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Tmgr CROOK OOCNTY JOIRNAL (MTOHKH 17. IttlN. LOOSEN The Fourth Liberty Loan is the first item on the program of national war finance since the announcement of our inten tion to put five million men in France and finish the war neit year. On our response to its call for our dollars our friends and enemies will judge of our sincerity and earnestness ill making that pledge. The nation '8 resources are ample. The success of the Fourth Liberty Loan depends on our converting a share of those resources into Fourth Liberty Bonds. Nothing more. The loan should be subscribed the first day and oversub scribed the second day. Buy Liberty Bonds. Don't be a Turtle. AMERICANS KILL MANYJERMANS With the American Forces North ot 8t Quentln. American divisions bril liantly attacked oa a front ot several snlle in conjunction with the British. At nightfall they were reported to ave gained their objectives only by Sheer might and after killing large ttumbers of the enemy, j The resistance encountered by the (American troops was as strong as anything offered by the Germans for pnany weeks. The Americans, as well as the British, were held up at many places from time to time by machine Ein fire. In some places this opposi on was overcome by flanking opera tions and in others quickly organized Storming parties rushed the enemy and silenced him. I It was 6 o'clock In the morning terhen the Americans with the British en their left and right flanks "shoved Off from the Hindenburg outpost line, about 2000 yards west ot the St Qune tln canal. After a short "crash" bar rage the Infantry, preceded by a large amber of tanks, started advancing through the haze. I After hard fighting the troops reach ed the canal and scrambled across as the barrage swept on ahead of them, j The ground over wMch the Ameri cans passed was littered with German deed and the same was true of other Sections of the front Deep progress as reported virtually everywhere. YANKS AND GERMANS ! IN ARTILLERY DUEL ' With the Amerloan Army on tfcs Lorraine Front Both German and American lines south of Metz have Bow been well stabilized. Occasional clashes have occurred between out posts, but for the present neither side Is making any serious effort to alter Its position. The German artillery has continued Its harassing fire, but the American guns have far over-reached the enemy's front lines, a shell falling occasionally In the vicinity of Metz and serving to emphasize to the Germans the ad vances the allies have made. There has been no bombardment of the city of Metz, and a bombardment of that place is not expected during the present operstions. The fire against the forts around Metz will be continued at varying Intervals. i Fires were observed in the town of pommartln, behind the German line, together with a hsavy movement of i&en and wagon trains. These were taken to indicate a possible further retirement of the Germans. . A harass ing fire was kept up at different points, however, against the allied line and on positions in the rear. The Germans are using gas shells to a limited extent, especially for sprinkling wooded areas. The Amer ican guns are returning the fire and are harassing the Germans to sn equal degree. Soldier .Christmas Gifts Limited. Washington. Christmas packages lor the 2,500,000 or more American soldiers who will be in France during the holiday season this year will be , delivered under sn arrangement with the Red Cross, the war department an nounced. In order to control the flood of gifts only one parcel will be accept ed, for each man, UP, TURTLE AX ALLIES ADVANCE ON MSECTORS Drive Now Under Way Ex ceeds Anything Seen Since First Marne Battle. Pari8. The allied advances on fou sectors from the North Sea to th Meuse continue and important strate gical points are being taken from th. Germans by the French, British, Amer lean and Belgian forces. Not since the first battle of the Marne has there been an attack to compare in extent with the presen operations. The new thrust of the Anglo-Belgian armies was a complete surprise to the Germans and is meet ing with marked success. On the Champagne-Verdun front the armies ot Generals Gouraud and Lig gett are progressing steadily. The French and American forces have cap tured strong positions. Since the be ginning ot the stuck In this section General Gouraud has broken the re sistance of 21 German divisions. General Mangin's army performed s master stroke in the capture of Fort Malmaison, and this success is expect ed to lead to the capture of the entire Chemln Des Dames ridge. French, British and American and Belgian troops in three days have cap tured 40,000 prisoners and 300 guns, it is estimated here. Since July 18 the allies have captured 200,000 pris oners, 1000 guns, 20,000 machine guns and enormous quantities of material. This does not take Into account the operations in Macedonia and Palestine. The American army operating on the Champagne front has captured Bi ieulles - Sur - Meuse and Komagne, west ot that town on the outskirts of the forest of Romagne, and the attack Is progressing favorably. FORTRESS OF VELES TAKEN Serbian Forces Striking st Uskub, Main Bulgarian Base. London. Austria is withdrawing her troops from Albania according to re ports received in Amsterdam from well-informed circles. The advance of the entente allied forces In Macedonia continues, says an official statement issued by the Brit ish war office. Greek troops are push ing to the eastward along the Belash itza range. British and Greek forces also are moving on Petrlch along the Strum nltBa valley. Petrlch is about 20 miles inside the Bulgarian frontier. Several guns of various caliber have been captured. The city and fortress of Veles, one of the Important bases of the Bulgar ian forces in southern Serbia on the Vardar river, have been captured by Serbian troops, the Serbian war office announces in a statement dated Fri day. The Serbian forces are pushing on from Veles toward TJskub. Americans and British Smash Front London. British, American and Australian forces pushed forward on the front betweeriBellicourt and Gon nelieu, in the face of the severest op position, Field Marshal Halg has an nounced. Four thousand prisoners were taken by the allied forces to the north of St Quentln and 40 guns were captured there. British forces have entered the northern suburbs of Cambrai. OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAUNTEREST Principal Events ot the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation ot Our Reader. With a student body of more than 3000, the Oregon Agricultural colltge opened Monday for the fall semester. The Sherman county assessment rolls for this year show an assessed valuation or $11,756,170. Last year It amounted to $6,653,240. Clearings of Portland banks tor the week ending Saturday totaled $30. 619.406.62. compared with $16,002. 072.78 for the corresponding week ot last year. Conrad P. Olson, of Portland, was appointed associate justice' ot the su preme court by Governor Wlthycombe to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice Frank A. Moors. Burning out five bridges, a forest fire east of Gates stopped traffic on the Eastern and Albany-Detroit branch of the Southern Pacific. It required five days to restore the line. The Food administration has author ised District Representative tlouser, at Portland, to grant modifications ot the 60-day storage rule so as to permit storage ot grain up to six months. J. D. Brown, who was certified as the nominee of the National party for representative in congress tor the third district, hss tiled notice ot his withdrawal with Secretary ot State Olcott The state board of control has ap pointed Mrs. E. T. Moo res, ot Saiem. as superintendent of the Oregon school for the blind. Mrs. Moores Is the wid ow of the late superintendent ot the Institution. Tbe Oregon Poultrymen's associa tion will create a fund to provide for labeling eggs produced by members of the association, thereby guaranteeing their quality when they are placed on the market Twenty-six years of honorable and faithful service to the state ot Oregon on the supreme bench came to a close when Justice Frank A. Moore died at Salem after a long illness. He was 74 years old. Dugald Campbell, ot Eugene, brought one crop from his farm to town In an automobile and sold It for $960. Tbe crop was 240 pounds of pepper mint oil, which he raised and distilled on his place north of Eugene. The Hood River Irrigation district has made application to tbe state irri gation securities commission to have $167,000 in bonds certified under the state law.' The purpose Is to refund an outstanding Issue, and reduce taxes. Dr. Joseph Schafer, professor of his tory at the University of Oregon and dean at the summer school of the uni versity, has left for Washington, where he will take charge of the work of the national Board of Historical Service. The Med ford irrigation district bond election resulted in 146 votes for to 120 votes against bonds In tbe sum of $1,600,000 for prosecution of the wort on the Butte Creek project to cover 20,000 acres of the best farm land In the heart of the valley. Through joint action of the city council and the chamber of commerce a clean-up campaign was Inaugurated In North Bend and Monday every resi dent of 'the city cleaned bis premises and the streets adjacent to his. prop erty of all rubbish and accumulated refuse. In response to representations sub mitted by Senator McNary In behalf of Oregon wool scouring mills, the Wool administration said that Oregon producers are free to have their wool scoured In Oregon If they so desire under regulations adopted by the gov ernment The Oregon state fair last week was a record-breaking exposition in many ways. Record-breaking weather sur rounded the state show from start to finish. On Thursday attendance rec ords of fair history were smashed when more than 34,000 people entered the grounds. The old Klondyke coal mine of Beav er Hill near Marshfleld In Coos coun ty was opened for the first time In 20 years and 160,000 tons of coal was found still in the tunnel. The output will go to the government for fuel in engines used In hauling logs from the Boutin tract of spruce. A building feat comparable to that ot the Vancouver cut-up mill has been accomplished at Marshfleld with the completion ot a bridge 1500 feet long In seven days with a force of 125 sol dier laborers. - This bridge Is part of a spur to a railroad being built to the Boutin tract of spruce. Farmers will be allowed to erect new buildings on their premises, pro viding the structures do not exceed a cost of $1000 and are essential. This is an amendment to a previous order of the war Industries board that only buildings built under tbe sanction of the Emergency Fleet corporation, tbe army or navy or the railroads would be permitted. Alterations or additions to buildings already constructed are still allowed, providing they do not exceed the maximum of $2500 cost. Senator McNary submitted to the War d partment an offer from D. II. Welch, ot Astoria, to donate to the government 100 Sores of land just east of TotiKue Point near Astoria, for a site tor a quartermaster's depot. The offer hss ben referred to the divisional quartermaster's office st San Francis CO. v A highway map of Oregon, declared by State Highway Engineer Nunn to be the best ever published In the state, has been prepared by the stats high way commission. It shows all passa ble hlghwaya. Important cities and towns and la drawn according to exact scale so that distances can be deter mined accurately. A reduction of 1 cent a loaf on bread has been ordered by W. B. Ayer, state food administrator, upon advice from the baking division ot the food ad ministration at Washington. The re duction is ordered as a result of an Investigation by the division on manu facturing cost and wholesale aud re tall prices ot bread. Three serious forest fires were re ported rsging In Clstsop county Isst week. One of the most serious! blazes was burning on the Western Cooperage property on Young's river where camp T of the spruce division was destroyed. Another fire was In the Knappa dis trict, and the third In the Necaulcuut district, south of Seaside. The war Is making such Inroads up on the available supply of high school teachers that J. A. Churchill, superin tendent of public Instruction, an nounced that next June he will Issuu emergency war certificates to appli cants who do not come up to require ments heretofore prescribed for teach ers In standard high schools. . Because Pacific coast oil producers are required to furnish oil for airplane nse. thus cutting down the specific gravity to a point below that required under the Oregon law, Deputy Sealer ot Weights and Measures Wortman has Instructed all deputy sealers not to prosecute dealers who sell gasoline not passing the specific gravity test. Secretary ot 8tate Olcott has called a meeting of the state emergency board tor Wednesday, October 9, to consider the deficiency needs ot the state In stitutions. Tbe board ot control has asked that the meeting be called and a request hss also been made by Dr. R. E. Lee Stelner, superlntepdent ot the state hospital tor the Insane, where the deficiency will amount to $100,000. Tbe first beardless rye ever known has been produced by Robert Wlthy combe, son ot Governor Wlthycombe. Mr. Wlthycombe, who Is In charge oi tbe eastern Oregon Agricultural col lege experiment station of Union coun ty, has worked for 13 years trying by various processes of pollenlzstlon to produce a variety of beardless rye and at last It appears that he has succeed ed. Because of the death of Justice Frank A. Moore, ot the supreme court, Secretary of State Olcott Issued a sup plementary certificate to county clerks, directing them to Insert in Jhe notice of offices to be filled at tbe general election on November 6, a line to read as follows: "One Justice of the supreme court, to fill the vacancy caused by the death ot Justice Frank A. Moore." Delay In government orders ss to shipping Is csustng a grave condition of congestion among prune packers of the Willamette valley. The season's I prune crop, estimated at 60,000,000 pounds, has been practically comman deered by the government Tbe con gestion In the warehouses is causing s delay In the packing ot tbe remainder of tbe crop, all of which may cause great loss. Although less than six weeks only is lacking In completion of the con crete work, It Is likely that the big $40,000 concrete bridge being erectel across Hood River Jointly by the coun ty and State Highway commission will sot be open for traffic this year. The new bridge will require a 70-foot fill, eight feet deep, and It seems to be a question at present as to where the funds for the fill will come from. On behalf of the government Bert E. Haney, United States ' district at torney, has instituted In federal court the first suit In Oregon for condemna tion of timber wanted by the Spruce Production corporation for war pur poses. Tbe action Is against the Coos Bay Lumber A Coal company, a Wis consin corporation, and involves 3360 acres of spruce and cedar timber In Coos county. ' The government takes up this action because tbe Coos Bay company declined to sell Its stumpage at the fixed price, and demanded $2 per thousand more. The Oregon Highway commission has made a final decision on the north and south route via Fort Klamath In Wood River valley to be a part of the central Oregon highway on which state funds will be used In construc tion. Tbe commission adopted resolu tions Instructing the engineer to peti tion the government to co-operate with the state and Klamath and Lake coun ties on the road between Klamath Falls and Lakevlew as a postal road, The decision of the commission on the northern route settles an extended con troversy between residents of the Wood River valley and reservstlon residents In tbe neighborhood ot Chil-oquln. BRITISH ADVANCE 60 MILES JNMLESTINE British Wrest Sacred City .of . Nazareth From Hands of Turks. . . London. British cavalry units op sratlng between the Jordan aud Me'dl terranean. In Palestine, have advanced soms 60 miles from their original post tlons and have occupied the Biblically renowned town of Nazareth, also Afuls and Belsan, according to a British war office announcement General Allenby's troops have sur rounded part ot the Ottoman army and are collecting the disorganised masses of men and transport arriving from the south. So far 18,000 prisoners and 100 guns hsvs been counted. This means the virtual annihilation of the Ottoman forces In this region. - The British losses were surprisingly slight considering the Importance of the advance. SERBIANS GAIN NINE MILES IN ONE DAY London. The Serbian troops esst ot Monaatlr have advanced more than nine miles In one day aud now are less than eight miles from the main highway connecting Prllep with tbe Vardar river. A Serbian official statement re ceived here says that a great number of prisoners bss been captured. Allied forces are pursuing the BuV gsrlsns on tbe whole front between the Cerna and Vardar rivers, It was officially announced. The fleeing Bulgarians are burning abandoned villages. An artillery bat tle Is raging on the entire 70 mile front between Monastlr and the Vardar. "Between tbe Cerna and the Vardar we are pursuing ths beaten Bulgar ians, despite growing rear-guard re sistance," the communique said. "Ths Serbs have reached the middle Vatusa river. The allies have crossed ths Cerna toward Cebren and have cap tured the summits ot Porta Dzena. The Bulgarians are burning abandoned villages." INFLUENZA CASES REPORTED Epidemic at Csmp Lewis Dsclsred Not Spanish Dlsssse. Camp Lewis, Tacoma. "Influenza has assumed tbe proportions of a mild epidemic, especially among recruits," according to the" weekly summary of communicable diseases Issued by the camp sanitary Inspector, Captain V. L. Bishop. One hundred and fifteen cases of Influenza were reported during the week. The Influenza here Is not tbe Span ish Influenza which has been found In some eastern csmps and cities, ac cording to Camp Lewis officers. The Spanish type, tbey say, develops pneu monia among many sufferers while this rarely occurs with Influenza pa tients here. The disease here Is usu ally checked and patients discharged from the hospital In three days. Amerloans 8lsln by Bolshevik! Amsterdam. Rioting against the entente Nationals hss taken place In Vologda province and some Ameri cans and Frenchmen have been mur dered, according to the Petrograd cor respondent of tbe Hamburger Nach rlchten. . The Russian people's commissary at Vologda has urged upon the population of the entire Vologda province the most ruthless persecution of British subjects and French and American citizens. Huns Fles Bombed Cities. Amsterdam Allied airmen are daily bombarding Cologne, Coblenz and oth er German towns, killing or injuring many persons, says the Het Volk. Tbe newspaper says the number of casual ties published In the German newspa pers are much under the actual total. It adds that many residents of the towns that are raided have fled to Hol land for safety. Cut Two Bulgar Railway Lines, London. Serbian troops have cut the main railway line between Uskub and Salonlkl and are on the western bank of tbe Vardar river, according to the Serbian official statement West of Vardar, tbe Serbians have cut the railway line to Prllep, which is the main, line ot German communication In this region. Tbey have also crossed the Cerna. Americans Make Successful Raid With the American Army in France. American troops raided the enemy lines In the "neighborhood of Haumont village, In the center ot the new line across the St Mlhlel salient They captured 25 prisoners. i One unit attacked Haumont Itself. Iti engaged In sharp fighting In the vil lage, taking 22 prisoners and killing snd wounding some 40 more Germans. CA1RY PROBLEMS AREJOMPLEX Consumers Are Counselled Not To Decrease Use of Milk Nor Complain of Prices. , "Unless means are quickly found to remedy conditions existing In the dairy Industry as well as In other classes of livestock, serious menace to beta Industries which are allied may be forecast" This Is the statement of Assistant Federal Food Administrator, W. K. Newell. "With the dairymen selling their businesses as fast as they are able t find purchasers," ssld Mr. Newell, "with an Increasing volume of salsa of heavy calves, both wale and female, and with already a world's shortage of beef, the outlook for future supplies Is not as rosy as one might wish. "It has .been charged In some quarters that the price of milk snd other products of the dairy have bees elevated to such an ezteut at all I'acifio northwest points that the dairy Interests should be msklng a profit sod well eatlsfled with their lot "Taking only the retail price as a basis that which most vitally affects the conaunv r the price of milk today In Portland Is 16c per quart "Even with normal prices milk Is generally sold retail at 10 cents a quart here, therefore the advance Is not nearly as marked as In many other lines of foodstuffs. "The dairyman today Is paying mors than double ths wanes of normal years for his hired help. Ho is paying more than double for bis requirements of hay and a very considerable advance over the normal fur bis bran and shorts. "The cost of milk cans and other dairy utontlls Is practically double the normal. The cost of bottles bss soared to such heights ss to make one dizzy to think .of It The cost of producing milk today Is therefore more tbaa double that of normal periods even without considering the fact that this bss been a very abuormal season aad tbe production ot milk and cream per eow Is far below the normal. "Laws enacted during the last few years force the dairyman to add to his costs as a matter ot cleanliness. Ths public Is no longer willing to tolerate the quality of milk generally marketed a few years sgo. All of this costs money and tbe dairyman baa bees paying It while tbe full charges have not been passed back to the consumer, "It has oftlmes bees said that a man very seldom quits a business where liberal profits ars available. The fact that eo many dairymen are quitting that they are 'not making adequate that tbey are not making adequate profits If any at all. "Tbe killing of dairy calves during the present sason has broken all records simply because tbe country producer could not afford to feed them to maturity. Suggestion has been made In some quarters that the kill ing of female calves be prohibited by law. This would Indeed solve tbe prob lem providing some means were found to feed and keep the Animals. "Dairy ' experts have for years preached the gospel of 'getting rid of tbe star boarder' tbe cow that does not pay her expense. Tbst is the situation Just now. Few are paying their board and there Is no Improve ment of the situation In prospect "Similar conditions may be apokea of la regard to the future ot the beet supply. Owing to the shortage and ex treme price ot feed mere light-weight aad unfinished cattle have beea marketed In the stockyards ot the country during the last two seasons than ever before known. The country cannot afford to feed Its cattle even at tbe present price of beef and ths Journey to market Is therefore a neces sity. In fsct the government has re cently requested that tbe public pur chase beef from light weight animals because tbe stock must be marketed. This means that many thousands of animals that are today coming to market weighing around 600 to 1,000 pounds, would have showed a weight ot at least a third more If allowed to fatten properly. . Tbls means aa enormous loss in the meat supply for the future a loss that the country can 111 afford to contemplate." "Why sot have milkmaids now a days?" someone asks. There Is a cry that the labor conditions are In a bad way as far as tbe dairies are concern ed. The men have gone to war or into other work snd the cows are being killed off because there Is no one to mtlk them. "What Is going to becesse of the children of this country If that goes oaf" is the question asked. Sobs of the girls who are not exactly fascinated by the thought of washing windows, running elevators and carry ing atgll are looking toward the dairies. Tbey won't wear the costumee sees In light opera but they'll be quite sea slble In heavy boots and ceveralls aad they'll save the day. Here's to the milkmaid of modern days. The 1918 food reserve is the only safs lnsursnce for MIS food supplies. Conservation Is ths All-American job an army of four million soldiers i must be fed from tbls year's orop. "There Is no substitute for milk as a food for growth. Portland mothers should make a drive on father's purse to the extent of one quart ot milk per day for every child." Oregon League ' Dairyman.