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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1917)
v ' .... . ., -rm--, X, " . J? ...', i4i .tCV J . i r J.'.S i x pii )" i i fr'f i ( hyij i.T If ."JW 4 MM :" 'i .?'! Ef t scraC'1 illlJTCL r.nriTir' IDOttflFF TJOT A MILL, FAOTOrpf OB CAMP v, m Mir MORTHwm city GUMMED, BY,. BTRAE fli IS NET 111 CZ3i3 wr UUtrr BU?d to Hsv Bedsit FIm to Check Persirf. om Atttotim Portlud, Or.. Aug. 10 Tb T. W, W.' gMtrtl itrlkt mU4 for tody in th northwMUni UtM h vi itlT ftnad. Itoportt from Mrtrel f,U orthwMtr ;ltlM ftIM to iMioM alar mill, factor? or OMBp oloMd on teconot of rtrlko. ProlMMy not a man quit work la VwtkuU el account of tho atrtka ( Swtttla. Aug. 'JO No 1. Wf W. AlatttroaocM la waitarn Waaklagton ii r ported thli morning and all la qulat th Brat dar of th aoaUad ttrj if, , lafltafel ! II II tkpi 4ibK Blaa to cbaok dla- Portlaad, Or. .: tb popular, -en th faahionahU,. thing forKr. ill Society to carry bom her BTOcerle today. More than that, tt'a tb patriotic thing to do. Portland atorea. backed by th ta(e defeat council, bar ittrted a movement to Indue bouaewlrea to imrty bom their amallar purchaaaa. Aa the flrat atap In thin direction, th merchanti today put Into practice tb;on-dellTery--day ayitem, whlob will free a large number of men for tbr work. Th goTcrnment I urging cltlet thrbnghout lb nation (o adopt thla plan. CHECK FOR KM HUNDRED MILLION Washington. D. O., Auguat.10. Th largeat check over taautd In th world haa been returned to th Uni ted Statei Treaaury, paid and can coiled. Th check for two hundred million1 dollar wai algnad by Secre tary of the Treasury William 0. Mo- Adob. and represented the flrit pay meat on th loan of the United fltaU to Great Britain. z Other large checks whlcb have henn! signed by Secretary McAdoo within th last six months are one for 100,000,000 to Franc and ona for 1100,000,000 to Italy. Numer- 'ous other smaller checks ranging from 11,000,000 to 175,000,000 nave (been signed as loans to our allies. Previous t oJanuary. 19 IT. the lur test chock that had ever been signed by a affjrntary of th treasury of the uniun mains wns one inr iu,uuip,- 000 In payment for tha rights of tho French Pnnnma Canal company for th prlvolege of constructing tho Panama canal, The next lnrgoHt chock 'was for $25,000,000 In pay ment for the Danish Went Indies. When the trnoly ending the Ulanda to the United ftiiitos was signed it oonlatnod a clause calling for pay- tnnni nP ihtk Antli imniint In ..,.1.1 wnen It came time for the Danlah minister to collect fgr the Islands, in treasury was made ready vp make tho payment, but the perplexed tailnlster found that there was hardly enough wagons In Washington to baul 135,000,000 In gold, and, Anal ly, after 'much cabling between offi cials, he consented to take a draft fnt that mum Ia V ttlrtnAri at tka Ii "t the government, : in uuaium . Toai Vkay, VMami fit Qwti War M.l..4UaNil Cwra4toa M UM Ha ... , .t Boatoa, ;Agvf(atwaa,Ma aad 10,000 G. X. H. rotoraaa art bar today for (hair National raualoa aseampaaat Mambara of th Nary Itadloal Honor taama. wblek I win hold tta coaraaUqn ta eoajuae- i"ww.m uy inuai ( (BOB war bua tbla morning, from ' .all Jrta of tht countrjr. : Erary rraagmnt for th comfort ot th vataru haa boan mad. Boy 8oouU win act aa guld. Among th oromlnat raUrana ar riving ' today war Conuniadar-iii. hchlf of th Grand Army, William J. ratwraoi of Plataburg. Pa,: Salor Tloa-eommaidar V. H. WoraUaii r Kanaaa Clty,J, Mo... aad Junior ric vommaadar 11. A. Kut of New "Or- Th rtrani will U oOcMUr wal- eomd to klty tonight at a tot- togthr moatlag. . With thla country on th r of ac tlr mlliury participation In tb war. to Grand Army reunion km on v new and aerlona aliiiiaeanea. It la BntfMbl that noma Alan fori oooroinating h "work, of vth Craqd -. . - 1 Ajrtny W aiding tb country In way vb : id4 On will b on Import- if th ntherta. af th i. ran. omormvttovAun ov.doo .f K UCTJI LAW ATTAOim ' talM. Olw.'.'Aa'g'Hi-Th eoatiL rottonaMty of tfcTheW dog llcns law w attacked -her today la th man damua proceedings instituted to com pel Constable Varney to collect dog licensee or destroy th dog. Tb application for a writ was argued be fore Justlc Moor today. B. R. Rlngo, th constbl's Attor ney, declared the law Is unconstitu tional because It Is not sutewlde and because k Is 4 criminal aUtuta and yet attempts to rat rTnue. : " ROAD COMpD DELAYED BY WRECK Delay in th road- conference b tween th governors, state highway commissioner and ctUiens of Ore gon and California wm mui 1 wracked bridge which bad to,b re- faired nefor -th ''v Oregon officials i could eontinu their Journey to Ores cent City. VM 'The mMtlnr Miia i . w wa.w vuwniu r th extension Into Oregon of the Coast Highway, which California la building from San Francisco Bay to the northern boundary of the state. Discussion a to whether It shall con tinue north. 1n the assumption that a similar coast rout win h built through Oregon, or strike northeast to the Pacific Highway at Grant Pas, will bo the chief feature of the sessions. A big six-ton truck loaded with chrome or crashed throuah a bririm nine miles from' Crescent City today, and Governor Wlthycombe, 8. Ben- ion, Stat Highway, Commissioner, and the delegation traveling by auto from Grants Pass were delayed and did not roach Crescent City until Sunday night. The program was postponed until their arrival.'" VIOLATORSJF DRAFT GETiTWO YEARS New York Aug. 20 Pleading guil ty to the charge of conanlrlnir to vio late the United States draft laws, Dr. Samuel llernfeld and Iouis Cherry. ousted members of the exemption board, were today sentenced . I a term of two years In the Atlanta fed- tral prison, . They were also given a fine of 110,000 each, with (lues re mitted. FiwH Rom. Avg. 10 Italy haa atartad on dtrmlnd oSntr ztndlng from tb Adriatic to th Alp, a Mow which la 'probably' lb giwatoat the Itallaaa hnra yt atrnek. Early report dewcrtb Initial tuc- ccaae of th troop ot onrat Cad- omaa. - ThU offeulr followed day of artillery preparation and exteoelT rial activity. . , , Aaaaulta were launched on Carao, Imnim and Julian front almultamv oualy aa on great offensive. ' . Th Italian actually palvrlid tb Auatrlan defena la many ' placaa along tb entlr Une. Diipatchee BRITISH DS n cut i (By WtUiAM PHILIP aiaUtS) . United Prw BUf Comondt I Wltb tb British' Arwiaa Ul tut Hld,HAtgust J (By Wall) PaopU "a, can ger naed" 1bWtnli:'vo- t1Itttt"r karby- thJ business of war. Were It not so, those who have to keep on killing Germans month in and jnontb out, would go mad and bit somebody. Today I waa out among th guns pounding away at th Germans in th neighborhood of Lens. , It was tea time. Overhead seven British planes were , winging past on their way to wrestling match with the enemy In tbe clouds. Now and then a six-Inch shell exploded In the vic inity of tho British batteries. Under a scran of canvas seryinc as shelter trom.th midsummer inn, sat a Canadian major, commander of a battery ot bowltier. He was bare headed. On a wooden hand grenade packing-case waa a cup of tea. By it lay alio of buttered bread. The major waa In hi ahlrt sleeves. In bis bands were a book and lead pen ell' Jotting something down In the book the major laid it face down on FIRST ?IN'THg: HEARTS la a - s yy -v . xv y w rji r.f jk1 ft p O ffi l: .;: from th front reported tb umy harrying up rceerre to atrenthen wa place in UlrlllnM.iJngtag troop Into bnmaaranv.avUnat th tdvanctng Italian. - ; , I Tb dfw4ra at bitterly realst lag th adrane of tha italiaai ! V'n "drlv ca Vied General ornaa' troopa acroaa tha Jaondo rw north of Anno., and Into th Anav trian front Una troacbea from Plata to the aa, it la reported In an oil clai" aUtoment.',' :' 8va tbonaaad flv h,na4rd.Aua- Man prlaonora ar olVUUr report- dL TM EW nraira a case and took nn th allea of ottered tread, bit of a monthfni and thwd away for aoaae II W onds than called nt to ii f hb VNumfter.Twot Four seven y nine." ' - . number Two crew, lifted a hnee ghell Into the bowHxer's breh, clos ed and locked the breechlock, sight ed and stood by, one of tb men hold ing tb lanyard Uut In ' bis right band. In His left be Jkt'A a oleca of bread. , Swallowing a gulp of tea tbe malor picked ?i hia gi.ni.ery hoik aud cas ually oruered' "Number One! Fire! " . Tbe bowlUer next to Number Two bellowed so tho country round about echoed and rocked ti. Its thunder. Tbe major set down ;oro figures and refreshed himself with more tea and bread." . . : ' ' " ' v ney, uuir- aanjt out the gunner. of Number, One crew. . "Watcher want now ' an ammnni Hon tender growled, . He was busy . (Continued on page TT OF THEIR COUNtltfKEN. Battoi to. jjeed Jjm 0m th t ! WldllutM ; T' f kmmt aMy v u rmwj Minn turn eenrad ptodgea ot co-operation from tb .Shin . balldara In bin sliu ta snbmarin destroyeea. and orders bar bees lsnd to batten the Th eoMtractio'n ' of , fbmara chajers win be stooped temporarily when" tbe Jlrrt, group l jllnUhed If order, that,tb nttentlon of he, fblp yard may tomod ui th. bulling re believed to b th stroageat sob- marlM woapon...'; . :Y.L . Th president and naval chiefs bare deddd aiiiat a major naval osenstre at tbU.Ume. . Jt ,1a, believed that the, allied navies .wjfli. mak f great man ngminst toe oerman Bwtt aprtnr. VI 1 Miiiu.ki 1 ' V WEDOGfO DOBiK THB WAB Bonrfeaax. Ant. I (By . Mall) For tho first time daring tho. way a purely Franco-German marriage haa -taken pi' bm;k.f : - Local paper carrUkl, tb without conusant Tho oatrsctlBg partlea v wore . arnentCarl "iBrwin ehwelg "GermsJi nbjMt" and bfia Ifatie-JeaaM Anl. ; ix-' zK .. , Braanwehwett an employ t eomnwclal bous t Ubtinw'tw RBrjnUVSHi'nrrBava Unix , ' 1 ' ..I. U4U ( MtfBCT PKAPK PROPOSAt Washington.' D. C.', August I0 It Is believed ber that the Russian embaasy statement foreshadows the rejection of Borria of the Pope' peace. proposal. ' '": : r Hogn Are Higher' Portland, Orel. ' Aug.' tOHogs Jumped another dollar and quarter this morning, reaching, $11.15. . OffiSffE:! Salem; Ore., Aug. 10 A uprising of convict Is feared follow Inr several attempts to escape from tb stat penitentiary, including one narrowly averted wolesale delivery. Th,, guards. .ear that eondlUons are .1 a . . . . . . riirv mr an ouvoreag. it 1 learned that worker In the flax plant staged hunger strike lasting one day. Prison discipline haa been Increased. PIG CLUB MKMBKRS PAT , VISIT TO STOCK YARDS Portland. - Or.. ... Aug. JO Sixty members of the Pig club of the Unl ted States National Bank ot Salem arrived In Portland this morning to study market conditions. They will be taken to the Union R(mk and through Portland's commission and wholosate district during the aay. They are the guests ot G. W. and D. W. Eyre, vice presidents of the Salem bank. The Pig club Is composed of fboys and girls who are studying the swine Industry and, Incldently, each mem ber Is ralBlng a pig or two. . , 1!" "a .... EXPLOSION AND FIRE; New York, Aug. 20 Two steamers and 10 smaller vessels, docked at the foot of Congress street, Brooklyn, were seriously damaged by Are this morning, the damage estimated, to amount to nearly a million dollars. The Ores followed two explosions of i;rra;rrara DESTROYS STEAMERS '4WA ife'V 1 lifl.,..,.',0 . fe UM mi. all m ill l GBJBAT KBATXXr OF r BS81TLT 1H CAPTm f ; JBHAIi 1J0CC,. ," Besttn OOaetaBy A iqsjsis Tvt 0t Fvwach IMn.lWowti TT Pari. Afutt I0--A aevaaid totrtte ? battle haa reached a eUmax AmusL ... Yerdni. . ;. v,r MV v , - The, official ataUment wya: ff - gitlag drbloped I r ad- iuiubi h. JsnvwuiKaw jMvnor ammnkaL at , trnt.f lltmilM Jaetnen voleonrt Wcmelnraaxiv , .1., captured 'aameixtaa lJikpOrtafcb noaV tloa.-v . .-... I; '.i.-y.y. , ', : The war. ata kaa airaa AmtrnXlmAe teporta sit tbo.otttlnmaiM. or jwOJ-, lory twjk on BclglM Jron,, Many priMmer tev ben taken. BwltBu Am. sOTh Frk 4- 'cuBatlon oiLTalowildav wtthont trtt- ..onairfennffe... 71 ., against the German on a Trot of 14 mile. 1 ... . 1. ' Salem. Ore . A. 20 FoITowIm th example of colleges and amlrer-" aities tbrosghoot the eosstry. 'the "WlHamett University bre Us poned the, opening ot the school year .. from September 17 to 8eptentr SS so that students cms help with tbe ' fall, harvests. "y: - ; LOG DttlVlXQ REQCI4ATIQX& , , ; ARB NOW TJNDEB W8CUKjp!l. Portland! Ore.. Aug. JO Tentative' ' rule governing log boom' companies " re being dlseasaed hers, today' st s conference. sssnswL. by th boWIcj service, commission sad; parson. in-, terestad. In, loj riving and, booms. tJvery land owner under hrsnts Paas and. Gold Hill," irrigation . dia-, tricta should mak s special effort to ettend tbe meeting called for to-' morrow (Tuesday, August Z1)- at 4:80 n. m. at the. city hall..; It !-. meeting of , vital ImoorUnce . to all withlnt th district and all. should har about the Various aAhemaa nrn. ' posed and how much they will cost: Thin la the time to be reliably tn' farmed as to what la being don and., criticisms and suggestions will - be.. welcomed. ...: Agricultural experts of the state ' and federal government have recent ly examined the agricultural and soil . conditions of the project and have, discussed wltb the engineer the engi-. 'neertng features. How much cost ' for water and the land stand, and how it can (be financed, are two lm ? portent questions . If these things ' Interest you do not fall to attend -; the meeting . Tuesday afternoon at 1:80 at the olty hall. MILLIONS MADH ON . ; t ; . 811118 SOU) TO ALLIKS Tokio. July 17 (By .Mall) Japan has made ISO.OOO.OOO from shlus since the outbreak of ' the war.' Thirty-two merchantmen, aggregat ing 200,000 tons, have been sold to England, France, Italy, America. . Spain and Norway for 148.500,000. The money obtained from the sale of 90 trawlers la estimated at 17,500.- 000. ' 1 i 0le Jn Les Angeles Times. 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