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PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1930 CapitaljiJournal Salem, Oregon Established Uircb t, list AO Independent Newspaper. Published Every Altemoon Except 8undaj at 13 8. Commreclal street. Telephone II. Newt Kl GEOKOE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher SUBSCRIPTION RATES By carrier 10 cents a week; 45 cents a month; 15.00 a year In advanoe. By mall la Marlon, Polk, Linn and Yamhill counties, one month 64 cents; 3 months II 25; 6 months WX; 1 year 14.00. Elsewhere 60c a month; 6 months 275; 15.00 a year In advance. FULL LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THE UNITED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for publlcatoln of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also local news published herein. "Without or Willi offense to friends or foes I sketch your world exactly as it goes." Byron Misinformed The New York Nation, a liberal weekly, which is usually quite accurate in its statements, crams the following inter esting misinformation into its editorial comment on the nom ination of George W. Joseph by the Republicans for gover nor: "A rlp-roarlng cyclone" Is the description which a writer in the Port land, Oregon, Telegram gives ol the irruption ol George W. Joseph Into the Oregon gubernatorial campaign. Mr. Joseph, who until a few days ago was a lawyer, attracted Mate-wide attention some time since by his vigorous but unsuccessful defense of the will of one E. Henry Wemme, half of whose fortune was to benefit a charitable trust in Portland. More recently he has launched some bold attacks against the public service commission and the power companies, and has declared that the state courts, In certain cases which he named, htvt been influenced by po litical and financial Interests. For this last he has lust been perma nently disbarred by order of the supreme court. . Shortly before his disbarment, however, he carried off the Republican nomination for gover nor at the primaries by about SjOOO votes, after making the fight on the issue of personal vindication, touring the state by airplane, and address ing record-breaking audiences. If he is elected, as seems certain, there may be doings In Oregon, for Mr. Joseph is a hard hitter, his following believes in him enthusiastically, and the courts have played into his hands. The Nation probably secures its misinformation from the Portland newspapers, all four of which have deserted party or principle to support Mr. Joseph, the attorney for their largest advertiser, who has not hesitated in the past to use this advertising as a club to dictate newspaper policy. The newspaper quoted by The Nation is the personal organ of Mr. Joseph, who is also its attorney in cases pending be fore the Supreme Court. It is owned by Herbert Fleisch l.acker, multi-millionaire power financier of San Francisco. Nor does The Nation know that this new champion of the peepul is also attorney for the chain store trust, the bancor poration chain, as well department stores. The Nation does not realize that Mr, Joseph was dis- j barred not for criticising decisions of the supreme court but ji'or unethical conduct and that his definition of free speech ! consists of character assassination. It was six years after the decision in the Wemme case wag rendered before Mr. Jo seph attacked the court and in the interval he defended the : decision in federal courts. His advocacy of power develop ment without cost to the taxpayer is along the same line of demagogy. Milking the Public Some 70,000 people paid approximately three quarters of a million dollars to witness the biggest boxing extrava ganza in history staged for the philanthropic purpose of benefitting the children's milk fund and saw Jack Sharkey foul Max Schmeling below the belt in the fourth round and thereby forfeit the championship. It is not by any means the first time Shavkey has practiced unfair tactics, but it is the first time he has failed to get away with it. Neither of the pugilists rank as topnotch fighters. Neither are in the same class with former champions, but so fight hungry are the Sectaele loving people that in hard times, with bread lines in every city, they fork out a fabu lous sum to witness a couple of dubs pull off a fiasco. The people certainly like to be bunked and will pay any amount for the privilege. And we pride ousel ves on our intelligence! It is to be hoped, that after the fighters, and promoters receive the cream and the heavy expenses are met, there will be a few quarts of skimmed milk left for tenement babies. Anyway the bally-hoocrs have found a new way to milk the public and sanctify the fight racket, and we confidently await a repetition of the fiasco in the name of sweet charity. Passing the Buck By unanimous vote the general federation of women's clubs at Denver has passed a resolution requesting President Hoover to appoint a commission to study the problems of de linquent women and girls in Alaska and make some plan for dealing with the situation now existing in the territory. So the craze for commissions extends, despite the fact that few ever accomplish anything.- Why a commission is needed to study such problems when the causes and results ore apparent to everyone passes comprehension unless of course it is an easy way to sidestep an unpleasant subject. And what couid a commission accomplish? Delinquency in Alaska, as elsewhere is due to heredity and environment, to ignorance and to poverty. In Alaska it is complicated by the mixture of natives with the flotsom and ji-tsom of the mining camps and the derelicts of the gold rush. The prob lem is one for missionaries and welfare workers rather than for club women who vary their bridge playing by dilettante discussion of public affairs. The federation ladies have a chance to study delinquency in their own sex in their home cities where there is plenty of it ami aid in its correction without asking federal commis sions for distant lands. Hut the subject is an unpleasant one and requires sympathy and sacrifice and it is much easier Joehut their eyes and pass the buck. Extension of Power Lines to Rural Areas . Simplified by Order j A plan whereby installation of electricity to farms of the Willamette valley la made much more simple and more economical to the customer is outlined in a recent order is- .' a i mrmniinr la A State gjyajBaiiaiswsi " " meat issued by W. R. Hewmyer, rural service agent ol the Pacific Harthwest Public Service company. The new ruling is different from toe old order of things in that It permits the power company ta ed ' ranee In full toe cash outlay for the construction of rural tinea to .ateod of advancing a certain pro ' portion of the cost, thus obviating the nrocssrtj of ttoeee securing eteo-1 trlcal energy advancing the re mainder of the expense. The order provides for an Invest ment by the company of three times the annual revenue, but not less than $75 per customer. Instead of two and one half times tins annual revenue and eo per customer, pro vfcdlnc the cost daea not exceed these amounts ner customer, as un der the old rules. In compliance with this order the Poetise Worth wen Public tsrmce WEARY BUT INDIGNANT t'MM'-Mnr Pnwan (New Tort Wrli IK WORK ON FALLS LOOP ROAD WILL COMMENCE SOON With transfer of a shovel and ft crew from the Fern Ridge road to the Matheny road from Union Hill to Silver Creek falls on thti side of the falls another link in the Silver Palis loop from Salem to the falls and back via 8 liver ton will be under way to completion this summer. The two mile stretch of the Matheny road into the falls is expected to be completed .this year and this will leave only about five miles of road on this side of the falls left to be converted into a market road. Eith er all or portion of It will be done next year while work noes on on the other side toward Sllverton. Transfer of the shovel from the Fern Kidfie road docs not mean that work will let up oh the Fern Ridge road, according to Road mas ter Johnson. The chovel is a heavy duty piece of equipment used for tearing out big cuts and this sort of work has been completed on the Fern ridge road. Crews will con tinue on with the Fern Ridge work to completion this summer. - County Engineer Swart reported Saturday that the steel has been put in on the Haul Oreen bridge, the girders of concrete will be poured Saturday and then only the dec long remains. However, the bridge when completed will have to stand for a month before work can start on a big fill which must be made prior to opening the bridge to traffic. It Is figured It will prob ably be about September 1 before work is started on the fill. Wrm weather brings these pests Oronite FLY SPRAY Kills 'em Dead Mosovtioes an? mi otn totxetm mas tT AND AID Oil COMPANY Of CALIfOtNlA, company, formerly the Portland Electric Power company, has filed a new set of rules. These rules which go into effect June 15, are similar to those now In effect, but differ radically in one respect besides those mentioned above. Under the new rules the prospec tive customers may contract to pay a minimum monthly revenue of the amount tlie power companies' rep resentative thinks justifiable accord ing to the amount of equipment in stalled. The power company will then spend 36 times this contracted monthly minimum toward the con struction of the line, as ordered by the commission. If this sum Is not sufficient to build the line, the Pa cific Northwest Public Service com pany will invest the necessary addi tional money, or excess cost as it is called, provided the customer will increase the contracted monthly payment to an amount to justify this additional investment. Under the old rules the customers were re quired to put up this excess cost in cash and to pay an extra monthly charge in addition to the Salem rates, this charge being necessary because of the additional cost of serving rural customers. Relieved from putting his money Into line construction, the farmer is free to buy additional equipment, thus al lowing him to maks use of the elec tricity in such a way that it will pay him a profit and will encourage a greater consumption of po-Asr. This ureaier consumption will benefit the farmer not only by giving him a lower averace cost per kilowatt nour. but will tend to Increase the annual revenue from the line and thereby automatically decrease his contract ed monthly payments at the end of each adjustment period. An illustration of the way the new rules will work may be obtained by comparing them with the old rules under which a definite extension was made. An extension to serve five farmers southeast of Silverton was completed. The total cast of the ex tension was $810.08. The company was justified in Investing $400 on this extension on account of the es timated revenue to be derived from the line. That left the sum of 82 to be advanced by each customer. The contracts called for a monthly minimum charge of $1.82. As $82 is worth 41 cents per month at 6 per cent, these five customers were ac tually payUig $2.23 per month in stead of $1.82. If those five customers would be willing, under the new rule, to con tract monthly revenue equal to the amount of their monthly bills since they have been connected to the line, the company would be jusuned in investing $523, leaving an excess cost of $28t94, or an average of $57.40 per customer. Instead of ask ing the customers to put up this amount in cash, the company would invest the money and increase the cotitractd monthly minimum S6 cents to each customer which would mean a saving of 37 cents per month m actual money and allow them more electricity. At the end of the first three year adjustment period, this contracted monthly chnrse would be decreased providing the revenue received from the line ex ceeded the contracted revenue if new customers wore connected to the extension In' the interval. GAT ESLUbIgUEST AT COLLINS' HOME Gates Mrs. Ed Collins was a hos tess to members of the Birthday club Tuesday afternoon at her home near Onts. Cards were In play at three tables with Mrs. Oerald Heath win ning the prize lor high score. Mrs. Roy Taylor second, and Mrs. Blanch Dean low. Miss Owen Johnson took visitors' honors. The hostess was assisted In serv ing by her daushter-ln-law, Mrs. E. V. Collins. Those served were Mrs. Clarence Johnson. Mrs. Roy Taylor, Mrs. P. v. Jones. Miss Owen John son, Mrs. A. B. Horner, Mrs. Blanch Dean. Mrs. Marietta Smith, Mrs. Gerald Heath. Mrs. Wrs Houghton, Slid Mrs. Robert Bowea. Finest Toric Read ing Lens $4.95 toric KjrrglAss Insurance aad thor ucfc rumlaatkm inrlaried. 7 II RECI ST On The First Bay of . The Oregon Shoe Go's Closing Out Sale We were simply swamped with business hundreds of customers turned away. We pressed into serv- ice every available salesman and did our best but still we were unable to wait on everyone. We are ar raning for. a larger adiquate sales-force and new bargains will be placed on the tables each day so that every day will be bargain day at The Oregon Shoe Co. until every pair of shoes in the store is disposed of. Everything ready to break all records Saturday and Monday. Womens Pumps and Growing Girls Oxfords Broken lines, brown, black, latest patterns, regularly sold up to $7.50. Closing out price 600 Pairs Mens Oxfords Black, tan, and two-tones, the best $5.00 to $8.50 values in Salem. AH go at one price $2.95 700Pairs Womens Pumps Straps and Oxfords, good values at $5.00 to $10.00. Close out $1.95 Hundreds of Pairs Womens Sport Oxfords All styles and sizes regularly sold from $5.00 to $6.00 Closing out price $3.95 Women's Comfort Slippers One and two straps and Juliets regularly sold up to $5.00. Close out price ' $2.95 Boys' Ball Brand Tennis Shoes White and black trim, extra heavy soles, reinforced toes, all sizes. To close out at 79c 150 Pairs Men's Work Shoes .Values up to $7.00 in both leath er and composition soles Every pair to go at $2.95 Hundreds of Pairs Women's Shoes Many from the Price Shoe Co. stock. High and low heels broken lots regularly sold at $10.00 to $12.00. Closing out price $3.95 Women's Black Tennis Oxfords All sizes, good grade, while they last. Close out at 69c CLOSING OUT THE ENTIRE STOCK The Oregon Shoe Coo 326 State Street Next To Ladd & Bush Bank
