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Jan. 80. Tuesday-Chorus practice
Of Grants Pass Music club at 7:45
p. m. at home of Miss Woke, zoe
North 5th street.
Jan. 80. Tuesday--Meeting of Beet
Growers association stockholders,
at Commercial club rooms. 1880
p. M.
Jan. 81, Wednesday-Red Letter day
by Ladies' Auxiliary In Commercial
club rooms.
Feb. IL l7.Saturday-Meeting Of Wild
erville and Jerome Prairie Farm
ers' clubs at Jerome Prairie school
house.
Feb. 20. Friday--Farce, "The Ped
dlers' Parade" by the ladies OF the
Newman NJ. e. Church.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

u yes would succeed IN busi.
ness nsvsr spend = cent more
than you earn. No matter how
small your earnings, you should
master this art. use the ward
art" advisedly, as so many
young men appear to frittsr
away withou. SO much a. Q
thought all their esrrinss.--Ma~-
shah Field.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28


visitor In Merlin.
Ray Dysert left Saturday morning
tor Roddlng whore he VIII remain,
Aluminium ware at Cramar Bros.
Mrs, Y, d. Elsman. of Rogue River.
was visitor In the city Saturday.
W. p, Pinks returned Friday from a
three weeks business trip 10 Chicago.
DR.. W. II, Flanagan left Friday
evening for Portland To spend sew
eral days.
japalae viii cost more February
lat, buy now At cMmer Bros. 9G2
Mr., and Mrs. Frank Thompson
wcro Friday visitors In the city from,
Merlin.
X Mlsoguchi spent Saturday In
Leland attending 10 business mat
ters.
Fancy tlowored petticoats In all
the new styles, Mrs, u. Rehkopf II
Guy Harvey In spending the week
end In the city. coming down scs,er-
day from Gold Hin.
Mrs, VI, A. Mntney arrived yes.
terday from Medford 10 visit here
with Mira A. q. Lewis,
Mrs, q, w. Matthews was II visitor
In the city yesterday. returning In
the afternoon TO Rogue River,
o. v. Myers returned to Mcdfori
yesterday evening after attending "a
business here for several days.
Durham raxors are fine hair trim.
mers and very beat rAztra Cost si.0o
at Cramor Bros. g62
Fred Dodge returned Friday from
Gold I'M. where he In engaged In
tho survey OF the irrigation canal.
Mrs, w, A, Kimsey. arrived yea,
tcrday morning for Q visit with her
daughter. Mrs, Herman Schmidt
Mrs. G, II. Sampson left Friday
night for months visit with her
son and other relatives at Portland
We have Just received n car o!
GREEN cedar shingies--irants Pass
Lumber Co.
Miss Gladys Penn. domestic science
Instructor. at the local high school
spent Saturday with friends In Med
ford.
r, NJ. Stott. auditor for tho G, a
o, G, r~iiroad. returned yesterda,
from a several days business trip "a
Portland.
Lisk cnamelcd ware. I coat. blu,
outside. white inside NJ cramer Bros
Miss Bertha Taylor. OF Gold Hin
spent week In the city visiting with
Mrs. g. A. Hoag. returning ycstcrda,
to her homo.
W, A, Scott. northwest representa-
tive for the Engineering and Minini
Journal OF New York. was In the city
For several days. leaving Friday fol
Portland.
Japalac at Cramer Bros 81.
Mrs. l., E. 0rlswold left last nigh
for Great Falls. Mont. after visit
Ing friends In the city for the pas
several weeks.
A. J. Jackson. OF Oakland, Cal. Il
spending n few days In the city NJ
tending to business matters. He 4
registered at the Grants Pass hotel
w. NJ. Shepard. commercial man
swer OF the California and Oregon
Power company al San Francisco. Il
spending a few days In the city at
tending TO business interests OF IN,
company.
Pattons sun-proof. year guran
To paint NJ Cramer Bru 30.
! Mrs, w. II. Hodkinson is spendlnp
few days In the city visiting friends
Mr.. and Mrs, Hodklnson recently re-
moved their iowclry store TO Ash
land whore thcy are now located,
Alex Niblcy went TO Salem Friday
night TO spend few days lie was
accompanied by ]. A. Pettlnglll. field
man for the Utah-Idaho company n,
Medford They will, Sign beet acre
age In that district for the local fac.
tory.
Coats at reduced prices; also WOO
and silk dresses. Mrs, n. Rehkopf Il
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
PRESIDENT WILSON SENDS
GREETINGS TO WIIHEIl,

Washington, Jan. s7.--President
Wilson today sent birthday greetings
to Emperor william.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
CIuh IAlneheon Monday

Another interesting session Is an
ticipatcd at tho Monday noon lunch
con At the Commercial club, You1l
miss Il II you miss II.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

ibny Maxwell
The Hitler 4 Randall auto stage
company has added a new car TO us
line. The addition Is q Maxwell pur.
chased through the BENZ Collins
agency.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
More Fortis In Use

More Fords In Use
The G. l.. Hobart company has
sold and delivered during the past
week Ford cars 10 the following;
II. G. Hall and Jack Allison. Grants
Pass: d. r. Hogue. Kerby; Mark
Gates. Holland; Jack Moore. Almcda,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
Red Letter Day Wednesday,


Resolved that the Oregon Fedora
tion Of women's Clubs adopt the last
Wednesday OF January as fellowship
loan fund day. when every club In
the state Is asked to do something
10 increase tho fund which is being
loaned young women to assist In
their education, LA Grande Con.
vention. Pursuant to the above res
solution. the Ladies' Auxiliary will
hold social In the Commercial club
Wednesday afternoon, The enter
tainment for the afternoon will be
In charge Of the social committee.
Refreshments will be served and all
are invited
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

Enalcwooi Dairy
The best milk. cream and ice cream
Phone 222. II
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

itsue Marriage License
A marriage license has been is
sued to Frank Woodbridge and Alice
Gaines. both OF this city.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
Girl at Murphy

Girl at Murphy
A daughter was born yesterday 10
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jackson. al
Murphy,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

Get Your Lunchcs---
Al the Moore Bake shop,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
Excellent Report

Excellent Report
A. II. Steinmitx. sanitary inspector
for the state. has made his reports OF
the various hotels and business
houses Of the city. The Grants Pass
hotel. which 10 run by Mel Coffeen.
received . splendid report Of It's con-
dition. Tho following Ia the comment
made by Mr.. SteInmitr In his official
report. Place Ia very clean and In
excellent condition" 962
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

FOR SALE-Petaluma incubators,
60 size. only used few times and
good as new at right price. VIM.
Jeffers. Murphy. Oregon. 963
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

1T is NOT SAFE to buy property
or loan money without reliable
abstract. We make them. Grants
Pass Abstract Co. Opposite post
Office. w. Z. Hanson. manager
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

JOSEPH MOSS AGENCY-Fire in
surance. plate glass. accident and
liability insurance. Mrs. Joseph
Moss. Mgr, 204la N. 9th st. S-tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28

Ietterheads at the Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-01-28
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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
HOUSING UF WORKERS IN
THE INDUSTRIAL CENTERS
Asks $1OO, 900 to Build HOmes-Adjust-
ment Board Handling Shipyards Disputes.

WASHINGTON, Oct "A conference the housing work.
the
has led oveowdng of houses and the and sheds
sleeping quarters held the offices of the American Federation
of Labor here recently This meeting called at the suggestion
the chairman of the housing subcommittee the labor
welfare of the Council of National
the the deficiency
preparation M that OOo00oo0 be the building
for the workers unable 0 them
This plan suggested by Charles E. Whitaker editor of the
Journal of the American Institute of Architects Whitaker
complete plan for meeting the immediate
the industrial of Chicago He proposed that the
ment either finance the schemes which
might undertake for the ngbohood their plants
funds of wanting build houses for themselves
after the fashion of the loan that the
itself
This last the which En- gland has adopted,
several years of experiments.
The $OOOOO,O0O will build dwellings, But it is
probable that if United housing by
and if the shall
business with having and
workers all industrial Cities the of the will be
increased Whitaker believes that the
in the long by counting the
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
women LABOR
IS EXPLOITED

PITTsBURG, Pa, Oct 4.-Women
labor advocates in this city are sill
ent at the expose Of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroads exploitation of it's
female employees who wipe engines
under speeding-up system and at a
wage lower than paid men.
The women were employed the
past summer following the great tu-
mutt about a scarcity of labor. They
were promised 26 cents an hour, but
their pay envelopes showed % cents
an hour. When they objected, an
efficiency expert was introduced to
show them how to wipe engines with
profit to themselves and without cost
to the company. A rate of SO cents
for cleaning an entire engine was es-
tablished, and for scrubbing of all Of
the engine below the running board
they were paid 80 cents.
For several days they worked
like trojans," says the National La
Dor Journal published in this city,
"and' one day actually succeed in
earning more than the company had
agreed to pay. One day four women
cleaned II engines, and on the fol-
lowing day five women were placed
on 16 engines. Naturally their earn
ings dwindled."
The women were then told % paint
the smoke boxes at the rate Of o
cents each, and refused Then they
organized, and one of them was diS-
charged. The others quit.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
PLACING OF GREED ABOVE
COUNTRY IS GRAVE MENACE
declares American Alliance for Labor and Democ-
racy in Statement Clarifying. Labor's
Stand on Different War Problems.

NEW YORK. Oct 4-To absolutely clear the noson If
Alliance for Labor and Democracy regarding
other and economic problems the officers
issued formal statement bearing problems order that what
ever misunderstanding there is may be removed.
studied effort has alliance charces to
sent the alliance The foeuv
OF the and
with to such subjects Strikes high living
profteerng. The statement follows:
There has been evident misunderstanding on the part
section of the
organized workers. the Alliance for Labor and Demov
issues this statement through officers:
The organized workers of engaged in wrod
struggle for democracy They Importance that demo-
cacy be maintained and extended they will not
any of democrc
we are confident that the American will not
ancon any interference with the industrial
when such interference has Of the
American
But the labor movement will EMPLOYERS
seek to grind down the
Inc United States government has committed policy
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
WAR TAX BILL
IS READYF0R
THEPRES|DEN1
Both Branches Of Congress
Adopt Conference Report
Without Roll Call.

WASHINGTON, Oct 4.-Congress
finished it's work on the great war tax
bill Tuesday when the senate, fol-
lowing the example set by the house,
adopted the conference report with
out roll call. More than two and a
half billion dollars Of new taxes are
levied by the measure, which has
been in the making since last April.
President Wilson is expected to sign
the bill Immediately.
Senate discussion was brief. Most
OF the criticism was upon second
class postage increase.
The speedy action on the confer
ence report raised members hopes
for adjournment Of the war session
by Saturday or not later than next
week. The administration sailors
and soldiers insurance bill, which has
passed the house, will be brought up
in the senate. It's disposal in a few
days is anticipated. The only other
measure the leaders expect to put
through before adjournment is the
100000 deficiency appropria-
tion bill, whose conferees expect to
agree and secure adoption Of their re-
port with perfunctory debate.
AS finally drafted after one of the
longest and most strenuous struggles
in congressional history, the revenue
bill, which was passed by the house
May % and by the senate after a
months debate, Sept. 10, draws prin-
cipally upon incomes and war excess
profits. The house bill totaled ST.
100000 and the senate raised the
amount $416,Oc0,000. The conferees'
draft increased the total assessment
by about $750,000,000 over the house
and $128,000,000 above the senate.
Over Two Billion Dollars.
The bill now is estimated 20 raise
about 100000 incomes, corporate
and invidual. and about one billion
dollars from war excess profits. Other
major levies are $30,0OO,00O on to-
bacco; about $275,0O0,O0o on liquors;
$70,o00,000 on first-class mail; $40,-
100000 on automobiles: 77,5OO,O0
on freight transportation; 100000, 900
on passenger transportation; $32,-
100000 from stamp taxes and
$6O,o00,000 from amusement admis-
sions.
Elimination Of consumption taxes
on sugar, tea, coffee and gas, elec-
trio and telephone service, together
with house taxes on 1915 incomes and
a. general 10 per cent tariff levy were
features Of the evolution of the bill.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
DECLARESP POOR
ALWAYS LOYAL

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, Oct A.
In his report to the annual conven-
ton of the Missouri state federation
of labor President Wood treated the
patriotism Of worker3 as a matter
of course.
1.-THE czars and kaisers and lords
Of industry and commerce the wide
world over" he said, "have been full
of praise and love for the millions of
poor and oppressed, and praised their
loyalty and patriotism so long as
they were ready and willing to sac
rif1ce their lives and their families
on the altar of the god of war.
"Since time immemorial the poor
and the oppressed of the nations
have always been loyal and patriotic,
because they loved their countries
and their homes.
"Since the days Of ancient Egypt
and Babylonia, from the days Of
glory and power of ancient Greece
and Rome to the days Of the great
Napoleon, and down to this present
world war, it has always been the
great mass Of the working men and
women who were loyal and patriotic,
carrying the burdens of all the war,
making all the sacrifices, enduring
all the sufferings.
Our American labor movement is
pledged to democracy; it's very foun-
dation spells democracy; it's aims
and aspirations have never been any,
thing else but the realization of the
greatest extension of democracy in
every avenue Of human activity"
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
INCREASEN PAY
PREvEN1Sls1R||kE IN
oFLAkESEAMEN
Between 10000 and $4,000
Men Were Readyfor
WaIkout.

CHICAGO, Oct. 4.-Great Lakes
freight traffic proceeded as usual
Monday, following an eleventh hour
agreement between the Lake Carriers
association and representatives of the
lake seamen's union which prevented
a strike Of 10000 to- $4,000 sailors,
scheduled for midnight Sunday.
The compromise agreement, ac-
cepted by both sides to the contro-
versy, was drawn by the federal ship
ping board. It provides an increase
from s72 month to $95>a month for
able seamen, and from $45 to $50 a
month for deckhands. Other de-
mands of the union organization
either were waived, or will be arbi-
trated by the federal shipping board.
Two Demands Waived.
Two out of five demands not having
a bearing on wages were waived for
the time being by the seamen, who
were represented by Victor A. Olaq-
der, secretary seamen's union. These
were for an extension Of the provisions
of the Atlantic agreement to the
Great Lakes and to obtain from the
oAAAP-O"AOAos o~o. EVk4CSC1AICu NY Iu0
Lakes Carriers association a guar
antee of cooperation in getting men
to man Uncle Sans new merchant
fleet. :
The fourth and fifth demands of
the seamen, declaring for an aboli-
ton Of the carriersA discharge book
and welfare, plan, mich is branded
by the union officia4 as a ''blacklist-
ing scheme" were put up to the ship
ping board for investigation and deci-
sion.
The ship owners paved the way for
settlement when they agreed to per-
nit the shipping board to fix the
wage scale. The conference was
called by the shipping board three
days ago. Until late Sunday there
was little hope Of settlement, and a
strike seemed certain.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
DEMOCRACY Will BE TRIUMPHANT

Editor James w. Mullen of the San Francisco
Labor Clarion powerfully, brilliantly and lucidly
pictures the future of that progressive democracy
we are all hoping and longing for in the following
article:
Gas one scans the pages of history and reads Of
the struggles of the people of all ages to throw off
the shackle that bound them to heartess masters
1t is, indeed pleasant to note the success that is
croWnlng the efforts of the people of today to rid
themselves of government by others and to estab-
lish their right to steer their course and shape
their own ends.
"Throughout the entire world the men and
manner that is sending the chill of fear throurh
the frames Of those who have held high stations
and cruelty ridden upon the backs of their humble
brothers. There is not corner of the world which
has not been stirred to some extent bv the 1eaven
OF democracy during the past trying year. Europe
Asia and Africa are full of open advocates of the
rights OF humanity who have but little fear of the
powerful autocrats who formerly comne11od s,,h
mission to their wills, while the western hemi
sphere, always strongly democratic is adopting
measures calculated to strengthen the grin of the
people upon governmental institutions in order
tnat they may more readily be made to serve the
purposes for which they were instituted-that of
meeting the needs of civilized humankind. rather
tnan that OF making life more luxurious and easy
for the favored few
'Truly the trend of the times, the world over
presages the end of autocratic rule over the lives
of men. And in this powerful and successful
effort at democratizing the world the great un-
.vn'ou n11l!lohs VI tnose VINO earn their bread in
tne sweat or their brows and who have had the in
telllgence and foresight to weld themselves to-
gether In the modern labor movement, have PLAYED
no lnconsp1cuous part. Their efforts have been
1rut1ul IN the past, and every indication is that
the immediate future will find their struggles Of
even greater worth in the battle of man AGAINST
master, and that the next few years will mark an
epoch in the worlds history, recording a progress
1or humanity unequaled in all the annals of time.
crowned heads are falling into the basket Of de-
mocracy at rapid rate and the momentum gained
dds lair to carry the work forward until arrogant
autocracy has been thoroughly humbled and made
to 90 Its share of the worlds necessary labor
taking into account the frailties, limitations,
and imperfections of humanity he would indeed
be an optimst who entertained the hope that equal
and exact Justice would be the early end of such
struggle In spite of the pitfalls and dangers that
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
WILL RECRUIT
SkIL.LEDMEN.
FROM CAMPS
Secretary Dawson Of |. A. N.
Assists in Organizing En-
gineer Regiment.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-One day
this week an officer of the engineer
corps Of the army walked into the Of
flee of Secretary-Treasurer Dawson of
the International Association of Ma
chinists. He said that he wanted some
skilled men for an engineer regiment
which was to serve in France.
Dawson pulled out a sheaf of re-
ports from lodge secretaries, and
showed the army officer that there
had been drafted into the service, or
voluntarily enlisted, many thousands
OF the best skilled mechanics in the
trade. The problem was not one of
withdrawing more men from war in
dustries in this country, but of taking
from ordinary field service, in the
training camps all over the United
States, enough men of each special
class of skill to fill up the engineering
organization.
The army officer was surprised and
pleased. It appeared that he had no
very clear idea as to how the men
he wanted could be found; and, even
when found, how they could be
brought to enlist.
Lists of Skilled Men.
The machinists official turned over
to him, two days later, a list of some
sixty men now in the army who are
experts on the repairing of locomo-
tives. Another lot were skilled in the
making and repair of certain instru-
ments. Another lot were accustomed
to handling still another branch Of
metal work which this particular
regiment will have to keep in order.
The war department will send for
these men at their camps, and place
them in the engineer corps. In
France they will not be sent to the
trenches, but will be placed in the
machine shops behind the lines, there
to give their service where it will
count the most. .'','.
Dawson stated to the army Off
Ger that some of the machinists'
lodges in middle western towns had
been actually wiped out by enlist
ment and conscription, and that it
was probable that any further calls
for skilled men inside the army could
be met as easily as was this one.
Arrangements are now being made
for the granting Of something more
than the ordinary soldiers pay to the
best of the skilled. mechanics in the
army engineer corps, by creating a
large number of 'non-commissioned
officers
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
SUGGESTS plan TO
PROVIDE CHEAP SHOES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.-As a war
sfhclency' measure merchants through
out the country are urging customers
to carry home their purchases, but
the customers are asking If it will
mean cheaper commodities. This
question remains unanswered and
now J. w. Sullivan, assistant to Sam
uel Gompers, chairman of the adj
visory commission, council of na-
tlonai defense, suggests that merchants
sell shoes for children II years of age
and under at the wholesale price.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06
0xMAN FOUND
NOT GUILTY
Oregon Catt|eman Is Acquitted
Of Perjury in Mooney
Trial,

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 4.-Fra1k
Oxman, Durkee, Ore, cattleman,
was acquitted Friday of charge of
attempted subornation of perjury
growing out of the conviction of
Thomas ]. Mooney, on murder
charge in connection with the pre-
paredness parade bomb explosion here
last year.
The jury deliberated one hour and
fifteen minutes. On the first ballot
according to a juror, the vote was
II to for acquittal.
Mrs. OXman, wife of the acquitted
man, who accompanied him here
from Oregon, shook hands with the
jurors after the verdict had been
announced
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1917-10-06

menus 1nSeCurlng STEADY ana flrSt-
class service on the part of it's indus
trial employees.
Adjustment Board Again.
After much confusion, due to the
attempt of Chairman Hurley of the
Shipping Board to settle the demands
of the Pacific coast shipyard work
ers without the help of the industrial
adjustment board created by the
signed agreement of all parties, the
adjustment board once more is hand
ling these issues. In place of Edward
F. Carey of Chicago, the employers
representative on the board, who re-
signed, there has been appointed L.
A. Coolidge of Boston, former treas
urer of the United Shoe Machinery
company. The board hopes to set
tie the Seattle and Portland shipyard
disputes, and to give a. satisfac ct6ry
permanent award on the San Fran
cisco wage scale.