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SAI.KM, Of., Kib. fl. Tlio solid
.)iu-kMu enmity iK'U'aliun in the
Ihiiim- ul' !viRsi'iHativcs vutud for
the unLi-riiU'ftte law, uuikinx it it
crime to piuvluisL' or smoke ci.yiir
'lli!s, ilcsiilo Hie I'uct Hint tlioy liml
lvcuivt'd numerous letters and peti
tions nuiiiust the measure from their
eouslimeiits. Speeehes in behalf of
tile measure were made by bolh Gore
and Thomas.
The entire morning session was
ilaken n in discussinj; the I no bills
ri-liiting to cigarettes. At first it ap
peared that Sweeney's bill had been
sidetracked, us n motion to discuss
the Stott hill, prohibiting youths from
smoking cigarettes, prevailed, and al ter
some discussion on the Stott bill
it passed by a vote of '.15 to 2.1. A
motion was made to table the Swee
ney bill, but the motion was ruled out
of order and the bill then came up lor
discussion.
Charucs and counter-diaries i !.
burled from all sides, personalities
were indulged in. and for a time it
looked like the discussion would de
velop into a ''free-for-all."
Discussion Is Hot.
Stott opened the discussion lor bis
bill, which also bore the names of
Staiil'ield and Kubli. lie said he bad
received many complaints rci;ardin;4
the use of cigarettes by minors. He
bail thcrcl'i rc dialted the bill and ii
hud been linen the unanimous sup
port of the committee on health and
public morals. The bill provided that
no ei;:nrctlcs could lawfully be sold to
any person under 'Jl years old, mid
carried a line of from .."0 to .f'J.'it). It
also makes it a misdemeanor tor am'
minor to smoke cigarettes. It was a
j air. .pisi, tiioue,li severe measure,
Stott continued, and would meet all
the objection of the friends of Dr.
Sweeney's bill.
Forbes said so far as be could re
member be bad never boudit a pack
age of cii;.'i relies, but he did like a
ciirar once in a while, and personally
he did nut like to have anvoue tell
him he could not smoke when ht
wanted to.
Sweeney 1SHI Considered.
The Sweeney bill, Forbes contend
ed, was absolutely unconstitutional.
by virtue of Cnilcd States supreme
court decisions. II was not until the
' passage of tin- Webb-Ken von act that
the importation of liquor could be
presented from one stale to another.
This act did not touch tobacco and
the Sweeney bill would be void.
Forbes arirucd. and be emoted various
decisions of the bi'h court, liolriiup
that legislation of a similar import
.wus void.
Jones of Lane said he had lived in
Washington when the anti-oinaretU
law was in effect there, and they pot
ail ihe cigarettes they wanted. II
lliouiilit it was unjust, however, to
take their pipes and cigars nwav.
Lewis said he was in favor of the
Stott bill. The use of cigarettes
vouns boys was more detrimental to
them than the use of intoxicants, he
contended.
The Sweeney bill provided (he pros
ecuting attorney could file com
pinuus ami j;o to Lnal on tliem, m
violation of the constitution. Lewis
contended sicdi bills were simply cur
alive, and should be rea-onable or
they would not he enforced.
'flic vote on the Sweeney bill was:
Vein Anderson, Ashley. Ilcan,
llelland, Bowman, lirand, Crown
llrownell. Ilurton. Cartmill, Chibls
Ciark, Crandell. Klmore. (ioods, Gor
don, Gore, Seyimmr Jones, Walter I'..
Jones. Let fci tv. Lunu'cr. Mann. Mar
to, Matlhien. Meek, Porter. Sheldon
Small, Stal'rin, Stephens, Sweeney.
1 hotuas. Mrs. fhompsou. I lehcnor-
34.
Xocs Ibii'bcr, P.iirdiok. Callan
Corbett, Cornelius, ltedman. Kliiin.
- Forbes. Fuller. Hodden. W. Al Jour
Kubli, Lutirpiard, Lewis, Mackav.
Mueller, l'cck, 1'oilivood, Ititner,
. Howe, Si-himpff. Stott, Willett.
Speaker Staiil'ield 2.".
..l,sont--Grir.-s 1.
KEEP LIVER ACTIVE
liest When tlllloiis, Sick, Hemlm li',
( nslilpa, or l or Isul III cm n
or Sour Stomach.
Thai the opponents of the district
plan of irrigation aro really oppon
ents of irrigation is eonelusivelv
proven by the following: circular let
ter sent out to raise funds to fi"ht
initiation by the "farmers' commit
tee,'' which promises to continue the
opposition. Though the district elec
tion was held January 27, no altern
ative proposal for seeurimr water has
been submitted, and Attorney F. J.
Newman has been sent to Salem by
the committee to lobby iiijainst the ir
rigation code now belore the legisla
ture, which he seeks to have aniciided
so that the district law will riot apply
to Jackson counlv. The circular
reads as follows :
"Medfonl, Or., Jan. 211, 11117.
"Dear Sir:
"This letter is written for the pur
pose ul endeavoring t0 seeure vour
assistance toward the payment of the
expenses incident to our recent cam
paign against the formation of the
proposed high line irrigation ditch.
Many of the farmers subscribed, to
ward the payment of this expense the
sum of JO cents per acre, your com
mittee expecting at that time to se
cure at least 8U0O acres under such
,t....:.... i
. suceceoeii in se-',,, ,., , .. In lmorl
curing only 32110 acres, and as it was!,, ," (.hllese were the .,,.
men nnvnssinjr throughout tin IU-'
BY W. W. WATSON. I
While the Mineral nevelopmcnt
league's lining Implies that It In In-j
NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Tlio ques
tion of whether the United States
should follow the policy ot Washing- terested primarily In the mining do
ton and keep out ot entangling al-( yolopinent of the districts tributary
llnnces, must bo settled, Wllllain'll. to Medfonl, It Is not unmindful of
Tuft told hardware men In conven- the fact that tlio merchantable; tliu-
tlou here today, by comparing our u?r resources of the same district aro
position then and our world rela- tremendous In extent and value,
tiona then with our position now They are undeveloped in the sumo
and our world relations as they are degree that peculiarly marks tho In-
tnet, also to have 21)00 letters written
for distributing among the farmers
and others interested in opposing this
project, also to pay for certain other
advertising, also to secure the ser
vices of A. K. Kennies and F. .1. New
man, attorneys, both in opposing the
measure before the county court mull'
in conducting the campaign, the ex
pense incident to the campaign was
considerable, amounting in the ag
gregate to .-M.'Kili, so that it would take
)300 acres of land at '2."i cents an acre
to pay this expense.
"This letter is sent to each party
whom the committee believes to be
opposed to the formation of the dis
trict, including those "Who hn;e al
ready .subscribed, and it is the desire
of your committee that you send 25
cents per acre ftr each acre Hint you
have under the proposed high-line
ditch, to help defray the expense, as
the time is at hand when the bills
must be paid, and your committee is
doing everything in its power look
ing to the currying oflt of that pur
pose. "If you have already sent 10
cents per acre, send 1.") cents more,
but if you have sent nothing, kindly
mail check for 2."i cents per acre at
the earliest possible date.
"You are further advised that cer
tain interests are again at work look
ing to the submission of this matter
to a vote, and that for the purpose
of opposing such movement the Farm
ers' club has been organized and
meets every Saturday afternoon over
Scott Woolf's store, on South Fir
street. Mcdford. If you are not al
ready a member of this club, we ear
nestly request that you become such,
as it is formed , for the purpose of
protecting Hie interests of the farm
ers of the valley.
"I'lease do not fail to respond by
return mail, inclosing a check for
whatever amount you may feel dis
posed to give toward the payment of
the expenses of the former election,
auil wc hope it will be a generous
amount, for if each one does his duty
the charge wili not be excessive on
any one individual, but these expenses
inu.t be met. Send all cheeks to L.
Nicdcnncycr, treasurer, K. F. 1). 2.
. "Ycrv rcspeettullv,
"FAKM KItS' I'OMMITTKK.
"I'y G. L. Schcrmerliorn. chairman.
"llv L. Niedcrmcyer, treasurer."
i.ow. ultrierent local aiiiiuuo lowuru mo
Owning the Hawaiian islands and mineral wealth In this Immediate vl
the Philippines makes tills country clnity. The total of each runs Into
"an Asiatic power;" guarantee of i millions of dollars,
the Integrity of Panama and owner-j Forest Supervisor M. L. Erlckson's
ship of the Danish West Indies and i report on tho timber wealth of tho
Porto Itieo "a South American Applegato watershed district alone
power." tho former president de-j sums up Its value briefly. Although
clnied. He added that Impending i it has been published ill the local
events make ot tho highest lmpor-1 l.upcrs. it Is well to direct atton
tanco our world relations nnd the j tion to it in connection with the pur
country has obligations making It a . pose of the present effort to let tha
world power, which It cannot Ignore, j world know how many million dol-
In alluding to the Japanese (ties-j lorn' worth of staple raw materials
tion. Mr. Taft said: nre really going to waste under our
"On tlio Pacific coast we have; noses. In a report to the Comnier
three great states, California, Ore- rial club. Mr. Erlckson says:
gon and Washington. They wabbled "The total stain) of merchantable
some In the last election, but they , governmciit-owned timber in tho Ap
are still entitled to our protection." , plcgato l iver watershed within the
Mr. Taft asserted he had been ', Crater Lake National Forest, as do-
told by a Japanese statesman that if . tormlncd by tho forestry sorvico re
connaissance, cruise, is as totiows:
Feet
government, although desiring peace ! Yellow Pino
would not be able to restrain Its Sugar Pine ..
COMMERCIAL CLUB
PASSES RESOLUTIONS
Be cheerful! Clean up InMdo to
night and feel fine. Take Cascarets
to liven your liver and clean t!ie
bowels and stop headaches, a bad
cold, biliousness .offensive breath,
coated tongue, nallon no.", sour stom
ach, and ?ases. Tonight take Can
carets and enjoy the nicest, gentlest
livpr and bowel cleansing you ever
experienced. Wake up feeltug grand
Kverybodv's doins it. Cusrarets
A meeting of the directors of the
commercial club was held last even
ing, the following resolutions were
passed and ordered sent to each
member of the Jackson county dele
gation: Opposing any measure that would
abolish the State Water Hoard or
the appropriation for the mainten
ance of the same as has been propos
ed by a pending bill.
Opposing the amendment to the
Irrigation law which provides that
persons owning less than two acres
cannot have a vote In forming an
irrigation district and which prohib
its non-rH-ldents from voting toy
proxy.
Favoring senate bill 164 which
makes an exception to the eight hour
law regarding the employment of
women in factories engaged In pre
serving curing and canning fruits
and vegetables. This is claimed to
be very Important owing to the per
ishable condition of products that
must be handled at once and Is iu
the Interest of the grower as well a
the runner. It is practically the same
people.
"We are facing war now," Mr.
Taft added. "1 believe the only pol
icy wc can pursue is to have It under
stood that every male who comcB to
manhood shall spend a certain time
in training to be a soldier against
the time when he may he needed.
Call it anything you likemilitary
training, conscription, or what not
but it is necessary."
While Cerniany. if , unimpeded,
could land 500.000 men here within
six weeks, the speaker said, that
could not be done, "if we had tho big
gest nnvj."
Mr. Tart supported President Wil
son's declaration that in another
great war America could not remain
neutral. "If we don't have a league
for pence, we will have two leagues,
both ready for war," he declared.
. 328,91)0,000
. 3G, 030,000
. 15,030,000
. 434,250,000
.. 224,250,000
.. 24,280,000
Whito Pino
Douglas Fir
White Fir
Other species
Total 1.004,200.000
"The privately-owned timber, both
within the national forest and out
side of it, ill tho Applegato water
shed, is roughly estimated as fol
lows: Feet.
450,000,000
75,000,000
10,000.000
050,000,000
MEDF0RD WRITER WINS
' JOURNALISTIS HONORS
One of the greatest honors which
can come to an American writer has
Just been won by Edison Marshall,
ot Mcdford, Ore., former student in
the journalism department of the
University of Oregon.
"Tho 'Missing Seventeen." a short
story written by Mr. Marshall, has
received a place among the 100 best
short stories written in the United
States In 1910. The choice was made
by Edward J. O'Brien, critic of the
Boston Transcript, who for several
years has been ranking the work of
American fiction writers.
Mr. Marshall, who is at present
visiting among his friends at the
university, expresses delighted sur
prise at the recognition given, lie
is only 23 ybars old, has been doing
short story work for about two yearB
and is a product of the newspaper
profession. Oregon Bulletin.
Notice nf Dissolution of Partnership
tN'otfce Is hereby given that tlio
firm of J. Court Hall and E. X.
Dunce, co-partners doing business
at 16-1S S. Fir street, Mcdford, Ore
gon, under the firm name and style
of Crater Lake Motor Car Company,
has been dissolved, and that the said
business will be conducted by the
said J. Court Hall. All outstanding
accounts of the said company are
payable to the said J. Court Hall
under the terms of said dissolution.
.1. COCKT 11 ALL,
.V I1CNCE,
Yellow Pino
Sugar Pino ....
White Pino ...
Douglas Fir ..
White Fir
Other species
Total
"WASHINGTON, Fob. 9. New life
was suddenly Injected Into tho
' leak" Inquiry today by the testi
mony of Georgo B. Chlpman, local
manager for llarrlmnn and company,
New York brokers, that certain mem
bers of tho house of representatives
dealt In stocks with him.
Chairman Henry called for the
names of tho members and Chipuuui
promised to furnish them.
Chipmun testified that so far as ho
knew no member of congress had
sold stocks "short" during the
"peace note leak" period. He Bald
ho had no senators' names on his
books, but was unable to say whether
his customers Included secretaries to
senators and representatives.
Chipmnn declared that ho had not
paid for "tips" on governmental ac
tivities since 1914. Ho found, ho
said, that information ho bought usu
ally was of no value.
J. L. Livormoro, Wall street's
widely known "three time million
aire," Chipmnn said, wired him from
New York on Docombcr 20, nuking
him if ho had heard a penco noto
was to bo Issued. Chlpman replied
negntlvoly. Livermoro responded
with information which (Moment,
Curtis and company of Chicago pre
viously had sent B. F. Hutton and
company. Chipmnn replied that ho
thought tho report untrno.
Later in tho day Chlpman said, ho
called up F. A. Connolly of F. A.
Connolly and company and leranod
that a peaco noto was to bo issued.
Examination of correspondents,
who wero told Iu confidence by Sec
retary Lansing on December 20 that
n note was coming thon began. After
interrogating Stephen T. Early of
tho Associated Press, Carl T). Groat
of tho United Press and Charles D.
Warner of tho Christian Science
Monitor, the committee took a re-coss.
Jf
JFf'.-W'
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e r-PAiieY ca or new vork inc. euctauo, n y.
rcsourcos practically Insures tho de
velopment also of the) timber re
sources. Tho former will requlro a
25,000,000 i great deal of the latter. ' Scores of
30,000,000 j other industrial cntorprlsiia will fol-
1 low quickly tho commercial uso of
these vast resources. The manufac
ture of many by-products Is already
under discussion; but tho first and
transcendentally Important tiling to
do is to open our mines to the rorld
Tho world will then eagerly take
1,405,000,000
"Combined the total stand of mer
chantable saw timber on both gov
ernment and deeded land In tho Ap
plegato watershed is approximately
two and one-half billion feet."
The development of tho mineral care of tho by-products.
WHO? H
HE.
Marshall
WHEN?
Tonight
WHERE?
First
Baptist
Church
Mr. Marshall has been called
the "Hilly Sunday" of the
Northwest. He will be found
true to tlio Book. -
EVERY ONE IN MEDF0RD
SHOULD HEAR HIM TONIGHT
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