ATllt OREGON DAILY JOURNAL PORTLAND, THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER
0, 1317.
VALLEY MILLS CLAIM 7
. NORTHERN RATES ARE
Afl UNFAIR HAIID1CA
Friendly Hearing Is Under
Way; Before Examiner; tor
Interstate Commission.
SHIPPERS SGIVEf FIGURES
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Onn Starto ' lulmu Here e
etd4 Aasaata; ta . Xatsa Ot
f .nipmMta 7rom XUls City, Or.
Lumber mills of th Wtllamatt. val
ley, through their inland location, cut
; off 'from th lwr rttiif wtter
transportation, altrourh cutting tl per
oent of the annual production of the
state, are doubly handicapped thrbujh
dMcrlmlnatory railroad rate that pr-
' vnt .them from entertiff th inarSet
erred by the northern railroads nth
' aame basis aa other mill of tb north
western coaat district. ' i A r
Thla waa the a;lat of the ,teti.
mony tlven by r. o. Donaldson, traf -fla
manager and secretary of the
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's s-
oclstlon. In opening- the esse agalnat
the Great Northern. Northern Pacifio.
Burlington and other northern trane
i continental linea before C. R. Mar
ahmll, attorney and examiner for the
interatate commerce commiaslon, In
( the federal court building today.
' I '' Hasten Territory Braght
" The territory In which rate relief
la Bought by the Willamette valley
, mil la comprlaee Montana. Wyoming.
North and South Dakota, Minnesota1
and' a portion of Nebraska. Although
Similar conditiona apply to the mar
' keta ef northern Oregon. Washington
. and Idaho, relief .la not aaked for
these districts In thla case, aa ajl of
' theae aectlona have local supply and
d not Jepend upon coaat abipmenta
? to fill requirements.
L Willamette t alley InrnWrneii, t-at-It'.ng
the tremendous import of thla
Iiearlng on their business, gathered In
large numbers for the hearing, and it
waa aald that the moat complete pre
sentation ' of any lumber case every
: reard In Oregon, ao far aa data are
. concerned, ia being given. The lum
bermeo believe their testimony will
be overwhelmingly In favor of re.
adjuatment of the rates when the mat
tar cornea before the commission for
adjudication.
. i Xoada TTaabls to Agree
;. The hearting la a friendly one. For
two years the railroads havo been
. seeking to adjust the rata coudltion,
kilt have been unable to agree mon
1 tho divisions, and 'it was at the sug
gestion of their attorneys that the
matter 'waa referred to the Interstate
CoDimerce commission.
In railroad rate making. aJl .poIns
. west of the summit of the Cascades
iff Oregon and Washington to the Call
forma border are in what Is designated
a the Coaat group and (he long haul
, rate are baaed on thla area sa a unit.
y Same JTom District
The Willamette valley district,' Mr
Donaldson testified. la in a dlatrlct
140 miles long and 100 miles wide.
' In It are 21 lumber mills, v The long
est haul in thla district to Portland,
the "gateway," la 1B miles -from
Lsona, while the shortest haul Is
from Sherwood, II miles. The dally
. cut of the dlatrlct averages 11815,000
feet, the yearly cut approximately
110.000.000 feeU which Is about- SI
per cent of the average annual cut
of the state.
All the mills of the coaat dlatrlct
have the same freight ratea for ter-
' ritory along the Union Pacific and the
district commonly called central and-
eaatern territory. The complainant
. association mills the witness averred.
however, were not accorded the aame
rate given other coast group mills In
the" northern territory," a 1 abov de
scribed.. , . - . k - - . V-' ,
Textual mail o Affected
" The hearlnar does not affect the
Portland mills or the territory Im
mediately contiguous, inasmuch as
Portland is r the "gateway- and her
shippers have direct access to these
northern lines, " - '
Over 18 per cent of the business of
the Willamette valley mills, Mr. Don
aldson said, is done In the territory
wher all mills of ' the. group have
equal rates. Very little business goes
from the valley into the northern ter
ritorr,becaue of the-rate discrimin
ation, which - amounts, roughly, to
about a 2S per cent ' increase , over
tariff paid by the other shippers. r
for years, be said, the valley ship
pers have been; exceedingly efficient
in tar loading, average car ' weights
amounting to 7,61S pounds, or nearly
31 1- per cent greater than average
carload from other sections of the
country. The. North Pactfij mills;' h
testlf led,'f are 1 the heaviest : car , load
ers in the United StaUs. .
'" Plgwss Presented, by Chart
"' The bulk of the valley business. It
was asserted, goes Into - California,
Nevada, Aiisona.: "Utah, Colorado.
Kansas and Nebraska, the "mill, get
ting an even break in rates. -; -'
1 Giving specific details of the "rate
disadvantage, Mr. Donaldson intro
duced charts. . comparing shipments
from MJ1I. City, Or In the valley, and
Hoquiam, Wash, Missoula, Mont., the
first destination point in the protested
rate dUtrict. is, 749 miles from Mill
City and T50 from Hoquiam. The Mill
City haul cost the- Shipper 4T- cents
per 109 pounds, and the-Hoquiam lum
berman ti cents per hundred." ; ;
Showing the : amount of: businessj
carried into the nortnern territory,' be
said the annual shipments, of all lum
ber amounted to 51.600 cars. AH Of
this does not come from the coast, bet
the latter , gets a large - share of the
business. 'But the Willamette valley
mills get only a small share of this
trade. f
' . Bxcladed Prom Bound J
Olving . another instance of alleged
trade discrimination, Mr. Donaldsdn
said that In 1111. some 8000 cars of
lumber were carried into Canada from
coast points. 'Practically none of tbem
were sent from the Willamette valley
mills, simply because the latter could
not compete, h ' ,
Anticipating that the railroads. In
their testimony, would claim that the
increase was due to the fact that ship
ments into this Northern territory nu
ccssitated "three line" shipments that
is, transfer of the freight to three sep
arate lines, witness claimed deliveries
could be made to the Portland gateway
and transferred once to the Northe-n
lines, making virtually all shipments
only "two line" hauls.' As against this
he showed' where ether Coast gaoup
mills were making three and even four
line transfer shipments into the equal
rate territory.
Realizing , the vast Importance of
the Northern district trade, .the mill ef
the Silver Palis Timber company at
Sllverton, witness said, was planning
to spend 8190,000 in building a line
to Mt. Angel to connect with the Wil
lamette Valley Southern (controlled by
the P. R.. I & P.). thereby getting
into Portland foe the. equal rate that
other Coast group mills enjoy.
APPLE BOX PROBLEf.V:
PRACTICALLY SOLVED
ffbf. Hough Speaks: ;
At EpwortiattaUy
THtXr of. Kembers of Xaafn Tlma
War U t yortti - Bpsaks Today
Before Progresaive Snsiness vea.
"With 180,000 membera of ur Ep
worth. League probably -under arms in'
a short time, there are three things
which-each member must fix clear in
mind,"-' aald Professor Lynn Harold
tfr.urw nt th Northwestern university
1 t r!hin. aneaklna before the EPt
worth League rally Wednesday eve
ning at the Centenary Methodist ?pis
cqpal church. .
"W must get a clear conception of
a - .... a e .n mm . evaa W A at
Through the efforts of 3. B. Knapp. " BTr: -li
personal representative t V. B. Food b. tne woPk e those who. go and the
Administrator ; Herbert . M Hoover, ' work of those who stay must the loy
ik v-a.i : 4imini. i altv of the league be : expressed. The
-n t. . ..,.,. K.f men who go must see to It that they
trator W. B. AVer, the 6,000.000 short- , T,h,-, w.iiv .
age of apple boxes for tho northwest t they represent the colors."
crop Is now practically a solved prob- f - Pr. Hough's lecture was on the sub
lem, Only the Immediate cooperation , Ject, "The Epwortb League in Battle
of individual " applegrowers is now - Array." under the ausplces'of the na-
neededY .according : to Mr, Knapp. . to -tional war council of the Y, M-, C A.
straighten out the 4iffiulties of the Today he spoke on "The American
IN THE NORTHVEST
9- :sssaswsssMsesssBSWSsssfc -
Mills ; Give : Assurance .Bat
Jhey Will Rush, Production
, of Boxes to .Meet Needs.
situation And insure delivery of suf
ficient boxes to take care of the mam-
. . . . . . ...
mom crop wnen h is narvesiea. - J
with , a supply or a,60o,oeo already
mobilized for October; IS delivery, and
the assurance . of the mills that they
will keep box production up to full ca
pacity, tf advance orders are- received,
Mr. Knapp said this morning that it
is now up : to the individual growers
to place their i orders through the fed
eral food administrator's office with
out dejay, not only that they may ob
tain the boxes needed.; but so that the
orders may be distributed from the
proouctiort .sources in such a way as
to arrange for the shortest hauls and
minimum transportation charges.
Counter Accusations
Made in . Warrants
Deputy Ooroaer Charged Wlta Zntleins;
Olrl Zato Office ' ' Complainant Ao.
eased ef Xaxtng Vhreat to KUL
R. J a Loynes, deputy coroner, and
Mr. Carrie Eaton. 291 Third ai
swore out warrants against each other
Wednesday. Mrs. Baton charges that
Loynes enticed her 9-year-old daughter
Russia Is Formally
Pledged to Kemain
Washington, Sept. 20. (I. N. S.-
The formal, pledge of the new Russian
republic to remain In the war until
German autocracy is crushed, was laid
before Secretary of State Lansing this
afternoon, by the Russian ambassador.
Boris Bakhmetleff.-r
: Details of the momentous meeting
were not divulged but ylt Is , known
that the envoy Jin most vigorous fash
ion denied 'any -possibility of Russia
conciuding a, separate peace with Oer
mahy'and her allies. v , "
Spltter Hall Remodeled .
Eugene, Or., Sept. 20. Mary Spiller
Hall, the. women's dormitory at th
University of Oregon, Is being ' re
modelled so that the first floor may
b .used for .the, new, department of
household arts iWhich will, be added
to the course of instruction this year
ror the first time.
into the coroner's office Monday eve
ning. She charged that she entered
the office and found her daughter be
hind a door. She said also that the
child told her Loynes had offered her
nickel to enter. , v- , -
According to the : deputy coroaer'a
version, the child accosted him on the
Sidewalk, asking for nickel. He says
he Refused and that the girl followed
him 1 into his office.. . Mrs. Eaton, he
says, entered a moment later, and too
child hid behind a door, later stepping
out. Into view. Shortly afterward the
woman drew a revolver and threatened
to kilt Loynes, the man declares. '
While neither Deputy District Attor
ney Ryan nor Deputy City Attorney
Stadter placed much credence in the
charge, the officials expect to investi
gate the matter in municipal court.
Tb girl is the same one who acted,' man attenaea
as prosecuting witness against D. 8. here and was
Wright, indicted July 26 for statutory
offense. .
Wright was Indicted upon the evi
dence given by Mrs. Eaton. That the
charge brought against Loynes are
no more true than the charges agalnstd
him, was the assertion of the pris
oner in the eounty 3 alt today.
The story Wright told at th time
of hi preliminary hearing is approxi
mately th earn as 1 given by Deputy
Coroner Loynes.
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Voter" before the - Progressive - Bus!
ness Men's club at luncheon, at which
members of -the Methodist Men's So
cial union were guests.
Woman Traveler to
' Lecture in Library
Mis Annie ' 8. Peek. ; Who Reached
. Samxolt of Mount Xoascar aa In South
Americas to Tell Story,
Under the auspices of th Mazamss,
Mis Annie S. Peck, mountaineer and
traveler In -South America, will give
lecture in the assembly hall of the
Central library at 8 o'clock Monday
night.
Misg Peck will, apeak on-' 'The. Con
Quest of Huascaran." and - the lecture
Will be Ulustrated with 100 slides. As
a mountaineer,. Mies Peck has . estab
lished an anequaled secord for her ex.
With: her own party she finally ruc-
c eeded in attaining the summit of
Huascaran, 21,81? feet, in September,
The lecture will be the story cf th
six attempts made by Miss Peck to
climb this monster peak. There ar
mountains in. South America higher J
man Huascaran, Dut none or irem
nave been ascended; and in tho climb
of thla peak Miss Peck, has gained
the highest point yet attained In the
western hemisphere. For this exploit
h.e was presented with complimentary
resolutions and a gold medal by the
Peruvian government.
The lecture will also Include an ac
count of the partial ascent of Mount
Sorata in Bolivia. s
Th lecture will "be free. It Is the
first ef a series of educational enter
tainments of the winter.
team-during th season of llli. H
iavr waa - graauated irom Btanrofa
university ' and has recently been a
student at th .? Berkeley ' School of
Aeronautic. H 1 now awaiting
order' to report -at a finishing school
In th east or In Europa .." .
' 1 Firebugs Destroy Plant "
Wilmington. DeL," Sept 20. -(L N.
SO Firebug, thought to be German
agents, : caused the total destruction
of th Atlantic Canning eomnanrs
plant at Rohoboth today, . The loss Is
esu mated at 8200,000. .
Aviator Visits Parent ,
Robert Flthian of the United State
aviation' corps la visiting his, parent a,
Mr. and . Mrs. O. H. Flthian at. 26
North Twenty-fifth street. The young
the Portland academy
captain of the track
Ton Vcnt fo Franco.
Vibon I lift Dado
Ilia LlclIicrxGood.Dyo
lis Father Slipped
Ilin a Lollcr
Thc kind of letter that
every father and mother,
would wish to , write
' their son. But some of
u Peannot express our
r telvea as can -Tom's
:,. father. Its a short let
ter : "only - three points
touched on. But they
. '
are all there is ta a
young fellow "going
over"Tbmead
the letter he reafised he
had an unusual letter.
- He wished every feUow
going to -somewhere
in France" or to one of
the camps could have it,
. too. So he sent the letter
to be printed and it it
in the October
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American Engineer
Accidentally Killed
Washington, Sept 20. (L N. S.) -The
accidental death, September 3, of
a member of. the engineering forces
of the United States, presumably in
France, was announced ny th com
mlttea on public information this aft
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mond Harris of Bridgeport, Conn. No
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