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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

containing from 5000 TO 10000 was
considered a common occurrence.
The English government discovered
shortly after the war began that in
formation was being carried TO the en-
enY by method which it could not
! detect for long time. Finally ii was
] learned that German subjects had es-
tabllshed lofts in England where birds
were kept for the express purpose Of
carrying messages to Germany. The
authorities thereupon ordered all pig
cons liberated, and put under govern
ment control all that returned to their
lofts.
The supervision over homing pigeons
in England now is so severe that an
owner cannot take even one bird into
the street or transfer it to another
person without a police permit.
Some of the war performances of
hOming pigeons, as recorded in recent
issues Of English pigeon papers, are
interesting. During December a patrol
smack released a pigeon as it was
tOrpedOed by II German submarine. The
crew was foundering in the water and
clinging to wreckage.
The Germans saw the bird and
wounded it with a rifle shot. 1t was
not brought down, however, and
twelve miles away landed on the deck
Of another patrol smack, with five
flight feathers missing and nearly eX-
hausted. The bird knew it could not
reach land and sought this place Of
safety.
The message the pigeon bore gave the
location Of the wrecked patrol boat,
and the captain of the vessel on which
1t landed succeeded in reaching the
spot in time to save every man.
Another story is that the pilot of
a seaplane doing special work In the
Flanders section encountered a mum,
Der of enemy planes. He released one
pigeon stating his location and asking
help. a minute later another pigeon
arrived at headquarters telling that
his tank had been destroyed and ask.
ing that fighters be sent quickly to his
aid: ~ H., s.Ass .' ""r-"r
Eighteen minutes later another bird
arrived from another patrol seapIane,
that it had been shot down
and that the pilots companion had
1een killed, and that he thought his
machine would float for some time.
That was the end of the messages.
Two seaplanes were quickly de-
;patched to the location given, and
several small boats put out. This in
formation could not have been con-
eyed by any other means. 1t was
earned later that German destroyers
lad appeared on the scene and that
hey had probably rescued the pilot
Who had been clinging to his disabled
,lane, as when relief arrived the ma
hine was found and the German de-
troyers were seen speeding away.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
No More Cherokee Chiefs.

1t is along the line of progress that
the chieftaincy is to be dropped by
the Cherokee Indian nation. The
Seminoles have already dispensed
with this relic of tribal government
Thus two Of the five civilized Indian
nations will soon have abandoned a
tradition that has served only to hind
them to a past which had better be
forgotten. 1t has long been the con-
viction of the students of the Indian
problem and friends Of the Indian
people, like Commissioner Cato Sells,
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

On the battlefeIds the pigeons are
cared for in mobile coops These re
Semble somewhat the ordinary moving
van and are set about a mile apart
from five to twenty miles in the real
OF the first line trenches. In them are
nesting boxes. observation traps, stor-
age room for feed and other acces-
S0fleS and accommodations for one or
TWO men, who are constantly on duty.
Ring Bell on Entering.
The pigeons enter through a door
obstructed by bob wires. These hang
loosely and will swing in but not out.
! When a bird enters the movement of
the wires sets off an electric bell and
! the attendant catches the pigeon and
! takes the message from an aluminium
| cup-shaped receptacle attached to one
of its legs.
Major Griffin, at the annual meeting
of the American Racing Pigeon union,
said that of the messages that have
been forwarded by homing pigeons
from the trenches at the front, through
barrage fire, in attacks going over the
top, in cavalry charges and in infan-
try charges, 81 per cent had safely
reached headquarters. He urged the
members to start their birds breeding
at once. This was in December; they
usually do not start until the middle
Of February. The pigeon men acted
on the suggestion and are now pre-
pared to keep up a steady supply of
birds for government use.
The hOming pigeon is swift as well
as sure messenger. When travelling
with the wind it will fly at the rate
of more than sixty miles an hour, and
against the wind, at from thirty to
thirty-fivc miles an hour.
When liberated, the homer pigeon
usually circles around the spot, grad
ually rising until it recognizes some
landmark, and once it has scented the |
direction, is off in a direct line to its
home. The intelligence of these birds
has been shown in the trenches, where
they have learned that to circle adds
danger to their lives t is never any
too safe at these places of liberation,
and the trained homer does not rise
any higher than is necessary to get
its bearing, usually flying directly to
the rear, without ascending more than
a few feet above the ground.
This is not the general procedure
of hOming pigeons, the tendency of the
birds when released in races at home
being to circle, sometimes for an hour
over the spot where liberated.
News to Germany by Bird.
The United States is not behind in
pigeon racing. 1t has something like
1000 homing pigeon fanciers. In Bel
yium pigeon racing was long the ma
.ional sport. 1t has been reported
hat as many as 10000 pigeons have
)een released at one time in the grand
lational races. In England a race
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

suits. Standard equipment is used
and no difficulty has been encountered
in getting distinct tones Connection
between the instrument and rail is
made through the car wheels. Con,
troll of the system differs in no respect
from ordinary telephone operation,
and artificial amplifers requiring ad
justment are not employed. The in.
vention makes it possible for connec.
tions to be made between the train
instrument and that of any regular
telephone subscriber.-Popular Me
chanics Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

going anything but gOodLeonard
James who stationed the
ABOUT origin
away morse which insisted upon spreading them all
hohasch
The
air Manhattan a
s.
The rest better be told by small
were near the accident There pie
10 minutes the during
who felt like having mself
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

deutally many small boys had various
kinds OF pie for their lunch, while
a score or two went TO work next day
with piece Of pie in each hand.
All this happened when pie wag-
on belonging TO the Consumers Pie
Baking company got tangled up with
The emergency runway gate at the
Manhattan end of the bridge.
When traffic had been restored to
normal 10 minutes later, and the
street cars were again runnlng-for
pie on street car tracks makes the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

stroying the usefulness of the sound
record have been other of the bewil-
dering enigmas. Their solution has
finally been undertaken in a new way
and highly promising results attained.
The newest system of talking cine
matography eliminates the phOno-
graph and utilizes film record that
is produced by Photographic and rem
dered by magnetic, instead of mechan-
ical means. This enables the sound
and the picture records to be Of cor
responding lengths and synchronous.
Popular Mechanic Magazine.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
New Sound Reproductlon.

Numerous attempts have been made
to link the phonograph with the pro-
jector and give speech to the silent
drama. Inability 10 obtain perfect
synchronism of sound and motion has
been only one of the bugaboos en-
countered. The limited capacity of
talking machine records, the difficulty
Of amplifying the sound sufficiently
for theater purposes without increas-
Ing the foreign noises TO an objection
able degree, and the imposslbillty Of
cutting or mendlng film without de-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

Returning after delivering TWO
messages yesterday, the boy met Mrs.
Mabel Frielander, 1912 North Leavitt
street.
go over to 1892 Lincoln avenue.
where I used to live, and see if there's
any mail for me-" she told him.
Dofing his cap with a flourish.
Max trotted away and soon returned.
but empty-handed.
Fifteen cents, please" he said in
particularly crisp and exceedingly
hnGinnSSlikn mannnr
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
BRIGHT Boston Pupil.

"What is the meaning of 'alteE
ego,'" asked the teacher Of the be-
glnners' class in Latin. 1T means the
other L." responded a pupil. "Give
me sentence containing the phrase. F"
HE winked his alter go."-Boston
Transcript.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

The baby
cock home at Great Neck However making other
arrangements Hitchcock prevailed Addison Miner bring him
his kennels at Port Washington So Skoy turned loose lot of
like
but he all
single black mark his
Curator Dma of the Bronx Skoy the genuinely
wolf he has known There been soed
they have become thoroughly domescaed Sk He has
associated with dogs that he probably magnes
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

Skoy was born in the Bronx zoo
two years ago. His mother was full
blooded Siberian wolf that had been
given to the zoo by Prince Paul Trou'
betskoy. Out Of compliment to the
prince the officials presented him one
of her whelps and the generous Rus
sian in turn presented him to Ray
mond Hitchcock, the comedian. This
is how "Skoy" got his name, an abbre.
Walton of the Russian name Of Trou-
bptSkOy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

that the sooner the individual Indian
is released from tribal connection and
environment the better it will be for
him and for the country.-C Christian
Science Monitor.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
New Use for telephone.

According to information from a re-
liable source, experiments conducted
on the Canadian government rail-
roads with a telephone apparatus that
permits verbal messages to be trans
mitted to and from moving trains
have met with highly gratifying re-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

years 10 come MS address Will be: In
a Roaming Redwood Tree, Somewhere,
U. S. A.
Mr.. Kellogg recently fell victim to
the wanderlust, but having lived in the
woods the greater part of his life, ne
was reluctant to leave such surround
ings. He finally solved the problem,
however, by deciding to take the
woods-or part of them-with him.
He followed out a 22-foot section
of n huge redwood tree, mounted it on
mOtortruck chassis and began his
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

country comfortably any
n bungalow
The biggest problem Mr. Kellogg
when it that aceylene oh
finished job himself al
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
Like the Humble Snail, Man Carries His House

ANGELES Kellogg Kellogg Springs CAL the
Woopecker Kellogg
Indians Kellogg Springs just and probably for
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
Very Much So.

'Did your new dressmaker give you
a good fit?"
did she? They had two doctors
working on me when ] saw how !
looked In IT,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
"Get de Dough- Is Strict RuIe-and Boy Got II


" "A Rashy He
Union branch office just north Of e
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
Everything All Right But for One Small Matter

ordinary umbrella such as one NAV see nv
A
sufficiently interesting be worth recon
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
Like Scene from Certain Famous "Movie" Picture

EW YoRThe Man0on end of Brooklyn
~ looked much like New England
fashioned serving pile with the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17
rian Timber Wolf Imagines He's Chow Dog

DoRT WASHINGTON NJ Y"Skoy" is ulbooded timber wolf
belonging Addison Miner
be ana Is fully playful
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

IIVI III "IuV CIIIAtH, IOTmerIy the
proprietor of well-known summer re-
sort near this city, recently left his
umbrella at the home of his son-in-
law. The latter, having occasion to
call on an acquaintance, took the UNI
brella with him, and, ON leaving for
home, absentmindedly left it at the
home of his friend.
On the following day the owner
asked his son-in-law for the umbrella;
the latter told him the circumstances
and promised to restore the article
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

friends
aghng he chagrin
he had left the iI[starred parachute on the
The he called the office of the company and inquired
After brief the umbrella
deliver the lost property.
triumphant
tather-nlaw saying
hard time finding it, but here 1t at last"
the CONSERVATION when his ws father exclaimed
'Thats oil right but this is umbrellaV
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-05-17

DINING pigeons quickly
proved their value for
military purposes after
the war broke out.
They did work which
the wireless, telegraph
and telephone could not
do under certain cOndi-
tions. Thus the pigeons
have furnished n means
of communication be-
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17
NATIONAL FORESTS
WILL ATTRACT MANY

There were nearly $4,000 rcerca.
tion visitors ON the national for
esis OF the north pacific district for
1917, according to figures that have
Just been compiled In the once OF
District Forester George II, Cecil OF
Portland, These figures are based
on reports from the supervisors of
the ~ forests of the district, which
includes Oregon, Washington aud
Alaska.
The Oregon national forest leads.
with 10000 visitors. Most OF these
were automobile passengers, nearly
100000 OF whom visited Eagle
Creek camp and picnic grounds. on
the Columbia river highway. during
the season.
Among tho Oregon forests. Crater
National forest stands second with
$4,000 visitors, and the Deschutes
National forest third with 81 900
visitors. Twenty-oight thousand OF
the visitors on the Crater we're au-
tomobile passengers, eight thousand
were campers, four thousand hunt
crs and fishermen, and one thousand
pedestrians,
The $500 miles OF trail maintain
ed by the forest service In Oregon
and Washington and the $500 miles
OF telephone line. constructed pri.
marily for nrc protective purposes.
makes the forests accessible to the
public and make quick communlca.
tion possible when necessity de-
mands
The leasing OF desirable tracts on
the national forests for summer
homes makes II possible for persons
so disposed TO have n fairly perma-
nent summer home In the forest at
n very nominal cost. The term-per-
NIT law provides for the Issuing OF
permits for periods OF IL years.
The rangers and other forest Of
flcers are flad to cooperate with for
est visitors by giving Information
about trails and camping places.
fishing. hunting and other matters
Of interest to recreation seekers. The
national forests belong to the peo-
pie, II is the desire OF the forest
service to have the people get the
fullest possible use and enjoyment
OF them that Is consistent with their
proper management.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17

TO puncture q valuable hide and does
not successfully capture the mole.
This trap presses the mole against
the bottom Of the runway and the
mole has simply to burrow down and
escape. Directions should be given
with all traps purchased.
To prepare skins FOR market, do
not case skin. but pin out fiat. Put
no preservative on skins. stretch In
oval form and allow 10 dry In cool
dry place for ten days.
Moles can not be poisoned or cap
tured In steel traps with success.
The gray digger or ground SOUR
rel may be poisoned with barley
treated with strychnlne and saeehar-
In. In mixing poison grain. oats
weighing 40 pounds TO the bushel or
barley should he used because song
birds will not eat them,
In some cases the heavy gas car
bon disulphate Is used. A rag sat
urated with the liquid Is dropped In
the burrow. After all holes have
been so treated plug the openings
with soil. The gas has the same eff
feet as chloroform. Although sue
cessful. this method Is expensive.
The pocket gopher Is easily trap
per and poisoned. This animal may
be trapped with the common steel
trap or with special gopher traps.
The steel trap Is not always success.
ful as the gopher pushes dirt under
the pan and the trap does not spring.
Directions for setting should accom-
pany all gopher traps,
To poison, sprinkle a mixture OF
nine tenths strychnine and one
tenth saccharln over pieces OF carrot
poisoning or sweet potato about
three-eights inch cube. Open go
pher runways. drop In several pieces
and either close runway or leave II
open. The light attracts the animal.
Mice. shrews and rats may be pois-
oned with poisoned grain.
Formulas for mixing poison grain
and preparing gopher bait may be
obtained from County Agriculturist
Thompson.
An interesting pamphlet. called
Trapping Moles and Utilizing Their
Skins" Farmers Bulletin sac. may
be secured free by writing U. s. de-
partment OF agriculture and asking
for same giving name and number.
Any one In Grants Pass district
wishing aid In trapping moles or 60
piers will please notify Hubbard at
New Josephine hotel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17
EXPERT IS
HERE TO HELP

Conserve Again the call comes.
This call, however. comes from the
u. s. department OF agriculture
through c. Anderson Hubbard. VINO
arrived here Saturday afternoon
from Roseburg. Mr.. Hubbard. who
represents the biological survey.
rodent control branch. will hold a
series of ten meetings throu ghout
the county. He says that the. survey
has estimated that animals OF the
familiar rodentin and insectivora
such as moles, gophers. ground
squirrels or gray diggers. mice and
rates destroy an amount OF crops
equal to so per cent of all Hoover
izing" or conserving accomplished In
the state.
The mole. he says, is the most i'm
portant OF these pests from two
points Of view. The first point OF
view is, the destroying Of the mole
as a maker Of runways for other an
imals. the second is by so doing and
preparing the hides the infant mole
fur industry will be built up.
Although the mole does very lit
tie damage to root crops. he never
theless makes runways while In
search OF worms and white grubs,
which are used by rats, mice,
shrews and other small animals. It
is these animals which do the dam
age to root crops. In catching the
mole we do away with the runways
and in this way prevent the animals
from obtaining access to roots.
Within the last two years great
mole's hide industry has found birth
in the west Prior to 1916 over a
million mole skins we're imported by
American furriers from Europe per
year. The Oregon mole, the largest
in existence, is today in great de-
mand and brings from 15c to SOC
and even soc per hide.
Here is the chance for the farmer
to enlarge his crop and for the boys
and girls to fill their thrift stamp
books.
Trapping moles is not difficult and
can easily be mastered. Two types
OF special mole traps are recon-
mended, the choker loop and the
scissor Jaw. Both may be secured
at local hardware stores. Do not
use the harpoon type as It is liable
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17
S TU M EZ E
Stops Stomach Distress

Miami, Fla, 81 never took so
small an amount OF medicine that
relieved me SO much. Your STU
MEZE took the boat from my stom-
ach, stopped its nervous trembling
and felt so much better. | will
praise it's virtues wherever CO."
Carrie Davis, zoe Harner Ave. Bod
lily health is necessary these siren
uous days. No man or woman can
be healthy who allow food to sour
and ferment in the stomach and thus
poison the blood Neglect means
misery; get bottle OF STUMEZE
today II your stomach hurts. This
reliable stomach medicine offers
you relief from the ills that beset
you. For sale and guaranteed by
all druggists.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17
COUNTY AGENTS
NOTES
SPRAYING


Many apple orchards now just
ready for the pink or pre-blossom
spray. This is most important
spray In the control OF apple scab
and II one expects to produce clean
fruit he can not take the chance OF
emitting It.
The spray should be lime-sulfur 1
to 40 applied with a disc nozzle and
at high pressure. II will be noted
that this spray Is weaker than has
generally been used. but the agricul-
tural college has found that this
strength gave just as good results as
the stronger spray. As matter OF
fact the less lime and sulfur used
the cheaper the spray. II fruit trees
are affected with aphis or aphis eggs
there should be added black leaf
40" or nicotine sulphate at about
the rate Of pint to 100 gallons OF
water with the addition OF az lbs.
OF soap.
G. D. THOMPSON,
County Agent.
Our classified ads bring results.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17

Our classified ads bring results.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17

II You have anything to sell try
q classified nd.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17

ing toward the brave British.
French. Belgian, Portuguese and Am
erican troops. watching their pro-
gress In checking Hindenburg's
blood-thirsty, man-wasting. desper-
ate effort to force an opening to the
channel and gain strategic victory
before the United States can lend
overwhelming aid.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17
BUT 1T AT HOME

In one OF the school districts Of
the county-this county, contract
or is reported to have purchased
supplies on the outside.
In buying supplies and materials
the contractor had sent to one of the
large mail order houses in the east
for paint. The bill ran up around
the hundred dollar mark. Another
item was for a kind of compressed
fibre board which was secured direct
from a Portland firm. No doubt
other things we're also purchased
out of the county.
Is this right? Both paint and
board are carried In stock by stores
in Grants Pass and by merchants all
over Josephine county. II they
we're not on hand they could have
been secured and the home mer-
chant given the benefit of the profit.
In his effort to save money and
make more on his contract the con-
tractor lost sight of the fact that he
is getting his living in his home
community. He forgot that the dol
lars he sent away would never re-
turn. He completely overlooked the
fact that Shears and Sawbuck pay
taxes in Chicago. or on their branch
house in Seattle and that Humbug-
gery-Guard Co., also contributes to
the support of some other organiza-
tion than Josephine county. None OF
these things we're thought of.
But while he was Saving money"
II probably never occurred to him,
either, that II he had gone to the
home merchant with cash in hand,
the same as is demanded by the mail
order house, that he could have Sc
cured as good price and a far bet
ter quality OF goods. 1t is a safe
bet that any merchant will dupli-
cate mail order prices for cash.
This is only one instance. The
same process is going on all the
time. Mail order houses are reaping
fat rewards in communities all over
the country, selling out-of-date, IN
ferior goods and getting good prices
for them. When o! when. will the
people wake up?
One answer is that when the home
merchants take as much trouble in
telling the people what they have as
the mail order dealers do. a consid-
erable flight OF these dollars will
be stopped. This has been demon
strated elsewhere. Where the merch-.
ants in town lay down and quit
systematic advertising, the catalog
salesman takes It as an invitation to
step in, and II is known fact that
the agents OF these large firms keep
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-04-17

Keep the county library PROPOSE
tlon before you and remember to
vote for II on May II. II will bring
more benefit ard more enjoyment
to more people in the county than
anything which has been put up to
the people. for a long time.