THE V QREGON - DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. , WEDNESDAY. - FEBRUARY : 21. 1917.
5
SOME EXTENUM10N IN
TAX
OF
LIST PUBLICATION
Cong-ress cannot Ignore - th cries. o( . tfon and. Appointment of a committee
the hungry. The situation must; be , to inairucc ins puouo in iron, vaiucs.
met at one
The federal trade commission haa
detailed plan completed for a sweep
lug- investigation into the N Tork
CORVALLIS
PAPER
New Management in Charge
of Courier Merely followed
PrecedentIt Is Shown.
PLAN- TO REMEDY ABUSE
llered -today.
Although prices of perishable food
stuffs In San Francisco 'and else
where In California do not compare
with those In the east, tney, have still !
reached unprecedented, figures. -
Gaiette-Tlmes round Chief Offender in
Overcharge ud Extra Publications
of Delinquent list BepealTalk.
Incident to Its campaign against the
delinquent tax publication abuse. The
Journal published an article February
7 stating that the Gazette-Times and
Courier Ipf Corvallis, In publishing the
Benton county delinquent tax lists, bad
used the same type matter, had spread
the matter over the maximum amount
of space by "padding," had grossly
overcharged the county,, had published
the llct five times when the law re
quires but four, and had acted in col
lusion In fixing the rates.
A protest from the Courier, follow
ing tho publication of this article, led
to a thorough Investigation ot the facts
by The Journal. Kxtenuatlng circum
stances were disclosed that make the
Courier much less blameworthy than
the Gazette-Times.
i M J. Brown and A. E. Frost took
ever'' the publication of the Courier In
Corvallls only about two years ago. In
their Initial publication of the tax list
last year they followed the style of
their predecessors, which was practi-
oally Identical with that of the Ga
aette-Tlmes. and resulted In the wat
Ing of about one-fourth of the space.
Conferred Over Telephone.
Mr. Brown conferred with the pub
Usher of the Gazette-Times by tele
phone an to the bUJ for the delinquent
tax publication, and both papers subs
Qiiently submitted bills for $393-75
' each. These trills were reduced by the
.Benton county court to $363.47, upon
advice by the state printer that the
lists were padded. Tho Courier sub'
milted to the reduction, without pro-
last? but, though County Judge Malone
f Benton county called upon the pub
lisher of the Gazette-Times three
times, asking him to reduce the rat
to a less burdensome amount, he re
; fused to do so. The amount charged
was the maximum allowed by law
cents a line.
The tax lists were published five
times, but upon the basis of an opln
Ion from District Attorney Clarke of
Benton county that there was a doubt
as to whether four publications met
the terms of the state law.
Exchanged Type Matter.
The two papers did interchange typo
matter In connection with the delln
, quent lists, but this was for the first
Issue and not for subsequent issues;
when each 'paper set its own type.
While it is thus seen that the Cou
rier and- Gasette-Times did make pre
arrangeraent as to bills for delinquent
tax lint publication, did pad the mat-
- - - . . . ... . . Ajaowv?
' when the law requires but four, did
overcharge - the county, and did. In
partrdUSe the same type, the conclu-
1 0 "lws -reached that the part of
Messrs, Brown and Frost In it was
Lhoughtless rather than deliberate.
t They do not defend the, delinquent tax
publication graft, but on the contrary
express their" belief that th law nr-
mittlng it should be repealed and will
be repealed if submitted to the peo
ple. Public officials and oltizens of Cor
vallis expressed the belief that the
publishers of the Courier stand for
public welfare and constructive prog
ress Oasette-Tlmea Defends Policy.
On the other hand, the Gazette-
Times is an avid defender of delin
ouent tax publication, its Acta tiv
been marked by deliberate lntenl. Its
spirit tn the matter has been against
thepubllo interest and no reason has
appeared for modifying The Journal's
orlnginal statements concerning it.
PRESIDENT TO
FIGHT FOR FOOD
i INQUIRY FUNDS
and Chicago food markets as soon as f.... Af . horeott ir&inst tu
congress grants tha necessary, money i etable 'Which some 'allege have been
Bread and meat prices and the po- held for a rising market, may spread
slbllity of their manipulation will be to other Paciflo coast cities, It wa he
me nrsi lino ot aiiacic, j -.t- , f ...
Under present plans, grand jury in
vestigations are to be carried on sim
ultaneously. . - " ; ".,
rood-Xloti&f Predicted. .
New Tork and Chicago, it was stat-i
ed, will be the first fields of .opera
tion, "in view of the serious prevaJling
conditions;
Chairman Davie of the federal trade-
commission predicted to- , the United
Press today that food riots will occur
inrougiioui me country, uniees yrumy i. i
action. Is taken by the government, I
The investigation will be conducted)
in five divisions: Meats, breadstuff s,
dairy products, fresh fruits and vege
tables and canned goods, sugar, coffee.
teas and spices.
The meat inquiry is planned, to i
delve deeply Into th workings of the
packing houses and cold storage cor
porations. The latter, it was stated
authoritatively, will be subjected to
'particular scrutiny." ,
Experts to Have Charge.
The breadstuffs investigation will
Vegetable Boycott Favored. r
.San Francisco. Feb. 21. (C. P.) -
Agitation by housewives of Ios Ange-
HIMSELF
Lewis River Drive
Now Under Way
MRGHOGOHGEWORE
HAS PROVED
MERE .'FOUR-F
Chickens, Pigeons, House
wives and Even Central
Librarians Fooled by Fake,
LUSHER
Vancouver, Wash.. Feb. 20. Suit for
seek particularly to uncover .alleged j divorce has been filed in the superior
combinations of baking interests. The
commission believes there have been
"illegal agreements'' to' decrease tbe
size or weight of bread loaves.
Any evidence tending to show com
bination In restraint of trade will be
immediately turned over to the de
partment of Justice for prosecution.
Each of the five divisions will be
under the direction of an expert econ
omist, with another, already selected.
of wide economic experience in charge
of all. , '
Cooperating with these six experts
and the extensive ; field force or-the
commission, a staff of lawyers, to at
tend to the legal phases, will be ap
pointed if the (400,000 Is appropri
ated.
Woodland. Wash., Feb. 21. The an
nual spring drive of the Lewis River
Boom and Logging company was
started the first of tbe week, when
Justus Murk, in charge of a crew of
men, left for the upper river district.
It usually takes until July 1 to July IS
to complete the drive, but It is expect
ed the drive this year will be over ,
early in June. .
;
Divorce Asked for Cruelty. !?
court by Anna Anita Loryea against i .
Harry Milton Loryea, whom she mar
rled in Vancouver, December 19, 1914.
Cruel and inhuman treatment are al
leged. They have one child who Is at
present in the custody of Its grand
mother and plaintiff asks that the cus
tody of the child remain as at present.
ot the Dog's Fault.
FTora Brownlnr' Manila
"How many pictures of women one
sees in the newspapers nowadays,
photographed with their dogs!"
Yes. But the dogs can't help It."
More Snow Proftehlt.
Snow Is still a prospect.
Tendencies toward rain are
stronger, however, for a fresh
southerly breexe Is headed this
way, and seldom If ever, does a
breeze of that sort carry snow
with it.
Tbe .36 of an Inch of rain
which fell up to observation
time Monday was Increased by
.27 of an inch during the 24
hours ending at 8 a. m. '
The minimum temperature
was IS. as against 3 4 of the pre-
viou day.
NEW YORK WOMEN Afi -PROMISED
AID IN FIGHT
AGAINST RISING PRIDES
By Ella McMunn.
For the 'steenth time, the ground
hog Is a gay deceiver. Through these
columns a few days ago he announced
that "spring has came." and for some
days he kept faith. Chickens came out
of their shells into what they believed
would be spring weather, with nice
bugs and grasshoppers to eat: the
pigeons over at the Unitarian church
made nests under the eaves; wild vio
let bloomed by mossy logs and shady
plants sent up long stalks for flowers;
some people even cleaned house, whick
is the one infallible sign that winter
has passed into the dlsesrd; even the
conservative people at Central library
posted notices that it was time t6 be
laying to supplies of garden seeds.
Maybe Mr. O. Hog doesn't mean any
thing by the sudden squall yesterday
when rain, snow, hall. bllsxard
and tornado rocked tbe earth at Inter
vals, and between times the sun came
out. It was no day to go Maying. . It
you had an umbrella you couldn't get
it open, or when you did finally, and
had it down comfortably itr front ot
you, some thoughtless person ran their
stomach right into It and Jarred you
off the sidewalk, and the automobiles
honked rudely right in your ear.
When you got to prancing along
under full sail feeling that people
envied you your new "rain stick," it
collapsed and let the snow sift down
your neck, and rude persons smiled;
then when It was up and working, the
sun came out, and you couldn't get It
down, so other rude persons smiled. It
was no day for thin stockings, low
shoes and short skirts, but there were
Just as many abroad as at any other
time, but of course the girls were ss
warm and comfortable as they ..could
be, with animals' hides and tails and
paws waving at. the backs of their
necks, but someway they didn't look It.
Then there is the annual rose plant
ing day. February 22, Inaugurated by
Portland Ko sari an 3 several years ago
and which is now observed by all the
small towns In the state more general
ly than in the metropolis, owing to the
fact that Portland has about all us
available space so planted. From pres
ent Indications it will be a Jolly affair.
tunneling through a snow bank to plant
a rose tree, and then Joining hands and
singing. "For You a Rose In Port
land Grows." '
When writing to or enRing oa admtlMit.
piw mention m journal. imt.i
mmmmmmmm
PROPOSED AUTO CODE
MAKES MANY CHANGES
AND : INCREASES FEES
Future Taxes on Machines in
State of Washington May
, Be Much Higher,
Vancouver. Wash., Feb. 20. A copy
f the proposed automobile code has
been received . at the office of the
'(Oenthined Frost Pare One.)
guate steps are taken to bring prices
back to normal.
"Congress cannot adjourn." Borah
said, "so long as It is possible for
u to be of any service in this deplor
able situation.
" "We want bread.' was the cry
f the French revolutionists as they
marched to Versailles," said Borah.
"It is the most' ominous cry that can
be heard In 'a republic, and whatever
(s said as to the effect of the war on
prices, the fact remains these are In
large measure the victims of specu
lators and combinations which are
Diilchlng millions out of food.
"There is at the bottom pf things
no Justification for this condition.
New Tork, Feb. 21. (U. P.) Mayor
Mltchel this afternoon promised to do
all in his power to cope with the ad
vances In food prices, which have re
sulted in food riots in the east'side.
Women who called on him demand
ing action today threatened to "starve
on the city hall steps" unlesp he took
some action in the food price situation.
Mitch el said he would order the de
partment of charities and the board of
public health to make an Immediate
investigation, results of which would
be reported to the board of estimates
at its meeting Friday. At. this meet
ing the women were asked to present
an outline of what they would like to
see done to relieve food conditions.
Mrs. Ida Harris, who led several
hundred women in an assault on' the
city hall yesterday, started -the speech-
making when she cried: V .. .
"We want Justice and mercy. We
come to you because all the people
elected you. We are " good American
citizens. Our sons would be willing
and eager to fight America's battles,
but they can't do It if they first starve
to death. We deserve and we demand
better treatment."
'Marie Ganz, "Sweet Marie," told the
mayor that many persons are starving
to death every day in New York.
Mayor Mitchel suggetsed to his ;
visitors that they write personal let
ters to their congressmen or. repre
sentatives In the state legislature,
making suggestions.
Appeals Made to President.
New York. Feb. 21 (I. N. 8.)
Aroused by food riots and describing
the food situation as "chaotic," house
wives of America appealed to Presi
dent Wilson today for relief.
In an urgent telegram forwarded to
the president today Mrs. Julian Heath,
president of the national housewives
league, called upon him to use his
"great influence to alleviate the sit
uation.
Sporadic uprisings against food
prices kept the police busy today in
the 'East Side tenement districts.
But few courageous push cart men 1
put in appearance at the Hester street I
market this morning. Hardly had
they set up their wares when a band
of determined women swept on them
and put the owners to flight under
the fire of their own produce.
Fiery tongued agitators urged the
wives of the tenements to throw kero
sene on the goods of all produce mer
chants. Demands were made that the
city should be forced to buy food at
cost to sell the starving tenementera.
Food Embargo Suggested.
Boston, Mass., Feb. 21. (I. N. S.)
An embargo on food shipments to for
eign countries is suggested as a rem
edy for high prices in a minority re
port by Francis F. Tyrrell of the state
high cost of living commission sub
mitted to Governor McCall today.
The majority report to the commit
tee suggests as remedies for high
prices: Reduction of coct of govern
ment, increased production fostered by
the government, popularization of fish
as food stuff, trolley freight extension,
substitution of milk for high priced
food, cooperative means of transporta-
county auditor. it ' make numerous
changes over the present cods, partic
ularly . as regards the license fees,
which will be higher. The bill has
not yet been passed, but if It Is tne
following will, be among its provis
ions: Private owned machines under 15
horsepower, $5; over 25 and under 40,
17.50: over 40. $10; for-hlre ears, 11
per horsepower; stages. $1 per horse
power and S3 per each person seat
ing capacity; trucks under half ton,
$S; half ton to. one ton, 110; over one,
under two, 114; over two. under three,
125; over three, under four, $S5; over
four, under five, $50; over five, un
der six, $100; over six to seven, $2S0.
No trucks over seven ton capacity
will be licensed. Demonstrators' li
censes, motorcycles, $3; other vehicles.
$25; additional plates. $5 per set.
Owners changing from one classifi
cation to a higher one will be al-
alt
lowed credit Xor the amount previous-
ly paid. VThls feature had been ellm
insted In the .present Utr . and
chaage from one to the other neces
sitates an entirely new license. Minors '-
will' not be allowed ; to drive for-hlrfc
cars; signs must" bs placed near
schools warning traveling publio to
proceed slowly, and stages and trucks .
must provide mirrors, that approach
ing machines from the rear may; be. '
seen. . . - f " ,
The code also regulates the rates of
speed for trucks of various cepacia
ties. :.-;-. .':
Accident Commission . Sues.: V '. t
Oregon City, Or.. Feb. 20. The lr ' f
dustrtal accident eommission brought;-!
suit in circuit court Tuesday to recov-
er insurance fees from W. M. Chllcote,
who runs a small sawmill near Mo,-.,
lalla. The suit la for $5.05. t
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Doctor Says Crying Need
Of the Woman Of Today
Is More Iron In Her Blood"
' "
TO PUT STRENGTH IN HER NERVES AND COLOR INI
HER CHEEKS. , . :i
w
l during
TOMORROW IS
WASHINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY
Celebrate the day in a fitting way
at the
MULTNOMAH
HOTEL
where, from 5:30 to 8 P.M., in the
beautiful and cheerfully decorated
ARCADIAN GARDENS
DANCING
and Special Music will be
DINNER
for which an appropriate" and excellent
Menu has been arranged.
Colonial Tableau and Ball in
the Ballroom by the Grade
Teachers' Association.
Banquet in honor of Mrs.
. Alexander Thompson.
fin
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Murad is the fashionable, the business,
the dub cigarette.
Murad makes hew friends every day.
The Greatness of Murad
is because it is made of 1 7 pure Turkish
tobaccos- the world's most famous tobaccos
for cigarettes
Murad stands alone in Popularity be
cause Murad stands alone in Goodness.
Any Woman Who Tires Easily, is Nervous or Irritable, or Looks Pale, Hassard and Worn
ssswsssa s ssm v mm isrcs it i -t s wa m a mm sssr a IVIVUVJ
Administration of Nuxatecl Iron in Clinical Tests Gives Most Astonishing Youthfull
strength and makes women Look Years lounger.
jinmiiiwiiiiiiiiijiiii nil. iii Miami n...
!
"joyed J I I , y . . : , . I
"Taere cam be ao hesttliy. seaatlful,
rosy easeksd womsm with oat lrom,"
ssys Dr. Ferdinand Kln, a New Tork.
physician and author. "In my recent
talks to physicians on the crave end
serious consequences of Iron defi
ciency in the blood of American wom
en, I have strongly emphasised the
fact that doctors should prescribe
more organic Iron uxated. Iron for
their nervous, run-down, weak, haggard-looking
women patients. Pallor
means anaemia. The skin of the
anaemic women Is pale, the , flesh
flabby. The muscles lack tone, the
brain fas and the memory fails, and
often they become weak, nervous, irri
table, despondent and melancholy.
When the. Iron goes rom the blood of
women, the roses mo froi-i their cheeks.
In the most common foods of-America,
the starches, sugars, table syrups,
candles, polished rice, white broad,
soda - crackers, biscuits, macaroni,
spaghetti, tapioca.
sago, xarina, us-
germlnated c o r n-
meal ne longer m
Iron to be found.
Refinlnt processes
have removed, tn
iron of- Mo t n e .
Earth from tneev
Impoverished foods,
and stiry methods
UL . V
k., thrnvlnr down 1"
niiwi th water
in which out vegetables
are cooked, are respon-
sible for another rraveiron
TCherefore. If you wieh to
pveserre your youthful vim and
Viror to a ripe old age, you
mast supply th rn defl
3cV yoT fobd by using
sorBe'-form of organic iron,
iut-aa you would use salt
when your food has not enough
ATl ave said a nundred
Umee-over. organic Iron Is th
greatest .of all strength build
ers, t. Uf . people would only
,thx6w i away habit Xonnlng
drugs' and nauseous concoc
tions aiui take simple nuxated
rroti,Iam convinced that the
lives of thousands of persons
might; be aaved who now. die
rv VMr from pneumonia.
gTippe.-consumption, kidney, liver, heart
trouble, etc The real and true cause
which started their disease was no thin
mor. nor less than a weakened condition
brougbC on oy laca oi iron i in woua
.;r account of tha peculiar nature ol
woman, and the irreat drain placed upon
kr'.mtn tt certain periods, she re
quires iron, mo ch more than men to help
nmwtjr-for-th loss. . - -
"iron isalso absolutely necessary to
enable your blood to change food to
living tissue. Without it. no matter
how much or what you eat, your food
merely passes through you without do
ing you any rood. You don't get the
irengm out or it, ana as a conse
quenco you become
hicxiy looking, lust 1
to grow in a soil deficient
you are not strong or well, you owe it
to yourseir to matte tne r olio wing test:
See how long you can work or how far
you can walk without becoming tired.
Next take two five grain tablets of
Kuaated Iron three timet per day after
meals for two weeks, than test your
strength again and see how much you
have gained. I have seen doaens of
nervous, run-down people who were
ailing all the whil. double their
strength and endurance and entirely
rid themselves of all symptoms of dys
pepsia, liver and other troubles in
from ten to fourteen days time strap y
by taking iron In the proper form.
And this,
after they
had In some
cases been
doctor lug
for months
without obtaining any benefit. But
don't take th. old forms of reduced
iron, Iron acetate, or tincture of iron
simpiv to save a few cents. The i
r.vu uoiuuiwru ay Aiomer Nature for
weak, pale and X v. rtnf mer In the blood J
Ike aslant trying ?! iCh4,LT''..,V! .not !t Vn4
icient in iron. If fiAro2:Y1?u 2uf,1 lr?n Jn oro I
stmUated to do you any good,, other
wise It may prove worse than useless.
n Practice In most severe exra
eondltions with - unfailing r
I hav. Induced many other
I J
T have used Nuxated Iron widalv in
vatea
uits. I nav. induced many other
physicians to give it a trtair alt of
whom have given me most surprising
reports in regard to Its great power as
a health and strength builder
"Many an athlete and priseflgtitsr
has won tne day simply because k
knew the secret of great strength and
endurance and filled his blood with
Iron before he went into the. aTray:
while many another has gone down lit
inglorious defeat simply, for the lack
of iron." . .
1?r- . Howard Jamea. late of ' the
United State. Public Ileal Lh . Service
said: T have never before given 'out
any medical Information or advice for
publication as I ordinarily do -not be
lieve in It. But so many American
w?.me.n lnJ:feT. from. lron AeHcleiK-y
with Its attendant Ills physical weak
ness, nervous irritability, melan
choly Indigestion, flabby, sagging
muscles, etc., etc and In cona
quence of their weakened. - run
i down condition ther are mt KnKl- ,
contract serious and even fatal dis
eases, that I deem it my duty to
advise all such to take Kuxated
Iron. I have taken It myself and
given It to my patients with tnoel
surprising and satisfactory results.
aw ibom woo wisn quicKiy-to1 In
crease their strength, power- . and
d it a
endurance will find
in ;
moat re.
markable and wonderfully effective'
remedy." ,
KOT Kintod Ires, waidt as sreaarlbee
sa reeceisweeeg abore by phyatclass -
sees s great variety ef eases, '. Is r set - a !
pateat eaedteise nor etcret rMnedy, bet-eae ,
wsica is wen knows to oraggiste sa4 wbeee
tree ceosuteesu are widely prescribed : by
rmiavnt 'ptrieiatM both la , Eriteee aa4
Asierlra. UoUke tbe eMer laergasie trea
pmdacts. It Is eacily asitsilUted, does set
injur tbe teeth, stake tbe b!ek.? er
epeet tbe itomact: oo tbe eoatrtry, ;it ta
e stoat potent iwibm la seady all. ttmsu,
ef (sdlfestlee at well as for nervous, ros dew eeedldons.
Tbe siaaBractarera cava soeb grret enafteeBre Is ns.
ted Iron, tbat tbey offer w forfeit $100.00 t aey rtar-
ItaWlA .( .1 I m M. mm Uka mwkm
re of Var more , nmm man OOOHH seder SO who larks Iron, aed lacreeM tbelr stfrnsfb. 20ft
per cent c vrwt m mtmr wwv now, limiMq Us?Me
ne serleas erranle traeble. Tbey alee ef far ta refund year :
toney if it Ooea net at leat ooobl year strengtu.and
enoarasee is tea eT im. - n is enpenxea la uia elty
Dr. Ferdiumnd Xing. New York phf$icUn
mud mmthor, tclt$ phgticUna tct they thculd
prescribe more organic iron Nuxated Iron
for their petienltSagr onsemiairon ie
ficiency it the greotett curse to the health,
strength, vitality and beauty of the modem
American Woman. Sounds teaming against
tie of metallic tron which
may injure the teeth, cor-
rode the stomach and 'do
n ooodi
azea tron.