H U B NOT FORCEO S T E E L S H O R T A G E IS F E A R E D Private Consumers of Metal May lie Itequircd to Hubmit Inventoriée. ........... —! t Washington, I). C.— Government de­ mand for atuel haa reached aucb pro­ portion*. It waa learned Wednesday, becauae of the growth of the war pro­ ram me, that the War Induatrlea Whole Line Held Intact Against te hoard fears present sources of aupply aoon will prove Inadequate. Germany's Third Drive. At the meeting of the board manu­ facturer* were warned that those who have obtained ateel on priority orders for war work and later were found to be reselling It to non-war manufactur­ era would have their supply cut off. | This practice ha* been In vogue, the — ■ j board learned. All private conaumera of ateel and Hlight Retirement Coats llun* Appall* «teel products may be required to sub­ mit sworn Inventories of their stocka ingly Merlin ( ialina Capture o f on hand It waa found that many manufacturers had obtained largo 18.Ü00 in Present Offenaive. quantities of steel before the govern­ ment took control of the entire output My moans of the Inventories, J. Leonard Replogle, director of steel Although the Germaua are still at- supply of the W ar Industries board, tacking the allied lines viciously on will be able to keep a close check on both aides of the Khelma salient, what *>• stu«> In the country. galu* they are making continue to be , <’h“ lrrn*n Hurley ° f the Shipping " J board, conferred with officials of the small ones, on Isolated sectors, and j vVar Industries board regarding the seemlugly are confined to the region requirements for the shipbuilding pro- along the Marne and Immediately gramme. Production of ships Is show- southwest of Khelms. ; J"« ,uch. a Improvement that FRENCH GIVE A LITTLE SURPLUS STATE N E W S*! IN BRIEF. J Hugh L. McCainmon, a former Hherl- dan boy, son of Major W. W. Mc<'am- tuon, haa Joined the United States ma­ rines, according to advices from Halem, and will aee service aoon. The milk condensing plant at 8cio, the chief manufacturing Industry In that section resumed operation Mon­ day. This plant ha* been Idle alnce about February 1 of this year, when the company operating It became In­ volved In financial difficulty. ( '( his county’s second July quota of 81 men left Marshfield Monday morn­ ing for Vancouver. A gala farewell waa given as the Coo* May Limited left. Home of the men are In other parts of the state, working In ship­ yards, but all have been notified of their selection. The harvesting around Warren Is well under way and 'he winter grains are proving a splendid crop, but spring- sown grains are nil. Winter wheat and oats are the most prolific in many years. Potatoes are only about 20 per cent average and the acreage about 40 per cent of normal. Word bas been received In Marsh­ field from the Powers logging camps that the 10-bour day Is not popular Eastward from the Cathedral city , hlp'*“ a yeai'Trom ".-acb way to some j w , t h t h e * n‘l ther* a move- through Champagne the French report yards, four ships In other yards, and .,on *2 fe1 tur!L,to the they are holding the enemy and keep Ing their line Intact. BAGS AT PRISON •R O A D ♦ BUILDING Walla Walla Convicts Make 120,009 More Than Estimated Needs. Walla Walla.— Warden Henry Drum of the state prison announced Thurs­ day that a surplus of grain bags has been made at the penitentiary. There are between 120,000 and 130,000 more bags than were allotted to counties several months ago. These will be sold immediately to first-comers. As prison bags are sell­ ing at 26 cents, which la about 2 Vi cents below the market price here for Calcutta bags, it is expected that they will be snapped up immediately. Cash must accompany every order, Warden Drum stated. Convicts have been working steadily in the mills for several months and as a result were able to make more than it was figured they would. M AINTENANCE IS A BIG ITEM New Hampshire Uses Patrolmen, Who Repair Every Little Hole as Soon as It Appear*. »»* been com- creased or the shipping programme The Deutsches Hans, former gather- pellod to give ground It has been only wuj he delayed by lack of material. , Ing place of German-Americans at after the inrilctlon of extremely heavy a shortage of steel already Is being Eugene, which ha* been closed since casualties on me invaders. I^he I he Amer In gome some shipyards. Others have Amer- -1 folt f„it in have! the beginning of the war, ' was sold * * * " • nowhere nave been forced to mnrn steel than they need, which. Tuesday at S h e riff* sale, to cover in- withdraw. At rossoy, near the bend officials believe, is the result of “ cost debtedness. The building and and grounds New Pension Bill Passes. of the Marne between ( bateau Thierry plus" m of contracts, _______ under _______ which are Kincaid __ __ *y*t< ___________________ ,v located in ______ _ _ Park, ark, a suburb Washington, D. C.— A senate bill ami Dormans, they have made further tin, builders felt free to expend large ; of Kugene. The Oregon German- improvements In their positions. Like aun)a 0n materials not needed f o r : American association met there sev- granting pensions o f $12 a month to widows of soldiers and sailors o f the their French comrade*, the Americans many weeks eral years ago. also have been engaged In violent Spanish war or Philippine insurrec­ Harvesting o f the cherry crop for tion, where the income of the widow fighting 1818 is nearly completed. The Sheri­ does not exceed $250 a year, was It becomes Increasingly apparent dan district ha* yielded the largest passed Tuesday by the house and sent that the German command Is attempt ' 1 I Tl rl I U M LR ... _ _ ... . crop of Bings, Royal Anns and other to conference. Ing the blotting out of the Rheitns salient and the straightening of the Sheridan is running to capacity. The line eastward through Champagne to­ . . . . employes are nearly alt women. It ward Verdun. The hardest fighting I-ondon.— Finland intends to remain . ’ ____. ___ of Tuesday wa* southwest o f Rhelm s,! ‘ " “ «J»«* — ha* canned more than five carloads Where he enemy Is endeavoring to tho Mu?man COUntry. where entente * » * " £ • loganberries and other brnak through the hill and forest re allied forces have assumed control, Portland.— W heat— Government ba­ glon reach the railroad running from M y* a Helsingfors dispatch by way County Agriculturist H. R. Giaiyser, Rhelms to Kpernay and force to® 1 0( Copenhagen to the Exchange T e le - ! of Klamath county, and J. E. Pittman, sis. $2.20 per bushel. evacuation of Rhelms Flour — Straights, $10.75; whole graph company. of the department of irrigation and In the endeavors, the German war The Nord Deutsche Allgemelne Zeit- drainage, who have been conducting wheat, $10.30; graham, $9.90; barley office drlv- ung of Berlin declares that Germany ■ \p. rim-nts in that c-unty. report that flour, $10.50; rye flour, $11.50; conj- . . asserts .. ... the Germans have .. eni back the allied troops on the moun ba8 • urrtcl«vnt forces in Finland to the application of 100 pounds of sul- meal, $10.60011.40 per barrel; corn toln of Rhelms between Mantenal and deal (he entente troops and the pher per acre on alfalfa lands has flour, $11.70. north of I ourcy, the last named place ap(j ( j uar(j a increased the yield about one ton per Millfeed— N et millfeed prices, car- being about five miles distant from \ hill providing for the establish- acre. A number o f experiments were lots: Bran, $31 per ton, shorts, $33; middlings, $33; rolled barley, $70; the Rhelms-Epernay railroad. The mMlt 0f a monarchy In Finland has made and the results were uniform. French official communication admits paa>wj |ta aeCond reading in the Fin- i>roal.eets for another week's shut rolled oats, $69. that the Germans hold the line west . . n. ri i . mi>nf hv the narrow manrln rospecis ror another w eeks snut- Hay— Buying prices f. o. b. Port­ of Nanteull La Fosse, about a mile and "i\ h 1 “ 1 by th narrow margln down of the plants in Eugene s manu- land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $31 per a half south of Pourcy and relatively u-ouhneana have started an ener- ,acturinK district as a result of the ton; valley timothy, $29; alfalfa, $25 five miles west of the railroad. M e d ita tio n a ga ln it^ h e bin and it destruction of the Spillway dam on the @25.50; valley grain hay, $24@26; The Oertnan war office is now f®tlc agitation against the b i l l “ d « ! mil I race by plotters last Sunday, ap- clover, $24; straw, $9@10. * in e Herman war m ice is now J(| not Improbable, the dispatch adds, ; th J ..,,,, ... _r(nniin_ Butter — Cubes, extra, 45c; prime claiming the capture of 18,000 prison- ,hat , hf> pjnnlsh government w ill have fPhI A V ^ e J MM ena.Led to er* since the present offensive began. t In f a v o r o f the hu8®n® Woolen Mill, engaged in firsts, 44c; prints, Extras, cases, 49c; ---- • - that - -------- '* n- a* majority in ravor or , hp prO(,uct|0n of war materials, de­ half cases, 49%c; less than half cases, It Is reported French ----------- reserves to thfl rp" b|1, ,nilufflctent veloped Tuesday when tjie second 50c; cartons, extra; butterfat. No. 1, have entered the fighting line along General Horvath, recently proclaim­ the Marne and that to the north of ed ruler of Siberia, says a- Pekin dls- temporary dam constructed during the 51c per pound delivered Portland. I * ( hapello-Monthodon th®y have re patch t0 thft Tlm es/has expressed will week washed out. E g *» — Oregon ranch, current re­ captured lost territory. he Germans, i,1KI)i,aa ^ facilitate the movement of The farm home of Scott Campbell ceipts, 39%c; candled, 42@42%c; se­ as was expected, have brought up r ie c h o .alovak troops toward the located on the Palls City-Dallas road lects, 44c per dozen. fresh forces In *n endeavor to push Tranabalkal reRlon over the Chinese southwest of Dallas, was totally de­ Poultry— Hens, 26c; broilers, 30@ forward their project in this region. E x te rn railway. stroyed by fire Sunday night. The 32c; ducks, young, 32@33c; geese and turkeys, nominal. Nowhere, however, has the German Tbfl cxechs purpose to reach Irkutsk j origin of the blaze is believed to be a Veal— Fancy, 16@17c per pound. command seen fit a* yet to start an and r<.aume communication with their defective flue. The family was at Pork— Fancy, 23*4c per pound. Jniantry ^engagement. If one Is con-. compatriots in western Siberia and supper at the time and the flames Fruits— Cherries, 8@10c per pound; * tnmplated. “ “* will formally ask the Chinese govern- had gained such headway at the time In Albania the French and Italian meut for permission to traverse Man- of discovery that it was Impossible cantaloupes, $1.7504.50 per crate; troops continue to make progress cbur|a per pound; to extinguish the blaze and all efforts watermelons, 3@3% c against the Austrians and In the Itab There are Indications, the dispatch were turned toward saving adjacent peaches, 75c@$1.25; new apples, $2.75 per box; loganberries, $2.50 per crate; tan sector, up In the mountains re- a(, that aome Austrian prisoners huildings and contents. posted Austrian a tacks have been Rro anxlou8 to Joln the Czech9 plums. $2.0002.25 per box; apricots, Fire which burned 30 acres of clear­ $1.4001.65 per box; pears, $3.75 per repulsed by the Italians. ______________________ . ed timber land at the North Bend box; blackcaps, $2.25 per crate; cur­ Mill & Lumber company camp on Da­ $2 per crate. Q U E N T IN R O O S E V E L T D IE S ^ PS 2 L h«P vis slough Monday did a small amount rants, Vegetables— Tomatoes, $1.7503 per IN A IR P L A N E E N G A G E M E N T Kawachl o f 21.420 tons displacement, of damage, which will cause a delay crate; cabbage, 3@3>£c per pound; _________ i blew up and sank In Tokoyama bay, of a week or 10 days for repairing. lettuce, $2.50 per crate; cucumbers, 150 miles northeast of Nagasaki, on One hundred and fifty feet of trestle $102 per dozen; peppers, 20c per Roosevelt Dead, Says Enemy. July 12. F ive hundred members of on the logging railroad was scorched pound; peas, 8@12Hc per pound; Paris.— German aviators have drop­ the crew lost their lives. so that portions must be replaced. beans, 10@12c per pound; celery, $1.25 Seventy men fought the fire for 15 per dozen. ped a note Into American aviation v The battleship Kawachl was buITt hours and saved much camp parapher­ Sack Vegetables — Carrots, $2 per camps confirming the death of Lieu­ nalia. This camp cuts spruce almost In 1912 and carried a complement of sack; turnips. $2 0 2.25; beets, $2.25 tenant Quentin Roosevelt. 960 officers and men. She was 600 entirely and is in the thickest of the @2.50. feet long, of 84 feet beam and drew Boutin tract. Two donkey engines were Potatoes— Oregon Burbanks. $1.500 Paris. — Lieutenant Quentin Roose­ 28 feet of water. Her armament con­ damaged. 1.85 per hundred; new, 3i4@3Vic per velt. youngest son of ex-Presldent _____ ______ ___ _____ ____ _ ______ ____ sisted of 12 12-Inch guns. 10 six-inch Farmers in the Redmond vicinity pound. Roosevelt, has been killed In an air jjHns, eight four-inch guns and 12 12- are having difficulty in obtaining help Onions— Yellow, $2.50 per sack; red, flght, the semi-official Havas Nows pounders. She also was equipped with in their hayfields. Practically every $202.25 per sack. agency announces. His machine fell f |ve ig .i„ ch torpedo tubas. boy over 11 years of age is out on the Hops— 1917 crop, 13014c per pound; Into the enemy lines, but apparently ranches doing the work men usually contracts, 16017c. was not in flames when It fell. An Atlantic Port.— The sinking at do. The merchants are aiding by send­ W ool — Eastern Oregon, 35056c; Philip Roosevelt, Quentin’s cousin, sea July 11 of the American steamship ing a part of their force to the country valley, 54@61c per pound. Mohair— witnessed the air battle In the vicinity Oostordtjk after a collision with tho each day. and County Agriculturist R. Oregon, new clip, 55c per pound. of Chateau Thierry, In which Quentin American steamship San Jacinto was A. Ward Is busily engaged In seeking Cascara Bark— New and'old, 10c per was engaged and saw the machine fall, j reported by a Swedish steamship ar- and locating all available laborers. pound. but did not know until later that the riving here Wednesday, Alton Butters, the four and one-half­ July 23. 1918. airplane was that of his cousin, Le >pbp oosterdljk” * crew was taken Cattle— - Journal says Thursday. aboard the San Jacinto, which, al- year old son of Mr. and Mrs. AA'alter Prime steers............... Sll.75@12.25 Lleutenant Roosevelt was last seen though badly damaged, managed to Butters, of Allegheny, near Marshfield, Good to choice steers... 10.75@11.75 fell Into a boiler of scalding water In combat Sunday morning with two reach an Atlantic port, 9.50@10.75 Medium to good steers. ......... airplanes ..... .......... vessels, ........ . ........ ... ^ and officered ^ ^ Monday and died from his burns at 5 enemy about 10 miles Inside Both manned 8.50@ 9.50 Fair to medium steers . the German lines In the Chateau by naval crews, carried army supplies. | evening.^ l he father had been 5.50@ 8.50 Common to fair steers . the ' family washing, owing to Thierry sector. He started out with a The collision occurred In North Atlan- doing *u ......... 1 8.00@ 8.50 Illness of Mrs. Butters, and while out Choice cows and heifers patrol of 13 American machines. They tic waters. encountered seven Germans and were The OosterdIJk, 8252 gross tons, was of the room the child climbed Into a Med. to good cows and hf 6.00@ 7.50 3.00@ 5.00 chasing them back when two of them one of the Dutch ships requisitioned chair, which upset and propelled him Cannera...................... Into the boiler which was resting on Bulls........................... 5.50@ 7.50 turned on Lieutenant Roosevelt. while in an American port. the floor. 8.50@11.50 Calves......................... There are two elements that should be figured in the cost o f road con­ struction. First, the cost o f construc­ tion. Second, the cost of maintenance. It Is the yearly average o f them* two that should always be considered when figuring the cost o f a road. True It Is, that roads may be constructed in such u manner as to need very lit­ tle maintenance, hut these roads are very expensive to build, and It is out o f the question to contemplate them for the West. The other type o f road is the road that costs a moderate sum to construct and then a yearly charge fo r maintenance o f said road. FINNS MAY BALK A T W AR IN S IB E R IA *n y«**" ,Th* ca"nery al ■ » NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Little Hen Big Factor. Chicago. — The Importance of the “ Little brown hen” In winning the war waa urged by the National War Emergency Poultry Federation, which was organized Thursday, with the slogan "Equip the hen to fight the Kaiser.” Legislation w ill be asked providing for conservation o f poultry and poul­ try products, and a nation-wide propa­ ganda will be Inaugurated to urge the use of eggs and poultry Instead of meat. Cripples to Be Cared For, Washington, D. C.— The movement among private citizens for finding Jobs for crippled soldiers is emphatically disapproved by the war department. Surgeon-General Gorgas declared W ed­ nesday that the rehabilitation o f the crippled men will be done thoroughly by the government. Recently Captain Archibald Roosevelt asked his father, Colonel Roosevelt, to find a Job for one of his sergeants who returned from France, after having lost a hand. Pear orchards in the north end of Jackson county will net the growers a 90 per cent crop of good quality fruit, while the apple crop will aver­ age 55 per cent. Is the report of the shippers in this district The drought w ill not affect these crops to any ex­ tent, a* the principal orchards are un­ der Irrigation. The Del Rio orchards, two miles below Gold H ill on Rogue river, with 12,000 boxes from etght- year-old trees, will be the largest In­ dividual shippers o f pears In this dis­ trict. 6.00@ 8.00 Stockers and feeders... Hogs— Prime mixed............... $17.85@18.00 Medium mixed............ 17.65@17.85 Rough heavies............ 16.85@ 17.00 15.75@16.25 PiR9 ............................... Bulk............................ 17.76@ 17.86 Sheep— Lambs......................... $13.750114.25 13.50@14.C0 Valley lambs............... 9.50@10.25 Yearlings.................... 8.500, 9.50 Wethers.......... L.......... 6.00@ 8.00 Ew es.............................. Good Road in Colorado. The maintenance usually runs up to a considerable annual cost, and It Is this maintenance that usually Is neglected by county commissioners and road supervisors. As good an Illustration o f road maintenance as I have been able to find is that practiced by New Hamp­ shire. New Hampshire’s roads are mainly graveled roads. Most o f them are rightly constructed, the gravel being wet and rolled as It Is placed upon the road, but in many places this is Impossible on account o f the expense and in these places the gravel Is simply spread upon the road and left fo r the traffic to compact. Many o f these roads have to bear a fairly heavy traffic, especially dur­ ing the summer months, most o f which Is automobile traffic, and the roads would soon be ruined were it not fo r the maintenance feature o f New Hampshire’s road system. This road maintenance Is carried on by several hundred patrolmen. They are hired from the last o f March until the first o f December, and their work consists In patching every lit­ tle rut and hole that appears, clean­ ing the ditches and culverts and In keeping the roads smooth. Each patrolman has a section o f road assigned him. He Is. required to furnish a one-horse wagon, a shovel, a rake and a light road drag. The road Is smoothed by this drag after every rain, and If chuck holes start, fresh material Is placed In them, tamped down and left for the traffic to compact. These patrolmen are paid an aver­ age of $3.25 a day and the total cost o f maintenance runs about $240 per mile per year. The total first cost o f construction o f these roads runs about $4,000 a mile. DIRT ROADS ARE PREFERRED ' Much o f the Wear and Tear on Hard Road Can Be Avoided by Making Dirt Track on Each Side. Dirt roads are the cheapest— and for a large part o f the year the best— highways tliat can be built. Because we want to use our roads every day in the yenr we are willing to go to th e 1 expense o f hard road building, but that Is no reason fo r discarding the dirt roads entirely. More than half the wear on the hard road can be avoided by making a good dirt track on each side. People will use the dirt road from preference when it is passable. The life o f the hard road w ill be greatly lengthened, the cost o f repairs reduced, and the needs o f the road users better served by building this combination o f hard and dirt roads.