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FLEESWITHFRIENDS VARIOUSWAR FRONTS
SUIT OF CLOTHES
. An Innovation In the norlodlenl
stinging of Medford merclianta liy bad
ibxck artists was discovered Monday
lkvo of Medford's merchants. The
innovation Is a matter of color, tho
shade being supplied by the dusky
skin of one George Harvey, erstwhile
porter of Bates Bros, barber shop,
who Induced the proprietor of the
Castlllan Grill to cash a check for
$10 and Jim Del.ano one for $ I,
The revelation of tho check ma
nipulations followed tho discovery by
Dill Jones, who runs a boot black
stand on Main street that the colored
gentleman had departed with Bill's
best suit, purloining tho apparel after
making the friendliest of advances
and working Into Bill's confidence.
After closing his stand on Sunday
morning It is Bill's custom to don his
Sunday clothes, but though search
was made high and low that suit was
gone for good; gone as far as $11 will
carry tho absent Harvey.
A warrant was issued Monday
tHernoon for tho missing colored man
d authorities to the North and
South were warned to keep a look
out for him and Bill's $35 suit of
clothes, hut as yet no trace of man or
apparel has been found.
SEEK 10 RELIEVE
si
FROM
Tlio military ili'velupmenis of the
punt twenty-four hours huve, in i'uet,
been few in number anil unimportant
for the most part.
In l'lance, on the Verdun front,
there have been only bombardments
since the Kronen uttark of yesterday
which l'aris reported us winning
back the ('liainbrcttes farm, which
the Germans hud taken in a eounter-uttnek.
In the Kuiuanian war theater, the
latest reports indicate reparations
by the !iis-.iuos to make n definite
tand in southern Moldavia, where
they are reported to have made a
tronir defensive line. I'etro'.-rad
yesterday reported ii holilimr un of
the Teutonic ol tensive anil Iterlin uu
nouneeil no new advances except in
Dobruilja, where the Wussii-Hiiniun-ian
forces have fallen back sonic dis
tance to the noith, conforming to the
relieat across the Danube in W'nl-lachia.
IIKNO, Nov., Deo. l!).-Voodrow
Wilson carried Xuvndn bv n major
ity over all other presidential can
didates and a plurality of ."iti-i'.l over
I'harlcs K. llu;.'hcs, nccordin.sr to the
official canvass of the vote of the
state made yesterday by George
lrodic;uti, secretary of state.
The official vole on president was;
WilMin, 17,77(1; llu-hes, 12,17:
iienson, ilOti.'i; llanlv, 3-18.
CHICAGO, Dec. 10 With Chicn
householders facing the possibility of
a iiiol ianune, announcement was
made todav that Charles F. dyne.
United States district attorney, and
William L. O'OonnclI, chairman of the
Illinois slate public utilities coinmis-
sion, bending n delegation of shippers
and coal consumers, will seek to ob
tain from the interstate commerce
commission means to alleviate the
situation. Coal dealers, who assert
the situation is becoming more acute,
attribute it to the shortage of coal
ears.
TRYING 10 FORCE
DRY BILL VOTE
WASHINGTON", ,.. 1!). A.lvo
oalcs of ihc Sticppnid hill, providing
fur jn'uliiliititm in (lie l)is(iict of o
limihiii, urn trying lodiiy to fjcfc n
vot on the iiii'iisurc. in tho KOiialo.
Hit fore t!! iinal volo, liowovor, the
I'nilcrwood unicndaicnt for u rd'oron
diim of (lit; residents of (he district
on the prohibitum question was to ho
acted upon.
Tht' stn:ite jmliciary committee will
hold a special meeliiiir on Thursday
to vote on ropoi'in.or (he joint resolu
tion proposing a constitutional
.unendinent i'ur nation-wide prohibi
tion.
CALVERT OF THE "Q"
DEAD AT HIS HOME
LINCOLN, Xeb., Dec. 19. T. E.
Calvert, chief engineer of the Chicago
Burlington and Qtiincy railroad sys
tem, died at his country home, Ov
erlook, near here this morning. Jle
had been ill about six weeks.
Thomas Klwood Culvert was 07
years old. lie begun his service with
the Burlington railroad as a member
of a surveyor's chain gang in 1871, n
year after his graduation from Yale
university. From 1S73 to 1 !) 0 T he
waH superintendent of the lines west,
of the Missouri river. Mr. Calvert
was taken sick in Wyoming. He had
I cart trouble.
way to Medford with a load of Mr.
Mr. and Airs. Arthur Jones of the
Beagle district were trading with
the Medford merchants Saturday.
Huge Moore Is sick with la grippe,
Iilnkens household goods.
The la grippe Is visiting nearly all
the families fn this section, but It Is
mostly In the mild form.
Frank He Ford was calling on the
Antloch farmers recently, getting
signers f8r the Sams valley Coyote
club.
Theo. Glass butchered eleven head
of fat hogs Wednesday.
Mrs. John Blgham and son Albert
were buying Christmas goods in Med
ford Saturday.
Tlie coyotes killed a fine ewe for
Jim Vincent on the I'pper Table Hock
this week.
There will bo a Christmas enter
tainment at the Chapparal school Fri
day night, Dec. 22. Kveryonn invited
to come and enjoy the children's program.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Chapman and
family were Medford visitors Satur
day.
Farmers are busy in this aortU;:
Plowing tneir land lor tlie spring crop
of grain.
Tim Anticoli and Beagle telephone
.:ne is in bad shape, several pelts
down and the wires crossed.
ORCHARD MAINTENANCE
REDUCED BY WATER
The following loiter with replios
and comment shows what they think
of irrigation in North Yakima, Wash
ington and also what they think of
growing alfalfa between the trees in
an irrigated orchard. The letter was
written by A. W. Stone who owns the
Green Mountain ranch on tho Jack
sonville rond;
Medford, Ore., Dec. 11, '16.
Secy. Commercial Club,
North Yakima, Wash.
Dear Sir: I understand orchardists
in your valley grow alfalfa in between
the tree rows, if so 1 should like to
get information about suiue, via.:
1st. Do they Irrigate, if so, how
many times during tile season. Yes,
we Irrigate as often as necessary.
2nd. Do they plant alfalfa nr tj
tho trees or do they leave spare be
tween trees and alfalfa for cultiva
tion? Plant tho seed up close to the
trees.
.Id. How long do they average to
let alfalfa grow before plowing under
and reseeding? Four and six years.
4th, From tho experience of orch
ardlKts in your aei'.ion is it n detri
ment to the tivs to glow alt'a'fe in
their orchards? ii is a decided Im
provement. Till. Do tbov hae any trim! lfc
about spray material (arsensto of
l-?ad) poisoning stock fed on hay
thl-.en from orchard..? No.
Any information you may send mo
!! bo greatly appreciated au.l I
tnonk you in advmue for same.
Note It is necessary that an orch
ard In this country have alfalfa sown
In the ground when trees nro three
years old, as this puts humus and
nitrogen In the soil, prevents and
helps cure rosette, and Is In every
way beneficial. 1 have 8(1 acres in
trees sown to alfalfa and it's been an
immense help. The hay pays for the
labor that would have been spent in
cultivation.
H. P. VEIt.MlLYK,
Box 2:13, It. 4, North Yakima.
OBITUARY
EUREKA, Cal., Dec. 19. Work of
salving the United States submarine
H-3 from the breakers two miles
north of here was temporarily aban
doned today with the parting of a
ten-inch hawser.
Heavy seas began breaking over
the H-3 again, forcing surfmen to
await their abatement before running,
another line to the submarine.
TAWS, Dee. II). Captain lie
ISnuchnmp, the aviator who bombed
Kssen and Munich and whose death
has just been announced, on one of
casion dropped bombs on the head
quarters of the German emperor, ne
cording to the Petit Journal. This
Inst exploit was performed in April,
ID If), when the emperor was station
cd nt Mcziercs-C.'harleville. The pa
per says that the bombs fell ri'ht on
the house m which the emperors
staff had its offices and that ns n re
suit tho emperor withdrew six miles
from tho city.
"WASHINGTON, Doc. 1 9. Mem
phis, Tenn., will probably be select'
ed by the war department for the win
ter establishment of the army avia
tion school for tho central states, now
located at Chicago. Final selection,
it wal& said today, has not been mad3
but the possibilities of Memphis are
msldered the best of any place un
tier contemplation. The school is fit
Ud with equipment for an aviation
so ii a '.Iron and is attended by about
fifty dtudents.
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
mlth LOCAL APPLICATIONS, a tin-r ennnot
reach the n.'ut f tlw ill Catarrh it a IiUmmI
or constitutions! dlwaw, anil in whit io ciiiv it
too mint lake tntvruul remedU-B. Hall' Catttirh
Cur la tnki'il lnlf rTlilllr. Kll4 OCtM lilni'tij" til!
the blood iumI wui-khk tmNn -.. Jloll i Citorrh
Cur la nut. n murk IlK'iMfllic. It WB lire
rrlijc'd bv oiic ot tiie bi-t jlij-Mclun In tlila
country for joars nnil U n r'Klr .r-Tlptlnn.
It Ii coiuiwM'd of lb tx't tnim- kiKiwn. com
hlniKl with thn tiint lilrxnl IHlffljer. ncUttff ill
rrctly on tho muco mirfncvs. The in-rwt
Cfiniblnallou of tho two Jimrcilli'iit" N wlmt ro-
dtii-ps mir-h von-trTfiil i-Tiiit In curing
Brad (r testimonial', nvi.
F. J. CHKXKt & CO.. rrops., Toli'do, O.
Pld lj PrugjrNU, prlc 7jc.
TikB Hill's Family I'llti for constipation.
E. M. WILSON
Certified Public Accountant
Mcrtfonl. OreRon.
Jlooms 411 unit 413, M. F. & II. Wdg.
AiniTINO, SYSTEMATIZING
'' I1OOKKKKP1X0.
Are you really getting all valuable
information out of your bookkeeping
system. Mutual benefit may result
NEW YOIIK, Dec. 19. Gold to the
amount of f G.iiOO.OOO imported from
Canada to the account ot .1. P. Morgan
and Company, has been deposited at
the Philadelphia- mint, It was nn
nonnccd today. The capacity of the
New York assay office is overtaxed
This makes a total ot ?C0S, 500,000
received on the present movement
from all sources since January 1.
A meeting of those Interested in
opposing the formation of the High-
line Irrigation district will he held
at the West Side school house, In dis
trict 95, being about two miles north
of Jacksonville on foot hill road, at
7:30 j). m. Wednesday evening, De
cember 20th, 1916. liy order of the
chairman.
Theodore Glass has sold his bunch
of stock cattle to his brother lClhurl
who will winter them on bis Anlloch
farm. i
Florence Walkar is sick with tho
la grippe.
Thomas Jones has moved his famii;
to the Narragan ranch for the winter
months.
.Mr. Merrill has moved to tho White
orchard and will farm it for the owi:
ere this coming year.
Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, of Tiengle were
trading in Medford Saturday!
Oscar Badgers of Beagle la very ill
with heart trouble.
Mrs. Wllhlto of cTingle was visiting
with Mrs. Morris Cate a few days this
week.
Waller, Frank and Albert Cum
mings are working on their timber
clairm near Beagle.
Ralph Hussell and Will ronieroy
and James Dinkens of tlie Meadows
passed through Antloch Friday on the
y a tTiuvclry Ik the nuist iippiH-iatixl of Stri
-ttTV lliristmns (lifts. All departments ' !
f 'e stm-e hnve been specially j 4 tjp$
2yt S ' prepared to meet tlie npprova! of IJ S 2rr-5
yF S j Christmas shopiiei'S. j': B
v Martin J. Reddy
SWINDK.V At Crants Pass, Dec.
17, 191(1. Mrs. Kllza Swinden, an Ore
son pioneer of 1X31, died at the age
of S7 years. Horn as Elizabeth Wood
all at Searhoro, Kiigland, May 1
1K29, she was married to John Swin
den, May 1, ISta. The couple ml
gri'teii to Ameriin, 1'iiallug In Scolt
county, Illinois. In IS". I Ibey erois
ed t he plalnsj arriving at Oregon City
Sept -'7 ot (hat year. Tho following
year they eiiuie to .lacksonvlllft and
were residents of Jackson county for
he ensuing 36 years. In 1SK8 they
moved to Murphy, Oregon, and $
years ago moved to Grants Pasi,
where Mr. Swinden passed away.
As a pioneer wire and mother Mrs.
Swinden suffered all the hardship.9
and perils of life In a new country.
Twice her home was burned by tho
Indians and was forced to flee with
her children to Fort Dardanell.
She was the mother of 4 children,
9 of whom are loft to mourn her loss.
They are William II. and Charles L.
Swinden. Mollie Johnston and fier
gla '.Mansfield of Grants Pass; Mrs.
Olive Slandley of Port Standley,
Wash.; Katie Swinden of Redding,
Cal.; J. K. Swinden of Murphy; Mrs.
Khoda UeHell and Mrs. Agnes Gra
ham of Log Angeles.
She was a member of the Methodist
I'lldstojial church, and of W. R. C.
l-'unernl services were held Dec. 18.
Interment at Missouri Flat cemetery.
SPANISH STEAMER ASON
SUNK BY SUBMARINE
LONDON', Dec. 111. Lloyd's Ship
ping ii'jcui'v minmiurcs that tho
Ni!iiiih simmer Ason has been sunk.
Tile sti'illner Asnll, uf 'JltS-1 tnuM
gross, built nl Cadiz in 1II01, was last
reported as arriving tit Ilurdeanx uu
No'i'inber ''."i fmm Avr. Seittlnnd.
They let you know you've been
smoking and yet they're MILD
In other words, Chesterfield
Cigarettes are MILD and yet they
satisfy. This i9 something totally new
to cigarettes. It goes further than
pleasing your taste satisfy does for
your smoking what a juicy slice of
hot roast beef does for your appetite. ,
Chesterfields satisfy they let you
know you've been smoking.
But they're MILD, too Chester
fields are!
If you want this newcigarette delight
(satisfy, yet mild) you've got to get
Chesterfields, because no cigarette
maker can copy the Chesterfield blend.
This blend is an entirely new combina
tion of tobaccos and the biggest discov
ery in cigarette blending in 20 years.
'Give me a package of those cigarettes that SATISFY"
I fni..M.i-Ml.l4i--(f.ll.4l.,c.i"i'-i'iii"i o'i'i"i"i"Mi"'MiMi-i4'i"i-ii fttf-iFfy A A 'K " ' I
II Til dWSSf FMH A H E K.
II When sf.M-kiiiLr nn fv 'luislnms, don't foiw't to ! 't' 3W
order ;i sack or i wool'
I "mt. pitt" I ! mm
, The Flour of No Reerets 1 t'A
A Home Product Sold on Its Merits I I : I Jl" j
vm
II 'tev&
i
Absolutely Dependable!
Tho cijiial of any I'luiir made on tin
And it si lls lor less nioiicv.
raiuiracturcd by
The Central Point Mills
For Sale bv the I lest (Jrnrcis
imv nvas
"Miller" :
Geared to
the Road
Tires
iry a iviiuer
this time;
as good as
they look
Roberts Bros.
d Riverside Garage
I !.
U you talk It over with Wilson.