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 |
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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
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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