' '. i ujiiii
WORLD SHORTAGE
IN BEET SUGAR
Crops Are 40 Per Cent. Less
Than Pre-War Average Cen
tral Powers Hit Hardest.
CANE SUGAR IS ISOLATED.
Wiled Beet Production Falls One-third
In Rigid War Economy
Practiced.
The world locl:i.v Is producing forty
is-r cant, loss hooi sugar than (he pre
ar average.
Oognttng the American, Allied ami
f.ciiniin-Allsirian I TOp, iis Well us lln-
aentrals, the I'. 8, Food Adralniatru
Hon hai estimated thai Ihe world
shortage created by Ihe llghl crop of
Itl7-r.is is Hi loiisi three and u half
nillion tons
That the I91T-I91S crop or cane aun
ar wns two million tons in exceaa of
the previous year doea not relieve the
general ahortage.
Ouha iiikI -iiiMt protlnca one-half of
the world ciino crop, and the Java sun
ar is too far removed from America to
iranaport when whipping is badly need
n to transport nmi maintain tin; mill
ri'.ry forees in Prance,
In Java n law purl of tbp old sugar
nop is still awaiting shipment, since
M reqnlrea IM t ISO days for each
boat thai is aenl to Java, the poaalblll
i.s of obtahilng adequate ahlpmenti
wf Java sugar this season are remote.
Alllea' Production Falls.
Taking the Allied nations as a croup,
fittielal reports show that heel snnr
production Is less by one-third than the
re-war average,
French boot simar Industry has Buf
fered most by the war. 'Ihe French
yield of beet sngar is now only 30.1
per cent, of the prewar average,
For Ihe live years preceding tin out
Jireak of hostilities In Bumpe, Prance
produced an average of 7
inrar each year. Tor
French production waa 210.-110 tons,
wuii I'll I'm lories operating, as com
ItOI'NIMI CRAMM TO IH0FKN1) I.Ailoit IAY
TITI.K
It Is well that the government tins
rENOLBTON, OH. Auk All three set aside a day out of the your, dmll-
if the winners In the Roundup buck- eating It to the eauae of labor, a
lug contests last year will be back day when we are called upon to turn
this year to compete again for the our thoughts to thla great element
championship. of the world. At ordinary times we
Yakima Canutt who won the chain- are likely to take the conveniences
plonshlp of tbo world last year by of life for granted aud to overlook
three sensational rides, is now In the the fact that from the beginning to
ordnance department of the navy, the close of our day labor la the
but haa written that he haa been baste element which provides these
granted a furlough to come back to convenlencea.
defend his title. Hroncho Dob Hall. Kvery article we use. whether It
who won second honors last year, Is Is made of .wood from the forest, Iron
alreudy back after spending several
months cowboylng in fllmlnnd with
Doug Fairbanks and Hill Hurt. Dave
White winner of third lust veHr, has
sent word down from Canada that he
is in the bail form of his career and
Is coming hack to win the title.
Though many familiar faces will
he missing among the Hound up per
formers this year, hcc.iuse they are
now "over there." there promises to
he no shortage of material for many
of the contests, Many of the little
Wild West shows have gone out of
existence and the Pendleton Hound
from the nines, or any other product
of nature, requires labor at every
step from the procuring of the raw
material to the final touch of manu
facture The army of labor must
keep step with the world day by da)
to render Civilised life possible
If these are the obligat Ions of the
nation to labor in limes of peace, how
mucb greater do I hey become In
times of war? The army of working
men Is lessoned by the draft Inc. of
men for the nonproductive Industry
of war. New duties are Incumbent
upon the men who are left. Ships
up, staged this year as a benefit for must be built .equipment and ammu-
POLES DRIVEN TO
GERMANY TO WORK
Hun Commander's Brutal Order
Issued to Conquered and
Helpless People.
very Able-Bodled Man Forced te
Leave Hie Starving Family and
Labor Under Shocking Condi-
tloni for the Oppressor.
! f f
his I have seen. I could not
believe it unless I had seen It
through and through. For sev
eral weeks I lived with It; I
went all about it and back of
It; Inside and out of It was
shown to me until finally I
came to realize that the Incredl
ble was true. It Is monstrous,
it Is unthinkable, but It exists.
It is the Prussian system. F. C.
Walcott.
IIOI.Y FAMILY CIIHIK'M
(Catholic)
Cor Miller and C. Mis
Hominy High Mass at 10:89 o'clock
Week days Mass at 7 o'clock.
Instructions for aklldrea flatur
daya at t A. M.
Hev, Father Francia, O. F. M.
Koctor.
We will do your Jwb priming.
Husband ami Wife
Mrs. Frank 1. Wood, llox 18, If p
I). 2, Merrill, Me, writes: "Foley
Kidney Fills helped rne so much. My
husband also has received much hen
erit from them. He was so lame hn
could not stoop over and now he fatal
no pain." Lame back, sore muscles,
stiff joints, rheumatic aches at)d
palne quickly eoaquored by Foley
Kidney Fllla Bold by Reed Bros.
! UNIVERSITY of OREGON
7 raUls Ur Etflchacy
in Feme or in War
illy (Mill ip immI I.ImtmI nil Inn m;J sMfottflflo oVpftrletH-iiffl. SiM-rlnl
ruining in ('oiimirrn', .foiiriiiiliHiii. Arcln.i'i ( nn, LtfWa Mc-iliriiir
fii liiiiL. I.ililiirv Wttril, 'In- ic, lliiMrfiuiiJ A i is. 11 -.ir il I l - utl l''l nr A rln
M.lil,.r S. a in th irgp ss Am n. BN tnil llrilUlt tsffit rr- lrill, 1 . MrM mul IU ll work
.ill p-l-iltilf, Imnril I'd rerjiii in tPi s-.'lll wtir. ' ' s Irf1 '' IfPtH lirw, hr'jr,
rll . KiiiI-iiIh tf I Mil KM' It'll ll tur ( 1 1 HI III i M ti i II . 0 ,,l k i'INI- ll lit Oi I ( .
I.II..M I 111 I . I lUtUf .,1 111,1 ID i. .hill"-. I it r,. , ! ., . .r..l MtUWrg,
JU KfeMMf litMt'Hl, mn li MBOfflllHllf fur txiri.uttf uti 'n vny.
Krilr llrtfUlrrir, I .. ,.,... Orvum. Ur i'lur il.-d li.-. I, I.
the Bod Croaa, Ik attracting from a
wider radial than ever liefore.
MALHEUR (Ol'NTV I Milt ItKAII.V
PATRIOTIC
The Mainour County Fair to he
held at Ontario September 10, 11,
12. and 18 Is to be really and truly
! a patriotic fair. The board of Direc
tors have decided to pay all prem
iums under $10 In Thrift and War
Saving Stamps except In cases where
the exhibitor insists upon cash pay
ment, The Fair Hoard baa also decided
to donate the entire net proceeds to
the American lied Cross. This Item
la-t year amounted to several bun-
!,M2 tuns of d ed dollar
1017-18 tilt' The I'nr ij I Ian I., luMthU, 1.1.
--- - ....... ,,, ,,, ,, . i nitu
the Committee on Public Information
at Washington, D C. and the Fader
...1 wiili more limn 12IH) dial w er
:n existence before the war and before " Reeerve haul, al Ban Francisco to
- genpral campaign of destructive
ess launched by the German armies
France nevertheleas managed to manu
facture more beet sugar In miT-is
than In 1916-IT, when the total output
WM 202,419 tons.
Italy In 1017-T8 produced 100.800
tens of beet SUgnr, which was .V.iMmi
Inns less than the previous year ulid
110,280 less than the annual output of
agar for the five year pre-war pe
riod. One of the prent difficulties expert
meed In Italy's beet suirnr liuluiirv
as finding sufficient labor to handle -f"
me crop Thousands of men usually One of the spot lights or the war
employed la beet sugar production Boima upon tbo fliureof the German
were called for tnllltarv service, The .,,, .. , ...
, , epcril KallopiiiK fruntica lv down
Tleld per acre iiuiounted to iipproxl
mately half of the usual quantity of H r"a'' Hith a s",Hl1 ta,lk '' f"" Pur-
l.ets harvested. ""
si '.lire a war exhibit which has been
On exhibit at S:in Francisco fur se
eral Weeks and It looks as If il would
be lent to Ontario Fair week.
These features with the Rod
Cross Exhibit the Federal Food Con
servation Bxhibll to be sent out from
Portland, the Military Airplane, the
si 'ai premiums for War Broads
and Bod Croas products removes any
doubt thai the Malheur Fair Is to be
really and truly a patriotic fair.
t
MMMMMMMMIM
I1'. ('. Walcolt, a member of the
j Fulled States food administration, and
I during the time America was f ling
' tl iviiiaii populations of Belgium,
I Serbia and northern Franca u aaatat-
ant of Mr. Hoover in these Invaded
I countries, has pictured in n graphic
, way the conditions he found aiming
the people It was his duly to help.
After describing the terrible condi
tions In Poland In HUH, ihe millions
that were dying of starvation, the
hundreds of thousands of defenseless
people that hud been ruthlessly cut
down by the sword of the (icrinau con
iiieror. he says:
In that situation, the (iernuin com
mander Issued a proclamation. Kvery
able-bodied Fob' was bidden to tier
many to work. If uny refused, let no
other Pole give him to ea'. not so
much as a mouthful, under penally of
(ieriuan military law.
Thla is ihe choice the Herman cov
ern.nenl gives to the conquered Pole,
to the hi band ami fallier of a starv
ing lamlly: l.cnre your family or die
or Survive as the case may be. Leave
your country ti)h is destroyed, to
work in German) for it- further ib
tructJon, If you arc obstinate, we
shall s, , thai ymi surely starve.
Slaving With bis loll,, be Is doomed
and they are no) saved ; (he father and
huabund can do nothing for them, ha
only adds to their risk and Buffering, i
Leaving them, lie will be cut off from
his family, liny may never hear from
" him again nor he from them. Qer '
Let us give all praise ami honor, many will set him to work that u tier- I
to the true Americans of Oat mail ', niun workman may be released m tight
name and descent who fought bruve- against his own mod nnd people, lie
ly and well In our ranks ut FlMttOB, I H,,"n '"' to-"d '" '"'"'"ks. behind
I barbed wire entanglements, under
armed guard. Re shall sleep on the
DO not forget the Fourth Libert) bare ground with a single thin bliiu-
Loan Is scheduled for the last ot kid. He shall be scantily fed and bis
Bfm7?t
uM
At " JSa
ii it t in for the army made there must
be an Ini'rease In ihe coal mined and
shipped, and additional supplies of
all kinds must be transported.
Without the army of labor at home
I there could not lie the army of com
batantl in the field. The obligation
of the United States to Its body work
ers Is great. The workers have
shown In the main loyal acceptance
ot the aims of the Government ami
loyal endeavor to assist In carrying
out these alms.
Labor Day this year of all others
should bring different classes of
Americans closer to each other in
s.impathy and understanding. Sol
dier and civilian, capitalist and work
er, we are people Inspired by one
great purpose. Lot us give honor to
the force of working men who help
to make the attainment ol that pur
pOSS certain.
There never were lUCb suburban
ites as the v.iuks. They are always
bemg reported as visiting the suburbs
of some French City.
The next da) we loarn that they
have gone down town
And the Hermans have moved to
the country.
Perfect Confidence
No other words can describe i he relation
tlmt should exist between a I'tink nmi its
put ions.
If you haven't confidence i ll 0 s ornfrii M of n
bank, you certainly will iiu; ttuit your money
to it.
ThiH Bank invites careful Inaprctlon of its
financial strength and sound business methods.
We know they are sbove criticism, hut the
mint is, we want you to km w it.
When you have learned, then we solicit your
business on our merits.
CRANE STATE BANK
(.'HANK. OREGON
IIIIIIH IsMssssWssWWMsB I 1
1 1
September
UNCLE SAM'S PARTNER
earnings shall be taken from him to
pay lor his food.
That U Ihe choice which the (ier
iuan government offers to ii proud,
sensitive, high strung people. I lentil
or kIii very.
When a Pole gave me ttiat proclama
tion. I was boiling. Itut I had to re
strain myself. I was practically the
only foreign civilian In the country j
and I wauled to gel food to the people.
That wus what I was there for and 1
must not for an) cause leopardiae Ihe i
undertaking. I asked Governor Gen
eral von Ile-cler. "Can tills be true'.'"
"Iteally, I cannot say," he replied.
"I have slgmd so man) proclamatiens: j
ask General Von Krlea."
So i asked General von Krlaa. "Gob i
eral. Ibis Is a clvill.ed people. Cm
this be true J"
"Vis," be said, "II Is true" -with an
air ot adding, Why not?
I dared not trust myself to apeak ;
I turned lo go. "Wall." he said. And '
be explained to me how tiermany,
official Germany, regards the atata of
subject peoples.
ii is hard for us to Imagine Nuch n
eonilltb.u III America as Mr. Walcolt
h;i described ii- SXlttlni 111 llun-rld-
den Poland, nod yel thai is just what (
WOUld exist Nhoulii our hos, and Hi I
boyx of our allies, now lighting In
Prance fall to defeat the soldiers of
ibis murder empire, This fair coun
try ot our- would be mil do Into a Uur-
iiuill province; our people would be
ihe slave, of ihe junkers of Germany,
subject to the beastly whims of the
offloera of the German gnny. in no
war in which America has ever en
gaged have the slakes been so glial
as In Ibis present COUlllCt. Should we.
by any chance, lose; should the Hun,
by any chance, win; our llhciilcM, our
happiness, everything Americana hold
dear, would be lost.
20,000 Acres
SAGEBRUSH LANDS
with water rights for sale on
Blitzen River in tracts of 80-
a
Acres or more. Reasonable
prices one-fifth cash balance
easy terms, six per cent in
terest. Eastern Oregon Live Stock
S9
Company
I:
CRANE
OREGON
WILL "USE NOTHING GERMAN'
(f cjurienjr of Life and Charles Hsiiu (lilnoii.)
Planting home gardens, producing more food, nnd saving food are all war-time efforts of
this government in which the women of America have co-operated loyally. We are all in the
home army; the home army here must help the fighting forcea and home armies over there;
120 million Allies must eat.
Club Organized for the Purpose of
Boycotting Products of Hun
Manufacture.
Chicago, High art ami low art,
music and literal III e and dolls that
talk and walk lire lo be Inline forever
and forever to memben a! u new club
here, when Ibey b ar Ihe "Made iu
lieriiauy" Nlainp or liavur.
"Urn- Nothing Gorman" is the nana
of ihe club. Aud the woman who have
formed It swear that they mean what
Ibey say, and thai BftOf the war Ihey
Intend Unit the kaiser d, cm not re
cuperate from Ihe Ills he Las brought
upon himself through Heir aid.
The cluo aspect! tO spread lis me,
sage countrywide, and thus lo Induce
women throughout the United Slates
to lank I liiui up In Ignoring every
thing (ieriuan.
THE UNIVERSAL C P
ECONOMIZE
Save your old lire Have ihem repaired
Bring them lo our
Vulcanizing Department
which is equipped in first class shape
WORK GUARANTEED
BURNS GARAGE
BURNS AND CRANE
For your nvenientv we keep a supply of
PORT) RKPAIBS uud OILS
at Narrows, Riley. AUnrson, Harney, Drewsey
and Juntura
WjlSHA
The Times-Herald Prints for Par. . !ar People