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SALEM WILL GROW EAST
Tharh fa Vmainoaa in Virnnfv Th hfliitifnl rirv Attracts
those who love the beautiful;
to any city does love the beautitui.
The jSalem Slogan editor is very, proud of the articles
contributed to this Salem Slogan number on the City Beau
tiful I )
And 'each one of them will tear reading and rereading,
and ope, at least, that of Marion County Fruit Inspector Van
Trump, deserves to be studied, for directions in laying out
lawns and planting trees and shrubs and flowers
And the poem of Gertrude Robison Rossjs good enough
to be committed and stored away in memory",
v . The article of E. Hofer is a word picture, inviting the
reader, everywhere to see the. beauties of Salem and its sur
roundings, and inspiring our own people to appreciate better
what they have and may attain. .
V Mr. IVan Trump modestly presumes to offer some criti
cisms that ought to be taken in good part, and some sarcasms
that ought to be heeded, and some suggestions that would
be good for Salem if she took them to heart and acted upon
them religiously.
Miss Lord tells us that an automobile tourist party passes
through Salem every five minutes on an average, and she
warns us of the many thousands who will come in 1925, the
year of the fair at Portland, for whose critical inspection we
should get ready.
-. WV C. Dibble makes some conclusions to a well written
article that the editor thought fine enough to embody in
the headlines. They are very good."
A new comer says Salem is the most beautiful city he
ha3 seen in traveling over eighteen states. -
4 It is shown that Salem people may be thrifty, while mak
ing their city still more beautiful n
That if all the shade! trees of Salem were Franquette
and Mayette walnut trees, their annual crop of nuts would
pay.thetarfes on the property .on and in front of which they
itood i " v' . J '
And the same thing may be said of Barcelona and Du-
hilly and Davidiana or Clackamas filbert trees
And both walnut and filbert trees make beautiful orna
mental trees for lawns and curbs or nooks or wide expanses
of grounds. ,! ; v
The planting of a great many filbert trees in Salem now
would help. too. to centralize the filbert growing industry
of the United States in the Salem district, and to hasten the
coming time when this will be a great market for this very
valuable product. ' -
Enough is printed on the Salem Slogan pages to inspire
our people to get behind the Salem Floral Society and make
it' one of the most Vigorous and. active of our organizations
for civic progress. It behooves us to do this. And to do
it now. I It is a matter 'that must not be put off. Not a day
should be lost. We can reap untold benefits from making
more vital the Jmnulse already started towards rendering
Salem the most beautiful city in
advantages entitle it to become.
Th6 reader will probably remark that it is going from
the sublime to the ridiculous to leave off writing of the City
Be autifnl and attemrjt to hammer home once more the im
portance of onranizincr more nil?
l : " T w
lone for every community ; and
here in every possible way. But more hogs in tne oaiem ais-
trict will furnish the means to
other direction, including the
the country more beautiful.
kets, and they are going to stay up and they wm be a
cent and a" half a pound higher here than in the Chicago
markets till our people west
enough I hogs for home consumption; and that means years
to accomplish and millions on top of millions to make for
our, people. '
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
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Beautiful Salem-
H calls for much greater beau
ty, i..- .
I s s
There is business in beauty: It
111 pay to go the I'mlt: and the
l'mit will make alem the most
beautiful city in the world.
The slogan editor hoped to
have an article on the cultivation
here In Salem of the native treos.
shrubs-.and flowerjr. There are
in any of these the more general
cultivation owh!ch will help In
making Salem tha most beautiful
of all cities.
A a article alsn on rh nossibll-
H'es jt statufs and memorials in
turrets a famous una , . -. .
I orrcpondence lartroctioa and Local CUm 1
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AS IT GROWS BEAUTIFUL
and any one who is an asset
the world, which its natural
clubs in the Salem district
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of stimulating swine Dreeaing
make improvements in every
making t both the city and
Hogs are up again in the mar
of the Rocky mountains rai3e
Salem was promised but did not
materialize. The time has come
when Salem ought to pay atten
tion to this branch of civic im
provement. Why not make the
proposed Sam L. Simpson monu
ment among- the first? There are
mnnv historical characters that
deserve marks of memory here.
S S
. New Is a good time to again call
attention to the importance ot
making a largo planting of filbert
trees n the Salem d'strict-at
least 100 acres in one tract. It
would be a paying Investment and
It would go n long way towards
centralizing this great industry
hre for all time. So would th?
general planting: of filbert trees
on the lawns and curbs of Salem
Pointer for autoists: Don't blow
your horn, put on your brakes.
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UOSTfcATES ACT BOOK1XT AND TOMS WITHOUT ANY COST TO
vou KMOOL oooaun tv tw mnn mmmi Mir'iTitfi
BURNS KEPT
UNDER GRILL
Ball Player Slightly Tangled
But Testimony Remains
Unshaken
FIXERS D0UBLECR0SSED
Attorney Scores Point That
May Prove Damaging
Evidence to State
CHICAGO. July 20 Bill Burns,
the state s chief strength In the
baseball trial, today finished his
story of how he and others con
spired with .eight Chicago White
Sox players for them to throw
the 1919 world series to Cincin
nati. The admitted accomplice in the
alleged sell-out then withstood
three hours of nerve-racking cross
examination by two defense at
torneys In which he fought) a
give and take battle. He never
weakened in the essential facts
of his story, although several
times badly confused on Inciden
tal details.
m-nien IJrwani OfferI.
After finishing his story of
Cincinnati conferences between
himself. Abe Attell and Bennett,
whom he identified yesterday as
David Zelser of. Des Moines, la.,
a defendant. Burns told of fur
ther meetings in Chicago; of how
the players double-crossed the
alleged "fixers" by winning the
third game when they were not
paid after the first two, and of
how he agreed with .Ban Johnson,
president of the American league.
and John Tyrell, assistant state's
ittorney, to come to Chicago and
testify for the state. He denied
that he was paid other than his
expenses for his testimony and
that he was promised any re
ward.
He was then turned over to
ames C. (Ropes) O'Brien, who
earned his nickname and fame In
the middle west by sending many
men to the gallows when he was
assistant state's attorney.
State May be Damaged.
Mr. O'Brien obtained from
Burns what may prove a damag-
ng point to the state. Bums had
testified on direct examination to
wlce meeting -Chick" Gandil in
he Warner hotel in Chicago while
Barnes were being played here.
After bavmg Burns repeat the
story, O'Brien said:
"And Gandil told you that he
was through and wouldn't throw
xny more games; that he would
not accept your offers of money
that ," began O'Brien.
"If you say he did, I guess he
lid," Burns replied sharply.
He s your client and he knows
more ahvnt this case than I do.
Ask him if you want to know all
the details."
After Mr. O'Brien, Thomas
N'ash, representing Buck Weaver,
ook up another style of examin
ation.
Lie Disclaimed.
Concerning his statement that
he told the ball players In a ho
'el room in Cincinnati that he
"had $100,000 for the seeries to
be thrown," O'Brien asked Burns
if he had not lied then.
"No " said Burns.
"But you didn't have $100,000
on you?
"I meant I could get ,"
started Burns.
"Answer yes or no," said O'
Brien.
"No. I didn't have it."
Imposition I'nshnken.
It was on such points as this
hat Burns got in the most trou
ble during the questioning. But
when questioned closely about al
leged meetings with the players.
the witness was not shaken In his
first story.
On direct examination Burns
said he was present when a St.
Louis man volunteered to put up
monev to have the games thrown,
but did not know the man's name.
GREENBAUM STARTS
BIG RATE FIGHT
(Continued from page 1.) '
On his private business Green-
baum said he would consider a
profit of 5 per cent net as a fair
earning.
"Do you think it Just when In
formed that the telephone com
pany has never had a return as
large as that since it has oper
ated in Oregon," asked Attorney
Shaw.
I would have to know more
about the company's business to
answer that." said Greenbaum.
"Some corporations declare divi
dends on all kinds of stock
whether it is actual investment
or not."
Contract J Unique.
A controversy arose relative to"
the contract between the Pacific
Telephone & Telegraph company
and the American company. When
his contract was attacked hjr Mr.
Tomllnson. Attornev Shaw de
clared that the Pac'Hc company
is distinguished from most other
subsidiary companies In that it
never has signed the so-called
standard contract by which the
parent company owns the long
distance lines.
"We have a better contract
than the standard." said Shaw,
"by which we retain ownership
of this equipment."
. Astorfc Attorney Heard.
James Mott, city attorney for
Astoria, produced figures of the
jelephone company's receipts irf"
Astoria for the year 1 920 and lt
estimates based on the Increased
- ? FUTURE DATES
4av x-h) vlraie. tutt 1 irwmoa.
4 air i ta si Minn tusnuaama.
rates. The former showed re
ceipts of $75,400 and costs of
$65,400, or a profit of $10,000.
The actual return was shown aa
.V33 per cent. Under the new
estimates he showed a contem
plated rteurn of over 21 per
Cf-nt. and asked Witness Green
baum what he thought of that.
I "I think it would be exorbi
tant." replied Greenbaum.
Shaw attacked Mott as unfair.
and demanded that le give the
remainder of th explanation.
Mott replied that he would argue
with bim later.
During the afternoon Shaw
made a satisfactory explanation
of the figures.
Nearly the entire afternoon in
the telephone rate re-hearing fol
lowing a long recess, was given
over to H. M. Tonilinson. deputy
Portland city attorney, vhe is
representing that city. Mr. Toni
linson named among other de
mands that will be made of the
public service commission a res
toration of ratos as iow or lower
than those prevailing before the
increase of last Majch, made re
troactive. Also he ursed a read
'ustment of the rate situation in
Oregon, a lower rate basis in the
company's property valuation and
divorce as far as possible from
the American Telephone & Tele
graph coiupanv. He declared that
lower rates will never be possible
as long as New York or San
Francisco control the situation.
Portland witnesses will be called
tomorrow.
Retroactive Kates Wanted.
"We contend for a rate re
stored to that or lower than that
which was in effect prior to the
effective date of this increase or
der, and moreover we will ask
thnt the rate be made retroactive.
Also there should be a complete
readjustment of the rate situa
tion in this state. A neavier bur
den should be placed on the toll
and the tlg business lines and
perhaps on the one-party resi
dence lines, and a corresponding
relief given plural party Hne3
and smaller business lines so that
rates may be paid by patrons in
proportion to the aervlde they
get.
"Lower rates are lustifieri hv
a Aundred different reasons. To
Jtart at the root, I contend that
the rate base is too high. . This
content!on has been made by the
Dtiblic at every hearing on tele
phone rates that I have attended
Always it has been met by the
company with the assertion that
it has been passed on by the pub
lic service commission and that it
is beyond their reach.
Rate liases Held Inflated.
'As for the rate basis. They
Ann11 a rate basis of 30,000,
000, which represents inflated
wff "me values, instead of tho
$10'000 n-mal valuation
which is the actual base.
"The supreme court has held
Jhat a public service commission
has a continuing control over
rates, including the power to
change rates and fix the rate base
Whenever justice demands it.
Hughe tpr.-iy.n felted
i An opposite view is one fallacy
fack of this rate increase. Anoth
er fallacy is that a revaluation
must be based on Inflated war val
uations. Justice Hughes has held
that they should not be so made
and numero'm public service com
missions have held to the same
ruling. The coriimission in Kan
sas so held lost June."
Commissioner Corey interrupt
ed with the question whether the
Oregon commission had ver held
otherwise. Mr. Tomlinson re
Plied that he did not think it bad.
"As to fixing a new rate base
In Oregon," continued Mr. Tom
linson, "it is up to the commission
whether it wauts to spend the
money necessary. A car-;ful anal
ysis of the evidence thatwas be
fore the commission when the or
iginal base was fixed shows that
the basis was made too high."
Aitchison Not CVnsured
Commissioner Buchtfll inter
jected with the observation that
all of the original work was done
under the supervision o Clyde B.
Aitch'son. who was then a mem
ber of the Oregon commission.
"I was going to mention that,"
replied Tomlinson, "and I mean
no reflection against either the
present comm'spion or any pre
vious commission, including- the
present member oi the interstate
commerce commission.
Commissioner Williams said
that a paragraph in the petition
of E. M. Cousin reflects against
Mr. Aitchison.
"I welcoh'e interruptions." naM
Mr. Tomlinson, "but when you in
terrupt I hope you will concede
that I am Tair and not charge me
with attempting to mislead or call
me a scoundrel, and I assure you
I will accord the sane treatment
to counsel for the other side.''
Attorney- Shaw of the telephone
company nodded assent.
Intangable Assets Included
Keverttns back to the rate base
Mr. Tomlinson said this as orig
inally presented by the company
asgregrated $12,429,579 but that
$1,182,220 of this amount repre
sented intangible assets. Relative
to the $13,000,000 basis allowed
bv the Berv've commission in 19 1 1
fir. Tomlinson said the amount
was $1.1X0.000 more than the ac
tual value estimated by the com
pany, but $700,000 less than the
highest valuation figures of the
company, which be declared con
tained more than $2,000.00 of
intangible assets.
"The basr.s was fixr1," said Mr.
Tonlinuon. when regulation In
Orefcion was new. The public did
not appear to represent Its own
interests, but the te'ejihone com
pany was perfec.'ly alive to the
s'tuat'on and was backed by the
American Tele; hone & Telegraph
company. It came btTore - the
commission equipped to meet a
public unorganized ror Its de
fense "
Other Slates Compared
Mr. Tomlinson drew a number
of comparisons between Oregon
and other states. In West Vir
ginia, he said a valuation of $S,
200.000 h.d been rla"'. wifct a
nopnla'len t-'" - of Oregon.
In Vlrg'n'a the va'uition was
lxed In 1919 ct $13,223,000 with
a population three times that of
OTgrni. In Maryland. Mr. Tom?
"won aM. where there are 122,
000 telephones to Oregon's 104.
rtn the valuation was fixed at
$i: a phone to $155.49 for ftb
phone in Oregon. He cited' Ind
iana as having four tims the pop
ulation of Oregon in 1920. with
the valuation of its telephone sys
tem jplaeed at only $ ia.OO0.OoO.
"In addition to our contention
that fine rati base Fhould be sub
stantially reduced." said Mr. Tom
linson, "it n.ay be shown that
soi.iet parts oi the telephone equi:
raentj in Oregon are antiquated,
distorted and duplicated,
r Services" in Doubt
"We will show that the com
pany should not be allowed to pay
anything out of its earnings to the
American Telephone & Telegraph
company for the alleged services
it receives. I do not blieve the
Pacific company can show that
a,ny services are received, and cer
tainly their contract calls for
none. It is perfectly fair that the
Pacific company should pay a fair
rental for the instruments it uses,
but this should not be: in excess of
3 5 cents per phone and possibly
not that much. Any other theory
is unlawful, fallacious and con
trary to public policy. It puts a
premium on extravagance. It ex
cuses high artes.
"On such a theory, the more
money the company can pay out ir.
expenses the more it can pay the
parent company. The whole pro
gram is in th interest of returns
to the parent company. The Am
erican Telephone & Telegraph
company is insured 4 1-2 per cent
of the Pacific company's gross
arnings, and the more we are in
jured and the more the Pacific
company is injured the more the
A. Ti & T. earns. Further, it is in
sisted that we must pay the local
company 7 or 8 per cent besides.
When this hearing opened the
company had 40 , or 50 persons
here all in the interest of the A.
T. & T. They are not all here now,
but more will come."
! Tribttte isallowed
Mr. Tomlinson mentioned. Ver
mont and California as having re
fused to allow the 4 1-2 per cent
tribute to the parent company.
"They hold that 4 1-2 per cent
is too much for a 55-cent instru
ment." he added facetiously.
Replying to an interruption by
Commissioner Corey, Tomlinson
said the 55 cents per phone should
be allowed for rental and not in
cluded in the rate base. California
he siaid, refused to capitalize the
instruments or allow anything for
alleged services from the parent
company.
Attorney Shaw interrupted with
the information that as a result
of a rehearing the California or
der in the case known as the San
Josef case, had x been suspended
with the exception of San Jose, so
that' now the 4 1-2, per cent ap
plies throughout California with
the exception of San Jose.
Tbmlnson asked Shaw If he
were not an engineer In the em
ploy of the California commission
when an attempt was made to re
duce the 'telephone rates in San
Francisco by $400,000 a year.
"Ves, but we, couldn't get away
with it," replied Shaw.
"Perhaps that is the reason you
are now with jthe telephone com
pany," said Tomlinson.
Mr. Tomlinson mentioned Mis
souri', Kansas, Illinois and Okla
(boma as having rejected the 4 1-2
per cent tribute or its principle.
Some States Apologize
He mentioned Alabama, Indi
ana,. Wisconsin, istfict of Colum
bia, West Virginia and Virginia as
having retained it with apologies.
Turing to the subject of depre
ciation, Mr, Tomlinson said:
"The question of depreciation
has been handled by the telephone
company in the past and is now on
a theoretical basis and in a field
of unknown facts. They evolve
what they term expert opinion as
to what should be allowed for the
depreciation of a plant. This
should be based on experience and
actual facts substituted for theo
ries. The art of telephony has be
come much (more etabilized. Plants
in cities lijke Portland have be
come seasoned and have reached
their stride. Legislation against
them has simmered down. Materi
als and equipment are much more
substantial and long-lived than
formerly. So no longer is it neces
sary to proceed on theories.
Big Iieserve Hit
"The company has accumulated.
It shows, a depreciable reserve of
$28,000,000. of which 28 per cent
represents depreciable property. It
is the people's money set aside to
"care for depreciations on the
plant. We contend thatthis al
lowance should be reduced, not all
at once, but gradually. It is like
fat in the human body on which a
man may live without eating un
til be has consumed the fat. This
surplus has become fat. and we
contend that the company should
be placed on a diet until that re
serve has been consumed."
Commissioner Buchtel reminded
the: speaker thatthe commission
had not allowed the company the
reserve it demanded and Tomlin
son agreed. He urged, however,
that It should be reduced form the
4 per cent allowed to 2 per cent.
Normalcy Is Need.
"In a time of reconstruction."
Mr. Tomlinson continued, "when
values are being deflated, indus
tries are being seriously affected
aud readjusted and must sustain
losses. It fe up to the commission
and to this company to assist in
bringing conditions back to nor
malcy. Several commisisons have
said that utilities should be satis
fled with smaller returns until
normalcy is reached."
Pract;ce of economy nnd betteY
management that would permit of
earning o money through econo
my rather than through high
rates was th? final reform urged
by" Mrs Tomlinson.
"It is the company's duty," he
said, "before coming to this com
mission for in increase in rates
t.i exhaust- every economical
means of bring returns. This cost
plus practice that grew to enor
mity during the war is vicious.
The only safeguard against exor
bitant rates under such a pro
gram is the wrath of the people.
Utility Ca'Jed Ton- Heavy
," think this utility is top
heavy and expensively organized
and not exercising ths economies
it could exercise to build np a rea
sonable rate structure, it you
will divorce the plant in Oregon
from the Pacific Telephone & Tel-.
egraph company and the Ameri
can Telephone & Telegraph com-l
THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 21. 1921
pany, put a good manager in
charge, remove the red tape and
the useless trips to New York, put
this state ou a nnit by itself and
allow it to buy equipment where
ever it chooses, the capacity of
the plant could be increased
it would net be necessary to spend
the $5,oo0.ooy or $7.ooi).o0o sad
dled upon thP" public in exorbitant
rates. It can be done, but it can
not b done under the control of
New York or San Francisco. The
company has men who are capa
ble of such management. I say to
this service commission, that it its
duty to looli into this solution
and assist in taking away these
restrictions and in removing Ore
gon from the straightjacktt in
which it has been placed."'
Public Sentiment KnffulfhiR
The stage where the trend of
battle can be seen has not yet
been reached in the rate case.
'eight of public sentiment sen
timent against the extremely high
rates which phone users are com
pelled to pay for talking from
house to house or from town to
iown is th thing- that has been
most In evidence up to this time.
This sentiment just now1a en
frulfing. But what it represents
in the way of justice is yet to be
ascertained. The farmers ana
othr users who have been wit
nesses declare the rate? in many
instances are prohibitive and
that unless ibey are lowered Ore-
eon is (A'ng to be a state ot
phonles3 homes, at least in the
rural districts.
Company Claims Poverty
On the other hand the teiepnon
company avers that under the
present rates it can scarcely get
by. that its returns are negligible
and that no dividends are being
paid. . t
O o o-n irct f ha w p 1 tr b t nf nlin.
lc sentiment the telephone com
pany i3 expected to pit an ocean
of figures, technical details en
ough to daze anyone but a trained
expert. A mass of exhibits, it is
said, have come from the of'ices
of the American Telephone &
Telegraph company in New York,
a large part of which will bear on
the alleged 4 per cent tribute
from gross earnings which the
Pacific company is said to pay to
the parent company.
The allegation of a 4 per cent
tribute apparently is going to be
vehemently attacked. "The public
service commission declares this
payment is not allowed in Oregon
to be considered as part of operat
ing costs.
Open Play leman6Vd.
The members' of the commis
sion declare that practically every
thing that is introduced in the
way of exhibits have been brought
to Salem at the request of the
commission.
"We have demanded that the
telephone company lay every card
on the table," declared a mem-
1 er of the commission today.
The thre,' members of the ser
vice commission have taken a de
fensive attitude in the rehearing
up to this time. The rulings of
Chairman Williams have been
fair, and he has sat on both sides
when necessary, but questions of
the commission addressed to wit
nesses have been defensive of the
commission's order of February
2 8 last, which is now under 'at
tack. Recall Is Defied.
Opinion is that the commission
members have not been tfrigh
ened ,by recall talk and that
threats of recall will have no in
fluence on the opinion that is to
come.
J. T. Shaw, attorney for the
telephone company, estimates that
7,
Everythin
; H. J. REYNOLDS TOBACcbcCANYwito,.Sl,int W .'j,
at least two days will be required
for the company to pre&enl its
case. There will be half a dozen
primary witnesses for the com
pany, and others will be intro
duced to rebut testimony that al
ready has been given by the other
side. ,
To expedite the bearing. Chair
man Williams cautioned attorneys
to cut the' testimony of witnesses
and remarks to the commission
to a minimum of words.
EDITORIALS
OF THE
PEOPLE
Silverton. Or.. July 19, 1921.
Editor Statesman: On page
three of this morning's paper you
have given an account of the ac
cident that occurred; Snnday af
ternoon on the Dallas-Salem road
caused, as you state, by a Ford
passing a Chevrolet, thereby over
turning the Tprd, wrecking same
machine and causing the clothes
of the Chevrolet driver to be torn
This is ah erroneous account of
the accident. " '
I was driving the Ford, and
was going about 20 miles an hour
when the Chevrolet coming from
behind pass id us. As they passed
their front nub and fender hit the
front wheel and, fender, of the
Ford, taking- off the vheel and
causing our machine' to go in the
ditch and turn over.
Some of the occupanta of our
machine were injured while the
party in the Chevrolet escaped un
hurt. I wish you would make a cor
rection of this error.
Very truly vours,
Oscar LIndqi8t,
Adjutant General White Re
ceives Letter from As
sistant Roosevelt
Reduction of ' naval appropria
tions will make it impossible for
tha government to assign the his
toric battleship Oregon to the
stato this year at federal expense,
according to a letter from Assist
ant Secretary Theodore Roose
velt received yesterday by George
A. White, adjutant general ot the
state. The letter was a personal
rather than an official communi
cation and referred incidentally
to Colonel Roopevelt's desire to
send the battleship to Oregon In
accordance with- conversations
which he had "had with Colonel
White on the subject.
The cut in naval appropriation
has been nearly 50 per cent, it
Was stated, and accordingly every
dollar must be used on the, fleet
in keeping: it fit and ready for
the national de'ense,
Oregon may have the battle
ship, of course, by footing the bill
for keeping the' boat here., Colonel
Roosevelt stated in his letter.
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BATTLESHIP DOT
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"That matter la en
my province," said CJoIocel White,
"as I had merely suggested that
the ship be sent here! for the train
ing of naval resema residing la
Oregon and entirely,: nt govern
ment expense. The government
favored such a couree last year
when I was in Washington but
pleaded lack of fund. Now that
the navy's funds haie been cut U
half this year it is Apparent that
Oregon will have t6 wait or ele
raise funds here fr taking the
ve?sel over. While everyona
would like to see the Oregon her
as a training- ship li doubt if any
one will regret hovjever that tb
government is finally econjomia
rng. - 1, .
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