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' O 'fieiaI Râperont the City ot Jacksonville, Oregon
A weekly newspaper published every Sat irdav at the co inty seat of Jan.-on
County, Oregon. D. W. B ag . shaw , Editor and Publisher
Entered as second-class matter June 22, 1907, at the post office al Jaekcor.viii.
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March
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SATURDA Y. MARCH 2. I ¡1.8
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail <1..>J. Advertising.grates furnished on
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application.
Raise More Reaus Is
Uncle Sam’s Plea.
Tuscania V ictim Has A Wid
ow At Knuppa, Ore.
Yamhill, Or., Feb. 25—Alex J. Dunr,
a private in company E. 6th battalion,
2'1 b engineers, who was umoig the
victims of the Tuscania, disaster was
a resident of Oregon b fore enlisting,
haying c- mr to th s s ite from t’olias-
sett. Minn., where his parents reside.
His widiw is living with relatives at
Knappa, Or.
Portland, Feb. 27— Emphasizing the
fact that too many beans cannot be
grown, especially the white ones, W.
K. Newell, assistant food administra
tor for Oregon, announced this morn
ing that at the present time the army 1
aw! navy alone are using beans on a
bisis better than 9 or 9'J per cent re-
c euned.
The Oregon bean crop totals only 1 Must SliTjv Cards To Gel Food
p r cent of the entire bean production
o’the country. The fact that the
state is ideal for producing this crop
London, Feb. 25 —Saturday was the j
has resulted in the food administra- last day on which persons living in Lon
t on officials of Washington requesting don snd the immediate adjoining coun
O-egen farme-s t > get busy and raise ts s could buy meat, mtrga’ine and
pure beans, according to Mr. New butter without producili;' a ration
ell.
card.
The Butler Trial
“A Representative of all the peo-
pie. ” -West
Earth
and
Tip >
Never Trembled So Violently
So Generally assuring the
Past Twelve Months.
An enrihquake^that <1< stroyed the
city of Guatemala 1ms added to the
record of disasters and horrors that
have marked the past year, quite
apart from the tragedies of the war,
as on,’ of th,, most dreadful in inod’s'it
ana iIs. Early in the year 1917 au
earth<|:mku occurred In ceiiirul For
mosa. killing Him. I.nter In the same
month 550 were killed by an earth
quake <m the Island of Bali, on the
.Malay arelil|sdagi>.
In April many were killed in Tus
cany and I'mbria, in Italy, by an earth
quake. Shocks occurred In different
parts of the world throughout I lie
spring, the most severe being In Sun
Salvador, where fortunately no lives
were lost, though serious damage was
done. Heavy damage was done In
July in the Samoan Islands, with losses
of life. In August nil earthquake in
New Zealand caused serious destruc
tion. In September Colombia felt a
series of shocks lusting for two weeks,
With the destruction of hundreds of
houses and some losses of life. A
disaster of another character, but be
longing to die record of misfortunes of
the year, occurred in Halifax harbor
on the 6th of December, when a muni
tions ship was destroyed by collision
with another vessel and over 1,500
lives were lost, with a property loss of
$50,000,000.
Now comes the Guatemala quake,
l he full effect ot which Is not known,
but which Ims doubtless taken a heavy
toll id’ life and Ims rendered 125.000
people homeless. Rarely has the earth
trembled so violently and so generally
as during the past year. The full toll
of dentils from the shakes will per
Imps never he known, ns many of the
disturbances occurred In remote
places,
T i il <>f Butler, in licte 1 by the grand
jury for m irder in the second degree
t >r the killing of Joseph M. Stewart,
last fall, was begun in the circuit court
in thi-« city Monday morning. All of
Monday, Tuesdsy and part of Wednes
ARMY WITH ETERNAL SMILE
day were spent in securing a jury.
The opening statement of the prose
English Warriors Display Greatest
cuting attorney was to the effect that
Fortitude Especially During Hours
the evidence for the state would be
of Suffering in Hospitals.
mostly circumstantial, there being no
rctual eye-witnesses to the shooting
Sir Berkeley Moynihan, the represent
ative of Great Britain In the surgeon
except the defendant and the victim.
general's office In Washington, said re
The attorney for the defense relied up
cently that the English army Is an
on the p'ea of self defense.
army with n smile, that it never wears
Witnesses for the state proved the
off and that whore it is most persistent
death of Stewart, the cause, certain
Is in the war hospitals. In ills cease
statements made by defendant, etc. A
less visits to the bedsides of the
number of exhibits were introduced as
wounded at night he could not but be
evidence.
touched by the awful loneliness and
For the defense, attorney Boggs
solitude and the aching misery of the
placed the defendant on the stand. His
early hours of the day. But never was
there n whimper of regret or surren
story was brief and told the story of
der.
the shooting from his viewpoint. He
Never would ho forget one boy who
claims that, three shots we'e fired at
hail it bad compound fracture of the
him before he replied in kind. The |
Candidate For
knee Joint, which every effort had
Bieberstadt fahiily were the principal
been mntlo to save. In spite of the
witnesses for the defense, all of them Republican Nomination for efforts gangrene hud come ou and amp
telling the same story as to the num
utation wns necessary.
ber of reports heard by them, etc. A
By blood transfusion, the use of
number of character witnesses were
which In surgery wns due to Maj.
called and examined, after which the
George Crlle, the American surgeon,
Salem, Oregon.
the boy had been put Into something
State called witnesses in rebuttal.
like fair condition, Though still a
The arguments for the stale were
(Paid Advertisement)
grave surgical risk the boy hml had
then made bv Mr. Roberts and for the
to have his chance.
defense by Mr. Boggs. Judge Calkins
Sir Berkeley had seen him several
Electric
Sparks
in a fair and impartial charge, in which
limes during the evening and again
he explained the law as it affects this
•it half past eleven, when lie hud said:
p irticular case, submitted the case to
"Well, how are you?” The boy turned
(From
Off
Our
Wireless)
the jury shortly after four o’slock Fri I
his white, weary face to him and said
day evening. The jury reported at
There is one advantage in being your ns loudly us he could, "I am tip-top,
midnight a verdict of manslaughter own boss—you can work overtime aid sir;" and nt midnight was dead.
with a recommendation to the clemen on holidays if you want to.
Volumes Couldn’t Say More.
cy of the court.
If Col. Roosevelt were minister of
A curious sidelight on German
The jury was as follows: H. C. Gar
munitions he might explode premature standards of probity Is found In n re
nett, C. A. Devoe, Emil ¡Britt, E. E.
ly.
port of the case of Lieutenant Spin
Dimick, Ed Baer, D. D. Churchill, Geo.
Things must be pretty lively in To dler, who commanded the German
Aldan, Wtu. H. McNair, Robert Cook,
ship l.lbnu, which landed Casement In
C. J. Layne, H. C. Egan and Chris bolsk. Mi. Romanoff his not iH'aped Ireland and was captured, says the
for
a
week.
Kelso.
Outlook.
Spindler gave up four
There is a suspicion th it a violent pounds when taken prisoner, saying it
stage quarrel is proceeding between was all he had. ••When Ills captor
Lebanon Youth Burled
Germany and Austria.
asked, ‘On your honor?’ Spindler re
Nothing conns borne to man so mtn h plied, ‘No, no more.’ ’’ A search re
vealed 21 fil e pound notes concealed
Lebanon, Or., Feb. 25 Joel Cham as an unsettled bill.
In
Ills clothing. The attorney general
berlain, a Lebanon boy who died on the
Don’t get into the habit of going asked him: "Do you think in the clr-
battleship South Dakota, off Halifax, around with your bristles up.
cmnstances you were entitled to give
while the vessel was in the convoy ser
i Many an eloquent speaker, like H an untruthful answer?" Lieutenant
vice, was buried here yesterday after
Spindler replied : “There may be dif
j river is greatest at the mouth.
noon and a large audience, composed
ferent points of view—the point of
Of
course
the
Colonel
sees
only
Ot
e
of citizens of this city and all parts of
view of an English officer and the
Linn county, attended to pay the last side. He has only one good eye a <1 |H>lnt of view of n German officer."
Volumes could speak no more.
honors to the youth’s memory. Two I sometiiii.is he puts a blinker on that.
We are warned not to be t io hopeful
brothers of the dead youth are in the
Better Clothes for Tommy.
service of the government, one of them in regard to strikes in Germany. The
A longstanding grievance of the
Serving on the South Dakota. The I it- fighting machine hasn’t struck so far.
British soldier Is to be remedied. On
t.T accompanied the body to this city.
A wounded American in Fr n. e call- discharge he wns served out with a
el for “Germans, beef-teak, and or:- suit of shoddy, described In the trade
” W.mt.d tl.em . erve I t '. itlnr as "reach me downs," a cheap tweed
C aptain Fon Der Helen Or ions.
ve suppose.
cap and a muffler, the value being fixed
What’s in a nime? The president of at 64.20.
dered Io I art Sill.
A newspaper man who witnessed the
the Bolshevik! peace delegation is nam
ed Joffe. With the help of a single discharge of the men who fought nt
Mons described the returning heroes
Captain Gsorge Von der Hellen, who “,r” he would have been a Joffre.
ns looking like charity pensioners.
was the only Jackson county man at
Reported dissent ions in Germai y,
Till' pl-ess dealt with the complaint
tending either of the officers’ training however they may be approved of in and the war otliee amended the scheme
camps to win a captain’s commission this country, are not going to make by substituting for the muffler a collar
has won high commendation for his ef any responsible Americans carelet s and a He and suggesting greater care
in the fitting of Individual suits.
ficiency and ordered to Fort Sill, Okla about war preparations.
Henceforth these men are to be re
homa. for drill with big guns. This
Biggest thing in the world
leased for civilian life wearing suits
means his transfer to the ti Id artil the peace congress after the w
decent quality and cut, represent
lery and probable speedy departure for all nations will pledge themselves nev of
ing $10, wholesale value.
France.
er to fight again.
Rehabilitation of Holy Land.
Possibly Germany, aftey a little more
Immediate plans for the rehabilita
Parcel Post Weights Increased. experience with the Bolsheviki, may
tion of the Holy Land, to fit It for the
pass Russia back to the allies.
home of the Jews of the world, are
Turkey and Austria are asking peace now under consideration by the officers
Washington, Feb. 26—As a means of
of
everybody that carries a gun.
’he New York Zionist organization.
stimulating movement of farm products
A U ks I:.'».! unit will be dispatched to
to th* consumer, Postmaster General I The compiler or Who's Who must the strleker: lend, loans will be made
Burleson today increased the allowable have a gay time in Rusaia and Fin- to the colonKi t rebuild and refit
weights of parcel post packages effec land.
their farms and vltuyvn)?. and Irriga
tive March 15.
The Germans arc not so much after tion and sanitation probh-i»>i>t lie
Packages when mailed in the first or a peace with Russia as a piece of Rus solv< d. The 61.000 ikkl fund now fvmg
raised will be used for immediate pur
second sones for delivery in the first, sia.
second or third sons» may weigh 70
The Senate's commerce committee poses, and It is believed the recon
pounds. The limit tor all other toms finds the Hog Island shipyard too ne°r struction work will Involve an expen
diture of npproxiu ot-ly 6100.000,000,
was increased from 20 to 50 pounds.
the pork barrel.
State Treasurer
iá$
Sone New House Dr
Aprons.
Rompers for the Kiddies
for the Boys and
Middies for the School Girls
A Dandy Assortment
Good Materials ■ Neatly Made - Reasonable
Jno.M. Williams Co.
Phone 142.
-Il.e Pc Pile’s
Jacksonville
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Bank of Jacksonville
Weather Report.
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Farm and Stock Loans
All kinds of Insurance
4 per cent Interest paid on Time Deposits
Until this new smoke”
was m ide you could never
have a real Burley tobacco
cigarette. It’s the best yet
The toasting; brings out the
delicious flavor of that fina
cld Kentucky Burley. You
never tasted anything so
agreeable—think what
roasting does for peanuts.
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Following is the report of (I. S. Vol
unteer Cooperative Observer, E. Britt;
Jacksonville, for month of Jan.
Latitude 42 deg. 18. min. north; kt.gi-
tude 128 deg. 5 min. West.
Pat«
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
10
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
¿5
16
27
28
1 -9
1 30
Lfl
Maximum Minimum Fri cipittt*
44
41
4«
52
54
51
bl
47
43
39
»41
51
44
48
46
49
52
41
40
42
45
60
51
47
46
48
46
48
43
40
•
82
82
B.I
39
44
43
41
38
81
26
32
39
82
37
37
41
38
3»
25
24
26
27
30
31
81
33
33
2o
31
30
21
Temperature—mean max. 46.25; mean
min. 32.90; mean 39.57; Max 54. on 5.
Minimum, 21. on 31. Greatest daily
range, 20. Total precipitation 3.27
inches. Greatest in 24 hours, 1.46 in.,
Number of days with 01.
on 12.
inch or more precipitation, 15. clear,
7; partly cloudy, 10; cloudy, 4.
Total snow’fall 0 inches
Precipitation for season, 12 83
Precipitation for last season 10.58
Seasonal average
E. B ritt ,
Cooperative Observer.
Countv Treasurer’s 93rd Call
For Warrants,
State <.f Oregon, County of Jackson
Treasury Department.
Jacksonville, Oregon, March 2nd,
Notice is h.-i bv given that there ar»
■funds on h inri for the re lomption of
all County Warrants which were pro
tested from March 1st, 1913 to May
31st, 1913, both dales inclusive.
Interest ceases on the warrants
above called on this the 2nd, day of
•March, 1918.
M yrtle W. B lakeley ,
Treasurer of Jackson County, Oregon.
Guaranteed by
AjL'Vl.CiCC
Th» only gooff thing we have ever
heard about Trotzky was that he was
once in America.
The war depsrtment in at least effl-
cieut enough to put up a pretty good
fight in its defense.