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About Coquille herald. (Coquille, Coos County, Or.) 1905-1917 | View Entire Issue (April 10, 1917)
+■ + +—I—+ —K + i l l Ui H I IK Ni a;: JIB I Reserve, However, More Vast President Is commander In Chief Over AU— Directing Force Is Than Any White Nation’s Ex General Staff, of Which Ma- .. cept Russia— Can Raise Twen jor General Hugh L Scott Is .. ty Million— Industrial Capaci Chief. ty Is Impressive. V A IL A B L E o rg a n iz e d la n d fo rce s o f th e U n ite d S ta te s to d a y ^ a m o u n t, ro u g h ly , to 205,000 o fficers a n d m en , m a d e u p of 125,000 r e g u la r s a n d 140,000 n a tio n a l g u a rd s m e n , In c lu d in g b o th th o s e s till In th e fe d e ra l s e r v ic e a n d th o s e u n d e r s t a t e c o n tro l. T h e e x a c t fig u re s a r e k n o w n o n ly to th e w a r d e p a r tm e n t a t W a s h in g to n , b u t re c e n t r e p o r ts g iv e a c lo se id e a of w h a t th e o r g a n iz a tio n s r e p re s e n t In fig h tin g s tr e n g th . I n h is la s t a n n u a l r e p o r t S e c re ta ry o f W a r B a k e r s ta t e d t h a t th e a c tu a l s tr c u g tb o f th e r e g u la r a rm y o n J u n e 80, 1010, in c lu d in g th e P h ilip p in e s c o u ts , w a s 107,041 officers a n d m en In th e y e a r b e g in n in g J u ly 1 la s t, by th e n a tio n a l d e fe n s e a c t o f J u n e 3, 1910, th e a rm y w a s to be in c re a s e d to 138,807 officers a n d m en , d iv id e d a s fo llo w s : In fan try , 38 re g im e n ts............. ............... 61,224 C avalry, 17 re g im e n ts............................ 17,367 Field artillery , 9 re g im e n ts................. 7,881 Engineers, 3 reg im en ts an d 1 mount* ed com pany .......................................... 2,198 C oast a rtille ry c o rp s............................... 21,423 Staff corps and d e p a rtm e n ts ............... 19,224 Philippine sco u ts .................................... 6,733 M iscellaneous ................. 13,867 A T otal enlisted s tre n g th (Including medical d ep artm en t) ........................... 138,897 E x c e p tio n a l d iffic u ltie s h a v e b een fo u n d in c a r ry in g o u t th is p ro g r a m fo r in c re a s in g th e a rm y . O n a c c o u n t of th e r e m a rk a b le in d u s tr ia l a c tiv ity of th e c o u n try , re c ru itin g is a n d h a s b een s in c e th e in c re a s e w a s a u th o riz e d a t a v e ry low eb b . I t i s th e r e f o r e p ro b a b le t h a t th e e s tim a te o f 125,000 a s th e s tr e n g th o f th e r e g u la r a rm y e r r s on t h e s id e o f o p tim is m , a n d 115,000 m ay b e c lo s e r th e tr u e fig u re. N a tio n a l G u a rd . T h e s tr e n g th o f th e n a tio n a l g u a rd In fe d e ra l s e r v ic e on S ep t. 30 la s t w a s 135,737 o ffic e « a n d m e n , d iv id e d as fo llo w s : A lab am a .................................................... M04 A rizona ................................................... 863 A rk a n sa s ................................................... 1.229 C alifornia ................. 3,692 Colorado ............................................. 913 C onnecticut ..................................... 2,921 D elaw are ............................................... 675 D istric t of C olum bia.............................. 7,126 F lo rid a ........................................................ 1.225 G eorgia ....... 3,918 Id a h o ........................................................... 1,178 Illinois ........................................................ 8,497 In d ia n a ...................................................... 3.182 Iow a ........................................................... 4.323 K a n sa s ........................................................ 2.069 K en tu ck y ................................................... 2.269 L ouisiana ................................................... 483 M .Ine ......................................................... 983 M aryland .................................................... 8,166 M ichigan ................ 4,239 M innesota ................................................. 4,019 M ississippi .................................................. 1.308 M issouri ....................................................... 2,629 M o n tan a ................ 1,049 N e b ra sk a ..................................................... 1,718 New H a m p sh ire ................................... 1,413 New Je rse y ............................... 4,136 New M exico ................ 957 N ew Y ork .....................................................17,862 N orth C a r o lin a .......................................... 1,809 N orth D a k o ta ........................................... 993 Ohio ............................................................... 7,413 O klahom a .................................................... 1.26.8 Oregon ........................................................ 818 P e n n sy lv an ia .............................................. 18,746 Rhode Island ............................................. 644 South C aro lin a ......................................... 2,271 South D a k o ta ........................................... 966 Tennessee .................................................... 2,644 Texas ............................ 4,563 U tah .............................................................. 781 V erm ont ..................................................... 9f>9 V irginia ............................... 2,910 W ashington ............................................... 1.730 W est V irg in ia ........................................... 1.166 W isconsin .................................................... 4,126 W yom ing ............... 498 Hawaii. These could produce another 2,000,000 men of military age. France Is said now to have "no per .on out of every six In her population •^rvlns In the army or nuvy. If the United States and her Insular posses sions ever made such an effort, tak ing the present population as 112,000,- 000, the president would have at his disposal no less than 18,000,000 .on. This Is probably more men than tier- many, Austria-Hungary, Bulgarin and Turkey together have In the Held to day. U n a p p ro .c h .d In d u s tria l Pow er. If the unorganized manhood strength of the United States Is Imposing, the industrial capacity of the nation la even more Impressive. W ith' less than one-tenth of the world's population, we make nearly one-tblrd of all the things produced. In Iron and steel, for Instance, we turn out more than Great Britain and Germany, the two next largest pro ducers, do together. Some observers have estimated the present industrial capacity of the Unit ed States at us much us all the rest of the world put together. While this Is perhaps an overestimate, large scale production has been carried to such a fine point here that no nation can up proach us in the total produced per worker. The average American produces more per hour of labor than tile citizen of any other nation. We rely on mechan ical power three times more per man than does Great Britain, four times more than Germany and live times more than France. The committee on Industrial prepar edness of the naval consulting board la Just about completing an Inventory of the nation's war resources. While the organization which was to result from this Inventory has only Just been started, the work of investigation done Indicates In the clearest manner the factory strength of this country. In a preliminary report Howard E. Collin, chairman of the committee, stat ed that there are more than 80,000 manufacturing concerns In the United States which can render Important service In the event of war. No plant la Included In this list whoso annual output Is less than $100,000. The Inventory Is In the hands of the great engineering societies of the coun try, which have had committees at work In every state. The United States marine corps Is Independent of both the army and the navy, and Its small strength should perhaps be added to that of the two main services when estimating the to tal organized belligerent power of the nation. The authorised strength of the corps Is 15,027 officers and men of all classifications, and the ranks are near ly full. Various schemes for army reserve bodies were incorporated In the na tional defense act of last year, but these provisions have not been In force long enough to produce results of im portance. For Instance, of 50,000 re serve officers provided for a total of less than 500 lias been commissioned. While the present organized forces are minute, the reserve man power of the United States Is more vast than that of any white nation except Rus sia. According to the census of 1010 (since when the increase has been great), the reserve militia of the Unit ed States, by which is meant the males aged between eighteen and forty-four years, not Included In the organized forces, amounted to 20,538,347 men. The above total does not Include the men of the Insular possessions except ! HOW OUR ARMY OF 265?000 V a s t U n o rg a n ize d Forces. COMPARES P nc * strength. U nited S ta te s ............................... .. 265,000 G e rm a n y ............................................ 880,699 F ra n c e ........................................ 924,000 ' • R u ssia ................................................. 1,334.000 A u stria -H u n g a ry ......................... 436,036 Ita ly ..................................................... »29,000 1 ■ G reat B ritain ................................ 266,014 H o l l a n d .................................................... S w lts e r ia n d ......................................... 63,000 142,390 1 » Jap a n ............................................... 360,000 + - ) * + + + -+- + H-H- Some Good A d v ic s ‘Don’t think too much of your own r ways methods. Watch other people’s pie and learn from them.” This is good advice, especially when bilious or con stipated. You will find many people who use Chamberlain’s Tablets for these ailments with the best results, and will do well to follow their example. On behalf of the joint legislative 1 committee. Senator W. D. Wood of Hillsboro has filed with Secretary of J State Olcott the affirmative argument | for the $ 11 , 000,000 road bond bill for ; publication in the voters’ pamphlet, j The argument is quite lengthy. Be ginning with a general summary of the value of good roads and what the bond issue will do the argument reviews all the important road legislation of the last legislature explaining the general purport of each bill. “ Under the plan submitted, the roads designated will serve not only the agricultural districts through which they pass,” says the argument, “ but will also serve centers of population, the principal market places. They will be market roads as well as through state roads, not luxuries.” Answering the argument put forth by opponents of the measure, to the effect tnat the issuance of the $6,000,- 000 in bonds will become an added bur den to the general taxpayer, the argu ment says: “ We have ascertained from the sec retary of state that the income from the present Ji-mill tax is $220,000 per annum; that the income from the pre sent number of automobiles at the in creased license rate will be $310,000 per annum—making a total of $530,000 per annum to be used in paying inter est and principal of bonds The above funds will be sufficient, not only to pay the interest and the principal of the $6,000,000 bonds authorized by this act, but will also pay the interest and prin cipal of the $1,819,280 in bonds author ized meet the government road ap propriation. After paying these bonds there will be a surplus of at least $1, 717,200.” The $6,000,000 issue, it is claimed, will hard-surface 600 miles of road ten feet wide. Incorporated in the argument is the formal resolution adopted by the state highway commission relative to the letting of contracts, in which it is set forth that it will be the policy of the commission to let all contracts to the lowest responsible bidder, after open competition; and to be fair to every section of the state in the matter of beginning construction. In its concluding paragraph the argu ment says: •‘Replying to the unreasonable state ments to the effect that any special interest inspired this good roada movement, we, the members of your legislative committee, who are taxpay ers and loyal citizens of Oregon, do hereby assert that such statements are positively untrue and wholly without foundation. "Our sole aim is to provide for Ore gon good roads and to see that a do'- lar’s worth of road is obtained for every dollar expended. It is but fair to believe that the members of the highway commission appointed bv our chief executive will give this important part of the state’s business that same care and attention which they have given to their own business, and which has placed these men in high esteem among the people of theiY respective communities." ---------------- — ------------ To Call Special Session O rg a n iz a tio n of t h . A rm y . The commander In chief of the army (as of the navy also) Is the president of the United Stntes. Ills representative, who carries out his wishes. Is the secretary of war Newton D. Baker. The directing force of the army Is the general staff. Major General Hugh L. Scott Is now chief of staff, and Ida assistant Is Major General Tasker H. Bliss. Grouped about them In Washington are army experts of various ranks, who are supposed to do the thinking aliont general problems for the whole army. Should the United States send a mili tary expedition abroad tho commander would undoubtedly he one of the active major generals; Hugh L. Scott, chief of staff, general staff, Washington. Clarence It. Edwards, norlheastern department, Boston. J. Franklin Bell, eastern department. Governors Island, New York, Leonard Wood, southeastern depart ment, Charleston, S. C. Thomas H. Barry, central depart> ment, Chicago. John J. Pershing, southern depart ment, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Hunter Liggett, western department, San Francisco. Tasker II. Bliss, assistant chief of staff, Washington. ,.136,737 Total . To show how the forcée of the regu lar army are dispersed the geograph ical distribution on June 30, 1010, the last date for which definite figures have been made public, are given here: United States and Mexico, 71,038; Alaska. 792; Philippines (regulars), 11,- 884; Philippines (scouts), 5,'¿85; China, 1,274; Porto Rico, 714; Hawaii, 8,445; canal zone, 7,000; miscellaneous, 010; total, 107,041. Argues For Road Bond WITH OTHER COUNTRIES w ar ■trength. T o ta l R e s e rv e «. — 265.000 1,400.000 6.300.000 6.400.'«00 3.600,000 8,380.200 3,000.000 120,000 640,000 1,600,000 4,690,000 4.516,507 4.016,000 3. 1994,200 1743.986 297,000 297.610 1,25*1,000 4- + + Unorganized males of m ilita r y ag« 22,000,00© 8,162,400 2.620.302 29.419.920 6,97'>,466 8,739.367 7,427.000 881,635 224.244 8,239.782 It is probable Governor James Withy- combe will call a special session of the Oregon legislature to provide for war expenses and to ai I the national gov ernment, besides funds for home use. The governor has declared he will con vene the legislature as soon as war is declaied. Several communications have been printed favoring a session, among them one being from Stephen Lowell, of eastern Oregon, who sets forth a number of reasons for the gath- ing. The situation regarding married men in the National Guard is somewhat be fuddled, since reports coming from Washington state all married men or those with dependents, who joined the guard before a certain date last year will be mustered out. It the order should affect the local company, it would practically annihiliate it, for there are over 60 per cent of the men who have families. Of ¡ate there has sprung up a pat riotic idea at home to care for any who might be needy by reason of the 11th Company Coast Artillery leaving for service and the Elks who have taken a prominent part in the hope of organiz ing for this purpose last night took further action. C. F. McKnight moved that the ex alted ruler appoint a committee to work with other lodges to form a cen tral committee to handle home relief, in order to avoid duplication and to make certain that none would be over looked. Such a committee will be named by Exalted Ruler George Good- rum, and it is expected all the lodges in the city will be prompt in working out the centralization scheme.—The Record. Oregon’s Potato Patch + - Nature Cures, the Doctor Tel et the Fee There is an old saving that "Nature cures, the doctor takes the fee,” but as everyone knows you can help Nature very much and thereby enable it to ef fect a cure in much less time than is usually required. This is particularly true of colds. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy relieves the lungs, liquifies the tough mucus and aids in its expectora OLD N EW SPA PER S—Cheap at the tion, allays the cough and aids Nature in restoring the system to a healthy Hatald office. condition. University of Oregon, Eugene.—Ore gon's potato patch is ten miles long and nine miles wide. Now, strictly speaking, Oregon ¡.as no such individ ual patch; but her potato-producing area, scattered, in little sections, all over the state, as indicated in a survey just completed by Prof. A. C. Hopkins of the school of commerce for the U. S. department of agriculture, is ap proximately 56,000 acres. On this area was produced in 1916 an average of 150 bushels an acre, or 21 “Thrift Gardens” The family which plants a garden this Spring is going to find that the monthly bills w 11 be far easier to meet, than should these articles have to bn bought. Several of those who have purchased lots in the Not-ey Addition are putting them into gardens which will pay for the lots under the easy pay ment plan which is being employed. Uniform Price of all Lots in this Addition $100 The war means high prices Our plan will help to keep them down Our proposition is simply this: We take you out and let you select any lot which belongs to us in the Notley Addition, which adjoins the City Park. You make a payment of $10 and the use of the land is yours. Afterwards $1 per week will soon pay for the lot and it is your property. The price per lot is $100 regardless of where they are located. This means that those who choose first are going to have the most choice. Let us know when it will be convenient for you to look at this property.» Terms $1.0 Down and Weekly Payment of $1 Size of Lots 50 feet by 100 feet COQUILLE LAND CO. Office in Slagle’s Tailor Shop bushels above the ten-year average. Of this total, 35,791 tons, or 2,386 car loads were exported, the greater part to California and Texas and the south west for seed purposes. California is the greatest market for Oregon seed potatoes. The best known seed varie ties are the Early White Rose, Bur- hank, American Wonder, Gold Coin, Prize-taker, and Red Rose. The value of Oregon’s potato ex ports last year amounted to more than $1,400,000, as indicated by the returns in the hands of Mr. Hopkins, and the indications for a constantly widening market are reported as most favorable. Big California buyers are ready, ac cording to information given Mr. Hop kins, to take all the good seed grown in this state. This, with the continu ing demand for other states as far east as the Mississippi valley, will take care of the product of an increased acreage next year. Prices for the ten-year period have ranged from 75 cents to $3.50 a hun dred pounds, the higher figure reached within the last few months. Cost of production has seldom risen higher than 70 cents a hundred. Clackamas is the largest potato pro ducer among the counties of Oregon, with Marion second, then Washington, Multnomah, Lane, Linn, Union, Coos, Yamhill and Umatilla in the order named. Oregon’s largest tract of po atoes, so far as reDorted to Mr. Hopkins, is E. E. Mosrison’s 60 acres near Springfield in Lane county. Mr. Morrison hopes to experiment with irrigation in his po tato acreage this season, expecting to increase the yield by perhaps as much as fifty per cent. CHAS. WALKER, Manager and other game birds. Southern Oregon is the intermediate land between the wet, humid portions of western Oregon and the dry Califor nia regions. Many California species never come farther norllPthan this ter ritory. An approximate list of Lane county land birds recently compiled and issued by the zoology department of the Uni versity shows 148 species for this re gion alone, and in the list no water birds of any type were included: Almost none ol these ate injurious to crops, while even the birds of prey find themselves welcomed into the best so ciety for their service in killing rodents, gophers and insects. Fishing Bulletin Marshfield — Catching Ir.lat Eight miles from Marshfield. Water is clear. Party claims to have caught 60 salmon trout last Sunday using bait. Good ho tel at Sumner located on Catching In let. j Ashland—Bear Creek near Ashland is muddy at present. Good catches made about a week ago but no fishing for a few days. Should be good fishing by last of the week. Gold Hill—Rogue River. Although river is muddy some good catches of trout are being made with bait. A. D. Little and Paul Farrens caught 54 nice trout on April 1. Drain—Elk Creek—No fishing as yet. Weather bad. Water high and muddy. Glendale—Cow Creek. Water high and dirty. No good fishing. Grants Pass—Rogue river adjacent to Grants Pass is high and muddy. Mo«t Oregon Birds Fair catches being made using bait; 8 Friends of Farmer to 10 steelheads weighing 1 to 4 pounds. Koseburg—North and South Forks of University of Oregon, Eugene.—In Umpqua. Water still high and muddy, j all Oregon’s four regions of animal life, Fish are biting on bait occasionally. I among the 400 or 450 distinct species of Rains throughout the last week. birds found in the state, only a mere half dozen are harmful to Mr. Farmer or Mr. Gardener or to anyone at all. SUM M ONS The unwelcome ones are, to dispense In the Circoit Court of the Stale of Oregon with the disagreeable thing first, the in and for the County of Coos great horned owl, which kills poultry; the shrike, or butcher bird, which preys M ary A lta M orrissey , I P laintiff , Suit in on smaller birds; the cooper and the vs. Equity sharp-shinned hawk, foes of poultry, O tto A. M orrissey , for Divorce game birds and song birds; and the D efendant . jays, which rob other nests and destroy To Otto A. Morrissey, the above the young of smaller birds. named defendant: The climatic and geographical condi IN THE NAME OF THE STATE OF You are hereby required to tions of Oregon divide the state into OREGON, appear and answer the complaint of i four distinct sections, eastern Oregon, the plaintiff in the above entitled Court western Oregon, southern Oregon, and and cause within six weeks from the the coast regions. This fact is respon date of the first publication of this sum to-wit: within six weeks from sible for the state’s wealth of bird and mons, the 6th day of Mar<-h 1917; and if you animal life. fail to appear or answer the said com The coast regions, for instance, are plaint on or before the 17th day of Ap the direct routes of migration for the ril, 1917, the same being the last day the time prescribed in the order of shore birds, and there, sandpipers, of publication, the plaintiff will apply to surf birds, gulls and surf ducks abound. the Court for the relief demanded in Western Oregon, in turn, is known her said complaint, a succinct state- 1 among zoologists as the region of the | ment of which is as follows: That the contract heretofore existing transition forests, and the territory is marriage tetween the plaintiff and the defendant rich in the bird life familiar to all lovers i be annulled, set aside and held for of the University campus—crested naught; that the plaintiff be restored jays, tanagers, chickadees and purple to her maiden name of Mary Alta Stan ley, and for such other and further re finches. Here, too, are the famous lief as to the Court may seem meet and game birds of Oregon, the pheasant, equitable. Service of this summons is made quail and grouse, and ducks in plenty. Eastern Oregon is a far country from upon you by publication thereof pur to the order of the Honorable this and much of it is called the region suant James Watson, Judge of the County of the upper Sonoran deserts. Desert Court of the State of Oregon for Coos sparrows, pinion jays, sage thrashers County, made on the 3rd day of March J. J. STANLEY, and magpies ar the rule there, while 1917. 3-6-7t Attorney for Plaintiff. the lakes are alive with ducks, geese Coquille, Oregon ECENT statistics show that the number of women bank depositors is steadily iccreas- ing. It is a healthy sign of business condi tions. There was a time when the number of women depositors was practically nil. With the advent in the business world of so many women it was assured that the number of female depositors would show an increase. "Women are inclined to be more thrifty than men. Thrift and banking go hand in hand. Many women in this community have bank accounts. To those who have not this appeal is made. Open a bank account today. Once having opened it, add to it. Watch it grow. You’ll like the experience. jj’ • WE’LL BE GLAD TO EXPLAIN OUR BANKING SYSTEM. Farm érs and M erchants Bank HOTEL BAXTER Under New Management Having leased this well-equipped hotel, I propose to conduct it in such a manner as to merit pat ronage and give satisfaction to the traveling public. CHARLES BAXTFR, Proprietor F orm ald eh y d e Government Experiment Station tests have proven that the F ormaldehyde treatment is one of the best that can be given grain and potatoes before planting to prevent smut blight etc. Squirrel Poison For the speedy destruction of Gophers, Squirrels, Mice and Crows. Save Money by Buving Your Garden Seed in Bulk Knowlton’s Drug Store