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About Jacksonville post. (Jacksonville, Or.) 1906-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1918)
Dragon Historical Society City HiHJ JACKSONVILLE. JACKSON COI N 1 ' VOL XI I ACTIVITY OF ALIEN ENEMIES IS SMALL I OREGON SETS PAGE FOR THE N Vi TON BIG AMERICAN STEAM ER IS MISSINI Tilt* Following Litter Re- Says Re Officials Fear That Cyclops Is Captured By Ger ports Are Generally man Spies. Magnified. Attorney Genera! crived Ulrich Is Show our Boys ’ > i J Oregon Man Invents Propeller. Lebanon, Or., April 16- The rela tives of Thomas Slate, a former Linn county man have just received word from him that his invention of an air plane propellor has proved a success and that the United States govern ment has contract for 50,000 of the propellers. Mr. Slate has been ap pointed manager of a factory in New ark, N. J., to which the order was giv “Over There Hl that we are with them oz. h.,.: , M il 0 l • • . i‘ * ' • f". f Report Good Year At Heppner. 100per cent strong: Buy Liberty Bonds f: .. t ■t/ ■I -U and make out future SAFE Space donated by Lewis Ulrich j ' * .. . ■ i Ch.iirmtn S-lf- explanatory Washington, April 15 Reports of I Washington, April 15—Capture enemy activities in the United States the big 19.000 ton American collier Cy are grossly exaggerated, says Attorn clop* by spies on board the vessel is to ey General Gregory in a letter to Rep -day considered a possible explanati >n resentative Currie of Michigan, made I sf the vessel’s mysterious disappear public tonight by Mr. Gregory. Re ance while enroute from South Ameri •r*. plying to a letter from Mr. Currie, say can waters to a United Slates port. ing that a strong feeling exists thru- The vessel has been overdue for more out the country that the government than a month, and it became known to iibarhy Wa is dealing too leniently with i speeches day that grave fears have been felt for the past three weeks. Orders for and dangerous enemv aliens the attor- faraal« Iwr* ney general explained the extensive greater efforts to find the ship went work of the department of justice in ! out today to American steamers. In policing the country under i war cotxli- ; addition, allied naval craft on patrol tions. He emphasized the difficulties ! I duty in the South are aiding in under which the department is labor-j hunt. ing, including the lack of necessary I So far not one word has come to clear laws under which to punish offenders. up the mystery of the collier’s disap ‘‘The public assumes,” Mr. Gregory pearance. Secretary Daniels said to wrote, ‘‘that there is a great deal of day, however, that he still clung to the enemy activity going on in this coun hope tnat the vessel would report as try and it is but natural that vague re many other naw ships have done after ports are magnified into definite and they had been given up for lost. sensational stories. The Cyclops carried 57 passengers, 15 ‘‘The talk of damage done by enemy officers and 221 men in her crew. aliens in causing incendiary fires is an Alfred L. Moreau Gootschalk, United illustration of this. Repeatedly, both States consul general at Rio Janeiro, in reputable newspapers and in publi was the only civilian among the passen URUGUAY ON VERGE OUR OWN STATE cations gotten out by citizen societies, gers on the collier, the others being I exagger ited statements are made as two naval lieutenants and 54 naval en OF WAR WITH HUNS to the amount of the damages. Sta listed men, returning to the United Some Recent Happenings tistics show that considering the vast States. The Cyclops was commanded ircreased value of merchandise and by Lieutenant Commander G. W. Wor Demands Release of Mem In Various Parts plants, the actual fire loss to property ley, United States naval reserve force. bers Of Mission To of all descriptions in 1917 was appre of Oregon Naval officials were no nearer today ciably less than that of the year of to a solution of the disappearance than France In Note To 1913. Likewise the report recently they were three weeks ago when anx Camp Ground for Auto Tourists. made by the National Board of Fire iety over the safety of the ship first Berlin Underwriters shows in substance that developed. There is absolutely noth Roseburg, Or., April 16 —Riseburg during the past year not one fire has ing on which to found an explanation. will keep an up to-date camp grounds been clearly proven to be work of alien The big carrier has simply vanished Montevideo, April 16—The govern for automobile tourists this season, the enemies, and at a recent conference in from the sea. ment of Uruguay his asked Berlin, same as the last two years. The the treasury department of all of the through Switzerland, if Germany con grounds will be in Wimberly park, and men in all departments charged with siders that a state of war exists with I are equipped with cookers, water and pritectionof plants and supplies, it Kenneth Williams In Uruguay, as stated by the commander other privileges on the bank of Deer was stated without dissent that no of a submarine, who captured a Uru creek. Report To Army guayan instance of a fire ‘caused within the military commission bound for past year by alien enemies.” France. If the reply is the affirma tive, Uruguay will declare a state of Frank Stuckley Dies In Baker. St. Louis, April 13—Kenneth Wil war. If a negative reply is received Baker, Or., April 16—Frank Stuek- liams; outfielder with the St. Louis Mrs. Sarah J. Clark Is Dead. Uruguay will deman I that the com ley died at his home in Baker yester Americans, left today for Grants Pass, Salem, Or., April 15—Mrs. Sarah J. Or., his home, where on April 26 he missioners be liberated on parole. day of cancer of the stomach after an Clark, 83 years old. died at her home will answer a call for the army draft. illness lasting for a year. He was 58 The foregoing dispatch indicates that # rs of age and had lived in Baker for here Saturday after a residence of more Williams came from the Pacific Coast a German submarine captured a Uru 13 years. He leaves a wife and two than 40 years in Salem. She is surviv league at the close of last season. guayan mission to France. This is the sons, Stanley and Warren. ed by her husband, Henry Clark; two first information that such an incident Once the Hun hordes overran Euro had occurred. daughters, Mrs. C. A. Harold and Mrs. pean civilization, and the result was Frank Shedeck, of Salem, and a son, ‘‘the long night” of a thousand years, Warren’s Home Guard to Serve. Unless people swallow flattery it is W. H. Clark, of Saiem. One is plenty. Warren, ¡Ore., April 16—Warren's apt to make them sick. home guard is fully organized and dril ling weekly. Tne men will be sworn in as deputy sheriffs next week by Sheriff Stanwood. Equipment is ex pected shortly and the company is now composed of 65 men. %«• w .• By li! /NDUSLWU K:.i//£.V »4 : » Manufac.'ures, Enterprises and P.swdi.ig Improvements, Payrolls aid Promot ing Development — * * ‘ of Oregbn. ! * ' Newport —Ro‘k for jetty wiritwil. come from old Pioneer quarry which contain* some of _t.ie tf lest rock i.i Mr. Louis Ulrich, state. ,., j Jacksonville, Oregon. Buy Oregon products an t help reduc > Dear Sir: Oregon firs ! Our great State has the car shortage is a good si >gan. set a pace for the nation. You and the Marshfield - Small am >unts of rived people of your district have done splen- sp-uce are now being shipp.e I from i did work in the whirlwind drive which Coos county. , has agein swept us over the top Our Brownsville - Seven sawmills ope 'at- achievement is too big and our motive mg near , here. •> t> ■ too high to permit of any personal com North Bend io b.iild $«,532 27 worth mendation, but I cannot refrain at this cf concrete sidewalks. M time from giving some expression of The Dalles — Wasco Co. farmor* jtu my deep appreciation for the remarka build 59,001 bushel elevator here.,i(j ' ble showing which you have made. Extensive road work is now ..under Blease except my hearty congrat ' wav in Oregon which will Jgroatl.v ben- ulation. Iefit the whole state. o- o Yours truly. B laine H allock Eugene —Work to start soon on Lane Assistant Executive Manager, county’s $35,09J court house. Liberty Loan State Central Toledo -Chelsey Lumber Co. lets Committee of Oregon. contract to log 40 acres on Mill creek. -----------•<*>•---------- Coos Bay leads other coast ports in Naval Reserve Wants Recruits ' shipment of lumber t > San Francisco market in March. Portland —St. Johns may get big Seattle, Wash., April 15 —A tecruit- ship plant. ing party of six in charge ot Ensign F. B. Upshaw of the Naval Training i Portland—To give ingress and egrets Camp here, left this city on tour of to new grrin elevators and do-ks Pub Western Oregon for the purpose of se lic Service Commission issued qrfl.tr curing recruits for the U. S. Naval providing overhead crossing uver the O. W. R N. 1 , Reserve Force. Roseburg—Angora goat raising in Ten thousand men are wanted tor the Naval reserves. Enlistment is for Douglas county has proven a profitable industry. the duration of the war only. The party will make their first stop Reedsport—Deep sea fishing industry in Ashland and work north, going to to be started here; boat purchased. Medford, Grants Bass, Roseburg, Eu Yaquina to have storage( an I iea gene, Albany, Salem and Portland. plant. ■> i-r They will also make all the towns along Union —Sunnvbrool> Farm, 8'W acre’, this route. The recruiting paity is near here sold for $20,090. scheduled to uriive in Ashland on Wed Port Oxford Fyfe-Wilspn Lumber nesday, April 17th. They wdl remain in each town or city for a period of two i Co. of Bandon, making, preliminary i j plans to build mill on river ( six; miles to three days only. Enlist in the U. S. Naval Reserves from here. Oregon farm wages are shown, to be today. The men are either sent to Bremerton or to the Naval Training higher than noimal, many districts Station in Seattle for their training. agreeing on a scale of $60 a month, Both camps are the most modern on with board. Harvest wages will be the Pacific Coast. The period of train slightly higher, depending on natpre of ing is from two to four months after employment. which the men are sent to sea. Portland - Fourth steel carrier latHieh- Be ready to enroll as a Naval Reserve 1 ed at Albina Engine and Machine works and see service First. 3800 tons. Northwest fa’ ahekl.* Shipyards here distance Atlantic coast plants, Short Cord Brings William S. Brown, of Marine Engi Fine to Fuel Dealer. neers’ Association, impressed by pio- gress in shipbuilding. « Astoria Marine Iron ' Wotks con- Portland, April 16—Henry Wester : tracts for four new buildings! man, manager of the South Portland Toledo —Soldiers go to Siletz. Log Fuel company, was fined $50 by Muni cipal Judge Rossman yesterday after I ging road into big spruce |ra<j»’,‘t<i.‘be noon for selling short measure wood, rushed. i U •. *i> lie was alleged to have told part of a Rails going down to KllUJUith .^l!s cord, representing it to be a cord, ac to Dairy railroad. ».«to 1 ■ V cording to an information signed by E. Gold Hill sawmill and box factory re I). Jones, city sealer of weights and sume. • < measures. Pacific Iron Works, Portland'a ^'As This was the third time that West toria Iron Works get coiril'act’foH out erman had been in municipal court on a similar charge, and Judge Rossman fitting ten ships. >.>••’ ’< Medford, Grants Pass and. told him if he was again brought in for that ofTense that he would fix the to have higher gas rates. Six mire contracts let Saturday penalty so high that it would force him out of business. Bail on appeal was bring Oregon ship orders up to 99.' ' fixed at $560. Yaquina Toner an I Burke burtdmg cold storage and ice plant 5(1 by ldO. the Money Comes Back Tacoma voted about 11 to 3 against municipal carlines. I Coquille to have a concrete fire proof The cycle of money invested in Lib theatre. erty Bonds is short and complete. Tne Ontario lets part of contract for new people lend the money to the Govern $ 100,(XM),water system. ment, the Government lends some to Newport Two’survey.irs complete^ our Allies, and our Government and for railroad from Alsea to Yaqtilua'Jt <y our Allies straightway spend the mon and prospects for the road look very ey, or the greater portion of it, among the people of the United States. In bright. Portland, Oregon, April 12, 191$. Heppner, Or , April 15 The sheep men of Morrow county have had one of the best seasons for lambing in sev eral years, and nearly all report 100 per cent or better increase in flocks. Shearing commences today, and the clip will be one of the best ever shorn in this section. I Crop prospects are all that could be desired at this time of the yea’, and some instances the moqev paid in by with the normal rainfall in May and wage earners on one installment of Li June a bumper yield is certain. berty Bonds is paid by the Government I to their employers, and ¡by then em ployers paid back to them in the way Salem Soldier Is Dead. of wages before the next ¡Bond install Sab rn. Or., April 15—Benjamin Me- I ment is due. Buy Liberty Bonds. Clelland, a member of the medical corps ----- - ■ -■ — of the United States army, is dead at Camp Harry Jones, Douglas, Ariz , ac Roseburg Man Drowns. cording to information received here by his parents Mr. and Mrs. James Mc-I Roseburg, Ore., April 15 Jane.' Clelland His father 1« a member of the Salem city council, Death wn« Grief, an employe of the local w^ter due to pneumonia, .lames McClelland company, was drowned today wifien Jr., « brother of the dead eolditer, is in I caught in the suction created by I-' the avittion service at Berkely, Cal. ting out the water to <■> an the frefcr The body is expected to arrive here voir hire. The suction pulled him wi for iurial Wednesday or Thursday of der and was so stro ig that it took e ght men to pull out 'h • body afte- this ¡Week. a rope had been placed around "it. Berlin used to lie on the Spree, but Grief was unmarried and 49 years of , age. now it lies and lies everywhere. New Medfoid Firm. H. C. and Ben Garnett have pui*efia< ed the Gornett-Corv Hardware Ausi* ness and the firm will be known as' Garnett Brothers Hardware ani they' will bfc located at the of I st and.' Shorty and Ben have b "bn iti the business here for over a score of years, arc pleasant and* ar*otnodating;' k now their line of b isinési tlforoilgftly an t will Snake M sucre«.’ -' * ' 11 ‘ The bid firm recently* h I :l bii/ lai« andfido- Ion most of th >1 t'Gta tf‘ goods And the new flrm 'h is allMa new stock in all lines. * The new fi m will «on lu*’t a eaih business.- Sun. • l < . « 1 I Spring nfever grows old. ■ Ptrhhps has nothing on its conscience. 9 I «• it « - ■>» » i . ■'