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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, JANUARY 9. 1021 3 MILLION INVESTED IN PUBLIC UTILITIES STATUE TO COMMEMORATE HEROISM AND SELF-SACRIFICE OF EARLY-DAY PASTORS CREATED BY NOTED WESTERNER Small Sketch Model of Work in Bronze That Will Be Called "The Circuit Rider" Is Approved Both by R. A. Booth of Eugene and A. Phimister Proctor. Sculptor Work of Art Already Offered to State. Huge New Investments Are Declared Needed. FAIR RETURN HELD VITAL Commissioner Corey Asserts Public Will Xot Buy Stock Unless Profits Are Reasonable. SALEM. Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) There ia invested in public utilities in! Oregon approximately $3, 000,000 and there is need for many millions of new capita! investment in order to eervs adequately the public and keep abreast Kith the rapid advancement of tHe state, according to H. H. Corey, member of the Oregon public service commission, in a letter replying to a resolution adopted recently by the I etatq chamber of commerce. In this resolution the ctjamber of commerce urged that the department of corporations and the public serv ice aommission use their utmost ef forts! in formulating constructive pol icies! to establish the highest mutual confidence between the public and the public utility corporations, to the end that the people of Oregon wouia be willing to invest in the securities of sich utilities on equal terms with other progressive western states. Fair Return Held Vital. "This additional capita! must be obtained by the sale of new securitie.s. and not from revenue derived from rates paid by the public, as is com monly supposed." said Mr. Corey ir his letter. "In order to be able to bor row new capital at reasonable rates of interest, manifestly, the utility rnuaj be sound financially; that is, receiving a fair rate of return. on the honest investment in the .present plant. tm our puujic utilities iia-. e uccn passing through a most strenuous ex istence, the tremendous increase in the ;cost of material supplies and labor, the unprecedented financial conditions have given the public service commission som,e very diffi cult tasks to perform. We have felt on obligation to be fair to the utili ties 'and have realized that if the service were to be efficiently ren dered a fair and liberal treatment must be accorded to the utilities by the state. PaMIc Antipathy Cited. "Oil the other hand, we have been compelled to consider the natural an tipathy of the public to increased costs. We have found it necessary ir. many Instances to allow Increases of rate. but in every instance the in creases have been necessary. There has 1 . :, no profiteering by utilities in this state. On the contrary, by far tn.; greater part or the vast invest ments in our public utilities has no' received a fair return on the actual or f&lr value of the property used and psefui in the service of the public duriig the past four years. "Trie utilities are so tied into the bustfcess of the states and so inter wovin with the growth. prosperit and fadvancement of every commu nity! that the greatest development and 'advancement is found in those states where commissions have ac quird reputations for "square shoot ing Purpoxr of Office Cited. "It seems to have been the purpose of Oie legislature. In creating the commission, that utilities should be heldsdown to reasonable return on a fair .value of its property, and the public protected from excessive rates: henoe It is manifest that If the rate of ntturn could be held to a fixed reasonable return, the public will benefit by receiving a maximum amount of service at a minimum rate. "Further, it should be borne in mind that the com ission will not cause present patrons to pay rates thatlwlll make up deficits of the past, nor to extend the present plant to ac quire new business. All new business must, under the law, be acquired by new additions to capital, and not from revenue derived from its present patrons. i 111111 l By. M I iaHiiiM J" l I I!!! . . - S . J II, fl X. I A J Photos of Air. Proctor and model by that he has yet undertaken though Henrietta K. Briggs. Lpprr left The late Rev. Robert Booth, pioneer circuit rider of Ore Kon, m hoe aervlee the proposed Ntatue will commemorate. Center, left R. A. Booth of Eugene, nod of the pioneer minister, who hat of fered the completed Ntatue to the atate. Lower, left A. PhlmUter I'roctor, noted tculptor, who 1m at work on one of the flnenf typeH of the old went. At right Sketch model of "The Circuit Rider,' the completed statue to atand I - feet Mgh, above an eight-foot pedestal, at a location later to be determined. - Ing. But some- of the children had slipped through to Fort Yamhill and a squad of soldiers arrived before any attack was made." Mr. Proctor considers the theme of the circuit rider one of the strongest his statues of western life have won him a recognized place in art, and critics greet each new work with praise. The finished sketch model will be taken back to Palo Alto, where the sculptor will at once begin construc tion of a working model, from which in neroic ngure win oe muueieu i J .. . la U O. II U i.l - L III UlUllaC, 1 liuull . . r i i i i tract permits two years for com pletion, it is believed that the com pleted statue will be ready for de livery during the coming year. Mr. Booth's letter to Governor Ol cott is indicative of the spirit in which the work is undertaken, as tribute and gift. "For a long time," wrote Mr. Booth, "I have cherished the hope that some day I might be able to express in a degree my administration of the precition of the .ministers of the gospel who as circuit riders became the friends, counsellors and evangels to the pioneers on every American frontier and who so largely directed the thought of our citizenry and shaped the course of our civilization and who. in their last and possibly their best work, were -instrumental in determining the boundaries of the Oregon country. "The sacrifices they so joyfully made for their fellows, their un flinching loyalty to their country and its institutions and their ring ing proclamation of a brotherhood defining the loftiest standard of human action have been an inspira tion to all who have been the bene ficiaries of their achievements, and have imposed upon Oregon's sons ob ligations which can never be repaid, and which may be recognized only by the best efforts of a worthy citizenship." CHANNEL CHANGE FEARED South Santinm Hirer Threatens to Hun Around Bridge. Att.Vr. Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) A change in the channel of the South BaJitiam river, near Sanderson's bridge, is feared as a result of the recent flood. The river washed away sections of the bank near the west end of the bridge to such an extent that it is said a change is imminent should the river rise, again. There is an old channel about a quarter of a mile west of the bridge and the river may no through this channel or. indications are. it may cyt right around the west end of the bridge. Either change will place th stream west of the bridge, which is the longest bridge in Linn countv and one of the longest wagon bridges in the state. Sanderson's bridge is about nine miles east of Albany. It crosses the Santlam on the main road leading from Albany to the Scio, Crabtree and Lacomb sections. PUPPET TROUPE COMING "Xaber of Dreams" to Be Shown at LtttlC Theater. Th Seattle troupe of puppeteers with the Cornish puppets, the only troupe of the kind on the Pacific coast, will play at the Little theater In Portland Friday and Saturday, January 14 and 15. This is the same troupe which proved so popular when seen- here last year. There will be both matinees and evening perform glCM "The Maker of Dreams," by Oli- lhant Down, a charming phantasy of Pierrot and Pierette, which has been produced in several little thea ters and by dramatic clubs in this country, will be the first play on the programme. The lighting effects and settings are said to be particularly gxXL "Peter Rabbit." the tale known by nearly every child, will also be prt atnted in dramatized form. The pro gramme thus combines a play for older children and "grownups" and ont for the little tots. Chiropractic Kxaminers to Meet. The state board of chiropractic ex aminers will convene next Tuesday mossing at 9 o'clock at the Pacific c)lWe for the purpose of examining applicants for license to practice in Orepcon. The board consists of the president. Dr. R. C. Ellsworth. Pen dleton ; vice-president. Dr. Ueorge Hoeye. Oregon City, and secretary treaaurer. Dr. W. G. Hoffman, Mc- THE part that certain fearless, godly men of the cloth played in the wUining of Oregon is to be commemorated in bronze, through the proposed g'ft to the state of an heroic statue of "The Circuit Rider," sculptured by A. Phimister Proctor, noted westerner, and offered by R. A. Booth of Eugene, in tribute to the Pioneer ministry and in memory of his own father. Mr. Proctor and Mr. Booth have approved the small sketch model brought to this city from the sculp tors studios at Palo Alto. Cal., and the contract calls for the comple tion of the fine and typically west ern work within two years. Mr. Booth already has tenaered the statue to Oregon by a letter to Governor Olcott. and a committee will deter mine the location of the finished study in bronze, towering 12 feet above its eight-foo pedestal. "My father was a circuit rider." said Mr. Booth in commenting on his gift t or many years he rode up and down this state, enduring hard ships and braving dangers. There is scarcely a stream in western Ore gon that he has not forded, when bridges were unknown and when the rivers and creeks were swollen high with rain. Because of my memories of him. and of the similar devotion to faith and duty displayed by the circuit riders of early Oregon, 1 have conceived this tribute." The model, now approved as typi fying the pioneer ministry, depicts the circuit rider on Iris rangy, plod ding mount, wind tugging at his cloak, slouch hat above the unshorn hair, and Bible in hand upon the saddle-bow. It is as Mr. Booth re calls his father, and his father's friends of the servce. as they rode on their long traits during the mid dle of the past century. Robert Booth, the circuit rider, passed in the fullness of years in July. 1917, at the home of his son in Eugene. He was then 97 years old. vigorous in mind and body, and keenly concerned with the stirring events of the times. Oregon history was an open book to him for he had not only witnessed it in the making but had participated a widely known and well-beloved character of the pioneer days. Born in England, he came with his parents to America when 10 years of age, shared with them the com parative modernism of New Tork atate in 1830, and their later venture as pioneers of low... As a youth he "heard the call" and was ordained in the Methodist church, becoming an exhorter. He came to Oregon and joined the conference of this state in 1855. taking up at once the ardu ous role of circuit rider. His circuits were through the ter ritory comprised by the present coun ties of Jackson. Josephine. Douglas. Lane, Benton, Yamhill and Polk, though for some -easons he fared to the east and carried his faith to the Isolated settlements in the dis trict that is now Wasco and Grant counties. "Once a month he rode home," re calls Mr. Booth, "saddle-worn but cheerful, and ready for the next trip. Oregon was wild territory then, but father never rode armed. I do not believe that there was anything in the world that he was afraid of. "We had a homestead just above T II lamina, near the Grand Ronde reservation, with Indians all around us Once in a while the bucks would procure whisky and brag and threat en 1 remember that one Indian, fired with liquor, attempted to ride his horse into our home. Father laid down his book and stepped to the door. Takiag the plunging animal by the bit he endeavored to turn horse and rider aside. But the drunken buck shouted at him and made as though to ride him down. Father struck him fra-m the saddle and whipped him pundly, placing him again on his Itfrse and telling him to leave. "That night the Indiana gathered about oar home, w heaping an4 leap- CIRCUIT RIDER MEMORIAL DECLARED FINE CONCEPTION Judge Charles H. Carey Praises Work of Pioneer Preachers Who Did Great Work and Were Undenominational. MR. BOOTH'S plan of ue ing in bronze the idea of the circuit rider is BY JUDGE CHARLES H. CAREY. R. BOOTH'S plan of perpetuat al figure fine conception. The pioneer preacher has been a great figure in the develop ment of the west, but in no place has his part been so important in moulding the social and political, or what we may call the American characteristics of the west as in Oregon itself. Here the preacher came, before the settler. Here, when the first trickling stream of immi gration began, the missionary guided and influenced its course in a manner that' is plainly to be seen in the his tory of our people. The first attempts at political organisation came when the Oregon country was remote from the older settlements, and the scattered popu lation was separated by half a conti nent from contact with the older states. It was necessary to adapt a form of government and to provide a system of laws. It was the influence of the pioneer missionaries that made this possible and brought the attempt at organiza tion to an effective conclusion, estab lishing here in the far west the be ginnings of a free government, regu lated and controlled by law. The circuit rider Is undenomina tional. The concept is of a national and western character; that of an heroic soul, who, for love of country and in the service of the God of his fathers, left behind the comforts of home, the association of family and friends, and went forth Into a strange country to devote his life to helping others. No knight of old had higher Ideals. No adventure was ever undertaken with less of selfish ness, pride or conquest, or greed for earthly gain. His purpose was to carrv the word or uoa to tne oe nighted and ignorant natives of the far west, and to inculcate the ideals of a better civilization. He was teacher and a preacher. He hoped by his . own upright conduct to set an example of righteousness and. more over, to lead others by his exhorta tion and advice to a better life. It is true that after their arrival many of these enthusiasts learned the practical fact that to convert the Indians was not the whole duty of the Circuit Rider. The westward movement of the white population began, and among these settlers there was a work to be done, and a work not less important than among the aborigines themselves. So, the preachers turned to the establishing of schools of learning and to the laying of the foundations Of the future commonwealth. The academies, and colleges, and univer sities that have had such profound influence upon the Oregon people were in many instances founded and nursed by these circuit riding preacheTs. The provisional govern ment of the infant territory of Oregon grew under their hands. And the spiritual and moral influence of these worthy men penetrated and infiltrated the civilization that owes its peculiar character in no small degree to these same teachers and preachers of the west. All honor to the circuit rider of the west. But great as was his part in the history of other states, there is no state of the Union more appro priate as the place where such a permanent monument should be erected. Such a monument will prove a thing of beauty in itself, but as well it will serve to commemorate the valor and devotion of a great western character educating future generations who will be reminded by the typical figure, and inspiring all who gaze upon it to a love of God, and country, and humanity. Oregon is particularly fortunate in having citizens who generously aid in embellishing our cities with beau tiful monuments, and our state with scenrc highways and parks. It is a fine spirit that finds expression in this gift by Mr. Booth. Coming as he does from pioneer stock, and knowing from his own family rela tions of the tenderness and love of the ideal minister of the pioneer church, he responds to an Instinct at once filial and patriotic. He has en trusted to competent hands the task of putting into concrete form the creature of his imagination and his recollection. The result of the co operation of patron and artist will be a thing of beauty and a joy for ever. Mr. Proctor has with true artistic sympathy grasped the big idea that should be embodied in a permanent monument of the kind, and will not fail in his task of translat ing into bronze the illusive and poetical, the romantic and chivalric character of the typical circuit rider. It is fitting also that this piece of sculpture be erected at the capital city, founded by missionaries. The state buildings face one of the collegiate institutions established by Oregon missionaries in the very be ginning of the commonwealth. Church and state and school have grown and developed, but always separately. Here the circuit rider was at his best, and here the figure now to be created and set upon 'its pedestal upon the very field of these early activities will be properly located and will find suitable environment. FROM FACTORY TO CONSUMER Somebody has to buy them from the factory! WHY NOT YOU and save the middle man's profit? THE public have approved of our decision to sell direct to the wearer. The reason is simple. You save the middleman's profit. Visit our sanitary daylight factory any time. You can see the shirts in the making. OUR dress shirts sell from $1.35 for cotton shirts up to 8.50 for highest grade silk shirts. Our cheapest shirt is as well made as our highest grade silk shirt. They are guaranteed full size and most desirable in every manner. OUR SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK A big lot of Flannel Shirts in all sizes front 14 to 17 blue, gray, brown, khaki, etc. ; values to $4.50. All with soft collars $0.65 Each MAXAM shirts are MADE IN OREGON. When you wear MAXAM shirts you help to keep PORT LAND'S payroll alive and you wear the best to be had for the least money. SHIREK & SON SHIRT MANUFACTURERS 311 PINE AT SIXTH In the Same Building Where the American Legion Headquarters Are. ONE FLIGHT UP Shirts made to order and from your own material if ycu desire. ALIENS TAUGHT ENGLISH V. M. C. A. Class Attended by Men of 22 Nationalities. The Americanization work of the Oregon Institute of Technology of the Portland Young Men's Christian association has been largely in creased. Ten classes are now being held regularly.' and a total of 65 foreign-born residents of the city are getting Instruction in reading and writing. Pupils further advanced are getting much valuable Information on how to become more useful citi zens by acquainting themselves with various points. Twenty-two nationalities are repre sented in the classes as follows: Spanish Jews. Italians, Croatians, Chinese, Japanese, Swedes, Austrlans, Hindus, Polanders, Danes, Finns, Swiss Norwegians, Canadians, Scotch, Greeks, Germans,' Russians, Lithua nians, Armenians, Roumanians and Jews. SCOUT TOTAL NOW 2300 campaign which just closed. The members of troop 33 carried off the honors as a group, procuring I'O new members, or twice their quota, in dividual honors fell to Ccil Morgan of troop 37, and Robert W'orden of troop 40, the former procuring six members during the week of the Spo.kane-Portland competition and the latter procuring six members during the entire campaign. Each of these lads will get a week free of charge at Camp Chinidere up Eagle Creek can yon next summer. Troops which pro cured their quota or more include 60, 74. 73, 68, 15, 19, 22 and 76. Spokane Scouts had issued a chal lenge to procure more members than Portland during the week of Novem ber 26 to December 4. In this Port land lost by five, Spokane recruiting 319 and Portland recruiting 314. How ever, Portland's final total is bigger than that of Spokane. Jn 1920 Port land had the distinction of having the largest council west of the Mississippi and it is thought that the results of this contest will .continue it in that place. They WORK while you sleep" :t58 Members Added During Cam paign Just Closed. The Portland Council of Boy Scouts now has 2200 members, 35S of whom were added during the membership 16TH YEAR IN PORTLAND Everybody Is Busy! PROSPERITY Is In the Air! Business Never Was Better! Success Awaits EVERY Man Who Plays the Game HARD and Plays It FAIR! DR. E. G. AUgPLUND. MGR. Mr Practice la Limited to High-class Dentistry Only. p3 m DIAMONDS FOR LESS 2k; Off on our entire Diamond Stock FRIEDLANDER'S 310 Washington Street Bet. 5th and 6th 1871 1921 sJl I ! 1 WE offer the co-operation of a highly trained organization, together with the conven iences of a thoroughly mod ern institution of service. Our prices exclude none. Edward Uolman And Son Fvneral Directors two -tuenty third street. There never was a time when ample and sure reward for honest efforts and skillful labor was so easily attained as at the present, and that applies to the working man, the tradesman and the professions. . It is true that the fact that I save my patients both money and suffering tends to attract people to my office, but it would not KEEP 'THEM, nor WIN THEIR FRIEND SHIP unless I also gafle them SUPERIOR DENTISTRY. You cannot regain the confidence of a man if you de ceive him once and by the same token all the blackmail 'in the world will not shake his confidence in you if you have always given him satisfactory service at a satis factory price. That's why my practice has steadily grown and is to day larger than ever before. I NEVER make a promise in print that I do not make good in my office. 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