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Now Tvannmgf 25OO.OUU Home Why? Because of the comfort, conveni ence end economy in heating with Perfection Oil Heater. Lights at the touch of a match gives instant, cozy warmth. No smoke or odor. Easy to carry about. Steady, comfortable heat for many hours on one filling with Pearl Oil, the ever-obtainable fuel. Oil con sumed only when heat is needed no waste. The Week After Next Will Be Perfection Oil Heater Week Cook for your dealer's special dis play. Ask him about oil heater comfort.convenience and economy. STANDARD OIL COMPANY (QaBferaU) PERFECTION OJL HEATER GUY CRONK, Special Agent, Standard Oil Co., Athena These Heaters For Sale By Foss Hardware, Atnena. S. E. Darr, Adams. Watts & Rogers, Weston. J. S. Norvell, Helix. STIRRED BY GREAT PARADE Many Will Think That the Little Man Was a Trifle Unjust to Hit Own Importance. The swelling ronr of cheers outside muile the Little Man drop a pnper Weight on his ledger leaves und bolt ' to the nearest window, says Collier's Weekly. Down the street enme the Kiinrd of honor, mounted police pre ceding some sunburnt regulurs from our Hellcat) border, and behind them swung half a company of real French pollns, (he sort that turned bark the Boche from Verdun and the Chflmln ties Dirae. Short, quick stepping, steel built men of France they were, with keen, dark faces under the lop ping tarn 0' shunter headgear of the Corps Alpln, rolling along with their Noah's ark packs and bayonets set for action. The cheering actually seemed to shove the buildings back from the street. Long ago the Forum must have welcomed thus the legion aries who had saved HonJBD civiliza tion from the barbarian In those bit ter struggles through Cjuul und noclu. Every man's sleeves showed the stripes that meant wounds, and his breast the decorations that meant valor. "They did make one feel so old anil useless. uilJ out of it." as the Little . iu.u T...J v.ii'e next morning, ao he ground out the day's work with his teeth set bard, bought gome mora thrift stamps, took the first ear for home, spent the rest of the daylight hours in curing for his beans, pota toes and cabbage, got through a war tare dinner nod put in the evening selling Mr. McAdoo's pet bonds to some boss metal workers whom he had met in the lodge last winter. Get ting home nt 10:50 p. m he routed out that 1017 model strnw hut, cleaned it up for another campaign, and some time Inter fell into bed as if it hud been a dugout. "If tills gets much worse I'll learn to knit," was his lust waking thought, "and if they want to keep me out ef this war they'll have to put bolts on it." After all, things seen are mightier than things heard, and the Little Man and Tennyson ure both right. wnsnington, is authorised to Sail pub lic documents at cost, and on applica tion that official will furnish, free of charge, price lists showing, under top leal headings, the publications avail able for sale. Mno na Congressional (none was merged und name changed in 1873 to the Congressional Iteeord, which Is is sued dally during the sessions of con gress. Each meniher of both houses of congress is supplied with a certain number of the daily Issues, und It is also furnished to subscribers for $8 during the long session of congress and M during the short session. The su perintendent of documents, United States government Minting office. Praying and Doing. Lord Pnlmerston "Pnm" ns he was affectionately termed by his friends was one of the shrewdest statesmen that ever lived. When petitioned by the Scotch clergy to appoint a day for fasting and prayer, so that a threat ened epidemic of cholera might be averted, he replied: "Clean your streets, keep your homes clean, promote cleanliness and health among the poor, see that they are plentifully supplied with good food and clothing, and employ right sani tary niensures generally, and you will have no occasion to fast and pray, nor will the Lord hear your prayer while these his preventors remain unheeded." A slacker Is he who Is content to do nuught but read the war news. A shortage in the cotton crop is anticipated. Must we wear wool? Judging from the conversation most of us ure between eighteen und forty-live. HATS? SURE! mm lnrarhoratfi.fi & -mm J OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Sketched for infor mation of Our Readers. Salem's school census aecreased 662 from last year. Fire completely destroyed the saw mill of Frank Crusan, near Dexter, 18 miles east of Eugene, entailing a loss of $4000. iim Dates of the Pacific international livestock show, annually held in Port land, have been announced as Decem ber 9 to 15. All of the schools of Linn county were closed Monday by orders Issued by Mrs. Cummlngs, county school su perintendent. Fire Prevention day In Oregon as a day of celebrations, mass meetings and parade was indefinitely ppstponed from November 2. The farmers of the Union section are nearly through their fall plowing and seeding and the apple crop, which was very light, is practically all ga thered. Superintendents of all state institu tions will receive Increases in salaries If the legislature adopts a recommen dation decided upon by the state board of control. Thomas Jefferson Hayter, one of the oldest surviving pioneers of Polk coun ty, passed away at his home In Dallas after an Illness of several months due to old age. Basing his figures on a census taken of 851 homes in the city, W. R. Ruther ford, superintendent of schools, estim ated that there are 500 cases of Influ enza In Eugene. James Oscar Rich, of Eugene, who Buffered a fractured skull when a speeder from which he fell ran over him near Mapleton, died from the in juries he received. Recent heavy rains, coupled with rigid enforcement of health regula tions, have produced a marked im provement in the Spanish influenza situation in North Bend. Through Mayor Magnus Saxon, the city of St. Helens has presented to Mrs. J. H. McKie a silken Bervice flag bearing four starB, representing her four sons in the service. Senator Chamberlain appointed Sla tor Marcellus Miller, 18 years old, of Roseburg, as his candidate from the state at large for the United States military academy at West Point. Heavy onion losses, such as occurred last year In Oregon, may be prevented or to a large extent minimized by pro viding for adequate ventilation, says H. P. Barss, plant pathologist at the Oregon Agricultural college. Miss Lillian Tingle, of the depart ment of home economics at the Uni versity of Oregon, has been appointed vice-president of the National Coun cil of Executive and Administrative Women in Education for the state of Oregon. The average daily population for the biennium at the Soldiers' home has been 148, according to the report of Commandant Markee, just issued. Of these 147 were engaged in the Civil war, 21 in Indian wars and four in the Spanish war. While the tug Pioneer was attempt ing to enter Coos bay, towing the lum ber-laden barge Wallacut, with a crew of six men, the tow line broke and the barge was carried on the south spit. The sea was rough and the barge lost her mast and cargo. Representative Sinnott has desig nated as his appointees to West Point, Charles O. Canham, of Nyssa, princi pal, and Walter Marshall, of Voltage, alternate. To Annapolis he designated Robert Emahlser, La Grande, princi pal, and Joseph B. Wellcr, Mosier, al ternate. Lack of accommodation for emer gency cases and pressing need of more room, accentuated by the exigencies of war. are pointed out in the biennial report of Dr. O. C. Bellinger, super intendent of the state tuberculosis hos pital, filed with the state board of control. An order authorizing the sale of 2,348,000 feet of Port Orford cedar on the Coos Bay wagon grant lands at a price of not less than $8 a thousand feet was signed by United States Dis trict Judge Wolverton. Timber cut from the tract will be used for air plane stock. A secret indictment charging him with accepting $150 from Fred A. Mat- son, a former prisoner, caused the ar rest of CharleB S. Sheridan, a former guard at the state penitentiary. Sher idan Is the first person to be taken into custody as a result of the prison parole investigation. The great decrease of the dairy In dustry in Oregon and the butchering of large numbers of milch cows during the past year, which has been reported in a number of press articles recently, is not indicated in Klamath county. In the belief of W. P. Johnson, of the Klamath Falls creamery. Mr. Johnson states that while a slight decrease Is noted in the amount of cream received over a corresponding date last year, the difference is not appreciable. Regardless of the fact that tons of fruit pits have been saved for the gas defense division of the United States army, another appeal came to Ore gonlans through Governor Withycombe from that division for continued sav ing of materials needed for gas mask production, and the governor asks the people of the state to respond. Loaded with evaporated pitted cher ries, blackcaps and loganberries worth $19,500, a car has just been sent out by the Salem Fruit union for Canada. Of the 4,000,000 pounds of prunes sold by the Salem Fruit union shipping or ders have been received for 800,000 pounds. From one to two carloads of prunes are being sent out daily. The Oregon public service commis sion received a telegram from O. O. Calderhead, at Washington, D. C, say ing that the convention of the Nation al Association of Utility Commission ers will not be postponed on account of the Influenza epidemic, but will meet as scheduled, on November 12. A representative of the Oregon com mission probably will attend the ses sion. The picking of Hood River apples is practically completed, and forces of growers will be concentrated the com ing week on packing the fruit and getting it to storage plants and ship ping warehouses. The fruit continues to roll to eastern distribution points at the rate of an average of 15 car loads daily. While shippers are tem porarily delayed at times, no shortage of refrigerator cars has been noted. The 12 home guard companies placed in the recently formed Second regiment of the Oregon volunteer guard, were officially designated as units of the regiment and given the letters by which they will be known, in an order made by Willard L. Marks, of Albany, who was selected as colonel of the regiment. This regiment in eludes the home guard organizations of Linn, Benton, Polk, Yamhill and Tillamook counties. Stealing seema to be one of the great weaknesses of wayward boys. Nineteen of the youths committed to the state training school during the last hiem nium were sent there for that offense, 18 of them for stealing automobiles, according to the biennial report of Superintendent Gilbert. Fifty-nine are in for delinquency, 32 for truancy and 18 for burglary. Thirty-one of the boys are in for larceny, 24 for incorrig ibility and 15 for immorality. Two violated the game laws; the rest are for scattering offenses. Spanish influenza has taken a new hold at the state penitentiary, where 10 prisoners are ill with the disease. A 25 per cent increase in freight rates was granted by the public serv ice commission to -the Sumpter Valley railroad, the commission declaring that an emergency existed. This In crease corresponds to the one granted while the road was under federal con trol. Threats of a strike and the ne cessity for added revenue by the road caused quick action on the part of the commission. Exemption boards of Clatsop and Klamath counties have lagged in the work of classifying new registrants and are charged with holding the Btate selective service department back in the nation-wide competition. Fourteen boards of Oregon have completed all work outlined for them in the compet itive race and are credited with having checked into "column seven." The di visions which have made this record are: Baker, Coos, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Malheur, Lake, Lane, Linn, Morrow, Yamhill and Portland No. 5, No. 7 and No. 9. The dam of the Ochoco irrigation project is now about one-fourth com pleted. The main unit, now unler con struction, is daily rising toward itB maximum height. During the past six weeks 130,000 cubic yards of mater ials have been placed In the fill of the main dam. The work on the main canal and laterals has been brought to a close. The tunnel, which is drilled through solid rock, and which forms an important link in the main canal, has recently been completed. The Ju niper Cove lateral is now completed. All public service commissions on the coast will be asked to join with the Oregon commission in a protest against the 10 per cent rise granted the American Railway Express com pany, according to a letter sent to the Nevada commission by the Oregon commission. The Oregon commission protested against the increase before it was granted on the ground that re lief could be obtained for the express company by making a spilt of 45 per cent of the gross receipts to the rail roads and 55 to the express company, instead of the 60-50 basis now used. The removal of the differential from the transcontinental freight rate on Willamette valley lumber by the Inter state commerce commission affects the marketing of 45,500.000,000 feet of tim ber from national forests alone. As the differential varied from 6 to 13 cents a thousand feet and was in addi tion to the coast rate, it made com peting with Portland, Columbia river and Puget sound lumber interests Im possible. All lumber south of Port land to Lowell, just south of Eugene, is now accessible to the market, at the same rate of freight into territory east of the Rocky mountains as lum ber orlElnatlpg at or north of Portland. The Moderation of Our Prices attracts attention but not as much among the discriminating, as'the quality of the groceries we offer. Low prices with low quality is common. But we be lieve it is here only that you can enjoy price lowness combined with quality of the highest rank. Come and judge for yourself. A car of Salt just arrived and the PRICE IS RIGHT Cottolenu, small per pail . .$1.15 Cottoleue, large per pail 2.75 Corn Flakes, two packages 25c Pink Beans, IS pounds 1.00 Mexican Red Beans, per pound 9c White Soup Beans, per pound 15c Count y Club Coffee, one pound can 30c THE ECONOMY GASH GROCERY Phone 532 Quality Always Service First vVv-MtOtMIIIHIIII!tMIIMMIHIIIMMHMni Everybody 's Doing It David Harum said- "Do to the other feller whut he'd do ter you, an' do it first." The above iss figuratively speaking the status of our dealings with the manufacturers and jobbers. We are now making plans for the coming year. We want to'do the best business possible for all parties interested and if we car, show vou that your money will earn you a great big per cent of gain by making settlement wjth us every 30 or HO days we are sure you will feel good and help us push the deal along and all the time we will all feel better, eat better and sleep better. Now here goes for a try at it. Our goods are right. Our prices are right. Our terms are just and fair. From this date and hereafter all bills paid in :i0 days, 5 per cent off; All bills net HO days and positively due. for settlement at that time, v. Considering that our patrons will have the benefit of prices based on cash business, interest will be charged after 60 days till settlement is made. Any other terms only by arrangement on certsin purchases. Watts & Rogers F. D. Watts, E. C. Rogers. Just Over the Hill llltMtllMIIH W8S Show Your Patriotism! Buy a War Savings Stamp and Help Win the War fllllllllllH For Sale at The First National Bank of o4thena Meeting the Problems of the Day Requires alertness to the ever changing wai-time conditions. You will always find us ready to help meet these problems as they arisj, and we are going to help you to meet them By the Expansion of Your Credit on and after September 1,118, all book accounts will be lim ited to 30 days' credit. If an extension of time is desired, THE TRADE ACCEPTANCE, a form of paper recommended by the Federal Reserve Banks, will be used. For detailed information, watch our ads, see your banker or call on us and te will be glad to explain. Tum-a-Lum Lumber Co. HIMIiUMMHMIII IIIIHIIHIIIIIIMIMI
