THE
PAGE FOUR
j ECTRIC MERGER
A
The two electric companies of Portland are now performing a service that can be better ami
more economically performed by one.
Competition in regulated public service is waste. Duplication of plant and facilities impos
es an unreasonable and unnecessry burden upon the users of electric service.
We know definite economies can be effected by combining the two companies, and have
bound ourselves and our companies to establish reduced rates effecting a saving to our customers
of approximately $400,(XX) annually. We know that less investment will be required hereater to
provide for the increasing demands of service if but one company is charged with the obligation
of service, and that such savings in future avoidance of duplication will be cumulative with each
succeeding year, and thereby enable the one com pany to provide service at less cost than would
be possible if two companies remain in the field.
Our earnings are limited by law to a reasonable return upon the value of the property de
voted to the public service, and all income above such reasonable return must inure to the bene
fit of our consumers.
The Portland Electric Power Company purposes to purchase the properties of Northwest
ern Electric Company. This purchase must be first approved by the voters of Portland.
A PERSONAL PLEDGE TO 00R FELLOW CITIZENS
Here and now we renew that pledge,
without equivocation or condition whatso
ever.
We have said, and now repeat, that the
annual saving in bills of our residential cus
tomers will approximate $200,000.
THIS PROMIS W IL L BE KEPT
W e have stated, and restate it now, that
the rates to our commercial customers will
be reduced more than $100,000 a year.
THIS PROMIS W IL L BE KEPT
\\ e have declared that these lower rates
will be made effective immediately upon
the consummation of our merger, which
the people have been asked to vote upon
lightning from a clear sky—it landed | Georgie Dtxon, the tpindlt-legged
on Oakland Johnny’s chin and he col youth who hai fought his way
lapsed to the resined floor His right through the preliin rankt to the very
leg stiffened, he turned over on his 10 p ol hi* profession and a C h a m p io n -
back and shivered several times as shi|i in the ditn horiron
Referee Gruinan't hand slowly went
up and down until the fatal 10 had COLIM A POULS ORKAT COL
ORKD riU llT K R IN 4TH
been reached and then Bums was
W ork of Burns
o f Portland
We have affirmed that, if the people
approve the proposed merger, the rates for
domestic service will be reduced to a maxi
mum of 5 cents per kilowatt hour, with a
minimum monthly charge of one dollar.
SPORTING CIRCLES
Dixon Makes Short
Message to Citizens
We have singly and jointly and in person,
to the city council, and to the people as a
whole, through the local press, and in vari
ous public utterances, and over our own
signatures, made certain plain and specific
declarations with reference to the proposed
plan for the consolidation of the two com
panies we represent.
SatunUy, March Jl, 1928
ADVOCATE
at a special citv election to be held Monday,
April 9, 1928.
TH IS PROMIS W IL L BE KEPT
As further evidence of our good faith, the
Portland Electric Power Company has filed
new rates with the Public Service Commis
sion of Oregon, and the commissioners have
made a formal order rendering these rates
operative immediately upon the consumma
tion of the merger.
W e submit to you. our fellow citizens,
that no statement of facts nor any affirma
tion of pledges could be more definite, more
unequivocal or more binding than the fore
going obligation which we have committed
ourselves to discharge.
This is a nlain business proposition to the
people of Portland. Your co-operation is
necessary, and is all that is necessary, to se
cure these lower rates The election of
April 9th is your opportunity to profit by
ending wasteful duplication of expense.
FRAN KLIN T. GRIFFITH , President
Portland Electric Power Com ¡'any
(By Billy Stepp— I'ortlaad News)
George Dixon, the colored cyclone,
became a fistic sensation in one min
ute and 1$ seconds Tuesday night at
the armory arena A terrific right
to the chin sent Oakland Johnny
Burns to sleep in the first round of
a scheduled 10-round bout and turned
the arena into a roaring and raving
turmoil of fight mad fans
The colored boy met his seasoned
opponent in the center of the ring
They touched gloves. A le»t poked
Burns to the face and he stepped a-
way Dixon followed, throwing both
hands at Johnny’s head
They went to a neutral corner
with Dixon crowding Burns and
Johnny poking that famoua Irft hand
to George’s face
A right landed on Burns' jaw and
he staggered to the ropes, but caught
himself quickly Dixon was upon
the Oakland boxer with his teeth
• clenched xnd a sneer upon his face.
Burns poked his colored opponent
away and they danced to the center
' of the ring and Dixon leaped in with
his left and missed a terrific right
hand haymaker which forced Burns
to the ropes
Dixon followed Burns like a woun
ded animal seeking the kill They
tore into each other like a champion
ship hung in the balance Dixon
! crashing his right to the head and
Burnt battering both hands to Dix-
•n’t face Crash—like a streak of
carried to his corner—knocked out
Wolcott Langford who has invaded
The crowd was up— the place was
the West under the personal direction
a mad-house The fans jumped Into
of Bill Stevens of Chicago shewed he
the ring They carted Dixon off a-
could fight, could tukr'rm and make a
mid roaring cheers that shook the old
comrbatk from a bad start bv bit win
arena and a sight that is Impossible
on a foul over Bert Colima, Tuesday
to relate in words took place.
, at the Olympic.
l>lxon was sent the short end o f »hr
Bouncing up from a knock down in
wise money when the bell rang The
thr third Langford tore into thr Mrs
smart veteran. Burns was the ruling
i ican idol punishing him with body
favorite He knew how to fight a
blows, shooting it over to thr chin
bone crusher He would ride hit bike
frequently Hr drove him against thr
out of danger, but Dixon fought a
| ropes ami had all the best of it when
different fight He crowded
He
| tic was suddenly fouled twice, in the
fought with both hands and threw
| tiflh round
tern at the target and they landed one
minute and five seconds after the bell
Mikr Watters lost six roundt and
and ten seconds later thr fight was ' t hr it knocked Eddie White out in thr
history.
seventh
It was a whirl wind battle—not a
dull tick of the Ingersol It was such
for Andrnon won a clear-cut 10-
to pay off at the undertaker's.
roiuid decision over I'hil Krug
The crowd eatnasae shouted as a
football cheering section—“ Bring on t h e : s h a d o w o k f l o w e r s
Joe Anderson— go get Anderson. Mr
Levy— Dixon will lick the world ’’
"Sunny )ini'* Williams, who was
It was a fight that you'll hear talk
bought track 1.1 the U S from Aus
ed about for days at your favorite
tralia where he has not lost a match
cigar hangar—ft was that kind of
In three years with knockouts to his
fight that will make the ruling favor
credit over their middle-light-Uravy
ites seeking the crown worn bv Mic
and hrax vwright champion*, i* out to
key Walker, the middleweight cham
regain thr middleweight title which
pion. to stop, look and Bstrn before
Mickey Walker so unjustly claims
they sign on the dotted line for a
Immediately alter the dralh of T ig
battle with Portland's latest fistic
er Flower* Sunny Jim came back to
sensation, Quinton Collins, better
uphold thr crown among hi* people
known to the fight-loving fans as
at 3 P M , at which time dedicator-
ib I addresses will be delivered by
Robert L. Vann. Attorney and Editor
of the Pittsburgh Courier, Jane Hun
ter, Executive Secretary of the Phyl
lis Wheatley Association of Cleve
land, Ray E Hughes, Assistant Pro
secuting Attorney of E'ranklin Coun
ty, and others.
It is truly an epoch in the econo
mic and social life of Negroes ill this
section
D ed icates N ew
Edifice
C «dumbo*. O. March N —The Su
preme Life and Casualty Company of
this city of which T. K Gibson is
president, announces the Dedication
and formal opening of its new Branch
Office Building in the dry of Cincin
nati. Saturday and Sunday. April, 7th
and 8th
The building being thr first of its
kind erected by Colored people in
Cincinnati, is creating widespread in
terest, and its dedication will be fea
tured by elaborate ceremonies
It is located on one of the principal
thoroughfares of the city, on West
Ninth Street, a national highway; is
constructed of Indiana Limestone,
concrete and reinforced steel, and
modern in every detail. It romprises
twenty-one handsomely equipped o f
fice suites, a double store room and
auditorium, dexignrd and constructed
by an architect and builder of our
group.-Samuel Plato, with fully 95
of the entire work done by artisans
and laborers oE our race.
The principal exercise will take
place at the building Easter Sunday
SCIENCE CORRECTS ITS OWN MISTAKES
MUCH UNNECESSARY GLEE has been occasioned in some quarters
by the discovery that the tooth, found, in Nebraska and supposed to be that
of a primitive man low down in tbe evolutionary religious press jeers gen
ially at a science which is alone,so primitive that it cannot tell a man from
a pig wth those of a dawn..:nan.
Reminiscences of Bret ,Harte‘ inevitably
arise to quicken and flavor tbe mirth. Well, ,of course, the thing has its
humorous aspect.
It is legitimate “ column” material.
But there is an.,
other .side to the matter.
The circumstance which the anti-evolutionary
press overlooks is that, if science made a mistake in the original in
dentsfication of the molar, it was science also which corrected that mistake
Science does make mistakes.
Nobody ever doubted that.
The whole pro
gress of scientific kaowledge has been the correction of the mistakes of
earlier scientists. But science, when true to it* own faith, does not surround
it* mistake* with a halo of sanctity and declare that the fabric of the uni
verse totters if these are shaken.
It holds its opinions subject to correc
tion a* further light breaks from the study of the facts or from the discovery
of more facts.
It corrects its own mistakes, and often has to correct its
corrections.
It may, with the accumulation o f evidence, become very
strongly convinced on certain points, but its certainties do not reach the
level of inerrancies, and it does not emotionalize its conclusion* in such a
way that an old mistake becomes too dear to the heart to be displaced by
a new truth.
No acientist ever denounces another as a destructive critic
for attempting to displace an old theory with a new one. And so, though
we are not privy to all the intimate details of this pig-tooth episode, we are
quite confident that no scientist who was involved on either side of the argu
ment had any other interest than to interpret the facts in the light of
other knowledge. I f the tooth was the tooth of a man, then certain conclu
sions are different.
Just like that,_ No excitement at all, no partisan
ship, no determination to make it be a pig's tooth or man's tooth regardless
o f the fact*.
Looked at in that way, science really appear* to rather good
advantage in the incident.
Religion may have something to learn from
science in respect to willingness to face fact*.
—Christian Century
G O V'N OR A PP O IN T S M INISTER
Philadelphia, Pa., March 26—Gov
ernor John E'isher has appointed the
Rev. William A. Harrod, Ph. D., pas
tor of the celebrated E'irst African
Baptist Church, as delegate to meet
ing of the Minister’s Alliance which
is to be held in Washngton, D. C ,
j Marj-h 27th to 30th. This is said to
H O LLID AY H O LLID AY
Tonsorial Parlors
125 North Sixth ¡Street
HIGH-BROWN
In our present location we
are equipped to give better
service than ever b efore.__
We are prepared to take
care of men, women and
children. Come and let ut
serve you.
Holliday & Holliday
HAIR CROWER
AN
EQUAL.
Without a doubt, the best article of its kind—a
combination Hair Grower and Hair Straightener.
Gives the hair a natural soft and silkv appearance,
stimulating hair growth in the most hopeless case.
be the largest getting together of-
ministers in the history of the church,
ministers of all denominations form
ing this alliance. Delegates to this
unique gathering are officailly ap
pointed by the state, and Dr. Herrod
enjoys the distinction of being the
minister appointed to represent the
State of Pennsylvania.
Nicely furnished rooms to rent In
walking distance from ths city. Near
the Broadway bridge. 309 Koaa St.
Pliurir East 0457 Adv.
---------0---------
FOR RENT
Neatly furmshcil rooms under new
managrriien!
376
Williams Ave
Phone T r 7765, Mrs. R H Young.
Tall Mr*. Al Mi I amor« fur Real
E 'lalr; also let her sell you a dandy
Whippet car Trinity 8841—Adv
r n in ip n in i ni ' i ^ ^ T i i ' i i l | l » i i r iHi)>»i
(I’aid Advertisement, Portland Electric Power Company and Northwestern Electric Company)
TI RECORDS.
(Electrically Re
corded) Tin best race records on thr
market Write today to The C hicago
Record Co., Sheboygan, Witconson
Subscribe for The Advocate and
send it to a friend for a New Yrar’s
present Only $2 50 per year.
Northwestern Electric Company
W ITHOUT
AGENTS W AN TED
T o sell the famous BLACK PAT
Apartment* for rent to man and
wifr Suitable for house-keeping; al
so for single turn Reference—329-
E’. Broadway - Phone Trimly 8826.
Jack Hall, proprietor
GUY W. TALBO T, President
V o te 5 0 0 - X “ Y E S
on A p ril 9th
E'or rent. Very desirable, modern
three-room Apt. Jll t berry Street.
Phone East IM57, Adv
0
/'H|Ch-BR WN'\
Our High Brown Hair
Grower stands as one
of our highest achieve
ments—it is a prepar
ation we look upon
with pride.
— Distributor
Party Supplies
Y ‘*“
everything
party.
Mrs. E. D. Cannady,
312 Macleay Bldg.,
Portland, Oregon.
H igh-Brow n Face Powder
Wl11
here to make a successful
I’arty
favors,
decorations,
bridge prizes, nut cups and
place cards.
A superb toilet necessity. In four shade«— Natural, Pink, Brunette
and W hite. High-Brown Pace Powder has earned its place in the
esteem o f the most discriminate and skeptical usera o f toilet ar
ticles by its own distinctive merit and the complete satisfaction to
be derived from its use. Also a large assortment o f toilet requisite«
for the lady who car««.
MADE
ONLY
OV
THE
OVERTON HYGIENIC MFC.CO.
C . M »C . A G
O
iiimiiMiimimmiiimjiiHiiiiiMiMiiiimiJiiiHiiiMimimMiim
mnnui
CHICAGO
S A M ’S C A F E
U rt
IP ,
“ t
/
Headquarters for Good
107 NO RTH S IX T H ST
OPBV
MBB S. D. 0ANNADY
312 Macleay Bldg., Portland
Pacific Coast Distributor
ALL
V IO K T
J. SAMUEL SMITH
Proprietor
PHONE
RRoadway
4S47
SECOND FLOOR
I
TheJ. K. Gill Co.
Manufactured only by
THE OVEETOH-HYOIEinO
M F O COMPANY
= I
Booksellers Stationers and
Office Outfitters
FIFTH & STARK STS.
Eats
Stevens Law Pub. Co.
207 Fifth Street
Near Court House
ANYTHING IN LEGAL FORMS
nearon 272«
Nights, Run. and Hoi., Sell. 0251