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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
TAXI SERVICE
The Bicycle.

From the best accounts 1t appears
that the first blcycle-meanlng by the
term n two wheeled machine for hu-
man locomotion-wa made In France
about the year, 1916. This pioneer ma
chine was very awkward affair, con
slsting Of Il couple OF heavy wooden
wheels Of equal diameter, one behind
tho other and Joined together by lon
gitudnal wooden bar on which the rid'
cr's seat was fixed. the mode OF pro
pulslon being the pushinv of the fee'
ngplnst the ground. Not for ilfty years
wns any real progress made. IN iSOs
the machine with the biz driving whee'
with the little hind wheel was invent
ed by Michaux uf Paris, and y rev
wears litter came the safety when
with many improvements, Is tue mn
chine we have today,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

VIM. Richards. who come 10
Kerby come weeks since from Nor
lin and opened boot and shoe re-
pair shop here was taken quite sick
on Friday evening and on Saturday
evening about s o'clock passed away.
A number OF years ago Mr.. Richards
lived at Ashland and while there
was engaged In the saw mill busl-
ness. From Ashland he moved 10
the vicinity OF Rogue River. whore
he met with misfortune In the mill
which made him cripple for the
remainder Of his life. He came 10
Kerby and was inst comfortably To-
Gated when death overlook him. His
son living In Montana, was sick and
not able 10 attend the funeral SER
vice. John Chandler. a son OF Mrs.
Richards. whose home IL at the Blue
Ledge mines In Jackson county. yas
present at the burial. Mrs. Chan,l-
Ter also accompanied her husSsaL.
Fred Brockiey. grand son OF the
deceased. and his wife we're present
for the funeral.
Mr. and Mrs. Wittrock were vis-
itors at Grants Pass on Tuesday OF
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max TUFTS spent
Sunday In Grants Pass and did not
return until Tuesday evening.
Word has reached Kerby that
Earl Powell who has been an In
mate OF the Letterman hospital at
San Francisco for the last three
months will soon receive his dis
charge from the hospital and also
from the service on account OF his
inability to recover from the wound
he received while in camp drilling
for duty. Earl was among the first
OF the Kerby 1oys to enlist and had
been IN camp when he was accident
ally shot In the ankle and assigned
10 the hospital
Mrs. Anna Coleman, former
member OF the Ivy Tatting club. re-
membered the members OF the club
by sending them a nice box OF hne
grapes with her good wishes for the
members.
Mrs. J. @. Willis made a trip to
Grants Pass with Everett Hogue las,
Saturday. Mrs. Willis visited with
the families OF DIR. A. A. Witham
and Rev. Melville T.. Wire.
Miss Ida Maurer Is now assisting
at the Pioneer hotel.
Miss Elsie stith returned on Fri
day from n visit with her sister
Mrs. Irwin Lewis who lives In
Thane. Alaska. Elsie says she en-
joyed the summer immensely. Judg
Ing from her present appearance sh'
had good time and lived wher'
they have plenty OF good living. Hei
ocean voyages and the sea breeze'
certainly agreed with her.
Mr.. and Mrs. Biglow have re
turned to town from the mines.
Tom Young has returned from hi
summers work In the mountains.
Buzz Tycer is having q few day
on now from his work.
Mrs. Everett Hogue has beef
quite sick for two or three days.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
other building material. before the

other building material. before the
ship sails for France.
THE American Red Cross now
has more than q dozen base hos.
pitals In France. each equipped with
at least 500 beds. and each in
charge Of 22 physicians. two dem
,ists. 65 Red Cross nurses and i5O
cnlisted men OF the medical corps.
Additional doctors and nurses have
been sent to number OF the hos
pItals."
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
WELL LOADED FREIGHT
CARS GET PREFERENCE

San Francisco, Sept 2l.--The
Southern Pacific freight department
has announced that eastern rail-
roads, in order to handle the forth
coming grain crop as expeditiously
as possible, have determined to give
all cars loaded to ITO per cent or
better of their rated capacity, right
of war over other cars, They also
plan to change tho policy OF furnish
ing cars on demand for one which
will require the shippers to state the
tonnage they wish to ship and leave
It to the railroad to : supply the
carrying capacity therefor.
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed bids will be received by
the state highway commission OF the
state OF Oregon at 1901 Yeon Bldg,
Portland. Oregon. at IL u. m, Sep
tember %. 1917. for grading ap.
proximately one mile on the Pacific
highway between Grants Pass and
the Jackson county line in Josephine
county. Approximately 5000 Gu.
yds. OF excavation are involved.
No bid win be considered unless
accompanied by cash, bidders bond.
or certified check for an amount
equal to at least five (54o) per cent
OF the total amount OF the bio.
A corporate surety bond will be
required for the faithful perform-
ance of the contract in sum equal
to one-half the total amount Of the
bid.
Proposal blanks and full infor-
nation for bidders may be obtained
at the Office of the state highway
commission and the state highway
engineer In the state house. at Sa-
lem, oregon.
Plans and specifications and form
of contract may be seen at the same
place or may be obtained upon the
a.,n,,t 80 OK m
The right is reserved to reject any
or all proposals or to accept the pro-
posal deemed best for the state oil
Oregon.
STATE HIGHWAY COMMITS.
SION, STATE OF OREGON
s. Benson, Chairman.
w. l.. Thompson, Commits,
sioner.
II. ], Adams, Commissioner
Attest:
HERBERT MUM,
State Highway Engineer.
Salem, Oregon, Sept. H. 1917
First publication, Sept. is, 1917
Last publication. Sept. 25, 1917
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

lstterheads that VIII please yoo, at
the veurior, Bt.N
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

TEAM HORSES for sale. in good
condition. weight about 1850
each, wagon and harness. All for
800 cash. Clifford Costain. 800
West street. SO
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

PEACHES FOR SALE-Cull peaches
izc per lb. Small. 1c per lb. Me-
dium / NC per ID. Six varieties.
Bring your boxes. John II. Rob-
inson, near wilderville. 65
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

STORE FIXTURES for -Coun-
ters. scales. cash register, show
cases. coffee mill, etc. On account
of other business am closing out
my grocery stock and offer the
fixtures at greatly reduced prices.
Chas. Morrison, sos South Sixth
street. Cliff
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

\ cIas.liled. ad brIns. rsaults.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

FOR sALE-Good cooking and eat
Ing apples 35c box. 3 boxes for
81. Sweet cider 25c a gallon. X.
Hammerbacher. phone s06-F-23.
s5
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

FOR sALE--A sx16 tarpaulln good
as new, single harness never been
used, saddle in good candition, a
l-gal. milk COW Just fresh. House
hold goods II .you want any. Ad-
dress w. R. Gregg. Box 20. r. r.
ID. No. /. 64
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

TO AUTOMOBILE OWNERS Magic
Motor Gas. ! quart equals so gal
Ions gasoline. Guaranteed BY
Auto Remedy Co.. Cincinnati, o..
and Magic Salss Co., Minneapolis.
Beware Of limitations. Inquire
chas. Nee. Applegate, Ore and
N. Clemens. Druggist. Grants
Pass. c3
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
Classified Advertising

0. & G. GRANT LANDS Blue print
plats showing lands In Josephine
county. t1.50. Address 4. z.
voorhies. Grants Pass u
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21
PHYSICIANS

8. LoUGHRIDGE. NJ. D.. Physician
and surgeon. City or country calls
attended Jay or night. Residsne
phone s6s; office phone 1ss.
Sixth and H. Tufts Building.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-21

A. A. WITHAM. M. D., Physician and
surgeon. Office: Hall Bldg. corner
Sixth and ! streets. Phones: Of
fice, 11s; residence. 1851. Hours.
8 a. m. to p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
HERz0G is THRU
Injury Received Last April
Ends His Career.
He Is One of Greatest FielderS
in National League.
BY JACK VEIOCK.

New YORK, Sept 1S.-Buck HerZOg
may be forced to wind up his career
as regular with the Giants when the
worlds series is over this fall.
The scrappy second baseman has
gone thru the season under the handi-
cap of playing with an injured spine.
and during the Giants-Dodgers series
in Brooklyn, late in August. he tainted
on the bench after making a slide to
the home plate, and was forced to
remain out of the lineup for some
time.
Herzog was hurt last April in a fall
at the Pennsylvania station in New
York, and during the early weeks of
the season he was unable to fill his
place in the Giant lineup. Luckily,
McGraw had Pete Kilduff at the
time, and Peterkin held down the job
admirably we'll.
Injury Is Permanent.
When Herzog returned to the line
up for keeps he appeared to be as
spry and peppery as ever, and his
playing has been a factor in both the
defense and offense of the club. But
the injury is evidently of a nature
which will not permit him to take
chances on the field, and a false step
in running the bases or fielding a
batted ball may force him to retire
at any time.
Because of. his value to the Giants
at second base he will be played there
in the worlds SERIES but next spring,
unless his injury has entirely disap-
peared, it is believed he will be una
BILE to tackle the task of filling the
keystone position day in and day out.
If Herzog is forced to retire as a
regular the Giants will lose one of the
most valuable players in the National
League. Always great fielder and
lightning thinker. Herzog has built up
a name for himself as one of the best
all-around players in the game. He
has never been a terrific hitter, but
his hitting from year to year has been
valuable because he is always danger
Gus in the pinches, and hits best when
there are runners on the bags.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
OGDEN CAN HAVE SEWER BONDS
Attorney General Approves Bonds in
Order to Aid Army City.

John L. Hunt, assistant attorney
general, has given an opinion upon the
issuance of bonds by third class city
which will expedite the installing of
the new sewer system by the city of
ogden, near the big cantOnment camp
of Kansas. Sanitary conditions at
ogden have been unusually bad owing
to the enormous increase in popula-
ton within the last few months. For
merly a little town of two hundred
and some odd inhabitants, Ogden must
house and feed about twenty-five
thousand people and more coming all
the time. An elaborate new sewage
system is necessary to safeguard the
health of Ogdenites and it was feared
that to issue bonds the question must
be submitted to a vote of the people
which would cause a dangerous delay
in getting at the work. Hunt, how
ever, interprets the law to allow the
cities of the third class to issue bonds
without this regulation and so has ad-
viSed c. A Haskins, of Lawrence
state sanitary engineer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
WV. C. A. WORK BEGINS
Winter Activities Open With Party at
Building October 5.

The winters work at the Young
Women's Christian association build
ing will begin October s. During the
week following all the classes. includ-
ing those in aesthetic dancing and
gymnasium, will be organized. On the
evening of October the annual Fall
Opening" will occur, when supper will
be served at o'clock to the mem
bers, their guests and other friends of
the association. Plates will be Is
cents and should be reserved in ad-
vance. After supper the guests will
have an opportunity to meet the new
general secretary, Miss Allena Graf
ton. and to hear the plans for the win
ter in a program of toasts- The public
will be shown thru the building dur
ing the evening.
The following Sunday afternoon the
first of the regular weekly Vesper
services will be held, when Miss An
ME B. Sweet, president of the Topeka
association, will speak. An especially
interesting series of vespers has been
planned for this fall.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
MACHINES ARE BUSY
This Year 1900, 900 16-Page Sigma
lures Were Handled by State.

There are no buster sewing ma
chimes in the city. even since the fall
rush began, than those in the bindery
department of the state printing plant.
Seven machines are working full ca
pacity. During the present year in
all 81. 100000 sixteen page signatures
have been handled by this depart
ment.
This work was necessitated by de-
mands from many sources. Text book
production reached the highest point
since the adoption of state school
book publication. Approximately one
and a half million volumes have been
issued during this fiscal year. The
general statutes, a volume of 2,7O0
pages and the session laws and bien-
NAL reports of various state depart
ments have all contributed to the
work of the sewing machines.
I'VE have had an unprecedented
year in school book production" said
State Printer w. R. Smith. But this
has not interfered in the least with
the work for the departments and in
stitutions. More of this class of work
has been done than in any year of the
plants history
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
WAR RIDER TROUBLES
Insurance Companies Face Problem
in Old Policies.

The war rider is still causing no
end of troubles to insurance compan-
les. The question that is just now of
first Importance and can only be set
tied by the superintendent in the
various states is the reinstatement of
policy holders whose premiums have
lapsed. War riders provision is now
sitting on the fences looking for a
nice soft place to light in these rein
statements. Until the entrance of
America into the war it was the GUS
tom of nearly all insurance companies
to permit a policy holder who could
meet the physical test necessary to be
reinstated when he had paid up such
premiums as would put the policy up
to date. But the number of such
holders who sought to be reinstated
after war was declared has Influenced
the companies to protect themselves
if possible. Carey E. Wilson, state
superintendent for Kansas is of the
opinion that this cannot be done if no
such provision is contained in the
original policy. If the statement is
clear that only a physical test and a
payment of back premium is neces-
sary, then no additional penalty can
be added as Superintendent Wilson
sees it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
MAKING LAST STAND
Red SOx Are at Home for Balance OF
Season Now.

New York, Sept. 1S.-The world S
champion-for few weeks-Red
Sox begin the last battle against a for
lorn hope today.
Standing at the gateway to their
personal bailiwick, otherwise Fenway
park, Boston, they open a series that
will see them thru the 1917 season.
Today they meet Detroit, discourage
ing blue-t tinted outlook.
In spite of the fact that they have
been playing pennant winning base
ball of late, the future holds little for
them, for the cocky White Sox are
riding high, far out in the lead and
will open today against what is gem
orally suspected of being one of the
easiest marks in either of the big
leagues-Connie Mack's Athletics.
Finishing with the Tigers, all that
remains for the Red Sox to do is beat
the White Sox, who will pay their
final visit of the season to Boston be-
ginning Friday and holding over Mon
day.
There is no reason to suspect that
when this clash reaches the stage of
gore that the Red Sox will turn over
and play dead, but the paler kind of
Sox are too far out to have anything
like few defeats cut them out of the
worlds series melon.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
- Up to the Minute
~ SPORTING NEWS
FROM EVERYWF1 ERE.
BY "cLUo
FIRST TO HUTCH,
Joplin Loses Jump in Big Play
OF Series.
Fans Anxious To See Sanders
in Box Again.

Joplin. Mo, Sept. 18.-Hutchinson
got the jump in the get away of the
five game series the Salt Packers be-
gan here Monday with the Miners for
the championship of the last half of
the Western league season and today
Joplin fans were anxious to have
Pitcher Sanders sent against the Hol-
land team so that honors might be
even when the third game is played
in Hutchinson tomorrow
However, it was thought that Saw
age would save his Pittsburg star for
the latter part of the week in order to
give him the rest he earned Sunday
when he pitched his double shutout
and in order to have him for the more
difficult task of winning away from
home. The team that takes three
games out of this series will meet Des
M Dimes for the pennant.
Ten Inning Game.
Mondays game was a close one, the
score being 4 to in favor Of Hutch
inson oscar Graham. Joplin pitch
Ell, was blamed for the defeat by local
fans, despite the fact that he held his
opponents to six scattered hits. Ora
ham. it is asserted. did not use his
head in running the bases and cost
his team one run when he loafed go
ing to first and another when he failed
to go into the home plate on bad
throw by McCabe from behind sec
ond base.
The game went ten innings as it
was. Joplin got a run in the second,
Hutchinson two in the fourth and the
Miners tied the count in the sixth.
Then. in the first half of the tenth,
three hits by the salt Packers. along
with two errors by the Miners, allowed
Hutchinson to score twice.
The score: RH. L.
Hutchinson =. 900 200 600 "a 0
Joplin .....O1O OO1 600 G II 8
Batteries-F. Graham and O'Brien;
G.. Graham and Monroe.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
CAN'T Get WHEAT
Question of RequisitiOning
Grain on Farms Comes Up.
Producer Loses From Shrink
age by HOarding Grain.
BY CARL RUDOLF.
(Of the DrOyers' Telegram,

KaL---s City, Mo-, Sept. 1S.-Meager
receipts of wheat in Kansas City of
late have caused suspicion that farm
ers of the southwest are holding the
1917 crop thru {. b lief that eventually
they may be able to receive more for
it than the $2.20 basis established by
the Garfield committee. This sus-
plcion raises the question, has the
farmer tn legal right to hold his
wheat any length of time he desires,
or must he sell it Immediately?
The recc thy enacted food control
laws stipulate that the government
will seize the wheat of any party or
parties guilty of boarding and inflict
other punishment but exempts the
grower and his cooperative elevator
from this provision. This gives the
producer the right to dispose of or
hold his grain to suit his convenience.
The basis price of $2.20 was fixed
mainly to safeguard the consumer
against eXorbitant bread prices, and
not to force the producer to sell at
any particular time. With the neces-
sity of selling at the specified price
when he does sell, there is no reason
for the farmer to hold and run the
hazard of deterioration in storage I'M
less he cares to take the chance of
higher price later.
Farmers Busy Planting Crops.
The extremely light movement of
wheat the past week in Kansas City
was inadequate to meet the needs of
millerS here An important influence
in the light of rivals is the fact that
farmers are busy blowing and seeding
to help attain the 1,000,000,000 bushel
wheat crop desired by the government
in 1918. Objections to the fixed price
is another factor. 1t is also recog-
nized that the temporary commission
given mills this week to purchase
wheat at the fixed price at usual inter
ior supply stations has kept the grain
from coming to Kansas City, the mills
in the interior paying the fixed price
without adding expenses incidental to
shipping to the primary market. This
factor may be removed beginning
Monday, when A J. Hunt, head of the
southwestern milling division of the
Hoover administration in Kansas City,
plans to inaugurate the distribution of
wheat to all licensed mills as contem-
plated under the control program.
Some millers are reported to have
paid more than the fixed price this
week. owing to pressing needs. 1t is
reported in lilling trade circles that
demand flour is so strong that the
mills would be glad to pay higher than
the fixed price just now if permitted.
1t is understood that the Kansas
Cit office of the Hoover administra-
ton made inquiry at the attitude of
farmers in the southwest toward the
1917 fixed price. While much dis
satisfaction was found, the belief pre-
walls among Hoover officials here that
there will be gradual reconciliation.
This is expected to be followed by sales
from farms when fall seeding is COM
pleted.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
GUNS WEARING OUT
Shortens Range of German Cannon;
Shells Fall in Own Trenches.
BY WILLIAM PHILIP SINiMS.

With the British Armies in the
Field, Sept 18.-German guns are be-
coming 90 worn, at least in certain
sectors, that the kaiser's troops are
frequently killed by their own shells,
according to prisoners statements to-
day.
Worn guns and lack of sufficient
aid plants are causing the armies I'M
der Crown Prince Rupprecht consid-
cradle trouble. The story has been
told and amply verified by prisoners
today that the German guns firing by
chart, fire short as a rule, and there
being no plants to observe the errors,
the shells have frequently been burst
ing in German trenches.
A gun in good condition can be fired
fairly accurately by tabulation. I'm
der given conditions a shell will go
exactly so many yards. When the
rifling becomes worn, however, the
shells do not travel far as they
should alphabetically. Hence the Ger
man trouble.
German prisoners complain of the
Smelling. Some see in it the usual
ca1lousness of the higher command,
who haven't any regard for lives of
their men.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
SADIE SILVER WINNER
CoVen Horse Takes Futurity at the
Hutchinson Fair.

Hutchinson, Kan, Sept 1S.-Sadie
Silver, owned by H. ]. Covell, of To-
peka, won the Kansas Oklahoma flu
turity here at the opening of the fair
races Monday in straight heats, her
time being 2:2414, 2:26A and 2:21A
Woodville Lad won the 2:17 pace
and the 2-year-old trot went to Alta
Donovan. Oteola, another Topeka
horse, owned by w. c. Wegele, was
second in the 2-year-old trot.
Way Behind took the six furlongs
running event and the half mile went
to Jack Hays.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION.
BASEBALL TODAY.
National LeaRne.

New York at Chicago, clear, 3 p. m.
Boston at Pittsburg, 2, clear, first 1 80
D. m.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati clear, p. m.
Brooklyn at St Louis, 2, clear, first 80
p. m.
American League.
Chicago at Philadelphia, clear, p. m.
Detroit at Boston, rain. 3 p. m.
st. Louis at Washington, clear, 8 80 p. m.
Cleveland at New York, cloudy p. m.
American Association.
st. Paul at Columbus, clear, 3 p. m.
Minneapolis at Toledo, ?, clear, first 2
p. m.
Milwaukee at Indianapolis, cloudy, SIS
p m
Kansas City at Louisville, clear, 3 p. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
JOHNSON NOT ON MARKET.
Griffith Denies He Will Dispose of
His Kansas Star

Washington, Sept. 18.-The question
of contract between Walter johnson
and the Washington club for next sea-
son has not even been thought of and
will not be until next spring, Manager
Clark Griffith said today. denying re-
ports that Johnson had refused to
sign a contract and would be sold to
Cleveland.
Whenever things are slack, some
one sells either my club or my play
ers," Griffith complained today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-09-18
BAKER LEAVES YANKEES
He Quits Team Because He Was Put
Under Suspension.

New York, Sept. 1S.-Temperament
among ball players is coming back in
fashion.
Following the lead of Charley Her
Zog of the Giants, Frank Baker, Yam
kee third baseman, is among the miss
ing today. He left following his sus-
pension by Manager Donovan for fail
ing to show up for Sunday exhibition
game