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JUL V 'Ifs The Climate We're Telling The World Come and Enjoy It' nlvcmityof or-. Library . . VOU IX. No. IMS GRANT PAHS, JOHErHIXE OOCKTT, OREGON, TI1CRAIA'V AirOVST 2H, 1019. WHOLE N 1MB Ell 27fMlJ .4 LONGEST H IN OLD OREGON IMKItKiA'IKI t'lUU'H HI'.ZI.K IN HIGH TKMPKKATl ItH, Kilt KM KAGK AMI HTItKMH FALL PEARS AND PEACHES PLENTIFUL Uviwtrrk H'nhiik Ovit wnnly l"n- 1111, Home Cnltl Holng Taken Knmi ltiuiK Hwhiim. of Mw GAS TAX HELPS RALWAY OT ROAD FUND $UM,rM I'mIiI in . I p to July.'U; Many lluylng Auto, Making; the lnrrnM 8,MM Month Portland, AK. !' The present drought In Orison Im the most pro loiiKi'd on record, says t!u local w.-ather bureau lu lt weekly sum mary of weather and crop condition In Oregon, The temperature gen erally wan above normal Initt wik No rain of ronwjituoiu foil any , where. Over moit of the mute vexo lailnn la vt-rv dry. Streams and wella continued to fall. Forest flrs are numerous and hard 4o control and In mnny luc the ulr la havy wlUi mnoke. The continued dry weather ha bnen favorable to fnrm work, except that the beginning of plowing haa boon d-layud. Prune are ripening rapidly, ! che and pears are plentiful, harvest of evergreen blackberries continue. Much of the niilrrlcated fruit la of umall sle. The third cutting of alfalfa la In pqnurenH In aome of the warmer dis tricts, the yield twin good where there haa been sufficient water for IrrlKntlon. In a. number of places alfalfa la suffering for lock of u'fl clent water. Pasturage continue to deteriorate, thoiiKh there la atlll Kood feed on aome mountain rnnRea. Over considerable areaa Block la be ginning to ahow the effect of short feed. Tho acari'lty of atock water la Increasing. Some atock la being taken off the range owing to danger from foreat fire. Potatoea are maturing , rapidly. Irrigated potatoea promlae good yield but tho yield In unlrrlgnted dlntrlots will be conalderably lessened by drought and high temperature. lrnlrrigated garden are. drying up Hop picking will 1egln next week the yield Wing somewhat below normal, owing to drought. Halem. Aug. 28. Under the motor fuel tax law paaaed by the 1919 leg islature, which boame effective Feb ruary 26 laat, the aeveral compan le selling fuel oil In Oregon have paid a total of $165. 420. IS In taxea up to July 31. uyi a atatement la aued yesterday by Bam A. Koxor, deputy aecretary of tate. The law assesses a tag of 1 cent a gallon on gaaollne and one-halt cent a gallon on distillate. The came statement showa that the number of licensed automobile In the state on that date was 7S.044. Relative to the total tax paid, a statement by Mr. Kozer ay: "Thl amount repreaenta a total or ) 5,31 1,01 1 gallon of gaaollne and 2,462,003 gallons of distillate cold In Oregon between February 2D and July 31. 1919. At tho end of Februury. 1919, there wore 54.218 licensed aiitomo bile and ut the end of July the num -her of licensed cara had Increased to 75.074. "hi tax. Immediately upon Ita re celpt by the seiretary of state, li turned over to the state treasurer who places It to the credit of the road fund of the state for general road construction and Improvement, iiiurriiKituooitfi will sitpout l'KIKHli ADMINISTRATION IX HV. OPERATION' STRIKE IT Executive Viiim1I of Shijiincn' In. Ions Ad Im- Arrainc of the PrM-nt Ordc:r Cleveland. Ohio, Aug. 28. Unless the members of the railroad brother hoods now striking on the Pacific coast return to their work by Satur da' morning, the brotherhoods will support the federal administration n efforta to operate the railroads, lt I announced here today. E IS Bond, Ire.. Aug. 2H. Jave Ilrlch- onx, escaped convict, was captured near here yesterday through the aid of Mrs. M. Keeny, of whom he asked salstance. Southwlck, who also es taped from the ponlteutlnry, has not jet boen apprehended. .NTKPHEX FIUEDIUCH NAMES HIMSELF HUNGARIAN PREMIER Paris, Aug. 28. tephen Freder ick Hungarian premier undor Arch duke Joseph's reign, ha formed I new cabinet In which he become the pron-Jor and minister of the Interior, H I reported. U. OF D. HAS ONE OF BEST FOOTBALL FIELDS Eugene, Aug. 28. The University vl Oregon will dedicate one of the finest football fields cm the Pacific coats 'during the 1919 season, 'if present plana are carried out the dedication will be held Home Com lug Day, November 15. The Univer sity of Oregon and the O. A. C. are scheduled to play on that date. L DELIGHTED WITH CMS Mr. uud .Mrs. U M. Fisher and son Hill of Gold Hill made a visit to the Oregon Cave the first of the week and wero ho much Impressed with the caverns that they are enthusiastic In their nralae of the wonder. "The Fishers, who have a profitable or chard now in full bearing, bare taken many auto trips, vlaited the Yosomite and Yellowstone Marks, Crater lake and many other nature' wonderlands, but they say their trip to the cavea surpassed any other trip. They little riul1)d the greatest wondor of them all was bo near to their home. ' Mr. Fisher gives a word of cau tlon to the ladles intending to make the trip, advising the wearing overalls and wrong shoo. They hav much praise for Oulde Rowley and comemit on his careful consideration and the Interest shown tourist. Mr. Rowley is a nature lover and hn made pet of the many wild animals which frequent Grayback mountain One doe come regularly year after year to tho guide's camp and while her fawn remain in the mountains she will come Into the camp and feed. Chipmunks and birds will eat out of his hand. Mr. Flaher Is looking forward to a visit from her sister, residing Minnesota:, and she Bays the first trip they make after her arrival will be to the Josephine caves. ot MEN MUST RESUm E oy SATURDAY PRESIDENT TO B1 HIS: R HANSON STARTSPEAKI1 1P ms H1DS I HIS I TOUR THE 3RD Sf RESIGNATION ! WOOIMUlW M'lliO.N" TO IBCTI KE IX OKFKXSK OP THB PKA K TKBATV SPEAK AT PORTUKD AKD SPOKANE PrMldriitlaI Partr to Include Mr. Wilwm, Admiral Orayson and Berr4ary Tumulty jo Angeles, . Aug. 28. here are undecided whether to return to work as ordered by their chiefs. None of the workmen had returned to their position this morning. Washington, O. ., August 28. The exeoutive council of railway shopmen's unions today advised the unions to accept President Wilson's offer ot a small wa&e Increase, pend ing the outcome of the government's efurts to cut the high coat at Jiving. Washington. D. C, August 28. President Wilson leaves Wednesday nett on his speech, making tour In the interest ot the peace treaty. His first address will be at Columbus, Ohio, on Thursday. . The only speech the president will make in Oregon will be at Port land, but the date Is uncertain. He will also speak at Spokane and pos- Strlkers'.ihw at Seattle. In California the president will speak at Los Angeles, San Diego and San Hrancisco. Mrs. Wilson, Admiral Cary Gray son, Secretary Tumulty and a corps of secretaries and stenographers will accompany the president. Berlin, Aug. 28. Professor V. W. Forrester, Bavarian Minister to Swit zerland, recommends an "honest na tional self-Indictment" for the Ger mans. 'Writing In the Tageblatt on the questions of war guilt and the conduct of the war, he says: we must investigate our own part In this world brutalizing pro cess quite as much as we should our opponents abroad. Not until then are we aible to understand the Paris decision as the tragic resnlt of our own national guilt. The ruthless cruelty with which we were treated we ourselves practiced W the occu pied territory. "Whoever has the slightest con ception of the rigorous measures we adopted In the treatment of prisoners and the systematic destruction of In dustrial plants and the deportation of thousand ot young girls will readi ly understand the resentment of the French people. "We must be perfectly clear In our own minds la respect to our own guilt It we are to oe born again na tionally. We must always remember that, while the whole world is prac ticing the politics of might, we on the other band hare systematized the politics of might and elevated It to a new political philosophy.' ILL HBALTH A.I DESIRE TO COXTIXt'E LITERARY AX I) ftPKAKIXG DVTX OIVEX Labor Unions Desire That Head Central Council lie Given the Mayor's Chair of WAR M1.XKKA1 KKLIKF XITKD KTATKS CIjDSKS OUT ALL HOLDINGS IX FHAXCK Washington. D. C, August 28. The United States has sold to France for $400,000,000 all the American army property, including dorks, rail roads, warehouses, clothing and mu nitions. WILL MADE PUBLIC Now York, Aug. 28. The will of the late Andrew Carnegie has been published. Estimates places the es tate at between t23,000,00O and $30- 000,000, Carnegie leaves the real estate and all works of art to Mrs. Carnegie and gives annuities of $10,. 000 to Former President Taft, Pre mier Lloyd George, and annuities of !i,000 to Mrs. Grover Cleveland and Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt. The joint resolution introduced In Congress to make more' liberal the Interpretations ot the War Minerals Act and to relieve claimants who are suffering under the rigor ot Attor ney General Palmer's decision, ac cording to the American Mining Con gress at Washington, D. C, is under consideration In the House. The War Minerals Relief Commission will be flack in Washington to continue its work September first, having fin (shed its hearings in Denver, the last city at which hearings were to be held. NEW KIND OF SHIP TO NAVIGATE THE OCEAN WHITES IN GEORGIA Eastman, Ga., Aug. 28. iEU Coop er, negro, wa shot to death today in a church at Ocomulgee by a' mob wbtoh burned other negro churches and lodge in the vicinity, after re ports had been circulated that neg roes were planning to "raise up ana wipe out the white people." People of Grants Pass Await First Pictures by Telegraph' Vancouver. B. C, Aug. 28. A ship that Is its own cargo, a cargo of lum ber that propels itself such is the nature of one ot the queerest craft ever known to the world which with in a few weeks will leave a Vancou ver mill on its way to England. This odd ship, the dream of John Arbuthnot, former mayor of Winni peg and now a resident ot Victoria, is being translated Into fact by the Furber Lumber company, backed by the great Vkkers' interests of Eng land. The ship for it will be a ship, though mill-butlt will contain or be composed of 6,000,000 feet of Douglas fir sjnd have an engine In stalled capable of giving the craft a six-knot speed. Two months after the vessel leaves its "builders" it is expected, it will have been disman tled In England, the lumber placed on sale or delivered to buyers, and the $200,000 worth ot machinery, compasses and other equipment on its way back to British Columbia to be installed in another vessel of the same type. Each vessel will be 250 feet long, ot 60 feet beam, 36 teet deep and will draw 27 feet. Seattle, Aug. 28. Mayor Ole Han son haa announced that he expects to tender his resignation as mayor of Seattle this afternoon due to tU health and a desire to complete his literary works and a desire to start soon on a lecture tour. Mayor Hanson selected Councilman C. B. Fitzgerald as his successor. Union labor will ask the selection of W. D. Lane president ot the cen tral labor council as Hanson s suc cessor. Hali son is opposed to Lane for mayor. According to a report at the city hall today, at least five councilmen are pledged to go through with the program when Mayor Hanson's resig nation Is received. They are Coun cilmen Haas, Thomson, Carroll, Hea keth and Fitzgerald. Whether Coun cilmen Erickson, Lane, Bolton and Moore will acquiesce In the arrange- mnt is not known, but as a majority vl iue coumiiruen are in accord, me question Is not vital. Following the transaction of gen eral business, a motion will be made that the council proceed to the elec tion ot a mayor. The election will be by hallot and It is understood that three and possibly four votes ate pledged to Councilman Fitzgerald for the place. Under the city charter provisions a majority vote of a quor um will be sufficient to elect, which means that five votes will be neces sary In event the full membership of the council Is present. . E MONT COUNTRY IN REVOLT ilxmdon, Aug. 28. iFlghtlng has broken' out everywhere in Monte- nogro and the whole country is In revolution. The Serbians are using strong measures attempting to suppress the uprising and are receiving reinforce ments, but are not meeting with suc cess. Tho Montenegrins have cut the railway between Vlrpazer and Antl vatr, on the- coast. A high official said today that "we seem to be . In tor a recrudescence ot the Balkan trouble." Until now all up-to-date, papers have had to keep hundreds of pic tures of celebrltes, statesmen, poli ticians, leaders of every form ot hu man endeavor and even pictures of ships, noted airplanes and buildings, etc., in Its files or "morgue." as It is called, so that in case the subject of any of these pictures might be In volved In the dally news, a picture could be published along with the Item. Most ot these pictures are never used, but they must be kept In the "morgue in case something MIGHT happen that one of them could be used for. iBut In the great majority ot cases, the news that Interests people In volves new faces, new objects, new events, and these things cannot be forseen it seldom hapens that the right picture Is at hand. If a senator dies. If a king Is as sassinated, If a well-known ship Is wrecked, a paper with a morgue can publish a picture along with the news. ' But these things seldom hap pen and a! greater part ot the time the needed pictures are never on hand until they can be mailed to us, and then they, arrive several days after the news is old. . A morgue might furnish portraits ot two lead ing wrestlers who are to compete for championship, but to publish - a picture ot the tall that won the match in the next sporting edition would be an entirely different matter, im possible excepting to papers in the immediate vicinity ot the event. When new characters come into prominence or tame, when important events happen, when aeddenta oc cur, the pictures can be telegraphed; and these kinds ot pictures can be published immediately instead ot depending on the malls to get them around several days later. ' The Idea is uncanny, but It Is never theless true. After September 1st the Courier's news pictures will be telegraphed, and If the Woolworth building topples over with amazement at the Idea of-sendlng pictures across the continent on that day, we will publish a" picture of the catastrophe in our next issue. We will receive and publish on an average of three pictures a week and will be the only paper in Grants Pass to receive pic tures as well as news by telegraph. Pretoria, Africa, Aug. 26. Gen, Louis Botha, premier and minister of agriculture ot the Union of South Africa, died here today following an attack of influenza'. GEX. BOTHA PASSES AWAY ITALY IS FINE FIELD 10 io Haiti ORE. STATE PRINTER Salem, Aug. 28. State Printer Ar thur Lawrence, whose resignation was accepted yesterday by the state printing board, issued a statement today denying that any differences had arisen between himself and Gov ernor Olcott. Mr. Lawrence reslgend to go Into business in Corvallls where he has' purchased a printing plant. H. S. Bosshard, employed in' the state prlatery office since 1914, has been named to succeed Lawrence. LKX1XE SEEKS TO MAKE PEACE WITH ROUMAXLA Copenhagen, Aug. 28. Nikolai Lenine has sent a delegation to Ki shinev to negotiate peace with Rou manla, according to a (Budapest dis patch. . 'Washington, D. C, August 28. The house today passed a bill author izing the president to confer the per manent rank of general on Pershing. The bill now goes to the senate. Home July 30. Bolshevik and spa'rtaclst propaganda Is being poured into Italy through . the ex treme fadical socialist Italian organs which have a large circulation. On the eve of the recent general strike a special edition ot the Avantl the most radical of all the revolutionary Journals was publish ed. It praised the work ot Lenine and Trozky and lauded the sparta- clst movement in Germany. It had large photographs ot all the bolshe vik and spartaoist leaders In all the countries. . Bela Run, then the lead er of the Hungarian soviet, was given special prominence. Havre. France, Aug. 28. Twenty six wrecks have been located at the bottom of the sea oft Havre, six of which were due to torpedoes, eleven destroyed by mines, and nine the re sult of ordinary disasters at sea. Two French vessels are locating wrecks all along the toast. r u 11 ii f! - t