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^STSY TO K , MARION COUNTY, OREGON, SEPTEM BER
doctitm Inst year [fin.\l
KINS GF ROUMANIA
duKion last year [final estimate]
(MOUTH NOMMAL
*"
,
jcHOOL CANNOT 356.460.000 bushel«.
ÌNU * on T LACH-
Oats. State: September 1 fore-
’-A rarefiti analy-
wlll convince iwiy
numi» a Normal
Oregon and alao
l Oregon," auld J. H.
It of the Htu’.a Nor-
At Monmouth '“ It la a
Ct that a 'centrally
pel ear not supply
[entire stato. The
Ni'hool tu Pastara
Ipro« ed by the most
in of the Cat of our
list of our graduate
lllmated population
14 wni 796,667. Take
pbt Western Oregon
Clackamas. Benton.
Folk sad Yamhill
£piipuluUou fur 1114
is than 27 por cuut
ll.it Ion of tho state,
the .graduates from
ll for the past five
school In some one
item OregoD\coun-
86 counties In the
those counties ore
[the benefit of the
all of the counties
During tho past
re supplied the toi
as teachers to these
rksmas,
Unli,
8 !;
Sen-
2! , ® Msrloa.
Yamhill, to
In
ef our 40T teachers
places In the puhlto
during the past fire
to these eight Wtl
in ties.,
typical Eastern^Or*-
see If they hare ee
share of teachers
Duriag the pest
Ire supplied Normal
Owe to loose heelers
1; Harney, 4; Mol-
4; Umatilla. 16;
Wheeler, t
imette Valley ceon-
[Normal teachers as
lal teachers her the
ton roontlee. East
Ired lees thaa 10 per
Western Oregon's fifty
tent
!rop Report
D. C., Sept. 8 —A
je September crop
State o f Oregon
United States, as
le Buseau o f Crop
id transmitted thru
Bureau) U. S. De-
Agriculture, ia as
Shypot. The Russians, saya Berlin,
are on the offensive from the BalUc
to the wooded heights of the Car
pathians. but everywhere except near
Shypot their attacks have been re
pulsed.
The repulse of German counter-at
tacks and continued heavy bombard
ments formed the chief features on
the western front In the Somme region
between the French and British forces
and the Oermans. A recapitulation
by the British war office of the results
attained by the British on the Somme
front during the last week shows an
advance on a front of 6000 yards to a
depth varying from 800 to 8000 yards.
AH Four Representatives to
Congress Elected.
V ~ ' _____ ;_
Portland, Me.— Maine republics:,
reinforced by returning progressives,
won a victory at the election Monday.
They won everything, electing a gai*
ernor, two United States senators,
four representatives in congress and
gaining cdntiol of the state le^lsla
lure.
. Carl E. Milllken led his ticket, de
feating Governor Oakley C. ( urt.s,
who sought re-election, by a plurality
of approximately 13,000.
United Statea Senator fharfiis F.
Johnson, whose wide personal popu-
lnrity had given the democrat! great
hope o f. his return, was deTeatel by
Frederick l-fale, son of the ex-scirstor,
by .approximately 9500 votes. For the
short term-seat In the senate. ex-Gov-
ernor Bert M. Fernald defeated Ken
neth C. M. Sills, dean of -Bowdoln
collage', by 12.000.
The closest fight wax' for congress
from the second district, where Rep
resentative. Daniel J. TIcGtlucuddy
was defeated by Wallace H. White,
Jr., by 500 plurality. L. B. Gocdall
won from L. A. Stevens In the first
congressional district by 2000. Rep-
resi-Dtative John a . Peters retained
hia seat, defeating John E. Bunker in
the third district by 4000 . ira o. Her-
•ey defeated Leonard A. Pierce in the
fourth district by 6000.
TEUTONS CAPTURE
DANUBE FORTRESS
London.— The fire of Germans and
Bulgarians invading Rouihanla has
battered down another great Danube
fortress. Overcoming the moat atub-
born resistance by hia superiority In
numbers, von Mackensen baa pushed
east along the river from Turtukal.
which he captured last week, and haa
seized Sillatrla.
- Even in the most optimistic military
circles here the fall of this second
powerful link In the Roumanian bo.
der defenses Is admitted to be a sev
ere reverse for the Roumanians.
The Importance of Sillatrla to the
defense of southern Roumanla and
Bucharest has been demonstrated In
earlier wars. With Turtukal, It form
ed the bastion of the 70-mlle line of
fortifications in the Dobrudja along
the southern bank of the Danube.
Only 60 miles southeast of the Rou
manian capital. It offers von Macken
sen another base from which to
launch a thrust at the heart and main
arteries of the oountry.
The Ozona (T ex.) Stockman
hits the nail on the head in the
following: Any man can take a
newspaper. It is the cheapest
thing he can buy. Every time
his hen lays an egg his paper is
paid for that week. It costs less
than 4o send or receive a letter.
It comes to you every week, rain
or shine, calm or stormy. No
matter what happens it enters
your door a welcome friend full
o f sunshine, cheer and interest.
It opens the door o f the great
world and puts you face to face
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
BULGARIANS ARE DEFEATED
with the people and the great
The consolidation of salmon and
Frenoh and S r U ls h J V lc t o r y Reported
events.
fruit canning industries on the Pacific
on M aoedonlan F r o n t
J. C. Eulberg, of Harrisburg, coast into one big company is said to
London.—The
new offensive of the
have been practically effected.
was in town yesterday.
ALL PAPER
We have a big stock of
wall papet in the latest
patterns and styles.
OIL STOVES ARE BEST
•to clean, easy to handle,
well and give satisfaction,
the thing for hot weather.
Stamps given with every 10c purchase.
HARDWARE, COMPANY
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OREGON
25 .
REPUBLICANS WIN School to Open Konday
Sept. 18th ^
!N KAlUE EiEuTiOf
Governor, Both Senators anL
casf, 15,000,000 bushels; produc
tion last year [final estimât") I
16.000. 000 bûsheh.
Uniteti States: Sept. 1 forecast.
1.230.000 bushels,
production ■
last year [final estimeat] 1,540,-
362.000 bushels. . ¿¿3
Harley. State: Sept. 1 fore
cast, 4,660,000 bushels; produc
tion last year [final estimate],
4.680.000 bushels.
United States: SeptA 1 fore
cast, 184,000,006 bushels; pro
duction last year [final e.itimate[
287.009.000 bushels.
Hay., State: Preliminary* esti
mate, 1,970.000 tons; production
last year (final estimate) 5,620,-
King Ferdinand, of Roumanls, who.
000 bushels.
!lthough ! relative of the Kaieer, haa
United States: Preliminary es joined forces with the aliiea.
timate, 86,200,000 tons; p rod u c
tion last year (final estimate),
BRIEF WAR NEWS
85.225.000, tons.
Apples. State: SeptT I fnre~ 1— Ttre FTenrT' : ~fprt‘lT:g~Ttie attack- In
the Verdun sector, captured a -whole
cast, 1,250,000 barrels; produc
section of German trenches east of
tion last year [final estimate]., Fleury.
1.043.000 barrels.
In an attack on the Trentlno. Aus
United States: Sept. 1 fore trlan force» broke through the Italian
cast 67.705,000 barrels; produc- trenches, but a counter attack, Rome
aays, recovered a great part of the
The first price given below is
lost ground.
the average on September 1 this
The German and Bulgarian foroaa
year, and the second, the aver Have captured the old Bulgarian fort
ress of Sillatrla, which lies on the
age on September 1 last year.
State: Wheat^.112 and ,86 cents eastern bank of the Danube about 25
per bnshel. Corn, 79 and 70. miles northeast of Turtukal and 60
miles east of Bucharest
Oats 43 and 37. Potatoes, 80 and
On the Transylvanian front the
49. Hay, ”$9.80 and $8.40 per ton. Roumanians ate attacking along the
Eggs. 28 and 23 cents per dozen. whole line from Orsova' to Bukowlna,
United States: Wheat 131 and and the Ruaslans are continuing to
attack to the. north. On the Danube.
95.0
cents per bushel. Corn 83.6
Where the Roumanians have won Or
and 77.3 cents. Oats, 43.1 and aova, the Austrians are battling des
38.5 cents. Potatoes, 109 and perately to prevent a further advance
50.6 centi. Hay, $10.40 and
Berlin and Vienna concede a gain
$10.80 per ton. Eggs, 23.3 and of ground to the Ruaalana In the Car
pathians near Zable to tt)e west of
18.7 cents per dozen.
fbeat. State—Pre-
Itimate
12,489,000
luction last year
i], 16,200,000.
School Books
Ites: Preliminary es-
And supplies at Sloper’s.
5,000 bushels, pro-
[year [final estimate[
H. J. Marking was over from
jushels.
Jordan Saturdny.
Herman is
eat. State: Sept. 1 looking as usual, and enjoying
),000 bushels: pro- life on the farm.
NO.
i- è f c
<
3, 821x500 Ini h h el s.
Unitoti Statai'; Sept. 1 fore
cast, 156.000,OiXj b i) s lui s ^ pi o-
13 , 1916 .
tion of Mrs.Lilly, Young people
invited.
Thursday evening the district
superintendent
Dr. T. B. Ford
*
The Sta;. ton schools will open will hold the fourth quarterly
on the above tia;e, with an e f conference.,
ficient corps of teachers. Prof.
There are but two more Sundays
Gauntt, who has been giving ex- to the conference year ahd the
ceilent service as principal, will j undersigned Hopes that members
be assisted by Miss Minnie Poiey ; and friends of the church will aid
Tif Ashland, a former teacher in making these remaning servic-
here,
D. C. Davis will have es interesting and profitable,
charge of the commercial depart- j Those w(to have not subscribed
ment and Clyde Hoffer of the to the benevolenu enterprises o f
music agd art department.
the church are asked to consider
Mrs. Clara Pratt will teach the the matter and those who have
1st and 2nd grades, Miss Maude subscribed are requested to hand
Hollister the 3d and 4th; Miss j the amounts to the pastor before
Mat shall of Monmouth the 5th he leaves fgr the seat o f confer-
ar.d 6 th and Miss Crabtree the ence, Lebanon, Sept 27.
E. B. Lockhart, Pastor.
gave excellent satisfaction
I f W.
Hawley was a stand-
The Stayron High school is one 1 patter of the ability o f Joe
of the best in the state, and this ncnorJim Mann and showered
year a large attendance is ex
ex- postoffice buildings and other
pected.
plums on this district, we can
see why the people for selfish
purposes
might overlook bis
shortcomings and keep him in
Congress. - But why a progres
sive
and enlightened people
should
choose to 'be represented
Pamphlets containing the pro-
Posed constitutional amendments by a standpatter o f no influence
and measures (with arguments) and small ability, is a question
referred to the people at the gen- that even none o f his supporters
e r a ] election November 7, 1916, ¡can intelectually answer.—Inde-
are being mailed to registered pendence Monitor,
voters bv Secretary of State Ben
Tom Mi|ler o { fu m er, was in
Can-'
Official Pamphlets
Being Mailed
. Olcot .
.
¡town yesterday, coming up to
Unless a voter is registered no bri„ K hi> moth„
Mrs. E. j .
pamphlet is mailed, as his or her
Miller, who has been visiting at
name and address are obtained
his home.
only from the county registra
Dr. W. N. Pintler has moved
tion books and the county clerk’s
weekly registration reports to his dentistry into his new office
this office. Any unregistered vo building, opposite Lancefield’k.
ters who desire pamphlets should The Dr. has a neat, convenient
immediately register with the office.
county clerks o f the counties in
which they reside. As soon as
the clerks report registration the
pamphlets are mailed to the vot
ers’ addresses as given.
It might be o f interest to you
to know that the registrations so
far for 1916 are about 50,000
short of the total registrations
for 1914.
Registration books
close on Oct. 7th.
M ethodist Church
The sermon next Sunday by
the pastor w ill be on “ The march
ing Orders o f The Church” , In
the evening the minister’s theme
will be ‘ T h e Might o f The M ite
or How Little Things Have Made
History” .
The Epworth League will hold
entente
allies
on
the
Macedonian
a
rally
day service Sunday even
The treaty providing for the pur
chase from Denmark of the Danish front has resulted In the defeat of the ing at 7 o’ clock under the direc-
West Indies for 125.000,000 was rati
fied by the United States senate.
The national guard organisations
recently ordered from the border to
their respective stat£ mobilization
camps will be mustered out of the
federal service as soon as practical
and returned to the normal status of
national guard troops.
Suit for $1,000,000 was filed by
Henry Ford, the Detroit manufacturer,
against the Chicago Tribune, In the
United States district court in Chica
go. Mr. Ford asks for personal dam
ages as compensation for an editorial
printed in the Tribune June 23, which.
It is charged, called Ford an “ anar
chist.”
Senator Phelan’s provision author
ising President Wilson to prohibit the
use of malls and the cable, telegraph
and wireless facilities of the natlo.i
to foreign countries discriminating
against American commerce wa.
stricken from the revenue bill by the
conference committee. Senator Cham
berlaln’s provision designed to pre
vent the Importation of Canadian hall
but and salmon also was eliminated.
Rich 8heepman Shot
Boise, Idaho.— R. C. Goodwin, weal
thy sheepman of Boise, whose bod;
wss found floating In the Snake rive
near Ontario, Qr„ was murdered, li.
the opinion of the sheriff of Malhotr
county, Oregon.
; _ -jl* .
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Bulgarians, says an Exchange Tele
graph dispatch from Athens.
The
Bulgarians sustained enormous losses
in a battle of 36 hours, the dispatch
says, and are beating a retreat,
French troops co-operating with the
British in the new offensive on the
Struma front, in Greek Macedonia,
have captured a village from the Bui- i
garlans, it was announced officially. !
The British forces which crossed the
river have seised the Bulgarian
trenches on the east bank.
STAMP TAX IS ENDED
Emsrgancy Measure Passed In 1914 le
Repealed.
—"
Washington.— When the new gener
al revenue bill became effective Sat
urday business men throughout the
country were relieved of the
taxes which they have been paying
since December 1, 1914, and which
were to have continued until Decem
ber 31 of this year.
The stamp taxes repealed Include
those paid on telegraph and telephone
messages, parlor-car seats and berth
tickets, bonds, debentures, certificates
rf indebtedness, certificates of stock, i
transfer bills of »ale, promissory
notes, express ahd freight manifests
and bills of lading, bonding Instru
ments, conveyances, insurance, poli
cies, entry pf goods, passage tickets,
power of attorney, protests, perfutn
ery. cosmetics and chewing gum.
i
Miss Vivian Young left the
last o f the week for Moscow,
Idaho, where she will teach for
the coming year at the State
University.
W. E. Thomas and w ife o f
Salem, accompanied by their
daughter, Mrs. Sadie Smallman,
o f Portland, and Mrs. L. L.
Thomas and little daughter o f
Marshfield, motored up from Sa
lem Sunday and spent the day at
the A. C. Thomas home.
Mrs. Chas. Gehlen spent the
day in Sublimity Thursday.
G. CX Eksman arrived in town
Wednesday evening after an ex
tended stay in Alaska.
He
states that Glen Porter and Gay
Kearns both have good jobs, bat
that Glen will probably come oat
this fall, while Guy will remain
all winter.
Hop Gloves and
Shoes for Hop Pickers
r
A few pairs of Oxfords and Pumps
left. Some as low as 75c.
L A N C E FIE L D