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FACE TWO DAILY BOGUS RIVKR COlRIKlt FRIDAY, III KMIIICH ItO, IIMO. Daily Rogue Elver Courier 4b Independent Republican News paper. United Press Leased Wlra Telsgreph Service. . B. VOORHIES. Pub. and Prop. W1LFORD ALLAN. Editor. Entered at the Grants Put, Ore- COB, POStOfflce M ICCOBd-ClBM BIBtl ' natter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES "One Year...... ...... 18.00 SJJUMoaUi- - Three Month. . . l.tt U Month- .. .! : r f. -r- ! 1 FRIDAY, DECEMBER M, Itlft. a ORKGON WEATHER r " Tonliht fair, Sunday lucre- i lag cloudiness, followed tj rain or snow; fair oast portion; sooth easterly winds. THE TAX ON GASOLINE The coming of the automobile has made better highways a necessity. But It the better highways is largely for the use and bene tit of the auto mobile owner, some way should be found to make an equal distribu tion of the cost of maintenance whereby the auto would bear Its Just part This question has been studied and discussed by many econ omists within the state daring the past few weeks, and a plan that Is being generally endorsed Is that of . placing a tax of one cent a gallon pon gasoline. This, it Is argued. wonld make the tourist who uses our highways, but who pays no tax to ward their building bear a propor- ' tion of the expense of upkeep. The worst feature of the Imposi tion of this tax upon gasoline would Ve that It would affect all users of gasoline, whether in the conduct of their business enterprises or in pro pelling vehicles over the highways, whereas the purpose of the tsx Is to repair the damage done the high' ways by the automobile. The Port land Telegram has the following comment upon the proposed leglela tion: "The Oregon tourist will have ob terved that In the state of Wash ington gasoline is nnlformly a cent a gallon cheaper than in correspond- ing places in Oregon. . The cause as cribed for this is a law passed in Oregon in 1913 prohibiting the sale of gasoline that does not test 60 degrees gravity at a temperature of 60 degrees. "It is also said that this extra cent a gallon charged Oregon users pays for an additional refining pro cess which does not perceptibly in crease the combustion qualities of the product. If this be true, we pay the oil companies annually, for a mere fancy, a sum which far ex ceeds the proceeds from the state road levy. "Repeal of the gasoline test law and Imposition of a cent-a-gallon license tax on Its sale would cause the consumer to pay no mors for gasoline, yet would produce a lrrge revenue for road-building purposes "One cent a gallon on gasoline mounts rapidly. A light cr of, say 84-horsepower, If modern, wi I make under careful driving about twenty miles to a gallon. Six thousand miles Is a fair annual mileage. Re duced to gasoline that means con sumption of 300 gallons a year, or a tax of 13. The sum Is the exact equivalent of the license charged the owner by the state. Licenv now yield about $200,000 a year. "But the gasoline tax would more than double license revenues, for ars In commercial service and many private automobiles are In constant use. They would pay, if a gasoline tax were Imposed, In proportion to the use they made of highways. Tourists from other states, who now pay nothing toward upkeep of Ore gon roads, would contribute also. "If there Is question as to the val idity of a gasoline tax there Is great er question as to the validly of the 'proposal to Increase motor vehicle licenses. There Is good ground for holding that ths motor vehicle Ho- MomJ WILL BE TO ARRIVE SATVRDAY CELERY CUCUMBERS HEAp LETTVCB SWEET POTATOES New golden dates 14 pounds sugar, $1.00 KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST en has already reached the status of a property tax and comes within the Inhibitions of the per cent limitation." PEACE DISTANT IS THE GERMAN VIEW Berlin, via Sayvllle, Dec St. Judging from views expressed In Germany, the efforts President Wil son, the central powers and Swits erland are now making tor peace will not succeed Immediately In bring ing the war to an end. That the war will not end without the allies making another gigantic concentrat ed effort to break the Qermaa front Is Indicated y the artillery prepara tions which are being made. England In the west her allies in Greece, and Russia in Roumanla, ap parently expect to accept General von Hlndenburg's challenge for winter battle. When these battles begin, peace talk will probably subside to await the outcome of the bitter struggles. It Is believed In Berlin that Eng land Intends to give Lloyd-George a trial as premier. Considerable de pends on his efforts, it Is r-clleved here, whether peace talk If revived In the summer or fall, after thti issue bar again been tested bv i"tn and s'tel on the fighting fronts. Germany believes the entente powers will again meet defeat in their efforts to break the Teutonic lines. The belief that peace will not come until after the allies have 'Tied one more gigantic offensive Is con sidered by the Vossiche Zeltung, which points out the preparations that are Velng ma ir on all frouts by Germany's enemies. In the west there is considerable English artillery activity," the paper declares. "Beginning between Lille and Ypres, a new great English of tensive may be expected. Everything Is fully prepared. "In Roumanla our tore troops are again in close touch with the enemy, Tbey have recently made large num bers of prisoners. Big bttt.e de velopments are expected there shortly. "In Macedonia something appears to be developing. . One concludes, therefore, that General Sarralls has returned to his original plan of ibreaking our line In the middle, after his attempt on the small left wing near Monastlr. Despite local successes, this may be considered generally as a failure." The foregoing despatch from Mr. Ackermaa the first definite state ment from Berlin that peace Is not expected until after another gigantic allied offensive the reference to the "peace efforts of President Wil son, the central powers and Swltier land," may he distinctly significant. It is apparent that, despite the state ments of officials of the Amerlcsn government that the Wilson note was designated as a warning to Ger many and to forestall a break on the submarine Isue, it is regarded there as a move for peace. The des patch to the United Press was passed by the German censor with the phrase coupling President Wilson, the central powers and Switzerland In efforts to bring about peace. Ack erman's phraseology may be taken as merly reflecting the general Im pression In the circles from which he obtained the Information on which his story Is based. It Is also significant that the des patch from Berlin shows the view of success growing out of the peace proposals as dlamotrlcally opposed to those of German Ambassador von Bernstorff. The latter has expresred the opinion that at least a conference would be brought about, tyMiA ,1917 v I CLOSED ALL DAY CAULIFLOWER n TURNIPS i NAVEL ORANGES rORT LIMOX BANANAS ron RHEUMATISM MtJ KCUHAUIA Deneii EatalyirhM Ointment at au onua areata Tuaca lao Jans aoe Ted You know, mouey Is your best friend. Ned-Yes, ami the trouble Is ' that the best of friends must part I Pop Are you familiar with matbe ma tics? Weasel Sure; I call 'em "math" for short. Princeton Tiger. To build a twelve story toft or office bolldltig, 50 by 100 feet In area, re quires 000 tons of fabricated steel "Is your country place finished yetT "Ob, yes. Why, I have already begun alterations on If'-Bomton Transcript A nut and a Joke are alike In that they van both be cracked and different In that the Joke can be cracked again. "Pride goes before a fall, yon know.-' "Maybe It does, but It goes a lot quicker after one." Boston Transcript When the sun's center Is six degrees below the horlson In Alaska the brightest stars sre visible on a clear dny. Some people may have a splendid ear for music, but the trouble Is tbey can't sing with their ear.-Charlotte Ob server. On a large ocean liner the amount of coal used per day varies from 8W to 1.2DO tous, according to the speed of the bost. There Is many a woman whose epi taph ought to be, "Nobody ever saw her hands folded but once." Tooth's Companion. Of all the Balkan people, the Ser vians are the ouly unmixed race since they came luto their territory, eight centuries sgn. Solomon bsd a great reputation for Isdom, but then he bud uo youthful college graduates to comiwte with. Chicago News. The gulf stream Is more rapid than the A ma sou, more luiietuous thsn the Mississippi, sud lis volume more than 1,000 times greater. The frigate bird I capable of getting up a speed of ninety-six miles an hour with hardly a movement of Its wings. The greater psrt of Its life Is silent In the air. KENESAW M. LANDIS. Federal Judge Hears Injunction Suit en Eight Hour Lew. f t.vW G 0 a LOT COUNTY Eureka, Cel., Dec. 38. County of fleers today started an eighty-mils ride through snow and wilderness Into a remote section of Humboldt county to Investigate the mysterious death of rawrence Whltesldes the third victim of a triple tragedy la tour years. Neighboring ranchers discovered the body of Whltesldes Sunday half bnrted In the know on his ranch with a bullet wound In hli temple. The ranch Is In the heart of a rich .gold country. . Natives speak In whispers of a death menace that seems to hsng over the Whltesldes family. Four years ago the body of Don ald Whltesldes, a ibrother, was re moved from Trinity river. Nearby was an axe with a blood-clotted tuft of hair stlrklng to It. A year later another member of the family drop ped out of sight. He waa supposed to have been murdered. According to word received by Miss Daisy Whltesldes, sister of the dead man. who owns the ranch, the In vestigation will be pushed to the lim it of the law. She la at present In St. Imls. Mo. She declared that for years strangers have been trying to get possession of valuable ore de posits on the Whltesldes' ranch. ARGENTINE ARMY PLAN NOT GOODIE Buenos Aires, Deo. 19. General astonishment was aroused here today over nows that the United States Is consMeHng adoption of a military service plan based on that In force In Argentine. The publto astonish- Dent Is based upon the bitter crit icisms which have been levelled at operation of the plan In this repub lic. Press comment reflects the Inabil ity of cltlaens of Argentine to under stand America's consideration of such a service plan. One typical ed itorial today wagered that less than one per cent of American cltlsens understand the system "otherwise." It continued, "they would not want Its favoritism In conscription, due to 'Influence' or neatly placed tips a situation bound to occur In such a system." , The Argentine army plan, accord ing to Information here, makes every msn In that republic between the ages of 18 and 45 a soldier. Men of 18 and It, and from 30 to 40, belonging to the national guard and are cared for by the states; men from 40 to 46 are territorials and men from 20 to 30 constitute the "regulars." At 18 all men must register for service. From this registry, the war department each year select by lot from those who have reached 10, the number of men It requires for the regular branch. The period of ser vice Is one year in the army and two years In the navy. For the period after completing the term of train ing In the army or navy until reach lag his thirtieth year, the Argentine soldier remains a "regular,", but Is not In harness, He must practice shooting, there being a prescribed minimum per year and he Is liable to be called on to attend maneuvers. After 80 the regular passes again Into the national guard and ceases to be under orders and expense to the federal government PREDICT CHANGE IN BRITISH AMIIASSAIMm Washington, Dec. 28. London re ports that the British foreign of ficials considering replacing Ambas sador Sir Arthur Cecil Sprlng-Rlce here, caused little surprise In Wash ington dlplomatlo life today. Sprlng-Rlce has not been In good health, and It Is an open secret he has been outplayed In the matter of diplomacy by German Ambassador von Bernstorff. It Is also well known here that Northcllffe who opiwses Sprlng-Rlce, has suggested ' an ambassadorial change. ItOHBKRR GKT $(1,000 FROM A TKXA8 BANK Denlson, Texas, Dec. 29. Six rob-1 iers dynamited the vsult at Hnger- man, eighteen miles west or here, early today escaping with 16,000, A posses hastly organised after tslng awakened by the explosion exchanged shots with the robbers as the Utter dashed out of town In an automobile. No one Is believed to have -been hit. HO 1 GRIFFIN FERRY .1 Percy Green, of Qrsnts Pass, has taken up his abode at the Neely farm, where' he lll ttend the Mapleton sohool and assist Eugene Neely In dairying this winter. O. H. Griffin and family went to town Monday to spend Christmas with Mrs. Griffin's parents, returning home Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Aldrldge returned to their farm Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Nellie Green, after spending Christmas In Grants Pass with their parents. Miss Myrtle Ford arid her 'brother Clsre nee went to A. J. Hussey's Tuesday and spent the day. Misses Audrey and Gladys Qrlfflo and Miss Nellie Green attended a social gathering at William Ander son's home Wednesday night. The children of P. T. Everton spent Christmas with their grandparents, returning home Wednesday. Harry Neely came out borne Tues day and returned to Grants Pass Wednesday. Jo. Hill Is now staying la Oranls Pass, while George Booth Is staying on his ranch here till school In town starts. Steve Smith and Marlon Grlffln were out to the letter's former home after some of h(s stock Wednesday. LORD : 0EV0NP0RT. British Merehsnt Named as Possible Food Dictator, .n.,n ;Jnrn,w 1 L MP THE PERFECT CVt.i Let us make you acquainted with the new, luscious flavor It's all that the name suggests! Wrigley quality made where r chewing gum making 'is a science. ' Now thro flavonu Don't forgot WMGLEYS attor every meal .1 The snow, which tame two week esiller this year than last, and Is not quits so "'deep, has done muoh leaa damage. Several telephone llnerasa are here but are experiencing llttla difficulty In keeping lines open. There) have been only short breaks Is tha California-Oregon Power Co.'i ser vice. Thsre are three red steers and red heifer two or three years old It this vicinity whose whereabout! the owner will doubtless te glad to learn.. No one here seems to know to whom, they belong. They came np Wolf Creek and doubtless belong dowa that way, and are now about a mil above town and should have earl attention. Clarke Storey Is home from WU lsmltte university, for the holidays. ' as Is also Miss Ruth Smith. "physical director at the State school for the deaf. Workmen have about complete the new foundation, roof and plat forms at the 8. P. depot and Mr. Spurgeon, the new agent Is conduct- Ing the office with metropolitan ef ficiency. ARIZONA GUBERNATORIAL rOCTROVHIRAY GROW Pheontx, Arts., Dec. !. Arliona'a gubernatorial controversy, already acute, became more complicate la day when Tom Campbell, republican, who received 30 more roles thsa Governor George W.'P. Hunt, deat oorat, announced that he will take the oath of office tomorrow, msk hit Inaugural address Monday mornlaf and demand Immediate possession at the executive office. STKKKT RAILWAY COMPANY HAS MILLION DOLLAR FIRM Toronto, Dec. 19, The King street railway barns of the Toronto Street railway ware burned early today. The loss Is estimated at nearly a million dollars. Three hundred cars were totally destroyed. The flra started In the repair shop. 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