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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
SPANISH INFLUENZA
FIRST COUSIN TO GRIP

Because Of the rapid spread oi
Spanish influenza throughout the
United States, especially in the army
camps, Surgeon General Blue Of the
public health service has issued a
special bulletin for medical men,
and has given some hints on preyen-
tion OF the disease, although the sur
geon general says there Is no such
thing as al effective quarantine In
the case OF influenza.
DR.. Loughrldge, who has recently
attended a case OF Spanish influenza,
states that the disease, so far az the
symptoms are concerned, Is the same
as old fashioned la grippe, except
that influenza is much more severe.
The patients head aches, his eyes
ache. and In fact he aches all over.
Surgeon General Blue says:
because the last pandemic og in
fluenza occurred more than 25 years
ago, physicians who began to prac-
tice medicine since 1892 have not
had personal experience in handling
the disease. II can be contracted
through the use OF handkerchief.
towels. cups and other dishes, or by
direct contact. yaccines are used
with only partial success and quaran-
timing is impracticable. AS a proven.
tive, people should have plenty oi
fresh air and sunlight and should
avoid crowded assemblages. Patients
because OF the tendency to the de.
velopment OF bronchc-pneumonia
should be treated in well ventilated
warm rooms.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
CHURCHES NOT HARD TO FILL
Religious Edifiees In England Where
the Congregations Are Of Neees-
sity Rather Small.

There are many churches that at
tract attention by their size and grand.
eur. There are few that are remark
able by reason of their smallness and
simplicity. One of these is at Lulling-
ION, Sussex. England.
II Is a primitive and quaint stone
building with roof Of red tiles and a
.iny weatherboarded turret at its west
end. This miniature church is only 10
feet square.
Its pulpit is pew with paneled
sides and door and the furniture is of
the plainest. Five narrow, diamond
paned windows give light to the inte-
rior. When the church is full 80 per-
sons are gathered together.
Only little larger Is the meeting
house at Crawshawboota, village
near Burnley. II Is known as the
Friends meeting house and is covered
with ivy and surrounded by we'll
cared-for burial ground. Inside may
be seen half a dozen oak benches that
could, If necessary, accommodate 60
persons. The attendance is rarely more
than six.
Somewhat smaller than this chapel
Is one that has been called the shrine
OF Quakerism. 1t is In the hamlet Of
Jordans, in Buckinghamshire. Thither
In June of each year come Quakers
from all parts, for here lie the remains
of William Penn. If this were not
enough to make the place interesting
1t has the further attraction Of be-
Ing the nelghborhood In which Milton
lived after writing Paradise Lost" a
cottage in the vicinity affording him a
resting place.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP,
MANAGEMENT, CIRCULA-
TION, ETC.

Required by Act of August "a, 1918.
or the Rogue River Courier. pub
lished daily at Grants Pass, Oregon,
for October l, 191S.o .a4
Publisher, A. E. VOORHEES,.
Editor, Geo. l.. Drummond.
Managing Editor A., d. Voorhies.
Business Manager. A. e.. Voorhies.
Cwner, A. e. Voorhies.
Average number of copies of each
issue Of this publication sold or dis
tributed through the mails jor other
WISE to paid subscribers, during the
six months preceding the date shown
above, 991. 'S
Bondholders, mortgages and other
security holders, holding per cent
or more of total amount of bonds.
None. 1fH ~
~ (Signed) A.qE. VOORHEES,
= Subscribed and sworn tor before
me this 3rd day Of October. 1918.
l.. A. LAUNER,
Notary Public.
(My commission expires
August 81, 1920.)
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
hooray for Banana
Peel "Gets.It"
Only Real Way TO Get Rid of Corns

Which do you prefer-a corn that
pulls or o corn that peelsf Butchery
re OF your corn the peel-off way. the
Messed way. You don't need o Dull.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
SURGEON GENERAL BLUE
SUGGESTS WAY FOR RELIEF

Washington. Ost. 4.-The only
way to stop the spread of Span sh
Influenza is to close church as.
schools, theatres and public institu-
tions in every community where the
epidemic has developed, in the op-
inion of Surgeon General Blue, OF
the public health service.
81 hope that those having the
proper authority will close all public
gathering places IL their community
is threatened with the epidemic" "
he said.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
MAKE KNITTING RECORD
Firennen Finish 200 Pairs Of Socks on
Three Machines In Three Days.

Firemen of engine company No. /
and truck company No. 2, who occupy
the fire station at Sixth avenue south
and Third street Minneapolis, believe
they have established new record for
knitting In the fire department. From
Saturday morning to Tuesday roon,
more than 200 pairs of socks were
knitted at the station on three ma
chimes,
Ffremen on, both night and day
shifts worked continuously except
when sleeping or at fires, or respond
ing to fire alarms. The socks were
turned over to the Red Cross.
-nveiopes at thb coyrie$ ONCE,
. = ~ . ..I - I. H.I
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
TINE CARD
Daily except Sunday
Effective May 1. 1913
Train l lv. Grants Pass. 100 D. m.
Train ". Waters Creek $500 p. m.

All trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner OF G and Eighth streets,
opposite the Southern Pacific depot,
For all Information regarding
freight apd passenger service call at
the office Of the company, Lundburg
building, or phone 131 for same.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-10-06
Classified Advertising,
FOR SALE

FOR SALE CHEAP for cash--s0
acres near Winner. Good place to
start with little money. Address
II. NJ. Knudsen, Pasco, Wash. "a
FOR SALE-Light. gentle team and
harness. good peddllng wagon with
roller bearings. Good reason for
selling. c. w. Revell. P. o. BOX
$50, Grants Pass, Ore. 81
FOR SALE-Two Berkshire sows,
weight about 100 pounds each; 3
ton grain hay; 1 one-horse wagon.
4. F. vahrenwald, Murphy, Ore,
phone 801-F-32. SO
FOR SALE-Bean fodder, So per ton
two miles down lower river road,
Just above pumping plant. Inquire
TOT Foundry street. "a
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
Standard Dress Idea Received With
Disfavor By Women Of England
ByF. J.HOWARD. London. England

Now the staggering proposal that the harassed British
should standard dress The greatly daring
author the idea proposes short that the dear whose artora
eccenic make mems hearts heavy and their pockets light should
be uniformed
Imagination reels the thought you conure world in
which all dressed alike? 1t would be world robbed of much
of its glamor drab cooes world in which would
find difficult occasion to distinguish his aunt from his mother
in-law.
This very courageous patriot suggests that the government should
details three standard patterns of uniforms and
allow only limited number of ood fabrics be manufactured He
apparently that owing difficulties regard to dyes there
is only limited number of colored fabrics already.
stately and beautiful lady in large dressmakng establishment
told the time volunteered the opinion that
interference with the matter of dress would lead trouble
pared with which the suragst shnd of few years would
like harmless efervecences.
What the lady said something like that but of she
have been exaggeratng All the convinced
OF this kind we should look before sandardize
All the interviewed the ubjectand
good manydeared that
their dress They willing help other way to administer
the final knockout blow to the Bo but restricted fashions dressing
to ordNo If the government dared they sad
what they should wearwe something unpleasant would happen
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
TO PRUNE RED RASPBERRIES
Attention Required in Summer to In.
duce Development of Shoots
for More Fruit.

F'rom the United States Department of
Agriculture)
Red raspberrieS require attention to
direct their growth and fruit produc-
ton at two seasons Of the year-prun-
ing in the summer, during the grow
ing season, to regulate the height Of
the canes and induce the formation Of
fruiting wood for the following sea-
son, and pruning during the winter or
early spring for the purpose of elimin-
ating the canes which bore last sea-
son, so as to allow all the energy Of
the root of the plant to be directed
to the production Of fruit and the
formation of the next seasons bearing
wood.
The summer pruning, which is not
generally practiced with red raspber-
ries, consists in stopping the young
shoots when they have attained
height Of from Is to 20 inches. This
induces the development of side
shoots and the production of addition
al sprouts from the root. Both these
types of growth are desirable in Or
der to insure as large a growth of
wood as the plants can carry to ad-
vantage. This will have to be gov
erned by the judgment of the grower
and should be based on the variety,
the character of the soil, and the
kind and quantity Of fertilizer used.
/ The winter pruning is process of
elimination. All canes which have
served their purpose as fruit produc-
ers are removed, as are all dead or
diseased canes, thus reducing the de-
mands upon the roots of the plant to
the wood intended for fruit produc-
ton.
i The advantages of summer pruning
are an increase in the area of bear
ing wood, and strong, low canes
which require no artificial trellis or
support.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
Excellent Reasons Why We Must Feed
Our Soldiers and Our Allies
By CHARLES F. JONES

Another great battle home have fight wasting
the food and the supplies that and allies
have to win the
Many and will gladly fight give the war;
will not deny their omachs Many thinks claims that
ne thinks that France ought supply her fighters and with food
Heretofore, they lived off the
What may be true of the past is not true of todays
How much food could would raise victorious
German twenty miles away pressing hard upon
here where today? And if the
hold back the enemy how could feed them
ourselves? What would the French they
their supplies with them?
Remember that the French fighting back to the ocean,
Thus the supplies that they get over the ocean
Then there others who will say the fighters
France why feed them foods that are plentiful
and let US at home have the -four and the sugar.
Pork is the heat gver sugar smunt and both are necessary
to the life and health Of soldier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
CLUBS ADD TO FOOD SUPPLY
Those Who Raise Pigs Will Produce
at Least 100000 Pounds of
Pork This Year.

prepared by the United States Depart.
ment of Agriculture)
1t is estimated that the $4,000 men,
bers of boys and girls pig clubs will
produce at least 100000 pounds Of
dressed pork this year, if their work
is comparable to those whose men,
bers made complete reports last year.
This work is judged to be extremely
important in meeting the wartime de-
mand for increased food.
The pig-club work has spread rap
idly until practically every state is
doing more or less of it as a part of
the general club work. Twenty-one
states have pig-club agents employed
in cooperation with the animal hus-
bandry division and the states rela-
lions service of the United States de-
partment of agriculture.
In view of the great success attend
ing the work thus far and because of
the great need of increasing the pro-
duction of pork and pork products, the
department is seeking to enroll 2OO,-
900 boys and girls as Junior soldiers.
of the cOmmissary" for 1918. 1t is
expected that every boy who can do
so will raise one or more pigs for
Uncle Sam and thus furnish the meat
supply for soldier.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07

1T carries thence from sources of con-
taminatiOn and of the refuse which
it transfers from rotting vegetables,
meat and fish. Twenty-Five per cent of
flies breed in manure heaps.
Besides the diseases mentioned flies
have been brought to the bar on in
dictments for having spread cholera,
lOckjaw, trachoma granular lids),
anthrax (the stable fly is here guilty.,
and something like a dozen more
germ diseases. The ordinary fly may
swallow the eggs of tapeworms and
other intestinal parasites, and then
distribute those eggs where they may
do hurt to humankind.
Before considering other insects l
had better state more clearly just how
these pests perform their part in dis
ease dissemination. The germs may
stick to the bodies of the insects. Or
the germs may be eaten by the insects
and deposited upon human food and
drink with their excreta. Or the In
sects may eject the germs from their
mouths upon the skins of uncleansy
people who do not battle regularly.
Or the insects may die after eating
the germs; and the bodies of the for
mer may fall into the food; or the
dead insect bodies may dry up, crum-
BILE, be spread in dust and be either
inhaled or injected by human beings.
Or the insects (such as the mosquito)
may inject into the host with their
sting diseased blood which they have
previously sucked from a previous
sufferer (such as malaria patiently.
Mosquito Fever.
Doctors prefer to speak of malaria
as mosquito fever, for, as everyone
now knows, it is the species of mos
quito called Anophe1es, which Is sole
ly responsible for the propagation of
this disease.
Anopheles breeds in still water, in
moist sand or moss, in pools by the
sides of open streams, in permanent
accumulations of water Of every sort
irrigation bitches, stagnant water
where there is green scum, in beds of
old canals, in old horse troughs and
the like. When the blood of a ma
laria sufferer is sucked into the stom-
ach by anopheles the malaria parasite
in that blood undergoes development;
and the products Of this process enter
the mosquitoes salivary glands and are
elected into the system of the next
person stung. If this latter unfor-
tunate has not yet had malaria he
thus contracts the disease unless his
natural antigerm forces are able to
destroy the parasite before it can do
any mischief in his body.
Naturally then, the prevention of
malaria depends on the destruction of
all breeding places within the radius
of mile. The way to do this is to
drain or fill in with earth, or to cover
the surface of any water with a thin
film of kerosene. Houses must be
screened. Anopheles bites only after
shutdown; and only the Lady An
opheles does the mischief. Here, as
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
REVISED STANDARDS
FOR WHEAT AND CORN
Secretary of Agriculture Signs
Order Effective July Is.
Grain Farmers and Country Shippers
Are Urged to Thoroughly Famil-
iarize Themselves With New
Grades-Changes Made.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
Standards for wheat and shelled
corn which move in Interstate and
foreign commerce, have been revised
to take effect July Is, 1918, and the
order has been signed by Secretary
Of Agriculture d. F. Houston, under
the provisions Of the United States
grain standards act. The new stand
ards supersede those now used and
which will continue in effect until
July 10. All members of the grain
trade, especially grain. farmers and
country shippers at points where Ii
ceEsed inspectors are not located, are
urged to thoroughly familiarize them
selves with the new grades.
The department announces that the
new wheat grades will result in
greater proportion of the crop falling
into the higher grades The more i'm
portant of the changes are:
Dockage will be expressed in terms
of whole per cent, rather than half per
cent, disregarding fractions and the
definition Of dockage specifically re-
quires recleaning and rescreening, so
that as large proportion as possible
of cracked wheat will be recovered.
The more definite term foreign
material other than dockage' has been
substituted for "inseparable foreign
material"
The allowance for wild peas, corn
cookie, and similar impurities is more
liberal.
The percentages Of hard kernels re-
quired in the premium subclasses of
Hard Red Spring, Hard Winter and
Common White have been changed
and made more liberal.
The minimum weight per bushel re-
quirements generally are reduced, ex-
cept for grades two, three, and four
in Hard Red Spring wheat and grades
one to four in Common White and
White Club.
The maximum percentages of mois-
ture allowed have been increased for
all grades, except for grade No. 2 in
Hard Red Spring and Durum.
The total wheat of other classes
permissible is increased in every
grade, No. 1 now permitting per
cent and other grades 10 per cent
Special limitations for certain wheats
Of other classes now apply only to
the first two grades.
The total damaged wheat permitted
has been doubled for grade No. L.
Small amounts of heat-damaged kerr
nels are to be permitted in grade No.
1 and in increased amount in grade
No. 2.
The quantities of smut allowed be-
fore designating wheat as "smutty"
have been doubled.
The subclasses Red Spring, Hump
back and Soft Red have been elm
mated from the standards, and grades
for garlicky wheat added for all
classes.
The corn standards in the main in
volve the addition of weight per bush
ell requirements for all numerical
grades and the allowance of small
quantities of heat-damaged kernels in
grades Nos. and 8. Separate sample
grades. have been established for
white, yellow and mixed corn.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
His Resignation Emphatic.

Another yarn from the mercury
lighted editorial rooms of Park Row.
1t was six in the morning. The city
editor was there. A reporter came in.
He took off his coat, walked over and
picked up chair and beat it to frag-
ments against a post. This chair
finished, he picked up another and
went through the same process.
Finally the gasping editor called
out: "Here, what are you doing?"
"I'm resigning, you gray-haired
idiot" was the reply, "and I am re-
signing in way that will make you
remember me until your dying day.
And after you are dead want piece
of the rope"
Then he marched out and the city
editor got him later in the day by
telephone and offered to double his
salary, but he wouldn't come back.
He has joined his colors. He will
make fighter, no doubt.-New York
Sun.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
Deaths From Rattlesnake Bites Are
Very Rare in United States
By ALFRED WEsTFALL
Colorado Agricultural College. For Collins

Of the poisonous snakes nhabng States the rattle
snake perhaps the deadet and undoubtedly the
number of varieties of this reptile Although rattenakes are
found in all sections of the country the majority are in the
arid and nad of the Southwest The common kind
in Colorado is the prairie ratlesnake
Practically all people enjoying the outdoors or less afraid
getting bitten by rattnake And considering the number
these reptiles the number of casualties very small In fact death
from snake bite extremely There comparison between losses
this country and those in india where official figures report
deaths annually This difference doubt largely to the fact that
here large portion OF the population does general ncna
ton to 60 bagd through stretches Of serpntnd territory
Adults bitten by the smaller varieties Of snakes frequently recovered
without medical assistance In recent years the majority recorded
fatalities from asnke bite have resulted careless handling of
captive specimens
Some wheat and give up those who complain
are the who give up wheat
The unsinkakbe ship has crossed the Now let
issue "def" to the submarine
The spirit of American independence will prompt every to
raise much food as possible in his back lot
The problem Of the empty coal bin likely dtrac from the pleas
ure OF summer vacation
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07

edly cases of smallpox are spread Dy
this insect in cheap lodging houses
perhaps more frequently than by any
other means. And were it not Tor
the frequent vaccinations ordered Dy
health authorities epidemics OF this
disease would probably not be rare.
Consumption germs have been found
in bedbug blood; also the germs or
other diseases.
This insect may live for weeks with
out food. During the winter it will
become comatose and will weather the
winter like any other alternating crea-
ture. 1t will continue its existence,
will demonstrate its will-to-live,
against the hardest kind of luck, from
season to season, in lumber camps,
summer houses, empty apartments and
the like.
Fieas Spread Bubonic Plague.
The chief iniquity of the flea lies in
it's transmission Of the germ of the
bubonic plague. The roach has also
been proved an infection conveyer.
We must mention also Rocky Noun
tain fever which has for several years
occurred during the spring months in
Montana and the neighboring states.
The germ of this disease is transmitted
from cattle to man by the tick, which
insect is the responsible agent also for
Texas or cattle fever.
I have tried to present here the es-
sential facts about the insect trans
mission of disease. My article would,
however, appear to be like the play
of Hamlet with Hamlet left out; for
I have written nothing about how to
deal with such insect infection spread
ers. Space has not permitted this !;
nor is it necessary. For every citi-
zen's health department, town, city, or
state, will on application, supply full
printed directions. Or such directions
will be sent. without charge, by the
United States public health service
Of Washington, d. c., or of the United
States bureau of agriculture, Wash
ington, D. G..
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
Sponoe Industry.

The best sponges come from the
Levant, in the eastern Mediterranean,
and are obtained by diving. The Lee
vantine sponge divers often cut pieces
from large sponges, replant the pieces,
and tie them to stakes to keep them
from being swept away by the current.
They soon grow at an enormous rate.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07


butter
world
Korndyke Winona and Segs Hengerved Fayne Johanna.
of
VA ii. WATERFOWL N Y
6496 pounds of milk yielding 404
Woodce Ko the worlds cham
of a Cortelyou,
vile M
yielded butter
produce Both owned by
Elma Center, N. Y
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
DOUBLE PURPOSE OF PAINT
improves Appearance of Buildings and
Is More Useful as Protection
Than Ornament.

While paint serves the purpose OF
improving the appearance of property,
it is far more useful as a protection
than as an ornament. To paint a
building or piece of machinery is to
preserve it and to add to its useful
ness.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
RATIoNs FAVORED FOR s0Ws
mendations for Proper Feeding
of Brood Animals.

The following rations for brood sows
are suggested by ]. S. Coffey, of Ohio
state university: 1. One part corn !;
six parts skim milk. 2. Two parts
corn; three parts shorts. 8. One part
corn; two parts middlings; one part
oats (add five per cent oilmeal to this
mixture). A. Barley, oats and shorts
equal parts. 5. Barley and oats, equal
parts, mixed with three pounds of skim
milk per pound of grain mixture. g.
Five parts corn; two parts oats; one
part oilmeal. T. Eight parts corn; one
part tankage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1918-06-07
KNOWLEDGE OF FRUIT BUDS
Necessary So That Too Much of Fruit
Bearing Wood May Not Be Cut
Away in Pruning.

The fruit of the peach and the plum
is produced on wood grown the proceed
Ing season, hence in working over a
tree of this character it is necessary
to know something of the fruit buds,
so that too much of the fruit-bearing
wood will not be cut away.