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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

grabbers and inteventionists.
He has given encouragement to
the men who are charged with
deliberately plotting the raid
Gn Columbus for the sake OF
bringing about Intervention.
That was a horrible plot be-
cause il meant nothing less
than the massacre of the peo-
ple of an American village for
the purpose Of bringing on a
war.
If Col. Ledwidge tells the
truth, and his statements carry
the right of sincerity. it is not
surprising that President vii.
son has thrown down the gaunt-
let to his foes and says he will
accept the Mexican issue as the
chief one of this campaign. Ii
is not surprising that Justice
Hughes has turned away from
this subject and is now talking
Of pork and patronage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
GERMANY'S FOOD CROPS
BEYOND HARMS REACH
Attempts of Allies to Burn
Fields Results in Only
Slight Damage.

BERLIN, Aug. l5.-It is reported
that allied military chiefs attempted
to fire on German harvest fields Re
cent French aviation raids over the
Black forests and farm lands near
Karlsruhe were experimental trips.
The aviators dropped incendiary
bombs on several fields intending to
start great fires. The damage was
very slight. Food Dictator Adolph
Van Batocki said there was little
chance Of the plan succeeding.
In the first place the fields are
not dry enough TO permit them to
start a great fire. Secondly, many
crops are already in. Thirdly We have
no large farms like America. II small
farms lost their crops in this manner
it would not affecte the total. Don't
forget that our aeroplanes are guard
ing the farms as we'll as the trenches.
Furthermore our biggest crop is po-
tatoes and they can't burn
Batocki said the new harvest oats
supply was so good the horses rations
would be increased. The grain crop
was so good bread rations may be in
creased. Fodder prospects are excel
lent. Germany expects 10 raise a large
stock Of pigs that insures certain
supply of pork and makes slaughter
ing milch cows unnecessary. No milk
shortage Is near.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
MEN ARE SLAVES OF DRESS

~ VERY summer when the
" mercury approaches 90
degrees multtudes of
men declare that the time has
come for them to emancipate
themselves and TO vindicate
their right to dress nationally
in hot weather, says a New
York paper. That is as far as
their rebellion ever goes. When
the temperature falls they
sink back tamely into the old
Servitude to convention and
forget their dreams of freedom
from the tyranny of clothes.
An excessively hot spell will
prompt a few individuals in
their desperation to promenade
Broadway at the lunch hour
cOatless and collarlesS, seeking
vainly for comfort and pain
fully conscious of their disar-
ray. If everybody discarded
unnecessary weight and cover
ing it would not matter, but the
few who are bold enough to
disregard custom are made to
realize that they are SHINING
against the proprieties. Soon
or late they submit-because
of the presence of women, for
instance-and cease grumbl,
ing.
Some day a great reformer
or social uplifter or revivalist
will start a popular movement
CT invent a new religion intend
/ cd to restore common sense in
mems dress. The present gen.
Grafton awaits his coming.
helpless to set itself free. 1t
lacks the moral impulse to
make the honest effort. Fol
men are born to be slaves, and
cnly some great outside power
can liberate them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
FIRST HAND FACTS ABOUT
MEXICO

A OLONEL LEDWIDGE,
W who has been in Mexico
for 80 years and knows
the problem from first hand ex-
perience. says Huerta had no
more claim to recognition from
this country than John Wilkes
Booth had to recognition from
foreign nations after he had as
sassinated Lincoln. Huerta
was murderer and did not
gain power by consent Of the
governed but held office in de-
fiance of the people of Mexico.
As pictured by Col. Led
widge the warfare in Mexico
has been a struggle on the part
If the people to obtain the ele-
mentary rights of humanity.
His story justifies the Carranza
course and is a powerful en-
dOrsement OF the attitude taken
by President Wilson. Our
president is refusing to play
the game of those who have
despoiled Mexico and would
like to keep on with their reign
of injustice and tyranny. He is
standing for Mexican human
ity and if the American people
could know the facts as they
really exist there would be but
one side to the Mexican issue.
The experiences related by
Col. Ledwidge are highly inter-
esting in view Of the Hughes
criticism of the Wilson MeXi.
can policy. knowingly or
otherwise the republican can
didate has been putting water
on the wheel of the concession
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-Repre-
sentative Sinnott will have at his
disposal the appointment of a cadet
at West Point military academy early
next year He is giving early notice
of the fact so youths Of the second
congressional district OF oregon may
have ample time to study up for
examinations
Mr. Sinnott expects to have a com
petitiye examination held by civil
service officials at some point in the
district in the latter part of next
February upon the result of which
one principal and two aiternates will
be named by him to take tn Off
cial examinations at Vancouver bar
racks in March. The appointee will
enter the academy on June IA.
Applicants must be between II and
22 years of age, inclusive, at the date
Of admission, not less than feet 4
inches tall at the age Of II, and at
least one inch taller than that if over
II years Of age.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
ALREADY PROSPEROUS

0J anti-administration pa
II per carries a story that a
Washington man has plan
ned to establish a sawmill or
the Siuslaw but will not do so
if Wilson is reelected president.
There was a time when such
bushwash may have been ef-
fective in politics. This year
il is so gross that it is ridicu.
lous. The lumber business in
western Oregon is now so good
that the Southern Pacific is
hopelessly unable to handle its
freight traffic. Just a few days
ago the public service commits.
sion protested vigorously to the
road about its car shortage.
The complaint was to the ef'
feet that shippers desired over
900 more freight cars than
they could secure. The lumber
business needs no change of ad-
ministration to make it pros
porous, any more than does the
wool business.
The full dinner pail argu-
ment is on the democratic side
this year and it is highly anus
ing to hear cheap claptrap from
men who think they can still
follow the Mark Hanna tactics.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

throughout the country, as they find
them very profitable on the farm.
Even at Hood River where hay is
very high, it will prove very profit
able to the fruitgrowers to have a
few sheep in the orchard. Better
have little of everything than all
of one thing. To Diversity stock as
we'll as crops will prove equally sue
cessful.
Some of the strawberry growers
are ranging a few head OF sheep in
their patches to eat off the berry
tops that are usually cut off with a
hoe and wasted. The sheep will also
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
SHEEP ARE PROFITABLE
TO THE SMALL FARMER

HOOD RIVER, Ore, Aug. 16.-W.
l. Kirby, who has over 1000 head Of
sheep grazing over the logged OIL
land in the upper Hood River valley
says the small farmer finds a few
head of sheep on mis- farm more
profitable than cattle or hogs. Il
have had a number of orders for
small bands of sheep" says Mr.. Kir-
by. "by farmers and orcnardists
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
Remarkable Reptiles.

During the time OF deposition OF
the clays constituting the Morrison
shale in southern Colorado there ex-
listed a great variety or remarkable
reptiles OF huge size. Their bones,
which are in places abundant, are the
remains OF animals that were mired
in the soft clay OF which the Morrison
formation largely consists. Some of
these creatures, such as the Bronto-
saurus. were so feet Tong. Many Of
them had remarkably small heads,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
EASTERN OREGON'S Loss


nS shown by official figures
II the average salary paid
teachers in this county is
about $50 per month higher
than the average salary paid
i'm some Willamette valley
counties adjacent to the Mon
mouth normal school. At the
same time those counties have
a much higher percentage of
normal graduates than does
this county.
The situation shows what all
educators now generally recog-
nize-that we'll trained teach
erS are generally found close to
normal schools and that coun-
ties far remote from such inSti-
tutionS will have a low percent
sge of graduates among their
teachers.
In other words Umatilla
county is paying full price for
its teachers but is not getting
the service that it should from
them. The same thing is true
of other eastern Oregon coun-
ties, but the fault is not with
our teachers. The blame is up
on the state for not providing
eastern Oregon with normal in
Struction.
~SSS~O~~~~~
1t is a compliment to be
elected Roundup treasurer in
view of the prospective large
receipts for September.
~s-ss-~O$-s-ssS
Possibly Wilson finds it will
not be necessary to make a
speaking tour in answer to
Hughes.
SSS-sS0S-S-SSS
In the wheat market all is
lovely and the farmers won't
care if they have to take more
than dollar.
~-Ss-s%OSs~SS
Mr.. Hughes has the floor in
Oregon today,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

notably the Stegosarus, which had so
diminutiye brain that il must have
been very stupid. This animal was
undoubtedly very clumsy also but its
huge size and protective armor aided
in its preservation.-U. S. Geological
Survey.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16
LACK OF WORD FROM
DEUTSCHLAND FAILS
TO WORRY OFFICIALS

BERLIN Aug. l6-The United
Press has learned that the Deutsch-
land has not been heard from since
She cleared the Virginia eapes four
teen days ago. The outward voyage
lasted sixteen days. The fact that
fourteen days have elapsed with no
word indicates that the submarine is
following a roundabout course tn
dodge blockaders. She carries a
powerful wireless, German admiral
~ officials had not expected to re-
receive wireless messages. The radio
might betray the Deutschland 5
whereabouts.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

More than 5000, 600 men are now
confined in prison camps of tho en-
emy. and for this and other reasons
the old world Is getting better ac-
quainted than by any other single
event since the crusades threw the
people together.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-08-16

clean the berry fields Of weeds that
grow during the bearing season
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-10
Geological Survey Work.

The thirty-sixth annual report Of the
director Of the United States geological
survey, just made public, emphasizes
not only the widespread activities Of
this scientific and economic organiza-
ton, but their great diversity. The sur
vey Investigations cover every branch
of the developed and latent mineral re-
sources Of country whose mineral re-
sources are the greatest in the world
The work Of the survey is conducted
under three scientific branches and in
cludes three corresponding kinds of
activity. Under the geological branch
Investigations are made concerning the
mineral resources of the entire United
States and Alaska, ranging from truly
exploratory surveys Of regions practi
cally unknown to white men to the
most detailed geological examination of
mining camps. Last year 10000 square
miles We're thus geologlcally examined
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SCIENCE INVENTION.
New Way to Make Pure Iron.

An entirely new method of produc-
ing pure iron, which, 1t Is believed,
will save the electrical Industries Of
the country over $15,0OO,OOO annually.
has been discovered by DR.. Trygve
Yensen, an assistant In the engineer
ing experiment station Of the Univer-
sity Of Illinois.
The method used by Or. Yensen con.
sists of melting eectrolytically refined
iron in vacuum, reducing the impur-
tiles thus far below any point which
had been reached by previous invesu-
gators. The magnetic property Of this
vacuum fused iron has proved to be
as remarkable as its purity. Its max
imum possibility e.. measure Of ease
with which it can be magnetized, was
found to be about 10000, which is two
or three times higher than for the best
magnetic iron or iron alloy previously
produced. IS.
A practical result Of this investiga-
ton is that if it should turn out to be
commercially profitable the amount Of
material needed for electrical machin
cry such as transformers could be cut
in two, and the losses which occur
continuously as long as the machine
Is in operation would be greatly min
imiZed,
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Sorenson, who holds large block Of
stock in the Nilsson Farm Tractor Co.,
of Waukesha, Wis. The company will
handle the Nilsson farm tractors, and
the Moore and Wescott automobiles.
Mr.. Sorenson has the agency for these
lines in the six counties Of northwest
ern North Dakota. The Crosby branch
will be managed by F. F. Gessler. =,
Mr.. Sorenson was formerly engaged
in the grain commission business in
Minneapolis and Duluth, but had to
get out into the country for his health.
He has lived on his $500 acre farm
near Crosby for a number of years,
where he farms exclusively with the
Nilsson tractor. Mr.. Sorenson assisted
in designing this tractor, which IS
described as "a quality tractor with a
pull"
higher priced car and the Moore as
GOOD car at cheap price. 1t is known
as the mystery car" selling for 5000
fully equipped.
The company has already started
business, Mr.. Sorenson securing floor
room with the Minot' Implement Co.,
where he is demonstrating the trac-
tors. He disposed of two OF them
Wednesday, one to H. G. II. Siege
and another to C. H. Brinkmann.
Fourteen carloads Of tractors have
been sold for spring delivery in the
Crosby country.
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railroad MAN Held
!. T0::.DIS7R|CTECoUR1
NORMAN SCHMITT, CHARGED
WITH ROBBING TIL R E E
GREEKS, HELD BY JUDGE
LYNCH UNDER 81, 900 BONDS.

Norman C. Schmitt, who was arrest
ed charged with holding up three
Greeks in the east Great Northern
wards, Nov. 81, last, was given hear
ing before Judge Lynch Tuesday. He
is charged with robbery in the first de-
gree. He was held to the district
court under $1,000 bonds, which it is
understood he has furnished. Atty
Sinkler appeared for Schmitt.
The Greeks were examined separ-
ately and they told substantially the
same story. They said the young
brakeman stopped them late at night
and asked for some nickels, saying ne
was hungry. They claimed that he
flashed a searchlight on them and
pointed a gun at them, taking check
for 1918, given to one of the Greeks
bv a farmer. While searching the sec
ond Greek, they said the first one
jumped on Schmitt and they both roll
ed over and over down the embank.
ment. They say Schmitt fired q shot
that went wild and the second shot
went into his own shoulder. They
marched him to the yard office and re.
NAMED with him till an officer arrived
Schmitt was in the hospital long
time. He tells a far different story
claiming the Greeks tried to hold him
UP. He has always borne good rep
utation and his railroad friends can.
not believe that he is guilty.
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Making the Little
Farm Pay
BY {. c. BOWSFIELD

=
Waste and neglect in the average ap-
pie orchard are plain evidence Of bad
farming. An orchard Of single acre
II properly managed will give reve-
nue. Of $500 or $500 yearly, and besides
this it Is important to the owners fam
uy. Fruit trees should receive intel
ngent care.
Orchards are not sprayed and pruned
IN systematic way, because this kind
Of work can be put of, and there Is
always something else demanding at
tsntion. Good farming gives every
feature on the place due attention.
whether the product is for market or
merely for home use. If this be done
the fruit in small orchards will be
sounder and more uniform than it
usually is, the family will get increas-
ed benefit from it and revenue will be
gained at the rate Of at least 5000 an
acre.
When orchards are neglected the
fruit deterioratcs in quality, and much
Of it is allowed to rot on the ground.
Even the farmers family gets only a
meager supply. An apple orchard
ought to be an object Of pride, and if
the owner feels that he is too busy to
attend to it he should turn 1t over to
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-02-10
N|DW|NTfR' FAIR
PREMIUMS AWARDED
JJJDGES HAVE MADE AWARDS
IN VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS -
THIS IS BUT A PARTIAL LIST.
r1oss "E" Vegetables,

Class r., VcSctdUlcSs
Rutabagas-1st, Richard Johnson
Minot; End, Joe Korgel, Minot; 3rd
Wildwood, Minot
Turnip-1st, Richard Johnson, Mi
not; End, John REM, Minot.
Squash-1st, w. A. W. Culbertsonl
Surrey; End, same; 3rd, RMS. jacob
Stake, Surrey.
Cabbage-1st, ]. J. Brand, Logan;
End, Jacob Frost, Minot; 3rd, w. A. w
Culbertson, Surrey. :.
Beets-1st, ]. J. Brand, Logan; End
Harry Myers, Minot; Bird, Elmwood
Farm, Minot. 49,.
Carrots-1st, Richard Johnson, Mi
not; End, ]. J. Brand, Logan; Bird, John
Schmitz, Minot.
Parsnips-1st, Joe Korgel, Minot;
End, Jacob Frost, Minot.
Stock Beets or Mangel-1st, Mary
j. Culbertson, Minot; 3rd, Richard
johnson, Minot.
Onions-1st, John Wallin, @Minot;
End, Edward Nelson, Minot; 3rd,> Ed
Aone' 9 c1aes A, T. Grain Seeds ,s1,. .>
Western Rye Grass-3rd, r. j
Laird, Perth.
Bromus-1st, Wesley White, Des
Laos; End, Ole Den, Minot.
= Millet-1st, Andrew Jacobson, Bur-
lington; End, P. E. Peterson, Minot.
Sheaf Oats-1st, w. A. w. Culbert-
son, Surrey; End, John REM, Minot.
Sheaf Wheat-1st,- w. A. w: Gull
bertson, Surrey; End, S. M. Sheets
Surrey; 3rd, John REM, Minot.
: MARQUIS Wheat-1st, A. Nelson
Flaxton; End, F. S. Woodiwiss, Nor
wich; 3rd, David Stake, Surrey.
Fife Wheat-1st, F. Aune, Minot.
Blue Stem Wheat-1st, "A. T. Weber
Minot; End, Harry J. Melos, Minot;
3rd, J. R. Korgel, Minot;2 Special, A
S. Johnson, Minot. 49, u so .
Macaroni-ftstt;, VIM. Larson, Minot;
End. w. A. w. Culbertson, Minot; Bird
A. T. Schrader, Minot.
Oats-1st, V. Carlson, Minot; End
Peter Halbach, Mniot; 3rd, David c.
Stake, Surrey; Special, B. J. Harmon
Foxholm.
Barley-1st, Edwin Livingston, Bur
lington; End, H. Myers. Minot; 3rd
Dudolph Linha, Minot; Special, Jacob
Stake, Surrey.
Speltz-1st, Jacob Frost, Minot; End
A. S. Schrader, Minot. :.
Rye-1st, Albert johnson, Minot
End, J. r. Korgel, Minot; 3rd, Henry
Melos, Minot; Special, VIM. Larson
Minot.
Flax-1st, O. A. oJhnson, Minot;
End, V. Carlson, Minot; 3rd, J. B
eastman, Foxholm; Special P. E. Pet.
erson, Minot.
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H. L. Winters
Company
Opticians

Winter Wheat-1st, c. F. Eaton,
Surrey; End, Peter Linnertz, Minot.
Alfalfa-1st, Elmwood Farm, Mi
not; End, L. E. Gregorson, Minot. .
Poultry.
Barred Plymouth Rocks-1st, Chas.
Brown, Minot; End, J. M. Cotton, VOL
taire.
White Plymouth Rock-1st, c. COL
White Wyandottes- Vern Mar
tin, Minot; End, Lottie Stone, Minot.
Silver Wyandottes-1st, Geo. Hof-
man, Minot.
White Orpingtons-1st, Raymond
Van Cleve, Minot.
Silver Orpingtons-1st, Nick :Thil-
gen, Minot; End, Mrs. Geo. Hoffman,
Minot.
White Leghorns-1st, Clarence Will
bur, Minot; End, Chas. Wilbur, Minot.
Cornish Games-1st, Geo. Hoffman,
Minot.
Ducks-1st, Geo. Wegner, Surrey;
End, P. Peterson, Minot.
Indian R. Duck-1st, Geo. Hoffman,
Minot; End, Geo. Wegner, Surrey. ]
White Pekins-1st, Palmer Kittle-.
son, Minot; End, w. Kittleson, Minot.
r. I. Reds-1st, C. Golfer, Minot !;
End, Elmwood Farm, Minot.
o3 Judges-C. B. Phifer, Burlington;
H. C. Hitchcock.
Class 3D." Corn. 2V&
N. w. Dentist, John Wallin, Mi
not; End, w. A. w. Culbertson, Surrey.
Corn-1914 Crop-andividual, Dis
plays-1st, w. A. w. Culbertson, Sur
Mimi No. 13-1st, Elmwood Farm.
Minot; End, Ole Den, Minot; 3rd, w:
A. w. Culbertson, Surrey. /.
White Flint-1st, J. J. Brand, Lo-
gan; End, o. A. Johnson, Minot. n
Pop Corn-1st, Peter Holbach, Mi
not; End, Alfred Streader, Minot; 3rd,
Mrs. L. Stone, Minot; Special, C. A..
johnson, Minot.
Sweet Corn-1st, J. J. Brand, Lo-
gan.
Judge-T. A. Hoverstad. f.
Potatoes.
Early Ohio-1st, Ed Tresland, Mi
not; End, P. E. Peterson, Minot; 3rd,
Elmwood Farm, Minot.
Early Triump h-1st, Earl Sired
wick, Logan; End, O. R. Brown, Minot;
3rd, C. A. Fox, Surrey.
White Elephant-1st, A. w. Smith,
Surrey; End, A. C. Nedrud, Minot; 3rd,
John Schmitz, Minot.
Sweet Potatoes-Special, Clarence
Smith, Surrey. :.
Judg es-J. C. Smallwood and E. A.
Shirley, Minot.
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MODERN GREEKS.
They Show Little Of tho Grace Of Their
Famous Ancestors.

Famous Ancestors.
Against the background OF antiquity
it is easy to project the ties Of senti-
ment which bind the life Of the Greek
Of today to that of the classic worthless
from whom he claims direct descent,
and it was with only slight shock
that l learned that the man who
brought me my morning coffee at the
legation bore the tremendous name Of
Themistocles. And yet it Is difficult to
visualize the modern Athenian with
those who once walked his streets.
Thinking of Homer, Of Praxiteles and
Of Phidias, one looks for Helen, for
Hermes and for Athene, but the only
Helen l ever saw in Athens was an
American girl, married to member of
the cabinet and whose golden hair,
blue eyes and classic features made
her at once the reigning hostess in the
city. And it is only in the islands or
deep In the country, where the Alba
11ian food which swept across the At
tic plain has never reached, that one
finds the facial lineaments and the
bodily grace which the ancient sculptor
has taught the modern world as being
common to gil Greeks Of classic time.
This survival persists chiefly among
the children, because incessant toll and
scanty nourishment soon deprive both
boys and girls Of their native grace
and stamp them with the ineradicable
marks Of life of labor.-Form er Unit
ed States Minister to Greece George II.
Moses in National Geographic Mag
aZine
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Bo1TLlNc AN EGG.
Easy Trick That Makes Plain Some
y Principies Of Physics.


II you place an egg on the neck OF
carafe almost any one would say
that 1t is impossible to put the egg
into the carafe whole. Yet it can be
done, and at the same time an impor-
tant principle in air pressure can be
proved.
First have the egg boiled hard and
then peel it. Make a torch Of folded
paper, light and push it into the carafe.
After it has burned almost out place
the egg on the neck Of the carafe,
small end downward, so that it, acts
as stopper. But be sure you do not
push it at all.
The heat Of the burning paper has
by this time driven much of the air
out Of the carafe and heated what re-
mains inside. When 1t has finally
burned out the carafe will begin to
cool, the air in it becomes cooler and
therefore takes up much less space.
The pressure Of the atmospheric air
outside Of the bottle is exerted upon
the egg, which lengthens out gradually
and at last drops into the carafe with
loud plump"
In this way several important points
in physics are made plain. First 1t Is
seen how heat rarifies the air and
when the air in the carafe cools Gre
ates a partial vacuum. Then Is proved
the fact Of atmospheric pressure by
the way in which the egg acts. AT
last we see the egg forced into the
carafe, so that the air from without
may fill the vacant aces.-Exchange.