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Al'Gl'HT , 10 IS CROOK COUNT JOURNAL .. I'mce S OREGON NEWS NOTES ! OF GENERAL INTEREST i Principal Events of the Week j Briefly Sketched for Infer J ' matlon of Our Render. k Temporary organisation of t Ralrm branch of tba Insurance Federation ol Oregon ha bwn effected, I mii county growers sr contrartlni to sell their bopa on board ran at local stations for 10 cents per pound. A detail of Oregon military polio will be atatloned In U Urande to help protect tot rapidly ripening (rain fleldi. ' Construction of a cement drydock coating $ ICO, 000 will be commenced In Portland January 1, next, by Joseph Supple. A loss of 160.000 It estimated as th result of a fire which destroyed a warehouse at Waconda, plus uillei north of Salmi. For the month of 'July there passed threunh the Pendleton office of the federal employment service spproxl Biately 600 hands. Htatlstlcs for July Indicate Increased Industrial activity, good business con dltlons and an unusual period of pros perlty In Portland. Oregon attain took the lead In ship launching! for July, 26 vessels having left the way! having a combined dead weight capacity of 110,900 tons. Kdward Harris, of the department of agriculture, of New South Wales, Is In Pendleton for the purpose of studying methods of bulking wheat In the last five years the amount of revenue collected by the Internul rev enue office In Portland has Increased from Jl, 000,000 to more than $12,000, 000. The disappearance of Lew Barr, a merchant at the Modoc Lumber com pany's mill on upper Klamath lake, la causing some excitement In Klamath Falls. A convention of delegate! from all the locals of the Loyal Legion of log gers and Lumbermen west of the Cas cade mountains was held In Portlund Monday. fruit cannerlce In the DrownsvllliH section are prepared to pay 6 cents a pound for evergreen blackberries this season and to take all the fruit they can get. Six women lookouts are now em ployed In the Cascade national forest and they bsve been making good, ac cording to Supervisor C. K. Sells of that forest, Seventy-seven per cent of the 1918 class of selectlvea In Umatilla county are fitted for full military service, ac cording to a statement by the county draft board. Insurance clerks are not Included In the work-or-flght order, according to an advice received by Insurance Com missioner Harvey Wells from Provost Marshal Crowder. , A total of 1376,401.41 will be divided among the counties for the school chil dren of the' state, according to figures prepared by Superintendent Churchill. The per capita will be $1.13. The public service commission baa Issued an order denying the applica tion ot the American Railway Express company for a blanket Increase of 10 Br cent In Its tntra-atate ratea. McMlnnvllle college hal Just received draft for $00,000 la payment of the pledge of the educational board of the Northern Baptlat convention made In tba endowment campaign of two years MO. The rainfall la the forest region around Waldport baa been so great that It will require 30 dayi for the brush to dry, according to Supervisor R. 8 Shelley, of the Sluslaw national forest Owing to too much automobile needing and danger of accidents, and the damage to the gravel road, a motor cycle officer Is to be appointed to police the road between Newberg and Mc Mlnnvllle. TJnless there la more rain In Oregon between now and August 15, the open ing date for the bunting season, State Forester Elliott will be In favor ot keeping the season closed until there la further rainfall. The Pacific highway between Eu gene and Junction City baa been or dered closed for 30 days. This order Was made to prevent Interference with construction work at a point about li miles north of Eugene. The railroad administration's order requiring soft fruit shippers to furnish bond guaranteeing payment of freight ehargei will not affect larger ship pers materially, It la said, but may Work hardship on smaller ones. The salmon egg take at the upper Willamette, McKenzle and Bantlam stations of the Oregon fish and game commission will be greater this year than ever before, according to Carl D. Shoemaker, state game warden. A disease or poison Is killing hun dreds of sheep In Orant . county, ac cording $o word received at Baker. Growers going to Prairie to ship sheep found many dead In loading pens. The cause of their death has not yar been determined, but Indications point to poison. Wheat , harvest Is In full blast In Morrow county ants farmers report j very satisfactory yields and excellent i quality, No serious complaints are j hesrd about scarcity of labor, although 1 every available man Is at wotk. ! Trout raising to Incrrsse the food supply of Oreaun Is being urged by State BloloKlst William U Plnley, who says that the propagation of this game I fish Is easier than raising chickens, and if put on a commercial basis, more ' profitable. , j K. S. Shelley, supervisor of the Slus law national forest, has announced the employment of the first woman look out lu that forest. Miss Jennie Walk er, a school teacher, has been assigned to a post on Dean'a mountain, south of the Umpqua. A carload of . mohair containing more than 60,000 pounds snd valued at $26,000, wss shipped from Albany by M. Hcuder A Co, It Included the Leb anon and 8c lo pool and was one of the largest shipments of mohair ever made I from that city. According to statistics compiled, 14,- 703,326 feet of lumber and logs were shipped from the lower Columbia riv er district during the month ot July, In the same period the up-river mills shipped 6,228,660 feet making a grand total of 30,9211,976 feet. Oregon mohair growers will be af fected by an order soon to be made fixing a price on their product. Under normal conditions mohair sells at a little, less than wool, but since the : price of wool waa fixed the price ot j mohair has been booming. ' A number of dairymen of Clackamas ! county met at Oregon City for the pur-! pose of considering a method for co- j operative buying of feed. The extreme ! shortage of bay and mill feed bus made j It advlsuble to form an association to look after the dairymen's interest j The fifth annual reunion of the de scendants ot Ebeu Ulacbly and Alex- audi-r Seavey waa held on the old Heavey douatlon claim on the McKen- i xle river six miles from Eugene. About GO persons, many of them descendants of these Lane county pioneers, were present. Attorney General Brown has sdvlsed W. II. Dennett, superintendent of bunks, that under the laws ot Oregon state banks are not permitted to bor-! row money In excess of their paid lu ' capital and surplus, Irrespective of the 1 collateral which may be deposited as security. As a result of -an Increase ot 30 per cent In labor costs since April 1 of this year and the government's freight rste elevation of 25 per cent, Fuel Ad ministrator Holmes bss allowed wood dealers of Portland a straight Increase ot 50 cents a cord on slabwood, and an Increase ot $1 a cord for cordwood. If a person borrows money from the state rural credits fund, giving a mort gage on his farm property, that does not prevent such borrower from leas ing or selling the place which Is mort gaged to the atate, according to an opinion given by the attorney general to the clerk ot the atate land board. Receipts ot the motor vehicle regis tration department of Secretary of State Oicott's office from January 1 to July 31 of. thla year total $439,480.60, which Is considered more than twice aa much aa waa received during the entire year of 1917. The total receipts of the department for last year waa $196,787.60. Out ot a total of 595 accidents re ported to the atate Industrial accident commission for the week ending Au gust 1, three were fatal. The persons Injured fatally were: Arthur Bennett, Corvallla, construction; Darlui Bright, Salem, traveling on highway and itruck by atreet car; Erwln McNully, Astoria, trespasser. That the average yield per acre of fait wheat in the Willamette valley will be about 15 bushels Is the estimate of an Albany grain dealer. Thla la said to be about 25 per cent under the nor mal yield but thla year's aggregate fall wheat crop will be much above the average because ot the large in crease In the acreage. The field setting of broccoli In Ore gon Is nearly finished and the plants are making a good start In spite ot dry weather. Practically all ot the crop Is grown without Irrigation, and the production is dependent on the rainfall. Present Indications are that the acreage has been reduced 30 per cent In the Roseburg district. The largest sum paid an Individual by Clatsop county for scalp bounty waa given to W. M. Hunter. Hli warrant amounted to $1077, and was for 359 sealion scalps. Mr. Hunter has been making a business of killing seallons on the coast and In addition to those shot along the Clatsop beachea has turned $1000 worth of scalps Into Til lamook county and $1100 worth In Curry county. In an order received by the public service commission from Director-General McAdoo, Instructions are Issued to railroads to the effect that there li no Justification for reduced rates for transportation of freight traffic on ac count ot charity and also that there Is no special reason why the government should bear a part of the expense ot city, county or atate government and consequently no Special rates are to be allowed on building or highway ma terials for the use of such political di visions. ' J ack IN TOM SAWYER 99 By MARK TWAIN Gee! Wasn't Mark Twain's hero the idol of your young life! "Young Rough-Neck" you rail him now, don't you? Hut we bet you'll be down to , this theater wheu yaur boy hood's idol Is here. Tom Sawyer Is one of our national monuments, and the streak of the boy Is In all of ni put on your hat and come. FRIDAY and SATURDAY AT THE YR IC THEATER re A man who has to have his clothes wet through before he can recognize It is raining may if succeed as professor of Greek or as an artificer of a ditch, but he not likely to elbow aside numerous captains of industry. CHAS. RAY m SUDDEN JIM A man that makes up bis mind right off may be wrong half the time, but he is right a whole lot more of the time than the fel low who has to have a decision yanked out of him with an ox team. SUNDAY AT THE LYRIC TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FOR SALE A good team, colt, 3 in. Bain wagon, and heavy harness. $150 cash. Call or write Powell Butte store. 39tlp FOR SALE Standing crop of 24 a. second cutting alfalfa, 11 acres, of first class wheat, chickens, Homo Comfort Range, hausehold goods, including lease of 4 acres ot iiri gatedland until April, 1919. Good 6-room house o nthe place. Inquire ot Otto Sountag, Prtnevtlle. 89tlp FOR SALE Strictly modern five- room bungalow. Very desirable location near city park and. one block from school. Price reason able. Call at Journal office for particulars. . S9tlp LOST String at Glass beads at the Ochoco dam last Sunday. Probably lost in tent near lake. It found please leave at the Journal office. CHILD WELFARE DEPARTMENT The folowing chairmen have been appointed by the Council of Defense in the child s welfare department: Mrs. Martha Nevel. General Chair man of Child Welfare; Mrs. Rosen berg, Chairman of music department; Mrs. Nicolai, chairman of nurse de partment; Mrs. EdwanW, Chairman ot child's recreation department. w. s. s. CHARLES RAY IN "SUDDEN JLM" the order they will be given, begin ning Thursday and omitting Monday night: "The,Seoond Coming of Christ;" "Our Lord's Own Prophecy ot This Generation;'.' "Tokens of the Com ing End;" "The World's History in Cartoons;" "The Millennium and Where!','. "The Prophecy Announcing the Judgment Hour." No doubt the subjects will be found equally as in teresting as the ones already given. w. s. . METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH Charles Ray, who won a personal triumph In "The Clodhopper," will appear In the biggest role he has yet essayed In the Triangle play, "Sud den Jim," the Saturday Evening Post story by Clarence Budington Kelland, which will be shown at the Lyric the ater Sudnay. Millions have read the story, either In serial or novel form, concerning the lad who Was given $50,000 by his father and told to play or work, Just as he might choose. w. s. s. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Sunday school at 10 a. m. Classes for all ages. Evening service at 8 p. m. The pastor will speak on "Over the Top With God." Come with the folks. ' w. s. s. - ' . BIBLE LECTURES An increasing interest fs being shown in the Gospel Lectures which are now being given In the big tent. The subject of Wednesday evening, "Why the Kaiser Cannot Win," prov ed to be of great interest to the large number present. . The following are the subjects In (T. H. Fertig, Pastor) There will be the regular services at the Methodist church on Sunday morning.. Friends of the Sunday schol will please give their services freely during this month as. there is great danger that the school may be discontinued, not tor need of chil dren but for adults who villi render aid. The theme for Sunday morning will be: "The Church and The World Crisis." The pastor will conduct services at the Grimes Chapel at Three o'clock Sunday afternoon. We hope for a good attendance at that place. v There will be a union service at the Methodist Church Sunday evening. The pastors of the Christian and Methodist churches have agreed to hold srvices together and we invite the other two churches to Join with us. It is likely that Dr. J. H. Gervln will preach the sermon. Let all who are home attend this service and thereby both render and receive aid from the same. We hope there will be a general co operation at this time and that prep arations will 'be made this summer and fall for the best of team work In all comunity Interest during the com ing winter. w. s. s. LYRIC HAS LATE FILMS went o Prinevllle recently on the motorcycle. Hugh passed his exam ination and returned to the hay field to await bis call. Claude Wilson, who left here for training the latter part of June, is reported seriously ill with pneumonia at Camp Kearney, California. . . Miss Ilia Houston was a caller at Toney's one day this week. Will Gilchrist, an old-time resident of this locality, is spending the week with hta itailfftitAF Mr IRA T Jan vHlln Mr. and Mrs. Donald Stewart and Mr. Dayman returned from .Burns yesterday. Rev. Van Nnys spent Sunday night at Jack Romberg's. Mrs. Washburn and Mr. and Mrs. DeLappe visited Mrs. Rodkey Sunday. The film drama, 'The Turn of The Card," with J. Warren Kerri gan as leading man, is being shown this week at the Majestic, on 3 ot Portland's leading Moving.. Picture Theaters. This picture was shown at the Lyric here last Friday and Satur day. FIFE ITEMS (By our ' Regular Correspondent.) Mrs. Pat McName and children ot Bend are visiting friends and rela tives in this community. Hay men seem to be plentiful an haying has begun in force. Although the rye hay doesn't amount to much here, the meadows are about as us ual. Charley Mosher of Silver Creek Is helping hay at the G. I. ranch. , Claude Seeds and Hugh Swagert MLm w w w w w BrrFns"S7sS' I FOR SALE 1 Dining Room Table, 7 Chairs 1 Morris Chair 4 Rocking Chairs 5 Rugs ' ' 1 Bed, Springs, 3 Mattresses 1 Bureau and other Furniture 1 Ylctrola and Records 1 Oil Stove . , . 1 Sewing Machine 1 Western Electric Farm Light ing Plant, including engine, generator and Storage Bat teries, Vacuum Cleaner and Electric Iron. , Old and Young Chickens H. W. HOWARD PHONE 3 F-ll Will it Raise ANY Dough? Certainly! s No matter how coarse grained and heavy the flour, Crescent Baking Powder will make the dough light, wholesome, and easily digest ed' It makes all war bread better Your grocer sells It 25c lb. I