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PAGB EIGHT DAILY ROGl'B RIVKTl COURIER HI NUAV, AI'llll. 111. IM. SOLDIER LETTERS boys are kicking aa w rait plainly e the great sacrllVea the clvlllam are making to carry on the war, auJ ' It makes a man ashamed to say any thing much. It seem a ahaine that February 19, 'IS people In the alatea and Canada should have plenty and their next Kngland Dear Pad: I am thinking of what you told ' door neighbor, who are fighting for me. io I'll ee that you get not only one letter but several. I am not al lowed to tell what city I am In but the ramp la out of town about a mle the same cause, should be aa abort of foodstuff at they are. Ship, ahipa and more ship. U what 1 needed, more than anything elm). Ilulld and they wont let ua go to town them and victory la atlll our, often, t censored!. The more I eej I may be In France, or Kgypt or of the world the more I appreciate j Italy, or moit any place by the the blessing of my home land, time you get this letter. We don't These people don't know what liber- know what hour we are goiug to ty and plenty mean. After the fel- move but we are always ready, o I Iowa who arw here come home every j guess my address will be A. K. K. last one of them will be ready to I for aome time to come, and I don't fight for what we have at home, against the world If necessary. I did not realize how far ahead of the old world Uncle Sam was until 1 saw this country. I hear there waa a transport sunk a day behind ua and I know mother will be worried as she must know I was on the aea at the time. . I nnli mimI a cable but 1 haven't I k 1 . o . . Vfc. 1 .. money enough. It la a long time wn.M" .-.,. .... lace pay day. But I guesa the Hat' Mamie Whipple of Takllm. of those lost will be la the news-, received the following letter irom erfc ,her son FJmer E. Whipple, now In Tou ought to hear the rumor that j Young Whipple Joined the re floating around here about the,Oth engineers from Klamath Falls. . rt t..ri vnn Mit'l believe Din nas iuru iihu an niw .... expect to hear from you for several months. Don't gel worried If you don't hear from me regularly. 1 will let you hear from me a often as possible. tiovlngly. AVBREL LIGHT, lid Aero Squadron, Amer. Ex. Forces. war. or course, you any of them. One was that the Yankees had captured three lines of trenches and that the officers had a hard time to keep them from going to Berlin. I sincerely believe tnat . . i ail nu f m nitail In fMIIM aatld titsVa when our boya are turned lose mey " - vtH through the Germans as If ot no mall from home yet. I expect they were not there. Physically they will be about that much longer have the world heat and all they before I get any. need It plenty of ammunition and This Is ure a Btrsnge country with to lead them, and nothing caniioi or strange peopie. i nave a great many new ana tunny minus but this bests them all. I have seen men stop them. Prices on foodstuffs Is about the same as In the state, only some things can not be had at any price for the simple resson that they are not here to be bought. A soldier can not buy a meal In a restaurant they wont sell to him. Our squadron has got all of them going these fellows didn't realise thst Uncle Sam hsd sero squads so well drilled and trained as we are. When we go out to drill they all stand and look. There Is nothing In the U. S. that can touch us. and our officers are Just as proud of us as -we are ourselves. We all pull to gether and there Is no grumbling. They say the 2 2d hasn't any dis cipline, bat that Is because they don't know ns. This Is the most beautiful farm ing country I ever saw. The land Is Just aa green as it can be as far as one can see. and It is dotted with peaceful little cottages and barns, all of them built of brick. Some of them roofed with tile and some are thatched. Very few fences, all hedges. 'A breechy cow could roam all over Eneland with nothing to stop her. Everything Is peaceful and the war seem so far away except for the wonnded men and no young fel lows about except those In nnlform. Two other fellows and myself got out of camp for a short time this af ternoon and we talked with an old fellow who had two sons killed In France and another lost an arm. so yon are more fortunate as you hare only one son to take those chances, snd he Is not worth much. They meet all of these things with a smile and work all the Warded. They say the Germans have to be whipped If It takes every man In England. Tt wonld he good if the people at hornet could copy tbem In some ways. Near- ly every woman has a black strip1 around their arm. All of them have' Tost some one. Our rations are not as good as Mrs. A. J, llugman, of Kedvllle, 3. D., who Is visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. K. II. llalslger. ha been the cause of aeveral entertain ing affair recently. On Tuesday and Wednesday Mrs. llalslger waa hostess to nearly K women; with Mrs. Hagman aa the honor guest. Tuesday afternoon wa devoted to bridge and Wednesday afternoon to an Informal gathering. On Wednesday afternoon Mrs. Cyril P. Wise snng "My Jacquemi not" and responded with "Mavis" a an enchore. Mrs. A. 0. Knupp sang "A Tiny Wee lilt of a Garden." and responded to a hearty enchore with a French war. song. . Mrs. Sum VI. llaker delighted the ladles present with appropriate war time readings. Near the close of the afternoon op each day. Mrs. Tlalslger served de licious refreshments. Miss Fannie Abrams waa hostess at an enjoyable dinner party at the Oxford Monday In honor of Miss Jessie Mastln, who left Tuesday for Seattle to make her home. Those present were Miss Jessie Mastln. Mrs. 0. P. Jester. Mrs. Ttpy Ttartlett and Miss Fannie Abrams. Mr. and Mrs. E. T. I.udden and son, Rennett. are now comfortably settled In their new home at XIX Washington boulevard, having moved this week from their former residence on tawnrtdge Ave. One of the pleasant events of the week waa the reception given to welcome the new minister of the Baptist church. Mr. Finch and fam ily, and to bid farewell to the Klrker and MoCracken families. The recentlon room wss nrettlly decorated with ferns, bouquets snd hanging baskets. A splendid program was gfven In the assembly room. Dr. Witham made the opening address welcoming came by In a cart with three dogsltn new T"",tr "1 ' '"ml'v on hitched to It. I saw an old lady aibeha,f of thl members of the nap dog and a boy pulling a cart loaded i,,R' '""rch. The other sneskers of Rogue River. Somewhere in France, March 18. 191 H. Dear Mother. Well tt has been nearly two weeks things that I never dreamed of see ing before. The people here hardly ever work more than one horse and he Is hitched to a cart Instead of a wagon. When they work more than one horse they put one In front of t"he other, Instead of side by side. They work everything they can get harness on. The other day a lady Our- Dollars are Called to the Colors The Third Liberty Loan Our terma of peace are written so clearly that all the world can see. There is no thought of conquest; only the demand of freedom for us and for all that the world shall be free. The United States is to show the world that America, in Li- ' berty's cause, responds more freely to each call for the sinews of war. Let us also show our Country that Josephine county is in the front. Let each subscribe to the Third Liberty Loan-make it as big as we can. Without charge the services of this institution are extended. The Grants Pass Banhing' Co. Ux-ttl II. 8. Him Military IMIl Military drill and calisthenics have lately been 'Introduced In the local high achool. Sergeant Bauer, who has charge of the military drill conducts dally classes on the camp ua. Mrs. Ounnell Is In charge of the callsthenlca, which take place In the assembly room. This exercise was formerly In charge of Miss Cramer, The movement la compulsory and the boys and girls alternate In the use of the campus and the assembly, with wood some combination. I haven't saw any plaved streets as yet they are all made of stone and the houses are all made of stone and brick. There are a thousand and one things I could tell you but can't now. The censors are so strict that about all a fellow can say la that h Is all O. K. and then quit. The weather Is sure fine here, now, sun shine every dsy. Will close with love to all. Tour son, ELMER E. WHIPPLE. William Harper Well A letter from Wm. R. Harper, Supply Co.. 306, Q. M. C, A. E. F.. to his mother states that he Is well but that up to this time he has not seen any of the Grants Pass boys. ACTIOS ON DU.UT niLii is postpoxki) Washington, Apr. 20. At the re quest of Provost Marshal-General Crowder, the senate military com mittee yesterday postponed action on the house bill changing the draft quotas from state populations to the number of men in Class one under which states would be given credit for men furnished by enlistment and draft. General Crowder said his of fice Is Investigating the effect the amendment would have on the new draft. they have been but not many of the Courier All kinds of leal blanks at the Perfection Tires True to Name 7,500 Miles Guaranteed Everybody is buying them GRANTS PASS HARDWARE CO. the evening were Dr. Clement. Mrs. Thresher. Rev. Driver, Rev. Wire and Mr. Hull. Mr. and Mrs. McCracken and Mr. and Mrs. Klrker were presented with beautiful pieces of cut glass as tokens of appreciation for their faithful work In the Sunday school and church. After the program the guests were ushered to the basement which wa decorated with pink and white. A social hour was spent and Ice rream and cake were served to shout a hundred guests. Miss Mary Johnson, a charming young Grants Pass girl, and Alfred Frederick Walker, formerly of Port land and Marshfleld were married Thursday afternoon, April 18, at 4 p. m. at a simple, though excep tlonally pretty home wedding, sol emnized at the residence of the groom's sister, Mrs. Wm. Jennlng Long, 615 North Fourth street. Rev, Smith of Portland officiated In the presence of relatives and a few close friends of the couple. The only at tendants were Mr. and Mrs. Long, The bride wore a blue tailored suit and white hat. She wore a large bouquet of pink sweet peas. A wedding supper was served and the happy couple were taken to the depot and left on a short honey moon at Portland and Long Beach, Wash., where they will visit rela tlves. Upon their return they will make Grants Pass their home. Mr. Wal ker Is a fireman on the Southern Pa clfte. Student Ikxly Hear Patriotic Tnlks Fred A. Williams and Rev. L. My ron Hooter addressed the student body of the local high school on Krl day last. In reference to t'lc boy's working reserve. Mr. Williams en' phaslxed the fact that the boys be tween the ages of IS and 21 co il I do no greater service to the go '-r.i ment than to work on farms nnl In other Industrial enterprises. The boys In the high school responded unanimously to the proposition. HIGH SCHOOL NOTES OF GENERAL INTEREST Single Session Voted a Success The new arrangement of hours for attending school is working In excel lent fashion. Everyone Is satisfied and better work Is being done by the students, due to the fact that the brain of the scholar Is much clearer In the earlier hours than In the lat ter part of the day. The closing of school at 2:15 allows students to do their work and assist In other In dustrial enterprises. Keillor May Practice Nightly Members of the senior cIbbs are working energetically on the class play which Is to be staged In a few weeks. Under the direction of Mrs. Ounnell a very creditable amateur production Is expected. High School Junior Drfrarert la llanehHll dam The Junior class of 0. P. H. S. challenged the remaining three classes to a baseball game on the local grounds and were defeated by a score of 18 to 3. The juniors entertained great hopes and ambitions of winning for themselves a reputation In the base ball line having failed to rule In other activities, hut again their hopes were shattered. Stirring speeches were delivered by the opposing captains. In a rally preliminary to the game, the Juniors exhibiting much enthusiasm. The battery for the juniors con sisted of Dick Cramer pitcher and Sherman Smith catcher. Kearns re lieved Smith In the last two Innings and Smith took Kearns' position at Hrst. The battery for the "rest of school" team consisted of Howard Bears, pitcher and Ted Blrcnard. catcher. "Ump" D. Wllklns did a great ser vice for both teams In calling "strikes and balls" but was slightly nearsighted on "put outs." Other games of a similar nature are expected to follow, this being (he first to h4 played on the campus this season. , Washington, Apr 20. Senator Smith of South Carolina was elected chairman of the joint congressional committee Investigating the general railroad situation, with a vjew of determining the advisability of per manent government ownership. He succeeds the late Senator Newlands, he taught In the public schools for over SO years. In 1H9 the first sympiona appeared, of the irfsease which made of her an Invalid for so long, but It was not until 1(04 that she waa compelled to resign her position In the Cincinnati high schools and seek rest and health In a warm climate. For two year she lived with her sister and family In Dayton. Florida, and later removed with them to Denver, Colo., and then, In ln, to Grants Pa. Ore gon, where she resided until her death. Besides her sister, Mrs. Thusnnlda A, Harris. Miss Doerner Is survived by 2 brothers, Armln W. and Alfred Doerner. both of Denver, Colo,, and two nieces and four nephews. Miss Doerner devoted her life to learhlng, taking the greatest pleas ure In It even to within a dnv or two of her death. Her Interest In all ed ucational matters wss keen, and she wrote many article for teachers' magailnes. She wa also the author of a text book. "Treasury of General Knowledge," which has been used In the Cincinnati and other public schools. Miss Doerner wa known. also, as a lecturer, and her "Poetry '4 OBITUARY - ('el In Doerner After an Illness of over 22 years Miss Cell a Doerner, well known resi dent of this city, passed away Thursday morning, April 18, 1918, at the home of her sister, Mrs. K. O. Harris. The funeral services, eon ducted by Rov, L. Myron Boozer, were held at the First Presbyterian church Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Cremation will take place today at the Portland crematory, with ser vices by Rev. Charles W. Hays. Miss Doefher was born In Pome- roy, Ohio, March 6, 1853, but spent most of her life In Clnr-I ntinti, whore of Mathemtlca" was delivered many jtlmea In eastern cltle. Wince her childhood she wrote poetry, and In j till published a collection of some of her best poems under the title of j"Llltl Ripples of Song." In which her happy disposition and ever sunny 'nature are beautifully revealed. Miss Doerner was a student of many subjects, and waa conversant with French. Hebrew. Spanish. Ger man and Italian, and after moving to Grant Pass she mastered the new International language, Ksiieranto. , Principal among the several subject she taught In the high school were mathematics and Utln. She re ceived lettera of appreciation from hundred of former pupil, among them Israel Znngwlll of whom she of ten (poke with pride a having been one of her German pupils In Florlds. and the pleasure these, letters brought her In the knowledge nf the good work she had done did much to brighten her long year of suffer ing. So another life ha passed on which has left the world better for It having been here a life which radiated love and charity and un selfish usrvlce. 0. & C. Grant Land Blue Print Maps Jofp;:l;inp and Curry Counties Jackson County Both limps for fji2."() Printed from tracing made by M. J. Anderson Jr. Mailed prepaid on receipt of price A. E. 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