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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1917)
'.f t4 » ft*-A *X RUSSIAN ROYALTY ABDICATES THRONE Romanoff Dynasty Brought to Close by Revolution. COUNTRY BECOMES REPUBLIC Minister of Interior hill<-<l, New Cab« inet Named and I'rem ier Chosen— liread itiots Final Cause. Petrograd, via Condon — Emperor Nicholas abdiratod at midnight .Satur day night on behalf of himself and thu heir ap|>arent, Grand Duke Alexis, in favor of Grand Duke Michael Alexan- drovitrh. At 2:30 o’clock Sunday afterw on Grand Duke Michael himself abdicated, thus bringing the Romanoff dynasty to an end. The government, |>cnding a meeting of the constitutional assembly, is vest ed in the executive committee of the Duma and the newly choacn council of ministers. A m anifesto to this effect was issued by the Duma committee and telegraphed to army headquarters. Petrograd, via Ismdon — Unless im probable events occur, Russia has be come a republic. The outcome de pends on how the manifesto of the new government is received by the 6,000,- 000 soldiers at the front. Petrograd The Emperor of Rusisa has atslicati'd and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovitch, his younger brother, has been named as regent. The Rua- sian ministry, charged with corruption and incom|tetence, was swept out of office Saturday. One m inister, Alexander Protopo- poff, head of the interior departm ent, is reported to have been killed, and the other m inisters, as well as the presi dent of the Im|>erial council, are under arrest. A new national cabinet is announced, w ith Prince I.voff as president of the council and premier, and the other offi cers held by men close to the Russian people. For several days Petrograd has been the scene of one of the moat rem ark able risings in history. Heginning with minor food riots and labor strikes, the cry for food reached the hearts of thu soldiers, and one by one the regim ents rebelled, until fin ally those troo|>s that had for a time stood loyal to the government took up arums and marched into the ranks of the revolutionists. The president of the Duma, Michael V. Rod/ianko, was the leading figure among the deputies who unanimously decided to oppose the im perial order for a dissolution of the house. They continued their sessions, and M. Kod- zianko informed the emperor, then at the front, that the hour had struck when the will of the people must pre vail. London — Official action by Great Britain, France and Italy in recogni tion of the provisional government of Russia was taken in Petrograd Sunday, according to R euter’s correspondent. Handwriting Seen in Germany— Russian Parallel is Noted London — R euter’s Amsterdam cor- rcs|K>ndent telegraphs that an article in the Frankfurter Zeitung appears to confirm to some degree the impression that the sudden appearance of Chancel lor von Bethmann-Hollweg in the Prus sian Diet On Wednesday and his speech advocating the democratization of Ger many were caused by his knowledge of events in Petrograd. The Zeitung draws a parallel be tween the chancellor’s acts and the revolution in Petrograd, pointing out that at the same tim e the executive committee of the Duma seized the reins of power Dr. von Bethmann- Hollweg delivered the speech, which it says, also disclosed a revolution, though of quite different kind and em ploying different means. The newspajier asserts a democratic German empire comes because it must — not because the chancellor avows him self in its favor, but because his words express the will of an over whelming m ajority of the people. Press May Censor Self. W ashintgon, D. C. —Secretary Dan iels is considering the advisability of seeking the personal co-operation of press association officials and manag ing editors of leading newspapers in his effort to prevent publication of m ilitary information relating to the arm ing and sailing of American mer chant craft. A conference with the New York editors, including those of Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston, may be arranged early in the week. Government Crop Report for Washington and Oregon A summary of the March crop re- l»ort for the state of Washintgon as copmlied by tbe bureau of crop esti mates, U. S. departm ent of Agricul ture, is as follows: Wheat on farms Estim ated stock on farms March 1, this year, 4,620,- 000 bushels, compared with 7,718,000 a year ago. Price on March 1 to produce», 81.44 per bushel. Corn on farms Estim ated stock on farms March 1, this year 183,000 bushels, compared with 158,000 year ago. Price March 1 to producers, 102 cents a bushel, compared with 90 cents a year ago. Com of merchantable quality- The |>ercentage of the 1916 crop which was merchantable of quality in estimated at 75 per cent, compared with 82 |>er cent of the 1915 crop. Oats on farms E h t mi a ted stocks on farms March 1, this year 3,430,000 bushels, compared with 3,850,000 a year ago. Price March 1 to producers, 53 cents per bushel, compared with 42 cents a year ago. Barley on farms Estim ated stocks on farms March 1 this year- 1,020,000 bushels, com pa reel with 1,453,000 a year ago. Price March 1 to pro ducers, 87 cents |>er bushel, compared with 64 cents a year ago. A summary of the March crop report for the state of Oregon, as compiled by the bureau of crop estim ates, U. 3. departm ent of Agriculture, is as fol lows : Wheat on farms Estim ated stock on farms March 1 this year, 2,740,000 bushels, comparts] with 3,004,000 bushels a year ago. Price on March 1 to producers, $1.50 per bushel, com pared with $0.93 a year ago. Corn on farm s — Estim ated stock on farms March 1 this year, 134,000 bushels, compared with 116,000 bush els a year ago. Price March 1 to producers, 95 cents per bushel, com pared with 92 cents a year ago. Com of merchantable quality—The percentage of the 1916 crop which was of merchantable quality is estm iated at 69 per cent, compared with 80 per cent of the 1915 crop. Oats on farm s — Estim ated stocks on farms March 1 this year, 4,670,000 bushels, compared with 4,336,000 bushels a year ago. Price March 1 to producers, 48 cent* per bushel, com pared with 50 cents per bushel a year i$ a Barley on farms —Estim ated stocks 0B farms March 1 this year, 1,078,000 bushels, compared with 936,000 bush els a year ago. Price March 1 to pro ducers, 88 cents per bushel, compared with 68 cents per bushel a year ago. " Business Men to Pay License. La Crosse, Wash. — At a recent meeting of the council an ordinance providing for a general method of passing ordinances and one providing for the collection of a poll tax were passed. An ordinance was ordered drawn providing for a dog tax and one prohibiting stock to run at large; this ordinance will cover all live stock, in cluding poultry, and will prohibit the keeping of hogs within the town limits. It was also decided, in addi tion to the usual tax on peddlers and traveling shows, to impose a license tax on every business firm in town. E m bargo la P ut on Rice. Galveston. — An embargo on rice shipm ents through the port of Galves ton. destined to New York and points beyond, was announced by the Mal lory steam ship line. A sim ilar em bargo by the Morgan line already is in force. The embargo was placed, it is said, to give opportunity to clear stocks already booked for passage. NEWS ITEMS About Oregon DOUBLES Of General Interest Cattle and Sheep Being Starved by Deep Snow Baker Stock and sheepmen in this section face a loss that will run close to $1,000,000 unless there is an imme diate modification in the weather and an unexpected feed supply develops, stockmen declare. Already the cattle and sheep losses, it is said on good au thority, have totaled several hundred thousand dollars, with little hope in sight for an abatem ent of the losses. Daily there are appeals for feed from various sections. Those stock- men who have enough to meet the present demand do not know where they will get more when their present supply gives out. Opportunity for sending stock out to graze has been cut off by the continuer! snow and cold weather. The grazing lands now are covered with a thick coating of snow, and the cold is such that no hope is held for a thaw in time to put the cat tle and sheep out before all feed is gone. Sheep owners are the heaviest suf ferers. The lambing season is on and the lambs are becoming stunted, be cause their mothers are poorly fed. In certain sections they are dying for want of nutrition. Sawmill is to Operate. Corvallis — The Rosecrans sawmill, seven miles west of Corvallis and which has been closed for several months, will begin work this week, running full time. Recently the com pany built a flume to the Southern Pa cific’s Newport line at a point about two mileH west of Corvallis and lum ber will be flumed to this point for shipment. Until the flume was built the mill could not operate in winter on account of the roads. The logging operations will be conducted by Stud- haker & Monanhan, of Castle Rock, Wash. The mill has lumber contracts th at will keep it busy for a year. It employs about 25 men. Big Log Contract Made. North Bend—The m anagement of the Bay Park sawmill has contracted for a log supply of over 15,000,000 feet to be cut by Jack Bester on the Siuslaw river and forwarded to this city by rail. The cut will be strictly fir, although there is about the same atnonut of red cedar on the tracts. The cedar will be sold to the various shin gle mills on the Siuslaw river, one of which, the Buck mill, is about ready to operate w ith six machines. The Bay Park mill recently contracted with new sales agents ir. San Famcisco and the arrangem ent calls for a continuous supply of mill run lumber and special orders. Views on Road Code Vary. Salem — The new county road code apparently makes the appointment of roadmasters discretionary with the county courts. Some lawyers who have examined other highway legisla tion of the last session, however, con sider it possible that such companion legislation makes it mandatory. These laws do not become effective until May 21 and it is probable th at before that tim e the question will be put up to the attorney general’s office for an opinion. Man in P o o r F a rm H e ir. Hillsboro—Christain Good, for the past year an inm ate of the Washington county farm, is the sole heir of the es tate of his brother, Joseph Good, who recently died in Livingston county, 111. The estate includes an 80-acre farm $7000 in cash and at the expira Portland—W heat—Bluestem, $1.64; and tion of the tim e which contests may fortyfold, $1.61; club, $1.60; red Rus be filed Good will return to Illinois and sian, $1.56. claim it. Good has been a laborer Oats—No. 1 white feed, $36.75. about here for many years. Barley—No. 1 feed, $38.00. B utter — Cubes, extras, 35di35}c. 6 0 0 0 A c re s G o to G o ve rn m e n t. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras. 38c; cartons, lc extras; butterfat, No. 1, Salem—The State land hoard has au thorized the turning over to the Fed 39c; No. 2, 37c, Portland. Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re eral government of approximately ceipts, 25( i i . 25 4c per dozen.; Oregon 6000 acres of base lands in lieu of in demnity lands, it being discovered that ranch, selects, 27c. Poultry—Hens, 19(i/20c per pound; m istakes have been made in past springs, 19(o 20c; turkeys, live, 22(ifi transactions which leave the state in 24c; ducks, 22(</23c; geese, 12(iY13c. debt to the government to that extent. Veal—Fancy, 14c per pound. Pork—Fancy, 17(u l71e per pound. S andy M ills A re O p e ra tin g . Potatoes — Oregon buying prices, Sandy Ed Burns has completed $2.50(<f 3 per hundretf; new Floridas, work and — begun operations in his new 10c. mill near town, about 25 Onions — Oregon, jobbing prices: men. Three more employing mills will open up No. 1, $9; No. 2, $6 per sack. near Brightwood, on the Mount Hood Cattle Steers, prime, $9.25(<i9.65; road, soon, Nelson & Mickelsen, Jons- good, $8.90(i;9.25; medium, $8.25(ft} rud & Meinig and Jarl & Nelson. They 8.75; cows, choice, $7.76(<t8.00; med will employ from 125 to 150 men. ium to good, $7.00(0.7.50; ordinary to fair, $6.50(o 7.00; heifers, 16.50(d) M cM innville M akes A pplication. 9.00; bulls, $5.00(fi8.00; calves, $8.00 McMinnville— Application has been (a 10 . 00 . Hogs— Light and heavy packing, made for a charter for the McMinn $14.000/. 14.35; rough heavies, $13.00 ville National Farm Ix>an association, (ifl3.50; pigs and skips, $12.7&(r£! having 11 charter members with ap plications for loans totaling $36,000. 13.00; stock hogs, $11.50(</12.75. Sheep — W ethers ll$.50(o 12.00; This is the second National Farm Loan ewes, $8.50<(i) 10.00; lambs, $10,760$ association to be organized in Yamhiil county. 13.10. EGG H ARVEST The use of milk In feeding chickens will double egg pro duction, according to the poultry section of the Nebraska experi ment station. The hen never lays an egg until all the Ingredients necessary for tbe complete devel opment of a chick are present. Hlnce the egg contains protein as well as carbohydrates, any amount of carbohydrates fed In the form of grain will not offset the necessity of protein. Milk given to the birds, either us a drink or In the form of wet mash, will double egg yields. Commercial meat scrap Is of equal value, and may be sub- stltuted when milk cuunot be ob- tul tied. REVOLT IN KITCHEN WHY M R. G U N N E Y W A S E A T IN O CRACKERS AN D CHEESE. U nlike Moat Husbands, H ow ever, He W as W illin g to A d m it T h a t Hia Bet ter H a lf Realty H ad Some Good Reason to Be Mad. "Bassett,” requested Mr. Gunney, leaning over the counter of the general store, "I wish you’d give me ’bout a pound of crackers and mebbe five cents’ wuth of cheese. You needn’t wrop it up,” he went on as Mr. Bassett reached for the twine. “I expect to eat it right here. If you don’t mind the crumbs.” Caleb Peaslee, watching placidly, turned to Mr. Gunney. “Ain’t that a kind of light diet for F A R M M A C H IN E R Y R U S T S O UT you, Obed?” he asked. "Wife ain’t left ye, has she?” Mr. Gunney shifted his feet and red Much W aste M ay Be Stopped by Proo- dened perceptibly. er Sheltering and Keeping Th in g s In Good Repair. “Wal, yes,” he admitted, “I d’know but ye could call It that. She’s gone More machinery rusts out than over to Dedham for the day.” wears out. More machinery Is thrown "She didn’t leave a great sight of away on account of a few parts giving grub cooked up,” he said, ‘i f you’re out than because of the wearing out down to crackers and cheese already. of the entire machine. Who pays tbe What you ben doin’, Obed?” bill? Who keeps the many large ma Obed looked at Caleb with a whim chinery concerns In business? The sical smile. farmer. “ T w as my fault, Caleb,” he admit When other lines of business are ted sheepishly, “and now I’m gettin’ alack or dead, there Is practically no paid out for it. decrease In the m anufacture of farm “Probiy it was six months ago—my machinery, because the farm er Is a wife says ’twas, but It don’t seem ateady buyer and always In the field nothin’ like that long ago to me—that for another machine or for some new she begun to pester me ’bout flxln’ the kitchen chlmley. She claimed It didn’t typo of farm machinery. How waste may be stopped: 1. By draw as it ought to, and, to be honest, more careful selection. 2. By buying there were times when it smoked con- from reliable dealers and m anufactur sld’able. But you know how ’tls. A ers. 3. By keeping machinery In re man does the work that seems to be pair. 4. By sheltering machinery when crowdin’ him wust, and lets the rest go with a lick and a promise—and In this not in use. * ease T>out all the chlmley got was the j promise. B U IL D IN G FO R F A R M S C A L E S “Course I was caliatin’ to fix it when | I got round to It, but It was one of Good M anner of Protection Is Shown them Jobs that seems ’slf they can he in Illu stra tio n — Shed Is B uilt done ’bout as well one time as another, to Side of B am . and fin’ly my wife quit talkin’ ’bout It, and I let It go out of my mind com A good way of protecting the farm plete. scales Is shown In the accompanying “I noticed from time to time that diagram. The shed, which is 20 feet w hen she’d be cookin’ and I was round long, 14 feet wide and 14 feet high at the kitchen be kind of short and the lowest side. Is built to the side of curt with me, she’d and would be a OO-foot barn. It Is also used fo r shut sort of tight; her but mouth that on- storing buggies, etc., writes Sllns Funk common with most women, ain’t and It’s of McLean county, Illinois, In Farm and better to let ’em alone at such times, I’ve found. “I s’pose what brought things to a j head was my goin’ off with Ben Somers yesterday. I suppose I might Jest as well and better been at home flxln’ that chlm ley; as I told you, since she quit talkin’ ’bout It, I ain’t thought of It scurcely. I told her them very words this mornln’, and they only made her madder. I J “ ’Wal,’ s’she, *you pay heed to what I say this time, for it’s my last word. Shed fo r Farm Scales. “ "There was food ’nough cooked this mornln’ for one person’s breakfast,’ she Home. A hole 6 feet square Is cut In the side of barn near the roof to per says, bltln’ the words off short, ‘and I mit of loading hay on the scales so the j et it myself. W hat you’re goin’ to do desired amount can be loaded. The for breakfast I don’t know, but I ain't large end doors are 10 feet wide by 12 , goin’ to get It for you—not on that feet high. The small door opposite the stove, with the chlmley In the shape scale box has a window In It. There |it Is now ! is also a door for driving stock on to “ Tm goin’ to get ready now,’ s'she, the scale from the cow barn. The ‘and go over to Dedham for the day. scale, being always in the dry. Is never I’ll be back tonight, and if by that tfme you’ve got that chlmley fixed, well nnd out of balance. good. But,’ she says, with her mouth S W IN E C R A V E FO R M IN E R A L S shut tlghter’n ary bear trap you ever see. ‘not one spoonful of victuals do I cook over that stove till It Is fixed— S upp ly o f Coal, W ood Ashes and C h a r and you can lay your mind to th a t!’ coal Should Be Kept Before A n i “And with that,” continued Mr. Gun mals at A ll T im e t. ney gloomily, “off she went, and I make she was In the right on’t.” Provide plenty of stone coal, wood no He doubt rose and brushed the cracker ashes and charcoal for the swrlne. crumbs from his lap. You’ve seen the sows trying to eat the “I guess I’d better be gettin’ back to soft stones they root up. work on that chlmley,” he rem arked; You have heard them cracking some and Bassett and Mr. Peaslee grinned thing they found in the ground. They In sympathy.—Youth’s Companion. want minerals and especially lime. 7 J • | ? • | I T o o Much Com petition. W OOD LO T V E R Y C O N V E N IE N T Im portant Feature of A g ric u ltu re and W o rth y o f More A ttention From A ll Farm ers. “I heard your daughter was crasy for a career. How did you cure her of i t r “I promised her If she gave up her stage aspirations Fd give her a big church wedding.” Every farm should have a small wood lot. Forestry on the farm Is to W h a t's the Uee? day an Important feature of agricul Biff—She believes there’s a supreme ture nnd ought to receive considerate power that keeps watchful eye over all attention from farmers. A wood lot i of us. Is very convenient to have, not only as Buff—No wonder ahe thinks a chap a source of fuel In times of scarce and eron Is altogether superfluous.—Town high-priced coal, but to furnish fence Topics. posts nnd timber for vurlous uses and to add beauty to the landscape and A Lasting Love. premises, nnd afford shade, shelter and “I feel sorry for that woman ” comfort to a large extent for all the “Why?” occupants of the farm. "Her husband married her for her money.” “Probably she needs no great amount Cleanliness o f M ilk. The cleanliness of the milk depends of sympathy. The love of money never ,t> a considerable extent upon having grows cool.” the barn built so the cow will keep Th e re Y o u A re . lerself clean. “The constitution guarantees a man a lot of right.” Neglect o f M achinery. W hat would the furm er think of the “Well?” ut we have to live under the po* m anufacturer who neglected his ma lice “B regulations.” chinery?