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RAILWAY DOUBLES
ITS CAPITAL STOCK
SOME OF THE PRINCIPALS IN THE LUMBER RATE CASE NOW IN PROGRESS HERE.
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Real Quality in Low Priced
Pianos and Player Pianos
To those buyers of Pianos and Player Pianos who wish to make every dollar buy
utmost values, our stores offer what we are convinced, from long experience in
piano merchandising;, to be the utmost values purchasable at their respective
prices in low priced Pianos and Player Pianos
The Wellington Piano $275-The Euphona Player Piano $450
Here are two low priced instruments which by years of test have proven their
quality to the great satisfaction of hundreds of buyers. Made by the Cable Co.
of Chicago, one of America's very finest factories, they embody in their con
struction more earnestness of effort, more conscientious workmanship and more
real quality than any low priced pianos we have ever known. They justify your
confidence and your admiration.
There is a low limit in price beyond which you cannot afford to go and feel
assured of quality. The WELLINGTON PIANO and the EUPHONA PLAYER
PIANO are high enough in price to insure quality, low enough to prove econom
ical. They are sold on easy payments.
YOUR MONEY'S WORTH OR YOUR MONEY BACK
Willamette Valley Southern
-Shareholders Also Elect
Directors.
TOTAL NOW IS $1,000,000
f ; - J N - . : ft . w (
Extensive Improvements and Re
pairs Will Bo Made Along Line
This Year Officers Will Be
Chosen In Near Future.
OREGON CITT, Or., March 1G. (Spe
cial.) Stockholders of the Willamette
rv'alley Southern Railway Company
' Voted an Increase of $500,000 in the
' capital stock of the company, adopted
. n. resolution directing: the board of di
rectors to clean up 200,000 worth of
Unsecured Indebtedness and re-elected
the old board, except William Sheahan,
who was displaced by Charles H.
.Abercrombie, of Portland, today at a
special meeting: held in the Commer
cial clubrooms. This makes the total
outstanding stock $1,000,000.
Of the new issue. $250,000 will be
if irst "preferred cumulative, 6 per cent;
the other $250,000 will be second pre
ferred 6 per cent, also cumulative, and
Iwith voting- qualification. Holders of
original common were voted the right
to exchange two of the old for one
of the second preferred. This is op
tion. Sixty days were given such
Jiolders to exercise the option.
Meeting; Represents SSOO.OOO.
More than $800,000 of the total stock
was represented, either by person or
by proxy. Charles H. Abercrombie, of
the Portland Securities Savings &
Trust Company, held alone $750,000 as
trustee financing the road and making-
certain advances necessary to com
plete the line.
He also represents the Continental
&. Commercial Savings Bank, which
holds the mortgage securing some
$750,000 bonds that were guaranteed by
the Portland Railway, Light & Power
Company, and the money from which
went to building- the road, with $200,
O00 more cash advanced for finish
ing it.
The directors elected were: Grant
B. Dimick. W. A. Huntley, George A.
Harding. Frank Busch, O. D. Eby, Oli
ver Robbing, Charles Abercrombie, of
Portland; lenry Berning" and B. T. Mc
Bain. Officers Will Be Elected.
The board will meet within the next
few days and elect officers for the
year and proceed to inject new life
Into the enterprise.
Repairs from slides during the past
two months have cost the road nearly
$20,000. More repairs and improve
ments will be made this year. As part
of the campaign of the directors, ef
forts will be made to aid the Mount
Angel people to obtain the big saw
mill that was planned for Silverton.
With this industry on the line. It
would mean 25 to 30 cars of lumber
for the Willamette Valley Southern to
handle, to say nothing of other traf
fic incidental to the mill and the log
pins camps there, according to Presi
dent Dimick, discussing the work
ahead
SEASIDE HEARS LECTURE
State Hygiene Campaign Among
Men launched in Clatsop.
' SEASIDE. Or., March 16. (Special.)
The meeting for men and boys held
last night ir. the City Council chamber
of the City Hall under the auspices of
the Oregon Social Hygiene Society was
well attended, and the Council chamber
was filled to capacity. Mayor I. L.
Paget presiding.
An extended lecture was delivered by
Ir. Clyde V. Van Vlerah oTi causes and
effects of venereal diseases, and E. B.
Macnaughton closed the meeting by
Riving a history of the society he rep
resented and what it had accomplished
in the last few years in the way of
passing laws which in the future would
tend to eliminate some of the causes
that at the present time fill our blind,
insane and penal institutions. A per
manent committee, consisting of A. S.
Wascher. Harry Wheatley, V. S. God
f rey. Professor J. W. Branslater and E.
N. Hurd, was appointed to take charge
of the work planned by the State Hy
giene Society.
INSPECTI0NJ3AY IS MAY 16
Captain Ross, of General Staff XT. S.
Army, Will Review Regiment.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, March 16. (Special.)
Military Inspection day, one of the real
ly big days of the college calendar, has
been set for May 16. Review of the cadet
regiment and Inspection of equipment
and military efficiency will be in
charge of Captain Ross, of the General
Staff of the United States Army.
Military exercises will occupy the
entire dty. In the forenoon will be
held a regimental review and competi
tive drills held for the benefit of
privates and officers. Upon the char
acter of the work done in these exer
cises will depend the classification of
the college cadets for this year.
CUT THIS OUT
OLD ENGLISH RECIPE FOR CATARRHAL
DEAFNESS AND HEAD NOISES.
Tf you know of someone who Is troubled
wnn vKiarrnai xiearncss. nead noises or
ordinary catarrh cut out this formula and
hand it to them and you will have been tho
means of savin? soms poor sufferer perhaps
from total deafness. In England scientists
for a long time past have recognized that
.catarrh is a constitutional disease and neces
sarily requires a constitutional treatment.
jiiuuiers ana nose aoucnes are
name to irrnate the. delicate air passages
ana rorce the disease Into the middle ear.
which frequently means total deafness, or
flso the disease is driven down the air pass
age towards the lungs, which is equally as
dangerous. The following formula, which
U used extensively in the damp Enirlish
climate. Is a constitutional treatment and
should prove especially efficacious to suf
ferens here who live under more favorable
climate conditions:
Secure from your druggist 1 ounce of
Farmint (double strength). Take this borne
nd add to it i pint of hot Vgter and 4
ounces of granulated sugar; stir until dis
solved. Take one tablespoonful four times a
day. This will often bring quick relief from
distressing head noises. Clogged nostrils
should open, breathing becoirxs easy and
hearing Improve as the Inflammation In the
eustachian tubes is reduced. Parmint is
used in this way as it acts directfy upon
the blood and mucous surfaces of the sys
tem, and has a slight tonio action that fa
cilitates the recovery-- of the patient. The
preparation is easy to make, costs little and
is pleasing- to take. Kvery person who has
catarrh should give this treatment a trial..
Adv.
BUTE FIGHT OPENS
Portland Plea for Preference
to Salt Lake Assailed.
VALLEY MILLS COMPLAIN
Opponents of Plaintiffs In Case De
clare Restoration of Former Dif
ferential XJnfair; Edgar Wat
kins Hears Testimony.
(Continued From First Page.)
and laid stress on the fact that prior
to the development of the lumbering
trade 18 years ago the Willamette Val
ley had remained stagnant for many
decades. What progress the Valley has!
maae in tnese is years, ne said, nas
been stimulated almost wholly by the
activity of the lumber mills.
From the beginning of this revival
in the lumber trade in 1898 to the Sum
mer of 1908, explained Mr. Dixon, the
Valley mills and the Portland mills had
a parity of rates to the Salt Lake terri
tory, which includes all points on the
Oregon Short Line south of McCammon,
Idaho. The rate at that time was 37 Va
cents per 100 pounds. In 1901, he con
tinued, the rate was advanced to 40
cents, but the parity was not disturbed.
The Southern Pacific and the Union Pa
cific then were independent of one an
other and competed actively for the
business.
Effect of Merger Felt.
But" in 1908 the historic Harriman
merger became effective. The Union
Pacific obtained control of the South
ern Pacific and sought to force as much
of the business as possible to its own
line at the expense of the Southern
Pacific, if necessary.
Simultaneous with this merger the
Portland rate to the Salt Lake terri
tory was dropped 27 cents. The Wil
lamette Valley rate remained at 40
cents.
While this action was surprising to
the Valley manufacturers, explained
Mr. Dixon, they-made no protest, inas
much as they had been through a series
of gruelling rate fights and were tired.
They allowed the new schedule to go
in by default.
The Booth-Kelly people, he said, were
forced to retire from the Salt Lake
field entirely. They closed their Salt
Lake office. Some of the other mills
tried to stay in the field by absorbing
the differential, but gradually all were
forced to retire.
This rate adjustment left the Valley
mills with no territory in which they
enjoyed an advantage excepting North
ern California and the points east of
McCammon. Idaho.
The Valley mills are entirely chut
out of the territory west of McCammon,
he pointed out, by application of the
distance tariffs which give the Port
land mills a favorable differential
varying from 4 cents to 11 cents, ac
cording to the distance.
Portland Inconsistency Asserted.
Mr. Dixon dwelt at some length on
what he termed the inconsistent posi
tion of the Portland mills in their
various rate cases recently. He pointed
out that only last Kail they protested
to the Commission against the prefer
ential rate enjoyed by the valley mills
in Northern California territory. At
that time, the Portland mills sought to
be placed in a group with the valley.
South of Brighton, Cal., 675 mills south
of Portland, the Portland mills are on
a parity with the valley mills.
"We would be satisfied to have com
mon rates east as far as Portland has
them south," commented Mr. Dixon in
discussing this point.
"It seeme that the Portland mills
would like to be grouped with the Val
ley in the California case and with
Bend in this case," he continued.
He also put emphasis on the fact that
the mills in the Valley have but one
railroad to handle their product, while
those in Portland have half a dozen
railroads. This situation is important
in periods of car shortages, lie said.
Valley Mills Declared Handicapped.
"No other lumber producing terri
tory in the United States is so much
hampered as the Willamette Valley."
he declared later, just before he' con
cluded his testimony.
The-Union Pacific is represented in
the proceedings by H. A. Seandrct, of
Chicago, and the Southern Pacific by
C. A. Durbrow, of San Francisco. They
have taken little part in the examina
tions, so far.
Just before adjournment last night
H. O. Toll, assistant general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, who ex
plained that the reason -the valley
rates were reduced to a parity with
Portland was ' to develop the lumber
industry in the valley which had
shown signs of languishing.
In the course of the proceedings At
torney Wilson placed Attorney Teal on
the stand in an effort to show, by the
introduction of newspaper interviews,
that Mr. Teal heretofore has taken a
position contrary to that which he takes
in representing the WilUimette Valley
shippers in the present case, but the
examiner would not permit this line of
evidence.
"I object to such silliness, anyway,"
commented Mr. Teal as he left the
stand.
The case will be resumed at 10 o'clock
this morning.
SNOW MELTINGJESTS HELD
Kangcrs Seek to Determine Dlffer-
s
enecs in Rapidity.
Snow melting experiments are being
carried on by the rangers employed by
the Forest Service. It is the purpose
i i it
.
of these experiments to determine
what the difference is between the
rapidity with which the snow melts in
the open and in the forest reserves.
thereby obtaining the relative value of
a watershed for the retention of snows
and moisture.
The experiments have been carried
on to some extent by the weather bu
reau, but those of the forest service
are more extensive. Snow stakes are
read twice a week in two of the Na
tional foVests where the "now is the
deepest. Records are also Vept of the
water equivalent of the snow and its
consequent melting.
ERRING HUSBAND BACK
BAKER MAX SAYS HE HAS COME
BACK TO "TAKE HIS MEDICINE."
Arthur Borford, Divorced from Wife
of 15 Years, Remarries Decree Is
Cfcnasbed; Complications Ensue.
BAKER, Or., March 16. (Special.)
"I have come back to take my medi
cine," said Arthur Burford. who got
a divorce from his wife of 15 years
last January and then married 18-year-old
Georgia Lawrence at Ontario a few
days later, and went to Honduras with
his bride, when he was arrested at the
home of wife No. 1 at 5 o'clock this
afternoon.
Burford arrived from Portland at 2
o'clock this afternoon, and went im
mediately to his former Baker home to
see his first wife. Passengers on the
train informed the authorities, and Con
stable Jefferies arrested him and placed
him in the Baker County Jail, where he
is now being held. Burford refuses to
make any further statement, but it is
said he went to Honduras and stayed
there only a short time before he
started back, leaving his young bride
in San Francisco.
Burford, it is said, induced his first
wife to get a divorce in January on
the grounds of nagging and charges of
improper relations with other women.
He left her and their, four children,
from 4 to 13 years, practically penni
less. When Mrs. Burford No. 1 heard of
his second marriage a few days later,
she requested that the divorce be
quashed, which Judge Gustav Ander
son did. This annulled his second mar
riage, so the complications in the case
promise to be interesting.
CONSULS WILLING TO AID
British Fear, " However, Mexicans
Would Make Little Distinction.
LONDON. March 16. It was said at
the Foreign Office today it has no
information as to any instance of a
British Consular authority taking over
the interests of an American Consul
in Mexico, but that British Consuls
there would be glad to do so If the
necessity arose. It was feared, how
ever, that the Mexicans would make
little distinction between American and
British Consuls.
American Consular Agent Williams,
at Torreon, Mex., notified the State
Department yesterday at Washington
that he had turned over his Consulate
to the British Vice-Consul.
MR. 0'DONNELL TO SPEAK
St. Francis Hall Arranges St. Pat
rick's Day Programme.
' Rev. Walter O'Donnell, C. S. C, of
Columbia University, will be the
speaker at the St. Patrick's day
celebration to be. held tonight in St.
Francis hall. East Eleventh and East
Pine streets, under the auspices of the
Holy Names Society. The remainder
of the programme will be as loilows:
Music. "Irish Classics," solo; "Irish
Wash Woman." violin selection; sketch.
"At Mclntyres" Wake"; address, Walter
O'Donnell. harp selections; lrisn recita
tions, Irish jigs, clogs and steps; song.
"Kilarney, Forest suavain; snetcn,
"Mahoney's Decision," Irish 'melodies,
Scalded Child Rests Well.
Although severely scalded by his im
mersion in a bucket of hot water, little
Henry C. Akervich is said to be resting
well and recovering at the Good Samar
itan Hospital. The child, scarcely 2
years of age, toddled across the floor
of the Akerwich home, 898 K-eroy street,
and tripped, falling into the bucket of
hot wash water, .
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PROTEST IS VOICED
Portland Chamber Criticised
for Mixing in Rate Fight.
ATTITUDE CLASSED UNFAIR
C. 1. Rorer, President of Eu;cne
Commercial Club, Declares In
dustry of State Means More
Than Tliat of Few Mills.
EUGENE. Or., March 16. (Special.)
The announcement that the Portland
Chamber of Commerce had taken sides
with the Portland mills as against the
Willamette Valley mills in the prefer
ential rate case now being submitted
in that city fell like a bomb upon
business men in Eugene. The Com
mercial Clubs in the valley had been
proceeding on the theory that the Port
land Chamber of Commerce would keep
its hands out of the matter and had
not been making a fight to have the
present rates, which place Portland
and the valley on an equal footing, re
tained. Eugene business men, aroused to the
point of Indignation by what they con
sidered an eleventh-hour decision by
the Portland Chamber, held numerous
conferences today to discuss plans for
action. A number of them met with
President C. D. Rorer, ot the Chamber
of Commerce, after which the presi
dent of. the Eugene organization ex
pressed his protest to the executive
secretary of the Portland Chamber of
Commerce over the long-distance tele
phone. "The Portland Chamber of Commerce
is making a mistake in this matter,"
Mr. Rorer declared. "It is not serving
the interests of that city. The lumber
Industry In the state of Oregon means
more to Portland than the few mills
which are located and operated in that
city.
, "I have always considered that as a
matter of general policy no one particu
lar section of this state can expect to
further its own interests by attemplng
to buildup its own particular industries
at the expense of other tributary terri
tories. This would seem to be especial
ly true of the large commercial centers
that must necessarily depend to a large
degree upon these tributary territories
for their trade."
ARMY LECTURES CONTINUE
Summer Camp Still Scheduled, So
Far as Vancouver Officers Know.
VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash.
March. 16. (Special.) So far as Colonel
Francis H. French, in command of the
Twenty-first, Infantry and of the post.
and Lieutenant-Colonel David J. Baker.
Jr., who has been specially detailed to
arrange for the series of lectures to be
given - in Vancouver, Portland, Seattle
and -Ta.com a, leading up to the estab
lishment of a Summer camp here, are
informed, the Government has no in
tention of giving up either the course
of lectures or the idea of a Summer
camp.
The War Department has given no
orders here to discontinue the work.
Lieutenant James B. Woolnough will
give his lecture in the Multnomah Club
in Portland Tuesday evening.
NEW ROAD BEING CLEARED
Morton-Glcnoma Iioute Will
Be
Hardsurfaced This Year.
CHEHALIS. Wash.. March 16. (Spe
cial.) Aside from the grading of the
bad stretch of road on the Walville-
McCormick connection of the National
Park Hichwav in Western Lewis Coun
ty connecting Chehalis with Reymond
and South Bend, it is declared the most
important piece of work that wilt be
undertaken in one piece in Lewis
Countv this season is the completion
of a mile and three-quarters of the
county road connecting state roads
Nos. 18 and 5 in the Morton-Glenoma
neighborhood.
The road has been partly cleared and
grubbed and this will be. completed and
the entire roadway surfaced. The job
will be done by day labor and the esti
mated cost will be approximately 6000,
GRADUATION IS GAINING
Records for 2 5 Years Show 7 00 Per
Cent Increase in Number.
SALEM, Or., March 16. (Special.)
Records of the State Department of
Education show that in the last 25
years there has been an increase of 708
per cent in the number of children in
Oregon completing the elgntn grade,
and that the number of four-year high
schools has increased from four to 167,
A large number of smaller high schools
also are offering one and two years of
work.
Oregon high schools now have an en
rollment of more than 20,000 pupils.
Requirements for teachers have also
been greatly improved, according to
Assistant Superintendent of Public In
struction Carlton.
Other Stores
KAPPA HEAD M VISIT
KCGENE SORORITY SISTERS EN
TERTAIN NATIONAL OFFICIAL.
Alias Eva Powell Makes Tour of
Northwestern Chapters to Obtain
Views of Membership.
UXIVERSITT OF OREGON. Eugene.
March 16. (Special.) Miss Eva Powell.
National president of Kappa Kappa
Gamma and a 1902 graduate of -the
University of California, spent the last
week on the campus visiting the local
chapter of Kappa Kappa Gamma. She
was on an inspection tour of the west
ern chapters. Her visit extended to the
chapters at the University of Washing
ton and Montana. She was also pres
ent at the installation of Beta Kappa
Chapter at the University of Idaho last
week.
Miss Powell was very much pleased
with the local chapter of young ladies
and spoke highly of their progress in
the three years of their existence as a
National.
The object of Miss Powell's northern
trip was to get in touch with the
northern chapters to give them pointers
as to their work, put them in touch
with other chapters, bring them new
ideals, suggest new lines of endeavor
and get their opinions on questions to
be submitted before the National Pan-
Hellenic Association convention.
While on the campus Miss Powell
was the guest at many social functions
in her honor. Mrs. Frank L. Chambers
entertained with a dinner. Delta Delta
Delta sorority with a dinner. Kappa
Kappa Gamma, with an afternoon tea.
Alpha Phi Sorority with a luncheon.
Phi Delta Theta fraternity with a
dinner and theater party and Mrs. Eric
W. Allen with a party for the purpose
of having the alumnae of Eugene in
terested in the Pan-Hellenic work,
meeting with Miss Powell tor discus
sion. The local chapter of Kappa Kappa
Gamma is one of the youngest in the
National organization. It was in
stalled as Beta Omega in Miss
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ONCE destroy it and
the Walls of Failure
are thundering about
you.
It grows only in the soil of
honest, dependable and effi
cient service.
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Trace "Feature D" in Dependable products.
All answers suitably rewarded.
"Country Club" at 35c
per pound is the equal of
many 40c coffees.
Ask Your Dealer
D WIGHT EDWARDS
Player Pianos, Music Rolls, Victrolas and Records
MORRISON STREET AT BROADWAY
San Francisco, Oakland, Sacramento, San Jose, Fresno, Losn
Angeles, San Diego and other Coast cities.
Powell has left for her home in Oak
land, Cal.
NEW LINE TO OPEN SOON
O.-W. K. & X. Will Begin Service oil
Washington Branch April 10.
ABERDEEN, Wash.. March 16.
(Special.) The North River branch
will be opened between April 10 and
15, according to advices received from
Portland this morning by II. P. Pot
ter, district freight and passenger
agent of the O.-W. R, & N. Company.
This line is 13 miles long, starting
at the junction at Cosmopolis. and
taps one of the finest timber sections,
of the county, and one of the richest
in farming possibilities. The opening
means that the Anderson-Middleton
tract, located at the end of the line,
will be logged. It is expected that the
construction train, with a gang of
about 75 men, will start work Mon
day morning. The gravel pit just east
of Saginaw, which will furnish ballast
has been opened.
ARMY ADVANTAGES TOLD
Vancouver Barracks Officer Gives
Ijccturo on "Recruiting."
VANCOUVER. Wash.. March IS.
(Special.) Lieutenant Fitzhush Lee
Minnigerode. of the Twenty-first In
fantry, tonight gave an interesting
lecture on "Recruiting." The speaker
had given this subject much study as
ho was for more than a year at Co
lumbus Barracks, O., a recruiting
depot.
Lieutenant Minnigerode compared the
situations of men in the Army with
civilians. There are great chances in
the Army for advancement with good
pay and after 30 years' service the
soldier is retired on two-thirds pay
for life, he said.
- He called attention to the fact that
the civilian does not as a rule have any
such income in his declining years.
Vntteri Stat rice exportatlons quad
rupled in a year.
DEPENDABLE Coffee in
spires confidence because it
is always uniformly high
. and dependable in character,
flavor, strength and fresh
ness, and likewise uniform
ly priced at 40c a pound.
Thus DEPENDABLE Cof
fee stands out favorably in
sharp contrast to brands
subject to impulsive changes
which cause them to be sold
on the strength of reduced
price.
"Hespo" for those who pre
fer a 30c Coffee is as good
as you can buy at the price.
COMPANY, Portland, Or.
Regular prices
here until
further notice
Fortunately for Port
land the Oriental rug
famine has not yet
affected us on ac
count of the recent
addition to our reg
ular stocks of the
two immense collec
tions that we secured
before the war start
ed for exhibition at
the P.-P. L E., both
of which exhibits
were awarded the
grand prize. We
.cannot tell at this
time when it will
occur, but nothing
can prevent a sharp
advance in prices
within the near fu
ture. Therefore, we advise
all our customers to
anticipate their Ori
ental rug needs and
make selections at
once.
Tenth and Alder
HUSBAND SAVED
HIS WIFE
Stopped Most Terrible Suf
fering by Getting Her Lydia
EL Pinkham's Vegeta
ble Compound.
Denison, Texas. "After my littl
girl was born two years ago I began suf-
xering: wltn lemaia
trouble and could
hardly do rny work.
I was very nervous
but just kept drag
ging on until last
summer when I got
where I could not do
my work. I would
have a chill every
day and hot flashes
and dizzy spells and
my head would al
most burst. I got where I was almost
a walking skeleton and life was a burden
to me until one day my husband's step
sister told my husband if he did not do
something for me I would not last long
and told him to get your medicine. So be j
got Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- j
pound for me, and after taking the first
three doses I began to improve. I con
tinued its use, and I have never had any
female trouble since. I feel that I owe
my life to you and yonr remedies. They
did for me what doctors could not do
and I will always praise it wherever I
go." Mrs. G. O. Lowery, 419 W.Mon
terey Street, Denison, Texas.-
If you are suffering from any form of
female ills, get a bottle of Lydia E. '
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
commence the treatment without delay, "j