riuoAY, January la, mi
, DAILY , ROGUK RIVEIl COl'IUEH
FACUR THRKB
UNCLE SAM
Photo by Amtrlcan I'reas Association.
At Hit Nw Yurk navy yard at Brooklyn Old Glory I niad In all elxee rr fuel Hum uh.
decided to ktaudardhte all flag used for federal purpoaes. tier U seen a wonmn flnlabintf flag.
PESTS THAT LIVE ON PESTS.
Tiny oarplen-lil.e Crab a Deadly Ft
lo Housarlit.
To the imliuullut ur to nuy out sc-
cuMomed tu oliacrv nature rloaety (lie
fart In apparent that Hie protilcin of
llcnc are proportionately Ilia Mine
, In every form or airatuin of Ufa, Even
, the rommo.i lioiiM-rly. which seemingly
baa nothing Hwt iu ilu but lo crawl
lailly over whatever U left uncovered
and I lion jro bupplly on He way. doing
lie brat 1 1 tirliii alioui uu aillllatlnn
betnenu lb clean and (lie uiK'leau, oo
, rationally meet tie XeuieMs la I lie
, form of n lln.v crnUIko rrratur which
ttai'he Itwlf o l ho fly's leg ..
Thee Utile creatures are known to
tlie ac'cullm at ptciuUt ncorplon. ur
cbellfer. aay I lie Popular Holem
Monthly, They nmy sometime lie
found between tho leave of ulit books
Hint luiv stood uourd for n long
time and aluo tiiiipniti tlie hark of troca
and In moaacs,
Alllioucb they are enllcd fnlae aoor
pinna, I hoy rewinlili- the I rue arorplou
cloaely In g.-neral etnn nun except for
their mlmuo site. Hoi tlioy bave no
- poison (land ai the true icorplnt'
bar. The Mlndi ilii-inaelre to other
Insect also, but they arum to Ihj IU
apeclal pent of the luniKi-fllcs. M. iv
Met aupM-e Hint t'.icy actio tlie fy'a
lef and bold on until the fly die, eltltor
worried rvfrlsbtrned lo doatb by llie
.QlWttHilmlitii presence. When tho fly le
dead tlie little creature feed on tlie
body.
TRACING A CRIMINAL.
The
Meat Expert Will Leave
Seen
Mark That Betraye Him.
. Ruoreeafni criminal nearly alwayi
: apeclalU In their work, and It la ow-
Inn to thla fnvt that dctecilre In many
caeca aro able to track lliein down.
. nye th riillaOclpbta ldircr. Not
. only do criminal make practice of
couiudlilm on iartlt'ulr etyl of
crime, but th met bod profcRaloual
crook employ ar practically alwaya
on tb miiio plau.
On burclnr, for Inntnnc. will at
way enter HirotiEb the fanllcbt over
tb front door of a abop, another by
broaklng In at tho back. Moat burglar.
CHICHESTER S PILLS
e a
RriiMJa
SOLD BY DRtXiGISTS mitYWHCRS
W B pnlin.lillM.liM.lllttn
44 One Hundred. Golden Hours "
.?
t Between
J-NtWOUeamlnd New York ,
SoiiiKern ' Pacific 'Atlantic "Steamers
It
. .5i to J
Costs
- ::iNb -
More
Berth and mal Included on palatial itwnwhlp 1twn hw Or
leani and New York at aamt coH aa all rail trip. i,H la Bttln
climax to your trip thru California,, Arlioaa, Nw Mexico Texu
and Loulana. Write for free booklet, "One Hundred Qoldei
Hour at 8ea" and "Hide Trlpi Buiwet Route."
: -JOHN M. flCOTT, fJeneral Paaienierv Agent
, " Portland
SOUTHERN PACIFIG LINES
Vlilt th Apaoh Trail Bnroute
. . ., , ..:..1',.i,.t--c
MAKES ALL HIS
, . , j
ton, mHI co'iiluually repeat a burglary
In tho kiiiiii i.oliililioititHNl.
It I liy carefully nlMorvliuc and cot
Iiib the ilnl ryitinti nntprloit crmA:
adopt that delPCtlTca enn often, effect
their a r route Mauy a time littrBiarr
baa occurred and the rrlinlnal rantnli
oil. loerlnu apparently no mark by
whkh be could bo traced, and polle
ollkhiU ha boon able to produce hlin
In court III In a few dayi, to (be utter
kIoiiIhIiiiio: t of all concerned.
It dora net matter bow anhtle or
rarvful a r: mliinl n'liy lx. be alway
leurea aoinn lirnytnu elifii bolilud for
Hi well tud'iiiicd (lotrctlve lo act upon.
Th Moral o' the Story.
Prnfiwir j ilin Snnooi' UafM-tt, au
thor o. "A I.I.V of Andrew Juckaon,"
!u one of b' loolurcs at Smith college,
rconto a ll known atory hi regard
to Hicpticii . Pooclna, cloNliig with a
umnil whloti aroiiM-l ncciiHar Inlereet.
ii-in(liii. nit the mi i ra live ruua, waa
once e.lllng In a pnifound lo-p lu the
corridor of tho capllol when Adeline
i 'ul In, a Wnhltii;toii belle, rmwod by.
S!ie did not know Hie atcccr, but vaa
atriu-k with co:iikik.ioii on wtIhk nch
a aplciidlilly liitollirlinil fnee under
uoh coiidltlonH, nod. et(Kiltig down,
laid her handkerchief over It to pro
tect it from the file. iKiuglaa oil
awakening found the handkerchief,
aoiik'tit tho owner and eventually mnr
rlcJ her. There wna a wuHe, and
then the profemor added : "Young la
dles, the uioml of thl elory la, have
jour pocket handkerchief marked,"
Hillary f th Word "Telegram.
In the reniliilccnce) of I'redertck
Seward, eon of Wlllliini II. Seward, be
tell of the duy lu tho olllcc of the
Allmuy . KvculiU . Jollruul, edited by
Tb'irlow Weed, thp polllloul Warwick
of hU time, when the 1rd 'telegram"
wn firt uxed lu Unit pniwr. tudecd.
it la lutlumled that the word . wax
there coined by olio K. I'. Smith and
joiiu tukon up and ucd peucriilly III
Euglaud a well a tu the fulled
mate. To pronounce on tli validity
of (hi claim, who la couietent1 But
It la alwayi lutcrentlng to get a aide
light on the paternity of a word.
CbrlMlan Science Moultor.
Strength f Flh Olu. .
In a recent toat of tb atrengtb of
flab glu, aaya tb Popular Uediautca,
a pull of 0,030 pouuda waa required lo
aepaiKui Oie halve of a on Inch wood'
a block that bud becu cemented to
gether wltb till adhcalv ubmunce.
Job printing of every deacrlptlon tt
th Courier office.
OWN FLAGS
It was recuUy
TRAPPED IN A STOKEHOLE.
Th Pat That fireman en a Warahlp
Ar Liable to Meet
Tb aoldlcra who flxht wltb leaat rec
ogoltlnn In the battle at tea ar the
atokera of th dintrurer running el
full iieed. Klght men work under the
command of a atokor twliy officer In a
apace ao narrow (bat uovemeut of any
kind aevuia lmpoille. Tbei l a fur.
uac lu front and one In' tb back.
Sandwiched In between la a max of
lever, pipe, pump and gear.
Yet within thine clou quartern the
atokera Hud apaco lo perform tuoli
beartbreakliig toll In au atmosphere ul
uoat loo hot (o bi'iuihe. My the Poi
illar fnU'iiio Muutbly. When (be ucu
are at their hi the Iron batch 1
cloned dowu. mil fhe nlr xuckeJ In
throii(,'h a vcMllntor hue to puia
tbrouiih the furnace before It geta to
them.
So loug uh (ho (tump work well aud
tb evaporated water I displaced wltb
automulic regularity by frcab neither
tbo tube uor the boiler costing can
get dangerously hot. But avmetlmca
without apparcut cau.e(he water "low
ly deacon da below tbe level. Some
time tb cauae of nilachlef I a leak
agea pl broken or a Joint (trained
that allowa (be water to cacie.
If It can be remedied, well aud good.
But If not aud the water continue
to drop iteadtly tbo toker petty oflicei
ba but one duty to perform to keep
tb hatchway from being oued by
tb frenxk-d tokcr. thu allowing
the flame to eacape ami deatroy the
eullre vcaael. Tb beroe who perUh
a tbe atokeholda Ilk ao many rat
caught In a Dory trap are not evcu
lUted.
tpartaeu.
Bpartacua w a Tbractan of nobl
birth. Whll sen-lug aa an officer In
au auxiliary corpa of the Roman army
b doaerted, and. being nppreheuded,
b waa reduced to ilavcry and made a
gladiator. Eicaplng, be collected a
body of alavea aud gladiator, 73 B.C.,
aud ravaged all aoutbern Ituly,' defeat
lug aeveral Human force that were
acnt agnlmt blui. Ho, wa defeated
and alalu by Craaau. 71 B. Q. HI re
volt at one time threatened (he very
cxlatenc of tb republic.
Blow Your
Own
Horn. "
By IREEN.
Moacsty is . all right.
But it may be carried too
far. Have you a good
article' for sale? Then
U ..U li -nfl-'
ow your horn. .
" Insist that you have a
good article. Then keep
on insisting. ( If the peo
ple don't believe it ' at
first tell it to them again.
Eventually they'll ; give
.it a trial. Tlhien, if you
have the goods, you're
on the highroad to sue
cess' ; . , j' ; .
u Drill the stuff mto the
public. ' Make ' the. pec-,
pie see your ad. Give
them something 'Jto hrnk!
nKnut. If vou have the
simon pure thing don t
spare the adjectives.
NOTICE OF KUOOnOX -
OF THE G HANTS PAM
' IJUUGATION PI8TJUOT
; Notice 1 hereby given tbat an
election ha been called by tb un
doralgned County Court, punuant to
Uectlon 16S Ird' Oregon Un
a amended, and the am will tie
held on tbe 17th day of January,
117, between the houre ot 8 o'clock
a. m. and 8 o'clock p. m., for the
purpose of determining whether or
aot th territory hereinafter dea
eribed ahall be organized a an Ir
rigation Olatrlct under th provl
lion of aald 8ectlon.
The boundaiie of aald propced
Irrigation Dlatrlct within and for
which ald election will be held ar
In Jackeon and Josephine Countlee,
State of Oregon a follow.
Ile-clnnlng at a point In Jackaon
County, Oregon, where the north and
outh center line of Section 21, Twp.
36 8., Kange 4 W., intersect th
louth bank of.Rogue River; thence
sonth along said center line of See.
21 to the north line of Sec. 2ft;
thence west along said north line of
Sec. 28 to the northwest corner there
of; thence south along the line "be
tween section 28 and 29 to the east
and west center line of Sec. 29;
thence went along said center line
tbrouKh sections 29 and 30 to the
Josephine County line, all above be
ing In Jackson County and in Town
ship 36 South and Range 4 West.
Thence north along tbe Josephine
Couuly line to the X. E. corner of
Sec. 25; thence west three and one
half miles to the N. W. corner of (he
N. K. quarter of Sec. 28. Twp. 3 S.,
Kanne ! West; thence south three
quarters of a mile; thence west one-
half mile; thence north one-quarter
of a mile to S. E. corner of the 3. E.
quarter of Sec. 29; thence west one
and one-half mile to the N. W. cor
ner of the S. E. quarter of Sec. 30,
Twp. 36 8., Range t W.; thence south
one-hair mile; thence west two ana
one-half mile to the 8. W. corner of
Sec. 26, Twp. 36 S., Range 6 W.;
thence north one-half mile; thence
west along the east and west center
line through Sections 27, 28. 29 and
30 about three and one-half miles
to the east bank of the Applegate
river; thence following the east bank
of Applegate River to the sonth bank
of Rogue River; thence In an easterly
direction following the south bank of
Rogue River to the place of begin
ning.
Kxcepting therefrom certain lands
within said limlu which will not be
benefited by irrigation from said pro
posed system, and Inclusive of those
lands which may hereafter be added
to said system upon the application
of the ownera thereof.
hands to be excluded from the
boundaries of said proposed Irriga
tion District on account of having
an adequate Irrigation system to sup
ply their needs:
25 acres in S. V.4 of S. W. '4
of Sec. 20, Twp. 36 8., Range 6 West,
belongiug to J. T. Mlddleton.
21 acre In north half Sec. 20, Two.
36 8.. Rantje 6 W., belonging fo j.
W. Stringer.
H acres in X. E. Sec. 21, Twp.
36 S.. Range 6 West, belonging to J.
B. Stringer...
154 acres In Sections 20 and 21,
Twp. 36 8., R. 6 W., belonging to
Leonard Orchards Co.
21 acres In north half of Sec. 22,
Twp. 36 S., R. 6 West, belonging to
Julia A. May.
Also the following lands to be ex
cluded on account of being used for
manufacturing purposes: .
5.47 acres bounded on tbe weBt
and south by the Pacific Highway in
Sec. 19, Twp. 36 8.. Range 5 W .
belonging to 1. B. Hood and now
leased to A. L. Edgerton.
. 1.15 acres known aa Howard tract;
1.05 acres known as Robinson tract;
.84 acres known as Russell tract;
3.09 acres' known a Moore tract; all
the above being in East tt, Sec.. 1 9,
Twp. 86 8.. Range 5 West, and be
ing leased by Frank P. Doe Lumber
Co., with option to purrnase.
About 50 acres In Sec. 20, Twp
36 8., Range 5 West, belonging to
Utah-Idaho Sugar Co.
Inasmuch aa a majority of the
title holders of land within the
boundaries ot said District did pe
tition that the officers thereof be
elected at large, the Court ordered
Tbe polling place for said election
la as follows:
At the houae oa the land owned
by N. C. Boynton In . Josephine
County. Oregon, which land la de
scribed aa follow: . Beginning 905.1
feet west and 730 feet south of the
quarter Section Corner between Sec
tions 19 and 20, Townenip boutn,
Range 5 Went ot the,. Willamette
Meridian, running thence South
180.6 aSet. thence west Sit . feet
fthenc north S80.S feet, thenoe east
S68.8 feet to the place of beginning,
All belna irlthln flection 19. Town
nlD 86 South. Kange a west oi tn
Willamette Meridian.
The electors of eaid proposes ir
rigation Dlatrlct are hereby requir
ed to cast ballot at ald election
which ahall contain the words,
"Irritation District -Yea." or "ir-
rla-atlon District No."
There will alio be elected at cam
election three (3) Directors for said
nroDoaed Irrigation Dlstrlot and also
a Treasrer for ald. proposed Irriga
tion District, who shall, in case tno
legal elector in ana for eaia pro
posed Irrigation District ahall tot
in favor-, of organist uc the same,
hold said office In aald Irrigation
District until their aiucoeasor ar
elected and Qualified.
C. O. GILLETTE, , ,
k County Judge.
:fr
. ..
.. Attest:
Clerk.
J. LIND,
M. ROBINBON,
County Commissioners.
E. L. Coburn, County
, ' Whr H "tula.
' "Are you the head of the bouseT'
"I wouldn't say tbat exactly, but I
do the driving when th missus and I
go out In tb auto," - Detroit Fret
ClassifiedlAcaVeriBing
JrOat MAX.
ANGEL CAKES Phone orders to No.
190-J. 787tf
FOR SALE CHEAP Ten acres
young bearing pears, Bartletts and
, DaAoJous. . Will sell five or 10
acre cheap or exchange for south
ern California. W. C. Rice, 682
South Park, Pomona. Calif. 9S1
APPLESnroTl-tAIJEItMnburg,
Ortley, Talpyhawkla, Newtown
Pippins, Price SOe to $1.00. Phone
' 606-F-14. C. N. Gllman. 949
WINONA BERKSHIRE Four Sept.
19 and Oct. (, 1916, sons and three
, daughters of , Winona Lee Cham
pion 2ndt the 650 lb, at 14 month
grand champion son of Laurel
Champion. Avr. wt. pigs 81 lbs. at
12 weeks. Winona Ranch, Route
1, A-Box 10, Grants Pass, Oregon.
F. R. Steel. : 950
MACHINERY FOR SALE Including
boilers, engines, pumps, air com
pressor, air drills, hoist, stamp
mill, Chilian ..mill, concentrator,
rock breaker, pipe and fittings, pul
leys, shafting, belting, rail, ore
cars, redwood tanks, generators,
motors, etc. Waldo Copper Com
pany, First National Bank build,
ing. . 944tf
STRICTLY FANCY SEEDS Alfalfa,
Red Clover, Timothy, scarified
sweet clorer. Bye Grass, etc
Ralph Waldo Elden, Central Point,
Oregon. 947tf
RELINQUISHMENT 120 acres.
creek, about 75 acres tillable,
about 25 acres meadow black heavy
and finest ot land. . 11 miles to
railroad, good range back. This
wont last long. Price $450. L. A.
Launer. 953
FOR 8 ALE Gentleman's Lenawee
bicycle, 20-Inch frame; In fair
condition, at a bargain. Apply to
A. J. Worsdell, 712 North 7th St.
FOR SALE The complete bottling
works, machinery and all that goes
with it for the manufacturing ot
soft drings, working every day and
supplying a first class trade. Build
ing can be rented. Mrs. Kelnlin,
Bottling Works, Grants Pass 949
A classified ad will give results.
TO RENT
FOR RENT Six-room home, 305 C
street, opposite Central school; $19
per month. Inquire on premises, tt
FOR RENT Irrigated place .near
Grants Pass. Responsible party
only. Address No. 40, care
Courier or telephone 604-F-3. 950
FOR RENT Room with board. Good
room, good board, prices reason
able. Inquire ot Mrs. Win. Atchi
son, 662 North 7th street 951
WANTKD
CALIFORNIA JUNK CO. We boy
all kinds of Junk, bear hides, furs,
rags, brass, copper, sine, old pap
ers, magazines. Call 403 South
6th Street, or phone 199. ; 943
LET ME DO YOUR LAND clearing
by contract. Address '311 R
street, Grants Pass, Ore. ' 945
WANTED For box factory, steady
work one planermkn, three cut
off men, three band sawyers, one
circular resawyer. Fruit Growers
8upply Co.. Hilt, Cs. 941tt
WANTED Black sand concentrate.
. Low treatment charges; high ex-
traction of platinum '. and gold.
. Black Sand Plant; Ke'rby, Ore.. T.
' W. Gruetter, Mngr. 952
MISCELLANEOUS
TAXI STAND at the Mocha Cafe.
Any where In town 10c. Phon
1S1-R. Residence phone 24 2-L tt
LOST
LOST Lady's gold watoh between
- L street and upper end of ., city
"' nark on New Year's eve. Finder
return to No. 44, care Courier. ISO
a i- ..i'0' Fere Plleman.
"After all," remarked a policeman,
.the life of a cop baa aouie juy In It'
,, "For Instauce,1', (UKgcHtcd an elderly
gentleman, who overheard the remark.
"WelL a a geueral thing, a police
man Is kept! so busy, listening to tb
trouble of ptber' people be has little
time .to, think of bis own." Youkar
Statesman. .
Warned.
' The pllli bar a horrlbl taste,'
said th lady customer. "Pleat tak
them back and give me Something I
can enjoy."
"Very well, madam,' answered tbe
obliging druggist "but pleas reraem
bcr tbat the difference In tbe price of a
box of pill aud a box of bonbons Is
couilderM."-BlrUitham Ag-Hf
aid.
PHYSICIANS
h. O. CLEMENT. M. D.- Practise
, limited to diseases of th eye, ear,
nose' end throat 01 asses fitted.
Office hours 9-12, 2-6, or 'on ap
pointment. Office phone, 62; rest
dence phone 359-J.
S. LOUOHRIDGE, M. D., Physletaa
. and surgeon. City or country calls
attended day or night. lUsldemea
' phono 369; offle ' phone 111.
Sixth and H. Toffs Building.
. P. TRUAX, 11. D., Physician a4
surgeon. ' Phones: Offioe I26;'rat'
dence 124. Calls answered at all
hours. Country calls attended to.
Lnndburg Building.
DR. ED. BYWATER Specialist
diseases of tbe eye, ear, nose and
throat; glasses fitted. Offioe boon:
9 to 12 a. m 2 to 6 p. m. Phones
Residence 234-J; office 217-J,
Schmidt Bldg, Grants Pass, Or.
A. A. WTTHAM, M. D., Physician and
' surgeoa. Office: Hall Bldg., corner
Sixth and 1 streets.' Phones: Office
' 116; residence 28Z-J. Honrs: a.
' m. to 4 p.m.
DENTISTS.
E. C. UACY, D. M. D. First-class
' dentistry. 109 tt South ' Sixth
street. Grant Pass, Oregon.
ATTORNEYS
H. D. NORTON, Attorney-at-law
Practice in all State and Federal
' Courts. ' First National Bank Bldg.
COLVIO ft WILLIAMS Attoraeys-,at-Law
Grants Pas Banking Co.
',. Bldg, Grants Pass. Ore.
E. 8. VAN DYKE, Attorney. Practice
In all courts. First National Bank
Building. ,
EDWARD H. RICHARD, Attorney-at-Law.
Office Masonic Temple
' G-ants Pass, Ore.
W. T. -MILLER, Attorn ey-at-Law.
County attorney for Josephine
County. Office: Schallhorn Bldg.
O. S. BLANCHARD, Attorney-at-Law
Grants Pass Banking' Co. Bldg.
' Phone 270. Grants Pass, Ore. -'
r, A. CLEMENTS Attorney-at-Law
Practice ' in state and federal
courts. . Rooms I, and 3, over
Golden Rule store.
MT8ICAL INSTRUCTION
J. S. MACMDRRAY. teacher of role
. culture and singing. Lessons fires
at home ot pupil If requested. Ad
dress 714 Lee street- ,8Sltf
JESSIE C. KNAPP Piano and votes.
Chorus and choir directing. Studio
. residence, 614 North Second street
Phone 523-R. . ' 880tf
DKAYAUK AND TRANSFER . '
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO... AU
klnda ot drayage and transfer
work carefully and promptly done.
Phone 1S3-R. JStand at freight
depot A. Shade, Prop. ...
F. G. ISHAM, drayage and transfer.
S,fes, pianos and furniture moved,
packed, shipped and stored. Phone
Clark ft Holman, No. 60. Resi
dence phone 124-R.
THE WORLD MOVES; o do w.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
15-R.
. A88AYER8
. R. CROUCH Assayer, chemist,
metallurgist Rooms 201-20S Psd
dbek' Building, Grants Pass.
DBCORATOR8 AND PAINTERS
PAPERHANGING. graining, paint
ing." For the tiest work at lowest
prices,' phone J95-J. ' C. O.-Plant
South Park street
VETERINARY SURGEON.
DR. R. J. BESTUL, Veterinarian.
Office In "Wlnetrout Implement
"Bldg. Phone 11 S-J Residence
"Phone 305-R.
I'tt.l I.tt. I. .-(".... .. T
TIME CARD
Tlie California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
feffextlvetoecember 6, Vill
Tuesdays .and . Fridays.
Train 1 1. Grants Pass.. 10.00 a. .
Train S It. Waters Creek 100 p. m.
All trains ieave Grants Pass from
(Iin vuiji.i v. ' .-- -
opposite the Southern Paclflo depot.
For ' all Information regarding
freight and passenger service call at
th office ot the company, Public Ser
vice building, or phone 131 for
sume, , ,.;. j
Vessels lorge mny venture more, but
little bests should kp near shore,-.
Frankllu.