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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1917)
rAflaMX , DAILr ROOH tUVH COtBICT IWPAV. ItMICMHKH I. HIT. I ' 1 . .(Zbristnias (5ift$.. 1 I i I! iiniirn m iim i itini Not the kind usually giveu, but the kiud you . will want to pive this year, useful tfifts that you can en joy all the year round. COMMUNITY TABLE SILVERWARE ROGERS BROS. 1847 SILVERWARE UNIVERSAL ALUMINUM PERCOLATORS STAG HANDLE CARVING SETS THERMOS BOTTLES LISK ROASTERS, BREAD MAKERS ELECTRIC TOASTERS, ELECRIC IRONS . and many others Take a look iu our corner window and have your choice set aside CRAMER BROS. Odd Fellows Block ROADS BEHIND FIB LINES ARE FILLED . HIH MOTLEY ARRAY OF TRUCKS AND LOADS 'Behind British Lines In France. Nov. 21. (Correspondence or the Associated Preea) There U broad road which runs like a spinal column cross the north of France, which the British private has nicknamed the "Road to Victory." His fond ness for this road is perhaps due to the fact that It Is broader, better paved, and more direct than most other roads, being one of those high ways which Napoleon laid oat many generations ago. Orer this "Road to Victory" there moves a never-ending procession of transport of the most varied char acter. Standing at a cross-roads. one sees first a group of four wag-, ons; their is a pleasant load, for( they carry rations. clean, whole-; some yellow cheeses, sides of prime bacon, fresh white bread in sacks,, chests of tea. sugar, tinned batter and bully-beef, sacks of potatoes and t onions, sides of frozen beef and miit-; ton. Behind the ration carts follow a tring of 20 motor-lorries laden with lumber of various kinds. Each lor- ry In thiB group carries IU name proudly on its side, the names all taken from Dickens' characters, Betsy Prig. Martin Chualewlt, M le an aber. Oliver Twist. Mr. Bumble. Sairey Gamp and others. Some are carrying "dtickboards," which are little sections of skeleton sidewalk for foot traffic over the mud. Others are laden with "turkey trots." little wood bridges for shell-holes. Still others have long bundles of brush wood "fascines" for filling in hoi low places in roads. Yet others have lengths or beech planking for cordu roy roads. Next in line behind the lorries Is a battery of field guns painted In a strange motley of greens, browns and yellows. The horses are In the pink of ' condition, their coats agleam, their drivers tanned hrlck red by exposure. After the guns come long strings of pack mules wearing brown canvas "carriers," from the pockets of which peep the gleaming cases of 18-pounder shells, or the squat yel low bodies of field howitzer ammu nitlon. The mule Is certainly doing his bit In this war. Plodding and patient, he works his ten or. twelve hours a day back and forth between dump and gun position, mostly un der shell fire, always through roads muddy and wet and shell-torn. All In th Day's Work. A IMttsfleld woi;:au nrose at 5 o'clock, trimmed uue hat and finished a die for her daughter, canned fifteen quarts of preserves, baked bread, did the washing, enameled a bedstead, cleaned the parlor ami repotted half a dozen plant, wrote two letters, prepared three nieals und put up one dinner, (leaned the cellar and took care of the furnace, answered tin telephone, gave store orders, rakeii the hack law n and then went tip street to see a shnw. iaiin ihiII.h News. Don't put on too many airs as you float down life's stream. ' Tour little boat may capsize. A habit mar be rood or bad accord log to whether you rule It or It rules you. Chicago News. Potatoes do not stain the hands if peeled when quite dry and not thrown Into water till afterward. There are over 500 muscles in the body, all of which should be exercised dally to keep you in the best condl tlon. 25 CENTS bypuyuQ 0 DO T7T rww INTHE-FIVE-POUND'SIZE the most, economical coffee you BACKED BYA-GUAPANTEE THAT-ttEANS SOMETHING 1 The Hague, Netherlands, Nov. 20. (Correspondence) Seven to eight thousand British prlaonera-of-war from Germany shortly are to take up their quarters at The Hague and In the neighborhood, constituting fresh strain on the sorely-tiled hous ing accommodation of the city and its environs. A like number of Ger man prisoners from. Ureal Britain are to be quartered In other parts of the country, and preparations are loot to provide for them. Both Great Britain and Germany have aent over representatives to cooperate with the Netherlands au thorities In the matter. Special hos pital accommodations are being provided for the numerous Invalids. as only a limited number of rases can be placed In existing civil and military hospitals. The British and Netherlands Red Crosa societies are Joining efforts In this task. To accustom the Herman prison ers to regular employment and give them a certain amount of confidence In the future, workshops are to be erected In the Wcdfhexen camp. Raw materials are to he brought from Germany, here the finished work will be in due course exported In order to avoid competition with Netherlands workmen. According to present plans, some of the men will be nnt to work on the land. while students will be given faclll ties to continue their studies Netherlands universities. at ti HANTS I'ASH WKATHKIt Following is a nummary og the weather observation at Grants Pass for the month of November, 1 I Date; Max. Mln. Range ;lre. ll 64 f2S i 36 " T i 53 , 27 i 28 tr. 3 3s 47 i II .l 4 57 j 37 -u l,r; 5 I 53 , 47 , j .4! 6 53 39 18 7 51 j 33 19."' 8 ' 51 I 33 IS 9 i 50 3S , 12 . 10 63 , 3H 27.' .0.. 11 I 56 37 i 19 , .4a 12 ; 51 42 j 12 .27 13 54 35 I I I 14 I 5t -3 , 17 13 I 47 i 31 ! 18 ! .02 lfi 43 i 37 8 , , 17 41 ! 33 6J .02 15 41 31 7 .02 19 1 39 1 32 ' 7 i' I .02 20 I 62 ! 31 j 21 , 21 i 52 32 i 20 . 22 1 43 I 30 12 .01 23 i 46 31 15 24 ' 52 ! 37 ! 18 23 i 52 I 43 9 26 I 52 ! 3o 17 27 I 51 ! 34 17 ! .83 2$ 52 30 it l.K 29 61 47 14 2.93 30 51 45 6 Summary: Mean temperature, 44 degrees: maximum temperature, 64 degrees, date, 1. Mlniumu tem- uerature. 27 degrees, date 2. Total nreclnltatlon. 6.88 Inches. No. days clear, 6: partly cloudy, 10: cloudy 14. Prevailing wind, Southwest. JNO. B. PADDOCK. Cooperative Observer. TELLS ABOUT MERINO SHEEP Writer Accounts for Thick Folds In Fleece, Not to Be Found in Other Popular Breeds. Tnt about every so often I get to feeling sheepish, in It were, jind have to write something to show my fum'l Inrlty wlili iIiomo iinIiiiiiK says Strli'!; Inii'l Clllilun In r'nn.i Life. Tlie oilier ilny I saw my wife coo': Inc u leg of Intiili. Now and then sh" would open the door of the wen nnd flip some water over the mi nt. Thus I learned how. when we start to roiwt somebody, we may be said to be giving him n lamb-basting. You have often beard of sheepfolds, haven't you? Well, If yon wimt to see a sheepfold look at any merino sheep. which accounts for the way V . folds show on them. When merino sheep wor.- miule, hide was cheaper than mutton :iinl wool whs a drug on the market. So n wee hit of sheep whs wrapped In Severn! sheepskins, necessitating a lot of over laps. It seems eusler to slilr u sheep. than to shear one. There Is nil old rhyme which speaks of the "folded nock." Those must have been merinos. It Is some nifty stunt to de-wool a merino and lenve on more of the hide tlinn of Hie wool. It Ik the only Hrwillon plaited sheep In the solar system. If merinos had been washed It. reeu persimmon Juice all their lives they wuliln't have been pilckereiler. Evidently' t jammas didn't use (that kind of) s" - The Hoiilhdow i Ixforddnwn. Hhrop shire-down, etc., are sheep with clean dresses and dirty hands nnd faces. The only sheep that wear hustles are the fut riunped sheep now being raised at the statu college at Bronk Ihl's. S. I). They curry n trailer, something like a locomotive, only there Isn't n tender behind, except for eating DEAR FOLKS : I am going to make my headquarters at Vhe New Racket Store They have a wonderful assortment of 5c, 10c, 15c, 20c and 25c TOYS. I belong to the Red Cross-do you ? SANTA CLAUS ' i ... - r, . .if J y V p Jr- id; ' .VHih M - j'v ' -f ' ' y I v ' ' " v?sv; , ' ' ' I x ,' " I L ' " ', ' y v , f , ' , ' 1 ' ' - i , ' , y j i I " ' , , j ' 1 , . ' . 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