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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1920-12-30
BOND HOUSE OF MORRIS
BROS. PORTLAND, CLOSED
John l.. Etherldge, Head of business
Until Few Days Ago, FIees and
Is Caught at MlnneapOlis-Many
Victims Suffer LOss--Etheridge Con-
fesses to Jail Record

The doors Of the bond house of Nor
ris Bros, incorporated, failed TO open
at Portland on Monday, and notices
were posted to the effect that the house
was closed on account of audit, and
signed by Fred S. Morris.
Later voluntary petition in bank
ruptcy was filed and W. b. Whitcomb
was appointed temporary receiver in
the Federal court.
Etheridge had in the meantime made
his escape from Portland, and on Tues
day word was received from the pom.
department of Minneapolis that he had
been apprehended there and was being
held as a fugitive from justice. The
newspaper reports are to the effect that
he will make no resistance to being re-
turned to Oregon, and will come back
to face any charges placed against him.
Many viii be caused TO lose heavily
on account of the collapse, as they had
invested in bonds for which they held
only interim certificates. The wrecking
Of the firm seems to be placed at the
door of Etheridge, and from the Port
land Journal we get the following con-
cerning him.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

trical man that this very situation eX
listed in the most denscly populated
part of the East, where huge manu-
featuring plants exist by scores with
in close proximity to potential sources
of water power, and yet they were not
developed because the power could not
be sold. This is at Niagara Falls.
where the bcst-known water power on
earth was pat to work in 1898, and a
substantial amount of the power de-
velOped there and available for use
still remains unsold The Niagara
project is capable of developing 4 to-
tai of 0000-horsepower, but only i
part of it has been developed for lack
of purchasers of the electric energy.
The reason for this is due to the fact
that, while water power may seem to
be the cheapest in the world, and is
under some circumstances, in many
cases, this electric power costs more
to the consumer than similar power
secured from coal or Gil. The prob
lem is a rather complicated one, in
volving load factors, and other tech
meal elements.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

One of the things that must be
borne in mind in considering cleo
trical energy is that there is practical
ly 10 storage for electric power, and
the manufacturer who undertakes to
deliver the energy TO a plant must have
the equipment to generate the maxi
mum quantity Of power which that
plant may need at any hour nf the day.
while for half Of the time there would
be 40 demand for such power. and it
would be wasted. In water power
projects the full head Of water is used
to meet the peak loads" of the serv-
ice and when this demand goes down,
more and more wafer is turned into
the spillWay and its force is not util-
lied for the making Of electricity. It
is wasted But the charge for electric
current must be based upon the entire
investment needed to supply maximum
service.
In spite Of the fact that the price
of coal and fuel oils has steadily adj
vanced, it is possible in many indus
trial centers to secure the cheapest
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

A few months ago St, Louis motor
truck men started to reduce the cost
of living in St. Louis by huge slices.
They would run motor trucks out to
adjacent food centers, show the farm
er how the food could be brought into
town, to be sold in the municipal mar
kets.
The plan was sound. The trucks
were sound. Everything went well fer
a few hours Then the trucks got off
the macadamized roads. The clay
roads were deep and it was necessary
for the stronger truck to pull the
weaker ones from the mud holes. It
was a rainy season. They have not
yet made a hydro-airplane truck. So
most of the splendid trucks stuck in
the mud. They could not function. 1t
was not their fault.
The truck dealers of st. Louis were
crusaders in a great cause. They
meant to help the downtrodden farmer
by taking his surplus food products,
and to help the downtrodden city man
by giving him cheap food. But the
bad roads Of Missouri and Of Illinois
would not let them carry out the good
work during the rainy season. The
surplus food will rot on the farm. The
hungry city man will pay terrific
prices for food.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

try 65,oo0.O0O primary horsepower,
and, with the aid of storage reser-
voirs tofncrease this to 200,000.000
horsepower, but there has only been
100000 horsepower. or 3 per cent of
the whole, developed so far. Over 10
per cent of the available water power
is west of the Mississippi river. where
as over 20 per cent of the total horse
power now installed in primo movers
is east of the river. Therefore, if We
are to develop and fully utilize the ire
mendous power possibilities of our
western waters, the manufacturing
plants that use the greatest amount of
power must move West, or else the
East must fully develop all of the pow
er possibilities that lie within her
own domain.
While remarkable advance has been
made in the matter of transmitting
electric power under high voltage for
long distances, there are limits within
which power men must keep, for at
the present time the highest voltage
the air will stand Is 10000 volts, and
the Juice" can not be commercially
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

Double Time in German Coal Mines.
In the year 1913, the production Of
coal in Germany was 175.OO0.OO0 tons.
Under the peace treaty Germany has
lost about IS per cent Of its coal pro-
ducing territory. Alsace-LOrraine and
the Saar regions with $1,000, 900 tons.
Upper SiIesia with 100000 tons, and
the occupied territory with 100000
tons. In addition to this. Germany
must, under the terms Of the peace
treaty, deliver from 331 .0OO, 900 to 80
100000 tons Of coal each year 10 the
allies.
The coal miners under the new re-
gime in Germany have a seYen-hour
day, but in view Of the present crisis,
they have agreed 20 work two half
shifts extra each week at double pay.
making a 49-hOur week.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

and best power from these sources, be-
cause Of the increased effciencies pos
sible in modern boilers, turbogenera-
tors, etc, for the art of producing
power from steam is progressing at a
rate so much more rapidly than that
at which the price of coal is rising
that the cost of steam-producing pow
er is continually falling. It is equally
true of oil and gas engines. which are
today such efficient producers Of pow
er as to present a most serious men
ace to transmitted hydroeIectrical en-
ergy.
It is on the Pacific coast, principal
~ in California, that the development
Of water power has made the most
progress, and the potential possibili-
ties of this region are enormous, for it
is estimated that there are at least
20.O00,0O0 Horsepower which can be de-
veIoped from Harvesting our noun
tain streams.
CalifOrnia's Projects.
Much of the development of Califor-
MIA is due 10 the cheap and abundant
electric power generated by hydro
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
:. WHY BAD ROADS INCREASE LIVING COST -

Thomas NJ. Kearney Of St. Louis is
a great automobile tourist He has
toured almost every main road in the
United States and Canada and many
in Europe, says:
The best roads are those of Cali
fornia, of New York and of New Eng
land. The concrete roads of Califor-
MIA are wonderful in all weathers. But
the macadam roads OF New England
and New York are great in good
weather. New York spends a lot Of
money on her roads.
kansas has some great prairie
roads, hard clay, straight, level No
culverts or bad bridges.
California roads are wonderful.
They bring millions of dollars into the
state every year. Bad roads cost many
states millions every year" Arkansas
will spend S80,000O00 on her roads
right away. Illinois has 100000
available for her roads.
We may get laws to fix prices and
TO curb profteers. We may legislate
and illuminate and crate until we all
get sore threats. Until we get good
roads We won't get cheap food. When
a farmer can't haul his product to the
market why should he 60 to the trOu-
BILE Of PRODUCING?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

farmer living on the bad road can get
for his small load of grain,
So they feed grain to the stock or
quit raising grain altogether and put
the corn and wheat lands in pasture.
The world is hungry The world
walls for food. Yet bad roads destroy
enough farm produce to feed the peo-
pie of the United States every year.
The great primary necessities of the
American people are: Production of
foodstuffs and distribution of food
stuffs.
1t is said that we lack production of
foodstuffs. Perhaps We do. 1t is Ger
tain that we lose more food through
lack of distributive facilities-good
roads-than we lose through def
cheney of production
Produce! Product" cry the men
who would teach the farmers how TO
do it.
What good is production if you can't
get the produce to the market?
Every year within zoe miles of the
larger and smaller cities enough food
rots on the farms or disappears in
slow transportation to feed the city
thsye around.
Bad roads put a lax upon all Amer
icans,~ countrymen and citymen, that
no nation can successfully pay.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

sent for longer distances than ESQ
miles, although there are some in
stances of powe being sent longer
distances in emergencies.
This limitation of market has been
one of the greatest causes for the lack
of development of power in the West.
for the local market would not absorb
beyond a certain amount, and the dis
lance was too great to more profit
able markets. There are many power
projects in California and other West
ern states that are capable of increas-
ing their production very materially at
slight expense, but there would be- no
market for the added power if it were
produced, Undoubtedly, in the future,
such projects will be developed to
their fullest extent and the power
used for the making Of nitrogen from
air or f6r the making of. other chemic-
ais from ores, where cheap and album
dant power is the essential thing.
Power From Niagara.
At a recent hearing before congress
on the proposed water power bill, the
statement was made by an expert cleo
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

property tax. When a man eats a 10
cent sandwich he helps pay food, land
and road taxes. No man, woman or
child can live and escape taxation. So,
no man, woman or child can live in a
country which has bad roads and
escape being hit by the expense of bad
roads.
Bad Roads Are Costly.
Bad roads cost the people of the
United States more annually than all
the profteers have cost them in the
past five years.
This statement is broad. but it can
be set down as generally true: All
land, stock, produce, etc, more than
seven miles from a railroad on bad
roads lose one-third of their value
through these same bad roads. Milk,
eggs, butter, vegetables, even hogs,
veal, ETC., raised within 100 miles OF
the city, are practically unavailable
for city consumption if they are more
than seven miles from railroad and
on bad roads.
But these things" you say, ARE
perishable. They are dear because
they do not keep"
All right. How about pork on the
hoof? Live hogs will keep indefinitely.
Load your hogs on a wagon fifteen
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

miles from a railroad. The roads must
be good, or you can't leave home. Haul
the hogs to the roalroad, 100 miles
from the city. Put them on the cars.
1t takes from twenty-four to thirty-six
hours to get them to the stockyards.
Meanwhile each hog loses from ten
to fifteen pounds of pork. Figure the
total loss on 100000 or 100000
hogs.
The same holds for hay, feed, cattle,
everything. Bad roads annually cost
the American people in millions more
than drouth, foods, forest fires, infu-
enza, all the plaques put together. If
the hogs, etc, could be put on motor
trucks and hauled into town in two or
three hours enormous weights of pork
would be saved Eggs, butter. milk
would not be thrown away on the
farm.
Bad Weather-No Hauling.
In had weather, you can't haul at
all. II farmers have perishables on
hand while the reads are deep in mud.
they throw them away. Farmers liv-
ing fifteen miles from the railroad on
bad roads can not haul enough wheat
or corn in a wagon to make It pay. The
days wage of man and team. the wear
end toy +h~ t~"re. IA more tina. the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

~
" the bad roads in this great
state" said man who own
I'D motor car to man whQadid not
own any vehicle whatever.
Il should worry about your bad
roads" said the motorless man. Let
you plutocrats and profteers tend to
the roads. You use 'em. l don't"
Now, that might be termed a very
short-sighted speech on the part of the
motorless party. He did not own a
motor. He did not ride on the roads.
So. he figured. the roads did not in
terest him. That is on a par with the
man who, having no property, is not
Interested in taxes. Because he has
no property of any sort. real or per-
sonal, he feels that he does not paw
any taxes. This opinion has been
sedulously and foolishly cultivated by
the owners of property who do pay
taxes. They have arrogated authori-
ty and prestige TO themselves because.
they said. I'VE, the property owners,
are the people who pay taxes. The
fellows who do not own property do
not pay taxes"
That is absurd. Every person who
buys anything, anywhere, helps pay
taxes. When a man buys a 81 bed in
. lodging house he helps to pay the
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
W7ERR0P oFm0aERN PLANT EOP hEEEZ O6yNS
ELECTRICITY EP01 b57ZER P0LLEP

electric projects in the state. Water
is pumped for the irrigating systems
in the agricultural districts. OIL wells
are operated by electric motor cheap
err than they could be with oil from
their immediate wells, and electric
power for lights and transportation is
supplied to nearly all ths principal
cities Of the stata
AS an example OF the growth OF
these hydroelectrio companies IN me
West, the story Of the Pacific Gas q
Electric Company Is Interesting. This
company is the largest public service
corporation west OF Chicago and fur
nishes electricity snd gas for Q dis
trict embracing over half Of the seatA
with distributing systems coEeringMl
the important towns IN northern ana
central California The company op,~
crates 10 hydroeleUtric generating
plants having an aggregate installation
of 210.s24 horsepower. and three mod
ern steam turbine electric plants win
an aggregate installation of 1e0.6As
horsepower. or . total Installed CO..
pacity Of 331,5s7 horsepower n also
owns and operates 800 substatSunA&nd
1900 miles Of transmission and dis
tribution lines with connected load
OF 1880 horsepower. The company
has over 235.71s consumers Of cleo
tricity, most Of which power Is 6evei-
oped from water power In the noun
tains, and TO meet the constantly fn~
creasing demands for power the COM
pany is spending an additional no.
100000 to develop 10000 horsepower
from a new project IN northern Cali
fornia, having an estimated total Ca
pacity OF 100000 horsepower. which
will be developed In units as the pow
er is required and as funds arc Evzf1-
able for the work-Philadelphia Rso-
ord.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
Frnnce Dereloping Kater Porerr.

The water power OF France In est
mated at 100000 horsepower. as
compared with 100000 horsepower
for Norway and 100000 horsepower
for Sweden.
Before the war only about $4,000
horsepower was used, but a further
$4,000 horsepower Was developed
during the war. and by the end of 1921
1.6o0OOo horsepower, or 16 per cent Of
Frances resources, viii be worked
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
One of the Reservoirs of the Pacific
Gas and Electric Company of
California.

TAHE constant demand of modern
civilization Is for power. To
provide US with the necessi-
hes and Injuries of present-day life
requires an expenditure of enormous
quantities of power, and in some ways
We are rapidly approaching the maxi
mum annual production of the means
FOR furnishing that power. Our coal
supplies are still enormous, and geol-
Dgists tell us they will last us for a
long time If rightly used, but in the
matter of our oil we are not so for
bunate. The tremendous expansion OF
ihe automobile, the truck and the trac-
Dor industries within the last few
years has resulted In raising our an
uual gasoline consumption from less
than 35 million barrels to over los
million barrels in less than ten years.
Although we are finding new sources
Of oil supplies within our own coun-
try, the rate of production does not
keep pace with the rate of consump-
hon, and If our manufacturing and
pther industries are to continue devel-
piping we must find new sources of per-
petual power, or else curtail produc-
ton along many lines.
Cheapest OF Powers.
The force of gravity Is one of ma
lures most valuable contributions to
mankind, for old gravity will supply
the best and cheapest power in the
world il we bat make conditions right
for 1t to work. The weight of falling
waters will turn many manufacturing
wheels if the volume and height of
drop are considerable, and in looking
around for the utilization of untouch-
I'D sources of power, our national wa
terways and streams will yield poten-
hal power greatly in excess of all the
horsepower generated today In the
United States from coal, oil and other
fuels combined. The power is there in
The tumbling waters now going to
waste In our mountain streams, wait
ing to be harnessed by man to do his
bidding.
The Theoretical Maximum.
The theoretical maximum quantity of
hydroelectric power that can be pro-
Iuced in the United States has recent
" been estimated by DR.. Stefnmetz at
e30,000,000 kilowatts, or 800 million
horsepower. It is clear that only 4
part of this theoretical maximum
horsepower will ever be developed. but
i is possible to develop, in this coun-
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05
The HandkerehIers HIstory.

The pocket handkerchief was Era
known as conference.-the
covering for the head; then it became
handkerchief. covering for the head
carried in the hand; and at last pocket
handkerchief. q covering for the head
held In the hand and kept In the
r6c%ea
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-09-05

~ re should make a kick about
" the bad roads in this great
state" said a man who own
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-05-27
DR.. CAIDwELL'S
SYRUP PEPSIN
THE PERFECT LAXATIVE

man Earle. son of Joseph and Vera
Levesque, aged l month, u days.
WALKER--In Cherryfield, May II,
Maude, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. .
ABBOTT-In Boston. Mass. Louis
p. formerly of Bucksport, aged So
years.
GOODWIN-In Arlington, Mass.
May 10. 'Caleb B.. formerly of Ded-
ham, aged 70 years.
CORMIER-In Van Buren,, May %,
Mrs. Cyr. aged 25 years.
MORONG-In Lubec. May cS. Capt.
Frederick. aged 7S years.
BARBEAU-In Skowhegan. May %,
William, aged about 81 years.
DEERING-In Atlantic, Ia. May 13,
Harriet Written. widow of Nathaniel.
formerly of Newport, Nc, aged 76
years.
MOODY-In Bangor. Davis.
McFARLAND-ln Eden. May 90,
Mrs. Marion, aged 50 years.
COMSTOCK-In Bangor, May "a,
Miss Laura A.
MuRPHY-In Bangor. May %, Mi
chael, aged 81 years.
SHUTE-In Bangor. May %, Mrs.
Mabel Wilson. widow of John ", for
merly of Prospect, aged 81 years, 6
months
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George N. Weston 1917. 6 c; E. f..
Parker 1908. C. 3 h: T. D. Salley
&c Son 1905, ii c, h; Lucy Bigelow
1851, 6 C.: Albert Hodges 569.5, II C,
II h; DR.. E. II. Stevens 17O.1, IL C;
o. L. Wilder 1903. 6 c: r. E. Mosher
1853. 10 C; F. A. Mafston 1915, 4 C.,
2 h; Fred Tobey 272.8, Z C. h; G..
Storer 1906. 6 c. 2 h: w. Taylor
1862, 5 c. 2 h: B. f. Baker 1868, C.;
E. Williamson 1894, II C; Ralph B.
Hilton 2S1.5, II c, 2 h; Eugene S.
Watson 1919, 4 c. . h: H. c. Estey
1857. & C, h; 3. P. Parker & Brow
1923: C. 3. White 229.7. II C: Char
les Thebarge 1867. 10 c; J. +. Sid
ell 174.5. 8 C: Beckwith & Taylor
200. 4, 8 C, 2 h; F. L. Hight 1901,
6 C; H. E. Hall 200, 10 c; Charles
Beckwith 199., & C, 3 h: Perley
Withee 330.S; Mrs. Ef1ie M. Rowell
1867, 6 c; George E. Foster 206.5, 0
c; Forrest Herrin 1909, 6 c; ]. Dun
ham 1888. S c; l.. H. Packard 1888,
c. h; Ivan Hodges 1882; L. G.
Trafton 1913; s. c. Burriil 1854, S
c, h; E. C. Mather 201,1 10 c: H. l..
Watson 1908. 10 C: w. E. Mcclure
1911, 4 C. 2 h: Clifton Jewell 1861,
8 C; E. F.. Salisbury 1921, Z c; c. B.
Gardner 1927. 4 c. 3 h: L. l.. San
ford 171.6; Herbert Green 1871: Ar
thur Painter 207.4, 8 C; F. L. & G. L..
Parker 229.5 8 o: Geo. E. Smith
Pills. 6 C; c. H. Fuller 2S0.5. IL C,
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MONTVILLE

CENTER.-Clarence L.. Harold and
Lloyd jackson. CT Newport, N. H,
with Mrs. G. F. Dinsmore. Of New
port, Me-, were weekend guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Justin V. Jackson.
Mrs. Harry Davis, of Taunton, was
a recent guest of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. G. Can.
Miss Belva Davis was home from
Albion two days of last week.
A large COW moose made an early
morning call, Tuesday, at P. w. ia
quith's garage, and in M. c. Gordon's
field, near his buildings.
Samuel Huckins and family have
left the Misses Fry, and Mr.. and Mrs.
W. J. Thompson have moved in.
Carney Shure went, Thursday, to
Massachusetts to see his wife and
son.
Mrs. Ava Gray is in poor health.
Miss Fannie Frye is badly crippled
from a fall.
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Sunday guest at the home Of HI,
mother, Mrs. Florence Luce and
brothers.
Professor Clark of E,nts Hin
Seminary faculty supplied the publ,
at the Smith Memorial church Sun.
day and gave Il very Interesting scr.
mon on the subject, Light"
A comedy drama entitled Deacon
Tubbs" was given at Smith Ne.
mortal church Friday evening by
local talent. 1t was finely RENDERED
before a large and enthusiastic audi.
ence. After the play ice cream was
sold. The play was coached BY
Mrs. Lolita Collins.
Master Nelson T. Gordon. Jr., en-.
tertained a birthday party SATURDAY.
afternoon, May -, being the 1th an.
niversary of his birth. Those pres.
ent were Mildred Adcll Ruth Town.
send, Thelma Gibbs. Ruby Stevens
Mary Grace Adell, Marian Town.
send, Alice Townsend, Lawrence
Gordon, Leo Jones. Wilbur Coombs
Mary Coleman. Edith Coleman
Sarah Pike, Villa Griffith.
n. T. Gordon and family visited
Gordon Camp. Echo Island, Sunday
the first time this year
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PALERMO

BRANCH MILLS-Mr. and Mrs.
Allen Clark of Gardiner were week
end guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Par
meter. They were also calling on
friends in the place.
Frank Richardson has been on the
sick list the past week. but is better.
Edmund Howe was home from
Cony high for the week end. Stanley
Kftchin from Colby and Dorothy
Dinsmore from Oak Grove.
Mrs. Elon Kitchin is ill with the
prevailing distemper, also Mrs. Clar-
ence Worthing.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. L. Pinkham and
daughter Edith were in Augusta on
business Tuesday.
Mrs. Harold Kitchen is teaching
the grammar school at Albion Cor
ner. She has taken the place of
GLADYS Tibbetts who has gone to
Massachusetts, to teach.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Leeman moved
into their new home on Water street
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry worthing we're
IN Liberty Sunday calling on friends.