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The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-23
MONDAY. MAY 3rd.
AS CLEANUP AND FIRE
PREVENTION DAY.

PREVENTION DAY.
Let it be more than Clean Up Day
let US make it clear. out" dsy-a day
when we not only clean up our streets
and alleys and premises, but clean out
our garrets and cellars, where combus.
tible matter has been allowed to accu-
mulate. We spend thousands of dollars
to maintain fire departments to extin.
guish fires, and millions of dollars for
insurance, why not spend little time
and money to prevent fires2 Oily rags,
always the accompaniment of the paint.
ing season, produce fires. Attics, mostly
IN ventilated, become in the summer
months intensely hot, and If dust and
cobwebs, together with rubbish, are
allowed to remain, they furnish fruit
full source Of spontaneous combustion.
In carrying out these clean. up ideas do
not leave the burning of rubbish to
children.
If the taxpayers and residents of the
state could be familiar with the records
of the State Fire Marshal Bureau, and
note that numerous lives are lost and
hundreds of thousands of dollars
worth of property are annually de
! stroyed by fires started from rubbish
heaps and unsanitary conditions, they
would welcome the designation of
Clean Up Day, even if they had no
thought of the boon to humanity
through the amelioration of conditions
that sap the health of the manhood,
the womanhood and the childhood of
the state, not to sreak of the founda
tions of our future citizenship.
l urge, therefore, the mayors Of cities,
the presidents of villages, as well as
township officers, throughout Michigan
to bring to the attention of the people
of their respective communities, by
proclamation and through the public
press the Importance Of the observance
of MONDAY, MAY 3rd, in line with
the thoughts suggested il this appeal
Action by the thousands of women g
clubs in Michigan, looking to an en-
dorsement of this idea. will be help
full influence to make this appeal and
the efforts of local and municipal
authorities effective.
JOHN T. WINSHIP,
Commissioner of Insurance,
Elk Officio State Fire Marshal
Approved.
WOODBRIDGE N. FERRIS,
Governor
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-23

are constantly being restored to health by
lydia E. PinkI1am's Vegetable Compound

The many testimonial letters that continually sz
fishing in the newspapers-hundreds of them-are all sg
ne true and unsolicited expressions of heartfelt gratas
for the freedom from suffering that has to 6he
solely through the of Lydia e. PinkhszM&s
Vegetable Compound.
Money could not buy any kind of influence uttzH.
such recommendations; you may depend upon it that
testimonial we publish is honest and truef you havezn
doubt of this write the whose true
addresses are always given, and learn for yourself
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-23
CLEANUP DAY PROCLAMATION

The recurrence of another period Of
the breaking up of winter brings with
ii the duty Of again admonishing the
people OF Michigan of the necessity of
observing another Clean. Up Day, not
only in the interest of the public
health, but in the interest of fire pre-
vention. This ought not to be observed
in merely perfunctory way, but the
work of cleaning up should be under
taken in vigorous am systematic
manner. The average American citi
zen is too much engrossed in his bust
ness affairs to heed the alarm that Is
sounded in the interest of his health
and the health of the community, but
If he will stop to consider that the
cleaning up of streets and alleys, of
dooryards and factory premises, of Gel
lars and garrets, is not only work
that will safeguard health, but go a
long way toward fire prevention and
ultimately have its. bearing on lower
insurance premiums, he will realize the
practical advantage of responding to
the appeal for general observance in
Michigan of
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-04-23
Read this one from Mrs. Waters:

CAMDEN MI sick for two years with speL
my kidneys affected had doctor all the time and m
gayanc battery but nothing did me any good Twas not
almost skeleton Finally doctor went ser A
health, and husband heard of Lydia Pmkham Vesxs
In months got relief and
like woman and at usual weight iecOnGasaG
medicine to and does 2S
WATERS $50 Mechanic Street, Camden, NJ.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Polk County Prune Tree
Acreage ShOIUs Increase

pyune trees. The first orchards showed
the real function Of the hilly coll In
crop production. and adjacent land
owners have followed with new orch
ards.
The first place for the prune indus
try 70 start In Polk county was on the
western slope Of the hills between
Dallas and Monmouth and Falls City
and Dallas. From there the crop
spread 10 the open sections OF the
county, where II was adpoted by farm
ers who had become accustomed 10
raising grain year after year. The
orchards on hilly ground are produe-
ing the largest amount Of prunes an
nually now. but the drying houses ex-
pect the orchards in the more level
districts TO swell the general county
yield 10 large extent within q few
years. Already some Of the new orch
ards have come into bearing. and the
yield Is expected to increase each year.
LaDd-clearing in the hills has
brought the crop back 10 its original
ground. Some hills, too barren to
raise garden truck or grain crops and
too steep TO insure proper cultivation
for such crops, have been converted 10
young prune orchards which have
made a steady, uniform growth for .
period Of years.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
-Four German aircraft
Attack Dunkirk, EnOLdnd

London - Four German aeroplanes
flew several times over the city Of
Dunkirk Thursday, dropping bombs as
they went, according to the Dunkirk
correspondent of the Daily Mail.
Soldiers in the streets fred on the ma
chimes and one Taube seemed to be
hit, but all got away safely.
The official returns of the casualties
show that is persons were killed and
32 wounded. The bombs were filled
with shrapnel.
For half an hour the whole city
cracked with rifle shots and bombs,
which threw up dense clouds Of black
smoke. No sooner did one aeroplane
seem to depart than another arrived.
Buildings in all parts of the city were
wrecked. One child's arm was blown
off and an old woman was killed out
right.
The fifth aeroplane remained as a
sentry outside the town, ready to at
tack any Of the allies aeroplanes that
might seek to repel the air 'assailants.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

Monmouth The pr 10 acreage In
Polk county has been ltcreased great
ly this fall by the planting Of many
young trees In each Of the prune dis
trieta. according 10 recent survey Of
the various sections Of the county. In
the summer, when the decrease In the
1914 crop was apparent, growers or
dered young trees for the spring Of
1915. A remarkable confidence In the
crop by the old growers, tho starting
Of more farmers into prube growing
and an awakened interest among
county residents toward the industry
are noted preliminary features Of the
coming season.
Tho increase In aeraags Ii shown not
10 have decreased 10 any great extent
the acreage previously In use for farm
ing purposes. Several years Of toll In
the hills have In many cases resulted
In the clearing OF tracts Of land large
enough TO accommodate prune orch
ards. Since numerous tests were made
on the hill land Whist grain crops
would thrive well. II has been found
that the soil 10 not adapted 10 the sue
cessful growing Of any grain crop.
The problem Of land utilization In
the hills has been solved by the ex-
periement which few farmers con-
Quoted several years ago by setting out
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Russia Declares Germany
Made Tools of Turks

.PetrogrAd-sergius sanzonof. Rus
sian minister for foreign affairs, has
published an Orange book. which deals
with the events preceding the Turkish
attacks on Russian seaports In the
Black Sea.
The Orange book contains 9s docu-
monts and IL intended 20 throw light
on what 10 termed In = summary Of the
contents issued through tho Petrograd
Telegraph agency ''the clandestinc and
obstinate methods employed by Austro.
German diplomacy in forcing the
Turkish government reluctantly 10 war
against the triple entente powers.
THE documents in the book. Il 10
said In tho official summary, gave
evidence that the independence OF the
Ottoman Empire was already imper-
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
City Commission Reduces
Debt $42, 600 First Year

La Grande-The annual meeting OF
the city commission held here this
week marks the close of the first year
of operations under managerial form
of government for this city, and &C
cording to the report of the auditor
the year was one of the most prosper
GUS in the history of the city. The
bonded indebtedness has been reduced
during the year from approximately
$ll0, 900 to $6S. 900 and So. 900 more
of bonds will be taken up within the
next few days.
When the managerial form of gov
ernment was adopted year ago F. J.
Lafky, of Salem, formerly member
of the city council there, was employed
as manager of the city at a salary of
$4,000 g year. Commenting on the
policy of the city government of the
past year Mr.. Lafky said:
1--WE are pleased at the close Of the
first year to be able to show to the
citizens of La Grande, and of the
country in general, that the expert
ment has proved its worth in more
economical and more efficient admins
tration of the affairs of the city
through greater concentration of
effort and closer attention to the work
of each department. While we have
been as economical as possible in all
of our work we have not stinted in any
department and municipal improve
ments have been pushed as far as was
necessary and advisable. The water
department has been placed upon a
strictly cash basis and so far as possi-
BILE all other departments have been
placed upon the same basis.
'The year past has been devoted in
great measure to rounding up the scat
tered ends of the city's business and
reducing the Indebtedness as much as
possible and we hope to continue this
policy until we can free the city of all
Indebtedness and do business strictly
upon a cash and businesslike basis.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Oregon First to Dedicate
Panama Fair Building

in his address before the Rosarians and
who attended the ceremony Of dedica-
tion In the auditorium Of the Oregon
building, dwelt on the Oregon First
idea.
"As she was first in selecting a site,
in breaking ground, and in completing
her building" he said, "0regon is
also. / may say, first in my affections
for a special reason.
when asked Mr.. Clark, chairman
of your commission, to attempt, IL pos
sible, to reproduce your forestry build
ing in Portland, or q building along
similar lines, saying that l believed
that such a building would do more
good, not only to the exposition, but TO
your own state as well. than building
constructed on the classical lines, they
gave weight enough to my opinion on
the matter to arrange for just such a
building"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
future IS BRIGHT
Message From RtdheId Is Cheering
to Manufacturers.
Prosperity for Whole Country At
Hand and AdUice Is offered
To Make Preparations.

Washington, d. Hesrtened by
months Of close study Of the business
outlook Of the nation, Secretary Red
field, Of the department OF Commerce,
wrote New Years greeting TO the
merchants and manufacturers Of the
country. bidding them In characteris-
tic language TO reach out for the pros
perity he sees within their grasp.
There Is no warrant, Mr.. Redfeld de-
clarcs. for gloom or despair. The III
effects OF the European war on Ameri-
can enterprise is passing and new Wis.,
taa for commercial venture are open
ing with each new day.
''If you want prosperity, do your
share TO bring IL and do II now," he
says. Get that addition on your shop
going: II win cost you less today than
six months hence. Is trade bit dull
In the works. Get those improve
ments begun. Prices are low and
likely to rise. You've been thinking
Of that contract work. Better start
yourself before things get the start Of
you.
''This country slows down a bit now
and then, but IL never stops growing
and II always moves up and not down.
We don't know what il means in most
Of the United States TO have real gen.
eral distress. Think Of Belgium and
Poland. D man with a Crouch, and
slink into your hole and pull it in after
you. There think Of your sins and
your blessings and come out with your
courage in working order.
There are lots of good American
examples Of pluck. Do you remember
San Fancisco and Galveston and Chi
cago-- Boston, Charleston, Baltimore
and Dayton, and many others like
them? Remember them as did Edison
and lots Of your fellow citizens. who
showed pluck when things were hard.
Nothing is the matter with the
man with Crouch except an absentee
heart and missing nerve. Cheer up,
go to work, do your level best, quit
talking misery. The wars over yon-
der, not here. Men are slaughtered
nder--theyr'e living here. It's all
clouds there---clear day here,
Get out and sell some goods. Plant
some more acres; do more work than
you planned. Talk cheerful talk and
you'll find this country of ours a pref
ty good place after all. /"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Kaiser Eats War Bread.

Berlin-Emperor William has given
orders that the so-called war bread be
served to himself and the members Of
his encourage. This bread, styled also
''K" bread, consists of So per cent of
rye flour and Is per cent potato flakes.
It is being consumed in accordance
with a wartime proclamation, with
the idea of making the supply of food
stuff in the empire last longer. Up to
the present time it has not been
bought readily by the general public.
1t is hoped, however, that the decision
Of the emperor win influence others.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Closed Season AHgers
Neh1Lens Fishermen

Nehalem-The Nehalem bay fisher
men are determined TO make fight
this session of the legislature against
what they consider an injustice in the
closed season limits. Under the exist
ing law, the bay and river are closed
to salmon fishing from November 20
TO December 10. They say that at this
time the run Of fish 10 becoming heav-
Ter and they have some chance TO
break even over their losses Of other
parts Of the season.
They consider il an injustice because
none Of the other bays and fishing
grounds in the county are subjected to
such q regulation. Twenty miles
south Of here, on Tillamook bay and
the tributary rivers, fishing is allowed
from the time the season opens in July
until late in January, or until the last
steelhead has passed.
The men believe it is an oversight
on the part of the lawmakers, and for
that reason will take the matter up
with the legislature through Thomas
B. Handley, representative from this
county. At mass meeting recently
committee was appointed to draft
resolutions to be presented to the
legislature by Representative Handley.
President Emil Larson. of the associa-
tion, will spend a day in Tillamook
with the representative and delega-
tion may be sent to Salem this winter.
The fishermen are backed in their
effort to have the closed period re-
moved by the business men Of the en-
tire district, and a fight is expected.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Vest Asks Higher Bond
for State Treasurer Kay

Salem - Governor West announced
this week that he would insist upon
the bond Of the state treasurer being
$500, 900 hereafter instead of $3.50, 900
as at present. State Treasurer Kay
said It was immaterial to him what
amount was fixed, but under the law it
could not be more than $3.50, 900 unless
the State Emergency board made pro-
vision for paying higher premium.
The law makes provision for yearly
premium of $1,000, which gives bond
of $3.50, 900. In letter to the state
treasurer the governor said:
''Inasmuch as the court has held
that the State Land board, and not the
state treasurer, is the lawful custodian
of the school fund securities, the said
securities will not be taken into con-
sideration in fixing the amount of your
bond. The matter of protecting that
fund, through the bonding of its GUS
todian, will fall upon the State Land
board and that board is being so adj
vised. Unless the governor-elect shall
recommend a smaller amount, your
bond will be fixed at $500. 000-no
more than 500, 900 to be written by
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
10 Conflicts Are Freed.

Columbia, S. C. = Fifty-five New
Years pardons. paroles and commuta'
tions granted by Governor Blease re-
duced the number of prisoners in the
state penitentiary, at the state farms
and in county convict camps to 149.
The governors action put the total
number of prisoners to whom he has
granted clemency in his four years Of
Office at 1914. Sixteen full pardons
were granted, "a prisoners were pa
rolled and the sentences Of l5 were COM
muted. Twenty-eight of the SIS were
serving terms for homicide.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08

San Francisco - The tradition Of
"oregon First" was splendidly main
tained by the Rosarians Thursday
when they stormed San Francisco and
in the dedication Of the Oregon build
ing at the Panama Pacific Exposition
set a new record for other states TO
follow.
As Oregon was first with her great
excursion In 1912 10 select the site for
her building at the exposition. and as
she was first to break ground for the
new building in the excursion Of the
Rosarians In 1918, and first to COM
plete her building ready for turning
over to the State commission. so
Thursday the Rosarians held the first
elaborate formal dedication ceremony
that any state organization has yet
held for It's building.
President Moore, Of the exposition,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Members OF Union Must
Pav Damages for Boycott

Washington, ID. C.-Ending i years
Of litigation, the Supreme court held
Wednesday that aome 200 Connecticut
labor union members must pay s252,
1900 damages under the Sherman
antitrust Law for a nationwide boy
eott Of ID. z. Loewe 4 Co, Danbury.
Conn, hat manufacturers who refused
10 unionize their shops. The bank ae-
counts and homes Of many Of the men
already are under attachment 70 pay
the judgment and the next step prob
ably will be foreclosure.
Leading lawyers Of congress dis
agree on whether this decision means
that union workmen will be liable In
the future for damages on account Of
boyeotts. Some hold that the Clayton
antitrust law, passed last year after
this suit had been tried, would make
another such prosecution impossible.
II was the Danbury hatters' case
that the Supreme court decided In
1908 that labor unions were subject
70 the terms Of the Sherman antitrust
law and sent the suit back 10 the New
York Federal courts for trial. The
Judgment, the largest ever before the
court under the Sherman law, as well
as the vigorous defense of the union
men. attracted widespread attention 70
the litigation.
Justice Holmes announced the
courts unanimous opinion. His dis
cussion Of the Law involved was brief.
He said the ground for discussion un-
der the Sherman law had been cut
away by the 1908 decision to q large
extent and narrowed further by the
decision in the Eastern States Retail
Lumber Dealers case Of last year to
the effect that the circular Of q list Of
unfair Dealers" with the intention
to put the ban upon these dealers
among a body Of possible consumers
combined with view of joint action.
was violating the Sherman antitrust
law.
The justice pionted out that the de-
PENDANTS were members Of both the
United Hatters' Of North America and
of the American Federation Of Labor.
With brief consideration be arrived at
the conclusion that the New York
Federal courts. which tried the case,
were right in holding that forbidden
combination had been proved.
''It requires more than blindness Of
justice, said Justice Holmes, mot to
see that the many branches Of the
United Hatters and the Federation of
Labor, in pursuance of plan, emanat-
ing from headquarters, made use of
such lists unfair dealers) and Of the
primary and secondary boycott in their
efforts to subdue the plaintiff to their
demands. The union label was used
and strike ordered and carried out to
the same end, and the purpose to break
up the plaintiffs commerce affected by
the quality of the acts"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
lied when the German military mission
was established in Constantinople. IL
x..f.kad dna.t1aIy frnrn tha v,ornank

lied when tho German military mission
was established in Constantinople. II
vanished definitely from the moment
the German cruisers Goeben and Bres-
lau took refuge In the Dardaneiles.
"The Young Turk cabinet, believ-
ing, perhaps In good faith, to conduct
the destiny Of the country, displayed a
cunningness thoroughly Oriental In en-.
deAvoring to escape from Teutonic in
fluences.
"The diplomats Of Great Britain,
France and Russia, perceiving the
little eagerness which the Turks were
showing to permit themselves to be
drawn into the war, which would in
evitably compromise the country, tried
to persuade the pacific element in the
Ottoman cabinet.
"They succeeded, however, only in
delaying the rupture which was part
Of the Teutonic program.
Gas soon as the Austro-German
diplomats became convinced that the
Turks were hesitating as to what
course to take, German hands led Ger
man ships In treacherous attack on
the peaceful shores Of an empire which
was maintaining perfect neighborly
relations with the Turks"
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Get Busu. Edison Saus.

West Orange, N. ]. - Thomas A.
Edison, the inventor, predicted Mon
day that 1915 will be most prosper
ous year. He said: "Now is the time
for the United States to go ahead.
We can manufacture cheaper today
than in many years to come How
ever, many Of our best business men
seem to be penny wise and pound fool
ish. am surprised that commercial
and industrial America has been affect
cd with q form Of paralysis evidently
as the result Of the war in Europe.
This 10 all due to unnecessary alarm. "
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Coos Ban to Seek Jetty.

Marshfield - L. ]. Simpson, of the
Port of Coos Bay; Captain T. ]. Mac
gem, of the steamship Breakwater,
and G. A. Smith, of the Smith indus
tries, were chosen one day this week
by the Port of Coos Bay to represent
this district at Washington about the
middle of January in request to con-
gress and the board of engineers of
the War department for reconstruction
of the north jetty on Coos Bay and q
new jetty on the south side of the bar.
The party will leave Marshheld jan
nary @
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Corvallis Blocks Fsuer.

Corvallis - Through the prompt ac-
tion of the authorities Corvallis has
been spared an epidemic of scarlet
fever. During the week ending De-
cember 10, six cases developed. and
the city health officer established a
strict quarantine, closed the city
schools, and ordered that no children
under 10 years be admitted to Sunday
schools, Churches and theaters. The
orders were enforced, and, though q
hardship was worked on the Sunday
schools, no more cases Of contagion
have occurred.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1915-01-08
Beers WIN Be Drafted.

London---A dispatch to the Reuter-
Telegram company from Cape Town
says that Walhsh Bay, on the south
west coast of Africa, was reoccupied
on Christmas Day without opposition
by strong British force. A telegram
to Reuters Telegram company from
Pretoria, seat Of government Of the
Union Of South Africa, says: at is
officially announced that the govern
ment intends to commander men for
service in German Southwest Africa
and the Union of South Africa, as the
situation cannot be met by volunteers. !"