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The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Raising of Rabbits Grows
in Popularity as Cost of
Beef and Pork Increases

Since the price of meat has been
soaring, substitutes for beef and pork
have been in demand.
The most popular method of filing
out the menu without patroniZing the
butcher is to raise rabbits, and hun
dreds of persons are now SO engaged
with profit.
1t is the consensus of'opinion among
breeders, writes a correspondent, that
the Flemish giant rabbit is the best, its
meat closely resembling the taste of
chicken. Many persons who have
served Flemish rabbit have been COM
plimented over their ''lovely chicken
dinner"
The Belgian hare, which has many
followers, is not SO toothsome by far.
The Flemish is bred for meat and
weight, while the Belgian is favored
for color, symmetry and small-sized
bones.
The weight of rabbits varies greatly.
The giant Flemish leads, specimens
being known to reach % pounds, al
though the average ranges from ID to
10. Belgian hares, when a year old,
weigh about Il pounds. The other
species are somewhat lighter.
Rabbit hides bring 80 to % cents a
pound, although there are instances
where the white fur brings much high
er prices, according TO quality and ap-
pearance.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
HOW TO CLASSIFY
A SOLDIER
Asas -
Hat Cord Designates Branch
of Service

military man can Immediately tell
to what division soldier belongs by
glancing at the cord on his hat, but
TO the average citizen the color of the
hat cord denotes little or nothing. 1t
is an interesting feature to be familiar
with, especially now when SO many
soldiers are seen all over the country,
and any one who takes the trouble to
learn the following list will be reward
ed by being able to satisfy his own
curiosity respecting my soldier he
happens TO see without having to ask
questions:
A cord of light blue signifies that
the wearer belongs to the infantry;
red denotes artillery: yellow, cavalry;
buff, quartermaster's corps; red and
white. engineers corps; orange and
white, signal corps; red and black,
ordnance; black and white. field clerk
maroon and white. medical corps;
black and gold. officers; silver and
black, adjutant generals clerk; green
instructor home guards, and green and
white, home guards.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Printing of Fabrics by
PeruvianS Similar to the
Method Still Being Used

The ancients Of Peru, by a curious
coincidence-for there could not possi-
bly, have been any intercourse with
their contemporaries in India and
Egypt-seem 10 have used much the
same kind of processes in printing
their designs upon the fabrics they
manufactured. Both Herodotus and
Pliny, among early historians, accord
ing to United States commerce
report, have told us about the cloths
of vegetable fiber made by the an
clients; but in all likelihood the fab
RIGS of the Peruvians were of even a
more remote date. In some respects
the methods of today bear strong re
semblance to the older practice. The
chief difference consists in the pat
terms now being engraved upon copper
rollers and several colorS being print
ed at one time. Just as today the
coloring matter of dyes is not affixed
by merely printing it on the material,
but is secured by means of a sub
stance known as mordant, SO did the
Peruviaps make use of property
which caused the dye to adhere and
to withstand a test of thousands of
years wear and tear. Experts have
declared that in the direction of tech
nical and artistic value the designs
in question have no equal. They
must undoubtedly have been wholly
original, and could have owed their
inception to no outside influences.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Thomas Jefferson Rodman
Said to Have Been Father
of Big Gun Used in Europe

Thomas Jefferson Rodman, the
American inventor and ordnance ex-
pert, who initiated the movement for
big guns which eliminated in the giant
cannon used in Europe, was born 103
years ago in Salem, Ind, and after
graduating from West Point entered
the ordnance department of the army.
He early devoted himself to expert
ments with guns and gunpowder. Rod
mans greatest triumph, notes writer
in the Sacramento Union, was the in
vention of method of casting guns
hollow and cooling them from the in
side, which worked "A revolution In the
making Of artillery.
The long and earnest study devoted
TO the properties and manipulation or
cast iron, then regarded as the best
material for heavy ordnance, by Rod
man and other officers, enabled the
United States to produce guns then
admittedly the best in the world. In
1860 a cannon weighing 80 tons, the
largest in the world, was cast, but the
exigencies Of the Civil war required
heavier and better artillery. In 1853
20-inch smooth bore, weighing near
ly 5S tons and throwing a solid shot
Of 1,0S0 pounds, was cast. This great
gun attracted international attention,
and many years passed before it was
surpassed in size and effectiveness.
Rodman also introduced the use of
mammoth" powder for the 15-inch
smoOth-bore guns Of his invention. Dur
ing the Civil war his guns were used
in both navy and army, and were of
great assistance in deciding the out
come Of the struggle. During the war
period Rodman had command Of the
WatertOwn arsenal.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
THE BOY THAT WAS

When the hair about the temples starts
to show the signs of gray.
And a fellow realizes that he's wander
ing far away
From the pleasures of his boyhood and
his youth and never more
VIII know the Joy of laughter as he did
IN years of yore,
oh. It's then he starts to thinking OF .
stubby little lad
With a face as brown as berries and
soul supremely glad.
When a gray-haired dreamer wanders
down the lanes OF memory
And forgets the living present for the
time OF "used-to-be;"
He takes off his shoes and stockings. and
he throws his coat away,
And he's free from all restrictions save
the rules of manly play.
He may DC In tattered garments, but
bareheaded In the sun.
He forgets his proud successes and the
riches he has won.
Oh. there's not n man that iiveth but
would give his all 10 be
The stubby little fellow that in dream
land he can see.
And the splcndors that surround him and
the joys about him spread
Only seem TO rise 10 haunt him with the
boyhood that las fed.
When the hair about the temples starts
70 show Times silver stain.
Then the richest mans that living yearns
10 be n boy again.
Edgar a. Guest in Detroit Free Press.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Japanese Woman One of
the Greatest FinancierS

Nine. Yone Suzuki, the wealth.
lest woman in Japan made more than
S10O,000,000 in American money since
the war began. Her war brides have
been copper. rubber, and sugar ven-
lures. In n financial operation now
known as the Formosan sugar deal,
Il transaction involving sugar, CAM
phor, real estate and many other
things. she made $50,000.OO0 in one
fell swoop. She is not shareholder
in a corporation. She is the corpora
ton. Since her husbands death she
has been solely responsible for her
business. But she is just a modest
little woman. who received in n cul-
tured Japanese household the pre-
scribed education of the old school
she was trained to arrange flowers,
serve tea. rear children and please q
husband.-World Outlook.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
As the Earth's Human Race
Advances It Also Develops

Man has been on the earth perhaps
some twenty odd thousand years, and
IL is only the last 5000 that we are
much concerned with. To suppose
that modern Englishman must nee
essarily be at higher stage of mental
development than an ancient Greek is
almost the same mistake as TO argue
that Browning must be better poet
than Wordsworth because he came
later. II the soul, or the brain, OF
man is developing. ii is not developing
so fast or so steadily as all that.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
City W. Farm Poultry Raising
npued b lhe y. s Department Of Agriculture

reduce the
the
pick any considerable part OF
the supplied
results unvorby than
when the ehensar
is in
right time in the right and this
child the
who
divide bew home school.
Wyandoe Rhode
conditions
we'll Small
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Letters on Submarines.

The letters used on United States
submarines designate their type Of
construction. and run through the al
phabet. Submarines of the earlier
types are designated by the first let
ters of the alphabet and those of later
type by letters further along. Indi-
vidual submarines are designated by
numbers. Thus the designation N3
means a certain submarine Of the N
type.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

feather
of and small
productive White
small yards because
too
AS a local poultry keeper
in offered by
receipts
but
and have superficial
the
their laying capacity but make them
unfit for exhib breeding
attention should be given
of
comb is simply
blush should be rejected for these
should
smoo M the soft
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
Or1anization of the Red Star.

An organization to do for animals
in the army what the Red Cross does
for human beings was organized on
the invitation or suggestion of the war
department in June, 1916. II is called
the Red Star. and Its headquarters
are at 2S7 State street, Albany, n. Z.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

"Ah. yes; but before April I shall
be In Paris" Is remark generally
credited 10 Field Marshal Won linden
burg about the time Foch spread the
tacks along the short road 10 the
French capital.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The boys are to be brought home as
rapidly rs possible, which is all that
could be expected. but not soon enough
for us folks who are hungry and anx-
ious to Sc them.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The most severe brutalities and cru
elites in Russia, n writer declares, are
those directed against newspaper men.
Perhaps some Red with a name con-
tanning 10 or 20 scrambled letters saw
his name misspelled.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27
THIS AND THAT

Now that it is all over we
have the added joy of knowing
that the right side triumphed.
A brunette never can under
stand what men see in blonde
hair to rave about.
1t makes no difference how
rich q man is, he's either good
fellow or he isn't.
Prejudice keeps many a man
away from good friend.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

You can tell by the kind of shoes n
girl wears whether she has made up
her mind To do noble part in shaping
the future of mankind.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The little German children vii,
grow up and become parents of other
children, and will teach them that war
is brutal and dangerous.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

1T will be for the good of Ger
many" Was what Mr.. Hohenzollern
said when he found himself up
against it," so he couldn't move. But
between ourselves that wasn't the rea-
son he pushed himself off.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Use of paper underwear is suggested
TO relieve cloth shortage. SO? Then
newspapers should be printed on cloth
10 relieve the paper shortage.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The kaiser started the war like a
raging lion seeking whom he might de-
YOUR. and he ended 1t with running off
like scared rabbit.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Russia Stops Paying Indemnity to
Germany.-News dispatch. And there
is no sign In the sky that she will ever
resume the payments.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The influenza germ is so small that
II cannot be seen with a microscope.
And get people have been trying to
shut II out by the coarse meshes Of q
"du mask"
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Hindenburg. Ludendorff, Mackensen,
Tirpitz and n lot more of them are
not nearly such great fellows as they
though, themselves 10 be.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

One would like to have taken the
news Of Sedan to ex-Empress Eugene
and watched her old eyes sparkle
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Having laid down his rifle. Uncle
Sam will now engage In feeding lot
of little hungry republics out of his
great spoon.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Are you preparing TO plan peace
garden next spring? Don't give up q
good habit.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The French Academy of Science has
elected Foch TO membership, which Is
the proper thing to do. If he isn't q
scientist, who Is?
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Germany is now frantically plead
Ing that IL be not done unto her as
she did unto others.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Though the fighting has ceased. the
work-or-fight order has lost none of It's
force for everybody in this busy world.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

over, and the war has ended-it's a
dull world.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Europe never saw so much royal
junk ut one time since the king indus
try grew out of the infant stage long
time ago.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

There may be nothing I'm name.
but Atlantic ports are now to get
theirs back I'm news dispatched.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Continue TO save the fruit pits-the
dominant doctors may decide TO make
civilians wear gas masks.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Four years Of warfare make the
business Of peacemaking an intricate
matter.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

months ago, was talking about German
efficiency and invlncibllity?
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Davy Jones must be wondering ut
the absence Of new arrivals in the form
Of sunken ships.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Hog to the Frontr But II Is alluding
TO pork and not to profiteers
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

how many schemes were advanced to
stop the U-boats.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

A new broom sweeps clean. It ought
to sweep twice as clean-the price is
now So.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

The ending of the war is not mt all
like what Wilhelm had arranged to
have II.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Aw. but just wait till the orators
get started at celebrating I'll
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Even the influenza isn't what 1t used
60 be before the war.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

Also Holland has coolies she would
bko TO get rid Of.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

More regular pigs are now needed
and fewer of the human variety.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1918-12-27

A peace-celebrating republic Is no
place for anybody with nerves.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
GREAT EFFORTTO SMASH
FREIGHT CONGESTION IN
ORDER TO MOVE SHIPS

: operation of the Garfield order in in
dividual cases.
State fuel administrators, however,
occupy a crucial position in the scheme
of fuel control and power is granted
to all these to supply relief to any es-
Establishment when this is necessary to
prevent injury to health or destruc-
tion to property by fire and freezing.
Thew are charged with the more i'm
|portant duty of enforcing the order
in all its details. Rulings regarding
the provisions of the order are made
for the most part at the national head.
quarters, but the state fuel administra
tors, working through county officials.
have the more important work of di-
verting all such fuel as arrives in their
communities to essential needs in the
order of preference, stated in the or
der.
Confusion regarding the period dur
ing which the list of preferred uses
is effective was reported in some quar-
ters today. It was stated at the fuel
administration that section one of DR..
Garfield's regulation established the.
order of preference in the distribution
Cf coal. This order remains in effect
until it is rescinded by Dr. fairfield
By this order, even after the five
day closing has been concluded, the
system of priority now in effect may
continue until the work of clearing
away congestion is completed Indus
tries which had been under suspension
during the five day period may re-
sumo operation if they nave coal on
hand. Those that haven t, stand small
chance of getting fuel at this time.
Congress passed into its third day
as a depository for telegraphie and
written comnlaints from '.back home
The corridors and cloak rooms and
even the chambers themselves still
ring sharply with criticism Of the Gar
field order. But the situation has reach
ed the point now where the legisla-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
FOREIGNERS WELCOME
JAPANESE CRUISERS
Steps Are Taken 10 Protect
Allied Interest at PORT of
VladivOstOk
BY Ralph II. Turner

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Toxic, an. 19.-The arrival of Jap.
anese cruisers at Vladivostok to protect
the lives and property of. foreign resi-
dents and to guard the interests of tho
entente allies, was enthusiastically re-
ceived by the foreigners and the "bet-
ter class Russians, according to an
official report received by the navy to-
day from the Japanese vessels. They
report the situation quiet in Vladivos.
tok and vicinity.
There is a sufficient quantity of
foodstuffs on hand for present needs
and no immediate danger of a conflict
between the Bolshevihi and the factions
opposing them, owing to a lack Of CO.
hesiOn in the separate elements. Com
munication with Petrograd has been in
terrupted.
Commanders of the vessels declared
there is no danger Of an outbreak but
that the unrest makes precautionary
measures necessary to prevent an upris-
ing.
A British cruiser has also reached
Vladivostok.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
By Robert ]. Bender

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, Jan. 10. - The gian
task of smashing freight congestion
at ports and functions to release sup
ply ships went on full blast today. The
work, made simpler by the Garfield
fuel restriction order, was cOuntered
however, by the enemy-snow, ice and
wind-in the central and Atlantic
states. Ice floes in ports stopped trans
fer of coal to ships. Winter storm
waves attacked the movement OF
thousands of coal cars trying to get
cover the top in their drive for the
seaboard.
The national railroad struggled val
iantly on it. Officials were confident
that with everybody in on the play it
would succeed. President Wilson S Of
ficial endorsement of the Garfield or
der had swept aside much of the bit
ter criticism which first marked the
five day industrial shutdown, partic
ularly in view Of more and more ex-
emptions.
Hundreds of industries and thous-
ands of workmen still idle by the sus-
pension regulations watched the gov
eInment S struggles philosophieally.
Comparatively few reports were made
of business defying the Garfield or
der. Told by President Wilson that
the move was necessary and must be
carried out, industry and labor accept
ed their duty heroically.
Hundreds of thousands of workmen,
however, and scores of industries, who
first believed they were to remain
idle, found themselves today allowed
to continue In addition to the an
nounced exemptions from application
Of the Garfield order, there arc many
more removed from the regulations
whose identity is kept secret. The pur-
pose of concealing these industries is
to prevent an influx OF increasing
number Of demands for release.
There still IS vast confusion as to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
First Real Deserter
Gets Stiff Sentence

Camp Lewis, Tacoma, Wash, Jan. 10.
The first clearcut case of desertion
since the establishment of this camp was
disposed of today by the military auth
aid of the 156th depot brigade was
sentenced to ten years at hard labor at
the United States military prison on AL
catraz Island. The findings of the court
martial were approved by Brigadier
General Frederick S. Foltz, commanding
the 91st division.
Mcdonald left camp on November 10
last, going to San Francisco and thence
to Alaska. He was arrested in Seattle
on his return while preparing to sail
for japan.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
C6s>'9RFSS WILL
STAND BEHIND
Central CONTROL
Chamberlain Is Preparing to
Press Two Measures
In Senate
DIRECTOR OF MUNITIONS
AND WAR COUNCIL
Senate Committee Then Plans
to Boost Bill by Further
Investigations
Rv T.. n Martin

| Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, Jan. 49," Central con-
troll to conquer the kaiser" is the slogan
to be dinned into the ears of congress,
Senator Chamberlain today completed
lplans to press next week for immediate
action on two bills, summing up the re-
suits to date of the investigation of the
war department.
The measures are (1) bill creating
a director of munitions to be given con-
troll of purchases of everything needed
to arm or equip the army, navy, ship
ping board and allies, and (2) a bill
creating a war council of from three
to five members who, next to the pres
ldent, will have supreme control of the
war program.
The director of munitions bill already
has been reported to the senate and the
war council measure is expected to go
in Monday.
Having launched these measures, the
committee plans to continue its investi-
CATION, taking up cantonment, aviation
and the medical corps. The purpose of
the two bills is to eliminate competition
among various war making agencies, to
cosordiBate all purchases; to end delays
due to conflicting authority; to provide
q supreme, central authority which can
anticipate needs and plan ahead for
them; to organize and adapt the coun-
try's industrial resources to war needs,
without unduly straining these resources
If the committees plan is adopted,
the war organization will work %his
way:
The war cabinet will be composed of
Secretary of War Baker, Secretary of
the Navy Daniels and from one to three
others, preferably civilians of the high
est business training and expense.
This council, responsible to no one
but the president, will settle all ques-
tions of priority between government
needing the same supplies.
It will survey the industrial field and
decide where expansion should be urg.
ed and where an industry making one
should be converted to make another
vital to the war. 1t will look ahead |
Continued on page three) )
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19

, ed from shifting men to the west from
the east And it is framed to offset
any German thought that the allies
might be weakening in their purpose
of going on until their war aims are
possible of accomplishment
The political propaganda offensive
will continue in an effort to sway Rus
sia and Austria to the allied idea, but
the more important thing-men and
Isupplies-will be augmented to offset
the Teuton military partys 8 plans
Addition of new men is intended to
.thwart Germany s dream of smashing
the west front And if she can be hurl-
ed back then, officials believe her
tune will change and her people will
noI longer brook the military party s
control.
The need for ney men is urgent,
however This is manifest from Lloyd
George utterances and from urgent
appeals of Colonel House to America
to speed her sending of soldiers.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
German DeSerterS
On Holland Border

Amsterdam, Jan. 19-How armed
German deserters accompanying Bel
gian worbmen attempted to escape in
to Holland was told in a vivid nara
tive reaching here today. The German
deserters were approached by the Ger
man border guard and a desperate
fight ensued in which the mutineers
killed one and wounded several They
tried to cut the electric wires guarding
the frontier but were finally driven, off
by the guards. One Belgian who
escaped across into Holland said the
deserters were from the Russian front
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-01-19
OFFICIALS STILL THlNKTf1AT
GREAT GERMAN OFFENSIVE
ON WEST FRONT is COMING

Washington, Jan. 19.-American ant
allied pfficialdom is now convinced
the German military party, firmly en-
trenched, proDoses to make west
front drive as its main answer tC
President Wilson and Lloyd.George :
war aims.
This is the meaning international ex
ports interpreted today into Lloyd,
Georges warning; and likewise many
saw very direct connection between
the west front situation and the hur-
ried Garfield coal order to help clear
transports
While Chancellor Hertling will prob
ably make some reply to the war aims
statements, as officials see it, every
thing received by this government in
dicates that there will be no conces-
England s man power bill is intend
cd to give sufficient men to offset
Germany temporary advantage gain