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Pars 6
EXTENSIONS TO
N. W. SHIPYARD
Americans Wounded in Marne Battle Arriving in Paris
MINK FUR CAPE FOR SUMMER
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WILL BE BUILT
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HARVESTING IS
UNDER WAY OVER
ALL CLACKAMAS
Throughout Clackamas county har
vesting is commencing, and by the
nilddla ot the week threshing will be
at its height In many localities the
crops will be fair while some of the
farmers will have less grain this year
than in former years. This" is due to
the continued dry weather.
The crop at Mount Pleasant is
unusually short this year, with the
exception of that of Judge T. F. Ryan,
who has about 40 or BO acres in grain.
He will have a much better crop than
the nearby farmers. This grain is
planted on the acreage that was used
for growing beans of the Live Wires
of this last year. The ground at that
point la well adapted for growing all
kinds of crops. j
The Greenwood section has a fair
ly good crop. This is in the Beaver
Creek valley and the prospects now,
lire brighter than several weeks ago.
The oats will be somewhat short j
The hay crop in the Linn's Old Mill
valley was good, althongh many farm-1
ers of that section had to tolerate a!
pest in the form ot an aphis, which
practically destroyed the vetch. This
occurred in other sections ot the coun-:
ty, and throughout the county the
vetch crops limited this year. This
is the first time that this pest has in-!
tested the grain in this valley. Tb
grain crop will be about an average,!
as in former years although there will
be a shortage in some fields. Mr.
Stewart's crop will be from 40 to 50 j
tons.
The wheat and oat crop in the
Stafford section is low. This is due
to the warm weather and lack ot rain
in the early season.
Owing to the shortage ot wheat
this year, a large number of farmers
ot Clackamas county have disposed
of poultry, although the price of
poultry has declined during the past
two weeks.
A. large number ot farmers, too,
have disposed of dairy stock, owing
to the high price of stock feed. The
recent rain was a great benefit to the
grass, and was gladly received, by
the tanners and dairymen, who are
depending largely on pasturage.
SEIZED BY ED SURFUS
Night Officer Ed Surfus early Sat
urday morning seized 73 pints ot
primey whiskey, and escorted, It to
the city jail, where it has been intern
ed. Thereby hangs a tale.
As the morning vrain pulled in from
California about 6 o'clock. Officer
Surfus Baw a man with suspicious
actions alight The policeman was
watching from the over head cross
ing, and as he saw the man stoop
and gather bottles from the right of
way, his suspicions were confirmed,
and he hastened, to the depot The
m;m saw him coming, and dropped
his load of glass ware, which prov
ed to be pint bottles of genuine snake
bite cure.
The bottles were dropped from the
train one at a time, from a confeder-i
ate on the steps of the train, presum
ably a brakeman, says Mr. Surfus.
Why this was done cannot be account
ed for.unless it was thought to allay
suspicion by not getting off with a
sitftcase. The man made good his
escape, running toward Canemah, and
has not been found. One suspect was
taken up by Surfus, but he proved to
be not in the affair. But one bottle of
the wet goods was broken in the
dropping from the train. Local au
thorities believe that the man was to
be met with a machine and the trip
into Portland made with the contra
band. In the meantime, the city jail is host
to the booze, which has been invoiced
by Recorder Loder.
Motorists who speed on streets in
Oregon City will have serious dif
Acuities in the future, because the
city council will effect an arrange
ment with the county officials to use 1 1
the county speed officers to "grab"
violators within the city limits.
The matter came before the coun
cil last night when Councilmen Isom
and Bridges brought up the matter of
speeding on Molalla avenue. After
some discussion, the mayor was auth
orized to effect an arrangement with
the county officials for holding of all
violators in the city to a strict ac
countability. TRAINING IS GIVEN
COJRVALLIS, Or.. Aug. 5. Intens
ive military training is being given
the 245 members of the O. A. C. sol
dier detachment now that their two
months' period at the college is near
ing a close. Both the mechanical and
military training will be completed by
August 14. Another detachment is
expected to arrive the following day.
Primarily the government is send
ing soldiers to O. A. C. to receive
training in mechanics, but the strict
ly military phase of the work is by
no means being neglected. The ex
tensive campus affords opportunity
for daily drill and special maneuvers.
Marches into the country to work out
advance guards, patrol, outpost and
other problems are features.
SPEEDERS WITHIN ' P
CITY LIMITS TO BE f
HALED INTO COURT I
Property has been acquired by the
Northwest Steel Company at tho foot
ot Sheridan street, adjoining its plant
on the north and comprising close to
five acres, on which modern machine
shops, a warehouse and a tltting-out
dock will be started at once, so the
company can equip all vessels built at
the yard in the future. It is estimat
ed the improvements will be finished
so that new hulls may be taken care
of there in October'and not later than
November.
At present hulls built by the North
west interests are shifted to the plant
of tho Willamette Iron & Steel Works
at the foot ot Seventeenth street to
be fitted out Since the launching of
the British steamer War Baron, March
30. 1917, two ot the type, 8S00 tons
deadweight, have been completed
there. Two others, the Western Maid
and Western Comet, now are reciv
ing their machinery and equipment at
the Willamette plant
FLAG RAISING IS HELD
Old Glory was nnfurled to the
breene Saturday night at Mountain
View with appropriate ceremony. The
people of that district with that in
tense loyalty that has characterised
their conduct since America entered
the war, held a flag raising. Gilbert
L. Hedges made the principal ad
dress In honor ot the event and the
patriotic people of the district gave a
program. The flag floats from a staff
near the Beverlin store.
Ex-Photographer Takes
Six German Prisoners
Adrain Duff, a former news photog
rapher of New" York, is the hero of
a recent raid into the German lines.
He returned with six prisoners. At
the OJtbreak of the war in 1914 Duff
was sent to Belgium and spent nearly
a year on the German side of the
battle line in Belgium and France,
taking pictures for American news
papers. Bulgarian King Has Left
His Country in Crisis
KIKlO FP.WDINA.un a Rill UU7IA. '
According to French dispatches,
King Ferdinand has left Bulgaria for
an extended trip, and Premier Malin-
off will replace the king during his
absence. Knowing that Bulgaria is
tired of the war, diplomats here see
a hint in this sudden departure of the
king of a break in the Teutonic al
liance.
MISS ROSE REACHES FRANCE
Miss Mollle Rose, for several years
bookkeeper for the Huntley Drug Co.,
has arrived in France. She is con
nected with the Y. M. C. A. work
overseas, and left Oregon City several
months ago to enter the service
Portland Fire insurance Companr
ies here, lower rates ten per cent due
to low fire loss past 8 years.
Roseburg Fishermen of the Lower
Umpqua river are planning to estab
lish new hatchery for propagation of
silvers ide salmon.
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The American soldiers wounded in j
the present battle are taken as
ES
EF
NORMS! SMS
Killed In Action
O. ANDERSON,
EDDIE
Wilbur,
Wash.
ROBERT F
SCOTT, Heglar, Ida.
Marines
, Wounded Severely
CHARLES WILMER BEAVER,
Portland, Ore.
ORA DILLON JACKSON, Tacoma,
Wash.
Killed in Action
LIEUT. LAMBERT A. WOOD, Gar
den Home, Ore.
CORPORAL NUTE SEVERSON,
215 West Sixtieth street, Seattle.
Wash.
PRIVATE JAMES B. REMEDIES,
Rhine, Wash.
E. C. McEVERS, Redmond, Wash.
Died From "Wounds
PRIVATE ARCHIE L. COY, Car
son, Wash.
Wounded (degree undetermined)
Gerard R. Harris, 310 North Sixth
street, Seattle, Wash.
Otto B. Anderson, Mount Berne,
Alton Ov;ns, Walla Walla, Wash.
Klamow Rinke, Spokane, Wash.
Gassed
J. R. LOMMELL, Seattle. Wash.
Missing in Town
Harry R. West, Seattle, Wash.
Roland E. Smith, formerly of Mil
waukie, Or., reported killed in action
was an employe of the Menefei
shingle mill. He removed over a year
apo to Seattle, where he enlisted.
Smith's parents, who formerly lived
in Mllwankle, have since cone to Mon-
tana. An enlisted brother, also fronwj,,, payInent of pi.lm.!pal and interest
muwi.uMK vrvxvni in rrance.
Lieutenant Lambert A. Vood, son of
Dr. and Mrs. W. L. Wood of Portland, j
was Killed in action in tne great amen ,
Marne offensive.
Lieutenant Wood was well known j
in Portland, where he lived practical-
ly his entire life previous to enlisting.
He was educated in the Portland
schools and at Williams college, leav
ing that Institution when war was
declared to join the colors. He attend
ed first a civilian training camp then
an officers' training camp at Platts-
burg, N. V., where he was given a
commission of second lieutenant. Up
on going across with the Ninth New
York regiment he was promoted to
the rank of first lieutenant.
His regiment was one of those at
Chateau-Thierry, the last to come on
and perhaps the one that caused the
turning point in the conflict with the
enemy. His letters to his relatives
have been most cheerful and en
thusiastic. He suid he thought he must j
lead a charmed life since nothing!
ever happened to him. He related an
incident, when just after getting a
drink of water the water barrel was
blown to atoms by a bursting shell.
He told of men heing killed all around
him, but he never got a scratch, and
recited many times he was surround
ed by death but was untouched.
Corporal Charles W. Beaver, of
Portland, reported seriously wound
ed in action, enlisted here January
7, 1918 In the motorcycle squad of
the aviation corps of the regular
army. He Is 20 years of age and a
native of Kansas. So far as Is known
he has no relatives in Portland.
Captain James D. Basey, whose
death was recently reported from the
front in France, was a former Port
land boy and son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Basey. The father was for
many years city agent for the Great
Northern Express company. His
mother, Mrs. Basey who lives with
her husband In Olympla, Wash., is
head of the Red Cross department of
surgical dressings In that city.
Captain Basey entered the service
from Fort Leavenworth, was sent to
Gettysburg for additional training
and commissioned an officer in the
Fourth infantry, which left for the
battlefront last May. Young Basey
was a graduate of Portland Academy
and later attended the University of
Wisconsin.
Col. Roosevelt's Fourth of July
declaration of a policy to "beat Ger
many to her knees" suggests a slogan
that may become popular. Germany
on her knees begging for pence would
make possible a peace that would
t last.
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quickly as possible to Taris hospitals
for convalescence. This picture shows
PLAN TO PRUNE
STATE OFFICE
EXPENDITURES
SALEM. Or., Aug.S.One of the re
forms in the Oregon state govern
ment which the state conslldatlon
ciAnmlsslon will discuss when It
meets here this month, and which
doubtless will go up to the legislature
as part of the commission's recom
mendation, will provide that depart
ments maintained by the fee system
must turn 100 per cent ot their fee
receipts over to the state and not use
any ot them for maintenance. In Ilea
of this method of maintenance the
commission would provide that the
departments be maintained by legis
lative appropriations.
The departments to which such a
change would apply are the Insur
ance, banking and corporation de
partments, the automobile registra
tion bureau of the secretary of state's
office, the state printing department
and the state labor department which t
operates on fees and also has an ap-;.
proprlatlon. The printing department j tUe government ft fully sat'sllml and
is allowed a small appropriation. no ,urtheT regtr(.tons are contem.
which applies to certain work that is : ,,,,,, Tho rPdllt.llon , tlU(,ml,er.
done on the outside. jam.e hng bee lurKtr ,n ,h(1 collIltr
The "commissions argument, ltjduHnK thp T.,ri()(, B,n(.fl rMtrIc.
seems, is that departments that are ,. w,,nt ,nt0 efTwt tha, slumn
self-supporting a.e spending too anvwhere else in tho world The
much money on themselves and thatj w,.,v h bp, not ,,, ft,,(.k ,h0
while they turn in all fees to tlve ii,lU0r triull,, bul the Inefficiency
state treasury, they are allowed to caused bv alcoholic e cesses."
draw out unlimited amounts for ex- jlaron IVAberdaon asserted that the
penses of maintenance as long as ! "won.terfut mi r'ety of the army and
they do not exceed their receipts. It 1 navy waa due ,., ,he non-treating
is held that economy would be served rille, whlcn nod ,he ahoon
and more money saved to the state , of compuslory d:-nklnV that art-omit
they were kept within the bounds mniA tne tn,atlng (.tom.
of certain appropriations each biin-. .
niutn. In the case of the automobile
registration department, the money
not used for maintonanrfi nrf In
on road bonfj3 an(J a porUon for the
'highway fund. Relative to the state
nrintine dpnartment anmn ttB nm.
cials say., the fact that the department
is self-supporting Is no glowing proof
of economv a it nn th -.
face. ie is said that much of the
printing done for state departments
could be obtained cheaoer on the out -
side.
Astoria will open new elevator to
public on Aug. 17. Magnificent, mod
ern grain elevators, built at cost ol
1393,900, are largest on coast. Holds
1,200,000 bushels. With one of the
best erfsh water ports in the world,
Astoria is reaching for share of trade,
Three Missouri Friends of General Pershing
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AUNT SUSM HtWITT ? f ' '7 "f , J
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J.C.CROWDER
General John J. Pershing com
mander of he American troops in
France, the man on whom the world
depends to beat Germany in her war
against civilation, was raised in La
clede, Mo., a small frontier town at
that time. And here are three of the
ft
a group of Amerlcau wounded JubI n
riving by motor truck.
WAR TIME BOOZE
RESTRICTIONS
SATISFY BRITAIN
LONDON, Aug. ".The gain In na
tional eflUieiicy is so great us tho
result of the wartime liquor restric
tions that it Is certain Great Hrttuin
never will niurn to pre-war condi
tions in this regard, according to a
statement made to the Assocluted
i'ress today by Baron D'Aberdtton,
chairman of the central hoard ot con
trol which hns to deal with the drink
problem. Ilarun D'Almrdnon said:
'The regulations limiting the hours
of sale, providing for the dilution of
spirits and beer and forbidding treat
ing have resulted In remarkable de
creases in drunkenness nn d the dis
eases Incidental to TlrlnklnR. The
level of drunkenness toduy is about
half of that a year ago, when It
was one-third that of pre-war time.
There 1ms been a general decrease of
about 83 percent in drinking among
both men and women,
"The progress of improvement hns
hivn so runlil ami nrmMmiima Ihnt
ANNA BARTSCH DEAD
'V""J a"scu. vuie ot l an llurUcn,
of Gla(l8t('np. dfod at the family home
ouimny evening, trom tne eneetH or
a f ra-i,!yai8.
Mrs- ""twh was a native of Ger-
fany' a,ul waB " yeur of ttK0- The
I tu,ue lo lne 1 n u"1 hlates
i manr years a8. and resided In Cal-
i fornla for 8ome tlmB befor(5 takl,1
i !lp thB r eH(1,'I1('(, t Oladstone. They
! rtBluu" !U -'';ui"c tor 1 years
Mrs. Bnrisch is survived by hr hus
band. An only son. Dr. Hansen, tiled
at Medford. Wisconsin, a few yeurs
ago.
North Bend Building boom looms.
Two large apartment-houses to be
built here. Simpson estate comnanv
plans to erect 30 bungalows for work-
: crs engagad in Coos Plants.
CHARUY.SPURu'EOti
close friends with whom ho was
brought up. Charles Spurgeon went
to the village school with him, as did
J. C. Crowder. . Aunt Susan Hewitt
was well known in the town, She was
older than the general, but she was
one of his boyhood friends.
LONDON, Aug. B.- Ono hundred and
twenty three iMrstm a,r believed to
have perished following tho torpedo
ing Inst Saturday ot the hospltul whip
Wurllda.
Tlw iuIsmImr lmiudo two military
officers, a conuimndunt In Queen
Mary's auxiliary corps, one American
soldier, seven of the craw and 113
others,
Tim two military officers wcro Cui
taln J. T. Beaty and Lieutenant H, T.
Hubert of the American Army. They
were saved. Of live American privates
on board, two appear to have been
rescued,
The ship' was rer.irnlitK from Franco
ai;d Hearing a home port when the
torpedo struck her, penetrating the
wmlroom, where sick nm! wounded
were accommodated.
One hundred patient are accounted
for as having landed at one port
here they were eftrd for by Itrltlidi
organisations and the American Red
Cross.
The ship was struck by the torpedo
In the after part of the engine room
Throe member of the stuff were kill
ed here nnd tho dynamocs were tie.
troyed, plunging the vessv. into dark
ness, Just over the dynamo wa tho ward
room, containing more than 100 pa
tients. Most of these were killed out
right by tho explosion. The others,
Injured by the explosion, were trapped
and perished, except for a few who
Jumped ovnrboard and wore picked up,
Leads Our Boys in France
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MAJ-GEN. OMAR BUNDY
Major-General Omar Bundy, a
division commander in lienerai iis
gett's corps, Is now engaged In ham
mering the Germans In tne Murne
salient. General Bundy served wltn
distinction In the Philippines.
UNION.LABOR TS
ASKED TO EXILE
SEVEN LEADERS
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 5, Or
ganized labor in Vancouver will bn
asked to vote on the proposed re
moval from office In the trades nnd
labor council and exile from the prov
ince of British Columbia of seven la
bor leaders John Kavnnagh George
Thomas, J. H. Cottrell, Joseph Tay
lor, V. R. Mlddey and Messrs. Prlth
ard and Winch.
This was the result of conferences
lute Saturday between committees
representing the longsshoremcn and
the returned soldiers, with Mayor
Gale as mediator following disturb
ance which arose over the 21-hour
strike called by the trades and labor
council, and the metal trades council
as a protest against the killing of
Alliort Goodwin, a nrom nent labor
iy v, jr ft ;
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tern-
men, by a Dominion policeman who,111? understand tne principles or
was attempting to effect Goodwins
arrest as a draft evader, The long
shoremen agreed to the propositi and
will return to work at once.
GrOBham Project planned to drain
slough and reclaim 8000 acres land.
J. J. Wurf el, Barlow, Ore
Dealer in a
' Complete Line of General Merchandise
and .Farm Implements
Clackamas County Agent for the
Samson Farm Tractor
Anyone wishing to ee a Demonstration of this Tractor and Plow,
. Phono, Write, or Call for Appolnmont
flvSli 'f
Capo of fur are destined to be very
popular thl summer and a leader
among them I sure to be thl
qulatt mink fur. Faced with white
and cut loos and full, It I very grace
ful. nMflLTTS
Trench Helmet Made of Tin Are
Worn at Summer Reeort -High.
Necked Frock.
The trench helmets made of tin are
not becoming, but American women
have followed the British la using
them at Rummer resorts,
tendon and I'arla have designed
curtcw hat and America will soon
uiiike use ot Die name am! the de
signs. It would not be amiss for u to
keep our own picturesque Puritan
fushlou of New England. We know a
much of the curfew a Great Britain,
and more than Tart. We do not have
the signal for "IlKhU out" In thl
country, but we can go In for curfew
clothe Just the same. The pointed
hat, tho nutire-toed shoe with the
sliver buckle nnd tho long, rippling
1'iipi'M fit In with the silhouette ot the
hour.
Pnyllght-savtiiB dinners have brought
out a vast amount of transparent but
hlgli ticckcd froik. These nre made
of tulle usually combined with tome
glittering metallic cloth. Tho whole
upper part of the body I covered with
the tulle, and buig sleeves have ud
denly acquired a place of power.
It I no longer smart In tho bellig
erent count rie to wear white glove.
They are tubno In England and Franco,
and American women are beginning to
see the wisdom aud ecouotuy of tbl!
fashion.
Tan, brown and any shade of !lg
ore considered the proper tliliiK. Kven
white wiinIi gloves are not considered
a fHshliiiiable u the other. Loiiiiom.v
I creating a stylo of Its own In every
land. By common consent, evening
glove have practically disappear! In
tho belligerent countries. France has
always hated them, Kngland can't af
ford them, and soon America will
abandon them. It may be that long,
wrinkled sleeve will take their place
entirely.
Ssemed to Be Both.
Maid Tin-re's a gentleman calling,
air.
Man of the House In person of on
the telephone?
"Yes, sir; he' calling la peraoo oo
the telephone, sir."
SLIPPING THROUGH SCHOOL
A woman who run a llttlu business
as a public stenographer In one of the
larger cities, was giving the other day
her experience with high school Knul
uatas. The majority of thorn are well
trained young folks. But occasionally
some one who got by with diplomas
are so Incompetent that It Is a mys
tery how they ever slipped through,
One uch girl who graduated from
a commercial course In one of the
best schools In the state fell down
so badly that she was dismissed tho
first day. She began by spelling "auto,"
"otto." Then she kept -jp the good
work by spelling "right," "rlto."
Her next exploit occurred when she
was given a bill to mail to some cus
tomer. The bill was made out to Wil
liam Anderson, Dr. She addressed the
envelope on the outside "William An
derson, Dr."
It wtis concluded that she was never
Intended for a huslneHs career. An
other girl In tli) same office wrote a
letter referring to the ''propagation
of p!iocirit," nnd called It the "pro
vocation of iihcasan's."
Errors makers and young pnopln
who do not grasp the meanings of
things are not desired in nny bust
ncss office. The schools of Oregon
City have a reputation for thorough
work, and few of this type are nble
to get through. Still It requires con
stantly vigilance to see that pupils
business work, and are acquiring ac
curate habits.
A good many paBs for knowing more
than they do because of having a
retentive memory, which enables them
to recite well In classes, while lack-
Ing any mothodlcal habits or ability
I to think.
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