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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 10, 1917)
HOW UNCLE SAM TRAINS MEN FOR THE AVIATION CORPS FOOD DRIVE IS BEGUN Director o f Extension Service Seeking Co-operation o f Every Farmer to Increase A ll Products. A truckload of mohair was sold in Corvallis Saturday to Walter H. Kline Portland— Headquarters for the big for more than $3000. It was auctioned Army Schools Are Speeding Up "In turn hi* U passed from one to and 138 miles an hour. The n«*w Mo- off and brought 66} cents a pound. food drive to be made by all Oregon another of the Instructors until four ralne-HauInler, according to Miss ituth Work to Supply Fliers for producers have been established at 513 While Southern Pacific reports indi have had him, nnd then they make Law, the flying woman, tnakea 150 cate a steady decline in the car short Oregon building, and Professor R. D. four separate reports on him. A fter miles nn hour. Alrplunes much slow New Army. that we begin his training In real er are useless on the western Euro age from April 28, when the late peak Hetzel, director o f the Oregon A g r i o f 1157 was reached, to 909, reported earnest, as we have learned then pean battle front. cultural College extension service, is whether he Is cut out to bo an avi Ktud«?nta start learning to fly at Saturday, the Public Service commis He said ator. Mlneola on the poky J. N. 4 Curtiss bi sion still is besieged with complaints. in charge o f the campaign. the work was started officially Wed Training Is Thorough. planes, which go at the snail's pace of Governor Withycombe has tele nesday o f visiting and organizing the “ We have found that n student can 75 mllea an hour. graphed to R. N. Stanfield, represent However, It Is taken for granted that ing the State Council o f Defense at farmers throughout the state and not assimilate more than half an Pick of the Land Intellectually and hour's lesson aloft In a day; that Is, tho deficiency In fast machines will Washington, asking him to urge Secre bringing their earnest efforts to bear Physically le the Raw Material of he does not profit by n longer less«>n. soon he remedied. All the art o f air tary o f War Baker that steps be taken So when he comes down he la put plane building the French and British to prohibit enlistments from the rural upon the threatened shortage o f all the Field— Flrat Taught Meehan- kinds o f foodstuffs. to work nt the mechutilcs of the Job, have learned In nearly three yearn of districts. lea and Work Gradually Up to warfare will be placed nt the disposal dismantling and assembling his en The workers who met in convention Difficult Feate in Flying. Governor Withycombe has been ad here went into the country to take Commissions of gine, detecting trouble, mnklng such o f the new ully. repairs us he might be called on to Anglo-French flying men nnd builders vised by Attorney General Brown that charge o f the work in the various N«-w York.— Unrlo Sam's now urmy make If he had to descend for cuuse will assist the United States army In members o f the Third Oregon Infan farming districts. Ten organizers muat hnvn tlio tii-xt aviator* In tlio during a flight. We give him text inunufucturing and teach the latest try, who are in the state on Monday, were sent to the outside cities and world. Till* 1« tIn- or«l«T that ha* books on motors, too, and something tricks o f the trade to our nvlators. June 4, w ill be allowed to vote on there are already 50 people in the field coin<< from Washington, nml tlio army about uero-dynumlcs, and teuch him matters pertaining to state affairs to gettin g the work under way. What They Must Do. Mr. schools throughout tin; country ure how to observe the earth us It files come up at the special election. The Mlneola school Is officially an Hetzel feels every phase o f the state striving to curry It out. aviation section of the signal officers under him. With labor scarce, appropriations work w ill be covered thoroughly in the Thor« uro many obstacles and dls- When the young aviator la com reserve corps. Civilian volunteers en materially decreased and demands for campaign now being started. cnuriigomonta, fnat acout plane* ure petent to handle his mnchlne he Is ter as sergeunts and become lieuten The men now in the field are direct wages soaring, state institutions con almost non existent thla aldo of Introduced Into more complicated ants In the reserve on passing their front a decidedly serioua situation, ac ed to determine first o f all what the tho Atlantic, hut the atamlard already work, scouting nnd maneuvering. examinations. These “ exams" are not cording to reports made to the State farmers require in order to produce reached means ns vast advance. For lustnnce, on n recent day a to be sniffed at. Here are some of Board o f Control by practically every the greatest possible acreage o f all A trip out to tho big government motorcar was sent on a devious ten- the things the young collegian must one o f the heads o f such institutions. sorts o f foodstuffs, as well as the max flying school on Hempstead Plains, mile Journey over little frequented d o : imum o f animals and poultry. Then An interesting relic o f the past in near Mlneola, I,. I., shown a scene of Long Islund roads. Its top was broad He must climb out of a field 2,000 w ill go forward the enlisting o f labor, the shape o f an old American flag has huatllng activity, u I..... o f Indus ly striped In black nnd white, hut oth f«»«»t square and attain an altitude of o f machinery and seeds to meet their try, which has speeded up even over erwise It could not be told from the 500 feet while keeping all parts of just been hung in the dining room o f requirements. the Pilot Butte Inn at Bend. The flag Its former strenuous pace In the last tens of thousnnds of other cars which his machine within the square; he is one given by General Ulysses S. few days. are constantly on the move over the must cut off his motor nt o height of At the entrance to tho field a stal Islund. I. ixm ) feet and iand within 200 feet of Grant to William T. Birdsall, father o f | FOOD EXPERT COMES TO U. S. W. C. Birdsall, manager o f the inn, wart private, an automatic on his "Twenty-four army nlrplnnes went a designated point; he must land over hip. challenges tho visitor nnd scru up to seek the car. Twenty-one left an assumed obstacle ten feet high and bears only 38 stars, indicating its New Chairman o f Food Board to A rrive age. tinizes closely the papers shown. A From England Soon. step through the gate discloses in A t the meeting o f the Medford city N ew York— Herbert C. Hoover, re side tho fence n scene to r«»J«jlce the council this week, Mayor Gates launch heart of the smalt hoy—a vast ex ed a vigorous campaign to stop all cently chosen as chairman o f the Am er panse, on which great mechanical fal forms o f gambling in Medford. The | ican food board, is on his way from cons purr nnd skip, now rising Into city executive said that a charity pa England on an American ship and w ill the clouds and now descending tient whom he had befriended recently arrive here within a few days, it is swiftly nnd gracefully to tho level lost $4.50, which was all the cash he announced by the American commis A fte r turf. had, in a game o f poker at a local pool ( sion for relie f in Belgium. conferring with members o f the com Framing the picture nre rows of air room. mittee here, Mr. Hoover w ill be pre plane slu-ds, or hangars, barracks, ma The monthly report o f the Industrial | pared to go to Washington to assume chine shops, ofllees and other rough Accident commission for A pril shows his new position. So far as is known buildings which have mostly been receipts for the month amounting to by the men here who have been asso knocked Into shape In the lust few $77,937.29, and disbursements o f $83,- j ciated with him in the r e lie f work w-ecks. 189.35. Cost o f administration during : Mr. Hoover has no intention o f aban Scores of students nnd mecha the month was $4121.66. The com- ! doning the chairmanship o f the Belgian nicians hustle around and over the mission had a total balance o f $950,- commission, although it is expected winged monsters, oiling, pfylng the 947.72 with the state treasurer on j that the executive work w ill be carried wrench, making tests nnd seeking the April 30. on by other members, including W . S. slightest flaw, for ev«»ry flying tnn- The State Highway department may Honnodl, relief director in America. chlue must always be In the top notch use funds available in the treasury o u t, o f condition. Where Aviation la Taught. o f the $300,000 derived from the one- Pick of the Land There. War will probably soon change tho her«» nnd three cumc from the gov nnd come to rest within 1,500 feet of fourth mill tax to complete contracts conditions here In many ways— Indeed, ernment school ut Governors Island, I t ; he must fly for 45 minutes at aa entered into before the present com altitude o f 4,000 feet. mission went into office, according to some differences are already noticeable New York cjty. j “The car with the striped top repre- by Attorney General j "The psychology o f this flying busi an opinion from pence days. Hut most of the stu dents nre still paying their way—and scnt«»«l the heud o f ail enemy convoy. ness so far as the students are con Brown, sent to State Highway E n -1 Wheat— Bluestem........................ $2.84 F o r ty fo ld ...................................... 2.80 not a small price either. A fter pass The airmen were to detect the head cerned,” says the commandant o f the gineer Nunn. o f the supi*oM»d column while the lat- Club............................................... 2.80 field, “ is a singular thing. In con ing his flying test a student niuct turn The Beuhner Lumber company at over a $.Vs> tuition fee nnd $.'100 more | ter was still far from Its objective, the sidering it you must put fear out of North Bend announces a straight in Red R ussian................................ 2.75 The students are crease in wages fo r its employes o f the Oats— No. 1 w h ite .....................$52.50 Is due on llnul examination. The stu ! aviation Held, for there must be time the reckoning. The fact o f the logging camps and mills o f 25 cents | Barley— No. f e e d ....................... 52.50 dent must weigh not more than 11*0 ; to make the Imngtnary artillery attack never frightened. matter Is that they go Into It think per day, which places the minimum for pounds stripped, and “ must furnish evi upon It effective. Cattle— Steers, pri m e.. .$10.50(«r 11.25 ing that it’s a daredevil Job. Then men at $2.75, effective May 1. The Problems Easily Solved. dence o f huvlng a college education Steers, g o o d ................... 10.00@10.50 and be of good moral character." For the problem the mnp o f Long they go up and they're disappointed company had this raise under consider Steers, m edium ............. 9.50@ 9.75 isn't the daredevlltry they ation for some time past and it is the The pick of the land Intellectually Island near the flying field was dl- — It Cows, choice................... 9.25@ 9.85 nml physically Is the raw material of ¡ vlded Into 24 sectors, one being given thought at all. So what do they do? first advance above wages generally Cows, m edium ............... 8.50@ 9.25 The lucky man who | They tend to go to the other ex current in the best-paying companies. Cows, fa ir ...................... the field. Out of such promising nov to ench scout. 7.50@ 8.25 ices Uncle Sam makes flnlshed bird- found the car whirred buck to the field treme right away and we have to The order applies to nearly 375 men. H e i f e r s .......................... 7.00@10.00 keep them from killing themselves men In three months— and now even In short order and Mlneola was Bulls................................ 6.00@ 8.50 with sheer recklossn«»ss. We have to Sheridan has, to date, sent 62 young this brief training period muy be cut "aavqd." C a lv e s .................... 7.50@10.00 teach them with every ounce o f abil men to the army and navy. In another problem three Fast L. W. down. Hogs— P a c k in g ............. $15.50@15.85 ity we possess that If they make the The cnptuln In command of tho F. tractors were sent to a far distant one slip they seem determined to According to statements that devel Rough h e a v ie s ............... 14.50@ 15.00 point, which was not disclosed to the field explains the course o f Instruc oped at a meeting o f the State board Pigs and s k ip s ............... 14.00@14.50 make It will be the very last slip students, nnd there sent up ns scouts tion : o f control recently the penitentiary Stock hogs...................... 12.50@14.00 they’ll ever make.” “ A fter the student has passed his of nn enemy bent upon tnklng photo brick plant may be closed down after Sheep— W ethers............. $ 9.75@12.00 preliminary physical examination nnd graphs o f the Mineóla field. The stu the governor takes charge o f the pris E w e s .............................. 9.00@11.00 Bible Stops a Bullet hns hud the mechanism o f the ma dents were to locate these mnchlnes on this month. L a m b s ............................ 10.25@13.50 chine drilled Into him, we turn him nnd drive them hnck by heading them Follansbee, W. Va.— Rev. Arthur CL Flour— Patents, $12.20. The Sunset Woolen Mill at Bandon, over to nn Instructor, who takes him off. They did this with euse. Halmer, Free Methodist minister here, M illfeed — Spot prices; Bran, $44 Not all 111«» feats attempted work owes his Ilf© to his Bible. This de a newly-incorporated local stock com up on a Joy ride ns a passenger. He per ton; shorts, $47; rolled barley, pany composed o f 60 business men, j goes up about 3,000 feet the first out well, because r«»nl swift mnchlnes veloped when he turned over to the time. When he becomes, during suc nre Incklng. The slower machines do police several threatening communica has completed arrangements for the j $58; rolled oats, $58. Corn— White, $72 per ton; cracked, cessive flights, accustom''«' to the not stnnd up so well In n gale, al tions promising to "get him sure” If opening o f the old Bandon Woolen swift, rush of tho nlr aloft, so dis though otherwise easier to manage. he does not cease his efforts to reform Mills plant, and operations w ill com $73. It w ill | Hay — Producers’ prices: Timothy, concerting to the novice, ho Is per It Is understood tho fnstest machines the city. Rev. Mr. Halmer wns shot mence in about three weeks. Eastern Oregon, $26@30 per ton; val mitted to handle the controls himself, now nt the fi«»ld nre the L. W. F. from ambush as a result o f these employ between 40 and 60 persons. ley timothy, $22@24; alfalfa, $20@23; but the Instructor Is there to correct tractors, capable o f 06 miles au hour. threats, the bullet lodging In his Bible, Officers o f four California cement valley grain hay, $18@19. British and French scouts make 135 which he carried under his arm. any errors very promptly. companies that had been included in a Butter — Cubes, extras, 35|c per Federal indictment against members pound; prime firsts, 34 Jc. Jobbing 7,000 IN CELLARS TWO YEARS C r t r i r f r t r f r . ' i f r -.V T f r f rf r f r f r f r f r TOWN WITH THREE NAMES o f the so-called “ cement trust,” charg prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons, ing illegal combination to apportion lc extra; butterfat. No. 1, 38c; 'No. THE FLAG territory and control preies, in behalf 2, 36c. Civilian Population of Lens Forced to Queer Situation Arises and of Mix- o f the companies enter pleas of guil Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 32 J Build Roads by the German By K E N N E T H M AC D O U G A L . Up In Locating a New Tow n In ty before Federal Judge Wolverton in @ 33c per dozen; selects, 34c. Invaders. Kansas. Portland. Poultry — Hens, 18@19c per pound; The «lie Is cast, the time has come. The eagle sert-ams once more. broilers, 35@30c; turkeys, 20(u22c; Harts.— Between 7,t)00 and 8.000 of The Stars and Stripes again shall ' ! A fte r waiting a number o f months ducks, 20@22c; geese, 14@15c. Hutchinson, Kan.— The paasenget the Inhabitants o f Lens, which Is In wave to ascertain what the Eugene Chamber ; who gets off the train at Ben Allen, V eal— Fancy, 14}@15c per pound. Upon a foreign shore. the occupied territory o f France, have a new town In Lognn county, needs to o f Commerce would do as to the pur Pork— Fancy, 19c per pound. remained there nnd lived In their cel Behind the flag of freedom. make sure that he Is not seeing double chase o f flaxseed from the state, and Vegetables — Artichokes, 85c @ $1 lars for more than two years, says Sweep on our lighting men. or triple, for Ben Allen, although with after rejecting a number o f offers per dozen; tomatoes, $2.75@3.00 per Elle Ileumnux, mnnnger o f the coal To crush the Prussian eagle, | less than 200 Inhabitants, has three from outside people, the State board crate; cabbage, 5@6c per pound; e g g The peace deve bring ^ a ln . mines there, who hns Just arrived In o f conrtol has found that Eugene does plant, 25c; lettuce, $1.75@2.00; cu railway depots. Haris. The former population of I^ena not want the seed and that the offers cumbers, $1.00@1.60 per dozen; cel Regiment, brigade, division Sffcreover, each o f the three depots was 40,000. And corps pass smartly by; made from other sources are now ery, 75c@$1.25; cauliflower, $1.00@ bears the name o f a different town. Pressing to crush oppression. All the cellurs In tho town, M. Iteu- closed. It all happen«*! as a result o f a mix- That the flag of right may fly. 1.75 per crate; peppers, 26@35c per mnux snys, have been armored with ce up In trying to sturt a new town when Several o f the large logging camps pound; rhubarb, 2@3c; peas, 5@ 6ic; ment by tho Germans, so that they con Men who were known as hyphens, the Scott City A Northern railway and mills in the Clatskanie vicinity are asparagus, 8@12|c; spinach, $1.25 per Russians, Frenchmen, lads from stitute so many little fortresses. The was built through Lognn county on in receipt o f the “ red hand” postcards box. Spain, entire civilian population Is obliged to Germans, Austrians, Italians, Potatoes— Buying prices, $4.00 per Its wny from Scott City to Winona. which have been sent broadcast work at road mending and railroad Are Americana again. Tw o towns sprang up, ooe named throughout the lumber industry o f the hundred. bnlldlng. Green F r u it— Strawberries, $1.50 Keystone and another chrtatered El Northwest since Saturday. To the flag, then! %o the president! The coal mines of Lens, which are per crate; apples, 85c@ $2.50 per box. A toast; W e’re In the right! Kader. Later the two towns were among the most Important o f the re Forwsrd. march! W e'll show the The Baker Red Cross organized last Hops— 1916 crop, 3@6c per pound; merged and consolidated on a new gion of the Has de Calais and pro Prussian ! town site named Ben Alien, In honor Wednesday already has 77 members. 1917 contracts, nominal. duced 20,000,000 tons a year before the That we're not too proud to fight Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 40c per I o f the chief engineer who surveyed A campaign for 1000 members by June wAr( have been Idle since tho Invasion pound; coarse, 45@50c; valley, 45@ 1 is being launched and those at the the route across the country. So three and have suffered immense damage. A red sunrise, with clouds lowering depots now stand at Bea A lie tv each head o f the movement expect to have 50c; mohair, 65c. Cascara Bark — Old and new, 6@7c one o f the strongest chapters in the bearing a different town oa am . later In the morning. Indicates rain. Meorteo te 1J900 miles long. sUte. per pound. SCHOOLING MOST THOROUGH NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT