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SAI.KM, Or., Jan. 211. Three
v.dy iM,imnisiuiu'is lo serve wiiliuut
lifii. nut) llu' ssL'U'rlum ot a nrtlL'tlfUI
roail-l'uililin.' i-iiiiiiii'i'r as tin- ex-uf-'
field cliMiniiaa of tli cuuiaiissiini arc
X prowiUil I'nr ia house hill Nu.
,( .iiitro'luwil by lti'i'i-fsciilative I.uur
,! giuuil of Multnuimili, one of several
highway codes which are to be intro
' diK ' il this session.
J I'ach congressional district is to lie
f Tepiescntecl on the contemplated eoni-rj-
in&-i'wi l).y one eonmiissitmer who will
', Betve a six-year teim. The bill speci
' ! lies that the slate engineer shall have
J prto'lical training in road Imildin as
vigil as technical l;ii(iwk'cln lie will
' Jcivi- a salary of iftiOOO a year.
J lYiimiry lliKliiviiy.
j v'l'lic primary highways of the stale
i. arc specified us follows:
fe" Mate highway Xo. 1 From the
X city of Portland in a southerly direc-
3tion direct to the California line,
' passing through Oregon City, Salem,
Albany, Eugene, Hosebur, Grants
: Pn-s, Mocll'oril and Ashland.
j . State highway Xo. '2. r'roni the
f city of Portland in an easterly direc
tip" to Ontario, Or., passing through
" Kood liiver, The Dalles, 1'endleton
"! UDd linker.
.State highway Xo. 3-1'rom the
T.cft.v of Portland in a northwesterly
jf; dii cction to Scasiile, passine; through
";; St Helens and Astoria. Secondary
r hlehwnys an1 stdl to bo designated.
' Chi work involvini; an expenditure
of less than $L'(I0( the ipiestion of
Hpenditii; the money will he left to the
discretion of the commission.
I'ndcr the provisions of the act, the
stair engineer may be called upon in
an advisory capacity bv the county
f courts of the slate. It is left to the
( judgment of the commission as to the
ft jnsc of convicts ju tbo construction of
.roads, and should the commission de-
r Jiiilil.l , "III n l 1.1. ,1,1, 11 IS lllil lll.itllll
with the governor to provide such
labor as the commission may call for.
, "l lioml Itouds OimmitU'c Code.
, ; Another good roads code is that
to ho in! roducod by the Oregon good
roads committee. After a session of
k several days with members of fann
1; ers' unions ami granges the good
roads comniitlee-Hiid- depu.t-y tlislriet.
fjattorncys" from various parts of the
State, provisions were made for n
one-half mill tax to be levied for road
purposes. The state engineer with
,two members selected by the governor
will compose the slate highway com
mission. The selections will he made
from a list of names given the'gov-
f ernor by the good roads committee.
The work of the commission will be
confined to state roads and that body
will have power to appoint assistants,
I an expert engineer or a road builder.
, ('oiinly engineers or roadmnsters
.. will be appointed by the county courts
V throughout the state. Maps of roads
in each county will he made ami sub-
: " .milled to the liighwav commission for
approval.
i Abolish Ilond Supervisors.
, t Koad supervisors will be displaced
V' rind the elei'tors of each county will
- appoint a board of trustees compos
. od of three men who will serve with
out salary ami direct the work of
roads other than under the control )'
the state or county.
. Provisions are made for the levviim
01 a 10-niill tax for work on roads
in each district annually, and this
rtionev will be expended in the discre
tion of the trustees. County roads
ill be worked out of a levy not to
Sli ced 7 mills to be expended under
' tlic dirci-tiou of the roadmatcr or en-
gilli'i r.
i 'J'hi' code is -aid lo have been mod
. eled after llial recently adopted bv
owa and is -aid to be a much more
ti.-factoi-y method of handling road
ji'ork than the method now used in
TMlregon.
ASSAILED BY JONES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 1'rc-i-
I'lfut Wilson's jtl.in to vi-it 1 he enpitol
i reqiii-ntly, urjiinir action mi lii-i-lation
program, va- attacked today
liy Senator Jones, rcpuinieiui. wtio de
clared it indicated course of 'Sys
tematic lolibyiii"" by the pre-ident.
-nncnineoinent.
1 desire to announce that I have
resumed the general praetlre of law
at rooms 2 09 and 210, Klrst National
Bank building. Medford, Oregon.
Prompt and careful attention will te
plvc-n all egal huHinorts intrusted to
me. Mr. Orlin Hell, a painstaking
stenographer, jointly occupies these
rooms and solicits stenographic work
from the general puNlo. .
Very respect fully.
E. E. KKLLY.
SALEM, Jan. 23. The Rogue
river fish bill comes up for a hear
ing before the house fisheries com
mittee, tonight. Representatives from
the Rogue River Klali Protective as
sociation from Med ford are here in
support of the Thomas bill and At
tprney C. H. ltuffington of Gold
neaeh is here in the Interest of elimi
nating seines and set nets. Several
bills nre before the committee. The
Thomas bill, II. n. 120 as presonted,
provides an open season for gill net
tors in both upDcr and lower Rogue
river from April 15 to August 1"
of every year, lengthening the upper
river season from 00 days, as at pres
ent, to 120 days and abolishing the
lower river fall fishing season en
tirely, including silversides, and
abolishing seines and set nets. A
weekly closed season of 3G hours is
provided, instead of 12 hours as an
nounced in tho press at the time the
bill was introduced.
The bill prohibits commercial fish
ing, except as follows: "On Rogue
river, between tho mouth of the Illi
nois river and I)oyles rock, near the
mouth of Rogue river, one mile be
low the steel bridge that crosseH the
Roguo river on Sixth street in Grants
Pass, and a point known as HolU
Gate, salmon may be taken between
the hours of C o'clock a. in. on any
Monday and the hoars of (i o'clock p.
in. of the following Saturday."
Tho Tichenor bill, H. I). 98, makes
! unlawful to tnko salmon with a
seine of any description and abolishes
set nets below Bagnell's ferry, but
permits tlioni above.
.. C. Aitkcn of .Medford is here with
b'.s fish screen, adopted by the slate
fish commission, and is busv sbowing
legislators how it works. lie has
moving pictures of its operation to
convince the skeptical.
E SWINDLER
PLACED ON TRIAL
SPOK AXIS, ,lan. $3. Tho trial of
five former officers of the North
western General Trading company of
Spokane, accused of using the mails
to defraud, bewail in the United
States district court before JudKC
William C. Van Fleet of the northern
district of California, who was tem
porarily transferred to this district
to hear thin case. The defendants, it
is alleged, misrepresented the finan
cial eonditfon of the company in ad
vertising and selling stock in the
company, which was represented to
be a largo co-operative mercantile
enterprise. Large sums of money, it
is alleged by the government, were
thus obtained from investors in all
parts of tho Pacific northwest.
Those who went to trial today are
Gale Smith, Clyde I. Davies, Stephen
T. Knudson, John C. Lawrom'c and
Olin Fowler. I-awrence .lank, a
local attorney, was indicted, but on
orders of Attorney General Gregory
the charge against him has been dis
missed. GENERAL STRIKE AT
PAWS, Jan. 21). A general strike
reported to be accompanied by vio
lence and incendiarism, has broken
out in Saragossa, says a Havas dis
patch today from that Spanish city.
"The police are in charge of the
workshops and the factories," adds
the message, "and the soldiers are
running the street cars. The local
newspapers have suspended publica
tion. "At a meeting In Barcelona repre
sentatives of .100 trade unions re
solved to join the strike."
CHRIS EVANS. FAMOUS
BANDIT, ON COUNTY
PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 2:t. Chris
Kva'ns. famous member of the Evans
and Sontag pang, California outlaws
of the early days, was this(afternoon
sent to the poor farm.
Palsied with age and because of
his injuries in the famous battle in
which he lost his liberty many years
ago. Evans applied to the county for
assistance, and on ref ommendatlon
of Dr. E. T. Geary, was sent to the
poor farm.
Evans is 70 years of age. lie lost
his left arm and his right eye by gun
shots. He .spent years in the Cal
ifornia penitentiary, being pardoned
a few years ago that he might spend
his last years in comfort.
His wife reside at -Ifl .cf.ond
street.
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Yoiiiik Franco in tho Munition Shops.
Tills picture, exclusive to Tho .Mail Tribune, dhows a few of the liumlied.s of French boys working in
war factories, making shell and other munitions for their fathers ami brothers at tho front.
TWO SAFETY FIRST
SALUM, Ore., Jan. 23. Two Bife
ty first bills were Introduced in tho
house yesterday. Representative
Barber Introduced bouse bill No. 1S3,
making the maximum speed of steam
and electric trains at grade crossings
on public highways 15 miles an hour
except where the crossing is protect
ed by a watchman employed by the
company. Tho bill makes It possible
for the estates of the persons killed
in grade crossing accidents to re
cover any amount the jury may see
fit to award, (loins away wilb the
7 r, 0 0 limit for accidental death in
Oregon. The rnllroad company guil
ty of a violation of the act is liable
to a fine not exceeding $10,001).
The second measure was house bill
N'o. 17S, introduced by Sweeney, of
.Josephine, providing against the use
of glaring headlights on highways.
The bill is a copy of the California
law on the same subject, and which
has boon approved by autulsls of that
state.
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. (iuerd:
inen who return from the border to
find their jobs filled will receive the
assistance of the federal bureau of
Immigration in obtaining oth'-r em
ployment. Commissioner General Oamlnerti
today Issued orders to all officers of
the service throughout the country
to do everything possible to help un
employed guardsmen. The plan, has
been approved ly the war dept'.r:
r.ient. HER 110 VOYAGE
XKW LONDON". Conn., Jan. 23.
Rumors that the l)e.;tschland, or a
sitcr submarine, soon would be here
have multiplied lately. A watch for
the visitor was set when the Kastern
Korwardinir company's launch K-.co
left her dock about midnight, manned
by a crew from the interned (iermnn
steamer Willehad, and proceeded out
of the harbor for a point near the en
trance, where she cruised to and fro
for several hours.
i di;xvi;k. Colo.. j,:n. 2:1. Ju.ie
i Charle-. C. Hut'rr today denied boi.d
i to Mrs. Stelhi M. Smith, charged with
! the murder of her ha-band, John
l.awrenee Smith. Mr. Stuilli will
have to remain in the county un
til her trial, which will bcin .Marcii
12. Mrs. Smith -hot her hu-band
early thi monih. fnllowinir a ipiarrel
at their Mount View boulevard home,
in the e.ciu-ive re-idio-e diutri;'t.
STATEWIDE REFERENDUM
TO MAKE WISCONSIN DRY
MADISON". Wi,., Jan. L'l. A bill
providing lor a -tnicvide referendum
an the. prdnbitiin ipie-tmn in lUIH
was introduced in the H-euiMy today,
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LARGE RESERVATIONS
NEW YORK, Jan. 2:1. The estab
lishment of lnrc reservations on gov
ernment land at intervals nlonp; the
coasts and borders, for use in the
mobilization of troops ill case of war,
was recommended today by Dr. Tbos.
Darlington, former health commix
sinner of New York, in a report to the
National Civic Federation, in annual
session here. In lime of peace, lie
said, the camps would be used for the
training; of recruits in military lac
tics, sanitation and hyeicne, and in
aviation and automobile engineering.
TOADSTOOLS POISON
SHEEP AT R0SEBURG
JlOSEHl'llG, Ore, Jan. 23.- Toad
stools have been lound to bo the
cause o'. death among sheep In this
vicinity by W. t. Cobb, the Bend
banker who owns; a. large, ranch near
K'.illogi;. lie has lost nine sheep re
cently from eating poisonous toa'l-
i stools in one of his pastures. Other
! sheep owners have reported li.v-i
symptoms, and it Is probable that uii
. diagnosed cases of many death.!
among sheep in the oak-clad pcriures
have been due to the same cause.
it s Because tineir
Turkish blend
is BALANCED
Balanced lha!; is Tvhat
makes Fatima'a hlrvA corn
finable, both vJdte yoa'co
smoking and afierivard, too,
The milder toLuccoa in
this Turkish blend arc so
well balanced with tho
richer, fuller-liavorcl leaves
as to entirely off-set all "oily
heaviness" ihe cause of
discomfort in so nany other
cigarettes.
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vh:ci rcaitcs .T it tiica-? s -fa-furtiiWo
(and therefore so
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d'.'ci'ie whether or not yon
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MADJSOX, Wis., Jan. 23. William
J. Bryan addressed a nuifa meeting
hero last night which opened a state
wide prohibition campaign. Tho as
sembly adopted a joint resolution
summoning President R. Van lllso of
tho University of Wisconsin before
the legislature to explain on what au
thority Max Eastman, PociallHt, was
denied permission to speak In a uni
vorsity building recently whilo Mr.
Ilryfiu was permitted to address a
mass meeting in a university pavilion.
Tho resolution now goes to the Ben
ate. Reference to Mr. Bryan as "a
propagandist," was stricken from the
resolution before it was adopted.
CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR
IN DOUGLAS COUNTY
ROSEBURG, Jan. 23. Tho total
shipments of liquor in Douglas coun
ty during 1010 was: Whisky, ll.IlliO
quarts; beer '12,l!lti; aleohol, 1 CT 7 ;
brundy, 200; wine, 271; gin, 51; rum,
10, and alcohol for' pharmacists,
llil'l. For sacramental purposes, 7 2
quarts of liquor were purchased. Es
timated value of the shipments is
$:t0,000. Douglas county's saloons
formerly did a business of $200, 0tt)
annually, according to local esti
mates.
KIO JANK1HO, linml, Jan.
Tile I.)ani:-li steamer 1 hinmiershus was
fired on last ni'it by the nuns of the
foil at Santa t'nu and halted while
trymir to put to sea secretly after re- j
reiving a quantity of provisions and, J
according to repor;, a lari;e quantity
of explosives from the German hsips
anchored in the harbor.
The llnuimershus entered the port
at 10 o'clock last niyht and dropped
anchor close, (o the Gorman ships. t
took on hoard a Inre number of eases
and then attempted to leave tho har
bor. Tho movements of the ship were
observed from the fort and it was
signalled to stop. The signals were
ignored until I wo ennnon shots were
find, when the linmiuershus hulled
and was boarded by the port police.
The police compelled the steamer to
anchor in the neighborhood of some
lirazilian warships, where it is briii
kept under surveillance pending an
investigation.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 23. 'Announce
ment was mado today that fio St.
Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern
railroad would bo Hold at foreclosure
February 21. Tho Missouri Pacific
railroad will bo t;old at auction the
same day.
The sale of tho two roads is to
clear the way for the ending of the
receive' ships of tho Missouri Pacific
Iron Mountain system. Under tho re
organization plans, both roads will
be under one management as they
are at present.
ASK IF AMERICANS
liKItl.IX, Jan. 2::. fulled Stales
AinhaK.salnr licruvl today made for
mal imiulry at the foreign office as
jlo whether any Americana were
'anions the neutral prisoner.'! of war
j on hoard the Yarrowdale.
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iffe H-'-7 MCKKONDVA. a for fill
3IAMSOX, Wis., Jan. 2X "Tho
president's message is n wonderfully
eloquent appeal to tho nations at
war," declared Willittm Jennings
Bryan in an interview here today be
fore leaving on n train for Spring
field, 11!., where he scpnks this nftcr
ruon, "Insofar as the president's
message suggests terms of agreement,
it is entirely sound and reflects what
I believe lo be an almost mmuimoim
sentiment. But I dissent entirely
from the proposition that this nation
should join in a movement to offect
peai'e in Europe.
"II1 I know the senlimeut of tho
American people it is inconceivable
that they should be willing to put the
American army and navy at the com
mand of an international council
v:,i-h would necessarily be controlled
by European nations and allow that
council to decide for us when wo
would go to war.
''In the president's appeal ho pre
sents the philosophy of brotherhood
and co-operation, and this is incon
sistent with the proposition that it bo
backed up by u larger display of
force. In other words, the president
bus sown wheat and durox together.
I hope that the senate will approve of
the wheat and reject the tares."
TEUTON OFFICIALS
LONDON, Jan. 23. Confidence in
the victory of the central power was
oxpressed by speakers at a dinner
Klven In Dorlln by the president!) of
the Teutonic powers parliaments, ac
cording to a lierlln dispatch to Rou
ter's by way of Amsterdam. Chan
cellor Von llethinnnn-Holwcgg and
several of his colleagues woro pres
ent at thu dinner. Dr. Karl Holffer
Ich, German iiccrctrry of the Inter
ior, referring to tho entcnto's refusal
of tho pcaco otter said:
"Our enemies must learn to under
stand that anions us there Is no na
tional caate but a great lmtional army
which dcsplio all will hold on and bo
victorious by virtue of tho divine
right or existence of our peoples and
their Inexhaustible strength and
readiness for sacrifice."
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