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MONDAY, KKHIIVAKY 10, 1017 daily aoavm xiTxa ooraca PAGB THRU XT Making the Farm Pay CORN IN PHY REGIONS. . Need ef Ocltlng Moloture Me tell and ' Conserving II, (Prepared by United gtatea department of agrteulture.) At lack of moisture mora than any thing tlM llmlti corn yields In droughty regtona too Brat qunatlon regulating each operation abould be, "What will ba Ita affect upon Uia toll moisture sup ply r Tha authorities elate that whll eum Bar fallow frequently result In great ar yield of corn, the practlr baa not proved .practicable. Thry tbrreforo ad rf Ttee beginning Uia preparation of land to prevent loos of moisture and to put tba surface Into condition to receive Bulituro aa soon aa Uia preceding crop , will permit. Cultlvatloo after tba r aHUKINU VIBjilit LAMB I BOl'TH OAKOTA. nioval of tlia prevedltig crop la praflta tip If It et.t.e or preventa a growth of needs. Hut If Ilia growing araaon la pant dead wis-d may catrb mora iuiim tlian unuUI I caught by a oil tkittod Mil-face. 1 'aa 1 1 illaklug. r Hating, I uiually bniellrlal In pmittig the land hi Iwt- tir condition to prevent tb ell from blowing, to bold ilia snow and to pro Tent runoff. Tba penetration of mol. ture I alow, mid w bi'u rulus occur crap, oiatlnn la rapid from hard aoll our faora, am-b aa naually follow the grow ItiK of amall grata. The eliatfco of atorlng luolatura ara liirroaaxd by looe anltig am-b itinpat aorfacra aa aarly aa poKMtbl. WbcUirr pluwUig la hoc aaaary. Iiowcwr. di-pMula vary muob upon tha typa of anil. Moat baary clay aolla art, brat put In jirottr contlltlmi by plowlnu. '" Hnurty or Uiibt loam aolla abould not I plowxd In tba fall and left baro during tha winter ui ragluna wbcira aoll blowing la llkvly to tHfiir. If however It bpromna advlaabla to plow aocb aolla lu tba fall, blowing of 1be plowed area may be cbtn'ked by top drpMlug with lurujurd uauur. Daap plowing abould alwaya be done In the fall or wnry aarly In tba aprlng ta allow more mohttuce to ieutrate and the aoll to euttle before planting rtlma. cOn aloplng laod iUie jiltiwuig, Jlntlug . . ... . ' x If' ,'! ' -4.'iVv-?'5 I .. v.; rf V-''yjJL? -'4' ( . v,Mgi w Comply with the law and use printed Butter Wrappers According to the reding of tbe Oregon Itali-y and Food CommlMdon nil dairy butter eold or koaed for aale In tbla Male inuat be wrapted In batter papw upon wkk'h S le printed the word "Oregon Ifelrr nutter, 10 (or 12) ' tmoea full weight," wtUa the name And addreaa of the anaker. To enable Mtrnna of the (Courier to camtly comply with . the mllng thla olDre will anpply atambard alae and weight batter pr printed with aperlal waterproof ink, and drllvrred by parcela pout, at the following price: '"' 100 Nheela, Iff or Sli ounoee IJM iintl Kliecta, 10 or H ouncea 1.85 rtOO Hheeta, Iff or 89 onnree 1.70 BtM Wieeta, Iff or 811 ouncea 8.40 ' Ktr charge for aperlal Aealgna,' ' Bend order fcy mall accompanied by the pi k e aa above Mid paper will be promptly forwarded to jon by parrel pout, prepaid, , We one the beat butter Mper obtainable, and our work maimhlp It of the beat. , " ' ' t. rrMek Rogue River Courier (J rant a Paaa, Oregon mil cultivating abould follow ou a leval ilong lm iliiivx or around the bllla, , Tbe molatura aavvd makaa tbla a iirolltalile pravtlco, and vary often Ilia .iroveulloii of runoff la iiacaaaary to avoid erualon, with the lom of the i k'liaat! portloua of the aoll. ' Alfalfa land to be prepared for corn xtiould lie followed otio year or plowixl rorly the prevloua auiuuiar, , Urowlng plauta draw large quantl ilea of water from tbe loll and iiib- '1 All a,uw" VI WWII, IHU TVIUH" trer grain ou laud (o be planted to itiru abould be prevauted, leip plowing and aubaolllng abould lie done In the fall rather than at corn planting time, Moll put In Hie right condition to take In molatura to a coiiNlderable depth la aleo open to (be air and drlra out rapidly. If lit exoary to plow In the aprlng for corn tin pluwlug hIiuii lit ha done early and xlmuld no; lie deep, and the ground hould be packed Immediately. How UK miller aereral luchaa of anow la an effective aud aouiellmea practicable way of gelling molatura Into tha icrouud. Dairy Farming Profitable. Dairying I an u-oiiouilctil form of agriculture, and economy and thrift are linndiimldi'ii. of prooiierlty. It relnliu upon the farm the 1argir ortlon of the fertility of the crop and thin tha prodiiftlvrnciM of the Held I kept up without reeourun to rx-linlve iiiuiiiier elnl fertlllaere, Imliy faruia are In vurlubly highly product I v becaum tbe fertility la returned aud became a plentiful aupply of liuiiiim ta mippllrd to the aoll. falry farming I ecouomb eal lu that It utlllxcn practically all the laud. I'arta that are ununited to Ibo plow ran In ucai-ly all caee be turned to paature. Cem Per Poultry, I o uiK aupply loo much com to lay ing ben.. It U Vary beating, and It I loo fattening for heim that are to make cu'ga. It ta a good whiter feed, but too much fut utored lu a ben'a body luter ferea with the wyluB functlona. Tailing carda at tbe Courier. SIR GILBERT PARKER. Famoue Brltlah Nevellat Here le Talk far Alllae. I ',MrVV,; .-W 'fa I (If) Live Stock And Dairy PRODUCING GOOD MILK. Cleanllfieea and Preper Feeding Main faaantiala In Dairying. Cow mut be bealtby and kept clean. Tbe baru abould be kept clean, well lighted end ventilated. Tbe barnyard abould be kept clean and properly drained. I'teiudl abould be thorough ly waahed and acalded or ateamed and kept In clean room. Cow abould be fed good wboleaome food end pure water. Ullkrra and attendant who come in contact wltb tba milk should be bealtby and clean. Cowa abould not be fed at milking 'ine or Immediately before. Duat f rom .if. I full Into tbe milk and conUmt iihIci It with germ. Wliw the udder and aide of cow wltb a damp cloth and milk wltb clean, dry eouo DAtrr cow noumin bauda. tee auuill top milking pall. Tbla beli to keep foreign matter from tbe milk. Immediately after milking remove tbe milk to a neparate room from the baru to be alratned aud cooled. Cool tbe milk to aa low a teinieratare a pomltilo without freexlug. Forty or DO degreea K. retarda growth of moxt germa aud particularly thore that cauM milk to aour uulckly. lu aummer keep Hie out of tbe barn aud nillk room. One By may carry as many a ino.ou) eerui to the milk. Tbeae may tie dlwaiw germ. Manure abould not be allowed to accumulate around tbe baru. It la a breeding place for flic. Tliu number of bacteria lu milk do peiula largely upon elcunllnena of milk ing aud bundling, temperature at which milk la kept aud age of milk. Therefore clean milk, quick cooling aud prompt delivery are very Important factor In produclug pure dairy prod uct. Uuie la a good .disinfectant and abould be need liberally In tbe dairy barn. V. It. Jouea, Dairy Huabaudry Lepartment. South Dakota Stat Ool SHELTER TO?, SHEEP. Plana For a Bam Should Inolude Dry Flooea and Abundance of Air. It la liiipoiialltle to auKtiest any very definite aUep bnru plaua without knowing under Juat what condition the barn la to be built. In planulug baru or abeda for a breeding dock of ah cep a ece of ten or tu-elve aquare feet er ewe will give auffldent room. The etumituila of shelter for abecp arc 1) dry dour, (l'i good roof, (3) an abmi dmue of freiib nlr, ! avoid draft, (Si avoid narrow doom and passage ao a ewe heavy with lamb will uot lie In jured, aud U provide auttklent feed lug trough aiiace ao all the ahcep cmi ent at tbe aauie time. We find thiit a ehed tweuty-Bve oi thirty feet wide aud aa long as uecr- wiry to houxe the flsck plve verr p"" ivxult at the Mlwiouri aplmltmiil e lrltuctit etatlon. It abould be open on the aoutb aud may be built wltb n ford trough aud feed alley along the mirth aide. Kcouotuy of rack eiate may be aecured by tbe uee of movable rack m arranged a to make aa tuauy lota n are needed lu I lie abed. These iiartltlon racka can be moved out of tbe wny whenever a vragou la diiveu In to he loaded with manure. The ibed abould be high euougk to afford plenty i loft room. A wo feed baleil bay. a loft live feet high at the eavea give im rwi,i enough to atore a wluter'a eupply for the dork, but If looae bay la put In ntt.l fed ciirreaioudlngl,v more loft room muat be provided. -I'rofeHnor II. Hack edoru. Study ef Beet Root. Ten year' imtlcnl wntrhlug aud atudy Indicate that tlllference lu alxe. total ailgnr ,smletit nuil M'i'ccutnt:c of miitiii of lieel ismiI fmnlsli mi evidence of Inheritance and tlint tbei'c I no cor relatlou lietwoeil ierceutaKC Or quan llty of sugar of roota of oiillimi'.v Klrca aud their yield of accd, nor between their yield of aeed nud iwrecntime of sugar lu iirogeuy. ' The coiuIiikIoii reached Is that tbe ductuailou lu tbe percentage and yhhl of sugar may be now regarded aa due to aoll coudltloua, both aa to natural forumtlou aud cul tivation of fertiliser methods practiced. Qreen feed Far Hen. Heue used some green food lu winter If they ar to lay well. Mangels, car rota and cabbage are good, Hang them up so that the bona can Just reach them ulcely. - Sprouted oata are also good. Alfalfa and clover leave can be soaked up and fed to good ad vantage. - - ' . : Raveleiti at tha Ceajler. LINCOLN FORGAVE HIM. One Man Who Oat a Pardon Without vert Aaklng For It Among tbe Enumerable nulaancea and "cranka" who called on Lincoln t tbe White House were many who sought to win favor by showing that they bad been tbe flrat to suggest bis nomination as prealdent One of these men. aya Francis F. Browne In "Tbe Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln." orae the editor of a weekly paper pub lished in a little village In MlaaoorL Uo told tbe president that be waa tbr man who Drat suggested Lincoln's nsme for tbe presidency sod, pulling from bis pocket an old, worn, defaced ropy of hi paper, exhibited to the pres ident an Item on tbe subject "Do you really tblnk," eald Lincoln, "that that waa tbe ranee of my noml nation T "Certainly." said tbe editor. "Tbe suggestion waa ao opportune that It waa at once taken up by other papers, and you were nominated and elected." "Ah. well." aald Lincoln wltb a sigh. "1 am glad to aee you and to know that, but yon will have to excuse me I am J ut going to the war department to see Mr. Blnnton." "Well." said tha editor. "I will walk over with you." The prevldent with that good nature so characteristic of him. took np hi bat and said, "Come along!" When they reached the door of tbe secretary's office Mr. Lincoln turned to bis companion and aald, "I shall nave to aee Mr. Btauton alone, and yon muat excuse me." And then, taking blm by tbe band, be continued: "Goodby. 1 hope you will feel perfectly easy about having nominated me: don't be tron bled about It: I forgive yon." CARDINAL frIERCIER. Archbishop ef Mallnoo, Belgium, Want Werkora te Be Returned. TIME CAM The California and Oregon Coast Railroad Company Effective December S, 19K Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays Train 1 lv. Grants Pass.. 10.00 a. m. Train 2 lv. Waters Creek 1.00 p. m. All trains leave GrauU Pass from the .corner of O and Eighth streuts. opposite the Southern Pacific depot. For all Information regarding freight and passenger service call at the oltlce of the company. FuDiie, ser vice building, or phone 1 SI for same. Coffee You may know much or little about coffee; but you know what you tike. You like a clear cup of coffee with a rich, smooth flavor; and no suspicion of bitters j cjiaff. Jo give you this, chil-Sihg-s'Best is evenly ground, the objectionable chaff is taken-out and the coffee is packed into air tight tins. It Is ready lor use when , you buy it. Moneyback, . ol course. , Schilling's Best Classified Adverting; ffOat SALS HANOoX CAKgg Phono organ to No. lfeVJ. mtt STRICTLY FANCY SEEDS Alfalfa. Red Clover, Tlmotbq, Scarified Sweet Clover, Rya Craaa, etc fialpo Waldo Eldea, Central Point. Oregon. 947tf WINONA BERK8HIRES Several fine aprlng, aummer, and fall daughters and sons of Winona Champion JHh out of daughter of Roguelanda Longfellow. Quality breeding, alae, reasonable price. Write us. Winona Ranch, Route 1, A-Box 10, Oranta Pans, Ore. f. R. SteeL 67tf BUILDINO 26x100, concrete, on Sixth street, for aale. Inquire SOS South Sixth atreet. 9S FOR SALE 6. C. Rhode Island Red cockerels, pullets and egg fo batching. Ernest Webb. Central Point, Oregon. Phone 247. . 990 WHITE OR BROWN LEGHORN day old chicks, $12.60 per hundred; eggs for setting fl.00 for IS, or $5.00 per hundred from guaranteed egg-laying strains. Leave orders now with Cramer Broa. 901 TWO YOUNG JERSEY COWS, one fresh, for aale cheap if taken at once; also fine brood sow. Phone 609-F-14, Grants Pass. 981 S. C. WHITE LEGHORN hatching eggs and baby chicks, from rigor ous stock. Eggs 11.00 for IS or $5.00 per 100; batoy chick $10.00 per 100. K. Hammerbacber, Route No. 2. Phone (OS-F-23. 03 FOR SALE J -acre - ranch, all fenced, good water, good buildings, land fine for sugar beet or bay, two mile from Grants Paaa on Pacific highway. L. L. Sharp, R. F. D. No. 1, phone 500-J-l. 9S4 FOR SALE 120 acres, one-half mile from Selnia, bottom and low bench land, 2 houses, barn, about 12 acre In cultivation, 5 acres Spits and Newtowns, ' 7-year-old .orchard, watered, probably 5,000 cedar posts. Price, $2,800. Terms. In quire, P. E. Gerould, Selma, Ore gon. 984 $800 FOR COTTAGE and well; $300 for shack, barn, chicken bouses and wood shed, 1 acre ' ground thrown in free; 321 Rogue River Ave. Key across the street . 04 H. N. PARKER ha dry wood, in nhed all winter, and hay for sale. Apply 609 South 6th street, or phone 5 3 3-J. ' 984 FOR SALE Six or eight cords of all body,' green cut and seasoned oak wood, 2-foot lengths, delivered at $5.00 a cord. If taken at once. Ad dress No. 288, care Courier. 981 WHY PAY RENT I will sell you the house at 329 West G street at $10 per month. W. C. Long. 981 TO RENT FOR RENT Cottage and ham 1 5.60 per month, or cottage $5.00 per month and barn $1.00, good well, aleeping porch. No. $21 Rogue River avenue. Key at house acroes the street. 989 FOR RENT 80 acres, 10 acres or chard, 20 acres alfalfa, rest tor grain. - Old Savage ranch,' Matt Kulesch, Route NO. 3, Oranta Paaa, Ore. 981 FOR RENT 6-room modern bouse, and small barn, 207 Foundry St!, $10 per month. ' Inquire at 208 Foundry. ' ' 1 ' $86 RANCH FOR RENT Mostly wood, some fruit tree, building, five miles from t6Vn,126 'acrree, spring foP'sonU irrigailon.' ' Wni' renf for keep of place. Address O. J. k'nlps, 616 South 4th street 98 FOR RENT Seven-room modern house, Juat off pavement on North Sixth atreet." Garden lot includ ed." Inquire 801 Orchard Ave. 81 ASSAYEKS E. k. CROUCH Awayer, chemist metallurgist. ' Rooms' 301-203 Pad dock Building, Giants Pass. ABSTRACTS IT 13 NOT SAFE to bT property or loan money without a reliable abstract. We make them. Oranta Paea Abstract Co. Opposite boat office. W. E. Hanson, manager VETERINARY SL'RGEON Hit R. J. BESTUXJ Veterinarian. Office in Wlnetrout Implement Bldg. Phone 113-J Residence Phone 805-R. MISCELLANEOUS PRUNING Orchard and vlnyard pruning correctly Hon. Oeo. A. Bradjord.' 460, N. 7th atreet. 984 WANTED LET MX DO YOUR LAND elearlag by contract. Phone SS1-R, Oranta pus, Oregon. 9 HI0HE8T CASH PRICES paid for furs, beef and bora bides, sheep and goat pelta, and deer bide kill ed la season and tagged. Highest market price also for copper, brass, lead, rubber, aatcka, rage) and old magazines. Get my price flrat Roy Allen. Pbon 6 2 4-J, wltb Frank Bailey, corner Sth and L etreetaV Grant Paaa. 911 JvaBaeaBaaaBBanBaBBKaBBBEaBBBEea9f9BBS99Bt WANTED Anything yon have la Junk, bides,' wool, rags, sacks, rub bers, metals, and iron. Prompt attention to calls. Phone 21-J. Union Junk Co., 403 South (th street ' 99S TRAPPERS ATTENTION Let me make yon a price on your fura be fore ahipplng or selling elsewhere. Here nntll first of month. ' Eastern price. Phone 624-JT. With Frank Bailey, corner (th ft L afreets. Grants Pas. 98S WANTED Second band bath room fixtures, tub, lavatory, flush box, toilet and hot water tank.' Addreea No. 27S, Courier. . 985 WANTED Six, eight or 10-Inch ir rigating pipe. Olve amount, gauge. location and lowest cash price. Ad dress No. 282, Courier. 981 PHYSICIANS U O. CLEMENT. M. D. Practice limited to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat- Qlaaaea flUed. Office houra 9-12, S-S, or oa ap pointment Office phone, S3; dene phone 359-J. ' S. LOUOHRlDQB. M. D., Phyaloiaa and anrgeon. City or country ealla attended day or night Reaideno phono " $69; omce pbon ' 132. Sixth and H. Toffs Building. J. P. TRUAJC, at. D.. Physician aad surgeon. Phonea: Office $25; resi dence 324. Calls answered at all houra. Country calls attended to. Lnndbnrg Building. DR. ED. BY WATER Specialist oa disease of tba eye, ear, nose aad throat; glasses fitted. Offloe houra: 9 to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 p. m. Phonea Residence 214-J; office 3S7-JT, Schmidt Bldg, Grant Paaa, Ore. A. A. WITHA-M, U. D., Physician and surgeon. Office: Hall Bldg.. corner Sixth and I streets. Phonea: Office 116; residence 382-JF. Houra: 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. DENTISTS . Q. MACY. D. M. D. First-class dentistry. 109 8onth Sixth atreet Oranta Paaa, Oregon. ATTORNEYS H. D. NORTON, Attomey-at-law ' Practice In all State and Federal Courts. First National Bank Bldg. COLVIG ft WILLIAMS Attorneys at-Law Grant Paaa Banking Co. Bldg, Grant Paaa. Ore.' B. S. VAN DYKE. Attorney. - Practice In all courts. First National Bank Bulldiag. " - ' ' ' EDWARD H. RICHARD, Attorney-at-Law. Office Masonic Tempi Oranta Paaa, Or.. W. T. MILLER, Attorney-t-Law. County attorney for Joeepala County. OBea: Schallhora BMg1. O. B. BLANCHARD, Attorney-at-Law Oranta Paaa Banking Co. Bldg. Phone 370. Grants Pass, Ore. V. A. CLEMENTS Attoraey-at-Law Praclfce'Tn 'ttate 1 and federal court.'' Rooms 2, and' 3,""'ever Golden Rule store. " ' f MUSICAL INSTRUCTION ' J. S. MACMURRAT, teacher of vole culture and singing. Lessons give at home of pupil It requested. Ad dress 716 Le street ' SSltf PBAyAOB AND TRANSFEH - COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. AM kinds of drayage and transfer work carefully and promptly doa. Phone 1S3-R. .Stand at freight depot A. 8hade, Prop. ' F. O. 'SHAM, drayaga and transfer. Safes, planoa and furniture moved, packed, shipped and stored. Pheaa Clark ft Holman, No. 60. Resi dence phone 134-H. THE WORLD MOVES; so do w. Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phoae SS7-R. .( PECO RATO ItH AND PAINTERS PAPERHANOINO, graining, pajat Ing. For tba best work at lowest prices, phoae 49VJ." C. 0. Plaat. loath Park aireet.