THE 3IORXTXG OKEGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JAXUAKT 27, 1D22
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SEATTLE If USE
TAX FUND FOR CARS
'Taxpayers Lose Suit to Re
strain Payments.
BONDS HELD FIRST LIEN
Court Declares Authorities Huve
Not Threatened General Levy to
Operate Street Railway.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle,
Waah., Jan. 26. The oity of Seattle
wllLnot be enjoined from dipping Into
the geenral tax fund for money to op
erate the municipal street railway
system, mo far as the superior court
In concerned. After several days' de
liberation over the case, which was
brought to a close last Saturday. Su
perior Judge Ronald today decided
against the 14 taxpayers who have
made themselves locally famous by
their efforts to keep the railway sys
tem off the general tax account.
The 115.000,000 worth of bonds de
livered to Stone & Webster by the
city In payment for the railways pro
vided that bond principal and Inter
est shall be & lien upon the gross
revenues of the systems prior to all
other charges. This lien was con
firmed by Federal Judge Cushman In
a, decision rendered last week.
Casea to Be Appealed.
Th contention of the 14 taxpayers
lias been substantially that all costs
of operating and maintaining the sys
tem should be paid out of its revenues
leaving the residue, if any. for the
bondholders. This contention Is now
upset by Superior Judge Ronald's de
cision refusing to restrain the city
from applying general tax funds to
railway purposes. The two decisions
therefore run In the same general di
rection. Both cases will be appealed.
Judge Ronald's comment, however.
Is designed for the comfort of tax
payers. While he does not take into
account the $2,000,000 drawn from
the general tax fund In the past
three years for railway replacements
and extensions, he finds from the
evidence that the city authorities
"have not threatened and are not
threatening to levy a tax for the
purpose of operating or maintaining
the municipal street railway and that
there is no Intention on the part of
defendants to do so or to use any
moneys heretofore derived from tax
ation for such purposes.
ItrrrlplH Thought Adequate.
The court discovers a cheering
view of the situation in finding that
"the gross revenues of the system
are and will be sufficient to pay the
principal and Interest of all bonds
payable therefor and to cover the
cost of maintenance and operation
and all other amounts properly
chargeable against said system."
The court adds that the law will
not presume that the city council
will do an unlawful act In the future.
But, gays the court. If the city should
fail to meet the -maintenance and
operation expense It Is within the
power of the council to borrow from
the general fund or to levy a tax
direct, providfd the limit of taxation
is not exceeded.
Allan Brookes, emerged from behind
prison bars at McNeil's Island today
a free man, after having served a
sentence on a charge of having de
frauded the federal government, only
to be rearrested by William H. Jack
sen. Cincinnati detective and former
chief of police of hat city.
Jackson served on Brookes a war
rant for his arrest on a charge of
having defrauded a Cincinnati auto
mobile concern. Introducing himself
as a wofld-war hero and British army
officer, Brookes, It was said, "moved
In fast circles" In the nation's capital
shortly after the war. In the spring
of 1920. according to the police, he
purchased an. expensive touring car
from a Cincinnati firm and accompa
nied the firm's agent to Washington
to cash a bank draft. He eluded the
agent. It was charged, and escaped
with the car.
Several months later he was ar
rested In California on a federal
charge. The automobile concern, in
the meantime, learning of his where
abouts, took steps to have him. re
arrested at the expiration of bis sen
tence. The Cincinnati officer has arrived
in Tacoma.
LUMBER SALES BETTER
SHIPMENTS FOR WEEK MORE
THAN PRODUCTION.
POUR OFFER IS STUDIED
EXGIXEERS WILL REPORT OS I
CORPORATION PROFFER.
West Coast Association Reports
Excess of Nearly 5,000,000
Feet Over Mills' Cut.
There was an element of encour
agement for the lumber Industry ot
the northwest in the report ot west
Coast Lumbermen's association mills
for the week ending January 21. It
showed that nearly 5.000.000 feet more
lumber had been shipped during the
week than had been produced.
The 133 mills which reported had
manufactured 70,643,849 feet of lum
ber; sold 65.544.621 feet, and shipped
75.200.838 feet. Production was 19 per
cent below normal; new business was
7 per cent below production, and
shipments 6 per cent above produc
tion. Thirty-nine per cent of all new
business taken during the week was
accepted for future water delivery.
This amounted to 25,524.621 feet, of
which 18.073.048 feet will move coast
wise and intercoastal, and 7.451,573
feet overseas. New business for de
livery by rail totaled 1334 cars.
Fifty-three per cent of the week's
shipments moved by water, totaling
39,530.838 feet, of which 28,354.869
feet moved coastwise and intercoastal,
and 11.175,969 feet export. The rail
movement for the week was 1189 cars.
The unshipped balance in the do
mestic cargo trade totaled 84,151.624
feet, and in the export trade 83.813,747
feet. In the rail trade the unshipped
balance amounted to 4315 cars.
K.U.MER THOUGHT ERUPTING
.MlMiup at Lighting Plant Causes
Startling Illumination.
TUCJKT SOUND BUREAU, .Seattle.
Wash., Jan. 26. When a generator
grounded and burmd out In the Seat
tle municipal lighting plant on Cedar
river Wednesday nislit the people of
Cedar and Snmiualinie valleys Imag
ined Mount Rainier was in eruption,
so brilliant was the illumination. The
accident did considerable damage, but
did not seriously affect city, service,
as the new Cedar falls unit' was but
recently installed and had not been
placed in operation.
Tlio accident was the culmination
of a series of misfortunes. The in
stallation of this new lS.OOO-kllowatt
generator was authorized in 1920 and
it should have been in operation
mouths ago. The machinery wa In a
wreck en route from the manufactur
ers and hnd to be returned to them
for rebuilding, which caused a delay.
When It arrived and was placed on
Ils foundation it could not be made
to run without vibration. An attempt
to reinforce the base appeared to be
successful, but in the installation no
switch was placed between the gen
erator and the transformer, an un-iif-ual
method of installing such a
machine.
Due to some unknown disturbance
"Wednesday night the transformer
grcunded and the generator unable
to bear tho strain grounded, too.
Short-circuited at the machines, the
powerful current jumped to the
ground. The transformer and gen
erator immediately burst into bril
liant electrical flame. The damage
cannot be estimated until a survey
has been made. The generator and
transformer were installed at an ap
proximate cost of 1(K,000.
JUDGE BEAN' IS IX SEATTLE
Federal Jurist or Portland Will
Help Clear Congested Docket.
TM'UKT SOUND BUREAU. Seattle.
Wash.. Jan. 26. Judge Robert S. Bean
of Portland arrived here today and
assumed a place on the bench of the
United States district court to aid
Judges Neterer and Cusliman in the
cifnrt to clear the congested calendar.
Judge Bean expects to hold court
here during February and March.
The first case brought before him
was that of the International Lum
ber Kxport company against Suzuki
Sc Co., involving alleged breach of a
lumber sile contract and $-7,ouu dam-
MINE WORK UNDER WAY
Boswell Diggings Employ 10 Men
and Will Need More.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. Jan. 26. (Spe
cial.) Work at the East Boswell and
the East Boswell Extension is now
well under way. a crew of 10 men be
ing employed there at present. Sev
eral shafts are under way and as the
work proceeds more men will be em
ployed. C. Dufdahl and J. Narberg.
of the Arctic Trading company of
Portland, accompanied M. Norden, of
the Boswell mine, to the workings
this week.
On a recent assay, according to R.
A. Dozier, of the Richinore Mining
company, 14 sacks of concentrate,
weighing 791 4 pounds, yielded 181.10.
Of the ore, the fine gold content was
3 166 ounces,, fine silver 4.74 ounces,
and platinum .296 ounces.
ARSON DEFENDANT HELD
Illinois Sheriff Not Arrested for
Burning of Courthouse.
HARRISBURO. 111.. Jan. 26. Harry
Fletcher, county clerk of Hardin
county, arrested January 14 in con
nection with the burning of the
courthouse at Elizabethtown, has
been held for trial after a preliminary
hearing. A dispatch on that date
recording Fletcher's arrest erroneous
ly stated that D. N. Cox. sheriff of
Hardin county, had also been taken
in this connection, nut he is on bond
awaiting trial on a charge of em
bezzling several thousand dollars in
county funds.
The courthouse burning occurred
after Sheriff Cox had been indicted
The fire was said to have destroyed
ull books and records of his office.
Tacoma Improvement Clubs Oppose
Attempt to Relegate Plant
City Is Developing.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Tacoma,
Wash.. Jan. 26. (Special.) Ira a
Davisson, city commissioner, today
announced that he had asked four en
gineers of his department to study
the offer of the Stone-Webster com
pany for the sale of power to the
city and advise him. Besides Llewellyn
Evans and W. A. Kunigk, superin
tendents, of the light and water de
partments; Norton L. Taylor and C. A.
Lund, light department engineers,
have been In' conference.
Preparations for the hearing that
will be held later on the issuance
of a permit by the state hydraulic en
gineer for construction of a dam for
the Lake Cushman project and the
diversion of the water of the Skoko
mish river, was being made yesterday
by J. Charles Dennis, city attorney.
The oity has complied with legal re
qairements for a permit, bift opposi
tion of the state fish board Is delay
ing the matter as it did In the con
demnation of fish hatchery riparian
rights.
The Stone-Webster interests want
to sell power to the city 10 per cent
cheaper than th latter can manufac
ture it. Improvement clubs oppose the
offer on the ground that the munici
pal electric system should be devel
oped. TACOMA CARLINE HAS DEFICIT
Shortage of $59,647.50 in 1921
Brings Total to $220,016.10.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Jan. 26.
(Special.) The Tacoma municipal
street canine accumulated a larger
deficit during 1921 than in any year
or its history, although December
ehowed a betterment, according to the
report of John M. Roberts, city con
troller. During 1921 the deficit, in
cluding interest, depreciation and
other charges, was J59. 647.69. bringing
the total deficit of the utility since
Its inception of $220,016. 19. In 1920
the deficit was $51,939.85 and the
deficit from 1917 to 1919 was $108,
428.73. December came within $335.74 of
paying the operating expenses alone,
but the total deficit for the month
was $3654.35. Operating revenues
were $8067.32. and operating ex
penses $8403.06.
The number of passengers carried
In 1921 was only a litle more than
half the number during 1920, It is
shown. In 1920 there were 4,030,759
passengers carried, as against 2.265,
114 for 1921, which was also less than
1919, when 2,98::,553 patronized the
Line.
MIXING PLANTS TO BE VIEWED
Tacoma Delegation Sent to -Make
Investigation in Portland.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Tacoma.
Wasm. Jan. 26. (Special.) In antici
pation of completing the repair work
on the South Tacoma boulevard, Edi
son and Union avenues, and of doing
extensive other repairs to asphalt
pavements during the current year,
starting as soon as weather condi
tions will permit. Commissioner Har
rison today sent members of his de
partment to Portland to investigate
asphalt mixing plants.
A small mixing plant msy be p-ur-
New Velie Light Six
Model 58
Scores Biggest Hit
at the Auto Show
Thousands of motor car owners have
acclaimed the new Velie Light Six Model 58
to be the most handsome and most improved
motor car exhibited at the Automobile Show.
Come today and see how Velie's engineers
have developed this newest and finest car to
the point of perfection.
W.R. DeLay Motor Co., Inc.
VELIE DISTRIBUTORS FOR OREGON
58-60 North Twenty-third Street Phone Main 780
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portable repair outfit was purchased j ment of the project was given but
and this will be used on patching
work, but where parts of pavements
of considerable size must be repaired.
a larger outfit 1 needed for economi
cal construction, Mr. Harrison said.
A. Christof ferson, superintendent of
Btreeta, and C. E. Putnam, assistant
city engineer, were delegated to look
into the plants available at Portland.
They were accompanied by W. D.
Vealey, also of the engineer's force.
C. W. JAMES IS INDORSED
Ex-Warden of Penitentiary Out for
County Judgeship.
NbJwPORT. Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.)
The Newport community club, at its
regular meeting last night, adopted
a resolution indorsing C. W. James
of this city for county judge to fill
the vacancy caused by death of Judge
Fogarty, who died suddenly Janu
ary 22.
Mr. James is a man of considerable
experience in public affairs, having
served as warden of the state peni
tentiary and as private secretary to
George E. Chamberlain In the senate.
Others mentioned for the position are
O. V. Hurt of Waldport, Dr. W. Berry
of Newport and W. Bill of Toledo.
Newport Club Indorses Fair.
NEWPORT, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.)
At the regular meeting of the
Newiport Community club last night
n discussion of the proposed 1925
the means to finance the fair could
not be decided upon as the club had
opposed the direct tax method. The
income tax plan was favored. The
club directors elected the following
officers for the ensuing year: C. C.
Presley, president; G. H. Wilcox,
vice-president; George R. Dickinson,
secretary, and C. O. Hawkins, treasurer.
Salem Schools Held Crowded.
SALEM. Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.)
George W. Hug, superintendent of the
Salem public schools, today told mem
bers of the llariop County Realtors'
association that aome action would
have to be taken !n the near future
to care for fast increasing enrollement
in local educational Institutions. Mr.
Hug said the present enrollment ni
Salem schools aggregates 4000. whicli
is several hundred more than shouid
be accepted until additional accommo
dations are provided.
Postmaster Is Veteran.
DALLAS, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.)
Ronald G. White, who was recently
nominated by President Harding for
postmaster at Falls City, is the
youngest of several candidates for
that office. He is an ex-service man,
having served overseas during the
world war with an artillery regiment
His candidacy did not have the in
dorsement of the Polk county repub
lican central committee, but the
American Legion was behind him.
Read The Oregonian classified ada.
FREED CONVICT RE-TAKEN
Auto Dealers Cause Arrest of Ile
lensed Federal Prisoner.
PUGET SOUND BUREAU. Tacoma,
Wash.. Jan. 26. (Special.) Alleged :
social impostor, pseudo army officer, 1
.1 Al'pn Hroftkfji. alias Captain J
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Fists and six-shooters in
stead of swords; Yankee
punch instead of French
politeness.
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Selling: Broken Lines of
"Globe"
Union Suits
At Reduced Prices!
It doesn't even matter much" whether
you need winter weight underwear
now or not, you will next fall and
these union suits are exceptional val
ues at such reductions
$2.00 Suits $1.65
2.50 Suits 1.95
$4.00 Suits $3.00
4.50 Suits 3.15
FLANNEL SHIRTS at
very special reductions
Discontinued lines of
INTERWOVEN COTTON HOSE
black and cordovan only,
regular 50c,
35c pair, 3 pairs for $1.00
Striped and figured $1.00
Cut Silk Ties
at 65c
Sam'IRosenblatt&Co.
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Opens Today (Friday) 9 A. M.
WE NEED the MONEYS
WHY GO BARE FOOTED?
LOWEST PRICES IN PORTLAND!
5000 Pairs Shoes and Rubbers at These Give-Away Prices
( Don't say Drug Store
say Stout-Lyons
it saves you money
Ladies' Rubbers
Sizes 2i2 to 4
Medlnm r 0 a d tnea, K o 0 d
quality. WX pairs. Not a
mistake. The price, while they
last, per pair.
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Ladies' SHOES '
Oxfords and Pumps
Samples and odd
line. Cuban and
French tace!, nar
row, m e d I am or
round toe. Better
come early 400
pairs. Per pair
50c
Men's RUBBERS
Sizes 6 to IOI2
Guaranteed quality. Medium round
toe rover your nhoea. Don't hav
vret feet. 2000 paira. Leas than
price per pair .
50c
Felt SLIPPERS
Ladies' and Men's
Leather soles, felt soles. TOO
pairs almOMt iciven iwsy. Come
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Your Child's Bowels Need
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RULES OF SALE: NO CHARGES NO DELIVERIES NO REFUNDS
Misses' SHOES
LOW HEELS
Chlldrens alxei. 1
to 5. S4 to 8. 8Vi
to II. HVi to 2
lUMt palra a o I I tl
ahoe. The kiddie
eaa't aro barefoot
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t b I a price. Per
Boys' SHOES
ALL SIZES
Mixed lota, button and lace. SOO
pair, all nlxen. Keep them In
arhooL I.eaa than pre-war aale
price, per pair
Men's SHOES
DRESS AND WORK
All aoltd ahoea. 200 palra. For
the an fin who has to make hi
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Boys' Hi Cuts
ALL SIZES
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UNHEARD OF PRICES Entire STOCK REDUCED
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Do Not Be Misled
We Are Not Connected With
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Our ONLY Store
Opposite Circle Theater
Between Washington and Alder
on Fourth Street
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in tho husks of grains and the peels
and skins of fruits and vegetables
but modern methodi of cookery throw sll
these thin (ft awayhence the alarming in
crease in anaemia iron starvationoftheblood,
with iti never end in trend of symptoms of
nervous irritability.freneral weakness, fa ti true,
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H. T. Straynge, Gainesville, Ga., R.
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everything I heard of for the trouble.
: Finally I tried Foley Kidney Pills and
, after taking one bottle I believe I am
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! weak, sluggish kidneys, rid the body
of poisons, give appetite,, energy and
refreshing sleep.
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loves the "fruity" taste of "California
Fig: Syrup," and It never falls to open
tho bowels. A teaspoonful today may
prevent a Blck child tomorrow. It
constipated, bilious, feverish, fretful,
has cold, colic, or If stomach Is sour,
tongue coated, breath bad, remember
a good cfcansing of the little bowels
is often all that is necessary.
Ask your druggist for genuine
"California Kls Syrup," which hns di
rections for babies and children of
all aires printed on bottle. Mother!
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