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. GRANT! PAM, ,, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, t MONDAY, JUNK SS, 1917.
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II Kill WAY KN'GINHKR M'XJI AND
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icoitkm ok the ntatk
JOT JOSEPHINE IK GRADING
AiN'itluiimit of Road Funds Must
Await llerlslim of Ikwiflhirrott
Chm lU-fi.rv Hiiprrine Court
llerixirt Nunii, stale highway ou
Mincer, aecompiinled by J. C. John
ion, special writer on the I'or timid
Journal, reached brunts Pass Uit
evening mi nn uutu tour, which will
Inrlmla, lxfora finished, nearly all
I tin principal highway roulus of the
jttule. Mr. Niuin rirlii the rondu
Iown through nmtral Oregon In
' splendid shape. Ha olso had high
praise for tli grade over the Siski
you mountains, which, ho slid, were
In fine condlltuti Hi this time.
Tills urn da (lie highway couuiils
lon plan to pave with 12-foot
hard nurture pavement Mid . 4-foot
nhuulilcrs'on ttlier Hide.
"Tim highway commliwlon cannot
pluo apportionment of road fund to
the various projects of the stute,"
khUI Mr. .Sunn last evening, "until
a decision haa been rendered In the
-rant now before the supreme court,
which will determine whether bonds
Tan he Issued, under the Roan-Ilar-rati
-bill tn-addrrtnn to thr. IfWro?
4iuu recently voted by Ik people. Any
expenditure under tlis Ilesn-llarrett
bill will have lo be for bard surface
roads.
"However, you cnu uxnure people
-of Josephine county thst the Pacific
highway la to have Hint considera
tion liy the commlaalon. I recom
mended lo them that they assist this
county In the grading of the roud
Ixitween this city and the Douglas
county line. Their decision on this
matter will depend upon the funds
available.
"One of the pieces of work to be
undertaken will tie making a perma
nent trade for the PsclNe highway
through Douglas county."
Mr. Nunn and Mr. Johnson left this
morning for the north, stopping to
Inspect the survey Nrark (bolng done
on the Pacific highway ,n this coun
ty, under the direction of Assistant
Engineer Kelly.
Rome, June 25. Four nuns were
captured by the Italians when they
stormed the Important Anstro-Hun-farlan
positions on Monte Ortegera
on June 19, the war office reported
today,
HIGH TAXES
MEXICAN OIL FIELDS
Washington, June 25. Firm but
friendly representations have been
made to the Cnrransa government In
Mexico agnlnst the new high taxes
In the Tnmploo oil fields, and othrjr
representations agnlnst the so-cnlled
uenatlonnllsatlon of 'foreign com
panies operating there, ttvy the I'nll
ed St a I en, It became known here to
day. It Is understood thut Orent Hrlt
nln hint seconded the represonlntliins
against the oil field taxes, These
representations seek to lower the
taxes which oil men declare are con
fiscatory. IU.INOIH VOTING ON
00,000,000 HOAI) IIONDH
Springfield, III., June 25. The
$(10,000,000 good road tiond Issue
wns signed today by Governor Low
den, The measure will lie submit
ted to t vote of the people at the
next, regular election,
L OF
President Wilson Hlgni. Export (W
trot Hill (Yoalliig Kxm-uMvo Kooil
; Administration Council
Washington, J mis 25, The Inser
tion of he liquor question la the
food control bill hus apparently
thrown the situation In the senate
Into turmoil and confusion,
Just a It appeared that the ad
ministration was getting the upper
hand with the aid of powerful repub
lican support and seemed sure of
passing the food control measure,
the adoption by tho house of the
bone-dry amendment haa upset all
the plana. The wets who haw here
tofore favored the Mil are now hedg
ing. The dry are split among them
selves as to the extent to which pro
hibition provisions should go. It Is
admitted that there Is a danger of
filibuster y the liquor element.
However, Senator CbnuiH-erlnln.
who Is In charge of the bill, declares
thnt the senste will agree to the
house amendment for hone-dry dur
ing the wsr.
As a result of the house action on
this question, the war tax bill now
being drafted Is left In mid air. There
Is approximately 176,000,000 levied
under the proponed bill on wines and
beers. If the bone dry prohibition
measure la adopted, a redrafting of
this tax Mil will be necessary.
Majority leader Kttobln today ore-
dieted that congress would adjourn
between August 1 and 15.
ALl'MKI AHHOCIATION'
itr OUKtJON V. MEETS
Portland, June 85.- The fifth an
nual meeting of the Alumni tasncia
tloo of the I'nlverslty of Oregon
opened here todsy and will end Wed
nesdsy. To secure greater atten
dance the State Medical association
convention was also set for this week
and will open June 18.
IIAXhKIl WOHKH AM
IHl'AI.: AGED UH YEARS
Chicago, June 8ft. Kllan Oreen
baum, banker,, 95 years or age, cele
brated the anniversary of hie birth
'by working at his office today. He
founded the bank of Greenbaum A
8ons company In 1855.
CHILE INTERNS URGE
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Valparaiso, June 25. The Chilean
government has ordered the deten
tion of the British freighter Mott
flond teen use she carried a gun. The
government will apparently construe
the neutrality laws aa providing that
a vessel carrying any kind of a gun
or armament will come under those
provisions requiring Its Internment.
KX-.MAYOIt ALIIEK TAKEN
H MYHTEIUOI'H SIGN
I'ortlund, June 25. Clone from
the door of the office of Mayor Alhee
l the mysterious sign which for four
years caused much speculation. Al
bee refused to divulge the meaning
of tho mark, which adorns the door
of every office Alboe hits occupied.
COUNCIL ON POLICY
AS TO FOOD EXPORTS
Washington, Juno 25. The pi'etd
dent today signed the export control
hill, placing lit (effect the license and
emlmrgo provisions restricting tho
shipment of foods (o foreign nations.
The president ro-lnclilnntnlly creat
ed an executive council, composed of
representatives of the departments of
stato, agriculture and commerce, on
food administration to decide mat
ters of foreign iiollcx In the lnndllng
of food erports.
CONTRQ
FOOD
EXPORTS
SB
Over One Dollar Per Capita Is Averaged by Residests la
Nation-Wide Drive for Big Humanity Fond
Hundred Percent Over Subscribed
It waa an enthusiastic bunch of
men who gathered at 'the Chamber
of Commerce luncheon today noon
to make report of their work on be
half of the Hed Cross campaign.
They were Justified In their enthu
siasm for two reasons; the merits of
the cause In which they were work
ing, and the consciousness of a splen
did success.
Today Is the last day of the cam
pulgn, but it will be two or three
days before the final returns are in.
One letter received from the country
precincts today enclosed checks for
$2 and Mint ml that there were more
to follow.
The reports of the various team
captains to Monday noon are as fol
lows: Mashburn f 88U.O0
Loughrldgo ... 882.00
Cramer 1,871.05
fly water '. !.. 1.500.00
Williams 752.00
Sabln 928.80
Oetnaray . 708.75
Qulnlan 1,178.50
Bramwell .....J.......1.638.00
Dlanchard 6J.9.Q0
Bx. Committee 88.00
Total
,.810.401.10
RUSSIANS ARE DRUNK
. OF
By William (1. 8hepherd
t United Press Staff Correspondent)
Petrograd, May 1. (By Mall)
Every theory, every belief, every
schism of sociollgy, every injustice,
every prafblem of poverty and of af
fluence and of lalbor la being voted
on In Russia today.
Meetings by the thousands are be
ing held. The Russian people are
dividing themselves along the lines
of professions and occupations and In
their meetings the smallest problems
are brought up. In meeting of
waahwomen In Petrograd the other
day, for Instance, the women went so
far as to discuss their social stand
ing.
"We want an eight hour day," de
clared one washwoman, "We want
to have time every day to visit our
friends and enjoy life."
"Not No I" declared the next
speaker. "What we want Is more
work. I want to get all the work I
can do and work as long aa I please.
I have no friends to visit."
"That woman Is wrong" declared
a third, "If we haven't got any
frlenda to visit, It's because we've
never had time to make frlenda as
other people do. What we need Is
more friends and more time to en
Joy them."
rtter and absolute free speocn ex
ists; only this could moke possible
the Infinity of the' number of mat
ters thnt are being discussed hy the
people of tieethlng Russia. Folka
are free to talk against each other.
Only yesterday for Instance, the sol
diers of the 1 2th army at the front
derided that the ctar was not lielng
guarded with sufficient care in his
pulnre. They passed a resolution to
thai effect and the resolution reach
ed Minister of War Kcrensky,
"The ex-ciar Is giving liquor to the
soldiers who are guarding him," was
one of the charges.
Korensky wont to Tsakoe Solo to
look in the matter as reported.
He found that, according to a long
established custom at the palace, the
guards wore being given a "bottle of
wine each day. He laid the matter
Many subscribers did not specify
whether the terms of payment listed
on the cards were satisfactory, and
it Is very Important that all wbo are
able tv make full payment do so In
stead of requiring the local commit
tee to look after the Installments.
Make payments to R. K. Hackett,
treasurer, at First National bank.
The returns to Monday noon toy
country districts are as follows:
Merlin and Hugo
Kerby
Williams ,
Holland ..
Murphy
Selma and Dryden
Iceland and Placer
Wllderrtlle
Takllma and Waldo ....
Provolt '.
Wolf Creek and Golden ,
.$165.00
. 270.00
. 458.05
. 778.50
. 260.00
. 182.90
. 110.00
. 300.50
. 880.25
. 75.00
. 4.50
Portland, June 25. Outside of
Portland, Oregon will raise more
than a half million dollars In the
Red Cross Drive, according to Indi
cations' from present ' reports. The
totals tabulated up to soon today
from out in the stste waa, 844.88.
FIRST TASTE
AND INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY
before the troops guarding the pal
ace. "Yes," they replied. "We receive a
bottle of wine every day from the
cisr's cellars. We are only follow
ing an ancfent custom but if we
are being criticised for It by the sol
diers of the 11th army, we will die
continue the practice."
Wherefore, in solemn assembly,
they voted to abolish a pleasant and
therefore somewhat lingering custom
of Tsarkoe Selo.
People in Russia vote at the drop
of the hat on any subject.
The third Impression I received as
an American, was a sense of bewild
erment at the problem of getting all
this voting tVanslated into laws.
The voting Is not vague and un
systemato. Spontaneously a system
has grown up out of the old organ
isations, whereby national organiza
tions of all sorts are developing.
A few washerwomen, for Instance,
or a few farmers, in some extremely
remote district hold a meeting and
elect a delegate to a meeting of
washerwomen or farmers In some
neartjy town. This larger meeting,
In turn, elects a delegate to a con
vention in t still larger center and
finally, delegates are chosen to rep
resent a still larger district In the
main organisation which Is (being
formed here at the capital. There Is
i bewildering number of such or
ganisations, with , an uncountable
number of repetitions.
A man, for instance, may be
member of a soldier's organisation;
he may also belong to an organisa
tion of his craft and, In addition, he
may vote In an organisation of Vk-
ranlans, or 1j?Ub, or Poles, There Is
no limit to the number of places In
which he may express. his opinion
and hnve his votes counted.
. How tho new government, out of
all the mass of public, opinion and
there's never been so much public
opinion anywhere in the world as
there Is In Russia now will be able
to sirt the preponderating causes Is
a Ttwlldorlng problem, but It Is one
that . the new government is deter
mined to solve.
ENTIRE
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CABHIET
Bettered That Glatlierlea Venlzeloa.
Friend of Knglaiui and Franco .
Win lie Premier
Athens, June 25.--The entire Zai
nrle ministry baa resigned.,
It Is reported that Elutheriea Ven
lzelos, ex-premier and president of
the provisional government "formed
while Constantino waa still on 'the
throne, la en route to Athena. He!
la known to have left Salonika and
to have arrived In southern Greece.
It is believed that he will be nam
ed as premier at new cabinet King
Alexander is known to have great
admiration for Veniseloa.
Allied officials are known to be
lieve that the king could not make a
more popular, move. Venlzeloa has
always stood firm for Greece's stand
ing behind Us pledges to . England
and France, and it waa his position
on this question which caused the
breach between blm and the late
King Constantino.
WILL HOLD HEARINGS
OS FREIGHT INCREASE
Salem. June 25. The public ser
vice commission has ordered the sue-.
pension of the fifteen per cent in
crease In interstate freight rates.
Orders will ibe issued this afternoon
or tomorrow setting time for -hearings
on-the proposed Increases. '
BRITISH DRIVE DEEPER .
INTO GERMANY'S LINKS
London, June 25. In a score of
raids by patrols mixed with local
ataes the , British . force baye
driven a'it "deeper 'Into' the German
lines on the west front. General Halg
reported' today.
MODERN STOCKYARDS
' . " OPEXKD AT PA8O0
Pasco, June 25. The new Pasco
Union stockyards, considered among
the most modern yards of their alxe
in the west, are completed and ready
for business today. The yards rep
resent an investment of 830,000, ex
clusive of the site. Sheds are suf
ficient to house 25 cars at a time.
LIVING IN DETROIT
Detroit, June 25. Johann Wll
helm, nephew of the kaiser, would
take up the gun against Germany
If the age limit of selective service
were raised to Include him.
Count von Hohensollern Is his
title. He waa iborn In Detroit and
has 'been here for the last seven
years.
The count's Identity was disclosed
when he applied to Marshall Beh
rendt'for permission to enter dis
tricts restricted to Germans.
While he spent the greater part
of his forty-seven years in Germany
Johann was born here while his par
ents were touring the United States.
His father Is a brother of Bill Hohen
sollern. ,
BY ZIG-ZAG COURSE
A Gulf Port, June 25.--An armed
American steamer arriving here re
ports a running fight with a sutaiar
Ine in the Mediterranean set. The
battle lasted half an . hour. More
than 40 shots were fired.
The steamer was not hit and It Is
unknown whether the submarine was
reached or not. The escape was ef
fected by taking a slg sag course.
H. K. Weber left Saturday night,
returning to Washington points,
where he Is engaged with the Shasta
Valley . Und Co.
RESIGN
IRRIGATION
Sw
IMME.1BE FLOOD IS SWEEP1MJ
THItOt'OH 8TKAWBEKBT VAI
LET IX TTAH
IrrlgMlon Project Built bf UaattsJ
States Government Five Year Ago
New Falnrlew
Salt Lake, Jane 26. The isia
mouth dam 12 miles from Falrvlew,
Utah, has given way under the ter
rific pressure of 11.000 acre feet of
Impounded water and a flood of im
mense) proportions la now sweeping
through the valley below, according
to reports that have reached offldala
of the Denver and Rio Grande rail
road. . :i :' .v-. l:,f '
,. , The loss of. life has not been re
ported.
This irrigation project is on
the United States government built
four or five years ago and la among
the largest In the country.' The val
ley below,, known locally as Straw- '
berry valley, Is one of the most pro
ductive in the' arid west. ' It Is given
over generally to diversified agricul
ture. CffiJSiDERJIi'ffi
' London.' Juno 2$. A most signif
icant announcement, which la believ
ed to indicate an even greater dem
ocrat! uti on of the British govern
ment, was made in the honse of com
mons today by Chancellor of the Ex
chequer Law, who said that It had
oeen decided to call a conference to
deal with the future composition of
the house of lords. The conferees, it
waa' said.' were also to discus the
relations between the two houses of
parliament.
SAW TRITON SUBMARINE ,
IX GCLF OF MEXICO
Galveston. June 25. Paaiengwrg
arriving her from Mexican port re
port that their lookout warned them
of German raider In the gulf about
200 miles onli Official hare
to discuss th matter.
fiOVERiiOn ICES
Governor Wlthycombe haa an
nounced the personnel of Oregon
exemption boards, , following an-
nouncement from Washington that
President Wilson had In every cas
approved the local board appointed
by the state executives.
In all but Multnomah and Marlon
counties the sheriff, county clerk and
county physician will comprise th
boards. ' The two , more populous
counties have been divided Into -districts
and the work allotted among
private clttxens.
"You can aay for Governor Wlthy
conVbe and myself that there will ibs
no politics or no favoritism In this
work," declared Adjutant General
White last night. "The work of th
local boards will tie watched cloeely
. and any questionable action will call
I tor Immediate removal."
CALL RANK STATEMENTS
ON Jl'OTC TWKNTIHTH
Washington, June 15. Th comp
troller of th -currency has leaned
call Jpr th condition , of , national
bankseat t,he close of bus! sees Wed
nesday, June 10.
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