Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 08, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Text& ' PJOfi F0T7TT STEDFORD WTTC TRrRTTNTE, MEDFORD, OTCTCOOX, -RATURDA Y, SEPTEMBER 8, 1017. Medford Mail tribune AN INDKPKNDKN'r NKWSI'APKH PUUU K 1 1 K I K V K It Y A KT K 1 I NOON EXOKPT KUNIAT TltU MKDFOKD IKINTlNO CO. Office Mall Tribune Building, 25-27-20 North Fir tract; telephone 75. The Democratic Tlmin, Tho Mdord Mall, The Medford Tribune, The Houth ra OrftROiilan, Tlie AKhlaiid Tribune. GKOKGH I'UTNAM. Editor. SUBSCRIPTION BATED One year, by nm 11. .......... One month, by mull.. .15.00 Per month, delivered by carrier In mcaiorn, jmniana, i-nonix, rni ent, Jacksonville and Central Point . .BO Battmlny only, by mall, per year... 2. CO Weekly, per year. ........... 1.60 Official paper of the City of Mfilford. Official paper of Jackson County. Entered as aecond-claag matter at Mfdford, Oregon, under the act of March 11878. Sworn Circulation for .19162,491. MKMltKIt OK TUN A&SUCIATKD PKKSS Full JiPnned Wlr Ki-rvlcn. The Asso ciated 1'rcBH in fXcliiHlvnly ontltlrd to the use for ren'ibUwiIfon of all news credited to It or not ntlierwlHe credited In thlH piiiior, and iiIho the loctil iiowh IHibllHlifd herein. All rlphtfl of rnpuh Icatlon of Hpeelul dlupatclicH herein aro niHO renervou. WOMEN SHOULD WAKE UP. FOOD MO FUEL COPKNHAGBX. Sept. 8 Dlfflcul tics with the winter supply of fuel In Germany alroudy are being folt. The era of volunlury compulHory selection of tho fittest establishments for sur vival In various branches of trade and Industry already bus opened, and business will be concentrated in these while others will shut down, except those supplying heat and light, ltntcli- ors favor keeping their places open Into two afternoons a week, othor wlso to closo with tho sun. Tho Jew elers plan to keep oiien only on tboso days when artificial light Is unneces sary, which during tho north Gorman winter are very few. Tho city of Stettin already has suspended street lighting entirely on account of luck of conl. The Gormnn press nnd public aro for tho moment far inoro keenly In terested In problems of fuel nnd food than In politics. Discussion of ques tions of coiridllutlonnl reform, except for nngry ordors to President Wilson to kcop out of German affairs, has practically disappeared from German newspapers slnco tho itelchstng com nilttoo went homo, nnd the problem of tho potnlo Is now tho order of the duy. Farmers aro proclaiming an nhnndnumcnt of tho compulsory ad ministration of tho crop nnd of max imum prices and the return to tho system of commerclnl supply nnd de mand as a solo panacea to Insuro tho nocossary supply for human consump tion. Vorwnerls demands an Immediate Increnso In tho potato ration In ten pounds weekly at n reduction In the prlco nnd declares that It Is Impossi ble to work and sustain life on the proposed ration of 0V6 pounds of po tatoes, mill) grams of bread, 250 grams of meat and SI) grams of fat. Vorwnerls points out Unit Ibis year tho scanty harvest of oats nnd bar ley will not permit of a supplemen tary rations of oatmeal anil grits by which nlonu Iho people tided over last spring. 1(10 IHMANKIKO, Sepl.8. Amer ican .sailors from iho Atlantic patrol were union;: the 'JIUUI Ivimps who pn rnded today, Itrazil's independence day. The Anierieun troops were greeted with the wildest enlhu-insin nlong tlie route. ITALIANS LOSE THREE STEAMERS IN WEEK KOMI-!, Sept. 8.-Only three Hal inn steamers were sunk during the week ending September 'J, it is of ficially announced. COMMUNICATION. To the Kdttnr: "A St runner in Your Midst" certainly voiced the sen timents of a liost of people In bis let tor of tho IS til regarding the slluht to our nntlotial air, and, further, It wu A disgrace to every cltlen In the au dience that, when the curtain rose showing the Star Spangled llnnner used an ordinary "drapery," with yards of,lt folds trailing en tho floor, wbllo thero was no one present w ith backbone enough to demand that the flag lio ralsod before the program proroeded. Men have been fined nnd Incarcerated for 0 lesser offense, and .the only thing that can be said In x ' tpnuntlon Is that the Insult was due to Ignorance of flag etiquette. li, U. WAltNt'H, SU. i TIIKK'K is a deplorable Hack of interest among the women of Medford in J fed Cross work. All thru fhe hot summer, a small hand of faithful workers has regularly met to devote their time and energy to alle- viatinir the suffernur of wounded men on the battlefront and for tho comfort of those who are offering themselves as sacrifices to oreservc the nation. Daily the list of active workers has diminished until now there is a mere handfril of workers left not half enough to work the ma chines, . It is not because Medford women are not patriotic. Tlie' are and many of them have cheerfully sent their nearest and dearest to the front, hut tlie lack ot interest is due principally to thoughtlessness and inattention. By the time Hie bandages and hospital supplies now in course of making reach the front, (hey will be needed, as daily casualty lists will then he making their appearance and our wounded and dying men should have every possible comfort and aid. Many of us do not seem to comprehend the fact that tlie nation is at war with the greatest, strongest, most resourceful and by all odds the most unscrupulous and barbaric military power tho world has ever known. If your boy is taken prisoner, ho will be enslaved and starved or have his head split, open with a trench tool that the (ioniums may laugh at his dying agony. If he falls wound ed among the (icrinans, lie will be unceremoniously cracked on the head. If wounded and left hehind by his charging comrades, he will be rescued and tenderly eared for by the Jfcd dross, and the supplies you help to make will aid his restoration to health. Of course he is apt to be bombed in the hospital by a German airplane, but not after our American airships secure mastery of the air. Thousands of Medford women have never lifted a hand to help prepare these bandages. Thousands have never sacrificed an hour in such patriotic, endeavor. It is the part of a patriotic citizen to do his or her share and the women can, by devoting a few idle hours each week, do much to heli the stricken at the front and win the war; The vacat ion period is over. Let us all get down to the work of helping our country, co-operate in doing our mite as best wc can and lot us hope the women of Medford will wake up and set us all a noble example by crowding the Ifed Gross headquarters and making Medford famous on the front for its work of; merev. NEW FORM OF FRIGHTFULNESS. AN I0W form of f rightfulness is being practiced by the Germans, who seem to have loft few enorimties un porpotrated. German airships are now making a special ty of bombing hospitals,, filled vitli wounded, at the front. These hospitals are plainly marked, with immense red crosses painted on (he roof, and the! Ifed Gross flag fultter ing over them. Within the past -fortnight,' numerous French and JJnlish hospitals, filled with th(: derelicts of war, including wounded Germans,! havciheeu bombarded from the sky, and Friday several American hospitals were attacked and several Americans killed - or wounded " showing that Iho hospital attack's are'gcricral Gorman or ders. ', . When hospital ships were sunk, the ahsurd excuse was forthcoming that hospital ships 'were being used as troop transports Iho no proof ever substantiated these charges. lint no excuse is possible for the deliberate de struction of the wounded in field hospitals except Ger man barbarism. It is simply another evidence of "kultur" that in a score of ways throws eternal dishonor upon Ger man arms. It is rather remarkable that none of the awful acts of German fright fulness have ever drawn a word of protest from the pacifists, from La Folic! te and the pro-Germans in congress and ot her "humanitarian" champions, or from the newspapers advocating free speech for the advocates of treason and that even the bombing of American sur geons ami nurses engaged in a work of mercy, fails to stir their aeiicmie "pro-American' patriotism. DEVISE SYSTEM FO WAKIHXC.TOX, Kept. S. A joint hounl of nrmy and navy ofllrors, hmuYri ly Cnptntn WUIinm U. Shoe maker of thu niivy, linn lioen appoint- yd to work out u H.vslom to bo m- plnyetl In not tins Amcrli an troop tninsporls amiss tho At Inn tic In safety. NVn'ssnrily tt h conclusion and rtH-ommcndatlonfl will bo regard ed uh confidential, iSuliinnrinoR have mado an entirely new system of ron voy regulations necessary. I'resuin- aMy tho board will Incorporate Into new regulations all that bus been learned by the Hiitlsh and Kronen navies In three years of naval war fate as to tho best way of protecting troop ships. LEGITIMATE TRADE WASIIINUTOX, Sept. S.. Treas ury officials, carrying out tho provis ions of the president's proclamation requiring the licensing of gold ex ports, will place no general restric tions, It was said today, upon the ex port of gold In settlement of legiti mate trade balances against tho Uni ted States. With Modford trade Is Medford mad PRIZES OFFERED FOR MINERALS AT Attention, owners ot mineral de posits! ' The Jackson County Industrial fair will be held at Natatorlum building and grounds, September 18,' 19, 20, 21 and 22, and affords a splendid op portunity for owners, or their repre sentatives, to exhibit the following list ot minerals, and premiums paid but do not stop at just 20 pounds make It 100 or more pounds, so as to present a generous lot, and some to be taken away. Mineral Deportment. The best 20-pound sample Jackson county product: Asphalt. First prize, $5; second prize, ribbon. Antimony first, $5; second, rib bon. Chrome Iron FIrs, fr; second, ribbon. s Copper First, $5; second, $2.50; third, ribbon. Cinnabar First prize, $5; second, $2. 50; third, ribbon. Dolomite First, $2. CO. Gold oro (free) First, $5; second, $2.50; third, ribbon. Gold ore (base) First, $6; sec ond 9.2. f.O; third, ribbon. GdlA nuggets. First, $!; second, $2,50; third, ribbon. Xlme First, $5; second, ribbon. Manganese (40 per cent First, ?5; second, ribbon. Soapstone (talc) First, $3; sec ond, ribbon. Silica First, $2.50; second, ribbon. Shale First, $2.50; second, rib bon. Tungston First, $2.50; second. ribbon. Clay (brick) First, $2.50; second, ribbon. , ' J -- Clay (potter's). First, $3.50; sec ond, ribbon. 1 Coal First, $5; second, ribbon. Marblef rough) First, $5; sec ond, ribbon. Marble (polished) First, $3; sec ond, ribbon. - Granite. Flrsf, $3; second, ribbon. Host general mineral display First, $10; second, $5. Jinny minerals at 'this time are much desired and command good prices that heretofore wore supplied by other nations, nntuoly, antimony, manganese chrome, magnoslte, pot ash, phosphorus; also a number ot tiio rare minerals are well worth look ing for, such as columblte, tantallte, strontium, titanium, tin and tung ston, also tho platinum and radium groups. While looking tor gold, It often leads to other discoveries by being obsorvont In giving detniled at tention to other substances. In I 'lace First Day. It Is specially requisite that nil ex hibits bo in place by 6 p. m. the first day, tho ISth. It Is well to hear In mind that tho mineral drilling con test will bring an unusually large number of mining men, as each con testln team havo their-admirers and barkers, and they will all bo much In terested In the mineral exhibits. This should bo made, a record dis play of minerals that will lead to In dustrial development of local re sources. For further Information call on or phono K. W. Mljegran, phone 192-J. 3, WOUNDS 23. U.S. How's This? Wb offer One ITimitrrri Dollum nrwitrri fir nnf rune nf t'ntnvrh that i'biiihu be curril by Htll'i Catarrh Curr. V. J. CHENEY tt CO., Tofrdo, O. Wc. the nn dp r! cried. hnr known P. J. Cheni tnr tin lust 1ft )vnm, mid tv.HTi him prrreiMly hotuirnbi In nil tmahietn trntiKnftionf nnd Hnnnrlnll? nhli to carry out any obligation! made by lila Arm. A AT. HAMv Or COMMKRCF, Toledo, Ohio. rtuH't Tntarrh Cure U tnkpn IntomnUr drtlnR llrrotlr mum thf hlfxxl mirl mnoortu aurfarM nf tbf ayMi-m. Tllriiii1aW fnt frw. Trice 76 wriia r nniuc fmii ny all OrupulaU. Tako lUll'i Family rills for cnsitl ration. EX-QUEEN UUU0KALAN1 GIVES $100 TO RED CROSS WASHINGTON, Sept. S. - l.ilino Kalnni, former ipieen of llnwnii, 1ms -nit to the Aniriicjiit Nel I'nws 1 lirii (iovertiur I'inkhnm a eontrihsition ot fliltt. In a letter to the uoxernor. hcMtiii the conluUtition would tie renewed monthly lit the end of the yenr, JOHN A. PERL UJKDEkTAKia ljdy Assistant. N HOl'TII ItAHTI.KTT. I-hone M. 47 and 47-J-S. Anitomohlle Mesne Service, tmbuliuc Burr let, lrep.r DENNEY&CO. i Fruit Marketing' Agents I Specializing in the dis tribution of northwest ern boxed fruits. 1 M.E.ROOT, Representative I I Medford,. Phone 294 Main Office Chicago. III. Western Office Payette, Idaho F. H. HoRiie, Western Manager, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8. Three workmen are known to have been killed and 23 persons seriously In jured at the Frunkford arsenal here early today. According to workers the explosion was accidental, there being nothing to Indicate that It was caused by an outside agency. Two of the 23 injured are young women. Major Montgomery, commandant of the arsenal, and his aides are in vestigating the explosion and decline to make any statement until they have completed their inquiry. Care lessness of a workman, it was be lieved, was the cause of the accident. The explosion occurred in one ot the three buildings known as detona ting drying rooms where primer caps for three nnd six shells and small arms cartridges are dried. The build ing in question has its walls packed with cinders and every precaution was taken to prevent accidents. Fire followed the explosion and spread to several other small build ings known as the artillery assembly unit. In these there were three and six-inch shells, but prompt work of arsenal employes and city firemen saved the buildings and their contents from destruction. Today's explosion was the second fatal one to occur within the past few months. Two men were killed by the bursting of a shrapnel fuse in the hlgh-exploslves building last April. The monetary loss 1 estimated at about $30,000. Three small buildings were destroyed, together with about 8000 detonators. What About Your IHabits? ' ' You know how easily your habits are formed, and you know what a large part they play in your life. The habit of saving money is a good habit, which is just -as easily formed ns a good one. Onee you have dropped into the habit of putting a part; of. your salary into the bank,' it becomes almost second nature to you. The result is a happy one, for in time you will have accumulated a surprisingly large sum of money, and it will be earning interest all the time. It is just as easy as it sounds and today is a good time to begin. Jackson County Bank Mydeir little rfrl. If yotrd save that nice curt And tuhe your tons' tresses jcur pride. Jt take wtf achice Iherrs nothing so nx as NEWBRO'S HERPIC1DE - Application! at th batter barber shop Guaranteed by Tbe Herpfetye Co. Sold Ercrrwher FOR CRACKED and, CHAPPED HANDS Dennll Eucalyptus Ointment AT ALL DRUG STORES Tubes 25c jabs SOo Wiregrip Tires have been tried out and proven the best on the market. See them at - Riverside Garage 'ECONOMIC rA NDM I Ll TAR Y' PREPAREDNESS .. (THE UNIVERSITY OF JDREGON In add! Hon to campl.t. coara.s In a.n.rirt and; eteirtlflc ducallon, olt.r. full opuortu.ltl.. In. MILITARY DRILL, DOMESTIC SCIENCE: ARTS AND COMMERCE Plan for iffaetlva futura a.rvlca.' Your 'country n..d M. S.nd forfroo Illustrated bookle.,"Traln tha Brain for Paaea or War" and "Tha Woman and th. Unhfaralty.". Addraaa Raflstrar, UNIVER9ITY;.OFORE60N.tEuuene.Qreoon East Via California Most enjoyable route. Beautiful mountain scenery. Liberal stop overs. See San Francisco, Los Angeles, Apache Trail, El Paso, New Orleans. Something new and delightful every hour. Three trains daily from Portland connecting at San Francisco for the South and East. First and second class sleeping ears. Un excelled Dining Car Service. The Safety Route. Ask your local agent for tickets and booklets descriptive ot tills . wonderful trip. Joliu M. Scott, d'eneral Passenger Agent J'oi'tlaiKl SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES Notice to Consumers Conforming with the order of the Public Service Commis sion of Oregon, issued on (he Sixteenth day of July, 1917, there will become effective on September 1, 1917, a new schedule of . rates for electric and water service in the territory of the California-Oregon Power Company in Oregon. , Detailed information concerning these rates may be obtained from any division or district office of this Company. The order of the Commission calls for uniform meter rates. The company will install meters as quickly as possible. Any consumer now being served on a flat rate basis will continue to be billed on that basis pending the installation of a meter. California-Oregon Power Company 21(1 AV. MAIN ST. MEDFORD, ORIXJON