Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, December 28, 1917, DAILY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Text1A1LY ItOGlK 1UVEII ttRKIKH HllllAY, 1LX KMIlKIl UN, 10IT VAQB TWO i m Published Dally Except Saturday k. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. BENJ. C. SHELDON, Editor Enured at the Postofflce, Grants Pau. Ore., a second data mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch....- 15c Local or personal column, per line 10c Readers, per line.... .. Sc DAILT COURIER By mall or carrier, per year.... (.00 By mall or carrier, per month., .ou WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year ........1.50 MEMBER State Editorial Association Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Assn Northwest Patrlotio Press Assn MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the ute (or republication ot all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication ot spe cial dispatches herein are alio reserved. FRITUr, PKCEMBER SH, 1917 OREGON WEATHER Rain with moderate south- f easterly gales. THE WHEATLESS-MEATLESS DAY What is Intended by the meatless and wheat.ess -lav, rt.leC (or by tbs regulations ot tio United Stutes food administration, Is clalrly -stated be low: Meatless Day No beef, pork or mutton to be served In any form. This Includes sausage, hash, ham burger, steak, sweet breads, tripe. liver, brains, kidney, pigs feet meat soups, etc. Substitutes which may be used In clude, game, poultry, flsb, eggs and tea foods. Also cheese In combina tion with macaroni, spaghetti, rice, hominy, etc. Wheatless Day No wheat pro ducts to be served in any form. This Includes bread containing any wheat flour, whether white or graham; wheat cereals; white and graham crackers, macaroni; spa ghetti; cakes; pies and pastry con tain in g wheat; sauces containing flour or bread crumbs. Substitutes which may be used In clude breads, pastry and pies made from combination of corn meal, bar ley flour, rye flour, oatmeal flour and rice flour. Popcorn has .been found to be a satisfactory substitute for some kinds of crackers. Do not use wheat on Wednesday on the theory that it will not keep over until the next day. It can be used for' toast and other purposes, and must 1n no Instance be served on Wednesday. 1 TO FRONT (Continued from page 1.) one for every two men ot the de parting detachment. Is it not a scandal that our children in field gray should be led to war to fight and shed their blood in the same way as criminals are led to the ex ecutloner or, still worse, like cattle to the slaughterhouse? It was not sufficient that for hours beforehand In fact from the moment of the announcement of the departure of the detachment even soldiers who did not belong to It were prevented from going Into the town by sentl- g posted every five yards. No It was considered necessary to sub mit the men to the shame of march ing to the depot under guard. "Do not the magnificent menda cious articles In our papers repre sent In a false light our brave boys In field-gray going to fight and des I Saturday 3 Pounds Handy Cut KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY giAUTv mwr fatherland, while such things as these are happening? Verily It la a voluntary sacrifice!" SPOKANE COUNTY MIS TO GET CAPTAINS' PAY Spokane, Dec. IS. Members of the 8poksne County Medical society who have been ordered Into active service with the United States armed forces will receive st least $300 a month, the pay ot an army captain, under arrangements completed by the society recently. The society will make up the difference between the government pay received, the salary of a captain. In addition, each member will be protected by a $10,000 life Insur ance policy, to be paid for by the society. About 122 members of the society already are In the national service. From an emergency fund, families of members who tsil to re ceive pay from the government when It Is doe, will be advanced money pending receipt of the government remittance. Simplicity of Jsnny LincL Jenny Mini must have bet-n the most Slmnle. ttiinrfitendinir nrlnia riimm h ever lived. When she first visited Eng land sue was bound to slug only at the Boyal Italian Opera House, and when commanded to slug at the queen's con cert she Was obliged la ntfmu, Vr sorry to be compelled to notify this. soe oruereu uer carriage sua drove straight to Bucklncbsm nnlace. flha banded ber card to an official, who, not unnaturally, declined to take It A higher authority bapened to pass and took It upon himself to present It As soon aa her mnlnl mv It ah aaM "Admit ber by alt means.' Jenny LInd eppearedand said simply thst she wss so very sorry to be unable to sing st ber majesty's concert Mint sue thought It better to call herself anil xnlaln Tbe queen was charmed with her nat- mi manner, gave ner a corn la 1 recep tion and promised to be ber friend. Jackals and Crocodile Eggs. Jackals and hyenas are very fond of crocodile eggs. The former Is the more successful poacher of the two. Na tives of centra Africa say that tbe Jackal has sixteen eyes, with one of which he watcbes the eggs and with the Dfteen others be looks out for the crocodile. Tbe byena. on the other hand, being very greedy, has all bis eyes on tbe eggs and so often falls a victim to the watchful crocodile In mo tionless biding. Tbe natives say, too, that the crocodile sometimes knocks Its prey off the bank or off tbe canoe wltb its tall and then seizes It with Its wide open Jaws. The Earth and Man Compared. . If It were possible for a man to con struct a globe 800 feet In height-much less than twice the height of tbe Washington monnment and to place upon any portion of Its surface an atom one four thousand three hundred and eightieth of an Inch In diameter and one one hundred and twentieth of an Inch In height. It would correctly denote tbe proportions man bears to the gigantic globe upon wblcb he stands. Laiy Larks. Investigation bas ruined the lark's reputation for enrly rising. That much celebrated bird Is quite a sluggard, as it does uot rise till lone after -lmf-finclios. linnets uixl a number of hedj-e-roiv l!rrts have hren Hi, anil n'lout f.w some time. Pa's Weakness. Little Nell You've got a goal tiupn. Wiilie. Willie Pu ain't so bail, Imt I wish he wasn't so much In love with maimna. Why, lie iieileves everything she Kays alioiit me. Got Monotonouo. "Why don't you cnll your hotel the Breakers any more?" "Aw, everybody had to crnck nn at lepeJ Joke as lie paid his bill.,-Lotil vllle Courier-Journal. Being alone when one's belief Ik fii n Is not being alone Aoerbacb. Special Macaroni 25jfJ FRUITDALE Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roper took dinner and spent the afternoon and evening with the J. S. Una re family, lost Sunday. Mrs. Byington and 14-year old daughter arrived from Battle Creek, Mich., Saturday evening to . make their home here. They had a very pleasant trfp over the Union Pacific via Ogdon and Sacramento, but they find It very difficult to realise that It Is still December with this sum mer weather. Mr. Byington came last fall to harvest his crop of tokay grapes. " It. 11. Wardrip returned Tuesday from a three days' visit with his psrents at Myrtle Creek. The Christmas entertainment wss held In the grange hall Saturday evening, Croat credit la due Miss Hsll snd her school who gave the entire program, with the exception of two Scotch songs, by Frultdale's entertaining singer, Mr. Nellson. We have some fine talent in our school and It gave evidence of great care and training, especially In the song composed for Frultdale by Miss Hall. After the program a real live Santa with white whiskers and sleigh bells distributed treats to the children. Rev. Adams will hold services st the grange hall the first Sunday ot each month. Dr. Creal, A. 8. Carpenter and wife, and Fred Carpenter and wife,, and daughter, Lavlda, spent Christ mas with the O. A. Hamilton family. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Bates went to Med ford to spend Christmas with Mrs. Bates' brother, George B. Franks, and family. Mr. Bates re turned on Thursday. Mrs. Bates will stay for a two weeks' visit. Strang Adoptions by Cats. The cuses In which cut- nud dogs have formed close friendly relations are, of course, too numerous to men tion. It really seems us If there were no uniiiiul friendship so tuning mid lusting us that between cuts uuil dogs when once It Is formed. It Is well known that mother cats when deprived of their new-born progeny will adopt puppies, rabbits, monkeys or ulinost any other tender young creature that may be hnnily. But there litis recently come to light n case for lilch there is no such apparent explanation. A cat and a female fox terrier, which hud brought Into the world their prog eny at about the same time, delib erately swapped their young, the rut taking the puppies to rear and the dog the kittens. The exchange was sat isfactory, and both litters were brought In good health to the wean able stage. Nobody knows what led to such iilnioriiial conduct. The Very Best of Meats All the year round WILL BE FOIXI) AT CityfMarket UV. a HTIIKKT PHOXK .VJ QUESTIONNAIRES SENT NUMBERS 302 TO 332 Questionnaires were mailed Fri day, December 3S, 1917, to the fol lowing registrant, Order Number 202 to 222, both Inclusive: Oscar Theodore rowers. Ernest Koss Moore. Alfred John Hiiggarth. Geo. William Collard. Roderick Allen McCallsy. John Alexander Fetterly. Olen llervey. Frank Baldwin. Luther Melvln Wyatt. George Douglas Gates. Tom Hughey Floyd. . Roy Ie llervey. Samuel Letteken. Wray Kaake Murphy, Robert Foots Harrla. Harvey Clair Bparlln, ' Arnold Iwevl Toting. Henry Sidney Carter. Harold Troxelt Vedder. William Edwin Machln. Ray Wellington Buell. Sidney Franklin Craft. Charles Peter Johnson. Elmer William Spaldlu. Irving Earnest Kestersou. Amos Frauklln Williams. Ross Crow, Frank Leslie Tale. Henry William Schmlts. Milton Edward Reynolds. Chus. Marvin Randall. Registrants are requested to an swer question 2 In series 1, psge 4 of the questionnaire, by stating not only the Industry In which they are engeg'ed, but also the position or Job they hold In such Industry. The provost marshal general emphaaUe the necessity of a specific answer to this question. tl NOW A FORAGE CROP Spokane, Dec. 28. "Jim Hill" mustard, so called from Its preva lence along the railroad right-of-way built across the northwest by the late railroad magnate, has been found to be a valuable forage crop, accord I fig to Y. C. Mansfield of En dloott, tWash., a stock grower. "We lost thousanda of dollars fighting 'Jim Hill mustard,' " said Mansfield. ' "Then about six years ago, we commenced experimenting with It as a forage plant. Last year we sold $3,000 worth of sheep that had been raised on these weeds, and all It cost us was the mowing." LACK OF PRAISE FOR POETS Complaint Is RegUtcitd That Insuffi cient Honor Is Occtowed Upon Living English Writers. In an article In the Bookman on twentieth century Fngllxh poetry, pfof, William Lyon Phelps quotes William wiitson as complaining of the Insuffi cient praise bestowed upon living po ets iirnl an snyli.g that with one ex ception, meaning Kipling, there Is not a single English pou( the wiles of whose poems would 4iot have been thought ronletnptllile by Seott nnd By ron. "With Hint one brill hint excep tion." soys Wnlson. "Kng'tind's living lingers succeed In reaching only n pitifully small ntidlcnce." - In com menting on this pnssnge. Professor Phelps nayni "We ought to rcir.cnihr thnt Scott nnd Byron were colossal ilgures, so big that no eye coiilf! hiIkm IIiciii. find thnt the reason v.liy Kipling has enjoyed lOiliMli'titliil reward Ix not because of tils polfticnl vlmvs, nor because of tils glorification of (he British empire, hut s'l-tv dec-'!' " Ms Htcrnry genius, lie in n brilliant nml salient exception to the common run of poets, not mere ly In royalties, but In crcntlve power. Furthermore, hortly nfter this lec ture wns delivered Alfred Noyes nnd then John Mansfield passed from city to city In America In n veritable march of triumph. Mr. (lltmon and Mr. DeLnMnre received homage every where; 'Riley day Is now a legal holi day In Indiana? Rupert Brooke has been canonized." Cards at the Courier office. FORD 30x3 Smooth $8.85 30x3Vi " 11.20 Sent Postpaid on Receipt oT Price Keystone Tire & Auto Co. I ' l ' ' Racine Tires 5000 Miles Guarantee C. L. HOBART GO. Files and Filing Equipment SPEOIAL-Monroe File 45c. 3 for $1.25 nomarau'c . Drug and MASONIC TEMI'LK, Git A NTH PAHS t'S-J Wei. "'.'our fr... l.i setid hl rpoiiey frecl;-." "I don't lilaine Mm. lie got It by bard work." "A self made man, thT' "Well, no. He married a stingy wo man wltb lot of money and coaxed It away from ber." Birmingham Age Herald. . A Diitinction. ' "I'm glad to see that you have Rons Into partnership with r'tnlidiih A good move." . "Why, have heard you Niwak of blm it a thorough i oundicl." "Politically, yes ( oiciiiercliilly he's all r'ght "-Louisville yairler-.lournl. Subconscious Wishf. When a girl dreams It Is that she is being niai'i led lii n chiisvli crowded with former suitors ulio u:e crying so loud Hint (lie strains uf the Meiltllng uianu cannot be heard.-Cupper's Weekly. Merely a Hint Kitty Hurry says he loves me for myself alont. itei llm-l suppose that's bis vny of saying your mother must be kept out of the family. -Exchange. You Can't Bat Thtm. He Before I wss married I thought women were angels She-Well, finish It now you know they are. None are less eager to learn ttuu they who luiow'iiolliliig.-Kiiarit c TIRES Suction Grip $9.25 " " 11.70 "Hand-work" makes me. "Head-work" buys me. M. A. CUNST BRANCH aaiSAt, eiAa co., IMC. 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