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ASTORIA CARING rnpicniTKiT I uii jLUiiuiiu ni ANNUAL MEETING Astoria, Jaus. 1 14. With the ap pointment 'ot various commissions the anual convention of the State Editorial isaociatlon got. well under way and Was able to close the pro pram in every detail Friday night. The huisine session Friday morn Ins was opened by the appointment of the follojwing standing committees for the convention: . Resolutions E. K. Brodie. Oregon City, chalrntan ; A- E. t rost, Corvallis ; K. A. KoenJ Dallas; Ceorse P. Cheney, Enterprise 3 jrabert Bede, Cottage Grove. Nominatldnn 8. C. Morton. St. Helens, chairman ; John T, Hoblett, Sllverton s O. I. Hamstreet, Sheridan ; A. E. Scott, Forest Grcrte. and Fred Wolflen, Bend NecrdlogyUn. U Gill. Woodburn ; Fred Baker, Tillamook ; - It. H. Jonas, Beavrton ; 1 Hal E. Hoss, Oregon City, and I'aul Robinson, Banks, i DELEGATES REGISTERED The following delegates registered at the : opening of the convention : EJ A. Koen. Dallas; A. E. Frost. Cor vallis ; Paul Robinson, Dallas ; Hat E. Ho-. Oregon City: C. J. Mcintosh, Cor vallis : ; O. iC. Lelter, PorUtnd ; O. D. Hamstreet. Kherldan ; W P. Strandborg, Portland; R. H. Jonas, Baverton: A. C. Scott, Forest Grove; M. R. Chessman ind Lee Drake, Astoria; Fred C Baker, Tillamook J John T. Hoblltt and Flora F. Hoblitt, fjllverton ; George P. Cheney, Enterprise : j Herbert U Gill, Woodburn ; C. E. Ingal, Corvallis; Frank 1$. Snow, Corvallis t i Eric -i W- Allen, 1 Eugene i Homer L. TJoberts, Corvallis; EL, B. Aid rich, Pendleton ; Mrs E. B. Aldrlch. lendleton; I- Edgar McDaniel, North Bend. i - : The advance . guard of the delegates arrived on the trains and boats Thurs day evening, and more came a't noon Friday, rwhiie there are a number who have wired '(that they could noti get here before Friday night. These later will Include B. F. Irvine, editor of the Port land Journal, and Edgar Piper, editor of the Portland Oregon ian. lAXGXElt jlSTEBESTS HEARERS The two most Interesting talks during the forenoon) session were made by Fred A: Wolflen, advertising manager of the Bend Bulletin, speaking on the subject, "Gain the Confidence of Tour Adver tisers," and i by J. - F. Langner, manager of the farms department of ths Oregon Journal, whp spoke on "The Value and Purpose of tan Advertising Service De partment toi a .Newspaper." Iangner. in emphasizing the value of an advertising servicer department to a newspaper, paid in part ; "Newspaper publishers' have a direct interest in seeing mat aaverusing in columns pays the advertiser.. If an advertising campaign Is a ' failure, the space buyer! usually blames the medium, when as a matter of fact in' this case It Is distribution which is at fault." SEE SCEXfC POIXT8 V ! - The t delegates and the women' were taken this evening for an auto sight seeing trip (about ths city. -which in cluded a visit to the various canneries, the port docks around Smiths point, and back over the loop to the city park, and from there to the convention hall, where the arternojon session was held, with the following speakers on the program : E. E. Broie, of Oregon City Enter prise and the president of the National Editorial association ; i E. ' C Kben of Dallas. U. S Senator Charles I Mc Nary. Thef latter spoke on the subject, "What Congress Discovered About Print Paper." ! . x - . Herbert quthbert of the pacific North west Tourist association, and W. P. Strandborg,! vice president of the Asso-T elated Advertising Clubs of the World, of Portland, also spoke. SATtBDAt PROGRAM The big entertainment feature tor the day will be the ball at Dreamland. The program for. Saturday s , r 9:05 a. ni "Intensive circulation De velopmental E P. Hopwood. circulation manager, the Oregon tan ; "Development of Agricultural Advertising." C. J. Mc intosh, publicity director , Oregon Agri cultural college extension division ; "A Code of Laws for Oregon Newspapers." Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of Journalism,,1 University of Oregon. 'ii :3V a.) m. Ladies or editors leave Astoria aaguests of women's Civic club on a trip tp Warrenton and Ft. Stevens. 11:00 M.-Luncneon for ladles at War renton by I Warrenton Commercial club and the ladles of the "Youngest Sea -t A Trust j . To Serve You .' ' . ! Third at Stark port" ; trip toFt. Stevens after luncheon. 1 :30 P4 M "The Non-partisan League and the Press George K- Aiken, pub lisher Ontario Argus. Report of Secre tary Lloyd Riches. Report of commit tees. Election of of fleers. t i :00 P. M. The business of the con vention permitting, the delegates will be taken for a water trip over the harbor. :20 IV M. Annual banquet at Wein-hard-Astoria hotel. , " : - - During hla talk this evening EL E. Brodle. director of both the State and National Editorial associations, pointed out ths toig range In advertising prices charged ; by various papers In the state as proof of the lack of definite stand ards. . He presented the scale worked out by the National Editorial association, after anj exhaustive study of advertising problems, which scale, he Said, must be charged Iff newspapers hope to absorb a part of the ever-increasing cost of doing buidness, . r v f The scale ; recommended by the Na tional Editorial association, is as tol lows : 1 . i ' . r For newspapers of COO or less circula tion, 20 tents an Inch ; for newspapers of 1000 or ! less circulation. 25 cents ; for newspapers of 1500 or less circulation, 20 cents:; for newspapers of 2000 or less circulation, 15 cents ; for newspapers of 2500 or less circulation, 40 cents. 1 i"It will be noted." Brodle said,' "that the base, rate for newspapers of 500 or less circulation is 20 cents,; and that the Increase! la figured at the rate of 6 cents for each I additional 600.'' This Is the flat rate and Brodle granted the right of papers to rtduc rates on the basis of big space or frequency of insertion. . ;i .i - m f Freight' Minimum Is Subject of Meeting Of Joint Commission .;. ,;j ;!:,! ;;!- .y-. y-. Salem; Aug. 14,--Fred G, Buchtel and Fred A. Williams, public! service com missioners, returned Thursday from Se attle, wihere they met Tuesday In Joint conference with: the Washington and Idaho commissions. They considered the applications of the North Pacific Mill ers' association for a discontinuance of the 60.800 pound minimum freight load ing requirement on shipments of flour and feed. - The millers -oppose the; minimum on the ground that it is too i high for the small shipper; whereas the railroads favor the minimum as a saving in cars, ir ; ; . j " ; '1 Both isldes to the controversy have been instructed to submit printed briefs to the commissions of the three states and a decision is 'expected within 30 daya f . i f Foreign1 Banks Not Allowed to Solicit Business in Oregon Salem. Aug. 14.' Foreign banks cannot lawfully! advertise ' their ! business In Oregon I newspapers nor by means of circulars and letters seeking patronage from residents of this state with the intention that deposits shall be mailed directly to the : bank. This is the hold ing of Attorney General Brown in an opinion ! Just prepared - for Will H. Bennettj state superintendent of banks. In another 5 opinion prepared for Bennett! the attorney general holds that any corporation. Including a ( banking corporation, organised under the. laws of Oregion, has the right t to take out group life: insurance for the benefit of Its employes. f . ' : ' " -.. Apoplexy Takes War Veteran and G. A. R. Adjutant at Astoria Astoria. Aug. 14. Ben F. Allen, state adjutant of the G. A. R.. died suddenly Friday afternoon, as a result of a stroke of apoplexy. He was 76 years of age and up until - an hour before his death had been In ordinary health. The de ceased came to Astoria from Illinois. In 186S. and has since resided in this city. During j the Civil War he served with a Massachusetts regiment. For many years he has i been actively connected with the G, A. B. and at the recent convention in Astoria was elected as a delegate to the national convention. , He is survived by two children, Dan Allen of Astoria and Mrs. Ada Freud of Chicago. , , Adventists at Brownsville Brownsville, Aug 14. Seven Day Ad ventists have opened gospel meetings in a big tent here with Evangelists William T Hilgert and Ross Dustin preaching. Now PERHAPS you might prefer to see yourwishesexecutedandyourfamily provided for now, thus satisfying yourself in every way that .the future safety of your heirs is assured. Through a Voluntary Trust this is easily possible. By the terms of such a trust you can set aside a certain portion of your funds now. Without relinquishing control of the principal, you can have the income paid .eithef to yourself or to any person you designate, r : Voluntary i trusts are frequently made i to assure a steady income for the person creating the trust,; I to assure the education of children, to create an independent income for daughter, wife or an aged parent, s I ' 'BANK' OF-:.-. CALIFORNIA. N. A -A NATIONAL BANK Member FederaTRescrvc System " t Portland " Oregon CHICAGO PLANS TO LAND ON RENT: HOG BY SPECIAL LAWS Chicago, Aug; 14.-Cllicago Is mobilizing to fight the "rent hogs." All over the city Indignation or ganizations are cropping up with the avowed purpose of battling profiteer ing landlords to a standstill. ; At a meeting Monday, the Rogers Park and Wilson Avenue associations will con aider plans of organizers and speakers to groups of tenants who desire to air their grievances. j Preparations for a dtywlde organisa tion of tenants will be made at a mam moth mass meeting, Monday night, at American Legion halL A central body, through which the various tenant ogran izations cart cooperate. Is to (be formed. Meanwhile a committee of aldermen from the city council and committee of aroused .tenants will Journey o Supring fleld to petition Governor LoWden to call a special session of the sate j legislature to cope with the session. ; - If the special session is cail 1 ed, ' a bill drawn along the lines of the present New York anti-profiteering law wijl be Intro duced. Such a bill has been drawn up by Alderman Mulcahy, father of fthe resolu tion passed by the city council calling upon the governor to act. I With the approach of expiration dates for leases. September 1 ahd October 1, the housing situation has reached a cri sis. Real estate offices are beseiged with anxious people seeking . a place to live. At practically all offices they are in formed that there are no homes or fiats for rent and In ' those instances where flats are vacant or about to be, exorbit ant prices are demanded, t Some home seekers are driven to the point of offer ing rewards for information that will lead to their getting a place to live. Thousands occupying flats have been of fered the alternatives of moving when their lease expires or paying a stiff raise in rent. ( Lebanon Warehouse Destroyed by! Fire; Buildings Menaced Albany, Aug. 14. Fire at Lebanon Thursday afternoon destroyed the Kreig & Higgins warehouse, valued at $1000 with its contents of feed and flour, also valued at $1000, according to word re ceived in Albany Friday. The fire is believed to have started from a planing mill engine. Situated on the Southern Pacific railwajr right of way, near the burned building. The ori gin of the blase Is said to have been in the roof on the side that faded the en gine. The loss is said not to be covered by insurance. Lumber belonging to C. C. Stewart, lying adjacent to the (warehouse. was damaged slightly. Sparks from the burning building ignited the Frank Par ish R very stable roof, two blocks away. But this fire was extinguished before se rious damage resulted. j The burned warehouse was I within 600 feet of the Southern Pacific depot its con tents are said to have been small by com parison with it's capacity and consisted of two or three tons of hay and 14 sacks of flour. The fire started at 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon. ; I Big- Cougar Seen t On Herman jOfeek Hood itiver, Aug. 14. Jofin Baker, prominent attorney here, while driving his auto over the highway (near Her man creek at about 10 :30 on Wednesday night, ran Into a full grown cougar. The animal had apparently become confused from the glare of the auto lamps and as the car approached ft backed away; jumping from side to -aide j for many yards. Realizing that he wouM probably collide with the animal, f John Baker stepped on : the gas, but Jtast as he steadied himself for the shock, the cou gar Jumped clear of the car afrid escaped injury.- As the car sped by hin he made another leap for it. but jumped short.. A band of sheep is grazing In the vicinity of Herman creek and it is believed that the cougar was after muttonj For speedier loading and unloading of passengers London's underground rail way system has adopted cars; with five side doors tha,t are quickly opened and closed. i Lad Jumps From Train; Leg Is Out - Off at the Knee i i Pocatello. Idaho, Aug- 14. When he Jumped from a train as it pulled Into McCammon early. Thursday . morning, Richard Bacon, 16 years old, of Court land. Ohio, - slipped nnder the car, and Ms left' leg: was severed "at the knee. It is said young Bacon was beating his way from Ohio to the coast and boarded the train at Brighara City, lUtah. : As ths train slowed down at McCam mon, . Bacon attempted to slide down from his perch on top of j the baggage car. He fell and was J momentarily stunned, .his leg falling across the rail, the wheels passing over it and cutting it off completely Bacon was given first aid and rushed to a hospital, where he is in . a dangerous condition due to loss of blood, . . -4.--V- -; - ! George Evans, who broke jail at La Grande. Or., September 13, 1917, while being held on a grand larceny charge of alleged horse" stealing,. Was captured late Wednesday by Sheriff George Froman and deputies at Star. . ; f; i-x : h Chamber of Commerce directors Tues day night adopted resolutions support ing plans of the Idaho Central Railroad company for construction iof a railway line from Twin Falls, to connect in Nevada with a rail outlet to the Pacific coast, and data for use in urging upon the interstate commerce commission the necessity for. authorizing: -construction of the proposed line. h ; ' ; Cecil R. Peckham i of Wilder has re signed his nomination for representative on the Democratic ticket, to accept the nomination for the same office on the Independent ticket of the j Non-partisan league. . : " . j . . IS THREATENED , Medford, Aug. 14. As a result of open threats of violence .against W. II. Johnson,, president of the Jack sonville bank, which was closed on Wednesday, county authorities are considering placing an armed- guard around the jail. Johnson was given a 1 hearing this morning in the justice court, and his bail fixed at 160.000. Prosecutor Roberts. In asking for such a large security, said the object was to Insure Johnson's ap pearance . when wanted. It 4s expected that other charges will be; filed against Johnston. Citizens of Jacksonville who had money in the bank, and are hard hit by the closing are plain spoken in regard to Johnson. j ! It has become, known that the condi tion of the bank was well known, and many who had money were given tips to withdraw; their deposits. Portland Tourists .Develop Measles In Eastern. Oregon i La Grande, Aug. 14. ill luck befell the J. F. Robertson family of Port land, who are touring -by automobile. for upon reaching the La Grande tour- ' let campground it was discovered that ! Mrs. Robertson, and the two children had the measles. As the hospital here was mil and could not take the patients, the neighbors near the campgrounds took care of the suffering people and the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Eckley was opened toi the strangers, where they are fast recovering as the result of good Care. h i . i Complimenting Miss Ruth Cochran, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coch ran of Portland, who Is visiting in the city, Mr. and j Mrs. George! Cochran en tertained the I members of I the younger set on Monday evening at an informal dancing party. j Miss Naomi Williamson! of this city and G. A. MtfXelll of Rochester. N. Y., were married here Thursday morning at the home bf the bride's j mother, Mrs. John T. Williamson. Revj G. L. Clark of the Presbyterian church: at Pendleton officiated. . ! Night Grew Is Off at. Springfield Eugene, Aug. 14. Confirming .the prediction ; made some . time ago, the Booth-Kelly ' .Ltjmber company i on Thursday took off the night crew of about 150 men at its plant at Spring field. During the last few weeks the plant has been run with two shifts of men for four days out of I the week as a means of holding the employes to gether, but owing to the continued shortage of cars it was found impos sible to dispose of the j output fast enough to keep the" yards i cleared. The plant at Wendling still continues on full time with one shift, j Kale Smith, by , the - bursting of i a tire on his j motorcycle, was thrown from the machine against; a pole, sus taining injuries that Willi confine him to bis bed for several 'weeks. : j. r' .- ! - Mrs. A. - O. - Stevens of this ; city, pio neer, died Thursday. She was80 years old and came across the plains by ox team : in 1832. Her death' occurred on the sixty-fifth anniversary! of her wed Ung day. I -V I .. -' After a shut-down of several weeks the mill of the Fisher - Lumber com pany at , Marcola will begin operations Monday, according to a statement of Manager " Carl E. Fisher 4 today. The mill has a: capacity of 65,000 feet - a day.. : . t i - i 1 . - According, to '. plans of .Master Fish Warden Clanton, . a car containing 200, 000 trout fry has been consigned to Junction - City for . distribution In the small streams : In that vicinity. These streams have been among the most popular, fishing grounds 1b the state but are in danger of depletion. - Garage at Ontario . Destroyed rby Fire i Ontario. Aug. 14. Hopper Brothers' garage on North Main - street was de stroyed by fire last night ;The loss was about $8000, t half covered by insurance. The building belonged' to T. H. Mocre, whose loss Js s $6000, partially covered bv -insurance, . .!.?..?- ua. -. -.V BANK PRINT Miller & Tracey. Vl;j j t . .Funerals for Lest Main 2691 ' ' 578-85 CLATSOP COUNTY'S FIRST BIG FIRE I IS UNDER CONTROL f Astoria; Aug. : 14. The entire crew Tat the Saddle Mountain Timber company's big logging camp. In the Lewis and Clark river district. Is fighting a forest fire which has .been burning in the company's hold ings since "Wednesday noon.f j . Word received from the camp Friday pays the flames are under control. No estimate of the, damage' was given. The fire was confined to the green timber, where it burns slowly, and for that rea son Its spread was much easier to check. There was no damage to the company camp, and the loss in equipment was said to be -only nominal. ; This fire is the only ons of note that has been reported thus far in Clatsop county. Across the Colombia; on the Xasel river, about 100 acres of logged off land near the Niagara Logging com pany's camp has been burned over and a small fire Is still burning in a clear ing on Salmon creek, but the damage has been slight.- ; r- According to United States Senator McXary.- who is in Astoria attending the convention of the State Editorial asf sociation. it is unfair for the govern ment to ask Clatsop county citizens to defray the cost of the Tongue Point naval base site. He will ask congress for a deficiency appropriation with which to reimburse them. :, Green Timfcer Threatened Albany, Aug. 14. Green Umber has been reached by the fire at Duffy prairie near Fish Lake, where 20 men are fighting desperately to curb it, the worst of all fires in the Santiam for est, according to word received at the local forest office. This fire is now passing its eighth day. .Until Friday it had been can fined to an old burn. An airplane patrol from the . Cascade forest reported a ' small fire. ; starting in the extreme southern edge of the Santiam forest. The fire on Blue . river is also reported to be increasing, A few other small fires 'are reported to be smoking.. Fire Near Bull Run ' Sandy. July 14. Although it was 98 in the shade at Sandy. -Friday after noon, 20 men stuck at their posts, fight ing the fire which covers 20 acres in Will .. , No" one. can hope to avoid paying his share of the railroad worker's wages and. the cost of new railway extensions and improvements, by merely refusing to travel. 'Every pound of food eaten, every ton of fuel burned, every garment worn and eyery stick of timber entering into jhe construc tion of homes will contribute its shareV to the gigantic total, reasons the Washington Post, which estimates that it means a per capita tax of $12.00 on every man, woman and child in the country for higher freight rates alone, and perhaps $15.00, when all the increases are taken into considera tion. In view of such estimates THE LITERARY DIGEST; believes it worth while to gather for its readers the views of! leading authorities in various mportajit industries on the precise effect of the new rates in their respective fields. In some cases the statements wre found in newspaper inter views, in others they come in response to direct telegram and telephone queries. At any rate, this summary of opinion has been incorporated in an interesting and instructive article in THE LITER ARY DIGEST for Other news-articles which are sure to interest The Employer's Duty to Employ Japan Taking Saghalien The Dry Drive on Cox Silver Lining on Business Clouds j A Supreme Court for Quarreling Nations England's "Iron Heel" in Ireland i Is Japan Map-Making in Asia? A French Tribute to Uncle Sam Opening the Gate of the Great Lakes Whiskey-Selling Doctors How Butterflies Hear To Avoid Poisoning by Automobiles New Prairie Architecture Many Interesting Illustrations, August 14th Number on Sale Todav J. - TI a f Mark el Y Distinction to 1 I Do a Reader oil I The Literary M Y Digest - J FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY (PubCshen of the "logging! near the Cameron & Hogue sawmill, near Bull Run. The conflagra tion was reported under control by Fire Patrolman Larson who has the work in charge. '' The fire Is mainly in stump age and few good, trees have been dam aged. Worlc on Plant -At North Bend To : Start Soon North Bend. Aug. 14. It 'is announced that the Menesha Woodenware company of Menesha. Wis,' owners of vast timber areas In this county, will begin work on the first 'unit of their plant at North Rend within a few weeks. -; - ; Details regarding rights of way to the site purchased from the Simpson estate have been adjusted.' The . plant . when entirely finished will be a large one. , The North Bend Mill & Lumber com pany announces that it will. In a few days, close down its large logging camp at . Davis slough, on account' of the car shortage. ' The company has on hand about ,8.000.00.0 feet of logs and is- tak ing logs from the Vaughan company under an. old contract, so they can con tinue to operate the mill for some time, providing the .car shortage does not cause too great a congestion of lumber in the mill, yards. The camp, which employed about 100 men, will be closed indefinitely. The C. A. Smith company announces that it will rebuild at once the shingle mill which was recently destroyed by fire. ; The mill will be managed by Fred Moore, whp had under lease the one burned. Several cedar camps are de pendent on Uits shingle mill for their market. :. " : Grain Jby Hundreds Of Bushels on Fire Ashland. Aug. 14. Friday night word ieached Ashland of the loss by fire' &t bet w ten 600 and 800 bushels ,of barley and wheat and a thresher in the wield of John Morse, four , miles north of Ashland. : The grain w-as insured. Julian Leads in Close Ohio Race Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 14. (I. N. S.) With less than 50 precincts missing W. A. Julian of Cincinnati, is leading Judge A. F. O'Neil of Akron for the Demo cratic nomination for United States sen ator by 2238 votes. Returns give Julian 64.526 : O'Neil. 62.198. '. .. TdDiicIhi August 14th, 1920. You will What To Eat Cooling Foods and Drinks That Make Living Comfortable Even in i the Hottest Weather I ! - ' . I The IS DECLARED FALSE BY ' - - - I - r . I , PROHIBITION "Absolutely false,", is die brand Johnson S. Smitu; federal prohibi tion! dlrector or Oregon.' i puts i on the jCharges of an afternoon news paper that : Ed Wolfe, prohibition agent, -was intoxicated following the raid, and destruction by fire of an illicit distillery at Newbcrg last Wednesday. I . - - i - -' '-."' ! ; "A few soreheads at , New-berg would like to get at us because" we didn't tap the kegs for their refreshment," Smith said! Friday.' I personally 'poured out the entire stock of liquor seized except three pints- which we have here In the office for evidence. i i "Ij personally set fire to the distillery in conformity with the law liiider which we Work. " . j "The very people who. make these charges against Wolfe are the ones who know that he didn't drink. jWhiskay is our) stock in" trade every lone of us could drink if we would, but none of US has. ' ''' "On Wednesday night Wolfe did ad mirable work and deserves a lot of credit for It. He was responsible for the arrest of three much wanted char acters' in ' the raid, I don't I know that he exceeded the speed limit, but I will take the word of those who saw him. If he did order rapid driving he did it in the ! performance of his 'dutyj . : "The fact that Wolfe may have vio lated New-berg's speed laws and the fact that some who saw the raid didn't get a drink Is the source, .of these abso lutely false charges.; - . "1 am personally willing to 'testify that Wolfe did not drink, nor was he in toxicated." - l ' I Alleged Associate of Arnstein Is Deported Washington, Aug. 14. (XT. P. Arthur Kcremont, charged with unlawful entry into the United States from Canada and alleged to be connected with the Nicky Arnstein, case, was today deported across the j Canadian border, the labor depart ment announced. ' ,1 - T DRUNK CHARGE CHIEF Fauiiily rmm wish to read it: are: In Hot Weather Can Popular Songs Be "Stamped Out"? The Churches to Bridge the "Bloody Chasm" j Protestant Neglect of the Child Fewer Pulpit "Frealcs and Fakes" v Golden Butter and ' Golden Dollars Some of the Men Behind the Boat That Won j When Yankee Coolness Saved the Mexi can Reserve i Railway Trains That Spread Bolshevik .Propaganda Mapping Air Routes for Commercial Flying j i Topics of the Day Best of the Current Poetry ' Including Humorous Cartoons News-dealers 10 Cents the Fot NEW Stahd.rd Dictionary). NEW YOKE- Increased Railroad Eates May Become Effective Aug. 26 New supplements to freight and pas senger rate tariffs were filed with the Oregon public service commission Sat urday morning by all the railroads serv ing this state. In time to give the neces sary 10 day. notification, so the Increased rates authorised recently by the Inter state "Commerce commlnsion may be come effective August 28. While the Interstate Commerce com mission only requires a five duy notifi cation period,, the Oregon statute.- re quire a 10 day notice on new tariff ar rangements. In the state of Vanhlntin the railroads will be allowed to file rive days before the date set for the new rates to become effective. - Under these supplements all. passenger rates are increased 20 pr cent, while freight rates are increased 25 per cent in the Pacific division and 83-1-3 per cent on Kastern shipments. RITZmAN draws 180 days in jail E. J. Hltzman, 19, driver of the automobile that struck and fatally Injured 6-year-old Donald Harvey, 883 East Tenth street north, on Tues day night, was Friday afternoon sen tenced to serve 180 days in the cltjr Jail following his conviction on a charge of reckless driving. He will appeal and Is out under $500 bull. Ritsman. a resident of Toledo, Wash., ran . Into the Harvey child at Kast Ninth and Mason streets Tuesday night, in-' flictlng Injuries from which the boy died' the following day. A coroner's Jury Wednesday night held Ritsman not culpable. . Ritsman told the court that his brakes were" not faulty, as did R. N. Goodwin, who had driven the machine some dis tance down the Columbia river highway the fame day. , He said that he kept turning to the left from . the center of the street in which direction- the child was rolling an auto tire, in an effort to avoid the boy. He struck him near the curb, John Relsbick of 412 Monroe street, testified, who said the front wheel passed over the boy's neckT He rushed to the child and picked him up, he de clared. $4.00 a Year -