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VOL. X.. Mu. HM.
UltANTM l'AMH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, H EDN EKD n . FEBKI ARY IM, IWJ«»
HOSE STOKES »ILL
TRY FOR CONGRESS
W HOLE NUMBER 2M»M.
TO OE IN RACE
Millionaire < omni uni M, N om I nd«w
M**ntcin<* for <UM>tru< lltig the
Orafi, s Candidato
Chairman of the Shipping Boaird Re.
cotnnu-ndM Kale of Vessel*, to
American Interests
State iifineer Approves Construction Plan, and Bids For
'Washington, Feb. 18.—Chairman ANNOINCES THAT HIS NAME IS
Payne of the U. S. Shipping Board,
Sixteen Miles of Canals, and For Pumps, Flumes and recommended to the senate com­ NOT TO HE PLA< Ell ON Fill-
communist, and former socialist, re­
ITS CAME
MARIKS
merce committee the rejection of all
cently indicted for "advocating tho
Pipe Lines Will Be Received Tuesday
bids received for fhe 30 former Ger­
overthrow of the United Blates gov­
ernment." announced shiv will lie a
man passenger ships offered for sale
by the Shipping Board, end asked
candidate for congres» from the lltli
authority
to renew negotiations for
New York district. She Is at large
"The »late engineer has given ap­ thoroughly before putting bls money
on a bond pending ap|>eal from a proval of the plans tor the 1920 con­ Into it, and the investigation con­ the sale of the vessel» for operation
ten-year sentence for olmtructlng struction work of the Grant» Pa»» vinced him that this was one of the under the American flag.
Défis*««* Will Often <**»» T«mi»«rrow the draft.
Take* Stand That National intere«*»
Irrigation district project, and there best undeveloped irrigation proposi­
and lionet« of One llundrwl Wit-
Should Not He Submerged by
1» nothing now in the way of imme­ tions In the west. He 'brought the
nre***», to 1‘nn«' Innottmco
<'ont<**ts Among IdividnaLs
diate and active prosecution of the best irrigation experts here before
work. We have 70 days of the moet he closed matters, and so efficient an i
strenuous work ahead of ns, but the engineer as Wiley of Idaho, said that
Montesano. Feb. .18.- The state
New York, Feb. 18.—William
Irrigation project will be accom­ he did not know of another project,
rettied its case al 11 o'clock today,
Gibbs McAdoo announced today
plished according to schedule, and in all the west of anything like the I
Vundervoer announced he would
that he would not permit his name
water will be in the ditches for the magnitude of this one where water
move for directed verdicts of dismis­
—
to be used on the presidential pri­
In quantity was ready for the ditches
season’s crops."
sal of all defendants, particularly
Medford, Feb. 18.—-If much more mary ballots in the various states;
Thut was the statement of Ralph at all sea»ons without the building
Bert Faulkner, Elmer Smith ami
Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 18.— Bchneelock today in discussing the of reservoir or storage systems at ¡snow does not fall In the hills, we he said he advocated sending unin­
Mike Sheehan. whom Vanderveer in- Posted conspicuously In the lobby of
progress of matters for tho develop­ heavy expense, iffre the water is .will l>e able to drive to Crater 1-ake structed delegates to the democratic
■ists had not been connected with a big local hotel la a placard which
ment of the Grants Pass irrigation ready for diver*don into the gravity by May 1st this year.” said P. H. convention, and believed that nation­
the shooting
reads: "Bermuda still has license. project.
Mr. Schneelock, accom­ ditches with only the expense of the , Dailey, local game and fish warden. al interests should not be submerg­
Vunderveer's motion for dlamisual We expect our patrons to exercise
' following his return from an auto ed in a contest of individual candi­
panied by his attorney. John J. Kol­ ditches and the diversion dam.
was urg'ietl this afternoon. The de­ common sense. We do not care how
Bids for the ditching, including I ride to Union creek and a tramp dacies.
lock. arrived in town last night on
fense will begin putting on Its hun­ little they drink; excess will not be
the delayed train from Portland, the construction of 16 miles of main ; around the high hills of the Crater
dred witnesses tomorrow. The state toleratud.”
In fact,
having stopped en route at Salem canals and Laterals, have been called ¡lake district yesterday.
f
hae called 78 thus far and will call
Some islanders expect to see a where tho project was discussed with for by the board of directors, the I without very much effort one might
many more in rebuttal.
promise of a great future founded the stale engineer, and the approval bids to be received next Tuesday, ! drive an auto now over the little !
on the dollars of American tourists of the engineer given for the plan» the 24th instant. Thia ditching in­ ! hard packed snow to the lake in Mr.
who, they ibelieve, will flock hither covering the construction work pro­ clude«, approximately 43.000 yards : Daily’s opinion.
aa an ogals. Others look with appre­ posed -for this season
‘"There is no snow at all in the
Mr. Sr-hnee- i of earth. At the same time, bids
hension on the prospect. Meantime lock 1« the head of the Ralph Schnee- will be received for the Installation high hili« and little in the open." I
the conduct of the tourists is being lock company of <Portland. the firm of four pumping plants for the lift­ continued Mr. Daily. “Green grass
watched with an unusual degree of having purchased the first issue of ing of the water into the ditches for a half foot or more long, wild onions,
Ixmdon. Feb. 18.—The supreme
Interest. Rome among the new' ar­ $100,000 pf bonds on the local pro­ the present season, and for flumes, which the bears like so well, and council's reply to President Wilson
rivals do not hesitate to any that ject. But Mr. Schneelock is some­ bridges, etc. 'Mr. Schneelock, who wild clover are growing on the south has been forwarded to Washington.
Washington, FUb. 18. The con-: they made the trip largely in expec­ thing more than just a ■purchaser of leaves today for California, will re­ slopes. There is no snow on Huckle­ It is understood the reply objects to
farenaa report on the railroad blil' tation of throwing off the restraint bonds, he Is a real enthusiast in the turn to Grants Pass Sunday, and will berry mountain and I met a man at reopening the Adriatic question, and
a» presented provides that the wag»«' of their homeland.
development of the project the bonds I remain t.ere till the contracts for the ! Union reek, iwho came from Dia­ declares the eirctimetanees existing
"We
come
here
to
seek
freedom,
”
«»labllshed 1>y the railroad Mdmln-
of which he now owns. «He has stat­ various unils of the project develop­ mond lake and he related that there when the premiere framed the virt­
All contracts are to j was no snow in the region between ual ultimatum to Jugo-SIavia in Jan­
istrailon shall continue effective un­ declared a new arrival aa he plant­ ed that he was going to give his ment are let
til September It also would con ed his feet against the bra»« rail of personal attention to the work and he let contingent upon the agreement ; Union creek and Diamond lake. uary could not be ignored, and the
tinue the present acule of rates un-j a loi a) bar. "We have to seek III»- would know that the landowners \ that the work will be completed There is little snow in the lower re- president, it is asserted, is told that
til then. The restriction on wage I erty under the folds of the .British were getting a hundred cents worth I within the time specified so that | gions and it is packed down hard, i decisions reached last December, to
which Wilson adhered in his note,
of service and of irrigation system , there will lie no disappointment for making easy ivalking over it.
Increases Is espe-tally Interesting Bi flag: twherever the Union Jack waves
91
"Thia is going to be a dry year. will be carried out if he will indi­
for every dollar that went, into the ¡the landowners who will prepare for
view of the recent demand for in one cm take a drink unmolested.
A companion who ventured to call work. He Investigated the project i water this spring.
To my mind not enough snow can cate the way this mjv be done.
urease on the part of railway em­
his
attention,
to
the
state
of
affairs
fall in the .mountains before spring
ployes.
in Newfoundland and'certain Cana­
i to make up for the shortage now.
dian provinces where the British flag
Why. in ¿lay of last year, I saw a
waves over Iwnedry regions, was
five-foot bank of snow at Union
pooh-poohed.
*
creek. The Hogue river, because
of the lack of snow in the mountains
Roads Mere IH mummm I—
I and the lack of rain for such a long
[ period. has seldom. If ever, -been so,
‘Much Interest was tuken in the
: low at this time of year, the old'
discussion of the road plans for the
i timers say. I know I have never'
Williams creek district at the meet­
Ixinileu. Feb. 18.—.Whether rela­
Ket'blkan, Alaska, l'«>l>. 18. Hi­
ing nt Provoit yesterday afternoon.
Wenatchee. Wash., Feft>. 18.— storage lakes in Idaho to Rock Lake. I I seen it any lower at the natural tives ehall be i>ermitted to set up
tler. new«>st of Alaskan mining
bridge at this time of year.”
There was quite a delegation from
any sort of individual memorials
Dreams of far visioned pioneers who Wash., thirty miles south of Spokane
camps, Is a "apotle«» town." and
this city, Including the county judge.
a-cording to present ;dans. The ca-i
they desire on the graves of soldier
many stamipedern who may rush
waters
of
saw
a
mirage
of
wasted
The road between Murphy and Pro­
nal will then run west and south to
relatives
in France, or the present
there In the spring are not going to
volt was its own argument in favor the high IKockies flowing over thire- the (Palouse. Pasco and Walla Walla i
policy be continued of permitting
find drinking, dancing and gHinbllng
of a better highway there.
The ty Washington lands are <o he rea- districts In the "Big Bend" country. I
only the rude wooden crosses (with
going «on wide open, as in the gold
greater jiart of the discussion was In lized if the long .proposed Co.lumbla A network of small canals and lat-
name and identification number at­
camps of the first stam|>ede in '98,
regard to the buildiug of tho road Basin project, said to be the great­ I erals will carry the water onto the
tached is the hub of a controversy
long before prohibition came, ac­
to the caves, the people of the Wil­ est project of its kind ever conceived, land, which at present receive« only |
which has arisen in England.
cording to report« received here
liams and the Applegate districts be­ is curried through.
e
scant rainfall during several months
I jo rd Robert Cecil has been acting
If Hyder's new resident« find any­
ing very desirous that the road go
The ‘proiMMal is to carry water of the year.
as spokesman for those who desire
thing out of the ordinary next spring
■by the Williams route, or at least from Idaho and iMontavia through
In size, the project, it is skid, ap ' Philadelphia, Feb. 18.—«More than the’privilege of erecting individual
they may find It In Stewart, a Ca-
tha-t the loop road to the caves be 130 miles or lakes, canals and tun­ proximate« the total present develop- $700,000 will be available for the
memorials on the graves of their sol­
■ladlan town not far from Hyder. It
constructed. Further meetings will nels to irrigate approximate 8500 ment of all irrigation proje t« under “improvement of governmental
dier dead.
)» probable, however, that the red i be held at I
con-
later dates
square miles of land lying tn south­ the United States reclamation ser- ditlon. ln Philadelphia” under the
coated conntablee of the Royal
They are opposed by a large num­
east Washington In the "Big Bend" vice. The project, it has been esti-'
,
Northwest (Mounted Police, who kept
ber of bereaved relatives who argue
mated, by irrigating the arid lands
°f Thon,ai* Ske,,on »«orison, that moet of those who have gone
of the Columbia River.
order at Dawson in the 'gold days, Atldrces I m Wuntetl—
Request Is made for the address
Engineers employed by a coramis- ■ and by converting the "sagebrush in- f°rn,er*y 1 nited States minister and I to look at a friend’s name on one of
will be at Stewart next spring to see
I of Holland IM. Humphrey, who was sion created by the Washington leg­ to alfalfa” will increase by more than consult general to Egypt. ¡He cre- the thousands of little oak crosses
that things are within the law.
For a very 'brief period thia winter In Hrants iPass in December. 1918. islature are at present going over the one half the total aggregate value of j ated a board of managers to have have felt that his grave received dig­
Hyder was ''wide open,” according Anyone who may know the present immense scheme to determine Its all taxable property In the state. The charge of the fund whfch repr„pnt. nity from the reticence of its quiet
,, .. ,
to rai»orta. "Whiskey and beer were address of Mr. Humphrey is request­ feasibility. The legislature author­ land to be irrigated, it is figured, ed . . half
his fortune, and to use the uniformity with those of all his fel-
ized the commission to spend $100,- will support A population more than
sold at many bara, girls were danc­ ed to send it to the Courier.
■ low soldiers.
,
000 if necessary, to investigate the ■ double the present population of the 'n ome from it for the correction
ing. pianos were thumped and rou­
“At present our war cemeteries in
plan in all its details and to deter- state.
i
of wrongs and irregularities in the France are the most beautiful and
lette, blackjack and faro were being
mine its coat.
The volume of «water to be carried administration or municipal govern- moving places in which men ever
played," wrote one miner from the
Water drained from approximate­ In the main canal will be »pproxi-1 meBt,«> The managers include rep- ¡collected their dead,” declared one
town.
ly (250,000 square miles of the mately 20,000 cubic feet per second. |
Then John IRonan. former terri­ ■
American father of a soldier buried
Rocky ¡Mountains will l>e used tn A season's run of the canal would i ' resentatives of leading civic organi­ in France after a visit to his grave.
torial senator, iwas appointed United
the system. 'Aided by lakes and tun­ fill a lake 30 miles wide. 100 miles zations.
States marshal and he closed every­
"The contrast is enormous between
"The fund will be used,” says the their nobly expressive simplicity as
neta.
a great canal will carry It from long and 3 feet deep.
thing up. “Bang went the lid and
trust company that is administering monuments of unselfish brotherhood
hundreds could not get away from
Washington, Feb. 18.- Attorney
Hyder fast, enough," the miner
the will, "for the ini|»artial enforce­ in arms and the average civilian
wrote. "Many went to Slewart. There General Palmer has directed the
ment of all municipal contracts, to ¡cemetery in France or England with
everything seems to «ba wide open.” federal district attorney at Portland,
obtain prose ution and punishment its restless. Jumbled individualism.
Hyder would have had a popula-1 Oregon, to make a full and thorough
|of persons guilty of violation of con- That fine contrast would soon ,be lost
tion of 20,000 in three months If investigation of the charges made
I tracts with the city or of speculation if all relatives might do as they
tho "lid" had been left off. the miner against Max H. Houser, vlce-presl-
: with its funds, to investigate mu­ chose. In getting their way they
predicted. But the "lid" was damp­ dent of tho 1’nlted States Grain cor­
nicipal affairs, to aid the city by ad­ would irreparably mar the resttnz
’ I
ed down and the* population dwind-' porat.fon by tile federal grand jury
«Washington. Feb. 18. A - meeting'
Washington. Feb. 18. -General vice, to gid in the inauguration of place of their friends' comrades.”
led.
nt iSiiokano. Palmer’s instructions of the heads of fifteen railroad em-, March told the house committee that municipal reform and to assist in
were given at Houser’s request.
plo.ves' organizations is being held American Troops were sent into Rus­ any special Investigation to further
Hn
’iser
said
Washington, Feb. 18.— Five
......
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... he could not permit the
sia and Siberia 'by .President Wilson the mmediate adoption by the city of
New York, Feb. 18. A .Mexican
listed men were drowned In the s' »lenient of the grand jurV to go here tonight to consider the confer- against the advice of General Bliss, a wise, clear and accurate system of disimtch says the Mexican govern­
sinking of a naval water barge off unchallenged. He asked the federal ence report on the pending railroad while Bliss was a member of the al-bookkeeping and accounting, includ- ment trooj>s were pursuing the ban­
Cuba yesterday, and t.wo others lost attorney after the investigation to bill, and to determine Its effect on lled supreme war council.
March jlng the frequent publication of lucid dits who kidnapped Wilson AVelsch
their lives in tho capsizing of a mo- five equal publicity to the findings their recent agreement with Presi­ said. “I don’t suppose, however, the (statements of the city’s finan -ial con- Adams. American mine superinten-
tor dory from the U. S. S. Hovey as was given to the grand Jury’s In­ dent Wilson regarding demands for president would disregard a strictly dition. The interests of no political ident. but had lost ontact with the
last Sunday at 'Harwich, England
sinuation.
wage increases.
military proposal from Biles.*'
party will' be furthered.”
bandits in the hills of Zacatecas.
Chicago, Feb. 18-Mra. 'Rose Pas­
MOTION T<» IHSMIMM IM FIRMT
tor Stokes, New York millionaire
MVVK WHEN MT ATE ItkMTM
WANTS ALI DEFENDANTS FREED
ASKS UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATES
CRATER LAKE SEASON IS
DUE FOR EARLY OPENING
ENGLAND ALSO DEBATES
OVER SOLDIER GRAVES