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I TUB COURIKR U dvoll U the bl Intamaui of HI'KAY ai.d WIIEtLKIl COUNTY. The liberal patron. Me of IheeltlMna of thli aw Uwt ta rwpMtfully ullclu. PnbUabai eery Thunday by RUSSELL D. PRICE. ' Subscription Rata PeeYeer 11.00 Bis Month , W Thrw Months M VOL. XIII. SL'ttAIT. W1IEKLEH COUNTY, OBEGOX, TIIUKSDAY, 2STOVEMBEIC 25, 1915. NO. 41. rttn WORLD'S DOINGS OP CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume of General News from All Around the Earth. BRITISH REPORTED AT MONASTIR AND GERMANS AT CONSTANTINOPLE I London Pre dispatches from Burharest, by way of Geneva and Pari, lay that British force hava ar rived at the Serbian city of Monaatir and are being reinforced, A telegram from way of Bucharest, aaya TODRAWCHINA INTO lOREGON STATE NEWS uin ni in nc liner W All rUAIl Ul MLLILj I Oregon Corn Growers Invited To Exhibit at National Show Undent of German troops haa reached that elty and that Field Marsha von Mackermen ia Expected there next week. The entente all lea have demand) that Greece either join with them and fulllll her treaty obligation to Serbia, or demobilize, and, to Impress King uonatant na that thav maan whit thav ... i i. ... .. i .. ... . : Live eWS ems Or A nations ana y. unci have declared a com. merclal blockade of the Hellenic em Friction With Japan. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. Villa la reported wounded In battle with Carranza force. Military training In public achoola ha been approved by the American Federation of Labor. A uougia nr ire which grew on Finney creek In Western Washington, shows 1144 annual rings. The British army at the Dardanelles has resumed the offensive and captured ZKttyards of Turkish trenches. Austria will be told that open boats are not considered "place of safety" for passengers of captured steamship. Secretary Daniels announce that plan are being considered for two 86,- 000-ton dreadnoughts for the Amerl can navy. It was said by Portland commission men that Thanksgiving turkeys will retail at 27 to 28 cents a pound this season, or about 16 per cent higher than last year. English authorities have found It necessary to execute 24 Hindus and sentence 27 other for life for mutiny, Gorman agent are said to be respon sibly for the trouble. IW, rt that. Germany I about to '..tmiit'Citb '" 'tat .denied by the Oversea New Agency, which ays : "Germany I provided with ample financial mean for continuing the war until the coming spring." Miss Sophia Rosen, 17 year old, the third anthrax victim in New York City within the last few months, died Saturday. The girl ia believed to have contracted the dlaease, which is common among animals, by wearing a fur neckpiece, the akin of which had not been properly treated. The birthplace and former home of Walt Whitman, the poet, at Hunting ton, L. I., where he absorbed the in' piration for "Leave of Grass and other f amoua poems, has been sold at auctionfor $18,000 under foreclosure proceeding to satisfy a note given by the owner, a farmer. As a aequel to the report that a flo tilla of 25 German torpedo boat and a big cruiser had passed Helsingborg, Sweden, Wednesday, proceeding Into the Cattegat, a dispatch to the Central News from Copenhagen says that a British squadron of cruiser and de stroyers ha been seen entering the Cattegat. Oregon Agricultural College. Cor- irit ,ecob Diplomatic Purpose to fmMWrSsr 'SR 7212 ,ab A.KLItSIIAI (Mil IHUW w W I1VIU In St Paul during the month of De cember. The state haa been districted Into two part for competitive ex Dibits, Eastern and Western Oregon, WAR AID NOT FXPFfTFIi RY POWFK Neither of these district will have to w I ..!. .1 41 I i wiww wgauiBfc uiv viuer nur against any other district of the United States, The winner of each district will be given a beauitful cup aa a trophy one of ISO valued at 15000. plre, according to dispatches from Athens. There is confirmation of these state ments available here, and It Is certain that Lord Kitchener, the British War secretary, who had an hour'a audlnece with the King of Greece Monday and afterward aaw Premier Skouloudia took a Arm atand and told them what the allies could and would do unleaa their demands were conceded The Greek cabinet met to consider the situation and a few hour should Tokio Government Likely to Gain in Trade by New Move is General Opinion Among Officials. MARQUIS OF ABERDEEN m tfvnneNiicHia.j 1 ; ,feyMSV) Ti-f J J The marquis of Aberdeen, accompa nied by the marchioness, Is making an extended tour of the United States, attending msetlngs and delivering lec tures on social topics. Lord Aberdeen has twice been lord lieutenant of Ire land. He received the title of marquis last January. show what Greece' future attitude will be. The Greek government ha again affirmed Its friendliness to the allies, but ha not yet taken the steps refill i red to nrevent liriw frnm hnincr The authority of the New York City counted amonir the frienila nf thn run. Doara oi eaucauon 10 compel parents tral powers. to send their children to school in a good physical condition aa possible, is sustained by the Children'a court of Brooklyn In the first decision of the kind in this state. The parent of a pupil were ordered by the court to have the boy' diseased tonsils moved. A Copenhagen dispatch to Router' Telegram company of London says that the copper famine in Germany is so acute that requesta equivalent to demands are now reaching the author ities of the churches to hand over all the copper' in their possession aa a good example to others. The huge copper roofs of the great Cathedral at Bremen axe being dismantled. Because of ill health, ex-Chief of The entente allies will not tolerate delay. The position of the Serbian armies make prolongation of the present uncertainty impossible. Al ready the Serbians are making what may be their last stand before Monaa tir and also on the plains of Kossovo. The Bulgarian are being held by un favorable weather, but they are al most at the gates of the Macedonian capital, while the Austo-Germans and Bulgarian are pressing back the northern army. Russians Regain Ground Lost London According to news from the Russian scenes of war operations, the armies of the Czar are -regaining Washington, D. C Effort are be ing made by Great Britain, France and Russia to Include China In the mem bership of the entente now aligned agalnat the Germanic power. Dis closure of this fact directed the atten tion of official Washington Saturday to a complicated situation in the Far East, the seriousness of which haa not hitherto been realized. It became known that to insure friendly relations between Japan and China conversations and exchangee had been proceeding in Pekln and the Eu ropean capitals looking to the formal entrance of China on an equal footing with Japan into the alliance that now includes Great Britain, France, Rus sia, Italy, Japan and Serbia. Military participation by China in the war would not be expected, but the political necessity of adding China to the allies Is looked upon by them as of vast importance. It waa learned that recently several Japanese warship were placed at strategic points along the Chinese coast, and that the possibility of in ternal revolution in China through the proposed change from republic to par liamentary monarchy bad caused some Japanese officials to believe munition of war should be husbanded for emer gency cases. When the recent Japan ese-Chinese negotiation were In prog ress, Japan similarly felt compelled to bold her ammunition supply for devel opment. a circumstance that ia known to have embarrassed Russia consider ably. So far aa ia known here, most of the conversations have been conducted at Pekin, and it is not clear how far the proposal haa been discussed with the Japanese government at Tokio. Lumber Shipping Rate Hearing Causes Sectional Testimony Duel Portland Lumber business in Port land la good, say the Willamette val ley millmen. Lumber business in the Willamette valley is good, say the Portland mill- men. Two conflicting lines of testimony developed at the hearing before Ex aminer Butler, of the Interstate Com merce commission, when the complaint of the Portland mills against the Southern Pacific for maintaining a differential of 4 cent in favor of the valley mills on California business was heard. Each side was willing to admit that busines in the other fellow's territory I good, while each as readily conceded that business at home is decidedly bad. The Portland mills contend that their market ha been restricted in various way in the last four or five years; that the new California rates have restricted it still further, and that their production and earnings have diminished in direct proportion with their losses of markets. At the same time, the Portland wit nesses were ready to point out that many new mills have been built In the Willamette valley within the last de cade, that the capacity of existing plants has been increased within the last year, and that the market of the Each entrant must wrap each ear of hi exhibit in paper and pack the en ure exhibit in a small wooden or heavy cardboard box, with entry blank and bis banker endorsement enclosed. Shipment are to be made by prepaid express, addressed to First National Corn Show, care First National Bank. ot raui, Minn. Average size, pro ductiveness, breed type a ad general appearance will be considered in judg ing the exhibit. The corn must have been grown by the exhibitor in a field of not less than one acre. Entry blanka will be provided on request. and no entry charge will be made. Farmer are advised to send samples even if they are not quite up to the average of other years, since unfavor able weather conditions have handi capped all alike. All exhibits will be returned if request is made when aent in. Corn exhibit at state and county fair disprove the claim that corn cannot be successfully grown in Ore gon, and an exhibit at the national corn show will go far to convey the real aituation to prospective immi grants. Railroads File Report Salem The net income of the O. W. K. & N. company lot the year ended June 80, last, waa $248,881.09, according to the report filed by the company with the Oregon Public Serv ice commission. This i an increase ever the preceding 12 month of $15$, 037.23. Gross income amounted to $5,647,795, a gain in one year of $701,177. Railway operating expenses totaled $10,067,449.82, which were $2,050,- 732.14 less than the previous year, The net revenue from railway opera tion was $5,886,607.01. The com pany's revenue from local freight in Oregon was $883,623, while freight revenue on interstate business in the state totaled $2,137,390. The Southern Pacific company' rev enue from freight in Oregon for the year ending June 30, 1915, waa $1,- 183,000. Interstate freight revenue waa $779,834. Passenger service re ceipts for Oregon totaled $2,675,676. The report shows that the company's net income for the entire system amounted to $22,094,263, an increase of $14,432,635 over the year preced ing. Gross income amounted to $63,- 148,011, a gain of $,627,400 over the year before. Dividends declared during the year amounted to $6,360,464. suicide. A wedding of international interest took place in Baltimore recently, when Miss Christine Marburg, daughter of the former American minister to Bel gium and Mrs. Theodore Marburg, be enter simply to came the bride of Jonkheer Alidius next day. Warmoldus Lambertua Tjarda van Starkenborgh-Stachouwer, of Holland, an attache of the Netherlands legation at Washington. river last week. Czartorysk, a little village unknown before the war, and which became famous for the bitter fighting that haa occurred around It, la I again in the possession of the Rus sians, who evidently let the Germans shell them out the The German attack, which met with initial success, was doomed to final failure, aa the country around it is a great marsh. According to the Gactea Del Norte, of Balbao, Spain, a Spanish ateamer with a cargo of wire was stopped by a British cruiser and compelled to un load at Gibraltar before being allowed to continue on her voyage to Malaga. The Supreme court of Wisconsin has 'ruled that when once a married woman is mole beneficiary by a life Insurance policy, it cannot be changed without her consent, regardless of a clause in the policy permitting one to change the beneficiary at any time. Chickenpox Is Prevented. Berkeley, Cal Dr. J. T. Beach, poultry expert of the University of ures for the the Panama-Pacjfic Expo Caifornia, has announced the discovery sition passed the 17,000,000 mark Sat- On the other hand the valley men re ferred sadly to their own lack and loss of business, the while pointing to the improvement in the situation in Port land. From this conflicting mass of testi mony the commission is expected to decide the reasonableness of existing rates and adjust the rate situation be tween Portland and California and be tween the Willamette valley and Cali fornia accordingly. Poor to See Fair Free. San Francisco The attendance fig- of what he termed a certain preventa tive for chickenpox by the hypodermic injection of a vaccine virus procured from a diseased fowl. University au thorities said that the cost of the treat ment waa low. Dr. Beach addressed delegates to the convention of the American Poultry association at the exposition on his discovery. urday. There remain practically 16 days in which they exposition may reach the 18,000,000 mark set for it by officials some time ago. Every person in San Francisco too poor to buy a ticket will be admitted free on a day set apart. Patrolmen on every beat began taking the names of such as have not teen the exposition. Flat-head Indian Skull Found. University of Oregon, Eugene The skull of an adult fiat-head Indian that waa found on a sand bar of the Santi am near Lebanon, Or., haa been re ceived by the Condon Museum of the State University. The Bender was Willard A. El kins, recorder of the city of Lebanon. This sort of skull de formation was once commonly prac ticed from the Columbia river all the way down the coast to Peru. The ancient Peruviana practiced it, and so did the Tolteca of the Plateau of Mex ico. Flathead Bkulls were considered stylish in those days and the flattening was brough about through binding board on the forehead of the child when its skull waa still in a stage of easy yielding. Drained Lands for Lease. Klamath Falls According to J. G. Cam, manager of the Reclamation Service in this city, the government is now advertising to lease for a period of three year the 3004 acres of land formerly covered by the water of Tule lake, but which were uncovered this past summer by the drainage of the lake. It 1b hoped that eventually 25,000 acres of valuable land will become available. Thus far 3004 acres have been reclaimed and the government now desires to lease this in tracts of not to exceed 80 acres each, to be cul tivated to crop each year or put into tame grass meadow. Work on Last Unsurveyed Land. Bandon The last of the unsurveyed government land tributary to Bandon is now under survey by government engineers. Lying in township 30 south, range 13 west, about 15 miles southeast of this city, the tract covers the headwaters of Four Mile and Flora creeks. Practically all of the land ia occupied by squatters. t DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAIRY ICEHOUSES Farmer' Icehoua (Prepared by the United 8tatea Depart ment of Agriculture.) The dairy division of the United State department of agriculture ha been investigating the different types of Icehouses In use by dairymen, and has studied the advantages of each type. Only a sma'.l number of the icehouses examined by the depart ments specialists were built oi new lumber. In many Instances Ice was stored In the cellar under the house or barn. or in the corner of some buildlr;, such a woodshed, corncrib, or barn, or under the driveway leading to the barn, and occasionally it wa simply tacked outdoors with no roof tor pro tection. Where the ice wa stored in cellars, open sheds or in stack, the loss from melting was comparatively large, depending on the ventilation. drainage and care in packing. Where the cost of harvesting Ice is a small item, dairymen often say that it Is less expensive to store in such places than to go to the expense of building an up-to-date icehouse. Where Ice is stacked outdoors and covered with some form of insulation, it ia neces- bixij w put uji iruiu 4V iu ov per trail more than the amount previously al lowed, so as to provide for the heavy shrinkage. The ice should be stored as near the milkhouse as possible, in order to save labor In removln- it to the milk tank. A great many dairymen find it an advantage to have the milk room in one end of the icehouse. In this way the cost of a separate tankhouse is eliminated. The small amount of time and labor required to transfer the ice to the cooling tank generally acts as ' an added incentive tor the free use of ice. It is highly impor tant that the milk room, whether com bined with the icehouse or standing alone, be located so that objection able odors will be avoided. In comparing the different methods of storing Ice, it was found that where the cost of ice was comparatively high it was advisable to spend enough money in building and insulating the Icehouse to protect the ice from melt ing as much aa possible, but in cases where the cost of the ice was small it appeared that the owners were often Justified in building a cheaper stor age with a relatively high loss of ice from meltage. The dairyman there fore should consider both the cost of construction and the cost of the ice In selecting the type most suita ble for his requirements. Some farmers store their Ice in roughly constructed bins. One of this sort was seen, made by placing large posts of irregular sizes three' feet in the ground and about four feet apart, and upon these were nailed a miscella neous lot of boards; no roof was pro vided. The shrinkage was reported from 30 to 60 per cent Ice might be stored in this manner for some pur poses, but this method is not recom mended for a dairy farm. Further- With Milk Room. more a bin of this sort is very un sightly and Is an Indication of slack methods in farming. Where ice ia cheap and building material high, it might be permissible as a temporary arrangement; but It is not so eco nomical a method a may appear at first sight, for the cost of the ice lost in the shrinkage would generally amount to more than the interest on the cost of constructing a serviceable icehouse. An instance was observed in which a corner of a woodshed, about twelve feet square and ten feet high, had been converted into an Ice shed. This corner of the woodshed had been roughly boarded up and about 14 inches of sawdust placed around the ice on all sides, top, and bottom. The cost of the building was very little, and the shrinkage wa reported at about 20 per cent. The owner stated that softwood sawdust ia a much bet ter Insulation than hardwood saw dust The Icehouse in the illustration measure 15 by 20 feet on the out side and S feet high. At the front or south en a vfoonj . 15 'by T feet la partitioned off and used for a milk room. The remaining apace, 16 by 14 feet by 8 feet high, after allowing for 6 inches of wall, 12 inches of sawdust on the sides. 12 Inches on the bottom, and 18 inches on the top, will provide space for about 17 ton of ice. This house is built on high, sloping ground, where the soil is porous, consequently the drainage ia satisfactory. The founda tion is made of concrete (mixture 1 to 6). 1 Hi feet wide at the bottom and sloping gradually until the top meas ures 8 Inches. The sills which rest on the foundation are 6 by 6 inches. upon which are erected 2 by 6 inch studding with 24-inch centers. On the top of the studding rests a 2 by Inch plate, and the studs are sheathed inside and outside with rough boarding. The outside la then covered with weatherboarding. The roof has a two-thirds pitch and is con structed of 2 by 4 Inch rafters, 24- inch centers,, boarded and covered with shingles. In each gable is located a slat ventiletor, 2H by 1H feet, which with the high pitch of the roof allow for an abundance of free circulation of air over the ice. The milk room Is provided with two glass window 3 by 2 feet, one in each end. The milk room is provided only with a movable ice-water tank, 3tt by 4 by 3 feet, in which are placed the cream cans. A rope and pulley which are fastened to the ceiling are used in transferring the ice from the icehouse up and over the wall and lowering it into the tank. The mate rial and labor for constructing this combination milk- and icehouse amounted to $125. The shrinkage on the 100 cakes in "orage was esti mated at about 15 to 20 per cent The ice in this house cost 2 cents a cake, exclusive of hauling and storing. GOOD FEED FOR YOUNG FOAL Colt Should Be Taught to Nibble at Grain With Dam Weaning Made Rather Easy Task. Are you giving that young foal the proper care? To become a strong, sound horse, when matured the foal must be well nourished and given every advantage possible. The foal should be taught to eat grain very early. By placing the feed box from which the dam eats her grain now, the foal, at about two months of age, will begin nibbling with the moth er, and will soon acquire a taste for the grain. A pen built in one corner of the field made high enough to keep the mare out and allow the colt to pass under will make it possible to feed the foal grain witv. very little dim culty. Allow the mare in the Inclo sure with the foal for a few times, and it will soon learn to go in it self. Keep a liberal supply of grain, preferably oats and bran, and perhapa some cracked corn, in the feed box. Tc Induce the dam to loiter about with the colt have the pen near a shade tree or the- salt box. By weaning time the foal will have become thoroughly accustomed to eat ing grain and will wean very easily, besides being In better condition a a result of this additional feed. Handy Door Fastener. . To prevent doors from swinging back and forth, ataple a ring Into the door cleat far enough from the end of the cleat so that It does not interfere with the closing of the door. Push the door back and fasten with a strap, with a snap in It to the building. Have the strap eight or ten inches long and slack enough so that the door can be fastened. This will be found a convenient device for all doors or windows that are on hinge and are to be left open. Klndneaa and Safety. A barrel of water in the hay or grain field, and a paU to each horse at about ten o'clock on a hot day and again at about three o'clock Is not only kindness but a measure of aafeu tor the horse.