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Homo Ounrd company member arc
Blill laughing nt siime o the odd ex
periences their comrades encountered
last Wednesday when they were pa
trolling the city and warning water
users to stop irrigating under penalty
of arrest or of having their water
connections shut off. The majority
of citizens took the warning pood na
turedly and at once ceased irrigating.
Others did so begrudgingly, and a few
were nasty about it ami complied
nevertheless.
It. D. Hoke in patrolling way out
Kst Main street spied several hose
iu.zles spraying on the grounds .ihout
Frank Owen's residence on the hill.
Stopping his automohile in front of
tho house, Hoko shouted to the gar
dener "Who was using a hose on the
lawn :
"Hey, you! You'll have to stop
that irrigating. The city water is
short anil the city don't allow any
irrigating."
"Oh. go chose yourself!" was the
astounding reply. "We've got our
own water system here."
"Oiddup," said Hoke to his cur as
ho turned it around and sped back
down Main street blushing furiously.
Frank Owen has one of the finest
private, water systems in the i ity,
having spent several thousands of
dollars on it.
George T. Collins, another Home
Guard on patrol duty, in passing a
house in the west part of the city,
noticed that the front and side yards
were all freshly wet, and decided
to get out of his cur and investi
gate. "Aha," said Collins to him
A' as he rounded the rear part of
tlujgliouse and saw a woman using a
hose in the garden.
Collins in his suave way explained
to the woman the grave water situ
ation and why the city could permit
no irrigating or spraying. And all
the time she kept saying "uh hu" and
nodding her heud in agreement with
his remarks.
"Would you like a drink from the
well from which this water is flow
ing?" she sweetly asked him when he
was all thru. Then Collins tumbled,
after scratching his head where there
used to be hair, that this was a pri
vate water system.
He spent ten minutes more in apol
ogizing for having butted in.
PRESS REPORTS WRONG.
SAYS GENERAL CROWDER
WASHINGTON, June 8. General
Crowder Issued this statement to
day: "Some published press reports are
to the effect that figures received In
the office of the provost marshal gen
era) Indicate millions of claims for
exemptions. These reports consist of
conclusions erroneously drawn and
very unjust to the young men of the
country. As a matter of fact no
claims whatever have been called for
or received.
Registration cards contain some
questions that were asked solely for
statistical reasons. The answers to
these questions are tabulated in such
a way as to show how many regis
tered men are executive, judicial or
legislative officers of the state or na
tion; how many have wives or other
relatives dependent upon them, for
support, how many are totally dis
abled and how many belong to relig
ious sects, opposed to war In any
form or are ordained ministers or
are engaged In certain industries.
Absolutely no statistics of this kind
were extant before the registration,
and such statistics were necessary In
drafting regulations. Within these
statistics are Included the cards of a
E'eat proportion who expressly stated
fuat they intended to claim no exemp
tions and a vast number of others
who made no statements whatever
concerning exemptions.
"Indeed there is no Index of the
number of exemptions that will bo
claimed In the office of tho provost
marshal general. Every effort should
lie made to eradicate tho Impression
that has been given by the press re
ports mentioned above. '
HER FAMINE
THING OF PAST;
DAMAGE SLIGHT
The city's water famine is over and
all day long Friday the normal sup
ply was flowing from Little Butte
creek into the hastily repaired Intake
and from the reservoir into tho city
pipes.
By order of Mayor Gates the ban on
irrigation was lifted early this fore
noon. The word flew around the city
rapidly and the water consumers lost
no time in getting hose at work on
gardens and lawns.
t Is olalmed by the city authorities
that the water will be clear by tonight
or at the very latest tomorrow morn
ing. It seemed to be clearing up dur
ing the day. ;
At 6 o'clock this morning City Wa
ter Superintendent Arnsuiner tele
phoned from the Intake that repairs
had been made there during the night
as soon as he bad received word from
Fish Lake dam that the canal com
pany had completed its temporary re
pairs on the break there, that tho city
reservoir was filled and that the city's
normal supply was flowing into the
intake. i
Irrigation lermLssible.
About the same hour people began
calling Mayor Gates over the tele
phone, asking if they could Irrigate.
And this kept up most of the day.
Arnspiger reported to the mayor
that when the creek water had lower
ed sufficiently last night to enable the
repair work to be started at the In
take the workmen soon found that a
large log had been jammed by the
flood last Monday night into the big
Intake pipe partially stopping it up.
The workmen cleared away part of
the wreckage at the intake and built
a temporary dam there.
Nothing In the way of permanently
repairing the Intake will be done until
the city council has paid a visit to It
to study the situation. The council
will probably have a new Intake built
in an entirely different location. The
councilmen plan to visit the intake
and the Fish Lake dam on Sunday.
Kalpb Cowglll, chief engineer of
the Rogue River Canal company, re
turned from the dam to the city last
night. He claimed today that the Te
ports of flood damage done by the
break in the dam along tho course of
Butte creek were greatly exaggerated
and asserted positively that at no
time was the dam In danger of giving
way. The dam structure, he said,
was as good as ever and as solid as a
rock, except where the break occurred
and there only a part of the earth fill
ing was washed out.
Damage Is Slight.
According to Mr. Cowglll the total
damage caused by the flood will not
exceed $r00 and the loss of one or
two cows drowned.
No further work will be done on
the dam this summer, he says, and In
the meantime expert dam engineers
will be summoned by the company to
look tho dam over and give advice
Mr. Cowglll said the entire dam struc
ture would probably be reinforced
with a concrete core.
Manager Brown of the canal com
pany had not returned from the dam
today. He will remain there for
day or two.
It was reported In the city today
that residents along Little Butte creek
in the Lake Creek district were ar
ranging to make a protest against
the dam being retained in Its present
makeup, and would demand It be
made a thoroly sufe concrete struc
ture.
BRUTAL MURDERER RELATES
DETAILS OF REVOLTING DEED
ST. PAUL. Minn.. Juno 8. Joe
Redenbaugh, confessed double-murderer,
now serving a life sentence In
state prison for the murder of Patrol
man George Connery In Minneapolis,
Telated in . detail today how he shot
and killed Mrs. Alice McQuillan Dunn
as she slept In her father's home here
on tho morning of April 26. He told
of being hired by Mike Moore to kill
the woman, of entering the home
arly In the morning and firing three
shot Into the body of Mrs. Dunn as
he lay sleeping beside her sister. II
Pared nothing, answering questions
Hllngly and relating every detail ap
parently undisturbed by the sobs of
the mother and sister of the dead
FORCES GERMANSG TO RETIRE
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der-cstimatcd the power and resour
ces of their foes and were not ready
to withstand the terrific blow which
fell upon thi'in. Krom the captured
heights the Hritish guns today nrc
sending their message of death across
a low and level plum ol scarcely tivc
miles in breadth which separates them
fro mthe industrial capital of north
cm France.
Mile Is Objective.
Lille is the chief of a little group of
three cities in which, prior to the war,
centered France's ureat texiile indus
tries. It formerly had u population
of JlO.Olld. Its two sister cities, Heu
baix and Tourcoing were the homes
of about an equal number. Tourcoing
and Ii.mlmix stand on ri.-ing ground
from four to six miles northwest of
Lille, the onlv highland now in front
nf the Itritih. To their right, how
ever. Lille is protected by a ridge
which stands between it and Armcn-
ticrcs, the town on which the right
wing of the attacking arm yrcsts. An
into the plain will outflunk
this ridge.
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NEW YORK. June 8. The most
convincing kind of fashions are those
snapped at some society function.
orse shows and race tracks are fa
mous places for exhibition of abso
lutely correct style. '
At the Belmont park races, 'Mrs.
Angle B. Duke, one of New York's
best dressed young women, was snap
ped in the simplest of frocks. The
costume 1b perfect at every point from
the broad poke brim to the slender
pumps with the new "square throat."
The loose wrlsted gloves, enormous
pleated neck frill, small melon-Bhaped
bag, scalloped button flaps and band
dress trimming are separate features
of an ensemble which Is sure to be
studied by any girl or woman having
a taste for what Is really artistic In
dress.
TEST YOUR STORAGE
BATTERY CELLS OFTEN
"Taking a hydrometer reading of
one cell of a storage battery does not
Indicate the condition of the entire
battery," says "Doc" Wright of tho
Prest-O-Llte Battory service station.
"A storage battery is made up of a
number of cells, each cell a complete
unit in Itself. Each cell contains a
serlos of plates and Its own supply of
acid solutlon'or electrolyte. They are
In reality, separate 2-volt units con-
An important meeting is being held
this afternoon on Hod Cross mutters
in the rooms of the local chapter in
the Spin tu building to discuss wuys
and means of raising $10,000 in
Med ford and $f000 in Ashland for the
.Red Cross, ussessed by the national
committee.
At the conference were Lincoln
nected In series to obtain the desired McComiuck, representing the Med
voltage for tho starting and lighting ford chapter, and K. V. Carter and
I'rof, Irving Viuing, representing the
Ashland chapter, and Kobert .Smith
of Hoseburg, representing tho stntc
Keel Cross.
Mr.-Mt'Cnnnnck has just returned
from Portland, where he attended the
state Hcd Cross conference which was
also attended by representatives of
the national Hcd Cross organization.
At tin: Port In nil conference discus
sion was had of the unnoum'cd inten
tion to raise $ 100,000,000 in the
l.'nitcd States for the Red Cross. The
apportionment lor Oregon has been
decided on. The stale was .subdivided
'til o sections and to each city and
section, was apportioned " a certain
amount to raise.
Midlord's apportionment is .$10,.
000, and Ashland's "i()00. .
. The conference in Medford this nf
ternoon Was called by Mr. Mc
Conniick on his return home from
I'lirtland.
PERSHING IS IN
ENGLAND TO LEAD
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Welsh Fusiliers was drawn up at the
lunding with a regimental band. When
General Pershing had been introduc
ed to the military officer in conimund
of the port he insieeted the guard of
honor while the band played "The
Star Spangled Banner."
Trip Delightful One,
Oeneral Pershing said to the Asso
ciated Press: ,
"Tho trip has been delightful, par
ticularly the latter stages, when wo
were escorted through tho dunirer
zone by our own destroyers. Sink
ing for myself und stuff, we are glad
to he the standard bearers of America
in this great war for civilization. The
opportunity of Innding nt a British
port and the welcome we received nrc
very significant and are deeply up
precialed. We expert in the course of
a very short time to bo playing our
part, which I hoe will be n very big
part, on the western front."
107 lu Pershing's Stuff.
WASHINGTON, June 8. Major
General Pershing, whoso safe arrival
in England is recorded in the fore
going dispatch, has with him 108 of
ficers, enlisted men and other nt
tuches. The parly sailed more than
a week ago without any publicity be
ing given to their departure despite
.the fact that it was known to some
American newspapers.
Reports from Pans yesterday said
sites for the camps of American
troorjs had been selected. Presum
ably General Pershing will inspect
these and make complete arrange
ments for the reception of his troops.
No information as to the compo
sition of the American force or when
it may be expected to reach Franco
.has been given out beyond the orig
inal statement that a division of reg
ular troops supplemented by a regi
ment of marines would bo sent at the
earliest practicable date. .
Bell-ans
Absolutely Removes
Indigestion. One package
proves it. Uocat all druggists.
G0ETHALS FIRES ASSISTANTS
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the board members had not Insisted
on either steel or wooden ship.
General Gocthals announced the
dischurge of the two engineers in a
memorandum to Chairman Denmnn of
the shipping board giving ns a reason
"lack of loyulty and mis-statements
and misrepresentation of facts."
"WASHINGTON, Juno 8. Differ
ences over tho government's wooden
ship building program came to a head
last night when F A. Euatis, assistant
general manager of the emergency
fleet corporation, and his assistant,
P. Huntington Clark, Issued state
ments virtually charging Major Gen
eral Goethals, general manager of the
corporation, with halting building of
the vessels by prescribing an Impossi
ble form of contract.
The statements rovcal that the cor
poration has Just received offers from
ton firms to build 4110 wooden ships
within twelve months or 786 within
18 months. General Gocthals has
turned the proposition down, because
the builders wish to construct the
ships on a cost plus ten per cent
profit basis. Instead of contracting for
a flat price for the ships. f
Mr. Eustis and Mr. Clark aro the
mining engineera who originated the
wooden ship building plan adopted by,
the shipping board and regarded by
General Goethals as Impracticable. '
When the board formed the fleet
corporation and put General Goethals
at Its head with full powers to build
ships, the two engineers were assign
ed to the corporation as the general's,
aides.
After taking charge of the bulldlnit
program General Goethals turned to
steel construction and limited the
wooden program to not more than
250 ships In eighteen months, Mr.
Eustis and Mr. Clark contend that the
corporation can build 2000 wooden
ships within that time without tutor
forlng with steel building. 5
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Plenty of Home-Grown
Vegetables
AN UNSUAL CHOICE LINE FOR THE
WEEK-END
Cucumbers
Beets
String Beans
Head Lettuce
Turnips
Onions
Spinach
Cabbage
Peas
Radishes
Asparagus
Carrots ;
POTATOES
Beet Greens
Choice Home-Grown Strawberries
Gooseberries, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas
Personal Attention Prompt Service .
MARSH & BENNETT
PHONE 252
system. Each unit should bo tested
with a hydrometer and an average
taken to determine the condition of
the battery. If the specific gravity In
any cell tests more than 25 points
lower than the other cells, it is an In
dication that this cell is out of order.
The condition may be due to short
circuits Inside the cell; putting too
much water In tho cell causing the
electrolyte to overflow, weakening
the solution; or loss of electrolyte
due to a cracked or leaky jar.
"The evaporation of distilled water
should be about the same In all units.
If the solution In any one cell be
comes considerably lower than that In
the other cells it Is an Indication that
the Jar of that cell Is cracked or leaky
and It should be replaced at once to
prevent total loss of the solution and
consequent Injury to the battery.
"Such troubles cannot be corrected
by the motorist and should therefore
be referred to a competent battory
man. The service station at tho C. K.
Gates Auto Co. Is a part of the big
Prest-O-Llte battory service system
which Is at the service of. motorists
everywhere, regardless of the moke
of battery used.
RUSSIAN FANATICS FOLLOW
"ADVICE0FH0LY GHOST"
PHOENIX, Arli., June 8. After a
conference today with the Btate coun
cil of defense tho leaders of a Russian
religious colony, all of whoso mem
bers except twenty refused to register
on Tuesday, for the selective draft,
decided that the rest would not regis
ter and would take the punishment
prescribed by the act for refusal.
They said fn reply to the questions
asked that they were aware of the
terms of the army act and of the con
sequences; they wcro aware, too, of
their right to claim exemption as con
scientious objectors, and they knew
that they would not be called upon to
bear arms. Hut they said that they
believed that to go through the form
of registration would be to "condone"
war.
Moreover, the leaders said that the
VETREANS IN GRAY ARE
BACK OF PRESIDENT WILSON
WASHINGTON, June 8. Tho Uni
ted Confederate Veterans re-elected
General George P. Harrison of Opel
Ika, Ala., their commander-in-chief,
and selected Tulsa, Okla., as the place
for tho 1918 meeting, late today,
after marching up Pennsylvania ave
nue to tho strains of "Dixie" and
passing In review before President
Wilson and Vice-President Marshall.
A summer shower cooled the atmo
sphere as tho veterans marched and,
In spite of the advanced age of most
of the old soldiers, not a case of ser
ious exhaustion was reported.'
General J. M. Van Zandt of Texas
was re-elected eumttiander' of the
Trans-MlsslsslppI department.
Resolutions pledging support to
President Wilson In the war were
adopted. The veterans also endorsed
a bill pending In congrosa to refund
to southern states the cotton tax col
lected at the close of tho war, and
weut on record In protest against a
published statement that the south
went to war for tho same cause for
which the Teutonic powere are dofy-
"holy ghost" bad told tnem tnt . ng the world.
there would be a registration for war Secretary Daniels entertained Gen
end bad ordered them not to register Ural Harrison and tho corps and dlvls-
Toe council or aetease aeciuea ig re-ion commanders at dinner tonight I
fcr th-- whole- matter to Hie Loucn ah0rn nresldentlal yacht Mav
Oakland Six Speaks for Itself
Here is the Judgment of an .kl
Oakland Owner V
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Perhaps you thought we were, malrinl extravagant
CLAIMS for this car. Read the following from ' an
owner who is too far away to get any service from us, a
man who has to depend upon himself for service.
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f'lai-k E. Saunders, M". D.
Brookings, Oregon, June G, 1917.
C. K. GATES AUTO CO., -
Mtidfoi'd, Oregon.
Gentlemen:
Herewith my cheek for $5.0") covering statement of the first.
The old saying "Give the Devil his dues" might he appropriate
right now and here. I feel very well pleased with the Oakland Six
and feel that I have fully received in the car "Value received." I
did not expect to get a UX)() dollar car for $97."), hut I feel that I
have a ear that for my use and for the roads we have is ns good as
I could, possihly get for a goodly amount more than I have paid
and our ear is not for sale. We have driven it nlmut 700 miles and
all we have done is to fill grease cups and give the earhuretor it lit
tle less gas. I have found that the car has done better than 20
miles to the gallon of gasoline and that it is also very economical in
cylinder oil, yet I have given it a quart in that distance just to be
sure that -it- had plenty, I bought a pair of Warner-Lenz glasses
for the headlight and it sure is a fine help. All in all we are "tick
led to death with it."
Thanking you for the trade, I am,
Yours very truly,
(TiAKIvk SAUN'DKRS, M. D.
C. E. Gates Auto Co.