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FEBRUARY 28, 1918 CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL PAGE 5 AMERICAN TROOPS 5 ARE DOING SHARE OREGON KEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readen. FUND FOR SOLDIERS 1MIL V. (JAItltlHON HAH A Vh.KS IX (It HI IIMIKHION WOULD AID THRIFT STAMP SALE Tut Ou Every Individual At KihIi l.uiirlieon l 1'rovlile ' ' Nut'll'UM At the lunrhiton tomorrow, which will tin iicrviHl liy the bulled of the MoiliutllNt Church at (he church pur-' lorn. Paul C. (iarrUon will offer a resolution for Ihn foundation of a memorlitl fund for Ihn Crook Coun ty soldier boys. Mr. Garrison's plan I to suggest tllUt Nil III I'll In Served at these, lunch eon tin 35 i t'll t meals, and Unit the men attending pay CO cent fur them, unit drop Ihn 15 cent In limine Into a hox to make it fund for tlm purclniMi' of a iiii'iniirliil aflor the wnr In ovit. Mi) doe not expect Unit tlm rhurche serve a iih'hI of a quality worth morn than the 35 cent for that amount of money. Till fund, according to Mr. Gar rison's plan, should be Invested each Friday In war saving stamps, and bold In truat by J. K. Myem, i h air man of the mump committee, for tl purpose mentioned. v Al the average attendance at these luni'tinona In about 50 It U readily seen that a lurgo fund would toon rniult, which would buy a worth-while meinnrlul to bo located lu I'rlnevlllo, after thn war closes. We believe tin) plan an excellent one. and that Mr. CiurrlRon will meet unnulniouR Niipport for li Ih resolution tomorrow. Co inn out and ace. 2, Washington. Increasingly Import ant activity by the American forces on tba. Western front and the return for rot at a leave nation of the men who have completed their first period of duty In the trenches are noted In tbla week's review of military operations by ihn war department. 'idl the western front the review i says: ' -"While no major undertakings were recorded In the went, yet the entire frVwt waa the arena of hard driven an suits of a minor character. ."'"Our own force are taking an In creasingly Important part In the oper I atlona. IjirI week we recorded the ' participation of our artillery In the very succemiful thrust made by the French In the ri-Klon of the Butte du MeRiill. I'll la week the preaence of our ; Infantry In a very Importuut part of ' the Chemln des Damei la reported. J Here our patrols have been outside our barbed wire and bnve undertaken 'a number of scouting expedltlona In i No Mhii'r Land, which were success- fully carried rhrouKh. WILL MOVK HAW Mil. I, LINER WRECKED; 102 DEAD Florliel Hit Near Cap! Race and All On Board Believed Loit. Bt. Johna, N. F. The Red Cross liner Florlr.el, from Ht. Johna for New York by way of Halifax, with 140 per on! aboard. Including: 78 passengers, piled up on the ledKna near Cape Kace during a blizzard and It li believed that 102 persons were lost. Forty aurvlvon of the steamer Flor liel were taken off by tba iteamer Proapero. Forcing hie ship against a billiard In which blinding mow waa driven by wlmla often reaching hurricane pro portion!, the Florliel'i commander, Captain W. J. Martin, lought to round t ape Kace on hie voyage from here to Halifax and New York. .Apparently, however, he misjudged hlR poRitlon. for the Florlzel ruahed on the ragged rocks of Broad Cove on the eant aide of the Island, north of the cape. The region li uninhabited. J. W. Ih'tiinrlN Culling Log For New IrfM'ullon on McKay J. W. Ilemnrl waa In Prlnevllle the first of the week arranging for tba equipment for hli new mill which will be located on the weal fork of the McKay. The mill will be ready for opora Hon In about sixty duyi, and Mr. Demarls expects to cut about a million foot of lumber tbla aumnier, all of which lias already been con tracted at a good price to Snlpp & Terry of this city. Second Draft li Likely In April or May WaHlilngton While war department officials reiterate that no date hai definitely been fixed for the calling of the second draft of the national army, all Indications would seem to point to some time during April or at the latest early In May. Government Will Not Fix Wool Prlcea. Bait Lake City. The federal govern ment will not fix the price of wool, according to Information received here from S. W. McClure, secretary of the National Wool growers' associa tion, who Is In Washington. The Daughter of Uncle Sum. I Now turn to the Classified Ads on page S. THE LIFE OF OUR SAVIOR 7-ReeI Pathe Color For the Benefit of the Presbyterian Manse Fund! Thursday Mch. 7 Scenes are taken from THE HOLY LAND and the characters are represented from the famous paintings of the most celebrated artists of all times .1 Matinee 3:00 Evening 7:300 and 9:00 LYRIC THEATRE 15c and 35c The Albany high school will grad uate 63 students this year. Thrift stamps to the amount of 111, 477.45 have been sold In Benton coun ty. The Central Willamette Valley Os teopathic aaaoclatlon held a meeting at Albany. Luther Grounds, a pioneer citizen of Monmouth, died In a Salem hos pital, aged 76 years. O. J. Morton, with the United States custom! service In Portland, haa been appointed Inspector of bakeries for the Oregon food administration. The twenty seventh annual" conven tion of the Oregon Christian Endeav or Union convened at Eugene with over 600 delegates In attendance. Toledo la to have another sawmill for airplane spruce. The plant will have a capacity of 100,000 feet each 10 hours, and wilt operate two ahifta. J. W. Brewer, farm labor specialist for Oregon, reports that Wasco la the first county In Oregon from which re ports of the farm survey have been received. The interstate bridge between Port land and Vancouver produced a net revenue of f 130.781.38 during the first year of Its aervlce and coat for opera tion $30,073.85. The quartermaster's department of the army signed a contract for 600 tons of dehydrated potatoes from Ore gon. This represents about 6000 tons of the fresh product While Leonard Felta waa attempt ing to cross the Willamette near Butte vllle, four miles from Newberg, bis rowboat capsized In the twirling watera and be was drowned. Plana have been made for a cam paign to raise money to employ an agricultural agent In Linn county. A committee of farmers will endeavor to raise 1500 for tbla purpose. Fritz Itader fatally shot Alex McGue near Long Creek In Grant county. McOue, who was shot twice through the head and once through the body, did not die until just about the time the sheriff arrived to arrest Rader. Because of the extensive demand for platinum in chemical laboratories and IndURtrlea connected with the war, the United States government Is mak ing special effort to develop the plati num deposits in southern Oregon. The report of the cbeese Industry In Tillamook county for the year 1917 shows that last year waa the banner year for tbe Industry, 44,901,303 pounds of milk being manufactured into 4,974,328 pounda of cheese, of tbe value of $1,188,845.70. Replies to a number of telegrams aent by Senator McNary show that 25,000 tons of potatoes are in tbe hands of Oregon farmers, large quan tities of which will spoil if not moved. Lack of transportation facilities pre vent the marketing of the stocks. The position of research assistant in the department of horticulture at Ore gon Agricultural college haa been ac cepted by Dr. K. E. Denny, who will assume his duties April 1. Dr. Demf has been assistant in the United States bureau of cheuiUtry at Loa Angeles. The surgeon-general of the army has advised Representative Hawley that he wilt Bend a representative, to Rose burg to ascertain the suitability of that location for a convalescent army hospital. No decision In the matter Is to be made for at least two months. Oregon la assured sufficient fuel oil for canneries, and other essential In dustries In a letter received by Fred J. Holmes, federal fuel administrator for' Oregon, from D. M. Folsom, federal petroleum administrator for the Pacific coast, with headquarters In San Fran cisco. A. H. Lea, aecretary of the state fair board, announces that the premium list for the state fair this year will be Hooverlzed to the extent that no pre miums will be offered for products of white flour. Awards will be bung up for products of substitute flours in stead. The large apruce belt south of Wald port, in Lincoln county, Is to furnish much airplane material for the gov ernment A force of about 35 men is at work clearing roads into the forest, and one camp has already been estab lished at Big Creek, a few miles south of Waldport. Senator Chamberlain has introduced a bill to add certain lands to the Minam national forest in Oregon, this action having been recommended by A. F. Potter, acting chief forester of the United States, after making an in vestigation of a petition by tbe Qoose creek cattle owners. E. J. Adams, member of the state highway commission, gays that " the commission is short by $600,000 the necessary money to complete the high way building program of this year. He predicted that the commission will find tt necessary to quit work on some of the projects before their completion. T7 have the best quality of Canned Goods, Bottled and Packed Goods at prices as low as you are pay ing for some brands of inferior quality? KING'S PATENTED PROCESS FRUITS AND VEGETABLES-Peaches, Apples, Prunes, Cherries, Rhubarb, Carrots, Spinach, 00 10 Squash and Stringless Beans, per package ZZ 21 O. C. CLAYPOOL & CO. I THE MARKETS Portland. Barley Standard feed, $(9 per ton. Oats No. 2 while feed, $69 per ton. Corn Whole, $77; cracked, $78. Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa, $24.50. Butter Creamery, 49o per lb. Eggs Ranch, 43c per dozen. Potatoes 90c $1.15 per hundred; Takimas. $1.361.45. Poultry Roosters, 20c; geese, 20 21c; ducks, 3233c; turkeys, live, 25c. HOOKING EXCELLENT PICTURES ManuKer Pancake Carries Pictures of Beet Quality at Lyric Representatives of two of the largest film making concerns in tne world have been in Prineville dur i ing the week, and from both of these men Mr. Pancake, owner of the Lyric has booked new pictures. These pictures are of the aame . type as are being shown in the largest theatres in Portland, and ! many of them come from the big Portland houses to this place. Mr. Pancake has the reputation among men in the trade, of running one of the cleanest and most pro gressive houses in the west, and he books a higher grade of pictures than most houses In the city, wits, more frequent changes. Among the features of the near future are "The Honor System," and pictures Jn which Wm. Farnham. Theda Bara and Dustin Farnham are star performers. The Daughter of Uncle Sam. Are You Buying THRIFT STAMPS EVERY DAY? If you buy 25c Thrift Stamps at the rate of only one a day, and exchanged each book of 16 (with a few cents added) for a certificate worth $5.00 in 1923, you are saving money at the rate of $10.00 a month. Good investment, isn't it? And a patriotic habit besides for every single Thrift Stamp is a little added momentum behind the one great common desire to shorten this war. U Umrtr Thrift Stamps are for sale at the postoffice, by all mail carriers and at most stores. THIS ADVERTISEMENT PAID FOR AND DONATED BY E. M. STRONG, Assistant Manager Oregon Life Insurance Co. J, -truu