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The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

The pessimist never bores US with
his alleged funny stories
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

Sometimes, just to make scenario
sound different, they advertise it as "a
story without blush"
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
As soon as they isolate the germ
that eauses ukeiele music, she will be
shot

One should so live that ''listen-
1ng I'm" on ones telephone would have
no terFOrS
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

The goose that laid the golden egg
has been outclassed by the hen that
lays most any sort of an egg.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

What has become of the old-fash-
toned man who used to wear paper
est to keep out the cold2
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

The average family represented In
an auction bridge club consists Of two
and oAe-sixth members.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
PASS CONSTITUTION BILL
DATE FOR SPECIAL ELECTION
SET FOR JULY 20 TO PASS ON
NEW CONSTITUTION.
Vote viii BE Taken In State On July
20 On Adopting New Constitution
For stat-Senator Bates Led the
Fight In Senate.

Nashville. senate has passed
the bill authorizing vote by the pep
pie upon whether constitutional coll
yention shall be held. The date fixed
for the election was July 20. The
house already had passed tine same
bill, but April was set by it as The
time for the election
Senator Bates led the fight for the
measure. Representatives declared
that they would fight for convention,
but pleaded that the date should be
set forward until August in order that
more time might he given for Great
ing sentiment for the convention.
The bill which will admit the truth
of words spoken and the circumstance
OF their utterance to be put in PROOF
in mitigation of damages in "a libel
suit also went through the house by
unanimous vote.
Other new bills in the house were
to amend the dental laws of the state
to provide that female dental students,
after studying one year, may become
practical dental hygienists; to make
$50 a month the minimum salary OF
any teacher in Tennessee; to appro'
pirate 500 as premiums for any regu'
larly organized poultry show. and $500
for state poultry association; to re-
quire one-half hour each week In the
publis schools to be devoted to teach
ing pupils humanity to all animals.
Representative Macon, Rosenfield
and others were the authors of bills
to prohibit banks and trust companies
from engaging in the title guaranty
business; to prohibit corporations
from engaging in the practice OF law
or advertising themselves as ready to
furnish legal advice; to require land
guaranty title companies to deposit
$25, 900 in securities with the state in
surance commissioner TO have GER
tificate to do business, to make semi
annual statements of the premiums re-
ceived, to pay a tax Of $500 on tins
$100 gross premiums, and to impose
upon them privilege OF 5000 a year
Three other general bills provided
that county jailers shall receive 81
cents a day for feeding prisoners; that
retail coal dealers may not sell coal
. which has been exposed to rain, snow
and bad weather, and that the truth
s ~ aaesatlaa inFo1sed in convey
/, ing lands must be stated in all deeds
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17

After a while poor people will be
compelled to forego eggs altogether
and take to eating canvasback ducks.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
University Wants New Stadium.

A stadium for the university Of Ten
nessee to cost about $4,000 is con.
templated. Part Of that or $4,000,
has been requested from the state
legislature. Already there is $4,000
in the university treasury and the bal
ance must be subscribed by the stu
dents, faculty and public-spirited citi
zens.
The Knoxville independent. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1917-03-17
Another Cigarette Bill ur

A cigarette bill. which will yield the
state from $4,000 to $4,000 year in
revenue and bring about condition
the present law hopelessly fails to
bring, was introduced in both houses
Of the legislature. 1t provides that
the sale of cigarettes shall be legal in
this state upon payment OF a privilege
tax of SIS year, but that no cigar
cites may be sold to minors.
The law now Is that no cigarettes
NAV be sold to any person in the state
The result is that cigarettes are soaa
aaa the state gets no revenue.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
NOTICE OF BOND REDEMPTION

Notice Is hereby given to owners
and holders of municipal city i'm
proSement bonds that at the semi-an-
nual interest payment period on the
lst day OF May, 1917, the city OF
Grants Pass. Josephine county. Ore.
gon. will redeem the following ont
standing city Improvement bonds,
viz; bonds numbered and OF
Eighth street Improvement, Said
bonds were issued and dated the LIST
day of November. 1910. Also bonds
numbered 43. "A. 40. 46, AZ. As, 49
and so OF Sixth street improvement,
said bonds we're issued and dated the
lst day OF May. 1910.
Said bonds will be redeemed at the
Office OF the city treasurer Of the city
OF Grants Pass, Josephine county,
Oregon, on the 1st day Of May. 1917
which is the time fixed for such re-
demption. and the time at which in
terest shall be taken up and cancelled
by virtue Of the laws and acts pro-
viding for the issuing OF such bonds.
Dated at Grants Pass. Oregon, this
l 11th day OF April, 1917.
G. p. JESTER,
City Treasurer.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
NEXT TUESDAY THE BIG
ATTRACTION AT MEDFOitD

Tuesday morning. April nth. Wal
ter Damrosch and Efren Zimbalist.
with the New York Symphony or
chestra. win arrive in Medford. on
their special train. II the weather
permits. they will probably take an
auto trip through the valley. In the
evening, they will appear In a pro-
gram at the Medford Natatorium.
and without doubt IL win be one
OF the strongest entertainments Of
Its kind ever visiting the Rogue river
valley. Reports from every city where
the orchestra has appeared recently
verify the statement that the New
York Symphony orchestra lis stronger
than ever before In It's history, and
with Efren Zimbalist added to this
as the solo artist, makes this attrac-
tlon one OF the best to be seen In this
country.
Quite large number Of people are
going from Grants Pass. Tickets are
on sale at Mornings.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
What Ais You

Have you become rundown, weak,
emaciated, pale after q long siege OF
colds ? Does the skin show that the
blood is thin and watery? Spring Is
the time when vitality Is ut its lowest
ebb--clean house noso--by ridding the
body of its accumulated poisons. Re-
fresh the blood with a stimulating
tonic.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry, free from alcohol or narcotics and
extracted from roots and barks with
pure glycerine, banishes from the blood
all poison and impure matter. ~
dissolves the impure deposits anu
carries them out, as IL does oil inn
purities, through the Liver, Bowels,
Kidneys and Skin.
II you have indigestion, sluggish
liver, nasal or other catarrh, unsteady
nerves or unsightly skin, get the cDis-
coveryn to-day and start at once to
replace your impure blood with the
kind that puts energy and ambition
into you and brings back youth and
vigorous action.
Sold by dealers in liquid or tablet
form; or send l0c. for trial package oi
tablets to Dr.v M. Pierce, Buffalo, NY
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
NEW HONORS WON BY
CANADIAN ARMY

With the British Armies In France,
April 12.-Canadians earned new
honors today In storming advance
on a mile front south Of the vimy
ridge. Dashing forward impetuously
they stormed and took nearly a mile
OF German trenches running south
from the German commandant g
house near the Farbus wood.
II was along the line OF defense
that the German forces have been
clinsing desperately since the first
sweep forward OF the Canadians.
cleared the top OF the vimy ridge.
Headquarters reports today show
cd eleven more German guns cap
tured between Crossilles and Roevex.
II was over ground inches deep In
snow and slush. In cold, wet weather
that the British and Germans bat
tied man-to-man today, with the best
man steadily winning. The advance
continued.
Stiffening resistance all along the
line from Lens to st. Quentin showed
that the Germans were desperately
striving to stop the encroaching wave
OF the British advance.
For the first time since the Ger
man arms swept forward in the early
days OF the war, It was man-to-man
lighting. with only temporary earth
work defenses sheltering the two
sides--that Is being enacted now,
with the customary defense works,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12


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April II. 12---Wednesday and Thurs
day. operetta Pauline" by home
talent. at opera house.
April IA. Saturday-Stereopticon lee
ture at the Chamber Of Commerce
rooms by Prof. Peck. landscape
gardener OF the o. A. c., at s
o'clock, .. m.
April &c. Misunderstanding OF
Southern Oregon Association OF
Odd Fellow lodges at Grants Pass
and celebration OF 9sth anniyer-
sary Of Oddfellowship.
May l6, l7--Tri- State Good Roads
association convention at Medford.
May 81, June /. 2, 3. 4. 5.-Annuai
Chautauqua. Grants Pass.
July 7-14.-N. Z. A. Convention.
Portland.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

minus the deliberately constructed
Notifications behind which they have
fought for more than two years, the
Germans seemed dazed In the new
open warfare. They were battling
desperately and bravely along the
whole line. but their fighting APP
peared to lack coordinate effort,
Haig's troops, long drilled In open
warfare. were plainly superior In this
style Of hghting Moreover, they
we're backed by perfectly organised
transport service and supply trains
The British artillery superiority
was also marked today. German
Workmanship was poor.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
PORTLAND MARKETS

Portland, April l2.--Today's mar
ket quotations were;
Wheat--Club. 1856: bluestem. 100.
Oats--No. 1 white fed, $3.50.
Barley--Feed. $3.50.
Hogs--Be live. 14,75.
Prime steers. 9.Sb a 1900; fancy
cows. SIS; best calves, 1000.
Spring lambs. 1880.
Butter--Cty creamery. a.: coun-
try. 35.
Butterfat---Unchanged.
EGGS Selected local extras, 81.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
Enjoy life.

What we want to see is one who can
breast into the world. do mans work
and stlll preserve his first and pure en-.
joyment Of existence. Stevenson.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

EXCHANGE-Two story brick house
in Escondido. southern California,
clear at $4.500, owner wants
stock ranch or dairy farm and win
assume, coming tomorrow. L. A.
Launer, real estate. rs
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
TO RENT

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished house,
close in. 315 E street. Inquire s.
E. Coffman. Grants Pass hotel, or
l.. B. Coffman. 655 North 9Th St.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

Settlement Worker = Mercy, little
boy, are you lighting with that child?
The Little Boy Nc, Nav. amt light
In wit him. what's eatin' youseg
He's me sparrin' partner. = Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

FIvE-ROoM FURNISHED HOUSE
for rent. Phone 235-R for par
ticulars. II
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

FOR RENT-Nicely furnished house,
close in, S15 E street. Inquire s.
e. Coffman, Grants Pass hotel. or
l.. B. Coffman, 655 North Fifth
street. ~
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

FOR RENT--Five-room cottage at
@ and Second streets, bath, gas.
etc. $10.50. Inquire N. e. Towns
end. 621 A street. 2S
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
Classified Advertising


FANCY DS--Aifalfa.
Red Clover. Timothq. scarified
Sweet Glover. Rye Grass. etc.
Ralph Waldo Eden. Central Point,
Oregon. 947tf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
TO EXCHANGE

ll6 ACRES OF land, between 1 5 and
20 acres in cultivation, good old
and young orchard. at Wolf
Creek, to exchange for city pro-
perty. Address Ed. Jordan, Vol
Creek, Ore. 1Sti
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12

FOR RENT-Nve-room house at
727 North 5th street. bath, sleep
ing tent and chicken yard. Call
at corner Of 9th and Evelyn Ave.
for key. AZ
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
MOTHERS OF OREGON.

Albany. Oregon. VAT one time |
~ .x,au yaaG and
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1917-04-12
COMING EVENTS

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mostly wasted. Therefore the Ger man raises and eats pork.

mostly wasted Therefore the Ger man raises and eats pork.
 Agriculture in England, as in Amer ica, is rather a hit-or-miss affair. In Germany farming has been reduced to an intensive. experimental science. Mir. Grubb visited a great German farm where records were kept like the fevercharts of hospital. They hsve even figured out the exact loss of food values detracted from COW by the exertion caused by her walking fifty feet to water. '--" From the potatoes the Germans ex- tracted glucose, spirits to run an auto mobile, potato-flour, and other by products. After the by-products were extracted, the residue, containing Is per cent more nutrition than chopped .a~ was fed to the cattle. After tha fla stafen had been extracted, the w,,,aeteresoaked ,,,e pulp was piped three
 ;lea to ferti1ize ground then in use sa. ~ ths intensive cultivation of farm products. s-v aEs
 As the result of these scientific methods Germany has agricultural resources that the world at large does not dream of. =. ~r-
 r,
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SCRAPS. An 's~.

A town of cement buildings is be- ing. constructed in Montafs.
 The cooperative warehouse is gain. ing in popularity in the south.
 The Indians who know the bee only as introduced by the white set tiers call it the white mans fly"
 The most important of the true bees are the honey bee and the hum- ble bee. Next to these are the cuckoo bee, carpenter bee and the Mason, leaf-cutting and potter bees.
 The honey bee was introduced into North America in the seventeenth century, but not into South America until 1845. There was none west of the Mississippi before 1797 and none in California before 1850.
 A man living near Saugus, Cali. has discovered the tooth of gigan- tic creature that roamed through the marshes of southern California sew
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THE COURIER R-INDEX
 HINTS ON FASHIONS
SERVICE SUITS IN MILITARY STYLE MAKE THEIR ENTIY -ORGANDIE TRIMS SILK
 FROCKS.
New YorK. July 30.

New forK, July oU.
 Variety is the spice of life" said some one at some time so long ago that the saying has become pro- verb. It is true, whether it be in scene, environment, in fashions, or in food. Variety is one thing which we possess in fashions this season; var iety in silhouettes, in material in trimmings. Smart clothes range in design from the high waisted styles of the First Empire, through fluffy frills of Mid-Victorian era and dra- peries almost pannier-like, "peg- tops, and last but not least, straight hang ing models which are compared to the Egyptian garments of very ancient dynasty. They range from the smart est of low-necked evening frocks of silk and satin to the simplest of gin ghams, and from these to the trim nest of service suits,
 Under the name of service suits
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eral thousand years ago. The tooth weighed about twenty-five pounds.
 Sequoyah, inventor of the Chero- kee alphabet, was one of the great men of the Indian race. He was a half-breed whose English name was George Guess. His father was . white man and his mother full blood Indian woman.
 One of the most curious of natures inventions is that of an egg that can't roll off shelf. It is absolutely important to a certain species of sea- bird-the murre. This feathered creature builds no nest, but lays it's eggs on narrow shelves of precipitous rocks. Ordinary eggs-those of the domestic hen, for example. Ii de- posted in such places, would be liable to roll off and smash. But the nur- ra's egg is of such shape that ii dis turbed it simply rolls in a circle. Such being the case, the female mur- re experiences no anxiety. She could incubate her progeny on an ordinary mantlepiece and be satisfied of their safety.
 | Wireless telegraphy was discovered in 1896.
 sAntiseptic surgery has been prac4 ticed sii;,,cca 1865. 4~ .-e.
 The annual sootfall of Pittsburg is said to be 1,031 tons square mile. Camphor is now grown in Florida and Texas, the trees forming attrac- tive hedges. .x as- 1s.sa s-'-y
 A New York physician claims to coax hair on a bald head bv means Of the ultraviolet rays.
 Due to the scarcity of broom corn. State Senator J. R. Domengeaux, of Louisiana, has experimented success fully with palmetto leaves as a satis- factory substitute. Experiments will also be made with palmetto roots in the making of pulp and paper. The supply of palmetto is inexhaustible.
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SAYS WE CAN'T sTAn..E E
 GERMANY: ~ ~R
e1MH~r---

Eugene Grubb is an authority on potatoes and food-values. Perhaps some persons might think that his name suggested as much, but that IS beside the point. He has been sent to Europe several times by the Gov ernment of the United States to study food there. He therefore speaks with a special knowledge 6f his subject when he declares that there is no hope of starving Germany into submission. His opinions are thus exprest by writer in the LOS Angeles Times: *--->
 As between England and Germany, irrespective of land area, Germany is much better capable of feeding her self. The average 100-acre farm in England produces five tons of meat a year; the average German farm of the same size produces five and a half tons.
 The English farm produces seven- teen tons of milk; the German farm, twenty-eight tons. Of cereals, the English farm eighteen tons; the Ger man farm, thirty-five tons. Pota- toes, English farm, eleven tons; Ger man farm, fifty-five tons. Sugar, England. none; Germany, two and three-fourths tons.
 England can produce about one half her food-supply; Germany regul' arly produces 85 per cent of her food Under the spur of the most dire nee. essity that ever confronted the Brit ish Empire, an effort is being made to increase this percentage. In tha opinion of Mr Grubb, however, 1t will not be possible to very greatly raise the quantity of food production. AL tho the soil of England is better than that of Germany, the English agri- culturists lagbor under very severe The average growing season in England sees but one hour and forty minutes of sunshince dur ing the day. As the result of this condition, farming in England IS never-ending battle against fungi. Most of the wheat has to be hoed by hand. Tn order to eliminate soil-in- crease. it is necessary to keep 65 per cent of the land in grass. All land leases in England stipulate that certain percentage of the land shall be kept in grass. These facts explain why so vast portion of English land seems to the American visitors to be lying idle when it should be raising crops.
 MT. Grubb says if the slipshod methods of the American farmer were practised in England they wouldn't raise a big enough crop to get their seed back. At the same time, compared with the German farmer, the Englishman is wastefui and improvident. The English farm CT raises sheep and cows; the Ger man raises pigs.
 The German has discovered by in- tricate, scientific investigations that bushel of corn will produce five pound of flesh on bullock. The same bush el will produce ten pounds of pig meat. Tn the slaughtering the waste in bullock is 45 per cent. A pig has very small bones and his fat is all utilized in the form of bacon and other meat products. The bullock has very large bones and his fat IS
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' As every year horses shed their old coats for new ones, so the deer dron their horns. Then in about ,h;rteen weeks new pair of horns arrives. but they are tender and easily hurt.
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which brown is flecked with deep pink, green and lavender. An invert- ed pleat in the back of the coat adds to its style.
 Another military model which saw very recently departed widely from the military in it's development, for it was made entirely of balsam- green tussar, d reminder of green leaves and cool breezes in a Robin Hood forest.
 Although everyone's mind is run ming more or less toward serving the country and very naturally toward costumes which would be practical for any task that one might choose, there are also charming frocks for other occasions.
 Taffeta and Foulard Frocks
 Taffeta and foulard frocks are a requirement of every woman's ward robe, whether she has a large or small one. for dress of either of thes materials is always ready to wear; it does not go to the laundry and IS not feazed by fogs and dews. All though taffeta and foulard can not in themselves be said to be new this season, their trimmings of organdie make them seem so. Frills, bands and facings of organdie give an air mess to these frocks which IS sum- merle and cool. Satin is also being trimmed with organdie. In fact this might be called an organdie season, for it does it's ''bit' on silks and satins as we'll as on the humble gingham. In the second sketch is shown frock of soft plaid taffeta with collar, lapel facing and pockets on waist and on skirt of white organdie. The collar is trimmed with rows of hand-run l stitching of heavy silk in tn colors of
 the plaid "E5ErsN ! Low-Heeled Sports Shoes l With sports clothes, service suits
 and simplicity frocks comes suitable footwear. Low-heeled half shoes with sensible lasts are worn for sports. Some of these shoes have spring
 heels. others have heels three-quar- ters of an inch high, and often the soles and heels are of rubber. This does not mean that the foot comes m contact with the rubber, however Tor there is a thickness of leather be- tween the outside sole and the foot. 1 White is worn a great deal for sum- mer. Gray is very fashionable and
 of course, brown and black are stand ards. ---~"r-s-~
 For wearing with elaborate after noon frocks are low shoes with high
 heels, either French or Cuban-Louis
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Within three months a company at Brandenburg, Ky. expects to be able to supply the American de- mand for Photographic stone. This has previously been imported from Bavaria.
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What will be the handsomest and largest fish hatchery in the world has been started on the. eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada moun- tains in California, where the gold en trout abound. ~xs
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At the beginning of the nineteenth century there were more than 200 offenses punishable with death.
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In the first nine months of its ex- istence the British minister of muni- tions spent 224,300,000 pounds.
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A new piece of farm machinery is cart designed for bringing in the corn shocks. and it is self-load- ing.
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coins placed ins,dS as ,,a auA disappear inside ae .A .5 Eoy