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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Writing from La Grande, N. G.
Maris. field worker of the Oregon
Agricultural College. states that the
citizens of the different sections Of
Union county are cooperating in an
effort to make their county fair a
record breaker in every respect this
year They propose to get together
an exhibit at La Grande. october 8ll
that will convince their own citizens
as well as visitors. that Union is
second to no other county in the state
in agricultural production. Indus
trial, agricultural and horticultural
exhibits staged by the children of the
county will be made a prominent fea-
ture of the fair.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

In order to protect the seeds of
Douglas Fir that will be planted dur
inR this summer. campaign of ex-
termination will be waged against
field mice and other rodents in the
burned over sections of Tillamook
County, and poisoned grain will be
literally scattered over a tract of
about 1000 acres to be reforested. As
soon as the poison crew finishes it's
work, force of men will be sent to
do the seeding, a task which will
require about three months. In addi-
tion to the 1000 acres to be seeded. an
additional 1000 acres will be planted
with young trees.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17
NOTICE.

AS ! have bought the jewellery
stock and watch repair business
of Mr.. c. R. Johnson, | wish to
inform his many friends and
patrons that | am a practical
matchmaker and jewellery repair
man Of @ years experience at
the watch bench. Whatever
kind of watch you may have that
fails to keep time if intrusted in
my care viii receive my personal
attention. All mail packages
will receive prompt attention.
Trusting / may meet you one
and all at the old stand of c. r.
johnson,
I am respectfully yours for
good time,
WIN. HAYLOR, The Jewler.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

With the usual rush of business in
cident to this period of the year, the
railroads are scenting trouble ahead
in the form of q shortage of cars.
In anticipation of this the railroads
have repaired and added to their
equipment, but it is the fear of those
in charge of railway operation that
tnis alone will not suffice and o avoid
serious delays and congestion the ship
pers and the railroads must actively
cooperate.
DELAY on the part of shippers in
loading and unloading cars is often
the direct cause of the carrier S in
ability to furnish cars. whereas if the
shippers would load and unload
promptly and when on ,istant load
cars to their rated capacity difficulties
incident to rush of business would, it
is believed be approximately relieved
The solution of the problem appears
to be co-operat on, prompt loading and
unloading by the shippers and prompt
movement aud delivery of cars by the
railroads With this emo in view last
year the California Railroad Commiss
ion as we'll as the Railway Com
mission of Oregon and several other
states took cognizance of conditions
and with the hearty support of many
trade and commercial organizations
spirit Of cooperation
between the shippers and the railroads
which verv substantially relieved the
situation and heavy movement of
traffic resulted without serious delay
of congestion anywhere. The plan
gave such general satisfaction that in
all probility it will soon be mutual,
permanent working arrangement.
Present indications are that in the
near future demand for cars will be
very heavy and even with large
supply of equipment in serviceable
condition to prevent delay and conges-
tion in supplying and moving cars
active cooperation between the car
riers and the shippers must obtain.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Visitors to the worlds fair at san
Francisco in 1915 will be reminded by
the Southern Pacific that Oregon is
zone Of the sigths you can't afford to
miss. " AS a result of a series of
conferences recently held between the
officials of that line, the Shasta
Routa," the line between Portland
and Sacramento. will be widely ex-
plotted. Crater Lake, the great fruit
orchards Of Souther Oregon, the Will
lsmette Valley, the grand scenery of
the Cascades and the varied industries
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Walter Brown. president of the
Benton County Fruit Growers Assooi-
alton, has been appointed assistant
professor of Horticultural Extension
in the Oregon Agricultural College.
The position was created by virtue Of
extensi on appropriation for extension
work granted by the recent Legislature.
His work will be practical demonstrs-
tions in orchard practice at institutes
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

theater last evening. The pictures
are unusually clear for such events and
show the chariot races. buckaroO
stunts and other features. Mr.. Willis
also gave a cartoon speciality that
brought forth applause. Baker. Ore
gOn, Herald.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Since July 1st, according to an
order of Postmaster General Burleson,
ordinary stamps are good for postage
on parcel post packages, and parcel
post stamps can now be used on ordin-
ary mail The post office department
has devised other means of keeping
check on the parcel post traffic and
from now on there will be no occasion
for getting mixed on the use of stamps.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Despite the number of towns that
have gone dry and the snti-cigarette
ordinances, drinkers and smokers fur
nished the federal government with
1909, AIS. 600 in internal revenue for
the nast year, or an increase over 1912
Of SIC, 400 600.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

and on farms. Professor Brown is
both bscnelor and master of agriculture
the former from Cornell and the latter
from Wisconsin. For five years he
has managed Benton county pear and
apple orchard
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

of Western Oregon will be made the
subjects of pictures and stories to
induce tourists to include trip
through Oregon in their exposition
nlanS.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

Baker again saw the many thrilling
events of the Union Stock show when
J. R. Willis presented bis moving
pictures of the event at the Gran
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1913-07-17

II You want your house moved
see j. II. Cox. Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

in providing them with the right sort of
boys and girls to train into their business.
similar course is pursued by the en-
ployment bureau for Cincinnati which is
under the department of school superin-
tendence
The superintendent Of schools in Middle
town, Conn. issued a letter to the bust
ness men of the city at the beginning of
this school year, stating the qualifications
of the young people who had completed
their school work He asked that those in
need of help should apply at his office.
where an attempt would be made to OBJ
tain the young person best suited to the
work. Arrangements are also made to
supply work to students yet in school who
need financial assistance. In Selma. Ala,
the school superintendent not only con-
ducts an employment bureau for grad
yates, but appeals to the business men to
give employment to the boys VINO desire
to work in the late afternoons and on
Saturday. In New York, Chicago and
Philadelphia the value of the public
schools as employment bureaus is under
stood by thousands of business men who
obtain their juvenile helpers through them
each year. No child will be assisted
the schools to engage in any work
contrary to the provisions of the child
labor laws of the state.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
EFFICIENCY SYSTEM
BASIS Of PROMOTION
First Assistant Postmaster General
Proposes Reward for Merit
and Fitness.
Also Suggests Extension of Law Pro-
viding Payments of Indemnities
for Personal Injuries.

An efficiency system which viii insure
that merit and fitness shall be the sole
basis of all promotions in the postal sery-
ice is TO be devised and put in operation
during the present fiscal year. according
to the statement of First Assistant Post
master General Roper. in his report to
the Postmaster General. made public to-
day.
Such a system. the report says. should
embrace d test of employees on their
knowledge of the laws, regulations and
orders affecting their respective duties
and it is proposed to include such test
in the plan now being devised
The efficiency system which has been in
operation since July 1. 1909. the report
states, has tended more toward establish
ing uniform penalties for delinquencies
than toward uniform Standardization
throughout the service.
Mr. Roper, in his report. also suggests
that the law providing for the payment of
indemnities to postal clerks on account of
injuries or disability incurred in the serv-
ice be extended to all employees of the
postal service. The report also discusses
the subject of bonding employees. along
the lines suggested by the Postmaster
General in his report. and Mr.. Roper also
refers to the practica bility of experimental
delivery service in villages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
CHINA NAMES NEW MINISTER.
Shia- Kia- Fou to Succeed Chung
Yian Tang Here.

Shia- kia-Fou has just been appointed
Chinese minister to Washington. Little
is known in the State Department of his
personality. though the official records
at the department indicate that he has
played a part of some Importance in the
development of the new China since the
days of the Boxer uprising.
Since his return to China from New
York. where he had been stationed as
consul. he has filled the post Of associate
councillor i'm the ministry of foreign at
fairs in Picking. Then he was made COM
missioner of foreign affairs in the prov
ince of Yunan, and more recently he has
been acting as customs taot at Nieu-
chwang.
The business of the Chinese legation in
this city has been conducted by charge,
Chang Kang-Jen, since last June. when
Chung Yian Tang retired as minister and
returned to China
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
QUIT MEAT when
KIDNEYS BOTHER
Take a Glass of Salts if You
Back Hurts or Bladder
Troubles You.

No man or woman who eats
meat regularly can make mistake
hy flushing the kidneys occasion
ally. says a well known authority
Meat forms uric acid which cxcitcs
the kidneys. they become over
worked from the strain, get slug
gish ard fail to filter the waste
and poisons from the blood, then
we get sick. Nearly all rheuna-
tism. headaches. liver trouble,
nervousness. dizziness. slccplcss-
ness and urinary disorders come
( from sluggish kidneys.
( The moment you feel dull ache
( III the kidneys or your back hurts
( or if the urine is cloudy, offensive.
full Of sediment. irregular Of pas
sage or attended by sensation OF
J scalding. stop eating meat and get
about four ounces of lad Salts
J from any pharmacy: take table
spoonful iii glass Of water before
I breakfast and in a few days your
! kidneys will act fine. This famous
salts is made from the acid of
grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia. and has been used for
generations to flush and stimulate
! the kidneys. also to neutralize the
! acids III urine so 1t no longer
I causes irritation. thus ending blad-
I der weakness.
( lad Salts is inexpensive and can
not injure; makes delightful cf-
fervescent Whitewater drink which
every one should take now and
then to keep the kidneys clean and
active and the blood pure. thereby
! avoiding serious kidney complica-
J tons.
Agent. O'Donneifs Drug Store.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
FINE ART DISPLAY ASSURED.
John E. D. Trask Home From Tour
Of European Centers.

NEW YORK. December 2o--John L. D.
Trask, chief of the fine arts department
of the Panama-Pacific interna tional ex-
position, has arrived in New York afteI
three-month tour of Europe in the in
terest of the exposition. During that
time Mr.. Trask visited England. France
Belgium, Holland. Germany, Denmark,
Sweden. Austria-Hungary and Italy and
conferred with the fine art authorities il
those countries. He is leaving today for
San Francisco. where the splendid art
palace of the exposition is nearing com
pletion. Soon after his arrived in Sar
Francisco the complete prospectus of the
department of fine arts will be issued.
Il am happy to say that the participa
ton, said Mr. Trask yesterday, '.of
European nations in the fine arts depart
ment of the exposition already pledged
and arranged for insures an art exhibit
ton at San Francisco catholic and as
comprehensive as any that has ever been
in America
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
GERMANY'S SERIOUS PROBLEM.
Drifting of Peasants to Cities Cutting
Food Supply.

BALTIMORE. Md. December 2o-fhat
Germany is facing a very serious prob
lem because or the great drifting Of the
people from the rural districts into the
cities and industrial centers was the
statement made I'm a lecture at Johns
Hopkins University yesterday by Prof
Carl Rathgen of the Colonial Institute
at Hamburg, and Kaiser Wilhelm cx-
change professor at Columbia University
this Year.
In order TO feed this great city popu-
lation, Prof Rathgen said. Germany
would have TO import in ever-increasing
quantities food for its people and grain
and fodder for its livestock
He added that whereas in 1882 some
thing like 19.oDD.c0a people in Germany
were engaged in agricultural pursuits. to-
day the humber was less than 1s,oo3,Es.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
CURB UPON FALSEHOOD.
Church Bill Designed to Check
Those melting Panics.

Representative Church, democrat. of
California has introduced a bill which
would declare il TO be an offense against
the government for any person TO make
or circulate false statements. either YER
baliy or in writing, in regard 10 the finan-
cial condition of the people and business
interests of the United States for the
purpose OF bringing on a stringency in
tie money market OF this country, gen.
orally known as a money panic"
The bill would provide punishment for
each offelA by a fine OF 5000 and i'm
prisonnenI for not less than ten years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Trust Hearings Close in New York.

NEW YORK. December 2O.-The hear
ings in the governments antitrust suit
against the United States Steel Corpor-
alton closed in New York yesterday after
noon until about January %. The next
hearing will be held in Atlanta January
> Yesterday was the thirteenth day of
the hearings and about 1900 typewrit-
ten pages of testimony have been taken
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Eight-Hour Law Discussed.

feature of the report is Mr.. Roper's
discussion of the eight-hour law apply
ing to letter carriers in city delivery
service, and to clerks in first and second
class post offices. This law, which was
feature of the appropriation act for the
last fiscal year, provided that a days
work for the employees specified should
be eight hours, and that this days work
was not to be extended over a longer
period than ten consecutive hours. except
in cases of emergency, when the clerks
and letter carriers affected by the pro-
vision should receive extra pay. Mr.
Roper states that the reimbursement of
schedules of about coco employees at
first and second class offices, necessitated
by the law, has proved to be a difficult
task: in fact, so difficult that in some
cases it has been impossible to ar
range the schedules as to secure eight
hours of profitable service within "A
period of ten consecutive hours While
Mr. Roper suggests that the eight-hour
law might be amended so as to permit
the Encouragement of schedules within
a period of eleven or twelve hours, in
stead of ten hours, no recommendation
to this effect is contained in the report.
Volume of New Business.
That the tremendous volume of new
business injected into the mails by the
parcel post has been handled Ito the
satisfaction of the public, as evidenced
by many expressions of COMMUNICATION,
and the fact that few complaints of UNI
satisfactory service have been received, !"
is a statement made in the report. Mr..
Roper says it is estimated that 30o,G0.Hw
parcels were handled in the mails during
the first six months the parcel pest was
in operation. from January l to June l.
However, the report states. ipvestiga-
lions at fifty leading post offices made
to determine the comparative cost of the
service. showed that carriers on foot
were able 10 deliver only about 40 per
cent of the parcel post mall this making
it necessary to supplement the carrier
delivery with horse-drawn or motor We
hicies
Under the act of August n, 1912, which
prohibits the opening on Sunday of post
Offices of the first and second classes for
the purpose of delivering ordinary mail to
the general public, but authorizes, when
the needs of the service require il. the
employment on Sunday of city letter car
riers and clerks at such Offices, employees
so detailed for duty are granted compen-
satory time for such service on ''one of
the six succeeding days" The report
states the enforcement of this law. espe-
cially that part granting compensatory
time adds to the cost of the service and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
DECISION OF TAX ISSUE
BY IMPARTIAL BOARD
Suggested Method Of Apportioning
Expense of Maintaining Ma
tional Capital.

A suggestion that the proportion of Dis
trict expenses which should be paid by
the federal government be decided by an
impartial commission was contained in a
statement issued yesterday by the exec
utive committee of the citizens committee
of forty recently formed to urge popular
government in Washington. The exec
utive committee held a meeting yester-
day in the office of the chairman. DR. A.
J. Mckelway
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Places Commerce Above War.

President Wilson has received an il
Illuminated address. forwarded by the New
Zealand Freedom League. urging that
ION the occasion of the opening OF the
Panama canal a ship of the mercantile
service or a mail boat be given prefer
ence to a vessel or war, which stands for
international dStrust and destruction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
One Omission Noted.

And yet, oh, YOU clever toymakers.
Why didn't one Of YOU think 10 introduce
the snffragette doll. who would wave her
little yellow flag and lisp out:
Votes for women
She would have made that man Solo
mon take back every word he ever said
about there being nothing new under the
sun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

Floyd f. larger, a hooker in the mill
of the United States Rail Company at
Cumberland. Md. was fatally injured
Thursday by being carried through the
coupling on the rolls
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
BeWiIdering Array of Novelties,
in Endless Variety, in
Washington Stores.
INGENUITY OF NATIONS
TAXED TO THE UTTERMOST
Steam Whistle Dreadnoughts, Choo-
Choo Trains and Flying Ships
Among the Products.

old ScroSge. the toymaker of Dickens
land. never dreamed of such talking dolls
and animals; such steam-whistle dread
noughts, choo-choo trains or flying ships
ss the stores are showing today The
worlds nations are on review in every
department store in town, with France
and Germany contending for supremacy
and both challenged by Switzerland.
China and Japan.
They are such wonderful toys that
perhaps-just perhaps-Morley's ghost.
who touched the heart OF old miser
Scrooge by showing him the brave pa
thence of Tiny Tim, joined his partner
again-after Scrooge was as dead as
a door nail, you know-and the two re-
pentant old Christmas ghosts have been
visiting the hearts of all living toy
makers, inspiring each to make such
playthings for this blessed Yuletide that s
a-coming as the word has never seen.
1t is really the only logical way to ac-
count for the toys this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
An Extraordinary Burden.

In closing his report Mr.. Roper states
that the administration OF the parcel
post and eight-hour laws and the careful
examination accorded 10 the Immense
volume Of applications and Endorsements
for postnasterships entailed an extraor-
binary burden on the employees" of his
bureau during the last six months OF
the fiscal year. During that period" he
says. employees OF every grade have
worked under pressure. They have cheer
fully sacrificed the enjoyment OF the
usual annual leave allowance and hoa-
DAYS and in addition have served many
hours of overtime daily. for which no
COMPENSATION is allowable by law. II -
therefore fitting and proper in this re
port that the employees shall receive fuii
credit for their industry and devotion to
duty that have made II possible TO meet
successfully a condition OF affairs un-
precedented in the history OF this bu-
reau.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20
Girls Given Chance
to Work and Study,

II z
progress in vocational work for school
children. In Birmingham, Ala, arrange
ments are made by which girls employed
as saleswomen in the stores are granted
from two and one-half to five hours a
week TO attend special classes in the pub
lie schools designed to increase their ef-
ficiency- In the same city a large num-
Der of boys under sixteen years of age
are employed on half time upon the con-
dition that they spend half their time in
school This applies especially TO the
children who have not reached the high
cooperative plan similar to that of
FitchDurg.
The school does not relinquish its inter
est in the welfare of the child even after
his wage earning has begun. A follow-up
system is being established in nearly
every large city which continues to help
the child. Boys and girls who have been
careless and inattentive during school
attendance may come to realize the value
of educa ton after their life work has be-
gun. The school door is still open TO
them. Continuation classes In the SUBJ
jects most needed may be attended dur
ing the hours between and $50 o'clock,
making it possible for children in COM
mercial business offices TO increase
their efficiency. If these hours are out
of their reach the night schools will aid
them. In Los Angeles it has been found
that this continuation work has been es-
pecially appreciated by foreign born chill
| dren, who resented the enforcement of the
compulsory education law as long as they
were under its age limits. Many of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-12-20

materially lessons its efficiency. by MAX
ing il necessary to employ inexperienced
substitutes when the work urgently de-
mands it. IL is stated the granting o.
compensatory time deprives the New YORK
post Office OF the services Of 1870 clerks
every day OF the week during busy Pc
RODS. Ii is suggested this can be RENE
died BY granting the compensatory tms
for Sunday work when the employees can
be most conveniently excused from duty.