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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1918)
DAILY HOG I B BJVKH OOCKIKR NCNUATt AMlb M, lt. FAGS BIX ILLINOIS VALLEY I . - The little daughter of Mr. and Mra, Bert Cald wa painfully weld ed ty falling Into a pan of hot water wit which her mother waa ecrnb blng. While the accident la a very painful one, the la not considered In any danger from Ita effecta. Mr. Griffith, who la an uncle of J. B. Wilton, and haa been here vl ttlng, haa purchased the Claud Chamberlain homeatead. Frank Hogue waa a business vis itor to Grants Pass on Wednesday, Bert Dysert, a former resident of Waldo ta 111 In a Seattle hospital Buffering from pneumonia. Steve Totter haa moved to Taktl tna. while Earl Eggera Is now living In the noose vacated by Mr. Potter. Mr. Dlttua haa moved his family to Taktlma from Granta Pasa. Tour correspondent failed to re port In regard to the protracted meeting recently held at the M. E. church. It waa conducted by Rev More.' pastor of the church, assist ed by Rev. Paranongmlan. Several new member were added to the church and a Sunday school organ- tied.' with Mlsa Oraee Coasen as superintendent: Mr.' Bessie Fulk. assistant superintendent; Miss Wfl- ma Smith, secretary, and Mrs. Ora Smith, treasurer. Some good na ture rivalry la now going on to se cure attendance at the 8unday school, the school being divided Into two divisions. Harold Shaffer being leader of the Reds and Florence Mathewson leader of the Blue. The toeing tide win furnish supper to the winners. A Sunday school haa also been organized at Taknma, with Mrs. Mundell as superintendent. A (oca! defense committee waa or ganised at Taktlma . on Saturday. Frank Hogne was elected president and 0. B. Fife secretary. Any loyal, patriotic cttlien will be welcomed as a member. "Their principal object ta to' discourage pro-German propa ganda and they will also rata funds for Red Crosa work by means of en tertainments to be held at the hall. Mrs. John Clemens ha gone to tXorrls to remain. I - APPLEOATE. Herman Walter, who haa been employed In the ahlpyarda in Port land returned home last week. Zeb Hyde was a Grants Pass vis itor Saturday. ' Born at Elkton. Ore., March IS to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Gates, a son. Mrs. Gates Is a daughter of Mr. and Mra. Jaa Grubb. The school directors put in a new pump at the school house the first of the week. Mr. and Mrs. H. Pernoll. of Grants Pasa, visited relatives here Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Grieve and son. Heston, of Prospect, accompanied by Mra. Gay Tex and daughter of Cen tral Point, visited Mr. Grieve sis ter, Mrs. T. W. Herriott Wednesday. Ed Herriott brought a load of shingles out from Medford Tuesday for Clinton Cook. Ben Thurston Jr.. waa a Medford visitor Monday. Win. Jordan, of Thompson creek, was s Granta Pass visitor Tuesday. I KERBY Mrs. Amy just from Cnnntiu sister of 'Aunt Mollle" Trimble, is nere on a visit at the Trim hi. Mrs. Amy spent several weeks here about the Foorth of July season last year. She Is welcomed by many friends. Mrs. T. H. B. Taylor, who has Been absent In Portland for nearly iwo montns, haa returned. Mr. T lor, who has been batching during me ADsence of Mr. Taylor, was re- loiced at the return. Haxel Payne, who I assisting at me Honana Hotel In Holland, paid Kerby a flying visit on Wednesday of this week. She returned the evening of the same day. Mrs. MeCalllster with her son. El den, and daughter, Wflda, visited Grant Pass on Monday . Emery stone played Jitney man for them. Mrs.; T. J. Shattuck and Leland Wllllts accompanied Mr. Shattuck In his truck to Grants Pas on Monday. Max Tuffs has been maklnsr si most dally trips to Grants Pass for the last two weeks, more or less. Business call him. Quite a number of Kerbylte and some from the Holland section at tended the ball at Murphy last Sat urday night. They report a splen did time. J. OJ Turner and son, Ray, are quite busy with their new two-ton truck and It Is quite an Improvement, over the old one.. The ore hauling Is an Important Item for Illinois val ley at present. Ed Friday ha two truck and three assistants, who keep the tracks on the road day and night. Shat tuck and Graham also keep two trucks on the road day and night. The aim of the truck mea la to make four trips with each truck In 34 hour. An average of tons per load would make about 50 tons ptr ilsy, which means some oue bcln hauled front the valley. It this rate I kept up during the year some $.000,000 or 1.000.00 pounds of ore would be shipped from this valley tlealde the trucks severs! teams r horses are working. Cord Canfleld, has returned to town after an absence In the hill tor nearly two months. H. K. Van Horn waa over from Copper. Cel., for a short time SVur day and Sunday. Wm, llouselton was down from his claim on Wednesdsy for a shorl time. Mr. Bradford, mother of Mrs. Radburn Robinson. Is visiting at the Robinson ranch near Kerby. Volley ball la the new game Intro duced at the school by Mis Ines Wllllts and Is proving very fascin ating. The advantage over basket bell. Is that the number of player Is unlimited. Nearly the wWe school may participate. Measles are prevalent In town to some extent but do not seem to be a serious type. Billy Ross and wife and his brother-in-law and wife, of Klam ath Falls, arrived In Kerby on Wed nesday for a short stay. They made the trip via auto by way of Tonsy Grade and Hornbrook. A ball la announced for the W. O. W. hall on Saturday night the 27th of this month.' The ladles of the Red Cross society wilt give the sup per at the' banquet rooms of the t: O. O. F. hall. The I. O. O. F. lodge has Invested (500 In Liberty bonds and the Re- bekahs $50. This shows the .pa triotism of the order In this little burg. ' FRTJITDALE Charlie Peterson and family spent the week end at their homestead on Foots Creek and report that crops are looking One np there. Frultdale invested $1,230 in the third Liberty bond issue. Lest Saturday- the regular meet ing of the Frultdale grange was held. Several visitors took dinner with us and seemed to enjoy good company. We were pleased to have our Savage creek members, Mrs. Klnkle. Mrs. Atkins and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon with us again after an absence from several meetings, also to have Olive McEwen back again. E. E. Blanchard gave an explanation of the library situation, as clearly as possible, which waa followed by a lively and Interesting discussion of the question by the grange. A. W. Bates and wife were din ner guests of J. H. Harris last Sun day Mr. Krontze'left for California Sunday morning to visit a sister thnt Is very sick. Buyford Ward rip spent the week end with his cousin Evert Bailey of Tokay Heights. Mrs. Mary Hoare came down from Spokane, Wash., last Friday to at tend to business connected with the Jewett mine. We are glad to hear that she will spend some time here as It I pleasant to' have old neigh bor back. George A. Hamilton had the mis fortune to lose a yearling heifer last week, too much poison weed. The Redding and Nellson young people climbed old Baldy last Sun day and found an unusual appetite for supper. F. G. Roper and wife motored to Central Point Sunday to spend the day with Mrs. Roper's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Williams and her sister. Mrs. Ross. Rev. Dodge end son, Carl, have returned from California, where they spent the winter. Mr. Dodge Is clearing a piece of land that he can get water onto and Is going to have a garden. Appreciated British Oyster. As early as 50 B. C. the fame of the British oyster hsd extended as far as Rome, and Sallust seems to have been more Impressed by the oyster than by any other feature of the coun try, for he wrote: "The poor Britons there Is some good In them, after all they produce an oyster." In CO A. D. oysters were exported from the Thames extuary to Rome, and ever since that time England has hud an oyster Industry of respectable propor tions, although for many ywiin the supply has been Inadequate to fill London's gluntlc demands, and Im portations from the United States Holland and France have bcin neccs wry. .... . . ' . . WSiere Your WE are now building more naval and merchant ships than we have constructed in the last generation. We arc building a vast fleet of air plaines, and enormous supplies of ar tillery, motor trucks, machine guns, rifles and ammunition. We are feeding, clothing and training an army of a million men, and preparing for a mil lion more. We have loaned billions of The mind can hardly conceive fhe sums of money required for our war preparations. Yet these ex penditures are absolutely essential. We must win the war quickly if possible; we must " ' carry it on for years if necessary. We must do the job with American thoroughness, let the cost be what it may. Remember, when you invest in your Liberty Bonds, that there is immediate, urgent, imperative need for every dollar you can spare. This Space Paid for and Contributed by Dr. L. O. Money Goes dollars to our allies to be spent in the United States. . From the shipyards of the Pacific to those of the Atlantic; on our farms and in our mines, mills and factories in every State in the Union; back of the firing lines in France, where men are training, camps are being erected and railroads built, billions upon billions are being expended for labor, for trans portation, for materials and supplies of every description. Clement