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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
COUNTY AGENTS
NOTES


This Ia about the time that most
OF the corn and potatoes should be
planted In the county. Are you
ready TO plant yoursf We do not
mean are you In the notion OF plant
Ink, but are you really readyY Ia
your ground thoroughly prepared1
After the showers OF last week
many are inclined to plant these
crops regardless OF the soil prepara-
tion thinking that they cultivate the
ground more after tho planting IN
done. But We should make haste
cautiously. n your soil 10 not pro-
perly prepared, put on the planting
another week and In the meantime
work your soil over again until you
got II thoroughly firmed underneath
and a fine seed bed on top. The
greater portion OF the work IN pro-
ducing these crops should be done
before planting,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13

A few days after planting your
corn and potatoes give the ground
a good narrowing and then after
they are up harrow them again. This
Ia tho cheapest and best cultivation
that can bc given. not only kIllinf
tho weeds but keeping mulch In
tho soil that viii retain the moisture.
c. ID. THOMPSON.
County Agent
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
CHROME OPERATIONS
IN DEL NORTE COUNTY

Considerable development work
has been done on the Al. Eastman
chrome claims on Little Rattlesnake
mountain In this county during the
past month. Al present writing over
200 tons OF chrome ore IL In slghl
with prospects, very bright for larger
tonnage. A number OF men are at
work on the property and Mr.. Cast
man is doing everything he can to
develop the claims sufficiently 10
warrant the lessees OF his property
In putting In i2-mlle road. Much
OF the >Shrome In this district Is on
patented land owned by the Ham
mond interests but Mr.. Eastman has
a Ave year lease which gives him
sufficient time. The chrome ore In
this district Is very rich. much o. II
assayIng over SO per cent chrom-
ium.
As soon as the wagon road Is fin
ished connecting the High Plateau
claims with the Grants Pass road the
men at work there now will be trans
ferred with others 10 the Little Rat
tlesnake mountain district to build
road. II the lessees OF the eastman
claims are assured by surface Indi-
cations that at least 1000 tons OF
chrome ore are there. - Crescent
City Courier.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
BUYERS OF NATIVE PLATINUM

GTLFILLAN BROS. Smelling and
Refining Co., 217h West Sixth
street, Los Angeles, CAL. are II
the market for clean native iridr
platinum. &C.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
10 RENT

FOR RENT--A nicely furnished
modern cottage, rooms. water,
gas, electric light. at reasonable
price, 207 c street. See N. F.
Townsend, 621 A. g.:
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
COMING EvESrs

May 27-June I. Monday-saturday---
chautauqua at Grants Pass.
May i6. Thursday---Ciass Day exer-
rises OF high school.
May II. Friday--commencemen,
exercises.
June 7. Friday strawberry festival
by Presbyterian ladies. 5stf
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
NOTICE TO DEBTORS

All parties indebted TO us will con
fer a great favor by remltting
promptly. thus enabling US TO meet
our own obligations and close our
books. Mall check TO US or leave
with Josephine county bank.
bs EISMANN PRODUCTS co.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
Field Meet at Rogue Riyer--

Athletic teams Of Rogue River
and the Evans creek valley partici-
patcd In a field meet at Rogue River
on SATURDAY. and the events were
hotly contested for. The attendance
was good.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1918-05-13
Calling Cards

Script type. ti.76 per 100; II you
furnish plate. si.2b per hundred.
Printed cards soc for so; ooc for
100. Courier ofIlee. iGtf
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
THE COAL SUPPLY Is
RUNNING VERY Low

Aberdeen, S.. d., Jan. 21.-The coal
situation is serious in Aberdeen so fal
as the Milwaukee railroad is concerned
Officials of the road here state there is
not more than 10 days supply on hand
in the local yards, and the prospects for
getting additional coal from the head
Of the lakes within that time are not
promising. To conserve fuel, the daily
passenger trains No. / and No. A have
been cancelled between Aberdeen and
Milbank, and the tri-weekly way freight
service will be discontinued on all
points of the Hastings n Dakota d.
vision. This division uses 1,500 tons OF
coa daily, and of the $1,000 tons piled
on the ground in the Aberdeen yards
last fall, barely 10000 tons, or 10 days
supply, remains. "The middle west
faces the most critical fuel situation
in history" Superintendent +. M. Melinr
Of the division, whose headquarters are
in Aberdeen, declared. 1.-THE changes
already ordered may only be a starter"
he added. "The next two or three days
will decide. 1t may be two weeks,
three weeks or next summer before we
secure a sufficient supply of coal. We
have no way of telling"
Local officials Of the Great Northern,
the Northwestern and the Minneapolis
& st. Louis stated those roads all had
a sufficient supply Of coal on hand.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
SIOUX FALLS LABOR
DEMONSTRATES LOYALTY

Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 21.-Patriot:
ism, enthusiasm. optimism n good
will permeated the atmosphere at the
we'll attended meeting of all the labor
unions Of the city at labor hall in the
Peck block. The meeting which was
under the auspices or the Building
Trades assembly, vas a g~et-together
affair, with the purchasing Of war
stamps n thrift stamps the keynote.
Almost 500 members of the labor unions
of Sioux Falls were present. The room
was Hastily and deliberately decorated
with flags and other suitable para
~phernalia, and this added to the i'm
pressiveness OF the occasion. Presi-
dent Archie w. McKeeler presided.
The principal address of the even
ing was by e. ]. Mannix, of the Com
mercial News, and state chairman Of
the war stamp campaign.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
PREFERS WAR WORK
TO COLLEGE PROFESSORSHIP

Vermilion, S. D., Jan. 21.-Adrisn
S%colten, a student Of the university, has
been offered a position as head of one
of the science departments Of Musk
ingum college, New Concord, Ohio. Mr..
Scolten is a son of Rev. d. Scolten, Of
Valley Springs, S. D.. Muskingum COL
lege has sent out 10 men who became
presidents Of educational institutions.
Among these are the late President w.
r. Harper, of Chicago university, and
President w. o. Thompson, Of Ohio
state university.
AS Mr.. Scolten wishes to remain q
student until he can get into some war
work, he has declined the Muskingum
professorship. He has Deer rejected
for regular military service because OF
physical defects. Mr.. Scolten while q
student at McGill university medical
schoo in 1856 won the McGill med
ical price. To do his bit in the war he
has taken up the study Of Journalism.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
ORGANIZED TO COMBAT
HELL FIRE" GANG

Sioux Falls. S. D., Jan.
sheriffs, mayors of cities of South pa
kota. fire marshals n others inter-
cstcG IN the scheme to adopt a plan Tor
the safeguarding the property in the
state from destruction by the hell fire
gang of the |. w. w. and other pro-
German ORGANIZATIONS, already are COM
mencing to assemble in Sioux Falls TO
attend the meeting called by Governor
NorbeCk for tomorrow.
1t is estimated that during the closing
months of 1917 grain elevators, bust
ness houses and other property valued
in the aggregate at not less than $1,000
OO0 was destroyed in South Dakota
through the activities of pro-German
agents.
IT is believed that at the meeting here
q plan will be adopted by which the
state fire marshal, state sheriff and
county sheriffs, together with mayors
and police departments can be organ
lied into one effective force for the sup
preston of i~ncendiaries and others
who plan TO destroy property and o
supplies in South Dakota.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
CAN'T DELIVER CORN
OF PROPER GRADES

Vermillion. S.. d., Jan 19.-The ques-
tiou arises IN Clay county as to whether
or not a farmer can sign a contract 70
deliver No. 3 corn, and, not being able
to make good. is liable for
The Webster Elevator COM
pany has brought suit against sever
farmers to ecove damages on such
contracts, and the cases will come up
at the Murch term of circuit court.
Contracts were entered into last
summer for the delivery Of No. 8 corn
at a fixed price Of from $1.O5 to $l.lo
per bushel. But there is no corn in
Clay county this season that will grade
that high. The farmer cannot make
good on his contract. He is willing TO
deliver the corn, such as it is, and take
market prices, but will not stand a
dockage of from 35 to 40 cents because
Of his contract with the company.
The peculiar situation is that these
anne farmers are delivering corn to the
McCaull-Webster company at the reg
ular market price Of from $1.25 to $l.35
per .bushel, but not under the contract.
They are getting more money for their
corn than it was sold for originally,
but will be out money If the elevator
company can win out in the courts.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
THEY SOUGHT TO
EVEN UP SCORES

Pierre, S. D., Jan. ga complaint
for disloyalty brought against Herman
Rasmussen, living north of Highmore,
HIS been dismissed by the federal OF
ficer here. Earnest Samuelson and wife.
Wl,o have charge of the postoffice at
Sedgwick, brought in h complaint
thai has said some disloyal
things last June, but that they had
not before brought them to the atten-
ton of authorities because they did not
know the proper procedure for so do
ing. Upon cross examination it devel-
ops that lately Rasmussen had been
somewhat instrumental in having d
child taken away from the Samuelsons
for cruelty to it, n though the sam
nelson's testified that in bringing the
~disloyalty charge now against ftas-
mussen, il was not on account OF this
other incident. The federal officer ana
others in authority concluded the sam
uelson complaint was not sufficient TO
brand Rasmussen as disloyal, particu-
larly as his neighbors all testified 9th.
erWise about him.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
SOUTH DAKOTA MAN
is GERMAN PRISONER

Huron, S. D., Jan. 19.-Mrs. Robert
Harvey, whose son., David Farling, was
reported missing after the raid by a
British cavalry regiment, Of which he
was a member, on German positions in
the Cambria area, has received word
from officials Of the Canadian govern
ment at Ottawa that the boy is a pris-
oner in Germany. 1t is presumed that
young Farling was among the band OF
British cavalrymen who, on returning
from a successful rand into the German
lines, found themselves surrounded by
the German infantry. Many OF that
party, however, slashed and cut their
way through the enemy lines and re-
turned in safety to the British lines.
Several, however, were taken prisoner
by the Germans, n it is possible that
young Farling was among the number
taken by the enemy.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
SOUTH DAKOTA NURSES
ARE TO ORGANIZE

Sioux Falls, S. D., Jan. 1S.-A con-
ference relative to the organization OF
the South Dakota State Association OF
Graduate Nurses has been held here,
and all plans were completed.
The state Is divided into three dis
tricts as follows:
First-Deadwood, Hot Springs, Rapid
City, Sturgis, Belle Fourche n Pierre.
Second-SiouX Falls, Mitchell, Cham
berlain, Madison, F]andreau, Dell Rap
ids and Yankton.
Third-Aberdeen, Watertown, Red
field and Huron.
The following towns were repre-
scented by Sister M. Raphael, l.. N,
Aberdeen; Myles Wesley Hickok, S. N,
Mitchell; Margaret O'Donnell, r. N,
WATERFOWL; Blanche Townsend, r.. N,
Dell Rapids; Clara S. S~ugvQlson, r. N,
Flandreau; western part of state rep
resented by Mrs. Elizabeth D~ryborough,
president Of the state association.
After reorganization it will be known
as South Dakota State Registered
Nurses association,
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
LABOR SITUATION IN
S. DAKOTA IS SERIOUS
Director of Markets Visits
Washington to Make Sure
of Relief.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.-Don
Livingstone, director of markets Of
South Dakota, is in Washington max
ing strenuous demand on officials to
take steps to insure the northwestern
farmers adequate labor supply for put
ting in spring crops. Mr.. Livingstone
has come with the backing of Governor
Norbeck. Food Administrator Hoover
encouraged Mr.. Livingstone and is also
anxious to get the labor situation
solved. Assistant Secretary Of Labor
Louis Post told Mr.. Livingstone every
thing had been arranged"
Show me-" said Livingstone.
Post could not show him and Mr..
Livingstone is convinced that little has
been done save on paper and much re-
mains to be don to provide labor. To-
day, with Senator Sterling. he arranged
to see Secretary Baker and hopes to get
drafted men ~furloughed to put in the
crops and later aid in harvesting.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24

Elderly c~urmudgeons in banks n
government offices complain that the
girl clerk gossips too much and eX
ponds half her afternoons making tea.
The grumble is probably quite unjusti-
fled. Anyhow, it is an ancient masculine
gibe. The old inn sign, THE Silent
Woman" always shows the lady either
headless or with her head under her
arm. There Is, however, n place in
the world where women keep their
heads on their shoulders and never talk
at least to men. In the little Greek
island Of Fano, one of the OTTOMAN
group to the northwest of Corfu, sup
posed by some to be the island of the
seductive Calypso, it is the custom for
the young men to marry the girls OF
their choice, and after a brief honey
moon proceed to America TO accumulate
some capital, generally as walters. Dur
Ing the years of absence the young
Wives never talk to other men. To sup
port this s~elf-denying ordinance elderly
women watch over them, and If strange
men approach they are discouraged by
showers of stones.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
MINE WORKERS PLEDGE
SUPPORT TO GARFIELD

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 2l.-The
United States Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca today in biennial convention here
pledged to DR.. H.. A. Garfield, federal
fuel administrator. unqualified support
and cooperation in his great task" The
union miners also pledged to him the
maximum production of coal possible
In the fields under their jurisdiction.
Some Of the delegates tried to start a
fight against continuing the salary of
$1,000 a year to John p. White, former
president of the United Mine Workers.
Last fall White resigned as president
to become labor advisor to DR.. Garfield
and the International board of the
union continued Whites salary for the
period Of the war. White receives 81
a year from the government.
The convention overwhelmingly in
dorsed the action Of the board in con-
tinuing Whites salary.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
RAILWAY WAGE PROBLEM
TACKLED BY NEW BOARD

Washington, d. c., Jan. 21.-Investi-
cation Of railway labor questions in.
Guiding the wage demands of the four
leading brotherhoods vas the chief
business before the first meeting today
of the new railway wage commission
headed by Secretary Lane. The board
will analyze carefully, for the railroad
administration the principal elements
of the labor problems transferred tC
of the railroads. Upon conclusion OF
the conferences, which probably will
continue for several weeks the commits
sion will report it's findings and recon-.
mendations to Director General Nc.
Adoo.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
UKRAINE WILL
CONCLUDEPEACE
Ready to Enter Agreement With
Central Powers and Cease
HoStiIities on East
Front.

Amsterdam, Jan. 21.--The negotia-
lions between the central powers and
the Ukrainian peoples republic" at
Brest-Litovsk have resulted in an agree
ment On the principles of a peace treaty
which is to be concluded and the war
declared terminated, according TO ad-
vices from Brest-Litovsk today.
On the conclusion Of peace, the Brest-
Litovsk advices added. the troops Of
both sides will be withdrawn AID it is
provided in the agreement that ar
rangements be made in the peace treaty
for the immediate resumption Of eco
nomic intercourse and resumption of
diplomatic and consular relations as
coon as possible.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24

Massachusetts, has the greatest per-
centage, 47.6. Of her roads surfaced.
Then come Indiana with 42.5 per cent,
New Jersey with 40.5, Ohio with 36.5,
Rhode Island with 34.5, Kentucky with
22.2. New York with 22.7, Connecticut
with 22.2 and California with 20.2. In
diana and Kentucky hold thei promi-
nent positions on account of extensive
use Of gravel, and it is misleading to
class gravel roads suitable for light
travel with the expensive types OF con-
I9truction used for surfacing in Con-
necticut. The figures refer to all kinds
OF surfacing and are not restricted W
what are called permanent pavements.
The smallest percentage of ~surfacing
has been o n in Oklahoma, where 9S.3
per cent Of the roads are dirt. Other
states with low percentage of surfac-
ing are South Dakota with s per cent.
Iowa with /, Kansas with 1.3, North
Dakota with lie and Nebraska with IL.
The excellent maintenance of many or
the dirt roads of Iowa makes iding
and hauling over them easy. except
during the spring or after continuous
rains.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
PRO-GERMAN OFFENDER
AT LIBERTY ON BOND

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 19.-William
Lahman, head Of he notorious pro-
German family Of that name, furnished
$4,000 bonds and was released from
the county Jail, where he has been held
On a charge Of seditious utterances.
Lahman was given his freedom by
Sheriff Wyckoff upon authority from
United State Marshal Thomas Taub-
man, who wired the bonds
been approved by Judge Elliott, OF the
United States court.
Lahman will probably be tried at the
May term of federal court in this city.
Frank Lahman, his gun toting son,
who was wounded while resisting ar
rest by deputy United States marshals'
is convalescing at st. Luke's hospltal.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
STATE HORTICULTURAL
SOCIETY ELECTS

horticultural society has elected off,
GERS for the ensuing year as follows:
l.. G. Chaplin, Lincoln; first vice pres
ident, c. G. Marshall, Arlington; Sec
ond vice president, ID. c. Bliss, Minden;
treasurer, Peter Youngers, Geneva; di-
rector, Prof. J. R.. Cooper, Lincoln. Sec
retary Grove M. Parter has gone to war
and b. r. b. Weber, Lincoln was APP
pointed temporary secretary a short
time ago to serve while Mr.. Porter is in
the army. Peter Youngers has been
secretary Of the society for a number
Of years. He Is a pioneer HORTICULTURE
list, his active business career beginning
in Nebraska in 1871.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
men IN TOWNS URGED
TO HELP FARMERS
Plan Being Worked Out at Alb.
erdeen to Give the Neces"
sary Labor.

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 21.-.At the
meeting of the Social Science club, an
organization Of business nj profess
sional men OF Aberdeen. who assemble
twice monthly and discuss matters OF
current interest, NJ. M. Guhin, an in
structor at the Northern Normal n
Industrial school, presented the neces-
sity for town people OIL the Dakotas to
awaken to the fac that 1t was up to
them to supply help to farmers Of the
twin states If they put in the same
acreage to crops as they did last year.,
or more, and properly cultivate n
harvest 1t. He pointed out that in
most instances in farm homes where
there was a boy Of military age, he a
gone to the war. In some instances
several boys have gone, or are subject
TO the draft, n there are no farm
He odd OF interviews with many farm
ers who expressed an entire willingness
TO produce big quantities Of grain, If
they could procure the help.
Mr.. Guhin's idea was that organiza-
tions should be completed at once in
every town in the state, all the men
who would be willing to devote a few
Gays, a week or a month to farm work
listed, and steps taken to see that the
Iarmers in each locality are supplied
with sufficient help at the proper sea
son to seed, cultivate, harvest and
thresh their crops. The idea was warm
~ approved, and a committee named
10 confer with the commercial club
with a view to putting the plan into OPP
GRAFTON. Mr.. Guhin insisted that en-
ployers of labor in towns should be
gind to run short handed during the
seeding, harvesting and threshing sea
sons, to enable farmers to raise as large
crops as possible, and stated 1t was The
patriotic duty of South Dakotans to
put every available acre of ground to
WORK, growing food for the American
soldlers In France, and for the allies
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
MORE SOUTH DAKOTA
TROOPS lover THERE"

Belle Fourche, S. D., Jan. 21.-Word
received here states that what was
Company /, Fourth South Dakota reg
iment, now Company Il, Forty-flrst
infantry, machine gun battalion, had
left for France. This company, while
Eencrally called the Rapid City con-
pany," IS about 40 per cent made up
IF Butte county boys, mostly from Belle
FOurche and vicinity. Private Nelson.
Of this city, VINO is sick in the hos
Dital, is understood to be the only one
left in America out of the entire com
pany Of 155.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
100000 ON STRIKE
IN AUSTRIA-HUNGARY

London, Jan. 21.-A general strike is
on throughout Austria. according to
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Paris yesterday which reports 100, 900
men quitting work in Vienna and Neu.
stadt, shutting down all the war fac.
tories. The strikers are described as
openly anti-German and the movement
is both political and economic and es.
p~ecially aimed at securing peace.
Public demonstrations, it Is added
have been held in many places, at
which hostility was voiced toward
Berlin for trying to force the Austrians
to continue the war.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
HOLD UNION SERVICE
FOR DEPARTING PASTOR

Aberdeen, S. D.. Jan. 21.-A union
service of the German and Norwegian
the churches was held at lions
Lutheran (German) church on Sunday
as a farewell to Rev. William kraus-
haar, who has been given leave of ab,
sence by his congregation and VIII
leave for San Antonio. Tex, to do pas
toral work at the army camp near
that point.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
HE GOES TO PREACH
IN BAHAMA ISLANDS

Aberdeen, S. D., Jan. 23.-The Rev.
John Y. Steele and Mrs. Steele have
left for the Bahama islands, where
Rev. Mr.. Steele will preach to a Pres.
byterian congregation for a period OF
six months. The Rev, Mr.. steele form
arly was a Presbyterian clergyman in
New York state, who about a year
ficer here. Earnest Samuelson and wife,
of a prominent Aberdeen merchant, and
hey have since made their home IN
Aberdeen much of the time.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1918-01-24
CHARGE HE THREATENED
LIFE OF PRESIDENT

Huron, S. D., Jan. 21.-Henry STAN
Der, residing about five miles south of
Rockham, S.. D., in Hand county, was
arrested by Deputy United States Mar
shal Fred L. Villas. Of Pierre.
Standber Is charged with violating
the espionage act, 1t being alleged that
he threatened the life Of the president.
Standber was brought to Huron and
given a hearing before United States
Commissioner w. j. Flanagan. He was
held for trial at the next term of fed
eral court at Pierre on bonds Of 81. 900.