Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, May 21, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextDAILY ROGCI KXTXR COOUXR MONDAY, MAY 111, IWT hue mi con Pwollehed Dally Except Saturday r H1NDENBURG MAY Star Boiled Ham SHIFT TO RUSSIA A. K. YOORHIKS. Pub. and Propr. BENJ. C SHELDON', Editor THE HAM WHAT AM I AGE TWO Catered at the Postofflce, Grants Peaa, Ore., aa second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES nianWv ium. Mr Inch luC Local or persona) columa, per tine 10e! Reader, per line M DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year.. By mall or carrier, per month.. WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year. Ji.00 . .10 .U.JO ITUi CXTTKD PRESS LEASED WIRE SERVICE MEMBER State Editorial Association. Oregoa Dally Newspaper Pun. Aara. Audit Bureau ot Circulation. MONDAY, STAY 21, 1MT OREGON WEATHER '"- . " Partly cloudy tonight aad Tuesday; northwesterly winds. 4 FOOD SPECULATION . The , appointment of Herbert Hoover as "Food Administrator" is a splendid move. Would that it had coma a month agd. Ia speaking ot the present high prices of foodstuffs, Mr. Hoover says: "There is absolutely no occasion for food panic in this country, nor any ' Justification for outrageous prices. America's problem Is not one of famine." And he gives the figures to prove It We will have enough food for our normal consumption but, after deducting that, we shall have only about (0 per cent of what the allies 'need to enable them to put their fun military power into the battle line . By strenuous efforts in a food preparedness campaign we may be able to increase this percentage to about 75. In other words, we cannot fill the demands our allies will make and must have if they are to main tain the available fighting forces they have. Just to the extent that we fail to furnish the needed food. to that extent they will be compelled to withdraw men from military duty Into food producing work. Mr. Hoover's explanation of the recent soaring of prices is specula' tion and over charging. He has de manded authority for control of prices to reasonable profits, and di rection of the available supplies Into the channels where needed so that the legitimate demands of foreign nations shall not be pitted against each other to stimulate frenzied buy ing. There Is a shortage. Buyers know It and want to lay In a sup ply. With the farmers. getting $1.30 for wheat, there Is no reason why our allies' army supply should cost then over 3.00 The difference goes into the pockets of gamblers Am erican gamblers. Mr. Hoover has an opportunity to perform a wonderful service to the country and the cause for which It In fighting. Secretary McAdoo is touring the country urging subscriptions to the Liberty loan. The subscriptions should be made. It Is a patriotic duty. But we wish some of those In the seats of power at Washington would wake up to the fact that, If every nickel and dime spent for whiskey and beer In this country last year, could be collected In one fund, It would amount to almost ex actly the 12,000,000,000 which they are ao anxious to have the people subscribe. "The roads need attention. That's, a very modest statement, but there Is a great big lunoh behind it. Roads, lHRRCT FROM FACTORY BLUHILL CHEESE PIMENTO and GREEN CHILE TRY OLEOMARGARINE KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST real roads are the things Del Norte most needa right now. Cant we get together and have them? Many inquiries are coming in from peo ple who wish to locate here and transportation is the first thing con sidered by the farmer, miner and manufacturer. Without good roads, built by an experienced road- build er,, a community will stagnate and remain unattractive to outsiders. Crescent City Courier. By all means. Keep the good work going. Come half way and watch Josephine county meet you at the state line. HOUSEHOLD HINTS Mother is wearing a picture hat, And silken hose has she. 'I wonder where she got all that." Said I. "Ill ask and see." She garnered up some papers old. And when the musty things were sold. Mother had change and cash galore For hat and hose and a few things more. Father no longer walks to work; He rides in his auto new. Said I, "Some romance here must lurk: This man I'll Interview." He had tilled and planted the pansy bed . With a few choice spuds the old man said, And as a result he had gleaned the kale To buy at the recent auto sale. Johnny has bought a brand new gun, A fishing pole and hooks, His cap, I'm sure, la a pretty one; His suit how clean It looks; To the junk man Johnny had bar- tered away The ragged duds of yesterday. And rolling in wealth he bought new clothes And how much else John only knows.. Sister Is wearing a jeweled ring. Her petticoats all are silk; 8he's buying now full many a thing Of similar feminine ilk For sister was quirk to see her chance. Adopting those methods ot high fi nance; She slyly planted some onion sets, And now whatever she wants, she gets. Everett Earle Stanard. WEEK'S FORECAST S Washington, May 21. Pacific states: Occasional showers In Wash ington and Oregon; generally fair In California. Temperature near or slightly above normal. Rocky mountain and Plateau re glons: Occasional showers Tern- perature near normal. E. H. BOWIE, forecaster TO INESE San Francisco, May 21. A pro posal that the shortage of men needed to cultivate the fields and in crease enormously the production of food In the United States be filled by Importing Chinese worKers, whs telegraphed to the natlnuul council of defense at Washington today by the Chinese Six Companies, The organliatlon repudiates any Intention to ask for permanent resi dence for such workers, but sug gests their use here "for a limited period," to be returned to their homes "as the wish of your congress might dictate," The offer Is made hs a means of showing the gratitude of the Chinese people for the "generous and sympa thetic treatment" always accorded to China by America. FOR Chilblains Dam UutipM OkrtmMt at au aava arouse Tuwca lao Jane bo COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES The Control of the Crow Put seed corn in a tight vessel, moisten with warm water and stir in two table spoonfuls ot cold tar to each bushel ot seed. After draining the tarred corn thoroughly, add ashes, land plaster, road dust or any similar material to absorb the sur plus moisture and prevent the seed from being sticky. Spread the corn on the barn floor and let dry tor two or three days. The thinner the tar the better. Crows rarely pull more than a few kernels of tarred corn. Put one ounce of strychnine and two tablespoonsful of gloss starch In one and one-half pints ot water and heat to boiling, stirring thoroughly until a tbln free starch Is formed. Then pour this over 34 quarts of corn and stir until every grain Is thoroughly costed. After the corn Is dry It is ready to plant. Putting up scare crows, hanging dead crows, staking out live captive ones, stretching lines of twine on upright poles set three or four rods apart will tend to scare crows away. Crows are not altogether harmful and measures of preventing their de predations are better than those of extermination. C. D. THOMPSON, County Agent. SHELL EXPLOSION Washington, May 21. Am erica's first women victims of the war were two nurses killed by ex plosion of a shell during target prac tice Sunday aboard the armed mer chant ship Mongolia. The ship reach ed her port of departure today, hav ing put back with the bodies of (he two nurses. One other nurse was wounded. All were members of a medical unit organized In Chicago. The two women killed were Mrs. Edith Ayers and Miss Helen Burnett Woods, both of Chicago. In some InexpllcalMe manner a shell exploded and portions of the casing were flung Into a crowd of; nurses and doctors watching the j American gun crew at work. The! medical unit aboard the Mongolia , was under command of Major Fred ' A. Besley and included 65 nurses, 1- physicians and surgeons and 158 privates. The Mongolia had sailed from an American port late last week. The accident occurred about 2R0 miles off the coast. I STATES Ml'ST ORGANIZE WAR UNITS AH I'MNNRI Washington, May 21. Answering pleas from many states that the mill- tary heads be given permission to organlze more of certain natloniil guard units than prescribed, the war as other Britons at Queenstown office announced today this cannot be cheered the men themselves, done. Organization must follow lit-. British comment on the appolnt erally prescribed lines. Many states ment of Herbert C. .Hoover as food wanted to organize more cavalry administrator In America and out unlts than were allotted them under lines of what the United Htates plans the act of June S, 1916. WerMly fMM, "Now that my engagement to Edgar Is broken off I wonder If he will ask me to return the Jewels that he gave me." "If lie doesn't hhI; for them I'd send them lurk iil'iiinc, l'i.r in Unit case the.vav nut .cniii!ii." With the British Armies In France, May SI. Field Marshal yon Mtnden 'burg Is shunting his shattered and exhausted divisions on the west front to the northern and eastern battle lines, where they are being re-formed for a drive on Petrograd. In the meanwhile, fresh divisions, from the Russian front are being sent to France. - German prisoners revealed the purpose behlad such a plan as two fold. "We expect Hlndenburg to try to take Petrograd," said one today, "or at least, additional Russian terri tory. His purpose would be, nrst. to scare Ruasla Into a separate peace, and, second, to use his gains there as a lever against the allies." From prisoners and the results ot raids, Ilrltlsh headquarters estimat ed today a total or 20 German dlvl inn fihnut 400.000 men) have teen smashed since the stsrt of the offensive by the allies In the west. The week-by-week tally of the of fensive shows net gains every seven days by the British, and the situa tion todav waa favorable for con tinued success. Hlndentburg Is now working to out-maneuver the British, having failed by sheer weight of his coun ter-attacka to ston the advance Every German attack is being weigh ed by the British staff tor the possf- blltttea ot some bold Teuton trick of strategy which It may contain. In cessant trench raids by the British serve to check up continuously on the fresh reserves which the Teutons have put Into the line, and careful questioning of prisoners aids In the game of ferreting out the enemy's moves. H MS Of C0ONI1 MS Continued from Page 1) tween this city and the Jackson coun ty line. " (5) The Crescent City road has been kept up In good shape and can be made a fine lateral with little ex pense. This can be done either as a yost road, or with county and state help combined or my state alone, .nr. Nunn complimented the county court on the value received for money ex penrted on their road, work. Mr. Nunn spent yesterday, this forenoon snd afternoon going over the roads of this county with Judge Gillette and M. L. Opdycke. The i Judge informed the Courier that by next week he would have something Interesting to divulge respecting lo cal road conditions. PLAN TO GO SLOW London, May 21. England Is glsd to know America Is "making haste slowly." Popular understanding Is everywhere manifest today that the United States is doing' exactly hi. Premier Moyd-Oeorge in his house of commons speech suggested tak ing advantage of England's mistakes. I The British viewpoint toduy Is i quite a change from that held dur ing the first few weeks succeeding America s entry. Then there was apparently an undercurrent of dis appointment at delay In the United States. I But the news from America of the past few days has seemingly chsnged this view. Foremost, perhaps, was the effect of President Wilson's con scription proclamation and the co incident announcement of the Per shing expeditionary force, Of even more effect possibly has been the actual arrival In' England of an Am- erlcan army medical unit and of the ' American destroyer flotilla taking Its place on tbe fighting line at sea. A big audience in London crowded every performance of a special movie show yesterday, displaying films showing arrival of the American des- troyers and cheered tbe pictures Just to do ln fundamental lines of ! war preparation and administration Is extremely favorable. The mar shaling of resources In nil lines In the selection of General Goethuls as I "master shipbuilder" and scores of other Indications of systematize ion, ! all have served to bring about tbe change of view In England. 4 1 icook( WITH 11 Ml PEARL) y n VOIL J1 JAmmt ECONOMY An oil eook-stove la cheaper to buy than 'wood or coal stove and it s much chtsptr to operate. Meala n a jiffy, and a cool kitchen la summer. An the convenience of gas economical for all the vear "round cooking. Bakes, broils, roasts, toasts. Steady, evenly-distributed heat, the best for cooking. The long bias chimneys prevent all smoke and am ell la t, 1 1 mi 4 nwr (Int. wtth r wlihcot . AIm tklit ssiU. Ash raw SMkN- tasty. HEY PEJEaiON OILCOVE FOR 8AXE BY Grants Pass Hardware Rogue River Hardware Cramer Bros t FRENCH MAKE GAINS! Berlin, via London, May 21. I "On both sides of the Arraa-Cambral ' road on a front of twelve kilometers (more than nine miles) tuo English j attacked Sunday," official statement i said. "At those places between the Scarpa and Sonsee brook, where the! enemy succeeded In penotratlng our ; Una east of Crolsllles, he was driven back In a sharp counter-attack. Oft-1 repeated attacks between Fontaines and Bullecourt met with the snme' fate. "We maintained pur position ex-i cept at one completely demolished , trench which, was abandoned In ac cordance with our plans. "After bitter fighting, continuing through the night, the enemy obtain ed a foothold on Mount Cornlllnt. 8outhwest of Moronvllllers the ene my losses yesterday were heavy. Around Bray and Cernay and west to Hurtebbje farm, we captured ene my trenrhes snd maintained them despite attempts at re-conquost." GRAIN MARKET IS IX) W Kit AND F.ltltATIC Chicago, May 21. Restricted trail ing continued to exert Its Influence today and the grain market was er ratic and featureless. July opened seven cents under Saturday's close, but Ister recovered two cents to 12.25. A classified ad brings results. Graduation Books and Booklets T-r'c JLTClliatOJ 1915 3-speed Twin Indian and Sidecar Mclntyre's Garage 506 So. Co., Grants Pan, Ore. Co., Grants Pass, Ore. Grants Pass, Ore. II till THAIMMl WORK FOR OFFH'KIW OlNTINl Kl San Francisco, May Jl. Whllt the reserve uftVers' training rump students heKsn their second week's work today, the enlisted men's train Ing school, which opened April I J, completed Its first period. The roast artillerymen of this school were or dered to Fort Wlnfleld Scott, uun cnmiulssloned officers In the staff de partment were ordered, back to sta tions, and Infantrymen, cavalry and field artillery were held at the pre sidio for the nest period. (iKM ItAI. V.VIATION AT omCF.IW CAMP Snn Francisco, May 21. Thirteen hundred men have been shot at the presidio. Not before sunrise, but In the arm. The doctors did the shoot ing and today It Is estimated they are carrying around 1 5, 000, 000,000, floo.ono more or less -typhoid pro phylaxis germs, The germ cnrrlers are members of the reserve officers training camp. One rookie tainted when he got his shot In the arm! X).TltATS FOR FLEET OF Nl UMAItlNKS ; It ANTED WashlnKtnn, May 21. Contract! for the construction within a year of a Meet of '38 new submarines have been let to three corporations, It waa announced by Secretary Daniels to day. They are being constructed on the profit percentiles plan, the gov ernment paying the builder 10 per cent profit. A dandified ad will give results. Dwg and 3 Stationery Store 0 $175 6th St. t ) J 1 V i i