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r.maiua. Mar. «> 2. Leaders uf tlie
Canal Zone workera* strlko bäte ac
eepted tho medlatlon of the British
miulster at «Panama.
Tltey oximct
to retuin to work today.
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Guaranteed Flour
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Close Out at $2.95
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
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CEREMONIAL AT EUGENE
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cial dispatches herein are also re- [ more hostile to England.
served.
1100 home« every day. For a Urn- |
Referring to his visit to Berlin.
lied
time $1 50 In advance will
following “delightful” receptions in
Tl 1-MDAY, MARC H 2. H»20.
take your 25-word announcement
Belgium, Holland, Denmark. Norway
to these homes every day for
♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ land Sweden, the colonel wrot’e that
month. You ought to secure
One and one-third, on certificate
♦ the German authorities and people
OREGON WEATHER
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purchaser in thut time
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plan. Sales dates, .March 2 to March
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showed him every courtesy and civil­ 6. Return limit, March 10.
Two FOR SALE Burred Rock and White
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Weather for the Week
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Wlandotte eggs.
$1 per setting
Pacific Coast Statist: Rain ♦ ity but that, excepting the university sleepers reserved at Ashland, leav­
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after
4
p.
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at
1301 East A
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folk,
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really
did
not
want
to
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tralu
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Friday
evening.
March
♦ about Wednesday and again
street. Mrs. A. Meier.
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* Saturday: normal temperatures. .♦ 1 see me”
America, he said was very 5. Berths, $2.70 lowers; $2.16 up­
pers. .Make reservations early and WANTED Second hand stump pul­
1 unpopular in Germany. The upper
avoid the rush. Sleepers set out at
Tonight and Wednesday prob­
ler in good condition. Peter Tan-
classes regarded democracy, he said,
Eugene for use until return trip,
♦ ably rain in west with rain or
geti. ltd
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as “irregular, unnatural and debas-J. probably be on No. II, arriving Ash­
+ snow in east portion.
| ing. The lower classes, on the oth^ land Sunday noon. Ceremonial at Ft>11 RENT Garage near corner of .
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Sixth and C streets. Call at 616 C
For
er hand, were socialists who regard- ■ Eugene Saturday, March 6.
street.
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PRE-SENT DAY it EREI.S
ed me as an enemy rather than a transportation details address Geo.
Call and mv us
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committee
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FOR SALE New .38 special repeat­
Back in Michigan a certain county friend. The middle class looked up­
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Phone
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re t inquiries to W. H. Day, recorder.
ing rifle. il‘ri< e $35.
Address
and its officials have recently been on me as a representative-of an Am­
Box 194, Ashland. In < ase of haste,
Box 792, Grants Pam. Ore.
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receiving much notoriety of a rather erica which consisted of business ri­ ring ‘ent up. Reduced rates imply
dubious quality because Of the “whis­ vals whose rivalry was Irritating and nvitatlon to the ladles.
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Mining blanks Courier office.
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key rebellion” which was staged. A | obnoxious.”
whiskey rebellion is nothing more or
An interesting sidelight on von
less than rebellion abanst the laws Tirpitz, then the secretary of war. |
that are made for the direction of was afforded by the colonel’s refer-,
the conduct of the people, and any ence to an interview with the man
effort made to defeat the written law who later inaugurated the ruthless!
is a rebellion. The man who estab­ submarine warfare. Von Tirpitz, he
lishes his illicit still for .the manu­ said, was Intensely Interested in the i
facture of “moonshine” ts a rebel.' I(voyage of the American battlefleet
and sooner or later he will be caught 'around the world, and he told the!
"with the goods” and will pay the, former president that he had not be­
penalty. Good government means lieved “we could do it successfully.”
that every citizen, regardless of his adding that the British naval and
personal wish or view, must con- foreign office« had felt the same
form his conduct to the will of the way.
"He said he expected Japan
majority, There is no such thing as would attack the fleet while it was
a personal liberty that permits us on its way round.”
<o do those things that are against
the ublic
public interest or opposed to the will
Printing that pleases—We do It!
of the majority. And when we at­ Courier Job Department.
tempt a conduct that is opposed to
the expressed will of the majority,
we are leading a rebellion. Those
Michigan fellows will find that this
in taking over the management of this property, the policy of the owners will be to give ss «atlsf.i tort
services as lies In their |«ower in return for the patronage given us, to <-ek the co-opeartlon of shippers
is a country where the people rule.
and passengers and of the whole people in having our service reasonably responsive to the public needs
Primary Election Muy 21, 1920
They will have to bow to the will
We have to ask the patient forbearance of the public during the readjustment period of the next six
of the people and quit making and
months. It Is true during these nix months the government continues the standard return allowed the lines
ARTHUR
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COUTANT
quit drinking booze. Otherwise they
while under Its control, based on pre-war earnings, Hut this return Is subject to certain legislative dlrec-
We expc t.
lions by congress that will affe't operations during this period which ends August 31st next
will be punished as rebels.
however, within this six months to mature plans for the future, These plans had to be held In uteyance
thus far because of uncertainty as to the legislative conditions to accompany the return of the roads tn
COUNTY JUDGE
their owners for operation, and those conditions have been determined by congress onl within the lust few
days. We now have to study what Is itefore us In law and in fact and get our bearings anew
The otu-rsl
Josephine County
Ing organization as it existed under Southern Pacl f|c management has been to some extent dlsarrtin.o tl
An Intimate pen-picture of the for­
during the |<eriod of federal control and operating practices have been changed, tint the bent-fit of any
F. L. COON
new- practices that may have proved efficient In the public service during the Government control period
drawn by
mer emperor of German
wili of course be retained.
Colonel 'Roosevelt in a letter to Sir
We could not purchase equipment after we entered the war bacauae the Government took ontrol.and
George Otto Trevelyan in 1911.
war financing occupied the field, while during the rest of the time the question of adequate credit had Io
COUNTY CLERK
which shows him in the light of an
wait for answer in congressional action.
Present Deputy County Clerk
“adorer” of England, appears in the
On the other hand the locomotives and cars in service have lieen tiibjeeted to the most active use and
new rolling stock has not been renewed throughout the country in normal numbers for the increase of
Marell number of Scribner’s •Ma ga­
normal traffic. The burden of extraordinary war movements fell heavily upon all kinds of rolling sto I
D. 0. HAYES
zine out tomorrow.
making it imitossible to ship the equipment at the proper time, and repair work was «further delayed by
shortage during the larger part of the.war period in both men and material.
It Is the concluding portion of
K l UU u LU ill . KA I LU lUK
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We wish to thunk our friends and
the American Legion tor their kind­
nesses and beautiful floral offerings
during our sorrow in the bereave­
ment of our son and brother.
.1. I>. PAUMER and FAMILY.
RAMONA
The Battery Shop
101 N. (»th
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Hazelton & Disbrow. Proprietors
Timmons & Higgins
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Southern Pacific Company
San Francisco, March 2, 1920
P
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Yesterday the railroad lines of the Southern Pacific Company were returned to
their owners for operation. As a war measure they have been in charge of the
government during the last two years and two months. The stockholders in that
period had nothing to do with the management.
To
Political Cards
Paid advertisements
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
Roosevelt’s personal 25,000-word ac­
count of his travels in Egypt and Eu­
rope following his return from hfs
memorable African hunting trip.
The former president wrote that
William agreed with him. during the
course of a long interview at Pots­
dam that war between England and
Germany would be "an unspeakable
calamity.” The Colonel said that
Prince Henry of Prussia, of whoui
the then kaiser was "rather jealous”
was “a more really powerful and
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
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The problem before us at once therefore Is how to put to the best use the passenger train cars and
the freight cars that are in ssrvice, and how to put into good condition for service every piece of equipment
to be had. This problem is before every railroad
Abreast of this is the larger question whether the
earnings under the new law, the "Transportation Act of 1920,” will lie enough to establish the « redIt of
the railroads at a point where they can provide themselves with the facilities of all kinds that they need
to give the public proper service. "We have tho will If only we can find the ways and means, These are
not easy to find, for an assumed earning of even 6 per cent, «nd no assurance of that. Is not attractive to
anyone having money to Invest when money Is worth 7 or k per cent In the open market.
ASSESSOR
Present Deputy Assessor
ECLUS POLLOCK
Republican Candidate for
Nominee for
Hence the effect of the new act of Congress upon earnings and upon the credit of the railroads cannot
be immediately determined. This act provides for a rate making structure tinder which _____
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during
two years the railroads will bo i>ermltted to earn up to 5% i«er cent annually on the value of the railroads
as tnay «be determined by the Interstate Commerce Commission, The Commission haH power at Its dlscre-
tion to increase these possible earnings to 6 per cent, the added one-half of one per cent to be used for
improvements to the property.
COUNTY JUDGE
H. H ALLYN
Republican Cantlidhte for
Nominee for
No guarantee of any kind is given to any railroad, but half of any earning® over 6 per cent ar»» to b<»
taken by the government to make loans to railroads that may need them for improvements, or to t are for
obligations falling due. or to obtain ami lease equipment to the carriers that cannot afford to buy it.
Obviously these elements In the situation will have to he considered In making our plans. The In­
terstate Commerce Commission is the deciding body with respect to value of tho properties as well as the
rates which ¡ire to yield lhe 5% per cent return thereon, and much will depend upon the vision and
promptness of action with which that body accepts Its great responsibilities.
COUNTY CLERK
Economy—I tficieni v—Service
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In the meantime it is particularly desirable In view of the shortage of equipment that, every effort be
made by shippers and the railway forces to continue heavy car loading and train loading and to lose no
time in loading and unloading cars.
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Believing that we will have the full co-operation of the people served by our linos In dealing with the
problems presented, It is due them that in thus aiding us they should know what, problems we hat«- to
meet. You can rest assured we are not Idle with respect to them.
WM. SPROULE, President
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