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THE 3I0HXIXG OREGOXIAN, ?EDXESDAT, ATTGTTST 23, 1922 V RATE GUT BLOCKED BY PHONE COMPANY Permission Granted Utility to Intervene in Defense. LEGAL BATTLE LAUNCHED Circuit Judge Evans Makes Order Which Permits Corporation to Fight Proposed Decrease. Telephone rates will not be low ered in Oregon, even though the public service commission does pos sess two new members elected on a revision-downward plank, while yet there Is a court in which the , Pacific Telephone & Telegraph com- pan; can fight such action. , - This was indicated yesterday when . a petition to Intervene in the suit ; of Robert Duncan, and others, . against the old public service com mission, as a co-defendant, was argued before Presiding Circuit - Judge Evans as preliminary to a ; motion to transfer the entire mat ter into the federal court, where delays are certain and appeals may go as high as the supreme court of the United States. , Court Holds lp Order. Though Judge Evans signed anj orper granting me petition in tne morning, later he held it up until tomorrow, when W. E. Richardson, ; attorney for Duncan, appeared and ; complained that the telephone com J pany had "slipped something over on ' him," though he was in court when ; the motion was made and argued. , At the same time, a motion filed by the new public service commis sion, to allow withdrawal of the answer of its predecessor to the suit which sought to set aside the telephone rate Increase of 1921, was held up and also will be disposed of tomorrow. Charles H. Carev of the law firm " of Carey & Kerr, who appears, with Omar C. Spencer for the telephone company, did not object to the post ponement, saying that he did not wish to take advantage of anyone though the matter had been very clearly stated in the morning ses slon. Attorney Taken to Task. When Richardson insisted that the order permitting . intervention had been "sJtpped over," Judge Dvans told him that if he had not heard the text of the motion of the . telephone company it was his own fault, as he was in court at the time and listening to proceedings. .wot only that, but Richardson had objected to the request .for 10 "days in which to move, 4ltad or answer, made by Carey, and it had been cut down to. five days. The lawyer contended that the telephone corporation did not have a legal right to Join in the defense of the suit and said that he would like an opportunity to present his authorities to the court. Judge Kvans fixed the time for hearing as 9:30 o'clock tomorrow morning. Within an hour after the verbal authority to intervene had been granted the telephone company, the corporation filed a notice in the cir cuit court that next Saturday it in- tended to file its petition and bond with the court, seeking to remove the action from the state circuit court to the district court of the United States. The presumable basis of this request was the fact that the corporation transacted business in more than one state. Original Suit Detailed. Tile original suit, which is now coming to life, was filed by Robert G. Duncan, John F. Rlsley and Dora B. Shreve against the former public . service commission to sst aside the rate increase order of February 28 1321. Just prior to the recall elec- tioii, the commission filed an answer which was a general denial of the allegations by the persons who were active in the recall proceedings. The new commission has now filed motion to withdraw the answer, the inference being that it was prepared to let the case go by default or con fess the truth of the allegations. When there was no objection, Judge fevans said that the motion would be allowed, but the later develop ments caused it to be held in abey ance. J. A. Benjamin, assistant attor ney-general, appeared on behalf of the public service commission. Intervention Held Just. juage i.yaoa stated that It was his opinion that a complete deter mination of the cause could not be had without the presence of the telephone company in the suit as defendant. in th motion to intervene, the corporation charged that Newton McCoy and T. JI. Kerrigan, the sue cessiui recall candidates, had con spired since their election with the piatnturs in the suit and had framed a course of action which would nradce it impossible for anv defense . " u iuu ouu. ine tele phone -company contended that th new commissioners planned, to repu diate the previous order -without a public hearing and to prevent the corporation, from earning "a fair, or any. return on it investment in this state." Present Rates Defended. it ne-er has been able to earn in Oregon even simple interest on its . investment. "The existing rates now being charged, although somewhat higher than the old rates, really give the , telephone company little more actual net returns than the old rates, on account of increased wages and increased cost of materials. "The new money being put in byijj the company during 1921 and 1922'! K will aggregate not less than $5,000,- 000. This new money does not come from subscribers, and is not taken care of by the new rates. It repre- , sents fresh money which has to be borrowed at current rates by the telephone company and invested in this state." The earnings. of the company in Oregon for the year 1916 were 2.2 CLEVER VACDEVItLE ARTIST IX LOVE WITH PORTLAND. 1 Y U & A v. li Xf&H It 'I -v J !!L' - J i c ' 5 Miss Agnes Johns. Miss Agnes Johns, who is ap pearing at the Hippodrome thea ter this week with her company in "Green Eyes and Moonshine," looks upon Portland as her second home and says that when she re tires fr"om the footlights she in tends to pass the remainder of her life in this vicinity. This is Miss Johns' fourth ap pearance under the Ackerman & Harris regime. After completing her engagement here she will re turn south to make preparations for her next dramatic playlet, en titled "In the Shadows," which, she says, will -be the best play in which she has appeared in vaude ville and which she hopes to pre sent to Portland audiences shortly. In a statement. C. E. Hickman, divfSion commercial" superintendent of the oompany, defended the pres ent rate structure, holding that even the present rates were not adequate to give the company a reasonable return on its investment in Oregon. "The telephone company is re quired to give adequate service and it desires to do so," said Mr. Hick man. . "In order to do this it must borrow and spend annually a large amount of new money to keep up wtth the requirements of growing cities and a progressive state, but per cent on its capital investment, according to Mr. Hickman; for 1917, 1.7 per cent; for 191S, 1.8 per cent; for 1919. a deficit of .3 per cent; for 1920, .3 per cent; for 1921, 1.9 per cent; for year ended March 31, 1922, 2.2 per cent, and the estimate for 1922 is 1.8 per cent. "The telephone company," Mr. Hickman said, "has never opposed a careful and impartial inquiry into the facts. It has found it necessary to protest against the restoration of the old rates without investigation and trial. "The purpose in filing its petitiony to intervene in the present suit is to demand a fair hearing and not to have the old rates restored, which would render it impossible to carry on the telephone business in this state or, to give adequate service to its subscribers." The suit to set aside the rate in crease of 1921 was filed by Robert G. Duncan, John F. Risley and Dora B. Shreve. Appearing in court were Charles H. Carey of the law firm of Carey & Kerr, and Omar C. Spencer, repre senting the corporation; W. E. Richardson, counsel for the plain tiffs in the suit, and J. A. Benjamin, assistant attorney-general, on be half of the public service commission. Willamette Slough Diking Project Big Scheme. Drainage District Would Open 5O00 Acres to. Cultivation. I F THE petition of owners of 3500 acres of the low land on Willam ette slough is granted by the county court and a draining and diking I district formed, some 5000 acres of land which has been little used and unproductive will be reclaimed and put under cultivation. The petition filed with the court is signed by owners of 3500 acres of the 6000 acres in the proposed dik ing district. Should the petition be granted, when the . dike is completed the land which has been used only for pasture and for a few months during the year can be divided into small tracts and farmed as has been the case in- the Delta Garden district near Clatskanie. Those in favor of the project point out that thousands of tons of hay and grain can be raised on the land, which will result in a consid erable saving to many of the farm ers of this vicinity who buy much hay and grain shipped in from out side points. President Griffith has given the assurance that upon the organiza tion and formation of the diking district the company will extend the electric power line to Scap poose and beyond Scappoose to the pumping plant of the proposed drainage district. The company's line at the present extends to Rocky Point, where power is de livered for. a large rock quarry. Wednesday's Special Luncheon Served 69c SI. to From lliSO A. 2:3 P. M. Tea Room, 4th Floor. Choice of Cream of Chicken aux Crouton. Rice Tomato Soup Fried Salmon Trout Lemon Butter Escalloped Crab in Shell Tartar Sauce Pot Roast of Beef Potato Pancake Fricassee of Veal Green Peas Baked Beans Brown Bread With Corn on the Cob Choice of Pie Sherbet Pudding- Tea Coffee Milk GLENWOOD BUTTER 95c ROLL Delivered Only With Other Groceries I RELIABLE MERCHANDISE RELIABLE METHODS. fLJ") V CAND ' I Satin - F i n i A Candy, specia rMOBBISON. AlPEB. WEST SARK. WD TENTH STRggT3.T CANDIES i i s h Hard special at 125 Commercial Chocolates on special sale, lb. 250 Candy Dept., Main Floor WEDNESDAY BASEMENT DAY "Reading and Writing and Rithmetic" Days Are Soon Here. Are You Ready? No amount of words will serve to settle the doubt of how well you can do here in outfitting school children as satisfactorily as a little journey, through the store. In the various departments catering especially to children's needs lies the happy solution for every school problem, large and small. Even with no thought in mind of purchasing we shall be glad to have you come in with the children. Khaki Trousers $1.65 BASEMENT A sale of men's Khaki trousers for outing and camp wear. Also splendid work pants. Cut full and well made. Sizes range from 32 to 46, special ized at only $1.65. Men's Shirts $1.65 Men's Khaki Shirts made of excellent quality of cloth with two pockets. Suitable for outing or for work. Bro ken lines, but splendid val ues at $1.65. New Fall Dresses $16.95 and $20.00 BASEMENT New Fall Dresses in Canton Crepe, Satin and Crepe de Chine made up in style lines and blouse effect; some are em broidered, others plain with panel sides, with belt, short and large flaring sleeves. Shown in black, navy, brown, lavender, tan, mohawk. Sizes 36 to 44. Basement Price $16.95 Basement New silk Jersey Dresses made up in long waist effect, also straight lines with belt and vest front; some have collars, others are round necks with plain skirts or panel sides. Shown in tan, brown, navy and black. Sizes from 16 to 44. Basement Price 20.00 Women's Blouses $3.48 A big assortment of these blouses made of tricolette and crepe de chine, trimmed with laces, etc. All the lead ing colors in all sizes. Priced ex ceedingly low in the basement, $3.48. Girls' Tub Dresses $1.00 and $1.69 BASEMENT Girls' Dresses of splendid quality gingham in neat, attractive styles in plain colors, checks and plaids. Full range of sizes from 3 to 6 years. Wednesday Special S1.00 Basement Delightf uT frocks for girls, made up in fine quality ginghams in novelty plaids, checks and stripes. Variety of-styles, many, with sashes, fancy collars and cuffs. Sizes range from 7 to 14 years. Wednesday Special $1.69 Rain Capes $1.39 Girls' rubberized rain capes, especially good for school wear Styled with hoods, navy blue color. Sizes from 6 to 14 years. On special sale todayr $1.39 New Fall Sweaters $3.75 and $3.98 BASEMENT N e w e s t type of slip-on sweaters in neat fancy weave, round neck with short sleeves and belt, trimmed in white or tan. Colors are white, red, pink, lavender, blue. Sizes 38 to 44. Base ment Price $3.75 Basement Slip-on sweaters in plain weave with neat collars and long sleeves and belt, trimmed in white or tan. Colors are tomato, white, jade, orange, brown, navy, black, peach, orchid. Sizes from 36 to 44 Basement Price $3.98 OTHER SWEATERS at prices ranging -up to $6V19. ANNUAL BASEMENT SALE Remnants and Mill Ends Silks Dress Goods Domestics Wednesday will be a big day in our Basement. Tables will be piled high with Remnants of desirable merchandise at bargain prices. You' will find Remnants of Satins, Taffetas, Crepes, Sport Silks, Pongees, etc. Remnants of Wool Coatings, Suitings, Serges and Granite Cloth. Remnants of Wash Goods, Sport Cottons, Domestics, Curtain jVIaterial, etc. This is your opportunity to save. Come to the Basement. Pongee at 65c Yard Basement. Again we offer imported Pongee at a price much lower than regular. Several hundred yards offered for sale Wednesday. BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER PANTS $1.50 Made up in serviceable gray and brown mixtures also corduroys. These are extra good values at this price. Sizes 6 to 16 in the lot. Wed. Basement Special $1.50 X Boys' Suits $8.50 Made up in good woolen mixed cloth in brown and gray mix tures; styled with all around loose belt and two pairs full lined knicker trousers. Sizes 9 to 18. Special at $8.50 Boys' Blouses 50c Made up in good quality per- cale in neat patterns. Excep tionally well made and perfect fitting. Sizes range from 6 up to 13 years. Special 50 ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS $3.19 A few numbers of these famous Corsets on a special sale for one day only at this price. Splendid quality coutil in medium and medium low bust, long skirts, ex cellent boning. Back-laced styles only. Sizes 22 to 30. On sale Wednesday in the Basement, Special $3.19 GIRLS' SATEEN BLOOMERS 50c Made up in good quality sateen in either black or white, cut full and nicely finished with elastic at waist and knee. Most useful for school wear. Sizes 6 to 14. On sale in thev Basement Wednesday, Special 50 GIRLS' LISLE HOSE 3 PRS. $1.00 Girls' black silk-lisle hose of an exceptionally good grade. Double heel and toe. All sizes from 5 up to 9. Supply the children's needs. Extra good values. On sale in the Basement Wednesday, pair 39 3 for $1 GIRLS' KNIT BLOOMERS 17c Girls' Knit Bloomers made up in good quality knitted fabric with elastic at waist and knee. Pink or white. Sizes 2 to 12. Wednesday, Basement, Special 17 We Give S. & H. Green Trading Stamps 3ASEMENT SALE OF COTTON AND Wool Blankets Buy Now and Save Heavy Single Cotton Blankets $1.39 Each These are large size and come white, tart or grey. Large-Size Double Sheet Blankets $1.75 Pr. Tan and grey only; colored border. Fancy Plaid Double Blankets $2.25 the Pair These are large enough for double bed. Heavy Gray Wool-Mixed Blankets $5.00 Pr. Double; 5-lb. weight; fine for camp. Portland Woolen Mills Blankets $6.75 Pr. Large plaids in pink, blue, tan or grey; size 66x80 inches. Auto Robes at $3.98 Plaid or plain single robe blankets for the car or aa extra blan ket for camp. FANCY BEAD NECKLACES 39c We. have just received an express shipment of fancy bead necklaces in a nice selection of styles, sizes and colors. A special purchase containing extra values. On sale Wednesday in the Basement, Special at 39 Brassieres Special 50c Made up in pink broche of good quality, wide backs, front fastening. Also white princess stripe of splendid material, back fastening. Sizes 32 to 44 in these 2 lots. On special sale today at 500 Children's Hose Special 25c Odds and ends of black Cot ton Hose in heavy or light weight, fast black dye, double heel and toe. Values up to 50c. . Sizes from 6Yz to 10. On special sale today at 550 -Girls' Middies Special 98c Middies in red galatea with white braid trimming. Also some mads up in plain white material. Nothing more use ful for school wear. Sizes 8 to 14 years. Special at 980 Girls' Combina tions Special 75c Made up of barred nainsook material in bloomer style for girla and athletic style for boys. Extra buttons and hose supporters. Sizes from 4 to 12jrears. Special 750 Hair Nets' 12 for $1.00 Hair Nets of real human hair. Cap shap. Medium and dark, brunette, blonde and black. Invisible, sani tary and durable. Lmit 12 to- a customer. 12 for $1,00 Toilet Paper 1 20 Rolls $L00 Good; quality-Crepe Papcrria a large sizo roTL No- telo phone -or CODrderarmII be accepted. Limit 20 trolls to a customer. 20 rollaior $1 test say Blueay to your druggist The simple way to end a , corn is, Blue-jay. A touch stops the pain instantJy.VThen ; the -corn loosen and cornea out Made in a colorless clear liquid (one drop does it!) and in extra thin plas ters. The action is the same. Pain Stops Instantly Four Acres Cherries Yield $1200. Frank V. Brown has a farm which lies partly within the city limits of Dallas, Or., and during the season just closed he picked ten tons of cherries from four acres of the Montomerency type of trees from which he realized 112(H). From one half an acre of seven-yeap-old trees he procured 2H tons of cherries. From four to six years is the age the trees on the remainder of the four acres. He received for the cherries at the orchard 6 cents a pound. A strong believer in the cul ture of sour cherries of the Mont morency type is Mr. Brown. He claims this variety is more adapt able to the climatic condition and soil of this state. Dallas corre spondence in Salem Capital Journal. Farmer' Warehouse to Be Rebuilt. A movement is on foot to re organize the Farmers,' Warehouse & Milling company, at Redmond, whose property burned iast Decem ber. It is expected that arrange ments will; be completed soon to re build and go forward with the busi ness which was so suddenly brought to an end. Bip Money in Berry Culture. ' The Redmond strawberry has been discovered by Portland buyers, and orders have been received for all that can be supplied. The Redmond berry growers are raising a variety which is a continuous cropnr for a period of four months. J. W. Bowers has a. contract to ship ail his berries to Portland at a price of $4 per crate. He sends them out Women's $8.50 -$10.00 Shoes $4.95 Women's genuine hand-turned strapped pumps in one, two and three straps. Covered heels in Spanish, Cuban and French. Come in all patent, beaded patent,, black and brown satin, gray suede-and patent combinations, white, kid, etc. Some are slightly imperfect, but not enough to affect the wearing of the shoe. , Would sell regularly at $8.50 to $10. Special $4.95. Women's $4)95, $6.95 Pumps for $2.95 Four hundred pairs of "Remnants" or short lines of women's pumps grouped for quick disposal, all leathers, all styles and pattern's, all style heels all sizes from 2i2 to. 8. Regular at $4.95 to $6.95. Special in the Basement at $2.95 pair Basement Sale of Millinery $4.98 HATS FOR $1.00 In the Basement underprice store a cleanup of all our trimmed Bum', mer hats formerly selling up to $4.98 for $1.00. BETTER HATS, ?2j50 This lot comprises alL of our trimmed! hat priced in the regular way up to $8.98 in the Basement. S BANDED HATS $1.00 This lot comprises only banded hats for women and children and it comprises practically our entire stock, $L. yNTRIMMED HATS A special lot, worth up to $4.69, for 25c each. All Hat Trimmings Half Price In the Basement A genuine clean-up sale of our entire stock of hat trimmings. Women who make their own hats will do well to come in early and look through the stock and choose without restriction at just one-half the marked price. i i 1 I i i i on the evening train and they ar rive on the market in Portland the next morning in splendid condition. II is expected that next spring, will see a large acreage of land planted tt strawberries by the ranchers around Redmond, as with a market of this siie and at the prices offered, profits of nearly 10OO per acre are possible. Redmond Spokesman. Land Irrigated From Well. Bruce Hawkins, farming on Sky line flat, east of Haines, ' Bake county, is watering about 40 acres of land with water pumped from a well. Forty feet deep nd 40 miner's inches of water can be pumped from it without diminishing the supply. Thero is 27 feet of water in the well. Mr. Hawkins uses a tractor for power to run the pump. He starts the engine and pump and goes about his work without giving any attention to the machinery. Mr. Hawkins has 160 acres of land and expects to develop the well and pumping plant to where he will be able to water about 80 acres. Baker Herald. Lime Ordered From State Plant. Alfred Richard, near Beaverton, has placed an order with County Apent McWhorter for a carload of lime to be shipped from the state lime plant. Mr. Richard and several of his neighbora . have;' found the i growing of alfalfa to be profitable, and the lime ordered will be used on any alfalfa f ields.which are to be seeded this cominV season. Mr. Richard states that orders are now being pooled for a special strain of alfalfa, which they have found very successful in their locality. Wash ington County News Times. Carload of Wool Shipped. W. A. Hieichmiller shipped from Redmond the other day the last car load .of wool which has been stored In the Redmond Lumber & Produce company's warehouse. Mr. Reich miller is president of the N. B. Sheep & Wool company of Portland and in the past few months has been buy ing large clips from the growers hereabouts. Redmond Spokesman. Wrecking- of Thresher Attempted. Sabotage was attempted on the N. "M. Conner farm, southeast of Sheridan, last week. Pieces of scrap iron were hidden in the bundles of wheat,- but luckily the weight of the iron caused it to drop from the loosened bundles and serious dam age to the thresher and possibly in Jury to life was averted. Sheridian Sun. 1 1 ' . Three Cile May Celebrate. Tae Pacific highway will be opened September; 14 from Centejnto-Ka- lama. This makes it possible for three cities to hold celebrations, al though the honor will probably fall to one. Whether it will be La Center, Woodland or Kalama is' prob lematical, but at any rate the city giving the entertainment should have the support of Clarke county as a whole, and Clarke county peo ple as individuals. Vancouver Co lumbian. . Dr. S. W. Gray of Newberg Dies. SPOKANE, Wash., Aug-. 22. Dr. S. W. Gray of Newberg, Or., died suddenly at the union station here today en route from Portland to Jollet, 111., to visit a son, Lewis V. Gray. He was aged 74 years. Phy sicians pronounced death, due to heart disease. Primary Registration. Closes. KELSO, Wash., Aug. 22. (Spe cial.) With the registration books closing- today for th primary elec tion, City Clerk Lord was busy reg-istering- voters in the five Kelso pre- Hllill.iliillHililiiiiilliiliilliililiilillW POWERS & ESTES PRESCRIPTION SPECIALISTS ANNOUNCE . THE REMOVAL OF THEIR DRUG STORE TO ' THREE-FOURTEEN WASHINGTON STREET WILCOX BUILDING OPEN ALL NIGHT clncts. The registered vote for the primary will not be as large as it was two years ago. The books will be opened immediately following the primary ele'etion, and registra tion will be permitted for 40 days. ' Portlanders to Wed in Tacoma. TACOMA, Wash.. Aug. 22. (Spe cial.) Fred Erickson and Blanche L. Martin, both of Portland. Or., have obtained a marriage license in Tacoma. The prestige of oregonlan Want. Ads has been attained not merely by The Oregonian's large circulation, but by the fact that all its readers are Interested in Oreronlan Want-Arls. BUY THE BEST I your Ote') I SSgW "From Perfect Olives" T. W. Jamklma Jk Co.. DlXrl bitter. !