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PATRIOTIC WEEK
T
THE OPEN SEASON
Ambrose light, but as she nenrcd the
daugcr point even the lift rafts and
collapsible boats were made ready
tor immediate uso. Reflectors wero
strung up fore and aft nnd carbide
lights wero tied along tho rails for
use in event the St, Louis became tho
victim of n toredo or gunfire. t
MTCDFORD MAIL TRTBUOT: MEDFOTID, OETCflOX, TUESDAY. MAKCII 27. 1917.
Another enthusiastic meeting of
tho veterans' organization was held
Monday evening in the armory, at
which Mayor C. E. Gates and a com
mittee from the Greater Medford
club, "were present by invitation to
make plans tor co-operation In the
events determined upon to "put Mcd
ford on the may" iu connection with
Patriotic week. The Greater Medford
club committee consisted of Mis. C.
S. Schioffelin, chairman, Mrs. G. E.
Johnson, Mrs. Alan Brackinroed,
Miss Nancy Clark, Miss Elizabeth
Putnam.
Plans formulated at the meeting
for the week Include tho following
activities:
Participation in the patriotic meet
ing in the Page theatre, Tuesday
evening, preceded by a parade of tho
Seventh company in uniform, led by
the city band; a visit to the high
school by Mayor C. E. Gates and
Captain A. J. Vance, to givo a talk to
I tho students on patriotism and the
I- duty of citizens to their country In
time of war; requests to various
lodges to devote their meetings this
week to patriotic exercises and the
support of the Seventh company; a
public meeting at the iNatatorlum or
Pageon Saturday evening for the pur
pose of securing recruits for the Sev
enth company, preceded by a grand
parade, led by flfe3 and drums In cos
tumes of various periods of this coun
try's martial activities, and by the
city band and high school band, fol
lowed by the Seventh company and
Grand Army veterans, Spanish War
votorans, ladies' riding club, mounted
In costume, the members of various
lodges, automobiles and the citizens
generally carrying banners.
A committee was appointed to ar
range for the parade consisting of
T. H. E. Hathaway, chairman, Geo
Coddney, It, B. Clark, Elmer Foss,
H. S. Deuel, H. H. Howell and mem
bers of the Seventh company. The
program committee appointed Sun
day evening headed by E .E. Kelly,
arrange the exercises and speak
ers to bo announced later. The mus
ical program will be in charge of tho
committee of the Greater Medford
club.
Tho recruiting committee reported
headquarters had been secured on
West Main street, adjoining Marsh &
Bennett's grocery. Mrs. Schioffelin
for the Greater Medford club, stated
that committees of young ladles
would be present each day through
tho week at the recruiting quarters
to assist In tho work; at her sugges
tion lists of eligibles were prepared
to be addressed personally by the
members of the committees, in an
effort to secure them as members of
the company.
A flag committee was appointed to
visit the merchants and other busi
ness men today and request them to
display tho American flag In their
fcntorcs and on their store and office
fronts. Tile committee consists of
Illalno Klum, chairman, Mayor Gates,
A. J. Vance, Albert Clark, F. J. New
man, P. I). Ulackden, E. E. Kelly,
Mrs. C. S. Sohiofrelin, Mrs. G. E.
.lohnson, Mrs. Alan Brncklnreed, Miss
Nancy Clark, Miss Elizabeth Putnam.
Mayor Gates consented to issue a
proclamation requesting tho citizens
generally to wear the flag of their
country on their persons, and to con
tinue the practise during the coming
crisis.
An interesting feature of the even
ing was a short talk by Mr. Pyre, a
member of the Canadian cavalry, on
furlough because of wounds received
ill action, who related, various ex
periences In the trenches. Mr. Dyro
returns to active duly In April.
The meeting was presided over by
Alan Iiracklnreed as chairman.
DARNING NEEDLS KILLS
WORLD CHAMPION COW
AITLl'.TON, Wis., March 27.
'a il lino Paul l'nthenue, the world's
champion llolstein cow, owned by H.
3. Schnfcr, is doml.
A postmortem showed Hint n dam
inp needle hurt pierced the heart. Two
yours aim Hie ntiiinul jrnvo 'J.8H8
pounds of bulter. She was thirteen
years old and won every prizo for
which she hud been entered for some
years.
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OBITUARY.
Frank II. Ilatficlil
Died At Central Point. Ore.,
Monday, March 26, 1917, Frank B.
Hatfield, of typhoid fever, age 24
years and nine months. lie was a
bookkeeper In the Central Point bank
and a resident of this section ten
years. Ho is survived by his parents
and one brother. The funeral ser-
vices will be held from the family
residence Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., the
Rev. Handy officiating, interment In
Medford I. O. O. K. cemetery.
SALEM, Ore., Mar. 27. Governor
Wlthycombe has appointed tho seven
members who are to investigate the
question of what state activities can,
consistently in the interests of effic
iency and economy, be consolidated
or eliminated to avoid duplication of
work. It will report to the legisla
tive assembly which meets in 1919.
The members of the commission
are;
A. J. Johnson, Corvallls.
T. J. Scrogglns, La Grande.
John H. Carkln. Medford.
Austin T. Buxton, Forest Grove.
Frank Patten, Astoria.
Herman Van Borstcl, Portland.
Charles Rudeen, Portland.
Necessity for the appointment of
such a commission became apparent
in the closing days of the last legisla
ture after that body had wrestled
with the consolidation problem from
the beginning of the session.
While the legislature was practic
ally a unit In the belief that some
consolidation and elimination of com
missions should be brcught about, no
conclusion could be arrived at to
cover any general consolidation pro
gram. Consolidation committees were
named by each house, after the two
bodies had deadlocked. Then the
two committees proved hostile. But
the dove of peace finally settled down
over the committees and they suc
ceeded in arriving at some conclu
sions an to consolidation, but theso
wore in turn blocked by dissension
between the two houses again.
The situation was admittedly one
of 89 members who all sought to at
tain a definite object, but all were at
sea as to the best way to attain it
and what the best object to attain
really was.
Consequently a resolution author
izing the appointment of the hoard
was adopted.
Governor Withycombe, in making
tho selection of the men to serve on
this committee, drafted men from
different walks of business life and
scattered them considerably over the
state, so that the members might
bring to the committee the Ideas and
views of various localities as to what
possible economies might he effected
by the recommendations of the com
mittee. It is expected that stops -will be
taken in the near future to start on
the task which devolves on the com
mittee, as the question is one which
involves many angles and requires
considerable investigation.
E
IF
CAMHKHXSK, Mass., March 27.
The Yale- Harvard boat race Ibis year
vill be cancelled in event of n declara
tion of war by congress, Krod W.
Moore, graduate treasurer of nth
lolcis nt Harvard universily, said to
day. Other ntliletie events also will
he cancelled, ho said, nllhmiph such
competition as may he decided on
Harvard's home fields when tile prep
aration does not involve intensive
training, will he played. The proba
bility of similar action bv other pol
icies may further reduce these con
tests. No formal agreement has yet been
reached rsrurilinir the Yule-Harvard
regatta lit New Loudon, Conn., on
June 22, Moore said, nlthnucji there
had been uu informal exchange of
views between the graduate athletic
committees of both universities. The
crew activities would he tho first to
be abandoned, according to the treas
urer, both because of the prepara
tion necessary nnd the fact that every
member of the varsity crew and most
of the members of the second eight
are enlisted for some form of mili
tary or naval training.
S. P. REFUSES ALL
SAN' FRANCISCO, March 27 The
Southern Pacific company dcolnred
an embargo today effective tomor
row on all enstbound freight over the
Sunset-Gulf roulc except United
States government shipments be
cause of lack of vessels to handle the
freight from gulf ports to the Allan
tic senbnard.
' If we continue to accept freight
for those ports it will tie up equip
ment, greatly aggravating the present
car shortage,"' nn order signed by (1.
V. I. nee, freight traffic nianngcr,
read.
HUNTIKG
0-BOATS
ISSUED
WERE-.
(UMCLg f I
BREAD AND BEETS
. HAVRE, France, March 27. The
Belgian government has received by
trustworthy means letters from re
sponsible Belgians who have been
deported to Germany. The letters,
dated at tho end of February or early
in March, were written from the
camps in which tho men are-. being
confined. Some passages follow :
"Since February 1 we have had
only two meals a day. The one in
Hie evening has been discontinued.
That was tho best one because we
had corn." I
From another leltcr:
"It is frightful here. We 'are
dying of famine. We have a ration
of bread, water, and beets. That is
all. We are seletons covered with
skin. Thirteen were counted in the
morgue yesterday and fourteen to
day. That is from among the 3(100
or 4000 here. Conditions are more
frightful in the and
camps. If anyone gives us a little
soup or something else to eat he is
punished with five days in prison."
From another Idler:
"The situation becomes more nnd
more unendurable from day to day.
Every morning two or three dead are
found in the huts. The doctirs de
cline all responsibility. Today 120
arc dead at Camp . We hope
for our deliverance by the great of
fensive." T
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LONDON, March 27. Although
steps have been taken to introduce
a limited supply of food.-tuft's into
Greece, the blockade instituted
against that country will not be raised
until the demands of the entente al
lies have been satisfactorily execut
ed, Lord Robert Cecil, minister of
blockade, told the house of commons
today.
Replying to a question whether any
deaths by starvation had occurred
in Greece owing to Iho shortage of
food, Lord Robert said there were
reports of two deaths ill January, but
the British government ha1 no of
ficial confirmation of Ibis.
To know where to luv is as
important in glasses as any
thing else. We hope our
liiinifi is all the guide vou
need. It means tlie licst of
everything optical.
DR. RICKERT
Suite 1-2, Over Mar Co,
WW Xi&mSL
m m m mm 1
Three Killed Hotel Fire.
PARKERSBUHQ, W. Va., March
27. Three persons were burned to
death in a fire which destroyed the
"That's just what I've
always wished a
cigarette would do
satisfy!"
Stephens hotel nnd ten other build
ings nt Craston, Wirt county, early
today. Tho loss is estimated ut $75,-000.
The feature of Chesterfields is that they
begin where other cigarettes leave off.
In other words, besides pleasing the
taste.Chesterfields go further they satisfy!
Just like a long drink of cold water satis
fies when you're thirsty.
J And yet, Chesterfields are MILD!
It's Chesterfields or nothing if you want
this new cigarette delight, because no
cigarette maker can copy the Chesterfield
blend an entirely new combination ol
tobaccos and the biggest discovery in
cigarette blending in 20 years.
Jfyy&ttvjefodo&tccci Cat
"Give me a package of those cigarettes that SA TISFYl"
CIGARETTES
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LONDON, March 2(1. ( Belayed by
censor, from a staff correspondent
of the Associated Press) Tho St.
Louis, tho first passenger vessel
carrying the American flag to cross
the Atlantic jnce Germany's declara
tion of unrestricted submarine de
struction and the first aimed Ameri
can liner to enter a F.uropcnn port
sineo tho war began, arrived this
morning. , She carried a meager
number of passengers thirty-tlireo
all told but her holds were filled to
capacity with non-coutrabnnd freight.
The St. Louis came through with
out interruption. No submarines
were sighted, nor were there at any
lime any indications that German
undersea boats were aflcr the big
liner. If any of them saw tho St.
Louis they made nn attempt to de
stroy her, hut carefully kept nwny
from Iho guns of tho American ship.
But signs of war were not .lucking
and tho last three days aboard were
anxious ones for passengers and crew
alike. On Friday and again on Sat
urday after the St. Louis entered the
forbidden zone, driftwood was passed
apparently parts of destroyed life
boats. Yesterday a great field of
oil was encountered. Vague rumors
of tho sinking of ships either ahead
of or near the St. Louis increased the
nervous tension.
For thrco days nnd nights tho enp-
tain did not leave tho bridgo and
never in her 22 years of existence
has the American ship been driven so
furiously ns she was from tho time
she passed into tho zone until she was
picked up by a pilot.
Tho journey was virtually without
incident until the war zono wns
reached. Unusual precautions were
taken as soon ns tho liner passed the
urn 2,Jor
A CHILD HUES OIL,
CALOMEL, PILLS FOR
LIVER AND BOILS
ilvo "California Syrup of Figs" If
IXmstlpntcd.
Look back at your childhood days.
nomomber tho "dose" mother insist
ed on castor' oil, calomel, cathart
ics. How you hated them, how you
(ought against taking them.
With our children It's different.
Mothers who cling to the old form of
liclous "California Syrup of Figs."
do. The children's rovolt Is well
founded. Their tender little "in-
sldes" nre injured by them.
If your child's stomach, liver and
bowels need cleansing, givo only de
licious "Callofrnla Syrup of Figs." '
Its action is positive, but gentle. Mil
lions of mothers keep this harmless
fruit laxative" handy; they know
children love to take It; that It never
fails to clean the liver and bowels
and sweeten the stomach and that a
toaspoonful given today saves a sick
child tomorrow.
Ask your druggist for a GO-cent
bottle of "California Syrup of Figs,"
which hus full directions tor babios,
children of all ages and for grown
ups plainly on each bottlo. Bowaro
of counterfeits sold here. See that
It Is mado by "California: Fig Syrup
Company." Rofuso any other kind
with contempt.
Bud Lawrentz
has purchased an lnteerst with Q.
F. Williams In the
Medford
Cleaning Works
All kinds of cleaning work guar
anteed. We call for and deliver
goods.
Phone 57 8 S. Central
BEST
SEEDS
That Grow
Wc have a choice line of
Garden Reeds, including tho
Famous Burpees in packages
and bulk. 59 varieties of
Silencer's Sweet Peas.
Broadley
The Medford Florist and Seed Man
Phone 872.
Body WOOD Fir
12-Inch
16-Inch
42.25
.. 2.75
MoreyWOODComp'y
Phone 654-J. 37 North Fir St.
Attention, Farmers
MJCDPORI) JUNK COMPANY
81-33 N. Bnrtlott St.
Pay Highest Prices for
HtDKSl
Green hldos per lb 17o
Dry hides, per lb. ..............25o
Groon calf hides, per lb. .....25o
Dry calf hides, per lb. . .30o
We Also Iluy Sheep Pelts and Goat
Skins.
BUTTER
40c lb.
at
The Dairy
322 E. Main
Phone 481