ALLIES PATROL
SEAS OF WORLD
slve force of trawlers. Her neutrality
would lie frequently violated by either
side of tlie warring nations should she
enforce lii any lax iiiiinuer the marine
hiw of tlie three-mile limit.
In the w stern Atlantic the repub
lics of the Halted Stales and Brazil
patrol with light vessels practically
the
entire American continent. Cnnu-
Mightiest of Fighting Vessels
dlnn cruisers have their part In this
Maintain Closest Blockade
work. Due to the naval |>ol|ry of the
United States every merchant vessel
in History.
III United States registry forms n |»or-
tlou of the naval forces In so far us
blockade tind defense against the un
dersea bouts are concerned. These
vessels are armed by the United States
navy anil nuvul gunner» sail on every
ship.
Submarine» of Central Power» Find
The principal forces In the Pacific
Their Most Profitable Hunting
are Japanese cruisers and destroyers.
Ground In the Mediterranean—
They have taken over the former Her-
— Italy Hit Heavily.
I iiii li Islands of the Marshall and Mari
anne groups und the east and west
New York.— On the seas of tlie world Caroline archipelagoes. The rupture
(lie lighting vessels of the allied na of Tslngtnu was assured through the
tions maintain thu most gigantic and Japanese naval strategy. They lost
effective b l o c k a d e ever enforced since by a mine the cruiser Takaebldo before
tin* triremes o f Caesar overran the this fortress.
Viilunhle service wus
Mediterranean In the campaign that rendered to the British and Australian
preceded Poiupey's annihilation.
cruisers operating In this purt of the
In tills sea (but bus swallowed the world In the shape of coal and muni
bulks o f the navies of Carthage, tions. It Is a signal fuel thut of Jupan's
(Jroece and Home the “ camouflagis!" 6,039 miles of coast no foreign enemy
units o f the mightiest engines ever has succeeded In forcing an entry since
set a float by man meet In n constant the I’eary Incident In 1S.VT und before
test o f skill and daring. The Anglo- that since the attempted Mongol In
French Greek Italian
fleet
maintain vasion In 1281 under Kuhlul Khun.
n stringent blockade of every mile of
The most recent entrant In this strug
Mediterranean cossfline. Despite the gle Is the kingdom of Slam. The king's
alertness of the allies In this sen the yacht und several antiquated motor-
submarines o f the central empires And bouts form their “ navy," which block
here their most profitable hunting ades In Its sniiill wuy a portion of
ground. The kingdom of Italy Is suf const where no danger Is ever likely to
fering the throes of u serious coal collie, typhoons excepted.
shortage due to the severe losses of
lirltlsh und Portuguese gunboats
Italian shipping, supplemented by neu have the duty o i policing the rousts
tral and lirltlsh shipping, In these
of Oenunn East and Southwest Africa.
waters. Indci-d, the sinkings nre so
From Port Said to Alien the Ited sea
numerous anil vital Hint a serious
Is ipih-t under the control of Iliitlsh
1 1 iilln ii offensive may be always fore
gunboats.
stalled by the undersea power o f the
In the Hlnck seu the upper hnnd Is
Herman empire. Out o f one fleet of
still a matter o f contest. Both con
coal ships sailing from fiction to L iv
tenders seem to tie Intent on preserving
erpool and numbering twelve units,
their “ fleets III being,” to quote u pet
only live returned to their home port.
phrase of naval strategists. Only un-
In the eastern Atluntlr nnd the Eng liii|Mirtnnt brushes hnvo occurred, hut
lish channel there Is In effect the most
: the addition of the fugitive Oerninn
extensive and Impenetrable blockade units, the Breslau und the Ooohen,
of nny. I Miring the day, lirltlsh and have undoubtedly materially strength
French scout ships nose their precnrl- i ened the Turkish forces. The Hermans
oils ways among the shallows In close seem to tie more than uhle to defend
proximity to the (¡ertiinti coastal wa their i«irts recently captured from the
ters watching for u sign of enemy Itouinanlnna, and tlie Kusslnns ex
forces. These waters nre thickly hibit u distasteful temerity about at
strewn with mines, both nations mining tacking in force. Mines In great quan
extensively to suit their program* of tities have been strewn In these wa
nttuck or defense, Hporndlc raids by ters.
flcrnian light units are occasionally
In the Baltic the Itusslnn fleet has
successful, blit these nre tiecoming
thus far pursued a policy of shunning
rarer and rarer. Sleet nets are also
any action whatever. At least all at
being use«I by the lirltlsh navy to com
tempts of Herman strategists to lure
bat tin- submerslldes. These, In spite
the Russians from their blanket of
o f all reports to the contrary, are still
mine Helds have failed. True, they lost
In an experimental stage nml nre of
earlier In the war u number of small
doubtful effectiveness, especially since
units nnd at least one capita! ship
a submarine tins been evolved with
through Ill-considered HCtlons, hut since
machinery for the destroying o f the
the llrst few months of the war they
most powerful nets now In use by the
seem to have withdrawn nnd conceded
admiralty.
the Hermans tacit control o f the Ilnltic.
Altered at Night.
Some small raids are reported, hut the
With tlie coming of night and dnrk- Oerninn admiralty tins failed to com
ness, the schedule Is altered some- ment on them. They do not neglect,
w but, nml merchant fleets which have however, to plant great numbers of
been forming In sheltered ports during floating mines and thus make the Bal
the day nre convoyed aeross the chan tic a dangerous hcii to nnvlgnte. Ob
nel In well-defended routes. The con servers have reported sighting lurge
voy consists o f no cnpltnl ships, but of Herman fleets protected by Innumer
destroyers and scout bouts, which rush able trawlers as mine sweepers steam
along In devious courses and at ter- ing through the Baltic. The Husslan
rlflc speeds. With protecting units In evacuation of ltlga merely emphnslzes
front, behind and surrounding them, the Herman control of this sea. A sea
the licet usually gains the borders of attack on Petrograd Is a possibility of
Dutch territorial waters In safety. the near future.
Here the naval squadron stops short
and the merchants go safely on Into
their |sirts of destination. Shortly uft- DRAFT FINDS MODEL HUBBY
erward a returning convoy which has
been formed emerges, and, under tho Indiana Man Never Tasted Liquor,
Home Every Night, Never
protection furnished to It, tukes Its I
Played Cards.
way westward. Occasionally n atrag- j
gler Is torpedoed, and mine victims ure
at Intervals found.
Rhclbyvllle, Ind.— Through the ex
Holland, though a neutral, bus her amination of men to ohtnin Shelby
place In the blockade o f the world’s ( county's quota for the first National
waters. Eliminating Dutch waters of ; army. Dr. William W. Tindall and Dr.
floating mines and anchored mines F. E. Bass, the examiners, believe they
whleh have lost their anchorage forces . have found a model husband.
the Netherlands to maintain an exten- j
A young man from Jackson town-
SCOUT SHIPS EVER ON MOVE
BIRD BURNS FARM ER'S BARN I
File» With Blazing Tw ig Into the Hay
Loft and Blaze Cause» Consider-
able Damage.
Middle ILIvor, Minn. — Fire de
stroyed the bnru o f William IlnlT, a
farmer living nine miles south of here.
Mr. IliifT declared that the tiro wns
caused by a bird which carried a twin,
one end of which was aglow, Into the
hny loft.
Not far from tho barn a brush llro
was burning. The nesting bird car
ried a twig which had been burning In
the brush Are, but which wns thought
to have blown away from tho Imme
diate vicinity o f tho (Ire, to the barn.
Mr. Huff, who wns working In the
Immyard, snld he thought ho saw
n slight frnll of smoke ns the bird (lew
pnst him, but did not Investigate. In
a few moments tho barn wns afire.
Tw o valuable horses were bunted and
the building destroyed.
Whlte Birds a Peace Sign.
Pottsvllle, I*n.— An Invasion o f white
sparrows In this portion of the stnte
Is the precursor of world ponce In
the near future, county officials be
lieve. Not since the ending of the Civil
war In 1805 have these birds been seen
here, but now they nre appearing In
considerable numbers.
Deputy I’ ro-
thonotsry Samuel Delbert and Deputy
Sheriff Thomas O’Donnell saw a flock
of the birds at the courthouse recently.
When O’Donnell opened a window one
flew In, perched on Ills shoulder, chirp
ed gnyly and tlew out again.
Could Not Break W ife of 8moklng.
Trenton, N. J.— Because he could not
break Ills w ife o f smoking, Joseph Ma
gee sued for n divorce, which was
granted.
Magee declared thnt his
wife had also admitted that sho was a
thief.
Preparation for the larger Influence
o f the United States in Latin America
Is made by Emporia college In estab
There nre 15 technical college# In lishing n three-years' course lu Span
Queensland, with 8,000 students In at- ' ish. O f tills year’s freshmen, 40 have
tendante.
| eutered the course.
LITANY OF THE TRENCHES
When you're In the army two
things ure certain.
Either you’re mobilized or
you're not mobilized.
I f you're not mobilized, then
there Is no use to worry.
I f you arc mobilized two
things ure certain.
Either you’re ut the front, or
you're behind the front.
I f you’re behind the front,
then there lu no use to worry.
I f you’re nt tlie Trout, then
two things are certain.
Either you’re In a battle, or
you're not In n battle.
I f you’re not In a battle, then
there Is no use to worry.
I f you're In u battle, then two
things are certain.
Either you’re wounded or
you’re not wounded.
I f you’re not wounded, then
there Is no uso to worry.
I f you’re wounded, then two
things are certain.
Either you're wounded slight
ly or you’re wounded severely.
I f you’re wounded slightly,
then there Is no use to worry.
I f you’re wounded severely,
then two things are certain.
Either you will recover, or
you will die.
I f you will recover, then tiiere
Is no use to worry.
I f you die, you can't worry,
no what's the use?
! unywny,
un,
i
'
iw v % V V V V V V *V V V V V V V »\ % V V V V V »**V 1
ship wus unable to puss the physical
examination, being under weight. TheD
he volunteered the Information that he
had never tasted beer or whlBky or any
other intoxlcunt, that he had never
uttered a "ctiss" word In his life, that
he had never played with curds or dice
und that he would rather he at home
every night with his wife than any oth
er place thnt he knew.
The examiners have marked a red
cross opposite his name, so that he may
be looked up In the future.
FOOD W ASTE IS LESS
Thirty Per Cent Decrease During Au
gust, Keeord» o f Hpokane City
STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
Crematory Indicate.
Spokane people* are* responding to
the request o f Food Administrator
Hoover to guard against throwing
away surplus food after meals. City
Crematory Superintendent Arthur E.
Peterson, acting on orders from Com
missioner Fred K. McBroom, is keep
ing a record o f the amount o f table
refuse gathered daily from backdoor
garbage cans, as suggested in letters
from the national food administration.
“ Our first figures, covering the
month o f August, show a 30 per cent
decrease in the refuse colleted from
kitchen garbage cans,’ ’ said Peterson.
“ The total is 144.95 tons gathered last
month as compared with 222.12 tons
in the same month a year ago.
While
this plan o f economy may mean loss of
business for the crematory, we are en
couraging it as much as possible.’ ’
Reports are being sent monthly to
the national food administration by the
city crematory on the comparative
amounts o f kitchen garbage handled.
Fail to Agree on Potato Grades.
North Yakima— A second futile e f
fort to agree on potato grades for
Washington's crops was made here
Friday. The committee adjourned un
til October 8 without reaching a con
clusion. A majority appeared to favor
adoption o f the government standards,
which make diameter the basis for ad
mission to grades Nos. 1 and 2, but
the minority, o f which the growers’
representative on the committee was
one, strongly opposed this, preferring
that grades be established by weighL
Those present were: M. L. Dean, o f
the State Department o f Agriculture,
chairman; Ashur Hobson, director of
the state office o f markets; Prof. O.
M. Morris, of the State college; John
Gorley, representing potato dealers
and shippers o f Seattle, and W. B.
Myers, secretary o f the Yakima Valley
Potato Growers’ association.
By a light vote, 27 to 6, the Gold
Hill Irrigation district has decided to
issue bonds amounting to $60,000 at a
special election.
E. G. Patterson, manager o f the au
tomobile department in Secretary of
State Olcott’s office, died Wednesday
night after an illness o f several weeks.
H. H. Rogers of Baker, represent
ing Hatcher & Synder, o f Denver, re
ceived 10,000 iambs Thursday from
Adrian & Densley, who represent the
Stanfield interests.
Money available for the rural credits
fund in Oregon is now virtually ex
hausted, only a few hundred dollars be
ing left, and it is probable that there
w ill be no more money in that fund to
loan to the farmers for some time.
It is possible that the war will play
a part
in foreclosure proceedings
brought by F. E. Judd, o f Pendleton,
against Mayor James A. Best, in the
course o f which Mayor Best’s ranch in
Klamath county will be sold by the
sheriff.
A petition was filed with the
County Court at La Grande asking for
the formation o f a drainage district,
the boundaries of which include 44,000
acres o f the richest land in the valley.
Owners o f more than 25,000 acres
signed it.
The State Printing board has grant
ed a 10 per cent increase in pay to the
employes o f the State Printing office.
This includes all employes with the ex
ception o f the State Printer and the
secretary o f the board.
The salaries
range from $5 to $2 per day under the
present scale.
An $8000 real estate deal was closed
at Roseburg when the fine river bot
tom farm o f Alfred J. Anderson, in the
Melrose district west o f that city was
sold to George A. Crane, o f Melrose,
and John E. Bouquet, o f Oakland, Cal.
The tract contains some o f the best
land in this section o f the state.
Greediness on the part o f his cattle
caused the loss o f three milk cows val
ued at $300 to E. L. Moody, a Baker
British Aviation Officer T ell» How Ono
dairyman.
Mr. Moody’s herd o f 30
Reported A fter Mixup With
Portland— Wheat— Bulk basis Port cattle broke onto an alfalfa field and
a “ Fritz.’’
land for No. 1 grade: Hard White— three o f them had died from founder
Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, ing before they could be located. Oth
London.— “ Those bally American fly
ers were foundered but were saved.
ing chaps are a eoollsh lot," said a Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft White—
Palouse Bluestem, Fortyfold, White
A 33-year-old horse, for many years
lieutenant of the Royal Flying corps, j
Valley, Gold Coin, W hite Russian,
in the service o f the state o f at the
back with about a pint of Oerman
$2.03. White Club— L ittle Club, Jen
Soldiers’ home at Roseburg, w ill not
shrapnel In bis body.
kins Club, W hite Hybrids, Sonora,
be sold for $10, but w ill be humanely
“The other day one of those La
$2.01. Red Walla W alla— Red Rus
disopsed of instead.
So ruled the
Fayette boys ran afoul of a Fritz
sian, Red Hybrids, Jones F ife, Coppei,
State board o f control when Command
‘archie* and had to get to the ground
$1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3
ant Markee notified the board that the
In a hurry. He dropped near our aero
grade, 6c less; other grades handled
horse was “ eating his head o ff,” and
dromes nnd mussed things up a b it
by sample.
an offer of $10 had been made for him.
A fter untangling himself from hi» ma
Flour— Patents, $10.20.
chine he limped up to our commanding
L. E. McBee, prominent stockman
Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $31
officer :
per ton; shorts, $34; middlings, $41; o f the Heppner section, who recently
" ‘Are you the big noise around this
rolled barley, $55@57; rolled oats, sold his Willow Creek sheep ranch and
Joint?’ he asked our brass hat
herds, has become perhaps the most
$55.
“ ‘No, sir, but I am the commanding
Corn— Whole, $81 ton; cracked, $82. extensive hay dealer in Eastern Ore
officer here,’ our chief countered.
Hay — Buying prices, f. o. b. Port gon. Mr. McBee recently bought 4000
“ ‘W ell,’ said the American, ‘I’ve Just land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 tons of alfalfa on Butter creek and has
dropped In to tell you that I ’ve sprink per ton; valley timothy, $23(325; al already resold most o f it to Morrow
led gasoline nil over your grass p lo t’ “ j falfa, $22.50(324; valley grain hay, county stockmen, who w ill drive their
flocks to the hay ranches to be winter
$20; clover, $20; straw, $8.
Butter — Cubes,
extras, 47c per ed. Mr. McBee has also engaged to
CURFEW FOR YOUNG G IRLS pound; prime firsts, 45Jc. Jobbing superintend the feeding o f all the
prices: Prints, extras, 48c; cartons, stock for which he furnishes hay. He
Keeping Late Hour» With Soldier«
is considered one o f the most careful
lc extra. Butterfat, No. 1, 49c.
Causes Pa&sage of Ordinance
feeders in that county.
Eggs
—
Oregon
ranch,
current
re
at Montgomery, Ala.
ceipts, 44e per dozen; candled, 45(3,
The new “ chlorinator” to be in
stalled by the Roseburg W ater & Light
Montgomery,
Ala. — Uniformed 47c; selects, 50c.
Poultry— Hens, 16J(318c per pound; company has arrived and is being put
lovers nnd Mushing maidens will» no
broilers,
20 @ 21c; ducks, 16 @ 20c; in place at the plant at Winchester.
longer wend their way through the
tree-lined streets of Montgomery after geese, 8(3,10c; turkeys, live, 2<Xa.22c; A ll water used by the city hereafter
1» p. m. A curfew bell will souod at dressed, 28(3 30c.
w ill be sterilized.
Veal— Fancy, 15}@16c per pound.
nine o’clock.
From that hour until
An offer to put in a milk condensing
Pork— Fancy, 21(£i22c per pouni.
fl a. m. nny young girl found on the
plant at Bandon providing Bandon fur
Vegetables
—
Tomatoes,
75c@$1.35
street will be arrested.
I f convicted
nishes a suitable site has been accept
of “ keeping late hours“ she will b« per crate; cabbage, lj@ 2 c per pound;
ed from Giebisch & Joplin, o f Port
lettuce,
60@75c
per
dozen;
cucumbers,
subject to a tine o f $25.
It Is og-
land, and arrangements are being made
plalned the ordinance was made neo- 40(3 50c; peppers, 56c pound; cauli
to start construction work.
flower,
$1(31.50
per
dozen;
beans,
5®
essnry ns a result o f soldiers camped '
near by persisting In remaining la 6c per pound; corn, 30c per dozen; car
Estimates are made that the twin
town In the society of young la- \ rots, $1.75 per sack; beets, $ 1.50(32; cities, Marshfield and North Bend,
dies later than the city fathers re turnips, $2.
have had an increase o f population be
Potatoes— New Oregon, $1.50(3.2.25 tween 25 and 33 per cent within the
garded proper.
per hundred; sweets, 3Jc per pound.
past 18 months.
AH residences are
Onions — Oregon, $2.35 per sack; occupied for the first time since 1908.
G IRL REMOVES MEN’S HATS California brown, $2.50.
Bend hunters who took advantage o f
Green Fruits— Peaches, 75(385c per
the opening o f the duck season Monday
box;
apples,$1(32.25;
pears,
$1(31.75;
Teaches Lesson In Respect for Na
to hunt on the Upper Deschutes and
grapes, $1(31.50; casabas, l|c per
tional Anthem to Audience
neighboring ponds and marshes report
pound;
cranberries,
15c.
in Ohio.
shooting to be the best in years. Mal
Hops — 1917 crop, 41c per pound;
lards are unusually abundant Few
1916
crop,
25(326c.
Deflnnce. O.— Miss Jans Rpeieer, a
geese have yet come in.
Wool— Extra Oregon, fine, 50(360c
member of the («Iris’ Band of Defiance,
The new $300,000 plant o f the W it-
took an unusual method to teach re per pound; coarse, 55(u60c; valley, 55
tenberg-King company, o f Portland,
spect for the National Anthem to an (360c; mohair, long staple, 55c.
which has been under construction in
Cattle—
audience nt Florida tho other a w
Salem for several months, probably
Best beef steers.........
ning.
7.50(3) 8.75 w ill be open fo r operation the first o f
The hnnd wns playing “Tho Star- Good beef steers......... ..
6.75(3 7.50 next week. Tons o f fruits and vege
Spangled Banner" lu a street In Flor Best beef cows........... ..
Ordinary
to
g
o
o
d
.......
..
4.00(3 6.75 tables already are accumulating, ready
ida, when Miss Speiser noticed that
for the opening o f the plant Jack
the men In the audleoos did not so- Best h e ife r s ...............
Walker, the new general manager,
C
a
lv
e
s
........................
move their hats.
w ill arrive soon to take charge.
Bulls............................ ..
4.00(3
6.50
Sho put down her horn In the mid
Stockers and feeders.. ..
4.00(3 7.25
District Attorney George Neuner
dle of the selection, walked toward tbo |
Hogs—
has returned to Roseburg from Salem,
audience nnd removed th« hat f r o «
Prime light h o g s ........ ..$17.75(318.00 where he had a conference with Mr.
the head of tho first man sha mot
Prime heavy hogs . . . . . . 17.50(317.76 Williams, special representative of the
Several others were treated tn the
P i g s ............................
department o f Justice, the United
same dose, nnd finally all kata m o m
Bulk .......................... . . 17.75iil8.00 States attorney general, Attorney Gen
off. nnd there was great applause for
Sheep—
eral George M. Brown and L. A. Lilje-
the pntrtotlq little la d * who Is at*-
Yearlings....................
quist, o f Coos county, in reference to
teen years of age.
W ethers......................
the conti nuancs o f the land grant tax
E w e s ..........................
case o f Douglas county vs. the South
Chile's tillable soft Is bold kg ? par Western lambs...........
ern Oregon Co., which involves the
œnt at the populatin g.
Valley lambs...............
Oregon A Califroni* railroad company.
AMERICAN F L Y E R ‘COOL CHAP*