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After about "JO niiuules Colonel Gor
ploye of the publishers. The defend
ants assert that the statement was
given them in an interview hy the
corporul und thnt they hud no inten
tion of representing Colonel Gordon
as having; failed in his duty ns a sol
dier. don ordered us to throw down our
arms, and the fight was over."
Colonel Gordon denies that he jrnve
:he order to surrender, and declare
he hclicvt the article was not writ
ten hv Corporal .Mutch, hut hv an em
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W.DFORD MATL TRTtfTTNR' MKPFOim ORKCiOX. TTTTRSDAY. AUfiT-RT . THIS
By Harold Kdwln Hechtol.
LCWDOX, Aug. 8. Government
control of the prices of food staples
bas come to stay In Great Britain.
This Is the opinion of men high up
in the direction of British food con
trol. For Instance, Sir William Goode of
the ministry of food said today in an
Interview for the Newspaper Enter
prise association: ,
"I do not believe the prices of es
sential, foodstuffs will ever again be
entirely uncontrolled.
"That Is to suy, I don't think the
people of this country will ever sub
mit to the profiteering in food staples
which has been eliminated by the sot
ting up of control of food and food
prices by the government.
, "I believe rationing, however, will
disappear after the war. (Not the :
day fighting ceases, nor even the day '
peace Is signed, perhaps, hut grud-
O. A. C. Corvallis, Aug. S. Re
sponse to the cull of the government j
for applicants for admittance In tne
new central officers' training schools
has been general and Beveral hun
dred Oregonlans have applied. A
special appeal is now being made for
older men of mature judgment to
BEHIND BRITISH LINES IX
FRANCE, Aug. S. my the Associat
ed Press). Life on active service is
not entirely composed, as some peo
ple lire inclined to Imagine, of fight
ing, of sitting In trenches, of resting
In billets, of marching, eating and
sleeping. It is true that the main
train In field artillery work at Camp , activities of the soldier are romprls-
Zachary Taylor, Louisville, Ky., ac
cording to word just received at the
Oregon Agricultural college by Cap
tain T. F. Magglnis, professor of mil
itary science and tactics in the col
lege, who has been especially design
ated as a representative of the gov
ernment to receive applications.
"Older men of mature judgment
gained thru wide experience in busi
ness and professional life are espec
ially desired." says Lieutenant Col,
ed in the above list, but there arc
countless other duties which he is
called upon to perform, duties
which might best be .called "odd
jobs," and some of which are dis
tinctly odd.
' The days of camp-followers, who
ucdto perform the more menial
tasks of the battle zone, are gone
never to return. The soldier must
now be his own hewer of wood and
drawer of water. ' He must attend
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, , , . , , . , , , second lieutenants, as promotion will
Labor leaders simply take it for ;
. , be by selection and should be rapid if
granted now that control of staple1.. . , , , ,,,,
. . , . , .they demonstrate ability,
food prices will not be abandoned. .... ,,, , ., ,,
,, , , , I ntll further notice you may re-
The working people intend to ben- . ...
.... . . ,. , . , ! celve applications from men of busl-
efit, insofar as is possible, ly the .
. . i ness affairs, both within and above
Arthur II. Carter. commanding offi-, himself to nil the little details of lifo,
cer at Camp Zachary Taylor in a com- i ,lle cleaning of his quurtera, the dlg
munlcatlon to Captain Maginnls. j R"iK ot trenches, the carrying or his
"Such men need not hesitate to enter roul1- "rokon trenches must be mend
this school because on graduation ' Cl1- rr03l trenches dug, and dugouts
thoy cuunot be commissioned above '"Hit. Al1 these odd Jobs, which the
' And one of those lessons has been
that the best way to curb the food
profiteer Is to sit on him thru broad
government price control.
From July, 1914, to July, 1917,
food prices In Britain steadily and
rapidly- shot upward. They doubled
and more.
Then price control was slapped on,
and tile advance was quickly checked. I
They dropped early this year.-Now
they are rising again, but slowly.
They are not soaring as they were
before price control was set up and
as they threatened to continue to
soar.
Price control was first made effec
tive under the direction of the late
Lord Rhondda. And friends say his
personal view was that some sort of
price control of essentials would re
. main. This is also stated to be the
personal view of Lord Rhondda's
successor, as food controller, the
Right Hon. J. P. Clynes, M. P., tho
neither man ever committed the food
ministry to any policy on the matter.
, As Indicative of the success of food
price control and the rationing sys
tem, by the way, the food ministry Is
practically the only big government
department that Is not subjected to
epaomodlc, violent criticism, political
or otherwise.
I draft age, giving them assurance that
if accepted they will be called to this
school within one week of the date
soldier Is called upon to do In what
would otherwise be his spare time,
he sums up under the comprehensive
heading of "fatigue."
Kntiguo Hilly
Fatigue duty, as the name implies,
Is not often a light or restful form of
occupation. It may Involve a long
march with a night's work at the end
they specify they wish to enter, pro- j '
CHILDREN'S WEIGHT
FALLS DUE TJ WAR
i. LONDON. Aus. 8. The iiveni
.weights of boys and "iris six yours
aid from jittod families in Liverpool
have fallen by five und four pound
respectively due to war conditions.
'Boys of the smne ne in vnnrcr (l's
trii'ts increased in wciclit by five
pounds and girls by one pound in the
same period.
vidlng said date is not more than one
month from date of application.
"We have made arrangements
thru the chief of artillery whereby
we can have men ordered to this
school whose applications we have ac
cepted, hut who have been drafted
before It was possible to have them
Inducted Into the service.
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LONDON, Aug. 8. Americans
sturted saving daylight, but they're share,
amateurs compared with Europeans.
The first man to be picked for a
fatigue party aro tho defaulters, men
guilty of minor delinquencies such as
the possession of a rusty rifle or un
unshaven chin at the morning pnr
ade. It follows that the term "fa
tigue" has fallen somewhat into dis
repute, for it hus come to be associat
ed, at least In the civilian mind, with
an idea if punishment. In conse
quence, an attempt has been made
to differentiate between extra work
which Is Included in the duties of
every soldier, be his character ever
so stainless. For this purpose a new
phrase has been Introduced. This
new phrase Is "working party." Men
are selected for working parties in
turn, so that everyone contributes u
Working l'ai-tles
WITH T11K AMKltK'AX Alt MY
ON TIIK VKSJ.K, WYclm-sdny. Amr. 7, i
10 i. in. (Hv the AtsociiiU'il I'rt's.)
The Vt"le was i-rosM nt itntl
west of Kir-nies ir.tt tmhiy hy mltli- j
tinnnl American inlnntrymcn. West of
Pismes the Americans are hrenkini;
up counter attacks, j
In support nf the Americans who
liml crossed the river iluriiii; Tuesday
niiiht and Wednesday morning, a de
tachment of inlanrry crossed the
Vesle under a hurram ju-t hel'ore
noon today. Two other detachments
reach the north hank later.
The (lerniaiis cornier attacked Ike
Americans vet of Kismes this after
noon hut were scattered hy the Amer
ican artillery. In hitter tifihtin.n; the:
men from overseas used their hayo
ni'ts effectively. A few (iennansj
were aken prisoners, while the ot lid's!
retired. , I
The stil lest res -tance now f:ie-j
ini? the American infantry -north of
the Vesle is from .a knoll north of
Haze lies. Here a numher of German
machine jrun com panics have duti in.
One of the American detachments
which crossed the river .today rein
forced the Americans aloiiir the
liheims-Soissons highway, who art
eudcavoriu: In draw the (iennaiis
from the knoll.
Amoii the prisoners taken hy the
Americans today were an officer and
several privates from a fresh divis
ion which has jus I arrived from the
German front in Flanders.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. Appor
tionment to each state of the federal
fund of $2.:t07,4ii(l for vocational
education In l'JlS-19 has been an
nounced by the Federal Hoard for
Vocational Education. The funds are
made available on tho condition that
each state shall duplicate tho amount
allotted. Tho money must be spent
as follows:
For agriculture, $782..m.; trado,
home economics and Industry, $794,
463; teacher training, $730,42 1.
The allotments by state follow:
Maine, 1 7,920; New llampshlio,
$1.1.1)00; Vermont, $1.1,000; Massa
chusetts, JSC, UK; Rhode Island,
$19,304; Connecticut $31,24.1; New
York, $220,343; New' Jersey, $02,
770; Pennsylvania, $lSt,7S0; Dela
ware, $ 1.1.000; Maryland, $31.2.10;
West Virginia, $29,417; Ohio, $111,.
002: Kentucky, $.11,701 ;. Michigan,
$07,139; Indiana, $0I,17S; Wiscon
Fon, $.11,843; Illinois, $137, .1SI;
.Minnesota, $49. .157; Iowa", $.12,130;
Missouri, $78,77.1; North Dakota.
$ 1 7, SOS; South Dakota. $17,708;
'Nebraska, $2S,014: Kansas, $39,807;
Oklahoma, $38,01.1; Montana. $1.1.
(100; Wyoming. $1.1.000; Colorado.
$19,273; New Mexico, $1.1.000; Ida
ho. $1.1.00(1; flub. $1.1.000; Arizona,
$1.1.ooo; Nevada, $l.1,uoo; Washing
ton, $27,014; Oregon. $10,142; Cali
fornia, $18,021; Virginia, $18,288;
North Carolina, $11,191; South Car
olina, $30,189: Georgia, $00,918;
Florida, $18,817: Tenneuse. $11,
011; Alubnma, $49,70.1: .Mississippi.
$42.8SS; Arkansas, $37,874: Louisi
ana, $39,08.1; Texas, $91,301.
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CIORPtrtNUo HUNUK
FOR VI
The way they have the clocks sot
ahead over here It doesn't get good
and dark, even this lato In the sea
son, until 11 p. ni.( almost midnight!
At 9 p. in. It Is as light as day.
At 9:30 'p. in. it begins to get
"dusk.?
At 10 p. m. you can still read a
newspaper in the street.
At 10:;0 p. m. you can recognize
an acquaintance in an unlighted spot
across a wide street.
At 1 1 p. in. it's dark.
On account of the danger of air
raids, a police order which is rigidly
enforced requires all hlimls to be
drawn at dark. And right now the
official time for compliance with this
order Is 1ft p. m. And you can well
imagine the police are playing safe in
an order of this kind.
In the north or the British Isles It
Is midnight before it gets dark.
So far as possible, working parties
are employed on essentially military
operations, such as the putting up of
wire entunglemonts, the digging of
trenches, the carrying of rations and
stores, whereas a fatigue party is
likely to bo employed on more menial
forms of occupation.
But It is difficult to change old
names, nnd tho the distinction be
tween a fatigue party and a working
party is carefully observed In official
orders, the British soldier himself Ik
still Inclined lo apply the old name
'fatigue" Indiscriminately to all
forms of extra work.
In the main, it Is the unfortunate
infantryman who is called upon to
supply working parties. The engi
neers, for exnmple, depend to a great
extent on infantry labor for the
carrying out of their various operations.
WAI.KIGII. X. C, .An. 8. Kverv
evening at 7 o'clock church hells are
tidied in cities, towns, villages and
"n the most remote sections throuuh-
uit North Caloliiin while people ofier
i a prayer for the success of I he al
'ics. This is done in accordance with
a proclamation surest iny it issued
several wee!:- ago hy Governor
Thomas W. liickelt.
When the idea wjis first propnsul it j
was noi ncnrriNiy ocservea. oiu u
now come n:ilur:il for most North
Carolinians each cvt-iiini; nt 7 oVIock
to pray for the victory of democracy
over iiuloci'iiev.
Governor Kicked is one of those
who strictly observes the new ens
torn. The oilier n I tertioon he was
olayinjr tennis with a arty of friends
it a co.irt near the city ami when he
leurd the sounds of the tollinir hulls
lie raised his hands nnd said: "Hold
on, boys, there is the Angelas."
The frame was stopped while the
dayers joined the governor in silent
uayer.
Lhpiors run he solidified into lah
'et form hy a method a French
i'hcinit has iuvenh-d.
OF HIS REGIMEN!
1-ONlHtX, A'.ijr. H.--!!ccnu.-e the
defendant published a slorv about
him saying- that he ordered hi.-; regi
ment to surrender during a battle on
the western front in the early days
of the war. Colonel William K. Gor
don, holder of the Victoria Ci'oss,
has started a novel suit for "l.tlDt
damages iigninst John l.cng; iJc Co.,
of Dundee, Scothtnd, publishers of it
weekly newspaper.
The article, written hy Corporal
Geort.e .Mutch of (he Gordon High
landers, contained then- words:
''We opened fire on the enemy. As
we were a splendid target tor them,
however, and thev were almost invis
ible lo us, it was plain t!i;U,.erv soon
we would In1 wiped out. We could
neither advance nor retire, and grad
ually the Germans closed in nlmnf us.
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don't forget to bring
those two cases of Carnation!
"You remember what an awful time I had in
fruit n'chng last year because I ran out of Car
nation and you were too busy to go after it"
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Thousands cf housewives use no milk but
Chrr.r.t.'on. They buy it by the case and keep
a few cans in tho pantry wkh the other food .
ctaples and the rest in the storeroom or base
ment. You will find as they have found that
it, "Answers the Pure Milk Question,
The buy fruit farmer's wife will appreciate
the convenience and economy cf this as muck
cs her sister in the city. With a case of
Cama'Jon cn tho placo there h no cow to milk
and no pails end pans to clean twice a day.
Ask Ycm Grocer for
llMA Caption by the Case
Gend us your address and we
will mail you a book of unusual
ly good recipes. It's called
' The Story of Carnation Milk."
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Sold exclusively by tho Hcxtill Stores. In a large range of designs
and color combinations to match any costume. Individuality and
Chaructor la what you deslro In a "Swim Cap" and hero Is where
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We print labels for the Rogue River Fruit and Produce Association, for the Bardwell Fruit Company, for
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