MEDFORD 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.
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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. If her existence is mario
glttomy by the chronic weaknesses, ilell
calo Ucniiiacmcnts. and iNiinfnl disonlers
that nlllic-i. her sex. al. will Hud relief and
cnntiH'limilon from her troubles in lir.
il'leree'.i Fuvorib) Prescription. If she's
overworked, nervous, or " run-down." she
Hods new life and strcnglh. It's a power
ful. Invigorating tonic und nervine which
vas discovered and used by an eminent
phyAjt-ian for ninny years, in all cases of
"Icntiilecntnplaliits" and weaknesses. For
young girls Just entering wmniinhnoil j
for women at tho critical "change of life' ;
In -bearing-down sensations, periodical
imlirs, ulceration, Inlltininatlnn, und cverv
kindred ailment, tbe " Favorite Prescrip
tion " Is the only medicine pot up without
alcohol ingredients on wrapper. Nearly
all druggists sell the- ' 1'rosc.rlpllun ' lu
liquid or tallied.
For free medical advise wrltn Doctor
V. M. Pierce, ilnlfalo. N Y.. or scud 10
cents for trial package of tablets.
Roskuuiio, Oiikoox. I suffered sonin-
tning Icrrllilc, had
displacement so had
that 1 coe.ld scarcely ,
niiuiii on my leet,
also bad Inllanima
tion. My head and
buck ached hnnl nnd
1 was weak and ncrv
ojis. My legs and
feel ached would
Moat, and I was
irouiiicu -Mui consti
pation. 1 hnd a se-
vero pain in my side.
. 1 look Pr Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
and Pleasant Pellets
anil thev miiili, me
well and strong. Then, during middle lire
I again took these medicines and got
through so well was sirong and well '
Mas. W. I). Miuiiik, t .'io N. Jackson Hi,
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Compare M.J.B. Coffee spoon by spoon, , '
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M.J.B. is scientifically blended from
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Sold exclusively by Hire Itevnll Stored
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Individualityand Character
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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
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(Itcpulillian)
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