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rrvs ANSWERS
s Th German kaiser and hla ad
Tisora wra assured many Umee ho
fore America's entry Into the war.
that the people of thla country would
not respond to an. appeal to make
war, that we were dulled to all
sense of patriotism bj money-chasing,
and were too "soft" to be an
effective enemy.
Flv times since the declaration of
war, America has been called upon
' to show what kind of stuff she is
made of. Five 'times she hss re
sponded In magnificent shape.
- The call, for volunteers to bring
the army and navy op to fighting
strength was met with a fine re
sponse although the people as 'a
whole had not really sensed whst
this war meant to our country.
The registering of 10.000,000
young men between the ages of 21
and 30, leaving other millions
younger and older of good fighting
caliber ss reserves, "was done In a
- quiet, business-like manner with
neither undue hurrah or any sense of
antagonism. It wss a great nation
lining up to an important task like
business met.
The Liberty loan of 12,000,000,
000 was 60 per cent over-subscribed
within the limited time set. The
pleasing thing about that demonstra
tion was that the money came from
the people In a broad sense. The
'number subscribing and the amount
of the over-sribecription excelled that
shown by Germany in her first war
loan.
And now that great organization
of mercy, the Red Crow, asked the
' people ot this nation to donate $100,
000,000 to the work of carrying
' those little extra touches of helpful
ness and care along with the armies
that would 'be sent abroad and In
a single week the amount, great as It
Is, has been over-subscribed; and
a lain by the common people.
If the kaiser needs any further
answer to his query, "Do the Am
erican people mean business;" we
opine that he will not have to wait
'long to receive It.
Save Your Time
By Using
Clean Easy
Naptholeine
Soap , ?
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY;
QUALITY FIRST
POOD REGULATION
The big Item In the Jood situation
facing this country In not no much
the. gross output as reKUlntlon of
distribution.
There Is an ample supply for Am
erica. The question of how much we
can spare for our allies who will
need It most sorely, will depend up
on how carefully the supply, both
that Intended for domestic iiho and
.'that for export, Is conserved and dl
'vlded among those who need It. The
fooling among foreign Quivers Is that
the supply Is far short and represen
tative of several nations are out-
IP
bidding each other In aa effort to tee
that they get their share of the too
email store Available.
This situation leads to an infla-!
tlon of prices which seriously J
threatens to advance the cost ot food 1
to a point where the poor of the
country will suffer. i , ,
.... . , . ' ma; were is no reason in mo worm.
It is to remedy this danger that rtoaW w M
the administration Is asking for au- curti B a comparatively short spare
BURNS, CUTS
Md WOUNDS
Dennis Eucalyptus Ointment
ar u osuo stosis
Twos ISO Jars boo
thority to regulate the foodstuffs of; of time, an
the countrr. The nower should be fleet
promptly granted.
The president has announced that
he win entrust the administration ot
such a measure to Herbert C. Hoover.
Some Americana may feel that it is
overwhelming . aerial
fleet
I "In irmv In Hi mir iwrlmiint
and brigades of winged cavalry,
mounted oa gas driven flying horses,
could blind the eyes of Germany un
til her gunners, absolutely deprived
of rang finders, would be put out
going too far to entrust such powers T ! artillery.
I wTr ma'am tn rt lanst wan 1st
to one man, but some om mast be, . . . m ... .
trusted and Hoover", splendid worklan otBerf. aT,lMon ,nd ,rtniery.
They are co-operating elementa In a
fighting army, and against an enemy
a flying machine Is s terror and a
menace to big guns. That aero
planes are positively essential for di
recting artillery fire Is an axiom
In Belgium, where he was thoroughly
tested, and found trustworthy, should
satisfy critics on that point
The money saved would not come
out of the pockets of tha producers
the farmers. It would be prevent-1 among military men who hav seen
ed from going into the socket's of action In the sort of battles being
the speculators, who In the last five
months have grabbee a quarter of a
MlHon dollars from the American
people.
The machinery for putting thla law
ln,to effect should be ready before
the harvest begins In July. Congress
Is wasting a lot of precious time In
discussing the details of the question.
This is no time for words but tor
action. War demands prompt, deci
sive action. The man who delays
such action at a Juncture like the
present is playing into the hands of
the Germane.
TRENCH TALES
"This is my third time home with
wounds," said a young Irish ser
geant through bandages which came
near covering his entire head, "but
Its not going to be the last though
they've made a pukka mess of me
this time. They've fairly peppered
me with shrap. There aren't many
of the old crowd left with my battal
ion now," he said, adding that he bad
been in the "fun since Mons." "My
company got a new draft not long
before we attacked and the new boys
went over the top like the rest of
us older ones. ' That's the sort of
thing that used to surprise us regu
lars, we've got over It by this time.
It's all the one game and the new
ones play It like good 'una. They're
up to beating Fritz any time."
MICWCE
(Continued from Page 1)
can qualities to our brothers in arms
at their maximum efficiency.
"The answer gained Is aeroplanes
and yet more aeroplanes, Every
young American worthy of a name
would be keen to Join our flylnx
army. The game ideally suits our
national temperment, With the
wealth we can devote and our un
qualified facilities for manufactur
fought on the western front.
"The magnificently obvious thing,
then, is to knock out Germany's eves
by a thrust through the air. But my
Idea would be something vastly larg
er than a thrust. An Inundation of
aeroplanes would better express the
idea in its magnitude. Sweep the
Germane from the sky, blind the
Prussian cannons and the time would
be ripe to release an enormous flock
of flying fighters to raid and des
troy military camps, ammunition de
pots, military establishments of all
kinds The firing upon troops from
machine guns from aeroplanes la be
coming commoner and more accu
rate. Once given an upper hand In
flying machines become frightful en
gines of destruction.
"The greater the air fleet the
safer It becomes to the aviator con
nected with It. and the more deadly
to the enemy to) which It Is sent.
"Six hundred million dollars looks
like a lot of money. Considered in
the terms of winning the war, it Is a
positive bargain. England la spend
ing $39,000,000 a day for her share
in the war. At such a rate per diem
it would take something like a fort
night to more than pay for the air
fleet which we are planning to construct."
STATE RED CROSS
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Jluby Food.
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"A.aruf tn Mnhn' Milk
IWIDEMANN'S,
PURE. UM?Wr.TtNIt. tVAPORATIO
GOAT MILK
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WIDEMANN ROAT MILK CO.
phlne and Union raised 111 per cent
more than their quotas.
Other high counties were Doug
las, 104 tier cent excess; Crook, 92
per cent excess; Wallowa, 104 per
cent excess and Baker, 76 per cent
excess.
Jackson county Is credited with
54 per cent over their quota of $1R,
000. Lake, Just to the east made a
very poor showing with a deficit of
7K per cent. In view of the heavy
war purchases of horses and stock
from that section this Is hard to un
derstand unless It bo that the city has
strained Its aiMllty to give in buck
ing the Strahorn railroad project.
CARS ARE NEEDED TO
AVOID COAL FAMINE
'Washington, June, SS, Acconllim
to testimony offered before the In
t'TMtnte Commerce commission to-
d:i.v, the pnor people "f tlm 'Oiinlry!
will sulTnr untold misery due to a
fuel famine unless the railroads sup-J
ply cars for coal shipments, The,
blnine Is laid at the doors of the
railroads by those giving the tcstl-j
mony. ;
T
AHD KILLED BY ACCIDENT
' .Dave Cotterell, a prominent stock
man of the Meadows district was
shot and Instantly killed about T:80
Wednesday morning, by a close per
sonal friend Md fellow stockman,
Lano Wyland.
There Is no question but that the
shot was accidental. The two men
were on the range with their cattle
and had taken their guns to kill pre-1
datory game. How the shooting oc
curred has not yet been reported.
The bullet passed through the unfor
tunate man's neck.
1 Cotterell waa about- SO and Wy
land about &) years of age. Both
men had families.
IT
UNI BAPTIST FROLIC
Yesterday was picnic day for the
Baptist Sunday school. , About ISO
gathered In Rlverolde park at noon
tor the picnic dinner and spent the
afternoon tn games and sports. The
special features were the baseball
gamee, In one ot which the boys un
der 15 years, captained by Asa Pow
ers, detested Prof. Wardrlp's mar
ried men by a T-6 score. The ladles,
likewise, won from the men, S2-S0.
using a code of baseball rules that
Ur. Spalding never heard of.
A new game, volley ball, waa In
troduced to Grants Pass, and as every
one can qualify for this gsme. It waa
Indulged In by a large number of
players. The accommodations at the
park for thla kind of an affair are
very satisfactory and the picnic waa
a happy success.
TELEPHONE MEN LEAVE
T0J1
The south-bound Southern Pacific
passenger train this morning car
ried about 150 members of Co'. E,
8th battalion, reserve signal corps,
made up of practical telephone men,
recruited from' the ranks ot the Pa
cific Telephone and Telegraph Co.,
nearly 100 of tpem from Portland
and the rest from the cities south of
Portland.
R. E. Riley of the local telephone
force Joined the company this morn
ing and proceeded with them to Mon
terey, Cal., for military Instruction.
The families of the men are assured
their regular Income, aa the tele
phone company pays the difference
between the government pay and
each man's previous salary.
NOTICE TO CIJF.XTS
1 will be out of my office until
September 1, nttenditg the1 taw de
partment of the t'nlverslty of Michi
gan. V. A. CLEMENTS.
IiOlll) XOKTHaJFFK MAY
VISIT OIUXiON L.lTKIt
San Francisco, June 2ft, There t
possibility that Iord Northrllffe
will visit the Paclflo coast. He wired
Brace Porter, chairman of the Kas
aovo day committee, here today thai
while his task of co-ordination Is of
uch magnitude that he will be un
able to leave the east for some time,
he Is planning to make the western
trip later.
AMERICANS NOT AT ,
SWISS PEACE MIIKT
Washington, June 28. The Am
erican Federation of Labor has re
fused to participate in the trade
union peace conference In' Switzer
land, September 17, It was announr
efl hare today.
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ITALIA MIX1NTUY GIVEN
. VOTE OF CONFIDKNCfc'
Rome, June 28. The chamber of
deputies voted to extend Its support
to the existing ministry for another
month. The vole Indicates a strong
support of the Bosblll government.
Overhauled and
repainted
FORD ' ROADSTER
$275
Term3
Mclntyre's Garage
606 South 6th Street
n, Boys and
Girls Uanfod
Rogue River Orchards want women, boys and girls
for
Loganberry Picking
Good accommodations for camping. Matron in
charge. For information see
MRS. JOS. MOSS
, 30H N. 6th
The Best is Cheapest
TOIVER BANRf
lii Creamery Butter 0
"And it's GOOD Butter"
Made in Grants Pats
Goodyear and Federal Tires
Are Economy Tires
C L Hobart Company
KING OEOROE INSPECTS
BRITAIN'S Hl'GE WAIWHII'H
Ixindon. June 28. King Oeorue,
whose war apprenticeship was serv
ed In the navy, has just returned to
Buckingham pahice after a five days'
tour of Inspection of the grand fleet.
The king watehed the batteries In
practice and Inaperted all the new de
vices and returned home felly con
vinced that the Tlrltlah navy Is prim
ed for the vlggest fcattla la Its history.
letterheads that will ptoses you, at
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NOTICE
A Big Battle on in Grants
Pass and Josephine
County
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