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WHAT YOU NEED- The other fellow may have; what you have the other fellow may want. Come together by advertising in the Press. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer BARGAIN DAY Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press he haa some thing to sell and says so. VOLUME XXVII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1915. NUMBER 13. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK 62 MILLION WHEAT YIELD PREDICTED IN NORTHWEST Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Wife of ex-Governor Moody of Ore gon, dies suddenly at Salem. Great Britain is agian accused of using the Stars and Stripes to avoid attacks by German submarines. .' . United States government will send a sharp protest to England and her allies for the commercial blockade against Germany. The French government is reported as having 26,000,000 shells together with 7,000,000 men at the front await ing orders to advance on the Germans. The first visit of the James J. Hill big steamer Great Northern, to ply be tween San Francisco and Astoria, ar rived amid the cheers of 10,000 spec tators. The once pugilist champion of the world, Robert Fitzsimmons, will take his fourth wife, who resides in Port land, Ore. He is 66 years old and the bride to be is 28. In a long statement, Provisional President Roque Gonzales Garza, of Mexico, promises protection of the public in Mexico City. All business houses, after 18 days' suspension, have opened. Frank Stites, a Los Angeles aviator, aged SO, fell 800 feet in an "air well" at a motion picture city near here late Wednesday, jumped from the aero plane when 30 feet from the ground and died from his injuries shortly af terward. 7 , v Sinking of the cruiser Dresden by British is claimed to be unfair by the German officers, inasmuch as the ves sel was at anchor in neutral waters, It is also claimed that a shell from the British warship killed a woman and child on shore. ' The largest superdreadnaught in the world was launched at Newport News by Uncle Sam. She will carry twelve 14-inch guns and has a displacement of 4000 tons more than England largest warship. The cost to build her is $14,000,000. The German sea raider, Prinz Eitel Frederick, at Newport News for re pairs, honored America by having the hani) nlnv tha StRr-Snancled Banner as the President's yacht passed on its way to the launching of the super dreadnaught Pennsylvania. Germany has sufficient food to meet her needs for two years, according to W. D. Boyce, editor of the Chicago Ledger, and Horace Herr, editor of TniliMBiuilia T mu whl hOU. Ill UT returned from a trip through Germany, Messrs. Boyce and Herr said that Ger many was only "bluffing" about food shortage. Living on $6 a week in New York is a simnle problem, Miss Dorothy mi let. a 19-year-old shop-girl, told a leg islative committee investigating the minimum wage problem. If one wants more clothes, she explained, it is only necessary to eat less food and if more food is wanted, skimp on the clothes allowance. ? - Fertrus Falls, Minn. Professor 3, O. A. Larson, of the Park region col lege at Fergus Falls, has received a letter .recently that went down with the Empress of Ireland. The mucilage was gone from the envelope, but the letter was in a good state ol preserva tion and easily read. It was rescued from the wreck by divers. Mr. Larson was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford, Eng. at the time the vessel sank, and the letter was addressed to him there, and was forwarded to England and then to this city. - The last of Newfoundland's contin gent of 1000 men has reached England to enter the ranks Ol tne crusn iorces. : Spies are becoming so active in France that stringent measures are be ing taken against all foreign residents, Arrangements are said to have been completed between Russia and Ger many for the exchange or zuu.uuu war . nriaoners. The exchange, . it is re ported, will be made by way of Stock holm harbor, beginning in April. Reports from Tenedos Bay that the Turkish artillery grows weaker daily, and that the last bombardment by the Hied warships badly damaged the forts at Chanak KalesL Two big raisers scent the night in the straits protecting the vessels engaged in mine weeping. Dispatches from Rome indicate that the German ambassador, Prince von Buelow, has renewed his negotiations with the Italian government with the object of securing the continued neu trality of that country in - return for territorial concessions in Austria. Austria, however, is said to be op posed to making any such concessions as would satisiy itaiy. Shipment of American-made cannon for the Russian Iorces is delayed ny longshoremen's strike at Vancouver, B.C. Rector of Trinity church, one of the wealthiest in the country, declares that divorce was "tne snameiui luxury .... . . it . . j ,, 01 toe rien ana weu-wao. Portland The Pacific Northwest this year will turn out one of the larg est wheat crops it has ever produced, if the weather conditions between now and harvest time are favorable. Should the weather not be as good as the farmers wish, the crops will still be equal to last year's in size, according to well-informed grainmen, as there is lough new acreage planted in wheat to offset any probable deficiency in tne old acreage. In all parts of the Pacific Northwest farmers are putting spare land to wheat, and in some sections summer fallowing will be abandoned to in crease this year's grain production. . The increased acreage runs as high 20 per cent in a few localities, but the Pacific Northwest as a whole it probable that 10 per cent will be the maximum gain. This would produce a wheat crop ol about 62,000,000 bushels in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Last year's crop was about 66,000,000 bushels. To have a full yield, however, tne weatner from now on must be satisfactory in every respect. Taking the Pacific Northwest as a whole, grainmen say that wheat crop conditions are not quite as good as at this time last year. Some wheatgrow ing sections are suffering from a defi ciency of moisture. ThiB is particu larly true of part ol Eastern uregon, but there is ample time for this defect to be remedied. One year ago growing conditions were pronounced ideal in the Northwest. At that time it was predicted the crop would be close to 70,000,000 bushels, but this result was not realized. ThiB year growers are equally hope ful and even with adverse conditions the yield of last year will be repeated, while the chances "for a Btill larger crop are good. Whether or not the crop is a bumper one, it is almost certain to bring the farmers more money than any crop they have raised before. According to wheat authorities all over the world, wheat prices are bound to be high this year whether the war continues or not, Wheat growing in Europe is being car ried on this year under the greatest difficulties; and even though the neutral exnorting countries have bumper yields, it is not likely they can make up for the deficiencies in belligerent countries, where wheat will be most needed. TK rvilir ifarartment of Washinir ton. D. C. have been ordered to place strict guard over the residences of British, Russian, Turkish, German, EViuh nA Anatrian ambassadors, as threatening letters have been. received by them. - Hood River Apple Growers' Association Votes to Secede Hood River The board of directors of the Hood River Apple Growers' as sociation has recommended that the Hood River association withdraw from the North Pacific Fruit Distributors. Final action, however, rests with the members of the local association, who will vote on the question at the annual meeting in April. The vote of the directors was unanimous. A ser ies of meetings will be held through out the valley to discuss the action of the directors. Prominent growers who are ac ouainted with the sentiment through out the community declare that the action of the board of directors will receive practically the unanimous sup port of the organization's membership. I know of a tonnage ol at least 100,000 boxes of apples that will be immediately signed up with the asso ciation," says Oscar Vanderbilt, a member of the recently elected Grow- Council, "as soon as it Is learned that the Apple Growers' association is no longer an affiliation of the Distrib utors." . While it was expected that the growers at the April meeting would in all probability take action to withdraw from the Distributors, this action on the part of the board of directors came a great surprise, lne naste witn which the board acted probably comes as a direct result of the failure of Mr. Vanderbilt Saturday to accept a nomi nation to the board for the coming Saving of Over Half Million Dollars Shown German Cruiser Is Sunk In South Seas by British London "The Dresden has been sunk." . The announcement of the'sinking of the German cruiser Dresden came after nightfall Monday, but the news spread quickly through the theaters and restaurants and there was much rejoicing that this commerce raider, whose whereabouts have been a mys tery since her escape after the Falk land Islands engagement in December, had at last been sent to the bottom. The fact that all the crew of the Dres den were saved sets a new record for rescue after an action at sea, and naval battle of five minutes' duration Drobably is another record. The de tails furnished by the admiralty scant, but apparently the British ships were not even hit, for no damage whatever is recorded. The sinking of the Dresden leaves at large on the high seas, so far as is known, only two German war vessels the cruiser Karlsruhe, last reported as operating in the West Indies, and the auxiliary cruiser Kronprinz wii helm, which is still raiding commerce in the South Atlantic The Dresden was a member of the German squadron which was de feated by the British off the Falkland Islands in December. She was the only one of five German warships to escape. The Dresden was said to have fled to the westward but mere had been no definite reports as to her whereabouts since that time. She was reported unofficially to have been seen in the Straits of Magellan and later to be in hiding in one of the bays on the Chilean coast. Rict folk Leave Germany. Copenhagen, via London The hotels and the better-class boarding houses here are crowded with well-to-do Ger mane, who are ineligible for military service -It is said that those people, responding to an appeal from their government, are leaving Germany in large numbers, in order that there will be fewer people to feed while the war lasts. It is reported from Sweden and Norway that many other Germans of similar class have arrived in those countries. Court U$ed for Service. Berlin In the main hall of the Criminal court building in Alt-Moabit the first divine services for refugees from the regions of East Prussia dev astated bv the Russians was held. Several young persons were confirmed and number of children were bap tized. Monument tor Aviator Beaehey. San Francisco The board of super visors favored a plan to create a fund for the erection of monument in Golden Gate Park to the memory of Lincoln Beaehey. He is said to have left an estate of several hundred thous and dollars, much of which is govern ment bonds. year. Alter tne meeting, wnen asuea his motive in refusing the nomination, he explained that he preferred to be a free lance to being tied up with tne Distributors. The board held a meet ing Saturday night, with the result that the above announcement was made. - '' With relations with the North Pa cific Fruit Distributors severed, the Hood River Valley will undoubtedly be the most strongly organized section in the Northwest, because many growers who now ship independently will join the association. It is estimated that 96 per cent of the Hood River apples will be shipped this year through the local association. Many growers during the past two vears have shipped independently on account of the affiliation. These will now join the local association, which will market its fruit direct. While the local growers do not find fault with the basic principles of the Sookane agency, complaint has been heard because of the overhead expense, which, it is declared, is exorbitant. The financial management also has been criticized. While returns are re ceived at the main office soon after sales are made, because of the com plexity of pools the grower has to await too long before receiving his money. " - H. F. Davidson, president of the Distributors, is a member of the board of directors of the Apple Growers' as sociation. . Salem Notwithstanding the high cost of living and the increasing de mands of the state because of growing population and wealth, the recent legislature made a net saving in appro priations over the preceding one of $644,660.06, according to a summary of Secretary of State Olcott The figures show a total saving un der existing laws for the biennium of 1916 and 1916 over the biennium oi 1913 and 1914 of $381,313.41. For 1913 and 1914 the appropriations by the legislature netted $4,610,176.76, and for 1916 and 1916 $3,966,616.70. The total appropriations under existing lawa for 1913 and 1914 were ,!, 962.08, and for 1916 and 1916 $6,310,- 648.67. Another important feature of the saving is that several laws passed at the session of 1913 provided for appro priations for only one year, notably the workmen a compensation act and the act creating the state highway fund. The appropriations for these departments for the current biennium for that reason total about 3w,uuu more. While the saving over the former biennium is somewhat less than lead ers of the recent house and senate fig ured it would be, members of the ses sion in speaking of it express gratifi cation and declare that the campaign pledges of the members for economy have been kept J. E. Allison, bookkeeper lor tne Autos Oust Horses from State lair Program Salem At a meeitng the State Fair board decided to disconitnue after 1916 the classic futurity races at the State Fair. The reason for the decision is that the breeding of fast horses in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest is on the wane since the automobile has come into general use. The board named opening day, bep- tember 27, as childern's day. Wed nesday will be Salem day; Thurdsay, Portland day; Friday, Press and Ore gon Manufacturers' day, and Saturday, Shriners' day. Nothing was arranged for Tuesday. For the six days of racing the board will offer a card of 18 events with cash prizes of $16,400. The big days of the Fair from the racing standpoint will be Salem day and Portland ., day. There will be a 8-year-old pace, a fu turity event, with a purse of $1600, Salem day. Purses for this race will go to the winners of the best two in three heats. The 2:08 pace, for a $2000 purse, also will be run Wednes day. It will be run in five heats. The 2:80 trot is scheduled ior saiem day. The board has allotted the ZUZ trot, best three in five heats, and has hung up a purse of $2000 for the winners for Portland day. The Z:zu pace for a $600 purse and the 2:16 pace for a $700 purse, also will be run Thursday. Tuesday's card will include tne a- y ear-old trot, futurity, for a $2000 purse. All races are early-closing events excepting the futurities. secretary of state, who has had charge of totaling the appropriations of sev eral sessions, declared that the work of this one was the most difficult in his experience. . He and an assistant have labored for more than a week on the numerous bills, and, after check ing and rechecking, he announced that he was confident no mistakes had been made. Heterofore, because of a system of groubing departments in appropriation bills, there were rarely more than five or six such measures. Because un necessary appropriations had been made in the closing hours of former sessions by log-rolling and tacking on items in appropriation bills, separate appropriation measures were passed for almost all purposes at the recent session. The new system virtually gave the governor the single veto pow er. ...... The millage tax appropriations and one or two others are estimated in the summary of the secretary of state, but it is not thought they will be far from actual figures. .That for the Oregon Agricultural College of about $760, 000, next to the appropriation for the State Insane Asylum, is the largest. The University of Oregon will receive about $670,000 during the biennium. Because of the creation of Circuit judgeships the appropriation for that service has grown to $200,000 while for district attorneys and assistants it is $186,400. American Citizen Slain by Zapata in Mexico City Washington, D. C. Encouraging advices telling of the relief of the food famine in Mexico City through the evacuation of the capital by the forces of General Obregon, the Carranza commander, were beclouded Saturday by the news that on the entry of the Zapata troops, John B. McManus, American citizen, was murdered shot down in his home, the door of which had been sealed with the coat of arms of the United States, and over which flew the Stars and Stripes. Instant demand was made by the Brazilian minister on behalf of the United States government for the pun ishment of those guilty of the crime. After a conference between Resi dent Wilson and his cabinet, Secretary Bryan telegraphed the Brazilian min ister approving of the action he had taken and adding a demand for repara tion to the family of the victim. The minister was instructed to insist on the early punishment of the offenders and to impress on the poBt commander at Mexico City General Salazar tne seriousness with which the American government viewed the occurrence. The general who is not related to the independent chief who has been con ducting a revolutionary movement in Northern Mexico since escape from American custody last year promised that the demands of the United States would be met promptly. British Cruiser Is Sunk by German Torpedo London The admiralty announces the loss of the auxiliary cruiser Bayano while the vessel was engaged in patrol duty. In its statement of the disaster, the admiralty sayB: "On March 11 wreckage of the Bayano and bodies were discovered, and circumstances point to her having been sunk by an enemy torpedo. "Eight officers and 18 men were rescued, but it is feared the remainder of the crew were lost. "The captain of the Belfast steamer Castlereagh reports passing Thursday morning a quantity of wreckage and dead bodies floating In life belts. " He attempted to search for possible sur vivors, but was prevented by the pres ence ol an enemy submarine, which eave chase for 20 minuteB." The Bayano waa a comparatively new steamer. She was built at tilas- gow in 1918 and was owned by Elder & Fvffes before she was taken over by the British government and fitted out as an auxiliary cruiser. The Bayano was of 8600 tons dis placement and 416 feet long. F0SS-W1NSHIP HARDWARE COMPANY Oregon Asked for Militia. Salem Governor Withycombe has made application to the Navy depart ment for the assignment of the old battleshio Oregon to Portland for use bv the Naval Militia of the state. It " fair Board Job Held Up. Salem The State Fair board has de cided to postpone the appointment of a secretary until after March 16, when the terms of two members will expire and successors will be appointed by the governor. It was thought that W Al Jones, a member of the board, and Frank Meredith, present secretary, naa about an even number of supporters. Mr. Jones, however, will have to re sign as a member of the board before he can be elected secretary. All mem bers of the board were present except Mrs. Edith Toiler Weatherred. : would replace the cruiser Boston now in the Portland harbor. The governor acted upon the suggestion of Adjutant General White, who believes the as signment of the historic vessel to Ore gon waters would give great impetus to the UDbuilding of the militia. In writing the Navy department the governor strongly urged the that the loan of the Oregon be granted this state. He pointed out that the assign ment of the battleship would aid ma terially in increasing the scope and efficiency of the Naval Militia and would have a great deal to do in popu larizing and perpetuating the organiz ation. He further dwelt upon the fit ness, from a sentimental standpoint, of having the battleship transferred to its' namesake state. Two Claim County Bonds. Ontario The Malheur county bonds, issued at the fall election for the con struction of a bridge across the Snake river at Big Bend, and sold at public sale on March 1 to Hall & Lewis, a bonding firm, of Portland, at a pre mium of $1910, are now being held by Keeler Bros., of Denver, who claim the bonds by virtue of a sale on March 1, signed by the County court and cer tified by, the county clerk, at a pre mium of $760. Just how two sales could have been made for the same bonds on the same day is a mystery here. - Dues Lacking tor Clothe, Pendleton The shortage of dyestuffs caused by the war is being felt seri ously by the textile industry of the nation, according to manager n. Bishop, of the Pendleton Woolen Mills. According to adveies received from the East, many Eastern mills did not suc ceed In laying in a big supply at the outset of the war. Practcially all the dyes used in textile mills are made in Germany., While dyes have not been listed as contraband, the German gov ernment evidently has taken a stand againBt allowing export to America. P ..T SELL SUPERIOR RANGES THE World Leader SINCE 1837 BARRETT B'LD'G, Athena, Oregon, trench Yet Buy Klamath Hones. Klamath Falls J. Frank Adams, of this city, haa begun the purchase for the French government of more horses. Several hundred were recently bought here and at Merrill for war purposes. Mr. Adams and his agents will scour Klamath and Lake counties for desir able stock, and the government repre sentative will be here March 23 to ac cept the purchases. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller Dies at Country Home Tarrytown, N. Y. Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, wife of the richest man in the world, died suddenly Friday in her 76th year at the Rockefeller coun try home in Pocantico Hills. She had been an invalid for a year, but during the last few months her health had so improved that the rapid turn for the worse which her illness took waa not expected by her family. For this reason it happened that the only relative at her bedside when she died at 10:20 a. m. was her sister, Miss Lucy M. Spelman. Her husband and her son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., were at Ormond, Fla., where they went Mr. Rocke feller, Sr., on February 28 and hit son last Friday, accompanied by his wife believing that Mrs. Rockefeller was growing better. Informed over the long-distance telephone early in the day of the critical change in her con dition, they left at once for Jackson ville, where arrangements were quick ly made for a special train to bring them to New York. They were ex pected to arrive here some time Sun day night. Mrs. E. Parmalee Prentice, one of Mrs. Rockefeller's two daughters, waa summoned from New York, but failed to arrive before her mother died. The other daughter, Mrs. Harold Fowler McCormick, of Chicago, is in Switzer land, recuperating from an illness. Her husband was about to sail to join her, but cancelled his passage and came here at once. Snakes' Slumber at End. Portland The awakening of the snakes at Washington Park zoo, after several months in hibernation, is her alded by Animal Keeper Herman as the first genuine dependable sign of spring. When the big rattler began to move about Sunday, Mr. Herman says he was jubilant, for he was sure the winter season had passed. Traps will be set soon to catch a supply of mice and sparrows for the first spring meal of the snakes. Mr. Herman says he expects they will be ready for their breakfast about the middle of April, 125 Merchantmen Sunk. Amsterdam The Mittag Zeitung, of Berlin, has published a list of mer chantmen said to have been destroyed by the German navy since the begin- ing of the war. According to it Ger man vessels have sunk 111 steamers with a total tonnage of 400,000; four auxiliary cruisers with a total tonnage of 82,600; one sailing vessel, one schooner, eight mine sweepers and one troop transport. "Hobo King" Gets $250,000. Los Angeles James Eads How, "millionaire hobo king," inherited nroperty here worth $126,000 and the income from a trust fund of equal size. The bequest is in the will of his mother, filed here dividing her estate between her sons. A "hobo," accord ing to How, is a man who wants to work and cannot get it. ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. 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