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THE OREGON. STATESMAN, SALESk OREGON TUESDAY MORNING; MARCH 14, 1922, Federal Body Without Auth ority to Compel AbahoV onment of Roads! SUPREME COURT RULES Whether Companies Entitled to Abandon Lines is y Not Passed Upon WASHINGTON', March 13. The interstate commerce commis sion was held today; by the bu preme court to bo without author ity to authorize or compel the abandonment of a strictly state railroad. j The decision, which was hand ed down in a case brought by the Hate of Texas against the Eastern lexas Kauroaa . company to pre vent that railroad from dlsmant ling, under an order issued by the commission, declared that where a railroad lies entirely within a single state t owned! and opera t- ea by. a corporation, of. that state, and Is not a part of another line and where its continued operation cannot be of more than local con cern, the commission was without Jurisdiction. , 5o Dfcwent Voiced . I "Interstate and foreign com merce will not be burdened or af fected by any shortage In the earn ings norj will any carrier In such commerce hate to bear or make good the shortage" of the Eastern Texas railroad. Justice Van De- ranter stated in delivering the opinion. There will be no dis sent, j For the courts to hold, the de cision said, that congress in au thorizing the interstate commerce commission to regulate the exten sion and abandonment of. the old lines Intended that the commis sion should "deal with the .aban donment of such a road as to In trastate as well as inter-state and foreign commerce," would raise a serious question as to the consti tutional validity of the law. Whre a statute is susceptible of two construction, by one of which grave and doubtful constitutional questions arise, and by the other such questions are avoided, it is the duty of the court to adopt the latter, Justice Van Devanter sid. adding that by giving the section the more restricted constructions its validity would be undoubted. Many Angles Kern ; As construed by the court, it was the Intention of congress to enact a law to regulate Interstate and foreign commerce and to af fect state commerce, only as it may Incidental to the effect, reg ulation and protection of inter state commerce. Justice Van De canter said there were many man ifestations , of a continuing par pose by congress to refrain from any regulation of purely state commerce, save such as was in volved In its rightful exertion of lt control of interstate and for eign commerce. Justice Van Devanter said the court would not pass upon the question of whether the railroad company was entitled to abandon its line, because, that question was not presented in this case. The only issue before the court, he explained, was whether the in terstate commerce commission had exceeded its authority in or dering the railroad to abandon its line. .Wlhes He Had Known It Sooner "I only wish I hsd discovered Foley's Houey and Tar 50 years ago, as I have been the victim of attacks of influenza and bad colds until I found this wonderful re lief.',' writes W. H. Gray, 854 No wita PU Venice. Cal. Foley's Honey and Tar helps coughs and colds, bronchial and la grippe coughs, tickling throat and hoarseness. It is good for croup and whooping cough Mr. Gray adds: "Worth its i weight m gold. Marvelously effective." Sold everywhere. Adv. j "to ira lira But the Prevaricator of His Hotairplane Went on the Blink and Stalled i i TOMORROW TODAY i Vf trdTTi n n n n i- n i 4 MAtfMcAVOY REA1AKT PICTURES & "A HomWM vamp" SILVERTON NEWS SILVERTON, Or., March 13. (Special to The Statesman) The Silverton fire department was called out yesterday afternoon by a chimney burnine out at the There is printed below the copy of a letter which was received by The Statesman. The writer of the letter signs himself "Peter Show case;" but he leaves the ear marks and tracks and other sure signs of J. W. Redington, who worked on The Statesman during the days of which he writes, and who mails his letter from Delano. Cal., where Mr. Redington now holds forth. He was owner of the Heppner Gazette and the paper at Pnyallup, Wash., after leaving Salem, and since that time has wandered over the mining camps of a number of states. The letter refers to the birth day banquet recently given to all the Salem old-ttimers by Hal Pat- ton. Following is the letter: Liars' Lane. in Shady Run. Cal. 30 Days After Dinner, '22. Mr. Hal Patton. Salem, Ore Dear Sir When r recently met our old pioneer friend Pete D'Arcy taking a milk-warm bath in the ocean breakers on the beautiful beach at Santa Monica, in the middle of January, and he gener ously offered to transfer to me Just to demonstrate that you cant get three gallons of molasses into a two-gallon. Sag without birst ing off the hoops. Yes, I would like very much to see if the Patton hair outgrew the ragged, edges made on it by such horrid haircuts, and would like to see the skyscrapers along Com mercial street where Pioneer Ges ner sold for $600 the lot and building where BillyStanton used to hare his cigar spre, and would like to see beautiful Ewe Park, for I knew the lady-sheep it was named after, who used to act as Uncle Tommy Cross's bell wether in leading bands of sheep to the slaughter at his abattoir up Mill Krick. But, what's the use? What can a Diraman ao wnen nis oumooat airship is burned tip. Still, you might let me know if my proxy ticket will be good for wou'r next year s dinner. V. T. V. PETER SHOWCASE. And I also wanted to find out it it was ever found out who put the calico dress on the Goddess of Liberty on top of the county courthouse that Hallowe'en night so long ago? It had the Imprint of Madame Trotter, the Paris mo diste, on it. but County Judge Tom Shaw could not interpret the fin gerprints. Andrew Hall Honored At Silverton Party home of Mr. and Mrs. A. Simmer- your kind invitation to your pio- al on East hill. No damage re sulted. Mr. and Mrs. P. Moberg and children of ScottB Mills spent Sunday at Silverton as guests of the L. H. Meyer family. Among those reported ill with the grip during the weekend are O. Satern. the Samuel Torvend family. E. Refsland, O. Sunde and William Maurer family. It is reported that Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Johnson who have been spending the winter at California are on their return trip. SILVERTON. Or.. March IS- (Special to The Statesman) Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Hall entertain ed at a party Saturday night in celebration of the birtiday of their son. Andrew. Cards were the chief diversion of the evening. Chris Bolie won the first prixe while the loser's prixe was award ed to George Elton. Refresh ments were served by the hostess. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. I Henry Torvend, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmedecke and child ren, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hall, Mr. and Mrs, Andrew Han, Miss Lu cile Hall. Mr. and Mrs. Chria Bo lie, Faye Bolie, Mr. and Mrs. Dan TYrhftir- Pan! Drbsetter. r. and Mrs. Arthur Madaen, Mr. and Mrs. George Elton, MJm Helen Elton. . . rWhatH we do with, the- ark now that the bit trip la OYerr inquired apneia. , -"My eon." replied Coab ' had troable enough without sU-; rag; in-immediately on-any bJp ptnr problems." ; Waahingta Star. - . : ' y, LADD & BUSH, BAIiitisRS OuhlilkM 1853 ' " '-' j ' i General Bines? Csxatsi Office Honri ftom II a. ea, t sun EST BED PEPPER FOR COLDS IN CHEST Ease your tight, aching chest Stop the pain. Break np the con gestion. Feel a bad cold loosen up in Just a short time. "Red Pepper Rub" Is the cold remedy that brings quickest re lief. It cannot hurt you and it certainly seems to end the tight ness and drive the congestion and soreness right out. Nothing has such concentrated, penetrating heat as red peppers, and when heat penetrates right down into colds, congestion, ach ing muscles and sore, stiff joints relief comes at once. ' The moment you apply Red Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat. In three minutes the con gested spot Is warmed through and through. When you are suf fering from a cold, rheumatism, backache, stiff neck or sore mus cles, just .get a jar of Rowles Red Pepper Rub, made, from red pep ners. at any drug store. You will have the quickest relief known. Adv. w . - - New Shipment of Spring and Summer Just Received i Wtf advise you 16 come in and look this new ship ment over-you're sure to find a style to fit your 1 personal need and you have the advantage of the I new .low prices- Priced from $1.49 to $4.98 THE "KABO" Flatter U Brassieres The brassiere for the full and stout figures, also arrived in very attractive models. This. is a new collection and sure to give greater -! I I 4 For TMesday Only u IN OUR DEPARTMENT we have a number of extra special bargains that will be unusual surprise in the bigness of ths values. : . I comfort. Very reasonably There's A Reason! Shop Where The Crowds Boy , ". neer dinner, 1 swiftly grabbed at the chance to act as his proxy, and at once tuned up my airship and started Tint when I reached a cloud- spot just two miles above this me tropolis my gilderflukes began to miss, so I landed at thown black smith shop, where the horseehoer made a diagnosis and said that 1 would have to get the carbon scraped off my sparkplugs, , lubricator adjust ed so that it would not crisscross with my incenerator and pervarl cator, and many other things, and after he had taken the machine apart he went off scouting after the forbidden fruits of Volstead ism, or petrified eggnog, or some thing, and the rumor came back that he was on a drunk. So I put In a rebuilt gilderfluke myself, but it backfired and burned np the blacksmith shop, airship and ail. So here I am set afoot, and it is a great disappointment, for I principally wanted to see you and find out if your hair had grown out all right. For just b4 I left Salem you and your brother swip ed a pair of shears and cut oft the long, beautiful curls, that your good mother took such pride In. I remember it as tho it was yes terday, and Captain John Green who used to fire off the 4th-of- Jnly cannon that stood in .the park in front of the state house saw you do it. and told Chief Quinaby, the last Mohican of the San-ti-ams, who used to hold up one corner of the Griswold Blk., and he told me. and I told Major Frank E. Hodgkln, city editor; of The Statesman, and he wrote it up, and Emporer Norton, the sporting editor, had Hi Gorman, the sweatpower engineer, stop the perfecting press, and the Item went in and caused thrills all over town, from Piety Hill to Gayety Hill, and back to the old Wigwam. It 1b also a great disap. to be cut off from going up, as I bad it mapped out to call on the Cham ber of Commerce at Scappoose, Cathlamet and Eola. and find out in the interest of science the se cret of how they had Increased their populations from 13 to 23 in as maany years. That would be Information that I could sell for a hi price to town down here who wish to boom. Time flies, but still it seems like only yesterday whenthe San tiams were camped on Mill Krick and all had the measles, and their medicine man prescribed steam baths in their little sweathouses neaiea wttn not rox, ana then a plunge into the cold waters of Mill Krick. right down from the snows of Mt. Jefferson. W. J. Herren was sheriff of Marion county at that time, and he and John Minto and Sam Par rish went over beyond or above Uncle Hob Kinney's mill and told then that such heroic treatment wo-Id Jtill off the whole tribe, but tlie medicine man, Sam Str-ugaddleblanket, said "Wake! Wake! Halo momaloose!" and something else to the effect that there was a Santiam born every washday, and the tribe had In gins to burn, with many more coming, so who cares? Boston man cnltns wa-wa, klatawa hyak. This is history. Or if It isn't. these men have all climbed the Golden Stairs, so there is none to dispute it, and I challenge unsuc cessful contradiction. Anyway, the whole tribe melted away like deep snow b4 a strong Chinook, and Chief Quinaby might yet be the last of the Mohicans if he hadn't ate too much Krismas dinner that time when a kind hearted lady asked him In to rur round her kitchen table, fill up on turkey and cranberries and the kind at apple butter that all good Salem housewives used to make in those good old days. Quinaby made up for lost time all right, but next day he , was read for Momaloose. Island, and ' Frank Davey or some one said that, he did It in. the Interest, of science,. IS TO CIS IIP UGLY, BROKEN OUT SKIN Any breaking out or skin irri tation on face, neck or body is overcome quickest by applying Mentho-Sulphur, says a noted skin specialist. Because of its germ destroying properties, noth ing has ever been found to take the place of this sulphur prepara tion that instantly brings ease from the itching, burning and Ir ritation. Mentho-Sulphur heals, eczema right up, leaving the skin clear and smooth. It seldom fails to re lieve the tormeht or disfigure ment. A little jar of Mentho-Sulphur may be obtained at any drug store. It is used like cold cream. Adv. Ladies' Tweed Co its A new shipment just received comprising coats made of this popular material in both domestic and imported tweeds. 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