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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
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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
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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(
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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
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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
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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.
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