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VOLUME VIII NO. 35.
VALE, OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 28, 1917.
MALHEUR COUNTY OFFICIAL PAPER.
,TTBSCRIPTION, $2.00 PER YEAR
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PROF. HORNER
VISITS VALE
O. A. C. Historical Department Head
Gives Stories of Early Gradu
ates Well Known Here.
Prof. John B. Horner of the histor
ical department of the O. A. C.j was
a visitor in Vale the first of the week
on his way to Burns and Bend. Prof.
Horner is a pioneer of Oregon and
well acquainted with the early history
of this state. The following inter
view with the professor was interest
ing1 to the editor and wc believe will
interest others:
1st Lieutenant Bartlctt.
"Doctor Carl Bartlett's recent en
listment as surgeon in the U. S. Army
with rank of 1st Lieutenant recalls
the fact that the newspapers stated
some years ago that I found him as a
boy on an Eastern Oregon hayrake,
'and that I had somewhat to do i'n
turning him into the pathway that
leads to the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege. The College soon discovered
him. Then ho discovered himself;
and upon final graduation, Doctor
Bartlctt became one of the most sue
ccssful medical practitioners within
the Inland Empire.
Will R. King.
"I have also in mind the Hon. Will
R. King, formerly of Ontaiio, novrf
Chief Council of the U. S. Reclamation
Service. As a boy he struggled against
odds while pursuing a course of in
struction in the Oregon Agricultural
College. Later he became one of the
supreme judges of Oregon; and at
present his legal talents command re
spect throughout the cast as well as
in the west.
"Lionel Johnson, said to be one
of the ablest editorial writers that
have operated in Alaska, came up as
a lad on a ranch west of Vale. At
the age of twenty-one he entered Col
lege with meager preparation. Soon,
however, he rose to leadership and
consequent strength, which is recog
nized. Seeking Ambitious Youth.
"And, lovely things, could be truth
fully spoken of hundreds of others
who came to College from Malheur
county and other sections of the Ore
gon Highlands, where the young peo
ple are so strong of body and re
sourceful of intellect that they meas
ure up well to the situation wherever
they go. Of the four thousand stu
dens in the Oregon Agricultural Col
lege Inst year, many came from East
ern Oregon; and their record was such
that the College wants more of the
kind. .Hence members of the Faculty
are now canvassing the state for the
young persons who would appreciate
help from a great institution of learn
ing. We are seeking aspiring youth
from whom a college education is
withheld because of limited funds; dis
couraged boys and girls whose earn
ing should be increased through su
perior skill in the industries; those
with limited schooling who have the
ability to master a course in vocation
al training but cannot attend high
school; those who fail to realize the
value of industrial training; some ge
nius that should bo placed in touch
with experts, specialists and great la
boratories; those who want to do more
toward increasing the food supply
during the war; those young men who
should have a military training in a
recognized state school to fit them for
the duties of army officers in the ser
vice of the U. S.; those who want to
equip themselves for the highest pos
sible seryice to their fellow man."
These utterances come from Pro
fessor John B. Horner, of the depart
ment of his tory, in the Oregon Agri
cultural College. Professor .Horner
was on the present site of Vale in
April, 1862, when the water was so
high that passengers and baggage
were transported across the Malheur
in boats improvised from willow
frames and canvas tents. "And it
would have delighted the boys and
girls who attend school at Vale to
have seen the women of the company
fishing from the opposite bank of the
river until the baits of the hooks were
literally cooked for they were fish
ing in the hot springs which were sub
merged at that time."
Continuing Professor Horner said
that last year nearly four hundred ca
dets enlisted in the service of Uncle
Sam, all receiving commissions who
had remained long enough in the col
lege to acquire sufficient training. La
ter, in recognition of the training giv
en, the College has been listed as one
of fifteen educational instituions es
pecially recognized by the Western
Division of the War Department.
All the new Government jobs are
to be filled by th hungry faithful,
lii;t, as Penrose predicts, the-civitl per
vice blanket will be spread before the
work is over.
Reasons for exemption must bo
strong to get past those boards.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS WILL HAVE A BIG
PATRIOTIC PROGRAM IN VALE SATURDAY
Local K. P.'s Will Celebrate on Court
House Lawn Fine Program of
Music and Speeches Arranged
The Knights of Pythias of this city,
have arranged for a Patriotic Pro
gram, which will be rendered on the
court house lawn Saturday evening,
July 28. The committee have arrang
ed n fine program, which follows:
Hon. Geo. W. McKnight, Master of
Ceremonies. "
"Hail Columbia", Vale Concert Band
Invocation, Rev. Luscombe.
Address, "Our Common Cause," (15
minutes), R. D.Lytle.
ARRESTS MAY FOLLOW
Deputy Sheriff Noe and County Attor
ney Swaglcr Make Raid on Basque
Home in Jordan Valley.
A number of arrests may be made
at an early date in Jordan Valley, as
a result of a raid which was made
there Saturday when Deputy Sheriff
Lee Noe and County Attorney Ralph
W. Swagler, went to the home of n
basque thirty miles south of Jordan
Valley, and secured 100 quarts of
whiskey, which they brought to Vale.
Arrests Expected.
While in Jordan the officials made
an investigation as io bootlegging
there, and arrests may be expected
there soon.'
EXCURSION RATES
Mid-Summer Excursion to Salt Lake
and Intermediate Points An
nounced by O. S. L., Aug 3.
Beautiful Ogdcn Canyon (Stop over
nt Ogden).
Sightseeing in and about Salt Lake
City.
Bathing and Dancing at Saltair.
Trip to Utah Copper Mine at Bing
ham. Trip to Fort Douglas, with its cn-
Jarged quarters and new war activi
ties.
City Creek Canyon -frip.
Cottonwood Canyon Trip.
Wandamere Park Outing.
Liberty Park Outing.
Lagoon Outing.
Many other attractions.
Ten days can conveniently be oc
cupied here in sightseeing and so the
limit of tickets has been fixed at ten
days.
Be Prompt With Third Bond Payment
Third Payment on Liberty Loan Bonds
Due July 3020 per cent
Due Be Prompt.
The third payment of twenty per-
centum on Liberty Loan Bonds pur
chased by installments is due on July
30th. The payment must be made on
or before that date according to the
official statement of terms and condi
tions of the sale of Liberty Loan
Bonds made by Secretary McAdoo at
the time subscriptions were invited.
Whether the bonds were purchased
from the Treasury or the Federal Re
serve Banks or through other banks
or agencies it is important that these
and succeeding installments be paid
promptly.
The action of many employers of
labor in arranging to pay their em
ployees on July 30th instead of Au
gust 1st in order-to enable them to
promptly make their payments on Li
berty Loan Bonds is an excellent and
patriotic example which no doubt will
be followed by a large number of em
ployers. Next Issue Undetermined.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has made official denial of the report
that the date of the next issue of the
Liberty Loan would be September 15
and the amount of it three billion dol
lars. He states that neither the amount
nor the date of the loan offering have
been determined and when determined
official announcement will be made of
the fact by the Treasury Department.
Insuring OurFighting Men.
Work on the plan of Secretary of
the Treasury McAdpo for life and in
demnity insurance to the soldiers and
sailors of the United States is pro
gressing. The advisory committee of
10 prominent insurance men and oth
er committees and the Secretary are
working out the details and a bill will
ultimately be drafted and presented to
Congress for action. The report of
the various committees and the Sec
retary's action furnish a tangible
working basis for the legislation.
The insuring of our soldiers and
sailors will be only a new application
of n well-known principle. Employ
ees' insurance, especially for thoso en
'gaged in hazardous employment, has
long heen recognized as a just and
Iwise and prolilablc policy in prfvale
Music, Vale Concert Band.
Address, "Pythianism," .(15 min
utes),, Julicn A. Hurley.
Vocal Selection, Mrs. Reed and Mr.
Lytic
Address, "Proclamation of Supreme
Chancellor," (15 minutes), Geo. W.
Hayes.
Music, Vale Concert Band.
Song, "America,1' Audience.
"Star Spangled Banner," Vale Con
cert Band.
The program is public and everyone
is invited to attend.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
will be served the guests immediately
after the rendition of the program.
Liquor Law is
Profitable One
Sheriff Collects $3,225 in One Month
in Fines From Vio'itions of
State Prohibition Law.
Sheriff Ben J. Brown has collected
and turned over to the County Clerk
of Malheur county, between June 1st
and July 1st, the sum of $3,225, re
ceived in fines collected from violators
of the prohibition law. The cases
from which this amount was collected
number fifteen, one case still pending.
WESTFALL COUPLE MARRIED
Well Known Couple From Wcstfall
United in Matrimony by Justice
of Peace in Vale.
At the office of Justice of the Peace
Lytic in this city Thursday evening,
Mr. Edward Hart and Miss Nellie
Crosby, both of Westfall, were united
in amrriage. The ceremony "was wit
nessed by Mrs. Lizzie, Mustard, a
friend of the happy couple.
The newlyweds will make their fu
ture home in Westfall, where the best
wishes of the friends accompany them.
Beef Sold In Omaha,
Harry C. Edwards, of Jamieson, re
turned home Friday from Omaha
where he has just marketed, a ship
ment of beef, the steers bringing
$10.25 on the market.
Let us hope the "scattered showers"
forecasted for this week will merge
into one big rain.
business, and has been successfully
operated for years. In fact through
the United States Employees' Com
pensation Commission civilian employ
ees of the Government are now insur
ed against accidents occurring in the
course of their employment.
The wisdom and justice of a great
Government applying the principle to
its citizens who for their country's
salco engage in the extra-hazardous
employment of war are apparent to
all. 'Our soldiers and sailors in de
fense of their country are daily haz
arding their lives and safety and they
certainly deserve the same protection,
and their dependents deserve the same
protection, that great business corpor
ations give their employees and the
United States gives certain of its em
ployees. Secretary McAdoo before the con
ference of insurance men outlined his
views, as follows: "It seems to me
that we ought not, as we send our men
into this war, say to them that they
must be dependent upon future legis
lation for the granting of compensa
tions which have heretofore, under our
policy, taken the form of pensions.
Our brave men should not be left in
uncertainty or doubt as to what is
going to be done for them in case of
either death or total or partial disabil
ity. A man who goes out to fight for
the United States is entitled to know
in advance what a just Government is
going to do for him."
One of the great uses of the pro
ceeds of the Liberty Loan Bonds is to
protect our fighting men, to supply
them with everything that will make
them powerful, effective and as safe
as may be. That those who meet with
disability in the course of their duty
should be given compensation and
that the dependents of those who die
for their country should be given com
pensation is exactly In line with and
really a part of this use of the pro
ceeds of the Liberty Loan Bonds.
A big lumber comp.iny across the
river is advertising for all kinds of
help in its logging industry and the
man out of a job has little excuse for
loafing. '
If the next draft could be from forty-five
up, there would be no living
with some of the old fellows.
W rites Enterprise
iPrnm Af inmtncr
V WW Ulf III
Thinks Vale' Field Better Far Than
Wyoming Still Looks for Oil
lto Malheur County.
Casper, Wyoming, July 24. Editor
Malheur Enterpirse, Vale, Oregon.
Dear Sir: ' Complying with your re
quest whcn,Ieaving Vale for this plnce
to write yqti from time to time while
I am here my opinion of this field in
comparison, with the Vale field.
"Skinned Forty Ways"
From what I have observed so far
in the way'of surface conditions, Vale
field has this, one skinned forty ways.
The fact is there is nothing to go by
here on the surface. I was invited to
motor to tlie Big Muddy field on Sat
urday of last week, this field has
something over 80 producing wells,
and is 20 miles from Casper. I had
the. good fortune to aae one of the
Standard Oil Wells shot nt one thou
sand feet .with 100 .quarts of Nitro
Glycerine. Five minutes after the
shot went eft", the oil shot up about
fifty feet above the top of the derrick,
But before shooting they ran the bal
er to clean out and make ready for
the shot, there was not a sign of oil.
They told me that the sand was GO
feet thick, and at no time in drilling
through it, was there scarcely a sign
of oil.
I mention this to show the differ
ence between the sands here, and that
encountered in the Vale field which
has alays been prolific with oil. Of
course yu .must understand that the
moment that they encounter stratas
of water .here it is shut off at once.
Portland Men in Field.
There arc u number of Portland men
here, and on my return Saturday from
the field, I was asked how it compared
with the Vale field, my reply was,
that had there been no derricks or
wells in. sight, and nothing to go by
in the way of surface indications,
.there was no comparison, and on look
ing up the record ' of the first well
drilled, which .ook a long time, that
many practical f oil men and Geolo
gists hud turned it down, but the bull
dog tenacity of two or three men af
ter exhausting neurly all their re
sources before they succeeded in
bringing in the first well, are now all
millionaires.
I am leaving in the morning to ex
amine another new field 60 miles from
Casper where the Mexican Petroleum
company took in some 40 drilling rigs
since July 1st, and on my return,
which will take me about two wceks,
will write you the inducements for oil
men to invest their money so far away
from transportation, and as I believe
don't offer one tenth the inducement.!
that the Vale field docs.
Oil Men Thick.
Oil men are here as thick as flics in
September from every oil field in the
United .States and Canada. It costs
one dollar to sit in a lobby chair from
two o'clock in the morning until day
light. Saloons are open 24 hours each
day except Sunday.
Not a vacant house to, be had, and
over two hundred and fifty under con
struction, and all spoken for before
the foundation is laid.
These will be the conditions in Vale
after the first well is brought in, and
the more investigation given other
fields, I am more convinced than ever,
that it is only a matter of time, and
money judiciously spent, when the
same conditions will be at Vale, that
are here now.
Yours truly,
T. W. Davidson.
Examinations Away From Home
Portland, Or., July 25, A question
frequently asked in connection with
the coming .draft is whether a man ab
sent from his home county, either out
of the state or in another county of
the state, can arrango to save tho ex
pense of returning to his home coun
ty for physical examination, etc., if
he is called, by appearing before the
exemption board of the county in
which he happens to be.
He can, but only under the follow
ing conditions:
Immediately after receiving notifi
cation from his home exemption board
to appear for physical examination,
the absentee should write the board,
fully explaining the circumstances and
asking permission to present himself
before the board in the county whero
he is situated,
The War Department draft regula
tions authorize his home board, if it
is satisfied with his statement, to give
such permission. He should not ap
pear before the other board, however,
until he has first been notified by-hls
home board and has otalned the nec
essary permission.
The board before which he appears
will have full jurisdiction over his
case.
Durinj; the year, canary birds uillii
country- consume incarly 1,000,000
pound of birdiccd,
WAS JEALOUSY THE CAUSE OF SHOOTING
AFFRAY AT RAINBOW?-ASSAILANT JAILED
Ed Woodcock Is Probably Fatally
Wounded When Husband Finds
Him in Home and Shoots
C. P. Tcale is in the county jail in
this city, and Ed Woodcock lies in me
hospital at Baker city, as a result of
a shooting which toox place nt ho
Rainbow mine Sunday night Both
men live at the mining camp in Mor
mon basin, and because of the serious
ness of the bullet wound in his groin,
Woodcock's recovery is said to be
doubtful. Teale is held in jail here
Fined. Broke.
Goes to Jail
Convicted For Violation of Prohibition
LawWill Serve $100 Worth of
Time in County Jail.
W. S. Richards was committed to
tho county jail Thursday of this week,
having been convicted and fined $100
before Justice C. M. Stearns of the
Ontario police court, for violation of
the prohibition law. Unable to pay
the fine, Richards has been committed
to jail.
NEW STAGE SERVICE
Daily Service 'Will Be Inaugurated
August First by Walter Woods
Schedule Announced.
Walter Woods is tho proprietor of
a new auto stage service between Vale
and Ironside to begin August first.
Tho Vhlo office will ho at the First
National Bank. Following Is the' time
table as announced by Mr. Woods sub
ject to change without notico however:
Daily Time Table
A. M.
8:00
10:30
11:00
12:00.
P. M.
C:00
3:30
3:00
2:00
made to
Baggage
Ironside
Brogan
Jamieson
Vale
Daily side trips will be
Malheur city and Bonita.
r.nd express hauled.
General Goethals and the Shipping
Board should not forget that, w'lilo
they confer and confer and confer and
confer about building ahips, tho sub
marines are still sinking ships. It is
lime to get into action
How to Organize a
Digest of Information for Oregon Red
Cross Organizations by "Exten
sion Monitor" of U. of O.
Tho great work of the Red Cross is
carried. on through units known ns
chapters. It is well to understand
clearly what a chapter is. In Oregon,
as elsewhere, a chapter usually em
braces an entire county; and It fre
quently embraces several counties.
This does not mean, ' mowever, that
each community cannot have its own
Red Croirs organization. The'.e com
munity organizations aro known as
brunches and auxiliaries of the county
(hapter.
For purposes of uniformity in tho
organization work in tho Pacific Di-
vision, it is requested that when pos
sible, where a chapter of the Ameri
can Red Cross has been established in
a-county, that tho other towns of that
county form "branches" or "auxiliar
ies" to this chapter.
Branches.
A "branch" is an organization of the
American National Red Cross which
takes the name of the community or
town where it is formed, and which
performs in its own locality all the
ties of the chapter. It organizes by
so .cling en executive committee rop.
resenting nil classes or the communi
ties from which are chosen a board of
managers, chairman, vlce-cnairmnn
(one or more), secretary, treasurer
and chairman of standing committee?.
All funds received by the branch,
whether as membership dues or other
wise, are retained by the branch and
expended by them for such Red Cross
work us they may deem advisable, ex
cept the proportionate Share which Is
required to be sent to Washington, D.
C. This share is sent to the treasur
er of the parent chapter, together with
a list of the membership of the branch;
The chapter keeps a record of the
membership of the branch, and in turn
transmits o National Headquarters
the money received from the branch?
Auxiliaries.
An auxiliary is a local organizatii n
of members of tho American National
Red Cross. Its terrr of existence is
one year only, unless extended beyond
that t'rno by the ar "ir- chapter. An
auxilh ry may he oitfanlzed in a
churcl, school, union, r frtit- r ol or
on a formal charge, pending develop
ments in his victims's condition.
Jealousy the Cause?
It is believed jealousy is the cause
of the shooting. Tcale and his wife
have not lived together for several
months. Sunday evening Woodcock
and Mrs. Tcale attended the picture
show together. They had gone to the
home of Mrs. Tcale after the show.
Soon after their arrival there, Teale,
who hud just returned from Baker
city, appeared upon the scene. It is
said Teale immediately opened fire' on
Woodcock, with the result as stated.
FORMER VALE BOY MARRIED
Norman Pike Married at Puyallup,
Washington Will Make Home
in Ketchikan, Alaska.
Friends of Norman C. Pike, a form
er resident of this city, and connected
with the Percy M. Johnson' Co., were
surprised to 1 earn of his marriage in
Puyallup, Washington. The bride war
Miss Mary Gunn, a daughter of Mrs
Sarah E. Gunn, anil the wedding tool,
place on Saturday, the twenty-third of
June.
Well Known in Vale.
' Mr. Pike is very well known in Vale,
where he has a host of friends, and
whoso best wishes go with the happy
couple, who will muUo their perma
nent home in Ketchikan, Alaska.
38 ACCIDENTS DAILY
One Fatality Every Four Days, is the
Startling Record Revealed by
the Commission.
During tho last year tho number of
accidents subject to the workmen's
compensation law has averaged ocr
38 for each business day, while the
fnfal accidents subject to tho law av
eraged ono for every four days of the
calendar, according to a statement is
sued by the stnto industrial accident
commission,
Afthe close of June the compensa
tion law hud been in effect three cars,
Tho total number of employers sub
ject to it at tho end of the first year
was 5088, the second 6594, and the
third 8803. The totul number of ac
cidents reported during the three
years were respectively 4540, 7102 and
I2,l3l, and the fatal accidents 71, 72
and 90.
Red Cross Branch
ganization, but must con&ixt of at
least ten members. It electa officers
and appoints such committees as ap-
i pear advisable. It receives member-
tliipn nnd subscriptions and turn3 all
money so received over to the parent
chapter. The parent chapter 'u then
expected to provide such materials as
may be needed by the auxiliary, or ro
fund n portion of tho money with
which supplies mny bo rjurchnsed, Ar,
auxiliary performs only such I'ulies
as are assigned to it by tho chapter,
nnd in consequence his r. lighter re
sponsibility placed upon it than in
tho case of a branch. '
Relation of Branch anil Auxiliary
to Chapter.
In tho case of both brunches and
auxiliaries, all communications should
bo addressed to the parent chapter,
nnd supplies, literature, and pins ob
tained from them. Proper credit will
bo given for effective work done
whether it is done ns an auxiliary or
n branch. As soon as a branch ot
auxiliary is formed tho parent chap
ter should at once transmit to the of
fice of the Pacific Division a full re
port of the same, Including (1) Name,
(2) Location, (3) Officers, (4) Pur
pose for which formed, (5) Remurks.
Most of tho Oregon chapters have
been formed nnd their jurisdictions
established, but as u great many Ore
gon towns, not yet organized for Red
Crosa work, will want to form branch
es and auxiliaries, it is of value tc
know the exact procedure of putting
the organization into effect.
How to Organize.
In the first place, there should be it
least ten members in the community
who want to organize. Send for ap
plication blanks to your chapter:
names of Oregon chnpters and juris
dictions will be found In The Monitor.
There are lines on tho blank for 29
names, and if more lines are needed,
as is likely, request that n sufficient
number of blanks bo sent. Return to
the chapter the application blank fill
ed out, together with membership dues
for every person whose name is on
the blank. Individual membership
blanks mo also avnilable.
When your application for a branch
bus beon grouted by tho chupter, you
nro leady to proceed to tho work of
(CVitinuvd on payo 8.)
NAMES OF MEN
IN DRAFT LIST
First 118 Men Should Keep in Touch
With Board Must Report Af
ter Notice is Posted.
On page 8 is given an unofficial list
of the first 1G0 Mainour county men
to bo called before the county board
to be examined for service in the
army. The first call requires that 59
be selected from this county and tho
local board early next week will is
sue summons for 118 to appear and
present proof of exemption and sub
mit to physical examination. It is
likely that tho 59 will not be determ
ined from the first 118 called in which
case others will have to appear in tho
order drawn until tho full quota is
selected.
Local Board Can't Exempt.
Tho local board cannot exempt for
occupational reasons, but only for
physical unfitness and for dependencies
:uso registered men who aro not citi
zens of this country.
As soon as the master lists and of.
!icinl notices reach tho local board
from Washington, D. C, they will pre
pare the call for the first 118 and will
post same at the court house. Other
means such ns mail notices will be
jsed but the posting is deemed sufil
cipnt and these first 118 men should
make arrangements to keep in touch
with the board by mail or phone so
that they can be notified when toop
pear. Must Respond Soon.
Five days after poating the list of
U8 the first ono third or 40 must re
port for examination, the second third
must report on tho sixth day and tho
last third on tho seventh day after
posting above list.
Arthur Moody, while still acting as
x member of the board will be substi
tuted befote tho examinations, due t.
,:ho fact that the regulations prescribe
that nil members of the examining,
board must bo above tho age limit pf
the draft. Bruce R. Kester has been
recommended to take Moody's plnce.
Sheriff Ren Rrowii nml TV. F. .1.
LBrawrP'artYie 'jthermembers.
The list published has been com
piled from tho various press notices
of the drawing nrtd while some errors
may have been made is as correct as
can be ascertained at this time.
Can Enlist.
Until tho notice for examination has
been posted enlistments of registered
lien will bo ncceptcd by the postmas
ir, reported John P. Houston.
LATEST WAR SITUATION
Russian Revolution Critical-Will
Spend 8. Billion I. W. W.'s
Destroy and Burn.
The Russian government's policy if
'blood and iron" is to be carried out
along lines which bodes ill for the
.-editious troops along the eastern
"ront and thoso persons within the
.ountry who nre trying lo nullify tho
rood work that has followed in the
vakc of tho revolution.
Capital punishment, abolished with
.he advent of the new government,
gain has been put into force on tho
lemund of the military commanders
at the front, who no will be able to
assemble field courtsmartial and put
.o death summarily traitors in the
irmy.
General Korniloff, commandur of tho
"orccs in Galiciu, whose disaffection
ind desertions have wrought havoc in
.he Russian morale, is reported to
lave taken the drastic stop of hav
,ng a division of fleeing cowards of
.he Eleventh army cut to pieces by
.heir faithful former brothers in arms.
Meanwhile, pending the tightening
jf the reins of the repression, the Rus
dan troops everywhere in Galicia,
'rom tho region around Tarnopol,
louthwnrd to the southwestern Buko
A'inn border, arc continuing to give
way, with relatively little fighting,
)efore the Germnns nnd Austro-Hun-rnrians.
$100 To Each Person.
Washington. The new war budget,
.n carry the government through to
loxt July nnd to cover additional cro
lits to the allies promises now to fur
jxceed $8,000,000,000 and may mount
.o $10,000,000,000.
Timber Burned.
Cnldwell, Idaho. Tho Evergreen
highwuy pathfinders were delayed on
.heir trip to Caldwell, and did not
reach this city Until 10:45 Thursdny
.light. They were, therefore, unablo
to avail themselves of the entertain
ment that had been planned for them,
and after a brief stop went on to
Numpu,
Tho Army-wants 3810 cooks for the
tew cantonments, and they mwt be
good cooks, too, Fighting men must
bo well fed.
Most of these conscripts art) feeling
very impQitunti ml why wtt
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