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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL', PORTLAND, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1913. . . ' -,-iT - g.J!..jiJ,.IJJJa. ",:!JaaiiiJ CONFIRMRUulOR REGARDING PLANS OF BEa GOMPAHY Claim Bonds' of Northwestern Long Distance ; Telephone Company Were Bought :for .The Bell People., : Confirmation of the rumor that ths Bell -company- lias -bough t-U-4onU -or tha Northwestern Umg Distance Tele phone company with , tho : purpose . of buying the plant! when offered at the receiver' sale, was conveyed this morn ing to , Manager Mason of the North western company in a, telegram from Jay Bowerrnan, attorney of the receiver for Uie' company, ' , ' The message saya: V'Wo hava conclu sively proven the bonds and stock of the North weatern , Long Distance Tele- ''Mhono company were bought f or tha Boll illople f who admitted the Intention of fusing them to. acauire plant.". The message wa forwarded to Prosit dent Samuel Hill of the Home Telephone company, and he intends to use 1trac cording to announcement-this morning, In forwarding his demand for federal Investigational, the Bell lines. Bower man, accompanied by a federal agent, has been making investigations in Los Angeles and gan Francisco. Ills tele gram was sent from the latter place, and be is now on hi way to Portland. .' That tho Homo : Telephone compeny Intends to continue its fight to give' In dependent, competitive ' service In this district, and does not wish to consider selling Its plant to tho municipality was settled by a resolution unanimous', ly adopted by the directors at the annual- meeting of stockholders and di rectors yesterday afternoon. ; Closely related to this action was the statement in the report of the president. Samuel Hill, that by continuing to give as at present the best automatic tele phone service in the United. States at the least possible cost to subscribers the Importance of independent compe tition with 'the telephone monopoly will become more and mora apparent, - and especially since the merger of the Bell and Western Union interests. ? As a result of a suggestion made by the manager, J. B. Mlddleton, the rail road commission will be called upon Ms act with the national government in protecting capital Invested in the Home Telephone company, against "the dep redations of the Bell monopoly." It was stated that by recent enactment the powers pt the railroad commission have been enlarged. It has power . to rule upon , whether the Bell company, if It suoceeda in buying the Northwest ern long distance telephone company plant, will, have power to disturb the long distance service given by contract to patrons of the Home Telephone com pany. i "It is thought," reads the manager's report, "that If the railroad commis sion of Oregon In any way follows the precedents set by the Washington and other commissions, tha present long dis tance service will be unmolested. Wash ington and other commissions have held that the service at present enjoyed can not be discontinued.'? .'. v ;, Mr. Hill left this .morning for Salem, having an one purpose to lay this propo sition before tho railroad communion. Hie election of officers by the di rectors yesterday resulted In the re election of Samuel IUU as president; A. U Mills, vice president! Klien T. Wells, treasurer and director of purchases; J. H. Mlddleton, secretary anrl nianacrer; J. C. MlMtter. llUllltor: II W. Mrnitn trim at. torneyt Directors elected by the Mock holders were: Edward Cooklngham, ICIllott R. Corbett, Henry L. Corbctt, William M. Ladrl, A. L. Mills. J. C. Potter, Eben P. Wells, Thoodoro B, Wil cox. t ' President Tllll'a rnnpf In tho stork. holdors was In effect a congratulation upon the present financial soundness of the company. T'he number of telephones in USa has lnrrpHHfrt frnm 0800 in 12 mv, ana but 11 'Interruptions of indi vidual service are reported ' a day, or less than any other company. There are no demand obligations nave current bills, and outstanding bonded obligation amounts to 13,625,200. Whereas there was i dangersomeJ.years ago..that the plant would be thrown into the hands of a receiver it la rmw Hear .of flnntlnar In. debtedness and upon a permanent and successful basis of operation, King of Norway May Give Up Throne A '. German nltrooivcerlnn' factorv in completely covered with a network 'of wires, auitamy grounded, as - a, protec tion against lightning. . ... pill .. . , --ummm y t nyyy - ' King; Haakon and Queen Maud of Norway. Berlin Jan. 17. -Much credence is 1 the round of European court circles 'to 1 as a result of the open opposition to ' the effect that King Haakon of Norway his reign, which is being constantly given here to the rumor that is making 1 may, in the near future quit his throne manirestea in tne storming. Mf MINNVILLE EMPLOYS 'AGRICULTURAL TEACHER (Special to The Journal.)' McMlnnvllle, Or., Jan. 17 J. C. Glbb?, of the Oregon Agricultural college at. Corvallis, has been obtained as Instructor in agriculture in the . "jacaiinnviwe schools. Mr. Glbbs is a graduate of a normal school and did part of his work at the State college at Ames, Iowa. He will vgraduate at the Oregon Institution in June and besrln his work in the local schools on February 1. McMlnnvllle is among the first towns in the atate.io inr corporate griculture in the school cur riculum. " - The Bargains .Quoted Here Are CONVINCING Proof That Our Fnire alie Offers THE BEST Liquor Values Ever Given at Any Liquor Sale Held in Portland 1EBBEE FQRIJ -When' ihis-saleus overypu'll .have to pay regular price for this whiskey. Better stock up now, while it sells at, a bottle I' Two bottles C al ifor n i a JZq , Wine, several kinds. . . . .mJ $3.00 Bulk Whiskeys, pi.. .$2.25 $3.50 Bulk Whiskeys, gal.. . $2.65 .. $6.00 Bulk Whiskeys, gal... $3.90 Full quarts of 3 famous aC, 75c California Wines, gal. . . .40c $ 1 .00 California Wines, gal.. . 55c $1.50 California Wines, gal.. .70c SUNNYBROOK Here's, a .bargain that will make this sale remembered vj; for years. Everyone "knoWs pv and'likes Sunnybrook. Priced KJ at,' the bottle ...... SPRING VALLEY WINE-e.- The Big Busy Liquor "Store ENTIRE CORNER SECOND AND YAMHILL SLAIE SHS TO SHOT MM Burgard's Nomination Pre sumably Dictated by Rus . sell Hawkins. (Washington Burcia of The JownnU "Washington, Jan. 17. No protest has been voiced by Senator Bourne regard ing the Oregon nominations sent in by Tuft. Indeed, suspicions have been ex pressed that he is fairly well satisfied Burcard's nomination as collector of customs is supposed to have been dic tated by Senator Bourne's friend, Rus sell Hawkins, who has been here on bus iness.. The nominations of Aronson of The Dalles and others are said to have been accepted by Bourne, who will not be anxious to appear in the light of an obstructionist to the numerous Republi can of f lceseekers in the state. Williams appears to have had things practically his own way. . , Many: protests against Williams' slate are coming in; Lafferty has some, alsc Uawley, If. Bourne has heard from home he's not telling. Senator Chamber- Win, admits receiving many protests, most of them being aimed at Parker named as collector at Astoria. Burgard at Portland; Pearl, postmaster at La Grande; Brown, postmaster at Lebanon, and Miller, postmaster at Jacksonville. As for confirmations, apparently noue will be made Just yet. WOMEN of Port V.V land: . Each day brings nearer the close of this Great Sale. r Great, indeed, in volume great in tho economics that have been realized, and still great in it -wonderful pos "sibilitieVrcaurM"by"tlie dollar standard, niy custom ers' savings during this sale run into the thousands in stead of hundreds. NEW DISTRICT ATTORNEY MAKES GOOD AT START Pendleton, Or., Jan. 17. Tried three times on a charge of horse stealing, Lynn Hill was finajly found guilty and will be sentenced to the penitentiary to- day. Three mritrcm prosecutors iepre sented the state in tho three trials and the conviction which resulted from the last has aroused great confidence in the new district attorney, Frederick Stelwer, whose first case since taking office it was. ' Washington, Jan. 17. Dr. J. N. Cogh lan and his bride are here en route to Europe, China and Japan. REPORT FAVORABLY ON NEW POSTOFRCE (United Prw !kfd Wlr. Washington, Jan. 17. The senate to day received favorable reports from a committee recommending the following buildings: Ellensburg, Wash., $85,000, and Aberdeen, Wash., $120,000. BAKER YOUTH TRY FOR ANNAPOLIS (WiihtiiRtua ftureaa of Tb Journal.)' Washington, Jan. 1". Senator Cham berlain has nominated Addison Y. Fink elburg of Baker as first alternate for the Naval acamedy. lie will come on to attend a preparatory school at An napolis for tho April examinations. SLAUGHTERING QUAIL IN WALLA WALLA VALLEY -v.-' 1 '-.-'- " (SiieoUl to The Journal.) : Walla Walla, Wash., Jan. 17. .Quail are being slaughtered in ; the Wallt Walla valley, according to complaint re ceived bygherlff Mike Toner, and it is expected that several arrests will be made this afternoon. Since Sunday's heavy snowfall blrda have been caBy prey for the gunners, as they haunt the barnyards where the only food available is to be lounu. , ' . Klickitat Hoad Supervisors. Ooldendale, Wash., Jan. 16.-Road su pervisors for Klickitat county have been appointed by the new board of county commissioners as follows I No. 1, J. Q. Churchill; No. 2, Mark Criderj No. 3, Jack Bellars; No. 4, Herman Anderson; No. 6, Erta Clark; No. oV W. E. Oneal; NortrermafftlnntratirTfrorrTn wood Thompson; No. 9. Charles. Thorn ton; No. 10rCharle PremoI No.- 11, Ii II. SnksdorT; No. 12, C. a. temple; No. 13. Guy Needham;,No. 14. Valentin Bar ker; No. 15, Herman FalmerT No, It, , Cecil ,Vcjt; No. 17, Jaraca Yanhoy. . Want Bounty on Magpies. (Special to The Journal.) Condon, Or., Jan. 16. Resolutions to be presented to the legislature asking that body to raise the bounty on bob 'cats and coyotes and to place a small bounty on magpies were drafted last night at a meeting of the Condon jQun club. -Measured from the ordinary dealers' standpoint of "cent per cent," I can compute no gain on the; contrary, a loss; but in tks store there is a higher ideal the sat isfaction that comes from having pleased hundreds of customers, old and n ew the knowledge that this stu pendous event gives their dollars a double worth the pleasure" in making 7 new friends and meeting new faces. Have you shared in these economies ? Op portunity is still ripe, but you must not de lay if you would let it serve you best. . . Journal Want Ads bring results. HURRYING . to .1 . : Get One of .TKose. Blue Serge Suits With Extra Trousers for from TAILORS ros OEinxEMxir 244 Alder. Bet. 2d and 3d Ladies' fine Winter Suits that were 20, $25, $30, $35, $40, are now $10, $12.50, $15, $17.50, $20. English Raincoats that were $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $30, are now $9, $10, $11.25, $12.50, $15. Reductions are from the normal price, not from "values," the term by which so many would presume on the credulity-of their customers. No exaggeration could add to the genuineness of this sale its econo mies are real its truth apparent. Whether you ' come as a visitor or as a possi ble customer, let me bid -you welcome. Ladies' Shop,. TJ' enure i mru riuui . y Elevator and Stairway. ,. ..." W 'ffi ' II I 71 . --y-; 1 m. v W6 - BEN SELLING MORRISON . AT FOURTH Rebuilt Cadillacs A Safe Used Car to Buy y A. REBUILT CADfLLAC is as good value for the money as a new car. By rebuilt we mean that the car is entirely taken apart, each part examined and if necessary replaced by a pew part made, at the Cadillac factory, tho entire car repainted and refinlshed, fitted with new top. all equipment put in first-class condition, ana everything necessary done to make the car practically aa good as new,- in every detail. . ; When you buy-a rebuilt Cadillac you are protected by the same ' policy and interest that we give to all Cadillac owners. We oper ate a repair department, in which the workmen are specialists on Cadillacs, our supply of Cadillac parts is complete, and the stock room organisation hlglv class, which insures the prompt filling of all parts ordered. We also operate a garage and supply department which is open day and night "always at your rail." 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