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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
FOOD SPECULATION


The appointment Of Herbert
Hoover as Food Administrator" is
. splendid move. Would that it had
come a month ago.
In speaking of the present high
prices Of foodstuffs, Mr.. Hoover says:
There is absolutely no occasion
for food panic in this country. nor
any justification for outrageous
prices. Americas problem is not one
Of famine"
And he gives the figures to prove
II. We will have enough food for
our normal consumption but, after
deducting that, we shall have only
about so per cent of what the allies
need to enable them to put their
full military power into the battle
line By strenuous efforts in food
preparedness campaign We may be
able to increase this percentage to
about IS. In other words, we cannot
fill the demands our allies will make
and must have IL they are to main
tain the available fighting forces
they have. Just to the extent that
we fail to furnish the needed food,
to that extent they will be compelled
to withdraw men from military duty
into food producing work.
Mr.. Hoover's explanation OF the
recent soaring Of prices is specula-
ton and over charging. He has de-
manded authority for control Of
prices to reasonable profits, and di.
rection Of the available supplies into
the channels where needed so that
the legitimate demands OF foreign
nations shall not be pitted agains,
each other to stimulate frenzied buy
ing. There is a shortage. Buyers
know It and want to lay In sup
ply. With the farmers. getting S1.3(
for wheat, there is no reason why
our allies army supply should cos,
them over $500 The difference goe,
into the pockets Of gamblers-Am
erican gamblers.
Mr.. Hoover has an opportunity tc
perform wonderful service to the
country and the cause for which It Is
fighting.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Mother is wearing a picture hat.
And silken hose has she.
II wonder where she got all that"
Said I, I'm ask and see."
She garnered up some papers old.
And when the musty things were
sold,
Mother had change and cash galore
For hat and hose and few things
more.
Father no longer walks to work;
He rides in his auto new.
Said |, Some romance here must
lurk;
This man I'll interview"
He had titled and planted the pansy
bed
With a few choice spuds the old man
said,
And as a result he had CLEANED the
kale
To buy at the recent auto sale.
Johnny has bought a brand new gun
A fishing pole and hooks.
His cap, I'm sure. is pretty one;
His suit-how clean II looks;
To the junk man Johnny had bar
tered away
The ragged duds of yesterday,
And rolling in wealth he bought new
clothes
And how much else-John only
knows.
Sister is wearing a jeweled ring.
Her petticoats all are silk;
She's buying now full many thing
or similar feminine ilk-
For sister was quick to see her
chance,
Adopting those methods Of high H.
nance;
She slyly planted some onion sets,
And now whatever she wants, she
gets.
Everett Earle Stanard.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
ENGLAND APPROVES
.. PLAN TO CO SLOW

London, May 21.--England is glad
to know America is making haste
slowly" Popular understanding Is
everywhere manifest today that the
United States is doingI exactly AZ
Premier Lloyd-George In his house
OF commons speech suggested--tak-
ing advantage OF EnglGnd's mistakes
The British viewpoint today Is
quite a change from that held dur
Ing the first few weeks succeeding
Americas entry. Then there was
apparently an undercurrent OF dis.
appointment at delay In the United
States.
But the news from America OF the
past few days has seemingly changed
this view. Foremost. perhaps, was
the effect OF President Wilson's con-
scription proclamation and the CO.
incident announcement OF the Per-
shing expeditionary force. or even
more effect possibly has been the
actual arrival In England OF an Am
erican army medical unit and OF the
American destroyer flotilla taking
It's place on the fighting line at sea.
A big audience in London crowded
every performance OF a special movie
show yesterday. displaying films
showing arrival Of the American des-
troyers and cheered the pictures Just
az other Brtons at Queenstown
cheered the men themselves,
British comment on the appoint
ment OF Herbert c. Hoover as food
administrator In America and out
lines OF what the United States plans
to do In fundamental lines Of
war preparation and administration
In extremely favorable. The mar
shaling OF resources In all lines In
the selection OF General Goethals as
master shlpbullder" and scores OF
other indications OF systematlaation,
all have served to bring about the
change OF view In England.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
.H|NDENBURe may
SHIFT TO RUSSIA

With the British Armies In France,
May 2l.-Field Marshal Won Hinden.
burg Is shunting his shattered and
exhausted divisions on tho west front
to the northern and eastern battle
lines, where they are being reform
cd for drive on Petrograd. In the
meanwhile, fresh divisions from tho
Russian front are being sent TO
France.
German prisoners revealed tho
purpose behind such plan rs two
fold,
I'VE expect Hindenburg to try to
take Petrograd." said one today, "or
ut least. additional Russian terri-
tory. His purpose would be, first.
to scare Russia into separate peace,
and. second, to use his gains there
as a lever against the allies"
From prisoners and the results OF
raids. British headquarters estimat-
ed today a total OF 20 German divi-
sions (about 100000 men) have
been smashed since the start Of tho
offensive by the allies In the west
Tho week-by-week tally OF tho Of
fcnsive shows net gains every seven
days by the British. and the sitpa'
tion today was favorable for con-
tinued success.
Hindeuburg Is now working to
out-maneuver the British, having
failed by sheer weight OF his coun-
ter-attacks to stop the advance
Every German attack is being weigh
ed by the British stan for the possi'
bilities OF some bold Teuton trick OF
strategy which II may contain. In
cessant trench raids by the British
serve to check up continuously on
the fresh reserves which the Teutons
have put into the line. and careful
questioning OF prisoners aids In the
game OF ferreting out the enemy'i
moves.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
EXPLOSION
KILLS TWO NURSES

Washington. May q. Am
erica's first women victims Of
the war were two nurses killed by ex-
plosion Of shell during target prac-
tice Sunday aboard the armed mer-
chant ship Mongolia. The ship reach
ed her port OF departure today, hav-
ing put back with the bodies OF the
two nurses. One other nurse was
wounded.
All were members OF medical
unit organized in Chicago The two
women killed were Mrs Edith Ayers
and Miss Helen Burnett Woods. both
OF Chicago.
In some inexplicaIble manner a
shell exploded and portions OF the
casing were flung into a crowd OF
nurses and doctors watching the
American gun crew at work. The
medical unit aboard the Mongolia
was under command OF Major Fred
A. Besley and included 65 nurses. %
physicians and surgeons and 1873
privates.
The Mongolia had sailed from an
American port late last week. The
accident occurred about ESQ miles
of the coast.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
HARD TRAINING WORK FOR
OFFICERS CONTiNC ED

San Francisco. May While
the reserve officers training camp
students began their second weeks
work today. the enlisted mems train
Ing school. which opened April 10.
completed It's first period Tho coast
artillerymcn OF this school were or
dered TO For, Winfield Scott. non
commissioned officers In the stan do
partment we're ordered hack to sta
tlons. and lnfantrymcn, cavalry and
field artillery were held at the pro-
sidio for the next period.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
OFFER TO IMPORT
CHINESE WORKERS

San Francisco, May 2l.---A pro-
posal that the shortage Of men
needed to cultivate the fields and in
crease enormously the production
OF food In the United States be filled
by importing Chinese workers, was
telegraphed to the national council
OF defense at Washington today by
the Chinese Six Companies.
The organization repudiates any
intention to ask for permanent resi-
dence for such workers. but sug-
gests their use here FOR limited
period" to be returned to their
homes "as the wish OF your congress
might dictate"
The offer Is made as a means Of
showing the gratitude OF the Chinese
people for the generous and sympa-
thetic treatment" always accorded to
China by America.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
GENERAL VACCINATION
At OFFICERS CAMP

San Francisco. May 2i,--Thlrteen
hundred men have been shot at tho
preside. Not before sunrise. but In
the arm. The doctors did the shoot
Ing and today II is estimated they
are carrying around $4,000, 900, 000.-
600. .000-more or less typhoid pro-
phyiaxis germs, The germ carriers
are members OF tho reserve ofi,cers'
training camp. One rookie tainted
when he got his shot In the arm.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
STATES MUST ORGANIZE
WAR UNITS As PLANNED

Washington, May 2l.-Answering
pleas from many states that the mill
tary heads be given permission to
organize more Of certain national
guard units than prescribed, the war
Office announced today this cannot be
done. Organization must follow lit
orally prescribed lines. Many states
wanted to organize more cavalry
units than we're allotted them under
the act Of June 3, 1915.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
COUNTY AGENTS
NOTES
The Control Of the Crow

Put seed corn In a tight vessel.
moisten with warm water and stir
in two table spoonfuls OF cold tar to
each bushel Of seed. After draining
the tarred corn thoroughly. add
ashes. land plaster. road dust or any
similar material to absorb the sur
plus moisture and prevent the seed
from being sticky. Spread the corn
on the barn floor and let dry for
two or three days. phe thinner the
tar the better. Crows rarely pull
more than few kernels OF tarred
corn.
Put one ounce Of strychnine and
two tablespoonsful Of gloss starch
in one and one-half pints Of water
and heat to boiling. stirring
thoroughly until a thin free starch
is formed. Then pour this over "a
quarts OF corn and stir until every
grain is thoroughly coated. After
the corn is dry 1t is ready to plant.
Putting up scare crows. hanging
dead crows, stalking out live captive
ones. stretching lines OF twlne on
upright poles set three or four rods
apart will tend to scare crows away
Crows are not altogether harmful
and measures OF preventing their de
predations are better than those oi
determination.
C. d. THOMPSON.
County Agent
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
NUM- TELLS Of COUNTY ROADS
Continued from Page -
tween this city and the Jackson cou

tween this city and the Jackson coun-
ty line.
co The Crescent City road has
been kept up In good shape and can
be made q fine lateral with little ex-
pense. This can be done either as n
post road. or with county and state
help combined or 10y state alone, Mr.
Num- complimented tho county court
on the value received for money ex-
pended on their road work.
Mr.. Num- spent yesterday. this
forenoon and afternoon going over
the roads OF this county with Judge
Gillette and NJ. l.. Opdycke. The
Judge informed the Courier that by
next week he would have something
interesting to divulge respecting To-
cal road conditions.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
GRAIN MARKET is
LOWER AND ERRATIC

Chicago. May 81 Restricted trad
Ing continued TO exert It's Influence
today and the grain market was er-
rattle and featureless. July opened
seven cents under Saturdays close,
but later recovered two cents to
S2.25.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
Secretary McAdoo is touring Il

Secretary McAdoo is touring the
country urging subscriptions to the
Liberty loan. The subscriptions
should be made. 1t Is patriotic
duty. But we wish some OF those
would wake up TO the fact that, II
every nickel and dime spent for
whiskey and beer in this country
last year, could be collected in one
fund, II would amount TO almost ex-
actly the $4,000, 900, 900 which they
are 90 anxious to have the people
subscribe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
WEEKS FORECAST
SAYS MORE RAINS

Washington. May 21.-Pacific
states: Occasional showers in Wash
ington and Oregon; generally fair in
California. Temperature near or
slightly above normal.
Rocky mountain and Plateau re-
gions: Occasional showers. Tenn
perature near normal.
E. II. BOWIE, forecaster.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21

Now that my engagement to Edgar
Ia broken on wonder n he will ask me
to return the jewels that he gave me-"
~ he doesn't ask for them I'd send
them back AZ once. Ter In that case
theyae not LcIlIl'lr.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
CONTRACTS FOR FLEET
OF SUBMARINES GRANTED

Washington. May 2I,--Contracts
for the construction within year Of
fleet OF N3s new submarines have
been let to three corporations. II was
announced by Secretary Daniels to-
day. They are being constructed on
the profit percentage plan, the gov
ernment paying the builder 10 per-
cent profit.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21

"The roads need attention. That's
q very modest statement, but there
ia a great big bunch behind II. Roads
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21

real roads are the things Del Norte
most needs right now. Can't We
get together and have them? Many
inquiries are coming in from peo-
pie who wish to locate here and
transportation is the frst thing con-
sidered by the farmer. miner and
manufacturer. without good roads,
built by an experienced road build
er, a community will stagnate and
remain unattractive to outsiders. -
Crescent City Courier.
By all means. Keep the good
work going. Come half way and
watch Josephine county meet you at
the state line.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-05-21
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Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
THIRTY-FIVE YEARS-BOTH WAYS

When Cuba was a part of Spain.
When there were no moving pic
lures, no moving stairways, and no
moving cars across the rivers.
When there were no monographs.
When there were no eight-column
headlines.
When Russia had cZar.
When Germany was a peace-loving
industrial country.
When graft" was meaningless.
When grapefruit had not been con-
ceived.
When arc lights were yet to come
into general use.
When labor unions were new and
primitive.
When men wore boards.
When eggs sold at twelve cents
dozen.
And these are some of the new
things he expects in the next thirty
five years:
"There will not be a king, an en-
peror, czar or kaiser in Europe.
Ireland will be an Independent re-
public-so will Poland.
Liquor will be taboo the world over
barred at its source.
Women will have full suffrage
everywhere.
Socialism will not have replaced re-
publican government.
There will be an aerial route across
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, with
stations or control at intervals.
There will be telephone connections
with and without wireless across both
oceans.
All principal cities will have double
decked streets; the lower street will
be for traffic by vehicles exclusively.
Emigration from one country to an
other will be rare.
Firearms. of all kinds will be obso-
lete, forbidden everywhere.
Huge artificial lights will make the
world as bright at night as by day.
Physicians, lawyers, dentists, will
be public officials and will not work
for individual fees.
Love will guide matrimonial selec-
tions but government will refuse to
license the unfit, the mismated, the
immature, the senile, the damaged.
New York will have 100000 in
habitants and it's own legislature; Chi
cago will have 100000 and its own
Legislature.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

Jack Lait, the noted newspaper man
and story writer, in an article in the
American Magazine entitled, Looking
Ahead from 49," tells of some of the
wonders he has seen in the thirty-five
years he has lived and some of the
things he expects to see in the next
thirty-five. He says:
can remember when the horse cars
ran up the principal avenues of New
York and Chicago.
When telephones were rare novel
ties, clumsy, experimental things,
braced up on walls.
When an airship was a crazy mans
proof that he was crazy.
When the submarine was the dime
novel dreamer's delirium.
When wireless telegraphy couldn't
be.
When appendicitis was acute indi-
gestion.
When ladies wore bustles.
When safety" bicycles had never
been built.
When Ford was a machinist and
hadn't even begun to construct an au-
tomobile-and no one else had either
with any good hope of making the
thing run.
When pneumatic tires were un-
dreamed of.
When big part of the West was
lined off in territories"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
PLEA FOR WOMEN
GOVERNOR LOWDEN OF ILLINOIS
FAILS BEFORE LEGISLATURE.
to Revive the Women's Eight
Hour Bill Rejected and Senate Re
fuses to Establish Safeguards.

The attempt of Governor Lowden of
Illinois to revive the women's eight
hour bill proved failure in the senate
when the body rejected the proposal.
The state executive sent a special
measure to the legislature urging a
reduction of hours in this case and
called attention to last years declara-
tions of all political parties for shorter
hours for women.
CLEARLY, we are committed to legis-
lation which will substantially limit
the hours of labor for women employed
in industrial pursuits" said Governor
Lowden.
"But it is said that war alters the
situation. I submit that if it does
alter the situation, it makes this legis-
lation more imperative. England
thought at the opening of the war that
it was made necessary, because of the
war, to increase rather than decrease
the number of hours of labor. 1t has
been shown very conclusively by the
experience of England that this in
crease was at the expense of both
efficiency and economy.
"The British government last year,
after an exhaustive investigation thru
a very able committee, reached the
conclusion that from every stand
point, that of efficiency as well as
the health of the women, overtime
should be abolished and an eight-hour
day established for them. Hence the
argument of even temporary necessity
fails. Moreover, let US not forget the
purpose of this legislation.
"That purpose is to safeguard the
future of the nation.
"War must of necessity impair the
fatherhood of future generations,
i l. = 4t,s,@
take every precaution to protect the
mothers of the next generation. l
believe that need for legislation limit
ing the hours of work for women is
more imperative than if we were at
peace"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04

This establishment is located in
Mccarthy block, 112 and ia North
Main street is the largest and best
equipped establishment of like char
acter in the Rocky Mountain region.
Expert licensed embalmers, up to the
minute service, quality and funeral
supplies; prices that meet the financial
conditions of their customers. Largest
and most beautiful chapel and rooms;
private laying out rooms and dressing
rooms where every care and attention,
and courteous treatment and kindly
consideration is assured. T. G. Nc
Carthy is one of the old-time union
men of the city, and is an honorary
member of Local No. 80, Painters and
Decorators, and has always been fair.
Any work entrusted to this firm will
be appreciated by them and satisfac-
ton guaranteed. Full automobile
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
PATS RIDDLE.

Pat and his neighbors were sitting
around the fire on a cold, wet night
and somebody suggested that few
riddles would make some fun.
"Well, I'll start ye," said Pat, can
ye may well put on yer thinking caps.
Tell me why a soldier is always tired
on the first of April?"
That was hard one and they all
gave it up. So Pat furnished the
answer:
"Arrah, why I suppose it's because
of thirty-one days March"
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
PERHAPS A SETTING HEN.

The teacher had recited "The Land
ing of the Pilgrims" Then she re-
quested each pupil to draw from imag-
ination a picture of Plymouth Rock.
Most of them went to work at once,
but one little fellow hesitated and at
last raised his hand.
"Well, Willie, what is it?" asked
the teacher.
"Please, ma'am, do you want us to
draw hen or a rooster ?"-Chicago
Herald.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
T. G. MCCARTHY & COMPANY[]
FUNERAL DIRECTORS AND EMBALMERs PUEBLO COLO

equipment for funerals-the only firm
who have both black and gray hearses
also horse-drawn. Finest auto am
bulance in city. Motto: "Service, quail
ity and reasonable charges
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
FORCE OF FOOD.

Geek-Well, old sport, how do you
feel? I've eaten bowl of oxtail soup
and feel bully.
Guke-Tve just eaten plate of hash
and feel like everything.
Denver labor bulletin., 1917-08-04
TEMPORA MUTANT.

Mr. Goodleigh-Hera age really sur
prises me; she doesn't look twenty
eight, does she?
Miss Snappe-Not now, but l sup
pose she did once.
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-09-29

again changed and repealed by new
one.
In handing down his decision Judge
Kelly said he had found that the To-
pealing of the second ordinance by the
third had reinstated the first orii.
nance and that under these conditions
the City Attorney could claim the
money from the city.
! City Counselor Knehans, however
argued that such could not be done.
"If it were," he told the Judge, "then
the entire city legislation would be
disrupted, and all ordinances repealed
at one time by another would be &c
vived and no new ordinances could nc
made effective"
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-09-29
= lTELAW Wins
suit AGAINST CITY
Is Given judgment for $3.50 by
Judge KeIly-Cfy Will Appeal
knehans Says.

Following the decision of Circuit
Judge Kelly in the suit of Robert H
Whitelaw against the city awarding
him $3.50 alleged to be due him as
salary as City Attorney, City Counsel
or Oscar A. Knehans announced yes
torday he would appeal from the de-
ci>iou o. The Judge, if his motion
10 a now l.ial were overruled by
judge Kelly. Whitelaw sued the city
fo~ the above amount alleging the
motley na- due him as City Attorney
from January /, 1916, to April 1,
1917, when he was succeeded by Capt
w. c. Balm.
The City Counselor held that White
law was not entitled to the pay b.
cause the salary had been elminat I'd
and established on Il fee basis before
Whitclaw began his last term as City
Attorney. The ordinance, he said,
whic! made the city attorneyship fee
office, had repealed the old ordinance
which allowed the City Attorney 5000
a year in addition to the fees. Stree
then the second ordinance has been
The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1917-09-29
Aeros for Arctic Travel.

, Freeport, Me.-'I have made the
last sledge and dog expedition to the
far North. In the future see the air.
!plane carrying men to the undiscov-
cred regions Of the North" Donald b.
Macmillan, Arctic explorer and scien-
itist, made this assertion in an inter-
view. Continuing. he said: 'The day Of
dogs and sledges is over. The airpIane
will. in the future, carry men to the
vast still areas which no man has
ever seen. That journey, which es-
tablished the nonexistence of Crocker
Land. which took. 30 days to make In
the dead of the polar winter. with the
hardships which all Arctic explorers
must expect and the dangers they
must face, could have been made in
a modern airplane in summer time
between breakfast and dinner. That
sounds e1travasant, but it's true"