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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
RECORD CORN CROP
IN WEST INDICATED

CHICAGO, Aug. 14.-Indications
from the great corn and wheat belts
of the Middle west and Canada are
that this years crops will be in the
list of record breakers. Heavy rains
within the last forty-eight hours have
greatly benefited the growing corn
and some estimates here place the to-
tai yield in the United States at 1O0,
900 900 bushels in excess of any pre-
vious year
1t is believed that tomorrow's gov
ernment report will show a possible
yield of $500, 600, 900 bushels of corn
against 2,5SS. O0O, 900 last year.
Wheat threshing has started and
thus far the yields have exceeded ex-
pectat!ons. An average of forty bush
els to the acre is reported from some
parts of Illinois. winnipeg. Manito-
ba. reports that the first delivery of
new wheat showed a run of twenty
four bushels to the acre.
The Alberta department of agricul-
ture also reports great improvement
of growing crops in that province.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
MARINE CORPS is
MORE PARTICULAR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13-A letter
dated in 1893 from the premier Ma
rine Corps recruiting officer TO the
then commandant Of that corps, set
ting forth some of the recruiting
methods Of that time. was made pub
lie at marine corps headquarters to-
day. Comparison of present day re-
cruit.ng activities with those of the
18th century is interesting
Lieut. Halls letter reads; II pur-
pose this week to open rendevouz in
different parts of the country and
make fEelic TO draw the people to
gether which I think will have good
effect. There are some in Jail whom
! could get out by paying the sum Of
1912. DO you think / would be safe
in advancing it?"
Present day recruiting officers re.
quire declarations from accepted mer
that they hav never been convicted
of any crime.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
WEDDINGS
FAIL OFF GREATLY
Number of Marriage Licenses About
NornlaI-Men Have Registra-
ton Cards.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-The dis
cordant jangle of Stacker marriage
bells in the marriage license bureau
gave way yesterday to the more me-
lodious tones OF old-fashioned we'd
dings for love. There were only
license, which is about normal.
Officials believe the rush on the bu-
reau Is at an end. Gen. Crowde's
ruling, published yesterday that has
tily performed marriages do not con-
stitute cause for exemption had its ef.
feet. Deputy United States Marshal
Bowler questioned all men applicants
but found none without registration
cards. However, there was at least
one Stacker marriage. One girl said
Just before the ceremony:
why shiuldn't I marry him to
save him from fighting? The Ameri-
cans started this war. Let them do
the fighting"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
Start Tomorrow
and Keep It Up
Every Morning
Get In the habit Of drinking q
glass OF hot water before
breakfast.

We're not here long, so let's make
our stay agreeable. Let us live well,
eat well. digest We'll work well. sleep
well. and look we'll hat glorious
condition to attain, and yet, how very
easy it is if one win only adopt the
mornin inside bath.
Folks who are accustomed to feel
ing dun and heavy when they arise
splitting headache. stuffy from a cold
foul tongue, nasty breath. acid stom-
ach. can, instead, feel as fresh as a
daihy by opening the slu.ces of the
system each morning and flushing out
the whole of the internal poisonous
stagnant matter.
Everyone, whether ailing, sick or
well. should drink a biass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of limestone
phosphate in 1t to wash from the
bowels the previous days indigestible
waste. sour bile and poisonous toxins;
thus cleansing, swsetening and puri-
Tying the entire alimentary canal be-
fore putting more food into the stom-
ach The action of hot water and
limestone phosphate on an empty
stomach is wonderfully invigOrating.
It cleans out all the sour fermenta-
tIons. gases, waste and acid:ty and
gives one asplendid appetite for
breakfast While you are enjoying
your berakfast the water and phos-
phate is quietly extracting a large
volume OF water from the blood and
getting ready for a thorough flush
ing OF all the inside organs
The millions of people who are
bothered with constitution, bilious
spells stomach trouble; others who
have sallow skins, blood disorders
and sickly compilations are urged to
get a quarter pound Of limestone
phosphate from the drug store. This
will cost very little, but is sufficient
to make anyone a pronounced crank
on the subject of inside bathing be-
fore breakfast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

days. Since harvest begun about 100.-
O00 bushels have been sold.
Highest prices announced yesterday
we're S2.31h for club, Tom. Martin
selling a small lot at this price. The
sacks are to be returned to him by
the dealer.
Bluestem is quoted about 1886.
though top-notch bluestem would
bring more.
Farmers and grain dealers fear that
the government will fixe a maximum
price for wheat, which will be below
the present high figure. This is caus-
ing many of the farmers to sell smah
lots of their grain at the prices now
being quoted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
WILL HURRY MOVE
FOR A DRY NATION
Prohibitionists in Congress VIII Try
TO Have Special Legislative Session
Called

I-FOniDlI1oHlsIS IN COnErRSS VIII IrA
TO Have Special Legislative Session
Called.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Ex-senator
Sheppard of Texas, author of the res
olution proposing an amendment
submitting the question of nation
wide prohibition, announced today it
is the intention of the dry forces
TO urge the governors of the several
states to call special sessions of leg
isIatures TO act on the question.
"As soon as the resolution has
passed the two houses" said Senator
Sheppard, I'VE Immediately will be-
gin a campaign to have the legisia-
lures assemble. We will take the
ground that this is a war measure
and should be disposed of as such.
Within six months after it has
passed the house the measure shouI J
be well on the road to ratification"
Opponents of the amendment will
vigorously oppose its consideration as
a war measure declaring this is a
mere pretext since the food and war
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
HELP WANTED. MALE.

AN INTELLIGENT PERSON MAY
earn s1Oe monthly corresponding
for newspapers: $40 to $50 monthly
in spare time; experience unneces-
sary; no canvassing; subjects sug-
gested. Send for particulars. Ma
tionaI Press Bureau, Room 42S5, Buff
falo N. Y.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

Hogs-G. W. offieId. Midland, l
load; G. A. Silver, Wallowa. loads;
q. f. Gorsline, load; c. II. Libby,
Ia Grande. load.
Cattle-Benson Bros. Union juno
ton, load; n. X. West La Grande, :
loads: c. S. Wells, Caldwell. Idaho. l
load? ]. c. Lonergan. Pilot Rock, Q
loads: A, A Wager. TfllamoolS. load;
james Kosyber. Toledo, ! load; G. w.
Rouse. Myrtle Point, | load; j. w
Davis, Kelso, load; c. ID. Martin,
Granddalles, Wash, loads: II. Ad-
kins. Plymouth, Wash. > loads; II. w
buckingham, Harrisburg, 1 load; c. s.
Nichol, Albany. load; T. P. Patton,
Tulsa, load; II. s. Neel Condor, 3
loads: Fred welch, ? loads; W. S. Cou-
roy, load; $. F. Connolly. 2 loads;
p A. Johnson, load; F. W. Lee,
load: C. D. Barnard, load; W. j
McGreer, Shanillo, I load; Lotus Rob
inson. Heppner. load; c. w. Brock
man. Pomeroy, Wash, loads; O. NJ
Stone, volmer. Idaho, / load: NJ. d
Wheeler, Lebanon, l load.
sheep-C. p. Ketchum. The Dalles
load.
Mixed stuff. s, Applegate, Wal
Iowa, load hogs and sheep; o. f
Gorsline. Joseph, ? loads cattle and
hogs; f. e. Graham, Elgin, load cat
tie and hogs; Coles & Dodd, Haines,
load cattle and hogs; Grover Bros,
Payette. Idaho. l load cattle and hogs;
Sol Dickerson, Weiser, Idaho. loads
cattle and hogs: Pikett Bros. load
cattle and hogs; Madison & Adams
load cattle and hogs. g. W. Eyre,
Salem, loads cattle, hogs and sheep;
j. w. Davis, Ridgefield. cattle,
calves and So hogs by boat; H. W,
Buckingham. Harrisburg, / load cat
tie. calves and hogs; Hout * Suod-
grass, Lebanon, : loads cattle, hogs
and sheep.
Cattle and Calves-W. w. Cnuper,
Union Junction. ] load.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot BE Cured

Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cureu
by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased por tions of the ear There Is
only one way to cure catarrhal deafness,
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
Tlamed condition OF the mucous lining Of
the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or I'm
perfect hearing and when II Is entirely
closed Deafness ia the result. Unless the
inflammation can be reduced and this tube
restored to it's normal condition, hearing
viii be destroyed forever. Many cases of
dtafneRs are caused by catarrh, which Is
an tnflamed condition of the musous suA
fnces Halls Cntarrh Medicine acts thru
the blood on the mucous surfaces OF the
system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
apy case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls CatHrrh Medicine CIT
culars free All Druggists, T5c
r J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
BAY o'BRYAN TO
GET ONLY s125,OOO

NEW YORK, Aug. is.-John Bar
nard Manning. aged millionaire who
Tilted Honors May O'Bryan, won't
have to pay a record sum for dam
ages The supreme court has decided
that s225,OOO Is excessive damages
and cut the sum to sI25,00O Under
the terms of the decision, MissA o.
Bryan is given ten days to accept the
lesser sum or stand new trial. :
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
TAFT CANNOT WALK
FOR THREE WEEKS YET

CLAY CENTER, Aug. l3.-Ex-
President Taft is showing continued
improvement. His physician said il
probably will be three weeks before
he can walk. Taft has commenced to
eat regularly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

HELP WANTED. F'EMALR

AN INTELLIGENT PERSON MAY
earn 500 monthly corresponding
for newspapers: $40 to $50 monthly
in spare time; experience unneees-
sary: no canvassing; subjects sug-
gested. Send for particulars. Ma
tional Press Bureau. Room 42S6.
Buffalo. N Y
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
FARM LANDS.

THE GOVERNMENT NEEDS FAR
mers as well as fighters. Two mil
lion three hundred thousand acres OF
Oregon & california Railroad Co
Grant Lands. Title revested In Unit
ed States. To be opened for home
Steads and sale. Containing some OF
the best land let In United States
Large copyrighted map. showing
land by sections and descrition OF
soil. climate. rainfall. elevation. tenn
perature. etc. by counties. Postpaid.
One Dollar Grant Lands Locating
Co. Box $40. Portland, Oregon
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
WALLA WALLA CLUB
BRINGS $2.31 BU.

wALLA TALLA Wash. Aug. 10.
Though the wheat market is ner-
vous, and wheat dealers and farmers
alike hesitate TO act. some grain has
heen changing hands the last few
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
sI,cen Run Is NomlnaI.

over Sunday there was only very
small run of sheep and lambs into the
North Portland yards. Total receipts
were $50 head compared With az
last Monday and 944 head this same
day year ago.
In general there was a good strong
tone in the mutton and lamb trade.
Valley lambs We're 25c higher.
c.--.......I .A..l,.- md lafnh ranga.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
SECOND HAND DEALERS.

". STROBLAH DEALER IN NEW
and second hand goods Cash paid
for second hand goods. Cheapest
plyaee to buy household goods. 40
e Court. Phone 27lW.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

legislatures. it is said. is whether tho
states are willing to relinquish their
sovereignty over the control of the IA
quor question and vest it in congress-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
OREGON HOG MARKET
IS ALSO STRONG

PORTLAND. Ore. Aug l4.-Nith
an increased run of hogs in small lots
at North Portland for the opening day
of the week ar compared with the
same day a week ago. the market here
reflected the great strength shown IN
the swine trade at all leading Ameri-
can centers during the period.
Hog market receipts at North Port
land over Sunday totaled 1876 head
compared with 793 last week for the
same period while a year ago there
was a showing of 1881 head.
The market showed only five fun
loads of hogs during the day but there
were very liberal offerings of mixed
lots. Top swine went quickly AT
lSI6.l5 during the early weeks trad
ing. an advance Of soc to 40c over the.
extreme figures quoted last week Ihis
is by far the highest price ever receiv-
ed here on the open market. Real top
quality would have brought dime
more.
General hog market range
Prime light ....-.--.#.. .sl6-lS % ln.-p
Prime heavy .......,. l6'Oo V1 TO- 10
Pigs ......... lf.5um lo-eV
Good Steers Are Wanted.
While there WAS TdtiiSl
run of cattle in the North Portland,
yards over Sunday and some low sales
were made. the best offerings avail
able in the steer division sold at
rise of 25c over what the same class
of stuff would have brought last week.
Stuff that was below the top quality
went up to SS.75 while stock that sold
at ss.75 last Monday would have
brought $500 this week, if it had been
Offering
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

glittering rows Of projectiles look
good to him, and you can see that he
is looking forward to the time when
he will bethrow ng them at the Ger
mans In the background are some
of the women Of Paris. whose indus
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
FUNERAL DIREOroRs.

JOHN S. BAKER FUNERAL d.
rector and licensed embalmer. OPP
posite postoffice- Funeral parlor. two
funeral cars Calls responded to day
or night Phone rs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

try in turning out millions of shells
has been one of the most important
tasks. in conjunction with the great
job of chasing the Teutons out of
France.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
AUSTIONE.E:RS

COL w. F. YOHNKA. AUCTION
eer. makes a speciality of farmers
stock and machinery sales The
man that gets you the money" Leave
orders 1t East oregonian office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS

LEGAL BLANKS OF EVERY DE-
scription for county court. circuit
court, justice court. real estate, etc.
for sale at East Oregonian office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

Rreft Taxi Service. Phone 1OS.
Paul L Kreft. mgr. Res Phone 217
NJ.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

SALESMAN WANTED EVERY
where. TO sell our choice nursery
stock. Make money at spare time
Write for particulars. Donald Nursery
Co. Donald. Oreg S-se
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14

General pershing in this Hcture
looks as pleased as though he were
through a garden of roses in
stead of the storeroom Of one of the
great Paris mun!tion factories. The
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
ARCHITECT.
SOLICITORS.

RICHARD G. PARK. JR-, SOLICIT
or of Patents, 141s f. 81, ~ w.,
Washington. D. c.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-14
ATTORNEYS.

D. w. BAILEY, ATTORN EY AT
Law Rooms :. s. 9. Despair Bldg.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
-Ax.f0S IS AN IMPROVED CAsCARR
SASNr>..~. Xxx
BLUE. FLAG ROOT
RHUBARB ROOT
BLACK ROOT
MAY APPLE ROOT
SIENNA LEAVES
AND PEPSlN

In LAX Fos the CAscARA Is improved by
the addition of these digestive ingredi-
ents making it better than ordinary CAS-
CARA, and thus tile combination acts not
only as a stimulating laxative and cathar-
tic but also as digestive and liver tonic.
Syrup 1axatives are weak, but Lax I'os
combines strength with palatable, FARO
matte taste and does not gripe or disturb
the stomach. One bottle will prove
LAX Fos is invaluable for Constipation,
Indigestion or Torpid Liver. Price SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04

fat is going into Germany to supply
100000 soldiers, virtually the entire
armies in the empire. German i'm
ports from these countries, it is de-
clared, reduced to calories, will equal
the total ration of 2,500,O00 troops,
the size of the German army in the
west.
German purchase Of foodstuffs,
abroad are made through the govern
ment department Of the interior,
which has organized a special divi-
sion to buy from the neutrals.
The German authorities are said to
be using coercion, exchanging for
foodstuffs bought in the neutral coun-
tries, coal and other commodities nee
essary for the maintenance of the
neutral industries. To some extent
these coercions have been recognized
by the British in operation of their
blockade, but with the entry of Amer
lea into the war the British believe
an arrangement can be made for sup
plying the neutrals with most of their
necessary requirements from the AL
lied countries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
BRITISH AIRMEN ESCAPED
Briggs Decorated for Attaching
Zeppelin Base.

London, June 30.-(Corrcspondencc
of the Associated Press. Mot until
he appeared before the king the other
day to be decorated with the distin-
guishcd service order did it become
known to the public that Squadron
Commander Edward +. Briggs, the
first British airmcn to attack Zeppe-
lin base, and who was taken prisoner
mad escaped from Germany. Briggs
was captured in an attack on a Icp-
pclin factory at Fricdrichshafcn in
November, 1914.
Commander Briggs, with four other
British officers, was being transferred
from a prison camp in Bavaria, when
they made their bolt for liberty. Dark
ness was coming on when their train
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04

nearcd the spot where they were to
be reinterncd. Bolting from their
guards the four men jumped out of
the railway coach and for two days
and nights made their way over plow~
ed fields to the Dutch frontier. They
were without food and suffered great
ly from thirst.
Briggs had been a prisoner for 20
months. The decoration was made for
his daring raid.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
NATIONAL BANK RECORD

Washington, July 1.-The number
of national banks operating in the
United States has reached the highest
point in the history Of the system.
A total of 1856 institutions are re-
corded with the treasury, according to
a statement issued today by The
Comptroller Of Currency. This is an
increase of forty-seven during the fs-
cal year just ended. In the year $50
national banks have increased their
aggregate capital stock $25,000.000.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04

troubled with cramps and feel like a
different woman. cannot praise
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound too highly and am recommend
ing it to my friends who suffer as did,"
Mrs. GEORGE r. NAYLoR, Box 72,
Marysville, Pa.
Young women who are troubled with
painful or irregular periods, backache,
headache, dragging down sensations,
fainting spells or indigestion should
take Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Thousands have been re-
stored to health by this root and herb
remedy.
Write for free and helpful advice to
Lydia e. Pinkham Medicine Co. (con-
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Only women
open and read such letters.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
NEUTRALS FEEDING
CERMANY'S ARMIES
England Furnishes Evidence to Guide
America in Determining Ex-
port Policy.
TEUTONS USING COERCION
modities for Foodstuffs Bought
from Neutrals.

Washington, July 1.-Evidence that
Germany is obtaining vast quantities
Of food from the European neutral
countries has been presented to the
United States by Great Britain for the
American Governments guidance in
determining an export policy. Much
of this, is replaced by the neutrals
with imports from America.
From Scandinavia and Holland, the
British information sets forth, enough
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04

Senator Jonnart, the French high
commissioner to Greece, having ac-
complishcd his mission, is returning
to Paris. He had io:,1 conference
today with King Alexander and Pre-
mier Vcnizelos.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
UNCLE SAM NEEDS BAKERS
Quartcrmastcr General to Form Forty
Bakery Companies.

ashington, July 1.-Expcrt bakers
are being sought by the War Depart
ment to make bread for the armies.
1t was announced tonight that the
quartermaster general has been or
dercd to form forty bakery companies
Of sixtty-onc men each.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
MUST MOVE OFF GR|
Exposition Grounds

Washin; ...
Daniels u.n. '... .
persons ry.t... ... .....
town Exp -..-. -..-. ......,. ..
fore August 1 in line with the plan
to create on Hampton Roads one of
the greatest naval bases in the world.
Work on naval training station to
accommodate ten thousand recruits is
to begin Immediately and development
of the great naval base is to be stead
lily prosecuted.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
French to Return Vessels.

Athens, July IAN agreement has
been reached whereby the French will
return to Greece the vessels of the
Greek light flotilla stationed at Sala-
mis-, ten miles west Of Athens
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES.
Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up Systen:

The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria, ,enriches the blood "A builds up the sys
TEN. true tonic. For adults and children. SOC.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04

would nave 70 stay
in bed several days
every month. I
tried all kinds Of
remedies and was
treated by doctors,
but my trouble con-
tinued until one day
I read about Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
what it had done for
others. I tried It
oy,l rouv 7 opo oo,,oo
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1917-07-04
Those AWFUL
y CRAMPS
Suggestions that may save
Much Suffering

Marysville, Pa.-=''For twelve years
| suffered with terrible cramps.