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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 3, 1918)
IS PHQNE SERVICE BAD, CITY'S EXPERT SAYS r 11 -ftlh Vofteirs o o - V. Chief Cause Declared to Be Lack of Skilled Operators. If You Do Not Know S. C. Pier, Candidate for City Commissioner, Read What Those Who DO KNOW HIM Say AUTOMATIC LINE PRAISED THE SUNDAY OKEGOXIAX. rOKTI.AXD, NOVEMBER 3. 1918. Pacific Company's System Said to Be Antiquated, Inadequate and Inferior. City Traffic Examiner Cousin In a report to the City Council yesterday brands the telephone service furnished by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Company as Inadequate and inferior, declares that 'the operating system is antiquated and that the company has failed to maintain a force of skilled operators. The report comes as the re sult of investigations made by Mr. Cousin in accordance with a resolution Introduced by Commissioner 2ellaber two weeks ago. The Pacific company, operating, the manual system of switching, has 60, 000 subscribers, while the Home com pany, operating the automatic system of mechanical switching, . has about 6000," the report says:' "Their service lines parallel each other In all parts of the city with toll line connections in Various directions. Home Company ITlts Idle. October 1 the Home company had T078 service units Idle. Both compa nies, unrestricted as to expansion, were put under Federal control, though no change in responsibility or jurisdiction has taken place. "With the automatic system. In which the subscriber does his own switching by a device which operates selectors in .he central office, personal service is limited to very few persons, whose duties are purely mechanical. There have been no complaints and service tests were satisfactory. Present use is not general enough, as business has been on the decline since 1911. Now In receivership, its independent existence Js threatened. "With the Pacific company, switching system is manual-vocal. All inter change switching requires two oper ators. With eight exchanges, Main, Marshall, Broadway, East, Tabor, Sell wood, W'oodlawn and Columbia, roost switching; is Interchange. Use of e-t-. changes varies in order named. Mechanical Equipment Ample. "The mechanical equipment and fa cilities are ample and well-maintained, Ibut no progress has been made in re placing antiquated and cumbersome manual switching system with modern automatic devices. "It is common knowledge that the racific service has been bad for months, and tests show that service now is greatly impaired because of defective cystem or personnel, or both. Switch ing of calls, together with signalling process, la a source of defective serv ice. The crude manual-vocal system depends too much on highly trained and alert human agencies for satisfactory results. . "There Is soma advantage in flexi bility and low cost of installation, but operating cost is high and service liable to be ' demoralized by causes to which the other system is not subject." Bell Service Explained. As typical of the service, Mr. Cousin describes the procedure by which a number Is reached by the Bell system. Jlo pays: "Attention of the central office first must be secured, then follows the order orally given and acknowledged party waits while operator attracts attention of another operator and reports num ber changing prefix to original ex rh&nRc second operator then tells first the number of trunk line avail able two plugs inserted in great sieves and first operator signals party called and communication is established pro vided no error or misunderstanding has occurred between three parties con cerned and some portion of line re qutrediis not in use. "The company has 800 operators with m. small percentage of experienced em ployes." the report continues. "Of these 100 are novices in training. The aver age term of service is short. Operating Force Deceneratei. "Mo system of merit awards exists. Welfare accommodations and super vision is superior to that prevailing in most business houses. Eight hours with two 15-mlnute rest periods makes up the day's work. Wages are $9 to 13.50 with 10 and 20 per cent addi tional for evening and night work. In creases taking effect October 16 have been reported. "The company Is not retaining op- Puts 0. K. on Bill of Fare The Downcast Dyspeptic Takes Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets After Eating and His Stomach Is Now a Twelve-Cylin-! der Racer. The old-time grouch Is now a Sunny Jim. Instead of- feeling dull, stupid. Irritable and dizzy after eating, he takes a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet and is bright, active, good natured and full of 'pep." He puts his O. K. on the entire bill of fare; everything is good from tlie soup to the pie" and cheese and seta snug and comfortable. Once you learn the remarkable ac tion of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets in digesting food, preventing and over, coining gassiness, heartburn, sour ris ings, lump in your throat, gagging and the other distresses of indigestion you will eat what you want at any time without the slightest distress. Get a tO-cent box at any drug store and join the throng of live ones who are doing their bit and doing it again overtime. Fat That Shows , Soon Disappears -Prominent fat that cornea and stars whare It is not needed la a burden; a hindrance to activity, a curb upon pleasure. You can take off the fat where it shows by taking after each meal and at bedtime, ona Mar mo la Prescription Tablet. These little tab la ts are as effective and harmless as the famous prescription from which they take their name. Buy and try a case today. Your druggist sells them at loo, or if you prefer you may write direct to the ilnrmola Co 6ti-4 Woodward Ave.. Detroit. Mich? v.. can thus say good-bye to dieting. ererciaeJ a lit (.11. JVliV. A Tonic and Health Builder Tske CALCERBS to rid yourself of that weakening. persistent cough. which is throateniiiK you with throat or lung trouble, tven in scut cases affecting throat and l.irss. CALCEKBS have slven much relief in many cases helping to restore health They give strength to combat illness Con tain calcium (a lime salO. so compounded as to be easily absorbed. Caleerba, 50 rents a Box. At an druggist or from manufacturer, postpaid. KCKMAN LABORATORY. Phllade.Dhla. Makers of fcckiuaas AlieraUvaT - - s . Ad, BENJ. A. GIFFORD, One of Oregon's Pioneer Photographers. One of Oregon's pioneer photographers, who began bis. career aa a portrait photographer 87 years ago. He served four years as an apprentice In the days when they had to learn to prepare their own paper and plates. . In 1882 he had a studio at Sixth and Morrison streets and remained In busi ness In Portland several years, afterward locating: in The t'alles. where he I spent part of his time in scenic work; but the beauties of nature as we have it i in Oregon appealed to his artistic temperament to such an extent that he decided to devote all of his time to that work. The officials of the O. R- A N. were the first to recognise the superiority of his work, and as an advertising medium his large pictures were more convincing than printer's ink, and for years have been placing them in public places not only In this country, but in Europe, and their influence us an advertising feature . cannot be overestimated. In 1912 the advertising department of the Northern Pacific Railway Company at St. Paul engaged him to make a series of pictures In the Yellowstone National Park, and afterward stated that a great many subjects photographed were far. superior to any that were ever made. 1 Since the Government has assumed control of the railroads the demand for scenic photography Is somewhat limited; consequently Mr. Glfford has added portraiture to his extensive business, and a visit to his studio at 444 Washington street above Twelfth, will reveal one of the most artistic an up-to-date studios on tha Pacific Coast. Anyone desiring the best In photographs will be pleased with the service rendered by Mr. Olfford. Adv. IIHIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIUIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIU S8B Hyacinths, Tulips, Daffodils and a choice collection of the beautiful E Spring Flowering Bulbs for the open ground and winter flowers indoors. S Direct From Segers Bros. Holland's Most Reliable Growers 5 The bulbs arrived in perfect condition and orders should be placed at once, while assortment is complete. See cata- 5 E logue for prices and full information. . j I Sale Begins Monday Morning, Nov. 4 I FRUIT AND SHADE TREES, ROSES, BERRY PLANTS, RHUBARB, ASPARAGUS, Etc., Should Be Planted Now Ask for Nursery Catalogue No. 361 E j CI a in in ;n jnanraa E Front and Yamhill E Southeast E Corner niiiiiiiiiiiMiiiit niiiiiiiiiii :ii mill in in in in tutt a in m;n ;i!nnn lllllllllllllllll Telephones: Main 4040 A 1251 iiiiiiiiliiiililiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiir; i erators of sufficient skill and experi ence to provide fair and reasonable servioe to patrons. A higher schedule of rates exists than in other sections. For the past It months the company has accepted large amounts of new and profitable business, has provided com plete mechanical facilities regardless of expense, has found means of main taining commercial, plant and accounting- departments efficiently, but op erating force, n which is centered gov erning control of its business, has been allowed to degenerate to such an ex tent that appeals are being made for voluntary embargo on traffic Trained Operators to Be Had. "The company has trained operators and knows where they may be found, and it is Idle to say that sufficient force of experienced operators may not be recruite to maintain these ex changes efficiently. "Immediate cause for the bad service is failure to provide adequate force ol skilled switchboard operators, both ac tive and reserve. "In making the charges of antiquated service, I fully realise that this part of the Bell system is supposed to have the keenest and. most talented phone experts." CHROME MINING MCED IXDCSTKY DBCXIXIXG FOR I.ACK OF GOVERNMENT SUPPORT. Uncertainty of Deposits, Cost of Op oration - and Labor Shortage Make Business Risky. GOLD HILL, Or Nov. J. (Special.) The chroma operators in Southern Ore gon and Northern California, who pro duce the major part of the domestic output, are anxiously awaiting results of tha organisation recently of the Chrome Producers' Associations at San Francisco and Grants Pass. These or ganizations have sent representatives to Washington to urge relief for the chrome producers, whose industry is said to be facing ruin. The production of chrome In this region, as an essential to winning the war, at first was encouraged and as sisted by the Government, but since it has failed to regulate prices and the chrome supply coming In from foreign countries is In excess of the demand, the situation of the local operators is discouraging. The chrome Industry In this region is clearly on the decline. The uncer tainty of deposits, tha high cost of mining and the labor shortage are factors in the decline. A substantial tonnage of chrome was shipped in 1917, and in June, 1918, the outlook foe the Industry was encour aging. Jackson and Josephine counties alone could easily have marketed 100, 000 tons this year, but chrome mining under present condUions is hazardous. Most of tha chrome, copper, quick. silver and manganese miners here abouts before the war were engaged In gold mining, and many, to reouperate losses in chrome, will again take up gold or other mining. The price of copper as regulated by the Government Is remunerative in Southern Oregon, and the Government has signified its intention of protecting quicksilver In this region and California, which pro duced three-fourths of the domestic output, by placing a heavy duty on this metal after the war. Klamath Dairy Interests Sold. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Nov, X (Special.) By a deal completed here W. H. Hawkins has disposed of his dairy interests to Asa Fordyce and the Cornish Brothers, who will operate In the future under the name of the Altamont Palry. Mr. Hawkins Honest, fearless and capable. AMEDEE M. SMITH. . We need a business" man on the commission. E." J. JAEGER, Jaejrer Bros. Will handle the business of our city in a business-like manner. THOS. B. HONEYMAN, Honeyman Hdw. Co. Rich and poor will be treated with lik consideration. J. W. Gray, Sunnyside Garage. Not a politician nor office-seeker, but just a bijr lion-hearted business man. FRED W. WAGNER, Tiling Co. Respected and loved by all -who know him. H. D. KILIIAM, KHham Stationery Co. A thinker and a doer, not a dreamer, nor never was. HILBERT FOSTER, Stipe-Foster Drug Co. ' .. ; i v-'- y The laboring; man will get ' all that he is entitled to if they elect Pier. ARTHUR WILLIAMSON. Employe Supple-Ballin, Shipbui'.d- His business training f ull value for each dollar spent. L. G. CLARKE, Woodward-Clarke Co. The essential thing: Pier for Portland's progress, practicing hardware sense. W. C. BRISTOL. ers. Will lend dignity to our commis sion. HARRY ALLEN, J. K. Gill Co. A taxpayer mho helps pay the bills, and will think of the other fellow. - WALTER BACKUS. Backus-Morris Co. The city needs the benefit. of his wide experience. JOHN IIEL3ER. Helser Bros. Transfer Co. Efficient, a man of character." (Capt.) HARRY RILEY. He 'believes that friendly acts count for more than kindly words. A. H. AVERILL. AveriU Machinery Co. A pleasure. Indeed, to get a chance to vote for a big man. J. T. WILSON, Wilson Auction House. ' A man of great executive ability. FRANK S. BAILLIE, Grant-Smith-Porter Co. lias his convictions and the cour age to execute them. BEN SELLING. Clothing. A good friend, an able man. CLARENCE M. DILLEY, Page &. Son, Men of his standing and ability are needed now, as never before, t CHARLES J. NAGEL, u Landscape and Tree Surgery. I met him thirty years ago. and lie is just the same today. . PETER WISER, Employe Williamette Iron & Steel Company. This is a big city; let us elect big men, and they will make it bigger C. B. JAMES. Swetland & Son. He knows what's right, and that's the way he does thincrs. DR. ANDREW C. SMITH, Physician and Surgeon. A man who wears no man's collar. E. B. HYATT, Hyatt Talking Machine Co. He is a firm believer in the Golden Rule. B. S. JOSSLYN, Pittock Bldg. ' You always leave him knowing Just where he stands. CHARLES RUDEEN, Wholesale Meats. I have known him for twenty five years, can only sav good of him. JAY SMITH, Marshall-Wells Hdw. Co. His enemies, if he has any, can only say good of him. DR. J. A. PETTsT, Physician and Surgeon. - These recommendations are submitted by men who are interested in the growth, upbuilding and welfare of our city. - Vote for No. 16 on Ballot PHE For City Commissioner (Paid Advertisement. Stanhope B. Pier, 81 N. W. Bank Bids ) Four-Year Term, Two to Be Elected has been in the dairy business for the past four years in the local field and has built up an extensive list of cus tomers, but tha scarcity of capable help has caused him to make the change. Cottage Grove Lives on Fat of Land. COTTAGE GROVE, Or.. Nov. 2 (Special.) The people of the Cottar Grove country are themselves to blame r tney do not live on the fat of the land. Enough food grown wild in this LIFT OFF CORIS! section for ar large part of the popula tion. This year another food delicacy can be had in almost any quantity Just for the picking;. Nearly every hillside and field is covered with mushrooms. Thoie who like this delira-y have heen With the fingers! No pain at alll Drop a little "Freezone" on a sore, tender corn or a callus. Instantly that corn or callus stops hurting, then shortly you lift that bothersome corn or callus right off, root and all, without pain, soreness or irritation. Yes, magic! He Quit Cigarettes picking- it In bushel baskets, eating; all they can and canning; the surplus. GAINED OVER 30 POUNDS a ey. I asd harm. " ----.. ciainm m-wwr . rem sue to sta-at iftrk, of foha ''CiiimtM wore doinc no gross I BeCsmo so ninani i h t T .u, antil I smoked. F.srh moraine I had aa awful tt ia my month. "Sevsrsi Umti I tried to suit bv wfll por. but it jo.t 'm.d th.t I weald n 'Id if I eonldn't hs.o eirsrtttss. I hsd almost giT.a up hops of ever nlttmc ontil ona ds. I arat for a fTM book by Mr. Woods that told ma what to do. Aft.r learning tha war. I salt astir U S days and ha. .n't loackad a rigaratta yesra. I ha., gained o.r 10 pounds sod eanne praise tha method toe highly I say to every cigarette maker If yom can t qnit without help get this book ' aa ays Mr. Frrrnaon. of Cnmpa Park' The foregoing remarka are Ilka those of isst other men who haea been freed front tha habit of amoking eigarettea, pipe or eigsra or who haee. been chewtng tobacco OX dippinr snuff excessively. Oct this book. It is free; postpaid to r2i- -Pa n' ot nd show others. VVrtfe ot once to Edward J. Wooda. TC-XK. Motion f. .New York, X. Y. Why wait! Costs only a few cents! Hard corni, soft corns, corns between the toes nd painful calluses on bottom of feet just loosen and fall off. Truly! You fed no pain when applying Freezone or afterward. Drugs by MAIL WE PAY THE POSTAGE. If In need of Pare Dmxi aad ( fceas I c a I N. focjolder Brace., Area N m p. porta. THl3i: aplastic Slsctlan Aadoaalaal Hupaorters, aaaaeaaory Bandages for Mca. and ail other rubber goods of every description, scad to the Laue-Davis Drug Co. TRI SS EXPERTS, Third and Yamhill, I'ortlaad. Oregoa QUICK RELIEF FROM CONSTIPATION Get Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets That la the Joyful cry ft thousands alnce Dr. Edwards produced Olive Tablets, the substitute for calomel. Dr. Edwards, a practicing physician tot 17 years and calomel's old-tima enemy, discovered the formula for Olive Tablet while treating patients for rhrrL co& Btipation and torpid livers. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets do not contain calomel, but a healing, anmg vegetable laxative. No griping is tha "keynote" of these little sugar-coated, olive-colored tablets. They cause the bowels and liver to act normally. They never force thera to unnatural action. If you have a "dark brown mouth" now and then a bad breath a dull, tired feeling sick headache torpid liver and are constipated, you'll find quick, sure and only pleasant results from one or two lit tle Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets at bedtime. Thousands take one or two every night Just to keep right. Try them. 10c and 25c per hex. All druggists. She Took Adler-i-ka! "My wife had what the doctors rail catarrh of the stomach for IS years. Had to diet carefully and suffered much. Ehe has now taken one bottle Adler-l-ka and feels perfectly well." (Signed) R. F. Parker. Brock, Texas. Adler-i-ka expels ALL, sraa and sour, nrti. stopping stomach distress IN' STANTLY, Empties BOTH upper and lower bowel, flushing; ENTIRE alimen tary canal. Removes AI.I. foul matter which poisons system. Often CURES constipation. Prevents appendicitis. We have sold Adler-l-ka many years. It is a mixture of buckthorn, cascara, glycerine antt nine other simple drugs, bkldmors Drue Co., (and leading- drug. Kllti). Adv. . EEGHH EOTTATEk. DIOOTIKG W YOU DOSfT FEEL EIGSIT Say" glass of hot water -with phonphats before breakfast washes out poisons. If you wake up with a bad taste, bad breath and tongue to coated; if your head is dull or aching; if what you eat sours and forms gas and acid in atom ach. or you are bilious, constipated, nervous, ssllow and can't get feeling Just right, begin Inside bathing. DriaK before breakfast a glass of real hot water wiUx a teaspoonful of limestono phoaphata in It- Thla will fluaa the poisons and toxins from stomach, liver, kidneys and bowals and cleanse, sweet, en and purify the entire alimentary tract. Do your Inside bathing imme diately. upon arising In the morning to' mash out of the system all tha previous day's poisonous waste, gases and oour bile before putting more food into tbo stomach. To fool llko young folks feel; like you fell before your blood, nerves and muscles became loaded with body im purities, get from your pharmacist a quarter pound of limestone phosphate, which is inexpensive and almost taste less except for a sourish twinge, waica is not unpleasant. &len and women who are usually constipated, bilious, headachy or have any stomach disorder should begin this Inside bathing before breakfast. Adv. Spent Money Foolishly I have been a great sufferer from stomach trouble and gall stones. No one knows the pains I have suffered. Since taking the first dose of Mayra Wonderful Remedy am feeling ftno. can work all day and eat anything I want. Have no more distress or palpi tation of the heart from gas on my stomach. I have spent a great deal of money on doctors and medicine but got nothing to help me." It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes tha catarrhal mucus from the intestinal traet and allays the inflammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, including appendicitis. One dose will convinoo or money refunded. For sale by drug gists everywhere. Paid Adv. Phono your want ads to The Orege elan. Main 7070, A .0.1. 1