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TllK MORNING OREGOMAN, SATURDAY. AUGUST 18. 1017. 1 FUEL OIL SHORTAGE STIRSGDUNTYBOARD Commissioners Instruct Dis trict Attorney to Appeal for Federal Aid. SLABWOOD PRICE RISES Unless Oil Can Bo Had, Courthouse Furnaces Must Be Remodeled at Great Cost to Burn Coal or Wood. The urgent necessity of remodeling the f 100,000 heating plant at the Court house through threatened curtailment of the fuel oil supply Impelled the County Commissioners yesterday to Instruct- District Attorney Evans to sale Federal aid In Insuring- a. sufficient upply of oil for the county's needs. This action followed the receipt of a. notice from the Union Oil Company that It could not continue the sale of fuel oil to the county more than a day or two longer. As In the notice sent to the city several days ago, the oil concern stated that the lack of trans portation facilities, as well as the greatly reduced oil supply, made this action Imperative. Appeal to Wuhlngtan to Be Made. Because of the seriousness of the sit uation, the Commissioners announced that they would make an appeal di rect to Washington In an effort to se cure an adequate fuel oil supply. "We will exhaust every means before we will give up our fight for oil," said Chairman Holman yesterday. "It Is a mighty serious matter for Multnomah County, and will mean a loss of a con siderable sum of money If we are completely shut off from a possible fuel oil supply." If the board finds that It will be ab solutely Impossible to secure fuel oil for the Courthouse heating plant It will mean that immediate steps must be taken to remodel the plant, which was constructed only for the burning of oil as fuel. This, it was stated, would amount to a considerable sum. System Mast Be Remodeled. Not only will It mean the remodeling of the Courthouse plant, but the heat ing systems at the County farm and County Hospital must also undergo re pairs before they can be used for the burning of coal or wood. W. A. Eatchel. superintendent of county properties, said last night that the county farm and county hospital heating plants could be converted into wood and coal burners at small cost and without any delay. The Courthouse plant, however, must have considerable remodeling to use it for coal. In addition, he said there is no con Tenient place at the Courthouse for the storing of wood or coal, and if this change is made necessary he predicted that it would mean the employment of a larger force. Slabwood Price Rises. In connection with the probable ne cessity of using coal and wood as fuel, the board yesterday learned that the price of green slabwood has risen 25 eents a cord during the past two weeks. July 31 the county Invited proposals for furnishing slabwood for two fer ries. At that time the board-was as sured by the Albina Fuel Company that it would furnish all wood needed by these two vessels for a period of two years at $3.25 a cord. When the sealed proposals were re ceived yesterday the bid was J3.50 a cord. No other concern submitted bids and the Albina Fuel Company stipu lated that the deckhands of the boats should help handle the wood at the docks. County Will Suffer Loss. The board believes the complete cur tailment of the fuel supply will mean a considerable loss to the county, inas much as It has made no effort to con tract for wood or coaL Although no definite action toward remodeling the Courthouse heating plant will be taken until after District Attorney Evans has taken up the ques tion with Federal officials. Superin tendent Eatchel is making an exam ination to determine what alterations and repairs will be necessary. Flreboats Are Safeguard of Ships. Whether or not the oil companies will be able to furnish fuel oil for the city's flreboats will be made known this morning, when It Is expected an answer will be received from the head quarters of the Standard, Union and Associated concerns. Their local agents wired for Instructions yesterday, plac ing before their chiefs the situation as presented to them by Commissioners Big-elow and Kellaher at a special ses sion held at the City Hall Thursday afternoon. The situation Is serious from the standpoint of fire protection, it is pointed out by Commissioner Blgelow, who has charge of the bureau of fire, owing to the large number of boats be ing constructed along the waterfront. He argues that it is just as much the concern of the Federal officials as of the city that first-class protection be given at this time, and he is prepared to show the Government agents. Msclt Concent Created. Announcement of the oil companies here that they would be unable longer to provide fuel oil even for flreboats created much concern In business circles, and organizations have notified Commissioner Bigelow that they will stand back of him In his fight for oil to operate the flreboats. Executive Secretary Dodson, of the Chamber of Commerce, says he will take up the situation with the Govern ment officials with Mr. Bigelow, and throw the strength of the organization behind the effort. commercial organizations of the North west will be asked to protest to the food control board against the lower ing of the wheat price below that of the open market of August 11, when Herbert Hoover announced his plans. The price on that day was $3.06. In telegrams to .North Dakota con gressional delegates, the club contends that a price below the market value Is an injustice to the farmer and states that cities and organizations through out the Northwest have been asked to take similar steps. They declare that the "competitive market is destroyed by the Government." Action similar to Canada s In com mandeering wheat last year is recommended. MOOSE WOMEN ORGANIZE Chapter Is Formed at Corvallis and Officers Installed. CORVALLIS, Or, Aug. 17. (Special.) Corvallis Chapter No. 136, Women of Mooseheart Legion, was organized in this city tonight. Vance Taylor, the dictator of the Loyal Order of Moose, assisted by Attorney Charles H. Glos, performed the ceremony of installation. The following officers were elected: Past regent, Mrs. Nettie W. Glos; senior regent, Mrs. Anna M. Black, Junior re gent, Mrs. Nellie B. Anderson; chap lain, Mrs. Mary Graham; recorder, Mrs. Catharine Norton; guide, Mrs. Nanle 0CH0C0TQ BLOSSO'.i Water to Be Supplied for 22, 000 Acres of Rich Land. CATTLE INDUSTRY HELPED Huge Earth-Filled Sam, 1000 Feet Across at Top and 125 Feet High, Will Impound Flood Waters for Summer TJse. (Continued From First Pape.) glneer and a member of the consulting board of the United States Reclamation Service. He has been connected with probably as much private Irrigation construction as any hydraulic engineer in America. "The engineers have all combined to develop and evolve the most practical WHEAT PRICE PUT AT $2.40 Dealing In Futures In Canada Will Cease August 31. WINNIPEG. Man., Aug. 17. Trading In wheat for future delivery will cease on all grain exchanges in Canada on August 31. Official notice to this ef fect was posted today on the Winnipeg Grain Exchange on orders from the Board of Grain Supervisors for Canada. The board of grain supervisors late today issued an order fixing the price of wheat, basis No. 1 Northern, in store at public terminals, elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur, at $2.40 until August 31. inclusive. The order is applicable to all wheat, whether of the old or new crop, stored In public terminal elevators at Fort William and Port Arthur. MAP SHOWS LOCATION OF OCHOCO IRRIGATION PROJECT, NEAR PRINEVILLE, PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF WHICH HAVE BEEN COMPLETED. C Redmond )S?TONEVTL,LE ""Powell, ) 1 Butte s ffieMCl SCALE t koIoqo , c c p.o. 22,000 ACRES OF LAND TO BB WATERED BY MAY 1, 1019. Newton; sentinel, Mrs. Anna Rapp; ar gus, Susie Darst. FOOD MEN TO AID NATION State Commissioners Name Com mittee on Co-operation. HARRISBTJRG. Pa.. Aug. 17. James Foust. Dairy and Food Commissioner of Pennsylvania, and president of the National Organization of Dairy, Food i and Drug Officials, today announced the appointment of a committee to co operate with the National Government in food control. The committee con sists of Mr. Foust, Commissioner New man, Illinois, secretary; Commissioners John P. Street, Connecticut; H. E. Bar nard, Indiana; E. F. Ladd. North Da kota; Benjamin A. Purcell, Virginia, and George F. Flanders, New York. The committee will meet in Washing ton shortly. BEND MASONS WORK FAST Doctor About to Go to War Gets Two Degrees In One Day. BEND. Or.. Aug. 17. (Special.) For the first time in the history of the local Lodge of Masons two degrees were con ferred on the same day, when Dr. Dwlght F. Miller received the second and third degrees of Masonry today. A special dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Oregon was necessary under the rules of the order, as Dr. Miller had taken the first degree only a week ago. The fact that he may be called on at any time to Join the medical corps of the Army, allowed the unusual speeding up of the ritualistic work. TONS OF BOMBS DROPPED English Airmen Raid Military Ob jectives In Belgium. LONDON, Aug. 17. The Admiralty announces the successful carrying out yesterday of a series of raids by avi ators of the Royal Naval Air Service, who dropped many tons of bombs on military objectives In Belgium. The Ostend Railway station and sidings and the Thourout Railway Junction were attacked. The airdrome at Ghistelles was bombed and several fires were ob served. Attacks from the air were made on the airdromes at Engel and Uytkerke. All the airplanes returned safely. and safe irrigation scheme out of a co operative preliminary investigation made in 1915, under the direction of John T. Whistler, engineer of the Unit ed States Reclamation Service, and John H. Lewis, State Engineer of Ore gon," said Mr. Sneeloch, "under a spe cial act passed in 1913 by the Oregon Legislature. "We have endeavored to obtain the best engineering advice and direction' for the development of the project, which means much to the state." ' Water to Be Used Next Season. Teal, Minor & Winfree. of Portland, have been the attorneys for the under writing syndicate in the various legal matters involved. Under the terms of the contract with Twohy Bros., the canals are to be com pleted by May 1, 1918, so as to give the settlers the use of the flood waters on their land for the season of 1918. The dam and the project are to be completed by May 1, 1919. The Ochoco project Is not a new sys tem. The present development - will augment already existing ditches, which will be enlarged and concreted and extended. This will make avail able through the whole dry season the flood waters that now run off before June 1. These flood waters are declared by the engineers to be ample for the irri gation of the whole tract, if they can be spread out through the season. This will now be made possible by the impounding reservoir. Bonds Municipal In Character. The Ochoco project will be the first Oregon irrigation project to be con structed under the 1917 Oregon irriga tion district law, passed by the last Legislature. This law creates a muni cipal district, which issues, upon vote of the people just as a city or state or school district does, its bonds. The bonds of the Ochoco district, Issued under this law, are a direct ob ligation of the entire district and in terest and principal on them are paid by municipal . taxes, collected by the County Treasurer like other taxes. The average per acre debt of the irrigable land under the project will be $40.90, making the annual average interest charge just under $2.50 per acre and the annual charge, including interest and retirements of the bonds from the 11th to the 22d year, an average of $j.39 per acre. After the 22d year, the only charges existing will be from 25 to 60 cents per acre per year for operating the canal. Bonds Certified by State. Under the new irrigation district law these bonds are certified to by the Secretary of State. The certifica tion is based on an examination of the project by the State Engineer, the Attorney-General and the State Super intendent of Banks. When the bonds 111 Hard Wheat Flour, per sack $2.75 Best Oregon Crenmery Bntter, per roll Oc and !."C Oleo, per roll 55d Oregon Full Cream Cheese, per lb 25 Limburger Cheese, brick. 35c 3 Jars McLaren Cheese.. 25 Lemons, per dozen 25 7 lbs. New Potatoes 2ai Oranges, per dozen 15? 2 lbs. Fancy Huckleber ries 25c Watermelons, per lb 3 Herring lOe 1 doz. Herring 35 1 Keg Herring S1.40 3 Mackerel 25c 1 lb. Smoked Salmon. ... 15c Cleaning Day 1 bottle Bluing 5c 1 bottle' Ammonia 5c 6 lbs. Sal Soda 25c 3 cans Lye 25c 1 pkg. Borax IOC 1 pkg. No Rub Powder.. 25c 1 pkg. Naptha Powder ....5c 1 pkg. Citrus Powder ...,25c 1 pkg. Gold Dust 25c 1 pkg. Pearline 25c 1 pkg. Borax Soap Chips. lOc 2 cans Dutch Cleanser ...15c 2 Silver Gloss Starch. .. .25c 1 Ivory Starch 5 c 2 doz. Clothes Pins 5c Fighting the Kaiser m the Kitchen (From the Saturday Evening Post.) In spite of any temporary folson poured from Dame Nature's cornucopia this Summer, food is scarce. Whenever you see a single pound of fruit, vegetable, or grain going to waste you may properly mourn, for the world will need that food this Winter and need it bitterly. All ye women who are knitting for the soldiers get busy and put up canned goods for your families, your neighbors, your grocery stores. Every pound so preserved will either go to the front of the eating line or will liberate other food to go there. Think of the warehouses that might be filled, the trains and ships that might be loaded, if every woman and girl and class in school in America would only put up 25 or a dozen or even ten pounds of food, canned, preserved or dried. If the cherries, strawberries, gooseber ries, huckleberries and currants are gone, remember that they make up a very small part of the cannable produce and if you prepare yourself now and work until the frost you will be fully equipped to help strike the last blow at the German Famine in 1918. For the Hot Cakes in the Morning Log Cabin Maple Syrup, 25c 50c. Sl.OO. Tea Garden Drips, 40i, 75c. SI. 2.1. Karo Syrup, 25c. 50c. OOc. Country Sorghum. J5 C, Go C, SI. 25. Our Weekly Extra Specials 2 packages Teko Panenke Floor 25c 1 package Olympic Panenke Floor 35c 1 pkg. Flapjack Flour. 35c 1 pkK- Peacock B u c k w h cat Flour 35c t-lb. sack Pancake Flour. 75 C 3 pkgs. Jello 25c 6 bars Clean-Easy Soap..25c 4 lbs. Macaroni or S p n- Khettl 25c Fancy Kigbars, slightly bro ken IOC Fancy Cookies, slightly bro ken IOC SUGAR IS LOWER 12 lbs. Dry Granulated Sugar $1.00 2 lbs. Cube Sugar 25c 2Vi lbs. Powdered Sugar 25c 100-lb. Sack Dry Granulated Sugar S8.6O 100-lb. Sack Pure Cane Sugar S8.SO Stock the Pantry Now 2 cans Milk 25c 1 can Tomatoes 15 c 2 cans Shinola 15c 6 rolls Wax Paper 25c 2 lbs. Dry Peaches 25 1 lb. Dry Prunes 15c 2 lbs. Seedless Raisins. . .25c 3 bottles Vinegar 25c 1 jar Picnic Mustard ...lOc 1 jar Horse Radish lOc 3 pkgs. Noedles 25c 1 lb. English Walnuts 15c 1 bottle Salad Oil 35C 2 cans Soup 25c 2 cans Deviled Meat ....15c 4 cans Sardines 25c 2 cans Shrimps 25c 2 cans Pimentos 25c 1 can Corned Beef 25c 1 can Veal Loaf ........ .25c 1 can Ripe Olives lOc 1 can Minced Clams 15c 3 Jelly Powder 25C 1 pkg. Gelatine lOc Worth Noting 4 doz. Jar Rubbers 25c 6 bars Swift's Pride Soap. 25c 1 lb. Cocoanut 20c 1 bottle Snider's Catsup.. 20c 3 pkgs. Raisins 25c Split Beans, per lb lOc Many Needed Articles 1 pkg. Dates 15i 2 pkgs. Creamettes 25c 1 pkg. Mince Meat lOc 3 bottles Vanilla Extract. 25c 3 bottles Lemon Extract.. 25c 2 cans Asparagus 25c 1 large can Sliced Pineap ple 20c 2 bottles Bevo 25c 1 bottle Grape Juice. ... 20? 1 bottle Loganberry Juice. 25 1 bottle Hires' Root Beer Ex tract 20c 1 can Booth Sardines . 20c 2 cans Huntley's Nut Soup for ......... ? ...................... .7 1 glass Marmalade lOc 3 bars Sapolio 25c 1 bar Bon Ami lOc 1 pkg. Soda 5j FINE FRESH BEEF MEATS VEAL Boiling Beef, lb..lOc. 12c Pot Roast Beef, lb 15 Shank Soup Bone, lb 8c Round Steak, lb 17C Shoulder Steak ....15c Veal Stew 124c Shoulder Veal Roast 15c Leg or Loin Roast Veal, lb 17C Fresh Dressed Chickens he PHONE ORDERS TAKEN FOR C. O. D. DELIVERY ANY TIME EX CEPT FRIDAY EVENING AND SATURDAY. : DELIVERIES AS USUAL, WHEN OKDEKKD C,1nneM0 Store AND PAID FOR HERE Sellwood Tuesdays and Thursdays Rose City Park Kern Park Arleta Tremont and Lenta Wednesdays and Fridays Montavilla nod Portland! Heights Thursdays Other Sections Daily Phones A 6255 Main 5700 994-996 Belmont Convenient for many ut Side patrons. Same prices. same ser vice and specials as at the main store. PHONES B 1215 Tabor 18 SMOKED MEATS Bacon, Backs, lb 32c Hams, lb 28c Picnics, lb 22c English Breakfast Bacon. 35c For Cooking and Frying- CRISCO Small size 40c 3H Medium SOc Large $1.55 Bxtra large S2.30 COTTOLES'B Small 45c Medium OOc Large $2.25 COMPOCJiD No. 5 Sl.OO No. 10 SI. S3 LARD No. 3 75C No. 5 $1.25 No. 10 $2 .40 BE NOT IN ANY COMBINATION BflE23! are certified to they become available in Oregon for every public purpose. They may be used as security for all public moneys of city, town, state, school district, etc. They may be in vested in by all banks of the state, all trust funds, insurance companies, etc., and may be used as security by any contractor to guarantee the per formance of any public contract. "This Is not a raw project," said Mr. Schneeloch. "The Ochoco district is a going country, being at this time the source of supply of approximately one- third of the best beef that comes into Portland stockyards. For 60 years it has been the best cattle country In Oregon. Cattle Shipped Out This Year. "Owing to the extreme dryness this year, there has been a shortage of hay and the stockmen are being driven, in order to protect their herds, to ship out all the feeding cattle before they are fat, keeping only the breeding ani mals. This condition will be perma nently relieved when they have a def inite and regular delivery of water. "One of the most unusual character istics of this project, as compared with others, is its extreme compactness. It is only about 11 miles long, with an average width of four miles. The de livery of water to the lands actually farmed begins within half a mile of the dam. "Except for a little less than 1500 acres, the lands are all supplied with water by gravity. Hence, there are no power charges. On these 1500 acres, an arrangement has 'been made for power to take care of the land at a minimum cost. Ochoco to Be Feeding; Yard, "The Ochoco country Is destined to be the feeding yard for the cattle of the Northwest. "Any feeders that come to the Port land stockyards and are not In shape to butcher, can be taken to this valley in one night's run, at little more than per head, fed and fattened in a sheltered country, in feed yards that already exist and will be extended, and then returned to the stockyards In prime condition. "Cattle can be loaded on the cars here at 6 o'clock one night and be at the stockyards early the next day. There will be no loss from long hauls, feeding and shrinkage." RAIN DRENCHES BEND CLOUDBURST AT TERREBONNE CAUSES SEVEN-INCH FALL. Sand, silt and clay may all be from the same source. HIGH WHEAT PRICE ASKED Farmers Object to Rate Below That of August 11, $3.06. GRAND FORKS, N. D., Aug. 17. As result of action taken by the Grand Forks Commercial Club, farmers and jl. ui ii m . l. l i may L- iniHHiiiniinnnniiiiiininniiir - - yV i ., f a"" " "" " sbbsssssssb.-. rjB8jsTO.isr7sssBBjf y -J-siS??H ss asssfcasBCsi irsJsliL.jiasi i w tjjlllllljj' yPRODUCTS jSmm I liM : -isie VEGETOLE is our money-saving alternative shortening. In cake, pies and biscuits it creams" perfectly, mixes quickly and easily and gives most satisfac tory results. Excellent for all frying purposes. Vegetole bears the Armour Oval Label, our mark of first quality. In pails only 4 sizes. Your dealer can supply you. slIUHtSj ARMOURCOMPANY J. F. FThui.NG, Mitt. Thirteenth and Flanders Sts., Portland, Or. Phone Broadway 1380. STliiiiiiitiigiillliiittiiiiiiiiiitliiillillliiiiiiiificiiiillliiiiiiiliiKfTi Tract Three Miles Wide and Six Miles Long Deluged, and Crops in. Storm's Path Ruined. BEND, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) Six tenths of an inch of rain fell here this afternoon in 30 minutes, breaking the drouth of more than a month. A se vere lightning and d.il storm preceded the downpour. At this season the rain is generally held to be o. little benefit to crops, but may help the second al falfa cutting on the dry farms in this vicinity. It is feared that much grain ready for heading may be shattered. The storm was separated by 24 hours from a cloudburst and hail storm in the Terrebonne vicinity, where a Lract three miles wide and at least six miles long was deluged. The cloudburst pre cipitated seven inches of rain in one hour, with more than an inch of hail, many of the stonc3 larger than pigeon's eggs. The territory covered by yesterday's storm is in a rich Irrigated district, and the grain crop will be an absolute failure. The first cutting of hay is spoiled, and the potato yield will be greatly reduced. Roads were badly washed by the storm. Guards Must Report Twice Daily. NORTH YAKIMA. Wash., Aug. 17. (Special.) Orders have been issued to the Yakima state guard company mem bers to report by telephone or in per Bon at the armory at least twice each day. The instruction is given under order of Colonel W. E. McClure and is taken here to indicate that the company is likely to be called into service shortly. ROAD BID NOT NECESSARY Commission May Reject Proposal, Yet Contract With Company. SALEM, Or., Aug. 17. (Special.) Attorney-General Brown rules that the State Highway Commission may enter Into a contract with the Warren Con struction Company, or any other com pany, for construction of roads, after bids have been rejected, the company to receive only a specified percentage of the cost. Section 6, chapter 337, laws of 1917, Is the basis for the ruling. The opinion is in reply to a question put by Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn. Since the state Is to pay for all labor and materials, the arrange ment proposed, says the opinion, amounts to paying the construction for its services only. Farmer Suffers Broken Ieg. RIDGEFIELD, Wash.. Aug. 17. (Special.) H. A. Fradenburg, a farm er who lives south of this place, suf fered a broken leg Wednesday while falling trees on his ranch. The tree struck him and pinned him to the ground for two hours before his call for help was heard. Phone your want ads to The Orego nian. Main 7070, A 6095. nfanis-Filoihers Thousands testify Horlick's Hie Original EVIalied MUh Upbuilds and sustains the body No Cooking or Milk required Used for Yz of a Century Substitutes Cost YOU Sams Price, "CAT THE BEST fc MACARONI ST mi (iisiiiit'- iiiiisHstssBkBsassMi ii mi mm tfaaMaBBafchhat PANE SUGAR By the .03 1 nn-lb. t 100-lb. , r-ir 3 :ro ck. to a Limit wo j vrrr oter goods. tKOoA AN EXPECTED ADVANCE IN SUGAR You had better forestall it and profit by taking advantage of SIMON'S SATURDAY SUGAR SPECIAL 14 lbs. Pure Cane Sugar for 51 with pur chase of $1 or more ANYWHERE IN THE STORE. Limit, one order of 14 lbs. Sugar to a customer. Sugar special does not hold good after 6:30 P. M. YOU GET THE MOST FOR THE LEAST AT SIMON'S. -.. -m r this t 6.30 P SARDINES in Tomato Sauce, " fl large-size cans, special now at J-"' TOILET PAPER, four large or Rolls for tdJ, PANCAKE FLOUR 9-pound fTQ- Sack for Oi7C Jumbo JAR RUBBERS, the doz- JT en for fJl "m. only. Pure VANILLA EXTRACT 10c Biggest SHOE BARGAINS in Port land are at SIMON'S. Men's $3.50 DRESS SHOES $2.45 Men's WORK SHOES, for- Qi) QQ jmer prices to $6, at Simon's 0WeO f Ladies' SHOES, black, tan, CO OO patent, formerly to $6 D4dJJ (Children's SCHOOL SHOES $1.39 VERY SPECIAL WOM EN'S TAILORED SUITS. A sample line of late models, all good styles, formerly priced to $42.00. Very Special q QC Saturday pS7.00 Economy Says "SIMON'S" for DRY GOODS BARGAINS Men's 85c UNION SUITS for 59 Men's Khaki - WORK SHIRTS 85 Men's Khaki Work PANTS (PI ?r well worth $2.50 pair, for 0-LvlD Boys 60c, 75c SHIRTS now for 89 Men's and Children's Hats for- "f f ' merly to $1.25, choice XUC Men's 50c SUSPENDERS for . . .350 HOPPICKERS, ATTEN TION! LET SIMON OUTFIT YOU $1.50 COMFORTERS for.., 980 CAMPING BLANKETS, T- JQ J extra heavy, very special STO eo9AB? wffsrAsa Aloe9 srs. ii