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1 GEN. PILSUDSK1 i V ' G'n. Joseph Plltudtkl, president of Poland and commander-in-chief of the Polish armies opposing the Russians. 10,000 STILLS IN WASHINGTON Seattle, Wash. Donald A. Me Donald, federal prohibition director for Washington, announced that he has estimated the number of Illicit stills In the state, preparatory to a campaign by his agents, and is convinced there re between 8000 and 10,000 still In , operation, Gasoline stoves, Mr. McDonald as sorted, are In almost universal nse among the distillers. The amount of gasoline used in these stores, he said, ' Amounted to several thousands of gal lons a month. At least 2500 of the 10.000 stills, Mr. Donald estimated, are in King county. Pierce county, he estimates, harbors . 1504, Grays Harbor county is .third with TOO and Kittitas county fourth ,wtth an estimated 400 stills. ' Y The eastern portion of the state. Mr. Donald said, has a very small fTOportlon of the total number of Il licit distilleries, due probably to the absence of heavy timber. fhe stills, Mr. McDonald said, are using an annual approximate amount of sugar estimated at 48,000,20 pounds. BRIEF GENERAL NEWS Sugar prices are declining in many parts of the country, according to re ports. Governor Cox. will begin his western campaign tour September 2, to speak In every state west of the Mississippi. More than 4000 old clerks, men and women, passed out of the government service in Washington Saturday under the new retirement law. Trunkline railroads Incurred a de ficit of $15,618,328 on June operations, according to a preliminary report is sued by the interstate commerce com mission. Importation into Norway of articles of luxury such as automobiles, dia monds, laces, paintings, pianos and phonographs is forbidden by a govern ment order. Headquarters of the league of na tions has announced four amendments to the covenants suggested by Den mark, Norway and Sweden for con sideration at the first meeting of the league assembly November 16. : v Decision was made bj, the Idaho : public service commission"not to allow f': railroads to increase passenger rates Aeyond a maximum of 3.6 cents per jiTCto on intrastate traffic, following a j-.heariog before that body last week. ' "Liquor Shot Over" Border In Torpedoes. , Washington Whiskey filled torpe 2 does fired across the Great Lakes from ,vCanada is the latest ruse adopted by "bootleggers to gel supplies of liquor finto the t forbidden territory of the United States. Several of the torpe- does filled with liquor have been cap tttnred by prohibition enforcement in- BnlAri 1nn tli a nhnrp nf the lake t Mesopotamia Rebels Menace : British, t- Iondn.--F'ears are expressed here "that recent events in Mesopotamia will 1 Involve Great Britain in a costly mill- tary campaign!'' Official' reports show ; that the country is in a state of an- arcblstto rebellion against the British t administration. . r . '. ' s , tugar Dealer Caught In Slump. (r Washington. Sugar dealers caught 1 ta price slump with large stocks 1B their hands " appealing to the 4naJrtint 0 Justice to save them tr li. according to John F. Crosby, tTj 0f the department's campaign to lower the cost of living. 35,000 BOLSHEVIKI CAPTUe BY POLES jAany Guns," Thousand! of ' Rides and Horses Taken " Jn CouBter-Attack,'. Warsaw. Military ..authorities at Bounced that the iPoles captured St. 000 prisoner In their counter-attack against the bolshevlkL Many guna. thousands of rifles, hundreds of ma chine gun and motor cars and great numbers of horse also wer taken. Thousanda of Russian are thought to be cut off in the forest awaiting an opportunity to surrender. Among the 300 bolshevik soldier killed In the fighting at Mlawa were found, it is claimed, a German officer, and several German soldiers. The bolshevik armies northwest of Warsaw, between the Vistula and Prussia, are aendlng wireless appeals for help. The intercepted messages repeatedly have asked bolshevik head quarters for ammunition and supplies. The vanguard of this red army ha reached points about 100 kilometers south of Dansig, so near the Camp Grappe region around Graudeux that the French officers advised the Amer ican typhus expedition to move to Danzig. This the Americans did. REPORT ENGLAND WILL FREE EGYPT London. The London Times says it understands that Great Britain has agreed to recognise the independence of Egypt The decision, according to the Lon don Times, resulted from recent con versations between the Viscount Mil ner mission, which recently visited Egypt, and an Egyptian delegation, headed by Said Zagloul Pasha, form er minister of justice. Among the fundamental point of the agreement are: Egypt will recognise Great Britain' privileged position in the valley of the NJe and agree in case of war to afford every facility for access to Egyptian territory; Great Britain will maintain a garrison In Egypt; in the canal sone Egypt regains control of foreign relations, subject to her not making treaties contrary to British policy and will have the right to main tain diplomatic representatives abroad. Capitulations will be abolished. FRANCE EQUIPS U. S. ARMY 80 Per Cent of Planes, 60 of Guna, 50 of Supplies Are Given. Metx. Marshal Foch will visit the United States when the European situ ation permits, he told Supreme Knight Flaherty of the Knights of Columbus, in repopse to a formal Invitation at a banquet Captain Andre Tardleu, a speaker, caused some surprise when he said: "You may not know that France provided you with 80 per cent of your airplanes, 60 per cent of your guns and 50 per cent of your war supplies." Alaska Can Solve Paper Problem. Seattle, Wash. Alaska can furnish pulp for 2.000,000 .tons of paper an nually without depleting the terri tory's resources, according to a re port made to the Alaska bureau of the chamber of commerce by Colonel vf. B. Greeley, chief forester of the United Slates. Colonel Greeley Is now in Alaska making 'a survey of pulp possibilities. The national for ests of Alaska hold the solution of the print paper problem In America, ac cording to Colonel Greeley, ,The for ests of southeastern Alaska can keep 20 or more mills running continually and the growth of new timber will be sufficient to replace that which is cut Troop Pursue Bandit. Washmgton. Responding to an in formal communication from the Amer ican embassy at Mexico City, the Mexican foreign office has announced that urgent steps have been taken to effect the prompt release of foreigners, Including Americans, reported to have been kidnaped at Cuale, Jalisco, by bandits under the leadership of Bamora, the state department was ad vised. Five thousand federal troops are reported In pursuit of the bandit. Premier Urge Peace. Paris. Fremier Lloyd Georg of Great Britain and Fremier Giolettl of Italy have urped both Russia and Po land to conclude peace Immediately on tfhs basis of mutual concessions, dis patches from Lucerne reported. Seven Killed In Attaoks on Irish. .Belfast. Official telegrams receiv ed at Dublin custle Indicate that there have been , organised onslaughts against the Irish constabulary and that during the week-end seven have been killed. SUFFRAGE FIGHT ON IN TENNESSEE . ,,, , t , Ballot for Women Will Be Delayed, Say Opponents to Amendment Nashville, Teno From th snarl at legal and legislative technicalities that have enmeshed Tennessee's ratifica tion of the suffrage amendment cam the prediction of the Tennessee con stitutional league that the injunction against certification of the ratification, obtained Saturday, would prevent en franchisement of A nu ( scan women for at least a year and a halt. Suffrage advocates reiterated their contention that the action of the house In defeating the Walker reconsidera tion motiou and In ordering the senate Joint resolution of ratification trans mitted to the senate tor engrossing to be unassailable, despite lack of a quorum. Governor Roberts declared he bad been informed by State Attorney Gen eral Thompson that the action of the two houses of the legislature consti tutes a ratification of the amendment and consequently he would counten ance no act intended to nullify the ratification. RAILROAD RATES IN OREGON RAISED Salem, Or. Intrastate railroad rates to conform with the 25 per cent In crease charges approved recently by the Interstate commerce commission will become effective In Oregon on August 26. according to an announce ment made by the Oregon public serv ice commission here.1 The action of the public service commission in an nouncing the new tariff follow out the arrangement tentatively agreed upon at a Joint conference of Che Ore gon, Washington and Idaho commis sions held In Seattle a few weeks ago. The action of the Oregon public service commission la In line with that followed by most of th state commissions throughout the United State and 1 in accord with the urgent suggestion made by the three commissioners who sat with the in terstate commerce commission at the hearing of the recent rate case. ' The Oregon commission in pursuing this course made It plain that It action in no way establishes th rea sonableness of the rates filed or pre cludes a ahipper from bringing action or prevents the commission from at tacking any rate so tiled. COMPLAINT HEARING IS SET Washington Public Service Body to Hold Session Sept 7. Olympia, Wash. The public serv ice commission announced a hearing on complaint against increased freight rates, as proposed by Henry's tariff No. 1 A, will be held in the senate chamber at Olympia, Tuesday, Sep tember 7, at 10 o'clock In the fore noon. Th Henry tariff a filed by the railroad seeks to Increase, das and commodity rate on local ship ments west of the Cascades. The In creases in some instances-? as much as 109 per cent The commission will hold a hearing on the application of' the American Railway Express company's applica tion for Increased rates on state ship ments at 10 o'clock, Friday morning, September 17. Cautioned Against Invading Russia. Washington. Poland has been cau tioned by the American government not to permit her armies in their present counter-offensive against the Russian Bolshevlkl to advance be yond the ethnographic boundaries of Poland. Great Britain has joined with the United States in the endeavor to prevent a second violation by Po land of Russian territory, officials said, and unofficial advices already received contain assurances of the Intention of the Polish government to heed the advice. Army Area Announced. Washington.-pi'he war department has announced the state groups .corn posing the army corps areas .estab lished In accordance with the pro visions of the new army bill and head quarters of each area. They Include: Ninth corps area, to embrace the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon tana, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada' and California; headquarters at Presidio of San Francisco. The territory, of Alaska will be attached to the' ninth corps area. ' '' - Man Drop 20,800 feet Arcadia, Fla. Lieutenant A. A. Hamilton of the army dropped 20,000 feet' by. parachute at Carlstrom field, landing safely. He established what officers say was a w world's record. We have three of the most de sirable lot near th schools which i must be told quick. If you, want I the best in Prlnovllle residence pro ! perty call at once on The Orhoco j Keslty Co., at the Journal offlo. ATTENTION STOCKMEN If yon are la the market for Pedigreed Jack or would he Interest, ed in a Pedigreed Jennet with spring roll at side, call at this office. These animal are going to he told at bargain. Fresh saddle horse or draft horse will be taken a part payment. Act quick. JOVRXKY8 IX KASTK.KX OHKtiON ' Continued from page 1 fire. Broken walls of business blocks and a few stragllng house bear testimony to the raging fir that wiped up the place a year or so ego. No attempt has been made to build up the town again. Mining has dropped to a minimum and the hit, smelter I closed. Gold dredging I the principal min ing operation of the valley. For miles a huge dredge has been turn-' lug the pretty valley under ami bringing to the surtaca unstghtlv pi! i-s of gravel which will never support a blade of grass. It seems a pity to ruin productive farms for the sake of a little gold tor two or three people. The John Day Valley Is as pretty and 'productive as ever. Haying If in full swing now, being a month late. Big crop were in evidence but the cattle market I pretty dull and the stock growers are a little disheartened. Hayhands are as scarce as hen teeth and fancy wages pre paid for help. The river baa plentiful supply of water. Fruit Is not abundant, but Is reported fair down near Mitchell, where I suppose Prlnevllle people will be going soon John Day City I as "dry" as -a bone. I thought at first that it was because they are expecting a conven tion of Methodist In Canyon on Sep tember t, but discovered that the city water supply bad gone on the "blink" for want of pipe that would hold water. The citizen are getting water where they can and going without bath until the system hss been repaired. ' I stopped with Billy Prose In John Day. He I working In a garage ard Mrs. Prose I running th I XL room ing house. The Mr, had Just re turned from the huckleberry patch and I ate a whole pi at one sitting. Huckleberrylng is the great ourdocr sport Just now and the mountains are full of people from all Eastern Ore gon. The crop Is fair. The Grant County Pair will be held In John Day, commencing Sep tember 29 and Mr. Toung the man ager promises a rare time to all vlsl tcrs. Mr. Tonng has placed the .'air M 1 d ? llijk mm w I ialMT'Jfil Wf V ALONG any highway in town, or out f '1j iir no,e rei,t m,m'"'r A)l,x Roud 55 0 l tJ Kings. You can tell them bv their triangled Mfiwvi ' 111 " tread and their sturdy Shoulders of Strength. JJ I 1 We sell the complete Ajax !ine. Come in. Let St 5' elf jt-vi '4 Y U8 8nw you why Ajax users are go enthusi- i, w 'lliAM'ilk N. FEBTIG'S TIRE SHOP - t 5' WM At? J? X 447 Main Street , t 0. t a paying bad after It had nearly hit th rock and was In danger ot being shifted to Prairie. He la a lire wire nd for that reason Is criticised by many who cannot stand progress Th main street of Canyon City, th only one In town, Is a narrow a ver. Had It been any wider then would not have been room tor the house. In paklng to soma ot th old-timer I heard tales of the day when many a man died with hi boot on. 1 stood on th spot when Anderson shot Barnes snd A. D. 1. eetly told me how he dodged bullets- at this time. Mr. Leedy Is t- ptoseeute a murder esse which has been transferred to Pendleton. ' The trial of Til Taylor' murderers will be a counter attraction to th Round Up, since court opens the same week, Some think three of the men will hsng, ami others express the opinion that all flva should, Dr. V. C. Ilelktiup la still In I'ral i!' City. "I never worked so hard hi my life as I did during the fluo epidemic," he said. Just now the Doctor1 la Interested in getting a hos pital built at I'ralrle, an Institution badly needed. The only facilities t.ow are located over a garage. II1' has been havpg unusuiil success with surgical cases and has a large prac tice here, The Itluo Mnuntln Springs Is i popular resort those day and Alt. Vernon has Its share of patrotign. While, driving down to Dnyvlll? with Dr. K. ILilunter. of Canyon, he told me a tale that chased a thrill up my spine and down again. Jour, nt. I readers may enjoy like thrill so I will repeat the tale. "A Baker business man (( rode to Halfway with him on day) and a Irral hotel man. and a third party were driving down the Canyon Creek grade one dark night about thrt years ago," began Dr. Hunter, "be fore the ,f rade was remade. Tho read was good, but twisty and the Baker man was driving at a fast clip. They were approaching a place on the grade where shortly before a man had driven over the edge to his death. Suddenly the spooky and hair-raising viilop ot two hand, up rased It to bid them to (top, ap peared before or directly In th wind shield." " 'Did yon sea that B ?' asked the hotel man huskily." HOT! HOT! HOT! ' Call at Howard' and get cool ' Everything here lee cold except the Reception and our room it cool and comfortable. Whittle, Grape Juice, Loju, Glngerale, etc., packed In Ice Th Sodas and other Draught from our Fountain are pure and cold a Ice will make them. Cleanliness Is the flrtt thought here. Call and) be convinced Howard " 'What did rou, ?' asked th driver cautiously, bringing his car to a stop." .,, , , , , - 'By Ood, I war I saw two hands In front at us)" ' "I did too,'. B replied. ' They ak ed th other man but he had nothing." ' .. , "They proceeded again and hadnt gone twenty feet around th curv before they ran right onto a bull ly ing in the road. The ear was stop, ped, but .not without Jamming tho snlmal. At their former apeed they would have all been dashed to death ever th grade. You- can't tell m there It nothing In spiritualism. " Somehow I agreed With the Doo tor. The fact that both men In th front seat saw (he apparition I th strange thing. ,. ' Wallowa county, the Swltserland ot America. Is my next destination. TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY FK SAl.K -8nven room rrtirlunc In I'rliieville; six lots. Light, and water. Good chicken park. Call on or write to C. C. Hrlx, Powell Iutte, tlregon. , Otfo FOR UKNT Three light housekeep ing rooms and one sleeping room. Inquire Journal Office. tOfle LOST One pair of glasses with chain, between stock yard and depot. ' Finder picas leav at depot. , !i0-60p " MUTICK Have moved from th Snodorgr property to tho 10 IS cent stor. I am also selling the 10 A IS ceut foods left In (he store cheap. Mrs J. N. Wright. v 50-S0 WANTED TO BUY -On or two swarms of bee and 100 pounds of honey. Address Box 127, Metol lus, Oregon, 60-61. 1IKI.P WANTED: MALE $225 per month the year round ateraged by a number ot our sales men, young, middle aged and elderly. Business never better.' Experience unnecessary. Cash weekly. Big assortment guaranteed tree, shrub, and vine. You can do what other (experienced men have don. Washington Nursery Co., Toppenlsh, Wssh. S0-6fp. Drug Co.