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Double Victory
I1IIIIUIIV VUUU Mil
WESTERN LINES
NEED RATE BOOST
CHIPAOO, Kept. 8. (A. U
E. Wt'tlllng, niunnsor of the HtutlH
tlcal bureau of the Western rnil
roadH, teBllfyliiK uh the opening mil
way wltllcRH In the henrlnH In the
.Aataen fvalirht fit It fwtln HfA OUHQ
before Chalrmnn Clyde H. AUchlnon 1
of the InterrHtnto comnmrco com
mission, said ft I m okI one-fifth of the
money Invented In the western rail
roads fnfled to refelve any finan
cial return In 1924.
' la elftht yeum ending Deeeniher
31, 1924, more thnn $1,700,000,000
was Invented hy the mi Iron tin In im
provements while the net return
earned by them In 1924 wiih Hf.
000,000 less thnn It wiih lu 1 '.' I .
wa his stutement.
"The rate of return earned on
total Investment was ft. fill per cent
In 1910 and was only 3.75 per cent in
1024.
'The net return earned by tho
western railways In 1!24 was equiva
lent to a 'rate of return of hut 4.fif
per cent on the investment up to
the end of IWlfi. being lower than
return actually earned on this In
vestment in 1916 and left nothing
nt all for return on the $1,700,000,000,
which has heeu invented in the
property since that lime.
"If tho full freight rate Increase
now requested had been In effect
In 1924 the western rnilnrndH net
in that year would still have, bean
lesfi than the net return actually
earned in 1010 and would hnvn
amounted to a return of 5.56 per
cent on the I!II6 investment as con
trasted with the 5.G9 per cent actu
ally earned in 1U16.
"If the Increase now requested had
been realized In 11)24 It would havo
meant a eturn to tho western rail
ways of only 4.5S per cent on their
1924 Investment.
"On the basis of lf24. a five per
rent Increase In freight revenues
wou I d p rod u cu a f a I r re t u r n on ap
proximately $7,000,000,000, leaving
over $2,000,000,000 of western rail
roads' Investment still receiving noth
ing at. all."
' Hcvw Central I'rot Photo
Lansing, Midi.,' put on two
beauty contests within two
wccli.1. Miss Ottis M. Crngg
entered and won both. Now she
is barred from future competi
tion. She is 20.
BASEBALL SCORES
Nntlmuil. x
A. New York
Firm Kunic: It. If. R.
riOHton i.2 II 0
Now York 3 7 0
Conncy ulld Olliiuiii; Ihi'OMfli'UI inn"
BnytfatY
Sflcond gnnio: It. II. B.
riOHton fi n 2
Now York..:..........:..'..;;...: :.: 4 7 0
Qraliam, Gunvwlcli mill O'N'oll, fllli
8oii ; Scott anil Dovltui, 1
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FOR CITY ITER
The first mei-tlnf; of the Kiwanis
club iil'lor the tfiiiimwr vacation whs
liel'l ut Ilntul Meilfonl Muniliiy, the'
program coiislsllng of u talk by A. I :
lllll mKnrdlni; the Clianiher of Com
inerdo. drive which will ho held Thnrs-j
day of this week, also regarding the
comlne; election for water and city j
hall bon l. The club decided toi
heartily support ull these propositions.
Secretary Tengwald called attention ;
to securiuK three reels of films from I
the Itudlo corporation on "safety at.
sea. Tliese rilms will he shown at
one of tho tlfcuters and It was decided
In invite the Rotarlans, I. ions, Kuilln
club and liiKli school pupils to utteud.
Announcements will be made later
Mr. TenKwald also culled attention to
the International convention at Van
couver. II. (!.. September 1C.
President Glen Kubrick spoke of the
plans for the full season and also,
called attention to some of the work
Iw.ln.v lnnn l.u nlhn. flltt.a Bllnh na'
investigating ine ciass oi magn.inr's
sold at tiie newsstands, the "Little
llrother" movement in which boys are
examined lor physical defects ' and
iliseases and seeing that they are
properly treated, bringing together
leaders in capital and labor and assist
ing in other things for Iho welfare of
the community: ami the people
especially children.
Glen I' a brick won the attendance
prize given by the Valley Kiwi com
pany. . ' .
Guests: worn Superintendent E. If.
lledilck and li. II. Conkel. the new
principal of the Moil ford high school:
.1. T. Tourtellolt of Portland, architect
of the new high school building, and
Arthur Wilson of Klamath Falls.
A new member present was Harry
Johnson, new manager of tho Western
Auto Supply company.
s
At Brooklyn . It. II. R.
Philadelphia .' I I (I
Ilronklyn 1 0 0
Pierce and Wendell; Viinco mid
Taylor. .
Hecond game: It. II. K.
Philadelphia 3 13 2
Brooklyn 4 13 0
Itlng and Wilson; Oilmen and
Taylor.
At Pittsburg It. II. R.
Clilcngo 3 111 II
Pittsburg 2 12 0
Aloxunder and (loiizn Iih; Yde and
Clooch,
At St. Louis It II. K.
Cincinnati 10 HI o
St. Louis I Id 1
Drfldy and Krouger; Itcluhurt, Dick
erman, Dyer and OTarrcll.
Amerlcitii.
First same
It. II. R.
New York 0 li 1
Boston 4 8 I
8hawkey. Ilnyt and T.ueffs. llen
gough; Kufflng anil Plclnlch.
Second game; It. 11. 13.
New York 7 14 0
ItOMton 4 !) 2
I'ennnrk and IlenKouKli; Itoss and
Ulnchoff,
At Clev'ohind
R. II. I"..
Chicago 2 2
Clovoland 0 in 0
Robertson. Kerr and Crotiup; t'hle
. nnd U Scwell.
WASHINGTON. Rnnl R IA PI
Secretary Wilbur today reidled In
directly to one charge niudo hy Colonel
William M. Mitchell ill Ills attack on
the nuvy and army air services.
The Hefivotiiry snld tile Shenandoah
had not been sent on her western trip
lu an effort lo riitiko up for failure of
tho polar flight and the Hawaiian
flight. A western voyage had been
pluuned months ago, he sa'd, before
the Hawaiian flight was arranged nnd
about the same time Unit tha Arctic
expedition was agreed upon.
Mujor-Gimeral Ilulinlck, tho Inspec-tiir-gonrnil.
presumably will call upon
Colonel Mitchell for the 'acts. On re
ceipt of u statement from the colonel
that lie did make the charges against
army and navy ofl'lcors contained in
the statement Issued tit San Anlonio
Saturday, General llelmicli will be in
a position to formulate his recom
mendations. The actions of Major-General lllnes, '
the chief of staff, lii referring the )
matter In Gonerul llelmick Is in lino
with routine procedure. I
Miilor-Gonornl .lohn A. Hull, Jildgo
ddvociitegeneiiil of the army, prob
ably also will be consulted. It tin
pears prcbalilo that several days will
e'linso before Ihore Is a final decision.
Tho war department maintained
c impli'to sllein e oxcent for announce
ment that the Mitchell case had been
referred to General llelmick.
KtlORNR, Ore., Sept. 8. After
drenching ruins of yesterday and hist
iiiglil. Kugene invoke loday to ind
skies somewhat lighter, though there
was sumo indication of further show
ers later In the day,
Hop picking is being held up by the
rain, and it is checking prune picking
as well. Ah the prune crop:thiN yenr
is practically negligible however, it is
not expected to do lunch damage
there.
RUCiRNR, Ore., Kept. 8. A number
of automobiles of Willanii'tle valley
people who Journeyed to Klurence. on
the coast, for Labor day, were ma
rooned on the road between Klorenee
and tho Coast range of mountains yes
terday. A scant few cars wllh chains
made the return trip and some of ibe
cor owners caine home ml tho Irain,
planning to go back for t licit- ma
chines later.
Others laid over for the day, hoping
for drier roads today.
One serious automobile accident
was reported yesterday. Tho car of
D. I Kngland of Oorcna left the road
near Coiustoek when one of the front
tires of tile machine blow out and tile
driver lost control. Tho car was
wrecked and l-bigland suffered a bro
ken collar bone and ponslbly other
Injuries. His two sons who were with
him in the car were not hurt.
At Philadelphia ' It.
"Washington 4
Philadelphia .... n
Fcrgtisnn. ItiiKsell and Unci,
Harrlss, Gray and Cochrane.
It. R.
7 t
9 1
, Tale;
DISTRICT FACING
SOLDIERS' RULE
R.
" At Detroit H. II.
St. Louis I 3 li
Detroit II Ui t
Glurd, Kalk and llargrave; Htoner
and Woodall,
Masonic Temple Dedicated .
' PA XT A it A It MA H .V. Kept. 8. Santa
Barbara's new I'.oio.iliiO Masonic tem
' pie was dedicated on scheduled time
yesterday In spite of $:ia.nao damage
which ira suffered by the holloing
during the earthquake.
. The Ontelrg Table.
For n small homo where space Is
nt a premium, a gateleg table is a
great convenience. Tho leaves may
lie dropped nnd the table set away In
nny corner when not In use. Or only
t lie leaf may he left raised nnd tho
table then fits close to the rending
chair or end of the davenport, making
one o( those "end tables" which are
n coy looking.
Such a table Is Just the tiling In
hold the hook or two yon nro now
rending, the reading lamp. Hie ash
tiny if one Is needed In your home
or vuo of the season's flowers.
YV'hen company nrrlves nnd vnu
want to serve a buffet lunch In the
living room or in the porch. It Is easily
moved to any location on demand. In
the winter It Is. convenient to serve n
Sunday night . lunch bcsldo the nro-place.
MoC.U.RSTKn. Okln., Sept. 8. (A
P.) A tenxo feeling prevails nt Harts
home loday near hei-o, white a dcols-
I. ,n In liolmr i'in..ioil ! lha uinln fnnl.
lal at Oklahoma city whether martial I
law shall be declared In the milling
district and state Iroups dispatched to ,
mailllalll older. Sunday night tile fan
house of nitne number twelve of the
Itock Island Coal company was dyna
mited. Tire explosion resulted In a trip to
Oklahoma City yesterday by Sheriff
Will Anderson and County Attorney
W. R. C.otcher, of Pittsburg county,
to lay the situation before Governor
Trapp with recommendation for mar
tial law.
Conditions In the Hartshorn dis
trict have grown worse during tbe
past week follow big a fire In a mine
dump, which It was Indicated later,
had. been smouldering for some time.
Non-union miners have begun to
carry arms, declaring that their livos
have been threatened.
I t'nlon officials say the explosion
was caused by mine operators In
order to lend strength to their I'lea
for martial law.
When Sergeant A.. W. Cnrlson of
Portland nrrivetl in the city last night
It was the first time for two years
that a United states Murine corps re
cruitlng officer had stopped hero.
Sergeant Cnrlson came here from Ash
land, where ho had spent one day.
He Is en route to Koseburg. where he
will spend two days, and later to Kit
Rene, where he will spend two more.
He states like the army. Hie marine
corps Is In need of tianilsmon and
men for general enlistment.
Tile sergeant wears two medals re
ceived for target shooting, both by
pistol and rifle, nt Camp Perry, Ohio,
lie will leave this evening for Hose
btug, nnd while en route plans to stop
nt Grains Pass for n few hours.
I'll-1 Take.
SAN I'ltANCISC
Pit-1, giant naval
failed to get away
cInco-Honolulu air
air over San i'lnni
yesterday. Naval
was Ibe Intention o
fn' an endurance
phSe.
i Trial Spin
i. Sept. 7. The
seaplane, which
on the San I'ran
cruise, was In the
Isco for two hours
officers denied It
f the service to try
record with the
' Cook With gin.
The tlnslness nnd Professional
Women's cluh- had an enjoyable lun
cheon meeting nt the Hotel Holland
nt noon. The club's ncttvttles nt the
county fair were discussed .and plans
were put under way for conducting
a food concession. '
Members attending were; Miss
Ada Itrewster, president; Miss Gladys
Wbltson, Mrs. T. T. Shaw. Mrs. II,
O. Hansen, Mrs. Katberlne Johnston.
Mrs. Adrlnhto Hamilton, Mrs. 1.. .
Howley. Mrs. Miller Dunn. Miss Mil
dred Knight. Mrs. Lorraine Cornish.
Miss Josephine Greaves, mid Miss
Jane Olson. Mrs. Jessie McComb ot
Corvnlils, slate homo demonstration,
4-DAY
Manufacturer s
I " , ; '
Sale
PIANOS-GRANDS-PLAY ERS AND PHONOGRAPHS
Wednesday morning our doors open upon one of the greatest selling events in history. The manufactur
ers' representative is here for four days only to conduct this manufacturers' sale. N e ver before have
prices and terms like these been offered you. Don't hesitate any longer. . Make your home a real home
by furnishing it with music. Store open evenings during sale. ' ' .
GREATEST SELLING EVENT IN HISTORY
BRAND NEW 88 NOTE
PLAYER PIANO
with outfit consisting of
FREE
FLOOR LAMP
DUET BENCH
MUSIC ROLLS
EXTRAORDINARY SALE TERMS
''IBEELt':
$395 fiS
DOWN - MONTH 3
Trade in your old piano or phonograph
at full value.
0
This Beautiful Little
New $700 Value
BABY
GRAND
Only
$485.
Brand New
$400
.Value ;
UPRIGHT
PIANOS
Only
$325
BARGAINS GALORE AWAIT YOU IN
USED PIANOS AND PHONOGRAPHS
Fine tone; good coiiilition. IJolls
mid bench, only $287
Just the thing for the student.
0iil-v : ' $49
Elegant tone. A real bargain-
" $148
REMEMBER 4 DAYS ONLY S?,NvSDT,TSDAY
$100 value iiliono
grajili., Looks like
new. Only
$48
Brand New 210 Model
Victor Victrola
FREE Bridge Lamp, 20
Record Selections
Free
Records
20 record selections
with each phono
graph on sale.
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You can put nothing into
your home that will give you
more pleasure and .enjoy
ment than music. If you
have children you owe them
a musical education. Keep
them at home with music. '
Music, converts your 'house'
into a 'home.'
BUY
NQW!
OPEN
EVENINGS
o UNTIL 9:00
PALMER PIANO HOUSE
234 East Main
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t( lender, was guest,