Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-21

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lions and has produced fine picture of one of natures
wonders.
Perhaps there and women who will think the
man foolish for trying SO long to photo
graph But there others who will appreciate both
the gift he has made to the many people who will never
those twin peaks at first hand and the pleasure the
photographer himself must have derived from his camera
quest 1t was kind OF game for him. and there was
much fun IN the playing in the winning In those ff-
teen years ne must have learned great deal about
tain photography He has the twin peaks under
many conditions and in varied aspects JOY to the true
lover of mountains and sky and clouds He probably has
secured many interesting and beautiful photographs of
other views He has got out Of his quest big fund Of
health and natural enjoyment and added vastly to the
interest of life
A good many persons who are inclined to stick too
close to business and the humdrum things Of the daily
routine would be healthier and happier if they would go
out on similar quest adapted only to their tastes and
ability, and the opportunities at hand.
Just how the daylight saving law works to the great
disadvantage of the farmer has been made convnc
ngy clear but the representatives of the rural districts
IN congress mustered sufficient strength to repeal it and
over the presidents veto. One thing however is certain
millions of workers in the cities of the nation are by the
repeal deprived of long evening daylight hours for recrea
lon and little home abors such they have enjoyed dur
ing this and last summer And by the repeal the United
States slips back to program of waste Economies run
ming into millions of dollars have been effected through
the saving of fuel and artificial light by means of reguat
ing industrial operations to the daylight hours
Hard their protest against the Plumb plan of rail
road administration any other system savoring Of
other than private ownership the of the railroads
through the Association of Railway Executives are asking
that the present rates and government guarantee of
standard return be continued until conditions again be-
come normal In short, the railroad owners seeing al
stormy period Of readjustment ahead are asking the
people of the country to underwre therght and take
whatever the railroads wish to offer in return Such
proposition would listen good to almost any business man
with large capital invested just at this time but it don't
sound just like good government
The United States merchant marine is surely on the
map at last In july 1916 48 per cent of the vessels that
passed through the Panama canal British 10 per
,ent were Japanese 3per cent only American In
April 1919 the per centage had shifted to 35 per cent
British per cent japanese and 40 per cent American
After January first the state highway commissioners
will be Benson Booth and Burgess And if they carry
out all the work planned by that body they will be the
verabe busy Bs are SO frequently told about when
we show disposition to loaf on the job.
We may never know just how many of those Mexican
tands bagged during the present raid The boys will
probably be too busy to keep accurate count and one
greaser less of that particular brand not worth
bothering about
There is too much oil being poured on the Mexican
Tampco and elsewhere And these efforts of
the oil interests have precisely the opposite effect that