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STATE N E W S !
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OVER THE TOP
W ashington. D. C.—L eg islatio n to
Jo h u L. Ristey. w ho received the
a u th o rise g o v ern m en t c o n tro l an d o p er­ d em o cratic n om lnattou as one of the
atio n o t te le g ra p h and te le p h o n e sy* re p re se n ta tiv e s from C lackam as coun
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approved ty, h as notified S e c re ta ry O lcott that
W ednesday by P re s id e n t W ilson and he refu ses to accept.
T h e s ta te exam ining board sta rte d
lead e rs a t th e C apitol p rep ared for its
Daily News Items.
im m ediate co n sid e ra tio n w ith a view w ork a t Salem W ednesday exam ining
se v e ra l th o u san d p ap ers from several
to action if possible befo re congres h u n d red a p p lic a n ts who took exam ine
C o p yrig h t 1917. by A rthur O u » Eiupry
sional recess th is week.
tlo n s for te a c h e rs' c e rtific a te s la st I
S e c re ta rie s B ak er and D aniels and w eek.
P o stm aster-G en eral B urleson, all of
Miss M arg aret T allm an of C orvallis
whom have ind o rsed th e p en d in g bill
EMPEY LEARNS HOW THE TOMMIES ARE FED IN THE
by R e p re se n ta tiv e Aswell. of Louisi w as in sta n tly killed T u esd ay m orning,
a n a proposing th is a u th o rity , w ere and h e r cousin. Miss Mubel M orse, of |
FRONT-LINE TRENCH AND BACK OF IT.
Invited to a p p e a r before th e ho u se in P o rtlan d , severely in ju red w hen the
fo rm e r's c a r tu rn ed o v er a few m iles
E vents o f N oted People, G overnm ents te rg ta te co m m erce co m m ittee
T h e p re s id e n t's sta te m e n t w as In a n o rth of th at city.
and Pacific N o rth w est and O ther
note to C h airm an Sim s, of th e com
A su it has been tiled in th e C latsop
Synopsis.— Fired by th e sinking of th e L usitania, w ith th e loss of
m ittee. a p p ro v in g a le tte r from Post c irc u it co u rt by th e Lew is 41 Clark
T h in g s W o rth K now ing.
A m erican lives, A rth u r Guy Em pey, an A m erican living lu Jersey City,
m aster-G eneral B urleson. T h e re was com pany a g a in st th e C row n W iliam
goes to E ngland and en lists as a p riv a te In th e B ritish arm y. A fter a
no d ire c t re fe re n c e in an y of th e c o r e tte P ap er com pany to condem n the |
sh
o rt experience ns a recru itin g ofltcer lu London, he is sen t to tr a in ­
resp o n d en ce to th e c all se n t o u t by th e rig h t of way for a ra ilro a d acro ss the
ing q u a rte rs In F rance, w here he first hours th e sound of big guns sm l
F ra n k lin K. L ane an d Mrs Lane C om m ercial T e le g ra p h e rs' U nion for a d e fen d an t's p ro p erty in th e L ew is and
m akes the acq u ain tan ce of “cooties." A fter a brief (terlod of training
p rayed a t th e tom b of Q ueen Liliuo- s trik e of W e ste rn U nion o p e ra to rs on C lark riv er d istric t.
K m pey's com pany Is sent Into the front-line trenches, w here he ta k e s
kalani. in H onolulu, la s t m onarch of Ju ly 8.
An o rd er w as m ade by th e circuit
h is first tu rn on th e fire step w hile th e bu llets wills overhend.
Mr. B urleson, how ever, w ro te th a t
th e H aw aiian islan d s, la s t Sunday.
c o u rt a t A storia in th e c a se of M artin
T h e tw o th e n laid leis upon th e b ier he deem ed th e leg islatio n n ecessary I.uksich ag ain st A nton K uljls. a u th o r
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t
th
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m
om
ent
w
hen
p
a
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ly
sis
of
a
in w hich rep o ses th e re m a in s of th e
large p a rt of th e sy stem o f elec tric a l tiln g S tip an K ukura, re c eiv er In
queen.
How I envied him. B ut wlieu th e Issue
C H A PTER V I— C ontinued.
com m unication is th re a te n e d w ith pos­ c h a rg e of th e p u rse sein iu g c ra ft
com m enced my envy died, and i re a l­
L ig h tn in g cau sed th e d e stru c tio n of sible co n seq u en ces p re ju d ic ia l to o ur A m erican F irst, to o p e ra te th e vessel
A fter dinner I tried to w ash out ized th a t the first req u isite of u non­
tw o 55,000-gallon oil ta n k s filled w ith mjm a r y p re p a ra tio n s an d o th e r public d u rin g th e fish in g season.
cru d e oil a t th e S ta n d a rd Oil com pany a c tiv ities th a t m ig h t prove d is a stro u s."
the
dlxl« w ith cold w ater and a rug, com m issioned officer on activ e service
Follow ing a c h a rg e by C ircuit Ju d g e
re fin e ry in a th u n d e r sto rm a t Li
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and learned a n o th e r uiuxlin of th e Is diplom acy. T h e re w ere 10 men In
F
red
W.
W
ilson,
w
ho
em
p
hasized
the
Segundo, Cal.. T uesday. T h e loss w as j
im p o rtan ce of a rigid en fo rcem en t of trenches— “It ca n 't be done.” 1 slyly o u r section, ant? they soon form ed a
e stim ated a t $250,000 by com pany of-
h o rtic u ltu ra l law s, th e g ran d ju ry at w atched one of th e older men from sem icircle around us u ftc r the corporal
Hood R iver h as Indicted seven of the an o th er section, and w as horrified to hud called out, “ R ations up.”
T h ree M inneapolis p ap ers, th e Jour- !
T h e q u a rte rm a s te r serg ean t had
v alley 's m ost p ro m in en t o rc h a rd ists aeo him throw lu to his dixie fo u r or
nal, th e E v en in g T rib u n e and Daily j
for an alleged fa ilu re to obey a law qvc double handfuls o f tutid. T hen he given n slip to tho ror|M>rftl on w hich
N ews, hav e in creased th e ir price of |
th a t req u ire s all prim in g s to be burned poured lu some w ater, and w ith his w as w ritte n a list of the rations, .tit­
th e p ap er from one to tw o cents. T he
London.—A G erm an su b m a rin e 70 30 d ay s a fte r th e y a re cut.
bunds scoured th e dixie Inside and out. ling on tho floor, using n wooden box
M inneapolis M orning T rib u n e recen tly
s from th e Irish c o a st on the
A
fo
rest
fire
rag
in
g
for
se
v
e
ra
l
days
t thought he w as taking an uw ful risk. ns a table, the Issue comm enced. On
increased its p rice from one to tw o n ig h t of Ju n e 27 to rpedoed th e 11,000-
a b o u t seven m iles so u th e a st of F oster, Supposing the cook should hav e seen the left of th e corporal th e ratio n s
cents.
ton h o sp ital sh ip L lan d o v ery C astle, in L inn county, h as b u rn ed o v e r ap
h im ! A fter h a lf a n h o u r of unsuc­ w ere piled. T hey consisted of th e fol­
F u rn ish in g of liquor to officers and c h a _ rte re d by th e C anadian g o v ern m en t p ro x im ately 400 ac re s, acco rd in g to a cessful efforts I retu rn ed iny dixie to low ing :
m en of th e arm y w ith in p riv a te hom es nnd in th e serv ic e of c a rry in g w ounded re p o rt of s ta te w a rd en s w ho w ere In
Six loaves o f fresh hrend, each loaf
the cook shack, being carefu l to put on
is pro h ib ited u n d e r new reg u latio n s and sick from E ngland to t an ad a.
A lbany T uesday. T h e fire is under
o f ii d ifferen t size, p erh ap s one out of
form ulated by P re s id e n t W ilson
and 1 h e ship w as th en
on h e r w ay to c o n tro l and will b u rn Itself o u t w ithin the cover, and retu rn ed to th e billet. the six being ns Hut ns a pancake, (he
S e c re ta ry B ak er and m ade public
by E ngland. She had on board 258 per- th e lim its provided by th e w ardens P retty soon the rook |>okrd his head
In the door and sh o u ted : “ lley , Yank. resu lt o f nn arm y service corps m an
th e com m ission on tra in in g cam p
ac- sons. 80 m en o f th e C an ad ian arm y u n less so m eth in g u n fo reseen occurs.
placing n box of bully b eef on It d u r­
tiv itie s
m edical co rp s and 14 w om en n u rses.
.“ " V T “
‘"V*’.»’ ing tra n sp o rta tio n .
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Only 24, in cluding th e c a p ta in , a re ■ j u d g e Jo h n S Coke, of M arshfield ;J°me out
h
as
been
ap
p
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ted
by
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overnor
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th
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had
w
asted
a
half-
P re s iu e u t >• '-son h a s issued an or- rep o rt„ () saved. T he a tta c k w as with-
T h re e tin s of jum , one apple nnd tho
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already,
and
bad
used
up
dor g ra n tin g leav e ot a b sen ce w ith pay . o u t w arning.
o th e r tw o plum.
to all Civil w a r v e te ra n s in th e serv ice
T h e su b m a rin e com m ander, w ho or- B oard o f N orm al R e se n ts to s u c c e e d my only rem aining sh irt It» th e a t ­
Seventeen B erm uda onions, all d if­
of th e g overn m en t w ho d esire to at- j ere(j th e ca p ta in , se v e ra l of his of- H en ry J. M aier, of T he D alles. 41 tem pt. W ith u look of dlsduln he ex­
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ten d th e 52d n atio n al en cam p m en t of f(c ers anti M ajor Lyon, o f th e m edical said e a ste rn O regon now h as th re claim ed: "Blow me. your s h irt! W hy fe re n t sizes.
A piece of cheese In th e sim p* o f n
th e G rand A rm y of th e R epublic a t corps a broad. said he sa n k th e ship m en on th e board, w hile so u th w estern I n ------d id n 't you use m ud 7”
P o rtlan d , Or., A ugust 18 to 24.
because sh e w as c a rry in g A m erican O regon Is no t re p re se n te d , and largely
W ithout a w ord In reply I got busy wedge.
T w o one-pound tin s o f b u tter.
T w enty-tw o G erm an a irp la n e s w ere av iatio n o fficers and o th e rs in th e for th is reaso n Ju d g e Coke w as nam ed w ith the mud. and soou my dlxl« w as
A hnndful of rnlslns.
sh o t down, 10 w ere d riv e n down out fig h tin g se rv ic e of th e allies. H e added
Ja c k so n county faces th e m ost serl bright and shining.
A tin o f biscuits, or a s Tom m y culls
of control and tw o G erm an balloons la te r th a t th e vessel w as ca rry in g ous fo rest fire situ a tio n sin ce 1910,
Most of the aftern o o n w as Bpent by
w ere d estro y ed d u rin g th e a ir fighting m unition sto re s, becau se of an explo- acco rd in g to o fficials of th e federal the men w riting le tte rs home. I used them “Jaw b reak ers.”
A b o ttle of m u stard pickles.
Sunday. according to a n official state- sion w hich o ccu rred aft.
fo re st service. F ed e ra l F o re s t S u p e r­ my sp are tim e to chop wood fo r th e
m en t on a e ria l o p eratio n s issued by
All lig h ts w ere b u rn in g w hen th e v iso r R ankin a rriv e d in M edford S un­
T h e "bully beef," spuds, condensed
th e L ondon w ar office T u esd ay n ig h t L lan d o v ery C astle w as torpedoed. day from th e C ra te r L ake region, cook and go w ith the q u a rte rm a s te r to milk, fresh m eat, bacon nnd "Mueono-
_
T h ese in clu d ed a h uge e le c tric cro ss w h ere a fire th a t h as b urned over draw coal. 1 got back Just In tim e to
S p u rred by th e ro u n d in g up of near- over (be b rid g e an d s trin g s of w hite 20.000 a c re s is still raging, leaving Issue o u r th ird men), w hich consisted chle ration«'* (a can filled w ith m eat,
ly 800 su sp ected idlers e arly W ednes- anij g reen lig h ts on e ith e r side. T he a fte r a few- h o u rs' p re p a ra tio n s with of hot tea. I rinsed out tny dtxle and vegetable« nnd greasy w a te r), hnd been
day. w hen th e s ta te anti-loafing law red Cj.osse8 on (h e sid es of th e vessel 25 m en for W oodruff M eadow s, in the re tu rn e d It to th e cookhouse, an d w ent tu rn e d over to th e com pany cook to
m ake a stew fo r n ex t d ay 's d in n er. He
an d fed eral "w o rk or fig h t” ed ict w ent w ere n iu m in a (ed.
P ro sp e c t d is tric t, w h ere a n o th e r serl back to the billet w ith nn e x h ilarated
also received th e teu, su g ar, salt, pop­
into effect, th o u sa n d s of m en. engaged
A ccording to R ed C ross info rm atio n , ous blaze is rep o rted .
feeling
th
a
t
my
d
ay
's
labor
w
as
done.
a t the b e st in n o n -essen tial in d u strie s, m any w ere killed in th e en g in e room,
p er and flour.
I
bad
fallen
asleep
on
the
stra
w
when
C ounty A gent J. L. S m ith , of M arsh
storm ed em p lo y m en t b u re a u s begging T h e re is h a rd ly an y d o u b t of th is, as
S cratch in g h is head, th e corporal
once
ugnln
th
e
cook
ap|>eiired
In
the
fo r jobs.
| th e re w as no re sp o n se to C ap tain Syl- field, who h as o p p o rtu n itie s to observe
studied
th e slip Issued to him by the
A m erican tro o p s in th e L ondon dis- v e ste r's sig n a ls from th e b rid g e a fte r cro p con d itio n s in all p a rts of the door of the b illet w ith : “Hlluie me, you q u a rte r. T hen In a slow, mystified
co u n ty , d e c la re s th a t th e hay and Y anks a re lazy. W ho I n ------a-goln’ to
tr ic t w ere e n te rta in e d a t th e P ala c e th e to rp ed o stru c k ,
voice he read out, "No. 1 section, 18
th e a te r S und ay e v en in g and a d d re sse s
As th e en g in e m en w ere e ith e r killed g ra in crops will be less th a n h a lf th e draw th e w a te r fo r the mornln* te n !
w ere m ade by V ice-A dm iral Sim s. ‘ o r left th e ir p osts, th e re w as no one a v e ra g e of o rd in a ry y ears, ow ing to Do you think I'm a-goln’ to? Well, men. B read, loaves, six.” He looked
co m m an d er of th e A m erican n av al j to sh u t o ff th e pow er, an d th e ship co n tin u ed d ry w eath er. T h e situ atio n I’m not,” and he left. I filled th e dixie puzzled and soliloquized In a m using
forces in th e w a r zone, and T. J. Mc­ k e p t on h e r w ay, n o tw ith sta n d in g th e is cau sin g m uch an x ie ty am ong ra n ch ­ w ith w ater from an old squenklng well, voice;
“ S ir loaves, n in eteen men. L et's see,
N am ara. p a rlia m e n ta ry se c re ta ry to g re a t ho les to rn by th e torpedo, not ers, who m u st feed th e ir d airy herd s and once aguln lay down In th e struw .
beginning to slow down u n til th e w ater d u rin g th e w inter. E n tire dependence
th a t's th re e In a loaf fo r fifteen m en—
th e a d m ira lty .
now
is
being
placed
on
th
e
corn
crop,
rushed in to th e b o iler room , e x tin ­
w ell, to m ake It even, fo u r o f you'll
L aw ren ce De L acey, E d w ard J. Har-
C H A PT ER VII.
w hich is used alm o st a lto g e th e r for
th e fires.
have to muck In on one louf.”
nady and W illiam M ullane, convicted g u T ishing
h is added to th e confusion in silage.
T h e fo u r th a t got atuck mude a bowl,
of a co n sp ira c y to lib e ra te F ran z Bopp,
Rations.
T h e s ta te highw ay d e p a rtm e n t has
lau
n
ch
in
g
th
e
lifeboats.
T
h
e
re
w
as
no
fo rm e r G erm an consul-general a t San
J u s t dozing off; Mr. L ance C orporal but to no avail. T he tr e n d w as dished
received word from th e g o v ern m en t
panic.
By
th
e
tim
e
th
e
sh
ip
lo
st
h
e
r
F ran cisco , and his aide, E. H. von
out. P re tty soon from a fu r co rn er of
th a t It h as ap proved e x p e n d itu re for b u t t e d In.
Schack, from in te rn m e n t, w ere denied m om entum m o st of th e bo ats w ere six m iles of g rad in g on th e Union-
In T om m y’s eyes a lance corporal Is the billet, th ree Indignant Tommie* ac­
o
v
er
th
e
side.
a re h e a rin g by th e U n ited S ta te s c ir­
M any w ere unab le to rea c h th e T e lo c a se t p ro ject, along w h a t Is know n one degree below a private. In th e costed the corporal w ith :
c u it c o u rt of ap p eals.
“ W h at <lo you call this, a louf of
b o ats an d th e ship w as sin k in g rapidly. a s th e old O regon tra il. T his Is a co rp o ral’s eyes he Is one d e fin e above
T h e B ronx T u e sd a y h a d a ll th e T h ey jum ped in to th e se a and a few p o stro ad and th e e stim a ted cost is a general.
h rend? Looks m ore like a sniping
$30,000. Bids also a re b eing a d v er­
th rills of an a ir raid , w hen a sire n w ere picked up.
. ,
H e ordered m e to go w ith him and p late.”
w histle, to be blow n in ca se G erm an
One of th e bo ats of th e h o sp ital tised for 9.3 m iles of g rad in g on the
T h e corporal n n sw ero d :
help
him
druw
th
e
next
d
ay
's
rations,
airp la n e s should a p p e a r, w as te s te d ship L lan d o v ery C astle, co n ta in in g 12 Elgin Minam p ro ject, th e contem plated
“ Well, don’t blum o me, I d id n 't bake
w ith o u t th e police b ein g notified. W o­ n u rsin g siste rs, w as seen to capsize, w ork to be b etw een L a G rande and also told me to tak e my w aterproof.-
E very evening, from each platoon or I t ; H om ebody’s g o t to get It, so sh u t
m en fled w ith th e ir c h ild re n to cellars, acco rd in g to la te s t in fo rm atio n . T he E n terp rise . T h e e stim a te d expense Is
w hile b u sin e ss th ro u g h o u t th e d is tric t s iste rs w ere drow ned.
$42,000. T h e se b ids a re to be opened m achine-gun section, a Innce corporal up until I dish o u t th ese bllnkln ra-
and p riv a te go to th e q u a rte rm a s te r tlons.”
Ju ly 9.
did n o t co n tin u e " a s u su a l.”
T hen th e corporal stu rte d on tho
W ith th e In crease in fre ig h t ra te s serg ean t a t th e com pany sto re s an d
In a d esp o n d e n t a rtic le on th e pres-
Jam.
effectiv e Ju n e 25, th o se ra te s on the d raw ratio n s fo r th e follow ing day.
e n t food situ a tio n In G erm any, th e U r t i m i m U
M lV U IflK .
“Jam , th ree tin s—apple one, plum
S u n p ta r V alley railro a d a re now so
T h e "q u a rte r,” as the q u n rte rin a ste r
so c ia list n e w sp a p e r V o rw aerts, of B er­
m uch in excess of th e e x p re ss ra te s serg ean t Is called, receives dally from tw o. N ineteen men, th re e tins. Six
lin, fra n k ly p o in ts o u t th a t th e gen eral
th a t people a re m ak in g all th e ir ship­ th e orderly room (cap tain 's office) a In a tin m akes tw elve men fo r tw o tins,
sh o rta g e is u n d erm in in g th e m o rale of
m en ts by ex p re ss and re fu sin g to ship slip show ing the num ber of men en­ seven In th e rem aining tin."
th e people. A m ong th em , it declares,
W ash in g to n , D. C.— R eduction of by freig h t. T h e situ a tio n th e re has title d to rations, so th ere Is no chnnce
li e pnssed aro u n d the Jam, and
th e q u estio n o f “an e a rly end to th e
tra g ic w orld w a r h a s ag a in becom e of $108,196,836 in th e o p e ra tin g incom e becom e so se rio u s th a t th e railro ad of p u ttin g any th in g over on him . Many th e re w as a n o th e r riot. Some didn't
u rg e n t im p o rta n c e .”
of 123 of th e la rg e st ra ilro a d s dur- com pany h a s refu sed to handle ex­ arg u m en ts ta k e place betw een th e like apple, w hile o th ers w ho received
„
ing th e firs t five m o n th s u n d e r gov- p re ss sh ip m en ts u n less som e change
plum w ere pu rtln l to apple. A fter u
O fficlal d en ial is m ade a t Moscow e m in e n t co n tro l, co m p ared w ith th e is m ade, according to In form ation re ­ " q u a rte r” and th e platoon nonconi, ?>ut
by th e g o v e rn m e n t of th e published gam e period a y e a r ago, w as an- ceived by th e Public 8 e rv ic e com m is­ th e form er alw ays w ins out. Tom m y w hile dlfferenoca w ere udjusted uud
re p o rt th a t a se c re t tr e a ty h as been nPunced W ed n esd ay by th e in te rs ta te sion W ednesday from O. B. V iets, ex­ says th e " q u a rte r” got his Job because the Issue w ent on.
"B erm uda onions, seventeen.”
he w as a b u rg la r In civil life.
concluded betw een R u ssia and Ger- com m erce com m ission,
p ress a g e n t a t P o rtlan d .
T h e corporal avoided n row by sny-
m any re g a rd in g P oland. An official
j n May th e ro ad s w e re begin n in g
T
hen
I
spread
th
e
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T h e c ra n b e rry m a rsh e s in the vi­
sta te m e n t say s th a t R u ssia w as com- (0 re c o v e r from th e p a raly zin g ef-
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T h e corporal w as sm oking a fag. I I guessed I would do w ithout one too.
R ussia, it is added, n e v e r co n sen ted to > n e a re r la s t y e a r’s fig u res. F o r th e th ey have n e v e r seen a n y th in g like carried th e ratio n s bnrk to th e billet. T h e corporal looked h is grntltude.
th e bloom on th e m a rsh e s th a t is seen
a co n tin u an ce of G erm any s policy.
five m o n th s th e to ta l w as $186,987,144, th is year.
“C heese, pounds, tw o."
T h e corporal w as still sm oking u fag.
W arn in g th a t th e c o u n try is facing | com pared w ith $295,182,970 d u rin g
Jo e T h u rin is th e la te s t tru s ty to
a sh o rta g e o f apples, c h e rrie s an d th a t period la s t y ear, an d fo r May it
b e rrie s n ex t y e a r w as given F rid a y by wai* $64,276,805, a g a in s t $76,290,630 escap e from th e Htate p en iten tiary . He
w as convicted In M ultnom ah county
m em bers of th e A m erican A ssociation lh*t May.
o f N u rsery m e n in convention In j In sp ite of th e red u ced o p eratin g In 1911 on a c h a rg e of b u rg lary and Is
C hicago
! incom e, re v e n u e s o f th e ro ad s ac- a p aro le violator. He also served tim e
a t W alla W alla.
S e c re ta ry B ak e r h a s d irected th a t
n ffiria ls ronnpcfpd w ith dPD artm pnts ^
th a n last. T h ey w ere $1,*
T he A sto ria school hoard received a
le tte r from th e cap ital Issues com m it­
o f^ th e * G ov ern m en t u n d e r h i. “ u r i* 3»2'2^
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J h te h w m
diction m u st re fra in from c ritic isin g in
*iv *n *? a m a rg in w hich w as m ore te e of W ash in g to n d eclin in g to a u th o r­
th e ir official cap acity r.ny new spaper | th a n e a te n UP b * lncrea8 ed expenses, ize th e proposed $125,000 Issue of
school d is tric t bonds fo r new school
o r g ro u p of new spapers.
buildings.
T he P a ris m u n icip al council votes
Red C ross R ep o rts Funds,
u n an im o u sly th a t th e A venue Troca-
W ash in g to n , D. C.— R ed C ross sub-
T he p re s e n t c h e rry c ro p will s e t a
doro should h en cefo rth b ear th e nam e scrip tlo n s in th e second w ar fund driv e record for I^ane co u n ty In point of
of P re s id e n t W ilson. I t w as ¡»'so decid- am ount now to $170,038,394 w ith r e ­ q uality, If th e d ry w e a th e r continues
ed th a t th e n a m e p la te s should be In tu rn s still com ing in, n atio n al head- a few day s longer, a c co rd in g to Coun­
place before th e F o u rth of Ju ly .
I q u a rte rs announced. T h e firs t fund ty C om m issioner M. H. H arlow e, ow n­
.....
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,
. am o u n ted to $110,475,125, of w hich e r of one of th o la rg e st o rch ard s
A llied an d n e u tra l sh ip p in g *unk $ 1 7,895.211 w as refu n d ed to or retain ed
T h e little village of H arb o r, which
by G erm an U-boats d u rin g th e firs t i b local c h a p te r8 . A fin an cial sU te-
28 d a y . of M ay to ta le d 233,639 g r o s s ; m ent 8h0WB Red Cr088 re c e ip ts from nestled on th e so u th side of the C hetco
tons, accord in g to e stim a te s m ade by all so u rces d u rin g th e 11 m o n th s end riv e r in C u rry county, Is rep o rted to
th e N avy D ep artm en t, S en a to r Beck­ ing May 31 w ere $117,544,284, w hich, have been p ractically wiped out by
ham , of K en tu ck y , announced in th e w ith $3,134,904 on hand Ju ly 1, la s t th e fire w hich s ta rte d in the C. & O.
Senate.
year, b ro u g h t th e to ta l fu n d s to $120,- logging cam p In th e neighborhood.
If ex pend itu re« fo r th e fiscal y ear 679,188. Of th is $12,090,633 cam e from
R o b ert P o tte r, of F ossil, died Friday
th e second drive.
s ta rtin g M onday a m o u n t to $24,000,-
from In ju ries h e su sta in e d In the cloud
b u rs t n e a r F ossil la s t Friday. He,
000,000, as e stim a te d by th e T re a su ry ,
w ith G ordie Rambo, a n o th e r victim ,
H un T extbooks Stored,
and C ongress en a c ts a rev en u e m easure
w as bro u g h t to F ossil Monday. Al­
to raise $8,000,000,000, th e $16,000,000,-
S e a ttle , W ash.—M ore th a n (5,000 though su fferin g Intensely, he told
000 difference will .be p rovided by th e
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clea rly of h is frig h tfu l experience.
bond issues.
S e a ttle schools a re In sto ra g e a w a it­
K in g George and Queen M ary ta ste d
T h e schooner S p ray m ade a record
A m erican b uckw heat cakes for th e ing actio n by th e S e a ttle school board. catch of fish n e a r H eceta H ead som e
f ir s t tim e T h u rsd a y a t th e E agle H u t T he books re p re s e n t second-hand d ista n c e off shore. A fte r four d a y s’
o f th e A m erican Y. M. C. A. T he value of $1500 b u t a re n o t m ark etab le. fish in g th e crew b ro u g h t In 15 tons of
v is it w as a su rp rise , one m ade a t th e « W h e th e r th e books w ill be d estro y ed h a lib u t and 3000 pounds of black cod.
K in g ’s ow n suggestion. The K in g ex­ o r gro u n d up for w a ste p a p e r m a tte r, E ach m em ber of th e crew cleared $300
p lain ed to .t h e se c re ta ry th a t he had Is a q u estio n th e b o ard h a s n o t y et and th e B u rk e com pany, of Portland,
h e a rd so m uch ab o u t th e Eagle H u t decided upon. S e a ttle ab an d o n ed te a c h ­ ow ners of th e vessel, cleared over
ing G erm an In local schools In Ju n e. $ 2000 .
he b ad d eterm in ed to see It.
T aking P rovisions to th* Front.
By A n Am erican
Soldier W ho W ent
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MISSING TOTAL 2 4 4
OPFRATINii INfifiMF
OF ROADS DECLINE
99
A rthur Guy Empey
Machine Gunner, Serving in France
T he corporal borrow ed a Jackknife
(corporal« a re alw ays borrow ing), «ml
sliced th e cheese—each «Being bring­
ing fo rth n p ert rem ark from tho on­
looker* us to the corporal'« eyesight.
“ B alslns, ounce«, eight.”
By th is Bin« the corporal'« nerve«
hud gone weut, and In deupalr ho ««Id
th a t the M illM w ere to be tu rn ed over
to the cook for "duff" (plum puddlug).
T ide d e r i s i o n elicited ■ little “grous-
Ing.” but quiet « a s finally restored.
"Iilseults, tins, one.”
W ith h ts borrow ed Jackknife, the
corporal o p e n e d th e tin of biscuit*, «nd
told everyone to help them selve«— no­
body responded to th is Invitation.
Tom m y 1« “fed up” w ith biscuits.
“ B utler, tins, t w o . "
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“ Nine lu one, ten In th e r*
A nother rum pus.
•
. “ Fickle«, m u stard , bottles, one."
N ineteen n am es w ere put In a steel
helm et, (h a la ot a n >uit « In n in g the
pickles. On th e next Issue th ere w ere
only 1H nam es, a s llie w inner Is elim i­
nated until every m an In the »ectlon
has won a bottle.
T he nitlb* Is c l o s e l y wnt , bed. becajj
Tom m y In auspicious w hen It com J^
gam bling w ith ifl* ration«.
At the different Kreuch eatanilneta
In the village and at the esn teen a Tom ­
my tmya fresh eggs, milk, b read and
p astry , occasio n ally w hen he Is flush,
he Invests In a tin o f p e a rs or a p ri­
cots. Ills pay Is only u shilling a day,
24 cents, or u cent nn tiour. J u s t Imug-
Ine, n cent nn h o u r fo r helug under
fire—not intp-h chance o f g ettin g rich
out there.
W hen lie goes Into th e fire trench
(fro n t line), T om m y's m enu ta k e s a
tum ble. H e c arries In his haversack
« b a t th e governm ent calls em ergrucy
or Iron rations. They aru not supposed
to be opened until Tom m y dh-s of s t a r ­
vation. T hey consist oi* one tin of
Imlly beef, fo u r biscuits, a little tin
w hich con tain s ten, su g a r and Oxo
cubes (co n cen trated beef ta b le ts ).
T h ese a re only to be used wlieu the
enem y estab lish es u c u rtu ln of shell
tire on th e conim uulestlon trenches,
th u s p rev en tin g th e “currying lu ” ot
rations, o r w hen In an a tta c k ■ body
of troops h as been c u t off from Its base
of supplies.
T h e ra tio n s a re brought up a t night
by th e com pany tra n sp o rt. T h is Is a
section of th e com pany In churge of
the q u a rte rm a ste r aergeant, composed
of m en, m ules nnd lim ber« (two-
w heeled w agons), w hich supplies Tom ­
m y's w an ts w hile In th e fro n t line.
T hey a re co n stan tly u n d er uhcll fire.
T he ra tio n s a re unloaded a t th e en­
tran ce to th e com m unication tren ch es
and a re “carried In” by men detailed
fo r th a t purpose. T he q u a rte rm a ste r
serg ean t never goes Into th e front line
trench. He doesn't huve to, nnd I huv«
never h eard of one volunteering to
do so.
T h e com pany serg ean t m ajo r so rts
the ra tio n s am i sends them In.
T om m y’s tren ch ra tio n s consist o f all
tho bully beef ho can eat, biscuits,
cheese, tinned b u tte r (som etim e« 17
men to a tin ), Jam o r m arm alade, and
occasionally fresh b read (ten to a
lo af). W hen It Is possible bo get« tea
and slew .
W hen things a re quiet, nnd F rits Is
behaving like a gentlem an, w hich sel­
dom happens. Tom m y lias th e o p portu­
n ity o f m aking desnert.
T h is Is
" t r e n c h pudding.”
It Is m ade from
broken biscuits, condensed milk. Jam —
a little w n ter added, slightly flavored
w ith m ud—p u t In to a can teen and
cooked over a little sp irit stove know n
a s ‘T o m m y 's cooker."
(A firm In B lighty w idely advertise«
th ese cookers as a necessity fo r th e
men In th e trenches. G ullible people
buy them —ship them to tho Tom m ies,
who. Im m ediately upon receip t o f sam e
throwr them over th e p a ra p e t. Some­
tim es a Tom m y fulls fo r th e ad, nnd
uses th e cooker In a dugout to th e d is­
g u st and discom fort o f th e o th e r oc­
cupants.)
T h is m ess Is stirre d up In a tin nnd
allow ed to sim m er over th e flames
from t h e cooker u n til Tom m y d e c id e «
th a t It h a s reached sufficient (gluelike)
consistency. H e tak es his bayonet and
by m eans of th e handle ca rrie s the
m ess up In the fro n t tren ch to cool.
A fter It h s s cooled off he trie s to e a t It.
G enerally one o r tw o T om m ies In a
section have cast-iron stom achs ond
th e tin Is soon em ptied. Once I tasted
trench pudding, but only once.
In nddltlon to th e re g u lar ratio n Is­
sue Tomm y uses a n o th e r channel to
enlarge his menu.
In the English p a p e rs a “ Lonely
Soldier" colum n Is ru n . T h is Is for
th e soldiers a t th e fro n t w ho a re su p ­
posed to be w ith o u t frien d s o r re la ­
tives. T hey w rite to th e p a p e rs and
th eir nam es a re published. G irls and
women In R nglnnd a n sw er them , and
send out p a rre ls o f foodstuffs, ciga­
rettes, candy, etc. I have know n a
"lonely” soldier to receive a s m any as
five p arcels and eleven le tte rs In one
week.
Em pey realize* fo r th«
tim e how death lu rk s In
trench«« w han a com rade
by hl« «Id«. He telle ab o u t
tho n ex t Installm ent.
(TO
B E C O N T I N U E D .)
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