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? THE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1016. GRANTS PASS TURNS SUGAR FAGTuRY SOD Thousands Cheer at Start of Work on $600,000 Plant . in Southern Oregon. EDUCATIONAL MOVE BEGUN .ExiK-rts Prepare for Campaign iii Interests or Cultivation of Beets Firt Meeting Arouses Enthusiasm. GRANTS PASS, Or.. Feb. 21. (Spe cial Before 3000 cheering, enthusias tii- sncotitors. rround was broken to day for the new J600.000 sugar-beet fai tnrv that Is being- built by the Ore mm Jt Utah Suirar Company, of Salt likp. Short addresses were made by Mayor l r TmuT Sunerintendent F. xl nmniu-pii rtf the Oregon & Utah Com pany, and George C. Sabin, chairman of ihA arrpacft rommlttec. Little Miss Marion Sabin, daughter of Chairman Sabin, turned the first shovelful of earth in the excavation work for the new factory. The Grants rass band played and as the first earth was turned there was an outburst of annlause. long and loud. A ciant sugar beet of tinted white mils n was lowered Into me ursi noie. The schools adjourned from 10:20 o'clock until noon that the children mitrht attend the ceremony. The new factory is about one mile nouili of Grants Pass, on the line of thA California & Oregon Coast Rail road, and comprising some 150 acres. In addition to the land actually used bv the factory and the necessary out buildings, large feed sheds and yards will be used where the larmers ana Ktorke-rowers may brine cattle for fattening on the beet pulp. Alexander Nibley. secretary of the company, and George Austin, expert In the cultivation of sugar beets and soil conditions, arrived, last night. Mr. Aus tin addressed a large crowd of pros pective beet growers here this after noon at the Commercial Club, where all phases of the soil preparation, planting and growing of beets were discussed. Mr. Austin will conduct an educational campaign in the Valley. FEDERALIZED GUARD SURE Continued From First Pase.) rezinients of field artillery, 62 com panics of coast artillery, 15 companies of engineers and four aero squadrons. This is the exact regular Army pro gramme mapped out by ex-Secretary Garrison before the unfavorable recep tion of the continental army scheme led to his resignation. It represents also a concession by Chairman Hay, who urged previously -reaching the same total strength by recruiting pres ent regiments up to full war strength and adding to the field artillery arm. Under the tentative bill, the Regular Army would have an organization capable of being expanded to 275.000 nien in war time, and a reserve provi ion will be included designed to pro duce annually 75.000 reservists, obli gated to return to the colors under call. It will provide also for doubling the cadet corps at West Point and creation of 30 cadet companies to be attached to regular regiments to be trained for entry into an officers re serve corps. Bill to Be lteadr Soon. The committee members found them selves in such general accord as to the general aspects of the measure they favored, that it required little discus sion to produce the plan of authorizing Mr. Hay to frame a bill which will be taken up for detailed consideration next "Wednesday. Mr. Hay already had prepared a rough draft of the measure as proposed, and he thought tonight it could be whipped into final shape ac ceptablo to all members within two weeks. While the House committee was busy with this plan, the Senate, military committee was working on its pro posals for the Regular Army, framing its measure on the basis of the Cham .berlain bill, which provides for an army of approximately 200,000 men on the basis of the War College plan of 1312. It is understood the committee plans to make its bill authorize a thorough reorganization of the Army, with a peace strength of from 160.000' to 200.000 men. A compromise between the bills of the two houses will be the decision of Congress as to the Regular Army. It is understood that the House com mittee will accept the larger Regular Army plan of the Senate, provided its scheme for federalizing the National Guard is adopted by the upper house. Federalization I'laa Worked Oat. The House measure will undertake the task of federalization on the unanimous opinion of the committee that Congress has power, under the Constitution, to take full control of the National Guard in peace as well as war. Under that authority the bill will authorize a maximum strength for the National Guard of 425.000 on a basis of 800 men for each member of Congress; will specifically prohibit the disbanding of any organization by the state authorities and remove present limitations on the use of the force outside the country. The federalization .provisions will exceed the proposals of the National Ouard Associations tentative bill in many respects, including the maximum strength authorized. The guardsmen proposed only 500 men to a district. The House committee bill will add provision for a National Guard re serve and for recruiting regiments sent to the front, and will fix the peace pay of privates at $1S a year, second lieu tenants I2ia, first lieutenants J300 captains JoOO. and higher officers in proportion. Members of the committee said that consultation with high legal authorities has assured them of the feasibility of their plans under the law. They be lieve that appointment of officers is virtually the only power in respect to the National Guard vested in the states by the Constitution, and argue that' with the Federal Government holding the pursestrings and requiring that only those wlo pass suitable examinations may draw pay, even that difficulty will be removed. i President Han Fall Power. It is proposed to empower the Presi dent to draft members of the National Guard into the Federal service in war times, setting at rest immediately any question of conflict of authority over the troops when they are needed for the purpose of the Nation. To train the National Guard, to supply sufficient officers for instructors at all military schools, where a suffi cient body of cadets is under instruc tion to warrant it, and to meet count less other demands on the commissioned personnel of the regular Army, the bill will add 786 officers, bringing the total up to 700.), as proposed by the War Department in the Garrison plan. It will also provide for an increase in the medical corps and the medical reserve turps, and for the detailing of Uuee Army officers for duty with the Ameri can Red Cross. The enlistment period for the regular Army will be fixed at seven years. pVobably divided into four years with the colors and three in reserve. Provi sion will be made, however, for the discharge of efficient men into the re serve with less than four years' service. Mtrojccn Fixation Plant Provided. In providing for the nitrogen fixa tion plant the bill will not specify the Government waterpower site to be made use of, its selection being left to tne war Department. vvnile tne in dustry will be built up by private capital for the production of fertilizer, it will be provided that the Govern ment shall have the full output avail able in War times for powder manu facture. The Government will supply waterpower at a low rate and it may be determined to extend financial as sistance also If that is found necessary. The McKellar bill proposes the es tablishment by each state of a col lege for military training with a mini mum state appropriation for mainten ance of 140.000 annually, the Govern ment to contribute $80,000. Any ex isting college not now a military in stitution may be designated by the state. The work to be done in the three or four-year course would be preserved by a board headed by the Secretary of War with an Army officer as assistant and a civilian as secretary. Students would be selected by com petitive examination in the respective counties of each state, or as the board might later direct. . A graduate would be assigned to the officers' reserve corps and be obligated to answer any call from the Secretary of War. for service within seven years after gradua tion. He also would be liable lor ad ditional training at Summer encamp ments. The institutions would be pat terned after West Point and each would have a minimum attendance of 3U0 students. NEWFOUNDLAND IS HELP TO BRITAIN Asked to Provide 2000 Sol diers Island Sends 3000 and Will Have More. PATRIOTISM RUNS HIGH Regiment Known as "Millionaires" Because of Relatively Good I'ay Has Distinguished Itself on More Than One Occasion. TWO DAYS MORE A LI & - "2 Est If eSPl XORTH WEST 'FEDERATIOS IV SKS- SIOS AT TACOMA, Meet in tc Open. With Prayer by Red bo la So Old That Data of Birth Are Not Traceable. TACOMA, Feb. 21. With prayer by Chief Charlie Satiacum, of Ronton, who is so old that Indians of the present day have no memory data on which to cal culate his age. the annual meeting of tho Northwest Indian Federation of American Indians opened here today. Thomas G. Bishop, president of the as soeiation, presided. Members of once powerful tribes in Washington and Oregon and descend ants of many Indians who have severed their tribal relations were at tne meet ing. Several hundred full bloods are squat ters around the Sound, living on fishing and fowl they are able to catch. Owing to the growing scarcity of their natural food supply, many of these old Indians are in a pitiable plight, ine associa tion will make an effort to interest the Government in this to the extent of at least giving them an opportunity to obtain food. The matter of sending a representa tive to Washington in an attempt to hasten Congressional action on Indian claims long pending will also be con sidered. CREDIT GIVEN TO WIVES Grangers Decide Women Responsible for Success on Farms. MIUWAUKIK. Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) It was the consensus of opinion at the meeting of Milwaukle Grange vesterdav that the prosperity of a farm depends on the farmer's wife, plus he activity of the nusoana. tne ques ion discussed was. "To what extent does the prosperity of the farm depend on the farmer's wife?" and the answer to this question given by the speakers was "100 per cent. Officers were installed for the ensu- ng year as roiiows: Piaster, . r. Hanson; overseer, Valeria G. Benvie: lecturer, E. W. Bonnell; chaplain. T. 1U A. Sell wood: treasurer, Mary Hanson; secretary, Kate Kasto; steward, Bap- st Campbell: assistant steward, Ralph Froman; gatekeeper, E. L. Hendee; lady ssistant steward. Maggie jonnson Ceres, May Phillips; Pomona, Etne Froman: Flora. Florence Robbins; mem ber executive committee, H. G. fc-tark- weather; Grange reporter, Valeria G, Benvie. BT LAMAR TOOZE. University of Oregon Representative of the Henry Ford Peace Mission. EUGENE, Or, Feb. 21. (Special.) About the only thing the average American knows about Newfoundland is either that it is the home of the fa molis Newfoundland dog ortliat it was the first landing place of the t'abots John and Sebastian on the continent of North America. But Newfoundland has other claims for fame more material and more im portant. This insular possession, lying off the. coast of Canada, is today fur nishing 3000 of the best eoldiers in the British army. The area of the island is hardly hall) the area of Oregon: its population is approximately one-fourth. The capital of the colony, St. John's, has itself contributed 1000 young men to the British ranks. The population of St. John's in round numbers is 35.000. In recent dispatches from the general headquarters of the British army these hoys the majority of the soldiers now fighting in Kurope are only hoys have received, individually and collectively, favorable mention for their services. Like the Canadian troops, they have seen much active service since the war began. Like the Canadians, too, they are hardy and can'stand the fatigue of long marches and severe rampaigns. Life on that bleak island has given them extraordinary endurance. How they stood the heat in the Dardanelles campaign is not known but they must nave sutrered. Resident! Prond of Soldier. .ine people or JNewroundlann are proud of "their boys," as they fondly call them, who are today upholding uritam s cause on the far-flung battle line of Europe. . - A shortage of coal forced the Holland-American liner, "Noordam," on which I was a passenger, into St. John's. Unlike the British authorities at Falmouth, England, the Newfound landers permitted us to land. Which explains how I received my informa tion on the situation there. The whole atmosphere surrounding ou Jonns is an atmosphere of war. Re cruiting signs are posted everywhere: "Lord Kitchener urges young men to respond to their country's call; enlist toaay: Ana so forth. The principal topic of conversation is war. The New foundlanders were deeply interested in the account of the peace party's trip through Germany. They were especial ly interested in the Germans' food sun- ply and were manifestly surprised when ira told them that apparently with few unimportant exceptions Germany was not suffering from food shortage. They made no comments about the Germans, but were enthusi astic in their expressions of confidence in an ultimate British victory they didn't say "ally" victory. The Fascinating Screen Star in WOMAN N The story is that of a young; and beautiful Italian girl, who escapes from the tyranny of a cruel uncle, comes to this country to meet and marry her lover, and passes through a series of adventures, which combine to make one of the most thrilling and absorbing photodramas ever shown on the screen before the final happy ending. SPECIAL ADDED FEATURES Pipe Dreams A Comedy Health of Our Nation Educational Pickford Orchestra Good Music fyfS Always Good Pictures ICKFORD Phone Main 3452 Washington at Park Fin bo Fly Everywhere. VANCOUVER WOMAN BURIED Services Held for Mrs. Charlotte Bone Who Died in Portland. VANCOUVER. Wash.. Feb. 21. (Spe- ial.) Mrs. Charlotte Bone was buried here yesterday. Funeral services were eld at the Limber runeral chapel by irst Church of Christ Scientist, C. L. Freeman being first reader. Interment was in the Masonic section of the city emetery. She was a native of lion- real, Canada. Mrs. Bone came to Vancouver 26 ears ago from Everett, Mich.; and was resident of this city until three months ago, when she went to live with her son. W. L. Gray. 493 Twenty first sweet, Portland, where she died Friday. She is survived by one son and two daughters Mrs. Blanche Brown, of Seattle, and Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, of Silesia, Mont, 3 MORE CANDIDATES ENTER Republicans at Klamath Falls An nounce Aspirations. KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Three more candidates have announced themselves. These are all Republicans. Albert E. Elder seeks the nomination as State Representative. He has been secretary of the Klamath Wa ter Users' Association here for several years and has been practicing law. R C. Cowley will oppose County Clerk Ie Lap for the nomination to that office. Mr. Cowley is a resident of the Hildebrand section, 25 miles east of this city. Joseph S. Kent, for some time spoken of by his friends as a possible candi date for the nomination of District At torney, has admitted his intention to enter the race. British flags fly from everv mast on both public and private buildings. Civilians patriotically wear little flags pinned to the lapels of their coats. Many of the Newfoundlanders have been killed or wounded in the fighting in Europe. I talked with a young man a clerk in a men's furnishings store, afcout the war. I learned that he had three brothers on the western front. all of them in an army hospital suf fering from frozen feet, caused bv standing in trench water up to their wasts. This young man would have joined the colors, too, but defective eyesight caused his rejection as a re cruit. Another man told me of a-broth-er who was shot through the hand andl shoulder and bayoneted in the side in Galliooli. He eventually recovered. from his wounds and i doing active service that is, he was the last time' his brother heard from him. . Vt hen these people speak about their friends and relatives in the ranks they always condition their statements with: "When I last heard from him." They never are certain. The Newfoundland regiment is known as the "millionaire" regiment of the British army. It didn't, acquire the name because of the wealth of the sol diers, but because of the high rate of pay as compared with the regular Brit ish soldiers. They receive ?1.10 a day; the British "Tommies" get a shilling, about 25 cents. Newfoundland was asked by Lord Kitchener at the outbreak ofUhe war to furnish 2000 soldiers to Britain. She has already exceeded this number by 1000 and other contingents will be sent later. heart. Mrs. Koeheke was born in Ger many in 1854 and came to America 25 years ago, settling in Indiana. She is survived by a husband and three chil dren, F. J. Koebeke. Mrs. Marian Wil son and W. E. Koebeke, all of Helix. "What! My Car?" "Yes! skidded and it's up to you. You failed to provide the chauffeur with Tire Chains. Only good luck saved your wife from paying the supreme penalty for your negli gence. She's on the way to the hospital.painf ully injured, but the doctor thinks she'll pull through. You'd better hurry to the hospital and then report to Headquarters". How strange it is that disas ter must come to some men before they realize 4that all makes and types of tires will skid on wet pavements and muddy roads when not equipped with Chains. These men do not appreciate, until too late, that by failing to provide Weed Anti-Skid Chains they expose their families to injury and death. The time to provide against accidents is before they hap pen. Don't wait until after the" first skid. Put Weed Chains on all four tires at the first in dication of slippery going and you will have quadruple pro tection against injury, death, car damage and law suits. Weed Chains are Sold for All Tires by Dealers Everywhere r AMERICAN CHAIN CO. Inc.. BRIDGEPORT, CONN, Xa Catta&arXOMtNION CHAIN CO LML, NUcara Fall Ontario. W REGISTRATION NOW 1008 Of This Number in Umatilla Comity J 20 Are Women. TENDLETON. Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Ten hundred and six voters have registered in Umatilla County thus far, according to the count made this morning by Miss Frances Sal'.iig. registration clerk. One hundred and twenty of these are women. The Republicans, with a total reg istration of 578. are leading by a com fortable majority. The Democrats have registered 367 voters, the Progressives 8. Socialists 26. Prohibitionists 13, In dependent 9, and no choice 5. 3Wrs. It. II. Koebeke Dead. PENDLETON. Or.. Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) Mrs. L. H. Koebeke. 62 years old, for the past 17 years a resident of Umatilla County, died yesterday at her home in Helix from an attack of tho BAKER PICKS ARCHITECTS Portland Firm Will Design High .School to Cost $100,000. BAKER, Or., Feb. 21. (Special.) Lawrence & Holford, of Portland, have been chosen architects for the $100,000 high school that is to be constructed here next Summer. The plans provide. for a three-story building, including 12 rooms, an audi torium seating 600. a gymnasium, 6 by 100 feet, three rooms for the com mercial departments and three lor sci enoe and domestic laboratories. Bids for the clearing of the site fo the proposed building will be open March 3. Elk Creek Tower Right Given. SALEM. Or.. Feb. 21. (Special) State Engineer Lewis today issued permit to H. L. Ross, of Baker, to ap propriate one second-foot of water from Elk Creek for the development or liu horsepower for mining purposes. This intended development is near Cornu copia. Or., and it is planned to carry water from Elk Creek through a pipe line 4475 feet long. The estimated cost of the work is $6000. Ex-University President Dead. SPOKANE. Feb. 21. The Rev. Isaac Crook, ex-president of the Ohio Uni versity at Athens, O., and of the Uni versitv of tho Pacific at San Jose, Cal., Is dead at his home here today of heart failure. All Osace Indians "nave been granted full citizenship nf the Vnttcrt stares. RADIO GREETING RELAYED La Grande Amateur Handles Nation Wide Washington Message. LA GRANDE. Or., Feb. 21. (Spe cial.) O. M. Heacock. an amateur wireless operator, tonight at 9 o'clock began taking the Nation-wide message apropos of Washington s birthday, which was sent during the evening from Rock Island .to all wireless ama teurs. The instant it was finished eight Boy Scouts began a relay race to the city hall, where City Manager Lafky received the message sent out by the National Association of Wireless Ama teurs. La Grande received from Grand Forks. N. D., and relayed to Northwest and California points, Instantly Served Everlastingly Good Nowadays, in many homes where health is valued, the table beverage is Instant Fo . Not alone because it is served so quickly, but more because it is a pleasant, healthful beverage. Made of wheat roasted with a bit of wholesome molasses, Instant Postum is entirely free from the subtle, cumulative drug, caffeine, in tea and coffee free from any harmful substance. More and more, people are finding out by personal experience that coffee is the frequent, though often unsuspected cause of nervousness, biliousness, heart flutter, insomnia and various other ills and discomforts. The alternative when coffee doesn't agree is POSTUM. "There a Reason" 'Grocers everywhere sell Postum. Send two-cent stamp to Postnm Cereal Co., Ltd., Battle Creek, Mich., for 5-cup sample of Instant Postum. n H U n u n H n " III B i n n n II h mitm a ifSLS II llllii11111"! V .a m,mi v rhetu r mm Why those Pains? Bera ! a testimonial unsolicited "If I bad my will it would be adTertiied on every afreet corner. The man or woman that baa rheumatitm and faila to keep and tue Sloan's Lini ment ia like drowning man refuting a rope." A. J. Vu Dykt, LairwttJ, if. J. Sloan's Liniment n ll r7- , BUSJttlW i Spr'ainS i Start Tomorrow and Keep It Up Every Morning Get In the habit of drinking a glass of hot water before breakfast. We're not here long, so lets make our stay agreeable. Let us live wen, eat well, digest well, work well, sleep well and look well. What a glorious condition to attain, and yet, how very easy it is if one will onlja, adopt the morning inside bath Folks who are accustomed to feel dull and heavy when they arise, split ting headache, stuffy from a cold, foul tongue, nasty breath, acid stomach can. instead, feel as fresh as a daisy by opening the sluices of the system aeh mornine and flushing out the whole of the Internal poisonous stag nant matter. Everyone, whether ailing, sick or well, should, each morning, berore breakfast, drink a glass of real hot wat,er with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from the stom ach, liver and bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour bile and poi- snnnus toxins: tnus cieansint,. sweet ening and purifying the entire allmen tary canal before putting more food into the stomach. Tho action of hot water and limestone phosphate on an empty stomach is wonderfully invigo rating. It cleans out all the sour fer mentations, gases, waste and acidity and gives one a splendid appetite tor breakfast. While you are enjoying your breakfast the water and phospate is quietly extracting a large volume of water from the blood and getting ready for a thorough flushing of all the in side organs. The millions of people who are both ered with constipation, bilious spells. tomach trouble: others who have sal low skins, blood disorders and sickly complexions, are urged to get a quar ter pound of limestone pnospnate irom the drug store. This will cost very lit tie. but is sufficient to ma.ee anyone pronounced crank on the subject of inside-bathijg before orcakiast. Adv, Phone Your Want Ads to THE OREGONIAN Main 7070 A 6095 A CLEAR COMPLEXION Ruddy Checks Sparkling Eyes Most Women Can Have Says Dr. Edwarda, a Well-Known Ohio Physician. Dr. F. M. Edwarda for 17 rears treat ed scores of women for liver and bowol ailments. During these years be gave to his patients a prescription made of a few well-known vegetable ingredients mixed with olive oil, naming them Dr. Kdwards' Olive Tablets, you will know them by their olive colon, These tablets are wonder-workers on the liver and bowels, which cause a normal action, carrying off the waste and poisonous matter that one's ays tern collects. .... if you have a pale face, sallow look, dull eyes, pimples, coated tongue, head aches, a listless, no-good feeling, all out of sorts. In active bowels, you tk one of Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablet nightly for a time and note the pleas ing results. Thousands of women, as well as men, take Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets now and then just to keep In the pink of condition. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets, the auo cessful substitute for calomel lOo and 25c per box. All druggists. The Olive Tablet Company. Colum bus. O. HEADACHES Tnooasnda of men and women snffrr Irem aesdacbe every dar. other thoaiuida b bea4achea every week or every month, ana vtai others have headaches occasionally. bo not ak resular Intervals. The best Doctor toofteo unable to And the came ot many of these headacbre. and in most other caeea, knowinc the cause, he does not know what will remove it, o as to five a permanent cure. All ha can do ia to prescribe tbe usual pain relievers, which elve temporary reMel. but the beadacbe returns as usual, and treatment ia again necessary. II you suffer Irom beadarhea, no matter what their nature, taia antl-kamnla tablets, and the results will baasiss factory In the highest degree. Ton ran obtaU them at all droggiste In any quantity, loo worsh. 2S0 worth or more. Ask lor A-K Tablet. SICK-HEADACHES (Mek-bead ache, the nest miserable of an sick nesses, loses Its terrors when A-K Tablets are taken. When yon (eel an attack coming on take two tablets, and In many cases, tbe attack wiit be warded oil. During an attack take one A h, Tablet every two hours. The rest and comlort which lollow. can be obtained la no other way. Cumin A-K Tabtmlm hmmt tkm AC sr At mil drutgut: yr aanv Ium, Satsl etns. Dm? F1tts aa4 all Bousbwi metsl. brass, silver, ntcluM, ate. vw'rixrTini'rMiw'vnrewMm?! vvrft METAL POLISH MVi . lMtlnff Intrter on Qnlrkr thn eta will cut I anytnina 8tvf to dm. OonTfrniant In form. Bold In two uu by all Gratm?, fixdwiw and Drag Store. Look for th Photo m Cu