called
Wall Street. Every daily paper in
the country prints the price Of the
shares every day, just like butter
and eggs and wheat and corn, so that
need pay a dollar over the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14
3FNFHTs Of INDUSTRIAL GENIUS CAN NEVER BE MONOPOLlZED

only three times, in the face OF q
world shortage and the excess de-
mands of war for food, there were
other forces at work in producing
high prices than the direct demands
Of war. We know well enough what
those forces we're. They were a gen
eral business boom Of the United
States. leading 10 a perfect riot OF
extravagant living, as witnessed by
the purchase of perhaps $4,000, O0O,-
000 worth Of automobiles IN three
wears. And we know, moreover, that
this boom and this riot were a direct
consequence Of an initiation Of the
currency-the actual business cur
rency Of the country, viz, checkao'e
deposits - greater than anything
which had been known since the
day5 Of the Civil War. That in
crease amounted to not less than 80
per cent in a little over two years
When the effects Of this have been
disposed Of it will be time to con-
slider minor contributing factors.
According TO Professor B. NJ. An
derson's estimate, our exports nor
mally range from about II per cent
TO IS per cent Of our total national
products. These figures seem to the
writer high; but even so. A careful
study Of our export trade does not
indicate an increase of more than
30 per cent in the quantity of goods
sent abroad. This would mean an
excess demand occasioned by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-14

dressed. But before we could ell
fectively enter the war, that demand
had been very sharply checked bV
tho simplest. oldest and most power
ful check which exists--a heavy rise
in price. In the opinion of many
shrewd observers of the steel mar
kct. consumption had been so sharply
curtailed that "A considerable fall in
steel prices was due, even in the
face of the wars demand. 1t Is
well known that for some time before
the announcement OF the price fixed
by the President steel quotations
had been largely nominal.
So far, then, from the war demand
for steel being anything absolute
and practically infinite" the excess
demand over any previous maximum
in this country had been fully met
by the steel producers. What hap
lened was that in 19l5-'16 there
was a heavy flow of gold to this
country, amounting to net of over
billion dollars, producing sudden
imitation Of the currency, with the
inevitable and invariable effect of
such imitation, a sharp rise in the
general price level and an abnormal
demand for goods. That this is true
is amply evident from the fact that,
for example, the total of cotton ex-
Forts has been below that Of pre-war
conditions, and the supply rather
larger, yet we have had cotton prices
rot matched since the Civil War.