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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1917)
ONE CHANCE IN THREE OF BEING CALLED TO ARMY How National Army Will Be Raised Under Universal Service System. READY TO START THE WORK R u I m for Exemption Boards Will Bo Ironclad and Every Possibility of Misunderstanding Eliminated — First Call Probably Will Be for 750,000 Men. Washington.—O f nearly 0,500,000 tino of ml 11 tnry ago who havu boon registered In accordance with the no- lectlve draft law, thoso who are pliysl- oally i|tiallHod and aro not exempted will have one chance In three uf being called to the colora this year. Tldx U the extlinate that has been made by the military authorities In Washington. The first phase of the groat task of rulslng an army under the universal service system has been completed. More than 10,000,000 men have actual ly boon enrolled and, taking Into con sideration the number of men of regls trutlon age who are now serving either In thu army or nuvy or National Guard, the estimates made by the census bu reau upon the basis of population have been attained. All of the men subject to the law huve responded to the call. Walt for Army Regulations. The second phase of the problem of rulslng a national army will begin as soon as the president bus approved the exemption regulations which huve been drafted by a special board under the direction of the provoat marshal gen eral. In many respects It Is the more complicated and dllllcult portion of tlie task. Approximately 4.HOO hoards —one for every SO,USI of the popula tion o f the country— are to he ap|s>lnt- ed to pass u|xm the exemptions, to de cide who shall be subject to the cull o f udlltury duty and who shall uot. Hoards of upficul for every federal Ju dicial district must ulso he designated by the president. When this bus been accomplished the Instructions to the primary hoards, which are to act In the capuclty of courts of Aral Instance In passing upon exemptions are to he Issued. MnJ. tlen. Enoch I. Crowder ami his assist ants—among them some of the most distinguished lawyers «if the country— : •+*♦++++•!. ♦+++++++++++♦+++ - NO REGISTRATION CARD, j; :: T W O NEGROES BEATE N ;; Knnsns City. Mo.— Uncle Sam uel has a misguided hut willing conscription aid In William Mac- Clellnn, twenty-two, a structural sted worker. Shortly before mid night MacClellau halted u pair of negroes. "See this," he queried, shov ing one o f the little blue regis tration certificates under their noses. "<Sot one?" "N o ," one of the ncgr«>«*s re- ptled, "ami what’s more, we ain't g o ln ’ to wear one of them things." Whereupon the structural steel worker pr«»cee«led to dem onstrate the superiority of trnlned muscle and shortly nfter- wnrds marched th** negroes up In front of the sergeant's desk at tlx- police headquarters. It was a fateful match for the trio. All three were charged with disturb ing the peace. "That's all right, s«*rgennf," suhl Uncle Sum's co-worker, “ Just put 'em In n cell with me.” MacClellnn's request was not granted. -♦•++++++++++++++++++++V++ huv«» virtually completed th«> prelimi “TO W HAT END, 0 GOD?” nary draft which Is now h«-fore the president and the secretary of war. As Siam ns It Is approved and the wor«l Is given th«i huge machine will he set In motion grinding out the first Incre ment of 500,<xx) men for the new na tional army. No Comment In Advance. For fear of confusing the 9,500,000 men who will be subject to the call. General Crowder has been unusually careful not to discuss for publication the system that bus been tentatively devised, lie himself bus u very cl«*ar Idea, he said, of what Is to ho done, hut before the Instructions nre to be sent out «-v«-ry possibility of fnlsundi'r- stundlug Is to be weigh«'«! and every chance for complication Is to lie elimi nated. The rules ure to be Irouclud and as specific ns human Ingenuity can make them, so that there will be no possibility «if charges of «llscrlmlnu- tlon ami favoritism In the selection of the men who are to take up arms with the first 500,000. Military authorities estimate that the tlrst ilraft will lie for considerably more than that number. In mldltlon to the uutlonal army, the regular army and the National Guaril will probably be brought up to war strength. There also must ho reserve trululng camps, ; which may he drawn ui>on to fill va cancies In the active ranks. It Is n««t Improbable, therefore, tliut the number to he selected will he nearer 750,000 than 500,000. I'lttdng the number of men r«'gts- Not since the Ilood Itself has human- tered at 10,000,000, It Is estimated that 5,<xs>,000 will tie exempted for general Ity fuced the woe that bungs like a reasons; o f the remaining 5,000,000, pall over the earth today. The moth 2,500,000 will he rejected for physical ers o f all nations are asking, with dlsahlllty, according to the stundurds streaming eyes and breaking hearts, ns they send th«*Ir sons Into the welter now prevailing for recruits. There will remain, therefore, stibj«*ct of world-war; “ T o what end, O GodT" to call for duty at any time 2,500,000 So must the mother of him who died on m«'n, who will he reiuly at nny time to the cross have questioned, In the bit begin th«*lr military training. I f 760,- terness o f her soul, ns she looked up 000 nre to be called, the man who has ward past tho dying Christ, to the rcglstere«! and Is physically fit and darkening skies o f Calvary. And as cunnot claim exemption, bus a little Mary knew, even In her suffering, that better than one chance In three to go hack o f that darkness shone the great* «•st light humanity has ever known, so Into uctlve service. the mothers of today know that hack General Exemptions. of their supreme sacrifice shines the It Is prohuhle that u certain propor glory and Joy o f world-freedom. tion «if those who huve registered will he exempted in «'lasses— foreign sub jects, those who are obviously physi rcmllness to enter one of the training cally unfit, and In general persons em camps which will be druwn upon to fill ploye«! In the public service, muriners, gaps In the ranks. Army officials do not mlnlmlxe the workmen In arsenals, uniuirles and at the navy yurds. The regulations will difficulty of the Intricate task ahea«l designate sp«*clflrnlly how these gen o f them. The president Is wrestling with the problem o f selecting the ex eral exemptions nre to he made. emption hoards, so that there will be Those who do not fall within these generul classes must appear before the no basts for chnrges of favoritism or exemption Ixmrd within their district political preference. The normal board and set forth their claims. The mere probably will be the same as that fact, for example, that u nmn Is mar which conducted the registration, but ried ami bus children will be no bar to there will probably be many excep Ills selection for service. He must tions to the general rule. An effort Is demonstrate Hint he contributes to the being made to obtain men only of the support of his family. The vlllnge highest character for the appellate Idler whose w ife lakes In washing will ] hoards. General Crowder nnd his assistants probably hnve dltllculty In convincing the hoard that he should nut gu Into nre very careful not to disclose even tho most general features o f the sys training. The cnll will he made by the presi tem upon which they have virtually dent for n certain number o f men suffl- agreed. They f«‘ar that If It were ex clently large to make It certain thut plained now changes that might be the necessary number for nctunl serv made before Its final approval by the ice will be nlitn!ne«l after eliminations president would lend to confusion. For that reason the word Is not to be given for one cuuse or another. The hoard which Is now devising the until every detail has been pondered scheme by which the pen may be carefully, and when It Is given there Is ch«»sen has experimented with vurlous to be no retracing o f steps. devices for drawing by lot. It Is pr«>b- able that this phase o f the drnft will he made a public ceremony, which will he currle«l out at the cupltols o f the states or In some «ithrr public place. If the registrant lias run the exemp tion gnntlet he will present himself be fore the military authorities for physi cal examination. I f rejected, he will he dismissed, but a r«’ C«>rd o f his case will be kept. I f accepted, he will be scut to one of the sixteen enntonmeuts where he will undergo training to fit him for the rigors of war or held In broken leg. The father has not heard from him for months nnd believes he Is now at the front with the British Father and Five Sons of New Jersey forces. The f«>urth son, George, en- Ars All In Army In War With llsted In the aerial corps and Is now Germany. nt the western front In Frnnce. Gilbert Is the only son whose home Verona, N. J.— No on«« would ncctise Is with his father here. When troops Thomas Riston of this plnce and his were onion'd to the Mexlonn bonier family of eight of being a group of slackers. Tho father, who la now nn he enlisted In Company K, Fifth New Jersey Infantry, nnd served until mus- Amerlcnn cltlxcn, was born In Devon shire England, nnd served six years ter«'d out. Upon the recent call of the president lie nguln responded nnd In the urtlllery branch of the British Is now with Company K In New Jer army. Too ol«l for active service In sey. the lund of his adoption, he has Joined the Veronn Home battalion. The family consists of five hoys and REBUILD DESTROYED TOWNS three girls. Tho girls aro nil married Prisoners Restore 30,000 and rearing families. The boys are Russian Homes Wrecked In Invasion of following In the footsteps o f their East Prussia. * father. Francis, the eldest son, served two years with the British army In London.— Advices from Koenigs berg, 8011 th Africa during the Boer war, while Frctlerlck, the next son, also Esst 1 'russln, tell o f the rebuilding of acrve«l In the Boer war nnd Is now 30,000 homes wrecked Inst year In the somewhere In Sulonlki with the Royal Russian Invasion. More than half of Kngtneer corpa. tho ruined homes have already been William, the third son, was snout to restored. Through a curious fate thousands of enlist at the beginning o f the war, but was prevented from doing ao by a Russian prisoners tnken In the Rus NOT ONE SLACKER THERE \ ..............................I F A IR W IL L A ID F O O D :: STATE NEW S IN BRIEF. ! < > A Big Premiums for Poultry to Be Given at State Exhibit Entertainment o f Visitors Drawing Card. Astoria is now in the first-class postoffice column. The great increase Olympia— Premiums for poultry ex in the sale o f stamps and stamped en velops the past year or two has made hibits will be doubled st the State Fair, according to Harry H. Collier, the new classification possible. o f Tacoma, superintendent o f the poul Hood River county authorities, d e - j try department, who visited the state clare that they look for early work o f | department o f agriculture here Thurs paving the six miles o f Columbia River day. The reason for this is that it is Highway in Hood R iver county th a t' desired to stimulate the interest o f the were graded in 1915 with the $75,000 people o f the state in poultry raising. bond issue voted by the county. M. Collier stated that during the A. Rood, o f Heppner, whose auto campaign that is being waged to in mobile was wrecked when he was turn crease the supply o f food in the coun ing a right-angle corner just west of try, the raising o f poultry can play an Hood R iver on the Columbia river important part. It takes only three highway, has presented the county months to bring chickens to the stage with a large danger sign, which will where they may be useful as food. Any other meat producing animal re be placed at the turn. quires from 18 months, as is the case June was an exceptionally w e t' with pork, to three years, the time month in Astoria, according to the rec necessary for cattle to reach their ords o f the weather bureau. The rain greatest productive point, to become fall for the month was 4.98 inches, or food products. 2.98 inches in excess o f the average I f chickens can be used for the pur for the corresponding month for the pose o f meat supply and w ill meet the past seven years. demand in so much shorter time, the Forty husky Roseburg business and raising o f them should be encouraged, professional men displayed patriotism said Mr. Collier. And for that reason, Tuesdy afternoon clearing weeds from he added, the premiums w ill be raised three acres planted to beans by Boy on exhibits o f them at the State Fair. The State Fair is an annual event Scouts o f that city. The laborers with j hoes and other implements went to and will be held in North Yakima from September 17 to 22 this fall. Mr. Ben work in automobiles. son, state agricultural commissioner, To arise funds for the women’s is o f the opinion that the fa ir w ill re building at Eugene, 10,000 postcards ceive a better attendance from the are to be sold in lots o f 10 for 25 Sound territory this year than ever be cents. »Each 25 cents w ill represent fore. The reason he gives for this is the cost o f one brick. The building that the Yakima valley is coming more will cost $ 100,000 and the contractors and more into prominence as a p r o estimate 400,000 bricks w ill be re ducing center and is making particular quired. endeavors to entertain the visitors at the fa ir in a cordial way this year. A reduction in Calckamas county’s indebtedness o f $91,890.80 since De cember 31, 1916, is shown by the semi GRAIN OUTLOOK ENCOURAGES annual report o f County Clerk Iva M. 1 Harrington. The report gives the in Bumper Crops in Walla Walla, Eureka debtedness at that date o f $102,300.19, Flat and Yakima Sections. with the present indebtedness o f $ 10 ,- The grain crop outlook in the Inland 409.39. Empire, is reported by W. G. Paine, Fires in Oregon during June caused o f Spokane, to W. C. Wilkes, assistant a loss o f $54,620. The number of general freight and passenger agent of fires totaled 49, o f which 5 were in the Spokane, Portland & Seattle R a il RoBeburg, 11 in Portland, 2 in Oregon ; way company, as follows: City, 1 at Prineville, and 1 at Spring- j "W ea th er clear, calm and cool. No field. The rest were scattering. The rain, excepting scattered showers. Big figures were compiled by Fire Marshal Bend w ill need rain soon. Palouse Wells. country w ill not suffer for tw o weeks. Conditions reported fa ir as a whole, E. J. Adams, State Highway com ; optimistic generally. missioner, appeared in Justice Daniel " B i g Bend crops full o f promise. W ebster’s court at Salem Tuesday and No immediate danger from lack of paid a fine o f $7.50 fo r speeding. He rain. N o signs o f burning, except was accompanied by S. Benson, chair slight damage near Schrag. Bumper man o f the Highway commission, and crops at Yakima, W’ alla Walla and Eu Herbert Nunn, State Highway engi reka Flat. W ill be some threshing by neer. August 1. No general rain since last Conditions in Palouse, B ig Astoria faces a milk strike that is report. being organized by the housewives. Potiatch and Nez Perce not so full o f Heads are form ing low .” The dealers increased the price per promise. month per quart July 1 from $2.50 to $3. This raised a serious protest among the housewives and approxi mately 500 o f them from various sec tions o f the city held a meeting at L _ Uniontown to consider the situation. Wheat— Bluestem......................... $2.20 In response to the recent circular of F o r ty fo ld ...................................... 2.15 State Labor Commissioner Hoff, rela Club............................................... 2.15 tive to farm hands, M. M. Burtner, Red Ru ssian................................ 2.10 master o f the grange at Dufur, replies Oats— No. 1 w h ite ......................$44.00 that from 1000 to 1200 hands already Barley— No. 1 feed ..................... 42.00 have been secured through Portland employment agencies, but many more Cattle— Steers, p rim e ... $9.50® 10.50 Steers, g o «x i................... 8.75® 9.25 w ill be needed as the harvest p ro Steers, m ed iu m ............. 8.00® 8.75 greases. He states that from $2.50 to Cows, choice................... 8.25(0 8.50 $5 a day, with board, w ill be paid for Cows, m edium ............... 7.50® 8.00 such labor, according to its varying Cows, fa ir ...................... 6.75® 7.25 His Story Won Jewels. ability. H e i f e r s .......................... 5.00(o 9.25 Marysville, Cal.— Three cans o f Jew 5.00(5 7.25 elry found recently In tho crevice of The Jensen shingle mill at Wheeler Bulls................................ 7.50(5 9.50 a rock In the hills near Wheatland by was destroyed by fire Monday morn C a lv e s ............................ a trnpper were claimed by A. A. Rent ing; loss $10,000, no insurance The Hogs— P a c k in g ............. $15.25<u 15.90 ing of Southslde, Omaha, In a letter mill was o f three-machine capacity Rough h e a v ie s ............... 13.90(o 14.25 to the sheriff. Renting said he was and was shipping two to four cars of Pigs and skips ............... 12.00® 12.50 An adjoining Stock hogs...................... 11 . 00 ® 12.50 making a trip from Sacramento to his shingles each week. Sheep— W ethers............. 8.75(59.50 home In 1805 nnd that he had the Jew lumber mill plant was saved. E w e s ............................ 7.50(< J 8 .0 5 els with him. Fearing he would be ! On their return from an inspection L a m b s ............................ 10.00(5 12.75 robb«Ml, he said, he hid them In the hillside, nnd was never able to return o f the Payette-Oregon slope irrigation Flour— Patents, $11.40. project on the Snake river. Attorney to retrieve them. M illfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $32 General Brown and Superintendent o f per ton; shorts, $35; rolled barley, Banks Sargent were enthusiastic about $48; rolled oats, $50. the project. They went as members sian drive In Germany nre now i Kay — Producers’ prices: Timothy, o f the state bonding board to investi work on the Job o f restoration. E Eastern Oregon, $26 per ton; alfalfa, gate the land relative to the certifica ery available acre o f ground In Eai $18; valley grain hay, $18®20. tion o f $225,000 worth o f bonds the Prussia Is now being utilized for a Eutter — Cubes, extras, 37c per rlculturnl purposes, with potatoes f district proposes to issue. pound; prime firsts, 36c. Jobbing the chief crop. Determined that there shall be no prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons, repetition o f disaster like that wrought lc extra; butterfat, No. 1 , 38c; No. 36c. GERMANS GET BOGUS PAPERS by the breaking o f the Killimaque 2, Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 30c Lake dam, in Eastern Oregon, when per dozen; selects, 32c. the town o f R«>ck Creek was wiped out Fury o f British Drive Made Impossi Poultry— Hens, 14@16c per pound; and thousands o f acres o f crops flooded, ble to Continue Publication of broilers, 19®22c; turkeys, 20c; ducks, ranchers along the streams that flow the Genuine. down the sides o f the Elkhom moun 18(522c; geese, 10 ® 12 c. Veal— Fancy, 14J@15c per pound. tains, where irrigation reservoirs have London.— War papers Issued by been built at the sources, have started Pork— Fancy, 19Jc per pound. German armies nt the front are bring a movement toward protecting them Vegetables — Artichokes, 70 @ 75c ing high prices. The fury o f the Brit selves. per dozen; tomatoes, $1.85®2.00 per , r o w . rJ crate; cabbage, 2®3c per pound; eg g ish drive has made It Impossible to County Judge R. W. Warsters o f [ plant, 25c; lettuce, 35@50; cu continue their publication aud scarcity o f numbers Issued has resulted In aa Roseburg, says the first roads to be cumbers, 50c®$1.25 per dozen; pep high as 300 marks ($ 00 ) being offered improved in Douglas county under the pers, 30®40c per pound; rhubarb, state road bonding act w ill be those in 2(5)3c; peas, 4® 5c; asparagus, 5® 6 c; for a single copy. Printers throughout the empire are Pass Creek and Canyon creek canyons. spinach, 6 ® 7c per pound. Potatoes — Buying prices, $3.25® working on counterfeit reproductions, Besides $350,000 to be obtained from many o f which are so near the orig the state and federal government, 3.50 per hundred. from the Green Fruit— Strawberries, Oregon, inals that It Is Impossible to teU them about $ 200,000 realized apart. Although warnings have been county bond issue w ill be expended in $1.35@1.60. Pacific Highway in Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 47®53c given not to buy the bogus coplea, improving the thousands are being sold aa originals Douglas county. Work w ill begin this per pound; coarse, 58c; valley, 60® summer. 63c; mohair, 60®65c. throughout the country. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT !