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PAGE SIX. "BURBANK OF DRY FARMING WORLD" Has Oregon Products at United States Land Show In Chicago ' ' "' iwwiK.iw.il in it-mi. rt(ilMrtii.mrai . .1 i ' . i . r 4 . .rTi n7. y. fi. , mi miij ... ii.... mu. W "I' ''" ' : , . i(w. hv J 4t- 1.1 ciip t .; : a vrf . OREGON ;- i . ? . iv ,. . . : . C.i.i .vdu, U.l,.- tutu imuiu TilliUiiu Ueuttr tlie 'Huruuiik of tnu Dry t'uruiiug Worm. .umi ien years ago lie lt;ft h lionio lu Evnimvllle, Ind.. broken In body and spirit, nnd ho went west In quest of health. He not only found health, but won wealth and fume as well. lie located In Central Oregon and pioneered It aii a cultivator of the dry farming variety. Ho worked wonders, growing everything In the shape of gralun and vegetables that are produced with more ample rainfall. This year at the International Dry Farming Exposition In Tulsa, Okla., Reuter, for the third consecutive time, swept the boards In competition with the exhibits of the entire North American continent. Louis W. Hill, chair man of the board of directors of the Oreat Northern railway, has Installed a portion of the famous Reuter exhibit In tho Oreat Northern railway's booth at the United States Land Show, which opened Nov. 20th In the Chicago Coliseum. Reuter, meanwhile, Is too busy getting ready for his next year's rop to attend the Chicago show. He Is out to make it four consecutive "world's championships" by Improving his next dry farming congress exhibit, CROWN HUNCH TO LKAKX TRADE "FROM BOTTOM" Berlin, Doc. 22. Crown Prince Wllhelm today started "at the bot tom" to learn the trada of master turner. In accordance with the Hohenzollorn tradition which re quires that every son of the house loam a trade, the future empuror of the Germans erected a complete turn er's shop at Villa Langfuhr, where he today began taking lessons und?r the direction of an "ordinary" mas ter turner of Dantzlc. The crown prince, after learning the trade him-; self will personally teach It to his oldest son. When a boy, the crown: prince learned wood carving. The kaiser's brother, Trlnco Henry, Is an1 expert mechanician. The sons of Prince Frederick Leopold, the kaiser's cousin, recently took their apprentice examination In the cabinet making and locksmith trades. RAKER COUNTY' SHERIFF ANH (aOYERNOR WEST CLASH Mexico City, Doc. Changing his mind when tho reception, glveu by President llucrta, lu celebration of his patron saint's anniversary, was nearly over, American Charge d'Aff aires O'Shaughnessy turned up at. tho last moment and stayed until tho party broke up. llucrta, who likes 0'Shaughiussy, was delighted. "Y'ou'ro a good fellow," he ex claimed, and chatted with the Ameri can at some length. Tho crowd outside the palace was not so cordial. It cheered Sir Lionet Cardon, tho Rrttlsh minister, nnd tho visiting Japanese diplomats, but remained silent when O'Shaughnes ey entered. Artistic Job work at Courier office CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY M.iiiri.whivi!iietluir own coiufmt Hiiillh Wflfnii' "f I ii t-r t'lul ilt i n, kIhm 1 1, never lv witlixul a box if Miih'Mry Swivt IMwili tf,.r I hil.lrt'ii, for iim tlmiiitfiiiuit I hi' ni'itnim. I hi v Hr.ik up Coliln, Hi livvo Ki'Wii.lincM, Ciinti,rtt'ui!i, 'IVi-tli. Hltf nmil.lrt.. Ili'itiU. lu Hllil Ntii,-t Tri,ulit, Vnt Iiy MiiiIii'mi fur VI vi'ihii. 'I ll KK PKKS MJVKU KAIL N.lil l.y !1 pun Kn.r., v, JkiM'r.i,ivi.(.i.i ni'Mi'ff. Nnni,l,. innli.'J KKKt AiMiVf., Ailiu S.Uiui.ud, l. Uo),,N. V. ,,a .v ...... B" 6 L. ftft' V.iii.m.''. i i iVriw-'- 1 '" v s yff RANKS CLOSE WITH PAMU IV MEXICO .Mexico City, DeO. The Banco Central, the Uuuk ot London uud .Mexico and the Banco National closed their doors today. They were the three largest llnanclal Institutions In Mexico. On ail of them runs have Littu in progress for several days. The result of the three banks' col lapse was an immediate panic In business circles. The money strin gency lu the Mexican capital was al most unbelievable. Aside from ths commercial embarrassment naturally to have been expected, Individual holders of all sorts of currency were convinced that they would lose their money. It was believed the, failures meant the speedy end of Huerta's regime. The dictator did his best, however, to stave off disaster by announcing that he would call a national holiday from today until January 1 to give the shaky institutions time to re cuperate. Tho bankers, Indeed, said they could open tomorrow if necessary. The runs. It was admitted, had al most exhausted their liquid re sources. The one on the Bank of London and Mexico followed its failure to meet Its semi-annual divi dend. Huerta directors of the local pri vate banks and officials of the state bank discussed this afternoon a plan to legalize an Issue by the banks of two peso notes. Vera Cruz, Dec, 22. Only Presi dent Huerta's elimination by Janu ary 1 can avert Mexico's complete financial wreck, business men here asserted today. It was learned on excellent authority that commercial leaders here had Joined those In Mexico City in a plan to ask the dic tator to retire, on the srronnd that every hank In the country must fail otherwise. I H. A. Sehrll. who formerly lived v ere nnd had an Interest In the Schell brothers' crusher, was down from Medford the first of the week. Mining Blanks tt Courier office. WEEKLY ROGUE . " ' i n i mu im '' ' "' - tT. Ant w i -jj 1 ' -, nil CREAMERIES TO FORM A HITTER EXCHANGE Portland, Dec. 22. Preliminary steps looking toward the formation of a butter exchange to handle the Ore gon output was taken up at a meet ing of creamery men from various parts of the state today. The pro position was thoroughly discussed. Overwhelming expression of opin ion voiced by a number of speakers were to the effect that the creation of an exchange would be of great educational and financial value to butter producers. This afternoon officers and stock holders of the Northwest Butter and Produce Company, which directs the affairs of the Northwestern Butter and Produce Association, are dis cussing the subject In executive ses sion. JAP ALLIANCE FiEING SOKiHT BY" MEXICO , Tokio, Dec. 22. Senor De La i Barra, Mexican minister to France, arrived here today. He was received as a national guest, with much honor. Ostensibly he came to thank the Mi kado for Japan's participation in Mexico's national exposition two! years ago. Really, it was rumored,! ho sousht a Mexican-Japanese alli-j ance. This was denied at the foreign' otllce. but no one believed the foreign1 office would admit, it even were It true. HAD NEWS FOR DENTISTS Paris, Dec. 22. A baa the teeth that are false and the practice of fill ing and crowning teeth. Also, a bas the dentist and his torture chamber, if the boast of the Inventor of a new method of dentistry can be made totul. The new process was demons-rated here today. The Inventor uses the ultra-violet rays. A mask is placed over the face nnd the teeth exposed to the rays for an hour. Two sittings are sufficient, says the In ventor, to make the teeth absolutely Immune to decay. Envelopes at Courier office. . v. I ; r- : - . f . ' ... - I ,3? """""Xy .' . V' s I AW ! 1 I RIVER COURIER PRESIDENT REPRIMANDS 1 CARAHAO SOCIETY' ' Washington, Dec. 22. President Wilson Issued today a memorial re primanding those responsible for tie program of songs and skits at the recent annual dinner of the Carabao Society, au organization of army and navy officers who have served in the Philippines, in which he considered that hl3 insular policy was satirized and members of his cabinet were ri diculed. "The officers responsible for the program of the evening," the presi dent wrote, in part, addressing Sec retaries Garrison and Daniels of the war. and navy departments, "certain ly are deserving of very serious re primand, which I hereby request be administered; and I cannot rid my self of a feeling of great disappoint ment that the general body of officers assembled at the dinner should have greeted the carrying out of such a program with apparent indifference to the fact that it violated some of the most dignified and sacred tradi tions of the service. "What are we to think of officers of the army and navy who regard 1: as 'fun' to bring their official sup erior into ridicule and policies of the government they are sworn to serve with unquestioning loyalty In to contempt? If this is their idea of fun, what is their Idea of duty? If they do not hold loyalty above all silly effervescence of childish wit, what about their professional duty do they hold sacred? "My purpose In administering this reprimand is to recall the men res ponsible for this lowering of ' the standard of their Ideals, to remind them of the high conscience with which they ought to put duty above personal Indulgence and to think of themselves as responsible men and as trusted soldiers, even while amus ing themselves as diners out." It was announced that the mem bers of the banquet committee, in cluding Admiral Howard, Major General Biddle, fJrigadier-General Mclntyre and Colonel Heistand, will be reprimanded publicly. FACTS AND FICTION. Experiences of Grunts Puss Citizens Are Easily Proven, to be Facts. The most superficial investigation will prove that the following state ment from a resident of Grants Pass Is true. Read it and compare evidence from Grants Pass people with testi mony of strangers living so far away you cannot inveatigare the facts of the case. Many more citizens of Grants Pass endorse Doan's Kidney Pills. Mrs. W A. Trefren. 731 Highland Ave., Grants Pass, Ore., Eays: "I was in a bad way three years ago. My limbs and ankles were swollen so badly that I could hardily get around. My back pained me constantly. I knew that my kidneys were at fault. When I was advised to try Doan's Kidney Pills, I did, with fine results. They reduced the swelling in my limbs and ankle3 and got my kidneys acting as they should. I always have, Doan's Kidney Pills on hand and I use them whenever I have any sign of kidney complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburu Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. MAN'S DEATH RESULTS FROM AUTO ACCIDENT San Francisco, Dec. 22. Roy Swansou, a telegraph operator, aged 29, died here today from injuries re ceived Dec. 14. when he and Miss Irene Brennan, also a telegraph op erator, were struck by an automobile driven by Daniel C. Van Brunt, a capitalist of Seattle. Miss Brennan's skull Is frac tured. Her recovery is doubtful. The police say a charge of manslaughter will be lodged today against Van Brunt. The accident occurred while Swan son and Mbs Brennan were walking along the Great Highway near the beach. They became confused In the glare of the automobile's headlight and were struck down by Van Brunt's car, which had come upon them from the rear. Van Brunt stopped and took the injured couple to the Park emergency hospital in his machine. A HUGE OCEAN WAVE SWEEPS TILLAMOOK BEACH Portland, Dec. 23. A huge wave, coming out of the stormy Pacific, yes terday swept more than a mile of beach at Elmore Fark, in Tillamook county, washing out several hundred feet of the Southern Pacific rahroad track, undermining the foundations of a number of dwellings and doing other damage, according to reports brought here today. The monetary loss will not be great. The wall of water swept nearly a mile Inward from the beach. LOS ANGELES' CHINK POLICEMAN JS liANQl'ETEDi Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 23. Long Yep, said to be the first Chinese pol iceman In America, will be the guest of honor tonight at a banquet given by his countrymen. Other guests will be Chief of Police Sebastian and the city police commissioners. Long's appointment proved so suc- f.,i on nvnopimPTit that after Janu- ary 1 a squad of Chinese police prob-j ably will be sworn in. ineir worn, will be confined to Chinatown and special detail. In his first official report Long re cited the theft from his own poultry yard of three chickens, a duck and a turkey. He was detailed on the case and secured the arrest and con viction of the thief. REFEREE RECOMMENDS DIVORCE FOR MRS. BLAKE New York, Dec. 23. Referea Lar ramore having recommended it, it was considered certain today that the supreme court would grant a decree to Mrs. Katherine Blake, separating her from her husband, Dr. Joseph Blake, the surgeon, and making fin ancial provision for her from the doc tor's income.. Though the evidence showed that the Blakes, living in adjoining houses, had not entered one another's homes since 1910, the reason for their estrangement was not made clear. No reference was made during the heafing to Mrs. Clarence H. Mackay, whom Mrs. Blake sued some time ago for $1,000,000, charging her with alienaTing Dr. Blake's affections. The Mackay suit was dropped without ex planation. ITow to Bankrupt the Doctors A prominent New York physician savs. "If It were not for the thin stockings and thin soled Bhoes worn by women the doctors would probably be bankrupt." When you contract a cold do not wait for it to develop in to pneumonia but treat It at once. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is in tended especially for coughs and colds, and has won a wide reputation by its cures of these diseases. It is most effectual and is pleasant and safe to take. For sate by all dealers. HILL POSTERS' TRUST WILL RE DISSOLVED Chicago, Dec. 23. The so-called "bill posters' trust," it was slated here today, is the organization which is negotiating with the government with a view to dissolution. Suits are pending against it. RICH NEW YORKERS QUIBBLE OVER PRICE OF XMAS TREE Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Dec. 23. Vincent Astor, one of the world's richest young men, bought a Christ mas tree today. Miss Huntington, fiancee, was w-Ith him when he made the purchase. For the tree he selected the dealer asked 75 cents. Astor consulted Miss Huntington. Fifty cents, she said, was enough. Thereat, the dealer reduced the tree's price one-third. WIRE RR1EES. By United Press Leased W Ire. Vancouver, Wash., Dec. 23. Al leging that his wife was cold, unre lenting, unforgiving and vindictive, while he was careful, considerate, sympathetic, affectionate, generous, refined and slow to anger, Henry H. Haines has sued for divorce. Salem, Dec. 23. According to re ports made to Governor West, physi cians In dry territory are reaping a golden harvest by selling prescrip tions for liquor. One physician, to save the labor of writing prescrip tioas, is said to have secured printed forms. Palo Alto, Cal., Dec. 23. Live wires, felled by the storm, killed a team of horses driven bv B Ma - I owner of a Jersey dairy here. Maur- au. got aown to Investigate. His gum boots saved him. Ontario, Cal., Dec. 23. Her stock ings torn when A. S. Goney's auto mobile collided with her motorcycle, a young woman, who refused to tell her name, proved her claim for dam ages and collected $1.50 for a new pair. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL 1ST Portland, Dec. 23. The first Ore gon financial institution to avail it self of the opportunity, the North western National Bank, today tele graphed the secretary of the treasury applying for membership in the new federal banking" system created by the currency bill. "7- " " ., LABOR CONDITION San Francisco, Dec. 23. Goverc. or Johnson haB ordered State Labor Commissioner John P. McLaughUj to make an - Immediate invests gation of unemployment conditiom throughout California, was stated today by Secretary Albert Erhgntt of the vocational department ot th Y. M. C. A. and of the Industrial Activities Commission of the Saa Fancisco Church Federation. The governor added, In a letter to Era gott, that he thought possibly a& inquiry would show, as hesaid ft did two years ago, that account! of the situation had been exaggerated. However, he said, he was wilftng to do all he cauld. For providing work, the executiv4 expressed the opinion that it was th duty of the municipalities. . The church federation, at a meet ing last night, adopted resolutions appealing to Mayor Rolph and tha supervisors to provide the opportun ity for work, and, in the meantime, to provide the destitute with food and shelter. Erhgott, addressing the federa tion, estimated that 75 to 100 per sons apply to him dally for employ, ment. Most of them, he Bald, were educated men from the east, brought to San Francisco by stories of op. portunities which do not exist. Mrs. Evelyn B. Keck, speaking for the, Y. W. C. A., said conditions among women were as bad at among men. Her association, she explained, had already written to the governors of several states urg. Ing that women be kept at home. A committee consisting of Erh gott, the Rev. W. C. Poole, the Rev. J. N. Jackson and A. S. Gardiaer was named by the federation to sub mit the organization's resolution to the supervisors this afternoon. Fit nis Case Exnctly "When father was sick about six years ago he read an advertisement of Chamberlain's Tablets in the pap ers that fit his case exactly," wrltei Miss Margaret Campbell of Ft. Smith, Ark. "He purchased a box of them and he has not been sick since. My sister had stomach trouble and was also benefited by them." For sale by all dealers. EDITOR HAS 'SURE" CURE FOR TYPHOID Centralia, Wash., Dec. 23. Frank Lotz, the eduor of Vuder, Wash., who recently claimed to have dis covered a blood cure for all diseases and who asserts he can cure typhoid fever in two hours, was given an other set-back here today. He had made arrangements with City Health Otlicer Kniskern by which he wa3 to nave been given an opportunity to test his cure on one of the typhoid patients in the armory. Dr. Ostrom, physician of the na tional guard, however, refused Lotl admission to the armory. It was be lieved today that the epidemic of ty phoid has been controlled. The number of cases reported are daily growing less. Two hundred and seventy persons have been taken ill with the disease since the epidemic started. RAKER COUNTY SHERIFF AND GOV. WEST CL-VsU Baker, Dec. 23. Declaring that he had no legal right to do so, Sher iff Rand of Baker county has today refused to close the saloons in Cop perfield at the orders of Governor West. Sheriff Rand states that the only way they can be put out of busi ness is for the governor to declare martial law in the little district. Dis trict Attorney Goodwin upheld the sheriff In his stand. The residents of Copperfield ap pealed to the governor last Saturday, declaring the town was in the con trol of the liquor element and that their lives' and property were endan gered. Salem, Dec. 23. "I will close the saloons in Copperfield myself nd I will close any other Baloons in Baker county that need closing," is the de claration today of Governor West, following the refusal of Sheriff Rani of Baker county to close the saloons in Copperfield. The governor de clared he had the authority to order the saloons closed, regardless ol Sheriff Rand's claim that he had no legal right to do so. The governor has not yet decided what course he will pursue. STORM CLOSES COLUMBIA'S MOUTH TO VESSELS Astoria, Dec. 23. A storm is rag ing at the mouth of the Columbia river today and no vessels have go0 out or In over the bar during the last 24 hours. A high sea is break ing clear across the bar.