TUESDAY, FKMIUAKY 4, 1010.
GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER
PAQE THREE
OPERATE UPOfi
WOUNDED MEM
Oil BOARD SHIP
Vessels Equipped for Giving Ex
pert Surgical Aid.
RED CROSS IS GREAT HELP
Every Prevision for Comfort of Sol
dier AfUr Arrival Made In Advance
, Many Organliatlena Help In the
WorkArmy Staffs Work Night and
' Day In Handling tho Returning
Troopa Ortat Difficulties Sun
mounted.
For days there hare been pouring
back to our shore tena of thousand
of khaki heroes. Their tnloa of- war
adveuture bave thrilled tb boats of
civilian newspaper readers. In tbe
glamor of thulr heroism tboro baa beoa
lout to tight the less romantic, yet
equally essential, work of other
brunchoa of military service, repre
sentative of which bave returned
with tba warrlora and have received
but scant attention. For Instance,
tied up at tho army pi ore In Iluboken
are two former Ward liners, now tba
hospital ahlpa Comfort and Mercy.
' Each brought back to port In one week
upward of 400 badly Injured aoldlera,
many of wbotn were aucb desperate
cimva that operation were necessary
while the alilpa were breaattng terrlfle
aona on the way home.
The cor at ltnera bave been convert
ed from all semblance, except In out
ward lines, to passenger ahlpa. Each
la equlppod with up-to-dnto hospital
apparatus, and each, ao that export
ttenla may be mode even at sea, haa
on the topmost deck a "farm yard,"
tenanted by sheep, guinea plica, white
mice, rnhblta and chicken. There la
an abundunce of avalluble material for
dissecting and germ studying experi
ments. Equipped aa Hoapltal.
Tbe coniniandeered ahlpa bave loat
the acorea of magnificent etaterooma
that delighted peace-time passengers.
Moat of them bave been ripped out to
muke way for bertha foe wounded
men. Tbe dining room bave been
converted Into wnrdi. Heading and
smoking room have been made Into
laboratories,., and operating rooms,
dreaalng rooms,- Inatrument lockers,
disinfecting chamber, . sterlllxlng
qiiurtura, bandxge etoreroome, eta
On nch of the vewtel la a large
operating room on the promenude
deck, lighted with fully bulf a hun
dred bulb aud equipped with alz on.
erntlng table. Adjoining B ainnllor
room where minor operation are per
formed. Separate warda have been estab
lished for eyo, eur and note cane, for
surgical patient, contagious dleaea
ami for minor ailment.
The medical personnel of each of
Ih hoapltal ahlps; an aggregate of for
ty for both, comprlaea expert special-
iMt who hove volunteered for navy
terylce during the war and who bave
been doing superb work In eraerg'en
clea on the sea.
Neither of the thlp wa originally
Intended to tranajMirt wounded men
home, Both were aent to foreign wa
ter aa floating boapltala attached to
our fleet, to be In reudlneaa to re
ceive wounded coaea Immediately af
ter a naval battle or a scrimmage
with submarine. .
Encountered Bad Weather.
It waa with great diniculty that they
weathered the eovere December atorma
that impeded the progress of such
hlpa aa the Mauretanla, the Adriatic,
I lie Lapland, tbe Orca and the .Jiluno
kuhda. A aort of aub-hoapltnl ahlp haa been
working at llnlniken for aome weeka
In conjunction with the arrival of
maimed and nick trooper, fine the
Bhlnnecocb, nnder command of Llent.
Collins, which In peace time uxed to
ply between Mnntauk Point and Block
Inland.
She, too, haa been equipped for
medical purposes and reconstructed to
hold many bertha and cota. Every
day, Bomotlraca two or three time a
(lay, aha edge against a returning
traniport and takee away wounded
men, binding them at the buae hoa
pltal on Kill Wand or tho Fox Tltlla
hoapltal on Rtnten Islnnd.
Good Samaritan.
Not a (mall part of the work of
truiwferrlng the men ha been looked
after by score of Red Croa nurse
uuder command of- Col. Dorothy C
Smyley, bead of the ambulance divis
ion of the Red Cross. Her worker
have aeen to It with the co-operation
of the National League for Women'
Service, that raay-rldlng military am
bulance bave been at tbe plera In
ulllclent number. Red .Croa nurse
accompany each amhulnnce and re
main wltb the trnnaferred patient
until they have been aafely placed on
hoapltul cot.
A leas vital, perbapa, but neverthe
less Important work done by the Red
Cross women ha been In the greet
ings extended the returning troop.
They have been at the pier edge
every time traniport have pulled In,
good weather or bad, waving flag,
swapping jest, flinging cigarette
nd newspaper, boarding the ahlp
when they had docked, and going
among the men with tobacco, choco
late and other comforts that have
drawn from many of them such ex
nrewdona aa: "Gee! hut yon women
did greut woik In Frunce, and you're
doing It here tool"
The Knlghta of Columbus bave
boarded the transport at quarantine
and tli dock and have given to the
troop stomped postcard so that
they could communicate Immediately
with relatives. In hundred of in
stance the Knlghta bave aent tele
grama for men who did not bave the
"price.
Army chaplain have gone among
the troops on the ablpa, taking mes
sages for relatives, jotting down
phone number, extending cheer and
facilitating the removal of the
wounded
T. M. 0. A, men bave given away
thousand of newspaper dally to re
turning aoldlera, meeting them as
their transports put Into quarantine.
Officer In Charge.
Some of tho moat difficult task con
nected with tbe return of tbe aoldlera
have been those of Major Gen.
Shanks, In command of tbe port of
embarkations Brig. Gen. McManua, di
rector of troop movement, and Vice
Admiral Cleave.
The service of Gen. Shanks baa em
braced the period of heaviest troop
departures from Hoboken, which waa
the most Important port of embarka
tion In America and which aent a
large bulk of tbe record number of
800,000 troopa In one month when
troopa were badly needed at the
front
It waa the work of Gen. Sbanka to
tee to It that there were sufficient
transports for the aoldlera, plentiful
accommodation and utmost secrecy of
departure. In one night In the record
month, half a dozen large transport
stole out of the Hoboken piers, load
ed to capacity with soldiers, and no
Inkling of It reached the public.
It was 'the Job of AdmlroJ Glenves
to muke certain that the sea were
bridged with convoys so that no mis
hap should occur to tbe transports
f)n. Shnnk nnf! (twit?, Tbnt fc rf'.l
hi work satisfactorily la attested by
bis promotion a few week ago from
rear admiral to vice admiral. Not a
transport waa lost on Europe-bound
trip.
Geo. McManua waa In command of
the port of embarkation for three
months, while Gen. Shank waa sent,
to command Camp Kearny. California.
Gen. McManua now resume hi posi
tion a director of troop movements.
When men arrive at Manhattan or Ho
boken or Brooklyn.-Oen. McManu de
cide whether they hall be aent to
Camp Mill, Camp Merritt or else
where. The staff of these officers have
been working long hours every day
and many hour of the night handling
the returning troop. Though here
and there difficulties have arisen
through misunderstanding of private
or minor officers still Infused with the
rigidity of wartime regulations, these
difficulties have been smoothed out by
the commanding officers, and the mat
ter of meeting and greeting and han
dling the returning troops has been
done In tbe smoothest possible manner.
MISS ELEANOR BLISS
if
Cfassff fed Advertising
FOR SALIC
FOR BALE Ford car (first class
shape), cultivator, double ahovel
cultivator, good range, bedstead
and springs, feather tick and pil
lows (newly cleaned), beater,
table. Phone 602-F-12. 87
JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any
time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R.
Otto J. Knipa, Residence 149-T.
SIS
PINE wood, half dry, $2.60 per
tier; dry pine, $2.75, delivered.
R. TImmona, phone 633-J. 77tf
FOR SALE Four Angora goats at
$5 per bead. Call or aee O. I.
Wardrlp, Fruitdale, or O. W.
Potts, New Hope. 84
WE REPAIR - can, mag's, colls.
generators, starters, batteries, ig
nition systems. Satisfaction guar
anteed. Stelger Garage, 211 North
Sixth atreet I6tf
FOR SALE) OR TRADE One Fault
ier tumpuller, with about 200
feet of wire cable, nearly new.
Coat $185. In many case will
clear an acre a day. Two to three
months yet to work. Will ex
change for good work horse, or
pan of hone and pay difference.
Address Box 690, Granta "Pass,
Oregon. , - 85
B. L. OALBRAITH, insurance, rent
al specialty. Acreage, Building
and Loan. 609 G atreet Leaner"
old location. 94
ELECTRIC WIRING and general
electrical work, repa-rlng. house
wiring. C. C. Harper, 607 t! St.,
phone 47. 95
WET WASH, 20 lbs, $1; rough dry
wash,. 20c per dos; washing and
Ironing, 60c per dozen. Call S91-J.
or 626 North Sixth atreet ' 85
FOR SALE OR TRADE Five room
houae and two lota in Grants Pass,
Ore. Centrally located. Price
$1,200. Indebtedness $360. Will
trade' for good automobile of aame
value. S. C. Carroll, Sllverton.
Ore., care Union Meat Co. 86
FOR SALE One extra good Jersey
cow, 6 years old, fresh in few
daya. $75. Levi Spalding. .Rt. 2.
84
There are Stores in This City so
good that they could use twice as
much Advertising Space as they
now use and make it pay!
The better the store the better the advertising pays.
Your own observations' ha the store-world will confirm
this truth. t
Publicity is bad only for a bad proposition. . It is just
as surely good for a good one. '
What is a "good store!" One that really serves the
public, protecting its patrons" as to values, not merely as
to prices.
There are many stores in this city answering to that
definition completely. -Iii every city there are always
some stores that do not. - , ":
An important phase of a good store's service to its
patrons is its newspaper advertising. This should be com
plete, frank, informing. It should tell the store news as
fully as a good newspaper tells the news of the day.
Perhaps the best possible new policy for the good
stores of this city to adopt would be that of doubling the
advestising space that they use thus giving them " elbow
room;" giving them bigger opportunities for telling their,
patrons, in detail, about every selling event, about every
bargain offering, about every dollar's worth of new
etoeks. Of course, even half enough advertising pay the
really good store; but adequate advertising would pay
much better. : r-
Daughter of Gen. Tasker H. Bliss,
one of the American delegates to the
peace conference.
GOOSEBONE FORECASTING
Prophet Thinks That Cold Weather
Will Last Well Into Spring.
L. S. Sargent, Junction City, Kan
1. .1 . , . u
I uu iuhub ins annual gooseDone
weather prophecy. It calls for a steady
winter, unvaried -by periods of milder
weather, and the low temperature will
last well into the spring. The breast
bone of the goose la used In costing
the weather, the amount and location
of the dark coloring matter Indicating
I tbe period when winter weather may
I be expected. Mr. Sargent has been
keeping the goosebone weather records
for more than 30 years and claims for
too goosebone a batting average of
1,000 as a weather forecaster.
Iron Cross for Loan Dodger.
A cltlxen of.Conyngbam, a farming
district near Hazelton, Pa has re
ceived through the mall an Iron Cross
for "distinguished - services' in . the
fourth Liberty loan drive.- On the
cross are these Words: "Gott Belt
Dns" ("God Help Us").- Where the
emblem came from no one knows, hut
It was sent in recognition of the fail
ure of the recipient to take any nonds.
8heddlng Light.
: There ere person whose very pres
ence spells cheer and Inspiration.
There may be times when we can do
nothing to help our friends, but we can
always be something to heln them tf
our own lamp of faith and love buna
clear. ' ' -,
KEEP PIGS IN PARLOR
Custom Ha Become Popular In West
ern Canada.
It's the style nowadays In Canada
to have a pig or a number of pigs.
Everybody who can haa Joined the pig
drive, which waa officially ushered In
at Victoria, B. C by the passage of
tbe pig act In the Victoria council.
This act provides that pigs may be
kept by anyone In the city. -His
Reverence, C M. Schofleld.
bishop of British Columbia, Church of
England, has joined the pig drive. He
has a number of porkers In his yard
which' be guards almost as carefully
as be does his flock of "sheep" at the
church next door.
FOR SALE OR RENT Three acres
In fruit and berries, 1 mile west
on Foundry street. Water for ir
rigation, 6-room house, barn and
chicken house. Inquire Mrs. John
Relschl, 723 C street. 86
8 ROOM HOUSE. 2 lots for sale at
a bargain or will rent unfurnish
ed or partly furnished. Good lo
cation, fine shade. Apply Geo.
H. Smith. 621 South Fifth. " 86
. i
TO RENT.
FOR RENT Partly furnished cot
tage at 321 Rogue River Avenue;
three rooma and sleeping porch,
good well and one-half acre of
land, barn; $5.00 per month.
Key at 402 Rogue River Ave: 07tf
FOR KENT OR SALE Our - resi
dences at 801 and 811, North 6th
St. eight and ten dollars a month
Will sell either or both. Make me
an- offer. John Summers. Leba
non. Oregon. 40tf
MISCELLANEOUS
THE BOYS who broke the padlock
and took the boat from Jones
creek Friday, January 21, must re
turn It with oera to 101 Burgees
atreet, Granta Pass within 48
hour or I will swear out. a war
rant One of the boya la dark
and the other light C. J. Bardon.
8a
GEO. H. PARKER, dealer In all
kinda of nursery stock; 13 years
in tbe business. 403 West D St,
phone 285-T, Grants Pas. 81tf
PHOTO 8TCDIO
THE PICTURE MILL for fine photo
graphs. Open dally except Sun
day from 10 a. m. to B p. m. Sun
day sittings by appointment only.'
Phone Mill. 283-R. or residence
140-J. B7tf
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
J. S. MacMURRAT Teacher of ting
ing. Write or apply at 71C Leo
Street 66tf
PHYSICIANS
L. O. CLEMENT, M. O.. Practice
limited to diaeases of the eje, ear,
nose and throat Glasaea fitted.
Office hours i-12, 3-6, or on ap-
". polntment Office phone (3. rest-.
' dence phone 3S3-J. .
FOR RENT Partly furnished mo
dern cottage at 724 North Sixth
Street. Price $8 per month. 81tf
WANTED
WANTED By good all around cook,
restaurant hotel or camp work.
First class pie maker. Jack Mil
ler, Route 2, Box 71. 87
& LOUGHRIDGE. M. D.. Physician -and
surgeon. City or country call
attended day or night Residence
phone 369; office phone 181
Sixth and H. Tuffs Bldg.
A. A. WITHAM, M. D. Internal
medicine and nervous diseases;
OS Corbett Bldg., Portland. Or.
Hours 10 to 13 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.
VETERINARY SURGEON
DR. R. J. BESTUL, Veterinarian.
Office, realdence. Phone 30 S-R.
WANT THE USE of a piano for Its
' care. Call 379-L. 74tf
WANTED A poalUon aa cook In
lumber camp, by experienced wom
an cook. Inquire 1005 East , J
Street, or write No. 168 care of
Courier. " 84
FORD WANTED Will nay soot
cash, $250, for 1918 model, or
$300 for 1917 model. 'Must be in
good condition mechanically .'and
with serviceable tires. W. P.
Morrison, Merlin, Ore.' 83
TO EXCHANGE
TO EXCHANGE Eight acres in
grain, halt mile from city, ' six
room houae, barn, garage, tele
phone, mall delivery, school bus
service; for town property. Phone
502-F-18. 87
POUND,
FOUIND Child's fur, also gold pin.
Owners may secure articles at the
Courier office. 82
LOST
LOST Pendent with amall diamond
from neck chain. Finder please
leave at this office and receive re
ward. ., 84
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
TIME CARD ,
Effeetive Nov. 19, 1918.
An Old Plnwheel.
Frank Emmons, Manhattan .(Kan.)
man, celebrated the signing of. the
armistice with a plnwheel which was
bought' In 1884 to celebrate the elec
tion of Blaine In a political contest
The fireworks were bought by the
Manhattan Republican Flambeau club,
and when the election was lost the Din
wheel waa put away and served Its waiera ureeg v g p. M.
purpose Monday . In celebrating -the Arrive Grants Pass ...4 P. M.
bringing' of peace to the world, Just j For Information regarding freight
Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday i '
Leave Granta Paae..........r.l P.JM.
Arrive Water Creek P.- M.
thirty-four years later.
Legal Blanks at the Courier.
and paasenger rates call at the office
i of the company, Lundburg building
or telephone 181.
DENTISTS
E. C. MACY. D. M. D. Flnt-flaae
,, dentistry. 109ft South Sixth
street Granta Pas. Oregon.
DR. C E. JACKSON, D. M. D.. auo.
ceasor to Dr. Bert Elliott Over
Golden Rnle Store. Phone 6.
' DRAY AGE AND TRANS Kit
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Al
kinds of drayage and tranafe:
werk carefully and promptly done.
Phone 181-J. 8tand at freight'
depot A. Shade. Prop.
THE WORLD MOVES; ao do we.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
S97-R.
F. O. ISHAM; drayage and transfer.
Safe, pianos and furniture
moved, packed, ahlpped and stor
ed. Office phone 124-T. - Real
' dence phone, 124-R.
ATTORNEYS
H. D. NORTON. Atlorney-at-law.
PracUces la all State and Federal
Courts. First NaUonal Bank Bldg.
COLV1G WILLIAMS. Attorneys-at-Law,
Granta Paaa Banking Co.
Bldg.. Oranta Paaa, Oregon. '
E. 8. VAN DYKE. Attorney. Prae
ttoa In all court First National
Bank Bldg.
O. a BLANCHARD, Attorney at
Law. Golden Rule Building
Phone 370. Granta Pass, Oregon.
BLANCHARD 4 BLANCHARD. Al
.torneys, Albert Bldg. Pbom
236-J. Practice in all courta; law
board Attorneys. ; "
C A. 8 IDLER, Attorney-at-Law, ref
eree . in . bankruptcy. . Maaonlt
temple, Grants Paaa, Ore. ;.
GEO. H. DURHAM, attorney at law,
referee In bankruptcy, . Maaonio
' Temple, Grants Pass, Ore. Phone
.1351.