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MONDELE EXPECTS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Salem .—C h arles H. R ecord of Union h as filed ap p lica tio n w ith th e s ta te en g in e er fo r th e ap p ro p ria tio n of w ate r from Goose creek for p lacer m in in g purposes. N o rth B end.—T h e Coos Bay F ish & C an n in g com p an y o f th is c ity is en gaged in m a k in g ex ten siv e Im prove m en ts on its p la n t p re p a ra to ry to th e o p en in g of th e fish in g season. Field Museum, Chicago, Moving Into New Home Way Declared Open for Lifting of Burdens. FISCAL YEAR WAITED A m ong th e ca n d id a tes fo r ad m issio n to W est P o in t m ilita ry academ y on Events o f Noted People, Governments J u ly 1 a re P riv a te Alonso P. R en to n Disapproval o f A dm inistration P ro T ills is th e new building of th e Field M useum of Chicago, to w hich all th e v ast collections of th e m useum are an d P riv a te Malcolm B. C aldw ell, both being moved from th e ir tem p o rary hom e in Jack so n park. and Pacific N orthw est, and Other gram Indicated —Proposed Law of O regon A g ric u ltu ra l college, C or Changes Not Revealed. Things Worth Knowing. v allis. W hen th e w a r ended th e re w ere m ore th a n 300,000 ra b b it carcasses in B a k er.—N ot in sev eral y ears h a s th e storage. T hese w ere finally sold as T h e San F ra n c isc o board of su p e r p ro sp ect been so favorable fo r crops W a sh in g to n , D. C.— H ope fo r a re fe rtiliz e r to tlie farm ers in th e vi in th e dry-land d is tric ts of B ak er coun d u ctio n in ta x e s is held o ut by R e p re cinity of H utchinson. T h e prom oters v iso rs h as ad o p ted a reso lu tio n invi ty a s it is th is year. U n less th e u n se n ta tiv e M ondell of W yom ing, re p u b of th e rab b it m eat “w a r baby” ap p eal tin g th e M ystic S h rin e to hold its n ex t fo re see n h ap p en s th e co u n ty w ill tu rn lican le a d e r of th e h ouse, in a s ta te ed to th e w ar claim s b oard an d th e an n u a l conclave h ere. tech n ical com m ittee passed on th e ir in a big g rain production. m en t p re p a re d for th e fin al issu e M on claim . A settlem ent resu lted w hich T h e ce n su s fo r B end, Or., w as a n H ood R iver.—T h e firs t m o to r tru c k day of th e C o n g ressio n al R ecord and th e claim an t accepted as satisfac to ry , nounced T u esd a y as 5414. a n in c re a se of stra w b e rrie s to go o ver th e C olum m ade p u b lic S atu rd ay . th e co n tra c ts w ere w ell u n d er w ay a d esp ite th e fac t th a t it rep rese n ted War Unscrambling Almost Fin serio in population of 4879 p erso n s, or 910.3 b ia r iv e r highw ay to P o rtla n d th is u s pow er sh o rtag e developed. only a sm all fractio n of ’th e am ount ” W e sh a ll e n te r th e new se ssio n of ished, Technical Committee Only 40 p er cent of th e n ecessary pow claim ed. p e r c e n t ov er th a t of 1910. se aso n w as one S a tu rd a y w hich d eliv co n g re ss in D ecem b er an d th e new e r w as av ailab le an d th e m unitions ered to th e S ta r r C a n n in g com pany a co n g re ss in M arch,” sa id Mr. Mon- Will Be Dissolved. An in te restin g clulm advised on by Tw o new c a se s of bubonic plague com panies w ere fo rced to a rra n g e load c a rry in g 3000 pounds of fru it, d ell’s s ta te m e n t, “ w ith th e w ay opened th e tech n ical com m ittee w as th a t a ris w ere re p o rte d a t V era Cruz M onday th e ir shops so th a t th ey could u se th e for w hich m ore th a n $450 w as paid. ing from th e unprecedented dem and fo r a s u b sta n tia l re d u c tio n of th e ta x pow er In ro tatio n . and tw o d e a th s am o n g tho se p rev io u s for c a sto r oil w hich tlie L iberty m otors b u rd en s.” A lbany— A carload of 27 heav y d r a ft ly stric k e n . F rid a y th e re w ere no T h is cu t down th e possible o u tp u t developed. C astor oil w as th en th e T h e rep u b lican le a d e r said re d u c p rac tica lly 60 p er cen t and th e gov h o rses w as shipped o u t of A lbany by new cases. only oil th e se m otors could use, and ern m en t Im m ediately undertook to pro. w hen it w as decided to produce Lib ex p ress F rid a y , billed to Coeur tio n s would n o t be p o ssib le u n til a f te r T h e P e tit P a risie n sa y s i t le a rn s d ’A lene, Idaho. The ex p ressag e th e clo se of th e fisca l y e a r w h ich b e Incidentally th e C om m ittee A djusted vide th e ad d itio n al pow er needed. Con e rty m otors by th e ten s of thou san d s th e G reat K ansas R abbit M eat th a t tihe R u ssian so v ie t g o v ern m e n t a t am o u n ted to alm o st 3500, b u t th e sh ip gins n e x t m onth. tra c ts w ere m ade w ith th re e com pa th e governm ent set out procuring an nies to supply 1,900,000,000 k ilo w att ad e q u ate supply of th is lubricant. All Claim Along W ith Some 200,. M oscow h a s decided to send a m ission p ers e stim a te d th a t, c o n sid erin g th e T h e p ro p o sed c h a n g es in th e tax h o u rs of electric pow er, w hich a t the th e ca sto r oil beans in th e world would 000 O thers. to E n g la n d to s tu d y th e s itu a tio n of feed bill an d tim e lost, it w ould cost law s also w ere n o t re v e a le d by Mr. o rd in ary N ew Y ork ra te would be n ot have m ade a sufficient q u an tity of th e p ro le ta ria t. alm o st as m uch to send th e ho rses by M ondell, alth o u g h h e in d ic ated his w orth ab o u t $165,000,000. T h is m eant oil, even if the allied a irp lan es had W ashington.—A fter a ssistin g in sa v d isap p ro v al of th e a d m in is tra tio n p ro U k ra in ia n tro o p s, ac tin g in co n ju n c fre ig h t. ing tlie co untry sev eral m illions of dol an in c re ase of 1,900,000 horse pow er, not needed th e ir supply. Tlie govern g ram m e fo r th e d isc ard of th e ex cess lars through a d ju stin g m ore th a n 24,- and th e governm ent ag reed to a ssist in m ent se n t out scouts all over th e tion w ith P olish forces, have occupied A sto ria.— T he g re a t dem an d for p ro fit levies. 000 w ar c o n tra c ts w hich w ere a b ru p t financing th e co n stru ctio n of th e new South to induce th e farm ers to p la n t O dessa, acco rd in g to a Ila v a s d isp a tc h sta n d in g fir tim b er In C latsop co unty H e co n ten d ed th a t su ch a c tio n at ly term in ated by th e arm istice, th e pow er p la n ts. c a sto r oil beans, and m ore th a n 8,000 from C o n stan tin o p le, quoting re p o rts ag uln w as illu stra te d by a deed filed th is tim e w ould m ean a “sh iftin g of technical advisory co m m ittee o f th e W hen th e a rm istic e cam e th ese a g ric u ltu rists put in crops. c u r r e n t th e re S atu rd ay . in th e co u n ty clerk ’s office T h u rsd a y b u rd en s from la rg e in co m es an d p ro f w ar claim s b oard of th e w ar d e p a rt p la n ts w ere not com pleted, an d th e re P ro b ab ly th e g re a te st c a sto r oil afte rn o o n . By It W illiam F ra z e r sells its to th e sm all an d n o rm al in co m es ment is ab o u t to be dissolved, acco rd w as a clau se in th e c o n tra c ts w here ac reag e In th e w orld w ns p la n ted In D ublin railw a y m en re fu se to a b a n to th e Y errek L ogging com pany a ing to C am pbell S cott, who organized by th e governm ent ag reed to use pow th e so u th ern sta te s d uring th a t p eri and p ro fits.” don th e ir strik e , alth o u g h o rd ered to claim of 160 acres of tim b er in th e No hope fo r a re tu r n to p re-w a r ex the com m ittee u n d er th e d irectio n of e r fo r a c e rta in len g th of tim e. In ad od, th e seed being supplied by th e de do so by th e N atio n al R ailw ay union. so u th e a st to w n sh ip of tho co u n ty for F a rm e rs p en d itu re s an d a p p ro p ria tio n s w as ex B enedict Crow ell, n ssistu n t se c re ta ry dition, th e c o n tra c ts bound th e gov p a rtm e n t of ag ricu ltu re. T h e s trik e w as an outcom e of th e 340,000. of w ar and d ire c to r of m unitions. T he ern m en t to pay its pro p o rtio n of th e plow ed up o th e r crops to put in c a sto r p ressed by th e re p u b lic a n le ad e r, a l m e n 's re fu sa l to h an d le m un itio n com m ittee, w hich w as com posed of ex cost of th e p lan ts on a b asis of th e ir oil beans, and th e governm ent scouts Ito seb u rg .— T he p ru n e m a rk e t re though he p red ic ted th a t fo r th e fiscal tra in s. p erts In p rac tica lly every b ran ch of value th re e y ea rs a f te r th e signing of m ain s q u ie t h ere an d no a tte m p ts have y ea r b eg in n in g Ju ly 1, 1921, a re d u c engineering an d m an u factu rin g , w as pence. In se ttlin g th e se pow er con did ev ery th ing possible to insure a tr e m endous supply of c a sto r oil. In some C arl T rim b o rn , le a d e r of th e c e n te r so fa r been m ade by buyers to n eg o ti tio n “ by u p w ard s of 31,000,000,000” organized to m eet tlie critica l s itu a tr a c ts all th ese fa c to rs had to be con cases m en w ere even exem pted from p a rty in G erm any, h a ^ accep ted th e a te c o n tra c ts for th is y e a r’s crop. U su would be effected , m a k in g th e an n u a l tion w hich developed a s soon as th e sidered. T h e tech n ical com m ittee m ilita ry service to grow th e beans, be ta sk of form ing a new m in istry to ally by th is tim e th e g re a te r p o rtio n g o v ern m e n t ex p en ses a p p ro x im ate ly w ar claim s b o ard a tte m p te d to se ttle solved th e problem s in a m an n er cau se th e need w as so vital. succeed th a t of P re m ie r B raun, w hich of th o p ro d u ct Is co n tra cte d by th e 33,250,000,000. F ew er g o v e rn m e n t em tlie 30,000 c o n tra c ts in ex isten ce a t th e w hich w as considered fa ir to all con H ow ever, th e re follow ed a sad aw ak cerned. resig n e d Ju n e 8, i t w as annou n ced pack ers. Som e of th e com panies a re ployes an d sm a lle r a p p ro p ria tio n s for close of th e w ar. ening. T h e bean vines grew lu x u ri R abbit M eat Problem. The g re a te r n u m b er of th ese con T uesday. still h o lding a p a r t of la st y e a r’s crop th e arm y an d n av y w ere cited by Mr. In c o n tra st to th e pow er co n tra cts an tly b u t th e re w as less th a n one bean tra c ts involved q u estio n s of a highly in w arehouses. M ondell a s p o ssib ilities fo r re d u c tio n s technical n atu re , an d it w as to se ttle w as tlie settlem ent, of th e rab b it-m eat pod p er p lant, and th e re w as p ra c ti A posse of m o re th a n 500 m en and cally no crop. In v estig atio n showed a A lbany.— F ro m th e tim e th ey e n te r f te r J u ly 1, 1921. these th a t th e tech n ical com m ittee w as claim s. T h ese aro se from an excess boys sp e n t S u n d ay com bing a la rg e th a t w hile th e seed had been success of p atrio tism an d w e re n ot covered by organized. M any of th e c o n tra c ts in-, th e c ity lim its u n til th ey leave, to u r tim b e r tr a c t n e a r R ed O ak, la., for a fu lly im ported, th e sm all insect w hich Five Killed in Irish Riot. * vdlved had been le ‘ on a b asis of the co n tra cts. W hen food conservation fertilize nude “ wild m an ,” w ho h as b ee n ter- ists m ay puss th ro u g h A lbany w ith o u t s th e p lan t had been forgotten. L o n d o n d erry .— F ive p e rso n s w ere w as being ad v ertised a s g en erally nec w ar la stin g fo u r o r five y ea rs m o r e ; o rizlng fa rm e rs ’ w ives for th e la st tw o leav in g the pavem ent a t an y point. T he As th e re su lt of th is fu tile c a sto r oil killed, te n o th e rs se rio u sly w ounded, essary, a public-spirited citizen of th e g re a t m ajo rity had been placed w ork of paving s tre e ts w hich connect cu ltu re th e re wns lodged w ith th e w ar w eeks. T h ey did n o t find him . d u rin g th e la st six m onths of tlie con H utchinson, K an., received in fo rm a w ith tlie Pacific highw ay a t each end se v eral of th em p ro b ab ly fata lly , and claim s b oard claim s ag g reg atin g sev tion th a t tlie w ar d ep a rtm en t would flict. An Idea of th e ir scope is ob An u n su ccessfu l a tte m p t w as m ade of th e city lias been com pleted and all ab o u t 100 o th e rs w ere le ss serio u sly era l m illions of dollars, and additional tained w hen it is u n d ersto o d th a t th e re be glad to obtain a supply of rab b it S un d ay n ig h t to a s sn ssin a te P re m ie r o th e r im p o rta n t ro ad s co n n e ct w ith Injured d u rin g d e s p e ra te rio tin g h ere w ere m ore th a n 20.000 co n tra cto rs m eat fo r th e men in trn in in g camps. claim s a re still com ing in. So fa t S a tu rd a y n ig h t. no b asis of se ttle m en t h as been a r l l a r a of Ja p a n , ac co rd in g to cablo a d paved Btreets also. who, in tu rn , had let sub-eo n trn ets to H isto ry does n o t s ta te ju s t w here the T h e fig h tin g w as acco m p an ied by m ore th a n 200,000 oth ers. In fact, to H utchinson m an o btained th is infor- rived at, b u t the fa rm e rs seem sa tis vices received by N lppu J1J1, a J a p a n B aker.— Local wool sellers a re w ear se v e ra l a tte m p ts a t in cen d iarism , one fied th a t th ey will get a “sq u are deal.” ese lan g u ag e n e w sp a p e r In H onolulu. have finished th e w a r c o n tra c ts fo r I m otion, b u t he m ade all speed fo r th is T he Men Who Dici It. ing u m ost d istre sse d cou n ten an ce. of w hich re su lte d in th e b u rn in g of m u nitions an d su p p lies of every con city and h ere o b tain ed th e financial O th er claim s of nil kinds w ere ad L ynn M ellndy, S an F ra n c isc o a v ia Much wool was p u rch ased som e tim e a la rg e sto re. ceivable n a tu re w hich w ere in e x ist backing lie needed. ju ste d th ro u gh the advice of tlie tech tor, an d C laren c e and W a lla ce J o h n ago for us high as 54 cen ts a pound, T h e rio tin g w as a co n tin u atio n of ence on A rm istice day would h av e S hortly a fte rw a rd th e re began a nical com m ittee, and it is sta te d th a t son of Inglenook, Cal., w ere killed a t an d a t p resen t th e m a rk e t Is ab o u t 15 F rid ay n ig h t's d iso rd ers, w hen n atio n m eant th e ty in g up of p rac tica lly 00 w holesale sla u g h te r of rab b its in the n ot m ore thnn 1 per cent of the $3,500,- F o rt B ragg, Cal., T u esd a y w hen th e cen ts lower. As n re su lt th e m a jo rity a lists and u n io n ists eng ag ed in clash es p e r cent of th e m a n u fa c tu rin g re vicinity of H utch in so n , Knn.. T h ree 000.000 w orth of claim s w ent through a irp la n e in w hich th e y w ere rid in g of th e d ealers a re a n y th in g b u t happy sources of th is co u n try . carlo ad s of am m unition arriv ed th ere w ith o u t change, although a sa tisfa c for se v e ra l h o u rs, an d th e m ilita ry collided w ith a n o th e r m ach in e a t an and all a re h oping for a sudden rise An o u tstan d in g fe a tu re of th e grent and w as d istrib u te d to nil th o se who to ry settlem en t w as reached in all but had to be called out. work of th e in v estig atio n s w hich w ere agreed to p ro cu re rab b its. A packing a ltitu d e of 1000 fe e t and c ra sh e d to in tlie wool m ark et. An u n reco rd ed n u m b e r of p erso n s com pleted by th e tech n ical com m ittee p lan t w ns erected, nnd th e re ensued a score of cases. Among the ex p erts th e g round in flam es. M edford.—T he force of w orkm en d e su ffe rin g from m in o r w ounds w ent Is th e fact, c o n tra ry to general belief, a p erfec t deluge of ra b b its of all kinds, pro m in en tly concerned in th is w ork w ere Cam pbell Scott of New York, ta iled by S u p e rin te n d e n t S p arro w of hom e w ith o u t re c e iv in g tre a tm e n t. m ore thnn 99 p e r cen t of th e c o n tra c from th e dom esticated Belginn h ares F o u r y outhful ex p lo re rs, aged 3, 6, ch airm an of th e co m m ittee; W. D. 9 and 12 y ea rs, w ho se t sail from C ra te r N ationnl p a rk to open up th e A m ong th e w ounded a re sev eral sh ip to rs w ere found to be scrupulously to th e fleet-footed ja c k ra b b its of tlie Ennis, who handled th e pow er nnd me w o rk e rs w ith bad g u n sh o t h o n est in th e ir dealin g s w ith Uncle w estern p rairies. L ak esid e, Mloh., S a tu rd a y in a frail roud to C rater L ak e lms th e road open y ard chanical c o n tra c ts ; E rn e st P. Good Sam. A s soon as a carlo ad of cold-stor rich of New York, w ho placed valua ro w b o a t to se a rc h fo r tre a s u re Islands now w ith in four m iles of th e lake and w ounds. “W e found th a t th e g reat m a jo rity age ra b b it m eat w as read y it w as tions on p la n ts nnd stru c tu re s built for T h e m ilita ry , fully equipped, had In L a k e E rie, w ore picked up M onday by S unday probably will h av e it open of th e c o n tra cto rs,” said C hairm an shipped to a near-by tra in in g camp. w a r c o n trn c ts ; Colonel F ra n k B. M nlt- 30 m iles off sh o re a fte r h aving been all tlie way to th e lak e rim , g iving ta k e n p o sitio n a t th e h ead and foot Scott y esterd ay , “had u n d erta k en th e ir To th e dism ay of th e rab b it m an, th e by of P h iladelphia, who acted as ex S h rln e rs re tu rn in g from th e P o rtlan d of B ridge stre e t, w hich is th e n a w ork w ith th e p rim e idea of a ssistin g a d r if t for 25 ho u rs. T h e child ren , q u a rte rm a ste r refu sed to accept it, p e rt on co nstruction and co n tra cts in th ro e boys and a girl, ail of Toledo, convention un o p p o rtu n ity to v isit th e tio n a lis t q u a rte r, an d on F o u n tain th e ir co u n try in n tim e of peril. W hile holding th a t “it w a s not an a rtic le of volving civil eng in eerin g ; A rth u r W. stre e t, th e u n io n ist q u a rte r. An th ey did not fo rg et th a t b u sin ess 's issue,” ns governm ent reg u latio n s have w e re resc u ed by a p assen g e r ste am er. lake. H ixon of New York, w ho advised on Salem .—T he s e c re ta ry of s ta te lias arm o red c a r w as d raw n up a t C arlisle business, ninny of them m ight hnve It. It th en developed th a t tlie w ar de- chem ical nnd m etallurgical c o n tra c ts ; A larm ing co n fid en tial re p o rts of an received tw o checks a g g re g atin g $ 10,- road, b etw een th e se localities. N ev er m ade m uch m ore m oney thnn th ey did. : p artm en t could not use th e rab b it m eat F re d E. R ogers of New York, w hose in te n d ed u p risin g in In d ia in th e au 193.82, covering th e sales of gasoline th e le ss a n o th e r n ig h t of te rro r fol “O f course, it Is tru e th a t th e sinnll ! nnd th e carload w as shipped to th is w ork concerned m echanical nnd m a tu m n are rea ch in g th e B ritish g o v ern an d d istilla te in O regon for th e m onth lowed. m in o rity took th e view point th a t t h e ' city. T h e m a rk e ts h ere refused to chine equipm ent, nnd George R. F rank- governm ent hnd m ad e th e w a r and ab so rb tt. nnd in d esp n lr it w as fo rte r of M inneapolis, who investigated m ent, according to th e London S tar, of May by th e A ssociated Oil Com pany F rom sh o rtly a fte r 9 u n til 11 o ’clock w hich says th a t bolshevik lite ra tu re of C alifo rn ia an d th e Shell OH com p an d em o n iu m reig n ed , a sh o t fired th e re fo re should be m ade to pay fo r It. ! shipped to E ngland, th e Im pression chem ical an d explosive contracts. All told th e re w ere nearly a score is know n to bo behind th e m ovem ent. pany of C alifornia. T h e A ssociated Oil from o n e p a rty in to a crow d of riv al b u t w hen It cam e to ad ju stin g th e 'r j being th a t th e B ritish w ere q u ite hun- T h e In d ia office w hen questioned w ith com pany tax for th e m o n th w as $7.- p a rtisa n s developed w ith om inous clnlm s even th ese w ere found to be gry enough by th a t tim e to relish Kan- of th e lending engineers and in d u stria l fn ir nnd reasonable. Indicative of th e mm rab b it. H ow ever, fa te Intervened, ex p e rts of th e country, who spent re g a rd to th o S ta r re p o rts d eclared 066.65 and th e Shell Oil com pany $3,- speed Into v io len t rioting. good sp irit w hich p rev ailed . Only 20 the ship wns set on fire by shells from p rac tica lly n y ear of th e ir tim e in as th a t it had receiv ed no su ch in fo rm a LIT.17. out of 24.000 c o n tra c to rs hnve ap- , a G erm an U-boat nnd the ruhblt m eat sistin g th e w ar claim s board in clos tion. p ealed to th e co u rt of clnlm s from w as en tirely destroyed. ing up Its contracts. G erm any P lan s Big Loan. Salem . F. A. E llio tt, stn te forester, th e nw nrds m ade to them . T h is ______________________________________ B erlin. — A pproval of a c re d it F ollow ing th e an n o u n cem en t by th e re tu rn e d th is week from Bend, w here show s th e p n in stn k ln g w ork done by s ta te la b o ra to ry e x p e rts th a t th e d eath he obtained an em ergency lan d in g field a m o u n tin g to 3.000,000.000 m a rk s will th e tech n ical com m ittee o f th e w ar ! of G eorge G urdlna a t P ensacola, Flu., to be used by a v ia to rs engaged In he ask ed of th e new ro ieh stag next claim s b o ard .” F rid a y w as u ndoubtedly duo to bu p atro llin g th e forest of c e n tra l Oregon w eek, ac co rd in g to a n official new s Claim s Big and L ittle. bonic plague, ste p s w ere in a u g u ra ted d u rin g th e ap p ro ach in g fire season. b ulletin issued Monday. T h is m oney Some of th e claim s a d ju ste d w ere by th e city a u th o ritie s for an Im m e T h e field co n tain s sev eral h u n d red to be used to m eet u rg en t em erg en cy d istin ctly of an e x tra o rd in a ry n atu re . d ia te clea n u p cam p aig n in an effo rt acres and is located n e a r C ran e p rairie . ex p e n d itu res. T hey ranged from th e a d ju stm e n t of to p re v e n t a sp rea d of th e disease. A nother em ergency field will be lo cat T h e m in istry of fin an ce will also be th e g re a t pow er c o n tra c ts in th e P itts T h e G ard tn a case Is th e only one re ed a sh o rt d ista n c e so u th of M ount called upon to m obilize a c re d it of burgh d istric t, w hich Involved 1.900,- Je fferso n , acco rd in g to Mr. E llio tt. ported. 5.000,000.000 m a rk s to m e e t c u rre n t 000,000 h o rse pow er, to th e re-arrnnge- nient of th e rab b it m eat In dustry Bend.—U n d er th e d irectio n of a cltl- o b lig atio n s grow ing out of th e V er w hich had sp ru n g up In K an sas, in W hen a m an In a crow d view ing a l e n t ' co m m ittee headed by M ayor sailles pence trea ty . cid en tally , th e c a sto r oil co n tra cts— s n a i l g as w ell n e a r L ittle Rock, Ark., E astes, W. R. Speck, S ta n d a rd OH th e oil to be used for L ib erty m otors— M onday a tte m p te d to light a cigar, th e F a rts.—T h e G rand N ational S tee p le h av e come up befo re th e technical m anager. F rid a y su sp en d ed d eliv eries m a tc h flam e se t th e well a fire and of gasoliue to all g ara g es and se rv ic e ch a se of F ran ce, ru n S u n d ay on th e com m ittee. T h e fa c t th a t th e entire cau sed th e In ju ry of eig h t perso n s, sta tio n s. W ith only 3000 g allons of A uteutl tra c k w as won by Ooq G aulbls, am o u n t o f m ore thnn $3,500.000.000 se v e ra l of w hom a re re p o rte d in a m o to r fuel on hand, and no sh ip m en ts w ith H ero s X ll finishing second. Troy- w o rth of w ar co n trn cts w as settled at c ritic a l condition. T h e g as Ignited prom ised, sale of g aso lin e w ill be co n tow n th ird an d P o eth ly n fo u rth . T h e 12 p e r cent of th e ir to tal face value w ith a ro a r and th e flam es s h o t out show s th a t real A m ericanism p erv ad es fined to th e p in e m illin g com panies, sta k e s a r e valued a t 150.000 francs. th e In d u stries of th is country. o v e r th e crow d. Six of th e Injured m ail stages, p h y sician s an d p ro p rie to rs N ev er sin ce racin g cam e Into e x ist “ It Is th e biggest Job of a rb itra tio n a r e w om en w hose o leth in g took fire. of m ilk routes. en ce in F ra n c a h as a la rg e r crow d th e w orld h as ev er know n,” is th e A p p ro x im ately five billion d o llars A lbany.— A supply of gasoline to re g ath ered a t a race track . T he m ag n i w ay in w hich a prom inent m em ber of w as a p p ro p ria te d by th e 65th co n lieve th e serio u s sh o rtag e w hich has ficen t w e a th e r a ttra c te d 70.000 p e r th e ad m in istra tio n ch a racterize d th e w ork of “u n scram b lin g the w ar.” g re ss. said a s ta te m e n t p rep a re d T u e s ex isted h ere th e la st few w eek s is R o n *, O ne of th e m ost highly technical d a y by C h a irm an Good of th e h o u se now ivssured for A lbany. A c a r of S e a ttle .— M ayor Caldw ell S atu rd ay co n tract* , an d one w hich required a p p ro p ria tio n s co m m ittee for th e final 12,500 g allons w hich th e A lbany A uto signed an o rd in an ce rec en tly p assed deep Investigation, wtfs th n t nfrectlng iss u e of th e c o n g re ssio n a l record. T h e m obile 1 V ale ra' asso cia tio n o rd ered by th e city council providing fo r 10- th e pow er supply of the P ittsb u rg h e x a c t to ta l as giv en by Mr. Good w as from B akersfield, C a l . arriv e d Ft I- c e n t ca sh and 6 V c e n t "to k e n " c a r d istric t. T h is d istric t, th e chief prod 14,859,890,327. O f th is, 34.373.395.279 day a n d th re e m ore c a rs a re on th e fa re s on S e a ttle 's m unicipal s tre e t ra il u cts o f w hich w ere m unitions and is fo r g o v e rn m e n t e x p e n se s In th e fis way to a rriv e a t In te rv a ls of four d ay a w ay sy stem . T h e Increased fares be steel o f every kind, w as practically , Revival of traffic on the 3Ilsslssippl riv er on a large scale is not very fa r ca l y e a r b e g in n in g J u ly 1, an d $4M,- T h e d ea le rs say th ey w ill have enough com e effectiv e Ju ly 19. P re s e n t fa re s tied up In governm ent w ork during the d istan t, iudgtng by th e recent launching, in one day. of tw o self-propelled 495,048 is to m e e t d efic ien c ie s fo r th e now to supply not only th e local tra d e a re 5 ce n ts. U nder th e new o rd in an ce, la st y e a r of th e w ar. A dditions wer>- steam barges, co n stru cted for th e U nited S tate s governm ent a t a cost of $500 b u ilt to p lan ts, th o u san d s of new t m 0ta> each. T h is is a scene a t the sh ip y ard in S t Louis d uring tlie ch ristening fiscal y e a r en d in g w ith th is m onth . b u t to u ris ts also. to k e n s w ill be sold in 25 c e n t lots. ployees w ere added, an d as soon as I of the B irm ingham . * Hundredsfof Millions Saved FROM POWER TO CASTOR OIL Revival of Mississippi Traffic