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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08

message that Ia good for Americans
to read, for In the reading there Will
come to each satisfying sense OF the
noble purpose. the exalted Christian
spirit and the broad justice OF the re-
public as II Is now administered.
Sacramento Star--The president
has admitted that he can change his
mind. II may be that he will change
his mind on some OF his recommenda>
tions and that. after all. this nation
will not adopt a policy smacking OF
militarism.
San Diego Union (republican) )---
President Wilson'S program Of pre-
paredness. as outlined in his mes
sage to congress yesterday, win prob
ably be as little pleasing to those fav-
oring extreme measures for national
defense as to Mr.. Bryan and persons
Of his way OF thinking. The presl-
dents proposal Is that years shah
elapse before even moderate progress
toward preparedness shall have been
made. and that the net results OF
carrying out his plans for a greater
army and navy win not Necessarily
mean that the country win be ade-
quateiy protected.
Pasadena Star-The presidents
mettle has been tried---we have moth
ling to fear from his attitude with re-
gard to our foreign relations, But
We may have reason to fear rabid.
demagogic. ill-advised talk on the
floor OF the house and senate. From
rash. foolhardy speech-making In the
halls Of legislation. good Lord de-
liver us!
Pasadena News--ln the part OF the
message dealing with alien activities
and hyphenated disloyaity. President
Wilson takes a bold and highly prop
er stand. His counseis IN this mat
ter should be needed. and In action
upon them there could be no excuse
for party division. To endorse them
fully would be Americanism, an
avowal of faith In American institu-
tions and principles.
Los Angeles Tribune--In the pre-
sident's demand for the suppression
Of the malignants thyphenated Amer
cans) all Americans will feel hearty
sympathy. Whether they be Of for
eign birth or native to the soil. citi-
Eens who set allegiance to foreign
power above the loyalty they owe this
land should have NO place among us.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
PAREDNESS NOT
|. TO Be MADE PARTY
ISSUE SAYS WILSON

Washington. Dec. S.-Senate re-
publicans will not fight the admins
|tration preparedness program. pro-
vided 1t Is kept out OF the democratic
caucus. Republican Leader Gallinger
told the president today in o half
hour conversation at the White
House.
Gallinger told the president that
while republican senators strongly
favor preparedness, they will not sup.
port the program II 1t goes into the
democratic caucus.
The president assured Gallinger
that the administration will not make
the measure party issue.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
TESTIMONY OF AN EXPERT.

TESTIMONY OF AN EXPERT.
A recent issue OF the Countr,
Gentleman contains an article writ
ten by DR.. W. ]. spinman. head ol
the federal bureau OF farm manage
ment. in which are some most signi'
hcant statements regarding the in.
fuence Of beet culture upon small
farm operations. Under the direc-
tion OF the bureau. an investigation
has been conducted to determine the
proftahleness OF farms Of varying
sizes under irrigation projects. and
the finding is that profits are greatly
enhanced where sugar beets consti-
tute one Of the staple crops. Sum
ming up his findings in dealing with
small farms. DR.. Spillman says:
"Our conclusion was that with
sugar beets the forty-acre farm was
feasible; without the sugar beets
eighty acres should be the minimum
size Of the farm. With lands at q
reasonable price this area should be
successful on the basis Of dairying,
beef cattle. grains. and family-sized
patches Of sugar beets."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
MEDFoRD FRENZY PREMATURE.

MEDFORD FRENZY PREMATURE.
The frenzy into which some Of the
people Of sMedford have worked them
selves over the matter OF the loca-
tion Of the sugar factory is as un-
called for as it is premature and
damaging to the success of the en-
tire project. Sufficient acreage for
the guaranteeing of the factory any
where in the valley has not yet been
contracted for, and until it has the
jeopardizing Of the industry itself by
dividing the effort toward the secur-
ing of acreage is most unwise. In
the Grants Pass district the people
have taken the sugar company at its
word. Every acre possible that comes
within the scope OF the beet land will
be signed up. the contracts placed in
the hands Of the company, and then
the company will be expected to 10.
cate the factory where business con.
ditions would point strongest TOWARD
success. OF course, Grants Pass wants
the factory, and has strong hopes o.
success. but the profit on an acre o.
beets will be just as great wherever
the factory is built. If we can no
get the factory without using strong
arm or bulldozing methods, 1t can q
elsewhere. But don't let us lose sigh
OF the main issue. We must get tn,
acres before there are any factories
to locate. And 1t will be the acre
that will mean cash for the land own
er and prosperity for the entire com
munity.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
GALE DOES DAMAGE TO
GRAYS HARBOR JETTY

Aberdeen, Wash. Dec. S.---A heavy
southwest gale ragged throughout the
night here. Several hundred feet Of
the falsework on the north jetty were
washed away Shipping In the lower
bay had i'difiiculty maintaining an
chorage. The highest tides Of the
year are predicted for tonight.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
DARDANELLEs AGAIN
SCENE OF ACTIVITY
fBy united Press Leased wire.

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
Berlin, Dec. S.--The allies have re-
newed their offensive in the Dardan-
elles, according to Constantinople
message today, but the Turks regard
the fresh movement as a bluff"
A squadron Of ayiators attacked
the Uzun Kueprue station on the
Adrianople railway without material
damage.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
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OREGON wRATHER

= Tonight and Thursday rain:
y colder tonight east portion;
= southerly winds.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-12-08
On. Brand.

One Brand.
PAW, what's 1t mean burning the
midnight oilY" "Joy riding, my son"
Buffalo Express.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
VINEGAR KILLS THE GERMS
Best Of Reasons Why the condiment
Should Always Be Used Liber-
ally on Salads.

Drs. Loir and Legagneux of Paris
have been testing vinegar as a de-
stroyer Of the germs of typhoid fever.
That they are killed by a mixture of
wine and water in equal parts has
long been known. These investiga-
tors prove now that twenty germs of
vinegar to a liter of water kill the
typhoid bacillus in an hour and FIVE
minutes.
From this" writes the Paris cor
respondent of the Lancet, "a practical
inference may be drawn concerning
salads. After washing the salad as
usual, detaching each leaf, it should
be put into water calculated with ten
grams of vinegar to the liter and re-
main immersed in this liquid for
about an hour and a quarter. All
vegetables ordinarily eaten uncooked
may be subjected without any incon-
v%enience to the same process"
A liter is equivalent to about a
quart and ten grams are equivalent to
about a third of an ounce. So, If let
tuce or other greens for salad be
placed in water to which about one
third of an ounce of vinegar has been
added and be left for about an hour
and a quarter, all danger of typhoid
fever will be removed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
SUBJECTS FOR CIVIC CLUBS
Chief Matters Concerning Welfare Of
Town That Should Come Up
for Discussion.

The question is often asked: What
can parochial social service organi-
cations do in the way Of promoting in
terest? Here is a list of subjects on
the program for the Chicago Cathedral
Civic club, which is reproduced be-
cause of it's suggestiveness. The club
is auxiliary to the parish social serv-
ice committee.
Markets, Pure Food; Housing, SAM
tation. Infant Welfare "a visit to the
station at the mission house,; What
Is Being Done for the Children in the
Public Schools. City Garbage (Illus.).
Evening Meeting before election:
Election Issues. Work of the Juvenile
Protective Association; Bathing
Beaches Cllus.). Visit to the Under
ground Tunnel or Some Other Excur-
sion. Clean Air; Fresh Air; Clean
Up. Jails. Telephone Girls: Rest
Rooms and Vacation Houses for Tired
Girls. The Immigrant Girl; Our Play
grounds. City Welfare Work. County
Work; County Board. Conservation;
Forest Preserves; Wild Flowers;
Work of Sanitary District Trustees;
Taxation, etc. Evening Meeting; Elec-,
ton Issues, followed by illustrated lee
ture. Reception to Civic Workers and
Club Presidents.-The Living Church.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
STATE GETS FAMOUS FLAG
Colonel Proctor's "Rattle snake" Now
Reposes in the State Library
at Harrisburg, Pa.

Greensburg, Pa.-The famous rattle.
snake flag has been transferred from
the vault Of the Merchants and Farm
ers' bank in Greensburg to the state
library, Harrisburg, to take its place
among the relics of American wars.
The rattlesnake flag belonged to
Col. John Proctor's Independent battal-
ion of Westmoreland county. 1t was
made in 1775 and was carried in the
Revolution. Samuel Craig, ST., who,
with his three sons, John, Alexander
and Samuel, Jr, fought in Proctor's
battalion, was the color bearer.
On Colonel Proctor's death the flag
passed to the next senior officer, and
so on to the last survivor, Gen. Alex
ander Craig, with whom it remained
until 1914, when it was b~equeathed
by his great-grand-daughter, Jane
Maria Craig of New Alexandria, to the
state library at Harrisburg.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
CARE IN SELECTING MUTTON
HeaIthfui Meat May Be Good or Bad,
According to condltIon-Much
Fat Good.

Mutton is generally considered the
most healthful meat, and is eaten by
many, to the exclusion of any variety.
Consequently great care should be ex-
ercised in the selection. and a little
time should be given to the study of
quality.
In buying mutton Tor lamb care
should be taken to see that the fat is
clear, hard and white, as mutton with
soft or yellow fat indicates too long a
stay In cold storage. 1t might appear
that a great quantity of fat on mutton
signifies waste; but the lean part is
much jucier and more tender when
this is the case, so the wise housewife
makes purchases with this in view.
The leg has the least fat in proper
ton to weight. Next comes the shout
der. The color of lean mutton is a
deep red.
Lamb is good to eat when one year
old and is much more digestible than
other immature meat, such as veal or
young pork. The wise housewife
knows the value of nutrition, SO she
will hesitate about buying lamb mere
ly because it is in market, as it is gen.
orally expensive.
The meat of spring lamb should be
a clear pink, with plenty of pure white
fat.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
Use for cocoanut Water.

The discovery has just been made
at Colombo that cocoanut water.
which has always been considered a
useless waste product, is an excellent
rubber coagulant. Millions of gallons
Of cocoanut water allowed to run to
waste on estates can now be made use
Of at a good profit.
The cocoanut water is allowed to
ferment for four or five days, after
which 1t can be used without further
delay as coagulating latex. One to
two ounces Of the fermented cocoanut
water is allowed to coagulate one pint
OF the pure latex.
This is said to produce a fine rub
Der, superior to that procured with the
8 of crude acetic acid. The color
of the rubber with acetic acid fermen.
tation is decidedly inferior to the CO.
coanut water fermentation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
GREAT FLEET FOUND.
British Navy Is at Anchor in the
0rkneys.
American Ship officer, on Height,
Sees Worlds Most Formidable
Fleet - Secrecy and Close
Guard is Maintained.
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE.

Correspondent Of the Chicago News.
Rotterdam, Holland.-The British
North sea battleship fleet is in the
Orkney islands north of Scotland. For
more than two months there has been
no official news given to the world as
to its whereabouts or what It was do
ing. On the contrary, strenuous eff
forts have been made to conceal the
location of the feet. The fleets great
work is done. 1t destroyed every Ger
man commerce raider. 1t drove every
enemy ship to harbor.
There remains only one task-the
destruction of the German fleet. Brit
ish naval policy long ago assumed
definite shape. There is believed to be
little doubt that the British feet will
annihilate the enemy when they meet,
but the admiralty thinks that this
meeting will take place only when
the Germans are ready to fight in
open sea. Until then the British feet
will remain safe in port. 1t will not
risk unremunerative loss by permit
ting isolated divisions to cruise in the
~ oSoG q Aolt dAh 6ulG AdIktI "
the active German submarines.
Consequently the British fleet lies
at anchor just as far from the Ger
man naval bases as it can get. But
it is ready. There is no question
about that. 1t is in the pink of condi-
tion-and is eager.
BY years Of labor and the expendi-
ture Of much money the English
navy has transformed the barren,
desolate Orkney islands into one of
the strongest naval positions in the
world. 1t is Great Britain's Kiel ca
nal and Wilhelmshaven all in one. The
great feature about this base is it's
inaccessibility.
The mate of an American merchant
ship which was held at Kirkwall in
the Orkney islands pending examina-
ton slipped ashore. He made a COM
plete circuit of the Kirkwall mainland
and from the top of a mountain which
overhangs the landlocked harbor he
had an excellent view of the great hid
den naval base.
When the American ship was at
Kirkwall there we're more than sew
enty great warships lying at anchor
under the lee of the island of Hoy.
Forty Of these were dreadnaughts and
battle cruisers. Thirty were older bat
tleships and large armored cruisers.
In other parts of the bay were fleets
OF warships Of other types.
To the left Of the battleship feet
was an armada of more than 100
wicked looking destreyers, while still
farther to the left lay a fleet of armed
merchantmen, probably to be used as
transports. Behind the dreadnaught
fleet, built out from the sandy shore,
was a long wharf with several small
buildings upon 1t. To this wharf a
feet of submarines was tied side by
side in groups of four.
Three entrances to Scapa Flow are
completely blocked with great chain
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
f1O:::MEIO
70 HELPS
TOWN PLANNING AN OLD ART
Anclents Well Understood the Value
Of Making Their Cities as Beau
tiful as Possible.

Town planning is not a modern art,
The a%ncients appreciated the value of
a civic center; the Roman forum and
acropolis at Athens are examples of
this. Coming down to medieval times,
we have the Piazza della Signoria at
Florence and the Piazza of st. Marks
at Venice, public squares beautifed
at the public expense, from which
many a mighty dictum for veal or
woe went forth. Paris owes a great
debt Of gratitude to Baron Hauss-
mann, whose ingenious city planning
has produced n of the finest cities
in the world. The French capital has
probably more expatriated Americans
in residence than my other European
city, for a beautiful city will always
attract people. Although the French
respond quickly to an authentic ap
peal, their native thrift is never lost
sight of. They know that a beautiful
city is sure to bring commercial pros
perity and they have learned well the
art of making beauty the handmade of
utility. Let us then follow the ex-
ample set us and begin to teach our
young people that there is no antag-
onism between beauty and utility and
that civic pride is only local patriot
ism. With a city plan developed un-
der competent leadership and a town
planning board invested with proper
authority, the hasty building Of the
present moment will be obviated, and
a city will be developed that future
generations can pronounce a thing of
beauty and a joy forever.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
Try This Next Time.

A spare" plum pudding, cooked and
put away, should on no account be re-
boiled-steam 1t. Vary the up-and.
down cut for one straight across the
top. For a second appearance this
looks better.
1t is a good idea to have a croquette
pot In the refrigerator and into this
pot put all odds and ends that will
go into the making of ~croquettes. BY
this means you can keep the refriger-
ator cleared up and at the same time
avoid waste.
Cake tins, patty pans. etc, are easily
cleaned by boiling. Put them in q
saucepan with some soap extract and
water, boil them for about an hour,
and they will be found clean and new
looking. Soap and soda or borax may
be used instead of soap extract, II
preferred.
To renovate old fur prepare a plate
OF hot wet bran and add to 1t a few
drops of ammonia. Rub this well into
the fur, then rub it all over with plenty
OF dry bran and a dry flannel. Finally
brush with a stiff brush to remove the
flakes of bran and to regulate the fur.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
SCHOOL GARDENS AT CAPITAL.
Washlnston's Plans Have Been Fully
Perfected, and Good Results Are
Confidently Anticipated.

The first home garden club to be
organized in the public schools Of
Washington was formed a short time
ago.
The object of the club is to stimu-
late interest in vegetable and flower
gardens in the homes as well as on
the school grounds. Several gardens
have been made on school grounds by
the students under the direction Of
teachers. 1t is the plan of the teach
ers at the Brookland school and
parents of children attending school,
to arrange a curse of lectures for be-
ginners in gardening, and to visit the,
gardens of the children in their homes
regularly in order to see that the work
is carried out according to the in
structions of the teachers. A garden
show" will be given next fall. 1t will
consist Of exhibitions of products
from the gardens. In addition, a com
mittee will report on the gardens In
the homes and prizes will be awarded
for the work done,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
Belgian Newspaper Man Tells of
Escape Into Holland.
Humble Heroes Who Make a Living In
Expecting Passage of Those Who
Wish to Go to Holland
Trying Night Watch.

Rotterdam.-Willy R. ~Benedictus, a
well-known Belgian newspaper writer,
has arrived here after a daring trip
through the German lines guarding the
frontier of Belgium.
To get out he employed n of the
men who are making a living by the
perilous business Of ~expediting the
passage of those wishing to leave the
conquered kingdom. They arrived at
a hamlet on the frontier late at night.
THE man at whose house we put up
is n of the humble heroes who dur
ing the war have sprung up from the
most unexpected quarters" said
Benedictus.
Before the war he might have been
something of a poacher, but since the
summer he has been of incompatible
use to his country in allowing hun
dreds Of young men to leave Belgium
and join the army. He began by TAX
ing me for a spy on account of my
beard. Beard he said, may be false
But my guide gave him the password.
That satisfied him, and we waited
what the night was to bring us.
Three other young men were to
pass also; one Of them, a Russian, had
waited for five days in the peasants
little house.
Our host took us at about midnight
to a spot l shall remember till my
dying day. Imagine a road of ten
yards or 30 in width running between
the sharp ascents of two clifflike little
hills. One of the cliffs is Belgium. The
other-Holland. All we had to do was
to run down one of the cliffs, cross the
road and climb into the other steep
bank. But easier said than done!"
For hours we crouched behind our
cliff awaiting the signal, which our
leader was in no haste to give. I can
not answer for the others, but for my
part l a growing It is
known that the sentries fire at once II
they see anyone. And their shouting
rather got on my nerves.
There were two of them-two
landsturm men-walking to and fro
on the road. We saw clearly every
line of their faces, as the moon was
full, and the big men guarding an in.
visible line and halloing to each other
from time to time. were ghostly.
isn't the full o a drawback for
us?' l asked our guide. by no means;
IL there were no such moon you could
rush into the sentry's arms. as a young
| fool did last week!'
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12

booms and strong wire nets. The
fourth is INSTRUCTED in the same man.
ner, SO that only a skillful pilot can
bring a big ship through in safety.
One might sail around the Orkneys
indefinitely and never suspect that the
most powerful fleet in the world lay
hidden just over the circular ridge of
mountains.
German submarines are constantly
nosing about. Hardly a day passes
that n or more is not sighted. 1t
has been reported that several Ger
man submarines have been sunk Just
off the Orkneys.
The British navy has taken elabor-
ate precautions to prevent German
cruisers from getting to sea for COM
merce raiding. The Skager-Rak, be-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12

COpyright, 1915, BY W. G. Chapman)

Copyright. 1915. by w. C. Chapman)
Cyrus vane stood in the laboratory
of the hospital, watching his test
tubes. The little colonies that were
spreading upon the gelatine meant
that the new bacillus could be devel-
oped in an ordinary medium. With
this he planned to do what science had
hitherto failed in doing. He hoped to
cure ~infantile paralysis, and convert
what was a scourge into a mild ill
ness merely.
For six weeks he had devoted his
Ame to this alone. Meanwhile the
scOurge had fastened itself upon the
town. Children were dying. It had
never been checked. What a boon the
new antitoxin, prepared from the ba.
ciIlus, would be!
Vane was sure Of it. He had in
1ected it into apes and watched them
recover from a%rti6cially induced pes
thence. He had tested the serum in
every possible way, Why, then, could
he not give it to the world?
ANt NuCobAOh 40 OLlGh d6htu Wy
those who are impatient for new rem
edies. The answer is that, before the
conservative physician will make pub
JIG his achievements it is necessary
for the proof to have been piled up in
at least a thousand experimental cases.
In short, all over the country physi-
clans were trying out Vane's discov-
cry. on monkeys. on apes, and per-
haps here and there on children who
were in the grip Of the disease and
could not have been harmed by the
serum, even if it failed to benefit
them.
But until the results of the thou
sand cases were known, the serum
not be made public property.
Vane had said as much to the
wretched women who, having heard
rumors of his discovery; grow
elled before him that morning, implor-
ing the serum for their children. He
had almost forced them away.
He walked thoughtfully homeward.
The wide street was almost empty,
only a few storekeepers sat under
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
importance Of Good chimney.

An examination of fire statistics
would show that defective hues are
the aus of a great majority of the
fires that in dwellings, 1t is
an old saying among architects that
money put into a thoroughly good
chimney is eye wasted. So far as
safety from fire is concerned, the
chimney is the most important struc-
tural feature OF a building. But al
most countless fires have shown that
careless workmanship. and in some
cases bad design. in chimney construe-
ton prevail to ar alarming extent.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-12
Fla

Chop one-half pound of suet and
work with the hands until creamy,
then add one-half pound of figs finely
chopped. Soak 2A cupfuls of stale
bread crumbs in one-half cupful of
milk half an hour. Add two eggs wen
beaten, n cupful sugar and three
fourths teaspoonful of soda. Combine
mixtures, turn into a buttered mold
and steam three hours. Serve with
yellow sauce made by beating two
eggs until very light, add gradually
one cupful sugar and continue beat
ing; then flavor with one te~aspoonful
Of brandy and one-half teaspoonful of
vanilla.