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THE OBEGON DAILY JOURNAL,' PORTLAND, OREGON?
TUESDAY, JUNE- 13," 1922.
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S. P. PRESIDENT,
DECLARES COURT
: RULING HARM FUL
" That the supreme court In ordering
dissolution of the Southern Pacific and
Central Pacific interests ihaa not con
sidered the possible' consequence to fol-
lew whenever the interstate, commerce
-commission takes Jurisdiction' Under the
transportation act of 1920, is the opin
ion of William Sproule, president of
the- Southern Pacific company. In a
statement received by the local offices
Monday. j t , ;; -
Because oif the"; decision, which
. - Pproule said wholly, disregarded public
, welfare, he has seiettlfproper motive for
direct appeal to federal and state com
. : missions to maintain. . through the
.power vested in them, the maintenance
: oC the operation of the Southra Pa-ciflo-Central(Pacitic
system as a unit
Justified by experience of the people
served and if necessary that a new
power might well be created for this
purpose by appropriates legislation
In discussing- of the decree- divorcing
Uie Central Pacific and Southern Pa
cific, Sproule said that some of the
leadings facts in the situation should
laid: beforo the public, which he
claimed H affected as vitally as the
. Southern Pacific.
-. It is pointed out in the Sproule state
ment that there is sufficient evidence
. that the Central Pacific and Southern
Pacific were held in common ownership
as early as 1870 and that both lines
. were declared In violation of the Sher
. man act, which was not passed .until
190, which was five year after the
Central: Pacific was leased - by the
Southern Pacific.
HEBGBB IS DfcXIEB
A review of the negotiations between
the two. companies is made to show
.that there has been no merger, but on
flie contrary that the two roads have
grown and developed from a common
root into a single unit of growth and
Service throughout half a century.
" Results of this -common growth have
been outlined as follows:
s "Everything that has been done had
- behind it the backing of public desire
" with the approval of congress for the
development of the resources of Cali
fornia, Oregon and the other Pacific
coast states. If the same urgent work
had to be done again under the same
public aspect, the same set of railroads
mould again be brought into existence,
and if done under a, single corporate
name as well as single operating con
trol there would now be no debate.
So I conceive that the only Question of
present' interest to the public Is
whether or not the public Is hurt by
having, this development done by a
S'ngle control under two corporate
rames Instead of having it done by
single control with a single corporate
name.
SEBS PUBLIC HARM
v "This single unit can now be separ
ated into two units only by a process
of disintegration and tearing into con
fused remnants of railroad, neitheit of
Rhich Span function of itself. Therein
would lie a new and real restraint of
trade.
t Furrier the report said : -"That since
e the Bult in question was begun in 1914
that the situation needs to be dealt
with In the light of present conditions
and not the conditions that prevailed
from 1883 to 1899.
v "The- public commissions now have
- Mwtr over rates, service extensions
and Issue of securities by the railroads
to protect the general public interest,
, and that the transportation act of 1920
"is designed tomeet present conditions.
. The ; tentative gro-'ping of railroad
systems by the interstate commerce
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Spirit World Takes to Art
te at at at s
Childish Messages No More
By Bay mead Clapper
United News Staff Correspondent
k New York. June 1 The spirits have
given up table tapping and the writing
of messages from the dead to take up
art. If Walter M. Grant, in charge of
the collection of "automatic paintings'
now on exhibition at th Anderson gal
leries, has not been imposed on by some
unusually clever fakers. Y :-.
Orant ha. m. - hundred canvases' on
display 'which are said to have been
done under spirit-control by persons
who bad never painted a stroke be
fore. V..' ; '
This exhibit has set the entire artist
colony debating whether the genius of
the spirit world have outgrown their
childish ""mamma loves you"" kind .of
messages and; taken up art seriously,
or whether somebody has outdone the
famous Madame 'Palladino and hood
winked the art critics.
'-The pictures rsng , f rem simple
geometric designs to the most compli
cated conrpositions done in vivid oils.
One large painting, depicting the Span
ish court is its sixteenth century splen
dor, was done upside down fay Mrs.
Helen Wells, under the control, i she
said of Eswald, an Italian artist who
lived, many .centuries ago, She also
did. several flower studies under Es
walds control. '
"I - don't know a ' thing about art,"
said Mrs. Wells. "But I did do those
pencU Irswlhgs of flowers. They are
Italian flowers, as I learned from some
Italian-workmen who came to my house
afterward. , They called them all-spice
blossoms" and"" managua,- which was
What Oswald told me they1 were."
Mrs.- Wells- Bald the spirit directing
hkr usually ordered her to places dots
at certain places on her canvas and
then f JHed them in..
commission (in which the Southern
Pacific and Central. Pacific remain to
gether) tends to remedy the unfortun
ate legal situation presenters by tne
Sherman act standing aone. The
grouping indicated by thecommission
nrniHilM th. f.mMlv Ytv which one Of
the principal transportation systems of
the country need not be torn asunder.
A8KS PU81IC SUPPORT
"Positive support of public opinion
lb needed fn working out the problem
to such a constructive conclusion as
will allow this railroad system to re
main at the service of. the public, for
whom it , was designed and built. The
public has nothing to gain by breaking
up these properties; they stand only
to loqe by the complications that would
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"Even- a technical violation of the
Sherman act is of small detriment to
the public when compared with the
large and extended service given to
that public by the present railroad
system of the Southern Pacific com
pany under existing regulative con
trol. The commissions, state and fed
eral, are endowed with all the powers
recessary to make that control potent
and complete."
Astoria to Have
Sports on July 3
Astoria. Juno 13. Though Astoria
will have no formal civic celebration
of the Fourth of July, a number of
business men are backing an athletic
carnival to be held July 3. Loggers"
sports will afford the principal fea
tures, log rolling and log bucking be
ing two of the premier events. Foot
races, tugs ot war, boxing matches and
baseball games are ; being arranged.
The only organized Fourth of July
Many of the visitors who crowded
into the gallery to see the strange ex
hibit gathered around a small land
scape .drawn. In five .minutes by Miss
Marian Spore, a young woman In her
twenties; whoia a dentist and a gradu
ate Of .the University of Michigan. She
Is a trim, business-like, young woman,
who never went in for art. Then one
day -a spirit, who declined to disclose
his Identity;, put her to work. ..
""When.: I went to buy materials . I
had no Idea what to get. Miss Spore
said- "For a Jong time I tried ta draw
on glased paper, which would not take
color. I mixed my water colors In
pail. J Then the " spirits began to di
rect even my buying. They chose only
Inserted- colors- very expensive for
me. LAter. X am glad to say, they are
getting more economical. ,
JtST DauJs pjrovu'
She has .done - a group of Oriental
temples in brilliant scarlet,, gold and
blue, which" resemble the work of the
great Russian, Roerlch.
Miss Spore also ha Geveloped a new
technique which is the marvel of ar
tists who have seen It. She has been
able to build up canvases which are
virtually bas-reliefs by patiently put
ting one daub of oil on top of another.
Artists interested in color combina
tions were attracted to the work of a
housekeeper. Miss Kmly Talmadge,
with red. blue and yellow crayons she
achieved color effects which Dr. Grant
said artists have been trying for years
to get. Her control is a Scotch archi
tect named 51 c Nab.
"I know very little myself about
psychic phenomena." Dr. Grant said,
"but I cannot explain this work ex
cept by spirit control. None of these
ergons have worked with color before."
celebration planned thus far for Clat
sop county will be the all-county pic
nic domestication at the John Jacob
Astor experiment station on the Wal
luaki river.
Woman, 78, Hurt ;
When Struck by
Rider of Bicycle
Mrs. A. F. Sanders. 78,. Ostrander,
Wash., suffered a sprain and several
bruises when she was struck by a bi
cycle Monday near Sixth and Stark
streets. She was treated at the emer
gency hospital, where here cosdition
was reported not serious. .
While stepping out of her automo
bile at Tenth and Market streets Mon
day, Mrs. J. J. Slater, KLmwood apart
ments, fell to. the pavement and dis
located her shoulder. . She was taken to
Good Samaritan hospital for treatment.
Ask Death Penalty
For Hara's Assassin
Tokio, June 13. (I. X. S.) Dissatis
fied with the sentence of life imprison
ment passed on Nakaoka, young slayer
of Premier Hars, the procurator, or
government prosecutor, baa appealed,
asking death be imposed.
POSTAL LEAGUE FORMED
Chehalis, Wash.. Jane" 13. The
Lewis County Welfare league was or-J
ganized by third and fourth class post
masters and rural carriers of Lewis
county. L. L. Walrath of Mineral was
named president and Miss Letta
Seoul ts of Toledo secretary.
OREGON CAVES TO
DRAV10USANDS
PRESENT SUMMER
- Oregon -caves are being advertised
the .country over, and a great Influx of
visitors is expected this summer with
the opening of the new automobile road
leading to the caves, says C. J. Buck,
assistant district forester In charge of
recreation, who has Just returned from
the eaves, , ... . : ; .
"Grants Pass is planning a grand
opening June 26, when the road wilt be
complete," said Buck. "A permit 2ias
been Issued to R. Mcllveen of Medford
to conduct a lunch room and a small
store at the caves this summer. He
will also furnish lights and coveralls
for the visitors to the caves."
A wonderful - Improvement in the
method "of going througb the caves Iimm
been effected" by Gaide K. A. Rowley,
said BUcfc Steel ladders now replace
the old wooden ones, and the passages
have fceen enlarged 'so that one can
walk -upright mucii of the way. Some
of the openings Rowley enlarged with
powder, but others he chiselled out so
as toot to injure the limestone, forma
tion.
"Oregon Caves are beginning to at
tract as much attention as Crater
Lake," said Buelf, "and inquiries are
coming from as far east as New Tork
from, persons who expect to visit them
this year.
Elder Shade Steps
Out to Corral Few
Laurels Himself
C. W. Shade, father of the three
fighting Shade brothers, .one of whom,
Billy, is middleweight, light-heavy
weight and heavyweight boxing cham
pion of Australia, and another of
whom. Dave, well known in Portland,
is a contender for the world's welter
weight crown, went out for a few
rough house laurels himself Monday
morning.
The elder Shade's auto ran afoul of
one driven by E U Chrlstenson at
Madison and Broadway streets, and
Chrlstenson, -not being satisfied with
Shade's apology and explanation, called
Patrolman Robertson, with the result
that Shade was booked at the police
station for driving while intoxicated.
Shade was released on SI 00 bond.
Shade is making a short stop In
Portland en route to his home In Cali
fornia from the. East, where the Shade
boys have been making much money
with their prowess as glove wielders.
Astoria -Seaside
Schedule Is Made
For Rail Motor
Service of the rati motor car re
cently purchased by the Spokane, Port
land & Seattle railway will be estab
lished Friday between Astoria, Sea
side and intermediate points, making
two trips daily in each direction.
According to the schedule announced
Monday by R. H. Crosier, assistant
general passenger agent of the rail
way, the car will leave Seaside at 8 :45
a. m. and arrive at Astoria at 9 :40
a. m. : leave Astoria,, at 10:15 a. m.
and arrive at Seaside at 11 -.10 a. m. ;
leave Seaside at 1 :35 p. m. and arrive
The Coca-Cola Company
Atlanta. Ca
at Astoria at S .30 p. m. ; leave Astoria
at SjJO pv m. and arrive at Seaside
at 4-iJ p.m, . - : -
Operation of the motor car In. eon
junction with regular passenger train
service win offer seven trains daily bet
tween Seaside and Astoria, The motor
car seats 40 persons. It is propelled
by a motor truck, engine : and Is
equipped with both compressed air and
hand brakes.
ALL I CLASS PASS r
Ridgefleld. Wash., June 13. The
school at Pioneer, four miles east of
here, had a 100 per cent graduating
class of eight girls and four boys., All
SEX WHO SAVE
(Six lit fie character-sketches
from the teller's window.)
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Nbtional Banlo
Sth and Starke
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Always ih Good Taste
passod the state examination with high
honors.) The members were : Ruth Zim
merty, ' Dorothy Greely, Ebba Bjur,
KUen Willhlte. Eva Simmons. UHiaa
Harris, Rose Parsons.'. Virginia Blair.
Edgar Wood, Vernon Carney, - Carl
Hardt and Harold Welkins. - l
rSCOPTER 3SEJT PREACH J
Rid ?re field. Wh, June 13. The pul
pit of the Ridgefield Community
church was filled by the Rev. C. C
Curtis of the Christian church at Van
couver, Sunday - morning, and H. IB.
Ports; t a - Vancouver laymen of the
Giristian church, in the evening. i
During the first ifemr days of my new job at
this window Mother turned up. , From my
old place I had seen her many times as she
came here, but had never thought to ask
about it. She seemed a little embarrassed
"Why ! I didliTt know that this was your
new window, son,"
-and then she confessed.
"Well, its just a little savings account in
your name that I sometimes drop a dollar
or so into. I started the habit when you
were a baby."
and so I have two accounts at my own
window now, and some day I hope to do
something fine for Mother with the one, of
them. ' ,
ne is close to Life at this window. Some
how when I go home at night'I feel that all's
well with the world.
(The End.)
If
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"We're here and we're glad!
the kiddies say -h's appetite's
answer to a helping of Post
Toastiesi No coaxing necessary ;
it's fun to eat One taste of these
crisp, golden-brown Qakes of
goodness and then
Let's Gol'
A willing appetite forwards
its enthusiasm to body and brain.
That helps digestion.
There's energy-bjilding nour
ishment in i i Post Toasties, and
added nourishment with the
cream or mills. ' ;
-imi2iird.cinii2!5
S. Bolton Urged
, For Ppstal Place
- At The Dalles
The Dalles, Or., June 13. A message
froni Congressman X. J. Slnnott Mon
day announced: that Simeon Bolton
had been recommended for the position
of postmaster here. Bolton stood first
In the civil list of the nine candidates
for the Job1, it was declared.
Bolton ts welt' known politically In
the county, where he was bodn and
THE SIXTH
MOTHER
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'One of the
Northwest's
Great Banks"
Fdbflun
i Let this joyous, healthful food
bring inspiration to your break- '
fasttorrjecrow. Try it for a quick
lunch. A Post Toasties supper
for the children will prepare the
way for sweet dreams.
Convenient serve rig-lit from
the pdekage. EcOTCimical gen
erally costs less than a cent a
serving.
Post Toasties are known
everywhere as the quality corn
flakes. It will pay you to order
by name, and make sure of
getting the Yellow and Red
package." ,
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I.Iade by. Posturn Cereal Co., Inc. .
i Battle Creek, Mich. 1
f":-"r i"V viw l- -. -1 - ts-- f-: - ' "
whera h ha a 1 !.- mno i ) 1if.
He was county t sudltor of Klickitat
county. - Washington, v at '-GoldendaW
ana aiso, county assessor here. Later
he was successively deputy county
clerk and county clerk of Wasco coun
ty ior it years, t He has ? also been
on the school board and -the water
board.
You cant
blame a man
for wanling
pood caKee
Ibucait pleaseltlmif
yours is
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