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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 5, 1918)
—,-------------------------------------------------- OREGON NEWS IN BRIEF Morn than >12,000 was realized front Increasing the telepnone rate* retro th« tax nuli< 1» hl In Port land In lb* active so that the rale* will alao apply Interest* of the Waverly baby home. a* of that date to cover the Increase Petition* are being circulated auk In wag«*. It waa poluted out that In* that Ulan It M*t»k*r, district at under the itatut« the comiulaalon lias turni'X fur Columbia county, bn ra no power to make rate» retroactive called under the public utilities law and that rile 33d annual meeting of thn Ore-< part *f the postmaster general's re- «on Htato Horticultural aocloty will quad apparently cannot be granted. lie held In llosebur* Dacaubsr 5, ti It waa alao pointed out that the post master-general apparently 1a laboring anil 7. Work of demobilizing msmbera ot under the aaaumptlon that the commla acct Ion II, of th« H. A T C. at th« •Ion'» hearing on the Increases will Oregon Agricultural college, began be purely perfunctory In character, held only for the purpose of legalizing Monday. Th« Oregon Baptist stat* convention, the rat«» und«r tlx »'ate statute* and which was scheduled to meet In Port that the commission will take nothing land lent month, him be*n postponed else Into conaldcrn ' » The gaa defense division of the until October, 1919 Demobilisation of the Htudant*' chemical war service has Informed O. Army Training corp« unit In th« Uni I). Canter, director of college «xtenslon versify of Oregon began Wednesday, at the Oregon Agricultural college, and th« university will return to It* that the collection of nut shells tor aa* nuukH should be discontinued at once. pre war atatun A second wave of the Hnnnlsh tn- Hhlpuinnta of lea» than 10 tons at flucnra. which aurpnaaea the flrat, I* shipping points should not be forward aw ci pin* over Klamath Falla, In »pit» ed. In a telegram pointing out that th« of th« fact that the restrictions had action of th« Kmergency Fleet corpor not been removed. Th« Holssona. leaf of a fleet of 10 ation In suddenly cancelling a large auxiliary powered vessels built at number of shipbuilding contracts baa Portland for the French *ov«rnm«nt created a decidedly serious situation by the Foundation company, was In Oregon, Governor Wlthycombe has appealed to President Wilson, asking launched Thursday. J D Farrell, preaident of the O-W that he Intervene and that the con It * N rnlltoad. ha* been appointed tracts be reinstated by Governor Wlthycombe as a member Readsport, the city of sawmills, of th« »talc fair board to lucceed Mr*. claims to have received the firm com Edith Toiler Weathered mercial lumber order following the Nineteen horses were burned to dosing ot government work In sprue«, death when fir« destroyed a barn at white cedar and fir lima. The order th« Chet i.iwa Indian school Heveral come to the C. Met' Johnson mill. The s<t ot harness and 1000 bushels ot milt Is asked by a Seattle lumber com grain and 50 tons of hay added to the pany to hurry out an order of 2.000,- loss. 000 feet of fir, to be shipped by rail. In one check for >30.337 33, benefl- One million reports received from claries under the ,-atate of the late army camp surgeons by Surgeon Gen- Theodor« It Wilcox, of Portland, paid , «ral Rupert Blue show that Oregon, the Inheritance tax for that »state as represented by Its men who were The total valuation of the estate was sent to army camps, had a cleaner bill >2.892.134. I ' of health than any other state In the Total bank deposits In the state ag union Only .60 of 1 per cent of the gregated >226.331.703 44 November 1. men going Into the army from thia ac< ordlnx to a statement Issued by state were afflicted with social dis Huperlntcndent of Banks Bennett. ■ ease. This Is an Increase from August 31. District No. 11, aa the Oregon dis i 1918. of >29.455.235 24 trlct of the wooden ship division i ot The death of John Olson, contractor, th* Kmergeaoy Fleet corporation i I» ot Portland, was the only fatality re officially designated. Is to remain In- ported to the Industrial accident com dependent ot tbv North Pacific div mission out of 430 accidents, reported ision. or Washington district. accord for the wash ending November 2t. In ing to official word received to that clusive. effect. The district Is to continue un The women's dormitory at the Ku disturbed until the tsrmlnatlou of gene Bible university was destroyed wooden ship construction for the gov by fir« and the matron and 13 girls ernment. «scaped In their night clothes by cut Soldiers are advised to retain their ting th« screens on the sleeping porch government Insurance policies and not and panning through them to safety. allow them to lapse. In a statement Is I.lfe Insurance companies will be sued by Insurance Commissioner liar called upon to pay out something like vey Wells. "My advice," said Mr. 32UO.OOU.OOO In extraordinary losses Wells, "Is that government insurance because of the Influents epidemic, ac lie continued for the reason that many cording to a statement Issued by In of the boys will come back more or surance t'utnnilsaiuuer llarvey Wells Iras physically Impaired and will find The newly completed >48.000 con It Impossible to obtain Insurance In crete bridge, just erected across Hood regular companies." river by the state highway commis The cargo lumber shipments from sion. has been thrown epen to traffic. the Columbia river In October were The bridge la approxImaAly 500 feet exceptionally light. According to sta long It replaces an old steel bridge. 11st les compiled. 16 vessels loaded 13. Following the usual custom, ths 461,171 feet of lumber at the lower Hood River Apple Growers' associa river mills during the month. In the tion sent to Chicago a rsfrlgerator oar same period 11 vessels loaded 7.692.355 loaded with gift boxes of frult sent feet of lumber at the upriver mills, by Hood River residents to frleads making a grand total of 21.156,526 feet and relative* In that city •nd points of lumber that left the Columbia river of th« Mississippi valley. in cargoes during the month of Oc- At his own request Warden Murphy, tober. of the state penitentiary, retired Sat With more than 3fi.000.000 available urday and was released from his bond. for next year for highway construc- In the Interim befor* Robert L. Stev tlon the state highway commissions ens, the prospective appointee, takes has called upon the various counties charge. Deputy Warden Burns will for their grading budgets, and aa soon have control at the Institution. aa they are received the commission After a conference between Chair will hold a meeting and formulate its man Miller, of ths public service com hard-surfacing program. Under the mission. and officials of the Spokane, law the counties must do the grading, Portland A Seattle Railroad company, and It will be the general policy ot thn road has decided to suspend Its the commission during the year to order for a reduction In the passenger hardsurface as many of the projects service schedules between Astoria and as the counties are prepared to grade. Portland. The application of the Astoria water Much uncertainty prevails at Marsh commission for the appropriation of field regarding the Limbering business 16 second feet of water from Bl* creek anil the closing down of several Indus tor a municipal supply has been ap tries Indicates thnt operators are going proved by State Engineer Percy A. carefully until new bearings are estab Cupper. It Is net intended to use lished. These retrenchments have thia supply until additional water for thrown between 300 and 400 man out the city Is seeded, but tho source of of employment. supply will be protected, When the Oregon dealers buy fish, delivered, supply is to be used. It Is proposed to at an average price of 11.7 cents a construct a 30-lnch pipe line 16% pound, retail it at 17.8 cents a pound miles, at an estimated coat of >500,000, and make an average profit ot 34.2 which will deliver the water to the per cent, according to a survey of fish present reservoir. market conditions of all states, re Harbor improvements to cost ap cently compiled by the United St^tv* proximately >1,500,000 were authorised food administration. by the Port of Astoria commission at Railroad telegraphers and agents of a recent meeting. The project* In the O W. ft. & N. lines, through action clude construction of a drydock of of their general committee convened 15.000 tons capacity and the creation in Portland, rejected the wage and of a third pier at the port dock, with working award announced November a warehouse equipped with modern 16 by Director-General McAdoo and cargo handling machlnary. The pro aulhorlzesd the calling of a nation posed new pier will be large enough wide strike vote, If necessary, to ob to berth at one time six liner* of tain their demands. In general, the 15,000 ton* sack aad th* drydock will demands are for wage lucreuaea. be able to handle the largest carrier* Postmaster-General Burleson advis afloat. The commission also plan* to ed the public service commission by build additional bulk grain storage telegraph that he has made effective blns with a capacity of 1,000,000 as of November 15 an Increase of huahala. wtytes for telephone-operating em It must have been Admit who discov ployes of the Pacific Telephone A Tele ered thnt It wns much more plensant graph company and aske the commis to tnlk than to hoe the crops. sion to make its forthcoming ordar SHE KEPT THEM ON THE JOB SUGAR SHOWED PROFESSIONAL CAROS OUR BACKBONE IVY M. KINNEY Piano Instructor American Willingness to Give Up Luxury Demonstrated Na tion's ^ar Conscience. STAND WITH THE ALLIES, By Reducing Consumption Pecple ot ths United State* Av*rt*d Fantina at Home In Spit* of Low Supplì*«. in If 1 Li« SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY WAS LOST IN THRESHING Farmers, Urged by Food Admlnlstrs tlon, Provide Seven Extrs Loaves of Bread for Every American. PROVED SPIRIT OF DEMOCRACY Voluntary Basis of Food Saving Showed Heart of America adopting cleaner threshing meth Beat True for Freedom. By ods and by literally combing harvest fields to gather grain formerly wast To the voluntary service and sacri ed. threaherraen and farmers of the United States this year «m-l fully fice of the American people must be the continued health, l®.Ot>0,000 bushels of wheat, astl ' attributed as equivalent to about seven one-pound strength and morale ot the Allied ar loaves of bread for every person In mies and the civil populace. Upon this spirit of service and sac th» country. This result, accompanied by corresponding savings of barley, rifice will depend Europe's fate In the oats, rye and other groins. Is shown by months to come, In the past year we reports from S3 grain states to the U. have carried out an export program, rt Food Administration. Other states, the magnitude of which 1* almost be- yond comprehension, But with the although not prepared to furnish dell nite figures of conservation In the new demands that have come, with grain fields, report greatly reduced the liberation of nations freed from Germnn oppression, our exports must harvest losses. This rural food saving nchlevement, be almost doubled. Instead of 11,820,- accomplished In scarcely six months 009 tons, we must ship twenty million time, was In direct response to re ton* of food to Europe In th* coming quests by the Food Administration, year—as much u3 can be pushed which asked farmer* and threshermeD through our port*. If the Allies had not been fed by to reduce harvest losses from about 8% per cent—the estimated average America, It would have been lmpoa- Bible for them to maintain their de In normal times—to the lowest possl ble minimum. Country grain thresh fense against Germany. Meeting this world need on a purely ing committee* carried Into every grain growing community the official voluntary basis, the American people recommendations for accomplishing have conclusively proved that democ- racy Is a success ano that In time of the result* desired. In numerous instances driver* of need It will rise to Its own defense, If there were no other accompllsh- rack* with leaky bottoms were sent from the fields to repair their equip ment to its credit the vary fact that it ment and frequently bad order thresh has shown the strength of democracy ing machines were, stopped until the has in Itself more than justified the cause of waste was removed. But In existence of the Food AdmlnlstraUon proportion to the numtier of persons In the eyes of the world. Less than four months after the engaged In gathering the nation's grain United States declared war the United crop, cases of compulsion were com States Food Administrator expressed parntlvely rare. The Food Atlmlttl* tratlon freely attributes the success of his determination to meat America'* food problem on a bast* of voluntary tho grain threshing campaign to pa trlotlc service by farmers, thresher action and reiterated hl* confidence men and tlielr crews. Incidentally that awakened democracy would prove grain grower* of the United States are Irresistible. "Many thinking American*” said many millions of dollars 'Tn pocket' Mr. Hoover, "and the whole world as a result of the grain saved. have been watching anxiously the last four months In the fear that demo NO ONE SUFFERED HERE. cratic America could not organise to meet autocratic Germany, Germany The marvel of our voluntary food saving, now that we are “getting re has been confident that It could not be sults," I* that no one ever actually done. Contrary proof is immediately suffered any hardship from It; thnt at our door, and our people have al we all are better In health and spirit ready demonstrated their ability to mobilize, organize, endure and prepare and better satisfied with ourselves be voluntarily and efficiently In many di cuuse of our friendly self-denlaL rections and upon the mere word of Food control In Amerlcn held the Inspiration aside from the remarkable price of breadstuff* sternly, prevented assemblage of our Army and finance*," The history of the Food Administra vicious speculation and extortion aud tion has clearly shown that the trust preserved trauqullllty at home. ot those who put their faith in democ In no other nation Is there so willing racy baa not been misplaced. a sense of voluntary self-sacrifice as In America—that was shown In tlie abstinence from wheat. Find more wheat. It enme; mon pork, It came; save sugar. It was done. So Americans answered the challenge of German starvation. be proud Good will rules the new world as fenr governed the old world, Through sharing food America helps make the whole world kin. Food control made sufficiency from shortage, kept the rein on food prices gave the nation'* full stieiigth exer cise. Starvation by Germnny challenged all the world : food conservation In America answered the challenge. Food conservation In America has been the tritimi h of Individual devo tlon to the uullouul vuusuu food Çaver The fact that the people of the United State* were able to reduce by more than one-half million tons their July, August, S.-ptember and October Consumption of sugar proves conclu sively that their war conscience was thoroughly awakened and that the country as a whole stood ready to fol low the Injunctions of the Government Our normal consumption of sugar In the four-month period beginning with July has been 400.000 tons per month, a total of 1.000,000 for the quarter year. In July, when our sugar stringency began to reach its height consumption was reduced to 200.000 tons. In Au gust only 325,000 tons went Into dis tribution and in September only 279,- 000 tons. In October the distribution fell to 230,000 ton*. If the general public bad failed to observe the Injunctions of the Food Administration this country would have been in the throes of a sugar famine before the end of August Our visible supplies were so low as to bring great anxiety to those familiar with the sugar situation. They feared that It would be absolutely Impossible to reduce consumption to a point where ■ugar would no longer be a mere lux ury In the American diet Few accomplishments of the Food Administration will stand forth so pre dominantly a* thia reduced consump tion of sugar. By It we have been able to bridge over the period of stringency until the new beet and Louisiana cane sugar crops were In sight Now the nation Is la a position ao that If we choose we may return to our normal home use of sugar, and Europe, with the release of ships tv» go far afield, can maintain Its recent re stricted rations. If, however, those nations are to increase their use of ■ugar very considerably It must be by our continued sharing with them through limiting our own consump tion. AMERICAN 6PIRIT RELIED ON TO WIN. In the light of succeeding events It la interesting to recall the confidence with which the United States Food Administrator viewed the gloomy out look In July of 1917, when this coun try had been tn the war for less than four month* and the German* were steadily sending the western front nearer and nearer to Paris. “Even though the situation In Eu rope may t>e gloomy today," he de clared tn a public statement, "no American who has knowledge of the results already obtained In every di rection need have ohe atom of fear that democracy will not defend Itself In these United States." LOYALTY IN LITTLE THINGS LAST PROOF OF PATRIOTISM Americans without murmuring cut their sugar allowance from four pounds a month to three and then as long as need be to two pounds for loy alty's sake. Food Will Win the World. America earned the gratitude of al lied nation* during war by sharing food. America under peace may win the world'* good will by saving to share. + + + + + + + + + + +++ + + + + + + ♦ + ♦ DEMOCRACY VS. AUTOCRACY. ♦ ♦ + ♦ “There Is no royal, road to + ♦ food conservation. We can only + ♦ accomplish this by the voluntary + + action of our whole people, each + + element In proportion to Its + ♦ needs. It Is a matter of equality + + + of burden." ♦ The truth of this statement, + ♦ made by the United States Food + + Administrator soon after we en + ♦ tered the war, has been borne + ♦ out by the history of our ex + + ports. Autocratic food control + ♦ In the lands of our enemies has ♦ + broken down, while democratic + + food sharing has maintained the ♦ ♦ health and strength of thi* coun ♦ + try and of the Allie* + + + 4- + + + ♦ + + ♦ + t + + ++ + V + + A XTÜIUVM ' 1.51 Fourth Hireet Res l»'On tkah Aveline, M. E Tel. Main 122 T»l»,r 47.51 ,5938‘.iTr2nd Street DR. C. S. OOSBL'RY DENTISTRY Tibor Dr. Wm. Rees Office »nd Reaidence, JW K frith Hl PORTI. AMD. ORF. 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