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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MATT, TRTBtTNT!, MEDFORD. OREOOX, TUESDAY.' MAY 7. 1018 PAGE THREE-' MEDFORD BOYS F Sergeant George Gates in a letter to his parents, Mayor and Mrs. C. E Gates, written on April 12, in France, ai,(I received this morning, tells some of the experiences of the 32 Medford men in the 65th artillery since their arrival in England and France, 3k part the letter reads as follows: Wo certainly have been traveling the last few days. We left England last Sunday and marched nine miles with all our equipment to From there we took n boat nt night and came to France. It oerlainly was . some trip. There were J900 on board a small boat and wesleit any place we could find room. We woke up the next morning in France. We walked four miles to a Mritish camp and stayed there the rest of the day. The next morning we started out and walked five miles to the train and got in box cars. We were on it two days H and nights and we arrived here. I took my first bath since we left New York three weeks ago. Furthermore I have iot had off my clothes except my shoes and leggins until last night. I could write a book 'on our trip so far, but I am not allowed to tell you. In England we were near n very old town, and one of the oldest churches in the country is there We visited the church and went all through it. Cnpt. Vance took us on a march and took us through. It cer tainly was wonderful. It was started in by the Normans, -and complet ed 2(10' years later. We saw the bullet holes' where Cromwell tried to destroy the nbhy. We also saw the tombs in side where people wer buried in 11(1(1 and earlier. It was a very epiaint place... I have a booklet on it and will setut il to you as soon as I get tin envelope to send it in. . , I lam (o Jenve the battery and prob ably never sec ii again. I was ap pointed by Capt. Vance to attend a traefbr" school and if I pass in good shape 1 will be an instructor for Uaching. others. There are two of cur officers and three privates going with; me. . I am certainly going to mukc'good and study, for it is a gqod cliunoc and few gut it. I don't know wherti' we go but we leave in n few duy.' It is a three-months course. A lot of the boys lost their tobacco by people opening their packages and stealing the tobacco. 1 was lucky and still have all my Durham. . It will last a couple of months but there are other kinds. Tobacco is very scarce here and I was offered by French people five' francs or $1.0(1, for a sack of Bull Durham. Thi shows how little there is here. Also send me chocolates for thev come in mighty handy nnd write me often It takes about six weeks, to get letters after 'ou are settled in one place. France is a wonderful old place and viry interesting. It would be n real treat to visit here without tire war, for it spoils everything. Everything closes at 9 o'clock, for no one is on the streets. I was out last evening nnd got my bath. It is verv hard to get what you want, for we can't un derstnnd each other, but I expect that we will soon pick up French. Well, folks, I must stop as I must do-my washing, of a suit of under wear, a shirt, two pairs of sox and three handkerchiefs. Am feeling fine nnd dandy, so don't worry about me. LONDON, May 7. Today, the third Lusltanla anlveraary, Is com memorated by the newspapers with big captions and special editions re calling the crime which the British public Is not likely to forget. The Daily Graphic is an editorial laments that the publtc apparently Is becom lng dulled to the horror of the Lusl tanla atrocity. It asks why there Is not a commemmorative demonstra tion this, year as last. If there Is not, It asks, will its all sence not be proof of the extent to which Germany's many 'Crimes against humanity have deadened the world's sense of tenderness? After Three Yean. Vany men and women are sick and don't know It. Some never discover they have kidney trouble until they apply for life Insurance. The kid neys are working all the time, filter ing poisonous' waste out of the blood stream, and when they become weak ened or deranged, headache, back ache, pains In sides and groins, so called rheumatism, languidness, swol len Joints and other symptoms devel op. W. B. Moss, Ogden, Ark., writes: "Foley Kidney Pills relieved me of severe kidney troubles of three years' standing." Sold rerywhere. . .-Adv. CAMPBELL CALLS W. A. Campbell, United Stales ex plisives inspector for Oregon, ha! culled the attention of Secretary Lane of the Interior Department to local deposits of minerals, which the government needs in war industries. Mr. Campbell works under the direc tion of the, Bureau of Mines so thut he is in position to securu considera tion of his recommendations, in eon nection with the bill now pending in congress providing a fund for assist ing in the development of needed min orals- The bill carries a half niilion dollar appropriation for preliminary investigations and it is hoped thai Southern Oregon will be included. The letter follows: Medford, Ore., May 6, 1918. Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: With the imperative need for additional supplies of tungsten, manganese, siilpluirre acid nnd other nietul products, to enable our govern ment to successfully carry on the war, it occurs to me to be nn oppor tune time to call your ersnnul atten tion to the great diversity of mineral resources in and tributary to the Koguc river valley in southern Ore gon, where virgin conditions exist as to development, mining attention so lur having been directed solely to the precious metals. My own attention was directed lo the matter some tune ago by a state ment made by the representative of the Dupoiit people to the effect thn! the dcv-lopmcnt of the manganese mine, two townships northeast of the township in which Medford is situat ed, "would be the biggest thing in southern Oregon within n few months." Conversations hail with milling men who are thoroughly post ed along the line of metals needed for war work has convinced me that here in this valley, nnd to a lesser extent throughout the whole of the state of Oregon, we have awaiting develop ment n field where the government can supply its emergency needs in perhaps the shortest time possible anywhere, and obtain the greatest results from expenditure. Yon will be able to verify the state ment in the reports of the United States Oeological Survey that wc have here in great abundance the fol lowing minerals: Mercury, iron pyrite, copper pvrite, schist pvrite. potassium nitrate, Copper sulphide, iron sulphide, irranliite. antimony. talc chrome, manganese; different fumilies of iron, such us hematite and pig iron, tungsden, molybdenum, magnesium, carbon, sulphur, arsen ic, bismuth, lend, platinum and iri dium. The great III tie Ledge copper dis trict, to the north of the Klamath river to the southern line of Jackson county, Oregon, is nt our door. The Blue Ledge copper mine has been owned for many years and has been partially develojed by the Tuwno in terests of New York. No smelter has been installed, but annually more and more of the ore has been brought out, by auto truck principally, for ship ment to smelters. The fact that (his method of handling can he profitably done is convincing proof of the high grade of ore, and as to quantity, there is a large mountain of about equal merit. One of the potent ar guments advanced to induce the Southern Pacific railway conmunv to build n spur line to the mine from Medford, just before the beginning of the war, was the great tonnage in fertilizer material in the dump of piospecting and tunnel driving, in preliminary developing, the sulpliur content in the dump being very large. The mutter which most strongly impresses me in the invasion of this field by the government to supply its pressing needs is the fact that the de posits are immediately available nnd easily accessible. Especially is this true of the manganese and copper do pe sits, and possibly also of tungsten. Oregon has nlreody proved a store house of patriotism, heading the list in enlistments; "First Over the Top" in the Liberty loan; first in spruce production, and now stands ready to meet any draft upon her resources in si-pplyintr the needs of the govern ment in the mineral line, as shown by the reports of your own chemists. Our wooden ships will figure large. Iy in the result of the war; why can not the gifts of the gods in the miner al line, the manganese and tungsten, tho minerals and pyrites which con tribute lo the sulphuric acid total, also he called into requisition. 1 am told there is enough manganese "in sight' in the range of hills northeast of Med f rd to supply the entire needs of the nation in this world war. In spite of li.ck of development, your experts will nnd that these necessary minerals can be made immediately available for the use of the government' Would suggest that immediate steps be taken by the government to deter mine the practical availability of the NORMAN TALMADGE AT THE RIALTO THEATER, WEDNESDAY AND THUR SDAY. A. ' NORMA lALNAUuC i'ili tl BTRIOHT ! SAFETY LAYS ONLY LONDON", May 7. H. P. Davison, chairman of the American Ited Crous war council, who la In London, after a tour of Inspection )f Kcd Cross work In the allied countries of Eu rope, and who will return to the United States Immediately to super intend the second Red Cross drive to raise another $ lmi.lillO.iHXj in a sin gle week, when asked as to the Im pressions be had gained from his trip, said to (lie Associated Press: "Any attempt to describe the situa tion in Europe since .Murch 21 is al most futile, if not impossible. Only those who have been In France since the beginning of the present German offensive and have seen conditions there for themselves, can have any appreciation of the situation there." Mr. Davison said he had been most Impressed by the apparent result ol the Brest-Lltovsk peace treaty, which had eliminated Russia and Rumania from the minds of many people. "There Is no longer any talk about Alsace-Lorraine or Belgium, or of im- demnlty. There is just one cry, nnd that is, 'Tills world will not be safe until the military power of Germany is crushed.' The same conviction Is neld In Switzerland, Holland and otli er small neutral countries, for it is now demonstrated as never before thut a treaty with Germany is indeed a scrap of paper, and there Is no se curity of life or property ns long as she possesses military power. "The day for considering terms of peace will como only when Germany is beaten. The entry of America gives courage to the allies. The ap pearance of American boys has made excellent impressions over here. "They know, as you do, tbat,.the next two or three months will be '.the, critical months of the war, and they are not to be misled by. any lull in the offensive, or satisfied with any temporary success. It will be a final, sure and lasting success that will sat isfy either you or them." SUNK BY U-BOAT NKW YOUIC. May 7. The Ameri can steamship Tyler, formerly an Old Dominion freighter, has been tnriH'- docd and sunk off the French coast, according to information received in marine circles here today. Klcven members of the crew were killed and drowned. The Taylor was a vessel of 3,928 tons jrross and was built in 191:1. She was sun);. May .'1. Of the II who perished, six were members of the merchant crew ami five were navy gunners. DOZEN ALIEN WOMEN IN DETENTION CAMP (ILOUCI'.STI'.li, N. J May 7. Twelve alien Wiuiicii were lodged in the detention camp lust niuht by agents of the department of justice from Sun Francisco. These are the first women lo he placed in the camp since the passage of Ibc woman spv bill last month. Oregon depo-its. It is not the hope of profit that actuates this letter, but the intense desire to make every re source of Oregon conl rilmlc to the welfare of the United States in its time of need. In the hoiie that experts from the Bureau of Mines will be soon on the ground preparing reports lo I lie de partment from this favored mineral section, I have l!ic honor to be, Verv truly vours, W. M. CAMI'llKLL, Kxplosivon. Inspector, Slate of Oregon. 1 i- . as If I tei ft 4 via U-BOAT SUNK IN BATTLE WITH WASHINGTON. May 7. A fight between the American steamer Tide water and a German submarine on March 17 In which the submarine was defeated and perhaps sunk, was reported today by tbe navy depart ment. The navy department's announce ment said: "The conimaiitfor of the armed guard on the sleumslinp Tidewater reports to the navy department tlial on March 17 about ll:3u p. m. a sulimarino was sighted off the star board how, heading towards the ves sel, about 150 yards off. As tho ship turned It missed the submarine by not more than 20 feet. The U-boat was then submerging. The ships guns wore brought to bear and the first shot lilt some distance ahead of her wake. "The pointer then fired tho sec ond shot nnd hnd what. the captain, tho chief engineer and myself and other-members of tho crew called a clean hit and was satisfied that It was effective. The third shot was fired by tho boatswains mato In eliarge of the after-guns crow, bav I ing her spotted nnd firing on tbe po- sition sho lust submerged in. Wc resumed our course nnd commenced zigzagging, standing by for an attack but the submarine did not appear again. We mndo all preparations for an attack at daybreak hut there were no signs of a submarine. TOTALS ON COAST SAN FltANCISCO, May 7, Com pilation of thu total subscriptions to the third Liberty loan In (ho twelfth federal reserve district proceeded slowly today under pressure of a tre mendous number of last-minute pledges. ' George K. Weeks, campaign man ager for the district, estimated that the quota of 'i 10, (100,000 would be over-subscribed by $.10,000,000. Bank tabulations of subscriptions in hand in San Francisco showed Incomplete totals of approximately $01,000,000, tho city's quota being $53, 970.000 . '.Northern California, exclusive of San Francisco, subscribed, on figures available today, $50,712,350. Its quota was $41,000,000. Incomplete returns from ltcno In dicated that Nevada was entitled to star In Its honor flag, having reached $5,000,250, vlrtully twice Its quota. from 22,000 subscribers. Washington state headquarters re ported 225,000 subscribers with 7.1,- 000 In Seattle, 30,000 In Spokane nnd IS, 000 In Taconia. GOOD WINE SENT TO FRENCH ARTILLERYMEN I'AIMS, May ".The municipal council has decided lo send several cases of good wine to the French ar tillerymen who nre liter attacking the (icruian loic' rano iron. Tastes like superior coffee INSTANT POSTUM Economical ! Made strong c mi,d as oesirea. nonasie. AT GRANTS PASS (Grants 1'usb Courier.) John Dubuis, engineer of tho Grants Pass irrigation district, Sat urday morning received a letter from the federal bourd in Sun Francisco stating that the issue of bonds to the value of $105,000 had been ap proved. Only a few minor details aro left to be attended to, including the approval of the state board, which lias promised its approval upon tho ability of the district to sell Its bonds. This Is a mere formality, for tbl has already been secured. In addition to the nows of tho ap proval of the bond issue, the niun auer of a local firm renewed his pledge this morning that his company will build the irrigation works and accept thi bonds In payment. Tho offer has been in writing for Bomo tlmo. Tho original issue asked for was (200,000, but this amount was not considered by the federal board. Tho local district thon cut their protect down to $105,000, which Is the amount accepted. The Grants Pass project will Join the Gold Hill project and will be con structed together. The two together amount to $165,000, which is suffi cient to bring the main canal down to some place this sido of ltogue Riv er, 10 miles east of here. In addi tion it will permit tho placing of water on some 1300 acres of land around tho city of Grants Pass. The amount of land in this district near Kogue River which will be watered this year Is about 300 acres, making a total of IiiOO acres In this district. The Gold Hill projoct embraces somo U!0o acres, -or making a grand total of 2S00 acres In this vicinity which will bo benefited. WOMEN ADMITTED TO TAMMANY HALL NKW Ydltls, May 7. Tuuimuny hall established a precedent today by adiii'lting women as members of its executive committee. The newly elect ed women were admitted lo the "wig wam" today nnd took part in u dis cussion ns to the best way lo oblaiii enrollment of women at I he primtiir- h Woman's Burdens are lightened when she turns to tho right Mii'dlclac. 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Cof fee is the best and most economical coffee you can buy. M.J.B. is scientifically blended from the finest flavored coffees grown in the world. It is never roasted until thor oughly mellow and is vacuum packed to retain its strength and flavor. It Reaches . M.J.B. Coffee Why? "SWIM lu vi new ii a RUBBER BATHING CAPS Sold exclusively by Hire Itevnll Stored All nro now and exclusive Rtytas; nnd tbey como In a largo rango of designs and color combinations to amtch any costumo. , Individualityand Character Is what you dealro In h "Swim Kap" nnd hero Is wbtro you can ob tain It. ' Many women wear the lower pnico "Kaps"'lri tho housn, when ; dusting, or doing oilier housework.' Wo bnvo this kind, too, nnd would llko to show you the wliolo line. WEST SIDK PHARMACY Medford, Oregon. The Rexall Store What Doss L. J. SIMPSON Stand For? "Vimr Kind or n Man for (iovernor" Tor Americanism, first nnd foremost. For Republican prf 'wlplcs. l'or patriotic support, of nation's war activities. For thn development, of Oregon'a vast resources, and tho courageinent of agriculture. For good roads. t For rigid law enforcement. ' For natlon-wlile prohibition nnd women's suffrage v For patriotic co-oi-ratlon between omployer and em ploye. For national, univrsnl, eight-hour day, excepting agrl . culture. For betlnr workliigand living conditions for tho thous ands of workers and laborers thruout tho stato. For tho greatest jnosslblo moral, social and economlcad- vanccment of all citizens of tho stato. For an efficient. lato educational system. For a clean, linptirtlal, hii.tlncanllkn administration. 'Tolleles hacked, hy twenty years of practlco." "Your kind of n( man for governor" is Primary nil DAY May 17lh L. J. SIMPSON (Itcpulillian) Paid Ad. Inaticd by ".Simpson for (Iovernor I.eagic, 411 Soiling llldg , Portland, Ore. Baby Stn ii puual ufd will do) it io iKit octiU. S. C. WHITE LEGHORNS BABY CHICKS .ml ritual ptotu. 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