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Daily Rogue River Courier
Aa Independent Republican News
paper. United Press Leased
Wire Telegrapa flenrioe.
E. VOORHIES, Pub. ud Prop.
WILFORD ALLEN. Editor.
Entered at tbe Grants Pass, Ore
ton. Postofflce m second-class mall
atter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
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SJU Month. 1.00
Tiree Months. 1.B0
One Month .10
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER SO, 116
OREGON WEATHER
Tonight and Thursday fair.
4 except unsettled, probably rain,
4 vest portion; colder tonight 4
1 4 east portion; south to west 4
4 winds. 4
PREPARING BEET LAND
Manager Nibley, ot the sugar fac
tory, loses no opportunity to impress
a pon beet growers the necessity of
plowing soil la fail and winter. It
: has been proven time and again that
faQ plowing will Increase the yield
of beets from one to four tons per
era. Especially Is this true In the
Rogue TeJley even to a greater de
gree than la most other districts
where beets are grown. Our river
bottom soils become mellow as an
sn heap with cultivation, and some
of the failures of the past season In
scaring stand of beets was that
the fresh plowed ground was too mel
low. The seed was planted at too
great a depth, and, where a second
plant was required H brought the
crop too lata In the season. The
beet yields were where the seed was
planted early upon a well-prepared
seed bed. Proper preparation of the
ground may be the factor that
determines the success or failure of
the crop. The ground is now in good
condition for working, and help Is
easier obtained than it will be in Feb
ruary when every one will have to get
busy. Of the question ot soil prep
aration, R. M. Ban-, an authority up
on the culture ot sugar beets, makes
the following suggestions:
"Pall plowing for sugar beets ts
very Important and maximum re
sults depend entirely upon It. It
Beans from one to four tons ot beets
per acre increase over spring plow
ing. Tbe land should be plowed from
8 to 12 inches deep, or rather depth
of plowing should be regulated by
previous plowings, and not more
than 3 inches of new soil should 1e
brought to the surface, as too much
raw, new soil Is detrimental to any
crop.
"Floating or leveling should be
done on those lands as soon as they
are dry enough to work In the spring
then harrow with a common spike
tooth harrow at intervals until seed
Ing time arrives.
"The more grain you replace by
growing sugar beets, the more dairy
ing and stork feeding you can do on
the same acreage, but do not make
the mistake of trying to arrow beets
on grain lands that are worn out as
results will be very unsatisfactory."
For Christmas
Oranges 25c, 40c, 50c
Fancy Cream Mixed Candy 15c pound
Best Cape Cod Cranberries 10c
New Hallowi Dates
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
QUALITY FIRST
the male tad the female alike. There
ia as much responsibility upon the
one as the other, tor one year In
four Is set apart that the maid may
rescue herself from the condition ot
single blessedness. ,
And that brings to mind the fact
that there are still a few days left
of 1918. There should be a rush for
the altar during these remaining
hours of leap year, and for every
rush some bachelor will escape the
possibility ot paying the Telegram's
fine, and thus keep the money at
home
town In Oakland,. Cal.. there is a
marrying parson, the Rev. John H.
Pierce, who has tied 4,000 knots In
his 10 years behind the pulpit Pierce
has been especially active In point
ing the way for girls who seek the
royal road to matrimony. He has
published "ten commandments" up
on how to win a husband. They are
here given in the hope that through
their effective use many a delinquent
Grants Pass eligible may be brought
to his knees before the bells shall
toll out the year. Here are Rev.
Pierce's commandments:
First Plan your campaign with
the wisdom of the serpent, conceal it
with the silence ot the clam, execute
It with the strategy of MachlavelllJ
Second Avoid all witticism about
marriage.
Third Veil with alluring helpless
ness the iron ot self-sufficiency.
Fourth When a man declares "I
shall never marry!" mark him for
easy prey.
Fifth Be Inwardly bold as a Hon,
outwardly timid as a fawn.
Sixth The loudest flattery is the
silence of attention, when he
speaks, listen. It is Incense to his
pride.
Seventh 3hun the rouge pot and
the powder puff, for many a maid
has lost out by sailing under false
colors.
Eighth Pick out a chemical af
finity. Remember, oil won't mix
with water, but it will with myrrh.
Ninth Copy the cat, for It Is
squeezable, and the dove, for It coos
carressingly and the whlppoorwfl,
for It seems elusive.
Tenth Remember that the su-
! retue teat i-f a ma It a kiss. It he
'111 not iM under Its prisitre,
corn mm; ne ra ei'ner nrutn -.r
Idiot , .
LLOYD-GEORGE IS
MAN OF THE PEOPLE
ON TAXING THE UNWED
The Portland Telegram is out with
a renewal ot the demand for a puni
tive tax upon bachelorhood. It would
settle all the financial evils that fol
low In the wake of demon ary by
making the unwed males of the na
tion pay the bill. But why should
the Telegram discriminate? Has It
not learned ere this that sex Is no
barrier In the pursuit of happiness or
the gathering In of three square
meals a day? Neither is sex a bar
rier in politics, and the musical note
of the female legislator Is heard even
unto the halls of congress. The bal
lot box Is no longer the sole prerog
ative of the male of the species .and
ho has even had to surrender the
blessed privilege of standing with his
No. 10 upon the foot-rail while he
looked across the mahogany at the
plate glass mirror In front. So, dear
Telegram, why discriminate even In
the' levying of a tax npon those who
V at cupld's emlle? Levy It upon
This Week
Christmas
Specials
Kvcriluy cIiimhIiiIc, per Mi 'Mr
Mittlve (iii'i'iich, per lit :111c
TiinKiti-ft fabric Inn piix-r,
liorilrr Mlgt1, ull colors ... :l,"c
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CLEMENS
77te $gXO&L Store
Londou, Dec 20. More" than the
man of the hour," "a man of the
people, and with the Veople's com
plete support" thus was David
Lloyd-George regarded today. No
man in British history had more un
erringly searched the British public
mind and more accurately voiced its
sentiment than "the little Wlesh
man" yesterday In his speech In com
mons. Looking back today over that fate
ful session in commons, England re
garded the picture of the simple born
Welshman, now called to supreme
power in Britain, answering Eng
land's powerful enemy, as the tens
est occasion in all the hundreds ot
years of tbe British parliament.
Tbe roars of applause the people
united In will arise as this new leader
stood up from the middle minister
ial bench recently the favorable
seat of the man he displayed as
premier of England. The noise re
verberated as he stood, head erect
and body easily posed.
Then cheers sank away Into silence
as his Important words began to
flow simply, without attempt at or
atory, but in well modulated tones
that reached distinctly Into the
Gothic recesses of the chambers and
the galleries.
The rails of these galleries were
thronged with distinguished cltliens.
leaning eagerly over the heads of
the notable asemblsge below. Most
of the dlplomatio corps were there
hut among the absentees was the
American ambassador, Walter Hlnes
Page.
Not one movement nor word which
that little Welshman" now Eng
land's "man of the hour," made or
spoke indicated the fact that It was
the critical moment of his career;
that every word he was enunciating
was being sent Instantaneously over
the wires and cables toward hundreds
of millions of waiting cars all over
the world.
Lloyd-George spoke the fatal me'
sage to Germany of complete rest!
tutlon, full reparation and1 effectual
guarantee against repetition In slow,
measured tones, swine his arms
backward.
Occasionally he drove homo special
points by swinging his arms as he
warmed up to his subject, It was
not a politician's effort to win his
audience. It appeared more like a
grimly firm Illustration nv Lloyd
Gnorge of Lloyd-George's way nf
winning tho war, of the sort of spirit
necessary to win.
The first oratorical display, or
tven attempt at oratory, on tho pre.
' mler's part came when he denounc
ed Germany's disregard for the rights
of nations and treaties and her at
rocities In warfare and again when
he quoted Abraham Lincoln's noted
words.
Throughout the entlro speech
Lloyd-Oor'c's predecessor as prints
minister, Herbert Asqullh, sat with
folded arms, listening Intently ss the
son of a poor Welsh minister spoke,
declaring England's determination to
spurn peace not based on her own
terms And outlined the almost revo
lutionary steps with which bis "recon
structed government" proposes (o
achieve England's victory.
SCHOONER LOST ON
ATLANTIC COAST
Halifax, Dec. 10. Captain Patter
son and his urew ot six men ot the
American schooner William Mason,
are believed to have perished In the
storm which swept the Atlantic coast
last week. Two bodies together with
cabin wreckage, presumably from
the schooner, have been ' washed
ashore here.
The bodies are believed to be those
of Benjamin G, Mathews, ot Mis
souri, and James C. Aptof, Bear
River. N..& .
The William Mason was a three
masted schooner displacing 405 tons.
She was built at Wlllngton, Del., In
1872. She was bound from Perth
Am boy, N. J., to Ysrmouth, N. S
having left Perth Am boy December
I.
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CorrectingSanta's
Records
By COOOLOE II. THOMAS
Copyrliht, 11U by Aliurlrmi l'rM A
Suclnttitu.
J?J)EAK SANTA, I've hi-an! that
you keep u Li Look
In your liotfou 'way twiUi tirar
the jiole
And nil you need tin i to go take
look
In its pities to name kius you
know 'II
Deserve something nice, uml I'm
writ in' ahead
So you'll tnuko a correction or
two
Regardin' n hoy unme of Jotien
him culled Ted
Which is him that's s-uritiu' to
you.
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Fountain Pens
IitMwe l,tNif llimks
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Hailing Max Hot.
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Scrap Hook
TotuUt' Tablets
Waste lljukvU
Water (""lorn
Demaray's
Drug and
Stationery Store
JPAKTIC'LAK I'd liko if you
" please would erase
Where it says I belong to the
Of boys thut hooked melons and old
II ijtgins chased
From Inn patch, with his gun
coin' bnngt
For I have resigned from that
bunch, 'cause 'they're tough,
And I'm reg'tarcsl one in our
class
At Sunday school now. Don't you
think thnts enough
For a mark in your book that I'll
pass?
AXOTIIER thing's troublin' me
.nnra vnn rniiM knnw '
What it is when it's wrote with
your pen
I went in a-nwimmin' when told not
to go
To the river last summer, but
then
That ortn't In bo marker up against
me tin more
When Pr-eomW Is hero and I've
aid
These thin;:- don't attract mo the
least, o therefore
I hope everything's fUcd. Yours,
TED.
Murdering ShskMoore,
What, wo wonder, would happen to
tbe London mauiiKcr nowaday woo i
should dare to put on the stave such
a version of a 8hnkt'icnrt'aii traicedy '
as w plsyed In Ireland over a bun-1
tired jesnt atfo? Mr. Kiirle In ber I
hook, "Memoirs ami Memories," gives
a Dublin playbill of VX wlilcb Is well
worth iiotln .
Tbe play un "the IihkoIv of 'Usui
let,' orlultially written uud composed
by the telebrutetl Dnii Iluyes of Mm
crick and hiwrtel In Hhukmpearu's
works." The title role I tiikeu by a
ccntlctiiati "uho Im'I rc the acts will
Hrfonn sevrr-il m Un on the patent
t)(iil will. Ii jx-rfot itiK two tunes at
the name time."
A Pine Distinction,
"Is her hUNtiiiuil a incdleal nuiiiT"
"No, I think he's Juxt a H'i liillNt. or
soiuethln'."- -Cleveland Ptuln I Mi If r
He Jtixt and fear not. Let ull the
ends thou mIiim-hi ut be thy roiintr's
thy (I' d's nud tnitV -Nhukcnicni
IKm't farg4 to call at
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to tlo yiiui
Christmas
Shopping
wti i-Hi h rvriihiK tlil Merit to
xtipply your uants
Fr Advlc.
"There are u i?ieiit ulimy euple In
Ibis world whi don't know what's
good for t hem."
"I'erhul'S no," replbil the cy tiles I
rusu. "Inn tliey always huvt plenty of
ucLubort) who "Miti'd tftndly loll them,
what Is tioid for the m If they would
only llaten."-lllrniliigbatu .ge-l!erall
Calling cards at the Courier.
Lotus nuts, nr Illy flower seeds, fa
vorite edible or the Chinese, are eaten
Whole or are at f iin.l up nud made Into
a kind of arrowroot flour.
Envelopes at tbe Courier.
Letterheads st ths Courier.
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smokers .such
delight, because
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delightfully good;
it cn't bite your tongue
it can't parch your throat
you can smoke it at long and
at hard as you like without any
comeback but real tobacco hap
piness! On ths reverse side of every Prince
Albert package you will readi
aOCCS)t PATfNTID
JOLV 30t, 1S0T"
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joyment. Prince Albert has always been
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so on the national joy smoke?
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