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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20

Making Thsm 10 Worry Delicate snd
Complex Process.

Complex Process.
Almost all the high explosives have
cotton as their bnse II II true that
very good sporting powder can be
made from wood pulp: but. aS the cd.
itor OF Nature remarks. "tbc artillerist
would be In great difficulty II he were
provided with such propclant. be-
cause In order 70 obtain any sort Of
regularity the niiration OF the wood
pulp has TO be kept nj low point. and
the balllstics. on which the artilledyt
depends. would bo quite thrown out"
High explosives are cclIulosc highly
nitrntcd-that II. highly charged with
nitrogen. This process consists OF I'm.
mersing cotton waste that has been re.
peatedly tcasled. picked and dried In
q mixture OF nitric and sulphuric ac-
ids. In the proportion Of II per cent
sulphurlc acid. q per cent nitric acid
and 8 per cent water. After the acids
have acted for the required time they
are removed. The cotton IL washed
repeatedly and boiled several times In
water. II II then pulped, partly dried
and pressed into nolds
The manufacturer does his best TO
regulate his output. so that II shall con.
thin approximately eleven molecules OF
nitrate to the quadruple molecule Of
cellulose. MS shown In the formula. or
q content Of nitrogen that ranges be-
tween 1898 and 1905 per cent
The process Is delicate and complex.
for the proportions OF acids and water
must be exact and all must be chem.
ically pure. Besides this. the cellulose
must be OF uniform grade, which II a
most difficult thing TO obtain.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
INDlA's QUEER BELIEFS.
Buddhists Would Die Rather Than
Lose q Limb or Eat Meat.

Lose q Limb or Eat Meat.
India's population Is 325.0O0. 900. Prac-
tcally all the races and religions OF the
world are represented. Ninety-eight
and six.tcnths per cent Of the people
cannot read or write. Four per cent
Of the inhabitants eat regular meals
The remainder eat when they can and
where they can. The average native
IN India lives ON less food per diem
than any other human being In the
world Religious prejudices are In.
tense Men willingly die rather than
submit TO some dismembering surgical
operation. for did not Allah command
them to appear before him as they left
him 10 come into the world?
The Buddnists will not cat meat or
take even n medicine derived from an
animal They died by millions during
the bubonic plague rather than take u
prophylactic serum made from pepsin
and beef broth-because the pig from
which pensln was obtained was un.
clean to the Mohammedan and Hindu.
and the killing OF this animal and the
bull from which the broth was made
was against the tenets Of the Bud.
dhistic faith. knew an editor In
Poona, India. to absolutely refuse a
$1,000 yearly advertisement Of a patent
medicine because It contained pepsin.
Indians are fond Of sweets and last
year imported over s40.O00,000 worth
OF sugar Clothing Is made chiefly
from cotton. which is largely grown In
the country.-W. II. Aughinbaugh In
Leslie's
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Tibotan Penal Code.

The Tibetan penal code il curious.
Murder il punished with a fine vary
iag according to the Importance of the
slain. theft by line Of seven to one
hundred times the value Of the article
stolen Here. again. the fine depends
on the social Importance of the person
from whom the theft has been commit
ted. The harborer Of thief is looked
upon as n worse criminal than the
thief himself Ordeals By Gre and by
boiling water are stlll used us proofs
Of innocence or guilt, exactly as was
the custom In Europe In the middle
ages And II the lamas never intlict
death they are adopts at torture
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20

kn, or money stones, begins, lasting for
months until the monsoon changes.
when the toilers start homeward with
their "coin."
The smallest OF these stones Is about
foot In diameter and three inches
thick, with round hole through its
center. 1t will buy food for family
for month. The large stones, abou,
three feet in diameter and eight inches
thick, have relatively much greater
value, since II Is more difficult to trans.
port them In cranky canoes over such
long stretch OF sea. Indemnltes can
be paid with such stone or the aid
of ncutrals purchased, in time of war
William L. Cathcartf In st, Nicholas
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
FUTURE OF THE HORSE.
Can the Heavy Draft Animal Survive
the Motor Truck?

the Motor Truck?
The heavy draft horse Is doomed.
He will not vanish suddenly, but his
hour has struck. Motor vehicles al
ready are displacing him in cities. The
cheap farm tractor will do the same in
the country. In u few decades the
great, magnificent brntes will be little
more than memory. Their places
will be taken by bloodless machines.
that never whinny greetings to kind
master. never search ones pockets for
sugar-and never break their legs OH
Icy payements or drag out friendless
old age under the whips of stupid.
greedy drivers.
When one thinks OF these last con
siderations the horseless age doesn't
seem 30 gloomy a prophecy. But II
man IL wise there will he no horselesn
age.
lf man has any real wisdom-and
that belief. though often disappointed.
never dies--the horse will be promoted
to the position Of humanity's chief pei
and plaything. but always with sub
stratum Of usefulness which will keep
him from degeneratlng into a mere toy.
The draft horse. the trotter-even the
general purpose anImal"-may 20. but
the saddle horse ought TO stay and
thrive. Just as Al medical prescription.
he Is well worth while. for the old Eng
lish phrase that ''the outside Of horse
is the best thing for the insides Of
man" still holds true. and as an in.
structor Of youth and a means Of real
contact with nature he has no rival but
the dog. g.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Venice and Tourists.

The great industry of Venice is thar
Of meeting the demands of tourists
The movements Of the foreigner. AS
they are skillfuliy guided aud directed
by host Of competent experts. are NOT
difficult to forecast. II Is known that
If the foreigner arrives AT the rlllroad
station he will take gondola to his
hotel. He may travel In the ferryboat
or on foot all the rest of the time. to
save money. but when he arrives he
win take gondola, so that he may
casually mention in writing home that
he stepped directly from the train into
a luxurious gondola. Knowing this
popularity. the municipality Of Venice
keeps tab on the gondola traffic from
the railroad station as sort of gauge
OF prosperity. Argonaut.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Barrisser's Fees.

The barrlster's fees are irrecoveable
In law, but he can pick and choose his
customers and cqn also insist on casl,
In advance, Until recently every bar
rlster had on his table gentle re
minder In the way Of fee bowl In
earlier times the client used to drop
surreptltlously the money In II little
bag at the back OF counse's gown A
trace Of this receptacle still figures N
legal costume. = London Chronicle
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
A Relic Of chickamauqs.

One Of the interesting things in the
o. s Grant post. No, SoT. G. A. r..
post room. of Brooklyn. is the altar.
presented by William Berri 1t Is a
glass case. in the center ~ which are
the stumps of two trees taken from the
battlefield of Chicknmauga. and In each
OF these stulnps there is embedded Il
large. unexpiodgd shell.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
MONEY STONES OF YAP.
Natives Of tho Island Do Not Carry
Chance In Thoir Pockets.

Propped up against the house OF the
native chief Of Yap, which IL one OF
the Caroline islands lying southeast OF
the philippines, may be seen row OF
"money stones" the current coin of
the island. In shape these stones are
like mlllstoncs. but they do no grind
ing, They serve simply as a parade OF
the wealth Of the village. Their value
lies solely In the difficulty with which
they are obtained.
The yellowish granite OF which they
are made IL found only In the island
Of Palao. 200 miles away, and when
tho monsoon favors forty or tifty ma
tives voyage there In their canoes
After pacifylng the king Of Pnlao with
presents the work Of hewing the waa'
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
A Swift uppercut

II see you have your arm in sling"
said the inquisitive passenger. BRO
ken, isn't it,
"Yes. sir" responded the other pas
senger
Meet with an accident?''
NO; broke 1t while trying to pat my
self on the back
Great Scott. What fory'
For minding my own business
Rams Horn.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Tic Cultivated Rea.

From its original hnne as a native
wild grpwtll 10 western .SsLl and ada
cent Europe she cultivated pen has
been taken by man TO all civilized
countries. Il has been cultivated for
thousands of years. for dried peas have
heen found in Egyptian tombs
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Nothinu Gained.

"rm sorry didn't accept your In
vltation to attend stag party at your
house. Twobble." said Bilfur. his mex,
door ne,ghbor.
You missed Il good time, old fellow
Il don't regret that particularly, bu,
the crowd you got together made 80
much noise couldn't sleep. anyhow"
Birmingham Age Herald
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
perooption outruna Talent.

Our perception far outruns our tai
eut We bring II welcome to the high.
est lessons of religion aud poetry out
OF nll proportion beyond our skill to
teach. nnd. further. the great hearing
and sympathy of men Is more true and
wise than their speaking Is wont to be.
a deep sympathy Is what we require
for any student Of the mind. for the
chief difference between man and man
is difference OF impressionability.
Aristotle or Bacon or Kant PROFOUND
some maxim which Is the keynote Of
philosophy thenceforward. But | am
more Interested to know that, when at
last they have hurled out their grand
word. 1t IL only some familiar expe.
rience OF every man on the street. II
II DO not II win never be heard OF
again. Emerson.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
Elimlnatina Risk,

II hope the motto of this railroad Is
safety first Nt6
ut Is" replied the nun who THINKS
only OF pecuniary precaution. n NJ
tice Il never let's anybody travel Il mile
without paying In advance. Washing
ton Star N
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-10-20
The Obvious Remedy.

There is only one thing which win.
efrectually hreak up a deadlock"
"What is shat?"
"A key 70 the situation. Baltimore
American.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
OFFICIALS OF WALSH
COUNTY ARE ACTIVE

Grafton, N. D., Sept. 20. - States
Attorney H. c. DePuy, Of Walsh coun-
ty, assisted by the sheriff of this coun-
ty, and an operator of the Howell De-
tective agency, Of Fargo, Tuesday ar.
rested John Sholtz, poolroom owner
at Mimic, on charge Of blindpigging, 1t
being his second oftense. He was re-
leased on $1,000 bail.
F. Smith, who conducts restau-
rant here, charged with bootlegging.
has been released on $500 bond; Frank.
Van Raukreker, of Minot, charged
with bootlegging, is held in Jail; John
Sandstrand, Of this city, charged with
blindpigging, is out on $500 bail, and
Ellen Cokins, charged with blind
plugging, and who has 500 bond, has
left the city.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
TO SELL $4,000 ACRES OF
MORTON SCHOOL LANDS

Bismarck, Oct. 1.--Commissioner
Henry, Of the state land department
advises that the board Of university
and school lands has decided to sell
about $4,000 acres Of school lands in
Morton county this coming winter
The date Of sale has been set for Dec
10, 1915, and will be held in Mandan.
OF the $4,000 acres Of school and in
stitution lands in Morton county, over
$4,000 acres have been reported as
coal lands by the state engineer, hence
cannot be sold, according to the state
constitution. Some Of these coal lands
are Of the best in Morton county.
At the recent meeting of the board
loans were authorized for school dis
tricts amounting to over $4,000, while
farm loans were authorized in the va
rious countries amounting to over
49,, 900.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
"A VALLEY CITY INTERVIEW
Mr.. soIIin Tells His Experience.

Ht WIS SSsUu sSuO UIS Experiences,
The following brief account Of an
interview with Valley City man
over four years ago, and its sequel,
will be read with keen interest by
every citizen.
" C. "A. Sollin. 617 Elizabeth street..
Valley City, says: "A sharp pain in.
my back changed into a steady, dull
ache. The kidney secretions became.
irregular in passage, causing me much
annoyance. doctored and used var
ious kidney medicines, but nothing.
gave me permanent relief until
used Doan's Kidney Pills, procured at
the Dakota Drug Co. They removed.
all symptoms Of kidney trouble
Statement given Oct. Is, 1910.
Over Two Years Later
Mr.. Sollin said: Il have had no.
need of a kidney medicine since Doan's
Kidney Pills cured me some years.
ago."
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't sim.
ply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mr.. Sollin had. Foster-Milburn Co.,.
Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
Thousands Of Veterans
Visited White House

Washington, Sept. 80. Kansas City
was selected today as the place for
the 1916 encampment Of Grand Army
of the Republic The grand army
now meeting here made the choice by
unanimous vote. The election Of
officers for the coming year will take
place tomorrow. st,.4t !.
While the business session was In
progress, thousands Of veterans and
their families fiocked to the White
House. There, through a misunder
standing what had been planned as q
brief reception for a few hundred
members Of the organizations aff1li'
ated with the Grand Army Of the Re
public, developed into a rush during
which nearly 5000 old soldiers and
their wives shook hands with Presi.
dent Wilson. For two hours they
filed through the historic east ROOM
cdCA lCCcVA6 s!Allc uAN q AoAu
clasp from the president.
Arrangements had been made for
the president to greet members Of the
Loyal Legion, the association Of ex.
prisoners Of war, officers ofsthe Union
Army and members Of the Woman.s
Relief corps A report gained circu.
lation, however, that all g. a. R. yisi-
tors were invited and to add to the
confusion many Of those in the crowd
that appeared when the hour for the
reception arrived wore badges which
they said had been sold them at Is
cents with the understanding that
they would admit wearer to the
!4 4 y
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
SELECT SEED POTATOES
NOW, SAYS AN EXPERT

Potato digging has started in Min
nesota and North Dakota, and pota-
to-digging time is the time to select
seed potatoes, says M. J. Thompson of
the Northwest experiment station at
Duluth.
BY hill-section selection, according
to Mr.. Thompson, one farmer found
the first year that only 16 hills out of
100 yielded six marketable tubers. AZ
ter following up the work for four
years, saving his seed potatoes from
hills containing not less than six mar
ketable potatoes each, his yield was.
20 hills per hundred or an increase OF
nearly 500 per cent
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
LONGEST STEEL ARCH
IN THE WORLD JUST HUNG

New York, Oct. / Engineers Of the
New York connecting railroad an
nounced today that the longest steel
arch contained in any bridge in the,
world had been completed BY joining
the two ends Of the great railroad
bridge over Hell Gate. The arch
spans distance Of !, OF feet from the
Long Island shore at Astoria to thes
shore ,of Wards Island In the East
River and contains Is, 900 tons Of steel
n It is part Of the elevated viaduct
and roadway under construction to.
link the PENNSYLVANIA and New York,
New Haven and Hartford railroads
extending from Long Island City to-
Fort Morris. The whole structure will
cost $4,000, 900. #
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
SHEEP FEEDING AT Will
LIsToN suB-sTATlohls
(Farm Information Service, N. D. Ex-
pertinent Station.

(Farm Information Service, N. D. Ex
pertinent station.)
A carload of Montana lambs are be-
ing fed at the Williston sub-station. At
first they will be fed on the stubbfe
and other fields where there is food,
that will otherwise 60 to waste These
lambs will be finished on grain and
alfalfa hay. This is q good way to-
turn what usually goes to waste into
a marketable product.
Montana sheepmen are buying stub
BILE fields in North Dakota and feed
their sheep on these en- route to st.
Paul to the market. North Dakota
farmers are buying sheep in Montana,
feed them on the stnbble fields, corn,
fields and meadows and then finish
on grain. Fred Islay, Of Verona, has;
Just unloaded four carloads that he
will handle in this way. Many sheep
men figure that sheep recover a busheI
Of grain from each acre Of stubble,
field.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
Fears Prairie Chicken
VIII Be Exterl,liinated

IF every sportsman stopped to
think that every old prairie chicken or
grouse killed. this season means the
killing Of dozen young birds, they
would probably refrain from hunting
or at least from killing old hens this
season." says Bernie Maurek, state
and federal game warden.
"The conditions in the Red river
valley are serious" continued Warden
Maurek, land hunters should know
that once gone prairie chickens and
grouse are gone forever. They can't
be propagated and then turned loose
to stock section as can quail and
some of the other wild fowls as they
can't be reared in captivity. So when
they are once gone, they are gone for
good.
Il have inspected a large number Of
the bags of hunters since the season
opened and almost without exception
they contained nothing but old birds.
There are no young birds to speak Of
and l. believe that if the hunters, at
least the true sportsmen knew the real
conditions and stopped to think they
would refrain from killing old birds
and If necessary from hunting at all.
Those hunters I have talked to on
the proposition all stated that the
matter had never entered their heads
and that they were perfectly willing
to stop hunting this season, because
they could see that it meant more
young birds next year,
"A prairie hen will, in a summer,
raise on an average Of IL young birds
and it seems almost a crime to kill
the old hens this year wnen there are
practically no young ones to take their
places. The old hens make by far the
better mothers and are able to rear
better broods than the young hens so
that it can be conservatively estim-
ated that the killing of an old hen
means depriving the country of II
prairie chickens next summer.
II wish could talk to each hunter
personally, for would like to show
him that these birds belong to him.
They belong to every person in the
state, not, to the game board or any
body else. And ! am sure that if |
could talk to him he would readily see
what indulging in hunting in this sec
ton OF the state means this season.
The truth is it means the almost COM
plete determination Of prairie chick
ems and grouse in the Red river val
ley"
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
Subscription, $3.50 q Year, in Advance
FARMERS, IDLE TIME

The winter months will be along
soon now and the farmer will be
wondering what he can do to while
away the evening hours. And right
here we want to give suggestion
that means both pleasure and profit.
Arrange to have a meeting at one
OF your school houses or other public
place at least one evening month,
at which you can all compare notes
on the seasons work, note the mis-
takes that have been made and de-
wise the best methods Of correcting
them in the coming year.
You can not get a dozen farmers
together but what some one of them
will have something to say of value
to you, something that perhaps you
have not known before, something
that will make your work lighter
and profits greater in future years.
The social features alone Of such
meetings would drive away the mon
0tony of the winter evenings, and
from practical standpoint they
would be of great value to every one
who participates.
Get together, gentlemen, and COM
pare notes.
What is good for one is of equal
benefit to all.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
THIS PAIR GIVE
POLICE HARD FIGHT

Fargo, Oct "A Broadway crowd.
of several hundred people watched
Patrolman Moon with the assistance
of two Fargo men-C Charles Donahue-
and Charles Courtright-make what
might be called spectacular arresA
When the officer took man and.
woman in charge in front Of the Shot
well Floral company he called upon
Donahue to help him. But the man.,
who was later booked at the police
station on a charge of drunk and dis
orderly conduct" let several left and
right hand jabs 60 at Donahue Court
right was then called to the assistance.
of Donahue and was given a blow on
the nose. For awhile the street was
jammed.
At the police station the two gave
their names as "Mr. and Mrs. Rae
Murphy" The woman was charged
with soliciting.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-10-07
PUTTING IMMATURE
CORN, IN THE sILo

(Farm Information Service, Nd. Ex-
pertinent Station.)
Imamture corn contains good deal
of moisture, more than is needed to
make it keep we'll in the silO. One
way to get rid of some of this excess
moisture is to cut the corn and let it
lay few days before putting it into
the silo. Those who have had exper-
fence in putting immature corn into
the silo will remember how the juice
squeezes out. At the North Dakota
experiment station it has been found
that drying the immature corn for
few days has made just as good ensil-
age, has reduced the weight a little
and it has resulted in less juice escap-