HUNGER DRAWS THE MAP
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A f<**»*l map of Europ» t*elay shows
not n »Ingle country In which the fu
lure does not hold threat of wrrto«is
difficulties and only a small part which
Is not rapidly approaching th.- fnmlnv
point.
With the exception of the
I'kraine only those countries which
hate maintained marine commerce
have sufficient food supplies to meet
actual needs until next linrwst, and
even in lhe I'kraine, with st<xr<-s accu
mutated on the farms, their» la famine
In the large centers of population.
Belgium and northern »ancn, as
well as Serbia, appear on the hunger
map distinct from the rest of Europe
because they stand In a different rrla
tlon from the other nations to the per»
pie of the I'nlted States. America baa
for four years maintained the small
war rations of Belgium and northern
Franca sud la already making st«- lai
efforts to care for their Increased
after the-war needs, which, with thoer
of Serbia, must b» Included In this
plan, are urgent In th» «strain» and
must have Immediate relied
The gratitude of the Itedglan nation
far the help America baa extended to
her during lh» war constitute» the
strongest appeal for us tn continue our
work there. The mo mem the German
armies withdrew from hwr »oil and she
was established Ance tiosra In her ewn
OREGON NEWS NOTES
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Principal Event« «f the
W m A
Briefly Sketched for Infor«
motion of Our Reader«.
Albany’s motion picture theat»ra
have closed voluntarily U> remain
dose.I until all tnfluema danger ta>
pass. -d
The Warm Springs Irrigation pro}
wet. which la already on a fait way to
development, la eaualng a bst boom
at Vale
Approximately I* mon emplrvyed at
the Ht. Helena ShlptwaHdlng com
pany'a yard at St. Helena are out on
a strike
Portland will open Ita first open air*
•cbool on Jamairy 27. It will be the
only school of Its kind In Oregon and
f^-n vs ashington
Joseph McCord, a Weil known Baker
county man. who hail been living on
his ranch near IWwk creek, committed
suicide by taking »• rychnlne
The ministers of Albany adopted a
r-wtolulion voluntart ly closing all of
the churches of AJ bany to all mesd
lugs until danger from Influent» 1»
past.
The J II t hstni Mtra mill at Cottage
Grove Is now gett ng out several cars
r>( Kilt timbers to ba shippe i to
Italy. The limbs ra are W to W feet
In length
Fielegaten froa . Oregon. Waahl ng ton
and California s ill attend the < iregsn
State Hotel M-s .'a association conven
t'on which will open In Portland Mow
day. January S
Another i»l .uvnxa wave haa hit
Klamath EaBt t, Th» ban whWh was
placed on th» < dty early in October
has been rain «d only a short t Baa. bat
th» dlseaae avda la apraadM«
•cat of government the little nation’s!
first thought was to exprewa her gratl j
1 rude to the <’.anml»sion for Kvllrf in ;
Belgium for |w*«-rving the lives of!
millions of her cl Hart is.
Germ any, on the other Im nd, need
not figure In sin h a map for Amort
cans brsnuse there Is no present Indi ,
cation that we shall be railed on nt all
to take thought for tl.r food need» of ;
G-rmany. tjernmny probably can care I
for her irwu food pnddetn If she Is
given acev-w to shipping and Is enabled
U> dlatrlbut* f*»«l to the rtlles with
<l>uuu* |s.pula th.na, which are lhe trxui
Me centers.
England. France, the Netherlands
wild Portugnl, all of which have been
maintained frvun Aineri-:«n supplies
hare sufficient food to meet Immediate
needa. but th.-rr futuire prenenta serl
otm diffi.atJtle» Th» same Is true of
Simin and the northern neutral cwun
tries Norway, Sweden and I’vumark
—-whose porta have I mwwi <*|»-n »ml who
have be« n able to draw to Some degree
upon foreign sirpplU.»,
Most of lluxvks »a already In the
throe« of famine, and tO.OUO.tW« people
there ar»« beyond ths possibility of
help
Ibtfore another spring lb«»U
sands of them Inevitably must dlr
Thia applies as well to Poland and
practically throughout the Baltic re
The < oluuibla viver between The
fvaJlew and flood llfver waa complete
ly . Irvaed la»t week wllh Ice whl< h
stnotched troni »bore lo »bore Auto
mnatrlt.-s « ro»»ed in safety «ver thè
: frr.gen sur fa. e
Work < ai the Eugene Ixtrane road.
Wfiich la one of the big road projects
pl «lined Iry the I .a ne <• only court for
II 1». has been started and a crew of
t» <>n has begun to .bar the right of
a ay at th* Eugen« »nd
Mrs Ernmallne Elisabeth Halloway,
wife of r»»rmrr Circuit Judge William
Galloway, died at her how» in Halvm
after an Illness of »«veral tnontha.
Mrs Galloway was long Identified
with pubtie life In Oregon
Fraternities awrt sororities of th»
Oregon
Agricultural college have
I formed a corporation for th*- purpose
of purrhaauig foods and other sup
piles and ft»r systematising operation
| of the various chapter house«
District Attorney It. W Hwagler
was shot three times, but not seriously
wound*«!, by John Hanlon, of Jordan
j Valley, ax he wax amending th» stair
> »ay in the < ogrthou-M* in Vale Han
Ion la In }*ll charged with assault
with Intent to kill
In a report to th» »tat»-uind board.
Attorn* ■y-G«l>»ral Brown go»« al l*ugth
into th» land fraud situation In the
i slat» and d*c!ar«a that he will seek
i 2MMH» from the leglslatura to further
I prosecute the i*aclBr l.lvestock caar.
gtona, with conditions newt serious In
Finland.
Bobcmla, Serbia, lloumwnla and
Montenegro have already ranched th»
famine point and am suffering a h«-o»y
toll of death Ths Armenian populn*
tlon Is falling ea.-b Week as hunger
takes Its toll, and In Greece, Albania
amt (toumanla an sertoua are tie- food
stowtsg.-s that famine Is nrar
Al-
though starvation 1» md yet imminent,
Italy. Switzerland, Bulgaria and Tur
key are In the throes of serious strin
gencies.
In order tn fulfill Americas pledg»
In world relief we will have b* ei|»*rt
every ton of food whhh ran be han
dled through our |e>rtn This means al
tl.«« very least a minimum of ktkikU.tMV
tons cnxnparvd with rt,<S»»iv»i t.ans pre
war exports and ll.KJti.Ots> l*wvs ex
ported last year, when we «*«•• bound
by the ties of war to th» Eur<>|>ean
allies
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If we fall to lighten th» blm k Spots
on the hunger map or If we allow any
I>or1lon» to become darker the very
peace for which we fought and tiled
will be threatened lievolt and anarchy
Inevitably follow famine Should this
ha|>pen we will «... In other parts of
Europe a repetition of the llussian d»
bacle and our fight for world pewc»
will have been In vain.
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respond**! willingly when called to the
servlc».
After sitting for several days In
front of a house al Dillon, east of The
Dall*
apparriitly sab king passing
trains, the frosen body of an aged
negro, b*»lieved Io be Joseph Mullan,
was found
It to believed he alarttvd
lo walk to Th» Dalle» when hs »»•
overcome by the cold
Early extension of the Strahorn
j railroad from Ita present terminal »t
I Dairy, 2# mil»« east of Klamath Falls,
to Bonanxs. was Indicated at a meet
Ing of the residents of that section
Between flu.»00 and H2.000 of th»
>I*.<>00 nweasery to amure this con
structlou was pl»«lge*t
Htocktnen of Wa»co county have
agreed to support the effort to be
made at this avsalon of the legislature
to miact a law providing for coopers
lion with the federal government In
'becking th« predatory animal peat
by matching the appropriation of the
t'nitml States for thia purpose
The death house at lhe stale penl
(entlary at Salem, where more than a
sewr» of men havw been shot through
the traps Into eternity. Is to be chang
’ •»-! into a kitchen, and fully 300 con
* lets will be s«rm-d their food cafe
tecta style. lnst»md of the present
'ranch end grab" system which pra
vails, a«-»*»"«* if to plana being worked
*>ut now I y
*l«n Slav ana.
With even nurses and aaslstanta at
' hut will attempt no other prosecution» ' some of th* hospitals becoming III
Matilda WhltGs. an Indian woman, from lnflu*-naa. th» situation at Salem
who berainM- famous during the Modoc haa become so serious thst City su
' war In ItTX. when she was the trusted I tborities have Intimated that th» al
! messenger of the pea* e commission ready tight ban may be drawn even
‘ «nd carried m-wsag»» to and from the tighter itnlraa radical steps are taken
hostile Indians In th» lava beds, died to prasnrve lb« regulations
It Is
| st Klamath FaHa. She was W years even possible that th« prohibitory
of age
> measures may be extended to apply to
That Indians from t'matllla r»a»r- all but ahaohitely essential businesses,
1 sat ion have done their part In serving such as meat markets, groceries and
the country in th» war la shown by drug stores, and that other merchand
the record of more than M who have Islng ralabtlahmcnts will be ordered
been doing their duty In France aad closed It la «mimstnd there are fully
In the iraialag camps
Th» lodiaam JMd cases «rf the diaama» la th* atty
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