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Events of Noted People, Government*
and Pacifie N orthwest, and O ther
Things W orth Knowing.
The French cham ber of deputies
voted an additional 20,000 franca
year for cabinet m inisters and 15,-
000 francs for secretaries of state.
izations .Expected.
Chicago.—Foundation stones were
laic.' Saturday for a new p arty on
which to unite all third party move
m ents, when the com m ittee of 48 and
the single tax party joined in their
first national convention to draft
platform and pick nominees who, they
hope, will win the support of 10 or 12
liberal organizations.
The first day’s session, devoted to
keynote speeches and organization
work, developed as m any different
views as there were factions repre
sented. Rules, resolutions and nom
inations for perm anent officials were
debated step by step and a t tim es
acrim oniously.
Allen McCurdy, the
tem porary chairm an from New York
and J. A. H. Hopkins, head of the
com m ittee of 48, who opened the con
vention, m aintained order with diffi
culty.
A committee representing the eight
leading grain exchanges of the country
are m eeting in Chicago to form ulate
plans for the reopening of trading in
Division between the liberal and
radical groups was brought out in
w heat futures.
the rules debate when Swinburne Hale
The A ustrian H ungarian m inister of
of New York said the state delega
education has issued a ruling th at only
tions w ere divided “51 per cent lib
25 per cent of the high school stu
eral and 49 per cent radical.’’ He
dents may be Jews. At present 60 per
pleaded for a change in the rules that
cent of the students are Jew s.
would prevent the radicals from be
Joseph Casey, aged 12, of Utica, N. life out-voted by the m ajority lib
Y., was instantly killed Sunday on the erals, but the m ajority ruled and his
links of a golf club when he was struck plea was lost.
Participation of the single-taxers
by a golf ball driven from a point 200
in S aturday’s convention followed an
yards away. The boy was a caddie.
earlier session, at which they decided
A train on which the P rince of to present their platform dem ands
W ales was traveling was derailed near and views on candidates. They were
Bridgetown, W est A ustralia, Monday. understood to be willing to accept
Two of the royal coaches w ere throw n either Charles H. Ingersoll, watch
off the tracks, but nobody was in m anufacturer, or Amos Pinchot, one
jured.
of the leaders of the com m ittee of 48,
R epresentative Dick I. M organ of for presidential nominee.
They w ere opposed, th eir leaders
Woodward, Okla., died a t Danville, 111.,
Sunday night from lobar pneumonia. said, to Senator Robert M. La Fol-
He had represented the eighth Okla lette, the favorite .presidential candi
homa d istrict in congress for the last date of the 48ers, and may bolt the
convention and select their own ticket
12 years.
if La Follette is nominated.
Two persons w ere killed and two
seriously injured early Sunday m orn
ing when the G reat N orthern fast w est
bound mail train No. 27 was wrecked
at Halford, 60 miles n o rth east of
Seattle.
AMERICANS FLEEING,
RUSS SWEEP AHEAD
Cottage Grove.—The W estern Lum
ber and Export com pany's mill and the
J. 11. Chambers mill, which shut down
HOW TOPSY WON
Document Signed in Form for over the fourth, have not yet re
sumed operations, due to Inability to
IGER and Tim were two kittens,
Sought ¡by Allies.
get cars with which to ship th eir prod
and while their mother, Mrs.
uct.
Puss, tried to bring them up as well-
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Salem.—‘Thousands of cattle from uiannered kittens should be brought
eastern Oregon are being shipped into up, those two naughty kits quarreled
ail the time.
Idaho and M ontana to- replenish the
Topsy Kitten, their sister, was a nice
herds of those states, according to Dr. quiet little puss, and Mrs. Puss was
W. H. Lytle, sta te veterinarian, who very proud of this one well-behaved
Question of Occupation Is for Entente Just returned here a fte r two weeks child, you may be sure, nnd th at was
spent a t Pendleton, B aker and other one reason her brothers never missed
to Decide, Not Germany, Says
a chance to plague their sister because
cities.
Lloyd George.
she was always held up to them as a
Roseburg.—Small cherry growers model.
who failed to contract th eir crop with
But the one thing they never for
the
local
canning
plant
earlier
in
the
gave
was what took place in the barn
Spa, Belgium.—Germany, in con
season are now losing 2 cents a pound one day, though it was not a t all
form lty w ith the unanim ous decision
and the price is threatening to go even Topsy’s fault but their own.
Mrs. Puss had offered a prize to the
of her cabinet, Saturday signed the below this point. From the opening
one who should catch the first mouse.
protocol for her speedy disarm am ent price of 12 cents cherries have drop It was to be a red ribbon for their
insisted upon by the allies. Chancellor ped to 10 cents a pound.
neck and each one. of course, w ant
ed It.
Fehrenbach and Dr. Simons, foreign
Portland.—The steam ships Iris and
“Oh, we will get the prize,” said
m inister, affixed th eir signatures to Fort Seward, both well known to Port Tim to Tiger. “Topsy is so nice she
the document, which was draw n in the land shipping folk, are offered for sale
exact form subm itted by M arshal by the shipping board. Instructions
to advertise for bids on the two ves
Foch and Field M arshal W ilson, the
sets were received from W ashington
allied m ilitary chiefs.
by C. D. Kennedy, district agent of the
The signature w as preceded by a operations division of the board.
notification from Dr. Simons on behalf
Bend.—Oscar Houston, Prinevllle
of his governm ent th a t in signing the garage man, while on an automobile
protocol Germ any did not give her trip to Bend, struck a m tach while his
consent to fu rth er occupation of Ger gasoline tank was being filled, in an
effort to see how much fuel he had
man territory, which could only be
The gasoline Ignited, and only prom pt
given by the relchstag.
action by employes of the filling sta
P rem ier Lloyd George said he quite tion saved Houston from injury.
understood th a t point of view. The
Salem.—Bids for the construction of
question of fu rth er occupation in the a new dorm itory a t the sta te home for would not run after a mouse. Let us
event of Germany not observing the the feeble-minded w ere opened by the go in the barn and watch this morn
stipulations of the treaty and protocol, board of control here W ednesday. Six ing. Then I can wear the ribbon this
however, was one for the allies to de bids were received, as follows: A. J, afternoon when we sit out in front in
the sun.”
term ine and not for the German par Anderson, <52,823; Carl Engstrom ,
“I am going to win the prize,” said
liam ent, he declared.
<40,647; Peterson W aale, <49,796; Tiger, “l’ou can’t have it.”
The protocol was signed In a small Stebbinger Bros., <41,850; V. Van Pal
“Oh, I know I'll get the mouse
room adjoining the conference cham let), <43,420; John Alm eter, <39,374.
first!” said Tim. “I can always beat
you running.”
ber. Chancellor F’chrenbach and Dr.
Molalla.—The Key Lum ber com
“N either of you will get It if you
Simons signed first.
A fter laying
down the pen they bowed to Mr. Lloyd patty's mill here was destroyed Mon stand there quarreling,” said Mrs.
George as though saying: “Well, th at ay night by fire, the loss am ounting Puss, giving each of iter sons a tap
to <13,000. The cause of the fire was on their ears which sent both scud
disagreeable business is finished.”
ding into the bnrn.
unknown
but the blaze was believed
Mr. Lloyd George bowed courteously
Tim sat down by the biggest hole,
in return. H err Geissler, m inister of to have been started by a cigarette
defense, was not present but he voted stub. Much of the lum ber was saved.
earlier in the German cabinet council The buildings on which was carried
about <1700 insurance will be recon
for signing the protocol..
COLLEEN M OORE
structed a t once.
T
PROTESTS
INVASION
W arsaw.—News from the battlefront
is meager, but at last accounts the
Allies May Aid Poles.
Americans were reported to have evac
Salem.—A belated Initiative petition
Spa.—If the Poles consent to retire having for its purpose the prohibiting
uated Minsk, Kovel and other towns
toward which bolshevlkl are approach within the natural frontiers of Poland of profiteering, trusts and monopolies
and providing penalties for violations
ing in their 745 mile westwurd sweep. the allies will give them all possible
of
the proposed act, was received at
Concluding argum ents on the appli
Many telegraph w ires are down and assistance in the event of th eir being
the
offices of the secretary of state
cation of the railroads of the county
attacked by the bolsheviki. This an
the railroads have been cut.
here
W ednesday. The petition was
for increased froight rates to not an
nouncem ent was made here Monday.
It is reported thut Minsk is on fire
additional billion dollars yearly rev
Tho ullies have sent a proposal to initiated by the housewives’ council,
enue were begun Tuesday before the but it is not certain w hether the bol- the Russian soviet governm ent for nn of which Mrs. F. J. Kane, 83% Third
t, Portland, is president.
Interstate commerce commission by shevikl have yet occupied the town.
arm istice with Poland on condition stree%
representatives of shippers.
Tho Catholic archbishop bore has tfiat tho Poles retire w ithin their na-
Eugene.—M otorists who drive the
ural Polish frontiers nnd th at if the Pacific highway through Lane county
appealed
to
m
em
bers
of
tho
church
Excessive drinking of Florida w ater
bolsheviki nttack the Poles within will be glad to learn th at a new bridge
mixed with near beer caused the death to Join tho colors.
these frontiers the allies will come to will be built Immediately at n point
Russian residents have begun or
of W alter Sm ith, 22-year-ohl luborer
’olnnd's aid. A conference of repre a m ile south of Cresswell, where there
of Pendleton, Ore. Coroner llrown did ganization of Infantry and civil de
sentatives
of all the countries is pro exl3ts a t present n narrow, rickety
net cull fur an inquest, as it was learn tachm ents to fight the bolsheviki.
posed.
wooden bridge. The new bridge will
Tile American relief association and
ed that Sm ith had been drinking large
be of wood, 57 feet long and 20 feet
quantities of the alcoholic concoction. the American Red Cross have com
Accidents Fatal for Seven.
wide, patterned after plans approved
pleted evarn.ition of Vllnn in the north
In a race riot at Denison, Texus, Sun and of Lem berg on the southern front.
Salem, Or.—T here were seven fatal by the state highway commission
day night, the outgrow th of a dispute At last ueecunts the bolsheviki were
ities in Oregon due to industrial acci
Salem.—Tho Wiliam ina & Grand
between ft negro and a w hite boy, 40 kilom eters from Vllnn. Extensive
seven negroes were beaten and injured preparations have been made for that dents during the week ending July 1, Rondo Railway company has filed with
by mobs of 200 or more w hite men and city's defense. Lem berg is net yet in according to a report prepared by the the Oregon public service commission
Rtate Industrial accident commission application to construct its lines across
boys. The trouble started over an danger.
Of
the 482 accidents reported, 468 were j coun^>’ ro»ds in la m h iil and Polk
argum ent at a baseball game. None
Americans nnd other foreigners here
subject to the provisions of the com «»unties. The railroad, which is now
was Injured seriously.
an* considering em ergency plans
pensatlon act, 20 were from firms and wnd®r Construction, will extend from
A dispatch to the El Paso Times should bolsheviki m enace tho city. corporations th at have rejected the Willnmlno, Yamhill county, to Bent-
from Its correspondent In Torreon, The Red Cross and o th er welfare or provisions of the com pensation law. ley, Polk county, and will carry on
Mexico, says Francisco Villa lias sign ganization m em bers discussed plans and four were from public utility cor both a freight afid passenger business.
ed an unn istice and agreed to cease for the evacuation and nlso for the
porations not subject to benefits under
K lam ath Falls.—Miller Hill, Sum
nttacks on train s, garrisons or towns. ra re of American property.
the act.
m ers and Midland school districts,
Vllta has also agreed to surrender
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I with a combined enrollm ent of 90
under certain conditions to be approv Debs to Steer Party
Canada to Pay on Wheat.
pupils, a re considering a proposal
ed by Provisional P resident de la
In Cell If Not Feed Winnipeg. — The Canadian w h e a t.10 consolidate the districts, and build
H uerta.
board has decided to m ake an interim a central sch° o1 buildln* large enough
to accom m odate the elem entary grades
Detroit.—Unless he Is pardoned.
The am endm ent to the trading with
payment of 30 cents per bushel as soon
and two classes in high school work.
th e enemy net passed by the recent Eugene V. Debs, presidential nominee
ns possible after July 15, against the The question will be decided a t a
session of congress authorizes the re of the socialist party, will direct the
w heat represented by its participation special election to be held, probably
turn of 1150,000,000 of enemy property,
p arty ’s cum psiga this sum m er from certificates. W hile the board will be next spring.
according to estim ates of th e nlien
property custodian's office. T here will A tlanta federal prison, where he is unable to determ ine the total value of
Salem.—Bonds In the sum of <1,-
rem ain more than $350,000,000 In seis serving a sentence for violation of the the certificates before the business Is 700,000 voted by the people of Clack
ed property In the hands of th at of espionage law the socialist national | C0UH>1«‘‘“ »* present Indications,* It says, am as county for the Improvement and
are that this paym ent represents ap
ficial.
committee has decided.
construction of roads are Invalid be
The com m ittee decided first, how proximately 75 per cent.
cause
the aggregate am ount of money
W hut was said to he the largest
ever. to make nn appeal to President
involved In the issue exceeds 2 per
single road construction enntrar* ever
Allies Firm W ith Turks.
Wilson for Debs' release. About 200
cent of the assessed valuation of prop
aw arded in the Uulted S tates, was
Spa.
Belgium.—The
final draft of the erty In the county, according to an
socialists plan to call on the presi
aw arded lu Texas to a Phoenix, Arts,
dent soon and urge him to act on the reply to the Turkish objections was »pinion w ritten by Justice Benson and
firm , according to word from Ranger,
request made bv a sim ilar committee adopted by the allied delegates Mon handed down by the Oregon suprem e
Texas, The contract calls for con
day. It will be handed to the Turkish court here.
to Secretary Tumulty.
stru ctio n of 160 tulles of hardsurfaced
delegation at Versailles on July 17.
road s and 60 m iles of graded roads in
Pendleton.—R epresentatives of the
and published sim ultaneously in Paris
Craft Offered Germans.
E astlan d county under a boud Issue of
and Ixtudon. The reply ..j*1ls upon tho U m atilla drainage district m et here
Berlin.—The Boerscn C ourier's Ham
<4.600,000.
, Turks to sign the treaty as drafted, Tuesday m orning to place before the
burg correspondent claim s to ha>e j with only slight modifications.
G reat B ritain does not forget those
county court th eir proposition to bond
w ho prove them selves Its friends In authority to confirm the report (hat
for construction of one main and two
200 Russian Brides Land.
th e h our of need. S ir Auckland Geddes. British shipow ners have offered to
lateral ditches through the townsite of
B ritish am bassad o r to the United sell to German «hlpow ners or (he
San Francisco.—Two hundred Rus Stanfield, located in Stage gulch,
S tates, told G eneral Pershing Monday German governm ent a large part of sian brides of American soldiers a r which Is wet when all the surround
In presenU ug him a bejeweled sword the tounsge surrendered ns compensa- rived here Monday from Vladivostok ing country dries up. This condition
a s a gift of th e city of London. The tlon for the Scapa flow sinkings.
with th eir husbands, on board the : has long aggravated residents, and
p resen tatio n w as m ade a t th e British
The Germ ans declined to accede to arm y transport M adawaska. Several action m ay be taken to «hatter the
em bassy b e fo re a distinguished com the British dem and that the ships fly women had two o r three children. One hnrdpan and allow the three ditches
the British flag.
pany.
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had a family of eight.
to properly drain the townaite.
The tre a ty returning the Danish
zone in Schleswig to Dunlsh sov
ereignty was signed in P aris by the
French, British, Italian and Japanese
am bassadors and H. A. Bernhoft,
Danish m inister to France.
and Tiger said th at was not fair, so
they pushed each other about until
their mother, hearing the racket, came
In and settled the dispute by saying
they both should sit by the hole, and
the one who caught the mouse would
have the prize.
I t was a long time before the mouse
came out of his hole, because they had
made so much noise, but at last be did
come, and such a scramble you never
did see. Over boxes and palls and
rakes and hoes they all flew, and then
Tim caught it, but Tiger took It away
from him, saying th a t be saw It first,
and that the mouse belonged to him.
Tim Kitten said it was his, and he
began to push Tiger, and the first
thing they knew they had forgotten
all about the mouse, which had es
caped and was running for its hole.
Tim and Tiger tumbled and clawed
at each other in a terrible way. quar
reling all the time, each saying the
mouse was his, when Topsy, who was
passing the barn, beard the noise and
went In to see w hat was going on.
Ju st as she entered the door the
mouse was running for its hole, and,
quick as a wink, Topsy pounced upon
it and carried it off to her mother.
That afternoon when Mrs. Puss sat
out in the sun with her three children
Topsy wore the red ribbon, while her
brothers looked at her with envy and
anger.
“She took my mouse,” said Tim. “I
caught it first.”
“It was my mouse. I snw it before
you did,” said Tiger.
“If 1 hear another word about that
mouse both of you will go to bed w ith
out your supper,” said Mrs. Puss. “ If
you two were not always quarreling
one of you would have won the prize,
but your sister caught th e mouse and
brought it to me first and the prize
Is hers.”
As they were to have a saucer of
cream for supper, Tim and Tiger
thought it best not to talk any more,
hut Tim whispered to his brother and
sa id :
"Who wants the old red ribbon any
way? I don’t. Only girl kittens w ear
those tilings.”
“I don’t want It, either,” said Tiger,
rolling over on the grass. “Boy kit
tens can't fight with ribbons on their
necks.”
(C o p y rig h t.)
LANDW.GILLI
( C o p y r ig h t.)
T H E U N IV E R S A L Q U ES TIO N .
T h e y do n ot a s k : “ W h e re d o es th is p a th .
w a y le a d ?
W h a t w e re m y g o a l If I s h o u ld t h u s p ro -
ceed?"
N o. t h e y ’r e n o t a s k in g v i t a l t h i n g s lik e
th o s e
In th e s e s w if t d a y s th r o u g h w h ic h th e
m a d w o rld flow s.
I n s te a d , t h e y ’re a n x io u s t h a t th e y m a y
n o t fa il
T o h o ld t h e i r Job a n d d r a w t h e i r w e e k ly
k a le .
A n d t h i s th e o n ly q u e s tio n t h a t th e y
ask
A s, lo o k in g a t th e clo c k , t h e y s l i g h t t h e ir
ta s k :
"C an I
G et b y?”
Pretty Colleen Moore, one or the win-
some stars of the "movies” is just
eighteen years old. Her smile has won
thousands of warm friends for her,
and her acting has endeared her to the
hearts of thousands and thousands of
others who are patrons of the screen
houses. Yes, she is a lover of pets__
she has two tittle bunnies which she
carries with her most of the t i m e -
in her large fur coat pockets.
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Farmer's Side Line.
A Vermont farm er took up his posi
tion with n horse at a niudhole in the
road near East Montpelier, nnd stnyed
there ail day, making good money
hauling out stalled automobiles at <1
a haul.
O -
T h e y do n o t a s k : " C o u ld t h i s w o rk t h a t
I do
B e d o n e m o re th o r o u g h ly , b y h a n d s m o re
tru e ? ”
T h ey do n o t q u e ry :
“ M ig h t I d o s till
m o re
T o b le s s m y b o s s ‘in b a s k e t a n d in
s to re ? ’ ”
T h e y a r e n o t tr o u b le d w ith a h a u n t i n g
fear
L e s t w o rk t h e i r h a n d s a r e d o in g p r o v e
to o d e a r .
N o t a n y ! A s th e y p r a y f o r c lo s e o f b iz..
T h e ir o n e a n d o n ly e a r n e s t q u e s tio n Is:
"C an I
G et b y?”
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MATHEM ATICALLY
SPEAKING
"1 n o t e t h a t c o u p le s w ith c h il
d r e n a r e se ld o m d ivorced.*’
“ Yes.
If t h e y ’ve m u l ti p li e d
a n y , t h e y ' r e d iv id e d less e a s i ly .”
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Very Suggestive.
One of these scientific dope-sheet-
ers, who w rites nil the stuff we don’t
want to know, says:
“To prevent the Toss of n loose finger
ring, there has been patented a guard
to be fastened inside it nnd engage
the knuckle of the weaker.”
If some of these paragraphing sm art
alecks don’t pick up that word “en
gage” in there, in connection with the
word “ring,” we shall be profoundly
disappointed.
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FINNIGAN FILOSOPHY.
W h in a m a n calls y e s a lia r,
he a lw e z fe e ls h e 's p h r o m o t i n ’
y e s i n t o his o w n class.
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What the Sphinx Says.
By Newton Newkirk.
“No b u s i
ness man can
afford to re
tire. even
t h o u g h he
CAN a f f o r d
It—work is s
habit whose
shackles are shaken off at the
awful cost of rolng dead a t the
top, or ’dippy,’ which is worse.”