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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. J,- Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer V V BARGAIN DAY . ' .- .' . .' ,' , ..." - ' ' . Is every day with the Merchant who advertises in the Press ha has some thing to sell and says so. :. . S VOLUME XXVII. ATItENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, DEMOCRATIC HOUSE LEADER Will OPPOSE DEFENSE PROGRAM 1915. y Jl ' '- 1 ' NUMBER 47.' WORLD'S DOINGS ac rurkntiiT nrri vr tuition nun Brief Resume of General News . From All Around the Earth. . UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHEU Live News Items of All Nations and . Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Great Britain is considering laws to enforce domestic economy. Lord Northcliffe predicts a crisis in America, after the European war is over. - - f It is declared that America is far behind other nations in giving aid to the Belgians. " A large, meteor falls ' near El Cen : tro, Cal., causing a shock similar to an earthquake. . - , : ... . The new premier of Greece gives as surances to the allies that her neutral ity will be sincerely benevolent. ' - A girl student of Berkeley college discovered the art of living on good diet at a cost of only 16 cents a day. Portland police have discovered that a woman burglar has been operating in the fashionable Noo Hill residence dis trict. . . Eight American soldiers on the Mex ican border are fired on from ambush. Three fingers of one soldier were shot away. ' 'jt v- . After being a' fugitive for 86 years a " man aged 80 years sin Springfield, 111,, has confessed to the charge of murder. ... . , . - , . .... .. i Medford, Ore., voters defeated pav ing bonds of $1,030,000 by 108. Four teen hundred and seventy-eight votes were cast. The plight of the Serbian army' is said to be more accute since the Ger mans and Austrians have gained an in road to Constantinople. ; , .-' The board ' of heaith ofKew York City estimates that it would .cost $885,000 to exterminate the mosquito pest within its borders. . Washington learns that Mexico Is returning to normal conditions and law and order are restored in the larger cities under Carranza control. A Bucharest diBpatch by way of Geneva says that 60,000 Albanians are preparing to attack the Serbians in the rear at Monastir and Prisrend. The coronation servcies of the 122d ruler of Japan, Yoshihito, were held in Kioto, Japan, Wednesday, attended by mystic and impressive ceremony. v Pearls valued ' at nearly $100,000 were stolen from the strongbox on the French Line steamer Rochambeau, just before her arrival in New York on November 2 last. Spokane by an initiative measure, proposes to reduce the city commis sioners' salaries from $5000 a year to $3600. It seems the - measure will meet little opposition...' New York policemen are to be fur nished rifles and trained in marksman ship. The purpose is to make them good markBmen in case their services are needed in national defense. Miss Ellen Gates Starr, founder of Bull House, Chicago, was placed under arrest, with others, on a charge of dis orderly conduct while picketing the tailoring plants whose employes went on strike. ;a "Health cars," from which all win dows have been removed to permit free ventilation, have been so popular after brief trial on the elevated roads in Chicago, that they are to be tried on the surface lines, - -. A British steamer, believed to be the Rio Lages, is afire off Halifax, N. S. A piece of apple which lodged in the throat of a S -year-old lad of Richland, Ore., caused his death. Both Democrats and Republicans are claiming victory in Kentucky. Fraud Is charged and a recount is likely. New York anti-suffragists have de cided to keep a lobby in Washington, D. C, during the next session of con gress. . . i German aircraft make an attack on British merchantman, using bombs and a machine gun. No damage is re ported. ' Reports from New York show that diamonds are becoming plentiful in this country, owing to the fact that many Europeans are selling their pre cious stones. A ripple of Joy and excitement was manifest in monkeydom at the Oaks park, Portland, recently, when baby monkey was born. The new addition is said to be worth $500, The entire Greek cabinet has re : signed and it is predicted that the Chamber will be dissolved. The na tion is facing a crisis and the future seems to rest with the king. A newspaper writer just borne from the seat of war declares that both idea are "pinched;" Russia is in the Washington, D. C Representative Claude Kitchen, Democratic leader of the house, told President Wilson Wednesday, -after a long conference with him, that he. could not support the administration's program for Na tional defense and that he would - op pose the program in a personal capa city only and not as a majority leader. Mr. Kitchen wag with the President more than an hour, during which Mr. Wilson outlined to him the army and navy plans for the next session of con gress and for the next five years, and sought to influence the majority leader to be in harmony with them. . . All 1 can say, - said Representa tive Kitchen, as he left the White House, "is that I very much regret that I cannot support the President's National defense program. The plans do not meet with my convictions, par ticularly with reference to the navy. I shall make it a clear exposition of my views as soon as congress convenes, in a speech in the house," he replied. "Of course, I shall not attempt to -op pose the program as the majority leader, but merely in my personal ca pacity." . . ' Mr. Kitchen said he thought it prob able that the majority would, favor-the defense program. .. SENATOR LEE S. OVERMAN Senator Lee 6. Overman, chairman of the senate rules committee and one of the administration's leaders In the senate, has announced , himself as a supporter of a program fsr military preparedness. English Nobleman in Speech. ' Assails Great Britain's Polity LondonThe debate" on the conduct of the war and the censorship was re sumed in the house of lords late Wednesday. Earl Loreburn, , former high chancellor, brought up the sub nets, declaring that he took this action7 owing to ms Deuel mat tne Marquis ol Lansdowne, the minister without portfolio, had not made adequate reply to arguments of Viscount Morley. Earl Loreburn spoke of whst he termed the misadventures- of the Ant werp expedition, the loss of Rear Ad miral Sir Christopher Cradock's squad ron, the Dardanelles' operation, and the Balkan -expedition. , s - The speaker said be had been told two months ago that. 46,000,000 men had been killed or disabled for life and that multitudes had.been' added to this number since and that, if the conflict continued indefinitely "revolution or anarchy" might follow in Europe. Lord Loreburn, who criticised the South African war, oddly enough found himself supported by Viscount Milner, former high commissioner for South Africa, who was one of those largely responsible for the South Afri can war. - - , - Army Wants No Miner. London Official notice has been posted in all coal mine stating that such a large number of miners have al ready joined the army that "the supply of coal, which is of national interest, is seriously affected." Hereafter coal miners offering themselves as recruits will be accepted only on condition that they continue to work in the mine un til called upon. ' The miners, one and all, must remember." the notice reads, "that upon their efforts the success of the country depends no less than upon the men who serve with the forces." First Alaskan Train Run, Seward, Alaska--The first train over the government' Alaskan railroad ran Wednesday between Seward and Mile Twenty-Nine, carrying - passenger. mail and freight destined to the Idita- rod. From Mile Twenty-Nine the traveler will go into the interior by dog team. The portion of the road placed in operation was part of the throe of revolution; Germany needs ' old Alaska Central, taken over by the OREGON STATE NEWSiSEfiDS NAVY ORDER BY WIRELESS PHONE Summary Government Crop Report for Oregon and U. S. Washington, D. C A summary of preliminary estimates of crop produc tion and prices, for the state of Ore gon and for the United States, com piled by the bureau of crop estimates, and transmitted through the Weather, Bureau, U. S. Department of Agricul ture, is as follows: WHEAT State: Estimate this year, 17,864,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 16,604,000; price November 1 to producers, 84c; year ago, 95c. United States: Estimate this year, 1,002,000,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 891,000,000r 'November 1 price 93.1c; year ago, 97.2c, . OATS State: Estimate this year 15,456,000 bushels; final estimate last year 12,740,000; price November 1 to producers S6e; year ago 40c , -' United states: - Estimate this year is 1,517,000,000 bushels; final esti mate last year, 1,141,000,000; Novem ber 1 price, 34.9c; year ago, 42.9. - BARLEY State : Estimate this year,-4,788,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 8,660,000; price November 1 to producers, 52c; year ago,. 56c. j . united states:- Estimate this year. 236,682,000 bushels; final -estimate last year, 194,953,000; November 1 price, 60.1c; year ago, 61.7c. -v POTATOES State: Estimate this year, 6,120,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 4,763,000; price November 1 to producers, 62c bushel ; year ago, 64c. United States : Estimate this year. 369,000,000 bushels; final estimate last year, 405,921,000; November 1 price, 66.8c; year ago, 52.8c. i APPLES State: Estimate this year, 1,040,000 barrels, final estimate last year, 1,134,000; price October 15 to producers, . 88c bushel; year ago, 70c. - . , United States : Estimate this year, 76,700,000 barrels; final estimate last year, 84,400,000 barrels; price -Octo ber 15 to producers, $2.14 barrel; year ago, $1.79. -: - More aetauea aata concerning .crop production, quality, and prices will be published in the "Monthly Crop Re port" of the U. S. Department of Ag riculture. . - ' . ,(, . more men, and England i asleep. i government and rehabilitated. Big Timber Deal Is Reported , - Frorrj Eastern Oregon Section ' -Prinevilla3-The development of the lumber industry in -Central Oregon is expected to calls an immense increase in the business and population Prineville. Reliable information ci firms the rumor that the Roger You- mans Lumber company- has practically completed its trade with the United States government, by which the lum ber company-will exchange a large amount of scattered lands and get a solid block of about 40,000 acres of valuable timber in what is known as the Ochoco forest reserve, .' .,. The company will have in the neigh borhood of 800,000,000 feet, which will have to be milled within 20 years and will necessitate immediate con struction of a sawmill and railroad. Two mill sites are under consideration, one of whieh ib in Prineville, which the business men of frineville no doubt will donate to the company, and the other is about 20 miles above Prineville on the Ochoco river. . . Pension Allowed Widow. Salem The claim of Mrs.. Hazel McCune, whose husband,' Claude Mc- Cune, was killed in Portland August 20, while he was in the employ of the Shaver Transfer company, has been settled by ; the State Industrial Acci dent Insurance commission. The widow is 21 years old and to provide for her at the rate of $30 a month throughout the period of her expect ancy of 41 years, the commission set aside $7281 at 4 per cent interest. If Mrs. McCune lives 41 years and does not remarry she will receive $14,936 from the state. One daughter, aged 4, will receive $6 a month until she is 16 years old, $661.11 being set aside for this purpose. - - . , Ask Swine Breeders' Aid, Oregon swine breeders can help the problem' of good breeding stock for girls and boys of the pig clubs by sending to the club leader at O. A. CY, Corvallis, a list of brood sows and gilts that they have for sale. This should also help the breeders find market for their surplus breeding stuff. When these lists axe received by the agent he will send them to club member making inqoirie. Lists should be detailed enough to give in tending purchasers an idea of the qual ity and other necessary points. Either pure breds or high grades may be listed for sale. Address lists to L. 1. Allen, Pig Club Leader, X). A. C, Cor vallis, Ore. May Send Display to Portland. Hood River According to plan an nounced to members of the Commer cial club by C. N. Ravlin, the huge apple displayed by the Hood -River Commercial club in the Palace of Hor ticulture at the Panama-Pacific Ex position, may be placed on permanent display in Portland. Through a large window in one side of the apple, which stands about 16 feet high, is shown i panorama view of the Hood River val ley with Mount Hood in the back around. The Columbia river in the foreground is shown. Experiment Foreshadows Day of ' Commands to fleets. SECRETARY DANIELS TALKS TO ADMIRAL Other. Stations, Ovqrheaf and Copy Conversation Every-Day Desk , , Phone Used by Speaker;' !' Washington, D. C Secretary Dan iel transmitted Saturday : -the first naval order ever sent by wireless tel ephone to Rear Admiral Usher at the New York navy yard. " , w.. From hi desk in the Navy depart ment, the secretary talked to the com mandant of the New York navy yard by way of the big . government radio towers at Arlington and -ordered a re port oft repairs to the dreadnought New. York. Navy officials say the accomplish-. ment brings closer the day when the COUNT 0KUMA vln a message to' the International peaoe , congress- at 8at. Francisco, Count Okuma,-Japanese premier, de clared there Was no hope for peace' "as long as there exist 'nations or In dividual who believe or exalt them selves a absolutely, auperlor'to others,' and to assert that superiority do not hesitate to appeal to material forcea." secretary of the navy may sit at his desk in Washington and talk to the fleet commanders all over the world. Secretary Daniels transmitted this verbal order, whieh was taken down by a stenographer in Admiral Usher's office and acknwledged verbally by the admiral himself. 'Rear Admiral Usher, comman dant, New York navy yard : Report as soon as practicable after the arrival of the New York how soon can the re pairs required be completed. "DANIELS." Navy wireless stations in all parts of the country were eavesdropping to catch the conversation. While Secre tary Daniels was still talking with Admiral Usher, the Charleston, S. C, station telegraphed that the order bad been overheard and copied there. The instrument used was the regular desk telephone on Mr. Daniels desk. It carried the sound to the great Arl ington, Virginia, radio station, where the transfer was made automatically by delicate mechanism and the voices of the speakers hurled out Into the air to be audible thousands of miles away by the radio operator, whose set hap pened to be turned to the right pitch and who was listening. - To all appearances it was an ordin ary long-distance telephone conversa tion. No effort was made to subdue the hum of voices in Secretary Dan iels' office, and apparently the noise did not affect the clearness of the voices as heard in New York. - Repll to questions came back instantly and with little need for repetitions.. . Greek Premier Resign. . ". London King Constantino has again offered the premiership to M. Zaimis, who had resigned on the defeat of his ministry in the chamber, according to a Reuter dispatch from Athena. . M Zaimis refused to accept the offer and a council of ministers was called, the dispatch adds. M. Zaimis refused to retain the post, the correspondent says, originally. Although be had provis ionally accepted the premiership to ease the situation, be was determined, be declared, to abstain from taking an active part in internal politics. Philippine Official Quits. Baltimore General Clinton L. Riggs, of this city, a member of the Philippine commission and secretary of commerce and police, announced that he had resigned his post and that his resignation had been accepted by the President. General Riggs said that be took this step because be "found it impossible to submit my views and action to the apparent wishes of the administration, as ex pressed by the governor general." HOG FEEDING EXPERIMENT : - REPORT TO BE ISSUED SOON Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis An even two dozen hog feeding experiments that have been actually performed at the College will soon be published in '.the hog feeding experi ment bulletin to be issued by the Ore gon Agricultural College, - "We are not attempting," says the author of the bulletin, "to give a general trea tise on feeding and management of hogs, nor to cover all the points of in terest to hog feeders of Oregon and of the Northwest, but rather an exact record of the last ten years.. A brief popular summary of experi ments recorded in -this- bulletin and also of experiments performed at -various branch experiment stations will le published in Station Bulletin No. 131." Most of the experiments deal with fattening pigs ,on common feeding stuffs of Oregon. In accord with the general practice in the Northwest, most of .the pig were put on. full feed at an average live weight of approxi mately '.100 pounds and kept on the feed for jBO. days; It was expected tnat at" the-end of this time -the pigs would be m marketable condition and freigWapproximately 200 pound each. v Most lots of pigs were composed of from five to ten each, and even with this number there were variations .of about 10 per cent in rats ahd economy of gain even though all individuals in the different lot were oer the-.-aame feed and kept under identical condi tions. - For these reasons growers are advised not to put too much weight on difference amounting to less than 10J per cent. In tests comparing two different . feeds, the,,fhct that one lot gave 8 per Cent better than the other should not lead the grower to assume that the difference was due more to feed than to individual variation of the pigs, and if no other tests supported the inferences the only safe conclusion to draw from the one test is that as far as this test is concerned it was not proved that one feed was better than another. - - 1 - The feeding test waB made with a view to determine the relative feeding value of chopped wheat and chopped barley. In this test 100 pounds of gain was made with chopped wheat, with 22 pounds less wheat than barley, that is, the amount of chopped wheat to pro duce a gain of -100 pounds was 478 pounds, while the amount of barley re quired to produce 100 pounds gain was 500 pounds. This was 4.6 per cent less wheat than barley. Barley proved superior to wheat during the first part of the test, but did not do so well dur ing the latter part. ' - Lot one was fed chopped wheat and lot two chopped barley. In the first fourteen-day period those fed - wheat Increased in weight from 102 to 114 pound average, while those fed barley increased from 97 to 112 pounds. The Increase of 12 pounds produced by feeding wheat was secured by a daily feed of 8.96 pounds of chopped wheat per head, and the gain of 15 pounds was secured by an average feed of 4.17 pounds of chopped barley. The aver age daily gain of the wheat fed lot was .86 of a pound, while that of the bar ley fed lot was 1.07 pounds. Lastly, for this period the amount of chopped wheat -required to secure 100 pounds of gain was 460 pounds, and the amount of chopped barley to secure 100 pounds of gain was 889 pounds. ' ,' 'V'. An examination of each of the five periods and also of the entire time showed that these rations did not hold good for the entire time, and swine feeders will be able to draw their own conclusions as to the relative value, certainly not great, of chopped "wheat and chopped barley. as hog feeds. ... BENEFITS OF PIG CLUB WORK . OUTLINED BY CLUB LEADER Oregon Agricultural College, Cor vallis "Besides the experience of caring for pigs and the profit made from them, pig club members will be taught proper methods of selection, feed, managing, combating diseases, marketing, judging, home butchering, curing . of meats, and a study of the different breeds of hogs," said L. 3. Allen, leaders of girls' and boy pig clubs In Oregon. "Experience will also be gained in keeping exact rec ords, balancing receipts and expend itures, and making final reports. Local county and state club contests will be held and suitable prizes offered. "There are two divisions of the pig club work. . Division 1 is feeding and care of a brood sow and a litter of pigs. Division 2 is feeding and care of one or more pigs from weaning time till they reach marketable weight.' : Club members entering Division. 1 require brood sows, bred to farrow as near the first of March a possible. We are in receipt of a number of in quiries from boys and girls from sev eral different counties asking for as sistance in' finding a suitable gilt or brood sow., We have also asked the newspapers to co-operate with us by announcing that swine breeder having pure bred or good grade brood sows to sell may send list to the pig elub leader, O. A. C, Corvallis, who will send the list to purchasers." 833,720 FROM TUITION FEES - - PLACED IN BUILDING FUND University of Washington, Seattle Tuition and matriculation - fee paid by student op to October 18 this year, amounting to $38,720, will go into the building fund of the univer sity, according to report rendered to the board of regent by Bursar Her bert T. 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