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SADER VOLUMK 41 WESTON, OKECON. FRIDAY, AUG. 2, 1918 NUMBER 9 ESTON OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of tha Week Briefly Sketched for Infor metlon of Our Retdert. Bllverton will have a new municipal hospital. Hop picking In the virlnll jr of Ku rn will begin about August IS. Ki ll! Ikidele, rt-eldiit of Oregon for almost half a century, died at bli home In Albany, aged 70 )nn Tim assessed valuation for th city of I'orlland baa derreaeed from 2I& 131.706 In 1917 to f2l4,S0M0S In The Cnniiion aawmlll. near Grltsly mountain, right mllee from Prlnnvllle, aa htirnad Hunday. About 200.000 feet of lumber waa ileal royrd. Thn run of aalmun at the mouth of the t'otumlila roiitlnue light and the la k thut far la approximately 30 per cent abort of that of year ago. Cooa Day m ill entertain the Oregon F-dltorlal wuHM latlon In fitting man ner when It convenea there from Ail' guet 9 to It for a three daya' aeaalon. A reduction of 111.310 In the warrant Indebtedness of the city of Albany baa been effected elnc April 1. according to repurta submitted by city officiate. The Aatorla Marina Iron Worke baa Mtabllahed an Innovation. Women ar to be employed Ibera la tb future at well aa man. Fifty Joba art ready tor the firat that apply. The Southern Pacific company baa bean Instructed by H. II. Alahton, re gional director of railroads, to proceed with the conatrurtlon of an overhead crossing at Divide. In Lane county. A. I. Howe, Jr., who waa discharged from the Itrlllab army ou account of wounda auatalned In the battle on the ArraeLene road In France, haa re turned to Me home In Drownavllla and la recuperating. Sine the expiration on July 18 of the ban prohibiting the eel ling of dried fruit, practically lb entire prune crop of tbe nortbweat baa been eold. according to W. K. Newell, aaalatant atate food administrator. After a alege or elx montha In a hos pital at Washington. D. C, Karl Withy combe, ton of Governor Wlthycombe, haa arrived In Salem on a furlough from military duty until ho la eufflcl ently recovered to leave for France. (iovernor Wlthycombe appointed John H. Burgard. of Portland, to rep reaent the atate at a conference for tbe conalderatlon of a proposal to con aolldate the health departmenta of Multnomah county, the atate and tbe city, In Portland. It. It. Dartlett, manager of tbe Port of Willamette and K. Nabnltt, of Ore fon Ty. must face cbargea In the fi'di-ial court. Htate Insurance ('onimlssloiier Har vey Welle haa received a report from the Oregon Inauranca rating bureau showing tbat fire Inauranca rate on virtually all buildings In the first E0 Mocks, reaurveyed by the bureau la Portland, will be reduced. Aa rapidly aa the reaurveya proceed the new ra tings will be published In CO block groupa, according to James N. McC'une, manager of the bureau. lllaa Edna Cornell, domestic eclence teacher, and Juanlta Parker, tearber of Hpanlsh In tbe Oranta Paaa achoola during the paat year, have been In stalled at a lookout at tbe Panger Point lookout station near Takllraa. and will spend the next month In tbe wilds of Josephine county. In the for estry department eervlce. Hnerlal reports for the atate tea com mission, upon which will be baaed tbe amount of extra tax levy to be aaked of the people at the election In Novem ber, are beginning to arrive at the GENERAL HARB0RD - DIRECTOR RYAN f . n . - . ii m inn ii ! .i . .i.i. .... i i. in. i. mmm GERMANS LOSE SHELLS Allied Troopa Capture Crest Quanti ties of Ammunition. With the American Army on the Alane-Marne Front. The tremendoua atores of German ammunition found SerfJV, Oil North Bank Of 0UfC(f tiy tne franco-American troopa in the AMERICANS DEFEAT CRACK DIYISICriS Brigadier-General Jamea O. Harbord, who la commander of the United office, of the commlaalon. In a num- "h,l" - - ber of caaea no In creeses are estimated. while aome of the actlvltlea are seek Ing aubetantlal additions. Tbat the annual dipping of sheep In Oregon, which la ordered by law. un ices suspended by tbe atate livestock sanitary board, probably will be held In 1919 for the first time alnce 1907. waa the opinion of tbe membera of the board, who convened at Klamath Folia In a regular aeealon. Prevalence of tlcka on the aheep la believed to necessitate tbla action. Five fatal accldenta and 677 non- ONLY OBJECT OF ARMIES IS TO KILL Washington. The aole object of the alllea and tba Germane In tbe Solaaona Ithtlros aalient now la to kill aa many men aa possible. General March, chief of etaff, aald at bia eeml weekly conference with cewapapar correspondent. Whatever objective fatal onea were reported to the stale aide bad at the beginning, the Industrial accident commlaalon during general aald, baa been aubmerged ft tbe paat week. Tbe vlctlma of tbe development In tne fighting, fatal accldenta were: William Thomaa General March pointed out that tba Beagle. Medford. fireman; M. Naka- Mllenl haa been greatly flattened, yama. Dee. lumbering: Dick Dakar. Ibua virtually dissipating any hopee North Portland, ahlpbulldlng: J. F. of elllee bagging large number Smith. Seaside, lumbering; C. O. And- of the enemy. - ereon. Portland, ahlpbulldlng. Arrival of the 42d (rainbow) divl- Portland and the Columbia river die- lon and Ita participation In the fight- trlct will have delivered a fleet of 41 of Fere-en Tardenole waa an- John O. Ryan, director of aircraft production, now on the Pacific coast Inveetlgating production of apruce lumber. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF REJECTED MEN Camp Lewis. American Lake. Wash. Rejections of the July draft for phye Iral reasons to date average 12.3 per cent, according to figures given out at the muaterlng office, where every man la eiamlned before being finally Changes Hands Six Times In Fierce Fighting. With the American Army oa tk A lane Mam Front Tba American troops held tbe apei of their advance, won after a atruggle with the Germaaa In which the opposing lines moved forward and backward time and again, Bergy, on tba north bank of tha Owreaj, changing banda elx time. The crown prince of Germany and bis generala paid tha Americana a great compliment in bringing up agalnat them two of their beat divis ion, the Fourth Guards and Bavar ia ua. The firat efforts of tha Guard and Bavarians were partly successful, and the Americana war forced to with- Fleld Marshal Hindenburg Not Dead. draw 'rora Sergy and a few other po Amsterdam. An official commune sitfons. Including the town of Seringes- foreats of Fere and Ills leads officers to believe that the allied offensiv nipped In tbe bud German plans for a momentous drive upon Kpernay. Tbe forests and the surrounding country north of the Marne were vir tually one great araenal for German ammunition of all kinds, big gun abella being particularly numeroua. At placea on tbe edge of the woods there were large abella atacked like cord wood over large areas. Claaa One About Exhauated. Washington. There la a possibility of exhaustion of draft claaa one before congress can finally act to extend draft ages, it la predicted tbat by Labor day tbe last of tha fighting men now In claaa one will have been called. accepted. Tbe percentage of rejectiona 127. cation received from German mala headquarters deniea recent rumora concerning Field Marshal von Hlnden burg'a death. I THE MARKETS Portland. Oats No. 2 white feed, $61 per ton. Barley Standard feed. $55 per ton. Corn Whole. $75; cracked, $7$. Hay Timothy, $34 per ton; alfalfa. completed wooden etcamers, worth 130,000,090, to tba government by tha end of and will bava 10S addition al wooden bulla, worth $50,000,000, launched and undergoing equipment. Tbe $80,000,000 expenditure will bava nounced. Tba 3d regular division also waa Identified aa In action at Sera? and Clergea. where the crack German guard divisions have been defeated In recent fighting by American troops. General March bad nothing to re- Is slightly higher than those In June, when tbe total for tba entire draft waa 12 2 per cent Tha reason assigned by tbe offlcera for tha rejection of more than one of every 10 men who bava reported here so far Is tbat some of tha boards ara having their avail able supply of claaa 1 men exhausted and tbat many are sent here who do not quite paaa in the hope tbat tbey will be accepted and credited to the boards from which they came. physical standarda Butter Creamery, 47c per lb. Egga Ranch. 43c per dozen. Potatoes New. $3.75 8 4 per cwt Poultry Hens. 24 3 25c; broilers, 28c ! Seattle. Butter Creamery, 53c per lb. Eggs Ranch, 51c per dozen. Poultry Hens, heavy, dressed. 34c; light, 35c; broilers. 36c; roosters. Tba dressed, 27c; ducks, live 30c, dressed for tba present 35c; geese, live, 27c dressed 35c. et-Nesles. But the Germane could aot force the main body across tha river. The stream la narrow and abaliow and aome detachments at times war driv en back, but always there remained - enough American oa the north beak to check tha German rushes and la every Instance tha Americana retained to tha fray with great spirit It was a veteran American division and tha opposition to tha terrible onslaught mad against It justified the confi dence of tha staff that It waa mora than equal to anything the crowa prince bad to offer. There waa much fighting actually la the water, where tha Germane tried to rush their antagonists to tba wrath bank of the stream. Thar war time when tha blood-tinted and muddled stream gava evidence of the violence) of the conflict There war many deatha aa a result of slightly wounded men being drowned. draft are the same as for thst of Juna 111 with the exception of the minimum German Commander In Ukraine Slain, height, which haa been lowered to 60 Amsterdam. Field Marshal von Inches, and tha minimum weight Elchhorn, the German commander la which has been decreased to 110 the Ukraine, and his adjutant Cap pound. taln Ton Dressier, were killed by a bomb in Kiev Tuesday, say an official added an ocean tonnage of 840.000 to o tha extent of tba casualUes the capacity of tbe offsbor carrier suatalned by the American forcea In of tbe United fitatea. tha recent fighting. He said, how- construction work naa started on in , cUIPRIIII niWfl announcement received here from the Orhoco canyon road under the auper- rdere4 cable the caaualtiee aa re- COAST LEADS SHIPBUILDlWb t.kralnian capUaI. The WM vlalon of Forest Supcrvlaor V. V. Harp- l" " wuu,u ham and T. M. Davie, government rep- out ocre l 0D reaentatlv of good roada. Tbe road . la a division of the McKentle Paaa. BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR Eugene and Mitchell highway, and la located In tba Blue mountains, 20 The French have raptured the Im Haa Laroeet Number of Yarda Equip. tirown at tho men ,Pnil "r "e riving 10 uieir ueauquaners irom me Casino. ped to Build Ships. Washington. America s great chain of ahlp manufacturlea la approaching completion. There are now 118 fully Half New Registrants In Class One. Washington. Provost Marsbal-Gen- ... - ,..,. c . . ..u.ufjiuu. 1 ivivb wluw-UWt wile eaat of Prlnevllle. It la 1.7 mllea portant enemy baae of Fere-cu-Tarde- "Quipped yards in the United Statea Crowder ,nformed ,ute dratt . In length, and the coat of Ita conatruo- nol. " olUBr P,ru,u' "u""' tlon I estimated at $51,500. The line where the German with- Thirty-seven steel yards, which th . . . 1 . 1 lTnlls4 Ctatna lkl whan Wat KglCfxin aaxv - .Li,i-. 4 .. ...i a. 1. nra wt' at 1 nam ami nan 1 v at vravai tar flAnin uiiiivu ajvaa iv a uau t vu wvna . . . . . of Aatorla. haa aent a renueat to the auiuiu 01 we popuianon 10 u ... . , . . class are expected 10 ne placed in clasa wMMtoctototojZ .blpbulldln, and lumbering center, l. I. northed of Chateau Thierry. The one a. physically quaUfied for genera! in. of rbUf deout, ml. lo.Por. rcOected In th. .nnu.l achool cen.ua depth from that point gradually be- Increased fro. i way. to m ihrs. umni.ra and thre. or tour nportt of th varloua county school eoe narrower until 11 la quite email - . lN?Slidiai .uperlnundent. which h.v ju.t ten on ne.rln. th eastern pivot on th. Tarda for building wooden ship, now signer, at tnat point during in com- . . . ...., , ...i,.., nh.im. n,i, are in onerat on or near na comnl- In. eraln aeaaon. compi.wi oy I. a. tourcoui, aupenn- - - - By a small majority th. Preabyterl.n na" f public In.tructlon. The. nd around Boissons. tna other pivot aylod 't Orejon at ft. c.ol, Lion f-port. -twlal gain In Khoo. the ground I. .u.ted for defense. population in Muunoman, ciataop, i"" '" """ Cooa and Wasco counties, while other concentrated artillery, and In- counties show a decided lose. raatry, knowing tbat If a breach be at Eugene tabled a resolution recom mending to the general assembly of the Presbyterian church that women b permitted to enr aa minister In the church a a war measure. tlon. Tbe 118 yarda which are com plete ara distributed aectlonally aa fol low: Pacific coast 48; Atlantic coaat 38; Great Lake, 16 and Gulf coast 1. ecutives that more than 60 per cent of the 744.500 registrants in the 1918 ALLIED TROOPS GIVE GERMANS NO REST With th French Armlea on th 1,250,000 AT FRONT OR ON WAY THERE Washington. The United State ha In France and on tbe ocean bound for great battle fronta abroad a total at 1.250,000 men. American fighting force are reaching Italy. With 60,000 troops sent laat week, tbe number of American Midler trans ported overseas during July la expect, ed to reach a record of 100.000. Secre tary Baker and General March, chief of staff, told membera of tha aenata military committee. Two additional American corps bar been organised In France, General March announced. They are th Fourth and Fifth. . The Ninety-flrat division, temporari ly commanded by Brigadier General Frederick Stein man Folts, which waa trained at Camp Lew!, American Lake, Wash.. I a part of the Fifth army corps commanded by Major Gen eral Omar Bundy. The Ninety-first I composed of four rir.i.l,ilnn of what tirohai.lv will Wad a great majority of the German SuggMi VVIUon Settl lrlh Question. Marne Front Allied patrola crossed be known a th. Fifth Oregon regl- ,B tns Pocket mu.t be sacrificed. London. The debate In th houa the northern bank of the Kiver Ourcq regiment of Infantry, thre of field mu. 1 1.. ..n.j ment of tha Oreron national aujrd will n ln oanaa 01 me Marne aoutn or 01 commona on us inao quoouuu euu- ana cat t urea Fere-en-Tardenols, the snmerj, one 01 engineers, rour zob- ha. now reached Prlnevlll. and upon tart t once. Adjutant-General Will- of th .altent not a single ed In th. defeat of th Irish adherent, great Ge)man base of .upplie chine gun battalion, a battalion of "mpl.tlon of the ballMtlng of the lam. announced following a conference " Their eudden Tha motion of John Dillon, the nation- The retreat of the crown prince", field signal corp the tralna and mill- traek and other amalldetalla the road with Oovernor Wlthycombe. The retreat here waa brought about by th. allst leader, condemning tho govern- force along tho whole Marne front ha tary police and dlvlalon headqnartera 111 h. .d foe use , a rousina eei Fifth regiment will Include 13 com- ontant pressure of the French-Amer- menfa Irish policy, wgs rejected by a reached a more preciprrate phase. At company and troop. Th anthorixed bra Ion Ii being pl.nn.d which will panic, with a minimum .trength of 100 ctn. and Brltl.h. Allied troop, h.v vot of 245 to 106. Mr. Dillon', sug- .orne place, the German, have fallen .trength la 27.153 men and offlcera. oration I. 'n P'1"""' D'c ... -,,-hin. tun kPt constantly on th. heel, of th. gestlon that the question of Ireland back for a distance of several mile. rZ and tb . .urroundTng country. company, a supply company, bud- emy nd ,m. p.trol. h.v. adv.nced be referred to President Wilson was French and American troops are harry- TURKEY BREAKS RELATIONS . i.-.. n,rter. eomnsnv and a full comnle, con.lderably farther than the line In- well received by the bouse, but, aa log the retiring forces in the center, e.f. ,nneta0r. wall known ment of reglmenUt officers and sani- '1rm Premler A8Q-ultn Pinte1 out- Frenc" d British troop, are Belief Held That Bulgaria Waa Fa h...hn th anuthwMt In Alhueue tary troop. Tne melhd of retirement adopted by It could not be expected that th Prest- hammering at both flank. I?" A J i. ,m-m Thr.h "th. .rati.. of th. u. W consl.t. of tint retiring on dent of the United State, would under- Cavalry and tank. In con.lder.bl. 1"" "" - V mnimnv from tivorv twn .n .rrfi.r,,.. task at thl. lima. among the retiring German, while ered accordina- to direct iBformattnw Yankee, and French Pre.eed Back, airplane, are bombarding their col- from Constantinople." London. The Germane hav launch- umn. Tht9 announcement la mad by th ed a heavy counter attack on th The Incessant .mashing blow left Copenhagen correspondent of th Ex-' whole Sotssons-Ourcq front Th the enemy nothing to do but retreat or change Telegraph company. American, have beeu driven out of die. Even their sudden retirement has xB feeling against Germany th Clerge (four miles southeast of Fere- not relieved the constant harrying. advicea further aay. haa been crowln In addition to the slashing of car- particularly after last week'a vent., airy and the pounding of the tanks. The German. recently demanded tha( the lives of the German rear-guards crul8er Hamldleh. the only Urge .hip are being made precarious by Infantry then ,n possession of Turkey, aa com patrola. Ever alnce the commence- ensatlon for tha Brealan. th. form. ored In Division of War Spell. London. "Tha relations between at Marahfleld by' weighting himself ky law Oregon hs. been able to pro. eompany ,roa W tW? comPle- tak. uch an arduou task at this tlm. numbers have succeeded in getting in 0ermany and Turkey BaTt beea MT. """" '" ' " . . . . . then two aeetlona from tha remaining . amnnv th rellrlnv riarmana . Kll. . .. ... with a heavy automobll. part, filling tect It. cltlxen. again.t the inroads or ' ." ,7.." "Ju hi. pocket, with scrap Iron and then f.k. .lock and bond salesmen who ' i,k jumping Into th water, of Coo. b.y. h.v. been giving tb. government .erl- J"r only a fe,w men with With a view to diverting every poa ou. concern .Inc. th. inauguration of 10 thJ alb), pound of traffic from .all to wa- th. Liberty loan. Dl.pen.er. of f.k. J.,t ter line, between Portland and Aatorla, oil and coal .tock hav operated widely 15 !. ZlZl t ll! Colonel George A. Zlnn, of tb govern- throughout th country and victimized ""'d ' meuver i re- ment engineer at Portland, ha aaked many people with th. argument that Dc,tca' th. public .ervlc commlaalon for all fuel needa of th government In th th data available a to rail and water emergency demand th development of transportation between . thee, two n.w oil well, points. Th first unit of the proposed ship- Th. public aervlc commission ha. ping facilities in th. A.torla harbor American. Ar. Holding Line. Paria. American troop, maintain their position in th region of Ser-Ingei-et Nesles, which they carried at- en-Tardenols), while the French have been compelled to fall back from Begnau. Auatrallana Smaah Germane. LiOnaon. rwo lines or uerman uui i wruiau rcircai au crewi German cruiser whtrh waa Mtnl .uthorUy to di.reg.rd th. term. In ha. been completed and 1. now ready LTi?'!."1. It AT'"! ,"nihM " tW"?U9 n,"t.B,!rid tt re"?g u' tn nemJ front in th. Dard.nelle. white nnder th. .mo uiu vi7Fiua iuq &vr 4u- Turkish flag. ant5, Despite Turkey', protest the Hml-' ! dleh haa departed for Sebaitopol with Touching on Courtship, the German flag flying. the contract granted by th. city of to handle whatever of th. great wheat Ulllsboro to th. North Coaat Power crop of the 'northwest or of general company providing tbat the company freight may be dispatched that way In hall furnish water free for municipal It. Journey to th. mart, of tha world, purposes, according to an opinion glv- The Improvement cost (393.000. , On en by Attorney General Brown to th. Saturday, August 17, the Port of As commission. torta will hold th formal opening of official statement from th war office. Th Germans made four attacka against th new French positions east of Oulchy le-Chateau. They were re pulsed and the French line waa held Intact. the Bray-Corbie road, east of Amiens, have been captured by Australian troops, the war office announced. In carrying out this operation, the Aua trallana took 100 prisoners. . . . .. 0, 1. . . . .. . . . . . fiaeman Duka to Raian Over Finland. . ...... 11. Tm.na r.antura Psaltlana. A onve on nour noaraera ws con in new duik grain elevator ana oine, 7 . , , , . . r- . rldlno- and she askprt von If rnn Hkmt ww ducted by federal and county officials which have a storage capacity of i,. ?. Th crown or riniano h London. - German posltlona in the buckwheat or corn cakes best and you ,08ses trough winter killing of their Touching courtship in other days. everl Borneo contribute to column Whaat Grower Aided By Government levity of the hour. One asks : -Remem- Washington. To aid wheat grower, ber the time you had her out bugtry ef tn, WMt WQ0 h,T, iutfered aevr Saturday around Oregon City and ad- JOO.OOO bushel. Joining communities, with th result iSxfTK MCrr"' reSi0n' l 1U 1 ' StT aheTantTto kVo" op. nd through drought, Prld.-t of Mecklenburg-Schwerln end h. ha wera entered by Australian troops, ,nrt Qh ...to, .n. Wilson ha placed 15.000.000 at the thai-Anton Wantxel. of Canemah. Guv John D. Ryan ava that Uncle Sam accepted, aay. a Zurloh dispatch to L wh0 took 40 prisoner., the war office 0u both tittered, ehr Pittshnrch disposal of the treasury and agricul- .j Li. ,. . l . n..K.w 1 ... . wMl ayvM K.tra K1 HiV( .....I..... Jour&BiL i AnftAnRearf. Pnftf - - - (upal danaTtmanta II u iMiiAitHfW ' wi uaa sss mm mwhi ivh4,uK vvaa. w.w wn wi, jrvvvw si.vya.iw, ; J tnafiuiieid. tural deoaxtmants, u tu aaaauactd."