.-JACKSONVILLE POST-:
Olicial Paper ot the City of Jacksonville, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
County, Oregon. D. W. B agshaw . Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June 22. 1907. at the post ollie.- at Jacltionvilh
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
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SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail S1.60. Advertising rates furnished on
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líVhe i IVe Quit Fighing
McMinnville to Secure
Land?.
' Senator La Follette, the ablest and
Washington, Aug. 17—The secreta
most efficient representative of the ry of the interior has reported favora
German government in the Uuited bly upon Senator Chamberlain's bill,
States senate, formally has asked this permitting the city of McMinnville to
government to define definitely (sic) acquire lands in the revested Oregon
the objects for which it shall continue and California grant for the protection
11 wage war. We shall continue to I of its water supply.
wage war until the life, liberty and
property of nations shall be in the No Liberty Bonds for Con
hands of the people, not held in the
palm of a military autocracy; until it
gressmen, Is Plan.
will not be possible for a military
autocrat to plunge the people of his
nation into war; until the history of
Washington, Aug. 17-Members of
July, 1914, cannot be repeated; until congress would be prohibited by a bill
one military autocrat cannot declare introduced today by Representative
war upon a weak nation with the Morgan, ot Oklahoma, from purchasing
intention of crushing it, nor another or owning Liberty Bonds. Members ■
military autocrat mobilize his armies, who fix the interest rates on the bonds 1
and still another military autocrat, should not be permitted to hold them,
the most powerful in the world, can he contends.
not begin a conquest of Europe: until
it will never again be possible for hell
to rule the earth as it has fur the last Seattle School Board Ousts
three years. We will -continue to wage
War-Shy Professor.
war until some of the oi 1 civilization
is restored, or if it be destroyed before
the war ends, to bnild a new civili
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 17—Gerald
zation. —Telegram
Tompkins Canton, professor of econom
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War Bread Baked At
Walla Walla Prison
ics in a Seattle high school, who last
week claimed exemption from military
, service on the ground that he had con-
' scientious objections to performing mil
itary duty, was dismissed by the board
of education last night.
Walla Wa'la,
Wash., Aug. 16.—
War bread is being baked {at the The Jacksonville schools will open
Washington state penitentiary as an Monday, Sept. 17.
•xperment. It is composed of haif
Jackson county fair will be held Sept.
potatoes and half flo"’r. Warden Drum
has directed that 10 per cent of meal 18 23.
The Knights of Pythias held a con-
of ground peas be addedd. This will
make a balanced ration and is expected clave at Crater Lake this week.
to reduce the consumption of meat.
Pendlelon, Or., Aug. II—Judg-
d imes A. lee was last night appointed
city at orney to serve while his son,
Ja nes A. Fee Jr., is at the officer’s
training camp at the Presidio. Judge
Fee accepted the appointment on the
condition that tho salary would be pai l
to the son’s wife and the city co ined
agreed to this plan. The young man
recently passed his examination for
the second camp. His tathoc is one of
the best known attorneys in Umatilla
county and was formerly mayor of
this city.
FOLGER 5
SPIGES
A'o Mote Boose Made After
Its going to be a season of
September 8
Highest Prices
Washington.
Aug.
16.— Eleven
o’clock on the night of September 8,
is the time fixed by the food adm ni
stration when all processes in tho pro
duction in the United States of all dis
tilled spirits for beverage pirpases
must stop. The thirty day perio I
allowed from the approval of the food
control law expires at midnight, Sept
ember 9, but this date falls on Sunday
aid internal revenue laws prevent the
operation of distilleries after 11 o’clock
Saturday night.
Ever known
A big stock on hand
Can save you money
BUY
Pioneer Of Klamath Is Dead
rOLGER’S
A/ Merrill
SPICES
Klamath Falls,
Or., Ang. 17.—
Stephen Stukel, in whose honor a
bridge and mountain are named, died
at Merrill, Or., Monday, at the age of
76 years He was a pioneer, served
through the Modoc war, was in the
Indian serv ice for a number of years
following its close, and later served
as a member of the board of county
commissioners. He is survived by
three sons and three daughters.
funeral was held today at Merrill.
GOLDEN CATE
— the finishing
touch to good
cooking
Opportunity
Knocks!
Taylor- Williams Co
The People’s Store.
Jacksonville,
Phone 142
Oregon
Draft Exemption For
Policemen Is Urged
Weather Report.
East Through California
New York, Aug. 17.—Charles E.
Hughes, chairman of the district board
i Following is the report of U. S. Vol
Electric Sparks
of appeals, said today that although
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Japanese Are Coming To
(From Off Our Wireless)
the board would continue to fellow the i
Is a favorite route for those seeking 'diversity of
Jacksonville, for month ol March.
law requarding exemptions, he favored '
Study conditions
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; iongi-
scenery, opportunity to visit manny attractive cities
the adoption of some plan to exempt
tude 123 deg. 5 min. west.
[|Onp reason for thinking that the kai- policemen and medical students from
en route and enjoy the best in travel.
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Tokio, Aug. Aug. 19. (Delayed)
( ser will decide on abdication is that by the dratt.
live members of the Japanese house
Date Maximum Minimum Precipita
so doing the Crown Prince will be less
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of representatives have been selected | likely to get the throne, or rather the
tion
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to go to the United States to study
Two found Guilty Of Plotting.
throne will “get him.”
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onditions there. The delegation will be
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An aeroplane in time saves nine.
headed by Tokichi Masao, the other
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The Porto Rico
prohibitionists
members b*ing Kotaro Mochistlki,
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Stone Gap, Va., Aug. 17—J. W.
First
and
second
class
to
the
East
and
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Toshio Shimada, Etsujiro Uehara, shrewdly postponed the election until I’hipps and W. V McCoy, Virginia
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after the rainy season.
South apply via California. The trip
and Masatsugu Yumane.^
mountaineers, were found guilty by a
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By requesting Boston to eat less beef jury in federal court here today, of an
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can be made very economically.
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HUNTER IN WASH1NG- Mr. Hoover proves that he knows indictment for “recruiting men to des
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beans.
troy arms and ammunition of the Uni
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TON COUNTY SHOT
To exterminate the submarines, it ted States government.’’ The penalty j
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appears that all you have to do is to was fixed at five years at tne federal
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send enough American convoys across. penitentiary at Atlanta.
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If the Russians dislike to capture
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foreign
territory,
they
must
be
having
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Janies Thompkins Killed a very unpleasant time of it these days. Two Torpedoes Miss Ship
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Round
Trip
to
principal
cities
in
the
With
Americans.
While Out With Neighbor
Judging from the reluctance to strike |
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East will be on sale certain days in
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of the matches on? buys nowadays they j
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Near Cherry Grove
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must be manufactured by scab labor. 1 Maynard, Mass., Aug. 18—A steam
August and September. These tickets
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“Germany Apologizes for Plots ' er carrying American sawmill unit No.
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[apply
over
practically
all
routes.
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Forest Grove, Or., Aug. 15.—James in Norway.” Having to apologize for 3 to a British port recently, was at
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Thompkins, aged 4b years, was killed plots must go pretty hard with the tacked in mid-ocean by two German
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German
government.
submarines,
according
to
a
letter
re
yesterday when he was taken for a
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Ask your local agent for particulars or write
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There was no truth in the rumor that ceived last night from a member of the
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deer while hunting with his neighbor,
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John Miller, on Sain creek. 10 miles the Kaiser had abdicated, but somehow unit.
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John M. Scott, General Passenger Agent
Two torpedoes were fired at the ship
from Cherry Grove, yesterday after it was hard to keep from admiring the
Portland
but both missed their mark by a few
noon. Thompkins
Temperature—mean max. 92; mean
died instantly, rumor anyway.
His body was carried for three miles
The large number of Germans that feet, the steamer escaping by her great
min. 55.9 i mean 73.9. Max 102. on 15.
over a trail and an automobile will have been killel grieves the crown speed the writer said.
Minimum, 45; on 29, Greatest daily
today bring the body to Forest Grove prince, who now has tha’ many less to
range, 49. Total precipitation .02
where an inquest will be held.
send into the fray.
inches, Greatest in 24 hours, , .02 in.,
Third Call Is Issued by To
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on 16.
Number of days • with 01.
Partv lines have been wipe I out to
ledo Exemption Board
inch or more precipitation, 1. clear,
Many Forest fires In Washington some extent by the war. but it is still
28; partly cloudy, 3; cloudy. 0.
possible to detoct old a'ignments by
Total snowfall
inches
noting whether an American refers to
a tf") Highest quality, jewelry
Olympia, Wash., Au^. 17 —“There our boys in Fran-e as “Sam nies” ir
Toledo, Or., Aug. Id—The exemption
Precipitation for season,
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repairing, diamond set-
1watch repairing.
board for Lincoln county has found it
are now from 2 to 20 forest tires in ev- I •TeJdie*.”
Precipitation for last season
If-
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'te mounting and jew
•ry timbered county of the state, mak The pardon of the militant suffri- ne.-tssary to make a new draft as the
Seasonal
average
trained
specialist«
with
modern
lab
Where
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ing a total of hundreds,” Fred E. Pa) e gettea indicates that somebxiy in first two did not yield eligib'es enough oratories • nd Adequate equipment give in I
E. B ritt ,
Martin J. Reddy,
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state forester and tire warden sail Washington has been looking tin the to fill the county's quota.
i ••ruction leading to collegiHte degrees in the
Cooperative Observer.
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t Ma St. MEHFORD. OREGON
following schiuda :
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here late yesterday, He declared th* feminine vote cast in the last election.
ACF.ICULTTTRE, with 15 departments;
situation is growing woise instead if
IFa/cr
Polluted
By
Sheep
COMMERCE, with 4 departments;
King George is of the “House of
better, especially in Eastern Washing
Strike In San Francisco
ENGINEERING, with 6 departments, in
°09 suvr O9Z *3*ni
| Windsor" now. dropping the last ves Blamed for Child's Death
ton. One of the features of the fire*
eluding Civil. Electrical. Highway. Industrie]
aïnou.* onna iiv iv
tige of G rtnanism from the English
Arts. Irrigation, and Mechanical Engineering.
up to this time, according to Mr. Pape, | royal family.
iu»ui)uio snidXivanj *iuu*a
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FORESTRY, including Logging Engineer-
San Francisco Aug. 14.—Street csr
is that little green timber hasbe<n
i Making the world safe for imb-cility
Intc
service on the lines of the United
SONBOM pu«
Rend. Or., Aug. 16 —An epidemic of
destroyed, For the most part th*
HOME ECONOMICS, with 4 major depart
Railroads here was 60 per cent
sino 'mno
fire has been kept out of green tim- seems to be the aim of Chicago's daunt dysentery, caused by drinking the wa ments. including training in the Practice
paralyzed today, the third day of the
her. but only by constant fighting, less mayor, who is now registering ob ters of Tumalo creek, polluted by sheep House ;
strike of platform men. More than 175
MINING, with three departments, inolud
and as there has been no rain for jections of sen ling o ir sillier* to claimed its first victim yesterday when
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of the 450 cars operated daily were
Violet, fjur-y ear-old daughter of Mi. Inr Chemical Engineering
weeks and no signs of rain now, the France.
PHARMACY.
Approving Vice President Marshall’s and Mrs. John W. Sippy, died of the
department is uneasy over the out-
116 Accidents Occur In Week. totally out of service on the lines
THE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, offer« instrue
patronized largely by the working
p'an to send the wind squad of Con disease. More than 30 other bad cases •ion in the principal departments of vocal
look,
Salem, Or.. Aug. 13-During the classes, while service from the business
gress to the trenches, we suggest prize are reported. Legal action against the and instrumental music.
THE MILITARY DEPARTMENT, enrolled week, August 3 to Auguet 9, the State , section to the wealthy residential
fight managers as eligible in the same sheepmen is contemplated
Auto Goes Into Canyon.
1085 cadet^ in 1916 17. aud won recommen Industrial Accident Commission receiv | portions of the city were
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almost
battalion.
dation for O A U from the Western Depart
reports on 416 accidents. Two were normal. The Strickers were preparing
Chehalis Mai Loses Life la Log ment of th* U S War Department as one of ed
Has Uncle Sam got your number?
fatal John Bodars, ot Astoria, being to send their wage demands officially
•hr fifteen 'distinguished institutions" of
Mosquitos have delay* I work on can
killed while logging, and Gerald Hunt, to the company. This action followed
Canyonville. Or.. Aug. 14 —Yester
higher
learning
111
cadets
will
b«
furnished
Pond
At
Buxton
ito.
day another auto went over a cliff ’(0 tonments in Long Island. The mosqui
•ora pkt« uniforms by th« U. S. Government of White Pine, being fatally injured in endorsement of the executive commit
snd the junior snd senior cadets, enrolled in j a sawmill. Of the 416 accidents 362
feet down into a canyon on Robert* to is not the first pest to volunteer in
the R O. T C . will be given ■ < mmutation for ! were subject to the compensation act. tee of the San Francisco Labor coun
mountain. A woman was driving. The direct eneouragem -nt to German inter
Forest Grove, Or., Aug.—William subsistence,
cil.
ss well as all transportation snd
machine rolled down the declivity and ests.
Brown Edmonds, aged about 30, met subsistence st the six week»’ Hummer camp The sawmill industry was responsible
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Th* official who demands th it Am -r- accidental death by drowning when
brought up down below with little dam
REGISTRATION-------
BEGINS OCTOBER 8, for 88 accidents and 75 of those injured
Taft Is Growing Better.
age and none of the passengers was ¡cans get more efficiency out of coal he fell from a drive of logs in the 1917. Information on request. Address. were engaged in shipbuilding.
Registrar,
Oregon
A^rwultUTAl
Colie*«.
ah mid apeak to the janitor ot the av pond of the Standard Box company at Corvallis.
hurt.
Oregon.
C'ay Center. Kan., Aug. 13-Con-
erage apartment house next winter.
Buxton. He was registered for the i
Pershing’s men have established in tinued improvement was shown today
Forest fires are still burning in the
draft
at
Chehalis.
Dr.
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Via
Reports o’ wholesale waste under
France a complete American city, if in tne condition of former president
hills north of this city.
present procesaes of distribution em worked over Edmonds for three hours
it is a typical three-decker suburban William H. Taft, who was taken ill
All work done in 1917 spot CMh at town, we fear that it is not a very good
Are vou a subscriber to the Post? phasizes the need of scientific food con- I 1 and for a time had hopes of saving the
here with intestinal indigestion a week
W. R. Sparks.
man* life.
If not, why not?
trol.
advertisement.
ago tonight.
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