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The state Industrial accident com- '
mission reports that during the week
ending September 6 It was Informed
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of a total of 536 accidents, two of them 1
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fatal. George Letch, of Dee, was (a-
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P rin c ip a l E v e n ts of the W eek Bert Jones, of Portland, was hurt fa-
[ tally while engaged in public service.
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B rie fly Sketched fo r In fo r-
Ira Hutchins, manager of the
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Forest fires have done considerable have responded In large numbers and
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damage to property In the western are now working alongside of the girls
part of Polk county.
children and the very few men in the
The war department has ordered for effort to pack the heavy offering of
the use of the allies 16,000,000 pounds fruit.
i h a s a c o m p l e t e l in e o f p e n c i l s , l e a s e r s , p e n s , bo o k
of Oregon prunes of the 50-60 size.
A party of seven timber cruisers
i STRAPS, LOI NTAIN PENS, PENCIL ASSORTMENTS, COMPOSI
Close to 2000 sacks of sphagnum have spent the past two months mak
moss were gathered from the Sand ing a cruise of the 87,000-acre tract of
i TION PADS, SLATES AND PENCILS FOR LITTLE ONES, PEN
I-ake moss bogs by citizens of Tills
♦he Booth-Kelly company which lies in
i CIL BOXES, SPONGES, COMPOSITION BOOKS, NOTE BOOKS,
mook
county last week.
northern Klamath and Lake counties,
Here are American troops, blanket rolls on backs, rifles in hand,
f t PAINTS AND DRAWING SUPPLIES, DIVIDERS, RULERS, ETC., I
Colonel William H. C. Bowen, United It is understood that the estimate is
debarking
in England from the transport on which they made a safe journey
ETC., AT PRICES LOW CONSIDERING MARKET CONDITIONS.
States army, retired, has been ap- being made by the Long-Bell company from some “Atlantic Port” .
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pointed commander of the students' w,th a view to the purchase of the
So continuously do American soldiers pass through villages of south
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army training corps at the University ; tract.
eastern England, en route from some British or Scotch port where they
of
Oregon.
General matters affecting taxation have left their ships to some channel port to complete their voyage to
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E V E R Y T H IN G TO COMPLETE THE OUTFIT
School at Dundee has been closed will be considered at the annual meet France on the small cross-channel steamers, that the residents call It the
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to give the pupils and teachers an op ing of the State Taxpayers’ league, “ endless line” .
portunity to assist in harvesting the which has been set for Saturday, Sep
Fourth Liberty Loan bonds will provide more and bigger transport for
PU RE DRUGS
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immense crop of prunes grown in the tember 28, at 10 a. m., by Walter M. our soldiers and more destroyers to protect them from submarines.
community.
Pierce, of La Grande, president of the
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A big farm tractor demonstration league. A large attendance is expect
was held at Linneman Junction, 10 ed at the session, which will be held
miles
east of Portland. Twenty-six in Portland.
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OITY AND COUNTRY
U. S. Grant, of Dallas, president of
makes of tractors and 53 different trac
tors were entered.
the National Mohair Growers’ associa
Twice
A
Week
1 $50 BOND WILL BUY high explosive for 100 3-inch Stokes Trench
Tell The Post.
A. B. Mathews, o f Thurston, killed tlon, has received telegraphic notice Mortars.
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a balky horse, had a complaint issued of the action on mohair by the war in
2 $50 BONDS WILL BUY trinitrotoluol for one 14-inch shell
Additional short news items on
for his own arrest on a charge of cruel dustries board. Secretary F. O. Lan
3 $50 BONDS WILL FEED 1 soldier 350 days.
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ty to animals and paid a fine of $10 drum, of the association, wired that
4 $50 BONDS WILL BUY 5000 rifle or machine gun cartridges.
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mohair can be sold in the open mar
In Justice WellB’ court.
5 $50 BONDS WILL BUY 2 light Browning machine guns.
Miss Edhu Mills was here today.
W. E. Durand, assistant cashier of ket, prices ranging above 85 cents per
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the Redmond Bank of Commerce, was pound. Recent sales in New York are
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Word Butler is looking after busi- j
killed when the automobile which he verified at 95 cents.
ness in Eastern Oregon.
was driving wont off the grade in the
The Oregon Agricultural college will
Miss Bessie Swope* will leave to
eastern part of The Dalles.
put special stress upon football and
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Tice were morrow for Woodbum where sfie
In view of a probable shortage of other athletics this year. Because of
lien; fj’oin Portland this week.
goes to teach in the schools.
labor for gathering the apple crop, the war conditions, it is even more im
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Hood River Apple Growers’ association portant than usual to have every man
The Kaiser, the beast of Berlin at
Miss Emma Henkle writes from
is urging attendance at the annual physically fit, in the opinion of Presi
the ISIS next Friday night, Sept. ¿0. Ogden, Utah, that she is is delighted
dent Kerr, Intramural contests are
packiug and grading school.
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with the place ami the school.
The annual Oregon conference of the being planned which are expected to
Dr. R. E. Duganne, Dentist, Inde
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Methodist Episcopal church is to be develop each man in college from a
pendence National Bank Building.
LOST- Between Independence and
held In Portland, September 25 to 30, physical standpoint.
Dallas, a black overcoat. Finder under the direction of Bishop William
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Highway work in Oregon will pro
Miss Frances Eaton is visiting rel please leave at the Catholic rectory. Orville Shepherd of Chicago.
ceed regardless of the recent order ol
atives and friends in Independence.
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United States Wood Administrator the fuel administration requiring ap
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Mrs. Olon Whiteaker visited in Green has finished for the time being proval by the federal highways council
School children will find a com Portland this week. She will begin the valuing of wools in Portland ware before further work be done. Secre
plete line of supplies at Williams' her school at Perrydale next Mon houses. An additional 4,000,000 pounds
tary Pennybaker, of the council, tele
day.
Drug Co.
of wool was appraised in the past 10 graphed to the state highway commis
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a i v n c r R H t t n « i x v u ^ c i i u g-j a h e a d On
Miss Irene Eddy will enter O. A. (’. | Miss Elsie Lemmon and brother,
A new high record for packing all >*vik uuti - u u . i -a ... providing
this year. She will specialize in mu Leonard, returned to their home in peaches was made by Mrs. Ed Everson material» tor »uca worn are available
ttic.
Portland last Thursday after a visit of Portland, who packed 210 boxes of
Urrirawar» with
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Bert Teats was recently arrested
on the Frank Ogle ranch near The Willamette valley, foresee a sudden
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and tlned $25 for fishing without a
Dalles.
end to the industry as a result of the rience the injurious effects of poorly fitted shoes
Miss
Madeline
Kreamer
left
last
license.
The evergreen blackberry crop In government’s decision to prohibit the —how they ruin the feet and menace the gen
Tuesday for Ashland where sin* goes
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Lane county this year will aggregate manufacture of beer after December 1
Mrs. Bascne is having excellent to resume her school work as prin- 400 tons and bring $50,000 into the next. With picking under way in eral health and efficiency. Then let your boy
Hales on her Fall hats so early in d »ml of ,hp s, hools fhpre-
county, according to E. J. Adams, for most of the yards, growers are unde or girl profit by the lesson—
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th e season.
mer member of the state highway com cided whether to continue to harvest
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Ladies, those smart hats at Mrs. mission. ~ •'*««*?. v
the crop or to abandon the yards at
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Mis. II. A. Childs is here from Rescue's cannot he duplicated for
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Use o f yellow pine for airplane con once?"
Portland visiting her daughter, Mrs. tin* same money. Buy now while struction has been approved by the
At a conference of bankers held in
the selections are complete.
W. J. Clark.
government, and the Blue Mountain Portland a resolution was adopted rec
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region of the Whitman national forest ommendlng to the American Bankers
The first meeting of the Eastern
Dr. and Mrs. W. R. Allin will Is coming to the front with its quota association action to maintain gold
Star for the season was held last spend two months on their farm. of material.
production of the country at the pre
Tuesday evening.
Ira A. Hanshuett, a bachelor, who war volume. The conference was held
Young William will remain here
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with Mrs. P. M. Kirkland and attend has lived alone on a farm near Fall under auspices of the executive com give little feet ample room to develop naturally,
j creek, southeast of Eugene, for the mlttee of the Oregon Bankers’ associa
Miss Lucile Craven has gone to school.
past five or six yeHrs, was burned to tlon, and a number of bankers ot And w e know just how to fit them, having
Hood River to resume touching her
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i ileftth in a brush fire on his place sev Washington, Oregon and California studied the question thoroughly.
school near there.
Miss Mae Hopkins of Raymond, eral days ago.
were present.
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Wash., was the week end guest of
Government disapproval of extensive
Plans have been practically com
Chief of Police Aneli has moved Mrs. .1. C. Collins. Miss Hopkins has
I expenditures for road work induced pleted for training at least 200 and
into the house recently vacated liy just returned from France ami re
j the Douglas county court to issue an possibly 400 young men for special c a r r y f o r t h e m t h e l a t e s t s t y l e s a t p r i c e s t h a t
Mrs. Snowie Kurre.
lates many interesting experiences order suspending all highway improve-
military purposes at Albany college a r e S u r e t O S a t i s f y .
in that country.
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One of those photos nutde ut Mich
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- to keep the roads passable.
special instruction in army band mu
aels' Studio is just what the hoy
The total fire loss in the state for sic, preparatory training in other mili
.1. C. Ecker of Poison, Montana
“over there" is wanting.
was an arrival in Independent’« August, outside of Portland, was $636,- tary work and also in certain college
Tuesday to visit with The Post fam i 415, according to figures prepared by courses. It is planned to send the first
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Miss Mary Williams arrived ilv until further notice. ‘Dad" retir I Harvey Wells, state fire marshal. The class October 14 and continue the
from Chicago Thursday and is ready <*d fixmi the new spaper game several most serious loss was that of $100.000 course of Instruction until June.
A county cannot be a bidder for con
to begin her duties as critic toucher. venrs ago anti in hi« tim e was one o f worth of hay near Lakeview.
Owing to the continued dry weather struction of state highways, Attorney-
She will make her home With Mrs. | the most aide and hest known edi
torinl writers in the Missouri valley, j of the past summer which resulted in General Brown held In an opinion sub
Ilattic Henkle,
the drying up of springs in the coast mitted to District Attorney Hodgin, of
mountains from which the water sup Union county. Union county offered
ply of Dallas Is obtained, a water fam the best bid on two jobs of road work
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ine is feared unless the fall rains set to be done by the state highway com
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mission in that county, executed the
in earlier than usual.
Finding of human bones In the ruins required bond and attended to other
of the Washington county poor house formalities. Some money was needed
at Newton, which burned Thursday, and the county made application to a
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made It certain that John Relnberger bank for a loan. The bank questioned
and Rudolph Strainer, two inmates the legality o f ths procedure.
HE crude ovens pio
who were missing, were cremated.
After devastating ths high line ditch
WHEN you sit down to a meal you like to know
Both were about 80 years old.
trail, Gold Hill's famous strolling
tili
tured
here may be all
2 1 That Lloyd Anson, 18-year-old son of grounds on the heights north of the
that your food came from a store where repu
right
for
the
preparation of
• J. G. Anson, of Telocaset, captured five city, a forest fire which had been rag
tation counts— a store where best quality goods
Germans lone-handed while acting as ing for a week on the divide between
food for the Mexicans, but
are really best quality.
message bearer for an engineers com the Rogue river and Sams valley on
they would never serve the
pany In France, Is the Information the south and Sardine and Evans creek
purpose
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f
a
bakery
that caters to the people
ft i coming to the parents. He was men valleys on the north, threatened th e !
This store gives you that advantage. W e buy
! tioned in dispatches for his bravery.
city. The entire population, with the
of this community.
our stock more carefully than our most partic
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With a lead of 97 eggs over the fire department equipment, resorted to j
ular customer.
f t second pen In the contest and but an backfiring to prevent heavy loss. The :
I other month to go. indications are that burned area extends from Gold Hill j
honors in the seventh annual inter northeast for nearly 20 miles and Is
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STAPLE AND FAN CY GOODS
national egg-laying contest at Victoria, from three to /Ire miles
need the most modem of baking appliances, and
■ B. C., will go to ths pen o f Bar-ed
Figures prepared by Professor J. O
AT LOW PR IC E S
also need expert care in their preparation. That
f t Rocks entered by Orégon Agricultural Hall, engaged in preparing the biennial
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report for State Labor Commissioner
they are of superior quality is proved by the state
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It pays to buy quality goods, particularly when
Resolutions expressing the apprecia Hoff, show that 44.000 males of Oregon
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of our large number of satisfied customers.
you can get them at prices as low as ours. A
tion . sympathy and condolences of the { over 18 years of age are estimated to ;
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members of the state board of eontr->l ' be In military service or in occupations j
fair trial here means a steady customer every
? have been adopted bjr that board it» i essential to winning of the war; 64.000
time.
B i connection with the death recently of are engaged In agriculture, forestry
■ E. T. Moores, superintendent of the ! and animal husbandry; 700 In the ex '
Oregon school for the blind; A. E. traction of minerals. 25.000 In trans-
h o n
HONEST
V A LU E S M AKE US GROW
■ Strang, chief engineer at the s'ate hos- portation activities. 85.000 In tncchan
Ï pltal; C. M. Wilcox, head Of the poul- leal and manufacturing industries, 19.-
£ try department at the state hospital, 800 in trade, 2600 in public service,
ft and Fred W. Hendley. chief book- 6300 In professional service, 7300 In
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keeper at the eastern Oregon state boe- domestic service and 2600 In clerical
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
THE ‘ENDLESS LIKE’ ROLLS ON AND OH
OF GENERAMNTEREST
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Williams ’ Drug Co.
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Lunch Baskets
W a r Funds Go Up in Smoke,
Take Huns Along With Them
News Items of public interest are
gladly received and much appreci
ated. Bring them, send them, phone
them or mail them.
thank yon.
You may know from your own expe
A lw a ys Buy Shoes
That Fit
Our children’s shoes are designed to
W e also fit grown folks perfectly and
Conkey & Walker
Best Groceries
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Quality and cleanliness are the twin moltucs
o f thb bakery at all times.
C. A. Locbridge