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JTUg OREGON STATESMAN; SAEEM-OREGON THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 14,-1024 1 1 " " 1 ' ' ' juuiiii niiiL .Portland Concerns Failing to Expedite Action as ...v ' . Agreed Upon Whether the Municipal Reserve & Bond company of Portland is oing to show dllligence In get ting its mandamus action against the state corporation department through the supreme court, s it has agreed to do for an early de termination of its status, in a ques tlon at the office of Attorney Gen eral Van Winkle. J Upon, inquiry by W. E. Crews, Slate corporation commissioner, the attorney-last July gave an opinio holding that the sale of securities proposed by this com pany, which were in the form of Installment bonds, would consti tute an investment business under the building society plan. This meant 'that the company would have to put up securities with the corporation commissioner to pro tect the investors. SucTi a severe , protest at the opinion, came from the Municipal Reserve & Bond company and five or six others that were similarly situated, that the. attorney general agreed to withdraw the opinion for recon sideration. A hearing was accord ed the protesting companies and testimony n-as taken in Salem and . Portland. In October the attor ney general wrote a second opin ion holding the same as the first had held, though the opinion was more elaborate. It. is said the com panies submitted much argument but no citations in support of their contentions. S As a next step the Western ' Bond & Mortgage company which was offering similar securities, in stituted an original proceeding in mandamus in the supreme court against Corporation Commissionr Crews to compel him to issue it a license. It is said the companies agreed to expedite its case in the supreme court in consideration for being allowed, pending a supreme ' court opinion, to continue oper ations under a former permit. But it apparently, is making, no effort to hurry matters and the' testimony lias not yet been filed with the court, ; ,. V M There Is some speculation as to Vhether the company hopes to have the case drag along until the . aext legislature meets, ' when it could have legislation Introduced to-amend the law in its. favor. Eight Opinions Handed Down By Supreme Court f Written opinions of the state ;" supreme court' on the county, tax supervising and conservation cases f which were decided orally seve-' J ral weeks ago,' were, handed down yesterday. These simply confirm , the oral opinions, which declared . the supervising and conservation ; .commission act void because of de flective title. Opinions handed down yesterday were: . ( First National bank of McMinn tille, et al, plaintiff, vs. county eo.urt of Yamhill county, Oregon, t al, defendant.;1&rii;iriat" proceed ing in mandamus to compel levy of tax for payment of county road bonds and testing legality of.coun ty tax supervising commission. Opinion by Justice McConrt. Writ allowed. State of Oregon, ex rel Umatilla county, ex rel, petitioners, vs. R. O. Hawks, county assessor, re spondent; original proceeding in mandamus to compel assessor to enter on assessment rolls $66, 976.81 for market road purposes. Opinion by Justice MrCourt. Writ allowed. Christena Schoren vs. Mathias Schoren, appellant; appeal from Wasco county; suit for divorce; opinion by Justice McConrt, and Judge Fred W. Wilson affirmed. Dahl & Penne, Inc., vs. in the matter of the liquidation of State Bank of Portland, insolvent, ap pellant; appeal from Multnomah county; petition to have claim de creed to have preference right to priority in payment over general creditors of bank. Opinion .by Justice Rand. Decree of Judge Walter II. Evans modified, and cause remanded with directions to superintendent of banks to correct account of intervener's deposit by adding thereto $1,000 and to dis tribute upon corrected account the intervenors portion of proceeds realised from assets of insolvent hank but without costs to either party. Elizabeth X. Anderson, et al, vs. George. A. Morse et al, appellant; appeal from Jackson county; suit to foreclose contrart for sale of land. Opinion by Justice Coshow. Judge F. M. Calkins affirmed. James C. Ford, appellant, vs. I j, P. Schall; appeal from Malheur county; petition for rehearing de nied in opinion by Justice Brown. The Portland Building company vs. in the matter of the liquida tion of the State Bank of Portland, insolvent: appeal from Multno mah county; relating to funds on deposit in State Bank of Portland. Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge Walter H. Evans affirmed. Charles M. Morser vs. Southern Pacific company, appellant; appeal from Multnomah county; suit for damages for personal injury. Opinion by Justice Burnett. Judge Robert G. Morrow reversed. Tentative Plans Agreed On for Summer Lake Work The state irrigation and drain age securities commission yester day agreed to tentative plans for the completion and repair of the Summer lake dam and the distri bution system of the district. "Representatives of the J. R. Mason company of San Francisco have agreed to purchase an ad ditional bond issue in an amount sufficient to provide funds for the proposed additional construction at 90 cents with the-understanding that the v state guarantee interest on the present outstanding issue of $260,000," said Rhea Luper, state engineer, in commenting on the Summer lake situation. "The tentative plan provides for repairing the present dam, which was damaged by excessive settle ment, by widening the base of the dam and extending the conduit The plan outlined will provide the district with a gravity system, for possibly 5000 acres of land in the Summer lake valley. "Owing to its sheltered location i'T qOME PEOPLE THINK that a stove is a stove. They appear , to think that a little cast iron and some fancy plating all wrapped around with some light sheet iron, makes a range. We sell stoves for service and take the looks- into consideration as secon dary. We will give you jjSmore value for the money in the Great Western Line than, it is possible to obtain elsewhere. The Great Western FOR QUALITY FIRST LAST A niT ALWAYS MAKE US PROVE IT Milk Gan Special We-have just received a shipment of the "Pacific Coast Special"; extra heavy; milk cans. These cans are fitted with; drop forged - welded : handles and have - an extra heavy one piece all seamless - neck, breast and bowl,v Prices this week as follows: i 5. gl, size, weighs 3 IBs., $3.50 ; 1 0 gal. size, weighs 24 lbs., $4.75 y JVe have the lighter; Ohio Cans at a lower price. Bard ware and Machinery, "? ' i. 236 N.-Commer.dal St Successor to Lott L. Pearce & Son. the. project is particularly adapted to the Growth of forage crons. There are several old apple orch ards on the project that have been bearing for many years, but coll- g moth and scale are unknown and spraying is unnecessary." Luper haa .instructed Encineer Barley of Klamath Falls to pre pare m detail plans, specifications and cost estimates for early con sideration by the commission. Mf MARRIAGE PROBLEMS Allele Garrison's New Phase of REVELATIONS OF A WIFE Copyright 1921, by Newspaper Feature Service, Inc. Winners Announced in real fikinR sh has for thp Individ- ' f I Will - CSSy C0flte$t ual. - I Prizes amounting to $50 in cash for thbest essays on thrift were distrihaied among the school peo ple oFhe city yesterday by'-David Kyre and C. A. Kells, following the" report of the judges. All but three o the schools were visited and these will receive their prizes todny. Presentation talks were made by the two men to individual winners, with the exception of the tened j Harfieid school, where Tir. K. K. I the i Fisher, nresfiited u nri7 ti tinviil I Kyre, Jr., one of the winners. j More than 1 " 00. essays were writ ten during Thrift week, which opened January 17, t lie anniver sary of th ebirth of Benjamin I escaped gladly, but I heard even as I closet! the ioor, nfy mother-in-law's voice in ;eager questioning, and I knew tht not only was she safe from domestic interference for the nextf quarter of an hour, but that the problem of keeping Dicky occupied uid ig norant of the nocturnal exHrsion with Katie which Lillian anfe had planned could be safely lei with her for solution. b So it was with much lit spirits i hat 1 started low; kitchen and Katie. (To1 lie Continued Read the ClassifieddAds, J Franklin, the first great exponent j of the movement. In order to ! stimulate interest In the essay writing the Salem banks contrib uted the money to be distributed in priaes. Judges for the essay contest Were .Mrs. Alice Dodd. Mrs. George Hug, Mrs. J. C. Nelson, Mrs. C. A. Kells, Mrs. K. K. Fisher, Edith Hazard and Charles J. Lisle. Following are the prizes in the various schools: Senior high school First prize, $4, Byron Cooley; second $3, Ruth Draper? third $2, Frances Rhodes; fourth. $1, Pauline Knowland. Junior High School Ninth grade -First prize $3, Dorothy Matters, Washington; second, $ 2. .10, Constance Smart, ! Grant; third 2, Elizabeth Wech- trt Washington; fourth. . $1,50; Ruth Hatelton, McKinley. J Eighth i grade First " priEe, $2.50, Geneviete Martin, McKin ley; second, $2, Edith Ttiggs. third, $1.50, Erma Simmons, McKinley; fourth, $1,' Victor Calaba, McKin ley. j " Seventh grade First prize, $2.50, Mercedeg Miller, McKinley; second, $2!, Marjorie Marcus, Mc Kinley; third. $1,50, Catherine Mulvey, Washington; fourth, , Uertha Carl, Grant. Elementary Schools Sixth grade First prize. $2.25, Truman Kirkpatrlck. Garfield; second, $ljoO, Dorothy Badestcher, Lincoln; third. $1.2.., Lawrence Brown, Lincoln; fourth, $1, David Kyre, Garfjield. Fifth grade First prize, $2.25. Gladys Hilfiker. "Lincoln; $1.50 Chester.; Oppen, , Highland; ; thjr,a, $1.25, Rnth Arnold. Highland; fourth, $1, Dorothy Smith, Lin coln, , ' . .:.."' . ; Fourth grade First prize, $2, Preston- Hale, Lincoln; second. $J-25. ernpr Brown, Garfield; third, $1, Sivlter Horn, Highland; fourth 75 cents. Mary Hickman, Richmond. " r ' Don't scold a reminine writer when 8be,gets mixed up lu a scan dal. Perhapa )ie is getting! at mosphere for eex stuff. , CHAPPED HANDS; chilblains, frostbit juat rub on soothing, cooling, healing Owrr IT Milliom Jtm W Ymar r - CHAPTER 100 THE WAY LILLIAN GAINED A RESPITE FOR MADGE. "I told you, Margaret, long ago. to put covers on those sofa pil lows. 1 hope you're atiHfitd now." Mother Graham turned ou me before her daughter, Elizabeth, was fairly out of the room. It was no more than I expected. I said grimly to myself, no matter whose the fault that angered, she would get round to me sooner or later. Then I caught the humili ated look in her eyes, and realized the reason for this particular at tack. My possessions had been harmed. Her daughter's children were responsible. Her pride of family had been stung, her old- fashioned dread of giving just cause for criticism to an "in-law" was torturing her, and because of her hurt and humiliation she was striking out blindly at the first thing in reach. Accordingly, I smothered the angry retort which was on my lips dismissed the despoiled sofa pil lows with a casual "never mind them," and hastened on to the one sure topic which would divert her mind: "Did Junior wake up?" She looked at me shrewdly, keenly for a second, then gave a short little laugh. "She's Getting Supper." "Well, it you don't mind, it's none of my business," she said, but I knew that she was relieved at my attitude, and in another second she was enthusiastically ex tolling her Idolized grandchild. "He is the best youngster!" she said with emphasis. "Just woke up once as I was undressing him, murmured, 'Hello, Danzie. Dooner turn home,' then dropped off to "sleep again.' The blessed lamb! I don't, know how I've stood it without him. Not that I don't love Elizabeth's children," she said with belated loyalty, "but no one can ever take Richard Sec ond's place with me." She paused for a second in rapt contemplation of Richard Sec ond's wonderful qualities, then straightened herself, thre wtip her head, and held mo with an eye that, if not glittering, came un comfortably near to that time honored description. "What did you do with Katie?" she demanded with an inflectiou indicating the suspicion that I had either murdered the girl or had raised her wages unnecessarily. "She's getting supper, I be lieve," I said casually, but I am afraid there was unintentionally in my voice a trace of the feminine triumph I felt Ht being able to send Katie back to her work after my mother-in-law and her daugh ter, had so signally failed in their management of her. "What!" MothergGraham al most screamed the vrord, then sho started tor the door. "Government Business." "Why, I told Mrs. Ticer to go down and get supper when she had finished changing the beds!" she said angrily. "There'll be an aw ful mix-up. I do wish Mar garet " Without seeming to do so, Lil lian effectually blocked her pass ageway through the door. "I 'have something so import ant to consult you about," she murmured "government busi ness, you know. I wish you would let Madge see to Katie, and you give me a few minutes' time." 'Dicky would have characterized his mother's action at this point as "swollowing the bait, hook, line and sinker." Her melodramatic old soul, housed queerly enough in her dignified conventional body, delights above all things in any thing savoring of mysterious gov ernment work. And as Inquisi tion tortures would not open "her Hps once she has decided to keep them closed on any subject, Lil lian has upon several occasions made use of her by confiding in her. - She appeared to increase in stature a good two Inches at Lil lian's words, preening herself like a vain old peacock. "Of course," she said gracious ly, "government work must come before anything -else. - Hurry out there, Margaret, and keep Katie from being disrespectful to Mrs Ticer. r Not that I there's much choice betwoen them," she added tartly, with the invariable dispar We m him n j L7D 3E And mm We Are Doing It As Fast as It Is Within Human Possibility of Selling the Stock iz. 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