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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08

body and held out to them the great
scenic wonders of the place. but IL
the people OF Grants Pass know no
more about them than that which
MIR. Smith relates we fear that the
caves are being over estimated as to
their scenic beauties or their acces-
sability.-Coos Bay Harbor.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08

place ais the Josephine county caves,
though we hear much OF the wonders
OF the beauty OF the caves" said G.
A. Smith who with Mrs. Smith and
n party OF Cottage Grove friends
were DESTROYS OF inspecting tho caves
last week. 81 tried one whole day
NJ Grants Pass TO find some one who
could tell us something OF the caves
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08
NEW TO-DAY

EGGS WANTED-Highest cash
paid for fresh eggs. Moore Bak-
ing Co. 9Stf
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08

lOST--Crescent-shape gold pine
with diamond setting. Finder
please leave at Courier office, care
No. 1898 and receive reward. II
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08

INSURANCE of all kinds. Isaac
Best. 15
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08
Information BUREAU
WOULD HAVE SAVED THIS

80 far as the people Of Grants
Pass are concerned there In no such
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08
MISCELLANEOUS
DRAYAGE AND TRANss ER

Y, q lSHAM. drayage and transfe,
Safes, ianos and furnitur
moved. packed. shipped and sto'
I'd onice phone l24-Y. Rssi
deDce rhone. i24-R. 4.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-07-08
ELECTRICAL WORK
Effective Nov. 19, 1918.

Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

At the British Legation little group
of individuals deeply interested in the
keeping of peace and friendly relations
between China and the European
powers had been discussing the news
from the South. The American Minis
ter and two of his Oldest missionaries
were there, as was also the English
Bishop with his Chaplain and Arch
deacon and two leading heads of large
mercantile establishments. The mill
tary and naval attaches were unfor-
tunately both away on a hunt in the
Western Hills. After a general revue
of the situation and a discussion of
what had taken place on similar oc-
casions in the past his excellency the
Minister expressed the opinion very
decidedly that a prompt and strong
display of armed force was the only
way to handle it. Guns, gentlemen"
he said, guns and all-cartridges-no
blanks if you please-right from the
beginning" bringing his hand down
with emphasis upon the Office table,
cold lead and plenty of it right in
their faces. that's the only way to talk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

home, to whom trade is first and last
and always
What do you suggest, then?'' in
quired the Minister, who had hardly
given a thought to this side of the
question, but who knew in his inner
most heart that this might seriously
affect the permanency of his position
when the facts would be eventually
brought up in Parliament.
81 suggest that we use every effort
in our power toi right this grievance.
if it is a grievance, and to adjust the
matter by a just and equitable COM
promise. L believe this can be done
and thousands of taels of damage
avoided without the Gripping of trade
or the shedding of unnecessary blood"
And just how will you do this?'
I'VE Europeans cannot do it alone.
We must call in to our aid the very
best and wisest of the Chinese. assur-
ing them OF our honesty and allowing
them to suggest the way that will best
appeal to the native mind
do you not think that looks like
humiliating ourselves? ?"
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''Oh, I don't anticipate that it will
really come to anything. Shanghai is
the best protected place in all the Far
East, except possibly Hong Kong. They
have a splendid police force and the
Volunteers can be called out at a
moments notice and besides, there are
always two or three men-of-ygar lying
in the upper and lower reaches of the
river"
but then there's the Arsenal YOU
know just above the city. and two or
three thousand native braves there
might be induced to join the rioters if
they saw a good chance for plumber,
might they not?"
Not likely under Chang, the present
Tao Tai. He's a clever fellow and he
knows that his moneyed interests de-
mand that he stand in with the Euro
pean authorities Just at present Why,
his squeeze on the opium alone last
years was worth fifty thousand taels to
him, they say, and you may be sure
he'll do all he can to protect the Gus
tom House and the rest of the Settle
ment. If worst comes to worst, why he
will just distribute a thousand or two
among the ringleaders and the discon-
tents and that will make it all right
They have their own ways of adjusting
these things, and, as Sir Harry, my
esteemed predecessor used to say, they
can always control their own people
1shen they really audnt to-"
In spite of these re-assuring remarks
on the part Of the British representa-
tive, however, the kilograms posted in
the Picking Club ON the following morn
ing were of such a disquieting nature
that he wired to the Consulate General
at Shanghai for immediate and full par
ticulars of the exact situation and in
the evening sent dispatch to the Ad-
niral at Hong Kong, asking him to
hold an extra vessel or two in readiness
to proceed to the north if necessary.
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starve on Then, again, they're awful
sticklers for fixed custom. They
don't like to change and when you once
give them a settled figure for anything,
why it's almost impossible to alter it.
AS my old house-boy says. 'Chinee man
no ikee Mclean man all time too
muchee changee. S'pose he catchee one
piece, more better he stopee long time
dat side, more better look see. All time
dat changee' pidgin too muchee bob
berry"
"Ah, I see. part of the old conserva-
tism of the East and the general dis
inclination to change, eh?"
That's it, sir It's just like that
little sampan that you see yonder
a-sculiing that native passenger across
the river. My native officers tell me
that the price is just the same that it
was five hundred years ago-they might
just as well have said a thousand
and If they attempted to raise it even
one small cash, there'd be such a pro-
test and a row that the sampan-man's
life wouldn't be worth living. But the
real grievance just now, sir, is all over
this threatening on the part of the
Municipal Council to compel them to
grease the aXles of their barrows and
stop this everlasting squeaking that is
so annoying to the Europeans"
But that seems to me even more
petty than their row over the few extra
cents for the license and then, 1 can't
understand why the opinion Of a few
wheel barrow coolies should be so i'm
portant matter. either one way or the
other. We wouldn't think anything Of
it at home"
quite true. SIR" added the Inspector,
as he turned to enter his pony-trap
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

which was waiting at the curb for him,
but we're not at home now and you
must remember that we have practically
no trucks or drays here and that we
are dependent on these thousands of
barrow coolies to handle all the freight
that passes in and out of Shanghai, so
you see it's a serious question, sir. We
lare practically in their hands and they
can do US thousands of pounds of dam
iage if once they make up their minds
to it..
His Excellency, the British Minister
at Picking, was just bidding his col
league from France goodnight, after
la friendly rubber at the Club, when the
latter said, by the way. anything
further from that anticipated trouble
lat Shanghai? I have word from our
Consul General that they are beginning
ito feel a little uneasy in the French
Concession and some of the ladies are
so nervous that they, are talking of
sleeping aboard the warship, and so the
captain has sent a marine guard ashore
to re-assure them"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

to rioters, whether in China or South
Africa (the latter country having been
the one of his last official position),
and that's the language they never
misunderstood"
Quite true, Your Excellency," an
swered the Bishop. Il believe in the
upholding of law and order as much as
you do, when the outbreak actually
occurs, and my fifteen years as naval
chaplain have taught me the wisdom
of prompt and decisive action in all
such cases. Old England has won a
great name for herself in these East
ern lands by her display of armed
force, but 1 am sure you will agree
with me that she has won far greater
name for herself in India and other
places by her high and exalted sense
of Justice and her willingness to listen
to both sides of the case. Prevention
yes, sir. an ounce of prevention Is
well worth the pound of cure You
and 1, sir, representatives of the Gov
eminent and the Church, are not only
sent here as teachers and protectors
of the people, but we are here for a
much higher reason also, namely, to
secure the goodwill of this great
nation and cement and strengthen the
friendly relations between us. We
may easily ONCAcWS anu SMUT oONH q
few hundred of these poor coolies in
the streets of Shanghai when they pro-
test, in the only way they know how,
against what they consider our ILL
treatment of them. but the conse-
quences viii be far more serious and
lasting than we imagine; and the per-
manent interests of British trade, let
me assure you. gentlemen Cunning to
the merchants presently, will be dam
aged thereby a great deal more than
they will be helped"
Perhaps that IS So" remarked his
listeners
Eyes, it certainly is SO, and you know
what that means to the public mind at
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"Rastus, what am dis? It SEE: He
replied in an agitated voice. What am
an agitated voice."
''Weil. Judith. it am like dis: I go
out fur a walk. some evenin'. When I
return home, I has a chicken in bot
hands. go to turn co'ner an run
agin a policeman He reaches out his
hand an grabs me by my coat collar
an wants to know what has got dar.
1 reply to him in an agitated voice. dat
I am carryin' home two canary birds,
to keep my dear ole woman from bein'
lonesome. OATS my voice, Judith, an
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

My ole woman gave me a poke in de
ribs. de odder day. an SEE to me. seq
she:
II has bin hearin' a noise I believe
dar am robbers aroun' de cabin
Oar kin hardly be, Judith 1 replies.
But il may be so.'' she went on. as
she sits up in bed
Judith. be calm" I sez- at may be
Uncle Jayson cum ober to borrer two
dollars. an I amt got even two cents
to loan. Don't yeu bother bout SIGH
trifies."
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I am eighty vars ole, an fgser dat
I has spent bout foty vars tryin' to
find out whether de whale swallered
joiner, or joiner swallered de whale. It
wouldn't have done me any good to
find out, but SIGH am de obstinatcy oh
mankind.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

any, an dar fo' we has all got to wade
up to our knees. How nice 1t would
be if our two nayburs would clean DER
walks an mine, too.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

I had eight dollars in de bank. an
am gwine 70 keep 1t dar. Oar amt
'nu1 TO bury me when I die. but dar
am jest 'nun TO keep de President from
Robin de bank. He amt ewine IA
fool aroun' wild M eight dollars. an
daEfo' will continue to be honest.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

OATS my agitashun.''
I don't want to be unkind to burglars
bekase it am a dangerous trade. an
dey don't make much money at it, but
sometimes dey am VERY inprudent. De
burglar who got in my house. one time,
stole a ten-dollar bill. an he had the
cheek to cum back, next day, an want
me to change It fur two fives. I had
to hurt his feelin's.
My naybur, on de left. don't clean
de snow off de sidewalk. donT clean
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

When you has had bosom fren fur
thirty y'ars-one whom you love an
trust-an you take walk wld>hin.
some day. an you see a dollar bin layin'
on de sidewalk. you jump an grab It
fust- II he gifts his fingers on it. he
viii not divide wild you If you git hold
eb II fust you at once presen- him wild
fifty cents an keep on bein' bosom
frens.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

ricane an blowed de fence all to pieces.
Don't be in a hurry to bring things to
a Climax.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

My naybur said dat de fence between
US was on his ground. an he wanted it
moved. I said de fence between US was
on my ground an it was not to be
tached. We had a fight ober it, an
just as we got frew. along came a hur-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

My dawg used to sit up an howl at
de MOON I frew brick at him ar
knocked him ober an he has not howIed
since I want my dawg to know as
tronomy. out I don't want him to howl.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18
BY M QUAD

~ AR am an eternal fitness OBJ
things. I steal de white mans
IL watermi1yons, an he Gums back
an steals my wheelbarrer.
De trubble wild a mewl am dat he
eats too fast. If you put pack Of
oats befo' him. he eats dem all up in
ten rninits If you mix half sawdust
wild dem, It takes half an hour. an he
takes comfort all de time he am eatin'.
Ny ole woman was readin' de papah,
an she looked up at me an says:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

1.-Two CHA Pien. Pao Hwa Chr,'
"('The cost of harmony Is little.
Its results surpass our wordsio"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18

~Rastus," SEE my ole woman to me,
seq she What am de installment
plan?"
1T am like dis, Judith. You axed RE
last night fur twenty dollars to buy
some clothes. 1 didn't glib it to you
I now turn to de installment plan. an
I glib you two bits on de twenty dollars
I shah continue to glib you de same
amount cherry var, until de twenty dol
lars am paid up"
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LOGCABIN PHIL sOPEIY s2 % 20 N Mo HH s 81

Copyroh I9I9. q ne NccIMre Nelospaper sgndcate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1919-10-18
By SIDNEY c. PARTRIDGE

Copyright, 1913. ov Tbs AcClare Syndicate
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-29

eliminate the steep, uncultivated
strips that interfere with farming OPP
erations and often are seed beds for
weeds.
The bench terrace is usually built
with the reversible hillside pillow by
which the soil Is always thrown down
the hill. This is done for a number
of years until the bench becomes level
or the slope of the bench Is slightly
reversed A ridge of earth is kept at
the outer edge of the bench to prevent
the surface water from running from
one bench to the next bench below.
Bench terraces should be level; that
Is, they should have no fall along the
direction of their length. Before the
bench between the terrace embank-
ments Is made level by blowing the
soil down the slope the surface wa
ter is held above the shoulder at
the outer side of the bench. Part of
the water may move off slowly to the
ends of the terrace and the rest will
either sink into the soil or evaporate.
A heavy sod should be kept on the
shoulder and embankment to prevent
erosion should the shoulder be over
topped due to heavy rain.
When bench terrace is first start
ed, the shoulder should be built about
one foot high and three feet wide at
the base. These dimensions can be re-
duced some as the leveling down of the
bench proceeds. When the bench has
become level 1t is only necessary to
maintain a small shoulder about one
half foot high at the outer side of the
bench. This will prevent possible
damage to the terrace due to an Excess
sively heavy rain.
The distance between the terraces Is
governed by the vertical distance or
drop and not by the distance along the
surface of the ground. The distance
along the surface of the ground will
be different for different slopes Of the
land where the same vertical distance
between the terraces is used.
The proper drop or vertical distance
between bench terraces depends large
ly on how much care and attention Is
given to the terraces, the greater the
drop the more care required. The
greater the drop the higher will be the
embankmeut, and It is much more diff
cult to maintain high than low en-
bankment, The best practice indi-
Gates that the drop between bench ter
races should never be less than three
feet nor more than six feet. although
drop of eight feet has been used
successfully on steep slopes where the
terraces are carefully maintained.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-29
IMPORTANT FACTORS
In LOCATING WELLS
Carefully Avoid Close Proximity
to Source of Pollution.
Water Carrying Germs Of Infection is
Cause Of Typhoid Fever, Tubercu-
losis and Other Ailments
Some Safeguards.
prepared by the United States Depart
rnent ~ oriclllt,lre

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
Convenience and first cost-not sani-
tary safety-have been the deciding
factors in locating thousands Of farm
wells. On the average three out Of
four wells are within IS feet of the
back door Of the house and In the d.
rection Of the barn.
Close proximity to barnyards, pig
pens, sink drains, out buildings, and
other sources Of pollution seriously i'm
pairs the water supply, makes 1t IN
safe and destructive to health. Ty-
phoid fever. tuberculosis, hookworm
disease, cholera, dysentery, and diar-
rhea are among the ailments caused or
influenced by contaminated water. and
maladies such as hog cholera, anthrax
and foot-and-mouth disease of live
stock have been traced to water which
carries the germs of infection.
Wells cannot be located In all cases
so that there may not be some pollu-
ton, but the great safeguards are clean
ground and as wide separation as pos
sible from the probable channels of
any impure drainage. 1t Is not enough
that well or spring be so, 100 or $50
feet from a source of filth or merely
upon higher ground, although even
moderate remoteness and elevation of
the source of supply are desirable.
Given porous or grayelly ground, seamy
To- Il III %
one plat of land, the zone Of contain
ination is likely to extend long dis
tances. particularly In downhill direc-
lions, and at such times as water sup
plies are lowered by drought or heavy
pumping. Only when the surface of
the water in q well or spring is actu-
ally at a higher level at all times than
any nearby source of filth Ia there pos
Tive assurance of safety.
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only twenty thousand dollars to re-
nounce all claim, free the old gentle
man, go AWAY and leave you, senior,
to pay your court to the heiress!"
He laughed softly at Stanway's
quick, angry frown, and continued
swiftly:
st Is because 1 have very urgent
need of ten thousand dollars. 1t would
save me from an embarrassing posi-
ton, senior. You do not guess how
embarrassing. And am very modest
ly asking merely twice my actual
| needs.
'"True, there is more to gain by Slit
ting the throat of my esteemed kins-
man and inheriting the whole. You
see, don't mind speaking frankly, be-
! tween friends.
"But, ON the other hand, the danger
of which you speak would be much
greater-and l need the money now,
| not after the courts can have had time
to haggle over the will for a year or
two. So. senior, you have my offer.
What do you say?"
II say" cried Stairway hotly, ''that
you are scoundrel, and / believe
only so much of what you say as
judge wise. If Senior de la Guerra
dies. why then you go to the hangman
provided Gaucho and his men allow
you to go that far. You will save him
to save your own neck. Do you abso-
lutely refuse to accept my PROPOSE
tion?"
Absolutely. / shall make better
terms"
Stairway went to the door.
There is going to be no more MAX
ing of terms" he said briefly. 81 shall
talk to you henceforward as I'd talk
to rat in a trap!"
Tore sprang up swiftly, his face
flushing darkly with rush of angry
blood.
"You shall see," he cried harshly,
that even q rat in trap may have
sharp teeth You fool, it is | who will
offer terms-or dictate-at my pleas
ure!"
He turned away with a short, ugly
laugh Stairway for the first time felt
little shock of positive dread; fear
that he was risking too much; that he
had no right to assume this RESPONSE
bility. For there was something in
Torres voice which told him that the
man was making no idle threat.
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AS the afternoon slipped by and
dusk came down upon them, sweet and
warm, through the groves of orange
and olive trees. Teresa sent word to
the mems quarters for all, excepting
half dozen of them, to come to the
house.
Those not coming in were to remain
on guard over the corrals into which
the saddle-horses had been herded, and
to serve as sentinels along the Dor
der. The guard over Tore and Juarez
was doubled; the two men were dis
armed and assigned to couches upon
the opposite side of the drawing-room.
Doors were fastened, windows
locked, shutters drawn, and the haci-
enda was like an old fortress In time
of siege.
Il do not anticipate an attack" STAN
way smiled into Teresa's grave face.
Surely the insurgents are not looking
for complications with this country.
But we are taking no chances. 1t would
take whole regiment of them to trou-
BILE us here tonight"
But are we doing right" she whis-
pered little fearfully. "If we gave
them the money--it is so small part
| of papa grandes estate-he would be
| out of all danger. And as 1t is"
''It is bluff of Torres, pure and
simple" he told her. "If anything
should happen to Senior de la Guerra,
Tore and Juarez would not last fif-
teen minutes with your little army of
retainers, senorita. They talk big,
both of them. but am not afraid"
But when she had given him her
hand and wan smile by the way of
"Buenas noches," he was not content
until he himself had seen to the watch
fulness of the men stationed here and
there throughout the big house. And,
by the way Of final precaution. he saw
that another man slept that night at
Pedro's side, In front of the senorita's
door, and that both men were armed.
He had not again gone to where
| Dempton fumed and worried in the IL
brary. 1t was his thought to leave the
| lawyer to chew upon the cud of sus-
picion his own parting words had given
him, to make the night long and un-
eventful for him, so that his trembling
little soul might have time for thought.
| 1t was late when Teresa needed his
urging and went to her room. He left
her at the foot of the stairs leading up
to her chambers; saw Pedro preparing
to spend the night at her doorway, and
then went to his own room, decided to
| sleep until the stiller hours of the
night came; then to superintend in
person the watch which was being
kept throughout the house.
On his way to the wing of the build
ing which had been given over to him,
he passed through the drawing-room
! for the last time.
Juarez seemed to be asleep up.n his
couch. Half a dozen of Gaucho's va
queros, all armed, were scattered
about the room, their quick eyes show
ing how alert was the spirit within
them. Tore, sitting at a table idly
| turning the leaves of an illustrated
book of poems. rose quickly when
| Stairway came into the room and
| stepped to his side.