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18 THE . OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND; SUNDAY MORNING, MAY lV 1918. HERDER'S LIFE IN IDYLLIC Sophisticated Tenderfoot From City Is Initiated Into the Arduous Tasks in Sheep Camp. npnpssanssBssuaassaw LAMBING TIME IS AT HAND Sheep Raising Is Business That Requires Attention for Each of the 12 Months of. the Year. "Com and get it" This phraaa cried by the cook echoes through the pine for est as dawn breaks and instantly the cam ir Is all activity. Tousled heads ap pear, from beneath blanket heaps spread here and there under the trees; from divers tents come other figures and all make for the wash bench whence after a hasty toilet aTT are ready, for break fast Thus begins the day in at least one Central Oregon sheep camp .where a crew of a dozen men or more are oc cupied from early morning until late at night with a band of a thousand ewes during the height of the lambing season. The production of wool and mutton is emphasised as a war measure and thus the Oregon sheep Industry, which1 on Its own account has experienced a revival In recent years by Increased small hold ings, has received an . additional impe tus. The 2.000,000 head of sheep which represent Oregon's resource In this-line will add their quota to the nation's store of needed supplies for distribution among the civil and military popula tions at home and "over there' It is a far cry from the battle front of, Europe to the open range of Oregon, but wool and mutton are the factors that -provide a close relationship despite the mites that Intervene. Thus to the ex tent that bands of sheep grace in the open places and wooded areas of Cen tral OrVgon essential war work is there going on and the Individual sheep herder , alone with his flock can take comfort Jn the thought that he is enlisted in the common cause. Series la Sheep Camp To the sophisticated urbanite wise in the ways that are paved with asphalt ftnd helpless as a fish'' out of wtr when beyond them the recent presiden tial injunction to "raise sheep" sounded Imple Indeed. A visit to the sheep plant in action, however, opened the eyes of at least one such urbanite to the complexities of the problem. , TWr camp visited is situated In Des chutes county in the foothills of the eastern slope of the Cascades where the great pine forest meets the open prairie. No better time -could have been selected for this visit for the lambing season was on full blast In some sections of the state February and March lambs prevail but In the upland region visited where the season is late this all import ant activity In timed for late April and early May. Then It is that the weather conditions are the most favorable, the mgnia are not too cold, and the grass and plants upon which the ewes thrive best are plentiful. The particular band herein referred to had wintered in the Crooked river val ley where hay was fed them. As the lambing season' approached they were driven three days' Journey to the leased lands adjoining the Deschutes national forest where camp was established in a canyon protected at night from the chilling wind from the mountains and adjacent to a spring affording an ample water supply. At night the entire band is enclosed in a corral where they are safe from coy otes and other predatory pests. A night herder keeps watch over them and places In adjacent pens with their moth ers such lambs as are born during the hours of darkness. On the Bang When morning comes the band of ewes with lamb, called the drop band. Is released and accompanied . by a num- ber of herders sets forth to grace over a particular area that has been previ ously selected by the packed, a silent Individual who knows everv foot of ground Included within the confines of the gracing tract and the condition of the feed thereon. Upon his success in electing each day's grasing tract de - pends the length of time that the range Is available. ' . ,Tn border has two Individual aids, ," 5L nd n,B "eep hook. The former, wise to the ways of sheep, will fatth rully follow his master's every lnjunc- tion heading the bells and wethers this K way and that and rounding up the en i tire band when a halt Is called. The . latter, an Implement consisting of a long blunt wire or Iron hook attached to a handle much like that of a hoe while not nearly as picturesque as the, storied . shepherds crook Is much more useful ; when it becomes necessary to throw j and hold any particular sheep. With a ;, deft twist the hook catches the animal under the leg and over she goes. ; As the sheep move over the grazing . jround they nibble the grass fast and I 'ruly. The lusc ious young leaves of k Ju E.n.flower Rre a fv"ite morsel i with the bitter leaves of the Chnmi an occasional appetiser. In some regions fcarSrETT Kra"T5 nd weed8 that are h"f : must recognise should they by chance make an appearance on 1 his range. u ;L.. .The Prienced observer can -ti VI s y,a Janp blow the animals' . shoulders in front. As midday ap- 5I!!!?fl!e"ther hf'om moro quiet and wU, .B in lamping season ro until mldafternoon In some seWteA not Trf Arnhlv In v K , wnere in a band of S0O to 600 ewes from 10 to 1 lambs a day will be born. Later in the day the Journey back to the corral begins, always over a different feed Ing ground In order that upon arrival CYSTITIS-KIDNEYS Cystitis oftentimes begins with a chilly Biigui icver, loss of appe blllty, or a feeling of .depression. Fre qdwit urination, but voided slowly with burning, scalding. SOasm-nalna Ik affected ; the pain of a dull character, at times becoming sharp and agonizing Dont rest until treatment of la in your possession. v Take as directed and you should find Immediate benefits ln!2 hour. Tried and reliable. 1 TOU NEED THEM For vale by The Owl Drug Co and all other druggists. Adv. DENE ON A CENTRAL OREGON SHEEP RANCH Stym&mr- km Mr. -i ' MLAfrm 1 1 V 111 - - 3 If- .A?v? 0&-rs .. ,--,3 Left" to rigbt Band of ' - the sheep will have had enough feed for the night,' . "' ' ' The; ewes with lambs are left on the range, f ft-es being built and flags hung out to frighten": the coyotes. Occasion any, however, -one of these skulking beasts less cowardly than . his fellows will kill and devour a lamb during the -Might or attack a sheep. : .- ;, VVlthln a Oay or two the lambs, which acquire strength remarkably , fast, are able to travel and with, their-- mothers are gathered into what is termed the lambing band and placed in charge of other herders who tend them, on the range during the day and corral them at night behind barriers of brush. Herder Is Busy Fersoa The layman is accustomed to picture the herder career as one of idyllic Idle ness. What a false 1 picture, . AH lay long he has not a dull moment while his night hours are not free from disturb ance should a restive sheep or two break through the corral while he ever Is on guard against losing any of his charges. An occasional count out in the morn ing ot the drop band and the lambing band supplies the needed. Information as to lost sheep and when a considerable number is found missing . the range is scoured until the stragglers are located. Once the lambs are -born all is not clear sailing. Some ewes - are good mothers; others are not Experienced, sheep wren will tell you that the black faced varieties are better in this regard, as are the older ewes. When, an ewe. re fuses to own her lamb the herder has a variety of tricks at his command to bring her to a performance of her ma ternal duties or a food source is found elsewhere for the little fellow. In the band under discussion in this article so successful had the , lambing progressed with so many twins to off set the ewes without lamb that the daily expression around camp was, "We are still lambing over 100 per cent" which would indicate that a given band of ewes had doubled in, number. And let it be known that the short crisp eve nings around the open fire in camp are epest talking "sheep." The daily program briefly outlined above is carefully followed and as the season progresses the drop bant de creases as the lambing band Increases until after four or five weeks the new arrivals are all at hand and the entire band passes to a new range where shearing is begun. , Then follows another grazing sea son, ewes and lambs, in charge of herder and packer, following the feed,, higher and higher into the mountains as the season advances where -more leased range with convenient watering places is available. As the summer season closes the band again is returned to the lowlands, those sheep selected for mar ket are disposed of and the others chosen as a nucleus for next year's band retained on meadow lands adjacent to the home ranch during the winter where adequate shelter and the season's crop of hay are available until the spring season again cornea Thus the novice learns that sheep raising on the part of the operator is a 12 months' in the year business re quiring knowledge, capital and resource fulness and on the part of the herder. skill in handling sheep that comes only from experience and a love for solitude that life alone in the open brings. War Closes Many German Factories Amsterdam. May 18. (I. N. S.) A leading manptacturer, hi the course of a letter to the Norddeutsche Allgemeine iieitung, says : . "Out of l?00 spinning and weaving mills only 7B are still running at high pressure, while in the boot and shoe industry 1400 factories have been amal gamated into 800. In the oil inustry 16 factories working at , high pressure nave Deen formed out of 720 works previously existing. In the silk Indu. try the number of spindles has been reaucea rronv 45.000 to 2500. The Berliner Tageblatt commenting on mis letter, remarks: "This shows ior me iirsi time m statistics the great extent to which the closing down of fac- ii ie una iKon place in Germany. 13-Year-01d -Makes Good in U. S. Army Knoxville. Tenn . May 18. (I. N. a) A 13-year-old soldier Infantry, perhaps the youngest enlisted man In the United States army, is an other distinction to which Knoxville can lay claim. Irwin White, son of Mr. and Mrs. John P. White, formerly of Knnni ...a now of Moulton. Ala., is the boy.1 Young "i?111 in Infantry arm of the service about eight months ago. -pario"c 'ervor was so emphatic and his physique so snlenilidi .it that despite bis tender years his par- Yn . Zy fnsent- The boy is five feet 10 inches in height weight 175 pounds f ," muij - aeveiopea. ewes in corral; on tbe range in the "' ' ' TWENTY-FIVE WASCO COUNTY INfLK FOR CAMP ON MAY 29 Two Draft Men Missing and ; Places Will Be Filled by " v : Alternates. ' The Dalles, May 18. Twenty-four men of Waaco county have been ordered to report for military service, beginning May 29. They are: Charles H. Mickle, Shaniko ; Charles L. Bonn, The Dalles ; Clarence L. Gibson, The Dalles ; Thomas A. Collins. Tygh Valley: Wayne K. Si mons, Boyd ; Victor Hartzman, Wapi nitla; Frank Spencer, The Dalles: Roy L. Puckett Antelope; George I Stew- rt The Dalles ; Chester Brittatn, Tygh alley: Burt C. Scott Duf ur ; Sam A. Tindall, The Dalles: George Starr, An telope ; Archie Cochran, The , Dalles ; Krvle H. Gaunt. The Dalles ; Han3 P. Oresch, Tygh Valley; Chester O. Rice, Wapinitia; Albert Agidius,' OrUey ; George E. Cunningham, Maupin ; Law rence A. McArthur, The Dalles i :, Ed ward Sandoz. The Dalles, and Howard Dunkelberger. The Dalles. : The local board has been unable to locate Thomas A. Collins of Tygh Val ley an9 Victor Hartzman of Wapinitia. In the event of their not being located in time to Join the quota, Walter Holz- apfel and Vietor Sandoz of The Dalles will take their places. f Starts Red Cross Drive The Dalles. May 18. Although the Red Cross drive does not officially begin until Monday, the local workers are 30 well organized that they have already secured the contributions of the heaviest subscribers of The Dalies. Heading the list are donations from the First National bank, the FrencTi & Co. bank and the Wasco Milling company or 1350 each. Judge and Mrs. A. S; Bennett gave $200 each. P. J. Stadel man, Mrs. Laura French. Mrs. J. L. Schenck. Mrs. S. A. French, Mrs. and Mrs. F. Ij. Houghton. H. L. Kuok. Frank Vogt Max A. Vogt. Malcolm Moody, -J. C Heimrick. D. P. Ketchum, Dr.. Ren ter and Thompson, J. L. Kelly, the A. M. MOSIER UNFURLS SERVICE AND SstfciSv w-r ... i IP f tm.r o t v-. "-11 'V s. School fl Iris of Hosier M osier, May 1 The greatest outdoor meeting, -ever held In Mosier took place Monday aiternoon, wnen tne people oi tha community celebrated the unfurling of the service flag, containing 82 stars, and the first honor flag of the Twelfth federal , reserve district which was awarded to Mosier for being the first to oversubscribe the quota of the third Liberty loan, -r The service flag, showing the names of those who hare entered the service from the . Mosier district had on . the top border In .large ; white block let ters the words "Our Mosier Boys." (.Diagonally r across the honor flag was a , banner ; bearing the words "First Honor Flag,. Twelfth Federal District" The flags are CxlO feet in sixe, th cost being contributed In small amounts by the community. A large delegation was present from pine forest - Williams company; Walther & Williams company,' Edward ; C. Peace & Co. and K. O. McCoy have each given 1150. . Fraternal organizations of The Dalles have contributed $350, besides heavy in dividual contributions' from lodge mcm-v! oers, and xlsuo has been received from private subscriptions of (100 each. . " A record of all subscriptions Ij kept, and after the drive has closed the names of all "not giving will be published. Wasco county has been given a quota of $25,000, and $8000 of this must come from The Dalles. . . . Paving Bids Opened . The Dalles, May 18. Bids for pavr ing six streets In The Dalles Were opened yesterday afternoon. The United Contracting company of Portland - bid $1.59 per square yard for standard bitu lithlc redress' pavement and; the War ren' Construction company bid" $1.67 on the same specifications. The contract jirin probably be let at the next regular council meeting. Sunday School Rally Held at Ridgefield Rldgefield, Wash.. May 18. An en thusiastic Sunday, sphool rally was held here, Thursday afternoon and evening' at the ' Presbyterian church by the Ridgefield Church Federation, which is composed of the Methodist Episcopal and Presbyterian denominations. The organlxation of the Bible class will be perfected next Wednesday night tions., in..- nui. i Honor FlaB Received , Rldgefield. Wash.. May 18. The ar- j rival of the honor flag at La Center . for that place was the cause for much j enthusiasm by its loyal cltiiens, who subscribed their quota over three times, it being 8f800. and subscriptions amounting to $20,100. ' The honor flag was placed on exhibition at La Center State bank. . Agree on Price to Pickers Vancouver. Wash.. May 18. Twenty five Clarke county strawberry growers met in the office of the county agent Friday and discussed the labor propo sition. It was unanimously 'decided to pay at the rate of one and a half cents a box for picking. About 100 pickers will be needed by those who were present at the meeting, and the superintendent and county agent were asked to cooperate In securing them. 6 r l i -PX i At ft w giving - flag drill In honor of boys The Dalles, headed by J. C. Host tier, chairman of the Wasoo- county third Liberty loan committee, judge Fred W. WHson. Levi Chtisman and Judd Fish. The exercises opened with a ' song by the Mosier quartet, "When the Boys Come . Home." ... ......i A. W. Ehrilch. chairman of the Lib erty loan - committee, extended greet inga saying that telegrams had been received from the governors of the seven states comprising the - TweJftlr federal reserve district, conveying their congratulations to the community. . Eight girts dressed in white, bearing small flags, with a large flag as a background, rave a drill, paying tribute to Th Boys From Mosier." v. . J. E. - Brewer of. tne United ' States department of agriculture,' urged the planting , of every available - acre of r n SPLENDID FARMS Members of Country Life Coun cil, Headed by Miss Edah Mills, Make Tour." ' MODERN HOMES ARE FOUND Electrical Appliances Help Make Life Easier; Big Barns and Well Kept Fields Attract. McMinnviUe, Or, May 18 On May 9 occurred In Yamhill county the second annual farm home study tour, under the direction of Miss Edah Mills, home dem onstration agent for this county. I Notwithstanding the day opened with threatening weather, 1t5 persons and 24 Autos gathered at .the county court house in McMinnviUe by 10 a. m. and oroceeded on the route outlined. - The first stop w as-made at M. F. Kenyon's, two-miles southwest of McMinnviUe. . , These fine premises were inspected, a beautiful new bungalow, "with (Its own water system and modern equipment and a fine orchard being the beauties to ad mire here. Mrs. Robinson of who Ore gon Agricultural college gave an ad dress on Interior house decoration and Professor Peck of the same school talked of the possibilities of landscape garden ing. The second stop was at TL N. Bran son's new home north of Bennevue. This residences was .'completed last year at a eost ot 9?er $8000 and was the admira tion of all It has a basement with 10 foot celling, equipped with hot water furnace, laundry facilities, garage space and wood, storage. The house Is sup plied with electric light and power from the Amity line. Mr. Branson construct- Ing.the line for some distance at hut own expense to make the connection. Water Is obtained from a well sunk 170 feet. J00 feet of which was bored through solid rock. The supply is Inexhaustible and of the finest quality and is pumped by electric rqotor, which also drives the eream separator, washing machine and wood saw. The same speakers here gave commendation and friendly con structive criticism, which will prove of value to the Bransons In their further improvement of the premises. .Screened Is Porch Interests i The beautiful home of Dan Kirby. whom ' everybody . in Yamhill county knows, as a good roads builder and home Improver, was next visited, and the prominent things observed here by the ladle was the back porch used by Mrs. Kirby. sanitary In every particular and Inclosed from files. The men were In terested In the large and well kept barn. containing handy feed bins and hay mows. Mr. Kiroy nas electric ugnts in every building and from any one build ing can light all the rest He even has the telephone poles along his farm whitewashed, and all his buildings and yard fences are white. The tourn party took dinner at the Braly grove on the Yamhill river, west of Amity; ' partaking of their dinner tn neighborly groups. After the meal speeches were heard from K. E. Laville of the Western Farmer, who made a most patriotic and appropriate address. Miss Turley of the Oregon Agricultural college emphasised duty in relation to the food administration in a most sen sible and appealing manner. A resolu tlon was offered and passed by vote that party abstaln from tne further uws of wheat in making bread until after tne ntxt harvest, and this was coupled with an earnest petition to the govern- ment that such pressure be brought to bear on the profiteers that the price ot wheat substitutes shall be fixed at rea sonable figures. Milking Machine Installed Fred Braly's home was visited, where the accomplished young housewife pre sided at the piano and the company sang a patriotic song. The Braly home Is one of the older farm homes of the county, of good sire, but hot the mott modern construction, and Mr. and Mr. Braly have made some improvements and will make others Twenty-two cows are milked at this place. Mr. Braly using a patent milker. It was interesting to know that before he invested in th milker he milked this number of cows by hand, without a single other person HONOR FLAGS JW'lfM mr:msr: ;. i t mm r ifw (I W , V- ef :i 5'it.-rri-: In the service. gram and food stuffs and the conserva tion to assist our soldiers and our allies. . J. C. Hostetler gave full statistics of the third Liberty loan in Wasoo county. Judge Wilson also spoke. A song. "So Long. Mother." by the quartet was followed . by - patriotic speeches by Mark A. Mayer and John Roes, who urged support of the coming itea cross drive. A- orsver by George L Carroll preceded the ralslnr Of the service flag by mothers , of the toys In the service, while the audience stood, singing "Star Spangled Banner. Rev. E. H. Flint of The Dalles Congre gational church, cloned the pro cram with a short addreaa. s Mesier'a quota was $i000 .and- the amount subscribed was $15,800 with ISO subscribers. , . ... , . OREGON CITY GIRL WINS HIGH AWARD - Miss Roberts Sehuebel Miss Roberta Sehuebel. daughter of Mr. . and Mrs. S. Sehuebel of Oregon City, is the first Junior at the University of Oregon to receive the Gerlinger cup. offered by Mrs. C. E. Oerlinger of Port land for the highest standard of woman ly grace and character, campus activi ties and scholarship displayed by any stuaent Miss Sehuebel Is studying law at the university. CLACKAMAS SILICA IS SAID TO SURPASS OUTSIDE PRODUCTS New Buildings and Machinery Installed at Silica King Plant Near Oregon City. . "- Oregon City. May 18. The Silica King Mines company, of Oregon City, has Just erected a new mill for the grind ing and drj-ing of silica sand and clay. A water sluiceway will be Installed to wash the silt out of the silica and from this sluiceway the sand goes to a dry ing kiln, where it is dried by gas heat. From there it is taken by an endless chain upstairs to a grinder. After it comes out of the grinder It is again1 taken up by an endless chain to a bin where It is held until it is desired to sack it then a chute U opened down Which the sand nanaei lutn xar'Va Th company estimates that It can put out two tons of sand an hbur There is probably all of 60.000 tons s I V ' '" V -i I in J ' of silica sand aqd 33.000 tons of clay!.1? "mr or rcirrcnuum iw in the property owned by the company. Silica sand is used in the founderies for making moulds, stock and cylinder port moulds, also for cupolas and ladles. Foundaries have for the past 10 years used sand brought in from Ottawa. III., and Monterey. Cal. But several ef the best founderies in Port land claim that the silica sand from the Silica King mine Is as good as he sand brought from out of the state. This mine is the only one of its kind in the Pacific Northwest assisting. Mr. Braly will construct a large concrete silo this summer. The last visit was made at the homo of L L Bock as. near the Broadmemd station. This Is one of the older and beat Improved farms of the county, con sisting of over 200 acres, and for charao ter of 'soil and the varied conveniences was the equal. If not the superior, of any place visited. The reception was most cordial. Mr. Bockes had his large flag flying from a tall pole, and on the up- j per Inclosed porch was. an eagle with' outstretched wings perched above two crossed flags, showing that Mr. Bockes' patriotism certainly Is at full tide. A feature at this farm which many farms do not possess was the granary building. with a center driveway and dump, where the hind part of the wagon is lowered and the grain runs down a chute and Is elevated into a cleaner and then sent to the upper bins for storage until desired to load for the market. The building also contains a feed chopper for use on the farm. An Isolated electric plant has been Installed here of the battery re newal system, which lights the entire premises satisfactorily and without greater cost than the rental method aft er a series .of years. , Bolls of Bitter Attract, The Independence of farm life was never better Illustrated than by the broad acres of . grain, large bottom pas tures with ) many graslng cattle, hogs and sheep, the comfortable and well kept bams, set In a spacious barnyard shaded with immense osk trees of nvr h-lf century s growth, a piggery with cement floor, a modern garage, containing a Hudson six. a smoke house, sheds for Implements, a Bulck roadster In the barn and electric house and granary. Not the least Interesting was the docen yellow rolls of splendid butter Mrs. Bockes ex hibited to the ladies and the pans and pans of cream, ready to. convert Into more butter. Such a sight makes city brei folks homesick, and ought to strengthen any back to the farm move ment ever launched. The success of this tour Is largely due to the enthusiasm and work put Into it by Miss Mills snd her assistant officers of the Country Life council and a'l are agreed that much benefit will result from this and future tours. Automobile Industry Is Losing Employes At least 80.000 of the 800.00 men who were employed by the automobile and allied Industrie at this time last year are now in the service ot Uncle Ham, either wearing the khaki or blue of the army or nary or engaged In the pro duction of war material and military equipment ' According to th department of labor, the automobile and allied trade have lost a blghr percentage of employes than any other Industry, the decrease In the number of workers ln January, for example, being more than on tenth of the total number employed during the previous month. riackamaa County Farmer If not busy and land Is seeded, whit waiting harvest com over bridge to West Linn from , Oregon City and apply free em ployment office .or one of the Jobs th strikers turned down six months ago. Lowest wagea tUt for hour. Few Job left. Over oo on payroll. Mill op erating full. ;: HAdv.) ! - I0HWES DOUBT REGARDING NAME CHECKING Attorney General Clarifies Uncer tainty as to What Is Expected . of Clerks. COMMON SENSE USE URGED Physically Impossible to Compare All Names, but Reasonable Certanty Is Expected. Salem, Or. May 18. In an opinion given by Attorney General Brown to Secretary of state Ben W. Olcott the uncertainty aa to what may be expected of county clerks In checking the names on Initiative petitions with the regis tration lists Is clarified. With a number of Initiative petitions In circulation, some' doubt has existed as to the duties ef the county clerks In complying with the provisions of chapter 17C, laws of 1)17. As a guhle to the county clerks. Mr. Olcott sub mitted to the attorney general, for his approval, a proposed form to be used by the clerks, and also asked for his opinion as to the work which should h done by the clerks In checking the signatures on Initiative petitions to as certain their genuineness. The attorney general says : ' rarpose ef the Law "It also should be kept in mind that! In construing new legislation, it is a familiar rule that the evil to be reme died, is first to be ascertained, and then give the law such construction that will remedy the evil. "The purpose of the legislature in en acting chapter 178. was not to prevent lawa from being Initiated by the people, nor to prohibit law from being re- i f erred, whereby people may, by thertv t selves, propose snd enact lawa but to protect these wholesome rights from the abuse of Irresponsible persons plac ing spurious names upon petitions "It would be a physical Impossibility for the clerk to compare 200 signatures in one day, or two days, and be ab solutely certain that they were genuine; i the law does not require certainty : the 1 certificate prescribed by the act doee not ' require proof beyond a reasonable doubt ine cenmcaie aoes not require certainty-.- bur It does require that the clerk rail Inform himself concerning the sig nature so he can express his belief In the certificate, that-such signatures are either genuine or not genuine, as the case may be." The attorney general" discusses the meaning Of the word 'belief" as used In the law, and then he says: Method fer Declsloa "With the abore observations In mind. I will undertake to answer your direct I Q"tlon as to the method the county I l kI m a k1aS Abb I , I A 1 am a ... i ,,ef " to ,tn.eI """'nenes of signatures tions. 0 in aja oi tne comparison requireo to De made oy tne clerk, there are certain presumptions of law that come to his assistance. Section 99. Lord's Oregon' laws, enumerates a number of legal presumptions In the law In evi dence that are satisfactory unless over come. They are denominated disputable presumption, and may be controert- ed bv other evidence. One of the ore - ?r.p IXrJZiZFSL J?rd vtdes : That the law has been obeyed'. "When a petition drawn in accordance with said law contains signatures which are verified on the face thereof, in accordance with the affidavit pre-1 scribed by said section 3478. L. O. L.. and such petition Is presented to the county clerk. . the' legal presumption la that the law has been obeyed. The circulator swears that 'every person who signed the sheet of the foregoing petition, signed his or their names in my presence.' He swears that he 'be lieves that - each signer has staUed his or her name, postofflee add and residence correctly.' and that 'each signer Is a legal volor of the state of Oregon.' and of the particular county therein given. Mast Compare niraatiret "Under the law before amendment the affidavit consituted sufficient proof, but since the amendment the affidavit Is still competent proof but not suf ficient The law distinctly provides that In addition to said affidavit the county' clerk of each county In which any such petition shall be signed, shall compare .the signatures of the elect ors signing th same, with the sig natures of the regietration -cards, books and blanks on file in hie office. It will be seen thst the clerk does not form his .belief upon the comparison alone, but such belief may - be sided by the affidavit or the circulator. "The presumption of law designated In the code as paragraph 25. of said section 19. will greatly aid the clerk where the signer of an initiative or refer endum petition signed his name In full, and also used the same signature ! ln ln oiiu-e ox in, roum cicth i nw time otitis registration. That Is identity of person from identity of nam. "In contradistinction, instances will arise when the above presumption of Identity of person from Identity of name will not apply. Occasionally, persons will sign Initiative and referendum pe titions snd instead of signing their names In full, will use their Initials while In registering they have used their full names. In such cases, there Is Identity of persons, but not Identity of names. Initials only stand for names Cemsaea Aa I'sed Notwithstanding the difference la the signatures to a petition and In the registration record, if the clerk, believes TetxOnt fiH la HiBfl Uttr-Cm!er-or llaH to Pest 0ftict TO THE LOCAL POSTMASTER i Kind V bar. Utter-carrUr d!ir to bm n $5. U. S. WAR-SAVINGS STAMPS at t -25e. U. 3. THRIFT STAMPS at 25c ac! tsw AoMre ws. Mar . J ' : W. 9 from the handwriting, or from any other lawful Information In bis possession. '. that the person slgntng the peUOoa Is ) la fact the same person whose asms appears ot record ac having regtstsred. then In. such oasa the clerk should cer tify the nam as genuine.'' v - "However, neither presumption Is con clusive, but each Is satisfactory until overcome. 'Dissimilarity In hand writing nay overcome the presumption. '"Again ; the clerk la not; sup posed to arrive at fcis conclusion by technical or mysterious methods, but by the use of his good common sense, and he Is permitted to adopt any lawful means tn arriving at his belief; but the law requires him to form a belief that the signatures are genuine or not genuine. In the very nature of the work of the clerk la comparing 209 signatures In the first two day a and 200 signatures every day thereafter, H Is well that the statute uses the word "belief." which. It will be remembe red admits of all degrees from the slightest suspicion to the fullest assurance. "The form of certificate which you have prepared for the county clerk, is entirely tn accord . with that pro Tided by the act know as Chapter 171, lawa of 1117." Cafeteria Service For Varsity Pigs St Paul'. Minn., May 18 Heal p1g enjoy, cafeteria service. Professor R. C. Ashby. animal hus bandry division. University farm, has proved the efficiency of the cafeteria plan of pig feeding, he says. Professor Ashby Is finishing some of his first caf eteria fed pigs, and finds they gained weight faster and at less cost than hand fed piga Self feeding devices were Installed la the feeding pens Jo help the farmer solve the wartime problem of labor shortage. The pigs select their own food In aa orderly manner, refrain from crowding In ahead of their turns, do not squeal about what they get and up to date no cafeteria pig has been seen eating with his knife. Labor Leader Will -Oppose Longworth Cincinnati. Ohio. May 18. I. N. 8.) James Wilson, president of the Pattern makers' league of North America, will oppose Nicholas Long worth, as con gressman from the First Ohio district, at the coming August primaries. It baa been announced. Wilson Is now tn Great Britain, one of a special labor mission to the organised workers of the allied nations, named by Samuel Uompers. president of the American Federation of Labor. Wilson, while a pronounced Democrat baa never been a candldste of lhat organisa tion. Both the back and tines of s ne comb are hollow and Into the former can be inserted a heated rod for quickly drying the hair. SUPERINTENDENT OF TELEPHONE CO. NOW A WELL HI j Operation Failed; Prepared to 1 r ' r Resign Positioiv Gains Ten Pouns on Tanlac "I asi Indeed glad you called." said X. M. Tancey. manager of the con- tract department of the Atlanta Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, Atlanta, Ga.. when the Tanlac representative. In response to an Invitation from- Mr. Tancey. entered his offices. Continuing, Mr. Yancey said: "I have been Intending to call you up for some time and tell you how grateful I am for what Tanlac has done for me. as I think it Is something every one should know about "I had been In very poor health for over two years. A few months ago my condition grew so serious and my suf fering so Intense that I practkmlly gave up all hope and prepared to resign my I position. I underwent sn operation. which seemed to dome a little good, but after a short time I began to decline and Just went from bad to worse. - "I was operated on for gall stones, but they found thst this w&a not my trou ble. My principal trouble was In my kidneys and bladder, and for months would have to get up at all hours of the night snd never knew what It was to get a good night's rest My digestion was poor. I had hardly any appetite. was feverish and nervous most of the I time snd could hardly muster up enough energy to attend to my duties and no medicine did me any good. "This was my condition when X be gan taking Tanlac I have taken four j bottles, have gained .10 pounds and my clothes are all too tight on me. When I go to bed at night I sleep aM night long and wake up In the morning rest ed and refreshed. My appetits has re turned and everything I eat seems to agree with me and nourish me. "No one ever knows how to appreciate good health until ther have tost It and I guess I'm tr happiest man In Georgia today. Kvery man and woman In this office, from the general manager on down, has noticed the great change In my condition and everybody la the bulMIng la talking about Tanlac Rver so many of my friends are taking Tan lac, and are congratulating nm on my complete restoration to health." Tanlac Is sol din Portland by The Owl Prng Company. (Adv.) ts.iitf m aLsi m m i P for which I will psy on delrreryt - ac) rV. S. 3. COST DURING HI 4.16 I Aac, 4.17 I S 42St I Dm, . ' 42J S. VORTH HJbO JANUARY t.mi