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JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COUN’IY, OREGON
VOL. XI
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TO FRANCE SOON
FIRE AND I. VV. VV. MEN-1W1THYCOMBE. WOULD i
INTERN ALL I. W. W
ACE KLAMATH
M>. 12
JULY
OUR OWN STATE
COAST ARTILLERY
NEEDS SPECIALISTS
IYDUSI k IAL Rr.Vltfl
Manufactures, Enterprise and
Some Recent Happenings
Improvements, Providing
Numerous Vacancies, With
In Various Parts
Concentration Began In Big Flour Mill Is Heap Of Governor Recommends Tiiat
Payrolls and Promot
Good Pay, Offered Men
Vagrancy Law be In
of Oregon
Ashes; 50 Agitators
East Monday.
War
ing Development
Eflicient in Certain
voked Against All
are Under Artest
Plants To Be Guarded.
Many Pickers Are Sent To Was
of Oregon.
Work
Agitators.
l
co County Orchards.
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Klamath Falls, Or., July 16—The
Washington, July 16—Mobilization of , | flour mill of Martin Bros, was destroy-
the national guard began today. While e(j by |jre ear|y Sunday morning. The
no orders for embarkation of state
------ loss is more than a quarter of a million
troops for France will be given until ! dollars, . The blaze is said to have been
after August 5, when the entire force of incendiary origin. Barring a small
will be formally drafted into the Unit- | one>
plant was the only one of its
ed States army, there are indications . kind in Klamath county.
that some divisions will ne regarded as I Several nearby industrial plants es-
ready to board transports soon after I caped destruction only after the most
that date.
, heroic efforts on the part of the fire
Tne first clause of President Wilson’s \ fighters.
proclamation providing for the federal- i John Farneil, appointed United States
ization of the national guard for the deputy marshal, and Attorney J. H.
war became effective yesterday. Un- Carnahan, appointed United States de-
der it all guard units from New York, puty district attorney by United States
Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, ' Attorney Reames, have found in cor-
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, I respondence seized al I. W. W. head-
North and South Dakota and Nebraska i quarters Sunday instructions to cache
went on the federal payroll from that' all secret papers at a point outside
date.
headquarters. This order evidently
,
Actual concentration of troops in waa not carried out.
Twelve pounds of dynamite in a box
their state camps began today. Ap
proximately one-half of the total with a fuse attached was found at cen
strength of the national guard, or more tral reservoir last night.
Fifty members of the I. W. W., in
than 125,000 men, is included in the
cluding their secretary have been ar
force assembling.
Rapid progress is being made in re rested. The agitators recently estab
lieving guard regiments which have lished headquarters here An effort is
been in the federal service since the being made to round up all other mem
declaratiod of war guarding property. bers of the society.
T wo hundred deputies are doing guard
This work will betaken over largely by
duty today over mills, bridges, roads
civilian watchmen.
It will be necessary to regain guards and pumping plants with orders to
men tor the protection of certain big shoot at discretion"
A small blaze started in the residence
munitions works and other property
vital to the conduct of the war. The district late Sunday made no headway.
department commanders will hold such
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troops as they deem advisable for this
Citizens’ Vigilance Com
purpose.
The next sten in the general mobili
mittee at Klamath Falls
zation will be the ordering of divisions
to the camp sites already selected for
them. A full supply of tentage is
Klamath Falls. July 17—Organiza
available, department reports show,
■nd the division will entrain as rapidly tion of a citizens’ vigilance committee
as the commanders of the departments for the announced purpose of protect
from which they come and of those in ing Klamath Falls industries and farms
which their camps are located agree as from Industrial Workers of the World
was effected here last night at a meet
to dates.
ing of about 200 citizens. All the
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members agreed to respond to riot calls
Poles Break with Austria,” says a
whenever necessary. The meeting
headline. Must have been quite a fall was called following the destruction
for the Hapsburgs.
Sunday of Martin Brothers’ flour mill
Another thing to cause us worry. and the discovery yesterday that stock
The old-time kissing bug is said to be on nearby ranches had been poison
rampant.
ed.
South Carolina is kicking because
they have come to the point whera de
The New York police shine at solv
canters are only fit for cucumber pick ing murder mysteries after someone
les and catsup!
else has solved them.
Hubbard—Contract let for paving
Portland, July 18—Enlisted special
Salem, Or., July 16—Governor With-
ists in the coast artillery corps of the I Main street for 1' i mil ’s,
ycombe said today that he would re
army are in much demand. Major C.
Eugene—Work on $50,0110 Woman's
commend to county and municipal au
H. Hilton, of the corps at Fort Miley, | building at U. of O begun.
thorities that they invoke vagrancy
California, has sent out an appeal for
Oswega—$100,000 being spent repair-
law against Industrial Workers of the
the enlistment of sergeants major, sen | ing steel mill here.
World agitators and disturbers, and al
ior grade; sergeants major, junior
so that they establish rock piles for
St. Helens shipyard to build two gov
grade; electrician sergeants, first and
their employment during the time they
ernment ships.
second
class;
engineers,
assistant
en
are under sentence.
Heppner gets new two-story brick
gineers, firemen, master gunners and
The governor reached a dec ision to
bank building.
radio sergeants.
this effect after pondering over the
Salem will pave fifty blocks of streets
The enlisted specialists, in their dif
question as to what disposition should '
Mount Angel Store Looted
ferent departments, are in charge of with firstclass pavement.
be made of the Industrial Workers of
St Helens rock quarry to get out
Mount Angel Or., July 17—Another the operation and maintenance of the
the World interned at Klamarh Falls,
electrical and mechanical installations 200,000 belgian paving blocks.
as a result of the burning of Martin robbery occurred in Mount Angel when
relfeved of
"oast defenses, of the systems
Gresham-Cotton cannery working
Brothers mill and grain elevator. He John Ebner’s store was 1~........ _
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¡of
communication
and
on large crop of berries.
31» night, •
» of 1 the
• • clerical
•
believes, temporarily at least, that this goods valued at $100 during last
i„— the
..._ I W(,rk pertaining to the administration
reme lv will aid materially ia solving principally jewelry. This is not
Albany council rejected project 11
first
robbery
that
has
occurred
in
the of the corps,
the situation.
build light plant. People to vote on
buying light and water plant of Oregon
‘After receiving advices that the vicinity lately. Several others have
Klamath Falls mill and elevator had been perpetrated and presumably by ANTI-SUBMARINE PLAN Power Co.
been burned, and that Industrial Work the same person.
Salem —Large number of berry pick
SUBMITTED.
ers of the World were suspected of
ers needed in this county.
having set them on fire, I suggested to
This is not a good time to fiddle away
Two Hurt In Auto Accident.
Klamath county authorities that they
Naval Board Gives Daniels the taxpayers money on politics or en
intern Industrial Workers,” said the
The Dalles, Or., July 16 -Henry Kel
terprises that are not actually necessa
governor, “Since then I have been ler sustained a compound fracture of
Its Ideas for War ry.
wondering what, logal disposition could the jaw, with other serious injuries,
Roseburg Road construction with a
German
Against
be made of them, and have reached the and Howard Palmer received a bad cut
large
force began last week.
conclusion that they can be reache 1 on the forehead and several bruises
Plungers
Reedsport—Warren Reed organiza
through the vagrancy law. Under it, when their auto upset in trying to turn
tion to erect a shipyard here.
they can be sentenced for six months a corner a great rate of speed, late
and this would me in their incarcera- Saturday afternoon. Tne men were
Marshfield-Oregon Power C >. hat
Washington, July 17—Frank J. Spra
tion until after the crops are harvest hurrying to a brush fire near the reser gue, former president of the American started to build power line to Coquille.
ed. During their incarceration, they voir.
Hot weather the past week has cut
Institute of Electrical Engineers and
should be employed, and rock piles
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a member of the naval consulting some crops to minimum.
would furnish employment for them,
John Day —As young men enlist old
board, has presented to Secretary Dan
I believe troops should be the last Ashland Fireman Is Drowned iels a general plan on which he has men do farm work here.
resort, and that county authorities
Ashland, Or., July 16—Word was re been engaged fcr some weeks to cope
Umatilla county has need
should exhaust their remedies before ceived here today that Fred Duty, a with the submarine problem. While
harvest
hands.
the troops are called into action. The fireman of the Southern Pacific, resid- nodetails were revealed, it is under
state vagrancy law is broad enough in ■ ing here, was drowned yesterday after stood in a general way that the propo Turner- Flax shipped here to lie
its scope, occording to my interpreta- noon in California. He was swimming sal is based on recognition of the prin scutched from all parts of the state.
tion of it. to reach all idle industrial I in the Sacramento river. Mr. Duty’s cipal that offensive rather than defen
Marshfield Chas.
Hall company
Workers of the World.
home was here with his mother and sis sive measures are to be preferred in building four-way shipyard here
combating submarines.
Dalia« —Labor scarcity may cause
ter.
It is said to provide for new typos of loss of grain and fFuit.
Bone Drg Liquor Law Is
sea-going patrols, equipped in part
Eugene Excelsior Co. to enlarge
with a new weapon of offense, whose plant by adding new machines.
Horse
’
s
Kick
Proves
Fatal.
Without Loopholes.
function would be to make certain re
Klamath Falls, Or., July 16—Fred
Bandon Sunset Woolen Mills have
gions of the sea more perilous for the
Martin, who was kicked in the head by
commenced operation.
submarine than for cargo boats.
Washington, July 17—Every form of a vicious horse Sunday, died without
Freewater—30 to 50 ton fruit drier to
If adopted the project would involve
transportation into dry territory is for regaining consciousness. He was 20 it is said, important changes in the ship be erected here.
J
bidden, whether on the person, by com years old, the eldest of eight children- building program, both merchant and
Springfield — Mohawk Lumber
mon carrier, by private conveyance or
n ival, in order to meet the critical per has resumed operations.
in baggage, according to instructions
iod of troop, supply and munition trans
Portland will launch a ¡steel steamer
School
Flag
Stolen.
sent to United States
attorneys
portation next spring.
ever 15 days,
throughout the country by the depart
Bend, Or.. July 17—A huge flag, re
Neither the secretary nor Mr. Spra
Hotel and pavilion at Winchester b ly
ment of justice.
cently purchased to fly over the Iteid gue would make any detailed state
to be rebuilt.
school in this city, was stolen some meat regarding the plan, which will be
I time between Saturday night and yes given consideration by department offi
Heppner Six new homes to be built
here
in few months.
terday morning.
cials and probably the general board
Harrisburg cheese factory nearing
of the navy, before a decision is made.
completion.
Mt. rfcott Miller-Mowey sawmill to
Drowning Youth Is Rescued
New Chehalis Sawmill operate with 30 men.
By
Girl.
Heppner coal mines leased and will
Is Completed.
be developed.
Portland reports a $1,000,000 timber
Dallas, Or., July 17 Ruth Wilkinson
Chehalis, Wash., July 17—The saw deal covering four counties.
13-year-old daughter of Mr. Mrs. P. L.
Wilkinson, 631 Thurman street, Port mill plant of the Chehalis Mill Co., in
Roseburg—Telephone cable to Eden-
land, saved Ge >rge Edwards, 16-year- South Chehalis, is completed and ready bower will improve (service.
old son of Mrs. Dwight Edwards, 1153 for operation. The mill will have a
Final payment made of $150,000 on
Thurman street, Portland from drown capacity of from 75,000 to 100,000 feet Queen ot Bronze mine Josephine coun
ing, after she had imperiled her own of lumber daily. At the outset 100 ty-
life. She hail attempted to swim men will be employed in the mill and
Lakeside Contract let for $6000
■shore with Edwards when the youth's in the woods, and when some further
school
house.
is
completed
frantic struggles threatened to pull her construction work
Wallowa
Foundations in for brick
this
number
will
be
materially
increas
down with him. Freeing herself she
opera house and telephone building.
swam ashore, picked up a long pole and ed.
Moro to have new bank with $25,000
extended it to the boy as he came up
capital.
for the last time.
American Soldiers In
Cloverdale- Sour Grass road cutting
out heavy grade opened to public.
Training tor War.
Friday, 15th, Bad Day For Li
Eugene, Junction and Cresswell can
neries operate to full capacity.
quor Sender.
Paris, July 14—The vanguard of the
North Bend -Contract for six gov
American troops who left on Thursday ernment boats to be built by Kruse &
On Friday, July 13, some one in San the seaport town where they have been Banks. In addition government has
Francisco consigned 13 trunks of whis encamped, arrived at their permanent contracted with Smith mills of Marsh
key to the “Sig Mantell Amusement camp today The men went into train field for fir material for 30 more boats.
Company.” of Portland, but the liquor ing immediately.
Twenty government steamers having
Major General Sibort, who will be in a value of <10,00,000 will be built at
never reached its destination. This
morning 12 of the trunks were detect command at the camp, lunched wi'h Portland an 1 Aberdeen by the Grant
ed by City Detectives Cahill and Ham General Pershing before his departure Smith Porter-Guthrie Co.
rnersly at the Union depot and now the for th- front. General Pershing will
Canyon City $15,000 to be spent on
officials are looking for the persons to follow later.
John highway.
whom they were sent.
will sell bonds to build sep
The trunks contained about
Lightning Causes Fires In tic Pendleton
tank for city sewage.
Phone 74
quarts, one of the largest shipments
Marshfield Contract let for paving
Central Oregon.
ever secured in a raid by the local de
Tenth street.
partment.
Bend, Dr., July 17—Lightning accom
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panying a violent thunder storm which
It's always for his army that the raged through a large part of the Cen
Auto Partit Burned
Kaiser invokes the help of the Al- tral Oregon mountain section early
mighty, apparently forgetting all about Sunday morning, was responsible for
Courteous . 1 tien I iou
the time that his crops arc having with eight out of 10 forest fires that were
The Dulles. Or., July 17 The Jl ord
the drought.
reported yesterlay at headquarter i of car owned by F. E. Lash was p irtly
Who could have foretold, even a few the Deschutes national forest here. destroyed by fire at midnight Satur-
months ago, that before the war should All are now under control, Sunday | day. .Mr. Lash was Working over th >
be concluded Mrs. Pankhurst and Eiihu holds the record for the number of; car with a lantern near bv, which ex-
, Root would have had a conference in fires reported here in any one day this ploded. . igniting the gasoline in the
[ Petrograd?
• iseason,
'tank.
The Dalles, Or., July 17-Over 150
cherry pickers have been sent out to
the orchards in this vicinity during the
past few weeks by the Chamber of
Commerce. These include men, wo
men and children. Seventy-five per
sons were sent here by the Portland
free employment bureau. Many others
arrived from the Hood River strawber
ry fie'ds.a
H
Picnic parties
will find our stock of Canned
Goods and Fresh Fruits most
complete
We need your busines:
You need our service
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Pioneer Merchant,
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