OTJEOOXIAX, WEDNESDAY,
XOTEri? ER 15, 1911.
1
OF
RAIL RATES OPENS
Data Assembled fcr Detailed
Hearing of Distance Tar
iff Controversy.
j TRADE HEADS TO ATTEND
frtate CotnmbwUm Will Detrrmlii
Validity of CoiUrnUoa Th.
Smallrr Town Should Have
Drurr tMslrllmtinc J.J-.
BALK 54. Or.. Vrr. 1 'Br-eelal.)
With a mall mountain of Plata and
pe-riaJly prepared table In readln".
irh all of Ita na1ner eaiio
, frojn! of arten-lance of motnbera of
t.1 Washington Commission, aa wall a
; riior nuuiwn ana rauroaa men, i
Flats Railroad Commission tomorrow
will start what pronilw to ba the moat
nnmiitiu htartn( In the history Of
(TeiroD raltroa-la wbfn It will paaa on
ma distance tariff of tha 0.-W. R.
' N- tha f-uthrn I"ae!rto and tha Corval-
j 1 Eutrra.
Mllraaa of tha road.. covr prac
I tlrally all of tha Important railroad wir
! if,r- in tha at.-tt. and while) It la
npfihikla that bMi th aurail"n u
tti-i l tha mmmlMlon It will fc
rarnod to th hlt courts.- narer
tnrlo.a tha start tomorrow will ba tha
tertnnin of ona of the blKat wnoie
ala rata probe that tha atata ba
known.
rawwn nearTaa- readlaa.
on th rt-W. R. N. and tha South
rn Parifle tha hearln will rrlata only
frriaht rat, a. a purnr rata
a4uarmtit ha. h-n rwutiM on trw
f irinM road and tha question of a pa
nr Tata adjustment on tha 8"u!hicn
l acltlr I tlll .eniln In tha court. On
tn i.rJI! Etrn tha hearing
will trfn-t both paaaCKr and freight
rat. a
t Comml.lnnara lawrtnrt and Jonoa.
of tha WajMnictin Commission, with
I Mattstlrlan 'l.lrhad. have both sir
' nind thlr Intention of being present.
' All of tha eommort ll bodlea intee.ted
alonir the track of all or tna linea par
tia to tha hearlna- hara been Invited
to ed representative to fuml.h te
timonr. and It I "r-t1 ther will
he an eodua of neral officer of the
rep-tlTe companlra from Portland
toward tha Capitol tomorrow.-
t alt aeaeaatea rawplled.
11 Knalneer Karls Weill and NeweJl.
ef the rmnnilxlon'l :aff. ara here.
ftr peid.ns month In nTst!rtinn
' the condition on the road and hara
I Trimred tha moet romtrneniTa pro-
t'lea. plat and iimaie nm
far been obtainable. Knclneer
l .rla and Consulting F.nalneer NeweJl
hare had chance of securing tha eetl
'),! on the reproduction cost of tha
jhvMral proportlea. wbll fcniclneer
. haa baan examining tha right of
w r.
I nit price have been . cured on
more material In moat Instance- than
ha been ued on either road and In
mmr Instance unit price hav boon
secured on mora material than ha
ben ul on all the road of Oregon
together. Tlit). hara been baed on
lnvtlKtlon carried on throuthout
nrnog and Wa!ilneton and thea
t ara a considerable library In
themelTea
In addtllon tha commtloner bar
cotrplled under the direction of Chair
ir. in Alti-hlon completa comparative
tuMea A an Inatanca comparative
ttblm-i how the various rate from dis
tributing center.. uh a Pt. Paul.
Kinoi llty and Omaha.
Tariff baaaa Asked.
Iload throuahout tha Weet and
M,ilJl Writ have been Inrestlcated a
t rata chance and thoea rata cliarce
hara been eirreitatcj anJ rumplled Into
v-tr'nua atatlatica liowln rlatlva
INVESTIGATION
I rite. Inrludln those pea- ton per mile
nl or a limnnr nami".
The ma.n object of tho hearlne
will be to drtermlna ftrt whether a
charm H warranted In tha dletanca
tariff Tha dlrtanc trtrf repreaent
the mtiiimira t-mff and rate are
sra.;.:rl downward (r.m It. In the
c-on.1 plAf-e tha cytr niljs'on wi:l de
termine whether o::t vt Klven center
an. I town ai.uh ran dutrlbute tlu-lr
oan product or n erch.n.Ue there
should be a better distributors' rate.
Thl would Inclu.le auch town aa a-'.-n.
Mr.lford. Ilnk.T and Junction urh
as Alhanr. or lo.alKic where town
furnish their own projneta havini?
nanufactoriea. cannerie. or similar I n-
tttullon.
I'ndcr tM r?-",, of the lnre.ttc
tlon It wl.l be iletermmed whether
the town are to Mtuate.l and their
busine.s I of such a nature a to war.
rant a lower rate thn that prorUed
br an ordinary tlt.tame tariff.
Water t Btertlltoa l rtt.
In ailrittion the feature of wale com
petKlon will h a vital on d irlns; tha
course of the heanmr. Tha qucstiun a
to Just what extent water competition
1 to ba met wl.l be Inquired Into with;
3 a-rrat care. If It Is decided that auch
water comretttMn should be met then
t'.e con;n:;on will hare tlie a1ttlonal
proh'.em on l: hand of Uctrrn:lnn
' .-w f-ir tl-.e berei.t of that water
competition houll be projecte i to
r'nt berond those which are directly
affected by uch water compet!ton.
The O.-W. K. X. distance tariff t
"'tv. same s the or. ot served In Wah
' Initton. The 4::itict tariff In that alate
aa put Into effect srre:al year as'o
t y the Washlr.irton '"mnis?l'n. but It
vha nerer proved a.!sfs t rr. acrord
to iatemenis of tha vVrr.:;i:?toncr.
rd tnce then numerou hcar:r:r ave
been held to ccur a readjustment.
T'i rallroa-1 hara contended that the
fiitiRr rate for short mlleaae hau.i
. t been low cnouich as compared
with ratr e.scwhcr and aa to the tul
. ut morert'.ent.
i'nalrnian A!?chlon tate that he
hope ther will b a really response
from tha consumer to the lnr!!jvt'.n to
ba present, a It I rxenttal. especially
.In relation to the plan proposed by
,"rVedford and Baker, to ecur alale
rnta as to tha desire of such con
tender. " Tha Commission tnke the stand that
the Meuford and Kaker proposition
retlr to commodity and dlstrlbutory
erate are plan w.il.h will tend ulti
mately to work hardhtpa on tha con-
aumera hould they be put Into affect,
'-ms It will necesattai the consumer pay
J tn the price for tha benefit of
t.-a Jobber
: COUNCILMEN RAP MAYOR
" Hood Klrr Ofgal Accnard or Trj-
Inc to Rlork City tntrr riant.
3
V H"or KlVKR. Or, Xor. 14.. i-pe-,
rial.) At the meetlni last nlnht of tha
City Council bar fesUs ran high ami
pointed speeches wara mada by mem
ber of tha Council In cr!tlclm of tha
recent action of Mayor B. H. Hartwl;
In reftiln to ltcn warrant drawn In
parment of tha salary of City Attorney
A. J. rerby.
With but a rlnfla azoeptlon. tha
Councilman In turn addreaaed tha mt
lnr and each attacked tba city chief
executive. Word war not minced and
Mayor Hartwl; was frankly told that
It was thought by bla fallow city offi
cial that ba waa uslns; erery attempt
to block tha municipal water ystem.
for which publlo opinion-la ao strongly
In faror.
Mr. Hartwiv explained that h ra
faaed to lm tha warranta In -payment
of Judir Ierby aalary because of tha
fact tnat tha City Keeorder had Im
properly drawn them on tha city gen
eral fund, when they ahould liar been
drawn on eirrec;ated fund.
A a result of the failure to racelra
payment for hla official duties. Judge
Lwrby and Jess Stearns, of Portland,
who bare been representing tha city In
tha rectal condemnation ult against
tha Psclflo Power Light Company
for tha acquisition of tha local water
plant, these attorney bars resigned
their position and tha city I without
attorneys to conduct tha caas before
to Supreme Court.
Tha subject waa referred to the Judi
ciary committee of the Council for ad
justment with tha attorney.
YOUNG "HOBO" RATTLED
COBLE SATS LARGE MAX BEAT
COMPAX10V OX CAK TOP.
Dazed From Beating lie Himself
Recetyed, Youth Kemembeirs
Utile Abont Traced.
r.rnniNo. cat. not. it. cro-s-
amlnstlon of Harry Oobla, tba Tacoma
youth, who waa a companion of Ueorg
Valllar. wa r.eume.l today In the trial
of Innlel Fleming for tba alleged mur
der of Valller. Uobla aald ba was rat
tied" yesterday whan be aaaertad that
the man he anld ha bad een beating
nd choking Valller on tba roof of a
Pullman car tba night Valller waa
killed might not hara been a large
man. The attorney for th defenee
UKgested that tha w lines might hava
been '"rattled.- on other points of hi
testimony. A lively discussion ensued.
In replying to question, oobla fre
quently used the phrsse "to tba bast
of my knowledge."
"You haren't rry much knowledgs
of this at all. hara your snapped bis
Inquisitor.
"No. sir" Oobla rapiua. i ex
plained that b remembered llttl of
what occurred on tb night or tn
tragedy because ha waa still dased
from tha blow bo himself had received
from the "large man." who, ha said,
had beaten Valller.
I'aul larla. a newspaper reporter.
testified that when th train atopped
at tb Redding depot b saw a brake
man with a lantern climbing to tba top
f tha cars near tha front of the train.
Looking further back on tha train.
Tavla said, be aaw a big man. wbom ba
later recognised as Fleming, standing
on top of a. car. Fleming looked pals
and appeared excited as tbs boys were
being taken from th car roof. Dart
testified.
CREDIT GROWS ON PUBLIC
JU B. Femlth Talks on Important
Subject Before Batik Clerks.
Speaking on tha subject. "Credit
It I'ae snd Significance," last night
before tha members of tha Portland
Chapter of th American Instltut of
Hanking, at tha Commercial tiuo, l
B. Smith, of th Portland Credit Men
Association, mads th following re
mark s :
Credit hss resulted In ths rat trano
which I now carried on by th world.
which Is mad possible only by tho
system of finance a now practiced. A
business which does extend payment
must, to eliminate loss as much a po
slble. bars some aratem of controlling
this. Through thl need ha arisen th
department presided orer by ths credit
man. To b successful It must bar
ail Information relative to patrons list
ed In file. The credit man who tries
to keep the Information of ths bus.aess
n his head ts a detriment to his em
ployer for If anything happen to him
the property or tha corporation, wnose
k now-led e he haa. goes with him.
'Hank, although heretofore the
trongest opposer of credit depart
ments as a part of every mercantile
organlratlon. are beginning to establish
them. too. The main reason advanced
for their hesitancy 1 probably the re
luctance of the bank official to yield
any of thrtr power which would pas
to the cred t department In the event
of establishing one."
The organisation has mads plans to
bar s speaker to Instruct the mem
bers of the club on kindred subjects
at each meeting. Another resolution
passed upon by the member was to
have a dance on November 29.
BRIDGE FIRES TACOMANS
ControTery Over New Span Finally
Settled by Commission.
TACOMA. Wash.. Nov. 1. 'Special.)
After derotlng two hour thl morn
ing to hearing arguments of cltlxena,
some of the talk smacking of sulphur
snd genuine profanity, the City Com
niis.elon put an end to the Kleventh
slreet brldtre controversy, settling It
..!.?.. -tortly to all parties concerned.
It waa a lively session, and a good
ha-e of the excitement was furnished
by Henry Hewitt. Jr. the millionaire
director of the tat. Paul at Tacoma Lum
ber Company, who told the Comml
sloners In effect, that If they went con
trary to hi views he would see them
"politlcal'y burled." He would even
go farther.
"Aye. when I am In my grave I will
turn over and damn you. h ad. led.
imt Mr. Hewitt anounced himself sat
isfied at th Commlston final vote to
make the aldewalka on the lower deck
eight feet wide, and on the upper deck
ven feet wide where they run along
side the Commercial Club and Perkins
buiUlng. The original plans called for
aix-feet sidewalks.
DECISION AIDS DEBTORS
Bankrupt .Mechanics Entitled to
Keep Tools, Rales Judge.
TACOMA. Nov. Jt. When a mechanlo
declare himself a bankrupt he Is en
titled to exemptions not only on all hi
tools and Implement to an unlimited
amount, but on materials used In his
trad to the value of S00. according
to a de.-lsion by Federal Judge Han
ford, which I attracting th attention
of attorney today.
The decision, banded down In tha
case or Kills Coxza. a tailor. Is contrary
to the accepted opinion of tbe law held
for many years. Debtor are greatly
favored by Judge Hanford" Interpreta
tion and attorneys pointed today to th
manifest lenrths to which th stata ha
already hown Itself ready to go to
keep it charitable Institutions free
from debtor
L
ARRAYED FOR TIFF
Dispute of Membership Right
Settled When. Mayor Takes
Official Action.
EJECTMENT ORDER PASSED
Charles Pelcknian, Whoso Se-at Was
Declared Vscanl I lex-a use of Ab
sence, RHnntated and New
Elect Is Relet4Sd.
CHTHALIS. Wash, Nov. 1. (Ppe-
clal) Surrounded by an array of
legal talent suoh as never before
leathered In tb City Hall, and with
Pherlff frquhart and City Marshal
Poyl In attendance, the Chehnlls City
Council met Isst night after an Inter-
regnum covering almost a month. The
Council chambers, the clerk's" offlcs
snd ths largs hallway adjoining were
crowded with spectator. Mayor Olng
rich presided and ther were present
Councilman Green. Sullivan. W est,
Fechtner and Calllson. members as to
whoa qusllflcstlons there Is no ques
tlon; and Charles re!ckman. over
whose right to sit as a member of tb
city lawmakers the bitter contention
has arisen.
A. C. St. John also was prevent. H
was rsoently elected to fill Mr. Delrk
man's place by the votes of thra
members. West. Fechtner and Corlllson,
after tb jDetckman seat had been de
clared vacant, owing to his abaence
for more than three succeslve meet
ings without excuse. To further com
plicate the situation the seventh seat
In the Council also was vacant. Mr.
Corwln having reslimed.
The friendly suit brought by Mr. Ft.
John against Mr. Pelckman to deter
mine which was really entitled to sit
ss a Councilman, was dismissed In
Judge Rice's court yesterday on motion
of ths attorneys for the former, who
gave as their excuse their statement
that Pelckman refused to expedite
matters by waiving ths regulation 10
day notice.
When the session was called to or
der. Mr. I1ckman moved that tha
Marshal be Instructed to remove any
one not a Councilman outalde the rail
ing and this waa declared carried. Mr.
St. John demanded his vote be re
corded and Mayor Gingrich refused to
permit It. Mr. St. John was ordered
outside the rail despite ths protests of
himself snd Mr. Calllson ss to his
rights.
Mr. Calllson protested against Mr.
Petckman'a name being permitted on
the rollcall but the Mayor refused th
protest and Mr. Jjelckman's vote waa
recorded.
Attorney Forney presented Mr.
Wlkafs oath qualifying as a member
of ths Council, but this was denied by
Mayor Gingrich. Th Mayor also r
fued to permit th clerk to read Mr.
St. John's qualification statement as a
mam bar.
Aald from all th sparring don laat
night, th Council did considerable
business allowing th monthly bills.
accepting considerable street Improve
ment, providing for neartnr on oin.r
work and taking action looking to ac
ceptance of the big wr project.
YAMHILL TAXES PAID UP
Small DeHnquenc List Ift on 110
Assessment Rolls.
NrMrNN-VTI.I.E. Or Not. 14. (Spe
cial.) Out of approximately 1400.000 to
be collected on the 110 assessment roll
for Yamhill County, very little I now
delinquent, and by the end of the year
It la expected that the delinquency will
not exceed f 4000. In exact figures, the
110 tsx roll wss S39a.397.S8. Of this
there ha already been collected SS4.
S1S.SS. Construction of roads and
bridges enters largely Into ths expen
diture of the fund thu collected.
From January 1 to the first of the pres
ent month there ha been thu spent
S77.S71.S8: for labor on road. S5. 130.33.
and for roads and blghwaya, S37.S10.S7;
a total of S171.811.0S.
The road fund 1 derived from a four
and one-half mill special road tax.
while the bridge fund and the fund for
roads and highway both com out of
th general fund of the county, the In
corporated town of th county con
tributing their har to these two
funds. The purchase or roaa macninery
and various items outside of labor swell
ths aggregate of th latter fund.
FARMERS GAINCITY ALLY
Seattle Firm to Help Growers Mar
ket Products "Direct.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 14. Farmers
In the Puget Pound country and In the
Palouse and Walla Walla districts and
ths Kittitas Valley, on the. east ld of
the Cacade range, are organizing to
Join force with a large Seattle; firm
to marker their own products. The
Seattle tlrtn that Is to handle tjie busi
ness ha been reincorporated with a
capital of 85PO.OOO and plan to handle
the farm product for both the domestic
and foreign market.
The orfranisatlon has progressed bo
far that the man at the head of It,
who returned yesterday from Eastern
Washington, where he conferred with
the farmers, expects to have all the, de
tail ready by the first of the year.
It I d that thl I the flrst time
the fs.ie'irr have made a concerted ef
fort market their own product
Many farmera' unions, grangea and
other small organisations have at
tempted to handle sectional crops, but
In the end the farmer, through lack of
capital. It Is aald. have been compelled
to resort to.the usual channels of trade.
SPELLING J3EE EXCITING
Oregon 'Aggies' Department Aroused
by Remark Made by Co-Eds.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE.
Corvallls. Nov. 14. t Special.) -An old
fashioned spelling bee wa recently
held in one of the secondary English
classes at the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege as a result of a slighting remark
made by one of the co-eds in repard to
the spelling ability of an agriculturist.
The engineer and the commercial de
partment Joined In the dispute with the
result that It waa decided to hava a
pelllnr tournament between the four
divisions. Th engineers and the do
mestic science snd art representatives
settled their difference when Mis
Lorctta Cornelius and Miss Sual Cook
failed to double the "t" In "gaxetteer"
and S. B. Mitch!, of th engineers.
i niiriii i m AAimni
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THOUSAND
Almost any young
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less than 5 years. An
average of $15.00 per
month in our Savings
Department at 4 per
cent interest will more
than do it.
The hardest trial is
the start. You can save
as easily as not, if you
will make up your mind
to do so.
Start with all you can
spare and increase as
your earnings permit.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
Sixth and Washington
Streets
Open Saturday Even
ings 6 to 8.
spelled the word right and ao won
for
bis side.
0 IIUu,
n a f V . MlemUnrldfl
pnelled "palatial" correctly, winning for
tne arricuiiuriBiw. wniw n. - avuob-oi.
BU UHll IUICU m. II ave aw a... .-
and so terminated th chances of the
commercial department, ine i wo wi
II 1 II (ft -.-cauia n'o aa.
In and a battle royal Is anticipated
li nen mey coma luncmci iwi -
which event will take place tomorrow.
E
SMOOTH-SURFACE STREETS ARE
MENACE. IS lmXJtARETX
Spokane "flnmane Officer Telia Bene
fits of Or-ranlaatlon in Fight for
Protection of Animal.
The Portland Horse Owners Asso
ciation was orfranlzed laat nlffht at a
special meeting; of th Draymen As
sociation of Portland, called to meet
J. E. Rududorf. manager of tha Spo
ken Counts Human Association, and
J. M. Watkins. manager of th Pacific
Tranfr Company, of the same city.
Their rlait wa one purely In the In
terest of humanity to the horse and to
explain what had been accomplished
by a similar organization In Spokane.
They told how the efforts of lndl
Tl duals to stop the construction of as
phalt street and other of mooth sur
face, a well a the sanding of them,
met with little result but when the or
ganization wa formed the desired re
sult were granted Immediately and ncK
only are there no more smooth-surface
streets constructed there but the city
authorities sand those that do exist.
Robert Tucker, president of the Ore
gon Humane Society, spoke to the 40
draymen present, advocating tbe or
ganization of such an association and
these men. who represented 600 horses
In dally uae. eagerly caught the spirit
of the mo-rement and within a week
they hope to have a membership that
will Include the owners of S0O0 horses
In Portland.
While the organization is svowedly
directed sgalnst the further construc
tion of smooth-surface pavements It
does not advocate any other form of
construction except that It shall have
such a surface as a horse can do Jus
tice on to himself and his owner. The
preliminary articles, signed by all pres
ent. Included the following:
"We associate ourselves for mutual
benefit into an organization to reform
abuses and to Inculcate principles of
Justice and equity among horse own
ers; to protect members from irre
sponsible customers and Incompetent
drivers; to co-operate to the end that
all city ordinano-s and laws enacted
for tho Interest of horse owners and
humane protection of horses are en
forced, and to secure from time to time
uch legislation as will be Just and fair
and to the Interest of the members,
with special reference to sanitary reg
ulations and restrictions concerning
barns, street paving and improvement."
After deciding that the organization
should be nonpartisan In every way
temporary officers were selected and
committees appointed to canvass every
horse owner in the city for member
ship. The next meeting will be held at
the Commercial Club next Tuesday
night.
NOVEL SHOW IS PROMISED
Ma)etlc to Offer Combination of
Sons; and Pictures.
What the management declares is a
novelty the combination of song and
picture will be Introduced at. the Ma
jestic Theater with the new pro
gramme beginning today. The sub
ject la "The Fallln' Out." It is a story
of an old couple about to celebrate their
golden wedding- anniversary. The hus
band suddenly wants a divorce, but a
reconciliation and a renewal of youth
ful love and affection are effected.
A new attraction at the Majestic Is
Miss Leona Frances, who possesses a
beautiful soprano voice. This week she
is s!nslng "The Swallows" and "Sil
ver Threads Among the Gold." An
other good number is furnished by Miss
Florence Evan, who sing "Gee, It'l
Fierce to Be a Girl."
"The Higher the Fewer" It th title
of a film depleting an elopement In an
aeroplane. "The Convict's Song." sn
Ambroslo Importation, Is a drams de
picting the reveries of a convict. For
merly he had been a happy peasant.
First he is shown In the fields, happy
and care free. Then the blow falls.
Hi prison life, with all Its indignities,
is shown in detail.
Walla Walla's New Hotel Opens.
WALLA WALLA. Wah.. Nov. 14.
f Special.! With a banquet to th
Commercial Club last night and a mag
nificent table d'hote dinner tonight at
the Grand Hotel. Walla Walla's new
and modern five-story hotel is open to
the public. It wss built st a cost of
11 $5.0 00 and has been leased for five
years by Mullemer, Halls A Rick. Th
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openlna tonlght waa attended by a
thousand people.
3-CENT FAREN0T LIKED
Rom city Park League Goes on Rec
ord Against Ordinance.
...i,iirm was adopted at the
h -Rmb City Park Leagrue
III ee ti i. n w. .
lat night asking- that the Council let
the contract tor me irajjruui.u.
j t...i.ri t the "Warren Con-
.truotlon Company. In accordance with
tbe petition nied. It was announced
that bid. rom three paving companle.
had ben meet.
ing of the Btreet committee next Fri
Tl -rin an-iMvnr to ae-
The league bidu "
cur, a franchise for tha Portland Kail
war Llitht & Power Company on Bandy
E&Jlft tnd have it aeparat
possible, rrom uiu
company Is asking.
A communication from the East Side
Business Men's Club. asking the
Hague's co-operation in getting the
. .v. . t... Hirto. was laid
.uditonum ou v --. .
. . . . - .v.. i.airnii had already
on th . Blte at
rone on ' " .
Morrison and Nineteenth On
motion of J. W. Travers. seconded by
C B Merrick, a resolution was adopt-
d disapproving ""a - .J.
luced in the Council to require the
itreetcar company to give a 8-cent car
fare.
GOOD ROADS DISCUSSED
68 Washington Commissioners Hold
Convention In Walla "Walla.
tt-.tt a up at.t. A Wash.. Not. 14.
.1 AUun " ' ' '
i-i cTt-i-l o-ht Commissioners.
representing nearly every county In
Washington, are meeting here today
and tomorrow in their annual conven
tion, the principal topic of discussion
being good roaas. a iuncneou i oiuu
vi.n.m vxnmA n a banauet tonight
are the social features of the conven
tion. ... .
6tate Engineer -Wright tamed loaay
v. -w KiT.H(n nr macadam roads:
u ii fcii...
State Railway Commissioner Lawrence
ipoke on good roads and rauroaas, ana
:.t. Tax Commissioner Frost spoke
on the tax system of the state.
Frost said Washington stood alone
la primitive methods of taxation.
The discussions wm oe raaunutu
tomorrow and the resolutions commit-
tea will make recommenuauoua vi
legislation.
I.fferty' Speaking Dates.
a tp t e ffart v Reoresen'tative in
Congress, will address the people of
the new Third Congressional district
Don nendinsr political issues an mi.
Th nuhllc is cordially in
vited to attend without other or further
notice: Pt. Johns. BicKners nan,
Thursday. November 1. P. M;: Monta-
llla. Grabel s Hail. riaay, oveiuu
IT t P. M.; Gresham, Commercial ,iuo
GROWERS, ATTENTION!
...95 to S3.00
...25? to $2.50
HYGRODEIKS
Instruments that forecast
frosts $8 to $17
HYGROMETERS
Tell amount of moisture
in the air, $2.25 to
$10.00
ANEROID BAROMETERS
Will indicate the aproaoh
of storms 24 hours in
advance. . .$5 to $25
POCKET ANEROIDS
Indicate altitudes and
storms $S to-$2a
'Wcodlark'
excellent ana ucsnauio dwi, - ---v w
WASHABLE CHAMOIS GLOVES
Washable Chamois Gloves for ladies, in biscuit, white and cream
shades; come in one-button and gauntlet styles; very fashionable
and comfortable riding gloves, pair $1.50
LADIES' SWELL DRESS GLOVES
Ladles' Swell Dress Gloves, in white, cream, gray, tan and
black; pair - $1.50
NOBBY DRESS GLOVES
Nobby Dress Gloves, for men and women, in fine gray mocha,
the nair ...$2.00 and $2.25
exclusive agents for Mark Cross English
Largest Cut-Rate Retail
Hall. Saturday, November IS, t P. M-l
Bunnyslde, Ford's Hall. Monday, No
vember 20, 8 P. M.; Woodstock, Wood
stock, Hall, Tuesday, November 11, 1
P. M.; Lents. Alcazar Hall. Wednesday.
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mm
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latest Comfort the greatest Look at the linea
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And the breadth gives plenty of toe
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$4. to $6. everywhere
Lewis A. Crossett, Inc, Maker
North Abington, Maaa,
SPRAYOMETER
Reliable instrument for testing lime and sulphur
spray. Price $1.00
Special kinds for testing any kind of liquid, such
as alcohol, whisky, syrup, gasoline, oils, vinegar,
cider, acids, ammonia, etc. Prices 50 to $1.50
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We have nearly every known kind of scientific in
struments for forecast weather conditions. Write
for free booklet.
"THE WEATHER"
A book on the weather, with a complete description
of weather instalments, how to read them, to
gether with a description of natural signs of
weather changes. Price 50
Quality,
The man who does the
wedghing, the measuring
the man who knows how is the one pharmacist we
employ. Ee fills your prescription only from pure,
fresh drugs before you under the most sanitary
conditions in fact your prescription is delivered
into your hands just as you would wish it just as
your physician has directed it.
Open evenings to 9 o'clock; Sundays, 10 A. M. to
2 o'clock, P. M.
Glovea. '
Drug Store
November 11, i P. M; Sellwood. Strahl
man's Hall. Thursday, November 18. 8
P. M-j Williams avenue and Russell
street. Hill's Hall, Saturday, November;
15, 8 P. M. (Paid aav.)
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Fur Neckwear Fur Muffs
We have a large assortment of
Fur Rugs and Robes
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