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About The Forest Grove express. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1916-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 16, 1917)
The Italian trlplHiie, driven by 000 horse power Capronl engines, for In stance, will make a military load of more than three tons to a height of # Ten Thousand Acre« Near Moscow, 0,500 feet In .'15 minutes. taking care of his clothes, kit und Idaho, Expected to Give Average Defeat of U-Boats Seen. 2o-Operative Bull Associations Thousands of Boys Given Pre equipment and Instruction In these de The fuct that these great machine* Yield o f 10 to 12 Bushel*. Becoming Big Factor. liminary Drilling for Serv partments Is referred to as “ Interior cost $40,000 or more each will not pre economy.” Then It Is neces*ary to vent their being built lu large numbers ice as Soldiers. Moscow, Idaho— Farmers in the v i give very carefffl Instruction In the Im lu the United States, once the neces portance of discipline as a military fac sary Jigs, dies, and epeclal tools are cinity o f Moscow are busy harvesting Especially Adapted to Herd* Which tor. hygiene, sanitation, first aid und completed from the model* furnished their pea*. It is estimated that there Are Too 8mall to Afford Valuable i minor casualties, trench warfare, con hy the Italian government. are 10,000 acres in peas in the imme Animal at Head— Organiza cealment ami co operation o f Infantry Many expert* see In the creation of diate vicinity o f Moscow this year, tions Are New. with artillery und aircraft. a Meet o f *uch big airships, together and despite the abnormal season—cold The Importance o f the educational with five or six times as many small and wet in the spring and a record- Work la Carefully Laid Out to Avoid There are now more than 30 active course must not be underestimated. A lighting plunes for their protection, the 1 breaker for lack o f rain and heat in Strain, Phyaleal or Mental— j co-operative bull associations In the good many boy* with extremely rudi only certain method of defeating the the summer— it is fe lt that it is clearly Education for Thoae mentary schooling are taken Into these submarine peril, o f destroying muni demonstrated that this is a field pea j Unitisi States, representing a total Needing It. organisation*. Those who need It are tion plant* and military and naval country, that in ordinary years they membership o f 650 and'owning nbout 120 pure-bred bulls. In the opinion of given the most elementary educational bases, nml o f swiftly driving the Oer will do well. ! specialists, co-operation in this re London.— Great Britain tin* some opportunity, while the more advanced man army hack behind the Ithine. The best estimates obtainable on the spect is only In Its Infancy and co ones are provided Instruction In sub thing Ilk« five million turn In It* mili “The program for which this vnst present crop here this year is 10 to 12 operativi; bull associations should be- tary for«’«*. General Robertson an- jects most likely to he of military appropriation has Just been made,” bushels to the acre. Some fields will j come a great factor In the Improve- utility. noiiui'cd llmt Knottier half million muat mild Howard E. Coffin, chairman o f the double that. ’ Elmer A. Nichols just I hiring the first four weeks o f the aircraft production hoard, "must be south o f the city has 230 acres that is m* n o f our dairy cattle. Ini provided In order lo miilnlnln re The co-operative bull association la serves mid keep Die fighting unlta up I course route marching with kits Is for carried out with a promptness equal expected to average 20 bushels. The especially adapted to herds which are to full strength. When till* 600,000 bidden. lest It Impose too heuvy a phys to tbut o f congress in passing the bin. price expected is $3.50 as the mini so small thnt a valuable bull for each linvti (iron provided there will he an- ical strain. A ftW they are properly Whatever crimes may Inter he laid at mum, so that even at 10 bushels it herd would be too heavy an Invest other demand for further augments- conditioned they are gradually broken our doors, that o f »lowness In accom will mean $35 an acre for the crop. ment to be Justified by the extent of Into these henvler phase* o f duty, and tlotiM Inter. plishment must not be one of them. Farmers who planted peas this year the business. Through eo-oporntlon, : the fourth fortnight’s training In run are encouraged to go in fo r a much We ure ready to go ahead at once.” The Inexornhlo demand* from the eattle owners are enabled to obtain ning and route marching with kits be larger acreage next year. Airplane Sample« Coming. trein'hoM miiMt he mut somehow. flow gin* ; also bombing practice with dum- the benefit* which come from the use “ Within two weeks,” went on Mr. they lire to he met, how mnn power 1 my bombs. This Is followed by the o f a pure-bred sire at an expense la continually to he provided to meet beginning o f general musketry practice Coffin, “ samples o f many airplanes Strawberry Money is Divided. the wantage of war I* Indicated hy the ami studies In held engineering. Offi now used by our allies on the Euro Hood R iver — The Apple Growers’ progre*>*lve organization o f the route cers In these hoy battalions nre dlrect- pean battle fronts will be on exhibi association has completed its most suc tion In the temporary building erect cessful strawberry season in the mat try’* youth for trnlnliig In anticipation i 1° take note of the special aptitude of the time when they ahull arrive at of their recruits for particular kinds ed for the purpose ut the rear of the ter o f dollars and cents. Smithsonian Institution. There they military age. Following is the list o f the 14 pools, of service with the purpose o f giving ' All over the country hattalluna of them training for noncommissioned may be examined und studied by the showing the dates and the average price realized from a crate o f 24 boxes. boya, none of them beyond the age of officer*, and ultimately for commls- manufacturers of the United States. “ In the matter o f aircraft, as In oth It is the actual net money received eighteen yearn and eight month*, are j alons. er military matters, we have ceased which is being distributed to the grow being ayntrmntlenlly trained for the Youngsters o f poor physique or weak The list: June 1 and 2, $4.80; army. Hrhoolhoy*. college boya, ap . health are especially classified and nre to think nationally. Every step will ers. prentice* - youth o f all claaaea—a* aoon given a number o f weeks of special bo taken after conference and In full June 3 and 4, $3.33; June 5 to 11, in clusive, $3.45; June 12 to 15th, in a* they are phyidciilly capable of un light training with the purpose o f \ co-operation with our allies. “ We are In dally conference with clusive, $3.51; June 16th, $3.64; June dertaking the work of training, are t>ull(Jlhji them up before they Khali ?in- representatives o f the British, French, 17 to 19, inclusive, $3.30; June 20, which Is no greater, and In many put Into the organization* for prepara dertake the nerlous work o f being turned Into soldier*. In thl* regard and Italian flying corps here In Wash $3.18; June 21 to 24, inclusve, $2.30; . cases is even less, than the cost of tion. alone the benefits accruing to many ington, und a decision practically has June 25 to 26, inclusive, $2.63; June maintaining a scrub. Strain Carefully Avoided. been reached ns to the exact part to 27 to 30, inclusive, $2.09; July 1 to 5, "Better and few er bulls” is a f ’areful measure* have been adopted thousands of young men have been In- be played hy each of the allies In win ¡inclusive, $1.81; July 6 to 11, inclu phrase which represents the aim of to IliNiire that they ahull not he over i calculable. ning the war In the air. sive, $1.87; July 12 to 18, inclusive, these associations. A typical organi trained and either physically or men “ Our factories, of course, will have $2; July 19 to 27, inclusive, $2.25. zation is composed of from 15 to 30 tally Injured hy the strain. OtTlccr* In the advantage o f copying the latest farmers who own Jointly five bulls. charge of these organization* of hoy* nnd best types of airplane engines Tiny New Spuds Sprout. , The territory of the association is dl- have been provided with special In - devolved In France, Italy nnd Eng Pendleton, Or.— Umatilla county war ; vlded Into five breeding blocks and one Ktructlon* a* to the *er*toe that may land. Nor hnve our own inventors garden growers are discovering that bull assigned to each block. To pre nufely tie demanded. A good deal o f nnd designers been Idle during the past their potatoes are not maturing, but vent inbreeding, each bull is moved to dlKcrctlou In thl* regard I* left to com three years. There now are engines of are already sprouting in the ground. I the next block every two years. Bar- manding officer* and drill muMtera, hut entirely American design nnd Inven None here has been able to explain the | ring losses from death or other causes, ________ nfter all the purpose I* to equip the tion which weigh only two pounds to condition and apparently all locations i therefore, no new bulls need be pur- national youth for soldierly service a* and all soils in the immediate vicinity ; chased for ten years. It Is customary, Government Plan Calls for Huge the horse power. rapidly and elfh-lently a* possible. Three Training Field* Ready . are affected in this manner. Some of to apportion the purchase price, and Much lighter requirements, however, Planes for an Army of “ Whatever may be the difficulty of the early varieties have grown suffi the expense o f supporting the bulls, are Imposed on the youngest cluss of turning out Immediately In the United ciently to be served on the tables, but among the members according to the prospective soldiers. They nre given 110,000 Fliers. States the swift and delicate fighting the late planting w ill be hardly worth number o f cows owned by each. graduated Instruction In various drills planes o f the latest type, we already digging so far as the war gardens are These associations have been known for the purpose of hardening their nre manufacturing In large numbers concerned. The potatoes which are in the United States only since 11K)8, physiques, names, leetures and edurn- planes which nre fitted for the train sprouting are sometimes as small as a tlonnl work are provided In addition ■ when the first one was organized, In ing o f air pilots and observers. pea, frequently as small as a walnut. Michigan. The short time which has to ordinary military training. "Three o f the 24 big aviation fields The seed potatoes remain in the elapsed since then makes It Impossible There are twelve fortnightly periods which we shall build for training our ground in much the same condition as In the training course for youth o f this Italian Triplane With Speed of 100 to demonstrate the full value o f the new ulr army already nre completed, when planted. class. In the llrst period o f two weeks associations, because the influence of Mile* an Hour, to Be Used a* and the work of Instruction Is under (VI hours o f work nre required, of a pure-bred sire Is felt In the herd I ..................... Model— To Profit by Allies' way. which 12 hours are given to games and for more than one generation. Experience. “ The public, generally, has small educational work. After the first pe In regard to the returns from grad- Idea o f the Immensity of these great rils! 14 hours are set aside In each | ing up cattle through the use o f the Camp Washington, D. C.— Vast airships, training camps for blrdmen. fortnightly period for these purpose*. | pure-bred bulls o f the co-operative Wilbur Wright, for Instance, located each driven hy three 700-horse power Such games as cricket, footbnll and Portland— Wheat — Bluestem, new, associations, one estimate obtained boxing nre pnrtlrulnrly prized for their engines, capable of carrying a mill- ; near Dayton, O., home of the Immortal Inventor of the heavler-than-nlr flying $2.35(u2.40; fortyfold. $2.34 @ 2.36; from farmers In Maryland, Michigan tary loud of more than four tons, 8,- ! effect on the physique o f the recruit. machine, covers n tract of land meas club, $2.32®2.35; red Russian, $2.30 and Minnesota, places the increased 8<S> pound*, und with a maximum Participation lu these Is compulsory. j value o f the offspring in the first uring two miles hy four miles. Its ®2.32. speed of 100 miles an hourl At the outset every young mnn Is hangars stretch unbroken for a dis M lllfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $35 generation at from 30 to 80 per cent, A navy of such greut battleships of Inoculated, vaccinated and given a Such tance o f two miles. These buildings per ton; shorts, $38; middlings, $45; or an average o f 65 per cent. the air, surrounded and protected by thorough dental overhauling. This j large profits nre commonly associated will house 144 biplanes for the use of rolled barley, $51; rolled oats, $55. limits the possible activities of many a swarm of even swifter and much the embryo nvlators. The United ! Hay— Producers’ prices: Timothy, by business men with the possibility of them during the first six weeks of stunller battle pianos! I f not the biggest aud most Impor States will be the great training camp ‘ old crop, nominal; alfalfa, new, $18® of equally serious loss, but in the bull their training. After these preliminary tant, certulnly the most spectacular of for aviators for all the allied armies.” 19; wheat, new crop. $15®16; oat and ■ associations this does not seem to be troubles nre over, the organizations true. It is difficult to see that any One may got a fnlnt idea of the al vetch, new crop, $16® 17. settle Into n regular scheme Involving all the present war plans of the Unit probability of loss exists. most Incredible expansion which Is Vegetables— Tomatoes, $1.25(52 per ed States are built uround such a vis 84 hours’ work per fortnight, or r I x proposed In the air branch of the mil | crate; cabbage, 2Jc per pound; let hours’ work dally. Including Sunday. ion, writes Henry M. Hyde In the Chi itary nnd naval arm of the United tuce, $1.50®1.75 per crate; cucum ROTATION OF CROPS FAVORED cago Tribune. How the Work I* Divided. With the signing by President W il States forces by considering that while bers, 40@60c per dozen; peppers, 8® At this stage o f Id* training the re son of the hill appropriating $040,. now there nre only a few more than , 10c per pound; beans, 6(58c per pound; Larger Yield of Wheat Secured by cruit get* In each fortnightly period fifty commissioned officers In the avi corn, 30@35c per dozen. ten hours of general physical training, 000,000 for building, equipping, und Sowing on Soil Previously Used ation section of the slgnnl corps Of Potatoes— New, 2 J(5 3Jc per pound. alx hours of bayonet exercises, 18 hours manning an enonnouR navy of the air, for Cultivated Crop. the army. It Is proposed to Increase Green Fruits— Apricots, $1.25(5.1.50; o f squad drill, 18 hours o f musketry these plans took a big step toward It to a total o f 110,000 officers and cantaloupes, 95 @ $2.85 per crate; and range practice, two hours devoted realization. Let our farmers take note o f the peaches, 65c®$1.25 per box; water Huge triplanes of the power, speed, men. to Interior economy, three hours on superior results which follow the sow- melons, $1.75@2 per hundred; apples, night work, three hours on guard duty, and weight carrying cnpnclty described i ing of wheat on land which was for a The Golfer’* Criticism. $ 1.350/2.50; raspberries, $1.75 @ 2; two hours on nntlga* training, three hnve been built and now’ are being season or two previously occupied by "D o you think my sermon was too pears, $2; grapes, $2; blackberries, hours o f route marching without packs, tested lu Ituly. Triplano* of the same long?” asked the new minister. ! a cultivated crop. The wheat gets the $2.15. two hours for special lectures and 14 type, considerably smaller than the “ W ell,” remarked the golf player, benefit of thnt cultivation practically Butter— Cubes, extras, 40|@41c; new giants but still of grent size and ” 1 think you halved too many holes hours for games and education. to the same extent as the preceding prime, firsts, 39Jc. Jobbnig prices: Kvery soldier must learn all about power, now nre In actunl use In Italy. that you should have won.” crop, in the diminution of weeds nnd Prints, extras, 44c; cartons, lc extra; of certain insect pests. butterfat, No. 1, best bid, 46c; No. 2, WAX S TR E E T AND DANCE ON IT 00 years, hns Just found Its owner In river and O’SullIvnn, who could not 42c. Yonkers, City Treasurer Albert Van swim, wns dangling from a rope swung Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 36c PLAN TO DESTROY CUTWORMS ______ Houten said today. It goes to Mrs. per dozen; candled, 37J@88c per doz- from n barge, pulling himself up, and Citizen* of Huron, 8. D., Make Outdoor F. A. Gastlneau o f Hancock avenue, Nothing Better for Eradication of î en ; selects, 39c. then letting himself go. He lost his Floor for Great Mili Lincoln Park, that city. hold on the rope nnd sank. Pests Than Poison Bran M a s h - Poultry— Hens, 15®16Jc per pound; tary Ball. Mr. Gnstlneau, who died two yenra Make It Sloppy. Frances, who was on the deck of | broilers, 18 @ 20c; turkeys, 18®21c; Huron, S. D.— A thorough rubbing ago, deposited a small sum o f money the bnrge, plunged In to help his I ducks, old, 13®15c; young, 17@18Jc; There Is nothing better for cut and waxing 1» not the usual treat In the Brooklyn Savings hank in 1857. chuin. O’Sullivan grasped him around | geese, old, 8® 9c. worms than the regular poison bran He must have forgotten It, for he nev the neck nnd both went down. Frances’ Hops— 1916 crop, 12(5; 14c per pound; ment given asphalt paving, nnd the body wns recovered nfter a half hour 1917 contracts, 18®20c; 1917 fuggles, mash— two pounds bran, one ounce city engineer hns not recommended er mentioned It to his wife. parts green, two ounces sugar. Dis For 40 years Interest on the deposit search, but O’SuIllvnn’s Is still missing. 25c. thnt the treatment will ndd to the long solve in water with a tablespoonful of compounded, nnd it brought the total Cattle— evity o f the paving, but It adds to the salt. Place a heaping spoonful of this up to $1,500. Delivery of the money Old Clock Still Runs. Best beef steers......... ..$ 8.25(5; 8.75 dancing qualities, according to more ■ about each plant. Be sure to get the was brought about through a new law Good beef steers......... .. 7.25(11} 8.25 Sharon, S. C.—J. D. Owin o f this than 500 persons, who «lanced with 6.00@ 7.00 mash sloppy, as It w ill Injure the the footsore troopers of Troop O, local compelling banks lo search for owners town hns a "grnndfnther” clock. He Best beef cows........... of unclaimed deposits. Ordinary to g o o d ....... . . 4.00® 6.00 plants If It packs. Is able to trace Its age back 127 years, cavalry company. The troop was put . ■>____________________ Best h e ife r s ............... . . 6.25(5. 7.25 nnd Is o f the opinion that It Is much through a five-mile hike Just before be Beans for Soldiers. Bulls............................ 4.50® 6.00 ing released to attend the benefit for BOY GIVES L IF E FOR CHUM older. The works were brought over The white soup beans are Important from England and the frame o f black C a lv e s ........................ the company, which netted more than for the boys In the trenches. They Stockers and feed ers.. .. 4.50® 6.75 «500. Howard Frances of Brooklyn Vainly walnut. Inlaid with maple, was made are easy to grow. Make rows 28 Hogs— In this country by a cabinetmaker Trie* to 8avo Friend From Inches apart. Drop a bean about every Prime light h o g s ....... . . $16.15®16.25 named Samuel GUI. The clock has Drowning. 11,500 FOR FORGOTTEN B IT never ceased to keep accurate time, Prime heavy hogs . . . . .. 16.00® 16.15 two Inches. New Brunswick.— Howard Franc««, not a penny hns been spent on It for P i g s ............................ . . 14.50® 15.00 Saving« Bank Account Accumulate« Quality Counts Most eighteen, o f 471 Hancock street, Brook repairs o f any sort, and Its present Bulk .......................... Unclaimed In Brooklyn Bank The size of a sheep does not count Sheep— lyn, was drowned In the South river condition Is excellent for Sixty Year*. Western lambs........... ..$12.00® 12.75 so much ns its quality, both tn the near here In a vain attempt to save matter o f wool and flesh. A wind vane which Insures It al Valley lambs............... New York.— A savings bank acconnt the life o f his eeventeen-year-old chum, Yearlings..................... . . 8.75® 9.50 ways having a good draft features a Patrick O’Sullivan o f Philadelphia. o f $1,500, which had been accumulate Calf Requires Water. W ethers...................... The boys had been bathing la tha new stump-burulng appliance. la c unclaimed In a Brooklyn bank for Don’t make calf go without water 3.50® 7.00 *•••« *•« *•» » **• .. because It has had milk. BRITAIN TRAINS YOUTH FOR THE ARMY BIG HARVEST OF PEAS HELP SMALL FARMERS RESERVES OF THE FUTURE WORK BEGINS ON VAST AIR FLEET CARRYLOAD 0F8,800 POUNDS i NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT