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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1920)
IS TOE SUNDAY OTtEGOXIAX, PORTLAXD, SEPTEMBER 2G, 1920 0 CT RATES TO Action Will Be of Benefit Trade With Orient. to LUMBER TARIFF CHANGED Korlhwcst Mill Men N"1w Have Op portunity to Compete With Gulf Port Shipments. General reductions in the import and export rail rates, which wer2 advanced 33 1-3 per cent on August 2I, are to be made immediately on transcontinental lines to and from the Pacific coast, according to ad vices which were received yesterday hy 11. I Hudson, general traffic man- ger of the Port of Tort land and Cirk commissions. Mr. Hudson was informed that all western lines had reached an agree ment and that the new rates would be made an advance on the rates previous to August 26 only sufficient to meet the advance on the rates from producing points, east of Chi cago, and the Atlantic seaboard. The reduction, it is estimated here, will mean that the 33 1-3 per cent advance will be practically cut in half. This will leave Pacific coast ports in relatively the same competi tive condition as they were prior to Augifbt -6. Action of Importance. R. H. Countiss of the trans-continental freight bureau at Chicago has "been instructed to prepare supple ments immediately which will make reductions in the rates to and from the Pacific coast in accordance with the agreement reached, Mr. Hudson was advised. The action is of especial, importance In connection with trade between this port end the orient. The advance made in the Pacific coast rates had been interfering with the ability of Portland to compete with the Atlan tic seaboard in the movement of freight to and from the orient. The new adjustment will make It possible to handle shipments over land much cheaper and will conse quently encourage the handling of oriental trade via this port. The'definite date for the going into fleet of the new rate has not been received here but it is expected that it will be effective within thecourse (Of the next few days. Lumber Hate Changed. llr. Hudson was also advised that a reduction from 545 to C40 a thous and feet in the rate on lumber from the Colu-mbia river.to the Platte river had been made by the shipping board. "The $40 rate was in effect some time ago," Mr. Hudson said, "and re sulted in the movement of four car roes of lumber from this territory." "When the rate was advanced to 545 it put the northwest lumbermen out of this business owing to their inability to compete with shipments from the gulf ports. V. J. Kuht, manager of the Douglas Kir Exploitation & Export company, expressed the belief that the new nvte would mean the movement of large quantities of lumber from thie port. Pacinc Const Shipping Notes. PRATTLE, "Was-h., Sfpt. 2Z. (Special. Northern Cluwf, New Zi-alanJ-o mrhoonf r, left port yesterday in tow for tiii cape, to clear away for Nukuolofa on her first voyage out of Fuget Bound. Fho carriid SOO.lHMi feet of lumlwr loaded h-ene. Cuptain . J. AlcDonaltl is in com mand of the vessel and. has his family ith him. Construction of a 500-foot two-story transit shed on the wwt side of the port ei-m.misMon's gigantic new Smith cove pier 3, the liiTKeFt ocean terminal in th-e world, will be htgun in the opening days of .Oc tober. Purchased by Xiednr & Marcun of Se attle, the old Canadian cruiser Rainbow, which has lain idle since the end of the war in the ENquimalt naval basin, Van couver island, is to be brought to Seattle here she will be moored at the west waterway plant of the owners. At the present time 4H0.0O0 feet of white c-Mlar i-ot?s are piled on the open wharf of the port commnission docks. The white cedtr comes from Oregon an-d it has been moving to Japan in'larse Quantities this season. To date .VK,00i feet have bt-en chipped from Smith cove pier A. going out on the ships of the Pacific Steamship company, Stxuthers & Dixon and .Mitsui Ac Co. Five blgr ocean cteamrhlps. Including the first vesse-1 in the Holland-American l.ne's new service to Europe, wilt arrive et the harbor island terminal of the East Wat or-way Docks & Warehouse company in the next two w-f-ks, giving the property a .strenuous period of activity. TACOMA. Wash.. Sept. 25. (Special.) To load a full cargo of lumber here for west cnast ports, the bark Uelfast shifted lier this morning from down sound, where the had been in drydock. The Belfast will be worked nltfht and day In order to get Jier' out in time to tow south with the Hean-r Santa lne. The Inez will prob ably ne shifting: here to load tomorrow. It is figured that it will take about six days to load the Belfast. The barkentine L&haina is loading and the A. F. Coats dicharging ballast. The Coast, which arrived yesterdav af tTJioon, wiil load a full cargo of lumber 5ire tor Adelaide and then go to the west coast with coal and then to the Atlanttc. Ths well-known coaster has been bought y D. M. Pcott. who will use her in the trade out of Mobile. Captain "Vy. W. Ja mieson will take the vessel around. The Mukllteo is du here this afternoon Jrom Pan Francisco. The vessel has con riderahle freight for local concerns, among which .Is a large amount of ore for the Taroma smelter. The Mukilteo goes to tFtritish Columbia to load south his voy age. The Admiral Schley, of the Pacific Stt-nmshlp company line; is due here to rn orrti- night or Monday morning from 'allf ornia ports. Local shipping men are still awaiting the arrival of the Lerhlay and Tjitaroem. Jioth vessels have been expected the past tiire days by dock operators. PAN PEDRO. Cal., Sept. 2.". (Foec!aI. Tin?, steamer West Ilonaker was launched irom the yards of the I-os Angeles Ship luiiaing ana Dry Dock company this morning The launching was successful. Mrs. John E. Mauer was sponsor for the vossel. which was the twenty-eighth hull to be launched from the yards. Immedi ately following the launching the keel of the est rarrallone was laid. The lat t-r" fs the thirty-second keel to be laid Jn,.the yarpa sinoe they were built In The West Farralone Is a 12,000-ton Ffiimcr. Following it the keels of the AVest Grehlock. West Prospect and West t'TVVpuka, all sister ships, will be laid. The Van Camp barge was returned here this morning in tow of the tug Bahada fr-flin Cape San Lucas, in Lower California. t'tdnal!y it was a tender for the floating c tlinery John G. North. The latter burned 3 ear. The barge was taken in tow o4:inally by the steamer Northland.. The :pin'was too great and the seams opened lift and the Northland left the barge at rg;i;dalena Bay. where It was repaired and tt i takeTv in tow by the Bahada, n'h West Kehar, an SSou-ton steamer, will be launched from the yards of the Lone Beach Shipbuilding company next month. S oRT TOWNSEND, TVnsh., Sept. 23 cfal. The largest shipment of piles esj-r made from Puge-t sound to the orient wi, lurried by the steamer West Ivan, last night for Hongkong. The ship rulift consisted of 4' piles, wmf of which were (M feet in length. They will be used lri,.:'he construction of a big dock at Hong kong. In addition to the piles the West I&n carried a big shipment of general freight. lyit't sound tow boa ts are feeling the , effects of the high cut of operation. To BE 10 meet this emergency the Northern Tow boat Owners' association has made appli cation to the public service commliwion at Olympia to increase rats for towing on Puget sound IS per cent over the present rates. A further increase of 25 per cent for towing steam, sailing and dismantled vessels from any point west of Point Wil son. The new rates, if granted by the commission, wWI go into effect October '22. Flying the Australian fla. the schooner Northern Chief sailed this morning for Nukuolofa with about 500.000 feet of lum- i ber loaded at Seattle. x At her port ot discharge, she wiH load copra for return cargo to Puget sound, coming by way ot , Portland. The San Francisco-built steamer Derblay 1 arrived this afternoon, proceeding to Se- j at tie, where she will complete cargo for Vaipa raiso. Loaded down to her pllmsol with gen eral freight, the. Nippon Yosen Katsha steamer Toyoma Maru sailed today for the orient. Another steamer will be added to the service of the Northwestern & At lantic Steamship company's line between Boston. New York and Philadelphia and ports on the Pacific coast.', The division of operations of the United States shipping board has announced a reduction in lumber freight rates from Pa cific coast ports to the River Platte to $40 a thousand feet. With the new rate. Pa cific coast lumbermen can com pete with lumber dealers at the south Atlantic and gulf ports. SAN' FRANCISCO, Cal., Sept. 2.V (Spe cial.) The Rene Kervl'.ler Is en route from St. Nazaire, the bark Pierre Antonine from Dunkirk and the DuguSy Trouin from Montevideo. The departure today of the China mail liner Nanking for Honolulu and the orient was made Interesting by the presence of a number of moving pic-ture actors who staged several soenes on deck and on tha gangway. The Nanking slipped into the stream propmptly at 1 o'clock headed for the Golden Gate. The liner carries a capacity list of passengers, there being 2m2ii ca-bin and steerage travelers on board. She has a heavy cargo of exports and $2,000,0011 in gold and silver bullion. Among the Nanking's passengers are six Catholic priests, who are going to mis sions. The new shipping board steamer Stock ton. engiTied and fitted at the Moore yards In 2fl calendar days, has been turned over to Struthers & Dixon for operation. The new steamer Jalapa. launched at the Moore yard in December. VJ10, will have her trial trip tomorrow after which she will be turned over to operators. The vessel will load flour at Port 1 ami for the United Kingdom under fixtures to M. Houser. The freighter West Eldara. which was aground near Barber Point, Honolulu, is expected to reach here tomorrow. It Is understood the vessel is i-n need of keel repairs, although reports from Honolulu said she was coming to the coast with Lcargo intact. -i ne west Kidara loaded Philippine sugar. The schooner Honoipu, Captain Page, sailed today for Vancouver to load lumber for Peru under operation of Hind, Rolph & Co. The Japanese freighter Lima Maru, New York for Yokohama, which put in here for fuel, continued today. Departures today included the Pwayne & Hoyt motorship Mazatlan, Captain Meyer, for ManzanUlo, and the Matson steamer .Enterprise, Captain Youngren, for Hiio. ASTORIA, Or., Sept. 25. (Special.) The British steamer Minnie De Larrinaga. laden with grain from Portland, sailed for Europe at 8:30 last evening. The steamer Egeria shifted at 10 o'clock this morning for Portland to the Ham mond mill where she is loading lumber for Australia. The steamer Eastern Soldier arrived at R:4. this morning from Puget sound and went to St. Helens where she is taking on lumber for the Atlantic coast. After discharging fuel oil in Portland, barge 93 shifted to the local harbor at 3 o'clock this morning and left at 11:45 to day for California, being towed by the tank steamer Colonel E. L. Drake. After discharging ballast at pier 3 of the port terminals, the British steamer Memphis shifted today to pier 1, where she is being lined, and on Monday will be gin loading 2800 tons of flour lor Europe. She will go to Portland to complete her cargo for Europe. The tug Daniel Kern with a barge in tow arrived at 8:43 this morning from Oregon coast points aud proceeded to Portland. The steamer Steel Worker, en route from Puget sound for the Panama canal. Is having trouble with her steering gear and will come into the Columbia tonight for repairs. The steam schooner Horace D. Baxter, with freight from San Francisco, and the tank steamer Wm. F. Herrin. with oil from. California, are due en route to Portland, COOS BAY, Or., Sept. 25. (Special! The steamer C. A. Smith, barbound here two days, sailed this morning with her lumber cargo for San Francisco at ten. The steamship City of Topeka, which laid In port over last night, awaiting a smooth bar, sailed for .Eureka at l0:Uo this forenoon. The Johanna Smith, which was laden with lumber at the Smith docks, sailed this morning for the south, following the C. A. Smith out at 30:ii0. These vessels are usually three days apart, but the delay of the C. A. by bad weather al lowed her sister ship to overhaul her. V. S. Xuval Radio Reports. (AH position reported at 8 P. M. yes terday uiiIcns otherwise indicated.) WEST ISON, Kobe for Seattle, arrived at Hort Townsend, 9 P. M., September So. NORTHWESTERN. Comox, B. C, for Seattle, off Point No Point. DILWORTH. San Pedro tor Seattle, 80 miles from San Francisco. WIIITTIER. Port San Luia for Cooa Bay, 4V.'t miles from Coos Bay. LU R LINE, Honolulu for San Franc IscQ i(t amfUs west of San Francisco. H AY NIC, Seattle for San Pedro, 123 milts south of San Francirco. CAPT. A. F. LUCAS, La Touche for San Pedro. 115-u miles north of San Pedro. ORAM ALEXANDRI. New York for San Pedro. Gi)0 miles Bouth of San Pedro. BROAD ARROW. Balhna for San Pedro, 5-SH rni'.ea south of San Pedro CURACAO. Corinto for San Francisco, 14-4tt milth south of San Francisco. EL SEtiUXDO, Honolulu for San Pedro, 94 mis from an Pedro. RICHMOND. San Pedro for Seattle. 45 mile from San Pdro. M 1 R A L FARRAGUT. San Francisco for Wilmington, -1 miles from San- Fran cisco. QUEEN. Seattle for San Francisco. 39 miles from San Franoiseo. IAJRLINE. Honolulu for Kan Francisco. 34(5 miles west of San Francisco, Septem ber i4. WEST ELDARA, Honolulu for San Fran cisco, 301 milea from San Francisco. Sep tember 24. WESTERN KNIGHT, San Francisco for Manila. 5U0 miles from San Francisco, Sep tember 24. U. S. TOPATOPA. Pan Frftnrlrn fnl Vancouver, B. C, 44t milea from San Francisco, Septemiher 24. RED HOOK, Honolulu for Sen Pedro, 104),"i miles from San Pedro. NILE, orient for San Francisco. 6S4 milea west oi n Francisco. Sect ember 24 MATSOMA. Honolulu for San Francisco. a - - lanes wesi oi ran r rancisco MALI, San Francisco for Honolulu, 81J miles west ot ban Francisco, September 24, HOLLYWOOD, Seattle for Honolulu, -u.nr miies irom Seattle, September 24. LYMAN STEWART. San Luis for Van couver, 55 miles from Vancouver. JOHANNA SMITH, Coos Bay for San i-Taiwjisco, iyt miles north of San Fran cibco. OLEU'M. Portland for Oleum, 237 miles irom uieum. v. ii.-tr,. i, oan rearo ror v niapa Harbor. 318 miles from Willapa Harbor. CITY OF TOPE K A. Marshfleld for Eu- reica, t.i miies or cureua. AVALON. San Francisco for Willapi Harbor. 32f miles north of San Francist-o EASTERN' TEMPLE. Everett for Cl lan. Peru, 39 miles south of Cape Blanco, w est l'AN. Keatue for Yokohama, ICS miies west oi p laiiery. COL. E. 1RA KE, towinff barge Xo. 93, Astoria for ban Pedro, S3 miles south oi Astoria. CELILO, 33 miles south of Columbia river. HORACE X. BAXTER. Fan Francisco for .fort! ana, on iniumnia river lix htshio. ADMIRAL SCHLEY. San Francisco for Seattle, urn miles irorn Seattle. A RDMORE. Vancouver for San Fran Cisco, ;:.- miies soutn or lattery. STANDARD ARROW, 9,,T mile north vwt of San francisco, San Pedro foi 1M LAY, Shanghai for San Francisco, lJ4o mnea west of San Krancisco. LUMBER CARGO GOES DOWN British Steamer, Jacksonville to Havana, Reported Sunk. MIAMI. Fla., Sept. 25. The British steamer Albert Soper, Jacksonville t Havana with a carno of lumber, i said to have sunk off Cape Canaveral last night. The vessel is under charter to the Bahamas-Cuban company of Jackson villa. No further details have bee received. TACOMA COMMERCE IS FAST REBUILDING Mew Port Commission Docks Afford Facility. 8 OCEAN CARRIERS ON WAY Smelter and Manufacturing Plants Furnish Cargoes for Liners to All Parts of World. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 25. (Spe cial) Commerce is steadily working its way back to the volume of pre war days. With eight ocean carriers on the way to load -off-shore freights and many new-lines having: announced establishment of headquarters in Ta coma, shipping- is looking up. With STEAMER EGERIA RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED FROM SHIPPING BOARD HULL AND NOW TAKING ON LUMBER FOR SYDNEY. t s,Zl;r f , " U"S s t 5 Photo by Angelus Studio. VIEW OF VESSEL OX TRIAL, TRIP. The steam schooner Kgerla, which was recently constructed on the Willamette river from a shipping board hull, is now completing a cargo of 1.700,000 feet of lumber, which she will take to Sydney. Home-built and home-owned, the vessel is likewise operated by a home concern, the Colum bia Shipping company of Portland. From Sydney the Egeria will go to Newcastle to load coal for Honolulu. It is probable that she will bring a cargo of pineapples to Portland from Honolulu. the completion bf the port commission docks, Tacoma should resume its old place. The first big carpo of wheat to pro foreign will be taken by the Holland American line steamship Eemdyk, 12, 000 tons, which will arrive about Oc tober 1 to take part of her 4000-ton cargro of grain. Announcement that this line planned to dperate to Tacoma regularly was made several weeks ago by U M. Gillespie & Co. Tacoma Favored Port. The big Dutch steamship Tjitaroem which has shifted from Everett to Tacoma to complete loading lumber, is one of the Java-Pacific fleet, repre sented here by the General Steamship corporation, which is operating a service between Tacoma, Peru, Chile and Australia. ' That Tacoma will be more benefited by the establisnmer.t of these tw,o new lines than other ports of the sound is the statement of well posted marine men. Because of the many manufacturing plants here this port. is said, is in a position to oiler reight against the output of other sound ports, which have reached me maximum in local cargo offerings. Bearing out these assertions is the peration of vessels or ine w. xi. Grace & Co., fleet. These ships op- ratinir to Peru and Chile get prac- ically all their cargo at Tacoma, and s inbound freight have Mutn Amer- ,-.t or., for the smelter. The General Steamship company In the same trade btains much of its outward cargoes here. Oil Trade Showing Gains. The ' oil trade is showing great gains. Struthers & Dixon nave m teamship West ivis coming wim big cargo of oil and the uoyonasm Maru has another cargo of wood and ocoanut oil for Gillespie & bona ana th Phil nnine Oil company, wnicn have been enlarging storage facilities here. The European - Pacific foteamsnip company, Iormeny ine American Hawaiian line, has re-entered the At lantic and Hawaiian service. The Hawaiian will be the first to come here and other Vessels of the Ileet now operating on time charter will be placed In service as soon as re leased. . New Lines Operating. ntoot lines oijerating out of Ta coma Include the Johnson line and the Norway-Pacific, which operates some ot tne largesi raniuraniin. Johnson liner Kronprinsessen Mar- gareta is due this month witn cargo and the big motorship George Wash- ngton is coming to load ior Europe. The Holland-American line, wnicn operates a joint service wnn tne Royal Mall line, win nave m ton steamer Kindt'idyke at Tacoma within a short time to load. These vessels are equipped with refriger ating plants for carrying fresh Irults or other perishable cargo offering from this section and In demand In European markets. TRAFFIC BUREAU IS LAXDEJ) Boston Marine Guide Takes Xote of Work in Xorthwest. The traffic bureau of the Port of Portland 'and the dock commission were held up as a model which the port of Boston, Mass.. might well fol low in the issue of the Boston Marine Guide of September 18. Referring to the traffic bureau ana the work it was doing to route trade Port Calendar. To Arrive at Portland. Vewsel From Data. Str. Artigas Boston Sapt. 25 Sir. Wast Katan ,.,ew iorn ....aeputt Str. W. F- Herrin. .. -Monterey . ...Spt. 20 Str. Johan Poulsen . .San Fran Sept. 27 tr. Santlara an t-eoro. . . .sept. 7 Str. Trinidad San Pedro. .. .Sept. 27 6tr. Waterbury ... .. rsew xorK . ...Sept. 2 str West Keats China Sept. 28 Str. Horace X- Baxter , Sept. 28 Str. Wahkeena San Pedro. . . .Sept. 28 Str. Willamette tan l- ran Sept. 20 Str. Multnomah San Fran Sept. 20 Str. Rose City San Fran Sept. 20 Str. Ernest H. Meyer.San Fran Sept. 30 Str. Wapama San Fran. Oct. 1 Sir. City of Topeka. -San Fran. Oet. 2 Str. City of Reno ....Honolulu Oct. fi Str. Witram Balboa Oct. 8 To Depart From Portland. Vessel For Data Str. Pawlet . China -..Oct. 2 Vessel In Port. Vessel Berth. Bkt. Annie M. Rol-ph. Clark-Wilson mill. Bk. Berlin G-ible. Sir. Daisy Putnam... St, Helens. Str. Olen ...........P. F. M. Co. Str. Pawlet Terminal No. 4. Str. Tannenbttrf .... Irving dock. Str. W aban ......... Terminal No. 4. Str. Coaxet . . ...... ..Terminal No. 4. Str. Hawarden Municipal No. I. Ktr. Daisy Freeman. . Prescott. Bkt. r.uffon Clark-Wilson. Stx. Bermuda, Columbia dock. Str. Memphis ..Aetorla. Str. Heilbrond AH'inn dock. Scr. Wm. Bowden toi in. Str. Sprin?fif w t--tport. Ft r. Tyiltr H a nify . , ,. Wauna. I Sir. Eastern Soluier.-St. Helens, : by way of Portland, the publication says: , "This shows what a live western city is doinff to secure business through its port. The Port of Port land is reaching all the way across the continent, as well as to the orient and to India, for traffic to be handled through the city. It knows that what will benefit the city and community in general will also benefit the indi vidual. It is a progressive idea." CRAFT TO TAKE liUSIBER 6, 000, 000 in Columbia River Be longs to McCormlck Company. More than 6,000,000 feet of lumber will be taken out of the Columbia river for the Charles R. McCormick company by vessels now in the river, according to announcement made yesterday by E. H. Meyer, local man-i ager. The vessels are all Douna lor Atlantic ports. The steamer Eastern Soldier, which got into the river yesterday from Seattle, will take out l.SOO.000 feet; the steamer Springfield, now loading on the river for Philadelphia and Bos ton, will take out 1.400.000 feet, and the steamer Artigas, now en route here, will take 2,250,000 eet. In addition, two vessels now load ing on Puget sound will take out lumber for the same company. They are the steamer Archer, which will carry 3,250,000 feet, and the steamer "V I - - - "-"f y$''s rrirtfff i"- ,2 Stanley Dollar, which will take 1.2E0, 000 feet. HAWAIIAN IS OX WAY HERE Pre-War Service of Steamship Line to lie Resumed. The steamer Hawaiian will sail from New York on October 2 for Port land and other ports on the Pacific coast, according to advices received in Portland yesterday by the Columbia-Pacific Shipping company, agents for the Williams-Diamond company of San Francisco. The departure of the Hawaiian will mean the resumption of the pre-war service of the American-Hawaiian Steamship company. In addition to vessels of the American-Hawaiian line, the service will be augmented by steamers of the shipping board, with westbound sail ings at. laast three times a month, it has been announced. The eastbound service will be maintained with American-Hawaiian steamers exclusively, with sailings once a month. It is the announced plan to increase the sailings as steamers become avail able. Marine Xotes. The steamer Springfield completed dis charging- cargo from Boston at Terminal No. 'J yeBterday morning and was nhtfted to Westport. where ah -will begin taking on & cargo of lumber for the Atlantic seaboard. She -will fininb her. cargo at the Portland Lumber company's plant. The steamer Bermuda, of the grain rieet. will be shifted from the O.-W R. N. dock this morning to the Co- lumbia dock for- the completion of her cargo. The Admiral line steamer City of To peka Is scheduled to reach Portland on her return trip from San Francisco and way points on October 2. She will leave again the following day for the south. The steamer Eastern Soldier of the Luckenback line got into the river yes terday morning. She will take lumber cargo to- New York. The steamer Daisy Putnam sailed from St. Helens last night for California ports with a cargo of lumber. The French bark Buffon was brought up the river yesterday from Astoria and she will begin taking on cargo Immedi ately at the Clark & Wilson mill. She will take grain to the United Klnidem. The steamer Daisy Freeman was shift ed from Wauna to PreBCott yesterday to complete her lumber cargo. Tides nt Astoria Sunday. High. Low. 11:49 A. 11... 8.0 fee.5:M A. M...0.7 foot 6:17 P. M...1.0 foot DAILY METEOROLOGICAL KEPORT. PORTLAXD, Sept. 25. Maximum tem perature. 565 decrees; minimum 50.6 de grees. River reading at 8 A. M., 5.5 feet: change in Jast 24 hours, 0.9 font rise. Total rainfa.lt 5 P. M. to 5 P. M. ), .38 Inrh; total rainfall since September 1. ItrJQ. 3.8 inches; Normal rainfall since September 1. 1.30 inches; excess of rain-fall Bitjce Sep tember 1, 1020, 2.59 inches. Sunrise. 6:02 A. M. ; sunset, 6:03 P. M. ; total sunshine, 22 minutes; possible sunshine. 12 hours and 1 minute. Moonrise. 4:44 P. M. ; moonset, 3:32 A, M. Barometer (reduced to sea level) 5 P. M., 30 inches. Relative humid ity: 5 A. M. , 8ft per cent; noon. 66 per cent; 5 P. M-. 82 per cent. THE WEATHER. . Wind E 5 3 3 STATIONS. a 3 5 9 5 Weather. Baker I 361 0210.011. .IS 44 5t; 0.02 . . S Cloudy Boise Cloudy Clear Cloudy Boston ..... Stvil.OOi. , SB Calsary Chicago 32' 5(110.00 90 10 8 Clear Denver Ies Moines. . Eureka Galveston Helena 1 .1 uneaut - . . . Kansas City . Los Angeles. Marphfield . Medford 441 0 '12V I 74 0 12:3 lear Clear Cloudy U J . UU I J. U I A vv MM. ..... -. - 3S( 500.0010'SW Cloudy 42lt.iH-0.04l ,,iW Cloudy 72; 8S;0.001SSE Clear o 70)0. 00'. .W Clear 441 2 0.04!..ISW Rain 4i 50 0.00. ,x Cloudy 68) W00.OO. .tSE Clear , 7HJ 860.24t..E Clear 60 S2'0.0Utl0S Clear 50( 54i0.26:i0d Rain 5SI 84 0. no!. AS Clear Minneapolis . New Orleans. New York.. North Head. Phoenix Pocatello . . . Portlaad . . .. Jloseburs . . . Sacramento . St. Louis. . . . Salt Lake... San Diego. . . San Fran. . .. Seattle Sitkat , Spokane Tacoma 38 48 0.04110ISW Pt. cloudy iii ;iti;u.:is. .K Rain 4X fi0;0 . 2-S . .INE Cloudy 48; 540.0tt. . ffctW Clear 7o 8.MO.OO10S Clear 3S 52)0.02 . .S Clear 541 50:o. Oililo'XW Clear 541 ;ito.ooto!W v'lear 5o 58 .0.03 1SS Cloudy anUcin cm'. 1 si - 44! oo!o2!l2iSW;Pt. cloudy Tatoosh Isl.. 54! 5410.10 . 3Hlt4Nj0.00(. SW Pt. cloudy vaidezf . . . Walla Wall ft. cloudy iO.OOilt) W Pt. cloudy Washington . Winnipeg , Yakima . . 74 l!f8 i2 70O.OO . . i Pt. cloudy NWjCloudy tA. M. today. P. M. report preceding day. FORECASTS. Portland and vicinity Probably showers; moderate southwesterly winds. Uregon and Washington Probably show, ers: moderate southwesterly winda, Idaho Probably showers. T AVERSE TO SUBSTITUTE BILL Fund Raising Measure Will Not Be Given Voters. BOND VERDICT WANTED ixjading Ballot With Alternatives Believed to Confuse Mind of Public at Polls. No proposition as an alternative to the general port bill will be sub mitted to the voters at the November election for the purpose of raising funds for channel development work, according to a decision reached yes terday at a meeting of the Port of Portland commission. It was decided by that body to await the decision of the voters on the port bill which provides for the Issuance of bonds equal to 6 per cent of the assessed valuation of prop erty in the port district and also for the consolidation of the port and dock commissions with a view to the pur-, chase of Swan island. Mock's bottom and Guild's lake districts and the transformation of the area into a water and rail terminal and an in dustrial site. Alternative Bill Suggested. It had been suggested that 1n view of the possibility that the port bill might nt be approved by the voters an alternative bill, providing for rais ing of funds for carrying on the channel development work of the commission, should be presented at the same election. This, it was de clared, would prevent the work on the channel from being crippled. The commission at yesterday's meeting took the view that the load ing of ' the ballot with alternative measures would only tend to con fuse the voters arid might lead to the defeat of all measures. It was also declarWl that the plan of raising funds by taxation would not be feas ible owing to the fact that the tax ing power of the port commission is limited under its charter to three twentieths of 1 per cent of the as sessed valuation of property in the port district. The imposing of the full amount of this levy would raise about $480,000. However, on account of the 6 per cent constitutional limita tion, the port is now limited to a revenue from taxation of $368,000. Voters' Consent Sufficient,' The commission reached the' de cision yesterday that it would be Im possible, even with the consent of the voters, to confer power upon the com mission to raise more than- $480,000. This, it is declared, falls fag short of the amount required to carry out the channel development programme contemplated by the commission. The suggestion has been made that the port has been invested with the eame taxing power as that enjoyed by ports organized under the general laws and that Its limit of taxation for general purposes is consequently not three-twentieths of 1 per cent but 1 per cent. The commission, however, decided that there was grave doubt if such were the case and.- if so, there would be difficulties In undertaking to Invoke the power to raise a 1 per cent tax. The commission adopted a resolu tion declaring it to be the intention of that body to give first considera tion to the main channel of the port and that other work would be con sidered secondary in Importance. Movements of Vessels. PORTLAND, Sept. 2. failed at 6 A. M Steamer PprinKflelUi ior Boston, via Westport.' Sailed at 3 P. M. Steamer Atlas, for San Franrisco Arrived at 9 A. M. French bark Buffon, from St. Namire. Arrived at St. Helens, 6 P. M Steamer Eastern Soldier, from Blakeley, Sailed at 5 P. M. Steamer Daisy Putnam, from St. Helens, lor San Pedro. ASTORIA. Sept. 25. Arrived at 7:45 X. M. Steamer Col. B. L. Drake, from Pufpet sound. Arrived at R:45 A. M. Tu Daniel Iern. from Coos Bay. Arrived i 0 (in and left up lO;30 A. M. Steam Kfistern Soldier, from Blakeley, for ( Helens. Sailed at 11 :3ft A. M. St.eu.mer Coi. B. L. Drake, tow-Ins; nare 93, for San Francisco. Sailed at 3 :15 P. Al. Tuc Daniel Kern, for Pu;et sound. COOS BAY, Sept. 25. Sailed at 10 A. M. Steamer City of Tupeka. from Portland. for San Krancisco via Eureka. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 25. Arrived at 9 last night Steamer Willamette, from San Pedro, for Portland. ASTORIA. Sept. 24. Sailed at 4:25 P. M. Steamer Derblay, for "West Ooat. Sailed at 6 P. M. Barge steamer Minnie De Lar rinaga. for Unifcei ttniRdom. L,ert up at 7 P. M. 1-r. bark, B buffon, from St. Nazairs, SAN PEDRO. Sept. 24. Sailed at 6 P. M.- Steamer llalco, for Columbia river SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 25. Departed Lima Maru for Yokohama; Nanking, for Hon (ikons ; Providence, for Santa Rosalia ; Enterprise, for Hllo; Rose City, for Port land. Arrived Acme, from Taku Bar. HONGKONO, Sept. 22. Arrived Katori Maru, for Seattle, ' MANILA, Sept. x3.- -Sailed Empress of Asia, for Vancouver. SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 25. Arrived Argyll, from Port San Luis; J. A. Moffett. from San Pedro. Departed Toyama Maru, for Manila; President, for San, Pedro via San Francisco; Latouche. for southwestern Alaska; water bury, for United Kingdom ports; Archer, for jtew York. TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 25. Arrived Bark Belfast, from Seattle; steamer Mukil teo. from San Francisco; Quadra, from Britannia Reach. Sailed Quadra, for Britannia Beach. PAN PEDRO, Cal., Sept. 25, (Special. Arrived, steamers Governor. from Ban Francisco, 11 A. M. ; Babinda. from Sun Francisco, 7A.M. Sailed, steamers Raymond, for Grays Harbor, 5 A. M.; Solnno, for Willapa, fl P. M. ; Celllo. for Prays Harbor, 6 I. M. Report From Month of Colombisu NORTH HEAD, 3"pt. 25. Condition of the se at 5 P. M., smooth. Wind, south, 10 miles. SENTENCE IS POSTPONED Case of Mrs. Lena Steiger to Be Taken Up Next Tuesday. SALEM. Or.. Sept. 25.-Special.) Sentencing: of Mrs. Lena Steig-er. aged 65, who was convicted in the circuit court here last week on a charge of conspiring with Jesse Mullinix in a plot to murder her husband, was post poned by Judge Kelly today until next Tuesday mornlnff at 10 o'clock. Motion to postpone sentencing of the aged woman was made by Attorney John McNary, who represented Mrs. Steiger at the trial. The prosecution made no objection to the delay. Mrs. Steiger entered the courtroom at the time originally set for sentence leaning on the arm of her sister. She appeared extremely nervous and sobbed as Judge Kelly announced that the time for imposing sentence had been postponed. Attorney McNary explained that he was compelled to ask for postpone ment of sentence in the case lor tne reason that he was busy with other court matters and had not definitely decided what action he would take regarding an appeal to the supreme court. Under the statutes Mrs. Stei ger is subject to a sefttence ranging from one to ten years. District Attorney Heltzel admitted that a strong effort was being made to have Mrs. Steiger paroled from the bench, and that he would make no recommendation in the case. "I pros ecuted and convicted Mrs. Steiger." said District Attorney Heltzel, "and the responsibility of sentence rests entirely with the court." SALEM TO VOTE 1 TAX EXPENSE OF CITY HELD TO RE. QCIRE GREATER BUDGET. Council Without Authority to Raise in Excess of $1017.38, Which Is Xot Sufficient. SAZ.BM, Or., Sept. 26. (Special. ) Voters of Salem, at the city election In November, will be confronted with the issue of approving a special tax measure to increase the city budget for 1921, in the sum of $20,000 in ex cess of the 6 per cent tax limitation provision of the state constitution. Increases in salaries voted to the police, fire department, street depart ment and the advanced cost of labor and materials necessary to conduct the city's affairs make the increased budget necessary, according to the finance committee which conferred here today. During the present year the city 0as been operating on a surplus- from previous years. Be cause of the policy of retrenchment during the war there was a surplus of $11,000 on- hand at the beginning of this year, while the sale of a paving plant added $4000 to thiB amount. Had it not Jjeen for this surplus, the city would now be facing deficit estimated in the neighbor hood of $15,000. The amount of money, outside of interest on bonds, and payments on bonded indebtedness, raised this year totaled $95,971. A 6 per cent increase over this amount, followed by the constitutional limitation, would be an increase of 5767, making $101,738 that can be raised without going to the people for a special levy. At a meeting of the ways and means committee of the council today it was estimated that approximately $121, S00, $20,000 in excess df what will be available without a special vote. would be required to conduct the city government next year. To raise this amount the committee decided to sub mit the proposition of extending the city's credit beyond the 6 per cent tax limitation to the voters. HOG DECLINE CONTINUES RECEIPTS STEAIHIr GAIXIXO AT LOCvVli YARDS. Prices Jjowered 5 0 to 75 Cents During Day Cattle and Sheep Steady at Close. There was another drop of 50 to 75 cents in the hog market yesterday as resul t of better receipts and weakness in the east. The top quotation at the yards now is IS cents. Cattle, sheep and lambs closed unchanged. There was but little business reported 014 the last day of the week. As compared with one week ago, clos1 Ine prices show decline of $1.75 on hoprs. itit cents on cattle ana 20 cents on shep. Receipts yesterday were 33 cattle, ilO hops and 948 sheep. The day's sales were as follows: Weight. Price. 21 hogs i:i5 $10.00 ft" hops ; lMt Lvoo 4 horfti alii 10. ui a hogs KM) 15.00 Official quotations nt the Portland Union stockyards were as xollows: Caitle Price. Choice grass steers. ......... .$ S.75(3 9.50 Good to choice steers 7.75 8.75 Medium to good steers 6.75(3) 7.75 Fair to good steers .2.".4 tt.75 Common to fair steers........ 5.75 6.25 Choice cows and heifers 6.75U 7.50 Good to choice cows, heifers.. 5.7.i& 6.75 Fair to medium cows, heifers. 8.75(d) 4.75 Canners 2. 75o 3.75 Bulla 5.00 0.00 Choice dairy calves 1.1.00 213. OP Prime light calves 11.5013.00 Medium light calves O.Oog? n.ou Heavy calves 7.00 tj O.oo Best feeders 5.i0itf 6,50 Hogs Prime mixed 17.50 38.00 Medium mixed Smooth heavy 17.00i, i 10.75 fir 37. 5o 34. -'5 (w Hi. 0O 12. -o ip lo.50 Itouuh heavy Pigs T: neep East of mountain lambs. . , 9.50ff?10.50 8.50(j) -50 S.OU'ftf . 50 ti.00 4u S.50 , 6.50-5) 7-o) 6.00 4j 6 50 2.25 & 6.0(1 Valley lambs ............ i-eeder iambs .......... Cull lambs Yearlings Wethers Ewes Chicago Livestock Market. CHICAGO. Sept. 2R. Cattle Receipts -00O, . compared with week ago good and choice steers steady to 50c lower; others $1 to $1.50 lower; best she stock and can ners, 25 to 5uc lower ; others $1 to $ l .50 lower; good bulls and veal calves steady. Hogs Receipts 200O, lights steady; others 10 to 25c higher than yesterday's average. Top, $17.65; bulk. $15,75417.50; pigs, slow 5 to 50c lower. . Sheep Receipts 4000. mostly direct, com pared with week ago, fat native lambs, $1 to $1.50 lower; tat westerns, 50 to 75c lower; fat yearlings and sheep, 50c to $1 lower; feeding classeH weak to 25c lower. Omaba Livestock Market. OMAHA. Sept. 25. Hoi?s Receipts 2000, mostly steady to 10c higher; closing weak; bulk of sales $10,airt 50; top, $17.25. Cattle Receipts, 250; market compared with weak ago, best steers, steady to weak; top, $17: graaa steers arid butcher stock mostly 25c to 50c lower; in spots more; canners, cutters and veals steady ; others and stockers, 25 to 75c lower. Sheep Receipts none, market compared with week ago, fat lambs 50 to 75c lower; sheep" 25c lower; feeding and breeding sheep and lambs, 25 to 5Qc lower. Kansas -City Livestock Market. KANSAS CITY, Sept. 25. Cattle. -400; J for week: Best fd steers steady, other fed j lots and best grassers, 25 50c lower; all , other classes. 75efi $1 lower; better grades; she fctock, 25 !& 50c lower; other kinds and j bulls steady: canners 25c lower; vealers ard she stock, steady: other calves, 50c 5i 1 $1 lower; stockers and feeders mostly 50c m $1 lower. 1 Hogs, 50O; g-enerally steady to 15c higher; ! main roixd and butcher droves selling mostly, $10.50& 16.75; quality common to j good. I Sheep, 300; for week: Sheep. 75c $1 j tower; top lambs, $lft1.50 lower; medium, natives up most; best light feeding- lambs, 50fi75c lower; medium heavy kinds, $1 Ci I 1.50 lower; breeding ewes mostly $1 lower, j Seattle Livestock Market. SEATTLE, Sept. 25. Hogs, receipts. I none : weak. Prime. $1 S.75 'a 10.25; medium to choice, $17.75 18.75 ; smooth heavies. $16.75il7.25; rough heavies, $14,754 15.25; i pigs, $1515. Cattle Receipts, none; weak. Prime steers. $0.50 10; medium to choice, $3r 0; common to cooa, $n ., uest cows ana heifers, $7.25& 7.75; medium to choice, $(, 7 ; "common to good, $4.50 G; bulls, $4 5; calves. T7fi?15. j i Al Ivader to Go to State Fair. Xext Saturday will be Al Kader ' day at the state '. fair in Salem. A ; large contingent of Shriners from Portland will travel to Salem on a j special train, leaving the union sta-' tion at 11:40 and arriving at the fair; grounds at 1:20 P. M. This train will i leave Salem on the return trip at j 10:15 P. M. A. H. Lea, secretary of the state fair board is potentate of Al Kader temple. It is estimated that several thousand wearers of the f ex will be on the fair grounds next Saturday. LIVING COST MMH ISSUE FRAXKLIX K. LAXE SAYS BOTH PARTIES OVERLOOK IT. " Analysis of Fidelity & Deposit Sur vey Shows Country on Sound Economic Bats. The greatest Issue in the public mind today is being overlooked by the political campaigners, says Franklin K. I.ane, for mer secretary of the interior. This issue is the high cost of living. In a summary of the business survey, made by the Fi delity 4: Deposit company of Maryland, Mr. Iane declarea the country is on a sound economic basis, the wave of litrav agance Is subsiding, saving is increasing, merchants are optimistic over the winter outlook and there is a growing disposi tion for hard work, though the individual productivity of labor is not yet showing much increase. 1 la his analysis of the survey Mr. Lane says: "With the presidential election but six weeks away and the winter rapidly ap proaching, many thoughtful people stand hesitant and undecided, having difficulty becaus of the general lack of knowledge of business conditions outside their own locality or interests. The gent-ral tendency has been to see what the next man thinks. with the uncomfortable foeline that his guess Is no bt'tTer thnn unnthor'N T holUv for this reason tha picture prepented In the tabulated anlvKis ma.i hv the Fidelity & Deposit company is of in terest to every business mn and votor. While it is not, of course, perfect in de tail and exact in prophecy, it is as clar and Valuable a consnerin nf nr.-snt ...n tilt ions as can be Kaihrrpd. "There is no stiortneM nf f-aur m.tHul, sufficient to curtail production reported from any of the nine geographical districts into which the country was divided for the purpose of the survev Oniv in th district including Minnesota, tho Dakota?, lowa, Kansas. Nebraska and Wisconsin is there evidence of lrk nf nr.l.-i- v w Kngland industries report a number of can cellations, but there, as elsewhere, manu facturers are well filled with calU for their product. Transportation Conditions Rotter. ! "Transportation conditions are Improv- ' ing everywhere and & u list ant i.-vi rpri-ir. tion in the freight car shortage is reported m ery uistrict except m the llocky moun tain states, in th nut hw..st 11 nrt In 1 district including Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Mi.ssfssippl, although an Im provement is noted In the latter district. A shortage of coal and the failure of labor to inerea.se individual productivity appear to be the only two unfavorable aspects in the immediate industrial situa tion. 1 he Rocky mountain and Tarinc states report a sufficient supply of fuel. All other sections of the country are feel ing the shortage, but it is apparently least felt by the south Atlantic slates. "Although labor is costing still more than it did last year. It apparently is pro ducing no more. Wages have advanced from 10 to 50 per cent in the last 12 months, and yet nowhere Is there reported increase in productivity per man. 1 am not expecting mat tho cot-t of labor will fall off, even in the worst of times, to its pre war stage, for I believe that the real dif ferential between directing labor and man ual labor will never be as great as it has been. "An Important disclosure of the survey Is the seriousness of the housing situation. In many of the larger Industrial centers, where the shortage has been most acute, the investigation of the Fidelity & Deposit company has disclosed building operations to be decreasing instead of Increasing. "The call for building comes loudest 1 w.e mum essential places or manu facture rather than from the retail cen ters, and is for low-priced buildings. Build ing construction is Increasing in New Kng lann, dui tne bulk of the construction is of factories, warehouses and stores. New iorK, i'ennsyivanfa and most of the ot great industrial states of the east and miaaie west snow lalltnir off In bild ing operations. There is improvement in tne nousing situation In southern and Pa cific coast industrial centers, with special emphasis on the erection of workmen nomes, , Jn no section of the country did the Investigators find sentiment in favor of government ownership of the railroads; and everywhere better transportation con- aitions ate reported. "Agriculture is generally recognized rne t.ackhone of the country, and the """h Buutiiion iih excellent; from no section nas an uniavorable report been received. Our farmers appear everywhere to be in too happy a mood to permit the cynicism. The farmer is always grum Diing. iney are well supplied with funds irom tne sale of this yearn crop, but the are iso in mat they know that mnr favorable marketing conditions can be cre- atea. Bunks Well Loaned lp. In the financial field, money is tlpht. That may mean several thlnirs. Kii-t t.t the people want money badly to put Into producing activities; second, that the banks attempt to get whatever the traffic will Dear, shearing close to the skin ; third that there Is an inadequate supply ot money, or fourth, that those who have money lack confidence. There are other reasons, no doubt, and among them that tne dollar now buys les than heretofore people with money wish to charge more ror tne service than money gives. No one can accurately say which of these causes Is the most Important factor, but proba bly all contribute to the present situation. Telegraphic reports from every section of the country state that the banks are well loaned up, although money Is availa ble in the east and central districts at from 6 to 8 per cent Interest. The south west. Rocky mountain and Pacific states report the highest interest rates, averag ing from 8 to 10 per cent, and In the mountain district as high as 12 per cent. "There is great encouragement, how ever, to be drawn from the fact that in only one of the nine geographical divisions, the Rocky mountain, has there been a de crease in bank deposits during the last six months. While the general Increase in cludes corporation deposits, individual sav in km accounts snow a more marked im provement everywhere. This seems to show clearly that the orgy of spending and ex travagance is over. "The country does not like the present $2.76 Round Trip Plus War Tax 8 TO SALEM VIA Oregon Electric Railway Daily to Saturday, Oct. 2, Inclusive Return Limit Oct. 4 Account o resron State Fair TRAINS LEAVE NORTH BANK STATION 6:30, 8:30, 10:45 A. M.; 2:05, 4:45, 6:05, 9:20 P. M. Leave Jefferson-street Station 15 minutes later. Train leaving: at 8:30 A. M. will be run in sections Wednesday to Saturday, inclusive. RETURNING, TRAINS LEAVE SALEM 7:15, 9:45, 11:30 A. M.; 1:40, 4:00, 5:30 and 7:55 P. M. Thursday only special train leaves Salem 10 P. M., arrives Portland 11:45. TICKETS AND DETAILS AT: Tenth and Hoyt Sts. Tenth and Stark Sts. Seward Hotel Tenth and Morrison Sts. Third and Washington Front and Jefferson Sts. Oregon Electric Railway taxation system. The excess profits tax is in bad favor everywhere. Opinion ia divided, however, as to a substitute. In the east and central west sentiment runs strongly for a sales tax, but elsewhere opinion as to a substitute Is divided. "We are not yet masters of the art of distribution of products. The fact that the farmers uniformly report a desire lor some co-operative method by which their prod ucts can be brought to consumers means that this problem is of greatest importance. Fiut it is not ior the farmers benefit, pri marily, tii at such a movement mu&t quickly culminate in action. "The consumer feels that somewhere be tween the farmer and himself too much, Is taken for a service of comparative in significance in contrast with that which, the producer himself renders. "The farmers apparently are rot a.one In desiring co-operative action. The sur vey shows opposition to co-operative move ments only in the New Knjjland and Pa cific coast districts. Sentiment Is divided in Ohio, Illinois and the other north cen tral and middle Atlant lc, the south cen tral and southern states. Political Trend Republican. 'Politically, the replies indicate that It Is too early to tell what the outcome of the November election w 111 be. Three months ago there was a stronger republi can sentiment than there appears to he now. The trend has been and is repub lican. What it will be in' November thesa gent lomcn do not prophesy. "The larse outstanding fact developed by the Fidelity & Deposit company seems to be that the greatest issue in the public mind Is being overlooked by the cam pHisners the high cost of living. I think this conclusion will be justified, but the blame should riot be cast upon the pro ducer, and certainly the farmer has not received his share of the wealth which ha creates. "The cost of living and foreign rela tions seems to be the main issues. Taxa tion and industrial relations also occupy a space In the general political thought. J.east interest appears to be shown in the railroad policy of the present administra tion, radical movements and prohibition. "It is clear that tho country is on a sound economic basis and there is gen erally a spirit of confidence In the future, regardless of the outcome of the election. "The business outlook appears to bo good In e ery sectiorrT Wholesalers and retailers view the fall and winter optimis tically. The retailer is finding that the consume Is looking forward without fear to the winter, and his purchases from the wholesaler are founded upon this optimism. From the simple toilnr up through to the tradesman, to the industry and the finan cier, there runs the reeling of confidence." PRUNES, APPLES SUFFER RAIN'S BENEFIT SHEEP RANGE IX CEXTRAL OREGON, Clover in Willamette Valley Will Bo lanirctl if Precipitation Con tinues; Wheat Districts HU. Telegraphic advices received yester day by 11. W. Pickard, assistant gen eral freight a pent of the Spokane, Portland & Seattle, Oregon Trunk and Oregon Electric railways, indicate that the heavy rain of Friday reached the Willamette valley, the lower Co- umbia river district, the Goldendale and Spokane wheat territories and central Oregon. In the Willamette valley the rain fall, which is estimated at 1-5 inches, tended to increase the damage to prunes and to cause apples to fall. It is reported that clover seed will prob ably suffer some damage if rain con tinues in the valley. Little damapc is reported in the Spokane district, other than to reduce the quality of a small prcentage of grufn. unharvested, and retard threshing a few days. In the Goldendale district and cen tral Oregon the rainfall was in the neighborhood of half an inch, and while it stopped grain hauling a cou ple of days, put the soil in good con dition for fall plowing, helped the sheep range materially 'and is re garded by central Oregon farmers as a good thing. RATE OPINIOM IS GIVEN Mere Filing of Schedule Does Not Alter Tarifi", Is Ruling. SA-LEM, Or., Sept. 25. (Special.) Rates prescribed by the Oregon Public Service commission cannot be abro gated by a utility merely filing a new schedule of rates, according to a legal opinion given here today by Attorney Ueneral Brown. "It seems to me," said the attorney general's opinion, 'that as far as rates which have been fixed are con cerned, the only way to change the same is by a. suit in court, or a com plaint with the commission on the ground that they are unreasonable. "The commission- may authorize cer tain maximum rates to be charged by railroad companies or until i ties, but I know oS no law which requires the railroad or the utility to charge the maximum allowed. Moreover, both the railroad and utility must charge the rates shown on their schedule on file with the commission, and this can not be done, regardless of any order of the com mission, where the rates have been increased, without the new schedule being filed. In conclusion the attorney-general said that in his judgment a hearing must be had .before a public utility may be permitted to advance its rates. The opinion was aked by the pub lic service commission. Phone your want ads to The OTego nian. Main 7070, Automatic .Sfin-95. A