TNnKPENDENCE ENTERPRISE
Friday, NovemW
MANSFIELD AGAIN
HEADS LEAGUE
State Farm Organization Is
Rapidly Gaining in
Strength.
Portland George A. Mansfield of
Medford was re-elected president of
the Oregon state farm bureau and a
program of organization work which
will ultimately cover the entire state
was outlined at the closing- session of
the second annual convention of the
bureau Saturday at the Multnomah
hotel.
Speakers told of the recent suc
cess in organization work in Lincoln,
Coos, Polk and Yamhill counties this
fall and predicted that ultimately
every county in the state would have
local organizations, with most of the
farmers members.
V. H. Smith of Wasco was re
lected vice-presklent and Frank Mc
Kennon of Union county, E. C. Brown
of Clackamas county and A. E. Wes-
cott of Washington county were
named as members of the executive
committee.
Resolutions declaring the farm bu
reau of the state in hearty accord
with the move for the limitation of
armaments were adopted aid will be
dispatched to President Harding,
The resolution cited the tax phase of
the argument question' and expressed
the hope that .some program which
would provide for "real disarma
ment" would be put through.
The success of various co-operative
marketing organizations launched as
a result of the efforts of the farm
bureau were outlined in reports made
during the convention.
George C. Jewett, general manager
of the Northwestern Grain Growers'
association, announced that 3,000,000
bushels of Oregon1 wheat had been
marketed this year by that organiza
tion at prices from 4 to 14 cents
higher than the market quotations.
He told how the wheat marketing
organization functions.
That Oregon eggs are now setting
the standard in the New York market
was the declaration of U. L. Upton,
general manager of the Pacific Co
operative Poultry Producers' associa
tion. He said Oregon eggs were
bringing higher prices tharo eggs
from other sections of the country as
a result of the work of the organiza
tion. The wool pool conducted under the
supervision of the Oregon Wool and
iuonair urowers' assocition saved
more than $150,000 to wool men this
year, according to R. A. Ward, man
ager of that organization. He said
the pool handled approximately 2,
000,000 pounds and that growers who
were members received from 5 to 10
cents more a pound for their prod
uct than non-members.
The wheat crop in Morrow county
has been increased more than 20 per
due to seed certificates under
JAPAN CABINET QUITS
AFTER ASSASSINATION
Viscount Uchida, Acting Pre
mier, Says Policy Will
Not Be Changed.
0RE60KIANS If
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Rambo and Wife Tell
Their War Experiences.
Tokio. The Japanese cabinet re
signed office as a direct result of the
assassination of Premier Hara. This
will not cause any immediate change
in the government. There will be no
change In the policy, either diplomatic
or domestic, especially with the Wash
ington conference on limitation of
armaments and far-eastern problems,
acting Premier Uchida stated.
Premier Hara, It develops from de
tails of the tragic event, never spoke
after the first onset of the assassin.
The premier arrived at the station,
where he was to take a 'train for Kioto,
ten minutes before the train was due
to leave, and the station master in
vited the premier and his party to
rest in the station office for a moment.
Between this office and the gate
through which passengers reach the
platforms is the station blackboard,
and it was behind this blackboard that
the assassin was lurking as the pre
mier emerged from the office and ap
proached the gate.
Darting out from behind his shelter,
the youth came immediately into con
tact with his victim and thrust his
knife Into the premier's breast, close
to the heart.
"Aid for tha Armenians and other
sufferers In the Near Kuat is neces
sary only because war still ragos In
the Near East," says W. K. Uambo,
who, with Mrs. Rambo has recently
returned from Asia Minor.
"When we read of the battles now
being fought by Greeks and Turks, we
think of burning villages, of fleelug
cent
the direction of the farm bureau,
V. H. Smith, president of the Morrow
county bureau declared.
P. O. Powell, president of the Polk
county bureau, said farmers of that
county had saved $16,000 as a result
of the war on rodents carried on
by the bureau.
.Fifty delegates, representing 16
Oregoirr counties, were present at the
sessions of the convention.
NON-PARTISANS WILL
HOLD STATE CONVENTION
WILL INVESTIGATE
HANGING CHARGES
Washington, D. C. Investigation by
a special senate committee of the
charges of Senator Watson, democrat,
Georgia, that American soldiers in
France were hanged without trial and
shot by officers' orders, was assured
when the senate, after three hours'
discussion, unanimously re-ordered the
Inquiry.
Another speech by the Georgia sen
ator in support of his charges, wran
gling between senators over the word
ing of the inquiry resolution and par
liamentary mixups preceded the final
order for the investigation to proceed.
Secretary Weeks, referring to
charges against army nurses in par
ticular, and alleged execution of sol
diers without courtmartial In general,
made jn the senate by Senator Wat
son of Georgia, made the following
tatement:
"No decent man would make such
charges, and I measure my words
when I say that." p
A bitter attack on General Pershing
and Secretary Weeks was made in the
senate by Senator Watson. Watson
repeated his charge that in "too many
cases army nurses had been made the I
courtesans of officers."
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MR. W. E. RAMBO
mothers, of crying children, their only
place of safety an already overcrowd
ed American orphanage.
"The Ranibos . were absent from
their home In Baker 'about two years
while they were In charge of an or
phanage at Harounle near Tarsus, the
home of Saul, the great Apostle. The
orphanage was under fire for several
days and finally Mr. and Mrs. Rambo
and the other Americans made their
way by night through a storm to the
railroad, on which they took their
children to Mersine.
"It is a matter of great pride to us
that we were able to bring our chil
dren through without the loss of a
single child," said Mrs. Rambo. "Our
GOWN WORN BV JOHN WESLEY
tnutish WiHyn Body Recelvw Qlft
of Hob That Delonged to Found
er of Methodism.
Ihe UVsleyuii Molhmtlxt Connexion
Iuim Jum ivielvod from one of It loud
iiu lit.vuten u sown that bolomit'd to
the toumler of Methodism, according
to tiio London laily News. John Wen
ley died In 1TIH. so llutt the jiuiuieut
Is more than l;tO vent oM.
Time 1ms. of course, left Its nuirk
upon the fc'own. Some parts r din
colored and others uro woru and
patched. Tho material is heavy, mid
unou It, worked lu Muck, ure lluwers
untl prunclng horses. As me ifieui
preacher was u little umn, the owu
must liuve hung about his lieei.
It Is clulnied tltut the gown was a
preuching gown, but It Is very dis
similar to the eccleslustieal garment
that, according to authentic records,
John Wesley wore lu the pulpit. ThU
one possesses un ordinary sleeve, and,
generally speaking. It seems to uccord
with the style of a black ntudy-gowu.
The donor of tho gowu has also pre
sented u pair of slippers belonging to
Wesley. These are In good condition,
ami are of the kind thut he would
wear In his study.
Wesley, of course, traveled through
out (irvut Hrltnln and Ireland lu all
weathers on his preuchlug tours, and
It wus suguesled that ho woru this
heavy gown us a protection against
atmospheric conditions.
Tho Wesley museum contains a
large number of Interesting relies of
John und Charles Wesley, it possesses
the study chair of John, und presently,
as a gift from tho donor of the gown,
Charles Wesley's study chulr will be
placed there.
A large proportion of the visitors to
the museum come from the overseas
dominions and the United States,
where the Interest In all thut relates
to the eurly history of Methodism la
very keen.
BLACKBIRD IN THRUSH'S NEST
Wfwt Leads In Lumber
In In 1020 the I'nclfle and Ilocky
Mountain states combined, produced
.1(1.0 percent of tho lumber cut of the
nation.
Washington holds first place In
prdouctlon: Oregon second, for the
first time ilisplnclnjr LouiHlnni from
n position held for fifteen years,
while California ranks fifth, displac
ing nnother yellow plno ntnte, Indi
cations ore thut the supremacy held
bv tho south In lumber production Is
movinir west. Lumbennir is on of
tho great employhir western Indus
tries, In several of the states main
tuinintr 0 percent of the aggregate
payrolls, Western sentiment should
be solid for measure which protect
and oncourage the development ail
continuance of this great Industry.
OltKGON INDUSTRIAL NEWS
Ashland raising $150,000 for a new-
hotel.
Dtwchutea county potato crop total
jr.r.o.ooo.
Grants Pass farmers buy $25,000
irrigation bond issue to water 1,000
acres in l ort Vanney district.
U. S. expenses to be cut $139,000,-
000 in 1922.
Plans under way for $25,000 mod-
em hotel building in Milton.
Southern Pacific announces 20 per
cent cut in freight rates.
Taxes doubled in North Dakota
uder the Non-Partisan "regime iof
state socialism ami the recall followed
throwing the administration out of
power. No one new! be surprised if
tho recall is used In other western
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taxes- hve bu
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rocketed.
Dallas to get Ktrect snH .
improvemonti.
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trade it, or find it, try an Em
Classified nd.
Feather tipped shoe am i
est in Parisian styles.
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DECIDE ON WAGE REDUCTION
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A state convention of the Oregon
Non-Partisan League will be held in
Portlanid on Tuesday, November 14th,
according to announcement made by
H. H. Stallard, state manager.
"The object of the meeting," says
Mr. Stallard, "is to perfect a state
organization to push the work in
every county in the state. The
launching of a state paper will be
decided upon at this meeting."
Dues have been reduced from $18
to $12 per year, and a tepecial invi
tation is extended to all non-political
organdzations such as the Grange,
Farmers' Union, Farm Bureau and
labor organizations to participate in
the meeting.
Mr. Stallard, in a circular letter,
declares: "Get it straight in your
mind that the league is a political
organization and will not hinder but
aid all cooperative organizations by
enacting laws to protect them."
Managers of Lines Decide Upon
mediate Posting of Notices.
Chicago, 111. Managers of the west
ern group of railroads met here and
decided upon the immediate posting
of notices of wage reductions of 10
per cent, according to an announcement.
The roads represented at the meet
ing Include the Santa Fe, Great West
ern, Rock Island, Northwestern, Union
Pacific, Northern Pacific and Great
Northern.
In the proposed cuts, all depart
ments would be affected and commit
tees were appointed to draft the no
tices immediately, so that the roads
may go before the labor board and ask
for an early hearing.
The labor board has announced that
wage reductions will not be considered
until after it has passatf upon working
rules and schedules, but the roads de
cided to press their wage reduction
efforts so that these might be brought
to the attention of the board as early
as possible, it was said.
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MRS. W. E. RAMBO
kiddies were just as attractive and
dear to us as any we have ever seen
in this country, except of course our
own."
After the Rambo's time of service
was up and they were waiting for a
ship for America, word came that the
war had left thousands of Greeks
stranded at Batoum, across the Black
Sea. They immediately volunteered
for further service and spent weeks in
caring for the refugees and loading
them on vessels furnished by the
Greek Government.
Queen Sophie of Greece, to show
her appreciation of the work of the
Rambos and others of the Near East
Relief workers, recently sent an ap
preciative letter and also a check for
a substantial amount to the Near East
Relief.
Correspondent of Scottish Newspaper
Calls Attention to Remarkable In.
cldent He Has Observed.
Last week I discovered In the ivy
on a sunk wall in my garden a nest
which bad all the characteristics of a
thrush's nest, with plustered lining
only, and which contulued two eggs.
pule blue with small black spots the
eggs of a song thrush, writes a corre
spondent. Later on I noticed a bird
sitting on the nest. Only the head
was visible, but It apjieared to me
that the bird was a lien blackbird and
not a thrush. It was some duys be
fore I found the bird off the nest.
when on looking In, I discovered that
the plastered lining of the nest hud
been slightly covered with dried
grasses, und thut tho nest contained
four blackbird's eggs bluish green
with mottled ends. The two thrush's
eggs hud disappeared. They could not
be found at the foot of the wull below
the nest, but there was found on a
green above the wall the broken egg
of u song thrush. When I discovered
the nest part of Its outer wull was
slightly torn, ns If a cut hud climbed
up the Ivy und endenvored to cluw out
the bird then sitting. Is It possible
that the thrush may have been scared
away mid the nest taken over by a
Mnckblrd and adapted to her require
ments? None of my friends, versed
In tho habits of birds, ever heiird of u
Bimilur case. Edinburgh Scotsman.
KEEP CALVES GROWING
Calves should be kept growing dur
ing the winter months. Hay, with
roots or silage, make a satisfactory
ration for the young stock. O. A. C.
Experiment jstation.
For the fourth time Roseburg lost
its proposed bond issue of $500,000
for the purpose of acquiring the
holdings of the local water and light
system.
Idaho Bandit Robs O-W. Limited.
Boise, Idaho. With a gun gripped
in each hand, a lone masked bandit
held up westbound train No. 17, the
Oregon-Washington limited, Oregon
Short Line railroad, six miles west of
American Falls, at 7:30 Monday night,
robbing the passengers on the observa
tion car of $434.50 and considerable
jewelry.
6 Dead in Election Feud.
Jackson, Ky. Six men were killed
and five others were wounded In an
election fight shortly after the polls
opened at the Clayhole voting precinct
on Troublesome creek, Breathitt coun
ty, about fifteen miles from here.
SCHOOL HELP IS URGED
Commissioner Claxton Hopes Teachers
and Children Will Aid Near East
I sincerely hope that teachers and
children in the public and private
schools of the United States will co
operate heartily and liberally with the
Near East Relief in raising funds for
food and clothing and care of children
and others who have suffered from the
ravages of war In the countries of
the Near East. To do this will only
be doing as we would have othors do
to us if, like these people, we were re
duced to poverty and suffering
through no fault of our own but
through the ruthless ambitions of
others.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) P. P. CLAXTON,
Commissioner of Education,
March 30M921. Washington, D. C.
People Generous With Tips.
New York likes to refer to Its
spendthrift millionaires. The head
waiter of a magnificent eatery told me
thut for the bountiful gratuity be pre
ferred the visiting sod-buster to the
son of a millionaire. The young man
from Hohokus having his annual (ling
has read so much nhiiut huge tips
thnt he thinks anything under a $10
bill will be tossed hack at him. The
Information volunteered by the head
waiter came after a well-known spend
thrift bud departed with two young
ladles. Ills dinner check enrne to $25
and he gave the waiter $2 the head
waiter nothing. "And," continued the
head wnlter, "see that young fellow
over there In the green suit with a
large Adam's apple. He has been
shucking off $5 bills to every waiter
In the place. And be gave me a half
century note. I'm afraid his keeper
will be along soon nnd make us give
It back." Exchange.
Mrs. Southard Found Guilty,
Twin Falls, Idaho. Lyda Meyer
Southard, charged with the murder of
her fourth husband, Edward F. Meyer,
by poisoning, was found guilty of mur
der in the second degree by a Jury in
district court, and was sentenced to
from 10 years to life imprisonment
Armenians An Industrious People.
Viscount Bryce of England says "The
Armenian people are the most indus
trious, Intelligent and generally pro
gressive element in Western Asia. The
destruction of half the nation by the
Turks has been a terrible blow to
civilization. There are still hundreds
of thousands of children suffering, and
to save these sufferers would be to
render a real service and a permanent
service to regions that have long suf
fered from the blight of a barbarous
tyranny."
See Eve as Idealistic Woman.
Most Italian women H they had their
choice to be anything they wlslied In
their sex, would rather be Ev... ac
cording to results of n vote recently
tnken by one of the Roman papers.
The argument advunced for being
Eve was that she, of ull women, had
no competition. Her husband was
never awny from home and there was
no other woman on whom he might
cast an alluring glance.
Those who did not choose to be Eve
chose for the most part to be Mary
Magdalen, because, after being al
lowed to enjoy ull the sins of the
world, she was forgiven nnd after
ward became a snint, thereby enjoying
nil Joys of heaven.
Unearth Home of Cave Men.
One of the most comprehensive of
many finds of relics of prehistoric man
in Austria has been discovered In a
cave near Mlxnltx. The cavern known
ns "Dragon's Den," is being excavab
ed for enormous deposits of phosphate.
In a side cave 1,000 yards from the
opening, evidences of humun occupa
tion In undent times were uncovered
Great quantities of quartz Implements
and other utensils and human bones
have been taken out.
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YOUR HOME PAPER
This week is bein nationally observed as "Su!
scribe-to-Your- Own-Town-Paper Week." W'hl
fundamentally the movement is in the interest of tf
country newspapers, yet this interest is of as vi?
importance to the community as it is to the publii
er. The Portland Journal aptly says: j
"The town is judced by its home naner. Muf
of the effect of n handsome town hall or pretentiot
ol.nA1 l,..:i.l!-!.. t. ! iL. i J
ai-uvui uunuuig is iuM u mc town paper is in pover
The effect of both is heightened and the general to
of the community is advanced if the home paper
sprightly, alert and prosperous.
"The town paper will very largely be what t
town wills it to bo. Generally speaking, the edits
is the hnrdosr.
invariably doing his part to make his paper barof
eter the town as thrifty, wideawake and on the m;l,
If the townspeople do a fraction of what theyshoif '
in the way of support, he will make hispaperanintl:
ligent and highly respectable representative of t
community. If they do only a little of their part, te
paper will do more than any other one thing to gie
the town standing at home and abroad.
"Ao fH'ftlnr nnil'Lmnlirn mnn r.t iUn flip
v. v i v iiv i ri fci i hi iii.iii iwiiii?s- iiiiit in Liir in.
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Thin rro itrr Kir fU..w ." .1!. ...t.,. 1,1.
ing for a new location is to send for the town paper.
Such applications come in numbers the yefs
through to every town newspaper. The appearance
oi tne paper, its signs of thrift or poverty, largely
termine whether the applicant will ever see y
town. No agency does so much for the commun
and gets so little back as a well conducted newsifi
per. Much is asked of it. and little bestowed. T
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... 1Jvy Yt4Jlca nci: )uuin.:iiy aim gi'' no""h
' att veins1 ng Desieges all newspapers, espe
any tne nome paper.
"The mail overwhelms tho tmvn naner with
kinds of copy with the rpminst that it be insert
free and marked copies sent. Stock shows, horse
shows, county fairs, church fairs, school fairs, worl
fairs, June festivals, health committees, charity com
mittees , development committees, 'general welff e
committees and every other kind of fairs, show, f
position and committee, shower the editor with re
quests for free space, for editorials, always holdifg
out as remuneration the assurance that it is for the
good of the community, never realizing that white
paper has to be paid for in money, that printers m t
be paid and that newspapers cannot subsist on w
air. i
"In no other activity in the world is there so rnuP
endeavor to get something for nothing as is carri
on with the newspapers. No activity in the wotjW
gives so much to the public gratis and gets so W
thanks back. The thing has gone so far that mif
of the public holds it to be the duty of the newspaifj
to support every and any public proposition tf t
seems in some remote way to promise some pubp
benefit, carrying the view to a sort of public own
ership of the policy and plant of the paper. I
or all the boosting of the community, for all tjit
constructive agitation, for all the struggle for f
lorm for all appeals in behalf of public movement,
iZt-y nonces, tree insertions and tree exp;r
tion, many in the town expect in return to lay a if
"wwcia on tne aeiunct editor's grave and lei
at that. b
"No servitor is more faithful and devoted, no cfj
en more sincere and but few figures in the comm
""jr bu generous as is the average town newspit
man.