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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-23

W. A. Hood is Supplying the market
with celery these days raised on his
fve acre tract at the edge Of the
city. He has about 5000 bunohes
which are now nearing their best.
He has completed new green house
14r24, which in addition 10 those al
ready in use will enable him TO raise
an abundance of lettuce and other
delicac'es for the winter.
Now is the time to do your fencing
while the ground Is wet. The " Amer.
ioan"is the best and cheapest fence on
the market Get our new prices. =
Hair Riddle Have Co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-23

H. c. Msckey, the new proprietor
of the Branch Studio, has tss en- hold
Of his work in this city aud is eujoy-
ing a rush of business. Mr.. Mackey
is well known in this valley a. a
photographer, having for many years
conducted a studio at Medford where
his excellent work drew much alton
ton. He has made q study Of the
newest and best methods employed in
his profession and in putting these
methods Into practice is able TO pro-
duoe photographs which are not ex
celled anywhere. Those wishing
photos with the pose Just right sot
the workmanship perfect. will b
pleased with the results OF a visi
to his Studio on Sixth Street. 1923 1
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-23
PORTLAND MURDERER
GETS HEAVY SENTENCE

Edward H. Martin was tried this
week for the murder of Nathan Wolff,
Portlsnd pawnbroker. Tue jor'
found him guilty of mansaughter,
and presiding judge John b. Cleland
sentenced b III to serve 20 Yeas It
hard labor in thu penitenriary AID to
pay foe of $1,000 The Limit would
have been 10 years and $500 hne.
Martin has tiled a motion for new
trial and will tale the Gaze TO the 50
preme court.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1908-10-23

or send it to the Courier office. II
you pay your subscription at that
time it adds 800 more votes. Do it
now.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
An Excellent Waitress.

Nurses In training have many hard
ships to bear bnt perhaps none Is
worse than having to appear cheerful
under all conditions. A sense of hu-
NOR is perhaps as great an asset as a
nurse can have, for it will help her
over many difficulty,
The daughter of wealthy man be-
came imbued with the desire to know
how to earn her own living, and TO
that end she entered one of the large
New York hospitals as nurse. The
work was to her liking, and as she
looked on the bright side of everything
she was generally ia a happy frame of
mind. Her particular pet was an
old and illiterate sea captain who was
in the surgical ward with a broken
arm which would not knit. He was g
cheerful old fellow. and his droll re
marks gained for him the good will o!
everybody, One day when the nurse
had paid him some little attention he
said. with an appreciative smile:
Miss l.. is the best waitress eve
had"'-New York Times.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
USING NEW MOTOR
OUT OF MUSCATINE
Rock Island Road Experimenting, on
Wilton Stub-This City is
Interested in Result.

The steam motor car that the Rock
Island has been experimenting with
for some time has been placed on the
stub line between Muscatine and Will
ton and is being run regularly in place
of the regular train. A number OF
officials made the first trip on it Sat
urday and the townspeople turned out
in large numbers to see the start.
Rock Island is particularly interest
ed in the success of the car because
if it is eventually adopted for regular
use the company can find no more
promising field for it than on the
Mercer county branch of the line run
ming into this city. When the Goa
mines are exhausted the principal
item in traffic will be lost and it stands
the company in hand to begin at ar
early date to develop other business
to take its place. This the motor cal
alone can do.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
wrestlina With EnaIish In Japan.


According to n foreign paper. the
following example of japanese prof.
cheney in the use of the English Ian
guage was found in an advertisement
in a case of towels received in Can
ton: II know you are acknowledge the
Towel made in Japan are more con-
venience In using, and longer in exist
ence than the Towel in Europe. Late
ly, however, the crafty merchants
cheats the customers by making it
change from light and coarse texture
to heavy and fine by using paste, in
deed these are most audacious name
I was strike on this point, therefore
for the sake of avoiding the small in
terests. and wishing to continue the
sale for ever endeayOred to select the
materials, to deduce the prices. and the
dyes not to fail TIL the Towel get bro
ken. Wishing the reputation should he
raised like the height of the noun;
Full, l named it 'fugi' brand. Lastly
beg hnmbly that ladies 3nd gentlemen
should buy it at everywhere bewarins
of the trade mark Mount Fugi.'"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

ana how he had been lost for two
days spd two nights in the storm
and how sfraid he was that his two
little boys might be dead by that
time.
But Old Tippeca1oe told Mr..
Lamb to cheer up. -Aad that they
would make up rescee party.
which they did. and Old Tippecanoe
headed it.
at took them a long time to eyer
get to Mr.. Lambs house, cause il
was long ways away. But. any
how. finally they got there 1t took
them till pretty near dark. And
when they got pretty near there.
they saw there wasn't any light.
And Mr.. Lamb said, o, my Cod
and fell right down in the deep
snow. But they picked him up and
made him keep right on. And fin
ally they got to the house, and
! there wasn't anybody there.
We'll, anyhow. mex morning.
and somehow, Mr.. Lamb couldn't
sleep much that night,-they all
started out. And after hunting all
around and around they came to a
lump in the snow just before the
entrance to a great big cave. And
| the man that gave the lump the
\ kick hurt his toe, cause the lump
was hard and stiff. And just then
up came Old Tippecanoe, and he said,
Let me see what's there, And he
| uncovered the lump,-and there was
poor little Indian girl, frozen to
death. And my mothers Uncle Har-
l at
| gate, which he did. And pretty
soon he saw. signs of tracks leading
down into the cave, and they all
went down on and in. And when
they got there, what do you think
they found?
why, they found a fire. Not
much of. fire. Just only a little
bit of speck. But, there were
Mr.. Lambs two little boys. And
j. they'd been there all the time. And
they were just as fat and sassy as
they had been when their papa had
started to town And when Mr..
Lamb saw his children, again. he
just fell right down and said 'Thank
Cod He was that glad.
! And So Mr.. Lamb grabbed them
in his two arms, while everybody
stood around, and this is what they
told him.
They said that after he left fol
! town, just as the big storm was com.
J ing up, the little Indian girl came
to their house and knocked on the
door. And when they opened the
door and let her in she told then
they had better-come with her, cause
! there was going to be heap big
: snow. And so they went. And a
Hast they reached the cave. And af
ter they got to the cave, the little
Indian girl made fire out of sticks
And then she gave them some bears
!. tongue to eat and melted some snow
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
THE TRUE
STORY OF
Mr.. LAMB

who was one of the men who went
with Mr.. Lamb. And If anybody
said in his absence Old Tippecanoe
was liar they had to fight Uncle
Harvey. If Tippecanoe was the.r,
he could attend to his own fighting
Still. it isn't on record that Uncle
Harvey had to do much fighting on
Tippecanoe's part. because it wasn't
particularly healthy in those days
and parts to press things too far
with any Harrison.
Well" began tie Story Teller.
"Once there was man. And his
name was Mr. Lamb. And his faith
er fought in the Revolutio nary War
and got killed. And he was only
a little bit of a boy then. But, af-
ter awhile. he grew up into man
and got married and had two chill
dren, both boys. But they were only
little bits of boys when Mr.. Lamb
moved away out to Northern Ohio
where there were still lots of real
live Indians at the time. And folks
never knew when they were safe
Cause, in those days you couldn'1
depend much on Indians, any more
than you can nowadays. But, Of
course, nowadays you don't have t
depend on Indians as much as then
Cause nowadays there amt but. {
few Indians left, and all the whits
folks, if they had to depend upor
| Indians, would be in a pretty bat
| fix.
But. anyway, when Mr.. Lami
moved away out into Northern Ohio
folks either had to depend a goot
deal upon Indians, or else fight 'em
And when folks fought Indians II
those days somebody on both side
usually got killed. So, you see. /
meant something to be pioneer il
those days. 1t meant life or death
so, after Mr.. Lambs wife died
he didn't know hardly what to dc
Cause. he lived away off far fror
town OF course, it wasn't much O
town: cause, there wasn't nue.
in the way OF towns around ther
at that time.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

But, anyhow, Mr.. Lamb had TAX
en- up his piece of ground and had
planted it and had cultivated 1t and
when one day the word came that
the Indians were on the warpath;
cause, their corn hadn't grown good
that year and game was short and
they mad to get living some way,
and they didn't care how: cause
they'd just as well be killed as starve
to death, and If they could get food
any place, they were going to do 1T.
"Mr. Lambs wife was mighty
good woman, let me tell you. And
Mr.. Lamb was mighty good man.
He worked hard all the time. And
though, as l say, the year was one
of famine, by working hard all the
time and not going to town, Mr..
Lamb managed to get together
enough provisions to last him
through the winter. as he thought
providing, of course, the winter
didn't last too long. And just about
that time Mrs. Lamb up and died.
And, of course, that up and left Mr..
Lambs two little boys without a
mother. And then Mr.. Lamb had to
be mother and father. too, to those
boys.
But the winter was long one.
And every day Mr. Lamb saw his
provisions getting lower and lower.
Until, at last, come along one day
when Mr.. Lamb didn't like to risk
getting through the winter any
more on what was in sight to eat
So he took a pile of pelts,-all he
could carry-and started of for the
faraway town, to exchange them fol
provisions.
But, Mr.. Lamb had only gone, q
| few miles, when up, came snow
storm; and Mr.. Lamb didn't know
| whether 1t was going to be a bliz
zard or not. So he just knelt dowr
for a moment and prayed for his
| children's safety in case 1T should
! turn out blizzard. And then h
kept on.
| And that's pretty neai-- all. onl.
that 1t turned out a real blizzard
and Mr.. Lamb wandered about in 1
for two days and two nights and hat
to keep going all the time to keel
from being, frozen, and finally wount
up by chance n town, which, wheel
he reached, he sank down exhaust
ed there right at the feet of old Tip
pecanoe himself in the store.
And Old Tippecanoe picked hin
| up and, said. Somebody fetch tn
brandy So they fetched. the bran
dy and they forced it down between
| Mt. Lambs teeth, cause Mr.. Lam
wasn't a drinking man. And final
Iy they brought him to. And tn
first thing Mr.. Lamb said was, o, m
poor children, And somebody sai6
What about your Children An
Mr. Lamb told them how he had lef
his two little boys at home and ha
started for town 10 get provision
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
LESS FOR MONEY
School Statistics Show Differ
ence Between the Country
and City Systems.
PER CAPITA COST HERE
Each Pupil in Graded Rooms Requires
SIS Year-in the Ungraded
Cost Is but So Less.

Educational men throughout the
country are pointing to the deficiencies
In the rural school system. and in the
last published Illinois school report
are given a few very interesting fig
ures relative to this question in the
schools of Rock Island county. The
reports show comparison between
the graded and ungraded schools, the
latter term applying to all schools of
but one room. Graded schools are
those of two or more rooms, and in
clude the high schools.
In This County.
The report shows that in Rock Is
land county the enrolment in the
graded schools of the county was
l0,Q1G, compared to 1916 in the I'M
graded schools. The cost for the
graded schools is given at $3.50, G90.54,
and that of the ungraded schools at
s23 ,SS6.15
A computation shows that cost fer a
years education for each pupil in the
graded schools to be SIS, while that in
=. ungraded schools is but 81 year less
On the other hand the average salary
for a teacher in the graded school is
$544.32. while that for the teacher III
the ungraded school is less than hall
as much, $2G5.4G. The salary of the
teacher o.. the ungraded schools is The
amount paid for teaching only, ant
does not take into consideration The
other work thrust on these teachers.
Some Deductions.
Two Rock Island school men, in dis
cussing these comparisons yesterday
depressed themselves as impressed
with the showing of the false econom.
on the part of the country school au
lthorities One said. THE country pee
lple seemingly are saving a consider
able amount in the cost of education
from the figures of the average salaI
les. But the showing of the per capt.
cost of education for the pupils annJ
ally shows a different state of affairs
the cost in the country schools bein
within 81 year as much as that G
the graded or city schools, and this i
view OF the fact thar the figures fo
the graded schools take in the cost i
the high school. while in the upgrade
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

serious Illness of 1.-THE old man. got out
into the financial district.
Another of the experimenters called
up his wife ON the telephone.
How are you? It's JIM" he said
through his chest.
The wife, whom he hadn't called up
in at least three years except to say
that he wouldn't be home for dinner,
was surprised and pleased till. her hus-
bands next remark spoiled the effect.
II am talking through my chest" he
said.
What do you meanw
"Now am talking through my
head"
Jim
And now I am talking through my
foot
"Jim," she said, "have you been
drinking|
Then he told her about the article in
New York newspaper ON the new
system of telephoning, but she wouldn't
listen to more.
81 shall smell your breath when you
come home tonight" she said and rang
off.
Freaks In the Hotels.
In some of the Broadway hotels the
attendants didn't understand at first
what had come over the people. In
one hotel man came out of the bar
and entered a booth. A few moments
later a page went to the clerks desk
with the information:
You'd better call policeman.
There's man drunk or crazy in No. 8
booth"
In such cases explanations, if backed
with copies of the paper containing the
article on telephoning. Were accepted.
Perhaps the most skeptical persons
= in town were such of the telephone
girls who hadn't seen the story.
Hello. grille, I'm talking to you
through my chest" said one man at a
nickel-in- the-slot machine in a drug
store.
Number, please" said the girl with,
eringly.
| He hesitated.
LAW, go and talk through your chest
some more" she told him and then
cut him off without his nickel.
| At last the central girls became con-
WINGED that there really was something
in it. One or two of them experiment.
ed and told the others. but after time
the subject became tiresome. Every.
thing grows old in New York in a very
. short time, so the remark of the sub
scriber that he was talking through
his foot or head was answered with:
LAW, that's an old one. Did you jus,
get on to it,"
/ The telephone officials didn't see any
thing startling in the new mode.
Its Just little fad in Manhattan
an officer OF the company said. st is
not new. In fact, i. think some foreign
engineer invented a. transmitter which
took its vibrations from the outside OF
the throat. 1t really shows what sen
sitiye instrument the telephone Is, TIL,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
CREW into A FAD.
New Workers who Talked
Through Chest in Telephone
Were Thought Crazy.
ONE USES SOLE OF FOOT
Man Who Called Up With Scientific
Explanation Had a Novel
Experience.

After New York at breakfast the
other day had read of the new way OF
telephoning developed in st. Louis an
experimental era in Manhattan set in,
says the New York Times.
The two young women of st. Louis
who were the opponents of the new
method found that you could telephone
through your chest almost as we'll as il
you talked directly into the transmit.
ter. In fact, almost any part of the
body would answer 1t remained, how.
ever, for an elderly man in an office
downtown to disclose the fact that il
you laid the transmitter tightly against
the sole of your foot you could make
the man at the other end of the line
hear.
This man, like many others, haG
read the news on the way downtown
Once in his office he went to his tele
phone. Putting the transmitter agains
his chest, he gave central the number
of his brokers. He was much surprised
and delighted when the connection wa.
made. Shifting the transmitter to hi:
head, he called:
Buy me 200 West Shore fours"
The man at the other end repeated
the order
Then the position of the transmits
was lowered.
"Pick up not over 5000 Inter-Met
common" he said.
Then he held the transmitter agains
the sole of. his foot
You might buy me some Knicker
booker trust lie said.
How much?'' came back over tn
wire.
Then the elderly operator, secure il
the joy that he had made atliscovery
Cancelled his orders, placing the trans
mitter to his lips this time that thcr
might be no mistake.
While he had been conducting thes
experiments. however, he had left tn
door of his inner office open. \ cler
had seen him and pointed out the sigh
to other employees.
81 knew that the old man was VOL
ried," said the clerk; NOW you see"
This explains why rumor of til
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

the teachers certificate for passage of
an examination is required as "a rule.
Thus in the ungraded school only
common school work is undertaken.
and then by common school teachers.
The horizon ofteachers are too narrow. -
These matters are constantly being
brought before the public in various
ways, and educational men hope that
the near future will see marked chan
ges in the rural school administration.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

schools nothing mere than common
school education is provided The fig
ures show conclusively that the rural
school system is wrong
Continuing. he spoke of one of the
faults of the system. the low require
ment for teachers. In the CITY schools
high school graduation and norma:
school experience is required, while in
the ungraded schools nothing more
than common school graduation and
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

in her hands for them to drink. And
after that they went to sleep. Cause
1t was pretty warm in l. cave.
And next morning the little In
dian girl gave them some more
bears tongue: but she only ate. a
little bit herself. And then awhile
after she gave them some more bears
tongue. And. she didn't eat hardly
amy herself that time. And then
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

they all went to sleep again, after
the little Indian girl had melted
some more snow in her hands for
them to drink. And next morning
the little Indian girl gave them just
little bears tongue, and didn't eGt
any at all herself that Tins Cause
there wasn't any more.
so the little. Indian girl said to
Mr.. Lambs two little boys. q go
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

try get some more. Maybe can Ga
Maybe no can do. Anyhow can try.
Cause, before just now too many
my people been hungry. and your
mama give me corn. l must not for.
get. | 60"
And she went. And she was
found in the snow.
And that's the story Of Mr..
Lamb"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

transmitter contains, in an air chamber
diaphragm which vibrates with the
vibrations Of the voice. This action of
the diaphragm modulates an electric
currsnt flowing through the circuit.
which moduiations are heard as sound
at the other end. The transmitter is
sensitive enough to react TO vibrations
coming through the chest or through
any part of the body where vibrations
may be felt''
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

stamps coin. Needless to say, the
calendar is worth many times the
price asked for it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

Our demands should be respected
Give good homes plenty and comfortable clothes
Give education, training and good society.
Give us good fathers and mothers.
Give us Chamberains Cough Remedy when we have
coughs, colds whooping cough. We are entitled
to the best and should have it.
We are to inherit the earth.
Prepare for this great responsibility by giving what
we demand, and we will become honest, industrious,
upright citizens, proud Of our ancestry and loyal to
country.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-01-06

~ YNCLE JOE, please tell us the
story of Mr.. Lamb" was
~ asked.
why, your Mama
ought to know that" answered Uncle
She does. She's told it to us
lots of times. But she says she doesn't
know the true story, and that you
do. And we want to hear the true
story came in pleading reply,
'Please, Uncle joe
We'll, in the first place. began
Uncle Joe leisurely, My mother
told me the story and | believed it
true. because she learned 1t from
her Uncle Harvey Harrison; and she
believed it true. because he learned
It from his cousin. Old Tippeeanoe,