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Vs " IT'S THE CLIMATE WE'RE TELLING THE WORLD COME AND ENJOY IT " - J. 4S IZiratj of '"'.' i- V life : Vol X., No, 26. 100 BOOSTERS FULL OF W IE UITY 1IALK, HEARTY lUNdl FROM MHTllOl'OUW MARCH KTKEKTK A XI) KING UiK HONG FILL UP OH ROGUE GRAPE JUICE Pay Tribute tu Grant I'Mw fur Many ArcoinplMimefiU During War by Loyal Work Tlia J'ortluud business men tour ing Southern Oregon by itpeclnl train arrived In Grants Pas ibis forouoon about 9 o'clock, 100 strong. They are a halo, happy bunch, and fter exchanging grouting with Grants Pas people at the d.'pot, be gan vUltlng the various buslnoH butiaoi. tater thoy man-tied In a body down Sixth street singing this oug: "Thoy asy tliut old Grants Pirns, she ain't got no style, Slw'a atylo all the while. She'e style all the while. Thoy aay that old Granta Tans, she ain't got no style. She's atyle all tho while, All the while." Kn route to thin city the Portland boosters tunned tho "(Srant. Pass Nugget." a spicy paper full of pop. Mathan Strauss acting ai editor In chief. Ilure In their greeting: ' The business men of 'Portland are touring Southern Oregon that we may become better acquainted, not only with our follow citizen, but with, tho ualurul resource and pro duct of thin voitt region. We hTve had wonderful iiicotlnjtK at MedTord, Klamath 'Falls and Awhluiul. 1 feel that not only we of 'Portland have benefitted through personal contact nd observation, hut that those com munltlo have a better undertand jf the alma and doslres of the bus iness Interests of Portland to ace this atate of our developed its rapidly t nircumstances will permit. We are particularly glad to be In the city of Grunt iPhhm, not only to nee the many fine things you huve done for yourxclvea, but to pay trib ute to the community for It many aocoinpllHhmenU during tho protons of the war. I aoiAetimes feel that this section through its loyal work la the production of the chrome ores, went a little bit further to help win that sanguinary context, than she In Riven credit for. "You have shown a wonderful spirit In the development of your resources; you have built a railroad Into a rich territory; you have de veloped a splendid Industry In the production of the Tokay grape which Is making thla section almost nation ally famous; the development, of your horticultural and agricultural land have produced great wealth, and as time goes on .will make yon richer. The uncovering of your vast mineral resources, which I am 'told are ex ceptionally great, will make this city reat mining "center again, just as your placer mines In early days made this section famous.. ' "The completion of your wonder ful highways will make Gran La Pass great center for tourists, and this feature alone will, I am sure, make your city a very prosperous one.' You nave a gold mine, Almost literally speaking, In the famous Josephine Oaves, and t hope the government ad the etate highway commission will see to It that fine paved high ways are constructed Into that great vcenlo region. "We have many things to do, many things In which we can cooperate In the development of the state, and if enthusiastically entered upon, we can, hy all working together as a harmonious unit, make this the greatest Mate In the union. We have the resources and by all 'working to gether, supporting state Institutions, can capitalize those resources to the Continued on Paje 2) NVAC HOURS FDR ARMY NURSES IhiHiiK Advance of American Force Tlwy, Wwked iH Houm ltmfx BO Gave Tlmlr lives Washington, Oct. 17. That army nurses -who served overseas with the American forces during the war bad their share of service and suffering is shown In the final report made by Miss Julia C. Stlmson, who headed the army nursing service abroad. Be tween May 8, 1917, and May SI, 1919, 10.245 nurses out of a total of 21,480 enlisted for .the war-saw ser vice overseas. Three were wounded In action and 268 died while on duty. But the real work of the American women commenced July 18, 191 8 v with their own army when the final German attack was stemmed and the great victorious allied offensive started. ' "From July 18 to November 11 the amount of work done was such that no praise would he great enough," Ml us etlmson says. "It was not at all uncommon for nurses to work' 14 to 18 hours a day for weeks at a time, and some hospitals with only 70 or 80 nurses cared for patients toj the number of 2100. One hospital had R.000 patients at one time with 70 nurses to take care of them. O in curs, nurse and men worked them selves to their limit df physical en durance and that ljmlt was beyond any which might he expected of hu man beings," On Armistice day, 184.421 Ameri can soldiers, sick and wounded, were in 'hospitals, and there was a short age of 8.925 nurses. The records showed that the "peak" of wounded was actually reached a"t "Sioeyes cen ter on November 18, when 20,188 pa tient were taken Into 10 hospitals with 394 nurses assigned. The short age of nurses was due entirely to the fact, the report eays. that trans portation had not been available to get more Into France, so .great was thj rush of combnt troops to the front. F London, Oct U.-yThe bishop of Chelmsford has barred money raised from "whist drives and dances' from a fund of $1,250,000 which the peo ple of Essex are trying to collect for church extension. Writing to his peo ple concerning tbene amusements the bishop declared: 'Both may be le gitimate forms of recreation but they aro nott methods of the church for ralBlng money. I have never heard of either being opened or closed with prayer." E Jyondon, Oct. 17. The net bag of German submarines destroyed by the American, French and British navies during the war was 200, out of a to tal of 370 completed by the enemy up to the armistice, according to the war cabinet blue hook. ' Each of the three navies developed entirely dif ferent systems of submarine detec tion apparatus and their results were constantly exchanged. ROUS lEAD OK 60,000 MARKS .' Berlin, Oct. 17. The trial of those accused of the murder of the Mu nich hostages continues In Bat-aria. Many of the witnesses who number ed a hundred related fearful stories of the. brutalities alleged to have been practiced by the Spartlclsts, Seldl, SchnlkklehofTer and others, Much of the testimony takon relat ed to the robbing of the bodies of tiiBsJjostagoa, after they had been -hot. Seldl, it was testified, obtain ed In this way 60,000 marks. , GRANTS PAfifl, JOSErHlSB COUNTY, OREGON, - FRIDAY, OCTOBEtt ACCUSES BOLSHEVIKI OF WHOLESALE MASSACRES ''- i Prof. Schneider Claims Reds Shot 23,632 Men; Women and Children at Riga-Girk as Executioners Wash ington Hears Petrograd and Kronstadt Are Taken Stockholm, Out. 17. 'Professor Ouldo Schneider, of Higa, In a lecture here stated that the 4olshevIkl shot 23,632 men, women and children at Riga. v The executioners, intoxicated and unable to aim straight, ' wounded their victims time and again, laugh ing at their agonies. ( Young girls, elegantly dressed, volunteered as executioners. t lyondon, Oct. 17. Confirmation of reports of last night that the British naval forces had taken the fortress of Kronstadt, has not been received by the admiralty, whose officials dis credit the report. . ,,.'" Washington, Oct. 17. Reports of the capture of Petrograd and Kron stadt by the Northwestern Russian forces have been received by the state department from the consular office in Sweden. The dispatch eald the reports are generally credited In MUX WORK Kit KIIiliKlt BY A 8TKKI, CAULK Sllverton. Ore., Oct. J 7. Glen Williams, aged 23, mill worker, died here today as the result of being struck by a steel cable while working In the woods. BALL TOBE GIVEN IN HONOR PORTLAND BUSINESS r.1ENT0NIGHT,VAtO0RFHALL Following the1 dinner and general get-together meeting at the court house this evening at 6:30, a ball will be given at the Waldorf httll In honor of the Portland business men. There w ill be a six-piece orchestra present, and dancing from 10 until morning, as the excursion train will TREES 2.000 YEARS Missoula. Mont.. Oct. 17. Cedar trees more Jhan 2,000 years old and still alive and growing have been found in the Kanikstt forest of the first forest service district, according to 3Y W. Glrard, district logging en gineer, whose headquarters are here. The Kaniksu forest is in the extreme northeast corner of Washington and the far north end of the Idaho "pan handle." Mr. Glrard staled that he investi gated a report of trees of that age, believing that .no trees grew to that age In America except the redwoods on the Pacific coast. His Investiga tion proved the truth of the report, he declared. "These trees." said Mr. Glrard. "varied In size from a foot to 10 feet in diameter. I used a boring Instrument' on - them and found the report waa true. Anyway 1 figured It I found the trees were In all cases 2,000 year old,' and some of them near 3,000. The wood is firm a'nd Is a potential source of high grade timber. " I know of no other place In the United States, except the red wood forests, where trees of that age may be found." , ', .;, HOUSK PASSES BILL BARRING ' FOREIGNERS FROM l S. Washington, Oct. 17. By an over whelming majority the house today passed the bill extending for one year wartime passport restrictions so as to keep radicals , and undesirable aliens out of the United States. . tfweden, although unconfirmed offi cially. ; Reports from Stockholm said the bolshevlkl were concentrating for a decisive struggle with General Den IkeneX forces in the south. The fall of Kursk is regarded as threatening seriously the central so viet goVornment at Moscow. On the Semlrltche front. Admiral Kolchak's forces have advanced, cap turing 5,000 prisoners. Omsk, Oct. 17. The ali-r.asslan government has expressed to the United States Its Indignation over the flogging of an American soldier Corporal Benjamin Sherllng, by Gen eral Klamlkoff's coasacks recently The act la deplored as that of Irre sponsible officers. Vladivostok, Oct. 17. The trans port Great Northern sailed from here October 7th, with 100 officers and 1400 men, returning to the United States. O. A. TO PLAY r, SANTA CLARA COLLEGE Santa Clara, Cal.. Oct. 17. It "was announced here today that the Ore- son Agricultural college will play the Santa Clara football team here on Thanksgiving day. not leave this cHy unUl 2 in the morning. Everybody Is Invited it Is for the whole community and ladles are especially requested to at tend. Every business man asd his wife In the city are urged to come out and help entertain, the visitors. SEVEN MEET DEATH I San Francisco. Oct 17 tj hik total in the great airplane derby to day Btands at seven, leaving 39 pilots in the contest. Lieutenant Frank Klrby, pilot, and lieutenant Stanlev C. Miller, observer, yesterday "went west when their airplane crashed at Castle RockvUtah. Of those remaining in the race, six have completed half their triD hv landing at the.Mlneola field and nine westbound filers have reached Sun Francisco, Twenty-four others still are on the first leg of their flight, scattered at various control stations. Chicago. IU Oct. 17. TJnntnnnn Maynard arrived here at 2 o'clock this afternoon, having flown from Wahoo,. Neb., today , with a' new mo tor in the plane, placed overnight, instead of one which broke down yesterday. . Maynard was still lead ing all transcontinental aviators In the national airplane derby. A KING AND QUEEN ARE ENTERTAINED IN CAL Lbs Angeles, Oct. 1". The queen of 'Belgium today decorated .six Los Angeles women at the railroad depot here, in recognition of work they had done in aiding the Belgian. King Albert and his party were entertained here throughout the day. 17, Jlff. EX-KAISER DUST WEALTH AND JOY ttiibfttltuu Beauty Spot for St Hele na; 81 Van Loads of Treasure, Valued at $4,000,000 : s Doom, llolland. Sept 22. (By the Associated 'Press.) "The House of Doorn," as the estate recently purchased here by the former Ger man, emperor has been . called for centuries, lies right In the midst 'of this clean, slow-moving little Dutch village, whose 3,000 or so inhabi tants, while not at all excited about It, are looking forward with consid erable interest to numbering among their tourghers one William Hohen- zollern, formerly of Potsdam. The villagers, along with most persons In this section of the coun try, helieve that he Is coming here to settle down for life. If that he his Intention he has selected as a' volun tary substitute for St. -Helena one of the prettiest spots In Holland There is nothing In the estate he has pur chased or in the surrounding com munity to suggest a place of exile. There are no guards about the es tate now nor walls non moats to pro tect the house from the curious pass erby. It la forbidden, however, to walk In the 200-acre park without special permission, which is not be ing granted, just now, as Herr Ho henzollern'a furniture and art treas ures, 51 big van loads . valued at something over $4,000,000, Is being stored and placed preparatory to the moving out of the tBaronness Van Heemstra de Beaufort, on November 1. and the moving In of the former Emperor late in December or early In January. . .. MILLER RELEA5EI Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 17. Walter Miller, photographer, was at liberty today having been released last nieht from Jail where he had been held, pending an investigation of the death of his wife, who was drowned last Monday in Lake Washington. Washington, Oct. 17 While"pres- ident Wilson was feeling well today, his physicians said prostatic condi tions from which he had suffered for several days was checking his gen eral improvement Or. Grayson announced that he had called Or. Hugh Young, one 'of the foremost specialists on prostatic troubles, who was expected to exany Ine the president thoroughly today. HUNGARY GETS FIRST - AID FOR CIVILIANS Paris, Oct. 17. Hungary Is the first Of the late Central Power tn receive an official commission of "the American Red Cross for civilian work. To meet the urgent need for medical and surgical supplies In the hospitals of Budapest, a train of 80 cara In charge of a unit of 12 Amer ican pfficere has been sent from Par is. The snpplies carried are valued at 1350,000. ' E TO THE BELGIANS London, Oct. 16. The national commutes for the relief of Belgium, through which British people con tributed over 212,600,000 toward the relief of the people of Belgium dur ing the German occupation, has. af- . .... ... - ier consultation wltn Herbert Hoover allocated to several charitable orznn- Uattona in Belgium, the balance of Its-funds In hand amounting to 1,225,000 francs. . t ; , WHOLE 10.MBER 27IWj iifiri SCENTPIOTTO i RESTORE IK ATTEMPT TO ARREST PREMIER AtXJVSEO OF TRYING TO KE- i TURN KING CHARLE4J J mil m ITISI PREVENT. Auntrutn National AseroMy Ratifies tho Peaco Treaty With tho Al lied Powers Vienna, Oct. 17. The motive for the attempted arrest of Premier Ste phen Ftederich, of Hungary, by Rou manians last Monday was the discov ery, it Is said, that he was planning a coup d'etat with the object of plac ing former Emperor Charles of Aus tria on the Hungarian throne. Advices from Budapest say that the arrest was prevented only by the American and British guards. Vienna, Oct, 17. The Austrian national assembly ratified the peace treaty today. YANK HAD THE BULLET; SAFE IN HIS POCKET Brest. Oct. 17. A few days ago, according to a story In -the French papers, a street row occurred here in which some . American soldiers took part, one of whom was -hit by a revolver bullet. The hospital aur- geon took a' long time probing the wound; but the American stoically bore the pain. v "What are you doing anyway?" he asked, finally. ' . , , "Looking for the bullet." said the doctor. "Why didn't you say so? I've go It In my pocket. I took It out my self," was the retort ' INDUSTRIAL DELEGATES SEE FAINT RAY OF HOPE Washington," Oct. 17. With the Introduction by theapital group giv ing Its views on the right of collec tive bargaining, a' spirit of concilia tion was manifest today in the in dustrial conference. L. E. Sheppard, head of the rail way conductors, said he saw In the resolution a sincere effort at closer cooperation between capital and la bor In the meeting. The resolution recognises the right of labor in pri vate but not In government employ ment, to organize unions and bargain collectively with employers, under certain limitations. it m nir niiii inniiiro iu m rniurrro Manila'. IP. 'I.' Oct. 16: Still in doubt as to whether It will be held that the constitutional "dry" amend ment applies to the Philippine Islands, local Interests are aligning themselves to carry the fight into the legislature, which to committed to consider the question at Its regu lar session, which opens October 16. Dr. ID. M. Grandler, a well-known prohibition advocate from Califor nia, is now In 'Manila and is heading the forces of. the Christian service league, an organization recently formed here and pledged to a' gen eral program of civic betterment The league claims to have secured to date more than $12,000 to meet the expenses of its campaign.