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Tonight and Wednesday talr;
f aorta to eaet winda. . , 4
ANOTHER FOOL BILL KILLED
Another of the tool bills of the
eestoa baa been consigned to ob
livion aftar Mag tha cauee of
the waste of mora good Irou dollars
of tha daddies. It U the committee
-eaearc providing for tha taxing ot
guar "Tha commute till was tha
accessor of tha Sweeney MU, and
waa supposed to ears defect la that
meaaaro. The Sweeney- bill would
bare required I the 'taking out of 11
ceaae tor tha carrying ot a gun. The
fanner who left his own premises
with a shotgun or rifle to hunt down !
a oyote that waa preying upon his L. eld M.rshal
fancy BViiK mom
INDIA RELISH
ORKKX OUYES
DILL PICKLES
SOVR PICKLES
SWEET PICKLES
RIPE OLIVES
SOVR AXD SWEET
PICKLES
MINCE MEAT
M'XKD
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
Ql'ALrry FIRST
to stop soliciting eastbound freight.
Alt freight1' Is accepted now by the
Southern Paulflo and Santa Fa ub
Jeot'to a flock of embarks on east
bound railroad.
Except tor perishables, no freight
is toeing moved to the Atlantic sea
board. drain dealers ot the Pacific coast
see no relief and are demanding gov),
eminent action. .
IS
SSI
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coma up soon. It is expected to pass
with at least that amount, which
would make tha grand total of this
session's preparedness measure
$711,000,000. The blU virtually was
passed as reported by the committee
and endorsed by Secretary Daniels.
The house, however, refused , to
adopt Daniels recommendations that
ship yard employee must the subject
to draft in time ot national emer
gency; and punishing any person who
induces an employee engaged on gov
ernment work in tithe ot national
emergency to leave his work.
in us.
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(Continued from Pu 1)
N PASSES 1
TO
PACIFISTS
Washington, Feb. 13. The I'nlted
States is rapidly preparing for war
if It comes. Army men, railway
heads, navy officials, heads of the
biggest industrial plants in the world,
the head ot the American Federa
tion of Labor and financial kings, are
co-operating. ' ; ' t
They have mapped out In almost
complete detail plans' ,for mobilise-
1 tlon of not only of men and arms, but
Washington. FVb. lS.-By quickly of lmbor' cl.-, "uportatlon
replying to Germany's suggestion for m,lM- M th," "
negotiations tending to avoid war.;" ",ake trength , and power be
Presldent Wilson, it was declared to-bU M " " ' "the front;
day. has handed out a hint to or- . rV''"u." 'T
lion or i ncie sam s military ana in
dustrial resources took definite shape
today at a second meeting Of the
Council of National Defense, which
ganised pacifists and propagandists.
Those close to "Wilson Intimated ha !
has shown those working against I
war an, lahnrln mi the vnuit nit
of the trouble. It there is an armed I WM. V1"??- h'
fowla would have been abect to
arrest It he did not have a gun license
It U no doubt legal and eminently
proper to demand a license fee for
tha hunting and taking of protect
ed game animals and birds, hut to'
von Hlndenburg,
and will tight to the last. ,
Zeppelins fly day and night over
Berlin.
Berne, Feb. 13. Germany's pub
lic and officialdom do not believe en
trance ot America into the war would
demand that the farmer be licensed to , have the slightest effect on the out-
own a, gun with which to protect his !-'
property is not only absurd but A ma,ter of ,act' FleId MrshaI
. ,. .. . von Hlndenburg believes with prep-
eoatoaTention of tha constitution of , ... ... ,
'aratlons now under way. the war will
the TJnlted SUtea. - .te won by Germany before America
' could enters If ahe does enter.
HELPING THE .MINING INDUSTRY When Ambassador Gerard and his
The state legislature wlU consider party left Berlin orders had been Is-
the measure that will determine the
lite or death of the state bureau of
mines next Thursday. This is some
thing In which southern Oregon' Is
vitally Interested. Whatever will
strve to further the mining Industry
will add to the material prosperity
of the district and of the stste. Of
especial moment Is the assistance
which the bureau can be to the pros
pector and to the small mining op
erator. The larger mining interests
are la a position to take care ot them
selves, but the prospector with the
small undeveloped prospect csn be
aided in a material way through the
activity of the bureau. The tjnreau
contemplates the establishment of a
traveling experiment 'station if the
legislature does not cripple Its pos
sibilities by withholding support.
Through this station which would vis
It the different camps and mining lo
calities, owners could be advised up
on the probable value of their find
and the beet methods for operating
a given property would be explained.
Give the mining industry a boost by
telling your friends In the legislature
to help the bureau along.
sued by tha German military au
thorities cancelling all vacations ot
army officers and men for the month
of February.
That move developed the Informa
tion that von Hlndenburg was await
ing the opportune moment for the
great, final effort tor Germany's
! forces.
Germany's military leaders believe
tha moment of Germany's victory is
at hand. They hold this victory will
be achieved because ot the success
which will attend the unlimited sub
marine warfare and 'because of the
shortage of French ' munitions and
supplies, due to lack of coal In
France. -
Moreover, the leaders think the
final, overwhelming effort will be
made, and complete success achieved
before America can move.
Though the German army and
navy is prepared and anxious for
war with America, German news
papers have been urging Americans
to work for peace and have been be
seeching the German admiralty not
to torpedo ships carrying American
passengers. Their efforts, however, do
not appear to toe successful
During the past three months, the
I "'' MILLIONS t'OJl' DEFENSE
Carrying a total of $369,000,000,
the largest appropriation for naval
defense In the history of the country,
the navy bill has pa seed the house y
a vote of 352 to 22.
Amendments attached to the bill
authorized the president to com
mandeer private shipysrds end muni
tion plants, "If a national emergency
arises prior to March 1, 1918," and
provides $1,000,000 for the purchase
of basis aeroplane patents.
The bill authorizes construction of
three battleships tor a total of X4,
635,746; one battle cruiser at 926,
694,4(6';' three at'out Cruisers for a
total of 120,238,435; fifteen destroy
ers for a total of $26,229,180; one
destroyer tender at $2,808,929; one
submarine tender at $2,217,504 and
eighteen coast submarines at a total
of $25,813,684,
Little navy men, unmoved by the
present crisis, rallied In opposition.
The new army appropriation bill,
carrying $247,060,000,' Is expected to
clash, the president has emphatically
aald the blame will rest upon the
shoulders of the Imperial govern
ment Tha way to peace he declared
yesterday, Is for Germany to with
draw her U boat decree of January
II
and propagandists should bring their
pressure to bear upon the kaiser.
seauasil cms
Mentis
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Vedriesday Even'g, Feb. 14
Curtain Risrs at N:80
Daniels, Redfleld and Wilson.
General Wm. Kuhn, military at
tache in Germany at" the outbreak
of the great war, detailed at length
the. system by which Germany mo
bilised her men and materials.
B. 8. Btetllnos. of Morgan 4 Com-
Nil IW,VUV U .Ml. VUUUU Wf III,
entente all lea, will tell the council to
morrow of the beat way for obtain
ing supplies.
Special committees were appointed
See Grants Pass Society in
Black Face and Specialty
High Class Music
Three Hours of Fun and Frolic
Ticket now mi sale at Homing's
50c Me llAr
POM) BEAVERS
FREIGHT HOCKI
Continued from page 1.)
Portland, Feb, 13. En route to
to handle the various angles ot the Honolulu, eighteen Portland Beav-
I era pal out from Victoria tonight.
toward the eaatward and In supply
ing empty cara to western shipper.
Kansas City and St. Louis report
traffic conditions there are "terrific."
Only one road out of St. Louis is gir-
( n tw 4 h rn il ok Kill. Ia k. k..l
Shipper: are-up la arms, but thus "mlW by Commlwloner God f rev of
lira cuuuvu. '
Bernard Baruch will' be In charge
of rounding up raw materials, min
erals and metals.
Munitions, manufactures and the
far have secured no relief. , j
In JCansaa City shippers described
the sit us tlon aa the worst in the his
tory ot the city. The Santa Fa road
alone ia said to have 1,1 00 loaded car
tied up in Its yards,
delivered to eaatern points. The
freight tied up consists mostly of
grain, hay, alfalfa, meal and lum
ber.
.work. ,.. .
I The committee on labor will be They sail on th steamer Niagara
, headed by Samuel Gompers, president tomorrow afternoon, reaching the lar
of the American Federation of Labor. lands about next Tuesday. The
Transportation and communication aprlng training, begins with a gsme
will be put In charge of President I February 21, whan tha Beavers will
Wlllard of the Baltimore A Ohio appear among hula-hula steppers and
railroad. - "uke" twangers aa a feature of the
Science and research work will be , Honolulu carnival.
Leaving for homo on the Great
Northern on March II, McCredle'a
(boat will dock at San Pranolsco
March 31 and go to Stockton for a
final week of conditioning.
Judge McCredle, bla wife and Man
ager Walter McCredle go with the
team today.
NEW
A NTM 10 A RKTTE
IULL IV TIIK HEN ATE
Salem, Feb. 13. Cigarette must,
not be sold to or smoked by minors,
according to a compromise bill which
la before the state senate today. U
waa passed by the house lata yester
day. The new measure la a comhln-.
atlon of the Stott and Sweeney bill,
which were withdrawn after having
passed. It went through tb house
by a vote ot $7 to II.
siting to be Work ' ,na"n,',,n Industrial pro-
i-vmv. mr war, will ue id iflinm til
Howard E. Coffin, of Detroit, presl
dsnt of the Hudson Motor Car com
pany. 1 That PAiififtlnsV tm nt juinnllit In.
The SanUFe probably I. the worst c,udlBf ood( ,
hit. because of It. being the target undw dlrMtIon of Ju)l R
line tapph., the middle and fa, west-. ,, of g ck A tLpeny.
ern market.. Other road, edterlng , M, prouIemi of ,.
Kansw City a so rport difficulty In t , UM b commission
getting cars to seaboard destlna-1 Martin "
tl0'' ! . Wlllard aald today he held a meet-
That there are more than ten ing yosterday In New York with tha
thousand cara tied up in Chicago hea(U of i5 of the largest lines, at
yards alone, was the statement of which It wss decided to mske the
Chicago, Burlington A Qulncy rail- Americn Rallw-y. assoclstlon the
roo omciais. , instrument for handling all transpor-
According to H. E. Byron, vice- tation of men and supplies,
president, the C. B. A Q. alone has' President Harris of the Amertrsn
about 2,000 cars on its hands. Many ' Association of Railway lines announ
of these are from other roads, bow-: ced today that the electric lines were
ever. A similar condition exists on able to co-operate In any work, so
the Chicago, Milwaukee ft St. Paul that transportation can be made con
and the Big Four. Officials of the : tin nous 'from electric to steam roads
Big Four stated that not a single 'and vice versa
western road was accepting ship-
ments for the esst except upon
Correspondent have been unable tru- Pial order and guarantees that
ly to picture conditions In Germany. jth car w"l' be given clearance.
Only such dispatches aa were de- More than 2,000 cars loaded with
signed to Influence American opinion i lumber and cotton are being held In
were allowed to pas. 1 ' the Bl Four yards, according to J.
Berlin cannot understand why,H- Porterfleld, superintendent of
America maintains her diplomatic re-' transportation of that' line. ' In ad
latlons with Austro-Hungary after iMotl i0 tneM- 800 n' t ln
havlni severed with German v qm dlanapolls and 2400 at other In-
flclals pointed out, before the Ger
ard party left the capital, that Em
peror Carl and the Austrian foreign
minister were both present at the
conference on January 27 Emperor
William's birthday at Great Ger
man headquarters., at which It was 10 lne "ml1 ' eastern storage, snd
decided tn onen the unlimited nh. reH eastern railroads are un-
diana and western Pennsylvsnla
points. . '
Eastbound shipping Is at a stand
still. It Is explained that the German
submarine embargo I holding goods
marine warfare.
Moreover, Berliner pointed out,
Austro-Hungary, through her em
peror and foreign minister, at that
time accepted, with Germany, full
responsibility for auch warfare.
A Siting ftsterl
Lady Wortley Montagu, one of Eng
land's most lirilllsnt women, Incurred
Pope's undying hatred in tbe following
msnneri Tbe post, who wss deformed
and very dark and addicted to ques
tioning everybody, once asked her to
define an interrogation mark. 8b de
fined It as "a Httl crook backed thing
that ssks questions." ,
A classllei ad will give results."
able to unload car.
With warmer weather predicted,
and a continued embargo on ship
ments east, Chicago commission men
look for big decline In prices on
foodstuffs. The Inevitable result,
they point out, will ibe a flooding of
western markets with perishable and
non-perishable foodstuffs.
The uncertainty or the national
firlltlcal situation will prevent spec
ulators from holding on or cornering
the market and farmers are loath to
overlook the present opportunity for
securing top figures for their produce.
BORAH WILD REPEAL
Washington, Feb. 13. Senator
Borah today offered, an amendment
to tbe universal military training bill
which seeks to repeal the present
national guard law. - ....
"We cannot have a universal mill
tary training system and a national
guard at the ssme time," Borah said.
Borah refused to declare either for
or against any form of universal mil
itary training.
Feminine Versatility.
" A girl' venatllity Is such tbst aha
will telephone the society editor some
Item about herself and then be ur
prised almost lo denih wlieu she sees
It lu tbe puper next mornlng.-Olilo
Stale .IstnpiNl.
Cslllng cards at the Courier.
San Frsnclsco, Feb. 13. flanta Fa
rail way officials were ordered today
1 1 ry
Hi
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. COUGHS
and COLDS
Dcnrda. Iuctyjtaf OWmatrl
at au mm avoats
TUwte IMJUI W4
Josephine County Creamery
Prices
We will pay Portland prices f bntferfal for the next year.
Ice Cream
We will sell Ice t'ream In M, A, and 10 gallon parker 75c per gallna
MUk
2.2U a month for quart. $1.80 for pints. Delivered.
At the freiunery milk will tie sold Ho a quart, 4c a plot or 80 pint
tirkest for f l.OO.
Chas. De Forest.
phone an
E J. Flasagaa.
blossom
Time
in
the Golden
State
i A friend Just bark from Southern
California eayat "The weather was
line, In fact too warm for heavy
' ' clothes Many were bathing at the
beaches. Oranges were ripe In the
valleys, while Ute mountains nearby
were covered with enow.' ,
With warm sunny weather, It wll
not ha long befor rt, blosapni on
" . the trees will be everywhere anaoum'
Ing that spring time is here,
'
Take a vacation trip now where life ia
different; where climate surroundings
amuiemehlts arout of the ordinary.
Spend a t)iiTerent February.
'Mil" - 1 ', ''!(,'
Tnree Traini Daily
Scenic Shasta Route
will take you there In comfort.
A.k the agent.
John M, Scott, General Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
Southern Pacific Lineb
CALIFORNIA ORANGH DAY, MARCH 10 '
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