Favor Sway V$; No Fear Shall Am"
From First Statesman, March 23, 1851
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Utility Regulation
fpHE Corvallis Gazette-Times comments on Senate bill no.
I 4 A a 1 la - vl
jl xv, trie dm regulating utilities, as ionows :
"W are in sympathy with all bat two of Commissioner
Thomas recommendations regarding regulation of public utill
ties. Tbe ones providing for recapture by the atate of excess
earnings is pure confiscation. The one providing that the com
panies pay the expense. of the investigations against them by
the state is worse than confiscation. It Is a political theft. It
would mean that a shyster public service commissioner would
keep the utilities in hot water all the time and make them fur
nish the fire over which they were boiled. If the legislature will
provide laws to protect the public from wildcat stock sales, ft
will have gone far enough In further utility regulation."
.Let us take up the last object first Why should not the
charge for investigations and trial of rate cases fall upon the
utilities and.through them on the rate-payers rather than on
the taxpayers? It has always seemed rather unfair to us to
charge up expenses of regulation to the taxpayers, some of
whom are the utilities themselves and others of whom have
no interest whatever in the use of the services being regu
lated. Why should a farmer living up in the hills of Douglas
county be taxed to help Portlanders get cheaper electricity?
The burden should fall on the rate-payers who are hoping
to get their rates reduced.
There is however a grave danger if this expense goes
unbudgeted and unaudited. It might develop into a "racket"
such as was threatened in Portland when investigators for
hire egged on the city council to levy a tax against the tele
phone company and use the proceeds to carry out a rate trial.
What the investigators wanted was just a job. It is better
therefore to spread the cost of the department against all the
utilities, but to require the commissioner to have his budget
approved by the ways and means committee of the legisla
ture. He is able to program his investigations and to com
pute with fair accuracy what they wifl cost.
So far as recapture is concerned under efficient regula
tion there need be no excess earnings. As soon as rate bases
are definitely established rates may be adjusted by slide-rule
at the end of any year. If the excess is to be appropriated in
one year, who will make good the deficiency in lean years?
There is a fundamental objection to the recapture clause
ar.d that is, that the state's policy is regulation, not owner
ship. If the utility is to have no chance for making a dime
above the fixed return the incentive will be lacking to hold
operations at a minimum of cost' That is one trouble with
regulation now. In easy times the payroll and the expense ac
counts are loaded to absorb earnings that no rate cut may
come. There ought to be some premium to the management
which will induce it to hold down its operating expense. The
recapture clause works the other way.
If regulation goes to the point of appropriation of earn
ings, why should not the state just step in and own the utili
ties" In general however the Thomas bill gives real strength to
state regulation. The control over security issues is vital.
Incidentally the contents of the bill exposes the febrile char
acter of the canonical bill prepared by A. E. Clark at the last
session.
Heartening News
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT has a brilliant opportunity
to effect the mainr stpn in tr.o &Of"ftfmi fAAAvinvwriAwiA
of the world. Recent announcements indicate that he is aware
vi me iact ana is Duuaing nis program to bring it to pass.
This in brief is the readjustment of war debts by downward
revision, accompanied by concessions in foreign trade restric
tions which will reopen foreign markets to American goods.
This is heartening news, because as we see it, the day of real
revival will be speeded by such action.
Such a program will do several things:
1st It will finally "liquidate" the war, and clear up the
mess of intergovernment reparations and debts. This will
reUeve irritation and promote better understanding among
the nations, removing the cloud which has hung over Europe
and America ever since the treaty of Versailles.
K, WS? tuute1 the restoration of the gold standard
in all the leading commercial countries of the globe. This is
of tremendous importance because it will restore the balance
of trade among nations. Goods then will flow more freely.
This will permit long-term as well as short-term financing of
legitimate business, both domestic and foreign, because the
foundation of credit is confidence and that flees when the
gold standard is abandoned.
3rd.. Lowering of barriers to our goods ought to open up
markets for wheat hoes, cotton mnnpr Wnf nniv bTumiM
: goods find easier admission to the great consuming markets
orEurope, but the trade revival will lend an impetus which
will itself Increase the demand for all commodities. Given a
big- posh, recovery then builds on itself and grows.
. We fancy that Mr. Roosevelt's hardest job will be not to
effect a settlement with European nations, but to sell that
settlement to the American people. Bitter-enders in congress
will fight any abatement of the debts. Though our loss of
foreign trade has been a hundred times more than the De
cember installment on the debts, though our loss of national
income has been for each year of the depression greater than
the sum total of these foreign debts to us, still those con-
; gressmen will drape Old Glory about them and form a bloc
of irreconcilables to obstruct the settlement
Fortunately Roosevelt goes in with a strong party follow
ing. The issue wiU be met early in the administration, Eng
land and Italy probably before June. This means that Roose-
elt.wril nave to muster his full party strength to carry
through a settlement. He can do it if the people will endorse
him and back him pp. He can do what Woodrow Wilson did
to retrieve our national honor. Wilson it is recalled made a
! personal appeal for repeal of the exemption of American ves
sels from the Panama canal tolls, an exemption that was
) clearly in violation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
. The opportunity lies ahead of Roosevelt ; and Pres. Hoover
o -e v. 6wuunma j.w vue Btiiuemeni.
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A congressman Las introduced a bill for fractional coinage- a
. half-cent, a cent-ejid-a-Quarter piece; a cent-and-a-balf. piece, two
cent piece, tire cent place.-The two-eeaS piece was in circulation
thirty or forty years ago, but Ilka tbe two-dollar bill, was never
popular. Many can recall when In the west prices were always quoted
ia nickels and merchants never stopped to males change in pennies.
And back ia mining camp days a dollar was about the lowest cola
that circulated much. , The way the postal department prices parcel
post rates now there should be a tenth-ot-a-ceat piece. -
"The Challenge of Love" Egg
SYNOPSIS
Ssm Perkins, Dr. Montague
Thread geU's tattle ley, meets Us
employer's latest assLitant, Dr. Jeka
Welfe ea the letter's ixrival at little
Navestsck ia a wet winter dusk.
Sam notes mentally that the :
teeter's luggage la very Hght as he
conducts the stranger to the Thread
roll house, where he meets Dr.
TareadroM cnahe.alssk.sad"tas
most affable ef mea," Coadaeted to
his top story room, Wolfe swiftly
recalls Us aevea years ef work sad
study taw ta earned Us way by
boxing exhibitions as a country fair
drainer, as a tavern singer, ana
as a railroad laborer. And now, after
all, Wolfe Is almost penniless. At
dinner, Wolfe Impresses Dr. Thread'
gold's wife as a hungry raw gawk
ef a man ... silent and sulky." She
Is talking est medical training and
mentions Sir Joshua Kermi
senior physician at Guy's Hospital,
as aa Idesr Instructor. The meal is
interrupted when Sir George Griggs,
profane from pain, arrives with his
shoulder hart after being thrown
from his hunter. Tbe blustery baron
et Is inf ariated ever Dr.Thresdgolds
dilatory diagnosis. Wolfe shows skill
ta stripping the east off the bant
victim who tarns to the young dee
tor sad asks Wolfe to attend to him.
Dr. ThxeadgoU permits Wolfe to set
Sir George's shoulder which ta
does quite expertly. Afterwards, Dr.
Threadgold tells his wife, "he has
some ability, but he is a little for.
ward ... I shall hare to modify that.'
CHAPTESt SIX
People with a sense of the pic
turesque, who drove for the first
time over Tarling Moor and saw
Navestock the town of the sooth,
era midlands lying far away In
the green valley below them,
thought ox it as a dream town, bid
den away among innocent, wooded
hills. Even in later years, when a
more restless generation began to
run about the world in a mad hurry
to admire anything that was "aa
aqua" and "quaint," Navestock
mained the quintessence of "quaini-
ness.
Artists came to paint its old Inns,
its stretches of red roof, and the
mellow gloom of its alleys. It still
kept much of Its mystery, much of
its crowded colour, much of the
"quaintness" that earnest and
dreamy persons seek so loyally.
From the distance Navestock
looked like a red heart transfixed
bv a silver bodkin, red roofs on
. either side of the River Wraith. It
was compact, and crowded, all mel
lowed to a warm maturity, from
the garden houses on Peachy Hill
to the hovels by the river alleys.
The Builder Beast of the late 'six.
ties and the 'seventies-had not then
scented the town and scattered
filth in the fields and gardens.
Those people who were in search
of old-world quaintness found
pieces of many centuries jumbled
together like tbe pieces of a puzzle.
It is to be feared that Romance
hides a number of dirty garments
under her gay-coloured cloak, and
that Navestock was a thoronchlv
dirty and corrupt old town. She
may nave bad pots of musk In her
windows, but her back yards, her
alleys, and her lanes were full of
many odours. i
Behind the srardens belonsrinsr to
the houses on the north side of
Mulberry Green ran Snake Lane,
ana from bnake Lane a passage
branched off between high brick
walls that were tonned with broken !
glass. A black door, with "Surgery"
painted upon It la white letters.
opened out ef this passage. Dally,
betweea the hours of nine and ten
aad six and seven, the sickly lees
of the life of this rid town oosed
into Dr. Tnreadgold's svrgory.
Tkresdgold had no rival la Nare
rtodc Ts his sirlttsTrts such as
they were had been given the
river alleys and their hovels, the
sots aad incurables, ths aalserahls
old mea and women, the strumous.
rickety children. Dr. Threadgold
moved la the upper regions. Ee did
not climb dirty stairs and knock
his head against sloped sellings.
That chubby little hand ef his went
gliding sp mahogany banister rails,
and felt poises under skin that was
white aad clean.
"Mr. Wolfe, sir, bars you nearly
aniaaed with that ease 7"
There was soma asperity la the
elder man's roles as bis head and
on check-patterned leg appeared
round the edge of the door that led
from the eesulting-room into the
surgery. Wolfs was seated ea a
chair by the window with a baby
a ....
nowung oa nis lenses. A thin woman
stood beside him. mvfrig away
tears, sad the crowded bottles on
ths shetres seemed to blink in sym
pathy.
"In one TfVti sir.
"My carriage has been waiting
for half aa hoar."
"I cant leave the child for the
moment, sir."
Nor could he. sines ta was ta the
sot of snipping aa erertight liga
ment that tied dowa the baby's
Wolfs found Dn. TtaeadmU
warming his feet at ths fore. He
tamed briskly, sad began to speak
with a certain forced rapidity.
sir. woue, I have jdrawn you
out a list of Batienta who m
under your charge. Aad since you
are new to tbe plaes I bars ordered
bamuei, tas surgery boy, to go
round with you and act aa strid.
Here are the Hat and the addresses."
Threadrold handed Wolfe a strn
of paper, and turned rather hur-
necuy towards the door. There were
some twenty names on the lint, end
against each name Dr. Threadgold
caa written a diagnosis la red
ink.
"I shall be rlad if von wffl h
guided by my experience, Mr.
woue. u you nave any suggestions
to maxe as to treatment. I Bhen he
pleased to consider them."
He swung the door open, and then
turned as though he had suddenly
rememoerea sometning.
"And, by the way, sir, Mrs.
Threadrold baa asked ram ta tn
you tnat sae cannot allow the mn
of tobacco about the house."
Wolfe glanced up from the list
tnai ne naa oeen scanning.
"Mrs. Threadrold. air. Is tm..
ingly sensitive to the smell of to
bacco. Moreover, this house Is a
house of very freouent entertain.
mens. In fact . "
Wolfe cut him short
"I Quite understand, efr. rn
smoke in the garden or ia the
statue
Threadgold gave a mfld stare.
"Anywhere von nl.n. nr.
Wolfe, in private. But of course not
in public. I could not see a repre
sentative of mine eilltln. v.
streets of Navestock-"
"No, sir, I quite understand you."
Threadrold honnMd r. nv. .
timid man who has been ordered to
say nis ssy, leaving Wolfe standing
by the window with a queer and
thoughtful smile upon his face.
The people of Navestock stared a
good deal at John Wolfe as he
spent his first morning striding
ahrnt the learn wfik fat snml
plodding at als aids. Boat ef ths
patients oa the Sat that Dr. Thread-
as at e ae .. a e t . ea
goal aaa grraa aim seioagea ts ue
lanes sad alleys near the itras, Ths
vary names ef these places wars
suggestive Bung Bow. Dirty
Dick's, Paradise Plaes. The lanes
wars mere crevasses Into- which
very little sunlight felt, and ta
rfntep. wkoa Htm WreJt eree ta
flood, half ths !ow4yisg ground
wouia ds and water. Tim wants
neighbourhood was Hks a rabbit,
warren, fall ef winding ways, black
holes, aad dark entries, sad to
lodge by ths condition of the yards
and gutters ths art ef scavenging
WsMp VQiaJQM'WaeW
Wolfs had to visit three cottages
in Rons' Km. mud he rem aimav
back ta ths familiar Loadoa slums.
la the first sottaga, ta found a
frowse woman sitii before a Mt
of fire, holding a baby to her breast.
ana trying to smother a sough.
Wolfe eat eWa em a ehere tee
had lost its back and talked to her
with ths ease ef a man wta is toe
interested sad toe muck la earnest
to ta self-ccflsdotts. The woman
was pitiably servile, aad seemed
surprised that this new doctor was
it la a curt and casual harry.
"If s ma eoide. sir. rva rot aneh
a peia la me soide."
She reiterated the err. nerw4ne
her mouth into a queer trbumlev
sSt, ss that Wolfs, struck by soma
lumerous memory, had to get up
sad appear interested ta bar back.
-Much soughing t"
"It's the eene-hin aa inT!a m .
bits, sb. I coughs until I retches,
and the nam in ree sold, err. ta
fair awfuL Sleep T Wish I could,
sue. iv couga, cough, cough ths
whole blessed nirht. And ere nu
he's that disagreeable, talks of
irrnrng a siocung ta me mouth.
Ana I'm getting that thin."
A lean rirl ef twelve em .nJ
took the baby, and Wolfe m
toe woman's chest. Dr. Threadgold
had given a of brmvhfai
catarrh. Wolfe very soon satisfied
himself that ths woman must have
been suffering from consumption
for months.
"Ever spat blood?"
"Blood, sir? Pints, sir."
"You told Dr. Threadgold ?"
"He only aaw me once, sir, and
be was that hurried. It was after
Mr. Timmins left. He didnt thump
me and listen, like you do, sir."
"No?"
"He said rd caught a bit of a
cold."
Wolfe sat In silence a moment,
his grave eyes fixed on the woman's
face. One of those flashes
standing that strike suddenly
cross a man a mind touched
aa he looked at her. He r. 11.4
what It was to be la ths hands of
an Indifferent, bunrlins. mi1m.
old man. to have an,', tnu.M.
life curtailed amid such miur,M.
raroasdings. It was as though
Navestock lay betrayed before him
in the body of this woman
trayed with all its inward sores, its
ugly outward blemishes. Wolfe was
a maa who waa very open to Im
pressions, and almost HV. .
la the way be caught the atmos-
paere ox nis surroundings.
"Did Dr. Thraadmli
any medicine?"
Some pinky stuff, air. Rn .
the pain in me soide 1"
Wolfe no lonmr ht j-.i
t laagh. He gave the woman what
aavice ae eouio, picked up his hat.
and went out into Bung Row.
Oistribatei by Kiae Featara, Sradieate. tae.
BITS for BREAKFAST
By R. J. HENDRICKS-
Oregon's many capitols:
Dating back to beginnings:
e
(Continuing from yesterday: )
The July 5, '43, meeting had pro
vided an executive committee of
three instead of a governor, and
chosen David Hill, Alanson Beers
and Joseph Gale. An election had
been held the second Tuesday in
May, '44, when a new executive
committee was given office: P. O.
Stewart, O. Russell and Dr. W. J.
Bailey, and a new legislative com
mittee of nine chosen rather
eight, for Yamhill district (stand
ing for county) failed to send the
single member to which it was en
titled. P. H. Burnett, M.M. Mc
Carver, David Hill and Matthew
Gilmore represented Tualatin dis
trict; A. L. Lovejoy, Clackamas;
Daniel Waldo, T. D. Kaiser and
Robert Newell. Cham
ion.) There were originally only
iuoee iour districts, and their
boundaries took in all the mm at
west of the Rockies and north of
me Spanish (California) line, and
to 64-40. the SOnfh kitnilm
Alaska, then belonging to Russia.
"m " -m
1844: The caDltol was th.
Idence of Felix Hathaway. Wil-
l.ll. V. .
lauiene aiis (Oregon City),
where this little leirisiatnr. nr
eight members met and made
laws lor an empire in extent of
territory. June 18 waa th. min
ing day of the '44 lesrlslaf nr nn
able men were In that body. p. ii.
Burnett became the first gover
nor of California; JfcCarver be
came a founder of cities in the
Puget sound country. Lovejoy was
one Of ths fonders of Pnrti.n
There was a governor's message
ur miner one Dy the executive
committee. Of that committee, Os
borne Russell was a mountain
man, bad been a trapper, but he
Was a Cultured s-antlsm.
Maine. P. O. Stewart was a Jew-
eier, 01 me - wsgon train, and
a fine, thoughtful man. Dr. W. J.
Ballsy had corns in 185, a phy
sician from England; married
Margaret J. Smith, teacher, of ths
Lausanne party, was a prominent
settler near tbs present town of
Buttevllle; a candidate for gover
nor In 184 S. It was an able gov-
" a message, that first ons la
Oregon, addressed, to tti.
laturs of t. Its concluding words:
t w a uuiy wnica devolves on
yon, and oa ns. ta use aa mnii
discretion; vigilance and caution
la maturing and adopting meas
ures for promoting ths Interests
of this little colony, as If we ex
pected our names and acts would
be enrolled In the pages of his
tory, or Inscribed on pillars of
stone, when our day and genera
tion shall have passed away.
(Not bad. And their expectations
have been fulfilled.)
S
1845: The legislature of 1841
had two capitols, at Oregon City.
It met June 84 at the home of
John E. Long, and organised
there, but was offered ths use of
ths room of the Multnomah cir
culating library, and accented.
There vers now 18 members.
Clatsop county bad been added,
reDresen ted h John Uirin t..
sle Applegate and Abljah Hen
dricks were members from Yam
hill. (Polk county had not been
created.! The li l.riaiinM hit
changed the designation of dis
tricts to counties, and ths legis
lative oody from legislative com
mittees to legislature. Marion
countv bad fonr mumhuri- rU.v
amas three; Tualatin three. This
was the session at which Jesse
Applegate proposed a new oath,
to bring in the Hudson's Bay com
pany's adherents, in which he waa
supported by these members of
the legislature: Abijah Hendricka.
Robert Newell, M. G. Polsy, J. M.
Garrison. Isaac W. Smith, maklns-
a majority, innimiinv
the sneaker, and JknnU....
strumental in seeurin h. ......
of the Hudson's Bay company to
Join the provisional government
-thus undoubtedly, ss ths sequel
"""""i yrTcnung a wird war
n6.? our COuntrr and Great
meeting June 24. the '1
legislature adjourned July 5, un-I
ui Aug. 6, to hold aa election aad i
have ths returns canvassed. Jesss
Applegate led . a contention that
the constitution aad laws there
tofore had all been adopted by
mass meeting; that, there had
never been an election of ths
. flwef ore they were
Invalid. The voters st ths election
fvT.i mJor,tr of over 200 in
the affirmative. It was at ths see.
!?"n' lnalng Aug.- s.
that ths idherence of tbs Hud
son's Bsv company was secured,
data of formal signing, Aug. 14.
Date of the election oa constltu
tloa and laws was tbs last Satur-day-
la ' July.) -.t
1844: The capltol was the home
of H. M. Knighton, Oregon City,
where the legislature met. Rental,
11 a day.
1847: Capitol. Methodist
church, Oregon City. The legisla
ture met Dee. 7. Ths appropriate
committee reported that the
house of Stephen H. L. Meek, bro
ther of Joe Meek, might be se
cured at S1.2S a dav. The church
could bs had for nothing, hence
tne cnoice.
1848: Capitol, house of O. W.
Rice. Oregon City. Rental, $S a
day. together with wood for ths
session; to bs paid In scrip. Tbs
scrip was worm something or
nothing, depending on bow long
the holder might wait.
1848: Capitol. Methodist
church, Oregon City. This was ths
nrst session or. tne territorial leg
islature, consisting- of council
(senate la a territory) and house.
Joseph Gaston wrote ia his his
tory Of Oregon: "The namhera n
this first legislature under auth
ority of the United States assem-
oiea at Oregon city on July If,
1841. holding their sessions Is ths
first Christian ehureh ia North
America west of ths Rocky moun
tains, that being the First Meth
odist Church." This first aeaalne
lasted 71 days, the territorial act
allowing 100, at SS a day for the
members, federal money. This
first session overlooked mmlnr
the date for assembling future
sessions, and side-eteDoed the
duty enjoined in the territorial
act of locating the seat of govern
ment. A Special session waa eon.
vened in May, 1850, and, among
omer acts, fixed ths data for ths
nrst Monday In December, but
failed to locate the nermanent
seat of government. Presumably
mis was la ths church.
1850-51: CanltoL sontheast
corner 6th and Main streets, Ore
gon uity, .now occupied by a mar
aet. jan. is, the act making
Salem the nermanent neat or row.
eminent became ths law.
1881-Z: Capitol, basement
rooms of Oregon Institute, Salem.
xsz-j: gama.
1858-4: Council Is Ptnr KutM.
lag, next south of present States
man bull diner house In Wil.nn.
Nesmltb building, front and
Trade, oa sits, of Fry warsbonss.
1854-5: la rooms of unfinished
territorial capltol, oa sits ef pres
ent state house. Jan. IS, 1855,
t . of government changed to
f. . . .
wurveuu. ' . -
1855-f: Corrallis. le hnrMn-(
facing river landtnr. mntn iw t
III from 18 tit In.llth In flni.t.-
ed territorial capltol, Salem. That
"""J' "s111 tk. tha cap-
esterdays
. . e Of Old 8Jem
Town Talks from Tha 8tatss-
of Earlier Days
January SO, 190J
WOODBTJRN As ths result
attempting to evade arrest by
Zack RlddelL ths marshal of this
elty. Charles Xlwell is laid up
with a severs pistol wound la ons
leg. Swell Is said to have tried
to rob Mr. Jordan of Hubbard re
cently.
8ILVXR LAKE, Ore. Rev. C,
Short, of this plaes, has been
granted a permit to cut aad log
tor lumber 40,9 00 fsst from tbs
forest reserve for ths new Baptist
ehureh building hers. Ths young
men of ths town have agreed to
cat and saw tbs logs.
Sheriff W. J. Culver of Marloa
county yesterday announced that
he would sell S41 parcels of land
In the county early next month
for eouectloa of taxes, Interest
and penalties.
January 26, 1023
LOS ANGELES So commend
abls was tbs tribute paid Roy
"Spec" Keens, football eoeefc of
tns corvauis. Ore., high school
football auuad. bv the eaaehae.
trainer and players of Scott high
school eleven of Toledo, 0 which
named ths Corvalllsltes last New
Year's day. that at least one bad.
conference college and ons of ths
largest High schools ia this part
of California are said to bs dick
ering with Keene to become a
member of their sthletle fsculty.
Sweeplnr cuts in salaries natd
to stats officials would bs mads
unaer tne terms of a bill Intro
duced by Representative C. Cars
ner of Wheeler count v. Raiar
me governor would bs redueed
irom 87800. to 15000; attorney
general, xrom 84000 to 3000;
corporation commissioner, from
aooo to 83000; state school su
perlntsndenL from Isono t e .
000; snd ludree of the frAft
courts of Multnomah county, cuts
amounting to 8809 per year.
New Vi
lews
"If TOU had 500 nnattania hi
lars ngnt now, what would you
do with them?" Below are the
answers elicited hw 8ti)Mn.,n re
porters yesterday:
Walter ThomMon. r-it-m .11-.
maai "What'd I do if I had 500?
i spena szuo paying the fine for
knockinr the stnffln'a
Upjohn; then the 8300 left to pay
uis nospitai expenses."
R. nr. rrinw" tivm t..i
de Bfinto chef: "if t had that
much. I think I'd take 400 down
snd put it in the bank, and the
rest Or IE Won 1(1 wn on lnrh. anif
ui ussuieau.
Gue Moore. Ron' v araMw.
"First I'd get a haircut; but seril
uusir. laii mncn mnnaw enniii
come In handv next month
luniua is aue at scnooi.
BIrs. Blanche Allan- tUiiAm.
phert "Someone will bare to give
me me 8500 nrst."
Sk BL VmTrnnn. rnnn. rn.W
Inspector: "I'd hire some men to
ao some improving on the farm.
First Fd clear out the lot orch
ard and do some nrnnln,' ).
I'd make some improvement along
iee nrer oanx. lou of people
eould spend the money the same
way anu tne 80t probably would
" go very iar at mat."
vaa A. Read, visitor: "Oh,
don't ask me that oneatinn
There are not very many people
who couia actually get 8500 la
cash right now to spend".
Paul Marnach, North Capltol
streeti "I'd spend It so aulekly
Know wner it went
.... ratlt sin a a Vine is w
- - - - - e-yveievAM Vi Asa, UlMg U. 1
were spending 500 on them, the
Urm T i m m . . . .
uui x wuum ao would e
to dear the brush out of the old
fences, and clean them out. On
111 acres, ril venture 18 more
acres could be added to those cul-
wtaiwa oy just tnu ciean-np."
P.T.A. Ha First
Meetinflr of Year
For Independence
INDEPENDENCE. Jaa. 85.
Tbs first meeting of ths Parent
Teacher association was hsld at
ths school Tuesday. Hostesses
were Mrs. D. T. Pomeroy, Mrs.
Will Mattiaon. Mrs. Ed Kelley snd
Mrs. Charles Kurre.
Ths program consisted of a
group of songs by Helen Newton,
Maurice Hnnnlctitt. Mildred Mat
tlson. Vera Ramev. Rlizahoth Ra
ker. Ma tine Foster, Gertrude Gen
temann snd Olra Srrerann rti..
Syverson, as representative of the
uins- league, expressed the ap
preciation of the school far th
two pictures presented them by
tbs P. T. A. Maurice Hunnlcutt
tars a guitar and yodellng solo,
snd then sceomnanied hw Trian
Newton, gulUr and ukelele num-
uem.
The sneaker of the daw w.. tr
Pendell of Monmouth, af ra nnhra
president, bad charge of ths meet
ing.
McAIXISTEB TJXDER KXIFK
'SHAW. Jan. IK r..l. t
McCalilster wha naa hean
ly HI at ths Salem Deaconess hos
nltal for the nest fonv w&.v.
dsrwent a major operation Moa-
uag morning.
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LIQUID TABLETS -SALYB
INCUinAN42E
it yea wfil taks.eaa Liquid ss
Tablsts aad plaes ees Salvs fa
nostrils every morals
Marc, 1, 1853, and yoa get atck
dariax tha Una tw BnwM
OETOUil IS .BRLY
If FORTH.
AURORA, Jaa. S5 Ths detoor
south of tswa Is progressing rap
idly. Ths road bed has been grad
ed aad heavily graveled. Two lay.
. j . .
er ot unisniag ETavet yet u
be added and will bs rolled after
which, it ts expected ta bs ready
for travel within a very short
tims.
Joaa Gllbreeth was brought
homs Sunday after a month's stay
la aa Orsgoa City hospital where
shs underwent a serious opera
tion, bnt win nave to return every
other day for treatment. Mrs. C.
B. GHbreath remained la Orsgoa
City daring her daughter's illness.
Is a doubls header .basketball
gams played oa ths Aurora floor
Friday night, ths local grads
school boy's team was debated by
tns Lrfoeny team, xz to zo, ana
ths local girls lost to ths Liberty
gins tsam 4 to S. Kenneth Evans
refers ed both gamea.
Sickness Is still making Inroads
la ths attendancs of tbs Aurora
school. There ars several cases of
chicken pox reported and a num
ber ars still abssnt with ths flu.
Severe Snow Storm
Reported in Area
About Scotts Mills
SCOTTS MIT.T.S Jan. IK A aa-
vers snow storm occurred st
Crooked Finger Sunday night,
with snow falling Intermittently
sines than. It has drifted hail It.
making it Impossible for ths mall
maa, (Mr. Millard), or tbs Mt.
Angel cream truck to go to ths
ena or tneir routes. Tne snow oa
ths level where It hasn't drifted
is from eight to ten inches deep.
CLEAR LAKE. Jan. 25 Mors
snow fell in this community Tues-
uay nignt. Tflis morning trees
looked like Christmas. Good coon
weather.
Card Party Given
By at, Ann Groun
Draws Big Crowd
MT. ANGEL. Jan. 25 An tin.
usually large crowd attended the
card party sponsored by the St.
Ann society in the dining hall of
St. Mary's school Tuesday even
ing; "500" was played, the first
prizes going to Mr. Ed Koessler.
Mrs. Casper Terhaar, and Miss
Irene Butsch. Mrs. Ed Koessler
received second prize.
The hostess committee Included,
Mrs. A. A. Kllnrer. chairman.
Mrs. T. Hampert, Mrs. Frances
Mrs. Elizabeth Hauler. Mrs.. Pe
ter Msysr, Bra. Christina Xros
berg. Mrs. ' Peter. Kraemer, Mrs.
WendaU Hauta and Mrs. Mary
Hofasr. '. . ' ""
DIlCIIFIlia
SERVICE IS HELD
GERYAIS, Jan. SS. Martin
Ditrich, SO. died at his homs hers
Monday night after aa Illness of
six weeks. He was bora la Wllol
gos, Hungary, aad was married ta
Theresa Steiaer May t. 1SS0. They
cams to America and to Orsgoa
ia 1S84 and lived at ML Angel
ons year. Mr Ditrich then bought
a farm three miles east of Gsrvala
where ths family continued to live
until 1121 when hs sold tbs farm
and moved to Gsrrals, which has
been his homs sines.
Ths widow, sight sons and
daughters, 28 grandchildren and
fire great-grandehlldrea survive.
The sons and daughters are Katie,
John, Anna Kubn, Theresa Pran
tl, Lena Blra, Mary Nosaek and
Cells Kelso, all of Gervals, and
Martin. Jr., of Portland.
Funeral services were held from
Sacred Heart church Wednesday
morning aad burial ' was la ths
Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Meier Hostess
For Women's Society
BRUSH COLLEGE. Jan. 25.
Mrs. Georra Meier of Brush Col
leen will entertain ths Brush Col
lege Helpers at ths regular meet
lnr at her home Thursday. The
program will bo ia charge of Mrs.
Theodore Bernard and Mrs. Es
ther Oliver.
ABOUT YOUR EYES
YouH know the Joy of per
fect vision st last. And youH
bs amazed at ths moderate
cost of your correction.
1 o. or--4V .J
T
OPRING
GUITS
TAILORED
TO YOUR
INDIVIDUAL
MEASURE
New
Suiting
Just Arrived
to .
03950
I i !U
G.IPosSttiivellj; do
rv3iniej7 . . . unless you are satisfied that we hare given you
the best bargain in town.
tif yoa are not pleased with yoor purchase return
the goods on the same or following day and we win
refund your money.
This is our guarantee which plays an Important part
in our sale.
Sale Price
-HQS
Formerly Priced to . .
49 WOMEN'S WOOL AND
RAYON HOSE
60c MEN'S COTTON CHAMBRAT
WORK SHIRTS -
98 MEN'S PLAIN COLOR -
liKUADCLOTH DRESS SHIRTS jf(&
0HeJ7
2.98 BOYS HEAVY ALL
WUUL BLAZERS .
2.93 YOUNG MEN'S AND BOYS'
WOOL DRESS PANTS
2.4J BOYS HEAVY
SCHOOL SHOES "
4.98 LADIES' SUPPERS
PUMPS OR OXFORDS
3.98 MEN'S FELT
DRESS HATS
19.75 MEN'S ALL WOOL
SUITS, NEW STYLES.
.031.47
5 95 IrSIF8' SILK DRESSES
SPRING STYLES
2.98 MEN'S HEAVY
WORK SHOES
2.98 MEN'S ALL WOOL
DRESS SWEATERS
98c MEN'S MEDIUM HEAVY
COTTON UNDERWEAR
1.69 WOMEN'S HEAVY
OUTING GOWNS
25c MEN'S HEAVY
WOOL MIXED SOX.
.00,97
02.97
02.4J7
03 s
G7g
290
02.27
3.98 MEN'S HEAVY ALL WOOL ST
LOGGER'S SHIRTS Ls?H'eV7
. S ' i . - -
o cFo ISCGUQE? M&
141 N. Coral St.
Eaksv Ore.
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