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.
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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.