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i t at . " ' t " " ,T? STor4 EADEI VOLUME 40 WKSTON. OKKGO& FK1DAY, AUG. 31. 1017 NUMBER 12 WE 4 1 : OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Evenli of the Week r Briefly Sketched for Infor mttlort it Our Readers. N. T. T,. Heott. of PMImlh. waa arrtdeelAlfy killed while dner hunting oo Mary" ercek. . Hotel and private home In Rend are finding It almost Impossible in e ear female help. Th lUM board of ennrtllailon re cently appointed by th governor held Ita flrtt Bawling at Portland. The Southern Pelflr company re ported lo the public aorvli-e ruminl Ion a net rar brtge In the tt of m The slate f.'ndaavnr union will hold Ita third annual Inatltute at Wichita. Friday, Bturdy, Sunday and Mon day. ' rranharrv ralaera of Uarahfleld report a probable average crop tblo year, au&ougb too berrioo win v amall. rirea near the brad ai era of ! creek, In woatern I-ane. have deairoy. ed more than I.OOO.OOO ful of grrrn timber. Women In wartime work are be earning common on fooa bay and there are many filling placeo formerly held by men. With order lo eboot to kill. fderal troopo have been dlapatchel to every action of weatern Oregon to guard the timber belt. ' The Oregon Normal arhonl at Mon mouth will bo opened on rVptember 34 Inaiead of Raptember 10, aa prevloua It announced. The Kverfreah plant, at Suiherllu, la Inatalllng two huge vata holding Ki.MO gallon rn h. for the manufact ore of cider vinegar. Wall kindling a fire at her bom a ear Klllaboro. Mr. 1. B. MrNVw. i. waa o aeverely burned that ahe died within a few minute. Report received from tougla coun ty Indicate that moat of the form fire which havo been raging for the peat few weeka are now under con trol. mil Kultk and Alex Aunhlkl, em ploye at tho Big Creek tagging com pany' camp at Knappa. wero burned to death while trying to eerape from a foreot fire. "7 The annual Hood ftlver apple park ing arhool. hold under the aunp!c of tb Apple Grower' annotation, will begin September IT and continue for five daya. The anoaa that covered the eanb during the moat of last winter and the axtreinely low temperature prevail ing decimated g route In tho Hood Rlvor valley. The Suttlo lake Irrigation dlatrlct. In Jefferaon county, la preparing to apply to the elate aeeurltlra rommla ten to rortify a propoe'-d bond leau for the dlatrlet. Polk county' prune erep. wh'ch had promlaed to N one of tho boat In eov oral year, now appear to bo afflicted with a tnyaierlnu dlacase which la routing the fruit lo drop wrloualy. The deaert land board hna petitioned the eecretary of the Interior to ex- tend Iho time for the completion of what Is known as the. Paisley Carey act project. In Lake county, for five ,:t year from September 11. 1917. Willamette valley loganberry crop la very short thl year. Sutherllu report the locl Juice fetory hand ling only 90.00(1 pound of berries thla season against 250,000 pounds In 101. Lark of rath I given as the reason for the shortage. George W. France, postmaster at Ten Mile, Pougla county, waa Indict ed by th foderl grand jury under tho federal espionage art, recently cuact ed, on the specific charge of attempt ing to Influence ynuog men not to enlist In tb army or navy. Several California operator in oil have men In Coos county, securing leases on lands situated about Cooa , - bay and one company of Lo Angeles promoter I aiming contracts to tart drilling within four month from th time of clolng lease. Water right for Irrigation, mining and other beneficial use that havo . bean acquired upon land In tho Ore-gon-Callfornl railroad land grant will be protected under the federal law, according t Jatne T. ChlnnocK. u ..i...rf.nt f ater division No. 1. gpecUl Instruction In food coner- Rowan, district secretary of the I. W. vat Ion will be given at all teacher; W.. and 17 olhera arreted with him ntltute nd all county and district by Major Clement Wilkin, in corn fair held la Orgon tbl yef, accord- mand of Idaho guardsmen, wua do Ju to OMVVriUrt 1!W urd Ubob nld In luyulur vuuiu hv llertrrt . ll'i'ivr twl I'fiidi'in W. J, Km-, of ih Oregon Axi (cultural twllrgw. A rull of cnr'e'inre. Irfitwnrii resident nf Aururi. Hubbard ana WmHtliurn, H, Ucim-in. bn'rmsn of the ' y' rial of tho Homlum IV l!ic railroad. the location r,r the in t.,n. of pnv. inrni fa be luld nh'tic Hi r.vilflr hlKh- ay lli rtm kutiiu ini't Murlnu roun tln tny bi rliaiiKril in ii'iinlit on the highway In ilio Mine cuuu'ia win-re rock U available. Edna Gregory, wife cf curl Gregory, n employe of one of th auep cou petit at P"iidluuu. . rpuJ on th charge of cndiui polemn-d candy through (ho tralla. The lauOy. a mull hex. wa rwlvi-d by Mr a. Mar Clark, of IVndl'ion, fYbruaiy 9, by special drllvry IWIarlng tho wlfrllve draft In working a great hardahlp ou the v.ool growing Industry, by taking away ex port b'-rdi'ta, a iiumtxr of prominent eastern Oregon hepuim telegraphed In Senator Chamberlain to uw hta Influence- to iouire exemption for bona' fld herder. far shortage and string ney In th labor market are to hindering con tractor on att high ay work that tlin atnto highway eommlMlon ordered Btale Highway i:nslnr N'-.inu to make a reduction In Lis frrw to cir nwpond to tbn alackcntd in bUh way couatructlou. Tho United Btate war dpnrtment, through the military attache of the Brlllah cmbaaay In Waahlngiun. liaa anked for the repa- of l,u -utenaut Colonrl leader, of ihn nrltlab army, from aervke In Gnglnnd. thiit be may bci-omc military Instructor In tbe Unl vertlty of Oregon. The public aervlce commllon ha ordered n nuniln-r of eufeisuarda In atallrd nt the road croftalui; of the Portland lUilway. Mjsht row.-r company trark at Jloptan. n-ar Port laud, whnre on ai-rldi nt occurred June 2S caualng the d. ntli of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Undat-y aod Mia IWcn Men ger. H. P. Bar, head of th plant path ology depart went at the Oregon Agri cultural college, baa been appointed chief collaborator of tbe national plant diaeaae survey for Ongon. lie. I aaklng for volunteer to aaejft In gathering nd re port Ins Information on plant diaeaar In every part of the late, Secretary Lea has made final an nouncement of the following livestock Judgoa for tho Oregon cute fair tbl year: C. A. Paunder. Manila. Ia ; Thouia W. Drunk. Kola. Or.; Carlo W. Hall, Ienver. Latimer Wilson, Creston. la ; Harry Wlluon. Downer Grove. III. and T. B. Johnnon, of l.a Orande. Dy a deed filed for record at Aetorta the Dubola Lumber company sella, to tho Oregon American Lumber com pany large tracts of timber land In Columbia. Clataon and Tillamook comities. The loutddcratlon waa $3. 860,00(1. Thin deed Is the consumma tion of tho purchase of vast timber holding in thla section by the Eccle lnteret of Salt Lake. All old officers and employe of the Industrial accident eomraltwlon, with the exception or the commissioner themselves, are to receive inrrciuscw In salaries, beginning August 1, by an , order Just Issued by the commission. Tho order affects 38 employes, and amounts to approximately $400 a month In additional pay. The last legislature appropriated 11Q.6G8.E8 toward handling the flax industry of the state with the express provision attached that the same 1 to bo returned from the receipt for sales of flax during 101718. Present Indication make It appear that it will he Impossible to meet thla legislative provision. Apparently there will be a failure of tho flax .crop. 'owing to bad weather condition. All records for industrial accident In ono week were broken by reports to the state Industrial accident com mission for the week ending August 23. The number of accidents reached 45r. t)f which six were fat.il. The fatal accidents were: A. J. KimV. Shedd, construction; Uohy Tloyd Shull, Myr tle Point, logging; James McCanna, Klamath Falls, logging; Henry Nloml, Astoria, light and power; G. A. Hardy, Froewater. threshing; James McCoy, Portland, construction. ' Habeas Corpus is Dsnied to I. W. W. Spokane. A petition for writ of habeas corpus In behalf, of Jnincs ' ' ? 03 ' ' ' Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 17 . if ...--ze. -' 1 WELL, children, ru drew a atork in your laat picture. Thle bird la rapidly dying out. not berauM of pemecutlon by man. but be-nuao swamp, where itorks gel their food, are being done away with all ever tho world. Snukaa and reptiles which thrive In awainpa make food for tbe atork. Get busy egaln with your ofi pencil. Start ut No. 1 and you'll have a bird that makoa a great feed It I the nam of country that i at wor now! DECISION ON EXTENT OF WAR TAX NEAR Wanbingtoti. Thi e:k'i program Of conre pronnsi-a to be one of tho most important of tin- war ueeaioo. A deritlor. by the aen.ito on bow far wealth abatl bo conacrlpted "la ttlfta ar lax bill, i :uj.ao by the bouso of the lll.SS8.o0u.O0O new war credit bill and Hie aoldiere' and Bailor- insur ance mm mi re and tuo launching of a new deficiency appropriation bill ag gregating between $4,roo.o(o,oo9 and Ktwn.OOO.OOO are among the things to be done. After a month virtually iu recese under a "gentlemen' agreement" lo transact no buainc. tho house re- convened Tuesday prepared to remain at work until reces or adjournment of tho session. Most of the ltsader now think thut hardly will bo before October 1 or 15. To meet tho radical movement for greater taxation of war profits, the Acnato finauco committee agreed ti a mend men ta carrying war profits taxes of more than 33 per cent in place of present provisions for Z6 per cent. The amendment would in creuso tho war profits tax yield from J5CJ.O0O,OO to 11,060.000.000, in ddi Hon to 'tho taxes under the present law, ami yield a third of the bill's to tal taxes. U. S. HAS FAITH IN RUSSIA . . In Face of Disquieting Rumor a New Credit 1 Extended. . Washington.- In tho faco of persis tent disquieting rumors from Russia, and following Secretary Lansing' declaration that the United Plates la not worried over the Hussian sltua-. tlon, Secretary f tho Treasury Mc Adoo aunounced a new credit to Rus sia of 1100,000,000. Thla brings the total Russian credit up to 75,000,000. Tho new Russian credit announced bring tho total advanced to the allies up to j;,06l!,40O,000. This Is mora than tho sum of the first Liberty loan. Minnesota Pacifist Meeting Prohibited st. Tail, Minn, Governor Burn qulst has issued a trroclnmation pro hibiting the Poorde'a Council of Amer ica for Democracy and Peace from holding Its proposed meeting In Min neapolis or elsewhere in Minnesota. In his proclamation, the governor said tho meeting could only aid and abet the enemies of the United States. Wilson Pledge Support to Russia. . Washington President Wilson sent to tho members of the national coun cil assembly at Moscow assurances that thla government Is willing to ex tend "every material and moral assist ance" to tho government of UuseiaH Speculating In Wheat Future Ends. Chicago. Trading in wheat futures on grain exchauges ceaved Saturday until after tho war. . Sec SaieJt fcwuiwdt at AthWJ, Soar 'v. Km '.'Jin X. eupirn MEN WITH ACTUAL DEPENDENTS EXEMPT Washington. Married men with ac tually dependent wive aod children will not be drafted into the new na tional array. Provost Marshal General Crowdcr ruled. Acting upon suggestions of Presi dent Wilson for ameliorating the lot of certain families, Crowder held that a man ought to bo exempted in case his wife and children were really de pendent on his labor; in other words, thut board ought not to force a wife to go to work for herself and children where the soldier's pay. or hi pay plu relatives' contributions did not suffice to meet the family needs. President Wilson wrote that such hordshlp should be avoided aa far aa possible. Crowder concurred, but re iterated that thcro ought not to be exemption in cases, for iustance, where the wife is wealthy, or where her relatives are willing to take over the task of supporting her. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS The German general staff report that the British lost 21 tanks during tutllo fighting laat week. , Troop under Prince Leopold of Ba varia, advancing on the Hussian city ot Riga, have reached tho River Aa at gome piarpa on the Gulf of Klga coast, the German general stuff announced. The British-, French. Italians and Russians havo captured 107.7S0 war prisoners since April 9, when tho 191? campaign opened, according to a state ment Issued by the British war depart ment. Canadian troops are still advancing against Lens. West and south of the coal city the fighting wan one. continu ous battle of assaults by the Canadians and immediate couuter attacks by the enemy. - . The Italian troops on the Isonxo front are marching to completo vic tory. The Italian second army. Gen eral Cadorna reports, ha .roken through the Austro-Ilungarinn line of "defense at several points and is close ly pursuing the Avistro-llungariaiis, who are retiring aud defending the difficult ground yard W yard. In Rouuiania the RussRop.manian forces still are holding their own against the invaders, having retaken height positions uorthwest of Sovcia which tho Germans captured last week. Ou tho Fokshaul sector. Field Marshal von Maekensen's forces Beemiugly have been unuble to mike further advances, owing to the stif fening in the line of the defenders. Hill 304, tho last remaining Import ant stronghold of the Germans front ing Verdun, fell Into French hands. Hill "'304, together w ith Le Morto Homme, commands all the ravines and approaches as far as Douaumont. The loss of these positions deprives the Germans of all observatories from which they could watch the French movement. BEET SUGABPBICE FIXED Saving of t,000,0CO to I Mad In la Month. Waahlugton. An agreement by tho country' beet sugar producer to limit tbe price of thoir product o to effect . reduction of about one-half cent a pound In Ibe present price of sugar waa announced by the food ad ministration, with a notice to the pub lic that thl ibould mean a saving of 130,000,000 between now and the first of tho next year. ' It waa announced that wholesale grocer had agreed to limit distribu tion charges to prevent - exorbitant charge. In the near future the admlolatra tlon will state the price at which wholesale sugar should be delivered: at largo consuming centers. The beet sugar price fixed 1 tbe equivalent of 17.23, rane augar basis, f. o. b. seaport refining port. , Order Bible for Soldiers. New York. An order for l.OOfl.OOfl khaki pocket testaments for Ameri can soldier and sailors has been placed by the national war '' work council ot the Y. M. C. A. with tbe American Dible society. Beeve 8ell For $16.30 In Chicago. Chicago. Choice beeves sold at tbe I'nion stockyards at $16.30, a new high-price record for cattle on the hoof. THE MARKETS Portland. Wheat Club $2.05; bluestem $2.10; red Russian. $2.05: forty-fold, $2.05. Barley No. 1 feed, $48 per ton. Hay Timothy. $26 per ton; alfalfa, $25. Butler Creamery, 40c. Eggs Ranch. 36c. Wool Eastern Oregon, 60c; valley, 60c Seattle. Wheat Hluestera $3.16; turkey red, $2.1; rorty fold. $2.13; club, $2.U; fife. $2.12; red Russian, $3.11. ' , Barley $47 perton. Butter 14c Eggs Ranch, 48c Finn Fight Russians. London. Serious rioting at Bjorne borg, Finland, Is reported in a private telegram from Haparanda to Copen hagen, forwarded by the Central Newa to London. It Is said fighting be tween Finns and soldier of the Rus sian garrison lasted for several hours and that a number of persons were killed or wounded. v im.rl.iM nttrnvep Sivu Veaeel. -j - A Gulf Port. The destruction of a German auomanne oy an American commalld.r "Undoubtedly It will fl destroyer and the killing, of four nal!y repressed, but the danger of ' members of the submarined crew j.-,. dehacie- j- weighing constantly who bad boarded a British steamer, is reported by "William Raymond Brown, an American seaman, who arrived bare aboard a Brithb steam er. . Live as in Stone Age. An ludinn tribe in llolivia shuns tne whites aud lives ns in the stone age, inuuiiijj tools mid weapons of stone, mne end wood. Whether fishing for ealmon la tne tho act of catching the fish only or In cludes also the act of landing the fish Is a question put up to Attorney-General Brown by State Game Warden Shoemaker, and the attorney-general holds that It Ineludea tho act of land tag tho fish aa well aa taking it In the net Under a law of the laat legialar ture fishing for salmon with a purse net is prescribed inside of a certain dead line near Astoria. Purse seiner caught fiab, up to the deadline, closed the puree and dragged their fish in the net across the prescribed waters, where they were landed. Seven women nominated by the Ore gon Agricultural college for county agent work in connection with the fond conservation campaign In Ore gon have been appointed by the I'nlted States department of agricul ture and are to report at once for duty In theif respective district, aa follows: Miss Martha. Bechen, of Hills boro. Hood River, Wasco and Sher man counties; Miss Clara May Mur phy, ot Portland, I'matllla, Union and Baker counties; Misa Anne McCor ntick, of Lebanon. Josephine and Jack son couhtles; Miss Ruth Corbett, of Corvallis, Douglas and Lane counties; Miss Bertha Edwards, of Monroe, Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties; Miss Ixirene Parker, of Salem, Marlon and Clackamas counties; Miss Nell Sykes. ot "Salem; " Polk, YamhUI asd Wasfcinftoa counties. GERMA11 ASSAULTS AT VERDUN REPULSED Crown Prince Fills ta But PeUIn Back to Fierce . Counter Attacks. Part. General Pet In I holding all la gain of th great Verdae offensive la tbe face of formidable cowater at tack which tbe crew prince at new launch tag. The French eade report tb reps! of. treajr esaalta oo newly won positions la thla Meter. Franc has taken 7100 prisoner. 21 f them German officer, la th Ver dun drive. The tixth German division of reserve, formerly ranked aa oa ef tb strongest enemy anlta. waa literal ly wiped eat After the first lYeeeh assault the division wa reduced t three regiment (approximately ITS men) and ef the th French leek 2784 men and (0 officer prisoner. Even th regimental band wa taken. The muaiciao had been forced Into tbe front trenches for .fighting. The large number of officer cap tured by tb French la striking proof of a decreasing German morale. Ia the French assault oa Verdua. Decesa ber J6, only 20 officer were takea oat of a total ef 11.000 prisoners. With a cheeking np of prisoner aad German casualties, it developed that of one German regiment th Preach captured 860 soldiers and 28 officer. DESPERATE SITUATION OF RUSSIA REVEALED Moscow. Russia is passing through a period of mortal danger. Premier Kereneky told the national conference which opened In Moecow to consider th present situation of the country and plana for a new nation! ara-v meat ... V '''..'"" -,: The premier declared that any at- . tempt to take advantage of the con ference for an attack on the national oower. as embodied in the provisional government, would be repressed piti lessly "by blood and iron." General Kornlloff. the commander in chief, entered the hall in com pany with Premier Kerenaky. Hie , appearance was the signal for pro longed choeYs. ; In the present month, General Kor nlloff said, soldier had killed four regimental commander and other of ficers, and ceased these outrages only when they were threatened with being (hot. t ui ti w i i hub r w miHAvaufj iieHwu aMrcby in the army." declared the '.'. oo the country. "The situation on the front Is bad. We have lost the whole of Galicia. the whole of Bukewina and alt the fruit of our recent victories. At several points the enemy haa crossed our frontier and Is threatening our fertile southern provinces. He is en- deavoring to destroy the' Roumanian army and is knocking at the gate of Riga. If our army doe not hold th shore of the Gulf of Riga, the road to Petrograd will be opened wide. "It Russia wishes to be ved the army must be regenerated at any coat" ' ITALIANS FORCES ADVANCE Sariea of Victories Hav Puahd Aus trian Back Along a Wide Front London. Italy's fighting .legions have within one week scored a eerie nf v-iotnrtM that have' Kent tliA 17a na- 0Urg foe reeling back along the whole . . . p, t th. A,ri,tl- A- a triumphant climax to the first phase ot their drive, they captured the 2Z4S feet high Monte Santo, the "Deadman'a Hill" ot the Gorili front, aeven miles north of the city. .. The capture of Monte Santo Indl--rates that the Austro-Hungarian ren ter has been pierced and that the Teu tons' line to the north, and aouth ot that sector-are In grave danger. Ex-Govsrnor West Decline Offie. Portland, Ore. Ex-Governor Os wald West will not be a member of the Interstate commerce commission. The position waa offered to Mr. West by President Wilson a few weeka ago, but waa declined oa account of hi health. Social dance tomorrow evening at Weston $tcn house.