Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, July 10, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextYAM VWO lUtLT ItOGVE IIIVKR C011UKB, KIKMIHYr Ji I v 10, tain. Ul E0UE ' RIVER CQUPJER Published Daily Eioept Saturday!, A. C V00RIIIKS, Pub. and ProsrV BnUrel at poetofflca, areata Pas. Or., as second class mail mitur. ADVERTISING; RATE"8 , DUnlav hum. oer Inch 11 Local-personal column. per lln 10c loaders, per ' 'Jne..; ;.4.....,..ui.4 c DAILY COURIER . y mall or carrier, per year.... $8.00 y mail or carriar, per monia.. 60 .WEEKLY COU RIER 1 7 mail, per year .'. 11.50 1 . 1 Stat Editorial' AmooHUob 4 .. Oregon Dally Xawspaper Pub. Aud MEMBER Or ASSOCIATED PREs Tie Associated Preaa li excluslvoly utttled to the ie tor republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwUa credited la this paper and also the local newn pub' Halted her sin. All rtgb'i ot 1 publication of spe cial Ulsin.tciiee . heiain am. alio 1 ., ; . WEDNESDAY, JVLY 10, 11H. 4 OREGON WEATHER Tonight, fair; Thursday fair 4 and warmer, gentle westerly 4 winds, , COW REIMS WAS BATTERED BY SHELLS r V f rt '" a ( ! ' Ml ! f ' V jf Anticipate-Your Wants .. ''. la the times of shortage of MAX IttVVKK reduced local ileilvrry ervlce and uncertain transportation aecvtc. It w III b your Rain to onkr supplies that ar not perlnlmlilp at leat n Uy twfore you nmX them. iKKKP A UTTLK KMKIUiENCY KTtH'K IX VIH'R KITOIKN WR HAVK A WOXDKHrTL LINK Tt CIIOOSK KHOM KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY NATIONAL ARMY MEN EAGER TO GET IHTO FROtlT LINE TO STOP BOCHE . . ' 1 : Pieyll Make the Finest Soldiers in World," Says General Over seasSoldiers Determined to Fight to Finish Snipers Take , Daring Chances In "Pot Hunting" Negro Troops Furnish Much ot Humor In War Zone. Enough of the American National army has arrived' In Franco to bear out the predictions that this army will bo one ofthe floes t bodies of military men In the world. I recently went to section of Franco, where new .troop lumber dealer said. Identical. The men are here to fight for France and demo cracy. They understand exactly whnt the Issues are. Thoy underxtnnd pre cisely why the TJntted State came In to the war and they will be disappoint Ike Tarred A prtlmtarly dark skinned private.. waevrsaled re cently by a military policeman. It was 3 a country road and the soldier was ibllag along with his military outfit as 'well as tbott ISO pounds ot tou Tentrs ot Franco. "Where are you troinf asked tha po ttceman. "ale, sahf I se from Alabsiua." "Whereabouta In Alabama r "IVmt know, sab, exactly, but Too from Alabama." "Whero yoo goluf tor "Well, I dou't xsctly know, ah." "Wher you coinlnt fnmir "The last place ! 'member, ash, 's Barleyburk. Seems to ins the train I was on went while I's buylna a few thine to take back when I to." "lo you know whero you are r Csnt tartly say 1 d.s suh (looking around with the . feigned erudition of an astronomer), but I reckon l ee some where In France," . The negroes amuse the French pvo ple. The big black boys swing along tho country road singing or smiling. They frequently organise a quMrtct la camion and If the work In which they re engaged Isnt vitally Importnnl stop beside a road to "put over" a few di minished sevenths, better known as barber shops. And they know how to do It They are hnppy-go-lurky wher ever found. f . 1 f nil- HIM -Ull -ilH- Milium illMIIIHISIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIHIHI '.inm After Constipation -What? are quartered for npul Uululng. writes d if w.n come before everv allied Don Martin In the New York Herald. ' aim h.. been achieved. There I ssw the vanguard of the mil Uona who weve legally selectvil to nerve their .country. 1 A ' general who . has been all his life In the srmy fairly glowed In admiration of them. "They are a splendid lot of boys," the officer said. "They are proud to be here. They are sorry for the boys at homo who are not to help In the great battle for democracy. They want to get right In the line. They realize the dangers fully, but that doesn't wor ry them. They have hud their eyes opened fully to the wonderful sacrifices Franc has made. They have seen how the villages are stripped of every' I Among tho first ten thousand Na ! tJonal army men who came here to fill ' in various units may be found men rep I resentntlve of every branch of rltlsen I ship.. I saw motormen. farmers, bsnk I clerks, architects, lawyers, manufac ; turers, brokers, commission mn. car I penters In fact, everything. Tbers were men with name suggestlvo of 1 overy nationality In the world. I Those particular soldiers are In northeastern France, where they ar going through Intensive training to quip themselves for tho front Una. Snipers In tho Tronehe. Far off there was slight movement This tsx.rlljflplbobgrBpE bows ofj grttoosly! Reims ha been battered by the latest enemy ftombardmentst ; 4 Ecrevtaee street bown bWf ' Is cluttered with ' ruins, ; and alon'r'Its entlW length' there Is Ot hoaso left standing uninjured. if " " HaWs the Dope. ' ' One of the men ' employed' In the lop walk at the Charlestown navy yard has written the' follower lines, stad a copy of them has been posted Mar the rope plant, where It Is at tracting much attention from "sailors srad civilians: s HERE'S THE DOPE. ' ' ' Ws make the ropo - That rings the bdl - That sounds tho knell .1 ' That sends the Kaiser- ,. i -Back to HelU , , .,,... Carp, Not a Submarine, .'' West side residents at Union pity, Mich., were terrified recently by a re port that s German submarine had been sighted in the St Joseph river, t Union City, Mich. The first farmer to reach the river, armed with a shot- mn frnirtrl sts Cinema rx ta rr I n bva A TJVa dubbed the Ash to death with the butt mt bis gun and dragged It home. It weighed 36 pounds. '. ' IV" ) Qeed.Advleo. . . "Talk less and say more," la the ad vice given to a group of girls. No one expects a girl's conversation to be pro found and philosophical, but there is no doubt that more thinking before peaking would make the words of many girls better worth hearing. Tho trouble Is not that girls lack Intelli gence, bnt that they are rather lazy heat using their brains. thing but the very old and tho very e)oM. t0 tn, wef, young, and yet they have seen how do-1 watching , termlued and cheerful the country la. .j0 on thootn Md one; 80 they are proud to be here. tnJ they j ,oar Md other are going to mnke the finest soldiers There was a snap of the trigger, the world has ever seen." , , Ton b,nged hlnl , nghb.r. Superlatives ordlnnrily sre not per- three In two Ann." ' jnlfted by tho censorship when refer- . Pm-h.n. m. ...v. I. 1 1...... a a i ' muH ....m m- tii-.v s jjm-.s w aiuuiiHiK, a uwuiy cany do called murder. Tho snipers 6ivuuuvu MiuLiiynj vt iiiv Aiuc-ricua j uoui cau H ID at Tbey call It pot BAN ON LOAFING Ordrs Agslnst It Issusd to the s(aoo Officer. I loafer will no longer find Wabash, 1 Ind., a haven for them, under orders 1 Issued recently by Sheriff Vmnntnn to very peaco officer In the county. They provld for th srreat and sentence of every man or boy In tho county, now out of school, who does not work. The public In general Is ssked to help prevent loafing during tho war with (lermuny and Austria, and la ssk ed to co-operate with tho officials by telling them whenever loafer la found. Tho sheriff promises to seo that lb men either go to Jail or to tho atsto farm. Constipation is not merely ctomnftoment it oflecU it becomes chronic, I : 1 ; I First, it crcnios intuatinal C nitons, which foul th locxl and lovu n tha vilnl ity. Then coma th in dirxTt and more insidious troubles, inch an Anoiniu, Diuhui, L)yspeptiit, Gut trilis, Intosiinul Culurrh. Tiles and Hardening of th Arteries. Constipntion is th ourc of numorous serious oil men 11. So all should beware. Th bvst way to fcain rultf. cui-rvct tl trouble, and STANOLAX FOR CONSTIPATION STANOLAX b foe tale In UlMU ' ,lV MIKK t I.KMKNH MtHIX TDK IHtKJtJIST a local and temporary tho entire system u keep tha entire bowel sys tm in tiormnl condition is to luks Slnnolaii the natural lulwnnt. It is not a cnthuuk'. it conluins no JriiM. It is not habiu is (.on lit. forrni tA. It l tui.tcli.il. It (mii youmelf Ot litis .y wsf. On boll' I cgnvincms. Standard Oil Com pun , U. S. A. t " '!rri"l" :: -si it nsiiitrtsif :: 1111:111, 1111 1 : : 11, ; it mihiii: , i.miim Tough to Is Bumpstf. The war Is producing a slang all Its own," writes a T. M. C A. secre tary overseas. "In England, for ex ample, when yon hear that a ship was bumped' yoo know it was torpedoed." Can you refuse to loan your sav ings when other men give their lives? Buy War Savings Stamps. , I voob I 1 t r sssaaseasi m CHICHESTER SPILLS MATTWaflVA-riltX: W ! lllill,lilimi,lnM S010 BY 0RIGG1STS IVTJinnSJX log In ber own idealism snd achieve ments, innst not forget that France and England have been at war for nearly four years snd hsve set a very high standard for Uncle Sam. Bat the su perlatives Indulged In by the general were sincere. He actually believes the National army will be as fine a lot of men as ever stood In a uniform, and after seeing them and talking with them In more than fifty villages I must say that I think he baa prophetic virion. 1 "' 1 -i ' ' . All 8how Their Mettle. ..To praise the National army doe not Imply disparagement of any other wing of our military force. The mili tia group has already, In various clashes with the enemy, shown the tuff of which It Is made. The 104th hunting. I have talked with several and have been on the line with a few. They wouldn't any more shoot a song bird or a magpie than they would kill one of their own officers, but shooting Frits serosa the line that's another story. It Is dangerous business, too. Many a sniper is sulped himself. Some of them camouflage themselves sad stand for hours In range of a thousand rifles. There Is a young American of ficer from Massachusetts who Is assign ed to technical work, who spends a dsy and night each week on the line sniping the enemy. lie does it be cause be llkea it lie la an expert rill shot and he enjoys the hazards of his work and get satisfaction from killing Huns. The two best known Hnn snipers are T " muck r nis ami VTszj r nu Biaca regiment, which halls from Massachus- Frits is dead. Crazy Frits was wound etts, has been decorated by the French j ed, but whether he is dead la not government ror its vaior nnaer neavy Known, uiacx ms narassea in fire. All th men hsve made good, bnt II they have done will, nnqnertlon bly be equaled by the excellent army' of draft men. ' The latter have the physique, the Initiative and the spirit. As one of them said, "We're not here because we're here ; we're here because It's where we belong and1 Where we Waat to be." 1 The" training they re-" ceived in" the United. States worked wondeas Its' them. ("cf f n: In a little Tillage a handsome young ster In a- private's, uniform , saluted with tho grace and snap of a trained regular. Be had tho look of the sol dier In every line. " "Where are 700 from .7 I asked. Be named a small city In the Norths West i'-- .1. 3 "Were yod ever a soldier beforer did anything before but spend father's money and get arrested for speeding.". -Are you giaa to do nerer "I wouldn't be anywhere else for anything In the world." , . ,. Seated In front of a small house, a wrinkled woman on on side, sn aged man on the other snd two wee chll- 'American sector for weeks. He was a food abot and put bullets now and then through a soldier's armor bat. But ons day he was spotted behind a log and a bullet struck him between th eyes. "He was a bandsom chap," said a sniper, "and had beautiful hair, blonde as a girl's and combed back like a col legs boy's." . "If he had blonde hair why did yoo call him Black Frltsr '" ' ' " " - "Because he hung so much crepe on our doors." There la another Hua known as Foolish Frits, and a rather pretty story may be told about him. He Is not a sniper. The men In the trenches can not tell Just what he Is. Perhaps, they have figured, he corresponds to sn American. fpgtbalL Of basebaU. mascot,. "No, sir," he said, Smiling, "I nevor THe Is; ajnere youth and he takes, dan gerous chances. He might have been shot a hundred times, bnt the Ameri can snipers haven't the heart to kill him. , ' ' 'V , .."One day," said is sniper who -has watched him play around like a kitten, "her crawled np over the top of the trench and went over to A log and lay dren playing on the ground In front of ; on It He was there for an hour san- Breerflng- Draft Horses. - Stetnernber, If yon are breeding draft torses, fcat the market buyer Insists on sotlndasss, weight, type, substance, bone, feet, ipsjrterns, clean hocks, qual- him, t saw another yonng man who would attract attention anywhere. As the officer who accompanied me ap proached the young man Jumped to his feet, snapped his heels together and saluted as If militarism was In his marrow. He said ho came from a small town tn tho middle West I asked him about his affairs before he Joined the army. "I was In the lumber business," the private rejoined. "I was getting nlonR pretty well have a wife and two chil dren about like these hpre (pointing to the two near his feet), but even If I knew my business was going to ruin I wouldn't go back If they'd let me. I'm here to stick It ont to the finish and you'll find all the boys the snme way." The spirit of oil Is, as this young nlng himself, I had a bead on him all the time, but what's the use a mere kid. Another time a new sniper here saw him and was Just about to pick hint when I said 'Nothing doing.' . We can't ; exactly understand what it means. About two weeks ago I thought I'd give the youngster a scare, so I put a bullet In a very small tree about a foot from him. lie scampered out of sight like a frightened puppy. I often wonder If he or anyone else knows that he is living In the shadow of death. Maybe the Germans figure they 1 learn something from It However, you'll never catch me killing Jhut kid." , Negro Furnlch Much Humor. , , j Humor gleams frequently through j the grlmness of war and much of it comes from the . negro soldiers from Don't Slow Up Advertising Now! i . 'C l if 1 I ' I-'-' , : -II I. '.; ; 'f Never has there been a time when the public iuis looked more keenly for ' MERCHANDISING NEW8 than now. ""'''' . ( r. ; u 1 I ' Never has there beeii a time more auspicious for the enterprising tradesman to secure HIS FULL 8IIAUK OF TRADE than now; - ' People must continue to cat, to wear and to use. Th tendency Is to cut out luxuries, and luiuries ar only a rela tive? small proportion of your business. : For every luxury ut oat you have a chanee to Increase your movement of staples. . t -n ( How shrt-sightd is, the policy, of, reduolng advertising svpenso to -"save money." Ton will only . lose trad. Ton will only lot prest!. , - 'f i , r t . ' ....... i Advertise to lncrras salon ani make more money; don't cut It out to save money.' ,',:'. .' .. , , ' 4 ,. . Study your advertising as you never did before do It wisely and well. Be prosperous and let the people know that you ar prosperous. Success was NEVER achieved by stopping advertising or. by wear-., log old clothes and' talking pessimism. ' V Be Wise and Advertise! ri .1 v ' . .1 1 , li'-t I01-? ,! I IJ 't I ,.l 0 i .'I 0 I.-1 '1 1 1 I. t I