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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
JACKSON COUNTY
MUST PAY FOR PAVING

Portland, Feb 22.--,Iackson county
must pay J, W. Sweeney, contractor,
s73,262,25 additional for work on 10
miles OF Pacific highway over the
Siskiyous, according to Circuit Judge
Davis decision on file today.
Sweeney already has been paid
$4,000. lie asked for additional
payments totalling sll%S61.3b. The
county offered him S86,573,56.
An appeal probably will be made
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
SWEDEN MAKES ANOTHER
PROTEST TO THE KAISET,

Stockholm, Feb. 22, Sweden has
made formal protest to Germany
over the sinking OF the Swedish
steamer Hugo Hamilton, according to
information here today.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
TWO NEWSPAPER REPORTERs
ARE HELD RESPONSIBLE BY
COMMITTEE
GAVE TIP TO STOCK BROKERS
Scandal Over Advance Information Of
Coming Peace Note Is Now
Quieted

Washington. FEB. 22.-Adminis-
tration officials are exonerated COM
bletely from responsibility for the
leak on the presidents note Of De-
cember 20 and two newspaper re-
porters who gave information to
stockholders. are declared to blame
for the leak.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
YARROWDAIE PRISONERS
RELEASED SAYS DIsPATCH

London. Feb. ga Reuter- dis
patch from Berlin TODAY declared
that the American prisoners aboard
the Yarrowdale have been released.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22

The newspapermen blamed are w.
w. Price. who covered" the White
House for the Washington Evening
Star. and ]. Fred Essary. OF the Bal
timore Sun.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD
~ REPORTED DYING,

. New York, Feb, 22,--Captain Jack
Crawford, last OF the old Custer
scouts, was reported dying at noon
today, when members of his family
were called to his bedside In hls home
at Woodhaven. Long Island His
physician has been constantly at his
side since four o'clock this morning,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22

Madrid. Feb. 22.-American AM
bassador Gerard arrived here today
enroute home. He was accorded an
official reception by King Alfonso.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22

Thomas Mooney, of Kerby, Is In
the city for few days.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
TAFT SAYS U. y. SHOULD
RESIST "RUTHLESs ACTS

New York, Feb 22,-It Is the duty
OF the United States. n there are fur
ther invaslons by ruthless acts" to
resist as II the country itself were
being invaded, William II. Taft told
the Corset Manufacturers associa-
tion,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22

OF the nation is at stake" he declar-
ed, "is worse than war"
Declaring repeatedly that the coun-
try is on the brink OF war. Taft mads
u plea for universal compulsory mil
itary training.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22
OREGON TROOPS
ARE MUSTERED OUT

Vancouver, Wash, Feb. 22.-Ore-
gon and Washington troops were
mustered out of the federal service
today and sent home. after eight
months service on the Mexican bor-
der.
Before dawn Captain II. l.. Coburn
started paying OF troop B OF Ia
coma and Company A, signal corps.
Of Seattle. They started immedi-
ately on special train for Olympia.
where the legislators will greet them.
Troop A and Battery A Of Oregon
were paid off after the Washington
boys started home.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-02-22

Craven yielding. when the honor
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
500 NEGROES Of GEORGIA
SENT FROM CINCINNATI IN
A STARVING CONDITION
ARRIVE THERE FROM MICHIGAN
TRAVELLING ON CHARITY RAIL
ROAD PASSES. ENTIRE CROWD
WAS IN A STARVING CONDl-
TON.

Cincinnati, Ohio, May 30.-The po-
lice Of this city successfully deported
a party Of five hundred negroes from
Central Georgia today. These same
negroes had less than a week ago
passed through this city on their
way to a Northern Michigan railroad
construction camp, but the police dis
covered that they had been allowed
practically no food and had been paid
only small part Of the wages prom
Used as an inducement for their com
ing north.
In a starving condition, the crowd
of refugees arrived here on charity
railroad passes begging for mercy
and food and they were not allowed
to alight All the negroes seemed
to be glad to be on their way back
south after they discovered the strin-
gent police rules which have been put
in force here since the recent influx
Of southern labor began.
The city and state and federal au-
tbOrities are unitediy bitterly oppos-
ing the negro influx
Friday a riot between United States
soldiers and negroes took place at
Camp DennisOn, suburb, when Com
pany E Of the Third regiment fired
upon the negro settlement there as a
result of refusal of the demand Of
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
BY c. o. BERcAW.

Last Christmas ! sent out list
OF the employees connected with the
railway on which | am employed. In
Order to make a good showing ! in
Guided the porters, featuring the Rev.
albert Mathis and Snowfall Black,
SNOWFALL would do in a pinch also eX-
themes meet.
In the clerical line ] showed the
name of Alwardus de Aldholme.
There was much comment on the
circular. One gentleman in the west
asked where ! got that foreigner. The
question was so pointed ! referred
to him the Encyclopedia Britannica
under the name of Oldham, the mod
ern for Aldholme-and a name that
has been in America since the early
history of the country.
At the chamber of commerce this
morning was reminded how America
changes from the Engo-SaXon and
cavalier to straight German and Cell
and now to Greek and Hebrew and
etcetera.
The circular received at the Cham
Der of Commerce was from the Asso-
ciated Dress Manufacturers Of New
York. advising there would likely be
a shortage in dresses and asking the
chamber to furnish the informatiOn
according to some newspaper men
in Macon Il won't mention any names
but it sounds like Spencer that
would be appalling CIV. Some of us
think they are short enough, but the
yiddish know how to mix business
with cloudy prospects. They look af-
ter the mamma shortage.
Oh, that Judge Craddock could see
these names on the circular! Baum &
Wolf: Fernbach & Jaffee; Goldberg,
GCldechmidt & Co.; LiersOn & ROsen-
berg and Mamie Solomon-all good
Old American names.
Judge Craddock? He was a cele-
Grated Judge in Kentucky, known far
;nl wide and had way of saying
things that reached the spot in short
order Looks like Desha Breckenridge
could feature some of Judge Grad
docks stories in the Lexington Tran
script. Irwin Cobb ought to have heard
of the Judge.
Here is a story about him and good
old American names. 1t seems that
young man related to the Judge had
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
WHEN IS AN AMERICAN ?

been on a spree in old Frankfort and
was on trial at the police court when
the Judge called to look into the mat
ter
The police at the close of the trial
asked Judge Craddock if he would
like to say anything in the case.
"Your honor, ! understand it this
way: Henry was at O'Shannigan &
O'Roukes' saloon and about the time
they got all his money they put him
out. A policeman named O'Halloran
came along and locked him up in
OFinnegan's jail. And this morning
he is being tried before the honorable
Judge OGorman. O'Hell! are we in
cid Ireland or free America? Come
on Henry, let's go home!"
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

spent last Friday afternoon with Mrs.
J. F. Adkins and children.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Bush and chill
dren, Mr.. J. F. Bush and two daugh-
ters and son, Miss Lola and Essie
Adkins and Master T. J. Adkins and
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. c. Bush and children
OF the Zion Hill community attended
preaching at Oak Grove last Sunday
and report a nice time
Mrs. J. F. Adkins was in Cordele
last Saturday on business.
Mr. T. S. Statham has this wheat
cut and he is to have some new flour
soon.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
ZION HILL NEWS

Mr. and Mrs. w w. Hays spent last
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman Spradlin of the Zion Hill
community.
MRS. J. F. Adkins and little children
spent last Sunday with her mother.
Mrs T. F. Fulgham, of the Zion Hill
community.
Mr. and Mrs. J. NJ Fulghum and
children spent last Saturday night
with Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Smith and
children of the Zion Hill community.
Mfs eaAham and children
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

Sergt. Lester Doyle that w. E. Cisco,
young negro, be given up by Ciscos
parents for punishment according to
army discipline, as a result of the al
legged attack and threatening of a sol
der
For while ycileys of rifle shots
were exchanged by white soldiers
and the blacks, but fortunately no
one was killed. The police interfer-
ed and the alleged negro marauders
will be sent to prison
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
NEGROES M0BBED IN EAST
ST. LOUIS BY CROWD OF
1000; SALOONS WRECKED
MANY ARE BADLY BEATEN AND
HUNDREDS ARE DRIVEN OVER
RIVER. PROTEST MADE AGAINST
IMPORTATION OF NEGROES.

East st. Louis, H., May 30.-A mob
of about 1000 persons invaded negro
quarters last night shot one negro Sc
riously. beat q score into unconscious
ness. drove several hundred across the
Mississippi river bridge into st. Lou
is, and then dispersed.
The assault began after reports
were circulated that white woman
had been insulted and that two white
men had been held up by negroes
ana following a meeting OF the Cen
trail Trades Labor Union where
protest was made against the impor-
tation of negro laborers into St Louis
The entire police force and the
Sixth Illinois Infantry were called
out while the rioters went virtually
unchecked through the streets,
searching all negroes, and il any
were armed they were beaten. Sew
eral negro saloons were wrecked.
During the rioting Mayor Mollman
ordered all bars closed.
The mob dispersed about o'clock
this morning, but the police feared
another outbreak if negroes are put
TO work in places where more than
5000 whites are on strike.
Mayor Mollman ordered a discon-
tinuance of the sale OF firearms and
ammunition until the danger Of rioting
has passed.
II is said 5000 negroes have come
here during the past six weeks. The
railroads will be asked not to haul
more here from the South. The city
is quiet today.
Four companies of State Guards
men were ordered here to prevent fur
Their rioting against the negroes.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

There will be preaching at Zion
Hill next Sunday and also big Sing
ing in the afternoon and everybody
is invited to come and help in the
singing.
Mrs. Y. 7. Fulghum will spend a
short while with @lr, and Mrs. j. F.
Atkins and children Thursday.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

The Satsuma orange raising in
dustry has been introduced into Ala,
bama and Georgia.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

He will have burned dollars too
long who buys all and produces moth
ing.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30
MACON MAN SUES 70 h $4,000 FOR
ALLEGED PERSON Il DAMAGES

Probably the most Important 7ase
en- the civil docket in Crisp Superior
court last week was Il suit. entered
ny G. Q: :. Lott :. t. {. OF :. Macon againSt W. II.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-05-30

Startling for personal damages alleg-
ed to have occurred on the second,
day of September when Starting at
tackled the plaintiff with a knife on a
Georgia Southern train near Cecil
Lett sued for $4,000. The jury in
the case returned a verdict fo1$5OO
in favor OF the plaintiff. e. F. 50 zier
and 0. T. Cover ave counsel "a t4ott
and Max E. Land is attorneI WI lie
defense. I
removing the cause before NJ Ie-
comes a result is the best kind of
10 hoo! IL
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
GOLF AN OLD GAME
Was Once Played In Holland on
the Ice.
Goes Back at Least Five Centuries
So Popular In Scotland In 1887
II lnterfered With other
Games.

"YOu have to be fine rider, do you
not, TO play golfT was the cOmmonest
question In regard 70 the game not
more than 30 years ago. At that time
the man who Travelled about with set
Of golf clubs was an object of some
astOnishment TO his fellow travellers
And yet the game OF golf, according
to the new Encyclopedia Britannica,
goes back AT least FIVE centuries. 1t Is
portrayed by early Dutch painters, who
generally showed II being played on
Ice But one Of the pictures In
Dutch illumlned Book of Hours, now
In the British museum, is a painting Of
three men putting at n hole In the turf
as In our modern golf Although the
Dutchmen played and painted golf,
they did not write about II and we
have no records describing the game.
Just when Scotland took up golf
is unknown, but 1857 It was already so
popular, says the Britannica. that 1t In
terfered with the more important pur-
suit OF archery. In May, 147l, an act
of the Scottish parliament was passed
fOrbidding this sport; "Futeball ana
Collie forbidden. Item, II Is statut and
Ordaint that In ma place Of the realme
there be uslt fute-ball golfe or uther
silk unproftabill sports" etc.
II is rather curious that this is an
edict of James IV who later became
very much attached to the practice Of
the "unprOftabill sport"-not only he,
but his daughter, Mary Stuart. II was
alleged by her enemies that, as showing
her shameless Indifference to the fate
Of her husband, very few days after
his murder, she "was seen playing golf
and pall-mall in the fields beside Sc
ton"
Golf has from old times been known
in Scotland as the Royal and Ancient
Game of Golf" Many monarchs have
made IL their favOrlte diversion and
since its Introduction into America all
the presidents have found II favorite
form of exercise.
There is still standing in Edinburgh
a monument of the prowess of James
II as a golfer After the Restoration
James, then duke of York, was sent to
Edinburgh in 1851 as commissioner Of
the king to parliament. He was chal-
lenged by two Englishmen, mobiles Of
his suite, to play match against them,
for very large stake, along with any
Scotch ally he might select. With his
partner, who was one "Johne Pater-
sOne," shoemaker, the duke easily
won the game. He made over half Of |
the large stake TO his humble co-ad-
jutor, who herewith built himself
house at No. II Cannongate, which has
always been called Golfers Land.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Luminous Watch Dial.

The first thing to do is to procure an
ounce Of calcium sulphide, luminous.
The cost since the war is 81 an ounce,
but you can fix perhaps so watches
with that amount. This element alb
serbs light, and after being exposed
to any bright light for five minutes will
glow with purple light for about four
hours, says Popular Science Monthly.
Remove the crystal from the watch
to he treated, and with pen dipped
in shellac go over the numerals and
the hands. Some may prefer to make
dots only at the numerals. Pour out
the calcium on a clean piece of paper,
dip your finger in it and press some on
the moist shellac Allow about five
minutes for it to dry. The calcium
not used may be returned to the
bottle.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
WILL TAKE LUMBER CENSUS
Uncle Sam to Undertake Important
Work in Cooperation With Ma
tional Lumber Association.

Uncle Sam, through the medium of
the forest service, acting in co-Opera.
tion with the National Lumber Manu-.
facturers' association, is preparing to
take a census of the lumber produc.
ton Of the United States for 1915
The information to be obtained by this
work, it is stated, will be Of immense
benefit to the lumber industry, the for.
est service and other branches of the
government.
1t is estimated by the forest service
that there are more than 10000 saw
mills in the country and it is planned
to have the investigation reach every
sawmill in operation. Each of these
will be asked to make a detailed re-
port of its production. Information is
sought as to the total quantity IF each
kind of wood sawed, the number of
lath and shingles manufactured and
the average mill value for each spe-
cies.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
SHARK SKIN SHOES NEXT!
Use May Be Found for Terror of the
Seas If Price Of Leather Con-
tinues to Soar.

You may at some time in the near
future be wearing shoes made of shark
skin if the price of leather continues
to aviate and investigations now be-
Ing made by Uncle Sam produce re-
suits. The bureau of fisheries of the
department of commerce has taken up
the possible value Of shark skins in
making various kinds Of leather. Such
skins have for many years had limit
ed demand in the United States as
coverings for minor articles of Orna-
mert and utility, but their use as
leather has been very restricted. An
acceptable leather has been prepared
from shark skins in several foreign
countries.
Shark skins are very tough and dur
able, and some of them show beauti-
full surface pattern which persists in
the tanning process. Leather made
from the skins of the larger sharks has
very considerable body, and such
sharks will be in greatest demand if
the experiments of the bureau of fish
cries prove as successful as anticipat-
ed, although the skins of minor sharks
and the grayfsh also are being han
died.
Arrangements have been made for
securing from Florida fishermen a
supply of very large shark skins; and
further specimens are expected from
other sources, especially from num-
Der of lightships off the South At
lantic and Gulf coasts. The bureau
of lighthouses is cooperating in this
matter and will authorize the men on
southern lightships to catch sharks and
preserve their skins. The bureau of
fisheries is supplying fishing tackle.
The skins will be sent to tanners for
treatment in various ways, and it is
hoped that such raw material will
prove so useful that fishermen on all
parts of the coast may hereafter find
market for the skins of all kinds Of
sharks now incidentally caught in line
and net fishing.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Wise Husband.

Mr.. Barton lived in n suburban
town. His wife asked him to pur-
chase a shirtwaist for her while in
New York. After telling the sales
girl what he was after, she displayed
a number.
"Here are some very pretty ones.
"What color do you prefer?" she said.
at doesn't make any difference" re-
piled Mr.. Barton.
Doesn't make any differencew ex-
claimed the salesgirl. why, don't
you think your wife would like a GER
tain colOrp
mo, it makes no difference what
color l get or what size. / shall have
to come back tomorrow to have it
changed"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02

4 to destroy the natural symmetry and
shape of the specimen. This natural
| ly symmetrical shape is precise and
fairly regular in its occurrence due to
a type structure explained later.
To remove unbalanced parts.-It is
a common practice to prune in order
TO thicken the head, strengthen the
specimen, and create a more dense
shade. This is the question that most
interests US in the general shaping and
care of ornamental trees. We want
to know how to top" our soft naples,
and whether or not we should top the
elm ut the same time.
Tree Structure.
TO understand topping we must
study tree structure. Trees are either
opposite or alternate leaved.
In the opposite-i,nyrd trees the ter
mmaI bud develops lew stem. The
side buds develop also ana each in
turn develops a terminal bud and side
buds. This kind Of tree forms nat
urully leader or stem that grows
straight from the ground TO the top Of
the tree and the limbs unless accident
ally injured tend to develop symmetric-
ally about it--e. g, the maple.
When you top such tree or in 9th
er words remove the terminal bud,
you give more strength to the side
buds. They develop more abundant
ly, thickening the tree and reducing
it's spindly length, until it becomes
stronger and Il denser shade tree.
Such tree should be topped before
1t gets so old that the cut will not
heal over, and the cut place must be
made smooth and waterproof. On the
other hand the alternate-leaved trees
tend to send branch first to one side
and then to the other side-e. g., the
elm.
Until the tree grows out of reach
of our hand and strength we can keep
it bent straight or the One-side bud
removed 50 that it will tend to send
up a straight stem. But as soon as it
gets beyond our reach the identity of
the trunk is lost in the branches and
one may not as a rule trace the main
trunk clear to the top Of the tree. If
such a tree is topped from time to
time we may easily leave the last bud
on the same side of the stem
and tree will grow all to one side.
Beyond this we must consider the
natural strength Of a tree. There is
no object in trimming or topping
strong hardwood tree such as an oak |
or sugar maple that ordinarily would |
not be broken in the wind. Such a
tree Is naturally adapted to self-forma-
ton and unless injured by some ex-
ternal cause will take care of itself.
There are two other things we must
know about trees. First, certain va
rieties or species will never make good
shade trees and should not |
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
Uses of Troubles.

We shrink instinctively from trOu-
bles, as we shrink from hard and
painful tasks; we cannot escape the
suffering they bring; but we decide
whether they shall weaken or strength
en- us. 1t lies with us to receive them
as enemies or as friends. They offer
us fortitude, patience, courage,
strength, growth or coyardice, bitter
ness, despair; we cannot prevent them
from coming to us, but we can decide
whether they shall help or hinder us
In our life purposes.-Ex Exchange.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
important Venezuela Highway.

Consul Homer Brett, at La Guayra,
reports that the government Of Vene-
zuela has determined to undertake the
construction of a highway from Carac-
as to San Cristobal in the extreme
western part of the republic. This road
will be the largest public work ever
undertaken by the government of Ven
ezuela; 1t will be 683 miles long
and will run from Caracas to Valencia,
San Carlos, Guanare, Barinas and San
Antonio de Caparo.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-02-02
CROP VALUES HIGHEST
All Records Broken by the Pro-
duotion In 1916.
Yields Of Corn, Cotton, Wheat and
Hay In United States Each Worth
More Than Billion Dollars.

All records for value of the coun-
try's important farm crops We're ex-
ceeded In 1916, despite their smaller
size. The value was placed at S7,041,
100000 by Uncle Sam In his final estl-
mates OF the year. That is S1,T50,000-
900 more than the same crops were
worth In 1915. Higher prices, due
partly to reduced production and part
ly TO the demands for American food
from the warning nations, We're respon-
slble for the vast increase in value.
-Four crops each were worth more
than 81 900, 100000. Corn, with n total
value of S2,295, ,7SS,0OO showed the
greatest increase, being worth $573,-
100000 more than last years output.
Cotton, the second most valuable,
with total of 81, ,070, $685. 900, increased
S475,37s,0O0 over last year.
Wheat, the third, was worth S1,025,-
765,0O0, or $50, 1920 over the year be-
fore, when the production was almost
4OOOO0,OO0 bushels more.
Hay was fourth with a value Of ST.
00S, ,S9i, 600, an increase of S9J,250000.
Compared with last years value,
other crops showed the following In
creases:
Oats, S96,673,OOO; potatoes, $685.
1000; tobacco, S72,727OOO; barley,
S41 ,362,0 2,0OO;; rye, $12,774,OOO; buck
wheat, S1,521, 900; haxseed, $13,940-
900; rice, S10,974,OOOO; sweet potatoes,
S13,161 ,0O0 sugar beets, S4,243,00O;
beans, $1,000 kafirs, S2,112,OOO;
onions, S1,GO1, 600; apples, S27GGO,OOO;
oranges, S9,545,OOO, and wild hay, S11,-
053,OOO.
A revision Of the 1915 estimates Of
crop production was announced by the
department, showing the corn crop to
have been 2,994,793,OOO bushels last
year, n reduction Of 59,742,O00 bushels
from previous estimates, and wheat for
1915 was placed at 1925, ,S01 900 BUSH
els, an increase of 13,2060OO bushels
over estimates made last December.
Productions of minor crops, COM
pared with last years figures, follow: