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About Sherman County observer. (Moro, Sherman County, Or.) 1897-1931 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 5, 1915)
ara •„tí.-*,«--'* *.• er.: B5EHVER F r id a y , N o v e m b e r 5 , 1 9 1 5 . VILLA IS REPULSED AT AGUA PRIETA Bullets Fall Like Raindrops in Douglas and Trenches of U. S. Soldiers. i French « t h is _____ __ should roeeive thoughtful tloo of Suckling hakes may thetr e n d le r whe ventlon _ , —.— — -r— -j. - c-i of men aad grab them by the throat, tor Christianity has broken down, re ligion has become a farce and the pulpit a failure. When the church substitutes tores tor persuasion, oom- n&cd for oonrictkm and ooerclon fo r reason the sheriff had as wete peas the sacrament, plain-clothes men take charge of the bury the dead, for why a church? It is as dastardly a crime governm ent for a m in ister to take to deliver the rotes ef his parish ioners to a candidate, as it is tor a ward heeler to deliver a block of voters to a political boas, and both ought to be prosecuted, tor the la v should be no respect« of persona, It is as objectionable for a conven tion of ministers to seek by canonical la v to control the votes of church members as it would be tor a eon* ventlon of manufacturers to issue or* for their employees to vote tor a certain candidate. Such conduct la of* tensive to decency, business morals and a crime against society. Any eonvsntion, whether composed of * saints or sinners, rich or poor, white or black, that seeks to prostitute pov- '■ er and coerce conscience ought to ho broken up by the polios and Its land* era arrested tor treason. ▲ crime by any other name Is a <r<ina just »a* gama. a « ecclesiastical robe cannot sanctify treason, author* tty to preaeh does not carry w ith tt license to become a political rlngster, or the right to teach us how to pray re a permit to to ll us how to voto, man in joining the church should sacrifice his citizenship, fo rfeit his constitutional liberties or subordinate his duty to stats. The times has besa drsnehed Mood of our forefathers, fighting to throw off the ecclesiastical yoke from the state, and the suggestion ef a return to these medieval conditions with their horror and their torture should not be tolerated for a moment Laws should be passed prohibiting any preacher, or combination ¿.of preachers, from delivering or attempt ing to deliver their membership or congregation to any candidate lo r of* flee and suitable legislation should be passed preserving the sanctity of the pulpit from political vandalism. It la as much a menses to church and stats tor a politician to occupy th e pulpit as tor a minister to preach'd political ght to sermon.. H e has ae mors right pulpito preach his polities fro than a teach er h as to teach h is poli- tíos to his pupila A p reach « oanaot make political trickery righteous by usage any mere than ha ofin make profanity respectable by practica It la one of the Ironies of fate that a p reach « may become a v e il as a glory to civilisation. & Freg “H aw are tbeir social ambitions gut ting along?" “Splendidly. They’ve been snubbed by three families this year \ who wouldn't even notice them a year ago.” —Detroit Free P re«. T ric k ef the Lemon Q By an Interentlug ye( simple method two croiis of lemon* pre obtained' In Sicily daring the year, though the sec ond Is In every way Inferior. Tbs abnormal fruit Is kn.»v. :i a s tb s Vsr- delll lemon anti Is marketed during the summer mouths. The Y’erdelll lemon, green In color, grov.e contemporaneous ly on the same trrfee with the ordinary or yeHoiv I cuj ui of* commerce rnd Is oktaiiteJ 1 .—the foEowing method: Tbs lemon i rev. *•*♦! j Sowers In* April, is kepi without v,..¡er from that period until Jnly, when the roots are heavily flooded for a time. This results In a second set of blossoms, from which will come the Verdelll lemons. Ths ordinary lemon crop Is picked in the months beginning with October, bat the Verdelll lemons do not mature until the next May.—Argonaut. How He “Leaked.* Two young men were standing in a hotel where they had gone to use the free comb and the free brush. One of them reemed to think he looked ra th « nifty He had on a new suit of clothes and he turned and twisted as be ad mired himself In the glass. Finally be could not resist the temptation to hear rtie spoken word of commenda- tlon x “How do you think I look?” be asked his companion. The other looked at him and sniffed. “You look like an accident going out somewhere to happen.” was his retort —Indianapolis News. Bareslona's Leather. In thé Barcelona district of Spain alone there are from 10,000 to 12,000 tanned and finished sheepskins pro* tfneed daily and probably as many goatskins. The sheepskins In partie* lar find their way Into the shoe trade as well as tbs goatskins. Both kinds, converted Into - morocco leather, the goatskin being the gennlne article and the sheepskin tbs Im itation, a rt used «gtensively la -'he bookbinding trade* f-itoreota, recently asked the board If It could grunt him and associates the righ t of gathering help off the coast of Oregon. Thb kelp beds along the Oregon coast are declared valu able la the manufacture of potash, which, since the European war, has risen in pries. • »truck everything fla t W ater In W all. Halsey — W hile drilling a «rail on ths George Hamilton place, two miles north of Brownsville, Contractor J. W. Wells of Halsey, found three gold nag- gets la the sand a t a depth of SO fe e t The nuggets wars tested and found to be pure gold. A t a depth of 115 fe e t the drill struck some hard matter, ma king further progress Impossible. F if ty-one sticks of dynamite were then exploded and when the drill again started It brought up Iron ore. Fur ther down a body « vein of copper ore oontalnlng traces of gold was found. Oregon Stock Has Blackleg. Baker.— Because of deaths of cattle from blackleg In Pox valley, Orant county, steckmed of that district are much alarmed over what they believe la the beginning of an epidemic of the disease. A dozen of animals on var ious ranches have died ef the disease. Many ranchers have vaccinated their herds, sad every precaution Is being taken to prevent Its spread. O.-W. TO EXPEND $800,000 Rails Between Portland and Hunting- ton to Be Replaced by 90-ib. Steel. P ortland.— Confident th at bu sin ess is improving and that it w ill continue to Improve, directors of the O.-W. R. t N. company have authorised the Immediate expenditure of 1800,000 for rail renewal* on various parts of the main line between Portland and Hunt- ln s tc x • ' , Ths aggregate distances to be cov ered by these renewals is 10« miles. When this work Is completed the O.-W. R. A N. company w ill have 90- pound rails over its entire right of way between Portland and Hunting- ton, a distance of 405 miles, with the exception of about JO m iles betw een La Grande and Huntington, which is laid with fid-pound rails. Ths track on these units la on a roadbed that is almost level aad In long tangents. The few existing omrfee are slight. It is understood that some’ w f the old * 75 pound and fiOpound rails that to /b s rmfioved w ill be used "by ittk .M V Hns being built across ofifitt&Oregon from Vais. Some of thia oidsteel has been down only a f< v yeeraand « • be utilized on those lines, where to » tra ffic la not so heavy as on ths main line. Cos« of Protecting Tim ber Is Lew Roseburg.— The report of the Doug las county fire petrel wtatlon «hows that the oost of the patrol far the sea son w d jr ju e t'i osnt 'an koza. There are lfiOd members In ths association. Last year the assessment here was 2 cents, while in one county the cost went to 11 seats an acre. Telephone lines and many trails have been con structed by ths association, but moat of this was dons in former years. Campaign to Croats Irrigation District Culver.— A campaign is on to create an Irrigation district out of the north unit of ths D esch u tes projecL Meet ings were held within the proposed a t Opal City, C u lv « , Mud Spring, Iras, Gateway and Metolius. Many od ths petition to ths Jefferson county oourt asking that a district ba ¿■1 BC1 ffgge Laid*!« Year. Corvallis — Another SOO-egg ben has ’’arrived” at the Oregon agricultural College. Thia hen, E-115, finished her first 12 months of laying with SOI eggs to her c re d it 8he is a granddaughter of C-648, which, two y e a n ago, laid 291 eggs. Her mother, B-42, has just node a worldh* record of 884 eggs In •our consecutive yean. Fancy M e a l« Apples field. Mooter.— Steinhardt A Kelly, of Mew York, have purchased from the Mosier Fruitgrowers’ association ths entire e ro p o f Spltxenterg and Yellow New town apples, which includes grades of extra fancy, fancy and special. Twenty-five c a n w ill probably be shipped, divided about equally bo th« two m lt of Bntte de Hghure Boris, crown prince of Bulgaria, a leading commander ef hie country's troops fighting ths fisrblana BRIEF WAR NEWS The Italians are persisting la their offensive, and, although their progress la slow, they report advances. Japan has become a party to the agreement between the entente pow ers not to effect a separate treaty with Germany. In the south along the Styr river and Galician frontier, the Russians report successes, repulsing German attacks and carrying through, their own attacks. Ths Germans have .occupied Kragn- yevatx, the arsenal town of Serbia, while their Bulgarian allies are push ing their way through the mountain! to Nish, Serbia's war capital. The Germans continue their attacks against the Russians In the Riga and Dvlnsk regions, and say they have penetrated the Russian position near the railw ay line north of Dvlnsk. They could not hold the ground gained, as the Russians launched counter-attacks Immediately. From a ll sides the Germans, Aus trians and Bulgarians are slowly clos ing in on the Serbian armies, the po sition of which grows graver dally. They are fighting fiercely, however, to save their country and have Inflicted such losses on Field Marshal von Mackensen’s forces that he has been compelled to send for reinforcements and leave the more serious work of Invading the east and southern part of the country to the Bulgarians, who have had more experience In mountain warfare, such as the Serbian* are waging. SHORT NEWS NUGGETS Sir Charles T u p i*r, former premier of Canada, died in London. Colonel Theodore Roosevelt recent ly celebrated his 57th birthday. A rifle that originally cost Abraham Lincoln >16 brought >285 In a sale of Lincoln relics In New York. Lewis Einstein, the first American minister credited solely to Bulgaria, has presented his credentials. The Georgia Federation of Women’s Clubs tabled a resolution indorsing suffrage, and the state W. C. T . U. convention voted it down. Eight states, New York, Massachu setts. Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, Kentucky, Ohio and Mississippi, held elections on Tuesday, November 2. Twenty-one children, most of them girls ranging In age from 7 to 17 years, lost their Jives in a fire which destroy ed St. John’s parochial school at Pea body, Mass. All national banks soon w ill be In receipt of a letter from the comptrol ler of the currency warning them against receiving more interest than the legal rate of the state in which they are located. lows: “The enemy bombardment reported in the Champagne developed with great violence on front about five miles long, boui dsd by the woods on the side of H ilt 1957 Bntte de Tahure, the village of Tahure and the trenches to pie south as far as and Including ths works of 'La Courtine.* “In ppite of the vigor of the attack and the extreme ferocity of the as sailants, the enemy was again subject ed to a. serious cheok. The assaulting waves, decimated by our fire upon the entire front, succeeded only in attain ing the summit of the Butte de T a hure ’ - Berlin, via wireless to Sayville.— The storming of Height No. 192 In the Champagne district and the cap ture of about 12(K> yards of French trenches in the Artois region was an nounced officially. More than 1400 prisoners were taken and four ma chine guns were captured. GERMANIC ALLIES CONTINUE ADVANCE London— German. Austrian and Bui garian Invaders gained more ground on the Serbians, hut there was a prom las that powerful help for the Serbians waa near. French troops and a few Serbs, most of the latter in the north fight ing the Austro43«rmans, were moving on Istlb ¿o attack the Bulgarians, who were reported to hold Veles on the Nlsh-Salonikl railroad, with their line stretching east from the railroad. It Is learned from a good source that the French after a three days’ fight have occupied Strumitaa and ad vanced 32 kilometers (about 20 miles) Into Bulgarian territory. The Bulgar Ians lost heavily. * A news agency dispatch here said British forces had joined the Serbians “at the fro n t” This was supposed to mean the southern front It was not thought they could have reached the Austro-Oerman tine. Berlin official accounts told of con tinued German!«' advance and said “the Bulgarians are continuing their putouit of the enemy.” The report omitted to mention names of places but Nish admitted that the Serbs were “retiring in good order. With even small reinforcemouts. it was declared, they could hold out for many weeks.*’ RUSSIA TO ATTACK BULGARIA Large A rm y la Dispatched Against Germsnjria Balkan Ally. Copenhagen, via London. — Large contingents of Russian troops have set sail from the Black sea ports of Odessa and Sehefitopol for the Bul garian coast, the Berlin Tageblatt says. The dlspatoh. telegraphed to the Tageblatt from Bucharest, says that the transports are convoyed by a strong squadron. The recent attack by Russian warshipe*gn the Bulgarian port of Varna, according to this ac count, was made la preparation for an attempt to land troops. President to Be Married In December. Washington.— It was formally an P eace Move la Denied. nounced at the W hite House that the Berlin, by wireless to Tuckerton, N. marriage of President Wilson and Mrs. J.— “^Reports that Prince von Buelow Norman Galt w ill take place “near the baa been entrusted with the prepara close of December,’* and that It w ill tion of peace negotiations are abso be private, at Mrs. Galt’s home here. lutely Incorrect,” says the Overseas News Agency. “ Prince von Buelow, Canada P la n s to fiend Mpre Men. who now is In Swltseriand, bps taken Ottawa, O n t—Canada Is going to no steps toward peace negotiations, put a quarter of a million men In the nor has he been charged with that field. This decision was officially task.”' reached* by toe cabinet council and an nounced by the premier, Sir Robert L. French Coalition CaMnet la Formed* Borden. -, Paris.— A new French cabinet, head ed by Aristide Briand as premier and Von Tlrplta Reported In Disgrace. Amsterdam, via London.— The Rot* minister of foreign affairs, came into terdam newspaper Maasbode says that existence. This Is the first time In Admiral von Tlrplta, German minister toe history of the French republic that of marine, has fallen Into disgrace there is a ooalition ministry of all the opposing parties and factions. with Emperor W illiam . — General Joffre Visits Cngland. Herman Riddar Dead In New York. London.—General Joffre, the French Naw York.—Herman Riddar, treas urer of the democratic national com commander-ln-chlef, who came to Lon mittee and publisher of toe New York don. held another conference with the Staats Zeitung, died suddenly at Ma war secretary. Field Marshal Kltch- horns In thia city. . - .. King George, of England, who was thrown from hie horse and Injured while Inspecting troops In France. JAPAN ASKS UNITED STATES FOR SUPPORT Toklo.—The Japanese government has requested the American govern ment to give its support In the repre sentations which are being made at Pekin for the purpose of postponing reestablishment of a monarchy in China until the European war ends. Japan's policy was decided upon af ter consultation with Great Britain. There is much interest here in the attitude of Germany In regard to the form of China's government Contra dictory reports have been received here concerning the position taken by German diplomats at Pekin. Douglas, Aria.— After four desperate attacks on Agua Prleta, General V illa has drawn off. The battle continued practically without Intermission from Monday af ternoon a t 1:45 o’clock until 8 Tues day morning. A t 3 o’clock, when V illa launched his fiercest attack with the combined fire of rifles, machine guns and cannon, It probably surpassed in violence the din of any previous Mexi can battle. American army officers who with their men were in the trenches all night declared it was the worst they had ever heard. Douglas trembled under the vibra tions of the continuous crashes and ooncussions. Bullets from the Mexi can side rained upon the American town, from the United States army trenches at the border to points a mile or more from the line. Scores of wo men and children, most of them hys terical and weeping, cowered behind brick or adobe walls. ' The United States customs house, which was fired on by a V illa machine gun platoon Monday when Louis F. Taylor was shot In the back, was again peppered by Mexican bullets. Its roof and porches were perforated In many places. Five persons on the American side of the boundary were wounded as a result of the fighting. NOTE TO BRITAIN IS EMPHATIC IN TONE Pekin.—The Japanese government on October 16 communicated to the entente powers and the United States a request that they act with it In at tempting to bring about postponement of a change in the form of the Chinese government The United States and France ab stained from participation In the steps taken at Pekin by Japan, Great Bri tain and Russia. Washington.— Couched In more em- phatio language than any heretofore employed is the American note to Great Britain, proteitlng against vio lations of American and maritime rights and demanding that further In terference with our trade shall cease. The note, In spite of its extreme length— 10,000 words— has a back bone of vigorous purpose, which will not fall to receive the attention of the GUARD ATTITUDE OUTLINED British government and British people. The draft of the note was prepared Continental A rm y Open to M ilitia O r by Chandler Anderson, legal adviser ganizations Free to Enter. to the department of state, and revised Washington. — Practically doubled by Secretary Lansing himself. Every federal appropriations for the state statement made In the communication the careful m ilitia and opening of the proposed therefore, represents continental army to any organisation thought of the executive branch of the or individual of the national guard de government, and the administration Is siring to enter and free to do so are confident that the assertions and de contemplated In the army side of the mands made w ill receive the united administration’s national defense pro support of the American people. Moreover, the language employed Is gram. Details of the provision to be made expected to prove to the satisfaction for the m ilitia were made public for of the German government and people the first time In a statement Issued that the United States is playing no by Secretary Garrison, which said In favorites. part: “In my proposition the membership FINE NEUTRALITY VIOLATORS of the national guard has alternatives based upon this full recognition and Men Who Recruited for British Forces Are Sentenced. meeting every proper point of view San Francisco.— Hyphenated Ameri with respect to their relationship to the matter of m ilitary policy. In other cans whose sympathies for their moth words, I propose that any and every er country in times of war predomin organisation of the national guard ate their allegiance to the flag of their that Is free to do so, Insofar as Its adopted country were scathingly re state obligations are concerned, may buked by Judge Dooling in the United come over Into the national force in States district court when he sen tact and he accorded exactly the same tenced Dr. Thomas Addis and Ralph position therein that it now holds. K. Blair, Jr., to pay fines of >1000 each “With respect to the national guard for violating the neutrality laws by re In the states, the plan not only con cruiting men in San Francisco for templates continuing the financial and service In the British forces. He re personal aid on behalf of the national ferred to them as men “who live in guard, but largely Increases the same, this country, hut whose patriotism practically doubling It the next fiscal does not extend so much to this coun try as tho country that they left.” year.” 1502 Washington Cows Tubercular. Olympia, Wash.— During the last 1« Philadelphia.—W ith a record of 314 months the tuberculin test has been eggs In 363 days, Lady Eglantine, a applied to 18,596 animals, more than W hite Leghorn pulleL became the one-tenth of the 175,000 dairy oows In champion egg layer of the world. Washington, and 1502 tubercular cows have been discovered, according to Washington Collegt" Head Selected statistics compiled by the state depart Pullman, Wash.— Dr. Ernest O. Hol ment of agriculture. land, city superintendent of the Louis ville, Ky., schools, w ill succeed Dr. Arixona Allen Law Declared Illegal. Enoch A. Bryan as president of Wash Washington.—Arizona’« alien labor ington State College January 1. law waa held unconstitutional by the supreme oourt of the United States. THE MARKETS The law provided that an employer of over five persona must have 80 per Portland. cent of them qualified electors or na Wheat—Club, 88c; blueatem, 90c; tive etttaens. It was adopted a n d « red Russian. 85c; forty-fold, 89c; red the initiative. fife, 85c. Hay— Eastern Oregon timothy, >1«; Calls Far Party Committees Out. alfalfa, >14.50. New York.— Chairmen of both the Btftter—Creamery, 28c. democratic and republican national Eggs— Ranch, 40c. committees have issued calls for meet Wool— Eastern Oregon, 25c; valley, ings in Washington to select cities tor the coming conventions. The demo 28c. crats w ill meet <to December 7 and the Seattle. republicans December 14. Wheat— Bluestem, 93c; club, 89c; I! > ■■■!■......... . . red Russian, 87c; forty-fold. 92c; fife, Oregon “Agglee” W in Football Fam«. Chicago.— Th«. rout of the famous 87c. Michigan Aggler by the Oregon Ag- Barley—>28.50 per ton. Hay— Timothy, >18 per ton; alfelta, glea. and Chicago’s victory o v « Wis consin, ware the moat notabl« contri >14 per ton. . butions to football history in the ald- Butter—Creamery, Me. Leghorn Pullst World Champion. 0 r W»tXoe.,' i t j Í P iv e C en t« BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON The third annual Hermiston Hog and Dairy show w ill he held November 5 and «. Nearly 200 teachers aad prospective teachers of Polk county attended the annual institute In Dallas. Marion county's aaaessed valuation for 1915 as equalised by th« board of equalization, is >37,199485. The anual conventiotf of the Oregon State Editorial association is to be held In Salem November 5-8. Thomas Keating, a well known pio neer, died a t his home n e « Keating. I t miles from Baker, aged 91. Grape shipments from the Grants Paas district have been much larger this season than in any previous year. Josephine county women have or ganised a legislative club to promote good legislation through Intelligent voting. That the government intends to be gin actual work on Roseburg’s naw federal building was Intimated la a letter received there. “The Buxzers” is the name of a now professional organisation. coasVwlde in extent, formed In Eugene Thursday by 30 Pacific coast traveling men. A conference of teachers engaged in the departments of Journalism la the state universities of the northwest was held at the University of Oregon. Polk county farmers have opened a war on gophers. Already thousands have been trapped. Twenty-five cents a bead Is the price paid by all to trap pers. A carload of Shropshire sheep and lambs have been shipped from the Oregon agricultural college to the Panama Pacific exposition tor exhibi tion. Multnomah with 15« students ranks second among the counties of Oregon In the number of representatives at the state university thia year, county ranks firs t The Western Walnut will meet in Portland, Wednesday and Thursday, November 3 and 4. This will be the first annual convention of the organization, which was formed comparatively a short time ago. W ith a long and lively session, tall of surprises for the delegates, th« 15th annual convention of the Oregon Fed eration of Woman’s Clubs cloned at Salem. Mrs. Charles H. Costner, of Hood River, was elected to the presi dency. Bids w ill be opened by Cato Bells, commissioner of Indian affairs, Wash ington, November 15, for the construc tion of the proposed two-story addi tion to be made to one of the govern ment Indian school buildings at Che- mawa, near Salem. Colonel B. K. Lawson, former war den of the state penitentiary, la look ing over the W illam ette valley tor a syndicate that has for tts purpose the colonisation of Belgians in this state. The syndicate is to purchase a large tract of land and subdivide 1L Newport cltixens are lined up be hind a movement to raise a bonus of >100,000 to Induce the Portland A West Coast Navigation company to be gin construction work within the next 60 days on the proposed railroad line connecting that city with Portland. Attorney General Brown has render ed an opinion to the effect that it is no longer the duty of district attor neys to foreclose tax liens, save when they are held by the counties. An act was passed by the last legislature re pealing a law Imposing such a duty on them, he said. Two fatalities were included la the 188 accidents reported to the state Industrial accident commission daring the week ending October 38. They were: Carl Carson, of 8venaon, who waa killed In logging operations, aad Charles Robbins, of Gaston, killed In railroad operations. Salmon from the Sluslaw river are being shipped from Eugene to all parts of the Pacific coasL The extension of the train service on the Willamette Pacific railroad to the fishing grounds on the river recently, enables the fish ermen to ship their catch to Eugene on the same day the flab are taken. The office of Congressman W. C. Hawley has announced that there will be held In Salem November 5 aad 8 a competitive examination f « the pur pose of establishing a register of young men who are eligible tor ap pointment to the United States aavnl academy from the first district of Oregon. The famous lava beds of California and southern been made accessible through a high way to which Klamath oouaty, Ore gon. and Modoc oounty, California, have contributed. A stretch of Sfi miles of road connecting the Altnraa road with the glories of the Crater lake wonderland via the lava beds ha« That Secretary of State Olcott irfect the arrangesneut of ballots f Jot the elections to be held May 19, 191«. re quest was mad« of the as era tartan of republican, fy the n um b« of de l eg ates te .poetive party aatioaaf te whtah Ore»«« wfll he
