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argued, TO leave tina: stump of a cigar
light on the parlor mantel, and al for
smoking uaere, why II was tNPAitDoN-
ABLE-that's all. Upstairs his necktie
drawer looked as IL a rat had been
hrough II. to say nothing of a slipper
here and A collar there. Just walt until
le came home!
There's the tragedy that comes but
from n tempest in "A teapot The
lady works herself up into a volcanic
state that assumcs alarming proportions
md must eventually pour the burning
lava on the culprlts ! cad,
Now were hut the wee woman just to
stop a minute and consider thatJimisone
| " the very best workers In his line and
RAIN or SHINE fnds hin right on the
firing line IN the seething centre OF
things In the business realm; II she
we're bat to reason that here. at least,
bsolutely NOTHING is NEGLECTED
or carelessly put aside; IL she would
ONE t. understand that but for these
splendld attributes many of the COM
FORTS she enjoys to pass over th'
many foghles ami fancies she may In
dllge in-ah, then surely, might he b'
ever so awry In his domestic habits
SHE might he the very one to make hi
EXCUSES FOR him.
To begin with. what's a home for !
me may not be there at least forgiven
for ones shortcomings? They sa!
EVERY pans home is his castle bu
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w h a t Every
II b n q x n O w s
By Sophie Irene Loeb.

what's a castle with a continuous motto
o: Thou Shalt Not?"
Suppose the curtains ARE spoiled by
his smoking. The world is full Of cur
talns Or II he finds 1t pleasant to smoke
In the best room In the house. who Is
better than the fellow who makes It
possible? or what matter II he forget
to put the little things away? II Is after
all but THRILLING MATTERS compared
to the BIG things that mean something.
} Every husband knows that the wife
! who makes a burden of her existence
10y continually looking over the field for
fault flnding usually finds II. Rather
should she OVERLOOK and forget.
For to look at small things to see how
large one may make them creates a
NARROWNESS in the heart OF the
human,
on the other hand. the wife who is
wise and wins stra!ghtens the neck
ties and move the cigar ashes WITH
OUT A WORD, Oh. yes, sister dear, II
may be hard and We may think wheA
things like this pile up that life Is a
horrible problem, vet the actual LABOR
of mind saved by a little Drawn prac-
t!sed at tho RIGHT moment is In the
end a saving grace that gracefully saves
all trouble.
This IL a very large world. 1t may be
seen from MANY, MANY viewpoints,
But some of us unconsciously look at
II through distorted glasses, such as the
wrong end OF the opera glasses. Thus
we REDUCE things until we narrow oui
/, vision OF the whole,
1t Is good TO laugh In The face Of
D the tiny so-called OBSTACLES so thai
, we may look at a REAL matter o.
moment %squarely and unafraid. Thu'
1 the lady OF tho house who PRlDES her
self on her immaculate good housckeep
ershlp Is to he commended ndeed-Bu1
{ she must not pay too high a PRICE TO.
= Il. The material thing must ever los
e out TO the MORE IMPORTANT spiri
OF peace that smooths the path tro'
$ by man and woman together.
The atmosphere OF domesticity ma,
r ever be kept cleaf and invisorating b
n continuous effort TO:
Y OVERLOOK THE TRIPLES TIA
It 'IF ARGUFIED BECOME MAGNIFIEI
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Is There or Is There Not an Invisible Guest
In the Jarr Household? 1t Is a Dark Mystery

brewed and the battle is on and the
clashing and the wounded are SHREK
ing and
How far Mr.. Jarr's descriptive elo-
quence would have carried him vii!
never be known, because Mrs. Jarr
looked at him defantly and said
"Bosh."
II beg pardon, WHAT did you sayP"
II said 'Bosh.' and I mean 'Bosh'
replled Mrs. Jarr. NO one danced any
war dances but you. nobody shr!eked
but YOU. ! simply said that
was coming for a few days, because l
have a lot OF sewing to do for the dhl-
dren, and she's promised to help me-
And Won 20 stark, ravlng mad.
"you called her a war whoop-no-
battleshlp,-and it's all the same and
you can't deny IL. My dear mamma d
battleship! The idea
Battle axe. battle AXE,' said MT
Jarr. And the term Is a compliment
What does she do when she does come
! over here? She starts us to quarrel
ling
"You started to quarrel with me Just
now, and she Isn't here yet Is she'
That's Just IT," said Mr., Jarr' Inc
moro mention of her name and hostli-
J ties begin; the wal scouts arr y -
troops are modified on the Uo'u
hundred and ten rounds OF ~,
are served each man. stophs laN' 81
goes higher, there is activity al heu
Cross ~eadqu"''er' .oan,wort usn.
Jumps out OF tAe War pepan ~ ,s,a
dows, Rhlnelander Waldo oners 10 'saa
a regiment, Roosevelt lectures IN IAN "
Antonio. Shcehan announces ne WIZ
stick. the war spirit blazes through 'ne
nation, peaceful homes are disrup'e''
family ties are broker
ooh, Won talk too much'" =,
"But TO the point and purpose sio
Mr.. Jarr. "when there Is distance DC
between your dear m ana me- T.,
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body else we know-the Stryvers. the
Rangles. the Hicketts. the Jenkinses,
~and-well. everybody. without develop
ing any animosity, no matter how we
agree or disagree about them. But let
the topic be Old Lady RaIn-in-the-Face
OF Brooklyn and 1t might as well be
religion or politics or rich American
girls marrying broken-down foreign
noblemen. Whoof. the spark hits the
powder. away goes self-restraint and
common courtesy, war medicine is
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battle-axe!" cried Mrs. Jarr, reused to a
show OF spirit.
"Shall!' retorted Mr.. Jar. "Wha,
else Is she?'
She's my mother; that's what she Is
And as such you should respect her.
'ried Mrs. Jarr. But you don't respect
HER because YOU don't respect Me-
There, you see.' SAID Mr.. Jarr. witt
forced ca,mness. she can't be ever
discussed without Il causing trouble
We can sit down and talk about every,
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Letters From the People

much shall | mark them In order to
give a discount o. 10 per cent. ami s'il
make a profit of 20 per cent?" First we
haze 10 hnl the selling price, This can
he done b. taking 20 per cent, OF si.20.
which Is "a cents. Adding this "a cents.
which is tae amount | gain on each
yard. to $50, which Is the cost price
per yard, gives Sl.4i, the required selling
price per yard. But slAi (sellng price,
is 70 per cert. less than marked price
therefore. II no per cent. equals the
marked price, 90 per cent. equals tho
selling price dl.4O. by solving his We
get ll times tl4i divided by 30. which
gives N.G4, the price at whlch the goods
are to be marked per yard, Therefore
SLIGO Is the answer.
JAMES SULLIVAN.
No.
n the Editor n The Z .ening World
Wa the year 1900 a leap year,
Middletown, Conn. SUD,
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A WOm.n'S Way.

A PROMINENT banker in this city was talk-
~ ing the Other DAY q the foibles Of some
Of his feminine degositors.
"Wonfn are queer creatures when 1t comes 10
business" he said. For one thing. no woman
can understand why We wont send her unlimited
amouats .. money 4; she asks Tor It over the tele-
phonc.
But the funniest incident I've known hap
perci the oiJn day. We sent word TO one Of our
women lc,s-fWrs that her account was oyerdrawn.
We expected hsr TO he angry, They usually are,
But she wasn't.
"No. indeeL. She sat down and wrote MS a
gracious and llvely .,tt,r on c.estol paper. THANK
ing us for letting her tnow that her account
was oyerdrawn.
81 am 50 glad 10 ohlgc you by remeding the
defect at once she wrote.
And she incllsel u check for $3.50 drawn on
our own bank. - hil1dclphia Times.
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s''i'NA AFt i'
things in h e / r
places II was Just
impossible for him
REMEMBER.
And now he was
married It was the
same thing. Only
somehow or other,
mother 10 X =
LOOKED them. but
the wife u $ I
WOULD NOT.
II was Just toe
horrid of him, she
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? "What Are They Coming Tor
TO the Editor Of The Evening world
Just a few lines about our women.
What are they coming TO? 1t seems
to me they are not satisfied to be Just
.womanly women, but are trying 10 be
as rear like men as possible. They
are sometimes smoking in public, they
are entering politics, and some are now
wearing harem skirt trousers. The
costumes already worn by some wom-
en- are really enough to make the rest
of us protest. ! dare say. however.
there are a few OF us who do not
adopt such freakish fashions. J often
wonder what the women viii be wear
ing next. What do other readers think
Of this? MRS. c.
The Percentage Problem.
N fs Editor Of The Essaing World;
The Percentage Problem. reads as
iosiCws:
Z bought goods at n-:oS yard How
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CirCumloCutOry.

s.r- HE late Judge Craig Riddle," said q
member of the ltlttonhouse Club OF
PHILADELPHIA, had in court a dislike
of indirect and roundabout witnesses.
"'speak up. speak. sir he once said 10 the
defendant In a libel suit. Answer with a plain
We, or no. Why, sir, you remind me OF that
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The Days Good Stories

/ circumlocutory fellow who. on being asked ~ a
lads If he were not a widowCr, rtrliel with q
bow:
I'm as much a widowcr. ma'am. as II Il
possible Tor n man TO he who has never married. q
-Mauhlnglon Star.
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Have you ever been arrested On . charge OF
any kindt"
Never"
We'll. have you ever bcen suspected Of com
hitting , crime"
"l'd rather not answer that question
'Ha, You would rather not. I thought so.
insist upon your answering 1t. Have you ever
been suspected of crimef"
Yes. sir: often. Every time l come home from
A tnp abroad the customs inspectors at New iorl
civ suspect me Of being 4 smussler. -Chieago
Tribune.
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deny that there has been u great awakening of the business conscience
in recent years"
. The "thoughtful man. whom that phrase finds with leisure to
think about it will have a quarter of an hour Of pleasant thoughts
Hardly anything could contribute more to the sober gayety that
haunts the recesses of n reflective mind than a n undHturbed mcdi
-tation upon the recent awakening Of the business conscience as exem-
.plified in the conversation, conduct and career of Mr., Perkins and
all his colleagues, companions, collaborateurs, conspirators and CO.
horts.
Still til 3 to be conceded that due allowance must be made for the
sad but sefevident facts that the millennium isn't here yet anc
Mr.. Perkins is young.
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Mountains and MOle-HillS

YlM was always an untidy individual.
No matter how much his smother
tried to lnculcate in him n profound
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'As TIC FNIIg. NNU INV WHY 7 UV
After all these years OF that old battle
axes trouble-making'--
you shan't cal my mother an oil
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Copyright. 1911. by The Prcss Publishing Co.
(The New York World.
BY Roy l.. McCardell.

xxT'LL show you who's boss of this
house" cred Mr.. Jarr. angrily.
II Is hardly necessary 70 give
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WAITING TIE MILLENNIUM.

FORGE W. PERKINS has been addressing to a
commercial congress in Atlanta a plea for the es
adjustment of a national Supreme Court of Bust
ness to decide all issues of corporations and trusts
BY way Of persuasion he said "rhe millennium
has not yet arrived, but no thoughtful man vii
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all noursnlng mother of students and scholars fed her successive
classes on mush and milk we know. Is not the fact chronicled in
the lives of Adams and Quincy and Russell and Lowell. and many
smother poet, philosopher and statesman? But at least the milk was
fresh and sweet and whole. 1t was neither skimped, SKINNED nor
sophisticated. 1t was worthy both of the mush it covered and the
mouths it fed.
But now that Harvard has become the luxurious, vouptuous
mother Of athletes; now that her sons are handles; now that her
halls are palaces and her dormitories ar a Gold Coast, she has to
skim her milk to meet the cost of living!
Such petty economies among princes are but too common. The
incident is sad only because Harvard thought she wa getting cream.
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BEELIN'S G OUCH.

81 : !: =: 7: =: !: =: !: :: e: : !: !: !: !: !: !: e: 6: :: !: i: !: e: s: 1" !: !: !: !: !: !: !: !: !: 4: !: :: ::: !: !: !: !: !: !: !:
A8IT It'll the gathering Of our armies and fleets in the
neighborhood of Mexico comes the usual Berlin
complaint of our aggressveness. The press of that
QV7W city discusses the situation in what the dispatches
fE4T describe as "a sabre rafting tone The organ
SA of the larger financial interests of Germany 10
quoted as saving: at isc certain that since the summer Of 1910 Ameri-
cans, with their usual unscrupulousness, have been exerting them
slves to secure the annexation of Central American States and now
aho Mexico"
The Crouch" disclosed in this display of temper is an outcome
Of the new world politics of plutocracy, and especially Of German
plutocracy. German enterprise and migration have built up large
interests in Latin America, and naturally the Germans would prefer
- have those interests protected by the Kaiser rather than by the
President of the United States.
Once upon a time a French Emperor undertook to protect for
sign interests in Mexico. The experiment was costly. Berlin fnan-
ciers had better leave it to Taft.
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Could Not Deny It.

WILL ask you" said the lawyer. who was
trying to throw doubts on the TESTIMONY
i indicted for an offens agAins. the law
II never have SIR"
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SKINNED MILK AT HARVARD.

TRANCE is the story from Cambridge that Har-
wards lofty dining halls have been serving SKINNED
milk to her aspiring and naughty "men."
"Can such things be and overcome us like a
summers cloud without our special wonder?'
That there was a time when Harvard as an
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A Tangle OF
Complications.

shc mistook for a man. OF tn unlucky trio Viola
held the key to the secret
Sir Andrew Aguecheek. a rejected sutor OF Ohvias sought to force a quarrel
oil Viola. as a dangerous rival. Were orsno to know that his page had n
Willingly won Ouvias heart instead OF forwarding he Dukes W couruhp.
Viola would assurcdly be condemned to death. Lovely, loving in ain, her life
In peril, her brother lost he VAS tho unhsppest maid in all Inyria.
One day.. as h vas leaving ivias house The vas attacked " Sir Andrew.
who tried to make her fight She escaped. in mortal fear. A little later Sir
Andrew me, Sebastian, who had been rescued from the wreck and had come to
nyria in search Of his sister. Mistakng Sebastian for Viola, Sir Andrew re-
tween te combatan;s and ordered Sir Andrew away Then, turning to Sebastian.
This time. to her delight she was not e1uhsd. Sebastian. finding a young
and beautiful woman making ardent loe to him. was only toe sld to recprocate
that strange infatuaion They went together to oiyias house There the
Countess to guard aganst some new change of min N her lovers part et at
one for a priest And she an Sebastian were married.
An hour or W aferward Orsmo. with Viola IN some other attendants cam to
Olivia to speak n his behalf To the Dukes horror. Olivia endely addressed
Viola as her hus oand. Viola, in Amusement. denied she had married Olvt. The
Countess brought forward the priest. who declared
- he had performed the ceremony. Orsno turned OF
Viola In fury. denounctng the page as a vile traitor
NSu } TO n kind master s.-H~ ..-
Just then Sebastian appeared To the establishment
OF every one. the two "pages"-so much alke tina; none could tell which va
which-rushed into each others arms
Then. little by little. the truth cam out Olivia ws evden,ya woman who
could adapt herself easily to new conditions. For she a quite content to ac-
cept Sebastian as her husband.
The Duke too. vas so deeply touched by Voiais silent devotion to himses
that his heart suddenly turned from Olivia TO the gentle si who hal so long
that she could get. eagerly accepted his warmed over" affection and consented
to become his WIFE
NEXT-Othelio and DesdemonaJ
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,ous. 1t gave a weak and impotent conclusion where the public
expected vigor and potency. Naturally it occadoned remark and
seemingly failed to strengthen the hands of the Governor in the
contest that threatens. in a large measure to discredit his leadership
in his party.
But in reply to a Socialist who challenges him to debate the
Mayor cited Benjamin franklin as authority for saying that the best
way "to convince another is to state your case moderately and then
scratch your head or shake it a little and say that is the way it seems
to you. If you go at him in a tone OF positive
ness and arrogance you only make an opponent Of him"
That Franklin's method was excellent when Franklin used il
was indisputable, but-did Franklin ever argue with Murphy OF
Eheehan?
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And 10Y began a tange oil complications Viola had fallen In love with
osino Yet ne not only paned Ter BY endessp rases OF Olivia, Tut resolved to
use his new page as go-between to plead his nj With the unyidding Countess.
sorrowfuny enough. poor Viola set IA for OMva's house to urge herm masters
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FRANkLlN'S METHOD.

AYOR GAYNOR, in his letter to Gov. Dix on the
Senatorial contest, said the contending factions
should come to an agreement by yielding "a little
here and there" He concluded by asking, "Why
cannot that be done~
Under the circumstances the question was curl
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cause. But. at sigh. Of her. Olivia promptly fell In
love with the supposed page.
In other words. Viola loved Orsino. orsino loved
Olivia. and Olivia loved Viola. whom. In pages dress.
she mistook for a man. OF the unlucty trio. Viola
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Countess brought for
he had performed tn.
Viola In fury. denour
10 n kind master.
Just then Sebastia,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
STILL SEEK MISSING
MOUNT SCOTT BANKER

PORTLAND, Mar. 22.-For the
purpose of securing an indictment
against F. e. Meyers, missing presi.
dent of the Mount Scott bank, Dis.
trict Attorney Cameron said today
that he was preparing evidence tc
place before the jury to back 9
charge that Meyers accepted deposits
knowing the bank to be insolvent
The grand jury begins It's sessions
tomorrow. The deposits are said tc
have been made a day before State
Bank Examiner Wright closed the
institution.
The charge against Meyers in con
nection with the Italian-Americar
bank, will also be placed before the
grand jury for action, according tc
Cameron. Detectives who have beer
searching for Meyers with a war
rant for his Arrest since last Thurs
day have found no trace Of him.
There is little doubt in my mint
but that Meyers is hiding in Port
land" said Prosecutor Cameron.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
ROOSEVELT STILL TALKING
AND TOURING IN CALIFORNIA

PASADENA, Mar. 22.--Colonel
Roosevelt arose at $3.50 O'Clock to-
day and prepared for his return trip
10 Los Angeles. He appeared fresh
after his busy day yesterday Al
S:15 the colonel climbed into an
automobile with Los Angeles and
Pasadena committee to return to
Los Angeles. He said he would stop
for few minutes at the Occidental
college to address the faculty and
students. The meeting was not open
to the public.
Before starting for Los Angeles
Roosevelt expressed his pleasure nj
the evident growth of southern Cali.
lorna cities and predicted for Los
Angeles and its harbor a bright
future.
Colonel Roosevelt breakfasted with
Meyer Lissner and Russ Avery, oil
Los Angeles, and James A. Scherer
of Pasadena. After the breakfas,
the colonel talked with Lissner fol
as minutes. Neither would admi,
that they had discussed the Califor.
MIA political situation.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
NEW HOPE ITEMS

Mr.. and Mrs. John Scherz made q
business trip to urants Pass one da-'
last week, also Mr.. Parkey.
Messrs, Hughie York and Herbert
Meeks attended the dance here Satur-
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawless went to the
Pass Saturday afternoon, returning
the same evening.
Floyd Wynant is working at Muir.
ply for j. w. Russell.
Jess York was seen on our streets
Saturday night.
Miss Anna McCallister spent Sat
urday and Sunday in the Pass.
Mr.. H. S. Wynant and son, Clar.
ence. were seen in Grants Pass Sun
day.
MIR. Barden attended the dance here
and reported a fine time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tharp and family
will leave here Wednesday for Ar.
kansas. They will be missed great
ly, Oregon's loss is Arkansas gain.
Herbert Bull attended the dance al
Murphy and reported a fine time.
Mr.. Marshall spent Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Wynant.
Mrs. Messenger and two children
were Grants Pass visitors one day last
week.
Hughie York was in our city Sat.
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Inks and son
Robert, of Buncome, were the guests
of their son and dauhgter, Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. McCallister, a few days
last week.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
AUSTRALIA APPREHENSIVE
OF JAPANESE IMMIGRATION

MELBOURNE, Mar. 22.-The flow
OF japanese immigration south
ward in the Pacific ocean continues
to give rise to apprehensons ip Aus
tralia. The latest display OF the ac-
tivity Of the yellow race as settlers
has been discovered in New Gale
donia. Visitors to the island who
have returned here declare that the
number Of Japanese there has in
creased so rapidly that they bid fair
to outnumber the French. The
Orientals are chiefly war veterans
who have completed th.ir term OF
service with the army II is believed
that Japan is preparing for possible
eventuality Of hostilities on the is
land
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
IMPRISONED MINER STILL ALIVE

COLUMBUS, o., Mar. 22.-Faint
tapping in the collapsed shaft Of the
West Mineral mine was heard today
and revived the hope that Tom Cheek
who has been imprisoned for four
days, may be living. Inspector Gilday
and six men are at work trying to
rescue Cheek. lney expect to find
him alive in one of the side entries
Cheek was entombed when an explo-
sion wrecked the mine and killed
four men.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
HAIR HEALTH.
II You Have Scalp or Hair rrovbls,
Take Advantage OF This Offer.

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Take Advantage OF This Offer
We could not afford 10 so strongly
endorse Rexall "o3" Hair Tonic and
continue TO sell II as we do. X Il did
not do all we claim II will. Should
our enthusiasm carry as away. and
Rexall "03" Hair Tonic not give entire
satisfaction to the users, they would
lose faith In us and our statements.
and In consequence our business pres.
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We assure you that II your hair Is
beginning TO unnaturally fall out or n
you have any scalp trouble, Rexall
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our faith IN Rexall "o3" Hair
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
RECRUITS WANTED

LOS ANGELES, Mar. "a tele.
gram instructing recruiting officers
to put forth extra efforts to secure
more men for immediate service was
received at the local recruiting sta
tion this afternoon.
The message came direct from
Washington. 1t read:
Recruiting Officer, U. S. A., Lo,
Angeles, Cal.--Large number of in
fantry recruits required. Make spe
cial efforts accordingly. (Signed)
Alvord, Adjutant-General"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1911-03-24
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION
TEARS OUT EYEBALI

SAN DIEGO, Mar. 22.--William
w. Misner, brother of Brigadier-
General Henry Misner, of Detroit, Is
lying delirious at the county hospital
here, his face torn to pieces from 3
premature explosion of dynamite at
La Mesa yesterday. The righ. eye
ball was torn out, but the doctors
say there is a chance for the left
eye II Misner, who is 55 years old,
recovers from the shock.