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TIIE MOUSING O II E G ONI AN, SATURDAY, AUGUST 20, 1921 Ml U. S. SOLDIERS RICH Pay of Private Amounts to 22,000 Marks in Year. LINEN SHORTAGE ACUTE finds himself with Just enough money to set to his seaport with. It has happened to more than one, to the writer's personal knowledge. But therein lies the difference be tween the tourist in Germany and the native. The tourist finds that the cheapest thins he can do Is to travel cheaper even than staying In hotels. A night's ride from Frank furt to Berlin In a most excellently, comfortable sleeper costs a little over $4; but, on the other hand. 300 marks is a solid lump to the German. It still sticks in his mind that a mark is a mark, and that such a trip ought to cost around 30 marks. It seems expensive to him, too, to pay a mark a word to telegraph from Coblenz to Berlin or to pay SO marks for a room and bath in a Hamburg hotel. AMERICA ANDS0V1ET TO SIGN PACT TODAY Everything Is Agreed as Famine Relief. to U. S. WORKERS TO LEAVE Ban on Sale of 311 Ik to Adults Re cently "Was Removed by Teuton Government. BY ROGER WILLIAM RIIS. BERLIN, Aug. I. (Special Corre spondence.) A citizen of the Russian bolshevik nation emerged the other day from his own country and set out on a tour of the rest of Europe. On the ferry boat that carried him across an arm of the Baltic he met an American who bad Just finished such a tour, and the Russian asked many questions concerning the value of marks and francs when it comes to purchasing a living. "Anyway." he said, "I am well pro- Tided for. Look.' And he drew from bis -vallet a fat handful of bolshevik bank notes, 60, 100 and 1000 rouble bills, displaying them with pride. I "Ah," said the American, unmoved and practical, "You have plenty of roubles, but no money." Very much the same remark may be made with Justice of Germany to day. She has plenty of marks, but no money. Leather shops are doing a good business In a sew style purse, made with different slsed compart ments to hold the different sited bills, and though the purses may be stuffed to the bursting point, the contents may not suffice to buy a pair of hoes. Prices Are Discussed. The average man or woman can get a much better conception of how the Germans live today by looking at the prices they have to pay for food, clothes and luxuries, than by study ing the columns of figures produced by bankers and labeled "Inflation In Germany" and "Paper Money Evils." To that end, let's take ourselves to that country and see Just exactly how the people there are managing. As a basis for operations, here Is a list of prices, copies obtained in the stores of Coblenz, which is still oscu pied by American troops: A Pound. 2arks. Cent.. 8 e-T 4- 3 5- 6 2 25 84 42 POSTOFFICE PROBE BEGUN WELFARE BUREAU DIRECTOR ARRIVES AT SAX FVRAX CIS CO r Complaint of Unsanitary Conditions and Wartime Regnlations to Be Investigated. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) Dr. Lee K. Frankel, director of the welfare bureau of the United States postofflce department, arrived 2 7 4 80 2 4-5 Bufrar 8.25 feari sago 6 Bice , 3.10 Tapioca 4 Ban. 1.80 Cocoa IS Trled apricots .............. 24 Be.t coffee ................. 80 Almond. 16 Trled peas ................. 180 Klour 5.S1) Oatmeal ..................... 8 Huron ...................... 2H Kkk. , 1.80 Oranges 3.50 Compared with pre-war values of tne mark, these prices furnish some thing of a shock. Were the mark now worth Us normal of about 25 cents, coffee would be playing around the J7-a-pound mark. On the other hand, compared with American prices, they furnish a surprise of another nature. Two cents a pound for beans and peas seems little enough to us. But both extremes are smoothed away by the fact that these prices are to be paid in marks, and marks are now worth one-eighteenth of their or dinary value, or 1.4 centa each. Mlllc Absent From Lint. A housewife could' go to such a grocery and buy half a dozen eggs, a pound of sugar, half a pound of bacon, and half a pound of dried apricots for 43 marks. Suppose she pent that sum even once a day for a month; she would pass over the counter 1290 marks. Not much in dollars, no. About 17. But how is he going to do that when her hus band's salary, if he is a fairly well paid worker, totals 1500 marks a month? Milk Is conspicuously absent from the list because milk is conspicuously absent from Germany. The writer WHAT CONGRESS DID AS ITS PAY'S WORK. Senate. Attack begun on wasteful ness and extravagance of ship ping board. Indicating much op position to further appropria tions for its maintenance. Grod roads bill passed, ap propriation being reduced from $100,000,000 to $75,000,000. Administration railroad re funding bill reported, with ex planation that its passage Is not expected before recess of congress. Deadlock on bear and wine bill continued, with declara tions that an agreement soon may be reached, x Boose. Adopted sundry amendments offered by the ways and means committee to perfect measure, paving the way for Its passage tomorrow. Claims of railroads against government must be made in one year or they will be no longer held validv under change in railroad funding bill as re Introduced by Chairman Wins low of interstate and foreign commerce committee. Floor Leader Mondell an nounced that before recess the anti-beer bill, dye embargo, ag ricultural credit and Graham bill laying embargo against American expeditionary force supplies must be passed- Ilunger Is Reported Still to Be Ravaging Volga Districts With Decrease in Cholera. in control of the situation so far as the river Ls concerned. St earn boa tin en Also In War. The steamer Iralda has been what might be termed' "the fly In the oint ment" of the transportation business between Portland and Astoria since early in the season.. Holman used to run this steamer between here and St. Helens, but the auto stage and truck made such inroads in his business that he was forced to look for another field and he took the passenger run to Astoria, making three trips a week. He cut into the business of the Har kins steamers by charaina a fare of $1. To retaliate the Harkins steamers held "bargain days" on the days the Iralda would leave Portland or As toria. On Tuesdays,. Thursdays and Saturdays when the Iralrin would leave Portland the Harkins rate would be cut from 2 to 1 to meet the com petition: Now the Iralda. ftr hav ing reduced her fares to a point where it is alleged she cannot pay expenses is making an effort to survive against the competition of 'the railroad and tne rival boats. ' Public Enjoys Situation. While the railroad, boat lines and automobile stages are fiarhtinsr for "self-preservation," the public ls en- RIGA, Letvla, Aug. 19. (By the As-1 Joying the situation and many who sociated Press.) Walter Lyman Brown, for the United States, and Maxim Litvinoff for soviet Russia, agreed this afternoon to sign tomor row the detailed contract for Ameri can relief for the Russian famine, on terms grantin the Americans ex treme freedom of movement and ab-old fares apply to the stations this had decided to spend their vacations at nome, due to high rates ' to th coast, have changed their minds. ine only people along the line of the Spokane. Portland & Seattle to Seaside who are not eiDeriencinir benefit from the reductions, are those between Portland and St. Helens. The 50 1E1MTS ON TAX IDE BY HOUSE Occasional Clashes Mark Five-Hour Session. MORE CHANGES SLATED Republicans and Democrats Unite ' in Approving Elimination of Soft Drink License. automobile dealers by O. P. Hender shot, secretary of the fair. Secretary Hendershot announces that two days of the week's fair pro gramme will be devoted to automo bile races and that soma of the fast est drivers in the country will be In duced to come here and participate. solute control of the food distribution. .he announcement in Washington of Herbert Hoover, that an agreement had bypn reached on the conditions laid down by the administration con cerning American relief work among the famine sufferers of soviet Rus sia, was interpreted here as meaning that Mr. Hoover has accepted the lat est compromise of the soviet on the disputed points. LONDON. Aug. 19. Famine still is ravaging the Volga, districts of Rus sia, but there is a decrease in the cholera epidemic there, says the Mos cow correspondent of the Daily Her ald. Inuring July 22,000 cases were reported, as against 42,000 in June. Expenses Are Voted. I of the company. The soviet government has appro-1 Mr. Skinner stated yesterday that Driatefl 520.00(1 nun mhi nr h I me attitude or the comrmnv in cut. lief committee's Initial expenses and I t,ng down the fares was purely a mat has. decided to lew one oound Deri"" "l oen-aeiense, WASHINGTON. D. C, Aus. 19. More than half a hundred amend ments to the republican tax bill, most of them of minor importance, were accepted today by the house in a five hours' session marked by occa sional clashes between the majority and minority and a renewal of the j personal controversy Between tnnir man Fordney of the ways and means committee and Representative Byrnes, democrat. South Carolina. A number of other changes In the bill, including elimination of the provisions for a 6 per cent tax on the manufacturers of proprietary medicine, tooth powder and paste and mouth washes and a reduction in the tax on cereal beverages from 6 to 4 cents a gallon, are expected to be proposed tomorrow by the ways and means committee before the meas ure is passed late in the day. Soft Drink Licenses Opposed. Republicans and democrats of the auto stages and boats and the nun- house were a unit today In approving ber of private machines, had brought Bn amendment striking out the sec nothing but red figures on the books !tlon ot ths bill imposing an annual license tax or 110 on vendors or sort annus. cm a few other changes there were sharp divisions, but many SCHOOL POSTS OBTAINED Graduates of Pacific TJaiversrfty Accept Positions. PACIFIC UNIVERSITY, Forest Grove. Or, Aug. 19. (Special.) Several of last June's graduates of Pacifier university have received unusual offers nd have accepted well-paying teaching positions In various sections of ths state, accord ing to an announcement from Presi dent Clark's office. Miss Margaret Morgan will be In structor in English at the Knappa union high school in Clatsop county; Miss Evelyn Patton will teach science at lone. Or.: Miss Myrtle Fern will teach mathematics at the Forest Grove high school; Tom Fowler, one of the best athletes which Pacific university ever turned out, will in struct In history and will head the coaching department of the Silverton hich school. Harry Roralg, also graduate here last June, will teach English at the same school, and John Stovall will go to Condon, Or., where he will teach English. side of St. Helens. The old fare to St. Helens was 11.08. lnclaiilm war tax. - It is now Jl Including- war tax. All people living at stations below St. Helens and as far down the river as Astoria will pay the same fare or si. Large Crowds Expected. Officials of the Snokana. Portland & Seattle are maklna preparations to carry large crowds to Seaside today. uurmg the entire season there has not been a day which could favorably compare with a medium day of pre vious years so far as crowds were concerned. The competition of the pood (36 pounds) on goods traded in I the free food markets. Transporta tion of all relief materials ls free. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 19. Amerl- of the minor ones merely changing language or punctuations were nut We are not trying to nut anvone I through without a elneie member on out ot business we are merely trying I either side voting on the "yea" and to remain in business ourselves." he I "nay" calls. All of the changes proposed were adopted. NEBRASKA WOMAN PICKED Grace Abbott Nominated as Chief of Children's Bureau. WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 19. Grace Abbott of Nebraska was nom- nated by President Harding today to be chief of the children's bureau. Alaskan appointments confirmed today were: G. J. Lomen. United States district judge, second division. Morris W. Griffith, United States marshal, second division. United States district attorneys. Arthur J. Shoup, first division; Sher man Duggan, third division, and Guy Erwin, fourth division. said. With the fares to Seaside reduced can Quakers will be permitted by the to the Point they now are It is more In San Francisco Thursday to In vestigate conditions affecting the employes of the local postofflce. The director's visit here is the re sult of sensational charges made re cently to Postmaster-General Hays' by Thomas Flaherty, secretary of the National Federation of Postofflce Clerks, that war-time regulations are still observed here and that employes are working under unsanitary con ditions. The complaint charged - that the $4,000,000 postofflce at Seventh and Mission was practically abandoned, that hundreds of workers were crammed in ill-ventilated sheds and rooms along the waterfront, and that conditions at the ferry post office ere unsanitary and unhealth ful. Dr. Frankel was rushed to San Francisco to make a thorough Inves tigation of the .. charges. Shortly after his arrival he met Postmaster Fay of San Francisco and lmmedl- soviet government to send an un limited number of workers Into Rus sia to give relief to the millions of needy in that country, the American Friends service committee was noti fied in a cable received today from Arthur Watts, Its representative in Moscow... Workers to Be Increased. This action will allow the Friends Immediately to Increase their number of workers in Russia and to begin on a large scale the relief of famine conditions which are reported to exist there. The Friends will be the distributors in Russia for the funds of the Jewish joint distribution committee and also of the ail-American fund for Russian relief,, which Is now being raised in me uiulcq oiaies. BUENOS AIRES. Aug. 19. Govern ment officials would be authorized to send 10,000.000 pesos' worth of food to relieve famine sufferers of Russia under provisions of a bill introduced in the chamber of deputies by Senor I Muzio. Socialist members of the chamber have indorsed the measure. RUSSIAN" POLICY RETAINED Administration Is Xot Shaken by Senator France's Trip. economical for the automobile owner to taae the train or boat to Seaside tnan it is to run his machine. NEW BUREAU BULKS BIG Under one amendment approved over democratic opposition, corpora tions making gifts for charitable purposes would be relieved from tax on such sums unless they exceeded 5 per cent of the net income of the do natlng company. FVrrlsa Trad Onuses Fight. The big fight of the day was over tne amendment defining as foreign trade corporations such domestic cor porations as derive 60 per cent or more ot their gross Income from the active conduct of business outside the United States and, similarly, as for eign trailers those American citizens Organization to Look After Criri-I who derive SO per cent or more of 1 men s wojf iiitume irum sources out pies of Hdi, Has Tremendous I side this country. The democrats declared this pro posal was a discrimination against purely domestic corporations in the matter of taxes. The republicans de- Kf :il A BI LIT ATI OX BODY TO BE COlE VAST IXSTITUTIOX. Job Ahead of It. THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, fended it on the ground it was neces- Washington, D. C, Aug. 19. Gov- I sary to relieve foreign trade corpora tions and foreign traders from taxa lion on income received from sources outside the country in order that they might compete with foreign concerns. The amendment was adopted 103 to 85, 11 republicans Joining in the nesra ernment officials and members of congress are just now coming to re alize that the new veterans' bureau, which was set up in busines last week under authority of the Sweet law, is about to become the biggest I tlve vote institution of the' government, sec ona oniy 10 tne treasury. . IHDnoftlHI ' OHIFM Mrnnm And it also is dawning upon the MTrnUWHU U IV CIV IWCriUCn same officials that in this bureau the greatest care must be exercised Astoria Chamber of Commerce to lu prevent waste tnai win ada un to investigate the conditions In all the postoffices of the bay district. He visited the ferry office during the morning and later Inspected the Seventh and Mission building and a few substations. 'His work, according to the postmaster-general, is to see that the workers in the department get a 'fair deal." and while here the di- tried continually during his traveling rector will organize a local welfare THE OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, D. C, Aug. 19. The trip of Senator France of Maryland to Russia will be without any practical result. it is stated upon the very highest authority that the adminis ately began the Inquiry. He expects tration will not modify its policy necessary taxes to the public bur den for the next several years. Con gress in Its zeal to do the right thing oy tne maimed, crippled and sick boI- diers has been going the limit in makirre appropriations and providing nieans of rehabilitation. Join Merchants Exchange. council. Although local postal officials had nothing to say. It was pointed out that Dr. Frankel did not appear to be pleased with conditions at the ferry and around the wharf. there to get a glass of milk, but the nearest approach to it was a small plass full of American canned milk. Until June, milk was forbidden to adults In Germany because what there was of it had to be kept for the children. Now the ban Is off, but there Is no need for It not to be off. Adults can't get milk anyway. Butter is scarce, also. It ls sup plied to restaurants in lamentably rlat u-iiilm Hfl P,,h. waicia mm it is inarKea on KLAMATH PAPER IS SOLD thin the bill in figures not so thin. But butter Is more easily counterfeited than milk, or there wouldn't be any 01 that, eitner. Linen Shortage Acute. One quickly learns, however, to get along without that which one can not have, and the lack of milk ls not now a vital matter. Besides, as the cows Increase their number and their production, milk will return in quan tity. American relief workers say now that the only really acute short age ls the shortage of real linen, and that Indicates a parallel shortage of first quality fabrics, from wool to cotton. A pair of cotton socks which the writer bought in Hamburg for 20 cents were so thin and frail that they wore through, fore and aft, in one day's wear, and this, although they were the be6t quality cotton sock in the shop. Shoes, the highest In the best shop in rranaiurt, are u marKS, or I4.9Q. (Continued From Fira Page.) The (jermans raise their eyebrows trenuently wnen 101a wnat snoes in America cost. Ush I n s Company. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Aug. 19. (Special.) The Klamath Daily Record has been purchased by the Klamath Record Publishing company, which took possession of the plant Wednes day. Clark H illiams, recently of The Oregonian, Portland, Is president of the new corporation; W. A. Wiest ls vice-president and Don Belding secretary-treasurer. Mr. Williams will be editor and Don Belding bust ness manager. The new management is pledged to a progressive, constructive policy. They bought the newspaper from W H. Mason, who for several years has been owner and publisher of the paper. TUCKER DECLINES POST yet it ls likely that the American shoe is the cheapest In the end. Women's blouses are expensive In the Khine cities at 13.40 and cheap at third of that. Men's shirts are I and the best men's suits can be had for 20 to J30. Soldiers Are Rich. To the traveler from America, one result of this is to make him at once a millionaire. The richest group of men In Germany is the American army of occupation, where privates pet about 22,000 marks a year, aside from board and lodging. Many cor poration directors In Germany get less. The only automobiles seen in the streets 'of Coble'tiz are American army cars, for the automobile is now towards Russia, as the result of Sen ator France's Investigation. He has accomplished absolutely nothing ex cept to get his name in the papers and achieve considerable question able notoriety. Long before Senator France left! for Russia, President Harding, Sec- i retary Hughes and Secretary Hoover were planning for the relief of famine-stricken Russia. Although ! they refuse to recognize the bolshevik government, the administration lead-' ers have always been sympathetic with the suffering of the people. Negotiations were opened for the. aid j of the Russian people wltrfout official! recognition of the soviet. It was rec ognized that anything that would tend to strengthen the exisiting gov. ernment would only prolong the suf fering of the people. The soviet is j responsible for the present distress I in 'Russia,- and, it ls contended. should be punished, rather than re warded by the American government. Senator France of Maryland is the most aggressive leader of a group of senators whose attitude during! the war and since the signing of the SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) The chamber of commerce ano the merchants' exchange will con solidate as a result of action today Dy tne chambers trustees. Tl .d?rBr: however appears to pointed as the outgrowth of severil be that if extreme care is not exer cised too large an amount will be expended for administration, thus giving the veterans the small end of the nation's generosity. An official of the veterans' bureau 1b authority by the United States forest s-;rv!c Chris Skaar7 being the foreman In charge. The bridge is 132 feet in length, six feet wide and Is suspended upon Hi -inch cables. It eliminates a dangerous ford on the Lew is river and makes the Niggerhead country accessible as sheep range. It is in ths Mount Adams ranger district. Cutoff to Be Condemned. ALBANT. Or.. Aujr. 19. (Special) Proceedings to condemn a right of way for a portion of the new cutoff of the Pacific highway from Alford- station Into Harrisburg which will eliminate a railroad crossing where four persons were killed last summer and the necessity of crossing the tracks in Harrisburg were instituted in the state circuit court here yester day by Linn county. The county Is seeking to condemn a stria f land one-l-.alf mile lor.fr and CO feet 'id. Defendants named In the condir.na tion suit are Mr. and Mra Fred Bark hart. Mr. and Mra. Chester Curtis and the Travelers' Insurance company. Criminal Law Explained.' SALEM. Or.. Aug.! 19. (Special.) A person sentenced to pay a flu! and to be imprisoned In default of payme.it thereof. Is entitled to credit at the rate of (2 a day for ths tim he remains in jail, .according to a opinion handed down hero today by I. H. VanWinkls. attorney-general The attorney-general also held thai the prisoner may at any time par the sum remaining ur.satief led and demand his release. Read The Oregonian dasaificd ad LEAN DAYS MORAL TONIC Hard Times After Speculation Said to Aid Churches. SPOKANE. Wash.. Aug. 19. "Peri ods of financial depression following periods of excessive speculation have Invariably been succeeded by a wide. spread turnincr to religion by the seople of the nation," declared Dr. William E. Borton. moderator ot tne National Council of the Congrega tional churches of the United States, who was in Spokane today. Dr. Borton is a minister ana author, having contributed several books on Abraham Lincoln, and ls now at work on a biography of Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross. Armory to Be Dedicated. CENTRALIA. Wash.. Aug. 19. Special.) At a meeting held last night by committees of the chamber of commerce and Rotary club, Sep tember 15 was set as the date for the dedication of Centralia's - new $50,000 armory, which will be com pleted this week and which was erect ed by local business men as a home for company L, national guard tank corps. Forest Service Bridge Compacted KELSO, Wash., Aug. 19. (Spe cial.) A suspension bridge over Hie upper Lewis river on the Guler-Spirit Lake trail has Just been completed 1 Si years favorable consideration of th proposed merger, reported in favor of the corsolidation. This committee Included W. C. Dawson. . S. C. Arm strong. William J. Macdonald, W. H. Lilly and A. F. Haines for the mer- for the statement that here in the I chants' exchange, and F. H. Mathews, east one hospital caring for 850 sol dier patients has 980 civilian em ployes, including doctors and nurses. Much is said to depend upon the ability of Colonel Charles R. Forbes, the director, to eliminate red tape and topheavy administration. Ai re dv Colonel Forbes has cut out much duplication, and is actually handling the work of the bureau here in Washington with something fewer than 2000 employes than when he first took hold. Congress is watching: the results of co-ordination in this bureau with keen Interest; that is, those mem bers of congress who believe in re organization are following it closely. The same difficulty, it is pointed out. exists now with reference to such reforms, as has ' always been pres ent. There are several men in con gress who are opposed to any re- J. T. Hardeman. C. J. Smith. Worra 1 Wilson and George G. Black for the chamber. The merchants' exchange bureau will continue In charge of all mat ters pertaining to trading, markets arbitration, commodity inspection and certification, weights and measures weather news, shipping new and re ports of movements or vessels and legislative matters directly, relating to those- subjects. APPRAISALS ARE STUDIED Forest Officials' Confer at Baker on Plans for Ranges. BAKER. Or.", Aug. 19. (Special.) Government forestry officials opened three days' conference in Baker to armistice has Indicated that they are whicn Te&. th. number of day to devise plans and methods for not only in sympathy with the soviet. lvailabIe jQb8 Th(J reason that appraising the ranges of the Whit- but with Germany. Senator France ls a graduate of Liepzig university, and has absorbed some of the Ger man ideas on civilization. The president and the members of the cabinet are fully alive to the pur pose that Senator France had in mind when he started for Russia. They will be ready to meet any propaganda that he may start, and it is asserted that the policy of the government towards Russia will not be changed. they like to see. their constituents gather in some of the jobs and then claim the credit for placing them in the positions. mentioned with Judge Tucker as possibilities at the time of Justice Johns appointment O the Philippines. Appointment of District Attorney Evans direct to the supreme bench would permit appointment of Deputy City Attorney Myers to the office of district attorney, but would be, an act probably without precedent. Su preme court justices usually are chosen from men having had long Judicial experience. It 3 an unusual situation for the post of supreme court Justice in Oregon to go begging and the declination of the position by Judge Ordinance to . Be Tested. OREGON CITY, Or., Aug. 19. (Spe. cial.) A teat case to decide the valdity of the vehicle ordinance, re cently passed by the local council. was started here today, Frank Kus- eell, truck driver for the H. Weinhard RATE WAR IS CONTINUED nerirles here, was arrested on the I charge or operating witnout me re- fContlnued From Flnt Pg.) Innlrot lii-enao' H was Disced under new low level in the rate battle. Us ,5 Dan to appear Saturday morning "l Dulti arazlrle Portland-Astoria fare of E5 cents before Police Judge Kelly. ' thi bcal office ot the rate fight of two decades ago. when I suDreme court. The ordinance, im- Tuckerhas occasioned considerable the rich man's luxury or" the business surprise among attorneys of the city. man s necessity, and ordinary folks r.on't even think of them. There are. as a matter of fact, t,wo or three taxis, but their chief patrons are the American tourists in the city. Those tourists f'nd themselves in a dangerous paradise. If they are in America people of quite ordinary 'means, who had to think some time before buying a steamship ticket to Europe, they discover that in Ger many they are rich. An Aladdin's lamp has been rubbed and the dollar has become two or three or four dol lars. It Is extremely pleasant, but It Is subtly dangerous, for the first re eult of the discovery is to make the American buy out the town. Excel lent razors, of best steel, for 40 cents. What a chance! He takes dozen of them as a bargain. He lays in a generous supply of the many things that in his country would cost 'I realize that the appointment is a promotion," asserted Judge Tucker last night, but I have been unable to put aside my conviction that I can be of greater public usefulness In my present work. I love my work. I like the personal touch of a trial court. Here a Judge sees the litigants. draws conclusions from their de meanor, has an excellent opportunity to distinguish the true from the false, and to read character. The work is exacting and heavy but It Is not dry. Temperamentally, I am con vinced I am better fitted for active trial work than presiding in an ap pellate court." Judge Tucker expressed himself as highly gratified at the honor which had been offered him. He regretted the possible embarrassment his re fusal might cause Governor Olcott, he said, but explained that his selection great deal more, and then suddenly j had been a complete surprise to him. citizens of the two cities took the 100-mile trip for 25 cents. L. H. Holman, owner of the Iralda, said that he was In the fight to stay and would keep Iralda fares at rock bottom as long as the competition should last. He has arranged a 1.10 fare to Seaside, with busses connect lng with his boat at Astoria. Captain L. P. Hoaford of the Harkins Transportation company has no desire to continue a war with the railrpad company and will make no further . reduction in his rates. He informed Mr. Skinner yesterday that he was desirous that the war be ended and could not make further reductions in his fares without losing money. Proposition Held Hopeless. When officials of the auto bus lines approached Captain Hosford yester day and requested that he see. Mr. Skinner and endeavor to have the railroad return to its previous sched ule of rates, be informed them that It would be a hopeless proposition to endeavor to persuade the Spokane, Portland & Seattle line to cease Its fight. Mr. Skinner was not inclined to make any further cut in rates due to the big slash made by the Iralda. He does not regard this thrice-a-week boat as a serious factor in the situa tion. He will not. take another step, he said, unless the Iralda's lead is followed by the Harkins Transporta tion cumpany. This line runs four vessels to Astoria and is regarded as Dosing a license of S30 a quarter. applies to all vehicles distributing merchandise in the city for re-sale. man and Minam national forests. At tending the conference are: W. R Chapline, inspector of grazing, Wash ington, D. C. ; L. C. Hunt, grazing ex aminer, Miasoula, Mont.; D. A. Shoe maker, grazing examiner, Ogden Utah. In addition to these Is a party wnicn returned from an inspection trip over a large part of the Whit man forest, including C. E. Rachford, grazing inspector, Washington, D. C; J. L. Peterson, and D. C. Ingram grazing inspectors from the' Portland office, state forest department; F. N. Lenzie, grazing examiner. Bend; A. H Wright, national forest examiner. Portland; R..M. Evans, supervisor and examiner' of Whitman na tional forest. j Forest officials are here from other sections to study the metlhods to be used in appraising ths local ranges Let Your Wife V. M. C. A. Secretary Chosen. BAKER, Or., Aug. 19. (Special.) r C. E. Webster, who for the past three ! years has been connected with the Y. M. C. A. at Grand Rapids, Mich., has been chosen secretary of the Baker Y. M. C. A. to succeed C. L. Shaw, who goes to Spokane, Wash. Mr. Webster is expected to taks up his duties in Baker September 1. i & H. green stamps for casta Holman Fuel Co.. coal and wood Main 353: 660-21. Adv BIG AUTO SHOW PLANNED Idaho' State Fulr to Feature Ex hibits and Races. BOISE. Idaho. Aug. 19. (Special.) The Idaho state fair will feature a state-wide automobile show here tha latter part of next month. This was the decision reached by the Boise Auto Trades association. The show will be held In industrial building which was set apart for the Want high-class man to take state sales agency .for tractor attachment that is sure seller. Some money required to' buy your goods. This is a high-class business proposition and references are required. Give phone number for interview Mon day. AV 203, Oregonian. 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