FEBRUARY 21, 1918
CROOK COUNTY JOURNAL
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OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GEHERAUNTEKEST
Principal Events of the Week
Briefly Sketched for Infor
mation of Our Readers.
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PRESIDENT REBUKES
BROTHERHOOD HEAD
Washington. President Wllaon took
hand (n th eaxtern shipyard labor
trlkva and turned a aharp rebuke to
William L. liutchcson, president of
tba Brotherhood of Carpeuter and
Joiner, who, after refusing to send
trlklag alilp carpenter bark to work
pending action by the shipbuilding ta
bor adjustment board, had asked for a
praonal conference to lay the situa
tion before the president.
In effect, the president declared that
tlf Hutrhnon did not want to give aid
and comfort to the enemy he would
end the men to work and leave a aet
itlemnnt of the difference to the ad
justment board and dwell nod to e
him until he had done ao.
I In reproving llulchemn for declin
ing arbitration of difference with
lahlpyard managements, Presldaut Wll
aon, It waa declared, hat the whole
hearted aupport of a majority of the
head of American labor unions. I'n
Ion head, It la declared on authority,
are aa ffr aa are government of
ficial to arrive at aome arrangement
whnreby difference may be adjusted
'before atrlkea Uke place.
Shlpyarda Strike End.
New York. The atrlke by carpen
ter In the Atlantic seaboard ahlpyarda
icngaged on government contract la
over, John Rice, national organiser ol
the United Brotherhood of Carpenter
and Jolnera, aald. Mr. Rice aald:
"The men are going back became they
have every confidence that President
Wllaon will adjuat thl matter to their
aatltfactlon."
Federal Food Order Confuae.
Washington. Becauae of the many
misunderstanding of the regulation
regarding the sale of wheat flour ub
tltute, the food administration ha
ilaauud a atatemeiit calling attention to
;the fact that retailer are required to
tell only three pound of substitute
for every five pound of whole wheat
or graham flour.
Washington Educator Sent to Franca.
Seattle. A. R. Priest, dean of the
University of Washington, ha gone to
France, the representative of all Wash
ington people who have relatives at
the front HI object will be to extend
all possible aid to men from this state.
Subscription were taken to finance
the trip.
1 Hog Price to Continue;.
Washington. The government fixed
price of $15.50 per hundredweight on
hogs at the Chicago market will con
tinue to be enforced by the food ad
ministration, It Is announced.
; lahll I to Be Envoy to Amerloa.
i Washington. Viscount Klkujlro
Ishll has been appointed ambassador
for Japan to the United States, and
will soon reach Washington.
THE MARKETS
Portland.
Barley Standard feed, $(14.60 ton.
' Oats No. 2 white feed, $64.50 ton.
; Corn White, $76; cracked, $77.
Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa,
$22.60.
Butter Creamery, 47c per lb.
Egg Ranch, 44c per dozen.
Potatoes $1.16 1.26 per hundred.
Poultry Rooster, 20c; geese, 20
tic; ducks, 3233o; turkeys, live, 25c;
tressed, S6o.
Seattle.
, Butter Creamery, 63c per lb.
: Egg Ranch, 46o per dozen.
Potatoe $27.00 per ton; Yakima
Oems, $30.00.
' Poultry Hen, Mo; dressed, HQ
la;; fryer, 82o; turkey, live, 189
Oo; dressed, tlOSto; duck, live, Mot
grossed, 32o.
A father' club for soldier and sail
or baa been organized for Yamhill
county.
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Churchill has made formal announce
ment, of hi randldtti'y for re-election.
The Huthcrllu Spray Manufacturing
company ha been organized to manu
facture apray for orchardista at Muth
erlln. The executive board of the Oregon
Federal Ion of Women' dulis ha de
rided that the next annual meeting
will be held at Portland.
Bnlem shipper have begun a move
ment to force a physical connection at
that place between the line of th
Southern Pacific and the Origrn Elec
tric. Cropping of asphaltum and dried
oil, which can be traced for over half ,
a mile, have been uncovered on gov-,
eminent land six Tille east of Ash-
land.
Senator McNary la urging the pass- J
age of a bill permitting the exchange
of pulilio land for privately owned
lauda. ao public' land may be consol
idated. Judge 8. Benson will succeed Judge
J. C. More-land a clerk of the su
preme oourt He la now deputy clerk,
and ha terved aa such for the last
16 year.
One of the most daring robberies In
the history of Yamhill county postof
ficea wa that which netted the thieve
close to $1100 In currency and supplies
at Yamhill.
Baker 1 reported to be the first
city in the state to achieve 100 per
cent In the matter of providing war
saving stamp telling itatlon. It al
loted quote of stations wa 79.
The puhUc service commission Is
notifying all public utilities that their
annual report for tba year ending
December 31, 1917, must be aubmitted
to the commission by April 1.
Judge J. C. Moreland, one of the old
est member of the Oregon bar and
for the past 10 year clerk of the
Oregon supreme court, died suddenly
at Salem from heart trouble.
After serving for 15 years aa state
labor commissioner for Oregon, O. P.
Iloff baa made formal announcement
of hi candidacy for the republican
nomination for itute treasurer.
In his annual report for the year
1917, Deputy Sealer of Weight and
Measure Spence Wortnian, shows a
total of 9657 acalea examined, of which
224 were condemned permanently.
After deliberating only 45 minutes,
a jury In the United Slates court at
Portland found Floyd Ramp, active so
cialist of Roseburg, guilty on each of
two counts in an Indictment charging
him with a violation of the espionage
act
Fishing 1 now prohibited In a num
ber of Klamath county stream. The
warm weather has caused the fish to
go upstream for the (pawning time
much earlier thl year, and these cer
tain points are closed to protect future
fishing. ,
One man was hurt and from $5000 to
$11000 In damage was doue when the
three-story frame hotel, recently con
structed by the SommarBtrom Ship
building company at Columbia City,
iwo and one-halt miles from St. Helens,
was completely destroyed by tire.
Two of the 612 accident reported to
the state Industrial accident commis
sion during the week ending Jauuary
31 were fatal. They were Fred H.
Miller, Portland, killed In shipbuilding
operations, and Clarke Correll, of Sea
side, killed In logging operations.
The Farmers' union of Umatilla
county ha telegraphed the Oregon
delegation In congress asking that the
warehouse, where the grain Is actually
turned over to the government, instead
of terminal city such as Portland or
Spokane, be established a a primary
market. i
Article of Incorporation, with stock
placed at $1,000,000 have been filed
for the Gold Hill Manganese company,
the Incorporators being Tacoma part
lea. The property of the company was
recently purchased by E. McColley,
of Tacoma, and is located down Rogue
river about 20 miles from Grants Pass.
Superintendent Churchill has receiv
ed Instructions from President Wilson
and Provost Marshal-General Crowder,
to call upon all school teachers of the
state to report to the local draft boards
In their respective districts and offer
themselves for duty In copying por
tion of the questionnaires on cards
which will be used for filing at Wash
ington. ,
Statistics compiled at Astoria show
that during the month of January 27
vessels loaded at the mills In the lower
Columbia river district and their com
bined cargoes amounted to 19,518,572
feet of lumber. In the same period
14 vessels loaded 8,045,295 feet at the
mills in the upper river district, mak
ing a total of 27,663,867 feet of lumber
that wa ihtpped from the Columbia
river In cargoe during January.
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John F. Nugent, who wai recently
appointed United States 8enator from
Idaho to fill the vacancy caused by
the death of 8enator Brady.
BOLSKEVIKI TAKE
UKRAINIAN CITY
Petrograd. Kiev, one of the princi
pal cltle of the Ukraine, wa captured
by the Bolshevtkl, after sanguinary
fighting. The street were filled with
dead or wounded. While the fighting
wa at It height the city wa bom
barded by Bolshevlkl aviator.
The casualties at Kiev are estimated
at 4000 killed and 7000 wounded.
Polish troop have defeated the Bol
shevlkl at Bobruisk, 85 mile southeast
of Minsk. Other Pole are advancing
toward Smolensk. Roumanians control
the Akkerman district of Bessarabia
and are threatening Odessa.
In a battle at Odessa between the
Bolshevlkl and the Moderate hun
dred were klllel. The city wa bom
barded by our ships.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
Eight British craft which were hunt
ing submarine have been sunk by a
raiding flotilla of enemy destroyers, It
1 announced officially.
British forces In Palestine advanced
an average of two mile on a alx mile
front from the village of Muknami,
General Allenby reported.
American In the automobile convoy
service have been decorated by the
French government with the war cross
for their courage and devotion to duty
at Verdun.
The Russian have withdrawn from
northeast Gallcla, allowing the Austro
Hungarlan forces to occupy Brody
without any opposition, according to
Information from the Austrian fron
tier. ' !
The French authorities have turned
over to the American a tract of land
behind the lines for "use as a ceme
tery. This is In line with the plans
previously announced for the care of
the American dead In France.
The armistice between the Germans
and the Russians has ended according
to an official communication Issued In
Berlin. In giving notice of the ter
mination of the agreement to cease
hostilities, this communication con
tains the grave statement that Ger
many reserve a free hand In every
direction.
American troops In France now are
In battle on three sectors on their own
line east of St. Mlhiel and with the
French in Champagne and on one of
the most famous battle fronts In the
world, where ruined villages and the
devastated country generally tell the
tale of hard-fought battle when the
Germans pushed forward their lines
and ultimately were driven back by
the French. Everywhere the Ameri
cans are proving themselves fighters
of the' highest caliber, winning en
comiums from high French officers for
their businesslike methods of warfare
and especially their skill in the use of
artillery.
Poison Gas Plant Planned.
Washington. A great poison gas
campaign is being planned as part of
the American offensive against the
Germans, testimony before the house
appropriations committee Just made
public shows. Shells full of deadly
poison are now ready for shipment
from America and General Pershing's
urgent request for poison gas plants,
both in America and France, has been
granted by the house appropriations
committee. These two plants will cost
about $10,000,000.
Chaplain In Army Will Be Increased.
Washington. Establishment of a
school at Fortress Monroe for the
training of army chaplains was ap
proved by Secretary of War Baker
There are now 570 chaplains in the
service and thl number will be gradu
ally increased with the projected ex-
amtnwtton permitting the appointment
ot a chaplain for every 1200 officer
and men.
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have the best quality of Canned
Goods, Bottled and Packed Goods
at prices as low as you are pay
ing for some brands of inferior
quality?
KING'S PATENTED PROCESS FRUITS
AND VEGETABLES-Peaches, Apples,
Prunes, Cherries, Rhubarb, Carrots, Spinach, 00 10
Squash and Stringless Beans, per package. .LLlXJ
O. C. CLAYPOOL & CO.
ills
DR. MARVIN TO PREACH
WUI Remain Here Over Sunday To
Iexrture Monday Evening
Dr. M. H. Marvin, who has been
giving the people of Prineville, a
treat in the able sermon for the
past two weeks will be with us over
Sunday. He will preach at the
Methodist Church at 11 o'clock Sun
day morning and at 7:30 in the
evening. This will be his last ser
mon; but he will favor the com
munity with a lecture on Monday
evening.
We invite the people of all the
churches and those who do not be
long to any church, to avail them
selves of these discourses. The
speaker has a message for all of us.
We realize the high quality of loyal
ty to one's own church, but as far
as we can let us profit by the visit
of the modern prophet. We will all
have a higher ideal and a clearer
vision by hearing these discourses.
Let us study the world as it Is and
find the greatest need in the Gospel
of Christ modernly applied. T. H.
Fertig, pastor.
Mother Thompson
Come
Oregon Grill -
PRESBYTERIAN CHCRCH
Feb. 24th. At the morning serv
ice the theme will be "What the
Church Is Doing in the Front Line
Trenches at Home." The results of
overcrowding churches in small
communities, and neglecting other
places will be considered with other
important phases of our church life
today.
-Bible school and young people's
meeting as usual. The evening
service of worship will be held with
the M. E. congregation to enjoy the
last of Dr. Marvin's splendid mes
sages. The Illustrated sermon which
was announced for Sunday evening
will be given on Wednesday, Feb.
27th, at 7:30 p. m. This is the first
in a series of six sermons on the
great events In the life of Christ.
The remaining sermons will - be
given on successive Sunday evenings.
There are about 250 pictures in the
entire series. The purpose running
through all is tomake the real
human experiences ot Jesus more
vivid to the world of today . which
often seems so far from Him.
Photographs of Palestine and paint
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amid Eat:
Quick service, good home cooking,
and we do not take advantage of war
times and charge unreasonable prices
"On the Banks of the Ochoco"
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ings by the great masters of art are
used.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Sunday morning services begin
ning at 10 o'clock. Subject in the
morning: "The Black Cat". This
service is for the young people.
In the evening Young People's so
ciety at 6:30; preaching at 7:30,
subject: "The Man With a Wet
Cloth on His Face." Everybody not
attending services elsewhere invited
to all services.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
As surely as spring follows win
ter, the soul of man will turn to
God in some hour of need. It some
day, why not now?
The special series of sermons on
"The Glories of the Cross" will be
continued Sunday, Feb. 24 at 11
"The Glories of the Cross" as seen
in "The Hell it Destroys and in the
Heaven it Makes." At 7:30: "Why
Does Not God Stop the War?" A
cordial Invitation to thinking men.
Bible 'School at 10, Young People
greet you at 6:30.
Bids You
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