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p.' THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, , OCTOBER . 30, V 1910. SITAI ISOLD , FOR tARGE SI Hartmarr & Thompson Buy Site ' of Institution for $200,000 Cash; Will Be Residence Property. , - . The heaviest transaction in strictly Inside realty made In Portland since the taking over of the two King's Heights tracts last winter, and one that will have the inost far-reaching effect In the development of the East. Side as a residence center, was the sale yester day of the Crystal Springs sanitarium property to a syndicate of "lflfcal - cap. ltallsts headed hy Hartmnn & Thomp son. , This, tract embraces about 24 acres on the ndrth slope of Mt. Tabor, which .belonged to R. fi: Tuttle -and Dr. R-'l Gillespie, Joint owners of the sanitarium company It was sold for $200,000- and it is Understood the .consideration- was paid In cash. Negotiations have been iunder way several days looking to the sale of.thl property; but It was only Friday last the deal was finally closed and the papers signed. .The price Is slightly above $8000 an acre, or nearly $1500 for each 60 foot lot contained In the tract, v s - It is the purpose of itie purchasing syndicate, said E. L. TliWmpson yester day, to make of this tract one of the finest residence districts In Portland. It Is to be contoured, the -streets hard sur faced and every improvement made that is essential to the development of a high grade residence " property:- There are a number of buildings on the tract which were erected by the sanitarium company, all of which go with the sale, except .Jdornlhgsids House, whers the Alaska Insane were, kepCi. This build ing Is to be moved to a farm owned ; by Mr. Tuttle and' pr. Gillespie, north of Mt Tabor, and will be again used as & hospital for the government Insane...-- ; - ,',y In giving the reason for selling the sanitarium property. Dr. Gillespie said yesterday that he and Mr. Tuttle not only iecelved good offer for the grounds, vbut that both of . them Were satisfied the time had come when Mt Tabor should be given a chance to de .vejop as have other valuable (tod sightly residence sections, and that this develop. . ment would not take place as long as thu aanltArtllrn atutiiniAl nnMtn" if the hill. IS THERE NECESSITY FOR FURTHER NATIONALRAILROAD LEGISLATION? WHO KILLED TIGER STILL UNANS ID ..... (BJ lha Int.rmtlnnnl N Rente. " ' Paris, Oct 29. For thres days a tig ress spread terror in Marseilles. Glorious tales or prowess were telegraphed here at, the time,. Europe rang with the deads ff- a thousand -lTartarlns. -Th tigress ended by dying somehow. - Now, months afterward, the question still Is. How did she did? Two courageous citizens claimed the credit of having dispatched rer. one is a Norwegian or Swedish tiger-tamer, the. other was born in the Phoenician city Itself.-'-'. The- contest be- i tween the two still lasts. Who killed the tigress? I, says the tigress-tamer. No, I killed her, says the Marseilles. !-Officially the Marceillais. by a first decision,, was ousted. A gold medal was conferred by the state on the Soanda X avian tamer for having shot the tigress. But the Marseillals does not own himself beaten Ho has-instituted in. the proper quarter suit which, If he succeeds in It will Indicate .his prow ess. He petitions to obtain possession of the skin of the threes "which at the peril of his life, he exterminated." The stuffed tigress is at present In a museum. i The petition" the Marseillals throws the authorities into, perplexity. 'Who killed the tigress? One result however, Is achieved. At the time of ths great tigress hunt, Paris, as may now be con fessed, rather doubted whether- there wrs any teal 'tifc-rfWln the case at all. The"; Marseinf.1rA'-'.-pVtJt!i)?.v I'M-.'' nor s!lenced such untt6ithy. vpt!(l-tn, it has elicited Incontrovertible lnfftrinn. tion,; There really, was i tigress in" the case, since she is now to be seen stuffed in a museum at Marseilles.; Grants Pass has purchased. a $2400 steam roller. . ;-...(, . From the Timberman. From a layman's standpoint it is. dif ficult to understand why a plain law for a speclflo purpose Is so" difficult to make effective. Cannot the legislatures express their Intent In proper language, or wllPnot the courts give it effect? It was sunposed that congress naa ae- flned the powers of the Interstate Com merce commission as to making raws, and the powers of the court to review the findings of the commission, ana mat the supreme court had in plain language construed this law so that there could be . no mistake. ' It was supposed that rate making was a legislative, not judicial, function; when the Interstate Commerce commission acted within the scope of its powers its orders could not be set aside because a court disagreed with its conclusions. We say we had supposed these facts were known, understood and settled, but it would seem from the decision of the master 'in chancery In the lumber rate cases' at St Paul, recently affirmed by the court, that possibly we have all been mistaken in our opinions. In this case the master not only set aside the orders .of - the commission and substi tuted his own in lieu thereof, but re ferred to the commission in language which was far from respectful, let alone complimentary. If this Can be done, then the fight for regulation has bat commenced. , . i .Attack:-lumber .Sates. ' .-." In the fall of 190T the lumber Inter- ests of the northwest brought proceed ings before the Interstate Commerce commission attacking certain advances in lumber , rates - from the -north Paclflo coast colnts to certain east ern .territory. immense . lnteresxs were involved , and v many .. intricate auestions had to - be considered. A trial was .had. Both sides introduced a large amount of testimony, which, ex tended, ran into several thousand pages. In addition the commission had its own experts to work upon the case; it had is own knowledge gained from years of experience to draw on; it had been hearing cases respecting lumber rates all over the country. After careful con slderation,; it finally announced its de cision, fixing tne rates, in some in stances it restored the rates as tney were prior . to the advances, in others they allowed some advance, but not the full amount claimed by the railroads. However, It was the decision of a body created ... by law to pass on the question; and the mlllmen, who had no appeal to the courts, accepted it loyal ly and without complaint The rail1 roads, however, at once brought- suit in the United States circuit court at St Paul to have the order 'set aside. They alleged the rate fixed by the commission was confiscatory t that it preferred lum ber to other traffic and discriminated against other traffic. These were the two real -t grounds. The , case was re-t ferred by the court ' to :a master in ohancory to hear it and report , with his findings of fact and conclusions of law. Hi was a. young man, confessed ly without experience In rate matters. Again more thousands of pages of testi mony, were taken and long arguments had. - After some time elapsed ne' filed his findings of. fact and conclusions of law, which we have before us. -" . Findings of Tact '.j. On the. salient points his findings of fact were: That the allegations of con fiscatlon had not been sustained, on the contrary, .that the railroads were paying aiviaenas, expending vast sums on im provements from earnings, and had each created a large surplus; that the alleged tion as to discrimination against other trafflo had not -been proven. In fact that no testimony at all was offered on this subject! that the rates themselves, while low, paid more than cost . In deed, on all the controlling Issues,, a reading of his report shows that he found the f aetn in favor of the ship pers. However, he disagreed with tne commission on the reasonableness' of the rate it fixed to St -Paul and to Chicago holding that If- 50 cents was a reason, able rate to Omaha, 45-cents. to St Paul must necessarily be Unreasonable, seem ingly attaching no Importance to the fact that In Chicago shipments the east ern roads received S cents out of the Omaha rate, while the roads to, St Paul gave up no part of their rate.' - As con clusions of law, he held that the court had full power to review the findings of the commission If tney were the re sult of arbitrary action; full power to determine if the rates Were reasonable In the,ordlnary and common acceptation of Ahe word reasonable, and not in its constitutional sense In other words, that the court was endowed with exactly the' same powers as the .commission. Having found as a fact that the rates were not confiscatory and did not dis criminate against other traffic, his re port shows that he constructed a, theory pf his own and one, not advanced by the railroads, in order to support his con tentions, and that Is tha,t the commis sion arbitrarily and without reason dis criminated in favor of St Paul The States, of the United commission supreme court in referrlnar to th and. its findings, has frequently Stated inttv iib unaings "are fort fled hv nr- sumptlona of truth duo to the JudKments or a tribunal appointed by law and in formed by experience." 1 The master, however, speaks of the flndine nf th commission in ianjniaKe uch. as tha following: He finds certain features To be a gross, arbitrary and palpable disregard and perversion not only of the Intent and spirit of the law, but of the very terms of the taw Itself, 'where in It prohibits discrimination against carriers and localities.' Again, he refers to , he findings as y inconsistent and vlnlat a m, fundamental principles of rational Jus tice so incompatible pf the commls- oiuii u own exnresseil tinttnna nf hit Is just and reasonable. ta minify. and evince upon its fc ' h!tr violation of. the spirit and ntent of the una an arDitrary disregard of the fundamental principles of the Inter state Commerce act out tf which tholr p1wer" "row' ndin .ecordanee ,with which their powers must be exercised." Commissioners Experienced Men. " These' are illustrative of hla upon-the findinsrs of a hndv ai n..n n wlom the supreme court of the United States gives apt only the utmost con sideration, but- whose findings on ques t ions of fact it sustains, and says their findings 'are fortified, by jp resumptions of truth due to the Judgment of a tribunal-appointed by law and Informed by experience." It should be remem bered that some of these commission-, era . have, been, members -of that body for nearly 20 years, and have bee mak ing, a special study of the rate situation- under the Jaw during an of that period, yet a master In chancery, who never had any experience, thus treats the findings of this experienced admin istratlve body. , Having thus dlsnosed of th omffUa. slon, the report shows he then pro ceeded to fix the rates according to his own ideas of" reasonableness and ab stract Justice. West of the Pembina Port Arthur line, whjch Includes Omaha and Kansas City, he. allows the com mission's order to stand. He fixes a 60-cent rate to St Paul from the Pa ciflo coast and 80 cents to Chicago. Here he follows the rates fixed by the Av " . v " - r ! ' . x - til E " - -- y ti i" i M . I . r ,.' . ' i ' h r .. iu;;-:i i I: . s ' ' - - . , ''i . CENSUS STRIFE NOT V. YET SETTLED; RUu'OH . AT WASHINGTON, D. a (Stll Dlspth to, Tht Jm!rnl. A ' Washington. Oct 2!). ii rector Ourand today refused to Indorse statement made by one of his subordinates that the bureau had decided to do nothing further as e to Portland's vensus. . His statement indicates that he still debates the advisability of asking the grand jury to take up the cases. It Is Impossible to learn against whom such pro- ceedlngs, If , any would be in- stltuted. . New Buildings Recently Completed at tie Southwest Corner of Twelfth and. Stark Streets for Whli- uey-Gray and H.' J. Hefty. ' .' - y . : railroads. However, "when he takes up the Omaha-Chicago rate he makes bis own tariff, .differing both from com mission and railroads. As fixed orig inally by the railroads the rate was 66 cents to Omaha and 60 cents to Cbloago. It appears that ' tha differential of 5 cents between the two points was fixed and determined by the railroads them selves. - Acts of Master. When the commission established the Omaha-Chicago rate they observed the same differential, but fixed the rate f 0 cents to Qmaha and ES cents to Chicago The master, however, allows the Omaha rate to stand $0 cents, as fixed by the commission, but advances the Chicago rate to 60 cents, thus allowing a differ ential of 10 cents, one that never ex isted and never? was - claimed .by the railroads. This ruling"-was probably influenced by . his finding fixing the rate to Chicago through St. Paul. - i To sustain the 80 cent rate through St Paul to Chicago It was,' of course, necessary the rate through Omaha be 90 cents. ; Therefore, in order to main tain the rate through St. Paul, it was necessary to advance the' rate through Omaha to Chicago. Thus the master not only fixed a rate, but also abso lutely eliminated the competitive situ ation at Chicago. , He not only advanced rates .to Chicago over the , Harrlman lines, but deprived the' consumers of what little is left of competition. . . ' Xepor Zs Inter e sting. Anyone who is curious enough' to learn If this, statement Is. exaggerated can possibly procure a copy of the mas ter's report at the office of the clerk of the United States court in St Paul, and we sincerely hope that this report will be read by all those Interested In the subject of transportation and legis lation, ' ; : '.v ' The report was duly filed, and after exceptions to the same were taken and overruled by the master, it was submit ted to the court on the lEth day of last September, The record In the case was extremely long and voluminous, and necessarily where the time of argument was limited to one day It was manifestly impossible that either, side could do more In the argument than present the briefest outline of the case. From tel egraphio reports it appears that the master's report has'. been sustained. ; It will certainly be of interest to all ship pers as .well as those, interested In the subject to read the opinion filed In this case. , , right Just Begun. " One thing is certain and that is if hearings before the commission are to De set asiae'on uie reports yi in chancery, and their Judgment and opinion as to the Justness and reason ableness of rates and Other transporta tion questions oe suDsuxuiea ior xnoa of the body created by law to pass upon and consider them, the fight for tne proper regulation of rates has but Just commenced, .'-vy:'-"'" v"--; :'.:! i. '-'.-':;'" '': The lumbermen of the coast spent thousands of dollars 14 the defense and nrniAfttitton- of this case. Onlv to find that their efforts have Been thwarted through a miscarriage of Justice. , An appeal will be taken to the supreme court by the Interstate Commerce com mlBslon for a final determination. Just what action the roads will de cide to take In , the 'matter of advano ihg rates Is, of course, not known. There is one certain and determined fact that Paclflo lumber cannot move eastward In competition with other woods at any higher rates than now prevail. Chines Parents' Combined Age IT. Peking. Oct $. The provlnoe of Chansl has furnished the youngest pa rents on record, A lad of Is the father and. his .wife, Is a girl of . is the mother. " They are of the aristooraoy of the city of Tal-Tuan Fu and were wedded according to local custom. The child is a" normal, healthy baby. The facts have been officially reputed by the gover nor of Chansl.. . ' , , A Christmas Present for Your House -This - "Carbide"1 looks like coal but acts like magic. i - , -It, solved the. Rural Gaslight prob- trbtae won't burnrcan't explode, arid 4n the lOff-lb. anywhere for" years, stored steei arums in which it la Home-Made Gas Lights tor T Country Homes , BT P, A. BRYANT. The Kerosene Lamp finally killed the Candle. , And now that Kerosene Lamp must move on to iJahomev. pecause, - Kerosene "can't hold a candle' to Acetylene, the "Rural Gas light" Of today and of the future. , , Long ago City and Town people threw away their Lamps and adopted Gas In stead for homo lighting. ,: . Because, Gas needed no cleaning, fill, rng, wick-trimmlng, nor chimney-wiping 865 times nor, year aa' the vilesmelling kerosene Lamps, did-. , , ; :.-.-..'-.- Moreover, Cas "gave --more light for less money, as City folks soon dis covered.', t,....-,' '."-.. ,' v. So.. It would need -a lof-of sesrehing today In Cities or Towns to find an occasional Kerosene Lamp. ; Gaslight for the Country came slowly, howeyen with Rural Delivery and the Rural Telephone. - because. Rural 'Gaslight must be trtade g thpm e. ,as..Ka ui Ilea wte - n& Countjw Polks are not chemists. - -. But. the ready-to-make-Gas came at last. : . Its name is "Acetylene." It Is made from Calcium Carbide and plain water; - . ... shinned from the factory. when this carbide is merely dropped lni? w.ater 11 Produces Acetylene Gas, ' W,,1,C,V.,8 ten times richer than the best City Gas. . - . ,v ... , . When that Oas Is lighted at a Jet, B1m.e ?.tC.ity-a' !t f,v brllliani white light of exactly the same cheml i aluallty and color-balance as Sun- I Moreover, Acetylene Gas is ten times ! purer than Clty Gas. s that only one- tenth as much of its flame is needed , as would be - required for the same enndle-power of Jight from . City Gas, ' Kerosene, or Gasoline. . , This means that only, a very small i fraction of the heat, and none of the I oot or smell of Kerosene or Gasolene Is present V "' r-. : . - . v : , .. i eiso accounts for the fact that an Acetylene Light . of 24 candle-power tfosts only 3 -cents for ten hours' lighting, while Kerosene, at 12 cents per gallon, costs 6 cents for that same ist candle-power in ten hours lighting, wicks,, chimney and - breakage con sidered, t '' ( K.' ..,- ,.' - Now 40 Aeetylene Lights need only 81 minutes ner month nt iia. knl 7 Kerosene Lamps need that esm 80 minutes labor every day for 365 days In the year. Compare six hours labor per year for 40 Acetylene Lights, -with 183 hours labor, per year, for t Kerosene Lamps. Then consider the unpleasant kind of work "Lamp Sieving" is. Meantime, -Acetylene Is the ' most beautiful Light ever used In a home, hotel or Store, as well as the cheapest and most convenient. . ' .... Brilliant, cool, steady, soft safe and colorless as Sunlight Itself. Two million Americans use it regularly-and over 849 Towns are publicly lighted by It. . . Shall we telt you how-little it neM cost to make this ttme-savlng, monev saving and beautifying , Light at your own home? - Write us today how many rdoms ym'w-grtrlm-frgfli "anfoie, Hotel or church to light, and receive definite, in formation. . P. A. 8BTA3TT, 183 Kadiion 8t, Portland, Oregon, .Phon BtAla,I04a. . mt U1T D STATES CASlEr0A(lY.A10UNCES Their Coin Paying" Machine, Model Nb. I, Is Ready for Manufacture and Model' No. .2 Nearly So Surely the Most Promising Industry for Investment i w. M O D E L fiTWTrrrrfrn J;. I i : l' i tf t N V - ' 1 " ' s u r, j ' t , , O ; , h- V ; , i J - :'S! ; . Vf if' JL , - - ' , , - 1 ' i f X , . 1 , ( . " ' k , I I. .. . 1 1 III - It mil Hit. L 'k'hi ,l -x;v$i-a p - r - ' !' . . ' " :' ' ; ' i" r ' - - i " i J : ' p . - -I f - 4 - II' lXHN ii,... U , . y i 7-j j ' ' " N " j " M O D E L N O MODEL NO. i THE BILYEU CASHIER U a wonderful devise for banks, stores and companies with large pay rolls and all classes of business where change mtist be made quickly. You press the. keys corresponding to the "ampunt desired, turn the cranic and the exact amount (the machine cannot make a mistake)' falls into your hand, at the same time It registers on the tape at op, exact amount paid. This does away with a listing machine, and the services of one man in a bank. This machine also makes change for one, five, . ten or twenty dollars by touching one key only e mechanical brain - The COMPANY is INCORPORATED under -he laws of the State of Oregon and the manage ment is vested in a board of five directors, who have shown marked ability m purchasing and . consoli dating the United States interests of the Bilyeu and Potter. Cashiers (the latter paid in full). -Model No. 2 will be ready for demonstration in ten days. ' ' ml TUP XT A T TTT? rTf Ttrt? T A TPMT UTntTTtl the Bilyeu and Potter Cashiers for the United States alone is almost priceless, as there is a great demand for these labor-saving,.- error-preventing, change-making and coin-paying machines , by banks, stores, com panies with large pay rolls, theatre and railroad ticket MODEL NO. 2 THE POTTER CASHIER, a marvelous machine. By pressing the proper keys (in a Bank) it pays automatically the exact amount of check, the correct amount of check falls into your hand. At the lower right-hand side is the table and slot where amount cashier pays is stamped on back of check. This prevents errors, which are often made by the.best of Cashiers and Paying Tellers; also prevents claims" that are made through these errors, as an indisputable record has been made and filed. w .;WE OFFER FOR SALE a small block of stock for factory and equipment in lots of 1 to 1000 shares at the par value of $10 each. . This will "enable the man of moderate means to take advantage -of this great opportunity, whichewe believe wili return annually $100 for every $100 in vested at par (never sold below par), . We believe you will agree that; these estimated" dividends are conservative if you read these tes timonials and the statement from. Moody's Manual. offices. ' A FREE FACTORY SITE of several acres, to-' .Model No. 1 is working perfectly and ready for i gether with a large cash bonus, is offered us by a large manufacture,, as is fully attested by the indorse- realty company of this city, which is aboutequal to a ments below: " ' - , V donation of $25,000. These Valuable Indorsements Are From, Extracts Received From Portland's Best-Known Bankers and Business Men Who Have Thoroughly Tested the Machine.' Fortunes Made by Ground-Floor Investors S100 Invested la Rational Cash Register Co. returned $42.878 $100 . " " Burroashs Adding Machine Co. $41,3(9 H ' It la my opinion that this la th best machlna for waking chanK .and for Payln TllrB and CaBhlara that I have ever seen, as it make change by touching . - one key only. The register ia a great advantage and ought to prevent many errors which often creep in in making change: :.. . . MERCHANTS NATIONAL. BANK, v.. ' (Signed) J. Frank Watson, Prea't . Tour maohln u operated aiiccessfully on our pay rolls, and presented many admirable feature, the one appealing most etrongly to me being an infallible record Of the cnah trannactions, thus simplifying the ' balancing of cash after heavy dny's payments. , CITY TKKASUREH'S OFFICE, . (Signed). J. B. Werle in. Treat. T am' sorry your cashier Is ndt rpady for sale, as I would be-pleased to have' one for immediate use, and await Its appearance on th market with pleasure. . , - (Signed) D. M. WATSON, . ' - . Prop. Watson's Kestaurant It worked pcrftftly in every test we could devise for It, and we consider it the best maohlne for paying out coin that tt. have ever seen. AMERICAN B VNK A TRUST COMPANY. . (81gned) fcamuel Connell, Pres't. I bespeak for your company marked success, as your machine Is - a radical Improvement over any machine on the markot. MERCHANTS SAVINGS ft TRUST COMPANY. i (Signed) W. H. Bar, Seo'y, $10) " Underwood Typewriter Co. $38,325 $100 Coilap Rafcbzr Tire Co. $50,009 $100 , M Linotype Company M $25,000 $100 U'esliaghcnse Airbrake Co. $47,850 The Westinghouse . Automatic Airbrake stock advanced from $100- to $4000 per share. . J -The Burroughs Adding Machine Company in their first two years declared a stock dividend of 1000- per cent.- - -'' ' Statement froni Moody's Manual. .Call tit Office and See Demonstration A factory to manufacture these machines in Port- - land would add an Important Industry and help pro mote the city's position as the manufacturing center Of .the Padflo Northwest. . MANUFACTURERS' ASSOCIATION, (Signed) - S. B. Vincent, Seoy. Portland needs Just this kind of high elasa lndns trles and surely should not hesitate to promptly finance this one, as the Inventors of both machines, ; the president, whom I have long and favorably known, and the others directors are all Oregon men. . , (Signed) W W, WEIXS, Pres't Wells-Laber Lumber Co. A' device of this Character has long bet-n desired hy the banks and la thoroughly practicable. I can readily see that with a machine as perfect as yours is at the - present time that the natural evolution of the machine would evldenUy be something startling. . . LADD & TILTON BANK, - , (Signed) ; C. B. Woodwerth. Owing to the fact that it can be made In various elzos and to cover any special form of pay roll desired, there should be . ft. big demand for your- machines as soon as they are placed on the marRet, (Signed; MAJOR JAMES CANBY, Paymaster U. 8. Army, I am pleased to state that your cashier can be made to beoome a- valuable accessory for bank nse. . j GERMAN AMERICAN BANK, ; , ' iSlgned) S. O. Reed. Pres't, Send Coupon Today UfflB ST ATES CASHIER OTPAIW AN UFACTURERSOlCiTiWGEMSl COIN-PAYING MACHINES Honie Oifice 706-7-8-9 Lewis Building, Jorthnd, Oreson OTrtTEO STATES OASHIXB CO, ' J-10'SO 706-7-8-9 Xwls Bldg., Portland, Oregon. Kindly aqnd me booklet giving tne further Informa tion concerning your company. - -. , ; f . ' ' . I in' .' ' ' I -i "I ii I 'i I . . 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