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Weston eade VOLUMH 40 WKSTON.iOItKGON, PItlDAY, AI'ItlL 26, 1918 NUMBER 49 R OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST fiiri't!, Tfio uovuriiiiioiil will plant ao.in o ir , Im'.t 1'itio mi half Uouic lin fir, In u burnt' I imr urea totaling 470 arra. Tlila U located on Matile A mountain. Seventy flvit additional pbyalelana Is Principal Events of the Week ' " in- Oregon in ui . . . . . . rati for two new of fleers of the inmll- urieiiy oneicnea ior inior ,,i rMpr,. corps, according u maimo- rnitlon of Our Readert. Joaeph'a second Annual Chautauqua, will be held June 24 2. 'Portland hai reached lb 11.000,000 nark In war aavinaa atamps aalea. Work nn the slat highway between Oregon t'lty and New Kra la prosrea Ins rapidly. County Agent Kebln aya llial lien Inn rou uly never had better pruaperla of a treat crop of fruit tban at Hie present. Tim Kife-Wltion Lumber company, of Itandon, haa aold Ha fleet of thren veaaele to a San Kreneleco ablpplug company. ('. K. Itud. Pendleton rattle buyer, completed a deal In Jnfforson county, liaylng 1100,000 for 1(0 bead of prim beef stock. Albany will have no city primary election (Hla year. Tb tlmo haa passed within which to file petition and no candldatea filed. An amlanment of 240 men from varloue military campa of the country at Oreion Agricultural college for training wilt arrive May 15. Anderaon J. Harlow, pioneer wbo' came from Wellington, Mo., and eet (lad In I .ana county In lsM. died at bla hum five mllea north of Eugene at tha age of &2 yeara. "Hank'' Hryaut. a wall koown rauV road man of pioneer daya of Oregon and for many yeara conductor on tha Happner branch of tha O W. K & N. Co, died at Tha Dallea. rormnl dedication of tho Vlt Jlouaa at Crown Point on tha Columbia river highway will laka plac Sunday afternoon, May t. wider tha auaplce of tha Vlata llouna association. What may prove to b tha nucleua of etat organltatlon of women to ba known aa tha Oregon Legion of Horn Defense, an auxiliary of tho Horn Guard, la being organised at Salem. Tha Indabtedneaa of tha City of Kugen hat been materially reducod In tha pant flacal year, according to the report of lha city treasurer. Thle ahowa total reduction of $114.235 2:. War workara from avory aectlon of the atato will meat In Portland on May 21 and 22 at the flrat Oregon war conference, which la to boiheld under tha auaplcea of tha atate coun cil of defense. Tha amount of ahlp contracta Ore gon ablpyarda bad on band April IS waa fl76.S00.OOO, according to a atato ment on the ahlpbulldlng Induatry In tloiia received by lr. (', J. McCuaker. secretary of the Oregon Medical anno elation, from Alriander It. Craig. sec retary of Ilia American Meillrl ao uiatlun, In purauanca of a reijucat made by the aurgeon goneral. L'ugone may become the center of bellndonua culture If experiments now being Itiailo by A. II iKi-durn, prove u rful, Mr. Ilaccliirii will pliint two acrm to idle mdii-lnal plant th.t aprlng and believes lh.it the npi-rl-inimt will be a eut-ceo. Aa tin) result of an alleged alterra tlin over rang" for tliclr respective band of alirvp, Will llollirook. a sheepman of eastern Klamath i-ounty, la reported to have ahot and killed O. T. MrKendree, a prominent sheepman of Klamath Fall, at Dry Prairie. Loafing promises to aoon ba an un healthy Induatry In Astoria. The city council after conaultatlou with tha federal authorttlea baa decreed that all able bodied men In the city must either ba employed or be proaeruted aa alackera and public nuisances. With tha cloee of the second week of tha third Liberty loan drive, every town In the atate bad paased Ita an ' algned quota, making Oregon a full 100 per cent atate. Estimates Satur day night, baaed on acattorlng reporta thai were not compiled, wer that Oregon'a total to date waa In excess of 124,000.000. The plant production acrtlon of tha emergency fleet corporation haa cou aldered favorably a suggestion of Bute Labor Commissioner Huff that an over aeer wboaa duty aball ba to look after tha safety of workara, and alao to ovor aee tba protection of tha vessels, b placed on each ahlp under conatructioa for the government Candldatea fo nomination for publlo office and aponanra of meaaurca to ap pear on the ballot May 17 are warned of the provlalona of the corrupt prac tlcea act In tending paid a4vertlalng to the newapapera. The law atrlctly requlrea that political advertlanmenta how plainly that tho matter la paid for and who la paying for It. Out of 496 accident reported to lha Induatrial accident commlaaion for tha week ending April 18, Inclualve, five were fatal. The fatal accident wer Jnnioi Grcifo, ItoauburR. Unlit and pow er employe; Andrew .1 nnum, 1'ortland, contraction employe; Edward Berg, Portland, ahlpbulldcr; D. R. Wheeler, Marahflcld. ahlpbulldcr; E. II. Kalley, St. Helen, (blpbuilder. Mayor C. L. Palmer of linker, haa BBIEF NEWSJF THE WAR EARTHQUAKE WRECKS CALIFORNIA TOWNS Hemet and San Jacinto Destroyed. After a month of buttering at the alll'-d line on the weatcrn front the Oermana have attained none of their main objoctivea. Von Jlld nburg haa fall. d to a parate the Fn nrh from tba Practically All BuHdfflgS Brltiali arniiea; he naa railed to over wli'lm Kl'-ld Marabal Halg'a force;, be 'baa failed to capture Amlrne, and hn haa failed to break through the Hrltlah llm-a protecting the road to the rhunn' I port. Tli'-ae four rcpulc buvn naulu-d In aucb frightful Gorman lom. that even the rutblcs war ma rbine of the bloody boune of Hoheo lollcrn ha been compelled to bait It destruction of Teutonic manpower, and for cvcral day there wo very little fighting on the Brltlih front (a Lo Angeles All of aoutbern Cali fornia and part of waalern Arliona war ahaken Sunday at t:2 P. M. by an earthquake which wrecked practi cally all buildinga and residence la Hemet and San Jacinto, two Inland town 4$ mile southeast of Riverside, and caused minor property damage in It. ncwal of heavy fighting la momen- Practically every town and city. Tne severity of tha a bock seemed greatest Inland, bat It was distinctly apparent at almost every point over California aonth from a Una from Dar tow to the coast and In soma parts tarlly looked for along the western battle front, not only on the Flanders line, but the south, In the Somme area, where the Germane made their bid for a quirk victory and failed In their larger purpose of dividing the British ot Arltona. although do damage was and French armle at a single stroke, reported there. KAIJER-ACi V6T PIKERS. i TWO MILLION MEN TO BE IN CLASS I Wanhlngton. I'ndcr the classifica tion of mm for solcctlve draft service Provost Marshal Courral Crowderhaa advised the senate military commit too pproxlmatoly :.000,000 will be placed In Clam I from which it 1 expected all future calls will bo taken. These 2.000,000, according to General Crowder, are exclusive of between 600.000 and 1.000,000 more annually, who. It la estimated, will be made sub ject to military duty under the bill now In congreia subjecting to regis tration youths reaching their major- CHANNELS TO U-BOAT BASES ARE BLOCKED Against further assaulta the armies of six nations are standing together In the battle area British, French, Araer Iran, Belgian, Italian and Portuguese divisions ready not only to repel at tacks, but to atrike back when the proper moment cornea. In Lo Angeles and vicinity the damage waa apparent mainly In bro ken windows. Hundreds of large plate-glass window her were shat tered. Several Urge buildings showed cracka or bulges, but tba extent ot such damage to buildings could not Apparently, the allies have thrown definitely ascertained. London. The German submarine bases of Oitlend and Zeebrugge, on tho Belgian coast, were raided by British naval forces, acoordiug to an admiralty announcement Tho announcement said that five old cruisers, which bad been filled with concrete for use In blocking channels, were run aground and blown up. Not only waa the mouth of the canal at Zeebrugge blocked, but Brit ish sailor and marine wbo partici pated in the raid on the German aub- stroyed every gun on tho mole, de molished tho sheds throughout its en tire length and blew up large atore of munition contained In tha shods. ity. From tho J.000,000 men In Claa maj.lne bM0, ueUcT, that cr de- I nearly io par ceni or me loiai reg Istratlon of tho country and the addi tional number secured by now legis lation, General Crowder haa advised enatora that It will be Improbable that calls will go outside of the high est class. Of youths reaching 21 yeara of ago under the new legislation It Is believed that at least 90 per cent will be placed In Class. I. Every Affection In Patriotism. IVnr nro our pnivnK uVor our chil dren, our rcliitlvc mid our asKoclnteg, but nil our affections for nil these are etnlirnci'd In our affection for our na tive lnnd. Cicero. Work Requlrea Expert. An herbarium Is n collection of dried plums pystenintically arranged mid nnnied. for reafly reference. If the work Is well done the market value ia good and the material in constant de mand. The two clause of herbaria are kept separate, being the garden fonts and the native or wild plants. Only an expert, and a careful one, tuny collect with hop of profit In only enough ot their reserves to hold the Germans, conserving their strength as far a possible. It ba been noted, however, that when the necessity of holding becomes Impera tive the holding power was there. Saturday the German launched a fierce attack against the American and the French northwest of Toul, but were repulsed. Although the German attacked in wave with greatly su perior number of men, the American and Frenchmen held all their position and Inflicted heavy losses. What gain were made In the Initial onslaughts were retrieved and Sunday night saw tba American and French line re stored. Pershing Report on Engineers. Washington. There were 122 cas ualties among the American engineers forming the hastily summoned com mand under Major General Carey which filled In the gaps torn by the Huns In the British lines. General Pershing has notified the war depart ment Two regiments went Into ao tion and two officers and 20 men were killed. Three officers and 52 men wore wounded, and 45 are reported as missing. Homes all over southern California were shaken, dishes rattled, furniture moved and In many places the shock was such as to cause the occupants to tumble out hastily. PROPERTY DAMAGE' LARGE this district compiled by lbs Portland . received word from 8. A. Mitchell.. chamber of commerce. illram Terwllllger, pioneer Port land cltucn, died at hla homo lu South Portland, aged 76 years. For 70 year he bad lived In Portland, arriving with hi parent after an eventful trip aero tha plain. Dell nianoett, famous all around cowboy and one of the best known frontier bow tierfornfcr of the west, wa killed In action on the westom front on March 20. according to a tele gram received In Pendleton. A representative of the atate high way engineer's office will make a "re connaissance of the road between Klamath Falls and Fort Klamath, 40 mllea north, with tho Idea of improv ing thl much traveled highway with cinder.. , A world's record In rapid wooden ship construction wai established In Portland Saturday when the bull of the steamer Wakan left the ways of tha Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. The keel ot the Wakan was laid only 61 days ago. Attorney-General Brown declared that a law providing for Jsckrabblt bounties In Harney county is Invalid, president of the Lcamler McCormlrk University, of Virginia, that ho and five othera of the faculty of the uni versity would arrive April 29 to make preparation for obsorvlng the eclipse of the sun June 8. Mr. McCormlrk aald that six other membors of the psrty would arrive later. Some poultrynien and rancher of the slate seem to have been confused by a recent food administration ordor providing that a license must be ob tained by those wiahlng to place egg in storage. The only producers re quired to obtain the license, aald As sistant Food Administrator Newell, are those in the business on a large scale, euch as shippers' sssociatiuns. Deal ers end commission firm need no government permit before placing eggs in storage. That a bill f the reduction of the area of the national hjrd reserve, in cluding territory In Klamath county, Oregon and Siskiyou county, Cali fornia, is up for consideration before the publlo lands committee at Wash ington, is news Just : received from Senator Charles McNary, The reduc tion ot the area ot the reserve will W&at Does L. J. SIMPSON Stand For? "1W Kind of A . or Governor" For Americanism, first nnd foremost. For Kupublicitn principle. For patriotic support of nation's war activities... For the development of Oregon's viifuvsourcuaj and the encouragement of agriculture. For good roads. For nation wide prohibition and women' suffrage. For rigid law enforcement. For patriotic co-operation between employer and employee For national, universal eight-hour day, excepting agri culture. For better living and working conditions for the thous ands of workers and laborers throughout the state. For the greutost possible moral, Bocial and economic ad vancement of all citiiens of the state. For an efficient state educational system. For a clean, impartial, businesslike administration. "Policies backed by-twenty ears of practice." "Your kind of a man for Governor" is " L. J. SIMPSON (REPUBLICAN) . I'Hld Ail. lulled by Muiwn tor Uovuruur League, 411 Selling BuiMlug. 1'orllm.!, Or. Germane Said to Threaten Holland. London. The German ultimatum to Holland, according to advices in Lon don, demands the right of transit not only for civilian supplies snd ot sand and gravel through Holland, but also for wsr materials. The privilege ot transit is asked not only on the Dutch canals, but also on the railways. Trsmblor Shakes SO Buaineaa Build ings Down In Two Town. , Hemet, CaL The 'owns of Hemet . and San Jacinto, "which lies north of here a distance of about two miles on the same branch of the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe railroad, were both . seriously damaged by a severe earth quake shock which occurred at 1:20 P. M. Sundgy. , -The total number ot business build ings destroyed her waa 21 and at San Jacinto 16. In addition a ndmber of brick reaidencea were ahaken down at each place. ' The property damage here la eU- , mated at (250,000 by merchants and " property owners who suffered the most loss. The San Jacinto damage waa estimated at a like sum. ' - , At both places persons sustained ' slight injuries from flying glass and falling brick but, owing to the fact, that the most damage occurred In the business districts, which were practi cally deserted at that hour on Sunday 1 afternoon, the casualties were negli gible. -.. Poet Toe Artificial, In the same year as Lovelace, or Just three centuries ago, was born Abraham Cowley, who published his first book of poems at the age ot fif teen and to whom fell the posthumous PRESIDENT OPPOSES COURT MARTIAL BILL Washington President Wilson came out in opposition to the Chamberlain bill which would try violations of the sedition laws by courts martial, and In a letter to Senator Overman, of North Carolina, declared his belief that the measure Is unconstitutional. If enacted, the president declared, honor ot lending off Samuel Johnson's "Lives of the Poets." Johnson ranked the bill would place the United States him among those he called the "meta on a level with Its enemies. The meaa- Prlmarr Filuay MAY 17 In the light of a supreme court opinion t open t0 homestead settlement and de- physical" poets and expressed a dis like for his far-fetched conceits with which the present-day render would heartily coincide. ure, be said, is opposed to the spirit and purpose of the espionage laws. Senator Chamberlain, of Oregon, author ot the measure, announced later that in view of the president's attitude he would not press the bill and that further hearings on it by the military committee would be post- Marvin Chase, state hydraulic engi neer of Washington, has filed with State Engineer Lewis a stipulation prepared by the attorney general of poned indefinitely. President Wllson't h holding slmllsr law, enacted, by the people, under the initiative In- Lake county, Invalid. After soundly "roasting" the-Clectrlo Light It Power company of Burns, Harney oounty, for its inadequate equipment and poor quality of erv Ice, the publlo service commission denied the company's application for an increase In rate. Military training . and courses de signed to prepare men and women for special .lines of war work are to be the features of the University of Ore gon's 14th annual lummor session, which will open this year on June 24 and close August t. The federal government will start In t few days on tb restocking of tha pursed ant fit th liaUia utloul velopment valuable acreage now be ing reclaimed in the lower Klamath lake marshes. ' i . -.-' ' :' L. I. Howes, district engineer for the department of agriculture at Portland, in charge ot road development work for the government, has been deslg-V nated by the capital issues committee to Investigate the proposed issue ot 11,600,000 in road bonds. Engineer Howes will meet with the state high way commission In Portland and go . ovor the entire matter. The commis sion, tinder stats law, could sell $2, 000,000 worth of bonds this year. Al ready $500,000 worth have been sold with the consent ot the capital Issue committee. For Lend Him AHanc mfli MM BUY LIBERTY BONDS ENOCH MORGAN'S j SONS CO. DUV PATRIOTISM SAP0LI9 For "Actions speak louder than words-Act - Don't Talk - Buy Now Washington affecting interstate irri gation rights along the east branch of Mud creek in Umatilla county. Tb controversy involves 182 acres In Washington, which' claim priority of tights over lands in Oregon which have decreed water rights and It is the pur pose ot the stipulation to have the ad ministrative authorities deny Oregon users 3.5 second feet ot water so that it may flow down to satisfy prior rights in Washington. Professor Earl Fitzpatrick, of the University of Washington and director of the bureau of development for the Red Cross, and Dr. J. W. Hoston, sup erintendent of the moss dressing de partment of the northwest division, are at Astoria arranging to procure 20 carloads of sphagnum moss tor the , Red Cross. Absorbent pads are to be made from the moss In the future Instead ot cotton and sent to the fight ing forces in France by the Red Cross. Sphsj;mim moss grows in quantities on the marshes In Clatsop county. It is said to have IS to 20 times the absorbent qualities ot cotton. letter was written In response to one from Senator Overman, asking his opinion on the Chamberlain bill. Soldiers Who Objset Chastsnad. ' Camp Lewis, Wash. After two con scientious objectors had been ducked In American lake by other soldiers for refusing to wear their uniforms, 60 of their comrades donned full khaki attire when an official order was hand-, ed down to "wear a uniform or stay in bed." The objectors had been wear ing their civilian clothing since reach ing camp, but when the order waa is sued they promptly complied. t , U. S. Less In Fight l"Q0. ' Washington. Information that the Americans sustained more4han 200 casualtie and the Germans suffered between 200 and 4C0 In the recent fighting at Selcheprey, northwest ot Toul. is understood to be contained in General Pershing's first account ot the battle, now in the hands of the war gegtrtmenti