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DRIVE TOR
WAR FOOD
IN COUNTY
flackamu couuly U lo line up with
lb uie nl nation la a definite inov
for pri-prdiiM, liana era twlng
completed fur the oriRnlutlun of
County Couni'll of Drfcnw. lo wurk
with lb ilste and natWmsl council!
All aitrleulUral and other organlt
IIiibi having Iht Interest of the county
u( heart will ta urged lo select on of
Itinir nuwlwr a council member
Tbl coum II will dlrix l tha prepared
nni campaign In this county nd
mailt plo fur tha meeting on Mar
II.
Great Shortage
HUrtllna fatta regarding the world
wlda abortaita of food iuk II Imper
alive thai every effort be mada "o
wrure a niailmum production of food
during Iba present season.
Tba nation may now ba approaching
the gmatnat emergency In biatory, and
wa mm I rlaa U meet It with every
resource at our command. Many bavr
not an appreciation of tba raal altua
Hon. Tba anorniout food luppllei of
our nation bare born gradually de
pleted until now there It practically
no aurprtw. Tba proaperta are that the
winter wheat crop of tba country will
be below normal and rondltlona gen
erally hare not been good for aowlng
print wheat.
Yat Time
It la not yet too late to plant eurh
cmpe aa oata, barley, buckwheat,
iM-ana, potatoea, corn, root, vegeta
bine and cropa for hny and atock food.
Live itock ahould be connerred and
arery effort mado to get the greatest
poaalblo production from them. Hived
In K atock mint not b aold.
The nation muni not only feed Hi
own million of people, but In a large
innaaure provide for the million
acroaa the lea.
It la the patriotic duty of every
fanner (o ptunt every ponaltile acre of
cropa, and the duty of all people of nil
clnine lo como lo bli aid In planting
and barrelling. Tho lupplyltig of food
la of equal Impnrtonco with lending
loldlori to the front.
Aaiurance of Marktt.
Home are afraid to plnnt exleniilvoly
fur far of un over aupply and conse
quent low price. Tho world shortage
li 10 great that no fenr need bo felt
along thli lino. To crvuto confidence,
government offlclula are working on a
plan to guarantee a minimum price
for staple farm crop.
The avullubto labor of tho state will
lm llHted and assigned to service when
nnd where noeded. TIiIb will Iw han
dled IhroiiKh a central offlco In Port-
land with branches In every county.
Let no ono fall to plant becaimo of
lack of labor. It will ho provided. Na
tional and itaU) governments ure tuk
Iiik steps lo tills end.
On Haturduy, May 12, meetings are
to ho hold In every community In tho
county. Mnn will lo present to ex
plain tho government plan, and to
glvo nnd get specific Information. All
v agricultural organizations should ho
called together In extraordinary boh
slop, on that date. The need Is Impera
tive. Utt overyono attend tho meet
lug In bin own locality.
Men Here to Anlit
l'rof. E. II. Flits of the Extension
Sorvloo Oregon Agrloulliiral college
and Mr. T. D. Caso havo been Btn
Honed In UiIh county to represent the
ntato and nation and to assist In or
ganizing, (let Into touch with those
men, whoso headquarters aro at Ore
gon City. Don't wait for them to como
to you. Tho county Ih largo nnd tho
1 1 mo Bhort.
The council will ho organized next
week at Oregon City, tho (Into to be
dol'nltcly announced Inter to each or
ganization. Ono representative from
ovt ry agricultural organization In tho
county Is HHkoil to bo prosont, also
roproscnlutlvos from commercial clubs
nnd other civic bodies. Every person
Bhould see to It that his own organiz
ation Is represented.
GOVERNOR WILL
PLOW; LIKEWISE
DOCTOR DONEY
SALEM, Or., May 1. Governor
Wltliycombo and Presldcnf Doncy, of
Wlllametto University, will put tholr
hands to tho plow next Thursday,
when tboy will assist In turning up a
portion of tho Wlllnmette University
campus, which will be sowed to pota
toes. Not only will tho executive and the
collngo president assist In plowing,
hut they nlso will plant some of the
potatoes and beans which Will ba
grown by tho students.
FOOD PREPAREDNESS
TRAIN WILL VISIT HERE
FULL DAY ON MAY 7
Krsry family In (ba llala ahould be
self mportlng and should raise and
ran anougb vegetable and fruit to
meet Iba demand for tba coming win
lar.
This Is ona of tba plan of Iba de
partment of agriculture at Waiblng
Ion, working through Iba Oregon Ag
rlrulloral college. And In order thai
thli matter ibould ba properly brought
lo Iba attention of avary family, tha
department la landing a pec la I train
In Oregon City May 7, with lecturers
from Iba extension department of Iba
O. A. C.
Practical Way
Tbeae lecturers will tell Iba practl
cal way of railing and canning anougb
food for Iba winter. T. E. May, of tba
ailenilon department of Iba O. A. C.
was In Iba city thli morning and or
ganised a committee to make a com'
plata survey of Iba vacant lots In tba
city and to arrange means by which
Ibasa lots ibould ba planted In gardan
product!. Tba commute Includes C. F.
Tooie. superintendent of tha city
schools, O. D. Eby. Mrs. Mary Tipton,
Mayor E. C. IUck.lt. Mrs. C. W. Ev
ana, Mrs. II. Btralght, Mr. 0. A. Hard
ing. Mrs. Bhank, Mrs. U L. I'lckln.
Mr. J. W. Morris and Fred Johnson
secretary of tba publicity committee
of lbs Commercial club.
Tbla committee will meet with Pro-
feaaor Drown of tba O. A. C, next Fri
day and arrange for additional detail.
Twice Dally
Tha ipeclal train will arrive In Ore
gon Clly Monday, May 7.
In tha morning there will ba no
demonstration or addreiae given
from tba Iraln. The morning work
will all be done In tha high school,
when Ml Helen Cowglll will Ulk of
home canning, Miss Anna Turley on
food preparedness, and Prof. W. 8.
Drown on vegetable growing.
In the evening at 7:30 o'clock from
tha apodal train Profeor Drown will
talk on vegetable growing and Trot.
C. I-amb on poultry raising. Ml
Cowglll will talk on boma canning and
will taka up tba organltatlona. Miss
Anna Turley will talk on food prepar
ed no following tha address of Miss
Cowglll.
Among tha things which the work
ers on tha train hope to accomplish
are the selection of tha best vacant
lota In tha clly for food production
and the placing of peoplo to garden
them; arrangements for banks to lend
money for seed and the like; organiza
tion of canning clubs In the high
school; and tha distribution of pub
licity matter which will tend to In
crease tha production of foodstuffs In
tha state.
IN Pi
SPUE OF "AND AND OR"
SALEM, Or., May 1. Tho supivmc
court today affirmed the Judgment for
10000. obtained by Lulu It. White,
widow of Traffic Officer James 11
Wlilto, against tho East Side. Mill &
Lumber company, In the court of for
mer Circuit Jndgo McCilnn In Mult
noiniili county.
TIiIb In tho widely known "and, and
or" case, which tho supremo court
oiieo before reversed on u technicality
which caused a protest to bo rnlsed In
many parts of tho slate.
Traffic Officer Whllo was stationed
at I'nlon avenuo nnd East liurnslde
street In Portland, November 17, 191,
when a truck beliiB'drlven by an em
ploye of (ho defendant company ran
over him mid killed 111 m.
Mrs, Wlilto brought suit against tho
company for 7.r00, and n Jury, uftor
hearing tho evidence, gavo her n Judg
ment for the full amount.
Tho company nppenled to the su
premo court, which reversed tho Judg
ment of tho lower court because In her
pleadings tho widow denied that her
husband contributed to his death by
"negligently and carolossly stepping
back Into (ho path of tho truck." The
supremo court said sho should hnvc
denied that her huulmnd "negligently
or carelessly," etc.
Tho caso was retired before Judge
MeOInn, and a Jury awarded the
widow n Judgment for $0000, and again
tho company appealed.
In today's opinion, written by Jus
tice Bean, the court swoops asido tech
nicalities, If thoro were such, and af
firms the Judgement
' WANTS $1345.
Charging that possession of a 20
Hcre farm wns withheld after sho had
completed tho purchnso, and that the
deal wns mishandled through collusion
so that she sufTerod loos, Mrs. Lor
ena M. Lumlgren brought Biilt for
913-45 against Tbad Roblson, in the
circuit court hero Friday.
LIVE WIRES
LEARN THE
STATUS OF
ROAD WOR
Itond supervisors of Clackamas coun
ty broke bread Wednesday at the Coin
merclal club with the IJve Wlrn, who
have for several years entertained Iht
men ho form the storm center ol
roid activity.
County Judge Anderson, Judge Dim
Irk and James II. Cary were the apeak
era, tba latter giving stirring patn
otto addtjii which moved hit atidlen".
to cheer.
Do Bit
Mr. Cary urged Iba farmer of Clark
amaa county to "do their bit" and em
phailted tba itatement that a farmei
who produced a maximum crop of
foodstuff! waa Jut a much of hero
ai (be man behind the gun.
At (he conclusion of Mr. Cary'a ad-
drem, (he Live Wire and their gueila
roie to their feet and sang "America,
led by Mrs. Mela Harlow Ijtwrenre,
choir director, who wai "drafted" fot
tha occasion.
Another case of selective conscrip
tion was that of ank llranch Ulley.
of Portland, vlceprealdent for Oregon
of the Pacific Highway aasociatlon,
who drifted Into the club for luncheon
and wa Impressed In service- a a
member of a trio, which Bang itrlotlc
number. Mr. Ulley li tenor In the
Apollo club of I'ortlund.
Cornet Error
Judge Andenon took occasion lo
corroct what ho cnld were mlsHtute
menli of tha "Twelve IHsclptvs of
Road Efficiency" of the Commcrclul
club, who had stated the road expend!
lures of Clackamas county within the
last 10 years to be $3,009,000. He said
the total amount spent on the roads
In that period would not exceed
fl, 500.000. and that much of tha crltl
clnm directed at tho road system 'n
this county was "useless criticism."
Judge Anderson slated that in Clacka
mas county there Is 161 tulles of ma
cadam road, 187 gravel and 90 plank
1-nitt year, he said, the county hm
made 27 miles of crushed rock road
13 miles of gravel, eight miles of plunk,
one and sevon-tenths miles of bitumi
nous macadam and nearly four miles
of nsphi'.lllc concrete paving, besides
using 17,437 cubic yards of crushed
rock In repairs and re-dressing. Ho
told a story of a Swede who had said
"too much" and was guarded In his
utterances.
Lambasts 8ystem
Judge Dimlck denounced tho "donu
tlim system" of road work and pleaded
for direct taxation, both general and
special, as tha only equltablo method
Ho argued for hard surfaced roads
along main highways.
Drlef talks wero mado by City
School Superintendent Toozo, In ref-
eronco to the meeting .of tho National
Educational association at Portland
and E. T. Caso, representative of the
Oregon Agricultural college, who Is
hero to direct tho food supply cam
paign for (he stnlo and federal gov
ernment. Llvy Stlpp delivered n noal
speech In welcoming the supervisors,
and Dr. W, T. Mtlllkcn gavo the Invoca
tion. Entertainment features were
contributed by Charles Graham, In
Scotch characterizations, and Thomas
A. llurko nnd II. A. Swnfford. The
menu wos featured with Willamette
river salmon, caught at Oregon City.
BY DELEGATES FROM
PORTLAND, Or., April 28. All but
three counties of the 36 In Oregon
were represented, by delegates attend
ing the gtato-wldo good roads confer-'
cure held In the Multnomah hotel yes
terday afternoon.
Tho purpose of tho conference waa
to formulate plans for raising funds
and carrying on a more effoctlve cam
paign for tho $6,000,000 rond bond Is
sue. The bond moasuro, wnlcn comes
before the voters at a special election
Juno 4, was warmly Indorsed In reso
lutions adopted by the conference.
Curry, Grant and Harney wero the
only counties that did not have at leas
one or more representatives present
WANTS $1300.
Suit for collection of approximately
$1300 said to be due on a note given
In 1914 was Instituted by Mrs. Llllle C.
Shlockelser Tuesday In the circuit
court against M. T. Duffy.
CONTKACT LET FOR STRUCTURE TO
CARE FOR COMING CHAUTAUQUA
nr.
Contracts for new auditorium ca
ps bla of seating 4000 people war lat
by tba board of director of tba Glad
stone Chautauqua association Thurs
day evening to Edward Keep, a Port
land contractor, for ISS80.
Work on tha atnictara will begin at
onca.
The building will ba Iocs tad at a
light dlitanca front tha old auditorium
wblcb has served tba Chautauqua for
Farm and A rm ' 'Says Teddy
to Chicago Audience; He
Wants to
CHICAGO, April IV Teddy came
to Chicago today to tell the Middle
West to lick the kaaer end to do It
quick. Theodora Itooievelt li alwayi
Teddy to Chicago,
fifty thousand cheering westerners
lined the route over which the visitor
was escorted through the loop and
greeted blm with. "We're with you.
Teddy!"
And besides bis pungent comments
about the kaiser, T. R. had a few other
little Items to get off his mind. Gen
eral Joffre's contemplated visit to Chi
cago, the recent "slicker bridegroom
rush," his oRcr to go to Flanders, 11
came In for their ahure.
. Off U"d
"I wouldn't want to Indulge In per
sonalities." isid the colonel, when In
formed of the disagreement between
Uayor Thompson und the council over
extending an invitation to the French
hero to visit Chicago, "but I sincerely
hope that the Invitation Is extended
and that General Joffre comes.
"I came to Chicago lo make this
speech because Chicago has always
been the storm center of my pust.
'There are two classes of people in
Chicago. Tho Americans and others.
Tho sooner the others get out the bcV
tor. I don't care what nationality or
from whut country a man comes, ssJ
long as he Is a straight American.
Part German
"If I am permitted to raise my di
vision I hope to get a large percentage
of members who are wholly or part
I
IS
WASHINGTON, May 2. Persistent
upward revision of the tentative draft
of the war revenue bill by the house
ways and means committee today
brought the total to be raised to ap
proximately $1,650,000,000 or within
$165,000,000 of the amount originally
suggested by Secretary McAdoo.
Plans now are to raise the remaining
S165.000.000 through consumption tax
es, it necessary, or, as a last resort,
by tariff changos. . Agreement has
been reached to discuss proposed tar
iff Increases after all other quostlons
have been disposed-of. Hope still ex
ists that the committee can agreo on
many tnrlff changes without stirring
up a partisan fight. s
Partisanship has entirely disappear
ed in the discussions and in some of
the bitterest arguments. Democrats
have been arrayed against Democrats
and Republicans against Republicans.
Discussion today centered largely
about the excess profits tax and de
veloped the old alignment of those who
desire to make Individual Income taxes
pay ost of the burden, relieving bus
iness of It, and others who are unal
terably opposed to advancing Income
taxes further.
Proposed taxes on wines and cigars
also were discussed today.
SUE TO COLLECT
Suit for the collection of $203 and
175 attorney's fees was begun today
In the circuit court by tho Clackamas
County bank against A. H. Lamm, ad
ministrator of the estate of Thomas
Anderson. The bank alleges that the
amount is due on a note.
many years. It will be fashioned after
tha lines of tba famous Mormon tab
ernacle at Salt Lake City.
A bugs dome roof will cover tha
entlr building. Its itructure being
planned In such a way a to provide
particular acoustic- qualities.
Work will ba rushed In order to com
pleta the auditorium before tha ses
sions of the Gladstone chautauqua Id
July.
Lick' Hun Quick
German. I am part German myself.
Dut they must come In aa Americana
or not at all. We are fighting with
Prance for civilization and humanity
and every American worthy of the
name will Join In the struggle."
When asked his opinion of the
"slacker bridegrooms," more than S0O0
of whom rushed to the license clerk's
office here In the early days of the
war declaration, the colonel smiled.
"Well," he said, l'm for any man
who marries a a preparation for war,
but those who hide behind the skirts
to avoid military obligation sshould
be expelled from the country.
First Speech
Fully 1500 persons crowedvd the ban
quet chamber at the Hotel La Salle
at noon to bear Roosevelt make his
first speech.
Governor Lowden extended the
city's welcome and short addresses
were made by Major General Barry,
Dr. Harry Pratt Judson, president of
the University of Chicago, and Ed
mund J. James of the State university.
"I believe with all my heart In the
men and women of the west," Roose
velt stated. "The world Is facing a
shortage of food. Soon we In this
country shall fare a shortage of food.
Therefore, let us use all the grain we
have for food, and not for tntoxlcanas.
Let the government help the farmer
by mobilizing lagor, if necessary, and
tell our young men that It is a case of
farm and arm."
ROAD MEETINGS ARE
ARRANGED FOR" ALL
OF
Y
The "Twelve Disciples of Road Effi
ciency," as the Commercial club com
mittee that Is campaigning for the S6,
000,000 road bond measure terms It
self, has arranged a series of meetings
for the month of May and will go Into
practically every section of Clackamas
county.
. Judge Grant B. Dimlck, Harvey Q.
Starkweather, B. T. McBuln and Llvy
Stipp are the main speakers. Mr.
Starkweather and Judge Dimlck talked
at Shuebel Monday night and received
close attention.
The following is a partial schedule
of the meetings, all of which will be
held In the evening: Barlow, May 5;
Macksburg, May 22; Mulino, May 12;
Beaver Creek, May 12; Colton, May 15;
Clarkes, May 8; Sprlngwater, May 15;
Damascus, May 22; Frogpond, May 31.
Meetings are also being ararnged tor
Needy, Marquam, Molalla, Eagle
Creek, Boring, Barton, Sandy, Clack
amas, Sunnyslde, Stafford, Wllaonvllle
and Logan.
EDITORS TO SEE
OWN ROUND-UP
IN PENDLETON
The annual convention of the Ore
gon State Editorial association will be
held at Pendleton, July 13, 14 and 15.
The Pendleton people are arranging a
special Round-up program for the en
tertainment of the visiting editors. At
the close of the business session Sat
urday afternoon the delegates end
their wives will be taken to Bingham
Springs, and will motor back to Pen-1
dleton Sunday evening.
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WASHINGTON, April 23. The aHminUtrUon drift
army bill patted the house late tonight by a vote of 397
to 24.
The aeriate patted the bill by a vote of 81 to 8.
WASHINGTON, April 28. Both tcnate and house voted
approval today of the administration's proposal to raise a great
army on the principle of selective conscription, voting down
by overwhelming majorities the volunteer armv amendments
around which opponents of
ierea ineir iigni.
Big Vote
Tonight the selective draft bill was Dressed for Dassaae
in both houses, with the indications that before mornine; both
would approve it without material change in the more impor
tant provision written into it by the armv seneral staff and
approved by President Wilson.
In the senate the vote on the volunteer amendment
was 69 to 18 and in the house it was 279 to 98, supporters
of conscription marshaling a strength which surprised
even administration leaders.
Accepts Idea
Whether' congress finally would accept the staffs recom-.
mendations regarding the ages between which conscription
would apply appeared more uncertain. In the senate the bill's
stipulation that men between 1 9 and 25 should be liable to the
draft was changed to make the minimum 21 and the maxi
mum 27. The house voted down all proposed changes in the
military committee's recommendation that the limits be fixed
at 21 and 40.
MACHINERY OF DRAFT
ALREADY IN HANDS OF
SALEM, Or., April SO. Complete de
tailed plans for registering men eligi
ble tor military service under the con-
scrlpUon bill passed by congress have
been received by Governor Withy-
combe from the war department, and
together with Adjutant General White,
the executive la making study of
them this afternoon preparatory to
putting them Into execution.
Governor WIthycombe la charged
with carrying; the plans into effect In
Oregon, and It Is presumed the orders
will come from the war department
to put them Into operation Just as soon
as the conscription bill is signed by
the president
Although definite information, rel
ative to the plan is not available, it
is understood that the election ma
chinery will be utilized in registering
men.
Registration blanks will call tor all
data required by the conscription bill.
and to facilitate the work county phy
sicians will likely be made federal
officers for the purpose of making a
physical examination of those regis
tering.
While the governor will put the
plans into execution, the expenses of
registration will be paid by the federal
government
After the registration Is completed
the data will be forwarded to the war
department, and then, it is understood,
will commence the selective drafting
of the men from the registration rolls.
It Is presumed that this work will be
supervised and carried out by govern
ment officials.
34
, WEEK COMES TO END
With the arrival of final bits of
equipment, 34 new looms in the new
addition to the Oregon City Woolen
mills will be started sometime during
the week, possibly tomorrow. ,
The new looms are already In place.
Additional looms will be moved Into
the new structure from other parts of
the plant as rapidly as possible. How
ever, the addition will not be running
full blast before some time in July.
When full capacity is reached, the
output will be 60 per cent greater than
It Is at the present time.
Work on the removal of the looms
will be put under way this week. Un
til ararngements are made for supply
ing power to the mill from its own
plant, Juice will be obtained from the
P. R, L. & P. Co.
EMI
ST
the administration plan had cen-
These sad s number of leaser
amendments will be considered as thai
hope that the measure may be speed
ily aa possible In conference and sent
to the president for his signature by
the middle of next week.
In the more Important amendment
adopted In the house waa one empow
ering the presetdent to exempt from
the draft In his discretion persona en
gaged In agricultural work
The bouse voted just before noon
279 to 98 In favor of the president's
and the war college's plan to raise at
once an army of 500,000 for service
at some future date in Europe If
needed.
Miss Jeannette Rankin, first woman
to bold a seat In congress, voted
against conscription.
She cost her vote without comment
The house vote was on the Kahn
amendment to the army bill as re
ported by Chairman Dent's military
committee. The Dent bill authorizes
the president to first try raising an
army In the old fashioned way by the
volunteer system.
Turns Table.
' Kahn's amendment turned the bill
Into what President Wilson and his
war heads wanted a straight out and
out selective conscription method.
The house cheered wildly as the af
firmative vote was announced. When
to the surprise of members a subse
quent announcement of the negative
vote showed but 98 for the volunteer
plan, the cheering and stamping was
deafening.
A weaker shout greeted Saunders
request for "noes."
Chairman Dent asked for tellers
the nearest to a rollcall vote that can
be obtained in a session of the "com
mittee of the whole on the state of tho
union."
A crowd, swirling and surging, that
looked as If it included every congress
man and every clerk arose and joined
in a crush at the front of the cham
ber, ready to walk getween Chairman
Dent and Representative Kahn, the
tellers, up the center als'e of the house
to show they were for the amendment.
There was no record . vote. That
will come later. The house, when the
vote was taken, was In committee of
the whole. A roll call will come
later In the day. '
Speaker Clark, firm to the last, vot
ed for the volunteer plan, along with
Miss Jeanette Rankin.
No Doubt.
There was never a doubt of the vote "
after Representative Saunders of Vir
ginia, in the speaker's chair, as chair
man of the committee of the whole,
announced a vote would be taken on
the Kuhn amendment and aaked for
the aye's.
. A tremondous shout arose.
When the record vote does come,
many members predicted that many
of the 98 who voted against the draft
plan will have switched, thereby mak
ing the vote against the volunteer
plan even greater than that recorded
while the body was acting in commit
tee of the whole.
8UE3 HER HU8BAND
Suit for divorce on grounds of cruel
ty was filed in the circuit court here
Saturday by Mrs. Marjorie Plerson
against A. Romeyn Pierson Jr.