MTCDFORD" MATT TTlWUm, MFDFOTir), OttTCfloy. SATTTTt'DAY, .TTTLY 7. 1917.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 7. The
raco for conimisNions nt tlio reserve1
officers' training enuip here is Hear
ing 1 ho home Hlrclch. Something like
a month rcmniiiri before the commis
Hions mo uniioimced, and that time
tlio student officers will liavo to
work us they never worked lief ore.
There are only u certain number of
cominissiouH, and more than eunuch
prospective officers to fill them.
What the. government will do with the
men who complete the camp course
KueeeHsfuily and who wilt be denied
commissions because of thu scarcity
of these honors, is a matter of deep
conjecture.
Can Join Next Cnniii.
They will doubtless have uu or
tnnity to join tlio next reserve offi
cers' training eump, and will have n
distinct udvantngo in training for the
officers camps which will bo held
when the draft iirmies are in their
respeetivu cantoiimcnls.
The government has announced
that tlio men with the highest rating
will get the commissions in this camp.
Tho commissions will he given out
according to these ratings. For in-
stance, if there aro 41)0 commissioiiK
for tho grudo of second lieutenant,
the 400 men in the camp who the of
ficers think best qualified to fill
these posts would he given the
straps. Tho snino system will obtain
in regard to giving out tho other com
missions. It is presumed Hint the army in en
campments for the training of offi
cers after the draft army is mobili.ed
will favor thoso of the officers' re
serve camps who did their work well,
but were denied the initial commis
sions. All members of the new army
will also be entitled lo try for com
missions in these future camps, but
will bo absolutely denied to citizens
by a rilling of the war department,
lloiw Deferred.
So the rookies who try but fail
here are not' going to lose hopo by
nnv means, as it probably will not
menu a commission denied, but mere
ly deferred. The tinny opened these
camps to a large number of men in
order lo have a wide field to select
from in bestowing these initial com
missions, which call for line officers
pa rticularly.
In preparation for this final dash
for commissions the officers are ac
centuating personal neatness and
soldierly bearing at nil times. Those
rookies who are still affecting while
collars are being encouraged lo wear
nothing lint 1 1 1 n regulation nppnrcl,
ami particular stress is placed on
cleanliness. Men who must lie ill the
dust u good part of Hie day in the
rifle practice have no excuse. Thev
must show up for insccliou just as
clean as any signal corps men. Those
whose hands are covered with trench
grime are given to understand that
they must be spotless when thev show
up for mess. Blouses must he wore
lit all limes on the outside, except
when the men are engaged in p.utie
ulnily heavy work.
LONDON', July 7. According to
Dally KxpicnH, u nciHouul friend of
tho HmproRH 'At a. of Austria has In
formed certain memliern of ttie house
of commons Unit tho empress Is ex
erting herself strongly In the Interests
of France, She Is credited with suf
ficient Influence over Kniperor
Charles to Induce him to try to with
draw from the Aiistro-lluugiirliin alll
nnco with Ciermany as kooii tut Auk
trla-llungnty la enuMi'd to lake such
action.
"ASHLAND KNOWS HOW
U A SIILANJ) knows how" was the cuteh-line over the
red, white and bine posters announcing a pugilistic
carnival as part of the patriotic celebration at the lithia
cit)r on the Fourth of July. The announcement caused a
shock of surprise among those who knew the straight-lace,
puritanical ideas of our charming clnirchgoing sister citv,
where lithia long ago drove out the demon run, a movie
show is the height of dissipation, and the only, knockouts
scored are those against the evil one.
However, as it is almost as long a time between bouts
as it is between drinks in the Rogue River valley in these
hali-yon bone-dry days, and the squared circle recalled
fond memories of other times, before we lost our pep find
went to wearing halos, of the good old days when Bnd
Anderson as village hero was cleaning up the brush-wood
boys, Ave wore willing to take Ashland's word for it at a
cost of $G per ringside seat for the two exhibitions.
The great fistic program was advertised to begin Tues
day afternoon, July 3, at 4 o'clock but the day before the
hour w.is switched to 10 o'clock in the morning. So Med
ford sports early jitneyed to the Granite City to find that
they were evidently the only spectators Ashlanders being
conspicuous by their absence. So few were there that the
principals refused to pull off their championship-winning
antics, and the bout was postponed until the afternoon, as
originally advertised.
So again in the afternoon the Medford ring enthusiasts
made the trip but the Roundup artists were bulldogging,
and again there was no crowd for the pugilists. After
angry outbursts by promoters against the Roundup man
agement, the groat boxing show was again postponed until
10 o'clock the next day, with a double attraction.
A third time the Medford sports made the trip to the
ringside. They wore getting rather weary but not near
as tired as they were after the conclusion of the bouts,
which were presented minus the advertised preliminar
ies, before a small but extremely select audience. And
thy saw Red Watson knock out "Eddie Burns" in the third
round of a one-sided fight after an equally lopsided eight
round tame exhibition between, Johnny McCarthy and
"Seattle Frankie Bums."
And now conies the real Eddie Bums, who indignantly
denies that he was ever knocked out, or furthermore, that
he ever fought at Ashland. He declares the bout a fake
and a plant, winch is very inconsiderate or the feelings of
the city that "knows how." The following is the story as
told by the San Francisco Chronicle : ;,
IProsent at last night's scraps at the Association club was Eddie
Darns, tho weltorwoight, and ICddle climbed Into tho ring and made a
mieocn, and it was an angry speech at that. Eddie had Hilly Snallham toll
Terry Murname, and Terry told the crowd that Eddie was not anywhere
near Ashland, Ore., on the Fourth of July, In consequence he was not
knocked out by Red Watson or any other Watson or anybody else.
Thon Eddie let It further be known that Olllo La Forrest, who used
to box around here a year or two ago, was the fellow that Watson licked,
and ho also said Hint La Forrest was a regular plant and that Watson
knocked him out onco betoro at Sua Diego about a year ago.
It is unfortunate that Ashland's otherwise creditable
celebration should thus be marred. It is a result of com
mercializing the nation's birthday.
STOP LEAKS TO THE ENEMY
TITI'i Hermans, before America entered the war, must
often have l.'iu.olicd .-it. Eiio-hmd mul liVnncn Riiwu.
we entered the war they must often have laughed at us.
For in Holland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Switzer
land they have had perfect funnels through which our
products have poured into Germany, rendering of no avail
part of the British sea blockade of German ports and dis
counting in part our newly declared hostility to the coun
try or tne Kaiser.
Some of the things Germany needed most to keep it
from starvation, to keep its munitions supply and clothe
its troops have boon obtained from this country. They have
been secured through the neutral funnels.
Even a casual study of the exports of this country to
(lie neutrals close to Germany will reveal the facts with
startling clearness.
For instance, Denmark m 191.1 took 415,479 bushels of
our wheat, and in 1915 took 2,754.7-1 (5 nearly seven times
as much. Holland took .11 ,8312,000 in 1913 and in 1915 took
31,551,992 more than double.
In 1913 Denmark took .108,515 bushels of our rye. In
191(i she took 2,017,502 nearly twenty times as much.
In 1913 Holland took ()788 pounds' of brass in bars,
plates and sheets. In .191(5 it took . .1,950,9 13 over 250
times as much.
In 1913 Sweden took 9,080,914 pounds of our copper.
In 1915 she took 31,545,504 nearly four times as much.
In 1913 Switzerland took 2099 pounds of leather. In
191(5 she took 1,553,93(5 and all other neutrals took similar
large quantities. .
In 1913 Norway took .f 1713 worth of miscellaneous
chemicals. In 191(5 she took $350,80(5 worth.
The figures cited for the selected individual countries
are typical of all these neutrals. Allowing for the fact that
these countries were cut off from Russian and Argentine
wheat front Russian leather, from German chemicals and
from Kiiropean brass and copper supplies, allowing for the
fact that they, therefore, turned to America to make up
their deficit there still remains so large an increase in
(heir imports as to preclude the belief that all they have
bought within the past three voars has been for home con
sumption.
I he conviction will not down that they have acted as
purchasing agents for Germany.
To that extent these neutrals were not neutral. They
were assistants to Germany. They helped her circumvent
the blockade. They sneaked to her products that were
contraband of war. They made use of the war by piling
up their war profits.
And that is where the new exports council appointed by
President Wilson under the espionage bill will lie of enor
mous service to the cause of America and her allies against
Germany. Its first job will be to stop the. leak to the
enemy.
EXTENSIVE FRUIT
Every intelligent grower In the
northwest knows what It the matter
with the fruit Industry. It Is not
necessary to remind either the grow
er or the consumer that it Is not a
question of production, Ihut one of
distribution. It takes a host of ex
perienced shippers, distributors and
dealers all specialists In their lines
to take our apples and pears from
the orchard the moment they are
ready to ship and pass them on to
the thousands of homes of consum
ers while yet fresh and edible. If
the grower Is to obtain remunerative
returns and the consumer to procure
our products at a reasonable cost,
there must ibe an efficient, economi
cal and widespread distribution, and
the grower who affiliates himself
with the organization best able to
accomplish this result, will secure
the highest returns for his shipments.
. This Is just what the Earl company
has done for other localities and
what it will do for the growers of
the Rogue River valley. With its
117 salesmen covering every city and
town In the United States, Canada
and the principal ports of Europe
and England, it certainly Is In a po
sition to know when, how and where
to socuro the best and highest mar
kets. These salesmen are kept busy
12 months In the year. They know
tholr trade and the trade knows them.
They have to deliver the goods iboth
ways. And the past records of the
company show that tho systom Is
efficient and that tho grower who has
dealt thru It has no regrets when he
balances his bank account.
Tho Earl Fruit company of the
northwest will not consign a single
box of fruit to a commission house,
nor will they sell fruit which Is un
der contract to them In any other
manner than F. O. B. shipping point
If It Is humanly possible to do so.
If you want your fruit sold by an
eastern commission house, why pay a
local concern for hilling It? Under
the Earl form of agreement you have
control over your fruit and a posi
tive contract regarding Its mefnod of
sale. But you should remember that
it takes time to sell and that when
sold, buyers Insist on delivery. The
oc'.ier must know what he has to of
fer. Be business man enough to re-
a Ik that the srowcr who expects to
avail himself of the best se ling or
ganization In the northwest must
not wait until shipping time Is on
and anticipate as good results as bis
wiser neighbor who secured a front
scat.
1!
SAN ANTONIO, Eex., July 7.
Brigadier General James Parker has
beon designated as commander of the
southern departmont by the secretary
of war.
tioncral Parker has been acting as
department commander since General
Porslilng was called to Washington.
COMMUNICATION.
To tlio Editor:
I have heard several people mention
the "wonderful eoincii'enco" lis ,:.hown
in Mr. Cnrsten's letter published last
evening in the Jlail Tribune, referring
to date of birth, age, date of taking
office and lime served of the various
rulers. There is no coincidence about
it, and I doubt if the Literary Digest
published it seriously.
If one takes the dale of birth and
adds number of years lived, it of
course makes 11)17. The same with
dale and time of serving. It is simp
ly Liking a dale twenty yours ago
(ISi'7) and adding twenty years,
which could make nothing else than
the present year, or Jill". Take my
own case:
Was born .. 1H7S
Came to Medford I'.llW
Have lived, years :)!!
Years in Medford - H
as:u
If this figuring had been done last
year the result would have been twice
llMfi. or :is;i2, and if it is done next
year the result will bo twice III 18, or
HSItd. There is nn coincidence about
it, bill ii.n catch by jumbling figures.
Very truly vours,
A. II. MlLLKIi.
Medford. Or . July 7. T17.
JOHN A. PERL
UNDERTAKES
Inly Assistant.
M BOITII HAUTLETT.
hone M. 47 mid 47-J-a.
Austonioblle Hearse Service.
Ambulance Service. Coroner.
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 7.In
1910 there were 1,007,332 more motor
ears registered in the I'nited States
than in 1015. This was an increase
of 43 per cent. The gross total of
registered ears, including commercial
cars, was 3,."il2,0!)G; the number of
motorcycles registered was 2.'i0,820,
The several states collected in regis
tration and license fees, including
those of chauffeurs and operators, n
total gross revenue of $2.j,8G5,3G!).75.
Of this amount, 92 per cent, or $23,
910,811, was applied directly to con
struction, improvement or mnmtcn
mice of tho public louds in forty
three stales, according to figures
compiled by the office of public road:
of the United States department of
agriculture, in circular 73, "Aulonio
bilo Registrations, Licenses and Rev
enues in the United States, 1910."
The figures for 1910 correspond
very closely with the annual percent
age increase of motor car registration
of tho Inst three years. This yearly
increase has averaged 40 per cent in
tho number of cars and 50 per cent
in revenues. '
When viewed over a period of
years, the increase in motor ear reg
istration and gross revenue lias been
remarkable. In 1900 the total state
registrations were approximately
48,000 cars, on account of which the
several states collected in fees and
licenses a total gross revenue of
about $190,000, Only a small port
of this was applied to road work. In
1910 the $25,805,309.75 collected
formed nearly 9 per cent of the total
rural road and bridge revenues of the
states.
Hecent years have shown an in
creasing tendency to put the spend
ing of the motor car revenues di
rectly in the hands of the slate high
way departments. Of the total
amount applied to road work in
101(1, 70 per cent, or $10,411,520, was
expended more or less directly under
the control or supervision of state
highway departments. Only thirteen
states did not exercise any direct
control over the expending of the net
automobile revenues.
Automobile Notes
J. C. Power leaves Sunday for
Portland on business and will drive
a new Ituick buck.
One of the largest tiro companies
has found on investigation that in
1913 Canada had increased its num
ber of registered ears 10,780, or 38
per cent, as against the 1912 regis
tration, and during 1914, 22,070, or
30 per cent, as compared to 1M3.
War was declared August 1, 1014,
so that the lust figures were little
affected thereby. Xow, after two
and one-bulf years of warfare, Can
ada is this year buying 100,000 new
motor enrs almost five times as
ninny as were purchased during 1914,
nnd an increase of 85 per cent over
the normal for 1913-14.
The automobile industry supports
over 2,000,000 people in tho United
States.
No trouble was met by a big one
and a half ton While truck on the
drive from Portland to Crater Lake,
according to a letter sent to the Au
tomobile club by Louis Sicgelman,
who wifl be in charge of Crater Lake
Lodge this season. Seventeen pas
sengers were carried on the drive
without hardship of any kind. The
party left bore at 5:30 o'clock, and at
8 p. in. was in Roscbnrg. The next
day it was in Medford .remaining one
day in that city, nnd then continued
as far as the snows permitted in
Crater Luke National park. Port
land Speelator.
Mr. and Mrs. Sicgeliiinn have
charge of the Crater Lake Lodge for
Mr. Parkhurst this year.
Ther. li mora Catarrh In this aeetlon of tbt
eowitry tlinn rill other tllseusea put together. Mil
milk! the last few ypiira was aupiised to IM
lii.'ur,l,.. tor a nrnt many it-nra diH'tura
prununm-vO It a KaMl iMai-a ami ttrfscrltou looal
IrUlfOlF.. nud lijr CtnttHiiMy IiOlltiK to cur Mlta
local treatment. iroii,.uiKS-il It lucuralil. Scton,-
has rot.i Catarrh to bv a ct.Q.tltutlotial ill.aap,
and tbcri f, ro n-'iul.-ca (sm.tlliitloiinl treatment.
Hull a catarrh I uri. manurai tnred or a . J.
Chenee A Co.. Tlr-ilo. Ohio, I. the only Constitu
tional rur on in iniirkl. It la tnKcn intornallr
In doT-a from 10 dro to a teaanoouml. It tola
directly on the bl,od and nmcioi. anrtacet of
the ayatem. They olTcr one hundred dollar for
any raae lr tails lo cure. 8ehd tor circulars and
testimonials.
Address: r. J, CrtEXKY CO.. Toledo. Ohio,
eWd by Prosa-Uts, 7.V.
Takt Uall'a Family rills for coDsllnstlon.
AUTO TIRES SET
I make a specialty of auto tire set
ting and wheel repairing. Also all
kinds of blacksmlthlng and horse
shoeing. At the old stand, South
lilverslilo.
Tom Merriman
Rerublic
The
Prodium Process
of Compounding Rubber
will save tire users mil
lions of dollars.
Republic Prodium Process Tires
last longer and wear down as
evenly and smoothly as a piece
of steel.
They are more responsive and
yet so tough that they are prac
tically immune to road cutting
or chipping.
Today more than 100,000 sets
have demonstrated the economic
value of the Prodium Process.
. V Republic Black-line Red Inner
Tubes have a record tor free
dom from trouble,
The Republic Rubber Company
. Youngatown, Ohio
W. R. DeLay
4. Agent - Medford
WillfM
Ready!
In nine cases out of ten, a dead battery means
a dead car, for the battery is tho source of ig
nition In SO per cent of the 1917 cars.
If you're one of the nine, when you want bat
tery service, you want it at once.
And we're always on the job to give n to you.
No matter whether you came In to have your
battery merely tested, or completely rebuilt, we'ro
there, with men and equipment to take care of
you.
If your battery needs repairs or recharging we 1
have a rental battery for your use .whatever
make or model of car you own.
Wlllard Service is complete, It's always ready.
The Electric Shop
Free inspection of any battery at any time
THE PLAGE
To get your repairing done. See
DAVIES
Pacific Highway Garage
29 South Bartlett Phone 59
J. R. Rochon
The
Automobile
Painter
Work Guaranteed
at Walker A"to Co.
Riverside Garage
Expert Repairing
The host tiro on the market
for the money.
Also have a stock of those
T.onir Arm Cantilever Shock
Absorbers going at $oM
A second hand 1D1 4 Wind
Shield for Ford car, good as
new.
F. R. ROBERTS
132 S. Riverside
wu: ..rr.- w :u. a
V- PLEX
Piston Rings
Take your car to any
garage and they will
tell you the merits of
this ring
V- Plex Ring Co.
Medford, Ore.