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"M ON D A Y.' -TAX U A TT 27. 1.11 DA ; i..:. FIVE Professional Directory ATTORN mrs COCHRAN ft EBKKHARO Ooo. T. Coebraa and C0I05B. Bberhard, Attomeya. La GVanJ National Bank Building. K , , R. J. GREEN, Attorney at Law Practice in all stato and federal courts. Offica L Grande National Bank Building. ' HOME hir Rn.lL-!Vfiw-vXA hAVHSSS-XfiiJr EMU nnfote$ttH ! , Sweet . ::fllfiMSfflpm -'" 1 1 - - - 1-. - 1 A - "" ' 11 McADOO'S REPORT ON THE RAILROADS So Much Interest, Not Only by Railroad Officials and Employes, but by All Citizens, Attaches to the Future Handling of Transportation Lines That The Observer Herewith Prints the Reports on Rail roads Made by Hon. W. G. McAdoo. The Report Is Long and Will Appear in Daily Installments, Giving Every Observer Reader a Chance to Study Carefully the Contents of a Document Which Promises to Have Deep Bearing on Our Country's Future. (Continued Clncln.mtl-A Example to be defeated by Uie disagreement , A concrete llustralion will help tolof ono or mor l these compare, emphasize the present difficulties. ! 43.MM,(MI0 Necle.l at Cincinnati Cincinnati is an lmntirrjinr u.itounv ... . ' 1 A between the , North T?7t"e 8ou'n I ' 'S e3tlma,ed that t,lere " ! Three Important ra roads the l.ftn'J". ("e "e:ir "UUre ubo,,t Chesapeake & Ohio tl e Louisv e M'T ' tl,e rehubltltation ot & Nashville and the Cine nn lln 80 - ' 'ake ' .Souther" retch " Ing the Ohio river. Four other ImJwVta T. Z . portant railroads, the Big Four, the lvol es VkTZLTTa neJllTe Baltimore & Ohio, including the old !au , ,ec0g ruct.n and enlarte Cincinnati. Hamilton Dayton, the Cent , Z brd s Z con Pennsylvania, and the Norfolk & ,. , , , ; Western, reach Cincinnati on the Z height ho T "t , pro . north bank of the Ohio river. The " H ?f. u ! ' ill ''is1" ; interchange of traffic between these ; lines at Cincinnati is enormous, and ! the general public has a vital interest in this interchange being accomplish- ed with the least posMble delay and . that In times of lie;ivy traffic Cin- ' fin tl t n K.,,11.. ...i.u freight, and the ability of all the ",''!d!'. Tn,!"nel " wil' Cincinnati, but with respect to hand-'J,, rtd ofLuafficwMC must rLfeoTh. Each of the three railroads ap-1 preaching Cinclnna.t from the South has a bridge across the Ohio river. m, r,i . .. n . . . . The Cincinn-iti Suutl.ern bridge aud the Chesapeake & Ohio bridge are so?wllicl , mor ol)t thf. b,em nd light that they cannot accommodate the heavy locomotives which are us- be delay and cost and conge.ticn due to the necessity for changing en-idH glnes south of the Ohio rivor on those two roads. The Louisville & 1 Nashville has the use of a bridge ... . ; """ '";vlously to be done at Cincinnati in ,.c "..jr ;U i."i capacity to handle the traffic The topographical conditions in Cincln - nat are such as to ako it exceed- Ingly difficult to llnd suitable f rmma upon whieh to consuuel terminal cilltles. and the densely populatei area makes terminal facilitiea clt" or the important terminals In Cl.ieiTV nat fs subject to overflow An ti-H';S of liif;h water. To a very large ex tent the traffic which any one rail road brings into . Cincinnati is traffic which must beyond Cincinnati by be moved some . other lullroad, so that mote than one rail road generally has an interest in providing proper facilities for all the traffic .moving through Cincinnati, venieneo and certainty to the public and all tho railroads reaching there lln t,lfl performance of that trunspor have a common interest in avoiding lotion. These situations must bo mot the congestion at Cincinnati which in !if transportation in this country Is to the fast has constituted one of the; 1,8 performed at a reasonable cost most serious traffic situatioos in the'aml without the intolerable conges country. Yet each cf the railroad lltona ttpd del ays whkh have peilod conipnies has its separate facilities, j . and ?hile there have been various ; particular arrangements of a joint j character, it still remains true thav ' in all the years that have passed, the railroad companies under private! management have never been able toi got together and put into effect any comprehensive plan which would ro- j suit In terminal facilities equal to the situation. It seems fair to con-; elude from the failure of the railroad companies in the' past to accomplish I this result that they probably nevjr : will accomplish It in the future un der corresponding methods of pi'iv-. ate management. j . At the preesnt time there are per haps from 25 to 3 0 freight' houses in i lm around Cir.cJiiiiatl which, genet : ally speaking, have been provK'irt , pilpiarily for the particular, use of separate railroid companies and ' without any purpose of combining U the f reight-housp facilities so as to serve the general public to 'the best advantage and al the least c,ost Necessity f Timllus: Itemed y , it is evident .that in view of thtv common imprest w :tch .ifce railroai ' companies ha in 'he traffic pa -ing throueh Cincinnati some ompr3 J henfive plan ought to bu workej on: . . u out; uui uuu (u iiiiaii ( tin iu yself alone in ateilniaal like Cincin nati, one Imnortant structure: should be plannf l pimply fromthc, stanlint of pffrtftular railroad,, (fconipany. The enfire situation i should be dealt with from t stand- 1imii i ii nit; w in-1 ii pui"". j and the 0Hfsh In'.e.'Oi.ts of any par-'.a tictilar ralrr.iJ company ought to be i subordinated to th? goneral inter-J est. Yet underpri. ne management there is no way whatever in which t!re public caa propc-rly assert and accomplish Its need t, and the rest both In CCDStru.tJtoJi of facilltier and In operation isiefito the hap hasard plP of the (onfllctlns Ideas of sren or more s-r-st railroad fni panics idu piai oi uie uunosi inipnrta-ce are QbWrt at any timt J From Saturday) f,1I.liIMp, fnr , ,, ' ,,1 u "h ui er Really e ery Hem of his large ex - ""J,, 'J Z,',."l Zl I.,.. 17... m i jrectly, the inlmiB ot tw0 or more" i.,.,.,,,,,,,, Mlft , J iaI'oiiuhmid IUIB In ItA imwln tn tl,a nminnnn i,,,Ktl t rt i- Iterest of any one railroad company tllia lllatt8r i8 lert ,o be worked out ''t l ,V ' " hH tjua it evr wlH 1 u ULZ tZ L." .Li " ..?.. . 1,U1B uui. v.citaiiii3 Lite muruuu - ,,: ,,. ,. , , ; they have never done so. If the prob lem Is not adequately solved, the re- (le and ,nconVeience, uncretalnty Bnd lnconvenlenc0, uncerU,nty , ,,, , ,., ilho people of the United States, sim ply because a tiling which ought ob- lhe public interest Is not done, and: m)t ,)0 one ,)ecallfie lh0' lor of government whiclf ought to he! !uxorcgoa to prolllot6 the bc ltet ,g amve(, to romaln' (ormaIlt sul)ordinilte t0 (he atB toreg(g and l0 ,he djsa mentI) ot , various privately managed railroad' Kiuno ConditioitH Klscnlinie. What Ib true of Cincinnati in true to a large extent of every iniportinil terminal in the country, particularly : Chicago and the terminals around !Npw York harbor. In the aggregate these situations constitute a great burden and menace to rail transpor- talion aad a serious obstacle to con You'll Spend the Money Get the most out of it EVERY -YEAR you spend a large proportion of . the money you get. So much for clothing. So much for ehoes. So much for things to eat, house furnishings, garden seeds and tools and what not. There's one sure way to get the most for your money. Know 'what you want before you go to buy. . BEAD ADVERTISEMENTS. .The adyertisements you read will Ull you whit is new nd good. They . will give you the latest ideas and improvements.- ' They wiH help you to live better and dttxx betU'r at less cost.. . . . ' ' ' If you tliinlf of it, you'llbe surprised at the world of interest, and thi wealth of new ia? you'll find in 9 9 reading advertisements. , 5 Advertisements are' the iaily record of program. , hey are thS repSmo yotf of tie manufacturerand8 Hirchants who work for you, telling wht hs len 3compMhed for your benefit. a jjiully arisen In the piist. I Jsor-ji there any Just reason why : railroad companies should fear that .such-. a couiprehuuislvt. development .of terminals is KoinK to Interfere with Atiy legitimate separate inter ests of the railroad companies In the event they shall eveiutiully be turn ed back Into the old form of prlvato control. Any comprehensive plans of terminal improvement which are for. the general puldlc good will in the long run turn out to be advan tageous to every se:mrut legitimate railroad route in the country. No mutter if the railroads do go back into the old form of private control, with anywhere from 100 to 200 8ep- tZ , , f 1 ' "f ,' 6 I , ""d f""T,!" "f." ' , ung, years ot hardship upon the public, there must be some comprehensive legislative solution or. tliesa ,e!'n'1""1 Problems In the gen- era! public interest. The railroad will not be Injured, but. on the con- iU,bB benU""'d ' "rml" P"b"C dl""'"8 malUm' ""'r Kn,h"' AS " 8i"""e """" rat'n' " evl" ","U ,,,e fBCt th? 1h8 BaU"no' & Ohio passenser trains are now the l-enns, Ivania passen-; ger terminal in New York lias not! reuHed in Injiiryl ig the llaltl- a'ld 0n' 'ny nS"ry- 10 '"" lMnsylv"i"' of 'i'h 11 lla9 W risht to coin I plain. The public . has convenlencod. been enor lf private j mously jC01,tro1 RhnUl rotuni. It is not to bo .....Hnfnnlnfl )l n t th.t Imliltn wn 1,1 asuln be sulijoctt'd lo the hiconvonl ence and deluy ua:l expense incident I ft' t ht - lln It ImnrM X' Thh si nn 1 m it Unfit l0.U,e HSO Of !,s "1 am! fvoiil- .'"?! and lastlnB bcn"r!t ,0 1,18 ublic' but lh" Wi" a,SO t,,rn PUt ,0 b m" nccoptablo to the railroad com- iPanies themselves. I (To be continued A classified ad will hrtnffc results. 1 USE The Telephone Don't Wait to Write Home Independent Telephone Co. rtAiu wtmtv. Ladies' modern hair work done, new swiicues niaue to oruer, t.omu:ngs made to order. 1-127 Washington St. 1-13 2-W MONEY ON CITY PROPERTY Jack Oliver has money lie will loan on city property in very easy terms. ' l-ll-30t ANNOUNCEMENT I wish to announce to the public that I have purchased the Oregon ho tel, 10 Depot street and will conduct it in connection with the Darland Apts., and it will be known as the Darland hotel. The rooms will be newly renovnted and made as attrac tive and plcasunt as possible. Steam heated. Two apartments , for light housekeeping will be furnished. Spe cial rates on rooms by the week or month will be made for a short time. Those interested cnll and see them. 1-13-tf H. C. LAWYER. Observer advertlslug pays. ST01CH TO? Get at the Keftl Cause Take Dr. bdwards uuve I ablets That's what thouixnds of stomach sufferers are doij now. Instead of taking tonics; or trj'Ira to patch up a poor digestion, they tro attaching the real cause Cf the ailment closacd lh-er and disordered bowels. Dr Edwards' Olive Tsbleta arouse the liver in a soothinr, heuling way. When the liver and bowels nru performing their natural functions, away goes indigestion and stomach troubles. If you have a bad tasto In your mouth, toncue coated, appetite poor, lazy, don't-care feeling, no ambition or energy, troubled with undigested foods, you should ta!;e Olive Tablets, the sub stitute for calomel. Dr. Edwcrda Olivo ' Tablets are a purely vegetable compound mixed with olive oil. You will know them by their olive color. They do the work v.'ifhout griping, cramps or pain. Take one or two at bedtime for quick relief, so you can eat what you like. At 10c and 25c per box. All druggists, - u , The Observer's I... WANTED Miscellaneous. WANTED To heur from owner of good ranch for sale. Slule cnsh price, full particulars. D. F. Hush, Minneapolis, Minn. Sat. only l-4-3m WANTED Good first-class milk cow. Phono Red MM. l-2i"-3t WANTED A refined woman to take charge of home, two children. Phone Black 3U81. 1-24 -4tp WANTKI A refind woman to take chanre of home; two children. Phone Black 8001. . 1-24-ltp WANTED Sewing ot all kinds. Re modeling a apociulty. 1714 Sixth HOUSK WANTED Three or four roomed house, furnished, wauled Immediately for permanent rent, If possible. Must bo close In. modern, and on south sidn of tracks. Phono Sllverthorn'a Drug Sloro. ,1-20-tf. WANTED At once chambermaid at C ramie, Ronde Valley house. $10 a week and dinner. 1-20-tf WANTED Plain sewing. Mrs. Nor ma Webb, 1105. O avenue, l-20-!2tp WANTED Private secrctnry. Must be Rood stenographer. Hot Lnko Sanitarium. 1-18-tf Have the labo:, wnicb stands for fair working conditions, put on your job printing. Tho Observer is one of the two shops in town observing union principles. Phone Main 37. THE COMPUTA TION OF INTER EST mi a Ravings An count is a fasciimt- ing inatlieniatical ld'obloni. m Wj Cf) The knowledge tint money earned and hanked is in turn earning more mon- .... '. - ' .. . ji c5 m m 25 c,y ui.siires llie sav er to further effort. uur on leers dially invito ings ai-eoinils. cor- HilV- ct5 We pay I per cent it United States ?g Bank CT.l S La Graie. Orc firJMre l?nkf,P:.t. Tift r-1 fJr-l ggSg&lr R:.."fi'-1702 Observer Sdi4rl.jP(Hl brire re ! nils. -.Sl 1S . 9 Classified Ads. I'DIt MAI.K EOU SALE Cull apples, ?1 a sack. Ceo. Ohnpmun, east end of Cove avenue. 1-25-Otp FOR SAI.E Plymouth lUk roosters: . Cull lllack 7!)2. l-24-;lt Rome Beauty Apples for sale. Will deliver. Phone Red H'I7I. l-24-(!tp FOR SALE Hi-inch yellow pine . wood, $9 per cord delivered. Phone Red 1022., . 1-20-Clp EGGS. FOR HATCHING From pure bred Buff Wyundiittes. Prise win ner. Heavy layers. Choice table fowls. $2.00 for 13 ckk. Irn R. Aldrich, 707 Fourth street. 1-20-211 FOR 'SALE That monument you wnnt for Decoratinn d;iy is ready for immediate delivery. 11. M. M. & G. Co., 1502 S uvemie. 1-17-lf I'Olt lihXT FOR KKNT Phone lied - Fui nislwd mollis 3171. , 11-29-tf. l'OIt RENT Nlco rusuy rooms from ?12 up. 1510 Adams. Phono r;i:ioi. l-is-tr FOU RENT rooms. Bli Furnished housekeeping ck 1202. 1-24-t'f FOR RENT Steam heated -rooms. Special rate. . Darland hotel, for merly ' the Oregon hotol, 10 De pot street, under new manage ment. H. C. Lawyer. 1-13-tf F.OR RENT Furnished housekeeping rooms, tall Blnck 831. 1-14-tf LOST AND FOUND LOST Black seal muff left In stulinn this morning. Phono M :17. Rewaid, l-20-5t LOST OH STOLEN Lincoln titcycle wnn green rriimov Notify J. D, Lynch. 1-10-tf c Stop ftckinj Eczema Never mintl how often you have tried and failed, you can ulnphununK.-itching ecwma quickly by applyinK Zomo fur nUhed by any druggist for 35c. Extra large bottle, $1.00. Healing begins thq moment Zemo id applied. In a short time usually every trace cf eczema, tdter, pimples, rash, blackheads and similar akin disease will be removed. For clearinft the sWn and making it vigorously healthy, always uwi Zamo, iho penetrating, anlhptic IiuM.. It tB not greasy and dneii not str.in. When others fail it is the one dependable ticatment for skintroubU-sot ull kinds. The E. VV. Kot: Co., Ck-vi land, O. IX: ; t ' - a,: ' r r." : K dgiutnilV is surerior to any other front lact! corset, for without the VctiZih tVaturos no porstt x;an Jjos Kihly he just us good. It contains t-!ic master touch of 'scientific- construction. . You do not sacrifice com fort for style a;id yqu do not sacrifice style fuj-.tfamfyrl when you wear . A, foniphftc liiu; 0 af'jvavs8 on 92.50 up! IltVldL 1-ilrcd fit ' - Corsot,ier a claifl nil will bring results, CRAWFORD EAKIN T. H. Craw tcrd and Robert 8. EaKIn. Attor- noyi a law. .Practice In all the ' eourta ot the state and the Doited States. Office, Weat-Jacobson Blug., rooms -10-l7. Ls tlrsndu. Oregoa. AKCH1TEOTB 0. El. MILLER -Arcmtect, room 1 7, Now Foley Bldg. Phone Red 1871. OSTKOl'ATIIIC. DR. MARGARET INGLE, Osteopathic Physician Specialising in diseases of women and children. Hours 10 to 12 a. m., 1 to 8 p. m., and by ap pointment. Phones Office Red 17(11, residence, Black 1231. 37 New Foley building. VETKUmatlY OR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Voter Inxrlr.n. Hospital. 1409 Madison Av. State Btalllon Inspector and lns.Wc.tor of stock for shipment Home Independent Phone, Black 41 1 Farmers Co-operative Phone, Main US. j:iu'catio.al RE.MLMUEU GOODINO COLLEGE, GoodiiiK, Idaho. Priitlcil bust ness courses, review subjects, roKulur college work and sum mer school. 12-19-tf I Pratemal Directory. . - - - .j VOODME1N OF THE WORLD La Orando Camp No. 1R9 moots every first aud third Monday at Eacleu Hall. All visiting neighbors wel come. Dues payabls at the orf'ce of the clork. Now Foley Bldg., 9 m to 6 p. m. I. J. MURCHISON, 0. C R. J. KITCHEN. Clark lOUBKN WOODMEN OF AMERICA La (irsnde Csmp No. 7703 moeu on the first- and third Thursilny evenluKS of each month In the K. of P. Ball. Visiting neighbors welcome. L. J. MTJNI1ALL, V. O. W. T. ASHMAN, Clerk O. E. 8. Hope Chapter No. 18, O. H. 8. hoids stated communications the , seennd and fourth Wednesday of each month. Visiting members cor dially welcomed. SADIE E. OIViCN, W. M. MARY A. WARMCK.Boo. K. of L. or Beeurlty ML Brolly Couuoil, No, 146, meets the second end fourth Monday ovenlng at 8 o'clock at Eagle ball. Visiting members are welcome. ABB HARRIS. Fin'l. Bee J. K. F1TZOERALD. Pres. a. F. ft A. M. La Orande Loage No. 41, A. F. ft A. U. holds regular meetings first and third Saturday at 7:30 p. m. Cord.'al wolcome to all Masons. ROBERT 8. EAKIN, W. M. a. o. Williams, hoc F. O. EAGLES, AERIE NO. 259. Meet every Friday night, nt EskIcs Hull, Visiting members' welcome, J. V. STAGEY, W. P. ,. LEE UELLINGER, Secretary REBEKAIIS CryBtol Lodge Ko. 60 meets evory Tuesday erenlng In the I. O. O.'F. nnll. All visiting mem bors are Invited to Attend. ROSA GLAR.. NO. LUCIA HALEY. Hoc. Sec. L. O. O. M. Ls Oranne Lodge No. 8S0, Loyal Order of Moose holds regular meetings every Wednesday nlKht at 8 p. m. In EukIo nail next to Elks' Bldg. on Washington Ave. ViHltoia alwnya welcome. Dues pay able at Yoiiiir's Sweets. W. C. HANSEN, Die. . HARRY SWART. Sec B. I'. O. E. ELKS, 1 Orjsnde Looge Mo. 433. Loiige meats each Thurs day evening nt 8 o'clock. Ho'me end club privileges cheerfully ex tdoilJ to-all JBrotlvir Elks. It. J. OKBEN, Exalted 'Ruler, A, B. CHE It It Y, .' Becrotary. ,OYAL NEIGHBORS Ills Camp meet eveiy.second f'rliay after noon slad every fourth Friday even ing, every month tn K. P. ball. All vltltlug niemljera cordially wolcom. HENRIETTA OHAROT. Onicje KiAIit L. WEST, Itccardcr, KNIOI1T8 OPl'TlniAS Red CroS. Lodre Io27 Ounets every MoicJ? nUOt !i Custle HullCK. of P. bail) fy till in welcomed to illsvlsltlng KnlghU J. ft. ROBERTSON, CC. PELILE GREEN. K. of R. A S. CHICHESTER S PILLS s I'llUta H4j r4 4. 1st n- OW 1 T-ho ttWr. Hr -r frrtiKsHr. Aivfi iricin'H.TrO busIiHi) itutM rii.ijt, tMnkwnmuBm, AU.vi R.n, M S0OBY05ti:OrStVLWLk A classified ad will bring rciulP, o ( O O o o o oo o o o o o O O O o 0 o o