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A FEW ITEMS IN OUR STOCK
FROM FOKKION LAND
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, QUALITY FIRST
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CONGRESS AND THE PRESS
It iniu probable that the war
Bnance bill will Impose a keavy tax
oa newspapers, on a baala applied to
mo other Industry. The discussion
over this natter at Washington sug
gests that many Congrensmen feel
pononal rancor at the newspaper
press, the mult no doubt of real or
fueled Injuries, In their own ex
perience. The newspaper community may
U ask itself what It has done to
proroke this feeling of hostility. This
does not mean that publishers and
editors should fawn and cringe. But
they are under the ordinary obliga
tion to fhre fair treatment to the
men who are tarring the country In
Its law making bodies.
No doubt many of the faults of
Congress, at which we all rail, are
fatlts Inherent In human nature and
onr national character. Electing a
ew set of Congressmen frequently
does not help things a particle, and
the same traditional tendencies re
appear. Tet when all this Is said, it re
mains true that Congress lays itself
ripen to attack by persistence In
practices contrary to common sense.
Prominent among theee are the pork
habit, the parcelling out of favors
to districts, the log rolling spirit
that leads men to Tote for each
other's schemes la order to get their
own through. Arbitrary tradition
Ilk that called Senatorial Courtesy
shield unfit men In office, and in time
of war make It Impossible to secure
dear cot action.
The principal trouMe Is thai too
many Congressmen are snxtous
about their political future, too fear
ful of defeat at the poll. They
hirer and shake before rritlelsm.
and Imagine that If the newspapers
could only be bottled up, they could
get by. So there grows up tn.nng
the narrower type of Congressmen,
an animus against the newspaper
press, manifestations cf whl-h have
been seen In some of these tavstlon
propositions No man run advance
hti political fortunes hy h Tettv
spirit. The newspaper should sla.1
ly pay fair tax, b'.st thev shov.M r,.H
he asked to par taxes levied or. pr'n
djdes not applied to other enter
prises . Oregon City Enterprise.
KILLED STILL FLIES
(By HENRY WOOD)
United Press Staff Correspondent
Paris Aug. 2 (By Mall) Adjutant
Kdmond Thleffery, a Belgian aviator,
who haa just distinguished himself
by bringing down two German ma
chinea tn tha same combat, has an
other dlatinction of which today he is
still the sole possessor In the entire
aviation world.
In the course of desperate aerial
Bghta Thleffery haa himself been
brought down no less than five times
by his adversary, and has figured in
the German official account of theee
combats as having been 'killed. No
other aviator has ever survived an
equal number of defeats.
Thleffery "s career Is one of the
aviation romances of the war. With
the German Invasion of Belgium
Thleffery wss first mobilised ss a
motorcycle messenger on the staff of
General Leman. He was made pris
oner, succeeding later in escaping
into Holland, where he was Interned
but from where he again succeeded
tn eluding his guards and making his
way into the Belgian lines.
In July, 1915. he entered the avis
tion service and tor a year and s
half went through all the more im
portant raids of the Belgian om
bard in squadrons.
By December, 1916. he won pro
motion tnto a Bghllng squadron and
during the first six months of 117
established tor himself a record al
most without equal. On January it
he flew over Brussels arousing the
most unique enthusiasm on the part
of the Belgian population still re
maining there. He descended to
within 75 feet of the city's stree
and dropped leaflets assuring his
compatriots of their nltlmste deliv
erance. On March J5 he brought down hie
first enemy machine. The second fol
lowed Just eight days later for which
he received a citation and the Croix
ds Guerre.
On July 3rd came his double ex
ploit. He was returning from a re
ronnaise of the enemy lines when
he suddenly found himself confront
ed with 14 German machines. Ely-,
Ing straight Into the center of the
German squadron Thleffery pfcVed
his man and downed him. Picking
a second he downed him in less than
two minutes. With two machines
taken out of the center of the Jer
man squadron a "hole" was created
big enongh for Thleffery to fly
through their barrage, the remain
ing i Germans refusing even to
chase him.
The fact that Thleffery haa been
downed five times by enemy ma
chines demonstrates his qualities as
sn aviator rather than his lack of
them. Each time that he has been
"downed" he has been engaged tn
the cluneal, deadliest combat with
his adversary In which the latter
merely happened to get the advant
age, the "drop" as It were, that must
come to every aviator once In awhile.
SUSPEND SOLDIERS' DEBTS,
Pennsylvania Law of 191 Haa 8 teed
Teat In State Courts.
Enlisted men In the national service.
Including those selected for the army
by draft, will be protected tu IVimsyi.
vaula by what virtually amounts to a
moratorium.
There Is a law on the statute books
t Pcnusylvsula, passed two years nspi
which exempts men mustered Into stnte
or national service from sny "civil
process."
It is of special importance aud Inter
est to those wbo may be selected for
the army sud who huve been anxious
lest, due to a decrease in their earning
power, they would not be sMe to meet
payments on their homes and thus
lose them.
According to sutboritii-a uu realty
law. the act of 1315 will prevent a
building and loan association, for ex
ample, from fotwloslns a mortes.ee
held agnlnst a home owner drafted tnto
the army for such period as he is serv
ing In the a, my. regardless of whether
the payments ou the mortgage are
made as they become due.
It will also prevent, the-e soth.'rtt 10.1
say, such Icial action as ejectment pro
cecdlusa airalnst a soldier's family for
nonpayment of rent while the lessor
of the pmerty t In service.
The Ruling Passion.
"Jlbway Is en. h a ennrtnned fan that
he applies liasotiall slnn to every con
ceivable situation."
"I've met men like that."
"For Instance. Hie oilier day Jib
way attended b;,t wr.s ected to lie
s wedding ceremony. "Pie brMesrocin
failed to show up. There was mu Ii
excitement and confusion. Tbe bride
was so angry she rowed she would
marry any man ubo would take the
missing briiicrwm's place."
"Well, wetir
"That was when Jlbway sang out.
Ms there s pltu-b hitter preseutT
Birmingham Ace-Herald.
ron
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a au cava Tonga
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Pickling
Spices
rariander Seed Ginger Runt
iVIery Seed Whole Cloves
1'w.U Itixle Oaray Seed
(inmad OnnJUni IM1I Seed
Slick, Oniuunon Mace
(imsiad tTores repper ( orn
Ma4ard Seel Red Pepp
llay lioaves fUark Pepper
tiriMind MnMsnl
Turmeric
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Drug and
Stationery Store
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P.KKH HI TK; AHMMli Tt
lx l;i.l 1VI? SWVTY
fot Hand, Ore.. Kn. i -.Vitoih
haaters in the Va ifl - ror;het
rcen nci t.- " r.tct :vst deer do
not weir Sf ' -! t o'c-n f. V".t.
hats and a'.k .-n c - v. :!! V
members of tie ltr-omh A' ers'
club are thrt oecr h'ir.t.-rs
this season adopt the olJ-'asliiored
plan of donnirt rUM -! h:n. o-
self pn-terticn. TV.e'-r.-ol 'i!i
gan" has claimed live in Ore cos .
woods every Jr as far bark as the j
oldest pioneer can remember.
Second Hand Ford .
19 14
Fin? Crndition
$275
C. L. Hobart Company
A distinct, departure tu sclvQlltlc
agronomy In the Rogue Klver val
ley Is suggested In the purchase by
the Vtah-ldaho Sugsr company of
S5S acres of land known as the De
Barr tract, lying 'between the city of
Med ford and the Benson farm, which
It will devote to exeperlmental work
In the production of maximum yields
of any crop It may desire to culti
vate, devoting especial attention to
sugar beet culture, by build ng up the
soil.
Manifestly, this cannot he said to
be experimental, as agriculturists
know it Is not an experiment to Im
prove the strength of the soil for the
better production of crops. But It
is a departure In this valley for
here the usual system hss bets to
Impoverish the soil by the production
of the same crop annually for In
definite periods, without any thought
of rotation or of adding strength by
fertilisation to depleted soils.
The I'tah-Idaho Sugar company
paid $25,000 for the OoBarr tract
because It Is Ideal tn many respects
for demonstration purposes. , Us ag
rlculturlst will begin with a variety
of crops, cover crops being used
where most needed by Impoverished
conditions of soil. Fertlllters will ibe
employed freely and the results care
fully noted. Part by part, the farm
will be restored to Its native strength
to which will he added scientifically
those elements with which nature did
not originally supply It. Humus Is
important among these.
Modern methods of tillage will be
employed: and the effect In addition-j
al yield and Income will be compared 1
with the cost of the Increase ever,
those of slovenly methods of sgrl
rulture so generally used In th. vsl-,
ley. Medford Msll-Trlbune.
HIDING THE WARSHIP.
tmeke Soreens and Hew They Are '
Used In Nsvsl Engagsnttnts.
The tuauner In which the density of
tbe smoke acreeus Is regulated during
a battle Is Interesting. By partly shut- ,
tfaur off tbe draft to her boilers a bat
tleship Is made to emit clouds of smoke
which screen her from tbe enemy. But
how can the stokers, who are fsr be
low deck, see the sts'-ks so that tbey '
csu regulate the smoke clouds to tbe ,
proi'cr density J By an electric "eye," i
says Popular Science Monthly. The
eye is placed near the top of the smoke- ,
stack, and It records the exact density
00 electric meters conveniently U-ated
In tbe boiler room.
This remarkably clever eye Is simply
a wire coll of srk-nlum whk h Is car
ried In a bonslug on the Inside of the
smokestack walls. An electric light. In
another bousing directly uposite. plays
Its beams of light iusrcly upoo tbe
wire. Now. seleuiuin, ss is well known, '
has tbe peculiar property of changing
its resistance to au electric turreut
when the light falling upon It changes.
Tbe weaker the light the greater the
resistance, and vice versa.
Evidently, then, the denser tbe smoke
emitted through the stack the weaker
tbe light that gets through the smoke
from the electric lamp and falls upon (
the selenium. By connecting tbe sele-
nlum with an t lectrtc meter aud tbe !
ship's lighting n.a'ns the electric cur- !
rent gvliig through tbe meter will be
lowered by tbe increased resistance.
The meter Is very rensitive and shows
tbe slightest chunks In smoke density.
Moreover. It Is n,l' vati-d to Indicate
exactly what the actm I noVe d.Ms!ty
Is, so that Ihff M"ers cui irr-ilate the
cutoff of tbe draft to a nWty.
Olass dcte are placed In front of
the lamp and of tbe S"'r-tilu:n coil to
protect them frra soot. The plates
sre kept clean by streams of cum
pressed sir diiT-iteil aca!n--t thetu.
Splcndid
Lubricating
qualities"
PAIGB
McKlnnrt Cwd M.nwlV , Phnl
"we cannot speak (00 highly of
the spbadid lubricating quali
Iks of Zcndens."
WINTON
Tk Wlnltut IV.Sirt yrtulwe
" Wa use Zerulene tstsiuivsty.
It is giving tntirs sa(Ut-tiun,H
aiEVROLET FORD
I. W. Iimii Co. LAnk
''Ztrokne is our bake iiir
Qwvroiet cars."
fthf Attrrtnur Slri To , Lot
AntW "c(tUii on ero
lene sflsr esteniive trt."
ZEROLENE
The Standard Oil for Motor Cars
Endorsed by Leading Car Distributor.
brraiu the rwords of their service departments show that
Znlne, cormtly refined from California aphali-hM
crude, gives perfect lubckalioo lesa WMr, nwre power,
leaa carbon deposit."
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Out srivkfl tf!H3n.
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STANDARD
OIL COMPANY
(Cliwnla)
H,, UHtT U fl-
Let Electricity Saye You
Labor and Money
CHURNING mg
108-J 623 G STREET. CRANTS PASS. OREGON
Danner in Hase.
In a Vermont lowu tln-y ti !1 of a suit
or who. after sotie year of devotion,
'.iifiltc pro;i-d to tbe 'jdy of his
Hut. Henry," prietl the lady.
Iliis Is really snddent Yon hd U tter
riittwi week to think it overr
-Very well, my dear." said Henry
- V1.1L after di.-e reflcclion. he added.
"IxTbape It wo'thl le ss well If I -th.u:ht
It over myself st the same
. t r- t..-l. l
1 luir. w.
J. J. Powers, of Grants Pass, will buy all
kinds of JUNK, old automobiles, rnachinery,
hides, feathers, wool, furs, old rubber.
Heavy copper, pre lb, 17c op Sheet aluminum ...SOc
light cincr, 14c W ire aluminum 2.V
1W brass lac lUgs, wr muii Olc
Veflo brass ...lOc np (iwt Iron . jc
Ught hrasa 07c np Wrought Iron and steel He
IVwW 1 5c Itiihbcr boot, ahoea, auto
at aluminum Mc tires SHc up
In as know, lhrop a Card. Apply Western Hotel
J. J. POWERS, GRANTS PASS, ORE.
IMd all jnnk till Posters arrixes In town In 10 dnya.
N"w at ItiiMIe, Oregon.
Imaginary.
-"stber." said t!ie lltth- tiy. "every
now and then I hoar yoa ta'.VInc a!;it
smelssly wbo a old emvh to know
s-:ter."
"Yes. my lie;"
"What si.-e Is rl.at. father V"
And tbe old fr: tliman after some
t!.. relit nTli"-:
"My son. thn. l-n't say mi. h thiiiC
It's like the fo c!'-:i te-pr.r,l.r mytho
lorlcsl."
Cssjr bf Ctimvsr.wv
"Y'n cuiNt pi t j itr si: ..(iiir to te
atee-V MM th. fsnifl -i:;i n
"tl'td ' f 1' e ' ! t " r, ; ' ' '"'
f'h'tgglns. "I f'-rl l-' v.v if I 4-:. t t -to
crsiv) tu'iOT a mot-ir-sr si J lie on
tny lis k to lit the ojk-"-Wal-inc-t
a !sr
Etvflopei at tbe Tonrler.
Do You Appreciate Fresh Eutler ?
IVER BANK
Creamery Butter
is Fresh
"And it's GOOD Bullcr"
tyladc. in Grunts Pnrs