LINN COUNTY AGRICULTURALIST
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SWEET HOME, LINN COUNTY, OREGON, AUGUST 6, 1914
$1.25 THE YEAR
RAILROAD STRIKE
ENGLAND MOBILIZED OREGON WEEKLY
AMERICANS IN PARIS EUROPE CAN TEACH
IS AVERTED
TO WAR ON CALL INDUSTRIAL REVIEW SAFE BUT IN NEED
AMERICA THRIFT
Managers of Ninety-eight Western Roads Great Britain’s Move Puts All Europe in Things Doing in Oregon in the Way of Food Prices Jump and Checks at Pre­ Chicago Banker, Who is Studying Abroad,
and Employes Accept Plan
Readiness for Battle-Italy’s
Payrolls, Factories and Enter­
sent Are Useless-Embassy
Arranges For Congress at
Suggested
Neutrality Armed
the Fair
prises Employing Labor
Servants Quit
London, Aug. 3.—All the great
The state bank examiners reports
European powers except Italy, and show decrease of deposits in Oregon
most of the secondary powers are national banks from November 1 to
mobilizing with all their energy. June 30 of $2,064.250.
Mobilization has not yet reached a
The Pendleton Tribune is pessi­
stage where any of the armies have mistic about the $1500 tax exemp­
met in battle.
tion, and calls jt the single tax in
Italy, which declared her neutra­ sheeps clothing.
lity, will begin to mobilize only to­
C. E. S. Wood, just home from
morrow, although the process prob­ New York, says both the Hill and
ably is well under way. Great Harriman systems will resume ex­
Britain’s mobilization is nearly com­ tensions in Oregon under better fin­
pleted, but she has not yet announ­ ancial conditions.
ced that she will join in the general
Metal production in Oregon for
war.
1915 totalled 1,746,402.
Tonight war officially existed be­
Woodburn
Independent
has
tween Austria and Germany on the moved into the new Austin brick
one side and Russia, Servia and just finished.
Montenegro on the other. There
Eugene council and the Portland,
had been no official declaration of
Eugene & Eastern Rr. have settled
war between Germany and France
their differences on Eighth avenue,
on either side, but tonight the Ger­
and construction work begins.
man Ambassador in Paris received
Oregon Eastern railroad renewed
orders to demand his passports.
construction
from Vale towards
The most important event in last
24 hours was Germany’s demand up­ central Oregon the past week.
Eugene will try to float a broom
on Belgium in the form of a 12-hour
ultimatum, that the German troops factory and Albany is raising a sub­
be permitted to cross Belgium to the sidy for a furniture factory.
French frontier, coupled with the
Linn county officials are planning
promise that Belgian integrity should a new auto road to Cascadia.
remain unimpaired at the end of the
The State Industrial Accident
war and that Belgium should be commission has on ffle 200 claims
compensated.
against the state before it has been
To this Belgium refused to accede running a moth.
on the grounds of her rights and
honor.
Forest Fires
Sir Edward Grey, the British Sec­
retary for Foreign Affairs, made a
Two forest fires have engaged
statement in the House of Commons the attention of Sweet Home folks
indicating that Great Britain’s in­ since our last issue. The first in
terests and obligations could not the vicinity of Mealy’s mill, was sub­
permit her to submit to the violation dued with but little loss. Help from
of Belgian territory. This practic­ Sweet Home was called for. The
ally left the decision as to whether fire was extinguished in a few hours,
Great Britain should make, war to without any practical damage.
the public opinion.
This week a fire over on the head
There is absolutely no doubt that waters of the Calipooia called for
British sentiment is for war. The help. A number of Sweet Home
appeals of the pacificists get no people went over to help. At this
hearing. Not one man in a hundred writing we âré uninformed as to. the
in London seemingly Wants the condition of the fire.
nation to remain neutral.
Germany, through her diplomats,
Is Not a Buccaroo
has tried to keep Great Britain out
by a virtual offer to refrain from
Until.last Saturday, Wm. Putman
using her navy against France as
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thought he was a buccaroo. A pet
the price of Great Britain’s neutra­
horse he owns convinced him of the
lity.
error, in a very few minutes.
But the English people clearly are
Just as he was crossing the Foster
convinced that their honor and vital
bridge, a. bright ray of light came
interests compel them to protect
*
I have about 1200 bushels
up through a crack. Bill, in order
Belgium,. France and the other
i of peaches at my orchard
to cause the horse to move along,
nations which are their closest
I in the southeastern edge
applied his heels. This caused the
neighbors.
of Lebanon, consisting of
horse to go to bucking. When near
fCrawfords, Muirs, Cham-
There is a report tonight that the top of the hill, Bill found him-
Holland has been invaded through selo on the ground. The horse ran
*
pions and Charlottes
the province of Limburg. The peo­ down the hill but got over his scare
t
The prices are as follows:
K First class per bushel $1.50
ple of the Dutch Kingdom, resolved and came back to see how badly Bill
to go to any extremity, are said to was hurt by nosing about him. Mr.
V Second class “
“ $T.25
| Culls '
“
.50
be opening the dykes and flooding Putman was pretty badly bruised
the country, which would make thé and has concluded that a bucking
K
Delivery will be made at
Er the orchard, you to supply
passage of an army impossible.
horse is no good for him.
L the box.
Picking will
Great Britain has mobilized her
commence about Aug. 12.
forces and awaits events. Today
When health is considered, Sweet
HELEN V. CRAWFORD
she is not a belligerent power, nor I Home has any of the valley towns
Wbanon
Oregon is she a neutral one.
| skinned.
Chicago, July 31.— A strike of
55,000 firemen and engineers on
ninety-eight railroads operating
west of Chicago has been set for
Friday, August 7, it was officially
announced today. Warren S. Stohe,
grand chief engineer of the Brother­
hood of Locomotive Engineers, and
W. S. Carter, president of the Bro"
therhood of Locomotive Firemen
and Enginemen, declared the order
would be put into effect unless the
general managers’ committee of the
railroads accepted the plan of settle­
ment proposed bv the federal board
of mediation.
In a signed statement Presidents
Stone and Carter asserted that after
the managers’ committee had in­
voked the services of the federal
board of-mediation and conciliation,
the managers’ committee had
refused to accept the plan of settle­
ment proposed by the federal med­
iators and “thus the burden of re­
sponsibility of the strike must rest
on the railroads.”
The three principal causes of the
strike, according to statement of
Messrs. Stone and Carter, are: The
manner in which railroads have re­
pudiated arbitration agreements
The manner in which the man­
agers’ committee has excited the
anger of the enginemen in the ser­
vice by their arbitrary attitude.
Because the railroads seem deter­
mined to force the employes to
abandon the mileage basis of pay
without being willing to adopt the
hourly basis of pay; the managers
attempting to force on the employes
and entirely new basis of pay which
they are pleased to term the “service’
’period.”
After the federal mediators had
declared their mission a failure,
President Wilson appealed to the
general managers and the union of-
ficals to come to Washington and
discuss the situation. Regarding this
proposal* the statement of the en­
gineers continues:
“The enginmen’s committee con­
tend that having adopted the plan
proposed by the official represent-
Peaches!
Peaches!
Paris, Aug. 2.—The situation of
Americans on account of the war
crisis was much worse today. Their
panic was increased yesterday by
the closing of banks, Cooks’ agency
and American Express at noon.
However, the latter two concerns
met all paper with cash and promise
to open Monday morning.
The inability to secure money is
the chief peril of the Americans,
for there will be plenty of trains
to boats after mobilization is over.
Ambassador Herrick, however,
considers the financial situation so
critical, it is reported, he will ask
Washington to send a swift cruiser
with cargo of gold to enable Ameri­
cans to cash their checks, at present
useless. He also will ask for trans­
ports to facilitate getting out of
the country.
In case war is declared America
will take over the business of the
German Embasy here and. in Berlin,
Ambassador Gererd will assume
business of the .French Embassy.
This mutual accommodation on the
part of the United States will pre­
vent any ill-feeling toward Ameri­
can citizens in either country,
assuming German business means a
tremendous amoUntof work. Am­
bassador Herrick said today that
there were still 100.000 Germans
in the country.
In case they
are given the order immediately to
leave France they will be herded
over the Spanish frontier to the fur-
therest point from home.
The Embassy is feeling the pinch
of the crisis that is placed on every­
body. Of 23 Embassy servants all
have gone to join the colors. It has
been explained by the government
that the keeping of servants in war
time is not a diplomatic privilege.
There has been a general rise in
price at wholesale market, especial­
ly for commodities capable of being
kept in storage. Potatoes, which
were at $4 per 100 kilos (about 200
pounes) two days ago, are now at
$10.
Butter rose from 30 cents a pound
to 50 cents. Fresh vegetables also
showed a rise. The price of fruit
has not increased and bread and
meat have not been affected.
Ambassador Herrick said today:
“Americans are perfectly safe here.
The United States and France are
on the friendlest of terms. They
could not have a better place of
refuge.”
A notice posted last night regard­
ing the status of citizens allows the
American residents to remain, but
demands that all the non-resident
foreigners evacuate as quickly as
possible. Ambassador Herick thinks
he will have no difficulty in keeping
Americans from being molested by
the authorities until the situation is
eased.
The most unfortunate part of the
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London, July 30.—America has
much to learn from foreign countries
in regard to thrift, and might go
far to Solve the pressing cost of
living problem by studying and
adopting many of the systems which
are making living cheaper abroad,
says S. W. Straus, a Chicago banker
and president of the American So­
ciety of Thrift, who is at the Carl­
ton, after a five months’ tour of
Italy, France, Germany, Switzer­
land, England and Scotland.
During this period Mr. Straus in­
vestigated co-operative societies,
school gardening and educational
methods to determine whether the
methods used in Great Britain and
on the Continent were feasible for
the United States. He said:
“We are going to hold a National
Thrift Congress at* the Panama ex­
position in 1915, and since I came
here to^study the thrift movements
on this side of the water we have
determined to make the congress
international.
“I have extended invitations to
the principal Europen countries and
have met with gratifying success.
Practically all have assured their
acceptence and will send delegates.
“The most notable example of
thrift is Great Britain’s splendid
system of cooperative associations.
They have 2,500,000 members, and
the amount of annual business done
is just a little less than the business
of the United States Steel Corpora­
tion. This gives some indication of
the scope of this great thrift method.
“Great Britain leads world in co­
operative schemes. The Germans
have not brought the co-operative
movement to a science as England
has, but I was struck by the fact
that the German government is
much more thrifty than the people
themselves, who have become very
extravagant in the last decade.
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