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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 19, 1917)
TACKLE GREAT PROBLEMS OF WAR I) NEW LABOR BUREAU Agrirulturiat W ill Try to Solve Prob What Members of Advisory Com mittee of Defense Have Un dertaken to Do. BIG MEN GIVING SERVICES Ing clothing, etc.), president Hour*, Kuchuck A Co. Bernard M. Ilaruch, raw materials, minerals ami metals, hanker. I»r. Ilollls Godfrey, engineering and education, president Drcxel Institute. Hnmmd Mumpers, labor, Including! conservation of health und welfure of workers, president American Federa-1 Ihm of l.alior. I*r. Frnnklln Martin, medicine and surgery. Including general sanitation,- secretary General American College of Surgeons, Chicago. lem o f Distribution o f U bu r for Yakima County Farmer*. Fires burning in the brush above Mabel, near a rich timber region, have been eausrig some concern. A great cloud o f smoke was visible from Eu gene. A telephne message from Wend- ling stilted that the situation was not considered dangerous. North Yakima — I.ee W. Fluharty, county agriculturist, announces he has about completed the work o f organiz ing the Yakima employment bureau, which it is hoped will solve the prob lem o f the distribution o f labor in this 3H0W SPIRIT OF OUR FOREFATHERS Men of the Training Camps Will Make Excellent Lot of Officers. Jay H. Upton was in Salem recently from I’ rlneville to request the Bonding in connection with the federal employ- j Board, which include* Attorney Gen ment bureau and Mr. Fluharty * office eral Brown, State Engineer Lew i* and | is to be made the clearing house for | --------------- Bank Superintendent Sargent, to cer the work. Considerable Number It Being De* All Freely Undertaken. t ify to $900,000 worth of a $1,100,000 The county is divided into nine units, tailed for Engineering and Aviation bond issue on the Ochoco irrigation Upon these men devolved the task each with an agent. Each agent works By E D W A R D B CLARK. Instruction— War Department of so co-ordinating the Industrie* of) project near Frineville. in his own community with a commit Washington. l'rolm bly a tbousand Officials Are Pleased. ( the country Hint each and till, flgurn- tee o f three, and reports are made di According to an estimate made by Ulne* li <tny tIti m qt|e*tlon I n MMkriI liy ^ lively Hpcnklng, could render to the j the Toledo board o f exemption, Lincoln rect to the central office. Each em- j visitor* tu Washington : "W hat I n Ilio government Ihe limit of It* potential j county’s enlistment exceeds the de ployer pays a fee o f 25 cents for each By E D W A R D B. C LA R K . ('o tim il « r National I W i t i w r service at the pressing of u button. mand o f tly: draft. The corrected reg- man secured through the office. • Washington.— More than half tlie It I n ii|i|uiroiit li I no frinii lotterà flint I.< hn than 100 salaried persons are* | i st rat ion gives the county 387 men. first training period for candidates for uro rooolvod In Ilio capitai tliut Ilio working for the government under the Based on a call o f 2000 men from the H AR VESTER S’ UNION TO AID commissions In the new army Is up, onici nature of tho roti nell inni of U n advisory committee of nutiouul de-, state, Lincoln’s quota would be 13. nnd the officials of the war depart itroat ndvlsory commlttee I n not g»*n- — feline- of the members o f the com- More than twice that number have en- ment are ready to declare that results ornll.v lior Ihoroiighly unilorHlooil. Tlio W ill Furniiih Workers to Growers in are beyond expectations nnd that the : mlttee Itself only one or two hove1 ! listed. t'ouocll of Nntloniil liofriiNo 11 Noi f con - Wenatchee Country. i even rendered expense hills. From- “ plucking" process will develop fewer n I n I n n I iii |>Iy o f Nix raliluot ofllrura, Ilio Six steel steamers, each of 8800 tons 400 to B00 men, whose Incomes from' Wenatchee, Wash.— The Wenatchee victims than anyone thought possibly NorrotiirloN of wnr, nnvy. Interior, agri- tlo-lr hUMltiess ruuges from $5,000 to) deadweight, w ill be turned out at Port Harvesters’ league has established could be the case. eiiltiiro, coiuniorce nnd Inlior. The ini more than 110 0 ,0 0 0 a year, are giving land for the Republic o f France, four temporary headquarters in the Pogue Stock Is being taken by the officials vlNory rollimi Meo of natlonal defeiiNe, their services to the government thatj contracts having been closed with the building. L. M. Hull is acting as tem of the results obtained by weeks of whlrli I n nltllliitoil wlth tIti* counetl, the United Slutes may perforin It* Northwest Steel company and two porary secretary. training for the 40,000 young men now consista of n comnilNNlon of Noven I iun I- «hare of winning the war against Ger with the Columbia River Shipbuilding undergoing Instruction in the camps. The executive committee o f the iii - nn moti who, wltli tini dcpnrtnients j corporation. So far aH is known eight many. iinn I uiioi I to thoiii, aro un fo llo »'*: ! have been let on the Coast, two more league met and mapped out a vigorous An officer of the army said today: The vital thing tit first was to as membership campaign. The valley “The lower commissioned rank In Lhiulel Wlllnril, tranaportatlon nini certain the needs of tho country, to being awarded to J. F. Duthie & Co., has been divided into districts and a our national army will be filled by men rommunlratlon (prealdcnt Ilnltlmore learn the things Industry must supply o f Seattle. committee has been appointed to can o f whom any country could be proud. A t itilo rallroad), chulriuan. to put our soldier* Into the field und Mr. Green, representing the Port vass each district. A house to house The young Americans who are attend Howard K. L'ofHn, munltlon* nnd keep them there and to supply the land office o f the United States De visitation w ill be made and an eppor- ing the sixteen officers’ training camps manufacturing (Inrludliitt stendardi- need* of ourselve* and our allies. A partment o f Labor, was in conference tunity given the head o f every fam ily In us many sections of the country are *niloti) utili ItiduNtrluI rolatluna, vice dozen inujor subjects Instantly sug at Dallas this week with District A g 1 to sign a membership card. This can showing the spirit that made this proNldent lludNoti Motor company. gested themselves when the business ricultural Agent Cooter relative to the vass will reach from Sunnyslope to country free. Jtilln» ItoNonwiild, Bli|i|ilteH (lnclud- men begun to put their heads togeth labor needs o f Polk and Marion coun Malaga on both sides o f the river. The "The time given for the training Is er: the best use to be uimle o f the ties. Mr. Green expressed the desire rancher, by his membership, enjoys short, nnd only one-half o f It has railroads, both fur the transportation ; o f his office to g iv e every assistance the use o f the league’s services in passed, but the result* obtained make MARION CLEVELAND TO WED of troops and of uiuterlnl to keep our to the farmers in the way of getting helping work out the labor problem. us believe that, numerous as were the Industries going und our citizens fed ; the necessary help during the harvest early mistakes and trying ns were the the part the waterways should play In season. to which the men at first W HEAT HIGHEST IN AMERICA conditions i h<* scheme o f transportation; the mo were subjected, the outcome will be all The Booth-Kelly Lubmer company bilization of mllltury nnd Industrial that we can wish, nnd It seems to be resources; the Increase of agriculture 1 o f Eugene announces the purcharse of Home Price is $2, Maximum Abroad is assured that the young officers quickly a half section o f timber land adjoin nnd manufacture to meet the abnor r $1.80 Per Bushel. will get the confidence o f the men ing its holdings above Wendling from mal demands Incident to w ar; the whom they are to command and with the Puget Sound Lumber company of Washington, D. C.— W'heat prices building rif ships, find the compilation Seattle. The price was $25,000. The abroad, where the governments have It the confidence o f this country and of nil enormous mass of data from land adjoins the present logging opera control o f food supplies, are shown to o f Its allies.” which any reasonable question wl*.h tions o f the Booth-Kelly Lumber com be much lower than in the United Political Pull Weakening. reference to military ami Industrial Cu- pany, and it is proposed to begin cut States, by a report made to the food The reports which come to Wash parity could he answered. ting on the newly acquired land within administration Thursday by the allied ington from all the training camps are Already the 230,000 miles o f rail six months. The logs w ill be shipped wheat commission. that the boys have put all that they road In the United States have berm by rail to the mill in Wendling and W hile wheat is selling well above $2 have Into their work. Washington still virtually commandeered by the advi Springfield. in this country, the government prices Is a little fenrful that some o f the sory committee, which, through Chair man Willard, can Issue to them more Following a confreence at Salem be in other countries, according to the young men who may be denied commis arbitrary orders than President W il tween Governor Withycombe, Adju- allied commission, are as follows: sions because they have not come up son. under the most rlrustlc law, prob I tant General W hite and State Fire United Kingdom and France, $1.80; to the mark may have recourse to ably would cure to Issue. This Is a Marshal Wells as to the menacing 1. Germany, $1.80; Belgium, $1.60; Aus friendly political Influence to secure voluntary service of the rullroud and W. W. situation in Eastern Oregon, tralia, $1.14; India, $1.35; Italy, for them what they could not secure for themselves. This fear o f the offi admittedly possibly Is Intended uq in the adjutant general made the import $1.69. Am erica’s wheat stocks are lower cials, however. Is not sharp, for with answer to some o f tho rullroud criti ant announcement that there is in pro- cisms In congress. cesss o f formation a battalion o f sol now than they have been fo r many in a week or so the pressure from the diers, to be made up o f experienced years. Estimates by the food admin politicians for preference for this man One man also now governs the tele istration give the visible supply as or that man has weakened. It can be phone— Theodore N. Vail, president of m ilitary training, to be stationed per only 12,759,000 bushels, which is less said for the war department that It manently in Oregon for home defense the American Telephone and Tele than one-third o f the supply at this has stood faithful to Its duty of deny graph company. For the first time In against just such situations as the I. time last year. ing requests for commissioned places W. W. danger. telephone history regulars and Inde for those lacking experience and other pendents are working side by side for Albert Tozier, for many years wise unfitted for the work o f leading the good of the country. More than “ Mayor” o f the tented city at the Ore men. 10,0<»0 miles of wire have been set gon State Fair, has again been named It should be understood that nothing aside for the speclul use o f the nrmy superintendent o f the camp grounds, like all the young men who entered the and the navy nnd some of the other according to an annoucement made by camps will answer their names at roll departments. Modern methods for Portland— Wheat— Bluestem, $2:15 A. H. Lea, secretary o f the State/air call on the day of breaking camp. For using the telephone are being Intro board. Demand for space on the camp per bushel; fortyfold, $2.10; club, six weeks the weeding-out policy has duced and new systems Installed, one $2.10; red Russian, $2.05. grounds is greater than ever before. been pursued. ■»of which will cover completely the Judges already named are: Carlos W. i M illfeed— Spot prices: Bran, $32.00 Men who never would make officers signal service In the field. Washing ;>er ton; shorts, $35.00; middlings, Hall, Denver, to judge Holsteins, Red MI nh Million Cleveland, youngest ton Is being taught how to use tho Polls, Brown Swiss and Dairy Short- j $42.00; rolled barley, $48.00; rolled are told of their shortcomings and sent to their homes. In addition to this a daughter of the Into I ’real dent Cleve telephone properly und a new central horn cattle; T. A. Saunders, Manilla, oats, $50. land, I n engaged to mnrry Wllllutn office with a capacity of 10,000 lines Iowa, beef cattle; Harry Jenkins, Hay— Producers’ prices: Timothy, considerable percentage o f the men have been sent to other camps where Is being provided. Stanley T)ell of New York city. Downers Grove, 111., Jerseys and Eastern Oregon, $26.00 per ton; alfal in the mobilization camps and they w ill specialize In engineering, or The announcement wna made by Mrs. Guernseys; Thomas Brunk, Salem, fa. $18.00; valley grain hay, $16.00. Tlinmns J. I’reHton, Jr., formerly Mrs. among the lighthouses nnd const guard swine; Oscar Nelson, Coeur d ’ Alene, Vegetables — Artichokes, 80c per In aviation. Now that something like seven drover Cleveland. The dale of the stations new telephone facilities are poultry, and Mrs. A lice Weister, Port dozen; tomatoes, $1.50 @ 1.85 per being created, requiring 300 miles of land, on exhibits. wedding has not been set. crate; cabbage, 2(92ic per pound; weeks have passed and virtually full M I nh Cleveland made her debut In submarine cable, 3(H) miles o f pole lettuce, 35 (a 40c per dozen; cucumbers, opportunity has been given for passing Scores o f men, women and children 45@90c per dozen; peppers, 30@40c judgment on the qualifications of each aoclety In 11114. For the past two and more than 13,000 utiles of wire. years she I iiih been a student In Tench- The soldiers of the Nntlonal Guard are going to be needed to harvest the per pound; rhubarb, 2(5:2Jc; peas, 3J man. It Is not to be expected thnt the elimination w ill be anything like so ers’ collette, Columbia university. Mrs. who are guarding railroad bridges crop o f Polk county this summer, and (95c; spinach, 6Jc; beans, 3(97c. I’reston's eldest daughter, Esther and water supply systems have been unless the demand is supplied fully 50 Green Fruits — Strawberries, $2@ many as they have been in the past ex Cleveland, Is engnged In relief work In put In touch with headquarters. If per cent o f the fruit and grain yield 2.25 per crate; cherries, 8(9,12c per cept perhaps In the cases of men who secrets could he told, the story o f the 1 w ill be lost, says a dispatch. I’ ui 'I n , for Noldlers blinded In hnttle. pound; apricots, $1.50(9 1.75 per crate; show marked aptitude for plnco3 in tho Mr. I »ell only recently returned from extension of tho telephone service In cantaloupes, $1(92.75; peaches, 90e(9 staff department. These men. of The first hard road section to be $1.25 per box; watermelons, 2J@3c course, are not eliminated, but simply service abrond with the American urn- the navy would inukc the people sit started in the Coos county good roads up. hulunee In Franco. per pound; apples, $2(92.25; plums, are transferred. system is being constructed at Bandon, $1.60(92; currants, $1.50(91.75; rasp and the expectation is the money berries, $1.75(92; plums, $2.10. BREAK SEVEN DISHES A YEAR lecture room of the Men's building, available w ill provide for the first four SIGNS CONTRACT TO WED the Butter — Cubes, extras, 36je per ntndo themselves too free with the miles out o f Bandon towards Curry pound; prime firsts, 36c. Jobbing Going to Rubbish H:*p Faster Than Document Produced as Exhibit A In building privileges, nnd the classes county. prices: Prints, extras, 38c; cartons, lc were requested recently to go some They Can Re Mads In United Suit of Chicago Insurance extra; butterfat, No. 1, 38c; Np. 2, C. W. Hooker, representative o f the where else by the lruto residents of States. Broker. 36c. the building. The men said tho girls sales organization in Los Angeles and Eggs — Ranch, current receipts, 31 Southern California, le ft Hood River Cleveland, O.— They’re breaking Chlcngo.— A promlse-to-wed con were apt to lounge nround tho lobby Sunday on a tour o f Northwestern fruit (9 32c per dozen; ranch, selects, 34c. and halls o f the building. Since dress dishes faster than they can make them tract, couched In lentil terms ami Poultry— Hens, 15(917c per pound; districts to survey crop conditions for sworn to before a notary. I n Exhibit A ing gowns nnd bathrobes nrc the chief the Apple Growers’ association. Re broilers, 18(920c; turkeys, 20c; ducks, in the United States und the other “ at home" gnrh o f the building room countries are too busy warring to In n suit filed by I. Iv. Werwlnskl, In cent predictions of the 1917 yield are old, 15c; young, 20@22c; geese, 10(9 make pottery. Every ;ntm. woman and surance broker, to recover $1,020 In ers, they protested. thought here to be greatly over-esti 12c. child iu this country breaks or. the av- cash, one diamond ring, one pearl la- Veal— Fancy, 15@15Jc per pound. mated. The Hood River crop this sea erege seven dishes apiece annually. rvwwvvvwvvvsvt* » ■ ( vulllere etc., from Mrs. Antoinette Per- wvvw, Pork— Fancy, 19(9 19Je per pound. son is not expected to reach 50 per Over 700,000,000 dishes a year are lowskl, until recently Miss Antoinette Hops— 1916 crop, 3(96c per pound. cent o f the crop o f last year, which TO STOP VAST DECAY Zebrowskl. Wool— Eastern Oregon, fine, 58(961c broken by Irate married folk and oth was approximately 1,500,000 boxes. Tho eontract, dated October 14, per pound; coarse, 58(961c; valley, ers. who drop them accidentally, nnd OF SW EET POTATOES others who drop them on purpose Jo 1912, bound tho girl to wed Werwlnskl Three years’ results o f the Industrial 72J@75c; mohair, 60@65c. keep from washing them. < “ within two years, on request of first Accident commission’s work are sum Cattle— Steers, prime, $8.50(910.00; Atlanta, Ga.— Movements have -------- — j party." Werwlnskl says ho advanced marized in the monthly report o f that good, $8.00@8.25; medium, $7.50(9 been started In several agricul Here’s Another Patriot commission issued from Salem, and in 7.75; coVs, choice, $7.00(97.75; me tho ensh for violin lessons for Miss tural communities o f the South New York.— Add another pctrlct to Zebrowskl In Europe. cidentally the report is the summary dium to good, $6.00(97.00; ordinary to to care for sweet potatoes, so as o f all the work done by the commis fair, $5.00(9 6.00;heifers, $5.00(98.00; the list. In answer to appeal tc tax “ I was only fifteen years old when to snvo them from decay during sion since the law went into effect. bulls, $5.00(97.00; calves, $7.50(99.50. payers to pay their Income taxes in I signed the contract, nnd I thought winter storage. The United Since November 5, 1914, the commis It was a huge Joke," said the girl to Hogs — Light and heavy packing, advance, one inah sent donblo the States department o f agricul sion has disbursed $1,982,326.92, as $15.85(916.10; pigs and skips, $13.00 amount, asking thnt the extra sum be day. ture estimates that 10.000,000 follows: Balance in segregated fund, @13.60; stock hogs, $12.50@13.50; used for war purposes. bushels of sweet potatoes are $748,400.92; time loss, $679,890.56; rough heavies, $14.75@15.00. Men Drive Out Girls. through Improper , lost tost annually a Toronto street railway will give first aid, $274,425.38; burial expense, Obcrlln, O.—Oberlln girl students of « curing Sheep— Lambs, $10.00@12.75; year curing nnd storing. preference to returned soldiers seeking $16,559.12; pensions paid, $90,245.71; the sociology and economics lecture lings, $8.60@10.00; wethers, $8.00@ Jobs. administrative expense, $172,715.23. classes, which have met heretofore In 9.00; ewes, $5.00@8.00. Co ordinatina thè Industries of thè Country So That Each Can Ren der thè Llmlt of Ite Potentlal Service to Government. NOT VERY MANY WEEDED OUT