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17 CITY OPPOSED TO HIGHER GAB FARES 5ST STORIES OF HEROIC DEEDS MAKE LITTLE NEEDLES FLY Children Knit for Quilts for Wounded Soldiers, While Women Tell Tales of Great Achievements of Other Days, and Much Work Is Done. An JVIr. La Roche Notifies Public Service Commission He Will File Brief. AUTHORITY IS QUESTIONED TIIE STJNDAT OEECOXIAX POETLAXD, SEPTEMBER 9, 1917. : . . , i t i l t - i Active Partner- V Early Decision on Plea of Portland Hallway, Iilght & Power Com pany Promised, but In crease Is Not Favored. Despite the direct personal Interest of the Portland public in the concrete subject of streetcar fares, the Public Service Commission yesterday con cluded a three-day inquiry into the Portland Railway, Light & Power Com pany's application to charge 6 cents Instead of 6 without hearing; a single word of organized protest. At the conclusion of the hearing W. P. LaRoche, City Attorney, who had attended all the proceedings on behalf of the city, served notice to the Com mission that he would file a brief in sisting that the Commission- lacks Jurisdiction to fixe rates in violation of the rates prescribed In the com I pany"s franchises. He declared any at tempt of the Commission to order a departure from the f ranchised-f ixed rate of 5 cents is In violation, not only of the city charter, but of the Oregon session laws of 1901, which particularly delegated the power to the municipali ties. l. "Law of 1011 Cited. Attorneys for the company and W. S. 'TRen, attorney for the company's em ployes, whose demands for increased wages and a baslo eight-hour day In spired the application for higher fares, contend that the public utilities act of the 1911 Legislature, later approved by the people by referendum .election, delegates to the commission, authority superseding that of the municipality. This position, they declare, was upheld by the Supreme Court in its decision In a case appealed by the city of Woodbum a few years ago. However, members of the commis sion expressed surprise last night that the public displayed so little interest In a question so vital. At no time during the three-day session -were there present in the room more than b. dozen persons not directly connected with the proceedings. "We tried in every -way to arouse public interest," said Chairman Miller. "Due notice was given In the press and the Portland newspapers have given abundant publicity to the pro ceedings." Early Decision Promised. The commission will -take the case under immediate advisement and as sured the attorneys that a decision may be forthcoming within 30 days. Apparently it will not be delayed be yond 30 days, as Chairman Miller leaves at the end of that period for an official trip East. Interested par ties urged all the speed that is con sistent with exact Justice. It became apparent at yesterday's session that the commission does not intend to raise the rate if it can main tain the solvency of the company otherwise. 1'he commission's own experts tools the stand and shed some new light on various items of expenditures that may possibly be eliminated. . W. 1C Nwell. engineer for the com mission, pointed out that it costs the company J91.000 a year to maintain the pavement between the car tracks on streets that have been paved. The company has an aggregate investment of 4. 000,000 in these pavements and if It could be relieved of this charge an annual savins of $120,000 In interest could be effected. But there was no . one venturesome enough to- suggest &ow the company might be relieved. Estimates Vary Slightly. Mr. Newell's estimates of the com pany's operating expenses for the year ending June SO, 1918, wer $134,000 be low the estimates of the company's own engineers, but this did not take into consideration the probable and almost certain increase in the price of ma- j terlals. iMr. Newell also figureg. on a reduc ,' tion of 10 per cent In the standard, .of ' service. In all essential particulars Mr. New ll's figures coincided with those of the ; company's witnesses. ! E. H. Collis and A. Toung, certified public accountants, also testified for the commission. Their examination of the company's books served virtually to verify the statistics earlier presented by the company Itself. K REED TO OPEN OCTOBER 1 OR, FOSTER EXPECTED HOME FROM FHAXCB AT THAT DATE. Personnel of College Faculty Baa Been . Chanced Somcnkat by Nation's EL. Call for Men, "Reed College will open October 1, in Compliance with the request of the Council of National Defense, instead of (September 10, the date originally set and announced in the college catalogue. The delay in opening all universities and colleges in the country was asked by the Defense Council in order to al tow college men and women to finish productive work they were doing on the farms and in the city as a war time measure. It was especially in tended to postpone the openings so that the college men could work in the har vest fields and in the Northwest, es pecially, the postponement accom plished that. Many of the Reed Col lege men are still at work throughout the country, but have notified the col lege they will be ready to enter Oc tober 1. At that time Dr. W. T. Foster, presi dent of Reed College, who- is now on a special mission to France in the in terest' of Red Cross work, will, it ia thought, be back in Portland. The personnel of Reed College faculty has been somewhat changed by the call to the colors, several of the instructors being in the service of the Army and Navy and the Y. M. C. A. field organi sations. The new Instructors will all be in Portland in time for the opening. Aberdeen's Revenue Estimated. ABERDEEN.. "Wash., Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) Aberdeen's revenues from sources other than direct taxation, as estimated in the 1918 budget, will amount to upwards of $40,000. Of this total between $25,000 and $30,000 will come from the earnings of the water department. Fines are expected ' to net $3000: Jitney licenses. $1000; care' and pool licenses, $100, and motion pic ture licenses $500. Read The OreR-onlan "elasilfl'-! A x&Ss-fr -VW ;qrr; 1. P O-r. BT EDITH KNIGHT HOUJES. THE "Work and Rip" Club met all Summer. And a merry, industrious club It was, too. But the "Work and Ripji'folk at Terwilliger Park were but a few of the many who met in the various playgrounds of the city where the Library people went to tell stories and to supervise the knitting and crocheting of squares for Serbian blankets. Some time ago Mrs. A. A. Morrison made an appeal for squares that should be made of the odds and ends of yarn or worsted . and eventually should be sent to England to be joined into blankets to keep the wounded soldiers warm this Winter. Her appeal found a response in the hearts of some of the littlest citizens, youngsters who had no money to buy knitting needles or crochet hooks even, let alone worsted. But where there's a will, there's a way, as the old saying goes. And be fore long Miss Jessie Hodge Millard, head of the children's department of the Public Library, thought out a wonderful plan and like magic the squares began to grow. To be sure some of the knitting and crocheting was poor, the stitches were dropped and the blending of colors was a riot, but the children ripped and tried again and now that the playground season is over Miss Millard has a collection of 150 gay squares each, the required 12 inches square and. each made with all the love and interest of true young patriots. Woven into each square, too, is the love the child felt for the poor soldier boy who might be wounded and yet who would be cheered and encouraged when he sees the quilt made in far away Portland. The while they knitted and crocheted Miss Millard and her helpers told stories of heroes stories that inspired the hearts and the imagi nations of the workers. They sat around in circles in the playgrounds, out in the fresh air and worked and the mothers who had their home duties felt sure the children were safe. This year there were but 3867 chil dren who attended the story hours in the playgrounds. The number is not so great as last year, but Miss Millard at tributed this to the fact that so many of the older children had gone to -work In their gardens. In the playgrounds every nationality was represented and all worked with a spirit of unity and loyalty. Miss Mil lard declares... In one playground there were Japanese, Chinese, . Russian, Jewish, Italian, negro. Swedish and others: yes and Germans, too, all patri otic, all diligent, all happy making the squares. One little maid ripped up an old baseball in which she found yards .and yards of gray worsted and with! - f it r I SAMPLE OF "CLEAN FOOD CERTIFICATES" TO BE ISSUED BY HEALTH OFFICE TO INDUCE BETTER SANITARY CONDITIONS IN STORES. GLEAN FOODS ARE HEALTHFUL Be It Known That ' . . Has BetnjCarefully Inspected and Rated in Class A John M. Mann. Cwumtrn- tfPt.Hi IVintf -Trtia Certificate la 'iMUfJ la rs without "Clen Food Certificate," it hu either been overloolicd or i -.lery'to be rated. 4 Card of Highest Hato Which I to Be !' i '' "'J z . !r f . K : : . - L' s sss: some scraps of bright colored yarn given by Roberts Bros, she made a per fectly splendid square. "Without the co-operation of the playground supervisors we never could have done so well," said Miss Millard yesterday. Following are those who assisted: A. Armstrong, Jessie Huggins, Helen Phil lips, AT. Bartholomew, E. -Agler, Edna Metcalf, Miss Thayer, Violet Amerlge, J. M. Tozier, Marian Allhands, Beatrice Doty, C. M. Howes, Olive Rieley, Faye Armstrong and 'others. And now the Summer Is over and the little people are back to school and instead of the playgrounds they will have the Library as their central point of Inspiration, but the knitted and cro cheted squares will be sent far away and the Summertime In Oregon and the message of love and youth and happi ness will be carried with the woolen squares far over land and sea. And who shall say that the work of the playgrounds and the storyteller folk of the Library has not been good? If the mission of the playground need a champion how surely one can be found in Charlotte Perkins Gilman's poem, which follows: TO THE WISE A BARGAIN. " Said the Slumchild to the wise To the people of place and power Who govern -and guide the hour, To the people who write and teach. Ruling our thought and speech, and all the Captains and Kings, Who command the making of things "Give me tho good ye know. That I, the child, may grow! Light for the whole day long. Food that is pure and strong. Housing and clothing fair, i Clear water and clean air. Teaching from day to da. And room for a child to play!' Then the Wise made answer cold "These things are not given, but'aold. They shall be yours today If you can pay.' "Pay!" aald the Child, "Pay you?" What can I do? Only in year's slow length Shall I have strength. I . have not power nor skill. Wisdom nor wit nor will What service weak and wild Can you ask of a little child? But the Wise made answer cold-r-"Goods must be bought and sold; You shall have nothing here Without paying paying dear!" And the Kulers turned away. And the Child cried on them: Wait! .1 will pay! 'Stay! "For the foulness . where I live. Filth in return I give. For the greed that withholds my right, Greed that shall shake your might. For the sins, that T live. la and learn. Plentiful sin' I return. For my lack in home and school. Ignorance comes to rule. From where 1 sicken and die. Disease In your homes shall lie. My all uncounted death - Shall choke your children's breath. Regenerate crippled base I degrade the human racet And the people you have made These shall make your afraid! "t ask no more. I take The terms you make; And steadily, day by day. I will. Fool Drink of Any Kimd , jr.;-.1 y H T fdacea acorln 90 or Aver. If any p!ac of ft v - . -rr v. V Killed In With. J9atea and Nimi of Del infpmatdi SJ mm, m Your local haulage is often the difference between a successful business and one which is running behind. Keen competition de mands that every unit give the utmost efficiency. That's why the biggest of mer chandisers favor the IT tl ITU Cv H ITU Day after day, it will stand the strain of a growing traffic and get the stuff there at the lowest cost per ton mile. Other trucks may cost less to buy, but the Indiana gets it back in doubled efficiency. Tine Northwest : Auito Co., inc. BROADWAY F. W. Vogler, Pres. STORES TO BE RATED Certificates of Sanitation Are to Be Issued Soon. INSPECTION TO BE MADE Storage and Methods Used In TTan dlin$ Foods In Groceries and Confectioneries to Be Com pared by Health Bureau. So that tho public may know the sanitary conditions existing' in grocery stores, refreshment stands and other places where foods or drinks are sold, a system of scoring is to be inaugu rated by the City Health Bureau, Port land. Printed certificates were re ceived' yesterday and posting will be started within a short time. Stores will be given ratings accord ing to the sanitary conditions existing in all places where food is stored' or handled. Inspectors will take into con sideration the cleanliness of tools, utensils, equipment and receptacles in connection with the handling or stor age of the foods; the cleanliness of methods and the cleanliness of the store and its surroundings. Three types of certificates are to be issued. For places thoroughly sani tary cards printed in green will be is sued. At the top of the card' is the figure 90 and in the body of the card is the letter A. For stores less sani tary, cards printed in yellow and headed with the figure 80 and the let ter B will be Issued. For still poorer places a card in purple with the figure 70 anJ the letter C are to be issued. For any place that Is insanitary no card will be issued. City Health Officer Parrish, who has originated the Idea, says the public will come to know the certificates as is sued, by th Health Bureau and will pay attention to them. When it be comes known that the reason a store has no certificate is that it is too in sanitary to be rated, there will be an incentive for the dealer to clean up. Also there will be an incentive for all dealers to get the highest certificates possible, which can only be done by strict sanitation. The cards as printed are 5 by 8 inches in size and are in two Colors, with space for the printing in of the name of the dealer. The certificates are attractive in appearance and Dr. RHEUMATISM CURED. T -will gladly send any Rheumatism suf ferer a Simple Herb Reqtpa Absolutely Free that Completely Cured me of a terrible at tack of muscular and Inflammatory Rheu matism of Ions standing after everything else I tried had failed me. I have given It to many sufferers who believed their cases hopeless, yet they found relief from their suf fering by taking these simple herbs. It also relieves Sciatica promptly, as well as Neu ralgia, and Is a wonderful blood purifier. You are most welcome to this Herb Kectpe if you will send for it at once. I believe you will consider It a Godsend after you have put it to the test. There is nothing injur ious contained In it, and you can see for yourself exactly what you are taking. 1 will gladly send this Recipe absolutely free to any sufferer who will send nume and address. If. . Hutton, 2650 Ma goo 11a Ave.. JLoa Ange les. Cal. Adv. 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Abdominal Supporters, Snnpennory Bandagfi for Men and all other rubber groods of every description eend to the LAUE-DAVIS DRUG CO. TRUSS EXPERTS, Third and VamJitll, Portland, Oregon AT COUCH Parrish expects to make the system a great success In the way of bettering conditions in places where foods are handled. Few Arrested for Drunkenness. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) Only eight arrests were made for drunkenness here last month, the smallest number made in any month in many years. Since the state went dry under Initiative No. 3 arrests for drunkenness have averaged about 40 a month. In the old wide-open days fully 100 "drunks" were taken into custody monthly. Camps and Mills Operating. ABERDEEN, Wash., Sept. 8. (Spe cial.) Wilson Bros.' two camps at Independence opened Friday with full crews. Superintendent Dan McGllllcuddy announced today. This makes a total of eight camps in this county in opera tion. Five of nine sawmills here are operating on the 10-hour basis, and all but one plant in Hoquiam Is operating. Nuxated Age of and V igorous Say Physicians Quickly Puts Roses Into the Cheeks of Women and Most Astonishinj Youthful Vitality Into the Veins of Men It Often Increases the Strength and Endurance of Delicate, Nervous "Run-Down" Folks 100 Per Cent in Two Weeks' Time. Opinions of Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques, Visiting Surgeon of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, New York City; Dr. James Louis Beyea, for Fifteen Years Professor in the New York Homeopathic Medical College, and Wm. K. Kerr, Former Health Commissioner, City of Chicago. NEW YORK, N. T. Since the re markable discovery of organic Iron, Nuxated Iron or "Fer Nuxate." as the French call it, has taken the country by storm. It Is conservatively estimat ed that over three million people an nually are taking it in this country alone. "Most astonishing results are re ported from its use by both physicians and laymen. So much so that doctors predict that we shall soon have a new age of far more beautiful, rosy-cheeked women and vigorous iron men. Dr. Ferdinand King, a New York Physician and Medical Author, when Interviewed on this subject, said: "There can be- no vigorous Iron men without iron. Pallor means anaemia. Anaemia means iron deficiency. The skin of anaemic men and women is pale; the flesh flabby. The muscles lack tone; the brain fags and the memory falls and often they become weak, nervous, irritable, despondent and mel ancholy. When the iron goes from the blood of women, the roses go from their cheeks. "In the most common foods of America, the starches, sugars, table syrups, candies, polished rice, white bread, soda crackers, biscuits, macaroni, spaghetti, tapioca, sago, farina, deter minated cornmeal, no longer Is Iron to be found. Refining processes have re moved the iron of Mother Earth from these impoverished foods, and silly methods of home cookery, by throwing down the waste pipe the water in which our vegetables are cooked, are responsible for another grave iron loss. "Therefore. If you wish to preserve your youthful vim and vigor to a ripe old age, you must supply the iron de ficiency in your food by using some form of organic Iron, just as you would use salt when your food has not enough salt." Former Health Commissioner, Wm. R. Kerr, of the City of Chicago, says: "I have taken Nuxated Iron myself and experienced its health-giving, strength building effect, and in the interest of public welfare I feel it my duty to make known the results of its use. I am well past three score years and want to say that I believe my own great physical activity is largely, due today to my personal use of Nuxated Iron. From my own experience with. Nuxated Iron, I feel it is such a valu able remedy that it ought to be used in every hospital and prescribed by every physician in this country." Dr. E. Sauer, a Boston physician who has studied both in this country and in great European medical Institutions, said: "As I have said a hundred times over, organic iron is the greatest of all strength builders." "Not long ago a man came to me who was nearly half a century old and asked me to give him a preliminary ex amination for life Insurance. 1 was astonished to find him with the blood pressure of a boy of twenty and as full ofvigor, vim and vitality as & young man; In fact, a young man he really was, notwithstanding his age. The secret, he eald, was taking Iron Nux ated Iron had filled him with renewed life. At 30 he was in bad health; at 4b he was careworn and nearly all In. Now at 60 after taking Nuxated Iron, a miracle of vitality and his face beam ing with the buoyancy of youth. Iron Is absolutely necessary to enable your blood to change food Into living tissue. Without it, no matter how much or what you eat, your food merely passes through you. without dotn-r nnv kfmmm -pur SHOE STORES TO OPEN PORTLAND IS HEADQUARTERS FOR CHAIX OF ESTABLISHMENTS. Wm to Be Fitted With Footrreai Under Plan of S. B. Aaia, Com. . . pasT, Incorporated. With Portland as the Northwest headquarters for the company, an nouncement yesterday was made of the organization of the S. B. Asia Company, Incorporated, to operate a chain of shoe stores for women which will not reflect the war prices on leather. Ta coma. Seattle and Spokane are to have branch stores. The. new flrm is cap italized Tor $50,000 and will open its retail store in Portland at 322 Wash ington street. It will be known as the Victoria. Aside from selling Its shoes on a Iron to Beautiful 1 '?& . ' . a.ST. -V V -JU' -v 3T good. You don't iret the strength out of it, and as a consequence you be come weak, pale and sickly looking, just like a plant trying to grow in a soil de ficient in iron. If you are not strong or well, you owe It to ourself to make the following test: See how long you can work or how far you can walk without becoming tired. Next take two five-grain tablets of ordinary Nuxated Iron three times per day after meals for two weeks. Then test your strength again and see how much you have gained. I have seen dozens of nervous, run-down people who were ailing all the while double their strength and endurance and entirely rid themselves of all symptoms of dys pepsia, liver and other troubles In from ten to fourteen days' time simply bv taking iron in the proper form. Anil this, after they had in some cases been doctoring for months without obtaining any benefit." Dr. Schuyler C. Jaques, Visiting Sur geon of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, New York City, said: "I have never before given out any medical information or advice for publication as I ordinarily do not believe in it. But in the case of Nuxated Iron I feel I would be re miss in my duty not to mention It. I have taken It myself and given it to my patients with most surprising and satisfactory results. And those who wish to increase their strength, power and endurance will find it a most re markable and' wonderfully effective remedy." Dr. James Louis Beyea, for 15 years Adjunct Professor In the New York Homeopathic Medical College, says: "As a physician I have always been op posed to prescribing advertised reme dies, and for fifteen years, while Ad junct Professor in i the New York Homeo pathic Medical College, I taught my -' !nl c'u'-nt! that a.ich remedies Iron sx- r.' t yrvsx- a m PORTLAND, OR. C. M. Menzies, Mgr. peace-time basis. the Asia Company heralds an innovation in fitting. The company will discard factory numbers showing the size of the shoe and will measure the foot of each customer. The fore and aft figures, with estimates of the dead weight above the shoe line, will indicate the size. Card records are to be kept of measurements, en abling the company to refit a customer without trouble. It is understood that Portland was selected as headquarters for the com pany because of Its splendid facilities for distribution. The Asia Company announces that its Eastern representative' will be lo cated permanently at Boston, where he will be in constant touch with the manufacturers. The location secured by the new firm is now occupied by the Itemick Song Shop. The latter will remove to the next building. Violets are natives to nearly all lands and thrive very generally every where, the greater number in the shade, but some in the sun. New esses;;; 3 t- tf ILMM: Cira- -ii f T . -- i&-:.r., MT, 'il:-'- were generally valueless, but in th case of Nuxated Iron severe tests made on myself and numerous patients have absolutely convinced me that it is a. remedy of most extraordinary merit and one which should be generally prescribed by all physicians. Notwith standing the fact that I am nearing my SOth birthday, a short course in Nuxated Iron has made me feel like a new man. friends say: 'What have you been doing to yourself, you look so well and full of life?" In mv opinion there is nothing like organic Iron .uxated Iron to put youthful strength and power Into the veins of the weak, run-down. Infirm or aged. But beware of the old forms of metallic Iron which often do more harm than good. To be absolutely sure that my patients get real organic Iron and not some form of the metallic variety. I alwavs pre scribe Nuxated Iron in Its original packages." NOTE Nuxated Iron, which Is rrwcrlbed and recommended above by physicians in uch a ftreat variety of rase, is not a patent medicine nor secret remedy, but one which la well known to druggists and whose lrou constituents are widely prescribed by emi nent physicians both In Kurope and America. Unlike the older inorganic iron products. It Is eaaily assimilated, does not iiijure the teeth, make them black, nor upset the stomach; on the contrary, it Is a most potent remedy in nearly ail forms of Indi gestion as well as for nervous, run-down, conditions. The manufacturers have such great confidence In Nuxated Iron, that they offer to forfeit $100.00 to any charitable In stitution if they cannot take any man or woman under to who lacks Iron, and in crease their strength 100 per cent or over in four weeks' time, provided thev have n-J erloua organic trouble. They als offer to refund your money if it does not at - least double your strength and endurance In ten days' time. It is dispensed in this city by The Owl Drue Company and by all good, druggists. Make W M