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March S, 187.
SEEKS REFEGE AI
PUNTA ARENAS
VALI'AKAISO, Chile, Dee. 14.
I)ijMtehe, received here from Puntn
Arctuw deelnre. that the Gvnnnii
crnihcr DiomIcii Ims come into that
iwrt uninjmed.
Thw loention ot die Ocrninu oiuis-
or Dresden lit Puntn Arena-, on the
Strait of Mnsgi'llnn, clean up nil
doubt us to the whereabout of the
last of the German wurrdiirw that
enroiintcied the Jintish .quadroii De
cember 8 off the Falkland iblands.
The Ouci-nnii, Sclmmhond, Leipzig,
nnd Numbers were sunk. The Dres
den escaped nnd hns been pursued by
British warships Her presence nt
Puntn' Arcniis incmw that she wni
citlier endeavoring to reach the Pa
cific Again, or thnt she contemplntcs
intcminjr for the reranindcr of the
war. Puntn Arenas is n Chilean port.
The Strait of Magellan is narrow.
Ilrititdi warships doubtless are at its
Atlantic entrance, nnd Jnpnnc-c
cruisers me Mtid to be either watch
ing or not far from the approach on
the Pacific fide.
COMMUNICATIONS
THAT CHARTER
Everyone h talking of that pro
jioscd Jfedford charter why not I?
Wise men came here recently from
the cant, nnd seeing the imperfections
of our present city charter, have
worked iucoonntly for the last bis
months, uud wjth the ino-t worthy
, motives, in formulating an up-to-date
charter; its extent nnd verbiage nro
most immeasurable. It contains many
provisioiiK worthy of our profound
consideration. It also contains many
provisions objectionable to our citi
zens It also omits lunnythings es
sential to our welfare. Its provis
ions, nnd omissions wo will discuss at
length in another article Inter on, nf
tcr the proposed charter has been
published, ns we understand the city
council, desirinj; not to appear dis.
court con to tho-c who have spent so
much tune, have ordered the fcniue
published nnd placed on the bnlloj,
notwithstanding that the $500, or
about, which it will cost, mic'bt have
been better applied.
As 1 have uid bofoie, thcae wise
men icceiitly from the east, some res
idents of the city nnd some not, have,
out of pity for the Jack of mental
ability of men residing in our city,
provided us with n charter or code of
laws telling ns how to govern our
city.
Tliei. wipe men fiom the east are
a uiluublc addition to our commun
ity and are most lieuitily welcomed
nnd appreciated, and when they get
over tho handicapped conditions un
der which they were raised, nnd when
thej luno been in our glorious weft
long enough to eliminate from their
s.tiiii the urovinciul cobwebi-m of
the iHcte east, then they "ill be bet
tei (imlitied to uudo wjtli our borne
talent m formulating a eomprehen
bi v stein for our government.
I line hud tho privilege of penis,
ing the advance copie ot the propos
ed charter and must say thev are ex
tremely cumbersome; nt JeuM thev
might ap'dy to u city like Chicago,
Minneapolis or other lhn.- cities, but
nic njueli (oo cumbersome ,for a stniilj
vitiligo like Medford. No portuiitu
would think of hunting- duck on a
siuiill lake with a luitllcidiip with a
twelve-iuch gun. While the anna
meat might bo effective it 'would be
too expensive and liable to run
ngiound an shallow wutern. The
young man who uocdtt'n bnby buggy
would hardly buy a jtwoftou frue.kf
you WW i))o appljcoljo)).
Ab I have bnid before, wise men
camo from the enst, nnd it hah nl
wnys boon so binefi JflOO years ago.
Visn jijcn pumo from ho cast to f.ce
tho Chiist child in Uetlilohem, but
tlioy did not come to give him ntlviec,
but they came to pay homage to one
wiser than they.
Wise men have been coming from
the oast to tho jglpripas Qregop coun
try gor oyer a. half cf ntury, and those
who iyinie a half century ago were
just as.iso ns Jhosp who porno o
day, in matter f iboy did ys un
priutnblo adjectives o encourago
Jheir wvry tcawii.to gmiter efforts,
CRUISER
DRESDEN
CREATING
TIIli3 prosperity and dovolopmoni of tho l?ogtio l?ivor
, valley does liot depend upon anything but the euter
prispj courajjo npd enory of Hs eUizonry. AVhile individ
ually we may not be entirely the architects of our own for
tunes, there can be no question but that we are the builders
of the fortunes of our home community.
The question that concerns the valley is not who will
win the European war. but
develop me country, nro we going 10 coniiuuo nam nines
by shipping in more than Worship out1 Ave wo going to
continue without a payroll tf Are we going to continue to
import jn even our fruit boxes and put all of our fortunes
in these boxes i Or are We going to secure industries that
will upbuild the country, supply payrolls, utilize and
develop our resources, increase our population and bring
Us permanent prosperity.
Several projects are before us, all of which are needed,
all of which we'ean "put over'' if we but show the old-time
energy and enterprise. There is the irrigation project that
will increase tenfold the production of the valley. Thevo is
the lumber mill, which will prpvule an annual payroll and
save an annual outgo of $200,000 for lumber products.
There is the beet sugar factory the latest project open
for discussipn.
The beet sugar industry is one of tho most intensive
agricultural industries yet promulgated. Carried to a suc
cessful conclusion, it requires the highest kind of cultiva
tion and economies entirely new to the western farmer.
Vivo thousand acres of sugar beets means approxi
mately 2,000,000 tons of gross products to be marketed.
The transportation of this immense crop is only a minor
part of its production.
A plant of the size phinned for Bedford would require
in handling am acreage of 0000 acres a six months' cam
paign, working during that time days, nights and Sundays.
In addition to the payroll, there would be a million tons
of pulp for stock feed', which would fatten many trains of
cattle and hogs for the market. This pulp would be avail
able to the stock feeder who now pays from $5 to $12 per
ton at from 50 cents to $1 per ton.
Beet sugar has done more for Idaho than any single in
dustry ever brought into the state, except possibly some
of the great mines of that state. The Rogue River valley
has many advantages in the culturo of sugar beets not com
mon to Idaho, Utah and Colorado. The soils of this valley
are equal, if-not superior, to those states, and the climatic
conditions favor the highest percentage of saccharine and
purity Jn the beet. Climatic conditions here also admit of
a more extended harvest and. extended campaign in the
manufacture of the sugar.
With the Rogue River valley producing the beets re
quired to operate one sugar factory, it would mean a mil
lion-dollar increase annually
terial diminution ot the other products. Thi.s would mean
a fine factory payroll during the dull months of the kite fall
and wintor aitd employment for hundreds of. needy.
The cultivation and thinning of the beets ocelli's during
the school vacation and will
remuneration for hundreds
them out of idleness and nusclnct, tor idleness is the great
est abettor in the delinquency of children.
A sugar factory would do more to restore land values
to this valley and put the balance of trade where it belongs
than any other industry that could be brought here.
In Idaho bonuses were given of $30,000 for a half
canacitv plant. As an index to the success of the industry
from the viewpoint of the agriculturist, that plant is unable
, . , , i ii j i i i i?
to lianuic tjie uecis produced jh pnat district, a portion oi
which is shipped to other plants. ,
If we want prosperity, let us create it; let ns go to work
to get it by taking advantage of the opportunities offered.
Let us go' after that beet sugar factory. Let us go after
irrigation. Let us go after a liunbep plant. If we do not,
wc might as well confess ourselves as failures as developers
and community builders. , .
STABLE CONDITIONS ASSURED
r PKNTNCJ of "the stock exchange, the flood of orders
" from belligerent nations
American commerce in new tiekls jtre all liopelui lactors
for the gradual but sure restoration of prosperity nnd re
suinptioii of business along normal lines.
The announcement made by the president in his annual
message that legislation to regulate business had practi
cally ended effectually silencc-s those who asserted that
uncertainty retarded business. Said the president:
Our programme of legislation with regard to the regulation of business
Ih now virtually complete. It has been put forth, u we inleifdud, us a wholo
and leaves no conjecture ns to what is to follow.
The road at last lies ccar and firm before business. It Is a road which
it can travel without fear or embarrassment. It is the road to uugrudged,
unclouded succefs. In It every honeit man, every man who believos that
the public interest is part of bis own interest, may walk with perfect
confidence.
Legitimate business never was injured by regulation
and had naught to fear from investigation. But illegal
business, which created the monopolies and trusts by fren
zied finnnceerfng and law Violation, through its financial
institutions, was able to artificially check the normal tide
of prosperity and sought thus to prevent interference with
tho continiijiuco of its program.
Business npw knows what is before it and can adjust
itself. The tariff is out of the way. Thp currency law
makes panics an impossibility. Other regulation and re
lief measures, long promised,' have been cijaeted into law.
The agitation begun by Jtoosevelt more than ten years ago
against illegal business has ended by its effectual restraint.
Sjuble conditions obtain and the business world can look
forward to that "rest, peace and reassurance" it has so
long clamored for. No longer can hard times be laid to
the uncertainty of regulative legislation.
and they gloried in their manhood
thnt they were jo lay the foundation
of the great commonwealth that those
of ns have built on aud enjoy tho
fruit, of joijay. ,
So,, if tbut fcluuly uulive ,on of
ROSPEI$ITy
what tire we going to do to
jn iuoome, without any ma
furnish employment at good
of children, keeping many of
for goods, the extension of
our honored pioneer, Hill Ilanloy,
could bo prevailed uppn to htop over
one duy with im nnd write about a
two column charter which would fully
comp'riho nil our needs, wo would all
npprciuto it. J. 8. IIOWARP.
The Facts About Divorce
Ida M. Tarbell, tlu well-known
Journalist, contributes to the ,taiuinry
Woman's Home Companion an nitlrlo
entitle "What Women Are Ueally Do
ing" nn article, la which 8linau5.crs
with, facta and (Inures huuio disturb
ing (lumtlons as to the stntuu or
women In tho Pulled StatcH today.
Mlsa Tnrbell has mndo a careful wtmly
of tho Thirteenth Census In order to
get at the truth In regnid to man Inge,
divorce, child bearing and other
subjects. After )rolug that tnuio
women marry now than did former))
she takes u the nubject of divorce
an follows;
"Thero has been au Increase In di
vorce. In the thirty uiltllon married
womemn whom the census takers of
tUi reported, they found l$Ti,0G5
who luil been divorced. Conildcr
lug the difficulties of married life, lie
number doe not anpnll. U rather
given one a greater respect for human
beings to see thai they enn bundle,
such a complicated relation with such
a small percentage or disaster. There
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Some Cranberry Receipts
Onulicii) I'rttti-i -To
the ols of two cg;i, welt
beaten, add half a cuprul of milk, a
tnblcsuoonful of olive oil. s.iltsnoonfut
of salt and a cuprul of dour, when
ready to ubo add the stiffly beaten
whites of the cggn. Have ready three
tableopoonfuls ot cranberries that
have been stewed nijil sweetened, stir
these Into the batter nnd fry In hot
fat. Drain, sprinkle with powdered
sugar and servo hot.
Cr.inlH'rry li-Ovc.is
Sift together two cupful of flour,
four level te.ispoonfuls of baking
powder, hntf a cupful of sugar and a
teaspoouful of salt. Heat one egg, add
ono and a half cupruU or milk, and
stir Into the dry Ingredients. Stir In
also two tablespjonfuls of melted
butter and a cupful of cranberries cut
Into halves. Hake In a quick oven
20 minute and serve with cherry
sauce.
Cranberry liultling
Cream half n cupful of butter, add
FROM GALICIA
NEW YOKK, Dee. ll.-Onc bund-
red and eveuty thouMiud .lews have ,
fled for refuge from Ualb-ui to Vien
na, according to a letter received here
today from the Aiiilrian Nmelite al
liance in Victim;, by1 the American
Jcwirh I diet' committee.
"Oulieia us the field of military op
erations, has been denied of iihuot
the entire civil population," reads the
Jptler. "At the piesent time the.ru
tire 170,000 Jeu lusitivos ftom (la
lifia here, of whom 70,0(10 an abso
lutely pciiuilci. I'urthenuori', '-i-V
000 destitute Jewish fugitive have
been placed in barmeks in .Mom vim
mid 70,000 in Bohemia where bai
rucks, are also being built. These
105,000 poor .lew me in pressing
need."
aroTK'i:.
Notlco Ih hereby given that tho un
derslgnod will apply to tho city coun
cil at It" meeting to bo held Jnn
unry 5, 1015, for a license- to sell
malt, spirituous and vinous liquors
jn quantities less than a gallon at
its place of business on lot 10, block
14, city of Mcdford for n period of
six months.
HOLLAND HOTL'L CO.
Dated IKcombor 11, 19H.
John A. Perl
UNDERTAKEN
Lady ABBUwnt
W B. IIAUTLETT
Phone M. 47 ani 47-J
InihRliMW Hi-lc Ttaeatr Oovoaa
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"Nearest l
Everything" !
HOTEL MANX
Powell St., at OTarrcH
San franctsco
In the heart of the
business, shopping
and theatre district.
Running distilled ke
water in every roorn.
Our commodious
lobbv.fine service.ana
floinelike restaurant
will attract you
European Plan rajes
:i.3uup.
Mtnjemnt
CboterW.
Ktlky
"Afett Me at
The Manx"
JEWS
N
11 "i i ' i ' '.i .i1
Is no other human relation that can
nhovy anything llliu no laritu a sta
tistical proof ot Hitrcpss, Tho num
ber of divorces round In 11M0 Ih
greater, proportionately, thniuMm ecu
hus takers unearthed In 11)00, still
turgor than they round In 1 Slip. In
e.aeh of theso teu-jenr periods theio
has been an Incrcuso of one tenth
of one per cent. .It In doubtful Jf
this bo duo to long uf (with In mar
riage. A ptonortlou ot It Is due to
A higher local of marriage, an un-
willingness to tea the relation pros
tituted by a dlsMolute, rruc.1, or mi
faithful partner. ,
"A porietttago Is duo, too, to the
greater c.v.roctues.i with which mar
rlngct nro tuado under our changing
roclal practice. Wo have, removed
largcl) from hon and gills the pro
tective Mclal devlrcs b which wo
once guided their ndMgn and
choices. Thoy go and cottuj frecjy
and. in might be expected, marry with
less sensn of the seriousness pf their
(undertaking "
-. i i.t.1 .f.
slowly one cupful of sugar, then add
three well-beaten egg Mix three
teaspoonfuls of baking powder with
three and a half cupful of fotur; add
this to tho mlyture alternately wjth
half a cupful of milk. Add two cP
f uls of cranberries w hlch liuvo been
washed, dried and floured with some
of the flour already measured. Turn
Into a buttered mold, cover closely
and stoam tvvq hours. Servo with
hard sauce.
CrAiiuvrry l'le
Cover tho bottom, of a plo pan with
a plain paate, reserving enough lor
an upper crust. Make a rim around
tho edgo nnd pau,r In a (Ullng made
With one cupful of cranberries cut
Into halves, half a cupful or chopped,
seeded rntslns, three-fourths of a cup
of sugar, a t.ihlespoonful of corn
starch and lump ot butter .Cover with
tie upper crust nnd bako them about
half an hour The Mother's Maga
zine.
F.
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mo BtaW, ,u hontt M,u,ttK
out tho status of tee speakership con
test, and telling you that the Port
land papers ravo closed their columns
to me, as far an rofutltij ,Mr. Sell
ing's claims Is concerned. The H veil
ing Telegram or December Sth sh
trot Mr. Selling has 31 voten pledged
to him In writing, It was iicccssnry
to havo this Kjntonient In tho Tele
gram, because Mr Selling had made
a previous claim in tho Orcgonlan of
from 38 to 10 votes. The iinmcM wero
printed In tho Telegram of the mum-
hers who 'bud given their written
pMge to support Mr Selling. I have
the boxl reasons for knowing that at
least five of these men oiv not
pledged to Mr. Selling Two of (hniu
havo Odhpcoucd me today to thnt ef
fect. Thin Is presented to you In the
Interest ot truth.
ALLKN II. KATON.
Yours respectfully,
Portland, Dyc 10. , ,
Salem will rieel
bonne.
a i-'.JO.OOO school.
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QUALITY
in name means nothing un
less wo buck tho name vvltli
(lie goods aud service.
A'o nro trying to nmke
the name a nyUly,
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The Quality Dairy
J. F. Ithoads, Prop,
Pliono Vt&tl '
UNION FEED AND
LIVERY STABLE
ITTJIiL EQUIPPED , ,
' LIVERY STABLE
AMBULANCE SERVICE
112 South ftiverpide
Phono 150
GAUNYAW &
BOSTWICK
PORTLAND PAPERS
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KEEP HANDS OFF
WASHINGTON', Dec. II. -tlenem!
Cnrraura, tbroiiKh Cousul Canada at
Vorn Orurt today foiinally iidMsnd
the statu department Ihiii any use ot
force by thu Amurkan t loops nt
N'aco, Arlioiui, In their iittortH to
keep Melrau bulletH from American
soil "will bo considered an act of
hostility, however, well disponed the
government may bn,"
This ngtouH with tho neiiiinir
ntntement nt Vura (.'ru Hatuulay,
HcltoratliiK his piovlous state
lueiits, Cnrraura sa)s (leueral Illll
has controlled hts fire and thnt he
Is iiKUdlng liiHtrtictloiis anew to the
Sonera commander to avoid any fir
Itigthnt would endanger thone acrosn
tho Aiueilcnii border, He doploreu
that Americans have been killed nnd
kwouitded, but suggests that these ac
cident have been duo to carelesruess
ou the pint of the Americans, or
"Imprudent curiosity." and cite xlm.
liar occurrences when Mndeio bi
sieged .luiirex and Americans endan
gered their liven b Peking points o(
vantage In Kl 1'nvo, from which to
view the fighting,
KluAlly ho points out that Hie po
tdtlon of Hill's troops, who nro nta
Honed with their bucks to thu Amur,
lean frontier, U such that it would
bo Impossible for their tiro to enter
American territory 'and that conxo
(tueutly any shots from the American
side would bo a direct aid to the Villa
forces.
The flold Leaf mine will operate, n
five-stamp mill in the Hnhemia dis
trict with n twelve-horsepower gu
jnejiu'. l
CHICHESTER S PILLS
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Thursday Evening, December 17
AT EIGHT O'CLOCK
This is tho third number of tho iMeilford Fentcrtaiu
jiienfC'ourse. Heats on salo at JlasluiiH' drug store.
' Sisglo Admission, 50c; Reserved Seats, 75c
All funds over expenses of this course will be given to
the Public Library
Monday antl Tuesday
Evenings, 7 o'clock
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The Judge's Wife.
A threoVpart photoplay featuring Nova 'fervor,' the
delightful little leading lady of the White gjbar Stock
Company
Through Fire
Two
4 ., . i M0w9fflc9 Foatu.(
One Oh Professor Buggs
Qomedy
' Hear the
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Page Theatre Orchestra
Admission,
TT Theatre
Mpjiday anO Tucsdov Nlijlits
Our Mutual Girl No.34
Kinds llnlcHt Thing In LI to
Shorty's Sacrifice
Two Heel l)roucio
Those Happy Days
Keystoilo Comedy
.and Oil None Hotter nnhdltk
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llearst-Selig News
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With
George Nash
Gail Kane
And the Aitthdr
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A Tonsorial .
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