WQOLGROWERS
POSITION RELIEVED
Agreement Made for Banks to
Cash Drafts.
LOW PRICES OPPOSED
Maintenance of Present Level De
clared Only Method of Pre-
Tenting Disaster.
Portland. The federal reserve board
has provided means for financing the
woolgrowers of the country during the
present emergency In which there Is
virtually no market for wool.
Warehouse receipts and bills of lad
ing may be used as collateral for drafts
drawn by the grower against his bank,
for such sums as the banker and grow
er may agree upon. These drafts will
then be discounted by the branch fed
eral reserve banks. The paper must
have a maturity of not over 90 days,
although it Is thought likely the board
will ultimately extend this period to
six months. Within that time the wool
market will be restored, bankers and
growers believe.
Announcement to this effect was
made by Dr. S. W. McClure, who until
last February was secretary of the na
tional woolgrowers' association, and
who is recognized as the leading wool
authority In America. Dr. McClure Is
now manager of the Cunningham
Sheep and Land company of Pendle
ton.
Dr. MCClure was In Portland on his
way back to Pendleton after attend
ing a session In Washington last
Tuesday of the federal reserve board
to hear a delegation from the na
tional woolgrowers' association, Dr.
McClure represented Oregon.
"No extraordinary difficulty will be
encountered now in financing the pres
ent season's wool clip until a normal
buying market shall assert itself," said
Dr. McClure. "It was the firm belief of
the conference this would be within a
very short time."
Wool buyers quit buying wool be
cause of the furore against the high
cost of clothing, which disorganized
the wool market, said he.
"Wool Is now made an essential
commodity. It was the unanimous
opinion that the wool market Is sound;
that the supply of clothing was below
normal and the wool supply not large,
It Is my personal opinion that In 90
days the market will reopen again,"
he asserted.
"The whole disorganized condition
Is the result of the politicians who
have been making the high cost of
living their battle cry.
"Everybody who buys, wants to buy
at a lower price; and everyone who
sells wants to sell at the same old
figure."
POPULATION OF UNITED
STATES PUT AT 105,000,000
Washington, D. C The population
of continental United States Is est!
mated at 105,000,000 by J. A. Hill
chief Btntislclan for the census bureau
His calculation Is based on the com
bined population of 1406 cities and
towns for which statistics have beeu
announced.
The Increase over 1910 is placed at
about 13,000,000, showing the growth
of the country has not kept pace with
previous decades. Almost complete
cessation of immigration during the
war Is the chief reason assigned for
the falling off In growth. Othor sug
gestions were the two Influenza epi
demics, return of aliens to their native
lands and deaths of soldiers abroad
and at home during the war.
The aggregate population of the
cities and towna on which the esti
mate was made Is 41,029,354. This is
an average gain of 26 per cent, com
pared with 35 per cent In the previous
decade.
Train Crash Kills Ten,
Huntlngburg, Ind. Ten persons
were killed and nine Injured probably
fatally when a truck carrying a load
of picnickers was struck by a pas
Benger train one mile west of here
Sunday morning. The truck, which was
carrying 21 persons to an outing held
by the local lodge of the Woodmen of
the World, stopped on the tracks and
was struck by the train traveling at
a high rate of speed. Several children
were among those Killed and injured.
Seattle. Proposals to amend city
fire ordinances to permit the exhibi
tion of moving pictures In public
school of Seattle were rejected by the
public safety committee of the city
council.
STATE NEWS
I IN BRIEF. I
Klamath Falls. Voters of the Kla
math irrigation district ratified the
proposal to enter into a contract with
the federal government for the ex
penditure of 1225,000 for the improve
ment of the Klamath project irriga
tion system.
Gold Hill. The consolidation of the
Foots Creek school with the Gold Hill
schools carried, also the bond Issue
of $11,500 to complete the annex to
the high school building. The en
tire issue of bonds has been taken by
local people at par.
Medford. All visitors can reach
Crater lake in their autos as the road
is open to the lake rim. The hotel is
ready to take care of guests. This
news was brought to the city by Alex
ander Sparrow, superintendent of
Crater National park.
Salem. The C. & O. Lumber com
pany of Brookings has filed with the
state engineer application to appro
priate 2Yi second feet of water from
Joe Hall creek for lumbering and
manufacturing purposes and domestic
supply for the city of Brookings.
Salem. Salem bricklayers at a meet
ing held here last week decided to de
mand $10 a day. The scale will be
come effective some time in July.
Salem. Governor Olcott has appoint
ed John F. Steiwer, a prominent farm
er of Jefferson, as a member of the
group of five to represent the citizens,
of the state on the committee of 15 to
investigate changes in the workmen's
compensation law to be recommended
to the next session of the state legis
lature. Bend. At a cost of $15,000 the Bend
Water, Light & Power company has
completed the construction of a re
serve plant two miles up the Deschutes
river. The reserve plant is capable
of supplying the city of Bend with
1500 gallons of water a minute, double
the amount consumed in the hottest
weather.
Monmouth. At the National Angora
Goat show, held last week at St. Nag
elo, Tex., Rlddell Bros, of Monmouth
won first and grand championship
prizes for a two-year-old buck. This
buck was one of a consignment sent
for exhibition and placed in care of
Lesle Riddle, the member of the
family who resides in Texas.
Hood River. The Hood River Antl
Aslatio association, composed of orch
ardlsts and business men, approved the
course of Governor Stephens of Cali
fornia in writing to Secretary of State
Colby and asking for -co-operation in
excluding Japanese from the state. R.
E. Scott, secretary of the local organ
ization, has written to Secretary Colby
In support of the Stephens letter.
Roseburg. A most prosperous year
Is predicted for Reedsport and the
lower Umpqua generally, according to
County Agent C. J. Hurd, who has re
turned from a visit to that section of
the county. He Btates that the finest
crop of hay ever taken from the soil
Is now being harvested betwen Elk
ton and Reedsport and crops of all
kinds are looking exceedingly well.
Gold II111. The Initiatory papers
have been executed for the conveyance
of the Medford-Jacksonvllle railway,
under leaBe to J. T. Gagnon of Med
ford, to the leading fruit growers at
Los Angeles. The deal will include
the Gagnon sawmills and box factories
at both Medford and Jacksonville, and
several pine timber tracts on the Apple
gate and between Gold Hill and Jack
sonville. The Dalles. The cherry harvest of
this section is now under way. Several
early picking crews are at work har
vesting the crop. Intense activity will
begin in practically every orchard In
this section the first of next week.
The Llbby, McNeil & LIbby cannery
has contracted for most of the Royal
Ann crop at a flat rate of 15 cents
& pound, orchard run. The black
cherries will be shipped to eastern
markets.
Eugene. Colin Dyment, for the last
year acting secretary of the extension
division of the State university In Port
land, was selected as dean of the col
lege of literature and arts to succeed
Dean Straub by the board of regents
last week. A school of physical educa
tion was formed and Dr. John F.
Bovard, formerly head of the depart
ment of zoology, elected as dean. Dr.
Richard B. Dlllehunt was elected dean
of the school of medicine.
Salem, The American Railway ex
press, which operates in this state,
has filed with the Oregon public serv
ice commission application for an In
crease in rates equivalent to the
schedule sought in petitions recently
submitted to the interstate commerce
commission. The express company re
quests that no action be taken by the
Oregon public service commission until
such time as a hearing has been held
before the Interstate commerce com
mission, v
SHOCKED CITY TO REBUILD
Earthquake Does $100,000 Damage to
Los Angeles" Suburb.
Los Angeles, Cal. The work of re
building the business section of Ingle
wood, ten miles southwest of here,
which suffered most from the series of
earthquakes in Los Angeles county
Tuesday night, was under way Wed
nesday, practically the entire popula
tion of 3000 taking part
Arthur Corey, city engineer of Ingle
wood, said the damage there would
probably exceed $100,000. Losses in
Los Angeles and other points were
estimated at $25,000.
Slight shocks were felt at 5 A. M.
and 12:35 P. M. today, no damage
being reported.
When street-car traffic on the lines
of the Los Angeles Railway company
was halted for half an hour, begin
ning about 10:35 A. M., company of
ficials stated they had word the delay
was due to an earthquake shock which
temporarily crippled a power plant at
Huntington lake, 70 miles east of
Fresno. Late Tuesday the officials
said they had another message that
the plant had a slight breakdown, but
that the cause was not stated to be an
earthquake.
The temblor that shattered Ingle
wood was southern California's second
experience with earth shocks within
three years.
Inglewood is a town of about 3000
population on the Redondo beach
branch of the Santa Fe railroad and
Is also reached by a suburban line of
the Los Angeles Railway company.
Laymen familiar with causes of
earthquakes In this state ascribe the
disturbance In southern California to
a slipping of the strata In a geological
fault.
TRADE BALANCE NOW
$17,000,000,000
Washington, D. C Since the begln
Ing of the world war In 1914 the United
States has rolled up a trade balance
of approximately $17,000,000,000
against the world. This exceeds by
several billions of dollars the total
balance in favor of the United States
from 1875 to 1914.
Department of commerce figures
Wenesday show the trade balance
made In favor of the United States in
the fiscal year ending in 1914, one
month before the war began, was only
$470,000,000. During the first year of
the war it was $1,094,419,600 and in
the next year, ending June 30, 1916,
It was $2,135,599,375. During the suc
ceeding year the total was $3,530,693,
209. Meantime the United States had en
tered the struggle and in the year
ending June 30, 1918 the first full
fiscal year of America's participation
the balance was only $2,974,055,973.
In the next year, ending last June 30,
however, it was $4,136,562,618.
During the first 11 months of this
fiscal year the balance was only $2,
788,461,602 but exports were larger In
those 11 months than in any other full
fiscal year in the nation's history, total
ing $7,474,193,349 as against the pre
vious 12 months' record of $7,252,282,
686 made during the last fiscal year.
At the same time that America's
export trade began to advance by
leaps and bounds the import trade
also showed an enormous Increase,
reaching a new high record of $4,685,
741,747 during the 11 months of the
present fiscal year.
The previous high record was $3,
095,720,068, last year.
Most of the favorable trade balance
of the United States has been against
the allied and neutral countries of
Europe. Many of the South American
and North American countries and
some of those In the far east have a
balance against the United States.
Envoy to Greece Named.
Washington, D. C Edward Capps
of New Jersey was named Wednesday
by President Wilson as minister to
Greece, a recess appointment S.
Parker Gilbert Jr., was nominated as
assistant secretary of the treasury. Dr.
Capps is professor of classics at
Princeton university. He is a native
of Illinois and has written many books
on Greek literature and drama. After
being graduated from Yale university,
he studied in Athens.
Pets Held College Pest.
Stanford University, Cal. College
men cannot render any service to so
ciety until the colleges are freed of
"pampered, petted, cushioned and
cigaretted darlings,'' Rabbi Stephen
S. Wise of the Free synagogue of New
York told the graduating class at Stan
ford university Wednesday.
One hundred cases of cholera have
been discovered in southern Japan,
some victims of the disease being
found In Tokio.
Flag of Washington
FOURTH OF JULY
1920
Ring the tuneful belli of Freedom,
Let their music float afar,
Look aloft and see our banner
Of the glorious stripe and star)
Crowned with vict'ry, bathed in
splendor
Upon many a field of fame,
Heroes brave have died around it,
Each with an immortal name.
'Neath its folds our fathers tri
umphed In the valiant days of yore,
And in battles for their country
They that beauteous banner bore)
Not a star today is missing,
Not a stripe a tarnish knows,
As it waves in conscious splendor
From the sun lands to the snows.
Let our Eagle guard it ever
For the honor it has won,
As lie bathes his noble pinions
In the light of Freedom's sun,
Proud to see his emblem floating
'Gainst the vaulted azure skyi
Hear him shriek his proud approval
Every fourth day of July. -
On the land and on the ocean,
Far as human eye can see
Lips repeat the deathless story
Of the Banner of the Free)
Born amid the storms of battle
Not a shame its glory mars)
And new nations wake to freedom
At the glitter of its stars.
Mirrored in our crystal rivers,
Streaming from our mountain
peaks,
Loved by freemen for its beauty
It for Right and Homeland speaks)
Time will never dim its glory '
While in heaven shines the sun
Ever linked to song and story
Is the Flag of WASHINGTON.
(Copyright, 1820, Western Newspaper Union.)
American's Creed
I believe in the United States of
America as a government of the peo
ple, by the people, for the people,
whose Just powers are derived from
the consent of the governed ; a democ
racy In a republic; a sovereign Na
tion of many sovereign States; a per
fect Union, one and inseparable, es
tablished upon those principles of free
dom, equality, Justice and humanity
for which American patriots sacrificed
their lives and fortunes. I therefore
believe It is my duty to my country
to love it ; to support Its Constitution j
to obey its laws; to respect Its flag,
and to defend It against all enemies.
"United States of America.''
The name was original with Jeffer
son, and appears in the final para
graph of the Declaration of Indepen
dence, as follows: "We, therefore,
the representatives of the United
States of America, In general congress
assembled, appealing to the Supreme
Judge of the world for the rectitude
of our Intentions, do, in the name of
the good people of these colonies, sol
emnly publish and declare, they these
colonies are, and a right ought to be
free and independent states."
Made Jefferson Immortal,
The Declaration of Independence
was drawn up by Thomas Jefferson,
who was only thirty-three years old.
This remarkable manifesto. Into which
It has been said Jefferson "poured the
soul of a continent," was adopted as
he had drawn It with the exception
of a few unimportant changes.
MEMORIAL AT VALLEY FORGE
Chapel Dedicated to Memory of Wash
ington and the Revolution Is Rap
Idly Nearing Completion.
Valley Forge, that historical center
which will always be Identified with
the heroic efforts of the Colonial
troops in their struggle for liberty,
now has the distinction of possessing
one of the most representative and ex
pressive memorial buildings In the en
tire country. Taking the form of a
chapel, it Is dedicated to the memory
of Washington, and at the same time
typifies the entire period of the Revo
lution. It Is intended to house a col
lection of mementos, almost every one
of which Is connected with some In
dividual or event of the Revolutionary
period.
The complete group will consist of a
cloister, chapel and building, contain
ing rooms In which patriotic societies
may meet ; a library of documents per
taining to the Revolution, and a tower
overlooking the encampment.
The cloister Is divided Into 13 bays,
each representing the officers and men
from one of the thirteen original
states. The interior of the chapel Is
rapidly approaching completion. Forty
eight panels represent all the states of
the Union and symbolize the final
achievement of the national group. The
glass windows will constitute a na
tional history In themselves. Tliey
tell the story of the discovery, settle
ment and development of the nation
Facade and Main Entrance of the
Memorial Chapel.
In a progression leading up to the
west window, which will represent
the life of George Washington as
told In 30 medallions. Tbe various
leaders of the Revolution, including
Robert Morris, John Paul Jones,
Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and
others, will be depicted In other win
dows. The choir stalls are of carved wood.
The figures In the niches at the top
of these stalls represent the uniforms
of the Continental commands, and
above them will be hung fac similes of
the colors carried by the troops. The
complete series will consist of 18 flags,
Including two of the French regiments
that served In this country during the
war. Popular Mechanics Magazine.
A TRIBUTE.
The years are but as moments, and
your spirit, Lafayette,
Remembers, as you come to us, the
mighty men you met
In the epic days aforetime when you
stood, as we today,
Where the breezes fanned our faces
from the bosom of the bay.
Joy was then within the soul of you,
and youth was in your eyes,
As the flag that conquered tyranny
was flaunted to the skies)
And there, mayhap, a vision for a
moment came to you,
And the Future told the wonder of
the deeds we were to do.
Far across a sea of peril you, a
knightly sword, had fared,
And embalmed in song and story
are the valiant feats you dared;
You were Chivalry in action, with a
splendor in your gaze,
And our fathers, victor freemen,
crowned your youthful brow with
bays.
Did you see that year the faces of
our heroes back from France,
And the light of high endeavor that
was shining in their glance?
Did you see our bold crusaders who
had crossed the sea you sailed
To fight for freedom far afield, and
by their might prevailed?
Ah, then, you saw your very soul in
eyes that gleam today
With dreams that led you, Lafayette,
upon your splendid way)
What they have done for stricken
France, in that heroic past
You did to save a nation that ha
paid its debt at last.
Edward S. Van Zile.
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A Pattern for the World.
The signing of the Declaration of
Independence, on July 4, 1770, marked
the birth of this nation, which stands
today as the world's most potent fac
tor in upholding the doctrine that all
men are created free and equal.
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Lafayette
CHAMPION OF FREEDOM
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General Lafayette, From a Picture
Made Late In Life.
-le came to fight for Freedom's cause
Against a tyrant's power,
When Washington at Valley Forge
Had reached his darkest hour,
His army fought beside our own,
And, when the task was done,
nother nation had been born, ,
, For victory was won. -
boy in yean a man In heart
Son of a mighty race, . '
He wrote his name In mighty deeds
That time shall not erase.
He brought new hope, and faith, and
strength
In time of black despair,
And freedom triumphed on our soli,
For France was fighting there.
And then across the many years,
By history's glorious chance,
Against oppression's heavy hand
Our soldiers fought for France;
And when the last hard fight was won
We well had paid the debt
That always had been ours to pay
To France and Lafayette!
Independence
Independence hall came Into exist
ence without any thought of the part
It was destined to play in the birth
of the nation. Necessity really cre
ated it. It appeurs, from documents
well authenticated, that the Provin
cial assembly of Pennsylvania had
been meeting In a house, annually
rented in Philadelphia, until May 1,
1729. It was shortly after this date
that the assembly voted f2,000 to
ward the purchase of ground for the ,
building and Its construction. It was
designed by Andrew Hamilton, a bar
rister of Philadelphia, who In making
his plans, provided for two wings, one
of them Congress .hall. In 1732
ground for the building was broken,
but the construction dragged on for
some years before the work was fin
ished, although certain rooms were
used for some years before the whole
was completed.
Construction of Congress hall began
In 1787, and was completed In 1789,
and the remaining wing of Independ
ence hall, known as "City Hall," was
started In 1789 and finished In 1791.
Colonies' Second Petition.
In 1775, on the 8th of July, the see
ond Continental congress adopted the
second petition to the king. This con
gress, which was held at Philadelphia,
was the same which later adopted the
Declaration of Independence. On the
same day of the same year Lord Dun
more, the royal governor of Virginia,
fearing a general uprising of the colo
nies, took refuge with his family on
board the Fowney, a British warship
stationed at Yorktown.
In 1776, on the 8th of July, the Dec
laration of Independence was pro
claimed from the Bteps of the state
bouse at Philadelphia, and read aloud
to the army at New York.
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