THE GATE CITY JOURNAL, NTfWA, OREGON.
WATERPOWER BILL
SIGNED BY WILSON
permit presentation of his name to
the convention, and that they were
certain he could be nominated and
elected.
BRIEF G EN ER A L NEWS
New L a w Releases Tcw er for
Great Indnstrial Devel
opment.
Washington.— The waterpower bill
parsed by rougreiiH just before ad
journment baa been signed by Presi
dent Wilson.
Accompanying the announcement
was a statement that the president had
acted after being advised by the at
torney general that adjournment of
congress had not deprived him of tha
10 days allowed by the constitution for
the consideration of a measure.
The new law releases power for al
most unlimited industrial development
in this country and is considered one
of the most Important laws enacted
during the sixty-sixth session.
liy its terms a commission composed
of the secretary of war. secretary of
agriculture and secretary of the Interior
is authorized to lease waterpower
rights on all public lands, forest reser
vations. Indian reservations and on
navigable streams for terms not ex
ceeding 60 years. At the end of the
lease poriod the government has the
option of taking over the plants that
have been built at an appraised valu
ation or releasing or of leasing to
some other concern.
In addition to the waterpower bill
the president signed several minor
measures but not the resolution re
pealing wartime legislation and the
Underwood bill oreatlng a commission
to take up the print paper and pulp
wood question with Canada.
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A sharp earthquake shock Los
Angeles and vicinity. Many persons
w ere awakened.
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The American Federation of Labor
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endorsed government ownership of the
railroads at Its annual convention.
A Duluth. Minn., mob of about 5000
pt rsons lynched three negroes suspect a
ed of complicity In an attack on a a
white girl.
J. J. Gilchrist, an official of the |
Standard Sugar company of Pittsburg, I
w. s sentenced to pay a fine of $10,- j
000 in federal court here for profiteer j
log in sugar.
Thirty thousand of the 400,000 I
French war orphans supported wholly ’
or In part by America will parade In
review on July 4 before the American ;
ambassador in Paris.
Detroit, with a numerical increase I
and rate of growth larger than Chi-
erigo’s and second only to New York
during the last ten years, Is now-
fourth largest city of the country. De-
t ott's 1920 population, announced by a
the census bureau, is 993,739, an in
crease of 527,937, or 113.4 per cent.
Chicago, with 35,154 converts, leads
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all districts in the country in tho cen
tenary evangelist campaign which to
date has won Christianity 307,790 per
sons. This announcement was made
by George B. Dean, in charge of the
division c f evangelism for the cen
tenary conservation committee.
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Boulogne.—Greece was given a free
hand in the military measures in
Turkey which were decided upon at
the Hythe conference according to in
formation here.
The premiers and their advisers
found these measures were required
immediately because of the grave sit
uation resulting from Mustapha R e
ntal's Nationalist forces reaching the
Dardanelles.
French and British troops and the
British fleet will bo concentrated for
the defense of Constantinople and the
straits.
The delegates to the Hythe confer
ence, it is declared, were of the opin
ion that the taking of these meas
ures would be sufficient to deal with
the situation.
Washington.— Under a war depart
ment order, twenty three officers hold
ing the emergency rank of major gen
erals are reduced to brigadiers or col
onels and sixteen officers now briga
dier generals are reduced to ranks
ranking from major to colonel.
Prominent in the list of major gen
erals reduced are Clarence R. Ed
wards. who commanded the New Eng
laud national guard division overseas,
and who is now commander of the
Northeastern department at Boston,
and Henry T. Allen, communder of
the American forces In Germany, who
revert to their rank of brigadiers.
Others reduced to brigadiers are
IS C H A N G E D
Major Oenerals Omar Bundy, who E N C A M P M E N T
commanded a fighting division In
France, and who is now In charge of Civil War Veterans to Gather at
Indlanapolia This Year.
Camp Lee, Va.; Charles T. Monoher,
Columbus, O.— Indianapolis will be
director of the air service; William 9
the Beene of this year's Grand Army
Graves, who commanded the Ameri
>f the Republic annual encampment
can forces in Siberia; William M.
nstead of Atlantic City, which was
Wright, acting chief of staff in the
absence of General March In Europe, selected Inst fall when the encampment
and Samuel U. Sturgis, commanding -vus held In Columbus. This decision
was reached at a meeting of the na
at Camp Sherman, O.
tional executive committee.
The encampment will be held the
week of September 19. instead of
September 25 as originally set.
M'AOOO REFUSES TO
BE A CANDIDATE
Naw York.— William G. McAdoo is
sued a statement In which he refused
to permit his name to go before the
democratic convention at San Fran
cisco.
McAdoo reiterated that his reason
for leaving Washington was that he
decided to "rehabilitate his family”
and that the time has not come when
he can conscientiously give his serv
ices to his party He declared that he
cannot afford a presidential campaign,
should he be nominated, and that he
would not wish his friends to furnish
funds.
“ This decision," he said. "Is Irre
vocable, as the path of duty seems to
me clear and unmistakable."
His decision was made known In a
telegram to Jouett Shouse, democratic
dclegate-at large from Kansas, who
had telegraphed Mr. McAdoo that sen
timent throughout the country was
rapidly crystallizing in his favor; that
his friends would like to have him
Price Fixing Agreements Unlawful.
Washington.— Warning that agree
ments between manufacturers and
dealers, which prevent dealers from re
during the selling prices of manu
factured articles are unlawful, was
sounded by the department of Justice
as part of Its campaign to lower the
cost of living.
Oregon Restores Capital Punishment.
Salem.—Capital punishment was re
stored In Oregon by official proclama
tion by Governor Olcott. immediately
upon completion of the official ranvaae
by Secretary of State Koser of the
vote cast In the special election of
May 21.
There need be but one ahoe K
every one knew. SRI^Z—Dny them at
PARM A CLOTHTNO STORK
HOLSTEIN COW- For sala —fives
foar gallone of milk par day. H. D
MONCE, two mile nerth w rit of Nyesa.
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LAX PH AR M AC Y
“YOU’LL DO BETTER HERE"
per 3 lbran .. .........
Our regular 45c bulk coffee
per l b .........................
60c
$1.75
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D R IE D F R U IT S
25c
20c
15c
Large Fancy Prune* per lb ..
Evaporated Apples per lb -----
Black Figs per lb .. ■
P IC K L E S
5 gal. keg sour
................. $4.40
1 gal can dills....................
1.10
1 gal can sweets ...
1 .2 5
Lemons, large
Sunkist per
doz 3 5 c
SO AP
$ 4 .5 0
Toilet soap, per bar
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5c
Catsup per bottle 25c
Cheese,
Young
Am erca's
a verage 6 lb. each,
per lb 37c
Pineapple per can.... ...........$ 1 . 1 0
We have just received
a car o f Bunch Grass
Beef from the John Day
country. They »re fat
and fine and we bought
them right. You know
what the quality is. The
prices below will speak
for themselves:
Shoulder Steak per Ib . . 20c
Pot Roast per Ib .
18c to 20c
Beef Stew per lb . .
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Boil per lb . . 12 l-2c to |15c
Pork Roaatpei Ib . . .
25c
Pork Saugage per Ib . .
25c
Hamburger per lb . . .
20c
SMOKED MEATS
Picnic Hams per Ib
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Bacon by the strip . .
Regular Hams . . . .
Apples per can...... ...........
95c
65c
Blackberries per can... ......
1 .1 0
Peaches per can: ............ ..
70c
65c
Tomatoes per can...... ..........
Pumpkin per can---- ..........
Standard Sizes
Corn per dozen cans... ......
1.85
Peaa per dozen cans.... ........
2 .0 0
String Beans per dez cans---
2 .0 0
Tomatoes per doz cans ■. ....
2 .0 0
Carnation Milk doz cans....
1 .5 0
Cane Sugar per
100 lbs
$ 2 3 .5 0
Farinaceous Goods
A strictly High Patent Flour
Every sack guaranteed to give
satisfac tion, per barrel.
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4 sasks ....................... $ 1 1 .“ U
28c
44c White Beans per lb ............
45c
Red Beans per lb...... .........
9c
10c
Lard io 25-lb Cans, per lb.
Jap, Whale Bean, Rice........
15c
28c.
9 Ib eick Rolled Oats...... ...
70c
9 lb saek Germetta
70c
Compound in 10-lb.
pails $ 2 .7 5
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Laundry 100 bars case
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FIREWORKS
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