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TEN PAGES PACE FOUR PUBLIC OWNERSHIP BOD! DECLARE REPORT FALSE arness owners DAILY EAST OREGONIAN, PEJJDLET6N, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 82. 1921. AN' 1XDEPEXDKNT :VS1'ATKR X'uhllshen' rlly una Semi-Weekly, at i-miM'T.in, itregnn, ny the East ii:i:i;oiax i t iu.ikiu.nh co. Knli-reH at the tntolt't-e Ht Pendle ton, Oregon, sccond-clsss mail uiat t.T. ov salk ix other, emus Imperial Hotrl r- Stand, Portland. ONK K1I.R AT Chicago tturrau. 9u Security ThiiMing. nssmniiinn, l. t, tiurrau &S1 luur teenth Street. N. V. Member f (be AnrlilH Pre. The Associated rresa Is exclnaivcly entitled to the use for republication i.i all news dinpstchea credited to It or not otherwise credits In thia paper and also tha local neat published heroin. f UiSeKIPTION RATUS (IN ADVAXCE) x Paliy, on year, by mail ...t!.PCi l'ailv. six months, by mail S.OO lily, three months by mail .......... l.r.i Paily, one month by mail ....... ,ry Duly, one year by carrier .... 7.;0 l.-iily. six months by carrier S.5 I;ily, three months by carrier 1.9a Paily, one month, by carrier ... .651 s. mi-W e Kly, ono yea-, by mail... i.e S-'int-Weckly, six months, by mail 1.00 Semi-Weekly, three month by mail .&C Telephone TJIK HAPPY WAY, (By Frank U Stanton) ain't nothing at all to growl about: We re going through life together; . It's rain one day but the sun cornea out: , Then ho! for the pleasant weather! We can stem the storm and the racing tide For the world is green as the world Is wide! We shall sine some day on the darkest way, , And rare shall fly as a feather: v The world's the place where we have to stay: Then ho! for the pleasant weather! "or all the storm and the surging- tide The world is green as the world is wide! Copyrighted for the Fast Oregonian Pub. Co. CHICAGO. Jan. -In an analysis issued today by Carl li. Thompson, secretary of the Public Ownership : I. ensue of America of the report ad opted last November at Washington by the National Association of Hall way and I'tlllties Commissioners, the latter's conclusions that fopulur possesslon of utilities was non. eco nomic were denounced us "fallacious, spurious and unwarranted."' The league's report contended that commissioners individually unit as an association had distorted the truth and demanded their removal from public office. In contravention of the report of the utility commissioners, the Public Ownership league asserted that more than 3500 cities owned and operated water works and that their rates had been reduced to an aver age of 43 per cent. IIAHO 11AS WCItTII.I7.Kll. SODA SPRINGS. Jan. 22. (A, P.) A railroad has been constructed to phosphate beds eight miles from here ami soonl it is expected, shipment of the crude phosphate rock will begin. The rock Is to be, crushed and sold to farmers for fertillxer. Have your Old Tires Half -Soled with GATES. They last' longer. Gertson & Marty , 639 Cottonwood Street Phone 595 You're Welcome To the FREE use of a machine for washing and oiling your harness. Bet ter phone or call at the store at once as machines go out fast at this season and we want to have yours for you when you need it. . Hamley & Co. THE HAND OF THE OLD GUARD OREGON'S direct primary law is in danger. Reports emanate from the halls of the legislature that certain of our statesmen are preparing a measure for the repeal of the present primary law and for the restora tion, in part at least, of the old convention system of nominating canaiaaies. "The "old guard" of both parties is said to favor a return to the methods of other days. Nothing very surprising about that ! The "old guard" never has been reconciled to the law which did a good deal to put party bosses into the discard. It is a little surprising .though, that politicians have the temerity actually to attempt to repeal this law. Their exDerience with the "as sembly" ought to have taught them the people want nothing mar, savors 01 me old convention. The Oregon direct primary law undoubtedly has its faults and weaknesses, and we would not say that some of the objec tions cannot be remedied. But any tampering with this law should be watched with the utmost vigilance. Some of the men most active in -proposing the repeal of the present law create prejudice against the attempt at the outset rnd there will be no way to obviate misgivings and mistrust except by placing any changes or alterations in the hands of friends of the direct pri mary method of making nominations. For all of the dissatisfaction with the primary, the people who remember the days of boss-ridden conventions which pick ed candidates without much regard to the preference of the voters, will, we predict, choose to keep it as it is rather than go backward to an, outworn system. IMPROVING BUSINESS PROPECTS THE better financial outlook is associated with the devel opment of better business prospects. There has been a decided increase in the activity of manufacturing enter prises in many parts of the county. Even the automobile trade vhich has been suffering serious reduction of activity has in creased the volurrte of its business and has re-employed a good many men who had been thrown out of work. In the steel trade the volume of unfilled orders has continued to decrease, but the general business prospect is regarded as faVorabla by o well informed an observer as Judge Gary who within the past day or two has reiterated his optimistic- predictions of some time tgo. Revision of wages has proceeded in the textile trade as well as in some other branches of business with more or less success and is regarded as affording the best basis for anticipat ing a continuation of more reasonable prices. The revision of wages has still to take effect in a good many industries and until it has done so readjustment cahnot be ragarded as final owing to the fact that costs remain on so high a footing. Improving demand for copper and some other staple products has been noted and tends to strengthen the impressions produced by fa vorable indications in other directionss. From the Clews Finan cial Review. ' ' -xa Hiil ',A m Sm r-Y J -A ' v, u Kelly-Springfield . And Federal Tires and everything for the motorists' winter needs, such as non-freezing solutions, rad iator and hood covers, auto heaters, carbon removers, robes, anti-skid chains, etc. There's no excuse for storing your car in the winter. It's merely a matter of pro viding yourself with the right kind of ac cessories. Gas, Oil, Water and Air at the curb The New 1921 Paige ' is a ', BEAR Have you seeh it tit our show room? - Alta and Cottonwood Sts. 0. E. MUM AUTO CO. Phone 46 , , Ill!i!!:!ll!IIlllII!l!I!ll!!!l!II!!IllilllSI!ll!l!l!lli!ll!!III!II!i!!i!ll!!l!!l!i!lll!!lll Roughly speaking, the engineering report on the power pos sibility at Umatilla rapids on the Columbia river shows that enough electricity could be generated there to irrigate a vast body of land and still have left approximately 80 times the quantity of electricity now used in Pendleton. In other words 120,000 horse power would be available for industrial and do mestic purposes. The development of such a volume of power wouia mean low electrical rates for this entire region and would permit of electrical heating of homes and business houses. This may sound like fiction but the preliminary survey was made by government engineers and they are usually conservative. i . The Missouri legislature is probing into the charges made by undertakers. Such charges are high but of course there is noth ing to keep a legislator or any one else from going into the un dertaking business if it is regarded as a profitable field. It is proposed at Salem to abolish the quarter mill road tax und increase the tax on gasoline. That it an unfair proposition. Mr. General Taxpayer profits through good roads ,and he should bear some part of the expense of state work. JAY WALKER, ESQUIRE, IN FOR PANN in pedestrain insouciance. To watch him cross a crowded street, while en grossed in the pages of his favorite newspaper, takes the punch out of I Marshal Xey's claim to the title "bra J veK of the brave." I Having paid this Inevitable tribute to the courage and abandon of Jay Walker, we may look at him briefly Jay Walker. Eso., rf Everywhere, from another point of view as the l 8. A. This Rentleman comes of worst menace existing in modern traf- a very distinguished line. His first fic. The toll of motor vehicle acci- cinisin on the distaff side is Cheerful j dents is mounting, as countless auth Ydiot, who is universally loved for I orities have pointed out. It will con his gallant exploits in rocking the tinue to mount, until all traffic is con- txmt. On the other side of the house ; trolled pedestrain as well as vehicul- lr. Jay Walker claims consaiiKninity I ar. Traffic experts realize that It is with (Junne l'oynter. whose scientific Impossible for all classes of modern experiments are international!- fa-'.traffic to occupy the same risht of iimua under tht headline, "He didn'Mway at the same time in safety. Ve Kii"- It Was leaded. "' ! nicies are not allowed on the pave In the intimate histories of the pre- I ment and are only permitted to use Bent era. which will some day be writ- ! the streets under control of traffic of ten. J.iy Walker will claim an exulted i ficem. -We rannot forbid pedestrains i, hire He it Is who is bocsllnc the to use the vehicular section of the eatualtv column umlfr the classifies-i re"ts f"r crowing puposes. but tion of motor vehicle accidents. He Is can compel them to use them under tihiuiiitous in his operations knowing definite rules of conduct, designed to no union rules, working earnestly at I promote their own safety and thn his chotwn task day and night, every-I of o'her users of the right of way, lnv evervw here, everyway. To we I The sooner this problem is squarely him leaping lightly anil rare-free amid j met, the sooner we shall achieve rea the convolutions of modern traffic, ' portable safety for all In modern ur brings tears of apprehension to the; hart trafllc, which -at bent is existin eves of all behoblrs. To fee him stop J under conditions never anticipated by tracefully from the crub Into the nor fathfrs who laid out our city high mreet, without once looking to see if way svstems. F.ditorial by Alexand any vehicle is approaching, h a lesson Jvline'oti, la Alvtor for January , The Unemployment Problem MM HE problem of the unem ployed is one that the entire world faces. . It is a serious one. You can help materially in solving it for Oregon. . , You can begin today in your own home in your business. , Keep people at work in Oregon's factories and everything will be fine. . f BUY OREGON PRODUCTS fall m ARSOCIATKD INDfnTMES OF OltKGON TVioro 5a cnmptriincr reallv unusual about the sweet running qualities of the LALLEY ' LIGH1 It operates so quietly, so smoothly, and so freely that it attracts you to it by . the absence of noise. This feature in itself proves that the LALLEY LIGHT is a finely constructed piece of mechanism ' Ir proves its simplicity and freedom from numerous laid complicated parts. It proves that greatest care and exactness in tha selection, testing and fitting of the materials and parts bave been used. It proves that the LALLEY operates as nearly frictionless as it is humanly possible to build a plant of this kind. And fcesidee the mechanical advantages. Indicated t the quietness of the LALLEY LIGHT, the satisfac tion which you derive from this one feature alone is Important Come In and listen for yourself let us tell why It runs so qaletly and just what this means to you. Be Sure See the LALLEY First Sturgis & Storie Pendleton Walla Walla V?cft&rrfra foP : fctrfcai &)MipmM tot tk Farm axd Aural Horn
