East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1917-08-06
live NEWS OF
THE NORTHWEST

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 6.--Sever-
al hundred merchants from all parts
of the Pacific Coast Were in Port
land today al the opening of Buy
ers Week"
Expense accounts of wholesalers,
manufacturers and jobbers sagged to
the breaking point ON the ENTER
tainment" side.
Buyers Week" will continue until
Saturday, Aug. IL, with new fea-
ture to the program every day.
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
Seattle, Aug. 6.-Potato seeds are
worth real money today pound of
them will fetch several dollars from
the right buyer.
The reason is that potato seeds
have almost gone the route Of the
lichthyossaurls, the two-toed horse
and the winged lizard ContinueSi
planting of potatoes instead of the
little seeds which used to form ON
top of the vines has produced uni
versal race of real ''seedless pota-
toes"
Just as an experiment, the UniVer-
sity of washington is raising in its
garden a patch Of potatoes grown
from the seeds. Assistant Professor
J. w. Hotson of the department Of
botany has charge of the experiment
PORTLAND Aug 6.-The United
States government wants a bunch OF
forest and field clerks right away
Examinations under civil service
rules will be held in Portland and
Seattle simultaneously on Saturday.
August IL. salaries are $11O0 and
$1,000 a year to start. Nearly all
who pass will get appointments, the
local secretary announced.
CORVALLIS, ore. Aug. 6.-M. J.
Brown. a Corvallis newspaperman, is
| touring Alaska, and figures on writ
! ing some stories about it. He left
here July 5. A card just received
| from him was mailed at Dawson just
before Brown started down the Yu-
kon river.
Tacoma, WASH, Aug. 6.-Engineers
for the city of Tacoma today are
surveying a proposed new power site
| on Lake Cuchman If the plans of
the city council materialize. the city
will spend $3,00O.OO0 for a plant
which will develop 10000 horsepow-
er in electric energy. The city has
secured an option to buy Lake Ouch
man for $4,000.
ZILLAH, Wash Aug. elk are
tearing down cornfields and tramp
ling gardens near Zillah, farmers
having complained to County Game
Warden Greenman. A nightwatch-
man has been put to work to protect
some of the fields.
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON Eu-
gene. Aug. 6.-Do you want to cu'
down your grocery and meat bill?
Then have each members of the
family eat alone.
This is the scheme promised by
DIR. Stanley G. Hall, president OF
Clark University DR.. Hall doesn't
advise this. He simply gives 1t as
psyche psychological fact.
A single companion increases the
appetite and the amount of food con-
sumed. says DR.. Hall Anything at
tractive in environment tends TO big
ger appetites Mixture of sexes Al
the same table is bad thing from
the point of view of the boardins
house keeper.
ALBANY, Aug. 6.-CIassification
of the O & c. grant lands in this vi
cinity will begin within a short time
and nearly 100 surveyors and other
employees Of the government Will
make their headquarters in Albany.
Motortrucks. running from the base
camp here will carry supplies from
Albany to the men ''in the field
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eu-
gene, ore. Aug 6.-Germans in
Germany are afflicted with Anglo
phobia according to DR.. G. Stanley
Hail. noted psychologist, now lectur-
ing at the University of Oregon.
That is why Germany excuses
ruthless submarine warfare with the
old saw: THE end justifies the
means" Germany. says DR.. Hall. is
simply consumed by bitter hatred