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‘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.
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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,
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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.
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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