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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
JOKING RELATIVES.
Peculiar and Embarrassing Custom oi
the Grow indians.


the Grow indians.
The Crow Indians are divided into
thirteen clans In former times the
number was probably greater. These
groups are called by nickname-like des
ignation. such as WhistlIng Waters,
They Bring Game Without Having
Killed II, Kicked In Their Stomach. and
so forth Every individual belongs to
his mothers clan. and II Is considered
highly improper 10 marry person oil
ones own clan. since all the marriage
able women Of that group are reckon
ed us belonging TO the status of either
a mother or u sister.
Those individuals whose fathers be-
long to the same clan stand 10 each
other in a very special relation. which
for want OF better name may be call
ed the Joking relationship They are
privileged to play pranks and practical
Jokes on each other without giving or.
fense. says the Southern Farmer, More
particularly Is II the function OF one
OF them to administer stinging re-
buke when the other has transgressed
some rule Of tribal morality or Ell
quette.
In such case the Joker" viii oide
his time until some public occasion
arises. Then he will boldly come for
ward and twit the culprit with his deed
In the face of the assembled throng
and to his utter discontinue, Against
this punishment there is no redress
for nothing said by joking relative
can be resented. The only thing a
man can do is TO wait for an offense
on the part OF his denouncer and then
treat him to dose Of his own medi'
cine
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
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COMING EVENTS

Feb. Is. Tuesday c. Seymour
speaks ON Industrial clubs at Hugo,
1880 a, M. Merlin. ; p, m,
Feb. 10, Tuesday Music club meet
ing ut Commercial club rooms;
study section at 1880; chorus prae-
tice at S:15.
Feb. i6, "Wednesday 9. Seymour
at Leonard orchard, i0:3o a. M;
Wilderyille. : p. M.
Feb. II. Thursday--Miss Russolfs
southern Oregon pictures and VIII
Steers illustrated lecture on Crater
lake. Guild hall. auspices of
Society OF Arts and Crafts,
Feb. II. Thursday--H. G. Seymour
at Murphy. 9;i5; Laurel Grove, ii
a. m.; Provolt. > p. M; Williams
hall. 7:30 p. III,
Feb. IS. Friday--Meeting OF the
Josephine County Legislative Club
for Women. ut the court house, ut
2:30 p. m, ]. D. Mickle. on Dairy
and Food Laws
Feb. IS, Friday. d. Mickle. state
dairy and food commissioner,
speaks to Josephine County Legis-
| lative Club for Women, 1880 p. m.
Feb. IS, Friday-H. c. Seymour Mt
Grants Pass, high school, 9l5;
East school. 1890; Central school,
1:15 p. M; Riverside school. 2:30
! p. m.
Feb. IS, 10. 20, Friday-Sunday---
State C. f. convention in Grants
Pass.
Feb. 23. wednesday-Muslc club
concert, Italian evening, CONNER
cial club rooms.
Feb. 20, esday--Topsy-Turvy party
at Presbyterian church.
Feb. 20 and 81, Sunday and Monday
Col. T. W. Scott, OF Seattle. wash,
provincial officer OF Washington,
Oregon and Idaho for the Saliva
ton Army, will be here.
Feb. 26, Saturday--Local teachers
institute at Kerby.
Feb. 26, Saturday--Cooked food sale
by ladies' OF NJ. L. church south. at
public market. 666
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
Poor Middle Child.

Middle children are to be pitied for
being condemned to be constantly
made over out OF the luckier eldest's
outgrown raiment. How can Tommy
be sure he Is Tommy when he Is al.
ways walking around In Johnny's
shoes? Or Polly. grown to girlhood,
ever find her own heart when all her
life 1t has beaten under Anna's pima.
fore ef-Atlnntic
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

they win have an injunction flashed
on them. ordering silence.
Judge Charles Wollborn issued the
restraining order at tho request OF
Venice citizens who said the animals
noise intorfered with sleep.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
An indian Custom.

A social custom " the Crow Indian.
which Is often encountered among 9th
er Indian tribes and also among the
natives of Australia and Africa. Is the
motber.in.Iaw taboo A man and his
wife's mother never talk with each
other. not from any motives Of hostlli
~. but rather az a token Of mutual re.
spect. Southern Workman.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
TALES OF THE TOWN

went to Grants Pass.
And on the train.
l met Doc Reddy.
And stuck him.
For my breakfast.
And seat in the Pullman.
And | left him,
When we reached.
The Beet City.
And after a while.
| drifted back.
To the Hotel Josephine.
Where there was nothing to do.
In Grants Pass.
But talk beets.
And the Club"
Had gathered at the fire.
In the Josephine.
And there was Doc. Reddy.
And Engineer Harmon.
And Jack Harvey.
And Robie.
And all.
And as I drifted in.
I must have looked lonesome.
Or sad.
Or something.
And they treated me nice.
And said I needn't feel bad.
Because Grants Pass.
Is going to have the factory.
For Medford.
Is going to have one, too.
And Doc. Reddy.
Took me aside.
And whispered in my ear.
That he had seen.
Col. Mundy.
In Frisco.
And the Col.
rad III all uAeu.
For a sugar factory.
At Medford.
And II was all settled.
And financed.
And everything.
Because Col. Mundy.
Told him so.
And / felt fine.
And nearly broke my neck.
Trying to get home.
SO I could tell George.
SO he could print 1t.
In his paper.
And l did.
And George.
Only said:
Built"
And I don't know.
What he meant.
AS was talking beets,
Not beef.--"A," in the Medic
Mail-Tribune.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
Lincoln's Book.

Lincoln was a man of one book. and
that book the Bible. Its cool vtgor hp
came his The compressed energy oi
its phrases lent strength to his act'
and utterances. and they berame. in a
measure. the salvation of the Onion
Editorial In New York Times
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

ABSTRACTS-When buying prop
erty or loaning money, protect
yourself by insisting on an authen-
tic abstract. We make them.
Grants Pass Abstract Co. w. Il.
Hanson, manager, Albert building,
opposite post Office. Phone 226-J.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

Keen Kutter tools and cutlery at
the Rogue River Hardware. 66Otf
vuo'p ~ Soy".
Look here" said the reforming hus
band I'VE must have things arranged
In this house 50 that we shall know
Just where everything IL kept"
with all my heart" sweetly III
swered his wife. "and let us begin VIII
your late hours. my love. | should
very Inucn like 10 know where the,
are kept Stray Stories.
Old papers. &c per bundle, at the
Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
LIONS ENJoINED FROM
KEEPING VENICE AWAKE

Venice. Cal, Feb. l2.--Heroafter
when lions and tigers at the Barnes
circus winter quarters roar and howl
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
M..hnd In Her areakaae.

Augusta is an awfully bright girl.
isn't sheT
"Yes. indeed! When she is reading a
novel on the front porch her mother
never thinks of asking her to wash
the dishes"
why not?"
"She's sure 10 break so many OF
them" "-Cleyeland Plain Dealer
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

ROOM and board In private home,
All North Sixth street. Phone
207-J. 613
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

FOR SALE--26 acres bottom land
near Grants Pass. all under fine
irrigation system. Inquire 1901
Courier. 694
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13
NEW TODAY

MODERN Groom plastered house,
with pantry. closet, bath, lawn,
shade, cement walks, shrubbery,
etc. Well located, close In. Bar
gain price. Terms. Inquire Bart
let's shoe store. $50
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

Mining blanks, Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-02-13

Old papers at the Courier office.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
Not a Bite Of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass of hot water and
phosphate prevents illness
and keeps us fit.

Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount of incom-
bustible material in the form Of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible mate
rial, which if not completely eliminat-
ed from the system each day, becomes
food for the millions Of bacteria which
infest the bowels. From this mass of
leftover waste, toxins and ptomaine-
like poisons are formed and sucked
into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink glass of real hot wa
ter with a teaspoonful Of limestone
phosphate in it to wash out of the
thirt- feet of bowels the previous days
accumulation of poisons and toxins
and to keep the entire alimentary
canal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, biliousness, constipation,
OI1OA6 WIZ WdhO up Will UctO Cd0tS,
foul breath, backache, rheumatic stiff
ness, or have a sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from
any druggist or storekeeper, and be-
gin practicing internal sanitation.
This will cost very little, but is suf1i-
Gent to make anyone an enthusiast
on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do.
Just as soap and hot water cleanses,
sweetens and freshens the skin, so
hot water and limestone phosphate
act on the stomach, liver kidneys and
bOWels.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
IS CHILD CROSS,
FEvER|sH, SICK
Look, Mother! If tongue 10
coated, give 1'Califoraia
Syrup of Figs"

Children love this fruit Laxative"
and nothing else cleanses the tender
stomach, liver and bowels so nicely.
A child simply will not stop playing
to empty the bowels, and the RESULT In
they become tightly clogged with
waste. liver gets sluggish. stomach
sours, then your little one becomes
cross, half-sick, feverish, don't eat,
sleep or act naturally, breath is bad,
system full Of cold, has sore throat
stomaeh-ache or diarrhoea. Essfen,
Mother! See If tongue is coated, then
give teaspoonful OF "CahfoMaa
Syrup of Figs" and in few hours all
the constipated waste, sour bile and
undigested food passes out Of the sys.
tenn, and you have a we'll child again
Millions Of mothers give California
Syrup of Figs" because it is perfectly
harmless; children love it, and it nsy-
er fails to act on the stomach. liver
and bowels.
Ask at the store for 50cent botIe
of California Syrup Of Figs" which
has full directions for babies, children
4of all ages and for grown-ups plainly
printed on the bottle. ADV.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
WAR SECRETARY
GARRISON QUITS
WILSON CABINET
Breckenridge Also Resigns as
Assistant Secretary.
RESERVATIONS ARE ACCEPTED
Letters in Case Given Out-Execu-
tive's Refusal to Insist on CONT
nental Army Plan One Reason
for Action.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Lindley M.
Garrison, secretary of war, and Henry
Breckenridge, assistant secretary, ten.
dered their designations to President
Wilson who Immediately accepted
them. 1.
Mr.. Garrison's resignation was
brought about by the failure of Presi-
dent Wilson to support the continental
army feature of the national prepared.
ness scheme and because the secre.
tary Of war is not in sympathy with
the Clark amendment to the Philippine
bill providing for the REIMBURSEMENT
of American control Of the islands.
Letters Made Public.
The letter Of Mr.. Garrison and the
presidents acceptance Of his resigna'
ton are as follows:
"War Department, washington, Feb
10, 1916.-My Dear Mr.. President
am just in receipt of yours of February
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
FRENCH CRUISER is MISSING.
Amiral Charner Has Not Been Heard
From Since February 8.

Amiral Charner Has Not Been Heard
From Since February 8.
Paris, Feb. 15.-The following off,
cial statement was given out here on
Sunday:
THE ministry of marine fears for
the fate of the cruiser Amiral Char
ner, which has been patroling the
Syrian coast. No news has been re-
ceived from the cruiser since Febru-
airy 8. when, according to a German
telegram, submarine sank a French
warship."
The Amiral Charner under normal
conditions carried a crew of $40. It
displaced 1850 tons.
London, Feb. 15.-The British steam.
ship Springwell Of 5,513 tons gross
has been torpedoed and sunk in the
Mediterranean. The officers and crew
were saved. The British steamship
Cedarwood has been sunk.
Havre, Feb. IA Belgian official
report issued states that the German
gunboat Hedwig Won Wissmann has
been sunk in Lake Tanganyika. Two
officers and nineteen sailors were
made prisoners. The Belgian and
British fiotilla engaged suffered no
loss.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
VIENNA IS ASKED TO EXPLAIN.
American Tank Steamer petroIite was
Fired Upon and Food Taken.

Fired Upon and Food Taken.
Washington, Feb. IL. - Secretary
Lansing announced on Thursday that
he had sent to the Austro-Hungarian
government through Ambassador Pen.
field dispatch asking for an investi-
CATION and an explanation of the at
tack by an Austrian submarine on the
American tank steamer Petrolite.
The secretary's dispatch called at
tention to affidavits from members Of
the crew of the Petrolite and to infor-
nation from other sources to the effect
that the ship was stopped in the Med
iterranean near Alexandria by an Aus
trian submarine, which fired upon it
and wounded one man who was in the
engine room. The submarine COM
mander asked for food, which Captain
Thompson of the Petrolite refused. A
boarding party was then sent to the
American ship and one American men,
Der of her crew removed. He was
held as hostage while the Austrians
took the food they required from the
PetroIite's stores.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
WHEN KIDNEYS ACT BAD
TAKE GLASS OF SALTS
Eat Less Meat If Kidneys Hurt or You
Have Backache or Bladder Misery
Meat Forms Uric Acid.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by flush
ing the kidneys occasionally, says a
well-known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which clogs the kidney pores
so they sluggishly filter or strain only
part of the waste and poisons from
the blood, then you get sick. Nearly
all rheumatism, headaches, liver trou-
BILE, nervousness, constipation, dizzi-
ness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders
come from sluggish Kidneys.
The moment you feel dull ache in
the kidneys or your back hurts, or If
the urine is cloudy, offensive, full Of
sediment, irregular of passage or at
tended by q sensation of scalding, get
about four ounces OF Jad Salts from
any reliable pharmacy and take a
tablespoonful in glass of water be-.
fore breakfast for few days and your
kidneys will then act fine. This IA
nous salts is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
lithia and has been used for genera.
tons to flush clogged kidneys and
stimulate them to activity, also to neu-
traliZe the acids in urine so it no
longer causes irritation, thus ending
bladder disorders.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure; makes a delightful efferves-
cent Whitewater drink which all reg,
ular meat eaters should take now an0
then to keep the kidneys clean and
the blood pure, thereby avoiding sc.
rious kidney complications.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
Armored Cars Centuries Ago.

Among the interesting documents
in the old Bohemian city Saaz, On the
Eyer river, is picture showing an
attack on the fortress Glatz, in SRessa
500 years ago, in which war-auto-
mobiles were used! The mechaM-
cally-driven cars were fat vehicles,
protected by huge shields in front, In
which the soldiers turned large
cranks, the rotary motion Of which
was transferred to coefwheSls and 10
the road wheels. These fifteenth CEN
fury "chauffeurs" got a speed Of four
miles an hour out of the armored cars.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
GERMANS CAPTURE
FRENCH POSITIONS
Berlin Announces Gain of Seven
Hundred Yards.
CHAMPAGNE SCENE OF FIGHT
Fierce Battle Raging Along Entire
Front in the West-Paris Says
Five Attacks Were
Repuised.

London, Feb. luxurious fighting
is general along the western front and
particularly in the Champagne. The
German war Office announced the cap
ture of 700 yards of French positions
in Champagne, south of Sainte Marie-a-
Ply. At this point 200 officers and men
were taken prisoners.
The French official report does not
mention the capture OF these positions,
but says five successive infantry at
tacks in an effort by the Germans to
recapture positions recently taken in
Champagne were repulsed. The state
ment admits that Germans penetrated
a French trench near scissors, but
they subsequently were elected, it
added.
The German report says:
British artillery bombarded the
town Of Lille. Considerable material
damage was done, but there was no
loss Of life or destruction of military
property.
In. the fighting in the region north
west and west of Vimy up to February
8 we captured nine officers, 682 men,
IS machine guns, mine throwers and
stores Of various descriptions. Our
artillery shelled heavily the enemy's
positions between the Disc and Reims
with good success.
Hand grenade battles continue
without interruption over the portion
OF our trenches to the east Of Maison
de Champagne, which the French oc-
cupied February II. Between the
Mouse and the Moselle we destroyed
by five large explosions the advanced
trenches of the enemy over front of
80 to 40 yards.
Lively artillery fighting is proceed
ing in Lorraine and in the Vosges.
South of Russo, east of st. Die, Ger
man detachment penetrated advanced
portions of the enemy's position and
captured more than 80 chasseurs.
Our aeroplanes bombarded enemy
positions and the railway establish
ments at La Panne and Poperinghe.' -
The French official statement also
reports:
ITO the north of Vic-Sur-Aisne our
artillery dispersed enemy detachments
which had advanced as far as our wire
entanglements.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
GRAVE CHARGES MADE
AGAINST LOUIS BRAkDElS
Clifford Thorne, Chairman Iowa Rail-
road Commission, Makes ACCUSE
tons Before Senate Sub
committee.

Washington, Feb. 11.-Grave charges
against Louis D. Brandeis, nominated
by President Wilson as Supreme court
justice, were made on Wednesday in
a public hearing before subcommit-
tee. Clifford Thorne, chairman Of the
Iowa railroad commission, caused a
sensation when he deliberately told
the committee that he believed the
presidents candidate guilty of:
/. Intidelity, breach Of faith and
unprofessional conduct in connection
with one of the greatest cases Of this
generation.
2. Committing himself as counsel
for the interstate commerce commits
sion to the proposition that a return
of tx per cent on railroad capital is
not adequate, although the commits
sion itself had fixed that rate as en-
adequate profit.
The charges, delivered in calm,
deliberate tone, took away the breath
Of the solemn senate subcommittee
and made the crowd in the committee
room gasp. He reviewed in detail the
conduct of himself and Mr.. Brandeis
in the railroad-rate case of 1910 and
1913 before the interstate commerce
commission. He sought to show that
Mr.. Brandeis, after acting for the ship
pers in 1910, had become attorney for
the commission in 1913 and had not
acted in good faith The object of his
testimony was to show that the con-
duct of Brandeis was unbecoming a
lawyer of judicial temperament" and
that on railroad questions the Supreme
court candidate was already commit
ted and would not be able to act jul
dicially if such questions came be-
fore him as a judge of the highest
court.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
Exclamation Unfinished.

Mr.. and Mrs. Compton had gone out
on the platform to take the air. Mrs
Compton returned to the car first and
sat down squarely in what she thought
was her husbands chair.
That she had made a mistake was
speedily proved by the irate voice OF
the man who had walked along the
aisle behind her.
Madame" he said, you are sitting
on my hiatt"
Mrs. Compton rose and took from
the seat crushed and crumpled OBJ
ject.
Oh" she said breathlessly, as she
gazed at the forlorn object. I'm very
sorry. You see, thought all the time
it was my husband's-I mean"
But what she really meant she never
fully explained, for the outraged own
er or the hat seized it and walked
away in high dudgeon.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint of water add OF. Bay Rum, q
small box of Barbo Compound, and N Oh. of
glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a week
until it becomes the desired shade ANY drug
gist can put this up or you can mix IT. at
home at very little cost. 1t will gradually
darken streaked, faded gray hair, and re-
moves dandruf. 1t is excellent for failing
hair and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
It will not color the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub off.-Adv.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18
GRAHAME-WHiTE is WOUNDED.
Noted Flyer Was Commissioned a
Lieutenant in the British Army.

Noted Flyer Was Commissioned a
Lieutenant in the British Army.
Hazebrouck, France, Feb. 49,
Claude Grahame- White, the British
aviator, has been wounded gravely. No
details have been obtained. He was
commissioned lieutenant last month.
Lieutenant Grahame-W White, one of
the best known aviators, won interna-
tional prominence several years ago
by his spectacular flights in England
and America. He was victor in many
flying contests in the United States
and was awarded thousands of dollars
in prizes.
Lieutenant Grahame-White's wife.
formerly Miss Dorothy Taylor of New
York, obtained last month a decree
for the restitution of her conjugal
rights, an action which in England is
a preliminary step for a suit for di-
vorce.
The Odanah star. [volume] (Odanah, Ashland Co., Wis.) 1912-1916, 1916-02-18

Phillip 3. Kennedy, newly appointed
commercial attache of the United
States, has been assigned to the post
at Melbourne, Australia. 1t is his duty
to study the trade conditions Of the
country and advise the United States
OF its commercial opportunities. He
was appointed January 10 to take the
place of William c. Downs. Mr.. Ken
nedy comes from a professorship in
New York university. He has made a
special study of European economies.