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Hood's Sarsaparilla makes pnra Hood. It is positively tinequaled ia tbe treatment of scrofula, catarrh, rheumatism, dyspepsia, loss of ap petite, that tired fee!inr. There is do other medicine like it. Be sure to get Hock's and pet it today. It ia told It all drucjists. KOOLWIAX MINISTER FAVORS TAUT IX WAR PAH IS, Dee. 15 "Any nation keep Ing out of the present struggle com mits moral political and economic suicide." Take Jonescue, Roumanian Minister of the Interior. Is thus quot ed in a dlfpatch published by the Matin. The quotation continued. "The Roumanian nation, democra tic and liberal In Its culture, must not commit such a crime. The pre sent war offers an unique opportunity for it to realize Its program without endangering the independence or the liberties of the kindora.' ARE WE PREPARED TO FIGHT?" THIS IS 616 AT QUESTION CAPITAL Jgqod j LIGHT i Means ! i FlETTER BCSIVESS ! I (nrxnrrL itoMra ; M7VTf.ll HEALTH ( An EVES I OUT Dry-' yietories Scooted LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 17. Pro hibition victories of the year. said Fresldent Gilmore, of Louisville, just re elected In his report to the Nation al Model License League at is meet ing here were due to the fact "that the public was not properly informed as to what a farce so-called prohibi tion is to the states that previously had voted if "I think, he continued "we should months before each election place be fore the voters all the facts showinlg the failure of prohibition and the In creased consumption of wine, beer and whtoky in so-called prohibition localities," 1ft n wtr yonr hme and In Mat oar iwlm Uniting Flx tnmt and IlwUical Install- all lixwe rwjutrcrrkenis can he obtained. ia we serve too? EJ'-etrle and gas supplies, elec tric lU'bt wlrir.g bell miring, gas piping. tnot'Ti and dynamo.. N J. L. Vaughan 831 Main Street Phone 139 IMPORTANT EVENTS IQI4-IS AT WINTER SHORT COURSE JAN. 4-30 Agriculture, Including Agronomy, Animal Husbandry. 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Hills Uro f'r.emont RoaH, 1 pound packages J. N st J. H in 2 and t pound CDS "Wadco," the King of them all In threes. t Crescent V, in 1 lb. package.. Alo a full line of Crescent bulk f'.ffi-- and Teas. JOHN W. DYER, GROCERYMAN Fad Alia St. Phone 536 -iiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiininininiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii'i I CITY LIVERY STABLE ! A.TI-.MIIJTAR$TS SAY FTRTHEIt ARMAMENT WOULD HE UNDESIRABLE. Advocate of nigger and Rotter Ar my and Navy IXvlnm United States Would lie in Xo IiIUon to Strike Hack If Attacked by One of the IUrevr rowers of tle World. (By Durton K. Standlsh. Written for the United Press.) WASHINGTON. Dee. 17 "Are w prepared to fight" This question with Interest stirred In It by the war abroad, promises to develop Into one of the biggest Issues before the coun try during the next year. The atten lion of congress during the present session will be centered on It much of the tlm. While the. advocates of a bigger and better army and navy are equip ping themselves with heavy supplies of data to show that the United States would be hopelessly weak If attacked by one of the world rowers, the antl- mllltarlsta are arming themselves with Information to back up their contcn tlon that further preparedness for war would be undesirable and un necessary. The pacificists will admit that our preparedness is not to compared with that of other great nations bat they will argue that with the rest of the world embroiled In the greatest war of history all our rivals will be so exhausted by fighting that they would not dare to attack us for years to come. This fact, along with the natural defense constituted by our geographical Isolation, gives us ample protection, the reace men will con tend. The case of the militarists was vole ed In detail by General W. W. Woth- erspoon, ex-chlef of staff of the ar my, in his annual report Just Issued He summarized our military situation thus: We could not defend the Pan ama canal. We could not defend the Phlllppies,. or Alaska, or Hawaii, or any other of our Insular posses slons. Our coast defenses are la mentably Inadequate. We could not concentrate a sufficient force to re pel an invasion by a first class flght- hig power. Here la the remedy: Raise the reg ular or standing army from Its pres ent strength of 93.000 men to 205, 000 men. Create a first line of re serves of 600.000, thoroughly equip ped and trained. Establish a second reserve of 800 000 men. General Wotherspoon does not go to the length of advocating compul sory military service but he says this: "In any acheme to create such a force of mobile troops, we cannot do bet ter than to follow the example of the master minds In military organization for national defense. The policies developed In this direction all In clude, among others, the primary plan of using the standing army as a school for training men who, on graduation from that school, pass in to the reserve and constitute the real rational military strength." Many antl-mllltarlsts. however, will agree with General Wotherspoon that there Is urgent need for reorganiza tion of the state mllltla. Agitation has been long under way for change In the laws governing the mllltla which will bring greater reliance up on and an Increased control by the national government, until mis i done authorities declare, the mllltla cannot be regarded as a dependable branch of our military strength. The modification of the law pro pose! is to place the mllltla under pay of the national government and under binding obligation to serve at 1! TVila t IS mOUgni. wouiu Stories From the War Zone LONDON. Nov. 11 (H- Mall to New York.) The bravery of a It year old French glrL who was found wounded while acting as a vivandler. for stricken liritlsh soldiers on the firing line along the Alsne, la lauded by Corporal S. Healy, of the Royal IrUh regiment. In a letter home. It was after on. of the hardest fights of the war, and doaens of wounded soldiers were left lying out In the open with little proiecl of relief until the next day. Most of the poor fellows were nearly mud with thirst. Many were delirious, and others were Just sensible enough to keep murmuring for water. "Then we heard a gentle footfall," the cor poral added, "and looking up, we saw a charming girl of sixteen picking her way through the piles of dead and wounded. he had brought milk and wine to relieve our thirst. "We learned that she was from a farm near by, Just out of the line of fire, and she had risked her life in coming there to give us something to drink because she was grateful to the Uritlsh troops for helping to drive the German Invaders back. She seemed to be without fear, and tripped briskly along In spite of the shells and rifle fire. "We were all stricken with grief when she was carried Into hospital next day. She had been shot on the way back. It waji a nasty wound, but after an operation the doctors hoped she would pull through. Every sol dier who saw her. prays for her every night." The girls of St. Jude's School Herne-Hill. have sacrificed their prizes in order to buy wool to knit garments for the soldiers. They have already knitted 150 pairs of socks, 100 helmets, 25 belts, and 12 scarves and hemmed 100 handkerchiefs. MADRID. Nov. 9. (By Mall to New York, via London.) A women's leugue has been formed here for the purpose of furthering the proposition to secure a world wide peace Christ mas day. The Kaiser, the Emperor of Austria, the Czar, King George and President Polncare are to be mem orialized with a view to a cessation of fighting on that day. PETROGRAD. Nov. 2 (Hy Mall o .New York.) The army authori ties are having their troubles discov ering and sending back to their homes women who have volunteered in the ranks disguised as men. There have been numerous Instances of the kind since the war started, especially am ong the masculine looking peasant women of the northern province. One of these was Nadezhda Ornat- sky, a muscular, well educated peas- nt woman from the province of Archangel. She had posed as a man through the second part of the Man- churlan campaign, and was praised for her courage by General Orlppenbeg Early In the present wur sh re-enlisted, and fought In South Poland, and It was not until after the buttk of Lublin-Krasnlck that her sex wa discovered and she was discharged. a gin namea JJUDa Lgllckl was present at four engagements In East iTussia ana West Poland, and was wounded slightly. She says thutdur ing long range fighting sh. had no fear, but had a horror of crossing bayonets with the enemy. Two daughters of a land proprie tor at Kursk have been arrested on their way to Join the colors, one of them posing as "Prince Adrlanoff,' and the other as her servant. A peasant woman who was killed at Cumblnnen, had donned her hus bands clothes and Impersonated him when he shirked the summons. She did not want her family to be ashamed. Two school girls of the capital, aged 14, wrote the Grand Duke Nich olas begging to be accepted ns vol unteers. The Grand Duke wrote them personally praising their pa triotism, but recommending that they find scope for their services In caring for the wounded, adding: "I am con vinced If ever you had the occasion you would uphold the glory and might of the Emperor and the honor of your country." A young Russian woman, referred to In the local newspapers as Mile. Tt., has been recommended for the St. George's Cross, the V. C. of Russia She Is the daughter of a Russian cap tain of artillery, and accompanied her father's battery to the front as a pri vate, after cutting her hair short. She took part in a number of battles near Augustoff. and now Is lying wounded in a Petrograd hospital. BilE mmatm ahMMB SHMBMB mms' PELS T1 2) Auto HnHf Two in Vehicle) WASCO. Or., Dec. 17. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Van GIMer. who reside three miles east of Wasco, were struck by an automobile driven by William Andrews last Saturday. Both were thrown from th-lr vehicle, Mrs. Van Glider suffered a double fracture In the leg below the knee. Mr. Van Gil der was scratched about the face. The accident occurred two miles west of Wasco while Mr. and Mrs A an Gilder were on their way to pass Sunday with a relative. The hor se was carried about 20 yards. Normal School Roll Now 230. MONMOUTH. Ore.. Dec. 17 Two hundred and fifty students are en rolled at the Oregon Normal school. 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AslatM fleet. affairs where the its t.rrwlliro A State Of ,.. - ,!,. mllltla would be mucn more cughly trained than under existing laws, nnd to that extent can be more thoroughly depended upon. The actual number of men avail able In our coast defenses artillery Is 14 000, or 10.000 less than the num ber estimated to be necessary to man the defenses. It la contended that the offenses are so few and far apart as to offer an Invading army a large choice of landing places along our eoat. Experts are now asserting that the latest type of super dread naught with its armament of fifteen Inch guns could stand off at sea and batter our coast forts to pieces while the shells from our fourteen inch defensea gus would fall harmlessly In the water 2000 yards short of their mark. W. have lagged far behind all our rivals In military aeronautics, It la al so pointed out. Th. army has no armored autos, and no motor tractors for artillery, it la charged. All these, thlnirs will be thoroughly threshed nut if thn congressional Inquiry, ad vnnut. hr Pnncressman Gardner, of Massachusetts, is ordered. To the charge of weakness of our navy it will be answered that we have built, building or authorized, fifteen dreadnaughts, with at least two more likely to be authorized at the pres ent senslon of congress. The last four dreadnnughts authorized will be the largest In the world. The small navy members of congress will point out that our program is ample enough while the navies of Germany and Great lirllain. the only two larger than our own, are engaged In destroy Ing each other. SMI U-M- TVt INK nu -AT fluLv in which to do your gift buying, before CHRISTMAS Livery, Feed and Sale Stable - i r ? v. a aii "tv w . ' ,ieY uoou ii2J a nu nmei c-i-: AUTO'IQDI-E FOR HIKE i itii ri Mft-cl l;-lMt'ii i i Mis. funic A 1 f ( 'i'im. 1 1 h f liMiii- To KhUt Vrcc Fair I'lay ZK VENN A All, Holland, via Lon- t'on, D'-c. 17. 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