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Sold only In one size bottle, never in bulk or otherwise; to protect the babies. The Centaur Company, Stories From PARIS, Dec. 1 (By Mall to New Tork.) After fifty elf ht days of ad venture and auffertng within the Qer man lines a lieutenant and a private of the 140th Infantry have managed to rejoin their regiment They are all that aucceeded In escaping out of a total of forty officers and three hundred men of a detachment cut oft their regiment. Although surrounded by over whelming hostile troops the detach' ment resolved to fight their way out, If possible, and they set to work the very same night The German! were on the watch for them and although they charged again and again the little band was borne back by sheer weight of numbers, so that when the CREAM FOR CATARRH OPENS UP NOSTRILS Tells now To Get Quick Relief from Dead-Colds. It's Splendid! In one minute your clogged nos trils will open, the air passages of your head will clear and you can breathe freely No more hawking, snuffling, blowing, headache, dry ness. No struggling for breath at night; your cold or catarrh will be gone. Get a small bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your druggist now. Apply a little of this fragrant, antiseptic, healing cream In your nostrils- It penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothes the Inflamed or swollen mucous membrane and relief comes Instantly. It's just fine. Don't stay stuffed up with a cold or nasty catarrh Re lief comes so quickly. IMPORTANT EVENTS 1914-18 AT L COLLEGE WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, Including Agronomy, Animal Husbandry, Dairying, Horti- culture, Poultry Husbandry, Insects, Plant and Animal Diseases, Cream ery Management, Marketing, etc. Home Economics, including Cook ing, Home Nursing, Sanitation. Sew , Ing. Dressmaking and Millinery. Commerce, Including Business Man agement, Rural Economics, Business Law, Office Training. Farm Account- Ing, etc. Engineering, Including ' Shonwork and Koadbuilding. FARMERS WEEK FEBRUARY 14 A general clearing house session of Ix days for the exchange of dynamic Ideas on the most pressing problems f the times. Lectures by leading authorities. State conferences. EXTENSION SERVICE Offers lectures, movable schools, In stitutes and numerous correspondence courses on request. MUSIC: Piano, Suing, Band, Voice. No tuition. Reduced rates on all rail roads. For further information address, The Oregoa Agricultural College, (tv-U-l-to-l-l) C0RVAIXI5. ORBOON 7 WW Get a Can TO-DAY From Your Hardware or Grocery Dcfilcr the War Zone rollcall was gone over only eighty men were left to answer to their names. They kept up a running fight all the next day, and into the night as well, by which time they had been reduced to 21 all told. They took to the woods, and for a month man aged to subsuit on roots and fruit Now and again some of them would venture out to forsge, usually with disastrous results for the whole coun tryside was swarming with Germans. They would . alt have died of starva tion had they not providentially hap pened upon some woodcutters, who henceforth kept them supplied with food of a sort They were unable to obtain any change of clothes, and were reduced to rags owing to their constant expo sure. The Increasing cold also began to tell on them and half way through October three out of four of them were on the verge of collapse. Lieut Benard and Private Morand de Jouf frey decided to make one last dash for freedom, and the others to give themselves up, which they did the next day after burying what was left of their arms and ammunition. The two made across country and after three days continuous walking stum bled Into the French lines almost without a shred of clothing to their barks, no boots and after eating nothing for 48 hours. It took them barely a fortnight to pick up their strength on$e more and they are now back at the front, the lieutenant with the Cross of the Le gion of Honor, on his breast, and the private with the military medal and a sub lieutenant's stripes. A comic picture of Frlnce August Wllhelm, the kaiser's fourth son, mar keting at Ahclms, Is drawn by a Red Cross nurse who was In the town when It was occupied by the Ger mans. "One day a younug officer whose uniform was hanging In tat ters and who was Indescribably dirty" she says, 's'topped me In the street and asked If we could receive in our hospital some wounded In whom he took an especial Interest. I replied that I no longer had any authority there, and that as It was I hardly was able to find enough food for those I was taking care of. already. He thanked me nnd went on. I then saw him enter ft pork-butcher's shop, and a few minutes later he came out carrying a great quantity of sau sages In his arms. It was only later that I learned that this ragged offi cer was the kaiser's son." Going to an abandoned hut In the middle of his field, a wine-grower of Vlnay heard a nolce and, kicking open the door, found two emaciated fig ures, bearded and dirty, In war-worn Rray .uniforms. They Immediately threw up their hands In token of surrender, then told their story. Sol diers of a Hanoverian regiment, aft er the battle of the Marne they be came separated from their comrades anA fnf MV-n wfkft tlorl filAAn In the neighboring woods, subsisting up- on roots and berries. They were stupefied to learn that the Germans had not yet captured Paris, and were equally amazed to find that they were not to be shot. Lieut. Gerald do Cnstlenau, serl oimly wounded, died at the camp of his father. General de Costlenau. Loaning over the body in the pres ence of his staff, the old general em braced It, and said: "My son, you have the finest death a man could j wish; but I swear mat our armies shall avenge you by avenging all the fBinllles of France." Then, placing a handkerchief over his boy's face, the general walked away with Jaws set but eyes undlmnied. i V. titnut. n wa nnnlitA tft corner the sunshine market. ' Loss In Cotton Almost Oonpcnwted by OUier Iteim Value Are Gen erally Hlglirr Small Increase In Price at Eggs Contribute to Result import Is Mad. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. Ameri can farms during 1(14 eclipsed all lecords for combined value of their products with a total of almost $10.- 000,000,000. Secretary Houston, of the department of agrlcultuie, an- nounned that the value of all farm crops, farm animal products and farm animals sold and slaughtered aggregated $9,872,3U,000. That was $83,000 000 more than the grand total for 1813, the previous rec- ord year, and more than double the so desirable Is the fact that it ma value of all farm products In 1899. tures in its Ontario home In 65 days Cotton Bring Total Down. Crops this year were valued at $.- 044,480,000, and the estimated total valuo of the animal products and of the farm animals sold and slaughter- ed was $3,828,466,000. The value or crop production this year was slight- ly less than In 191$ on account of the reduced value of the cotton crop, brought about principally by the Eu- ropean war. The corn and wheat crops, however, were the most valuable ever produced ln the United States, bringing the year's crop value total to only $88.- 279,000 less than the total for last ear, despite the loss of more than $300,000,000 In the value of the cot ton crop. Value of Animals Increases. "The estimated value of the anl- mal products on the farm In 1914", said the Agricultural Outlook yester - day, "is distinctly higher than in' 1913, which was Itself a record year In the value of this class of products.", This Is due t0 general, but slight Increases in production, except for. sheep and awlne, and in prices, and more especially to a small increase In the average price of eggs and to a more considerable Increase In the farm price of cattle and calves sold i and slaughtered. "It must be borne In mind that the rao 7 ol ln"e ""'.morning from a short visit In Pen stand for net wealth produced, nor deton ror casn receipts, nor ror prom, nor for Income In any sense. Each pro duct Is valued, as In the census, when It reached commercial form and the grand aggregate of all Items Is to be regarded as an Index number, from an absolute point of view." Sales per Farm Are $803. or. The sales of crops last year were . Ann ftrtft." ..u. f livestock. $2.919:000.000; a 'total of Cllinnil AM TV .lma1 v, Ina ! of toia TsaTeV per' fam w llM sales per capita of rural population (excluding town.) $139. The value of the principal farm crops this year was: Corn. $1,702,599,000; wheat, $7, 680.000; hay, $779,068,000; cotton, $519,616,000; oats. $499.413 000; po tatoes. $198,609,000; barley. $105, 903 000; tobacco. $101,411,000: sweet potatoes, $41,294,000; rye. $37,018, 000; susrar beets $27,960,000; rice. $21 849.000; flaxseed. $19,540,000, and buckwheat, $12,892,000. In the production or tne rorcgoing 14 principal crops, mis jr. ive was about 10 per cent larger than, in 1913 ana b per cem smaner in..,8lcken wholesome and 1S1Z. wnicn year manos as one ui the greatest aggregate productions In the United States. This year two lm portant crops exceeded previous rec ords wheat, with $891,000,000 bush els. following the 191$ record of 763,-j 000.000 bushels, and cotton, with 15, 966,000 bales (preliminary estimate), the previous record being 15,690,000 bales In 1911. The value per acre of all enumer ated crops averaged about $16.44 this year, compared with $16.62 In 1913 and $16.15 In 1912. As a Christmas greeting the sub marine torpedo and the aerial bomb should go out of style before next Christmas. Whitman Becomes the Governor of New York With Ceremony Friday ALBANY. X. T., Dec. 31. Charles Seymour Whitman will tomorrow be Inaugurated as republican governor of New York state. He will take the oath of office here In the office of the secretary of state. Chief Justice Wll- lard Barlett of the court of appeals will be the administrating official. Governor elect Whitman will succeed OnVAfnnr Martin H. Glvnn. democrat. le defeated Gov. Glynn at, the No vember elections. Following the oath-taking exercis es, the inaugural ceremonies proper will be held In the assembly cham ber of the capltol. In the legislative hall before a great company of guests, official, military and personal, the new chief executive will deliver his addrexs. In the late afternoon and evening the newly elected executive and Mrs. Whitman will hold a pub lic reception In the executive mansion. They will be assisted In receiving by the remaining recently chosen state officers and their wives. Governor-elect Whitman will pro ceed to tho capltol for his Inaugur ation under military escort. He will leave his official resilience shortly be fore noon. briiiKing up a procession In which his military staff and sev Seed Cornea From Ontario, Canada, and In its Native Soil Matures In 05 Days front Time of Sowing Two Spring Sowings Hill be Made Other News Notes of Town. (Special Correspondence.) ECHO, Ore., Dec. 31. Seventy pounds of special seed briev ... r." celved here Tuesday by O D Teel 0f the Meadows. The barley was sent hlin by an uncle at 0ntarl Cana(la. The dutv ftnd nrp n fh. ..., Pound were S15 Mr Tee ,s m tPreH,ed , everytnln)? p'roreM,ve V,n the aerlculture nr lrrl,.l,.n l.. has secured this seed for experiment- al purposes. What makes the barley fom the time the grain is sown. What It will do in this climate re- mains to be seen. Mr. Teel expects to make two spring sowings of It with two or four weeks between seeding times. Raymond Thomas of Portland sc. companied by his wife arrived here yesterday morning at 2 15 In response to a telegram telling of the death of I his mother. Mrs. J. G. Thomas Thev returned to Portland on the through train No. 11 In the afternoon, accom- panted by his father J. G. Thomas and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh D. Smith who formed the funeral party, as the body win be interred at Portland. A shipment of six car loads of beef cattle were made from here on Eat turday night last. Nate Rains and B- F. McCulIough were the owners and they sent the cattle down for the , Portland markets. T. J. Hardin of Lapwal, Idaho, for- merly a farmer of this section Is here visiting his daughter Mrs. George Goodman and family. George Melville formerly of Echo but now a business man of Toppen- ish. Wash., is here visiting his mother Mrs. Charles Scherer. Mrt Maud, DupuIs of Ai&mi re. turn(, ,.. TnnA r.r . f.w .v. vlglt wlth Mr, r M Bryant A B murned yesterday Wm. J. Haney of the Meadows was an Echo visitor Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Means of .Umatilla spent Tuesday visiting here with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Thomson. Eltlng Spike of Buhl, Idaho, la here visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Spike. uu r ,ru vi nU Wer V""torS ,n Echo Wed neSQaj . t J"1 ' M"T 'he lad ,hf 4W" klUed J. t ,rwe'Khtw 'f: W" M l and the remains were Interred In the I. O. O. F. cemetery at this place. Gore, Ga, P. A. Morgan had oc casion recently to use a liver med! cine and says of Foley Cathartic Tb- lets: "They thoroughly cleansed my system and T felt like a new man- light and free. They are the best I medicine I have ever taken for con I atfnatlnn. Thov IrAOn fha Jttnmjtrh weet ,lver acUvei bowela regular Foley Cathartic Tablets are stimulat ,n(f ,n ct,on and neIther p.lpe nor thnPlltpl,iv rlearmln nnri keen the liver active. Stout people like them. Sold everywhere. Adv. EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION CLOSES ITS CONVENTION HARRISBURG, Pa., Dec. 31 Dr. W. Grant Chambers, dean of the school of redagogy of the University of Pittsburg and Dr. Nathan C. Schaf- fer of this city, made the principal addresses today at the closing sessions of the State Educational Association in convention here. Election of off! cers, reading of reports and closing routine business occupied the edu cators during the afternoon session. eral state militia companies will take part General James W. Lester will be the grand marshall of the Inaugu ral parade which promises to be simple but impressive. Besides Governor-elect Whitman the other recently elected state offi cers will formally take their posts to morrow. These Include: Edward Schoeneck, lieutenant-governor; Fran cis II. Hugo, secretary of state; Eu gene M. TraVIs, comptroller; James L, Wells, treasurer; Egbert E. Wood bury, attorney-general; Frank M. Williams, state engineer and survey or. All are republicans. Both the executive mansion and the executive offices here are today fully prepared for tomorrow's .formal reception 'of Charles S. Whitman, governor-elect. Gov. Glynn Is quite ready to desert officially both places, mnklng way for his successor. Gov ernor and Mrs. Glynn have already opened their town house here In the attractive Washington park nciRh borhood. The outgoing governor will resume his editorial activities on his local newspaper. He will first. It is prob able, take several weeks' rest. As chief executive he took no real vacations. Disobeyed Officer and Went Out to "Get" the Teutons Picks Off Six Men With Hulleu and Then Fights Officer With Bayonet Victoria Cross Awarded Mm (By P. M, Parle, United Press Staff Correspondent.) LONDON, Dec. 9. (By Mall to New York.) Here's a bit of valuable advice to the Kaiser's troops and their Austrian allies. Don't annoy Private George Wilson of the Highland Light Infantry. The last time they eo far forgot themselves It cost the lives of seven men and Incidentally it enabled George to win the Victoria Cross. It Is true that Wilson's own com pany commander also annoyed him by refusing permission for him to go out and demonstrate with a party of Germans, who, with a machine gun. were making themselves a "fearful nuisance," but George put all the blame on the original disturbers of the peace of B Company, 2nd High land Light Infantry. He was so an noyed that he risked court-martial by disobeying the . orders of his officer, It was at Verneull, on September 14, that the II. L. I., who had been In all the fighting from Mons onward, found their trenches being raked by a German machine gun, cunningly hidden In a wood. Neither riflemen nor artillery could locate the pest which was doing considerable dam age. B Company was suffering heav ily, and Wilson, who, besides being one of the ornaments of the company himself numbered many friends am ong the victims, decided that it was time to take charge of matters per sonally. Accordingly he marched over to his officer and calmly asked permis sion to go into the wood and put an end to the "annoyance." "Certainly not" snapped the offi cer. "We have lost enough men al ready, without throwing more lives away." George saluted and returned to his Position In the trenches, but the more he thought over the thing, the more annoyed he became. "He had taken a real dislike to that Maxim, and he asked me to come with him and try to settle the Germans," said a com rade, who adds: "I said 'No. You heard what the captain said. Any way Its too risky.' " By no means turned from his pur pose, Wilson worked hts way along the trench In the direction of the wood, and encountering a straggler from the King's Royal Rifles, he found rimmiiiiiiinimiiiimmiuiimnuiimmiiimiimm Good N iiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiciriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiLiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiijiiii(iiiiiiiititiiiiitiiiiiJitiiiiiiiaiiiiJiu a ready coadjutor. The Rifleman al so had a grievance against the hid den Maxim, and the two angry men crawled towards the enemy's po sition. Halfway there, they were discov ered, and the gallant K. R. R. pri vate fell with a bullet through his brain, but Wilson kepi n his way. Making use of every available Inch of cover he fired as he went and picked off the six Germans working on the gun, one by one. Only tne officer re mained, and as his magazine was empty Wilson went In with the bay onet The unfortunate officer tried to run the daring Scotchman through with his sword but was too late, and the ready bayonet avenged the losses of B. Company. Wilson was at a loss what to do with the captured gun, as It was too heavy for him to carry back to his own lines, and its po sition was now too exposed to b worked against Its former owners. He accordingly decided to destroy It and under a heavy fire he beat the delicate mechanism to pieces with his rifle butt Then picking up the breach-block he returned In triumph. "There's the Maxim. Sir," he said, throwing his prise on the ground, and saluting his astonished officer. "Where on earth did you get it 1 forbade you to leave the trenches, gasped the officer. "Over there. Sir," reptted Wilson, waving his hand airily In the direc tion of the fatal wood. "I saw a fa vorable opportunity, and there wasn't time to come and ask you again, sir. Another salute, and Private George Wilson retired complacently, quite unconscious that he had done any thing worthy f a V. C. A few months ago Wilson was sell ing newspapers in the streets of hi native city Edinburgh, and with the oubreak of the Austro-Siberlan trouble he was anticipating profitable business. But England was drawn In to the war, and as a reservist he had to rejoin his old regiment He Is one of a family of eight and two of his brothers, and a brother-in-law are In the army, one of the former having been wounded at Ypres. A rough diamond, and considered rather slow and wooden, nobody who knew him imagined that George Wil son was of the stuff of which heroes are made. Nor did he ever Imagine anything of the kind himself. The war was a nuisance, as It Interfered Bye to the Troubles of The bells of New Year's eve will ring out a peck of troubles. But, after all, 1914 was not as bad a year as some of us feared. It has taught us many valuable lessons. It has made us more self reliant. We are in better shape to welcome 191 5. What will the New Year be? It will be just as good as we make it and no better. Begin planning today. Look to the future with courage. Be aggressive. Advertise Let the worlcl know you intend to make 1915 your biggest business year. with his business, and he cheerfully rejoined the colors In order to finish off the war as soon as possible. It was in this frame of mind that he went after the machine gun which was "annoying'' him. Such Is the opinion of bis sister, Mrs. Deveiln, whose husband Is serving in the Royal Field Artillery. "George never seemed to realise the seriousness of the war. and the idea of personal danger never seemed to occur to him." she said. "One of hla recent letters to me. Is character istic of him. He says: 'Yesterday, you will be surprised to hear, we caught four hens, and I volunteered to take them to a farm, under fire, to cook 'em. We were being shelled with shrspnel something fierce, and on the way I was knocked out and blinded for about three houra The Germans got Into the trenches of B Company, and they had a proper Sat urday night fight with hands and head. We lost seven, and three wounded, but the Germans lost thirty and fifty-three prisoners. If we could do that every night the war would be over by the New Tear easily.' " RELATIVE OF MAN AT BAKER LOSES LIFE IN FLIGHT DARING ATTEMPT OF BRITONS TO RAID GERMAN NAVAL RASE is FATAL. BAKER, Ore., Dec. 31. The one Briton to lose his life In England's daring aerial and naval swoop on the German naval base at Cuxhaven Sun day, Commander Bewlltt, whose by dro-aeroplane was sent crashing Into the sea, was a first cousin of Thom as H. Hewlitt of Baker, who has a large sheep ranch on lower Powder. Mr. Hewlitt Is In Baker today and he told that the British commander was his cousin. He had never met hla cousin but the two families have kept continually In close touch and Mr. Hewlitt knew of the dangerous part which his cousin was taking la the European conflict Bombs Fall on Dunkirk. LONDON, Dec 31. News reached Dover that a squadron of seven aero planes flew over Dunkirk Wedneeday and dropped bombs. 1914