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T he mem bership o f the fifth junior rainbow re g im e n t has now clim bed to m ore th a n 1000, b u t J. A. C hurchill, su 1 p e rin te n d e n t of public In stru ctio n , will n o t close th e en ro llm e n t u n til all the • n am es th a t a re likely to be rep o rted * § Principal Ev e n ts of the Weet from th e public schools a re In, as a n o th e r re g im e n t w ill p o t be s ta rte d i I a t th is tim e. B rie fly Sketched fo r Infer* § § F ak e salesm en of co rp o ratio n stock motion of O u r Readers. I hav e m ade th e ir a p p e a ra n c e in O regon, i I according to C o rp o ratio n C om m ission I T h e a n n u a l session of th e U m pqua e r S cb u ld erm an , and h av e succeeded B a p tist a sso c iatio n w as held in R ose in m aking sale s to b u sin ess m en in burg. P o rtlan d an d elsew here. T h e ir m ethod Q u e stio n n a ire s a re being m ailed this is to sto p fo r a sh o rt tim e in each w eek to young m en w ho re g iste re d in tow n visited, sell sto ck and finally th e d ra f t J u n e 5. g et o u t of th e s ta te b efo re o fficers can F o rm a tio n of tw o com panies of the ap p reh en d them . U m atilla c o u n ty g u ard from th e old J. R. S ta n n a rd an d F ra n k T ich en o r P e n d le to n co m pany h a s been com plet received fo u r votes each for th e dem o ed. t c ra tic no m in atio n for re p re se n ta tiv e T h e lo g a n b erry seaso n is In full from Coos and C u rry counties, an d C. E d w ard s and R. J. M oore also re b la st in th e U m pqua valley, an d the i d iffe re n t se c tio n s a re sc e n e s of g reat ceived fo u r votes each fo r th e dem o i c ra tic n o m ination fo r re p re se n ta tiv e a c tiv ity a t th e p re s e n t tim e. P e te r A utzen, p re s id e n t of th e P enin from T illam ook and Y am hill counties. su la n a tio n a l b ank a t St. Jo h n s w as U nder th e law b re a k in g of tie s of th is a lm o st in s ta n tly killed in an a u to m a kind is decided by lot. I B ecause of th e p rev alen ce of sheep bile a c c id e n t n e a r P o rtlan d . I T h e a n n u a l cam p m eetin g of the scab ies in som e W illam ette valley S ev e n th Day A d v en tist ch u rch of e a st flocks d u rin g la s t w in ter and spring, iiiiiiia ir i in ■ ii . i i i i ñ a u il I I B I B l a .I B 'l ■ !!: e r O regon an d so u th e rn Idaho opened and because of d a n g e r of its sp re a d a t B ak er an d w ill c o n tin u e u n til Ju n e ing to o th e r flocks in th e sta te , th e s ta te livestock s a n ita ry board h as de Mrs. S u san Jones and daughters, 30. O regon will play a highly im p o rta n t clared a q u a ra n tin e a g a in s t th e m ove Grace and K atheryn, of Corvallis S undayed w ith Mr. and Mrs. J. N. p a rt in th e F o u rth of Ju ly p rogram for m en t of any sh eep in w e ste rn O regon th e em erg en cy f i e « c o rp o ratio n an d a th a t h av e been a ffected , th e q u a ra n Jones. Post phone M ain 621. m inim um o f 12 wood h ulls w ill be tin e to hold u n til du e p re c a u tio n s have —x—• — x— been tak en . The Bean T ractor people are oper lau n ch ed in th is d is tric t. Buy W ar Saving Stam ps. R e p re se n ta tiv e H aw ley w as a ssu red J. D. F a rre ll, p re s id e n t of th e Ore- atin g one of th eir m achines on the —x— M anning place a t the term in u s of g o n -W ashington R ailro ad & N av ig a by th e a v iatio n sectio n of th e signal Elsie F ergusen a t th e ISIS S un tion com pany, w ill be th e c o rp o ra te co rp s th a t an a e ro p la n e w ould be se n t Seventh street. d ay night. head of th e U nion P acific sy ste m in to E ugene to p a rtic ip a te in th e F o u rth —x — —x— Cleve Robinson of Lebanon and th e w est, w ith h e a d q u a rte rs a t P o rt of Ju ly ce le b ra tio n if M ajor E m m ons, Grover M attison is visiting in In in com m and of th e a v iatio n cam p a t Miss H enrietta Hoyser of Salem land. dependence th is week. G eorge A. S teel, p io n eer in P o rt S acram en to , d eem s it feasib le for one spent S unday a t the hom e of Mrs. —x— land, tw ice p o stm a ste r of th e city, of h is m en to a tte m p t th e 600-mile M. A. Robinson. Miss Until Sim pson is atten d in g b u ild e r of its firs t ele c tric lin es an d for flight. T h e m ach in es used a t S a c ra —x— th e O. A. C. sum m er school. W ill M attison, who h as been visit one te rm s ta te tr e a s u r e r of O regon, m ento c a rry only enough g aso lin e for — x- - ing his brother, H enry, an d other died a t th e Good S a m a rita n h o sp ital 125 m iles. Hobert Craven visited th e Boden- T he public se rv ic e com m ission re relatives, retu rn ed to his hom e in in P o rtla n d . liam ers in Salem* th is week. L o ren C om bs is dead an d R o b ert ceived w ord from R. H. A ishton, re A storia Saturday. —x— P o tte r and G ordon R am bo a re su ffe r gional d ire c to r fo r th e ra ilro a d ad m in —x— Miss Crissio M iler of O lym pia is Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Hibbs retu rn ed in g from se rio u s in ju rie s as th e r e is tra tio n a t C hicago, th a t th e S o u th ern visiting her hom e folks here. from P ortland Monday evening. su lt of b ein g c a u g h t in a c lo u d b u rst P acific h as ap p ealed from th e com —x— They w ere accom panied hom e by in L ittle B uck horn c re e k , ab o u t 45 m issio n 's o rd e r re q u irin g th e in s ta lla Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Macy of Salem tion of a re in fo rc e d c o n crete cro ssin g th eir little grandson. Jack H arding. m iles w e st o f F ossil. w ere week end visitors in the city. P ro h ib itio n of th e sa le an d u se of all a t D ivide, in L an e co unty, b ecau se of —x— —x— Mr. and Mrs. F ran k R. W ells and k in d s of fire w o rk s a n d a p e rfe c tly safe w ar co n d itio n s. T h e reg io n al d ire c to r Dr. R. E. D uganne, D entist, Inde an d n o ise le ss F o u rth of Ju ly a re ask ed ask ed th e com m ission to p o stpone con pendence N ational B ank B uilding. children of Keys, Cal., and Mr. and by S ta te F ire M arsh al W ells in a le t stru c tio n of th e crossing. Mrs. Fred W ells of R ickreall were — x— A p rice in te rp re ta tio n co m m ittee te r b ein g s e n t o u t to th e m ay o rs of Mrs., M ina W hitm an is here from week end guests a t the 1. Claggett c itie s th ro u g h o u t O regon. w hich h as been ap p o in ted by F ed eral home. K lam ath F alla visiting h er a u n t, A G erm an ch u rch , lo cated in th e Food A d m in istra to r W. B. A yer to pre —x— Mrs. Kutch. n o rth w e s te rn p a rt of Polk county, h as v ent p ro fite e rin g in food p ro d u cts will Leonard Todd and wife of Buena —x— ceased th e u se of th e G erm an lan g u ag e in v e s tig a te ooets aad publish w eekly Mr. and Mrs. A. L. T hom as spent Vista w ere trad in g w ith Independ and in th e fu tu re a t all serv ices, in clu d i c p o i l a . r i g u i n a i a r u iu u u n i „ , ence m erchants S aturday and visit Sunday w ith Mrs. T hom as’ p arents ing th eir parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. ing S u n d ay school and th e w eekly a re sellin g and su g g e stin g p rices at a t Jefferson. p ra y e r m eetin g , E n g lish alone will be w hich th ey should reaso n ab ly be of Reeves. —x— fered to th e co n su m e r will be an used. — x— Mis. Alpha Baseue an d Mrs. Fen T h e firs t c a s t of th e big six ton nounced. It Is th e n hoped th a t the The cordial and courteous drugg ton and daug h ter, Ora, w ere in Port ist, Mr. W illiam s, is alw ays pleas p ro p e lle rs fo r th e em erg en cy fleet re ta ile r w ill be forced to sell a t the land Sunday. ed to play you the latest records on sh ip s w as su ccessfu lly poured a t the la tte r figure. —x— If th e labor sh o rta g e , a lre a d y acu te , A sto ria M arin e Iron W orks in the Vivian M artin a t the ISIS tom or the grafniioln. Concerts are going on fo u ndry d e p a rtm e n t. T he c a stin g is becom es m ore serio u s, Salem sto re s most the time. row (W ednesday) night in "The th e la rg e st of its kind ev er m ade in w ill m ake a rra n g e m e n ts to close, so —x— S u n set Trail." th e sta te . th a t em ployes m ay go to th e b erry Miss Mary W illiam s, a g rad u ate — x— y a rd s an d o rc h a rd s as h a rv e s te rs . A A c am p a ig n to e n list P o rtlan d busi Mr. and Mrs. Clark M ansfield are of Colum bia U niversity, has been n e ss m en for farm serv ice in O regon reso lu tio n to th is effe c t w as passed a t nicely located in the Eldridge house chosen to succeed Miss Grace W ill a t h a rv e s t tim e will be s ta rte d on July a sp ecial m eeting of th e S alem com iam s ¡is a teach er in the Independ on Sixth street. 1 by J. W. B rew er, federal farm help m ercial club. To overcom e a s h o rt ence tra in in g school. —x— sp e c ia list, in co-operation w ith « com ag e of m ore th a n 2000 p ick ers th e Red —x— Mrs. Alvi Lochridge is enjoying a C ross c h a p te r h as ta k e n th e a itu a tia n Mrs. Sherm an Hays left today for m itte e re p re se n tin g various civic or visit from her sister, who lives in in hand, and m ade a house-to-house g an iza tio n s. Seaside to spend a while. She will E astern Oregon. c a n v a ss for lab o rers. S h e riffs th ro u g h o u t th e s ta te a re join her daughter-in-law , Mrs. Roy — x— ex p erie n c in g co n sid erab le difficulty I By an o rd e r issued from th e office Mr. and Mrs. W. H. P ark retu rned M cFndden, who is com fortably dom i in re ta in in g c o m p e te n t d eputies, due of F ed eral Food A d m in istra to r W. B. S atu rd ay evening from a visit to ciled in her S um m er cottage there to in c re a se d w ages in all lin es of in A yer, housew ives of O regon a re now —x— th e ir sons in P ortland. d u stry , a c c o rd in g to co m p lain t m ade p e rm itte d to p u rch ase b u t 25 pounds of M. P. B aldw in spent the week end —x — a t th e s ta te co n v ention of sh e riffs in su g a r fo r can n in g and p re serv in g p u r K. C. Eldridge departed for Cali w ith his m other, Mrs. L. E. and Aunt sessio n in P o rtla n d . poses. F or d o m estic uses th e city Mr. Baldwin is book fornia Sunday night w here he will Lucinda. fam ily is still lim ited to th e p u rch ase C h e ste r J. H ogue, O regon se c re ta ry keeper for the S paulding Logging rem ain for alKiut three weeks. of tw o pounds of su g a r a t any one Co. at the term in u s of the V. & S. of th e W est C o ast L u m b erm en 's asso —x - ciatio n , h as o b ta in ed a tem p o rary leave tim e, w hile th e ra n c h e r’s fam ily can Ross Nelson and C lark Hem bree in the Silet/. country. of a b se n c e th a t h e.m ay ta k e ch arg e of obtain but five pounds on any one trip —x— are in California w here they are to tow n. It is provided th a t w here Loren Jordan and Miss ClaraTice, c o n stru c tio n w ork o n ’ a »20.000,000 looking after business interests. sh ip y a rd now b eing built by th e Union c o u n try buy ers m ay need a q u a n tity __x_ I well known Independence young la rg e r th a n five pounds to c a re for Iron W o rk s a t S an F rancisco. A. L. Thom as is w earing a black people, w ent over to D allas and not C o n fro n ted w ith a serio u s sh o rt th re s h e rs or sp ecial crew s of w o rk ers eye and w h e n ,questioned ns to the only *"< « license to wed but were ag e of d riv e rs due to m any of its cm th ey m ay o b tain a p e rm it ra isin g th e xnuse he fails to reveal the secret. , m arried th ere the sam e day. Happi ployes e n te rin g m ilitary serv ice, the five-pound lim it by ap p ly in g to th e _x__ i ness and prosperity is wished them. O o rst £ K ing A utom obile com pany, op co u n ty food a d m in is tra to r. Mrs. Harold Youngm an anil baby —*— E v ery c o n su m er of coal In O regon, e ra tin g a Jitney se rv ice betw een N orth are here from Bisliee, Arizona, visit I Klsie Ferguson is one of the most Bend and M arsh field, Is co n tem p latin g h o u seh o ld ers ex cep ted , will be im m edi ing her m other, Mrs. Jennie Miller, powerful box-office attractio n s of the em ploying young w om en d riv e rs to re a te ly reco rd ed an d classified in th e o r _x_ j Am erican theatre. She will be at d e r of th e ir im p o rta n c e to th e g o v ern p lace th e men. Mrs. Alice Hurry an d children of the ISIS on Sunday evening, June A se rio u s m ilk sh o rta g e in P ortland m en t in th e w in n in g of th e w ar. In H cppner are visiting her m other, :«*, in "B arhary Sheep ’, a picturizu- _ » y re # a it tra s s Ik s a t a n t t y a t hay a c c o rd a n c e w ith th e g e n e ra l plan of Mrs. Mollie Bullock, and oth er rein- Hon of the fam ous novel of the sam e | an d feed an d th e high co st of labor, th e n a tio n al fuel a d m in is tra tio n for tives. ! title. : tw o fa c to rs w hich are becom ing th is cen su s. S ta te Fuel A d m in istra to r b u rd e n s th a t th e m ilk producing farm H otm aa a d d re s se d le tte r s to every e rs c a n n o t b e a r a t th e p re s e n t prices c e a i d e a le r ta O regon in s tru c tin g them of w holesale m ilk and w hich ia sen d to e e a d la Im m ed iately th e to ta l ing m any m ilk eow s t e th e alSMBhtee- a a a o e a t o f bitum laow a anal th e y sold la s t y ear. A t th e sam e tim e he began houses. T h e s ta ts h ig h w ay com m ission m u st a su rv ey of in d u s tria l co n cern s w ith a a d v e rtise for bids on highw ay rep a ir view of a s c e rta in in g th e ir fuel re q u ire w ork a s well a s fo r re g u la r c o n stru c m en ts an d th e ir im p o rta n c e a s a d irect tion w ork, an d If no s a tisfa c to ry bid o r in d ire c t fa c to r in th e w a r m achine. T h e a c tio n of th e O regon public serv is receiv ed th e co m m ission m ay then do th e w ork by force acco u n t. A ssis ice com m ission In g ra n tin g a fran ch ise ta n t A tto rn ey G e n eral Van W inkle for logging o p e ra tio n s on th e Suislaw holds, In re p ly to an Inquiry by S ta te riv e r, from its so u rce to its m outh, to th e S uislaw Boom com pany, is th e H ighw ay E n g in e e r N unn. More a c c id e n ts w ere rep o rte d to the firs t s te p in a trem en d o u s p ro je c t for s ta te in d u s tria l a c c id e n t com m ission th e c u ttin g of tim b e r in th a t w a te r for th e w eek e n d in g Ju n e 20 th an for shed. acco rd in g to a s ta te m e n t m ade an y o th e r w eek sin ce th e com pensa- by L. E. B ean, a tto rn e y fo r th e log ; tlon a c t becam e effective. T he to tal ging com pany. I t is e stim a te d th e re . n u m b er of a c c id e n ts rep o rte d w as (¡51, a re 14.000,#00.009 fe e t of tim b e r in th e [of w hich six w ere fa tal. T he fatal w a te rsh e d and m o st of th is w ill be case« w ere: Jo h n Maxwell. P o rtlan d , ta k e n o u t th ro u g h th e riv e r, he sta te d . sh ip b u ild in g ; O. E. A yers. L innton. T h e S ta r r e t A Hovey in te re s ts , ow n lu m b e r m a n u fa c tu rin g ; C. N orene ing la rg e tra c ts of th is tim b er, a re P o rtla n d , sh ip b u ild in g ; Mike Baccel- fin an cin g th e Slualaw Boom com pany. lleri. Bend, lu m b er m an u fa c tu rin g ; It la a tat« d th a t a a ex p e n d itu re of aav C h a rle s M cC orm ick. M arshfield, lum oral h u n d re d th o u sa n d d o llars wiM be b e r m a n u fa c tu rin g ; W. W. K night, re q u ire d in cle a n in g o u t th e riv e r aad b etw een O sw ego and Goodin, killed In th e c o n stru c t!« * gi gam e Xe* lo gging ojaratwmo ra ilro a d w reak . OREGON NEWS NOTES 9 MUSIC! Come in and hear the i I Grafonolas i OF GENERAUNTEREST i » Demonstrated At j 1 I 9 Williams’ Drug Co. POPULAR SHEET MUSIC 15 to 35 cents Local Briefs Many people think that shoes must be tight and pinch th e fo o t in order to lo o k neat and dressy. But com fort need n ot g iv e w a y to style. Right Fitting Is the Keynote Dress shoes that we fit to your feet can be just as com fortable as shoes y o u buy for service. And w e do n ot sacrifice either sty le or neatness in fitting you . Our pumps, dancing slippers and all sorts o f dress sh o es offer you a w id e field for ch oice. Our sty les and prices w ill please y o u . Conkey & Walker THE POST Is fully equipped to do your printing at the very lowest prices consistent with good work. We have the very latest type faces and other materials. Call and look our samples over. We are sure you will be delighted with them. If you are in need of— LETTER HEADS, ENVELOPES j STATEMENTS BUSINESS CARDS CALLING CARDS MORTGAGE BLANKS NOTE BLANKS RECEIPTS r H SHIPPING TAGS CIRCULARS PAMPHLETS POSTERS Or any other printing give us a trial and you will not regret it. We can rave you money. LET’S GO! FOR A GOOD BARGAIN, TRADE AT DICKSON S MARKET THRIFT STAMPS AT 25c. PRICES ON BEEF HAVE BEEN REDUCED 2c. PER POUND REMEMBER THAT JUNE 28 IS THE BIG SALE IN WAR STAMPS LET’S ALL TAKE A PUNCH AT OLD BILL BY BUYING THEM F. E. DICKSON. bakery products would not be considered ap> petizing in this country. In this, as in many other things, we are different Our Bakery Products are prepared in a clean, modern, sanitary bakery— a fact that is known to every resident of this com munity An ever-increasing demand is an indispu table evidence that weprdouce“good things to eat** Quality and cleanliness art A t twin mottoes t f this baktty at all ttmu. C. A. Lochridge Butter Wraps