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THE 3IORNIXG OREGOXIAX, THURSDAY, XOVE3IBER 13, 1919.
IS
PED FOB SERVICE
issioner Declares Con
ons Not Defensible.
L LINES CONDEMNED
rcvcIops Properties in
Places Are In Bad Shape,
it Promises Are Many.
hone rentals of the Pacific
ne & Telegraph company, in
ince July 29 under the previ-
ling of Postmaster-General
n, a marked advance over the
tablished by the state public
commission on May 1, are un-
eetigration of the commission
arintr now belns held in this
d which opened yesterday at
thouee.
he contention of the company
e rates allowed by the post-
greneral, and now in effect,
i reurn of less than 3 per cent
investment for Oregon, and
ey should not be abrogated,
a of the company testified that
sent rate of return is only 2.53
t for the entire state, and 3.82
city of Portland. Thev de-
jfrther, that the existing- rate
is in
self inadequate to compensate
the ci
pany for wage increases since
1917.
Id Wases Only Basis
The contention of the state and city
Is that telephone rental rates should
be based only upon wage . increases
effective since May 1. the date of the
public service commission's award,
and not upon the wage increase as a
whole since 1917. It is held that the
public service commission, which in
vestigated the affairs of the company
thoroughly before making the rate
adjustment on May 1. should take into
cognizance only the actual increases
in the. wage expenditures since that
that time, and that to do otherwise
would be a reversal of its former de
cision. When the company declared the
Burleson rates to be in effect on July
29, opposition was voiced in Portland
and throughout the state. On the
commission's own motion the rate
hearing was reopened to determine
the exact status of the increase, its
reasonableness and its effect upon the
finances of the company.
Service Important Factor.
Karly in yesterday's hearing, when
testimony had been given by repre
sentatives of rural subscribers and
witnesses from St. Helens to the ef
fect that service in certain localities
was far below standard. Chairman
Buchtel of the commission took occa
sion to remind the company that the
question of adequate service will be
of first importance in the determina
tion of rates. He censured the com
pany officials for delay in giving
promised service improvements to St.
Helens.
Submitted in testimony by J. C.
Newell, vice-president of the company,
was a statement relative to increased
annual wage expense and increased
annual revenue, due to change of
rates, for the year 1919. This state
ment set forth the increased wage
expense, due to awards made in labor
controversies, as J77t,500. By the May
1 award of the commission $270,000
additional revenue was produced, with
$28,000 by toll rates, or a total of
$298,000 provided by the commission,
leaving a balance of increased wage
expense of $478,500.
Wign Kxceed Increases. View.
By the adoption of the higher rate
allowed by the postmaster-general
and made effective July 29, additional
revenue of $333,000 was assured, with
$21,000 from other sources, or a total
of $354,000. Applied to the balance of
wage expense of $478,500, the witness
testified that wage increases thereby
are shown to exceed revenue in
creases by $124,500.
"In ordr to satisfy the commission
that the claim made by us to the post
, master-general and to the commis
sion, that the increase in revenue un
der the present rates would be no
more than sufficient to take care of
the increase in expenses already ex
perienced, we propose to show that
the increased wage expense has not
been met by the revenue increases
provided by the commission, and all
other increases in revenue which have
up to this time been experienced,"
declared H. D. Pillsbury, attorney for
the company.
Rural Rates Protested.
A. L. Morris and A. IL Tarbaugh.
of Warren, and R. N. Lovelace of
Ttalnier, appeared before the hearing
to complain of the 300 per cent in
crease in rural phone rates, whereby
the rental has been raised from $1
to $3 a month. Mr. Lovelace and
others asserted that they had asked
the company for a price on the rural
lines in question, and that if the fig
ure was reasonable they would buy
the lines and operate them as inde
pendent service, rather than submit
to the rates now charged. W. J.
Phillips, division commercial super
intendent of the company, answered
that the company contemplated nam
ing a price for the lines where rural
patrons were dissatisfied with the
rates.
"That suits us." declared Mr. Love
lace. "I know'of farmer lines that
are now being operated at a cost of
75 cents a month to the individual
subscriber."
Appearing for St. Helens, and bit
terly deploring the condition of dis
repair they alleged the telephone ex
change of that city to suffer. J. Day
and George L. Wheeler said that the
rates were high, but that St, Helens
citizens would not complain if they
received service. Officials of the com
pany 6aid that a new exchange was
in sight for the city, together with
other improvements in the system. It
was here that Chairman Buchtel in
terposed his ultimatum of .service.
"Conditions such as these witnesses
have testified to are absolutely inex
cusable." said the chairman. "The
adequacy of the service is to be con
sidered in determining the reason
ableness of the rate."
Various municipalities are allied
with Portland in protesting against
the existing states and have sent
representatives. Among these are
James Stewart, representing the
chamber of commerce of Corvallis.
and John F. Moore, counsel for that
city. Appearing for the state cham
ber of commerce is John McCourt,
with H. M. Tomlinson, assistant city
attorney, and J. C. Kewill. appearing
for the city of Portland. J. O. Bailey
of Salem, assistant attorney-general,
is in attendance at the hearings.
Appearing for the company are H.
I. Pillsbury of San Francisco, - gen
eral attorney: James Shaw, chief
counsel, and Judge C. H. Carey of
Portland.
The hearing will be resumed in
the rooms of the commission at the
courthouse at. 9:"0 this morning. It
Is expected that at least today and
tomorrow will be consumed in the
taking of testimony.
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Nell Shlpman, as sbe appears In her latest and blarrest feature, "Rack to
Oods Coountry," -n'hich will continue to show at the Liberty theater uu
tll tomorrow iniilnlight.
TODAY'S KILM FEATURES.
Columbia Marguerite Clark,
"Luck in Pawn."
Majestic George Loans Tuck
er's "The Miracle Man."
Peoples Mae Murray, "Twin
Pawns."
Strand Madge Kennedy, In
"Strictly Confidential."
Star C reighton Hale and
Yvonne Dtlva, "The 13th.
Chair."
lliberty Nell Shlpman, "Back, to
God's Country."
Sunset Charles Ray, "The Law
of the North."
Circl e Marguerite Clarke.
"Come Out of the Kitchen."
Liberty.
PORTLAND is making the acquaint
ance of a new motion picture
beauty and actress this week
through the Liberty theater feature.
"Back to God's Country," starring
Nell Stiipman.
. Miss Shlpman is "not particularly
new to motion pictures, but "Back to
God's Country" is her first big star
ring production. Melodramatic to the
core, but convincing, strikingly ar
tistic in certain scenes and replete
with novel features, her vehicle has
given her an excellent opportunity
for a real debut. She has demon
strated in this opportunity that she
has not only the personal charm but
also the brains to warrant making her
the center of a big picture. Undoubt
edly more Nell Shipman productions
will follow "Back to God's Country,"
and they will doubtless be exhibited
in the largest and finest houses
throughout the country.
As Dolores, the daughter of a Cana
dian woodsman, she is shown as an
outdoor girl, a marvelous swimmer, a
friend of the great burly bear and
her two cubs, and even of a porcu
pine, to say nothing of the dogs,
squirrels and chipmunks which value
her companionship. A great surly
beast of a man, lacking all the quiet,
faithful qualities of her dumb friends.
breaks into even tenor of Dolores'
life. How she escapes from him after
he has killed her father and she is
apparently in a foreign world, only to
find that the man's evil plans have
ferreted her out and again brought
her and her husband into danger
forms the story of this picture.
Snow scenes, refreshing pictures of
mountain streams and forests and
glimpses into the strange life aboard
a whaling vessel in northern seas are
but a part of Back to Gods Coun
try." Screen Gossip.
Call it intuition if you like, but
Geraldine Farrar says it was Just
"plain American hunch." And she
ought to know, for she Is the on
who had it, and if she hadn't had it,
well here is the story.
While making "The Flame of the
Desert" there was a scene in a street
in Cairo in which there were many
camels and mules and horses. . The
action called for Miss Farrar to ride
through the street in a low victoria,
but when Director Reginald Barker
told her it was time for that she
said: "Would you mind having the
carriage go through the street alone
for the first time. I would like to
see it first and then in the second
rehearsal I'll ride." She says she had
no intention of saying that that she
was as surprised as everyone else.
But when, a few minutes later, her
wish having been granted, the horses
took fright at the camels and ran
away dashing the victoria to pieces,
she said she'd never doubt a "hunch'
again.
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Nancy Chase, the young English
actress who arrived recently in Los
Angeles from London, has been signed
by Robert Brunton to support J.
Warren Kerrigan in his next produc
tion, a mystery story by H. B. and
M. G. Daniels. This will be Miss
Chase's first appearance in films.
Octavus Roy Cohen has just com
pleted his two stories for the screen.
They are both mystery melodramas,
and the author is waiting for the
completion of a number of produc
tions before his first story is begun.
While both stories are completed,
only one continuity has been fin
ished. The other is in the hands of
a scenario staff and will be ready
soon. The first tory by this na
tionally known writer will be started
within two weeks.
William Parke has begun direction
of "Tower of Ivory" by Gertrude
Atherton, the fourth in the series of
Eminent Authors pictures.
Under the direction of Wallace
Worsley, Jack Pickford has gone to
the San Bernardino mountains for
three weeks of work on exterior
scenes for the picturization of John
Fox Jr.'s novel, "The Little Shepherd
of Kingdom Come." a story in which
much of the action transpires in
mountain locations.
Word has just been received from
the studios - that those thus far
chosen for the cast supporting Pick
ford in "The Little Shepherd of King
dom Come" include Clara Horton,
Pauline Starke, Edythe Chapman,
James Neill, Dwight Chittenden,
Aileen Manning, Dudley Hendricks,
Aggie Herring, Tod Burns and Lee
Phelps.
"Flame of the Desert," the second
picture of the season starring Ger
aldine Farrar, will shortly be re
leased. It is said that the film's
executives were "thrilled" by a pri
vate showing of the film.
Judge Rumhauser, Happy Hooligan.
Krazy Kat, Jerry on the Job, the
Shenanigan Kids, all famous char-
acters that appear in the picture
newspapers throughout the country,
are moving to the motion studios to
ally themselves with J. R. Bray's
comedy creations. Through a deal
consummated last week between Bray
Pictures corporation and the Inter
national Film company the screen
versions of the popular newspaper
personalities will hereafter reach the
public via Goldwyn-Bray pictographs
and other Bray releases, which are
handled by the Goldwyn Distributing
corporation.
One scene in "Eyes of Youth," with
Clara Kimball Young, had to be
photographed 53 times.
Gladys BrockweU now announces
her intention no, not of flying to
the north pole or of purchasing a
$5000 fur coat, but of taking a course
in scientific cookery, just like any
ordinary girl.
"Oh, no! I'm not planning to take
up domesticity as a profession or
adopt a family, or any such thing."
laughed the star when told about her
new hobby; "but I feel that I want
to be an all-around woman, for I be
lieve that to be such will make me
a better actress."
0RCHAR DFEARS RELIEVED
Hood River Official Says Anthrac
nose Can Be Checked Xow.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) LeRoy Childs, superintendent
of the Hood River experiment sta
tion, has relieved fears of orcahrdists
over anthracnose. It was thought
that growers, their time taken up
with completing harvest, might have
awaited too long for effective appli
cations of spray in checking a spread
of anthracnose spores. Mr. Childs
says that he has been engaged in
laboratory tests and has found that
less than 2 per cent of the spores
have been scattered, despite the fa
vorable warm weather.
"Therefore," . says Mr. Childs,
"sprays applied at once will be effec
tive. Growers, however, should lose
no time."
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XI mmll portion of Holmf
Postum Careal Company.
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DOUBLE OOG TAX IfJ
PORTLAND
REQUIRED
State Law to Become Effec
tive on January 1.
CITY LAW IS UNCHANGED
Voters May Pass on Question of
Allowing Animals to Run at
Large Clerk Orders Collars,
Dog owners of Portland will be
faced with the necessity of paying a
double tax on their animals after
January 1, 1920. One tax must be paid
to the city of Portland, as required
under a charter provision, and the
new tax must be paid to the county
clerk.
The new tax is provided for in
chapter 186 of the session laws of
1919. enacted by the last legislature.
Nothing in the law exempts the dog
owners of the city of Portland from
paying both taxes and, according to
Assistant City Attorney Myers, there
is nothing in the act which prevents
the city of Portland from continuing
to collect the license fees provided
for dogs under the charter provision.
The act fixes the license fee to be
paid to the county clerk at $1 for
male dogs and $2 for females.' Under
charter provisions, a city license of $3
is provided for male dogs, and $5 for
females. This makes the consolidated
tax $4 and $7. For the amount re
ceived the county clerk must furnish,
not only a leather license tag, but
also a leather collar. Orders for the
collars and tags were placed yester
day by County Clerk Beveridge, al
though a limited number only were
ordered, it being felt that possibly
one or more dog owners might seek
an injunction in the courts, which
might eliminate one or the other of
the taxes.
Execution, Is Required.
Dogs not bearing the-leather conar
issued by the county, the bill pre
scribes, shall be shot and killed by
the sheriff, constable or chief of
police, and dog owners also are faced
with the provision in the city charter
for impounding of dogs that do not
carry a city license tag.
In addition to imposing double tax
ation for dogs in Portland, the bill
carries numerous provisions which
are characterized by Attorney Myers
as "freakish."
In the first section of the act means
are provided for settling of the ques
tion by voters of whether dogs may
run at large.
Should the voters decide that dogs
are not t.) run at large, it then be
comes the duty of the chief of police,
constable or sheriff to shoot any ani
mal that enters forbidden territory
unmuzzled or not in the custody of a
keeper.
Claims May Be Filed.
Another provision in the act gives
owners of livestock the right to file
claims with the county board of com
missioners for damages in the event
that any dog kills or injures any live
stock. Chief Deputy County Clerk Bush
said yesterday that all preparations
had been made by the county clerk's
office in this county to enforce the
law, beginning with the first of the
year. Chief License Inspector Hutch
inson said that the Oregon Humane
price of coffee
is directing the
attention of
drinkers to
itiujm
TRis convenient beverage with
its rich coffee-like flavor has
long been used by thousands
to whom coffee has proven
harmful.
Try this
table drink
Sold by Grocers
Made by Poatum Cereal Go.
A Nervous Wreck
Br Cb. YAI.KNT1NB MOT! PIBC&
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irom a neaoacne or a
common cold to grippe or a serious illness may result from
allowing food to ferment in the intestines. Don't give the
body a chance to absorb the poisons. Remove the toxins
from the system and give the tissues of the body aid to
resist disease by taking an occasional laxative such as
castor oil, or a tiny pill made up of May-apple, aloin, jalap,
and sold by most druggists as Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
The kidneys and bladder suffer from the wear and tear,
and we get chronic inflammations sometimes indicated by
backache, painful voiding of water dull, heavy feelings.
Perhaps the uric acid is stored up in the system in excessive
amount, and consequently when the urate salts are depos
ited in muscles and joints one suffers from lumbago (pain
in back), rheumatic pains, gout, etc.
Nothing will act so nicely as "Anuric" (anti-uric-acid),
a recent discovery of Dr. Pierce's which can be had at all
drug stores. "Anuric" washes away the poisons, cleanses
the bladder and kidneys rendering them antiseptic
consequently one is soon cured of lumbago, rheumatism,
gout, and the body is put into a clean, healthy state.
society and the city license bureau
are collecting licensee for the next
year and will continue to do so, hav
ing no alternative under the existing
laws.
, Assistant City Attorney Myers after
reviewing the act called attention to
the fact that by vote it will be pos
sible for the elimination of unmuz
zled dogs in any one precinct, as well
as city or county.
THIEVES DISCLOSE. LOOT
Casb and Valuables Taken From
Postoffice Dug Up.
LEWISTOX, Idaho, Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) Dan Cline and Jack Dalton.
convicted in the federal court at Mos
co wlast Saturday of robbing the Gif
ford postoffice, came to Lewiston
with the officers Sunday and dis
closed the hiding place of the cash
and other articles they had taken
from the office.
The men, accompanied by the offi
cers, went directly to a fence in the
outsklrt sof Clarkston and dug up
cash amounting to about $50 and a
diamond ring worth about $100.
Cline and Dalton later were taken
to McNeil's island, where they will
serve terms in the federal prison.
Chehalis Gets Light Figures.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Nov. 12. (Spe
cial.) The proposed new street
lighting system for the business cen
ter of Chehalis, a steel or concrete
standard with a Bingle globe and 400
watt lamp inclosed. Is estimated to
cost $l.i5 per front foot in the near
business district, and $1.50 per front
foot in the business section, accord
ing to estimates made by City Kngt
neer Rants. Extension of the lis-hts
Battle Creek. Mick
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coffee 1
cheeny
How many business
men feel fagged out, nerv
ous, with a "soggy brain"
worn out completely
before the day and its
tremendous tasks are half
over? Try the right wayl
Clean the body first. That
will help your nerves,
your head and your cir
culation. Your doctor will
tell you that anything
also will probably be made to Main
street on Chehalis avenue, instead of
stopping at Prindle, as originally pro
posed. MEMORIAL DOLLARS COME
Benton County Raises Roosevelt
Quota. Without Solicitation.
Subscriptions to the Roosevelt
Memorial fund are still a matter of
current patriotic activity, the num
ber of checks received at headquar
ters yesterday showing that the pub
lie has not abandoned its wholesome
$22,64-5.50.
Men's Suit Purchase
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Less Titan Today's Regular Wholesale Cost
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Buckhecht Army Shoes and get what you ask for -you can walk
' out foot-happy and price-contented. For you are getting a shoe that
will stand up under hard usage without whine or whimper. You are
getting a shoe that, for sheer comfort and solid value, has established
a standard all its own. Get a pair today 1
The Buckhecht Army- Shoe I' Sold in Portland by C. II. Baker. In
Other Tovrns by Principal Lealers.
Manufacturer. BUCKINGHAM & HECHT Sa- FrsncUc
intentions for the perpetuation of an
irresistible force for square dealing
in its political idealism.
Among: the completed county
quotas which have been turned over
to Edgrar li. Sensenich. state treas
urer of the Roosevelt Memorial as
sociation, is that of Benton county
which has totaled $447. "We are not
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tures, pin stripes, in the
latest blues, greens,
grays and browns.
Nothing handsomer.
You knoTv as well as we do that mens highest
grade suits are worth far, far more today and
these ARE highest grade, perfectly fitting suits.
"Merchandise of Merit Only"
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so partieularly proud of the fact that
we went so far over the top," writes
C. K. In sails, chairman for Benton
county, "as we are of the fact that
the whole amount was raised with
out solicitation." The quota for Ben
ton county was J360.
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