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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1915)
WORLD'S DOINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSP Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Premier Viviani says France does not want premature peace. Germans capture Brest-Litovsk, Rus sia's strongest foothold in Poland. It it now believed that the main Russian army will succeed in escaping from the onrushing German forces. Imperial Valley, Cal., is swept by a terrific wind, rain and electric storm, which destroyed many houses and elec tric lines. Secretary of War Garrison rebukes Gen. Wood for inviting Col. RooBevelt to speak at the instruction camp at Plattsburg. Another flood swept the White River valley in Arkansas, doing much dam age and rendering between 4000 and 6000 people homeless. Earl Sbelbourne, president of the English board of agriculture, declares certain classes of men will soon be practically drafted into the army. By a vote of 77 to 67, the constitu tional convention of New York Btate reversed its previous action and re jected the literacy teBt for voters. It is reported that 24 pounds of radium-bearing ore has been taken from a mine 'on Boulder creek, 27 miles from Port Orf ord. Or. It is said that in me iorm in wnicn tne raaiura is found it is worth $80 an ounce. A huge timber was shipped from the Ostrander Railway & Timber com pany's plant at Centralis, Wash., which measured 20 by 20 Inches and was 140 feet in length. It was sent to St. Helens, Or., to be used in the construction of a new ship there. The German admiralty admits the loss of a submarine which was destroy ed by a bomb from an aeroplane, and says it has not heretofore acknow ledged such losses, which is taken to mean that many previous rumors of the destruction of submarines were true. Clinton W. South, his 84-vear-old fji.and his mother, aired 70. all of : v. l t.m l - i iit-i An. nf Niimin vu MArlnanlv Intnrnri when the automobile in whfph they were riding overturned, as the result of a bursting tire, on the highway four miles north of Modesto. A first Myment of $504,198 for the securities oi the Alaska Northern rail road was made by the Interior depart ment. The road runs from Seward into the Interior of Alaska and will be utilized in the construction of the new government road. The total coBt of the securities to the United States will be $1,160,000. Washington has agreed to give Haiti's parliament until September 17 to act upon the proposed treaty by which the United States would extend financial protectorate over the unstable little republic for 10 years. In the meantime the American marines will continue to occupy the principal cities of the island to prevent a recurrence of anarchy. The Eastman Kodak concern has been declared a trust by the Federal courts. The joint session of the Oregon and Washington Bar associtions, which was held in Portland, has come to a close. The British estimate the German loss in men at 1,600,000, with one third killed. Carranza officials have put absolute prohibition into effect in the larger towns of Sonora now under their con trol, according to travelers from inte rior points. Six children in Idaho, who were locked in their home by their parents, while they were attending a party, were burned to death. Evidence of their efforts to escape were found by the location of the bodies in the ruins. According to the Cologne Gazette the railways of Roumania have re ceived orders to place all rolling stock at the disposition of the minister of war on September 14. This move is regarded as deeply significant of Rou manian possible course in the future. In a fistic encounter a young man at White Salmon, Wash., was almost In stantly killed by a blow under the heart A dispatch from Rome says the Balkan league is to be reconstructed. A combined Balkan army of 1,000,000 men is provided to be in the field, says the dispatch. Classical music was hooted by a crowd of South Portland students when a public concert was being given by a municipal band. Classics was sup planted by ragtime and the wailings of the youngsters were appeased. A resolution before the American Bar association in session at San Fran cisco, to admit women attorneys, was adopted. The governor of Oregon has asked the Navy department for the largest battleship in the Pacific fleet to attend the Astoria Regatta, which will be held September 2-8-4. Germany officially announces her re grets to the United States for the sinking of the liner Arabic, In whch two Americans lost their lives. A suspension of Judgment by this country It asked. MEXICAN UPRISING IN TEXAS IS FRUSTRATED BY ARREST OF 26 San Antonio, Tex. With the arrest here of 26 Mexicans, 23 of whom were detained, Chief of Police Lancaster and Federal authorities announced that a plan to incite the Mexican popula tion of San Antonio to deeds of vio lence had been frustrated. The prisoners, according to Chief of Police Lancaster, are followers of the so-called plan of San Diego, the ex travagant manifesto promulgated by a party of Mexican agitators which pro claims the "Repubilc of Texas" to be governed by Mexicans. Recent upris ing in the Lower Rio Grande valley caused the program for the establish ment of the new government to go amiss and at the same time Federal officials were put on their guard. Three of the leaders were arrested while addressing a crowd of 1000 Mex icans on the market plaza. The ad dresses were of an inflammatory na ture and calculated to arouse the poorer classes of Mexicans to deeds of violence. "One speaker," Chief Lancaster said, "after abusing the President of the United States, the government of this country and the white race gen erally, openly declared: 'It is no harm to kill a Gringo and an Allemane. (Meaning Americans and Germans.)" It was right at this point the police charged the crowd and arrested the leaders, but not without a fight. As the officers were withdrawing, one of the Mexicans shouted: "Now is the time to rise. Let us kill the Grin goes." The arrival of the police for the time being quieted all martial spirit. Following the arrest of the leaders, 23 others were arreBted. They will be placed in the custody of Federal offi cials, who said that charges of treason probably would be filed against them. Many Northwest Mills Start Work; Trade Brisk and Prospects Good Eugene, Or The Booth-Kelly Lum ber company announced that its Wend ling mill will resume operations imme diatley, employing a crew of 126 men and 76 in the timber. A. C. Dixon, manager of the Booth Kelly company, announced: "Since we closed down a force of 60 men has been at work making repairs. We have built a new dam and installed new saw husks, a new carriage, new trusses over the boilers, and concrete foundations." The Springfield mill is at present working one 10-hour shift a day. Aberdeen, Wash. After a ahutdown of eight months the Wilson Bros, mill has resumed operations, with a crew of 150 men. John Wilson, the man ager, intimated that the mill would be kept in steady operation throughout the winter. Oregon City The Milwaukie and University Park plants of the Menefee Lumber company began operations Wednesday after a shutdown of several months. The plant at Milwaukie is employing 60 men and the one at Uni versity Park 75. Arabic Incident Closed. London The German government considers the Arabic incident closed and has declared its willingness to punish the commander of the subma rine which sank the steamer, accord ing to a dispatch which the Exchange Telegraph company's Amsterdam cor respondent says has been received there from Berlin. There is reported to be considerable feeling in German military circles be cause of Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg's so-called "weakness" to wards the United States. U. S. Buys 100,000 Shells. Chicago George M. Getschow, sec retary of Phillips, Getschow & Co., is quoted in the Daily News as Baying that he is a stockholder in a firm which is making 100,000 six-inch shells for the United States army, and that the German government, like the allies, is purchasing munitions of war in the American market. "As to the Amer ican order. I am not at liberty to dis close the name of the firm, further than to say that the contract is worth about $640,000," Mr. Getschow is quoted as saiyng. Germans Drill, Is Report. Washington, D. C. Letters from various cities telling of alleged quiet but regular drills held by Germans in Turnverein and other halls have been referred by the War department to the department of Justice for investiga tion. According to one of the writers, the Germans were supposed to be pre paring to aid in repelling an Invasion from Canada. Secretary Garrison in dicated that little importance was at tached to the reports, and that they had been turned over to the department of Justice as a matter of course. Brazil Dry; Cattle Dying. New York Prolonged drouth in the northern states of Brazil this summer, particularly In the states of Piuhy, Oeara, Rio Grande do Norte and Para hyba, has resulted in serious loss to cattle-raisers, according to George Holderness, of Oeara, Brazil, who ar rived here on the steamship Denis from Para. "The loss in Borne of these districts has been as high as 80 per cent of the herds," said Mr. Hol derness. ' 'Crops also suffered. " 2,600,000 Live in Chicago. Chicago The 1916 edition of the Chicago city directory will indicate a population of 2,500,000. The Johnsons 10,000 of them lead numerically, as they have for the last two years, and are closely followed by the Ander sons and the Smiths. Pigeon Flies 2200 Miles. Los Angeles "Ben Bolt," a carrier pigeon, established a new long distance flight when it arrived here Wednesday from Norwalk, 0. The distance ap proximates 2200 miles and was trav eled in five days, nine hours, 31 min utes and 10 seconds. MUNITION PLANTS IN EAST ARE FIRED Mysterious Destruction Occurs in Three States. BELIEF IS THATACTS WERE DELIBERATE Big Glazing Mill of American Powder Company Is Blown Up Despite ' Care of Armed Guards. Acton, Mass. With a shock that was'felt within a radius of 40 miles the glazing mill of the American Pow der company, which since the war has been working up to its capacity blew up early Sunday. So far as known nobody was killed. The actual money loss to the com pany was not heavy, but it was stated that work on large orders probably would be held up for several weeks. Property owners in the surrounding towns, particularly in Maynard, were heavy losers because of shattered win dows. The mill had been closed down since Saturday afternoon and the police ex pressed the belief that the explosion had been caused with intent to cripple the plant. Armed guards have been stationed about the workB for several weeks. Plan to Wreck Train Fails. Gary, Ind. An apparent attempt to wreck a train carrying guncotton was revealed Sunday, when it was found that the plates holding two rails had been removed, a short distance from the Aetna Powder works. The train was due to leave the works within a few hours and was loaded with muni tions of war bound east for shipment to the war zone. The police did not credit reports that the alleged attempted derailing of the train had any connection with the murder of Rev. E. A. Kayser, five days ago, but said the possibility of such a connection would be investigat ed. The murder of Kayser had been declared to have been the result of his pro-German sympathies. Two Killed in Powder Mill. Wilmington, Del. Two workmen were instantly killed and considerable damage was done to property by an explosion of two black powder mills of the Dupont Powder company in the Upper Hagley yards, near here Sun day. The cause of the explosion has not been determined, but officials say it probably was due to a spark or to grit. Shrapnel Plant Is Fired. Baltimore The plant of the E. J. Todd company, machinists, at Canton, a suburb, was damaged by fire of mys terious origin Sunday. The company recently obtained a sub-contract for the manufacture of Bhrapnel casings and the shops were being refitted for the work. It is feared that a considerable part of the machinery was damaged. Sunken United States Submarine f-4 Raised at Honolulu Harbor Honolulu, T. H. Submarine F-4, which went to the bottom off the har bor of Honolulu, March 25, 1916, dur ing practice maneuvers, and carried to their death Lieutenant Alfred L. Ede and a crew of 21 men, was suc cessfully raised Sunday and at 4 o'clock p. m. was towed to quarantine. Although the F-4 has been brought into the harbor, the wreck is still sub merged to the depth of 6 feet and probably will not be drydocked until several days have elapsed. Nothing has been divulged by naval officials re garding conditions, if known, inside the boat. The actual raising operation occu pied two hours, the plans of the en gineers working without a hitch. The still submerged derelict was towed slowly into the harbor, where all the shipping, including the interned Ger man gunboat Geier, half-masted their flags. Two Nightriders Confess. Hartford, Ky. The long struggle of the authorities with lawlessness in this portion of Western Kentucky culminat ed in the Ohio County Circuit court here when more than three score per sons were placed on trial for alleged participation in nlght-rding outrages. When court adjourned two men had pleaded guilty, nine others were on trial and 63 were awaiting a hearing. The two men who threw themselves on the mercy of the court were sentenced to three years each in the penitentiary for flogging a man and a woman. Russians to Fast Three Days. Petrograd, via London The Holy Synod has prescribed a period of fast ing of three days, beginning Septem ber 8. The minister of the interior has been requested to forbid entertain ment and the playing of music through out that time, although work is to con tinuel as usual. September 8 1b the day of the celebration of Russia's lib eration from the invader, Tamerlane, the Mongol leader who made his way at the head of his men almost to Mos cow in 1395, visiting unusual cruelties upon the people. War Grief Brings Suicide. Spokane Augusta Holz, whose two sons are fighting in the army of France, committed suicide here Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Holz were natives of Ger many. In early life they moved with their children to France, where they lived several years. When the old people came to America the sons re mained In Paris. Despondency over the thought of her children in arms against the fatherland is believed to have prompted her suicide. I COLONEL ROOSEVELT DECRIES U.S. POLICY Ex-President Declares America Is Playing Ignoble Part MANUFACTURE OF MUNITIONS UPHELD Rich and Unarmed Nation Certain to Invite Disaster Preparedness Is Most Urgently Advised. Plattsburg, N. Y. More than 3000 persons, inluding 1200 members of the military intsruction camp, burt into wild and prolonged applause here Thursday when, in the courBe of an address on military preparedness, Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States, snapped at them these words: "Don't applaud unless you feel a burning sense of shame because the United States has not stood up for Bel gium." In his address Colonel Roosevelt censured the administration for its attitude in the European situation and strongly urged preparedness for war. "The surest way for a nation to in vite disaster is to be rich, aggressive COLONEL ROOSEVELT Colonel Roosevelt, caught by the camera In the midst of one of his en ergetic denunciations of the peace-at-any-prlce advocates during his west ern trip. and unarmed," the ex-president said. In a statement made at the railway station shorlty before leaving for New York, Colonel Roosevelt defended his criticism of the administration's course in the present situation. "I wish to make one comment on the statement bo frequently made that we must stand by the. President," he Baid. "I heartily subscribe to this on condition, and only on condition that it is followed by the statement 'so long as the President stands by the coun try.' " Several times he digressed from his written address. "No man is fitted," he said once, looking away from the printed page, "to be the citizen of a free country unless he is willing to defend that country." Germany is condemned as "utterly brutal and ruthless in its disregard of international morality," and declared that it would "be a base abandonment of morality" for American manufac turers of munitions to refuse to make shipments "for the use of the armies that are striving to restore Belgium to its own people." Munition makers who refused to make such shipments should be put, he said, on a "roll of dishonor." He added that they Bhould be encouraged so that we may be able to hold our own when "the hour of peril comes to us in our turn." Germans Accuse French. Berlin "A captured French offi cer," says the Overseas News Agen cy, "carried in his pocket an order from Minister of War Millerand, showing clearly that the French gov ernment had pressed into army ser vice German citizens, inhabitants of Alsace-Lorrain. "The order divided theBe into two classes, and provided that those wil ling to fight against Germany should be protected against the death sen tence for high treason in case of their capture." Steamer Rammed and Sunk, Seattle The steamer Admiral Wat son, Captain M. M. Jonsen, operated by the Pacific Alaska Navigation com pany between Seattle and Southeastern Alaska ports, was rammed and sunk while discharging cargo at her dock here by the Pacific Coast Steamship company's freighter Paraiso. By high tide the Admiral Watson lay partly on her side with a hole two feet wide and ten feet long amidships. Only her bow and pilot house remained out of the water. The damage to the Watson is estimated at $50,000. French Money Declines. New York French money was worth less than Thursday in foreign exchange markets, notwithstanding the establishment here of a $20,000, 000 credit loan to the French govern ment. The establishment of the loan already had been discounted, and the sum lent was too small a fraction of the total amount due for American supplies to bring about equilibrium.! The rate on francs was quoted at S.8S. Previously a dollar bought 6.82 francs. ' REAR ADMIRAL CAPERTON mmm. S Rear Admiral Caperton is in com mand of the United States naval forces that have occupied Port au Prince and Cape Haitien, Haiti. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS Portland Wheat Bluestem, 95c bushel; fortyfold, 92c j club, 89c; red Fife, 86c; red Russian, 84c. Oats No. 1 white feed, $24.6026. Millfeed Spot prces: Bran, $26 ton; shorts, $27; rolled barley, $2930. Corn Whole, $38 ton; cracked, $39. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $14 16 ton; valley timothy, $12.5013; alfalfa, $12.6013.60; cheat, $910; oat and vetch, $1112. Vegetables Cucumbers, Oregon, 15 20c; dozen; artichokes, 90c; toma toes, 2560c box; cabbage, lc pound; head lettuce, $1 crate; beans, 2J4c pound; green corn, 1520c dozen; garlic, 10121c pound; peppers, 4 6c; eggplant, 56c; pumpkins, ljc. Pickling Onions, 1012Jc pound; ground cherries, $1 box. Green Fruits Cantaloupes, flats, 60c;. ponies, 90c $1.25; standards, $1.101.50 crate; peaches, 80 50c box; watermelons, 1 ljc pound; plums, 50c$1.25 box; new apples, Astrachans, 75c$l; Gravenstelns, $1 1. 60 box; pears, 75$1; grapes, $1 1.75 crate; huckleberries, 6 7c pound; casabas, $1.752 dozen. Potatoes New, 70 80c sack. Onions 6075c sack. Eggs Oregon ranch, buying prices : No. lt 25c dozen; No, 2, 20c; No. 3, 17c. Jobbing price, No. 1, 27c. Poultry Hens, 13 14c pound; springs, 16 17c; turkeys, 18 19c; ducks, 812c; geese, 89c. Butter City creamery, cubes, ex tras, 27c; firsts, 25c; seconds, 24c; prints and cartons, extra; butterfat, No. 1, 28c; second grade, 2c less; country creamery cubes, 22J26. Veal Fancy, 12J13c pound. Pork Block, 9J10c pound. Hops 1915 contrats, nominal, 12 J 14c; 1914 crop, 14; olds, 1213c. Wool Eastern Oregon, medium, 25 28Jc; Eastern Oregon, fine, 1821Jc; valley, 2630c; mohair, new clip, 30 31e. Cascara Bark Old and new, 4c. Cattle Choice steers, $6.60 7; good, $6 6.25; medium, $5.75 6; choice cows, $5.26(6)6.35; good, $5 6.26; medium, $4.605; heifers, $5 5.85; bulls, $4.505; stags, $5.50. Hogs Light, $7.40 7.55; heavy, $7.257.40. Sheep Wethers, $4.766; ewes, $34.25; lambs, $4.756.35. The cattle market started off briskly this week at the opening and trading was active, one packer taking over half of the offerings, Bays the Portland Live Stock Reporter. The quality of the cattle offered was of a wide vari ety, from strictly choice steers to the poor and rough dairy Btock. The choice stuff moved first, as usual, and the early sales showed prices of $6.60 to $6.75. The bulk' of steers sold at $6.60 and $6.65, with several $6.75 sales and two sales at $7. Six cows reached the $5.50 mark, but practically all the choice carloads brought 25c less. A few rough and poor cows sold as low as $2.50 and $3.50. There were no choice bulls offered, but choice Btuff would bring $5. There was a rather light run of good stuff offered in the swine division and shippers held out for all their hogs were worth. There were very few sales made, but when trading commenced there was no lull. ' A nearby packer bought one load at $7.55 and a Puget Sound buyer gave $7.60 for choice hogs from Eastern Washington which carried heavy diversion privileges. Aside from these sales, most of the sales were bringing $7.40, with about half of the stuff disposed of. Drop In Hides Is Expected. Portland Dealers report the high market to have developed a weak and unsettled streak, and if present condi tions continue there will probably be a drop in quotations. The market on hides is said to be off from a cent to a cent and a half in the East. Dealers here will attempt to retain their old price schedule until the first of next month, unless there should be a further break in prices, when a change would be necessitated. There is said to have been a falling off in the European de mand as well as in the domestic. Pears Take Drop. A drop in the price of pears has de veloped on the market this week, quotations for that fruit being aboout 25 cents a box lower. This is said to be due to the large quantities of pears which have been coming in. Quota tions now range from 75 cents to $1. Wool Market Steady. The wool market is reported to be quite steady now and what can be se cured moves readily. Most of the wool is now in the hands of the big dealers in Boston and in the East. Poultry Steady. The poultry and dressed meats mar ket is steady along Front street, Port land, and there is a good volume of business, considering the time of year. This is always an off season for those commodities, but the conditions im prove with the advance of the fall season. RELEASE OF GERMAN ADMIRAL EXPECTED Yon Tirpitz Is Reported to Have Ignored Kaiser's Orders. BLAMED FOR DESTRUCTION OF ARABIC Determined Attitude of Americans Is Believed to Have Had Intended, Effect On German Plans. Washington, D. C. Admiral von Tirpitz, Germany's sea lord, may be relieved from office as a result of the submarine concessions made to the United States. This directing officer of the German navy, the real father of the submarine plan to destroy com merce with England, irrespective of the fate of innocent men, women and children, still is fighting the proposal of the Berlin government to respect the rules of humanity and internation al law upon the high seas. There is a suggestion in diplomatic circles in Washington that von Tirpitz is really responsible for the sinking of the Arabic. It is even said that when directed to issue instructions to the submarine commanders not to attack passenger liners, save under the rec ognized procedure, he failed to do so, leaving these commanders to act under the old instructions. Of far greater moment at this junc ture, however, is the prospect that von Tirpitz will endeavor to induce Emper or Wilhelm to stand behind his cam paign and to refuse to make the con cessions which the chancellor has granted through Herr von Jagow, Ger man foreign minister, and Count von Bernstorff, the German ambassador in Washington. In this connection, it is worthy of notice that Count von Bernstorff is la boring energetically to induce his government to make a formal and binding declaration to the United States similar to the informal repre sentations which have been made and which are satisfactory, as far as they go, to this government. Count von Bernstorff has advised his government of the determined attitude of President Wilson and Secretary Lansing and of the American people. He has impressed upon Herr von Ja gow the necessity of complying with American demands and the reports which have reached him and have been sent to the State department by Am bassador Gerard indicate that the re ports of the ambassador have been effective. Four of General Pershing's Family Perish in Burning Presidio Home San Francisco Warren Pershing, five-year-old son of Brigadier General John J. Pershing, rescued early Satur day from his burning home at the Presidio of San Francisco, in which his mother and three sisters, Mary Margaret, Anna and Helen, were suffocated and burned, awaited the home-coming of his father. General Persing, commanding troops on the Mexican border, left El Paso immediately when informed that his wife and three of his four children were dead. United States Senator Francis E. Warren, father of Mrs. Pershing, will come here from Cheyenne, Wyoming. Warren, the only one left of the General's family of five, is being mothered by nurses at the Lettermann general hospital at the Presidio. He was taken there when he was picked up unconscious on the floor of his bed room by officers and men who crawled through the burning house searching for Mrs. Pershing and her four chil dren. Warren revived quickly. The others were dead when the rescuers reached them, suffocated and their headB, hands and feet burned. Mrs. Walter O. Boswell, wife of Lieutenant Boswell, Twenty-first In fantry, and her maid, leaped from the porch roof to the ground, after throw ing Mrs. Boswell 's two children down to officers and men, aroused by her cries and the noise of crackling wood. Britain Sends More Gold. New York Nearly $20,000,000 in gold and securities worth $25,000,000, the second largest shipment sent from London to strengthen British credit in this country, arrived Sunday on a spe cial train of seven steel cars, guarded by 38 armed men. The shipment came direct by rail from Halifax, N. S., to which port it was conveyed by a Brit ish warship convoyed by smaller craft. On the way to New York the train was preceded by a pilot engine and car. The gold and securities were consigned to J. P. Morgan & Co. Dynamite Thought Aboard. San Francisco J. O. Davis, collec tor of customs,, notified customs au thorities Thursday at Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, Wash., to examine the cargo of the lumber schooner Wasp, which sailed for the north, to deter mine if the vessel has aboard a cargo of dynamite which was not put in her manifest. Nearly 100 tons of dyna mite was found on an unguarded, un listed barge in the bay by coast guard officials, but disappeared when they returned to it after a vain search for the owner. China Buying Submarines. New York It was rumored here that the Chinese naval commission re cently sent to this country were ne gotiating for the purchase of 100 sub marines, to cost $76,000,000. It was reported that Charles M. Schwab, pres ident of the Bethlehem Steel corpora tion, had been authorized by the Chi nese government to place orders with American submarine builders and given charge of the manufacturirg end of China's vast naval program. OREGON STATE NEWS Many Donations Being Made to Aid Work of Oregon University University of Oregon, Eugene The University library has received as a gift from Mrs. Clara B. Colby, of Washington, D. C, a shipment of ninety-five books and a number of pamphlets. The gift includes publica tions of the woman movement, tem perance and other reform movements, biography, history, travel, poetry and miscellaneous literature. One item of special importance is 16 volumes of the "Woman's Tribune," published in Washington, D. C. Another donation to the University has been received by the department of Journalism from Mrs. Davenport, mother of Homer Davenport, who was an Oregon boy and was raised at Sil verton. Mrs. Davenport desired to have preserved in the rooms of the de partment one of the few remaining originals she had of Homer's cartoons, and she seoleted his "World-wide Struggle for Money." She had this framed and sent it to the department by express from her present home in Los Angeles. The department of Journalism is also in receipt of several small donations of printing materials in addition to the complete old-faahioned newspaper plant entrusted to the department by Hon. H. R. Kincaid, for nearly forty years editor of the Oregon State Jour nal. In the last year small gifts of vari ous kinds have been made the Univer sity in considerable numbers. Study Course Changed. Salem Superintendent of Public In struction Churchill has announced a new course of study for high schools. Mr. Churchill said that in country high schools it often was necessary for teachers to give instruction in subjects for which they had made no special preparation, and for them a definite outline of the work is of much value. Much freedom of the choice of sub jects is given in the larger high schools, so students may not be re quired to take subjects in which they are little interested, and for which they have no particular aptitude. The minimum requirement for grad uation is 15 units of high school work with recitation periods of 40 minutes in length, but pupils are urged to com plete the course by taking four sub jects each year for four years, thereby earning 16 units. The course of study permits pupils to earn from one to three units for graduation in either vocal or instru mental music taken outside of the school, provided the work is given by a competent teacher and the pupil spends at least 80 minutes daily in practice or instruction. There is also a new course required to be given in all high schools, upon the completion of which a student will be permitted to enter a teachers' ex amination. This course is made necessary on account of a law which became opera- tive on September 1, requiring all per sons who have not had at least six months of successful teaching exper ience to complete an elementary tefch ers' training courBe before they are permitted to enter an examination for a teachers' certificate. The elemen tary teachers' training course is in ad dition to the teachers' training course which has heretofore been given in many of the larger high schools. Pilgrim Leaves $50,000. Roseburg in the death of George A. Smith at his camp near Los An geles a few days ago, Douglas county has lost probably its most eccentric character and one of its pioneer and prosperous farmers. He was on his way to visit a daughter when he died. The body of Mr. Smith was found be side his burro and goat, his two com panions for the last three years. He believed that by living like some of the Bible characters he would reach the age of 100 years. He is thought to have left an estate of $50,000, in cluding his Camas valley ranch. $19,000 Spent on Streets. Dallas Spending more than $19,000 in the construction of macadam pave ment in the course of the summer, the Dallas City council has carried out the program outlined by Mayor E. C. Kirkpatrick in his inaugural message. Practically every street in Dallas is now either paved with hard surface or macadam. Mr. Kirkpatrick took the stand that the hard times the people were now facing in this section offered the city its best opportunity to con struct needed improvements, thus pro viding labor for unemployed men. Pears for South America. Hood River Wilmer Sieg, sales manager for the Apple Growers' asso ciation, announces the sale of five car loads of An jou pears at $2.25 f. o. b. Hood River. "This sale was made several days ago," says Mr. Sieg, "but as yet we have made no deliveries. We prefer to ship the fruit after al lowing it to become well matured." The pears, which will probably start rolling next week, will be shipped to South America. "The association," says Mr. Sieg, has booked its first or der for a carload of Gravensteins. Extension Officer Resigns. Paul M. Collins, secretary of Ex tension at the Oregon Agricultural college, has resigned to accept the su perintendency of the city schools of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. Mr. Collins' labor for the advancement of agricul tural interests in Oregon has been highly efficient and his retirement from extension work will be regretted by the college and by the citizens of the state, many of whom have bene fitted by his extension work. Clothesline Loot Found. Cottage Grove Much of the cloth ing taken by clothes line thieves dur ing several months past has been found in a clump of bushes two miles south of the city. The articles stolen last week from the Orville Spear home were found in an empty building on Sixth street. The clothing stolen from Mrs. Mary Smith was found on the river bank near the home.