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Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-12
HOW ID FIGURE WHAT YOU
 OWE UNCLE SAM IN INCOME TAX
Returns To Be Made For Calendar Year Before March ], Payable Be-
 fore June IS, 1918.

The law requires that all persons making payments to others of $500 or more in the year of 1917 shall report the same to the local collector of in ternal revenue on blanks to be ob- tained in the collectors office. Re turns should be filed on or before March l for income received during the present calendar year, and the tax is payable on or before June Is.
 No return can be made to the government bulletin explains, "ex- cept the one furnished by the inter nal revenue department. This form should be filled out at your leisure and sworn to before an officer with a seal After the return has been filed and checked an assessment will be made on the return and an assess ment notice will be mailed.
 "A single person earning Sl 900 a year will not be required to pay tax, but will be required to file return. that is, you must obtain a form and fill 1t out and file it with the collec- tor A tax will be collected on what you earn over the Sl,000. This same rule applies to married people, living together, or heads of families receiv- ing 5000 a year. Unless such mar ried people, living together, have an income in excess of S2,OO0, a tax will not be collected, but a return must be filed.
 Returns are to be made for the period Jan. l, 1917, to Dec 3l, 1917. They must be filed on or before March I, 1918. Tax for 1917 must be paid by June Is, 1918.
 Here Are Illustrations. "A simple illustration is given as follows:
 Single person. Net income ..............S5 S 600 Exemption ................... LULU
 s4OOO Taxable income at ? per cent is SS0 tax. Married person. Net income ................S s, ,000 Exemption ......-..-..... 2,000
 s3OOO, Taxable income at ? per cent, is. $50 tax. Married persons who are separ- ated are only entitled to, under the new law, the Sl,0OO exemption, the same as single person, and $3,000 ex. emption under the old law The law permits an exemption of an addition {.
Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-12

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Weekly journal-miner., 1917-12-12

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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

weather sets In. II could then be piac.
ed In cold storage or In well con-
structed house OF the cellar pit style
with a water tight roof provided with
numerous yontilators for the free ad-
mission OF air when the outside TEN.
perature permits. This practice would
remove very materially the present OBJ
Section OF the truckers to purchasing
their seed supply subject to fall de-
livery, because under good storage con-
ditions the seed could he easily kept
dormant until required for planting.
Such a change would also enable the
grower to buy his seed for less money
than for midwinter delivery.
Temperature Of Storage ,Roona
The temperature ut which the stor-
age rooms In which seed potatoes are
usually held Is maintained at from 81
degrees to "a degrees Il. II IL believed,
however, that "a degrees to IS degrees
+, would be a more satisfactory tenn
perature.
For the last three seasons the grav-
ity brine system Of Refrigeration has
been used In the potato storage room
Of the department Of agriculture. With
this system, In which ice and salt are
used rs q substitute for ammonia or
carbon dioxid In cooling the brine, the
maintenance Of constant temperature
is entirely dependent upon the thor
oughness with which the surrounding
walls, ceiling and door have been In.
sulated and the attention given to re-
Icing the coil tank and to observing
that the brine In the circulating coils
10 actually circulating. The tempera-
lure can be raised or lowered by SIM
ply varying the proportions Of ice and
salt used In the tank. Temperature
records covering a weeks time have
frequently been secured in which there
was practically no variation during the
whole period. With this system It has
been possible to keep seed potatoes
perfectly dormant until wanted for
planting.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
An insulated frame potato storage
house used for storing, second crop
OF potatoes at Morrill,. Tex.

sand barrels, Al rule, the only pro
vision for the ventilation Of the base,
ment is by means Of trapdoors in the
fioor above, through which the filing
OF the bins is completed. Occasionally
a ventilator Is found In the roof. In
storing the potato crop In the base
ment the bins are filled from one-half
to two.thirds full from the basement
door. and. MS already stated, the re-
mainder Of the bin Is filed from the
upper door through a trapdoor over
each bin. In addition to serving use
ful purpose In filling the bins and pro-
tccting the potatoes from inclement
weather. the wooden superstructure OF
these storage houses may be used for
the housing OF hay or grain or for bar
rcls. sucks, farm implements and wag.
ons, The house shown In Fig. II OF
the bulletin IL representative and gives
fairly accurate conception OF the
style Of construction Of Its exterior
Tint such houses have proved salts
factory to the potato grower In Maine
IL evident from the fact that practical
" no other style OF potato storage
house IL In use In that state. II Ia not
conceivable, however, that they will
ever supcrscde the dugout pit or stor-
aye cellar now 80 extensively used IN
the middle and FAR western states, ana
II Ia not ut all probable that the latter
win ever supersele the Aroostook type
In Maine, Both have distinctive fea.
lures which peculiarly adapt them to
thcr own environment, but do not nee.
essarlly preclude their use In other To-
calltles,
The ,ArtiHoially Refrigerated Storage
un House.
The artihcinlly refrigerated potato
storage house IL M yet hardly IN exist.
uicc The nrescnt use OF this type OF
storage house IL confined practically to
the holding of northern grown seed 10.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Scientific Farming

tatTa IN cGld storage for second crop
planting IL the aoutIi.
There X probably little demand for
IN nftibclnlly refrigerated potato stsr-
age honse IN the northern i,OintO grow.
Ing sections OF the United States, but II
In debatable point whether communi.
~ cold storage plants could not be prof
itably employed by the southern truck
growers. Al the present time prac.
tically all OF the northern grown seed
used by the southern grower Is shipped
10 the south during the months OF No.
veinbcr. December and JaS,uary. de-
pending upon the locality to which II
In consigned. AZ rule. the seed stock
" Ia transit from the north during
dangerously cold weather. and 1t must
b. accompanied by person charged
with the responsibility Of keeping It
from freezing. Artificial heat is sup
piled 10 the car by means OF stoves.
and they often require more attention
between stopping points than 1t In pos
sible TO give them. with the result that
the car gets ovcrhcnted or too cold.
either Of which conditions Is undesir-
able for seed potatoes. II. on the other
hand. the southern grower had suit
able storage facilities he could pur-
chase his supply Of seed IN the fall
and have II delivered before cold
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

II is one Of the mean and morbid lies
that physical courage IL connected with
cruelty, ToiSioyan mud Klpllngl.c are
nowhere more at ono than In maintain
Ing this. They have. | believe some
small sectnrsan quarrel with each
other. the small one saying that cour
age must be abandoned because II Il
connected with cruelty and the Other
maintaining that cruelty IL charming
because II Is q part ~ courage. But I,
Ia all. thank dod. lie, An energy and
boldness of body may make q mar
stupid or reckless or duh or drunk Of
hungry. but II does not make hin
spiteful.--(silbert X. Chesterton.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
PUT THE RUBBISH TO USE.
Old Clothes and Furniture May Dc
Needed BY Others.


II there " a piece OF furniture about
tho house that Ia not actually In use
give Il away. Get RID Of It; clean up
tho rubbish; clear out the attic: don't
allow useless articles TO accumulate.
The habit OF boarding was formed In
the Jungle nway back when the race
was hard pressed, Our ancestors later
on found that II was u part Of wisdom
to hang on to everything they could get
hold Of. on the theory that II would
some day he OF use. aud generally Il
was Of nse So We have clune to the
habit Of boarding until at this time
there are many articles about every
home which arr absolutely useless and
which will ncver be used by the house
hold Get rid 0s 'h"m
The conservation OF resources
economy abont which we hear 10 much
-docs not contemplate the withholding
from use OF anything tllni may be Of
use. Indeed. conservation means using
10 the utmost that which IL usable In a
rational way. So you are actually con.
serving the wealth Of the world by dis.
posing Of that which is OF no use Ia
you. but which may be Of use to some
one else. Columbus Dispatch.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
STORING POTATO CROP.

Example, Of Above Ground etersss
Used In Various Parts Of the Country.
Prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
The insulated frnme potato storage
house In not used very extensively and
a. rule IA better adapted to southern
than 20 northern climatic conditions.
The construction feature Of such
storage house In the thorough insula-
tion OF its walls. ceiling. doors and
windows. The type Of house described
In farmers bulletin 54S for the storage
Of sweet potatoes will serve equally
well for the Irish potato. but In the
case OF tho latter no artificial heat will
be required. Facilities for heating
storage houses Of the type under dis.
ctisslon In tho north ut least must be
provided for extremely cold weather.
This In usually accomplished by means
Of an ordinary heating stove. This
type Of storage house is not 10 be rec.
ommcnded for northern locations, nor
b II advocated for the south except
where poor drainage conditions will
not permit the use of the dugout or
cellar style Of house. II II not recon.
mendcd because II cannot be 80 eco.
nomically constructed. nor does II fur
nish az good type Of storage as the
properly ventilated cellar storage house
The Aroostook Type Of Storage House.
The Aroostook type Of storage house,
with concrete aor masonry basement
walls and wooden superstructure.
seems TO be distinctively n product OF
Maine and NO far as has been observed
IL not found 10 any extent outside OF
that state. II In nm expensively con-
structcd house and is almost always
located on a sidchlll or knoll In order
that advantage may be taken OF q
ground level entrance. Few. II any, Of
these storage houses have both front
and rear end driveway entrances on
the same ground level. but practically
all OF them have rear ground level
basement driveway and n front ground
level entrance TO the wooden super.
structure. When the rear entrance IN
located In the end the basement is usu.
ally divided into number OF bins ON
either side OF the driveway. The floor
may or may not be OF cement. Usually
those storage houses that have ce.
ment floor ns well as those which do
not are provided with false wooden
floors TO permit ventilation under the
piles Of tubcrs.
Basement Storage.
The Easements Of the Maine type OF
storage houses are usually from eight
to twelve feet In depth. and most Of
them have capacity of several thou
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Tomatoes For hoas.

On farms where there is an excess
Of tomatoes the surplus may be cooked
and fed to hogs. The hogs would not
eat the green tomatoes unless cooked.
That which Is not needed for immedi-
ate use Is stored away In mir tight bar,
rels for future use, The top layer de.
Gays. but that beneath remains good.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Tho MIN Eoom.

The milk room must be used exclu
sively for the storage Of milk, "No
admittance except on business" should
he placed at the door and every one
and everything excluded that has no
need OF being there, This must bc
clean In every corner and well venti
lated.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

Dragoons used to he armed With u
short muskct which spou,cd ont fire 80
ncrcely when the trigger was pulled
thnt II was called a dragon" after
tho fabulous beast whose breath is fire.
So well established did this name be-
come for this hrearm that a dragon
was engraved on the barrel. and the
men who used this particular weapon
were called dragons"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

All tralns leave Grants Pass from
the corner Of q and Eighth streets.
opposite the Southern Pacific depot.
For all information regarding
freight and passenger service call At
the once OF the company. Public Ser
vice building. or phone 1sl for
same,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

A little losa friRhtcns, great one
times. spnnish proycrb,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

September is, Courier Bargain
Day. l.tta ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Tn. Noss Kiss.

The nose kiss cyls,s IN races 10 far
apart ne the Eskimo, " the arctic and
the Maoris OF New Zcslnnd.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

CRAWFORD peaches for sale. three
boxes for $1.00 Phone s10-F-34.
IS
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
Tnn GARD
Effective June /. 1877.
Daily except Sunday.

Train 1 lv. Grants Pass.. 100 p. m.
Train 2 lv. Waters Crock 500 p. m
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
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Last Kind the Worst.

Last Kind the Worst.
Teacher How many kinds Of poetry
are there? Pupil--Three, Teacher
What arc they2 Pupil--Lyric. dramatic
and epidemic. life. tNg
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Classified Advertising



ANGEL cakes soc; order BY phons,
No. 1901. S7H
o. 4 c. GRANT LANDS Blue print
plats showing lands In Josephine
county. ,l.5o. Address A. q.
voorhies, Grants Pass II
TO AUTOMOBILE OwNERS-Magic
Motor Gas. quart equals so gall
Ions gasoline. Guaranteed by
Auto Remedy Co.. Cincinnati. o.,
and Magic Sales Co.. Minneapolis.
Beware Of limitations. Inquire
Chas. Nee. Applegate. Ore. and
NJ. Clemens. Druggist, Grants
Pass. 80
FOR SALE,--A Bargain. Black
horse coming 4 years old. weight,
LOO. Bay horse 8 years old
weight, LOO. Well broke single
or double. Nearly new IL wag-
on. Good set Of heavy harness.
Good set OF single harness. t35
worth OF new 1907. canvas. Price
$3.50 for all or will sell any part.
Inquire Myers Barber shop. 6091s
@ street. 81
FOR SALE--Oak dining table and
chairs. rocker. library table.
kitchen cabinet. dresser, carpet
sweeper. baby buggy and house
hold goods at repair shop No. 401
North Sixth street. Phone 332-R.
{4t S8
CRAWFORD peaches for sale. three
boxes for $1.00 Phone 610-F-34.
68
FOR SALE OR TRADE--Four room
house. one large lot valued at
$500. Coos Bay. plenty work, less
than mile to Smith mills and new
ship yards. Will trade as part
payment on 25 to 40 acres near
Rogue River or Gold Hill. Must
be few fruit trees and at least 20
acres OF tillable land and water
for acres or better. Not more
than one and one-half miles to
school. Will assume mortgage
for few hundred dollars at low
interest. R. /. Box SO, J. C. Biel-
man. Marshfield. Ore. 55
FOR SALE-FYve passenger Ford
cheap. at Collins garage. 81
FOR Chalmers SO auto. only
run 1000 miles, looks like new
sell very cheap or will exchange
| for income property. U. A. Crit
fin. phone 145-L. 5.
no RENT
FOR RENT-3-room house and fine
garden spot on river bank, 4
blocks from Sixth street, at 81
per month. Inquire at Chas. Nor
rison's grocery. 503 South Sixth
street. att
FREMONT ROOMS -, Now under
management Of Mrs. L. c. Arm
| strong; rs clean rooms at 35t
and soc; special rates by weel
or month; also light housekeep
Ing rooms. Would like your pat
| ronage. 40ti
PARTLY furnished house for rent
Inquire Courier ONCE. act
FOR RENT Furnished housekeep
| ing rooms. also furnished singl,
room. reasonable rent, close In
| 621D. corner Seventh. Opposite
Baptist church. g.
PIANOS, new and secondhand To-
rent or sale on easy monthly pay
ments; first years rent to appl.
on purchase price. Rowell''
music and Photo House. Z,
FOR RENT-Partly furnishes
| house, has good we'll. across iron
Riverside school house, conven
lent for school children. InQuir
| 70s South Eighth street. 81
| -------------------------
FOR RENT-.Remodeled 5-roon
house on G street. modern plumb
ing.
| Three or four we'll furnished
comfortable housekeeping room
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

FOR SALE--Oak dining table and
chairs, rocker. library table.
kitchen cabinet. dresser, carpet
sweeper. baby buggy and house
hold goods at repair shop No. 4O1
North Sixth street. Phone 332-R.
5s
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13
Basement Storage.

The Easements OF the Maine type OF
storage houses are usually from eight
to twelve feet In depth. and most Of
them have n capacity of several thou
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

FOh SALE--F1ve passenger Ford,
cheap. at Collins garage. 55
FOR SALE-Chalmers SO auto, only
run 1000 miles, looks like new.
sell very cheap or will exchange
for income property. U. A. Grif-
fin. phone 145-L. So
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-09-13

o. 4 G. GRANT LANDS Blue print
plats showing lands In Josephine
county. Sl.50. Address A. q.
voorhies. Grants Pass II
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-02

"The government officers plowed the Armenian cemetary in Marsovan and sowed it with grain as sym bol that no Armenian should live or die to be buried there. No Armenian student or teacher was left to Ana tolia College and of the protestant congregation in the city of $50 souls, more than 300 with their pastors were swept away It was a government movement throughout-a movement against the Armenian people.
 These things are typical of what took place through the six provinces Of the Turkish Empire known as Ar menia. The Armenians are the Yan kees of the East-the merchants, man. ufacturers. capitalists, artisans and among the best of the farmers. One quarter of million people succeed ed in escaping into Russian Towns and among them American representa- tives have done wonderful work in caring TOT the SICK, giving bread to the hungry, clothing the naked, car ing for orphans. Probably a million more went to Syria and Mesopotamia where they have been dependent upon American relief which is helping this worthy people to pull through alive"
 The number of Armenians ho have been massacred, said Dr. White, is estimated by the American Commit tee for Armenian and Syrian relief in New York city at from 500, ,0O0 to 1.000.0Q0 while there are a million still living in need of immediate aid, for which s5,000,O0O a month is ur- gently needed, without which thous-
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-02
ARMEN|ANS ARE MASSACRED
 BY AXES

NEW YORK, Oct. 2-The slaughter with axes of all the Armenian facul- ty members of Anotolia College, Mar. sovan, Northern Asia Minor, together with 1900 others by Turkish pea. sants, whose pay for the work was the privilege of stripping the clothing off their victims bodies, was described here today by the Rev. Geo. E. White president of the college, recently re- turned to this country. The massa- cres were committed at night by or der of the Turkish government, he said, the Armenians being sent out in lots of a hundred or two to their doom and their bodies rolled into pre- pared burial trenches.
 One group of our college boys asked permission to sing before they died and they sang Nearer My God to Thee. then they were struck down." Dr. White said.
 ''The situation for Armenia be. came so excessively acute in the Spring of 1915 when the Turks deter mined to eliminate the Armenian question and religious causes.
 "On the pretext of searching for deserting soldiers. concealed bombs, weapons, seditious literature or re- volutionists. the Turkish officers ar rested about 1900 Armenian men at Marsovan. accompanying their inves- tigation by horrible brutalities. There was no revolutionary activity in our region whatever
 The men were sent out in lots of one or two hundred in night deporta- aions to the mountains where trench es had been prepared. Coarse pea sants who were employed to do what was done. said it was a pity to waste bullets so they then used axes.
 Then the Turks turned on the wOm- men and children, the old men and little boys. Scores of oxcarts were gathered in the early dawn and as they passed, the squeaking of their wheels left memories that make the blood curdle even now. Thousands of women and children were swept away. Where? Nowhere. No desti- nation was stated or intended. Why? Simply because they were Armenians and Christians and were in the hands of the Turks.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-02

snatched away at every turn on the
 journey. The girls sold at Marsevan for from $2 to s4 each. I know be. cause I heard the conversations of men engaged in the traffic 1 know because I was able to ransom three girls at the price of $40.
 The misery, the agony, the suffer. ing were beyond power of words to express almost beyond the power or hearts to conceive. In bereaye- ment, thirst, hunger, loneliness, hope lessness, the groups were swept on and on along the roads whicn had no destination
 "I received word from ambassad or Morganthau that our premises would not be interfered with. Next morn ing the chief of police came with armed men and demanded surrender of all Armenians connected with the College Girls School and hospital. We claimed the right to control our grounds as American citizens.
 More than two hours we held them at bay. They brought more armed men. They again demanded surren- der of the Armenians. I refused They challenged me for resisting the Turkish government. They said any. one who did so was liable to immedi- ate execution
 They broke open our gates, brought oxcarts in and asked where the Ar menians were. I refused to tell. They went through the buildings smashing down the doors. Then our Armenian friends. feeling that further attempt on our part to save them would bring more harm probably then good, came forth. professed themsel- yes loyal Turkish subjects and of fered to do what was required.
 An oxcart is assigned each family With a meager supply of food, bed. ding and clothing. The mother sat on the load with her children about her. the father prepared to walk be- side the cart I offered prayer and then the sad procession carrying 72 persons from the college and hospi- tai moved away.
 These teachers were men of char acter, education, ability and useful ness. several of them representing the fine type of graduates from American and European universities. The com pany went in safety for about fifty miles. Then the men were seperat- ed from the women. Their hands were bound behind their backs and they were led away. The eight Ar menian members of the staff of in- struction of Anatulia College were among the slain. The women and | children were moved on and on. No | one knows where and no one knows how many of them are still living.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-10-02
You Must Act Quiskly for the
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