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i THE OREGON DArCY JOUKNAU VOTITCAKV.. THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER io, .'imw.. 13 " 1 " "t MERCHANTS OPPOSE NEW VEHICLE TAX ORDINANCE ' "Mayor Blmon should not algn th Vehicle tag ordinance passea uy, u council laat Waak. - lid OUalll 11 VIO II i ll nieaeur I unfair.' unjust," dl H. n li'Arf mall tt fllta IViirlmiii A king, IhU morn In when akd by a Journal rlri.r for an eipreaalon aa to tila viewe on the ouaatluii of using vehicle lived fur free delivery. The lty council at Ha laat meeting paeard an ordinance which reduces tha municipal ravanua from vehlclo taee from tK.Tta a year to 1941. liut while the now inttaaura reduce tha licensee paid by trut ka and, dray to. on third . what tha presant law reiiulrea. It orsalea a mv las on free delivery wagona, of Which there are tiOO In Portland. A almllar ordinance waa passed two yeara ago. and arter fighting llfi battle clear through to tha aupreine court, tha ownere or free aeiivary wsg ona aucoeeded In Invoking tha referen dum on tho measure. 1 Tha people, ny a amall majority, voted at. tha laat JeO- llon to o-iM-al tha law. 1 Tha ordinance now before Mayor III mon. however, haa an emergency claim atUuliea, and tnia preventa it again us ing referred to tha people. "I hava juat got back to tna city arter continued Mr. Wortman, "and I had not heard of tltls naw ordlnanca before. I know Ita advocatea aay that tha free delivery wagona wear out, tha atraeta and that their ownere ahould hava to .pay for thla wear and tear. Calls X Doable Taxation. - "t need hardly remind you that we pay for the- Installation and repair of atraeta . by general tax. Why. -then, should wa be charged an additional enmf To paaa such a. law la to be guilty of rlaaa legislation and double taxation. It a not right or fair. ., "However., tha heavy drara, trucks. baggage wagnna and other almllar v 1 hlclce do wear out the pavenierita, ana for every ton of freight or baggage they haul the owners recxive a monetary re turn. . These vehlulxa are operated for gain. Ours are operated t lose. "Thla law la designed to lighten tha tax on vehicle of the type I hava enum erated aa brine" run for oroflt. and In a measure to balance the lose from thai general revenue the framera of tha law would exact toll from u. I am or the opinion that the law la unconstitutional and could be defeated evert If It ! I passed." . , ; ,. , .,' Oeneral Tlew on Qneetlon.' ' Secretary Charles B. Merrick, of tha Ttetail urocera association, says that tha views of Mr. Wortman are shared by every other company or Individual owning free delivery wagona. le li outspoken in hla hostility to the lateat action of tha council, especially for pre venting the Invocation of the referen dum by tacking on an emergency clauaa , io me measure. Unless Mayor Simon retoea the ordi nance oerore next Sunday, It will be come a. law. Councilman DrlacoIL who la one of the proprietor of a truck ' and dray I eompany, la tha leading advocate of the new venicie tax law. lie eai-a mat un der It tli tax for auch vehlclea will be aa heavy as that levied In other big cities. Hla eompany and-the other large tranafer and be sense companies have agreed not to pay the-tax provided by I in 109 trucks (f liAraes). 17.60 a year.., 10 drays (1 borse). 14.00 a year. 400 express (I horses), M00 a year... tOO express (1 herse). 11.00 a year... Tf harks (I horaea), M.00 a year..... A harks (1 horse). IS. 00 a year,. 10 omnibuses (2 horses), $19.00 a year.... 4 autoa. f 10.00 a year (00 fre delivery (I horaea), IS. 00 a year,. 00 free delivery (1 horse). SI. 80 a year.. gfO gravel wagona, eta (2 horaea), $6.0000 a year , the r resent law. and thev aav thev wl fight against Ita collection by the city auditor If that official persists In trying io ,emorce me Jaw, . hows Kevenne Derived. Following la a table abowlng tha reve nue derived 'from tha preaent vehicle I tax ordinance and the one now pending: Proposed Ordinance. Present Ordinance. ..I T60.Q0 $20.00 a year $ 2,000.04 40.00 12.00 a year 120.00 .. 1,400.00 $20.00 a year .8,000.00 900.00 12.00 a year 2,600.00 480.00 20.00 a year 1,600.00 . . 12.00 12.00 a year...,, 48.00 .. 100.00 20.00 a year 200.00 4v.uu jfo.Qo a year 1,280.00 1.600 . 00.00 1.250.00 m $8,242.00 118.748.00 MEETING BRINGS TO MIND DAYS OF OLD WHEN WEST WAS WILD B. I Tatom, chief clerk of the Hotel Perkins, felt . aort of lonely yesterday after coming off ahlft. so he cast his ye about tha lobby in aearch of someone to while away a half hour or so In email talk. He elngled out a white haired, white- muatached" gentleman of kindly mein, took the chair next to him and started the conversation with that old and time-honored remark: "Nice weather we"re having. Isn't HT" Certainly in," replied the old; gen tleman, amilinr a fatherly smile on the hotel man. "Certainly is. Great nights! No matter how warm 4t geta in the day, .a body alwaya needs a blanket or two at night., and, furthermore, he sleeps like ; a log." "Great country," said the hotel man. '8ure Is," answered the old gentle man. "Almost aa great as my country. Many opportunities here. If I was a young man starting the battle of life gain I would not want a better country t to start In than this very state- of Ore- fron. The young man wttn tne eye to ook a little way into the future, who attends to his knlttlng,today, will be the millionaire of tomorrow in wis country All, Oregon needs are railroads and peo- pie and a little casn. a comoinauon which is dead sure to come, for It to on "Very true, very true," said Mr. Ta "Certainly,, suh. certainly (Btih. tir name Is Joseph Pinkham. I am at the head of the United States assay depart ment for v Idaho. Montana and a few other states, wllh headquarters In Boise City, Idaho. Been tneje 28 long- years.' wlv name's Tatom." "Tatom? Tatom Totem pole-Tn- toro. Tatom's n odd name. wnen I landed in Jackson county. In southern Oregon, In '62, I had a chum whose name was Tatom. Totem Pole, we called htm for short. Jim Tatom. Finest fel low 't ever lived. Ever know anybody by: the name or Jim Tatom. wno mon keyed around southern Oregon 'long 'bout r6ZT" "My father. Yes no, no, this one's on tne Yea, Jim Tatom waa my father." "Do tell? Your dad? Jim Tatonw old Totem Pole! Why. boy. your old dad TiJ ana I sure were close. we worked to- went nroKe togetner, starved together. Why, It used to be that, while we were eldo kicks, we never could goi .to the same doings together, because we had only one going out suit of clothes be tween us. We used to draw straws to sea which one would use it Yessuh put mine In a Ions' clans thla time. please that was just the situation. And. io minx tnat i snouia wander around the world for more'n half a hundred yeara and bump up against old Jim Totem Pole's son. Does Beat all. doesn't it? The world's a pretty small place, after all. And so you are old Jim Ta tom a son? Well, well, well. . Ain't fool ing me, young man?" Mr. Tatom nodded. "This is one yes, the same as I was saying, this Is one of the strangest ex periences I have in a long list of strange experiences. . I sure am glad to meet you. We will be good frlenria. for wonr olu lad's sake. I am going to Join him one of these days, one of these days soon, my boy. and I know he will be K old stagers that landed In this countr oacic m tne early '60s have about al gone on the long still hunt Won't be long until the slate Is cleaned. V... sun, ana you are old Jim Tatom'a son. By yes don't care if I do; thla one's on me oy gum, tnat beats all." Don't Wear A Truss After Thirty Years' Experience I Hare Produced Aa Appliance for Ken, Women or Children That Curse Jtaptnre. I Send It On Trial It you have tried most everything else, come to me. Where others fail is .where I nave my greatest success. Send attached coupon today and I will Will PROBABLY LOCATE HERE Officers Tire Pump Manu facturing: Company Look Over Prospects. Tha above la O. B. Brooks of Xarshall, . aaica wno aaa sees enaing Jnp . tare for over 30 years. 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Officers of Ihe Rohrbacker Auto Power Tire cbmnanr are in Portland conferring with the Commercial olub and Manufacturers' association relative to locating here. The company ia now located at Blaine, Wash., but ita busi ness has outgrown Us facilities and it is now up to the officers to seek I larirnt UPrnmninHaHim. a n H katl.. I I tributlng Bolnt. Both Tacoma anil Belllngham, "Wash., have offered free sites for the factory, but the members of the company have not as yet decided ust wnere tne new ractory ' will be ocated. They are desirous of locating in Portland, providing thev can a-et a site at a reasonable figure. The device they manufacture is an automobile tire inflator and is operated directly from the machine, to whrch It is attached. Should the com nan v decide to locate here it is the inten tion to employ at least 40 to BO hands. and they are figuring on an outmit of about 80,000 pumps the coming year. H. K. Wells, the Oregon reoresenta- tlve of the company, with Quarters in Portland, is showing the officers of the company around, and is pulling hard tnat tne location or tne iactory be made here. Those who represent the company here at - this time are. J. A. McNalr. ; president, ana u. J. itonroacner. vice president and patentee of the device. GLAVIS WILL HOT DROP FIGHT (Continued From Page One.) there Is no direct official" connection between Bellinger and Plnchot GLAVIS WILL TALK 'j ABOUT THE DECISION AT THE PROPER TIME (Calted Preas Leaaea Wire.) Seattle. Wash- 8eot. 16. Louis R. Olavla. chief of the field division of special agenta, interior department, who has been dismlaaed from the pub lic service aa a result of chargea made by him aealnrrt Secretary Hal linger, waa at hla office early thla morning attend ing to business. Before be reached his office ha had read the published letter of the president to Secretary Balllnger. To a correspondent of the I nlted Press he declined to discuas the letter. , i I hava read the letter of the rrenl- detit te the' secretary." said Glavla. vIIli ffllliilvtl All $40. $45, $50 and $55 Suits on Sale for Two Days Only. Friday and Saturday . . Nowadays you hear a lot about the Increased cost of clothing. The press of the entire country "has .been full of tariff data concerning the thirty-three and a third per cent -increase in the cost of woolens', and tailors and clothing men the entire country over have been busy raising prices. Now, the buyers of the American Gentlemen chain of stores foresaw this advance in woolens, anil late last year contracted for a term of three years with English and Scotch woolen mills at the then prevailing prices, so that's why we can and will, on Friday and' Saturday! .take . your measure and. build you any $40.00, $45.00, $50.00 and $55.00 suit in this store for Friday and Saturday Only Every yard of cloth that goes into these suits is the very latest Scotch and English importations nd includes Our leader, the' West of England Blue -Serge. Experienced woolen men tell us these importations are the finest ever introduced to the retail trade and we are going to sell them Friday and Sat urday for' $20. At the American Gentlemen workshop, the largest on the coast, none but thoroughly experienced tailors are employed. Our cutters have recently returned from a style-studying trip to New York and are thor oughly conversant with the latest eastern styles. OlOR-GUARANTEE We absolutely guarantee, every suit to be entirely satisfactory in fit, style and workmanship, or your money will be cheerfully refunded and every suit . . that goes from our shop, to your back will contain a lining that will last two "seasons. Every coat will be built with 7 the famous "never break" front that will stand up until the garment is cast aside, and, getting into the very meat of this guarantee, we are pleased to guar antee now that we have our modern workshop in operation, that no suit from the time the order is placed for same will take more than six days for, its completion and in most cases all suits will be finished in much less time; but in the event you order a suit and it is not delivered within six days you may ha.ve credited to your account one dollar for each and every day your suit is delayed. You can have this identical kind of suit we are telling you about here on Friday and Saturday for $20. Every man, anywhere, some way, somehow should head straight for here tomorrow or next day. . ' ArniBip5caiini (GcBinLttlcBFinicBini 300 Sixth and Stark PORTLAND'S LEADING TAILORS Open Evenings Tills Week aBMaaaMaaiaBBBaaBBBaaa . v', and to tha Rooavlt po',cl ,n th" Pln phot.Ralllnr controrerajr. Chlaf for- eatar Olfford Plnchot la flahlnc n San Clmnt laland. It mllea out In th la clflc Thera la no wirelea" atatloa on Pan Clmnt laUnd and Plnchot can- not lHalhlr inara or nia ofai umu late todar. It mar pa aTral dara foca tha nrwi of tha pialdnt a dKieon la rarrli to him. For mor than a wk Wnchot. with Senator Frank P. Flint. fharl-a Holdrr and Stewart F. lnt to ti Kx-rrtarr. aakl Olarla. Wn,J , 9 1 g,U Barbara, hara b"a but wljl not at thla tlma mtk. any tn i.Und. They are tho omment thereon, aa 1 ara atlll of-l nobert Howland. Plnchot comment flrlal In the government aerice.' Beyona thla niaria rruwl to talk. it ho will make a omnlete ataie rot. however, aa anon aa he airea an hi offlra hero la no nu ration. BALLIXGEI.1S CHIEF OPIOXEXTS X0T TET AWAKE Of DECISIOX Vm A r.rl-. "nt 1 1 ATI ar- av-oe ef tho f " t that Preelrter haa fiTD a drclclon ad took tha trip to roat from hla ardootia labor of tha laat month. H will return from tho laland nest Wedneeday. acordlnf to . ra forma I Ion a-leon out by tho local rorernnient for atry of flea today. Oakland. CaU JUpL I Former'oor ernor Panleo. wo took prominent part la the Betllneer-Pliwhot ronlra. verae. la wllh Chf Foreotr. Pln-bt on fin OiimI. laiand. Ilia mail t. belts w held at hla iffv-a here, aa there t no way of ree-hlra- San Qemente. i ad he l'l prr.be h 1 r ant larw tof pna. do- rei urr next week. I rii'jtni rve prrtnani rt Tftnr Tafia oral to tlm 1 1 th w-ir.:rd n Ioul.rn to Take Grain. when aha arrlvea here, tha ateamer Johan Poulaen. which ia duo to 'enter tho river aometlme today, will take on tho flrat grain for Pan r ranclaco which ho haa carried thla year. Upon her arrival aha will go to the Oceanic dock, where she will bccln to load KOga ton of a rain la the hold, after which aha will ax to the Inman-Pnulaen mills, where ahe will take on !50.Oa feet of lumber aa her deck load. From now on for a while, it la probable that ahe will take out a pert oarg-o of era in on every trip. Wines and Liquors. Special Frtd.y only 11. i port, aher- and Ancllca. Muacetel or Tokay win TV per gallon: It whiskey, ll.it per ration: 14 brandy, S i per gallon, rhottea. Main 4( and A-44. National WtM cAmpaey, Fifth and Ptark streeta. Free delWrrr. tbeej latrtm Lc. From the CMcero ftw-ord-Herald. Am eonn aa wr.mattf finds out that a man wes rrrtihm be ears ta bar he become tireaoRi. ' . PLEASIHG MUSIC ' AT STATE Fill! 3rcEIro.y's Band and local Comiosers Win Applause. Portland masldana are making a hit at the State fair now be tne held at SaJem. and today the feature of the musical program ' is the - Portland March.- written by M. R PaUcim. of W. E. Elrov's bend, which la aaaln fur- nlshrra tbe anaetc for the fair. Thl eaarrh will be played for tfcef lret Usee at the entainnMfit la the auditortaai tttla eveiPilrV Tha Oregoa Stat Fair anarch. whlck'irr-eoJ'- haa become popular with fair visitors this year, was written by Director Mc Elroy. Ben K. Drlacoll, cornet aololst with tha band, also a Portland man. la adding new laurels to hla record, and Misa Elisabeth Harwaa. soprano aololst. haa endeared herself with the large au dlencea through her pleasing voice, ac cording to the press of the capital city. "The Lady of the Like," aa later mruo. composed by Nina Wsdsworth. formerly planlste at the Oregon Blind school, and dedicated to the Plate Tatr. as one of the numbers on the coo cert program iaet night, aa was also a vocal solo. 'Oregon State Fair," compnaed and jrung by Miss France Ptmmick, The Sftfi Agr of Gretnewa, , From Brooklyn Ufa. Lorg hair and a Windsor tie. A Igar given rur name. A breed of whiskey with rour patre aymlc. . . - ' . Reoeeta for autographs. A c-oliar called after ou. A calendar wade from yorr aphor. Isms. - Torrrlet worka," witft potea ae j aa C. H. Capprllor. ..' tSaecial Dtaaatch k TW foarasL) Ashland. Or. Sept. 1 1- C, M. Cappei lor. prominent and popular business man, auccumbrd to Bright' disease late yesterday. Funeral ertca wilt e hl I Friday under the auspice of tha 'oca! Elke lodge. Tho body wl'l be sMp, I to Atlantic, Iowa. Ieeeaaed was H year old and leave, a wife r-d oan' -Ur : f wear Xeeth ta Big Pwt, It waa a thrtlllog eipertenc t Mr Ida Soper- te fa-e e-ia. 'for years severe lung trouNe gas lea irenee mi ferlng." she writes. " 4 several t nearly csumkI fry death- All rir fatied and 4vton saft I waa .' ien Iir King s New Ioreri 'W-h rif end a rr e -e.t: that I tS Mt be liir,ir.l rs" fra p. -vr lia te I 1- I . It wras wvers ts ' 1. Loci. . - I -r-a i r f- '"t ' k I a .! i -i.ee -al " i i T r N- 1 .e f O . ' ' ' - - ( f