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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1916)
TIIH SIXDAV OIlEC;OMAX. PORTLAND, FEnRUARY 13, 1916. MISTAKEN IDENTITY BRANSON DEFENSE Effort Made to Show That Man Seen on Bicycle Day of Mur der Was Cyrus Jones. re-election, at cIom of Ma mcib4 r,ilC1n. at mi ctu ti hm t'omatr Tfmrr H. W. Taylor. RspublKaB. I, a candidal uod-r simi lar circomstaaeea. rn.r;ff J. C Park er. I -roocr a l. i,t a a announces bis candidacy (or a tatrd Itrm. ' Treasurer Tarloc win b- opposed for Ik tomiMtloa tvy J. V. ITlaiey. vhertcr 1'arker will ha eppo'4 for Ik, ntn!natwa by Ttomii liailey. who serrad ua4r him deputy. R How- -RAT" AGAITi IN EVIDENCE Irish tlonui rroroave Mirth ibea Mm Can lira-all Orrirrrinr tat oar llrmrmbrr r t r lUM-II-aVd" I.wjct. xxvttXK. or. r. is. ?- t .ttarnT fr th )feB) l ! KrtiMD avjrd.r trial Ual araBia- pro-J.aa-e-l many ltaee. Amoaa- the Hi-.fiaoa anl hi parent war called to ism stand. rui tiir itri, maca tia seme a prariaaiy- Tfca defeeaa te how that tne jub m i rUm a fclcrrt !) dT ta tr;sdr flrB ... at " Joaa. a )" BiaB f HftaMD ma an4 stature. teetl 8.4 I b.ha.f ef tsa defeeaa. talllns? of sldla ! 9 th road the day t - crlma committed. Wlta tne aaaiatanc af Mr Jack, to rportr a tla too tha ltlmo at !! aft:minry karln. fjlowln- th m-4r-r. th atforaaye tor tha dafaaa an.t.Moa ta laapaaca Al Nalaoa. IB state wttaea. M had testiaed to ...la tha el4a af IBB ' f aca ra4a r kin ot tka road, testifying H was Ul !lm Ilraeaoa. Mr. Jack fa '.real l Mr. ,NI' (..llmonr at m pratlmlnafT fcaarln. whea ka d , Ura l ka au.4 Bol aa taa ' fata. nWH MawsW aa ! Tka 4f-aa lBtre4tra4 McMlB- !! ahatnfrapktr who ka4 tahaa, le ttraa af tha km ef tka tracadr. a tka diffraat lawa arv4 locatloaa pram taa at la tka laatlanoar at tna rata itoa. a4 a,t-iaa la a- f4av, wttk tka d-! a a at ;iitl k tkaaa at tura. Franao w a!c4 aa tha an4 tha m4 tlma aa4 an"l"4 T fTna.cutiD Atiraar In r6tL Wha ak4 If ka kt!4 Wililaa Hooth. ka r.pii.4 ta a rtar l 414 kot. Ka w k4 t atpUla kU hra krioutt sa OvCskar . I an4 I. It 44 ka ratiraa4 tn fcua kuntinc Iria aa taa ta. ka raiaa4 kona ti tka II" maktaa a ckakr aa4 cbaaakoard. and aai tka " ka a at ka aart af tkt tiaia as4 la riumlu part af tha lima, tor, rx'l-v. a itr af tha eo-4-NfuUnl. Mra. Uooth. aa4 a aahaor. Vr I tMhsmttt. a thlr tatl- nav r-iijt tha it-ltoviMutB hair -al Tkr ack d lar4 thar wara raaiinar wit! tha kin4 af "rata- won tr ilt. lu-wtk. an4 that tha rat ptch.d a9 ,.,r tha Biirdr4 Baa l ko4y a at tha kta4 cf rat U't. iwota uj. laaak a ikra fmmia, a trrt'Klnf Iw-t-Wat 4aalep4 k I Clark. aa:tl ipa r Ika ata la r.ftuttat. M ah'4 If woa!4 ii t-a waola tracn an4 aachtka hot tha trot:.. ,rta ruli4 wltlk aa Itk aa'a: "taa. ir -It w!,t W hola truth. If thar rt1 ! ra ta: tl k!U" Ta h4 aa la arhal ertxrra4 at a rartata titaa aa4 t,a placa. aha raci.d. "Vxtl. I doa I ramamhar. bat I saw aama af .a bal4-fcaada4 la. ara t ) r " Ta praxaadlnc wara la. trrpc4 for aaral mlaataa ky Uuk lr. TSa raurt a1'ntal kbaat a'ctok ta ka r'"rn4 WBdT paorntBa at a lock. Tka rtaitac arsonvaata wilt thaa tol!aw an 4 It la ,ccta4 tka caaa WIU (a ta ta ) jtt tr Moaday loot. LAME POLfllGIS BUSY MOICTIO l-OIT TO COTrT AT rMklMK. ar4. a H.publt an. Mine aaar K kaa alu aBBsaaa4 bta caadijaty for tkia po. itlon. I'br rnanlr raJnmtttloDrr. K4 Ayrra. ef Junctica City. n4 C K. Hxuir of JuncliAn Ci(r. bara an- Bounc4 tka;r caniiUaioa for fipub i i , . . f V ln.. A alkr. haa announctd kttnrclf aa a Wmatrtttc raadidata. lat.ra.l la Iha Judicial roataat. o far aa LM louaty la coorrnej. win iatiiirT noon R I T t: It WOklX LAIU TO HIT. Vaak RapwhlWaw aaa) DaaaraW Aaptr. aata) aaak Oftlaa Tklr4 Taiaana Owl fay W .aWaHaa. tVUCNK. Or, Tab. It (KpcUl. Tha political pot la Laaa Cottnty U aaartsa; tha kottlac polat. wltk tka proapavt tkat at tka May primary torn, laadoaa fur m'l otticaa aa both Hapub Ima aal faoKxratlc ballot will b COBIaatad. Attorn-r L. K IVaa. Iwlca a mmbr of tha Mat Panata aa4 a mambar of tha (oua at two imilotu, baa an. nosaca4 bta ra44acy for Iba fltata UiljUtnra lla la a RapabtlcaA. Al toraay WilUr B. Jooaa la atao a can d. lat for nomination for a plraUar po. at t loo on tka ftapubltraa ttckat. Laaa in atit.a4 ta taraa DtKb,rt aV tka Ucialatnra. Tha coat.at far tba position o" Coun ty Attorney kta promHa of lataraat. t'oaaty Attorary J. iL I'arara. a Ka. publican, appoiat4 br Uorarnor Oav wa!4 Waal, mmhm tka ICapablleaa nom iBatlon. maklnai bla aptxal to tha rot ar Bpon h. racord. ii baa too4 for law oaforcoraant to tha axtant of raaur r.cttaaT tba mar, tkaa (0-yaar-oI4 Dun tiar c.oalni law and rarrla4 tka flua tloa of tka conatttutiooaUty at tha law to tka tiupnjm Court. It la aol Improbabta that tbla eaaa will lata aa Important baaxlac oa tha ran n a campaisaw Cartala foreaa op paa4 to Buedar ctoalac ara rlrtoaliy la tka apaa acataat Mr. Vmimtf komlnav tiooa or alactloo. Attoraar W. B. Pltlar4. mambar of tka Uat -atoa of tka Lctlalara baa aaaouac4 bta caadldary for tba Ka. pubitcaa Bomtoatioa for t h la effica. a ad Aitoraay L. L. Kay la maklo a cn- for tha PamocratJe Bomiaatlon. fount y Clark Utary Kuaaal. Kapub Tian, haa innonaH Ma ramtMarr for Try ThU if You Ht Dantiniff Tbara la aaa aura way that Barer fail ta rmoe daadrufr romplataly. aa4 that I to eUaaoIr It. Tbt troy It entirety. To t thl. Jut (el four eaace cf plaia. ordiaary lllul4 arroa: apply II at B'ckt wha rttri: aa aoaca t motat.a tka ecalp ao4 rub It la caatlty wltk tka ftatTar tipa. t:y maratnaT moat. If Bot ail. ef year 4aa4rtff will ba . aa4 thraa or far mora apylleatloaa will compl.t.Iy d:,aole ao4 Btlra:y 4trey ertry ,ia m'.m aim an4 traca ef IC bo mattar bow awb dandruff yea bar bare. T aa will fin, toax that all ltrb!a a4 4 ataTIBa- of C acaip wlil atop la raatrr. ae4 yoar lr t:i b f'.uffy. Iiatratia. !oaar. !'kr an4 a" ft- aad ak aa4 faat a kaadraJ tlmaa aVettar. 1,4 cat ft !tal4 arroa at any 4rq lara. It la laaipaal aa4 four eaaca ta all yoa wl!l aa4. Tela eira p. a ram. lr kaa Borer baa k avow a to a Ar. i (TV nr Mrv M. M. HIIL ii.x-p mvr.iL nr.. rrb. ir (5cmm-UI.) ruaaral arrl.-a-o for the lata Mra t'arrla 11. Hill, one of tba baat lorrd aa4 moat kiaThty atarmad matmna of the lUat ritda or-rar4 dtatrlct. wara con. lurta4 Monday affraoon at tha IlivarstJa t'onaracatloaal Church. Mra. Kill waa born In lianton County. Jowa. January Ii. Mi, waa martl'4 tl M. M. 1(111. praald.nt of tha l(oo4 Klrar Mat :ak and of the 1 loo-l Ittrar Ap (I ak Mra( 0mranf. who ur rtraa. at the o-4 boma. April IS. ll. Tby cam to lloo4 Jurat, la lha early part of OoJ Mra. 111. I U tiM aurlr4 by a fxata-r daucbtar. Kulb: bar father. W. w. ymitk, of la l-orta City, la. ao4 t'.a lattrr'a wife, bar tipmatkar. Mr. rmtlh la at proa ant Mayor or La 1'orte City. Tbr brotbara alao parrlra O J. aa-l W. J. rSmltb, of rrr. la.. aa4 Uaorc L Vmltb. of Hood Klrar. PEACE DELEGATE RAISES GERMANS Notices Requiring Moderation in Use of Food Thought . Simply Precaution. PARTY IS TREATED KINDLY tar batweea Ju4e O P. Hklpworth. iMisocral. a4 X. rottr.- I: publi can. HILWAUKIE OFFER TAKEN CTTT AO WITm COtr.T AKC I rot osw ION rtVAXT. arial laaa4 laaav to Tab Orrr je Vt lll Ho fat I t la Vet era W llkla raw M eaaa. M LLW Al'K I K, Or Feb, 1 (Special) Tba Mllwaukl Watar Company fll4 Ita accaptaero of tba aum of for It entlr watarwork at the , pacta! mevtlaax of tb City Council laal BKht. throuck Attorney W. 8. U"Bn- It orltctnal offer to tb city w liioo. but tb city mad tb counter offer of astipulation ef tb condition of the transfer of all property wara made today and Un4 by tha wat-r com pany and the city of Mllwaukl. and wlil ba aenl to tbe (Supreme Court to ecur tha dismissal of th caao pend In oa appaal by lha watar company. A coroplet Intentory of th prop erty of th company I be in- made, and al l b filed at a apaclal m,,ttn( of tbe Council tomorrow nlcht. ltltiona for a special riactlon to autborti tha City Council to purchase th watar pUnt war rtrrulatad yra t.rday. and will come before the Coun cil Monday rucht. It la rlannr4 to bold thl election within two raaka. and tba Council will recommend that the people role tbt authority. Th Council waa unanimous In accept ln" th plant for lii1'. It la propod to pay tha money to th company within four year out of tb proceed of a apeclal taa. rurrhaa of tb Mllwaukl water works cleara the way for tha city to proceed with the completion of the Hull Kan ytem. The Western Bond Mortcac Company will take tbe !:. water bond, and Gleblarh Jopltn. who eure4 the contract to complet th distribution ystm. r ready to start construction a soon a the city say th word. Tbla contract ba not yt b-n sisrned. Ijiter th city will neatotlat with th Mlnthorn e?rlrtc Water Company for possession of tbat plant POLITICS BUZZ in union LEADING r.tHTIK PBOBABLT WILL IIAVB rtLL r It I WIRT SLATKS. Caaaty Offlr taadldate aa4 tloaal CaaTralWaa Ieleaate Aaplraata A re Aaaoaaraw. IJa. GRANDE. Or, Feb. 11 (Special.) Union County' political bee ara rig orously batilnc ror Democratic Na tional conr,ntioa tlelr;ata t'nlon Countr haa two rasdldataa. Judra T. 11. Crawford for the state at tare, and t. J. Holmes for th Concresslonal Job. tloth are actlr candidates. N J. Kurres. of Cmatilla County, and W. II. Krooke. of Ontario, with Daniel Boyd, of Wallowa County, ara probably not to bare any opposition for Kepublacaa del'Sat, from thl county. On tb other band, ltd Wrlcht. r Ur ine County Clark. I out for a place on the (ttata Public Serrlce Commission. Tb Irllslatlr campalcn promise to b a bat,d one. On tha Republican ticket. Colon R. Cberbard. D'strlct At torney, la an aaplrant: C K. Kiddie, present Incumbent, has not aald he woold run-, but I a possibility at tba prlTiary. Walter M. rierra I rlrtualty a can didate oa tbe laemocratie ticket, and no en I yet aTlrlns: Indication of op poatr.c Mai la th primaries. , Tbe Joint Rrpraeentatlre from tb aane district la by custom conceded to WaJ'owa County, and from that corner Bo roira I beard. It at pr th Republican will bar B rompiata slate In IK county ticket, and tha Democrat will probably do tb same. a,fcf Ta per cast af the basse e4r la r. Imar Tooio IVrclafT He CrU Good llrat-Itand View of War la IS Hoar Trip In t.uardrd Car Throacb Cor many at Night. RT LAMAR TOOZK 9ludt reprasenlatlTa. lBlra.ty of Ore- B-m. e tor, raec jtiaaiao. rCGLXE. or. b. II Special) Krea a i:-hour trip aero Germany under mllltstry Kuard offer Kood opportunity to view th great fcuro- peaa struccle from close rantte trora tha rlasT-aide. If you pleaee. Kren though your observation la limited, aa in was, by a car window ana aara- neaa. you can form some Impression and draw soma conclusion at least. Necessarily such Impression and con- cluatona ara more or lese superficial. In the first olacc. althouKh I will acain. for emphasis, admit th limita tions. h German seem not to b uf (erlnf fro.n any shortaato of food sup plies. If th meal serred on tha Ger man train can b taken a a criterion of th general situation. It Wk t rlday when ws took that Interesting trip the lenctb of tha Oerman empire, and la accordance with lb rul established by the aorernment that Tuesday and Itlday be l aside a meatless daya no meat was serred. Otherwise th meal differed little I tny say they were better than those serred on tbe state-owned railways of Ecandlnarla. Ilak I Perred. In plar of meat fish and an egg- cm elrtta sufficed. The o-ca!ted ten com mandments relatlnsT to tb conserva tion of tbe food supply wer conspic uously posted In the dining-car and In all railroad stations- On of th com mandment cautioned against orer-eat-Ing: another stated that bread acrap should not be thrown away, because they made good soup: a third advised th people to t plenty of iutr, prob ably becaus Germany I a arrest sugar producioa nation: a fourth set aside Tuesday and Krlday as meatless day, and u:t another prohibited th con sumption of fat-stuff on certain day. I ara firmly convinced that th commandment cannot ba taken a an indication of short rations: J bellere. rather, thai thl la but on of th many farslcbted measures that hare been adopted by Germany In the preaent strucrle for Kuropean supremacy ah Is taking no chance of beln starved out. My own belief I corroborated by a fellow-student from Harrard. Ernest Hudson. who preceded the' party through Germany, and who ucrded in getting to Ucrlln. II pasd four a ... in tha German canltal and re ported that there I no evidence of short food supplies. r Mll'l "aa again confirmed by Pr. O. O. Wbstr. a passenger on the Noordam. tb Holland-American liner on which J, too. took passage on my trip home. Dr. Webster I a natlr-born American but ba for l year been a court physician In Herlln. II I familiar with German condition. rrto Little Arfeetrd. According to Dr. Wbter. price bar risen but slightly aince the war started. Refore the war. Dr. Webtr told m. flour old at IS pfenning a pound; It now sell for 17. Th price of eggs. 10 pfenning- plc oot a doien ba not changed. Meat ba Increased :i per cent. Dr. Webstsr ascribing th rise to th f act that o many cattle har bean laughterd for military purpose. Thl explain also th ria In th prlc of ml'.k. Germany I "nly doing- aa a nation what aa Individual would do under similar conditions. An adequate food supply l of prime necessity In tlm of war. Tha German rvalue this: In time of plenty they ir, preparing- for the tiro hould it com -of scarcity. I haro on of th bread tickets, a postage-stamp-looking aort of an affair. Delay Caaaea Bpes-alal!. The Allle. especially the Enclish a Indicated by th ton of their new papera and through personal talk with English sailor at th KlrkwalL Kamshcad and Kalmouth detention stations belter the Teuton ar hard-pressed for rations, which ex plains, perhaps, th strict censorship on parcel post consignment from America. At Kirkwall I aw S00 bag of. parcel pot taken off our boat. Frederlk VIII. to b Inspected by the Kngllsh authorities. Most of the par eels consisted of Christina package directed to the neutral Scandinavian countries. I thought to myself how dlsappolrted soma little child would be when th Cbrlstm toy didn't arrlr on time: or possibly th despondency that would com to some starring Belgian family that mltht har had a rood meal on Christmas day because of the goodness of an American heart. Kach bag aa Ihey tumbled recklessly orer th high ld of the ship Into the hold of th barge below bore th good old T". K." In large black letters. It actually made my blood boll to see tbe privacy of mall so ruthlessly disre garded. But In war. a In lora; and some ssy In politic nothing 1 unjusti fied. Th Drttlsh ar tearing nothing undone In their tupreme effort to keep th Kaiser' ambitions confined to the limits of th German Empire. Personally. I believe such effort and other which attempt to "starre the German out" will arall nothing. They ara self-sufficient. (iersus, Ar Praleed. Another Impression of that 11-hour railroad trip between Warnerounde and Bent helm, the two border, waa the courtesy shown u by the German of ficer and soldiers who acted as an' es cort through th country. They ware kind, obliging and considerate. W had been warned In Copenhagen that they would treat us like a shipment of livestock. We wera told that w wouM b searched to the skin and that our bag cage would be thoroughly Inspected. Som even predicted that we would bare to tak a lemon-Julc bath In or der to .bring out any possible secret writing. Tb soles of our shoe would b removed. The lining of our cloth ing would b ripped loos. Contrary to thes forebodings, with several ex ception, no on waa searched. I noted that there wer several exception be cause I happened to be an exception myself. My personal baggage was searched a purely cursory Inspection, however. The special officer who boarded tha train at Hamburg to make tb customary examination must bare regarded me aa a auspicious charac ter. I didn't fear an examination be caus I bad carefully arolded taking anything through Germany that would b prohibited. I rather welcomed It. In fact Just for th norelty f th thing. Searvk I DealreaL 1'pon th assurance of Loul Loch nor. axecutlr ecretary of th expedi tion, that our trunk contained non of th prohibited article, thl ttiml aatiou was dispensed with, anabling ua to arrlr at Tha Hague our deatl natlon at least four hours earlier. Needles to say. ereryone was sur prised and. I bellere. actually dis appointed, because we welcomed any experience that would offer such In teresting possibilities. From Warnerounde to Hamburg- the train wa In charge of grim Major Bauer, a wearer of th Iron Cros and a Teuton clear through- When we ar rive,) by ferry at Warnerounde It was raining Just Ilk on of our own pen etrating Oregon mists. Instead of mak ing tb customary examination on th unsheltered deck Of me Doa. wnicn is done to prerent anyone escaping un challenged, th whol party wa per mitted to land and the examination wa mad In a protected place. Courtesy number one. Thl Major Bauer personified the Ger man spirit that you read o much about. Tall and angular, with an Iron Cros dangling from th fourth button of hi well-ntting military coat, ba suggest e4 th typical German officer. Through flashing teeth and with flashing eyes he expressed hi rlew on tha war. "Lot tba war last a long a it wants to: we are not afraid. The United State used to b great and free: now sho' only great." Meaning obviously that ba bellered our country wa under the domination of England. Th Major had a aon who wa killed In th Belgian campaign: hi wifa and two daughter wero ministering; to th wounded sokliers on th western front In the capacity of Red Cross nurse. Th Major had seen much actir er Ic. II wouldn't discus how h won hi Iron Cross. Kec-art Make Frlrada. From Hamburg to Bent helm Major Bauer waa succeeded In command of th train by a younger officer. Lieu tenant Petera decidedly an English name. He spoke faultless English, hesi tatingly, however, lis likewise wore the Iron Croas. iterore in train reached Bentheltn ha had mad a friend of nearly erery member of the party by hi courtesies and kindnesses. At the Benthetm customs office he se cured army field cot for several of the women of the party who were worn out by the bard trip and by tha strenuous programme In Copenhagen. In a short speech In the Benthelm customs-house he expressed tha sin cere hop that tha mission would suc ceed. He made a similar statement to the preaa representatives. Ua waa a clean-cut fellow, probably a doctor, a lawyer or an engineer. He didn't seem made for th grim profession of war. H walked with a notlcaabl limp probably where a pier of shrapnel or a bullet from a machine gun struck home. Maybe an explanation of the Injury would disclose bow he won th coreted cros. 8uch wer the specula tion. At alt events he was a picked man. Besclt I Aaeerted. I venture to say that thl young; Lieutenant did mora real good for hi government that night on the train than he did when he won that croas h so proudly wore for ba corrected many false Impressions that had been harbored by representatlre Americana concerning the Germans. I am not In a position to say that his Is the typical attitude of Gorman toward Americans, but hi kindness appealed to us In such a forcible tnannei that we wera unconsciously compelled to give the Germane the benefit of the doubt. Ha wa given a regular oration when he left ua at Benthelm. Eren venerable Dr. Jenkln Lloyd Jones responded with a Horh der Kaiser." At the railway station in Hamburg and Bremen men were conspicuous by their fewness. We passed through both cities lat at night and there were three women to erery man on the plat form moat of them dressed in black. We w women acting- aa messengers, drlrtng taxicabs and fanning street car. We were told they also had taken up the plough that had been deserted when tha fathers, son and brother bad gone to war. . They ar patriotic thoae women. At Bremen we saw a troop train loaded with soldier bound for the front. They wer amoklng and Jesting and laughing. War held no terror for them. At another station wa saw a Red Cros train loaded with sick and wounded returning; from th front. Such I war. x German efficiency was demonstrated to u In tha way our train the flrat special since th war started moved across th country. There wa neither a hitch nor a stop. Everything went off with clock-like precision. - Such wero a few of my Impression of Germany from a car window at night time under military guard. COOS CANNERY PROJECTED .More Follows Inquiry Showing $60, 000 Sent Oat for Goods Annually. MARSH FIELD, Or Feb. IS. (Spe cial.) Th Marahfleld Chamber of Commerce Is promoting- a fruit and regetable cannery and expect to har It ready to handle the 191S crop raised in this district. Th morement is in the handa of It. Bugge, of the Scandl-narlan-Amerlcan Rank, and Claude Thompson, of tha Coo Bay Produce Company. The Initial outlay is esti mated at from $5000 to 17000. The move wa Inaugurated following an Inquiry which howed th Coos Bay people send out approximately l0.000 a year for goods which a cannery at home could produce. Great Removal Sale of Hart Schaffner & Marx Overcoats at 25 Off A choice selection of fine overcoats, large, roomy with set-in sleeve or raglan shoulder, conservative or English models. Make your selection from these high-grade coats at the following prices: $15.00 Overcoats $12.00 $20.00 Overcoats $15.00 $25.00 Overcoats $18.75 $30.00 Overcoats $22.50 Sam'I Rosenblatt & Co. Our Temporary Location, 266 Morrison, Bet. 3d and 4th Future Location, Southeast Cor. Fifth and Alder FARM RATE LOWER State. Industrial Insurance Grants Another Exemption. OTHER REDUCTIONS MADE Campaign of Accident Prevention: Will Be Inaugurated With Object of Further Cutting Down Aaaeasmcnt Percentage. nr P1RT.R ARTIAMS. Member of State Industrial Accident Commission. SALEM. Or, Feb. 12. (Special.) Since the State Industrial Accident rnmmiiiiii announced last July that a rate cf 1 per cent had been made for general farming-, and tnai applications from farmers for the protection of the .nmnani.llnn art WOUld b aCCeDted. sereral hundred farmers hare taken advantage of the act. Tha commission has now declared an .mnin nnvmotitfl for February. and those who have paid into the fund for the preceding six raonins win nave their Insurance carried free during E.Kr....v A almilar aTamDtlOn Was made last July. This is a reduction in the assessment of IS Z-3 per cent. Those farmers, as well as all other Amniivarai wnrklnr under tha act. who have a good accident experience for the year, requiring th commission to pay out for accidents to their workmen not . ... CO nr rent of that emDlOV- er' contribution, will be granted a re duction in their rate of 10 per cent. This will bring the farmers' rate down to LSO on each ,100 ol payroll. Second Reduction Blade. vi hnaa whosa accident experience i. nnA roe tha second year will receive a second reduction of 10 per cent in their rate on July l, Dring ing the rate down to 11.60 on each itun of navroll. Thes reductions are in addition to exemptions. The rate for those tanners paying nmr ni this vear is. therefore, after .i-.i.ti-ir two months' sxemutlons. 1-6 of the entlr year, 1.667 for each tlOO of payroll, after July l, ln. inose who earn 10 per cent reduction will nniv tl r.n and one rear later this should be reduced to 91.35, which ia a very low rale inaeea. Th tate contributes aufficient mnn.tf in nflv all eitenses of admin istering Ihe fund, therefore every dol lar paid by employers and workmen is available to be paid back to injured workmen for honDltal and medical at tention and for time lost. Tha rate the employers pay bears a direct ratio to the number of accidents. Prevention Lower Rate. There are no leaks, no profits and no commissions to pay. Accidents only ar paid for. Reduce the number of J?or a Valentine tg f" a-m 4- a- aT4lam a",- . T Ck af-k) W Us, Your Swecthe-rt Loves 9 I sr. ' ja FLOWERS' LET THEM BE YOUR Valentine Free Gty Delivery Clarke Bros., Florists Mormon SL, Bet. 4th and 5th Established Tree Experts Inexperienced labor ia always the most expensive. This company offers yon the service of a trained crew of tree men who make the welfare of trees a life study. Trees under our care suffer little and our service cares for the insidious split that may be more dan rerous to your tree than the more spectacular breaks. WE KNOW WHERE TO LOOK FOR THE REAL CAUSE OF BREAKAGE, AND REMEDY IT. WE ASSUME THE PERSONAL RISK OF OUR WORKMEN. Phone us and have our representative call and advise you. THIS COMPANY DID NOT LOSE ONE TREE OR LIMB OF ANY CONSEQUENCE FROM THE TREES WE RE PAIRED PRIOR TO THE SILVER THAW. . Have our crew trim up your damaged trees. It will pay you. . COAST OFFICE EIGHTH FLOOR DEKCM BUILDING. PORTLAND, OR. W. L. Alexander & Company Phone Broadway 41L, Chicago Blooming-ton Tullahoma San Francisco Portland accidents and the rate of payment to the fund will be reduced by additional exemptions. The records of this commission show that last year one of each eight work men employed In hazardous occupations in Oregon were injured. This is too high a percentage. By co operation of employers and workmen to prevent accidents, the commission believes that the number of injuries can be cut in half. That means cutting the rate in half, by reductions and exemptions, and the Copyright Bart Srhtffnrr & Mars farmer would then be paying less than 1 per cent. No farmer in Oregon can afford to carry the risk of Injuring or killing workmen when he can thus receive insurance with the absolute pro tection of the state, at actual cost, and be given also the opportunity of con stantly reducing his rate. In view of the above, the commis sion has Issued a call to employers and workmen of Oregon to co-operate in a movement to prevent accidents, and will conduct an active campaign of ac cident prevention. w IHl IS OULDNT it make you mad if, after dealing with a merchant for six months and you had paid your bills promptly, you called on your neighbor and found that she had been buying her goods just as cheaply as you did and at the expiration of six months HER mer chant gave her, in appreciation of her prompt paying patronage, a nice library table and a rocker, while all that YOUR merchant gave YOU was a bunch of receipts and probably some "salve"? You can get this same merchandise discount, above mentioned, by patroniz ing merchants who issue Green Trading Stamps. A merchant who pays his bills promptly gets his dis count. Why not get yours? Practically everything required in the home can be procured without a cent's cost by saving 2C Green Stamps. Investigate this. 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