(Ik Dflib
FULL LEASED
WIRE DISPATCHES
CIRCULATION IS
OVER 4000 DAILY
...
FORTIETH YEAR NO. 20
SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1917
"PRICE TWO CENTS
nllnnmtl
E
OF SENATE TODAY
Bills Are Passed Upon
Without Debate This
Morning
ONE BILL MAKES THEFT
OF HEIFER A CRIME
Deschutes Counnty Bill Pro
vokes .Discussion In
House
It was purely business in the senate
t'.ig morning. There was no disputes,!
i 'i debates; and the bills and other mat )
U-rs went through like cement through
a mixer, ami as some of the bills were i,
BUSINESS
MARKED SESSION
on third reading it mar be stated that wfls 0-T. ,,! attMMid ... . ' fock mar1kpt' Attorney Whipple of the
... .. . ' B e 01 a n Bl"co,"eo l,t " 1,1011 house leak note committee, this after-
Key, like the cement, are now In CO uere Saturday night by Claude lie-! noon called for stcok exchange clear
"'.lion for hardening and will soon be j Cullocu, attorney for the committee, and j ing house records for the period of
reaaj ior ue. line or tne urns, , :
-hows the niceties of distinction the
I wyers make, for the bill was said to
ba necessarv to cure a defect the legal
fraternity hud found in the existing law
The old law provides a penalty tori
"stealing any house, gelding, mare,
ule, ass, jeunet, or foal. bull, steer,,
row: culf, hog, dog or Bbeep." The
i.ew bill makes no change in the old!
law other than to insert the word:
"heifer.'' The introducer ot' the bill j
: ated that a case of theft in his conn-
tv was beaten when it was shown th
animal stolen was a heifer.
the law made no crime of
Heifer. The bill passed
Senate bills 12(J to 121, inclusive were
i ad second time an dreterreit witn tnei
cceu'.ioii of bill 123 which was placed
on the calendar for tomorrow.
H. B. tH, fixing salaries oi', officers
of Ijiun county, passed.
S. B. 100 fixing emoluments of sher
iff of Baker count v was referred to
committee on revision of laws
S. li. 76, relative to practice of op
tometry, passed.
S. B. 71, mentioned above, passed.
8. B. 12, relative to bonds of adminis
trators and executors, passed.
8, 1!. 90, to changing hours during
v lich polls shall be open In school elec
tions and making the closing hour 7
o'clock instead of (!, passed.
.. B. 98 relating to l'iling of survey
ors report passed.
S. B. 110, providing for support of
il!egitimate children, laid on table on
account of absence of author of bill,
Senator Olson.
House bills 78, 84 and IS,", were read
second time and -referred.
Three house bills enme up for final
wissagc as follows:
H. B. 14, fixing salaries of officers
r Deschutes county, passed.
It. B. 20, providing for taking school
census in f'rst week of November, pass
ed. II. B. 39; regulating the distribution
school funds, passed.
8. B. 10! was roe-referred to commit
tee on revisios of laws. It related to
sheriffs fees in counties of less thon
IftO.OOO population.
.Senate joint resolution, 8, was intro
duced, it was concerning the differen
tial rate charged tourists over the north
i-i-u route as compared to tne same
large over the sou hern route and gave
tlie.public service commission pow .to
so far as possible rente
My tnis una WO
lioproprtued l,avu to pay ior me c.-
rAB th. i v -
nc-nse in so doing. .
S. B. ,-G was reported back bv the
OmmtttOO Oil rCWSlon or ia SHI
(Continued on page seven.)
?Jt j! j(s
.
ABE MARTIN
Who can 't recall when a pound o '
utrong butter used t' upset th' family
-ver' few dayst Th' smile that won't
i - lie off is a good thing, but a water
irrHf complexion is a real asset.
Two German Torpedo
Boat Destroyers Sunk
i ni .in n ..i 1
A in wortn sea Battle
Ion, Jan. 23. Two German de
s "J were sunk by the British in
tw .over engagements in the North
ea.e .e British admiralty announced to
night. The first fight took place close to the
Dutch coast, and British forces destroy
ed one German vessel while scattering
the squadron of which this vessel was
a part The German sea forces were
"considerably punished" according to
the admiralty statement.
The second engagement occurred in
the vicinity of .Schcuwenbaiik. There a
destroyer struck a torpedo and was later
sunk by British ships. Three German
officers and i 1 men were killed.
L
E
DRAFT IS READY
Bill Proposed by Committee
of Various Organizations
Is Completed
Finn! draft (if the rnn.l rode nrnnnuail
,,. j ,i ,;,,.,
District Attorneys Neuner, of Douglas,
and Bell, of Wasco counties, members
of tho district attorney's committee,
and the code will be introduced la the
form of a bill Monday. Others at the
meeting were: O. W. Taylor, chairman
Or the committee; J. 1. Brown, presi-
w or uie rnrmers i uiou. an, I J. A.
Smith, of Gilliam county.
The code in -substance will
Provide for one-half -mill tax for
state road purposes-
Provide for a state highway com
mission of throe members, w ith the
r. and that! state engineer acting exoffieio as one
t stealing aiof the members, and the other two i
j - - '
members to be non-salaried and an
pointed by the governor on recommonda-
nations submitted bv the Oregon good
roads committee. The committee will
submit a number of recommendations
ior the executive to choose from.
Assistants to be Appointed.
The highway commission will have
power to appoint assistants, including
an expert engineer, or a competent road
builder, as it sees fit. The work of
tne commission will be confined to
state roads and roads may be added
by law or the commission to the pres
ent highway as now mapped.
Tho bill will create a county engi
neer for each county, to be employed
by the. county court, or the court may
(Continued on page seven.)
Bone" Dry Hearing Draws
Large Crowd and Various
Interests Are Represented
"Like a shot out of hell," is the
way isepresentative Thomas, of Jack -
sou county, described how automobilists
returning home from a Sunday trip to
Hornbrook just across the Oregon line
dashed down the grade from the sum -
mit of the SUkirou mountains along
the fsoo.ouo highway the people Of
A&L
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tin BitA&vjiB una uinr iamiiiei were
. t : T ,, - ,7, "
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i ul "": ."
His talk came as a sort of climax to
T.
I the open meeting held last night
lw. lMi i-
I nn- uuurv- ui ravreBVniMlvn ior me uis -
; . i. . , . -. . . , . ..
cusniou oi me -none ary law oy ine
senate and house committees on alcohol-
ie traffic. About a thousand people were :
present and the large hall was filled :
with thoKe who ...ma to ,lia,.,wu ,,,.!
, v no , lO IISICU. r
! Representative Thomas' talk was "Crescent City is in the same way.
! forceful and eoitomized the spirit of'AU the wnm aml ,lebris humanity
soutneru iJroon m rt-eard to the i.ass -
. .m . . D . . . .
nitf ul un t'Tloctive ami nbsn ut-Iv
bone dry" Inw. He enntinna,!-
"I come from a county that wants a;
drv law. .Multnomah county wants to I
go easy. We don't want to go easy.
' We want a dry law and are entitled to
have our sentiment in favor of it.
! "In the maiu the people feel that!
j the penalty is too light it ought to be
(largely a juil sentence. When the man;
i engaged in the bootlegging business.
i can make a gallon of alcohol into a
vat of liquor, monev count no figure,
and punishment must be measured bv
the penalty. This may be severe but
is perhaps the result of local condi
tions.
"In Portland there are many cellars!
stocked wirh the wherewithal to with-i
stand a long dry spell. Many men arej
going to have booze for them selves
and their friends long after the law j
goes into effect, if the provision that
all that is on hand when it goes into
effect can be kept.
"I have no sympathy with those whoj
have shipments out which will require!
jierhaps a week to get and who fear i
to lose their money. They knew thisj
was coming. Perhaps the date ought to;
be set for the lime of going into ef-i
feet say July 1 or the Fourth, so that!
the stock on hand can be gotten rid of.!
I
CONCERTED BEAR
DRIVES SUBJECT
OF "LEAK" PROBE
Stock Exchange Clearing
House Records Are Wanted
by Attorney
PRESIDENT NOBLE ON
WITNESS STAND TODAY
Other Prominent Stock Oper
ators Are Waiting to
Give Evidence
By Carl D. Groat,
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
New York, Jan. 23. After hinting
at possible congressional aetiou to
prove "concerted" bear drives on the
December 111 L'.'i. He also called for
all New York brokers' records for the
same time, along with names of their
big customers.
President Noble, of the stock ex
change, promised delivery of the clear
ing house records. Whipple threatened
to send the committee, into every
brokerage house is the city if the
broker records were not produced.
Whipple wanted to sift out the big
speculators in his hunt for possible
beneficiaries of a leak on President
I ir:lrt J.. i i i l.hi
""""" ' T wusrwwn-.
Af '? r, "l"?h Noble promised
I . I . i ; - . t I i . . , , , , i i i . i . t , . . I. K . , . . . . . . . , .
tu take the. request up to the govern
ing board of the exchange forthwith.
Noble, himself, had held there was
nothing immoral or unethical iu creat
ing a pool fund with which to increase
a selling movement- started by bad
news.
Most of the morning session was
taken up with an A. B. O. lesson in
New York stock exchange methods.
Resuming its sessions here, the body
had President Noble of the exchange
us its first witness. He shied at ques
tions on ''manipulations" of the mar
ket to "raise or lower the market."
He ''had read" about such move
ments to lower prices, he said, but had
no "personal, direct knowledge of such
.
(Continued on page seven.)
"Mcdford is the center of the.Itogue
1 river valley. The people have built a
j highway, hardsurfaced, across the coun
tv up to the divide of the Sisgiyous at
I a cost of $200,000. Over the line lies
' Hornbrook. The people of Ashland havo
Pea l7''0no ? making their park
SftK ,uv ,J"'1
Ht became the head
aniHflta for iho HistHhution of Honor.
1 . ; . .
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scum of creation took to going
there from sunrise until about noon.
1 a"tl tht' highway is filled with automo-
i bileu Aftnrnnnn Hum start to rnmn
hack nm come down t roni ttie Alvlno
i:., , ... . .
lilrn ,1-ila mi.Llouu v- ffiniit,,, ,.l,i,r
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disregarding decent people out riding
Wlth their families. We have been
driven off our $200,000 highway by
these people who drive without any re
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van l,K 11 "V ''J
'law.
,
(Continued on page two.)
,1
iKJtll AM
f.ei-CIN
efM on
Billy Sunday Received
Over Fifty Thousand
Boston. Mass., Jan 13. Billy Sun
lav, with a certified check for $50,
M2S.IU and a total list of !3,71(i Boston
trail hitters in his pocket, left Boston
eailv today. The personal collection
i onVy was behind that of other fities, but
it is believed later received will bring
this also to the top of the list.
One hundred thousand endeavored to
get into the tabernacle for one of the
I four meetings yesterday. The collections
j had to be carried to the bank in a huge
I sack by two stalwart policemen.
Boston expenses, cleaned up over a
jwiek were greater than of the other
; cities in which campaigns have been
i held. Thev came to over $S0,0U0.
L
FROM MEXICO NOW
Outposts Have Already Been
Drawn In and Main Body
Will Follow
Washington, Jan. 23. Withdrawal of
General Pershing's forces from Mexico
is under way.
The outposts have already been drawn
in and the general movement northward
toward the border will follow immedi
ately, it was officially learned todav.
The last chapter of the expedition to
get Villa is being written. Villa is .til!
at large.
Following Pershing's withdrawal, the
question of lifting the embargo on arms
will imemdiately come to the front.
There is intention of lifting thc em
bargn now, however. It is the desire of
this government to furnish the Car
ranza government with all the arms il
needs from now on, but it must first
be definitely determined the arms wi'l
get into Carranza's and not Villistas'
hands before the ebargo is lifted.
It is learned officially no definite
date has been set for sending Ambas
sador Fletcher to Mexico City.
Stock Market Neglected
By investors Today
New York, Jan. 23. The New ork
Evening Sun financial review today
says :
Between the digestive process neces
sary to an understanding of the presi
dent's peace address before the senate
and the lure ot Uie "leak" inquiry now
in progress at the custom house, the
stock market was left much to its own
devices today. There was but little in
the overnight news developments.
part, narrow and quite devoid of siguifi-
Ihe price changes were for thc most
The copper group was narrowly irreg
ular. The industrial list as a whole had
a firm undertone. At one time the sugar
shares made a good show of strength,
but there was a reaction of a point orj:i2S slightly hurt in the explosion of a
so later. The shipping stocks turned
soft after early gains. Movements were
variable throughout thc specialty list,
but little importance was attached to
them. Business was practically at a
standstill after midday.
Prices tended to firmness with few
exceptions. The railroad list was feat
ured by strength in Long Island and
weakness in New- Haven, the latter los
ing more than two points.
Some of the specialties which were
react ionary early recovered and ad
vanced to substantial gains. Steel moved
idly near 113. The shipping shares lack
ed support and eased off to some extent.
The oil and gas issuos were strong.
Employment For
Guardsmen Is Planned
Washington, Jan. 2.3. The I'nited
States employment bureau today an-
nounced that it has competed nlans
with the war department to obtain cm-
ployment for national guardsmen rc-
turning from the border who may
out of work.
, . ,
Large numbers of the guardsmen re-
eently ordered home are known to face
I 'TTT. i "T ' Z
I cm 1 1 i if Anli ut i n rr in i no mmm nl Thn tniu.
. "v rrr r
eminent, it was said, feels a certain
... .... . I 1 I, f..w Iklu n.l
.w, ..u uao ..vam.
nuently agreed to assist.
UNDER THE BIG CAPITOL
r - v ...iia; oo 1st iu.7Jui .BAaese
AM
MuitiPAi. lawj
rtc,vyue icst$
ERIN CLAIM
SUPREMACY IN
Official Figures at Berlin
Give Them Majority of
Victories
ONE HUNDRED CAPTIVES
FROM RUSSO-RUMANIANS
WSLfiU"-
jltuhuvii muiuuuua 1 torn
Exploded
Berlin, via wireless to the United
Press, .Ian. 23. Germany still main
tains her supremacy of the air. ' Of
ficial figures announced for 1910 here,
today showed German aviators victors
in a majority of the Aerial battles on
all fronts and that Germany lost fewer
battle planes than her antagonists.
The official figures show the total
Iossor of aeroplanes on both sides dur
u u"" 'V
thc 5? lost 'St' f"?
ing 1910 to have been 1,00). Of these
mans 221. On the west front alone
both sides lost 920 and of these just
ISO were German war planes
Capture One Hundred.
Berlin, via Savville wireless, Jan.
23. Capture of a hundred prisoners in
an engagement against Busso-Ruinan-ian
forces between the Hlanic and
Cutna valley and pushing back of thc
enemy forces, was announced in to
day's official statement.
' Along the Duena and northwest of
track," the report asserted, "artillery
fire has temporarily increased. West
of Duenaburg our trench garrison
drove awnv a Ifussian raiding detach
ment which at dawn had entered our
fist line positions."
British Repulsed.
Berlin, via Sayville wireless, Jan. 23.
Repulse of British detachments ad
vancing against German positions
northwest of Fromelles and a success
ful rcconnoitering raid by Bavarian
regiments, northeast (f Armcntieres,
were reported in today's official state
ment. The Bavarians brought prison
ers and machine guns back after en
tering the enemy trenches.
Elsewhere on the western tront a
hampered artillery and fly
er ac-
Many Victims of Explosion.
Txmdon, Jan. 23. Sixty-nine persons
were killed, 72 seriously injured and
munitions plant ''in thc neighborhood
of London" last Friday, according to
official figures issued today. This, it
is said, is believed to be a complete
i list of casualties
Wheat Is Weaker
In Chicago Market
Chicago, Jan. 23. Uncertainty oi
political developments caused an ntti
tude of eonsi-ervatism on the Chicago
market today. Wheat started firmer
but a weak feelina developed in May
j. few minutes later. May wheat opened
! up half cent, but later tost one, goin-;
j to M.8fi'-i. July opened up 1-8, later
; gaining 3-4, to $1.5.'! 7-8. September
j wheat opened up Vi and -'aincl M, go
: ing to $1.:17'm. Trading was light and
j nervous.
i 'rn had a Strong undertone. May
i opened up 1-8 and ginned :, goin r to
i 1 J?fer opened down I S and later
K"""'1'
aolna to $l.oo
Onts wen- but little changed at tne
J SX'wUt
May oats opened up 1-S, later gaining
1 3-8, going to 88 3-4. July opened tin-
changed and gained ', going to 50
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.JP(.t.( ,.a,ised provisions to advance
'. - 1
CmailfT nog arrivals man were -a
ghorpl)'.
DOME
BAM KCH
tNVE IT MC Ml
RECENT AIR EIGHTS
r
! German Raider's Operations
May Cause End of War
Detroit, Mich., .Ian. 23. Pigmy sub-1
marines, caried rby the German South
Atlantic commerce raider, as described
in fnited Press cable dispatches from
Buenos Aires, may go far toward
bringing an early ending to the war,
I In the opinion of Henry Ford.
I tig warships, Hie IVtroit iiacifist '
believes, are doomed to the junt pile
if it develops that the Germans have,'
'
.More than I year and a half ngoj
Ford outlined plans on which he was;
working for the building of "jitney"!
submarines, which he believed would i
constitute adequate defense for thej
I'nited States coast line. Ford be-1
lievea that the German 18 foot sub
marines are an adaptation of his idea.
" Manufacture oi tne pigmy sun
marines is a step toward general dis
armament," Ford declared today, ''for
there will be no profit in the building
of huge warships in the future. It
may mean an earlier ending of the war
than has been hoped for."
I
Rogue River Situation Comes
Before Legislature For
Settlement
That there is a big fight brewing on
the fishing bills, and especially the
bill to prohibit the use of set nets and
seines in the Rogue river, is the belief
of those who arc interested in the case.
This morning a marked copy of the
Coos Bay Harlmr, printed at North
Bend, was placed on the desk of the
representatives. The issue contains a
half -page of matter concerning the,
Rogue River Fisheries and alleged that
the ruin of one of the leading indus
tries of southeastern trregon will re
sult, that the greater part of Curry
county will be destitute, and more than
$2(10,(1(1(1 lost to the people of that
country if commercial fishing is pro
hibited :it the mouth of the river.
THe representatives of southera Ore
gon who arc interested in the bill de
clare that the measure will not. pro
hibit cotmrrercial fishing in tho river
but will prohibit the sweeping of the
mouth of the river with set nets and
seines, which they state leaves nothing
for the independent fisherman. These
representatives state the demand for a
free and equal chance to fish in the
waters of the Rogue river is universal
and the only one who is inlcrested in
the present status of affairs is Rodcr
ick Macleay, owner of the fishing
monopoly there.
The representatives of southern and
southeastern Oregon declare that Ecu
tor McOaaiel of the Coos Bay HarlMir
is going too far when he declares that
it will ruin commercial fishing on the
Rogue river, as there is nothing in the
bill which prohibits such . fishing ex
cept with set nets and seines. Thc
use of drift nets is declared to be nl
lowed under thc provisions of thc act,
which is aimed to give the independent
eiuher nn eriual chance to catch fish
and make a living as the Macleay fish
ing interests.
Should tVte Macleay interests con
tinue to stir up controversy concern
ing the fish bills now up, it is declared
a bill will be introduced into the house
that will absolutely prohibit commer
cial fishing in that river.
Pistiict Attorney Buffington of Cur
rv county, who is here to watch the
progress 'of these bills, declares there
is onlv one man in the whole county
A.t ,'.-.,,,( the Inw as it now is and
that is Itoderick Macleay.
What Senators Say
of President's Speech
. ,11 U....n.. Till.
Washington. .iun. -w "
,an discussing the patent s
to the senate said:
"I look upon the i
iresulent s auurcss
In the senate this afternoon as
the
ost startling and noblest wmw
iniiiin ',M" . ,.
II, ill kaa fallen from human lips since
ST 5JJL2 ' , . ' Imlencndence. be-
mil vii. ' - -i i
liutiee and liberty
cause it h linnet
the rue bedrock principles of modern
l . mn oniric y
.., v ', t i vn llAB.
"The program he maps out for our
country is a giunt stride in internation
al comity and it took a giant to make
it. It is the very quintessence of tree
self government distilled and double
distilled."
Pew republicans would comment.
Other comment follows:
u, rrmiri "The nresident's
message is a startling thing that ut-j
fords food for reflection. "
Henntor Hhaf roth " The greatest mes
sage of thc century." I
R-a.lnr Nuwlaiids ' ' The message of
the president was a remarkable produc
tion, as startling in its application to
international life aa wns the declara
tion of independence regarding nation
al life.
"It applies the principles of freedom
and democracy to international prob
lems of the highest gravity at a time
when they will arrest the attention of
tho world and do much tp advance pop
ular rights and free institutions. Among
tho most important of these is the right
(Continued on rage tlx.)
BRITISH EDITORS
NOT SO KEEN TO
L
Experience Over Peace Note
Cause of Less Hasty
Criticism
iinrnii DDCCC DDAICEC
LlDCuuAL lIULdd rKAlutjU
WILSON'S HIGH IDEALS
French Press Is More Open
and Frank In Its Public
Announcement
By Ed I. Keen
(I'nited Press staff correspondent)
London, Jan. 23. Mindful of the
error into which they were drawn on
President Wilson's pence note by over
hastiness, British editors today were
generally cautious iu their attempts to
analyze and interpret the president" .
speech in the snate. They evidntly
feared a misconstruction of his remarks
Must of the comment, however, hing
ed on the American executive's nse of
the term "peace without victory."
Tin' papers owned by Lord Northeliffa
insisted that there cannot be a drawn
wftr between the spirit with which tho
allies are animated, on the one side,
and on the other the spirit of Prussian
militarism.
The Morning Post answered Wilson
assumption that neither side desires
victory by pointing out sections of tho
kaiser's recent proclamations and let
ters in which he emphasized Germany 'a
determination for a complete victory.
As a whole, the liberal press ap
plauded the lofty principles apparent
in the president's statement, but. balk
ed at some of the applications thereof,
notably the reference to freedom of
th seas.
The general impression among both
press and public seems to be that tb
speech was intended neither pre-ally
nor pro-Orman but rather pre-Ameri-ean
designed primarily for American
consumption.
The Pall Mall Gazette expressed no
doubt of Wilson's " disinterestedness
niul his high mindedness, " but only re
grets the "exercise of these qualities
in n purely theoretical atmosphere."
"Victory for the allies." the news
pa'r continued, "is the first essential
safety after that we can talk about)
permanent suprossion of war at our
leisure."
The Times' editorial today illustrat
ed the desiro of British editors to "go
slow ' ' in commenting on thc Wilson
speech.
"Its language," the editorial said,
"has evidently been weighed with so
much nicety and care that premBturo
comment must overlook or ininisterpret
the precise shade of meaning which par
licular passages are intended to bear.
"The president's project is nothing
less abitious, less splendid than thc es
tablishment of a perpetual and univer
sal reign of peace. ' '
Continuing the limes lauds WHson
as the lirst individual in a big nation
who advances as a practical plan "the
dreams of many thinkers for a great
number of centuries," although express
ing doulrt that such an appeal to the
imagination and hearts of peoplo will
result in their un reserved approval.
"The allies belies e that a, victory
peace is essential," the Times conclud
ed, "as Lincoln believed it. essential
iu the civil war. They- believo it es
sential for thc attainment of those very
aims of the moral and ideal kind which
President Wilson regards as iadiltPM
Ible to the foundation or a sojil peaco
such as America might help to guaran
tee." The Daily News also thinks tho
speech should be welcomed in Kugrand,
although asserting the argument con-
h , ,.i ', ,, which Kmr-
- --"not agree. Speaking of the
! ;.v,, ,nrv" ns3!re.
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the editorial iieciaren:
Extracted from the context, mat
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son with one or two unfortunately ar-
btguous passages in previous speeches
and notes emulating from tne. wn,ra
!,. hut observation of the, scnteuces
immediately following makes it clear
thai President Wilson is laying down a
principle that goes little, if at all, be
yond the declaration made to him by
'the allies a fortnight ago, that they
(Coutinued on page twe.)
THE WEATHER
Oregon: To
night aad Wed
nesday partly
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