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THIS 1AILY '.AHfTAI, JOl'KN! -UlFM ORE. MONDAY. MAY 13. 191S. NEW TODAY i t IF YOU WANT TO BUY OR SELL SOMETHING, DONT WEEPER IN A WHT-USE A JOURNAL WANT AD CLASSIFIED JLDVES.TISBXQ SATES Bate per word New Today: Tecs, i-eert-ta 1 Om week (6 insertions) 5 Ob moot- (26 insertions) 17e Til Capital Journal will mot be re ponsiNe Cor more than on insertion, for enters tm Classified Advertisements Kaed j-our advertisement the first day II eppe-rs aad notify ni immediately Minimum charge. 15a, MCLTIGRAPHING Phone 340. 6-25 FOR BENT-nPiano. Phone 62F13. 5 18 LOOSE hay for sale. Phone 8CF2. 5-14 WAtfTED Cattle, any kind. Phone 80F2. 6-15 COL. W. F. WEIGHT, the auctioneer, Turner, Oregon. Phone 52. . 6-11 X)B SALE Loganberry plants. Phone 79F11. 517 liOST Auto lieense No. 51262. Find er return to Vick's, garage. 5-13 FOR SALE A-l milk cow. 1294 south 13th St. 5-13 FOB tomato plants, eall at Rt. 1, box 2, Salem. 5-17 SWITCHES made from combings. Phone 1041, Mrs. Boyce. tf FOR SALE Good team horses at 66 N. Summer St. 5-1(1 WANTED Two dozen young laying hens. 290 N. Front St. Phone 54. 5 14 WANTED To buy large calves -or stock cattle. Phone 1576W. 5-22 FOB SALE 9 goats in fine condition. Phono 5F3. 5-13 WAGON and harness for sale, $45. phone 19F13. 5-13 GOOD potatoes 75 a sack. Bring sacks. Phone 1056W. 511 GET your fruit tree spraying dons aov. Phone 754. 6-4 WANTED Janitor, apply Willamette sanitarium. . tl TWO aad three room furnished apart ments. 491 N. Cottage. Phone 2203L HATE jo wood sawing! Call phone T. .tt FOR RENT-Onorana three housekeep ing reams, 482 8. High St. Phone 1123. 5-lJJ TEAM, wight 2700, waon and har ness for sate or trade for Ford. Call evenings 196 W. Wilson. 6--a PASTURE for rent and oak wood for sale, at Oak Grove, John Lorenz, BickreaH, Or. 5-15 FOR RENT 5 room house on 13th and sta'6) rent very reasonable. For in formation Phone 773B. 5-14 WANTED Second hand ear, Ford, self starter preferred. Address P- M. McGovern, Black Rock, Or. 5-14 FOR SALE The following mortgages, $650, $750, $1200 and $3100. H. M. Hawkins, 314 Masonic building. 5-13 FOR SALE Duroc sow and 8 pigs, six weeks old. Samuel Duigee, Garden road 230. 5-14 WANTED At Oregon- state tubereu ' losis hospital, a second cook, man pre fexred. Call 433. 5-13 FOR SALE Some fresh milch cows and farm homes,' also want to buy a second hand binder. Geo. Swegle. tt FOB SALE Or will trade for stock, covered peach or Loganberry wa gon, good as new. Phone 5F3. 5-13 WANTED . Good piano, state niaks and. Address R. E. R. care Journal. 5-13 FOB RENT 4 front office rooms in Hubbard Mdg. V. H. Norris, receiv er, room 304. tf fOB RENT Good fivs room modern ko.se. Inquire 606 N. Cea-nereial 8t er phone 1549M. IFOR SALE 5 year old cow, with calf 3 weeks oM, $50; spring oat straw, baled, $10 ton. a mile north asylum, Et 7, box 16. 5-13 WANTED Girt to take care of chil dren and living rooms, no washing, good wages. Olympia, Wash., Fare paid. Phone 1474 Salem- 5-11 WANTED Men for shipbuilding, new -and; chance for advancement, good stages to those making good. If in terested caU at 217 S. High St, Sa lem, 5-15 LABORERS WANTED For Rodgers hip yard. Good wages and fine op portunity to the right kind of men. Apply H. A Johnson k Co., room 2 Ladd & Bush bank bldg. 5-13 THE Oregon Realty Exchange Invest ment Co., Inc.. lists property every where and charges no commission for putting buyers, sellers and exchang ers of realty together- Boom 28, Brey man bldg. Salem, Or. 5-13 BOMB one wants your property and yon wo old sell. We charge no com rtssioa for putting buyer-aad tell er together. For further information Oregon Realty Exchange Inrestment Co, Ine 14 Breymaa bldg., Salem, Or., Chamber of Commerce bldg., Eu gene, Or 250 3d St. Portland, Oregon. WANTED White Indian Runner or Pekin duck epgs, for hatching pur pose. Phone 93F3L- 5-15 FOB SALE Stevens Duryea car. suit able for truck, will tell cheap. Phone 731. 71 N. Commercial. U FOB SALE or trade, homestead re linquishment, will pay difference. Phone 152.R. . 5-14 WANTED Pickers for gooseberries, strawberries and cherries, long sea son. Phone 5-F12. 517 FOR SALE 1 English preambulator at bargain. Coll 1870 south High street. 5-17 iFOB SALE Studebaker l'i spring wagon, will sell cheap. 1'hone iH, ' 271 X. Com'l. tfi FOB SALE 6 room house and lot, $450; $150 down. Inquire 404 south 10th St., Salem, Or. 5-14 FOB SALE Almost new, extension top Studdbaker carriage, at a bur gain. Phone 14F3. 5 14 FOB SALE or trade. 160 acres Lake county farm, will take Salem prop erty in exchange. Inquire at 666 N. Summer St. 5-16 FOR SALE Good young, fresh Jersey cow, heavy milker; test 6; or trade for 'beef cow. D. B. Simpson, l mile north cast asylum. 5-14 WANTED To hear from owner of good ranee, for sale. State eaah price, full description. D. F. Bush, Minne- j apolis. Minn. 5-11 WANTED Laborers Monday morning at Polk county side of new bridge, wages $3 per day. 8 hours. Erixon & Jones. 5-11 FOR RENT Good 5 room house with lot for garden, in south Salem, one block from Daue's store. Phone 800 J. 5-13 FOR RENT A furnished sleeping room with all modern conveniences. Call at 250 south Cottage- Phone 773B. 5-14 NOTICE to the Public After June 1st all business must be conducted on cash basis. Quackembush Auto Supplies and Vulcanizing. 5-31 WANTED Young ladies for telephone operating, pay while learning. Reg ular' and frequent increases. Apply .. ChUrf pperator -atPac. Tel-&;T1. Co. ' ' . ' 5-13 A GOOD, strong building, about 18 by 20 feet for sale cheap; good for forage enicken house or Darn; must e moved quickly. H. S. Gile & Co. tf 5 ACRES for sale, 4 miles out, 3'3 acres in Loganberries, good stand. Would trade for good city property, or open land close to Salem. X. J care Journal. 5-14 UNDERWOOD typewriters for rent. Latest model $4 per month. New 1918 Underwoods at no advance in price. Underwood Typewriter Co. G. L. Steinau, resident manager. Phono 810. 6-4 WANTED A job J No experience re quired. Wages $3.36 to $3.64 fior 8 hour day. Clean bed at mill 5e night, eats 30c meal, or board and bed in Oregon City $7 week. Free employ ment office in West Linn across bridge from Oregon City. Chances for advancement good. Coime and send foi.your family later. Farmers . can work until harvest and come back again in tho fall; Strike now six months old. Don't wait to write. Come and your fare up to $2 will be refunded by mill cashier after work ing one week. Take raidroad agent's receipt for fare paid. 5-13 Seventeen Wounded In Marine Corps Washington, May 13. Seventeen slightly wounded in action and one missing were listed in the marine corps casualty report today. Tho list includ ed: Slightly Wounded Privates Dewitt Wcible, Desloge, Mo Joseph Conor Lamb, Chicago Sereeant Myron IXbert Beals, Ply mouth, Mich. Sereeant Harold James Coxe, Cedar Rapids, Lowa. CoTDorals William Alexi9 Sweeney, Cleveland, Ohio. Odin Alexander Tnomason, i nieago. Privates George Adeihardt. Troy, 111 Clarence Otto Bruncr, Chicago. Samuel Geogelein, Benwold, W. Ta. William James Gonoeley, New Ber lin. 111. Archie Lewis Lake, LaGrangc, III James Schuyler Lance, St. Loui, Mo Zeno Charles Hosier, Bonne Terre, Mo. Harry Joseph Roth, Johnstown, Pa. Arnold Roman Wilmanns, Chicago. Missing Private Ray Howard Aselltine, Lan sing, Mich. APPOINTMENT 3 MADE Washington, May 13. The following nimint.in were sent to the senate today fey the president: To be torigaaier general, mcuu. corps, national army: ivJnnrf Robert E. Noble, medical corps, national army. To be register of tne iana umce; Vene Bloomer, at El Centre, Cal. It's s poor shipworkcr who can't af ford a Ford. Now ki tho time to order your next Winter ' fuel. P0UT1CAL ISSUES CENTER OF INTEREST UNTIL FALL ELECTION Lid Has Been Ripped 03 . Congress Since Most Mem bers Desire Re-EIection By L. 0. Martin, (United Press Staff Correspondent) Washington, May 13. The political lid has been ripped off congress. . With one-third tho senate and the entiro house up for re-election this fall, all members are preparing their trench work for the hottest war time congres sional election in tho country's history. Champ Clark, in his speech Saturday night at Fort Wayne, Ind., anuounced the democratic issue. "We will fight on our record." he said. "During our tenuro of office we have passed more constructive legisla tion than the republicans did in two decades." Today the republican leaders 'came back" at Clark with what tey say will be their campaign issue alleged failure of the democratic party to ef ficiently wage the war. The first issue of the National Re publican to be published in Washing' ton has appeared with heavy head lines linking the democratic party with the growth of the socialist movement In a frank statement of the political situation regarding congressional elec tion, a leading republican in the senate said today: "Members seeking re-election wish they could make their records in congress the issue. But, despite the excellent record of congress in sup porting the administration through speedy passage of war legislation, the country will not be satisfed to elect on this basis. "Disclosures of the almost total failure of the aircraft program; the great delay in getting the shipping program under way; the poor situa tion with regard to ordnance and other mistakes and delays have stirred the whole country." Republicans are already claiming control of the next house. With re gard to the senate, they claim ability to reduce the present democratic ma jority of seven to three or four. : Court House News Taking advantage of his being brought into this iurlKkJIctlon under arrest! a citation was served on Frank Utoobel Saturday afternoon requiring him to appear in department 2 of the circuit court within ten days to show cause why ho does not support his min or child. An undertaking on appeal was filed Saturday afternoon in the suit of Ma rio Haliberg against Cornelia B. Har riett and another in the suit of W. S. Hurst against J. B. Hill. Two marriago licenses were issued Saturday afternoon, one to Frederick William Moora cf England and Bernice Einclia Wicklandcr of Salem, and the other to Eugene Thomas" of Denver, Colorado, and Mabel Patterson of Oer vais. The first consrigjment of ballot box es was sent ou'. today, six precincts be ing served. They were Liberty, Bcae dale, Sidney, Jefferson, Marion and Turner. In addition the sheriff took tho boxes to Riverview and Croisan. Twenty boxes wnre shipped to Gervais and will be distributed from there and seven were sent to Silverton for dis tribution. TODAY'S BASEBALL SCORES National New York and Pittsourg postponed, rain. American E. H. K. Chicago - 4 8 3 Philadelphia 6 7 1 Danforth, Benz and Schalk; Myers, Adams. Geary and McAvoy. St. Louis 5 10 3 Boston 7 14 1 Sothoron, Rogers, Davenport, Lef field and Nnnamaker; Bush and Ag now. Cleveland Washington postponed, Manufacturing Concerns Put On Sugar Ration Portland, Or., May 13. All manufac turing concerns using sugar in their products are to be put upon a rationing basis, beginning May 15, under a new Food Administra Jon regulation just an nounced by Assistant Federal Food Ad ministrator W. K. liewell. After that date no manufacturer must buy sugar nor wholesale or retail dealers sell su gar to any manufacturer, without tho surrender of a certificate issued by .he food administration. "The ob,y;ct of the new regulation," said Mr. Newell in an interview, "is to assure a sufficient supply of sugar for home eanners and commercial manu facturers of preserves, jams and other f .,,..-. f,r,i ,i g, cmirntial. Under the restrictions which become effective May 15, manufacturers of (he lesser es sentials, such as soft drinks and confec tionery, will be permitted to use only 80 pr cent of last year's requirements Makers of non-edible products will be forced to go entirely without sugar. The whole distribution nf sugor for manu facturing purposes will come under tlii.'i rationing system, which will be carried out through certificates riiowing thn amount of sugar each manufacturer is entHled o, these amounts to be figured out from the sworn statement which SIMPSON WILL TALK TO SALEM VOTERS ATBMATER Candidate For Governor Is Mee&gYoters of Capa city Today L. J. Simpson, repufettcan candidate for governor, will speak this evening at the BKgh theater, which will be thrown open free to the public that it may hear Mr. Simpson and learn just what he would do should he become the next governor of the state. Before the address is made several reels will be shown, beginnimr at 7:30 o'clock. And ae this is to be especial ly for voters, the theater this evening is for adults only and children will not be admitted. Mr. Simpson takes the stand that when he. becomes the governor of the stare, he wiU live in Salem, make this his home and entertain visitors who may come to the city. And more than that, when prominent eastern people come to Portland, they will be invit ed ta visit Salem before returning east and be entertained by the governor. Mr. Simpson stands for the follow ing: Do all that can be done to encourage manufacturing plants in the stats to increase the state's payroll and pre vent raw materials from being ship ped east The establishing of vocational schools and convalescent hospitals throughout the state for returning soldiers. Having the government undertake the development of Oregon through, the construction of railways in isolated parts of the state, especially to give employment to returning soldiers. The building of military highways for the Pacific, coast and government aid in the development of irrigation projects. Also that the shipbuilding in dustry as now established become per manent in Oregon. Government aid in securing 40 or 80 acres, laud grants to farmer soldiers returning from the war, the grants to be made oa long terms and easy payments-Mr. .Simpson frankly states that as a business man, he vould like to be come governor of the state, ou account of the development that is sure to eome to Oregon during the next few years. Cosssssisner BeBeyes Labor Wi3 Be ScScient ' Labor Commneiloner Hoff, review ing the labor situation, especially oa the farms, is of the opinion there will be no serious trouble oh account of la' bor shortage. That there is a shortage is not denied .but it is net sufficient to cause worry. The crops will all be taken care of. The farm survey, recent ly made by J. W. Brewer shows a va riation of help from 10,000 for all the year help 'o 17.000 during haying and harvest. The census of 1910 shows 46,070 farms in Oregon and 33,312 farm laborers. Allowing lor an in crease of 'ten per vent there should be this year in round numbetrs oo.oou farms and 36,000 farm laborers. Mr. Hoff expects the greatest shortage of helo will be in the berry fields and orchards. The farm survey estimates theire will bo at least 10,000 recruits, from the cities and this will relieve the situation. It also shows the wheat situation is much better than last year There has been a material increase m acreage in tboth winter and spring wheat. The outlook is for a yield above normal. Last year the yield of winter wheat was 28 per cent below normal and the sp'V'g 40 per cent below. The estimates for Oregon's total yield for this year is 19,759,000 bushels. each manufacturer must make and sub mit to the Food Administration. Under this system fictitious demands will bo cliinwaed, and every pnase or tne man ufacturing business has been so careful ly considered that injustice and unfair discrimination will be avoided, and in terference with business kept at the lowest possible minimum consistent with tli.3 essential saving of sugar." Included with confectionary and sof. drinks, in the class of "lesser essen tials", and therefore restricted to 80 per cent of their normal requirements in the use of sugar, are condiments chocolates, candies, beverage syrups, fruit syrups, flavoring extracts, chew ing gums, cocoa, sweet pickles, cereals and inveri sugar. New business, started since "April 1, will be cut off altogether from the use of sugar, and those start ed or expanded after Nov. 1, 1917, but before April 1, 1918, will be restricted to 50 per cent of their requirements. "This regulation will go into effect simultaneously all over th country on May 1," said Mr. Newell, "and con trol will be in the hands of the state food administrators. I have received a telegram from Washington buying that the certificates and blank statements to ba filled in by manufaci urers are Bow on their way and they should be here 'within a few days. Until these arrive ivery little can be done towards inaug uratinz the new systpm, but all manu facturers should hold themselves in readiness to adjust their business to .he new requirement, which will be strictly enforced Iwgiiining May 15. I wish to give warning, also, to all wholesale and retail dealers not to sell sugar to manu facturing concerns for "stocking ip" purports previous to May 15, and all manufae urcrs are likewise warned against attempts to "stock up" for fu ture needs before that date. The food administration has adequate facilities for checking up on such eases, and will promptly know of any attempt to .ake advantage of this preliminary notice." L V. W. ATTOENEYS CLAIM CHARGES AEE ONLY FRAME UP Chicago, May 13. Attorney de fending the 112 I. W. W. leaders being tried here on charges of sedition, will claim mnch of the government's evi dence is trumped up. it was indicated today. I 4 u 4 r 1 h (i f)l I ii I: 1 - "niz., ; -,...;,:rz3- J BUGH X. J. Simpson Candidate for Governor will speak on subjects of interest to the public 1 TT T7 I ini e a HIGHER GAS RATE WANTED IN SALEM Portland Railway. light & Power Company Goes Be fore Commission The Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company this morning filed a peti tion with the Public Service Com mission asking a hearing, and an in crease in its rates oa gas furnished pa trons is Salem. It shows that the schedule heretofore fixed by the com mission is wholly inadequate to meet the expense of carrying on the busi ness of supplying gas to the city. It alleges that the value fixed on the company's property for rate - making purposes is $Jl,7!7...4 and that since this valuation was fixed the company has made additions to its plant at a cost of 3,779.54. The Public Service commission has fixed the amount prop erly allowed for denrflpintion at .'t 3;0 the petition alleges the minimum re turn which the company has the right to expect is 6 per cent and this amounts v. stz,v.a.w. ids gross operating in come for 1917 was 438,990.82 and the net operating revenue was $2,353, or 1.09 per cent upon tho value of the plant as fixed by the commission. The company in order to assist the commission in reaching a conclusion points out that the operating expense) for 1918 will be $38,402, taxes and franchises $2,030, depreciation $3,320. and accounts charged off, $.'!ti5, a total of $44,117. The petition alleges that certain improvements are necessary and that unions the increase in rates ia permitted it will bo impossible to raise the money for these. It Is also alleged that the present rates would fall shut by $1,411 of letting the com pany como out evm at the end of the year. According to this showing it will require an increase of practically 50 per cei't to meet tho demands made by the company and to pay the six per cent on the valuation. Tho date for the hearing has not been set yet, but will j-robably be given out tumor row. At the hearing anyone interested may appear aud be heard. Carnival of Bicycle Stealing In Salem There hus been a carnival of bicycle stealing toth hero and in Corvallis for some tim, and Constable Varney came to the conclusion tnere was some con nection between the two facts and the thieves Working on this theory he made arrangements by which Hall Har rington was arrested in Corvallis, Sat urday on a charge of larceny of a bicycle. Varney had held two bicycles here, believed to have been stolen, for some time. One was an Indian and the other a Pope. Through Watt Hhipp he learned from the state agent for the Indian bicycle at Portland that the machine had been sold to Long & j Cooper of Corvalli, and they in turn !oia u to a muu uauiru Aiooro who is I this Indian bike, it was then learned, to Salem, and traded it to Mr. Rchind ler, the second hand dealer, for a motorcycle. It was following this dis covery that Harrington was arrested at Corvallis. Varney went to Corvsllis after him Saturday but the local au thorities decided to bold him snd try for his conviction there. Jf he Is con victed hi will be brought here on the expiration of his sentence, and if acquitted will be brought here st once. Harrington was in possession of a bicycle believed to have been atol-n from a boy Dflyin Kienenmn f this city. Dclvin had carried papers' to earn money to pay for his wheel and had jut finished paving for it when it was stolen. This has been ordered sent here for identification. While ii. Corvallii Harrington gave 'Vmstaiilo Varney information that leads tt Portland snd indicates there is an organized gang of thieves en gaged in swiping bicycles, and be will THEAT Is of Pictures-S MRS. LUST CONFIDENT OF HER ACQU1LTAL motional Insanity Is Prob able Defense of Mrs. Roberts' Slayer Waukesha, Wis., May 13. Fully con fident, and apparently uniaifscted by her long residence in the county jail. Miss Grace Lusk was called into court today on a charge of murder the shoot ing of Ma-s. Mary Newman Bcfoerts, on June 1. 1917. Emotional insanity is expeettd to be the plea of Miss Lush's attorneys. The shooting took plaice when Mrs. Rob erts called en the school teaeher to discuss the latter 's relatkine with Br. David Roberts. Since his wife's death Dr. Roberta has sought seclusion. One hundred and fifty veniremen have been summoned. With the trial opening at 2:30 this afternoon, it is believedi two days or smM will be con sumed in securing a jury. Many letters are to be introduceid: at the trial some of which have not be fore been revealed. Miss Lusk is ex pected to make no denial of any acts involving Dr. David Roberts. One of the letters to bo introduced 9ays: "In the 'eternal triangle' the only solution is the elimination of one character." In another letter, Miss Lusk is said to have written Mrs. Roberto: "You must have known for a long time that your husband's affections had passed from you, that he- cared for mni one else supremely. That is sufficient annulment of any marriage vow. " Big Appropriations For Heavy Ordnance Washington, May 13. Tho war de partment today asked congress for an appropriation of approximately $6, 000,000,000 for heavy ordnance. This is in addition to the estimates of $15,(100,000.000 placed before tho house military committe by Koerotary Baker last week. The big ordnance es timate was placed; before the house appros.riai.ion comniiHee wus mornui K by Briaadier Uenerat John K. liarrette acting chief of const artiMery, and from it the fortification bill will be framed. General Barrette stated that beauso of the W time required to build big guns, mose of those to be built under cannot be delivered until one year nflr thn contract is let, Xeed for heavy artillery is rot press- f ing, Barrette said, because of the large , reserve supply of the allies. I BEEAK BUILDING EECORDS Philadelphia, May 13. Ercaking all previous records for building a ship, the New York Shipbuilding plant, f-'outh Camden, N. J., will give the col lier Tuckahoe its trial trip Wcdncsd? morning. The ship was launched a week ago yesterday, twenty seven days after the keel was laid. Folk County National Council of Defense Mis. Winnie Uroden, secretary of the Pi. Ik "oiiiity Council of National De f.'n', luiviog been instructed to organ ize a Woman's committee of the Coun cil, has nnrrvd the chairmen iu the ar ious districts of Polk county, with a request that local organiza ions be pcr iVcieu as speedily as possible in tho ter ritory allotted to each. The first work assigned is that of creating a War Hav lings society, such as ehurch societies fraternnl soi-ietv , K.'d ( ms auxiliar ics, Woman's clubs, Parent-Teacher as f -e:a i'.ns and the like. Hince there is go to the. city tomorrow" ,o fol.ow up iint c,ue T HI Him! FIRSI HALF OF MONTH HAS LITIOl FALL Less Than One-Hird of An Inch Rainfall Which Is Below Average This is a weather story comparing tM fust half of this month with the same period of May in the four proceeding years. There is always a saying that the - maie is cnanging, jne eoeervauons ox .he weather bureau iu Balcm as official ly reported to thai official weaker ob server at Portland for this district gives the actual weather conditions, and doe sot &40W any change in climate. Die present mouth started in much warmer Jlian the average for May, witH maximum temperatures of 72, 70, 75, 70. 7? ihan flfiltiiKV .Iowm ltn r, v ! ,.. temperatures the poet week of 62, 68 70 and 71. The minimum temperatures for this ........ i. .. i i. v, : U . i uiuuMi vtliu ainu iiiucb iiiguvr mail iub average for several years, as the official records show 50, 52, S4 and 48, witli miiiimums for the past week of 43, 39 i'i and 41. This is warmer '.hun out) year ago at nights for the first half of May. In 1914, the first half of May showed a maximum temperature running from 56 to 72, with au average of 69, whila tho minimum average was about the sanio as this month, For 1915, the weather wan a few degrees cooler with tho night temperature as low as 34 do- B' "' " scmuwmii cooitrr inun mis uiujiiu wmi an average of 68 irnimum and the min imum uverugo a degree ot .jwo lower than for this month. Tho first half of May, 1917, was con siderably cooler than so ir tnis month as the highest temperature readied tho first half of the month was 68 and the average wiib 63. May of one year ago was one of the coolest months for year. ami so far 1hc mouth of May has beca above the averngo in warmth. Thj official weather report for tho month of May of 1908 proves that tho climate is not changing to any great ex tent. Tho maximum of May for 19u8 opened with 64, 75, 77, 73, and then dropped for several days to 59, 62, 67, 74 and 06, much the same as in year paaf whllti tho low night temperature -,,,, ...- a 47. 4 39 and 50. ist ... , " t . ,.. t, as it has been doing for years past. Rainfall for May is not changing enough to say that the climate is chang ing. Tho niiufall for the months of May 'or the past ten yew, as shown by the government s orriciai rceeras arc as ioi- loWK. 1909, one and 48 hundredths inches. 1910, Ouc and 80 hundredths inches. 1911, two and 78 hundredths inches. 1912, two and 47 hundredths inches. 1913, two aud fourteen hundredths in ches. 1914, ouc aud 82 hundredths inches. 1915, two and eighty one hundredths inches, 1910, two and 58 hundredths inches. 1917, one and 60 hundredths inches. And for May 1918, for the first thir teen days only thirty five hundredth of an inch of rain. Ho far, this is the driest May for this soction of the coun try for the past ten years. pledge to save any definite amount n,v individual iuy become a member of number of saving societies. Following are tho chairmen in the several districts of the county! Dallas, Mr. J. It. Craven, Dallas; Independ ence, Mrs. H. F. Rwope, Independence; Monmouth, Mrs. Lorctta Smith, Mon mouth; lluena Vista, Mrs. Geo. W.-1I Independence,, B. P.; West Salem, Mrs Hisey, Kuleui, No. 2.; Suver, Mrs. J. J. ""m-Ntnn. Hover- Bim-11. Mrs. T. B. Stono Sheridan. R. D.: Bullion. Mrs. Mary Fudge, Hullston; Spring Valley, Mrs. Wnyn Henry. H d"m No. 1: Bickr.?alt in- r i:-.. U,h Riplcronll: Airlip - - ' - " - Mrs C. V. Johnson, Airlie; Falls City. M W. H. I"P'd. Falls City; Brncb -i.rt , m- T f tvinff Hnlem No. rn l! v ,: M..Vv. V'. C h. Hawley.