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OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL IMTREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Cur Readers. Efforts will be tnoile thlR gcapon to establish flaxralslng near Albany. Canyonvllle, a town of about 150 people, has furnished lif recruits for the army. Practically every man In Willami itn university "is taking Bonn; form of mil itary training. The Eddyvllle mohair pool, corset ing of 23,000 poundH, was Bold at till cents a pound. The Wanco county Imliistrlal dab held Its annual Farmers' picnic at Tygh valley Saturday. According to. the census eiiUinulf, Oregon has 108,100 tunn of military age, between 21 and "0. Election pamphh la for 11m F.wci -1 election June 4 have In i.wii. d I" 331,692 registered voters of k'.;:.. Booster day, the annual (: I. al event of Oregon (!lty will iirobiHy In eliminated this year on aremiiil cr ll: war. Plans have been eomi!'l"(! Tor (he annual picnic of the liavilinv; mm of the state, to be held at CuMa; e tiro,-,! May 25. The Lebanon high school, to vh) war victims, will fori :; the hw this year of eating Ice cn a;u at tin '.r May-day festivities. 8. A. Sanford of Row-liur and C. K. Crosno of Toledo liavo been un pointed appraisers for too feile.'.tl loan bank of Spokane. The dates for the annual Linn county pioneer reunion ami t ii.l' l.o be held at Brownsville have Icon et for June 20, 21 and 2'!. ' But one fatal acHd-wt km repot I "'I to the slate Indium ! il acrid, ni ev:;i mlsslon laat week, while the mm ratal accidents numbered 312. All Interior ! ; i"H of G""',oii taking part In the food r 'i' in;; ram palgn, according to reportM from uian., Harney and Malln nr eeui ;i a. A committee enaftMIiU tr bers has been named in liu.- i :-' of the 2.11 acres to lie put i'lio ir,)x by the Salem commercial c.iul. Potatoes and beiin ir'reae e will bo exceptionally law In dr. n'H!.i:si"tni Valley this year. II Ik .-niinw'i d l'J, 000 acres will he plant d In U The Booth-Kolly l.uml rompr try has announced a way liicreari' lug B0 cents a day for all wo1' the woods at Wendliu:.; cul field. John Rhorrar I lavvl.i, "..!' as a brecdor of Angara 'tit itl'i - year:) ago was said to tin at his home near 'iialeiu. lie uua I I years old. C. E. Porter, of Bale:-, !i named by the public sei-iieo , slon as chief grain n,vt ti.r the new grain lie peclien m t goes into effect Mny 21. I ' "I lu llitt. Ut'.n-r' Willi h A concentrated c;mim minate harmful rodeala I Til' t'l ("it.' in: tin ,:: cultural areas of oauU'rn an i c ; - I Oregon will be started by the K.iiU-.l States blologlrnl s.uney. Miss Bertha Davis, of the doner,: le. science department of the On ten AitI culturnl college, s.tyg Unit v.tili t- e l offers a good suhatltttle for Imi hi: J Is of about the suino f.ioil vain . The western Oii-koii ei -nh renco of Seventh-Day Advent Ints will hold liner annual ronfcrriiea atul camp imctiiin In Portland aman tin's yi nr, .oecienin ; May 29 and cnntlmiim: until June ll.j Earl Buxton, cashier of the .'ir-t National bank at, Korisl tlrmt, v, in disappeared myslerinusly March 3, this year, Is in Coluinhua, Ohio, h;: cordlng to word recehed by Lis fain tly. Pue, It Is believed, L the coel, wet spring, a mull brown cut w or a Ivs made Its appearance- lu lir.at'lla county and is doin; coii-iiileraliie damage to wheat, hi' worUinjt at H e roots. F. C. Hcrloy, may or of siorli, ; found guilty la loliee court o light ing on the public. . st.A". -is s-ni fin.d 940 With the opt inn of :lil d::S in l;,e city Jail. The uit.ynr said he winiid appeal. Investpteuts of (ill the i::';:; .-aeco compunies ill the si.ite ui. (X: - a n;i December SI, ll'lii, amotti'ted t-i S IT. 958,340.87, according to a atauw.-.t just Issued by liisu,:l",e, ('enisu jjsioa er Msrvey Well--. All the railroad cmp ei ov,,",i tlng in the state now liau fled' w I h the public service r.uiim!!i.i it; id providing for a gi tu ml l,", , r ut i-i-crease on Intrastate ratu to l..'coino effective July 1. Wasco comity sheer men lone ju -,t completed lutiibing ami fuci r,.ir:.i tho Increase lias none far Intend the expectations of the shoepin.'n. Tb.i Increase will amuse- aU.ui 8 per cent of breed ew a. The first complete referendum peti tion to be filed With S.eivtnry of Sta e Olcott was presenteit by Sand-win Reed, of Tortlaiid, and, If f.'iiiid prop erly alancd. will hold ln:e.vam'.' th operation of the llogue river fish bill until Um November, 191 S, oleiulon. G.or-rc forty, n noted d,-ep sea fiib cj';.,.i of I lie Tort O.lual district, nanls to help cembiit the soaring coat of II' lir; by marKnlirj tho ckr of ruuiTt.:, tha-'H snd ..!l.r Id da which an- MM.awf.os alun:; the coast. I 'j he -trilio vii en I, an ) - si ill pro;;- i.-Ht dl lUs tVo ni'lii of tin O. A. j ''.iiiuii Umhvr ( mp'iiiy at Murslifieel . 1 r, ai b. wlici tiw c:.:i;paiiy and ; in it a: i'i ed cn a minimum wa:;e of lf.7.ii! "-i a day for tonuuoti labor. 'I'iio O.e.ien 1'iuit cuiapatiy will 1 lib) plaulti lu l''u,-;e.."fi aiid &lcm for pol's'iin;;, grading aid cleaning Oro i'rci h'ii"s in cc:iK::ction with the en, minus crop to be grown in the elate d:r'n': the ccmlns summer. J. II. Mocnick, county jailge. of Ba . I,er (.canty, has filed suit again.it 12 1, elii.S members of tho recall coin- Mil 1 1 ) for Mi 060 dcina,ca, i ha":;ing d e:;itiacy with intent of s!a:blerim;, ( : "t':i tr iiif; him and destroying his rep elr'lieti. I V(f. thle'-'-ns are to be db-lrlbuted : to len anil irla of Lcun n!y by tiie Kit. 'in:: cb:in:ber of comn ercf, s.t a ;;irt of a atfc.l.:-widc c:i i';'pairti to h. Ii-.u,i(!ud by tho On con Sialo Poul try a.-.iei ial ion to Inenase the meat (n'i.'hie! inn In il'e fit iv. o. I.i e ur, s and d- mouslratJor.s at In 0' prinli ace and lion mouth dosed tho tlorlKi'ii Pacific-Oregon Act Ictll! ural iol.i;ve eamiir-un of prepr.rialnes.-i, uft. r a trl;i of practically three weeks, oi ring tuns!: of the points along the ;:b hi ! in i n Pacific lines In western Ore- j el). i i;oSh eastern and western Oregon are Inelmle'd in the lliuerai'i :s that h.i.-e Ikcii aminged for extensive i:pi 1 1 ii n, iking tours ny uregon s uu-ee titxjp hii,liway commissioners 8. Ben con, K. J. Adam3 and W. L. Tlionip coil for the week of May 2120, irclu-' ttp.c. The first, sales that have been made of 1317 pack Columbia river salmon have been at. prices about 40 per cent hi: her than those ruling laat year, I'tid (lure is every reason to believe' t.!:::t the total valuation of the pack ' will average that much over the out put of 131(1. 1 Voices of the farmers are bchiR lifted I in protest azahmt further search of the ! ni.-'l (iiatric'.s of the itate for reciuils I 'or the army and navy. They say the I limit has bn n reached and If Oregon is i to have a food crop of any proportions, j men must bo available to help till the i s-oil and to Pan-cut, the proline's. Lr.ne county agricultural council j tuh.phd a resolution favoring the lale opcilu,,! of schools throughout the county ntxt fall In an effort to meet! the labor problem, which, it Is an Ueipan d, will develop In connection j with the harvesting of the Increased ncn age of food crops now being plant ed. Insinecr IT. S. Hanson and Prank lltihlett, of lleppner, section foreman, were drowned In the turbulent waters of Willow creek, near Morgan, when the engine pelling O.-W. II. & N. mix ed paHH'tieer and freight train No. lir. dropped through a brUJgo, weak ened by high water following a cloud burst. Kil' .een-year old Carl Tuell, com muted to the boys' trair.lng school be ceinie of robherlts of beach cottages In Lincoln county, In which he had par tl.titmlcd with the notorious convict, .leys Hall, confessed to Sheriff Birt fleer, of that county, and to employes of the state training' school, that he shot and killed Hall about a month a .'o at their lonely camp on the beach near Seal Book. Hall's body was dis covered by h's brother at the camp. Aiuniui of the Oregon Agricultural coHcso are being called into sen.ee to assist the food production ct n- l'i"- Aslant ll,te MKmecr rotiy ' W. 18 KUU J "" - i miaoeiatieu, and 13. B. Lemon, ItB secre tary, lire sending out letters enlist fig nil of the alumni In the work that the Or. fon Patriotic Service league bus d-'slgiiaicd for them to do. Alumni me urced to see that all land possible, ii;i'liid:ii tli ic own, is tilled and that oivnnlai ions ba perfected so ns to ii-.'vect dui-iieatlons of effort. Under an agreement made with rep resentatives of the federal government that the slate of Oreyon, through lis j.-.iuernor, ma;? tuf'e-nt the provisions ol the act of r mgrc.a proU!LiR for the i'A T.tion of a f ideal and several stale IhviU of .o-.st i luil cil uca, ion. Gov e -. or Witt yeoi'ibe has accepted Hie I. nv.'i of that ae: for the state until the le, , a, tire nice s In 1919. The gov i r.e'it also si ii'CSetl the s ale hoard for Ore on. Thuso appolaiul -in the state bed are: !. A. t'heiehill, Siipeiin t ' ! n of public instruction; W. VI ;;,', I'ji'tnmj; B. J. Str.ck, Portland. !. c ,:ii-y of the Oregon- Federation ol I ;:;- :; .Mri. Charles Cartner. IKi.'d Hi .r, r. sident of the Oregon Federa te.!! ol Women's Clubs, and M.s C v o A. MeJh' li. Portland, presidi it. i ,'. sun rn-i. t'isj of M t!iers. The fei -?l aci mnkis tin aporcpriaiion o ? e'ei i.c,y iir for the nSe of the s:ii s i'.e,- tie! lis-'al year ending June SO. I ft IS, and ?7H ( f.ir the use of the t; ?e's fer'tbe fijcil year ending .Tone fi, it ifl. The fid rsl aovcrnment w til ir-ep. ial" with the states In prepar ing tepi hers, f upcrvls.vs a.'d directors of o-rlcultural subjects ard huue tv.irot.iip nt'. jrets. The allotment of fuels to any one state In any year s.,iiil not Uo less thin $;000. WILLIAM MARCONI Jr i f i "". ? f i i ., l - ; 'Wj f William Marcrnl, tiio famous wire less expert, who is a member of the Italian war commission to America. SENATE PASS ESPICHAGE GILL Washington. After nearly three weeks of debate, ranging over Innum erable problems of the var, the sen ate, by a vote of 77 to- ti, passed the f.dministratlon espionage bill, pro nounced one of the moist diastic and all-inclusive, measures in American congressional history.. A similar bill has passed the house, but virtual redrafting of rnauy of the most Important provisions is expected in the forthcoming conferences. , Vigorous efforts to retain provi sions for newspaper censorship and partial prohibition, together with food stuff conservation, during the war, culminated in final votes, in which the senate voted, 43 to 34, to elimin ate all the provisions for the press censorship. On the question of prohibition and foodstuff conservation the senate, by a vote of 47 to 37, reversed its action of Saturday in accepting Senator Cummins' amendment providing that during the war manufacture of cere als, grain, sugar and syrup into intox icating lkraor3 should he prohibited. INCREASE ARMY STRENGTH New Regiment to De Formed at V incouver Carr&cka. Va.-ihiii!,t.)ii. Expansion strength i t 2:i:i,0UO men, contemplated in the r.ilmiai.jli atiu:i a. my bill, has been ;'.'u,hor:::eJ by l're,;idet:t Wilson. Organisation of the new regimentsJ will bf.u i'-t. Qiica. About 6,000 of I ho I8.',,ui.lii.. men to added to the i.imy a'l.eady iiave bum recruited. 'I he immediate effect of the order '.ill be to priir.n.to nearly two-thirds of the present iii'ficers of tho regular ei my. lu the western department the 44th itiiantry will le raisid at. aeeouvoi' barraeliii, l, i.'t.lnm.toii, from two bat talions ti I lie ex'iiiling Mill infantry, which will be ordered there. The 02d and tiki iiifar.lr.v will be raised at fan Fr:nei:;eo oetl the 11 I'll ami 25il cavalry at. Fort 1). R. ltussell, W'yo. Liberty Loan to Got Aid.. Washington. The ..publicity ma chinery iS Uie democratic and repub lican national committees may be en listed to beip advertise the Liberty loa:i. J. B. "craker Dead. C'incluiiiiti. Jcstph ltinaon Fora ker, es-llnited t,a!es senator from Ohio, lawyer, orator, soldier and citi zen, died at his home here, uyod 70 years. Cana-J.1 Wheat Crop Short. Ottawa, Out. -A serious shortage in the winter wh?at crop of Canada was revealed by a report by the census and statistics office male public. Chicago Pit Gtops May Wheat Trade. Cbicat',0. Trading In J;.iy wheat was ordered discontinued at a meet in;!; of tho board A directors of the Chicago board of trade. THE MARKETS. Portland. Wheat Club $2.98; hhiestem $3.02; .red Russian, $3.96; forty-fool, $2.9i. j. Barley No. 1 Feed, $32.50 per ton. I ' Hay Timothy, $32 per ton; alfalfa. 1 Butter Creamery, S6c. l-'pgi Ranch 32c. Wool Eastern Oregon, fc; valley, 50c. Mohair 600 65c per lb. Seattls, Wheat nitu stent, $"; rn $2 9'1: forty-fold. $2.93; red Wr.s3i.1n. $2.91; fife, $2.!:t; tui!.(V rid, $:i. Parley S"3. SO per ton. Butter Creamery, $30. Ejss Sue GENERAL PETAIN MtA0J$ , General Pctaln, defender of Verdun, who has been appointed chief of staff 'f the French army. GSaCOO MEN ARE OBJECT TO DRAFT Washington. In a statement issued i.y the director of the census, he esti mates that there are 10,000,000 men in the United States of conscription ge. The conferees appointed by the sen--.te and house to adjust the differ nces between the conscription bills iaased by the respective houses sub mitted their formal agreement. The tenaie bill fixed the maximum age it 27 years, the house bill at 40 yearB. The compromise determined upon is 10 years. Eut in order that men under 21 and over 30 might serve their country if iliey so desired, the conferee meas ure provides for the acceptance of volunteers of over 18 years and under ill years. The proposed law gives authority to the president to draft as many men :.s he deems necessary to fill up the regular army, the national guard and fhe conscription force of 1,000,000 men. EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Fren.cn artillery continues to bom bard the German lines and munitions lepots along the Atsne front. x In Macedonia, British, French, Ital ian, Russian and Serbian troops under liuiieral Serrail have Btarted their long expected advance." 'P'te German drive at the Chemin 'ejj Dames positions, where the e'reneh are well established for a fur h.r push, toward the fortress of Laon, .;as unsuccessful, Paris announces. bruin April 9 to May 12 Germans to the number of 49,579 have been made prisoners in 'France by the British and French. . In addition 444 heavy ".nd fit id cannon, 943 machine guns uul 391! trench mortars were captured. '1 he sixth Zeppelin to meet with de struction by British and French since ihe war began has been accounted for by British naval forces in the North Sea. The airship, the L-22, was de stroyed and it is believed that most :f its crew perished. The news from Russia is lncrea iagly gloomy in nature, and It be comes more and more a' question whether the provisional government am weather the storm which has been precipitated by the radical so cialists and visionaries. In any event there seems little, likelihood of any effective military action on the part of Russia for a long time to come. The front In northern Frarce Is witnessing an increasingly determin ed resistance by the Germans to any further advances by the British and French, who in their offensive have pushed to points of extreme danger for the German lines., The British, however, have held their grip on the Uiiulenbiirg line in the Bellecourt re gion, the German thrust completely failing. Germany Mutt Have Revolution. L'orlin, via London. The socialist leader, George Ledebour, declared in the relchstag that it was Impossible for Germany to win a war of subju !inLon, and expressed the conviction that a revolution must happen in Ger many, as It had happened In Russia. Germans Have 325 Submarine. Amsterdam, via London. The Ger- tmaui have about 325 submarines in j operation and about 80 to 100 have j been lost through British nets alone, i according to the Telegraaf, which prints an interview with a member of the crew of the submarine U-58. Italians Start Offensive. Rome, via Loudon. Important suc cesses werefJjJon by the Italians in opening their drive on the Isonio front. Valuable positions have been won and prisoners are flowing Into concentration camps. INDUSTRIES DEGLAIi TAX MENACES LIFE Interests Called cn For War Taxes Assert Financial Ruin at Hand. Washington. Congress began the sixth week of war with the calendars of both houses still filled with legisla tion which the administration feels is essential to the successful conduct of the conflict with Germany. The war time tax schedules of the $1,800,000,000 revenue bill were attack ed as threatening the lif of many in-, dustries by a score of witnesses before the senate finance committee and were defended by house leaders during de bate on the other side of the capltol as absolutely necessary to preserve the life of the nation. Manufacturers, JobberB and retailers in many lines touched by the new levies, including high officials of some of the country's leading industrial con cerns, almost without exception con demned the house bill as unjust, dis criminatory and likely to result In the suspension of many of the smaller business houses. Most of the senate committee wit nesses expressed .their willingness to do their bit in paying war taxes, but declared the house provisions distinct ly unfair. Those who protested in cluded concerns Interested in taxes proposed for public utilities, coffee, tea, advertising, insurance, automo biles, musical instruments, the moving picture industry, jewelry and drugs. In the house many portions of the bill were under fire, but democratic and republican leaders In charge re plied that the money must be raised and only high taxes could do it. Rep resentative Fordncy, of Michigan, ranking republican on the ways and means committee, made a speech for the measure. He said he agreed with Democratic Leader kitchin that the bill had some faults, but that on the whole It was equitable. SE AGREES TO LET N Washington. The way was cleared In congress for Colonel Roosevelt, if authorization Is given him by the ad- ! ministration, to raise a division of volunteers for service in France. Reversing its previous action and overriding the conference committee on the army draft bill the house voted 215 to 178, to empower the president to extend authority for recruiting I such a division. I Forty-five democrats and four in 1 dependents were among those who j voted for it, and there were 30 repub i lican votes cast against it. Represen I tatives McArthur and Sinnott, of Ore 1 gon; Johnson, Hadley, Miller and ; Dill, of Washington, and French, of j Idaho, voted to allow the colonel to I raise .four divisions. Representative I La Follette of Washington voted against the proposal. BERLIN SILENT ON PEACE German Imperial Chancellor Refuses to Discuss Terms. Berlin. Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German imperial chancellor, re fused to discuss Germany's peace terms In the reichstag, as demanded by the conservatives and socialists, but made what is construed as friend ly overtures to Russia for a separate peace. "The interests of the country would not be served by the war aims of the central powers being made known at tills time," said the chancellor. He said that for that reason the Teutonic terms would be withheld for the pres ent. Millukoff and Brusiloff Resign. Petrograd, via London. Paul N. Miliukoff, minister of foreign affairs, has resigned, leaving the cabinet al together. General A. A. Brusiloff. most notable of Russian generals and director of the Russian offensive which cleared Galcia of the Austri ans, also has resigned rather than be hampered by orders from the work men's and soldiers' committee. Joseph H. Choate Dies Suddenly. New York. Joseph H. Choate, ex Cnited States ambassador to Great Britain, died suddenly of heart dis ease at his home in this city. He was 85 years old. Navy Strength Raised to 150,000 Man. Washington. The senate passed the house bill increasing the enlisted strength of the navy to 130,000 men and that of the marine corps to 30,000 men. Dardanelles to be Under Belgian Rule. Paris. Belgium's flag to fly over Constantinople and Belgium to con trot the Dardanelles, is said to be the allies' revised plan for its war aims respecting - Turkey. i oooooooooot'oo o oonoodocooiiocjii t I,. Is. I'llX I!. T. Yule. COUNTY o W A S C 0 u A H S 'J It A U T CO. (I Makers of AIisIihcLs 1 hut ITuti-L'l. Itiioi.n l'u--U'il to D.ik- Daily I'lntit Si'L'oml lu None In Tlf Male. i'.r-t Nat (niul Ion. Is Biiil.liii); I'lione liluck 283 1 The Malic-, lltcm . UOOOOOOi OOODO 11 OOOOOOOODOOOCOO Valley Frcduce Co. PAY CASH FOR VA HOG j, POULTRY, EGGS, BUTTER, HIDES, ETC. I : 1 1 5 I-'rcnt St., Portland, Ore, Dr. ! awrtice S. Stovall VETERINARY Medicine iSur fery and Dentistry Cl 1 urges Reasonable bati.-d'aciion Guaranteed Call Drnn store or resident Maupin, Oregon ; IMS FERRY USE. REPORT Corrected As csjiecrniiig errors in our type tt week. Fillni'.cial ptati'ine-it nt llie close of bunine.!-, Apiil 80, 1917. RESOUKCES Ci-li in Bank $ 207.56 Cash on h,a.,d 1 Of- 81 Hills Ki'iHvaiilc 1478 91 A'coimis Iio-wviihle 937.04 Mlfc. (lovMito.j) : 99...00 11 11, dime I'baiucs (lu?. . ' ., venlory) '1000.00 Pcrinaiii-I Tula I MipriivtMiieotsJ4L20800 Ifslo LIAHILI. I ES Ciaiilal Mock Paid in $11,000.00 A 'con his Payable B, lis Puvnble L )ss ami Gain for 191G HH7 Undivided Profils balance 1915-1916 To'al ' 2.80 2630.00 20G7.47 232 .13 $18J3'J.40 Cash liei'cipis and Expenditures f ir I'lsca I tm : C sh on bund May 1 1916 ' - $ ' 51C41 Cai-li received during fiscal year $57.016. 14 Total 157,629.55 Cash paid out dui'ifig 0 fiscal year $57,42? 74 Cash on hand April 30 1917 '; 1105 81 T"ii.l "; l57,5i.og Yflii-e River Mrs. Bi-ll Th isiliug in the mnpson baa been community tl is reek. Mrs. Luonre has (roue:. to The Dalles ag.inihis week to comii.iie ier treatments. J. tl. Tunison and inutor pai ty irrivi d home Wednesday eyeoiog. They report ioit of rain in P.,rt la id and we 1 1 uul ,ty b,.V6 ii'oiighl some home M i lit ibeiu. x ('has. Lalwh, Utrt lirown and fi. A. Moller went to Malipin Monday to Make final proof on the forinei'.- ItunieVteud. Mr. an I r Hess motored to and fr.mi The Dalles latt H tnrduy Mr. Steers is cetting a qintinled vilh his new Oceilaod the l.tt lew d,i vs. ' ' The Tyi'h picnic w as well at tended from this community. Mrs. Eil, el Smkt-ly wn,t from' Lucorc' to the l leiiiing r inch List wtek. The farmers don't Feem to be satisfied unless they i-kiiihe.l. Give Dad Coale a dinnee. ITe PV8 a" Rind of pelts, liidi 9 skim ai.d wool. D