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8 THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, DECEMBER 31,' 1923 SIMPLE CEREMONY jinn Officials-Elect of Idaho En . ter Duties Tomorrow. RECEPTION NIGHT EVENT Ceremony of Induction Will Be Held at Noon at Capitol and Review to Follow. BOISE, Idaho, Dec. 30. Special.) Idaho's state officials-elect will be formally inducted into office in the house of representatives of the legislature at the state capitol next Monday at noon. Due to the fact that the legislature does not take up the session's work until a week later the public will have an un usual opportunity to witness the Inaugural ceremonies. Simplicity will feature the event. John C. Rice, retiring: chief justice of the supreme court, will preside. Present Btate officials and their successors will be seated in a cres cent before the chief justice at the speaker's desk. At the direction of Justice Rice, Adjutant General Harry Lewis will escort into the chamber the members of the su preme court and the retiring' gov ernor and governor-elect. Rev. Jtsse H. Baird, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, Boise, which Governor-elect Moore attends, will pronounce the invocation. Oath, to Be Admin littered. Chief Justice Budge will adminis ter the oath of office, first to Governor-elect Moore, then to Justice elect William E. Lee of Moscow, and then to each of the elective state officials in turn. Governor Moor will be presented by Governor Davis, Justice Lee by Justice Rice and each pC the other officials by his prede cessor. Closing this simple cere mony Rev. J. A. Glendenning of the First Methodist church of Boise will speak the benediction. In the cases of D. P. Banks, state treasurer, and E. G. Gallett, state auditor, elected to succeed themselves, the presiding officer will introduce them. No further exercises will mark Inauguration day. The officials elect Installed by virtue of the fact that their election has been certi fied to and they have taken the oath of office in compliance with the terms of the state constitution, immediately will take up their new duties and proceed to the transac tion of state business. Reception Event of Night. In the evening of the same day, New Year's night, an informal re ception will be tendered to the new officials under the auspices t the chamber of commerce of Bois. Im mediately before the reception Gov ernor Moore will review the troops of the national guard, from the en trance to the capitol. All of the units of the guard wiH be in forma tion. The reception will open promptly at 7:30 o'clock in the evening and close at 9:30. The Boise municipal band will provide music and all of fices in the capitol will hold open house. State officials and their wives who will be in the receiving line Include Governor and Mrs. Moore, Lieutenant-Governor and Mrs. Baldridge, Secretary of State and Mrs. Jeter, State Auditor and Mrs. Gallett, State Treasurer and Mrs. Banks, Attorney-General and Mrs. Conner, State Mine Inspector and Mrs. Campbell, Justice- and Mrs. Lee, and Superintendent of Public Instruction Elizabeth Russum. Commerce Body Represented. The reception committee which has been named by the chamber of commerce includes Mayor Sherman and members of the city council, and their wives, together with W. S. Whitehead, Charles L. Joy, J. M. Imhoff, H. G. Myers, Reilly Atkin son, all presidents of civic organi zations; members of the board of directors of the chamber of com merce and their wives; Frank G. Ensign, H. A. Lawson, Ray Trask. C. F. Dienst, I. W. Wright, C. A. Barton, H. R. RIsley, W. G. Ash, W. G. Jenkins, R. M. Davidson, S. E. Brookover, H. B.' Cornell, A. H. Allen, E. A. Crooks and H. J. McGirr. While the installation of state officials-elect is the pressing issue of the hour, those who are Inter ested in the organization of the leg islature are busily engaged fixing their respective political fences. M. A. Kiger of Harrison, Kootenai county, speaker of the house of representatives four years ago, is a candidate for that office again, hav ing been re-elected to the legisla ture from Kootenai county. One other announced candidate Js John C. Sanborn, representative elect from Gooding county. Laws and Civilization An noy Stage Operator. Writer Inquires Whether Christ mas Rush Delays Sending Rules. OLYMPIA, Wash., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) While the public gener ally Is inclined to the belief that the state department of public works is rather too lenient with stage oper ators and overlooks minor infrac tions of the motor vehicle laws by the carriers, there are some oper ators, at least, who do not share in the public's belief. Witness a letter received by E. V. Kuykendall, di rector of the department, Friday, in which a certificate holder voiced in unmistakable terms his disapproval of the department's enforcement .of some of its orders. Omitting only the names and places mentioned, the text of 'the operator's letter follows: "Dear Sir I am writing you a personal letter because all the things I am apt to say will prob ably not be necessary to keep on file, so you may read this and dis pose of it to your liking. "In reply to yours of the 23d, I ie not yet received the copy of rttig and regulations, but no doubt n In due time, I think the Christ mas rush has something to do with making soma things slow to get there. - , -However, your letter states jauUy the meaning of rules 49 to 61, but if you were snowbound 31 miles from and the mail was in the same fix, how would you re port immediately to the department? And the lines were also out of order and under logs, tiow' could you let the public residing along the line know that service was discontinued temporarily? Of course they knew It without teing told, and the de partment does not expect to hear from any one when there is no means of communication. "I just want to draw it to your attention that the law is one thing, and the only thing a person can do, sometimes, is something else. "Farthac along in the latter you call my attention to the fact that it has been nearly ten days since order M. V. No. was issued and that five days Is the time limit to furnish insurance. Now, this order was issued on December 15. You wrote me and sent a copy of same on the 16th, which I received 05 the 18th, and wrote the insurance com pany the 19th to transfer the bond to They mailed an applica tion on the 23d (loss of Mme due to Christmas rush, I suppose), which I received on the morning of the 26th, and returned to them the same day. Eleven days gone already. "No doubt this delay gives the department a right to cancel my certificate, as well as several other things that have happened in the past, but I do not think there is any Just reason for doing so. "Buster Brown picked up a dic tionary and looked in it and said: 'Yep, you can find Justice in the dictionary.' I have also found jus tice .with the W. D. P. W., but it could have been very bad and still kept within the law. ' "Another thing that makes trans actions slow is that I am in on Monday, Wednesday and Friday nights only. If a letter gets, there Saturday I do not get it till Mon day afternoon or Tuesday morning. That did happen, I think, and that alone takes the most of five days. "I am not too modest to say that the stage line has always given regular and reliable service, and anyone along the line will tell you that It has been done, and many times under very trying circum stances. They are all satisfied, so far as I can find out, so why should some one In Olympia have any kick coming? I do not know that they have, but what I mean is if some one gives seven years of good serv ice without any accident of any k.ind, what would you think if some one in New York or London dic tated to them what they could and could not do? "I will admit that I despise most man-made laws. I was raised in the wilds with a hemp judge and a lead jury andt the survival of the fittest, that does not mean the strongest. Money could not hire a slick lawyer to clear a crooked criminal. "Civilization is the ruination of the human race, but since it is forced upon me I try to live accord ingly and can truthfully say that I have not slipped anything over on the department of public works, anyway not intentionally, but even though it has been over three months since I started to buy out Mr. , the fact that it is not all settled yet is not on account of any Intentional delay on' my part. "One more thing I want to men tion is that in the laws of nature every man is responsible for his own acts. In the civilized age one must pay for the other's foolishness. In surance companies prosper and get rich, while the stage owners get poorer and poorer because every so often some reckless maniac wrecks a car. If everyone was really care ful there would have never been a wreck and n-o one would ever have thought of liability insurance. There is no such thing as an unavoidable aocident, of course. The most care ful man on earth might get hit by a speed maniac, but any wreck is directly the fault of one or both. The real reason is usually the rush of the age; the fast time we are living in these days. Pretty soon people won't have time to eat. "One time in Seattle a traffic cop said to me: 'Move along; don't hold up the traffio' Now, what do you mink ot tl.s "1 realiz that you and I were raised in different walks of life and are bound to have different views, so if you have any remarks to make about this letter, go ahead and re mark. I am Always willing to learn the other fellow's side of things, but not agree to always agree with him." SETTLER MB SOUGHT $100,000 TO BE ASKED OF LEGISLATURE. Extension of Soldier Settlement In .Benton County Proposed; Re sults Are Satisfactory. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle, Wash., Dee. 30. The state legisla ture, at its coming session, will be asked for an appropriation, probably of $100,000, to extend the soldiers' settlement plan in Benton county, which was inaugurated under a $300,000 appropriation made at the 1320 session. The request for oney to enlarge upon the original scope of the set tlement plan will be based on the lesults so far shown from the ex penditures out of the first appro priation. These results, it is said, are satisfactory to all concerned. A desirable class of ex-service men has been attracted by the state's pro posal to provide land, buildings, ir rigation facilities and the necessary equipment to make an alispicious start at farming and fruit growing. The state, under the direction of Dan A. Scott, director of conservation and development, is carrying out its part of the bargain, and will, soon have completed all that can be done within the limits of the 1920 appro priation. Within the proposed appropriation of $100,000 it is said to be possible to provide for approximately 40 more soldier settle, under the same terms and conditions granted to those who are already located on the land. The University of Washington has 2000 acres of its land grant in the immediate vicinity of the present soldiers' settlement; land of the same character and that can be brought to bearing by the same methods and proportionate cost. Or dinarily the university holds fast to its lands in the knowledge that in crease of value must come in time. In the case of this Benton-county tract it is now argued that the re lease of 700 or 800 acres for imme diate settlement and improvement oy ex-service men would give the remainder of the tract a value not otherwise to be attained in many years. College Club to Be Formed. SILVERTON, Or., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Twenty present and ex-stu dents of the Oregon Agricultural college met and laid plans for a suverton u. A. c. club Thursday night at .the Silverton Community clubrooms. The meeting was called by Miss Dorothy Hubbs, a sopho more at college and member of the Trl Delta sorority. Alvin Hobart. a graduate of 1921, was elected tem porary chairman and Miss Hubbs secretary pro tern. The next meet ing will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs.- Alvin Hobart (Phylis Lyons, '21), January 6, at which time a permanent organization will be effected. Poultry School to Open. CENTRALIA, Wash., Dec. 30 (Special.) January 10 has been set as the date for a poultry school to be held in Tenlno under the aus pices of the Tenlno Citizens' club. The speakers will be E. B. Stookey, Thurston county agent, and A. H. Scott, a poultry specialist. R. G. Fowler, Lewis county agent, has announced that similar schools will be held in this county, one on Ford's prane on January 4 and another in Winlock on January 5. CHWGES PROPOSED . STATE INSURANCE Amendments Proposed for Compensation Act. DRAFT SENT TO SALEM Alternative Methods for Protec tion of Employes Suggested to Lawmakers. SALEM, Or., Dec 30. (Special.) Competition by casualty companies in providing protection for workers in the various occupations in Ore gon is proposed in a tentative draft of amendments to the workmen's compensation act which was re ceived here today. The amendments probably will be submitted to the legislature when it meets here In January. The present compensation law, which has been in effect in Oregon for more than eight years, provides, among other things, for an exclusive state fund. It is proposed under the amendments now prepared to allow casualty corporations to write com pensation insurance. Mutual insur ance and self insurance also would be permissible in case the amend ments are approved by the law makers. The amended compensation law. while not doing away entirely with the present act, would extend to large industrial concerns the priv ilege of carrying their own acci dent Insurance for workers with out interference by the state com mission except on appeal by one of the parties involved. Permission also would be given the operators to band together in a mutual arrangement for compensation pur poses. Alternative Is Offered. Employers not desiring to accept one of these three forms of insur ance would be compelled to sub scribe to the protection offered un der the state fund. As a result of the competition offered through the proposed amendments, persons who have studied the tentative draft said that the state would obtain only such insurance business as is not desired by the casualty companies, and is not wanted by the employers themselves. The amendments to the compen sation law provide that the em ployes of all state institutions and the employes of all counties, cities, towns, school districts and irriga tion districts engaged in occupa tions covered by the compensation law shall be brought under the pro tection of the state fund. Provision also is made that the national guard shall be made sub ject to the state protection. It was said by state officials that this sec tion of the proposed new law is dangerous in that no adequate pro vision is offered for contributions to the state fund from these rtsks commensurate with the hazards in volved. This would be doubly true in case of war, it was declared. Rehabilitation Work Limited. While the new' law would not completely eliminate the vocational rehabilitation work which is an im portant part of the functions of the industrial accident commission, it would weaken the department be cause of insufficient funds. Mem bers of the accident commission said that the amendments make no ade quate provision for financing the re habilitation work, and as a result it would be impossible to continue the department with any high degree of efficiency. There also is a provision In the amendments which makes it neces sary for a person injured in the in dustries to wait seven days before receiving any compensation. Under the present law compensation for injured workers starts from the date he is incapacitated. Under the waiting period clause the injured worker would lose seven days' com pensation. Limit Is 300 Weeks. In cases of total disability a limit of 300 weeks' compensation is fixed by the proposed amendments. Un der the present law a man who has been totally disabled through acci dent is provided with compensation for the remainder of his life. Tho same is true of the widow of a workman killed in an accident, In ease she does not remarry. Chil dren of a workman killed m the pursuit of his duties are entitled to compensation until they reach the age of 16 years. The total compensation under the proposed amendments shall not ex ceed $7350. The present law fixes no maximum, but contemplates ade quate protection for every case re gardless of the time element or the amount of money tnat may be necessary to meet the claims. Another feature of the present compensation law Is the fact that law adjustments are made by the commission Immediately upon re ceipt of the claims and requisite proofs have been filed. In only a few instances have appeals been taken by workers, and in practic ally all of these cases the commis sion has been upheld. Contest Proceedings Outlined. The proposed amendments to the law provide clearly for handlinK proceedings of contested claims. An added, feature to the present law proposed by the amendments is that diseases arising out of em ployment would be made subject to the compensation act. Members of the state industrial accident commission, in a statement issued todr, said that the proposed amendments to the present com pensation act are copied in part from the California statutes govern ing industrial activities and protec tion for workers. PAY CUT IS PROPOSED Centralia Ordinance to Lower Sal aries Passes First Reading. CENTRALIA. Wash., Dec. 30 (Special.) First reading of an ordinance reducing the salaries of a storm r ire nearly all hotels in the city of Astoria. Therefore a hotel is badly needed to take care of the commercial trade, as well as mechanics who will engage in rebuilding the city. We have an excellent build ing site, corner Fifteenth and Duene, 62xl00 feet, on which we are now excavating for foundation for a four-story building (90-room, medium-priced hotel). We need financial assistance and intend to issue preferred stock for the amount needed, bearing 8 per cent inter est, one-half redeemable in three years, and one-half six years, secured by building and grounds. Will accept applications for the issue in nominations from one hundred dollars up. This project is strongly indorsed by the Astoria Chamber of Commerce and the Hon. Judge Olaf Anderson and Hon. Senator Nordblad. Anyone who wishes to help us and make a profitable and secure investment, please see or write C. Christopherson, Eaton Hotel, West Park Street, Portland. big percentage of city employes was passed yesterday at a heated ses sion of the city commission over the protest of Mayor George L. Barner. The employes affected by tha cut are firemen, patrolmen, health offi cer, . street workers and assistant superintendent of the light depart ment. The reductions range from J5 to $15 per month. During the commission meeting the mayor accused Commissioners W. B. Keir and W. W. Dickerson with having framed the ordinance without consulting him. Mr. Barner issued a statement in which he de clared the salary reductions in the police and fire departments were unwarranted and are the "result of spite." ELEEmiC MTES ABE CUT $2,500,000 'wnL BE SAVED CONSUMERS. Reduced Schedule Designed to Yield California Company 8 Per Cent Return. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 30. A re duction in electric rates of the Pa cific Gas & Electric company that will result in an annual saving of approximately $2,500,000 to consum ers was announced today by the Cal ifornia railroad commission. The new schedule will be effective on flat rates February 1 and on meter rates February 20. An en tirely new rate structure is estab lished, reducing the present rate by 12 per cent. Both light and power users are included in the new clas sification. The rates in San Francisco, Oak land, Berkeley, Piedmont, Emery ville, , San Leandro and Albany are fixed at 80 cents for the first ten kilowatt hours or less per meter per month, ranging down to 2 cents per meter per month for 3000 kilo watt hours or over. The lighting rates in all Incorporated limits ex cept the towns mentioned are $1 for the first ten kilowatt hours or less per meter per month, ranging down to 2 cents per meter jjer month for 3000 kilowatt hours or over. Out side of incorporated limits the rate for the same amounts of energy noted are (1.25 a month, ranging down to 3 cents a month. Industrial power rates generally are reduced 10 per cent. A special discount in rates is or dered to be made to resale com panies to assist in developing rural territory served by such companies. The rates are designed to yield the company a return of 8 per cent on the investment. The decision af fects portions of 27 counties, ex ceeding a population ef 1,500,000. The territory involved is approx imately 270 miles long by 130 miles wide. Pioneers of Railroad Era to Be Rotary Guests. Old -Timers of Pendleton Will Revive Days of 1S83. PENDLETON, Or., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Old-timers of Pendleton and vicinity, who were at least 21 years old when the railroad was built through this place in 1882, will be special guests of the Pendleton Rotary club next. Wednesday eve ning at a dinner. The requirement for eligibility to the guest list makes the men more than 60 years old. Strenuous efforts will be made to have every man eligible present at the dinner. Among those who have qualified for the guest list are M. J. Carney, ex-county sheriff; Dave Horn, ex stage driver; Lot Livermore, first mayor of Pendleton; Jimmie Hack ett, old-time wool and hide buyer; Lee Morehouse, famous for his In dian work and still city treasurer; E. J. Summerville, retired farmer; Thomas Fitzgerald, still city record er and police judge; H. J. Taylor, farmer and state senator-elect from Umatilla, Morrow and Union coun ties; S. P, Hutchinson, farmer; H. E. Bickers, old-time insurance man and still school clerk; E. L. Smith, pio neer merchant; J. Bean, retired farmer; R, Alexander, pioneer mer chant; Frank Frazier, old stock man; William Biakeley, farmer; Jimmie Hutchinson, city employe; John Harvey, .farmer; Max Baer, pioneer merchant; J. Mumm, farm er; John Hudeman, farmer; Dr. F. W. Vincent, power and light man ager; H. M. Sloan, blacksmith; B. S. Burroughs, long-time county offi cial and still county recorder; Zoeth Houser, 40 years ago sheriff of Umatilla county and now in that office; Thomas Hampton, farmer; Douglas Belts, farmer; E. B. Schafer and J. W. Schafer, farmers; Mac Foster, farmer; J. K. Bott, retired farmer; Ed Marshall, farmer; Charles Carter, long-time attorney; Tom Thompson, farmer1 and Pendle ton postmaster; Jerry Cronin, farm er; A. B. Stevens, farmer; Jim Nel son, farmer; Joe Vey, sheepman; Antone Vey, sheepman; W. B. Hale, farmer; Charles Lane, painter; Tom Matthews, farmer; John Bentley, insurance man; J. B. Kennedy, farmer; Dr. W. C. Campbell, retired farmer; John Bowman and O. P. Bowman, farmers and hotel men, ' Portland Folk to Wed. KELSO, Wash., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Marriage licenses have been issued by County Auditor Davis to the following: C. W. French and Ruth D. Welch, Portland; Perry Hobson and Florence Edmonds, Cas tle Rock; Isaac Hoffer and Eunice H. Taylor, Hoquiam; A. H. Zeller, Salem, and Marie Proudfit, Portland; A. Tanner and Bessie A. Fster, Mar tins Bluff; Leban Edwards and Frances Henderson. Portland, and Helmar Jake-la and Ethel Smith, Rainier, Or. Money Recovered From Fire. ABERDEEN, Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) Recovery of J40 in bills from the ashes of the Adam Run owski home, destroyed by fire Tues day night, will eliminate need for immediate relief for the homeless Runowski family. The bills were in the pockets of a pair of Runow ski's trousers in the burning house. Parts of the trousers were found in the ashes the day following the fire and yesterday, while rummaging in the articles, the bills were found. Phone your want ads to The Ore- gonian. All its readers are lroter- ested 1n the classified columns. Destroyed AUTO BUS MILEAGE EXCEEDS IB Rapid Growth of Traffic in State Recorded. BOND NOW IS REQUIRED Fully 80 Per Cent of Local Transportation Is Handled by Stage Iilnes. SALEM, Or., Dec 30 Automobile stage and truck lines in Oregon now cover more mileage than all the railroads combined. This was the in formation contained in a report pre pared here today by the public serv ice commission. "The advance of the automobile from a luxury to a necessity has been rapid," said the report.. "Today practically every highway in Oregon is traveled by regularly scheduled passenger and freight lines, practl cally all of which have specially constructed equipment designed, to give tho most efficient service. "During the last two years the in terurban service has advanced from the zero mark to its present stand ing. You can now purchase a ticket in British Columbia for a through automobile trip to the Mexican bor der. Today a trucking company win quote you rates on carloads of ma terials as readily as it will a small parcel. Insurance Regulations Made. "The present automotive transpor tation act, giving the regulation of commercial traffio to the public service commission, was passed by the legislature on December 22, 1921, and became effective at once. The administration of the act in its Ini tial stages was somewhat unsatis factory, and it remained so until the commission called a conference with the .principal motor operators to dis cuss the future of the industry. "At this conference insurance and bonding regulations were imposed upon this class of service and much good resulted to the operators through Increased public confidence. "In administering the law the commission has had to deal on the one hand with the modern business man with an investment of J100.000 or more, and on the oth.er hand with the man who had barely enough capital to make the first payment on a car and provide it with gasoline ana oil. Good Faith Bond Required. "At the present time every auto motive carrier is required to post a good faith bond with the public service commission. This bond is for the faithful performance of his con tract with the state, and to insure the commission that he will comply with the laws as applicable to his business. Liability insurance also is required, while freight is protect ed by a sufficient bond. "Reports received at this office indicate that fully 80. per cent of the local traffio is now handled by automotive carriers. Lines running out of Portland have established a terminal covering a quarter of a block, while other terminal build ings have been established in Salem, Eugene and many other Oregon towns and cities. Large Carriers Expensive. "The idea that the automotive transportation business is an under taking for the man of small capital Is being repudiated by the present rapid development. One operator, who is now owner of 25 cars, re cently announced the purchase of equipment costing more than $100,-000.- In most instances the passen ger carriers are of special design, and their cost is large when com pared with the price of tho standard machines. "The present Oregon automotive OPENS Tuesday, Jan. 2 OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY Daily Trains for Corvallis V LEAVE TENTH AKD HOYT STS 6 ISO, 8130, 10l4S A. M., 2.05, 4)45 P. M. LEAVE SEWARi HOTEL TWO MI-VLTES LATER. LEAVE FRONT AND JEFFERSON STS., 6:45, 8:45, It A. M, 2:20, SP.M, Baggage checked only at Tenth and Hoyt Sts. OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY Our New Factory and ' Salesroom Located at ' COR. E. 11TH & FLANDERS NORTHWEST FENCE & WIRE WORKS (Manufacturers) Phone East 7073 NOTICE law apparently is giving good satis-J taction, ana has resulted in regular and efficient service." ADVICE IS GIVEN S0L0NS Delegation Hears Cliehalis Meet ing on Legislation Wanted. CHEHALIS, Wash., Dec. 30. (Special.) H. H. Swofford, senator, and Robert R. Somerville and W. H. Kenoyer, who will be members of the coming session, of the legisla ture, met a number of citizens of Chehalis and other parts of Lewis county yesterday to hear sugges tions as to legislation desired. The general consensus of the speakers was that the present state primary road programme be not in terfered with in any particular; that Just as few new laws as possible be enacted, and that every possible ef fort be made to keep down appro proprlations. N. B. Coffman Issued a warning against lowering the regulations of the building and loan companies, also against a state bank guaranty law, which, if adopted, would drive the sounder concerns into the national system. U. S. PAVING IS WANTED Retiring Mayor of Vancouver to Visit Washington, D. C. VANCOUVER, Wash., Dec. 29. (Special.) Government appropria tions to pave the road around the military reservation here and to deepen the Columbia river channel between the mouth of the Will amette and the interstate bridge will be asked by Mayor Klggins, who will go to Washington, D.- C, next month. Mayor Kiggins retires from office January 2, having been defeated by N. E. Allen. This will not prevent him from making the trip, however. The city has tried for some time to obtain government aid in paving East and West Reserve Btreets, which border the military reserva tion. Hillsboro Alumni Gather. HILLSBORO, Or., Dec. 30. (Spe cial.) Stanley Watson, president of the Hillsboro high school alumni, acted as toastmaster last night at a gathering of the alumni in the parlors of the Congregational church. Outside members from Portland, Eugene and Corvallis, who are spending the holidays at home, attended. Bridge Contract Awarded. KELSO, Wash., Dec. SO (Spe cial.) The Union Bridge company got the contract for construction of two bridges on the upper Toutle for the Spirit Lake hlghwa y when the DIED of Wrinkles An Iowa woman, died as the result of an operation to re move wrinkles, WRINKLES' are most often the result of eye-strain the need of proper glasses to make vision easier or clearer. This strain not only causes wrinkles ; it causes head aches and all manner of bod ily ailments, and when un checked in time very often causes cataract and blind ness. My Perfect-Fitting Glasses remove the strain from the eyes and the wrinkles and headaches soon disappear. Dr. WHEAT Optometrist Eyesight Specialist v Since 1898 . Suite 207 Morgan Bldg.. Men Wanted FOR SHOPS AND ROUNDHOUSE RATES: Machinists 70c per hour Boilermakers 70-701jC hour Mechanics are allowed time and one-bait fr time worked la excess of elgkt hours pec . day. Strike conditions prevail. 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