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% A. A A A A A * A ^ A A A A A A A W W W W W W W W WORLD HAPPENINGS p OF CORRENT WEEK h PEACE COST MORE THAN WAR K T j DEO ELEMENT NOW STATE N E W S IN BR IE F. I II ‘Four Billion-Dollar” Congress to Come, Says Good, of Iowa. SUCCESS OF VICTOR! LOAN COUNTED SURE Portland — Wheat—Government ba- Washington, D. C.—The passing of sis, $2.20 per bu. the “billion dollar” congresses of pre Flour— Patents, $11.45 delivered, $11.30 at mill; bakers’, $11.15011.30; war days and the forthcoming peace Brief Resume Most Soviet Rule Is Proclimed at whole wheat, $10.25010.40; graham, period of a “four billion dollar” con Nation's Credit Is Sufficient $10.05010.20. .. ,, gress Is predicted in a statement by for All Purposes. Wurzburg. Daily News Items. b> a vote of 69 to 7. Millfeed—Mill run, f. o. b. mill, car- Representative Good of Iowa, who will lots, $38 per ton; mixed cars, $38.50; . — Representative Hawley is spending ton lots,or over, $40; Ifess than tons, be chairman of the appropriations 1 his time while in Oregon inspecting $31; rolled barley, $52054; rolled oats committee in the next house. P D M P II P n FOR Y O U Public work and interviewing constlt- Reviewing the financial problems to $55 0 57; ground barley, $52 054. tU I R r lL C U r U ll ■ ' ' U uents relative to public matters. He be faced by the next congress, Mr. Corn—Whole, ton, $65 0 67; cracked, _______ plans to cover as much of the district $670 69. Good estimated that the appropria ' as possible before congress meets Events of Noted People, Governments again. Announcement at Munich Declares Hay—Buying prices, f. o. b. Port tions “necessary for the various gov Already Commerce and Industry Be land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $30© ernment expenditures” in the fiscal gin to Show Renewed Life, and Pacific Northwest and Other The Coos Bay Shipbuilding com ( Landtag Dissolved — Day Is 32 per ton; alfalfa, $25025.50; valley year ending June 20, 121, would total Things Worth Knowing. Declares Secretary. Proclaimed Holiday. pany has discharged a large number grain hay, $26; clover, $26027. more than $3,800,000,000. Strictest of employes, owing to lack of instruc- Butter—Cubes, extras, 58% c per lb. I tions regarding work of the two re- prints, parchment wrappers, extra, box economy, he added, would be neces Flnlistmeqts in the army since Feb- j maining hulls on its ways. Details of Washington, D. C. — Confidence in Wurzburg, Bavaria.—A soviet repub lots, 60061c; cartons, 61©62c; half sary to hold expenditures down even ruary 28, when voluntary recruiting the Emergency Fleet corporation’s de- lic was proclaimed here Tuesday. The boxes, %c more; less than half boxes the financial condition of the country to this total. was resumed to March 26, were 1533, signs have not been received, banks, telephone, telegraph ami news- lc more; butterfat, No. 1, 62 063c per "The next, congress,” said Mr. Good and its ability to float the forthcoming « the war department announced. I w u h the opening of Bpr,ng work in his statement, “will be brought face victory liberty loan was expressed paper offices were occupied by com pound, station. Continuing decline during March of an(j (he advent of the lambing season, munist troops. A strike began at 1 Flggs—Oregon ranch, case count, to face with many new and Intricate Tuesday by Secretary Glass in reply deaths from influenza throughout the a shortage of help is being experi 41c; candled, 42c; selects, 44c. problems, and many of them will call country is noted in the census bu -1 enced at The Dalles and the local o'clock in the f tiorning. The factor Poultry—Hens, 33035c; roosters for large expenditures of money. It Is ing to the suggestion of Senator Cal- der of New York that a special session reau’s weekly health report. branch of the federal employment ies and shops, except the food shops, 22c; stags, 25c; ducks, geese and live impossible to estimate what expenses turkeys, nominal; dressed turkeys. will be involved in the future in the of congress should be called to stop The Serbian legation in London has service is unable to supply the de- were closed. depreciation in the market of liberty 43c. administration of the railroad, opera heard nothing of the reported procla- mand of local ranchers for farm hands bonds. Munich.—On behalf of the revolu tion of our merchant marine, the war Veal—Fancy, 22%c per pound. mation of a republic in Belgrade. It Far from -agreeing that the decline A well-defined movement for com risk insurance payments and to pro tionary central council of Bavaria, says that the report is quite untrue. »Pork—Fancy, 25c per pound. in outstanding bonds might jeopardize mission government for Salem is now vide homesteads for our soldiers. the popular campaign for flotation of Vegetables —r Cabbage, $3.75 04.50 Unless President Wilson intervenes, under way and may result in a special Herr Mekisch addressed the following “While difficult to make a reliable Eugene V. Debs will be sent to the city election in conjunction with the official telegram to all the workmen’s per 100 pounds; lettuce, $3.75 0 5 per forecast as to what the expenses of the victory issue this month, thereby crate; peppers, 45c per pound; celery, the government will be for the fiscal tleing up credits by forcing the banks Atlanta prison April 15, according to i special state election on June 2 to councils: advices received in Cleveland, O., from ,iecide whether the capital city will "The workers of Bavaria have over $9012 per crate; artichokes, $1.65; year ending June 30, 1921, it is reas to take the new bonds, Mr. Glass de Washington. forsake the aldermanic form .for the come their party divisions and united cauliflower, $1.50 0 3 ; squash, 3%c per onably safe to assume that the execu clared that he was assured the treas Swedish press reports received at commission plan, in a mighty block against all domina pound; beets, $2.50 per sack; carrots, tive departments will most earnestly ury’s efforts to solve the financial the state department said the situa tion and exploitation. They have tak $2.0002.25 per sack; turnips, $2.000 urge appropriations at least as large problems of the country would have tion in Potrograd is steadily growing Dr- Jean cline ° f Portland and Dr. en over in workers’, soldiers’ and peas 2.50 per sack; cucumbers, $2.25 per as those appropriated for the fiscal^ the support of "a united and victorious worse. Hospitals were reported still H. H. Ollnger of Salem have been ap- ants’ councils entire public authority. dozen; tomatoes, $4.25 per box; spin year ending June 30, 1920, for such ap people.” Depreciation in bonds, he short of medical supplies. pointed members of the state board “The landtag has lfcen dissolved and ach, $1.25 per box; peas, 18020c per propriations were made to administer said, has been the result of artificial : of dental examiners, according to an people’s commissions have been ap lb.; rhubarb, $2.50©$3.25 per box; as these departments on a peace basis causes and he knew of no one who did a A bolshevikl wireless official mes nouncement by Governor Olcott. They pointed. Complete order prevails in paragus, 12%©15c per pound, $506 If we presume, however, that both the not believe that all liberty bonds sa g e admits the withdrawal of the bol- _ succeed Dr. Walter J. Larson of Port- public affairs and business and the ad per box. military and naval programs will be would sell above par before maturity. shevik troops in the I inega area un- |and and Dr AJex McDouga„ of Ba. “There is today no insufficiency of t Potatoes—Oregon Burbanks, best, ministration are continuing. greatly reduced and that our standing der pressure of the allies for about ■ ^ whoge termg have exp(red credit for the needs of any useful en '$1.75 0 2; Yakimas, $1.7502; new Cal army will be limited to 250,000 men ’’Works will be controlled by the seven miles on March 20. ifornia, 12 %c per pound; sweets, 6%c. it will require rather strict economy terprise, nor insufficiency of gold to workers’ councils, which will control Phlllppine officials, following study ¡ Lumber shipments from the Colum- workers and direct affairs, jointly with Onions—Oregon, jobbing prices, $4 to bring the regular supply bills un support our credit structure,” Secre of Independence plans, will instruct bia river during the month of March the managers. Everything belongs to ©5 per sack. der $2,150,000,000. To this must be tary Glass declared. the special mission now In America as were unusually light. Figures com to the (Community. Independent so Echoes of the political fight which Hops—Oregon, 1918 crop, 380 40c added the permanent and indefinite occupied the closing hours of con to what form of republic is desired, piled by Deputy Collector Haddix cialization is therefore out of the ques appropriations of approximately $1 it was announced In Manila Saturday. show that 21 vessels loaded at the tion. It is the duty of the workers’, per pound; 1919 contracts, 30035c per 650,000,000, or a grand total of more f e s s were contained in the secre pound. mills in the lower river district during than $3,800,000,000 necessary for the tary’s reply, which was in the form peasants' and soldiers’ councils every Field Marshal von Hindenburg, with Mohair—1919 clip, 40©45c per lb. the month and their combined cargoes various government activities. It will of a letter to the New York senator. where to attend to the protection of a large staff, has arrived at Gliwice, | j amounted to 15,663,000 feet of lumber. the sovlbt republic and its peaceful Cascara Bark—Old, 13c per pound. require the exercise of strict economy He quoted from a speech by Senator northern Silesia, and, contrary to the to hold the expenditures down to ap Calder on the victory liberty bond bill, terms of the armistice, has ordered j The first public sale of shorthorn development. ' They will take over April 7, 1919. in which the senator declared that he proximately these figures.” local authority and control of the ad a general mobilization In that region, cattie jn the Rogue river valley was The run of live stock at the North Mr. Good estimated that the appro saw no reason “why we should not according to dispatches to the Journal |ie](j ¡n Medford Saturday, 26 animals ministration and are responsible to feel certain of the future.” Mr. Glass Portland yards for the week to date de Geneva. being sold for a total of $1415. Colonel the working people for all actions and is approximately 2000 cattle, 100 priations made by congress for the said there had been no adverse devel war period and for the fiscal year omissions. Clarence H. Mackay, president of A. L. Stevenson of Corvallis was auc “Today is a national holiday. Work calves, 6150 hogs and 8750 sheep and ending June 30, 1920, totaled more opments since the bill was passed, the Postal Telegraph Cable company, tioneer and Professor E. L. Patter of will be suspended, but the railways, lambs. The cattle market id holding than $47,110,000,000. The revenue to which would make necessary a special In a statement said that the 20 per the animal husbandry department of and food, water, lighting and heating steady as per quotations. While hogs meet these appropriations he estimat session, as Mr. Calder advocated. cent increase In telegraph rates order Oregon Agricultural college and secre have fluctuated some the week’s trade ed at $16,657,000,000 to be derived Already commerce and industry be services will continue.” ed by Postmaster-General Burleson tary of the Northwest Shorthorn asso- is closing In a healthy condition with through customs receipts and income gin to show signs of the renewed life means a loss of $16,000,00 a year to j dation assisted in the sale. the bulk of sales at $18.85. The sheep and other taxes and $25,888,000,000 to which must follow the removal of the telegraph users. and lamb market is steady to strong, be raised from the sale of bonds restraints and interferences which The Bend council has authorized an Flares of Smoke and Flame war made necessary,” the secretary A terrible epidemic of typhus is election at which the floating of an to Mark Out Airplane Route with prices well maintained as quoted. notes and war savings stamps. said. raging at Pforzheim, Baden, according $18,000 bond issue will be placed on Cattle-Best steers, $130 14.50; good to the Tageblatt. Thousands of per the ballot. The date of the election Washington, D. C. — Flame and to choice, $11.50012.50; medium to sons are stricken. The epidemic is has not yet been announced. Test smoke flares developed during the good, $10011; fair to good, $9010; New Mexican Revolt attributed to bad water and is difficult votes taken by local civic organize common to fair, $809; choice cows Starts to Simmer war and improved recently by chemi to combat, owing to the famished con tions had favored a special tax as a and heifers, $10.50012.50; good to Washington, D. C.—Notice of the cal experts of the army will be factors choice c. and h., $9010; medium *o dition of the people. safe arrival in Mexico of General Blan- means of discharging the city warrant in the trans-Atlantic flight to be un good c. and h., $708; fair to medium quet, war minister under the Huerta Two hundred persons were injured, indebtedness. Washington, D. C.—The meat pack dertaken next month by naval sea c. and h., $506; canneri, $3.5004.50; regime and now avowedly second in including 60 American soldiers, in an That there is no surplus of skilled planes. ’Commander J. H. Towers, in bulls, $609; calves, $9.50013.50-; command in the Felix Diaz revolu ing industry, which has been under explosion of gasoline at Echternach, j _ " . tionary movement, was received Sat federal license since October, 1917, Belgium, Tuesday, Fifteen of the in- farm labor in Morrow county is shown charge of preparations for the flight, stockers and feeders, $9010. Jured are in a serious condition. An Ihe fact that Cloud White, an ex Hogs—Prime mixed, $18.85018.90; urday at the state department. Offi was released April 1st from food ad explained that the flares would be in American automobile "stopped In the tensive farmer In the eastern part of medium mixed, $18.75018.85; rough cials said no attention would be given ministration control by a proclama town to take on fuel. The machine ,^le county, is alone operating two the shape of bombs which, upon strik heavies, $16.85016.90; pigs, $16.25© the matter, since it was one to be tion signed by President Wilson in dealt with by the government of Mex Paris. caught fire and spread to stored gaso ei8ht-mule three-bottom plowing out ing the water, would give off flame 17.25; bulk $18.85. Under the proclamation “all per fits, turning six 14-inch furrows every and smoke, the one visible for long line. Sheep—Prime lambs, $16017; fair ico recognized by the United States. time he goes around his field. He is distances at night and the other by to medium lambs $14015; yearling, Ambassador Bonillas said the gov sons, firms, corporations, or associa Idaho went under a new system of thus plowing 16 to 20 acres a day. day. The flares would remain virtu $11012.50; wethers, $9010; ewes, eminent of Mexico was fully capable tions engaged in importing, manufac government Tuesday, the cabinet or turing, including packing, storing or ally stationary on the water, indicat $6.50010.50. of dealing with the revolutionists. The first payment of the license tax ing the angle at which the machines commission form. distributing fresh, canned or cured Flnrollment at the University of Ore- on the sale of gasoline and distillate were being driven from a straight line. Marfa, Tex.—Five of the nine ban beef, pork, mutton og lard” are re Lewis Poultrymen Busy. gon Monday reached the highest mark reached the office of the secretary of This is only one of the many details dits belonging to the famous “Chico leased from license by the food ad Chehalis, Wash.—The poultry busi Cano” band were killed by 8th cavalry ministration. In its history when it went up to 1325 state Monday In the shape of a check which officers in charge of the plans ness is showing signs of the greatest troops on the Mexican side of the Rio from the Union Oil company for the for the flight have had to work out. for the year. Stockyards which were placed under activity In Lewis county’s history. Grande last Friday after Cano's gang license under another proclamation sum of $236.44. This was the amount Numerous experiments with the Germany has surprised the Chilean government by pretending to consider due the state of Oregon for the sale planes themselves also have been This is apparent In every direction. crossed to the American side Tuesday signed in September, 1918, and admin In the south end of the county about night, raided a ranch and drove off istered by the agricultural department, valid negotiations that Chile entered of gasoline and distillate by this cor necessary. None of the three of the remain under the control of that de Into for the leasing of the German poration on the first three days the N. C. type thus far are completed for Toledo are many splendid flocks, but cattle, horses and mules. partment. Regulations under these li- , the start of the overseas voyage and the most extensive development of the ships interned In Chile which are soon ! law became effective. § industry is in and about Winlock, cens^ have no concern with prices to be handed over to the United States Education Secretary Aim. Contracts for road work costing ap- officers sal(T that consequently they wTiere the Finlanders, who occupy have not even undertaken to select a in keeping with an agreement reached Spokane, Wash.—Indorsement for and only have to do with physical i proximately $3,000,000 will be award tentative date for leaving Rockaway small tracts of logged-off lands, are at the peace congress. • the movement looking to the adoption phases of the industry.* Food admin ed by the state highway commission Beach. Long Island, on the 1200-mile in the business. Thousands of dollars of a secretary of education to the cab istration officials explained that the Private organizations offering to at its forthcoming meeting in Portland annually now are coming Into Lewis continue during peace the espionage on April 15. Plans and specifications flight to the “Jumping-off” place in county for poultry and poultry prod inet of the president of the United administration had never exercised States was given by women educators any control over the yards. work undertaken during the war to for the work have just been completed Newfoundland. At least one-stop will ucts. of the northwest, at a luncheon Sat protect the public safety were Inform by State Highway Engineer Nunn bA made between those two points. Farmer Sleeps 16 Days. urday of the women's executive com ed recently by Attorney-General Palm ; The contracts will represent more First Strawberries Received. mittee of the Inland Empire Teachers’ Twin Falls, Idaho.—Announcement er that the department of justice mileage of paving than ever before Opposes Low Oregon Freight Rate. Seattli.—E. J. Forman, traffic man Small shipments of California straw association, in session here. Mrs. what is believed to be a case of would not recognize them or have any represented in awards by the highway ager and C. J. glance, executive sec berries have majle their appearance Josephine Preston, state superintend sleeping sickness was made by a local connection with them, official or semi commission at one time. retary of the Seattle port commission, on the Portland market. Asparagus ent of public instruction, spoke in hospital Saturday, where physicians official. said a male patient had been asleep The big job of charting the unsur have submitted a report declaring was plentiful and weak at $506 a favor of the proposal. The Bolshevikl carried out an inten they believe western Washington crate for green and 12% ©15 cents a for 16 days. The man, a farmer of veyed marsh lands of the lower Kla sive bombardment of the American should oppose the efforts of Portland pound for white. Hothouse lettuce this section, was discovered by neigh Plans to Detect Whales. and British positions on both banks math lake, which has been going on and Astoria to get a lower freight was slow at $1 a box and California Tacoma.—Airplanes and submarines bors asleep in his chair, It was de for the past three months under the of the Dvina, in the Tulgas district,! /a te from the Inland Flmpire than is head steady at $3.7504.75. , Cabbage are to have an important part in the clared, after lack of customary acti and at Kurgoman Monday afternoon, i direction of Fred Mench, United States now In effect from the same district was slightly higher at $4 04.50 for whale industry, Victor Street, former vity about his house for three or four cadastral engineer from Portland, has At midnight a large number of the to Seattle. Portland has asked the Winningstadt and $3.75 0 4 for flat manager of the Bay City, Wash., whal days had caused them to make an in been completed so far as can be done enemy infantry attempted to attack Interstate commerce commission for Dutch. Cauliflower was unchanged. ing station, declared recently. He de vestigation. Physicians of the hospi Kurgoman, but were repulsed by the at the present time. Land between lower grain rates from tt^ Inland Flm- Oregon standards moving at $3 and clares aircraft will be able to detect tal staff believe he has a chance for the railroad and the Klamath river allied artillery. , ponies at $1.5001.75. the leviathans under water and get recovery. and north of the fiver, it is still im pire section. _______________ Jfc nearer to them than the present steam Flugene V. Debs. Socialist leader, possible to work upon. Butter to Be Boycotted. Soldiers Seek Farm Work. Army Strength 2,131,503. craft and submarines will also be able threatens to call a general strike of As a result of the two-day dairy Salt Lake City.—Until there is a Yakima.—F. H. Schell of Madison. to locate them under water. Washington, D. C.—American army his party throughout the country un strength on March 25 totaled 2,131.503. less he is granted a rehearing in the school held at Toledo FTiday and Sat substantial reduction in the price of Wis.. recently discharged from army U. S. Ideals to Be Taught. a net decrease of 42 per cent since courts on charges upon which he was urday, local farmers working thaough butter in Salt laike City, that product service, is planning to bring a num the Lincoln county farln bureau" have is to be made the subject of a drastic ber of bunkies to Yakima to take ad Washington, D. C.—Creation of the November 11, 1918. A table compiled convicted under the espionage act. decided to arrange a co-operative bull boycott by members of the City F'ed- vantage of the opportunity to work office of director of citizenship in the by the general staff gave the locations The house of commons has passed association and organisation of a cow eratton of Women's clubs. This ac on farms and later to settle' on places department of labor and the appoint of the forces as follows: In Europe. the third reading of the military bill testing association. That the silo and tion was decided upon when it was of their own, according to information ment of Raymond E. Crist, deputy na- 1,409,789 officers and men; in Sibetia. by a vote of 282 to 64 after strong silage crops will be given much atten- declared that good butter is now sell sent by him to O. C. Soots, secretary turalltation commissioner, to the aeii 8893; at sea, 63,760; in the United crltlcism of the government on the tlon by the dairymen was evident by ing here at 72 cents a pound. The of the commercial club. He says the position, is announced. Expansion of States, 603.178; in insular possessions, ground of wasteful expenditure and the keen Interest and attention given plans or the members of the federation men are member« of the “no office the bureau's work in teaching Ameri- 46.883. Not Included in the total are violation of election pledges to abolish Professor Fitts" lecture on that sub- call for “an endless telephone system"" work for me" club, who have "west can Ideals to alien residents is 23.700 marines with the expeditionary conscription. ject of promoting the boycott. ward ho!” fever. j planned. forces. Construction of a new $28,000 school ( building will start at Bend within the next month, it Is announced. Finances important for the work were provided Saturday evening, when a bond election carried STRIKE IS ORDERED FUTURE IS ASSURED PACKERS NO LONGER UNDER U.S. CONTROL