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AsritA'vn Timxca Monday, Xugimt 10, 1918. Hotor Trucks Factor In Nation's Speed , i The world Is marveling how Amer ica has progressed 'with auch gigan tic strides In speeding up shipbuild ing, turning out 12,000 ton steel uhlps In 24 days the manufacture of the steel and metuls required In thn war program both In America, England, France and Italy sending foodstuffs over to Europe for ou' lilies and furnlsbliiR all supplies an. food American grill) for our soldier toys in t ranee, The answer Is patriotism, and hav ing at the head of the various Indus trios the brains of our nation direct' ing (he work of the hugo army of enthusiastic skilled craftsmen. Ten years bko such deeds could Lot be accomplished, for few persons :calize that the use of motor trucks It one of the principal factors of our nation's speed. .Motor trucks de jiver at less expense four times the nfiintity in one-fourth the time con i timed by horse-drawn vehicles. On the Tacific coast motor trucks are hauling the raw materials, ore. j chrome and manganese; log und tlm bir to shipping points nnd delivering (,'lrect to mill and yard. G. A. I'rquhart, I'aclfic coast man ager of the White company, San J'ranclsco, states: "White trucks lire certainly tlolii!; their bit in aid In? the nation. There Is1 a flei't of Whites hauling chrome ore near Onnts Pass'; at llornbrook, Wlilf are moving this precious ore to tho railroad; Ked nitiff has been ovo one year the receiving and shipping i ... i. j i, ii'iiui iui iiiruuie uenvereu ny into trucks working ,24 hours a day; a feet of Whites Is working 24 hours a day In the sweltering desert heat (t southern -Nevada hauling daily COO tons of manganese ore to the railroad. White trucks are working In the northwest fore-ts from places far from a railroad, carrying upruce ior our airplanes, lrsj for lumbc; ;ind huge ship knro3 for ihlp build Ing. It Is a fact, without nioto trrcks, I'ncle Sam couIJ not pin up tt'ch a record of accomplishment " Monsieur Leon at Nexon I have con aldered him as my son, and be calls me his mother In Franc . Since ho came to Nexon be Is not unhappy, tut one thing he misses and that is the caresses of his American mother. I do not know Monsieur John very well, as he has not been In Nexon ery long, but they are very bappy to be together. When you receive this letter, I think they will no long ur be hero, they will go to , and then to the front. I pray God, Madame, that the war will soon be over, and your children will return to kiss you. Not knowing English, 1 hesitate to write you, but your son pays his American mother can have it road to her. I am sending you a little view of the village where your children are. After the war Monsieur Leon has promised to bring you and h's father to Franco. You will see, Madame, that I seek to distract and rmusc them, to make life In France .'.p pleasant ay possible. Just receive for yourself, Maritime, nnd your family my sincere, regards. MA DAM 12 . Gambling With Destiny Spending your Income as you make It Hi simply gambling with destiny rnd with all the odds against you i ou stand ail to lose and none to ga! SVSTKMATIC SAVIXO ovon though small, If constant, ellm Inntes tho element of chance and establishes your future on a basis of certainty. Tills bank desires to co-operate villi you in building on that basis, Wo have unusual facilities for pro, tooting the Interest of our customers STATU HAXK OK ASII1,AM Good Weather For Harvesting Crops Jewelry Used For Platinum Metals 4 HILT, CAL., ITEMS Mrs. H. W. Stanley and Miss Paul ine Jassmann motored to Ashland Monday. T. L. Hunt and Mr.' and Mrs. Harry Yaughan drove over to Mon tague Wednesday evening. Mr. rercllle and family arrived Here Monday evening from Weed. ile will take charge of the Southern Pacific office and Mr. Ilartsfield will take the second trick. T. L. Hunt, Misses Maudo Rice, Josephine Simpson, Anita Van Mat ron and Olive Williams motored to Central Point Sunday to attend a week-end party at the home of Miss listher Richerson. Miss Dcrnice Warrens and Mrs. Wm. Muir motored to Yreka Wed nesday in the new Hudson recent ly purchased by V. K. Warrens for his sister. Miss Susie Kanns Is here from Ashland spending a few days with her sister, Mrs. Felix Waters. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chllcote passed away at 11 p m. Tuesday. They have the sympa thy of the community In this be reavement. Miss Louise Cattuzza gave a lawn Tarty Monday evening at her home to her many friends here. Mrs. Inez Rorrlck and Ada Sal vey have resigned their work at the hotel and the Misses Minnie and Julia Arlsla of Redding have taken their place. . Pave Morris, charged with assault with a deadly weapon on the person of Wm. Williams, was taken to the' county jail at Yreka Tuesday by T. nunt ana It. W. Stanley, trial Is set for the 20th at Hilt. The treasury department at Wash' ington, D. C, 'has under considera tion a plan for permitting the estab lishment of the mint service to re ct-lve deposits, of platinum metals v. hen offered In the form of jewerly, dental scrap, etc. It lias been tenta lively determined to have all de posits received by tje institutions of the mint service sent to the New Vork assay offlca where an equip ment Is being installed for the ready (ietermlnation of values In platinum deposits. IIKI.P WIX THK WAR IJY 8.1 LK OK KALVAGK His ntExnnvoMAx mothers i ' AMERICAN SOLDIERS Mrs. . E. McClintock of Roseburs lias two sons with the United States forces in France. Recently she re ceived the following letter from a French woman in which the beauti ful spirit of fellowship and love fo: thn Yankee soldier boys, who have fcone to that country's assistance Is Known: Kexon, France, July 19,191 8. Madame: I am keeping a promise I have made to your two good sons. First of all I am happy to bo able to tell jou that your two children are In tl-lendld health. Since the arrival In is W.A.Sheti TheBarber 137 . Main The salvage committee of the Red Cross want the following articles do nated for sale at their rooms In the Camp building: ' Motals: Gold, silver, jewelry, old clocks and watches, plated ware, al utnlnum, (Iron, wrought and scrap), lead, bronze, brass, nickel, copper, bteel. Meters and any article com posed wholly or partially of any of the above. Rubber: Auto tires and Inner tubes, belting, boots, heels, soles, hot water bottles, door mats, rulers, itaraps, wringers, fruit Jar bands. sheetings, golf and tennis balls, rub ber toys, or any article composed wholly or partially of rubber. Taper: Waste paper, magazines, bound books, any kind blue prints, cardboard, commercial account led gers, maps, bulletins, newspapers (these must be folded once only and lied both ways with heavy cord.' Tinfoil: Tinfoil of all kinds, fold ed flat, do not roll Into balls. Lead Foil: All kinds, lining of boxes, collapslblo tubes, paste, paint nnd shaving tops of bottles. Glass: Bishop's four pound Par agon jam jars, glass fruit jars, cold cream jars, bottles of all kinds, and broken glass of all kinds. Bags: Cotton, burlap, gunny tacks. Rags: Any article containing cot ton, wool, silk, felt, either white or colored. Furniture: Furniture of all kinds, Including pianos, organs, victorias, stoves, dishes. Miscellaneous: Typewriter rlbboo boxes and metal spools therein; car bon paper boxes; old kid gloves and leather; Bishop's graham wafer tins; corks; hair combings; billiard balls: tracing cloth; spark plugs; old clothes; old shoes; dental fillings; castor beans; baking powder tins; folding egg cartons In good condi tion; cans with pressed In tops; in dividual grape juice bottles; false teeth of all kinds; leather cushion tops. The salvage depot has done a good iiuslness already In the Bhort time it has been In operation, and finJ a ready market for practically every article on sale. Any one having any of the above articles can easily dis pose of them by calling Mrs. C. D. Lamkln, chairman, or bringing thera to the salvage depot. Ideal weather for harvesting has prevailed In Oregon during the past week, according to the weekly sum inary of weather and crop conditions Issued August 14, by the weather bureau. Day temperatures were mod eratc, with little rainfall. Barley Is giving poor yields of air Ciuallty. Oats are ripening fast and are being harvested with a very light crop Indicated. Threshing of spring wheat Is under way, with fair to av erage yield. Considerable thrashing of winter wheat was done, with fair to good yields reported. Corn Is tas sollng generally. Cool weather has 1-een unfavorable for It. Meadows under Irrigation are do ing very well. The third crop of al falfa Is being cut In Jackson county nnd has a good start In Josephine. The second crop promises well In Klamath, .Malheur and , Wallawo counties. Pastures and ranges arc short and dry. Whllo In some places cattle arc losing flesh, they are looking Inter than unfavorable condition would seem to warrant. Pears are being picked In south cm counties. They are plentiful and of excellent quality. Largo shipments the comins month are in prospect Pry weather Is causing some fruit to fall In Linn county and trees liave l ecn broken and fruit blown off b l.lgh winds In Josephine county, small crop of Crawford poaches icing narvested In Jackson county nnd a fair crop In Wasco county. Rains are greatly needed for gar dens of all kinds. Hops show effects cf drouth and the red spider Is dam aging them. There Is a fair cron of flax In Marlon county. tired about 40 shots before the ship sank. All bf a sudden the ship be gan to list very rapidly and I then realized that It was going to sink, the captain gave the word to abandon 1 hip, everybody; and believe me it didn't take long for thera to get off and I was neither the last nor thn first, I made my way to the quarter deck and climbed down along the tide and slipped off my shoes and jumped Into the water. I swam about 100 yards and caught some lumbor that had floated from the ship. 1 looked back once and thofriilp was clear over on her side and men were running along on the side of her and Jumping Into the water. Just as the ship gave the last :lunge we all sang "The Star Spang led Hnnncr" and gave the salute and '.hen It was out of sight. Everyone wai very cheerful and bung and laughed all the while. Our wireless was put out: of commission so that we did not get an S. O. S. off and we Just had t wait until sonj'i ship came along to pick us up. It was about four hours when some colliers came along to pick us up and every one. was rather chilled when we got on board. We did not get any life boats launched so were In the water ail the while. The colliers' crew gave us all tho fcod they had, which was not very much, but I managed to get a spud rnd a cup of coffee. We arrived at IHoboken at two o'olock Saturday afternoon and went aboard the U. S. S. Maine were we were fed and giv en some clothes. We stayed there for a week and so wo are now at liham Bay, where we expect to stay two weeks then we go to the recruit ins ship at Brooklyn to be shanghai ed on some sea-going ship as they send in their needs for men. , 1 , In the mean time I am going to have a good rest and a good time. Don't you think we deserve it? You know we made seven trips across be sides our trips to Honolulu and a half dozen other trips up and down thtt coast from Halifax to Norfolk. ' It Just took the ship 27 minutes t dnk from the minute it was struct and it Is my opinion It was a torpedo that struck us. I think there were on!y about 25 men lost, flvo of them iielng some of my best friends. IV. GLASSES II. WIMTED, Optition m n r ' : : M SHIRTS LEE YES FIGHT! Xtt Old Europe has almost forgone what shirtsleeves fighting Is. Even a Frenchman was astonished by what he saw the Yankees do In a charge where his detachment was In com contact with them. They leaped over the trenches Home of them peeling off their coat r.fttr running a f?w hundred meters n tho great heat, and fighting lm!r shirt sleeves. What would hnve ' hnppenod l oches who throw aside Imperial government khaki coats In this rude and reckless style? Would any sue crss hnve prevented summary pun ishment? We believe not. The American Is as proud of h's uniform as any soldier on earth, but reFonuui or neing checked by mere accessories, as resentful as Mulva ney at the taking of Lung Tung Pen les out to "get" the Hun, and he Kcts him when and how he can. His officers couldn't possibly make an unthinking machine of him, and wouldn't If they could. ShlrtBleeves htlng Is symbolical. Not uniforms but fearlessness nnd straight shooting won the battlo of New Orleans. The rngged regimentals of the old Con tlncntals didn't save their over-disci' plined foes. In this newest form of warfare the same element counts. Tho spirit of manhood wins, always, when It fights with the spirit of 'tilavlsbnesB.k Brooklyn Eaide. Germany's national colors are red white and black and tho Americans fighting the kaiser's armies are reds whites and blacks. When the U. S. army takes the field it not only takes It but holds it Of late It has been a French Meld. If the young men of nineteen and wenty are included In the draft the colleges next year will be empty bat tho school of experience In life will bo full. iif WI ItKOTHEK OK ROSEIURO WOMAN OX SAX WF.GO When pay day comes go out and revel In thrift stamps Instead of rhows. There Is no war tax on thrift stamps, and the after effect of even a" debauch In them Is per fectly harmless. Dewey West, of Eastern Oregon, was on noard the united mates rulser San Diego, which was sunk oy a German submarine In the At lantic ocean- several weeks ago. In recent letter to his sister, Mrs. Vorne Patterson of Roscburg, he re lates his experience: On Friday1 morning, July 19, at 11 o'clock the Bhip got an awful shock as lt.lt had run against some thing so they blew on the bugle, sub marine defense. We all rushed to thn top Bide to get our life heltfe and stand by the life rafts. Everyone vas a little frightened at first be cause they didn't know the cause of the shock, but when they all got life belts they cooled down and no one seemed excited. -All this time tlu chip kept listing to port, and then of a sudden It stopped listing, and I did not think that It .was going to sink. In the mean time the gun crew had lecelved orders to shoot. at every thing that, they saw, so., there was some 4th of July celebration, all the guns , were firing 'at 'anything that looked like a periscope and 6ome..of I.T.ose things were 4ureen9and. float ing blocks of wood. We niu'jt have Gossard Corscls Pictorial Review Patterns All This month we will otter a lot of Specials in ladies coats and suits left from the summer stocks. Whether you need one lor Immediate use or lor next season you should take advantage ol the Specials this month ii you can find what you want. The New Outing Flannels are here and are priced a little less than catalogue prices. 20 per cent off on All Parasols 5c Laces and Embroideries a lot of special values Sleeveless Sport Coats of wool Jersey $10.50 New Sport Sweaters in fiber silk and in wool Fine Voile Waists 2.50 toC.75 for those who wish the better kind It will pay you to fill all your needa now from our muslin underwear stock. Aprons and House Dresses while they last at prices which you cannot afford to make them. Cheviot Shirtings Good for work shirts, aprons, ladies' overalls, etc. 22 l-2c Apron Gingham 20c 36-in Percale Hundreds of yards of good quality percale, light and dark patterns, worth 35c today. 29c Crepe de Chine Blouses a special lot at 3.50 Pretty Jap Silk Waists 2.50 Silk Ginghams Splendid patterns in new plaid silk in gingham designs $1.(9 $2.25 Foulard silks $1.85 1.75 Foulard silks 1.65 Devonshire Cloth must soon be 50c a yard. We are sell ing it today at wholesale price 40c a yard Some Special Prices on Spring Coats and Suits that should interest you in these days of rising prices. New Gingham Dresses and aprons. We have several ship ments of new dresses in snappy styles A good muslin 24c a yard 50c Figured Voiles 39c 35c Figured Voiles 28c Good quality 3G-in Bleached 'Gauze 12Jc. Bathing Suits and Caps i Own your own suit. You will find a splendid asssortment of suits and caps here. ' Ladies' Bathing Suits Cotton Bathing Suits $1.00-$1.50 Ladies' Union Suits Broken lines of garments that would be worth 65c to $1.00, if bought on present market. 35c, 39c, 49c Khaki Outing Garments When planning your outing see our line of khaki goods , . . .. ' ' AJC