STREETCAR
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SECURES A FRANCH
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Contract for Paving Ap
proaches to Interstate
Bridge Is Let,
The Interstate bridge commission
yesterday afternoon granted the Port
land Railway, Light & Power company
a franchise over the Interstate bridge,
which Will link Portland to Vancouver.
. In addition to paying tolls for pas
sengers carried over the bridge, the
treet car company will pay to Multno
mah and Clarke counties one half of
Us net profits on Its line from Colum
bia boulevard In Portland to Vancou
ver. Before the division of profits Is
made, the company will be allowed, 6
per cent Interest on the valuation of
the physical property within the scope
of the grant. It Is estimated this will
be 8 per ent on $30,000 or $40,000.
The street can company must give a
service of at least one car every 30
minutes from ( a. in. to 11:30 p. m.
The commission let the contract for
raving the approaches to the bridge to
the Warren Construction company in
mounts that aggregate approximately
$93.36.
Tolls to be charged on the bridge,
adopted by the commission some time
ago amour to 6 cents for crossing
In vehicles not operating a regular
service, street car passengers 3H
cents, other passengers 3 ' to 4 cents,
according to the frequency of the serv
ice, one half ton trucks 10 cents,
trucks over one ton 25 cents, trucks
over two tons 10 centst cars built to
carry more than eight passengers 25
cents, automobiles with capacity of
less than eight passengers 15 cents.
S. P. OFFICIAL PREDICTS
RELIEF; GATEWAY T.0 BE
THROWN OPEN, REPORT
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great many figures showing the car
situation all over the west coast, pre
pared by E. E. Mote, manager of the
Pacific Demurrage bureau. This in
troduction and explanation of technical
rules governing car detention by ship
pers and email connecting lines occu
pied practically tHe whole forenoon.
Promise to Ope Oats.
Arrangements ara now being worked
out by the traffic managers of the var
ious western railroads whereby the
Portland gateway la to be thrown open
for the unlimited distribution of pro
ducts of the Willamette valley
throughout the nation. Heretofore
only two outlets have been available
frpm Southern Pacific territory on
to the south through Sacramento and
the other via the O-W. R. t N. to the
east.
The statement was made yesterday
afternoon by William Sproule, presi
dent of the Southern Paclflo company.
In testifying before the commission in
connection with the car shortage Inves
tigation. The announcement was made In an
swer to a question by J. N. Teal, coun
sel for the lumbermen, as to his opin
ion regarding the effect of such an un
restrained movement upon the car dis
tribution system. Mr. Teal had pre
viously asked Vice President and Gen
eral Manager W. R. Scott the same
question, but he had asserted the gate
way proposition to be strictly a traf
fic matter with which he Is unfa
miliar. Announcement Creates Sensation.
Mr. Sproule's announcement created
a sensation in the roomful of lumber
producers who have for years been
fighting for the opening of the gate
way that would allow lumber to be
shipped over the northern lines and
Into territory that Is now closed by
high freight rates.
As far as this open gateway would
affect car distribution, however, Mr.
Sproule asserted that it would afford
little relief, because the "home line
tries to load its cars on Its own line
first."
Mr. Sproule discussed the car situa
tion at some length, asserting that,
first of all, the fact that the Southern
Pacific has fewer cars per mile of
trsck than some other roads- is no cri
terion as to its susceptibility to short
age. He said the density of traffic Is
what controls. .
. P. Well Equipped as Any.
So many cars carry so many tons of
freight for so many miles. Measure
the railroads by that criterion, he said,
and the Southern Pacific is as well
equipped as any. He urged that full
est possible use be .made of the cars
and that "dead time" be avoided.
Asked if- relief from the present
shortage could not be had by Increas
ing the per diem rate charged for the
holding of cam out of use by foreign "PA flAininnn
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lines he replied that tha charges are
small factor, because when a railroad
needs cars it needs them so badly that
it will pay tha charge, whatever tha
charge might be. ,
In most years, he said, tha railroads
have been able to assemble a supply of
cars in advance of the heavy period of
use. This year, however, on account
or. tna unprecedented Business, me car
riers have not been able to do so and
are caught with a Urge percentage of
equipment tied up at Atlantic sea- i
ports or on railroads in remote places
where it cannot be reached.
Situation said to Be Extraordinary.
"The carriers are' now faced with a
situation, the like of which has noc
prevailed before within ray experence."
said Mr. Sproule. When we consider
the European war and its results, we
find this condition a part of the gen-
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era! condition. Oregon feels it
Cover, a Wide Field
AH But rive of Courses at Seed Col
lege will 8 Tree, and Small
Charge Is Made for the letter.
Twenty-five extension' courses, cov
ering a wide range of subjects, will
be given this year at the Reed col
lege. All but five of them will be
absolutely free. ' Tha small charge
to ' be for the five courses Is made
only to cover the actual expenses.
The courses are being given at the
request of many people and organiza
tions throughout the city and are en
tirely new. Many of them will be
ln , given in conjunction with clubs and
some respects more than other states
because a large part of its business is
lumber and the carriers are not per
mitted to specialise by giving prefer
ence to lumber as against other com
modities or to give preference to lum
ber ln Oregon as against lumber ln
California. While we are discussing
this car situation as an Oregon mat
ter, it Is prevalent over the whole
nation. "
' In previous years we have been'
able to call upon our connection's for
cars. ' This year we find them either
unable to spare any or in the same
condition that we are. We realise that
it is our selfish interest to provide
shippers with cars, because every time
we Bet out a car for a shipper, we
are providing revenue for ourselves.
Bard Hut to Crack Says Witness.
"As for remedies to the situation.
One realizes from a mere statement of
the situation what a hard nut that is
to crack."
Mr. Sproule besought the commis
sion and the shippers present not to
look too hopefully upon the advent of
3600 new freight cars as a panacea,
because he said it is not a panacea.
In the first place, of the total order
which has not yet been filled 2000
are box cars; 600 are flat cars; 450 are
stock cars; 200 are gondolas and 300
are oil cars. Oregon will get only Its
fair quota of these. When they ara
loaded, they will go back to the east
to join the other Southern Pacific
cars that have escaped and are ma
rooned somewhere on remote sidings
or are being shuttled back and forth
somewnere irr locai service on some
unknown eastern line. That will mean
a considerable time before they can
get back to coast service. Others, of
course, will be gradually finding their
way here so the situation may Im
prove slightly, though the westbound
traffic to Oregon is by no means as
large as the eastbound, which means
that large numbers of empty cars
must be brought in.
Sees Prosperity Coming.
Mr. Sproule said it did not seem
exactly fair to charge the Southern
Pacific witn tne wnoie burden of the
shortage when Oregon merchants gave
large portions of their westbound busi
ness to the water lines but which kept
west bound car loads from coming, but
expected the Southern Pacific to pro
vide unlimited empties for handling
tbe products of Oregon to the east.
Oregon never looked so prosperous
in all tbe time he has known the state
as now, the president said. It is begin
ning to feel the energy that has stlrrel
other states and he felt that Oregon
is now on the eve of greater and bet
ter things.
Box Company Kan Bitter,
Charles McOowan of the Ewauna
Box company. Klamath Falls, read an
arraignment of the Southern Pacific
for what he declared its failure to
supply the mill with cars according
to orders placed early ln the year. He
said bis mill would hava to close In a
few days unless an average of 10
cars per day could be supplied him.
He denied a statement made early in
the day by General Manager Scott to
the effect that his mill was the only
one to refuse to cooperate ln the emer
gency loading of cars on a recent oc
casion. He charged that his compet
itors in California were notifying his
customers that they might as well
cancel their orders because the
Ewauna company could not deliver.
"That Is about how it is working
out," be commented grimly.
He explained that the company is
under $25,000 bond to deliver box
shooks to one large fruit concern. The
shooks are still in his warehouse, un
able to be moved.
Discrimination Zs Charged,
Mr: McGowan charged that the
Klamath Manufacturing company,
whose capacity is only half that oi
the Ewauna plant, has been receiving
practically as many cars as the ,
Ewauna, This opened up the subject ,
of how cars are apportioned whether
according -to actual orders placed by
the mill or according to the rail
road's own estimate of the require-'
ments. it was pointed out thati tho
railroad company distributes carfcpro
rata according to orders, though the
superintendent knows in a general way
what the mills really do require.
Official's rigors Questioned.
J. H. j-yer, assistant general man
ager of the Southern Pacific, took the
stand to present facts and figures re
garding car loadings which had been
previously referred to by Mr. Scott
and Mr. Sproule. Mr. Teal questioned
his estimate that 8000 more carloads
of lumber were loaded on the Portland
division during three months of 1916
than 1915, asserting that this did not
check with the figures of the lumber
men. Ha asserted, however, that his
figures were taken from tha station
reports and were correct.
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Walla Walla Breaks
Record of Deposits
Statement Shows Total September 12
Xs $5,799,084, Almost $1,000,000 Over
Beoord of 1914 Business. '
Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. 21.
Nearly a million dollars more is on de
posit ln the banks of Walla Walla now
than ever before, according to the
statements made by local financial In
stitutions in response to the comptroll
er's call. The local banks have on de
posit $5,799,054.49. The previous high
mark was in September, 1914, when the
deposits totaled $4,925,000. The state
ments were Issued for the close of bus
iness September 12 and had the call
been two weeks, later, the deposits
would have been well over $8,000,000.
General prosperity and .the sale of
wheat at high prices are the causes
ascribed for the condition of the banks.
WOULD HUGHES HAVE
PREFERRED BLOODSHED
ASKS VIC
OR MURDOCH
Kansas Editor Upholds Presi
dent Wilson's Course in
Averting Railroad Strike.
societies in Portland. Most of the
courses will be given at the Central!
library. East Portland braneh library.
NorUx Portland branch library and
Reed college.
Dr. George Herberts-Palmer of Har
vard university, Ernest H. kind
ley of Indiana"university, Dr. Perci
val Ijowell of the Massachusetts In
stitute of Technology, Dr. Charles F.
Dole of Boston and Dr. Joseph K.
Hart, recently of the University of
Washington, besides the faculty mem
bers of the college, will lecture at
these courses."
"Modern English Prose Writers," by
President W. T. Foster, will be tha
first course and will be at the North
Portland library, Tuesdays, beginning
October S. A schedule has been ar
ranged which will be announced m
later issues. .
NewTbrk, Sept. 21 Victor Mur
dock,editor of the Wichita. Kansas,
Eagle, and a pioneer of the progres
sive movement in the west, has de
clared unqualifiedly in favor of Presi
dent Wilson's course in averting a na-tton-wlA
railroad strike. Referring
to Candidate Hughes opposition to the
eight hour bill and his Insistence that
arbitration should have been com
pelled, Mr. Murdock's newspaper says
in part:
"But Mr. Hughes, like the Republi
can newspapers, failed to point out
how this could have been done. The
railroad men took the position that
that eight hour day was not arbitrable.
They refused flatly to arbitrate. Un
der the circumstances, then, unless the
eight hour day was granted, a strike
would have been Inevitable.
"Would Mr. Hughes have preferred
a strike, with its inevitable burnings
and disorder, its bloodshed and pros
tration of. Industry, its stirring of
class hatreds and suffering of mil
lions of people, to the settlement that
Mr. Wilson effected, for the strike
of 1S94 gives & faint Idea of what
might have been expected in 191
if the president, following Mr. Cleve
land s precedent, had attempted to
settle it by force.
"The great mass of people will un
donbtedly feel' that Mr. Wilson was
wiser in his generation than Mr. Cleve
land or than Mr. Hughes. The Adam
son bill does not effect a permanent
settlement. Further measures are
necessary and should be adopted, as
the president hae recommended.
"As to the 'surrender of the presi
dent to the demand for an eight hour
day, progressives demanded that mea
sure of social Justice four years ago
and it certainly 111 , becomes any one
who supported that platform to rail
at the president for helping to secure
for the railroad men a measure o
manifestly JUBt."
Killed by Tram on
Tracks at Linnton
Aged Man, Walking With Wife and
Child, Zs BLarled Through Cattle
Guard and Into Deep Gully.
John Smith, 65 years old, was
struck and Instantly killed by a de
layed steamer train at 8:30 last night,
as he was crossing the tracks of the
8., P. A a at Linnton with his wife
and one of their children. , t "-- "
Smith, who had been employed for
the past few months as a helper at
the West Oregon Lumber company at'.
Linnton, had quit work st o'clock
and departed for his home, located '
across the tracks. About :S0, ln the
company of his wife and child, with ,
whom he was walking hand ln hand,
ne returned, presumably to get some ,
wood, when he was struck by the t
train. None of the others was ln lured.
He was knocked a distance of 10
feet, his body crashing through a cat
tle guard and down Into a gully, AN '
most every bone In his body was
Deputy Coroner Smith has arranged
for an Inquest tomorrow night at the
public morgue.
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Holbrook Blinn and Kathryn Brown Decker in "The Prima Donna's Hus
band" appearing' at the Glob Theatre, Washington at Eleventh St.
the balance of this week
Fifteen Dollars
YOU can do a mighty lot of
good for yourself with!
that sum in my Department
for Men and Young Men.
You can buy, for instance,
a suit or an overcoat that ex
celsin fabric, style and service
anything sold at the price.
Full -weight fabrics in Fall
colorings and a style to suit
your own wishes.
You must see these gar-
ments; they're made to my
especial order, and I guarantee
each one to give you a service
that satisfies.
Entire Third Floor Elevator
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Drops Dead From Truck.
Walla Walla, Wash., Sept. Sl.-tHar-o!d
Kinney. 23 years old, dropped dead
from his seat on an auto truck yester
day, while hauling a load of meat from
tbe Walla Walla Meat & Cold Storage ,
plant here, to Milton.
His death makes the second en- i
gineer in two months who has fallen
dead while at work for this company.
. Gored by His Prize Bull.
. "Modesto. - Cal.', Sept. 21 (U. PJ
B. F. Anderson, one of the best known
stockmen In Stanislaus county,-was
fatally Injured at - the fair grounds
this afternoon when he was -gored by
.Fashion's Fickle F
aeaes
Undoubtedly you have studied the styles in
display windows, maybe you have tried on a few
mo dels, "just to see how they look' but have you had the pleasure of
going through an entire and complete stock of Fall's prettiest things? That is what
we want you to do come into the store let our salespeople show you around, and
familiarize yourself with all the oddities and novelties "Dame Fashion" decrees for
this season. If it is a suit you desire, surely we have it for yovtiT maybe it will be
priced at $25.00 and
rr
Great Comfy Coats
Velours and plush lead for dressy wear some elab
orately trimmed in fur, otliers quite plain. Then there are fine,
warm mixtures and solid colors, with the full flaring lines and
deep collars and cuffs. There is a world of style in these Coats
our customers tell us we have the finest line in the city.
Pretty Tweed Styles at $13.50
should your taste soar
higher, we have the most
exclusive models one could
wish for.
OS of
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prise winning . bulla;
Millinery
Chic little models with deep
veils are smart for tailored wear,
but great velvet shapes lead in
popularity. Our special $5.00
Hats are really remarkable at the
price.
Columbia Theatre
TONIGHT
Our tiring models will display aereral handsome coats
one, especially- striking is a leather-colored wool
suede, trimmed in collar, bands and buttons of seal;
it is full lined in warm brown silk. Another is a
maure Boliria cloth, with cuffs and collar of mink.
Then there are the fluffiest of party frocks, and other
eery attractive ferments shown. If anything partic
ularly appeals to you in the display, come into the
store and try it on the garments are eren prettier
at close range.
Specialties
Q
uality
is the first and greatest
point of excellence in
merchandise purchased
of the Eastern the
surety of beet materi
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ercice
in all the perfection of
the word awaits you
here. Courteous, at
tentive salasforce and
management prompt
delivery the newest
In everything always
here first.
A
ccommodation
Often one finds it more
convenient to charge a
purchase for 30 days,
or even longer. With
out any extra charge,
we are glad to allow
you to pay as you de
sire even in small
amounts if more convenient
Outfitting
Blouses
AH sorts of novelty and
plain blouses for every oc
casion are now in our FaU
showing. Blouses colored
to match the suits ere
enow popular allow us to
Sjhow you.
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