TIIE 3IOKNIXG OREGOXIAX, "WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 1, 1923
TAXCOffllSSIOi
CLOSE CONFERENCE
Oregon and Washington Both
Oppose U. S. Gasoline Levy.
SALES TAX ALSO BARRED
Principle of Assessment Declared
Against in Meeting Held In Se
attle Problems Viewed.
n'GET SOl'ND BUREAU, Seattle,
Wafh, Jan. 31. The tax investigat
ing commissions of Oregon and Wash
ington closet! a tro-dar executive
cession In thia city today, In the
count of which th-ey reached mutual
agreement against the principle of
a state sales tax and in opposition
to a federal tax on rasoline sales. A
Joint telegram waa sent to members
of congress from both states urging
that inasmuch as many states already
bad Imposed a gasoline tax this
source of revenue should be left to
the states and no additional tax im
posed by the federal government.
Four members of the Oregon com
mission of seven attended the ses
sion I. K. Day. chairman, and Coe
A. McKenna of Portland, Walter
Pierce of La Grande and Charles A.
Brand of Roseburg. Five of Wash
ington's nine commissioners were
pre&ent the first day Nathan Eck
stein, chairman, of Seattle; Frank D.
Oakley and George M. Elliott of Ta
coma. colonel w. w. nooertson -01
- Yakima and Peter McGregor of
Hooper. 3. B. 1. Penrose of Walla
Walla waa present today.
WaitfclBa-to Change Opposed.
In spite of the declaration of the
Oregon commissioners that the law
permitting classification of property
seemed to be working satisfactorily
in their state the Washington com
mission indicated a majority opinion
against making recommendation for
similar practice in this state, which
would require a constitutional amend
ment. Such an amendment has al
ready been twice submitted to pop-1
ular vote and defeated.
Income and inheritance taxes were
the chief topic of discussion in to
day's session. Tne Oregon men sug
gested the desirability of a change
in the Washington inheritance tax
law to conform with the tax now in
vogue in Oregon, but the Washing
ton commissioners were unanimously
against any change.
As to the possible recommendation
of an income tax in this state, the
commissioners declared they would
not even discuss it except as a last
resort. If their further investiga
tions shall exhaust every other pos
sibility of shifting tax burdens and
opening other tax sources, they may
then take up the question of an in
come tax. but not until then.
Poll Tax Is Discussed.
Discussion of Washington's poll
tax law was only of academic inter
est to the Oregon men. but an unof
ficial poll of the six Washington com
missioners present, made on the
strength of their frank declarations,
shows four to be unequivocally In fa
vor of retaining the poll tax. one in
favor of it as contributing to the sol
diers' bonus, but not otherwise, and
th sixth dead against it.
The probable opinion of the three
absentees was not discussed. Those
in favor of the tax stand by the re
sults of more than two million dollars
produced by the law in its first year
and on the failure of their investiga
tions thus far to show how so great
a sum can be produced without great,
er hardship on the people.
The Oregon commissioners seemed
surprised to learn that the Washing
ton public service commission under
the certificate of necessity law can
grant to private motor bus and freight
truck operators exclusive monopolies
over the paved highways of the
state.
II taker Fee May Be Asked.
Discussion of this question by the
Washington commissioners Indicated
an Intention to appeal to the public
service body for termination of ex
clusive privileges on public highways
and to recommend an increase of the
In consideration of their separate
problems, the Washington commis
sioners reached a practical agreement
to recommend a 3-cent state tax on
gasoline, provided the federal gov
ernment keeps off. The commission
also will recommend an Increase of
filing fees of county clerks and audi
tors to double the present scale, an
Increase of the annual corporation li
cense fee from S15 to $30. and unless
another decision should be reached.
when all members are present, will t
favor a tax on the gross earnings of
corporations and declare against the
increase of school taxes as proposed
ia the s-called 30-10 plan.
The Washington commission today
authorized the employment of H. H.
Luts, of the faculty of Oberlin college,
to assist in the compilation of Its
report for four or five weeks, be
ginning in May. The Oregon commis
sioners left for home early tonight.
CCSTOMS OFFICIALS ARE HIT
Inspectors Disappointed by Court
Decision on Overtime.
PIJGET SOtTSD BUREAU. Seattle.
Wash., Jan. 31. Customs inspectors
of the Puget sound district were dis
appointed by the decision of the United
Slates supreme court abrogating the
regulations under which they have
been allowed overtime pay for Sun
days and holidays. Heretofore, the
customs regulations had recognized
the eight-hour day and all holidays
and the allowance of double pay for
overtime was taxed against ships re
quiring attention outside regular
hours.
These regulations had been upheld
by lower federal courts, but the su
preme court decision will have the
effect of making services of inspec
tors available when needed at regu
lar pay rates. Local customs offi
cers foresee the necessity of an in
crease in the regular force and fre
quent occasion for the employment of
temporary help.
TRAIX OF SILK IS RCSITED
died the silk from the ship's hold into
the cars in exactly four hours. If the
train gets through without mishap
it la figured that the record of 13
days 12 hours will be established. The
present record is 14 days 4 hours.
ARMYWILLASSIST
GARAGE PERMITS ASKED
Mr. Barbur to Recommend Favor
able Action on Other Requests.
Applications for permits to build
three garages in East Portland dis
tricts will go before the city council
today, and will be referred to Com
missioner Barbur for investigation
and recommendation. They include
the applications from Ed Walgraeve,
Jessup street, between East Seventh
street and Union avenue; A. J. Erick
son. Flint street, between Hancock
and Tillamook streets, and Emma R.
Riley. Belmont street, between East
Twenty-sixth and East Twenty-sev
enth streets.
Commissioner Barbur today will
recommend that garage permits be
granted to H. H. Schmitt, East Forty
eighth street North, between Brazee
and Thompson streets; Charles Wil
son, East Thirty-ninth street, between
Knapp and Ogden avenues; F. c.
Briese. East Alder, between East
Thirty-third and East Thirty-fourth
streets, and that the council view the
premises on the application ' of C. A.
Peterson for a garage location on Bel
mont street, between East Nineteenth
and East Twentieth streets.
He will recommend denial of the
applications of W. A. Tauscher for
permit to erect and maintain a large
garage on Buxton street, between
East Twenty-sixth and East Twenty-
seventh streets, and similar action on
the application of George Sharp for
permits for two private garages on
Nelson street, between Lawrence and
East Twenty-eighth streets.
IN RAINIER CLIMB
A
Signal Men to Accompany
French Mountaineers.
JOB GIVEN TO ALASKANS
CHAMBER OPENS DRIVE
Membership Campaign to Start at
Central la Today.
CENT R. ALIA, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe
ciaL) The Centralia chamber of com
merce tomorrow will launch a mem
bership campaign. Si hundred la the
g-oal set. A building has been erected
at Tower avenue and Pine street and
will be used as headquarters, which
will be open day and night. Member
of .the Women's Civic club will assist
in the campaign.
A 1922 programme for the chamber
was completed last night by a com
mittee, of which E. H. Colson is chair
man. The principal projects set forth
were to assist in erecting a legion me
morial, to get behind the fruit tndus
try. to Improve all roads leading into
the city, to complete the normal
school project, to develop Centralia as
a jobbing point, to develop tourist
traffic and to get a hotel for Centra
lia in 1923.
COUNTY COURT IS SCORED
Failure of Clackamas JRoad Plan
Cause or Controversy.
OREGON" CITT. Or., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Th county court was scored
by L. A. Henderson, secretary of the
commercial club, and O. T. E-by, city
attorney, at the luncheon discussion
of highway development tn Clacka
mas county today before the Live
Wires. Both speakers took Issue with
Judge Cross, for failure to put into
operation the hard-surface road
building programme.
Judge Cross, in the main address,
outlined the difficulties in the way of
efficient procedure, stating that the
bond programme could not be placed
in operation for the reason that the
preparation of the grades, as required
of the road districts, was too expen
sive and that the district could not
be held together long enough to pro
vide for the improvement of the main
trunk road.
FALSE TEETH ARE TOPIC
Rotarians Told Modern Grinders
Give Reliable Service.
If a modern man sinks his false
teeth into a bit of delicious pastry or
chews an unusually tough piece of
beefsteak, he is not in danger of los
ing his set of grinders, as was the
case of the man of other days, ac
cording to Dr. Fred E. Gullck, speak
ing at the luncheon of the Rotary
club at the Benson hotel yesterday
noon. Dr. Gulick explained the mod
ern methods of manufacturing false
teeth, as compared with the former
methods, and showed why modern
false teeth are built to stay.
Harry P. Deuber told of the club's
nationwide advertising campaign for
better business. E. O. Dueker and
A. A. Patterson each gave three-minute
advertising talks. Walter L.
Whiting, assistant secretary of the
club, was chairman of the day.
Attempt Made to Break Record
From Yokohama to Xew York.
PUGET SOVXD BUREAU, Seattle.
Wash.. Jan. 31. A special freight
train of the Northern Pacific left Se
attle early this morning with a $3.
2O0.000 load of oriental silk in an ef
fort to break the time record for
silk shipments from Yokohama to
New York. The silk cargo, consisting
of 3700 bales, was brought over on
the steamship Pine Tree State, docked
last night.
By special preparation the agents
of the Seattle port commission ban..
STEPHEN B. PACKARD DIES
Ex-Governor of Louisiana and ex
Consul at Liverpool Passes.
SEATTLE, Wash., Jan. SI. Stephen
B. Packard, governor of Louisiana in
1877, and American consul at Liver
pool in 187S, died here today.
He had been a resident of Seattle
for the last 15 years.
In Event of Success Xews Will Be
Flashed to Taconia on Line
Strung by Military.
Call Brings Xo Bids.
BEND. Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.) The
second call for bids for construction
of the J7.00O.OO0 irrigation project of
the north unit lands in Jefferson
county resulted today in no con
tractors offers for the work. The
magnitude of the task is thought to
have deterred contractors from bring
ing in proposals. Directors of the
district, who met in Madras this
afternoon, may now consider the ad
visability of negotiating privately for
bids for the construction of the Ben
ham Falls reservoir and a canal and
lateral system.
Bridge Protest Denied.
OREGON- CITT, Or., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Complete denial of the report
published in a Portland paper Tuesday
afternoon to the effect that the
Crown-Willamette Paper company had
made another protest against the de
sign of the new Willamette river
bridge was made this afternoon by
A. Bankus, resident manager of"th
mills.
Patient Flees From Hospital.
SALEM. "Or.. Jan. 31. (Special.)
Andrew Thorsrud, SO years old. es
caped from the state hospital here
last night while being taken from
his quarters to the Institution audito
rium where a moving picture show
was in progress. The patient was com
mitted to the institution from Multno
mah county. His home is in North
Dakota.
War Society Is Growing.
BENT. Or, Jan. 31. (Special.)
Sixty-three candidates will be in
itiated here by La Societe des iO
Hommes et S Chevaux on the after
noon of February 11. This will in
clude 34 from Bend, two from La
Pine, II from Prineville, two from
Sisters, five from Madras and eight
from Redmond.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-23-sO-Ad.
PTJGET SOUND BUREAU, Tacoma,
Wash., Jan. 31. Four expert aigrnal
men from Camp Lewis with enowshoe
experience in Alaska have been de
tailed to accompany the trio of French
mountaineers on their midwinter dash
for the summit of Mount Rainier. The
party will leave for the mountains
tomorrow and attempt the climb
Thursday.
Equipped with smoke bomb rockets,
chain flares and Very pistols for
emergency distance signals, the men
from the Alps will make their final
break for the "pole" beyond the six
mile temporary telegraph line to be
laid by the signal corps Letween
Paradise inn and Camp Muir.
The quartet of soldiers, all veterans
of interior Alaska service, will carry
breast reels and buzzers for ground
wire signal communication on the
surface of the 60-foot pack of snow
and ice.
Decision of the military authorities
to co-operate in making the exploit a
success was announced by Lieutenant-Colonel
Oliver H. Dockery Jr., 3d
division adjutant, after a conference
with Major-General Charles H. Muir
and Colonol J. D. Leitch, chief of
staff.
Help Is Requested.
Request from members of the sig
nal corps to accompany the party and
keen liaison with the outside world
was made by W. H. Peters, superin
tendent of Rainier national parK.
Captain Louis Cansler, division sig
nal officer, was authorized to detail
the necessary men and named Ser-e-eant
Georcre W. Lockyear, Sergeant
Julius J. Linck, Private George Brad
ford and Private Roy W. .pen. au oi
the 3d signal company.
Lockvear has had six years' service
at Alaska forts, and was said to have
been one of the party that aided
Frederick Cook in his explorations
around Mount McKinley, Alaska.
The other members of the party
have had from one to three years
duty in Alaska garrisons. Pell is a
lineman and the other three soldiers
are telegraphers.
Caotaln Cansler declared today tnat
he planned to accompany his men as
far as Paradise inn and beyond pro
vided he could arrange for his absence
from camp.
Trip Never Tried Before.
The three daring mountaineers who
will make a trip never before at
imntnt are: Jean and Henri Landry
and Jacques Bergues, all members of
the French and Swiss Alpine clubs.
Peters and three pacK carriers vm
accompany the party, all on skiis.
The entire trip Is expected 10 oc
cupy a weeK or in ")' "
will be made early tomorrow morn
ing. Camp Muir is expected to oe
reached Friday. There observations
will be made and a trail broken for
the dash.
The mountaineers for tne iinai
spurt will carry smoke bomb rockets
to signal their success if the summit
la reached during the daylight hours.
On arrival after aarnness ine onaiu
flare will be discharged. ine news
ill be then flashed over tne ouzzer
to the outside worm oy -no iuici
stationed at Camp Muir that a feat
hitherto considered impossible has
been achieved.
In case of accident or injury 10 a
member or tne inu, '5' -
fired from the Very pistol, whereupon
relief will set out immediately from
Camp Muir.
Buzzer to Be Tested.
Exoerlments were to be conducted
by Captain Cansler at Camp Muir
today with the buzzer on counter
poise capacity ground. If good re
sults are achieved, with the single
ire, the same method will be at
tempted on the mountain.
If not the men will lay a metallic
of return circuit. This win neces
sitate laying 12 miles of wire instead
of six.
The breast reels each carry i
miles of wire, weighing u pounds.
The reel revolves, laying the wire
as the men walk.
The four men selected rrom tne
girnii comoany were plcKen irom
among volunteers including practical
ly the entire command.
It is possible that signal flares
from the summit may not be discern
able at Camp Muir. In this event
word of the achievement cannot be
relayed to Tacoma until th'e trio re
turn from their quest with the "sum
mit record," inclosed in a cylinder
now buried under 60 feet of snow.
SHRUBS DOXATED TO ARMY
Tacomans Assist In Decoration of
Camp Lewis.
TACOMA, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Response from Tacoma school
children, women's clubs and indi
viduals who have flowers and shrubs
to spare for beautifying Camp Lewis
is expected to complete this week the
desired 10,000 shrubs and plants that
it will take to make the big army
camp an attractive place for the sol
diers and visitors. Perhaps half the
number is already in sight from
sources which gave immediate re
sponse to the need of Major Bertram
L. Cadwalader, in charge of distribu
tion at camp.
Offerings have so far ranged all
the way from 2000 cuttings and
shrubs from Dr. Paul A. Remington,
chief surgeon of the Northern Pacific
hospital, to single shrubs from private
sources.
RAIL WORKING RULE CHANGED
Milwaukee to Favor Senior Em
ployes In Job Issues.
TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 31. (Special.)
All Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
railway shopmen worked today. They
will work under the old plan of split
ting the work among all employes
where a reduction in operations is
necessary, but effective February 1.
a new order, based on a rule of the
railroad labor board, will be in force,
laying off entirely tne younger and
newer men in point of service, accord
ing to an explanation given by Frank
C. Dow, superintendent for the road
here.
For some time the Tacoma shops
have been operating with about half
force. All the 5:0 men on the pay
rolls reported today, including 300
carmen, according to E. J. Aaberg,
secretary of the Brotherhood of Rail
way Carmen. Tacoma local.
"The Milwaukee railroad, for many
months., has been compelled to keep
its expenses down to the minimum
and to keen control of Us epenre
of which payrolls comprise about two
thirds, it has used an allotment basis
in the mechanical and other depart
ments," said Mr. Dow.
"The railroad has, up to the present
time, by agreement with the repre
sentatives of its employes, kept its en
tire shop forces on the payroll so far
as possible keeping within the ex
penditure allotted by reducing the
number of hours worked a week.
"However, January 24 the employes"
representatives notified the company
that the men were dissatisfied with
the plan that had been in effect and
requested that rule 27 of Addendum
6 to decision 222 of the United States
railroad labor board be followed in
meeting payroll allotments for the
month of February.
"This will necessitate quite a large
reduction of force at Tacoma and
other shop points effective February
1, although it will not result in any
material decrease in the money paid
out in the payrolls.
"Rule 27 of addendum 6 to decision
22 of the railroad labor board pro
vides for the laying off of the young
est men in point of seniority of serv
ice with the company, instead of di
viding the work among all the em
ployes by reducing the hours a week
for. each employe. The new plan will
provide that senior employes with
steady work, thereby throwing the
employes last hired out of work en
tirely." RAILROAD SUIT THREATENED
Released Prisoner Says Ho Will
Demand $5000 for Arrest.
TACOMA, Wash.', Jan. 31. (Special.)
Suit for 35000 damages against the
Northern Pacific railway will be the
outcome of the arrest of Peter T. Fog
ler, 29, in Los Angeles on December
29 as the man who passed forged
Northern Pacific pay vouchers on Ta
coma merchants recently, declared
Fogler today.
After a month under arrest, Fogler
was released in Tacoma last Friday
when it was found he was not the
man wanted.
Fogler is 1500 miles from his home
and job without money to return. He
is forced to reanain in Tacoma as a
consequence and declared he has re
tained his counsel to sue the railroad.
He was arrested through Northern
Pacific special agents, he said, and
was held 15 days in Los Angeles with
out a hearing, being then taken to
Everett in handcuffs for identifica
tion. He had formerly worked there.
He was brought here a week ago and
held until Satunday.
TAX BILLS TO BE MAILED
Grays Harbor County Treasurer
Prepares 15,000 Statements.
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 31 (Spe
cial.) Approximately 15,000 tax
statements will be put in the mail
February 6 by Mrs. Olive F. Dunning,
treasurer of Grays Harbor county.
These statements, covering the 1921
real and personal tax assessments,
will call for the payment of $2,511,
151.07. Although the rolls were re
ceived by the treasurer nearly two
months later than usual, hard work
in her office has made it possible
to have them mailed on time.
Personal taxes must be paid be
fore March 15 for on that date they
become delinquent and draw 15 pes
cent interest. There is no rebate for
early payment of personal taxes. Real
estate taxes may be paid in two in
stallments, half before June 1 and
the remainder before December 1,
without incurring a penalty. Delin
quent real estate taxes will be taxed
15 per cent, but those paid before
March 15 will be allowed a 3 per
cent rebate.
THIRD DEBATE IS LISTED
Southwest Washington Inter-High
School Contest Arranged.
CHEHALIS, Wash,, Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) The third debate of the series
of inter-high schools of southwest
Washington will be held Friday night
of this week. The Chehalis team
will debate Hoquiam at that place.
The team from this city has won both
lUi previous debates. As now consti
tuted the team is composed of Hayden
Mills, David O'Connor and Miss Over
meyer. Other daJtes for the debates Friday
evening are as follows: Adna versus
Napavine, at Adna; Boistfort versus
Elma, at Boistfort; Castle Rock ver
sus W"rnlock, at Castle Rock; Kalama
versus Ridgefieid, at Kalama; Mossy
rock versus Rochester, at Mossyrock;
Vancouver versus Centralia, at Van
couver; Olympia versus Oakville, at
Olympia.
The subject Is the question as to
the adoption of the principle of the
sales tax as a means of raising na
tional revenue.
WOMAN ADDRESSES CLUB
Industrial Exhibit at Chehalis Sub
ject of Noon Talk.
CHEHALIS, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Mrs. Claire Ketchum Tripp of
Seattle, in charge of the educational
department of the Washington state
chamber of commerce, was the prin
cipal speaker at the weekly noon
luncheon of the Chehalis Citizens'
club.
Mrs. Tripp is in the city in charge
of the working out of the arrange
ments for the big show to be put
on at the Citizens' clubrooms, begin
ning today and ending Saturday eve
ning. She pointed out the varied ex
tent of the manufacturing industries
of the state and showed how through
the information that will be dissem
inated at the coming exhibit local
people will have a much wider view
of the industries of the state, the
number of persona they employ, the
taxes the various concerns pay and
other features of interest.
HARBOR FILL IS DELAYED
West Aberdeen Project Likely to
Be Postponed Another Year.
ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe.
cial.) Delays in the passage of the
fill ordinance for west Aberdeen may
cause the project to be abandoned
for this year, according to Council
man Cloud, sponsor of the plan. The
port commission dredge was to have
supplied sediment for the fill, but the
work of the dredge has progressed
so far now that Councilman Cloud is
doubtful whether there is enough
material left in the dredge project
for the fill.
Delays to the ordinance are not
yet ended, and another month or two
may be needed before the bill is
passed and the improvement au
thorized. The matter will come up
for discussion at the council meeting
tomorrow.
D
D B 6 n RDTH ER5
announce
a substantial reduction
in the prices of their cars
effective January Isi, 1922
Braley, Graham & Child, Inc.
Burnside at Eleventh
MORE GOLD PREDICTED
EAST WIND TO LAST, TODAY,
SAYS WEATHER MAN.
but 28 diegrees yesterday morning,
that temperature prevailed all day
and was aoompanled by a sharp east
wind. W'hdle last winter was unusual
for its frequent deluges, old-timers
say that such long periods of clear
weather as this county bias seen thie
winter are even more unusual-
Large Ice Crop Harvested.
HAINES, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.)
The Pacific Fruit Express company
has just finished its annual ice har
vest at North Powder, where 170,000
tons of ice has been stored for use
in cooling cars of perishable mer
chandise passing over the Union Pa
cific during the coming summer. The
ice was of an average thickness of
15 inches, or nearly twice that har
vested last year.
Minimum Is 24 Degrees Just Be
fore Sunrise, With Maximum
36 in Afternoon.
A continuation of the east wind for
at least one more day, with tempera
tures remaining about the same, was
predicted by the weather bureau last
night. No break of the present cold
weather was in sight and no precipi
tation is expected.
Starting at 24 degrees Just before
the sun arose, the official thermom
eter climbed yesterday until it touched
36 degrees in the middle of the after
noon, and then started down again.
The Dalles Has 4 Above.
THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Return of the bitter cold
which caused the mercury to perform
queer antics several weeks ago
marked last night and today in The
Dalles. Four degrees above zero was
the low mark reached last night,
while the mercury hovered around 30
degrees during the warmest part oi
the day. Cloudless skies, with a
slight east wind, tonight appeared as
ominous forerunners of another near
zero night.
Hood River Expects Break.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 31. (Special.)-
A minimum temperature of
4 degrees above in the lower val
ley and zero in the upper valley pre
vailed last night. The freezing of
Columbia shore ice again interrupted
service of the White Salmon ferry.
The ferry from Stevenson to Viento,
operated for motorists, continued. The
temperature today has ranged around
24 degrees above. . The sky is over
cast and indications are for a change
to the warmer.
Montesano Has Frost.
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 31.
(Special.) Montesa-no's period of cold,
clear weather continues, with freez
ing temperature every night. Al
though the thermometer registered
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-Ad.
Victor Records
February
Second Hand Rose
Fanny Brice
My Man (Mon Homme) . . 1.0O
Fanny Brice
Tomorrow Land
.i Sterling Trio
Georgia Rose Y .75
Sterling Trio
Gypsy Blues, Fox Trot..
...Paul Whiteman's Orch.
Trrv, T7i,Hm Smiles Fox
Trot.. P. Whiteman's Orch. J
Popular Songs of Tester
day. Waltz
. Hackel-Berge 1 Orchestra
Popular Songs of Tester- V 1.25
dav. Waltz .
. .Hackel-Berge Orchestra
Alice, Where Art Thou? Misch
Elman $1.73
OI' Car'lina, Amelita G-alli-Curci
. .. 1.25
Sweet and Low, Hulda Losh
anska 1-25
Stille Wie Die Nacht, Ernes
tine Schumann-Heink 1.25
Hovenden Piano Co.
14 Park St.
Between Alder and Morrison
VICTIM IS STILL WEAK
Xo Trace Found of Two Men Ac
cused of Hanging Laborer.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan 31. Albert
Hicks, laborer, who was found hang
ing by a strap in his cabin near Nis
qually Sunday morning, was able to
leave the hospital for a few hours
today, although he was still in a
weakened condition.
Sheriff Hoage reported no trace of
the .alleged assailants of Hicks, who
the victim said beat him and strung
him to a rafter. Hicks gave the
names of two suspects to authorities
as the men who attacked him, but
Prosecuting Attorney Fullerton said
he attached little significance to this
information. . j
Hicks was said to have a wife liv
ing in Takima, Wash., from whom he
has been separated for two years.
City Water Manager Resigns.
KELSO, Wash., Jan. 31. (Special.)
W. H. Davolt, who has been mana
ger of the Kelso water department
for the last year, has resigned, and
will be associated with his brother,
C. O. Davolt, in the operation of a
large chicken farm. They have two
residences under construction on the
Davolt place north of town and will
begin construction of a large chicken
house in the near future. Mayor Mc
Lane is home from Los Angeles and
probably will select a successor to
Mr., Davolt at the next council meet
ing. . '
Two Snits for Divorce Filed.
KALAMA, Wash., Jan. 31. (Spe
cial.) Ida M. Jewett has brought a
suit against Charles Jewett for a
divorce, on the ground of non-support.
- The Jewetts were married in
Ionia, Mich., in 1S92. C. W. Helm has
asked for his freedom from Hattie
Helm, alleging desertion. They wera
married at Kalama in 1911.
Epworth League Plans Banquet.
The Epworth league of the Sellwood
Methodist Episcopal church will have
a banquet and programme in the
basement of the church. East
Fifteenth and Tacoma streets, at 7
P. M. Friday, to raise funds for its
pledge to the community chest. Dr.
Laird Mills, editor of the North
western Christian Advocate, will be
the speaker, and a musical programme'
will be rendered. Tickets will be on
sale at the church door and the
friends of the league are invited.
Phone your want ads to The Ore
gonian. Main 7070. Automatic 560-95.
Orpheum matinee today, 15-25-50-'Ad.
CciXISC Qtld at s Put nto 5otm(f Tires isn't nearly as important as
wnat is got out OI oouna l ires, n is au a matter oi cause
and effect and the effect, which is long, efficient serv
ice, is what we're all interested in.
Effect
Sound Rubber Company, for their part of it, buy the best rubber
and cotton grown, the best steel manufactured. Sound Tires are
built of these materials by thoroughly trained workmen, and built
according to the best designs, the best formulas in the industry,
And by these methods, Sound Rubber Company causes Sound
Tires to be the best tires for Northwest use, because they are
actually, in design, in construction and in material
$50
For a Word!
Sound Rubber conrpany wants
a name for its exclusive
process of rubber manufac
ture. And for this name one word
a prize of $.i0 1 offered.
The conteet closes March. 31
It is open to all.
For a description of the proc
ess, and any other informa
tion you may want, write to
the Contest Manager, Sound
Rubber Company, Tacoma,
Washington.
So far, so good BUT THAT ISN'T ALL! To get the effect"
the long, sturdy service the real old ingrained dependability i
we've got to USE SOUND TIRES! That's what they're for.
To insure our tire satisfaction this Spring, let's use the tires that
are built for the Northwest let's equip the car with"
"Sound All Around"
Sold in Portland by the Hawthorne Vulcanizing Works,
409 Hawthorne Avenue
SOUND RUBBER COMPANY
TACOMA
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