17 mobll driver too late. Chief Clerk J. Thorburn Ross telegraphed to Major Henry U. Howlby. of th 20th Engi neers, and learned that this unit still needs truck drivers. Major Howlby. a former Oregon civil engineer, has asked J. C. Totter, audi tor of th Horn Telephone Company, to handle all applications of eligible registrants. This telegram to Mr. i'ot ter la self-explanatory: "W"e need 20 truck driver. Just re ceived telegram J. Thorburn Ross stating thy had a number of skilled drivers for Induction. Have wired him to send all men to you before sending them to me. Wire me ages, addresses, etc Hope you will act as Inspector of truck drivers for me. Should be strong physically, able to car for and ORFGOIJ OFFICER WHOLE COUNTY III PATRIOTIC RALLY IS Major Ronald DeVore Johnson Gilliam Citizens Throng Con don to Attend Great Celebration. Promoted to Be Lieutenant-Colonel. TIIE SUNDAY OTtEGOXIAX, . PORTLAXD, MARCH 10, 1918. ' . , ...u n i i - li -: -w---ewiiimaiii a I ..4 1 fx i, 1 , , i HISH6 RAPIDLY PROMOTION . COMES FAST fonnff Ponland Roy, frailnate of Portland Academy and Wpi Point. J AaaljtnrU to I'onrtrrntti Held Artillery Itcflmcnt. Oo February 1. th War P- Itartment ntdi pabllc an order thai Is published In the Army and Navy Journal of M-ircu I of the promotion to b Ijeutrnar t -Colonel of JdJor llnIJ W ore Johnson, of the Itth Field Artill-ry. with rank d.wlnc from Aucw i, 1M7. and continued assign ment to the urn rectment. This announcement Interests Ore fonum, as It Is tte fl ret attainment of a Lieutenant-Colonelcy In the rgur lr Army durlnc the present mar by a young Or icon -born orri.-er of pioneer atork, after promotion through tvfry rank from that of West Point cadet upward, without skipping any and upon ipertrnrt and examination. Lueatenant-Colonel Johnson la the - son of the 1st William Carey Johnson the grandson of the late Rev. John F. i- Vox, a gradual cf Portland Acad emy, a member of the Multnomah Ama teur Athletic Club, a former student of Stanford I nlverslty and a member f the CM Til fraternity. At West Point be was on the Army football and basetall teams, and trained hie bent ratln-rs In cavalry work. Span- US and held engineering. rlcnll lmW lcea. other jounf Oregon offleer of tneee times has seen harder service than he has, over sine his being grad aied from the I'nlted Statea Military Academy In ln. and being commts stoned In the Third Cavalry at Fort f in HWon. He has -missed every leave of absenrs except one short one. In 11 he bad chars; of the develop ment or the maneuver grounds at Leon uprings, Kan., for the meet of the J ... r-iulr and National Guard troops who assembled there In August. For the most of the next three years he was on duty with his regiment ltqMlnr the easternmost section of the Mexican border. In what was really tropical service, with few mitigating circumstances. In January. Second Lieutenant Johnson was assigned to the - Ixth Cav alry In the Philippine Islands. Iurlng the greater part, of his two years In toe lalanda be wss engaged In the very nphill work of surveying and mapping tne -head-hunters' - country In North ern Luxon. remote from clvilltatlon and under conditions that taxed aeverely the physical endurance - of all con cerned. Me Ice a 9 err Ice ftee. On return to the States Lieutenant Johnson, having received his first pro motion, r-ached San Francisco the day after tieneral Persnlng had crossed the border, going south, and found orders awaiting him to "proceed Immediately to Join tbe . Ith Cavalry In M-xico." H'as with the l!th Cavalry, either In Mexico or on the bord-r. during the entire Pershing campaign, and bad an active knowledge of the mapping of the whole of Mexico, as It waa done by direction of the general In com mand. In October. ttT. Lieutenant Johnson accepted a detail to act aa military In structor at ths Oregon Agricultural College, la accordance with the ilov ernrr.ent's new policy of Introducing Intensive military training Into state educational Institutions. In April. 17. Lieutenant Johnson was summoned to Columbus. N. M . to be examined for promotion to a Cap talncy and for tran.ferenca to th Field Artillery. About lha first of last o. Captain John was aaelgned to th Hth Field Art'.l.ery. then being organised at Fort IX A. KusaelL : 'v;-"-;. -; i 3 ' : 1 t i - i 1 v; - s : ' " ' ! ' '"" ' I .- 'i --. v V 1 '...: A jmk V.. . 'MNJ A HOME GUARD IS REVIEWED Llewteaaat-Toloael Ran lltVer JekaMs. lets, Field Artillery. I site) States Arasy. ................. repair their trucks. Mskes we may use. fierce-Arrow, Quads and Macks. Wire me names approved by you." RAG DAY NEXT SATURDAY MAYOR BAKF.K hMM PROCLIUA TIOX TO I'KOri.K- lny lla Msal.I-rsare Kma Wmr Gardea FeafvrtN Hf-las Beaeftetal Frwrn Kir Vlcwyolit Mayor I'aker y enter a ay It-sued a proc limaiion to the ptropie of Portland, et tlnir uN next Saturday as want? pap?r and rajr day. Tk.ii waa done In conformity with the plan of th war frardtrn . .miir. which are blind dlrer.H by Ferdinand E. Iteed. The day hm eitcntf icance aalde from the war KArdfn frature. as the ftather ina" of raara and wn.-ite paper throuich- out the city Is regarded by tire Marshal (rrnfell and hin men aa a excellent thtnc from the staudpoint of fire pre- en lion. The proclamation is aa follown: Vhras. Th arfumulitloa of wait! paper ad Mion comnjtrrul and reld-nttal prop vritM w not only an f-conumic mas 10 ai ill prvavnt tinio. but a very acxlous ir menace a wrii. and h-ri. it la mift canta in thae war ilm- that rfonnmir ( bs rdut-d to minimum, and ftr manacci t .troinaid aa far as posaibi; and WB-rwi. A a MNsult of war condition th-r is a avriom hortaaj of materials uJt- u r fr manuf tcturlnf papr; and whrr aa. Th l-atrlotir 'nnrvtlon tec.u d-!r to ho:d. on HaturJay. M.rra I, a waat ppff an ! raff day. tha profits or hl' b til b a4d for the ncouraa;.-mnt Of ar sard n activities; now therefor. ft la hf'Nv proflalrord that Saturday. 3klrrh 1V shall b e?t aalda aa waat pPr and rag day. and on that day clitxens ar rtMiti-;d t itcmbit all waate patr and r at th artoua elty fir houas, wnr th savm wt.i bo purrhad for caan. and th profits tharafrom shall fo to the latri4ttc (narratt-n teigue to be applied to war sardn a--Mft-a. OKuRi K U BAKfCR. Mayor. f-atcnirn'a Ia .Mrrlln; Callrtl. FRANCE WEATHER LIKED fU..r.A-T W. C. STTtOX WRITES or THir "OVFR THERE." la Servl-ew Telia f Cilft ft eelved t'retea tewtebsaaa Wkt lias Ben la War Fewr Tears. On th Tuscanla when th ltun tor pedo rauvht that luckleaa trnopahip, waa Sera-cant W. C Strom, of head nuarlera company. Itlth Field Artillery. H it the letter to his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. R Strom. 1J!4 Hawthorn avenu. with du deference to th cen eor. make no mention of that dark Bla-ht off the Ir.h Coast. yutte evidently th misslv waa writ ten immediately after the detachment left ramp In Great Britain and crossed th Channel to Franca, for It makes mention of all-nlcht ndea by train and f embarkation and debarkation. "I met Scotchman with th Royal KntMneers. last nlcht." he writes. "II av me a velvet belt with all th flaira ,of th allies woven in It. Thta belt has en to Fna-land. India. Kelarlum, Franc and fcrrpt. He leave It to me to remember him by. I save him that little Masonic pla la return. "W'e had a great time on th boat. !( has been In tbe war four years, and wore the belt constantly. He was wounded and ther ar ataina on th belt. I told bim I would try and carry th.e belt aa far as h did. and take as gyyrui care of It. ' "When wa ot off th boat this mom Inc we had to unload our supplies and then hike five or six mile uphill to ramp. W'e sur ar seems; th world. This Is th prettiest place w have struck yet. Th weather la just rrrat nd everythlnr Is green and nice. MORE DRIVERS NEEDED SwTM F.ViGIVir.EHS SHORT fCRIOCED TRICKMF.. 29 EX Appllenata le Oet .aaaS) la Tae Lat fer Reee-.t Call Will Cet (an la F.alrr Hasa Mrsark. Kaperienced truck drivers who" ap plied too late to win Induction Into th rontlns-ent of loo men now belns; for srarded by Oregon at Oeneral I'er. sbing'a call have another chance. Pv acting quu-kly they may b Inducted Into the road and brldse building bat talion of th I'th Knciaeera. Ijemptlon board Na 2. of Portland, bad In a registrants who sought In duction to tt corps of track and aoto A mass meeting of all salesmen of Or-cnn will be held at th Portland Hotel on Saturday. March It. at ! 11 I". M. to coneider the workings of the National Nnn-I'arttsan league and its effect on th general business of the etate together with Its effect on Na tional a I fairs. Th meeting Is to be held for all salesmen, either city or country, and la not under the auspices of any traveling men's organisation. Charre of Larcr nr Made. Charged with tbe theft of a wagon belonging to W. K. Jacobs. Thomas Cook, t.l Overton street, was arrested yesterday by Constable Petersen and placed in th County Jail In default of $100 bond on a charge of larceny. He will be given a hearing: this week In th District Court. CARD OF TIIAMv.. We de!r to thank our many friends for their kindness and sympathy In the lose of our beloved huehand and father. J. I'eter Schrelner: aleo for th beautiful floral offertnr. .MAHY H Sf'HKKlXER. ANN . T. PIKKSON. Adr JoHN WHIT1N-1 FCHREINER. Governor Wlthycombe, Adjutant General 'Williams and Others on Programme Monster Dance Ends Festivities. BT ADDISOX BENNETT. Friday last waa a great day for Gil Ham County. As ataled in Th OregA nlan of yesterday morning It was the occasion of a grand patriotic rally and th review of the newly enlisted Horn Guards of that county, th reviewing officials being Governor James Withy comb and Adjutant-General Williams. The review and parade were in th aft ernoon and th big doings at night In th opera-houne-rink-arsenal. There are two classes of these home guardians, the on Is th State Mtllti and th other are deputy sheriffs, but the uniforms of khaki are the same. Th Gilliam boys belong to the latter clasa, of which there ar 4000 In th state. 2000 of them having guns. The Gilliam boys have no guns; their only semblance to soldiers was their khaki suits and white cotton gloves. But they are a fine, upstanding lot of young fellows and If the I. W. W.s or any other pro-Germans attempt to kick up a racket they had better do It In some other county than Gilliam if they wish to escape with whole hides. Three Ceapaales la Cooaty. Ther ar three companies In the county, as follows: One at Arlington another at Mayvllle and the third at the county seat. Condon. The fires hai 0 tnembera and la commanded by Cap' tain Joseph Tatone; the second has (0 members, under the command of Cap tain McKinley Huntington, and the other at Condon with 104 members. commanded by Captain K. C. Mc carty. Major J. W. Kockcr is the drill officer. In addition to these the company of 100 from Fossil. Wheeler County, participated in the proceedings t Condon, their commanding officer being Captain W. G. TrllL In each county these guards are really In charge of the Sheriff as commander In-chief. So Sheriff J. W. Llllie bosses tbe Gilliam boys. Th dispatch In yesterday's Orego nlan told about the disagreeable weather, but did not go strong enough. It was one of those raw March days. It waa cold, there were often flurries of anow, and always a keen west wind. But at that there were more people on the Condon streets than perhaps ever before. Main street was Jammed about like Washington street In Portland dur ing the big day of a rose festival. Gilliam la but a small county about 1.00 souar miles In extent and has about 3000 people. There seemed to be fully that many there when the parade formed. At night a ben the rink was opened a big crowd was present and when the hour of the meeting arrived the place was packed and Jammed. More than S00 tlcketa were taken in at the -door, and aside from that there must have been 200 or 400 kiddles. I Speeches Pteaae Audience. The speakers of the evening were the Governor. General Williams and Homer T. Angell, a Portland attorney. I cannot give even an outline of these talks, but none of the gentlemen ever made better forensic efforts. From first to last they had the audience cheering about half the time. The three speeches occupied nearly two hours, but there was not even a crying kiddle to ssy stop. Indeed, each of th speakera could have taken much more time and. yet pleased the audi ence greater. The Dallea band, with Frank Lurai leader, gave most excellent music. their repertoire for the evening being A Night In June." "America." "Mar- Spangled Banner and "Laseus Trom bone, mere waa also a song oy in- Condon cnorai society, rung uut uur Banner. which made a big hit. There were 40 voices to do the words of the lively air Justice. Mrs. William Gross also made a big hit by singing a solo. ilr Own United States." And then the dance! Well. It lasted until after I Saturday morning. Such a Jolly time they had! The floor was Jammed for every number. The mem bers of the band nearly blew their mustaches off. Prosperity Everywhere Evident. Talk about prosperity! Tou will find It up In Gilliam sure and certain. The wheat never looked better at this time of year than It does right now. I asked one of the prominent bankers, G. B. Dukek. what the prospecla for the 11 crop were and he said compared with 11. 11 and inT It waa fully 125 per cent. Of course nobody can tell what will happen between now and harvest, but right now the conditions ar Ideal. WHITE OWL . Invincible) shap 7C OWL Square aF--'S. M ill b Trvo cheer-up Cigars both dependable For the unfailing de pendability of OWL and WHITE OWL fragranqe thank their great leaf reserve. Thank an in vestment in mellowing leaf which never totals less than $1,000,000. At some seasons, $2,000,000. Thank the 18 months or so of time curing which guarantees OWL and WHITE OWL mel low and dependably mellow fragrant and dependably fragrant. Banded Branded for your protection aw-' B i a i J mii'iM iuiiiiii jeMja-j-Mij i ItJMF" WWttlt''t""m-!'Li'tXfrl?- f ' M. A. Gunst, Branch . 84-86 NORTH 5TH Phones: Broadway 2800, A 2198 THE MILLION DOLLAR CIGARS IMPROVED STOVE CONSTRUCTED BT MONTANAN WIN'S FAVOR WIT II FORESTRY OFFICIALS OF ISORTHWEST. iarT I j.- -av ' . ! ...' I (:. - .v --i -i . i I I '!'.7 and the acreage bigger than ever be fore by about 15 per cent. Jack Crow, who used to run the Marlon Hotel at Salem, la landlord of the Summit Hotel there and is doing ine, ao fine that he is going to build he coming Spring-a fine terra-cotta- faced building of 73 rooms. We had good fare with Jack, for he knows how to run a hotel. The Farmers' elevator has added two more concrete tanks. now having a capacity for storing 15U.- 000 bushels of grain in bulk, and there are two other warehouses there with combined capacity of the same mount. A salesman came out on the same rain with us who said l.e yesterday sold four auto trucks to Gilliam farm- rs. And about 20 tractors and cater- - lllars have gone In or are soon to be i delivered there. The days of plowing with horses are nearly over when they are entirely over It will be a big thing for old Gilliam. PROHI RIGHTS FIXED Powers Conferred by Statute Are Not Assignable. did the Prohibition party have a can- the Prohibitionists of Orepnn. didate for Congress. j Hon. W. P. Elmore, of Brownsville, "Therefore, .applying the language of NATIONAL PARTY KEPT OUT SOCIAL WORKER TO SPEAK Wllllam-Cross Will Be Honor Guest v' at Club Dinner. William T.. Cross, of Chicago, secre tary and treasurer of the National Con ference of Social Work, formerly the National Conference of Charities and Corrections, will speak to the Social Workers' Club of Portland at a dinner meeting tomorrow night at 6 o'clock at the Boys' Polytechnic School on Esst Eleventh and DavW streets. This will be an important gathering of social workers and it is urged that everyone Interested in the work be present. Reservations for dinner will be open until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning and these should be made at Main 6442. Between the dinner and the address by Mr. Cross there will be a brief in termiesion for visiting the school, which will be In session that evening. L. D. Wlshard to SpeaV. I D. Wlshard, special emissary President Wilson, will lecture at First Methodist Kpiecopal Church night at 1:15. The church is on corner of Williams Rafael atreets and i for the avenue and San II of those inter ested in hearing Mr. Wishard speak Invited to be present. ire Xo Candidates May Be Nominated In Either Second or Third Congres sional Districts, Only In "irst and in State at Large. SALEM. Or., March 9. (Special.) The Prohibition party In Oregon can not, by amalgamating vith the new National party, assign its political rights to the new party, Attorney-General Brown held In an opinion to Sec retary Olcott today. Consequently the National party will be unable to nomi nate candidates in contention in this state for the election of this year. The Prohibition party itself, how ever, may so nominate candidates for the state at large and for the First Congressional District, but cannot nominate them for the Second and Third districts. After pointing out that the law re quires a political party to have S per cent of th entire vote cast for Rep resentative In Congress before it can hold a convention to nominate candi dates, Mr. Brown continues: "An examination of the abstract of votes cast at the general election held November 7. 1916, shows that In the First Congressional District Mark V. Weatherford, who was the nominee for Congress of the Prohibition party, as well as the Democratic party, received 39,101 votes, which is more than 5 per cent of the total vote cast in said dis trict and in the entire state for Rep resentative In Congress. ' "In neither of the other two districts the statute to the facts. It is apparent that the Prohibition party is entitled to be recognized as a political party in the state at larg-e and in the First Congres sional District of the state of Oregon, but not in the Second or "Third, for the purpose of making its nominations of candidates by party convention. "The question is also raised whether, if the Prohibition party amalgamates with the new National party, taking the name of the latter, the rights of the Prohibition party to nominate candi dates by assembly would be affected thereby. "Answering, I beg to 6ay that the fact that the Prohibition party is en titled to make such nominations by convention would not authorize nomi nations to be made in that way by any other party with which it is merged. In other words, it could not assign its rights to any other party with which it becomes Identified. DRYS ARE NOT SOCIALISTS Prominent Prohibitionist States Po sition Emphatically. ALBANY, Or., March 9. (Special.) If press reports are true that the Ore gon representatives at the recent Na tional Prohibition convention aban doned the Prohibition party to join with the Socialists in the formation of a new National party, they will not he supported in this action by all of who has been one of the leaders ot the Prohibition party in this state for many years, stated while In Albany today that he and many other Prohibition's will not sanction this move. Mr. Elmore said that if the Prohibi tion party is to be aliened with this new movement he would be compelled to change his party registration as a Prohibitionist. "I cannot "be aligned' with any party sanctioning Socialism," Mr. Elmore said. Mr. Elmore has been one of the lead ers of the Prohibition party in this Bmie euu e ibjo. iic huh iiciu ccij official position he would accept in the party organization, was Prohibition National committeeman from Oregon f for eight years, county chairman of Linn County for more tnan a aecaae. Prohibition nominee for Congress in the .First District three times ana party nominee for State Senator- or -Representative from Linn County many . times. Periodicals to Be Criticised. - i erature committee of the City edera-.. tion of Women s Clubs wui De held on Tuesday at 2 o'clock in the Library. Mrs. E. H. Frazelle will preside. The members of the committee, represent ing all the women's organations, will tell what they wish eliminated from Sunday papers and other magazines. They will take with them marked papers showing Juot what they condemn. THE IVPROVED SIBLKY ITOVK 1 FOMTIOX roR ISK AXD DISMANTLED 'OR TR l.SPOHTATIO.. On of th latest Innovations secured by th Forestry Service In th North west Is a "take-down stove. Th Invention i the product of a member of the Foreat Mervlc In Butt and has Just been perfected. The Portland bureau of the service has secured on model of th stove and officials are so favorably lm presaed with Its efficiency that they hav placed orders for the supply of the rangers In th district. Th nw model Is an Improvement on th old Sibley stove. Vnow- lo miners and prospectors the country over. The orlgipal model was built In one piece snd waa unbeatable as a tent and cabin heater, being capable of burning wet and rreen wood of all kinds. Th Improved model Is constructed In three pieces and tcom-i less cumbersome and better adapted to travel In the wilderness. The conical top Is shaped an that stovepipe may be fitted on to safeguard h tent or cabin and make living more agreeable for th woodsman. PE-RU-NA was a Godsend to Me When All Other Efforts Failed Mrs. C. EL Taylor, R. R. No. 1, Box 84. Dillon, S. C writes:" I suffered twe years with eatarrk of the bead, atoaaaeh and bowels, and tried two of tbe beat doctors. They gav me up, they could not do me any good. After which I tried Pmua, 'and now I can truthfully aay that I am well. When I started the nae of Peruna I only weighed one haadred pooada. and aw I weigh one haadred and fifty ponada. I cannot prize It too high, for I think It la a Godsend to trie and I advise all sufferers to take Peruna. When I had taken about oe.e-s.alt of m bottle I could feel some relief, and by the time I had takea ae doses bottles I w as well." ICan v : v Truthfully , Say ' J'? That I ' AM WELL Those who object to liquid medicine esa secure Peruna Tablets, Adv. HOME NEWS Let your sol dier or sailor boy keep in touch with the home news by sending him The Oreg-onian. 75 cents per month (no ex tra charge f or'postag-e) will do it. (Fill out blank below today Cash must accompany order) THE OREGONIAN, Portland, Or. Enclosed find 75 cents for which send The Oregronian, Daily and Sunday, one month, to the following address. (If longer time is desired, referto rates at 'head of Editorial P3ge.) , ' Name Address Sent by