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About St. Helens mist. (St. Helens, Or.) 1913-1933 | View Entire Issue (March 6, 1914)
1 MltM Ssl R. R. Cnmmission Report Regulation of public utilities, to gether with steady growth tf railroad business, has increase J th work of the Railroad Commission of Oregon just 274 per cent in one year, measur ed by the volume of forms! complaints bandied. This la one of the features disclosed by the annual report of the Commission for the year ending De eerobei 1, 1913, which has just been made public. ' Chairman Frank J. Miller and bis colleagues, Thomas K. Campbell and Clyde B. Atchison, in telling the story of the year's work, have naturally cov ered a much broader field than usual, and the report is especially interesting in its explaratio' of the progress made in the new duties assigned by the pub lic utilities set. The net operating revenue a all of the railroads of the state for the year ending June 30. 1913, was IS6.632. 734.82. the report shows a gain of $0.6. 156.25 over the figures for the previous year. Total operating revenue of all roads on stkte business was 114.865, 885 53, of wbi h 15.160,464.73 came from freight. J8.777.926.56 from pas sengers, $380,626 44 from other pas senger train revenue, $235,429.75 from other transportation services, and $311, 438 from sources other thin transpor tation. Oregon's proportion of interstate railroad revenue is almost equal to the state revenue, being $14,597,155 .66, making the total rail revenue $29,463, 042.09. The operating expenses as signed to Oregon amounts to $192,616, 590.90,lering a net operating revenue for the railroad balance sheets of $10,- 201.532.19. As the taxes totaled II, 568.788.237 the clear net returns stands at $8,632,743.82. The total railroad mileage operated in the state is given as 3,278, of which 426 is electric road mileage. Increase in mileage in the state in the line own ed is 64 miles, and 47 additional miles are shown to have been placed in opera tion. The electric roads show ell in reveune in proportion to their mile age, the 426 miles of electric line hav ing yielded $1,643,680.28 in net oper ating return, after deducting over half a million dollars in taxes, or about twice the return per mile, taken collec tively, made by the team lines. Reviewing the great amount of work required to properly classify the util ities of the state, 1P13 being the first year that electric, gas, water, tele phone and street railway companies have been under regulation by thj I rules, and it duel not need to id he re to uutorn precedents unfitted to the i.'ay, but it has refused to depart from the reliable rules of progress; investigs tion. information, sanity, success. "Su if in some instances the work has seemed slow it is nevertheless be ing advanced as fast as fscilities.funds and in either case, will be .clc I I t the Supreme Court of the Unite I States. A representative of Going and Har vey of MarshrirlJ has been Sperding two weeks at Portland buying merchan dise direct from the manufacturers, to eliminate middlemen's rroflts, and re- and circumstances will permit Accu-1 duo the high eost of living racy, not icsswork, is required, and it is essential that the findings of the Commission, when msJe, shall be dem onstrsbly correct- that is, just so near ly correct as fallible human judgment ill permit." It is stated that 226 utility compan ies have been listed urder the jurisdic tion of the Commission and considera ble progress made in the valuation of several of the tarter utilities, tbia be ing necessary before rates are fixed. The report brings the narrative of work performed down to December 15 1911. and valuation investigations stated to be nearing completion arc those of the Portland Railway, Light and Power Company, Cooa Bay Water Comp ny. St. Johns Water Works and Lighting Company, Rogue RiverWaterX"ompany of Grants Pass, Home Tvlpehone and Telegraph Company of Southern Ore gon, and the Salem Water, Liifht and Power Company. Water plant v al uation is under way at Dallas, sIjo val uation of the Pacific Teleph one Corn pan) 'a plant at Oregon City, sr.d it is stated that substantial reductions have been secured in light and power rates, wi'hout necesisty for formal proceed ings, in Dallas, Monmouth, Indepen dence. Junction City, Corvallis and other towns of the Willamette Valley. The report describes the steps taken in three general hearings that involved extended investigation, in one of the; proceedings rules and regulations Wire prescribed for furnishing, loacing and unloading cars, and for demurrage. In another rules were issued to govern overhead and underground construction of all manner cf electric wires, to pro vide safety for workm. n and the pub lic. In the third, not yet concluded, the Commission is working out regula tions of standards under which public utilities must measure pressure, qual ity, voltsgc and other corditior.s in supplying service to the public. Orders were made during the year for refunding $1,423 to shippers be cause of overcharges or cf sptcial cir cumstances appearing to justify repar ation. Railroads and other carriers have 6 led 50 passer ger and 475 freight schedules with the Commission, The Oregon Woodenwar Manufact uring Co., bas an order f r sixty car loads of buttertuba from the Sifl Packing Co. The Made in Oregon movement re ceived substantial encouragement when l.Soo.noo brick were used in the North western Bank Building at Portland, 5oo,ooo teing the cream uro.l f fe brick. Pr ifie City has a new flojriuc milt operated by electricity ;ri.i.ling Ih.rly barrel a day b i:!ca feed. Amity pro pi vtte.J lon a city wa terworks proposition rcc t.tly but t' e matter is to be bru.il.t up in a inure practid way. Central Point is eoni leii ig a atir system with a pump system f Teing loo gallons per minute thrninh the mains. W. L. Chappttl or OuUille will es tablish an up to dulw creamery at Med ford. The Poard of Education are plan ning to add a firt class gymiisnium and swimming lank to the MsrthfieM hi.h school. The Farmers Manufacturing and Supply Co., of Bandon, are taking steps to establish cheesu factory. A fifty room annex to the St. Fran cis hotel at Albany ia being completed. The Eugene Fruit Growers Assroia tion ia extending ccr.tr c s fur larger acreage of vegetables for the cannery. The SpringfieU planing mills are en larging the box manufacturing depart ment to employ about twenty more handi. The Pythien Lodk'u of Aurora ia to erect a two story brick block loo by loo, to cost $ 15,ooo. The Tidewster mill at Florence has been reconstructed and is preiaring to saw $loo,ooo worth of lugs this spring. A $2o,ooo central heating plant has b.-en installed by (he First National Bank of Dallas. Plans for a $3,ooo high school for the Fulton Park district. Portland, are to be ready by the middle of Match. The German Turnvein f Porland is POLITICAL AKHOUNCEMENTS To the voters of Columbia Co., Slate of Oregon: I hereby announce myself candidate for the office of Sheriff iikt. aubiect to your amirovRl at the Primary Ele ction to be held May 15, 1914. 1M. All. E. C. ANWOll I iur!iv announce myself as a candidate for the Republican nomi nuliun for Coroner of Columbia C.mtity, Hu'.goct to the voters of the county nt Uu Primary hlection on M.ty the l.'.th I9I4. Respectfully Hr-MAYi ... iiiu-vir WASHINGTON MUCKLIJ I'd Ad. T. S. White 2-24-1914 To the Vu i n of Columbia Co. State of Oregon: I hen by unnounce my condi ihicy for the Republican nomination f.r hiTitr, nt the Primary Election May 15. llil l. Very respectfully, I'd. A.I. A. n. Lake DREAM GREAT DREAMS. and the utilities have added 469 rate completing a big club bojse and gym naiium at a cost of about $80,000. Growers in the vicinity of Sherwo.'d I schedules during the year. Other topics coverel by the report, state, the report proceeds to discus aside from the statistical portion, are received more than $150,000 fur their the principles applied to the making of ! cases that have been appealed to the j hops recently. rates, saying: courts, proceedings before the Inter- The new cannery erected at Sakm "It was early apparent that consider-j state Commero Commission, manner by Hunt Bros., of San Krsnciaoo wili able time would be required before rate of handling complaints, railroad valua- give employment to 2r0 persons during making problems for the larger utili ties of the state could be properly con- ; tion, improvement of Corvallis and the season. Eastern Railroad between Corvallis and aidered and solved. Rate making, as : Yaquina, train delay reports, suspen In their big fiVht for a i iutidIv Pendleton neonta will r required by the law and by sound pub-'sion of railroad tariffs, accident invts- , for, hougarul f)()1ar bon(J lie policy, ia not a matter of guess : tigstions, scope of work under the util j work. To be upheld by the courts, to j ities act, methods of utility valuation, f be permanent in results, to be just 1 telephone and water rate cases, ac alike to the public and to the corpora- counting department work, and coin- mission mercbant'a act. State Industrial News tiona concerned, it must be founded up on exact information, and it must pro ceed upon a reasonable application of the laws governing the complex rela tions that have grown up around mod ern industrial conditions. The blind fixing of rates, upon 'nadequate infor-j Salem, Ore., Feb. 21 Druing the mation, or no information at all. as has Paft week the Supreme Court has de been attempted in some instances with C'ded against Labor Commissioner HofT in the public memory, cannot be de-, I" bis contention that the eight hour fended either in law or iu equity, and 'aw for public wo ks applied to all pub has nearly always resulted in confusion "c employment, such as poliee.firemen. pure water next vi tc rty thousand dollar bond isste. Work has begun on the first sertion of the Pacific Highway from Medford t) Central Point concrete with a granitoid surfsce. Marion county is awakening from the sleep of ages and will vnte on an IttSC.OOO good roads bond issue. And Than Strive Your Utmost to Make Your Rreama Come True. To turn Hi.- face In the right direc tion unit tii.-i. to travel on la uniea tlinml.lv !t- emM'titlal aecret of all achlcwiiK-iit There are, however, cer- tn In tint ii well as certain inner fun v DiiiiiM.il to us all that can be um-d ih licit, along the way. In h recent little poem by Edwin M.iikltiiiii we Mud these lines: Oinil II l I l.-l.tv the dream U i.ni ui.. in youth by the starry rliM":v Hut a ni.nl. r l'ilri Is to fluhl life throusn Ami "... nt Ihv end. "The ilreum la true.' IVlicilii-r tin. dream, which may be umiI nt iiii.!lii-r term for one's Ideula, doe inner line deenda primarily Uion the If Tlie lutrvpld and the trav licni.-o tiiorivver, actualize more of their iiii.ImIhii.h or Idttils than do the faint ii.-iuinl r the vaclllutlng. It waa (iH'Uitf Ini n il.: Aiv you In irnralT Solxe tills very min ute. Whui .n r.in do or drum you can. be gin ll liuMnrxa tue Kenlua. power and magic in It rm'y hun mid then the mind crows llfUtKl. I'c-kiti hiuI U rn the work will be com- IhI..I 1.1 f p. oi milier life In contliiunlly .jii..IIiik hi. I achieving form, la, aft I mi. ii 1. 1, -nuns, and they who are tlic iimmI In iiirncxt get from It Uie in. .-I iiinl i;i i um give the inont bark to tii.- iv .r .l H-Tiln.-ltnlpli Waldo Trine i:i W .inn ii . mie Companion. HOW SlLLMERCHANT WON. and disaster. "The Commission has therefore been constrained to proceed only over ground that has been fully prospected and tried. It is not bound by technical state amployes, etc The case of Frank Stettler, paper ,lJ bos manuafcturei at Portland, against I the Publi-; Welfare Commission was I argued before the highest court here, j " WANTKI) WORK: - House work or cooking preferred;no objection to leav ing town; leave word at Morgus's Store, St Helens, Up W A Nl ED Parties with money to loan to communicate with me, can place your money at once. Clients waiting; security. Improved City prop- A'liJrcss, II. HENDERSON, 42 North Jersey Street, St. J hns Oregon. Held His Own With Mail Order Houses Through Clever Move. This liiHtntieo of how a small town merchant tuiccesKfull? comlmted the effort of the hlg mull order hoiiNe to get bla trailo wns told by the malinger of New York department store: Hen ring a great deal of comment among his cuntoiiiem about the offer ings of a prominent catalogue bousn, thU merchant got a catalogue of the concern and advertised that he would place orders with that houao for his trade without ehnrge. One of bla first customers for the rival boime waa a woman, who ordered a shirt wnlHt priced at $1.29. On delivery of the wnlxt nt hi store the merchant called In the customer and then took from his HtiM-k a mIim I In r wnlat, better made, that he sold regularly fur $1.25. While the eot dlftYrenrc was small, the woman re ozulztil the difference In value ut once and afterward hniielit nt home. Other cnitee ,.t tl.i. j kind, according to the department store mn linger, reunited In a material In rrenne In the tiierclinnfs trndi) and nwo ii.wM other lion lent of the town. AiUCiaC .MRBVyiRE COAPylMY J U 1 A I I " a in JVIfXTS II All I) UVA7; Oils jUK.xicss sjsu noons ST. HELENS, OREC0 -J Some Suggestions KODAKS, CAMERAS, XMAS BOOKLET$ LETTERS. POST CARlJBOKa FOR OLD and YOUNG. GUITARS VIOUNS, ltANJO LADIES HAND BAGS, MUSIC ROLLS, GENTLtMFNS CARD AND DILL HOOKS, IfRri'MERY AND TOIHT WATERS, CALENDERS AND N .W YEAR CARDS A. J. DEMING, DruocST. ST. HELENS GtMtltllllitltitltltllilllltlllitllklMntllltUi n ANS AM) l STinATI:5 I LKMSHLD ON ALL KIND5 OP WORK E. W. KETEL Pasjiuuit Finishing CONTRACTOR IH 01 -Ccocrete Work .Plastering Mi WORK IS TUK HIST kfCOMMNDA TIOX ST. HELENS. OREGON Livery, Feed and Sale Stable DRAY INC AND TRANSFER All Business Promptly Attended To PHONE IS OR 12 WM. H. DAVIES ST. HELENS, OREGON Prop AitULliiliLiitULUitLLUtltLltiiliAttiLjAtia St. Helens Mill Co. 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