The Polk County post. (Independence, Or.) 1918-19??, June 25, 1920, Image 2

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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
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said
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and
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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
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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
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tism
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w
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covered
by
organized.
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leave,
to
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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.
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.—
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m
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;
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
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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
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rd
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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 .
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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