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DAILY ROGUE RIVER' COURIER,
T1UK8RAY, AUGUST 10,
Daily Rogue River Courier's
Am Independent Republic News
paper. United Press Leased
Wlr Telegraph Service,
A, E. VOORHIES. Pub, and Prop.
W1LFORD ALLEN, Editor.
Entered at the Grants Pass, Or
son, Postofflce as second-class mall
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One Tear.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1018,
OREGON WEATHER
-f Probably fair tonight and Frt j
f day; northerly winds. j
NATIONAL TOURING WEEK
All over the United States owners
of automobiles are recognising the
first national touring week. Com-
mencing Auguai oui, .uu ii
till Saturday night, the auto owners
of the nation are to preach and prac-,
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publicity bureau ot the National .
Touring Week association, the text ;
has been made to fit the occasion by ..
the admoniUon to begin seeing Am- i
eric by seeing your own state first
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It Is pointed out that within a radius
of 150 miles from almost any point
that mar be selected there Is a
wealth of scenic beauty to claim ana j
bold the attention ot the tourist and !
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the outer. The national touring week j
M om Kun fnatarad )iv tb mak ' .
anil utnmAMI mfim
eessories, though it struck a respon- j
sire chord among the great and
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growing army of tourists. The
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thought that It is not necessary to
make long and time-killing Journeys. '
and thst the place to begin your sight-
teeing Is Tight at home. Is a popular j
one. Reducing the radius from the j
suueested 150 to 100 miles In the
case of Grants Pass, see what a
wealth ot attraction awaits the seeker ;
after natural beauty. It ranges from :
now covered mountain peaks, where
an auto can dig itself out of drifted
snow in August..to a race along the i
sands of the ocean beach. It
eludes rides along the most pictures-1
oue river scenery la the world, mark-.
ed with cascades and waterfalls, to
,
a trip through miles of underground
-chambers and halls carved from pur-
est maroie ty mat greaicBi wu'ijh" .capes toaay or tomorrow, ror buimc
of them all, Nature. It is Just under. reason the Bremen did not near the
the hundred mile limit to Crater Lake coast as soon as expected.
from Grants Pass as the center. The
distance to the coast at Crescent City
is almost identically the same. To
ward the south, a hundred miles will
carrv von through the fields and or-
. chard, of the Rogue valley and over
the crest of the Siskiyou mountains
upon the delightful Siskiyou highway. g1x machne guns, it was officially an
So might the list be continued. Down nounced today,
the Hogue or Into the valley of the ! South of the Somme a German at-
TJmpqua. Draw a circle reaching 100 a haUed- , '
i On the Verdun front no Important
miles In every direction from Grants - f(ghtlng occurred durlng tne
Pass, and It will have a variety of ,ght There wag an intermittent
mountain and sea shore, forest and bombardment In the region of Fleury
river and lake, surpassed nowhere and the Vaux-Chapltre woods,
else in all tbe land. It Is time that ' I" the Vosges a German attack on
, . . ... French positions northeast of Alt
you were becoming acquainted with M (aej
your own country, it is not neces-
sary that you go this week. National last night. On the Somme front,
Touring week was established more three German aeroplanes were de
to Impress the thought of seeing the feated.
beauties that He near rather than the ; .
setting of the time for the seeing.
Next year, if the plans work out.
'
auto tourists can drive their cars to
the Josephine caves and view this
natural wonder without the, Incon -
enience of a horseback ride over the
t -k , . , a
trail. The department under Chief
Forester Graves is Impressed with
the necessity for tbe new road, and
there Is every hope that it will be one
of the first to be built under tbe new
legislation.
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Nominee Hughes I msklng friends
wherever he spesks upon his" tour of
the west. The reason Is thst Hughes
says things with a punch to them, and
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he has established a record as gover-
nor of New. York as an executa who
backs talk up with action.
Friday and Saturday Special
vThe best
Tillamook Full Cream Cheese
2 pounds for 35c
Don't forget FERGUSON'S MARMALADE
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
Quality First
IOWA CORN CROPS
E
Des Moines, Aug. 10. J. P. Mor-
an. who doubled hl fahulona for-
tuM tn tw0 year, M ri8cal Ment for
(tne allies, has nothing on the lows
farmers, whose corn crop this year
will hA vnpth tR S9A AAA mnn than
Tear, according to the estimates
nf ATruipfa haatvi nnnn ria fadarftl rrnn
Th,s M
automobiles In Iowa next year, per-
haps 125,000 as against a paltry
175.000 this year, only one to every
15 P- " mewi lectr'c ht
systems for prosperous Iowa farmers
electrlc Wttnc flaUron, ,
tne farmer,. wlTes ,t mMU wat
systems and bathrooms and triDS to
California and the south next winter,
Hot winds and rust hate injured
the wheat crop In the north and corn
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Tv. .11). A AAA AAA t.tila r.t
1 . V. I .1 K
000,000 bushels this year and the
j-souing pnee w now i ceuu h
against 71 in 1915.
Wheat and oats show a falling off
tne advance ,n prlce pr0mises to
mit up for it and cattle and hogs
are expected to advance.
MORE RUMORS CONCERN
THE SUBMARrXfi BREMEN
' Bitimorti Auf.'10.-r-Tbe'Biwmeii.
gecond German submarine freighter
to dive towards America, will come
to Baltimore, and its arrival will be
'within a few days, according to re-
innvfa tiara thlti a ft am inn dMtnltii (ha
of ror.
war(uns companr to create a rampos
in New England and so swing the
floating eyes of the allied nations
. '
; It wss reported that German and
Germ4n.Amerlcan t,p
tnat tnfl Brtmen wouid be Inside the
PRISONERS AND GUNS
CAPTURED BY FRENCH
Pn An lODesolte toe and
rain. French troops 'made progress
LTTfZ
nltrht advancing In the reelon of the
Hem Mng u0 prl8onenl and
. jda were cie out
LARGE ORDERS AHEAD
FOR MAKERS OF STEEL
.
I New York, Aug. 10. The United
suteg gtee, corporatlon today an.
nounced Its unfilled orders as
' amounting to 9,693,592 tons on Aug.
L " against the unfilled tonage of
9,640,458 on June 30 and 9,937,798
. '
May 31 and 9,829,551 April 30.
IORE MILITIA TO BORDER
El Paso, Aug. 10. Camping sites
are being prepared here today for
15,000 more militiamen. It was un-
derstood that many regiments still
at mobilization points .In their re-
spectlve states will be sent to the
border.
I 0n,y three Percent of h I",llt,la
men and regulars along the border
Bre in,from My cau)(e ,ccordng t0
rep0rts to General Bell. In most
cases the Illness Is of a minor nature.
NCREASE
VL
BOMB OUTRAGE SUSPECT
v ON TRIAL SATURDAY
San rranolsco, Aug. 10. The date
for the trail ot Israel Welnburg, one
of the five persona charged with mur
der In connection with the bomb out-
rage, will be set Saturday and the
date for thn trials nf the nthara will
b, 8et on Tuewlay.
When the five prisoners appeared
before Judge Cabanlss this morning
Ia irrfilmmAnt thi rniirf AAnttniiAft
all ot the cases on request of the at
torneys for one or the other side.
SUPREME LODGE OF
PYTHIANS IS CLOSED
Portland. Aug. 10. Hundreds ot
Pythian delegates left for their homes
today, after having attended the su
preme lodge here. With the installa
tion of new officers, the lodge ad
journed to meet again two years
hence tn Detroit. No action was tak
en on the tuberculosis sanitarium
question during the session A num
ber of delegates went to Tacoma to
participate in Initiation ceremonies
on the summit of Mount Rainier.
LABEL BOOZE SHIPMENT
AS HOUSEHOLD GOODS
Portland. Aug. 10. II. L. Turner
was under arrest todsy, the result of
receiving a ' packing case labelled
"household goods." It came from
San Francisco. While Turner was
opening It In his barn a posse entered
The case, police alleged, contained
24 bottles of whiskey.
AGENTS OF ALLIES BID
FOR PORTLAND WHF.AT
Portland. Aug. 10. Agents of
Great Britain, France and Italy bid
for wheat' on the Portland market to
day. Oregon, Idaho and Washington
grain advanced one to two cents a
bushel. Patent flour Jumped to 86
a barrel, wholesale, an advance of 20
cents.
PLUNGES 500 FEET TO
DEATH IX NEW VORK
New York, Aug. 10. By a spec-
taculsr 500 foot plunge from the
Singer 'building,' the second tallest
office building In the world, Albert
uoioman, ev years oia, commiwea
'c'de today at noon. Thousands of
saw Goldman's body hurtling through
the air and rushed to tbe middle' of
the street where it was flattened on
tbe brick pavement, a shapeless mass
of flesh and bone. . . - .
IDENTIFY BODY FOUND
IN SACRAMENTO RIVER
Sacramento, Aug. 10. The body
of the man found In the river a few
days ago, was Identified today as that
of Herman Scheffner Jr., son of Her
man Bcheffer Sr., San Francisco,
grandkeeper ot the seals and records
of the Knights of Pyhthias of Calif
ornia.
Indianapolis E. F. Yantls report
ed to the police today that an ener
getlc thief last night stole 33 chick
ens weighing two pounds each from
his shed and took the family wash
ing from the line.
Chicago. Charged with tying his
nine year old son to a bed post In
a hot stuffy room George Dobda told
Judge Gem mill he was afraid the
oy might go swimming and be
drowned. ' Ten days.
It Didn't Pay.
think politeness
"Do you
slwsyM
psysr
"I do not
being polite1. 1
' How sor
I g"t tbls black eye from
"At the RliigKer Mmltli-Bwiittcr Joncx
prizefight Inst nlcht I wan there on
a compllmeninry ticket thnt HIiibkc"
pnve me."
, "What of Itr
"He cot knocked out iiild In tin ililn;
round, and I. to be (lollic. wciit iihujihI
and told lilin I etiju.wil It M-ry t,iu li '
-1'iirk. ' . '
PORTLAND MARKETS
Portland, Aug. 10. Today's mar
ket quotations were:
Wheat Club, 111; bluesteiu, 117.
Oats No. 1 white feed, 28.00.
Barley Feed, 2.50.
Hons Best live, 9.75.
Prime steers. 7.00; fancy cows,
5.00 best calves, 7.50.
Spring lamlis, 8. 35.
Butter City creamory, SO. Coun
try. 29.
Eggs Selected lofkl extras, 18 9
JO.
Hens. 15: broilers, II 017; geese,
10 11.
Copper J8H.
ORIGIN OF "BUNCOMBE.
Hew Colonel's Name Came to S
Term of Reproach.
Whenever 1 pick up a copy of the
Cougresaloual Keconl and uutuerous
other publications and read the Irrele
vant speeches therelu reported I sigh
for the memory of Colonel Edward
Buncombe, "Ulntrd" write lu the Phil
adclphla Ledger.
TbrouKh uo fault of the gallant gen
tlemau himself, there clings to hla name
an uuplrainnt aU'tilncance which many
of our brave public men do uaugnt to
mitigate. Indeed. If there bo such a
thing as oue shade's taking vengeance
upon another tn the future world Colo
nel Buncombe will at leaxt pull out
Felix Walker's toutfuo.
It wss all Walker's fault that "bun
combe" became a term of reproach,
and the Incident which mod It so hap
pened a century ago.
Walker represented la cougrcss a dls
trict of North Carolina of wbkb Bun
combe county was a part The county
bad, been named away back in 17t la
honor of Colonel Buncombe.
' Walker was one of those long dis
tance orators who without half trying
could empty the halls of congress and
put them In a condition beside which
the dead streets ej Pompeii sppesr
great white ways. When upbraided one
day for talking about everything ex
cept the question st Issue Wslker used
this lmmortsl phrase:
"I am only talking for Buncombe,"
meaning bis home county. .
And so "buncombe becsma a new
word In our language, which has beeu
conveniently shortened Into the. collo
quial "bunk."
MAN'S DECREASING HEIGHT.
When Adam and Ive Walked Arwawi
They Were as Tall so Trees. '
It wss a . French savant named
Henrlon who 2O0 years ago. gave to
tbe world authoritative, statements as
to the height of Adam and Eve. , He
said that th father of the race was
123 feet 9 Inches high and Eve 118
feet 0 Inches. He noted that from tbe
creation of these eularged editions of
humanity degeneration had been rap
Id; that Noah was only twenty-seven,
Abraham only twenty and Mooes but
thirteen feet in height .
According to this French .authority,
If the Christian dispensation bad sot
arrested this decrease man by this
time-200 years sgo-woold have been
a mere microscopic object and we may
conclude that by our time lie would
not have been at all M. Henrlon did
not give any explanation as to bow be
arrived at his estimate of th height
of these ancients. .
Perhaps the most glgsnOc story en
record Is that, concerning an immense
skeleton., said to have been In Sicily.
wbicb measured 300 feet In length.
This story, however, carries Its own
refutation, as U Is said; that found be
side this giant wss bis V?Mng stick.
which wns thirty feet long sod ,thlck
as a telcgrapn pole. . a never calcu
lator made the estimate that a walk
ing stick only thirty feet in length for
man who measured 300 feet would
be as ridiculous as one of seven inches
for a man of ordinary stature, Indian
apolis News.
A SUry of the BaetHs.
Jo tbe year 1783 a bnucbty noble of
tbe ancient regime of France fell in
love with a beautiful girl, tbe daugh
ter of a wealthy tradesman of Paris.
Tbe Ir.rtcr, refusing to encourage the
nobleman's passion, wss soon after
thrown Into tbe Bastlle. ,Tue sweet
heart of the girl, who was to hsve
married her In a few days, dreading a
like fate, made bis escape to Constan
tinople to serve ss a volunteer under
tbe grand seigneur, leaving bis Intend
ed bride secreted with a womsn frlnd.
On tbe outbreak of the revolution ifcc
young man returned to Paris and wss
the. very grenadier , who Drat mounted
tbe breach msde In tbe Bastlle, from
tbe dungeons of which be bsd the hap
piness of rescuing tba father of bis
future bride.
Soap and Hard Water.
Tbe hardness of water Is measured
by degrees. When a gallon contains
on grstn of lime It Is ssld to have on
degree of hardness. When p is used
with hard water about two and one
bulf ounces of 'It to encb hundred gsl
Ions of water must be used for each
degree of hardness just to overcome
hardness. It combines with the lime,
forming a mineral product and not
until enough sosp has been dissolved to
overcome all the hardness does tbe
soap do any good for cleansing pur
poses,
Job prlntlnw of every dercrlptlon
at tbe Courier office.
IFLOUR PRICE IS
HEADING SKYWARD I t A
Chicago, Aug. 10. Advauvlng
wheat prices hit the American house
wife hard today. The bousowlfe who
buys a big sack of flour today will
pay from 10 to 15 cents a sack more
for It that she did yesterday. Flour
sold at 17.25 a barrel for th bak
ers' grade. Yesterday It sold at I8 60.
In the last month flour has advanced
82 a barrel and the bak-rs already
are considering abandonment ef the
five cent loaf and the sale of a 10
cent loaf, slightly smaller thnn tho
present "dlma" loaf.
While the flour market was ad
vancing today wheat prices alter
nately rose and foil amid excited buy
ing aad selling. Scenes In the wheat
pits were like those ot the days when
big traders sought to corner the
whole world's wheat supply. Every
one was trying to buy wheat except
those conservative ones who sold to
dsy at prices 10 to 15 cents higher I
than they bought It at.
Just when things had quieted d
Jown
to ordinary trading somebody broke
Into the pit with a rumor that the
government had planned an embar
go on shipments ot wheat, because
cropa were s0 small. This stsrted
things again. The market soared for
minute. Then someone else had
another flock of rumors and prices
dropped again. It was see-saw up
and down throughout the market ses
sion. Brokers tn close touch with
eondttlons discounted rumors that1
two dollar wheat was In sight. They
said It would stick somewhere around
a dollar and a half until something,
nobody knows what, throws snother
bomb Into the market. At noon
September wheat was up half over
the opening at 148. December was
down at 147, and May down 2 at 155.
In the sarly hours May Jumped 3
cents from last night's close, but
dropped when those who held much
whest unlosded to get their profits.
UTTI.E GIRL KILLED
MY FALL FROM WINDOW
Portland. Aug. 10. Lying In an
alley, the cruahed and broken body of
Lillian Cunningham, 7 year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cun
ningham, was found today by Elmer
Baker, a barber, on his way to work.
The corpse wss lying directly under
the bndroom window of the little girl.
Police believe she fell four stories
(o her aeath. Tbe child's father, who
runs the Alton rooming house, said
he put Lillian to bed at 11 o'clock,
a Don i ii:30 p. m., a woman In the
basement heard a thud In the allev.
She did not Investigate. The body
t.i-. .k- ".... tw '
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DRAYTON
ARROW
COLLAR
THIS. UCIII' VU M AHCIIKI) AND
MUII1L V IX ink b furV
rlllT, KlUi'ht 1 , ixf
work)n wn U MM
,hUa could ot dlmbfld t0
the window and toppled out.
ItlCI'l BLIt'.WS DECLINE
ADJOURNMENT PKOIDKAL
Washington, Aug. 10, Borause
they Intimated the literacy test Im
migration bill was not Included la
the legislative program proposed by
democratic- leaders, the republican
caucus today declined a proposal for
a 8ptembor adjournment of Con
gress. NO BAN ON SHIPPING
MUNITIONS TIIKOUGII CITY
Trenton, N. J., Aug. 10. Federal
l" May granted an In-
jiim'iiuii rpiiiraining (lie uoaru ot
commissioners ot Jersey City from
preventing the shipment throughout
that town of explosives by the Cana
dian Car k Foundry company. The
embargo was declined after the re
cent Black Tom disaster, but under
tbe federal ruling the placing of the
ban was declared Illegal and .the
transportation ot war material can
be carried on as freely sa before,
HAD NEWS IN IIROUGIIT
t. BACK FROM GAY PARER
New York, Aug. 10. The worst
reports sre true. They were con
firmed today by newa from Paris,
brought personally by Mrs, Bella
Armstrong.
Skirts will be worn longerla
length. Some of them, Mrs. Arm
strong said, will sweep the ground.
She brought several with Her from
Madeline's In Paris.
HOW APPENDICITIS
CAN BR PREVENTED
Grsnts Pass people should know
that a few doses, of simple buck
thorn bark, glyrerene, etc., as mixed
In Adler-l-ks, often relieve or prevent
appendicitis. This simple mixture re
moves such surprising foul matter
that ONE SPOONFUL relieves al-
(most ANY CASK constipation, sour
stomach or gas. A short treatment
belpa chronic stomsch trouble. Adler-
,"k. hM L e",e.t, 'nd roo"t lhoTou,!h
('tlon t ny thing we ever sold. The
National DrilK J,t0rj
OUR SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
offers a good opportunity to young
men to place their surplus caHh wtiere
Itlii safe and earns a fair rate of In
' tervnt
Vtnir account Is cordially Invited.
4 percent Interest psld on Saving ac
counts. -
Grants Pass Banking Company
Grants Pass, Ore.
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