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EUROPEAN PLAN
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block from depot
one
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WE STATUS
i
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ease of adjustment with abso
. lute comfort. The proof Is in the
fitting:
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CowJere. I'hone black 34SL
EXPUrJED
TUBJiER OLIYER, RATE CASE AT-
EI, ELUCIDATES.
Proent Standing of th Kites As Af
feeling la Grani Made Hear.
(By Turner Oliver.)
I am reauested to tt u-hnt i tha
present status of the Spokane rate
case, so far as it ihas reference to La
Grande, and In reply; will Bay, that
the recent decision, banded down by
the Interstate commerce commission,
: did not in any way nullify the former
decisions wh'ch it had made in this
celebrated rate case, but only applied
to the former decisions a new ruling
on the amended fourth section, which
.makes if unlawful for a carrier to
.charge more for a short haul than for
a long haul, over the same route and
in the same direction, except on spe
cial permission granted by the inter
state commerce commission, based on
good cause shown therefor. It will be
omoTPhppo,! that this case first com
menced about three years ago. and i
after the first hearlne. th Intaratnta
commerc commission made a decision
on May 1. 1909, establishing class
-ste. and also established rates on
about 30 commodities. Tile cia rate
estacnsned at that time, have been in
force ever since, and are about 16 2-3
per cent lower than the old class
rates had been. It was then that a
supplemental complaint was' filed by
bpoRane seeking to reach , a larce
Treasurer's Call for City Warrant.
There are . funds in the treas, PKane eeeKing to reach . a large
ury to pay all warrants Issued aaw "u modify rates and also
water fun of to .7 :. ,c,urin ine anuses and discr mina-
water fund of La Grande city up t- tlons made by the carriers on maxi
and Including No. 9,716, endorsed SeDt Taim car load lots, and mixed par
21. 1910. Interest on all warrant nr. load JPts' Before that time, the car-
Water Fund from No. 9-616 to 9 71B t pre18crlbed a minimum car load
inclusive cease- from tl . 1) 0T Ihe elnal cities on the coast,
inclusive ceases from date of this murh smn than i . . . .
, i u m ilium cur joaa
call. '
La Grande, Oregon, Aug. 9, 1911.
ROY W.LOGAN,
8-9-10t - City Treasurer.
La Grande
business
College
Rooms Ji-5'6
Foley Buildi:g
Term begins
; : August 15th
Shorthand;
Typewriting
Bookkeeping)
MaiVemaci
Penmanship
Commercial Law
Banking and
Legal
C. E.
al
Tavlo
Ptihcip
- - wuiu ny iubq
ior the interior country, and when the
:i 1. was sniIped as a commodity
the shipper had to pay the commodity
rate on , the t prescribed minimum,
whether there was that much freight
in th'3 car or not ,. In man,? innnn
the minimum car for the coast was
as much as five thousand - pounds
smaller than -the minimum' car load
ror the interior, and if a La Grande
or a Spokane merchant was unable to
get into tbe car of any particular com
modity, the minimum weight pre
scribed for this interior country, he
had to pay for the minimum weight
while a merchant in Portland would
pay for only the weight of rood o.
tually shipped, if he was able to cot
lor country that they allow to the
coast La Grande intervened in this
case, In the summer of 1009, and I
went to Spokane In October, and tried
me case mere. Our interests were
largely In harmony with those of Sdo
nane. . jinere were a large number of
uuervenors, especially railroad com
panies. acting as defendants. As the
case first started, it was a fight on
rates from St. Paul to Spokane, and
the Union Pacific comnanv asked to
iiave the case dismissed because the
distance over Its lines from St. Paul
to Spokane would be 700 or 800 miles
i . . . .
longer man Tne distance over tne
Great Northern or Northern Pacific:
and its request was granted on the
theory that If reasonahla rate wpra
made from St Paul to Spokane, the
union Pacific system would not be re
quired to haul goods between these
two joints, but if they chose to com
pete for the traffic, they, would neces
sarily have to make ' the same rates
W'hiph the rnmnilRHlnn -would nrp&rriho
over the shorter routes, but when La
Grande intervened In this case, it
brought the Union Pacific. Oregon
Short T.I no arM ORAM horV Intn
the case, and enabled the people In
this territory to ask for and rece've
the same conspiration as was elven
to Spokane. This case was flnn"v
armed and submitted on December 28,
1909 in Washington. D. C.. and the in
terstate commerce commission banded
down its decision on June 7, 1910, in
Irh it nreser'bed rMes on about
R50 oarat commodities wiMch cov
ered tbe b".lk of the traffic, 'rom the
ast to th's roat. but it must be borne
In mind that the railroad companies i
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and the commission fixes 25 per cent T
" rtfouDi0 aauiuon that may be
made to the coast terminal rates for
shipments Into the interior. Tie fifth
tone Includes New England, and no
rates Is fixed on that, because practi
cally no shipments come from there.
Tills last order does away entirely
with the local back haul rate, which
all carriers on this coast have been
Charein? heretnfora ,t ,,t..i.
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the great discrimination which was
fought hardest by the inter-mountain
cities. The decision, as a whole is a
great victory for the Interior shippers,
and when taken in connection with
tbe rates already declared to be rea
sonable, will have th eefiect of reduc
ing rates on shipments from eastern
points about on-thirH win li
able local wholesalers to get eoramod-
uies irom t-mcago or St Louis and
west as cheaply an tih ronat vki.
salers get It now, because It will be
readily understood that Chicago and
St Louis merchants will be out for
the business as npntnot nmh. ni
Kansas City and will equalize the sev-
n per cent increase in ireight by ab
sorbing it themselves, and the irrpnt
body or traffic into this country comes
for these points. It must be borne
in mind, also, that the railroad com
panies themselves hitu "Mobij"
all tihe territory east of Chicago for
tuai Buipmems, ana mat heretofore
Ihey have not Hpp
a car load shipment from New York
than from Chicago. If this "blanket"
arrangement la still continued by the
ittiiruan rnmnan ai th. xt. . i.
uj3 .
merchant will very readily absorb the !
Btven per cent increment, in order to
Ket the trade a wav frnm PV,ion --.I
the net result of the decision will be
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BOUND
IN
CAR LOAD RECEIVED
George Palmer lumber Co.
Retail Dept. Phone, Main 8 '
. . !.,.. 1 "oi. icon i oi iue uecision
mast on about 1.350 separate commoa-1 Verr far rea-nui,r ..... i "
ttlPB tt. h nonat wnM .till1;.!7!" tU1' auit
Ities. so that the roaat would still
have an advantage over the Interior
on about 800 commodities. . In ren
dering this decision, the commission
recognized water competition as not
only possible, but actual, on shipments
to the coast cities, and therefore, al
lowed the terminal rates to be regu
lated by the railroad comnanles, on
the basis of water competition, but
charged It was unreasonable for these
comnanles to charge the high price for
the local back haul which was never
made. The general reduction In rates,
prescribed "by the commission in that
decision would average anout 33 1-3
per cent on the 550 commodities which
it passed upon. These prescribed
rates were to have gone into effect lln
October, last year, but in the mean
time congress amended the fourth sec
tion of the Interstate commerce law.
making it unlawful for the carrier to
charge more for a short haul than for
a long haul, over the same route and
In thA samp, direction, unlpaa the in.
state commerce commission would per
pilt fchem to do so for good and suf
ficient causa shown, and Immpdlnta.
ly there after about 13 transijoni'nen-
tne advantage of our noonia ti,
riers are required by this decision to
prepare schedules in harmony with the
June 7, 1910, decision, and with this
decision of June 22, 1911. and to place
the same in effect on November 15,
1911. Under theBe decisions, I can see
no valid reason why Lr Grande should
not become a Jobbing center for Union
county and Wallowa county at least.
SPECIAL WALL PAPER SALE
REDUCTIONS
50 cent paper for 30 cents. 90 cent Oat meals for 70 cfs.
A Nice line of 10, 15, 20 and 25 cent paper.
CALL andLOOK THEM OVER
NUTTER
Phone Red 971 next door to
Observer office.
Sotloe of Iinopundt'd Stock.
Notice is hereby given that on the
7th day of August, 1911, 1 took' up
while running at large in the city of :
T . J - ... i.
These prescribed rtt..rBUUe, "regon' lne In"0m de-
rone into effect iin i "Crioed animals, towit:
One white mare about 14 hands high
and age unknown, right eye knock
ed out, no brands or marks visible. ;
One bald-faced gray colt, about a
month old; '
that I impounded said animals in the
city pound of. La Grande, Oregon, un
der and by virtue of the ordinance
thereof and will, imies. th.
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, . ' nuie 10 get. mi rmirunus mane aopucanon to me i viuiuig aua pajra me cosib and expens-
'ntO tne Car mom than th. am-.. ln.r.t. nnmma.ni, . . .
, ., "" .umiie. i "ivhob luiuuicivc vuuiiuioBiuii io es 01 SUCH lmnoundlnr and VppnlntT rxt
minimum allowed. ansnend the ampndpH fourth rt,,. , . ucn ,mPounaiu and keeping of
For illustration if th minim ...
load of furniture was 20.000 nnnnd
A. T 1 J . - I
sion on June 7, should not be ordered
until tneir application should
C. T. Darley
Cement Contractor
Consult him before letting your side valk
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i uranae, and 15,000 pounds at
"uu. "ere was. a discrimination
ui o.vuu : oounaa ' marls In fo.,n.
Portland, and if the La Grande mer
chant Was able ' to p-at nnl ltfinn
pounds in the car, he would have to
Py ior zu.uuu pounds, because that
was the minimum car to La Grande.
wnne tne Portland merchant would
nave io pay only for 15,000 pounds,
being tbe minimum car to Portland,
mere was a discrimination i-
car load mixtures, in that the coast
uuies wouia oe allowed to ship at the
vomiiiouiiy rate. a car load of mixed
furniture or mixed hardware, while if
the Interior merchant nut different
tunas or rurniture or different articles
articles Of hardware In tha n
bad to pay the class rates instead of
in car ioaa commonitv n nn
isreat-result of this litigation is that
earners are no longer allowed to
discriminate in fnvor of tha
Ties, but , must allow) thesame ar load
mm miumiums to tne mter-
l '" uiuwb.vo vumiuiBoiuii io es or such impound ng and keeping of
suspend the amended fourth clause,) ,,M onlmfl,- . t ' , t, . .
.'on all coas; shipments and asked that !8ld a.n,mals- at th expiration of ten
1 1 the rates prescribed by the coromis- days from the date of this notice I
t f Rlnn nn Tuna 7 ihntiM r Kn m.AnnA I Will ndvArtfaa anI aalt ant A nnlmi
PEACHES
Ffne ripe peaches
Farmers 168.
for
sale. Call
8-103t
DYER
JOHN
Cement Contractor & Builder
Cet my figures before building your sidewalk. You an
build a cement house as cheap as frame. 25 years
experience. Phone Main 46 5 ';?.' -
J. HfiPERE,
La Grande's Leading
Jevieler
OfpoiIU V. 8. Lail Offle A lam Xjtnwu.
n until their application should be
disposed of. This case was tried Out
before tbe commission at Washington.
D. C, and submitted on the 22nd day
of March last, and Commissioner
Prouty handed down the decision of
the commission on Juns 22nd. al
though it was not until the 9nth Hnv of
July that the decision was made pub-
v niiu VCiliUCU UUPJCO BCIJl OUl. . i 018
last decision rerntrnlKPr. thA panorol
principle of water competition as reg
ulating tne rates to the coast , cities;
but also introduced a new principle
Which Was hinted at In tihe former Ha.
cision but not decided In so sweeping
a manner, ana mat in. that uhiin wa.
ter competition must natnraliv affnt
the rates which railroad comnanles
can change from coast to coast, yet
When the commodity orts-lnatea In a"
point where there can be no shipment
by water, that this rommoditir
not: be. ajrected by water competition
end the commission divided h ...
try into five zones, the first compris
ing an -mat portion of the v United
States lying west of a line extending
southerly from a point immediately
east of Grand Portage, Minn., thence
south and southwestern to the inter
section Of the ArkanHaa'onrl niflahnmo
state line, and thence to the Gulf ot
.Mexico, and covers all the territory
which formerly was designated as the
Missouri river territory. This line
runs Dractlcallv throna-h the xanta
of the continent and the commission
says that it la not nnsRihie for wota.
competition to. have any effect on
rreignt rates on commodities originat
ing in this territory, because to reach
sea board the. traffic would have to
move east as far as it would have to :
move west and the commission de
clares that on all commodities in this
one the carriers should not be per
mitted to charge more to the coast
than to the interior.
ers the territory formerly called Mis
sissippi river territory and includes
Chicago and St. Louis and intermedi
ate points. The rnmmlRKinn hoi.i. th.i
commodities originating in this zone
might possibly be carried by water
but that the expense In getting it to
water,..wouid be so great that seven
per ceni aaaea to tne coast terminal
rate would cover all that was reason
able to be charge for Interior ship
ments. The third zone covers tbe ter
ritory east of tbe second zone, includ
ing Buffalo, Pittsburg and Wheeling
and intermediate points. The com
mission says that there is greater pos
sibility for actual transportation by
waier to racmc coast points from this
zone and fixes 15 per cent as the pric
which can be charged to interior ship
pers over and above the coast terminal
rates. The fo-.Tth nn. emhrano. ...!
York and the Atlantict coaBt south. '
which, of course, can ship its com
modities directly by sea if it chdoses, t
will advertise and sell said animal aa
provided by the ordinance of said city.
JPone and dated at La Grande, Ore
gon, this 9th day of August, 1911.
J. W. WALDEN.
. .. Chief of .Police.
8-10-5t ; ;v ;-j
For rammer rlt.rrln I. -t.llJ ..
wTi give Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy and owtor oil, and i i
ror sale by ad
COLUMBIA COLLEGE
MILTON, OREGON
IS THE PLACE TO SEMli Yftrn nnvs t ctma
rhristlan, but not sectarian. Grounds and building- valued at $;5,000. 1 1
A select school for
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nignest Ideals In Manhood ann wnmnnv-j
-u,. ITVUIHIUUUU. . '
.SSiCmS ACCEPTED AT STATE UJQYEItSITY ASD OTHER
,uvvL,a ttiiiiuii KE-EXAMINATIOIf.
Thorough eourse. Llterarr. ar.lenti
eluding; shorthand and typewriUngj conservatory of music, Including
"""" iiugr iDsiru ntents elocution art.
Dormitory refltted, refurnished, steam heated, electric lightedf com-
fortable. attractlrp. nmninm. mui .thiatu .!.
Beautiful for Situation. A land Af frnlfa ntiil Aawa. rAMM4f- .ia.
w T u v H v i iwvuuuiiQ nun r.
81 ure air. Healthful condiUons. Six iassenger trains dally. Electric W
street earn. i . . 1 . . . " , 4 1
Not a saloon In 20 years. Xo gambling d"ns. Moral atmosphere Is I
wholesome. ;
Send for Catalogue or other Information to ' t
H. S. SHANGLE, Financial Secy Milton, Oregon B
lers."
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THE RAILROAD SHOPS.
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We furnish you an abstract of till e, When yov have paid
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Better call al our office and learn more about these lots.
LA GRANDE N VESTMENT CO.
Bell Phone Main 152.
Independent phone 262. ;
Foley Hotel Block.
LaGrande Oregon
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