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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15

mayor. maintaining order and at
tending to everything. She II was
who first refused to salute the in
vaders. who. for once, overlooked
this insubordination.
On one occasion the commanding
officer visited the school and remark
cd that the provinces Of AlsaceIar-
raine were indicated on the map
which hung In the class room -
forming part Of France. He pointed
out this fact and asked Mime Pslle-
Quer why they were separated from
the German Empire. ''Because they
belong to u.s." she answered simply.
Then at last the French returned in
March. and the report they made cf
the noble work accomplished BY
Nine. Pellequer. has earned her the
distil| |ction reserved for the heroes of
Fraxcs. .fi fl,lEl
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
0nfulAN LANES TAKHN a NILE
DEuP IN sUDDEN RUsH ron
GOAL orr
0DJECTlvEs GAINED First Dash
Dritish Arc Now Consolidating Their
Ground Preparatory 70 Taking
Ersnsh Clty Of Mines

AZ British HesdQuAsisrs In France.
Aug. i5 Tho Canadians today
stormsd and captured German posi-
tions along q front Of . thousand
yards and to depth OF nearly a mile
In Q force renswsl OF their assault
upon Lens. Al 4 rssnlt Of today's
attack. Lens is now only a death
trap. and if the Germans persist In
attempting 70 Aeld the city. Its pos
session win cost them dearly, as the
Canadian guns can she'll every part.
even to tho northern outskIrts OF the
city.
In their splendid rush OF today the
Canadians captured bill No. 10.
Cite S. Laurent. Cite 81. Emillis.
and part Of Cite 81, Riixabeth we're
quickly taken. A portion OF the Hu-
20 Woods also fell before the nsrce
Cnadian onslaught.
A number OF other Important min
Ing centsrs and positions surround
Ing Lens. were taken. including hun
dreds Of German prisoners,
Tho British captured their objec-
tivcs for the day At one splendid rush
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
THREE DAY PROGRAM
At GOOD ROAD meet

Tho Chamber Of Commerce this
morning received word from Govern
or withycombe that he would reach
Grants Pass on Sunday mornings
train ready for the trip to Crescent
City, Chairman Benson and Com
missioner Adams Of Oregon High
way Commission. viii motor to this
city. reaching here Saturday even-
ing.
A. the importance Of the Crescent
City road conference becomes better
known. the prospects for = large At
tendance from this city increases.
The Crescent City program In
ciudes: Picnic At Requa Sunday
noon where Governor Stephens and
the California Highway Commission
will DO met and conducted to Cres-
cent City: q road conference at the
Chamber Of Commerce rooms Sunday
evening with dinner.
A speaking program will be held
at Smiths River Monday q. m. with
Governors withycombs and Stephens
as the principal speakers; picnic at
noon. Good roads meeting at Cres-
cent City all afternoon. followed by a
ball In the evening.
Tuesday, the good roads sessions
will be held At ten o'clock In the
morning and two o'clock in the aft
ernoon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
CHINA DRAWS NEARER no
THIN AMERICAN PEOPLE

CANTON, July 20--(By Mail)--
Relations between China and Ameri.
ca. which have registered evlden-
ces lately OF their increasing Inn
portanoe now and after the war aave
been given impetus in the formation
Of the Chiness-American association
hero.
Chung wing-Kwong. vice-president
OF the Canton Christian College. ID
head Of the new organization which
aims to promote trade and other
forms Of intercourse between the two
nations, Returned students from the
United States are taking an active
part in the work.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15

missing. II occurred to him then
that there were thousands Of men
and women At home as anxious as he,
but unable to make such a personal
investigation. The result was the
organization Of the searchers depart
ment. sA{gA
The hospitals are the principal
scene Of the searchers work. With a
book containing the names Of men
missing for n,anv months they make
the rounds. following up clues and
suggestions that may lead to the
clearing up Of the individual mys-
tories, The work requires tact and
intelligence and, above all. patience,
The American Red Cross has al
ready made plansfor such q service
to follow the fortunes Of American
troops In France.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
WHEAT CONTROL
WORK ARRANGED
Hsss Cosporatioa, with Tnree NV
istoas-wheat Bsyaag. Price
trxiaG. Milling b DO Work.

WARRINGTON. D. c.. Aug. lS--
The crsation Of . huge corporation to
b the means through which the gov
srnmsnt viii control the wheat sItua-
tion. with capitalization Of $780,
100000. has bssn oficiaily announo-
ID.
Three committees are appointed by
the prssidput 70 carry on the work:
A wheat purchasing committee: an
other TO be . prics-nxing board; and
the third will be the United States
Miiisrs' committee.
With the creation Of this corpora
tion. the machinery for handling the
wheat and Hour section OF the food
control problem win be ready for 40
ton.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
AMERICAN DES1ROYERS
GUARD TRAVEL LANES

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. 1874
Transatlantic travel 10 being made
safe BY American destroyers. passen-
gers said today. arriving on q Brit
ish liner. after an American destroy
er had beaten of threatened at
tack by n German U-boat.
Tho liner left British port with
eight other steamers under the con-
voy Of British and american destroy
ers. On the third day out peris-
cope was sighted. Immediately two
American destroyers emitted a
smoke screen and went In pursuit Of
the German craft.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
TURP|N TELLS STORY
Shooting ANDFuGHT'
Cane Here Nsk 4 Murder SHAVED L Csl H1E 1lea
Passed Suiglt 1lssd MedfMl - Asklasl III
Qsse b Where Pursuing Sheriff Passed

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no passed through the main street
oi Aeotord during the early evening
wnen the streets were crowded with
people. out did not stop. He passed
down the main street OF Ashland
snoruy after midnight and continued
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= ne nad Just started again. about
. O'CLOCK sunday afternoon. when ne
saw an auto approachins and jumped
into cluster OF rose bushes for shel-
ter' the auto approached and the
the driver stopped 70 put water into
tne radistor when Turpin recognized
iess tnan eo feet distant from his
niding place. Snsrin Lewis ana Dap
uty LISTER. who we're returning from
from tnstr TIP 70 Hit and Cole "
furpin strnek scros counfry TO-
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ne went 70 'odsins mouse Tor the
night. the next morning ne went
70 tne railroad station when for
mer Grants Pass man named Lee
YORK recognised MIN ana informed
two special deputies who we're on l..
W. W. guard duty Tney headed for
iurpin wnom tney saw standing oy
.ne depot Iurpin srarted around
.ne depot ana the deputies Followed
nnm' iurp'n says ne made the cir
CUT OF 'ne depot twice and landed
wnere no was wnen the deputies nrst
headed for him when he saw that
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
AUTO Dealers
TO VISIT HERE
01=@s RAss WIN EntRtnin EfGnfy
An1O Dsaasss Hssa Regtiand
Two Dags Nsgt WEI

At meeting betwesn the manaser
o. ne Chamber Of Commercs and
local automobile dealers yesterday,
plans wsrs made for sntsrtainiag the
delegation Of Portland suto dsslsrs
VINO win reach this city wednesday.
August 20 and stay over Thursday
to allow the party to visit ths ORE
gou caves.
The party will b met by . COR
mittee Of local eitisens at 0lsAlale of
Wolf Creek. Thsy ere expected 70
reach this city about 1 .. m. wsdnss-
day. Their cars. which are tho latest
models Of something Hike Is "vars-
eties" win be parked q . convsaisnt
point In tho down town district
whore those Interested IN The trade
and prospective car buyers nay haze
an opportunity to sse the latest or
erings.
wednesday evening the visitors
win participate in . general com
munity picnic to ~ held In The city
park. Thsy are bringing ! guar
texts with them - well a several
good entertainers. Local talent win
BE- called upon for part Of the
entertainment and the Grants Pas
band. the best Ia Southern Oregon.
will round ont the program.
Thursday b also given to this city
and to the Caves trip. Local dealers
VIII oct a. guides and escorts for the
visitors.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15

Ralph Turpin. who shot end killed
VIM. AcCallistsr at 6palding mill
Friday morning. was brought to this
city about midnight last night BY
Sheriff Lewis and Deputy Lister.
making the trip from Klamath Falls.
where Turpin was captured. by auto.
Turpin has made . clean breast Of
the whole affair. He talked freely
with Sheriff Lewis and the Courier
this morning and his story was cor
roborated at every point where infor-
nation 10 obtainabls from other
sources.
Contrary to rumors which were
floating ahoat. Young Turpin was not
In this city q any time following
the shooting until broughG In last
night By the sheriff. He visited his
parents home for about three msn-
utes Friday night and left immsdi-
stsly going up the river ON the south
side.
Al Turpin tells his story. hs 4 en-
tirsly at loss to understand Why
McCallistsr beat him up q hs. ~
pressed Il. He had had no thoutle
with him of any kind and vhsa he
Got onto the log carriage on the
morning Of the shooting. Il v6s to
talk with John Braxille and not NO
Callistsr. He was talking with Bra
sille whom McCallistsr struck him and
puzzled him Oh. Turpin iays tkas
+McCallister followed this up by
jumping on the carriage and. contin-
uing the beating. knocking Turpin to
the floor near the saw. Braxille in
terfered and was knocked down In
turn by Mccallister. Turpin states
that Brazille was on the floor where
he had been Knocked by McCallister
when he. Turpin. left the miil to get
his revolver.
He returned to the mill with the
pistol In the gauntlet Of his glove.
II had not been seen by any other
employe until the shooting. He
states that, when McCallister saw
him approaching, he made for Tur-
pin; and when about 20 feet distant.
Turpin ordered him to stop. Instead
OF doing so. McCallister headed
straight for Turpin who then shot
twice. McCallister turned and start
ed out Of the mill In one direction
and Turpin left in another. taking
directly to the hills.
His pistol had one shell left with
which he killed q rabbit which he
tried to eat, then throw the pistol
away. He kept to the hills all day
heading toward this city. He waded
'Applegate river about dark and came
down Allen creek. crossing the Cres-
cent City road about . mile and a
half from town. then headed across
lots to his fathers home near the
mill yard, Just beyond the south end
Of sixth street bridge,
He reached home q little after 8
p. m. Friday night. His father ask
ed him to surrender to the authori-
ties but he refused. He learned here
that Mccallister had died, Gettins
a piece Of bread and . Jar OF canned
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
VICTOR MURDOCH GOES =
FNDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. i5.---
Victor Murdoch. the Kansas pro-
gressive and former congressman,
was today nominated member Of
the Federal Trade Commission. sue
ceeding tho late W. II. Parry.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15

WASHINGTON. D. c.. Aug. 15--
Administration leaders In the Senate
are determined to force n executive
session late tonight to decide wheth-
er there shall be general discuA-
sion Of peace terms and war sims ON
the door Of the senate.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15

LONDON. .iAug. 15-Lloyd George
today declared that the allies wsFs
fghting only for ! victory Of demoe-
racy over aggression.
This utterance is Of especial sig-
nificance in view Of the Pcpe's peacs
proposals. which are supposedly e
route from the Vatican to the chan
cellories Of Europe.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-08-15
GERMANS SOUR OVER
!. STOCKHOLM HASC0

BERLIN, iAng The worwaerts.
the Berlin newspaper. asssrts thsk
the refusal Of he entente powsrs 10.
grant passports to socialists desir-
ing to attend the STOCKHOLM confer
ence shows that England and Amsri-
ca are determined to destroy Ger
many.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
TEST YOUR SOIL FOR ACID

The most common test for determin-
ing if soil is acid or sour is bv means Of
blue litimus paper, which can be obtain
ed at very small cost from nearly ev.
cry druggist. A small quantity of moiss
soil from the field is compacted into :,
ball, the ball broken into halves, a stri,
OF itmus paper laid across one part am.
the parts pressed firmly together again
After an hour or so the ball of sol
should again be broken apart and tn,
paper removed. If the paper shows a de
cided pink color the same sample of soil
Is acid. If deeprooted crop such as
alfalfa is to be grown it will be well to
test samples taken from both the sur.
face soil and the subsoil.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
STRING BEANS

Why can t bean be bean and let
it go at that?
Most beans are beans, except string
beans. But was the string bean salts
fed to be just bean? No. It had
to grow a string and nearly ruin itself
And why? Did it have any practical
idea in mind when it did? Has any
string bean ever justified it's string? No
It just did it because it could
String beans can be denatured after
its back is broken so that it's almost
fit to eat. But give dish of them a
chance at a cheap restaurant or when
your wife is i'll hurry and see what il
does to you. It IL tongue-ti you, that ,:
| what it III do.
However, we have nobody but our
| selves to blame for the string bean
Washington warned us against entang
| ling alliances.
Luther Burbank could deliver u
from the string bean.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
provement.

prOVemenC. 1..e.~. -<zz-s@4.-
Then there is another important fea-
ture to these big corn yields. 80
It has been shown that they can be
produced at substantial profit over
and above the cost Of preparing the
land for their production.
Careful records have been kept Of
all expenditures, and in almost every
instance the proceeds have much more
than paid the cost of bringing the soil
to it's present state Of fertility.
If these results can be obtained from
an acre, two or three, why not from
ten or fifty, or hundred acres? If
they can be obtained from patch, why
not a field? Why not from all fields
The deplorable truth is that too many
of our farmers are "necessity' far
mers. They ask themselves, elbow
much do I need? And then proceed
to satisfy that need, and no more. They
should rather ask, GLOW much can I
get?' And then get all they can.
It has been estimated that America
could feed the world if all her soil was
made to produce to it's full capacity.
What that capacity is, we are only
beginning to discover.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
SOYBEAN OIL INCREASES
IN DEMAND AND USEFULNESS

The mills that are crushing soybeans
should be encouraged by the tremen-
dous increase in the utilization of the
Oil for different purposes in the United
States. It is Of interest to note that
for the ten months ending with Octo-
Der 1916, there were imported into this
country 119,079,711 pounds of soybean
oil. This was an increase Of 1O3, O52,-
SIG pounds over what was imported
during 1915.
mother words, there was more than
seven times as much imported during
the first ten months of 1916 as came in
during the entire year Of 1915. This
marked increase in the importation of
soybean oil certainly should arouse the
Southern cotton oil mills to the great
importance Of this product and to their
supplying the demand as far as it is
practicable for them to do so, accord
ing to Mr.. c. B. Williams, Chief, Divi.
sion of Agronomy Of the Experiment
Station and Extension Service.
Soybean oil, as has been indicated
previously, is used in the manufacture
| Of paints, linoleums, enamels, water
proofng materials, japans, and for edi
| BILE purposes. The Southern cotton oil
mills and Southern farmers should
profit by this industry-the farmer in
producing the beans and disposing OF
them to the oil mills, and the oil mills
in crushing the beans and disposing OF
the oil and meal. The South should see
to it that more Of their raw materials
are manufactured into finished prod
ucts in order that they may get the
largest returns from the products pro
duced here.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
EGGS.

The egg is the worst shell game that
we have ever been up against.
There was time when eggs were SO
common we trapped them in great mum
bers and ate them while they were still
young. But that was befor they in
vented cold storage.
In those days the older eggs were
utilized as an offensive-a very often
sive weapon in the hands Of displeas-
ed theatre goers. Today the only diff
ference between the elder eggs and the
young ones is ten cents dozen.
Under present conditions it is fire.
quently brought home to the poorer of
US that while dead men tell no tales,
with eggs its different.
The egg today is a nomad. It ira
wells up and down the country and the
pricelist all the time It is the ambi-
ton of every well born egg nowadays
to See America First.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
TEE SEVEN DEADLY DONT'S OF
COURTSHIP-BY A z. M. g. A.
OFFICIAL

OFFICIAL
/. Don't Ttmush -. That is, don It
hug and squeeze and kiss al the girls
before marriage. You III tire of. it too
soon when you are married.
2. Don't try. to rush matters, OF
seem ,overanxious. It does more harm
than good if you call on her every night
in the week.
3. Don't get her ring she will be
ashamed of. Strike an average some
where between one she would turn in
and one that can be seen a block.
4. Don It dangle other girls in front
Of your sweetheart just to show he1
there are others. Cut out the others
and concentrate on one.
5. Don It be parlor porch decora
ton and nothing else. Take her to a
theater, buy her candy, bring her flow
ers, show you re alive.
z. Don It marry for money, or on
love at first sight, or if there is toe
much difference in your ages, or if you
are in poor health. :. -
7. Don It. forget her mother. IF ahe
is the right kind of girl she'll heed
her Mother s advice and you will need
a friend, in that court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
sNEEZING

Is a germs way Of expressing it's
soul; and the price man pays for hav-
ing a nose. It is superinduced by snuff,
red. pepper and Russian conversation.
A sneeze in New York is only a
sneeze, but sneeze in Russia is. Ian
guage. Don It sneeze there unless you
know what you re talking about.
That s one advantage Russian pris-
oners have III Germany: Nobody can
tell whether they re cursing the Kaiser
or just have a bad cold.
All humans are equipped with sneez-
ers. Most sneezers are single shot, but
both barrels at once.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
WE HAVE. A FEW

; :. The super sensitiVe man. or woman is
! e. .pnzzling proposition for. a community
to handle
/. The. person Of acute sensi bilities SUIT
| .fers Sights. where none are intended.
| .Heis forever imagining that his friends
E;are rot as cordial as they should be-
The, sensitive man wears his feelings
on his sleeve, as it We're, and they are
| forever being rutied by the passer-by
/. IF this extreme sensitiveness in our
neighbor was fault in the strictest
sense Of the word we would know how
/ to deal with him. But this is not
fault. 1t is purely the result of self
consciousness and is frequently found
IN persons Of a warm hearted DISPOSE
tion. They have a cordial liking for
their friends and are perhaps Of an i'm
pulslve, ardent temperament Their
feelings find vent in an effusiveness
+ that rarely meets with the response
which they think it merits, and dissa-
pointment is the result.
The great trouble with the sensitive
man is that he has not yet realized
that all men are not built on the same
plan as: himself. He should remember
that: there. are almost as many different
natures as there are individuals, and
each: his own peculiar mannerisms and
modes OF expression.
A smile is simply the working of a
set of facial muscles, and is just as easy
to. call up as, frown. Courtesy and
kindliness are two Of the. noblest quail
tiles of humanity, and are attained at
the smallest price.
Give the super sensitive person a
smile when you meet him. He will feel
better and so will you.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
ADDED EVIDENCE OF AMERICAN
PROSPERITY

Everyday brings evidence that the
American public are willing to pay for
the things, the people really want.
For many months newspaper and ma
gazine publishers have been hard press
ed because Of the tremendous increase
in the price Of white paper. In many
cities one cent news papers have raised
their price to two cents without any
appreciate falling off of circulation,
but the most striking example of the
public 8 willingness to pay an increased
price for better product occurred last
month, when the publishers Of Cosmo-
politan, America 8 Greatest Magazine
determined that, instead of cutting the
quality of the magazine, they would
print an even better magazine and in
crease the price.
The editor has among his writer's
Gouveneur Morris, Robert w. Chambers
John Galsworthy, Jack London, Edith
Wharton, Owen johnson, Elizabeth, Ro-
bins, Amelie Rives and Elinor Glyn. The
magazine is profusely illustrated by the
greatest Of modern artists, and it's ire
mendous sale is only an added proof Of
the American public s thorough appre-
citation Of a quality product at any
price.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
THE WHATCHAMA COLUMN
(By George Martin)
GARLIC =.


A friend Of ours named Schultz asks
us what we think of Garlic. Truth is,
Harry, we don t think OF garlic IT we
can help it.
Onions are bad enough, heaven knows
and garlic is demoralized onion.
Garlic originated with the pirates
who sailed the Spanish Main. Knives,
daggers, blunderbusses, garlic and other
deadly weapons were common to them.
Garlic in the rough looks like a tulip
bulb and smells like an Italian picnic.
It is strung up in punches in front of
grocery stores. People who eat it
ought to be too.
A little garlic goes long way. Els
pecially in a crowded street car.