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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 17, 1922)
''OLD 4 t BOYS" WHO BUILT SALEM REGULATING "PUBLIC SERVICE" 0 the Rare and Interesting List of Those Who Held Municipal Office for the Past 22 Years of City History, All but Seven Have Passed on Salem Citi zens HnnnrrA hv ftff am. W7 f r.nmmt .17" . 4 Transportation the Most Vital Factor In Restoring Business Sanity and Prosperity Some of the Grave j Questions up for the Oregon Board to Solve Are Here Shown Commission Has Numerous Functions WHO were the "first-nighters" in Salem? It was J long while ago; most tefthem are now gone, and many have left only their official records which are not easily available. They did some mighty good work, however and It has grown broad and strong on their foundations. The first Salem that the pioneers of 1857 set themselves to govern, was perhaps as complete a rathole and a municipal Joke as many of the other city prospects that have budded, bloomed and faded away off of all but the old est maps. There are a lot of these towns in Oregon; some of them within a yery few miles of Salem, that at one time promised even better than the Salem of today. The Jinx and the god of chance cracked their heads together and rattled their skeletons into the boneyard, long ago. One could hardly find even the name of San tiam City, or Bethany, or Cham poeg, except in the mouldy offi cial records. But Salem came through with a bang, from the lit tlest beginning back there In the 50's. The Statesman asked Mr. A. N. Moores, of- Salem, to write an early-day story. Mr. Moores Has chosen the official story of Salem. It is largely a list of names; but so many of these names recall thrill ing Incidents of the long ago. that their mere recital makes a genuine story. Here la the history as Mr. Moores gives It: Founders of Kulcm "I have recently had access to some old records pertaining to the incorporation of the city of Salem and thinking they might prove of soma, interest to your readers, I have" Jotted down a few notes rel ative to early times when the city was a small municipality, numeri cally and geographically. "The records show that the city was chartered by act of the legis lature in 1856 and in December of the same year officers were elected, the first meeting being Held in the court house, February 19, 1857. "Subsequently It was' decided that the charter was illegal, and at the following Bession of the leg islature the charter was amended and the wheels of the city gov ernment permanently set in mo tion In 1860. "Below is the list of city offi cials from 1857 to 1878 Inclusive: "1857 Mayor, Wiley Kenyon: Recorder, O. N. Terryi Marshal, Jonathan O'Donald; Aldermen, First Ward, John H. Moores, John R. Robb; Second Ward, George .11. Jones, N. Connoyer; Third Ward, John D. Boon, A. W. Fer guson. "1858 Mayor, John H. Moores; Recorder Robert M. May; Alder men, First Ward, Wm. M. Laugh ead. Johnathan. O'Donald; Second Ward, John I Starkey, Joseph Holman; Third Ward, Louis Wes tacott. "I860 Mayor, Lucien Heath; Recorder, C. N. Terry; Marshal, Wm. S. Barker; TreasurerCharles Uzafovage; Road Supervisor, Sam uel Lightfoot; City Surveyor, Jer ome B. Oreer; Aldermen, First Wlrd, John ' H. Moores, James Brown; Second Ward, E. N. Cooke, H. M. Thatcher; Third Ward, M. Hirsch, Wm. H. Rector. When the War Regan "1861 Mayor, E. N. Cooke; Recorder, C. N. Terry; Marshal. Wm. S. Barker;. Treasurer, Charles Uzafovage; Aldermen, First Ward, James Brown, C. A. Reed; Second Ward, I. R. Moores, Henry Rickey; Third Ward, M. Hirsch, John Hughes; total vote for Mayor, 72. 1862 Mayor, H. M. Thatcher; Recorder, Richard Williams; Marshal, R. A. Barker; Treasurer, John Q. Wright; Fire Warden, J. W. Brown; Road Supervisor and City Surveyor, C. S. Woodworth;' City Attorney, C. Q. Curl; Alder men, First Ward, A. W. Ferguson, John Donaldson; Second Ward, I. R. Moores, George A. Edes; Third Ward, M. Hirsch; Fourth Ward. Johd D. Boon, Thos. Rowley. -1863 Mayor, fr. M. Thatcher; Recorder, Richard Williams; Marshal, W. S. Barker; Treasurer, Charles Uzafovage; Aldermen, First Ward, John Donaldson, James B. Graves; Second Ward, I. R. Moores, Daniel Strang; Third Ward, M. Hirsch, A. D. Per kins; Fourth Ward, John D. Boon, Thos. Rowley. "1864 Mayor, John H. Moores; Recorder. P. S. Knight; City At torney, Rufus Mallory; Road Su pervisor, F. R. Smith; Treasurer, Charles Uzafovage; Marshal, W. S. Barker; Aldermen, First Ward, J. C. Peebles, James B. Graves; Second Ward, J. C. Cartwrlght, J. L. Starkey; Third Ward, J. N. Fourth, Preston Hamilton, A. D. Perkins. "1865 Mayor, John Q. Wilson; recorder, P.- L- Willis; Marshal, W. S. Barker; Treasurer, Charles Uzaforage; City Surveyor, C. S. Woodworth; Aldermen, First" Ward, C. N. Terry, E. M. Plamon don; Second Ward, A. A. McCully, D. W. Cox; Third Ward, Jos. A. Baker. D. W. Jones; Fourth Ward, John Li. Boon, George F. Bolter. Two 'Year Interval "1867 Mayor, John H. Moores; Recorder, H. Y. Thompson; Treas urer, Charles Uzafovage; Marshal, J. N.iMfttheney; Aldermen, First w.ri o. J. Carr. Joseph Hoyt; Second Ward, A. 3. Brown. Joseph ' Holman; Third Ward, J. F, Miller, JY J.. Shaw; Founn want, j. Brown, S. A. Clarke. ii.rvor. John H. Moores: Recorder, C. N. Terry; Marshal Wiley Chapman; Treasurer Charles Uzafovage; Aldermen Ft Ward. O. J. Carr,, Josep Hoyt: Second Ward, Joseph Hoi m.n a J. Brown: Third Ward. J F., Miller, G. .W.-Gray; Fourth Ward, J. C. Brown. Total vote for Mayor, 330. "1869 Mayor, L. S. Rcott; Re corder. H. y. Thompson; Treas urer, Charles Uzafovage; Marshal. Wiley Chapman: Aldermen, First Ward, W. L. Wade, O. J. Carr; Second Ward, L. S. Skiff. 13. F. Drake; Third Ward, Richard Wil liams, J. L. Starkey; Fourth Wyd, Jamea N. Glover, J. It. Bridges. "1870 Mayor, L. S. Scott; Re corder, H. Y. Thompson; Marshal James N. Glover; Treasurer, A. N. Gilbert; Alderman, First Ward, W. L. Wade. J. G. Wright; Sec ond Ward, L. S. Skiff, B. F. Drake; Third Ward, Richard Wil liams, J. L. Starkey; Fourth A -t . v, - 1 1 ,v 4, f ! Ward, J. H. Bridges, J. C. Brown. "1871 Mayor. J. W. Smith; Recorder, J. A. Waymire; Marsh al, J. W. Fisher;, Treasurer, A. N. Gilbert; Aldermen, First Ward, Peter Bilyeu, James Dickenson; Second Ward. J. D. Jordan, W. F. Boothby; Third Ward, John F. Miller, John C. Berry; Fourth Ward, C. S Woodworth, C. W. Royal. Mayor Dan Payton "1872 Mayor, Daniel Payton; Recorder, J. M. Patterson; Treas urer, C. P. Stratton; Marshal, J. W. Fisher; Aldermen, First Ward, W. L. Wade, O. J. Carr; Second Ward, T. B. Rickey, A. J. Monroe; Third Wrard, L. S. Skiff, Charles Usafovage; Fourth Ward, George H. Jones, R. P. Earhart. "1873 Mayor, A. J. Monroe; THEY SAVE THE FREIGHT Valley Packing Company of Salem Pays Rich Dividends to Both Producer and Consumer of Meats by Eliminating Waste of Ruinous Long Hauls and Waits A NOT Inappropriate emblem for the Valley Packing Co. of Salem, would be a "Cascade" or cataract of hogs pouring over a government-supervised chute rollicking hams, side-splitting ba con, phalanxes of sonl-stirring bo logna and waves on waves of lightsome, lissome frankfurters. Their sterling brand, "Cascade Brand," suggests this in part; t t and the vast volume of business they have done in the. past year should enter also into the simire. And a comfortable flood of jo vial dollars, free as air and rich as Croesus, should go with this cascade of good things; for the Valley Packing Company has saved for the farmers of the Wil lamette valley, approximately $16000 in cash over what Ihey would have received had they Bhipped their stock to Port- Tiurt nr "Ttw Th'a a fine Recorder, J. C. Booth; Marshal. J. A. Baker; Treasurer. J. H. Haas; Aldermen, First Ward. B. F. Brown, J. W. Gilbert; Second Ward, E. M. Waite. L. Johnson; Third Ward, H M. Thatcher. L. C. Griffith; Fourth Ward, E. Strong. J. W. Crawford. "1874 Mayor. John G. Wright; Recorder, James Coffey; Marshal. J. A. Baker; Treasurer. J. H. Haas; Aldermen. First Ward. J. W. Gilbert, Wm. Waldo; Second Ward. C. X. Terry, Edward Hirsch; Third Ward. H. M. Thatcher. George A. Edes; Fourth Ward, Thomas M. Gatch, Elisha Strong. "1875 Mayor. John G. Wright; Recorder, V. R. Hyde; Marshal, How They Came and How They Go John Smith; Treasurer. J. II. Haas; Aldermen, First Ward, J. W. Gilbert, Win. Waldo; Second Ward, Edward Hirsch, E. N. Gil ingham; Third Ward, H. M. Thatcher, George A. Edes; Fourth Ward, Thomas M. Gatch, Elisha Strong. "1876 John G. Wright, Re corder, V. R. Hyde; Marshal, John Smith; Treasurer, J. H. Haas; Al dermen, First Ward, Wm. Waldo, W. H. McCully; Second Ward. J. M. Scott, Edward Hirsch; Third Ward, H. M. Thatcher, George A. Edes; Fourth Ward, Elisha Strong. J. A. Baker. "1877 Mayor, T . M. Gatch; Recorder, C. W. Bowie; Marshal, John W. Minto; Treasurer, Miles M. Miller; Aldermen, First Ward, J. J. Murphy, David McCully; Sec ond Ward, A. A. McCully; J. M. it easy to figure that wages times, in the development of alone would add 2 cents a pound hogs to meet the market condi to the meats handled this oftions, and this is so excellent a course including the highly spe- hog country, the Valley Packing ciallzed smoked meats. In a Company, drawing its whole sup smaller, less efficient plant, the ply from this valley, has'had only labor costs might, or rather cer-the very best of meat to start tainly would, run far higher. It on; there are almost no "see ls only in the well designed, time- onds" in their territory. It is an saving plants, with everything de- interesting commentary on live signed for speed nd efficiency, stock health conditions, that dur- 2s " "Growing Up Into a Million Dollar s' that one can approach this low cost record. The volume of business . over that of 1920, increased 17 per cent. If the industries of the state are able to stage a genuine come-back this year, the percent age gain of this year ought to be higher yet. Two salesmen are kept on the road, going as far south as Duns muir, Calif. The local Oregoni trade has taken to the Cascade products with avidity, so that both in the buying and in the sell-l ing, the state is making and sav-j ing money over the ruinous old practice of selling and buying at as far-off a market as possime. Oregon hogs are fast coming to a high stage of efficiency as meat-producers. The modern packer is looking for a net-too- fat hog that will reach close td 200 pounds at from 6 to 8 month of ape; big-framed pigs that! would eo to 600 or even 80 pounds if allowed to r?ach thei full maturity but they are a their best, both as to profit tel the grower and as to quality oft nroduct. at the younger age. Al-I most no grower in America now-1 adays tries to raise big hogs to real maturity; they do not pay they do not sell, and "nobody loves a fat" hog any more. Th Oregon growers have seized hold of the new hog fashion, and one! can hardly find a single specimen: of the old "lard-type" hogs any- where In the state. ? ' Because the Willamette valley has been so well tip with tho Scott; Third Ward. H. M. Thatch er. Werner Breyman: Fourth Ward, Elisha Stong, J. A. Baker. "1878 Mayor. T. M Gatch; Recorder, C. W. Bowie; Marshal, John W. Minto; Treasurer, Miles M. Miller; Aldermen. First Ward, J. J. Murphy, David McCully; Sec ond Ward. A. A. McCully. J. M. ' Scott ; Third Ward. Charles Uza- fovage. W. Breyman; Fourth Ward, Elisha Strong, J. W. Mere dith. Make Jobs Longer "It seems that prior to 1S74, all the officers were elected an nually; beginning with 1S74, the terms were extended to two years, one half of the aldermen, however, A is 1 .A n elected at that time were to hold only for one year, and one half for two years, and thereafter all were to hold their offices for two years. "Of the people enumerated in the above list, all have passed away with the exception of seven, viz: John W. Minto, Miles M. Miller, J. M. Patterson, V. R. Hyde, Joseph A. Baker, John G. Wright and A. N. Gilbert. Mr. Minto resides in Portland, Mr. Miller at Palo Alto, California, Mr. Patterson at The Dalles, Oregon, and Mr. Hyde at Oregon City. Messrs. Baker, Wright and Gilbert are still residents of Salem, and I trust we will be able to celebrate with these three estimable citi zens, here in this city, their one hundredth natal anniversary, all within the next two decades." ing the year only 39 hogs and 15 lieef cattle were condemned by the rigid government ihspection at the Valley Packing plant; these rejections being for all causes, including mere physical injuries that are not in the slight est indicative of "disease." It is doubtful whether any other plant. east, west, north, or south, can show so clean a herd record. . 1, THE Public Service Commis- sion of Oregon is a commis- sion which succeeded what , s'neers. experts, clerical assist ! was formerly known as the rail- ; ants, together with auditor?, re i road commission was provided for! porters and stenographers, 'in the 19u7 session of the legis- In tnp course of administra lature. and the public service com-j tive duties it is empowered to ; mission has taken on added duties hold p;,Diic hearings tor the in land has developed itself until to- j VPStipation ot matters arising in .wum A..i "'' (six very important departments listed as follows: Ik-part ments 1. Railroad and express com- ) panies. 2. Utilities: (a Light and pow er. (b water, ict telephone and telegraph. (d yas. te) heat, (ft streetcar. 3. Grain inspection: fa) Sam pling and weighing, (b) inspec tion of carsroes. (c) inspection cf flour, id) inspection of hay. (e) inspection of potatoes and other commodities (optional). 4. Scale inspection-railroad warehouse. ". Truck and passenger auto motive vehicles for compensation on the highway. 6. Supervision of franchises and rates regulating booming and rafting companies. Each of ih "so departments must sustain an organization of its own. in order to properly func tion and b ol th- best and most useful service to the public. Highly technical men peculiarly fitted to each department are pin ployed to initiate and assist in investigations of different cases as they come up to the public service commission through these uuierent avenues. It is all pri marily based upon regulation, which implies regulation of pub lic facilities by public authority. OrpaniAUliou The public service commission of Oregon is composed of three members and the secretary. Each of the members is elected for a term of four years and the state is divided into two districts western Oregon and eastern Ore gon, one member being elected irom western Oregon, one from eastern Oregon and one from ths state at large. The present members of the commission are Fred A. Williams, chairman, from the state at large, whose term expires in 1923; H. H, Corey, from eastern Oregon, now serving a second term which ex pires in 1923; Fred G. Buchtel, representing the western district. now serving his second term, which expires in 1925. William P. Ellis is secretary of the corn- FIRST TIRE PRESS IN OREGON t, -rl ' - - ' ' -- . : . : : Ira Jorgensen Brought to Salem the Very First Rubber Tire Press in State Is Living Example of What a Man Can Do in Few Years by Sticking to His Job IRA JORGENSEN, who recently opened his fine new tire es tablishment at the corner of Liberty and Ferry streets, has an exceptional record in Salem. He still keeps the blacksmith shop four doors north of the new place, where he "began work 25 years ago; it does a general line of forge and horseshoeing and mls- cellaneous iron work, but the big auto shop is now the principal branch of the industry. The old place was the most famous horse shoeing Bhop in the country; they've shod almost as many horses there as there are in air America today. Mr. Jorgensen Drought to Ore gon the first tire press machine in the state. He had a rubber tire outfit for buggy wheels In 1900; then he began to go in deeper and he has outgrown two truck-tire presses, and is fast out growing the third and largest of them all. His first press was in stalled before there was such a thing even in Portland. This truck tire business has grown to huge proportions. There is a whole basement full of solid tires and rims; everything that the market carries. The shop it self has a number of power ap- WW ii I i 5 kJi I.-"' I ' I 1 xtiy r 3 '-a s mission. The office force staff consist of examiners and ' n- j connection with the act of resru- , mon the si-t of which tnejand'the manner of operation on requirements of reasonably ade quate service, equipment and fa cilities at reasonable and just charqes therefor. Regulation The term "Regulation" as ap plying to our railroads and pub lic service companies owps its in ception to the idea of safety, safe ty of operation, safety in organ ization, safety in investment and finance, later coupled with the demand for removal and preven tion of discrimination and re bates, until with its evolution of today its prinele is practically universal and absolute in its con trol of rates, facilities and serv ice. As in much of our legislative program the states preceded the federal government in enacting regulatory laws, and indeed the explorations into every field of the subject have been conducted 'n advance of federal enactment. Srate Ownel Alternative So we have today in the regu lation of rates, facilities and serv ice of common carriers and pub lic service utilities what is gen erally regarded as the more con servative American method of se curing the greatest good to the greatest number the conceded alternative in the replacement of which would unquestionably be that of government ownership. The principle of the law of public service, therefore, if to be successfully established and ad ministered, must be intelligently considered and thoroughly under stood. To have succeeded thus far will have necessitated trac ing with patient application its development as evolved through judicial decision and the conse quent greater accuracy with which it is presently applied in its multiple extensions. In Oregon this class of legis lation today covers the field of common carriers, public utilities, and the inception, weighing, sam pling and grading, etc., of grain, flour and hay. Railroad, K'xptvss, Automotive Transportation, Utilities The commission has power over the rates, service, practices pliances to handle the business rapidly and with the least delay A trouble car for road service, J with a compressed air tank for pneumatic tire charging, with gas oline, with jacks and tools for emergency repair, is maintained for service on the road; it will do everything but build a new truck on the spot of the wreck. Jorgensen's New Spring and Tire Mr. Jorgensen began years ago to experiment with steel springs; he has earned the reputation of the most skilled spring-maker in the valley. But as the business grew, he began to put in a stock of springs, ready from the fac- OREGON'S ARMY (Continued from page 2) When they are completed Oregon will then have one complete regi ment of infantry, an additional in fantry battalion, a battalion of coast artillery, a battery of field artillery, a company of engineers, three medical units, and a quar termaster detachment, represent ing an approximate strength of 250O officers and men. Money for Military Maintenance A more comprehensive idea of the 4 spectacular ' progress of the and regulation of all railroads, express and automotive transpor tation, and public ntility corpora tions in thu state, exvept utilities municipally owned. This power extends to the investigation of the reasonableness of the fares and rates, discriminations, ade quacy of service and accommoda tions, conditions of equipment all such transportation lines. It also includes testing and sealing of railroad track scales, the establishment and elimination of grade crossings and the Installa tion and maintenance of safety devices. Telephone and telegraph com panies, street railways, water, gas and electric companies, except those municipally owned, are in like manner subject to regulation as to service and rates. Grain InspertJon Department The commission also has Juris diction over the handling, weigh ing, inspecting and storage of grain, hay and other agricultural products, chemicals and fertiliz ers, and the management of pub lic and terminal warehouses; is charged with the duty of Inves tigating all complaints of fraud or injustice in t!" rraln and hay trade; with fixing the charges of public and terminal warehouses; and the making of all necessary rules and reflations for carry ing out and enforcing the provi sions of law relating to such trade, including the fixing 'of standards for grain and hay, and the maintenance of inspectors, samplers, weighers, etc., for the grading thereof. lxg Boom Franchise Jurisdiction is also exercised over corporations organized for the purpose of driving, catching, booming, sorting, rafting and holding logs, lumber and other timber products on streams of the state, with power to grant and revoke franchises for the use thereof; to provide rules for the identification, assorting and de livery of logs or Other timber products, and to establish reason able and just rates for the han dling thereof by such corpora tions; and to require reasonably adequate service, equipment and facilities. The regulative control of rates has developed from the incentive to remove and prohibit discrim ination. Through long dealings with these questions the trend has developed clearly toward greater uniformity, greater con centration, and fuller cooperation tory; he now carries springs and rims for every machine ever built and used in America since 1909 some boast! Truck or passen ger car, old or new, they can be fitted at the Jorgensen counters; merely tell the man what you need, and he gets it! The Jorgensen business has grown from the most modest lit- rtju Shop the blacksmith shop to a solid, pretentious enterprise that is dis tinctly an asset to the city. : It brings business from all up and down the Willamette valley, and employs a number of men the whole year through. ' Oregon national guard since its reorganization after the war may be obtained by a comparison of the funds received from the fed eral government for Its mainte nance during the past three years. In 1919 Oregon received for the maintenance of its national guard $583.34; in 1920, S5725.20, and during the past year a total of $120,017.3,4. These figures do not includlfr the checks received h-r the individual members of the national guard in reimbursement! for armory drills. The approxl mate amount of money which In the respective lines ot Indus try. , All of such common carriers and public utilities companies subject to the act are required to file and keep open to public In spection schedules containing all . rates, fare and chargVfl. cU.sein- cation, rule and regulations gov erning its service for hir. which rates, fares, charges', etc., cannot be changed except upon giving statutory notice to the commit Eton. Traffic lrobletns Grade crossing elimination, td establishment et switch ' connec tions and industrials, traffic 1ft- (ercnangw. rules for the? fnrauh Ing, loading and' unloading of cars, including penalties for vio lation thereof, constitute some ot the more common subjects ot this phase of regulation. -V.-,y Jn the conduct ot the commis- 1 sion's work outlined In the met, it is empowered to administer oaths, compel attendance 'of wit nesses and production of books and papers, take depositIons;tc, a record of the testimony of "pro ceeding held before the commis sion in such investigations beln kept. t In interstate commerce sad transcontinental rate matters the Investigation must extend to In terstate rates, fares,- chars, claaslficaticna, rules or practices in regulation to person!, or prop erty or the transmission of ms rages or con veraations where any act In relation thereto shall take place within this state, and when the sam are. In the opinion of the com mission, excessive or dls crlmnatory or are levied ot laid in -violation of the Interstate com merce laW. v(j ,,.. rm-m t "Safety FirsC1 CrosslagB Withrthe rapidly increasini n&e and extension of out 'high ways the - provisions of vthS) law relative to grade crossings and ' grade crossing- eliminations are ' of greater and growing " Impor tance , --r S In fact, ont of the changed conditions necessitating the elim ination of grade crossings of rail ways have sprung into- eristencs the new factors In transportation, which are today not only offering subjects of regulation, but prob lems of competition as well, and this class of transportation In 'a number of our. states, Including Oregon, has already taken up Us position under the principle of common-carrier control v for Itl continued demonstrstion of the achievement of the automobile, i Throughout the world one ot the llvest post-war topics has been transportation and Its re habilitation. The stress add strain of. the war period has brought to the surface transpor tation deficiencies, as well as de veloped tho possibilities of com petition. . , , , ' Transportation Paramount , UndlSUhtetliy tbJstTahsltIonal period has launched us well lata a new era In the funetiening'ef this part of the country's' indus try: Its operation; 'management and finance stand foremost in legislative, administrative nd Ju dicial thought," and 'the eotaplexl tles of the nhdertiking artf 'prov ing severe tests1 fo rehredlal m Mi surer of regulation! .t The seriousness ot the situa tion is only the more etnhiilked when considering the vital effect ot transportation- and utility. serv ice exert In our Industrial field generally. A - recent financial . survey ' shows conclusively "present relations between the price ot farm' products prices of manufactured goods : and " trans portation charges,1 and" the "effect of these abnormal relations' upon business,'' and editorially we have it "from most unexpected quar ters comes- testimony that high . costs of transortatlon is ono great obstacle to - business re vival." ' -- - -. Evolution of Service S'ngularly 5 enough the law of compensation ever attaches and with tbe public service law In, Its provisions and administration Is not without application in '. the evolutionary process of transpor tation and utility servicer which must operate successfully In or der to adequately fulfill their du ty of service to the public,' not only in present, but in tbe fu ture. The public service law followed In detail naturally provides a great many other duties too nu merous here to enumerate. Suf fice to say that with approxi mately 4000 miles of railway, an te stage and truck operations over the public highways mileage, and over 300 public htllity com panies operating within the rtate, as well as the miscellaneous com panies above referred to, Its cal endar docketing formal Investi gation is of constantly increasing volume, involving as it does In vestigations into practically every phase of the conduct of these public service companies. ' came into Oregon through thto source tor 1921 was $106.00h0a. as compared with 27,000.O USr 1920, and 113,509.46 for 1911, Thus It will be seen that the Ore gon national guard. In addition to being defenders ot the! common wealth, and an important element of the national defense, provides a handsome revenue- for the' state its contribution during the past year being $220,000.00, 'all of which' was expended within tha V. f I ft- . -it
