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FÄLLS CITY NEWS KALLS CITY OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25. 19t« VOL. XIII G. SOWERS DIES IN REGULATIONS OF DALLAS HOSPITAL RAILROADS WRONG Limiting Without Giving Assistance Declares Attorney Thom Embargo Is Planned - To Prevent Exports FLOLRAL OWNENRSHIP PREFERED Radical Change Demanded at the heraing at Newlands Before Joint Committee Washington, Nov. 23. The railroads o f the country today made a Hat demand for a revolu tionary change in the relations of the government to the railroads. General counsel A. t\ Thom, o f the railroad executives’ com mittee, told the Newlands joint congressional committee, investi gating interstate commerce con ditions, that unless the present system o f railroad control is re formed. government ownership o f the entire railroad system o f the country is inevitable. Mr. Thom opened the testi mony for the railroads with an outline o f the position the rail roads take concerning railroad regulations. He declares the present system has almost com pletely precluded new railroad construction, and has endangered the credit o f all railroads. "T h e growth o f the country is dependent uponincreased i abroad facilities,” he said. "T h e gov ernment must aid in securing the funds necessary for expansion ” He declared that the govern ment has limited and restricted the service and incomes o f the railroads without taking any steps to help them meet the in creased expenses. Counsel Thom referred to the recent embargo imposed by the railroads and the present short age o f freight cars to prove that the railroad facilities are far from adequate to care for the needs of the people. He declared "th e cost o f living is daily advancing, owing to a shortage o f supply which might be remedied by se curing access to new areas o f production.” and said less con struction was done in the past year than at any time since the Civil W ar.” He outlined conditions restrict ing railroad credit, as follows: "Railroad revenues are not controlled by investors, but are limited and fixed by several branches o f govermental author ity, which do not recognize re sponsibility for assured results to investors. "T h e present system o f regu lation is based on a policy of re pression and correction, and not on a policy o f helpfulness and encouragement. "T h e outstanding obligations o f the railrdads have already ex ceeded the financial rule o f safety. "T h e investor must accept se curities with no assurance o f a surplus o f earnings. "T h e railroad business is large ly controlled by political instead o f business considerations. "W e may debate about what has caused the present conditions said Mr. Thom, "b u t we cannot debate about what the people need. " I f the public is not assured o f adequate railroad service, the question o f what are sometimes termed, I think improperly, ‘state's rights, ’ is not involved, for such a condition would nec- essarialy mean either larger and better national regulation or government ownership. I f the regulation o f transportation facil- ties privately owned should fail, government ownership must fol low, and then all' power o f the state over the railroads would disappear.” A Newspaper Tragedy. A man eager for election news REDUCED PRICES came into this office this week and picked over our pile o f exchanges. On* Tim« Protperout Merchant of Retail Qrooors Propose Campaign to One that he looked at elicited a This City Pastes Away Wed Urgo Upon President Necessity of laugh o f derision and he said he nesday Morning. Kooping Wheat for Homo Use E. Sowers, at one time a mer chant in this city died Wednesday morning at the Dallas hospital. He went to the hospital the- latter part of Septemlrer to undergo an operation for hypertrophy o f the Prostate gland which he had been suffering with. Mr. Sowers w'as a native of Indiana. He left Indiana and went to Kansas where he resided for some time and moved to Mis souri, and then came to Oregon. He homesteaded near Brownsville and proved up on his claim and went into the mercantile business at Independence and then came to this city and Irought the grocery business o f a Mr. Watkins. He had been a resident o f this city for fifteen years or more. The deceased leaves a former wife at St. I/juis, Mo., and three sons, one a chemist in New York, and one a Ueutenant in the U. S. army in the Phillippines and one a surveyor at Spokane, Washington: also three daughters, one Mrs. George Mahrs, o f Dmisana, form erly lived here. He was 72 years o f age. His son, Elmer Sowers o f Spo- kane, Wash., came immediately when informed o f his father’s demise. Up to the present time no arrangements have been made for the burial. WM. FORD DEAD. Wm. Ford, who had a paralytic stroke two week’s ago died at his home at Bridge|>ort Saturday night. Services were conducted by Rev. James (\ Erwin at the M. E. Church Monday morning and interment made in the city cemetery. Mr. Ford was a pioneer, having lived in the vicinity of Bridgeport since 1853. The deceased is survived by his w ife Mrs. Ford, and four children. Ralph Ford o f Eugene, Mrs. W ar ren Frink, Mrs. Nell Sears and Miss Flora Ford o f this city, and five grandchildren. MARRIED A t the residence o f E. A. LaDow Nov. 19th, W yrick A. Bancroft to Ruth L Magee. E. A. I^aDove officiating. The couple will make Dallas their home. Mot Tamale Supper, The Indies Aid Society o f the M. E. Church will give a Hot Ta male Supper at the church, W ed nesday evening Dec. <»th, from 5:30 to 8 o’clock. Come and bring your friends. Price 25c. ----- ■ ♦ ---------------- THANKSGIVING SERVICE At Methodist Church Thursday 10:30 A. M. Sermon by Rev. Er win. Special music. Every body invited. Service to last only one hour, dismissing in ample time for dinner. Old Whipping Post Favored by Bishop Toledo, Ohio.— Bishop Frank Dumoulin of the Episcopal diocese oi Toledo, in an address lust night upheld the whipping post for “ moral lepers.” “ Shooting is too good for the mural leper who dares to take from another man all that m dear to his heart,” ho said. “ Physical fear is the only method ol reach ing such men. I would revive the old whipping post and lash the home-breaker before his fellow men,” the bishop said. wondered how in the world the We Now Have In Effect Reduced Prices on Ladies Hats, Ladies Cloaks. Childs Cloaks. people stood for such a sheet. San Francisco, Nov, 20.— A na tional campaign is planned by re tail grocers to urge on President Wilson the necessity o f placing an embargo on the exportation of wheat and other products to keep down the high cost o f living, ac cording to Frank B. Connolly o f this city, chairman o f the execu tive committee o f the National Retail Grocers’ association. He said: "W e are considering the ad visability o f placing petitions call ing for an emoargo in every re tail grocery in the United States. Each grocer under this plan would urge his customers to sign the petitions, and they probably all would, e&pecially when a cus tomer complained about the ad vance o f prices o f Commodities.” — - - <*■— * 0 » ’ ♦ .................. Wilson May Propose Peace af Early Date Neutral Countries, Almost Without Exception, Look to President to Father M ovem ent to End War. Washington, Nov. 22 —The ser ious discussion of peace prospects iu belligerent countries has made a profound impression upon ad- ministration and diplomatic circles here. The intimations from European capitals that President Wilson has a pence movement under way weie interpreted here to mean that the diplomats and consular officers of the United States are sounding opinion uhrua I, among tli? people as well as the governments of the lighting nations. Diplomats will not discuss what tha near future may have in store tor the world, but those from neu tral countries, almost without ex ception, look to President Wilson to set on loot soon a movement that will give the belligerents an opportunity without loss of prestige to any, to discuss possible peace terms. Would Do Away With Electoral College Portland, Or., Nov. 20.— Carry ing a proposed amendment to Uni- t<d ¡States constitution abolishing the electoral college, Senator George Chamberlain of Oregon is en route to Washington today. He believes the electoral college is obsolete and lliut the president should he chosen by direct, popular vote. fn explaining that the electoral college system might frustrate the will of the majority, Chamberlain pointed out just before starting east that in the present election 5,000 votes in California might have swung that state to Hughe) and elected him, whereas Wilson had a popular lead of 400,000 votes throughout the country. Chamberlain said his amend ment would he proposed so it could become effective before the 1920 election. KILLS A BEAR. Wm. F. Lee, Wiley Gardner and Cecil Smith killed a black bear and her cub in Glaze canyon near the farm o f Mrs. W olfe Wednesday. The bears had been killing Allie Teal’s goats and eating Mrs. W olfe’s apples and they sent for Mr. Lee and his dogs to bag them. No. 13 It was poorly printed, typogra phically incorrect and filled with patent medicine ads where there should have been home advertis ing. The man had evidently never been in the newspaper business. He was going through town and was anxious to hear something from his home community—some thing that the big dailies did not print. He wanted, Mens heaviest all wool regular $8.50 Mackinaw at special price $6.95. Procure your needs o f above at greatly reduced prices. perhaps, to know who had been elected con stable in Podunk township or how the fight for sheriff had come out in his old home community. That was o f more interest to him than the number o f votes Hughes got in California. And right there was the excuse for the dinky little paper that he scorned so much. The natives who get it regularly fail to ap preciate it. They do not under stand the handicap under which th e editor-publisher-business- nianager-reporter-foreman - j o b artist-devil-compositor w o r k s . They fail to appreciate the strug gle he makes to have the “ dinky little sheet” even as good as it is. But if it should stop publica tion, then they would appreciate it. I f it should suspend, the very merchant who has contributed to its demise by his failure to ad vertise and by sending to the city for his stationery and by buying his envelopes from the govern ment, would he one o f the first to call a public meeting to see what could be done about it. The little dinky paper is the tie that binds the community to gether. It records the birth of the babies and announces that all parties concerned are doing well. When the baby grows up it tells all about all the principle events in its young life; it makes a re cord o f its little parties; it mourns with the parents when the child is sick; it rejoices when it grad uates from high school and goes to college; it recounts with pride and o f times exaggerated gusto when it gets married, and writes a nice piece about the bride even though she sent to the city to have her invitations engraved; it informs the community when the bride becomes a mother and a grandmother and finally com pletes her cradle to the grave his tory by sorrowing with the com munity when she passes to the great beyond. The little dinky paper gets be hind every good movement in the community. There is nothing for the moral or business betterment o f the town that it fails to boost. And just how many o f them are setting “ 30” for their own careers. The high price o f paper and ink in the past year has caused many a man who has never made as much as his work, investment and efforts are en titled to, to fold his tents like the Arabs and silently steal away. A list o f several hundred such was published the other day that had to make up their last form be cause o f the prohibitive price o f print paper. And they will be missed in the little communities in which they flourished, if “ flourished” may be used to de scribe their existence. Even the bigger dailies are be ginning to feel the stress o f war priced paper. They have started a movement to limit the size o f SELIG’S, Cash Price Store, “ Meeting and Beating Competition” . Let Us Help You ON YOUR GROCERIES Do not feel alarm ed about the advancing prices. We alw ay help anyone trying to Keep dow n the Board Bill. Some Specials for Saturday One pound can ground Coffee for 25 cents. Ask your neighbor about this. Valley Flour by the barrel Ground Chocolate in 1-lb tins $7.00 30c Arm & Hammer brand Soda 1-lb pk 5c Mince Meat, per package 10c Carnation Milk, per dozen 1.10 Bring your m ail orders to us, w e can help you. Others cam e to us and are satisfied. WE DELIVER Falls City Logging M E N ’S & Lumber Co. SHOES L A T E S T STYLES, $ 4 .00 T O $5.00 WORK SHOES, $ 3 .50 T O $4.00 :: l o g g i n g s h o e s , t h e b e s t g r a d e s ;; L O W E S T P R IC E S FOR C A S H A T jj THE SHOE STORE MRS E. FOASHEY • - I FALLS CITY. OREGON. : i.n -H -H -t-.H . 1 I M -l-M -H ” t-4"M "H “W -i-'l-H "l"l"H 1 1 l-i-H -I- H - l-HH- H -H -l-' the Sunday issues for fear that spised till it ceases to be,— that will be substantially missed and the paper supply may become en sincerely mourned in many a tirely exhausted. Most readers locality this winter where the ad couTd get along without the big vertising and subscription rates magazine sections and colored have not kept up with the price supplements, b u t the little o f p a p e r . —Corvallis Gazette- dinky” local sheet, so often de Times.