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0 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY HORNING, FEBRUARY 3, 1317. i MEAT PRODUCERS ARE . 4 4. ( ' 4 t 4 IN THE VflLLAMETTE l . H j' .'i !'. .... .. V . :ti-i '-r-? ';, aamaflomeMaaaeaeaenaeeensaaon '" ' fr" W V'C:- ' ' "-- ' That Swift Meat Interests in '"Portland Discriminate Is :; Charge of Dr, Bishop.. Willamette Talley SUppe Bays aeattta Vroftts and , Portland Bnffsrs .Thxotvli Treatment Aeoordea. DM AH A PRICES PROMISED J j s w v - ... . ! 4 ' . That the Swift meat interest, rep- i j '-' resented here by the Portland Union !- 3 Stockyards company and the Union i - ': Meat company, discriminate against 'Willamette valley hog and sheep (row ers and so manipulate prices in a fight against independent packers that it Is to the advantage of stock growers gen f rally- to pass this market and go to Seattle, was asserted by Dr. W. L. Bishop of Dundee while in Portland last week. "The stockyards in Portland dis criminate 16 cents a hundred against Willamette valley hogs and 50 cents a .hundred against Willamette valley lambs," said Dr. Bishop, who until re cently has been shipping about 400 hogs a year. s "I have found that I can pay the HQ s, carload extra freight to Seattle and sell to the independent packers there at a profit of not less than $50 a carload more than I can get in Portland. gbipper CHves Tig-ores. 'Here are the figures: I can al ways get 25 cents a hundred more for hogs in Seattle than in Portland. Se attle does not enforce the discrimina tion of 16 cents a hundred against Wil lamette valley hogs nor 10 cents a hun dred for variations in color. A carload means 18,000 pounds and I have re ceived never less than 190 a carload more in Seattle than in Portland which leaves ISO extra after paying the freight. As a matter of fact, the net profit has usually been more. "It Is too bad that such conditions exist. It is hard on Portland's mer chants and hotels. They lose money and I will show you how. Just a-year ago I shipped a carload of hogs from my farm. In Portland this car was at tached to a train containing 27 car loads more of hogs. These 27 carloads of hogs came from east of the moun tains, were fed here and shipped on to Seattle. In the drovers' car were nine men, each of whom would have been worth at least f 100 to the ho tels and merchants here, but what they did was spend their money in Seattle, Just as I did. And where the buyers in Portland treat the drovers and own ers with indifference the buyers of Seattle attend to their entertainment with a cordiality that makes them want to come again. Cant Afford to Ball Ken. r "I don't want it to be inferred that I am not loyal to Portland. I am. After this year Portland will be our home for we are going to move in for the sake of the educational advantages for our children. I would like to sell m m r 4 4 -t 4 4 a . -a 4 4 4 3 '4 4 ;2 '3 ';" -i m '3' as: , ; M: - -4 4 -4 . 3 i a - : 40 -4 m- H 'J A i:i '-4 -4 -4 f. . -4 -4 my livestock Is this market but I cant afford to. . . - -Wben the Swift inUresU were con ducting their .hog .growing campaign, they said the Union Meat company In Portland would be able to absorb all the hogs grown In this territory, and that the price would never be under the Omaha market. Witness what hap pened. : In 1915 and 1916 the market was crowded down and " down. '' The Union Meat company was trying to get : the market down to I cent a pound, llogs sold here ) a hundred under Omaha. W. H. Daugntrey, presi dent of the Portland Union Stockayrds came out then with a statement that growers who were selling their brood sows for what they would bring, and were going one of business, would re gret it, for the prices would go up. I have Just read another interview from Mr, Daughtrey deploring, the fact that because of ' present high prices the farmers were selling their brood cows. I challenge his statement. Shortag Pas to Price Cntttag'. "He is begging the issue. There is a shortage, but it is due to the price cut ting on the part of the Hwirt interests in 1915 and 191 and there would never haere been such a shortage, the prices would have remained more stable and the growers of the Portland territory would be selling to the Portland mar ket almost exclusively If the promise had been kept that prices here would not go under the Omaha market. "I believe that the Swirt interests consider their Portland plant so unim portant in their fight against the in dependent packers that they would wipe It out if necessary to put the in dependents out of business. That is their concern, but to have conditions that send the livestock of Portland's natural territory through Portland to Seattle is seriously against the inter ests of this city. Portland a Joke to Montaaans. "Iet the commercial interests of Portland appoint an independent, un prejudiced committee. Let the com mittee call upon the growers east of the Cascades and in the Willamette and get the facts. Then they will see why the growers of Montana (I have lived in Montana) consider the Port land market a Joke. They will see why Swift methods in Portland are keeping from this city hundreds of dollars of business for every day in the year and then they will understand one of the material reasons wny toe business oi Portland merchants has been in a de pressed condition. Idvestok Indtustrj Vital. "There is no industry so vital to the Willamette valley as the livestock Industry. It is essential that Wll lamette valley farmers make a large factor of livestock. If Willamette val ley hogs and lambs are considered in ferior to. those grown east or the mountains let the Swift interests tell us so and we will go out of business, But they do not tell us so. Without explanation they discriminate against us and force us to sell in Seattle if we have an eyr to profits teid a deter mination to succeed. At the present time not 30 per cent of the hogs are being grown in the Willamette valley as were formerly grown and it is be cause the growers found they could not market profitably here and did not turn to Seattle and the Independent packers there as I did. Portland can not prosper under such conditions. Vo Grvoncn Hor Trouble Maker. "I do not want it understood that ' am grouchy or a trouble maker. If I did not consider that it is to the best interests of Portland to make "these facts knowm, I would remain silent. Nor am X the exceptional ease. snipped a wen nnished product on equal terms with others and received v SNQW COVERS UP POrT - . . - . . ... , . , . - V'i-:' V-t ' gMpjBJBJBJSJBSSJBJBJBJBJBJBJBJBjBJBJBJBJSJHB V M ' 'ZZ?- ' "i ..ill 'VV " v , w, - - ' . " l- -: if r r 7 - SV,'A tt : ALL ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE ROS E FESTIVAL FOR YEAR M 7 Formal Invitations Are Sent to . Organized Bodies to Send . Heads to Meeting. NO PROXIES PERMITTED 3gl Za to Max tao Oeoaaioa This Tear Xors ef a People's Prty Than are Xefor. ..... . . ji. . '. Every society, club, league, federa- ttnn AJid untlft elrela In llultnenwh county is to have full representation this year in the Rose Festival man agement. Neighborhood organisations, grange, fraternal and state societies and all other bodSes of. a publio or semi-public character are now receiv ing the formal invitations of the Rose Festival auxiliary to send their presi dents to a big meeting on the seventh j floor of the Oregon building Friday night at 8 o'clock. i The Invitation is signed by Sam C. , Brattorv, charlman and M. Mosessohn, secretary, ir too president cannot at tend, ha will bje allowed to appoint an alternate. No proxies will be permit ted, however, and the representation will be limited to one. The reason for this requirement is that henceforth the Rose Festival is to be mora of a people's organisation than ever. In makang its provision for .It of a mill tax levy for Mult nomah county in support of the Fes tival, the legislature uttered the tSa turn that it should be free to the pub lic. . Carrying out this Implied re-. qulrement that it is to be managed by the public' the auxiliary has road its plans accordingly. t ; Mr, Moaeasohn aald Saturday night that the Invitation to participate in the organisation - raeetin had been sent out to 6T5 different organisations : all over the county. 1? ' . -we may have missed some, and probably did." ha explained. "Thosa who have not received Invitations hart aa much right there aa those who did. Presidents who wero omit ted should get In touch with me as soon as possible, so my list will be complete and so we can gtva them proper credentials. Those who have received the Invitations should return the Inclosed card, properly filled out, so wa will know who will be the of ficial representative.' Mosessohn may be reached at Main m or room 711 Chamber of Com merce building. " : At Friday night's meeting a nomt- - -natlng committee probably will be' elected to select a board of 12 gov ernors or directors. This body will be aa highly representative as pog- Other business will Include a discussion of suggestions for mak ing the Festival better and more unique. This Kansas Farmer Champ Home Body Smith Centre, Kas., Feb. N. 8.) -Ray Conaway. farmer of thlv county, surely, Is entitled to the tltl Of champion stay-at-home. Born four miles from this city. Conaway has never been more than 27 miles from his birthplace, and when lie made that trip he enjoyed his first and only ride on a passenger train. He is 30 years Old, married and has several children. Only the back tilts In a new re volving Office chair that is eald ta ba mora than ordinarily restful to users.: 4 '. i it.. 4. ' & " no worse treatment here than they and no better treatment In Seattle than they would have received. 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We give expert attention to our Record Department and our vast experience in handling Victrolas and Records has taught us how to give "Superior Victrola Service." Again and again we have been and are now able to furnish records in popular demand when other , dealers claim it is not possible to secure them, - Just telephone: iis ; and we'll send any records listed in the Victor catalog to your - home for, selection at your convenience. - : - :: VICTROLAS ON EASY TERMS $15 to $350 Mason & Hamlin Pianos, Player-Pianos, Masic J?ott Morrison Street at Broadway. v OTHER STORESSaa Francisco, OaUtnd, Sin Jose, Sacrtmento, Los Anjeles, San Die to and Other Coast Cities. .: MU..MJ1IHIII HIM ill r..,L Hi a f v (if iV jir 'iwmrf plowing In this section, but a bountiful supply of moisture will prove an in centive to a larger amount of spring sowing. At the upper left This Is not a hospice in aa Alpine pan bat a house on Portland Heights, where daffodils bloomed gsjly a few days ago; at the right, the boys don't care if spring is set back a week or so as long as there is snow to play with. Center ' AttyMng the fort"1 a terrific struggle staged on south' Broad way, opposite the Lincoln high school; at the right, the streetcar company got its snowplows out and kept them busy for a while, though there was no serious delay to traffic Below The coasters got their sleds oat from the basement and had jnst as much fan as they did the first time it snowed in the early winter. SNOWFALL DOWNTOWN -FIVE INCHES ON LEVEL; EIGHT UPON EAST SIDE ' (Continued From Page One.) Columbia and Willamette river are unusually low for this time of the year and it Is believed that the run off from this snow will result in much better water. Keep Snowplows doing-. Superintendent Fred" Cooper of the Portland Railway, Light & Power com pany, announced last night that the five snowplows would be kept going all night, if necessary, to - keep the slush from being mushed down on the rails by vehicular traffic. This would not be required were it not for the danger of freezing. FreesIng temperatures, in fact, were reported on the heights and along -some Of the -outlying lines. Last winter's experience in chipping ice from the rails with hand picks was not relished and Mr. -Cooper said he has no inten tion of allowing its repetition.- ' . The tracks -.were clear yesterday afternoon, but automobiles and wagons passing' along the rails had a tendency to force the soft snow . back Into the grooves.'. .," f HEIGHTS, COVERED BY SNOW, TRANSFORMED INTO FAIRY GARDENS Beautiful even in summertime, with Its winding, roads, terraced gardens and outlook upon far-of r mountain peaks. Portland Heights became a place of enchantment yesterday morning when the night's fall of snow changed the face of nature. The outlines of every crag were .- softened, . trees held out their bare arms and caught them full of fleecy fffclteaess, while every shrub blossomed with snow flowers till the hillside looked like the blooming cotton fields of the south." ' . Softly the big flakes came down throughout the night, mostly melting in the city, but lying whits and undis turbed ' upon - the mountain- until five inches had fallen, layer upon layer, on the giant firs whose lower branches bowed to the earth, while the upper ones pointed like white fingers to the sky.;' -, v-..'v: .- : agists Kake lake of Clouds. " -la ' the solitude and alienee of - the waste places the snow lay with a sort of brooding tenderness, while below the mists Hung ' as... a suspended Jake pierced by peaks and seeming In that enchanted atmosphere like islands in a white sea. - . v-v.as-'X , ; . - Aa If by maglo the birds disappeared, either forewarned of the abrupt4 fall In temperature 4n time to escape south ward, or sitting- over cramped and freezing toes which their little bunch of feathers were pitifully Inadequate to keep warm. A few dogs waded-chest deep in the drifts end children paused on their way to school to wash each others faces or to build snow "men." Cas Wsit for raoseagen. A few who attempted to circle Coun cil Crest in automobiles abandoned them and rode home on the street cars which kept to schedule by having men scrape the track where the big firs shook their branches into drift across the rails. Cars waited for people who couldn't run and let them off at the nearest point to their destination to save the wade through slush which terrified thin-shoed women. Horses struggled with their loads. and pedestrians found slick places going down hill,, but awajr from the marts of trade the broad sheets of icy whiteness suggested only peace and beauty. Coos Bay Snowed In. Harshfleld, Or., Feb, 24. A snowstorm which-lasted all night cut off all tel egraph and 'wire communication from Coos Bay. Several hundred telephones in the cities are out of commission. There was over six Inches of enow in the city, and deep snow in tho mountains. Logging operational are stopped and livestock will suffer If the snow continue. At one of the camp in the moun tains near. Powers, five feet of snow is reported Baker Cellars Flooded. Baker. Or.. Feb. 24. Heavy snow last night was followed by a sudden rise in temperature this morning, and it has ben raining hard all day. This mey result. In early freabet. if long continued, cellars in the business section of the city are flooded, and considerable damage has been done. furnace fires having been put out in a number of places. Wasco Crops Will Benefit. Wasco. Or., Feb. 24. The heaviest snow for, the winter of lll(-itl7 ha lauen since isai miamgni. xn depth this afternoon Is seven Inches, wita snow still failing. Ground was in ex cellent condition and crop prospects are greatly enhanced. Winter Sports Are Great. Hood River, Or., Feb. 24. Winter has Its hold on the upper Hood River valley and the base of Mount Hood, arid winter sport are at their beat. After a big snow storm, the snow is four feet deep on the level nesr Mount Hood lodge. -? Wire Trouble at Eugene. . Eugene, Or.. Feb. 24. The snowfall In Eugene from 9 o'clock last night until S o'clock this afternoon when it ceased was 9.4 Inches. eTbls makes total of 20 Inches that has fallen since Monday night, but much of it had melted up to last night. There has been little damage to property on ac count of the storm, but farmers are fearing- that livestock will suffer. Tn telephone company reports some of its rural lines down In places but the service in the city is uninterrupted. The Postal Telegraph company re ports some trouble south of here. Most of the Western Union wires out ot Eugene are in working order. Street car service in Eugene and between this city and .Springfield was - not inter rupted at any time during . the day, although the tracks were covered with nearly a foot of wet snow aad alusu. The company kept cars r nnina all night last night and employ. a a drag during; the day to keep the tracks clear, Jin the mountains the snew is several feet deep and all logging operations in the country have ceased. Train service in this part of the stats Is about normal. ;'v,waeeo Wanted It. . Madras, Or, Feb. 24. '' The long wished for snow began falling about 6 o'clock last evening, end by this morn, tag 'at 7 o'clock it waa inches deep on the levels By X o'clock this after noon seven inches more had fallen, but it ha melted and packed until It Is now about II Inches deep on the level. There wa very little frost In the ground, and the snow is malting rapidly and soaking the ground. This bas been an exceptionally dry winter so far and this precipitation fs .welcome to the farmers and stockmen. ' stock bas gone through th winter la excellent shape, and it being so near the spring months no extreme lowering of temperature is expected.- The heavy harvest last fall has made the farmers . backward with lave mcnes at rendleton. t Pendleton, Or Feb. 24. There is five Inches of snow . in Pendleton to night and the storm ha not abated. The snowfall is general over the county. Daniels Appreciates Sobriety. Washington. Feb. 24. (U. P.) rotary ot the Navy Daniels requested the commander-in-chief of the Atlan tio fleet to convey appreciations to 16.988 sailors who remained sober while on shore leave at Port au Prince, January zo ana . Twelve others got drunk.. Humphreys' SeYenty-tevea For Colds. Influenza . . ViSlniLllr For Instant Use " While Grip prevails, a vial of "Seventy-seven should be ear- riedia the vest rxxketi.in' the oorternonnaie, or in the hand bag ; now so popular with . the ladies:' for instant use; at the first sneeze or shiver; the fore runner of , Grip or a Cold ; : to get the best- results. - If you wait until your bones acne it wiu wutc longer. At Drasylsta 23-ewrts aad IL.00 er aMiled. Hanekreys Howo McdiclM O.. 19e WU- Mast atzeet, , Kw Xera,-,.:.-y $? j The Day of Better Dentistry And Lower Prices Is Here Thanks to Honest Advertising! Here It Glorious Newt to All Good People Inter ested in Dentil try! My practice Is limited to kith-class Dentistry only AT PRICES EVERYONE CAN AFFORD BE SURE TO READ THIS: From the Atlantic to the Pa cific, Ethical Dental Societies, and Ethical Magazines and Journals, sj talking about the Injustice of continuing high prices,, admitting ; their code of ethics Is sadly out of, dateunfair and un-American, and - needs modernizing. Thev even adroit now that the Advertising Den tist is human perhaps their equal and that advertising of itself Is NOT WRONG. ' DR. Hi C. SEXTON, SHEL8YVILLE, IND., in a recent issue ef the DENTAL SUMMARY, says to hU Ethical Brethren: "We know that heel teeth nseaa sickness, disease aad death. We know that 80 per cent of school children have carlo ua teeth. We point oat these terrible truths we creel a demand for Dentistry -and what have we done to supply this desaand? I'll tell you what we've done we HAVE INCREASED OUR FEES we have done scarcely anything else. We have Introduced many new appliances into practice and almost invariably the strongest plea thst is made for them is that we can get more money from our patient." AND LISTEN TO THISt "Is it not useless cruelty to educate (the public) to the need of Dental Work and then deny it to them on aeeount ef oaponeoT WE. RIDICULE THE SO-CALLED "QUACKS' FOR EXTRACTING TEETH FOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS AND FOR MAKING A RUBBER PLATE FOR FIVE DOLLARS BUT, I WILL TELL YOU, MANY A POOR MAN, AND MANY A POOR MAN'S FAMILY, HAS HAD CAUSE TO BLESS THE SO-CALLED QUACK OFFICE. It has enabled him to have Dental Work done it has made his children comfortable and . healthy. YET LEFT HIM HIS SELF-RESPECT, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BEEN AN OBJECT OF CHARITY.' "In the Ions; list of Dental operations, the one that is doing the most rood for suffering humanity and making the most money for' Dentists today IS THE ONE-DOLLAR AMALGAM FILLING. It U a blessing to mankind, and a greater blessing to childhood' Dr. Sexton concludes his long and able article by saying: "I hero heard many papers read su gestinc how we could raise ur fees I have not heard one read sug getting means to reach the suffering poor and help them. Wo meet chiefly to talk about rai ing our fees to tell what w get for operations and complain be mhm .we do net set more. When a profession puts all its endeavors to sauecxinf the most money it can get out of Its patients m tho , . . a . aT a e least possible time, it becomes uworuy oc we name oi profession and puts itself on a par with pawnbrokers." (1 personally apolo gise to the pawnbrokers.) One dentist mentioned by Dr. Sexton stated he made 2$ per working hour. If he worked ten hours a day, that is 35o a day, 7500 a month, 90,000 a year. Do you think he EARNS lTf Do' you wonder the Profession that puts the dollar sign ahead of the golden rule objects to the Advertising Dentist's giving the purlic fowprlces? ; ' REMEMBER, anyone can cut prices, but it takes BRAINS to turn out better work. REMEMBER! Moet any dentist can puQ a tooth - and not hurt you. It doean; take 'much of a mechanic to drill out a small decay in your grinder and fill it up. BUT let mo tell you thisi If you want a full upper or lower bridge, with -only two or throe teeth left for attachments it takes a man with experience in that particular branch of tho pro ; feaaioD or you will be sadly disappointed in appearance of it, in - thd wearing quality and in the moat important feature of it all the ' chewinjr service it should fivs you. .V-MY PRICES FOR GUARANTEED WORK Electro Whalebone Plates. . . .$15.00 Flash Colored Plates:. ......$10.00 Ordinary Rubber, AH Red .... . $5.00 Porcelain Crowns . ; . .$3.50 to $5.00 Gold Fillings, from... ..$1.00 22-K Gold Crowns. . .$3.50 to $5.00 22-K Gold Bridge. . . .$3.50 to $5.00 AQWcrk 15 Yean! Op en Nights U . 1 1 1 , 1 - ' " i - i it Electro - Painless Dentists ; 3g f ifi IN THE TWO-STORY BUILDING Corner Sixth and Washington Sts.t Portland Oregon - ...