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About Heppner herald. (Heppner, Or.) 1914-1924 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1923)
Tuesday, April 10, 1923 THE HEPPNER HERALD, HEPPNER, OREGON PAGE FIVE (Continued from page three) for the direction of congress a plan for the consolidation of the railway properties of the United States. He said that while there were defects and mistakes here and there, which must be corrected If great injury to public as well as private Interests is to be. avoided, that yet the tentative plan of the commission affords the basis and ground work which should be followed and from which departures should be made only with great caution. He said he doubted whether railroad men themselves could have formulated a plan so fair and workable, because they couTd not have divested them selves of their environment and their affection for lines with which they had spent many years. Judge Lovett opposed the suggestion that all line in western territory should be consolidated Into four sys tems, saying, "Four systems, compris ing from thirty thousand to upward ol thirty-five thousand miles each and each extending from Puget Sound or the Pacific ocean to the Great lakes, to the mouth of the Mississippi river and the Gulf of Mexico, and traversing most of the intermediate states, make the combinations entirely too large for efficient management and service for the welfare of the corporations themselves, their creditors and stock holders and for the public good, and present a situation which probably jwould be a source of much undesirable friction and in many ways a constant menace, especially in case of failure." I He answered Mr. Holden's argument, based on the fact that the traffic handled by the New York Central and Pennsylvania respectively is substan tially as great as that which would be handled by any of the four systems, by pointing out that the problems of management in a territory extending only from New York to Chicago and St. Louis are very different from the problems of management in new and rapidly developing territory, extending all the way from the Canadian border, Puget Sound and the Pacific ocean to the Great lakes, the mouth of the Mis sissippi river, the gulf and the Mex ican border. Judge Lovett also disagreed with Mr. -Holden's view that each of the Pacific coast lines should have a line ex tending to the gulf, stating that the east and west traffic was the im portant and controlling traffic with the transcontinental lines. After point ing out various reasons for this ,he said: "But more important still and almost startling is the inevitable tendency and effect of the Holden plan to divert grain from the trunk lines and Atlantic seaboard to the gulf. Hither to the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Burlington, the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, the Chicago & Northwestern, the Union Pacific and the Chicago Great vVestern have been impartial as between Atlantic ad gulf ports, as their carriage did not extend beyond Chicago, Kansas City or St. Louis, and they interchanged without preference with' the trunk lines and the gulf lines alike at the usual gate ways. But the Holden plan ties each one of the great 'Granger' roads up with a gulf liue of Its own, but with out any line east of Chicago or St. LouiB, thus forcing all of them in their own interest thereafter, through con trol of car supply and otherwise; to exert their influence in favor of .move ment of all export grain oVer tUSir own rails to the gulf instead of being impartial as heretofore. If such con solidations are accomplished where .will the trunk lines and Atlantic ports get their grain for export? I am not their advocate, but only wish to point out this as another revolutionary and disastrous effect to some interests' of the action the fpmmTssioh is asked to take." Even if the four-system plan were tjloptea, ft is Judge Lovett's view that the systems should be constituteS in a .much different way than proposed in the Holden plan. He said that It tjje Hill lines were to be consoUoatecT, Jhe Union Pacific and Southern Racine snould also be consolidated, as their "combined strength would be needed to place them 00 J ?aTr, colnneMtivj basjs "with the nortjEl& Again he said that Vibclef a four-system TahlleTEI- feafo, MTlw&tttee6 $ SI Paul instead gj the Cjtftage ft Northwestern sh5uTJ be combined with the Santa Fe. Such consolidation would put the Santa F Bystem into the North Pacific coast territory in competition with the Hill lines and the Unioa Pacific-Southern Pacific group Instead of stopping the Santa Fe group eatt of the Cascade tnniintains as Drtmosed by Mr. Holden, He also stated that the Chicago, y . waukee & St. Paul and Santa wt 0 n'ect at both Chicago and Kagy as clty while the Chicago 4 North" .eBtern bafi no line to the latter poi' Judge Lovett dea nt snme ,pnEth with the history o' tbg Ctnlral Pacific and Us reiattor Jh.p tQ tbe Unlon Pa. clfie and e mntuai dependence of these Ypa on each other. He referred t0 JV decision of the supreme court, S? .ering the dissolution of the control of the Central by the Southern Pacific because violative of the Sherman act. and to the recent hearing before the commission of- the application of the Southern Pacific for authority to ac quire control, and the decision of the conditions imposed by the commission to the granting of the Southern Pacific application, protected with reasonable adequacy the rights of the Union Pa cific, and that with these conditions imposed the Union Pacific would not object to a permanent consolidation ol the Southern Pacific-Central Pacific. He said that the Holden plan provid ing for a half interest by the Southern Pacific in the Denver & Rio Grande Western and the Denver and Salt Lake lines would be inconsistent with these conditions and wfiuld be highly pre judicial to the Union Pacific. He also referred to the testimony already of fered in behalf of the Union and Southern Pacific asking that the Col orado lines of the Rock Island be elim inated from the proposed Southern Pa cific group, as the ownership of these lines would be likewise inconsistent with the conditions imposed by the commission in granting the Southern Pacific's application to control the Central Pacific. "Finally, to guard against possible misunderstanding of my views in stat ing our purpose,, to carry out as far as we can the tentative plan of the commission with the modifications above suggested, I should like to add that I believe entirely too much is expected by some of our statesmen, and in some quarters of public opinion. from this commission's work and the effect of the transportation act of 1920 with respect to these consolidations. Good undoubtedly will come from con solidation and legal solidification into one company oflines naturally allied and grown together, as one system, but legally held by numerous different corporations loosely combined in com mon control through stock ownership There will also be consolidations of some lines not at this time under common control or otherwise related where the stockholders are able to agree upon relative values. Yet, the consolidation of independent systems will not be as rapid or as numerous, I fear, as are anticipated by many, at least without further legislation by congress solving many of the problems that will present themselves even where the terms of consolidation have been agreed upon; and there will be great difficulty in the .stockholders agreeing upon relative value even not counting those individuals who are in the habit of acquiring a small amount of stock and posing as an oppressed minority. "A great difficulty in this connection is that' there are many unsuccessful railroads in the United States which ought to be liquidated. Doubtless there are owners of these who are looking to this consolidation law as an op portunity for them to escape from their investments by unloading on the strong roads. Their properties are un profitable and failures financially for one reason or another, and sooner or later must be dealt with according to their actual value based upon their earning capacity, present or prospec tive, regardless of the capitalization I apprehend that financially strong roads asked by the commission, by the adoption of Its plan of consolidation to absorb these roads, will be willing to take them, if at all, only at their actual value, and that if there are any losses to be liquidated they must be borne by those who have sustained them rather than be shifted onto the stockholders of the successful roaJs. But if the object of the statute "is accomplished and a plan for the con solidation the railroad properties of the cp.puJttP?1 United States into a limited nuffibVi,f systems is adopt ed by the commission and carried out CECIL .. .j. .3. .j. 4. .j. .i 4i A. E. Wheeler, of the Highyay House, left on Sunday for Portland. Leon Logan, accompanied by J. W. Osborn, Mrs. Combest and Mrs. Nash, all of Cecil, were visiting friends in Iono on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Myers and son, Allen, of Yoncalla, visited at the homo of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Krebs of the Last Camp on Wednesday, leaving on Thursday for Spray. Carl Troedson, of lone, was a Cecil callei- on Friday. F. C. Maloy and R. L. Williams, of Morgan, were transacting business in Cecil on Thursday. L. L. Funk, of Rhea Siding, was a business caller in Cecil on Saturday. Herb and Annio Hynd, of Butter- by Flats, accompanied by Mildred Henriksen, wero calling in Iono on Thursday. Klvin Schaffer, of Morgan, was a Sunday guest at Butterby Flats. Mrs. Jenks, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. K. Farns worth, of Rhea Siding, left Thurs day for Heppner. Geo. Wilson, Geo. Chandler and Elmed Dickinson left with Hynd Bros.' cattlo on Wednesday for their Freezeout ranch. Mrs. Jack Hynd and daughter, Annie, wero visiting with Mrs. Oral Henriksen of Ewing on Wednesday. Mrs. J. E. Crabtreo and children wero calling on Mrs. H. J. Street.er, of Cecil, oji Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Lowe, of the Highway House, left on the local on Wednesday for Portland where they will visit for ?. while. Hat Pearson arrived In Cecil on Saturday. He and his crew of shear ers began shearing on Wednesday at Minor & Krebs' ranch. Geo. Krebs was a Heppner busi ness caller on Wednesday. HIGH SCHOOL NOIES Mr. S. E. Notson visited Heppner high last Friday morning and gave a short talk on the anniversary of the war, April 6. In the afternoon Mr. Woods, ranger from the forest reserve, gave an interesting talk con cerning the forests and fire preven tion. Annuals have caused no littlo ex citement in school during the past week. Subscription lists have been made out, and the town will be can vassed this week. Don't forget when a Student "pops the question," sign up for at least one annual. The cost of each this year is $1.2 5. The base ball nine autoed to Lex ington last Friday evening after school for a game. Weather condi tions did not help either side, but we escaped with a score of 17-2 in their favor. The members of the millinery class have completed their practice hats of organdie and are now work ing on transparent hats. The operetta to be presented by the high school in the near future is "The Treasure Hunters." The usual good cast has been selected and practice commenced last week. FOR SALK One roan bull two years old. Threo 'roan Durham cows two and three years old. One red Durham cow. Also fresh milch cows and springer heifers. W. P. SMITH, 50-51 Hermiston, Ore LIBRARY TO OPEN TWO DAYS EACH WEEK Arrangements have been made by which the Heppner Library will be open on Wednesday and Saturday of each week from 2:00 I'. M. to 5:00 P. M. Miss Annie Doherty will bo In charge of the library during those hours. This arrangement will stand until further notice. By Order Library Board. LLOYD HUTCHINSON MOVES TAILORING SHOP Lloyd Hutchinson han moved his tailoring and cleaning establishment from the old location next Mrs. L. G. Herren's millinery store into the rear room of the Dave Wilson storo farther up the street. This location will bo temporary until Mr. Hutch inson can secure a suitable location on the street. Watch for his new ad next week. Mrs. Ellis Minor is .up from hor homo at "End O' the Trail" ranch iiear Iono today visKing friends and '.lointf somo shopping. "End O' the Trail'' is one of the most pleasant ranch homes on tho creek. in full, it will norNin my opinion aid veryTnuch in solving u railroad prob lem. It will not reduce the cost of transportation, which is the. great prob lem, or increase the SJJP it will not affeel wages orjiie. price of rails or rolling stock or coal or other materials and supplies, or re duce the taxes, and it will not help the.credit.of jhe railroads as a whole; andX4-iii jUT1 have 'atTm& and 'weak' railroads. "Even If all the systems to be creat edTJy the commission plan were giver an even start (which is lmpoe they will not remain -; Ben ScoCt, formerly head block man in tho Central Mar'kct here, writes from Livingstone, Montana, that he hits leen in a hospi.al at Cliico Hot Springs for a couple of months where he had two operations for throat trouble but is now slowly recovering. Tho letter was wriiten April 1 and he said it was snowini; like sin and he wished he was back in Heppner, OUR EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT is a medium of service when cash is scarce. Articles you don't need may be sold or ex changed for the things you do need. Case Furniture Co. Unusual values in our variety stock More CLOTHES, Less COST r-if you make them yourself ;uL Y'i Tl Design j K 1 ' 1 Des'Sn 1 1 1 lip T, '."itH 1 yi VMrf V II- Site 36 n.jt..-t.i onlv 3 3 yonis oj 39-mt'h nucciud, ami the Deltor shows you how to cut arid m.:ke it. YOU can duplicate these charming frocks, even if you've never made a dress before. First you buy the pattern at our Butterick Pattern counter and then you consult the pattern envelope for the amount and kind of materials required. At our piece goods counter you will find lli'.se materials Canton ' Bt'fn thi ri'Kn or nament at thr cmi!T torn IS tuUy ex plained in tl.f Pel tot. Pictures show you et"er Hep necea sur? in making it. crepe, crepe de Chine, Geor gette and printed si!ks. When you . open trs pattern you will find tl.e Deltor, the wonderful sew ing guide that shows you m words and pictures everv step in the making of the dress. Every woman cm maKe beautiful dresses l.y following the Deltor. Use Buiterich Patterns with the Dehor MINOR & CO. HEPPNER, OR. Boardman vs. Heppner, Gentry Field, Sunday ucceed rtftfSk sfiJkn , 'and WillfUCCI therf ii the vef? MSL'hger of permanently Weltog lather tocem patible anT ftfWdlfferent prop ert'.esi a? liSflnK, trade centers and traffliw(;fand'?IatlonBhipB which VHhygrejtV'care cannot all now b fgfeseagin a situation to Vast and ootnpra.ted. But 11 is me poucy m k government, as declared by con gftss which'the commission is carry ing out, and it Is our purpose to co operate to the greatest possible ex tent we can consistently with wha,t we regard as our duty to our stock holders and employees and the com muniliee and traffic we serve." Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Spencer left yetterday for a visit at Portland and Tho Dalles. They expect to spend the summer touring tho coast and camping out while Mr. Spencer pulling his health together ft((lln, Mrs. Ed Iteitman ' nuth Van Va.-tor), who rerJOtly underwent an opeiation for., fcpendlcitla at the Heppiip;. su'rgiCai hospital, was able t-p Ifcttve that institution yesterday it.d is the gile-St of Mr. and Mrs. S. Pattieon tW u fev,- dayj. "Oregon Labels on Your Tables Community box supper and pro gram will be given Thursday even ;ng, April 12, 8 o'clock, at the basket ball hall. Ladies, bring boxes Everybody come and help build a C. E. fireplace. Ed ftsU'man and Mr. and Mrs. Hind drovo in. from the Reitman rahrii, north of lone, Friday to visit 18. Reitman who is in a hospital here and also to do some shopping. Mr. Hind is the contractor in charge of the fine new bungalow Mr. Rt-it- man is just about completing on his ranch. The home will be one of the most modern and complete in the county, riots Case, who has been attending hifcii school in Seattle tho past win ter expecting to graduate in June, writes his mother, Mrs. May Case, that ITe has secured a position a:, circulation manager with the Seat tlo American, a new daily pap-r now being established in that city. He will have charge of about 20 news boys and expect to be plenty buy outside school aosrs. TAKE A LOOK AT OUR SHOW WINDOW and you will sec 40 different articles of food stuff and every one hearing the "Made in Oregon" brand. If you want tbe freshest and best brands of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS you can buy them from us and at the same time help to build up the general business of the state. When you buy Oregon made goods you help support Ore gon pay rolls and Oregon pay rolls help support every farmer, every stockman, every merchant, banker and pro fessional man in the state. , WE ARE HERE TO SERVE YOU AND TO SERVE OREGON Ph C eips y rocery ompany