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TO ALL FOR VICT PORTLAND, April 1. Volunteer workers during tlio Victory Liberty loan will be awarded medals made from captured German cannon. The . Victory Loan medal will bo the sije of a half dollar. On one aide it will bear certification of participation in the Joan, with space for eneravine the name of the worker, and on the y obverse reproduction of the treasury department hmldinsr nt Washington. Recipients of this medal will have something ' of which thev may well feel proud and which will be cher ished in after years as a memorial of loyal service Information was re neived from Washington today that the medals will be sent out by the treasury department. . The publicity department will con duct three contests, two of which arc announced today. The first is that originated by the features bureau, offerine valuable prizes for the best 50-word answer to the question. "Why the Victory Loan? " The first prize is a $50 Lib ertv bond (riven by Edward Cookine- ham, state executive, director: the second prize $30 in war snvintr stnmps-iriven by J. C. " Ainsworth, state', vpublioitv director. ; arid the third :'prize,Y $20 in stamps eiven by the war Savine Stamp committee. This contest will close. April 10th. The second contest is for a yell to be used in theaters of the state, or- urinated by the theater bureau. The prizes will be announced later, but will be comparatively valuable and worth a lot of velline. . This contest will close April 10th. The third will be an essay contest open ,to the school children of Ore con. It will open April -SI. and fnll particulars, includine . the list of prizes will be announced soon. FORCE'GERMANS TO WORK ON U. S. SUPPLY DEPOTS COBLENZ. March 31. (Bv the Associated Press.) Unable to ob tain Germans , to work voluntarily on Third army supply depots which are under construction near Bendorf. American military authorities today requisitioned 300 laborers tjirouch the German civil officials.' The men will be paid-nine marks per day. Because of several minor labor disturbances recently among civilians employed under American supervis ion. General Dickman, commander of the American ' army of occupation, today issued a warning against strikes, . This proclamation!, which has been circuited throughout the oc cupied area. Bays that all laborers voluntarily in the service of employ ers engaged in work for Americans, or working .for the armv nnder re- ouisition or otherwise are "forbid den to Join in any conspiracy or plan to attempt or carry out any scheme to strike, or abandon work." Jt is announced that "an; violation of this order will be punished by American milit arytnbunals. . SAMOA PLACATED TO BE ADDED TO CULTIVATED AREA WASHINGTON, . April , 1. More than 50,000,000 acres have been mid cd to the country's aggregate orop acrenge in tho last 10, veurs. Stn tistics just announced bv tho depart ment of agriculture show the coun try's aggregate lost year to have been 307.738,000 acres, or 605.840 square miles. Thnt is more than one fifth of tho total laud area of Con tinental United States, almost two and one-half times the size of the state of Texas and about 10 times the area of the entire New England state. The number of farms in the United States is estimated at 6.717,- ooo. .-. Texas has the largest aggregate crop acreage with 25,3218,000 acres, or a little more than one-sixth of her total land area. ' Kansas is second with 22.588.000 acres, or almost one-half of her en tire land area. Illinois is third with 21,727.000 acres, or about three sevenths of her land area. - Iowa in fourth place is very colse to Illinois with 21,013.000 acres. which is about three-sevenths of her land area. , ' , The aggregate crop aoreages. which includes those of corn, wheat. barley, oats, rve, buckwheat, pota toes, sweet potatoes, tobacco, flux, rice, hay, cotton, peanuts, kafirs. beans, broom corn, hops and cran berries, and the numer for Oregon is, valuation 1918. $2,768,000; num ber of farms. 52.000. E TO HAVE STATE ORE :i SAMPLING PLANT Modford men Interested In mining will bo Interested In tho address ct O. S. Dlanchard of Grants Pass, deliv ered betbre the chamber ot coinnieroe of that ,ctty Monday nooni ' H' at tended several meetings ot the bur eau ot mines, ot which he is a mem ber, mid he reports an unusual Inter est being taken In the development ot mining In this section, says the Grants Pass Courier. Partially thru his efforts Josephine county secures the use ot the bureau ot mines auto mobile truck on which ts mounted a complete ore sampling plant, which will enable every prospector or nilno owner to have a complete and reli able report made on any ore.' A resi dent engineer connected with, me bureau ot mines will also he located In this county permanently. . v- , . A geological survey wtll this sea son be made ot the -Marble Halls ot Oregon. This will amount praotlc ally to an exploration of tho entire cavern, and probably the discovery of other chambers. The bureau of mines; thru Jho re cent appropriation ot 150,000 y tne legislature, will be able to tnvesygaxe possible oil and iron deposits, as wen as all minerals. ... , ."- , HEAD OF VICTORY LI man Hot with Tho state Llborty loan committee and It was understood that thnt commlttoo had' planned to ap point John S. Orth,; cashier ot the Modford iXtetlonnl bank, but Mr, Orth stated today thnt his duties at lho iiank-prohiuitod his, taking the post lion. . ,V , Mayor C. E, Gates has resigned tho position ot county chairman ot tho Liberty loan :oampatgns which he hold all during the war, and while the resignation was accepted, his suc cessor has not been appointed. Altho the mayor resigned aouplo ot weeks ago ho attended the meeting ot coun ty chairmen ot the state hold In Port land last week relative to tho forth coming Victory loan. - - Ha gave up SO per cent of his tlmo during the war to patriotic work and felt that now that the busy season in coming on he could no longer afford to neglect his business. Mr. Gutos still retains the chairmanship ot tho Red Cross chapter. The appointment ot county chalr- Cubnn Steamer Founders. NOUnU-K, Vh April l.-Novnl authorities received word today of the foundering-' on March 30 of the Cuban schoomw Litem, 400 niilcH off tho North Carolina eotiRt. All hands ef pent one nemmm were lost. HEARTBURN or heaviness after meals era mfct annoying manifestation oi aad-oyspepsia. KHI0ID5 pleasant to tolce, neutralize acidity and help restore normal digestion. . . made by s :orr a bownr MAKCTS OP SLOTT3 EMULSION L! CITY TELEPHONES TUTUILA, American Samoa, Mar. 31. (By Cable)." British Samoan chiefs withdrew today their petition requesting transfer to American rule. They expressed dissatisfaction only with conditions under Colonel Logan, former British administrator. Colonel Tate his successor, conciliated them and gained their confidence. (Native chiefs of western Samoa, under British rule, were reported early In March as dissatisfied with the British : administration. They were represented as favoring a trans fer ot the islands of Upolu and Savali to American Jurisdiction.: The agita tion followed the Influenza epidemic which exacted a heavy toll of lives in the 'British section but did not reach the American territory, which was quarantined against it with great strictness. , AUTO THIEVES WORK -; ON DOUBLE SHIFT PORTLAND.! -April 1. Robbers driving: automobiles operated in the residence district here last night, ob taining money from two pedestrians. In one cose a large automobile was used:. in the other a small car was operated . v the thieves. Their sys tem was to drive alongside the curb ing when-a lone pedestrinn was ap proaching and while one man cov ered the victim with n revolver, from the car, the other searched him. Then they made a speedy get-away. SALEM, April 1. Mayor C. E. Albin, ot this city - will appoint a special committee to consider ways and means of establishing a munici pal telephone system in the event that the Oregon public service com mission Issues an order allowing the Pacific Telephone and ' Telegraph company to increase its rates, "he an nounced today. The authority to take this action was given the mayor by the city council last night. It has been asserted that a plant could be established here for less than $200, 000 and service given for about 70 percent of the present cost to pa trons. The commission form of govern ment may be an issue on the ballot at the special election in June, it also was announced today. ' Previous ef forts to establish the commission form here have been unsuccessful. El ' yasswi BUSINESS FIRM 13 FROM COAL MINE TRINIDAD, Colo.. April 1. Work of recovering bodies of thirteen min ers who lost their dives in an explo sion in the Empire coal mine at Agu ilar earlv yesterday, morning was completed early today when two bodies were brought to the surface bv rescue crews. The bodies of the other eleven men werewecovered lute yesterday. .': . .' . . ' An inquest to determine the cause of the explosion will be started here this afternoon. State Coal Mine Inspector James Dalrymple has started an investiga tion. --' - - , Close Mills Usina U. S. Cotton. MANCHESTER, Engalnd, April 1. The employers and operatives in this region," market reports say, have decided to close all mills using Amer ican cotton for a full fortnight from April 10. H. E. Marsh has purchased the in terest of. Louis Bennett, in the gro eery business of Marsh & Bennett and will continue the same under the name of II. E. Marsh. They have been in business together for ifive years but for the past two years Mr. Bennett has been eoryliietine grocery stores at Bend and Silver Lake nnd Mr. Marsh has" had chai-ge of the business here. Mr.-Bennett will re turn to Bend in a few dnvs. Mr. Marsh has spent 25 years in the grocery business.- 10 years of that time in Med ford. He was with the Allen Groccrv company and Allen and Regan for five years before "en tering business for himself. Mr. Marsh is one of - the ' active voung business men of the city, runs an up-to-dnte grocery in every wav, is pleasant nnd ; obliging and will con tinue the store's motto of "Personal attention nnd prompt service." PARIS WORKMEN NOT FOR LUXURY TAXES PA"RI8, Monday, Mar. 31. By a vote. of 1?0 to 80, the senate tonight Indorsed the government's demand for retention of the luxuries tax by elimination from the budget bill of an article Inserted . by the chamber of deputies abolishing It.-. Louis L. Klotz, minister ot finance, who urged that the article be stricken out of the bill,- motored to the chamber later and asked that branch of parliament to reverse its action on the tax.. There- were violent protests In, the chamber against the senate's action, deputies who advocated the suppres sion of the luxuries tax arguing that It was not wanted by merchants and workmen. DIED . ' M'CARTHY Died at the residence of James Jones, : North Riverside. March 31, 1919. Everett E. McCar thy, aged 63 years'. He was a native of Indiana and had been a resident of the Rogue river valley for 30 years. He made 27 trips across the continent bv team. Mr. Jones leaves no relatives, but was an intimate friend of Mr. and Mrs. William Ul rich. Funeral services will bo held at the Weeks & McGowan company chapel Wednesday. April 2nd at 10 a. my Interment will be in I. O. O. F, cemetery. Rev. William B. Ham ilton officiating. ' '. ' Coffee Drinkers find there is no raise in price of INSTANT if POSTUM 4 . 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Addreat . VILMO FLOUR POPULAR Evidently someone know wHero Good Mour is Made, as the Roguo: Valley filling Company was burglar ized Tuesday night and some VILMO Flour stolen. We advice you to buy your's from your local grocer: Rogue Valley Milling Co. i Medford, Oregon " mary McLaren y "Secret jMarriage" Owlnii to tlio fart Hint tlilH pli tiiro U Ixmkotl for an cvtcndod run la Mtmttla wo ru only ohow it unu ituy. , RIALTO COMEDY WEEKLY W Arsenate of Lead ZJaMaaV aT Arsenate of Lead riik-iito.l Juno :10, 1U13 The "Standard" for Convenience, Economy, Efficiency 0ne Pound of ' Corona Dry" Does the Work of Three Pounds of Paste Arsenate ' and Does It Better Quickly nnd oiiwily mixed no wnrkinjr pi no HlniiniiiK nouded; no tiodiiiit'iit; no iiuiiw( no wnHto never cloys nozzles. 1 v . Mo cviiporntiimno Iviiku mi Umi ot Ktrcnijlli. Hut mi Abso lutely standard spray mixture, the uniform Htreuutli of which you, enn depend upon und know thnt yon linvo tho highest per cent of .killing power. . ' . , 4 "Corona" Is Safe It Will Not Burn Foliage SOLD IN NET WEIGHT PACKAGES . ." 7 200 lbs., 100 lbs., 60 lbs., 5 lbs., I lb. Hood Itivcr nnd Wcnntclicft Fruit Growers Uso "Corona", AlniOKt Exclusively. " ' REMEMBER "Corona Dry" Means No Guess Work, but a Stlmdardlzed Spray In Which the Mixture Is Always of the Same Strength and Efficiency, . , . , Exclusive Agents . . ' , Bardwell Fruit Co. MEDPOED, OREGON A Good Meeting Place THIS quarters of the First NaliojiAl "Hank .safford a conveuioiit,.'a coinforiablo and con-v.' .. fidential -.meeting place whcn.one want to meet another and tallc'bver Ijuhwichh nf fairs. . Wc invito.you to use this as your lteiidquar- tdrs as well as financia Institution.: ' ' Vfie F1R5T NATIONAL BANK , .: Medford Oregon