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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-05

churches In these villages. No mat
ter how weather beaten and old tho
outside, or how dirty and small the
village about Il, the interior of that
church VIII put to shame many in
even our large cities,
The city of Langros. pronounced
Long) is across the valley from us,
and It's old walls and cathedral
spires stand out distinctly against
the sky. II would make another fine
target. and l can imagine Dutch
observer from some secluded post
directing the range OF u battery Of
guns, and what the sight would bo
to see the big clouds OF smoke go
up MS the shots we're registered. as I
have seen the American guns do In
the Chateau Thlerry drive up to-
wards Fismes. The old town Is
walled, and at various points OF
vantage stone sentry boxes with
little slits for the port holes are
placed. A cog road runs from the
main line In the valley to the town
ON the top OF tho hill, Once there
you wind about In little crooked
streets until you come to the main
thoroughfare where the most OF the
shops are. This street Is wider, but
with very narrow sidewalks, You
can obtain most anything here ex-
cept an American meal and ice cream
sodas. the latter not seeming 10
thrive In this country, Prices are
very high, one small lump OF choeo-
late candy costing 10 cents, so we
don't eat much French candy. French
pastries too cost quite bit, and
nearly all OF them have llorlce
taste, so from my point OF view
French Pastries" don't have the
alluring look that II might have to
some people. Probably ! haven,
tasted the ones which made them IN.
nous. Langres Is a manufacturing
center for cutlery. and you viii no
tice on many knives and table sets
the name OF Langres. I've seen some
pretty sets In the windows.
Well. I'll close and hit the hay
With love TO all. DANA.
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are going back first as they are moro
or less useless TO unclo Sans pur.
poses, or oourso the boys that came
over first feel that they should DO
allowed to so homo first, but at tho
same time they feel honored In be-
Ing chosen to see the thing through
right, and knowing that Uncle Sam
has his confidence In them, How.
ever. think that some OF tho spo.
clal units like tho 23rd Engineers
win be sent home ahead OF moat OF
the others. am out OF touch with
them pretty much Just now and
don't know what their hopes are at
present. but the last heard. some
time Id February. was to finish
them up. or course there's no use
putting any hope in that now though,
| expect to get back with tho GARD
again by the first of tho year.
In all my stay over here i've never
seen any OF my old friends. A man
can run across regiment or dlyl,
sion that his friends are In. but gen.
orally movement is 80 fast that h,
never gets time to look them mp.
I'm wondering what happened tc
all the boys in tho U. s, A. who gor
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-05

into tho lator officers training
camps. did tho camps stop or did
thoy get through They're sure
lucky hoys to miss all the hardshipa
q soldier In tho ranks gota-- eapeci-
ally over horo, The officer lives ana
tho enlisted man exists. That's
about the way I'vo sized II up. al
though / know many times tho
"huck private" is the happier man
u tho two,
Everything Ia Wilson. Wilson.
Wilson In tho papers over here now.
guoas they expect him 20 nut
through some big ideas at tho con-
ference and think he has the whole
thing In his handa, too. There isnt
q man In any OF the other nations
who can trim him In his parliament
tary language. He certainly can
states tho question to them.
We hear some funny things from
tho boys In Germany, They were
rather surprised to find SOAP had tho
biggest buying value OF anything In
Germany and u bar OF chocolate
next. You could trade cake OF
soap for fat goose easily. I un-
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Dana Ament is Interesting.
Langres, France, Dec. s. 1e

Langres, France, Dec. s, 1918.
Dear Folks:-
Another week has droned by. They
don't go like they used to. We are
kept busy but there Is no heart in
the work now for any OF us, unless
1t be for some OF the boys in Ger,
many all Of which means that "mor-
ale" is at low ebb. I expect when
1t becomes known who is to stay and
who to go home things will assume
a healthier condition. II only |
could get back to the e. 8. A. by
January or February, that would be
the height Of my ambitions, but
what's the use? I guess better
learn frog language and settle down
here.
have received an occasional let
ter but presume there are more on
the way some where. Probably my
old company is on the move and as
my mail goes there first and 1t takes
time for the mail to find them, a
bunch of mail will have accumulated
when it does get through. October
18th was your last.
In the meantime am wading
about in the delightfully."- sticky mud
OF Sunny France" and taking what
Uncle Sam has to offer by way of
schooling, which is principally
Squads east, and west" When he
viii have considered my case
through l don't know, but imagine
he is only keeping us here while he
gets affairs Strengthened out, and
finds permanent home for us.
which ! hope will be in our old out
fits.
You will probably have found Ian
gres on the map by now and have
pretty we'll fixed in your mind just
where we are. Our camp is s or 8
kiiometers north Of Langres, very
near the old Fort st. Menge. The
Tort is one Of the old fashioned ones
which | believe was started about
Caeser's time. It has the mote clear
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THE COLONIAL CURSE

The policy of "internationalizing
the colonies taken from Germany,
proposed by the United States and
apparently accepted by the other
powers at Paris, is a notable contri-
button to the peace program. II
carried out in good faith, it will pre-
vent the jealousy likely to arise from
the definite allotment of the col
onies as possessions" to the partic-
ular nations. More than that, 1t es-
tablishes new principle of colonial
ton, which augurs well for future
peace.
The craze for colonial posses
sions" has been the curse OF modern
civilization. Every nation profess
sing the dignity OF a world power
has felt obliged to have colonies as
proof Of its prowess and authority,
regardless of the practical benefits
to be derived from them. Prestige
demanded it. And most OF the pow
ers have paid dearly for the prestige.
Even Lloyd George, head of the. ma
tion that has been the most success
full colonial administrator in the
worlds history, remarked the other
day that colonies usually cost more
than they are worth.
The usual economic arguments for
colonies have been full of fallacies.
Germany always lost money on her
colonies. Spain has been far better
of since she lost Cuba and the Phil
ippines. The United States has made
nothing out OF its colonies, and may
never make anything out of them
They merely give Americans a COM
Portable feeling of international re-
spectability, and provide useful
coaling stations and harbors for our
commerce-which might be provided
otherwise, under a proper interna-
tional system.
Nevertheless, colonies have been
the cause of most modern wars. Ma
tions have fought to win colonies, or
to hold those in their grasp.
Now, IL the German colonies are
Observation-Disclosures the proper
ty Of world federation, though ad-
ministered by particular powers
there may be an end to the old
scramble for colonial ownership.
Thus there will be far less incentive
for warfare, and the powers will not
waste so much of their resources in
pursuit of the great Illusion, as pow
erty-stricken Italy, the newest OF
the world group, has done in Tripoli.
Rather they will stay at home and
expend their energy in the develop
ment and perfection of their own re-
sources, trusting to the League Of
Nations to guarantee them equitable
trade rights everywhere beyond their
borders.
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1t appears from theS market quo
tations that the price of butter, eggs
and various other foodstuffs has
dropped lately. Somebody ought to
tell the retail dealers about It.
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Franco. pecember 1e. l91l

France. December i6, 1918
Dear Family:
didn't get your letter OF last
week as had no envelopes How.
ever. the Y got some in, and III put
this in with last weeks letter.
Things are slowly taking form
over here and troops are beginning
to move back over the path they
have Just come over. New troops
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The coal shortage in Germany is
becoming desperate. All right! Let
the Germans go get their coal from
some of those mines they destroyed
in France.
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a. E. VOORHEES,. Pub. and PrOpr.
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Entered at postoifice. Grants Pass.
Ore. as second class mail matter.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-05-27

During the war, with our tire produc>
ton curtailed and thousands of custom
ers' orders standing untitled on our
dealers books, we found encouragement
in thinking Of the coming time when
supply would equal demand.
With the armistice we set about the
immediate read justment of our factories,
and laid down for them tire prOduc>
: ton schedule by far the heaviest they
had ever known.
That schedule is now in being by dint
of great labor we have even surpassed
it-last weeks output, for example,
averaged the enormous figure Of 1886
finished tires per day.
Yet Notwithstanding our most careful
preparations, made in anticipation Of an
unprecedented business, our passenger
car tire volume is still insufficient fully
to meet all existing demands.
There is for us considerable element of
embarrassment in SO great and growing
preference on the part Of the public
for Goodyear Tires, and in our own
failure properlyto satisfy this preference.
In one sense we feel it to be reproach
to our own estimate of Goodyear Tires
popularity, which, although we knew it
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to be great, has now exceeded anything
we had imagined.
There is the regret on our part, too, at
our inability to serve Immediately all
the people who look to us for service,
since we do appreciate their friendship
and their custom.
But SO far it has been not humanity pos
sible for us to produce tires Of standard
Goodyear quality in the volume all these
people demand.
There are probably many Goodyear
Service Station Dealers that have full
stocks Of Good year Tires; on the con-
trary there are many others whose
stocks are very low.
Should you encounter one of the latter
and be unable to have your wants filled
there, we ask you to absolve that dealer
of any fault in the matter whatsoever.
The fault, if there is fault, is entirely
our own, in our temporary inability to
build enough Goodyear Tires to satisfy
public needs.
Night and day we are pushing the
Goodyear factories to remedy this con-
dition, in an endeavor to make Good
year Tires as easy to get as they are
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21

ducts Amy to Cumnor. where she
Is confined in Fosters bedchamber
a mysterious room reached by a
drawbridge. which she Is admon-
ishsd never to attempt to cross:
but when Tressilian and Raleigh
come 10 take her to Kenilworth
and she hears the sound of their
horses hoofs she thinks it is the
earl and rushes from her room, and
Varney has so manipulated the
drawbridge that she falls to her
death. When. however. this viii
lam learns how matters have de-
velopeo, he commits suicide. His
alchs mist is found dead in his lab
oratory and Tony Foster disappears
and his skeleton is found long af-
terward in a secret chamber where
he hid his gold. Leicester retires
from court for a season. but later
is again a favorite in waiting upon
the queen, and dies at last by TAX
ing poison he had designed for an
other.
Copyright. 1919. by Post Publishing Co.
CThe Boston Post
Published by special arrangement with the Nc
Clure Newspaper Syndicate. All rights reserved
"Trilby," by Du Maurier, as con-
densed by Alice G. Grozier. will be
printed in tomorrow's Herald.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21
HOROSCOPE.
MONDAY. JULY Fl. 1919.

Copyright. 1872. bg The Mcclure NevsgsI
Syudiczfe
This is fortunate day. accord 4
to astrology. Jupiter and the ~
rule strongly for human good. Nc
tune is adverse.
All the signs seem 10 indicate
period of great prosperity with mu, !
work for persons OF every class.
Jupiter Is in an aspect read as IN.
dicating high prices FOR all the neces
saries Of life. but wages VIII lncreas.
rather than shrink.
The seers declare that whatever o.
made OF the skins Of animals Will tie
come very costly. For that reason
shoes. gloves and furs are likely to
rise greatly in price.
This day is one Of lucky direction
for bankers. brokers and finsnciers,
but they will meet with great anxiety.
owing to some new world condition.
astrologers predict.
Envy and jealousy will breed under
the sway of the stars that will prevail
during the coming weeks. These am
pulses will be betrayed in o-icia'
military and naval organizations.
One Of the anomalies OF the mex.
few weeks will be that women wi.
than in recent years. At the time
when they gain political equality they'
will appear TO retire from notice.
Increase of crime foreshadowe''
months ago will arouse new snNieJl
next month. owing TO a strange
tragedy.
Children should he safeguarded
against disease for the coming weeks
will be more than usually trying 70
them.
Reversals Of established customs
will mark the coming months.
Radical movements OF many sorts
will gain in numbers, but they VIII
not reach a dangerous strength, as
trologers declare. although propa'
gandists will be found in high posi-
tions under the government
Persons whose birthdate Il is have
a busy. prosperous year before then
with much happiness in the family.
Children born on this day are likely
to he keen OF mind unselhsh and al.
fectionate. These subjects OF Cancei
are likely to have eventful lives.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21
PETERS
ROMANCE
By THE STORY LADY.

II had been decided that Aunt
Grace. who had been making her
two brothers q long visit, was 20 go
home the FIRST of June. and Peter
was to go with her. Peter was per-
fectly happy except for one thing.
Aunt Grace was not happy at ali
and the Lieutenant never came any
more. Peter decided that even
though Mr.. Henshsw had stopped
acting like he owned Aunt Grace.
she was too proud TO ask the lieu
tenant to come back and he was too
proud to come without being asked.
As far as Mr.. Henshaw and Aunt
Phoebe were concerned things were
going beautifully. Hal was perfect
ly crazy about her and she was very
sweet ana motherly 70 him. IL wax
easy to see that Mr.. Henshaw was
very much gone on her too. but she
was quite shy. All they need 20 get
engaged. thought Peter sagely. Is a
right good chance. and he kept his
eye peeled for that chance.
One evening Mama and Papa and
lIlt llNNlt NIUE dE EtAtH NdAAtn AueIus
went for a long walk. Aunt Grace
was in the grape arbor. Peter was
on the front porch looking at the
funnies in the evening paper when
Aunt Phoebe came up the walk.
Sit down" he said Hospitality.
Here's the paper and III see n 1
can find Mama"
He ran around the back way TO Mr..
Henshaw's house. Mr.. Henshsw was
watering the lawn
Hello" called Peter. Mama and
Papa over here? Aunt Phoebe is over
home and wants to see Mama
Mr.. Henshaw waited to hear no
more. He departed in haste TO the
/ Palmer's leaving the water running.
Fiften minutes later Peter peered
caustiously around the corner Of the
! porch. Mr.. Henshaw and Aunt Phoebe
/ were seated on the railing in the
darkest corner behind the red rambler.
| Peter slipped into the library.
! "SiN-six-nine-seven." he told central.
Hello, Lieut.. Harley Well. this Is
I Peter. Mr.. Henshaw is kissing Aunt
| Phoebe on the front porch. Aunt
| Grace is in the arbor alone. Go 20 IL"
The phone clicked and in aboNt
/ seven minutes Peter heard the pur
of the lieutenant car.
HELEN CARPENTER MOORE.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21

who likes men in general, but her
husband in particular. 1t is the type
VINO believes in Children-one or two,
anyhow-and expects to make home
and not a mere boarding place; one
who likes to be kissed by her husband
better than anybody else she knows,
and thinks he looks Just great in
the new suit that he can only AFFORD
to get once a year. 1t never occurs
TO her that she needs n 'boudoir.
and while she hopes some day TO af-
ford a maid. in the meantime she's
not too Droud to do her own house
work She's the kind who likes to
reach out and hold hubby's hand in
the tense moment in the show they
so to see together. and who kisses
the baby as he lies asleep in his little
crib when they come home that night
after "just the dandiest little after
theater supper" as she describes II.
That's the type OF woman who has
made America what il is. and that's
the type men like best.
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21
KENILWORTH
BY SIR WALTER SCOTT
Condensation by Rev DR.. R. Perry Bush Chelsea Mass

There could be no filter setting for
astory Of love and tragedy than that
Afforded by the court of England dur
ng the reign Of Elizabeth.
II was the heyday of gorgeous COS
tuning and an age saturated with the
occult. Everyone patronized the as
trologers and the alchemists. The
queen coupled with the dignity and
strength of the monarch the foibles
81 the weak. 1t was her policy to
olay one favorite against another. and
thereby secure the working of her
own strong will, but she often gave
way to furious temper. and she was
most susceptible TO fiattery. She was
forever undecided between her duty
20 her subjects and her attachment to
Robert Dudley. the Earl of Leicester.
whom it was commonly reported that
she really intended to marry. for he
was a courtier par excellence, and his
ambition to share the throne over
powered every other purpose Of his
life. He had. however. been secretly
welded to Amy Robsart, and so, to
further his chances to be King. he
eonsorted with one Richard Varney
and plotted the murder of his wife.
which was accomplished at Abingdon
Manor.
These threads of fact. with many
others of fancy, Scott wove into the
fabric of ''Kenilworth." To him who
would listen TO those who make full
some compliment and laudation a fine
irt-to one who would understand the
subtle poisoning of the mind by in
sinuation-to such as are interested in
The Vaccinations OF men and women
anxious to mingle in high society; to
all who would be regaled by the con-
versatlons of lords and ladies and have
lnfolded for their edification a phase
Of history which never appears in the
textbooks Of our schools. at the same
time that they are reading a romance
of wonderful interest and plot. "Kenil-
worth" offers a rare and wholesome
treat.
The story opens at an inn kept by
one Gosling. whose nephew. Michael
Lambourne, a staggering drunk
ard. returns after years of absence
and finds that Tony Foster. an old
crony. who lighted the fires when
Latimer and Ridley were burned. is
keeping guard over a beautiful
woman at Cumnor Mansion. Lam
bourne gains admission there, ac-
companied by Tressilian. a knight
Of peerless character. who is in
search of her to whom he has been
betrothed and who has been Iured
away from her fathers house
Lambourne becomes an accompiice
in crime with Foster. and Tressilian
meets the mysterious lady, who
proves to be none other than Amy
Robsart, for il was she who was his
rOpofSad hrida
He tries to persuade her to re-
h turn to her father. but in vain, and.
in attempting to escape from the
premises he meets Richard Varney,
master of horse to Leicester. a
shrewd calculating villain, who is a
constant spur to the earrs ambition
to be king.
Tressilian naturally concludes
that Amy is this fellows mistress
and. drawing his sword. overcomes
md would have slain him but for
the timely arrival of Lambourne.
when he was obliged to fee. and,
knowing the queens interest in
such affairs, he resolves to obtain
1er intervention in Amy's behalf.
And here Scott makes use of a
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21
LETTERS FROM ADOPTED FRENCH
ORPHANS TO SOLDIER GODFATHERS

Like invisible cords linking France
to America are the expressions of
gratitude the children of France daily
are writing to American soldiers
wrose generous contributions OF
money are making their hard lives less
severe.
The American Red Cross in France
has just compiled book OF letters
from French 'Mascots" to American
"Godfathers." A few OF them follow: 4:
II am so young yet, and so ignor-
ant" writes a little French boy to
his godfathers OF Company A. 10th
Engineers. Railway. A. f. F.. that
do not know how to express my graft
tude. but I thank you a thousand
times for your kindness. l loved you
even before knowing you. as our
school teacher often talked about the
kind Americans. the dear friends OF
France. You had already a large
place in my heart.
Now my father is dead, and as you
are willing to love me a little. / feel
very happy, and I should like to be
able to kiss you.
Thank you again. dear godfathers;
I will work well at school. and will
comfort mother as best ! can. and
will love tenderly my little sister"
Letter to Aviator.
The naive heart of little French
girl is photographed in a letter Of
gratitude to 4S7 Aero Squadron, Third
Aviation Instruction Center. A. +. r.
1T has given me so much pleasure
to hear that I WAS going to become
your little protege." the childish note
read. "As it may give you some
pleasure to know about my occupa-
ton, games and progress at school.
I will now give you these details:
'I am nine years old, and. while
working hard at school, I help my
mother with the housework. After
having worked at school, learn my
lessons and prepare my home work.
make dresses and clothing for my
little dolly, as a good little mother
should do for her little girl. l am
also learning how to embroider. I
can make very pretty little handker-
chiefs. I have taste for singing and
music. I like to play croquet but
above all I like TO play with my doIl..
"On Sunday I go to Mass with
mother, and I pray for my father,
my mother and for you, brave SOL
The Washington herald., 1919-07-21
THE TOWN CRIER.

The Delaware Society, which was
recently organized. will meet to-
night at o'clock in Room 2i2.
Senate Office Building. Delaware
people are invited.
Representntiye J. II. Sinclair and
Representative John NJ. Baer, both
of North Dakota. will be the speak
ers at the lecture in the Labor Uni
versity League course at the Public
Library this evening. The subject
will be The Nonpartisan League
Its History and Purposes"
George Warrington Post, No. 1.
American Legion. will meet tonight
at s O'Clock at the War Camp Com
munity Service Club No. s. SlS
Tenth street Col. r. c. Cholmeley-
Jones. director of the Bureau OF War
Risk Insurance, will speak. Mem
bers interested in the formation OF
a band are requested TO confer with
Conrade l. Clarkson Hines at 1880
o'clock the evening of the meeting.
Miss katherine Hughes of the
Irish National Bureau, will address
the Central Labor Union tonight on
labor questions in Ireland and upon
the subject Of independence for Ire
land