Medford mail tribune., April 23, 1917, Page 6, Image 6

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ftrEDFOTCTj MATH TRTBTTN"E ftrEDFOTfD, OREGOT. MONDAY, APRTL 23. 1917
CAMPAIGN TO
INCREASE FOOD
SUPPLY OPENED
Plans Launched to Stimulate Local
Production Gardens and Vacant
Land to Be Utilized Grow and
Can Sufficient for Home Consumption.
I'lnn lo iiicronso food production
in Mud ford nnd vicinity mid to con
serve t lie homo i'ood supply, ns a war
measure, were discussed at a com
mittee meeting of citizens appointed
Saturday, at the t'onimet-cial eiub on
Monday forenoon, presided over by
President C. W. .McDonald of the
(till).
As n result efforts will lie made to
Jiiive all the gardens and vacant lots
of the city planted and tilled to ca
pacity with staples, such as pota
toes, beans, pens am! corn, which will
he in unusual dctniind because of war
conditions. The idea is to irrow and
can sufficient staples for home eon
sumption, thus leaving the regular
supply of packers' canning for con
sumption by the army, and those
eoimnunilies which cannot raise such
products.
ltvpnmliies Canialgii.
Not only will all able-bodied ndnlt
citizens he urged to engage in this
war food preparedness campaign, but
also till the hoys and girls, and spe
cial efforts will be mude to enlist the
latter in gurdening and the harvest
ing work.
Then, too, an important phase of
the food preparedness campaign will
be the canning of these staples by
the parents and other adults. Neigh
borhood canning bees will be held, at
which staple products from the gar
dens and lots will he canned by ma
chinery apparatus.
1'or Cheap Water.
The possibility of the city furnish
ing water for the gardens and lots at
n reduced rate was discussed, and
Mayor t C. (lutes was appointed to
take up the matter. ,1. V. Dressier
was appointed as superintendent in
charge of all the gardening and va
cant lot work.
It was also decided bv the commit
tee to ruUo money from citizens gen
erally to employ an expert gardener
to have general supervision of the
plantimr ami care id' the gardens and
lots. The suggestion that a fund
also be raised to pay for the plowing
of vaennt lots did not meet with gen
eral favor ami no action was taken
on it.
0. 1'ale, count v pathologist,
hilkcd alotfg tli? lines of just what
food products should be phinted, ami
Kverelt May, who is in charge of the
extension and food preparedness de
partment of the Oregon Agricultural
college, outlined the general plans of
the food preparedness campaign to
be followed in Oregon.
To ItalHo Helglan Hurra.
Mrs, John Per! suggested that the
hoys and girls of Medford he encour
aged to raise Helgian hares as a part
of the increased food production
plans. Others present were: Mrs. l
1,. Seliief felin, representing the
(ireatcr Medford club; Karl i. Oad
dis. Superintendent of Schools V.
Meldo Ihltis and A. Kolger.
V. V. Watson was appointed to
have charge of the pidtiieitv inci
dental to the food pivp;trednc?s cam
paign. Announcement w,w prole of the
coming vi-it heic iu-m Thuivdav of
the food prepaicdi.e-- ears of the O.
A. ('., in which pi ;:; ic de:;nn-t r:i -tions
will be made, and lei t ues on
appropriate miImimM- te delivered
by 0. A. 0. expert-. Am. eg the lec
tures to be i,icii are one en bme
canning and home coking.
OF RA1E INCREASE
WASHINGTON, April SI.- Sena
tor Smith of lleorgiu toda introilue
ed ff resolution iciiietin the inter
Mute, commerce com miss ion to us
pend & ml Investigate the fifteen per
cent frettht rate increase aked l
tho railroad-. The resolution is to
displace tils pemlinu resolution to ap
point a commerce commission and not
the commission to iturMicite the in
create. The senate too no nation today.
WAR HASTENING
CENTRALIZATION
II
INDUSTRIES
Government Can Do Many Things
Quickly by Executive Order That
in Times of Peace Would Require
Slow and Labordious Enactments
of Congress.
Bv (1ILSON1 GARDNER.
WASHINGTON, April 23. Owinj?
to the fact that we are in a state
of war, many things can bo done and
done quickly by executive order
which in ordinary pence times would'
require slow and laborious enact
ments by congress. This is illustrat
ed by the arrangements being made
by the jrovernment to take over the
packing plants and to exercise a gen
eral suH'rvisiuii over the animal i'ood
industry.
The secretary of tho navy is al
ready empowered to take over pri
vate munitions plants, and it is pos-
ible that his authority extends even
to takinir over railroads nnd eold
storage, warehouses. The language,
of the special war paragraphs in the
naval bill is very general and broad.
The government must have power to
he efficient in maintaining and oper
ating nn army and navy, and food is
just as essential as powder and shot.
The administration is prepared to ex-;
erci.se its large executive power in
nnv way that may he necessary.
Price control of food to civilian eon
sumers is entirely within the possibil
ities. I
Taking Over Railroads.
Taking over of the railroad svstem!
and Operating the lines as n unified
ystem is more than a possibility
is n probability. The railroads un- i
der private management have shown;
themselves so hopelessly ineom- j
potent that the first task undertaken j
by the council of national defense I
was the making of plans to take the!
railroads under government auspices,
for military use. j
All raw materials are essential to
the conduct of the war. and nnv ef
fort by private interests to indulge in
profiteering will result in the quick
mmnndeering of raw materials.
ores, minerals, oils, coal, cotton, wool
Hid food products.
Censor From Civil Life.
Secretaries Daniels and linker de
serve high commendation for their
action in securing the appointment of
a civilian instead of a military cen
sor. The one big lesson of the Kuro
peun war in the matter of censorship
has been the evil of a military cen
sorship. Democracy and rt military
nsor-hip cannot live together. Sec
retary Daniels knows this, and from
the beginning lie fought for a civilian
ontrol of whatever censoring might
he required. Certain facts miht of
necessity be kept from the enemv.
Most of these facts nro exclusively
within the possession of the military
authorities. Thev ore host censored
by such precautions as an artnv or
navy usually takes to keen their
business private. Other information
touching the war is the public's bus
iness, mid the censor of the Vnited
States is much better called what
Mr. Creel is to be called n director
of the bureau of publicity. His prin
cipal business will be to get news in
accurate form and supply it to the
new-papers. It will not be his lm-'i-ness
to prevent discus-Ion or intelli
gent criticism of polit ics or military
tperntions us a whole. It is the pub
ic's right to know about policies and
the public's privilege, while thev an
paying the bill, to criticise as thev
are expected to approve military op
erations. ALL RIGHTS FORFEITED
(Continued from Tage One.)
JAIL AND HEAVY
FINES FOR BEELER
brought down six German observa
tion balloons.
Milt sentences were meted Out on
Monday by Justice nf the l'enee Tuv
lor to C. V. Heeler and "Little Joe
Wilson of Ashland, who were found
fruilty of illegally selling litpinr by n
jury in Justice Taylor's court Sutnr
day afternoon.
Heeler was sentenced to two
months in the county jail and a fine
of .f.KIU and costs. Wilson drew a
fine of $200 and costs and a thirty
days' sentence in the county jail. E.
K. Kelly, attorney for the two men,
gave notice of appeal to the circuit
court, fending this appeal, Heeler
was released under $500 bail und
Wilson under $2r0 bail.
Ask Maximum Sentences.
Prior to imposing sentence, Justice
Taylor asked County Prosecutor
Huberts if he desired to say any
thing. "Only this," replied Mr. Hub
erts, "that the state's policy in these
cases remains unaltered. I ask that
the maximum $f)00 fine nnd six
months in jail be imposed.
Attorney Kelly then made a idea
that his clients be dealt with lenient
ly, during which he attacked the
character of Ted Hrcymnn, the trav
eling salesman, whose arrest on an
intoxication charge led to the arrest
of Wilson nnd Heeler. Hreyinan was
the star witness for the state at the
trial of the two accused men.
In imposing sentence, Justice Tay
lor said : "In my opinion, from the
evidence given at the trial the jury
in finding these men guilty did the
only tiling it possibly ectuld do. In
Heeler's case I can see no extenuat
ing eircmnstnnees whatever, so I fine
him $.")00 and sentence him to two
months in jail.
Extenuating Circumstances.
"As to Wilson, there are extenu
ating circumstances, as he has la
bored from childhood up under mis
fortune, and therefore has not had
the opportunity like other men of
making his way in the world. Nev
ertheless, he is equally as guiltv as
Heeler, and 1 fine him $200 and sen
tence him to thirty days in jail."
The jury which tried the case was
competed of Sid I. Hrown, H. P. Lit
tle, T. !K. llatlinway. 0. H. Chap
man, W. D. Allen nnd Frank Jordan.
OBITUARY
Died At her home at Hock Point,
April SI, 1917, Mrs. Sarah E. Morris,
aged 76 years eight month 2S days.
Funeral services at her home Mon
day, April 23, at 2 a'clock. Deceased
came to Jackson county in 1S77 and
leaves ten children, all of whom are
SENATOR HUGHES OF
NEW JERSEY COLLAPSES
YVASIIIXtiTiiX. Apnt '.!.- Sena
tor Hughes of Ximv J, r-. v ua-- t.ikcn
to A hospital today, lie ii.ul lint been
in good health for .mc tunc, and
liu-t nifc-lit i-ollnpst'd.
That ti:e government w.u entitled
.ercly to "regulate" nalo of Its grunt
t lau-h, timber and mlnemhj, but
u id not forfeit and koeo the pio
cecils was contended by tho railroad
upon the second appeal to the su
preme court. Tho railroad claimed
al proceeds from timber and minerals,
bom; witling to sell "stnmpaKo'' or
other land alone exclusive of timber
and minerals at the $:'."" acreage
pru e.
The Chamberlain-Ferris act, the
railroad contended, as unconstitu
tional and void, and not authorised
by the supreme court's first decis
ion. It provided that proceeds from
limber, minerals, power and agricul
tural land sold should b divided as
follows: lj per cent to WaMilnR'on
and Oregon state .-i-hool funds; 2.i
per cent tor roads, highways, bridges,
common schools, etc.; 4o ier cent ior
reclamation work, and 10 per cent to
the federal treasury.
Copies of the Wallace Press-Times
recently received In this city contain
the following tributes to the late E.
U Proebstlng who died in that city
and whose body was shipped to Med
ford for burial:
Mayor Mowery asks that all busi
ness hiuses 'be closed today during
the funeral services over the remains
of the late K. L. Proebstlng. This Is
a mark of respect due to the memory
of one of the pioneer men of the
community; a man without enemies
In whom thero was universal confi
dence nnd for whom there lingers
fond feelings of regard and friend
ship. The business houses are re
quested to remain closed from 12:30
to IMS.
The deceased was a man loved by
all who knew him. For the last IS
years he has been a member of the
Wallace lodge of Elks. In business
life be was among the first to urge
and stimulate any movement for the
upbuilding and development of the
city and district.
Mr. Proebstlng was a man of splen
did character and among Ids friends
in the Coeur d'Alenes were numbered
hundreds in every walk of life. He
was a man of the purest motives and
the highest ideals and his was the
type of citizenship that add In the
advancement of cities. He was a
man possessed with a charitable feel
ing for all mankind. As a oung man
he suffered the loss of a leu through
an unfortunate accident but despite
this handicap and with the courage
of vigorous boyhood he never lost
faith in his ability to succeed."
BRITISH RENEW OFFENSIVE
(Continued from Tage Ore.)
There i about f.TO.tMUi due J o k
n county a interest and ilclimpieut
biw" on that porlion if t!ie land
..-runt in ,lnckon co mtv, wlm-h w ill
be poid in the near lutiire.
and gave the attacking troops the
best going they have enjoyed this
year. The bombardment of the new
Herman positions which has been so
Ing on steadily for two d.is Increas
ed In Intensity last ntuht when the
skies were lighted by the continuous
flashes of the guns.
Airplanes fairly filled the air over
the battle linos today directing the
artillery and cooperating with the in
fantry. Yesterday Urltish aviators
ftcrmnn Version.
MERLIN', April 23. "Between
Looa and the Arras-Cambria railway
artillery firing continued Sunday,'
says, the official statement issued to
day by the German army headquar
ters. "tXorthwest of Lens English
thrusting troops penetrated our first
lino trenches on width of 500 yards
but were driven back by a counter
attack. The fire remained strong
during the night. Early this morn
ing after drum fire Infantry fighting
recommenced on a wide front."
"Along the river Aisne," the Ger
man statement continues, "the artil
lery fire Increased in violence from
the afternoon onwards. The Germans
set fire to eleven enemy balloons and
brought down eleven nirplanes on the
western front."
(NEW YORK, April 23. Another
dreadnaught entered American wat
ers as a unit of the United States sea
power today when the battleship N"cw
Mexico, comparing favorably offen
sively and defensively with any other
fighting -vessel afloat, was launched
at the New York navy yard.
WASIIINGTOX, April 2.1. Clms.
If. Schwab today offered to the gov
ernment the services of the Bethle
hem plant in any wnv during the war.
PLAN 10 DRAFT
"Inside" Information About Eczema
Look out, lazy men of Medford
and Jackson county, or else old Brig
adier General Work will get hold of
you! This war xvith Germany is a
terrible thing it's getting worse ev
ery minute. Now the government is
going to conscript men for labor
wherever they are needed.
The bill is pending in congress nnd
will probably be passed this week. So
take time by the forelock, if you nre
able-bodied, but have an aversion to
work, and begin to harden up those
flabby muscles gradually.
By the provisions of this bill all
the county pathologists of the United
States will be made commissioned of
ficers of the army with power to eon
script men nnd compel them to work
wherever their services nre needed.
Thus County Pathologist Cute,
who would probably then be known
as Captain or Lieutenant Cate, would
hold nn awful power over luzv Jack
son county men and big boys.
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What the Indians
knew of time-curing
Even the American Indian knew
the value of time-curing. His pem
mioan was nothing but lean meat,
sun-dried, .time-cured and ground
to powder form. Thus he made
time-curing serve his need for food.
So, in more elaborate way,, we
make time-curing serve your ends
for smoke-pleasure. So, we call in
Father Time to mellow the leaf for
the fragrant OWL Cigar.
Long months it takes for this
selected leaf to properly time-cure.
And the demands of OWL fragrance
make necessary a reserve supply of
constantly curing leaf always worth
$1,000,000 or more. Over this curing
leaf experts watch constantly keen
eyes wide open for the "ready-point"
of OWL fragrance.
Selected leaf, plus time-curing
careful time-curing months of
time-curing. Those are OWL'S fra
grance secrets.
Make the OWL Cigar prove
them. Smoke one OWL. 5c at the
nearest cigar store.
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Showing exact siie J$fwM$W
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xllSS Branded for
VvMu!fy' your protection
!!! M)Ur M. A. GUNST BRANCH
aP" GENERAL CIGAR CO. INC.
Tml
Washing the skin, rubbing salves
and lotions on it, will not euro your
Eczema. You may temporarily relieve
the constant itching, but if you want
to get at the seat of the trouble, you
must purify your blood.
Infected blood is dangerous, and
when the watery sores and pimples
appear, you should lose no time in
procuring a bottle of S. S. S.
This great remedy, which was dis
covered over fifty years ago, will wash
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out and strengthen " your blood, an4
tho annoying and disfiguring erup
tions of the skin will disappear, and
you will soon feel healthy and vig
orous again.
S. S. S. being purely vegetable, Is
entirely free from 'all "dope" and
drugs; get it at your druggist's and,
insist upon the genuine. For free,;
expert advice, write to our Medical
Department, Swift Specific Co, 30J
Swift Building, Atlanta, Ga. I
You Can Be Your
Own Garageman j
by purchasing your automobile eupJ
piles from us. We have everything!
from cup grease to body polish. If
Is a real pleasure to use our polish I
the dirt comes off so easily, and the
gloss rises as brightly as the sun.
I
C. E. GATES
BEDDING PLANTS
It's time to plan for your flower garden. "We are
better prepared than ever before to supply your
wants for all kinds of outdoor plants. Call at green
bouse at 1005 East Main or Telephone 374.
PIERCE Medford's Leading Florist
Used Cars
We Have a Few Used Cars
at Right Prices
1914 Maxwell, just overhauled.... ......$275.00
1913 Buick, 5 passenger, almost new $500.00
1912 Apperson, 5 passenger, good condition..$200.00
This Car will make a Good Truck
1910 Buick Chassis, good condition $150.00
1910 Cadillac, 4 passenger, good condition $225.00
Maxwell Roadster, just overhauled $125.00
1915 Ford, 5 passenger, good as new $275.00
Must act quick on this Ford.
Power Auto Co.
Insist Upon Home Products
THESE GOODS ARE MADE IN THE ROGUE RIVER VALLEY
KEEP THE MONEY AT HOME
WHICH OF THESE TOPS
Is the better? It Is difficult to tell
now, because the sun Is shining but
when these two cars run through the
shower which Is coming over the next
hill there will be all the difference In
the world between them then. Wa
make tops that do not leak or crack,
and we repair tops which have gone
bad.
Medford Auto Top Factory'!
u. c. ;h.-ivi,ki, iToprtetor.
118 South Central.
If good little pigs you'll be
each morn,
And drink your milk and eat
your corn,
You'll soon grow into "that
delectable fame
Of having "ACORN" Hams
and Bacon for vour name.
ROGUE RIVCRJ
lACORfjJt
INDEPENDENT MARKET
"Around the Corner"
OUR SERVICE STATION
For
Telephone 890
GALVANIZED
TANKS '
OIL AND WATER
nnd
IRRIGATING PIPE
Go to J. A. SMITH,
123 N. Grape St.
Patronize the Institution
that Maintains the Largest
Payroll in Medford
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Printing Co. ;
The Best Equipped Job
Plant in Oregon Outside ot
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