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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

on Alaska about the Red Cross work
and the country, which was greatly
enjoyed by all.
The Riverside school has been
working 80 hard under the supervi-
sion OF Mrs. Bestul that store
room will be necessary TO put the
clippings away until covers can be
made in which TO put them. This
school is badly In need OF either
flour or sugar sacks for the same.
The little tots Of the Fourth Ward
are very busy these days doing their
bit for Junior Red Cross and the
young ladies Of our high school are
making clothes for Belgian babies.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
GRANTS PASS TO HAVE
| HOME GUARD COMPANY

Grants Pass will soon be number
ed among the cities with an active
home guard as there are now nearly
so men signed up. At the meeting
Of the Defense League held Friday
night the matter was discussed at
some length and arran gements made
for the perfecting of an organIzatrou.
Meetings for drill will be held regu-
|larly once a week. with other even
ings for Special drill
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
.RUMMAGE SALE NETS
OVER 500 DOLLARS

Saturday was big day for the
Red Cross OF Josephine county and
as result OF the activities s563.12
had been added TO the treasury by
6 O'Clock last night.
The Red Cross sale, which par
took somewhat OF the nature OF a
rummage sale. was held in the build
ing formerly occupied by the Glenn
ems drug store. and on Friday night
was stocked with everything imagin-
able and included all kinds of cloth
ing, furniture, bric-a-brac, books,
toys. farm produce, garden seeds.
canary birds. Belgian hares. setting
OF eggs. canned fruit. etc.. etc. Dur
ing the opening Saturday morning
the store was completely jammed
with shoppers and most of them
we're buyers. Throughout the day
the room was filled with buyers and
at night only odds and ends were
left on hand.
Receipts sfor the day we're: MUIR
ply auxiliary. $35; Merlin, $3.50:
Provolt. sS1.O5; dinner furnished
by farmers west OF city. $500; VIII
liams, $50; Williams spinning ex-
hibit, $40; city, $330.92; high
school boys. s16.25 cash, orders,
SIS orders; total s56s.l2.
The spinning exhibit BY the viii
liams auxiliary, which was held in q
tent erected on the pavement in
front OF the store. attracted special
attention. as many had never before
seen the operation OF carding and
spinning wool. The spinning opera
Ition was performed in turn by Mrs,
A. l.. Blodgett and Mrs. David John,
while Mrs. Stella Stratton and Mrs
PHI. Harper carded wool The ladies
were dressed in the style of long age
with hoop skirts and curls, The
Williams ladies recently turned in
sweaters. wristlets, socks and he'll
NETS which were made from WOO
grown on Williams creek the whole
operation of manufacture havins
been done by hand.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
GRANTS DEBA7ERS
WINNERS Al. LAKEV|EW

A wire from Lakeview received on
Saturday morning announced the
fact that Grants Pass high school de-
baters had again been victorious in
the triangle debate. southern Oregon
winning over eastern Oregon. The
debaters were: Vivian Isham and
Max wilkins who were accompanied
by Mrs. Gunnell. The subject de-
bated on was: Resolved That at
the Termination Of the Present War
United States Become Member Of
an International Peace League With
Power to Enforce the Decision Of the
international Court"
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

Mrs. Roy Welter and Mlss Hattie
laval, snsnt SATURDAY. n, usaford
Mazda iamns a, aoeue u,vsy IIdx
Mira q n prls,ow went IN Can
t,al Point SATURDAY 10 s,slt her
daughter
We have severaI blr barga,os I'm
petaIuma ,neubs,ors cyamer proe
Mas capltola swlnden NJ Med.
ford a amending a week here with
ber couslp Mrs cbas orav
Tvn.writers r.,stred n, On. Par.
amount cyelerv 10
MIRA "a Falrehlld t.,, Saturday
nigh, IN, SEATTLE wheye she VIII
snend n few weeks with her ann
ch,et.n vs,a ,e,c,n. IN ,o a n
high AT cramer pros 10
uIss Enie uoy,ls ayrlveo Saturday
af,ernoon from Dluard IN .vIs,, her
parents Rev and Nrs G a Morris
M wIlderyIIle
Poultry lice uowder and lice
,lou,d M cramer pros 10
Mrs lack Wilmer went 10 Glen
dale Saturday morning 10 spend the
week end with her paren,s Mr. and
Mira umnb,e,,e at c,endale
oa,do, ,ate. hoes s,ades asa
forks at cramer pros 10
n q Radc,l6e of Glendale. was in
the cI,y Saturday and left in the
evening for Bandon where ne win
rema,r
Mrs. Ionnle speneer and two chill
dren returned home saturday after
Visiting Mira spencer,s narents. Mr.
and Mrs chas. Patrick n, Roseburg
Have your machine oyerhauled al
the Paramount cyclery 10
Mira Sarah / Dlsbrow and grand
daughter. Grace Dysert, :. left last
night for Bremerton 10 ,oln the lat
,er.s pnrents
An L,nds NJ yarde, seeds In huIk
and packe,s nj cramer Bros 10
Nisses Cladys March Anita crel-
lin and Kathrine BrIdees left north
Saturday morning. giving their des-
t.nat,on ne Portland. 10 spend the
y eek end.
o-a day oniy and not over 12
ards TO a cratome- OF cloth of gold
white. soft 30 cent muslin. spring
'ea,e. bleached. s2is cents yard.
Kinney Tsuax 10
w n campbelI arrived Friday
nlrhi from Klama,b Falls whore he
e-er, the winter working and VIII
lhe Win his FAMILY for few days
R,cvclcs repaIred AZ cramer pros.
Mrs q. n Garner left Friday
might for peneoia. Cal. 10 spend a
few weeks near her son. Tyrrell
Garner nov eomp,et,pu the work IN
line n OF O ordnance course at Ben
ecia
co,den Gate mark lawn seed AZ
Icramer pros 10
Mrs p n. walters and ,,ve chill
dren lon Friday night for stocks
ION. where they will spend several
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
Roy scouts. Attention

Grants Pass Troop No. /. Boy
Scouts OF America. viii act as escort
and guard for Governor withycombe
at she Red Gross reception Monday
night Scouts viii report in uniform
at scoutmaster Reynolds ONCE Mon
day evening at 1870.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
Governor at Luncheon-

Governor wlthycombe viii be the
guest OF the Chamber OF Commerce
at luncheon Monday noon at the
Chamber OF Commerce rooms, Ladies
will be permitted 10 attend II reser-
vationE are made In advance.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
Elmer whippIc lover There

Mrs Mamie whipple. OF Takilma.
received word on Wednesday that
her son. Elmer y. whipple. OF the
goth engineers had arrived safely IN
France. He sailed from Washing
ton. ID. C., on February rs.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
strictly CASH

Beginning April |. we will 20 on
strictly cash terms. Credit will not
be extended TO anyone. Garments
that are delivered viii be returned
II not paid for when delivered. All
packags c. o. d. The Wardrobe
Cleaners. Amos r. Williams, Pro-
prieto'. z2
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
Take Uniforms

Red Cross ladies attending the
governors reception Monday night
are requested 10 report with uni
forms to Mrs. c. L. clevenger. chair
man. at the Red Cross sewing rooms
In the court house. promptly at s
o'clock.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
BORN

NORTON--To Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Norton OF Williams, SATURDAY.
March is, an S-pound son.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

JOS. MOSS AoENcy--Fire insur.
ance. plate glass liability Insur-
ancc- 204h Sixth street. II
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

One OF the iron light posts at the
corner OF Sixth and J streets was
knocked down Friday night. when
Mrs. Fred Roper backed her Ford In
to Il.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

LosT-An Overland hand crank last
Tuesday. Leave at Fashion. gar
age. II
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

iNsURANcE--Any kind. best ol
companies. l.. A. Launer. real
estate. u
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

xOR sALE-7b feet OF cotton gar
den hose, nearly new. with nozr
zle: salso two fine earthsn poull
try drinking founts. Phone
i74-R. II
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

Leave nothing 10 be desired. Join
the happy people IN our bright din
Ing room--irom to S tonight.
Please note our menu. 10
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

All kinds Of Commercial Printing
at the Courier once.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

All kinds OF LEGAL blanks at the
Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

All kinds OF Commercial Printing
at the Courier Office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17
NEW TO-DAY

fCLAssIF1ED AID RATES.--2b
Nords. two Issues. 2bc: six issues.
a0c; one month. si.5e. when paid In
advance. When not paid In advance.
sc per line per issue.)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-03-17

FOR sALE--A young team OF
horses. cheap. Weight 1900 lbs.
each. are well broke. r. Hanen-
krat, Provolt. Ore. is
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
WHY PEOPLE LIVE IN CITIES
Subject Discussed in a Way That May Please or Not, According to
 one's Disposition.

In the American Magazine, Bruce Barton says, in talking aboot his old home town:
 Rousseau once remarked that he had never lived in Paris, except for one definite reason-to get money enough to live somewhere else. There are times when have had a similar feeling toward New York. Times when the stress and strain and fretting of the job grew wearisome; when my cylinders all are full of carbon, and my valves give forth a leaky sound 1; when the white lights are only an im- pertinence, and the noise of motormen tramping on their bells is madness in my ears.
 When that time comes, as every spring it does, go home, and, speak ing with my wife privately, say: My dear, why finger we longer in a world like this? We are but strangers here at best; Foxboro is our home.' And we fill tip the cold coffee bottle and place the ham sandwich in the bag, nestling 1t tenderly beside the fishing tackle, and hie us to land that Is better and purer and sweeter; where the straight and narrow way takes the place of the way called Broad, and there Is no white light but the evening star"
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
Los Angeles Oil Man
 Sure Oil is Here

J. A. Law, a Los Angeles oil man, visited the oil field Sunday, viewing the ground in the vicin- ity of the Hopi Oil Company's well. He expressed emphatic conviction that this company s
 well will get into the oil and that
 a large and profitable oil field is certain to be opened in this area.
 The gentleman is enroute home after visiting some of the oil fields of Oklahoma and Texas. | He also took time to look over the country. around Aztec, N. M.,
 where boring is in progress, and | it is his belief, judging from the favorable outlook in the well that a good well will be brought in at depth ranging around 5000 to $500 feet. The Aztec field is in the cretaceous era which has been entirely erased in the Holbrook area, permitting the drills to begin operations at the top of the Pennsylvania for lmation of the carboniferous era.
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
Holbrook Oil Co. Prepares
 For Arrival of Rig
Commissioner

Work of constructing camp buildings for the Holbrook Oil Company is being prosecuted with vigor and the material for the big derrick is being hauled from Holbrook to the company's camp which is about 5 miles southeast of Holbrook. The lat est word from Contractor Clam pitt, who has the contract for sinking a 2O00-foot hole for the Holbrook Oil Company, is to the effect that he expected to have the machinery loaded last Mon- day. There should be no delay in getting this car through on the railway and out to the well site where work of assembling it will begin just as soon as the derrick is finished so the ma chinery can be lined up to con form to it.
 Manager Jack Marden's illness and temporary absence will in no wise effect a delay as he has already made all the necessary arrangements for hauling and construction work.
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18

the canyon looking for water for his team and the sheriff got be- tween him and the camp and placed him under arrest. The prisoner. King. offered no resist ance but refused to discuss the crime. even withholding his name.
 The sheriff claims that be found the effects of the boys. consisting of bedding. bloody blankets. pistols, shoes. leggines. boy scout cards, etc. In a purse the sheriff found a picture with the name Paul McCurray written beneath 1t. also a picture of an elderly lady and a young girl which he supposed were the mother and sister of the mur- dered youth.
 Sheriff Newman returned with his prisoner to Magdalena and turned him oyer to Sheriff Haynes and Bud Armer from GIla county.
 King is an old trapper and is said to have lived in the mount aims of New Mexico and Arizona for years. He is alleged to have killed the two young men in Apache county. Ariz.. September A, thereafter weightinR their bodies down with rocks and throwing them into Black river.
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
HOIbrOok Oil Field
 Better than San Juan

If the expectations of our oil
 men that they will be able to
 parallel the record of the San Juan oil field just north of Hol-
 brook in the way of a minimum lof dry holes is realized the fame 1 of Holbrook as an oil center will
 r be assured. The San Juan field probably has fewer dry holes to l it's record than any field known, the records Showing 20 produc-
 CTS out of 25 holes drilled. This field was active ten years ago and considerable excitement pre- vailed until actual work proved that the field could not compete with more favored territory be- cause of it's location faE removed from transportation facilities. Only three sands out of eight sands known to exist were touched with the drill. One at tempt was made to reach what is believed to be the big oil sand \ of the district (the Honaker sand), but this attempt met with failure. To add to the al- ready heavy difficulties under
 which the oil men were laboring
 the government withdrew a
 large portion of the oil ground,
 and this, with the frequent loss
 of tools and the low price of oil
 that obtained at that time so
 discouraged the developers that all work was abandoned.
 The Holbrook field has the same formation as that in which oil is found in the San Juan
 country, about 120 miles north
 of here. It has, in addition, no
 deep canyon such as that cut by
 the San Juan river to endanger the accumulation of the oil, the
 great Holbrook anticline being al structure thoroughly sealed on all sides so that whatever oil was placed there at the beginning has had no opportunity to es- cape and still must exist there.
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
OF GOVT LAND EN-
 TITLED TO OIL

There has been considerable talk for months as to whether or not the patentee of govern ment land can hold the oil rights in the land. For the benefit of all who are interested in the question we publish herewith a letter received a few days ago by Jack Warden, manager of the Holbrook Oils Co.,. in reference to the question. The letter is from Clay Tallman, commissions CT of the department of the in terior at Washington, and is as follows:
 T am in receipt of your letter of September 23, 1918, from which 1 understand you desire to be informed whether or not the patentee of agricultural en- tries or successors thereof ac- quire title to the minerals with in such patented entries.
 In reply you are advised that in agricultural entries on lands withdrawn. classified or report ed as containing phosphate. ni- trate, potash. oil, gas or asphal- tic minerals, reservations of which minerals to the U. s. government were inserted in the patents thereof. as provided by the act of July r. 1914, (38 Stat. 509) such minerals do not pass to the claimant but are re- served to the Government for future disposition in accordance with laws to be enacted by Con- gress. In like manner agricul- tural entries may be made on coal lands under the Act of June 22, 1910 (56 Stat. t'83); but where agricultural entries have. been on public lands. not reserv- ed. classified or reported as val uable for any of the above min erals, and which lands were not known to be mineral in char acter at the date of final certifi- cate issued. you are advised that all minerals within the land, if any there be, passed to the agricultural claimant or his suc- cessors in interest. See 15 ID. 290; and 46 l.. D. 268."
 Very respectfully.
 CLAY TALLMAN
 Commissioner
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
U. S. Public Health Service Issues Official Health Bulletin
 on Influenza.
LATEST WORD ON SUBJECT.
Epidemic Probably Not Spanish In. orisin-eerm Still Unknown-Peo- pie Should Guard Against "DropIet Infection"-sureeon General Blue Makes Authoritative Statement.

Washington, D. C.-(Speeial)-Al- though King Alphonso of Spain was one of the victims of the influenza cpl sdemic in 1893 and again this summer, Spanish authorities repudiate any claim to influenza as Spanish" dis ease. If the people of this country do not take care the epidemic will be come so widespread throughout the United States that soon we shall hear the disease called American" infiu- enza
 In response to a request for definite information concerning Spanish infiu- enza, Surgeon General Rupert Blue of the U s. Public Health Service has authorized the following official inter view
 What Is Spanish infiuenza2 Is it something new? Does it come from spain9
 ~The disease now occurring in this country and called Spanish Infiuen- ga resembles very contagious kind of cold accompanied by fever, pains
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
Influenza Epidemic
 Has Abaled Somewhat


 The epidemic of Spanish in fiuenza which has prevailed in this county for the last two weeks has somewhat abated.
 Under the direction of the state and county health boards. physicians. nurses and citizens generally have worked with united effort to stop the disease and the result is that the situa- tion Is now improving.
 Last week a throat spray sta tion was established in Dr. J. w. BazelIs office. and Mir. ". B. Cross volunteered to take esarge. The faithful work done by him had much to do with checking the spread of the disease.
 A temporary hospital was es- tablished in the central school building last Saturday. and this was also placed in charge of Mir. Cross. Many patients have been treated there and trained nurses have been in constant attend ance.
 Considering the population of Holbrook there have been fewer deaths here than in many other localities. Up to Thursday morn ing ten people had suceumbed to the disease. At this time the epidemic seems to be under con- trol.
 Among the residents of this who have died from the disease within the last ten days are: c. V. Foresman. Frank Counts. Mrs. L. w. Coinsr. Mrs. Saladone Montana. Mrs. Melissa PalIia. Mrs. Mott. Wal ter Wiggenstou. son of Mir. and Mrs. Juan PadilIa. baby of Mir. and Mrs. Victor Salas. Miss Maria Mareno. and Mrs. J. A. Morrow. who died early this morning.
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
Bible Saves Life.

During the progress of most wars stories gain currency of how some sol dier's life was saved because the bullet which hit him first went through the Bible he was carrying Gn his breast
 There were several such instances re- ported in the Civil war and perhaps all of them were true. The first to come from France is that of William R. Will son, nineteen years of age, from New castle, Pa. He was carrying a Bible and a trench mirror In his pocket. A German bullet hit them both, pene- trating only enough to scratch his skin and do no damage whatsoever though it came from sharpshooter and was well aimed, Books. especially Bibles, are evidently very efficient bteask plafeA ifat
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
Sheriff R. l.. Newman
 Again Proves His Metal
Single Handed He Captures a Man Who Is Alleged to Have Murdered Two Youths in Gila County. A Thoroughly Competent Official Who is Worthy of Reelection.

Last Saturday morning Sheriff R. l.. Newman arrived in Hol- brook from a man-hunt which had occupied nearly a weeks time, and had taken him through parts of Arizona and New Mexi- co. The sheriff captured the man wanted and turned him oyer to the authorities of Gila county.
 Sheriff Newman stated that he had received a message from the Indian agent on the reserya- tion to come and help trail out the murderer of the two Deming youths. Arthur Beam and Paul McCurray. and that he started from Holbrook and drove all night in his car, arriving at the Apache agency the next morn ing. and that upon getting de- tails of the murder he picked up trail and followed it to Mag dalena. N. M.. where he lost it, but soon picked it up again through some Mexicans who said that a man answering the des- cription was seen a short way from the city.
 He again picked up the trail and followed it about forty miles south into the Rosedale mountain where he found a camp
 When he rode into camp the man he was looking for was in
The Holbrook news., 1918-10-18
District Organization
 Postponed Again

Because of the influenza epi- demic the organization of a dis trict oil association has been again postponed. Hon. E. s. Clark: of Prescott. had arranged to come to HoIbreok last week. and again this week. to perfect the organization. but he has de cided to again postpone the mat ter. His decision was reached after consulting with Jack Mar den, manager of the Holbrook Oil O., who spent several days this week in Prescotton oil busi- oess