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TTTE MOTIXTN'G OHEG.OXTAN. SATTJTTDAT', FEBRUARY 24, 1917.
STRICT ECONOMY-
URGED ON BRITONS
Lloyd George Says Country
Must Curtail Imports to .
c: Meet U-Boat Peril.
TONNAGE ALREADY SHORT
Production to Be Speeded Tp by
Guaranteed Prices, Higher Wages
and Compulsiory Cultivation.
; : Ore Problem Serious.
fCtmtlntied From yirgt Page.)
frith unnecessary commodities from
abroad and production of w much food
as possible at home.
The only exceptions made in the pro
hibition of fruit importations will be in
the cases of oranges and bananas, in
whinh the amount brought In will be
restricted 25 per cent. The same re
striction will apply to nuts. Canned
salmon importations will bo reduced 60
per cent. The importation of foreign
tea. coffee and cocoa is prohibited and
even the amount of India tea which
may- be brought in is reduced.
The Premier paid It was expected to
save 900,000 tons of shipping yearly on
foodstuffs.
The Premier announced that the gov.
emment would guarantee a price of 38
shillings six pence for oats this year;
32 shillings for the next two years and
24 shillings for the three following
years. The price of potatoes would be
guaranteed for the coming season only
at 6 a, ton.
Continued Hlsrh Price Predicted.
The opinion was expressed by the
Premier that food prices were not likely
to decrease for a long time after the
war, inasmuch as Germany would then
he a heavier purchaser than ever be
fore. Therefore It was safe to grant
to the farmers a minimum price over
a definite period of time, which was
the only way to bring about immediate
action.
The Premier also proposed a mini
mum wage of 25 shillings weekly for
agricultural workers. For wheat the
government will guarantee the farmer
the following minimum prices per quar
ter: For the present year. 60 shillings;
for 191S and 1919, 65 shillings; for 1920.
1921 and 1922, 45 shillings.
Brewing will be cut down to 10,000.000
bsrrels annually. A similar reduction
will he made in the output of spirits,
effecting a saving of 600,000 tons of
foodstuffs.
Cultivation Made Compmlaory.
The importation of aerated, mineral
and table waters will be prohibited.
Powers will be given to the board of
agriculture to compel land owners to
cultivate their ground.
The minimum wage for farm labor
announced by Mr. Lloyd George, 25
shillings a week, represents an increase
of SO to 80 per cent over the present
prevailing payment. ,
The importation of paper, the Pre
mier announced, must be curtailed by
a forther 640,000 tons annually.
All essential articles of food, he con
tinued, would be on the free list, but
certain articles would be reduced or
prohibited. The stoppage of importa
tion of coffee, tea and cocoa for the
time being was due to the fact that
large supplies were on hand. The Pre- i
mic-r said he regretted very much the
cutting off of certain luxuries which
came from France and Italy.
Vh essentials, the Premier enumer
ated . food, clothing, maintenance and
equipment of the civil and military
population at home and abroad, and
raw material for munitions, for war
equipment and for industries which are
essential to the national life.
"These are essential," declared the
Premier. "Anything beyond is a non
essential and unnecessary article which
the nation can dispense with. If we
cannot, then we ought not to wage
war and ask sacrifices of those fine
fellows who represent us abroad."
Paper Supply Cut Half.
After referring to the government
committees who examined these ques
tions, the Premier turned to the ques
tion of paper and said:
"When we have a chance to choose
between them and stern necessity, I
am afraid we shall have to deprive
ourselves of a certain number of their
pages and substantially to reduce the
imports of paper and material. We
propose to halve the present supply of
1,200,000 tons and reduce the annual
Imports to 640,000 tons, the reduction
to be distributed equally between the
printing and packing trades. We rec
ognize that it is a serious hardship, but
feel that It is. imperative."
These restrictions would be Imposed
Immediately, said the Premier. Steps
would be taken to prevent speculative
buying, and. If necessary, the food con
troller would take control of the com
modity. The restrictions had been care
fully considered, and he asked the
House to take them as a whole.
The Premier declared he had not the
slightest doubt that if the whole pro
gramme were carried out. and if ail
those who could help In production did
help," "I honestly can cay we can face
the worst the enemy can do, and that is
what we ought to be prepared to do."
Home Food Stocks Low.
In dealing with the question of pro
duction the Premier said:
"Then, there Is the question of our
home supplies of food. I want the
country to know that at present our
tood stocks are low. This is not due
to submarines, but to the bad harvest.
It is essential to the safety of the na
tion, that we put forth every effort to
increase production this year. There
are still a few weeks to sow Spring
wheat, oats and barley, to induce the
farmer to plow up pasture land Imme
dlately. The government proposes to
guarantee the farmer a minimum price
for a definite period, while a minimum
wage of 25 shillings weekly will be
fixed for the laborer.
Premier Lloyd George said It was
necessary to get as much work as pos
sible out of the shipyards, not merely
for the mercantile marine, but for
building boats to cope with subma
rines. Tjmber to the amount of 6,400.
000 tons had been imported, he said
and if this tonnage was to be saved
this timber problem must be dealt with.
Investigation was being made as to the
best methods of economizing timber be
hind the lines and in England.
France Asked for Sacrifice
Another method was to make the
army in France self-supporting. The
French government, said the Premier,
already had placed two forests at the
disposal of Great Britain, and he was
afraid the government must ask the
French to make further sacrifices. A
third effect was to get sufficient labor
to increase the supply of home timber
for pit props and other purposes. The
next heaviest Item of Import is Iron
ore. Regarding this Item, the Premier
said:
"We are Importing millions of tons.
but the importation cannot be dimin
ished unless more Iron ore Is found In
our country. There is plenty of low
grade ore, however. In this country,
and if the supply of labor can be aug
mented, we can increase enormously
our output. The saving of tonnage
would be large, but, unfortunately, It
would come late In the year.
"Farmers can Increase even now by
hundreds of thousands of tons for this
year." said the Premier, "the food sup
plies of the country. If all the plans
are carried out a very considerable
quantity of tonnage will be saved, but
future tonnage is urgently needed. The
French Ambassador has been here beg
ging for more ships, and the Italian
Ambassador has just left after making
the same request. Let us come down
ruthlessly on imports which are not es
sential. It is idle to suggest that we
who are comfortable at home should
not be prepared to surrender the things
unnecessary."
Xon-Eaaentlala to Be Sacrificed.
"Now I come to the reduction in food
and 'feeding stuffs," Mr. Lloyd George
said. "First, fruit and vegetables are
essential articles of diet and will come
on the free list, but there are certain
articles, largely imported, which are
not essential to the national life, al
though they are very desirable, and
which we think It necessary to diminish
or prohibit altogether.
App es, tomatoes and certain raw
fruits, we have reluctantly come to
the conclusion we shall have to pro
hibit altogether and depend on Eu
ropean supplies. Oranges, bananas,
grapes, almonds and nuts are restricted
to 25 per cent of the 1915 Imports.
Imported aerated mineral and table
waters are prohibited and canned sal
mon is reduced to 60 per cent. As to
tea, we shall have to prohibit foreign
teas altogether. They come from con
siderable distances, and. to a certain
extent, even Indian teas will have to
be reduced.
Then, saying that there were large
LIST OF ARTICLES IMPORTATION OF WHICH HAS BEEN
FORBIDDEN BY GREAT BRITAIN.
LONDON, Feb. 23. The Official Gazette tonight gives a list of arti
cles the Importation of which Is prohibited. The decree takes effect
today.
TJie list Includes agricultural machinery, boots and shoes of leather,
raw fruits except lemons and oranges, hides, leather, gloves, glass
manufactures, linen and yarns and manufactures thereof; canned
lobsters and salmon, manufactured silk and skins, furs, food
articles containing sugar, except condensed milk; tomatoes, type
writers, wine of all kinds, wood and timber.
Other commodities specified are: Aerated mineral and table waters,
antimony ware, apparel not waterproofed, works of art baskets and
bamboo basketware, books, other printed matter. Including posters and
daily, weekly and other periodicals exceeding 16 pages In length;
materials for the manufacture of leather boots and shoes, brandy,
clocks and parts thereof, cloisonne wares, raw cocoa and preparations
thereof, coffee, cotton hosiery, cotton lace and articles thereof, curios,
distomine and infusional earth, embroidery and needlework and
fancy goods, ornamental feathers and. down, fire extinguishers, flowers,
artificial and fresh; hats and bonnet's, gas mantles, raw Jute mats and
matting, mope, painters' colors and pigments, perfumery, photographic
apparatus, pictures, prints, engravings, photographs and maps, plated
and gilt wares, live quails, quebracho, hemlock, oak and mangrove
extracts, rum, soya beans, stereoscopes, straw envelopes for bottles and
straw plaiting, tea.
Both wet and dry hides and dressed and undressed leather are
Included. Silk yarns are exempted. The prohibitions do not apply to
. goods Imported under licenses given by the Board of Trade.
stocks of coffee and cocoa in the coun
try. Mr. Lloyd George said the gov
ernment must, for the time being, pro
hibit both these articles.
Home Meat Sapply Larare.
"For meat and feeding stuffs." the
Premier continued, "we must to a large
extent depend on home-grown supplies.
We have, fortunately, larger stocks of
meat than ever before. Taking all
these categories together, without food
and feeding stuffs, we hope to be able
to save more than 900,000 tons of cargo
space per annum, which shows the ex
tent to which we have had to rely
on foreign countries for commodities
of that kind.
"These are manufactured articles of
luxury. They run Into much bigger
figures than the House realizes. I did
not realize it until I studied the ques
tion. We shall have to stop a con
siderable number of these articles. I
regret it deeply in some cases, because
a good many of them emanate from
France. Undoubtedly it will be a blow
to certain French Industries, but,
unfortunately, we are driven to It
for the sake of saving tonnage, not
merely for ourselves, but for France
and Italy also.
"Now I come to the serious restric
tion upon our imported luxuries. I
am referring to those connected with
alcoholic liquors. Our food stocks, as
I have already said, are lower than
they ever have been before. Under
these circumstances,' we cannot Justify
the importation of such large quanti
ties of foodstuffs, except for feeding
the people. I say at once that we are
not approaching this from the view
point of temperance or Increased so
briety, however desirable they might
be. but purely as a method of com
peting with 'the submarine menace.
Beer Output to Be Reduced.
"In 1914 there were 36,000,000 stand
ard barrels of beer brewed In this coun
try. In 1916 that was reduced to 26,-
000,000 barrels, partly owing to the
fact that two or three millions of the
adult population had left these shores.
Early this year the rood controller pro
posed a further reduction to 18,000,000
barrels."
Paying tribute to the patriotic spirit
with which the trade faced restrictions
that reduced their profits, the Premier
continued:
"It Is a powerful trade. Nobody
knows better than my old colleagues
and myself what it can accomplish If
its Interests are menaced. But It ao
cepted all this interference in a most
laudable spirit of determination to do
all in Its power to contribute to the
safety of the nation. But we must
go beyond that. It Is absolutely im
possible to guarantee the food of the
country without making a deeper cut
in the barrelage and we must reduce
it to 10,000,000 barrels. That means
that we shall save 600,000 tons of
foodstuffs per annum, which Is nearly
one month's supply of the cereals en
tering the country. That Is a direct
saving, but the Indirect saving is a
great deal more, and this is one of
the most Important contributions that
can be made at the present moment
toward ending the war. But we must
guard against the danger In doing
this of driving the population from
beer to spirits. That would be a seri
ous disaster.
"Therefore, there must be a corre
sponding restriction upon placing
spirits on the market. There are
a few other restrictions on leather, raw
hides, etc., which will be found In the
proclamation and which conclude the
main restrictions the government pro
poses to Impose immediately."
TWO LANDMARKS BURNED
Stevenson Business Block and Old
Hotel Are Destroyed.
STEVENSON, Wash.. Feb. 23. (Spe
cial.) Fire, starting at 12 o'clock last
night, destroyed two of the oldest land
marks in Stevenson, the business-house
owned by P. J. Melander and the Stev
enson Hetel building, owned by J. J.
Melli, San Francisco. The fire depart
ment directed Its efforts to Bave the
adjacent buildings and the loss was
about 13500.
The fire is thought to have been
started 'by fire in a cookstove left by
Pete Melander, who was the only occu
pant of the business house, while he
was attending a dance.
Bad Check .Made Misdemeanor.
6ALEM, Or.. Feb. 23. (Special.)
When a new law goes into effect In
May. It will be a misdemeanor in Ore
gon for a person with Insufficient
funds In the bank to cash a check, pro
viding he does it with Intent to de
fraud. Heretofore It only has been
possible to prosecute for passing worth
less checks by charging that money was
obtained by false pretense.
Read The Oregonian classified ads.
MORE IRISHMEN ARE
POT UNDER ARREST
Gaelic League Members Are
Taken to Prison in Dub
lin Barracks.
SINN FEINERS NUMEROUS
Increase in Capital Enormous in
Last Year, but City as Whole Is
More Friendly to England.
Country Prospers.
LONDON, Feb. 23. More arrests of
members of the Gaelic League and of
persons Identified with the recent re
bellion have been made in Ireland, says
a Central News dispatch from Dublin,
which adds that other arrests were
expected later today. Several of those
arrested have arrived In Dublin and
have been lodged at Arbour Hill Bar
racks. Thirty-two arrests of members of the
Sinn Fein and Gaelic League in Ireland
were reported last night.
DUBLIN, Feb. 23. (Special.) Ar
rests under the d-efense-of-the-realm
act are again directing the attention
of Britain to Ireland. The K number
of Sinn Feiners in Dublin has Increased
enormously In' the last year, although
the city as a whole Is more friendly
to England than was the case a year
ago.
Slgna f fprlalne Remain.
The rebellion is still very near to
the people of Dublin. The center of
the city stllll looks much as It did
after the rising was crushed. Almost
every corner house lies in ruins. The
postoffice and many other great build
ings remain total wrecks from shell
and fires. Beyond clearing the streets,
nothing has been done to remove the
debris or rebuild the city. Every mo
ment some incident of the black week
is recalled to the residents of Dublin.
It is impossible to estimate accu
rately the number of Sinn Feiners
here, but 40 per cent of the male popu
lation would be a moderate figure. To
these may be added a great many
people Nationalist In politics, who,
from a constitutional dislike of Eng
land, developed for the time being
feelings of hatred in consequence of
the methods of suppression employed
In the rebellion. Until last month ac
tive sympathizers with Great Britain
were in a small minority.
Feeling Greatly Chanced.
At the beginning of last December
the outlook seemed exceedingly black.
All efforts at conciliation had failed
and the Nationalist members of Par
liament had gone into opposition of
the Lloyd George government. The
general feeling was one of hopeless
nesseven of helplessness. The anti
English feeling was growing among
the majority, while the loyalist sec
tion was crying out for a stronger
administration of the country.
Yet with all this the last two months
have witnessed a strong change of
feeling. Despite occasional clashes with
the authorities, as witnessed in the
latest arrests here, the causes of the
change are already making themselves
evident.
Prosperity Beginning; to Be Felt.
In the first place the great gen
eral Increase in prosperity throughout
Ireland has Just begun to take Its
effect In Dublin. The north of Ireland,
with its great shipbuilding Industry,
working at the highest possible pres
sure, and with many other industries
also coining money out of war neces
sities, is, of course, making money as
It never did before.
But even Ulster has not, proportion
ately. Increased Its wealth to the same
extent as the Irish farmer. Cattle are
fetching unjheard-of prices, butter and
eggs are beginning to be worth their
weight In gold. Crops of all kinds
are yielding prices hitherto un
dreamed of.
BODY IS LYING IN STATE
ALL SAN FRAN CI SCO HO.VORS
MEMORY OF FTJBiSTON.
City Prepares for Military Funeral To
day Bluejacket Join With
Army and Veterans.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. S3. The body
of Major-General Frederick Funston is
lying In state tonight In the rotunda
of the City Hall. The flag he loved so
well draped the casket, which rested
on a catafalque covered with jonquils.
Thousands of citizens of San Fran
cisco, which claimed the brilliant sol
dier as Its own. passed in review
throughout the night. They paid silent
tribute.
A death watch of 32 corporals, many
of whom had served with Funston,
guarded the body. They were relieved
at Intervals of 20 minutes.
The casket was not opene'd. by the
express wish of his widow. It will be
opened for a few moments tomorrow
morning at the First Presbyterian
Church, where the funeral services will
be held. In order that near relatives
may look on the face of General Funs
ton for the last time.
Messages of condolence from all sec
tions of the country were received to
day by Mrs. Funston. They came from
Army and Navy officers of high rank,
including Major-General Hugh Scott-
chief of staff of the Army; his assist
ant. General Tasker H. Bliss, and from
staff officers of the Southern Depart
ment, of which Funston was commander
when fatally stricken at San Antonio,
Tex., last Monday night. Organizations
of war veterans and the Governors of
Arizona and Kansas sent condolences.
Mrs. E. H. Funston. the mother of
Funston, and his brother, John, arrived
tonight from Iola. Kan.
The funeral procession, composed of
two regiments of Coast Artillery, head
ed by Major-General J. Franklin Bell,
commanding the Western Department,
his aides and members of his staff,
together with a contingent of blue
Jackets from Terba Buena Island, rep
resentatives of military and veterans'
organizations, will leave the City Hall
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock for the
church. Interment will be made at the
National Cemetery In the Presidio res
ervation with full military rites.
The body arrived here at 1 P. M. to
day. Escorted by four companies of
Coast Artillery in full dress uniform
and under arms. It was borne to the
City Hall, where it was received by
Mayor Rolph In the name of San Fran
cisco. A drizzling rain was braved by
thousands of civilians who blocked en
trances and exits In their desire to ex
press their reverence.
ER
OFFICER ACCUSED AS PRO-GERMAN
DEMANDS TRIAL.
Military Board to Be Convened In
San Diego to Hear Charges Blade
' " by Commanding Officer.
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SAN DIEGO, CaL. Feb. 23. Prepara
tions were made today at the Army
aviation camp on North Island In San
Diego harbor for the convening of a
board of inquiry to sit here next week
and hear the case of Lieutenant George
W. Krapf, of the Army. He has asked
for the court of Inquiry to look Into
charges that he has shown a pro-Ger-manj
attitude. Lieutenant Krapf, who
Is a student aviator. It is said, also Is
charged by Colonel William M. Glass
ford, his commanding officer, with
being pro-German In his attitude.
It is known that the accused Army
officer has been cautioned repeatedly
against holding conversations regard
ing International affairs. Despite a
Presidential order Instructing officers
of the Army and Navy from voicing
any opinion regarding military matter,
it is reported Lieutenant Krapf con
tinued his offense until news of his
dereliction reached the ears of his
commanding officer.
He was then sharply reprimanded. At
the time of the reprimand a letter from
Washington said to contain charges of
disloyalty against Lieutenant Krapf,
was read to him by Colonel Glassford,
the signature being withheld. Tnis in
censed Lieutenant Krapf. He then left
North Island and telegraphed Major
General J. Franklin Bell, commander
of the Western Department, requesting
a special board of Inquiry to sift
the charges.
RECALL PETITIONS OUT
REMOVAL OF FOUR OREGON CITY
COCNCILMEN IS ASKED.
Reinstatement of Cirri a Schuebel i
City Attorney Prompts Movement
for Removal of Supporters.
OREGON CITY, Or.. Feb. 23.
(Special.) Petitions asking for a spe
cial election to vote on the proposed
recall of Councllmen J. F. Albright
and F. A. Metzner, First Ward, and A.
B. Buckles and Roy B. Cox, Second
Ward, were put In circulation here
tonight. Names of 25 per cent of the
voters in the two wards are neces
sary before the election can be called.
The City Recorder is required to call
the election 20 days after the petitions
with the legal number of names are
filed with him.
The action for the recall Is the out
growth of the recent meeting of f've
members of the Council, who rein
stated Chris Schuebel as City Attorney
after he had been removed by a ma
jority of the Council. At the last
election George L. Storey was elected
City Prosecutor. The Council then
named Mr. Schuebel as City Attorney
to complete pending litigation. After
wards Mr. Schuebel was removed and
later reinstated by his friends.
No candidates have been named by
supporters of the recall movement, but
it is proposed to name candidates by
petition after the recall petitions are
completed. Twenty-five voters In each
ward can nominate candidates for the
Council.
50 GUARDSMEN JOBLESS
CONCERTED EFFORT TS MADE TO
PLACE ALL RETURNED SOLDIERS.
Troop A Reduce Number of Unem
ployed From 41 to 17 Battery Me
Now Are Registering;.
Nearly B0 members of Troop A and
Battery A are still without positions,
but with concerted efforts on the part
of Oregon National Guard officers, the
United States Immigration Service and
a committee of the Chamber of Com
merce It Is expected all the wants will
be provided for In a few days.
When Troop A returned last week
there were 41 men out of employment,
but by last night positions had been
found for all except 17 men. Adjatant
General White, who then waa Captain
of Troop A. made special efforts to find
Jobs for iis men, and with the as
sistance of other agencies gratifying
results have been obtained.
All members of Troop A who desired
work had registered at the office of
the Immigration Service, in the Rail
way Exchange building, two or three
days ago. Members of Battery A are
now registering, and as soon as the
list Is complete It is probable that a
canvass among the business houses
and plants will be made In behalf of
the guardsmen still without positions.
STUDENTS SUSPEND TOO
STANFORD COUNCIL PUNISHES FOR
DRUNKENNESS AT DANCE.
Senior and Junior Are Ousted From
University With Sanction of Presi
dent and Faculty Members.
STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cat, Feb.
23. (Special.) Action Just taken by
the men's student council and ratified
by the chairman of the faculty commit
tee on student affairs and by President
Wilbur, suspends a senior student and
a Junior student from the university as
discipline for objectionable conduct at a
campus dance while under the Influence
of liquor. The names of the offenders
are not made public.
Repeated warnings have been given
that such action would be taken by the
council if such acts of "barbarism" as
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throwing an egg Into a campus dance
or leaving the print of axltrty hand on
the gown of a co-ed were continued.
This action Is evidence that the stu
dent council Is still in control of stu
dent affairs, and is capable of doing
more than warning students to stop
"barbarous practices."
OREGON SITES PUT FORTH
Investigation for Location of Ni
trate Plant Is Requested.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 23 Senator Chamberlain,
at the suggestion of J. N. Teal, today
requested the Secretaries of War, In
terior and Agriculture to examine
water-power possibilities on the Colum
bia and Snake rivers when Investi
gating to determine a proper site for
the proposed Government nitrate
plant.
This Government board has decided
to accept no site lying within 250 miles
of the boundary or Coast. It Is under
stood that large power sites on both
the Columbia and Snake rivers more
than 260 miles from the Canadian line
will be investigated before any selec
tion Is made.
SCRIPTURALPLAN IS TOLD
Evangelist Says Salvation Not Won
by Observing "Day of Rest."
"The Idea that any person can obtain
salvation through the observance of
any fixed day of the week such as
Sunday is wholly foreign to the plan
of the scriptures," said Evangelist Phil
C. Hayward In his lecture at Arcanum
Hall last night. "There are some." he
said, "who are so possessed with this
idea of a day of rest as a means of
salvation fhat they even go about to
secure the passage of laws which would
compel men to rest upon a stated day
whether they wanted to or not. This
also is an unscriptural Idea."
The subject for tonight la "The Cov
enants; Are We Under the Old or the
New?"
POLICY SUIT BEFORE JURY
Wlilteson Hotel Owner Wants Dam
age Done by Fire Paid. '
The case of Mathilda Lesslng and
Mary A. Barkas against the Common
wealth Insurance Company, of New
York, an action to collect $1750 In
surance alleged to be due on a hotel
and furniture destroyed by fire at
Whlteson, Or., in February of last year,
went to the Jury In Judge Kavanaugh'a
court late yesterday.
The hotel was the property of Mrs.
Lesslng, but a mortgage for $850 was
held on It by Mary Barkas and a claim
on the Insurance money for that amount
was assigned to the latter.
The Insurance company refused to
pay on the ground that the fire's origin
was under suspicion.
DAVID CAMPBELL TO PLAY
Musical Society and College Folk to
Hear Recital Tonight.
Musical, society and college circles
are Interested in the high-class recital
which David Campbell, the distin
guished young pianist, gives tonight at
8:15 o'clock at the Little Theater,
Twenty-third street near Washington.
Mr. Campbell Is a piano student ot
Rjdolph Gans, the celebrated Swiss pi
ano virtuoso.
Railway Clnb Entertains.
Members of the Employes Club of
the O.-W. R. St N. Company will have
an entertainment tonight at the new
Shattuck school building. Park and
College streets. There will be a gen
eral programme. Including vaudeville
offering.
Weak Lungs an
Chest Troubles
respond more quickly to the
blood-enriching oil-food in
SCOTT'S
Elv!ULSflRl
than to any other one medicine.
SCOTT'S is a rich, nourishing
food to strengthen tender throats
and bronchial tubes. It is oi
peculiar benefit to the respiratory
tract and is liberally used in tu
berculosis camps for that purpose.
You get no 2!cchoI in Scott's.
Ett Ac Bowne. Bloom field, X. J
16-33
STAMPS! STAMPS!
TWENTY EXTRA STAMPS TO
DAY WITH THE COUPONED
TOILET PAPER SPECIAL
TODAY , OMT.
of Crepe Tollet'T'T- Case, 100 E!
per dozen..
.... a a w rolls.....
SPECIAL TODAY .
85o Fletcher's Cas-
$1 Nuxated Iron
tori on sale
25c
on sale
now at..
for only.
35o Freezone
.n..29c
tl.EO Fellows Syrup
Hypophosphites o n
sale n o w d 1 "1 C
at only.. u X XO
60c Canthroxo5 -
on sale at... OOC
now at.. .
25o Wood - Lark
B r o nchlal Troches
for1.5.f:.Tr:25c
31.00 Sal H e p a tlca
on sale now
79c
EOo P e b e co
now for.....
for only,
L
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Rural Credit Fund Is Not Ex
pected Long Before April 1.
DIRECT PLEA IS USELESS
Treasurer Kay Says Proposal to Re
duce Interest on School Fond to
Keep It Loaned Out Will
Not Be Necessary.
SALEM. Or., Feb. 23. (Special.) Ap
plications still continue to come In for
money under the rural credits act. but
It was reiterated by members of the
State Land Board today that probably
money for loaning purposes will not be
available long before April L
It also is pointed out that applica
tions should not be made directly to the
members of the Land Board, but rather
to the various attorneys of the board
in the counties themselves. The attor
neys now acting for the board In han
dling school fund moneys will also han
dle the rural credits money and conse
quently all applications should be filed
with them.
While a law passed the Legislature
giving the State Land Board discretion
ary power to change the Interest on
school fund loans from 6 per cent to &
per cent, or any fraction thereof, never
theless it is believed by members of the
board that it will be unnecessary to
make such a change.
The act was passed to protect the
school fund against going begging for
loan applicants. In event it was found
that the S per cent money of the rural
credits fund was cutting Into the loans
ot the school fund.
'Apparently no such thing will hap
pen, however. The school fund Is now
loaned up to the limit and In addition
there are a number of applications be
yond the amount of money on hand.
The belief was expressed by State
Treasurer Kay today that the restric
tions thrown about the rural credits
loans, from which the school loans are
free, will probably make the 6 per cent
money of the school fund always wel
come to many farmers.
"The amortization plan provided for
In the rural credits amendment will
cause many farmers to prefer loans
from th school fund," he said today.
"Under the amortization plan he bor
rower must repay a portion of the prin
cipal eam year, as well as paying the
interest. For instance. If he secures a
20-year loan he must repay one
twentieth of the principal each year, as
well as laying the additional 5 per cent
Winter
Sports,
Along the
Columbia
SUNRISE TltlPS
ALDER STREET AT WEST BftBK --MAB5HALL 4-70O -HOME A 6171 J
OANS BEING SOUGH
train leaving Union Station 11:20 Saturday
night, return to be made Sunday afternoon.
hold thaldca
that onlv "old
timer." nfror
thM nountAhi tr-ftst.
Amateurs rt lot of
fun and worth whll
upATlcnc. (tTwdi! J
orsanlBtul parttM such
as Ui Max am a. If
jrm m5fy th err at
out-doora and crisp,
clear air. w will bm
glad to help you And
aa opparuixattjr to m.
BRING THIS COUPON
AND RET
20-EXTRA-20
S. A H. Trad 1 ng
Stamps on your
first tl cash pur
chase and double
stamps on the bal
ance or purchase.
Good on first three floors
today, February 24.
Cfl
PURE
WHOLESOME
CANDIES
J5e box Hersheys Chocolate Cigars n T
now at.................. 1 I C
32.00 box Johnson's Chocolates on d 1 AO
sale now at OX 40
EOo pound Cream Caramels on etlOQ
now at only OOC
Dainty Gum Drops, assorted flavors, r Q
at, the pound ... OC
ISc Kolynoi on
sale now foroA
only ZUC
2 Be Colgate's Dental
Ribbon on OfTl
sala for......aUC
25c Euthymol
Tooth Paste 1 ff
now for...... IOC
Pepsodent onf?
sale for....uUC
now
79c
39c
Interest. Loans may be made for as
long a term as 36 years. If a loan Is
made for that length of time the bor
r.wer must repay one-thlrty-s!xth of
the loan annually. The same rule will
apply on a loan for any shorter length
of time, the borrower being compelled
to pay each year a fraction of the prin
cipal. This provision, I believe, will
keep many farmers from using tho
fund, and make them prefer tho easier,
but possibly a little more expensive
method, of borrowing from tho school
fund.
"As far as I know now, there Is no
contemplation of exerclrlng the pro
visions of the new act relative to cut
ting down the Interest on school fund
loans."
Instead of an Inner tube a new punetnre
less automobile tlr hu a removable rubber
cora that is solid except for cup-shaped air
pacea at ach lde to afford resiliency.
Three
Dollars
Is a popular price for a man's
hat.
For years our "Bristol" Hats
EE have indicated the highest
EE grade possible to produce
EE for the price of Three Dol-
E lam.
EE Regardless of advancing cost,
EE we shall maintain the same
E high standard of quality
E characteristic of the "Bris-
Ej tol" Hat, and hold to the
EE same popular price of
Three Dollars, all during
EE the coming Spring season.
EE Favorable contracts allow us
E to do this.
E New Spring 6tyles of "Bris-
E tols" are here in variety,
E including a number of es-
pecially beautiful colors.
Ask for the "Bristol."
E In Portland only of us.
1 Biiffam &
H Pendleton Co.
EE Clothiers, Hatters and
E Haberdashers
EE 127 SIXTH STREET
E 30 Easy Steps From Wash-
E ington
E F. N. Pendleton.
JE Winthrop Hammond
TO LARCH MOUNTAIN
t iS1- a" .J,
In tickets to Bridal veil rood on
$1
MT. HOOD LODGE $5 -
on 6ale every day 30 day limit.
UNION PACIFIC SYSTEM
O-W. R. R. & N.
CITY TICKET OFFICE. 3D AT WASHINGTON
BROADWAY 4500 : A-6121
Win. McMarrar, General Paiager Agent
SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR. PARTIES