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
. If for health or other rea
sons you have considered
a change from coffee, now
is a good time to make a
test of Postum.
Not a bit of Waste
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Your body ha to fight conatantlyagainat disease.
It isn't always a fair fight, because constipation it
treacherous enemy that you usually don't re
cognize until too late, i .
Stagnating, poison-forminsf food waste In your
large intestines, helps disease to attack you and
hinders you from defending1 yourself Such self
. poisoning causes over 909b of human illness,
, Yen may be held fast for months in this grip of
constipation, trying vainly to free yourself by
taking castor oil, pills, salts, mineral waters, etc,
iabrder toorce the bowels to move. 'Not only
will; the constipation grow worse with the con
tinuance of such remedies but you will be lest
able to defend yourself against the attack when
. it cornea.
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and; brings about the habit of easy, thorough
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conditions. , i ,
. Take Nujol and constipation can't sneak up on .
you and cripple you when you least expect it
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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
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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