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" New York City will have no more
German classes In lta public schools
while the war lasts. Cleveland has
barred German absolutely from its
grammar" and high schools. South
Dakota has' decided that no more
church services shall be conducted In
the German language, no speaker or
lecturer stall uso German In any
public address, and no school, public the hour flxed for sailing, and this
or private, shall employ It as a means j becomes a favorite topic for specu
of Instruction. Iowa has added to latton among the soldiers. But final-
these rules a prohibition against the!1 ,he last 8oldler bas eome UP the
, , i . . ... gang-plank and the last piece of
.peaking of German by anybody infrelght h been fowed away A
trains, street cars or other places of busy little tug appears alongside and
public assemblage, or over the tele-.begins to nose the vessel like a ter-
phone.
So the movement rolls on. Ger
man kultur or culture, whichever
you choose to call It, is being stamp
ed out in this country rapidly and
completely. Some things that are
good inevitably go along with the
bad. But the public is convinced
.that it is better to lose the benefits
than keep the evils.
And the public Is right. We gain
by the elimination of German, be
cause language Is fundamental. It is
language, with the literature, his
tory, traditions and habits of thought
that are embalmed In It, which more
than anything else represents a civ
ilization and carries it on. ' Language
la more powerful than race or na
tionality. It is a true Instinct which
Impels our people, in their battle
against German autocracy to insist
on the universal use of the language
In which our American civilization Is
embodied.
The few who need to know Ger-
man for special reasons may easily I
enough find ways to learn it hereaf
ter. At present the big thing Is to
have the entire nation learn to read, dech( boyighiy eager for the sight
peak and think in English. strange to many of . the open sea.
...... i L' I A glance Is cast toward the va?ue
ENGLAND HELPING HERSELF Hn on the horizon that Is home.
In some quarters there seems toThen theT turn and Pepr f1orward J"
. , ' . , . , to the mystery of the unknown, to
be a lurking impression that Great tne Kene tne great adven.
Britain Is leaning a little too heavily ture over there.
on America, that she is not doing so
much for herself as she might, par
ticularly in the matter of food.
' Any such 'view Is more discredit
able to America than to England.
Our British friends have toiled andiWnen goidiers arrive. Between 15,
fought and suffered enough, good- 000 and 20,000 men are cared for In
ness knows, for the cause that we've this manner every month,
ow made ours, to deserve a little
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respite. But as a matter of tart,
they're not asking for aa respite.
There Is no evidence that In any
particular they are "lying down" and
throwing on us any burden they are
able to keep on bearing themselves.
The single matter of agriculture Is
a revelation along thla line. Be
cause of the pressure of our food ad
ministration to save food In this
country for shipment to our allies,
we may have thought of Great Brit
ain as unable or unwilling to use her
own farming resources to the full.
But we learn that the British people
have planted the largest acreage of
potatoes In 40 years, and the larg
est acreage of grain In the history
of British agriculture. And this des
pite a shortage of labor and machin
ery of which most Americans can
have no conception.
As a result. It Is announced that
from all appearances, the United
Kingdom will be four-fifths self-sustaining
for the coming year. That
means that the British will need
less food from us. Better still. It
means the release of about .1,500,
000 tons of shipping that can be
turned to the carrying of soldiers
and .war material.
GREAT CARE IS EXERCISED
(Continued from page 1)
With the exception of the ship's
executives and the officers in mili
tary command, no one aboard knows
rler Investigating a greyhound.
Suddenly there Is a blast from the
ships whistle, and then are enacted
a few details of the familiar scene
which before the war was witnessed
whenever a trans-Atlantic liner left
its pier. The comparison, however,
is extremely limited. The call of
"All ashore that are going ashore" ef
fects only a few stevedores and per
haps an official or two, who move
leisurely off.
What excitement there is is con
fined to those on the ship. There
is none on the pier for the reason
that it is now empty and Its great
doors are closed. Only a blank wall
looms there.
On deck the movement, 'Instead of
being toward the transport's rails, is
away from them. Orders have been
given for the troops to go to their
quarters, so that when the ship Is
leaving harbor no nniform may be
visible to any prying eyes on shore.
Slowly the big vessel Is coaxed by
the tug into the stream, and majes
tically she gets under way. A few
civilian passengers, to the envy of
officers and men, hang over the rails
and watch the city's skyline fade
away.
Soon the port is only a blur in a
veil of mist. It is safe now; for the
trooos to annear. They rush out on
INDOX NIGHT WOItK
In London the Y. M. C. A. main
tains a night tansport service, a
flet of automobiles that Meets trains
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SALMON
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FIRST
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The board of Inquiry, which was
convened to Investigate the cause
and responsibility of the accident at
Tunnel I, In which E. N. Pettlt was
killed, was composed of Superinten
dent Burkhalter, Division Engineer
Lull, Roundhouse Foreman Nombal
als, of the 8. P. company, and E. G.
Harris and James Martin. Tuoy re
port aa follows:
This board finds that timbers In
section It of Tunnel , length 2,305
feet, are being renewed, and at the
same time the cross-section of the
tunnel Is being enlarged and new
timbers put In according to present
standard! Three bents of new work
was put in last fall by bridge and
building gang No. 22, Foreman E. N.
Pettlt, following which gang was
taken to other Jobs of more Import
ance. On May S, 1918, the same
foreman and gang were returned to
Tunnel and made ordinary repairs
In various parts of the tunnel up to
a few days ago, when the continu
ance of the work was undertaken.
Bent No. 22, immediately west of the
three Dents of new work, was to be
replaced, and side walls, consisting
of slate and serpentine, had to be ex
cavated sufficiently to provide room
for the new posts and lagging, small
shots or not more than two sticks of
powder to each hole being used to
loosen material- on the sides, no
shooting being done overhead. Each
post of the old bent was held out
from the side walls by a shore about
ten feet above track and the arch
was under local pressure from the
weight of loose material above It
which had not been excavated. Fore
man E. N. Pettlt, Carpenters Ralph
Glrard, Frank Sexton, Frank Cheno
weth and E. S. Lewman, were on
staging. Foreman, with the Idea of
setting In the new post, Instructed
Carpenter Frank Sexton to knock out
the shore from behind the right post.
Sexton hit the shore several blows,
but It was tight and did not move,
and Foreman Pettlt told him to chop
It out, which he undertook to do, but
at the first blow of the ax the shore
fell out, which resulted In the arch
collapsing. The timbers, lading,
rock 'and earth fell, crushing the
Btaglng and covering Foreman Pettlt
and Injuring others. About a min
ute later, additional rock and earth
fell, further injuring Chenowith and
also injuring Fred Sexton, who were
endeavoring to rescue Foreman Pet
tlt, the total amount of earth and
rock falling being about five tons.
Casualties as follows:
Foreman E. N. Pettlt, almost In
stantly killed.
Carpenter Frank Chenoweth, hip
and leg bruised and possible Internal
Injuries. ' ,
Carpenter E. S. 'Lewman, leg
brulHed.
Carpenter Fred Sexton, end of left
thumb mashed, necessitating ampu
tation at base of nail.
Carpenter Ralph Olrard, slight
bruise of thumb and elbow.
Foreman Pettlt had about 20 years
experience in bridge and building
work, several years of which were
spent In tunnel work. ' He has been
foreman of gange 22, engaged ex
clusively In tunnel work, since Feb
ruary, 1917, and had previous exper
ience as foreman of tunnel work on
other gangs. He was considered a
thoroughly competent and reliable
man. Carpenter Frank Sexton has
been working for about 10 years,
about half of the time on tunnel
work.
On June 5, a few days before new
work was started, Supervisor of
Bridges and Buildings C. W. Smith,
visited Tunnel 9 and spent about
three hours with Foreman Pettlt, ex
plaining fully to him how the work
In hand should be handled. These
Instructions were that the excavation
should be made on ths aide walls
from ths ground up and lamed as
necessary, blocking the lagging back
against the wall with shores from
the old posts. ' Foreman Putt ft was
Instructed to carry this excavation
upward entirely around the old arch,
completing lagging and blocking as
the work proceeded, lis was also In
structed after the enlargement over
the two panels adjacent to the old
bent was entirely completed, two
helper bents were to bs set, one on
each aide of the old bent. After these
were In place, and not before, the
old bent was to be taken out, arch
lagging being supported on the help
er bents. lie was further Instructed
to be careful about the work, taking
It slowly until men In the gang had
become thoroughly organised on the
method of handling.
Foreman E. N. Tettlt was respon
sible for the accident, first, because
he failed to handle the work by the
methods prescribed by the bridge and
building supervisor, and, second, be
cause he ordered removal of the
shore that was holding post of old
bent In position, when he certainly
knew this bent was carrying consid
erable weight.
Carpenter Frank Sexton, having
10 yean tunnel experience, should
not have knocked out the shore
when Instructed to do so by ths fore
man, as an Instant's consideration on
his part would hare made him rea
lise that the removal of the shore
would allow the bent to collapse.
Recommendations, none.
IN BY AMERICANS
Washington, June 17. General
Pershing reports the swarding of
military crosses for distinguished
service to six Americans today, four
of whom are dead. Including Major
Alexander Rassmussen of Sherwood,
Ore.
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ILLINOIS VALLEY J
A son was born to Mr, and Mrs.
Frank Mauiey at the home of Mrs.
Mauiey's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Hayes. The father la a soldier sta
tioned at Camp Lewis.
Mrs, Barbara Fcttorly died a short
time ago near Portland. She was
a former resident of Illinois valley
and leaves a number of children.
Mrs. Jesse Bsrnett, Guy Fetterly and
John Fetterly and one brother. D
S. Shaffer, being residents of the
valley. Mrs. Parnett was present to
care for her mother during her last
illness.
The demonstatlon at Spence hall
by Miss McCormlck was appreciated
by those who attended although ow
ing to the very busy times not many
were present. Miss McCormlck gave
a demonstration at Taktlma at the
home of Mrs. Corbett which was well
attended.
Den George was severely Injured
on Tuesday by being kicked about
the head and arm by a horse and It
Is feared one leg was fractured, al
though the full extent of his In
Jsrlos Is not known at present.
Ioren George, Gla lys Long and
Paul and Phayo rtefferle have re
ceived their diplomas In the eighth
grade examination In the Payne dls
trlct.
A Red Cross dance was given at
the Takllma hall on Saturday night,
music being furnished by Mshoney's
orchestra. Forty-five dollars was
cleared for the' Red Cross and Y. M.
C. A.
The death of Mrs. Chaunrry Mes
senger occurred In ArUona, the re
sult of pneumonia. Mrs. Messenger
was a former resident of Takllma.
George Wells met with an accident
with his csr while driving from
Grants Pass accompanied by his sis
ter, Mrs. Walker. The lights wont
out for some reason and the car ran
Into the bank on the Selma grade
throwing Mrs. Walker from the car.
and Injuring both occupants of the
ear.
The Bpenre school made a ship
ment of Red Cross work on June 7.
consisting of 37 ambulance pillows;
7 feather pillows; 3 pillow slips; 2
oil cloth pillow slips; 61 bandage
rolls; 2,800 gun wipes; 14 handker-
Never has there been a time' when the public has
looked more keenly for MERCHANDISING NEWS
than now.
Never has there been a time more auspicious for the
enterprising tradesman to secure HIS FULL SHARE OF
TRADE than now.
People must continue to eat, to wear and to use.
The tendency is to cut out luxuries, and luxuries are only a relu
tlvey small proportion of your business. For every luxury out out you
have a chance to Increase your movement of staples.
How short-sighted Is the policy of reducing advertising evpense to
"save money." You will only lone trade. You will only lose prestige.
Advertise to Increase sales and make more money; don't cut It out
to save money. . .
advertising as ynu new did before
well.
De prosperous and let the people know that you are prosperous.
Success was NKY'KH .achieved by stopping advertising or by wear
ing old clothes and talking pessimism.
Wise and Advertise!
chiefs; 4 towels; 1 wash cloth and
8 pounds tin foil. This organisa
tion well b continued during ths
similiter, the meetings being held
each Friday afternoon.
A gymnasium In London used by
the Y. M. C. A. for soldiers and sail,
ors accommodated 11.000 men dur
ing a period of sevon months,
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