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University of re. XOu IX., No. I7H, OKANTg PAH8, JOHEI'HIXB COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAI 28, 1019. WHOLE Nl.MItEh 2870. SURVEYORS BUSY ON HAYS HILL SECTION i:gjneeh WITH ritKW OK Hl'IU VEYOIW KHTAIU.IHIIKH ( AMI' , AT AK HTATIOX S52.500 FOR CONSTRUCTION NUile ( (In'itmi mill Federal Gov. iTiiiiii'iit FuniMiew Mm') live I'er Ontt Grmln Nought II. V. Ileenlcy. engineer of the of llco of pulillu roads, who rccuntly arrived In Grants I'll mi, Iiiih gone to Lovo Huiluu with u crtiw of survey ors to survey and locale tliu now road over IIiivh lllll, h. )i has bien approved liy tho secretary of intrt I'lillurn for construction UiIh your. Tlio Hum of I.VJ.IiiHi him been al lotted Id construct till road. Half tin) money In to ho paid by I lie state of Oregon iinil liulf coiiiom rrom t li fonwi section of tint federal aid ap Itroprlatlon. since u part of thin rouil Is Insldo tlin Siskiyou national forest. 'ounty funds, offered by I lie coun ty court for cooperating on the pro ject, nro being used instead In tusk ing a much needed Improvement on tlin Crescent City roml on Waldo Flat, between Kerby mid Walilo. TIioho who have been driving over the Grants Puss-Crescent Oily hlh way stale Hint on the Callforiilii side tlin road In In fine, condition nml with the exception of tlio Hays Mill part of the road no trouliln ha been experienced liy automobile drivers. Tho proponed route will bring tlio road down' to a five per rent grnrto at the steepest pines. E Paris, 'May 2K. GonerSI Porsnln? has expressed his "appreciation for the splendid services rendered to tlio American expeditionary force hy the Jowlxh Welfare Hoard," In a lutter he has sent to Colonel Harry Cutler, chairman of that ihoard. Tho Ameri can commander addod 'that from the oitontng of Its work In the summer of 1018 the representative of the Jowiah Welfare Hoard, during the romalnlng month or hostilities, did valuable work among the soldlors of the Jewish faith and others. "Since the signing of the anuls tlee," Oonernl Pershing wrote, "you have grasped the opportunity for In creased roorontlonnl facilities and have increased your personnel, open ed Additional club rooms at Import mt center and shown a commend able eagerness to cnoporate with tho army and tho other welfare societies, and to bear your full share of the responsibility for keeping up this Important work until all troops can Wio Tetiirnod to America." DR. WALKER APPOINTED MEMBER STATE BOARD Siiloni, Ore, .May 2S. Governor Olcott has appointed Tr. W. V. Wal ker, of Grants Pnss, a member of tho etftte hoard of lentnl examiners, mi-cp.edliitf lr. Ollnger, of 8ale.ni. who wn reconOy named tout was unnhlo to attend to tho duties. Buenos Aires, May 28. As a re suit of another round-up of anarchis tic agitators on Saturday, the num ber awaiting deportation aboard two army iraimivonts ilias Increased to 800. Agitators who are natlvos of Ar gentina1 are holng sent to the prison fin tho Island of Terra del Fuo?o, PREFER SUICIDE TO E Itislx Turn North ItiiMtlii Into Ilegu. lur Hell, Driving Young Women to IMfiH'ratloii OniKk, Siberia, May 28. A thread or suffering runs through tle stories told Jiy refugees from all parte of European Russia, hundreds of thou mind of whom have found asylum Iioid. Almotit all of them fled from bolalmvlk turrorlam. They loll of murdr of tho member or thWr faiiilllm, doprlvutlon of property, Kitvano troutiiK'iil, liuiiKer and ter rible hardHhliw uf their flight from bolnlievlk bandltit. The corrimiKjiidonl of the Amtocl atxl lnH lulkud with a nmubor of tliehe refugee In order to learn their adventure. Mineral eoaea came to llitht In whleh girl unalild to t rapo lieforn tin.' approaching bolshe vlkl abut thenmelve ravUur Ihuu fall Into th baiiilH of tlio terroiial. The wlro of a ltiiMHlnu roloml now at Omsk H;ild to the corrvitpondi-Dt. 'n lived a life of comfort and i ontiiiitnii'iiL oa our land not far from S.imnru. Warned by our pea aniM we fled acroHH the IiIIIh hldilun in a. farm i-art. My ooimln, a girl of Is. who tjiouglil hIui rould not -cupe. look a revolver i from the dnk in her drawing room and ahot lurself through the head becaiiiie nh(i knew what her fate would be. Yon ran undenitiiiid why it la difficult for u to believe in bolshevlmn." Till preference for death rather than capture by bolshevlkl eem to bo prevalent among tho young wom en and girl of former woll-to-do fntiillli'H of lUiropean Kuimla who are now In Oniak. Tho wife of an n slHlant inlhlHler of state and her alHter. a girl of !S, fled from le Rarablu. The girl said with quiet Ruaalan fatnllmn: "If tho' bolahevlkl aucveed In getting to Oumk I ahall shoot myself." Some Htorlew tell of the famine which existed In the district of the I'ral mountain. nun a relief train arrived at Kalma not far from Perm It whh nurroundod by chlldron bog ging for bread. A man or 72 years wa so overcome .when he received a loaf of bread that he fainted and two little children, when given the bread, 'became Insane from sudden Joy. The refugee tell of several casesi in which peasants murdered the pro prietor of the land upon which they lived In order to obtain pos session of the farms. On the other hand some of the peasants Imperiled thulr own lives to help the land holder to escape from the holshe ikl. IS FOR WALNUT BRANDER U)s Angeles, Oil., 'May 28. From branding cattle to branding walnuts! Thus, from one viewpoint, Is epito mized the development of the west. Tim California Walnut Growers' BOLSH II TERROR association ha offered $10,000 fornln costume and accessories, and a device which will place Its brand , In a satisfactory and Inexpensive manlier upon every walnut In yearly .puck. Its In response, Iho association 1ms rocclved nearly 7,ono letters, several hundred blueprints nnd other engi neering plans anil srores of nilnla-j ture machines, iwhlch, their Investors declare will perform tho work. The association stipulates that any device uhiuitlod must: Be oupablo of Jiiaiullng lit .least 2,000 pounds of walnuts an hour, Ho capable of construction In units, so that a branding capacity of 1 S.OOO pounds'an hour con be at talnert, ' Not to cost for operation more than 10 cents per 100 pounds. As walnuts run about forty to n pound, tho machine ultimately to be acoeptod must brnnd 400 , for .. one cent. . BOCHEDEMAN FROM AL Base Claims That They Accepted Peace on Wilson's 14 Points-Allies Will Not Parley Long and Are Pre paring For Advance if Huns Refuse to Sign1 Versailles. May 2S. The German peace doiegatlon, It was learned to day, will present a counter-claim of 12,1150,000,000 marks for damage from tho allied blockade as an offset to reparation demand of the allies. I 'aria. May 28. King Albert of Helgliim Is expected to visit Wash ington to attoud the Initial meeting of the leaf no of nations In October. Paris. May 28. German counter proposals are expected today. It Is expected that they will base thdlr proposals on tho claim that they ac cept the allies' offer to conclude peace on tho basis of President Wil son's 1 4 points. Tho Germans claim to havo oust ..j i --i-h-'.j . v.. L.i.7 um i.iii"'n.uiii regime ami substituted a democratic government! ami therefore ask amelioration of the pries they must pay for peace. Report seem lo indicate that the disposition or the allies is not to parley long if' the Germans refuse to sign. T" GIVES THOUSANDS OF Paris, ..May 2S. The entertain- nieut program or the Y. M,. C. A.J war work council for the doughboys of the A. K. F. reached "million dol lar value" during March, according to totals J list compiled. More Im portant, It has increased Its corps of overseas entertainers during April by 15 per cent. Insuring at least a proportionate Increase In entertain ment activities for the present month. During March the 800 "Y" and overseas, theatre league entertainers gave approximately 4500 vaudeville and stock presentations to audiences numbering very nearly two million spectators. February figures for a production of approximately 4000 performances showed a cost of 1400,000 and an entertainment value, t Broadway prices of ap proximately $1,000,000. In the month ending April '22 the Y. IM. C. A. entertainment bureau and the overseas theatre league re cruited In America and sent abroad 26 American entertainers to be ad ded to the forco and 657 American and 15) French artists playing for the lA. E. F. To carry on this work and the Work of organizing, training and cos tuming and equipping the soldier show units, the "Y" sent out 2,636 musical Instruments and accessories. I . - . '' I 1tt7)i ..I I ' ' ' " ' '" Blc" during March. TO ItAISK $250,000 Oregon Is asked to raise $250,000 for homo service work or the Salva- 1,011 Arn,V """ring tho week of Juno '22 to 30 REDS SAY THEY WILL , London, ' iMay 28.1-,-A Russluu wireless denies the report that ex plosions occurred In Petrograd due to the approaching evacuation. The dispatch says the bolshevik! have no Intention of abandoning the city and reinforcements have already boon sent to the Gatchina front to the southward and are driving back tho enemy.- '' ' D DAMAGES D BLOCKADE An Amsterdam dispatch says the Dolglua frontier has been closed and a general mobilization of the liolglan army will toe ordered as soon as It la definitely known that .the Germans will not sign. Allied commanders along the Rhine ihare conferred relative to ac tion. If the Germans decline. Tho Italian delegation is delaying the Austrian treaty, considering clause dealing with the 'southern frontiers of Austria, and Insisting that pie frontier questions be coupl ed with the Dalmatian coast ques tion. ' 1 Herllii. May 28. It Is understood that Germany will propose' that part of the mercantile fleet be restored to her. Germany as a member of i ,ii ,i.., .ji Ister her colonies as mandatory, Oauxlg to be a free port and the River Vistula neutralized; no terri torial changos without consultation of the populations. Germany em phatically rejects some of the terri torial cessations. , ABOUT OREGON CAVES . number of Inquiries have been received In this city lately In regard to the Oregon Cares. 'Most of these letters are from people living In the Central and Eastern states, .who ex pect to make a tour of the West this summer and do not wont to pass up these celebrated caves No plans, have been arranged for this summer to take, care of tour ists who wish to see the caves, but X. F. Macduff, In charge of the local forestry office, gives the Courier this Information: Guide service at ,the caves will start June 1 6. The guide will make regular trips through the caves, starting each afternoon, except on Sundays, at 1 p. m. Visitors should provide themselves with candles. The trip to the Oregon Caves by way of Williams creek is 27 miles to the end of the road and 10 miles by trail. There are no accommoda tlons for visitors either at the end of the road or at the caves. Parties must make their own arrangements for meals, bedding, and pack or sad dle animals. , By way of Kerby and the Illinois valley the trip to the caves is about 4R nvlles to the end of the road and six hilles of trail. Accommodations for the night may possibly be obtain ed nt the ranches near the end of the road. ,1J is possible that pack and 0 11 fl il I anlm.l. MnH 1 - V . r ",so mem, inn. no assurance or this isVlven. Guide service Is free nd no tee should lie given the guide' Is pro hibited rrom, accepting fees --nor can he furnish, meals, sleeping ac commodations, nor have anything else or sale. However, parties wh,o wish to visit the caves can no, doubt make satisfactory arrangements for tho trip hy coming to Grants Pass. WOVU ENFORCE CIGARETTE LAW Afl.UXST MINORS Salem, May 28. Attorney Gen eral Brown will call the attention of the district attorneys of Oregon to numerous complaints of the viola tion of the cigarette laws that are being received at his office, he said today. Protests are being received dally that officers are too lax In en forcing tho law against the use of cigarettes by minors, and many of them come'from parents. None has been received from any antic-ciga rette organization. . TOURISTS E On Kvry Occasion Possible Korean Are Given Tattte of Jap Power, ' Willi Daily Heating Peking, May 28. Conditions in Korea resulting from the indepen dence movement there where the Koreans are endeavoring to shake off the rule of Japan are becoming worse, according to the Rev. Edward W. Thwlng, Oriental secretary of the International Reform bureau wlo has Just returned from Korea. "The Korean. began the indepen dence movement with the intention of using only nei.seful methods," the-) Rer. Mr. Thwing told the Associat ed Press correspondent, "but the Japanese soldiers have so treated them and stlrd them up that they aro now wild and reeMess." No ona can tell what will come next.. Seeds of hate and future trouble are being widely sown. Christians often suffer most. I have visited several places In Korea during the uprising ' and everywhere It is the same kind of cruel military lawlessness. One Ko rean Christian pastor said: "We can not stand It. They beat us like pigs and cattle: and we are men.' "The Japanese are always trying to discover supposed plots and con spiracles," continued the Rev. Mr. Thwlng. 'They ever claim to believe that the missionaries started " the revolution. They try to eet Korean spies to go Into the houses of for eigners. They search the houses of American missionaries, looking ror no one knows what. In a town that I recently visited, we were shadowed by a Korean who was described, to me by a missionary as "the clever est spy 1r town,---. . "The Koreans hate these men. Of course, being spies, they have to bring information and when they can Vlnd none they often manufac ture it. Many have been arrested who had no connection with the af fair and have been cruelly beaten. At the police station they often beat the men before any trial on the gen eral principle that It is a good thing for every Korean to taste the power vf Japan." WORDS OF RtlAISE Before his death, Theodore Roose velt said, "There are few serious thinkers nowadays svho do not re cognize in the Salvation Army an invaluable social asset, a force for good which works effectively In those dark regions where; save for this force, only evil is powerful." COUNTRY CLUB FOR. GRANTS PASS PEOPLE At a recent meeting of tha board of directors of the Chamber tf Com merce the following committee was appointed to promote the organiza tion of a country club' and build a club house on the banks of the Rogue: Frank 'Mashbnrn. O. S. Blanchard, I. A. Roble. Dr. Walker, A. S. Coutant, P. B. Herman nd James T. Chtnnoek. V . No definite location has yet been selected for the clmb grounds, nor has It ibeen decided how to raiso' the r.-oney, although It will more than likely be raised by popular subscrip tion. FnteYtalnment will consist of tennis, golf, baseball, boatlnt and dancing, with occasional band con certs. It Is estimated that $5,000 will bd necessary for grounds and equip ment, a small amount of which has already been pledged. -; London, May 28. The Sopwlth plane in which Harry Hawker and McKenxle Grieve attempted to fly ncross the 'Atlantic was picked up in latitude 49.40 north,' longitude 29.Q8 west, by the American , steamship Lake Charlottesville, according tg a radio meWge received by the Fnr ness liner Sachem and relayed here tonight. IMS RULE AS BADASHUNKULTUR DEMOCRATS TO RUN WILSON !F E Ol'TCOMiJ DEPENDS CPOX AC TION OF CONGKESS McADOO A.I PALMEIt MENTIONED , WOULD PROBE WAR EXPENSES Hurley Acknowledges Injury H Keen Done Western Shipbuilder, By War Hoard's Action Chicago, IIIl. May 28. Homer Cummin gs, chairman of the demo cratic national committee, said today that he thought President Wllson'a candidacy for a third term would be determined largely by the fate of the league of nations. If the league Is defeated, great pressure will be brought to bear on him to -become a candidate. The only other name mentioned were Wm. MoAdoo and A. Mitchell Palmer. Washington. May 28. Chairman Hurley has promised a reinstate ment of contracts with the Pacific coast -shipyards, which have been unjustly treated In the cancellation of orders for steel ships by the ship- nine board since the slenlne of the i armlstlc.f, at avronference with west- era shipbuilders, enators and rep resentatives of Washington, Oregon and California. Mr. Hurley conced ed that probably some injustices re sulted from the suspension of con tracts. Washington, iMay 28. Plans tof the republicans for investigation of expenditures of the war department took form today when Representa tive, Graham, of Illinois, prepared a resolution for a committee inquiry. ' ST. LI A St. Ixuls newspaper has the following to say of Kenneth Wil liams: S - "Grants Pass, Ore, perhaps it has a 'postofftce and maybe again it hasnt contributed much to the de feat of the Cleveland ball club. For It was native of that town or vil lage or burg, who stole whole flocks of chances from the1 Indians. He is Kenneth Williams. All he did was o chase around beween left and center fields and back to the score 'board and in by second base, taking down flies, picking up flies and making putouts of what seemed to be real good doubles. He was a whole outfield in himself. 'He made a bad muff and threw wild to first once, but he was privileged to do that after stealing six nice bits off the tribe. . He also made two hits for , his team, one of theiu a sweet double to center field. Manager Burke will do well to continue Kenneth at his po sition. ' ' BY THE PORTUGUESE. London, May 28. The crew of the XC-4 has been decorated with the grntiiV cross of the Order or the Tower and Sword, a ZAat - . . says. .The decorations were present ed by( the Portuguese rprelgn mln ister. , . Washington, iMay 28. Lieutenant Commander Read advised -the navy department that the NC-4 will, .leave Lisbon for Plymouth early tomor row, weather permitting. , l' IFfiliil MS