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DAILY lUKilK R1VEH COTOIKR MONDAY, DM K.MHKII 81, 11T- FAGK TWO Oil ROGUE n COUE Published Dally Except Saturday A. E. VOORHIES. Pub. BEXJ. C. SHELDON, and Propr. Editor Entered at the Foetofflce.Q rants rui, Ore., u Moond class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per inch. 15c Local or personal column, per line 1 Oc Reader, per line. Sc DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year . .16-00 By mail or carrier, per month.. .60 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year.. , 1.60 MEMBER State Editorial Association Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Assn. Northwest Patriotic Press Assn. MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRK&J The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local nawt pub lished herein. All rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein are also iwrTfd. MOVDAT, PECEMRER 31, 117. OKKtiON WEATHKK Rain; Strong southeasterly winds. WILL STEEL The present editor of this paper has made plans which call for his laying down his editorial pen aai! busying himself In other fields. His place is to be taken by Will G. Steel, whose years of untiring work In be half of Crater Lake has earned for him the wide-spread nom-de-plume of "Crater Lake Steel." Mr. Steel has been actively iden tified with the upbuilding of Oregon for over 40 years. As a young man in Kansas, before coming to this state, he was employed in a news paper office. Shortly after coming to Oregon he founded .the Albany "Herald" which he edited for some-'Tax thing over a year before selling It. For about 10 years he engaged In so called syndicate work, writing spe cial articles for a string of from eight to 12 eastern periodicals. While engaged In this work he was sent to Alaska on a special .mission. Mr. Steel has always been a de Toted lover of the great out-of-doors. He had heard of Crater Lake, or the "sunken lake" a it was known in the east, while a boy, and it had caught his fancy with a hold soi, he closing session for the year on! will return the farm an additional fcolahevikl pli.cnomonou was illuin strong that he never rested content the floor of the merchants excham: two tons of alfalfa hay on an vor-ln"t'njr. "Doubtless there are large until he had pern it. He has rte-jfrom time Immemorial, did -not take-a., jhls two ton Increase is whol- numbers of German propagandists, voted year of hard work to making !"la'e this ns,,?;u, of throwing' ly Independent of the cost of the f.-r-1 w ithout, doubt, a larga element of Its beauties known to the world and more accessiDie. Mr. Steel was the founder and the first president of the Mazamas, Ore - gon's famous mountain climbing' club. Later he was Identified with the organization of the Grizzlies at! Medford whose weekly tramps havejhmkers, however, declared been one of the popular activities of needed-no such edict as they are a large number of the citizens of.a'ive to the necessity -of conserving that neighboring city. Mr. Steel brings to this column years of experience as a newspaper man blended with a thorough know ledge of Oregon and Oregonlans. A man of the highest character, with an untiring energy for the accom plishment of an object upon which ! he engages and devotion to the pur pose which he seeks to serve, we feel this paper and the community Is to be congratulated upon securing his services. STARS. VS. CREPE Some Inspired Chicago man has risen with the suggestion that the people of this country should start a change respecting war mourning and that .instead of the traditional crepe and black garb to Indicate the That the Year 1918 Will Bring You Much Happiness and Prosperity Is Our Sincere Wish KINNEY & TRUAX loss of a relative at the front, some such symbol aa a gold star, worn In way which clearly; Indicates Its purpose, should be used. At first thought, the suggestion seems decidedly radical. It would uproot a long established custom, one which in the minds of a great many people, has become sacred, On the other hand the plan seem to have made an Instant appeal to a great many people. For Instance, Mrs. Louis Bowen, chairman of the woman's committee jof the Illi nois state council of defense says: "It Is the glory of such a death which should be emphssized, not its sadness." and she heartily endorsed the suggestion. Stars Instead of crepe. It la worth thinking about, even If some of us old fashioned folks may think It a rather startling nnovatlon. E T0 LISTS (Continued from page 1.) amount of Income between 3,000 and $7,500 is subject to a total In come tax, including both normal and extra, of 5 per cent; and between $7,500 and $10,000, 8 per cent. The surtax further Increases with higher Incomes, so that amounts of $1,000,000 are taxable at 65 per rent with one per cent additional for each half million up to two million dollars. AH Incomes over the lat ter amount are taxable at 67 per cent. About 7,000,000 persons will pay income taxes. It is estimated, and most of them will be subject to a direct federal tax for the first time, for less than 500,000 paid Income taxes last year under the old law. returns forms have been made as simple as possible, those for In comes of less than $3,000 being es pecially free from technical features or Inquisitorial Items. i 1 SAN FRANCISCO FIGHT IS OFF San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 31. The J annual grain fight, which featured ; featured ; a'MI " .. t" the vital substance around the floor? :an,j '.erie? of j brokers Indulged , Wa "The Pit," the In other plcas:in- chau?e in thi i-urtom .-anie rs T,lf the result of an edict issued by the federal food administrator that irrain should not be wasted. The ; they the nation's foodstuffs. Diver (Lconnrd Estate I'uys Banks highest market butterfat Honest Test Full Weight Prompt Payment Grants you c&n . afford tobuy LESLIE SALT and enjoy tKe luxury of the fine -free running salt flowing frora the convwient sidc spout I COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES : m We are now located In the base ment of the court house, having the rooms In the touthwent corner. Ill order to find us, just after passing through the first door, entering the building, from the front, turn to the left and go down the stairs. After reaching the bottom of the stairs, turn to the left and enter the II rut room. Our telephone number Is 199. We will be In attendance at Far mer's week at Cnrvallls until the 13th, after which time we shall be glad to bave you call. Profits from Fertilizer In using fertilizers the farmer in really engaged In what amounts to a very simple trading proposition. He buys fertilizer Just as he buys Improved farm machinery, and the increased production pays him a profit on this Investment Just as the saving in labor by use of the Improv ed machinery yields him a profit. The size of the profit Is not meas ured by the cost of the fertilizer nnd I the value of the crop. It Is the size of the rrop, not the profit which makes the use of the fertilizer worth while. The cost of j fertilizer will not affe' t the crop, but 'when the crop prices are low, the grain may not be sufficient to make the Investment worth while. At present prices it is of much Interest. Take the use of superphosphate far. nn example. It takes less a! falfa Ii?r? today to buy this fertl- 31. Thejiizpr than It diiTtwo years auo. Two ji than It did two years auo. Two hundred pounds of this fertilizer hundred rounds of this fertilizer nn., -i ,,i u!i:ki nii.v. i ne miiy lines- tfon with the farmer then Is. (loot the return from the hay Justify the expenditure for the fertilizer? Two years gvn alfalfa hay wns brlntinsi $18 ner ton. now it l- brinIn'.- "H ;i r Ion. M e-r are 'average pi Ices? nnr! 1 1 '1 In-reae per acre in price. Two years aeo the superphosphate cost $1.15 per hundred, or $2.30 per acre for 200 pounds per acre. Now it costs $1.3." per hundred, or $2.70 Creamery Co. Owner) pi-Ice for Paxn, Oregon I ' per acre. In simple words, It costs '0 mils more for fortlllter and the return I ruin ine crop is fu more than two years ago. We know there Is a shortage of labor, fertilisers properly uaeil ran niake up for this to a great extent. C. I). THOMPSON. County Agricultural Agent. PAST WEEK IN OREGON Milton Hog factory making ex tensive Improvements at thulr pluut. Halfway Two Shoe mine Incor porated sad extensive , development work to start. Iteedsport hulnea men form Chamber of Commerce. Stnnftold Local creamery pur chased by Pendleton man and the capacity of the plant to be Increased. Sodsvlile Camp to be located here to gel out ship knees. Corvallls flouring mills Install machinery to make cereals. The Dalles A number of streets to be hard surfaced. Albany Fruitgrowers' association' to build barrel cannery. Wallowa 75.000 foot capacity mill to be located here. Harrlsburg Farmers cooperative association to build 23 barrel mill. Springfield Flour mill sold and extensle repairs being made, will re new operations January 1. Camp Lewis "Over the Top" Is new weekly publication to be Issued at camp by S63rd regiment Infan try. Federal aid to extent of $50,000 may tie forthcoming ror cons'rucii'in of Columbia river highway In Wasco county. 1-niie county Is planning on doing much winter road work. Oregon fur Industry amounts to $100,000 annually. Hosebur Standard plant for oil well drilling In en route to Camas valley. Gardiner Three sawmills being constructed on t'nipqun river to operate soon. North Ilend To this city belongs the honor of launching the first ship contracted forby emergency fleet corporation. In competition with nil other yaids In the I'. 8. Allegany SO-arre ranch near here sol. I for $2,000. Coos county has over 300 silos. Heed'port Johnson ft Anderson to establish second sawmill here. Portland National forester re ports sale of $3.71 5, 000 worth of timber from I. S. forest reseres In 1917. Portland Northwestern Electric Company starts work on $1,500,000 addition to power plant. Sisters Improvements put In Wilson sawmill, to Increase capacity. Harrlsburg farmers to build and operate cooperative flour mill. Raker 29 miles of naker-Corna-corda post road to bo built In 1918. Bandon Construction to begin soon on condensery here. Gardiner to have new newspaper. RUSSIANS OUT OFWi (Continued from page 1 ) government with a deep religious cast. Or. Rebec's explanation of the (U'jroimn craiiKH, nmuni; r lie active i'Hvt!cj.nntB in that iiiovunont," said the speaker. ' "Rut it must be borne constantly In mind that the move ment is bnslely honrnt nnd leflects the true Rusnlan spirit In Its unac eiMtomc.l sro.-iins nt 'political ef forts." He predicted thnt anv form of government thnt succeeded the present regime would have ninny elements In common with the pro-i fesslon of principles the Rolshovlkl had promulgated, especially the at-' tack on private ownership of land , and the so called "feudalized" form of Industry. Dr. Rebec Intimated thnt he was' fearful of the success of the Russian '. experiment, hut that It was so tre mendous In Its slgnlflcancee and Its possibilities that the hope was Jus-' STUMEZE FOR CHRONIC STOMACH! 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