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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 10, 1922)
THE -OREGON STaeSMAJT, SAt"ET,I, OHEGOri iiUrsday Tuning, august To, '1022. ilEW TE T Reduction by Southern Pacific-Company Intended to Help Canners 35 50 65 80 An order lowering the freight rates on f rait crates, cartons and containers for. fruit that is to be shipped to canneries or users, has just been Issued through the of fice of J. H. Mulchay. i general freight agent of the Southern Pa cific railroad; at Portland, t The order;- which is In 'letter form, follows : v -; ' ' ' - 1 ' "In ' response to : several ' re quests, we hare decided to estab lish the following rates on car riers (not new packages) empty; namelr, tin can crates,' fruit and vegetable boxes and crates,' cider or vinegar barrels, when returned to ' Original point of shipment from which forwarded loaded, or when shipped for a return paying load over the same line or route, as (he outbound movement empty. 12,000 Pounds Minimum ; ... "Rates to .apply on carloads with a minimum .of 12,000 pounds, subject to . minimum charge of $10 per car, and ac cording to tne 'distance between points of movement: Fifteen miles or less 5 cents. Over 15 . miles, not . over 25 miles,' 6 cents. . Over . 25 miles, not over miles 7 cents. '" Over 35 miles, not 'over miles,' & . cents. ? Over 50 miles, not over miles, 10Vi cents. t Over 65 miles, not over miles, 11 Scents. , Over 80 miles, not .over 90 miles, 13 cants. ' ' ' ' ' ', . Over JO -miles, not over .105 miles,' 14 cents. 4 . Iver 105 miles, 'not over 125 miles. 16 cents. ' .Over, 125 miles, .not over ,150 mllex, 17 cents. 1 - Over 160 miles, not over 175 miles, 18 cents. Over 176 miles, not over 200 miles, 20 cents. ' Over 200 miles, not over 225 miles, 21V4 cents. Over 225 -miles,- not over 250 miles, 22 cents. Over 250 miles, not over 275 miles, 24 cents. - Over 275 miles, not over 300 miles, 25 cents. . ; - - Over 300 miles, not over 825 ' miles, 27 cents, f - ; V Over 325 -miles, not over 850 miles, 28 cents. - T Policing Provided. . I; "Agents will be required to po lice the movements and rates will be applied ' only where satisfac tory evidence has been furnished: First, that the packages were orig inally forwarded full via our line and are being returned empty to the shipper of the original filled package, and second, that when the packages are forwarded for return paying load, satisfactory evidence that they are to be used for filling with fruits or vege tables, etc., and returned under load over the same line or route to the shipper of the original emp ty package. y"---,'v. - i Conditions Imperative "If these -conditions are not complied with, ; If is to be un derstood that the rates will not apply for reasons which-1 am sure you will readily appreciate, "The reduction In rates will run from $ 4 to ' 13 1 5 per , car . end which when taken Into; consid eration with . the recent, general , 10 per cent reduction, effective July 1, results In ' a very heavy decrease In the transportation charges for packages of the char acter mentioned. It is made in the sole Interest of the farmer or fruit and vegetable grower, and to assist In the development of the canning Industry along our lines. Burn Help Appreciated . "In the negotiations and work ing out of this reduction, E. M. Burns, secretary Of : the Oregon (Tanner Inapti a haa kaa. m m helpful and I wish to take this . opportunity of extending to you an acknowledgment of his serv Missionary Society Has Marion Square Session An interesting outdoor meeting of the Doman's Foreign Mission ary society of the first Methodist church was held Wednesday after noon at : Marion mum. t: , t ' Mrs. E. E. Cpmeyer, the presid ent and chairman for the day, outlined briefly the caH'Jor the meeting. Mrs. Blaine E. ; Kirk Patrick gave an address on "chain , parties, a system of meetings to interest' every member in getting 1 10 other members or attendants to become Interested In the work of the society; X Mrs.' F. A. Legge alsd gave an interesting talk, as th hnntfWB tnr thn iliv Rev. Ralph Thomas, for years a dramatic star In Willamette university,' and later of Kimball and now holding1 a pastorate at . Turner, gava a number of read ings. , One of these was the thril ling, all-but-lm mortal song-poem ftf thtt last llln nf th vnrlil wi plication to the mission field, In which America is leading the world in every branch of religious and practical applied brotherhood, was emphasised. , Henry VanDyke's poem "Home Again," was another o( these of ferings, as was also a. prayer by I Mrs. H, F. Pemberton of South Salem, .who lived for years in In dia, and several of whose children were born there, gave a thrilling story of her Impressions of that far-off land. - Light refreshments, ice cream and wafers were served. The near-shower that came up daring the afternoon, occurred during their program, forcing the women to take refuge In the band stand. SILVERTON HEWS SILVERTON, Ore Aug. 9. (Special to The Statesman.) Mrs. Silas Forvend has' returned from - a trip east where she was called by the death of her father. Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Sebo and daughter, Miss Anna1. Sebo, were on a shopping tour to Salem Tues day. :' " - - ' Miss Mary Moberg, who has been visiting at the L. H. Meyer home for two weeks, returned to her home at Scotts Mills Satur day. " Miss Lillle Madsen, Miss Cora Satern, Miss Lulu Goplerud,. Mrs. MJ. Madsen,' and Mrs. d. Satern motored to Salem Tuesday. Miss Anna Sebo of Portland is spending ' a two weeks' vacation with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Sebo. ' ' Miss Inez Fry has taken employ ment. at the Kafourv Bros, store at Salem., Mrs. H. Hegtvigt was a Salem visitor Tuesday. Misses Ruth and Ruby Daht and Miss , Eleanor Fry have re turned from . a camping trip' , to Wilhoit Springs. 1 1 Miss Eva Digerness and Miss Mable pigerness were on a shop ping rlp to Salem Tuesday. . Mrs. William Steelhammer of Vale, Ore., is visiting at the home ot Mr. and Mrs. A.- O; Steelham mer. . ',. . :V S " Mrs. Blrslng of Howell Prairie is visiting at the C. I. Benson home!' Mrs. Birsing will be one hundred years -old this fall and is still able to get about and ' enjoy lifo. , . JMrs.A. , E. Torgerson has re turned from the Brldgewater hos pital at Albany where she haa been taking medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Pettyjohn and children ' have returned from a visit at the coast. COAL ACTION IS CHECKED Delay t is to. Permit - Illinois uperaiors 10 ueciae on t Participation - -:. , CLEVELAND, Aug. 9. (By the Associated Press.) For second time . the joint ; Interstate conference of coal miners and op erators delayed r action today ? to permit the hold-out j Illinois' oper ators to decide ; ; whether they would participate In negotiations mat may end the soft coal strike, . , Adjournment was taken until tomorrow, although , virtual , de cision had been imade br union leaders tcr negotiate a contract with the operators already en rolled in the conference, and wh control only' part of the coal pro duction of the central competitive tii - - y .? i Policy. Commlttoe Mefts As a .forerunner to the confer ence session tomorrow afternoon, the union's "policy committee will meet In the morning to pass fin ally on the question of a prospec tive settlement which would at feet most Ohio mines' and also scattered ones In ' western Penn feylv&nla, Indiana and Illinois, these four states forming the cen tral competitive field. :; The committee also expects to consider extension of the central field to other parts of.Pennsyl-' vanla and West Virginia. Settlement Favored Sentiment favoring a settlement with the operators here seemed predominent among, the; commit tee members, and was regarded as forecasting approval of ! the union leader's decision, which be came known after President John L. Lewis of the miners had re ceived assurance from operators in states outside the central field ot their willingness to negotiate contracts on the basis made for that field. ',: ; r, Session Is Short - ; Only a short session marked the conference today, adjourn ment being followed with the an nouncement' that the delay was to permit "certain important op erating ; interests" to decide whether they would join in the negotiations. IS H HI OUT Rotary Ball Team Deposes Him But.Not Until He -Had Done 'em Up When the Rotaxlans of Salem and McMinnvllle met In their an nual picnic and turaverein and schutzenfest Wednesday evening at Wheatland ferry, they divided honors about like this: 1 The biggest liars, McMinntille had the worst, but Salem had the most. .i -' The heaviest and the fastest and the longest . distance eaters, a draw. The outdoor-Indoor baseball game, Mcllinnvuie and , umpire George Griffith (a thousand cur ses upon his head) won. : Volleyball, they lost the score and nobody would claim It ' Horseshoe pitching, Salem. won. Tne tug-o-war, Salem, won two straight and one crooked. The story telling, the bonfire- building, the loudest laughs,, the punkest excuses for poor playing at everything, a tie with-. both earning the , cat o' pine tails or the plank or the electric chair. The picnickers assembled about 5 o'clock, and made a whole even ing of it. An elaborate picnic lunch .was served, to the 100 or more guests. The athletic ports brought out a host of tall, wide, thick contestant rotary," rotund, rollicking.' reverberating , roasters who were joutifor a, rip-roaring time, and they had it. , The Salem baseball team had framed a deal to "ridftt ITmpire Griffith, which they did. and.' he handed 'em back a boat six razzes for every ride. He soaked ,'em on every decision. They finally threw him out of the game, bat Umpire Dave Eyre wouldn't give them the game, .either. They lost 6 to 10. The whole evening was one rOund of good fetlowlnip. Yamrlni Superintendent Reports to Wr. Churchill During the school year of 1121 and .1922. 4375 pupils were en rolled in the schools of Yamhill county, of which 35S0 were In the grades and the remainder ia the high schools, according to a report Hied with J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of schools, by S. S. "Duncan, Yamhill county superintendent. ' Other statistics shown in the report are: number of teachers, 218; average daily attendance, 4281; per cent of attendance, 96.2; average monthly salary ot men teachers, S 161.75; average monthly 'salary of women teach ers, S103.CS; total cost of grades from the first to the eighth -in-elusive, 1269,398.77; total cost of the high schools, $144,647.34. Bead the Classified Ads. RATES TO BE PBQBEO Public Service Commission Asks for Investigation In Portland By order of the public service commission, the engineering de partment of the commission wiU make an Investigation of the op erations of the Northwestern Elec tric company's steam besting ser vice in Portland. Rates will be included in the inquiry with a pos sibility of reduction. "One of the principal Items which the commission has direct ed its engineers to give particular attention to is the effect of recent decreases In oil prices upon ' the cost of steam heating service In Portland, as well as the relative cost of producing steam heat by the use of the various kinds of fuel." says a statement by the commission. . The commission points out that fuel oil constitute only a part of the fuel used in making steam heat, and that heretofore the in crease in the coat of sawmill re-J fuse which also is . used' for the purpose has more than offset de creases in the cost of oil. "If the results of the investi gation indicate that steam beat can be developed and delivered at a lower cost than at the time of the commission' previous 'order fixing steam heating rates, the com mission probably will -initiate pon its' own. motion s proceed ing with the object of reducing rates," the statement continues. The rates now In effect -were established by an ; order of the commission February 2i. 1921.1 Financial Status of " " Big Railroads Shown WASHINGTON Aug. -JOne hundred and ninety nine of the 200 "cUss no" railroads of . the United' States had an aggregate In cone ta June of $76,470,500. or at the annual rate of 4.78 on their tentative statuatlon valua tion, according to reports filed by them with the interstate com merce commission. 1 ' ' The net earnings in June, 1921, was at the rate of 3.18 per cent and tn may, 1922', 4.36 per cent, i' The reports for June showed operating- revenue's 'totalling 472.$&0,00 an increase ot 2 1-2 per' cent- over the same month last year, while operating expens es wree given as $363,335,500. a decrease ot 4 1-2 per cent. Fifty roads, 29 Jn the east, one in the south and 20 in. the west, reported operating deficits in June. Under the Harding administra tion the expenditures are at out equalling the income of the gov ernmeat. . The ultimate consumer would like to know just how Un- cie oam ooes lu : At : Reduced Prip no Voflef, Silkf, Crepe de Cthf cnzptslc. jCcl orf ari VisteFIesh. Hesna, etc. $125 $2M' 1415 : Commercial end .Ccgrt Strc;U 0 Cable Cummunicatioh at Mercy of Irregulars LONDON, Aug."9. (By Asso ciated Press.) Cable communica tion between Europe and the Uni ted. States today was still at the mercy of the Irish Irregulars who contained to maintain possession of 10 of the 17 lines linking the twp continents. , ; Because of this -partial ; paraly sis of the world's great arterial system of ocean wires. 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