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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
YAKIMA B0AsT|NG
LARGEST SOLDIER

American Lake. Wash, July 10
The tallest man In the United States
army Is Lawrence II. Rushing. OF
the Yakima valley, say his friends.
At least. his comrades maintain,
II Rushing does not tower over every
other soldier, none are higher. Rush
ing stands 6 feet and inches, and
Uncle Sam will not accept any man
taller than that.
Rushings' arrival here caused con-
siderable worry to the quartermas-
,ter's once. A cot had to be rebuilt
30 that Rushing's feet could be cared
for. An ordinary army blanket was
too small to envelop Rushing's giant
frame, and blanket and a half.
sewed together. was issued to him
A pair Of shoes, No. 15-E. were or
dered from the east.
But today Rushing is comfortably
cared for. and he Ia rapidly learning
the duties Of q soldier. "The boys
have to look up to me-" he said to-
day. and judging from Rushing's
willingness and purpose this remark
may be more than Jest.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19

paved highway along the Washing
ton side Of the Columbia river to
Pasco. thence along the Snake river
to Lewiston. south across Idaho to
Boise. then to Salt Lake City and
ON through Utah and Nevada to
southern California.
Representatives Of the association
will leave Portland for q trip south
through towns on the route OF the
proposed highway.
A pass has besn found Of COM
paratively easy grades over the
mountains between Boise and Lewis
ton. which can Be Travelled the year
around. said members Of the high
way organization here today. The
Columbia river highway will be a
link In the proposed circuit. provid-
ing for crossing the river at Mary
hill to the Washington side.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
EVEN FAROFF SAMOA
.. SUFFERS FROM WAR

Victoria, B. c., July 1s.--Even the
far-on Samoan islands, isolated
from the rest OF the world by great
stretches OF water. suffer from the
war.
This was the word brought here
today by Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. Nelson.
merchants on Samoan island. The
war and hack Of ships have complete
ly disarranged the ordinary trade
channels. Products OF the islands.
chiefly corpa and cocoanut. former
ly were sent to Sydney. New South
Wales. but lately much Of the pro-
duct has been coming to the United
States.
Nelson will endeavor to develop
the American trade and will visit
San Francisco to take up the mat
ter with exporters and importers.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
NORTHWEST FORESTS
ARE IN GREAT PERIL

Portland. July 1s.-I. w. w. van
dalism and weather conditions arc
menacing tho great forests Of the
Pacific northwest a. never before.
say prominent timbermen here to-
day.
Patrol associations and state and
federal authorities In Washington.
idaho and Oregon are taking extra
precautions against fire. A large
number OF blaxes already have been
reported in various parts Of the
three Pacific coast northwest states
Weather bureau oficials say this
Is the dryest July In years and the
woods are like tinder. A match ap-
piled in the face OF fair wind
would start q fire which would be
practically impossible to control.
Tho number Of patrolmen has
been increased in q number OF places
and everywhere close watch for
I. W. W. Is being kept.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
FEDERAL SECRET AGENTS
WORKING ON POISON PLOT

Kansas City. Jul l9.---The entire
machinery Of the federal govern
ment In Kansas was working tonight
toward q solution Of what was de-
scribed as a plot to spread disease
throughout the state by innoculation
through courtplaster. N t
Skilled chemists and bacteriolo-
gists were said to have compounded
the plasters. no detection was said
by the government chemists TO be
difficult. U
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
SAVE STOCKING TOPS

= washington. July 1s.-Tne 4
\ old stocking may finally have \
+ some better use than to hold \
= boarded gold and to cure the \
y children's colds. The women's 4
y committee Of the Council Of Ma \
! tional Defense today discover !
y ed 100000 worth Of old \
\ stocking tops are wasted every \
\ year by American women and \
\ recommended that some meth \
= cd of eliminating this waste be !
y found. They say this waste !
= should not apply to silk stock \
= ings. as silk hose should not be \
\ worn at this time when thrift \
= and economy are needed. \
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
BOOSTING
EVERGREEN HIGHWAY

Portland, July 19.-The plans OF
the Evergreen Highway association
were laid before the Portland Cham
Der Of Commerce here today. A. ].
Elrod. Of Pasco, Wash, is leading
spirit in the organization Of the as
sociation.
Backers OF the Evergreen Highway
association propose to open up a
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19

age (althoagh that 10 an important
factor) ~ Il Is an encisnt distribu-
ton and use Of the available sup
plies that will solve the feeding
problems Of world at war. Elm
mate the extraordinary percentage Of
waste and profit between producer
and consumer. and the food prob
lem will bs more than half solved.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
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\ meat left over In quantities too 4
\ sman for use alone. may be US 4
\ cd advantageously BY mixture 4
\ with other foods. 4
\ Meat and Pastry Rolls 4
\ Chop the meat fine and sea- 4
\ SON It well. Mix in enough but
! tor or other fat to mako It \
= "shape" well. FORM into rolls 4
= about the sise Of n finger and 4
y wrap around each thin piece 4
\ Of short dough made from a
\ pint Of flour. tablespoon 4
\ fuls Of baking powder. salt and 4
= milk enough TO mix.
\ Bake the rolls in hot oven 4
= until they are delicate 4
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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
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: OREGON WEATHER
FOOD CONTROL

E0O4 N6A~AAs0A
In . section Of the country like
Oregon. the people are apt to lose
sisht Of the fact that those districts
which do not raise much Of their
necessary food supply are vitality con-
csrnsd with the problem Of food
control embodied in the administra-
tion bnl nov bsfets the senate.
Ths abuses to which middle-men's
operations are carried are driving
authorities to socialistic paternal-
Inn in handling some Of the necessf-
ties OF life as a simple measure OF
safety for the great mass Of our
people. These abuses are more gIar-
ing in the non-food producing Sec
lions. but are not limited to them BY
any means. 81
In good sized town onions had
been selling at Is to 20 cents a
pound for several months. One day
. huckster dropped In and began to
sell al the perfectly good onions
that anybody wanted for cents a
pound. So. the next day, did the
grocers. They fought his state IL
cense and his local permit. and. when
beaten, continued to sell onions at
z cents-at a profit.
An Indiana woman writes that she
found note in bushel Of pota-
toes. for which she paid 81. stating
that the farmer who produced thom
received SO cents. She is moved to
inquire whether s3.31 (4SO per
cent? is fair price to pay for trans
porting and distributing 60 pounds
Of vegetables grown in her own
state.
A field agent Of the national en-
ergency food garden commission re-
ports as follows: "A large local
concern in a country town had no
beans for sale to farmers who need
ed seed for planting. They actu-
ally had 400 bushels in stock which
they were holding for a higher price.
A local committee imported large
supply and sold at greatly reduc-
cd price. Within a days ride in
a farming state, $4,000 barrels Of
flour are being held for high price.
One store in a small city has 1O,-
900 barrels. and is selling just as
little as possible to customers in
small packages.
II ought not to be necessary to
eliminate the middlemen. They
serve a proper and useful purpose in
the general scheme OF distribution
Of commodities. But speculation in
foodstuffs in such parlous time as
the present, should be prevented.
II is q fact that 35 ounce bread
loaf rstails in France at 8 cents,
while . II ounce retails in the Unit
ed States, where the wheat is raised,
at 10 cents. Something wrong.
The answer is--food control. 1t
is going to come and the sooner the
better. It is not. in the long run.
10 much a matter Of food short
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19
STRIKE STILL ON
MILLS STILL RUN
-LnfiNN ~ n 90. . ..ah

Hoquiam. WASH. July is.--Con-
tinusd plcketing was the chief tea-
ture today Of the Industrial Work.
ers OF the World wcavers ano mill
workers strike In tho mills Of Ho-
quiam and tho Gray's Harbor dis
trict. The forces Of piekets. how
ever. we're reduced at all points. un-
III this evening. whom large num-
bers were out. Though only four
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-07-19

mills are operating their full plants
In Hoauiam and Aberdeen. all are
running planning mills and loading
crews, All report more mon show
Ing up for work today. -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Brummagem Bohemia

CINDERELLA JANE BY Marjorie Benton Cooke
With colored frontispiece limo Do. 307
Doubleday, Page a Go.
When we read nine-tenths Of the
stories which are written about
Greenwich Village" and the wash
ington Square Colony" we are nightly
moved to declare with the bucolc cir
cus-goer. There amt no such ami
mile" Here, however, it a tale of
which that indescribably misrepre-
scented region is in fact merely Incl
rental. The scene might as well have
been laid at the other end of Sixth
Avenue, or anywhere else. As for the
tale itself, il is interesting, and not al
together impossible. The plot is the
old one, of couple who marry without
loving each other, or without knowing
that they love each other, but in the
end developing mutual love to the nth
degree and living happily ever after.
Jane is really "A genius; Jerry and Mar
tin arc both prigs; Bobs is perhaps the
most genuinely human person in the
whole company; and the Cricket
what a thousand pities that the little
imp is so summarily sent to Coventry!
Did Miss Cooke thus dispose of her for
the same reason as that for which
Shakespeare killed off Mercutio! Well,
every reader Of the book will DE sorry.
There were almost infinite possibilities
of fun in the "kid." However. it's a
spTightly and entertaining story.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
The War of Last July

THE BATTLES or THE soNnfB by Philip
Gibbs With maps. l2mo ID o56. william
Heinemann
The true spirit of war is in this vivid
and graphic volume about the super
dous conflicts Of last July in De!ville
Wood and along the road to Bapaume.
Il is not tale of brilliance and glcry
Neither is il one Of unrelevcd horrors.
Mr. Gibbs sees the glory of waglng a
war for righteous causes. lie appre-
ciates the splendor of heroism. But
he sees, too, the pain. the horror and
the devastation. He sees, too, the
valor of the enemy. and he rightly ac-
counts it one Of the chief glories Of the
soldiers on his own side that they have
been able to overcome enemies so
brave, so resolute and so resourcetul.
A greater drive than that is now IN
progress. But never before or since
have we seen more desperate lighting
than that of last July. And we are not
sure that we shall have any more per
feet account of il than Mr.. Gibbs has
given us in his crowded pages. Here
are all the glory and the terror, all the
humor and the pathos. all the herolsm
and the devastation Of the battlefield.
The grim, ungainly antics of the
tanks the dashing daring Of the
aviators, the stubborn resistance oil
the men in the trenches, all arc set
forth in phrases which seem 10 trans
port the reader to the very battlefront.
IL is war translated from the fields OF
the Somme to the pages of a book.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Near-Piracy

SEA PLUMBER BY H. De We're Stscpoole.
l2mo. %. 5l3. The John Lane Company.
Captain Blood is a free lance of the
sea, ready for any commission which
promises profit and which does not too
greatly transgress the law. In the
present case he undertakes n cable
cutting adventure for conspirators who
seek to use the cable for their own pur-
poses in advance of an expected decla-
ration of war. In the very act of "cut-
ting in" they learn that they are too
late, war having already been declared;
whereupon Captain Blood takes things
into his own strenuous hands and deals
with his late employers and others on a
belligerent basis, only TO find out that
it was a false alarm and that there is
no war. OF course, he is in an awful
scrape, having done things which, per-
missible in war, in time of peace are
fiat piracy. Complications are piled
Pelion on 0ssa, with the captains re-
sourcefulness triumphantly surmount-
ing them all. It is a tale of red blood
land bounding pulses, gripping the inter
est from start to finish.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Love and Life
Mr.. Oppenheim's Powerful Ro-
nance of the Cumberland Hills

TIRE HTILAiAS by r. Phillips Oppcnhem
with Illustrations by George Ayison. Emo 70
32S Little Brown & Co.
The "Hilman" is a gigantic young
farmer Of the Cumberland hills, who Is
only a little less a Puritan and woman
Halter than his elder and somewhat
grabbed brother. Accident makes him
acquainted with fascinating and brill
liant actress, and from that moment the
current of his life is changed; and even
more is that of hers, though not until
the last chapter does he or does the
reader suspect it. Despite the dour
and persistent opposition of his brother,
and in defiance of family tradition, he
follows her to London, where he be-
comes involved in extraordinary yet
entirely possible and natural compiled
tions. Comedy, pathos, mystery, in
trigue, heroism, all but tragedy, are
mixed in a seemingly inextricable tan
gle until We begin to doubt whether 1t
can be mere fiction and wonder If 1t
must not be actual truth.
When at last the reader, like the
hero of the book, is wrought up to a
heartbreaking intensity of agonzed
suspense. seeing no possible escape
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Ill Affairs in Peace and War
New Works Of Fiction and Miscellany

with the United States in the war with
Germany gives peculiar timelineSs to
this handsome and encyclopedia work.
Few people in this country probably
realize the magnitude, the potential
wealth and the actual splendor Of
Brazil. Il will be worth their while to
aequaint themselves intimately with
that country. because of it's fascinating
interest; and il is little less than a
patriotic duty TO do so, If ever We are
70 enter into the relations with that
country and its neighbors which we
have been bound by moral logic to
seek ever since the Presidential mes
sage Of December, 1928.
MIR. Elliott has written an interest
ing and valuable work, very much up to
date OF its numerous topics, that Of
German colonization and influence IS
one Of the most alive at this moment.
German colonization in Brazil began as
carly as 1925. but was forbidden by the
German government IN 1853 During
that third of century, and down TO
the present time, just 122,S3O Germans
entered Brazil, and now there are in
that republic about 100000 persons Of
German birth or ancestry; really a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21

thoroughly covered in even so large
volume as this. But Mr.. Krows, writing
from an amplitude of personal knowi-
edge, gained by experience as well as
by observation, sights no phase OF IT,
II at times his treatment seems to be
sketchy, at least the sketches are &C.
curate, informing and suggestive oil
ways and means of securing further de-
tails.
The author begins with the author;
that is, with the playwright's task III
getting his work accepted for produc-
ton. Probably to the average begin
ner in dramatic composition that seems
to be nearly the whole thing. Once ac-
cepted, the play comes automatically
before the audience. In fact, 1t is only
the beginning. Six chapters Mr.. krows
gives to that first task, and forty 70
what follows it, and we cannot quarrel
with his sense of proportion.
To the practical playwriter, or as
pring actor. and indeed to any one who
has or expects TO have anything TO 90
with the stage, the book will prove IN
forming and helpful. To those whose
only knowledge of and interest IN the
stage arises at the other side OF the
footlights it will be a revelation, and a
valuable one, giving them a more Just
appreciation of the labor involved IN
preparing a play for their delectatlon
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Coming Literary Sales
Important Americana, lncuna-
bula, Prints and Autographs

Four important sales of literary
nroperty are to be held during the
coming week at the Anderson Galleries,
Madison Avenue and Fortieth Street
On Monday and Tuesday afternoons
valuable letters and manuscripts from
the library of the late +. George Squier
and many rare books on American his
tory will be sold. Mr.. Squier was one
of the most distinguished of American
ethnologists and Psychologists. Among
the most important of the manuscripts
which he left are these: One on Amer
ican' archaeology of 341 pages, one Of
100 pages on Mexican antiquities, and
one of SO pages on explorations and
adventures in Peru and Bolivia. In adj
dition are many of his maps and origi-
nal drawings of the ancient monuments
in Ohio and the countries of Central
America. Manuscripts also of interest
to scientists, by Rafnesque, on the an
Gent remains of Kentucky and Tennes-
see. and South American surveys and
maps by him, are in the sale. Another
important division consists OF auto
graphs and books relating to Aaron
Burr. This is, indeed, the largest col
lection of the kind that has come on
the market in many years.
The ninth division of the famous
nrint collection made by Frederic X.
Halsey, of New York, will be sold on
the evenings of Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. The previous sales
realized sS70,O95, which exceeds by
$50 900 the previous record for the sale
az print collection in America. Al
least two sales will be held next sea-
SON. The prints to be sold next week
are etchings and engravings by famous
French artists Of the eighteenth cen
fury. ..
the second and concluding part OF the
collection of Napoleonic autographs
,naJe bv the late Frederick Sheldon
Parker. of Brooklyn, will be sold. as
we'll as a large number of interesting
letters by Washington, Adams. Jeffer-
son. Lincoln, and other famous Ameri-
cans.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Counsel for the Defence

THE PUBLIC DEFENDER. A Necessary Factor IN
ne Administration O Justice BY Mayer G.
GOLDMAN With Foreword by Justice Wesley
o Howard l2mC. ~. SO. G. p Putnams sons.
Perusal Of this clear and concise lit
tie volume ought to dispel the misap-
prehension with which the proposal of
a public defender is so largely sur
rounded, and from which nine-tenths of
the opposition thereto has arisen. It
ought also to correct the too prevalent
conception of the functions of iuris-
prudence. Too often do people think of
criminal court as an institution whose
purpose is to convict and to condemn.
The fact is that it is, or should be,
equally its purpose to acquit. That is
to say, its function is TO ascertain and
TO establish the truth; to convict the
prisoner if he is guilty and to acauit
him if he is innocent. The one duty is
just as imperative as the other.
Mr.. Goldman argues, then, that the
court should be equally we'll equipped
for both duties. At present it is not.
There is public prosecutor, whose
function it is to prosecute and TO con-
Wet if possible. theoretically we may
hold that he seeks only justice, but
practically we know how strong the
temptation is for him to look at only
the one side of the case. and to aim at
conviction rather than at truth. But
who is opposed to him, to look after
the interests of the accused? II the
prisoner is rich, he can employ as
capable counsel as the state employs
as prosecutor. II he is poor, he must
accept any shyster within his reach, or
somebody specially assigned to his SER
vice by the court, usually a young or
inexpert lawyer. Thus the defendant
is placed at a great disadvantage. and
thus it is that the bitter comment has
arisen that rich prisoners 90 free while
poor ones are convicted.
The plan advocated by Mr.. Goldman
provides for the election of compe-
tent attorney, to serve as defendant in
all cases in which his services are de-
sired or are necessary. Such a system
would probably be no more costly 70
the public than the present; 1t would
eliminate some gross abuses. and IL
would assure Square deal" for every
man in court, however poor or course,
il would not be compulsory upon all
defendants TO accept his services.
Those who wished and were able could
employ their own counsel. But in the
multitude of cases in which defendants
are not able to employ good counsel
the proposed system would be OF i'm
mense utility. The movement for the
creation of such an Office seems TO be
gaining strength throughout the coun-
try. and il is TO be expected that this
impressive volume of Mr.. Goldman's
will materially promote its progress.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-21
Brief Notices
Recent Publications and New
Editions

In SERBIA: A Sketch" Miss Helen
Leah Reed gives us an attractive, IN
structive and interesting outline OF SER
bian history and character study OF the
Serbian people. 1t is small volume
but il contains large amount OF IN
formation and also much inspiration
toward sympathy and aid for the mar
tvred Balkan kingdom. Written and
published for the Serbian Distress
Fund. il should be Of double beneht
thereto. adding to its financial re-
sources and enlisting sympathetic in
terest in its behalf. In all respects 1t
is to be cordially commended.
odell Shepard, in his little volume
of poems. "a Lonely Flute" (Houghton
Miflin Company, demonstrates the
Aexibility of ordered measures and
the possibility of ample variety and
freedom without the vagaries OF free
verse" The same may be said of the
dignified volume yosemite and Other
Poems" by Caroline Hazard, published
by the same house; volume pervaded
by reverent and religious spirit.
"Pan-Germanism versus Christen-
dom" contains, with comments by
Rene Johannot. a powerful letter by
Emile Pruem, the leader, OF the Catho-
lie party of Luxembourg, arraigning
Germany for it's betrayal and violation
of the recognized principles of Chris
tian faith. 1t is published by the
George II. Doran Company.
The Macmillan Company publishes
in ANY l.. Rolfe's interior Decora-
ton for the Small Home" tastefully
illustrated volume of much practical
value to the home-maker OF moderate
means who wants house to live IN
and not merely to display
"The State and Government" by DR.
J. S. Young. of the University Of Min
nesota "a. C. McClurg & CO.. is g
/ compact little treatise discussing forms
of state and governments as they eNis'
| IN various perts of the world; IN
structive to the student or TO the mar
| in the street. From the same house
comes another good 16mo, Social En-
vironment," by DR.. George X. Dawes
of the University of North Dakota
dealing with evolution, eugenics ane
similar themes in social organiIatlon1
"St Paul. the Hero" by Rufus VI
Jones (Macmillans), is successful at,
tempt to tell the story OF the grea'
APOSTLE in modern, everyday tasnion
Il is accurate according to both sacred
and profane history, reverent without
cant. and thoroughly interesting.
The Rev. Henry B. Wilson, in Does
Christ Still Heal?" (E. P. Dutton &
Coz. is written largely from personal
experience, and is churchman's dis
cussion of the Christian view of sick
ness and of the permanency OF the
divine commission to heal the sick. -.
Letters from a French Hospital"
published by the Houghton Miffiin
Company, is a compilation Of actual
letters received by her relatives from
a volunteer war nurse, full Of vivid in
terest and with special appeal to
Americans at this time.
"Give My Love to Maria, by. Flor.
ence Guertin futile, is a collection of
short stories, published by the Abing-
don Press; wholesome and entertain
ing