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romn.ANO, Or., Dec. 20.- The
I.V)lioui fever epidemic nt Centrnlia,
Windi.,' xvns today characterized us
ihe wiirht (hut han ever Mrickcn n
city In the Pacific northwest, liv Dr.
Cnlvin S. White, secretin v of the
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spent two day in Criilnilln liivr-ill- I l,ml (ti1i,P nrrivcl hero to,'nx
Riitiitsr mi tin- hoard' in ru'clioiw. "! inV ' elwr that nil t -
"Theiehns heen o far UH7 proven nnil putpiwe mo repinine is fur i
SAX FRANCISCO, Cul.. IK. 20.
Copies of Chine-e newspnpors p S
li-died about the time of Pre-.d nl
Yuan Shi Koi's dissolution r p.ir
liniiioiit anil ostnhlUlunetit of a xn-
eases, si.xleon Mispct ami eleven
deaths." sai.l Dr. White. "Out of
this MngKaring total all hat sis fe
ver victims pot their water from the
eitv supply, which is pumped from
a shallow well on the edee of Sknok
nmehncjk crock, whieh means 'good
water' in Indian."
'This stream reeks with pollution.
Lining its shores are lmrns ami cess
pools, and the pollution from two
eoal mine is pumped into it nln.
And this is the water xvlroh the peo
ple or Centralia drink and xxhioh
carries the fexer genu- xxhieh have
infected so In'rue n portion of Ceu
tralia's population.
'The three hospitals of the town
nre. filled with pnticn's and it ha
been, necessary to place fortv cots
in the nnnory, and these people are
liclnjj cared for lnrpely hy money
from thei state military fund and
Lewis countv."
White stnt.il thnt 3G00 people had
been inoculated with typhoid xno-cine.
time licit at nu end,
The ChiiiH Pre, or Sltnujth.ii o
of the liet informed of the Chi
daily publications, v,( K id'ton.iU i
Yuan :
"If his life i spaml he v." h
expected to oveni CHira - 1' if
firio Dint gnxcrtied Mexico.
''licnuulirnnwm in Ch n.i xx
I never a renl'ty: it i todax tl
' shadow of dtrnm. The pa x.r 'i
j ial system xxhieh the nnidci t do
I tutor is now rtmiii is l'i
xxhich. sy xxhat xvc xvill. cMI I'-t
he fit's n rwrc xvith whom rex.ic
for the jst i a deep-ivoted m
sllnct.
'Yuan Shi Kni. shiest of the taiii
on and mothers of the people.
only pivinc o.prelon t the ton-x-ieiinn
that all the ta-t'nets mu'
traditions of his cottntrx'nnm tilt ac
cept the exorcise of dpot'e !
thority. xvhe'her benevolent or br.i
tnl. so lous a the ruler follow-, e
tnhli-hcd precedents and conform
to popular sentiment." ,
lEcnr nnit
llccr I lKKCil
(' d.ran.
Iiy .1. II.
The niiuuiil Soulheiu Pacific ex-
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iMUiin to miuthciu Caliloiniu Icaxc
t this afteiuoon at I o'cloel,, iu ehnt'KC
' of A. S. Itoxciihuum, local iiKdit.
The Irain consists nf ihiee Piilltiiiuis
and a Ihikuhrc- car. Hcddca con
1 diictiiiK the cxcuis'on, "Hosv" xill
lake along u tiiinkful of Houi lixei
xallcv litifiatuie for distiihutiou.
Amoiii; those mul.iiur the hip are:
Dr. I'- II. Kieuch and t'amilv. Mm.
Delrov tletehell and son, Dr. P. ('.
' Pane. W. II. Ilumiihrev and familv.
Mr. and Mr. .1. I Woitumn. .Mrs.
damcH MnlKiem, Kileil, Craxath,
D.txiiNou, Mr. and Mrs. .1. ,1. Iloiick,
Mr. and .Mr. W. II. S'cwail, Mr.
and Mi. D. It. Hill. Mr. and Mrs.
.1 P. Cook, C. P. MtPherson. W. P.
Kalte. W. C. .I.linsoii. P,d Wllkui
on, Mrs. MeM'llau uml dauithter.
Call (HasKow, Dr. (hutilv, .1. W. ItciN
, ilmtr. M. Clemen-, C. II. Cleiueus, It.
Smith, P. V. CarniiKc, S. W. Pnton,
.IiiiIki' Ctnwell, Clxde llnreliiug,
' WiUiniu Warner and A. S. Koseu-
hauiii.
With Medford trntte In Meilfor.t mmte
AN AFTERNOON'S CATCH WITH THE FLY OF STEELHEAD IN R OGUE RIVER, CAUGHT BY W. F.
ISAACSWEIGH FROM FOUR TO EIGHT POUNDS
The High Cost of Living
iRAtient grats to tillable lard, or
xx here potatoes are Kept ktpw.uk xer
after jenr on the wime laud, and the
land has never bn limed or salted
"A for tht xx art scab, xvtiuh Ij
merely a lancer Mb thn the ord'
narr wnb illdn(o. It has appeared la
land that hat) been ttllod with I otn-
shop. SSO 000. and ,ow( Jonr j, JOftr fof mnny ycnr,
Snmn intercstlnt; llcht was ahed , 1.230.000:
on tho high cost of living lato last . -.-3-.uu". n 'i 'K nnu ,a been manured with raw ma-
-i,... -.it !, mmi.r nf ihi. msy show n dw!rcase tw,ctf 8 ,ar nuro or. In wm caws, xv.th fresh
week hy a well-known member of the , . ... ... . . me4a
local produce trade, lie showed why " - " '. . aB, -- "" '":"""' ""r ""l '
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"As for the li .menean cropa
lot me hero toll you what the Amerl-
to
egg prlcea are high, predicted that
meat would go still higher In 1914,
anu said mai s a ousnci xxou.u OUJ farmor growg ns eon,
bo paid hero or potatoes If tho cm.othor f0UntreS:
bargo on foreign potatoes xx-cro not
llfin.l liugncii i or .xcrc
warty xcab In tho fluwt land In l.on
liland or New Jersey.
"Of course the ombcrco this s n
3n has stiltod many well-known
, oporators who are counccted flnau-
l.l.,, .MI.,. IL. M-.U- .. .1 .. t.
"The egg shortage Is not confined Wheat Potato, " " "" '"'"'"'- "H" """ lu
. . .......... c,-.. . .hi. .M.H ,i q.x.... is 90, y fenoxvUdite. have been roorhm
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son," ho nald. "Ten days ago In
Montreal it was found that the eggs
stored there wore not even sufficient
to last until January 1, and as tho
spring In Canada Is later than here.
high prices for potato throughout
,.. their respective district. In f.ict, In
Canada -20
Great Britain -0
Franco 19
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Them figures and the dtcroasos ' a lwr,mal ,rlce of r' c"n,H- n,ul "u
Chicago today, potato from Idah'i
nre quoUil at 4 1 10 a bushel again t
Canadians are very much concerned shown In crop reports of mlil-Xnvtm
about where they are going to get
supplies from during the next three
months. Tho egg shortage In thH
country, as compared to last year Is
580,000 cases, or 208.SOO.00 eggs.
bcr are appalling, and would oem
to Indicate n need of different mth-,
ods on the part of the officials of tho
department of agrlcultiirn. i
"The goxernmetit still has an em
pooplu have yono so far as to
tho will finish nt 2 a hiinhcl.
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The prlco of everything Is-governed Jjargo against certain co
.. -t l.u.u.l n Jt A . I " ! iIiaI iintnfMai tinfA ft
Hmmanael Kelr! or, head of 111"
I.ossIhk Theatre In Berlin. Is to go to
San Kronctieo during the Panama V.x
untrlcs send- fo'l" d nlve a srlii of j'a,x , la
hy supply and demand, and that U ' Ing their potatoes here for fear of tho wh,en h ha become famous. j
why eggs are expensive now. wart disease,' but we cannot keep ,
out the potatoos of all Kurope. be-' " nwmurw nT tohi,uii.u r
cause Prance. Belgium and Holland rangenwnU with Ueorge Kdards
do not grow potatoos In soils that whortly they are to hrln over the
the dc-j produce scab. That scab can alxxa)
follows; I be found In land that Ik freshly
"Perhaps It Is not generally known
tha.t statistics published In January,
lain, showed that notwithstanding
tho record crops of 191
creaso In cat Co was as
PITTSM'IW, Pa., Dec. 'Jl.
SliimliiiK off u piinno of iMenly-live
iiieii In a four hours' hatlle near New
lloiurMcud this iikiiiiIiik. Iliui'v Ho
Knwskl, iikciI U'J yeats, leficxhi'd
hluielf with Kexeral Iiimiin of sleen
llllil lllt'li lltllile uond hin eeape.
IIuKoumKI is uniili'd lor tin iniir
der of CoiiNtahle Wiiult. He sliol
Wiudt throiiijli the heiut xiheii Ihc
officer alleinptcil lo nrii'st hint oi
healiiii; up the mother nf Mnrv and
lli'lle Ynkiiliil; mid a ne'wlilior of
the Yal(iihil,N, who eiiuie to lilt lr
teseue. I'IiVhIi'iiius 'leld mil little
hope thin al'leiiioou for the iceoveiv
of Mrs. Vakahlk and Imr iii'IkIiIhh',
Igunl1. Itaekoski,
Alter killini? the ronliihle, It'o
l,oxsM took to the hllU in pui-'i
i.r the luo Yakahlk- (.'ills, uho lle.l
xx hen lite t inutile started, ICslelle
told the police Unit Itokuxxskl stall
ed In f mill mIicii her mother ieenlM
Itokoxxski's attiinpl l kis her
ilaiighter.
A pown slutted In puisiiil of tin
murdeicr ami fnuud him hariieiuhsl
in n fhaek in the hills hack of N'e.v
llomesteail. Itnknuxkl stood off hU
pursuers for four hourx. When they
withdrew lor icinforecmcnls he i
niped o a neaihy hum mid xlept
foi several hours. Pixe linurs in
lerxctifd ii-'txveeii Ihc departure of
the f pt pusHe Mini the upironeh of
the Hccnnil ImmIv of fifty men. They
r.iiiiouilded the sl.jiil; nnd rlosii! in
on il, hut fo nid it iinply.
DAN PLACED ON JINKS
FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE
POUTI.AN'D, Or.. Dec '.Ml. De.
Kiute the fact that Maxor Aline has
1 hnniicil ihe ilriiikinir of limior In alt
I grilhi after lt. o'clock New Year's
Miiiriuiin, the imlrouH, if nut loo till
I tiriuiis, iiuiv dance. The dunces mint
.lie ix-rfonued on Ihe floor, howeier,
nnd not m Ihc tables as in limes
gone hy.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE
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entire lindou Owlety Theatre com
pany Intact for n New York neaoii of
Milch cows, 202,000; other cattle, broken up; that Is to tay, from por- "Tho Girl on tha Pllm."
GERMAN OFFICER IMPRISOXED FOR ASSAULTING CKNM'LK
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Freight nnd p4iK,pnr I rains on (lie
SI. Louis A; San I'rnneUen rnilrond
xx ere diputehi'd by lelephouti todax
iu u resiih ot th Inckout of -100 ltd-
due of InleiT-l In (Inr Itemlcrs.
(iooil iinxx'N hears repealing, and
ix hen It U confirmed after a limit
lapau o Millie, ex ell l( we lieallntm! to
lielleve It at flmt henrlliR, we feel sit
' euro hi ncrcptttiK Its truth now. Tim
, following experience of a Medfnrd
man U cuiiflrmeil after many years.
A ', Henm, 'J.1t Plflh Hi.. Medford.
lOreKoti, , "Hlnce publicly recom-
iiKiudliiK Doau'M Kidney PIIk In 1007.
I liaxo imeil tliein orcnslnually and
they have iiIwiivk hroiiKht KOnd rf
1 MiiltK, vxiih aflllcteil wltli invent
, pains In my hack and I often found II
ImpOKillilo to Mtoop. The kidney hc
' cri'tloun passeil too frequently ami
1 thU wuaknexK xx'as a source of much
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annoyance. llearitiK liomm ixiuney
PIIIk hlKhly recommended, I pro
cured n hox at HankliiH DriiK Htoro
nnil liv flu, llllln 1 linil flnllilli.il flu,
ty-tw iiihiitir fiiiniiuiriiv uiuli-r i nllliifllM , rnlllll fc-1-i (htll thntf Wlirrt
'tho rlRht riiuunly for my troubhs
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PORTLAND, Or., Dec 20.- Tivru-
! UKNVKIt, Colo., Dec. UD.-Chnrles
Willnrd Cnrlyle, it xvcnlthy husiiicHs
mnn and hacker of n tiuinher oflunrd, piiHNcd throuu'li Portland to
I churitHhle scheines, pleaded Kiiilty to day from the htnte iiiKiiini iinIiiiii ut
'mailing oIihcciic lettcnt tmlav iu tint ' Snlcm, en toiite to Sentlle, xxhere lenities illsappeured and my health 111)
camphors who had threatened to ; Ciiited .Stolen court here, 'II id let-
! xx ere removed Irani III various U-
I tlllllc.
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i,i'iirriiin(irT9 vi' ihu wsiim vi j
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they xvill ho deported on the Meniu
hhip MinneHiila, Ncheduled to hail to
morrou' fur llonu' Ixoiit;.
Tint deportation of the men, it h
naiil, xvill effect u Nitxiu to life slate
Hint
i strike. All teltgroiijj iiwtriimeut onj wro uddrMssd to Mr. C
Willnrd of Hcrkeley, Cnl.
Cutlylo xviih iiidiclcd iu 1B1-. Hi
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i Jdillvwiy lelejiniplicrrf met uero tuw "-" "" " - "" "" "" ;n nlioiit .f liil(lli)U, i'hIIiiiiiIiiik
iiltirniiou lo confer r xai' "K " "el- ( ami nsKcmied the cinli, amoiiutiut; to
1 lliinent of the trouble with tint re- j .imo, l0 Uiile no defene, nlniply
ceixers of the rnilrond eninpaiiy, iiihuiltiiiK Hint he xxrolo Ihe letterw
xxliich i in clurjie of the I'nited , w remix lo pay anx hue lixcd
Males rniirl". The receixer plan- , ,y 1(. ciuirt,
lied to a-k for- exeral huiiilreil pe- . . . ar . ."g:
einl deputv -h' lllfs t U'lllllI lail
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proved. I cheerfully recommend
Donn'ii Kidney Pills lo everyone,
afllclml with Idduuy complaint."
"When Your Hack Ik l.niiie- He
memlier (hit Namo." Dnn't Mlmply
lull for a kldiiny remedy nslc dU-
eaeh of tliolxvcnly-lHo has ten veins lllnctly fur Dmui's Kidney I'lIU, the
yet to live. cnino that Mr, Hears had -lint renin-
The CliuiCKu Koveniini'iit -will care dy liucked hy homo IcHtlmony. fiOo
for the iinforliiiiatcN upon their ar- all Mores, I'oHtcr-Mlllitirn Co., Props.
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Lieutenant Baron von I'orstncr xvas
eentenced to forty-three days' Imprison-
(Uennany, for having assaulted a umo
cobDier uurirtc xuo rccem, uvuui ut
Zaberu In Alsaco Lorraine,
i Tho charge, against hlui was xvllful
assault nud causing great bodily liann
by the Illegal use of bis sabre.
Thn sputence of lunrisoument In a
penitentiary Involves The loss of 1iuji
commission as an outcer ny liuuii:u
nut Huron von Forstncr.
! It was whllo passing xvlth a section
of the Mncty-flfth Infantry regiment
through Putixvcller he xvouuded the
LTipple in tho head xvlth his uabru for
rullluit out expressions rcgurucu us ui-
r'OKSTNUti.
XliW yOUIf. Dec. -J!). -Cm.t nueil
' wetiKiiesS hi I .niiiuiaii I'lieilie i
Men iu Iho rally triuliiiK hi htoel.-
today. It droiped to Ull't'j, u iintx
Jovv point. New Haven, alter ri-injj
J, fell hack lo tho npcuiiif,'. l.nlcr
renewed Ijuopcan hulling of Ciinad
iau Pacitie iiii'HiiHi'il lis loss to '!
poiutH. Around noon Piiion Paeilie,
KeiidiiiK and Hleyl xvero each nhou'
n point oil'.
Iloiuls cie irregular.
Tin- niui'l.i't eloticil dull.
Hlgnor I'eriiKlul (John Clial'orton)
once u famous Unlit ojiuru Hlugur, In
about to leave active lhaatrlcal life
and enter the KM win Forront Home
far Adois In Philadelphia. Por two
tscaxouu Hlgnor I'eiuglul xviik Paltl'.i
'cudlng tonor. Hy ninny persons 1m
Iu hiMt lumeinhorud as the former
husband of Idllluu Huuuul,
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1000 IhiikIih hihI two it'Mi's - first linio lioro
"A Bachelor's Honeymoon
IOnMi'o original production. (Moan, clover, willy and .scivainiiitfly funny.
oxir.'i (,'ood cast, including
Wilbur Higby and Rose Ainsworth
tSpfcial Holiday Wcok PriccH: 25c, 50c, 7.rjc, $1.00
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