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.Tim OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, FRIDAY, JUNE -18, 1C20. STATE CAIBI FIX PRICE OF GASOLINE . Salem.- Juno . IS. -Without addi tional legislation the Oregon public service commission la powerless to regrnlato the price or distribution of gasoline, according to Attorney Gen eral Brown, who. In an opinion ren dered Thursday, holds that gasoline to not a public utility within the meaning of the public utility act as it now stands. 1 The opinion was written in response to an inquiry from the commission as to its Jurisdiction tn the present gasoline emergency. -; Tou have no more power as a com mission to regulate the price of gaaoline than you have ot regulate the price of distribution of wood or coal," the opinion reads. "Tou have no power to fix the distribution or allotment .to the public. ttor to regulate the price or distribution Of coal to the public utilities of Oregon. nor have you any more or greater au : thority to distribute or make the rules for the distribution of gasoline. - - "We cannot enlarge the meaning of the law by construction or by interpreta tion for the purposes of meeting the situ auqn as it exists toaay. i ue situation may present a proper, matter for legis lation, but not a fit subject for the enforcement of the public utility law as It now exists. - Until a law exists there can be no enforcement thereof. Gasoline Supply Arrives . f Pendleton. June 18.- Four' 'thousand three hundred gallons of gasoline in S0- gallon drums 'were received Thursday "from Welser, Idaho. The supply was pur chased by the Pendleton Automobile as sociation, and will be distributed by it 'members here at cost. More is to be obtained in the same manner early next week, - -. ,. ' !; . "s A' .,- . :jz: Merchant Tryipg To Help on Ranch ; Of Son Is Injured Baekr, June ' IS. H. !W. Gibbons. Bridgeport merchant, has been brought to Baker to recover from injuries be suffered when- a timber fell upon him while he was assisting his son on the latter's ranch. - Gibbons' hip was broken. Kenneth McHaley of Prairie City suf fered the loss of an index finger on the right hand when the hand was caught In the band saw at the Prairie City box factory; ; , Mrs. Perry Blackburn, 49. wife of one of Baker county's most' prominent ranch ers and stockman, and herself a resident of Baker county since 1880, died .Mon day, following an operafion. She came west by team with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. W. Crews, in 1880. Three children and her husband survive. .. The ' city - commission has 'granted to the , Fourth of July committee permis sion to use Main street for races, street events and an open - air dancing pa vilion. Fourth of July celebrations are planned at Haines and at Unity. Organization has been perfected by the women's auxiliary chapter of Baker post. American Leg-ion, with 60 mem bers. The auxiliary Is planning cooper ation with the Legion' .in a series of dances to raise funds to send delegates from Baker to the state convention of the American Legion at Astoria. ' , , Adventists to Build School Near Spokane Spokane. Wash.. June 18. An Advent lat academic school, one of a number supported by the national conference of the Seventh Day Adventlst church, will be established in or near Spokane; ac cording to Information given out at the annual convention of the Columbia River conference of the Adventists at Coeur d' Alene. Idaho. - ' . 135313 California Impressions No. 5 f As usual, the conversa tion heard in an observa-V tion .car runs the whole gamut, from politics to pie and from religion to rebel lion. ' ' '-' ;. To a Portland man inter ested in preaching the gos pel of heating houses with gas (gospel meaning "the good news"), it was rather" pleasant, to overhear the Los Angeles passengers brag about heating with gas, thus solving the heat ing problem and doing away with chores, dust and ashes. AA-a Los Angeles in its spring; climate reminded one "" of . Portland's sunshiny days v and very cool nights. Los Angeles with its bus y streets and crowded hotels reminded one of Portland, and here was another proof that Los Angeles, Hke Portland, was wide awake and progressive, for down -there they heat with gas justrrlike up-to-date Port landers d6; -. . ' Monday, a list of heating ' !1Uli:wiU;'beubIishel'i.to. show you what it cost last winter to heat a home with a Gasco furnace. -: ' , . j , , Have Vou ordered yours? : Material is - scarce "and- L.. constantly advancing. " American Legion Minstrels and Overseas Revue,- Baker Theatre, June 19 and 2Q Don't Fail to Attend, and Bring Your Friends Tickets for Sale at the Baker Theatre Box Office We Give S-Qt H. Green Trading Stamps With Purchases Amounting to 10c or More a Direct Cash Saving on the Money You Spend Trading ' Stamp Books Redeemed on 3d Floor : Candv Specials for Saturday Main' Floor OWK Novelty Chocolates 0 at Ut't put up in full pound boxes special Marshmaitows pi Regular 25c kind. Marsbmallows put up in tin boxes, "fl Qs Priced special at Xl SHRINE EMBLEMS, ,x ' -RINGS, f . 'SCARF PINS, : CHARMS, . " .pendants, buttons, etc. JEWELRY DEPT., 1ST FLOOR The Standard Store of the Northwest Olds., Wortai&n & KiinnS I Reliable Merchandize Reliable Methods SODA . . FOUNTAIN AND ICE CREAM PARLORS IN BASEMENT , LIGHT LUNCHEON , SERVED 11 A. M. to 2 it Model Grocery English Walnuts, Soft Shell Almonds. 0(lr or Brazil Nuts, Special for Saturday at Out Curtis' Kippered Sardines the regular OQ 3Sc size special on sale Saturday at Call Marshall 4800, or A-6231 The June White Days and Discount' Sales End Tomorrow I In Preparation for Shriners Week Festivities Thrifty Shoppers Will Save Considerable By Coming To This Store 2! Notable Sales of Women's Coats Hundreds of Garments to Choose From $44.98 LOT i Women's and Misses Coats of Wool Velour, Polo Cloth, Silvertone, Wool Jersey and ; Tricotjne. Dressy Coats' and the more practical styles for sport and motor wear. Plaited, belted and box effects. Many -smart dolman and cape styles in the lot. Most de sirable colors are included. CQy QO Priced special for Saturday OOrxeaJO r Garment Store,) 2d Floor LOTf 2-fCamelshalr, Polo" Cloth, Velour, Silvertone and other popular materials. Dressy loose models with larte sleeves and I collars suitable for afternoon and evening wear also utility styles for sport, motor and street wear? The sea son's best colors are repre- QAA QQ sen ted. All sizes. Special Lingerie Waists at $2.25 Bargain Circle, Main Floor ; Main Floor Smart tailored styles with tucked fronts others trimmed with pretty laces. Square colored collars "or roll collars with bow ties. Plain, checked and striped materials and a number of styles made in fine sheer fabric with colored dots. These have the new long collars of white organdie. Full range (PO OfT of sizes in the offering. Priced very special for Saturdays selling at DiiO Women's Bathing Suite Second Floor Our new stock of Women's and Misses' Bathing Suits is now com plete. Wool, Cotton and Mercerized Cotton materials. Latest styles and colorings. Cotton Bathing Suits $1.95 to $4.75 Wool Suits priced at $5.50 to $13.50 WOOL SWEATERS in all styles and I SILK SWEATERS in great variety of colors. Prices range $9.50 to $32.50 I styles. Prices range $38.95 to $65.00 $18 to $35 Summer Hats In a Sale at $15 Sond Floor Lovely new Hats of Georgette Crepe in the .season's best colors White Milans Novelty. Silk Hats Leghorn Hats Mallne Hats fresh, dainty styles for the Summer season. Models for sport, street and dress occasions. Special shipment Just ar rived. Values up to 35.00. flJTK ftfl Priced special for your cholJe at OlO.UU Trimmed Hats Half Price! $12.50 $15.00 $20.00 $22.50 $25.0Q Trimmed Trimmed Trimmed Trimmed Trimmed Hats special Hats special Hats special Hats special Hats special $6.25 $ 7.50 10.00 11.25 $12.50 New White Hats At $10 ; Second Floor Wonderful values in this special offering. Beautiful new White Hats of Georgette. Only a limited number in the sale. -Large, medium and small effects. Don't overlook this wonderful opportunity. C" A f White Hats on sale Saturday priced special at OXUeVV -Women's Black Sport Sailors, Special $4 ? - All Girls' Coats Half Price 2nd Floor Tike your pick' of any Girl's Coat Satur day at Just half the regular selling price. All new 1920 styles made up in Serges and Mixtures in the best , colors. Lines are somewhat; broken . not all sizes in each style, but sizes from 2 to 14 in the sale. Coats formerly sell ing at $9.50 to $49.50 now at $4.25 to $24.75 Girls' Silk Dresses Reduced Second Floor Girls' Plaid Silk Dresses in many pretty colors. Ages 12 to intermediate. On sale QIQQFt Saturday priced special OiiVeOtl Odd line of .Girls' Silk COI Kfl Dresses priced special at wULk0J All Girls' Suits At 1-3 Off Ivory Soap I Special OCp ! 4 Cakes Oi Main Floor No deliveries and none sold at above price except with other purchases made in the Drug Depart ment. Not more than 4 cakes to each customer. Saturday spe- OKf rial nn sale at 4 cakes onlv tli cakes only Toilet Needs Lavoris 3 sires at 25c 50c $1 Squibb's Petrolatum $1 6 for $5 Sal Hepatica 33c 65c and $1.25 Santiseptlc Lotion priced at 45c Mcnnen's Shaving Cream at 50c Kolynos Tooth Paste tube at 28c P rophylactic Tooth Brushes for Adults Sale 35c Pepsodent Tooth Paste tube '50c Squibb's Talc Powder a can 23c Elcaya Vanishing Cream Only 59c Piver's Face Powder at only $1.50 Long Silk Gloves at $2.19 ' Center Aisle First Floor Main Floor Women's fine - quality Milanese Silk Gloves in the much wanted 16-button length. - Full assortment of sues m White. On sale at less than maker's cost today.- , Pair w " S $2.19 I Long Black Suede Gloves Center Circle, Flrt Floor--Wom en's long Black Suede Gloves the' famous Claud & Vallier make. ' 16-button length. " We advise purchas ing several pairs, for these are be- Qy QK coming scarcer daily. Special, pair vrUO m tti 2 Clasp Gloves $1.49 Women's 2-Clasp Milanese Silk Gloves with fancy embroidery trim ming,' double finger tips. C" fQ Speciaf for : Saturday at pair 4DJLee7 iChambisette Gloves 55c Women's Cbamoisette Gloves in 2 clasp style. Plain and fancy pointings. Broken range of sizes. White CC only. Special on sale at pair. OOC Sale Ribbon Remnants Made Up Inter Bows Ready to Wear! Main Floor In going through our ribbon stock we' have come across a large number of remnants and short pieces which must be disposed of quickly. These have been made up into Hair Bows and will go on sale Saturday at special prices. Ribbons of standard qualities only and, of course, the best selling shades. Buy all your Hair Bows here and save l5c.to 20c on each bow you purchase! $7.5Q to $10.00 Gossard Corsets $2.98 Second Floor Broken lines of the famous "Gossard" Cor sets at ar sacrifice price to close them out quickly. . Models which have been discontinued by the maker, but all are of good style and the materials are of the very best quality. SIZES 19 20 21 2631 32 33 34 35 36 ONLY - All sales are final no exchanges and no credit allowed. Corsets selling formerly at $7.50, $8.50, $10.00. QO QQ Priced very special for Saturday's selling at only D-lee70 t . Corset Salons, Second Floor. , Regular 50c Handkerchiefs At 39c 1;39c Kfein Floe Women's Sport Silk Hand kerchiefs in a variety of dainty color combinations. These are . from our regular 50c lines.. Priced spe cial for Saturday's selling French Linen 'Kerchiefs At 65c Mein Floor Dainty Summer Handker chiefs hand print linens and Belfast prints with hand embroidered dots on colored linens; Regular 75c flKA and 95c grades special now at UUls Women's Collars and Sets Main Floor Neckwear of : refinement from makers who turn out only the best Collars and Sets In a great va riety of etyles lucked, ruffled, plaited, hemstitched and embroidered effects. Nets, laces, organdies and crepes. Prices range 65c $1.00 to $10.00 We also show a full line of Neck wear, rufflings, piaitings, nets, crepes, etc., cut any length you may require. $2.75 Neckwear At $1.95 Mein Floor Women's Collars and Fronts of organdie and net materials. Fronts in lace, net and organdie com binations. Special assort- Cf QfT menC Values to $2.75 at DXee7J- Sport Girdles At $1.50 v Main Floor Latest novelty In girdles. Sport Chains with ornamental combina tions In blue, rose, green, steel, etc. Very smart for coat, dress or sweater. On display n Lace Depart- Q fA roent. Priced oq sale, each tDJLeUl NewLeatherBelts 35c to $1.25 Main Floe Women's Narrow Leather Belts' for coats, sweaters and scarfs. Shown in black, brown, navy, tan, white, 'green and various combination colors. Sizes range 3 2 up to 42. Prices range from 35c up to $1.25 .We Give S. & H. Stamps! Camisole Laces 19c a Yard ! $1.25 Dress "Nets at 65c Main .Floor Camisole Laces In Filet and imitation French Cluny effect. Widths from 3 to 4 inches. Many pretty patterns are displayed. Q' Priced special on sale at yard XC Main Floor 72-Inch Nets In "ecru or Paris colors. Also used for curtains and linings. Nets well worth $1.25 a yard. A wonderful buy at JPA the price. Special Sale, yard DOC 36-INCH METALINE CLOTH silver and several pretty colors. ;QO Oft A splendid offerinr -priced special for Saturday's selling at the yard 9aiecJ Basement Sale Serge Dresses $13.5 aent A great opportunity to choose a smart Dress for street or business wear at a remarkably, l6w price. Several different styles. We also include in this sale a number of Woo) Jersey Dresses in wanted colors.' Many of these are very beautifully embroidered. Q" O QK Priced very special for tomorrow, at only vAOeiVcl Women's C3oats At $15.95 Baeenent Utility Coats etyles suitable for motoring and sport -wear. Made op in novelty tweeds. Loose models and some with belts and banded cuffs. Every woman has need for Just such a coat. All QIC QK sizes. On sale in the Basemept at only-OAOeJtf JEORGETTE : CREPE WAISTS in white OQ OQ .and 'many colors. Priced very special, on! $3.50 Madras Shirts at $2.85 Fresh New Stock Just Received Main Floor By taking all the maker had of these good Shirts, we secured them at a substantial ' reduction In price. Fresh, clean merchandise shown for the first time In this sale. - Madras is one of the most serviceable of shirting fibrics, and these. are made of an especially-good quality. Each shirt Is cut in CO QC full standard size, and well made. 3.25 and 3.50 values special af.VeOD Men's $1.50 and S2.00 Ties 9Sc Main Floor Men's Silk Ties In a great variety of beautiful new patterns and colors. - Wide and medium width styles. : Neckwear made to sell at 1.50, QC 1.75 and 2.00. Choice of the offering at wOC Men's Union Suits Underprit2ed KERRY- KUT Athletic Uftion Suits, and comfortable. Priced special on Cooper's Athletic Unloii Suits special at Interwoven Hose -priced from 65e up to $2.25 pair. Shrine Emblem Handkerchiefs at $1.00 and $1.50 Men's 1.25 Fancy Silk Hose special on sale at 73c Men's Bathing Suits $1,50, $4.00 $5.00 to $3.00 Men's Straw Hats $4 to $6.50 s Department, -1st Floor Warm days aheadr Get that Straw Hat and be preparedl - Every wanted straw and shape Is repre sented in our splendid Stock. Come in and try ' them on. Special for Saturday at $4.00 to tC.CO cool ei ern sale at OXeti7 $2.00 SI. 0i J - I' ". f 1 ! 1 Men's Panama Hats $6,00 to 012.00 Main Floor Men's Panama Hats in the most popu lar shapes here, for your choosing at moderate prices. A good Panama will wear several seasons. f1? 'I Large assortment of New Sport Cars now on '"flCdiSDlay. Plaids, checks, plain colors and mixtures. B' --.l 'JL. Trilli-: '.-iV' Women's Trimmed and (TflfO Oiildren's Trimmed and (ta -1 ff HSeHieHl iVlllllIieiriV OJSlie- B4ndSd.Hats,Vals.to5453A0;0'V Untrimmed Hats, Special 0 C