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About The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19?? | View Entire Issue (May 2, 1919)
WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK LEAGUE HAS 32 M EM B E R S * r Revised Covenant Presented to Confer ence With Many Changes. l ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ J STATE N EW S £ IN BRIEF. YAKIM A F R U IT S H IP P E R S TO BUILD W A R E H O U S E S NEW BUTTER SCORING PLAN FAVORS OREGON Yakima.—Fruit shippers in Yakima will spend about $125,000 in warehouse Washington, D. C.—The revised j Articles of incorporation of the construction and improvements to covenant of the league of nations, as Bank of Commerce, Astoria's proposed take care of the coming fruit crop. it was presented at Paris Monday to Contest Opens at State College, new financial institution, have been H. M. Gilbert plans to be the heaviest •the peace conference in plenary ses investor. He will construct for the Runs Six Months. Brief Resume Most important sion was made public Sunday night By Government Is Sustained by filed in the county clerk’s office. Richey & Gilbert company a ware the state department. Its essential A wedding ceremony by long dis house costing $60,000, to which will Daily News Items. Vote of 382 to 40. features already had been disclosed tance telephone was a unique occur be added about $15,000 for cold stor Both Commercial and Composition through £n official summary issued rence in Ashland Sunday, when Miss age equipment Other new houses two weeks ago. Tests Will Be Made—Prizes for will be built by the Furry Fruit com Rose Thomas, a popular teacher of the Attached to the te<t, however, is First and Second Best. Ashland schools, became the wife of pany, the Roche Fruit company and the hitherto unpublished ’’annex” re Robert Throne, who is located at Den the Growers' Service company. The ferred to in the covenant, in which are increased storage capacity by reason ver, Colo. named the 32 states, Including the of this construction will be about 350 (Prepared by Oregon Agricultural College) When the state highway commission cars. Other shippers are building ad British dominions Latin Press Says Delegation Can Re Events of Noted People, Governments self-governing Oregon butter is expected to shine which are to be the original members meets in Portland on May 6 it will ditions to their plants, mostly in the and Pacific Northwest and Other turn to Paris Now With Increased in the composition and commercial of the league of nations, and 13 states open bids for $1,750,000 of the addi form of increased facilities for pack Things Worth Knowing. Power—Situation Held Grave. to be invited to accede to the cove tional road work in nine counties of ing. With the frost period safely butter-scoring contest at the state ag nant. the state. passed it is estimated the total fruit ricultural college, which begins April The original members are all the • crop of the valley will be from 15,(tl0 28. The city council, acting upon sug President Poincare Tuesday decor nations which declared war on Ger to 17,000 carloads. Rome.—The chamber of deputies “ This system of scoring is favorable ated Admiral Willldm S. Benson of many, and in addition the new states Tuesday night voted confidence in the gestions from the various councilmen and voters 6f Sheridan, has announced to Oregon conditions,” says V. D. of Czecho-Slovakia and Poland. the United States navy with the grand Mark Old Hudson Bay Road. Those invited to become members cabinet by a count of 382 to 40, the it will take up immediately the pro Chappell, of the dairy department and cross of the legion of honor. Tacoma.—One of the earliest roads posal to pave the unpaved streets in by acceding to the covenant are the latter vote being cast by socialists. in the northwest was marked at Camp in charge of the contest, “as it really Sheridan and gravel those that can James K. Lynch, governor of the U three Scandinavian countries, The “Now the Italian delegation can re not be paved. Work probably will Lewis Saturday by the Washington gives a butter maker an opportunity S. 12th federal reserve bank In San Netherlands, Switzerland, Spain and turn to Paris with increased authority State Historical society. The road to show his ability. Workmanship start soon. Francisco, died early Tuesday at his Persia and the American republics of was established in 1833 by the Hudson has a good deal to do with making home in Alameda, from an attack of Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay, to continue peace negotiations,” is the Judge Eakin of the St. Helens judi Bay company from old Fort Nisqually, dominant note in press comment of heart disease. Salvador and Venezuela. Mexico does good butter, especially storage butter. the parliamentary vote of confidence cial district has handed down a deci near Tacoma, to Fort Vancouver. The The system used last year gave the The San Francisco branch of the not appear in the list. Provision iB sion awarding the office of county marker is a huge boulder, selected given the cabinet. commercial telegraphers of America made in the covenant, however, for judge of Columbia county to Martin and placed by soldiers at camp, bear butter makers receiving the best The vote followed an address by voted Tuesday to call a strike, the the admission to the league of any White, who contested the’ election of ing a bronze inscription. The ancient cream an advantage over those who fully self-governing country which will Premier Orlando, which was constant date to be fixed by a board of inter W. J. Fullerton, his opponent at the road is now a paved street through found it practically impossible to get give required guarantees, upon a two- national officers. Camp Lewis. ly interrupted by applause and ended November election. cream in good clean flavored condi thirds vote of the assembly. tion.” The Bolshevik commissioner for the As in the original document, the in an ovation in the chamber, even Commencement plans for the Ore $4.50 Box for Yakima Apples.. Butter will be scored commercially interior at Petrograd ordered the sale covenant provides that the league the tribunes joining. gon normal school at Monmouth are Yakima.—One carload of Yakima ap by three judges, the average of the at auction last week of all the scien shall act through an assembly, in Former Premier Luzzatti followed rapidly being perfected. Dr. W. W. ples Tuesday sold at the fabulous three making up the final score. tific instruments belonging to the In which each state shall have one vote the premier and also was applauded Willard of Chicago, who is supplying price of $4.50 a box. The sale was Three tests will be made for the and not more than three delegates, stitute for Public Studies. except by the intransigeant socialists,- the pulpit of the First Congregational made by the Ryan Fruit company to composition score. A 5-inch cube of and a council, comprising for the pres church of Portland, has been secured an eastern firm. This price is the butter, inside measurement, and a 3- The Argentine foreign office learns ent one representative of each of the whose spokesman, Deputy Turati, ex record for the season, which has had ounce sample taken from the same that the Mexican goyernment is re five great powers and each of four plained why the socialists could not as baccalaureate speaker. many sales at figures not approached churning, and one 3-ounce sample calling its diplomatic mission to Italy other powers to be selected from time The numerous inquiries received by give a Note of confidence to the cab in former years. because it has not been recognized to time by the assembly. Members of from the preceding churning must be Hood River sales agencies indicate one inet. by the Italian government. sent, the two samples in air tight bot each class represented on the council of the most active strawberry markets Ranch Sells for $54,880. tles to prevent loss of moisture. A may be increased by unanimous con in years. The Apple Growers’ asso The Temps says that it is asserted With everything virtually in readi Wilbur, Wash.—James A. Muir sold test of the cube will be made and in American peace conference circles sent of the council and a majority of ness for the handing over of the peace ciation has received offers of pur for W. O. Childs 560 acres 12 miles compared with the sample from the the assembly. chases from Ontario, Canada, and Chi that President Wilson does not expect tredty to the Germans at Versailles, same churning, to determine loss due The text provides that nothing in cago offers to take a part of the crop. northwest of here, near Broadax, to to add anything to his recent state he Italian situation looms large as John Douglas of Almira for $54,880. to leaky butter. the covenant shall be deemed "to af ment on the Adriatic issue with Italy. an impediment in the way of unani To the butter maker receiving the His chest crushed by a log which fell The purchase includes the homestead fect the validity of international en A report that M. Loucheur, minister gagements such as treaties of arbi mous agreement on the part of the en from the top of a pile at Shevlin-Hix- which was one of the first fillings in highest commercial and composition on camp No. 10, Jacob Nyback, 32, an the Big Bend. Mr. Childs located on score, the college dairy department of reconstruction, had said that im tration or regional understandings tente and associated governments. So tense is the situation that Vit employe of thé company, died Thurs it about 35 years ago. will give a silver cup. Special prizes portations into France would again like the Monroe doctrine for securing are offered by dairy supply houses for be entirely free after June 1 is de the maintenance of peace.” This was torio Orlando, the Italian premier, at day afternoon before the train on conference with Thomas Nelson which he was being carried reached first, second and third in the commer clared to be erroneous by the Petit the amendment for which President Page, the American ambassador to Bend. He is survived by a wife and cial tests, and for first in composition. Parisien. Wilson made a successful fight at the Italy, left Mr. Page with the under-' two children. The prizes will be announced next same time the Japanese delegation to A large section of Yokohama was standing that the premier did not in month. the peace conference sought vainly to Preparation of a ballot title for a ravaged by fire Monday, 2000 build The contest will run six months and have a race equality provision inserted tend to return to Paris for the .signing constitutional amendment providing ings including a part of the business of the peace treaty. contestants must have the three sam Portland.—Wheat—Government ba- in the covenant. section being burned. Firemen from Premier Orlando gave the ambassa for the single tax is sought in a peti sis, $2.20 per bushel. ples In each month in order to com Changes suggested in criticisms in tion filed with the secretary of state Tokio aided in checking the flames Flour — Patents, $11.45 delivered, pete for the prizes. Those who want the United States senate add pror dor the impression that, owing to the by the Oregon Single Tax league. The before they reached tho foreign resi critical situation and the fact that the $11.30 at.mill; bakers’, $11.15011.30; only a score occasionally to see how visions for the withdrawal of a menu- 'petition was signed by Harry A. Rice, dential section. premier’s action either in going to their product runs may enter single ber after two years’ notice and fulfill president, and Mrs. Christina H. Mock, whole wheat, $10.25@10.40; graham, contests. Tlie German delegates to the peace ment of league obligations; exempt Versailles or remaining away from the $10.05 @10.20. secretary of the organization. A certificate of merit will be given congress arrived In Versailles Monday domestic questions from the league's peace conference would have serious Millfeed—Mill run, f. o. b. mill, car- consequences, it would be preferable evening at 9 o’clock. The party num Jurisdiction; provide that mandatories R. V. Wright, director of the agri lots, $37@38 per ton; mixed cars, each butter maker who gets a score bered 60. Immediately on their ar over German colonies or former Otto to have the trouble come from without cultural department of the Hood River $37.50@38.50; ton lots or over, $39@ of 90 or more. All butter will be sold rival the delegates were taken in auto man dominions shall be given only to Italy rather than from within the high school, has termed the members 40; less than tons, $40@41; rolled and a refund allowed for each cube mobiles to the Hotel des Reservoirs. nations willing to accept them; leave kingdom. of dairymen’s herds formerly dubbed barley, $58@60; rolled oats, $58; when reports are sent out. It is reported that the first meeting “star b o a r d ’s” as “ I. W. W. cows.” ground barley, $58. All samples and cubes must be There was no untoward incident. it to member states to decide what of the league of nations probably will "They eat their heads off and do not mailed on or before April 28, and the Corn—Whole, ton, $68; cracked, $70. armed force, if any, they will con The fishing schooner Cape Horn of be held in the White house àt Wash Hay—Buying prices, f. o. b. Port products will be judged May 1. Send the Gulf Fisheries, Inc., fleet has been tribute to the force required by the ington next October with Woodrow give any milk,” says Mr. Wright. “They are as undesirable as bolshe- land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $30@32 to O. A. C. Dairy Department, Corval league to enforce its mandates, and captured by a Mexican gunboat and is Wilson presiding. vists.” t per ton; alfalfa, $25@25.50; valley lis, Oregon. make it clear that member states in- being held, her crew being charged grain hay, $26; clover, $26@27. dlviditelly will pass upon proposed with smuggling arms to the Mexican Equipped with a letter of Introduc Unlike the star of empire the spray Butter — Cubes, extras, 51T£c per rebels, according to information reach limitations upon their armaments. tion to Harney county stockmen and ing practice takes its way eastward. pound; prints, parchment wrappers, With modifications, the new draft ing Galveston, Tex., customs officials. aided by a very slight knowledge of extra, box lots, 55c; cartons, 56c; half V. R. Gardner, for many yea's profes Includes all the provisions for the sub the English language, Pierre Forgeron, Police chiefs of all cities of the mission to the council of international boxes, more; less than half sor of pomology at th^ Oregon Agri 17-year-old veteran of the world war, country were appealed to Tuesday by disputes, for inviting no member na boxes, lc more; b#tterfat, No. 1, 55@ cultural College, is now at the Univer Colonel Arthur Woods, special assist tions to accept the obligations of mem sity of Missouri, and is advocating Chicago.—Julius H. Barnes, presi arrived in Bend last week on his way 56c per pound, station. ant to the secretary of war in charge bers for the purpose of adjusting dis dent of the grain corporation of the to Burns, where he has decided to try Eggs — Oregon ranch, case count thorough spraying of orchard trees, of the employment of discharged sol putes and for breaking economic re food administration, made an assault cow punching” as a means of earning 43c; candled, 44@45c; selects, 45@46c with the same ardor that characterized diers, to aid the government in pre lations or tho use of armed force in on high prices Tuesday which was a livelihbod. Poultry — Hens, 37 @ 38c; roosters his work in Oregon. venting peddlers and street fakirs dealing with a state which has broken promptly reflected on the board of “ No one with a small home orchard, With the awarding of a contract by 25c; ducks, 48@50c; geese and live from wearing the uniform of the army the covenant. trade in a maximum decline of 11^ the Astoria council for the widening turkeys, nominal; dressed turkeys or even 12 or 15 trees,” he is quoted as or navy. saying, “ can afford to be without a Except In certain specified instan cents in the price of corn. and paving of Astor street, the port 43c. barrel spray outfit. The fruit from Of possibly more interest to the Veal—Fancy, 18@19c per pound. commission decided to proceed imme Senator McDonald’s bill providing ces. unanimous agreement is required the small orchard would in an average housewife was the slump in the pro diately with the extension of the Belt Pork—Fancy, 25c per pound. for a 10-hour day for women In domes for all decisions. visions market. Pork dropped an ex Line railroad along that street so far Fruits—Apples, $2.25@3.50 per box season, more than pay the cost of the tic service in California passed the treme $1,80 per barrel, while short rib- grapefruit, $3.50@9.50; strawberries outfit.” $3000 in Prizes Posted. east as Tenth street. The commission assembly, 43 to 23. sides, known to the breakfast table as also is securing rights of way for ex $3 per crate. New York.—Prizes totaling $3000 Herbert Hoover, chairman of the Tea Is Squirrel Poison Antidote. Vegetables — Cabbage, $6 @7.50 per have been offered by the New York bacon, declined a maximum of $1 per tension to the site of the proposed Inter-allied food commission, nrrlved hundredweight as compared with the | naval station, The following antidote for animals 100 pounds; lettuce, $3@5 per crate Herald for competition in connection in Berlin Saturday in compnny with a close Monday. peppers, 60@75c per pound; celery thaf have eaten grain treated with with the second pan-American aeron large staff. Mr. Barnes assault was in an an- At the meeting of the southern Ore ?1() per crate; artichokes. $1.15; caul! squirrel poison is published by Geo. autic convention at Atlantic City next Germany has Instructed the Argen month. One purse of $1000 is offered nouncement’ to the trade. Its purport S°n Presbytery in Medford last week, flower $2@3.75; beets. $2.25 per sack; W. Kable, county agent of Benton: tine government to deliver interned to the aviator making the longest was plain, to-wit: That the speculative Rev. Boudinot Seely of Portland pre- carrotg $2 , 5@3 per 8ack; tllrnip8 Boil a pound of tea in a quart of water aented an encouraging financial report %2 25 per sack; cucumberSi $ i .50@2.25 for 10 to 30 minutes. Add enough German steamers to the United States cross-conntry flight. Eifeht prizes of tendency on white flour must stop. As an earnest of his Intentions the and the announcement was made by per dozen; tomatoe8i $4 50 per box; cold water to make up for what boiled and the American embassy has an $250 each are offered for the best rec nounced Its readiness to take over the ord made duriug the meeting from president of the grain corporation an- tbc home commission's committee that spjnacilj $j 25 per box; peas, 14@16c away. Drench poisoned animal with nounced that the corporation would every minister Is to be assured a sal- ^ poand; rhubarb, $2.25@2.75 per this tea, and about an hour later give vessels. 100-horsepower to 1000-horsepower cease buying Hour for export (except ary o f -$1200 a year with free manse, box; asparagug j i .50@3.75 per crate, a liberal dose of epsom salts. The . Marked improvement In labor condi engines. first clears and victory mixed flours) this being in increase of $200 over the Potatoe8 _ Oregon Burbanks, best, grain should be so spread that farm tions on the Pacific coast Is reported and that also it would resell at such previous figure, $1.7o@2; Yakimas, $1.75@2; new Cali animals cannot reach it by the department of labor in its week Camouflage May Be Kept. important centers as New York, Balti W. J. Patterson, a Portland broker,' fornia, 7%®10c per pound, ly bulletin. Portland’s unemployed are Washington. D.C.—Ship camouflage, more and Philadelphia flour previous with offices at 209 Selling building. Oregon Baby Chicks Best. Hops—Oregon 1918 crop. 4204214c shown to have decreased from 4000 to an art developed during the great war, ly bought for export. He named the was arresfed In Eugene by Sheriff Per pound; three-year contracts. 30c. Poultrymen are advised against 2400 since last week. may be retained permanently as a | price as “ $11.50 jute per barrel.” ordering baby chicks from California Stickels Thursday afternoon on a war-! 28c, 25c. * The soviet government in Hungary means of reducing the dangers of col “ The purpose of this," said the an rant charging him with arson. It is 1 Wool—Eastern Oregon and Wash- by the Benton County Farm Bureau lisions between vessels. In war the has asked for a suspension of the Rou nouncement, "is to stop the specula- alleged that he set fire to 50 tons ofin gton , 44@51c per pound; mohair, News. Information is at hand to show manian offensive and the arrange camoufleurs Sought a design that ttve fever in flour before it becomes that the stock does not compare fav ment of an nrmlstlce, according to Vi would puzzle German submarine com necessary to take off all Import re hay which he owned and which was 1919 clip, 45@50c per pound, orably with Oregon stock and that stored in h large warehouse at Alva-! Caseara Bark—Old. 13c per pound manders, but now they must seek the enna reports received in Berlin. It is strierions on foreign wheat and flour, dore. The hay was destroyed by fire but very little of It is trapnested. Grain Bags—In carlots. 13c. said that the government of Bela Kun opposite extreme, a uniform design for there is plenty of American wheat on the night of April 8. | Cattle—pest steers .........$13.50@14.00 which will emphasise and accentuate has announced its readiness to retire and flour if this speculative tendency ; Calls For Farm Help Met. , <• Good to choice steers...... 11.00@11.60 the true course of the ship. in favor of a socialist cabinet. The high cost and scarcity of sugar Medium to good steers.... 10.00@11.00 Is checked.” No difficulty in meeting all calls , _ _ _ . . . Fair to good steers.......... 9.00@10.00 for farm help at $60 a month and last year set C. O. Rush and sons of (.*mmon to falr steers 8.00@ 9.00 A telegram from Washington to Paris.—An appeal has been made by Asquith May Come Here. Brownsville thinking, and they remeni Good to ch. cows, heifers 10.00@12.00 board has so far been experienced by Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday night the French academy that the official London.—Herbert H. Asquith! for-1 bored the good, old-fashioned ’lasses Med. to good cows, heif'rs 7.00@ 8.00 J. W. Brewer, farm help specialist of announced that Michigan was official text of the peace treaties to be nego mer premier, is likely to succeed the which they used to make back east. *i'atr t0 C0W8' heifers 5.000 6.00 the federal department of agriculture ly the first state to reach its victory tiated and the covenants to be signed 3 J 5ft@ A 4.50 ( fln n o r ° cn earl of Reading as ambassador to the j Accordingly, the Brownsville fanner Rld. shall be drafted m the French lan 6.000 8.60 and the state agricultural college. loan quota. United States, according to the Even and his two boys thought it worth Calves .................... 9.50 0 14.00 Many requests are coming in. guage. 7.00® 10.00 Higher prices and better quality of lug News. The newspaper says it un while to try an experiment and sec If Stockers and feeders 20.50 0 20.75 canned goods for this season and the Plans and specifications for sewer Pcm * mixed Farts.—A project for an alliance be derstood that Mr. Asquith "was in sorghum cane would not grow in Ore- Moes 20.00 @20.25 M*i!'i!m mixed coming winter were predicted by tween France and America actually Is formally offered the post a few | gon. The experiment was more than R Improvements in the Porter Hill resi 18.30018.75 ugh heavies Frank R Gorrell of New York, secre under way, the Echo de Parts says. months ago and declined, but not in successful, as from their little patch 18.75018.20 dence district of North Bend amount tary of the National Canners' associa President Wilson, the newspaper adds, such a way as to preclude an otfer of cane they manufactured 35 gallons Sheep— Spring lambs 16.00016.50 ing to more than $30,000 were approv 15.50016.00 ed and adopted at a meeting of the tion. speaking at the meeting of the is withholding action until he can later.” The Evening News states its of molasses, which was so tasty that] ,’ r!n’ e ,anlb8 ....... 11 . 00 @ 12.00 Western Canners’ association in Chi- j place the matter before the American belief that all the ministers strongly the neighbors bought all that the mak 'vethers* 9 0001000 city council recently. Total street Im cago. favor Mr. Asquith's appointment j ers would sell and called for more. ¡Ewes ..... ........... " _” senate. 6.50@10.50 provements there will exceed $150,000. COMPILED FOR YOU SOCIALISTS OPPOSE I NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT CORN PRICES F A L L WHEN BARNES HITS r