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NTADOO PLEADS
FOR 5 YEARS OF
RAIL
OPERATiON
Retiring Director-General States That
Brief Test of Government 0 Dera
tion, Handicapped Bv War Condl
Tons. Has Not Given Public Oppor
tunity to Welqh Real Value.
WASIIUNQTOX, Jan. 3. Accom
plishment of railroads under federal
control In the last months and argu
ments for a five-year continuance of
. government operation to provide a
fair test of, unified direction weie re
cited today hy DlreetorrOeneral Mc
Adoo, testifying uefore the senate
Interstate commerce commltteo which
took up consideration of his recom
mendntlon for extension of control
untll'1924.
After rocltlnR reforms affected un
der unified control, the dlrector
ecneral said:
"I believe that under the handi
caps of war conditions a sufficient
showing has been made to lndicnto
that all the reforms I have mentioned
are desirable as permanent peace
measures. Yet lt is clear that the
general public has not had an oppor
tunity to weigh the real value of
'what has been accomplished. The
public is entitled to have, before the
present federal control shall be ter
minated, a reasonably fair test under
peace conditions of the advantages to
be derived from these reforms.
Not a Fair Test
"It will be Impossible to review
the results of even one year of fed
eral control under peace conditions
until the'sprlng of 1920, and it will
then toe too' late for congress to legis
late before the end of the 2 1 months
period after the declaration of peace,
provided in the present law tor gov
ernment control. Operations under
peace conditions with a tenure so
short as the 2 1 months cannot pos
sibly constitute a fair test
"Indeed the difficulties with oper
ation during the 21 months period
en ,a,ini)a that 1 fin not SOe
how the government can be fairly j
asked to encounter tnem.
Another reason for a longer test
. period.' said the director-general, is
the advisability of having adequate
Information on valuation ot railroad
property, now being gathered. by,.the
Interstate commerce commission to
guide congress on legislation.
. ' ' Increases Necessary
Reforrlng to the Increase In freight
and passenger rates six months ago,
Mr. McAdoo said that similar action
would have been necessary even un
der private management to prevent
serious losses, and said It should be
possible to lower rates materially
this year.
Ennitable distribution of the rate
burden over all railroads regardless
of the tact that some are unusually
prosperous and others poyerty-strick- J
en, is possible only under .. 'unified
control, Mr. McAdoo urged as anoth-
r er argument for the five-year crfhtin
uance plan.' ; ; 7 - V ''
' Great Improvement and extensions
sh'pnld be made jn terminal facilities,
" said the director. This, he said,, pro
vides tie' greatest opportunity for
reducing railroad costs and- promot
ing public convenience In the future.
.'' Ioss to Government. ' '".;
; Mr." McAdoo estimated the govern
. jnent's loss In operating ' railroads
this year at $136,000,000;. This rep
resents the difference between the
amount guaranteed .to-, the railroads
as. rental and the sums credited to
the government in railroad Income.
If the higher rates should be in ef
fect the entire year he estimated the
government would have made a sur-
, plus of $100,000,000. . :
Wage advances to railroad . em
ployes last year added between
$GOO,000.000 and $700,000,000 to
the payrolls, : Mr. McAdoo testified.
In addition the coal bill was $140,
000,000 higher for the ten months of
1918 ending November 1 than; the
same period of 1917. ' "-
"Many economies brought about
under unified management;'such as
re-routing, heavier loading and elim
ination of useless competition, Mr.
McAdoo explained, will not be re
flected until this year. -! -
-. Many of the changes In -railroad
operation Inaugurated during . the
last year, the director-general testi
fied,' should prove of permanent
value, and should continue, regard
less of wl:at form of control Is de
cided upon. Such reforms include;
Iloforms of Value
Maintenance of the permit system
bo as to control tho traffic at its
source; maintenance of heavy load
ing for ears; pooling of repair shops;
elimination of ' circuitous " routes;
' unification of terminals; mainten
ance of the "sailing day plan"; con
sdlldallon of ticket offices; utiliza
tion of universal mileage tickets;
standardization of equipment; main
tenance of the uniform freight clas
nlflMtlnn: maintenance of common
time tables 'between important points
mainlanance of high demurrage rates
and, uniform rules; establishment of
thru way billing freight from point
of origin to destination; elimination
of tho old practice of paying in mile
age or per diem rental for the use of
enrs of one carrier by another.
' Competition and self-interest ; ot
. Individual roads would prevent the
carrying out of many of these re
forms under the old system of pri
vate management declared Mr. Mc
Adoo,, ,
Itue to War Conditions
The1' retiring director-general told
the senators how tho Kovornmont,
taking over tho railroads tho first of
last year at a Jime when they were
threatened Willi physical and finan
cial breakdown had righted condi
tions gradually, moved 0,496,000
troops, and hauled great quantities
of food at a critical time in February
when the very success of tho war de
pended on the food.
"Whatever Inconveniences may
have resulted to civilian travelers."
he asserted, "are duo entirely to war
conditions and are in no way rolatod
to tho fact that the railroads were
under government control."
The director-general wont at great
length into the necessity of pooling
terminal facilities in scores of cities.
This program cannot be carried out,
however, he said, except undor some
form ot unified control extending
over a number of years.
Ho emphostxed that waterways
should bo used more extensively in
co-ordination with railroads, but ex
pressed doubt whether this would bo
done if the roads went 'back to com
petitive prlvato management.
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Confirmation of the fact that John
Greb of Kagle Point, wasot killed
In France as was reported unofficial
ly some time ago and which report
his relatives have regarded as false,
was contained in a letter just receiv
ed In the city from France by a Med
ford member of tho 65th artillery,
written Dec. 7th. The letter also
shows that tho 65th had not sailed
for home up to that date. In part
the letter says:
"I received a letter from Johnny
Greb yesterday and he is getting
along fine. They never got to see
any action atall. The spoils belong
to the victor 'and I hope I'll be able
to beat him to the interesting story.
"We have been having battalion
parade every day this week that the
weather would permit, and yesterday
we had a regimental parade and re
view, going thru It three times. We
are going to repeat it again this
afternoon. But it all has an object,
as Sunday, tomorrow, we are to have
a brigade parade consisting of three
regiments the 58th, 59th and 65th.
This may mean another move In our
rajox towards home."
READY FOR FARMERS
The U. S. government, agricultur
al colleges, bankers, and income tax
collectors have been urging- the far
mers all over the United States to
keep farm accounts. Statistics show;
that a very low percentage of far
mers keep an accurate account on
record of their farm business.
The county agent, co-operating
with the Oregon Agricultural college
and the Oregon Bankers' association,
Is nutting on a project-thru -. the
members of the- Jackson County
Farm bureau, known as Farm Record
Keeping.; Books for this work and
assistance :in keeDlnK accounts can
be obtained by applying to the county
agent. This M a good time to start
the year's work and every farmer In
Jackson county should nave a Farm
Account book and make it a point to
keep a complete record tor tne year
1919. .... ;. ... .
MAJOR PATT0N RETIRES.
. FROM HO&'JIAM PAPER
HOQUIAM. Wash.. Jan. 3.-"Ma-
ior". H. W. Patton, veteran western
Wnsliiimton newspaperman, has re
tired as publisher of the Hnnuinm
DauYWashincrtoninn. C. I). McUlure,
editor, succeeds him.
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Safe
Milk
For Infants
& Invalid!
jxuj i-.Tu;.:::,.'rH No Cookios
fc Nutritious Diet for All Ages,
"luiuc Lunch; Home or Office
OTHERS are IMITATIONS
KNOCKS OUT PAIN
THE FIRSI ROUND
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Comforting relief from pain
makes Sloan's the
World's Liniment
. .This famous reliever of rheumatic
aches, soreness, stiffness, painful
sprains, neuralgic pains, ana mott
other external twinges that humanity
suffers from, enjoys its great sales
because it practically never fails to
bring erieedy, comforting relief.
Always ready for use, it tal;e3 littla J
to penetrate vnlhout rubbing and produce
results. Clean, refreshing. At all druff
stores. A large bottle means economy.
283,240 HOSPITAL
GF.XKKAli llKADQlWHTKHS.
AMERICAN KXI'KMTIOXAHY
FORCE. Xov. 21!. (I'ollosiwniU'iu'o
of the Assoeiuteil 1'ivss.l The iru-
ilixious effort of the mod cnl depart
ment in the nrmv in Fram e is reveal
ed in Ktntistirs which the Associated
Press is now liermittod to innkv imh
lio. When, on November U. tho arm
istice suspended hostilities and the
areat expansion nnd extension work
on Ihn modieul depnrtment was sus
pended, there were in oiuu-ntiou 283,-
240 beds in eamii nnd base hostiitnls
and convnloseent camps with about.
100 000 of them vacant.
There were on duty in the American
exteditionnrv force nt that time 12.-
!S9 doctors nnd fl.593 nurses. The
authorised nurse streneth of the nrmv
when America entered the war was
206 nnd of doctors 300. fienres that
testify to the work the medical corps
was called iiihh to perforin.
The hospitalization of the nrmv in
France is interesting. Basically it
consists of mobile orcauizntions. To
each division there arc four field hos
pitals, two evacuation hospitals and
one mobile sunrienl hosiiit.il nnd in
Eats Like ajWood Chopper
"After -many discouraging years ot
suffering from stomach trouble end
bloating. In which I could eat only
sparlngly of the simplest food, I em
now feeling entirely well. Thanks to
Mayr's Wonderful Remedy which' has
done wonders for me. I can now eat
like a woodchopper and enjoy It." It
Is a simple, harmless preparation
that removes the catarrhal mucus
from the Intestinal tract and allays
the Inflammation which causes prac
tically all stomach, liver and Intes
tinal ailments. Including appendici
tis. One dose will convince or money
refunded. Sold by druggists every
where. Adv.
addition there is fixed hospirnlirntion.
consisting of I'mnii mul base outfits
nnd convnloseent camps with an nit
thorined bed enpncilv of l." per cent
of the stroiiL'th of tho command,
There r now 'MS eimm hospitals
set'vim.' trttiniiiv nnd hilletinir livens
while for ticuerul service and for the
lionliiient of more serious eiises and
battle casualties there are 115 base
mi - 1. ...... 1 !..!.. 1
nosM.inip. i ucse oast iiosiuiiiih oc
casionally are siimle institutions of
from 1,000 to 3.000 beds or nre
vrouped in hospital centers. Twentv
such center of from 2,5000 to 15.000
beds nre in operation.
Convalescent eiinins nt the bed rntc
of 20 per cent of minimi hospital
beds nre nuthorired for tho purpose
of uiviiur as eiirlv graduated physi
cal trtiinimr no possible and fifteen
hucIi eunips are in operation ut pres
ent. Tho American hospitals are nnrllv
in French barracks, school buildim.'"
and hotels and imrtlv in const meted
cantonment of demountable huildinus. I
All the buihUiitis taken over were re
modeled mid outfitted for thu' pur
pose, liuhted, hunted mid inodiirhixed,
while I he demountable, huts n t o mod
els of their kind,
NKWTOUT NF.WK. V11...I nil, 3.
With leutenaiil Colonel V. W. Mvl
rill of Cincinnati in command, the en
i, 1'iftr.mMi"l r"iiecnt. comm! nr-
- i..iui..ii.j-ii.i.m.nj-..a...i.. 11 in. 1
lillerr emus, tho I02ikI cuhiiiiI voiii
imiiv, (he 7th dlviwioi eadro nnd
IlllCI wounded moil and officers. ih
Imrktid hem loinv from the ti'uliHpnrt
Aiitliione. , '
The 7lh ilivislnn eiirdi' Is v!i"t wiw
left nf thu dlviniiili when iiiiietienllv
all of ItN tinils were sent as (t part
of tho u nn v of iiccupiitiou into tier-
WOMEN WORKERS
In almost every lino of war activ
ities tho women of this country have
Inno well and huvu taken front rank
for doing work that releuauil tbou-j
sands of men for service overseas.
Some women have been uvor-umbU-
tous. and. at the expense of their
henlth,' have tilled places once occu
pied by men. Every woman who, be
cause of overwork, has brought nn
some ailment peculiar to her sex,
should depend upon Uydla K. Pink-1
ham's Vogotnlilo Compound to ro-j
store her health and strength, as Iblaj
remedy Is- now recognlted as Ihsi
standard and has restored multi-l
tudos. Adv. i
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
FOR SAI.K Whl to wlntor seed bar
ley. Call C. T. Hamilton, Central
Point. 247
WANTED Grocery cterk,
soldier. X, cars Tribune.
prefer
242
KOR RENT Klve-room modern fur
nished house. Phone 10S or 370-J.
C. C. Pierce, . 24S
WANTED Men to clear land and
cut wood by tier by contract Imme
diately. Apply Webster Ranch,
phone 6S5-J3. 246
WANTED A rhone Durham or Red
Polled bull, milking strain. 10
months old. M. D. Hartley, Tnl-1
cnt. 2 42 1
run oaijC lurou-Hiieuu iuuiuii iiiu-i
torcycle. A bargain If taken at ,
once. 4 8 Quince street. 24
WANTED To rent, a small place,
five or 10 acres, suitable for chick
ens, cows and pigs. W. H. Ellis,
707 West Main street. 24
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JUST LIKE FINDING MONEY
It is easy to pnni money; to snvc part of it is a much hnrdor prolilcm. Let us
help you Bave. We can it' you will take advantape of our Clearanoe Sale on all
Short Lines of Shoes. Start the New Year right, be thrifty. . .' . .
One lot of Women's $5.00 Shoos at ....$2.15
One lot of Women's $3.00 Shoes at , $2.05
One lot of Women's $5.00 Shoes at $3.85
One lot of Women's $050 Shoes at ...$4.80
One lot of Women 's $4.50 Shoes at $3-35
One lot of Women's $.1.50 Shoes at $2.35
One lot of .Women's $6.50 Pumps at .r.'.;....'....;....;...:.'..; $5.15
One lot of Misses' $4.50 Trot-Mocs at , $3.15
One lot of Child's $0.50 Dress Klines at $2.50
One lot of Men's $6.50 Dress Oxforts $-1.05
21 North ScAZClCtJ 21 North -
Central Avenue "Cood Shoes" Central Avenue
I MANIAS Great Clearance Sale of Ready-to-Wear--MANN'S
Every Winter Garment Must ' Be Sold
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New Suits made t)f good serge
at $25.00. For this sale,
each
FURS
Scarfs, sets and
Muffs at away
below cost.
Sold all season
$12.50
Beautiful New Suits made of all wool materials.
Sold all season at $35.00. .-For this $17 Cfl
great sale caeh..... ltlU
Exclusive La Vogue Suits made of all , wool
serges, broadcloths and mannish mixtures. Sold
all season at $50,00, For this sale, 2500
Some real high class winter suits mado of beau-
$37.50
SATURDAY SALE OF WARM BLANKETS
Cotton Blankets, 58x
72. Cheap today at
tiful materials. Sold all season at
$75.00. This sale
$18.00
Every Winter Coat is to be sold at greatly reduc
ed prices. Women 's winter coats, sold all season
nt $18.00. This sale $12.50
Women's Winter Coats made of all wool mate
rials, sold all season at $22.50. For
this big sale
Women's Winter Coats, sold all season CA
at $35.00. For this sale $61 .3V
Women's Walking Skirts made of all woo! sorgo,
values up to $9.00. This sale f 9 Qfi
each pd.UO
Women's Silk and Wool Dresses, now styles.
!!l: ; ; $9.98
Values up to ij'lo.OO.
sale
$3.00. For this $9 P
sale, pair $Uid
Wool finish plaid
Blankets, large size.
Cheap today at $5.00.
For this CO QO
sale, pair vdwO
Cotton Blankets in
grey : only, 70x80,
Cheap today at $4.50.
For this- d0 QO
sale, pair ,vdi0
Wool Blankets, in
white only, size G6x80.
Chenp today at. $10.00.
For th i? $7 Qfi
sale, pair
WAJSTS
Women's Crepe
do Chenc
Waists, real $5
values, now
$3.95
georgette
Crepe Waists,
real $8.00 val
ues, now $5.08
SATURDAYS ALE OF HO SIERY AND UNDERWEAR
' lined . vests and
pants, nil sizes. On
sale Satur-
$1.25
day, each ..:
Women's fleeced
lined Union Suits,
short sleeves and
sleeveless. very
& special,
Z- suit ......
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$1.25
Women's Athena
Union Suits, ' meri
no, all styles and
sizes. Cheap . at
$3.50. For jrt AO
thissale, suiVwO
Women's lisle hose,
in all colors, a 75c
grade, now
pair
69c
Women's fiber silk
hose, good 'quality,
in white, gray,
champagne, white
and black, 75c CQp
values, now UtJv
Women's silk hose
in fancy colors,
black and white,
$1.50 values,-! OP
Special, paii V-l-
HANDBAGS, GL0VE3 AND NECKWEAR
Leather hand
bags in large
size, and
wrist shape.
Value up to
$3.00. This
sale ....$1.98
Women's wash-'
able Kid Gloves
in white, white
with bl'k, gray
and tan. $3.00
values. This
sale .
..$2.25
Organdie Crepe
and Pique Col
lars and Sets,
Values up to $1.
Very special,
Saturday, each
69.
SATURDAL SALE OF
.TOILET ARTICLES
Colgate's Toilet Soap. Sold
everywhere at 15c. An
For this sale each .IvC
Colgate's Talcum Powder,
all odors. ' ICa
Can
'Pound 'can Talcum Pow
der. Best quality. f Q
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SATURDAY SALE OF CORSETS
50 pairs of flesh ool-
100 pairs of good
corsets, discontinu
ed styles, odd sizes,
Sold up to $3.00.
For this
sale
New Brasseries, all
sizes. .' Cheap today
at 75c. . M00
Special
Agents for Gossard
..98c
oretl corsets. Real
$3.50 values. tfO
This sale, pair....v
Scott's new- Bras
scries. Best fitting
and best
weariijg, pr..
Corsets.
75c
AFTER XMAS SALE OF HANK'F'S
Women's all linen
initial Handker
chiefs, fine quality.
Cheap today at 25c.
On sale Sat- 4 0L
urday, each 10 v
Beautiful all linen,
hand embroidered,
Handkerchiefs, 50c
values. Spc- OCp
cial, each wtfC
Men's initial Hand
kerchiefs, ' good
quality, worth 20c.
OnsalcSat- lOl
lirday, each....lfci2
Women's extra fine
all linen imported
Swiss Handker
chiefs.Very. fiQ
special, each.... Owl
Special, pound .
MANN'S The Best Goods for the Price No .Matter What the Price MANN'S