Medford mail tribune., January 22, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

nTETFOTttl MATT, .TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORECiON. MONDAY. JANUARY 22, 1917
' PAOE TTTRFF
LEAKS ALWAYS
PLENTIFUL AT
WASHINGTON
History of Numerous Investigations
i Show Source Never Traced
Probes Afford Much Innocent
. ! Amusement to Spectators History
f; ' of Previous Investigations Related.
M
; BY CJIAHLEK KDWAltD lU'SSKLL.
' .;VAS1UX0T0X, Jim. 22. My i.leu
of 11 good racy indoor sport is a com-
mittcc tliat irui's solemnly about look
in;.' for a news leak.
) It doesn't tlind anything;, but it nf
"; jftfrA "" cud of amusement to tbo
special"!-, and pure, innocent nmuse-
. : . ...i. .. i 11 ii .. . -i . . . .
'' jut-in is nai mil noiio. niosi pnms
jj Leaks, :wliy, they are eominoner
tli n it irreon onions! There isn't a
of state 1 1 in t hasn't lux them
until it looked like a sieve, and no
body has ever lieen able to tell where
they conic from or to caulk them so
they would stay caulked.
'., Twenfy seven years ago a special
Committee of the United Slates sen
ale stalled out to discover how the
news of every executive session in
variably "leaked.''
Ix'aLs (Auitllllio.,
,. A few tuonlhs ago another senufe
Cianniilllee of the same kind was
appointed lo make the same inquiry.
J The first coiumitttce didn't dis
cover, and neither did the last nor all
file other committees in between, and
yet I he news of executive sessions
;, eonl inued to "leak"' just the same and
')" does yet.
There isn't a new president's cab-
;i inet that isn't perfectly well known
-.5 : in Wall street as fast as it is select -
j cd, uo mailer what pains may be
jCtiikcn lo keep cvcryfliiiifr dark. Three
f weeks before Mr. Wilson took office
J Wall street learned whom lie had
5 nicked 1'itl'tlif, 1 i'i!it;ii rv .'mil lint lii.-imr
f i t
the choice, was depressed. A few
days later the first selection fell
through, another was made that was
more satisfactory, and lip went the
market, like a balloon.
Historical Leaks.
,j spile of every attempt lo miiin
'jain the strictest secrecy the essen
tials of every president's message
t are perfectly well known before it is
.delivered. In the latter part of 3!)04
some rumor monger started a story
in Wall street thai President Hoose
Vell's foiiliconiinir message was to
deal a heavy blow at trusts. To know
exaclly what il would say became n
jnaller of vital iniprtanee. Presi
denl Koosevelt had his message timid
ly locked up in his desk, but before
it was delivered Wall street knew its
essentials just the same.
,iA historical "leak" at the census
bureau a lew years nfio isn't likely
soon to be forgotten in Washington.
It was advance information about
the gmernincnl's collou crop bulle
tin. Somebody put hold of that and
played the markets, resulting in a
.horrible scandal and an indictment.
, As a result, the goveniiucnl's crop
reports are now prepared in secret
and in sections. On the day when
they are put together nobody is nl-
- lowed to enter or leave flic bureau,
and the telephone wires are cut off.
When the totals are added in, the
. . whole thine; is placed on a table, at a
given signal, the newspaper men are
admitted at once and they rush away
Willi copies to be linns on the wires.
A Famous l'ak.
t. One of the famous "leaks'' oeeur-
,' Ted in Cleveland's second administra
tion and revealed the fact that gov
ernment clerks knew in advance aboul
the Hawaiian revolution ami that the
sugar trust had a hand in it.
4 Sometimes, though not often.
''h aks" hiivc seemed to tie organized
as a. continuous business proixisition.
For a lonir time a treat New York
bank had a desk and a representative
in (lie treasury department to si ,
np "leaks'' concerning banks anil
. bankers and other inside information.
If ohjcclcd vehemently when a new
(idmini-tiatiun threw its trough into
the street.
j lu IMII.'i and IMXi "leak.-" from Hie
treasury ilcparlineiit ynve two big
financial houses in New York in-ide-
lutormation about eoinuur bond issues
.on which llicy were supposed to have
- Jnade millions. There was a louil howl
nliout this, but no investigation,
k .IciTy Itusk a linker,
, When I'nile Jerry It itk was see-
Tfi;iry of ugriculture, he used to sit
.out on old new-paper row in YVnsh-
iiiLrt'ni ami tell the correspondent-
everythinir that hupiciicif at cabinet
tmetiiiis. This cati-ed intense an
tioynnce to tile admini-tratiou but no
body unite flared to call I'm le Jerry
d"n fur it and for some time the
tiewsppers had -pjev and complete
reports of everv cabinet -e-ion until
.llic president found means to choke
oil a cracking emd reortcr.
a ntlicr nalion- have pleniy i,f Irnu
Py NV. W. WATSON", Secretary.
The Southern Oregon Poultry as
sociation, ut a meeting Saturday
afternoon deferred the election of of
ficers for the ensuing year until the
regular meeting to be held next Sat
urday aftrnoon ut 2 o'clock at the
public, market.
Sentiment favoring a Southern
Oregon Poultry association show, ex
clusively, early In Ueccniber of tills
year, was unanimous. The state poul
try show In this city in the month of
January was a had Investment, due
largely to the fact that the dato is
incompatible) with up-state conditions.
Intensified somewhat by the lack of
cohesion in the state organization.
-Many local exhibitors refused to
enter their birds In clinpetitlon with
those of the older poultry districts,
while yet a larger number found It
Impossible to get ready for a fair ex
hibition In the brief time allotted be
tween the decision to hold the show
hero and the date of tha opening day.
Inteivst luci'cnsiilK.
That the Interest In poultry de
velopment in Southern Oregon is
rapidly increasing and breeders are
entering tho Industry In a systema
tized manner, not so much for the
production of fancy show birds as for
the profit they havo found in the
business, is evident from the prepara
tion being made for the hatch this
year. It may safely be estimated
that the production of poultry In
Jackson county will be doubled dur
ing 1917.
-Many poulterers on the farms con
fessed during the recent slrtiw period
that they found it easy to pay their
taxes from the profits In poultry pro
duction; that they arc In Jiearty sym
pathy with tho association slogan:
"A million dollar hatch for Jackson
county In J920;" and that they pro
pose both to Iniprovo and enlarge
their flocks this year in greater nieas
ure than ever before.
Co.OM.'rntifm reoinlscd.
Co-operation is promised among
poultrymen and farmers in the mat
ter of general improvement of breeds
and market. The industry has here
tofore -'been pursued In a desultory
way in southern Oregon, as indeed it
has been throughout the entire state.
A $10,000,000 annual output of poul
try and poultry products for Oregon
is a mere bagatelle in comparison
with what It should be. Jackson
county alono ought to be putting out
half or that output at this time. It
is a liiurli-neglectod Industry. We
are put to shame by the fact that we
ship eggs Into one of the most fa
vorably conditioned poultry regions
on earth. Considering the greed of
an unsatisfied market for that pro
duct on the Pacific coast, we ought
to be shipping out carloads of eggs
at a good price. Deducting the un
reasonably ovtortionate tariff rates
from the market price, there would
yet be left a handsome profit.
Memlicrshjp.s lnereasing.
Memberships in tho Southern Oj
gon Poultry association are comlni;
in most encouragingly by every mail.
A membership card for the year costs
one dollar. The secretary is mailing
them to all parts of the county a.i
fast as applications come in. Tho
local association is probably the most
methodically active organization of
the kind in the state today. Husiness
men and w6men throughout the val
ley are encouraging it by becoming
members and enjoying the advantage
of that relationship. They an at
liberty to write to the secretary for
Information of any kind pertaining
to the Industry and how Its products
may be reliably obtained. Such In
formation will be cheerfully supplied;
at all times.
ble willi leaks. While the Iloer war
was on the alleged manipulation of
war news by eminent gentlemen on
the inside, some of them very cmi
ncnl, made a seandid in Knpland that
made things totter. Somebody ol
ways seemed lo be able lo pet Hie bite
news in advance and play the market
in time to make a killing. At one
time (here was a leak investigation
about this also, bul il never amount
ed lo anylhiii'.', even an indoor sport.
If you could convict on a moral
certainty there would probably be
vastly more go and tinker " this
amusement. About nine men in ten
that know the ropes in Washington
have an over-supply of moral cer
tainties about the present situation,
but you can't prove n leak that was
and Irvine it would be like takiii'.' a
match to find a leak in your gasoline
tank.
Attention!
All members Chysanthemum Circle
N'o. SI. are requested to meet at 214
North Holly street, at 2 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon to attend the fu
neral of neighbor Klla Shoults.
By Order of
Fr.lZAIlKTII SOI.ISS.
SCHOOL AGE IS
EXTENDED IN BILL
E
SALK.M, Jan. 22. ltepreentative
Gore of Jackson county has intro
duced a bill extending the school age
from 9 to 13 years to T to 10 years.
The bfll reads as follows:
llou&o Kill .No. 121.
Introduced by irr. Goro and read
first time, January 17. 1917.
Section 4119. Kvery parent, guar
dian or other porson in the state of
Oregon having control, or charge of
any child, or children between and
including tho ages of seven and six
teen years of age, shall bo required
to send such child or children to the
public schools for a term or period of
not less or more than the number of
months of public school held an
nually in tho district in which such
parent guardian or other person in
parental relation may reside; pro
vided, that in the following cases,
children shall not be required to at
tend public schools:
(a) Any child, or children, who
Is, or aro being taught for a like pe
riod of time in a private or parochial
school, such branches as are usually
taught In the first eight yearn in the
public school, or has, or have, al
ready acquired tho ordinary branches
of learning taught In such schools,
the fact of which acquisition of such
ordinary branches of learning by
such child, or children, shall be de
termined by the school board In
charge of the public school In such
district;
(b) Any child, or children, who
Is, or aro, physically unable to attend
school. In such cases the truant of
ficer shall require a written state
ment of a competent physician certi
fying that such child, or children is,
or are, physically unable to attend
school;
(c) Children between the ages of
seven and ten years of age, whose
parents live more than one nnd one-
half miles, and children over ten
years of age whoso paronts live more
than three miles, by tho nearest
traveled road, from some public
school; provided, that If transporta
tion is furnished pupils In said dis
trict this exemption shall not apply;
.'(d) Any child, or children, who
is. or are, being taught for a like pe
riod of time by the parent, or pri
vate teacher such subjects as arc
usually taught In the first eight years
in the public school, but before such
child, or children, can be taught by
a parent or private teacher, such par
ent or private teacher must receive
written permission from the county
superintendent, who is hereby au
thorized to grant such permission
only in case of necessity and such
permission shall not extend longer
than the end of the current school
year. Such child, or children, must
report to the county school superin
tendent or some person designated by
him at least every three months and
tako an examination in tho work
covered. If. after such examination.
tho county superintendent shall de
termine that such child, or children,
is, or are, not being proporly taugh',
then the county superintendent shall
order the parent, guardian or other
person in parental relation to send
such cTiild, or children, to school the
remainder of the school year. Kailure
on the part of the parent, guardian
or other person In parental relation
to comply with the order of the coup-
ty superintendent, shall render such
person liable to the penalty provided
for in this act.
FIRST BASKET BALL
The first basketball game of the
season will be plaved at the Nat to
night between the Phoenix high and
Medford high teams. Phoenix has an
exceptionally fast and capable quln
tetle composed of the same members
who won the championship of tho
Southern Oregon High School
l-eaguo last year. They are. un
defeated so far this season. The
local highschoolcrs have been work
ing hard, but owing to the fact that
they have1 been practising but a short
time, the outcome of the game will bo
watched with anxious eyes by the
loyal backers.
Medford will lino up with Jonos,
Gentry or Williamson, forwards; Nor
mlle, Wallace or Young, guards;
Brandon, center. "Clam" Hall will
officiate.
Caul of Tli,iik.
'e wish to thank the friends who
were so kind and thoughtful during
our recent breavement.
MRS. SARAH HKSSi.KR,
M RS. IKV1.V DAI.KY,
M It. MII.O COXLKY.
MR M VXI.Y COVI.KY.
SWEENEY'S BILL
IS
OF
SAI.KM, Jan. 22. Hepresentative
Sweeney of Josephine eountv states
that his bill (11. It. 102) for fish
screens has been misrepresented by
the press. The printed measure shows
that it is not a bill to prevent fi.-h
from being scared by fish screens as
represented, but a revision of the
state screen law. The bill as drawn
has the O. K. of the stain gamo nnd
fish. commission and iiL-o the irriga
tion committee to which it has been
referred. It rends as follows :
Section 1. That section 1 of chap
ter 2.'i7 of the general laws of Oregon
for I S 1 :l be and the same hereby is
amended so as to read as follows:
Section 1. . Any person owning:, in
part or in whole, or leasing, operat
ing or having in charge any irrigation
ditch or canal, millraee, or other ar
tificial watercourse Inking or receiv
ing its waters from any river, creek
or lake in which fish have been plac
ed or niav exist, shall, upon order of
the board of fish and game commis
sioners, place or cause to be placed,
and shall maintain to the satisfaction
of the board of fish and jranio com
missioners over the inlet of such
ditch, canal, niillrnec, or other urli-
fieiul watercourse such device as
shall reasonably prevent fish from
Now
Since 1914, OWL tobacco leaf
has risen 60 in cost. Costs of
other materials have also advanced
heavily.
When sold at 6 for 25c, OWLS
have cost you only a shade over
4c apiece. That price we cannot
continue
"
Knowing the kind of men who
smoke OWL, we believe they will
unanimously prefer to 'pay 5 cents
straight than find the slightest low
ering of quality.
Therefore: We must ask our
good friends to pay for the OWL
Cigar 5c straight or 25c for 5
The Million Dollar Cigar
M.
entering such flitch, canal, mill race,
or other artificial wntcrcourse'to the
satisfaction of such board.
Provided, that such device may be
of such design as shall tend lo frigh
ten such fish and otherwise thereby
prevent them from enlerin: such
ditch, canal, millraee, or other artifi
cial watercourse. liiudeiiuiite de
vices for such purposes may be or
dered removed and new devices order
ed installed, when upon investigation
utter full hearing upon which all in
terested parties have the right to be
hcurd, it is determined thnt any de
vice, either by const ruction, opera
tion or otherwise, is found inadequate
by the board of fish nnd game com
missioners, for tho purpose of pre
venting such fish through fright or
otherwise from entering such ditch,
canal, millraee, or other artificial
watercourse.
Provided, Hint the order of the
board of fish ami game commission
ers rctpiiring the installation of such
device in any ditch, ennnl, inillrace,
or any other artificial watercourse
shall be 'served in writini; upon the
person required lo install the same,
nnd shall specify such device as shall
he best suited to the conditions pre
vailing; in the particular locality in
which such ditch, canal, millraee, or
other -artificial watercourse is sit
itc. Any person found frailly of violat
ing any of the provisions of this net
shall be punished by a fine of not
less than $2"i.0O nor more Ihnn $10(1,
or by imprisonment in the county
jail for not to exceed thirty days, or
by both such fine nnd imprisonment.
strai
and "KEEP UP THE QUALITY"
-to " KEEP UP THE QUALITY"
A. GUNST & COMPANY
INCORPORATED
PRESIDENT PLEADS
(Continued From Page One).
this: To add their power to the
force of the nations to guarantee
peace and Justice throughout tho
world."
At another point tho president
said:
"No covenant of co-oporatlvo pcoco
that does not include tho peoples of
tho now world can suffice to keep
the future safo against war."
At that point the president went
on to say:
"If tho peace presently to be made
is to endure. It must bo a peace mude
securo by tho organized major force
of mankind." Later ho said:
"Tho equality of nations upon
which peace must bo founded, If It Is
to last, must bo an equality of
rights."
In holding out tho expectation that
the United States would join other
nations In a "leaguo for peaco," the
president declared It must bo clear
"to every man who can think, that
there Is in this promise no breach in
either our tradition or our policy as
a nation, but a fulfillment rather of
nil that we havo professed or striven
for." '
gnt
TAKE "GASCARETS" IF
BILIOUS
lies! for l.lvce and 1 tow els, It.
lllvatb. Had Odds, Sour
Moiiuich,
Get a 10-cent box.
Sick headache, biliousness, coated j
tongue, head and noso clogged up i
with a cold always trace this to tor
pid liver: delayed, fermenting food
In tho bowels or sour, gassy stomach.
Poisonous matter clogged In the
Intestines, Instead of being cast out
of tho system is ro-nhsorbed Into tho
blood. When thin poison roachos tho
dollcnlo brain tissue If causes con
gestion and that dull, throbbing,
sickening headache.
Cascarets immediately cleanse the
stomach, remove tho sour, undigested
food and foul gases, tako the oxcest
bile from the liver and carry out all
the constipated waste matter and poi
sons in tho bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will surely
straighten you out by morning. They
work while you sleep a 10-cont box
from your druggist means your head
clear, stomach sweet and your liver
and rowels regular for months. :
MEN WOMEN
Are you tired of work that offers
little or no chances for advancement?
Why not bocome a druglesB physician.
The field is large, opportunities great
and tho profession honorable . and
lucrative to the trained practloner.
We offor a thorough course in Anat
omy and Physiology, Electro-thoaphy,
Phototherapy, Vibration, Massage,
Spondylo-therapy, Dlognasls, etc., etc
It you are Interested, call or address
Drs. Mac Pherflon, Williams
and Blew
Grand Ave, at E. Aldor St. Portland,
Oregon.
Medford, Oregon, Jan. 18, 191T
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCEltN;
This Is to cortify that I, the un
designed, had very sereve stomach
troublo and had been bothered for
sovcral years and last August was not
expocted to live, and hearing of Glm
Chung (whose Herb Store Is at 241
South Front Btrcet in Medford) I de
cided to get herbs for my stomach
trouble, nnd I started to feeling hot
ter as Boon as I used them, and today
am a well man and can heartily rec
ommend anyono afflicted as I was to
8eo Glm Chung and try his Herbs.
(Signed) W. K. JOHNSON,
Witnesses:
M. A. Anderson, Medford. '
S. D. Holmes, Eaglo Point.
Frank Lowls, Eagle Point.
Win. Lewis, Eaglo Point.
W. L. Chlldreth. Euglo Point.
C. K. Moore, Eaglo Point.
J. V. Mclntyrc, Euglo Point. .
Goo. II. Voider Ilellen, Engle Point.
Tiios. I1,. MciioiH, I'jngio roint.
John S. Orth. Medford.
Money to Loan
ON FARM PROPERTY
Six Per Cent Interest
FROM $250 TO $5000
O. G. Boggs
MEDFORD
Vulcanizing Works
All work guaranteed.
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We sell Fisk and Mich
clin Tires.
36 South Grape St.
Medford
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Camera Shop
208 East Main Street,
Medford
The Onlv Exclusive
Commercial Photographer
in Southern Oregon.
Negatives Made any timo or
place by appointment.
Phone 1 47-J.
We'll do the rest.
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