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Its The Climate We fre. Telling The World Come and Enjoy It' I'niveitsity of Ore Li lira "VOU IX., No. 70. PEOPLE GIVEN A SMILE ONLY rUIOHIDKNTH hl'IX'IAL UTOI-H, HI T II H IS Ml KING NO OlT IMMXt HI'KIX IIDH one womah Breaks the ice" Other Follow mill llitnri-alinkliig lAilluws; lawman (Mn II In INTr AlMHinl for Mr. W Ilium President Wilson' Mpiihil train arrived In Orontu Paw at 10:35, achndule time, this 'forenoon and was ' mt by a large crowd, ninny coming from loin dlnlanrv In thn country to tent their first gllmimn of a runl live president. An thn KiMi-lnl drew Into the city and turn to a! stop there waa loud cheering for minute. Then came a litiHh, for everyone wanted to hear thn prealdent any a few worda. In thin they were dlaapixiluted, for hi pbyttldan advUed ngalnat any out door eerhea, a thn following lele tram mill show, It was sent laxt venlng to C. i. Krnat. secretary of the. local Chamber of Commerce, by J. 1. Tumulty at Portland: "I am very aorry. but acting iin 'n the advice of til physician, the rrldnt la not attempting tny out door peerhe nd -we have been romplled to decline all reorient for vi'ii brief addresno from the rar platform." ft 'Hut the lmwldont arua looking In tine, lieailh and "smiled ai he wteppert to thn rear platform and waved hi tiand to thn rnnwd. Again thn rhrer lug broke forth. Iiul wax hooii stilled, thn people hoping to rerelve a few word from the chief executive hut there was nothliiK doing, hi phy Iclun remained mauler of cere monies. Finally one lady had the temerity, to approach the platform and extend tier hand. Thn president nuilled an Tin reached down and pumped her "hand; then a mnn, bound not to be . outdone for hnnora. hold up a 'ham llk "mil" and received a vlaoroiis "hiindahnke for hi "boldness." The railing around the platform was then lowered and Mr. Wllann descended to the lower step and ahonk' handR with aa many aa he could for ahout threw minutes. .Hut the eiiKlnoer wua heartle and atnrtod the train. The fine Columbian buck, which lind been killed by It. S. lawman, 'wan In the meantime loaded Into the hagmige car to proido the principal eoiirttn for a presidential dinner. MedTord, Oro., Sept. Ifl. Greetud hy thousands, the president arrived here at 11:30 thia forenoon. He topped but a few minutes and made no speech, but shook liands with the :rowdn. Granla Paag and fllendnle", at each of which places he stopped, preaentod the ipreeldont and wife with deer. WANTS TO KNOW WHY YANKS ARE IN RUSSIA Washington, Sept. H6 iWhen Seo Totary IBaker told the, houae imllltary committee today that the .only rea son tor putting American troops in 1o Bl'lierla waa to guard the trans-SI- Deriun railroad, 'Representative 'Ful ler, republican of Massachusetts, told 'Mr. Bu:ker his reason was "all hunk." 1 "Why.louldn't we know the real Toason?" demanded Mr. Fuller. "I have Hstonedto your romantfc story about ;Rusalnn and Siberian condl tlona "but J don't got an answer." . "uniortunateiy tnat is not my ta'nlt?" Secretary (Baker repled. ' SUPERSTITIOUS llll ISHIftn HtrlkliiK of M(IK Hllue of (ieriiuuilit lit)' Llulitlilnu iiiImiIIc . of Attrou'liliiK 1'iite Straitlnirx, 8it. H. It hiu be come known only rocently, that the hiiKe statue of Oermanln, which atauda In Hie public square here commemorating the victory of 'the Prumdun in 1D70 and the founda tion of the oni lre of the llohentol lerna waa nhattered by llKhtnlng In Aiiicuat, 191R, when the Allied annlea were driving the (lermans lieforo thiMii all along the weatern front. The stroke of lltfitnlng now regard ed aa nymbollo of the approaching fate of thn German armies rained conaternatlon among the supersti tious Hermans and their authorities here docroed that ailmolute silence lie kept regarding It. No one was al lowed to see the monument thereaf ter1 except workmen who were at oni einployml to repair It. The lightning atrudk the sword wlilch "tJeriminla" 'brandlnlies to ward heaven. The Imperial Eagle waa damaged and the Angel of War, which alnnds at the foot of the Ma tun waa wrecked. Iplle the re pairs, traces of the effect of the thun derbolt will are vlaible. riKUlUA M.W HIUS I'arla, fk.pt. 1G. Serbia la expect ed to sign the Austrian, iieace treaty today. 400,000 ACRES ARE I Helena. Mont., Sept. 16. While exact Tlsurea will not lie obtainable until late autumn, when snow conies and forvHtcrs can make a complete nurwy. It lias been aeiul-niriclally es timated that 'between 300,1100 and 400,000 acres, of valuable timber will have been flinrnod in Montana this years. The heavy loaa thia year Is excep tional, but there has a a reel, v been a year In which the damave was not Jremendoiia. The state press la bo- Klnnlng to tirge vigoroualy, a reor- ganhatlon of the government's for est protection system. BOYNTON DENIES THAT WaNlilngton, Sept. 16. Charles Boynton, exocutlve director of the aitsoclation for the protection of Am nrb an right in Mexico, told the sen ate committee today that" the state depart monfa approval of its plan for publicity was sec u rod by the associa tion before It began operations. The tCHspclation was , formed in January 1n New York. Uoynton de nied trying to Ojrlng about Interven tion, In .Mexico ad declared that he did not regard armed intervention as now necessary. FIKKMKX WILL NOT ' Hl'IMtHtT POMCKMKN Boston, Maas., Sept. 16. The fire men here are not to strike In sup porting the policemen' union. LINE IN THREE PLAGES London, Sept. 16. Admiral Kol ehak," In pursuing his offensive against the tbolshevlkt, has broken their front-in three places, accord ing to official Information reaching here today. The progress of the all Russlaft .counter, movement, It Is stated, threatens to outflank the bol shevfk forces advancing from Tob- Olsk.'if ' , HUNSGETVARH NG PAM' 'OflKrHHfa oochtt, Oregon, tikhday, skitemheb i, ii9. SHERMAN HITS PEACE TREA1V I AHNKItTS "A.MKltH'AN MnilKUS WILL ItADLK H4.H TO (ilR UVJ IN KOItKKJX WAIIH 'WILSON MQtlARCHOFQUITTERS' Joluimxi Cainping on . I'rcAldcnt's Trail j Will KWk From Maine Htump at Hloux Fall Waahlngton, Sept. 16. Senator Sherman of Illinois, republican. In attacking the league of nation de clared that If the covenant waa rat ified aa drafted, American mothers "will hut cradle their sons to fill muster rolla of armies to give lives In foreign wars." Referring to the president's attack on the eenatora opposing the league, he aald: "The president hUnaelf Is the crowned monarch of quitters, with out a rival In the Weetern 'Hemi sphere. Ilia silence and speed vwhen escaping from the Imperishable prin ciples of yenterday is abysmal and awlft aa primal chaos." Slxoux Kails, Sept. 16. Senator Hi ram Johnson Is to apeak here to night, optioning the league of na tions, from the same platform where Preeldent Wilson appealed for en dorsement of the league a week ago. fllKMMMI HHK Sheffield, AlaJ.. Sept. 16. Kire destroyed the warehouse of the En gineering Corporation at Muscle Shoals, and the government nitrate plant. The loss Ik estimated at 100,000. It waa something over 25 yenrs ago when the writer came to this section and made an arduous trip Into the country by team, the same trip now being ji pleasure trip by automobile. While on the trip he called at a place that set back 4n the timber. The man who lived there was between 40 and 50 years of age a two weeks .growth of beard mak-j Ing his age hard to estimate. (Treat large eugar pine and fire trees sur rounded the place and the writer remarked what magntficent trees they were. "Yaas," remarked the jirtw, "but what good are they 1 waa iborn here and those trees were heu-e when 1 come!" To him he could not conceive .that those trees would ever be of any value, yet today all the merchantable timber has been logged off. iN'ow this has. nothing to do with this atory, 'except to demon strate when considering' thing that surround ua dally we are liable to overlook their real value', or Just what an asset they are to the com munity. I ! . With the laTge amount of tourist travel, and tills travel le going to increase each year, ail scenic attrac tions are going to .be eeen no mat ter how Inaccessible they are but the more accessible the more people there are who will go to see thesrf'at tractlons. Just think of the-Increase In the number of people who see Cra ter lke each year and the Increase thia year was greater than in any previous year and It Is really a hard trip to make with the roads in their present condition,' and somewhat ex pensive. . .' - Many people who 'visited Crater iL&ke this year also visited the .ine. phtne County Caves, ant) after see ing them fcoth pronounce the Caves the greater attraction that ' the scenery to the Caves Is equal If not ANUPPERCU von 1ID BUTITS SPLENDOR AND VALU SHORE STREWN WITH VICTIMS E ItODIKH -MI TI LATHI UKYO.M) HK- tXHJNITIO.V; TltOOPH PATIUM INO WltKCKKI STItKKTS AIRPLANES TO THE RESCUE lcatu Toll KnUmiUed at 100; liarge Planen to Carry IUlief From fttalled TriUna Slnton, Tex., Sept. 16. 6cventy bodies, mutilated ibeyond recognition have been found in the surrounding bay shore territory, following the terrific storm of yesterday. Corpus Chrlstls, Tex., Sept. 16. With trooiis patroling the tnaln streets, Corpus Chrlstls began emerg ing from the wreckage caused by the Gnlf hurricane which struck' the city early Sunday, bringing' death to an unknown number of persons and do- tg millionn of dollars worth of dam age to property. ' ' An unconfirmed report says 120 bodies have been taken from the reef on Nueces J!fay. San Antonio,, Tex., Sept. 16. Sev en scout airplanes have been sent to Corpus Chrlstl from Kelley Field to endeavor to get new Xronl Rockoort which has been cut off from commu nication, larger plane will carry supplies frrfm stalled relief trains to the atrlcken city. If a landing field ca!n be found. ' ' Corpus Christ!. Sept. 16. The death toll from Sunday's storm will reach between 75 and 100, It is es timated this afternoon. D II that's going some, it seems that superior to that on the way to the Lake and that the only drawback to visiting the Caves is the arduous trip over the trail." This article Is pot written to cen sure the people of this community, but simply to call their attention to the fact that they are overlooking a bet '(and a great big bet In which they have a cinch) when -they are not aroused to the fact that they ought to take more interest, ought to r I exert wore effort and boosting, mak ing the Caves more accessible to themselves and the tourist . travel. One man who came from Illinois and who has lived here about 15 years remarked to the writer that he made n. tlHn I ft L'nnl.ml... -..I ... I to vtait those raves ihnt he hH nonr seen th. T,,n n.... -.J seen, the Josephine were too. handy. Thia summer the government sent two engineers here to go over the proposed routes from both sides the "Williams Creek side and the Sucker Creek' aide to see whk-h la the most feasible. It being the In tention to build a road clear through but to tee which side should be built first. The data they were to gather was to be used aV Washington this winter In providing information for the government, so that rhey could worR out this winter the moat feas able route to build flrstV Did the people of this community interest themselves in finding out what in formation they got or did the people of this county assist them in any way? Xo, they came here 'at the in stance of a department in Washing ton, were shown through the Caves by the guide the government em ploys, and left -without being mo lested In any way or suspected of any ' crime they even escaped the eyes of the real estate men, ' and I .T Continuedorr"page 1) " . HUH SWDNDERSATDURDQG E IGNLIRFD BUS PASSED Mil I MR PAIR IIP BY THE YAOUIS Mexk-ann Fare Worw and Are Ktiip ped to thn KluetrinK; "White" Indian Lead Attack Douglas. Ariz.. Sept. 16. Ameri cans were not molested but Mexi cans were llteraliy "stripped to the shoestrings" by the Yaqut Indians who recently raided the mlnlnir camp at San Nicolas Sonora, 140 miles southwest of Douglas. . Food was taken front the Mexican mlnen' cabins and even their clothing was seized, according to Leo C. Cloud, managing director of the minlnr uro- perties, who has arrived here.. The Indians were led hr two men with skins as white as any Ameri can's. Mexicans said they were Morn Indiana. Members of the band were noorlv clothed, some having no covering auout the waist. AU were armed. some with modern high Dowered rifles and others with older, cruder weapons. There were no Mexicans in the party. The efforts or Mrs. Carl Kndunon. who had charge of the commissary, alone kept the camp from being left altogether without provisions. . After the commissary was looted of $1400 tn gold and practically all Its goods, Mrs. Knudson pleaded with the lead er for Ifpod. saying that It would he st ranee for a rnai okir i the oamp starving. The chief, turn ed fcaCk two sacks of flour. U.S. SHANTUNG DATE FIXED Honolulu, Sept. 16. The United States has asked the Japanese eov- erhment to fix a definite date tor the return of Kiao Chaa, according to cable advices received by a dailr newspaper here. 'The Japanese gov ernment has not answered. iVashlngton, Sept". 16. Officials here will not comment on the report that the United States has asked Japan to fix a: date for the return of Kiao Chaut but the general im pression is that the report is well founded. . 1 . MANV SPECULATORS IN San 'Francisco, Sfpt.' 16. Lieut. emn' lrm" memoer or H E. Kerrigan, former member of .v.. y lntelgee corps of the l' T T that - V AM U Oct on1 nthna ntuU..t - -wvw ifiumiuriii UIUU in t ha VArthvAof innBt.j u rselveS financially In eovernment spruce production. . ALTITl'IE 1U.XXRI UKtXXi.VIZED Npv Ynrlf Oattf Ifi TV. ' wnu "rl,lane Ultude record of 28,500 feet tor a pilot and one Dassenaer. made at Dayton. Ohio, September 6, by Major (Randolph W. Schroeder, who .won the recent New York-Toronto international contest, has been made official by the contest commit tee of the American Flying club. The former record was 27,800 feet. held by Captain Lang, of the Royal air forces. . II FOR HALF HOLIDAY . New York, Sept. 16. Thousands of .shipyard workers' who quit work In Brooklyn, Staton Island and New Jersey yards last Saturday noon in an attempt to enforce a demand for a! Saturday half holiday found them selves discharged when they reported tor work, today. The discharged workmen have started picketing some of the yards. at WHOLK NUMB Kit 2771. OUT TO OWNERS LIBERTY BONDS INVESTOIW iS' GOVKRXMKXT 8i CTRITIK8 EAItX $18,000,000 SINCE MAY, 1018 1,402,534" HOLD 3RD SERIES Director KmJth Bays Clip Coupons and Gawh Them to Put Coin in Circulation San Framoisco, Sept. 16. The nlted States government has lust paid out more than $6,000,000 in semi-annual Interest to holders of Third liberty Joan bonds in the Twelfth Federal Reserve district. This Interest payment, added to the two previous interest Installment paid on Third loan bonds by the gov ernment, gives a' total of nearly 118.- 000,000 earned since 'May. 1918, by the 1287,975,000 Invested by 1,402,- 584 purchasers of bonds of the Third loan in this federal reserve district. "Be sure and clip your oouoons ana casn mem," is the advice broad- vuaicu tu uuiuera oi me i mra loan - wuuo nj uwuen c. omua. airecior .Of the war loan'Arn'nlKfttln r i. Twelfth Federal Reserve district. "Coupons uncashed are idle money. It is no trouble to 'cash your cou pons. Must clip the September 15 couiion oft and present it at any bank and you will get your money. It Is no more trouble than .getting change for a bill." If all bondholders In America cash their , coupons immediately there will be in circulation tomorrow near ly $85,000,000 "more money than was ' in circulation yesterday. That is approximately, the total amount - of interest to be paid out on the Third loan. as a whole today.' '"Here Is a chance for the dbodIs to hit high prices a hard blow." says Director Smith. "Every man. woman and child who owns a Third loan bond should cash the coupon and immediately buy Thrift or War Savings stamps or Treasury Savings certificates which bear more Interest. than the bonds. Investment ef the Thlrd'loan hnnrf IntArMt ,i t.k& uA i. window immediately upon cashing the coupons will keep that $85,00.0, 000 out of circulation and thus help kep prices down. '. "I cannot "urge too strongly the wisdom of letting the government keej this interest money and, not only that, but continued 'buying of War Saving 'Stamps out of every pay envelope. If everyone in the United States would set aside something each week. lor War Savings Stamps earning them 1 per cent . Interest compounded every three months, it would e a very short time until there would be a noticeable drop in prices." ' PERSHING NOT TO GET Washington, Sept. 16 Opposition by several members, both republl-' calls and democrats, privately expres sed In regard to the proposed ap propriation, of $10,000 tor a sword for General Pershing has caused the house Readers to abandon the pro posed gift. 1 Many contended that a vote of thanks to the general, his officers and men would be sufficient, and a resolution was therefore adopted. 'Representative Schall of Minnesota,; an independent, cast the only dis senting vote and the resolution -went to the senate. No mention Was mada of the sword on the floor.