EVENING
This Papci Has Enlisted
With the Government in
the Cause of America for
the Period of the War
THE WEATHER
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The Only Paper in Roseburg Carrying Associated Press Dispatches
VOL. IX.
'ROSEBURG, DOUGLAS COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1018.
No. 1S6
THE
NEWS
In
REGIMENT ANNIHILATED
American Forces Gave Huns a Good
Drubbing null Their Positions
Are Advanced a Distance
of Full)- 1000 Yards.
(By Associated Press.)
Koine, July 3. The Italian troops
nloiuc the lower Piava delivered u
number of hard blows ut the enemy
and are lighting tiioir way forward
ogninst desperate Austrian resistance
over very difficult terrain near the
Hvor's mouth which is partially
flooded. The Italian soldiers have
captured 100 .-ustrians ami much
material. They have also repulsed
Austrian attacks at tbo hood of Ban
Lorenzo valley in tbo Grappu region.
A disjiatch from Vienna late this
nfteriiiMin says that the Italian for
ces tried to cross "the Piave river
near the mouth but were unsuccessful
in tliclr ciorts. However, they suc
ceeded in effecting a slight gain near
Ciliesauuovn, northeast of t'upo Hlle.
Another Italian effort to cross the
river near Zenson was also frustrated
by the Austrian forces.
HUN REGIMENT ANNIHILATED.
Washington, July 3. General Per
shing's communique announces that
olio Gentian regiment was practically
annihilated by the American troops
when they stormed the village of
Vaux Monday evening. The Ameri
can positions were advanced at this
sector 1000 yards on a front extend
ing n distance of one mid onc-linlf
miles. Three American aviators who
took part int lie light are reported
missing.
FRENCH IMPROVE TH I'll It LINE.
Paris, July S. Tho French forces
attacked the German positions north
of Moulln-sous-Touvent and Improved
their lines, to a considerable degree
and several enemy attacks wore re
pulsed. FRENCH TAKE 330 GERMANS
Associated Press War Lead, July 3.
Tho French troops in a drive on a
two-mile front near Moulin-soiis-Tout-vent,
between the Alsno. and Oise
rivers, lost night -penetrated the Ger
man, lines to a depth of approximate
ly n half mile and took 33 Huns as
a souvenir of their drive.
HE GREAT ARMY IN FRANCE
Purls, duly 3. Andre Toi-diou,
chairman of tho France-American
war matters declared today that with
in tile next six months tbero would
ho two und cne-nalf million Ameri
can troops on tho French front.
TEN MORE PRISONERS I-OUXI).
Washington, July 3. The names
of ten more American prisoners lo
cated In German prison camps luive
been received by the war deportment.
One captain and two lieutenants arc
among the number held by the Ger-
TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST 83.
Washington, July 3. The army
casualty list today is reported at 8"5,
18 were killed In action and nine died
of wounds. Tho marine corps list is
placed at 40, 33 being killed in ac
tion and four died of wounds.
GERMANS LAUNCH ATTACK.
London, July 8. The Germnn
troops, after a heavy shelling, attack
ed and recaptured a part of the
ground taken by the British in a local
operation near Ikmzincourt, north of
the town of Albert, Sundny night.
SUPPLIES RISING SENT ACROSS.
Washington, July 3. Supplement
ing the President's announcement to
the effect tlint over one milion Ameri
can troops have embarked for France
Chairman Dent, of the military com
mittee, told tho house that 280 com
bat airplanes and 2,000 liberty motors
luivo been sent to France.
GREETINGS TO INJURED MEN.
London, July 3. Messages of cr
souul greetings from President Wil
son will bo delivered to morrow by
the American Red Cross to every Am
erican soldier and sailor in the hos
pitals In England.
EXPLOSION KILLS 43.
Svracuse. July 3. Forty-flvo per
sons were killed by the explosion of
trinitrotuloul at Split Roek lust night,
and the Injured will number not less
than 80, some of whom may die. The
loss by the explosion is placed at
$1,000,000.
SENATOR TILLMAN PASSES.
Washington, July 8. Senator Rcn
Jnmln R. TiUninn, of South Carolina,
But Were Unsuccessful
Their Attempt to Cross
the Piave River.
died early today at his home In t!rs
city. Both bodies of congress i.'l-
Journed for the day in his lion r.
DUTCH CABINET TO RESIGN.
Rotterdam, July 3. Tho Dutch
cabinet will place Its resignation in
tho hands of Queen Willielininu to
morrow, according to reports made
public today.
TO OPERATE PULLMAN COMPANY
AVashington, July ). The railroad
administration has announced their
decis.on to hold the operating con
trol of tho Pullman Company und
wage increases will bo allowed to
sloping car conductors, porters and
maids on the snme basis as tho advan
ces recently given to the railway em.
ployes.
AT HIGH NOON TODAY
The culmination of a romance
which had Its beginning in this city
over two years ago, occurred at the
home of the brides mother, on
South Stephens street, at high noon
today, when Miss 'luelma Alley be
cnnie the bride of Mr. Fred L. Perry.
Kov. C. H. Hilton, of the First Christ
ian church of this city officiated,
and the beautiful ring ceremony was
periormed. The bride was attired
in a beautiful blue travelling Buit,
while the groom was dressed in the
conventional manner. The rooms
were decorated with vases beautiful
flowers. Only immediate relatives
and friends of the contracting par
ties were present at the weding.
The bride is the charming daught
er of Mrs. Corlnne C. Alley and has
a host of friends In this city. She is
a graduate of the Roseburg nigh
school and was exceptionally popu
lar amoug the stuuent body of that
Institution, Her active work in the
Christian church activities will cause
her to bo greatly missed in the work
of that body.
The groom Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. F. I. Perry, of this city, and
like his bride Is well and favorably
known here, where, with the excep
tion of the past few months, he has
residocl for many years. He, too, was
active in church activities and par
ticularly In the athletics, having
beon captain of both the base ball
and basket ball teams of the Loyal
Sons' cISbb of the christian church
Sunday school.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry were the re
cipients of many beautiful wedding
gifts. The happy couple left on this af
ternoon s train to make their home
at Marshfield where Mr. " Perry Is
employed In me shipyards. The best.
wishes of their many friends gr with
them.
FIRE WATER IS CAUSE
OF FERE JN RIDDLE JAIL
ThoH. Coroett, who was raising a
disturbance on train No. G -ast night
and vho was taken off at Riddle
and lodged in the jail there, had a
very narow escape from burning to
death while in the jail. The officers
at Riddle searched the man and took
all of the matches they could find on
his person, but evidently overlooked
some, for tno jail was fired from the
room which the prisoner occnpled
and no other way Is known that the
fire could have originated, except for
aim to have started it himself. For
tunately the fire was discovered in
time to put It out and save the man's
lite, although he was injured from
having inhaled a large amount of
smoke.
Corbet had about two quarts of
liquor in h.o possession when taken
from tne train at Riddle. lie was
brought to this city today by Deputy
sheriff Frank Hopkins and a com
plaint charging him with the unlaw
ful transportation of liquor was filed
against him. tie wa s arraigned
before Justice of Peace I. B. Rid
dle, where he entered a plea of guilty.
Owing to the charge being much
lighter tnan that of bootlegging a
fine of only $a was imposed by Jus
tice Kid..le. Corbett, nad but $20
and paid $15 of this on his fine, but
promised to remit the balance later.
He stated mat he was from Weed,
California, and that he was going
to Clifton, Or., where he has a posi
tion running a -donkey engine. He
Intended to leave on this afternoon's
train but owing to his condition from
the effects of the fire was unable to
do so. Sheriff Quine summoned Dr.
K. h. Miller to attend the Injured
man who was taken to Mercy hos
pital where his complete recovery Is
looked for soon.
Miss Clayte Black received a very
pretty silk hand made apron Monday
from her brother, Cecil, who is now
stationed in France with the 66th ar
tillery. In the lower corner, the al
lies ilags were embroidered In 'bril
liant colon. Many of the local boys
have sent some very interesting sou
venirs home from the old country.
Splendid Program Furnishes
Amusement For Hun
dreds of People.
TOMORROW BIG DANCE
'uncy DiuichiK, Good Singing und
Splendid Magic Arc Highly Knter
tjUniiig Mcrry-Go-Itound und
Ferris Wheel Kept Busy.
A largo crowd was out last night to
enjoy the first night of the big Red
Cross carnival now being held in this
city, and last night was a decided
success.
The merry-go-round and ferris
wheel were kept full until a late hour
and the shows had a splendid patron
age, as tney well deserved. Three
shows were put on. The Honor Guard
girls show, which consisted of danc
ing, from the old time dances up to
the present day, and fancy dancing,
also splendid songs. The Rod Cross
show consisted of singing and vaude
ville sketch. The aesthetic dance by
Miss Edith Ueland and the Bong, the
words and music of which were com
posed by Mrs. Ivan Pickens, and
which was sung by Miss Mabel Dryan,
were features of the program, and
the Hawaiian girls and magic pro
gram which consisted of ukelele mu
sic, songs, dances and splendid magic
features.
All of these are worthy of special
mention and are worth far more than
the price of admission.
Knocking the u-11 out oft he kaiser,
proved to be an interesting feature
and considerable of the "lower re-
gtous" was expelled from that much :
hated individual, but as he is so :
thoroughly saturated with the brim
stone qualifications, . there will be
plenty for everybody to have a blow
during the carnival. -
The dance at the armory proved to
be no small attraction, and hundreds
enjoyed this recreation, to the strains
of beautiful music, until a late hour.
A very large crowd is expected to
night to enjoy the Bplendid entertain
ment being furnished.
Tomorrow will be the big day, and
a feature program has been arranged.
Remember the Red Cross, the
greatest mother of all.
SPECIALIZED CLERKS
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 3. '
Expert clerical work has a more im-;
nortant place in the government s
war organization than most people
realize. We all known that the war
can not be won In the trenches
alone; thrt an effective establish
ment at home Is vital to the success
of the biggest job ever undertaken
by any nation; but the full extent to
which the specialized', clerk is needed
Is perhaps not generally understood.
And it is in this class of work that
women have the best opportunity to
be of real service to the government
at this time.
In the national capital alone the
civilian force increased from 30,000
to nearly 80,000 during the first year
of our participation in the war.
Nine-tenths of the new employes are
clerks of one kind or another, and
fully three-fourths of them are wo
men. Eighteen thousand stenograph
ers and typists are at work constant
ly in the government offices at
Washington on the tons of corres
pondence and records made neces
sary by war preparations on a Hcnle
such as the world has never before
known.
General clerks, that is, those
without a specialty, are not difficult
to obtain even under present condi
tions, but the United States civil ser
vice commission, charged with the
duty of recruitng the civil service to
meet war needs, is experiencing dif
ficulty in obtaining a sufficient
number of applications for many
clerical positions which require spe
cial training or experience. There
Is an urgent call for applicants for
the positions of stenographer, type
writer, bookkeeper-typewriter, clerk
bookkeeper, cost accountant, ac
countant, accounting and statistical
clerk, statistician, clerk qunli?led In
accounting, clerk qualified in busi
ness administration, index and cata
logue clerk, schedule clerk, passenger-rate
cleric, blue-print file clerk,
and assistant to business manager.
All of these positions are open to
both men and women. Representa
tives of the civil service commis
sion at he postofflce at Roseburg are
prepared to furniBh definite Infor
mation and application blanks.
0. A. C. WILL HAVE
A MILITARY UNIT
Enlistment Will Constitute
Students Members of the
Army of United States.
:WILL BE SUBJECT CALL
Sixty Days Intensive Training at
Training Camp at the Presidio
Will Ho Given to Faculty Mem
bers nnd Students.
ORVALLIS, July 3. A military
training unit under officers and non
commissioned cfttfierai of the army
will be created next fall at the Ore
gon Agricultural college, enlistment
In which w! constitute the Btud
ent a member of tho army of the
United States. This -will be done
under a new provision of the win
department. j
Enlistment will be 'voluntary but
all students over the ago of IS will
bo encouraged to join. They will be
liable to active' duty at the call of
the president. It will, however, be
the policy of tho government not to
call the members of- tho training
units to active duty until they havo
reached the age of 21,;unless urgent
military necessity compels an earlier
call. Students under 18, and there
fore not legally eligible for enlist
ment, will be encouraged) to enroll.
Provisions will bo made for co-ordinating
the work of this unit with
the resrW oTflcers' training corps
system. ,
According to a telegram just re
ceived from H. P. McCain, adjutant
general, arrangements' are being
made for selected students and fac
ulty members to be given 60 days of
Intensive training with a view to
serving as assistant instructors to
help the officers who will be assign
ed to Institutions where the units
will be established, i No commis
sions will be granted, but certificates
of qualification as Instructors will be
issued.
The majority of selected students
from institutions with reserve of
ficers' training corps will be chosen
by commanding officetof R. O. T.'O.
camps. The presidents of tho col
legos will select one student for 50
students enrolled and one fncultv
man for each 250 students. This
means that approximately 19 stud
ents and four faculty members will
represent the Oregon Agricultural
College at the 60 day training camp
which will open p.t the Presidio, San
Francisco, July 18.
The highest type of physical devel
opment Is demanded by the govern
ment of the men selected. Thfl mini
mum age limit for students will be
18 and the maximum for the faculty
men 6. Both students and faculty
representatives will be under tem
porary enlistment for 60 days, when
they will be discharged. Expenses,
including housing, uniforms, food
nnd equipment, will be taken care of
by the government. 3 Ms cents n mile
being allowed for travelling expenses.
Pay will be $30 per month.
IS
SALEM, Or.. July 2. The public
Bei-vice commission today issued an
order grunting for six months from
July 1 an Increase in gnB rates for
heating, lighting and other purposes,
to tho Oregon Gas & Electric Com
pany, which operates at Mcdford,
Grants Pass and Roseburg. Increas
ed cost for oil and war conditions
were among the reasons given for
granting tho Increase.
tinder the new schedulo a charge
of $2.10 a thousand will be made for
the first 6000 cubic feet, ns against
$1.75 under the old schedule. Slight
Increases also are granted when larg
er amounts are used.
ROSEBURG PEOPLE ARE
TRAVELING IN CANADA
Word was received here today
from Mr, and Airs. C. 8. Holnllne,
who are at present . travelling In
Canada, where Mr. Holnllne la ad
vance man for the Klllson-Whlte
Thauta-uqua System. TTTey report
the most wonderful scenery In the
district Mr. Holnllne la travelling In
and that they are having a delight
ful trip.
Mrs. Ona Rover left ttila afternoon
tor Portland wheres he wll visit with
friends for several months.
EOF
FEVER IN FRANCE
Medical Corps Proves Heroism
and Dares Death In the
Interest of Science.
COMPANIES VOLUNTEER
Bravo Non-Coiubataiit Soldiers Un
dergo Repulsive Experiment Tluit
Thoir Comrades May He Freed
From Dread Disease.
One day last January four com
panies of so-called non-combatant
soldiers of the American army in
France were lined up to listen to an
address from their officers, says
llheta Childe Hart in the Portland
Oregonlau. The Dion were members
of the field hospital and ambulance
service. Their officers were army
physicians. Working with them were
other eminent phyBlclans, members
of the medical research department
of the American Hod Cross. This
or something like 1t, is what these
physicians said to the soldiers:
"Men, we have set ourselves to And
out tho cause and cure of one of
the worst diseases the allied armlos
have to suffer. It Is not a fatal dis
ease, but It Is slow and painful, and
it Is so' common as to be almost an
epidemic. Its ravages are so great
that It actually hampers tho allies
In their struggle to win the war.
Something like 500,000 men a year
are temporarily pulled out of our
armies because of trench fever.
"The men have to leave the light
ing line, go tchospltals and lie there
suffering nnd helpless for weeks on
end. One attack does not givo posi
tive Imiuuntly from others, and it is
n fact that many men have recurrent
lllnosses. Trench fever Is worst In
Flanders, where the Brltsh hold the
front, hut the rrench, Helglnn and
Serbian soldiers bIbo suffer from It.
When tho American army gets here
In great numbers we shall undoubt
edly see thousands and thousands of
our soldiers go under from this dis
ease. Before our men come we want
to know what the cause of trench
fever 1b, and how to prevent It.
"We believe that the disease Is
carried by body lice, but we are not
sure. We have tried experiments on
animals, guinea pigs nnd monkeys,
hut they have not developed the fe
vor. Now we have got to try more
experiments, this time on human bo
lni;s. You remember that he cause
of yellow fever was discovered only
after brave and devoted nion allowed
themselves to be bitten by iho steg
omya mosquito, which was believed
to carry the disease. Somo of theBe
men died nnd others were brought
to the verge of death. Tint their deed
banished the Bcourge of yellow fever
from tho world. Now we are asking
for volunteers to help us banish
trench fever.
"Boys, what we are asking you to
do is no easy or agreeable thing. We
are asking you to risk a lingering,
painful and weakening Illness, one
Mint will keep you In bed for five or
six weeks nnd often make you wish
you were dead and out of It.
"You will not die, but you will But
ter. You will have horrible head
aches, pains in your backs, shoulders,
knees, abdomens. This disease has
been mistaken for appendicitis. It
has often been called shinbone fever.
This will give yon some idea of what
trench fever feels like.
"Out wo nre calling for volunteers
because we want to prevent any more
soldiers from having trench fever.
We want to know what causes It, so
that we can find out how to prevent
It. Fifty or sixty men, willing to
suffer those pains once, may provent
millions of men ever again from Buf
fering the same pains. Thoy will do
more, thoy will keep those men In
the fighting lines Instead of the hos
pitals, and hence they will Important
ly help to win the war. We want
sixty volunteers. How many have
we!"
Four entire companies of field
hospital and ambulance Boldlers of a
certain American division In France
wore thus appealed to. Tho entire
four companies, ns one man, stopped
forward and volunteered. Of course
they did. That is the kind of sol
dlerB wo ralseu our boys to be."
"We thought," said one of these
volunteers to me, "that we were go
ing to bo sent up to a front line
trench and sleep In the mud with tho
cooties till wo got It. But to our sur
prise they took us to a perfectly good
hospital - back of the British lines.
Nice clean tents, good beds and
food urn-ml Everything we could
ask for."
Even the "cooties" were clean, In
a manner of speaking, for the doc
tors were taking no chances with
their experiment. They sent the eggs
of those unpleasant beasts to Eng
land, where no trench fever has evor
appeared, and when the eggs hatched
out they put the beasts on trench
fever patients. Then they put them
ou the volunteers.
About GO or SO of the loathsome
Insects were put on a squaro of cotton
ton cloth and bound to the forearm
of a soldier with strips of adhesive
plaster. A piece of surgical cotton
over the cloth was well bandaged on.
and over the whole- dresBlng a strong
cotton cuk was securely fastened
with more adhesive plaster. No pos
sible chance for the insects to escape
remained.
Not a man but that came down
with fever. One man had a high torn-
pernture for 40 days and nights with
out a break, but with most of the men
the fever and the pain wore remit
tent. Some Buffered so severely that
the doctors wer obliged to Inject mor
phia. "The monotony of It was bad," said
ono of the men, n big teamster from
Boston. "Nothln' to do but lay there
nnd burn up and curse the pains in
your blasted legs. Next day you'd
feel better, perhaps, but so weak that
you couldn't niovo. The nurses were
fine and there was plenty to eat. But
wo were too sick to care whether
thero were women around or not and
the best stuff they gave us to eat
tasted like sawdust."
IS DELIBERATE ACI
LONDON, July 2. That the sink
ing of hospital shipB la a deliberate
policy on the part of the Germnnt
now is placed beyond all doubt b)
the torpedoing of the British hospital
ship Llandovery Castle, the news
papers say In the editorial comment
today.
Tho ship wns on her way to Eng
land. She had on board 268 personB.
80 nion of the Canadian army medi
cal corps and 14 women nurses.
Only 24, Including the captain, art
reported! suved. The attack was
wllhotfl warning.
Ono of the boats of the hospital
ship, containing 12 nursing sisters,
wns soon to capsize, according tc
latest Information. The slaters were
drowned. .
"In the presenco of such unspeak
able Infamy dolllierately repeated,'
says the Dally- Chronicle, "It is 11
waste of iireath- to reiterate tho ab
horrence which everybody with r
spnrk of civilized sense must feel
.jut wo would invite the Gorman peo
ple to ask themselves what is the ub(
of their statesmen appealing, like
Foreign Socretnry von Kuehlinann
to bo credited 'with probity and hon
or,' whllo crimes so odious tllBhonor
alilo and unnBhnniod continue to be
carried out by the orders of theli
government."
The excuse for the attack on the
Llandovery Castle, anys tho Dull)
Mall, was a He and the Gorman of fl
ccr who told It did not believe It him
seir when ho said to the captain:
"You nro carrying eight Amerlcnr
flight officers." '
If thore had been a partlclo ol
truth In the charge, tho newspaper
adds, the submarine captain had onl
to Btop tho Llandovery Castle, selzi
the eight officers and take them t
Germany as proof of allied guilt Ir
using hospital ships for transports.
The Salem Commercial Club hai
under consideration tho mattor ol
taking action favoring a propositloi.
whereby UO.OOO Chlncso shall bi
permitted to come to this country tin
der three to five year contracts, sayi
tho Sulem Capital Journal.
It hits been pointed out that fullj
2000 men huve left Marlon count
nnd probably as many more will flnt'
work In the ship yards and in othci
occupations in the large cities wltl
tho result that the labor channeli
have been exhausted.
In favoring the admission Into Hid
country of so ninny Chinese, It ii
thought their services could bo pro
litably useo. as laborers on tho fnrnn
nnd in tho dovclopment of new landi
nnd in road building and in mud
of tho Inbor that tho average Amorl
can will nofdo. The French have
found tho Chinese of use In road
building nnd by Borne It la thought
they could bo of service- here.
A meeting of tho niombera of the
club will lio called at nn early date
to discuss the proposition and tt
gather information on the subjocl
and to also got expressions of opin
ion. Should the club officially fa
vor the admission of Chinese into this
country, It would draw up resolution)
nuking the senators and representa
tives from Oregon to submit a bill t
congross. SIKUT A XI) ADJOURN.
The county court mot In rogulni
session this mornig and adjourned
until after the Fourth.
Mose Hastings, of Winchester,
was a business vlsltorl n the city yesterday.
ROUIVIANIA. DESOLATE
BARREN COUNTRY
Awful Object Lesson of the
Cost of War to Once Pros
perous Section
TEEMING WITH WEALTH
NOw a Devastated Country Brought
About Uy German Forced Peace
Terrible Plight of Its
People Today.
LONDON, May s.. (By Associ
ated Press correspondent from
Jassy.) Iloumania Is a desolate
and barren country today an awful
object lesson of the cost of war.
1'wo years ago it was one of the gar
den countries of the world, teeming
...... "6' I-....U.U1 nntiui auu yiUB-
perlty. More than 750.000 Russian
soldiers lived in it and on It for near
ly a year, and they loft very little
bohlnd them.
Anyone who has known Koumanla
ns she wns when ponce was forced
upon her by the Central Powers,
must be convinced that It will be
years before Germany can draw
from her fields and orchards any
very vnluable tribute.
Nor Is the German control of Rou
m nn Iu'b petroleum production likely
to bo u very profitable Investment
for some time. In the so-called "oc
cupied terirtorles,' tho destruction
f the oil fields was so complete that
3qrmnny after fifteen months of ef
fort, Is able to measure her supplies
from this source in quarts.
In the rest of Roumanla, It is
doubtful If production can be much
Increased beyond that of the past
year, and during the past year pe
'rolcum has been one of the scarcest
Articles In the country, obtainable
only under personal and special 11
:ense from the government.
During the middle of the winter,
tho Associated Press correspondent
made a tour of inspection around
vui uaja cv own? ui mo 1I U1111U4
towns where tho largest proportion
f refugee population had been
lumped in the hurried retreat be
fore the German hosts. Conditions
were serious beyond description, but '
the mnjor part of the suffering was
luo to famine rather than exposure.
The shortage of food was such
that In many instances refugees
wore seen int he fields oatlng or at
tempting to cat grass.
Terrible ns wns the plight of the
people of these refugee districts In
war time, thoy can hope for little '
illovlatlon with the coming of a
Torcod peaco. Practically no har
vests can ho oxpectcd this year In '
.bene districts, for no seed will be
ivnllable, and moreover thore are
io agricultural Implements loft,
lor any horses or draft animals of
iny kind. Thousands of Roumanian
lorscs died of starvation during the
vlnter, for tho peasants were too ex
hausted In earing for their own
needs to mako nny attempt to pro
vide for their beasts.
In Franco tho horses would havo
beon put to good use as meat for hu
man food, hut tho Roumanian pcas
int has an abhorrence of horse flesh
as moat. .
NO HPHU1VL RATES ALLOWED,
For tho first tlmo In Oregon's his
tory, excursion rates and spbclal
trnln service on the railways tor the
Fourth of July holiday perlodi will
aot he In effect his year. The reason
for omitting the tlme-honorod cus
tom la that the aountry's transporta
tion systems are now operated on
wnr-tlino methods by the United
States railroad admlnlstratiofT and
ill uneseutlnls are tabooed.
LOCAL nOVI. MAKINO COOD.
R. L. Whipple, A. D. Bradley and
Lymon SpencoV, members of the local
mllltla companios have been prninot
;d to the rank of corporal at tho of
ficers' training school now being con
I noted at the University of Oregon,
tills Is a splendid showing conslder
ng tho very short time the men have
oen thore and the keen .inpetltlon
n the. school.
SEEKING THK SPEAKERSHIP. ;
Ben Sholdon returneu to Medford
Sunday after a trip to Portland and
the northern pert of the state In the
Interest of his candidacy as speaker
of the house. Ben reports excellent
progress and while making no boasts
'lolleves he standB first In the race
thus far. Mcdford Sun.
VISITI.VO UNCLE HERE.
Mr. and Mrs. G. O. Ford, of Llnd
my, Calif., nro visiting Int his city
with Mr. Ford's uncle, Sheriff Geo.
K. Quine. Mr. and Mrs. Ford are
motoring to Spokane where they will
visit relatives, find also at a number
of towns en route.