Morning Oregonian., August 21, 1919, Page 7, Image 7

THE MORXTXG OREGOMAX, TnTJRSDAY, " AUGUST 21, 1919.
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STATE REDUCES
v BURLESON RATES
Public Service Commission
, Makes Public New Ruling.
PACIFIC LINES UNAFFECTED
Practically 300 Telephone Compan
ies In Oregon Mint Conform to
New Schedule Sept. 1.
SALEM. Or.. Aug;. !. (Special)
Reductions in the cost of telephone
service connections and moving charges
contained in the so-called Uurleson
order now in effect throughout the
state are made In an order Issued here
late today by tiie Public Service com
mission. Practically 300 telephone
companies in Oregon, including all of
those with the exception of the Pacific
Telephone A Telegraph company and
Ita constituent concerns are affected
by the new ruling.
For complete establishment of indl
Tidual or party-line service In ex
changes with 1000 or more company
stations the charge has been fixed at
13 while at exrhanges with less than
10O0 company stations a charge of 92.51
has been assessed. This is a reduction
of $1 as compared with the Burleson
schedule.
ew Rates Tarylas;-
For each extension station connected
with any class of telephone service in
exchanges with 1000 or more stations.
the charge has been placed at 92. as
against 93. 0 under the Burleson order.
In exchanges with less than 1000 com
pany stations the charge has been re
duced to 91. SO. or a reduction of 93
when compared with the preset.
' schedule.
For each trunk line connecting a pri
vate branch exchange with a central
office and for each telephone, except
operators' telephone sets, connected to
the private brinrh exchange, in ex
changes with looo or more company
stations, the present charge of 93. SO
will continue. In exchanges with less
than I00 company stations the charge
bas been reduced to 92 50.
Msvlag mt Pheaea Graded.
For establishment of service by the
vse of instrumentalities already in
place upon the subscribers' premises,
and where no change is made in the
type or location of these Instrumental!
tie, to rflvr directory, switchboard.
and circuit expense on each line the
charge has been fixed at 91. as against
I he present cost of 91.50. It is made
plain that service connection charges
t- re not to apply to service stations or
switching service.
For moving a telephone from on
location to another In the same room
there will be a charge of 91. agains
approximately 93 at present. For mov
lng a telephone from one location to
another in the same building, but not
in the same room, the charge is fixed
at 92. while for moving any othe
equipment or wiring from one location
to another in the same Building th
charge is to be based upon the cost of
labor and materials.
For changes in type of telephon
sets the charge will be 91. as compare
with 93 under the Burleson rate. For
other changes in equipment or wiring
a charge shall be made based upon the
cost of labor and material.
Rallag Effective September 1.
In Issuing today's order the commis
sion also bad in mind the protection
of the permanent telephone user
against the person who frequently
changes the location of his Instrument
and thereby creates an expense whict
must be borne by all subscribers in
common.
"Large numbers of subscribers are
more or less of a transient character
and do not retain service in one loca
lion." said a member of the commiS'
sion. "and for thia and other reasons a
demand is produced for frequent dis
connection, change and re-establish'
ment of service. Without some method
of assessing the expenses and losses
involved in these transactions against
the individual subscriber in measure as
each is responsible, they become a com
mon burden against all patrons to the
detriment of the substantial perma
nent subscribers and to the unjust ad
vantage of "Short-term and less stable
users of the service."
Proceedings looking toward the re
duction of service and connection
charges were instituted by the com
mission upon Its own motion and the
new order will become effective Sep
tember 1. 1S19.
COUNTY OFFICERS TO MEET
Two State Conventions Are to Be
Held Simultaneously.
HOOD RIVER. Or.. Aug. 20. Spe
ciaL) Jasper Wickham, Hood River
county assessor and president of the
Oregon State Assessors' association, has
just received word from Rufus C. Hoi
man, Multnomah county commissioner
and president of the Oregon commis
sioners' organization, announcing that
a convention of county officers, includ
ing county Judges. commissioners.
assessors, clerks, district attorneys and
surveyors, will be held in Portland
September 11, 12 and 13.
Simultaneously, according to Mr.
Holman's letter, commissioners of
Washington will meet at Vancouver.
and plans have been arranged for a
consolidation of work and entertain
ment of the two state gatherings.
E TO
FIGHT BATTLE ALONE
Intervenors in Fruit Freight
Rate Case Barred.
PROPOSED LIFT PROTESTED
Advance of 25 Per Cent Contem
plated by Railway Administra
tion Held Blow to Northwest.
OLTMPIA. Wash., Aug;. 20. (Spe
cial.) As a result of notification tele
graphed to the Washington public
service commission today by the in
terstate commerce commission. Ore
gon and Washington will not be able to
appear as Intervenors supporting
Idaho's protest against imposition of
a 25 per cent increase in freight rates
on apples and green fruits.
Lnder interstate commerce commis
sion rules of procedure an intervenor
may not broaden the issues nor add
other defendants. The Washington
commission had added all privately
owned railroads in this state and Ore
gon to federally administered roads
represented by Director-General Hines.
A similar course was Intended by the
Oregon commission, supplementary to
the Idaho complaint, which is directed
solely against the roads under ad
ministration control.
Following a long-distance conference
with J. O. Bailey, assistant attorney
general of Oregon in charge of the
apple rate complaint In that state, the
ashington commission decided to ask
permission of the interstate commerce
commission to consolldateits case with
the Idaho complaint, the Oregon com
mission to adopt the same tactics, in
order that complaints of both states
might be considered before the ship
ping season is ended.
Diaerlmlnatioa Is Charged.
The essence of the Washington
rotest against imposing the 25 per
ent freight Increase upon northwest
fruits this year is that it constitutes
discrimination -against shippers of
Washington. Oregon and Idaho be
cause of the vastly greater distance
orthwestern fruit has to be handled
to reach the eastern markets in com
petition with other sections of the
nlted States, 1th the proposed in-
rease the regular rate or 91 per
undred pounds on apples from the
northwest would advance to 91.25, while
he freight increase on apples from a i
less remote section enjoying a 50-cent
rate would amount to 12 cents.
Last year a conference of commis
sioners from the three northwestern
apple states at Portland resulted In a
limitation of the feight Increase to 10
cents, which saved apple-growers 91,
000.000 in freight costs. This limita
tion expired May 31. 1919, and the in
dicated intention of the railroad ad
ministration this rear is to exact the
full 25 per cent increase.
. Idaho Growers Handicapped.
The Idaho complaint protests that
uch action will put apple growers
of that state out of eastern fruit mar
kets. Evidence on the Idaho com
plaint will be taken by the interstate
con.merce commission at Boise Septem
ber 9.
In conjunction with Oregon the pub
lic service commission will protest
against application of a 25 per cent
increase in freight rates on apples and
green fruits, as ordered by the federal
railroad administration last year. At
that time the increase was modified to
10 per cent, but the federal administra
tion proposes this year to charge the
full Increase, which would place north
west fruit under a serious handicap in
eastern markets on account of the
higher ratio of freight cost due to the
longer haul.
WIVES OF LOGGERS UNITE
Xew Auxiliary Is Indorsed by Men
and Locals Grow Rapidly.
SPOKANE, Aug.. 20. Announcement
that the Ladies' Loyal Legion,
Three Ls," has been organized
throughout the inland empire lumber
district as an adjunct to the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen,
and has been officially recognized by
the parent organization, was made to
day by the district office of the "Four
Ls."
The auxiliary now embraces 18 locals
in northern Idaho and eastern Washington.
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Editor Charged With Hurling
Slurs at Legion Camp.
RETRACTION IS REFUSED
ToerI Terms War on .Slackers Only
"Dog Day Propaganda;" Firms Be
gin to Withdraw Advertising.
GIRLS TO VOTE ON WAGE
Telephone Operators Take Refer
endum on Xew Scale Proposed.
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 20. Seattle
telephone girls meet tomorrow night
to take a referendum vote on the ques
tion of accepting or rejecting a pro
posed new coast-wide wage agreement
with the Pacific Telephone c . Tele
graph company.
They are acting on a request of their
international union officials.
Spokane Elks Send Delegates.
SPOKANE. Wash., Aug. 20. Spokane
Elks will be represented in the state
convention which opens in Yakima to
morrow by a delegation of more than
20 members who expected to leave for
the convention city by train tonight
or tomorrow. Plans to eo bv automo
bile were abandoned because of the f
breakdown of the Vantage ferry.
ASTORIA, Or.. Aug. 20. (Special.)
War has been declared by Clatsop
camp, American Legion, of this city
against the Toveri, an Astoria Finnish
daily, and today a committee was ap
pointed by the legion to urge all loyal
Astorians to withdraw their patronage
rrom tne Finnish publication. The rea
son lor the request is the papers
averred hostile attitude toward the
legion and all ex-service men and the
alleged unpatriotic utterances, appear
ing its columns.
A few days ago the Toveri published
an article in Finnish which, the legion's
interpreter said, declared the legion
did not represent the ex-service men.
but was merely a "chamber of com
merce organization" and that the cam
paign it is waging against slackers is
only "dog-day propaganda."
Attack on Legion Charged,
A committee from the legion called
on W. N. Reivo, editor of the Toveri.
and submitted a retraction of the arti
cle in question, which the committee
asked to be published. This Reivo re
fused to do and members of the com
mittee aver that Reivo added: "I don't
believe the American Legion is repre
sentative of the ex-service men. because
an I. W. W. told me it was not. Of the
1700 county veterans only a few have
Joined this chamber of commerce or
ganization."
In a signed statement published this
afternoon, Reivo denies making the
statements attributed to him and as
serts he has not attacked the legion.
He, however, still refuses to publish
the retraction of the original article,
except as a communication from the
committee and with the right to com
ment on it. Officers of the legion say
several Astoria firms have withdrawn
their advertising from the Toveri in
compliance with the committee's re
quest and that the campaign against
the Finnish publication is to be prose
cuted vigorously.
Continuing its active campaign against
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mal demand upon the Union Fisher
men's Co-operative Packing company
that it immediately discharge Hannes
Huttula. its chief accountant.
The manager of the packing com
pany had informed the camp that Hut
tula will be discharged as soon as the
work in connection with the present
fishing season is completed, probably
about September 15. The camp, how
ever, was not satisfied, holding that
an example must be made of some of
tha slackers, so that the others will
be compelled to leave the country.
Citizenship, was denied Huttula two
vears ago because he said he would
not take up arms in defense of America,
LOGGER RAPS CONGRESS
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lackers, Clatsop camp has made a for-
Failure .. of Wartime Spruce Pro
gramme Traced to Washington.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) "If the spruce investigators go
far enough with their investigations,
they will find that the faults of the
wartime spruce programme lie in the
lack of good laws governing it," de
clared Alex Poison, leading Grays Har
bor logger and one of the big pro
ducers of spruce here during the war.
"In other words," said Mr. Poison,
"the fault lay with congress and not
with the lumbermen. If our congress
men would pay more attention to re-
pealing obsolete code laws and to pass
ing humane laws governing privates in
the military service, and work for the
league of nations they would be doing
things worth while.
"Further, if the league of nations
covenant were signed, with all civilized
nations calling upon Mexico to clean
house, there would be no need to fear
war in that quarter. How are we go
ing to ask our young men to go to
Mexico in the event of war after the
brutal showing that has been made by
some of our officers In France?"
TENINO BOY, 19, DROWNS
Lumber Worker Falls rrom Log and
Is Unable to Swim.
CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 20. (Spe
cial.) Pearl Wallace, aged 19 years,
employed by the Mutual Lumber com
pany in Tenino, drowned in the com
pany's pond yesterday when he fell
from a log. He could not swim. The
body was recovered ten minutes later,
but efforts to revive Wallace were
fruitless. The body was removed to
the Sticklin parlors in this city pend-
ng funeral arrangements.
The victim is survived by his parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Wallace of Fros
ser, and a brother and sister.
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FURS
A Fur Sale Unequaled Reductions SO$' to :50!
Liebes' own ships pay regular visits to
our many trading: stations where trap
pers bring; their raw furs. The frozen
north gives you the richest, glossiest
furs the best and most desirable of all
furs and Liebes spare no effort to
bring them to you.
The Largest and Choicest Assortment of Furs in the Northwest
Authentic New York and Paris Styles
Each day brings forth new models from our workroom, keeping the stock up to the moment in styles and1
continually adding interest to this greatest of fur sales.
A PARTIAL LIST OF THE SALE ITEMS IS BELOW
EVERY DESIRABLE KIND AND STYLE OF FUR IS INCL UDED:
The Liebes' Annual Summer Sale closes
with the last trading day in August. Just
eight days left in which to make your
selection and the exceptional saving this
event affords. Do not hesitate a pur
chase of furs from a house like Liebes'
is an important investment in these times.
Kolinsky Stoles
Prices after August. $60.00 to $135.00
Sale prices $48.00 to $108.00
Kolinsky Capes
Prices after August. $375.00 to $725.00
Sale prices $300 to $580.00
Hudson Seal Coatees
Trices after August. $200.00 to $525.00
Sale prices $150.00 to $393.75
Squirrel Neckpieces
Prices after August. $25.00 to $250.00
Sale prices $20.00 to $200.00
Squirrel Capes
Prices after August. $100.00 to $235.00
Sale prices $80.00 to $188.00
Squirrel Stoles
Prices after August. $125.00 to $245.00
Sale prices $100.00 to $196.00
Stone Marten Scarfs
Prices after .August. $60.00 to $225.00
Sale prices $18.00 to $180.00
Squirrel Bobby Coat
Price after August $600.00
Sale price $480.00
Nutria Coatees
Prices after August. $265.00 to $475.00
Sale prices .$198.75 to $356.25
Hudson Bay SaHe-
Animal Scarfs
Prices after August. .$65.00 to $300.00
Sale prices $52.00 to $240.00
Hudson Bay Sable Cape
Price after August $2000.00
Sale price $1600.00
Blended Hudson
Bay Sable Scarfs
Prices after August. $145.00 to $475.00
Sale prices $ 1 1 6.00 to $380.00
okunk ocarts
Prices after August. .$30.00 to $110.00
Sale prices $24.00 to $88.00
Skunk Neckpieces
Prices after August. .$65.00 to $200.00
Sale prices $52.00 to $160.00
Natural and Taupe
Marmot Coats
Prices after August. $170.00 to $265.00
Sale prices $136.00 to $212.00
Georgette Wolf Scarfs
Prices after August. .$27.50 to $65.00
Sale prices $22.00 to $52.00
Hudson Seal Neckpieces
Prices after August. .$25.00 to $125.00
Sale prices $20.00 to $100.00
Hudson Seal Stoles
Prices after August. .$85.00 to $275.00
Sale prices $68.00 to $220.00
Hudson Seal Capes
Prices after August. .$75.00 to $200.00
Sale prices $60.00 to $160.00
Hudson Seal Bobby Coat
Prices after August.. $385.00 to $525.00
Sale prices $308.00 to $420.00
Fisher Scarfs
Prices after August. .$35.00 to $250.00
Sale prices $28.00 to $200.00
Taupe Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$37.50 to $145.00
Sale prices $30.00 to $116.00
White Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$85.00 to $125.00
Sale prices $68.00 to $100.00
Georgette Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$45.00 to $135.00
Sale prices $36.00 to $108.00
Black, Taupe and
Blue Lynx Scarfs
Prices after August. .$25.00 to $215.00
Sale prices $20.00 to $172.00
Mole Scarfs
Prices after August. .$17.50 to $165.00
Sale prices $14.00 to $132.00
Mole Stoles
Prices after August. .$95.00 to $275.00
Sale prices $76.00 to $220.00
Mole Capes
Prices after August. $195.00 to $525.00
Sale prices $156.00 to $420.00
Mole Bobby Coats
Prices after August. $475.00 to $575.C0
Sale prices $380.00 to $460.00
Mole Coatees
Prices after August. $200.00 to $675.00
Sale prices $150.00 to $506.25
Dyed Black Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$17.50 to $120.00
Sale prices $14.00 to $96.00
Natural Red Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$27.50 to $150.00
Sale prices $22.00 to $120.00
Kamchatka Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$25.00 to $115.00
Sale prices $20.00 to $92.00
Battleship Gray Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$25.00 to $145.00
Sale prices $20.00 to $116.00
Cross Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$40.00 to $145.00
Sale prices $32.00 to $116.00
Natural Blue Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. $200.00 to $350.00
Sale prices $160.00 to $280.00
Silvered Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. .$35.00 to $150.00
Sale prices $28.00 to $120.00
Dyed Blue. Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. $100.00 to $125.00
Sale prices $80.00 to $100.00
Silver Fox Scarfs
Prices after August. $300.00 to $850.00
Sale prices $240.00 to $680.00
Taupe Wolk Scarfs
Prices after August. . .$35.00 to $65.00
Sale prices $28 to $52.00
Lucille Wolf Scarfs
Prices after August. . .$22.50 to $80.00
Sale prices $18.00 to $64.00
Battleship Gray Wolf Scarfs
Prices after August. . .$25.00 to $45.00
Sale prices. $20.00 to $36.00
Silver Wolf Scarfs
Price after August $35.00
Sale price $28.00
Black Wolf Scarfs
Prices after August. .$25.00 to $47.50
Sale prices $20.00 to $38.00
Gray and Dove
Gray Wolf Scarfs
Prices after August. .$20.00 to $65.00
Sale prices $16.00 to $52.00
Beaver Neckpieces
Prices after August. .$55.00 to $125.00
Sale prices : . .$44.00 to $100.00
Jap Kolinsky Scarfs
Prices after August. . .$9.50 to $45.00
Sale prices $7.60 to $36.00
Taupe and Silver Coney Scarfs
Prices after August. . .$7.25 to $37.50
Sale prices $5.85 to $30.00
Kolinsky Neckpieces
Prices after August. .$30.00 to $195.00
Sale prices $24.00 to $156.00
Eight Buying Days Remain in August in Which to
Take Advantage of These Sale Prices
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A small deposit will reserve
any sale furs for delivery
in October
These Furs will be kept in our Cold Storage Safe
Deposit Vaults, without charge, until called for.
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