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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-08-13
DECREASE In BIRTHS
A NATIONAL DISASTER
Bounty for Big Families Will Help to
Remedy the Evil Which May
Oyertake Us.

Roosevelt was right when he said
race suicide was the one great evil
of our country. All other evils that
can befall us are nothing compared
to this blight which cuts short full
crop Of babies. No wonder Napoleon
the First became alarmed at con-
ditions which prevailed in France at
one time during the twenty-five year
war. Men left their wives and join
ed the great general who was almost
oyerrunning the world They be-
came fond Of the nomadic life and
much attached to the army which
offered plunder and fortune and they
forgot wife and home. The general
saw the conditions and finally issued
a decree divorcing all wives of
soldiers who had been alone a certain
number of years. When asked why
he did this he explained that a ma
tion whose birth rate fell below its
normal stage was doomed to certain
decay. France, he said, would be
ruined If its births fell off to any
great extent. The officials Of mod
ern France only a few years ago
discovered that the birthrate had
greatly decreased and after much
study it was decided to offer pre-
MUM to the mothers of large fami-
lies. This was done and the rate of
birth at once increased
The United States, If it were not
for the hundreds of thousands of
emigrants which come to us annual
ly, would fall behind in It's birthrate.
Many Of these people have increased
and multiplied rapidly which has,
as far, saved the nation from destruc-
| ton There is also another side tn
| race suicide which is of the highest
Importance. A recent writer in one
or the magazines said that there is
no escaping the conclusion that the
baby crop Is worth more to this
country OF ours than all the corn
wheat, cotton, beef and poultry pro.
ducts put together worth more IN
dollars and cents. Untimely frostq
the wheat rust, the green aphis and
all the other crop and anlma
scourges couldn't work so great
national disaster as genuine bab,
famine
And It Is simply appalling to thlnI
what would happen to our nationa
temperament If babies were abolish
ed. Our sense Of humor would In
stantly go glimmerng, and smile
would become raror than black holl
hooks The education Of parents II
AL the little arts Of tenderness woul,
go into instant decline, and we woul,
speedily become q nation of ossfiep
hoorts and sour faces
Babies are the chief apostles or un
selfish affection An the world ad
.m.t that THE mother Who has con
gfantly maintained an gttiiudp NJ nm
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-08-13
=. Y. Passenger Schedule.
Nnrthhnnnd
Sonthhnnnd

Mr. and Mrs II, S Wynant LEFT
wednesday for a trip to their old
home at Warsaw Ind, intending IN
hc gone noorly three months Il has
bccu 2G years since they Lott War.
saw tor the Pacific Coast and have
never been hac, 20 the oll home.
Mr. W.nont has three sisters and
Mrs Wyuant ono sister living u
Indiana
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-08-13
MANzANITA A school for boys, Palo

HALL Alto, Cal, will give
your boy thorough preparation for
college, while training him to be
strong, self-reliant and manly Spe-
cial attention given to preparation
for Stanford. Absence of rigid classl-
fication permits rapid advancement.
Ample facilities for athletic sports.
Write for illustrated catalogue. w.
A. Shedd, Head Master. 7-2-St
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1909-08-13
CHILDREN WHO ARE SICKLY

Mothers who value their own comfort and tho
welfare OF their children, should never be without
box Of Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
foruse through the season. They Break up Colds
Cure Fcyershncss, Constipation, Teething Dis
ORDERS Headache and Stomach Troubles THESE
POWDERS NEVER FAIL. Sodbyall Drug Stores,
25c. Don't acccpt any substitute A trial package
will be sent FREE TO any mother who will address
Allen S. olmsted, Le Roy, NJ Y.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
Care in Selecting Alfalfa Seed.

If a good stand is obtained an al
falfa field continues to produce good
crops for years in succession. 1t Is
certainly worth while, then, to be
especially careful with regard to this
most important factor in securing
maximum yields-the seed. This Ia
emphasized by the fact that the ma
jority of alfalfa failures are known to
be due to weeds, the seeds of which
are frequently sown with the alfail
The most common authorizations OF
alfalfa seed are bur clover, yellow ire.
foil and sweet clover. Crab grass, rib
grass and green and yellow foxtail
are also found. But the worst weed
seed found in alfalfa seed is fodder.
Alfalfa seed resemble those of red
clover in size, but differ in not being
SO uniform in shape. The color should
be light olive green or greenish vel.
low Darkened, discolored and shriv'
eled seed should be discarded, as its
terminating power is low. Plump.
well matured seed produce more
plants and stronger plants than do
the small and immature.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
TIMELY NOTES OF THE FARM.

If you wish to increase the fertility
of the farm, raise more clover, feed
the hay to the stock and return the
manure to the soil.
A good orchard fertilizer: Four hun
dred pounds of ground bone and 300
pounds of muriate of potash to the
acre.
Don't pillow an orchard when the
trees are in blossom; do 1t before or
after. Some growers say that work
ing the soil at blossom time causes
the bloom to drop prematurely.
If the orchard needs draining, bet
ter attend to the matter at once. Wet
feet do not make fine fruit.
Robins and orioles should be pro-
tected from human vandals. Every
one Of them is worth $3.50 apiece,
even If they do get a few cherries.
Why, their early morning songs OF
good cheer is worth more money The
oriole is one Of the busiest insect de.
stroyers in the list
Have you bees in hte orchard? II
not, why not?
Polarization is a positive necessity
if we want fruit and the bee is the
best agent there is to effect 1t. Then
you get besides the honey, making a
double crop of fruit and honey. Ii you
SOW some alfalfa near by you can
have rich harvest of the honey. Be
careful about spraying In blooming
time on account of the bees.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
Elephant
Ivory
and How
1t Is
Obtained
By Capt. Fritz DuqueSne

Capt. Fritz DuqueSne VaS born OF
Boor parents IN South Africa, ed1-
Gated IN Europe (Ohere he IRON con-
siderable distinction as q swords-
MAN., and has been q professional
hunter of big game most of has life.
At the age of II he Was Ueterdm Of
the Kadfr WarS. He SerUed IN the
Boer mar and also IN the Congo. In
the recent events of South Africo's
Kaleidoscope history Capt. Duquesne
took conspicuous part. lie act
ed IN many capacities during the
hostiHtieS betWeen the BOer and the
British, being IN turn spy, military
detective, engineer, censor, Dispatch
carrier and propagandist. He Was
wounded tWice IN the fighting
around CoIenSo. When the British
succeeded IN cutting cable con.muni-
cation betWeen the Boer republic
and the rest of the world, Duquesne
carried the mems of the Boer Uicto-
ries over the Mozambique border,
and from there he wrote dispatches
to the Petit Bleu, the official Euro
pean organ of the Boer government.
lie t0as once captured By the Por-
tugueSe and thr0wn into prison at
Lorenzo Marquis. Later he mas ia
Ken as a prisoner to Europe at the
request of the British government.
When the ship that conveyed him
and his guard touched at Naples he
was suffering from a feUer and IN
consequence mas placed IN an Italian
hospital. On his recovery he was al
zomed to 90 free. He tCent to Brus-
sells and UaS sent back to the front
By DR.. Leyds, vitb plans for the
seizure Of Cape Town by the Boer
commanders then noobiIized IN Cape
Colony. Everything WaS ready for
the taking Of the city when, traitor
haUing repealed the plot, Duquesne
and a number of others were cap
t1red in Cape Town inside the Brit
1sh defenSes. This was the Gilman
of Whdt has come to be knotUn as the
Cape ToWn Plot. Some OF the
prisoners Were sentenced to death
Uho later had their sentence changed
TO life Imprisonment. Capt. Duquesme
Was among the latter. Ten months
later he escaped from the Bermuda
prisons, got aboard the american
yacht Margaret of New York whiIe
she acaS coaZing at the dock, and waS
conveyed to Baltimore. Back to Eu-
rope he went again, as var CORE
Spondent and military aUriter on the
Petit Bleu; thence to africa, where
he took commission on the Congo.
In East Africa he hunted big game
for sport and profit, and finally he
came to NeW YORK. to do newspaper
and magazine tUork.
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! on account of the thickness Of the
underground. 1t meant a long, pa
tient crawl to a good shooting posi-
ton, for to shoot at anything but
close quarters in such country meant
that the bullet would be DETECTED by
the bush. / put solid nickel ball in
the right barrel of my 600 caliber ex-
press for head shot, and a soft nose
split in the left barrel for a body shot.
With the shikaree at my side and the
gun bearer at my back, we crept
silently, inch by inch, foot by foot,
through the huge tufts Of grass till a
good view of the game presented it.
self.
I took off my coat and hat, hung
them on a low limb and crawled a
few yards farther on. AS could not
get a vital shot at any Of the ele-
plants in their lying position, I gave
a sharp whistle. In an instant they
were upon their feet thrusting their
trunks up in the air to get scent of
their enemies and holding out their
enormous ears to catch the slightest
sound. At last an old bull worked
into the right position. I aimed at
his weakest point, between the eye
and ear, and gave him the solid shot
My aim was bad; piece of his tusk
flew into the air. With roar he
charged down on me like an ava
lanche.
l leveled my express for a second
shot and the natives stood ready
Down he came, the grass waving be-
fore him in pillows. 1 waited so, 40,
80, 20 yards, another seconds sus-
pense and-bang! l gave him the soft
bullet full in the chest. 1t failed to
stop him. A screeching roar of pain
burst from the charging monster and
blood gushed from his trunk.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
Results from Soil Tests.

The restoration of WORKOUT and
light soils by the rotation of crops
and the use of legumes has been
proven practicable in tests made by
the soils department of the University
of Wisconsin station. Marsh soils
have been investigated at four points
in the state and methods of manage
ment which will assure profitable re.
turns have been tried.
The aid in making drainage plans
has been extended to almost 200 land
owners and II drainage districts. At
the same time soil examinations were
made and aid was given in about 400
cases. Some soil survey work has
been done with such excellent results
that the need of state survey is i'm
mediate and pressing.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

whose hunting experiences has been
bring him down. The hunter must
put the shot into the animals head or
heart, or he must face a charge that
will probably end in his destruction.
Rifles of various caliber are carried
for economy. 1t is cheaper to use a
small six five-tenths millimeter rife
on small game, a nine millimeter on
medium game, and a 900 express on
big game, than to carry one weapon
for all-round work, which would have
to be big enough at least for the
largest game. Nothing smaller than
$50 express would do for that, and
it would be distinctly unecOnomical,
not to say foolish, to shoot small
antelope, the size of goat, with
600 express. 1t would be like using
a pile driver to kill a mosquito. Again,
cartridges become very costly by the
time they reach the interior of Africa.
A cartridge for 600 express rife, for
instance, costing sixpence III cents)
in London, reaches an enormous price
by the time it gets into the hunting
bring five shillings ($1.25) each, and
very scarce at that. Nor is this such
an extravagant price when one takes
into consideration that every ounce
has to be carried by porters who plod
for months through swamps, across
rivers, over mountains, traversing the
parched weld and penetrating the dis
NAL forest, often fighting their way
foot by foot before they reach their
destination. 1t is easy to see that
weight is an important factor in cart
ridge economics. Four six five-tenths
millimeter cartridges are equal in
weight to one 600 express. That is, it
is four deaths against one, for the
same weight.
These are the things President
Roosevelt must learn before he can
consider himself up on the ways of
safari.% If the president hunts like
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

Il remember one place in particular
where 1 saw one of these carrot
topped Irish-Mexicans who had such
a Hibernian face that 1 felt sure at
once he must be an exile from Erin
who had gone broke in the land Of the
Montezumas. 1t was at a station
called Apizaco, on the Mexican railway
the lire that leads from the capital
to Vera Cruz, road that was built by
an Irishman who grew rich and be-
came a Mexican citizen. This man was
selling gaudily painted and carved
canes, for which this station is famous
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

game, selecting the correct rife,
loading with the proper ammunition,
pointing out the place to shoot at
The hunter merely pulls the trigger,
after seeing that there are number
of shikarees (native hunters) in
readiness to protect him should
he miss his mark and the game
charge. AS often as not he misses,
a shikaree shoots the game, and
his employer gets the credit. 1t
is the dangerous side only of African
hunting that has any attractions for
the man with any sporting instincts
in him, and it is only that side OF
the hunt that is of interest to the
laity.
According to present intentions, Mr..
Cunninghame will take the Roosevelt
party over the route / have covered
twice, the last time very recently.
What 1 have passed through Roose-
welt must face. He will be lucky II
he comes out alive.
Like most Beers, I have been hunt
ing, on and off, and associating with
hunters since l was ten years old.
Danger and hairbreadth escapes have
happened so frequently to me that
most of my hunting experiences ap-
pear almost too commonplace to
record. Yet some of them stand out
wildly from the rest, especially those
of recent occurrence. 1t would be
impossible to hunt any length of time
in Africa without having some adven-
lures worth relating; adventures in
which steady eye. nerves of steel,
and a brain as quick as lightning are
life-saving essentials to a big game
hunter.
Most game drops at the first shot
from the rifle of an experienced hunt
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

an Africander and not like the av-
erage European that visits the dark
continent, he will certainly find
danger; danger that tries a hunters
confined to bird shooting with shot
guns, or small game, with, say, 81
caliber rifle, may understand the
meaning of these figures, let me state
that the ordinary 32-caliber rifle has
a recoil of perhaps ten to twelve
pounds. The double barreled shot
gun, which to the ordinary hunter
seems to have all the kicking" ca
pacity any weapon needs, has re-
soil of from % to 80 pounds.
The 600 caliber cordite express is
the most deadly hand arm made.
Notwithstanding the terrific force
of this 600 express bullet it must be
placed in the correct part of an ele-
plants or a rhinoceros' anatomy to
nerve, that requires an alert intelli-
gence and a quick eye to pass through
it and live.
Mr.. Cunninghame, who is organic
ing the Roosevelt expedition, is one
of the most experienced and clever of
African hunters. He will have COM
plete charge of everything from the
largest to the smallest detail. With
him at the head of things the presi-
dent can depend on having a success
full hunt. That is, if he is going for
sport and not merely as scribe look
ing for local atmosphere for his book.
Many great African hunters have
killed all their game in the narrow
and dark confines of an ink bottle.
Africa is menagerie 11,500,000
miles in area, with the greatest COM
bination of lakes, rivers, mountains
and weld imaginable, a veritable para
disc for wild animals. Notwithstand-
ing the destruction of big game, there
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

all over the country. He was dressed
in the usual two-piece suit-loose'
blouse and trousers of white cotton,
ragged and dirty. His red head was
covered by a tattered straw sombrero.
and his feet were bare-like ali the
other poems. When he came up to me
with his canes / spoke to him in Eng
lish. He grinned at me and replied in
Spanish that he did not understand.
So l went back at him in Mexican:
Aren't you Irish?' What is your
name? / asked.
"'Si, sepor,' he replied in the formal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
PREPARING TURKEYS.

It is not to be wondered that there
are so many failures made in pre-
pairing turkeys for market, when it is
taken into consideration the course
so many breeders take in fattening
their birds. 1t is a mistake to pen
up a flock of turkeys for the purpose
of fattening them. Turkeys are of
wild nature, and as soon as they are
cooped begin chasing one another
about and constantly worrying for
freedom. They soon tire of their food,
grow thin, and will when killing time
comes, weigh less than when first
cooped with the expectation of fat
tening them.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

are still thousands of herds of every
thing Africa possesses for the hunter,
roaming over the weld only a few
days travel afoot from the coast.
There are hundreds of rivers that
have rarely been visited by the white
man. On the banks Of these streams
hippopotami, rhinoceroses, elephants,
leopards, lions, gorillas and dozens Of
varieties Of antelope, the names of
which have never been heard by the
majority of Europeans or Americans,
gambol and fatten in gluttonous plen-
titude undisturbed by the crack of the
900 caliber express. 1t is only in
reachabIe districts that the game is
killed to any great extent. The cost
and danger of hunting in most of the
country have protected it aid will
protect it for many years to come.
FriqhtfuI Diseases of the Jungle.
Where game is most abundant the
frightful diseases that nature seems
to have placed as a barrier against
the white mans invasion are also
abundant. In Africa's wild, beautiful,
mysterious forests, more to be feared
than all the lions and rhinos, Turk the
germs of the deadly blackwater fever,
malaria, acknowledging sleeping sicR-
ness and the unknown reason for the
weld sores that drain ones life out
in a few months These, with the
*East African term for an expedition of
any kind, especially hunting expedition.
miasmal swamps, the nOxious insects,
the Shiny, poisonous spears of the
natives, make hunting in Africa no
game for the chicken-hearted.
Of course, hunting as a business is
one thing and hunting for pleasure is
another. 1t is possible to kill African
game to limited extent without the
slightest hardship. One can go on
safari accompanied by natives who do
all the work, even to carrying the
sportsman In hammock up to the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
What Hoo Cholera Costs Illinois.

Hog cholera costs Illinois one to
four million dollars annually in ami
mails destroyed. This disease can
now be controlled through immuniz-
ing serum discovered by the United
States bureau of animal husbandry,
and the Illinois Farmers institute has
asked the general assembly to author
ize the state board of live stock COM
nnissioners to prepare and furnish this
serum free to the stock men of the
state.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
The Reel Parts.

the middle to form cross. Nine
inches from the ends of each prong of
this cross is set peg of hardwood
1x16 inches.
This reel is set on the bolt of the
reel stand with a small block of wood
under it, so that it will revolve easily.
Another cross is made by mailing to-
gether two pieces of %x4-inch strips,
with an oblong hole 9 inches from the
end of each prong. This is slipped
down over the ends of the pegs to
keep the wire from flying off.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
IRISH BLOOD IN DIAZ LAND

just returned from long trip through
Diaz's republic. THE reason for this
isn't far to seek. When the Mexican
railroads were built, twenty or thirty
years ago, it was an army of Irish Ia
borers who dug the dirt, laid the ties
and spiked down the steel. They
mixed with the native population. ma
turally, and the red-headed hybrid with
pug nose and perpetual grin is the
result
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
The RELIGIOUS Life.

A religious life is not thing which
spends itself like bright bubble on
the rivers surface 1t is rather like
the river itself, which widens continu-
ally and is never so broad or deep as
where it rolls into the ocean Of Eter.
nity.-Beecher.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
Many Mexicans Found with Red Hair
and Real Hbernian Brogue
and Names.

"The Mexicans are a dark-skinned
race, but in the crowds of idlers who
watch the passing train at every rail-
road station you will be sure to see
one or more faces of truly Irish cast,
surmounted by shocks of touseled
bricl1-red hair" said man who had
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
| THE OPEN \
SEPULCHER II
By REV. A. c. DIXON, D. D.,
Pastor Of the Chicago Ave. (Moody'sl
Church. Chicago.
The open sepul.

The open sepul-
cher proclaims the
foundation fact of
Christianity that
Christ rose from
the dead. Paul
said: eff Christ be
not risen, then is
our prea C h i n 6
vain, and your
faith is also vain"
His real body was
placed in a real
sepulcher and his
real body came
out of this real sep
ulcher. He was
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17

Spanish phrases that even the Indians
there use, my name is Innocente Je-
sus O'Rourke' And he said it, with
a brogue that, aside from his looks,
was his sole ancestral inheritance"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-06-17
USEFUL WIRE REEL FOR FARM.
Instructions Given for Making Fence
Stand That Will Be Found Very
Convenient.

Illustrations and directions for
making a reel for fence wire are given
below. The reel stand consists of one
piece, a, which is a 2x4 feet long,
and a second piece, b, which is a 2x4
feet long. b is spiked near one end
of a. Two feet from where b is
spiked to a, bolt ssXS inches is
driven through a. The reel is formed
of two 2x4's feet long, half Tapped in