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VOL. IX., No. 24l. GRANTS PAflfl, JOflEPHlXE OOOHTT, OREGON. TIll'RSDAV, AIG18T 21, 19l. WHOLE "'Xl'MBER 2750. COPPER MINING IS losihg mm High Prices aud High Wages Makes Production I'nlnviUng; 29 to AOO i Hr emit Ini-rettso Slnco 1014 TAIL TIMBER l'erhlng Soldiers Attract Attention in Peace Day Parade; "Good Old ' Yanks," Say Londoners p ran THREE DAYS HUNT FAILS TO GET BANDITS FIRE SWEEPS Ml FOR DKK SAYS GOVT.CONTROL IS DANGEROUS mm YANKS III NEED LOIIII UNCHECKED III IRRIGATION IXG DHOl'UHT .UiUIUVATF.U ItV DRYING WI.MW THAT HIIRIVFL IT PltOIHi'E PEAR CROP HIDING UP WELL Prunes Dropping lladly WUUe Feed on JUngea Hcroim- Meanly) Forent Fires Ilurnlng Portland, 'Xug. 21. There u no precipitation of consequence during tho past week and the ' drought throughout Diuoh of Oregon was ag gravated by high, drying easterly wind, according io the weekly crop Md weather summary of the weath er burouu here. The water supply for stock and for Irrigation continue to diminish. The week opened with moderately cool weather but the temperature soon began to rise and by Friday was abnormally high. Some little winter wheat remains to be harveeted but in most sections threshing of winter wheat is well advaucod. In some western - coun ties threshing Is bolng retarded by lack of adequate equipment. Har vest of spring wheat Is in progress la ths more elevated districts and la generally complete elsewhere and a considerable part of the crop has been threshed. The warm weather has been favorable for Irrigated corn but iuomI uiilrrtKSUMl oorn needs rain badly. Dattlett pesrs are being shipped generally aud are yielding well. 'Har vest of early apples la la progress, reaches are coming into market Is. Increasing quantities. (Most unlrri gate fruit Is of small slxe. Dropping of prunes continues. A good crop of evergreen blackberries is being harvested. Second crop strawberries are In the market. (Practically all hay cro except the later cuttings or alfalfa, are out of the way. The warm weather has been favorable for alfalfa where there has been sufficlonl water. Feed on tho ranne is becoming scar cer but some stock Is finding sub sistence In meadows snd stubble fields. Stock as deteriorating In pluses but In most sections Is hold ing up well. Irrigated potatoos and gardens are generally promising. Where not Ir rigated they arogenerally suffering, from drought. Melons, encumbers, tomatoes and beans are fairly plen tiful In market. Hos are suffering somewhat from drought. High tem perature and drying winds contrlbu- ted to the spread of forest fires. MARTIAL LAW IX HtNGARY Copenhagen. Aug. 21. Martial law has been proclaimed through out Hungary, says a Budapest dis patch. ' AFTER YELLOW METAL iN'ome. lA'luska, July 14. (By mall.) Twenty-nine weather bront od explorers hailing from' every quarter of the globe and 'bound for some mysterious gold country of northern Siberia, left here tonight aboard the sailing schooner Casco, once the property of IHobort Ixinls Stevenson. Fears were expressed 'by Nome residents before the boat loft thut It would not 'lie able to get through Into the Arctic Ocean as reports re ceived here recently said the Bering 'Straits were strll blocked with ire ,: Members of the ship's company aald they were Ibound for some point In a vast uninhabited territory lying along the Arctic shore of Siberia be twees, (East Cane Cnd the (Lena River. They would not divulge the exact lo cation of their destination. Ulsbea, Ariz., Aug. 21. Uttle prospect for lowor cost of copper production In the Warron district is held out In a recent survey whk-h shows a continuing ascendancy In cost of everythlg going Into produc tion of copper which already has reached an Increase of 25 to 500 per cent since 1914. With the exception of cement, which has Increased only slightly, everything which enters In to the Industry hna Increased. Fuel pi 1. of which nine carloads a day are used, has advanced 90 per cent. Coal has Increased 100 to 300 per cent. - Coke has gone np 75 per cent. Dynamite and powder are (5 per cent higher than In 1914, though at one time during the war the In creased cost wss 130 per coot. One of the large companies uses 126,000 pounds of dynamite a month. Timber Is costing twlc what It did In 1914 and five to six million feet Is the monthly' requirement. Steel Is up 200 per cent. Mining tools are costing from 100 to 200 per cent more and electrical ma chinery 1s up 300 to 500 per rent. Frolght rates have gone up 2!i per cent. YAXKH AXI IMM1IK FIGHT Copenhagen, Aug. 21 Collisions between 'German and American sail ors Tuesday at Neufahrwasser re sulted In the wounding of several cltliens and one Genua civilian, a Dan tig dispatch' says. . k JAPS HEAR THAT OMSK E Toklo. Aug. 21. The Omsk gov eminent Is reported to be weaker due to the bolshevik advance and there la desertion by the Siberian troops. It is understood that the Omsk government has transferred Its gold reserves and archives east ward to Irkutsk. STItllCK KVMI'ATHI.KIW. 8TOXK THK t'KKWH Los 'Angeles. Aug. 21. A crowd of 600 strike sympathisers today blocked the passage to street cars and Jeered olid stoned the crews. The police finally dispersed the mob. WOULD If USE HEAVY Washington. Aug. , 21. Amend montsto the food control act, Impos-I ing a' 35,000 fine and imprisonment 'for two years for profiteering, was favorably reported by the house ag ricultural committee. CHOLERA IX FORMOSA Toklo, Aug. 21. -Cholera has broken out In 'Formosa and the gov ernment has declared a quarantine against the Island. More than 200 cases have been found. T! Nashville, Tenn., lAug. 21. Four masked bandits today held up the iXHilsviiie & Nashville passenger train from Cincinnati to 'Montgom ery, Ala., 'between Columbia and Pulaski and carried off the mall pouches. A poste is pursuing the robbers. . . . IT.MTIVK YANK KXPKDITIOX AIIKI ItV AlltMEX WHO HAVE XAIiltOW KHCAPP.H I FLY CLOSE TO Laredo llnrs Tliat ItitudiU Who Robbed Knlloin From the Chey. enne Hare IWa Captured Marts; Texas, Aug. 21. As soon as It was light enough to follow the trails this morning the American pu nitive expedition continued Its ban dit chase for the third day. One column picked up a hot trail of two bandits, believed to be com panions of the two captured late yes terday by Captain 1eonard Matlock. The aviators' work Is now extremely dangerous because they are new to the flying fields of 'Mexico. It is necessary to fly close to the ground where the bandits may tire upon them. It Is reported that there have been many narrow escapes. Flyers leaving here today carried Associated iPresa dispatches to drop for every cavalry troop, giving them news of the outside world. Laredo. Tex., Aug. 21. .Word was received here that Currants police have arrested the robbers who held up the American sailors from the cruiser Cheyenne, near Tsmpico In July.'. They were arrested near a suburb of Tamplco. The official report suid that seven Mexican bandits had been put 'to death by Carransa authorities. They had the proierty of the sailors In their possession. Washington, Aug. 21. The 'Mexi can ambassador here has been in structed by his government to pro test to the state department against (Continued on Page 2) HAYS- HILL ROADWORK The John Hampshire Company of this city has received assurances from the state hlghwuy commission that they will be awarded the con tract tor grading 'Mayes Hill, on the Orunts Pass-Crescent City road, and Mr. Hampshire la only awaiting con firmation by the government before beginning operations. His original bid for this piece of work was ap proximately 161,000 for two and four-tenths miles, but some changes were made to reduce the price. The Job will require considerable steam b hovel and hand work that runs Into money rapidly. The' highway commission and the federal government recently decided to postpone the work, but through the efforts of the county court and F. 8. Bramwell, president of the lo cal chamber of commerce, the road- work will be done at once. T. W. Norcrosa, assistant chief engineer of the forestry department, of Wash ington, ID. C, Philip H. Dater, of Portland, district engineer of the forestry service, and C. M. Purcell, acting state engineer for the state highway commission, In company with the county, court have just gone over the last survey, viewing the same. s Tnere was an original total ap propriation of 353.000 for this piece of work, and when the highway com mission and federal department de elded to postpone the Job, the county court of Josephine county offered to give 35.000 In additional to the 352, 000, providing the work was done this year. This offer was accepted by the highway commission, and the work will be done according to the amended specifications. '. 8F.VF.RAL Hl'XPHKD FIGHTERS FAIL TO VUVjCK. FLAMES IX HAMMOXD CO.'S TIMBER 2,000 ACRES BURNED OVER Fire Situation In Montana and I'lalio Most Serious In History; Incen diaries Are Active Afbany, Ore., Aug. 21. Millions of feet of timber were destroyed by fire leaping over the tops of tall firs, which swept over 2,000 acres two miles east of here yesterday. Several hundred men are fighting the flames. If warm weather end winds con tinue there will probably be much more Hammond Lumber company timber go. Missoula, Mont, Aug. 21. The general fire situation In forestry dis trict No. 1, Montana and Northern Idaho, never 1n the history of the West has been al serious as it Is to day, according to the forestry off! dais. New fires are breaking out. old blazes are escaping beyond all control, spreading over the country, and coupled with these facts are the reported vicious actions of incen diaries In the woods who not only have set fires In Isolated soots, bat have In several" Instances severed connections between the fire-fighting crews and the ontslde world wlf h serious results. Communication with the Clear water forest was severed by mem bers of si crew coming out from the fire cutting telephone lines. Thirty men were In the crew which passed out along the telephone tine, which before they left, forestry officials re port, was In perfect running order. After they had passed ont all com munication was cut. Investigation revealed that the government line had been cut In seven places and the wires wrapped aroud trees. As a result. It has been Impossible to ob-! tain Information from the Clearwa ter forest or get any calls for men which might have been sent out. "TIX LIIW" REGULAR t 8. ARMY KQl'lPMF.XT Washington, Aug. 21. Steel hel mets having been officially adopted as part of the army's war equipment, steps will be taken to insure a re serve supply of the new type design ed in the A. B. Ft British helmets now will be disposed of except for about 600,000 which will be kept until production of the new model In quantity Is assured. THRILLING EXPERIENCE Archangel, July a. Two Amort- can Y. IM. C. A. men, Howard E. 'Merrill of Somorvllle, Mass., and Thomaa L. Cotton, of OJngle, Wyo., were caught amid heavy shell fire In a mutiny of (Russian troops at Tul gas on the Dvina river sometime ago. Their experiences have just now been told. Merrill and Cotton who were for merly Dartmouth college athletes, were the only 'Americans 1n the vil lage which was garrisoned by 'Rus sian troops, iwlth a few British offi cers. The (Russians, . fearing that they were about to be cut off and surrounded by the bolehevtlkl, deter mined to mutiny. They escorted the two Americans to a, blockhouse which was under tire from Russian artillery. ... The blockhouse eventually became too hot for the Russian escort and they fled leaving the (Americans to make their escape to Archangel by rowing 250 miles down the river. London, July 20. (Correspon dence of the 'Associated Press). The provisional regiment of Ameri can soldiers who followed General Persh!n In the Peace Day proces sion was the first sample of Ameri can fighting troops to march in Lon don. Other organizations seen here had been on their way to the battle fields, while these men were return ing. "Here were the Americans In steel helmets, marching In companies eight abreast with bayonets fixed,' said the Dally Express. "They were as jovial as any when the procession baited, for time, bnt while they marched their faces were as serious and as Immobile as the gravest of graven images. They made pro found Impression on the onlookers. Their marching was Roman in Its Iron sternness and precision.'' "A magnificent regiment it was," said the Dally Telegraph, "young, men all of" them and 'the quintes sence of the alert and lithe khaki clad In brown steel helmets they looked most workmanlike" . "How magnificently they marched, swinging past in perfect alignment, with ' long, easy stride, heads held high and shoulders squared," said the Daily News. "They are greeted vociferously, with as good cheering as I ever remember having heard In London." "There was a grim. Indomitable look about Pershing's men," said the Dally Sketch, "an effect greatly heightened fejr their shelf helmets, and It made all the more wonderful the burst of clear color which fol lowed as their massed banners came by. Old Glories, along with the rest, held 'American fashion so that the fabric flew freely and no shred of color was lost. The cheering of the crowd turned at the sight to a great Ah of deHght' ; "Good old Yanks,' thus are the Americans anecuonateiy ir some- wS- familiarly greeted." said the Morning Post In Its story of the pro cession. WILSON HAS NO POWER TO DECLARE PEACE Washington. Aug. . 21. (President Wilson has not the power to declare peace in a proclamation, nor could he consent in any circumstances to take such a course prior to the rati floatlon of the formal treaty of peace by the senate. The president so wrote Senator 'Pall, replying to one of the 20 written questions the Sen ator presented at Tuesday's confer ence. . ' "CAIJFORXIA OR BIST!" Oregon City, Aug. 21. 'With only 75 cents ibetween them, three Port' land girls Louise Baetlne 15; Isa bella Tracy 14 and iBessleBurleson 13 started for California. They reached Oregon City where Sheriff Wilson placed them under arrest and returned them to their parents. The girls hadVun away from home and' weren't frightened at-their, lack of funds. Friends at Aurora, they thought, would "give them a lift." The Tracy girl wore overalls. MEETS QUICK DEATH !Louisberg, N. C, Aug. 21. Wal ter Klliott, a negro, alleged to have assaulted a farmer's wife, was shot to death today by a mob which later carried the .body to the scene of the crime and swung it to a tree In the country churchyard. The mob tooV the negro from Sheriff Kearny. RAILWAY KMPLOYES' IDEA EE. GAKDIXG ROADS STEP TO. WARD Al'TOCRATIC POWER Past Two Years Proves That People Would Always Have to Make t'p Great Deficiency Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 21. Myron. T. Herrick of this city, member of the executive committee, of the na tional association of owners of rail road securities, declared In a state ment today that "the turning over of the vast system of railroad lines) to the control of the government, and . through the government to the con trol of organized labor, would be s long step toward the establishment in this country of an 'autocratic power that would Imperil the liber ties of the (American people." Air. HerncK, wno was lormeriy governor of Ohio, and American am bassador to (France, Is a banker, di rector of the Erie railroad and ot the New York Life Insurance com pany. ' ' (Mr. (Herrick asserted In his state ment that 'the experience of the last two years with the railroads, as with . the telegraph and telephone lines Is . ample proof that there is -neither ef- . ncitrncj nor economy ill RUTwruiuon control. IHa aald that anch control and operation would defeat the pur pose for which the railroad brother hoods were established and that It would Involve a huge addition to the public debt as the value of the rail- ' Ja 11 AAA AAA ivmjb 'ww nuuwicii ... x i.vvv.vvv. 000. .' , ..-. - Referring to the agitation by rail road employees through the officers of their organizations In favor of government ownership of the roads, Mr. Herrick' said: ' "This propaganda will not 'be fav orably received by the people of this country, who. sS always, must pay the bin. The deficit Incurred In less) than two years of federal operation Is already more than 3500.000,000 and Is mounting at the rate of 33. 000,000 a day In spite of sharp In creases in freight and passenger rates. (Directly or indirectly. In t HTM f 1.1 f ,)il,na And iHAMaaA in the cost of 'goods the burden of that deficit falls on the people and : contributes In tremendous measure to the oppresively high cost of liv ing. In the face of that showing who could conscientiously wish to perpetuate governmental control of the rallroadsf ' : "I cannot believe the brotherhoods have thoroughly considered the con-x sequences that would follow govern ment ownership or that they ltava prepared to exercise this great power. Their present propaganda Is wholly at variance with the character ot tneir organizations ana witn their Isvn rm anI tuvnAiMMa 1 t . tl T! ITALY REACHES BILLION (Rome,: Aug. 21. Front present indications, 'American trade with Italy this year may reach the billion dollar mark, tays the" Popolo Roma no. During the -first three months of 1919, 'American Imports Into Italy amounted to . approximately ' 3220,- 000,000, while Italy's exports to America reached 33,000,000. . The statement shows that If the present rate of trade be maintained a record or commerce between the two coun tries will be attained. 'America is by far the greatest seller to Italy. A poor second to Great Britain with a total of '370,000,000 tor tho first three months and 'Argentine next with 365,000.000.