A FOOl) SLACKERS ARE NUMEROUS IN THIS Window Cards Not Necessar ily Sign That Rules Are 1 Being Kept J " INSPECTOR MAY COME Fish Not Preferable Because Public May Be, Getting - Jobbed On It , ', Iiv V. O. CGWGILL ! There are many slackers in Saletn. Those I mean Mho have received the 5 government food cards in '; their homes with full directions as to the savings desired by'th'e government, .especially in wheat, mefct cf all kiBs and sugar the three sen 'tiaj products "of, America that? niuet be saved bw. voluntary action on the part of the 20,000.000 families of the land. 1 " Into one meat shop Tuesday morn ing, while 1 was obtaining tle indi vidual opinion of the proprietor of the market, came a man apparently la a hurry. It lacked then only a few minutes of noon. He heard our conversation touebiag the rales just laid down through F. W. Steiislofr, foOd ongervator of Marion county, nd made the remark that he'nOver ' figned an agreement he did not' be lieve in and that he and hi 5 wife r;ere saving in all directions.' - Hut when he. was pinned to the fact that the government demands the savin, ,f,so many pounds of actually welgh--td-eut nieat every Tuesday of each vefk A; long as1thewr shall last, la . order that the ounces of I meat thus actually saved by .each family - 'ia tbe'ljnd may bo utilized in po- ipfitJas FairSabkl la Trf. ' aagi Play,- "Hie JjiimV Ccniing to The Bligh Theatre 'Next Sunday j COUNTY Toctay I Bligh Theatre . QNEDE ... COMPANY Presenting - . "GAP 02 ; --' ..-' .;. - I ' ' Four AiAsr-i 'han c of VaqJriUe and iMctnres by . Request . Friday, i SNKDKKEU'O). iaeKs oC, tlte,St(iim (imntrV THREE DAYS - . ft,-., yJV "-o "fa f ' v i . - iv - r ft J-' .. i : ffl 'M . i,. . : -10--1 r'Sm " io .1 Din i V b Dn ! Kiln I---- -iliu vi f' ACTS 1"SE5-1 ACTS THE SOULiSTIRRING HUMAN I EPIC OF THE NOIlTHyEST., The'BARRIE Produced under .the personal .supervision of REX , BEACH, the Author, BIGGER, BETTER AND FAR GREATER THAN "THE SPOILERS'A BIG EVENTS-ARRANGE TO GaEARLY 1 LIBERTY .New Great The British have not stated just ho-w large is the mighty weapon of war, but they insist it js the new-i est-nnd the biggest gun t far-produced for war uses. It is here shown on the way to tbt - Fland s front. The photograph indicates iti&a rifle as Ions as liioKt naval gups and perhaps of larger calibre. Vidin for soldiers or sailors of the' I'nittd States, in addition to provid-rfttct ing the armies and navies vt the) allies in war with nTcessarv meat: I iue ni;n picked un his rrse atd left the shop. .MV;;..s,.:: ,..-- Whet her 4 "went to the next shop and boHghtwhat lie wanted, 1 did not learn, foVj 11 st then two or tlirt- nice oOkmg women ; came in,-; and were served with ordered. -- -. the meats- tlMyJ The propi ietor of vthe- FhopLsaid IKat all biitHier sbops should le clos ed on jettess days, whiehwouli do-more than anything else to teab the pnblic that . thse last requests of the government were not .made for the fun cf making new laws, or rules, but to be rigidly enforced. The proprietor said, also that I might come into his-shop and buy 15 cent ' -worth ' of steak jnst enough for my family- or I might buy one dollar's worth, and fee woald be none' the wieer, as to the probable size of my family! Farmers Lcany to town oniTuesdays, say' they cannat ; gt in anv othr ; day 7 and' buy for theif use on Wednesday. But, who 'can tell on what day they -use the meat? They have plenty of chick ens, but claim they get tired :, of chicken .and bacon on ham. ' Fish Is high unreasonably high and the markets arfe often without poultry of any kind. What is the hotel rnanv or. rostauranteur to di about it? ; v y One man ' went to. attnarl?:et last Tuesday to get halibut at : 30 cents a pound, but when ; he tested thut particular piece of -halibnt he found it so decomposed that the stench drove biro oi?t of the niaTktt. , A'v'hat is fne Htisnn f;sh Is h!d so long in'cold Ftoraif.V? it U for the take of bleeding the 'public Fish that costs . (originally about- se"fen cents a pound atthe tnouth of the Columbia rive'r, or -on Paget saunl, Should sell atr retail, all tfanrperth tioo. and reasonable cold storage charges added, for not ta exceed 21 cents a pound, and that would be more, ?than it is actually, wortft, a-S cording to prices, of other vear. Smelt is growing "beaper. and will continue to grow'- less, but other kinds of fish are high, and apparent ly will, remain high. Investigation among the grocery- 77. - RER10 STARTS -TOMORROW i , ' THEARE:i Gun Sent by British to Flanders Front men and other dealers reveals the that 'fdnepdays are l. Ajg very won ooservei iy an aeaiers as wheatl-r. days. The groeVrymen .i v... ,,, 1 r-1 n nrr.-w th. - cntri ini, in vvii- Ixr. Kve and corn breads--are-be ing sold, or other colored breads. Hut son.e wfcpat bread is browo. One Women was b-tirl to say that hrnwn hrend ia nntf-nnsideretl a via. latini .f fWhenIesS ta ns -white bread aithough she aun itlrd it Is made of wheat flour or gTaham. It is simply wheat j-round with the busks on in. Whole "'wheat "flour is1 more nourishing than pure white, or graham flour, and is bein lartrely i'fised." as it utilizes overy iwrt?cle of the best.art of .the wheat kernel, land loaves no waste, to.sp:Jk of In kh; grinding. ( j Then there are tbre? great 'proJ licta from corn, im addition 'to corn hieal! and these are corn starch, ma eolat oil and karo.' the "latter in three flavors. ' This karo the best "-sweet-.ening in the market, and should be used tin times morf. than it is inthe place of iigar on the taifle. Corn .meal should be used rnore'ln every. fa.mily. It has dozens of ways of being" made palatable.' - Karo and mazola oil should be used in cooking, and com starch for puddings, etc." The annual prod not inn T earn in the tTnitefl States; according -to gov. ernmenf figures, is an av?rage of S'OOOOOO.OOC bushels the ' very biggest erop grown fn the T'nited Sttf'tes. tt IsYhe big factor in fattsn ing hogs, chickens, and in silag'! form feeds million.? of rows - and steers,," but when ground into mes' whib? the very best -human food, from a roint of of view-of nourish ment, will not keep fre?h for ship ment to great distances. That is why it is used very littleMn the arnty or navy of this or any ether country. There will be a" government food inspector around one of these days, and lika the income tax collector, he will, hunt out all -slackers, and, Tt may be, in the pot di.sant . future the peor! of the United Ftitos will be paced on daily rations as are the people- of' England, Canada and France fod ay. T7R1 the citizens of Mariot county and.Ralem await such ar-tion? r I know of -many patriotic citjzns that bare rationed themselves for more than one year past, and yet, they are just as happy as they were formerly, ive just as well, eat about as. much, are healthier than ever, but give more time to other-duties, wear less costly clothes, eat second grade meats at home, support the lied Cross systematically, and con tribute now regularly to the Armen ian Fnffers. -Don't you know of others? Til KiMKIUCW There- is something charmingly homelike to Americans in at least one passage of a recent alleged in terview between a newspaper cor respondent and the Russian revolu tionary foreign official, as the cor respendent reports him: "A few of our Intellectuals who held minister ial posts got cold feet recently and re&igned." Cold feet! What is-Rus-sia for cold feet?-r-Christian Sclpnce Monitor. Washington-Bey Praised ' J by General Pershing ' Private Sylvan Taylor 0f Washing tori, D. C, has been commended by General TerEhing for coolness in ac tion. With a detachment or Hhe Third battalion of the Eighteenth in-fant-y he was subjected to a severe fire from the Germans, to be followed later by a ras alarm. The men, and particularly young Taylor, behaved with such iHdnesa that General Per shing took notice of-it.' : ' ' ' " , t -t", , t ; s-'"""' ' S 4 : r ; 4 ' - $ ' y- f : y v . - ; - -t i-vKr'- r-- Urn 4 r v. " "-y." I ' ' V- : 4 ; f i ' ' -r'Vy Hi ' i V ' U i i il ' I, ' - ; I n THE OREGON STATES3IAX; . THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1018 LIBERTY BONDS t AT LOW MARIE Stocks, However Move to Higher Levels at Close ; of Day Y Business NEW YORK, Jan, 16.. Disregard ing the contradictory '-tenor of for eign advices, maintenance of C per cent call money -and a neW 'low rec ord for one of the liberty issues, to-, day's languid stock market gradually sought higher levels, subject, howev er, to intermittent pressure. Pools, resumed their activity In a number of speculative r specialties but in seneral dealings- fell below recent averages, both as to volume and number "o?- issues iuoted. ' The railroad situation with its en forced curtailment of industrial operations.-exerted- little adverse influ- epce, although 'rails made less upr ward progress than any other divi sion of the active list. Leading steels, equipments,' cop pers and Mexicans, made extreme gains of one to three points iwth mo tors, tobaccos and shippings. Final quotations - we,re . mostly aLhigbest levels of the day. United States Steel closing at'Sl 5-8. a net ---gain, of 13-3. Sales, amounted to :j 83,000 ha's- Declqration of ' the regular divi dends on Baltimore & Ohio common and preferred was not announced un til after the closeyof. t h market. The foreign' exhang market was irregular, .franc3 hardening with an easier1 tone fo" lrep; Liberty Eecond- 4's fell from 96.26 tp the new minimum . of 96.10. First 4's were quoted at 97.40 to 9C20 and the 3'4'st S.ro toS8.50f, Total sales, pafvglue. $4,725,000" ; ITnited, States bondi.ld -issues. w.er unchanged on call. CISOrP AT MII.I?HT WKI v-MORXIXCJ. ,A few nights ago one of" my pat rons had a small child taken with croup about raid-night." writes M. T. Ttevis.- Bearsville. W. Va. "They cane to my store and got a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar. Before morning the child had entirely recov ered." ITse only Foley's for coughs; colds,-cronp and grip. J. C Perry. Commission May Let Go ttvo Millions in Bondt Whether it will sell the $2,b6o, 0t0 in bonds available for this year under the J6.000.000 road bondinu act will Le decided by "the state high Way commission at its F'ebruary meeting. The act contains the fol lowing provision: "No juore than $.1,000. 000 In bonds shall lie issued hereunder durr ing the year 1917, and that, not more thun $2,000,000 iu addition to any .surplus unissued or unexpended over the $1,000,000 authorized for the year 1917 shall be issued during the year 1 9 1 s." " f Report Many Cases J of Rheumatism Now j dr;4 Hays ne muxt kei feet I Ic-s meat. - . j. , - .-. t .- I . Stay off the damp gYoundV' avoid exposure, keep feet dry, 'eat dess meat drink" lots ''of water and above all take a spousful. of salts o.'caslon aly to keep down4uric acid. Ithe'nmatifcTit isi val:sed by p'olsonotis totln, called vrie a id which, is gen erated in tbe bowels and absorbed into the b!ood. It is -the lunction ot the kidne4 .to filter this acid. from the blood and cast it out in the wine. The pores of the skin are also a means of freeig the blood of this impurity. In damp and chilly, cold rwcather -the ,skin pores are ciose-J, thus forcing the kidn-ys to do double work, they become weak nd suggisb and fail to eliminate this uric acid which keeps accumulating and circu lating through the system, eventual ly settling In the joints anS muscles, causing stiffness, soreness and pain called rheumatism., , At the first twinge of rheumatism get from any pharmacy about four ounces of Jhd' Salts; ptrt a' table spoonful in a glass .of water and drink before breakfast each morning lor a week. ' This is said to elimi nate jiric acid by stimulating the kid neys to normal, action"., thus rid dins the blood of these impurities. Jad Salts i is InexpesJref harmless and is made from the acfd of grapes and lercon juice, combined with lithla and is usedwith excellent results by thousands of folks who are subject to rbeu matism. Here ' you have a pleasant, effervescent lithia-water drink which overcomes uric acid and is beneficial to your kidneys as well- CAMPAIGN FOR ' Y. W. C. A. T0 BE NEXT WEEK Betterment of Moral ' Stan dards About 'Army Camps . , Is tine Object NURSES' HOMES PLANNED Nation Is Called Upon to Fur nish Four Million Dollars - For Cause Next week, January 21 to 27, be gins the drivefor this state's and the northwest's share of the f 4,000, 000 fund required by the national war ',work council of the- Young Women's Christian association, to carry on a work which is of vital Im portance vto all: girls and women, whether tfireetly or .indirectly affet ed by the "war, as well as for tfie EoldTerboys themselves. The govern ment has requested that-it perform eeytain liifes of constructive work at home ami in tbe battle rone. The northwest 'quota is to be $144,000. in, addition to the famous hostess house work, which brings soldier, sailor, his family and women friends together under homelike environ ment and: gives him new cheer in lonely camp and cantonment, the Y. V. C. A. war wofk is equally direct ed to bringing help to the girls and women war, has brought Into strange employment 'and left "Without- ade- quate protection against influences that -undermine the higher standards of our- day. ) Tlianks Tjetters Come. "The work of our wonderful host- e?s. houses has already brought the Y. W. C. A. many thousands cf thankful testimonials-and is conse quently quite well known, said Mrs; William MaeMaster, chairman or the northwestern field of the national war work council. "P.U In this more tangible institu tion sight must not be lost of anoth er -work very vital to our nation Tnts eonstiyites. for the general wel- ""ar. 1: irf-""ant-Tnnction- of -he y. W. C. A.' - It is concerned with 'he. cr-. rrioral guidance 'and hous ing of the thousands upon thousand3 of f girls' who are employed In; new War-time industries tn'the vicinity of-jarmy camps and in the war Eono itself. ..The -coming of the war has brought to "girls . and women longer honrs of labor,' emotional excitement, nerve strain, crowded housing, moral dangers, shifts in enfployment. and to the. non-English speaking women perpiexuy, ana iear.. fc. "To meet these" crucial conditions,"' vhich .left to "work themselves out "n- theJr own way, would Result disaa rour.ft- for the whole nation, the Y. W. C. A., through Its national war work council, has undertaken the 'ask of supporting ; women's Idus 'rial standards, the providing of wholesome recreation, physical train ing, social morality instruction, safe housing, vocational ' training and guidance and protection and advice 'or foreign born" women. , Xeed in France Great. "In, Ftance the" need for Y, wVC. A. help is great. Amole.provis4o"S s now made for Y. M. C. A. huts and dugouts in the warson. bnt hus far it has not been posribfe tc irovide huts where the heroic. nnr.-"s of, whom thousands are near th bat tle lines, may run in to eniov j h't at -est and recreation to rehiU'd thm n mind and body for the next day's emergencies. ; "Alany of these hnts j-e TieoHed near the base hospitals. Tt takes just f I ' U wT ,v1',,B,LL 1 "r I nish and make It homelike ; There i.H 12000 to erect one and $300 to fur lso irreat need for tbe "Fwr enn teens" in the various industrial "aftd HJimnnltion cntern. "-her" proper food, rest and recreation for over work edj French wbmonh may be ob tained '-. '( , ' ' . "The women r', Frqrc have ad vfsed the Y.'W. ' wrrers over there tnat they will themselves raise $4000 lf the piw1lm tvifl provide "v similar, amount t uch a canteen n Paris. When r-called that he ' women munition? workers in Pranro ar working to the last ounce of rhelr strength to win the war the least we, ar Americans, can do is to give them the means to get rest and a , new lease on their minds' and odies." Camn Tuls Work firows. "The hostess hone at Camo Tewis continues to grow in popularity and ts visited 1v on avrare ' of 'from 2500 to COOrt peonl flailv.- 'While mother", wives, an sweethearts are in the living room visiting their sol dier boys, the Information -desk is the busiest rbe Irt.fh eantonment. ;In two Greeks of Deeember4331 questions were, answered, 332ft let ters posted, 500 people directed how' to find friends, .3 4 3 telephone mes sages delivered, 38 parcels checked fre of charge 2605' woman ' taken '"are of In the rest room and seventv fonr children" and . babies in th- rursery."." ' INDUSTRIES 5T0P ; ''FOR FIVE DAYS ( Contjaaed from pare 1 ) they said tonight, that the homes must be kept warm at all costs. Re ports hflve poured into the fuel ad ministration's offices fDrdays;part telling of intense suffering In many parts of the country. , , 4 ' Xewsnape'ra .Vot Included. Besides shipyards and factories producing food stuffs the few excep tion to . the. general rule forbiddlngl i no use ot coai in tne periods speci fied as plants which mtisj be con tlnouslir i operated to prevent Injury to tb plants themselves, newspaper plants and printing establishment' i '' '..- - "I . . . : '-. i ' v " Our store is crpwded from; morning Jill night ; such WONDERFUL BARGAINS .are seldom offered by any merchant, but we must save freight and the less we carry along the less freight bill we will hayeV ' . " ' YELLOW PACKAGES You can readily see who is doing the business of the town; note the many yellow packages and gray suit boxes people 1 are carrying out of our store; your turn next, come in and ' buy; your needs now in CLOTHING, HATS; (SHOES and FURNISHINGS v Remember also we are closing out our entire boys depart- ment for we are n,ot going to; carry boys' goods in Tacoma , RE IW OVAL SALE !, " ; -' r ' I " ( - - ' - t .' - ; , '' '''' "--,.-.- ":--:." ':.; "''"''',--:-:'- "''--.:-,''- '--'i-''- '"'.,-''. :,!'. 'Beejaeiiiini Birrcl The Corner Store 1 t -- " : " 1 " ; 1 "- . which " public carreot and; pes4odical magazines.. . r :' .'.'-' On the Monday . holidays berddes manufacturing plants the t following consumers wilt be. forbidden .to use coal: ; ' -",'-..-':.,. " ';-.-' Business and .professional t offices (except to prevent freezing); except those i used for government officers or bank and trust companies . and those-i housing' "phys'cians and dent ists; wholesale arid. 4 retail ; atores with exceptions for drugstores and. tbose that sell food; all amusement places and saloons.- State f u'el ad ministrators may close the bank and trust company - building if ; they think necessary. ' t- On the'h9lidays sub-way, snrfare elevated and suburban cars will be permitted to use only the amount of coal they normally consume on Sun days. ... f - . " Some domestientllitfes probably will be exempted from the.;order In suppleVnentary rulings, including laundries,," Ic&, plants and hundred? of others upon which the; people"are dependent for supplies and service. Order Early Kxpccted. Cutting, oft ' coal to non-essential industries had been expected Jn Washington: for a week. It was ,ex plained tonight that they were not discriminated against in the order because of the -fact that it was al most impossible to classify indust ies as essential and nonistiaL Ttiosuands ot factories produgrao called non-essentials, it 'was pointed out, supply either directly oriindi rectly plants which themselves man-, ufacture goods vitally needed by the tuvernment or. by the public. Sus pension of 'a few industries Is ex pected to- interfere with deliveries if the' railroads can move the goods In the present congested state. Officials tonight foresaw that tho German government would probably distort and make much of the order to improve the morale of theCenman people, but they said this danger was uegligable when compared with that of permitting--the fuel situation to continue unimproved, ti,-, -,tA t The ' order was Issued under au. thority conferred in the Iever food act, which provides a fine of 50ov or imprisonment for violation : of its provisions, and - warning was given that Jtx : would be strictly enforced. ' Business Disfavors " Ordar. WAV YUltK, Jan. 1C Fuel ad ministralors ' in New York tonight arplied a voluntary censorship ' to their .comment on Administrator Carfield's drastic order foi the con servation of fuel. They declined to talk about It until they had an op porunity "tot digest , the unexpected regulations.; 1 "' Business menwere not so reticent and it was easily gathered from their remarks that they did' not look with favor upon the order. fMoct of them, especialy newspaper publishers, ex pressed norrtr less confusion as to Jusf what It meant, f ' ' A deIega.tion of theatrical .men an nounced that ithey would go to Wash ington tonight an I appeal .to the ad ministrator to permit thehi to keep open Mondays 'I but ' close 'Tuesdays, It was explained by them that thetness disappears. Don't stay crip pyscbologlcal effect" -upon th pub lic of having a holiday, Monday and no place to go except home would be demoralizing upon thd New York public. ' '-' ' The pr-d'ntof the Stock Ex change said the exchange would re main open if the traders on the floor and the employes, had to wear over tiiizf Brolrers took. the game po Kitkn. " ' -'""-..- .' ..- '-: -: -i- E. H. Qutetbridge, president of the chamber of commerce of th state of v IteIdence ITione 232. Republic Truck. Goolrlch Tires. JMt. Angel Garage - - , 47IIOWE KCTIVFIDEIl f Proprietors. "" ! - 1 ' " ' Sit. Ansel, Or. Hforage ami Repairs. . -v - - ' M State and Liberty New York, said Dr. Carfield's order Eeems to give "great encouragement to the enemyr great diseouiagment to our allies, and great Interruption to the war preparations of this na tion." . -. - lMIt seeniA to me that the program of a suspension; of Industries is a de structive rather than a constructive program," he declared. -, fit seems that the, most drastic ef fects should be made to increase the production of fuel rather than to bave to curtail production of the neces- si ties for lack of fuel." v t, ' Iublishers lTotest To Wilson. " ; .The following telegram was Ef.nf. to President Wilson tonight ; by the publishers . of The World. Iferland. Evening-Post and Brooklyn Eagle: t "We earnestly represent that tl. order just issued byt the fuel admin istrator is calamitous in Its character apd unnecessary under, the fast im proving conditions. It will, dislocate industry, throw millions out of em ployment and 4 impoverish-, famiia who depend upon dally wages. .A fiveday interruption and ten Monday;; bhut down will wipe out their Uvin -margin. Why not order five working days of sixteen hours on coal de liveries and mine production, bring ing certain relief- instead of destruc tion." Dr. Garfield's otder was read to night at the annual dinner of the Na tional wholesale Dry Good 3 associa tion. Manufacturers, wholesales and commission merchants from all parts of the country were present. It wa recelved.In silence. A few-momenta later there wast scattered handclap pirig and a buzz of widespread comment.- :-" ' -: - ..' ,- -., CHICAGO,, Jan. 16. NVarly 9K ! manufacturing plants in the Chicar manufarir JrlDg district will Jbe uhut down and 400,000 persons will stop work, under. Dr.. Garfield's fuel con servation order, it is estimated. The Chicago district takes in the big steel piants at Gary, Ind., Kart Chicago and . Hammond and the Calumet and North townships. , . Perstfns Who have been ill a great deal are generally tall, since lying, in bed. .with the Iir4ib3 relax ed,, induces giowth." KIDNEYS NEVER CAUSE BACKACi Rtib Pain, Soreness and Stiff ness Right Out With Old , "St' Jacob's Unbi ent" Kidneys cause backache? T.'ol They, hate no nerves, therefore can not cause pain. Listen! Your bark ache Is'cansed hf luriibago, sciatb-a, or a strain, and the tuickent relief is soothing, penetrating "St. Jacobs Unliuent." Hub it right on the ar he or tender fpot, and infetaudy the pain, soreness, .stiffness and lame pled! Get a small trial tottle of "St. Jacobs : Liniment" 4from . y ur druggist and limber. up. . A moment after It is applied you'll wonder what became of the backache, srf atica or lumbago paio. "St. Jacoi-s Liniment" stops any pain at one -. It is harmless and doesn't burn or discolor the skin. It's the only application to rub on a weak, lame or painful back, or fov lumhag'A sciatica, neuralgia, rheum atism, sprains or a strain. rbone 101.' " -j Overland Service, AH Accessories : .... 4 - 1 s -