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rillUAY, Hlltl Altl H, IVIN. r AGR TWO DAILY ROGVS RIVER OOIRIKR E RiVER Published Dally Except Saturday A. E. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Entered at thPotofflce,OrnU Pa, Or., at Moood claaa mail matter. ADVERTISING RATES DUplay apace, per Inch..... lot ' Local or personal column, per Una 10c Reader, par lin.... 6c DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, par year.... 14.00 By mall or carrier, per month.. .60 a MEMBER State Editorial Aaaodation Oregon Dally Newipaper Pub. Aaan. Northwest Patriotic Preaa Aaan. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Aeaoclated Preaa la exelualrely entitled to the u e tor republication of all newa dispatch credited to It or not otherwise credited In thl paper and alto the 1 cal newt pub llihed herein. All right of republication ot pe dal dispatches herein are alto reeemd. FKIIMY, FKBRl'ARY H, 1918, OREGON WEATHER f Fair east portion; rain west f portion; warmer tonight aouth- -f weat portion; moderate aouth- easterly winds in the interior; 4 moderate gales along coast. 4 THE XATIO.VAL WAR SAVINGS CAMPAIGN Our country Is at war. This means that we, the Individual units comprising the government' have a definite responsibility in co-operating and hastening the victorious ending ot this struggle. Our great army Is being formed to make soldiers, ships, ammunition, bread and clothing. Many are giv ing their lives. All must' give some thing.' ' It costs money to wage war. Just as we individually must pay onr gro cery bills through our earnings, so must the government now pay for the services of men, articles of mer chandise and all war material from the earnings and savings of it citi zens To be thrifty Is your gain as well as the gain of the government. Be fore buying any article or spending money on any occasion, until the end of the war, ask yourself the ques tion, "Is It necessary for my health and efficiency?" This Is thrift. Many a dollar can be saved. By thla pa triotic act you help your govern ment and yourself. By loaning the dollar saved to the government you do two worthy acta. Form the habit of thrift and aid the government In Its great need. The 'war savings stamps offer you this opportunity, and pay you four per cent Interest, compounded every three months. A safe, simple and profitable Investment for every man, woman and child In the United States. Thrift stamps are 25 cents each Secure four dollars worth, go to your banker, post office or any Bell Ing agency and add thirteen cents and secure a war savings stamp to be paid In Ave years. 8tart one for the haby today. Get a thrift card and carry In your pocket, see how goon It fills up. Talk to the hanker, postmaster, any bus iness man ahoiit war savings and get Into the most fascinating and pro fitable as well as patriotic game of the twentieth century. Help win the war. POULTRY CLUBS FOR . Bozeman, Mont., Feb. 8. To help Increase the- country's supply of meat, boys' and girls' poultry clubs will be organized lu rvery crjety.of m ' l - - 111 Time Savers KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QIALITY the state next spring under the U I-' rectlon of the state college here. Especial emphasis will be laid on the Importance ot back yard flocks, it It announced, with the expectation ot effecting a large Increase In egK and poultry meat and a correspond ing conservation In other foods. (Continued from Page 1) j partment. A few minutes later George Creel, head of the bureau of ! public Information, reached hie of-1 flee and the announcement was made to the newspapers that the first loaded transport had been sunk I In the Atlantic The early news was' most alarming, as it placed the num-! ber of missing at more than 1.000. j It caused a chill of horror every- i where. Soldier are expected to be killed In action, but to be drowned J like rats In a trap In a sinking trans-! port Is a much sadder fate. A short time later, however, the news wasj received that other survivors . had , been landed at another Irish port, and this buoyed up the hope that the lost of life would be compare-, tively small. i President Wilson was In the thea- tre when the newt of the disaster! reached Washington. It was re- , marked as significant that at the' very moment the announcement was made at the bureau of public Infor mation the president was looking at movie films showing scenes of Am erican soldiers in France. No word of the tragedy was allowed to reach the president, although before he left It was likely that his party was the only one that had not received at least an Inkling of the end news. The secret service guard saw to it that no one was allowed to approach the president and It was not until the return to the White House that he learned of the loss of the Tus canta. As the president passed through the crowd en route to his waiting automobile, he was cheered with a patriotic fervor that seemed even to amaze him. The waiting men and women were cheering their tribute to the brave men who had lost their lives In the wintry waters of the At lantis ocean. There was another demonstration of a similar sort In the national press club, where Major Frederick Pal mer, chief censor for General Per shing and now in this country ex plaining the manner in which the I'nlted States have entered the war, was speaking. Palmer was handed a slip of paper with the story of the disaster as he ended his talk. He read It and then said: "Gentlemen this Is bad news; very bad news." ' He then read the war department's first announcement. "Pnl " Via roenmatt with taahlna I eyes, "there is a regular American army in France tonight. The deaths of these boys of ours will be aveng ed a hundred times over." These two Incidents accurately de scribe how the national capital re ceived the dread word. Nowhere was there a sign of weakening. Sor row there was; intense sorrow for the boys who had lost their lives and who go on the roll of the na tion's heroes. But 'there was no where any Indication that anyone was terrorized by this demonstration of German power. Instead teeth ; were clinched, eyes were bright .and, determined anil the shoulders even of civilians who are too old for war service were squared. If Germany has entertained the belief that by striking this blow she will stamp' out the war spirit In America, she has utterly failed, If the nation acts as Washington Is acting today. The Washington pop ulace today Is representative of the entire country, numbering as It does! In Its cosmopolitan ranks people i from every section attracted by the! work and doing their bit. j It was in order to allay the ap- FIRST MEAT PRICES Are Up in the Air So are price i-n everything rlxe. . At the sum time It mill pay you to roniMire our price with thoae of other. And there la Iota ot MtUf ac tion In getting the quid It y kind together with proper bundling, and rut to your liking. Lott of people know thl. If Yf don't, try !t. TEMPLE MARKET We have an excellent utiM'k of Milt and sinokeri meat, pure liiitl anil sulmtitntm. Phone 134 prehension of the entire country that the war department early made pub lic Identity of the units that were on board the Tuscania. IPwaa a mili tary secret, of course, and in making It public the I'nlted States govern ment kept Its word that it would deal frankly with the people regard ing disasters. Other countries hnve kept all such Information from thiilr public, but Secretary of War Maker' and his advisors decided that to fol low this example would Inflict un-t necessary misery on many who knew their loved ones had been ordered overseas. Fort Bliss, Tex., Feb. 8 American soldiers will soon be swimming out here, on the edge of the desert, as freely as If they were camped on the seashore. The big post swim ming pool, which Is being erected by the El Paso war service board for the use of the soldiers of the fort and surrounding camps, will be com pleted at the end of this month. The pool will Include a bath house, a large plunge and showers. The building will be in keeping with the bungalow style and architecture which prevails at the fort. An or namental lattice work will enclose the pool and if will be covered with vines and flowers this summer. The water will be heated and the men will have the privilege of using the swlnrr'ng pool without charge. JJ. Sacramento, Feb. 8. Indictments were today returned by the United States grand Jury charging 56 per sons with conspiring with William D. Haywood, secretary of the Indus trial Workers of the World, and others to hinder the execution of laws In the war with Germany. Forty six are held herethe o'J:er3 being In the vldrity of Franc'.:;). The Junior high school of" this! city was organised a u auxiliary In the Josephine Chapter American Red Cross at I o'clock today by Itev. Melville T. Wire, The enthusiasm that followed the organisation shows that the scholar are alive to the work of the Junior Red Cross. The officers eleoted were: Chair man, Mis Jeannette Cramer; secre tary and deputy treiMirei, MM Green, The charter was presented by Itev. Wire, after which the official Junior Red Cms button were distributed. The singing of the "Star Spangled Manner" at the opening of the ser vice and "Joan of Arc" and "Over There," by the pupil waa excep tionally fine. Mr. I). II. Reynolds, supervisor of the Junior Red Cross work In this building, gave a line report of the work finished and to be on exhibition at llelmer's store Saturday. Word ha been received by Mr. W. W. Canhy, chairman of the Junior Red Cross work In the county, that the scholar at Hugo had all signed the Junior Red Cross and the school Is now ready for organisation under the able guidance of Mlsa Mary Onkea and Mlsa Bertha McCalllster a teacher and by whom the work has been accomplished. , UOUS SCHEMES Kl 1'aso. Tex., Feb. K. Many In genious' schemes are devised for get ting contraband articles across the Mexican border and despite the vlul lance of the war trade board aud customs officials often succeed. Men in the employ of the smuggler will conceal themselves tie hind the bullet-proof abode houses on the Mexi can tide and fire shots across the border Into the Cnlted States. This is Intended to attract the border pa trols to that particular point to in vestigate the cause of the shooting. The smugglers will then rush thefr contraband articles across the border nt other points distant from li scene of the firing. Another plan is to have a chain of small Mexican grocery stores estab lished In the Mexican quarter near the border. Contraband goods are sent from wholesale houses to these grocery stores apparently In the course of legitimate business. Hut the small stores In reality are only blinds for the smugglers who slip out of the back doors of these stores and wade the river with the sack of sugar, flour or lard on their backs. To stop this practice licenses of several wholesale houses were re voked here recently. Women and children are also employed In smug gling. KOHRMHG IIRAKKMAX lIMPM OEAD AT HOARDING PMfK Roseburg. Feb. 8. B. C. Smith, a former S. P. brakeman, and resident of this city for the past year drop ped dead at the boarding house of Mrs! Bertha Drol linger, on South Pine street, last night at about 8 o'clock. ' Drs. E. B. Stewart and E. V. Hoover, who were immediately summoned, gave it as their opinion that death was caused hy heart fail ure. . The body was later taken to the undertaking establishment of Mr. and Mrs. M. E. Rltter and pre pared for burial. FLORIDA SPONGES FOR RED CROSS FUND Tarpon Springs, Fla., Feb. k The Greek-American sponge fishermen here have made one or the most uni que gifts that the American Red Cross has yet received. Each fish ing captain as his boat unloaded, contributed a bunch of sponges to tho lot being gathered for the Red Cross. Today the sponges were sold for $808 at public Ruction on the sponge exchange, the only public sponge market In the Cnlted States. The money was sent to the Red Cross. CHICHESTER S PILLS W. THK III A MONO RBAND.f J1 niAMiisn iiiianii iMi i ,L 1 mm PI SOIOEYDRICG'STSRTBVHIHEPE FIRST WHITE DOT eBHSBBMBaH Youth Accompanied Columbus' Expedition in 1492. - OetalUd at Hlm While Superiors Slept, YeunotWr Wss Blamed for Wreck of Santa Mtrla. Many phase of the life of Coltir but offer mysteries tlmt the hlstorl- au have never hern bl to clear awty, and one student of the life ot . . ..I...... I. d M,,ma aeroMfl in greet viio'i-r an Incidental mystery tlmt ha au ap pealing Interest. It relute to boy who accompanied, the expedition ot HM the only lwy aiming It mem bers, and consequently the Drat whit, boy to set foot In America. The contemporary account of lh' first expedition of Columbus mention the boy In question only once and that briefly. They Indicate that h we the only boy In the expedition and they pise on hit young shoul der the blame for the great rain trophe thul befell when the Hunt Maria wss wrecked on th coast ot Ilaytl. To be sure the story of lh wreck shows that the boy was lest to blame than hi elder, hut It wst easy enough to iiink hltn the scape goat. It wst the night before Christ mas, 1402, ten week after the dis covery of the Innd, and Columbu wt pushing hi search for gold among th Wett Indie. The flagship, the Santa Maria, was skirting the roast of Ilay tl, and late at night, a th wind was light and th ship barely moving, Col umbu went to his cabin for rent. He passed the helm over to the rnptiiln. He, I'm. si hiii felt the need of sleep snil went below. Ills sui-roxor at the tiller wns n snllor mid he shortly fol lowed the example of the adinlrul and the liinler. lb-fore he went he awak ened the did In qiieNtlon and told him to mind the helm. The boy did not go to sleep, lie was dmibtleM a live bid and he felt the Importance of being trusted to steer the ship. Hut he was In strange water and the currents were trench erous near Hint roust, says an ex change. The ship struck a reef. The adinlrul and crew niMicd on ib-rk in terror. Of rourse they blamed the boy. That wn the way of the world before 1-Ki'J and the fnxhlon bus never changed. That wns the end of the Siititn Miirlu. The crew reached the shore Id safety and mode h fort from the timber of the wreck. In Hint fort, which they rnlltil l a Nnvldnd In honor of the diiy, ii limit forty of the crew remained while their cniiipimlnii" went Inline to Spnlu nn the I'lnlu it ml the Mini. One hixlnrliiii meiillotis n triiilltion tlmt the boy remained with this number, but It Is only a Irmlltlnn. The fine of the forty Is a mystery, for when the second expedition of Colum bus reached that Isliind n yenr Inter there were only a few charred timbers ii ml bones to be found. lYrhupt the boy perished there. Ills name has not even come down to us, but the brief glimpse that we hnve of him la a fas cinating one. There la something lo stimulate the Imagination in that fleeting picture of the boy who stuck to his post while hi superior slept. am mom hiioi:t(.i; THREATENS U K ritol' Washington, Feb. H.-r- Possibilities of a serious nmmonla shortage and a eonseiiunnt curtailment of artificial Ice manufacture next summer were suggested hy the food administration tonight In reply to reports that pro duction Is ample. GKIl.MAX ATTACKS NBAR VFKIH X ARK ItKPl IJiF.II London, Feb. 8. The German forces against the French lines at Verdun and along the Alsace border are growing stronger, but have been repulsed thus far. Food Will Win the War Eat more Corn Meal and drink GOLDEN WEST COFFEE J. PARDEE Phone Car Bargains CHEVROLET NEARLY NEW NEW TIRIOH 1,V)0 LITTIjB GIANT, 1H TOW TRUCK, GOOD CONDITION . fiioo FOItllIOIfl, 001) TIRES f25(, C. L. HOBART CO. c Why Not SAVE On YOUR Groceries ? M. J. II. tViffixs I lb. can Ufa F.riwanU Ih-pniiUM toffee, I tli, ran .lac llaket Klml Tea, per lb ttfto Upton' Tea, Ik ran too Ground I iHMiilate, f Mi. 20e forms, per h n JMto Pop Corn March, a-r lb lOe Peanut lUiller, It lb. for -.... Me mU tracker, cr lb, ,. Me IMtlle! Menu fie anil lOe Kolletl OnU, U Hi. sack 7S Corn Meal, M lb. am k TO Good prunes, per lb Ihleri I'eai-lira, r lb !...IOe Gulden Nyrnp In talk, ft lb, for ,...4A Corn Mnk re, II pkg 8Se Nun lnll IImUIii. 8 pkg VOr Fulger Ilk. Powder, I lh. ran ....40c k. C. Ilk. Powder, .Vk- l rtv (.Inner Hni, prr h I Ac Mntiiir, per box V - 5c White I tore Naphtha Koap Ac , Large Itory Hawp IOC f rente Oil TolM Hoap, A for BA lrge (Urn Vah INmder ( BAe 'old IMiliii (ii-anarr c i I ' WHY PAY MOKK? BASKET GROCERY CO. Swtat Odort Always Popular. From the very earliest t get man baa loved sweet odors. In the Bible we mid of the burning of Incense on the nltnrs and the very word perfumery (under which head we limy Include U delicate fumes or smells) comes from I be Latin fuinus, smoke or vapor. The curly Kgyptlnns knew the use of the still, mid udiipted It to the separation or the odorous principle from fragrant pliuilN, but the moit ancient odor were ilniwn from natural gum, each as camphor, myrrh and cinnamon. COMIXfl KVKNTH Feb. 0, Saturday Girls' Honor Guard dance at the W'aldorl hall. Feb. 9, Saturday Junior Red Cross exhibit at llolmer's furniture store. Feb. 9, Saturday Junior Red Crosa war candy sale at Clemens store. Feb. 9, Saturday Children' story hour at public library, Dorothy Clapp storyteller. Feb. 19, Tuesday. "The New Minister," musical entertainment, M. B. church. 281
