The Ontario Argus., March 31, 1921, Image 6

THE ONTARIO A1MJUS. ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1921
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"You'll Always Find"
says the Good Judge
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Thnt you get more
genuine satisfaction
at less cost when
you use this class of
tobacco.
fy If1 . l&'tyihfr A small chew lasts
r.-z bo mucn longer uian
n big chew of the
ordinary kind. And the full, rich real
tobacco taste gives a long lasting chewing
satisfaction.
Any man who uses the Real Tobacco Chew
will tell you that.
Put up in two styles
W-J3 GUT is a long fine-out tobacco
RIGHT GUT is a short-cut tobacco
NOW IS THE TIME
To consider the
FURNACE QUESTION!
Wo linvo u complete lino of botli pipe nnd pipcless furn
aces and Areola Heating outfits, and will bo glad to give you
estimates on the cost of installing.
Wo also have a yood stock of V & K pump outfits and
just received a shipment of gas engines, dizes 1 1-2, 3, and
5 II. P.
H. R. UDICK
Phone 152 Plumbing and Heating
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SUNDAY
MONDAY
DREAMLAND
ADOLPH ZUKOR ptvscnis
DAVID GRAHAM PHILLIPS
GJU-ATEST STORY
THE COST
VALLEY VIEW NEWS
POULTRY CLUB ORGANIZED
IN VALLEY VIEW DISTRICT
Corn Club Aim Kenned Ho That
Ilojs mid Girls lliivo llusy Hen
son Ahcntl nt Them Easter
Bcnlco Hcl(lOther Valley
Mr. Wollman tho county club
leader organized n poultry club nnd
n corn club hero Inst wcok. Tho
clubs mot nnd elected their offlcors.
Tho poultry club oloctcd Francis
Griffin prosldont, Lolloy Donn vlco
president, John Johnson Bocrotary,
Tlio otlior mombcrs nro Mcrlo Koii
noy, Mnblo Ulnckloy, Ilomor Oft,
Ilyron Ocan, David Griffin, Lcsllo
Allioc, Chnlmer IUinsom. Tho corn
club tuombora aro Ernest Ilurr pros
ldont, Alcah Ingrnham, vlco presl
dent Sorcno McMurren, sccrotnry,
Fny lleod, Lnuronco Ilurr and Victor
liellslo. Miss Wilson organized n
howIiib club beforo sho loft nnd tho
work will lio continued under tho
direction of Mrs. Mnrgnrot Orlffln.
Tho following pupils havo been
nolthor absent nor Into tho past
menth: Maurice Frnkcs, Oconto In
grnham, Lconnrd Carl nnd llalph
Sundqulst, Fay Itccd, Clnudlno nnd
Virginia Oul'ro, Mnblo Ulnckloy,
Homer nnd Eggort Oft, Merle Kon
ncy, Harold. Losllo nnd Lnwronco
Albcc, Llndnl and Chntmcr Hansom,
Sorono Mc Murron, Freddie Moollor,
Cecil Mnthows, John JolniBon.
A. F. Ilurr and family spont Sun
day nt tho homo of W. a. Arm
strong nnd enjoyed a bounteous din
nor ouggcstlvo of tho Enstor day.
Mrs. V. O. Armstrong visited
Mrs. 1). Athcrton of Ontario Satur
day. Mrs. II. McMurren and daughtor
Abblo vlnltod rolatlvcs In Wolsor
Sunday.
Orb nnd John Morolnnd vlsttod
relatives in Wolsor Sunday.
Mrs. C. E. Amldon nnd Miss
Agnos vlsltod with Mrs. Crnno nnd
Mrs. Stownrt Mondny aftoruoon.
W. O. Armstrong returned Thurs
day from Portland whoro ho hns
boon on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Orny Kennoy vlsltod
Mr nnd Mrs. Leo Olbson of Huston,
Idaho Sunday.
At tho Enstor sorvlco Sunday tho
solos by Mrs. C. E. Ilcos nnd Mrs.
Chnrlos Johnson woro onjoyed by
nil present. Itov. Ward preached on
tho denth of Josus typified by put
ting off tho old man nnd putting on
tho now man.
J. II. Drown nnd family callod nt
tho Ilurr ranch n fow minutes Mon
day Ho Is busy gottlng his now
land soodod.
801110 work was dono Inst wcok
on tho cross road Just south of
Valloy Vlow School.
J. H. Moollor nnd family motored
to I'nyotto Sunday afternoon.
Mr. A. Ilollslo wns n visitor In tho
Owyhee District Sundny.
Miss Doyd nnd Mrs. Snndors of
I'nyotto spent Sundny aftoruoon with
MrH. A. It Albee nt IlnrrowH ranch.
II, McMurron wns n busluoss vis
21tor In Wolsor Saturday.
Mrs. C'lnreuco Ilcos vUltod her
mother. Mrs. Iluross Sundny after
noon, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw returned to
their homo In Payette Friday. Mr
Shaw hns boon grafting troos on tho
llnrrow ranch.
Mr, and Mrs. dray Koniioy visited
at tho Chnrlos Johnson homo Sundny
nftnrnoon
Mr. nnd Mru. Henry Koehl visited
tho C. II. Moollor family Sundny
Mrs. Koohl vlsltod tho Sunday
school In tho nftornoon.
Mrs. Holdon Clemont Is qulto III
with tho tonsllltls.
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WITH
VIOLET ITEMING-
'HhmtmotuillrtaxttQVviaiV
Sho innrrled n rnko In secret, on
his promise to reform Lost him to
hnr bent friend Saw him ruined In
Wall Stieet by n man whose wlfo
he had wronged Wopt In nnguyii
ovur her homoles child,
And then, when lier fnltlilase hus
band whs "down nnd out" nnd tho
lovo of nu honorable man wns of far
ed htir conio nnd soo what somo
u oiiioii ran dol
A Gripping Itnmnnce of llollms nnd
llciuls, with tlio (ilficil Slur of
" UV HI tV WOMAN" In tlio Lending
Hole.
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I LOCAL PERSONAtsf ,
mhthoiust cuuitt"!!
Sunday Servico
10 A. M. Sunday School.
11 A. M. Pronohlng "Righteous
11 us) and Success."
7:15 p. M. Kp worth I.onguu.
8 1. M. Gospol Son co ''Whnt
SJmll I Do With Josus."
Plonsa noto the Change In tho
hour of tho ovonlug sorvlcos.
HAPT1ST CIlUHCU
lllblo School, 10:00.
Morning Worship, 11:00.
Junior 11. Y. 1 W. G;30.
Senior 11. Y. P. W. 6:30.
Illhlo Study Class, 6:30.
(lospol Sorvlco, 7:30,
Prnyor Sorvlco, Wednesday 7:30,
Choir Itehonrsal, Thursday 7:30.
Airs, urnco Horry nuu sog, Kon
woro Sunday guests of Mrs, I), D.
Wilson in Payette.
Codo llutlor enmo up from Ilolso
Saturday and roturnod Sunday.
Mrs, Ethel McQInnls vlsltod her
fnmlly In Wolsor Tuosdny.
Mrs. Wm. Shlmlck of Wolsor was
shopping In Ontario Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Will Coughonour
and Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Ilyron of
Payette woro wcok end, guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Stroup.
Mrs. F. M. Morgan of Jamloson
was shopping In Ontario tlio latter
part or tho week.
Mrs. Mary nnd Nelllo Morris of
tho Morris Millinery and Novelty
Shop woro Easter visitors with tholr
pnrents in Wolsor.
Mlssos Harriet Smith and Hazol
Ilurbrldgo of Wolsor woro Ontario
shoppers Saturday.
Poto Tonsen of Nyssa was In On
tario Saturday.
Mr, and Mrs, Fred Piatt drove
mi from Pnrmn Sunday and BDent
Iho day with Mr. nnd Mrs. C. W.
l'lntt and fnmlly.
Mr, nnd Mrs, E. O. VnnPotten nnd
their guosts Mr. and Mrs. II. E.
Itoborts of Ponca, Okla, drovo to
Nampa Sunday, calling on Mr. and
Mrs, John Dunphy. They drovo to
Ilolso nnd attended tho funorul of
Mnjor Fred It. Heed. Tho trip also
gavo Mr. and Mrs, Itoborts an op
portunity of seeing tho country and
surrounding towns In which they
aro Interested as thoy may doclde to
locate In this country.
Mrs. John Hoffman of Juntura,
roturiilng to her homo nftor spend
ing tho winter at San Uernadlno,
California, stopped In Ontario for a
10 days to visit her brother Henry
Griffin and tho E. II. Test family.
Mr, nnd Mrs, S. F. Taylor aro ro
Jotclng over a now grand-daughter
born at Seattle Washington, Friday
March 25 to Mr. and Mrs. E. I,
Progan of Portland.
JQorn to Mr, and Mrs. A. L. Guer
her of Jamloson, March 24, at the
homo of Mrs. F, E. Akor, a sou,
Dora, March 25 to Mr. and Mrs.
John D. Smldt who live nbout ten
miles S. W. of Ontario, a son.
Making Some Timely
Facts Plain
To All Customers (
of the
Idaho Power Company
As your ngents, wo believe at all times in a frank statement of our business
methods, our rates, our cost of service, our valuation and other conditions af
fecting our relations with customers.
Just now you are asking these questiens:
Why was a valuation of tho Idaho Powor Company property
mado?
What is tlio purpose of tho hearing before tho State Utility
Commission in April, 1921?
Aro uniform rates charged to all customers for the samo class
of sorvico?
Who should pay tho coat of extensions mado to rondor now ser
vice? Let us discuss these questions in a straightforward 'manner. "What we
havo to say can be substantiated by public records as well as the records of
our Company.
Valuation Oponly Arrivqd 'At
Under tho laws.of the State of Oregon, all utilities furnishing you with
seryice are entitled to a return covering the actual cost of rendering that
service plus a fair return on the value of the property used in rendering
such service.
The Idaho Powor Company started a valuation of its property early in
1917, within a few months after the organization of tho Company. War con
ditions compelled us to suspend that work.
In 1919, the Legislature of the State of Idaho, Jit its Fifteenth Session,
passed a law requiring every public utility in tho State, except railroad cor
porations, to file with tho Public Utilities Commission of Idaho an inventory
of all its properties within tho State, showing in detail tho cost of construc
tion, or tho cost of replacement of such properties.
In compliance with this law, our valuation report, the result of eighteen
months' work of a corps of 50 engineers and clerks, was filed with tho Idaho
Commission on October 15, 1920, and later filed with the Public Sorvlco
Commission of Oregon.
As you know, the Public Utilities Commission of Idaho, on April G,
1921, will hold a preliminary hearing on this valuation, in which tho Public
Service Commission of Oregon will join, and, in their notice of such' hearing,
state:
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"It Is expected nt (till hearing tho company will Introduce evidence- in tho
form of exhibits to show Invettlincnts, revenue! itiul expenses over u period of
jenrs, nnd other data M-rtnlnlng to Its flnnnrei nnd values, after which nn ad
journment vtlll ho taken to penult tho ('otnmltHlnn'ft engineer mill midline, mid
others Interested, lo mnkc nn examination nnd cheek of these exhibits. After this
Is donn tho enso will bo net for further hearing, nt which tlino tiny iktxoii af
fected may appear nnd rroii-exniulnc applicant's witnesses or offer cvldcnco
touching on tho valuation of the Couipuny'N propertleN or tho matter of rates," '
In answer to certain misleading assertions which have recently appeared
in the press, we want you to knew:
First: That, during the five years we have operated in Idaho, notwithstand
ing the very material increase in all costs of. doing business, wo havo re
ceived no increases in rates excopt tlioso granted in 1920, which aroas
follews:
10 per cent on Lighting Service.
10 per rent on Commercial Power mid nervlce. to other Public Utilities
10 per cent on old demand Irrigation Power Hervlce.
0 iH'r rent on n portion of New Demand Irrl(ntlon Power Hervlro. ,
lifl per cent on remaining portion of Now Dcmunil Irrigation Powo rServlre.
80 per cunt on a portion of our Flat Itnto Air Heating Hervlce.
10 per rent on balance of Air Hervleo nnd Commercial Water Heating.
No Increase In Cooking Water Heating And h tortlon of Power Henlcc.
Rates Not in Question Now
Secend: That we havo no application for an increnso in rates now pending
beforo tho Public Utilities Commission of Idaho or tho Public Service
Commission of Oregon.
Third: That rates for servico of this utility, or any other utility in tho State
of Oregon are, under tho law, to bo based upon tho value of property
used and useful in serving utility's customers, and have no relation to ho
bonds, stocks or oilier securities which the Company may havo issued.
Unequal Rates
Feurth: Duo to tho fact that the Idaho Power Company took over to business of a numbor of
dlfforent powor companies, and has continued to render servico at the rates of these old com
panies, lighting- and small powor customers In certain portions of our torrltory are receiving
service at rates that aro from 20 per cent to 30 per cont raoro than those paid by sUnllnr
customers In othor parts of our territory. It would appear advisable, when tho actual Valuo
of tho property of this Company has bon determined by tho Commissions, to have adoptod
and approved a uniform set of rates to apply throughout tho outlro territory served.
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Extensions
Fifth: As previously stated, the Power Company is entitled o recolvo, according o the law of Oro- is
gon, rates to cover tho cost of all service nnd a fair return on tho valuo of Its, property. Hi
Therefore, when extensions aro made to serve customers at a dlstnnco from tho Company's a
system, all the cost of such servico must either be borno by tho cuBtoraor requiring tho oxten- Hi
slon or else a portion of the cost by all customers of tho Company In the form of hlghor
ratos. In other words, It Is desired that present customers shnram help pay extra costs of ser- sf
vlco to now customers, or Bhall the new customers bo requlrod to meet such costs thomselvesT IK
Theso aro somo of the facts that we, as your agents, want you to know. Wo welcomo invostl- E
tlon of our valuation nnd rates, and extend to you overy facility that wo havo so that you may
havo a better understanding of our business.
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Idaho Power Company
W. It, PUTNAM, Vice Pros. & Gen. Mgr. S
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