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P acific college a t N ew berg h as In­
a u g u ra te d a cam paign for a w ar-tim e
deficiency fund of 810,000.
A lexander M. H olm es, a p ioneer
w idely know n th ro u g h o u t M arlon, Polk
and Y am hill counties, died a t S u blim ­
The boys had better Stay over there a few months
ity, aged 78.
T he S o u th ern O regon P o u ltry asso­
longer. Otherwise they’ll get back in time to run into the
ciatio n w ill hold its a n n u a l show m
“ flu” which is about as disagreeable as going over the top
M edford on th e 18th, 19th and 20th
of D ecember.
I. H. Van W inkle, a ss ista n t atto rn e y
A league of nations is possible if the United States
gen eral of O regon, Is confined In a
Great Britain and France, the three great powers, wil
h o sp ital a t C olorado S prings, Colo.,
w ith an Infected hand.
come to an understanding, insist that all other nations
D espite ad v erse recom m endations of
disarm and force tin* settlement of all international prob
th e c itiz e n s’ ad v iso ry budget com m it­
tee, th e rose festival probably w ill ba
lems and differences between nations to arbitration. With
resum ed In P o rtlan d n ext Ju n e.
German militarism destroyed and a league of nations a
C ounty officials from th ro u g h o u t
reality, war would forever be abolished and peace on earth
O regon a re m eeting In P o rtla n d th is
week for th e a n n u a l convention of th e
would reign supreme until the end of time.
A ssociation of C ounty Ju d g es and
C om m issioners.
An em ergency h o sp ital has been op­
It has been proven without a reasonable doubt that the
ened a t A dam s w ith th e co-operation
“ crowding” of pupils with longer hours and longer les­
’of th e A dam s b ranch of th e U m atilla
sons is detrimental to the pupil and brings about just the
county Red C ross to c are for S panish
in flu en za cases.
opposite effect than was intended when put into practice
W. B. A yer, for 18 m o n th s fed eral
in order to make up for lost time caused by a forced va­
food a d m in is tra to r for Oregon, h a s re­
signed h is office and nam ed W. K.
cation due to the influenza epidemic. Portland and many
Newell, a s s is ta n t food a d m in is tra to r,
other schools have gone back to the old schedule after try­
to a c t in h is stead.
F ra n k V. Pedro, w ealth y sheepm an
ing out the “ crowding” experiment. A pupil’s capacity
of th e B u tte r creek co u n try , n e a r
for study is limited; he call do just so much and no more.
Echo, killed h im self a t h is hom e in
To force him is an evil that should not for a moment be
P en d leto n by sw allow ing a larg e q u an ­
tity of stry ch n in e.
tolerated.
Up to th e beg in n in g of th e week th e
d e a th toll In P o rtla n d from Influenza
to taled 602 since th e epidem ic s ta rte d
When the new Congress convehes for its first session
in October. T he to ta l nu m b er of cases
next year, two men will appear with certificates of elect­
rep o rted w as 8809.
A large b a rn on th e Je s s T ra v e r
ion entitling them to a seat therein. One is Victor Berger,
farm , n o rth w est of F o rest Grove, w as
the well known anti-war Socialist, who was elected to the
burned, th e fire consuening 1000 tona
House of Representatives from Wisconsin and the other
of bay, all th e farm m ach in ery and
o th e r valuable p roperty.
is Colonel Newberry, elected to the Senate from Michigan.
To b rin g a tte n tio n to P endleton as
The latter was chosen by a srnalll majority over Henry
an ideal place to spend th e w in te r and
to m ake an all-year hom e Is th e p u r­
Ford, a fabulous sum of money being used in his interest
pose of a cam paign ju s t launched by
which is admitted. Because of his utterances and actions
tn e P endleton C om m ercial association.
T he general s trik e th re a te n e d for
during the War, there is much opposition to Mr. Berger
M onday, on b ehalf of T hom as Mooney,
being permitted to take his 'seat. There is some protest
w as abandoned so fa r as P o rtla n d was
against Colonel Newberry occupying the seat to which he
concerned, w hen th e C en tral L abor
council adopted a reso lu tio n to th is
was elected by the expenditure of a large sum of money.
effect.
Without going into the merits or demerits of the conten­
C om m ercial pow er ra te s of th e
P o rtlan d R ailw ay. L ig h t & Pow er
By courtesy o f C lare B riggs, New York T ribune.
tion that Mr. Berger should not be allowed to become a
com pany an d th e N o rth w estern E lec­
member of Congress, it would lx* more contrary to Ameri­
tric com pany, of P o rtla n d , a re In­
and p ro u d est reco rd s of th e w boie w ar
period and, g re a t a s h as been th is
creased In o rd e rs issued by th e public
can principles and ideals to seat. Colonel Newberry whom
s t a te ’» p a rt in all p a trio tic endeavors,
service com m ission.
it is admitted bought the honor with dollars and cents.
noth in g could fill th e h e a rts of its
A fter a search ex ten d in g th ro u g h o u t
people w ith a h ig h er degree of pride
As between Berger and Newberry, Newberry is the great­
th e e n tire U nited S ta te s since la s t
th an the official acknow ledgm ent from
A ugust, Mrs. E th el M. Scott, w anted
est enemy to Democracy. Berger did wrong to continue
th e N ational C apital th a t O regon's
A m erican flying men In F ra n c e a re In E ugene fo r forgery of checks and
his anti-war propaganda after his country had entered the
m en stood far and aw ay above all
to receive speclul a tte n tio n from the postal m oney o rd ers, was a rre ste d in
o th e rs in clean m anhood.
conflict, but Newberry did a greater wrong when he per­
A m erican Ited C ross as the resu lt of a
" T h a t the w ork of th e O regon So­ re q u e s t fo r such service th a t h as been San B ern ard in o , Cal.
mitted the money interests to buy him a seat in the Senate
em ergency board m et M onday
cial
H
ygiene
Society,
carried
forw
ard
Surgeon-General Blue Wires fo r but seven years, should produce received from G eneral P a tric k , C hief a t T he
of the United States.
th e request of G overnor W ithy-
o f th e A ir Service. B ecause o f the
Fact is Disclosed in First such m agnificent re su lts, Is a su b ject necessity of keeping a v ia to rs over­ combe, to consider an ap p licatio n for
of th e m ost g ratify in g kind to tha se a s in th e very b est m ental and a deficiency ap p ro p ria tio n of $3000 for
1,000.000 Camp Reports.
• n tlra B oard," said E xecutive S ecre­ physical condition fo r th e ir hazardous th e public service com m ission to In­
ta ry C um m ins. "E v e ry one of the w ork officials of the av iation b ran ch of v estig ate telephone rates.
men who hav e w orked so h ard to th e service have long fe lt they should
W ith only 8000 m otor vehicle li­
Only F ifty nine H u n d redth» of One P er
brin g ab o u t th e re s u lt reg ard th is of­ have m ore com forts and o p p o rtu n ities
C ent Found to H ave V enereal Dis­
ficial n o tificatio n from th e Surgeon- fo r relax atio n th an a re provided by cense ap p licatio n s received to d ate out
of th e 63,317 re g iste re d la s t year. Sec­
G eneral as a com plete vindication of th e o rd in ary canteen.
ea se on A rrival a t C an to n m in ta.
th a program sought to be c a rrie d fo r­
In com pliance w ith the request the re ta ry Olcott w arn s c a r ow n ers to get
w ard in th is sta te . T h at tha public R ed C ross Is estab lish in g special com­ th e ir ap p licatio n s in a t onge to avoid
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w ill respond te sane, c le a r facta, right- 1 b in atio n m ess and recreatio n canteens tro u b le a fte r th e firs t of th e year.
* ly p re se n te d , is a lso d e m o n strated a t all points In F ra n c e w here o u r avi­
A convention of th e S tate F e d eratio n
S u rg eo n .G en eral's Official
♦ beyond doubt. E d u cato rs, w ha have ato rs, e ith e r stu d e n ts o r officers, a re
T elegram
* a ssiste d g re a tly im th e w ork, m ay well statio n ed . E x tra com forts an d a tte n ­ of L abor will be held In Salem on
♦ feel th a t young m en u n d er th e ir tu te ­ tion will be provided fo r o u r "bird J a n u a r y 6. T he convention w as sched­
O regon Social H ygiene Society, ♦ lage will a b so rb th e benefit to be de­ m en” a t th ese canteens. T hey will be uled to be held a t B end In O ctober,
720 S ellin g Bldg., C ortland
* riv ed from in fo rm atio n along physio­ presided over by A m erican women of b u t the prevalence of in flu en za th e re
A ta b u la tio n of oao million ♦ logical lines, rig h tly ad m in istered . Intelligence and cheerful personality, m ade It necessary to postpone th e ses­
re p o rts firs t received from ♦ P a re n ts m ust now see plainly th a t w hose chief duty will be to c re a te as sion.
cam p su rg eo n s th ro u g h o u t the + th e ir ch ild ren should have th e tru th much hom e atm o sp h ere as possible In
C yrus H am lin W alker, of A lbany,
c o u n try show s th a t O regon ♦ as to th e ir physical beings and th at, the circum stances.
oldest liv in g w hite naan born w est of
lead s th e c o u n try w ith a ra te ♦ h av in g th is, untold good will re s u lt.” I T he A m erican Red C ross Is to have
th e Rocky m o u n tain s, reached th e 80th
of fifty nine h u n d re d th s of one ♦ I " F u tu re g en eratio n s, follow ing, a re sole charge of th ese av iatio n canteens.
y
ear of h is life S atu rd ay . Mr. W alk er
I t IWt s fm rthtr — that’» why yon
p er cen t found to have a v ener­ + hound to d e m o n stra te th e b en efits of
tan f t th i food tatto o f thit ciati
w as b o rn D ecem ber 7, 1838, a t th e old
eal disease on a rriv in g in + O regon's clean m anhood, as s e t forth
ASK THE SOLDIERS.
i f toiaccn without »atra coti.
W h itm an m ission, n e a r W alla W alla,
cam p. It Is hoped th a t O regon ♦ o fficially ,” com m ented A. F, Flegel.
can c o n tln u s vigorous m easure* ♦ p re s id e n t of th e Society. "T h is rec
T h a t the soldiers, sa ilo rs and m a­ W ash.
tn co m b atin g v e n areal d iseases ♦ ord c an n o t be o v erestim ated . It ie a rin es a re deeply ap p reciativ e of the
F orm al p ro te st a g a in a t class fre ig h t
durin g th e period of dem obili­ ♦ glo rio u s ach iev em en t."
canteen service o f th e A m erican Red ra te s proposed u n d e r th e C ham bers-
zation and th e re a fte r.
+
“T he full significance of th e official C ross Is given am ple evidence many P ro u ty scale for ra ilro a d s of th e coun­
♦
R U P E R T BLUE. + an n o u n cem en t from Dr. Blue Is d if­ tim es every day. T he keynote o f th eir try , h as been m ade to I n te rs ta te Com­
♦
+
lt to g ra sp ,” said A dolphe W olfe, j app reciatio n is p erh ap s b est expressed m erce C om m issioner A ltchlson by
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ + + ♦ ♦ + ficu
tr e a s u re r of th e Society. "D ealing as on th e post card s w hich they send to C h airm an M illar of th e public serv ice
th e "fo lk s back1 hom e" w hen en route
P U GRAVELY T O B A C C O CO , D A N V I L L E V A
O regon m en, called to th e colors j it does w ith hum an life and m orals, it to points o f em hnrkatlon.
e*
From a com m ission.
d u rin g th e g re a te st of all w ars, were is. in a la rg e r sense, m ore im p o rta n t . dozen picked up a t random the follow ­
W arden Stevens, of th e s ta te p e n i-"
physically th a c le a n e st tn th e en tire th a n m any o th e r achiev em en ts, not to j ing sen tim en ts w ere tak en and “speak te n tla ry , has appointed Jo h n C. T alley
d e tra c t one w hit from any of them
U nited S ta te s Army.
fo r them selves
d ep u ty w arden, su p p lem en tin g C harles
Such la no t th e m ar* b aaat of any A t th e o u tset, m any good people i “ R ed C ross a re su re tre a tin g us
B urns, w ho w ill become tu rn k e y to
e itla sn of th is s ta te , backed oaly by doubted th e ab ility of th e O regon So­ g re a t en ro u te.”
succeed
L. C. B ro th erto n , te m p o ra rily
cial
H
ygiene
Society
to
accoaspllsh
a high sen se of local pride, hut it Is
"R ed C ross a re su re m aking It happy
I th in k now-, fo r us.”
relieved. Mr. T alley has been d eputy
th e esta b lish e d recard ef th a U nited w orth-w hile resu lts.
w arden a t M cN eill's islan d federal
B tatas Army, co m m unicated to th e how ever, no fu rth e r com m ent need I “ S u pport Red C ross In ev ery th in g .”
O regen Social H ygiene Society by ha had. S urgeon G eneral B lue's te le 1 " F o r G od's sak e n ev er say ’No’ to prison.
th e R ed Cross. T h ey ’re w onderful.”
R u p e rt Blue, S urgeon O e a a ra l, thus gram ia su fficien t.’’
T he U n iv ersity of O regon a t E ugene
A Successful Business Career of
L lautenant-C olonel P. C. Field, di-
“ Long live th e R ed Cross."
giving It th a g re a te st possible w eight.
will conduct e x am in atio n s on J a n u a ry
vision
su
rg
eo
n
-o
f
th
a
91st
Division
at
Twenty-Five Years
“T h e Red C ross a re angels to us the 17 far young men who have th e neces­
As will he seen by p eru sal of the
foregoing teleg ram from Surgeon Caasp Lew is, has officially credited w ay they tr e a t us."
sa ry q u alificatio n s for recom m enda­
“C anteen service 100 per c e n t tn j
G eneral Blua. n tab u la tio n of 1.000.IIO th e splendid record m ade by O regon
tio n to th e U nited S ta te s nav al acad ­
asaa
to
th
e
ed
u
catio
n
al
w
ork
th
a
t
has
T
o
le
d
o
;
fifteen
carlo
ad
s
of
ns
well
of th a flm t rep o rt* received from
em y a t A nnapolis, follow ing a req u est
oaaip s u r g e e a t placee O regon in the been s a d Is being done by th a O regon tak en c a re of."
"R ed C ross serv in g coffee. Oh. they received from C ongressm an W. C.
lead w ith a ra te ef fifty-nine hun­ Social H ygiene Society.
do so much for n s !’’
H awley.
dred th * of one per cen t (w hich m eans
“ Do all you can fo r Red C ross— they ! One of th e biggest h au ls of bootleg
laea than a ll man te th a th o u san d ),
O ut of em pty g ra n a rie s to draw 141,.
or. oaaaparad w ith a a a th e r w ire frost 000,00(1 b ushels fo r ex p o rt—th e will of do so much fo r us.”
w hiskey ev er c ap tu red In C lackam as
-•i w in * ir w e people oi A m erica
hiai. th is s ta te ’s sta n d in g is but a a free people accom plished th a t m a r­
county
w as seixed by S h e riff W ilson
could only see and renlize w hat the
fra c tla a low er th a n 18 tim e* ahead of vel.
H. Hirsckberg, Bros.
D. W. Sears, V. P.
boys a re doing out here," said a Cap. and D eputy S h e riff Jo in e r, w hen tw #
th e s ta te w ith th a h ig h est per cent of
tain a fte r C h ateao -T h lerry , “they S eattle men d riv in g a large a u t» carj
Ira D. Mix, Cashier
ln fe c tlo a . w hich w as eight and alaa-
would gladly back 'them up w ith th eir ry in g a W ashington license a ttn s g M *
Ilo
you
rem
em
ber
w
hen
food
con
;
W. H. Walker
I. A. Allen
O. D. Butler
te a th a p er c a n t (alg h ty n in e man to
last d o llars an d th e ir Uvea U
to get th ro u g h th e county « M i
tro
l
by
v
o
lu
n
tary
action
w
as
deem
ed
th e th o u sa n d ).
a a r j ,”
Thin c o n stitu te s on* e f the are a d e a l a d a tin g u d v eailird in dem ocracy Ï
CLTDE T. ECKER, Editor.
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