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OF LIBRARY FUND
A million dollars Is to be Taiscd
by popular subscription ns a fund tor
soldiers libraries, of which $23,000
1b Oregon's share, and $500 Is Med
ford'B. Tho week of Sept. 2.1 bas been
set asldo to raise this fund and the
city library board has voted for full
co-operation. The first contributions
will be received at the library booth
at the county fair.
The money thus secured Is to be
spont to Install libraries at the 32
cantonments and for soldiers and sail
ors ovorywlicro. Books as well as
money are sought. Tho work Is un
der tho supervision of the American
Library association, co-operating with
the commission on training camp ac
tivities and the war department. Sec
retary Baker writes as follows con
cerning It:
"I understand that tho American
assumed tho responsibility for pro
viding reading matter In our training
camps and that tho plans which they
have formulated to carry out the de
sign aro most comprehensive. It
Is my understanding that the library
war council will assist In connection
with tho campaign to provide tho li
braries and hooks, and I trust that
this activity, which will mean so much
to tho en, will meet with every suc
cess.. (Signed) Cordially yours,
NEWTON D. BAKE It,
Secrotary of War."
Some persons have the Idea that
thoy have already contributed to
tho Hod Cross and the Y. M. C. A.,
those organisations ought to provide
library facilities to the soldlors and
that there was no need for tho Ameri
can Library association to ontor the
flold. In niiBwcr It Is pointed out
that tho American library association
Is doing this work with the knowlcdgo
approval and desire of the lied Cross
and Y. M. C. A. These organizations
cordially ngroe that ns librarians
are oxporU In this field, the job
ought to bo given over to them In
stead of being attempted by persons
unfamiliar with tho subject. More
over the Y. M. C. A. and tho Bed
Cross already havo ns much or more
than thoy can do and have not suf
ficient funds to carry on tho work of
providing rending matter for the sol
dlors. Tho Amerlenn Library asso
ciation will ulillr.o the resources of
theso ni'Kanl.ntlons for collecting
and disseminating material but by
the agreement of all concerned tho
primary responsibility for Becliig that
the soldiers are supplied with library
resources aro upon librarians.
Tho war council of tho Y. M. C. A.
has scut a circular letter to all or
lis secretaries In tho various camps
outlining tho work which tho Ameri
can Library nssnrlallon Is planning
to do nod repuestlng their co-opera
tlon with tho libraries. In tho moan-
tlmo tho Y. M. C. A. Ill tho various
ramps arc furnishing books to the
soldiers temporarily.
I
AS
FOHT ()(!!, KTIKIItPK. tin.. Sept
80. Sergeant Alfred llonhnupt of
the Hlxlh l ulled Stales Infantry, who
served with Ocnernl Pershing in Mex
Ico, has been discharged from the
amiy. It was learned today, and In
terned nt the (iorman prison eami
here as an enemy alien.
Ilonhaupt's dismissal from the ar
my followed the Intercepting of a
lotter which he wrota his sister in
Germany, in which he expressed re
ftret that Die Culled Slates had en
RUSSIA'S DANGER
GERMANY is the hist stronghold of feudalism because
the German people never experienced a revolution.
J he leveling mtluence of the r rench revolution democrat
ized a large part of Europe, but left Germany untouched,
The failure of the revolution of M8 left Prussian militar
ism supreme, and the democrats migrated to America,
Hence Germany is still feudal-minded and the chances
of a democratic revolution are small.
Russia, on the other hand, never was feudalized. The
Romanoff autocracy, created by Peter the Great, was a
foreign feudalism imposed by force upon the Russian peo
ple, but never took root in the life of the masses, who ac
cepted at as philosophically as the Chinese accepted the
Manchu dynasty, for Russian life was an outgrowth of the
primitive patriarchal and tribal system, elementally demo
cratic. Republics flourished in Russia centuries before
the advent of the Romanoffs.
In addition to the menace of a destructive war waged
for national preservation, Russia is also staging a revolu
tion, involving fundamental social and economic changes
in the life of the nation. The extreme radicals are reported
to be gaining control, with anarchists in ascendancy, re
peating the history of the French revolution. Democracy
is not the object of the revolution, for the Russian people
are already democratic, but the socialistic state, long the
object of dreamers. Extreme socialism is a product of and
complement of autocracy an exchange of the tyranny of
a tyrant for the tyranny of a bureaucracy called the' state.
ihe Aerensky government is a socialist covernment
but does not meet the demands of the radicals that prop
erty owners be excluded from participation. It has the dis
tinction of being the first socialist government the world
has seen, barring the brief regime of tho Paris commune.
and if unfettered by the war, might solve problems vital
to the progress of the world.
.Democracy ditters from socialism in that democracy
believes and practices individual liberty without too much
government or too much restriction. . It believes in the
protection of private property, but not at the expense of
the community, and in the curbintr of forces tendinsr to de
stroy the rights of the small property owner, abhoring
equally the communistic state and the "communism of
pelf," as G rover Cleveland described tho reign of private
monopoly, socialism preaches the total abolition of the!
rights of the individual in property, whether they conflict
with community welfare or not.
socialism has yet to prove that it has constructive eher-
gies. Hitherto it has been purely destructive. It has
shown tho will to destroy existing conventions, but never
demonstrated capacity for practical reconstruction. In so
far as socialism is democratic, it has the support of demo
crats in the war against autocracy, who realize that the
progress of the 'world depends upon evolution rather than
evolution, and that democracy is in process of evolution.
The danger that Russia faces is the triumnh of extrem
ists, who would destroy existing foundations without wis
dom ot reconstruction, who , would force fundamental
changes in a world as yet unprepared, and hence cause a
reaction that would shackle democracy, restore autocracy
and set back the progress of humanity towards its goal
the establishment, of social justice.
Our Part in War
BY llKIlUKUT KAUFMAN.
France dally bleds upon her torn
frontiers and counts her waning
wealth of men and gold with still un-
quniling heart.
Belgium, a shnmblcs and a house
of shamo, superbly keepB tho faith
wllh exiled flag and king beneath the
banners of a conqueror.
Bewildered ltussin, groping, nian-
unniltted serf, plays perilously with
sudden rights as children with a toy
they do not understand, who, in tho
search for a revelation, break tho
works beyond repair.
Tho path to Austria has taken an
tnllan llfo In toll for every foot of
progress niado, and after two years
spent upon tho stubborn heights, the
farthest sentry on tho last outpostlng
peak Is not a night removed from his
own boundaries.
Itiimaiilii struck one blow and then
liecamn a Ucnnnn camp, a looted
realm; and Servian Peter leads his
homeless waifs on alien soil..
Britain In vain burls her full
strength Into tho west, recruits un
ceasing levies for tho slaughter-heap.
ler constant transports ply tho Sev
en Seas. I'athan, Egyptian. Amak
promptly answer oacb fresh call and
tho ever astounding Prussian, with
Falberland, calmly enls their steel,
presents unbroken fronts, maintains
his bold from Antwerp to thcUarda
nelles, and Insolently challenges the
world from pole to polo to pool Its
mlglit and come In arms against him.
The end of this grim war Is not In
sight. Whoever thinks tho allied
cause Is won has read his facts amiss.
Wo havo our part to play a sad
and heavy dauntless part.
Wo cannot, dare not, fail our
plodgos.
Should Europo yield, as Europe
may, beforo we can nssdrt our
strength, America alone must meet
the Central rowers, free then to de
vote their undlvldcd.fleot8 and armies
to our desolation.
This Is tho tlmo for mlnutemcn.
for tho right mlnutemcn tho tlmo
for tho best to lend and tho rost to
heed; for swift minds, for bold
minds; for vnst, audacious plans;
the tlmo for unity, for sacrifice for
action by the fastest!) clocks.
We've sworn to save democracy
If we tlolny, wo may not savo our
selves. October Cosmopolitan.
FORIINSULTING FLAG
CALKX1CO, Calif., Sept. 20. Oc
tavlo Flores, a .Mexican resident ot
Mexlenli, was today ordored shot by
Colonel Esteban Cantu, military gov
ernor of tho Northern district of Low
er California, for his alleged offense
In tearing an American flag from
the automobile of Ben Uulso Satur
lusJ : n-- in" I -in i
easy staraitg
Low boiling points
the first links in
the continuous
chaingive easy
Starting.
Stamford
Oil Company
"Jib Garonne of Oirafifr
MANY FIRES IN '
OF:
Forest fires have been causing con
siderable trouble to tlie state fire
fighters the past week in the Jack
son county district, none of which
assumed very serious dimensions.
Last Sunday nine fires of suspected
incendiary origin were set in various
pnrta of the county, most of them
being in tho Evuns creek and Pleas
ant creek regions.
The fire which started lust Sunday
in tho Meudows district, and which
gained considerable headway in the
heavy timber, wus gotten under con
trol last night. Another serious fire
in this section bad just been con
quered when tho new one broke out
Sunday.
A new forest fire started at the
head of Birdseyo creek, between
Gold Hill and Rogue ltiver, yesterday
afternoon and swept up the moun
tain. Lnto last night it was thought
to he under control.
The rain of last week wns not
heavy enough to do much good in
tho way" of preventing forest fires,
and on account of the excessive dry
ness existing in the timber regions
the . fire situation is a constantly
menacing one.
tieinian Reply to Pope.
HF.IU.IN, Sept. 20. While the
text of tho German reply to Pope
Hencdiet s peneo proposals will not
bo announced before Saturday, the
Berlin press and parliamentary cir
cles concur in the prediction that the
message will not bo confined only to
discussions concerning Belgium.
Impression prevails in well-inform
ed quarters that the note will not
leave the subject of Belgium in nbey-aneo.
The German nttnek on this point
might he tersely expressed this way:
"(iermany considers Belgium too
vulwililo a pawn to he exposed to
jeopardy thru an ill-timed or hasty
move."
JOHN A. PERL
UXDEKTAXIB
I July Assistant.
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MOTOR CAR
If the car is reasonably well treated it will render faithful service
for years. .
That is why it always commands such a high price when resold.
Visit Our Exhibit at the Fair
Tho gasoline consumption is unusually low.
The tire mileage is unusually high.
Touring Car or Roadster, $835; Sedan or Coupe'."- J12G5.
(All prices f. o. b. Detroit.)
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Salesroom and Service Stations at Ashland and (.Iraiits Pass
FRED ALTON HAIGHT
Teacher of Piano and Harmony. Composer and Ar
ranger of Music, announces season of 1917-18.
THE HAIGHT MUSIC STUDIO
401 Carnett-Corey Building
Phone 72 Medford, Oregon
EDWARD CHARLES. ROOT
MUSIC STUDIO
31 North Grape Street
Announces Season '17-'18
Teacher of Violin.
Also Clarinet and Fretted Instruments.
Uovs Wanted for Juvenile Band
DENNEY& CO.
Fruit Marketing Agents
Specializing in the dis
tribution of northwest-
ern boxed fruits.
M. E. ROOT, Representative
Medford, Phone 294
Main Office Chicago, III. Western Office Payette, Idaho
F. H. Hoguc, Western Manager,
THE UNIVERSAL CAR
World-wide distribution and the con
tinually growing- demand for Ford
care are the best proofs of Ford value.
Ford cars are utilitiest they are pos
itive necessities for they have revo
lutionized modern business, brought
country and city together and opened
up new life to the family. The Ford
car bas become a necessary part of
everyday life. Touring Car $3(.if),
K'unabout $:."(), Coupelct $510, Sedan
skooO, Town Car (HX nil f. o. b. De
troit. On display and for sale by
C. E. Gates Auto Co.
Kivcrsidc Ave., Medford, Ore.
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