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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1918)
OFFICER IS CAUGHT IN NET TO TEMPER FREIGHT RATES lot D I O 1 " (1 n L r w iv if vi . j "J 11 i I $1.00 Wilhwt Balli $1.50 Willi Batk Weekly Rates Monthly Rates NORTONIA HOTEL PORTLAND, ORE. Central Location. Beautifully Furnished Excellent Cafe. 11th and Stark. EVERYTHING FOR THE OFFICE Office Furniture & Appliances Printing Engra ving .-: Bookbinding Marshall 60SO A654B a FIFTH ft OAK STREETS FORTkANO. OREOOH COMPLETE LINE OF STEEL FILING DEVICES AND SYSTEMS ' New Houston Hotel Sixth and Everett St., Portland, Ore. Four blocks from Union Derjot. Two block! from Now Postomce. Modern and fireproof Over 100 outside rooms. Rates 76c to (2.00. CHAS. C. HOPKINS, Manager. CARBON-PAPER 4 TYPEWRITER Simmons Carbon Paper Co., 609 E. 69th North. All kinds of carbon paper, extra AGATE CUTTERS A MFG. JEWELERS Jewelry and watch repairing;. Miller's, AUTOCCESSORPS Motors, gears, bearings, wheels, axles, and trailers. y,'e wreck all makes of cars and sell their parts at half price. David Hodes Co., N. Broadway and Flanders. acetylenelighting"ststems; Pilot Generators installed. All kinds of Supplies. J. W. Clancy 333 E. Morrison St. Lieutenant Staley, Arrested, Charged With Graft, Confesses. MACHINERY Cut your own lumber on a Wheland Portable Sawmill. You will save time and big money on your next lumber bill. With this sawmill you can supply the lumber needs of your neighbors also. The price is reasonable, and the profits will soon pay for the machine. Write for catalog and full details. Clyde Eqpt. Co., 18th and Thurman sts., Portland Ore. HOMESEEKERS and INVESTORS Buy Land Under the Stars and Stripes. In marvelous Prairie Co. Eastern Montana. Farms, Ranches and Wholesale Tracts, Best of Soil, Coal, Good Water and Living Springs, We own and control what we offer, are not a syndicate. Can save and make you money. MABON LAND COMPANY, Byron Mabon, Mgr. TERRY, MONT. pi lin Veal, Pork, Beef, rilLr Poultry, Butter, Eggs UJX and Farm Produce, to the Old Reliable Everding- house with a record of 45 years of Square Dealings, and be assured of TOP MARKET PRICES. F. M, CRONKHITE, 45-47 Front Street, Portland, Oregon Washington, D. C The trail of the government's pursuit of illegal profi teers on war contracts Wednesday led to the arrest in New York of Lieuten ant James C. Staley, a reserve army officer, on a charge of accepting money from the Truefit Raincoat company, of New York, for the contract, which he promised to procure. After being arrested, Lieutenant Staley made a complete confession of his part in the transaction, department of Justice officials said, and gave much valuable information, which may lead to the 'detection of other cases of fraud. He will be tried by court martial. The arrest was made by the department of Justice, who had followed the officer during his inspec tion of the plant of the raincoat com pany, whose proprietors acted in co operation with the government to de tect the fraud. The secret agents arrested Staley immediately after he was said to have received a sum of money from Joshua Rosenthal and Louis Wener, proprie tors of the plant. It was charged that he had told them he would expect more money as soon as they got the contracts which they sought for 50,000 raincoats cost ing nearly $250,000, This was the first arrest of an army New 25 Per Cent Raise to Fall Mostly Upon Foreign Shipper. There is no occasion for alarm on the part of producers or shippers be cause of the increased freight rates to I go into effect June 25, in the opinion of traffic officials. It is realized that there will be some points at which a pinch will be felt, pending the adjust ment of rates on a basis that will be fair to various interests. Word from the headquarters of the Western traffic committee at Chicago, brings assurance that the intention of ' the railroad administration is to have the district committees work out the equitable modifications necessary. It is generally recognized that in creased earnings had become impera tive to the operation of the railroads. . r - ' agents oi and the 25 per cent increase under or der No, 28 was the necessary step to begin the establishment of rates to yield the necessary revenue. .In the very nature of commerce and traffic it necessarily follows that the effect of the application of the general rates announced will seriously affect the producer or manufacturer whose goods find a market in distant sections of the country as against the man with a lo cal market. Earn More Young Women and Men Business cries for trained minds. Grasp your opportunity. Enorll now in Northwest's biggest business college, Hehnke-Walker, Portland. Free Catalog. FRED DUNDEE MOTOR CAR REPAIRING MACHINE WORK MAGNETO SERVICE STATION ALL KINDS OF WELDING CYLINDER GRINDING PROMPT ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS Broadway at Flanders, Portland, Or. 200 Rooms 100 Baths Near Both Depots Absolutely Fireproof New War Taxes Discussed. Washington, D. C. Installment plan payment of war taxes will be pro vided for in the new revenue bill which the house wnvs And mennft wtm- officer since the department of Justice mittee is preparing to draft Chair- started ItS investigation into the SVS- man Kirehin niaelnseH this fner. rlnrino- tern by which contingent fee agents L hearing before the committee, when nave made millions by obtaining con- Albert R. Palmer, of New York, repre- irams ior manuiacuirers wno were senting a large number of corpora- charged a commission. Other arrests tions, urged that such provision be may luuow buuh, aa lb 10 iuiuwu Mini, a made. numDer oi contractors in new lore i Mr. Palmer advocated tax on gross and elsewhere are assisting the gov- sales, which he said would be less felt eminent in running oown agents Dy than the tax on war nrnfita. Ha on- Hotel Hoyt Corner Sixth and Hoyt Sts.. Portland, Ore, LOU HIMES, Manager. RATES: 75c to 12. SPECIAL-Week or Month la I PARCEL P05T PAID SOFT I A. I FA.t1 I Lcuau I lie Housewife' Drudacrv. No back-breaking. Thousand! now in use. Self wringing. Simple and prac tical. Full directioni with etch mop. UMoe Dalle Cascara IIIUGOi I ciioi Bain, Wnnl Unhair ) biidf uaiK, iiuui uo iiiuiiuii We nut ill m tun. Write fat Print isdlSkpfist Till. THE H. F. NORTON COMPANY, Portland, Ore., Seattle, Wn., Belllngham. Wn. AM A Granulated Eyelids. Urtj Eyes inflamed by expo V wre to Sun. Dull and Wind EJ quickly relieved by MuriM IT, VCS EyeBemegv- No Smarting, m"4f , just Eye Comfort At Druggists or by mail SOc per Bottle. Murlos Eye Salve in Tubei 25c. For Book line Eye flED uk Hurlst Eye Remedy Ce., Cklcsgi Her Value "Our neighbor's wife would valuable in Germany." "In what way?" "For her tendency to rubber." be ln- The Right Kind. "Cut out that Joking in the ranks," cried the sergeant "But they are rank Jokes, sir," was the culprit 8 comeback. Exchange. Touah. "Both day and night I'm on the go," The tired chauffeur protested. "I never get a rest, although I often get arrested." TYPHOID fs no more necessary thanSmallpox, Army experience has demonstrated the almost miraculous effi cacy, and harmlessness, of Antityphoid Vaccination, Be vaccinated NOW by your physician, you and your family. It Is more vital than bouse Insurance. Ask your physician, druggist, or send for "Have you had Typhoid?'1 telling of Typhoid Vaccine, tesults from us and danetf from Typhoid Carriers. THE CUTTEI LABOIATOBY, UUUUY, CAL MOHICIM VACCIHIS SI ID MS UMOII U. S, OV. UCBHSt Skin Tortured Babies Sleep After Cuticura Boa 2So. Ointment 25 and SOo. whom they have been approached. U. S.TO HAVE ARMY OF 4,000,000 SOON Expansion Planned to Meet New Needs and Draft Decisions Are Upset Age Extension Necessary. Washington, D. C. The present schedule of the War department is said to contemplate the arming of 4. 000,000 men by next January 1. That would mean the calling of 1,000,000 men betwen July and January, and the absorbing not only of the men remain ing in class 1 from the first registra tion, but of those placed in that class under the recent registration, as well as some 200,000 expected to be put in that class as the result of the reclassi fication recently ordered. should congress decide that it is necessary at this time to extend tne draft age limits below 21 or above 30, or both, no opposition will be offered by the War department. In authorizing this statement, Sec retary Baker said the department could see no immediate need for such action, although the "I," said' the temperance man, "strongly object to the custom of christening ships with champagne." "I don't," replied the other man. "I think there's a temperance lesson in It." "How can that be?" "Well, Immediately after the first l.ottlo of wine the ship takes to water and sticks to it ever after.' I New York Globe. How It Started. Mr. Brown I had a queer dream last night, my dear. I thought I saw an other man running off with you. Mrs. Brown And what did you say to him? Mr. Brown I asked him what he was running for. Tit-Bits. THE MAKING OF A FAMOUS MEDICINE How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Is Prepared For oman i Use. A visit to the laboratory where this successful remedy is made impresses even the casual looker-on with the reli ability, accuracy, skill and cleanliness which attends the making of this great medicine for woman's ills. Over 350.000 pounds of various herbs are used anuafly and all have to be gathered at the season ot tne year wn their natural juices and medicinal tub Lancpa nrn at thpir host. The most successful solvents are used to extract the medicinal properties from these herb. f Every utensil and tank that comes in contact with the medicine is sterilized and ai final precaution in cleanliness the medicine is pasteurized and scaled in sterile bottles. It ia the wonderful combination of roott and herbs, together with the kill and car used in its preparation which has made this famous medicine so sacc-osful in the treatment of female ills. The letters from women who have Wen restored to health by the u?e of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetatl Com pound which we are continually pub lulling attest to iti virtue. . May Have Happened. "This paper tells of a man passing off as a woman of 2a years. Now I wonder " 'What do you wondert" 'If I ever gave up my seat to that lobster on the street. car." Brooklyn Citizen. Force of Habit Jack Why did you break your en gagement with that school teacher? Tom If I failed to show up of an evening she expected me to bring written excuse signed by my mother. Exchange. With the Fingers ! Says Corns Lift Out Without Any Pain P. N. U. No. 25, 1911 You reckless men and women who are pestered w'th ooroj and who have at least once week Invited an awful death from lockjaw or blood poison are now told by a Cincinnati authority to use a drug called freeione, which the moment s few drops are applied to any corn or callous the soreness Is relieved and soon the entire com or callous, root and all, lift off with the fingers. Freeione dries the moment It U sp oiled, and limply shrivels the corn or callous without Inflaming or even Ir ritating the surrounding tissue or kin. A small bottle ot (reesone will cost very Utile at any ot the drug tores, but will positively rid one's feet of every hard or toft corn or hardened callous. If your druggist hasn't any freeione he can get It at any wholesale drug house for yott Adv. posed a tax on stock dividends, con tending that exemption from taxes should not be based on capital because of the widely varying revenues of companies operating along the game lines. He argued for a tax on gross income which could be passed along easily to the consumer. Holstein Calf Brings $10,000, Minneapolis What is said to be the highest price ever paid for a thorough bred calf in Minnesota was recorded at the Wood Lake farm at Richfield, Minn., a Minneapolis suburb, when Sir Pietertye Skylark Ormsby was pur chased for $10,000 by E. C. Schroeder, or Moorhead, Minn. Sixty-nine pure- blooded Holsteins, the property of John B. Irwin, owner of the farm, were sold for a total of $45,300, an average of $640 a head. Stockmen and breeders from all over the Northwest attended. Two bulls sold for $2300 each. when it will become necessary to re plenish the class 1 reservoir. A bill by Senator France, of Mary land, to extend the draft to men from 18 to 45 is now before the senate mili tary committee, and at a hearing on it last Saturday, Provost Marshal Gen eral Crowder gave it as his opinion that extension of the draft ages would be necessary, All previous estimates of the depart ment relating to man power have been based solely upon the men in class 1. General Crowder stated specifically in his report on the first draft that it would be the policy of his department to refrain from touching classes. The present emergency, however, with its resultant demands for the speedy organization of forces far in excess of the number contemplated, have upset these decisions. Officials here have always declared that the difference between members of class 1 and class 2, from the view point of eligibility for service, was too minute to be seriously considered few days. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT National and Local Meat Business The meat business of the country is conducted by various agencies By small slaughter-houses in villages By local Abattoirs or small Packing Houses in towns both Using only a part of the local live stock supply and Furnishing only a part of the local demand for meat. These slaughtering and distributing agencies fill a well defined but neces sarily restricted place in the distribu tion of the products of live stock. But only packers like Swift & Company, organized on a national scale, are able to undertake the ser vice that is more vitally important, involving An Obligation to the Producer To purchase for spot cash all the live stock the producer may send to market for slaughter. An Obligation to the Consumer To make available to every con sumer, everywhere, in season and out, the full supply and variety of meat products, of the highest standard that the market affords. Rate Order to Be Amended. Washington, D. C Railroad admin istration officials have reached a decis ion to rescind that portion of the new freight rate order prescribing that higher interstate rates Bhall apply on intrastate shipments when interstate schedules already exist, and a final or- rlnto nlrenrtv U in sicrht der to this ettect may be issued in a Year Book of interesting and instructive facts sent on request. Address Swift & Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Illinois. Swift & Company, U.S. A. Venezuela Friend of U. S. Washington, D. C Venezuela's friendship to the United States and freedom from German influence were affirmed by Dr. Santos A. Dominic Venezuelan minister here, in a state ment commenting upon a published American country. The minister said: "There is no truth in the statement that Venezuela is pro-German. The government is very friendly to you. Honolulu Troops Shiver.' Wheat Bulk basis for No.ll grade Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03 White club, $2.01. ReillWalla, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 grade, 6c less. Other grades handled by sample. Flour Patents, $10 per barrel; whole wheat, $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley flour, $14.50(515.00; rye flour, $10.75i 12.75; corn meal, white, $6.50; V yellow, $6.25 per barrel. Hlt v.mw w;n. i ni -til ; i-.- muueeu net mm prices, car lout Bran, $30.00 per ton; Bhorts, $32 middlings, $39; mixed cars and less than carloads, 50c more; rolled barley, $75(i,76; rolled oats, $73. Corn Whole, $77 per ton; cracked, $78. Hay Buying prices, delivered: has tern Oregon timothy, Z9(H3U per ton; valley timothy, $25(i26; alfalfa, $24(ii24.50; valley .grain hay, $22; clover, $19ft720.00; straw, $9.00(10. Butter Cubes, extras, 87c; prime firsts, 87c; prints, extras, 42c; car tons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, delivered. Ekks Ranch, current receipts, 34c candled, 35c; selects, 36c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 27c; broilers, 40c; ducks, 32c; geese, 20c; turkeys, live, 2Gdi 27c; dresned, 37c per pound. Pork Fancy, 23(i( 23lc per pound. Sack Vegetables Carrots, $1.15 per $1.25; Talking Politics. "I don't hear you talking politics very much." No," replied Senator Sorghum, "Talking politics la all right In time of peace. But I'm willing to fight for the future privilege of talking my politics strictly In my native lan guage." Exchange. Sense of Humor. "So you think women have a sense of humor." "Decidedly," rejoined Miss Cayenne. Some of them would never marry the men they do If they didn't appreciate jokes. Exchange. Not a Permanent Objection. Prospective Tenant I like the house, but I don't fancy having that huge building opposite. It cuts out the view. Agent Ob, but that's only a muni tion factory. It may blow up any day. Exchange. A Waste of Knowledge, Your friend seems vorv ncssimlstlc - ic about the outcome of the war. "Yes; you see, be has no way of ad vising Qen. Koch whento bring on his ExchtTii reserve army. lige. statement by Dr. Carlos Lopez Busla manti, Venezuelan editor, who recently came to America with a story of Ger man intrigue and control in the Latin- sack; turnips, fi.bu; parsnips, All the Fixings. Little Freddy had just been put In a khaki suit with long trousers. 'Mamma," he asked, "am I a man now like papa?" "I suppose so," sho replied. "Well, then," he continued, "I guess I'll take a dime out of my bank and go down to tho barber shop ind get shaved." Exchange. Giving Details. Maud Kitty married a man a good deal older than she 1b, so I hear. Marie Older? Why, he's twleo her real ago and three times the age she says she Is. Boston Transcript. Camp Lewis, Tacoma-First infan- PunL beets, $2. Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 76c(( $1 wr hundred; new California, 10c per pound; sweet potatoes, 10c per pound. Onions Jobbing prices, IOlUc per Herald. To keep clean and healthy take Dr, Fierce Pleasant Pellets. I hey regu late liver, bowels and stomach. True Devotion. "And you love me for myself alone?" "Yes. dear." "Suppose I were to Inherit a million dollars?" "I could help you spend It with a clear conscience." Birmingham Age- You May Try Cutleura Free Send today for free sample of Cuti cura 8'np and Ointment and learn bow qnlokly they relieve Itching, akin and clp trouble. For fr wimples, addrexa, "Cutlcum. Dept. X Boston." At drugelKtt and by mall. Soap 25, Ointment 23 tod CO. Adv. try troops who recently arrived at Murray, near here, from Honolulu, are getting their first real night's rest in six years. Though the temperature in the day is approximately the same as in Hawaii, the Men soon found that they were not equipped for Washington niifhts, and the Red Cross was called on for a supply of quilts and sweaters. About 12S0 quilt were supplied the soldiers from the tropics. Hlndrnburf In HospitaL Geneva The Tribune says it b-arns from a reliable source that Field Mar shal von Hindenburg is suffering from an acute nervous disease; that his mental capacity is much affected, and that he is confined in a private sani tarium. The paper adds that Hinden burg took no responsible part In the recent offensive on the western front. the work being done chiefly by General Ludendorff. Cattle June 16, 1918. Prime steers $14.OO(al5.00 Good to choice steers. Medium to good steers., Fair to medium steers . Common vo fair steers . , Choice cows and heifers Com. to good cows and hf Cannera Dulls 8.60m 10.00 Calves 8.50r(12.00 Stackers and feeders.,.. 8.0OfU0.00 Hogs- Prime mixed $16.r,Ortil6.f.r. Medium mixed 16.35fal6.5A Rough heavies 15.60cil5.fi0 Pigs 15.25f 15.50 Bulk 16.60 Phecp Prime spring lambs $ i 6. OfWi 16.501 Heavy lambs IS. MM 1 6.00 Yearlings 9.6001 10.60 Wethers 9.00010.00 Ewe 6.60y 9.00 Intrusted to an Expert "Does that mule of yours kick?' "Yep," replied Farmer CornloMel, I4.diu.i.ou An. mucn onjpct. There alius n.hwn.ii.W) ha to be some klekln' and I'm per 10.60i 11.50 fectly satisfied to leave It ail to the 9.0Oi 10.00 mule." Washington Bur. 11.00vt.l2.00 6.t00 ft 8.60 4.00(ri) 6.00 WITH YOUR HAND8 TIED by some chronic "female com plaint" or weakness, what can you expect? There's nothing you can accomplish nothing you can en Joy. And no good reason for It. Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescrlptlonwlllcure you, safely and cer tainly, If you'll give It faithful use. For every one ot these womanly troubles, this Is the only remedy: In periodical pains, bearing down sensations, orndiiic displace ments, and every kindred ailment, and In all the nervous disorders caused by functional dorangemonts. An easily procured vegetable pill is made up of May apple, tho dried Juice of the leaves of aloes, and the root ot jnlap, made Into a tiny pellet and coat ed with sugar. It was first put Into ready to una form by Dr. Tlurce marly 50 years ago. Almost every drug store In this country sells these vegetable pellets In vials for 25c simply ask for Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They have Dr. R. V. Pierce stamp. Adv. "Miss Bertha says she has such an oIuHtlc nature. " "I suppose that Is why she does so much rubbering," Exchange. Sapolio doing its work. Scouring torU.b.Manne Lorps recruits. Join Nowl tNOCN MOtON' SONS to. APPLY AT. ANY POST OFFICE fir SERVICE UNDER THIS EMBLEM Man who wear thit emblem re U.S. MARINES