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BILL PROVIDES
"HAIL COLUMBIA" UP-TO-DATE
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ARM U. S. SHIPS
5tEIF0TOT MSTD TRTBTJNT!, MEPFOim, ' ' 'OTiTtiONV TPESnAY, VEBUFATY '21' "till?
Tho new county rond coda (n. 15.
519), pussed by tlio recent legislature,
nbolishes till county road supervisors,
after Jiuuiurv 1, 1918.
Tho establishment, improvement
nud nininteuanec of nil county rouuS
art under the jurisdiction of the eoun.
ty pourt, wliieh may employ n compe
tent engineer or prnotical roail
builder, who shall be known as coun
ty roadinuster, whoso compensation
fihall be fixed by the county court,
lie shall take nu oath of oft'ieo and
.shall furnish n bond of not less than
a thousand dollars for the faithful
performance of his duties, lie may
bi removed by the county court for
inefficiency, neglect of duty or mis
conduct in office. The county court
is empowered to employ such deputy
road masters and assistants as may
deem necessary for the purpose of
carrying on the work.
The duties of the county vond mas
ter and his deputies are as follows:
IUuul Master's Duties.
(a) To nssi.st the county in prepar
ing the specifications for road work
or bridges.
(b) To suieriiitcnd all mad work
and bridge work done in the county;
(c) To reeummend to the county
court the methods to be adopted for
road improvement and maintenance;
(d) To keep a record of work done
and make report to the county court ;
(e) To investigate petitions for
road improvement!! and make recom
mendations to the county court;
(f) To supervise and examine ami
accept work done on the county roads
und bridges under contract;
(if) To lay out, construct and
maintain county roads;
(h) To establish and maintain
sign hoards nt all crossroads, giving
the distance and direction to the next
ttfxn ;
(i) To perform all duties imposed
on the eounty road supervisor by any
state law ;
(j) He shall have charge of all
county road tools and equipment.
Court- Furnish Material.
The. county court is to furnish the
material and equipment for construct
ing road, and to furnish suitable of
fU: t-piiirfcrs and 'transportation fa
cililies for the county road muster.
The county rond master and his
deputies are authorized and empow
ered to enter upon any piece of land
and take away stone, gravel or dirt
for the purpose of constructing
roads; they are also authorized to
open and construct drains leading out
from the road into adjoining proper
ties. In ease any damage is done to
the property owner, he can petition
the county for payment of the same.
" The county shall he divided into
nl districts. L'pon petition from
Twelve resident freeholders of any
district for a ehnngc or improvement
. of a road, the county road master
shall investigate it, nnd make surveys
and estimates and report to the eoun
ty court. If the county court sees fit
it shall grant the petition, and have
the desired improvements made.
Three freeholders of any road dis
trict may petition the county court
at any time for the purpose, of hnv-
' ing t tic eounty court call a meeting of
the legal voters of such district, the
petition shall state the object of such
a meeting. Any person 21 years old
and paying taxes in the district shall
have the right to vote. The resident
taxpayers in any district may have
the right to vote an additional tax not
to exceed 10 mills for the purpose of
rond improvement in that district, a
i meeting for voting such tax is to be
held during the month of N'ovcmber.
Due notice of such road district
meetings is to he given to the tax
payers.
letting Rond Contracts.
Any job or project in road im
provement or bridge construction
costing .$20nn or more shall be let by
contract to the highest bidder. Jobs
costing less may be constructed by
day labor under the direction of the
county road master. Specifications
lor such construction work or im
provement or bridge work shall he
prepared by the county road master
or some other competent person. The
county court may supply the material.
or part of the material, and receive
bids for the labor nlonc.
The county court is empowered to
levy on annual county rond tax not
fto exceed 10 mills. The county court
is also empowered to co-operate with
the federal government in maintain
ing state highways, and in construct
ing and maintaining secondary high
ways. Seventy per cent of the taxes
levied in a road district shall be ex
pended in that district.
Helena (Mont.) Independent:
President Wilson could not have ask
ed for less than lia did before eon
Krenn. The fact Is that Germany has
declared war on us already whether
ome people believe it or not.
WASHINGTON. Kcb. 27- The text
of the Flood bill is us follows:
"lie it enacted by tho senate and
house of representatives of t tie L'uit-
ed States of America in congress as
sembled that the president of th
United States bo and is hereby auth
orized and empowered to supply mer
chant ships, the property of citizens
of the I? tilled States und hearing
American registry, with defensive
arms should it in his Judgement be
come necessary for him to do so, and
also with the necessary ammunition
and means of making use of them in
defense against unlawful attack; and
that he be und is hereby authorized
and empowered to employ such other
instrumentalities and methods as
may in bis Judgment and discretion
seem necessary and adequate to pro
tect such ships and tho citizens of the
I'nitcd States in their lawful and
peaceful pursuits on the high seas.
"Section 2: The sum or one. hun
dred million dollars is hereby appro
priated out of any moneys in the
treasury not otherwise appropriated
to be expended by the president of
the Tnited States for the purpose
herein stated, tho said sum to lie
available until the first day of Jan
uary. 191S; and the president is
authorized to transfer so much there
of as he may deem necessary to the
bureau of war risk insurance, created
by act of 'congress, approved Septem
ber 2d, Kill for tiie purpose of Insur
ing vessels, their freight, passage
moneys and cargoes against loss or
damage for the present risks of war.
"Section For tho purpose of
meeting the expenditures herein au
thorized the secretary of the treasury
under the direction of the president,
Is hereby authorized to borrow on the
credit of the United Stales and to
issue therefore bonds of the United
States not cxrerdtng in the aggregate
$100,000,000, said bonds to be In
such form and subject to such terms
and conditions as tho secretary of the
treasury may prescribe, and to bear
interest at the rate not exceeding
three per centum per annum; provid
ed, that such bonds shall be sold at
not less than par. shall not carry the
circulating privilege and that nil cit
izens of the United Slates shall be
given nil equal opportunity to sub
scribe therefore, but no commission
shall be allowed or paid thereon: that
both principal and interest shall be
payable in United States gold coin of
the presrnt standard of value, and be
exempt from all taxation and duties
of tho United States. as well as from
taxation in any form of all state, mu
nition, or local authorities; that any
bonds issued hereunder may, under
such conditions, ns tho secretary of
the treasury may prescribe, be con
vertible into bonds bearing a higher
rate of Interest than three per cen
tum per annum, if any bonds shall
1)0 issued by tho United States at a
higher rate than three per centum
per annum by virtue of any act pass
ed on or before December 31, 1918.
"Section 4. In order to pay the
necessary expenses connected with
the said Issue of bonds, or any con
versions thereof, a sum not exceeding
one-fifth of one per centum of the
amount of bonds herein authorized
to be Issued, or which may be con
verted, is hereby appropriated out of
any money in the treasury not other
wise appropriated to lie expended as
the secretary of the treasury may
direct."
U. S. WAfJTS GUNNEPS
FOR U-BOAT CAMPAIGN
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Guns
and !!!eu!if: sufficient to arm any
reasonable number of American mer
chant ships are now stored at navy
yards, it was stated officially at the
navy department today following
President Wilson's appearance before
congress to ask authority to provide
weapons and nien should tho need
arise. Efficient gunners are lacking,
however, unless they are to he taken
from active ships which can ill spare
them.
Naval officers pointed out that
men of special skill, trained to the
minute, would tie required as gun
pointers for anti-submarine work. At
best a U-hoat Is difficult to hit as
there is little exposed. Often a perl
scope hardly is visible nt more than
a few thousand yards Is the gunner's
only target.
Itecent figures show that 250 ships
under American registry arc engaged
in trans-Atlantic trade but it is estim
ated that not more than 10-0 would
apply for guns and take the risk of
crossing the German submarine
zones. There will be no difficulty In
furnishing that number of vessels
with weapons, hut supply ing trained
gun pointers for ion guns would take
just that many valuable men aw-ay
from fighting ships.
U'i'h .Medford trade is Mcdfonl yule
TORPEDOED LACONIA! CLERKS LOCKED OUT TO GET RELIEF SOON
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N-ICYV YORK. Feb. 27. -Twenty-
six Americans, six of whom were
cabin passengers and twenty niem-
hers of the crew, were on board the
Cunard liner l.urnuiu, from Now incut tonlghl by tho operating corn
York, February IS for Liverpool with j miitac of the Great Falls Finployers'
75 passengers and a crew of 2lli, association. Tho stores will be opened
when the vessel was sunk by a tier-1 as usiutl but no employes will be per
man submarine Sunday night. Onelniltted to work. The proprietors will
casualty, as' yet unidentified, was of-'sT'- vustoiners who Kn to the stores
ficially reported by the Liverpool of- bet no deliveries will be made,
flee, of the lino to officials here. j Wholesale grocery houses, fruit and
The names of the American pas-j coniiiii.sslon houses and all lumber
sengcrs and their addresses as given yards will he closed,
by the line here, and confirmed In J The lockout was decided upon by
part by relatives in the United States 'tho employers, it was said, because
arc: 'ui the clerks' refusal to handle the
Floyd P. Cibbons. of the Chicago products of the Royal Milling com
Trlbune. ipany, which has been voted "unfair"
Mrs. F. 10. Harris, wife of I.ieuten-jby tho Central Labor Council,
ant Colonel Frank K. Harris, United; Highly of the cighly-fivo grocery
States coast artillery corps stationed i stores in Great Falls were closed two
at Fort Uu Pont, near Philadelphia, ulays in January because of n similar
Arthur T. Kir by, liainbrldgc, X. Y. I dispute involving the Royal .Milling
Mrs. Mary K. Hoy, Chicago. compniu A settlement was effected
Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chicago. j but subsequently the lnbor leaders ns
The (lev. James Wureliig. ' regis-: serted that the milling company hud
tered from New York but said to be i "ot complied with the terms or the
from Norfolk, Va. J agreement and the "unfair' order
The Americans among the crew j was re-Issued,
were signed here to take tho places '
of others whose terms of service had
expired or who had failed to appear
when the ship was ready to sail. The
men were recruited mostly from ship-!
ping offices and gave New York and
llrooklyn as their places of residence.
They were stokers, coal trimmers,
wipers and seamen.
RECOUNTS LOSS OF
GERMAN SUBMARINEt:ilv ha nre lh ,,. ,., ,, re.
HOSTON, Feb. 2 7.- The sinking of
a (ierman submarine in the harbor of
St, Vincent, C'ane Do Verde Islands.
by two Portuguese torpedo boats on
tho nisht of January 1, was described
here by Arthur J. Jeffs of New York.
a member of the crew of the steamer
Eddie.
One shot apparently pierced he
submarine's hull, Jeffs said and pre
vented her from suhmerfiiiic. The
underseas craft then circled the Kd-
dle several times, maneuvering for an i
opportunity to launch a torpedo, but;
tho torpedo boats finally caught the!
submarino between them. They:
opened up with their rapid firers. and
tho U-boat, with her hull riddled,
sank suddenly.
The Kddie left the islands while
Jeffs was on shore leave and lie was
towed away on the FaKerness. He
a,i detained temporarily by the im
migration authorities.
BILL TO REGULATE MORALS
APPLIES BOTH SCXES ALIKE
OI.YMPIA, Wash., Feb. 27. The
house today passed the public morals
bill, championed by .Mrs. Ina P. Wil
liams, representative from Yuklma
county. The bill raises the n-e of
consent to IS years and Is applicable
equally to men nnd women. It elim
inates from the present Jnw the
phiiiw "fteffumft of chaste rlmi'iiftcr."
Xotiep war. given that a motion would
be made tomorrow to reconsider the
hill.
t'lifOAT FALLS. .Mont.. Feb. 2 7.
All retail grocery clerks in Clrent
Falls will be locked out tomorrow
morning, according to an nnnounce-
FRENCH TO GREET
AMERICAN SAILORS
ISOKDTAl'X. Feb. 27. A program
of entertainment lor the officers nnd
crew of the Orleans at llordeaux In
cludes a reception tomorrow of the
vessel upon its arrival at the wharf
here. A procession in honor of the
American snilors will pass through
ceived 'by the municipal aulhorftlcH!
and tendered a luncheon. The llor
deaux chamber of commerce will pive
them a dinner In the evening, nfter
which they will he Kuettts at u uala
performance at the French theater to
which all the memberH of tho crew
are invited.
Wednesday the chambers of oom
j meree will Rive a luncheon to the
jcrew of the Orleans, at hich delea
jtions of Bailors from all the naviga
1 1 ion companies whose lines touch at.
Bordeaux, will be present.
VILLA LOSES POWER
AFTER RECENT DEFEATS
CHIIUrAIirA CITY, Mex., Feb. 27
-General Frandsco Murgula on his
return today from his campaign
against Villa in the south announced
that the Villa movement, following
successive defeats, had lost Its mili
tary significance and the only task
remaining for the ('arranza govern
ment would be to police the state and
clean up the scattered individual
bands.
Villa's whereabouts' have not yet
been discovered. (Jenernl Muifiuia
ftated, although ('arranza
cavalry
parlf0H nave marched hl old haunts
and hiding place.". Most of the rebels
were reported to have uone south and
to be short of food and ammunition.
General Murguift said that his ef
fort, now would be devoted to re
storing normal conditions in the
state.
XHW" YORK, Feb. 27. Mayor
Mltohel announced tonight after the
resumption of rioting on the Kast
Side, which resulted in the police re
serves making several arrests that a
bill would be Introduced In the legis
lature tomorrow to empower the city
to ' purchase fooa supplies an'd sell
them nt cost as a means of ameliorat
ing suffering among the poor people
during the, present high cost of liv
ing. Govcirnor Whitman, prior to his
departure tor Albany earlier in the
day, asserted that he did not expect
to send any emergency measure to
(he legislature, as he was "convinced
the situation was not critical." Jos
eph Hartigaa, city commissioner of
weljthts and measures predicted a
mnteq-lal drop In the prices of pota
toes and onions before, the end of the
week.
Information furnished to him by
wholossilo produco dealers, liistriet
Attorney Swaun announced indicated
that the farmers were responsible for
the Inca-ease of prices in potatoes and
onions.
PETITION TO .PROVE
HARRY THAW LUNATIC
PJIIIjA UFMMi I A, Feb. 2 7. A pe-;
titiou for the appointment of a lunacy
comm.1s.slon to determine tho sanity
or Ia.Vy K. Thaw, confined In a hos
pital hiiio as the result of self-inflicted
woiuids wh n he was about to be
arreste7 on a New York Indictment
charRinj; hhn with assault on 19-year-old,
Fredeilck Gump, Jr. of Kan
sas ('it Mo., was filed in common
pleas court hern today by counsel on
behalf of! Thaw's mother. The pro
ceedings',, it was announced, were in
stituted f.i an effort to have Thaw
adjudged Insane and his personal
estate bnxnuht under control of the
Indicia! authorities of Pennsylvania.
The petition is made returnable the
first week P.u April.
"If Thav's lunacy In settled any
where, it w?.U be in Now York." ac
cording to llistriet Attorney Swann,
of 'New York when informed of the
latest move of Thaw's counsel. "It is
our fntenlion to uko every legal
means to have Thaw taken to New
York to answer the charges on which
he has been indft'tcd.
i STEEL NETS AND Ml NFS
TO GUARD iMTY OF SEATTLE
FF, ATT !,K
Feb. 2 7.- Steel nets
and mines are to be spread across the
entrance of the StT.iit of Juan I
Fuca as a means of guarding Puget
Sound against attach from German
submarines should possible hostilities
ensue, according to inf. order received
here today.
A gate wide enough' to permit the
, largest steamers to pa through will
j be open during the daV but at night
this will be closed, and (he mines will
be operated from Fort Worden.
The nets and mines ai'e already at
Fort YVorden, having bten used be
fore and will be lowvtv-d Into the
water and stretched acnpsH the strait,
h distance of about six mile.
Ily HASH, .M. MANIA
WASHINGTON', I. ('., Keli. '27.
Keports from every part id' the world
indicate --rave danger of a short
vhe:tt en ii I'ur the column year. On
top of the rent wheat failure of last
year, tin-, wmiltl liring the entire World
elti-M' to famine.
In liii-sia, uct to lite 1'nitt'd Stale-
the ;;reatet wheat growing country,
eo!d weather prevail with only u liht
nov covering to protect the seed. As
a result, the outlook for winter crops
there i not -ocd, ami at the same
time the storks on hand are only mod
erate and the eousimipt lui for fond
has been i:nusuallv heav.
In France, the 1'onrlh largest wheat
producer, the winter is said to be the!
severest --ince lMKl, with only livht
snow covering; lor the crops, as the
present low teuipernlurcs followed re
cent rains. The smallest crop in
years U therefore expected.
No Surplus (ii-aiii.
The Maik.tn Stalls uil certainly
pr.Mluee no sui phis grain this year,
for nut only are these rotmlries rav
aged I iy war and crippled liy a sear
city of labor, hut I lie season has been
ilelayed by wet, cold weather.
In Italy the weather has been had-
cold anil wet, with little snow, and (he
national stocks are so small that for
eign buying- is very heavy.
In Australia, where the seasons are
lite reverse of ours, harvesting is said
to be slow, and it is wet over a very
large ureu. A a re-o!l, the crop es
timates are being reduced millions of
l.ushe's.
In the I'uiW'd States extreme cold
has endangered I lie winter wheal,
which throughout the great wheat belt
has had only a very light or no snow
eoering'. The crop experts are unan
intous in predicting the American win
ler wheat crop will be below normal,
although a greater area was planted
thi-. year than ever before.
This -ii mil ion is rendered perilous
because the failure of last year in
practically all crops all o er the world
will bring us and other count ric:-; up to
the harvest with practically no wheat
in storage, while in normal year there
is a surplus on hand at I lie beginning;
ill' the harvest of J."tl,0iMI,tH)l) hiirdi
cls or mere. The I'liilcd States alone
ordinarily conies to tbe barve-1 with
7."i,UIUt,tltitl bushels in-the storage ele
vators or in the fanners' barns.
Hunger IiicrenM'il.
And the danger is being daily in
creased by the submarine campaign.
Kery grain ship that is sunk carries
down with il thousands of tons of
wheat, which is lost forever. No one
can estimate even bow much wheat is
being lost in this way, but there is im
iUc-dioii (hat it is great cnoipjli to
reduce appreciably the meager siipplv
now on hand.
Fortunately there is a way out, if
the agricultural popululion can be
aroused to the gravity of the situa
tion. Tlie spring wheat i- still to be
planted, and if all the available area
is planted there will be enough lo save
the day.
Kvery farmer that cares anything
about bis country, and incident ally
about the ehanee of big profits which
this almost certain failure of the win
ter wheal crops opens to , liini will
plant in wheat every acre of ground
that is tillable, lie will plant close to
lite fences and in the comers, in or
der that not a foot of ground that can
raise wheal will lie idle.
Plant wheal is the slogan that
ought to go out to every farm in the
I'nitcd Stoics, Within six month-, un
less nil signs fail, the whole world
will be calling for wheat with the an
guish of impending famine in their
voice-.
HOSTON, Feb. 2 7.-- Investigation
of tho sugar shortage of last week,
when the price soared to I 2 and
25 cents a pound in some plaeea, has
disclosed. I 'tilted States Attorney
(ieorge W. Anderson announced to
night that il "was about nine-tent hs
artificial and promoted, and about
one-tenth due to temporary Inade
quacy In transportation facilities."
STOP CATARRH! OPEN
NOSTRILS AND HEAD
Kays Cream Applied in Nostril!
lUdieves Head-Colds at Once.
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Jf iair ito-ttrih are clogged and your j
he:id is MulTi'd and you can't breathe j
freely beeiuc "f a cold or catarrh, jut :
p-t n Mnnll hot Mi of Klv' Cream Ttabu !
nt uay drug utore. Apply a little ot j
tii 19 fragrant, mil inept i. crram into j
vour fuiti nu tin I let it peaetratn ;
throurl, cv.ry : ir I'unp i.f .mr lie
Kv.tliiii" ami liiMlinir tin- inl1.iiii.-l. .!-
tin tiiunxM membrane mi l ou g t iu-
frtaitt relief.
Alt! how on1 it fevt. Your Tio-
r ilrt are opi-n, your he;id U dmr, no
more hawking, tuiulllin, blowing; no
inure headache, dryness or t nu,yliiig
for breath. Fly' (.'ream Hiihn i-t just
wliiit nutTercr from lead culJi und ca
tarrh Wei. It's JL ilfligllU
POliTI.AN. Feb. '27. Former
Governor t tsw aid WeM has. announc
ed bi resignation a agent fur the
goM-rumcul in the settlement of tnxeft
on the Oregon California grant
lamU.
Ohsiarles and dif ficulties thrown iu
the way of early adjudication of these
claims through the so-called Menu
bill, recently passed by the legislature,
have induced Mi'. West to forward hi
resignation to the secretary of tho
interior. This bill authorizes county
asse--.oiis tp re-tore these lands to tho
tax rolls, and .Mr. We-t feels that ad
justment of the counties claims will
now be held up until the eoitrts pass
on the right of the state to tax tho
lands. In view of this situation, ho
cannot devote any more time as tax:
agent, although practically all of tho
work that was entrusted lo him has
been accomplished.
S. P. Did Not Pay I It l;t-)5 Taxes.
Following the derision or the fed
eral court, July 1, l!i:t, the Southern
l'acitie eompany did not payjts taxes
on the O. & ('. grant lands for tho
years ItlF!, WW 4 and UH-"). Tho
Chamberlain- Ferris bill, passed in
June of last year, appropriated money
to pay the back taxes on the lands
(whieh the railroad had not paid)
pending the final settlement of tho
controversy between the company and
the government. Some $1,70(1,(1(10 w
due, and Governor West has examined
claims on l:i00,000 acres.
This net also ve-ted title in tho
lands in I he government, and il is well
known the government pays no taxes.
The liean bill compels the eounty ns-ses-ors
o put the lands on the tax
roll for HHli. although eounty sher
iffs have full power lo add to the roll
at any lime, says ex-Governor West,
Offered Speedy Plan,
As tax agenl, Mr. West met with,
county officials and advised them
that it would he n better policy to
ieae the laud- off the rolls, believing
that speedier settlement of the claims
of lIlFt, I'.H I and HU; would result.
The- Mean bill, however, forees
counties to put the lands on the full
and ties up l!U( with I lie other yenr.-i,
-Mr, West feels that until I lie (pte.stinu
of whether the slate has a right to
tax these lands for l'.Hl! is settled in
the courts, the payment of the other
a liil claims will he held tip. Tho
Mean bill wn-s referred to the people
and w ill be voted upon June -I.
If approved by the voters, the. bill
will eomplieate matters still more,
says West, as the lands are now hcim?
elas-ilicil and are to lie thrown oh
to entry.
Counties' liights Protected,
Pending sell lenient of Ihe threo
years' claims Ihe rights of the eoun-lic-
for IDlli are fully protected, be
lieves Mr. West, in the right of tho
-he riff to as.-e-s the lauds at any
time.
.Mr. We.-t feel-thai the state should
as-ume that lite Chamberlain-Fen-is
hill which vests title- in the O. & C
lands in the government should be
deemed cou.-l it ul ional until the courts
deride otherwise, and thai no compli
cation, sitcJi as the Itenti bill, shoubL
be injected into the matter so us to
ddav payment of the claim- which are
due.'
AN EXPERT DN COLDS
Comparatively fow people realize that
a cold is a signal of physical weakness.
To treat a cold with weakening
physics, alcoholic syrups or drugged
pills, may smother the cold hut thry also
reduce the body powers still further and
invite more serious sickness.
Scott's I'.mulsion has always been an
expert on colds, because it peculiarly
enriches ihe blond, quicklytones upthe
forces Hii'l strrtiKtllens both throat anil
Cbcit. Try tH-ott's. Refuse SiilwtitulM.
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