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
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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.