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I rff , , s .,, i , . . , -, .1- six cerr fare ALLOWED ON LINES (Continued from page ; 1) "On October 5. 19 IT, lhi eoraml-j-slon entered findings and order. The finding covered the question of the commission's Jurdirdlctlon, the meth od of determining the present invest ment of the utility In each of .its sew rral departments, watered stock, rev enuet, expenses tnd the effect of vsr conditions.', r - J j WajRen reentered Controversy, j "The employee of the company were then asking for shorter hours nnd higher wages and a statement -was presented of. hoars of labor and ! . i earnings of Platform, men whlcnider th- reused the commlcsion to conclude t that the granting ot shorter basic day and a reasonable increase "In wages is justified. The commission- however. fiecllned to? enter into any discus sion of the proper amount of wages to.be paid, believing that to be the I unction of the company, to be set tled by it with due regard to the effect on earnings and the. Interests of the stockholders. . , . fln view of the unsetrd condition of the "wage question -file commission was not satisfied with the deflnlte T.ess of the thowing made. It was felt also that In a matter affecting the interests of, so many people, the rubllc . ought to; be informed In ad vance of action rather than follow ing It "Moreover it was thought that there were certain posslblle steps other than an Increase of tare which woutd tend to Improve the company's condition. It was the desire of the coin mission, that.berore granting the replicant' petition, theso measures should be tited and their effect knownjio that the nature- and ex tent of this relief required might be more ' accurately determined. The eommrRsion therefore contented Itself at that, time with pointing out these remedies, bu announced taht It would keep tn close touch with the coro rany's operations and as boon as the tf feet op Its order had been demon Kiarted would take such further act ion as seemed necessary. Jurl-Mlltclon Is Quetiiiel. Jurisdiction of the service com mission in the care was repeatedly i.uestlooed by the city of Portland, but was establish d in an opinion b .Mtorney General Brown. In th commission's - first order certain remedies in the line of econ omy were proposed and were adept- TAILOR-MADE SUITS h Uid-Winter Weights and Styles For the Man Who Cares See the Suitings at THE StOTCH Woolen Mills Store z . And Make Your Choice WE HAVE THE LATEST? ijSl COLORS and WEAVES 426 State Street t d by the company with the result of a net Increase in revenue of $20,000 a month. : r . ..: :- "By; reduction of the nflmoer of cars on many lines, the average ser vice In proportion to traffic being now; somewhat less than In 1916-1? o material saving in operating e renses .was effected. Studies have teen constantly being made and rec oid kept of the movements and dis tribution of traffic to tb end that the commission may have complete knowledge of the street-car service at j ail union. Kxcertttlt loading is con sidered harmful to both company and public, and every effort is being made to dlHttlbute car service In pro portion to congestion, of traffic, Il eontidued Improvement in this rt Kard. . and furtbei adjustment of hours of opening, avid closing com i.'erclal and Industrial establish ment)., most of the present overload ing can be eliminated, and the Com mission wijl see thai; additional Ser vice is provided to the extent Justi fled by the existing circumstances. Workers Are JSatb-fled. Following the issuance of the com mission's order, the company Resum ed negotiations with its employes, the parties meeting in a commenda ble Kpirlt of fairness and modera tion on either side and finally en tering Into an agreement for arbitra tion. The result was the granting of the demands of the men In full, but with the right reserved to the com pany to set aside the award, if the commission should not,- by January I, 1918, grant sufficient Increase of rates to enable it to pay the new scale of wages. The men now ex press entire satisfaction with both hours and pay. j "Acting on our recommendation," says 1 the order of yesterday, "the company requested from the council of the rity of Portland an explana tion as to its power and Inclination to reinove the unjust pnhllc burdens pointed out by the commission. In reply there has been presented in ev idence before us a ropy of an opinion of the city attorney of Portland di rected to the council and dated Oc tober 2 9. 11 7. In which the city at torney holds that relief from the burdens of hrd surface paving and maintenance thereof, and also from bridge tolls can only be granted by an amendment to the charter of the rlty. "Hitherto, we have thought only of xcrommodatlng the service to the nubile, but It Is possible to vary the movements of the public: to suit the service. .Considerable progress has been made in the spreading of peak id by changes in the hours of be ginning snd quitting work in large Industrial establishments, but much remains to be done. Office employes and professional men may also vary their hours in some -degree so as to void traveling at times when the rr are crowded with those in other occupations. i One-Man Car Onnosed. In the matter of operating one- man cars the company feels that un conditions prevailing in 1 Portland considerations of safety nrevent th's idea bel put into ef fect, except to a very .limited extent. r For the last five years the gross revenues of the company for Novem ber have averaged 8.33 per cent of he total fpr the Tear, Assuming the same ratio for jthe same month forth fiscal year df 1917-191 S. the commission has determined that the rate" of return on the value of the ( street railway property la only 1'4 ; per cent. This ' takes Into account the curtailments of service recom mended, by the commission and the present wage scale..; The public has been bard to per suade that the claims of the company relative to difficulties have not been fictitious. The order says: "In spite of all that has been said, there still lingers a popular impres sion that the difficulties of the street railway company are fictitious snd are tnerely-usefl as a cover for an attempt to extort a profit on wa tered stock. We therefore wish to repeat with' the utmost emphasis that if the stocks and bonds of the company were one hundred times ..-M.t nm'MU it i " ,' ""V ' wouia nave no eiieti on xau ce. The appea.1 of the applicant and the decision of the commission are based on the commission's own valuation of' th property, which In turn was governed chiefly by the cost of re- producing the property at the prices r-vi ..v iiLj.ir..iii r. IO wtou rrn. Tofwa tn rrm. rr. I Mat mnI iNmltk. V um Um fmnd cnMM. , M I Hlla fralaaaS fml: J(Nja4M. at a lara. rMfkr a D. A. 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It Is not in tended for the cure, mitigation or prevention of disease. : and under the conditions prevailing from 1912 to 1916. ''- 'This .valuation represents the original ectual and tightful cost of construction. stripped of all ele ments or exorbitant profit, fictitious stock value and the like, but modi fied by changes in prices and values of the component parts between th time. of construction nd the date of valuation. I loth In theory and in fart it represents the true present Invest ment of the; owners. Water IVmer KxliatiMilhic. Bearing a vital relation to tlr-r In terests of 'the street railway com pany la Portland water power. The commission "flhds Portland In. ser ious danger of a check to the growth of its new industries from lack of power to supply them. The commission holds it evident that if the company be denied relief it- mnst-inevitably go into the hand of a receiver, for on Its Int?rurban lines operating expenses equal re ceipts, and the; earnings of the light nnd powers department are- insuffi cient to .meet the bonded interest of the whole system or even to make a fair return upon the investment In that branch of the utility. The prt mary duty of the receiver would Ue to conserve the property, and the public would receive service only t ag as the Interests of the property would permit, Having no mean at his command other than the revenue from operations, and no power t" increate the fares without the con sent of the commissionhe would b compelled to cut the aervlce to th point where receipts would equal expenses, i , ' Automobile Traffic Iff Hart!, "This commission bllev.-s that It would be, derelict In its dmar." tho 'rder continues, "if It should refuse the proper amount of relief. - The company, alter having reached in 1912 a stage of development in which it. was able to earn a return of 6 per cent, and having thil proved the soundness of IU Invest ment, encountered a combination of adverse conditions which could no' have been forseen. Financial strin gencies, the enormous increase in private automobiles," JHney compe tltion and war prices formed an -alliance against which no Industry un able to protect Itself by an increase of prices could poeaibly tonlcnd. Yor five years the company .struggled to overcome : these difficulties Its stockholders have contributed $2. 00,000 to meet the constantly In creawlng ' deficits and to ( naintain the safe and ' reasonable sen Ice to which the public Is entitled. Ther 23i-2i state I has been a marked reduction In over mmmmmmmmm.mt, i head costi of supervision, bmught about by! the consolidation of de ! partments and reduction In the num- i r of officials. Now on the ve dtt better times comes the necessity foe a great Increase in wages. The utility consequently finds Itself un able longer to carry the burden and appeals for that relief for which it I mlsht properly have naked at a much 1 P.' arller period had It not been that Datons were equally burdened. Itatea Miiat Follow Coata. ' "Under state regulation of ratei no utility is permitted to earn a sur plus during good times by which to carry Itself over the lean year which may lie ahead of It. Rates must at all times be kept down in conformity with the value and tie cost of the service rendered. Jus tice, therefore, requires that when cost go up, rates should do like wise; : i "The Jaw forbids the establish ment of 'rates whose effect will b j the confiscation of the property of tne utility, it has been shown to the satisfaction of the commission that the existing tates, with Re present cost of operation, are, in fact, confiscatory. What the com mhuiion has no legal right to etab- NEW TODAY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY WANED LADY TO CARB POR'TWO small children, by the hour. Phona 177. Jlsb. it has no moral r lit bt to main tain. ' Service Itednctlon .ot Fewlhlf. "The possibility of reducing the expends within the receipts at the Ji cent rare, by further cuitailment of-service has been suggested. At first thought thlK seems feasible. Operating expense and bonded In tfret exceed receipts by only about 12 per cent. If this difference could be overconie, interest on the balance ol investment might wait for better times. Dut It must, be remembered that a la r ire part even of the operat ing expenses does not vary with ser vice. Ties rot, track settle, pave ments go to pieces, rails rust, car timbers decay, even if there Is no Ht rvice at all. City Ownership Xo. Clieap. On the question of municipal own? erhlp the commlHsion says: "The cost of service would not be Uhn If the city shot. Id take over the street car system and operate It. With the present service and equal elficiency of management, the oper ating expenses would b the same aa at present while power instead of being furnished aa now at cost would have to be paid for at commercial rates. Under condemnation. It is not Itkelv that the property could he bought for any less than the com mission's valuation and if the court took account of the present scale of prices, of materials and labor, the cost would be increased at least 25 per cent. Money for such purpose could not be obtained for less than per cent so that the int-reKt charge, would be at least as large as now. 'Under city management aervlce could be maintained only by a re sort to one or ntofe of the following expedients: Reducing service, cut ting wages, raisin? fares, or making up the deficit by taxation. I'ermancnt Policy FtblUlie! ' "Thoughtful consideration will re veal a community of Interest between the three parties to this situation, the employees, the In vex tors and fb public. No fair-minded person will oney that It is for the good of all that the flrxt should be well paid and not overworked; thai the sec ond should be falny. but not ex' cesslvely rewarded, that the third hold be served t.t the lowest rate possible consistent wTliJ the other conditions. At the same time the Incentive of petwonat reward must be retained, or economical operation : Is impossible.. . "The commission hopes to brintr about, a state of affairs wherein the interests of all shall b- properly guarded. The employees are now well cared. fpr. Whenever tho revenues reach an amount sufficient to give the owners the minimum fair return on their investment, it will be the policy of this commission so to reg ulate rates that, with the cooperation of the company, any further profile nay be equally divided between the three parties, the employees receiv ing more wages, the company more revenue and the public Letter or cheaper service.. Efficient manage ment will then be rewarded by In creased dividends and fiithrni vice by higher wages, while teh pur-i lie will profit from both by reduced i fares." ,,t 1 The order issued yesterday makes' It Incumbent upon the company to continue Its report, to the commie eloh relative to operation una. new regime. The application of tht I order is restricted to intrastate busl-f vuij uu hoi interest com-; merce. RUBRHEUTiIATlC, ACHING JOINTS AND STOP PAIN Instant Relief with Small Trial Bottle of old "St Jacob's Oil" Rbeumastim Is "rialn" onlr. Not one case tn fifty requires Inter nal treatment. Stop drugging! Rub 5JI?.t.hi?,l PnetratJog "St. . Jacobs Oil ' right into your sore, stiff, ach ing Joints, and relief cornea Instant ly. "St. Jacobs Oil" Is a harmlest rheumastim linimcn t which never disappointed and can not burn the skin. Get a. mall trtaTSSSi Z?.1?111 rJT! mu trJal bo' of old. honest St. Jacobs Oil and In just a moment you'll bo free i rum rneumatic pain, sorenesi and u. frr- .. .. ' " ,Hr"S' r" fcU".'r.-r,u,,'f tor sciatica, neuralgia. lumbago, oacaacne, sprains. LOWER HOUSE HAS FEW CANDIDATES (Continued from page J) : a formidable candidate. The senatorial candidacy uf George Weeks and A. M. LaPoIletta has been looked upon as a certain ty, but there are those who think that Mr. LaFoilette may throw h's support to Lonls Lachniund In whon favor sentiment appears to be grow ing. V , ! Judghlp Heculatc4l On. Another political orflce that will SOOn be SUb I ACt fo Int nt inanU. tlon Is that of circuit Jdge lu cs e "here Is no no use for soliciting Judge P. R. Kelly should be elevated ents In r department of a rail by the elector. tn h. .ur.m. road, as the government sends car- bench.. Kelly's term as circuit Judge 11 Pleases,- regardless' of orders of does not expire until Jsnuary, 1 92 1, 1 shippers, bat guarantees the rail hence his successor would be an ao I rAds the ane net earnings they pointee or the governor. The appointment would doubtles fsii to some Linn county lawyer There appears to be no dearth of material. Albany has such Kep"! llcans as Gale S. llifl. present dis trict atotrney W U Marks, U L Swan, J. R. W'yatt and H. II. Hew itt who was formerly on the circuit bench. Outside of Albany the nam? of N. M. Newport of Lebanon hat been mentioned. Mrs. Quoteb Oh. dear! One-half of the world doesn't know bow the other half lives. Mrs. Pokernose It Is some Job for us women to keep track of the male half. Philadelphia Bulletin. First Photo of j '!fmtSmg Lis Win m ' i .; , atJ-f ' ' ' ' This picture of American prisoners taken by Ue Germans on the French front was published in a Ocrman newspaper, and came to the United States as an official Iirltlulr picture. In the larger photograph there are six Ai'MTlcau prisoners (each indicated by a cross being questioned by; German officers, some of whom seem a m u ceil it the discomfiture of the Americans. The names of the three' men whose heads are shown are not known, i Perhaps some American father or mother will here, recognize her son, and know he Is not dead 'though reported missing. . .' ' - j - ',-:.:.';.- l k COBSSIONMY 11 Local Men j Comment on Gov ernment Direction of Railroad Traffic Tiy C. WV COWGILL In a aeries of interviews yesterday such men as P. O. Deckebach. H. K Gile, Manager McDanlUs of sthe commercial club General Agent A. A' Mlclei ot the Southern T'aeifi'; roI"P"y. and. W Kitchies of tho Oregon Electric railroad, expressed tn concensus of opinion that since the ra,lroa1 have been taken over ly the government the' different I'tte Vallroad commissions, about forty-eight; of them will have little r nothing .whatever to say in re- earu to am irorvment pi inierstaie or local freight trains. ; President W. S. Sproule of the Southern Pacific, ia the, man in su preme command of all trains in the northwest, land already o few of his orders have len received-here. ' May I tela TlirouKh foinniWion. IW iV pottlble, or course, that he may relay j hrs .orders through the ptrbile service commission of Oregon, but to do so. It is held, wduld only make that much more delay and op portunitv for cenfustion to ariie. Sproule's own words, uttered the day he received his commission from Secretary McAdoo, were: "Ict us not forgt that the cent?" of the target at which the nation i ' aiming Is war. If we keep our mind fixed upon that as the center w will haveiaj better measure of what la taking place." , Looking ! backwards only a few years to the time o fthe "greenback" movement Jn Illinois, when the flrtt railroad commission was established In that state, about thi only thing it did. and, did well, was he estab lishment era system cf gm'n In action, which has since become not nallnn.t .k,, lnfJ.ruit Inipirvemenl PredlctMl. The Oregon public service coir.mli -Ion has its own field of Important Rx months' trial of the new gov erment managed railroad w'll score a success of failrure. but in the opinion of Mr. GileA It will be of un doubled benetit locally, as clearlna un congested yarls and track, and I eliminate, according to It. C. Paulus I a host of high salaried railroad of ! flrlal to tii tbe'r talents in aM of the government In In othnr direc tions. All travetln freight and nasWn. ger agents li the wel, as wl as the east have been given office positions The latest local change Is that of ! WF O fltaweai : wAAAaHw sa tm I n r f r luvwivy TT.w-iii iiavviiuis freight and passenger agent of the f'regon Klectrie . in Salem, trans ferred to a Joint agency in North Portland, Union Stock ysrd district have had in the paet. Boyer Counts Noses When Gopher Scdpk Come In The market for scalps of gophers and squirrels took a sharp turn uo- HAVE IESS WORK wrs. almost swsmolng County e'erk Hover, who was burled nearly all day yesterday by a pile of sealpj. eher than his hesd. He took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves, and went at ft, like a little man, sweat ing freely over the Job, while anxious farmers snd their sons tallied while he counted 454 scalps, and doled out the money for them, Mr. Uoyer now Insists that all American Prisoners in German Hands turir iiwiHTi ywi aj j m t- uiui, ui Bv pay. It was found last year, by ar - cldent, when the law refulred that scalps should sow only ears and eyes, that some of the' smart boys in the country had a way of taking one large scalp, dividing It properly and then turning three or four sets of eyes and ears it being a small trie to make a few little holes In the scalp where ear and eyes are sup posed to be. This year Hoyer says he is from Missouri, and "wants ail noses pointed .right at him, before counting them. Yesterday was red letter day on. scalps. 1 TWO DEBATES NEXT FRIDAY Salem Teams Meet Orators from Albany; Local Team to Oregon City .-TW:. V -j -.. ; One question which will come rut into the limelight when the war Is over Is that of the Monroe doctrine. Such being the case, an added knowl edge of the subject will not hurt any real American. An unusual chance will be offered to store up on this Mublect Friday night, January 11, at 8 o'clock.- A debate on the question, "Resolved, that the United States should abandon the Monroe doc trine." wJli be held in the high school auditorium at that time. Salem high school affirmative team will meet Albany high's negative team. Salem's affirmative team Is composed of Phillips KUlott and Ken neth Power ,- ' ' On the same evening Dewey Probst and Paul Richardnon, composing the Salem high school negative team, will come up against Oregon City's affirmative team at Oregon City. . The ability, previous experience and determination of the four boys promise two winning teams from Salem that night. . , ; , i Ail Oregon schools interested In debate. have united'- into what is known "a the Oregon , Hifcb School Debate league.' The state Is divided Into districts. The schools of each district debate among themselves for the district supremacy, and those au preme In the districts contest for the state championship. Salem is look ing towar.dthe cup which is offered to the champions. . i GIlOU .N I P TO HIIOKT IIIKKM:,H. Hub (meting wife' dcwn-town) "What makes you so late?" Wife "I stopped to shorten one of daughter's dresses for the party the's going o tonight. I can hardl realize that she's .quite grown up now." New York American. CAN BC CU Free Pcool7 To If ou All f want la your bmm and ddr4 as I ran ernd yon a frr trial treatment- 1 want rmiiaat USry tais butanHtoli alr-Mt try U Toat's ssr oor arnoMSt. I'rm beea la the dnur bai.ira in Port warn toe SO venra, nanrlr eerrn know me n1 knewa about my aomaaful trestaamt. Ovav aia UnaaiS f rva Iwfdraa paaaa nuUula of rnrt Wirat have, aorardiifg U titrir own SUteaieaU, toea curad by Una Ueatiurnt inca I Srit Bwde this offer public. ; J If row hTa tcaaana, Itefc, aUM snuawa. Tr-nTtr whvt hew had any trataieat has curad tha worat taw I rrci aaw gt wmm m hmnnm tm aran any alsksi. ind mynr rmaseand addrtaa en f h conpon he low and St the trial tmUmeat 1 want to mend jo YRtLfL Tb wonder aoocap)iatiod la rr owa caaa will ba prnaf. i BMT an MAIL TOOAT eaaaaaai I. C. HUTZCLL, Ehuscist, 2S57 Wast Ualn U Fort Wayne, Ind. Ptaaaa aead witbaait coat ar oblleatiaa to sm NaajM Poat oft- Street aad No ft M I lift" I iVfaJ 1 LiJl tk 1 IXlJ HILl IN iCOMEIfflOiJ - j.' . Salem Physicians Attend Meeting in Morgan Build ing, Portland i .The mid-winter meeting of the Oregon Osteopalic association was held In Portland Saturday In the as sembly hall of the Morgan building. Irs. It. Walton and M. L. Mercer were In attendance from Salem. About: flftjr members of the profea frlon were present from all parts jf the state. . ' -m . . "Some very interesting elinics -were held. One clinic of especial interest was that on Potts' Disease, or Tu berculosis or the spine, conducted by Dr. Otis F. Akin, or Portland. One Interesting phase of the meet ing was a discussion of the partic ular benefits Osteopathy Is able to render the army and navy, especially lor shell shock and other particular onditions resulting from the new form of warfare. The program of the meeting fol lows: 9:00 Meeting President Dr C. tend. opened by the A. PenRra, Port- Technique of the Lumbar RegKn Dr. Oilve C. Waller, Eugene. Discussion led by. Dr. W. L. Mer eer, Salenu - Possible Cause of Epilepsy: The treatmentDr. Harriet Sears, Vale. Discussion led by Dr. Mabel J. Doring, Portland.- The Menace of Diseased Tonsils Dr. Sydney L. DeLapp, Roseburg. Discussion led by Dr. L. Gates. Portland. Mental Therapeutics Dr. C. T. Samuels. Baker. ' . ""-on by J. A. Van Drakle, 1'ortland. 13:16 Luncheon r. "-rCllnlca In chareg of Dr. R. U. N.orthrup, Portland. n Ti. VX ef.f of 'Apathy Dr. R.' C. Virgil. Dallas. - Osteopathy and the War Dr. A. P. Howells, Albany. Husfness session.. Adjournment. ' A X.ITlItK HTl'DV. ' "What is that nore?" asked little James, ai Out walking In the park: " "That no!se you hear," his father : said, ; "la but the dogwood's, bark," 'And tell me why the dogwoods L -. . -bark,". , - - ,t He wr-ed, "with such-to-do!" ,'t think." hts father said, "they bear -The pussy-willows mew." Cleveland lidr. JN7L 17 BED 7t Pre Proof Treatment! . Aa-a- . State.