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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1918)
- : - - ' '!... s ; "If ! ' - ' , ... ; : . , I . ! ' i , ' i . . ' -1 :' ' , I ' ,. ' : i ; ' i '.' I '';!' i ' . ; ' ' ' ; ? ; : " 1 f - TTTE OKEGOX STATESMAN l TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1018 . A IM I III Mll.ll.iM .11 I.MIJS HI C 0 iVl M I S S 1 0 f Ens COURT 38.02 80.00 17.50 5.00 15.00 10.00 10.00 12.50 27.C0 261.35 25.00 13.00 5.00 2.R3 5.00 24.00 3.C aJ o.su i . . 7.75 25.00 2.81 ' is;75 1.81 5.62 23.25 31. SO 6.50 2.75 19.50 5.X)0 26.10 t Following is the official publication of the record of claims before the Marion county commissioners court for the Feb. term, 1918. with the amount allowed, bills continued,, etc, according to the records in the office of the county clerk. ., . . f ROADS A XI) IHGHWAYS Ilond District No. 2. Hodson Freenaughty Co., road ; " drag ............. ' Salem Sand and Gravel Co.,) gravel ....... i Fry. Frank, hauling dire. etc. Johnson. Joe. hauling dirt . . Jorden, John, building bridge Kacker, Earl, do ...... . ; Leffler. Ceorge,-do. ....... Malone, llarve, do Miller, E. 8., dragging . . Mooman, Claude, lumber . . Palmer. Earl, dragging .... Schol & Son, J., spikes, nails etc. Troudt, Odam, hauling dirt. . Whlteman. C. F., nails .... Wolfer, George, scraping. . . . Troudt, CD. patrolman .... , Road District No. 8. Hunsberg, E. W., ditching . . Hunt. Henry, dragging .... Kugnsting, Ben, dragging ' etc. . .". . . . .. ..... '; Kuensting. F. G do . . . . . . Marske, William. ditching, etc. ....... .. . . ,'. . Mason, Anton, clearing, etc. Miller, Neal, hauling tile..,-. . Miller, Sidney, building cul- . verts, eta Olson, Lars, hauling gravel, etc. . . . Phillips, R. W., tile ditching , etc. Williams, A. F.. dragging. . Tergen. E. C, do ........ Kucnstlng, Chas., Patrolman Road District No. 4. Dernier, Joe, fixing bridge Lee, Tong, hauling gravel.. McPoland, Hugh, hauling brush ..... ....... .... PHlett. Ed., hauling gravel . . , Lykes, R. B., hauling gravel WIdberg. Tmll. Miscel. work , Gearin, Fred M.. patrolman. Road District No. 0: Davidson, John, dragging... Davidson, Ralph, do . Earnest, Ixuls, clearing road Kirk, R. E., plow handler. , . Mertn, Steve, hauling gravel, ' etc . ... . . ...... Davidson, TWF., patrolman Road DUtrict No. 0. Du Rette, F. Ralph, dragging Rubins, Theo, haoing garrel Du Rette. F. R supervisor. . "ltnad TOstHct No. T. Andrews, George Sr., logs. . 1 Brun. Jeff, hatling dirt. . Cutsforth, I. E bridge work. Fhlndler. F." O.. do Andrews, George Jr, do.... Knglehnrdt, Mike, do Cutsforth, F. -H.. king log drai ... ... .... . ....... . : Cutsforth, John IH, patrol- . man Road District No. H. Donald Brick & Tile Factory Tile McCormick, Joseph, drag l ging & ditching ......... Deguelr. Peter, laying tile .. Illrt, Dan. fragging and ditching, ete. . ; . .... . . . Whitney, Henry, ditching. . . lf ITovenden, Albert, do ". . . Ifovendon, Edwin, do , McCormick, John, dragging r Scollard. W'm., patrolman. . . . Road District No. O. Koster, P. M., dragging roada Hansen,- Chres, 'tiling, etc . Morley; Roy, .grabbing Schwab, Fred.J tile ........ Taylor, John, putting In tile. "VanCleave, Joseph A., super visor . . ... . . . . ...... RofMt Wtrlot No. lO. Edgerton Bros. Lmbr. Co., lumber Schwab, Fred- J.," hauling rock, ete.., Crlcsenauer,' .John, hauling rock . . ,C ...... . ... . Schower, Joe, t loading rock, ; etc. Schwab, John, supervisor. . . Road UMtrict No. 13. . Behrends, B .11., repairing bridge Overlund, Edwin, dragging. Henjum. J, A. (supervisor. ... V - Roal District No. f. ; King, Charles, chalnman .. " Lelkem, A., marker ....... Road Ilstrlct No. 15. Muller, Albert, dragging. Salem Sewer Pipe Co., pipe . i Road District No. 15 J4. Fischer, Phillip, marker ... Road District No. 16. Kennedy, Abe, dragging. ... Steel, Claborn, do ' Jefferson. W. J., Patrolman .Road District No. 17. Ilargrafen, ; Joe, blacksmith Jrork, etc. 7-75 em Sand . & Gravel Co., -m gravel ; . V. ........... 14.7o Matthes, - WUIardt, hauling gravel . ; : . . . . . . . . C . : 5'-2 Painter. Joe.shovellng gravel Godwin, A. L-. hauling plank 1.25 Gouley, Romeo, supervisor. . 75-00 Iload District No. 18. Cole, Robert, hauling gravel 81.50 . Jones, W. AL.-hauling grav- , 1 . el. brush, etc. 13 00 - Townsend, t., hauling straws 2.0 Wane, S. C, shoveling 1-00 Wane, Wainard, hauling dirt 2.00 Cole, Robert, nails ... v ... . .50 Cramer, Emil,' bridge work . . 2.00 Hubbard. Ira, do ......... . 1.00 ' Nusom. Francis, do....... 2.00 . Patterson. Rav. lumber 2.00 Savage, J. C. bridge work. 3.50 Richard, patrol- 5.50 4.00 27.82 12.64 1.87 2.50 25.25 t IS. CO 1C.00 4.00 1.50 26.00 15.00 5.00 10. 00 6.23 4.00 2.50 6.25 B.00 5.00 7.50 S.00 10.23 33.71 13.00 S.00 32.00 4.00 4.00 4.00 15.00 12.00 4.00 -2.00 50.00 .15 1.00 21.00 18.23 20.S0 10.00 7.00 17.50 4.00 8.00 10.50 12.00 5.00 17.50 14.50 5.03 19.00 18.00 7.50 "V. t Pttersonf man i Road District No. 1. Hoven. Adolph, taking down bupukers .'. ........... Hoven, Oscar, do Uvesley & Co., T. A., lumber . and labor . . ..;..,.... Salem Band & Gravel Co., gjavel . . Watt Shlpp Powder Co., stumping powder Claggett, Archie, patrolman Road District No. SO. Salem Sand & Gravel Co., gravel . . ... , .,. . ....... Welch, N dragging , Hoffman, Carl, do ....t... Ownby; Jim. do Mitchell, Gloid, dV Graham, Al, hauling gravel William W. 11., do . Kapllnger, Wm. F., patrol man Road DUtrict No. SOJi. Savage, R. H.. chalnman . . Spaulding Log. Co., the Chas. K., stakes . . . Swart, Hedda, with transit, etc. J. . i . , . - Xltoad District No. 21. Salem sand & Gravel Co., gravel . - .... ....... Road District No. 22. Devries, William, plowing and ditching Jackson, Ben, ditching .... Flcklin. C. R-, repairing road Ramiden, C. J., patrolman.. Koad DUtrtrt No. 24. Benedict. Mick, filling boles Bell, I sad ore, do ....... . Van Handel, J. B.. patrolman Koad DUtrict No. 25. Colven, C. E., repairing bridge . . .Cox, Earl, do Eastburn, D.. F., gravel . . . Miller, C. Mi lumber . . .... Simpson, Frank, Rebuilt cul- - vrt k Vaughn, F., repairing bridge Von Behren. C, patroltnan r V, Iload District No. SO. Bear, C. A., bridge work. ... Benham, W. J do ....... , Farmer Hdw. . Co., , Ray L., Bails, wire, etc. . ... . . . . . Peterson, Ole. bridge work. , ( Peterson, Peter, do Ptftman, L E., do . Spaulding Log. Co., the Chas. L., lanjber ..... ... ... Thomason, P.y E., hauling Oregon Grain Co., lumber . . Tbomaaon, j. E. hauling rock 0 ' Bear, C. A., pa'rtolmAn ..... Road District No . 27. Hllfiker. Bernhard, hauling gravel, etc. ... Salem Sand and Gravel Co., gracel .Road District No. 28. Salem Sewer Pipe Co., pipe Harris, W. H., hauling tile, . etc Sawyer, Ben, shoveling, etc. Westenfionse, W. W., patrol- XQaVtl . ' f Road District No. 29i. Wright, Harley A., . hanllng roclc Hoyser, Geo. M., hauling rock i ecanian, . jsmes, anoveuas rock . ... ...... ...... Croisan, Edward M., hauling ; rock .......... . . . . . . Bowman, Joseph, do . . ... . . Coleman, Frank, shoveling rock ......... Bowman, George, do ...... Drugger, Willis, do .... Lwis, Wlllard P., do Lankford. Mrs. L-ula, hauling rock .'. ...... Hoyser, Geo. M., patrolman . . Kayser, John, gn. repairs . . Clark, Ellis, do Drake, Everrett, do Harper, John F., hauling rock. Grettle. Oly C do Meyer. . ,' Hugo, do ....... . Rizley, G.' T do .......... Dressier,- Geo do .... . . PttleJohn,;Wm. C. do . .. . Jones, J. N., supervisor . .. . Itod District No, 9. Grant, Chas.; 3-epalr - work, etc. . .... Hampton, - Tom, v repairing washout ...... Meier, Chas. t, dragging, etc. Simpson, Ben, repairing road Meier, Chas.. Jr., supervisor , Road District No. .V. ' Miller. B. H., one-third acre r land -,.......... Gordon, A. t L., repairs on ' plow, .etc. . '. Miller, F. M., gravel ...... WIed, Frank, hauling gravel Doty, W. E., hauling gravel, Skelton, wVlliam, bridge r work . . Weddle, Fred, hauling gravel Donohue. Dan, supervisor.. Road District No. 81. Doerfler, Orivel, bridge work FenneU,Albert,dragglng. etc. Fennal, Herbert,bridge work Iee, Chester, do Russell, II. E., do ......... Shipperd, Orvil, shoveling gravel, etCi ............ Russell, B.;H.. patrolman . . . Road District No. 32. Brown-Petl Lumber Co., lumber Spenner, Conrad, ditching, etc. i . Ditter M.5 J., do. . . . Hunt; C. J., patching mac- adam . . . Road District No. S3. Freres, Theodore, hauling rock . . . - Freres. m P. C, spreading : i rock .". , ..... . Lambrecht, Jacob, loading f rock ,.......... Etzel, Joe, spreading rck..i SlQgmundi J'rank, . hauHtf rock, etc. s .... . Etzel. John W.; ditching . ... Etzel. Geo. A-, patrolman Road District No. 34. Lomker, John, putting in fill, etc Sllhavie, Frank, work on fill, etc. . . . . ' ,. , Road District Nd. 35. Pearce & Son. liot L-, road drag -. i:. . , Road District No. 37. Sloper Bros. & Cockle, shovel Croslan, Edward M., drag ging, etc . Scanlan. James, shoveling gravel . . . 5.00 Elmore. John T.. cutting 3.50 brush, etc i. . . .1. . Elmore,' Charles, do . . ..... 31.14 Lander, Charted, hauling ...... 36.00 128.65 7.50 .75 5.00 2.00 4.00 3.00 31.00 13.50 18.00 1050 5.00 21.50 36.00 3.00 2.00 1.00 1.25 3.50 2 .CO 3.00 2.00 1.00 .70 6.76 1.00 1.00 21.C2 10.00 8.26 5.10 2.50 5.00 9.S5 4S.34 8.C0 13.50 a. co 8.00 3.00 24.00 10.00 4.00 7.50 20.00 .5.45 16.U0 89.00 20.00 16.00 8.00 2.00 6.00 3.00 40.50 48.50 ,6.00 1.00 45.00 4.50 21.00 47.25 61.76 .00 113.00 ' 4.00 1.00 22.50 4.00 23.00 30.00 6.25 1.15 27.00 6.00 2.00 38.00 31.50 S.90 18.75 1.25 3.75 5.00 20.00 55.00 26.17 3,00 2.87 4.00 8.00 6.00 .00 6.00 15.00 2.00 9.00 25.00 1.9.63 57.00 1.00 9.00 15.00 3.00 2.00 14.00 39.35 13.75 13.75 13.75 16.50 3.60 6.63 5.00 4.60 70.60 4.00 i gravel , . ............. Hoyser, Geo M., patrolman lUtad District No. 40. Work, C. I!., shoveling slides Dudlong, Harry, do ... .... Bud long, Percy, do Richards, E. J., patrolman.. IUmuI DUtrict No. 41. Salem Sewer Pipe Co.. pipe Gerhlng, Jacob, dragging, . Cralapp, H. H., raking g:rav- i J, etc ,n Runner, A. H., dragging . . . Salem Construction Co., gravel , . . . . . ......... Salem Sewer Pipe Co., pipe Salem Tile & Mercantile Co., tile . . . j0 5.25 Swegle, Cbarles.hanling rock 174.00 Swegle, Geo., supervisor ... 19.50 Road District No. 42. Spaulding Log. Co., the Chas. K., lumber Battalion, Mike, on steel drag . v Johnston. C, F.. do ....... Haln, Geo., planking bridge King. Harlelgh G., on steel drag . . Clark, J. D., patrolman .... Road District No. 43. Dovemport, Floyd.supervlsor SUvertbn Lumber Co.,lumber Road District No. 43. Fllflet, Levi, shoveling rock Kunkle, Arthur, holding scraper, etc Hamilton, J. M.. supervisor Road Dliitrict No. 46. Farmer Hdw. Co., Ray L., nails Rosenbaum, N.. bridge work Salem Sand & ' Gravel Co., gravel ; . Schopll, -Otto, bridge work. Snider, John, do Road District Xo. 40. Salem Sand & Gravel Co., gravel . . ............. Becker, Fred, hauling lum ber . . ...... .( Boschler. Albert, log drag work,! etc. . Edgerton Bros., Lumber Co., lumber . . Fresken, John, hauling lum ber, etc Jell. Philip, repairing bridge McKee, Rodney, culvert work Monitor Mercantile Co., Obersinner, Albert, repairing l)rlo , Obersinner, Joe. do ....... Plnsker, Frank, do Pinsker, Joe. do , . . Ryerson, E. o:, nails Stone, Albert, hauling gravel McKee, Chas. A., patrolman Road District No. MO. Salem Sand A Gravel Co., ' gravel Road District No. XS I . Drager, L. W., making re pairs . . .............. Mull, E. E.. spreading gravel Salem Sand & Gravel Co., gravel , . Road District No. R2. Sat em Sand & Gravel Co.,- Dnnlgan, Eddie, hauling Dunigan, Willie, baullng hauling gravel Dunigan. Maurice, dragging Lauderback, John,-do Tweed, John, do McDonald. W. E., do Janz, R. J., do . . , .... .... Rice, Charles, repairing drag Dunigan. Edw. Sr., supervisor Road Iltrict No. 54. Krug, Fred Jr., dragging .. Stortz, Sara,' do ...4...... Coplerud, John C, supervis or. . Road District No. 55. Schlf ferer, Fred, ; plowing Schlfferer, John W.. ditching Wlpper, II.. supervisor .... Road JHstrlct N. 541. Salem Sand Gravel ,Co., . gravel v.1..' . ... Steelhamraer, A. G-. sharpen ing grader -share Road THstrict No. KH. Salem Sand ft Gravel Co., gravel . .............. . Salem . Sand Gravel Co., . gravel Haynes, W. H.. patrolman . . Road District No. 50. Salem Sand &: Gravel Co., gravel Gengrich.' J., bridge work. . . Reeves. Or. M., patrolman . . . . Road District No. 60. Patton, Ernest V., ditching, etc ....,.........-. Fleming. John H.. spreading gravel . . . ......... Patton, .A; J., supervisor. . . Road District No. 61. Waltz. Herman N.. tile Buyserie, Isedore F., digging ditch .: ' Buyserie. Louis A., digging ditch, ete, Calemaa, fItoy, grading . . Buyserie, Alphonse J. patrol man v Iload District No. 02. Worden, Chas. B., dragging Lick. Ray, patrolman ..... Iload District No. 63. Davis, M. O., hauling gra vel Dentell, Orb. do Irman, Peter, shoveling gra- vei Lafcbe. Louie p.k on road drag. etc. Scheurer, John, hauling gra- VM .......... ......... Smith, Albert, do Smith, Dewey, do Matholt. Pete, patrolman Road District No. Davis. Bert, weld brace Rubens, al.. dragging. . . . . . Vanderback, AU ditching, etc Rubens, Joseph, supervisor. . Road District No. 63. Cramer. EmiL ditching ..... Eldridge, H. O.. dragging .. Patterson, Richard, patrol . man .......... Road District No. 66. Blone. ; Peter, bridge work. etc -..-.." Brown-Petzel Lumber Co., lumber ..... ... Forrette, Edwin, hauling lum ber, etc. . , Hookstra. Ed., shoveling grav el .. .. ... ........ Howard. Geo., B.. work on culvert - KuenzlL Hugh, hauling grav el... McClellan. T. Y.. spikes . . ScoQeld, Roy, draglgng. etc. . 17.71 4.50 4.50 1.12 4.50 9.37 4.00 6.91 2.00 2.00 4.60 1.05 2.00 1.75 2.00 2.00 117.50 4.00 18.00 34.26 - 6.00 2.00 1.00 3.00 3.00 2.00 4.00 2.00 1.68 2.00 43.50 50.75 2.S0 3.75 71.00 1.75 8.00 6.00 8.00 16.00 16.00 8.00 6.00 1.25 24.00 .. 8.00 8.00 2.50 2.00 1.00 2.25 52.00 3.50 66.29 12.00 27.00 7.50 2.50 3.00 8.00 1.00 5.00 2.25 2.50 S.00 9.00 28.22 6.7& 12.50 4.00 4.00 1.00 62.00 14.00 14.00 17.0 33.50 .50 9.00 6.00 11.26 3.00 10.00 I 15.50 7.00 29.41 6.00 3.00 1.50 4.00 1.26 4.00 Walker, eonard, patrolman . . 3.00 Road District No. 67, Krwert, John, gravel ...... 10.20 Neal, John. 00 .......... . 6.90 Road DUtrict No. RS. Forrest, Ward shoveling gTrel, etc 4.00 Road District No. 70. Lau, E. C. tile 1.10 Schmidt, Matt, wood ...... 28.00 Roadmater. Culver, W. J salary 6. ex penses .... 220.25 Northwestern L. D. Tel Co., call .25 Pacific Tel. A Tel. Co., The, call ... 6.75 Hal ran lirida. , 1 Buell, T. T.. engineer 150.00 Coast Bridge Co. & Robert Wakefield, payment on bridge . . .i369.t0 Domogalla, Frank, hauling dirt, etc 18.00 Erhton, Fred A., gravel de livered ...... 30.00 Laeell, E. W., testing lime.. 3.00 Portland Ry. L. Sc. Po. Co., lights 25.60 Salem Sand and Gravel Co., gravel 32.50 Whithington, J. L., team work ....... son Daily Capital ( Journal. The, oajem ierry5 aavertisment .20 Associated Oil Co., trucks, gasoline, Ttc. 65.63 Farmer Hdw. Co., Ray L., chain, spark plugs, etc... 12.90 Heckman, Chester, hauling gravel,, etc. ... .-. 109.95 Pearce Son., Lot L., gaso line .... . .. t i Stroud. E. B., hauling gravel 7g!oO v ivg, urotners, repairs and llor 27.17 MisceaU&nArMia. Colvin, Chas. bridge work . . 6.25 Van Nuys, W. C, do ..... . 7.50 Lewis, John, do ........... 260 Van Nuys, Chas.. do ........ 8.63 Van Nnri. n. w.. An 01 . . . - ..... Henderson, R. L., do ..... . 6.26 uennam, jay, ao w.,..,.:. g.00 lewis. c. jM do .......... 20.25 Ashby, C. C, on survey, etc. 11.00 ( Continued Tomorrow. ) GERMAN PLOT TO CORNER WOOL HIT (Continued from page 1) , thousand 'dollars; actually did get through to Germany early in the war, he said. , , . The.. war lasted longer than Schwerdts, Schmidt and their asso ciates expected and the British fleet drew Its blockade cordon tightly. Then the scheme developed Into the one of boarding wool until after the war. it is charged. Mr. Becker said that wool estimat ed to be worth $2,000,000 or f 8, 000.000 actually was. stored in America. .Then came a wool short age, prices went tip and the German interests decided to sell because of the profits possible. These profits reached Germans In Germany as the wool had been purchased to. their account. The British government had or ganized a textile council, authorized to act as consignee for all ahlpments of British wool to this country. This was Intended to make It certain that no wool coming here from British dominions fell into German hands in America. When the United States entered the war, America loiped with England in the opera tion of the textile, council, of which A. M. Patterson of this city Is teb head. Another Name Used. In order successfully to circum vent the restrictions Imposed by the textile council, Schwerdts. and his associates were obliged to conceal the fact that purchases contracted elsewhere and onsigned to the tex tile council were being made by Ger man firms. , "Schmidt used the name of John H. McClement, an American business man,: as : nominal; purchaser,". Mr. Becker's report to the -state depart ment said. "McClement was unable to obtain an import license and it became necessary to have an Ameri can firm serve as nominal purchaser. For this purpose Schmidt and Schwerdts appear to have used the names of Botany Worsted Mills and Forstman and Hoffmann, two wool manufacturing firms of Passaic, N. J." Schwerdts claims he is a Belgian in the sense that he acquired civil rights in Belgium through service in the Belgian militia. Schmidt was In terned in a Georgia enemy alien camp after the Bolo Paaha dis closures. - WOMEN WANT THE BEST. Woman Is more finely constructed than man and she requires the best to be had In medicines when her sys tem becomes disordered. Foley's Kid ney Pills help the kidneys cleanse the blood of Impurities that cause aches and pains in muscles and Joints, backache, rheumatic pains and put' flness under eyes. J. C. Perry. DEATH LIST IS PLACED AT 92 (Continued from pace 1) fishermen. They were handled by specially picked dorymen who knew every trick of. their trade and had the sinews, skill and stamina nec essary for the lob and the dorymen placed their human freight aboard the rescue fleet without the loss of a man or a single mishap. After making sure that no one was left alive on the wrecked liner the fleet pat about and headed for St Johns1 Director and Daughter Loaf. A radio message from one of the ships announced that John Shannon Mann, managing director of Bowr lng brothers, limited, owners of the ship, with his three-year-old daught er Betty, and the ehild's nurse, were among the first to be swept over board. Most of those lost . were swept overboard within a few minutes after the vessel struck. When the ship settled, until she was submerged aft from the funnel, those able to do so madetheir way to the forecastle, which was held above the sea by the rock which had pierced the armor plated hull. ' But as the ship settled the waves burst the doors off tb forecastle, flooding the compartment. Then a group of five men fled from the shat tered deckhouse and clambered to Uie rigging, signalling for help. The naval gunners who had reach ed the scene responded and aftet many attempts at 'shooting In the teeth of the gale place a line aboard The ship was Shrouded in darkness. The line was not hauled - aboard and this fact led to the belief that? all on board had succumbed. Later fishermen on shore noted a faint flicked of light on the wreck. This news was signaled to the res cue fleet. NELSON IS REELECTED " (Continued from page 1) the manual tra!iitk& depart meat will be descreascd. Th equipment, con slating of two lathes. . a grinder, a drill press, eighteen lench vises to gether with the no-iMnary tools and a couple of forges with anvils, will cost right around -Ki0. The ; xu..a: waking is? amr.. -tely connect el with the tn.l .M'ios of today than !s ud worit!a.:, n oao doubts. l"n s Irrcher for this k'nd of wctk it ir necessary that wo get sora r 5y from the trades whu ahs had prac tical exper'uo lit real shop work but let wio has Mie ability to teach. I krve just hoard 'Qm such a man vin I tp?r.M t know in WIs courfn. He wants ti come weat ytr His practical txperienc has e; ended over clrbt years in the Lima Locomotive works at Lima. Ohio, where h was an expert ma chinist. It is not going to be ay to get an Instructor who will meet the reqlureraents of the Smith Hughes act an dthis fs one of the reasons why I am bringing it to the attention of the board now. f want to rcowraend favorable action on this matter." . . . . When it came to a vote on the slow, Buren and Barnes aye. mateer. Clark voted no, and Winslow, Buren and Barnes aye. The question of buying about TOO cords of wood, afte being dlC esed for half an hour or more, was re-fv.-ied to a com m '.1 tee to report at the next meeting of the board. Superintendent Todd will leave this morning .for a visit to the schools of Portland, including Reed college. While In Portland Mr. Todd will procure additional infer mation as to the new vocational de partment In the schools of Portland, and report to the board his finding, that final action may be taken look ing to the establishment of such a department in metal working in the Salem high school. Germs of Disease shoold te promptly; excelled from the blood. This is a time 'when the system is especially susceptible to them. Get rid of all Impurities In the blood by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla, and thus f ortiyf y your whole body and pre vent illness. JAPANESE MAY ACT INSIBERIA Cossack General, Unable to Handle Situation, to Allies HARBIN. Wednesday, Feb. 20. The Japanese, according to reliable authority, intended to take action in Siberia at an early date, and there are evidences that the Japanese have long been preparing to carry out this raove. Thi situation In Siberia Is cmr.lcJ. ered extremely grave, owing to tKe Semenoff, head of the anti-Bolshevik movement in that vast territory secure allied support, for wh.ch he has appealed' to the Japanse. General Semenoff's movement now is officially recognized, and a erereral committee has been formed at Har bin, which will act as a geueril staff, divided Into three depaitmesU i financial, military and administra tive. . The Russian consul. M. Paporr, has been appointed chalrmfcn of the committee, - Two thousand Germans hmv been armed and ar drilHng at IrkutFk, capital of "the government of .lr VutskJn Eastern Siberia, and. ac cording to 'an official re 00 rt received by a foreign consul, tho Germans are making all preparation to $rmg ranch larger forces therr PaUman Manager Defends Tipping of Train Porters WASHINGTON. Feb. 25.- The "little fellow' among railroad em-( nlnvea was renresented today before the railroad wage commission? which was asked, not to rorget thousands of workers, organized and unorgan ized. Vrho contribute materially to the operation of trains, but are little known to the publ)c. Employes or the Pullman company were given official Inclusion among railroad men under government jurisdiction when Secretary Lane, chairman of the commission, told one of their number he might pro ceed with his representations on the theory that the Pullman company Is a common carrier. ' Tipping, which Pullman car port ers recently testified was relied on to supplement their small salaries, was defended today by L. S. Hunger ford, general manager of the Pull man eompany. "If porters were put on a straight salary, do you think tipping would continue?" asked Secretary Lane. . "You must take Into consideration that tipping Is a very general prac tice Mr. Hungerford replied. "I think the porter feels that he earns the tips and that the passengers feel the same way. - I believe the porters are fully entitled to the tips." . BotshevikVOrder Trial r of Nicholas for Treason ZURICH; Feb. 25-7-Tho Breslail Tageblatt cays that the Bolshevik! have ordered the trial of Grand Duke Nicholas by a revolutionary tribunal. He Is charged with high treason against the Russian republic. . PREPARING FOR BIG CONVENTION Committees Are Appointed for Laymen's Missionary Gathering A convention in the interests of the laymen's missionary movement will be held In Salem. March 1", 18 and 19 with men and women In charge at two places. Mrs. Paul Raymond- will be the women's leader at the Congregational ehurch while the men will gather at the Methodist church. MrsrRsymond Is the field representstlve of the Federation of the Women's Foreign Mission board of North America and the Council of Women aad Home Missions. To further the plans for the con vention a meeting has been called by Mrs. F. A.; Elliott., chairman of the woman's committee, which will be held today at 2:30 o'clock at the Y. W. a A. With Miss Florence Cleveland as chairman, the young woman's committee will meet at the Y. W. C. A. Thursday evening at o'clock Vf or supper, and will discuss thi plans for their eommittee work. The personnel of the committees Is as follows: Convention committee chairman, Mrs. F. A. Elliott. Statistics Mrs. Carl H. Elliott, chairman; Mrs. George A. Wood, Mrs. B. C. 'Miles. Mrs. William Fleming, "Mrs. E. Sherwood. Mrs. Mabel Buirgy, Mrs. Aspinwall, Mrs. S. W. Hale, Mrs. J. Bauman. Miss Doremus, Mrs. B. T. Mavis, Miss An drea Ibsen. - . Registration Mrs. James Elvin, chairman: Mrs. Fred Cooks, Mrs. Robert Gill. Mrs. A.- E. Hunt, Mrs. John Humphrey, Miss Gile, Mrs. J. Ray Pemberton, Mrs.' : Miller. Mrs. Bertha Peoples, Mrs. G. N. Thomp son, 7 Mrs. Plummer. Mrs. K. A. Kurtz. Mrs. E. Stenstrom. 1 ; Young women's committee Flor ence Cleveland, chairman; Violet Welborn. Edna Dierks, Roberta Mor ten. Hazel Long. Agnes Bayne, Laura Yantis, Florence . Miller. Helen Wood, Prlscilla Oiterbein, Lyra Miles, Isola ' Smith, Emma More. Laura Heist, Andrea Ibsen, Cfadys ZelL j.-.y .-....-.- ,, .'- Arrangements Mrs. W. I. Staley, chairman; Airs. C P. Bishop. Mrs. Ed. Weller, Mre. Fred Thompson, Mrs. Frank Reasoner, Ruth Hans bro. Miss Pearl Eyre.. J Publicity Florence Cleveland. Prayer Mrs. O. F. Holt, chair man; Mrs. R. 8. Wallace. Mrs.1 Pa rounaglan, Mrs. J. E. Hoekett, Mrs. John Bayne. Mrs. Eugene-Gllllng-ham, Mrs. Phelps, Mrs. Frank Brown. :;.:. . - ' Literature Mrs. A. A. Underhlll, chairman; Mrs. Wm. Buslck, Mrs. McKee, Mrs. Bornestadt. Mrs. H. S. Gile. : .:. . DepotatloU Mrs. KatheTine Up meyer, chairman; Mrs. Alice IL Dodd, Miss Gertrude Eakin. Conservation Mrs. F. T. Porter, chairman; Mrs. W. W. Emmons, Mrs. J. E. Hoekett, Mrs. E. E. Hor ton. Mrs. J. 73. Goltra, Mrs. Alice II. Dodd, Mrs. Mummy, Mrs. W W. Rosebraugh. Mrs. Miles. Miss Lydla Rex, Mrrfe-U. G. Shipley. Mrs. F. E. Jones, Mrs. Katherlne Upmeyer. Prnne Pools Are Closed 1 by Manager R. C. Paulas Manager R. C. Paulua, of the Sa lem Fruit union reporteed yesterday afternoon that he had jusfclosed oat the last of the Italian prunes, as wdl as the pet lies for the season, and fs now. en gag. wl in .sending, out the checks to the growers in these two pools, amounting in the case of the Italian to $20,000 and the petite pool to $15,000. - . , - The pool represented about a mil lion and half pounds of prunes, grown by 170 farmers. , - 1 Federal Officials to Probe Shortage of Cars H. H. Corey of the Oregon public service commission was today advis ed by the office of Director General McAdoo that R. 8. Aishton. a region al railroad director at Chicago, will Investigate a reported excess of cars on the lines of the Southern Pacific company In Oregon relative to the 1 feasibility of transferring cars from the Southern Pacific to the Union Pacific for the benefit of lumber companies at Baker and other east ern Oregon points. The communica tion from the director general's of fice Is in reply to a message sent by Mr. Corey calling attention to con ditions la Oregon. The Southern Pa cific today reported to the commis sion a surplus of twenty ears in the tate. The Spokane, Portlani & Seattle reported a shortage of nine ty-nine. r - . WHl TURNING FOR BIG ORDER Three Shifts of Laborers Keep Salem-Kings Evaporator :v Going The 1 O S call issned Saturday night by Manager Jack Walker re sulted in an oversubscription of la bor at the Salem-Kings Products company's plant yesterday morning, when the wheels began to " turn around for the first time in about ten days, having been stopped for the making of a few nectstary re pairs before beginning on the gov ernment order for 600 tons or de hydrated potatoes. Forty workers, on etich of ; the three shifts, making !a tolal of. 12? workers, are now engaged day and night getting out the first of Uncle Sam's order for potatoes to feed the army, and as rapidly as the raw po tatoes are aeuverea ai ine iwiorj the help- will be increased if neces sary. This;! to say nothlni? of the thrro foremen and their assistant on each shift, hopper men,' anl evaporator tenders, necessary' to rut the upmli through, while thi office one Is , busy making out tha r-port and gst ' tlnr ready for shlppintr directions. There Is one thing Manager Walk er rays he can congratulate hlm'l' coe, and that Is when orders a re re ceived to forward ca"S of products for the government, they will have precedence ovar all other traffic, Just the same as fuel or troop trains, Speaking of the contract yester day. Manager McDanM of the Com menial club, said , . "I consider this the most luij or tant deal Salem ever had. It vn means more than the celebrated or der for prunes. It will keep njor people at work, and it means winter as well as summer work. If the Salem-Kings people get the contract for onions, carrots and turnips which they bid on there Is not telling where the, business will end, and even this order for dehydrated potatoes means, la my opinion, the closing or a con tract for our proposed starch fac tory." ' F. W. Steusloff, n. C. Paulus. Jo seph Albert, W. T. Jenks and other whe were asked their opln'on of "tno potato deal by the Sajem-Klngs Pro ducts people, practically were of the same opinion. F. Mm Howe Drops Dead -While Working in Field While working in a field, F. M. Howe drepped dead yesterday after-t noon at I! o'clock on the C. F. Lan sing tanch near Salem. Mr. Howe was 69 years old and came to Ealcm 28 years ago. Death was pronounc ed ?ue to npoplexy. He leaves a widow, Mrs. Sarah Hcwe and the following children, Mrs. O. R. Freeburger, Portland; Mrs.ePauI Stage, Salem; Clair J. Howe. Eugene and Holla Howe of Saa Francisco. , The body is at -the undertaking pariors of Webb & Clough and fu neral arrangements will be inado later. DRYBOCKTO BE FINISHED SO Oil Great Pearl Harbor Iaval Station to Be Completed By June HONOLULU. Feb- 22. (Corre spondence of the Associated Press.) The great Pearl harbor naval station drydock, which has been in proceKS of oonHtrnctlon for several years, will be completed by next June an-1 ready for use by the largest battle ships next fall, according to an offi cial statement by local navy auth orities. No ceremony, it Is announc ed, will mark the first opening and closing, of the huge caisson gate for the reception of the flrsf warship. Originally It was Intended to have the event observed by Impressive cer emonies, but the war has upset all that. -. The work on the Pearl harbor na val station began in 1900, when pre liminary surveys were made for deepening and widening the channel from the open ea and for dredging out 4h bar; at the entrance. This work rfeo aired several years before the actual construction was 'begun. The drydock has had several seri ous setbacks, the gravest of which occurred several years ago and de layed the work for more than a year. At that time the entire bottom, of the drydock blew up. ruining all that ad bee done. The cause of the disaster, engineers discovered, was that the dredged out bottom was softer than thev adjoining ter rain and the pressure of the latter caused the bottom to blow ip as If a huge Tharre of dynamite; had been exploded under It. I After a long delay a new schemo of construction was adapted. Instead of pouring concrete on th bottom, hnge concrete blocks were moulded. These were floated out and let down to the bottom, securely anchoring It. 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