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A-TlhfWMWmio dissuasion of tlif'
I'aioft Oil eflMfMfty' pmyooeii euinJf
Iwhrnrni ef oil tank unit yard at
Crater Lake Jdnetiurt wns Ifml Ht
Monday nixht'a special council moot
iiur, At tin oonelualon of which tlio
council nnd eiifrineor appointed today
nit tlio lime to jfo over tlio ground
UioroHjthly, oolleot nil the fnoln nnd,
nt the Ailjmirnct flpccinl melfii? to
be held tonight, finally flcttlc tlio inflt-
t.r- - ..- ..-.
J. I). Hell npperired on brlmlf of n
delcrininntion of the matter in mich
form n to pormlt tho company to
proceed with tho erection of tho
tnnk, ynnl nnd office nH planned.
He nrgnied that the property involved
in the protest in not residence prop
erty; that a warehouse district
should he Cfltnblirihcd nt Rome con
venient loontion nlonjr tho railroad;
that the Rejection of the nren nhout
the Crater Lake junction would real
ly enhance the value of tho AiirIc
property; that it Is the noiirol ito
for oil .y'nnlfl and tnnkn and ware
houseq, nnd the iinpo'itnni'a'of (lie
1'nion.Oil compnnj'n enteipruic corn
mnpded the tJOtuioil's Mriou&Voiwid
oration. ,
Dr. J. J. nrnmens Appealed to the
council'i miimo of justice in the mat
ter of doing I lie p,rcntcM good to the
ffrenl-it numher. lie Hinted that the
cilv uitiMt reengnire a wnfehoiiso din
(net ondjlmt such a district rouNt
of necetwity he located nlon the roil-
roiuj; mat the Aryrle property w-q
olvd whh not now nnd never could
become a rVutlcneo district and that
it would bo unfair to take that phnse
of flie propoMition into serious con
sideration. J. V. Ilcnnctl, n ebji! nnd eon
si ruction engineer uotli the I'nion Oil
rompjinv, nlo nddrwsed the eouneil
on the profht.o A similar irotot wift
WiidiMit rorvallis, he Mrjd, when the
I nmn Oil company koiikIiI to ostnji
o limits tnuU nnfl yards in a conven
ient loeiitiottbul, nftethe question
of loentjbm was fully i&cotic,otod find
vit0wns found that abuttiii)? piopeity
uojild be benefited, 'oiofnr m vnliicH
woso conecmW, tho prtdcHtnut wilh-
dlcw jfiN protHt -.ind iinlo(tivl "8r
liiiunf: enif.ed'doJiiii.tlio uompnnj'n,
iIojin.
Vr. Hennelt cvnim-d further that
the .lumber nnd cement nrooewry in
tjje propoied tnnlw and jnrd prop
owflon had been conigictrd for ith
local firm that local labor would bo
ynplnjedto do ttp worklnnl thcHo
cnl labor joiild IjoiiRnifcd to ncr8-
nle tlyj jdmit nfter it eompleeuoi. Ho
said flint two steel hinU would be
riveted, oif fW'iupiiU Tomtibi.inn nte.1
that ther, th,ofiieeH mid the fouiie
ineJsinK them wuld Ue "mbitcd n,
pure white nnd kv' Tho oloanoot
order.
Others dUened the qfietition, tho
Reno ml Honlimeiit ospriMHod beiiifr fn
orable to such n revision ijf tho ox
istuijr onlinnnoe an wonfd pormit tho
eouipany to proceed U execute itn
ploiiK as fonneJ. bjowover, the fitful
detcnniiinlion of that featuie of the
question was left for final Motion to-
HIRllt,,
Many cRlldren of (be Jaekaon
sdiool are suffering seveiely from
wing rompelltHt to roach their school
through muddy Ntrcots and trails
roinetinio.i without either. The Jack
moioscIiooI Is located at the head of
HxmiiiiU strevt on Jkson. There are
no sidewalks in that itortn of the
olty. Formerly there was a two-plank
board walk on some of the street
leading toward the aehool, but tboy
have been removed. Probably 20
oily blocks are Involved In this Un
fortunate condition. Tho ehlldron
Hit In school all day -Kith ot feetP
tfjaknow la the result. Ivaok of pro
trbM la one ef ike oonseqiiencos. This
Mjijdlllons Is disturbing the school no.
vCiroly. Appeal for an Improved eon
djtlon in this reapeet will prooaW)
Inade- to the city eoimell.
j TliU matter wa Introduced at the
gpoelal me el I qk of tho olty oounoil
last night by Councilman Knimons.
Ho had InYoetlgaiod tho complaint
made by parents. jmplU and teacher
it) tho Jackson sctiool dletrlcl con
cerning thoto conditions and sufgeet-
01 that tho situation la serious and
ojtght to reeelvo Immmilato uttontlen
frojn the oounoil. lie suggested also
(hat, temporarily at ltat, gravel
walks ur those uwde with crushed
I'Qak could ho jHlt, In quickly and
wouJdjsbjYp the )iy4oe during the
roinalinW of tho fjjint wet imhiuu.
The ntattor -waa-rt-of erreil to' tho
commliteo on strepi anu loads, with
power to act.
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HW YOIIK. Jan. 16 The unit-
cu smim moei corporal ion roininim
dlrltlml tmrmonta on IU common
ftoelc tedar whon tho director tin
cvnrd n qtinrtorly dlitrloHtfon of
1 W portent.
The regular quarterly dividend of
1 t norcont on tho proforred iitock
nan alco doclnrcd.
Tlio total not earning of the cor
poration for tho quarter ondod Do
comber 31. 1'JlG, woro J51.232.7KS,
accordlnK to tho quartorly report.
TIiIb breakN nil records of previous
onrnlnKfl. The not Inoomo for tho
nnmo quarter wns $40,62,113 and
tho surplus 123,200.092.
This restores tho common stock to
a five porcent basis. It was tho first
pnymont authorized on tho junior Ih-
sue since tho dividend declared for
tho September quarter of 19H, which
was one half of ono percent. Prior
to that common stock bad been pay
ing five percent slnco June, 1910.
(Predictions had been freely made
that the corporation's carnlniw for
tlio Inst quarter of l'Jlfi equalled or
exceeded the record of 1 15,503.705,
established In the second quarter of
1907. It had been Rcnornlly believed
that the voluuio of buslnos diirliiK
the Inst six months of 1915 enahlod
ibo corporation to recoup Its Iossom
durlnx tho first half of that ear and
at tho rtamo time leave n substantial
amount available for a common divi
dend after payment of tho proforrod
dividend and usual fixed chttrKcs.
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RECOWKpiAN nHSE N
At a special meeting of tho clto
council last night the report of tho
rocouiu bonod In the nuffter ofothe
?hni(gc filed agalii'd the inuniier In
which the election loinrd In the first
wnrjtl cnudocted tho ?ocent clto elec
tion therelnowns acceptoil. This eon
cluslonoNvas reached prM-'tlonlly with
out dlHcussloio Tho findings of the
account board were aniiplet mid the
fuels sltnd supported by tho result
Pot tho InvoNtljcatlon. I'oIIowIiik Is
the repert:
"We, 'jour cnnvaiwiiiK board duly
appointed to roranvnwi te returns In
tho Kirst ward of too annual election
hold on January lltg, JH. rtopect-
tuny repert:
'Vfii find that the oxnmlnatlqji of
tho ballots show the oouiR as set out
In exhibit " whlrb Is hereby made
a part of this npert:
"Wo nlso fin that tho election of
ficial of said elootlcoi In said ward
tallcA to eomply with the law by not
writing tho imme of tho oter on the
ballot stub.
"Vo alM found tlireo tmllots to
marked as to bo incapable of deter
mination of The Intent of the voter.
oThese wore thrown out and coploe of
Hitld ballots are hereto attached.
HosjoTtfully Submitted,
(Blgnivd) i. T h.WTcf).V,
T 1C POTTKNOUU,
V I. Ml U.Kit,
C Y TUNOWAl.P,
KAIll. 11 l-'KIII..
MS CITY HALL
10. BE REARRANGED
At the special meeting of the ell)
council last night, Councilman J. C
Mann suggested that the office rooms
of the city recorder should reeeh
wholesome atteutloa at once. The
olty had voted against providing a
new city hall, which left the old one
a proper subject for discuss. on. He
ckaigod that II la uusanltary, Incon
venient in appointment nud general
wrruugemeut and should be repaired,
cleaned up and re-arranged for tho
service lequlred of those who occu
pied It ofrlrlallyO he matter was
referred to tho health ronitultteo,
with power to uct.
JONES HEAD COACH
YALE'S FOOTBALL TEAM
NEW HAVEN'. Jan. 2.V -T. A. D.
Jnue, Conner Yale nuarteib.uk and
metuber of the nll-Atueneeii foottvnll
team, hn been decided uivm as head
coach for the Yale ebveii, U is tin
derstood here today, although offic
ial eoufiruiatios i lacking.
Vluit llmo You lUmn (evoking I'ur?
.Merliol White Unlwent la a prepa
ration that give aatlsfaction where
a pain killer and healer la needed.
We do not heUevo yon eould get a
better liniment at any price. Prices
,", 50, Jl Kxeluslve asnr), Mas
kln' lrug Stoie - Adv. it
I'AUIH, Jan. 25 Oeneral Oslllenl.
the Frencb minuter of war, la pur
siwncc of hta poller of do-wntrallt-InR
and modernizing tho methods of
tho war office administration, has
listied h seiim of Instruetlone, whlefl
aro roKardod In liuroauracratlc clrclos
an almost revolutionary.
Tho xonorat points out that tho
war department receive dally an av
orago of 10,000 documents which
have to bo passed upon. The result
has beon a certain doKroo of confus
ion and difficulty In fixing respon
sibility. Tho minister and tho prin
cipal officials, whose cnerttos should
be devotod to ulvlnc impulsion to
tho wholo machinery of tho depart
nfent, aro called upon to decide on
questions of detail about which they
can know nothing.
As a first ntep, Cloneral Oalllonl
makes a clean sweep of that part of
tho red tape which consists In tho
"obligation of excessive letter writing
nnd exaggerated formalities. He In
sists on tho application throughout
tho nrmy of methods similar to those
In use in largo business concerns.
Tho minister further orders that
.renter Initiative be left to subordi
nate 'officials. DUt i let authorities
will henceforth be ompowered to
I make contracts which do not Involve
moro than 200,000 franca.
Many laws governing army admin
istration dato back fifty yonra and
are not In adequato relation to pron
ent conditions, doncral Oalllonl has
announced his Intention wherever It
inny seem desirable to request par
liament to repeal or amend those
laws
WASHINGTON', Jnn 'i: -Legislation
to lurrensu governmenfal reve
nueti to moot tho expenses of national
defenso Is expected to take definite
shape, now that all doulfl. as to the
constitutionality of tho income tax
has been removed by tho supremo
court's decision. Congressional ead
or had taken no definite slops to
wurd a solution of the levenuo prob
lem, pending the court's decision.
'Ou all sides today the leaders ex
pressed the teller that the decision
bud paved the way for Increasing the
tax rate on treat prUate fortunes tcJ
aid In paying for national defAiso.
Hills to tax incomes of more than
1,000,000 as high as flftjo poreont
re now before congress.
TO.
OF
LONDON, Jn. 2.V-The HritiMi
itnvernment has ordered a Tomml in
vesligntioti o the eireuinstuuees nt
lending the sinking of the Meninship
IV ism in Die .Misliterraueou last
w8
I month.
A CH1LDGETS CROSS,
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Uxk Mother! If Tivnguo N Ca(l
Clean Little Lher and IteU
If our little ones tongue la coat
ed, it Is a sure klgu the stomach,
liver and bowels need a gentle, thor
ough cleansing at once. When our
cblid I. cross, peevish, listless, jyl,
ttaesn i sleep, tmt or act naturully;
if breath la had, stomach Mur, ss
tew tun of cold, throat sore, or If
feverish, give a leoapoonful ef 'Cali
fornia SiTUP of Ilis," and In iTfew
hours all the clogged-up. conatlpaied
waste, sour Mle and undlgeeled food
will gently move out of tho bowels,
and ou have a well. pU)ful child
again.
Sick obildron needn't be eoaxe-1 la
take thit harwleu "fruit laxative. '
Million of um there keep It handy
haus they know Its action on the
stomach, Uvtr sue1 boweU Is prompt
and we. ThoeWalso know a Utile
given May Mveo a sick child tomor
row. Asg your druggist (or a &o-ceot
bottle of "California 8run ef Puts."
which con (alas dlrwtloaa for babies.
I'htWnsu of all agoa and for grown
ups 4alnl on the bottle. Uewar t
counierfclts sold here, (let the gen
uine made l. Cuiiforuia Kig Srap
I'unii'anv ' Adv.
NOME
TAXATION
By OILSON'0AII-SF.ir.
WjfMlllN'OTON. Jnn, 2.V i:.srhl
MneH eorjwrntiotis wh totnl of ten ;
million dcn-elopei horsep-iwer wnter
and teni or (10 per cent of the to-
IhI developed horoHjwer in the Unit
ed states today.
Eighteen eorarations control moro
thnn one-half of the total wnterpflwer
used in public service operations In
the L'nitcd Sthtes, while six corpora
tion!) control more than one-fourth.
There is a further relationship
through interlockin gxliroetorntoH of
power comittinios, to the extent that
sixteen groups of companies, made up
of ISO separate companion, control
'J,22!,000 water horsepower and in
...t.iiii.in .i tennnii ..!.... ... ...,.,.,.
tllllltllUII -IftUHtVUU miillll III'. -IVJ.Vf 1 Vl-v
makiiifr n total of ! per cent of nln
the public scrnce power in the United
KtntcH.
ThoHO nro a fcrw of the outstnndiny
fnatK contained in n special report
just submitted to tho senate by tho
forest service; the results of moutliR
of painstaking investigation into the
power situation. The fact is demon
strated in the report that concentra
tion of owiivrKhij monopolization of
power development is proceeding at
a rapid rate; that the future develop
ment of industrial life in. America is
now practically in the hmids of n
small frroup of men wliorjiy intcijyck
in? directorate, common stock own
ersbip or dual office jiolditif,', hind to
Rether the prent "power Imst" which
dominntes the situation in the United
State today.
The extent of concentration of con
trol is grcntofct) in the western slntes,
having incrensed lai-gelv between 11)012
nnd IIH'J, and still more rapidly in the
Inst three yonP.. The only hox for
precuting complete inouopolixntion
of wnler ower liea in the power sites
In national forests oud on public
lauds over which the go eminent still
has control. Should the federal pov
eminent relinquish title to these site
the industrial fuluro of America
would practically pus, iuln the hands
of n few wnterpower barons, who
the report shows nro intimately inter
locked with the Kient.bnnkin'housM
of New York nnd lloston.
A IC25.006 beet sugar factory
to be built in or noar Ornnts Pass.
Is
AX OLD 1'IlOVUIlll
It mud to jo proverbial that every
man (and It is certainly rto less truo
U)f woman) Is either n fool or a phy
sician at forty, 'this moans that ov.
ery IntolilRcuO porsom mnst learn so
much about coring for his oh'ii
health that by the time he forty
years ofngi be ran almost be reck
oned as a physician.
Why, thun, Is there to much talk
by doctors against "Klf.modlcntloV,'
A woman can recognize all ordinary
ailments without calling on .9 doc
tor. If I hey are nllmuuoi distinctive
to hor sox she genernlb knows
enough to M'o that greatest to all
remodloMfor tuck ailments, Lydla X.
Plnkham's Vegetable Comoound, and
likewise she Is1 famlllur with the
standard remedies for other diseases,
Adv.
SEX.INQUENT TAX tlBT, 101
Thf follow iiB hI of rU pnT'Tly sit
lulcit In Jurkiwia i n,miy. itri-Riiu. Is
hrrhy HilNrrtln.il f,, il.flniiU'iU Xtfim
HniH-H.i for iiu- -4i lull Thin ailr
tlkMiiwit I uvilhoi i..l i. uli ml cniwU
lot In 'httr int 01 Hit- (irn.ral Ijih
r Or.wn sm pu.i.l ! th lilll svln
Of IH I - K H I ' 1 1 V r HHItrlllbly o
The Iuxch un Hi f..lluwliiK ihrrthil
Iml of itiil ro-rt In . ttllnU-nt
S t. hiImt I. Ji, unl nit- HubVrt tu u
i iiH of 10 it (in ami iiiirrvNl t
ihc iaii i.f is rwr pfiit pr Hiinum unlll
ll IU1I.I Uk.K Hlllill lA.' ImHH )Wl.l
Null. in lii r. by git.-n lhnl six mnnths
if i. r lh- Uki-n rlmrs.t aaln( Hi fol
uiiik real mUi Uwmiii ilvllitunt ( It
Kritrifr. us rvqulrvd b Ihu. will, uhh
dniuiritl ln.i) C4riiriruiFH of lllniuWey
iiKnluxl lh.- aalil pruM-riy for Jdlnnu.nl
lhA.H Tli iwlil rrrlirial at .Ulln.
ijurnry hid Mr IMvTrnil
p Ihr ruw of
iWi Hi.' -filf-
i p.r rrni pr unnuin u
HJIK St trSwrnril
Aii) llm sfirr lh- rxnlrnllon f ihr.
)- fra Ui flrsi Uti of thi l-lln.
quinry Wny las InrludMt In a i.rtlfl-cat.-
.if aVIru)uiiry ih IioMvi nt Mijrh
eertlflcatii may rau, summon to ht
-rt un th own. r of tht proin-riy -rrlttril
n Ihr rriiri.ti, mlifina ih
ewnr thai h will umly t lh olrouU
conn of th- t'Aunly In Mhrh lha prop,
wriy la altualol fur a Mot forccloslnc
ll.li agnoiat lh.- prp'rl)' hkhIImih1 In
sueli rwil'lrelr G
Th MUnsinif la hat of raal prop
I'.?n hjch no part .if ta- for jar
ot tll Had Wm pal.t prlnr t April 1st.
ll j. and wlileli Iwcuni' Ullii)uwil Km.
Ivmtwr 1, 1JJ.
2'? "A'.' r' l,refy oo which the
which In atieuml iiair tu i-- .1.x-
In. uu iViob-r 1. IU. will W aJt.r
!if.w Lfbruri' '-l-K acr.lan
with Chaptrr .!. Orncrul ,aw. of Ore-
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How a pipe of "Tux" does bubble over with good cheer and
sunny comfort 1 There's something about the mellow taste of "Tux"
that stirs a smoker's soul. It gets into his inside works, sweetens his
disposition, and gives him that perky, chesty feeling, like a high
stepper trotting down the avenue.
Men who never
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JUDOE DANIKL, C DEASY
Supreme llench,
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ef 7iui, the ttcettnt, roclal,
moil Jtllthtful pipe tobacco I've
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We need our garage room for new
will sacrifice our used cars for
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1 Studebaker Touring5 .
1 Buick Truck . . .
1 Howard Touring .
1 Studebaker aEcsr8hts
1 Chalmers ....
1 Ovedaed Touring .
1 Ford Touring . .
. 1 Ford Touring . .
h Ford Touring . .
1 Ford Taxicab Town Car
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The Perfect Tobacco for Pipe and
smoked a pipe before are now
1 uxedo ft the mildest tobacco made, and that it is tiie one
tobacco that never irritates mouth, throat or nerves.
You simply cannot get another tobacco made by the
"Tuxedo Ffrccss" and that's the original of all proc
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bacco. It has been widely imita
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Try Tuxcdoofor a week, and
you'll got acquainted With the
sweetest, mildest, mellowest
smoke in the world.
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