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OTiEfiON. TtTKSDAY. MAftfTT raGE THREW Sore throatPiSCHOOL WlEETiNG 112 Milliens StEUffORD 5I3TD TRTBUNU, ::o. ifi'20. used last year To tlio Public; The Tribune of Ssilimlav. Mini 27, contains a contract of March settlinir the lioL'tic Uivcr ti I contro versy. This publication is the first intimntion "riven the i nll i thai the rights of tile people were beinir con tracted awnv. What is a newspaper for? Why wasn't tlio contract pub lished before it was sinned? Why does the editor assume to bind the people in u matter that he knows nothinsr about' Why was the nm truet suppressed from the tweuty itrst of .March until the twenty seventh? . Under the present statute, obnox ious as it is. the river is open from August 2" to September 111, am! always from (i p. m.. Saturday until 0 p. in., the following Sunday. I'lilcr this eontraet the canneries can dnu the river continuously from April l.'i to September 111, with the exception of the '2-i-hnur period from Saturday evening until Sunday evening, l.ust summer the steelhead caught in the upper river prior to August L'.'i were the little ones weiirhin from two io two and one-hulf pounds, such as could net thronuh an ei'jht anil onc lmlf inch mesh. The open season from Auiitist to September 10 let n few of the lamer ones bv. Hv the contract the fishinir area is cut down from thirty-six miles to twelve. This means nothinu'. as very little more than twelve miles was eve" fished. A steolhend' travels from ten to twelve miles in twentv-four hours in Koirue river.' So that the fish that are let bv on a Saturday evening are easily headed off Sunday iiiirht by the fish ermnn at the 1'J-mile limit, liy this niiTeemeiit MeCleav iruve up iiothin1. The wnv the limine Hiwr is cupped at its narrow miaith enables tint can nery to take out every salmon and steelhead of commercial size with drift nets. The canneries have al ready depleted the stream so that sc nets mean nothing to them. Thev can take evervlhin!.' bv drifting. To (ill on Rlllot 1'ntil this secret contract was put throuedi there was u plain understand int that a measure should mt on the ballot in the fall election (dosing n- mereinl ! i ji in tin litmue liivcr. I was askeil to draw this measure, and drew it manv months a'.'o and deliver ed it to Mr. Thomas, lie was to have nsked the-leuislalurc to pass a reso lution putting it upon the ballot. After the session he claimed he thought it inadvisable to do this. 1'orhaps lie was riant, but the un'derstandiiiL' was left that it should still no. on the bal lot bv 'petition. In support of this measure we had such aood institu tions as the Oregon Sportsmen's Lemrne, Multnomah Anders' Club, the Portland Teleirrnm, and many other smaller institutions and onrnnizntions desiimed for public srood and the pro teetion of fish and trump. These in stitutions have been induced to lend their sinnntnre and support to this contract under the belief that it is what wo want and will irive us protec jon. It will now take an immense .mount of work and a lot of activity o' relieve these institutions of an obligation under a contract which thev did not understand and whi"'i thev were misled into siirninsr. The contract recites that the canneries lire in favor of protection of the sal mon and the steelhead and will assist in' their propagation. This statement is not true and its concession bv lie weakens our petition. MeCleav in terests have depleted the stream of lioth salmon and steelhead as fas; as possible, thinkim: they onlv had r. short time in which to do it. "! tlwv Ion't ngleci it. Hub Turpi), the only Turpentine ointment, on throat and chest. Cover with flannel cloth. Repeat night and niornins. Tuhpo THE TUBPfNTIHE OIKTHEH?, wanted the money. The recitations in tlio contract as to the l'.lk Creek Hatchery are eouallv misleading. It has always been used for salmon propagation. With the exception of a few venrs. whenever steelhead eggs were taken there thev were largely shipped to other waters, the purpose of the hatchery being to convert the stream into a salmon stream and to deplete it of its trout or steelhead. The hatchery was bought and built bv the cannery, which afterwards got what state anil government aid it could. .McCleay liecoKiil.eil The contract also recognizes the importance of the MoClenv invest ment at the mouth of the river, 'fin is likewise misleading. When Mo-. Clcnv bought the cannery, commercial fishing had been closed bv law. He took an option on the cannery am' over the protest of Southern Oregon lobbied a bill through, which enabled him to do commercial fishing at Ihc mouth of the river, and after doing this, purchased the cannery. McCleay Threatened In in v office on the "j:tnl day of November. Hll.'i. Mr. MeCleav en deavored to retain inc. and when I told him that 1 took no secret re tainers against the public interest he made the threat that if we undertook to stop his fishing he would spgnd a hundred thousand dollars and sub sidize every newspaper in Oregon, and take the steelhead as well as the salmon. I told him that his threat had forfeited any respect that 1 bad for his so-called industry and that 'he public g I demanded that the river be protected. The amount of iiioiie that has been spent in llogiic Kiver valley in the way of public and pri vate improvements anil which would not have been spent, if the lioguo liver had not been the attractive stream which it is. greatly exceeds any money ever spent on the liogue river in the cannery interests. It means everything; for the people in this country to have the finest fish ing stream in the world. And this stream furnishes the principal recrea tion and incentive for outdoor life available to our people. It is a crime to allow this wonderful asset to be bartered and sold over to a single in stitution. If you had a. lot of won derful shade trees nhont your prem ises, you would strenuously object to some law which gave a private cor poration the right to cut them down because they might be valuable com mercially for wood and the country needed the wood. If Honest, 111 Advised Xow Mr. Thomas and some of the other parties to the contract knew of Mr. McCleay's threat to me. be cause 1 put the exact conversation in a telegram to Mr. Thomas during the 11117 session of the legislature. And wbv. with the suspicion which would naturally follow the putting over of a secret contract under these circumstances, these gentlemen would presume to thus contract, awav the rights of the people without taking the public into their confidence is i; matter that is very difficult to under stand. The contract mav have been honestly entered into, hut it certainly is not well advised, and all those in terested have confidently expected the iiallot would this year contain an enactment that would do awav with commercial fishinir in the liogue river permanently. Very Truly Yours. A. K. RKAMKS. The school boarl convention and teachers' local institute which was to have been held at Huch in February, will be held at the liuch school house on Saturday, April :i. l!Uil. A good attendance of school board members, teachers and school patrons is de sired as this will likely he the onlv meeting of the nature held in the Applegatc valley this year. Come prepared to lake part in the discussions, wdicther your name ap pears on the program or not. It' von wish anv other subjects brought up for consideration, kindly phone or write them to vour superintendent or supervisor. The law provides that the chair man of the hoard shall be a delegate to such a convention. If he is unable to attend he shall appoint a member of the hoard or the clerk to repre sent the district. Kach delegate at tending the convention during the en tire session shall be entitled to re ceive two dollars out of the gen-ral fund of the county. The following program has been ar ranged. 1 ()::! Music bv local talent. 10:4.-1 'Thvsioal l'.dueation," a discussion. (a) "The Heouireinents," H. IO. Morris (b) "Some benefits From Training." V. A. Davis (c) ("Methods of Presenting the Work'' F.dna (lore 1 1 :l.ri Talk. "A Soiiare Ileal to the Child." Mxs. Florence Lee 1 1 :.'!0 "The Fundamentals in Arithmetic," (a) "The Xocd and Tools Suitable for Drill ' Chester C.iok (bl "Methods I'sed in Presenting the Same" Kuth York l'J:00 Lunch. Arrangements "-ill be made to serve lunch at Hindi for those who care for such service. 1 :00 Music I'nder management of Miss Hath York. 1 :20 Standardization of Schools. A discussion. (a) "What it Means to the High : School" .Mrs. Laurie .lames (b) ''What it Means to the Mural School" Oeorge llerriot: (c) "As an Aid tri the Teacher."' Christina lleckmau '2:00 The Educational Program Relative to Taxation. A discussion. (a) "The Situation and Proposed i Hemedies," fi. YV. Ager (b) "A Tuxpnvcr's View of the Program," Miles Cantrall (el "Plans for Carrying on the ; Program," , Applegate School Hoard : 2. -oil to IIHIO Business session. G. W. AOKIi, School Superintendent: DR. REBF.C TO TALK AT El The regular weekly luncheon of the members of the Chamber of Com merce will be held "Wednesday at noon at the Hotel Med ford, after which the former members of the board of directors will meet and con sider a recommendation which, has been culled to their attention: All who have signed membership blanks under the reorganization plan arte especially urged to attend. Dr. George Hcbec of the University of Oregon, extension department of Portland will give the address, which in all probability will be upon a sub ject of vital interest to the slate at large. Brace Up with that energizing fbod Grape-Miiiite Order a dish, for lunch or break fast at any hotel, restaurant, or lunch counter. ejfhen order a package from your grocers for the home table Grape-Nuts is the most de licious, nourishing and eco nomical of prepared cereals "There's a Reason' Sold hy Grocers Everywhere Made by Postum Cereal Co, Battle CreelcMich. 1 to KILL COLDS tl ILL'S cascaraquinine ndrd c.i rtn-.eJv (or 20 vtara in tablrt wnn aie, iurc, no natc:.- break up a cold in 24 hours relievfii jnp in 3 day. .Mont,' tack i( it ti. l he genuine box has a Kevl w n ii nir. niti a iciurc. At All Drug fra Up THE GLORIOUS LADY IS ATTRACTION AT LIBERTY It is not f refluent that threalro au-diMiee-: are furnished the tit-bi! oi seeing society ieode iday ndes in a lueture idav. but this is the case in Hive Th is' ii.iur,., "The (Morions l.ady," which comes to the Liberty theatre today for three days. A I'euture of the play is an old time steeplechase, known as a "point to point" race, an J jiulish , nssi,. 1:,. is foremost amour the events of each year. Alter im exhaustive scan !i tlie rairtux ami est.diestcr club, near the Koi-kefelho- estate at (Irecn wihb. Conn., was secured for the scene. The action of (be p:,v js a;, ;,, I'u'.'hiud and the iunipinu course al 11 bib fitted perfectly into the pic ture. There is no spot more charrr teristicallv Kmrlish in all this emmfi-. The club's eromuls include hike, hills and a rollinu' country, as if Ihev were providentially transplanted form Yorkshire itself. Should a Woman Tell "Should a AVonian Tell?" An important oiiesolon iu ,l..i,i,i in n remarkable picture scheduled to be shown at the Hialto four dun be ginning tomorrow. It presents one oi ino most perplexing and at the same time most human, vital prob lems a woman Is called upon to lace, the question of whether r.'r not to reveal to the man she Is to marry an incident of her youth which may rob her of him! Hut this Is not all. Ttiere Is a great nntt-cllinnx mwl i, tremendous climnx. E It is expected that Sundav will be l red letter day in the Christian diurcli. The dav will lieirin with a sunrise prayer meetine; at 7 a. in., fol lowed by an Kasler breakfast, the Christian Kndonvorx in charue. This will he followed bv the Inn Sunday school hour at !l:lfi. An orchestra will open the proiirainme and olhci numbers will follow. The climax is reached when manv will unite with the church as a fittinsr (dose to the I'.veryone Win One Cainpai-'n.'! which is on. .Mr. .Millard, the Pastor. will irive an illustrated talk with the use-of candles. Tlie preachimr services will be of special interest. There has been pre pared a larue number of special soims, solos, (iiiartetles, octetts by the choir. t (i.-lll) p. ni. there will be a lian- tisinul service, followed bv oar happy evenimr service al 7:.'l(l p. m. Vou will en.toy the special music. A short. terse, rislit to the point sermon by the pastor will be the fittiiiir (dose of the day. Help make this a ureat da of reioicimr with your presence til some ( bund) Kaster morninu'. FOR THE 4TH ENGINEERS The 4th Knglneers, now stationed at Camp Dodge, Iowa, was crguulzed to u large extent from men now in the states of the .Pacific northwest. In view of that fact, some men may now desire to enlist for thnt organi zation and advantage should he taken or that fact hy recruiting officers to secure? enlistments therefor. These enlistments may be made for a perlcd of one year regardless of whether or not the applicant has had previous service. RATS COST AMERICA As un audit of destruction and a arricr of diseases, tin; rat is classed anions man's most daniierous eneiiiv. Kstimales show that rate cost this country more I Imn $1,(101). 000. IMiO every year. This is a KliiEU'erintr sura oiisiderablo of which would be saved if people would onlv make u deter mined effort to L-et rid of these pe-ts. Some of the larger cities an; spending thousands of dollars to exterminate the rat and the results are ensilyseen in the decrease in deaths from con tagious diseases. ... . ---.. , 1 to 5 Tons i Three Hundred and Thirty-One Truck Factories Have Quit Business in the Last Ten Years Over half of those now building trucks are less than two years old. You see how important it is to be sure about the factory behind the truck you buy. The Federal Factory is ten years old. Has never been refinanced nor reorganized and is one of the largest in the business. Ask the Man Who Owns One A Size for Every Job Seely V. Hall Motor Co. 36 N. Central Ave. The Power Tractor More than 75 Fordson Tractors are now working in Jackson County Low iupkeep, durability and con tinuous satisfactory service, with the same parts and repair service that have made the Ford car the one dependable means of trans portation. Come in and talk it over C. E. Gates Auto Co.
