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G cny pay checks ; : WILL NOT BE GUT; I BUDGET FlIJfSHEO , The threatened wholesale reaction of the salaries of city employes by .th tax Supervising- and conservation 'tomnli atoe. approximating l0,0OO, which bu been hanging like a dark cloud ef disas ter ever the city baJl for th last week. ' nissioBer Sabin' opposition yesterday afternoon and will not M nadftj ' -)' -:" i Chairman Mulkey and Commissioner poldamita stood aide by aide In I support Pt tha pro position to reduce the wares Of common laborers, now drawing $4.80 a day. to f4; those, recslvlng; lf.fi day ployes S per cent of their present scale. Commissioner Sabin ref used to aland With them, thr effort went by tha board1 and the salaries will remain las they t present are Hated In the city bud get . . . ., , I ,,, ( (--. VVtJ BCDOET riKISBEO ' ' This deoislon finished the work of tha rommiaeion on the city budget Thia Reaves the city council, with a net re duction of U67.205.17 in the figures su ty ro itte4. to the tax commission. The bud get a submitted carried a total of 4.07S3T80.7S. With the commission through with it the total stands at f 3.717,875.58. The commission ordered Reductions totaling 27.250 In the fon tern plated expenditures of the city overtunent during the coming yf) ar. The remainder ot the net -reduction 'la ac counted ifor bv Increased Income esti- : inates ordered by the commission and by the readjustment of tha income earn ings of the automobile camp andj the Ce dars detention home. r I The city auditor's office wan given pack J3000 for clerk and - stenographic hire at Monday's meeting of the com mission, half of the turn taken! at 'the Saturday meeting. The Bum "of 129,000 for the bridge repair fund and 1180.000 for a -city emergency fund were allowed, : these Items having been passed for final "consideration at the Saturday.' meeting. The sum of 15310, put into the budget to , eare for the salaries of engineer ex pected to be hired for the new If ire en gines, the purchase of which waa strick en from the budget, also was carved out ABHT AGAI5ST CVT I -. commissioner, Sabtn, In stating his po sition against the proposal ot pis col leagues to slice the salary appropria tions, gave an outline of his thought re garding; the problem. I 4 "My idea Is this," he' said. "The world stopped In 1914 uv.A ceased to go on as .it naa oeen; accustomea to ao. . inert was a general Inflation all over the world.- The price of all labor rose rap idly nntll mior men who had been drawing-- $2 -and $3 a day got several times that amount. In soma instances as much as soo per cent more- than, they had been accustomed to earnings ' "Moving with this Increase In wages. .the cost of living rose until 'It reached 1U peak In June, 1921. when It wka more than 100 per cent over 1914. Since that "time It haa declined until in September ef thla year It had dropped back to (0 per ;eent. So. at this time, 11.60 In money will buy what could be bought with ft In 1914. .. V 1111 . .V.t . V .. 1 Jl wun willing w aaume ui.k iuiv Bar arlea of city employes in 1914 were, not excessive, hut about fair, and It ta bard for me to see how a policeman .the street cleaner or the fireman eould get Jong on much lass ths4 he received. "Has the increase of aalarieaj of city employes approximated the -increase, in the coat of llvlngT Apparently rt oia not. IJvina costs went up 104 &r To! and wares from 40 to CO per cent day the compensation' of city employes. - purchasing : power con side red. Is less than in 1914. Now we have aQ taken the same oath of office and we have All tried here ta eliminate surplusage in city x- - pendltures, and we have agreed with one or two differences, but here la an Im portant matter running into large ii urea and affecting many people,! Believ ing, as I do, that the 1914 salaries were not excessive, I cannot see my way clear to vote tor reductions now." I IDTJCTIOjr, SAYS GOLDSMITH , Commissioner Goldsmith was i for the T think there should bo a slight re duction," he said. "If we are going to asake a start toward getting- down to a. normal condition, all must make sacri fices. I am making a lot myself, mora than I am asking these people to make. I don't think we should go back to the eld 1914 level of wages, but we should make a slight reduction.'' i f v ; i "The poslUon of the chair la this." Sen- 'ator.Mulkev said. VWlta reference to common labor In general , the board, of I ..Kit.tiAn th Portland RaiiwaV. r . Ught Power company has established a basis under 24, so that I think tha basis of ft for the city is ample for this class of labor. -. "The law ot supply and demand is one no one can set aside, The Question of deflation 4s important and should per- . xoeato all Questions between employers and employe, in private as well as in publta service. I t "The figures show a decrease In the Cost. of livtnr. There is a long list of applicants on the civil service lists, and when ' you consider the taxpayers, the burdens they are under, the Inequall" ties of the tax laws, it seems to me that the items of supply and demand! and re dactions in the cost of living should be reflected in salaries. A modest reduc tion from $4.10 to $4 and of Mr cent Ought '-to be reflected.". . jVI- --;v commissioner Sabin took up the dls- .niuioa whelk, rfulkev bad eonnluded. i. "The report of .the Portland Railway, Light at Power company ia very inter Give Wisely O To protect our. deserving lchif-."- itable organizgtioBs, lnvestigite all soUcititidns for chirity be fore miklnr donations. CtU this Bureau. Ko Chargo tor Serrkesl BETTER J USINESS UREAU cftisPcrihsdAd dab Wwy. 2605. 30S OregowJ Bldg. i I i I Q FOURTH REED "GRAD" . :: WINS RHODES HONOR -1 4 ' V-7 .t' Tom P. Brockway Tom P. Brockway, who thla year was graduated , from Reed college, was chosen Saturday aa the Rhodes scholar from Oregon from a group of 11 candi dates. Brockway with 12 other Rhodes scholars of the United States win enter Oxford univeraKy Jn October, 1922. Besides working to help .pay his was through school Brockway was for three years The Joumal'f correspondent' at Reed he edited the college publication, played football and was -president of school1 organizations. His scholastio record was above the average. Sines his graduation last summer he has been Instructor of English at O. A. C.t The Rhodes' scholarship carries a eti pend of 350 a year. Throughout thi United States there were 606 candidates from which, the sucoeaaful 92 ' wer ehoaen. ' : ' ' Brockway Is tha fourth Red college man to win a Rhodes scholarship. Loyd Haberly waa selected last year aa a scholar at large, and two others Frank Flint and Stephenson Smith were chosen previously. These , three are at Oxford now. i i t eating." ho said, "but it affects only 10 per cent of the men employed by this company and does not touch the clerical, the executive or .the operative forces. And-it should be remembered that the people affected by It are those who come and go. while the city employe's service grows la Value as it continues. I think the city can afford to be a fairly gen erous employer, I sympathise with the executives and yet I would rather vot to cut their pay than that of a bouse man or a patrolman, because the 94000 man can a.ffordt to work for U6Q0 better than -ti 12F man can anora to taa lilt" 1 - Senator Mnlkey replied that tha "skilled executive is an economy, while the untrained laborer can be trained In a short time." ' The record of the commission was fixed to show that a motion had been made to cut the salaries of men now receiving 1415 to 1445. of others receiving fi.10 to $4 and ef all other subordinate employ as; 8 per cent, with Mujlifey and Gold smith voting for and Cabin against. Sentence pi Tacoma Banker Held Up by. New Trial; Order Tacoma, Wash., Dec . (XT. P.) Sen tence in the case of Gustaf Lindners, wholesale grocer and former bank direct or, convioted by a superior court Jury Saturday of illegally borrowing $13,000 from the defunct Scandinavian-American bank, will be deferred until motion for a new trial is arguea Deiorej aage t-najc man. The Jury, after being out z noura, recommended clemency. - . : ' liindberg. aside from ex-president Larson, ia the only bank official to be convicted on charges grpwing out of the bank failure. Center of Reserves Is bought by Bend , T , .... Bend, "Dec. , ical ex-service men mtereeted in the reserve Infantry, are making a fight to locate headquarters iw company tmc reservo uuuim In Bend instead of -Prtae villa, on the grounds that Deschutes county will fur- nisa more tnan naii tne men m we conn nany. Bend is declared to be the logical location for headquarters, because there ia a suitable drill hall here controlled by the legion, as well as large number of reserev officers. rno u N T A I N PENS and EJyer- sliarp pencils ' make ) presents that for every-day usefulness "Cg can't. be excelled. See the new Dunn pen. ; Keep US in Mind for e X - I: ' .: - 5 Prescription CORKER. TH and ALDER, STS. av'cist v Txrn. nvvTV v-tvt-i PBS IE 51 -Si III I I "V Jt t SV f"ASlw MtT" L I lUUUMLliU UUL mm I Roeeburg, Doe, L-By working a on the deputy at the Dougiaa county tall, two prisoner H. Bryan and Glean Kline, alleged automenlle thieves, os eaped early Sunday morning, and . al though a diligent mTth has been made by ShertTX Btartner. no trace of the fngi tivesj has beeiffound. - ' -: V?.' . The two men arv enarged with the theft of an - automobile at Cogens sev eral weeks ago. Tn machine was driven to a point naar' Toncalia ami wrecked. The men .then walked ' into Toncalia and stole another automobile, it i alleged, from the H. I Kruse garage. Thla car (bey drove to Merlin, where they were placed under arrest by Roseburg an thorHiea. t ' I "Dad" Cook, a trustie, serving a 20 day sentence for operating a; "moon shine" still, has been permitted to bring the prisoners meals from a local restau rant each morning. Sunday. Deputy Sheriff SeweU opened the Jail to allow Cook to pass into the "bullpen" with the food. Bryan, one of the prisoners, was In the act of cleaning the ashes out of the stove. ' He waa in his shirt sleeves and wore no hat He asked the officer if be could take the ashes out and dump them. His request was; granted and he disappeared around the corner ef the old Jail building, and when bo failed to ap pear Deputy SeweU grew suspicious. An investigation - showed that Bryan was gone. When SeweU returned to the Jail no found that Kline also bad disap peared. The officers . now believe, that Kline bad Bryan's coat and hat wrapped up in a bundle which bo took from the JaJi, ;- . : ' -v.: . . . Budget for 19221s. . j Same as for 1921 .f HermistonJ Doa, f. The 1922 budget adopted for Eermtaton provides for rais. ing $6250. This amount Is the same aa last year, but the rate win be' a trifle lower aa the assessed valuation haa in creased. Street, lighting cost Is Increased Slightly, due' to the Installation of new lights- The water fund expenses are still high because a payment of $1000 ia due on the new engine purchased for th dtv water variu durlnv tha venr Other stems are $500 for the city library, I aiauv xor Bireet tuns ana 9400 xor toe new tourist park just purchased by the city. . ' . - Twict Santa Clatts is brvb giireg w Oregon ClffUtoM r preseob be help to brighten Chitstmat fog the workn't kWdje,'.'' loci t For th eatrii" present r little reneiiKrweth . ,t int wriat VMM ursmt wrti an Omwih IaKI Tit rr tttr Ortgongifbl " f j ' Clip this Est for Werence, the Mmtda-b-Oreton" land 'for Women Ucroripu fun , DnbIj cainisoIeA. hoodoir . cape, lingerie, neckwear, " blouses and gprons Umbrellas for rainy days Fact craaraa, . perfumes, taka, tad other toilet reqaug Dnstiog ; tJbIes writing desks , -Art raBTOCT Cedar chests , Pottery Indian bianleti Bath robed Knitting yarns . Wood norehia Pkooograpta Outinf tuita Jewelry Eioctrie lamps aad shades Fluff rag Woolen dress 'materials , Oregon wool scarfs, baib ' - Big sorts, tweatera Baskets, Candy,..- Petticoata for Men IVto-thMrmutt hsXs, cap and neckwear . w V : T- ssibbI THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, OREGON. Poultry Meetings , ; Ara Announced for- Washington County Poultry meetings are ""being bold at Washington county points by tho ex tension service of the Oregon Agricul tural college -aa followa : Today, S 40 a. nu,. Forest Orovo, and at 1:15 p. so on the farm ot C..W. Larkln at SchoHs; Wednesday. 9 .30 a. m, at the Beaverton high school. H. E- Coeby, poultry extension 'spe daliat, win conduct i these meetings, which are for the purpose of studying teedtag and management ef winter lay- Anybody interested may attend. Frcbind3 Aids Indicted on Oharge OfrPrauds "byMail Chicago, Dec . . (U. JP.) Charles W. -Frwh; his wife Alberta,, and 13 aldea were indicted by the federal grand Jur bete todar in the IS.OOO.OW alleged oonsplraey ; to, derau4by" vit pf the malls. " -l ' Others indicted were Charles D. Ha yeks, Chicago; Rudolph Cohn, Chicago; Alfredo Streblin, Milwaukee; Elmer Oerber. Cleveland ; Zeubolon Davis, Can ton, Ohio ; Ray IX Swan, Clevemnd ( Sam Strobel, Akron-; John Worthlnfton, ChU oago ; Charles W. Hawkins, French's secretary; ' Wayne' UtUeton, Dayton 1 William Cooper, Chicago ; James U. Ift, Mantua.. Ohio, -: - ; Fatally Injured as Roadster Overturns i Colfax, Waahu, Deo. I When a car witbj three' men overturned, on a steep hill about 10 mUes from Winona. Sunday mgnt Alfred seirres of Coiiag received injuries from which he died within an hour. .James Richardson and Alex Henry, Scifrea companions, ware net injured. The men were in the roadster of Charles u HaeKensie and were on their way to a sheen camp of' Barr A MaeKenaie. Scifrea, who ; was SS years cf age. had lived in "Colfax about three years and was a barber in the O, K. shop. His wife survives hlm. S PAPER AIDS TJjrEMQTBTJ Bakerr Doc I. To help the unemploy. mfent problem, the Baker Herald is of. feang to run work wanted .advertise- menu ai oae-uuro regular rates, or free if indorsed by the secretary of the t. al c A, the T. w, c. A. or the Red cress. ' ; ' j Tell, toot 4ala jroa want for Men For the chap who drhree a car gloves, robes, auto ctsop lota SQk shbts and pajaaaaj Overcoats ' "f Razors and strops Leather belts--piitteea v Satpendert .. J Cozy, warm bathrobes For the out o door maa fishing tackle, ntacUor awa, - golf, sox, outing shoes, bathing suita. Fragrant cigar ; ; Myrtle' wood ash tray Jor Children Wholesome, deCdoaa candies T FTnffy . sweateri, : cap, apron, playsnits and other garmenta Kewpie dolls - Indian doDa Blackboard ; Toy brooxos Baby corrals i BiaHng blocla Bathing raits t ; Boy' outing clothing . Fishing tarklff - Toy paints for malipg old toy Mm Oregon Associated Industries of Oregon SBWA a - . am. . sf Usfi UrcEOB ffflfl-tlaml BUS REGULATORY onuM rrrrr n np mil IMECIAL TASK The epecialvcommlttoe appointed by Governor Olcott to submit to, the ape cial session of the. legislature which eon veneo Decetnber if av measure regulating highway traffic concluded ita publio hearing ef interested parties - Monday and ia sow digesting the different views expressed preparatory to the formula tion of a report on its findings and rec ommendations. jor the purpose of giv ing the members of the legislature some-' thing tangible to work on. It is prob able ,tnat , the 'committee win draft a formal law embodying Its conclusions. ptATTU TETTiTITS , i'. This draft win be submtted on the un derstanding that: ' it - may . be amended, adopted or .rejected as the wisdom of the legislature may determine.; The general. summary of opinion expressed at the bearing Monday was the necessity of placing commercial busses and trucks under public ; service regulation With exemptions in cases where the line be tween private and commercial operation. Is pot clearly marked. It was also the; general sentiment that a special f 00 'should be . extracted from commercial lines for the use of the high, ways baaed either on gross income or hauling capacity per mile.. This fee, it was conceded, should be a nominal one subject-to later revision when more data is available and when highway ' t ; aT ( f) - GIFT SUGGESTIONS ..r-r-A for . , FATHER, BROTHER, OR SWEETHEART MEN'S HEAVY "WEIGHT BATH ROBES asads with Collar sad Tisl en Jftek sad Cord aad Tanek Kegular. , 'lW-Talaes . Se5 lsi'MADE Dreso Shirto Good Assorteii of Fatteras elL MEN'S DRESS Suspenders la Holiday Boxes. AH Hew Stock, Leather Tips, Brass Bsckles aad neaps . OB EXTRA QUALITY TIES TYo TRAINS THAT RUN TTii train includes loco- motive, tender, coach and 4 pieces of track. oil Bed Sen Bed 1 SHzU Ineke witk atattrew Paint Sets Hognlar id Taliea ; .. ALUMINUM WAREi SILVERWARE, SETS OF "A amall Deposit vill transport la on a more stable bent. Bus operators expressed a preference for a tee baaed on gross Income., . , . Aa., important .question raised was whether there should bo a minimum re quirement as to responsibility throwing th use of th biga-waya for ootnmerntaj purposes opes to all who could snoot the requirements . or - whether the pioneer of the ooraniercial Hues .should b stvea preferential right creating a quasi x-' elu&ivo franchise. - . V In the matter . of law enforcement tt waa th unanimeua opinion that there should bo a central authority lodged with the state In order to secure unl foirntty and eliminate local complica tions by giving the slat Juriodtettoa over all hlg-lrwaya - 4 - To compensate counties and cities for the wear and tear on their roads and streets It was suggested that the extra license fee be prorated according to the mileage e.each,...,v-;-;; ',; ;-;;'. lleiMistonMari Givep Appointment -7Di-'ff''j ' ,:- ,-'.-'f,-.-li';. Washlngtoiv Dec t CWAKHINCDON BUREAU OF THE JOURNALS Reore sentative Sinnott today announced the apolntment of Frederic W. Hesson of Herroteton aa .jnMshlpman at the - An napolis naval academy subject to final examinations neat sbriog. Hesson .was the only man to respond at th dtvil service examinations held In seven cities of Eastern Oregon wherein Sinnott lead hoped' to find eligibles for three va cancies, at Annapolis and pno at West reiat military academy, For working to smalt spaces a vacuum cleaner has been Invented having a mo tor and bag that can be carried ia one band and a novate In th other. I.DECEMBER DESIGNER NOW IN THE STORE FOR CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS am FIRST, SECOND AND ALDER STREETS MAE ORDERS PROMPTLY FILIED r1 !' Pfh Women's Strap Pumps Soles. lirht Heels. Children's Dress Shoes II or Chaunparne Tops. Size 2 to 5. yJ y NoHeeb. $1.93. Hlyr uttle red 1X711 Dow,. .Painted If 11CC1 MJGLL 1 Ketal VTheel asd Bed. An ExeepUoaaJ ; Bargain. Begalar 8! Talae . HANDSOMELY DECORATED TIN CHRISTMAS .;l j-;;:;TREEi:-'a-: ORNAMENTS TT Carry a Lara Tsriety f Tree Teee ratleas at very iow rriee. Hake Tear aaleetloas Sow aad Avoid tae &gik. DISHES, ETC. hold an? Article till Ouiatsias. Nicodemus, Charged With Attempt toRob, Faces Astoria Jury Astoria. Deo, IV-Tha trial of C C Nicodemus, charged . with aasault with Inteet to rob. aa a resttit lot th shoot hag of John Jannon at a Clatsop Plains dock peeesrv last September,, began Monday la the circuit court. Janson, wh was shot, and Frank Bay, Who baa pleaded guilty ta doing the actual snooting, were, among those tell ing their wtortea of the rtair, George Hart, -who was acquitted Friday night on a charge similar to that against Nioodemug, also testified, as did Ed Wiseman, ana Charles Tracer, who ad- mit that they were wit ifh the party for part- of the evening. NewHome Occupied "By Erineville Paper 1 Frinevilte, Dee. ; . Th Central Ore gonlan, the only; newspaper fat Crook county, recently purchased by George 11 Flagg, former owner of the Globe-Times at Condon, has moved from its old home la the Benton block i to the Mason k building, one of the best business loca tions in th c4ty. Tha move was made necessary by inereas ia bustoeee aad equipment. t . 'i I BOtTO ASTB MART SAIt Havre, Dee, . (I. N. S.) Douelas Fairbanks and bis wife, "Mary Pickford Fairbanks, are among the passengers on the liner Paris, which .sailed Monday evening tor New. Torav 1 ' Women's Felt 5 Astorted Color and Good Qaal- irr yelt SUpfers wltk Padded k Tvirroai traies er -wits jiwmr 8le asd Aeels. ftlsbe or Fat Trlaintea. AU alsew mm On XeraUr Stock seillsg ap to r." ?., fpesiaT; SLIPPERS Tke ww Vreaeh last Tate Baekle effect, in Black or Brown Beotek Grain Leather wiU lew Heels aad VTaiklsg Also Black v Brawn all with Roles either Cabaa r Frearh A Saris ef $140 Fair. Special 5 - j- Black Kid or Brown Kid or Patent tKid. Turned Solea, Foot form Shaoes. Black. White.. Craw. Maum TOYS!1 Hand TTM . A hriC 8-Inch Plates SOc 6-Inch Plates 3Sc r 17-Piece Hand Painted . TeaSets $4.50 and $5. 50 ' 32-Fiece Hana Painted C' V. ? : 1 '; Tea;Sets;'$S.0O-' s 7-Piece ' ; ,' ,; 7eee bad PaWd .-JfSj BaSSeiie85 ; TUESDAY, DjCELIIjER C, l! Dynamite ''TTsed! to;, Frighten Eedmond : Man,1 Shots Fired : Redmond. Dee. C-fforts to kill X O. Faxnnaav night pusnper tor th Red mond water works, of o scar him from the city cuhntnated with the exnloaloa ot dynamite at the pump nous, which left a bole In th (round and damaged the flume supplying the turbine with water, , A note was left on the door of -he pumn. house threatening Farnham and hi wife unlee they left, signed "Th Big' Four," ' . - Farnham reported that on another night the gate valves in the discharge line were closed and that when he went with a lantern to investigate shots were fired at' him. . The supposition is that someone seeks to profit In soma way by the departure of Farnham. y Mrs. Louisa Bristol Is Dead After Long f Period bf . Illness After a long period of til health, Mr. Louisa Bristol. 154 Chapman street, died suddenly Monday- at her homa She was found m th woedahed about 10 :I , o'clock by members of her family. Th body was taken to Finleys undertaking parlors. - - ' - Mrs. Bristol is survived by ber sons, Claude M. Bristol and Roland Bristol, and a daughter, I Fern Bristol. Her husband died while her sons and daugh ter were away In war service. .i . v' Befcro You Buy DOLLS Be Sure end See Our; Big Variety, and Low Prices IMPORTED DRESSED. DOLLS ' polls wltft Satr. Iieeueat Taiv. , IMPORTED DRESSED DOLLS49c with Meeaisf styes and Xair. t IMPORTED CHARACTER :9rosted wttk Vair tUtyiPt Bye f : MADAM HENDREN ? DOLLS$4.98 V Oaly (w left ot UM Balal - ; Madam HenHren Lifelike . D0LLS$2.19 $3.23, $30 end $7.50 : Ster Tea will find s exeepUoaal klg i , Skewtgf a tke Voadtrfal, Us ' WOMEN'S UMBRELLAS , For a sensible GUI a e-V (' f& kr.:W,ereltQ23 Styles aad Shades. AH. T C - -AtMl Frasiea, Silk Warp ft 1 t tM 4 . j ' Mereeria! Plan aad HsfltittUaod TABLE COVERS tA fa.ll. Ma, Use Ai mm. IML M. Starr 1 1 I il eeltent Qvallty. rretty VII V rattr t i irovu U TOYS! Hand Painted t mfifi7.