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VOL. XXXI
BURNS. HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 31, 1918
NO. 44
MANPOWER BILL IS
NOW A LAW LIKELY
Passed Senate by Unanimous Vote and
Meets Approval in the House Later.
No Great Point of Difference Ex
cept the Modified Work or Fight
Clause That was Injected Into it
I In preference to fOTM hy arms. They
t Bolus Statesman) will not agree to that he added, until
Hi.- manpower bill bringing with- they have tasted of military defeat.
In the army draft all men from 18 Begarding Senator Lodges recent
10 4." years old was passed late Tues- speech outlining probable terms of
day by the senate, with modified l'eace, Senator Hitchcock said he did
work or fight clause. not think It was time to discuss peace
All efforts to change the age limits that he preferred to stand by the
or to direct separate classification president In his position that force Is
ol jrottttM under 21 failed and the ow necessary.
measure now goes to conference be Originally he said he had been op-
iwtm the house and senate with no posed to lowering the minimum draft
.inference for serious controversies age below 21 years but that times
.xi.pt the work or light provision have changed. The army rouat be
The senate was recorded unan- enlarged he said, and at the same
Imously for the bill. Senator Gore time essential men must not be tak-
oi Oklahoma, who cast the only neg
alive vote on the roll call, withdrew
it and wus excused from voting.
There were 7" affirmative votes.
Th work or fight amendment
Written into the bill by the senate
military committee was approved by
the senate by a vote of 40. io 29 with
an amendment providing that It shall anfH , For, Hill and am studv-
not apply to strikers who return to j-j eietiiei. t irv electricity along will,
work and submit their demands to,. rn1fo or wireless work that I am
the war labor board. ,. , aII1 Ull in . , ,-( ,, Hfon operator
The let came on a motion ly Sen- now Sa)ri M.(.nlM ,i.po.-.silMe ,,, ,.
1 or M.Kuiiar oi Tlinwgll to strike wl(h eetrtetty what Is aeemplisbed
out tho clause after the modification. wlth Ule ,U(,U SuU Wc .ommunl
! J Kciiutor Cummins of
1 iw ... I. .nl h en ado). led . ;'. to 0.
iaur Kail' amendment to make
men up to (iO years of age MbJOel to
.Ir.'lt and providing mr the.r dasslfl-
.anon lor military, industrial or 011
.r service inbjeci to the president's
regulatlotu, was rejected 54 to 9.
Vigorous support for the "work or
tight" clause was given by Senator
loindexter of Washington who said
"fo. ailed labor leaders" opposing
the section do not truly represent
American working men. lie expres-
ted too opinion that a majority of
working men do not seek any special
privilege or exemption under Ihe
draft law and resent the activity of
union leaders.
The war department retards such
legislation cs unneceiw.ry because all blankets are O. K. in color, same
steps needed to prevent slackers from ,.o0r as tht sample of cloth I sent
Hung advantage of deferred clas.ii- home last winter. They have V. 8.
1. cation can be taken under the ex- woven In their center and also have
Ihting work or fight regulations. ur company number on them. Say
Kfforta to insert such a provision maybe you think that Isn't some
failed in lUe house and it is expected disagreeable feeling to have, being In
there will be strong oppositions to a desert sand storm.
even the modified version adopted hy As I said before 1 would just get
the senate when the measure goes to settled on my bunk and everything
conference. will be still and quiet. All at once
An amendment by Senator Poln- the air seems to commence to get
dexter of Washington to make the heavy and hot. A person is Just wet
minimum draft age It Instead of 18 with sweat when the storm breaks.
vears was defeated 58 to 14. - ; You can hear it coming and at first
Senator Vardaman's substitute to Just a few breenes will come by, then
make the minimum age 21 yeare was it commences to blow and the sand
rejected by an overwhelming viva drifts like snow on a winter day. If
voce vole. j blows the sides of the tents loose and
Senator Klrby s amendment to then, look out soldiers. In 10 sec
make the minimum draft age 20 onds the whole camp is up setting on
years was rejected 60 to 12. 'our clothes or turning our shoes up-
Senator Gore's amendment estab- Hlde down. The air or wind that
lishing separate classes for men of 20 1 blows Is hot and you have a regular
I 'i und 18 years and providing for I mud on you In no time.
their being called in that order after They last for 20 or 30 minutes
;ill above 21 "consistent with the I nnd leave as they come, 111 a hurry
public interest" have heen called, Than we have to polish up our bunks
as rejected by a decisive viva voce and wait until morning. Then we
rota, must bathe again as a person looks
Another (lore amendment propos- like an Indian and leels blacker than
lug thai stejis lie taken to postpone I !( N'egro. There Is cactus of all kinds
long as possible the service of youilis ;
uder li was also defeated
An amendment by Senator Sterling
ol South Dakota, providing Hiat nun
below 1!) should not lie called upon
except for training also was voted
down.
A final amendment by Senator
I'olndsxtef, to make the- minimum
ifc 19, was defeated 52 to 21 after
many minor amendments proposed
bad been defeated. outfit, etc This is In a lie t - 1
Speaking In support of making IS about three fourths or an inch thick 1
yean the minimum age, Senator three Inches long and Inches wide
llilebcock declared before peace can I have any amount Of meli stuff and
Ihe allies iiiml haw great have 110 good place to Ul It. I have
1 ' tary triumph. 1 or I Red Ci li - ' b, ib
.1 the Oer- thai kli fl ol tufl bul I be have a
man people must be taught that their , doz 1 on them 1
only uay to 1 lags other ngUooajjusl think what kind ol 1 1
1 re, ami miiri imiii 10 aeeepl justice mai t a Soldier li in when hi
en from war industry.
i HXItl.ls CAWLI IF.I.D
I lis Men ll l It
WIIITF.S
August 16
inis.
Dear Mother
Well, here goes for another Idler.
cate daily with the batteries and with
ureoplOp.es and fire tin gnus.
Thia'countrv is similar to sum I.. rn
California only it has laud storms
and burri.aiieri tlmt are horrible. I
w,ttn damnable. Kvery evening i go
,! Illl( bathe and just get comfor-
table on my bunk when u good storm
Hl ,.,,, up Wo .,..v,. foor ln ,,,.
f,.,H Hll(1 ,.v,.rv ,ornlng and even
K we aprlnkle It and (weep It We
are nol ,.,,.,. during the day but
wnen we pel home In the evening
tnerc 4 an lu.n of Hand aml flne
dHt n our bunks and on the floor,
Well, we have our bunk made up
Wtn a 8ieller which Is Just a half of
,, pUp tent, spread over It and tucked
In a) around, so you see very little
anti g.ts on our blankets. The
and descriptions here and all kinds
of Vipers, my knowledge ol plant ami
animal in.- is greatly Increased lines
I . .me here I know every varmint
From a centipede to a soldier.
Say mother there is one thing
that 1 need very badly thai I would
ke very much If you would in, 1
me. Now I have a great deal of stuff
like buttons, thread, needles, sets 01
buttons for soldier clothes, shaving
from a days work and haa 15 min
utes to wash, shave, change clothe
and clean up hie tent and probably
sew on a naif uo.en nunous or a uirii
place In his shirt before he has to
stand retreat or Inspection. Now he
baan t any time to untie or tie knots
in ribbons In Ited Cross nets and
plum every little article In Its separ-
ate cell. What I would like would
he a hag with a draw string in It. One
with nothing in It at all. 1 want it
made out of any kind of cloth, color-
ed .allco or any material which will
stand wear or hard knocks, any or-
dlnary cloth like bright colored cal-
C0 Of even plain white cloth. 1
would prefer a dark or colored cloth
us II wont show dirt. Don't ever t ell
any Honor Ouard or Bed Cross girls
what I said as they might think I
don't appreciate the work bag but
there Is more truth than poetry In
what 1 sav. I have collar ornaments
and pins and odd coin and the like
scattered clear through my barrack
bag. A barrack bag Is similar to the
ones I'n. li Jiii used tu have. I would
llke to have It about 6 hy 10, or 6
by 8 or 4 or 5 by 8 or 10. I am not
partliular. with a draw string In the
top. Now mother If you will make
this f.ir me I will turn seven hand
springs. Well there In not much
newH. Give my love to Knld nnd all
the uiill.iv and tell them to think of
me once In a while.
By the way
dout try to fix anything fancy as It
would be Just like making a lot of
flne trinkets to send up in the moun-
tains to Had and urn when we go to
I get wood.
Wi 'I! did .mi get the picture and
letters? I have only received li or 4
I letters Sine I hftta been In OMbP
here so you folks will bare to snap
out ol your (tope,
Willi lev)
chas,
P. s You mai o-n the bovs that
jut la t I have i:..! RubOn llalne.
, where I want lit 11 he is a raw re-
; crull ami 1 . 1 i i storan, bal ha I
li.- .1 prett; gpod scoul now.
me of ihe boys luugii to
see bin .. d me 1 . 1 1 -hk on a bench r
leaning on h counter having lee
rn .nil lui;et!'.er.
Charles.
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INFORMATION To K.MTTtCBH
That the millions of Red Cross
knitters may know the plans of the
Keel Cross for future knitting, (leo.
V. S.olt. Acting Manager of the
Aim ri. mi lied Cross, today Issued
Hie lollowlng statement:
"When the War Industries Hoard
sometime ago advised the Bed Cross
that future production of knitting
yarn would he greatly reduced we
Immediately 1 onimeiiced to purchase
all yurns suitable for our knitting.
As a result we have todav ln stock
or on order 1,400.000 pounds of
yarn for distribution to our .hapten.
It Is hoped that we may obtain some
additional yarn from wool unsuit
able for government uses. The expec
ted total will however be consider
ably below the ten million pounds 1
used lust year. While the total of
yarn we can secure Is being determin
ed, we are studying how to use our
supply to produce only garments
which i re mnsl esseiitnil When a
conclusion Is reached we will an-1
nounce our full program of knitting.
"In addition to this stock of yarn,
the Ited Cross has ready for distribu
tion 1,600.000 sweaters. i:4,000
mufflers. Mk4.000 wristlets, 228.000
helmets und I,.'I2K,000 pairs of socks
a total of 8.1)74.000 articles. We are
hopeful that these and such addition- I
al garments as we shall be able to
make will enable us to meet the more
iiic.-nl requirements of our men dur
Inc the coming winter. In this inn
nectlon lc W'ill be ol Interest lo the
women who have been knitting to
know I hut from Sept. 'tuber I, I !) I 7
to . I utie B0, lill I, the lt.il Cross dis
tributed 6,176(000 knitted garments
to till Armv and Navy of the lulled
Stateii, During ill.' same period.
170.000 knitted articles were sent
III Ihe Red Cross f Olllllllsiolioiv. Ill
France ami Italy for distribution to
"on ers, sailors and civilians.
Al Ihe reciuest of Hie War Indus
tries Hoard, wllb which the Ited
Cross works In close cooperation, we
have urged Chapters and Individual
workers not lo buy wool In the open
market bul to secure thair mater
lals through our Department ol Sup
piles."
0
."i . lc admoul h '
.ii 1 mil in Ha klrutiil
i 1... 1 ... ICO.
MOHK HARNRY XITNTV ROYH CM)
KKPTKMHKH fl
The following Harney County boys
nave oeen ornnreu 10 ne in rea.uuess
to take the r departure on Reptem-
ber 6 for Cnmp Lewis for army duty:
Lowls M. Hnghet, Narrows; Jesse
Bain, Harney; Donald llotchklss,
Burns: Ralph Puvcy, Hums; Paul
Howe, Ontario; James L. Williams,
Itllcy; L. II. Mcl'hall, Hantu Cruz;
James Lewis, Blit.en; I). C. Hlbbnrd,
Burns; C. B. Howard. Nampu; Red
orlek MucArthur. Drewsey; Harry
McComb, Portland; L. H MePhoar-
son, Burns; Augustine Yoaehum,
Andrews; C. T. Manning, Portland;
B. K. l.anfear. Burns; Charley Otley,
Lawen; Walter P. Ueorge, Lawen;
Oto Johnson. Junlura: Raymond Wel-
ty. Drewsey; Conrad Cantelberg,
Andrews. The above exhausted the
1817 class and the following have
heen placed la this draft from the
1918 registration : Floyd Baker,
Burns; Peel Krueger. Buchanan;
Harold Cawlfteld, Van; Lewis Gleas-
on, Lawen; Norman Upson, Drewsey;
Walter McLeod, Catlow; Floy Jones,
Narrows.
IHIUV POTATO ( II I.AKS
VYAMTK MUCH OF TIIK CROP
Clean up the potato cellars now
nnd don't wait until harvest, says
the I'nlted States Department of Ag-
rlculture In pointing out that the po-
tato crop promises to he n big one,
and that there Is no excuse for allow-
ling losses hy rot In storage.
Among ihe suggestions the tlepart-
BMOl makes are the, follewing: (lei
rid of every bit of vegetable mailer
In the storage cellar; sweep and
brush until it Is clean; t litin give a
i thorough dose Of fungicide either
;;aM or spray, the quiokaet ami aa
leal 10 (pply bell g formaldehyde gaa,
I'c.r uaoh 1 900 cubic feet ol space
me lit inn a of formaldehyde ami
."1 !' n.i.i mm pel inn, . . .. PoUf
. in over I h . 1 ;.. ganata
in u ueep container and iiuu leave
the cellar Immediately, because tin
ga li given u r al once,
Should It he found that these chem
Icali are 100 expensive, the depart
men I recommends u bordeaux mix
ture of rifi-fill strength. It may be
applied with 'land sjuner, pump,
lor broom; It Is effective when thor
1 oughly used und It does not cost
much.
It Is expecting ton much says the
department, to look for potatoes fit
for market from a dirty, -ventilated
cellar. Time, money, and work
' spent in growing a 1 rop aae wasted
' if the potatoes are stored where dead
potatoes are carrying over the or-
ganlsnis that cause rots. Dry rot
attack newly stored potatoes through
j bruises and wounds and spreads
through. nit the stored supply.
Many furmerH. It Is stated, huve
, cellars that now contain piles or
I sacks of potatoes, all rotten, sacks
and all. and constituting u wet, foul
mass that helps to decay the timbers
i and menaces the crop to be stored.
While there Is no way to estimate
the loss due to the neglect and un
eleanliness In potato storages. It is
known to amount to a great deal,
not only In spoiled human food but
,n rol,!'n "rk"- ud ,n ;,u'11 moat
spent 111 me labor or handling un-
marketable material, and In lowered
on sale. There never was a time, ur
market value of what Is left to put
ges the department, when something
to eat was so valuable as now, and
when so much effort bus been ex
pended In food production For the
same reasons there never was a time
when the prevention of this wuste
wus so Important.
o
TKNDF.B JF. KFTION TO HK'lllt
I.NU FASTOIt AND WIFK.
The people of the First I'tesbyter-
luti church of this city tendered a
reception to liev. und Mrs. w. f.
Ibleldl lusl Tuesday evening at t lie
church. guile a number of thu
irlends were present und a pleasunl
'.veiling was spent socially. The con
gregation presented Rev. Shields
with a handsome auto robe us a tok
en of tholr esteem. Light refresh
incuts were served.
Rev. and Mrs. Shields have been
heru for the past two years und he
has bOOfl a very active worker In the
church during his stay. lie In a
ici Ll.' mini and one who will niukc
1 rovi r be li i: nated. lie
io! yel .1. term! nod . b re he a ill
lot .il .
I . Bl imp.
STATE RENEWS SUIT
TO RECOVER LANDS
Attorney General Files Complaint Al
leging Fraud and Forgeries in The
Pacific Live Stock Cases. Deman d
Title Reverted and Accountings o f
Money. 18,000 Acres Involved
IMI.OOO OFFICKRH NKKDKD FOR
ARMY
A special dispatch from San Fran
cisco to the Oregonlan says:
The universities and colleges of
the United States have been called to
help supply thousands of commis
sioned officers, l'lans to transform
all such educatlonul Institutions of
the West into military schools to
meet fno need for officers were dis
cussed hero today at a meeting of
the heads and other representatives
of many of these Institutions with
military authorities.
Among those who addressed the
meeting, wore Presidents Bay Lyman
Wilbur. Stanford University; Itufus
'It. Von Kleinsmldl, I'niverslty of
Arlxona; C. A. Dunning, Colorado
College, and W. J. Kerr, Oregon Ag
ricultural College.
Among the military represents
j lives were Hrlgndeer-Ceneral B. J
MrClernurd. commandant of tho Pro-I
. ctctin- foil, net II l III. ' m . 1. of, in-
iiiiiduut to the Students' Armv Train
ing (amp and Major '. v. Vogaes,
of Pomona College.
Thai ihe V;:r 1 1 -pa ,t ment will
m e, Bfj,000 officer of all ranks be
tween now am! nesl July lor service
w.th tin- Arm;, over eaa and at home
Mud tii.it a largo proportion of this
I number must come fom ihe colleees
and universities of the United Stales.
wus the announcement made at the
conference by Major w. it. Orion, of
the general staff.
Of this number 20.000 are urgent
ly, needed for the Field Artillery
2000 for the Knglneers and 600 for
the Quartermaster's department.
Complete mobilization of all col
leges and universities for the purpose
Of develoving officer material is nec
essary and complete readjustment at
these institutions must be made to
put them practically on a militarv
basis.
The plan contemplates the Induc
(lon Into the Students' Army Train
ing Corps of all men of druft age who
register as members of the sdudents
bodies.
Division Into two classes. A and B.
will then be made. In the former will
be placed men having completed a
grammar school course for special
training, while In class B will be
placed those who have completed
high school courses. Intensive mili
tary Instruction and special collegiate
curses will be given them. Those
who show immediate qualifications
for commissions will be sent to of
ficers' training camps, those who give
promise will be allowed lo continue
their .nunc until they qualify for
detail to such camps and those who
show no capacity for c.imr.iand will I..
withdrawn tod sent lo depots for mi
liary s.irvlcu In the ranks.
The students will receive pay of j
privates wit:, quarters ami mess sup-1
piled. The educatlonul Institutional
win provide barracks and mess ar- I
rangeuients similar to provisions at
cuni,i;:inntH for whi 'h the Govern
ment will rciuburse them al (he rate 1
of $2 per da? per men.
The War Department win uniform
and equip the students and Army ol
fleers win be detailed u command
nuts unci uillllary instructors. All
Vgcatlon periods will be discontinue!
us well as thu Summer camps which
hi(c been planned. The new system
Is expected to be In operation in all
instil miens by October I .
IIAPTIST III 'III II
Sunday school, 10 o'clock.
QbUrGb Service. I 1 o'clock.
Mrs. II. A. Hun! will ipagk,
Praj r moating Thur da) ei snlng
ui 1 o'i took.
I..... - vVedj!
from 2 until r o'i
,.i.
8ALKM, Or., Aug. 26. (Special
to the Oregonlan) About 18,000
acres of land in Grant and Harney
counties are Involved In the latest
complaint filed by the state iu the
celebrated Pacific Livestock land
fraud tasee. 1
This complaint was filed by Attorney-General
Brown in Harney Coun
ty Circuit Court today, and allega
tions of fraud are based largely upon
alleged forgeries said to have been
perpetrated by or through the Instru
mentality of John S. Levin und W.
B. Todhunter. Because of such for
geries and the alleged manipulation
of the lands Involved, the complaint,
asserts that the counties of Grant
and Harney have been sparsely set
tled and their development serious
ly retarded.
Some of the forgeries alleged to
j have been discovered by Theodore
I KytkO, handwriting expert, date
'as far back as 1S79. and il Is barg-
e.l that through Henry MlUer and F.
A. Hyde, these forgeries were later
used I 1 develop the immense hold
i lugs of the Pacific Livestock Com
pany, which have boon a part of ti a
grt 't Miller C Lux estate.
Under it complain! it Is aske 1
ti it title ta the I inda be rev. ted in
!!" laic ami that an acoountlng be
rendered to the state of all money
received from the u-- and benefit of
ihe lands the Mate seeking to rooov-
T Judgment for 1 lie profits and 1
of the suit.
This .ause maiuly differs from al
legations made In Ihe pail relative to
thee lauds. In that charges of for
gery ar.- substituted for the .barges
.hut the lands were secured bv dum
my entrvmen. The complant glse
asaerts thai false applications, which
were purported to he genuine, were
filed with the stale, and that the
lands were secured through seeming
ly regular operations.
The original Pacifle Livestock Com
pany land fraud cuscs were brought
In 1914 by Attorney Generul Craw
ford al the Instance of ex-Governor
West, alleged irregularities being
discovered when ihe State Water
Board started "lo adjudicate the
waters of Silvles Blver in Main.
County in 19i;i. But, this suit was
bused on the theory of dummy en
try men.
This suit was allowed to drag
along until Governor West and Attorney-General
Crawford retired
i from office and nothing was done.
'The mailer was revived tu the 1917
1 Legislature when an effort was made
1 to secure lun.ls for Ihe prosecution
j of the ase.
I After a warm fight towards the
.close of ihe session the funds were
denied and the matter was later tak
en up with the Kmergency Board,
which agreed to furnish funds when
ever the regular appropriation wus
exhausted. Money from the school
fund Is to be used iu the proseeutio.i
and to lie repaid by the state.
Attorney-General Brown has been
working on the assumption tho) the
original complaint would not bold
good under Hie theory ol the dummy
oiilryinen these cases not being par
allel 10 the Hyde-Benson cases which
baVg been w on by the state.
O .
TO MEET WITH
MlKIC 1
LOAN
COMMITTKKS
TO all Liberty Loan Commit lees:
Mr. J. D. Zurcher field manager of
the Fourth Liberty Loan, will meet
with the Harney county Liberty Loan
Organisation, at the Commercial
Club rooms on Moiidu September
2nd. nl ;I0
This win be an open meeting, the
public li . .'. ited ami the committees
Urgt d to be present at tl;
ice.
J. .1. Done) an
Ma eager.