University of Oregon Regents Accept Allen H Eaton Resignation
Eugene Ore Oct 22 The board of regents accepted the resignation of Allen H Eaton a faculty member charged with disloyal activities Eaton helped organize the People Council of America for Democracy and Term of Peace in Chicago He may face substitutes for his classes and a mass meeting may be called by Eaton himself to respond to the controversy.
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Eugene
Ore
Board of Regents
University of Oregon
Allen
H. ‘Eaton
Eaton
Chicago
Council of America
Chamber of Commerce, Patriotic Societies
Mothers of
Oregon
United States
Allen H. Eaton
Mortgage Gains From Sheep At Catching Creek
E P Adams of Catching Creek reports a sheep investment from eighteen months ago. He spent 250 dollars on 70 sheep now valued at 700 dollars with total flock income of 693 dollars yielding a net profit of 1143 dollars. Net income per ewe stands at 28.10 dollars.
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E. P. Adams
Creek
Iowa
Liberty Loan Meeting At Myrtle Point Last Thursday
A Liberty Loan booster meeting at the Unique Theatre drew strong attendance. J O Stemmler presided while Earl Kirkpatrick urged heavy investment in government bonds and bank plans to convert savings to bonds. Subscriptions topped 11 000 toward Myrtle Point’s 40 000 allotment as stores closed for the Liberty Holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan
Unique Theatre
J. O. Stemmler
Earl Kirkpatrick
University of Oregon
Flanagan & Bennett Bank
J. A. Black
Bank of
Myrtle Point
Kirkpatrick
National Liberty
Dement
Knitting Wristlets for Soldiers Request Reissued
An editorial reprint prompts further inquiries about knitting tan or subdued colored wristlets for soldiers. Specifications call for five inches in length, loose knit for easy wear, and color avoidance of bright hues. Deliveries should go to the nearest Red Cross chapter rather than the quartermaster's department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Quartermaster’s Department
Red Cross
Germans Lead in Liberty Bond Purchases in New York
At a Cooper Union Liberty Loan meeting Joseph Hartigan reports Germans and people of German descent in New York City bought 10.5 million dollars in Liberty Bonds, leading all nationalities, with Jews second at 5.5 million.
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New York
New York City
Liberty Bonds
Unity Liberty Loan
Cooper Union
Joseph Hartigan
Liberty Loan Committee
Easter hat maker bids for dried jackrabbit skins
Easter hat manufacturer offers to buy Jackrabbit skins at five cents each, totaling twenty five thousand dollars for properly dried hides.
Russia Draws Up World Peace Plan to Paris Conference
Petrograd reports the central executive committee of the Council of Workmen and Soldiers delegates has issued a 15 article peace programme for the Paris conference. It calls for German evacuation and Polish autonomy, plebiscites in Alsace Lorraine, restitution of colonies to Germany, Balkan autonomies, neutralization of straits, and a future peace congress with gradual disarmament.
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Petrograd
Central “Executive Committee
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
M. Skobeleff
Panama
Persia
Panama Canal
Germany
Central Executive Committee
Russia
Poland
Lithuania
Armenia
Alsace-Lorraine
Belgium
Serbia
Montenegro
Adriatic
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Balkan
Roumania
Dobrudja
Austria
Greece
Suez
M. Skobelloff
Stockholm
Rankin Seeks Page Post for ambitious fourteen year old
Miss Rankin congresswoman from Montana announces she will try to obtain a house page position for Cecelia Martin a fourteen year old girl who wants to study law and believes page work will aid her studies. Cecelia is daughter of Phillip Martin a Washington steel expert.
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Miss Rankin
Miss of
Montana
Cecelia Martin
Miss Martin
Congress
Cecelia
Phillip Martin
Washington
Farmers urged to buy Liberty Bonds in Oregon letter
J D Brown president of the State Farmers Union and C E Spence Master State Grange issue a broad appeal to Oregon farmers to subscribe to United States Government 4 percent Liberty Bonds. They urge immediate action, bank assistance, and highlight bonds aiding war needs and agricultural interests.
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Portland
Ore
J. D. Brown
State Farmers Union
C. E. Spence
State Grange
Oregon
Lincoln
United States
Pres
Farmers’ Union
C. E.spence
Master State Grange
Myrtle Point Commercial Club Elects Officers
At the annual meeting in Myrtle Point last Tuesday evening officers were elected. W. C. Fensler was named president Geo E. Tenney vice president R A Ankin secretary treasurer C E Huling and two others were chosen for the executive board RSA Annin and J S Whitaker were appointed to study feed sheds for farmers teams The cemetery association plan was discussed and action deferred to the next city council meeting to have the association work through city officers.
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Myrtle Point Commercial Club
Ilall
W. C. Fensler
Geo. E. Tenney
R. A. Ankin
C. E. Huling
Rsa. Annin
J. S. Whitaker
Cemetery Association
Oregon Horsemen Sell Direct to Government
The U S War Department endorsed county agent cooperation to buy war horses. At Jackson County's Medford sale nine cavalry horses sold for 135 dollars each and 12 artillery horses for 166 dollars. A larger sale in Rerchmond featured buyers from Idaho Oregon and Washington with about 500 head on hand.
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U. S. War Department
C. C. Cate
Jackson County
Medford
R. A. Ward
Crook County
Rerchmond
Secretary of Agriculture Urges Poultry Supply Increase
The Secretary of Agriculture calls on the poultry industry to raise farm flocks to boost meat supplies during the war effort. He stresses adopting improved methods from state colleges and experiment stations, and notes the department will assist the industry as it cooperates with national needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Secretary of Agriculture
American Poultry Association
Harry M. Lamon
American’ _. Poultry
Department of Agriculture
Timber on Grant Lands to Be Sold at Auction
Roseburg Oregon October 20 On December 3 timber on a portion of the Oregon and California grant lands in Coos county will be auctioned to the highest bidders. It is expected timber and mill companies in Coos county will be the sole bidders since the timber must be cut from the land, leaving it for settlers. Other counties will follow in their timber sales.
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Roseburg
Ore
Coos County
Coal Mines Doing Their Bit Amid Record 1917 Output Gains
The United States Geological Survey reports 1917 soft coal output up about 10 percent over 1916, with eight months totaling 363.5 million tons. Daily rates peaked around 1.9 million tons in July and remained strong through September, while anthracite shipments rose 16 percent.
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United States Geological Survey
Department of the Interior
Geological Survey
Geo
Otis Smith
Registration at O. A. C. Mirrors Last Year
On the eighth day of this year O. A. C. reports registration exactly equal to last year lifetime 1726. The Home Economics School shows the largest enrollment and the biggest gains among schools at the institution.
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RCH
Liberty
Felder Buffalo
Myrtle Point Mercantile Company
Paris
Ons
J.D. Brown
Saves
Berkshire
N.P. Peterson
Bank of Myrtle Point Building
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