VOL. IX., No. 1 7:1.
GRANTS PAHS, JOSEPHINE COCJfTT, OREGON, THUWDAV, MAV 22, 1019.
WHOLE NCMBER 2474.
YANKS
READY
fO ADVANCE H
THE GERMANS
COM MAN I K It Or" ARMY OF OOtT
PATION KIXIALLKD FROM
4 TRIP TO LOXDOX
1'rltUoii llclwrra Gmiutu Civilians
and American Troom Evokes
Warning- From Comuiiuidws
Coblun, Germany, May 22. Lieu
tenant General lliiutur LlKinlt. com
mander of the army of occupation,
nd Major General John Hinos, com
mander of the Third Con, who
were ou thlr way to l4ndm wore
recalled today to Coblenx by order
from the American general head
quarters aa part of a now program
for thit American army In event the
Germans do not -cit Die peace
trout y.
Nine hundred motor truck began
to move Tuesday at midnight from
west of the Rhine to the brldanhoad
area, being distributed at various
point of advantage among the
trooim holding the cone east of the
Rhine, should oocaiilon a Hue for the
Americans start an advance.
Many German civilian complain
ed because the truck rumbling
acroaa the bridges at night din turn
ed their aleep.
Due to Increased indication of
friction between the German civil
tens and the soldiers throughout the
American area of occupation. Am'
ertnan officers have warned burgo
master and other German olflclal
that they will be hold responsible for
any violence or attempts at destruc
tlon of American army property.
MONTANA OUT AFTER
TOURISTS FROM COAST
Helena, 'Mont., May 22. Mon
tana' bid for motor tourist travel
will be extended personally to the
people of the Pacific coast by a party
or Helena business men wno win
visit Seattle, Portland and other
coast and Inland cities In automo
biles. The party will include Harry
W. Child president of a Yellowstone
National nark transportation com
pany, T, A. Marlow and George L,
Ramsey, prominent Holona bankers,
and Max Goodalll, secretary of the
Helena Commercial Club, of which
Mr. Ham soy Is president.
VIUNH GROWERS WOl'Ll)
TT OCT 8PKCILATOKN
Eugene, May 22. Stops have linen
taken to form a gigantic organlz
tlon of all the prune growers of Ore
gon and of Clarke county, Washing
ton, according to J. O. 'Holt, man
ager of the Eugene iFrult Growers'
association. This la the first move
toward organising all fruit growers
of Oregon along lines of the several
fruit growers' associations of Cali
fornia which have been In existence
for number of years.
OF
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Salem, Ore., May 22. The Oregon
grand lodge of Oddfollows have
elected T. L. Hubbard of Baker,
grand master, succeeding W. F.
Walker of Springfield. Dr. Ambrose
Johnson of Portland was eleoted dop
uty grand master..
25Q.Q0Q THREATEN
TO STRIKE III JULY
Khlpynnl Wbrkrrs of Han Francisco
lMrU t Want'Slx-IIour ly nnd
Wage Inrreaso
Oakland, Col., My 22. Unless a
sallHfactory agreement to take the
pluce of the Macy agreement be
tween the shipbuilder of the Pa
cific and the Pacific Coast Metal
Trade Council hua been reached by
10 . tn. July 21, a general strike
will 1e oalled throughout the entire
district affected, according to a sign
ed statement Issued her by C. F.
Grow and A. H. Barth, president and
secretary respectively of the Pacific
Coast 'Metal Trades council, which
represents approximately 250,000
sblpworkers and men employed in al
lied craft on this coast. This aotlon
was decided upon at the convention
of the coundl which closed In this
elty Saturday after 'being In session
since May 6.
9I.04MI IS LIMIT OF CSIFTH
TO TIIK O. O. P. CAMPAIGN
Wshlnton, May 22. Chairman
Hays of the republican national com
mittee announced today no contribu
tion of more than one thousand dol
lar -would be received from any one
for the financing of the coming re
publican campaign. Mr. Hays also
launched a plan of country wide
sin sll Individual contribution.
E
U. S. CAPITAL WEST
Washington, May 22. Senator
Sherman, of Illinois, threatened to
day to have the capital of the United
States removed from Washington to
the Middle West.
The senator is still on the war
path against profiteering landlords
of Che District of Columbia and says
if they persist in gouging tho public
after wartime legislation restraining
them tbecomes Inoperative, he will
"uand move" the capital westward
to grow up with the country. Wash
ington never was a good place for it
anyway, ihe insisted.
But the lllllnols senator does not
even have his own state or Its me
tropolis in mind. He suggests St.
Ixuils s the probable place he will
pick for the future capital of the na
tion. TOOTH ANNIVERSARY
DEATH OF CONQUEROR
Honolulu, T. M May 22. Gover
nor C. ,T. McCarthy has signed an
sot, passed by the territorial legis
lature, appropriating $9,000 tor the
observance on June It of" the 100th
anniversary of Ihe death of Kame
hameha I, conqueror of the Hawaiian
islands od 'founder of the Kameha
meha dynasty. Pageants which will
mirror historic events in the life of
the first Kamehameha will be a fea
ture of the celebration.
Kamehameha, a high chief of the
Island of (Hawaii, tn a aeries of wars
In the late years of the 18th century
brought all the islands of the group
under his rule and established his
capital in (Hawaii. It -was largely
due to his frlendehlp and support
that the first ..white traders and
whalers -were able to get a foothold
In Hawaii. Thl opened the way for
the advent of the missionaries and
civilization the year following his
death. 1 '
WEDS ARB RKATKX
lArchangel, May 22. The
Russians, cooperntlng with the
Jllea hnve captured Povlenetr,,,
t the head of ilnke Onega.
TALIS RUSH ARMED
FORCES INTO1 TURKEY
Three Great Powers Send Note, Demanding Explanation
Fiume Question Bobs Up Again Huns Answer So
Voluminous They Ask Permission to Use Press
Paris, May 22.-Great Britain,
France and the United Stales have
sent a joint note to Italy, asking ex
planation of the landing of Italian
forces in Turkey. Premier Orlando
answered the note and reported that
thore was a personal clash between
him and Premier Venleolosef Greece
which resulted in the latter with
drawing from the council meeting.
The difficulty Is apparently over the
binding of ilaUaa forces at Smyrna,
which the allies are trying jointly
to pacify with the mandate to
Greece for Its administration.
It Is apparent that the Germans
contemplate submitting very volu
minous replies to some of the terms
presented by the peace conference.
An extension pf seven days has been
granted them for their final answer.
Von BrockdorlMlantrau lias asked
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Juneau, Alaska, May 22. Two
new wireless station, and probably
third will fee In operation in thl
district this season.' One has re
cently been erected at Burner Bay
for a packing company and the sta
tion at Jualln has been put In con
dition fr operation. : Another wire
less plant at 'Port Althrop has been
contemplated.
IRRIGATION AND WATER DISTRICT
LAWS CHANGED BY
Salem, Ore., May ? 2. (Office of
the State Engineer) Some import
ant changes were made by the last
legislature In the water laws and ir
rigation and drainage district laws
of the state. The abolishment of the
office of superintendent of water di
vision No. 1 reduces the state water
board to two members, the state en
gineer and the state water superin
tendent. The state engineer was
given charge of the distribution -of
bhevater of the state, with author
ity of overseeing the work of the
various water masters, which work
has heretofore been under the direc
tion of the division superintendent.
The superintendent of water division
No. 2was given charge of the adju
dication of water rights in the entire
state and was given the title of state
water superintendent.
A constitutional amendment pro
viding for the guaranty of the first
five years' Interest on Irrigation and
drainage bonds will be submitted to
the people at the coming special elec
tlon. On account of heavy discount
on drainage and Irrigation 'bonds
tills class of reclamation (has been
under a severe handicap, which it is
believed will be largely removed if
this amendment is passed.
IA statute was enacted providing
that Irrigation districts may accept
a part of the land of any landowner
within the district as an offset
against the reclamation charge on
the remainder of his land. This will
probably serve aa a very convenient
method of cooperating with the fed
eral government.
The provision of the Irrigation
district Haw relating to the validation
of the procedure prior to the issu
ance of bonds was clarified by the
re-enactment of this proportion of
the irrigation district law. ,
Agricultural lands included within
the limit of a municipality may now
permission to bring a printing press
from Germany to Versailles, with
printers to print the objections.
The treaty may not ibe presented
to Austria as soon as was expected.
Italy Is reported to be not satisfied
with the boundaries fixed between
Italy and Jngo-Slavia. There la no
Indication that the deadlock over
Flume has been broken toy any gen
eral agreement.
Berlin, , May 22. The German
counter proposals will 'be definite In
character, inviting or suggesting re
vision of some of the terms. It Is
believed the Germans will suggest
that neutral arbitrator be called In
where issues are complex, and also
recommend the appointment of
mixed German and allied neutral
commission.
SUFFICIENT VOTES
Washington, May 22. The wom
an suffrage constitutional amend
ment resolution gained another vote
In the senate when Senator Hale, of
Maine, announced that he would sup
port the measure. The suffragists
claimed to ihave sufficient votes be
fore the senator's announcement.
THE LEGISLATURE
be Included In an irrigation district
This amendment waa deemed neces
sary on account of the large area of
agricultural land which Is Included
within the limits of some of the mn
niclpalltlea within or adjacent to the
irrigation districts
Provision has also been made for
the reclamation of lands In an irri
gallon district in units. Heretofore,
It was necessary that every acre
irrigable land in a district should be
assessed the same as every other ir
rigable acre. This brought about
tendency to exclude land from the
distriot, .which wduld Increase the
cost against the main body of land
notwithstanding the fact that
might be possible to include such
lands in an Irrigation district as 1
separate unit, and assess them ac
cording to the cost of reclamation.
Under the irrigation district laws
an enacted in 1917, the district could
not require construction bonds
excess of 25 per cent of the amount
of the. contract. This has been cured
as the statute now provides that no
such bond shall be less than 25 per
cent of the construction costs.
The drainage district law was Iro
amended in some Important features
so xna it now corresponds more
closely with the irrigation district
law and all question has been ellm.
Inated as to Whether or not the ob
ligation of the district was an indi
vidual or a community obligation
1 'by
fixing It definitely aa a communty
rob-
ligation.
Another statute was enacted "pro
viding for the certification of drain
age district bonds in the same man
ner aa irrigation district bonds
are
now certified.
Summing up, therefore, much fav
orable legislation was secured affect
ing reclamation. In fact, the last
legislature seemed to take a more
favorable view toward reclamation
than its predecessors.
IIST
LAII
lAJidrlLh of Texas Says President
Would Lead Soldiers and Boys
and Girls Hack to Wlnerooms
Portland, May 22, "President
Wilson's stand for repeal of war
time prohibition is his second great
personal and political blunder, bis
effort after the armistice to win a
partisan congress being the first.
The country, loyal to him in the con
duct of the war, still rebukes that
first mistake, and It will rebuke this
one."
This view Is taken by Rev. Ira
Landrith, D. D LL. D of Texas and
Tennessee, candidate for vice presi
dent on the prohibition ticket In
1916, and author in 1911 of the win
ning slogan, ""A Saloonless Nation by
1920," wio spoke l&at nlgbt under
Anti-Saloon league auspices at the
White Temple while on tonr of the
continent to arouse America to the
needs of law enforcement and to In'
terest American prohibitionists in "A
Dry World by 1930."
"It is an open secret that Mr. Wil
son's wishes were deferred to, when!
war-time prohibition, which should
have gone Into immediate effect was
postponed until July," continued Br.
Landrith. "There will be no more
postponements, and no emasculation
of the measure. I have followed Mr.
Wilson through the war and through
the peace preparations. I believe In
his league of nations to enforce
peace, and as commander in chief
of the American army and navy till
the Germans sign and they will
sign I stIU follow him.
"But when he proposes to lead
American boys back Into the brewr
ery, the greatest German ally in Am
erica, and when he suggests that we
again open the wine room to Amerl
can girls and boys, I shall follow
him no further. This lmnlles no
lack of loyalty to him when he is
right, but as between Wilson and my
eon. or, incidentally, between Gom-
pers and rompers, I am for the boy
against all the presidents and labor
leaders that ever espoused a wicked
cause.
"Prohibition is now a part of the
constitution or the United States
has been since January 16, and while
the constitutional amendment is not
to be enforced until next January,
any return now to a wet nation
would be a violation of the spirit if
not the letter of the constitution
CROP CONDITIONS
GOOD OVER STATE
Portland, Ore., May , Z2. Except
over limited areas in western and
southern Oregon counties, farm work
is well in hand and vecetatlon l
fairly well advanced for the season
says the weekly summary of weather
and crop conditions In Oregon, issu
ed by the weather bureau here. The
week was cool, with considerable
cloudiness. Light rains were of fre
quent occurrence in the western
counties and scattered showers m.
curred in most of the eastern part of
the state but there was a consider
able area in the central and south
eastern counties where no rain fell.
The cool weather and light rains
were favorable for winter wheat,
oats and rye. Where no rain fell
these crops are suffering from
dought but the acreage thus affect
ed is relatively small.
The weather was generally favor
allle for fruit but there is still com
plaint of apples, cherries and prunes
cropping.
The growth of alfalfa and clover
has been retarded by low tempera
ture and lack of sunshine. Other
hay crops have generally made good
growth.
' N'C-4 DELAVRn . A
4- Washington. iMay 22. High
winds again prevented the NC-4 -f
from leaving Ponta del Oarda
for Lisbon. The eeas were too
rough for the start. -
Miff
DSQII
REPUBLICANS
WILL REPEAL
FIItST REVENUE LEGISLATION
O.V CALENDAR BELIEVED
DEMOCRATS WILL AID
$45,000,000 FDR SOLDIERS
Planum, Democrat, Says an Araeod
ment to the League Means Re
Jectlon of Whole Treaty
Washington, May 22. The repub
licans of the bouse ways and means
committee have virtually agreed
that the resolution for the repeal ot
the 10 per cent tax on luxuries would
be the first revenue legislation
brought forth. It is believed that
the democrats will cooperate in Ha
passage.
Senator Pittman, democrat, of Ne-.
vada, urged the ratification of the
peace treaty without delay wbea
presented to the senate. He said aa
amendment to the covenant of the
league of nations would mean the
rejection of the whole treaty.
ine nouse passea tne -urgent de
ficiency bill, appropriating $45,000,
000 for families of soldiers and sail
ors and dependant civil war veterans.
Washington, May 22. Senator
Sherman, republican of Illinois an
nounced that on Friday he would
Introduce a resolution In the senate
proposing separation of the covenant
of the league of nations from the
peace treaty.
TO THE GOLDEN STATE
Los Angeles, Cel., May 22. Six
hundred families will leave Southern
Europe to make their home in South
ern tCalifornla within the next six
months, according to announcement
made here by state mshlp agents.
The arrival of these families will
mark the beginning, it te said of im
migration to California of many
large groups ot Southern Europeans
for whose comng here great prepar
ation was made by federal and state
officials just before the beginning of
the world war. which stopped . all
plans along that line. ; ,
Among the first six hundred fam
ilies to come to this section where
they will take up land ihomestead
ing. In some oases, as declaration to
become cltisens is all that la neces
sary for the preliminary filing will
be French, Belgians and even Swiss.
The majority wlU be agriculturists.
TOOK 00 AS EVIDENCE
New York, May 22. They looked
like eecret.Bervice agents,' but when, .
they left "Nick Staete's room after
searching it tor deserters, they took
9900 as evidence and Nick called a
con, ,
TO LAV ANOTHER OABLE LIXK
; T0M0, May 22. A number of
prominent business men here have
decided to form a Japan-American ,
submarine cable company to lay an
other cable across the 'Pacific.
UNIONS OF CALGARY
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Calgary, Canada, May 22. The
unions here bare started voting on
the question of going out on general
strike Monday, in . sympathy with
the Winnipeg unions. Leaders pre
dict that there will be a strike.
LUXURY TAX