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MEDFOTID MAIL TRTBUNE, MKDFORD, OliKOOX. VIM DAY, AHiUST 2. 1918 PAGE THREE 1 CORPS CHIEF Mnjor-Gcnorul Win. A. Kenly, chief of the air corps of the I'mteri States spent Thursriiiy in Mcrit'ord jJUi'mii wti till- i uur UNM ni!ii;ii- :ing the site offered by the Ronnie I river Cunnl com puny for an aviation training camp, lie was accompanied by Major K. W. Leadbctlr of the siunal corps anl Lientenaut O'Xcil. The inspection was made at the. per sonal request of Senator 0. K. Chamberlain, and while no additional uviation fields have-been authorized, or are likely to he until the produc tion of aircraft exceeds the supply of trained aviators, the Med ford offer will receive consideration in future laus. General Kenly though non committal, was charmed with the val ley and seemed favorably impressed jwith the site and location. The aviation chief and party were lentcrtnined by the University club at luncheon and driven around the vul !ley by Messrs. C. K. (iat.es, C. W. Mc IDoiiald, Lincoln McCurmick, Ralph i('owpl) mid G. Putnam, leaving ou the afternoon train to insect the .aviation fields in California, j" General Kenley was called from iKrance three months uo, where for eight months he had had command of American artillery forces under Per ishing, to be commander-in-chief of jtlic newly created air corps, which fimtil then had been a branch of the iirmil service, lie is himself an cn hiisiastie aviator and has flown all over the French battle lines its well ns between the eastern aviation fields. lAs a result of what be has learned iibroad, he predicts n long struggle io win the war as it ought to be won by a complete victory, with the air service an essential factor. - General Kenley is a fighter from the ground up and won fame in the 1'hilippines for charging the Moros with his nrtillery said to be the only charge ever made by artillery, lie is optimistic, over the progress made by the Unit I'd Slates in aviation and j'Knys that the achievement has been really rctnarkahle hut more than iv.iH humanly possible was expected iind promised, resulting in disap pointment. A new industry had to he reated, a new engine perfected, new types of planes evolved and counties T 5 T t r r ? i $5 WEATHER PAS! WEEK BIG HELP TO ALL CROPS POKTLAN'I), Aug. 2. The weather during the past week has been quite favorable for agricultural interests, according to the weekly summary of weather and crop conditions issued by the wcatheV bureau here. Show ers in scattered localities, heavy' in places, fell in north central coun ties, but only slight rains occurred in the greater portion of the state. j While the rains came too late to ben jefil fall sown 'crops and also delay icd work and caused some damatre lo cally, they were of considerable bene fit to the late spring crops and grasses. The protracted drought and previous high temperatures had hast ened the :;;alr.:ly of winter grains and harvesting of these crops was somewhat in advance of the average season. The rains either extinguish ed, the forest fires or cheeked their spreading and clarified the atmos phere. Apples and pears are in excellent condition in the Hood river valley, the fruit being larger than it usually is at this season. They are also doing very well in .Jackson county where the nick in ir of llurtlctt itears is now nn- Jday way and this work will begin in Douglas county next week. Condi tions are generally favorable for the tree fuit hut good rains are needed for best results. Late garden truck will be much benefitted in the Willamette valley by the rains of the last few days an 1 farmers will be enabled to do some transplanting which has been Ion; de layed on account of drought. Kate potatoes are generally in need of moisture to insure a good crop. obstacles overcome TSul quantity production is now underway. Kvery plane on the hattle line means about six others, back of the line, in the shops and factories or in transit and as the life of a plane is only from l."( to 380 hours, Hie difficul ties of keeping a huge air fleet at the front are apparent hut these dif ficulties are being rapidly overcome and America's great airfleet is al ready beginning to materialize on the halite line. Goods 0,000 Auto So you had better come in early, while tire stocks are complete and while you have a big range of goods to select from PRICES LOWER THAN YOU EVER HEARD OF NOTHING RESERVED. EVERYTHING GOES C. E. Gates Auto Go. ( My Newspaper Kntcrprise Ass'n.) AMSTKI1DAM, Aug. 2. Germany has discarded Christianity. Of course the world lias known that she discarded its practice in 101-1, but now she has thrown off all pretense at being a Christian na tion and has adopted all sorts of sub stitute religions. The tribulations of tire fourth year of war have produced an extraord inary crop of strange cults in llun- jlaud in which the most decadent forms of immorality have been fan tastically garbed in the abandoned shreds of genuine faiths. . Morality Abolished Morality, truth and honor are abolished and all those restraints which bind normal communities to gether are dispensed with. The mlst popular of the new "er satz" religions of Germany is that created by Ludwig Keuner, a Leipzig pan-German, who has set forth the tenets of his "faith' in a book which has already passed through two edi tions. It is entitled "German Nature Worship; n Religion Rased on Scien tific Grounds." Xo Vse for Prayer In its preface the pan-German au thor declares : "A really German religion cannot emanate from the international Christendom that is foreign to our nature. The modernized German re ligion, for example, has no use for prayer as it is generally conceived. "This will he replaced by certain physical and spiritual movements of various descriptions, such as system atic morning- exercises, ablutions am! baths, deep breathing and holding of breath, singing, dancing, the rending of beautiful poems, and the contem plation of distinguished works of art, exercise in will power, mutual auto suggestion among the whole body of devotees and so forth.' 8-Kour Day for Nurses. LONDON, Aue;. 2- The University 'o!lc:r hosoitul has set. the example in London by tuloptiiiir nn eiht-lioiir itnv for its nurses. ' Are ALERT THOUGHT nillTISlL AIU FOliC'lC HEAD QUARTERS IN Fit AWE. Al'.B. 2. Drains and quickness of thought are as necessary to the ulrmun as pluck, endurance and physical skill In nerial maneuvers. ,The English pilot of n slnnle-aeuter fighter of tho latest typo, while cruising all over the Ger man lines the other day, saw below him three slow- old-fashioned enemy machines flying steadily westward, as tho to cross tho lines into ltiitisli . territory. Unfortunately, the Germans were too far off to be attacked successful-! ly, and the British pilot figured thill if they realized his presence they would fly tof home and sufety long before he could set within range. He therefore flew up Into tho clouds and then turned in tho direction in which 1 tho enemy machines were moving. Judging his time, he pushed the nose of his machine downward, dived oift of the clouds to the Germans be neath, and, when close enough to he fairly sure of his mark, pressed the trigger of his gun. A stream of lead played about the German machines. None of them returned his fire. Once before tho pilot had hoard of a similar occurrence. This flashed thru his mind, and pulling back the control lever, he soared up again into tho clouds. Tie was Just in time, for as he vanished Into tho vapor throe enemy scouts appeared. Tho slow machines were tho halt and tho Brit ish airplane was the expected prey, for its pilot was well-known nnd fear ed by the Germans in that part of the Hue. Wiups Hun Flyer Once ho krfew what the odds were against him, ho no longer hosltated. Down once more out of the clouds he came, straight at the nearest scout. A short burst from his machine-gun and tho hostile, machine wavorcd, tho slowly fell Intqn spin,, hurtling downwards and clashing far -below. Tho odds wore still five lo ono. True! three of the enemy inuiiilni'H were slow and old-fashioned, and tukon alono might have been ac counted for ono by one, hut tho addi tion of two fast-flying scouts man euvered by skilful pilots guvo the Going at the big mutter a different aspect. Tho British pilot did not wait, but no sooner had ono machine fallen than he flew ut tho next, banking, zooming, sideslip ping, ever trying to reuch the vulner able spot in the enemy's armor. All the time the second scout was trying to secure a favorablo position to firo at tho attacker and tho three old two seators wore firing long-range bursts as opportunity afforded. For some minutes this competition continued, each party firing short bursts without definite results. Then suddenly the deciding factor arrived. Ili-itish Piano to llescuo Out of the sky loomed a two-seater British fighter of tho latest type. It wus proceeding on a special orrand. Before the Germans hud realized his machine into the midst of the fight. A long burst from his rear gun caus ed one of German fighters to stagger in its flight, thou drop Us nose and leave the combat. Evidently the pilot had been hit. ' Then together the two British machines charged the Ger mans. 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