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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
PASSING OF THE BUFFALO.
This Tragedy Of The Fur Trade an 40.
eldsnt Of Civilization.

Speaking of the buffalo which IN now
becoming rare and which might have
been saved for both food and game
purposes, the author OF Let us Go
Aneld." Emerson liough. writes:
"All the high grade, well system.
atircd butchery In which the beef
trust dill not play n Part ended only
about twenty years ago, Tho Indians
refuse 10 believe that I, IL ended They
pray 20 their leaders among the white
men 20 take them north. far away,
where the buffalo have gone Belng
told there is no such land. they take II
out Ia praying for hereafter Ia which
there shall be plenty of bnyulo.
THE destruction of the buffalo was
tho tragedy of the fur trade, II was
not so much blunlcr In commerce us
II was mn accident OF civilization. Tho
belt OF the machinery Of progress got
loose when the railroads came aud the
engine raced There was time OF
hurry and nnprparcdncss when our
transportation for the FIRST time ran
ahead Of us. II wns the great plnins
railroads that killed OF tho buffalo.
I'VE wiped the west on the earth, II
not on the map, long ngo. uud now we
seek TO water its grave with national
irrigation. The terms civilized and saw
age are, however. but relative. and
there is always some sort Of balance
struck between them. Continually we
make war npon the wilderness its pee.
pie, its creatures; yet. having done NO.
We coyet again the wilderness. yenrn
for II. depend upon Il md ape II even
In our clothing We may abolish the
wilderness from the earth and from
the map. but we cannot abolish Il
from our blood. II In therefore a mat.
ter Of course after all that, having
eaten the heart out Of our cake, we
shall manage TO yet along with the
fragments LEFT around the edge, We
may pay little more for the frag.
mcnts than for MI the rest. hut we can
afford II. We are rich. richr
---sass-a-----l....----.--
A classified nd will give results.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
STORMY XMAS ON
WESTERN FRONT

With the British armies In France,
Dec. s6.-(Delaysd.--A bowling
wind and . driving rain ushered In
the third Christmas Of the war along
the British front. The promise Of
q beautiful Christmas day In the star
lit night Of Christmas eve was not
fulfilled.
Christmas was day OF compari-
tive quiet on the front. There was a
good deal Of ar .llery firin In Ger.
tain sectors and trench mortar ac-
tivity--the fire rs one Tommy pun
ningly expressed II. In order to snake
pieces on the earth"
Unheedful OF the weather and the
firing. the Tommies carried out their
Christmas program. There werc
lunches and dinners and suppers and
masquerade parties. photograph con-
certs. theatrical programs and bad
music---smokers and what-not. the
seers observing the customs OF that
part OF England and her colonies
from which they came. Commanding
officers, for the most part. attended
the messes Of their men, wishing
them happy Christmas and an early
victory.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
BRITISH ARE IN
BETTER HUMOR

London, Dec. 26.-British hostil-
ity toward President Wilson appear
ed to have been considerably molli-
fled today. The change was attribu-
table to the latest interpretations of
the motives which impelled the des-
patch of the American peace note.
London now regards it as having
been sent with the main purpose Of
forcing Germany to state her peace
terms and to carry the implication
that unless these terms are salts
factory" America may enter the war
on the side Of the allies.
There was, however, considerable
continued criticism Of what was
termed the presidents "obscurity
and infelicity" Of language and his
apparent reversal OF policy since
May 81, when he stated America was
not considered with the cause and
object of the war.
The declaration In the Swiss state
ment that the Swiss government was
''in touch" with Wilson five weeks
ago. was regarded as conclusively
disproving the almost universal In
itial belief that the American proffer
was a mere appendix to the German
proffer OF peace.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
MOTION PICTURE AcTocs.
Coached In Emotional Expression D,
Phononrnnh Muaie.

Phenocrsph Music,
The lot " i movie star has its hour,
of trial aud tihnlat,on, as well as -,
satisfaction, The sharp call ~ The IL
rector To regis ~ Joy" or "rc;i.u,
terror" or register nny one " the tho,,
sauj ani uur human emotions which
are displayed upon the linn mus, i"
oNcyvi, whatever the emut,nn whlrh
happens 20 be uppcrinnS; IN the actors
mind az the mOmtu, II Is not cae
always IL lave sgIn AeI's cun,nari ur
the face ns IL demanded flr ,niS wr,'l
either from the camera nr'.N. ~ ,p'
worker IN the "lcp,irmt", sd rur ~,
former Il Is perhaps even mt,ler ,haa
Tor the latter. since many ~ the rrerS
sorles which ~ to tltluw the actor az
the stage intu the spirit, or his wurN
arc absent II the stiaio Il 1auuu, h
easy 10 register longing IN 'br m,iN ~
a label " directors rnd r"n.ettN men
anh Discouraged rer'O,nc :, with 10,
cumera grinding away IN FROM, ~ on
ard ha'f dozen S,ranse 'scls" heinz
nulslly erected on all si,lcS
70 asSlSt yhc ac,or ~ this thnnkleS~
tack tho rhonogra.h has been callca
into play Picture the sweet country
maid dreaming of her lorcr IN inroT
land The director tells her 10 loo,
wistful, LONGING, melancholy or what
you will. lIc gives the command Go
which Is the signal for action, the
talking machine n started aud the
strains OF II Hear You Calling Me"
are heard. 4 sympathetic note Is
struck In the heart OF the actress. her
facial expression II indicative OF the
effect OF the music, and the proper
mood IN called forth.
"we know how much music Ell
hances the effect ~ the motion picture
as presented In the theaicr." says the
director responsible for this innova
ton. "Tlr audience does not often r.
allie the Importance of the musical
accompaniment. hnt omit the music
and they will feel the difference In n
moment philadelphia Press
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
DIET SQUAD LIVING
NOT 50 VERY CHEAP
Costing Close to 40 Cents a Per.
son, Not Counting Light
or Heat.

Health Commissioner Robertson Of
Chicago has admitted that the diet
squad meals fed to members OF the now
famous diet squad" are costing close
to the limit OF ~ cents day for each
person and that this cost does not In
clude light. heat or service.
Some persons seem to mlsunder.
stand the purpose Of this test" said
he. 1T Is not my intention 10 show
how cheaply one can live. Our pur-
pose Is to show how well folks can live
on 40 cents a day. know there are
thousands Of persons In Chicago who
are living cheaper than 10 cents n
day."
The aggregate gain Of the twelve
dieters since the start has been Ave
pounds. The women divided up three
and half pounds OF this. The heavy
men have lost Ave and n half pounds;
the light men have gained slightly.
Trade unionlsts are attacking DR.
Robertson on the ground that he Is
giving a lesson In lowering the stand
ard Of American living
Because DR.. Tanner tasted forty
days" asked President Fitzpatrick Of
the local body Of the Federation Of La
bor. "is that any reason he shonld he
followed"
The Hght against high prices Is
spreading among civic organizations
but the boosters are still ut 1t. Butter
has jumped 4 cents In the last few
days. and potatoes have gone up.
Commissioner Robertson has issued
the official call on the people Of Chi
cago to boycott eggs for table use un'
III Jan. 21. He IN trying to make
James Il. Wetz dump some Of his 72.'
100000 eggs on the market
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26

Benedict. Germany permitted the
holy father to read the secret list
Of concessions and demands.
No official comment was obtained
here today, either from the vatican
or the court as to this report or as
to the official view on the peace sug-
gestions contained in President VIII
sons note. 1t was apparent. how
ever. that Italian officialdom is pug
xled by the American suggestion, con-
sidering there is some diplomatic Sec
ret behind II.
The Italian press today continued
its speculation concerning President
Wilson's step and found countless
possible motives as impelling 1t.
These ranged all the way from be-
lief that It was inspired by "Secre-
tary LAnsing's pro-Germanism."
down to the possibility Of this being
the first step toward the United
States entering the war.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
PRES, CARRANzA'S
REPLY DUE TO-DAY

Washington, Dec. 26.-Settlement
of difficulties between Mexico and the
United States by peaceful means de-
pends upon what answer Carranza
gives on this, the last day set by the
American-Mexican peace commission
ers for him to sign the troop with
drawal protocol.
Oficial announcement was made
today that this government expects
to hear from the first chief today as
to whether he agrees to the troop
withdrawal terms, Difficulties in
transmission may delay the answer
until tomorrow, but this government
does not purpose to negotiate with
Carranza further on this point.
II Carranza does not sign as stip-
ulated, the commissions session will
be at an end. This will leave the sit
uation as 1t was before the commits
sioners convened at New London in
the early fall. 1t may mean. too. a
firmer policy on the part Of this gov
eminent in dealing with Mexican af-
fairs.
Carranza submitted an amended
protocol to the conferees In Philadel-
phia last week. This was rejected
and the American group informed the
Mexicans the first would have to
stand.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
SEALED PACKET
: FROM THE KAISER

Rome, Dec 26.-Germany has
handed to the neutral nations whose
services she asked In forwarding
peace suggestions to her enemies, a
sealed packet containing the specific
terms upon which she was willing to
make peace, according to report
here today.
The report had It that this packet
was sent with instructions that It was
only to be read and forwarded to
Germany's enemies Of the entente In
case those powers. answering Ger
many's proffers, actually requested
terms.
Otherwise, 1t was to be returned
unopened.
The same report declared in the
case Of the note submitted to Pope
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
The Diplomat.

Were you lonesome while was
away. Bertram, dearT asked his wife
when she returned from her visit TO
her mother,
"Ycs. love. was drcadfully lone
some" replied Bertram dutlfully.
But. why didn't you write to me
oftener1 had only two letters from
you the whole time was away"
We'll. you bee. my dear, tried 10
write you. but couldn't make the
letters sound cheerful. aud was afraid
you'd discover how lonesome ! was
and come right home. ! wouldn't have
spoiled your visit for the world. love"
And he renhy thought she believed
him.--st Louis Post.Dispatch.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
WOOL CLEANING IN ALEPP0.
Much Like Q conjurins Trick 10 This
Old Eastern Process.

"Se" G'Nv SoVJe'"b tV'SN " s"s
Old Eastern Process.
Many OF the old eastern processes
may still be seen In the bazaars of
Aleppo. A contributor to Blackwood's
In recent article describes q man
whom he saw at work cleaning wool
in exactly the same way as has been
the custom In Syria since Biblical
days:
''In the shelter Of one OF the arches
perhaps you come upon some curious
process In full swing II may be the
cleaning Of hair or wool or even the
making Of woolen felt The cleaning
Of wool and hair seems TO have some
thing Of conjuring about It, SO imme.
date are the results and 80 unexpect.
ed, compared with the rude implement
used.
"A man seated cross legged on the
paving is the conjurer. His instru-
ment Is wooden bow. about four feet
long, In shape like the bow Of violin,
but with the back two feet away from
several stout catgut strings. On the
floor he places small heap Of wool
clotted with mud and dirt, and above
II stands his bow. Its back In the air.
its two projecting horns resting on
the floor and its strings touching the
WOOL With wooden mallet he strikes
the strings lightly aud sets them twang.
Ing tremendously and then rocks the
bow and lets Its back strike the floor
or wall. Between the top Of the bow
or floor or wall comes a tap of the
strings with thelmallet, and what with
the time he keeps and the twanging
strings there Is semblance to the dis.
tant sound Of drum and harps. Hav.
ing got into time with bow and tap
ping. perhaps he begins to hum song
ut Is all u matter Of few seconds
only before the wool begins TO rise In
q soft white cloud around the bow. 1t
goes on rising, and he slightly stlrs II,
pulls the lower part more under the
strings. changes the position Of the
bow little. but keeps up the rocking
and tap.tapping and never breaks the
rhythm with which he began. Under
the vibrating strings the wool grows
into n heap In size like n table, but still
he goes on, while cloud OF fine dust
rises TO the roof Of the vault. When he
stops he has produced great mound
OF soft white, feecy wool and beneath
II is a heap Of sand and dirt. So he
goes on, IN the cool shade OF his clois-
ter. twanging aud tap-tapplng and sing.
Ing and half filling his vault with clean
wool us the result OF a days work with
this primitive instrument
"One may see these wool cleaners
often, for they nre I'm every town and
bazaar. But just as often one stops be-
side them TO hear the sounding strings,
the rhythmical tapping. the monoto.
nous song md to see the magical re.
suits which follow. II all Is a scene
as eastern In spirit and NJ ancient as
can he found"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
The japanese Empire.

The japanese empire proper Is made
up Of four large islands, Nippon. Shi.
koku, Kiushu and Yeddo, and about
$500 small ones, many OF them too
small and rocky for hnbitation. In area
the empire IL very nearly the same as
the state OF California. about 10000
square miles. II has a population Of
between i5.000,O00 and 50.000.O00. the
larger part OF II being engaged In agri.
culture and fishing. The arabic land
Of the whole empire, not including For.
mosa or Korea, In about 100000
acres. or just about that OF the state of
New York.-New York American
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland. Dec. ae.--Todays mar
ket quotations were:
Wheat--Club. 1<o; bluestem. la,
oats--No. I white feed. $500.
BArley--Feed. S7.0o.
Hogs--Bsst live. s.s5.
Primo steere. 500; fancy Gown. $50
D TOO: best calves. 100.
Spring lambs. 10.
Buttsr--Ciy creamery. 80; coun-
try, Is.
Esss- Selected local sxtr~s. %.
Hens. Is; broilsrs. 10; sssss. IL.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
WAR FAILING TO END,
$4,000 BET Is PAID

l. A bet OF $4,000 has just .
+ changed hands In commercial .
+ circles ut Amsterdam. Holland, :
+ because the war did not end I'm :
!. October. 1916. The nominal bet .
|. tors were two pools Of Stock Ex- .
!. change and business men, form .
+ ed Il year ago. but as both sides :
+ had hedged their bets by the Eu- :
+ ropean custom OF taking out in :
+ surance policies against losing .
+ the real participants were the :
!. speculative Insurance companies. :
I. Just where the loss was finally .
+ distributed Is not known. as the :
!. original bctters had taken out .
+ policies, paying 10 per cent pre- :
+ MUM, and the companies with :
!. whom they insured had reinsur.
+ ed. further distributing the risk.
!. The winners OF the bet divided
!. the net sum Of $10s,OO0, while
1. the losing pool had to pay out :
+ $4,000 in insurance.
:.
+ T. + + I. 1. 1. + + 1. r. + /. + /. 1. 1.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
DuEls IN THE Navy
They Were Frequent and Deadly
From 1899 10 1886.
HONOR WAS THEN A FETISH.
In Those Days . Challenge Was Hsld 10
es Sort ef Diploma For Naval Men.
and the Victims of the Field et Gem.
bat Were lAudsd 90 Heroes.

The number of United States naval
officers killed IN ,lucls In tho half cen.
tury from lT0s to 1913 was two-thirds
tho number OF officers who loat their
lives In the naval wars Of the unitcd
States In that same period.
la the elghty.two duels which werc
fought In that period thirty six mch
were killed. OF whom thlrty.thrcc werc
naval officers, or those who were not
killed In those naval ducls ono.h
were wouDd,si.
In those days of the old navy the
duel was held 10 DO u sort OF lndls.
psnsa6le diploma for the naval officers
Men were sensitive as to their honor.
and very fantastic were their notions
rs 10 the necessity OF its defense
puels were Fought between officers
high In rank AMI more often bctwcci,
the midshipmen. The commissioned
officers dealt with these affairs Of
honor" between the youngsters viii,
pompous solcmnliy,
Verses were printed upon their vie.
tins In the literary journals Of tho day.
and their relatives caused epitaphs IN
the Johnsoninn style TO be placed upon
their tombs, Occasionally duels ns,
sumcd the character almost of an In
ternationnl Incident. nnd sometimes
they became small wars.
Early In the war with Tripoli OH,
GERS became lnvolyod In Qunrrcls
among themselves and with the OH
GERS OF the British navy who were on
service In the Mediterranean, In 1910
the Americans and the British officers
who were connected with the garrl
son at Gibraltar fought ducls 10 fre
quently that the governor prohibited
the harbor TO American ships.
Those old time midtlies were exceed
ingly belllcosc. They were very Jenl
ous OF their rank. They had their own
exalted ideas as to the meaning OF the
terms gentleman; and officer" there.
fore many sanguinary duel was pre-
cipitntcd by causes the most trivial
What nowadays would bc considered
u practical joke then became an affair
OF ten PAGES with pistols.
Once MILDLY amused himself by
sprinkling letter that another MILDLY
was writing, Thcrcupon the letter
writer sprinkied the waisteont OF the
x..ls - A. a.
onender with the contents OF tho Ink
oottie' a rev days later tho two faced
eacn other Ia u dnei
ihat inc number OF deaths nhd scri'
Gus WOUNDS IN 'neso due's was 80 great
Is not su'prs'h. ~ view OF tne iae'
.nat .ne Instance ue'wcen 'ne com
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
CURRY CoUNTY'S RESOURCES
(Port Orford Tribune)

(Port Oxford Tribune)
A big fight is developing that will
break when the legislature convenes
over the closing Of Rogue river to
commercial fishing. The Tribune be-
heves that such an act would he leg
islation for the classes and against
the masses. a. the object Of the move
Is to save fish for few sport ang-
lers on the upper river. But when
the Medford Mail Tribune says that
10 close the river would take away
the only occupation that the meager
autural resources Of q mountainous
rock-ribbed. brush-covered region af-
iords. that paper does not know what
Il b talking about. II is.true that
fishing on Rogue river is one OF the
important industries in this county.
but as to being the only occupation"
Il Is scarcely more than q drop in the
bucket even in the immediate vinicity
Of the river, as compared to stock
raising and the dairying industry.
Editor Putnam had better take an
other look At Curry. and perhaps he
can see something more than rock
Ribbed shores and brpsh-covered
mountains.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26
Didn't Know Mckinley.

Once when William Mckinley was
governor of ohio hc and Corl'ett had u
long chat IN u parlor Of the principal
hotel In Columbus. As they walked
down the steps lniu the oilire drum.
nier standing near said, There goes
corbctt!" Instantly there WIS n rurore
and another drummer standing ucar
asked. "Who II The ll,',c man with
himr-From The Sighting Man" by
william A, BRADY,
-
The nrst steel pens were sold for
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26

Calling cards at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26

The frst steel pens were sold for
about 20 cents each.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-12-26

= Tonight and Wednesday fair.
= colder east portion tonight. con-
= tinued cold west portion; east
= erly winds
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Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-01
HUGHES SILENCE
IS DECLARED To
BE |NEXCU5ABLE
Vance Mccormick Issues
Statement Replying to Can
didate'S Explanation Re-
garding AdanSOn Law
rsv MOANING ,ouar.l SPECIAL lSAS'o w''a

New York, Sept. 3O--Nancc G.. Me.
Cormick, chairman Of the democratic
national committee today gave out
the following statement
"Mr. Hughes attempt TO explain his
silence, when word from him would
have been welcomed copcerning
means for avoiding the threatened
railroad strike, stamps him with an
utter lack of fairness ne did not suF-
gest his republican advisors in the
senate that they fight TO the last
ditch, the law that he now assails be-
cause as he says, he does not believe
In filbusteriug. He protests also
that the administration, through the
legislative channels Of congress met
the crisis with such business like dis
patch that he, thousand miles re
moved, could not have been expected
to offer any suggestions
The protest of the republican can
didate that if COngtcss. through its
majority determined TO pass the bill
there was no reason whatever that it's
action should lie merely delayed by
flibustering is Illuminating, ag devcl-
cping another of Mr. Hughes incOn-
sstencies just about the time the SEN
ate was concerned with the strike Cri-
sis the democrats, in obedience to the
mandates Of their party platform,
were trying to pass through the SEN
ate the corrupt practices act which
seeks to cure an evil that is a dis
grace to the nation. "By a vote Of
more than two to one. the senate
i
Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-10-01

YET EVERY TREE Is \ COMPASS
iTTv4IaVya

How nearly complete what may be
/ called urGani2ation can become, even
! i'm these days when almost everybody
| gets out of the cities for while every
year, was strikIngly illustrated by the
painful and dangerous experience OF
the two Dennisous in the White noun
taius They went for an afternoon
stroll from their hotel In a region
which. though still fairly well descrv-
ing to be described as wild, is as thor
ouRhly explored as any in the coun-
try. yet hardly were they out OF
sight OF a popular and much frequent
ed resort than they were irretrievably
lost" so far as their own efforts
were concerned, and In all probability
both would have died Of exposure and
hunger had they not been sought and
at last found i'm their helpless misery
by rcscucrs whose superior inteIli-
gcnce they would probably be far
from admitting
why they could not find their way
If not to their starting point, at least
to "A place where guidance could be
obtained, Is almost ncomprehcnsible
to anybody who knows even few Of
the many ways by which direction can
be asccrtaincd I'm a forest. with pow
ers Of observation even a little deVel-
oped, and with even a little knowledge
Of what to look for and see, gen
eral course toward any point of the
compass can be stoered, and 1t is aim
less wandering In circles and spirals
that leads to such exhaustion as over
came these unfortunates.
OF course it was not intelligence
that yyug InClfur in this case hut the