REVIEW
IT'S AN OLB sArrxo
That "no one lives so far from
market as he who has nothing to
sell." Raise more produce.
"First in peace, first In war."
Oregon, the first state to go "over
the top" In the Liberty loan.
Wjr Cun-y Tl ef TftM, awaat Lan4
f Liberty.'
VOL. XXI.
ROSEBURQ, DOUGLAS OOITNTT, OREGON, WKDXKSDAY K.VKMN.i, AK.I ST 21, 11)18.
No. 147.
OREGON FIRST
ROSEBURG
RITISH III HUNS
SKVHHAL tW'XS TAKEN. HY
P.I'.lilSH I'OliCKS I'XDKIt (ii:X.
ltY(i ON TKX MILK FKONT
hktwkiox AltltAS AXI) AL
HHKT TODAY.
FRENCH AISO TAKE TWO TOWPiS
Xi?v British hvive Was Made Willi
Tanks, ravalry ami Infantry
Put inn Karly Moniiiiij I'oy,
Spain U'uhu es Ships.
WITH THK liUITlSU Ak.vlIKS IX
FUANCK, Aug. 21. Gem-nil ilyng's
army struck tho Germans on a ttu ;
mile front between Arras and Albert i
shortly before f o'clock thin morn- !
ins, during a heavy fop. 1
Hy.it o'clock the Hritish had cap
tured MoyenvilltTS, Com cellos. Hue- j
quoy. Abiainzville, Archiot-Le-l'etit
and lieitucutirl-Sur-A wre. This at
tack, which the Germans evidently ,
expected would he launched last j
vtvk, burst upon them this morning:
through a camouflage of mist lying
thickly over the ragged, worn hat- j
tletield. While the (ok was clinpint; j
closely to the ground, the Hrttish I
tanks, cavalry and infantry pushed f
over and around the German-
tn-nches and new entannlements. ;
The Hriiibh made good prorer-s ;
before (lie sun suddenly broke thru
the mist at ! o'clock. As a nwnli of
this new drive the IJochi s have been i
cleared from most of the points on '
this side ol the hij;b embankment of
the railway between Arras and Al
bert. A single artillery crash was
all that preceded the Hritish ad- ,
vance. '
The Hritish had kept their big ,
guns concealed and in readiness for
this new drive for several days past.
They b t loose at 5:110 this morning .
and the troops Kwung into action. Hy ;
ti:U) pirts of the old line were'
passed. Moyi nville. where the re- ,
distance was weak, was captured at
(i : fin. 1'ri.opeis taken there Paid
they had been expecting a Hritish
advance for a week pant. The Hrit
ish casual'J'-s w"io flight.
Mrulr Satisfactory Plume-.
LONDON. Ami?. 21. - Ceneml Itaij:
Announced that the Hritish had at
tacked on a wide trout north of the
An ere lii'-e?- t h is morning. He an
nounced that "satislactory progrea
wns made."
Trench A No Made (..-.in. 1
PAItiS. Aug. 21.---Today official
citnimuni'iue n;id the Fn-neh con
tinue. 1 to mcke pingros on the
w hole fi wit between the Oise and
the Aisn- rivw. Carlepont and .
("ut7. were both captured last night. !
Tliese towns are each about five
nnles from Noyon, to (he south and
Fouthai. The Germans did not
counter attack in either instance,
lied io-s at Vladivostok.
LONDON. Auk. 2 1 . American
V.i i (.'ross units have at rived at
Vladivostok from Tokio. lu'll i-' '-,'
'"o.iMHt pounds of hospital supplie.
i.ml provision!; for the use of 1 1 so
lb-d fc-ce.
sipain Wants Ship lleplnecd.
MAM. ID. Am:. 21.-The ministry
of the interior announeed today that
t!t Sj-anisli Roprnriioni has fill a
note to (. rmany declaring that
Sp.tin will tf.mporarily replace fu
ture submarine sinkings of Spanish
ves.-sHs froai the Grman shins in
firm rt in Spanish harbors. I About
mi r.erman vt. are so interned i.
The ministry denied the rumors
hat Germany had broken off diplo
matic relations with Spain. The niin
iTy F.-id retrardim: tliis new note
th it ' this de.isien is but natural
nnd obligatory def. nse ,f nur epson
ti 'l in'erevt-;. We cannot ri.-k preju
dicing furiher our national diemty
and life Wo fee! assured that Ger
many will recoirnize that oar deci
inn' a trees vwta bi.al neutrality.
The V:v,' status of these rommnn
deen u v ss l.s will be ottle-1 aft r
j,euce has been d'-clared."
Salvatimi Army Fund
Eve re; S. Hammond wan here
from Sal'-m ted.iy in the intenvt of
the coming drive for the Sahnimn
Army fund in thin st.,te. lmuglas
County' n i lot a in this drive
S 1 and should he ruid without
any great efiort. tf 'hi? fund. 7".
u-r cent is spent at the army eaim
in K'irpe ;tnd 2. per cent in the
work of the Salvation Army at the
National Arn.y camp in this coun
try. i,M'er l Mm Wendell Hell
Mr. and Mr-. Win. 1-ell this morn
ing rict jwil a le!er from their -(t.
Lieut. W.nd.l! P
i .
Tex;,
: ben
viiition
e evpe,
i ll 1; )
at I t. Worth.
to
there
in
Hohoken, New
e to ret a f'ir
len vla s Ijc f "re
letlth
:ik in e iin acli' e s'lvif" aenn or em
Kirkiiif for Kiiropc His wife, who
is with hitn. p-c's t'i ' " rn to
Portland from New York with her
rir-nt-. ! .'.'.-re. IW" this
siimti.er They will r. turn in the
sai-ie rianner. ic; -kine it a very in
Istwhtw "'ii'- l.i'-it. il-'ll ! now
olajrcd si ar. xirt aviator. II" sent
several very Interesting photos of his
work a flier.
BRITISH TANK STEAMER
SANK HUN SUBMARINE
AfTER RUNNING EIGHT
PIULADTI.PHIA, Aug. 19. A
Crenmin submarine was sunk in a
running battle with a Ili'itiali tank
steamer last Friday about 3(10 miles
northwest of Nantucket, according
to members of the tanker's crew.
The oil ship arrived here tonight
from Mexico.
When first sighted the U-boat was
two miles away, according to the
captain of the tanker, who said he
immediately opened fire. Two shots
from the submarine struck the Hrit
ish ship, one of them passing thru
the boiler room and the other thru
a tank. Neither of the shells ex
ploded and did no material damage,
the captain reported.
Twenty-seven shots were fired by
the tank ship, one or more of which
her master declared scored clean
hits, as flames were seen bursting
from the port side of the submarine
which he said sank a few minutes
later.
Frank Hopkins, deputy sheriff
was down from Canyonville on bus!
ness today.
H
DON ARE CALLED
I'XYO LOCAL MUX AUK H'l'ICl A L
LV NOTIMKII TO KKI'OItT I'OU
MILITAItV IllTV lK. IIAYXKS
AT IMtl-.MIIIO, (.I V COItDO.N TO
hKMK'liV.
DR.F. W. HAYNES HAS DEPARTED
Assessor (onion Will Leave fur
('iiti.ji Taybir. Kenliicky, Xel
H-k 1 ill licsijjii Aller
l-:ntei-iiig Army SM-rice.
lotitrinnkiiiK Ourscamps forest and
Orders were received late last! have i bed a point near Ponlolsc.
eviiing bv Major F. W. Havnes and : less than tour miles to the southeast
Assessor 'Guv Cordon (o report for : of Noyon. The town of Noyon Is now
militarv dutv Major .Havnes was threatened more from the southeast
called to the Presidio, Sun Francisco, than from the southwest, the point
at once, and he left on the :t o'clock of the tirst advance. Pressure is
train tills morning. He will enter j being methodically exerted by the
service in the 1'. S. Guards, b. gin- ! French forces toward both Lassigny
nlng with the rank of a second lieu-' and Nnyon. General Mangin s army
tenant This department is lor ser- has advanced more than six miles
vice in the Cnited States onlv. Hence from the south front ami has passed
it is probable that Major Haynes will Camelln and lllerancourt. In yester
be assigned to dutv as an instructor. I day's lighting the rrench took Xo
U'llh nvm.rh.lli,. nil. I uliilitV It is PliSOtlCrS.
verv t,r,',h:.l.le that he will rapidly l
rire in tank.
Hefure leaving Dr. Haynes surren
dered his position as Major of the lo
cal battalion of Slate Guards, and
recommended that Captain Percy
Webb he made his successor. This
will doubtless lie (lone.
Assessor Cordon was ordered to
report at Camp Taylor, Kentucky,
leaving ltosebure noi later than
Thursday. Aug. 2!l. He is delighted
with the opportunity thus afforded
Tor entering active service. Alter
the usual month In quarantine, after
entering camp, be expects about
three months of active training be
fore going acioss the seas. He now
evpeets to land "somewhere In
France" before Christmas. Cpon
leaving here he expects to turn the
assessor's office over to liarton Ilel
liwell. but probably will not file bis
formal resignation unlil after be has
missed the usual "X:i lu innt fens for
entering Hie military ser ice. When
this point is reached, his resignation
will be filed and the County Court
will doubtless appoint Mr. Helliwell
o till the uneiiired term of .Mr.
Cordon. After his recent course in
the military training school at Eti
uene there js no reason to doubt that
Mr. Cordon will be succeHnful in bis
examinations and will be e rented a
commission as an officer in the Na
tional Army. He deems this call as
a real "opportunity of a lifetime,"
and is anxious to go.
Cliun li redeiatiou
A ma-s me. -lint will be held at
the J'resbvtt rian Church this even
ing to consider the matter of a fed
eration of the loial churches for the letter rmm "Over Therr
duration of the war. It is b-lieted: A nmnber of lioseburg people re
ihf. moveim nt will m'ct with ap-
nrnrul A nTVt- attendance is
i v-
uru. t the meet in k this evening.
WILL HOLD REVIVAL
MEETINGS AT CHRISTIAN j
CHURCH IN OCTOBER
.
nail i" lu'y the Christian Church
volcu to extend a call to Kev. How -
,ird Katun and wife to hold a revival
meeting m tins church. 1 ne Paean
accepted the Invitation, ami it is ex-
peet.u that they will tetin here
early in Octoier or soon thereafter,
a- a definite (bite has not been Hbso-
liltely fix. (1 The pagans are a tno-t
ii:ff.'.; il evangelistic team, having
Ii'-l.l mtetmgs ail over the Nerthaem
slates and California. They are
hooked for a September meeting in
Portland, and it is expected they will
come here directly from Portland.
HltlTlSH AMUASSADOIE KKAMXti
VOICKS HUJHIOS'r 1'HAISK KOI I
K I' I. K XI 1 1 ACItlKV KM K X TS
lOXK SO Ql'lCKLV UV AMKUI
CA IX THK WAR.
CROWDING NOYON STILL CLOSER
'reinh Drive Has lieached Within n
Mile nnd a Half of Very lnixrt
aut I'oint in Oise Valley
Trawler Is a Haider.
LONDON, Aug. 21. "America's
entry into (he war removed nil
doubts and fears as to a certain vic
tory lor the allies, but we never Im
agined that America could take such
a splendid part so tiuickly," said
Ambassador Lord Heading In an ad
dress before the Luncheon Club to
day. Tlllrty-two American Divisions.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.. Gener
al .March announced (hat there Hre
32 complete American army divi
sions now in France. He said that
in order to accomplish this remark
able (ask in so short a time it was
necessary to scour the world for
ships. To maintain the present pro
gress and achieve the projected 4.
oiiO.Onu Americans In Europe by
next June, will require the gather
ing of still more shipping.
Will Collect Dig War Taxes.
The new war revenue bill will au
thorize a billion dollar drive on in
come and excess proMts lax slackers.
In order to prevent future tax dodg
ing. Secretary MeAdoo has asked
Congress for authority (o force every
person in the country to make an in
jcome lax return. Internal Revenue
Collector Holier In uddressing the
! House ways and means committee
revealed Hint these two movements
are pending.
Pressing Heavily on xovon.
(By John lie C.andt I.
I'AKIS. Aug. 21. The French are
'Crowding Xoyon SUM Closer,
LONDON. Aug. 21 General Man-
gill's right wing lias gained an ad
ditional three miles in the Oise Val
ley, penetrating to within a mile and
a ball of the town of Noyon. His
forces on the right, near Soissons,
have also advanced slightly, it was
staled this afternoon.
Steam Trawler Made Haider.
A CANADIAN POKT, Aug. 21
Tbe steam trawler Triumph, which
w.i? seized by an enemy submarine,
Is now armed with guns and manned
by a German crew of sixteen men.
It is now raiding fishing vessels in
the North Atlantic, so survivors
front some of llne vessels arriving
here declared. Three schooners have
already been destroyed by bombs
thrown by the raider. The crews
have reached shore.
o -
KM MV AI.II N IS TKK
WHII. K OCT HI TIG.
; ... ,
Krnest ( rane. deputy constable for
: .Melrose, nrotigni r.miie """' "
lien eneinv, to this city this after
i noon. Galle was caucht hunting
deer, having already killed two.
Alien enemies re not allowed to
Icarry guns or to obtain a hunting
'license. It is not known how the
license was secured. Galle is lodged
i in the county jail at present, but It
iw not known Juet what will he done
with him. He may be interned,
j Another case j that of Cup Mil
,ler, who was caught hunting with
!out a licence. Owing to the fact
that he had not killed any deer,
nothing ha? been done.
cetv
'd letters today from thf local
hovs who are on duty in Kranrc .1
' K. Mrf'lintoek revived sev. n letters
from his sons. They were Just ready
o move to another training camp,
for a short slay Krom there they
.cre to po to a "rest camp," which is
thought here to mean somewhere
very clove to the battle front. There
it is as-mned they will be made ac
customed to actual battle sights and
scenes before troinp into regular ar-
tin. Herbert Kuine wrote to his
1 parents. Sheriff and Mr. Oeorire
(j.iine, that he expected to be on the
WHy to the front soon
vlacrfime I Announced
M r. Mary Fuller, t' Kdenbowc.
today received the a nnoiitu emeril ot
the marriage of her daughter, Mabel
;.., rude .Norton, to John Ktederifk
Mcfjuafb . at Kverett, Wa-hington.
on Saturday. August In. They will
,t;fse their home In Seattle. Mrs,
' McQuade Is a -Ister of Mrs Oliver
.Johnson and Mrs. Harry Hoffman, of
Hoseburg
MORE SHIPYARD WORK
ERS WANTED; LABOR 0F
EICE TO OPEN EVENINGS
C. H. Bailey, examiner in charge
of the U. S. Government Employ
ment Service at Hoseburg, .announces
that on Friday and Saturday of this
week his office will be open even
ings from 7 to 9 o'clock for the pur
pose of recruiting mechanics and
laborers for the shipyards of Port
land and Astoria.
This will be the occasion of the
visit of T. J. Conway, examiner for
the Portland U. S. Government Em
ployment Service, and It. H. Howard,
special representative of the Astoria
Marine Iron Works at Astoria, Ore.
These men are visiting all of the
larger Western Oregon towns, in
cluding Medford, Ashland, Grants
Pass, Hoseburg, Eugene, Albany nnd
Salem.
It is -not the purpose of the Gov
ernment in this new labor drive to
take men from essential industries.
However, there is urgent need of
men at this time In certain depart
ments of ship building. The greatest
need is for laborers in Portland
yards and mechanics for the instal
lation of machinery in the Govern
ment wooden ships launched in the
Lower Columbia Kivtr district, cen
tering about Astoria. The installa
tion of machinery is vital, for the
reoson that some ninety wood hulls
are now tied up in the Columbia
IMver awaiting final equipment. In
fact, only one from the scores of
wooden ships launched in the Col
umbia Kiver has yet (started on a
trial trip at cca.
The timo has come when the Gov
ernment Is making special effort to
ward the speedy final equipment of
all these wooden ships, and the
greatest need is for mechanics and
laborers. The Government will ad
vance transportation direct to the
ship yards.
POSTMASTERS OF 4TH
CLASS GET INCREASE
IN THEIR SALARIES
An official postal bulletin just re
ceived hy Postmaster lieizenstetn, of
this city, announces u substantial in
crease in the compensation ot post
masters of the fourth class alt over
the country. This consists of allow
ing such postmasters Hill per cent of
the llrsl $K0 of their gross receipts,
instead of the same per cent on the
first $50 only.
As at present, fourth class post
masters will continue to receive as
compensation tiO per cent of the next
$100 or less of their receipts, 60 per
cent of the next $200 or less, and 40
per cent of the balance.
When the total compensation does
not exceed $a0, the postmaster shall
receive 20 per cent additional. No
fourth class postmaster shall receive
eompensat ton in excess of $2."0 in
any one of the first three iiuariers of j
any IH.'al ar. exclusive ot money
order commissions, and in the last
uuarter he will receive the full
amount due from the foregoing
method of computation up to a sum
that will not bring hi-t total salary
tor the entire tisral year above $1.-
000.
The new law further provides that
no fourth class post off ice shall he
advanced to the third class by renson
of the "temporary" salary increase.
The new salary schedule is effec
tive now, and all fourth class post
masters will receive the benefit of
it for the first time in rendering
their postal accounts for the quarter
ending September lit), of Ih is year,
noughts County has 60 po-'toffices of
the fourth class, in addition
to
seven of the third class and one of
the second, the last being ItoKchlltg,
the central HM-ounting head of the
county.
Congress has enacted a law for
bidding any Increase in the salaries
of postmasters of the first, second
and third classes during the war.
o
Miiy lltirii Sin.iimr.
H. O. I'MrK'-t.-r. wrn'tjiry nf tli'
HiiUL'l.iw County Kin' Pmrol ArtmriH
Hon, toiliiy pT'-lvi'il a K'h'crain from
V. A. Klliiitl, Klnli- Kori-xli-r, HtiillnK
that (Jovfrnor Withyromli' had
withdrawn t Ik- nrdiT fiirliidclinu tli
hurninit of slashings, and that t he
local organization would now he per
mitted to IsHtie permits under the
usual condition. The ren nt rains
i have ohvlated "he danger of fire
I HpreadlnK at this time.
N. B. POOLE, AGED RESI
DENT Of TILLER VICINITY,
DROPPED DEAD THERE
I N I! Poole, an aged resident of
I the Tiller vicinity, dropped dead
iliear that place lat evening. Cor
loner liitter went there last night to
investigate the case. Mr. Poole wa:
; x:t years of age and n native of Iowa,
j bad beeti a resident of tills roun
jty for over tin years He Is survived
: i.v seven sons and one daughter, one
daughter being dead. His wile riled
itwo years ago, on the 12th of Sep
reber Mr Poole will be buried at
Canyonville, but us yet the time
not known. The funeral will he
....utr.r.neil until the children ran ar.
rived from California and tantem
points.
nnra j
CROSS KNITTERS!
QVANT1TY OK YA1IX AVAILAHLIO
h'Olt HKI) ITIOSS KMTTINU
WILL I'UOIi.UU.Y UK LISS
THAN LAST YKAIS HIT WILL
still in-: i.Aitta:.
SPEED UP FAMILY ALLOTMENTS
Soldier Allotment to Their I'amilies
l-'foni Their Monthly Pay Ace
to be KxiKMlited The Mat
ter in Explained.
That the millions of Hod Cross
knitters may know the plans of the
Ited Cross for future knitting, Geo.
E. Scott, acting manager of the
American lted Cross, today issued
the f lllowing statement:
"When the War Industries Board
some time ago advised the lted Cross
that, future production of knitting
yarn would be greatly reduced we :
immediately commenced to purchase:
all yarns suitable lor our knitting.
As a result we have today in stock
or on order 1,400,000 pounds of
yarn for distribution to our chap
ters. It is hoped that we may bbtain
some additional yarn from wools
unsuitablu for Government uses. The
expected total will, however, be con
siderably below the ten million
pounds used last year. While the
total of yarn we can secure is being
determined, we are studying how to
use our supply to produce only gar
ments which are most essential.
Wheii a conclusion Is reached we will
announce our full program ot knit
ting: "In addition to this stock of yarn,
the lied Cross lias ready for distri
bution 1 .UOO.ono sweaters, 1 :M.O0O
mufflers, :iX4,uu0 wristlets, 228.000
helmets and l,:t2K,(iO0 pairs of
socks, a total of 3.fi74,0(M) articles.
We are hopeful that these and such
additional gar men is as we shall he
able to make will enable us to meet
the more urgent requirements of
our men during the coming winter.
In this connection it will bo of In
terest to the women who have been
knitting to know that from Septem
ber 1, 1U17, to June 30, 1H1N, the
lted Cross distributed 5, K7 5,000
knitted garments to the army and
navy of the I'nlled States. During
the same period x70.nno knitted ar
I icles were seat to t be Ited Cross
couimlaslotiers In France and It u ! v
for distribution to soldiers, sal bus
and civilians.
"At the request of the War Indus
tries Hoard, with which the lied
Crop s works in close co-opera t iim,
we have urged chapters and individ
ual workers not In buy wool In the
open market but to secure their ma
terials throng)) our depart men t of
supplies."
I JOI'tJ LAS COt'NTV CI! A PTElt A.
It. C. M E. Itici-, Publicity Mgr.
Allotment. Speeded l
The following del ailed statement
is issued by t he Hong las County
Chapter. American Ited Cross:
Families of soldiers all over the
country have suffered grief because
of the delay in receiving allotments.
The cans' of the delay has been dis
covered too niUi h detail. Now the
entire system has been simplified by
there being two standard allotments,
I r respect ive of () man's pay. And
because these changes may cause
some delay and confusion, they are
xplaiued in detail.
j Part of the WOlk of the Him! ( ross
Is to look after the morale id the
soldier, and it does this by seeing
hi.- family does not suffer. That is
the work of the home service sectiofi.
Therefore, home service ect ions in
lted Cross chapters are undertaking
to see that the law I: thoroughly ex
plained to families of men in the
rvie and that tio family shall suf-
I fcr for ni'fd of niont-y diirlnK
:lnip In tin- ImyiiM'iitM rutlwi'd hy the
tie artaiiKt'tii'Mit, Any Holdlw'H
family or nlntlvH who doi'n nol
iknow what h r raniM-montH Hhoulil hf
i nii'I to limit- prompt paynit'tttH tin-
d-r tin- n'w r-ifulatlonH, whlrh he
rami- . ff.Ttlvo durum AukubI. xhould
all upon the home service section of
Ihe Ilouglas County chapter. The
explanation of tin- law Is as follows:
If an enlist man whose pay was
I'lfi a month i.;) tiiloting to his wife
and children only the amount re
outrcd by law, there would he no
Ichange whatever In the checks that
jthey would receive from till' (iovcrn
i inept. The amount w hich r very en
' listed man Is required to allot to bis
wife and childien, irrespcet ive of
.Ihe aiiiounl that he Is receiving, uti
i rier the new hi'. Is if he has
been contributing more and wishes
;lo continue to do so, be inuv make
la new allotment for the rilne.encc
! through the War Ilepiirtiiieril or Ihe
i Navv o partment. Thus, for u
; ample, If be bad formerly alloterl
$l to his wife and children and
i wishes to cwi'inne to do so. he must
make a new allotment of $:t throned
the War or Navv lieparlmcnt, as the
War Pisk Iii-iirance Ilurenii in Ihe
ifuttire will only handle the compiil-
Isisoty allotments
Promtit notice of
these facts lias been sent to all men
In service, but It will of course
iqulrn a little time for the new forms
to be executed and reach Washing-
HEAD OF WASHINGTON
GRANGE, NON-PARTISAN
LEAGUnfADER, HELD
SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 19.
Charged with violation of the espion
age act, William Bouck, of Sedro
Woolley, master of the Washington
Stale Grange, and organizer in the
Northwest Non-Partisan League, was
arrested Monday at Mount Vernon
by a Deputy United States Marshal
ou a secret indictment returned
against him by the Federal grand
jury.
The specific charges are that
Bouck, in the course of a public ad
dress delivered at How, Skagit Coun
ty, on June 12, last, declared that If
the war lasted three years more it
would cost the United States $100,
000,000,000 and that a mortgage
would be placed for years on all the
children of the country except those
of the rich, that the latter would
grab all the Liberty bonds, and that
the war would not end until the rich
iiad filled their pockets.
Ho requested that the filing of a
formal plea be deferred.' Special As
sistant United States Attorney-General
Ht'ames assented to counsel's
request and Bouck was later re-
teased upon furnishing bail in the
sum of $5000.
CUT TO REPEAL
CITY COI'NCIL WILL SI'HMIT to
OTKUS AT HKIil'LAIt I'll.KC.
tiox on hvi:miii:ii r mkas
l hi s to m:ri:i, it. it. iiom
aii:.mii:.ts. WOULD CLEAR CITY RECORDS
lm Mil) Olli'r Aiik'iiiIiik'III fur As
Mishit CnM ni l-'.iiuilifcrinu; to
Ailjiirciit rrniM-rty ill Muk
inu liiiprovriiii'iilN.
A movement ' repeal the varloim
dormant homlliiK iiiiieiidnientH voted
In this lily will he taken up hy I In
city eounell at special meeting
called for Thursday evenlnn. Meas
ures are helim drawn for Ihls pur
pose hy City Allorney I. 11. Kiddle,
to he suhiiilttid to the voters at the
regular elty election on Novenilier 5.
It Is proposed to suliinlt measures
for repeallim the railroad hnndlliK
amendment In Hie city charter for
bulldltiK a railroad to Itock Creek,
Also one for lepeallliK I ho nmenil
iiient Tor a bond Issue of $51111.(100
lor bulldlnu u railroad from lloso
hurit lownnl Coos Hay. The former
is generally known as the Kendall
proposition, and the latter was tor
the purpose of eo-operallllK In a
movement for securing the construc
tion of a railroad to the coast. The
former failed to maleriallze, after a
somewhat stormy career. IncllldlnK
r.everal bullies In Hie courts. The
Coos Hay railroad project would
have probably been declared Invalid
if tried out In court. Hence It Is
probably best that both be wiped off
the city books. Like action will lilso
be taken as to a tentative bond Issue
voted many years atto for piitllnt; In
a city water system. This would
also he Impractical In Its present
torm As none of these measures
would ever come op aaln in the
same form, the present plan is to re
peal them and have the city unin
cumbered. A measure to amend the charter
will probably also be submitted for
the purpose of empowering the city
to assess eiiKinccritiK costs ak.'ilnst
property benefitted by newer r
street Improvements, alonit with the
other costs of such Improvements.
At present the cnnlnccrliiK costs of
such work must lie pain out of the
ueneral fund of the clly.
ion Many men may decide to
liatige the amount iT the allotment,
.,,.,1 li, I I. I (e.u.i till. UMIIIIIIll Of till
(check you will j-ereive from the t;or-
i inineni might be less man netore.
Ill many cases men have made allot
ments to parents, brolhers or sisters
tbloilgh the War Illsk Insurance
llureall, but have not requested
lliovertinieiit allowance, either be
cause the relatives were nol depen
dent, or although dependent tl.e men
In sen Ice did not understand that
jthey could get the allowance by rn
lunesllng it. If the man wishes them
o continue to g'-t the allotment he
'must make application for It thru
the War or Navy Departments. If
be should decide to not do so, these
i relative will in the future cease to
receive any payments whatever. If
such a relative should deem himself
entitled to the lloyernment allow
ance bv reason of dependency, he can
only secure It Is In the fui urn by usk
Ing the man to dlsi nutitiue his allot
ment II, tough the War or Navy lle
puituients, and make application to
the liuteait of War Itlsk Insurance,
dating that he wishes to make an
allotment which will carry allow
ance with It. It Is of the greatest
Importance that the soldiers and
(Continued on Fait 4.)
A GREAT SUCCESS
(ikhatkst kyknt ok its kind
KYUlt HICLI) l. THK LOWKIt
I'MI'Ol'A COUNTRY WAS THK
COMMUNITY l-'AIH ON SMITH
IUVKK.
THE EXHIBITS WERE SPLENDID
Irfll'irest Crowd That Kvef Assembled
in That Vicinity Several Very
Able HpetlkeiH l'li-sent
Had lloiintUiil Dinner.
The community fair excursion to
Iteedsport, Gardiner, Smith lliver
and Klltton was a decided success
and was pronuunced one of the most
delightful trips ever enjoyed by
mauy of the participants who were
In attendance from this city. A num
ber of the members of the party re
turned here last night for a day's
rest before proceeding to other
Iowiib where they will hold the com
munity fairs. Those who enjoyed
the excursion to the coast points
were County Supt. O. C. Brown and
wife. Mrs. Jennie Kemp, field agent
of the Federal Food Administration;
Mrs. A. C. Marstors. representative
for the Women's Defense League; C.
J. Hunt, County Agricultural Agent;
County Krult Inspector Karl Pearcy
and wife; W. L. Kadderly, assistant
leader or county agents, from Cur
vallls: Prof. Peterson, of Corvallls,
emergency club leader; Supervisor
and Mrs. A. K. Street, nnd L. I'.
Harrington, Held worker for the
state educational department, Salem.
A numbur or the party made the
trip to Hcnttsburg hy automobile,
while some went hy rail and joined
the party at Oardlner. Tho auto
parties reached Scottsburg Sunday
afternoon, where they were met hy
a boat and enjoyed Ihe twenty mile
trip to . (lardlner. Karly Monday .
morning the company began their
nip up Smith Itlver to York's land
ing, about 12 miles above Heeds
port, where the community fair was
held. The trip was made in a pri
vate launch, the (laaco, piloted by
Kd. Patterson. Tho dip was pro
nounced truly wonderful. The com
bination of an Incomparable day, the
smooth, gently flowing river nnd the
lovely scenery along the river banks
completely captivated the excursion
ists. (rent preparations had heen made
Tor the community fair. Large hand
bills had been printed and distrib
uted about the country, and red
wlilte and blue ribbons hud heen pre
pared for awarding to tho prize win
ning exhibits. Free transportation
was provided for all who wished to
tillend, and scows were on hand to
convey the livestock exhibits to tho
location of the lair. The landing was
crowded with boats of all descrip
tions, and for a quarter or a tulle on
either side or the landing the bank
was lined with boats and scows and
barges at anchorage. The crowd
which turned out was absolutely tho
largest ever seen In that community,
the fair being the most Important
event of Its kind ever held In that
vicinity. The people came from all
parts of upper Smith River and the
lower Lmpo.ua. The lair was held In
a beautiful natural grove or spruce
and maples. A large open air pavil
ion, which had previously been used
for dancing, accommodated the
speakers. The main speaker for the
morning's program was L. P. Har
rington, who spoke on "The History
and Purposes or Club Work." The
afternoon speaker of note was Mrs.
Jennie Kemp, who gave a patrlatlc
address on food conservation, full of
pathos and humor and stirring a
peals. Mrs. Kemp Is undoubtedly
one of the most noted speakers of
the slate.
Other members of the party who
marie short addresses were: J. L.
Ilurri, whose subject was "Care and
I Feeding or Livestock;" Karl Pearcy.
who spoke on ' The Development of
'the Home Orchard;" W. I.. Kadder
ly, on the county agents' work In
I assisting the winning of the great
world war; Mrs. llrown and Mr.
Street, who spoke on Industrial club
(work, and Hupt. O. C. llrown. who
I also spoke on industrial club activi
ties. Mr. llrown had entire charge
lot the speaking program, acting as
chairman throughout the day.
j At noon a bountiful repast was
j served. and although following
istrlrtly the Hoover rules through
iout. was simply unsurpassed. The
(delicacies were of such great variety
ami quantity that a lunch was atler
wards prepared from the left-overs
for the members of the excursion to
itake upon their return Journey to
; Klklon.
The afternoon's program Wiis pre
j pared hy Miss Ksther Medley, teach
er of district No. fill, and given by
!her pupils. She was assisted by the
Misses Fern Scott, Vera Tipton. Mar
guerite llrookbart and Helen Shnfer,
all teachers In that vicinity. HUB
afternoon program was as rollows;
Song. "America" Hy all.
Uecltatlon, "Little Hoy Illlie"
Alton Noel.
Uecltatlon, "When Some Fellow's
Daddy Kills Some Other Fellow'i
(Contlnuad on nag 4).