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- s West EADER ., . VOLUMK 40 WKSTON. OREGON, FRIDAY, JAN. 11, 1U18 NUMBER 31 ON OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Prlnclpil Events of the Wnk Briefly Skitche. fer Infoc mttlin of Our Ratdert. Oorg I rrtun. 'II. Ii dead at Baker. War saving alanine to the mount f 1171.121 Tt were Bold in Oregon up lu and Inrludlng tcrenilier 31. joiq q m aa.manq l iJ wq L of th Albany poatnfflca la thnwn for tt month of cembcr Just aai Work haa atarted on the ronairuc tin of Ihre mite of road In the Hie Iron national for! nrar Tort Orfnrd. Tb aec.ratary of war eent to ton gTe ad vara rvporta nn tha propoaed Impmveoieat of Youngs tar. nrar Aatorla. Portland' municipal employment bureau got work during II7 for 3I.4 aB and 371 woman, according to tha annual report. Plr. believed In hav been of In cendiary origin. destroyed a larga warehouse at Junction City, belonging to Wllhalm 4 Bona Kugn paid approximately 10 per eant of hr bonded Indehledneae tha Beet jear, according to tha report of Pred 0. Hllrkela. rlty treasurer. Twenty-six million feet of lumber was shipped from tha Columbia river during Ictabr. according to figurea oompllod by Custom ('ollarlor lladdtx. Mr, Varan. J, Inman. who waa born In rortlaod (S yeera ago. and probably eaa of tba flral wbHa bablaa born la that rltw, N at bar bom In Eugene. Over one-third of the arreata mad by tba Aatorla nolle department In 1H7 war drunk, according in figurea compiled by Chief of folic Nae Oram Tha Columbia Telephone company of Treutdal baa petitioned h public aervlr rooimlsainn for authority to incraaa Ha rata for busfneaa tele phone from $1 :& to II a month. Tha Irrigation drainage convention t Corvallla paascd resoliillnna In favor of amandine tha dralnaga law to (Ira drainage dlstrlcta authority to approprlala funda for Irrigation pur poaat Governor James Wtthyrombe saya that report from special agenta In dicate tha aal of extrarta aa beverage In logging ramp In (ooa county la baring demoralizing effort upon the toggrra. Tha Oregon public aervlr commie Ion baa laauad an order empowering tba Portland Hallway. Ught It Power company to Increase Ita raah fares to a aum not to exceed I centa for each aaatnger. M, 8. Plllnian. head of the rural achool department of the Oregon Normal achool, baa announced hla In tenllona of becoming a candidate for the democratic nomination fur United State aenator. Two hundred and alxty paroled men from tb atat penitentiary earned a total of fU.297.SS during the month of November, or an average of (5R.ft.lt each, according to the monthly report of rarola Officer Keller. The county court of Lincoln county made an order laat week for flie ap pointment of a county agricultural and appropriated 11600 toward the coat, tha balance, to be borne by the alata and tha federal government. Nearly 200 freliiht and passenger trafflo solicitor In Portland are af feclad by tha recant order of the di rector general of rallroada eliminating olicltatlnn of bualnesa and competi tion between railroad companlea. Tha provlalon of chapter 299, law of 1917, which provldn that "tha coun ty court of each county may employ a roadmaater" la mandatory If any road work It to ba done In the county, ac cording to Attorney General Drown. Realdenta of the vicinity of Dorena , bare formed an organisation known aa tha Row River Coyote club, for the purpoa of making war on royotea. which have been killing goa other amall llveatock. The 14 mem her a. Eight thouaand atatlona for of warranting stampa are tarnsnfl in iiregon ouring me week. 20,000. according in announcement by t harlea lagging other dairy produc la ahall not be cur tailed, a nation wide movement haa been alaried by I lie Oregon )irmea'a BKMN-lallon l haw dairy employee within tha draft age exempted or put In deferred classification, The metal production for Maker county during 1914 totaled a lltlla In n-rsi of .1,nm,MMi, according to tha report of t harlea U Vale, director of the federal bureau of mlnea, and lb 1(17 priMluctlnn will come cloae to that figure, although It probably will fall a little abort. A. C. t'. Horry, of the Miami Coa a'rurllon ronipany. of Cortland, waa the aiicceaaful bidder for the rnnatruc lloli of the eolith Jelly of Hie propoaed Yaqulna bar projwt. Ilia bid waa f 11.1. Oofl for (lie work complete. Including all conal ruction material. Klghl more goveruiiienl ronlrarla for wood alilpa bate been awarded Oreguu ahlpyarda. The arde are llina of Homaralruin llrothera at Columbia City and the Wllaun llrothera Hhlp building rnrupany of Aalorla. KteH will receive four Theae contrarla rrpreaenl about f 4.0011,000. Oregon will furniah men for the aecnnd draft aoon to be railed. Approximate figurea only are avail able, hut they Indicate that the atate III not auffer aerloua loaa of man power Tli la eatlmale la baaed upon lb auppoaltlon that tuT.ooo men will again be called In the whole nation. Pendleton haa a new Induatry which la now pretty well eatabllahed. Dr. McNabb haa alerted a fox farm In tha eaatrm end of the city for the pur poae of raialnf foxea on a commercial baala. He haa four pair of allver gray foxca and one female red foi aa a nucleua for developing a profitable fur bearing bualncaa. Offlcera elected by tha Irrigation congreaa held in Portland laat week er aa follow J. If fpton of Prlneville. preaident; II V. Card of Mudraa. flrat vlco prealdnnt; t). D. Joalln of Jordan Valley, aecnnd vice pre.ident; Porter J Neff of Medford, third vice prealdent; Pred N. Wallace of Tumalo. aecrclary. Clataop county la to open blda on January :i for the laving of three mlli-a of hard aurfaccd road, complet ing the permanent improvement ol the highway from Aatorla to fort Klevena The Improvement will in clude about I . yarda of grading and 20.000 yarda of pavement and will coat from 178,000 to ISO.OOO. Robert Paulua. aecretary of the Salem Print I'nlon, haa announced the itiipoeal of 1.700,000 poumla of north weal prunea to the government. The aale practically cleaned up packing houaea of the norlhweat of those alien and leavea about l.ooooon pounda ot other aliea in their handa. Tho prunea were aold at approximately $125,000. Plvlalon of the atato la propoaed by William llanley, wealthy atockman ol Burna, Harney county, attending tba Oregon Irrigation congrcaM. aa tha only practical aoltitlon by which eaatera and central Oregon can work out their aalvatlon aud develop their Intvreatt ao divergent from thoaa of that aectlon of the atate lying weal of the Caaradea. One hundred and nine permlta to appropriate water and 10 permit! to conatruct reaervolra, Including the Ir rigation of land aggregating 10,639 acre, and water aupply for three reu nlclpalltlea. with an ratlmated coat ol conatruction totaling $21)4. 887, were la a 11 ad by State Knginecr John II. I.ewli during tho laat quarter of the yeat 1917. With tho open aeaaon to date, goat raiaera In Uouglaa county have been experimenting with fall shearing ol mohair. It la believed the process can ba carried on successfully, ao far aa tha goata getting through the winter It concerned, In Douglaa county at least, and probably also In Polk county. Weather condition In Lincoln county would not make fall shearing practi cable there. Acting Adjutant General William haa submitted (lie following; figurea to Governor Wlthycombe, showing the, present alatua of enlistments In Ore gon: Third Oregon. 2r.5; Oregon coast artillery. 1700; field artillery. 4no; cav Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 25 A '24 26 .58 9Z i 56 -5 50 54 .63 37 5 . 5tf ' '42 .51 ' ?5 T43 H .52 '45 49 'AS 7 BRIEF WAR NEWS Freezing teniperalun-a conllnu t hold the Hrlllah front In an Icy grip. Laat year 3(7 Norwegian Teaaela. with an aggregate tonnage of (((.000, were aunk. Kuaaian efforta lo have Germany acquiesce in the transfer of tb peace negnllatlona from Ureal LHovak, la Oerraan control, to the aeutral city of Stockholm apparently have failed. The Russian peace delegation. In cluding Porelgn Mlnlater Trotxky. reached Ureal LUovsk Monday for tba reopening of negotlatlona, according lo a Berlin dispatch received In ('open- PRESIDENT STATES WAR AIMS OF U. S. Wilion Presents Oefinito Prt grtm for World Peace to Congress. Waahlngtoa. - Praaident WBaoai Toaaday, addressing coagraaa, datlv rH a restatement of war aiaaa la agreement with tha recant dec la rat lea by tba BriUak premier, David Uofl hagen and forwarded by the Exchange Cwga. Tba president traaata4 Telegraph company. oennita pregraai for warM peaca. eaa Italy baa adopted a drastic new pol- ulnln apadfle eonaldarattoaa. Icy to Incraaa bar fighting foreea. Tb VrmMml praaented tta follow- Phyalcal requlrementa bava been mod ified, and all men between tha agea of It and 44 year previously exempt ed for defecta are ordered to preaent themselves for further examination. The American army la Prance la to be reinforced by tba American avla- lng aa necessary alementa af warld peaca: 1. Open cowenanta of peaca with out private international noderataad Inga. 2. Abaoluta fraedom of tha aaa la peaca or war except aa they may ba tora who became famous as pilots In elo,, br In'ematkmaJ actloa. Preach eacadrillre. Thirty-two men, moaUy member of tha Lafayette ea eadrllle. will be the flrat to be awora Into tba American army. Other will follow them aa rapidly as poaaibla. B. R. LEGISLATION IS ASKED AIHMT whuh m diew In your laat pb ture la a wonderful thing. Isn't II T Lar baala. bigaar than the on you drew, carry goods all over lh world. Itlch nin ua ihem for aleaaure. Perhaps you hava been on on it them. rVimetlmea boa I a can't rind a pUc to dock. They do not want to move around, ao tbey carry aomethlnf oa board which they ua to keep them In nn spot. They ara quaar ahaped tMnga Tou can quickly draw on If you'll start your pencil at No. 1 and let It run to 2, I. 4. and ao on. Continuation or tha war may mean plant of the Plggott Printing company a large saving to the state In aa- at X3 West Pike street, tlonal guard appropriations, according " C. Plgcntt. prealdent of the con to preaent Indication. The guard ra- ceru. estimated his loss at more than celved an appropriation for the blen- $o.noo. nlum of f I5S.000 from the laat lejlsla- The Oaily Call, a socialist paper, lure, of which aum about ftooo waa and the Industrial Worker, ao L W. taken to liquidate bill created by a VT. publication, were both printed by prevloua administration, rrom, tba tb Plggott concern, but maintained Bill la Promptly Introduced and Swift Paaaage Expected., Washington. Legislation to re ro ute tha government'a operation of rallroada and to guarantee tha car rier compensation on the basis of their average operating Income for Utlc,, deralopmanL ?. Evacuation of Balglu: 3. Removal of all economic bar rier and establishment of equality of trade condition among nationa coa aentlng to peaca and aaaociatlng taem aetva for Ita maintenance. 4. Guarantaae for the radoetta af aational armaaetita to tha towewt point conatsteDt with doaaaatle aafrty. 5. Impartial adjuatment of all co lonial claim based npoa tha prlaciaia that the people concerned hava equal weight with tta interest af the gr ernment (. Evacuation af all Roaaian terri tory and opportunity for Rnaaia'a pe the last three year was asked of congreaa by President Wilson In an address to both bouses in Joint ses sion. Bills embodying bis recommen datlons and carrying an appropriation of IdOO.OOO.OOO aa a "revolving fund" were introduced Immediately and an attempt will be made to rush them to prompt passage. preaent outlook It appear that 7I, 000 of tb appropriation niay revert to tha general fund at the end of the blennlum. Plgurea from th official navy bul letin ahow Portland lo bead the list for navy rerrulta during the final two week' rush of recruiting. New York diatrlct with Ita population of MSI. 483, had to take second place with 479 en listments for the week ending Decem ber IS. Portland district Witt its population of 99.1.429. Icada all dla tricta In the United States with an enlistment of 714 men. Compiled fig ures for the total enlistment from December 3 to 15. ahow Portland atlll In the lead with 13&0 volunteers algned up, and New York second with 1112. offices at other locations. In addition the concern printed a doxen or more other publications. "You hava been running some pretty bad dope." one of the mob remarked after the wrecking had been finished. "Tell your boas that he's about through." Earl Reading Will ft Britlah Envoy. A UBtrle Hungary. London. Earl Reading, lord chief Justice, will go to the United States as direct representative of the British war cabinet, according to the Daily Express. without any attempt to limit her aoveralgnty. t. All Preach territory to ba freed and restored, and reparation for tha taking of Alsace-Lorraine. 9. Readjustment of Italy' frontier along clearly recognisable Itnaa af na tionality. 10. Greatest opportoalty for astoa omoua development of tha aeeaje of Wheat Stock Low at Minneapolia. Minneapolis. Minn. Stocka of wheat now on hand In local elevators total Ira than 600.000 bushel, according to figurea given out by the chamber of commerce. Minneapolis elevators hava a rapacity of approximately S9.000.000 bushels. Cenacrlption Act la Conatltutional. Washington. The aelective service act was held as constitutional by the with other natlonalitiea under Turkish 1L Evacuation of Roamania. Barkis and Montenegro, with access to tta aea for Serbia aad International guar antee of economic aad political Inde pendence and territory Integrity af tta Balkan atatea. 12. Secure aorereignty for Turkey v portion of the Ottoman empire, hot supreme court. BRITISH PREMIER STATES WAR AIMS CAMP LEWIS MAN IS HELD AS SPY French Officially Recognize Finland. Paris. The Prench government haa officially recofralred Finland aa an in dependent republic. THE MARKETS Tacoma, Wash Hold in connection with the disappearance of important government documents and suspected of having divulged Information of a military nature along other lines. Thomss Helmut!) Rltter, sergeant major to the division adjutant and holding tha highest non-commissioned rank In the entire ninety-first division, wbm placed In Jail. Checking up Rltter record ainra his arrest shows him to be 23 yeara old, born and educated In Germany and tha ion of a quartermaster general of the Germau army, with a brother also in tha aervicc of the kaiser. His mother lives in Germany. Coming to the United Statea In tha aprlng of 1914 by way of Prance, ha went to Chicago and there took out his first clttxenBlilp papers before en Hating in the American army and be ing sent to the Philippines. In 1916, from some unknown source Portland. Oats No. 2 white toed. $59 per ton. Barley Standard feed. $54 per ton. Corn Whole, $75; cracked, 176. Hay Timothy, $27 per ton; alfalfa, 123.60. Butter Creamery, 49c per lb. Eggs Ranch. 45o per dox. Potatoes $126 1.50 per hundred. Poultry Hens, 23(0" 24c; geese, 150 17c; duck, :0025c; turkey, live, !5f274o. Seattle. Butter Creamery. S2c per lb. Egge Ranch, 64c per dox. Potatoes $3235 per ton. Poultry Hens, 24ffI6c; dressed, 26 28c: broilers, 30c; turkey, live, 28 30c; dressed, 36038c. Wilson' Addres Approved. Washington. Approval of President Wllson'a sddress, setting forth Ainer Ica'a nrneram for vip anil hmm he came Into possession of a large heard on everv aide In Washington and amount of money and purchasing hla the opinion seemwd universal that th Washington. Chairman Hurley, ef tha shinning board, asked conxreaa discharge, he returned to th Vnited president had chosen the psychological ,ne Mea"erranean a,,a "lacK sea must for $t2iooo.000 for acquisition or London. The British prime minis ter. David Lloyd George, set forth Great Britain's war alms in an ad dress before the delegatea ot tha trades unions. The three cardinal points of the British terms as enunciated by tha British prime minister are: Re-establishment of the sanctity of treaties; territorial settlement based on the right of self-determination or the con sent of the governed; the creation of an international organization to limit armaments and diminish the proba bility of war. Among the Issues for which Great Britain and the allies were contending, he stated, were the restoration of Bel glum and reparation for the injuries Inflicted; restoration of Serbia, Mon tenegro and the occupied parts ot France. Italy and Roumania. France must have Alsace-Lorraine, and to this end, the premier said, the British nation would stand by the French democracy to the death. Russia could only be saved by her own people. He declared an independent Poland an urgent necessity for the stability ot western Europe. The Turkish empire, within the home landa of the Turkish race, with Constantinople as ita capital, may be maintained. But the passage between rule assured security of Ufa aad op portunity for autonomoua develop ment, with the Dardanellea penaan antly opened to all nationa. 13. Establishment of an independ ent Polish state, including terrttariaa inhabited by indisputably Polish pop ulations, with free access to tha aaa, and political and economic lndepend ' ence and territorial integrity guaran teed by International covenant. 14. General association of nation under specific covenants for mutaai guarantees ot political independence and territorial Integrity to large and amall atatea alike, "For such arrangement and cove nants," said the president In eoneha sion, "we are willing to fight and con tinue to fight until they ara achieved ; but only because w wish the right to prevail and desire a Just and atabia peace." Such a program, he said, removed the chief provocationa for war. "The moral climax of this, th cul minating and final war for liberty, haa come," said the president in ending his address, "and they (the people of the United Statea) ara ready to nut their own strength, their own highest purpose, their own Integrity and de votion to the teat" 7 BILLION ADDED TO SHIP PROGRAM la. and airy, 4n: h.umital units. 600: officer.' B."- enoi.v afterward he Joined moment to counteract any evil effects 08 .,B ""rna"naea .anu. murium, tablishment of shipbuilding planta in club haa reserve c()r,,Sl 2M. In(.alra, rwieenti, Un ted statM ,nfanlry of 0erm, .., w t prop.Banda. na1 .7 ' . n, , . ddition to the -0. heretofore etc.. 200: navy and marine corns Mi52- ",rn. " 'ntly. was stationed at Sv'Hi and Palestine are entitled to .ked for the next fiscal year. Ha alsa tha ..la' selective .orvlce. 711: inf.ntrv .ervlra ' rrca. Wash. ,.,, Mm No1 ede. EmDl0(,. recosnmon or their separate national Bgked for ,ncrM of ,uthorMr fw lo ba ea- Hr.n tim ..ii.i.j t-.-i 'n office of tho division adjutant -..i,i., d.h.j ,.. conditions. construction of shies from ll.134.60.- wsumibivhi iimiii vM riiiuiuirn niii - .... at division headquarters he hsd com- lu not to be considered government em- mher and construction fl "J "l". d.",rlbutlon of al Ployea In compiling draft cl.sslfica- AU,'llus time mscoT,!r uu" 000 to $1,935,000,000. F. A. Brown, purchasing officer for N. Wonacolt. associate state director companies miiet keen their dvnamlta c.orre8Pnnce which passed through tlon. Pr0T0,t Marshal General Crow- tbey caino by ,hclr uu,e-h nam the emergency fleet corporation told . ....... ... ..... ftrrm , l . , ,.i , . i. ., ... . . . . or ?na nraaon nit-taion or in mtinnr i i , . . , ... ..... .. B,, iiini-r I'lNniuiK exptcmivPH miner thrift campaign. Two fatal arrldnnt were Included la tha 341 reported to the Industrial accident enmmlMslon for the week end ing January I, Inclusive. N. J. Crock ett, Noli, logger, and Gertrude New port, Aatorla. cook, were the vlctlma of the fatal accldanta. . . go that th production of milk and r - - MOB DEMOLISHES PLANT der ruled In answer to questions from draft board in all parts of the coun try. lock and key, or at least In a guarded place where strict account of tliem may ba maintained. This order has been leaned by the office of the I'ulted atlla Prln 8hP Wracked by Two States attorney, pursuant to com- Clvlllana and a Score of Sallora. plainta that such explosives have been Seattle. Wash. With the six men permitted to remain along railroad employed In the place lying in a row. track and at placea of eaay access wl,n ,helr 'ac'1 to the floor, two civil- way from Gibraltar. It was announced to pusanbr- - & nd about 20 sallora wrecked tha officially. U-goat Sink Hespitsl Shop. London. The hospital ship Rcwa waa torpedoed and aunk In tho Bristol channel on January 4 while on her that is, which outsiders give them, for tbey call themselves Sklpetars. Tradi tion for a long time maintained that there waa aome obscure connection be tween the people anil Alba Longa, In Italy. But it seems more probable that the word la a corruption of Ar bauetla. a Greek name given to the rcgtoiL This was softened Into Al ts not La and at length into Albania. Louduu Chronicle. the committee that within to daya tha shipping board hopes to hare delivered from the Pacific coast the heavier timbers for th conatruction of tM wooden ships, at a price of 111 leaf a thousand than pine timber, which the eouta was unable to deliver. The shipping board waa advised by the sonate commerce committee to commandeer ferryboats and trolley Usca la tt Now Turk Clfj dirties, - -