Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 20, 1917, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextilEDFORD MAIL TRTBTIN15 MEDFORD, PRECIPE, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917 PSGE TUREIf U PLACE FOR YOUNG IN IS IN NAVY SAYS BLACKURN APPOINTMENTS 10 OFFICERS RESERVE CORPS SUSPENDED The war dcpnrement 1ms Issued or, ders suspending appointments to the officers' reserve corps until after the training camps have been in opera tion for three months. The intention is to begin on May S to train all applicants who have complied with the regulations and have the proper qualifications to take the training of officers. From these who have trained and those already appointed', there will be selected 10, 000 officers to command the first 500,000 men called into the fieid. These first 10,000 will receive still higher commissions as other troops are assembled. - Those who have been appointed al ready as officers of the reserve corps are admitted to the training camps upon presenting themselves to the proper officers in charge. All Oregon applicants to the offi cers' reserve corps are to be trained at the Presidio, San Francisco. The training wiil last three months. No More Examinations, The western department at San Francisco has sent out an official no tice to Captain Currier at Vancouver by wire, substantially as follows: "Suspend examination of applicants for appointment to reserve officers for infantry, coast artillery and fieid artillery. Training camp, May 8, at Presidio, San Francisco, for selection of reserve officers. Attendance lim ited to reserve officers of the line, and engineers, who have the privi lege of nttndin for three months citizens over 20 years 9 months and under 44 years. These must have preferred qualifications outlined in paragraph 57 officers' reserve corps regulations. "This call is for the first 10,000, which implies the first 10,000 ablest leaders, to be selected from the whole country, to officer the first half mil lion troops, and many mature men because of need of officers who can To the Editor: Mr. John E. Norstrom, represent ing the United States navy in Med ford, has forwnrded me a clipping from the Mail Tribune containing an attack on me, and apparently blam ing me for the voluntary system. There are numerous erroneous statements in the editorial, but I am too much occupied with enlisting patriotic young men in the first line of defense, the United States navy, to invite attention to all of them. The title of the editorial is very mislead ing. In the first place, I ennnot sec wherein my telegram could be term ed an insult. In the second place, y.y telegram ennnot be properly con sidered "uncalled for," because the president of the United States has twice ealled for young men to enlist in the navy, on account of the grave national emergency, and as Med ford has sent fewer young men to the navy than most towns and cities in Oregon, it seems very much "called for" that, as representative of the vy in Oregon, I should endeavor to arouse local pride to the situate as it exists. In your editorial you di rect the inquiry as follows: "What other towns in Oregon have furnish ed more recruits than Medford?" At random, I will name a few towns, each of which lias furnished a great many more recruits to the regular navy than has Medford: Sheridan, Bandon, MeMinnville, Corvallis, Lex ington, Clatskanie, Burns, Klamath j.' mis and bt. Helens, mere are many others, but these should prove sufficient to answer your question. None of the towns mentioned have as great population as has Mcdford. I have no desire to witiidraw all your available population for useful protection, but would consider that Mcdford, with her population of ap proximately 10,000, could spare at least iwentv-t'ive voting men for the 'United Stules'navy, the first line of te given higher grades when addition- defense. It would not seem thnt this number would exhaust your avail able population. As a matter of fact, Mcdford has sent eight splen did young men to the navy from Jan uary 1 until April 1, and I have rea son to believe that there are other young men who would follow their example if the facts were brought before them. I certainly do not taunt Medford with cowardice as charged, but, on the contrary, be lieve that patriotism is just as real a thing in Medford as elsewhere in Or egon. Otherwise I would pass up Mcdford and not make an appeal. I agree with you absolutely on the unfairness of the voluntary system. Personally, I am a thorough believer in the selective draft system advocat ed by our president, but just at pres ent we have no such system; we are tulready involved in an unprecedented world war, and it is my duty to do the best with the only system at present instituted the voluntary system. I have taken it upon myself to prac tically refuse to enlist in the regular navy young men who are married or who are the sole support of depend ent relatives. The voluntary system does not contemplate this, but I have enforced it in my district whenever it came to my knowledge that such a young man planned to enlist. I have the utmost respect for men beyond military age, and women who enlist in the various reserves, but the place right now for an able-bodied, rnattaehed young American of mili tary ago is not in some reserve or ganization, but is in the United States navy, our first line of defense, and the line on which we must depend for the opportunity to train such armies as may be required. The virtue of fair play is inherent in "red-blooded" men, and I trust that that virtue will induce you to re nnet the unwarranted attack Un me in your editorial, and what is more to the purpose than such retraction, to have you lend the power and in fluence of your newspaper t show young men iheir duty in regard to the president, the nation and the navy. Yours very truly, J. II. HI,ACKI1URX, Lieutenant commander, U. S. navy, recruiting officer. Portland, April 18. following classes: Members reserve officers' training corps, cadet stu dents, graduates of military schools, other citizens preferably with mili tary experience, qualifications refer red to above. Applicants fr commis sions but not yet commissioned ara to be informed that the war depart ment must -hold further applications until the close of thetraining camp and they will be admitted to such training camp without further for mality if they state such desire by indorsement on Setter of notification, which will be forwarded them by these headquarters. "Inform all commissioned members of the officers reaervt: corp3 desiring to attend these camp3 to apply di rect to oficer in charge of officers' reserve corps at these headquarters. As soon as this order is received pro ceed with supply blanlts mailed 'yon April 19. Notify applicants least publicity possible." Captain Currier at Vancouver says at least 2000 men have made inquir ies or applied for asipointment in the officers reserve in Portland and Vancouver. PLAN RAILROAD FOR SCOTT VALLEY SISKIYOU COUNTY MARREID MEN CAN REMAIN IN IVIILITIA WASHINGTON, April 20. Dis charges from the 'National Guard will not be granted enlisted men solely because they are married, according to instructions sent out by the mili tia bureau. Where a soldier has suf ficient means with which to prevent his family becoming a charge on the government he wili not be mustered out. The board has been flooded since the original order was Issued with inquiries and protests from National Guardsmen, many of whom have been discharged under the dependent fam ily rule and against their wishes, be cause they were married men. al forces are organized. Classes Are" Nflinied. "Inform applicants who have al eady been examined and have qual ified conditions are the same as those enumerated in letter In adjutant gen eral's office under 'late of March 6. Draw attendance regularly from the V A. V. & A. sr. Regular communication Fri- y, April 20th. Important bus- uess. liy order ot W. M. mSTlLATIi Oil, SPKAY. We have a ear of Distil ate Oil Spray on the road. All fruitgrowers who wish to use this spray should get their orders 1n at once. ROGUE RIVER CO-OPERATIVE . . FRUIT GROWERS ASS'N. -26 J. W. Perry, Manager. SAX FRANCISCO, April 20. Construction of n new railroad line; sixty miles in length, io open a fertile' valley and a big mining region near: th Oregon boundary, is praciieully i assured. Scott valley, Siskiyou county, is to be opened up. The landowners in the district -through which the railroad is to be built are asked to guarantee that the with -interest on $1,000,000 bonds will be paid for fen years. The tax on the land wiil amount to practically 50 cents nn acre a year. Eastern money, obtained from con nections of the Western SIor;gage & tluitrantee company, will build the wad, 1 Sfiar Men 'o-operftte, Operating in conjunction wiih the company is a group of Mormon capi talists who own the new beet sugar fwtory at Grants Pass. If the land owners of Scott valley wiil guaran tee io plant 5000 acres of beets for five years, the Momion capitalists u'ill build a beet sugar factors' there. As projected, the new road is to start from Grenada, a station on the Southern Pacific in Siskiyou county, between Sisson and Montague, where the Yrekfl. railroad branches to; Yrcka. Westward from Grenada, the; survey" crosses the divide to Mofiet creek and goes down that valley to Fort Jones. A line runs thence to Aetna Mills and another line down Scott creek to Seotts Bar, on the Klimiuth river.' landowners to Pay. B. if. Burgess, who has been han dling the proposition for the eastern men who have agreed to finance the road, says: "As railroad men know, the chief difficulties with a new railroad is to pay the interest on the bonds for the first ten years. It is being asked that the people of Seoit valley and land owners guarantee Ibis interest for ten years. "I should say that the first class agricultural land to be opened by the road amounts to about 120,000 acres, maybe 100,000 acres. There are some timber it'sourees, and the road will reach -a- vei-y fine mining district. The proposition is entirely for the people to decide. If tha in terest on the bonds is guaranteed, then they will got iheir railroad," The L'linrantee of the siwrnr element comes from' Alexander Kililey, who H connected with the fastory at Med ford. "iio says; "Any comnmniiy having satisfac tory transportation which will furn ish 500J seres of acceptable iseei land under five-year contracts, can have sugar factory.' NAVAL RECRUITING SHOWS DAILY GAM WASHINGTON, April 20. (N'avy recruiting yesterday showed g net Rain of 13.12 men or an averaRo dally gain for the week ending yesterday of 1324. With this addition the to tal combined strength was brought to 75,357. Secretary Daniels said there was no doubt that the full au- thoriied number of 8",oi) would be I Mmmg about immM I IL Y L t i 111 It seems to us that some tire manufacturers just cut out the raised tread pattern on their tires with a jig-saw at random ; while others figure out the tread formation as common sense directs. The Diamond "Squeegee Tread" is surely a "reason why" tread. Look at the crossbars. When the weight of the car rests on them, they just naturally get a TOE HOLD on the pavement and stop forward slide, Then look at the longitudinal bars. They are continually in contact with the pavement and not only stop side skid ALL THE TIME but roll along as smoothly as a plain tread tire. So if you want a real non-skid tire, we'll sell you a Diamond at its "Fair-List" Price, tl4 1 .1-1, ass-itett-Csrev ifrttce. Co. "Better put Squeegees allaronnd Every Diamond Tire must deliver full value in ser vice. If ever a Diamond Tire fail, a cheerful, will ing adjustment wili be promptly made. Garnett-Carey Hardware Co. Medford, Oregon i Delicious Sally Lunns in fifteen minutes! (Report No. S By the man who timed them One Friday last Win ter, I purposely went home early. I found my wife at the pkno. She asked me if I still wanted the Sally Lunns that night, "Yes," I answered. I had gone home es pecially to get posted on Cottolene. "Ail right," she said. "Come along. Watch and you may learn how to do it yourself," Yes Cottolene 1 also superior for frying and f or ali cake -making My thoughts ran ahead. W suU the crust be crisp? That's the real test of Sally Lunns with me, Of coarse 1 don't remem ber all my wife did. But 1 do know that she used one third less Cottolene than we usually use of butter. She was pleased to sec how easily the Coitolene mixed wish (he Hour, I fidgeted cad waited. She took thera out of the even in fifteen minsstes. I had beea timing Cosoieac Cottolene "Makes Goad Cooking Better" The SaMy Lsmns were ah soltady light and delicious. I wish yoa had seen iheir lensptitig goldea coW! And crisp doesrs't bejpn to describe the crust. It's something ytm would have to lastt to reaSy andeistaad, : 1f you have sever lasted Sally Luna muffins made with whofcsome Cottofaie, take my advice do, Fran H, T, H, FREES Cooic book containing 239 recipes by famous cooks sent Write to The N. K. Fair bank Company, lil West Wash ington Street, Oacago, Hi, ' At grocers in tins at cc:;ve:::c:; sizes ANOTH1E BIO SHIPMENT OF "Pride of Walla Walla" Flour Just received. We guarantee tliis f lour to give you BETTER BREAD tiiau any otlier brand. Tliis is a broad statement, but our customers will bade ns, and yon will be OUS FLOUR CUSTOMER if you give it just ONE trial as you know priees are advancing every few days, and we advise you to get a few sacks at once. ' Everything is jumping sky-high. EAT MORE VEGETABLES. ,. . - . "WE WILL HAVE FOR SATURDAY: Vms, Celery, Cauliflower, Spinach, Head Lettuce, Asparagus, Rhubard, Onions in fact, everytMng good, and our prices on' vegetables wili not scare you to death, either. ' l PLANT ALL THE GARDEN YOU POSSIBLY CAN We have an extra sup ply of First Class Garden Seeds, most any old thing you want, Remember, Jones started the bail, rolling hi Medford, and others have been TRYING to kick it ever since. Jones' Cash Grocery First Store East of Park. Two Phones: 234 and 235 jjf 1 E Q L ; "u f a m i-tf oil i of motor i-nr IrouMr. tf ,', .,&ify 41 'JH ajfllV'jfal h""1' Tl.e For.l Motor Cotnpat.y vPBs WfrPfy'-fil l':V realizing this, nflrr rigoro'ii c-wv-l- ','''"'" '. ''H WVtX' &i':i'''. t 'j i t.1"!',,"!; meiit and road UMi. nd..,l.d Wl.i!' i 'V:'fW li ffi'A rtCt t.l !:JI use, in tne i'ord fiwlonvs tind braiii'hf. Z$t.Wf.- - s (in is tfeP :i. ;'i!i!- & llowinu li't!cr ff if J ncro nro ,'lM,Wn roni pars m lisc, npproniaie liow nMd VSnlt; Mur IC.f ity Oil had io lip to warrant the f from the I'ord Motor Coiimaiiv; iri-M .v ' - "After careful experiments and tests, we have adopted h.li-' White Star t.xtra Quality motor Utt here at the factory and for use and sale at our branch houses, as best adapted for Ford cars. Signed) FORD MOTOR CO." A ItUe Slar i.stra Quality Mtwffil gores a vplvpty action lo yarn 1'oni ihat yo never knew 3rfor. It pontnins no free ttirbon to "coke" the cyiindora ur frail the spark Jugs. .. It ssves jjrrfcrt simnpression, Imtsmw il htut ths Sxniy io mul iho vkurance Wt' jtixloii and evhndr tvflll. , EXTRAOUAUTYJ MOTORS- OIL C. E, GATES rwulieil by May 1.