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OREGON IS NOT ISTBIKE GROWS IN ICOMMillST
WiUMU GOVERNMENT
tfV GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 7, 1019.
WHOLE Nl'MBER 2638.
RECEIVING AIL
P
'ill IE HER
1U1.K OK MOSKY FROM HUi OF
LAMM IIKI.lt I'Olt RKCIAM.t
tion woitK f.ijucwiiekk
SHOULD RECEIVE $6,500,QQQ
Krnntur HlnuoU Calls Mooting at
Pot-timid to kh Ovw tlio Mutter.
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The Oregon Suite Chamber of
Commerce has furnished lha follow
ing figures showing the receipts from
the iuIi of public land In 17 of the
reclamation states of tibo West, the
major portion of which fund li trans
ferred to the national reclamntlon
fund and used by the govornmunt In
tho reclamation of arid and swamp
lands of tho West. Also are shown
tho fund expended by tho rerlama
tlon service In tho various atatoa.
The first column of figures ahowa
tho reroliita from tho public landa
to Juno 30, 1818. The nod column
of figures ahow tho net Investment
by the roc lainutlun service on Juna
30, 1918. and tho last column the
per cent of reciilpts'from the states
and returnod to the states:
Pi-onilncus Firing by Strike Hympa
tlil'r and Police Women I Ini
tio With Stones
Lawrence, Mini., Apr. 7. Rioting
markod "by promlacloua firing by the
xtrlke sympathizers and police, open
ed the tenth week-of the textllo
atrlke bore today.
A bomb explosion In a tenement
houao stirred the city and 28 ar
rest were niadd.
In the mill dlitrleta women with
stones In hand drove away children
who attempted to go to school. It
had boon announced that the chil
dren of strikers ould be kopt away
from the schools because of alleged
antl-atrike activities by the teachers.
W.VTKOL OF II I . VGA It Y STILL
r.NDIX'IDKD, HIT I1KLA KUN
REPORTED. Ml'RDKRED .
BAVARIANS - REJECT SOVIET
A'rliri.6SM4lT.iMTrrt9
Calif. 6,381,763 3.160,468 60
Colo. 8,203,446 9,761,709 106
Ida. .... 5,918,359 16,739,842 283
Kan. - 1.016.336 888.314 34
Mont. 12,408,414 12,792,679 100
N.b. .. 1,929.186 6,212,164 332
Nlv. .. 691.827 6,016,760 866
N. M. 4,714.168 6,710.088 133
N. D. 12.161.620 1.978.636 16
Okla. 5.K67.860 ' 83,436 1H
Om. .. 10.971.698 4.443.686 41
8. D. - 7.373.676 3.394.868 46
ta 2.716.486
I'tah .. 2,337,948 3,387, i86 146
Wuh. 7.021.686 9.660.796 137
Wvn. 6.298.140 7.760.940 146
The original plan of the govern
went was to return to each state a
sum equal to the amount contrlbu-
ted by aald state less a percentage
for overhead expenses. In the early
history of the reclamation sorvlce
construction of projects was begun In
a number of the states and In order
to carry on the work and complete
the projojeu it became neceseary to
'borrow from the reclamation funds
of other Mates. Soon the projected
work In some of the states assumed
a proportion beyond the -possible re
colpls from the sale of public lands
In those states. It was then that
the original plan wus repudiated
and new rules adopted, which pro
vlded that the reclamation receipts
be placed In one general fund and
for general expenditure On reclama
tion work without rogard to the f
celpts from the state. '
Thla proved of great value to some
of the states, iwhlle others were
forced to suffer accordingly. The
figures shown above prove this state
inent. ArUona .received 1100, per
cent of her contribution and Nevada
856 per cent. With the exception of
Ore. n, all of the northwest states
htw received an amount equal or
greatly In excess or the contnou
tlona. Idaho 283 per cent, Montana,
100 per cent. Utah 145 per cent and
WasW-rion 137 per cent, while Ore--gSn
has received but 41 per cent. It
will be noted that Kansas, North Da
kota and Oklahoma have recolv.ed
lees than Oregon, tout there Is a rea
son in that there was not In those
UP 10 DATE METHODS
IN SOUTHED OREGON
Vienna, Apr. 7. The Hungarian
communist government In ' Budapest
has boen overthrown, according to
rumors current In official circles, say
Die newspapers here. Bel Kun, for
eign minister, hi reported to have
been assassinated. Reports do not
say whether the attempted revolu
tion was organized by the socialists
or the 'burgeolse party.
Plowing 800 acres of kind ever
so onen. irrigating i,duu acres in
blllajdes aud valleys and clearing
1,000 acres of land looks Ilka a big
Job, but Clyde B. Nlles, of Grants
i'use, who Is at the Imperial hotel,
says that It Is easy If you have the
Implements to work with, says the
Portland Telegram.' That Is why the
Leonard iCslate,company, which owns
an 18000-cre farm ten miles from
Grants Pass, uses caterpillar trac
tors, a one-ton plow that runs on
wheols, gasoline pumps and electric
power to "help out with the chores."
The Leonard farm Is owned by C.
M. Leonard, president of the Leon
ard Construction company, of Chi
cago. Several years ago Mr. Leonard
came to Oregon In the Interests of
his' company, which 1ulH the Mult
no innh hotel building and the John
Deere Plow company's building In
Portland, and decided that a country
home In thla state would be close to
the Ideal. Hence the 1800-acre farm
at the Junction of the Applogate and
Rogue rivers.
Some of the features of the farm
are the 100 head of pure 'bred Dork'
shires, 125 head of Guernsey cattle,
200 acres of pears and 40 acres of
apples. Model bungalows have been
built on the farm for the 15 married
tnon employed by the estate, and R
Is likely that Mr. Leonard will build
a rustic 'bungalow for bis own fain
lly thla summer1.
Electricity for use on the farm Is
generated by falls on the Rogue
river and a system of piping carries
eprlng water to all parts of the
farm. Water wltch Is carried from
one part of the farm by a drainage
system, Is used elsewhere as part of
an Irrigation system, which,' when
completed, will Include l,50fi acres.
IS
TOPPLING
ItHIHHlTH THAT LIYI GEORGE
FAVORED RECOGNIZING LEX
I.NK WHOIXY IXFOCNDKD
I'kraiulans Willing to Cease War on
Poles If Matters Are Left In tlie
Hands of the' Entente
Relieved Moving of Transport Means
That Conference Is About to Fin
Uh All Business
Washington, Apr. 7 Paris advices
today said President Wilson was
steadily Improving but was still in
bed. He will not attend any meet
ings today.
Washington, Apr. 7. -Advices
reaching the state department today
Indirectly from Vienna, aald a com
munlst revolution seomed Imminent
In German-Austria.
Nuremburg, Apr. 7. The Bavar
ian national conference of social
democrats here has voted 42 to
against the Introduction of a soviet
republlo In Bavaria.
London, Apr. 7. The communist
government of Budapest was still In
office Saturday and Beia Kun was
alive.' No very strong opposition Is
indicated.
London, Apr. 7. The Ukrainians
are willing to cease fighting the
Polos if the plebiscite to decide own
ershlp of territory In dispute between
the two republics Is arranged under
entente control, according to Premier
Holubovitch of West Ukraine.
Paris,' Apr. 7. Nullification of the
31 demands made by Japan early In
1915 Is urged-by the Chinese gov
ernment In an official . statement
cabled from Peking.
LLOYD GEORGE
AND PRESIDENT
ARE BOTH ILL
TUMOFFIMIS
WILLCHECKSQVIFT
Claim "Workmen's Council" Is Cloak
to Itldo Itolithcvlkl Propaganda.
Trials Begin Today
Paris, Apr. 7. Because of the In
disposition of Lloyd George and the
continued Illness of President Wll
son, the council of four did not bold
session this forenoon. . .
Tacoma, Wash., Apr. 7. An an
swer to stops taken by the central
labor council to attempt to recall the
Tacoma .city commission because
they prevented the sale of tags by
soldiers, the city officials today took
steps to arrest more leaders of the
Tacoma' soldiers', sailors and work
men's council, and declare the organ
ization Is a reproduction of the Rus
sian soviet. "
The trial of 66 men and women
who were arrested Saturday begins
today. Each one Is expected to dei-
mand a separate trial.
The labor committee met to ar
range to rush the recall. Mayor Rld-
dell said he welcomed the issue be
tween the Russian bolshevik Idea
and the American Idea of govern
ment He said: "They are hiding
their true character nnder the cloak
of benefitting the soldiers."
Parts, Apr. 7. Orders which It is
learned had been given " tor the
steamer George Washington to pro
ceed from America to a French port
are not taken to mean that President
Wilson is contemplating a premature
departure from, France, but la be
lieved to reflect the belief that the
peace conference will be able to ef
fect an adjusting of outstanding
problems at a comparatively early
date. '
Washington, Apr.. 7. Lord Read
ing, the British ambassador, has au
thorlxed the statement that sugges
tions that Lloyd George had advised
the recognition of Lenine and Trot
sky are wholly unfounded.
FORECAST FOR PERIOD
OF APRIL 7 TO APRIL 12
Washington, Apr. 7. Pacific
Coast States: ' Frequent rains over
north portion; generally fair , over
south portion, preceded by local
rains early In the week; nearly nor
mal temperatures.
KULCHAK A
NIKINE HAVE HARD 1QB
tlDDE
IN SAVING RUSSIA FROM BOLSHEVISM
ICTORY LOAN?"
(Continued on paga I.)
YAQU1S STAGE DARING
Nogales, Ariz.. Apr. 7. Yaqul In
dlans yesterday crossed the boundary
from the state of Sonora, -Mexico, In
to the United States. They obtained
a large amount of arms and ammu-
nltlon and recrossed Into Mexico, ac
cording to Information 'brought here
17 Mexican officials. -. . ,
Portland, lApr. 7, Have you tried
to tell in 50 words, "Why the victory
loan?". Some man or woman In
Oregon Is. going to receive a $50
'bond tor submitting the best answer
to this question. And it is a ques
tion that every one In Oregon should
ibe thinking about, tor there la not a
citizen who does not 'have a personal
Interest in having Oregon first In
completing Its quota. . There Is also
a second prize of $30 in war savings
stamps, and a third prise of $20 in
-war savings stamps. .Even the third
prize will place the author in the
ranks of the best paid writers. It is
a rare thing for the writer to receive
a higher rate than :wlll the Oregon
lans -who twin these prizes.
Write the 60-word answer at once,
and mall so that It will reach the
Feature Bureau, 929 Stark Street,
Portland, Oregon, not later than
April 10. . ', , '-V
London, Mar. 15. (Correspon
dence of the Associated 'Press.)
General Denlklne, head of the Rus
sian volunteer army, which is fight
ing 'bolshevism In Southern Russia,
Is described by an English admirer
from Odessa as, "A man of about 50
years wltih regular features and the
tine presence of the striking Russian
type. He gives one the impression
of' being 'broad-minded, hlgh-think-
lng, determined, well-balanced man."
The Associated Press correspon
dent met this Englishman, whose
name -may not 'be disclosed at the
British foreign office.
Denlklne, he aald, is guiding his
army and his "Special Council"
through dangerous shoals, but so far
-he has not encountered any reefs.
The "Special Council," he explained,
Is a legislative 'body which Is laying
the foundations of a "new AlURus-
slan government." He described Its
members as reformers, "all broad
minded and determined to give Rus
sia every possibility of gaining
place among the great free nations
of Europe."
The volunteer army now number
ing 100,000 men and holding a belt
reaching from the Black Sea to the
Oaspaln, ho described as non-polltl-
cal. "It stands," according to the
traveler, "for a -united tree Russia,
for freedom ot press and speech, and
Is aiming to bring about auch condl
tlons in. Russia that an admlnistra-
HUN PRISONERS
ARE RESTORING
CITY OF RHEIMS
WELL FED. AM) SHELTERED
WHILE THEY REBUILD WHAT
GREAT GI N'S SHATTERED
i
15,000 CLEAR1KG WBECKAGE
Common Soldiers Plod Along With
the Work, but Former Officers
Scorn Manual Labor
Denlklne, the Englishman said, is
supported -by representatives of var
ious political parties, including ca
dets, republicans, social democrats
and the right wing of the social rev
olutionaries.
"In -bolshevik Russia," he - con
tlnued, "there is only one party the
bolshevik party. Healthy, progres
sive socialists are now suppressed.
These socialists realize that under
Dentkine they are wdrklng to form
progressive element in a stable
government. They are in his army
and In Sits 'Special Council.' All
-parties surrounding the council have
learned toy experience that possibly
for a time a dictatorship will be ne
cessary in Russia to hrlng about that
state ot freedom which they have
'been waiting tor tor years.
"'All these political parties and the
army are looking to the allies, to
whom they held through all their
difficulties, to help reinstate Russia
as a great nation. They are willing
to tight, and they only ask for mu
nltlons, technical aid and advice."
A common purpose, said this ob
server, actuates General Denlklne
and Admiral Kolchak, head ot the
All-Russian government at Omsk.
They are separated (by strongly-held
bolshevik territory and whether they
will be able to Join forces at an early
date, he was unable to say.
"Just before I came away," be
said, "General Denlklne' remarked to
me, 'It would be sweet to hear, the
DR. ED OF MO AC.
SPEAKS AT LUNCHEON
At the olose ot the luncheon at-
the Chamber ot Commerce today
President Bramrwell Introduced Dr.
Reed, of the extension department
ot the O. A. C, who told a tew
stories each with a point, and. set the
diners in good humor. He then gave
facts in part as follows:
Professor Reed reviewed the var
ious measures that are to be submit
ted to the people on June 3, dwelling
especially on the measures linked up
with the $5,000,000 - reconstruction
bonding' amendment. "The last leg
islature," said he, "was not only the
most harmonious but the most pro
gressive and constructive session the
legislature ot Oregon has ever held.1
"The legislators showed their vi
sion as well as their knowledge of
present industrial and political con
dltlons in the world," said he, "in
preparing measures to meet the em
ergency ot unemployment and to
absorb the shock, incident to indus
trial readjustment following the
war."
"Not only the main bonding act but
the act providing for raising the per
centage ot county indebtedness from
a possible, limit ot 2 - per cent to 6
per cent for the construction of
roads, the act providing for state
payment ot interest on the bonds of
Irrigation and drainage districts for
the first five years, the 1 mill tax
for market roads, and the Roosevelt
coast military highway 'MU, all aim
at the same end development of
the state's natural resources wRh a
view to Increasing the wealth ot the
state. ...
The $5,000,000 .bonding act, Prof.
Reed explained, involves three grand
(Continued on paga I.)
tlve government can be formed by i bells ringing In Moscow. But our
the will of the people In a fair elee-ltaak Is so heavy we cannot march.
Uon." . . We can only crawl. M .,.
FOR AMERICAN ARMY
Yakima, Wash., Apr. 7. The fact
that the government is the purchas
er ot 1,600,000 pounds ot Yakima
valley ' potatoes .bought at . digging
time last fall and being held In stor
age, has become known. D. J. Grit
fin, formerly city meat inspector, but
now with the quartermaster's depart
ment, eent here to inspect the gov
ernment holdings, gave out the In
formation. .
Mr. Griffin reports that the pota
toes are in good condition. The ton
nage will he moved within the next
month to Vancouver, B. C, where
the stock will be dehydrated tor Am
erican army use. Mr. Griffin said he
thought the potato growers received
probably about $20 a ton for the
"spuds." He estimates there still is
800 cars of potatoes left in the val
ley. .'-,." .' '' .:.';'',-..;';,. ; ,
Rhelnis, France, Apr. 7. One ot
the little Ironies of life from a Ger
man point ot view in this turbulent
year of 1919 must be the present
situation at Rhelnis. For four years
hundreds of German guns tired mil
lions ot German shells into Rhetms,
completely wrecking Its 15,000
buildings and the famous cathedral.
- Today 15,000 Germans, captured
by the French while this destruction
was going on, are now at work clean
ing np the wreckage that their own-
army created, and It is expected that
many more ot these prisoners will
be on the same job by spring. -
Despite the fact that snow now '
covers the ruins of Rhelms the work
ot clearing away the debris is go
ing on. . (At the signing of the ar
mistice a visitor to the martyred
city could walk tor blocks and not
meet another soul. Today he could
meet scores of people, and tomorrow
hundreds. For the Remoises, like
all other. French. -.provincial people.
love their homes above anything
else, and they are returning to them -despite
the fact that proper shelter
and food are hard to obtain.
On almost every street, squads ot
German prisoners can be seen la- -boring
in the ruins. They are well
fed looking Individuals, having full, '
round faces. Among the thousands .
In (Rhelms, there Is not one that can
compare in emaciated and unhealthy
appearance with the hundreds of
British and other allied prisoners. 1
A small detail of some 30 or 40
Boches worked for the Red Cross in -Rhelms
for several weeks. "The Am
erican organization has furnished
and equipped a dining hall and dor--"
mltorles in a mined school for feed
ing and sheltering returning refu
gees. The German, prisoners repair
ed the roof that their artillery had
filled with shrapnel holes, rebuilt '
two chimneys that had been knocked
down and replaced broken balcony
railing and staircases.
Upon completing the kitchen chim
neys, they placed an American flag
on the top, and then summoned the
Red Cross worker exclaiming: "It is
the flag ot the world." The next
day the Red Cross man asked the
vlsrman non-commissioned officer,.
who had planned this little compli
ment to the Americans, to move a
stepladder. The German refused to
work, explaining that German off!-,
core don't do manual labor.
This attitude will have plenty ot
time to wear off in Rhelms, if the
prisoners are made to etay until
Rhelms again becomes a city fit tor
human habitation. ;
RAIXBOW niVlSIOX COMING
Coblens, Apr. 7. Two more train-
loads of happy, smiling soldiers ot
the 42nd (Rainbow) division started
this afternoon for home by way ot
Brest.
BAKER LEAVES TO
New York, ApK' 7. Secretary of
War Baker, Hugh C. Wallace ot Ta
coma, the new ambassador to France,
and 15 members of the military af
fairs committee and - Warren Per
shing, 9-year-old son ot General Per-
for Franc. , ..
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