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THE 3IORXIXG OREGOMAX. 1VEDXESDAY. AUGUST 13, 1919. 11 PRICES AT PUBLIC MMET ARE SCORED Mayor Told Profiteers Are Op erating on Yamhill. ACTION WILL BE TAKEN Mr. Baker Declares He Is in Favor of Going to Hat if Market Can - ; Be Used Against Costs. Criticism of the public market and its maintenance of high prices of food etuffs is contained in a letter to Mayor Baker and sigrned by Grant Thomas, a realty dealer with offices in the Fenton building. Mayor Baker has referred the communication to Commissioner BIrcIow for action, suprfcesting that he t the mayor) is in favor of "groins to bat" if the market can be made a weapon against the hish cost of living. In his letter to the mayor, Mr. Thomas points out prices that are charged for i-orn and refers to his own garden, ield as indicating what the growers receive an ac-e for their product. Hon ey, also, is fpecified as one of the com modities for which prices are too high, 7and Mr. Thomas asks if the bees are '"beiriff paid overtime for collecting sweetness from (rod's flowers.' Producer Charge Too Much. "With wholesale prices fco hi??h, nat urally retail prices are oing to be high," said Commissioner Bigelow yes terday, referring to Mr. Thomas letter. "Not a day passes that the marketmas ter does not go after some producer for marking goods too high. Frequently 1 go throuth the market with the mar ket master, and those who are found to be exceeding the maximum posted on the bulletin board are required to lower prices. The producer not only is wel come to sell for less than the maximum on the bulletin board, but he is encour aged to do so. "As long as wheat is $2.20 or $2.30 a bushel and shoes sell from $12 to $14 a pair, with all kinds of manufactured articles so high and labor correspond ingly so, you'll find market prices are bound to be high. There is no reason to expect articles to sell as cheaply as formerly. Corn at AH Prices Offered. Mr. Bigelow explained that corn In the public market can be purchased from la cents a dozen up to 50 cents, though the cheaper commodity is s m a 1 1 e r. Following is Mayor Baker's letter to Mr. Bigelow, containing the enclosure: "I am enclosing a IctUr from Mr. Grant Thfiniia regarding" the pubti market. The information cuntiiiii'-ii in this tomniunicH. tion corre.wpomlfl with com pia ints made by others, ami I heli- ve you should take up thu su h j ec t and see what ra n be worked out. It the public market can be made a weapon in the fight iiRainst the present high i-rices, 1 am in favor of going to the bat " Mr. Thomas letter to Mayor Baker follows: "I most heartily command your efforts to rolve sioiiif; of our hipli cost of livins prob lems and would liko to fupg'! a first point of attack on Yamhill street, where you can persona ' ly observe some prof i teerlng thct HHiotmin alnnpt to crime. Note the corn that you have to pay cents an ear, or ."in ctnts a Dozen for ; and tak it 'as it comes.' not allowed to select the ears, and sec what is iu your bag when you get home. ."Now, is Hoc a dozen for hnrno-prown corn a folr prie ? I have a li'tle home garden of my own, and last year gathered HO dozen f ; r s of yel low ban ta in corn off a Jittl less than 1 -rot h of an ho re. 1 am a bum ama teur pardener. ar.d if 1 can get i dozen fciirs off my little plat. T .submit expert gardeners are raising eunuch corn per acr1 po that -T cnt per dozen should yield them a handsome return for their work. It's the Mm with ory hing else in the way of v-gerabie t lit re. .lust try it out and m what, a little handful of anything you ' et for a niekl. and figure out what that m'-ang in the way of returns per acre, with the city providing Mailt for vending places at rurly nominal rental for the supposed benefit of th- consu-ner. "And honey! Have you noticed the prioe nf honey? We upd to get it at 1 .3 pouts a f la ke. two for -" cms. Now it is ;i0 and ( cents a flake. Are the hers get ting double pa y for ovrrtlme for storing p for our use the sweetness they gather from God's flowers? "Start at Yam hi 11. There is Fomething radically wrong tin-re, and you can get ac tion right o;f the bat." VAXCOIVKK WILL INVESTIGATE Ex-Admin iM rat or of Food Asked to Appoint Committee. VANTOrVER. Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe cials tieorpe B. Simpson, local attor ney and formerly county food adminis trator, has been asked by Attorney General Palmer to appoint a "fair price" committee to invest iate the re tail market in Vancouver. The com mittee will include a retail procer. a dry goods man. a represent at i ve of the producers, a member of organized labor and a housewife. A list of fair prices is to be pub lished. Any evidence of food hoarding or other law violations will be reported to the attorney-Keneral. from women who were unable to pro test as forcibly against the alleged fraud as men purchasers and who ob viously were imposed upon. District Attorney Evans formally of fered Food Commissioner Mickle last night the assistance of his office to any degree desired in the. prosecution of similar cases of alleged petty prof iteering. He believes the definition of "adulterated" in the state laws can be applied quite extensively, and is willing to assist as much as possible in en forcing the law against dishonest mer chants. "In the present campaign to curb profiteering," he said, "officials of the state of Oregon are practically exclud ed by the fact that we have no legisla tion bearing directly upon this evil, but we can at least insist that articles at whatever prices they are sold shall be pure, full weight, and ehall be through out what they appear to be." DEVIHE BIT BOLSHEVISTIC NEW YORK EDUCATOR SEES SOME GOOD IX SOVIET. FRUIT HELD CflMOUFUEEB FAXCY GOODS DECLARED USED TO SELL IS.OTTEX STIFF. Professor -Xot Qute Sure That Amer ican Voting System Is. Last Word in Democracy." ABERDEEN', Wash.. Aug. 12. (Spe cial.) "I am not sure that the system ff votiner by election districts is the last word in democracy," said Dr. Ed ward T. Devine, Columbia university professor and consultant of the north west division of the Red Cross, in an address here Sunday. "I am not sure that the Russian so viet plan of representation by occupa tion is not a better plan. We may find it better in the future to send a teach er to the legislature to represent teach ers, a banker to represent bankers, a carpenter to represent carpenters, and so on. In other words, representation by occupation rather than by fteo graphical districts may prove better." Dr. Devine, who was In Russia dur ing tlte revolution, spoke of the bol- KhAi'ilt i a a "nhnnvlnins" anH he would be their bitter foe were he in ' Russia. He spoke of the soviet as a sort of town meetinje, and of Russia as a country so vast and of such varied views that it was impossible for any man to understand it. Dr. Devine called the present the "era. of reconstruction." and predicted that many changes wyild be gradually worked out that would better the coun try socially, economically and politi cal 1 v. "It is inevitable that America must profit by the awakening of a civic sense," he taid. "There is' plenty of room for change. For instance, I can conceive of a presidential cabinet com posed of 20 secretaries instead or tne present number. We could easily add to the number secretaries of education J and of public health. LOOKOUT TALKS BY RADIO Telephone Conversation From Top of Mount Hood Is Heard. The wireless telephone on the top of Mount Hood works successfully. A con versa t ion was carried on Satur day by Klijah Coalman, forest service lookout on the sunfmit of the moun tain, and Clay M. Allen, district tele phone engrineer for the forest service, who was at the other end of the "line" in Government Camp, eirht miles away and more than a mile below. A report of this achievement was brought by M. Allen to District For ester Cecil yesterday. Further experi ments are to be conducted. The re ceiving: set at the lower level will be moved about to determine the most advantageous location for it-. There is no longer any doubt as to the prac ticability and efficacy of the wire less telephone for reporting1 fires from the Mount Hood lookout station. The experiment station was simply a con firmation of similar tests that had been made with the same apparatus in Portland. Suit Started to Test Oregon Law to Fraud Reported to Be Very Common In Portland. One of the common methods of profiteering with which a 1" Portland housewives who do their own market ing are familiar can be found in the imposing1 piles of fruit or vece tables lielterinK culls and dwarfs in the rear with which the tradesmen often fill the bape. Another is the camouflaged fruit basket, with a top layer of luscious peaches, pears or whatever it mny be safely h'dinar one or two layers underneath of third-rate fruit. To discourage these practices and if possible stamp them out a test case has been prepared by I eputy T ist rict Attorney Dempsey. which resul ted in the issuance of warrants yesterday against Mayo & Hasson. proorietors of the Liberty Market. Fifth and Yamhill streets, who have been accused of such profiteering:. Tho action is based on the Oregon state law coverlns: adu Iterated foods, which defines adulteration among other thinps as making food "appear better or of greater value than it really is." C amotiflagine rotten fruit by tne means described, so that the purchaser does not pet th value implied for money spent, is held h violation of this law. K. I Melton, df-putv state food com missioner, is complainant, the specific act charcd being- the sale of a boy of peaches to a young1 man which proved to be edible fruit only on-thi top, exposed layer. J. 1. Mickle. food and dairy commissioner, reported that scores of complaints reach his office every week from people asserting they have been "stung" by profiteering: fruit and vegetable merchants. The district attorney's office has're ceived many such complaints, chiefly PROJECT WILL BE PUSHED Equipment for Work on Tcel ExJen sion I Practically Keady. Kt'HO, Or.. A-.ic. 12. (Special.) The ".-..(ice-font sawmill which will cut timher for conslruction work on the n.w extension of the Teei pioject is ready for operation and will start next wtf-k on flume timbris. The mill is ei'.ht miles east of Albee and a new road has been built to it from that tow n, plumber for camp buildinars now is beinir sawed and half a dozen houses for men already have been erected. At the north portal of the tunnel to Lo constructed 15 or 20 men now are employed. Work will start at the north portal within two weeks. Heavy ma chinery for the rock work will be on the cround shortly. Machinery for the main line is on the cars and construc tion work at all Points will be under way by September 1. DALLAS TO HAVE LEGION Movement Started for Organization oT Carl B. Fenton Post. SALKM, Or.. A up. 12. (Special.) At a meetinK of ex-service .men held at Dallas recently preliminary steps were taken toward orpanizing a post of the American Lefjion. Captain Walter Tooze presided at the meetinK. The post will be named for Carl B. Kenton, who died Pallas following nis return irom service in ranee. It is believed that tne post win nave a membership of about 250. All who sicn up prior to December 1 will be included in the charter list. Centralia Lad at Cobleni. CENTRALIA. Wash., Aur. 12. (Spe cial ) Kufus Brunton today received a letter from Ray McConnell. a Cen tralia boy who went to France in De cember, 1917. with company M. 161st in fantry. It was the first word received from the soldier in over a year, and fears had been entertained by his friends here that ho had paid the .upreme sacrifice in the world war. McConnell's letter was written at Cob Ipyi on July 22. A Delightful Mealtime Beverage to take the place of coffee INSTANT P0STUM No raise in price. Orders Taken for Engraving- of Invitations, Cards, Etc Stationery Dept., 1st Floor We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps With Purchases Amounting to 10c or More Filled Stamp Books Redeemed in Cash, 3d Floor Soda Fountain and Ice Cream Parlors in the Basement Shoe Shining Parlors in Basement Manicuring and Hair Dressing 2d Floor Best Butter At $1.30 Fourth Floor No deliveries except with other purchases made in the Grocery Department. CJ-j QA Glen wood Butter, 2 lbs. tJ-L.OU We give S. & H. Trading Stamps. The Standard Store of the Northwest Olds, Wortman & Kin. Reliable Merchandise Reliable Methods Take Lunch in Our Tea Room All foods are prepared in our own spotless kitchens under rijrid sanitary inspection. A pleasant place to meet your friends. Serv ice from 11:30 A. M. to 2:30 P. M. tore News of Todav Brief lv Told An Advertisement That Notes a Few of the Many Special Offerings Featured for Today's Selling Sale Notions, Small Wares Bargain Circle, Main Floor CROCHET.COTTON, A QP. DOZEX, WEDNESDAY OOt Bargain Circle, First Floor El gin Maid, a Perle Cotton for cro cheting, tatting and embroidery work. White and colors. OKn Priced special, the dozen OUL Hair Pin Cabinet, priced at 7 Spool Silk for hand or ma- f"T chine, Special Wednesday Defender Safety Pins, only 3$ Adamantine Pins, size 4 only; priced special per 1-lb. box 590 Regent Bias Fold, 7-yd. bolt 70 Lingerie Tape in light blue, pink and white; special, bolt 7 Cube Pins, jet only; cube 170 Dove Toilet Pins, package 40 Kid Curlers, special, dozen 1120 Child's Hose Supporters in all sizes', jasper only; at pair 100 Bone Hair Pins in shell and am ber colors; special, a box, at 100 Itsoezi Trouser Hangers 120 Tailors' Tapes priced special 40 Wire Hair Pins; all lengths 40 Table Cloths, Special $1.58 Linen Department, First Floor SPECIAL Mercerized Cotton Table Cloths with beautiful satin-finish. These cloths give good service and launder like linen. Choice Q- fTQ assortment of patterns; 58x58 inches. Limited number on sale -LJO Sale of Bleached Sheetings and Bath 1 owels Bleached Sheeting of good firm quality guaranteed to give most satisfactory service. Note prices: 81 inches wide at, the yard 750 72 inches wide at, the yard 700 Sinerle Bed Sheeting, yard 4S0 Heavy Twilled Toweling full bleached priced special, a yard 1:2 '2 0 Crash Toweling 757o linei 18 inches wide special, the yard 230 Linene PiV.ow Cases size 36x45 inches priced special at, each 390 Hemmed Diapers size 27x54 inches priced special, the dozen $2.50 Lingerie Nainsook put up 10 yards to the box priced special $2.95 Pure White Corded Athletic Bath Towels of generous thickness and good size. Only a limited quantity in this lot. Special, dozen, O 7 $4.25, or each at, only OOC Bath Mats, special, each 890 'Baby Week' The Infants' Shop on the Second Floor offers special low prices this week on many articles every baby has need for. Mothers are urged to attend this sale and reap the bene fit of the splendid savings. Experi enced salespeople to help you mak your selection. Dept., Second Floor. TODAY Basement Saving Sales --TODAY Low Shoes $2.48 Basement Women's White Canvas Pumps, Oxfords and. Shoes odd lines and small lots remaining from the season's active selling. Great many different styles, but not ail sizes in Values to $4.00. not all sizes in the lot. J0 A Q Special tD.'iO NewGeorgette Waists $4.98, $5.98 and $6.98 Basement Waists of exceptional quality at the prices we liave put upon them. Of excellent grade Georgette crepe in a wide range of the newest fall shades to go with fall suits and skirts. Many attractive styles with latest collars and trimming. Women who are about to buy new waists should see these at once. Basement Store Sale $4.98, .$5.98, $0.98 New Fiber Silk Sweaters Women's Cotton Hosiery Special 29c Pair Basement 1200 pairs Women's Cotton Hose underpriced for Wednesday. Double sole, reinforced heel and toe. Shown in black, white and in several popular colors. OQ Nearly all sizes. Priced special; pair "" Children's Hose 29c Basement Lay in a good supply of these for school days. Children's Stockings of good quality mill run slightly im- OQp nnrfprt. Kiy.ps R t.n 11. Knpcial: rjair Jf Women's Knit Vests 23c Union Suits, Special 65c Basement Women's Sleeveless Vests in assorted styles with plain or crochet edge. Also a special lot having wing sleeves. These are of good quality pure white cotton. Full range of OOp sizes. Priced special at J Basement Women's Summer weight Union Suits of ribbed white cotton. Low neck and sleeve less styles with cuff knee or lace trimmed knee. Sizes 34, 36 and 38 only. Basement Under- price Store special; a suit "tit For Fall Basement Very stylish and desir able are these new Sweaters of fiber silk. Women like them to slip on over the summer dress or to wear with sport skirt. Latest fall models, including belted and slip-over effects. Special at $6.95, $7.95, $10.00 Khaki Outing Apparel The Basement Garment Store fea tures a special showing and sale of Khaki Divided Skirts, Bloomers and Tidy-Alls splendid garments for outing wear. All sizes in the lot. I Toilet Paper f8pR$1.00 Basement No. telephone, C. O. D. or mail orders filled. Limit 18 rolls to any one customer. Good quality of crepe toilet paper, on sale Q"l f( J Wednesday at 18 rolls for wl.UU Men's Garters At 22c Basement This is the famous Bos ton "Never Bind" Garter known to hundreds of Portland men. Wide, elastic web; velvet grip; no 00 metal. All colors - a pair Men's Fiber Hose 3 Pairs SI Basement Men's Fiber Silk Hose in black and white. Full assortment of sizes. On sale Wedsday OP at3 pairs for $1.00: a pair 0JC MEN'S COTTON HOSE 200 pairs in a special offering. Black. Sizes 10V. 11, 11 2 pairs 250 Get the Basement Habit oale ot Corsets At $1.69 Basement Wednesday we shall again fea ture a wonderful special in Corsets that every woman should take advantage of. Many good styles, including two front-laced models in the Royal Worcester make. Oth ers in medium and low bust styles with back lacing. All sizes from 19 to C" flQ 30 in the lot. Basement Sale DJ-DJ Dainty Camisoles Special 59c Basemen t These are shown in several pretty styles trimmed with laces and rib bons. Flesh color material. Full assort ment of sizes to begin with, but come early. Basement Store Sale 59c Women's Tub Dresses Priced Cy OO Special $).70 Mr wsmmm )L.. ff.faZr Basement We consider these frocks good values at $6.50 and $7.50. Fresh, pretty styles for street and porch wear. Made up in dainty sheer voiles in neat figures, also plaid ginghams. Trimmed with white collars and cuffs. C?0 fXO Great many styles. Special 3O70 Women's Aprons Special $1.39 Basemen t Women's Aprons of good quality percale in plain pink, blue, green and lavender. Also checks and dark blue with neat figured designs. Coverall style, made large and full. Belt and Q- OQ pockets. On sale Wednesday 9J-0y Women's Handkerchiefs Special Six for 25c Basement Women's and Chil dren's Handkerchiefs in neat one corner embroidered effects with hemstitched edge. Particularly de sirable for school. These were con tracted for many months OC, ago, hence low price, 6 for JK l Odd Lines- Fancy Collars 25c Large Assortment of Popular Styles Basement For a quick clearaway of several hundred odd pieces of Women's Neckwear, out they go on the bargain table Wednesday at 250. Many of them were formerly marked at two or three times this price. Dainty styles, some trimmed with fine tucks, others with lace or in embroidered effects. Mostly white, but some have a OPT,, touch of color. On sale at SHOP EARLY! Basement Millinery Trimmed Hats, Only Women's, Misses' and Children's Trimmed Hats in a .sensational clearaway Wednesday in the Base ment Store. Imitation Panamas, Javas, Rough Straw Sailors, Out ing Hats also Basket Weave Hats for children. White and many different col ors, and a large assortment of popular styles. Hats in this sale formerly priced at $2.98, $3.98 and $4.98. On Q- ff sale Wednesday in Basement at D-LUv r Men's Coveralls $3 Suit Basement Underprice Store Basement Shipyard men and others who work about machinery will find these one-piece garments .very serviceable. Made of good strong denim in brown color. Sizes 40, 42, 44 and 46 only. On ac- OO (f count of slight defects we offer them Wednesday at, the suit 0Ol7v Men's Underwear 59c Basement Men's Balbriggan Underwear shirts and drawers in medium weight. These are nicely finished and well made. All regular CQ sizes. Priced special for Wednesday's selling at, the garment Children's Play Suits On Sale in Basement Special Fancy Striped Galatea Suits trimmed with plain colors; sizes 2, 4 and 6. Also Play Suits of striped blue twill; sizes 2 to 7. Good serviceable play gar ments for little fellows. Shop early in the day! Boys' Blouse Waists, Special at 79c Basement Extra special offering for Wednesday 50 dozen Children's French cuff styles. Ages 5 to 14 years: School Blouses in a large assortment of neat patterns and colors. 70 On sale Wednesday at -'-' Table Covers $2.25 Basement Very attractive and ex ceptional values at the price. Beau tiful drawn-work Table Covers in exquisite designs also many in embroidered effects. Size 47x47 inches. These make appropriate gifts and are ine,xpen- CJO OC sive. Basement special DiJ Men's Shirts $1.48 Basement Shirts in this sale worth $2.00 and $2.50 of any man's money! Percale and mad ras materials. Soft or stiff cuffs. Striped patterns. Spe- Q- JO cially priced at, only 0-LtcO Basement Sale of Housekeepers' Needs Odd Pairs of dv? .Q .Jlw Thousands of Towels Curtains, Sale S AW?fHwK A T "Po Basement Wednesday morning the Basement Domestic Section will place on sale 132 pairs of soiled and mussed curtains at the above low price. Swiss, scrim, mar quisette and fancy net materials. No tele- Q? fQ phone orders accepted. While they last; pair 3v)7 Bleached Sheets Special at $1.29 Basement Bleached Sheets of good quality, reinforced with seam in center. Size 72x90 inches. No Q" )Q telephone or C. 0. D. orders. Priced special J.i-'U BLEACHED MUSLIN 36 inches wide and Os good grade. No phone or C. O. D. orders; yard Bath Towels and Huck Towels in all wanted sizes and grades for homes, hotels and rooming houses. Peo ple in need of new supplies will save by coming here. Bed Spreads $2.29 Basement Extra large size Spreads for double bed. Medium weight. Attractive patterns. No telephone or C. O. D. orders accepted for these spreads. QO QQ Wednesday special in the Basement Store DiJ Pillow Cases at 38c Basement 45x36-Inch Pillow Cases of good quality bleached muslin. No telephone or C. O. D. or- QQy ders accepted. Priced special Wednesday, at OOv