Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, August 21, 1918, DAILY EDITION, Image 2

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Newspaper Page Textmat DAI1T MMn RIVKB COCKIKH W:iKHl)AV. AKil HT ill, 101. Q! CuiiE tiiTR (TCE alara waa tivai aid of court lot of us fasd left our gat masks In the barracks. There followed a mad rush tor them and a great polishing of goggles, and then we went on with the show, tha signal to put them on not having to be given. "B. Coutant ran acrosa DwIkM Jewell the other day and talked to him" awhile. I expect to look him up tha first- chance I get, but ha Is camped about 10 miles further back and that la quite a hike for a short vlall." rabllsaed Dally BsMtt Saturday Pure Cans Sugar Full Line of Auto Supplies T1RES-A11 Sizco 4. C TOORHIES, Pub. aa Prepr Katewt at eostodce. QraaU Paaa. Or., aa eecoee: alaaa aai alter ADVERTISING RATES MARK VOI R TWO POINDS LIST A MONTH HY 18INU MOKK SYRVrS LOO CABIN, versk xt maid, kako and hook CANDY ORDER A CAN TOMORROW 81' RK Btaalar aoaea. par lach ...... lta LeaJ-pereonal col urn a. per Haa 1 0c era. ar Una.... ac C. L. HOBART CO. DAILY COURIER at nan or carrier, par year....M0 Bf mail or earrlar, ar Boata.. .v is tlcitto WIEKLT COVRIER aty mail, par year 1.50 ' ilRMBER 8uta Editorial Association Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Asia. MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREiw The Associated Presa la eidualvely Mtltled to tba uta tor republication f all aawa dispatches cradltad to It r sot otbarwlaa cradltad la tbla taper and alio the local aawa pub uahed her tlm. All rights of republication of spe cial dlspuches herein ara alao reserved. VEDXESIAV, Al'GlBT 21, I0IH. OREGON WEATHER Fair, warmer southwest por- tlon. Thursday fair and warm- 4 4 er, gentle northerly winds. 4 4444444444444 4444 THE PENALTY OF F RIGHTFUL NESS When British pressure along the Somme compelled German retirement a year ago the Germans laid waste the country they abandoned with a thoroughness which called to mind the mage of the desert horseman who boasted that grass never grew again where once his horse had trod. They wrecked every .house and very barn, fired every hay or straw tack, cut down great avenues or century old trees, drove copper nails Into thousands of fruit trees, rilled up wells, dynamited roads, and left the land behind them blasted by des truction so complete that the labor of years could not restore it. It was their Intent, and they made no secret of it, that such parts of France as they surrendered should be emptied, economically speaking, and Incapable of prosperity for a generation. Now the Germans are regretting tbe com pleteness with which they did their work. The chance of war, last spring, led to a German drive over thla ravaged territory. Today the Germans retire acrosa it for a second time, and find retreat Inconvenient. There Is no chelter in the stricken country, no houses about which to organize little centers of resistance, no clumps of trees to screen trenches or machine gun nests, no roads along which weary men may retreat with facility. FIRST PHOTOGRAPH OF AMERICANS IN I v V This Is the flrn uiitlii'iitlc plmtoaruDh In reH,h r,.i,.ui u. . . tlfnjr. their rst rcal.y ln!.n conflict w. 7 il tUu, " XrM .nZ , Attack, while their companion, in (he trenches C Z o.mmanS L obtained all their oJ!ctiviw, Inking many prisoners. ,".!"nmnnd ,0 ,ol,ow-. KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QCAUTT FIRST The smiling country-aide baa become a desert, a German-made desert. acrosa which orderly retreat la much mora difficult than systemattsed ad vance. Germany's economic- aim la war becomes more apparent with every passing month. Germany went to war for loot, and for the chance to loot the world. That chance haa passed, and now the Germane, sullen ly retiring, are looting as they go. They undertake deliberately to lay such a blight upon the land they sur render that It will be worthless to those who pour out blood and treae- ure for lta redemption. They would render their neighbors Incapable of Industrial restoration for decades. They make war ruthlessly with an eye to war after the war. Their experiences In wasted Plc- ardy should warn them. One can not war against nature, against man's Improving handiwork, and not pay the penalty. For four years now the German people has warred on civilisation. Civilisation will be re venged, even as ruined Plcsrdy today revenges Itself upon Us oppmsor. The disregard of treaties, the sac rifice of non-combatanta on land and sea. the brutality of tha battle field and the prison camp bring their re ward. The German will be an out- cast among his fellows long after the peach trees of northern France bloom and bear again. "The war Is now a race between Hlndenburg and Wilson," said Lloyd George last spring. Well, you couldn't except much speed from a heavy, puffy fellow like Hlndy, when matched with a slender college ath lete like Woodrow. Just wait till they put that tax on servants. There'll be many an old guy who will tell you he Is Just prac ticing up on his golf strokes, when he's really out In tbe back yard beat ing the ruga for mother. COMING EVENTS Aug. 19-SepL 6 Josephine county teachers training school. August 24, Saturday Pomona grange will meet at Frultdale. Aug. 24, Saturday Registration day for men reaching age of 21 since June S. Registration at court bouse. sept. 9 Opening of city schools. SOLDIER LETTERS Tbe following Is an extract from a letter received from Chas. Dana Anient: "Was up In the trenches 8unday before laat and watched Frlta's lines tor a while through a field glass. A small town was situated between our positions and theirs, and If you have seen pictures of ruins you may Im agine the appearance of a whole town of them. The church steeple was only a skeleton of rock, and the walls were not aa high as a fence. To the right of the town a once beautiful stone bridge was only a streak of broken rock laying between piers, while further to the rear a fine ateel bridge on the railroad leading to a certain German metropolis had been blown to the valley beneath. Large "duba" (unexploded shells) lay here and there and tbe ground waa a ver itable checker board of craters. Hack Jot me on the road I had just tra versed ritx was dropping high explo sive shells in a vain effort to locate a battery which was evidently doing very destructive work to his posi tions behind the lines. Overhead several of our planes sailed slowly up and down the lines while FrIU peppered away at them with his anti-aircraft guns. Pieces of sharpnel would sing to earth here and there and we did not dare watch these op erations for fear of getting one in fhe face, and our "tin lids" proving use less. We spent most of the after noon In a machine gun nest and to wards evening had supper with the boys. Our meal consisted of pork and beans, mashed potatoes and some bread pudding with dried applea In It, and coffee. Later we tramped back to camp with a battery of crack American gunners sending the high explosives and gass shells screeching overhead as "peace proposals" to the kaiser. "We had movies In the Y the oth er night. I think they were produc ed in about 1905, and after witnes sing the complicated modern plot, the whole reel could be figured out after about ten feet of film had passed. Tbe machines are run by French boys of about 16 or-17 years, and generally some one of our boys have to get up and fix the machine and get It going about every few minutes. Of course every window has to be covered, and with a tent packed full of men and the air blue with tobacco smoke you may well Imagine the pleasure an ordinary mortal Just over from the states would get out of such an entertain ment. However, we old 'veterans' enjoy It to the fullest extent. The lother night while at the show a gas CANTIGNY BATTLE "'" A:,",',,'",m '" ,h" ""M,,! VZZ a" "re " m 8 1 w,,l,ln r tulimiea Hie Ainerlmns hml Jiit V BE USED IN FEEDING In answer to a letter aa to the dis position of wheat raised In Josephine county the county food administrator haa received the following from M. II. Ilouser, of the food administra tion grain corporation; "Our reply to thla It that the small lots of grain you mention should be either hand led locally by (he growers of same for feeding purposes or the small lots uooled Into carload lota and consign-' ed to the food administration grain' corporation for the account or the several shippers." The basic price Is ItSO for No, 1 whest at Portland for bulk wheat. (Basic price varies according to va riety.) A premium Of 9c per bushel will be paid for sacked wheat basis good order sacks. No. 2 3 cents under No. I; and No. 3 wheat at 7c under No. 1. From the above Instructions I un derstand the grower of wheat can sell his wheat for feed or for milling purposes at his option. SAM II. HAKE It, County Food Administrator. Our' classified ads bring res ills tMUlS M HAN MlUMVMSw4.SM.Ais,akallllIA SOID BY DRUGGISTS EVEKftmEIK fe CHICHESTER S PILLS w'q-v Til PIAMUNB RBAXDL A AW ft rm Grants Pass & Crescent (ily Stage Co. f W. T. Wren, I'mpr. II. (lidding, Agent , . Big Pierce Arrow Cars Easy Riding Ofrlie Jokrphliie lintel Ulix-k Telephone 1MM-J and HCI Vff KEEP Ym SHOES IIEAT," tori ( UQUIDB AND PA0TI0. fOR BLACK. WNITt, f If J i TAMj DANK BROWN OR OX-BLOOD CHOCS mililS I A I v iLvL, MMaWl TNI UATNKR. . JrJ VJ I FEINTING THAT PLEASES WE DO IT!