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VOL. X.t No. IIW. GKAN'IM FAHR. JOMEI’HINK OOVNTT, OREGON, HATI RDAY, MARCH JO, 1020. WHOLE NUMBER 2W2S. I Alleged liidniip|H-r of W . G. White B<dng Trhsl at Jacksonville to la-arii I ate H ooii island Taken l>> Senator for Uquor Result« in IHxiar«1 h>n by Antl- Haloon fa-ague Medford, Ore., Mur. 20. The trial of lairk Evuna, formerly of La Grande, charged with stealing an au tomobile front W. <J. White of Grants Pass, on September 13, 191V. will probably go to th« Jury of the circuit court at Jacksonville thia ufternuon. Washington, Mar. 20.—Th« antl- SENATOR AND 1« OF HIS GO-DE salOon league declared war on Sen FENDANTS F1H NDGI ILTY OP ator Hitchcock, of Nebraska, today. Fn.FXTION <X>NNPIRA<Y Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel for the league, In a formal statement, said the senator’s declaration in fav or of light wines and beers, "ought to defeat him not only as a candidate SAFE I»EI*OHIT VAULT* PROVE to the democratic convention, but HAS) MEAT FOR HOBHEllM also for senate leadership." libine t'ity Fall» lo I ti-vol ut ionie t« < ouccutratiom Troop» at .Strnunkluirg White Elephant Placed in Prcwidetl- Action Must He Taken by Sesnte Be Without Fight and Soviet ID-pub anil Metz. Prepare for Action Hal Hand»—1 »orlaration of Peace Crows laindlng. Cal.. Mar 20. - fore He Will Be Ouxt<-d 1’nim Seat lic Proclaimed if Needed May He Forthcoming Fifty safe deposit boxisi of the First Say Republican Ixniderv- MEMHEIts COMMl'NIHT LAHOR National Bunk here were robbed of PARTÌ” ARE HM ND «VILTY several thousand dollars In bonds Ixmdon, Mar. 20.—There are many BriiMsels. Mar 20. The capture of Portland, Mar. 20. -Three alleged Grand Rapids. Mich., Mar. 20.— Washington. Mar. '20. The treaty last night. An acetylene gas torch wan used io burn through the vault Essen was effected Friday by the indications, according to a Cologne members of the communist labor Truman H. Newberry, and 16 of hla of Vemlll«« was returned to Presi door. sjuiftacan army of 100,000 men. 77 dispatch today, that the allies are j»arty of Oregon. Karl Woeter. Claude 84 co-defendants. were found guilty dent Wllaon todny h>y the senate af guns, and armored automobiles, ac- preparing to advance their concentra Hurst and Fred W. Fry, were found of criminal conspiracy in the 1918 ter it had failed of ratification last curding to advices from Alx-la-f'-hap- tion troops at Btrassburg and Metz, guilty in the state circuit court of a senatorial election by the Jury in the elle today. The sparta<-ans proclaim further into Germany if the country violation of the «tate criminal syn United States district court here to Bight for the fourth time. There ed a soviet republic there During does not quiet down soon, according dicalism act. Sentence will be passed day. All of the other defendant« was no intimation as to what the last night, the advices said. Duaseli- to an exchange Telegraph correspon March 25. The penalty is 10 years were acquitted on the first charge preaident would do with the treaty. dorf. on the Rhine north of Cologne, dent at Amsterdam. in the penitentiary. There is no and none were found guilty on the Senator Knox's resolution to declare was captured by siMtrtacana, the gov- minimum penalty. The jury recom sixth count. a «tat« of peace with Germany will Berlin, Mar. 20.— The general mended leniency. eniment troop« evacuating wlttoout Senator Newberry was sentenced take Ila place on the senate floor strike has been ended, it was an a fight. \ to two years at Ijaavenworth prison Action by the hone« of representa nounced here today. and a 110,000 fine. Two others re Myron Wilbur, former resident of tives will be ne< esaury to consum X ceived a like sentence, one received Grants Pass, died In tbla city this mate a declaration of |e>ace by the * Btuttgart, Mar. 30.—The entire HE till XG FOR NEW TRIAL OF two years and a >5.000 fine, several morning after an Illness of some resolution, as contemplated by Sen AM.MÌEI» I.W.W.'H l*O8TI*ONRI> Bbert government will leave for Ber were sentenced from a year and a months. Mr. Wilbur was bom In ator Knox. lin tonixht by special train. A wire day to a year and six months, four, lavt'rosse, WU, November 5, 1868. Montesano. Wa«h.. Mar. 20.— ,rom the troop commander at including a brother of Newberry, He was in the furniture business In laincaater to Sprüh— * were fined from >1.000 to >10,000, Granta I‘ass for some years. disjKM- Judge John H. Wilson i»o«tponed un-i®*r»n informed them that every- Samuel C. I-anca-ter, the builder ! Ing <»r ___ biit no prison sentences. A motion his biiaineMs about 11> yi-ara tll 'March 29 the hearing on the mo- ' Ihing was quiet at the capital, of the Columbia highway and now ago to A . (' Bannard. and Inter mov- tion for a new trial for the seven al-I ‘ for a new trial was overruled pend Berlin. Mar. 20.—Home of the Ger- lxindon. Mar. 20.—Two thousand Mute chairman of the Near East l(c- I ing an appeal. us. Wash , where he and leged Industrial Workers convicted of i man junkers of iPomeraina are em- lief, will be In Grunts >*•«■ Munday ; lily resided for some years. the murder of Warren O. Grimm, the j persons have been killed to date in ' plovjng armed itody guards to protect He will speak a' the itaptlal church I Th« family were on their way to Cal Centralia Armistice day victim. The jthe fighting incident to the German HEMPEEY .Vil) KKARN8 PLEAD Sunday morning, and «I the Meth- ifornia for the benefit of Mr Wil Judge said be would not sentence the I revolutionary movement during the them after the example of their me- NOT GUILTY DRAFT EVASION l dieval forbears and some of these odist church that evening. He Is a bur's health, and stopped off hare prisoners until he had heard argu j i>ust week, according to Barlin estf- I guards even have machine-guns, says mates. very forcible speaker and will tell ' four month« ago to visit relative«. He ments on the now triul motion. the Vorwaerts. The pai»er adds that San Francisco, Mar. 20.—Jack of the work slicing done and wbv he is survived by his wife, formerly for this purpose the funkers are en Dempsey, the heavy weight cham- Is Interested In It This is the fore i Florence Layton, and four children. listing former German Baltic troops ' pion, and his manager. Jack Kearns, runner of the <lflve which takes placel Jack. Vera, Fay and Woodrow. \ . and that recently some detachments pleaded not guilty in the United In this ciliary for raising 11700 toi l daughter. Helen, was drowned Inst I of these troops have been marched States court here today on a charge the reh-f of the Armenians and Syr September In the Columbia river. through Jarmen and distributed over of conspiracy to evade the draft act. ian«. No colie; lion, other than the The funeral will be held Sunday i the estates of three of the aristocrats The preliminary hearing was set for regular church offering wjll be Ink- at . 2 „„„„„ o’clock .. at Hall's chapel, w with ' nearby. April 3. cri nt either place interment In the Masonic cemetery RATIFICATION OF I'UT FAILED FUR FOI RTH TIME ANI» HUNT mtn to PREMI DENT ? VEAR SENTENCE PRONOUNCED GERMAN IK HAIE ah n» ENEMY ALIENS TRY TO IV ashlngton, 'Mar number of eneinv 20. aliens \ large recently reached Neu York from Europe but iron . . . . . „ the vigilance of the department of sion into the country. thetr admis- These enemy Buenos Aires. LMar. 20.— Dr. Alicia Moreau, a social worker widely known in South America, who has recently returned from Washington, .has been telling the Argentine worn- l«n that the women of the United States enjoy more liberty than those of any other country and urging them "to awake from their lethargy and take lessons from their sisters in North America.” She declared, in an address the other day that women of the United States brought about prohbition, that they have “revolutionized their nation through work and propagan da and are now in such a strong |K>- sition that they are bound to attain even greater heights of indepen dence.” The Oregon Growers Cooperativo In some of the rich alluvial soils, «liens were not of the human va- association is interested in having its ’ a few Italian prunes would be a r|O(V |M1t were the European corn members develop the horticultural ' ¡good crop to introduce The Italian' interests to the i>olnt where the | Ils coming more and more into favor ' ! l»orer secreted in 97 bales of broom growers can get the greatest returns. |as a canning crop.___ 1-arge sizes ____ are'00™ fro,n Venice, Italy. ______ intercep- One of the greateat needs in the I desirable. This prune should mature tion of ithe corn, experts said, pre- Rogue [River valley is for a greater early, and have high sugar content .' veftted further spread of the pest diversification in the growing of under the average conditions of Jose i ... . . , . , which now is known to exist in Mas- crop« Thia is very essential it the pnlne county. Then there are plums' hortculture of the valley Is to be de which can be used in the cannery, sachusetts. New Hampshire. New veloped to its greatest possibilities. to very good advantage. More of York and Pennsylvania. This fullest development will come the Shlro. which is a large yellow front the establishment of horticul Japanese type, should be planted. I tural plants, such as canneries. Here Other good canning varieties are Yel tofore. the valley has devoted itself low Egg, Green Gage, and Itetne too exclusively to growing of pears Claude. and apples. It is almost impossible Of the peaches now grown, the to build up a big cannery business fxvvell qnd Muir are the best for can- on wuch a program, as the season for ning. Varieties of the cling type are operation is too short. These plants, superior for canning, however, such to be successful, must operate over us the Heaths, IPhillips and Tuscan. Stockholm. Mar. 20 «Sweden's re- London, 'Mar. 20.—-Baron I^ever- a long season, and have varied pro- Peach orchards In Josephine county | cent decision to (Join the league of ducts. which show signs of a crop this year huluie, formerly William H. Lever. The Grants Pass district is very should receive good care, as there Is ' big soap manufacturer, has "broken a nations, was not reached without op •well adapted for a diversified pro- a very strong indication at the pres Conserva- lance" in defense of the money-mak position in parliament. grant, especially with the introduc ent time of n pronounced shortage ing 'business man, and refuted the i lives fought the proposal to join on tion of irrigation in several < ‘""-¡of peaches in th«« northwest, and if popular clamor which brands him as ¡the ground that it would mean sur tricts There are sections that can this condition proves to be true, a profiteer. render of the country’s independence. undoubtedly produce very good ap peaches will be sold at it premill tn “The spirit of today," he said at ■They declared that articles 12 to 17 ricots. The bench lands, having this coming summer. a recent dinner "is one of cupidity would compel Sweden to take mili good air drainage, should be especial The horticiilt.- prod" :s bust and Jealousy. A feeling is running tary measures against any power ly well adipted for this crop, Va- ness is going to be the ibac bone of through the country that the primary which the league considered to have rletles with good yellow flesh nre our northwest hortl ultlir ' develop sin of a buaineM man is success. The opened hostilities without due cause. i preferable. ment. A visit to Southern i’aiifor- man who has the ability to create, The army and navy chiefs asserted I Bcrrie. such ns strawberries, nt-i — 71t ns to San Jose, or to towns develop, organize and produce is con- tliat adherence to the league would eluding the well known canning 'u the northwest, like Salem and slilered s one who must ibe specially not contribute to the country’s mili rii'tli mii h as Etterslturg-121, Wil Y'kimn. will easily convince the ;i riied. ■her ed and controlled. tary or political safety: but that it son nd 'i'reltla, are very desirable. most skoptlc.il thut the coming of "Our war <ieb' .” Baron Inver would impose responsibilities and Hug' ero'i of these herrioa ure now large < innerietn and similar nl'tits liulm contlnui ’ ' have to ile paid burdens for which the guaranteed being pint cd In the Salem district, means much to the horticultural de by the 'persistent efforts of all to support of the league would not com to b<> cant next few elopment of the distrl. ts mentioned. build up ail cP rm ma home and an pensate. Apprehensions were ex i the past yen r . Th Robert ('. Paulus, sales manager of enormous export tr de. Taxai ton of pressed tHat Sweden’s adhesion would rrle < pro lb" Oregon Growers Cooperative ns- wealth only means aklng money out prevent the nation from radically de aow Vl’f ' ducc ! in J soil '.it'o: . who has been absent In the of one imc.kct and putting it back In creasing its military budget. of f. ir at length and abundance of east for some time where be has been to an otlnr. Judge llellner. the minister of for WAti .•, thi: bet" should do well. Tite siudylttg marketing conditions and "Tilt' greatest di: ervire we can do eign affairs, who Introduced the gov red .¡isplt cry also sho Id n it leifeit'ii: his arring meats for the the nation is to preach the doctrine ernment's 'bill, said that the league overi -oked With iibun ale of'the crop, of the Oregon Grow tli.it sue. ess is profiteering. There would consider;!lily diminish the risk untie mutter In die soil ers Packing corporation this coming should be no interference with the of wars in Euroiie and the rest of of water, tills lurry should yield cn- veir, hits returned, and a little later enjoyment of the fruits of Industry tlie world. Sweden, he added, would uiiiio.rsiy in lit" luiity undei pre.v tit will visit each of the districts In during, the life of their producers." ontlnue to maintain a policy of ab solute neutrality. which wn are to operate. he continued. < onditlous. WILDERVILLE SHOWS INTEREST IN ORGANIZATION OE EARN BUREAUS Thirty-three enthusiastic farmers through the Oregon Growers .Associa and homemakers gathered at the tion; three fertilizer demonstrations; Wilderville schoolhouse Friday after one cover crop demonstration; six noon to organize a community Farm demonstrations of ¡»owdered lime sul Bureau. A definite program of work phur vs liquid lime sulphur. was outlined and the goals set for Thirty-three acres have been sign 1920 rival those of the Hugo-Winona ed up for the Oregon Growers asso and'Merlin districts. ciation. Three farmers will carry on The following are the projects and nitrate of soda fertilizer demonstra leaders elected: Organization. A. E. tions on fruit trees. One farmer will Sheban; dairying. Ed. L. Schmidt: try sweet clover as an orchard cover livestock, W. O. Hill; crops. C. F. crop. Ixvvelace; fruit, J. H. Robinson: ro Rodent control—Organized district dent control, *E. lx>ughridge; home drive distributing 300 pounds of pois conveniences. Mrs. E. Lovelace; oned barley clothing. 'Mrs. J. L. Daws; food, Mrs. Orders were taken for 171 pounds C. H. McCann. of poisoned barley and Project lead Much interest was shown in the er Ix>u^iridge expects to exceed the discussion of the program of work 200 goal by next week. The com and the following goals were set for munity will be divided into districts 1920. and upon a given date everyone will Dairying—Three more dairymen turn out to “dig into the gray dig to use purebred Hires; thirteen dairy ger.” men to cull herds: four dairymen to Home conveniences—'Nine kitch test balanced rations; one oow test ens to lie rearranged; ten iceless re ing association for county: one exten frigerators to be made: ten fireless sion dairy school. cookers to be made; three homes to At the initial meeting 13 dairymen install hot and cold water: one home agreed to cull their herds and four to equip 'bathroom: fifteen homes to agreed to demonstrate the use of be screened. balanced rations for dairy cattle. At the initial meeting six kitchens Livestock—(Swine and beef cat were listed to be studied and rear tle)—'Introduction of three purebred* ranged to make better workshops for bulls: six swine men to demonstrate the homemaker: seven signed for balanced rations. Two farmers were making iceless refrigerators: seven listed for purebred sires and six to make tireless cookers; three to swine men agreed to demonstrate install hot and cold water: one to balanced rations for swine. equip bathroom, and six to screen Crops —Five farmers to grow cer homes. Much interest wa? shown in tified seed: five fertilizer demonstra this project by both men and women. tions; throe demonstrations soy Clothing-Fifteen dress forms, beans and corn. seven’ of which were signed for at Five farmers signed up for 200 the initial meeting: a clothing pounds of certified seed potatoes. school with 20 women in attendance. Three farmers will plant a total of Food Hot lunches in four schools. 38 acres to soy beans and corn. The hot lunches in the Wilder Che k demonstrations will be run by ville school have been so successful one farmer with superphosphate on that the men and woman of the com- corn: one with superphosphate on al mnnity felt that it was desirable to falfa: one with 'barnyard manure on install them in the other four schools. alfalfa: one with superphosphate on The following membership com v etch. mittee was api>ointed: 'East side of Fruit- Fifty acres of fruit sold1 (Coatlused ou Page Four)
