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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Camp Fire Girls Benefit--

Camp Ffre Girts' Beheft--
Tonight will be the first OF the
two benefit entertainments at the
Star theater for the local Camp Fire
girls. The program will include the
presentation Of Richard Harding
Davis Captain Macklin," In four
reels. The benefit performance will
be repeated Wednesday night. The
admission price Is only FIVE and ten
cents.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
PRIZREND CAPTURED
BY GERMAN ARMY

London. Nov. S0.-Capture OF
Prizrend, near the Albanian border
in western Serbia, was claimed by
Berlin officially today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
lnterclass Football tame

Tomorrow afternoon the first inter-
class football game will be played
by the seniors and sophomores
against the juniors and freshmen.
The teams will contain all the first
team men and also those upon the
second team. AS each class has an
equal number OF the letter men. the
game win be as exciting as any pre-
vious game of the season,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30

Prayers for Prohibition
A meeting OF the w. Q. T. U. viii
be held at the home Of Mrs. Graham
on North Sixth street, at s;So o'clock
Thursday afternoon. There win be
regular business and prayer SER
vice for national prohibition. A large
attendance Is desired
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Elks Have Merry Evening

Fifteen or more members Of the
Medford lodge of Elks came to
Grants Pass Monday evening and
spent several hours with Grants Pass
Elks. who had assembled at the
Guild hall In response to an invita-
tion by Rev. Charles Wilson Baker,
pastor Of st. Lrke's church. There
we're about 35 Grants Pass Elks pre-
sent. dozen or more others not be-
ing able to attend. The evening was
spent with cigars and general good
time with toasts and songs. Later In
the evening coffee and sandwiches
we're served. The Medford Elks re.
turned home on the one o'clock train.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Attention Electors


The city registration books will
close, in accordance, with the provi-
sions OF the City Charter, on Friday.
December 3, 1915, at six o'clock p. m.
The books will be open each day
preceding during Office hours, The
books will also be open on the even
ings Of Monday and Tuesday OF this
week, from Z o'clock to $40 o'clock,
for the convenience Of those who can
not register during the day. Tuesday
evening will be the last evening ses-
sion of the registration clerks. The
evening sessions as herein announced
will be prolonged as long as neces-
sary to accommodate any persons
who are in linz. Only those persons
who have registered during the
month Of November, 1915, are regis
tered for the annual city election to
be held December 9, 1915. You are
interested In the choice OF your city
officials for the coming year. You
should take part In their selection.
onlya few more than one-half Of the
electors Of the city have registered.
Do not delay the matter Of your re-
gistration longer.
H. II. Basler.
601 Auditor and Police Judge.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
NEW TODAY

REGISTERED Duroc boar for sale.
Consul Orchards. Phone 609-F-11.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30

Wanted to Rent
Small or large ranch. with or with
out stock. Must have water for irri-
cation. Address No. 205s, Courier. 0s
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30

Oregon mining laws. 4pc. Courier
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
EaeiIy Spotted.

She-This light dress spots awfully
easy. He-You betl spotted IT two
blocks away. pap
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Better Dsys.

The man who has seen better days
didn't think so well Of them at the
time. -Exchange.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Cash Special

Cash Special
Twenty pounds fancy clean red
Mexican beans for 81 Wednesday.
December /. only. at Kinney &
Truax grocery. coo
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30
Painting a Tree.

Painting tree trunk excludes air
and will cause the tree to die Of suf.
location.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1915-11-30

Mining blanks. Courio- ONCE. =,
Location notices, Courier once. !
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
Educated Carp. :"

When the break in the Colorado river
formed the Salton sea between the dividing
state lines of Arizona and California, with
the waters that rushed over the desert from
the river came carp, bonytail, humpbacked
suckers and other fish. They have propa-
gated rapidly. II is a favorte diversion of
transcontinental tourists TO throw scraps of
bread from the dining cars of trains passing
over the long bridge near Salton and watch
the greedy carp cOngregaie At times it is
possible to see an acre of them packed so
thickly that the water is literally alive with
them, from the surface TO the bottom of the
sea.
Obliging porters explain to their passen-
gers that Salton sea carp are highly trained
and exceptionally intelligent. They can tell
the difference between "A freight train and
n passenger train; they can even distinguish
between a chair car and a diner That is
why the explanation goes, ordinary trains
pass over the bridge without causing rip
pie in the waters beneath, while the presence
of n limited train dining car creates swirl
ing commoton shat stiH the water to foam
So numerous are the carp in the lake that
one can hardly walk ten feet on its shores
without stepping on dead fish that have been
cast up. These do not decompose but speed
lily dry up under the scorching sun.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
Stories for Boys. and Girls

hard that when honey is plentiful in the
flowers the average life il the working bee
is rarely over six weeks. II is safe to say
that not one in 5000 bees lives to eat the
honey it has toiled so hard TO lay up for the
winter There are usually about 10000 bees
in a colony or hive, and they will average in
a good season something like fifty-seven
pounds.
II takes 10000 bees, working one entire
day to gather single pound of honey, and
to get the sweets they must rummage $780,
600 clover blooms. Now when we know that
100000 pounds of honey are yearly pro
duced in the United States, il becomes very
nice problem to calculate how many bees
there are working, say eight hours n day.
The bee brings four substances into the
hive and creates one substance there The
honey is brought in in little sac and stored
in one Of the cells of the comb. II you'll no.
tice you II find the cells slant little bit, so
that the sweet stuff will not spill till the cell
is full and can be sealed up. This raw honey
has to be stirred and mixed with formic acid,
which the bees jaws secrete, and frequently
moved from one cell to another, so as TO has
ten its evaporation and thickening. Then
there is pollen dust from the flowers, which
is used to feed the young bee babies, and is
also used for Gaping over their cells, ms it
is porous to the air and is much cheaper than
wax. Then propols, or bee glue, is fetched
from the willow, poplar, cottonwood and
balm-of gilead trees, and is used to cement
cracks and crevices about the hive. Last of
all, water is brought into the hive to give
drink to the babies
But, more precious than honey is wax,
which is really tallow, and not wax. II
costs twenty pounds of honey and u long
time to make one pound of wax. The bees
eat the honey, and then hang quietly in
cluster, waiting for the wax to form. It is
secreted under little scales on the abdomen,
and is used Immediately. This wax is not
made unless it is actually required, and never
MS long as there are any vacant combs.
1t is this desire TO ecOnomize in wax that
makes the bee store its honey in sx-sded
cells for when one cell is built there is one
side furnished for six new cells
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
Catching a Thief.

A watch was stolen in the pit Of theater
in Paris. The loser was much distressed
over his loss, and pondered over the matter
ruefully Then a brilliant thought struck
him. He arose, and in loud voice announced
that his watch had been stolen. 1T is now
near o'clock" he added, land my watch,
which is a repeater, will soon strike. The
sound is unusually loud, and by that means
we shall ascertain where it is" The thief,
terrified at the prospect, endeavored TO es-
cape, and was, Of course, promptly arrested.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09

Marshall is trying to be the "fyless town.
Of Texas On the recent cleanup day 40
loads Of trash were hauled away.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09

L
IA roclous. A great many sea lions are
IN13NI captured about the Farallones,
N<szSD group Of islands off the coast of Cal
ltornla, about thirty miles due west from
San Francisco bay.
The lions come up on the beach and rocks
to bask in the sun, and while they are asleep
the sailors crawl up as near to them as pos.
sible. Almost invariably the sea lions wake
up when the sailors get within ten or twelve
feet Of them, and life up their heads TO fight.
Then is the sailors opportunity.
Quick as flash he throws a heavy canvas
sack over the animals head and twists the
slack about its powerful jaws.
The next thing TO be done is to get rope
about the lions flppers, which renders him
helpless either to fight or fly.
The process of capturing sea lions alive is
simple enough to describe but it is danger
Gus and difficult in practice.
During a recent expedition in which four
sea lions were captured, the scenes which oc-
Cured were very exciting The first morn
ing of the hunt, after three or four sea lions
had been captured one of the sailors discov-
cred lion whose gray whiskers and enor-
nous size testified TO his great age.
The sailor managed to get back the sack
over the head Of the beast, but its strength
was so great and its struggles so violent that
il was only with the greatest difficulty that
he could get the rope over one Upper He
succeeded finally, but as he attempted to tie
the other, the sack was thrown off the ami
NAL s head and with yelling roar he turned
and made vicious snap at his captor.
The lion Just managed 10 catch the thumb
and first finger of his left hand, tearing the
thumb, with its tendons, from the hand and
taking the first Joint of the finger. The
sailor ran a few steps, screaming and fell.
The sea lion, now thoroughly enraged, freed
himself from the rope and sack, and adj
vanced with open jaws on the PROSTATE
sailor.
To would undoubtedly have torn the man
10 pieces, had not the mate, attracted by 'he
seamans cries, come up and shot the animal
through the neck. Even then it managed 10
escape into the sea again.
This was the only serious accident that
marked the expedition
Among the sailors was an eX-cowbOy He
ATTEMPTED TO use his familiar lasso on the
sen lions. but with very poor success, as the
sea lions head is so small and neck so largo
and smooth that the moose usually slipped
over their heads Once-a reddish-colored,
rather small lioness-he did catch with his
RATA. =,
Fourteen sea lions were captured in all.
Among these we're two superb males.
These two were freed in the hold, and al
most Immediately began TO fight. The small
or of the two was killed. His hide was torn
and punctured in dozens of places by his nd.
versary's teeth, and the adversary himself
showed that the fight was a hard one
In landing the seals at the wharf, two got
loose They looked so dangerous with ;heir
appraised heads and shining teeth that the
men hesitated to tackle them. They dived off
the wharf boat in few seconds, and thus
escaped.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
Star Bath HOu e

We gfts ths Mccormick
yDcuum Cabinet. Dry Heat
Sweat Bath give q special
treatment Tor thoss suffering
from rheumatism. nHshts
dlssass, dfopsy, lunhsso.
neufhlrla, heart and oil nsfy.
Gus troubles The rofts Of
The skin are one Of the three
tearsnGsff d the humsn sfs
TEN and the one most nsr
lseisd Of all.
Owe the bowels and hid.
neys q rest BY dfintlhg The
mineral waters freely nnd
sweating them out through
the pores. You will In this
wsy eliminate impurities and
poisonous matter that was
Intended 10 pass that WaJ.
STAR BATH HOUSE
A. =. Bird. Msr.-Prop
Mineral Wells. Texas
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09

SEA LION is really a seal, but is
larger, stronger and much more fe-
rocious. A great many sea lions are
captured about the Farallones, n
group of islands off the coast of Cal
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
In a Bee Hive.

The whole atmosphere of the hive in the
summer is one of hustle and hurry. The
workers hustle day and night, and work so
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-04-09
Bathing Habits Of Birds and Beasts,

Pigeons, larks and cOckatoOs ike their
baths in the rain. Game birds and poultry
take dust baths. The common sparrow likes
a dry shampoo in the dust and plunge bath
in the water. Reptiles soak themselves; ele-
plants daub their calves with mud, then wash
It off Rhinoceroses, buffaloes, dogs, bears
and tigers like TO wallow; the equine tribe
favor roll in the sand eats, mice and their
respective relatives lick themselves clean;
bats lick and scratch, and il is said that the
continued scratching Of monkeys is a kind Of
self-currycombing.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
UP TO GUTHRIE TO
PROVIDE GOOD TIME
IMPORTANT MATTERS TO BE DIS
cuSSED BY EDITORS; LARGE
ATTENDANCE EXPECTED

The coming meeting Of the Okla
homa state editorial association will
be the largest and most important
meeting held for many years The
editors have some very important
matters before this convention anc
reports from over the state are that
they will all be present il possible
Officers of the association expect tha
largest gathering ever seen since the
organization of the state into an as
sociation,
The various committees held a
special meeting late Friday and ar
ranged many matters which demand
ell immediate attention. All commit
tees report very flattering success.
The citizens Of Guthrie are recog-
nizing that they have glorious OPP
poftunity for exhibiting their usual
and well known hospitality and gem
erous entertainment. They are not
going TO neglect such a chance as
this convention presents for doing
the handsome things in perfectly
proper manner.
The ladies and citizens generally,
and especially the auto owners, shoull
give just a little of their time durins
Friday and Saturday to the proper
reception and TO giving these vlsi-
tors the royal glad hand and in show
ing them a lot OF nice, timely codr-
tesies. Early Friday morning the
trains must be met and the streets
about the union depot shonld De
crowded with machines so that the
reception committee can hurry me
visitors from the trains o the lone
as rapidly as possible. Guthrie knows
how: Guthrie should at least do as
well as she knows how. If she does
it will be well and properly done"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
FLOUR IN :
LIEU Of CASH
IS BEST PLAN
WHY BELGIAN RELIEF FUND
LAGS; TT IS STRICTLY
NEUTRAL

Several weeks ago solicitors were
busy securing Belgian relief funds
/ Mrs u. J. Blackman was in charge OF
the funds. Some cash was collected
In this connection the following cor
'respondenee is interesting
"Mr. /. A. Morris, Mgr. State Com
mittee Belgian Relief, Oklahoma City.
Dear Sir Answering your card Of
April 27th, beg to advise that | have
a number of times appointed relief
committees. Mrs +. j. Blackman is
at present the chairman. | have call
ed for contributions so many times
that people are taking 1t now, you
know, as an old story, and the colec-
tions come very slowly. Nor do the
people like to send checks They are
much more attracted by the PROPOSE
tion which | have insisted upon of
sending out Guthrie flour / have a
small amount on hand, but not enough
to make an other shipment yet. There
is another thing that lessons the en-
thusiasm, and that is there are great
many who feel that this relief is not
strictly neutral. They realize that
while the Belgians are in deplorable
condition on account of the unlor
tunate war there IS quite a section of
east Prussia and of Poland which they
believe is in as bad condition as
Belgium, and where the suffering is
just as great, with less opportunity
for the more humane sentiment of
the principals in this barbarous war
giving them assistance and the APP
peal for one, and not for the other,
therefore meets with this criticism
! would be glad to see it broadened
out so that the funds collected could
be distributed equally among the suf-
ferers of the different nations. l
realize we are called the Belgian"
relief. but then it is our own business
to relieve whom we please. no matter
what the name is. Yours very truly.
A. G. c. Bierer.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
C0UNTERFE|TERs ARE
GRABBED BY UNCLE SAM
ONE AT Ell RENO AND ONE AT
OKLAHOMA CITY; HAD DIES
FOR MAKING BOGUS COIN

VIM. Barnette, smooth youngster,
travel stained and with several weeks
growth Of beard was arrested at Ell
Reno yesterday on "vag" charge as
ne was emerging from a side door"
pullman in the Rock Island yards.
Barnette looked like a man who was
dead broke" and without a friend on
earth But search of his clothing
brought fourth starting results The
officers found him in possession Of
enough counterfeit coin to bring
grief to every merchant in the state.
a device for making nickels and "sil-
ver'' dollars was also found. He
was turned over to the federal au-
thorities and brought to Guthrie last
night. Before T. S. Commissioner
Fred Green today he entered a plea
of guilty and was remanded to Jail
to await action of the next grand
jury.
A. Straup caught by officers at Ok
lahoma City, is in jail here also on
counterfeiting charge. He had a die
that made very fine imitation of a
So gold piece. Judge John A. Fain
is here today appearing before Com
missioner Green as prosecutor
against Straup
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
CALM, VETERAN MAIL
MAN, USES FIRST AID

John S. Calm, vete~an city mail
carrier is entitled to an ebony medal.
Recently while traversing his route
he came upon group Of wildly ex-
eited colored folks in the center o.
which lay a little negro child about
four years old. apparently dead The
women told Calm the child had fal-
len into a ristern and was dead. Calm
detecting life in the little body got
busy and in less than five minutes,
by using the pump method" yigor-
ously, brought the child back to life.
The negro population along Johns
route now hail him as a savior.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
WIFE SHOOTS
HUSBAND WHO
DIVORCED HER
MRS. LOUIS SCHNEGER
THEN TURNS GUN ON
SELF; BOTH WILL DIE

Kansas City, May Louis Sea-
weger, president of construction
company, here, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by his VIE
today in the corridor of the cour;
house. The woman then shot herself.
Both will PROBABLY die.
Schweger obtained a divorce last
November and the wifes petition for
an annulment was denied by the court
this morning.
Schweger was standing in eoIri-
do with his back turned when the
-iie and woman companion came
out Of the courtroom. Mrs Schweger
suddenly opened her hand bag, eN-
tracted a revolver and fired five
she's at her husband. shreiking NOW
I've got you for lying AS Schwegcr
sank to the floor the woman shet
herself twice.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
CHOLERA IS NOW THREAT
EN|NG TO ADD TO TERROR
MANY ARE DEAD FROM
DREAD DISEASE; PEOPLE
IN HTIABLE PLIGHT

New York, May THE Rockefel-
Ter Foundation War Relief Commis-
sion has made public report on des-
| titution and disease in Serbia In
which it is stated that on April 10
probably from 25,000 to $4,000 par-
sons were suffering from typhus in
Serbia and that this and other epi-
denies We're swiftly enveloping the
entire Nation The report was trans-
| mitted from Berlin.
Cholera was at that time expected
with the arrival of warm weather
and no preparations had been made
to combat 1t, the report said. Prob
ably 100000 persons were destitute.
Neither the Serbian government, alb
sorbed in the war, nor the people
themselves were able to control the
situation, which the commission de-
seribed as not only a menace to
the health of the Serbian people, but
OF the whole world
The Serbian government. the re-
port says. attributes the Inception OF
typhus to Austrian prisoners who
We're quartered to the number OF Co.,
600 throughout the country. Every
community on the main lines OF trav
el Is infected with the disease. AS
one illustration OF its ravages and OF
the prevalence of destituuon, the
report describes the situation at Nish
the temporary capital whose norm
al population has been increased from
25000 to 10000 due chiefly to the in
fluX of refugees.
About 275 refugees occupied a
school building adjoining and in the
enclosed grounds OF large church
in Nish," the report says. Eleven
small schoolrooms were used with
the number Of occupants In each
ranging from Is to % There were
no beds. Not the slightest attempt
was made to clean the place, inside
or out.
1t is difficult to describe the con-
dition of the people in this building
in the language Of restraint The
hall floors and the stairways were
foul, and grew worse with each days
addition. In the rooms the people
were huddled dn family groups on the
floor. The rayages of starvation and
disease were appalling.
There remains in our minds the
picture of baby, whose drawn face.
the skin stretched sharply over the
bones, gave an impression OF tooth
less old age, clutching weakly at the
breast Of a mother too weak to nour-
ish or care for it The woman in
charge said that usually there were
three or four deaths every day"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
DIPLOMAS ARE
ISSUED To 1853
COUNTY PUPILS
EIGHTH GRADE COMMENCE
IENT;; NEXT EXAMINA-
TION PERIOD MAY 1914
.DIFLoMAs-42 SLIT FIRST

DiI7lJOMAo- oI1 ~ lIto
Out of a total Of $50 county school
pupils who tried for diplomas in the
common school examination held at
the court house under supervision OF
County Superintendent Margaret
Doolittle April 14th and 18th, 15B
passed the test and have received
beautifully engraved diplomas, fur
nished by State Superintendent r. II.
Wilson. Miss Doolittle has just fin
ished mailing the diplomas to the
successful ones.
Another examination for diplomas
will be held in Guthrie May 18th and
14tlL at which time a large class is
expected to take the work. Pupils
are allowed to retain all passing
grades from the April examination
and complete the credits for diplom-
as at the May examination. There
we're 1872 graduates last year
Much stress is being placed upon
the upper grade work in the rural
schools, in an endeavor to hold all
pupils in school until they have earn
ed common school diploma, The
results, Miss Doolittle says, thus far
are very gratifying, but much is yet
to be accomplished to make the in
complete in all details.
Eighth grade commencement ex>
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-05-01
CHILDREN Of ST. MARY's
CELEBRATE MAY DAY

The children of ST. Mary's School
celebrated May Day yesterday after
noon with a program. consisting OF
readings, music and drills. The flow
er drill given by the girls of the
school was worthy of special men
tion, those who took part were: Lila
and Amy Selstrum, Margaret and
Marie Dorsey. Florence and Helen
Brickner, Katherine Kroeger, Frances
Herber, Frances Meek, Philimena ami
Agnes Dorsey. Katherine Wolgamol,
Hope Kennedy, Marie Feary, Alice
Katherine Fitzpatrick. Mary Coyle
Cray. Viola Knebel, Ellen Freshohr
and Mary Purcell.