p r LAWMAKING TO WAIT
TILL'AFTER HOLIDAYS
Present War Tax to Be Ex
tended Until New Revenue
Law is Enacted.
Washington.—The first week of the
slxtyfourth congress brought practl
«ally harmonious organisation In both
bouses and revealed a determination
on the part of the administration lead
e n to attempt no serious legislative
business until the holiday recess Is
•ver.
President Wilson's address, with Its
suggestions for national preparedness,
denunciation of International conspir
ators against the government and
warning of the necessity for increased
revenues, stood out as the most Im
portant event of the week. Early In
the week a fight that might have em
barrassed holiday recess plans seem
ed Imminent, when It was proposed
that an effort be made to re-enact the
emergency war tai law with amend
ment before adjournment
Immediately It was disclosed that
this would be Impossible and admin
istration leaders were confronted with
the danger that the war tax law wenld
lapse on December 31 and a long per
iod would follow la which no emer
gency revenue could be collected.
It was thereupon agreed by house
leaders that a Joint resolution extend
ing the present war tax with the time
limitation eliminated should be amend
ed, a new MU with provision for In
creased revenues to be submitted after
the New Tear. Senate republican lead
ers have agreed to offer no opposition
Debate Over War In Senate.
President Wilson's vigorous refer
ences In his address to troubles within
the borders of the United States, In
stlgsted because of the European war
by cltlxena of foreign birth, served to
give the senate one enlivened day of
debate during the past week. Sena
tor Smith of Georgia. Introduced a res
olution calling on the foreign rela
tions committee to Investigate, with
a view to recommending action on the
British blockade against neutral com
There are hundreds of useful gifts that you can buy for men at a man’s store; things that
merce.
The Georgia senator made a stirring
men and young men use and would be glad to have any day in the year. Here are many little
plea for his resolution, which aroused
Senator Lodge, of Massachusetts, to
necessities, and right now our stocks are unusually complete. Better make your choice while
offer an amendment providing for in
vestigation also of internal conspira
the buying is best Plentiful stocks of Hart, Schaffner and Marx clothes; unusual values in dress
cies against the government and of
the law and facts relating to belliger
clothes—a full dress suit at $35.00 th at’s exceptional. Striking things in suits and overcoats,
ents' destruction of the Lusitania and
other passenger ships. This debate
prices $20.00 up. Other suits and overcoats $12.00 and up.
was the first brush in a forensic bat
tle over the European war situation.
Postoffice Loses »21,000.000 By War.
Postmaster General Burleson's an
nual report says the European war
has cost the American postal service
»21,000,000, but that economies of ad
ministration have reduced the audited
deficit to a little more than »11,000,000
for the fiscal year which ended last
June. Considerations of service, the
report says, were placed above all oth
ers, and notwithstanding adverse rev
enue conditions, expansion and im
provement of postal facilities contin
ued.
The greatest expansion in the post-
office, the report shows, was in the
parcel post. Statistics gathered from
60 principal postoffices show it to be
half of all the postal business, and
that more than 1,000,000 parcels are
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being transported every year. Before
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the parcel post was established not
more than one-fourth that number were
bandied. The amount of postage col
lected from that source approached
»2,000,000 during the first 15 days of
Administrator's Notice of Appointment
October this year alone.
P a tr o n iz e H o m e
and to Present Claims
Strong Defenses in West Advised.
In d u stry
If congress in formulating its na
tional defense legislation follows the
DR. ARTEMAS W. DEANE
I s THE C o t ’NTY C o fR T OK THE STATE OK
An Electric Motor can lift anything. Let us tell you
recommendations of the army war
O regon , for J ackson O o in t v .
DENTIST
college, one-fourth of the mobile army
how.
By MAKING T W O EARS O F CORN GROW
In the Matter bf the Estate of Florence
M T. P IT T
GOV.
In continental United States will be
GAS AO M IN ISTK H K D
WHERE
ONLY ONE GREW BEFORE. Not getting the
A. Palmer, deceased.
ooncentrated In the Pacific northwest,
J O H N S O N C IG A R S
Notice is hereby given that on the 14th
RIGHT
AMOUNT
of rain at the RIGHT TIME, is the
RIALTO
BUILDING,
MEDFORD
or. as the war college designates it,
day of December, 1915, the Hon. F. L.
principal
cause
of
crop
failure.
the Puget Sound area, including ail of
T o n Velle, County Judge of Jackson
Washington west of the Cascade
This is past history however, on hundreds of profitable
A. E. KELLOGG
County, Oregon, appointed John B. Pal
mountains from the Canadian boun
farms throughout the country.
mer, administrator of the estate, of Flor
GOLD
HILL.
OREGON
dary to and including the Columbia
Wood of every description at
ence A. Palmer, deceased.
These FARMS use ELECTRIC POWER and MOTOR
river.
lowest
prices. Wood saw for
Embalmer and Funeral
Any person having a claim against the
The war college recommends that
driven
pumps a l l o w IRRIGATION in t h e RIGHT
custom work.
■state, is hereby notified to present same
Director
In this area should be permanently
AMOUNT
and at the RIGHT TIME.
Yards
Riveeide
Ave.
Inly verified to Ihe undersigned, at the
stationed nine regiments of infantry,
Complete line of burial robes,
iffice of A. E. Kellogg, attorney for the Phone 3F21
They
are
always ready, reliable and inexpensive, re
three regiments of cavalry, three and
caskets, etc.
said estate, at Gold Hill, Oregon, within
quire
no
expert
attention and will last a lifetime.
a half regiments of field artillery, two
six months from the date; of first puhli-
and a third engineer battalions, one
Ou$ P ower is at Y our C ommand at A ny T ime , D ay
•ation of this notice.
and a half battalions of signal corps
Sugar Pine Gamp No. 10073
or N ight , T hroughout the Y ear .
D ite of first publication, December
and one aero squadron.
18th, 1915.
M W A
Let us show you where ELECTRIC POWER will help
—J ohn B. P a i . mer ,
THE MARKETS.
on
the
FARM.
Gold
H
ill......................................Oregon
Administrator.
Meets first Friday of each month
Complete
Line
of
Automo
Portland.
Jay E. Davidson--Con nsul
bile Supplies and Repairs,
Wheat—Club, 91c; bluestem, 95c;
Give Oregon Building to Army.
Alvah it. Kellogg—Clerk
especially
Fords
red Russian, 90c; forty-fold, 96c; red
Portland.—At a meeting of the Ore
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A Specialist in this work,
fife, 90c.
gon commission of the Panama-Pacific
Prompt Auto Service.—My machine Is
Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy, »1»; international exposition It was resolv
Phone 168 , •
216 West Main Street
as well as any detail of
always ready for service and to hire at
alfalfa, »14.50.
General Blacksmithing, etc.
ed to present the Oregon building on
lowest possible rate. For four passenger
Butter—Creamery, 28c.
the exposition grounds to the United
parties the rate is no more than railroad
Butter paper, printed in accordance
Egga—Ranch, 42o.
States government as an army club
fare. I’hone 32J.
I saw cord wood to stove lengths with
witli the law, for sale on order at The power saw, promptly on order. Phone
—C. L. D usknbrrry ,
Wool—Eastern Oregon, 26c; valley, house. All bids recently made for Its
B la c k s m ith
Gold Hill, Oregon. News office.
26c.
purchase were ordered rejected.
John J. Hitter, 3F21.
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correct or gifts du
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exchange — t h a t ’s
part o f our service
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