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The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06
FARMERs HAVE "A RIGHT TO HOLD THEIR WHEAT

EXGovernor Hay predicts that unless the government
deals justly with the wheat growers of the Pacific north
west farmers will organize and withhold their grain until they
put equality with the OF the eastern states
They would have the right under the law. The govern
men name price but it not compel the producers to
take it, Section of the food control law relates to boarding
by Dealers and expressly exemps the producer the follow
ing prOvisO:
That any accumuating Withholding by any far
ner gardner cooperative association OF farmers
gardeners, including live stock farmers, any other
person, of the products of any farm garden or other
land owned, leased cultivated by him, shall not be
deemed to be boarding within the meaning Of this act
In protesting against the governments action stands
today the wheat growers of the Inland Empire not
sonabe They patrotcay willing to sell their grain the
at arbitrary figure much below the price they
would the market left to the control of the
nary law of supply and demand Considering the known fac
it is not improbable that wheat would have gone
a bushe if the markets had not been put under government
control
Their grievance is not against government control the
20 basic rate but against the inequabe plan of administer
ing that basic under which they must be docked cent
gh rate between here and Chicago while Atlantic seaboard
growers given the Chicago basic plus the freight rate
There is rule for them and damericaly different
rule for the eastern farmer They penazed for distance
from Chicago; the eastern grower rewarded for his distance
from that city
If it said in defense of the unjust plan that wheat want
led for the allies and must be carried the continent
New York. there several answers to that faacous plea.
Much of the Pacific product will be kept mere for home
consumption and seed Much Of it will go the Pacific to
China and Japan.
But though all of the wheat of the Pacific slope
wanted by the government for allies Europe it could be
lshpped through Pacific terminals by The government is
building great fleets Of merchant ships the Pacific coast
building them for service between the United States and Great
Britain France and Italy Why not load them at Pacific ports
and establish basic wheat markets the Pacific coast?
From point Of view the governments action wrong,
and farmers justified in insisting that it be recfed
Spokesman Review
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06
LIBRARIES FOR THE CAMPS.

This reminder that soldiers in the camps at home
and abroad need libraries not lot of books promscuousy
thrown together but comprehensive well organized Libraries
that will be of value during the time this country is at
For this purpose 100000 required and the generous people
of each state expected to contribute proportion to the
number of troops from the several states.
The work of selecting the libraries is in the hands Of
trained librarians who have volunteered their services Good
books make their appeal and who adds to his
of knowledge increases his pleasure from them need be per-
suaded to give according his means; STILL many folk need to
be reminded not to forget make the
Telegram.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06
KEEP YOUR MONEY AT HOME.

From time time efforts made combat the encroacl
men of eastern mail order houses into communities such this
Merchants who pay taxes who have homes here and who
vitality interested in the welfare of the community rghuy
resent the flow of cash to the big which have
eres here to get the money Newspapers have fought
this mail order evil for years. making vigorous battles for the
sake of the local retailer who often gives little support to
the publication which does its utmost to hold the trade here for
him. We glad to say that the majority of Heppner
chants appreciate the situation and giving their coopera
ton.
angle to the situation has developed at Spokan
where the Retail Trades Bureau has started extensive
pagn against the eastern catalogue Instead Of
ing citizens to spend their money Spokane rather than
it east the merchants association is advocating home patron
in every town with the slogan Keep Your Money in tho
Inland Empire The argument is made that each of should
first try to goods from the who has his business
abshed here Failing to find the desired article in the oca
store the next urged to buy in the nearest town
where ii is obainabe THE logical result would be the foster
ing of business everywhere, the building up Of
trade.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06

charge the soldiers to work for nothing the shpbud
to build ships gratis the munton manufacturers to
donate their powder and shells fit did they would be laughed
and scoed The president and the cabinet officers and
still drawing their salaries and when they decline
take them for patriotic then it will be time for the
newspapers to give away their only commodity which ad
versng space.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06

The to ueat the present of Chicago for his
reasonable acts should and undoubtedly will receive the
unanimous support Of all loyal Americans His attitude from
the beginning has not been such would inspire his followers
to any good purpose for the great which carried into
against Germany All his actions all his uterances and
all his influence has been directed any ally of the kaiser
would direct his influence When William Hale Thompson per
mtted the Peoples Council of America for Defense and Terms
of Peace assemble in Chicago this week. he raised storm Of
opposition there that had already made itself manifest in three
other states Of the Union The paccsts working in direct
contradiction the policy Of the administration and therefore
their acts are reasonable In time Of traitors dealt
with harshy This movement will be suppressed it should
be and before the business is wound up there will in all ike
hood be a new mayor in the city of Chicago
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06
THAT FREE STUFF.
Corvallis Gazette Times.

The newspapers could do themselves and their community
real service by resolving to refuse to print any of the free
dope sent out and then sticking to the resolution The govern
en doesn't ask the railroads to transport supplies free of
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1917-09-06

The city is making effort to fill the chuck holes in Main
street with crushed rock This will fix the holes which they
are filing but how about the which will appear
around the fills Temporary fixing get through the win
ter but there getting around the fact that have big
job ahead Of day in the matter of permanent street i'm
provement The longer put off, the bigger the bill will be
in the end.
-t-t-
Two of Morrow comtys young men left Heppner We'd
nesday to join the National Army at American Lake Half
of the remainder will leave the 18th of this month and the
rest will go early in October.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
PAVEMENT DANCE
HELPS RED CROSS
GIVEN TONIGHT IN FRONT Or
HEADQUARTERS WITH BAND
FURNISHING MUSIC

The street dance that was announe-
ed before for Saturday night through
mistake will be tonight. In the ab-
sence of Mrs. W. E. Wallace. Mrs.
French will act as chairman. The 9TH
er members of the committee are Mrs.
NJ. E. Lewis, Mrs. w. H. Carithers
and Miss Cruikshank. This dance is
expected to be. the best one yet as the
fame of the Moscow street dances has
spread far and wide. The ice cream
and cake will be as good as ever ana
it is to be hoped that Moscow can
make as good q record as the Bovill
ice cream sellers did with their $3.50.
The Moscow City band will furnish
their Friday evening concert at the
dance.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
UNCLE SAM
WILL BACK
RUSSIANS
Big Ally in the East in Hard Lines,
But This Nation VIII Stay With
Her to the Last Ditch

WASHINGTON-The United States
has extended further credit of $780,
100000 to Russia, Secretary McAdoo
announced today. Russia's credit in
this country now totals $275,000,000,
and this is only the beginning of the
efforts of the United States to set the
new democracy of Russia on its feet.
Plans for furnishing vast supplies
have been completed.
Officials here believe that Russia
will continue the fight. Secretary
Lansing denied today that this govern
ment is pessimistic. He admitted that
Riga might fall, but military men in
sist that Germany cannot spare suffic-
lent men to make the Russian drive eff
fective. 1t is expected that the cap
itaI of Russia will be moved from
Petrograd to Moscow because of the
political troubles.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
RED CROSS WOMEN
BUSY IN BOVILL
MAKE MONEY FOR THE CAUSE BY
SERIES OF OUTDOOR EN-
TERTAINMENTS

The ladies of the Red Cross in Boz
will are keeping up their work in
fine style. In report to the Star
Mirror they say:
At meeting of the comfort commit
tee of the local chapter of the Red
Cross society tea was served, the pros
ceeds from which amounted to S39
Last Sunday the same committee
held a garden party in the city park
A short musical program was rendered
and a talk on Red Cross work at the
front was given by DR.. F. c. Gibson,
Ice cream and cake were served, the
proceeds from this amounting to SfSA>
The sum of these moneys represents
ed the required amount to finish tho
work which the girls have begun. to
furnish comfort bag to each OF the
boys who have enlisted from Boviil.
Next Sunday a baseball game will
played between the married and sim
gle men, on the local diamond. The
girls will sell ice cream and the re-
ceipts will be turned over to the Red
Cross.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
WILL RUSH WORK
ON IJ.OF I.BUILDINGS
CONTRACTOR LEE HERE FROM
LEWISTON READY FOR AC-
TIVE OPERATIONS

Contractor n r. Lee of Lewiston
arrived in Moscow yesterday with his
men and equipment and began con-
struction of the dairy and engineering
buildings on the university campus.
Mr. Lee proposes to rush this work as
much as possible in order to have the
buildings ready at the opening of coll
1ege.
Architect Curtis Richardson has
general supervision over the work for
the university buildings. Mr. Richard
son returned recently from Portland
where he purchased $50 horse power
water tube power boiler which is to be
installed in the central heating plant
to take care of the present overload
and the surplus in the additional
buildings now under construction.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24

Forty-five members Of the I. w. w,
interned at the fair grounds. are now
in the custody of United States troops
and subject to military discipline. To
day Sergeant Seig and his nine priv
ates, members of the Montana National
Guard, transferred their camp from the
Moscow City park to the fairgrounds,
and at o'clock this afternoon the
custody of the 45 prisoners was turned
over from the Latah County Protective
association to the United States troops.
Sergeant w. H. Abendroth will re-
main on duty at the detention camp
and issue rations to the prisoners.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
NEGRO RIOT
RESULTS IN
10 DEATHS
Houston Placed Under Martial Law
Illinois Guardsmen Arrest 100 Neg
r0es-5O Still at Large

HOUSTON-Sixt are known to be
dead and IS are wounded, some OF
them probably fatally, as result OF
last nights negro troop rioting. Hi
nois National Guardsmen arrested over
100 of the rioting negroes. Fifty are
believed to be still free. The gov
ernor of Texas placed the city under
martial law this morning. Troops now
guard all streetcars, and every street
leading to Camp Logan where the
negro troops are stationed.
"The trouble started at the camp
about 7:30 Thursday night said
Major K. S. Snow, who is in COM
mand of the negro troops used as
guards at the camp.
81 saw the feeling that had arisen
over the treatment the men said some
of them had received at the hands of
the police. and they were hard to
control. l soon learned that they had
entered the tent where the ammuni-
ton was kept and large number of
rounds had been secured before /
learned what was happening. l did
all l could to stop the men, but they
were beyond control and some $50 of
them started to shoot promiscuously
in the camp and soon scattered in
every direction
Several of the negro troops at
tempted to kill Major Snow, accord
ing to his story, and he had a mar
row escape from death. Major Snow
stated late last night that all but $50
men were in camp, but they were in
an ugly mood.
VIII Transfer Negroes
WASHINGTON = Secretary of War
Baker announced today that the regi-
ments containing rioting negro troops
in Houston would be moved from that
city.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
j. OF |. MEN WILL
CONDUCT SCHOOL
SURVEY OF IDAHO
YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN TO BE
URGED TO KEEP UP THEIR
EDUCATIONAL WORK

In conformity with the national
movement to keep the young folks in
college and university regardless OF
the war, Dean E. M. Hulme left for
Occur d A]ene today and Prof. Howard
T. Lewis left for Lewiston. These
men, with C. S. Edmundson who left
for the north some days ago, and W.
C. Bleamaster who left with his wife
and daughter for southern Idaho
Thursday by auto, will cover large
part of the state before the opening
of the university October 1 to induce
students to continue their scholastic
work at the university and other edu-
cational institutions.
Dean Hulme will visit the larger
counties of the north; Professor Lewis
the Clearwater section and Coach
Bleamaster southern Idaho points. In
speaking of this survey to be made
President Lindley said that a large
falling off in college and university at
tendance is anticipated throughout the
United States on account of the war.
This falling off, together with the need
of scientific, trained men for carrying
on the conflict and for the reconstruc-
tion period thereafter, has caused the
national government to take cogniz-
ance of the situation. President Will
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
THIRTY BUSHELS OF WHEAr
ON AN EIGHTY ACRE FIELD

R. P. Drury who has just finished
handling so acres of fall wheat for
F. w. Gano just south of the city says
it will average not less than 80 bush
els to the acre and is of an exceptional
quality. It is free from smut, solid
and is we'll filled. This wheat was
sown quite early last fall, just about
year ago and got good start last
fall AS a price of 50 bushel is alb
solutely guaranteed by the federal gov
ernment as minimum, the cash pro-
ceeds from this crop will be fairly
good.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24

French Troops Score Brilliant Victory at Verdun

PARASITIC further
Wood and Deadmans Hill offensive the office
all of Hill 304
Dean Hill found with tunnels The French made
the with their
oher materials of the tunnels Seven hundred German soldiers
another General Persg the
the assault United Press dispatches from the front tell the of the
French field artillery Is and 76 00ths inches diameter.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
SHUTDOWN
COMPLETE
in BUTTE
Twelve Thousand Work -
ers Thrown Out by Am
acOnda Company
RESULT OF The STRIKE
Federal Government Expected to Take
Control Because of Necessities
of MunitiOn Factories

BCTTE-The Anaconda Copper Mi
ming company closed its Anaconda
smelter at noon today because of the
strike. 1t will colse its mines here
at the end of today's shift, shutting
down the district as tight as drum,
This shutdown forces 10000 men
out of work The Great Falls smelter
will be closed as soon as the present
supply of ore is used. 1t is generally
predicted that the shutdown wilt force
the federal government to take hand
in the situation because copper rs es-
sential in the manufacture Of war
munitions.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
VERY RICH ARE READY
TO COMPROMISE ON TAXES

WASHINGTON-B the wealth
drawn battle, efforts have been start
ed to secure compromise on the rev.
enue bill, eliminating consumption
taxes and increasing the income raised
by the bill to s2,350, 600 900 by increas-
ing income taxes and war profit taxes.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
UNITED STATES TROOPS
TAKE OVER I.W.W. CAMP

Sergeant Seig and his men will
maintain military discipline at the
camp. There will be soldiers on guard,
all the time night and day. This
transfers the custody of these prison.
thorities and also the cost of guarding
them. All the 1. w. w. prisoners
at the county Jail were transferred to-
three-Marhow, Anthony and Herd.
These are organizers and agitators re-
garded as dangerous men. Marhow, in
addition to this, is now federal pris-
oner awaiting his hearing before the
immigration Inspector.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
POPE BENEDICT HOLDS
THAT BELGIUM'S WRONGS
MUST BE ATONED FOR

!. WASHINGTON = Pope Bene- !
!. diets explanation of the atone !
\. ment for the wrongs of Belgium \
!. must be particularly considered \
!. gave distinctly favorably trend !
!. to official peace thought. This y
!. feature of the Vatican statement !
!. today created undisguised sur !
4 prise at the state department. A y
!. more friendly feeling toward the !
!. popes peace proffers is manifest. !
.!..E.s..:. .s..::.s..:.- .......s... .s.....:-..
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24

calling upon all educational author
tiles in institution of higher learning
to do their utmost to encourage school
attendance.
AIt is up to Idaho to do her part"
President Lindley said. $50 have re-.
quested Dean Hulme, Professor Blea-
master and Messrs. Edmundson and
Lewis to visit the several sections of
the state to urge the young people to
attend and to urge the parents to send
their sons and daughters to one of the
several educational institutions of Ida
ho.''
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
Italians Still Winning

WASHINGTON-Tw Italian bombs
wiped out the Austrian headquarters
in the Tolmino sector, killing the COM
manding officers, according to Rome
dispatches the Italian embassy here
received. The italian offensive con-
tinues VIGOROUSLY.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
VACATION
WILL SOON
BE ENDED
All City Public Schools
Will Open Monday,
September 10
READY FOR GOOD YEAR
Teachers Chosen, Buildings Repaired
and Finances of District Put in
Good Condition


At the meeting of the board of edu-
cation last evening it was voted to
open the city schools, High school and
grades, Monday, September 10. Super
intendent J. H. Rich reported all
buildings In good repair. The remodel
ling of the heating and ventilating
plants in the High school is about
complete. The board authorized the
redecoration of several rooms in the
High and Whitworth buildings.
New Teachers Chosen
Miss Minnie Smith was elected to
the position of assistant principal of
the High school, Miss Campbell OF
Moscow, Miss Jewett of New York,
Miss Coher of Kentucky and Miss
Youngs of Pennsylvania were elected
to positions in the grades.
w. H. Beardsley and Mrs. c. J. Or
land were appointed judges and Mrs.
J. W. Lieuallen, clerk, for the annual
school election to be held September
to elect two trustees to fill vacancies
caused by the expiration of the terms
of T. A. Meeker and H. Melgard.
Report on Finances
At the meeting L. F. Parsons, the
clerk of the board, submitted a report
covering the financial operations of
the year and outlining the financial
81 &c C{rio{ or ho
ing of the new school year. This re-
port is of general interest. 1t says in
part:
Eve enter the coming school year
with balance in the general fund and
in the sinking fund of $5432.S8. 1t is
of interest at this time to compare
the receipts of the district during the
past three years. The following fig
ures are from September 1st to Sep
tember 1st, instead of July to July 1st:
Receipts, 1916. $51, ,038.31
Receipts, 1916. 6.............. 50,572.38
Receipts, 1917. ............... 51,651.12
Disbursements, 1915. 5........ 51,319.99
Disbursements, 1916. ......... 55,67S14
Disbursements, 1917. .... 48,34944 ,
Cash is Lower Now
sFrom the above it will be noted |
that the receipts of the district have |
remained quite constant, averaging |
about $51, 900 for the three years. The |
disbursements show quite a marked |
decrease in expenditures for 1917.
This is due to the fact that less money I
was expended for permanent improve
ments during the past year than the
preceding two years. During the past
three years from the money received,
as above indicated, we have decreased
our bonded indebtedness approximately
$4,000 and have made improvements
on the Whitworth building, in the
otherwise modernizing the building
and have remodeIed and improved the
heating and ventilating system in the
High school, together with consid-
cradle addition to the equipment of the
plant in the shape of lib s
rary and laboratory apparatus. These
permanent improvements required the s
expenditure of approximately $4,000. '
Thus, during the past three years we '
nave been able to add to the value of l
he school property and decrease the
to the extend of approx 6
tContinued on Page q
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24

VICTORIES
CONTINUE
American Fighters Fore Their Way In
to the Heart of Lens Where They
Take German Trenches

LONDON - The Canadians have
pressed still further into Lens, Field
Marshal Haig reported this morning.
The German loses in the last drives
we're especially heavy. The Canadians
now hold the German trenches near
the heart of the city.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
Boy Shoots Himself Dead

ASHLAND-Robert Miller, ii years
old, holding a. rifle between his legs
while riding on the front seat Of
wagon, shot himself through the head.
AS the shot struck the boy leaped
from the wagon and hit the ground
dead
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
Good Word From Other Side

The Russian foreign minister, Ter
eschenko, cabled a message to the
conflict will arise a regenerated Rus
sia.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
Prisoners Number 20,500

ROME-It is officially stated here
that the Austrian prisoners taken sn
the present offensive now total l0.50Q
with others coming in daily
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
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Crew of Devonian Safe

!. WASHINGTON-The crew of +
!. the torpedoed Leyiand liner, De- i
!. vonian, including 65 Americans 4
!. were saved, the state depart \
!. ment is advised. \
!. !. !. i. ..s..f-.f.s. .s-.t.t.+.t.t.t.t. +
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24
Hogs Take a Drop

CHICAGO-Hogs dropped below $18
today, So under the recent $40 mark.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-08-24

Smash 81 British Tanks
BERLIN - Germans destroyed 21
British tanks south of the Ypres-Men-
in road, it is officially stated.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-07-25
OPPOSITION DEVELOPS TO RIVER AND HARBOR BILL NOW IN SENATE
Many Members Protest Against Con- sideration, as It Is Not Special
 War Measure

Washington, July 24-Debate on the s27.. 000000 rivers and harbors bill in the Sen ate today developed vigorous protests that the measure is not an emergency war proposal and should not be considered at this time. The leaders plan, however to keep it before the Senate until it iE disposed of or displaced by war revenue legislation.
 Senator Kenyon offered an amendment limiting the total appropriations to s10, 0oo,0oO Ito be expended by the Secre- tary of War for improvements author ized by Congress"
 Senator Shoot denounced the measure as a robbery of the treasury. With the first year of the war promising to cost s14, 600, ,000, ,00o he declared, it was no time to spend millions dredging little creeks. Senator Sherman said the pretexts that the bill would improve interstate commerce was entirely false.
 Senator Fletcher, in charge of the meas ure, declared criticisms were based on p1judice and lack of information and that the bill was in fact an emergency measure to provide for additional war transporta tion.