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1917. JITNEYS WILL "FOR HIRE" TRY PLAN MILLIONAIRE'S WIFE WHO IS IN TROUBLE WITH CUSTOMS BARTHOLOMEW Off TRIAL FOR MURDER AUTHORITIES. Special Sale Arrow Shirts and Cooper's Union Suits Switch by Operators Is Re garded as Only Another Scheme to Evade Law. Crowd Fights for Seats With View of Prisoner, Who Shows Little Interest. TH MORNING OltEGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY si fcOLATIONS ARE EXPECTED TTnder Proposed System Regular Hourly Rate Would Hare to Be Collected In Full, No Mat ter Hon Few Were Carried. Rather than try to operate under the City Council's new standard taxicab tone system, the Jitneys of the city yesterday launched a new subterfuge whereby they hope to continue operat ing as Jitneys under the guise of "for hire" cars. Fifty-five drivers yester day took out licenses and will start today under the new system. Operation will be on an hourly basis. The driver will charge a fixed rate for an hour, and will charge his passen- ' gers on the basis of the actual time consumed on each trip. The hourly rates as arranged range from $1.25 to $2, according to the size and type of machine used. The Jitneys will continue operating over their present routes, which take In the principal streetcar lines to the close-in limits. If It requires 15 min utes to make a trip to the end of a Jitney run the driver. If he has any pas sengers, must collect 30 cents for that trip If his hourly rate Is $1.25, and more If his hourly rate Is higher. If he fails to charge that much he will have violated the city ordinance, which provides that a charge of not more ot less than the hourly rate posted by "for hire" cars shall be charged. Fall Fm Required. A Jitney driver picking up his usual load of four passengers may allow each passenger to pay his share of the hourly rate, but he must collect the full amount of fare due for the time consumed on the trip. In event of four passengers paying 5 cents each, the fifth passenger would have to make up the additional amount, which may be 10 cents or more. As the plan stands, from a strictly technical point, the Jitney driver will be obliged to charge some of his pas sengers more than 5 cents. One pas senger making a trip alone to the end of a 15-mlnute Jitney run would be obliged to nay the full 30 cents If the driver's rate Is $1.25 an hour. That Is, of course, if the driver obeys the law. Violations Are Expected. It Is the general feeling about the City Hall that this will not bo done. It Is the feeling that the Jitneys will co ahead making the regular 5-cent charge, trusting to luck not to get into trouble. It Is expected, however, tow the provision of the ordinance pro hibiting the charging of more or less than the hourly rate will result In ar rests. The feeling Is that the new plan Is nothing more or less than another subterfuge by which the Jitneys hope to evade the regulations Insisted on by the Citv Council. . It Is expected that all the ' Jitneys will start operating under the new sys tern. They have until Thursday to operate under the old system used up to this time. After then they must go Into the "for-hire" business or operate under the Council's new zone system, which has been devised for legitimate taxlcabs and not Jitneys. New cards have been " printed for costing on the windshields of the Jit neys. These announce the hourly rate charged and the words "each passenger may pay his share of the hourly rate." These were published by the Jitney Drivers' Union and appeared on some of the Jitneys yesterday. JITNEY UNION TURNED DOWN Xilnnton Franchise to Be Given to Concern Offering Best Terms. The City Council yesterday refused once more to elve the Jitney Drivers Union a franchise for the operation of Jitneys over the Linnton line at its own terms. The Council put a series or aa 'dltlonal regulations in the franchise naked by the union, and then sent the document to City commissioner jjieck for the tabulation of the comparative merits of this franchise and one sought by W. M. Foster and approved last week by the Council. The union franchise proposal had no provision for a bond for protection in caee of accidents. The Council inserted clause calling for a bond of $7500. Mr. Foster had agreed to furnish a bond. A provision also . was Inserted reciulrlnir the union to issue 13 one-way fares for $1, provided the patron bought the 13 tickets at once time. Mr. Foster has agreed to pay 50 each three months for each car op erated. The Jitney Drivers' Union of fers to pay $1 a seat for each three months. Mr. Foster proposes to use large, modern buses and touring cars, while the union proposes to use only touring cars of the type now being used on the line. The Council decided to issue only one franchise for the line. The comparative merits of the. two applications will be considered from the standpoints of service and safety. Commissioner Dieck expects to have Ills report on the sub ject ready for the Council by Friday. Marriages Show Increase. ROSEBURG. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) The records at the County Clerk's office (show that a total of 143 marriage licenses were issued here during the vear 1916. This is a slight increase. when compared with the number cf lloenses issued during the previous year. TRY THIS FOR A ' COLD-IT'S FINE! "Pane's. Cold Compound" Ends Severe Colds or Grippe in Few Hours. Tou can encf grlpps and break up a severe cold either in head, chest, body or limbs, by taking a dose of 'Tape's Cold Compound" every two hours un til three doses are taken. Tt oromDtly opens clogged-up nos trils and air passages in the head, stops nasty discharge or nose run ning, relieves sick headache, dullness. f everishnes.o. sore throat, sneezing soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed-up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Base your throbbing head nothing else In the world gives such prompt relief as4 "Rape's Cold Compound," which costs only 25 cents at any drugstore. It acta without assistance, tastes nice, and causes no Inconvenience, Be sure you -get the genuine, Adv. lip C I , . x - ' ' 4 SIRS. W. E. IRE GOWNS SEIZED Customs Men Continue Rum maging Mrs. Corey's Trunks. TOTAL VALUE NOW $1000 Garments, as on Former Occasion, Are Found Among Possessions of Traveling Companion on. Trip From Abroad. NEW YORK. Jan. 2. Customs au thorities today seized additional gowns Deionging - to Mrs. w. E. Corey, for merly Mabelle Gllman, an actress, bringing up to $1000 the total value of the property taken over by the Gov ernment since her arrival here from abroad on the steamship Rochambeau last week. The gowns -seized today are valued at $500, and, as in the first seizure, were found in the trunks of Mrs. Corey's traveling companion. Miss Mar tha Shlppey. CHINESE TRADE SOUGHT T. J. FELIX MORAN 19 OX HIS WAY TO ORIENT, Brokerage Offices TYUI Be Established - by Concern to 'Represent Ore gon Manufacturer,' Representing the products of 14 Ore gon manufacturing concerns and many Eastern hrms, T. J. Felix Moran, an expert in Oriental trade, left last night for the rar Cast, where bo will repre sent the Murphy Bros. -Moran Company which was recently incorporated here to carry on general importing, export ing and brokerage business across the Pacific. Mr. Moran will sail from Seattle T. J. Felix Moran, Trade Repre resentatlve Who Will Repre-. ent Oregon Product In the Orient. y Friday for Hongkong, where he is to open headquarters for the company, and he will establish a branch office in Manila later on. He will cover the territory of Hongkong. Shanghai. Japan, Manila Singapore, Java. b'lam and Burma. Mr. v Moran was for 10 years in busi ness in the urient Derore be came to Portland and before the company was formed which ho will now represent, and ho is familiar with all phases of the import and export business in that territory. "Now is the right time, and I thlhk about the only time, for the United States to get into the Oriental market and establish itself firmly," he said last night. Oregon firms of manufacturers .which Mr. Moran will represent are: The Wasco Warehouse & Milling Company, Balfour, Guthrie & Co., Union Meat Company, Wittenberg-King's dry fruit concern, Flthian-Barker bhoe Company Ready-Built House Company, Wadhams ;j L y, I - ft-., - :x - i i '". I - - - : :; : : :; ; . . - . CORKY. & Kerr Company. American Brush Company. Tru Blu Biscuit Company, Valveless Pumps, Aluminum Cooking Utensil Company, Hawley Paper & Pulp Mills, Mount Hood Soap Company, Patterson Patent Harness. HARMS RETURNS TO FORCE Police I;ieu tenant Recovers From Pistol Shot Wound In Jaw. Police Lieutenant Harms, who was seriously wounded ' by an accidental discharge of an automatlo pistol at the Police Station about three weeks ago, has returned to duty, assuming temporary charge of the second night relief. The shot, which wounded Lieu tenant Harms, ranged through the Jaw, inflicting a dangerous wound. Mrs. Lola G. Baldwin, superintend ent or the Women s Protective Bureau, has also returned to her work after an absence of several weeks as the result of an attack of pneumonia. OVA. C. ATTRACTS FARMERS Continued From First Page.) discussed by C. E. Spence. master of tne fetate orange, and following a dis cussion led by Professor Young, of the University of Oregon, resolutions were passea requesting an amendment to the present law, making registration com pulsory rather than optional, as Is now tne case. prominent amoncr todmr'n KnaaVx-r-a before the Homemakers' Congress was aiiss Alice Kavenhlll. of British. Co lumbia, who EDoke on the iihim-ti Meaning of Infancy and Its Snecia.1 Needs," "The Art of Right Living" and Early Childhood. Its Sienlf icanca and Development." The Homemakers' Con gress will continue throughout the re mainder or the week. Drainage Association Rleeta. At the annual meeting: of the Ore gon JJralnago Association committees were appointed to carry on the work during the coming year. A meeting of the board of directors was held to night and problems of drainage con struction discussed before the associa tion. The entire efforts of the animal in dustry department of the college are concentrated on a hog producers' school mis year, and lectures and demonstra tions in proper feeding, housing, mar keting and other problems are being given in tne recently constructed mod ern hog barn. Every effort possible has been put lortn to make tne sessions both pleas ant and profitable to the visiting farm' er, business man or woman. General assemblies are being Jield dally In the gymnasium and addresses are given by prominent men of the state on sub jects of common Interest to all. At the assembly today. Carl Adams. member of the Industrial Accident Com mission, lectured on the work of the Commission and its availability to the farmers of the state. The speaker for Wednesday will be Charles H. Chap man, of Portland. Newspaper la Edited. A new feature of the Fanners' week this year is a dally paper every morn lng, called the Farmers' Week News. The paper carries four pages of six columns each and contains all the news of the previous day's sessions, together with a programme of the current day s happenings, and various other bits of news picked up about tne campus. The paper is being edited by N. R. Moore, secretary of the Board of Re gents of the college, assisted by Mr. Mcintosh, college press agent. Conferences scheduled for Wednes day are the meeting of the Oregon Swine Breeders' Association, Oregon Holsteln Cattle Club, Oregon Guernsey Cattle Club, Oregon Jersey Cattle Club, County Fair officials' conference, the first annual thrift conference and the first annual Northwest grain conven tion, in addition to those continued from today. Attorney-General Is Banquet Guest. ROSEBUBO. Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) Attorney-General George M. Brown, of Salem, was the guest of honor at the New Year's banquet given at the. cmpqua noici ouuuay evening djt mo members of the Koseburg nre depart ment. J. E. McClintock. a member of the board of fire commissioners, acted as toastmaster, and brief talks were delivered by Attorney-General Brown, Mayor Napoleon Rice, S. K. Sykes and Charles Parrott. Mr. Parrott became a member of the Roseburg- fire depart ment 30 years ago. and is now a mem ber of the board of fire commissioners. Pacific Power to Slilft Managers. HOOD RIVER. Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) Announcement has been made from the local office of the Pacific Power & Light Company that a shifting in man agers of district plants will be made this month. Albert S. Hall, of this city, will go to Pasco, Wash., and John B. Strange, of Prosser, Wash, will be transferred to this city. Several other changes ar also expected, JURY VISITS DEATH ROOM Defense Lays Stress on Circum stantial Nature ot Case Which State Presents Robbery Is Given as Crime Motive. For five hours a fat man, whose heavy Jowls worked with the rhyth mical precision of the Inveterate gum chewer. sat If the word describes the easy posture In which be filled a chair in the center of the courtroom of Cir cuit Judge Davis viewing the prellml nary maneuvers yesterday in Port land's first murder trial In many months. He showed little Interest in the pro ceedings and seemed utterly oblivious of the concentrated gaze of spectators in the crowded room. Occasionally he smiled to himself, at something humor ous not apparent to spectators, dis closing deep dimples in his rotund cheeks. His eyes, small and deep-set. were blinked rapidly at witnesses on the stand. His hands played about his lips, or were folded in his lap, thumbs nervously tapping. He resembled more the type of person who finds morbid satiation of curiosity in public executions and murder trials than the vicious, grim-Jawed criminal stamp the public mind is wont to associate with those who slay fellow men. Bartholomew Not Murderer- Type. In fact, Edward Bartholomew was a little disappointing to the throng which rainy fought its way into the court room after the noon recess, tearing clothes in their anxiety to be well seated for the impending show. H didn't come up to the popular idea of what a man accused of mnrder should look like. He should at least have gazed with tense earnestness at those about him, stared menacingly at the witnesses, shifted constantly in his chair or cnewed tobacco instead of gum. The Jury In the trial of Bartholomew for the murder of his friend, John Llnd. at 407 stark street. November 18, 1915 was selected in record time. In spite of the large number of peremptory chal- langes allowed both defense and prose cution 12 for the defense, six for the etate the selection of aa Jury was made with dispatch. Only two peremp torles were exercised by the defense and one by the prosecution. None were discharged for cause. This, despite the fact that the case had been widely dis cussed by newspapers and that the delicate element of circumstantial evi dence enters into the state's conten tions. , . Jury Visits Scene. Opening statements had been made to the Jury by John Collier, Deputy jjistnct Attorney, and John H. White, attorney for the defense, and five wit nesses had been called before court adjourned at 4:30 to allow the Jury to visit the premises near West Park and btark streets, where Llnd was killed. Mr. Collier, in his sketch of the prose cution's case, outlined the stand of the state, which is, simply, that Bartholo mew was the man who killed Llnd. striking mm over tne bead with a base ball bat as he lay sleeping, and later cramming his body into the green trunk which was found in the river Novem ber 19, 1916. Mr. White laid stress on the fact that the state s case rests solely on circunv stantlal evidence, against which is th defense of Bartholomew that, while h was in the room when Llnd was killed. while he helped destroy evidence of the crime, while he hired a vehicle and helped take the trunk to the dock from which it was dumped, still it was a ma known to him as Paul Lund who killed Llnd. Bartholomew's Finances Bronrkt I Lund had borrowed some money of Lina the day Derore at Blasters saloon. runs tne story ot .Bartholomew, told by his counsel, and visited Llnd at his rooms with the demand that he Kl- him more money and a place to stay. Killing: Lina upon nis refusal. One bit of circumstantial evidence referred to by Mr. Collier was an al leged admission by Bartholomew that he had only 17 or $8 five weeks prior to the murder; that the worked none In the interim, but after the murder was able to travel all over the United States, fleeing from the authorities. The state contends that the motive was robbery; that Llnd had about $250 on his person.and might have been sus pected to have had more of $6000 he was known to have on deposit la a San Francisco bank. Stable Men Identify Prisoner. George S. Edmonstone, the civil en gineer who drew the plan ot the house where the murder was cotnmltteed, by means of which the crime is to be ex plained to the Jury, was the first wit ness. He identified this and in corrob oration. Mrs. Anna de Corsey, landlady of 407 Stark street, was placed on the stand. She will be recalled in a later phase of the case, as sne is one of the most important witnesses for the state. George K. Howitt, manager of the stables from which the wagon which took the trunk to the river was hired, and S. O. Vlckers, an employe of the stables, both identified Bartholomew as the man who had hired the convey ance, and who had signed their regis ter, as "Ed Hopkins." Bartholomew's confession to his part In the crime ad mitted, the hiring of this vehicle. Women Among Spectators. E. F. Smith. Deputy Coroner, testi fied to the nature of the injury to Llnd, both from observation at the time the body was found and from exam ination made December 16, 1916, when the body was exhumed. He thought the blow had been struck by a large, heavy instrument. Barthol omew was reported by Mr. White as saying that Llnd was killed by a. blunt Instrument Lund took from his sleeve or about his sleeve. Tbo state contends that a baseball bat found in the base ment of the house was the murder in strument. Stains on this have been identified as human blood, according to Mr. Collier. There were many women among the spectators yesterday. The trial will enter its second day at 9:30 this morn lng. The prosecution may conclude Its case by nightfall. 1 .lodge to Dedicate Hall. ABERDEEN. Wash.. Jan. 2. (Spe cial.) The new Knights of Pythias home at Montesano. recently pur chased by Ivanhoe Lodge of . that city, will be dedicated Friday night with ceremonies including a public instal lation of new officers. Among the prominent guests who will participate In the exercises are Grand Chancellor F. W. Loomls. 6f Aberdeen, and Past Grand Chancellor Claris Savage, of Olympla. Read The Oresoiiaa classified ads. tik. &iw Arrow Shirts at Semi-Annual Reductions All $1.50 Shirts S1.15 All $2.00 Shirts S1.35 All $2.50-$3.00 Shirts SI. 95 All $3.50-$4.00 Shirts S2.85 All $5.00 Shirts S3.85 All $6.00 Shirts. .... -S4.45 Plain White Excepted Sam'l Rosenblatt 6f Co. The Home of the Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes Portland's Largest i Southeast Corner Exclusive Men's Store Fifth and Alder Sts. COURT WINS FEE CASE PAYMEXT OF" $15,022 TO J. B. COF FEY HELD f NECE S S A II Y. Orctoo Supreme Court Sustains Dt- murrer of Multnomah Commis sioners la Mandamus Suit. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) Chief Justice Moore, In the Supreme Court, today sustained a demurrer In the mandamui proceedings of State ex rel John B. Coffey. ex-County Clerk of Multnomah County against Multnomah County and the Multnomah .County Court, and held that the court is not compelled to turn over to Mr. Coffey, as County Clerk. $15,322.43. which was deposited, with the American Bank & Trust Company by F. S. Fields, ex-County Clerk, as excess litigants' fees. The bank failed and Mr. Fields was unable to turn the money over to his successor. A tax was levied by the County Court to meet the loss, as pro vided by an act of the Legislature of 1916, and in November. 1916, Mr. Coffey demanded in writing that the County Commissioners pass an order directing the Issuance of a warrant on the gen eral fund for the amount payable to the Clerk. The Commissioners refused on the grounds that no efficient means had been provided by law whereby such credit could be allowed. It is held by the court, in effect, that a strict construction of the statute of 1916 shows that the act falls to direct the County Court to Issue a warrant In favor of tho Clerk or to deposit the money in some reputable bank. If the statute had so directed, the Court holds, the Clerk could ha.vo been le gally charred with the money and might disburse It as provided by statute. But the demurrer confesses that the deficiency in the litigants' fund has been made good by the County Court as an available asset, by levying and collecting a. tax for that purpose, "and this being so no -mandatory writ ! necessary to compel a performance of that duty which already has been dis charged." The only other opinion today was in the case, of the Outcault Advertising Company against John Brooks, appealed from Marlon County, a petition tor re hearing belntr denied. PRESIDING JUDGE SITS JUDGE OATEXBEIV ASSIGTVS SEVEN TRIALS AVD HEARS H0TI05S. Credit System Adopted for Courts, Full Day's Work Being Recorded if Judge la Busy Two Hours. The presiding judge system, that has been in disuse in Circuit Court depart ments here for four years, was yester day put Into operation again. So sat isfactory does It promise to be that Judge Gantenbeln, who acts as presid ing Judge for the first six months, said that the taxpayers probably would save $7000 by June 1. Judge Gantenbeln yesterday assigned two court trials, five Jury trials and disposed of 26 motions and demurrers. He personally takes charge of motions and demurrers, ex parte criminal mat ters and default divorce cases. To the other Circuit Judges he assigns all other cases, equalizing the work. He also has charge of the grand Jury. Credit for a full day's work will be given each Judge if he sits for at least two hours. The number of days each Judge sits will be noted and rcfords kept. BAKER TO HOLD UP BILLS Only Compulsory Expenses to Be Met Before Taxes Come In. BAKER, Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) Be cause of the state-wide limitation amendment the Baker County Court will allow no bills aside trom salaries, witness fees and those expenditures that are made compulsory by Supreme Court rulings, until the taxes begin to come in. according to Judge J. B. Mes sick today. This amendment, said Judge Messick, handicaps the county Here's a few interesting bargains we have assembled together for your buying this week : Special Sale of Cooper's $1.50 Fleece-Lined Union Suits $1.15 These are all first quality goods, good Winter weight, nice soft fleece; ecru only. Special Sale. of Cooper's $2.00 Balbriggan Union Suits S1.50 These garments are fine-gauge Balbriggan, .Winter weight, made of Egyptian yarnj ecru only. Special Sale of Cooper's Wool-Mixed and White, Wool Union Suits, $3.00 and $3.50 Grades at S2.35 50c Neckwear, Special 35, 3 for S1.00 This sale "includes all our fancy patterns in 50c Four-in-Hand Neckwear. to such an extent that hills cannot be allowed until about March 1. County Judfte Messick and Commis sioners J. L. Dodson and J. P. Rltter have been allowed until January 20 to file answer to the mandamus proceed ings brought by C. IL McColloch. attor ney for the widow who are seeking to collect pensions from the county. INDIANS MEET IN COUNCIL Some Vmatllla Full bloods Allotment Flans. Oppose PENDLETON. Or, Jan. 3. (Special.) Several hundred Indians gathered in council today to discuss the proposl tion of allotting the 75,000 acres of tribal lands on the Umatilla Indian reservation among the children of the present allottees. Neither of the two petitions, one for and one against the proposition, have been signed as yet. as sentiment seems to be divided. Most of the mixed bloods and some of the fullbloods favor the plan. Several fullbloods said to be headed by Captain Sumpkin and Poker Jim are opposed espeecially to making any allotments to mixed blood children. There are at present about B00 full blood and 600 mixed bloods listed on the reservation. TOURIST BODY TO MEET Session to Take Tp Means for Ad vertising Scenic Wonders. Directors of the Northwest Tourist Association, which contemplates a big co-operative advertising campaign for the scenio attractions of the entire Northwest, will meet in Portland Sat urday afternoon at 3 o'clock in the green room of the Chamber of Com merce. The meeting will be open to all Interested. Seattle, Tacoma. Victoria and Van couver. B. C, Eugene. Medford. Hood River, Klamath Falls and other Ore gon cities will be represented at the meeting. - One of the points to be considered Saturday will bo Oregon's campaign before the Legislature to provide funds for her share of the work. LIQUOR SOLD TO OFFICER Chler of Police of Pendleton Gets Kvldence at First Hand. PENDLETON. Or., Jan. t. (Special.) Jack Archer paid a $100 fine today and will serve 30 days in Jail for selling liquor to Chief of Police Tom Gurdane last night. Chief Gurdane rented a room next to Archer's at a boarding house and negotiated for the purchase of a half gallon Jug of whisky for $12. After the transaction Chief Gurdane arrested the man. telling him he was a Government man. He was much sur prised this morning in police court to learn that he had sold liquor to the Chief of Police. It is said that Archer has been receiving shipments in several different towns of the county. CHINOOK MELTING SNOW Some Parts of "Umatilla, However, Are Still Covered. PENDLETON. Or Jan. 3 (Special.) A Chinook and warm rain have al most entirely melted the snow In Pen dleton. A heavy snow fell in the mountains and the east and north ends of Umatilla. County were visited with a hard wind storm yesterday. Rail traffic near Athena was tied up by a snowdrift. It is reported from Adams that the highways are plied five and six feet with snow in some places. At Meach am and Kamela a heavy snow fell and a toot of enow has fallen at UkiaH since yesterday. POLICE CHIEF APPOINTED Vace Grant Appointed by Astoria City Council. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 2. (Special.) At the meeting ot the Council tonight Naee Grant was appointed Chief of Police, succeeding E. M. Houghton, m ho has been chief about four years. Mayor Harley advocated passage of an ordinance compelling applicants for positions on the police force or fire department- to tako competitive exam inations. OREGON CITY TO FIGHT PREPARATIONS MADE3 TO OPPOSH OSWEGO MERGER PLANS, County Court 'Will Be Asked to Provide Road Improvement That Now Causes Feeling. OREGON CITY. Or.. Jan. 2 (Spe cial) The Live Wires of the Oregon City Commercial Club at their weekly luncheon today laid plans for a vigor ous fight against the proposal for the annexation of 13 square miles of terri tory in the Oswego district, including the town of Oswego Itself, to Multno mah County. The fight will be carried to the coming Legislature. It was openly charged at the meeting today -that the Oregon Iron & Steel Company, through its attorney, A. King Wilson, Mayor of Oswego, Is primarily behind the annexation movement. To combat the assertion that the Pa cific Highway on the west side of the Willamette running through Oswego has not received a reasonable amount of improvement, the Commercial Club has arranged for a conference with the County Court at 10 o'clock next Friday morning, at which time an effort will be made to obtain from the court some definite assurance that the road from Oswego to the Multnomah County line would be improved this year. Roadmaster Roots said today that well-matured plans were under way for the improvement of the Oswego road, that a. rock crusher had been set up near the town and that it had been planned to make a definite and extend ed improvement in that section this y.ear. County JVidge Anderson, however, feels that the County Court has been Improperly approached by some of tbo annexation advocates. The Live Wires export to be able to harmonize some of the feeling that has been engendered over the hlirhwav situation, and to secure such assurances as will give the Oswego territory such improvement that it Is Justly en titled to, but without i-rlppllng the road plans for 1317 in other sections of tbo county. It was stated at the meeting today that it is also proposed to annex about 11 square miles of Washington County's area to Multnomah. Roseburg Churches Advertislns. ROSEBURG. Or.. Jan. 2. (Special.) As a noveltv in connection with con. dusting the local churches, the sSveral pastors or the city, on each fifth Sun day, will exchange pulpits. The plan was put into operation last Sunday, and was pronounced a decided success. All of the churches reported big con gregations. Varying from their prac tice in the pant, the Roseburg churches re now carrying paid advertisements In the local newanapers announcing their services and all special features. Mother-Made, Quick X t- "Acting Cough Syrup J 4. Should be Kept Handy ia Every 4 Hornet Easily Prepared nA J h Costa Little. 7 Mothers, you'll never know what you are missing until vou make up this in expensive, quick-actinc cousH syrup and try it. Children love its pleasant taste and nothing else will loosen a couch or chest cold and heal the inflamed or swollen throat membranes with such ease and promptness. It's equally aa good for grown-ups as for children. This splendid couch svrup is made bv pouring 2Vi ounces of Pinex (50 cent worth), into a pint bottle and filline th bottle with plain granulated sugas syrup. This cives you a full pint 1 familv supply of much brttor couc' remedy than vou could bur ready-made) for $2.50 a clear saving ul $2. The moment it touches the inflamed", cold-congested membranes that line th throat and air passages, the healing be- fins, tho phlegm loosens, soreness eaves, cough spasms lessen and soon disappear altogether, thus ending a, cough quicker than you ever thought possible. Hoarseness and ordinary coughs are conquered by it in 24 hours or less. Excellent for bronchitis, whoop ing cough, spasmodic croup, bronchial asthma or winter coughs. Pinex is a highly concentrated eom pound of genuine Norway pine extract, combined with guaiaenl and is famous the world over for its quick healinft effect on the membranes. Beware of substitutes. Ask yous druggist for "2 ounces of Pinex" witb directions and don't accept - anything else. Guaranteed to give absolute satis faction or money refunded. The Pine Co., ft. Wayne, Ind,