The OREGON STATESMAN. Sa!sv rc-en. Friiay tlcrrfay. December S.
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PACE TWO
10II ITES
PROBE SOUGHT
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Ccrey Dissents in Order to
Commission; Hotel Costs
. To bz Discussed
TKeGalL
Board
By OLIVE -M DOAK
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Tamalf ration AT- All rates.
: ehnrrea and toil of the PaeltlC
'TkUnhonn. anS" Telesranh . com
-yany U - Oregon- was; arged by
- 33L It. Corey.. veteran membor of
thejsmbUc nerrlc oas naUalan. fa
.talaorttr orter -of tt .commli
aea handed down -JseTwyoeterday;
Trash- J. Miller, ehairsnam of the
eosamlasion. and O. C Bortmneyer
refused "to sign Corey' order.
Corey's- orderirao banded down
fa eanaectlon with a majority or
er signed by MHlor and Borts
meyer demanding an investigation
of the ratea and charges-imposed
sad collected by the Pacific Tele
phono and Telegraph company;-for
telephone service to hotels In. the
state of Oregon oatsldei of tbe city
or. Portland. Corey refused to
-vttn this order on the theory that
tho probe should Include all tele
phone rates in Oregon and should
..not bo confined to rates for hotel
telephone service.
tThis commission " has received
Informal complaint concerning the
rates and charge Imposed and
collected: for .telephone service to
.hotels In the territory 'served by
tho Pacific Telephone ' and Tele
graph company outside of the city
of Portland' read tho majority
order of tho commission signed by
. Miller and Bortsmeyor. :
"It appears after informal in
vestigation that sufficient grounds
avtat In warrant the commission
In Instituting a farther probe np-
nn Awn Tnotiod for the DUmOSO
of determining whether tho rate
for '- hotel ; telephone service Im
posed By the Pacifle Telephone
and Telegraph company are un
just, 'unreasonable, unjustly dls-
' criminatory or otherwise- In vio
lation of law."
The commission has set Decem-
ber 25. In Portland, as the date
for citing: officials of tho tele
phone company to appear and Justify-
the rates and charges now
made In. connection - with hotel
telephone service. Copies of the
majority order of the commission
today were sent to officials of the
Pacific Telephone and Telegraph
-company and other persons Inter
ested la tho Investigation.
Corey set out four reasons In
his minority order why the Inves
tigation should Include- all the
rates and charges - of tho Pacific
Telephone and Telegraph, com
pany and not be confined to the
rates . tor telephone service fur
nished to hotels outside of Port-
- land. - -.- :
These reasona included the busl
mam denrAsiIon. low cost of mon
ey and supplies. Installation of
an trim at In A iala btwI rnttlnn 1n
the-Dercen tare of tbe graos reve
nue now paid annually to tho
American Telephone and Tele
graph company, i
"I . 0 - ' V .' ,f
Land Purchase
Held up While
I Probe is Made
An aollcaUon tiled with tho
state land board by S. H. Roberta
n J. w Marill. who desire to
purchase for other persons the
"bed and rellcted lands aroond
TUua T.aka In Multnomah eonnrv
, from resort purposes, will bo re
ferred ro'tne attorney, general
following, a hearing held here
- WAdnMdav.
ftortafn land nvnn In the vi
cinity of tho lake objected to tho
sale of the land. Thev contended
that all .Interests would be best
umi1 k allnwtna" title to the
lands to remain la , the name of
the state.
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Surprise Event
At Club Today
A surprise program Is planned
tnr tho Ad clnh this noon. Dr.
Henry Morris having charge of
: tne axiair. ur. m orris saia yester
day ho had secured Mildred Tay
lor and Loreta Wolfe to give some
musical, numbers. He did sot an-
- nounce the name or me- speaker.
Rami.. AAnalderailon of tho lllum-
lnatfon program being undertaken
. by tho club win bo made.
BLIGITS CAPTTOI
Today Spencer Tracy and
Clair Luce la Up the
River." i
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. 1HX DOIXTVOOD
f Tod. Kenneth Hsxlan to '
"Tinder Montana Skies."
Mn-Tia-Jnn'la The-. Lone
-Defender."
CURDiirJ OUT-STATE
UCHiyOOGOT
Hoss and California "Official
To Cooperate to Stem
. - IHasal Purchase.,
-.JXinS'lEZJBIXOSCZ
-Today Coasod'Kagel In "A
: ' ImAy laiiuoitsss " ' '
t. i . , .
- THE GSAITD . ,
Today frimbrfr -bill "WlHi
. Jaek'MurhaH tn "Tb Fall
Gar. ead 10Tia-Tla ln
- Ontho Border."
e-e e- o-0"O e e e o.o
A Tory ehsver -plaT sophistica
ted and mnussudy woll east 1
Tho .Womssi SozroBdorsr. now
showing- t -tho Els buss. Tte play
eomest front -tho novel "Slncority"
written by John Krskin and tho
screen : play 'Is retataed much, of
tho bold oophlsUcallon and. analy
tical reality , which marked: tho
book..
Conrad Kagel -aa Basil Rath
bone are tho old friends to one
a the play- progresses. Genevieve
Tobln appearing for tho third
time In a motion picture Is one
of tho fesainlno leads and Rose
Hobard, stage star, irtbo other.-
Tbe re aro -other characters Is
the play bat aside from Edgar
Norton as the butler, on does sot
pay much attention-to them. for.
tho plot, and acting of the four
leads are so - mncix ' in character
and so artistic aa to absorb one's
whola: attontion.
- The. storv. has to do with a tri
angle developed by a wifo who
does not love her . nusoana. ner
friend comes to visit tho couple
Mi falls- i-n Atrvm with the hus
band and.' another man. Basil
TtainfcoM. who. ..'makes an artis
tic foil for .Ros Hobart aa. the
dlsaatisfJed wife.
The nlav'ia one to remember
and ' en toy beeauso of - excellent
acting, and-; n interesting-; and
clever plot;i
Oregon sUto officials aro to
havo tho cooperation of tho Cali-
tnrrtm mntM - vMela - lleenao bn-
reaa In an of fort to curb the -nao-j
of CalUornia Ueoose plates la this
atato, aeconSlng to anaovaceouni
aaado hero yostarday by Hal E.
Boss, jac i eta ry of steto. Hoaa ro-
h atooted a avatom. of
portion of ill SLppXloatiGM fllouT
ta Callformja from -tala-ataia. . -
Tho plaav aa veuer oat do-tweoa-Hosa
and PYaalrSaook. lal,
caargo of tho Califorsia bureau .
axovidoa that' taoreafter all ; Call
forai Hconao pUtaa-ordored mail
a tw rwnn lkMiaffloa adlressoa
wm baoamitoaowahertff of the
eomty in. ; whJcntno. applicant is
smA hjthai Iff. in ta n. will
refer ail such plates to officers of
tho state traffic sunaioa. wns wm
pass apoa taoilagallty of the. use
of. tho plates before tho applicant
is permitted to uso thorn. .
"Pit Hmmii Ismt nrovidea that
no resident of Oregon ahaU oper
ate a car with iiconsa piatoa, ox
aa1tr atata" aaid Mr.' HOSSV
"While a groat many vlolatora arw
approbonded each yearv n u i"
that tho new plan will result in
saving to the state of Oregon
many thousands Of aouars in li
cense fees. - ...
t.. fait that California plates
cost but. 1, wbilo. the average
Oregon passenger ear s axouuia
$21, induces many people to at
tempt to evade tne law. ' ;
New Officers
For Dentists at
Meet This Eve
iMtlA nf of fleers for the sew
wmv- ' ..lit. fMtnn tho regular
monthly meeting of tho Marion-
Polk-TamhUI Dental society meet
ing to be held at C:Stt o'clock to-t
night at uta E?a.
la addlUoa to tho election, oaca
member wiU giro a three-mlnnte
talk on helpful hints and short
eats la dentistry.
. The society Is making a strong;
attempt to bring into membership
every dentist in- tho three coun
ties. While many of the dentists
belonjv: the desire is for a hun
dred per cent organization.
Crosha vr Waives '
Hearing Held
Nelson Oroshaw waived hearing
aThr-;of farrenr-whaa he
appeared la Jastlca court Thars-j
day sad was Douno over w
grand jarr br Jaatice of v the
Peaco Braxler 8malL' Bail was
fixed at S2ftaft - Croehaw was un
able to furnish It and vas loged la
laU,--- - v.
CRKTrr . MBOOMTIS L'KO ' r "
VATsnm lima. 4 Cobbs and
Mltchel store closed its doors to
credit customers Monday, Decem
ber first, i
Strictly, cash, and non-proru
hia' ht th notice road
posted by D. A- Grout, manager.
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HOME OF 25c TALKIES
i TODAY and SATURDAY
Special MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE SAT. 1:30 P. M.
to-
A. -
-Wl .bv m a m - J ji
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Stranded Jazz Babies And
Cowboy 'Codpapas 1 1n
Musical Comedy- J
Drama
Alt-Star:
Ctt
A
U r- ..aa - Wwawaanasa WariSB9
- v aavaa: ji wm sw
i Ha AU Star Cast with
Blnfj'a Latest All Talking , Dorothy Gulliver and
f
Also
Picture.
Slim Bnmmerville
Mickey Moos in fTho Gorilla) Mystery
Patho- Tafktats; Comedy and Newa
"LADY
CSMVtSVE
TOBIll
BOSS .inr
UOBAHT
memo
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FEATURE PICTURES
R1W TIN TIN
' . - lav"
' On the Border
AND ,
c??!li?sSas?aaS?wr
ifi' HELEr4 TWELVETREHS MARJORIE RAMBEAU
WCARDO CORTEZjlPHJOIPS HOIMES JAMES CLEASON
. ON THE STAGE .
FANCHON AND MARCO'S ,
Enchantment Idea ;
'. . Z ': v - Featuxina:' t . ; . , . . !
- Of Orientals . . sffA
LAST
TEVIES
TODAY
l 1 rLs. i A Ms. 1 SaakiaC Bewties
A
Today! Only
m
3
Up the Rlver
sets its own hllar-
ious standards and
laughs up to them.
As comedy, it will
tnako scream his
tory.
NO UUOHINO
MATTER IP YOU
STAT AW AT be
cause you'll , miss
the newest team.
Spencer and Hy
mer, , this season's
greatast glee giv
ing, gloom " chasers
la. a robust riot of
laughter.
.Talking comedy,.
News- and
Leah Holt.
SATURDAY ONLY.
A real college foot
ball story.
2s.
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I. ,g IHI-E5 - B n G'lI-gJ 5).n S :
yi f 'tm - i t a 1 II
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w a snsBMBSs
f iEnough " '
Comedy to
I I keep yon I
r ' "i In laughs . ) t
r"- - l fora year. f
football j
! game youll V .
' s
A thrill every ., minute and
twice aa anany laagha with
llarloat Nixon, Jack TVhltin
. . aad others. -
Stmdaj Brinsa for a
4 Day run. .
Attraction extnuinmmrY
. , .... . .
mm:
a
Is
s Z
.till -E
- col erf a
. melodic,
- bumorows, dramat
ic, apectaoalar aa4
stapestaoos mmmm
triamph that
marka , a aew ; en-,
tertatameat la
soand pictarcs.
To sc it Is to havo
tho greatest tun
of your ljfe.
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li' ii v,' ' 1 o . '
shoes: sol
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tVomen'o Gaipcbes
Ball Brand First Quality .
Broken lines boots and fcaloahea. Some of.
these have sold up to ?5.00. For quick sale
now
1
;49
z Women's
Punip3 Ties (k Oxfords
Hundreds of pairs pumps, ties and oxfords.
Many taken from the Price Shoe Co. stock.
Regularly sold to ?10.0a. Broken lines but
most all sizes in the lot. -
TO CLOSE OUT
WOMEN'S ARCH SUPPORT SHOES
In kid or calf leather, black or brown, both in pump,
taos and strap effects. All sixes in these shoes; These
reour regular $5.95 and 7.50 values, and we will
put them in this sale at ' j
- r : $4.95 !
GROWING GIRLS SPORT
OXFORDS
Black and brown Brogues, two tones, 10's and flat
heels, most all aizes in these ihoes. Begular 15.00
and $8.00 values now - - ,
$2.9583.95 j i
WOMEN'S COMFORT ARCH SHOES
AND SUPPERS
': ::: - .-. -;Ji J: -;' . , j
Black or brown, practically all sizes. Lace and straps,
military and low heels with rubber top lifts. These
are wonderful values at . ;V ' ,
2.95 $3.95
MEN'S SHOES AND OXFORDS
Black and tan. These are ffoing fast. Come early anj
get yours at
. S2.95
BIEN'S 16-INCH B00T3
Ball Band with famous Mishko sole, retanned upper
"stock. The sreatest shoe to w&r. .Wafi theT 1&s
Regular $7.50 seller ... - "
$5.95
BALL BAND HIP BOOTS
All go at onei price. Come early and get your size at
84.95
Genuine Imported English
RWs OXFORDS
"Ski" and regular toes, tan grain uppers,
waterproof soles and leather heels. Regular
$&0 and $10.00 values. Now
$(g.95
Freeman Llerfu
03ff0RDS
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These shoes sold at 15.35 and $6.95. Broken
lines from our regular stock. '
ALL 00 AT ONE PRICE
$'2.95
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SEE
rr
NOW .
Sound
r.licliey
T.Iouso
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-ITcst to Ladd Bush Ban!;