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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1931
CapitaUjounial
Salem, Oregon
Established March 1, 1888
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at 1M a Commercial Street. Telephone 4681. News 4883
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Purely Political
Having been on the job less than three months, C. M.
Thomas, public utilities commissioner, whose knowledge of
utilities and the complexities of rate fixing is confined to the
brief period of his tenure of office has in the past week after
brief superficial and cursory hearings, issued three blanket
orders for reduction in utility rates as follows:
Eastern Oregon Power and Light Company, serving Baker, LaOrande,
Haines, North Powder, Summerville, Cove, Elgin, Island City, Union Junc
tion and surrounding territory, a flat reduction of 5 percent In light and
power rates, an estimated saving of 815,000 a year to consumers.
Pacific Light and Power Company serving eastern and central Ore
ton communities as well as those of Clatsop county, a flat 10 percent re
duction In rates, an estimated saving to consumers of 8105.OO0 annually.
Pacific Northwest Public Service corporation, owning the street car
ystem In Portland, a cut in fares from 10 cents to 7 cents, for single
cash fares, unlimited strip tickets at ten for 80 cents, a weekly pass with
five tickets for 35 cents with the proviso that after tickets are gone, ad
diional rides may be obtained at 8 cents each by showing pass, and school
children's tickets cut from 8 to 4 cents each.
Utility regulation is apparently a very simple thing
under the new dispensation. A perfunctory hearing is held
and a sweeping order for reduction, regardless of the show
ing made or the financial condition of the utility, promptly
follows, tactics that will win the applause of the multitude
and leave to the courts the onus of adjudication.
As to the merits of these flat reductions in the rate
structure, we have no means of saying. They may be ac
cepted by the utilities or put up to the court of last resort
in which case, if they are found confiscatory and unjustifi
able they will be annulled,
. Just how it is figured that a street car company, in
these days of automobiles, can make money on a 5 cent fare,
when it is not making expenses on a 10 cent fare, only a
high-priced municipal expert can explain for no street car
system, municipally owned or otherwise, is doing it, even in
cities where conditions compel an extensive public patronage.
In all probability, the utilities will be forced to escape
confiscation to attack not only the commissioner's ruling but
the validity of the law creating a public utilities commission
er under which these rates are ordered, for it ignores the
established rules of law laid down by the highest courts of
the land in public utility cases as well as the state and fed
eral constitution.
These rate reductions are purely political. They are de
signed both to increase the popularity of the Meier adminis
tration and the unpopularity of the courts, which must safe
guard property. The administration can say it did its part,
and blame the dispised judiciary if its efforts fail.
$90,000,000 in the Red
With the end of May, the government's great wheat buy
ing experiment, through the farm board, to stabilize the
market, came to an end, leaving the government "in the red"
to the extent of $90,000,000 of taxpayers' money. The great
est subsidy ever given agriculture or any other industry in
one year, has ended in failure, with the farmer worse off
than when it started.
This, also "noble experiment" ended with the closing of
trading in the 1930 crop, for farm board officials, who start
ed the stabilization activities, announced two months ago
that because of its futility the government would with
draw at the end of May. It has done so, $90,000,000 loser in
real money and with 200,000,000 bushels of grain on hand,
for which there is no market, and which hangs like a depres
sant over the new crop. The carrying charges alone approxi
mate $4,000,000 a month.
Yet the members of the farm board continue optimistic,
probably due to their salaries. They are not discouraged by
the outlook, and claim that their taking this surplus off the
market, prevented further slump. They look to the farmers
to save the day by growing less wheat thereby enhancing the
value of the surplus held despite the fact that experience
proves that as long as the government stays in the business,
it is an incentive for greater acreage, for growers figure the
government will save the day.
George S. Milner, head of the grain stabilization corpor
ation declares the experiment has been a success and main
tains that the government has done what it started out to do,
stabilized the 1930 crop prices with resultant profit to farm
ers. Just where these profits are puzle the farmers. If the
Inw of supply and demand had been allowed to take its course,
it would have affectively curtailed acreage and thereby even
tually restored the market.
Cut the Grass
With weeds and grass growing rank in scores of vacant
lots over the city to constitute a serious fire menace during
the dry summer months the council has the justification and
the opportunity to put bread in the mouths of a number of
the unemployed. Cleaning up these lots would provide sev
eral days work for a large crew of men.
The city-has the authority under its police powers to
order and enforce the removal of grass, weeds and brush
from these properties and to do the work itself and impose
a lien against the property to meet the cost. Kepenled no
tices and warnings to the owners of these lots having failed
to bring results the time has come for more drastic action.
These overgrown lots not only comprise a serious fire
menace, but the growth on some vacant comer lots about the
city has become so dense and high as to be come a traffic
hazard by obstructing clear vision at street intersections.
The hardship imposed upon the owners of adjacent property
who go to considerable expense and trouble to maintain
sightly lawns and gardens and who are forced to battle the
natural spread of rank growing weeds also justifies drastic
action to clean up the vacant lots.
TURNER GIRLS GRADUATE
Turner Miss Gladys Morgan,
daughter of Mrs. Leota Sloan of Tur.
Bar, and Miss Hotel Bones, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bones of Tur
ner, both received their diplomas
from the Pacific Christian hospital
at Eugene on Friday evening. Among
those motoring from Turner to at
tend the commencement exercises
were Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Bones, Mr
nd Mrs. C. 8. Sloan, Mr. and Mm.
Venter Bones, Miss Thelma DelarU1
and Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bones and
family.
An EiiRlkh oil company will add
a large airplane for Its ml,' force.
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Saa francbrw, one May 811.00
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JUNGLE FILM
THRILLS MANY
WITH OPENING
The most Intricate portable sound-
recording apparatus ever built was
used In filming: and recording the
first complete sound picture ever
filmed In the African Jungles "Tra.
der Horn," Metro-Qoldwyn-Mayer's
gigantic transcription of the famous
book, which opened at the Warner
Bros. Eislnore theater.
Mechanical and electrical details
still kept secret by the studio went
into the making of the great "sound
truck," the first and only sound
apparatus ever to be taken Into
Africa and used to record the ac
tual voices of Its savage denizens.
The outfit moved on a great
truck that housed a recording room
with Its machines. A caterpillar
tread was provided for rough trav
el. A complete electrical plant with
in the contrivance furnished power.
Microphones were designed so
that they could be hidden In the
paths of the lions, rhinos, croco
diles and otlier animals filmed and
recorded by its means.
W. H. Anderson, technician with
the outllt, had "tuned" microphones
or all frequencies, to catch anything
from the deep roar of the Hon to
the shrill twitter of Jungle birds,
the tomtoms of the savages in their
fanatical religious rites, and other
Jungle sounds.
Harry Carey, Durcan Renaldo
and Edwlna Booth play the three
principal roles in tne story, recre
ated from Aloyslus Horn's book.
W. s. Van Dyke, remembered for
"White Shadows In the South Seas'
and "The Pagan," directed. Among
the big thrills are the death dance
of the deadly Isorgl, the battle be
tween a lion and a zebra In which
the striped mule kicks the King of
Beasts into flight, the battle be
tween leopards and a hyena pack,
and Innumerable thrUls with croco
diles, hippos, wild elephants and
other perils.
The making of the picture In
volved the longest location trip on
record, fully 25,000 mUes being cov
ered In the filming of the mas
sive production, which required two
years to make.
MORE DEATHS TO
BE INVESTIGATED
Chicago (U) Deaths of 10 rela
tives and friends of Mrs. Margaret
Summers were investigated Monday
by authorities compiling evidence to
be presented to a grand Jury with
request that murder charges be
returned against the whitehaired
woman.
Four of the deaths were caused by
arsenic poisoning, a coroner's Jury
held after the bodies were exhumed
and examined by medical experts.
C. Wayland Broota. assistant state's
attorney, said evidence showed sev
eral others died "mysteriously." Mrs.
Summers was accused of causing the
four deaths to collect insurance
money. Her husband, a nephew
and two roomers at her home, were
the victims named. They died with
in the last three years.
Four other husbands, a lover, two
brothers, and a smalt daughter were
among the 15 others who died mys-1
terlously, according to a statement
made to prosecutors by Mrs. William
Meyers, Mrs. Bummers' steppmother
of Effingham, 111. Brooks said he
might subpoena Mrs. Meyers to tell
her story before the grand Jury.
He also Indicated that some of
the bodies might be exhumed and
examined for traces of poisoning, i
Med ford (LP-Otto Peters' rum
stickers wer "fakes", so police i
jailed htm.
Spokesman Of Klamath
Indians Asks Chemawa
School Be Enlarged
Sergeant K. Brown, spokesman for the Klamath Indians,
was in Salem Monday following a hearing of the senate In
dian affairs committee at tne cnemawa Indian school Satur
day before Senator Frailer 01
North Dakota.
Sergeant Brown explained his
mission at the Indian hearing at
Chemawa was to present a plan for
furnishing higher education for In
dian graduates of 'the Chemawa
school who he states do not come
out of that school equipped in the
battle of life sufficiently to compete
with the wnlte man and be cannot
be expected to make the Impress on
PRESBYTERIANS
DENOUNCE WET
MILLIONAIRES
Pittsburgh (IP) The "millionaire
group and the metropolitan press'
were denounced for alleged at'
tempts to defeat prohibition In I
report presented at the 143rd gen
erai asembly of the Presbyterian
church In the U. S. A. Monday.
Attempts to commercialize Sun
day, compulsory military training
and all militarism were condemned
in the report of the board of Chris
tian education, presented by the
chairman. Rev. John E. Wlshart,
San Francisco.
Other resolutions commended
President Hoover for his stand on
prohibition and approved the world
court and disarmament treaties.
A resolution approving birth con
trol, similar to the one removed
from the report on divorce and mar
riage, was deleted from the educa
tion report.
The Pennsylvania general assemb
ly especially was praised for Its
action In defeating the recent legis
lation to legalize Sunday baseball.
All attempts of sports organizations
or chain motion picture companies
to liberalize the Sabbath day were
scored.
Dr. Joseph Stevenson, a member
of the board of Christian education,
presented the resolution denouncing
the millionaire group and the press.
His speech drew applause.
"The millionaire group Is pouring
out money to defeat prohibition," he
said. "The metropolitan press Is
not conveying the real news but has
prostituted Itself In the temple of
Mammon to create a reign of terror
on this great problem.
"But the church Is not afraid. As
It broke the neck of the brewers who
had this country in their control,
so It will break the necks of the
profiteers, racketeers and bootleg-
Rers."
the life of the nation which he
could make were be given the same
educational equipment as his white
brother.
"In this day of specialization
said Sergeant Brown, "the govern
merit owes It to the Indian who
wishes to progress in civilization to
equip him with the educational tools
which will ; w him to fight along
on an even plane with the while
man.
"I presented to Senator Frazler
the plea that the time has come
when the Chemawa school be broad
ened ui Its scope to allow Chemawa
graduates who wish to, to gain an
education In the professions such as
law and medicine and also that
the Industrial educational life at the
school be developed so that Indians
are Better coped to meet the white
man on common ground In the ln-
austriea.
"Senator Frazler agreed with me
that the Indians who desire to pro
gress further In Intellectual and
professional pursuits should be
given a chance but said they bad
a chance to attend any college that
their credits would entitle them.
But I pointed out to him that the
Indians didn't have the money to
take tnese higher branches of edu
cation and In most cases no way to
get It and that we considered It the
duty of the government to aid the
Indians In lifting themselves to the
same stature as the white men
along these lines.
"The Indians feel that when
these senate committees come out
here they should not only have
some message to brace up the Indi
an but also to carry back and brace
up the Indian bureau. Our Indian
bureau Isn't functonlng In such a
way as to go deeply enough Into the
life of the Indian and his affairs. It
is too superficial. There are many
ways that the cause of the Indian
could be advanced and he be made
a better citizen if sufficient whole
hearted Interest came from the
bureau.
1 also made a plea to Senator
Frazler for more money for the
Klamath Indian. He now receives
$300 every six months or $000 a year
and when his bills are paid at the
store there Isn't much left to aid
him In maintaining himself on a
civilized plane."
Ashland (If) The overalls had
their day at high school. Only the
boys wore them.
Piles All Gone
Without Salves or Catting
Itching, bleeding, protruding piles
go quickly and don't come back, If
you remove the cause. Bad blood
circulation In the hemorrhoidal
veins causes piles by making the
affected parts weak, flabby, almost
dead. Salves and cutting fail be
cause only an Internal medicine can
actually correct these conditions.
Dr. J. S. Leonhardt discovered a real
internal Pile remedy. After prescrib
ing It for 1,000 patients with suc
cess In 960 cases, he named It HEM
ROID. Capital drug store says one
bottle of HEM-ROID Tablets must
end your Pile misery or money
back. adv.
How- to clear away
Pimples
Cleanse the skin with Reslnol Soap.
Anolv Reslnol Ointment to pimples,
citing ic remain hi iumk m vu,,, or
ient before wnsning on. nia mpio
treatment used once or twice daily,
makM the skin clearer, fresher, more
velvety In a few days, rtiouoruisun,
Samplafrt. Bnlnal.rMpt.Sa,t)UllrBor,ll,
Resinol
mm- e
8 Many Fatal
Diseases
Show their first symp
toms In the eyes. That
fact alone should es
tablish your confidence
In the Importance of
having your eyes prop
erly examined on the
first appearance of dis
comfort. -
WE HAVE THE
INSTRUMENTS
necessary for making
the fullest scientific eye
examinations, and noth
ing is left undone that
can be done to find the
cause of trouble.
POMEROY
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OPTICIANS
179 Stale Street
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ROOSEVELT CLUB
DINNER HONORS
POLK WAR DEAD
Dallas A successful Memorial day
banquet was held In the Presbyter
ian church social parlors Friday
evening by the Polk county demo
cratic central committee and the
Roosevelt-for-Presldent club. Quests
of honor were the Gold Star moth
era of the county of whom there
were five In attendance. These
were Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Arrlll and
Mrs. Ed lira an of Independence, and
Mrs. Chase and Mrs. Hayes of Dal'
las.
The speaker of the evening, Mrs.
Louise Palmer Weber, was intro
duced In a few brief words by R. H.
Turner, who acted as toastmaster.
Mrs. Weber took as the theme ota
her talk a . topic very suitable to
the occasion, namely "To Mothers
on Peace."
Out of town visitor Included R.
W. Baker, H. Woods, J. Kosanke.
of Independence; Frank Fawk and
family, of Oak Grove; Grove A.
Peterson and family, of Independ
ence, and O. Woods of Ballston.
Polk county's roll of honor In
whose memory the banquet was
held and who died In service dur
ing the World war Includes:
Dallas Thomas Bennet, private,
marines, killed in action, June 35,
1018; Elton Blake, sergeant, Infant
ry, died of pleurisy. May 25, 1917:
Orley P. Chase, private. Infantry,
Killed in action, May 28, 1918; Ar
chie S. Davis, cause, date and place
unknown; Newman G. Dennis, ser
geant. Infantry, died of neuphritls,
January I, 1019; Otis M. Hays, cor
poral. Infantry, died of wounds re
ceived in action July 20, 1918; Os
car Jackson, private. Infantry, killed
in action, July is, I9is; wuue Linn
ton,, private, marines, killed In ac
tion, October 4, 1918; Harry Quiring,
HEALTHY
COMPLEXIONS
Health
complexions
come from healthy system.
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Feen-a-mlnt. Effective in
mailer doses. All druggists sell
this safe, scientific laxative.
IFOR CONSTIPATION
private, artillery, died of periton
itis, March 4, 1911.
Independence Charles r. uropp.
first lieutenant, medical corps, died
January 8, 1919; Harry H. Stalnaker
private. Infantry, killed In action
July 18, 1918.
Rkkreall Benjamin Hill, private.
Infantry, died of meningitis, April
28, 1918.
Monmouth Roy Johnson, private,
Infantry, killed in action, July 18,
1918.
Falls City George H. Otte, pri
vate, infantry, killed In action. Oc
tober S. 1918: Rueben Vanover, pri
vate, aviation, died of pneumonia.
March 23, 1918.
Grand Ronde Martin Hartless,
private, infantry, killed In action,
October 9, 1918.
Sheridan Ray T. Mark, private,
Plates and Brldnework
with HOPE DENTURE
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tlfv and sterilise falsa
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field artillery, died In accident, No-
venioer ,
shHmcs itnlrnAwn ThanrlArii Hnl-
loway, private In machine gun bat-
talllon, killed In action November
3, 1918.
Mexico City () The war and
marine department announced that
only men who can read and write
will be admitted to the Mexican
army and navy and soldiers and
sailors who refuse to go to school
will be discharged.
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