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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. mm BARGAIN DAY l every day with the Merchant who advertises in the. Press he has some thing to sell and says so.. Buy Your Groceries From Your Home Grocer "VOLUME XXVIII. ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1916. NUMBER 35. WORLD'S DOINGS Of CURRDff WEEK Brief Resume of General News From All Around the Earth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUISHB1 Live News Items of All Nations and ' Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Oregon troops on the border have just received their first payment for services. . r Candidate Hughes, speaking to wo men only in Spokane, addressed them as "fellow citizens." - Secretary Baker has mapped - out ar guments to be used in the campaign for the re-election of President Wilson. Owing to court duties, Justice Bran deis will not accept appointment on 1 . -A4.4.1d flu UattMn problem. Human blood from recoverea victims of infantile roralvsis. is being used as serum to combat the disease in New York City. Tne u. a. lorestry reports pracur cally no damage by fires in the na- 'tX 1 i 1- -I XT .U. ....... tltita far this season. A San Francisco contracting firm is expected to get the job of building Portland's million-dollar postoffice, be ' cause of its low bid. 1 I M ,J U mm ua.li kin tlAm. ; BilU lb IB Uv UMJ 1MUI 111. uviuv . and do Doduy nsrm to nis lamiiy. , For the first time since July 8 a heavy rain fell in the battle area, breaking the long drought and one of the longest heat waves in recent years. The British torpedo boat destroyer Lassoo sank Sunday oil the Dutch coast, having struck a mine or been torpedoed. Six of the crew are' miss ing. A California farmer is cultivating jimpson weed, - considered a pest in this country, but which is used as a . household remedy in China, end prin cipally for asthma. Oregon shippers are facing ruin be cause of the car shortage. A deficit of 976 cars on the Southern Pacific in Oregon is shown by the Public Service commission investigation. The wheat and apple crop of the Pa cific Northwest will be materially larger than heretofore estimated, ac cording to the crop report of the de partment of Agriculture. President Wilson is conferring with the railroad officials and employes in the hope of finding amicable adjust ment of their differences. The im pression grows that arbitration in some form will be agreed upon. . .The price of milk by. the pint was raised in New York City, retailers as serting uie auvuice w iiewooory uw ine to the increased cost of supplies, principally bottles. The price of milk- by the quart remains unchanged. . ' The Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci caught fire and blew up in the harbor of Trent, Italy, and 400 of her - crew were drowned, says a Turin dis- patch to the Petit Journal, The date of the disaster is given only as a day in August Chinese troops have attacked the Japanese garrison at Chengchiatun, between Mukden and Chaoyangfu, and . have killed or wounded 17 Japanese - soldiers and killed one officer. Ac cording to official advices from Cheng chiatun, the Japanese barracks now is being besieged by the Chinese soldiers. Heavy advances in the price of flour . are announced In Chicago. The Bartlett pear picking season is now in full swing in the Rogue' River valley, Oregon, and all indications i point to a 11,000,000 pear and apple crop. - "; Use of a special train to enable J. Frank JHanley, nominee for President,: and Dr. Ira Landrith, candidate for vice president, to reach the entire na tion, has been authorized by the Pro hibition National campaign committee. It is understood the train will start about September 12. St. Louis dairies affected by the strike and lockout of union milk driv ers did not attempt household deliver ies Friday, but considered plans for resuming service. Many strikers were arrested. There was considerable in terference with grocery and bakery wagons that went to the dairies to get milk to retail. , i Russian forces are now within bonv barding distance of Stanislaus, Austria, Political Influence is being brought to bear on the Treasury department to compel the use of Bedford limestone from Indiana on the new Portland, Or., postoffice. The National Association of Master Bakers, in session in Salt Lake City, adopted a resolution to President Wil son and to congress, asking that an embargo be placed on the present wheat crop In order to prevent any further advance in the market price of wheat. They Will Lend Money to Farmers. CHA lOtoKU KANSAS 50. W NOWRlS,.. A.s These are the men nominated for members of the Farm Loan Board by President Wilson. Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo will be a member ex-officio. Charles E. Lobdell is a student of farm problems and has had extensive experience in farm loans. He was reared on a farm, which he left to study law,' being admitted to the bar in Kansas in 1882. He represented Lane county in the Kansas legislature ten years, and was. speaker of the Kansas house in 1895. In 1902 he was elected judge of the Thirty-third judi cial district He served on the bench until 1911, when he resigned to accept the presidency of the First National bank of Great Bend. In 1914 he was president of the Kansas Bar associa tion, and in 1915 president of the Kan sas Bankers' association. He is a Re publican. George W. Norris is a student of economic and social questions. He was graduated from the University of of Pennsylvania, did newspaper work from 1880 to 1886, and then began the practice of law. In 1894 he took charge of the bond investment busi ness of the private banking firm of Ed ward B. Smith & Co., of Philadelphia, serving as member of that firm until 1911. At the request of Mayor Blank enburg he accepted, in December, 1911, the directorship of the municipal department of wharves, docks and fer- He is a director and deputy chair man of the Federal Reserve bank of Philadelphia. He is president of the City Club and the . Philadelphia Hous ing association, and a is Democrat Captain Smith is a farmer and now is an expert in farm practice in the de partment of Agriculture at Washing ton. He has been a Btudent of rural credits for many years and is an au thority on farm loans. When a young man he followed the , sea, and at an early age became a shipmaster. He quit the sea to engage in farming. For many years Captain Smith was a director of the Stockyards National bank of Sioux City, Iowa, which trans acts millions of dollars of business an nually with farmers. He is a Repub lican. Herbert Quick is a student of rural credits, and widely known to farmers, Unitl a few months ago he was editor of Farm and Fireside. He, too, was reared on a farm, en gaged in teaching, and later practiced law in Sioux City from 1890 to 1909. He was general manager of the Ne braska Clark Automatic Telephone company and the ' Iowa Clark Auto matic Telephone company, 1902 to 1906, and was nominated three times for mayor of Sioux City, and elected once, serving from 1898 to 1900. He was nominated for judge of the Su preme court of Iowa in 1902. CONGRESS FINALLY APPROVES NAVAL BILL 157 WAR CRAFT AUTHORIZED Washington, D. C Congress virtu ally completed the national defense program Wednesday by finally approv ing the great increases in naval con struction and personnel written into the naval bill and urgently supported by the administration. - The bill car ries appropriations aggregating $316,-000.000. The house accepted the building pro gram, to which its conferees on the measure had refused to agree, by a vote of 283 to 51, with seven of the members present not voting. The personnel increases, on which there al so was a disagreement in conference, were approved without a record vote. The personnel and construction sec tions, which already have the approval of the senate, authorize an increase in enlisted men to 74,700 and the build ing of 167 war vessels within the next three years, with four battle cruisers and four battleships included among the ships for 1917. Previously the house had refused to adopt a continu ing building program, had authorized only five capital ships, all of them bat tle cruisers, and had provided for a personnel of only 65,000. On several less important sections, including appropriations for improve ment of navy yards, the house insisted on its disagreement to senate increases and voted to send the mil back to con ference for settlement of these points. An early adjournment is expected, however, and the measure may be sent to the President for his signature within a week. Congress Breaks Expense Record Washington, D. C The importance j of the $200,000,000 revenue bill, to which the senate has devoted many hours of deliberation in caucus, is be ing impressed on leaders by the fact that appropriations now nearing com pletion have broken all records, i ' With passage this week of the $50, 000,000 ship-purchase bill and probable approval by the house of the senate's gigantic naval bill, the appropriations of the Sixty-fourth congress will have exceeded the previous high record by at least $500,000,000. While exact figures cannot be com puted until the gaval has fallen on the last supply bill of the session, the ag gregate appropriations by congress for all purposes probably will approximate $1,700,000,000 as against $1,114,000, 000 for the Sixty-third congress. Besides regular supply bills,' which total, as they now stand, $1,887,206, 680, congress will have added, when the shipping bill is approved, more than $90,000,000 for special purposes. There also have been contract author izations amounting to about $270,000, 000,' all of which' would- bring the grand aggregate to $1,685,000,000, with the uncertain general defic iency appropriation bill, still in the making, to be added at the end of the Constable Kills Two Mexicans. Tucson, Ariz. After lias horse had been shot from under him by two Mex ican suspected of having perpetrated a burglary, and he himself had been shot through the hip, Constable John Bright of Courtland, drawing his gun -as he lay prone on the ground beside the body of his horse, killed the two Mexicans Saturday. After emptying his revol-. ver at the Mexicans, who had ambush ed him, Bright crawled a distance of two miles on his hands and reported to a ranch house that he had been am bushed by the suspected burglars. Angry Editors Apologize. Birmingham, Ala. Settlement of differences between E. W. Barrett and W. H. Jeffries, of the Age-Herald, and V. H. Hanson, of the News, was an nounced Monday by a committee of the Birmingham Rotary club. Both pa pers will publish apologies and re tractions of personal charges made during a recent dispute over business methods. The Rotary club intervened when it was reported that Barrett and Hanson were going to fight a duel.. Special appropriations include $20, 000,000 for a government nitrate plant; $6,000,000 for good roasd; $15,000,000 for rural credits, and $50, 100,000 for the government shipping project With President Wilson and a major ity of the party leaders urgently sup porting the naval building and person nel increases, it is beileved the house will agree to them after advocates of a small navy have made their last fight In anticipation of a close vote, every absent reprenstative was noti fied more than a week ago of the ap proaching contest which will mark the climax of the national defense campaign this week. Appropriations for preparedness alone will aggregate approximately $640,000,000 unless unforseen develop ments . should force a curtailment. While the bouse this week is bringing business to a close, , the senate will pass the shipping bill, workmen's com pensation bill and conference reports preparatory for the revenue bill, on which a stubborn assault will be waged by the Republicans. When the amended revenue bill gets through con ference, it is expected congress will be ready to adjourn. ' Leaders of both parties are hoping adjournment will come by September 1. Printers Fear Idleness, Baltimore The danger that thou sands of printers may be thrown out of work because of the high cost of white paper waa said to be a question seri ously concerning the delegates to the 62d annual convention of the Interna tional Typographical union here. John W. Hays, secretary, said the shortage of print paper is making it difficult for many newspapers to Keep in Busi ness. In some cities, be said, there was talk of consolidating plants to reduce working forces and expenses. Hogs Bring HO Per Hundred: Seattle Hogs on the hoof sold at the Union Stockyards Saturday at the highest price since the opening of the yards. $10 per 100. pounds. L H. Preston, of Mid vale, Idaho, was the shipper, with 90 head averaging 194 pounds. Hoes sold here one day in 1909 at 11 cents, but the city had no yards. Packers express a willingness to pay 11) cents next week for similar weights and finish unless a serious break in Eastern prices intervenes. Wheat Hits Highest Mark of Season-Cereal May Go Higher Chicago Wheat quotations Tues day: September, $1.42 ; December, ?1.465; May, $1.50. Amid trading that bordered on the spectacular, wheat went soaring in the pits of the Chicago board of trade Tuesday, hitting the high-water mark of the season. f ' September wheat, which had jumped 6 cents by noon, closed at $1.42, a margin of 4g cents? ,over Monday's close. The high-water mark was $1.43j. December hit the top mark at $1,461, closing at $1.46, an advance of 61 cents over Monday's close. May wheat soared to $1.60, dropping to $1.60 at the close. Thai rise was sen sational and unexpected. ' It came in the face of a pending investigation of the trading on the board for the pur pose of ascertaining whether or not the last skyrocket advance, was due to uniawiui manipulation. Again a crop report was blamed for the sensational turn. Traders said the advances were traced directly to the report of the Canadian minister of ag riculture, which said conditions in Canada were much worse than had been previously indicated. There were also reports that ap peared to show crop conditions in Western parts of the United States as being more pessimistic than shown by the United States report, which was made to bear the blame for the sky ward advance of a few days ago, and which stirred the investigation bu reaus of the government to activity. Numerous buyers of enormous quan tities of cash wheat for foreign gov ernments were also reported to have been active in the wheat pits and trad ers pointed to this as proof against any charge of manipulation, . into which the officials are inquiring British Munitions Output Quite Sufficient for Self and .lies London Reviewing the work of the munitions department In the house of commons recently, Edwin Samuel Montagu, minister of munitions, after telling of the immense increase in out puts of all kinds of guns and muni tions, informed the house that all rifles and machine guns for the armies in the field were being supplied entirely from home resources. . The quality of the guns and munitions, he said, was equal to the quantity. This statement he added, was particularly true of the heavy guns and howitzers. Mr. Mon tagu pointed out that half of the en- geering resources of the country were required for the navy but declared that very shortly Great Britain will have provided for her own requirements and be able to devote herself exclusively to the wants of her allies in regard to machine guns. Already, he said, she was sending large amounts of guns and munitions to her allies. NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Government August Crop Report for Oregon A summary of the August crop re port for the state of Oregon, as com piled by the bureau of crop estimates, U. S. department of Agriculture, is as follows: Winter wheat Preliminary esti mate, 12,500,000 bushels; production last year, final estimate, 16,200,000 bushels. Spring wheat August 1 forecast, 4,460,000 bushels; production last year, final estimate, 3,825,000 bushels. Oats August 1 forecast 14,400,000 bushels; production last year, final es timate, 16,060,000 bushels. Barley August 1 forecast 4,600,- 000 bushelB; production last year, final estimate, 4,680,000 bushels. Potatoes August 1 forecast 6,790,- 000 bushels; production last year, final estimate, 6,620,000 bushels. Hay August 1 forecast 1,820,000 tons; production last year, final esti mate, 1,870,000 tons. Pasture August 1 condition 99, compared with the ten-year average of 92. . Apples August 1 forecast 1,210,- 000 barrels; production last year, final estimate, 1,043,000 barrels. Prices The first price given below is the average on August 1 this year, and the second, the average on August 1 last year: Wheat 90 and 87 cents per bushel. Com, 80 and 86. Oats, 42 and 42. Potatoes, 80 and 68. Hay, $10.20 and 8.70 per ton. Eggs, 24 and 23 cents per dozen. Nearly One-Fourth of County's ; Students Attend High School "If Benton county had had eigfit more students in the high school last; year, one-fourth of all the school chil dren in that county would have been attending high school. That is to say, practically one pupil in every four who attended school in Benton county laBt year, was a high school student" said Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. A. Churchill, recently. This in formation is contained in the annual report of County Superintendent Ro; E. Cannon, which was recently file with the state department of educa tion, The fact that any county in Oregon has one-fourth of its pupils enrolled in the high schools is considered a re markable showing, in view of the fact that the United States as a whole, less than 7 per cent of the children get into the high school, according to the last report of the United States commis sioner of education. The attend ance reports from many other counties are almost equally encouraging. Mr. Churchill believes that the increased attendance in the high schools is due to a considerable extent to their stand ardization, and to the new high school tuition fund law which provides free tuition to high school students. Settlers to Get $92,648.13 for Forfeited Land Grant Lands Mora The bill recently introduced by Representative Sinnott, and passed by the house and senate, which now awaits the President s signature, ap propriates a total of $92,648.13 to re imburse settlers who entered upon the land of The Dalles Military Road com pany in 1867, and subsequently lost the land and improvements. The grant was declared forfeited by the government and the courts subse quently vested the title in the Eastern Oregon Land company, successors to the road company. The bill contains a proviso that not more than 6 per cent of the amounts recovered Bhall be paid as attorney's fees. The total number of claims allowed is 67 and the amounts range from $300 to $2000 each. Thirteen of the claim ants are dead and 27 have removed to parts unknown. Many Bergs in Inside. Passage. Seattle The captains of the steam ers Humboldt and City of Seattle, which arrived here Monday from Southeastern Alaska ports, report steaming through an unusully large number of icebergs in the inside pas sage, a short distance south of Juneau. Capt T. H. Cann, master of the City of Seattle, said that the great amount of ice forced him to anchor his vessel for a time at Taku. A blazing sun has caused the Taku glacier to crumble away with great rapidity, and bergs as large as office buildings are adrift Gompers Denies He Bosses Labor, Washington, D, C. Samuel Gom pers made reply to Senator Sherman who recently denounced him in the senate as a "public nuisance" during a characterization of certain labor lead ers as arbitrary and tyrannical. "It is impossible for me to be arbitrary or tyrannical, said Gompers, "tot there are no such powers vested in the presi dent of the American Federation of Labor. I have not the power to deliver the vote of any man or group of men. Forest "Test" Fire Set. Baker Setting fires in the Minam National forest to keep his lookout men In training is the unique method inaugurated by Forest Supervisor Eph raim Barnes. A brush fire was set near Sanger, at a point visible to look outs but to none of the other fighting force. Precautions were taken to keep rangers and lookout men ignorant of the real cause of the fire, and when the smoke was first sighted word was flashed by the nearest lookout to the fire-chaser at Eagle Forks, bringing a man to the scene within two hours. Widows to Get 813,611. Salem Nineteen widows of Marion eonty will be paid $13,511 due them under the Widows' Pension act of 1918, as a result of a recent decision of the Oregon Supreme court sustain ing the Circuit court's ruling that the 19 applicants were entitled to relief. The County court ordered the pensions paid after withholding payment for three years. Mrs. Eva Maude Wolfe, one of the applicants, will receive a total of $1716 in back pension. Car Shortage is Serious. Salem Convinced that business In terests in Oregon tributary to the Southern Pacific company face disas ter and ultimate bankruptcy unless im mediate measures to relieve the grow ing freight car shortage are adopted, the Oregon Public Service commission has demanded that the company fur nish needed facilities to Oregon pro ducers and shippers. SELBY LOADS T,n JTV1 luniin mimum un inula. BUCK. UL.LK T JL., -vii with horn. Oct. 31. LP Oct 31 Hit Where You Aim Get Your License and Ammunition Here Foss-Winship Hardware Co. NEW STOCK, AND NO ADVANCE OVER LAST SEASON ESTABLISHED 1865 Preston-Shaffer Milling Co. AMERICAN BEAUTY FLOUR Is made in Athena, by Athena Labor, in one of the very beat equipped Mills in the Northwest, of the best selected Bluestem wheat grown anywhere. Patronize homeJ;kidustry. Your grocer sells the famous American- Beauty Flour. The flour Your Mother Uses Merchant Millers and Grain Buyers Athena, Oregon. 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