ilEDFORD MAIL TRTBTIN15 MEDFORD, PRECIPE, FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 1917
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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
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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
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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
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