WTCDT'O'RTJ HifAU; T"RTT,TTNT!. HfEDFOTlD. OT?KfiOy. SATTTT?DAY.-FETOTTyT?Y 1.". 1019
26MILLI0ND0LLARS
BAN Kft ANC'IHOO, Koh. IS. Clone
In lit) in lllloitu of dollars witro savod
lu tho coiilml wualern region by
economies effected u n dor (uilunil
control, according lo tha.iiiinuul rv
port of KukIuiiiiI Director llulo llol
dim mo clu public loduy at tho hend
fltiurtnrs of Ilia United Mules rail
road administration In Hun KiiiiiiiIb
co. Of thin saving, tha ii ii I f I cut t u it of
terminals anil stulloiiH Ik hiiIiI in luivo
contributed approximately hIx and
oue-hulf million; Ilia diminution or
paasonger train aervlrn, ovnr eleven
millions; unci Ilia balum-a In reduc
tion or orguiiltutiini nnil inlaoalluno
oim flnoiininlxH.
Whips In tho direction or coopera
tive uotloit mill greater orrinlnm-y not
impressible In in'onomli'it'iiro cited In
lio fuso or tho Bulling Day plan,
whli'h now results In tha suvlng or
41173 rum n week In handling Innx
tliun curloud rrulKht; tho roductlon
or over Ihlriy-olght million passen
ger cur miles In I'ulliniin service;
joint unn or loooinotlvn shops anil car
repair furllltlas: ttnounnitlvn ui'llon
In loaning powor, nml tho re-routing
of (raffle by thn shortest and most
economical mule.
"K'upnrlal attention,'" iinyii Director
lloldeti, "has been rI vn to tho moHt
rconomlrnl a nil illri'ct routes In the
hmulllnit or traffic between Han
Krniirlsco Inrrliory, southern Cnllfor
ii lu point on tho one- hiinil uiul
northwestern territory on tho other.
nnl middle west tiirmlnula ami Jiiiic
tlons. In rniiHoiinnncn, a nn Impor
tant lllunirntlon, llin nuwment or
California deciduous nml citrus fruits
baa been handled with better antls
Jactlon than vr brfore. During six
innntli Ml aollil tralna of California
f(ult movml lo tha Mlnsutirl river anil
Chicago. 'lth a miul of 23,'iil 1 cnr.
on avi.rtiHO or 3K cum per irnlii. Tho
growers uml dlstrlhutora hnvn ex
pressed general autlnfactlon with thn
aorvlro rendered.
' "In thn li'ii month period (results
for 'November anil December not yet
avnllnbln) operating revenue for
railroad In tho ranlral western ro
glou Increased I7.S per cent. Oper
ating expense Increased 34.1, result
ing In decrease or 12.7 per cent In
not operating revenues. It I well
Understood, Iiowovnr, thai operating
expenses for I ho 10-month period In
cluded suhatanllally all wbko In
creases efrurtlvo January 1, 19 18,
and Increased coat of material and
supplies, wherea onurntlug revenues'
only roflocl tho Increased frolKhl and
pnsaongar rntna for HiibatanllHlly the
hint four month or tho period 1 n di
es Kid."
Id freight traffic movement and
far performance, tho roport de
scribes tho Increase, or operating ef
ficiency a gratifying, tho gain In net
ton mile be Inn ot at 4.2 por cent.
Car Bupply ha Increaaed & por ront.
Net ton-mllca per loaded car lullo In
creased 10. 0 per cent.
Tho consolidation of ticket offices
lins reiilled In a saving of over half
a million dollars annually.
YANKS IN IE!
AKf'HAXIiKI,, Kil.. 1.1. (Hv the
Associated 1'rcsH.) Four Aniericnn
nl'fiwm and 10 enlixlcil men have
been uiven ileeornlioim lor enlliintrv
and cl'l'ineiiev in iietimi. Tho iiwiii1h
included ;
CtiDlniii Oltn A. Oilinrd. .lillMli In
fant r v. (il'i Twoll'tli slieel. l'ortliind.
Ore, who was uiven the niililnrv erohK
for itiillniitrv mid dcteniiinnlion while
in conimnnd nt' n hiiiiiII tnree uloim
tho Xvan river, which wilhoiit Bnnnort
took lib! l'lidcnsk. on Oeluher H. . ( "n n-
tnin Oitniirtl. who ih now Nliuhtlv
wounded, and in u hospital here, wail
nlso t'iven liiiiinrublo mention for Ilia
cnniliint in witlmniwuiii Iiim force nn
rter henvv firn when lite IIoIhIiovIhIh in
the Slimiknrsk reaion look Ut I'ml-
onsk on .Innunrv 111.
. WASniN'OTON. I'Vh. 1"i. Aimrn.
vnl of tho Di'oposnl to cHlahli.sli n
Rnvornniont tn'ien nilitiNlnicnl. bonrd lo
Hlnhilimi comliliotiH ditriinr tho nosl
war period wim enhltal hv President
IWilHnn lodnv to Seerelnrv Hedlielil.
Out Till Out It I Worth Money
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Chicago, III., wrltlnB your nanio and
nddrons olotirly. You will rocolvo In
roturn a trlnl, pucknso cnuliilulim
loloy's Monny and Tnr Compound,
for coukIih, colds and orotip; Foloy
' Kldnoy 1111(1, for pain In sldns and
(hank', rhotinintlam, backtieho, kldnoy
and bladdor iilltnonti and Foloy Ca
thartic TuhlotH, a wholesnmn and
thoroughly clnanslng cathartic, for
constlpntlon, blllousncBB, hondncho,
and slURglsb bowols. For snle by
Modtord Pharmacy. ' .
EBERT'S FAMILY 8
PROUD OF BEING
COMMON PEOPLE
illCIII.IN', lVh. 13, (Ry Aasoelnt
ail I'rnaa.) The mlstreaa or tho (ler
mun preNldeiillal realdunto I a
comely "hiiinifrau" of medium liolxht
and iilauder, who up to tha praavnl
tlmo hit always attended to lior own
hounehold dutlcg, dona tho family
cooking and ha oven linen her own
dreaamnkor. I'rau I. nine. Kborl, wlfo
of tho priwldenl of thn new German
republic was horn 45 year ago In a
wnrlilngiiiiin'B homo In llramen. Hbn
view her new oclal environment
with resignation. "I know wo munt
bo prepared for attack from the
Itlltlil and Left," bo aulil today .In
itlaciiniiliiK tho new ponltlon lu which
tho Khert family finds lliiolf.
"Thnso coming rrom thn Left proh.
ably will bo tho worst. Thoy will
cliurgo us with attempting to extri
cate ourselves rrom the canto In
which wo have linen reared hut that
will never ocuiir. Whatnvor may
cmiio wo uro going to remain true to
our traditions as a plain - working
man's family."
The eldest son or tho family, fried
rich Klier t, Jr., bus onterod news
paper work. Tho second son, aged
I'O, was only recently discharged
from tho army. Tho only daughter,
Amullo, 1, until a short time ago
was employod a a clerk by a down
town firm. Hbo now accord herself
on occasion the prlvllego of riding In
thn presidential motor cur.
l'resldenl ICbert lont a son In tho
righting In Macedonia and another lu
tho C'hiiniln do Diimos operations.
Tho family up to two week ago
had been living In a suburb of tlerlin,
but now I Installed In official apart
ment of thn department or tho Inter
ior In tho Wllhelmstrusso which for
merly wero occupied by high offic
ial. Tho permanent official resldiiuco
of Ilia new president ha not been de
termined upon, and President lvliert
has expressed aversion to tho Ilelb
vuo t'alnco a such resldonco on tho
ground that It I "too Imposing."
Tho new position lo rhlch Krau
Kberl bus nltiihiod has ulready caus
ed her lo bo beset wltlf olfer from
Merlin modiste and tradaspaoplo,
CITY DESTROYED
BY
niAlil.KKTOW W. Vii Feb. 15.
When the rnitcd Slates entered the
war n moii-lcr munition iilant wai
iirojeclcd at Nitro. 14 milea from here
on the Kanawha river, and a eitv
Kiiriun: into cvi-tence nlmost in a
week. Twenty IIioiikiiiiiI men were
workiiiL' there, ami long rows of
house were built bv the government
In hhcller its employes anil their fami
lies. '
Activilv nt Nitro iirnclicnllv censed
nl the sitming of tho nriuiMico nnd
thousand of men left Nitro nml
Clinrlet-ton, The latest developments
are nn invculorv of tho iJant nnd its
cnuipmcnt, iiinI begun, ami the rbnns
ing of the tilnnl into an ordnnncc sup
ply Million. There nro now only 1,(100
men ensntred in (nkinz inventory nnd
guarding the-lvuildinus. Tile war de
partment has recommended tho rais
ing of everv other row of Ihe bunga
lows so hastily constructed. This step
has been ordered ns a matter of fire
prevent inn.
The wheels of llitt plant have been
silent ever since the Hercules Powder
company turned back the industry to
the government two months ngo nnd
no official announcement lias been
received from Washington as to what
disposition will be made of the ex
pensive proposition.
RENTAL RATE FOR
WASHINGTON1. Feb. 15. Tho Un
ion Purine system will reecivo $118,
ri5'J,f)L'S ns government compensation
for rental in lfllft, and the Central
New Knglnnd $l,-l8,l!2'l. under con
tracts signed lodnv hv Director Gen
eral Iliites. The Union Pucifir eom
pensnlion also covers the subsidiary
coniiuinies, Oregon Short Line. Oregon-Washington
Hnilroud Slid Nuvi
t1 n I inn cnmpnnv, Deschutes railroad.
Green liiver Water Works entnpnnv.
Rattle Snake Creel: Water emnpnnv
and tho Union Paoiliti Wider com
pany. r ' . -
RAINY WEATHER
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. Weal her
predictions for tho woek beginning
Kebrunrv 17:
Northern lloeky Jounlnin nnd pln
1 on it regions Uoeal snow niontlav
nnd iigitiu al'ler tho middle of the
woek, temperatures soiuewlintv above
nitrmnl second half of the week. .
Pacific States Fronitcnt rains in
eeiitritl nnd north portions ;' generally
fair south portion, ncnrlv normal tem
peratures. I
NEW "MITTEL-EUR0PA"
,
RUS 31J
vCZECHO-SLQVAtiM
V-rTTfr tf WHS... 'v '"K
xmiitittttrit"'- a j
Her Is the new "Mlt'lo Kuropa.' 'a erouplag or nations old and
nw which will not only check Oorinun expansion but prove a great
factor in Curopoun politics, stand antagonistic to Italian as well a
Cornan expunslon and perhaps give best assuranc that the work of
tha peace congress shall unnd, All of the countries maipsd, sav Hun
g iry and IliiUurlu. have been lined up by Premier Vealielos or Creect,
most astuts politician and taitnisn la centrsl Europe. In a cloi
fedcralloa. rtoughly. they rapresoni a populkllou of Tn.OOO.ftOO and
an area of more than 413.000 square miles, esiending from the Medlter
rKiKriui to the Dnlllc. As a power for peace the alliance will be a alronf
ooo. As a powor (or war It would be formidable.
I
N18H, Serbia, Fob. 15. (Corrov
pondence of Associated Press.) Three
months of unromlttlng Industry, un
hampered by Bulgarian and Austrian
depredations or Interference, have
enabled tho Serbian people to necuro
a new hold on llfo. With tho country
ontlAOy freo or Invaders, tho lurgo
pcasnut population has euccecded .in
setting things In order In surprising
fashion, and conditions should he al
most normal soon.
Largo quantities of wheat and oth
er stnples, which the shrewd Serbian
farmers hid from the enemy, have re
appeared. At tho moment tho most
pressing need seem to bo clothing,
shoos, fuel and agricultural Imple
ments. Apparently thoro Is plonty of
money In tho country, some or It
having como rrom Austrian nnd Ger
man noldlerB, who, It may bo said to
their credit, paid for most of tho arti
cles they took rrom the Serbians dur
ing their occupation. However, the
Bulgarians, who requisitioned nlmost
everything they required rrom tho
already straitened population, often
paid nothing ror what thoy took. In
the cities most of the stores have no
stocks bocanse they sold almost
everything to tho Austrluns and Ger
mans. . '
Fortunately tho hurvest last fall
was exceptionally good and there
probably will bo nothing approaching
starvation among the poor this win
ter. Tho enomy troops carried orr
almost ovory articlo of valuo they
F
E
PARIS. Feb. 13. Comment In
representative French newspapers on
the constitution of tho League of Na
tions as presented at, yesterday's
plenary session of tho pence confer
ence rcvonls little enthusiasm over
the shape the project has taken. , The
Figaro says:
"Tho commission wisely decided
not to rnvtah tomorrow from . the
eternal and confined Itself to making
snfo the present. The mystic society
of nations has, then, become a league
of the flvo great powers which "beat
Germany nnd which mean to consoll
dato both victory and peace."
Tha socialist newspaper Kumanlte
is even less pleased than the "Bour
geois" papers. Deputy Marcel Cachon
writes In this publication:
"It Is impossible (a conceal the Im
pression of disillusionment. The pro
ject cannot In any way command tho
support of democratic and people's
parlies, which placed such hopes In
tho Idea of which Mr. Wilson consti
tuted himself an eloquent defender."
could lay hands on, luit they did not
have time, owing to the suddenness
of tholr retreat, to take with them
more than 25 per cent of the avail
able grain supply. Meat is abundant
Iho high In pr'c:. lic.'s.'o tho war It
sold for six cents a pound, now it
sells for 56 -cents. Large numbers
of sheep ruised In the mountains fur
nish not only a valuable meat supply
but an abundance or wool which has
provided tho peasants with the Only
clothing thoy have had in four years.
Breakfast With
Corn Flakes ibai arc
so dijjerciyt jroi
commor) kiods youll
vorder why you ever
ate ibe oiber sort.
Thick, Ricb,
Creamy aod.
full of
Noucisbiweiyt
Askfor tbero
byi)Q.Tf)e
Post
Toastibs
T TO GUIDE
PAftIS (Correspondence . of the
AKoeiiitcd Press.) The "rights" of
France to guide the destinies of Svria.
Lebanon and Armenia-Minor were ex
pounded to tho Asoscinted Press to
day bv M. Oout. direfior for Asia in
Hie French foreign office. II. Gout
asserted tlml it lind lont' been the
role of France to protect tho helpless
peoples of tho Orient nnd recalled in
terventions bv France in Svria and
Lebanon to defend the C'hriMinns nnd
that Frnnco lind nluvcd a trrcnt part
in the defense of the Armenians in
in 1 80S and 1 800. -
"France." he said, "worked not
onlv lo protect (lie Christians but she
also sent missionaries into all ports
of Turkey, not for the purpose of
proselyting but for teaching and
charitable work. Before the war
there, were French schools in nil sec
tions of Turkey, and in the great
towns there were French hospitals for
the cure of the poor. In Syria es
pecially the number of French schools
was considerable. In Dei nit we bad
u large university, nnd I must add
that the Americans also had ono
working for the civilization of the
Svriun people. A erreat number of
physicians' were bred in tho French
universities.
M. Gout called attention to the fact
that French capital and industry had
created three of the fonr ports of
Aain Minor, and pointed to the great
railway built and controlled bv the
French. Tbe first rond opened be
tween Damascus and the coast, the
Damascus-Beirut line, was French, he
said. It was also n French society
which before the war undertook the
repair of roads in many parts of the
Ottoman empire, and a French com
pany bad a concession for a bin rail
way in Armenia.. The important silk
imlusi' of Svria. he added, had been
fostered and developed bv France.
. "Wo mnv point out also tho crent
share of France in the public debt of
Turkcv. Which is nearly CO per cent,
he continued. "The shnre of England
before the war was 10 or 12 per cent,
that of Italv nearly 5 per cent, nnd
Germany bad all the rest."
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r " These facts vouched for by' "
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MKpVOIU), OltKGO.V
R. F. ANTLE, Cashier. . DKLItOY OETCHELL, President
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ftS, Competent
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Tliere Was Nothing So Good
for Congestion tx.d Colds
as Mustard
But the old-fashioned musterd-plaster )
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the relief und Help tuac mustara
plasters gave, without the piaster ami
without the b&tcr.
Mustcrolc docs it It is a dean, white
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Just massace Musterols in with the fin-Eer-tips
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And What if Means to You
' ' WE ASSURE.-Y0U G00J IMPLEMENT SERVICE.
That's What Counts Most in Buying and v
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. When you need an lmple-
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it as soon as the need Is appar-
ent. "';
As long ns the need'gos 6n-f
filled, you lose nioney.' : I
Doing without needed Imple-l
ments is like doing without
needed food.
This loss will be especially i
great as long as farm.. products J
sell for tho high prices now
prevailing and in prospect. - I
Vhen you buy an Implement j
you will always profit by get-j
ting the best to fit your needs. '
It never pays to buy a poor
unsuitable implement. - -
Remember, an implement
pays only thru tho work it
docs. In order to be fully pro
fitable to you, it must give the
best of service, not only when
new but also after long usage. .
There are some Implements
Ain't you need this year Jo keep
your'crop" production factory In'
tbe best of runniifg order.
Since you are sure of high
prices for all that you can- pro-
duce, you can't afford to lessen
yohr output either by trying to
get along without the imple
ments you need or by using in
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. We sell them at the lowest:
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Illness comes so quickly yon cannot afford
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Phone 168 Medford, Oregoa
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