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A SERIOUS MATTER
la a splendid speech at Medford
Wednesday, Geo. T. Cotterill, ex
mayor of Seattle and now state high
way commissioner tor Washington,
stated that Governor Lister, upon re
turning from a conference of state
representatives with the national
leaders, was simply overcome with
a sense of the heavy task this na
tion had undertaken in entering up
on the war.
It's time the country woke up
ud took this war seriously. It la
going to take years. It will require
our utmost in energy and in sacri
fice. The sooner we buckle down
to the Job, the sooner it will be fin
ished. ... The ultimate result is not a matter
of fear providing the 100,000,000
people of America appreciate their
task and shoulder It. Our European
friends tell us that victory will come
only when the full force of our arms
are brought into the conflict against
Prussian militarism. This being so,
the sooner we prepare to strike our
hardest blow, the sooner will victory
be In sight. "Carthage must be des
trpyed." ' LET CS HAVE ONE
If necessity is the mother of in
vention, it is also an incentive to
self-help.
This valley has needed a canning
and drying plant for many years,
Perhaps the food shortage which is
facing the country will be the means
Of our obtaining It
The supply of cans Is going to be
limited. Furthermore the same
mount of food value ran be put up
In a smaller, lighter and more easi
ly bandied commodity by drying
than by canning.
Dehydration of fruits and vege
tables is going to see a rapid increase
during the coming year. It is based
on the well known fact that a large
per cent of all vegetables Is water.
The potato Is 62 per cent water, the
squssh has 44 per cent; the string
bean, 83 per cent; beets, 70 per
'cent; sweet corn, 75 per rent; tur
nip, 62 per cent and no on.
When we transport green vege
tables we pay freight on this excess
weight which might Just as well be
sdded from the kitchen water tap.
Furthermore the keeping quality of
dried vegetables is vastly superior
to that -of undrled.
IT MUST COMB
It Is no surprise to a person In
toacb with the nation-wide move
ment for a 'dry" war, to learn that
the administration Is behind a new
bill Introduced In congress to pro
hibit the use of foodstuffs In the
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ROYAL RUUNtl POWDER
IVORY SOAP
DVRKEES SALAD DRESSING
LEA PRRRIN3 SAl'CE
WELTHS GRIPE JVICB
VNDERWOOD8 lKVfLKl HAM
, CAMPBELLS SOl'PS
' BRANDS A t SAITE '
TILLAMOOK CHEESE
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
QUALITY FIRST
A GARDENER PATRIOT
By Roe 8. Eastman
Unnoticed the black baas leaps in the brook.
And shaded glens know me not:
My books on their shelves keep their tsles to them
selves I'm a gardener patriot. -
A-tiptoe two robins swing from the branch
Where soon robin nestlings will no;
A redblrd Is trilling while soil I am tilling
I say, are they laughing at me?
Til true, and it helps me at times to forget '
The aches In my hands and my spine,
I've heeded the call for patriots all
And "rail in" the onion-bed line.
Alas, 'tis no glory to die in a trench.
To be riddled with shell and with shot.
So give me a hoe, some seeds let me sow.
Like a gardener patriot.
Behold, how my backyard once littered with trash.
Transformed at the touch of my spade.
Will furnish provisions for srmy divisions;
. Mightier food than the blade.
Now since I've "enlisted" my "general" stands
In belligerent sttltude near.
She orders "attack" on the soil, till my back
Is ready to crumble, I fear.
But when, later on, in soldierly rows
We "review" our mobilised plot.
My "general" proud will sing praises loud
For her gardener patriot!
Cincinnati Times-Star.
manufacture of intoxicating liquor
while the nation is at war.
The issue may aa well be met
squarely. The government can not
expect much enthusiasm over Its
campaign of advising housewives In
saving scraps of bread, potato peel
ings and the like and allow millions
of bushels of grain to go Into a bev
erage that la dsngerous to the pub
lic welfare aside from the great
wast of food values.
The first trench must be dug be
tween this cursed traffe and the
manhood of the nation. Before we
are Very far In this fight, it Is go
ing to be recognized thst every
saloon la an enemy's fort and one
that the stay-at-home folks can
storm spd conquer.
We have not felt Inclined to fea
ture the reports regarding the heavy
tax to be imposed on Incomes - of
$100,000 and over. Somehow . the
matter does not Interest ns par
ticularly. Josephine county farmers sre mo
bilising for the spring drive.
LURE OF VALLEY
The lure of the Rogue River vsl
ley wss too strong for W. C. Flxley.
He simply couldn't stay away. For
the third time he has come to this
sectioo, purchased a home and set
tied down.
In the sale of the A. D. Knight
120-scre ranch on Applegate last
week to Mr Flxley, a rather unusual
story is disclosed. In 1010 he came
to this section, bought a place on
which he lived until 1913. A tempt'
Ing offer caused him' to sell snd re
turn to bis former home at Omaha,
Neb.
He came back In 1915 and bought
a better ranch, but again someone
offered sn sdvance In price and he
sold snd sgaln returned to Omaha.
But tbe call of the west was too
strong, snd, after a tour of InveHtl
gatlon covering Idaho, WaHhlngton
and the Willamette valley, he has
settled sgaln In this valley on the
Knight plsce.
The last sale, as were several of
the other deals, was msde by A. X.
Parsons.
NO LIVES LOST WHEN
FISHING BOAT SINKS
San. Francisco, May 19. No lives
were lost when the three-masted ship
Standard grounded on the shoala of
Cape Constantino, Bristol bay, Alss
ka, according to advice received to
day by Libby, McNeill ft Llbby com
pany, owners of the vessel. The sd
vlces stated tbat all of the passen
gers and crew, who took to the life
boats, hsd been picked up and tend
ed safely.
RAILROAD MEN WANT
SWEEPING INCOME TAX
Seattle, May 19. Five hundred
member of the Order of Railroad
Telegraphers, In convention here
this week, are on record today favor
ing sweeping Income and profit tax
to pay for tbe war.
Calling cards at tbe Courier.
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FURNISHED light housekeeping
rooms, modern, at 656 North 6th
street. Phone 219-R, 63
LOST Pocket book containing gold
and silver Saturday between
Moore's bakery and Demaray's
corner. 'Reward If left at Courier
office, No. 957.
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER, Gene
vieve McCracken, in Beet-Fuller
Realty company office, 20$ North
Sixth street 22tf
JOS. MOSS AGENCY Fire Insur
ance, plate glass liability Insur
snce. 204 Sixth street. tf
FOR 8ALE CHEAP 8 4 acres, two
blocks from paving on Pacific
highway, good new five-room bun
galow, water and all necessary
improvements, family- orchard, two
acres alfalfa. E. D. Shook, phone
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WE OFFER for ssle, surplus stock
of machinery, f. o. b. warehouse,
Grants Pass, five stamp mill, Chil
ian mill, concentrator, crusher,
compressor, steam engine and holl
er, steam pumps, hoist, eleetrl
equipments, air drills, blowers,
water wheels, wood, steel and iron
pulleys, shsftlng, pipe and fittings,
ore car, sine shavings, cynsnlde,
steel shsft buckets, warehouse
scales, belting, steel rails, etc.
Phone 532. Inquire 507 E street.
Grants Pass, Oregon, . 2-9-tf
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In a letter received from 11. 11.
Bssler who Is stationed at the Brem
erton navy yard, he says:
"1 note with gratification the
many evidences contained In the
Courier of the fart that the people
of Grants rasa are active In all lines
of patrtotlo service,
"Grants Pass Is. to the forefront
with men for service, with earnest
organised offort as expressed In Its
Girl Scout, Boy Scout, Honor Guards.
Red Cross society and kindred organ
isations. And last but not least the
vacant lot gardeners.
Ye I am proud to ball from
Grants Pass. I believe our home town
I giving substantial evidence of fee
ing the most genuinely patriotic city
of her slse In the country. In these
lines of praise the Courier should
not be omitted. The editor and pub
lisher thereof are doing the city and
the nation effective service.
"I am becoming familiar with my
work and I like It very much. 1 am
glad to be able to do a man's part
In the service of my country In the
time of Its grest need.
H. H. BABLER."
GUILTY IS PLEA TO
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C. A. Erlckson. a well known auto
repair man and vulcanises, was ar
rested Fridsy night by 8hrlff Iwls
on a bootlegging chsrge. When ar
raigned before Judge Gillette Sat
urday afternoon, be pleaded guilty
and was sentenced to 90 dsys in jsll
ml a fine of 1350.
Rrlrkson hsd been under surveil
lance by the city officers for some
time. About a week ago he left for
Crescent City snd Sheriff lwla wss
informed. Oolng tothe foot of Ore
gon mountain !ewls and Deputy
Ernest Lister waited two days for
Erlrkson's return. But there hsd
been a breakdown on the hill and he
had been delayed.
After attending to Important bus
iness which called them to this city,
Lewis snd Mster returned to the
mountain and caught Erlckson Fri
day night shout R o'clock ' three
miles north of the state line. He
had a five gallon keg of whiskey
In his automobile. The prisoner wss
landed at the county Jail about 11
o'clock thst night.
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SERVING IN ARMY WILL
NOT VACATE OFFICE
Wsshlngton, Msy 19. Congress
man. 8cott today Introduced a bill
providing that any one holding of
fice under the federal government
may retain that office while serving
In the military service, by waiving
all pay and compensation, for surh
service. The Ibill Is designed to si
low representatives who enlist In the
army and navy to return to their
seats In congress sfter the war.
COM1NO EVENTS
May 20, Sunday Baccalaureate ser
mon. Baptist church 8 p. m.
Msy 21, Monday State Engineer,
Herbert Nunn visits Grants Paxs.
May 22, Tuesday Southern Oregon
Bankers' .convention In Grants
Psss.
Msy 23, Wednesday May breakfast
by ladies of Presbyterian church.
May 24, Tbursdsy Red Cross meet
ing, addressed by Medford lesders
In the work. j
May 24, Thursdsy Clsss Dsy exer
clses at High School, I p. m.
May 24, Thursdsy Creamery picnic
and field meet st Applegate.
Msy 25, Fridsy Commencement ex
ercises, opera house, 8 p. m,
May 28, Monday Medford day
Chamber of Commerce luncheon.
May 31, June 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, Annua)
Chautauqua, Grants Psss.
July 7-14. N. E. A. Convention,
Portland.
SHERIFF OFFERS REWARD
FOR AmMPLICFS CAITI ME
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I will give $250.00 reward for In
formation leading to the arrest and
conviction of ths party who ssslated
W. C. Peck to escape from the noun'
ty Jail In Orants Psss, Oregon, on
the night of Msy 12, 1917.
GEO. W. LEWIS,
Sheriff of Josephine county, Ore.
Letterheads that will please you, at
the Courier.
With Your Check Book
in Your Pocket
you are protected against theft and Kws ol
funds.
You are prepared to purchase what you
require You are saved the expense of
money orders and registered letters.
Are not these some advantages worth
ctuisideringt s ' : "
We invite your account subject to
check.
Josephine County Bank
Grants Pass, Oregon
, T. B. Cornell, Pres.
J. L, Calvert. Vloe. Pres.
May Breakfast
At the Presbyterian Church, Wednesday
, May 23, from 6 to 9
MENU
Straw berrlea sad Creaaa
DC REALM
Wheat Heart Toasted Osrw Flake
Shredded Wheat Pwffed Rre
BOOS
Poached or Fried
lit Biscuit Toast
Doughnut tViltre
J.MXHTMKXTM TO l'.M
AT CLOSE OF TI E WAR'
Washington, .Msy 19 Stirling to- j Rome, Msy 19. Ten Belgians, re
dsy enlistment for the regulsr srmy cently sentenced to death at Cher
or nstlonsl gusrd will contsln the lrol, by s rotirtmsrtlsl, hsv been
flrtfic stipulation 'tat they cover 1 reprieved hy the kslser In' conwt
only the period o' tue wsr. This Is quence of Pope Denedlcfs Interces
bssed on orders Issued today, si-; alon, scrordlng to vstlrsn Infurnia
thoughv all recent enlistments hsve don lodsy.
been with the tsrlt understanding ;
that the service would be concluded 1
at the end of tbe war.
I'RESIDIO TRAINERS
HAVE DAY OF RENT
Ssn Francisco, Msy 19. Student
officer at the presidio training'
camp got their first time off from 1
hsrd work todsy. From 11:30 p. m.i
today until retreat Is sounded tomor
row night, they will not have to re
port. Many, however, hsve sn-!
nounced their Intentions of remain-1
Ing In bsrrarks snd studying.
MARINES WILL BE
WITH FIRST PARTY
Wsshlngton, May 19. A roglmnnt
of marines, tfbout 3,600 men, under
command of Colonel Charles A.
Doyen of the Washington bsrrucks,
will accompany the first American
army expedition to France.
The, regiment will b coiuiioaed
principally of organizations which
have recently anon active service In
Haiti, Ssn Domingo snd Cuba, ac
cording to offirlsl announcement
from the navy ' department today.
They will be armed, equipped snd
organized similar to the army with
which they will serve.
IT CHANGE MILL
TO CATCH VALUES
Trial nvnsrsi tf t hat f'nn I a I tr aa t
saw wnsiwss (w x w vifv
mine, about 3 miles east of Holland
and sltusted Just above the Boswell
mine, have been operating a Gibson
mill on Its sulphide ores. Not sat
isfied thst the pistes were catching
all the values, an assay was mad
yesterday on the tailings, which ran
over $29.00 In gold. The owners
are planning to concentrate and re
tort their material, ss It Is too heav
ily sulphide to maks milling un eco
nomical process.
insuring.
"I suppuM rnii siul lour wife can
remember your Hist quarrel." nhIiI I lie
meddlesome iiei'mm.
"Iteiiii niln".' H'," iciiiincil .Mr. liiow
i her. "I sIihiIiI mi,v so! It Isn't otsi'
yet!"
Bam H. Baker. Cashier.
Ueo. R. Dickinson, Asst Oashler.
POI'K'H lTKIUMilON
SAVES TEN HKUilAMH
( IIIC t;o "l," WILL I'HK
! WOMEN TRAIN OI'KllATOIUi
Chlcsgo. Msy 19. M. J. Kerron.
renersl msnsger of the Cblrsgo ele
vated lines, announced today that
aomen will replace all men taken
from the system when' selective aer
vice goes Into effect.
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