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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1918)
i - is ! ! ! k DAILY HOGl'K KIVKH OOCKIKH Tl K.SHAY, OtTOttKH IA, IHIH. ! SELECTION OF SEED ears, with good ventilation nhnve thrm, ItU ROGUE HfER COURSER Published Dally Except Saturday E. VOORHIK3, Pub. aad Propr. After hanging In the sited or lying on the racks for two months tho seed ears should be us dry ns n bono and contain less than 1 per rent of mois CORN IS IMPORTANT i f Oregon Cranberries ture. They ran remain where they Prepare for Bigger Yields by Preserving Supply. Proper Way Is to Choose From Stand ing Stalks Before First Hard Freeze Avoid Large lara on Stalks. . dried or bo stored In mouse-proof bar rels, boxes or miles during the win ter, but In either case tlic.v must not b exposed to a dump atmosphere, for latere 1 at poetofflce. Grants Pass er,., ai second class maU matter. t'KU'.RY I.KTTITK swekt roT.vroKS tlicy will nlmorli moisture nnd be In jured. Some farmer place tho thor oughly dried seed ems In tho center of u wheat bin mid llll ttto t" l!i loose, dry wheat. ADVERTISING RATES fLi.nu anaM nr inch .......... .15 . ..l-nraonl column. Df line IOC - - , -Amm uv tin vc tMur - 'i 4 t ( DAILY COURIER .n . .irHnr. oer year.... 14.00 n. or Mrriar. Br month.. .50 WEEKLY COURIER my mail, per year .11.60 IIMBER OF ASSOCIATED PREao The Associated Press Is exclusively atltled to the use" for republication at all news dispatches credited to It r t,nt nthorwlae credited la this iper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of ap at.i disniktches herein are also reserved. TITESlttV,' OCTOBER 15, 1918. OREGON WEATHER north- Partly cloudy, light easterly winds. KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Ql'ALITY KIltST (From the United Btattw Department of AKTiruiiure.) Selection of seed corn uow froiu the standing stuiks Is om way, and vesy easy one, to lucrease the yields next your. Shortage of good seed corn In many parts of tho northern states htat spring emphasises (he tiuMrtance of being prepared uext year. Preparation their irrigation project. On Novem- LQAfj-r SCHEME, BUTt ber 5th don't fall to cast your vote In favor of granting them a right of Great Detective Had Overlooked One Possible Happening, ana fne way through the city for their Irriga tion ditch. Gold Hill claims to have her lime plant In full operation "In spite of the knockers." The best way to cure a knocker Is to never repeat what he says; to repeat his raps Is advertis ing his propaganda. According to some of the local dealers who are shipping vegetables and fruit, there Is not nearly enough of these products this year to satisfy the demand. Another argument for irrigation. "STALLING" OX PIBL1C WORK Collier's publishes a letter from a man who hag been working In a San Francisco shipyard, and here are some of the things the workman claims to have seen: Seventy-five per cent of tne men doing 50 per cent' of a day's work, thus making our country pay at least $3,000 extra on one single ship. He said he has heard foremen tell their men: "Now, take it easy and hang onto this." "You may wonder how I know all these things," says the workman. "It Is because I m one of the chief of fenders. I am working, or rather stalling, in one of the big shipyards. The last time I asked a foreman what to do next, he said: Tor sake can't you find a place to hide I found a place." This slacker workman, with his foreman, should have been stood up against a wall, or else have been sent to the front. The astonishing feature of this Incident Is that such blood-sucking can be practiced with Impunity. The same management ap plied to any private business would wreck It In a month. Give the fighters three weeks more of good weather and the chances are them will not be a Hun left on French or Belgian soil. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts says "II we agree to an armisuce now the war is lost; we must have unconditional surrender." It will take a long time to get your Christmas presents to the boys in France. Better do your shopping early. The best way to make the world safe from Hun brutality, lust and treachery Is to demand unconditional surrender. . Witness Had Not There were just 18 guests at Mrs. Hyphen Ramrod's party. She thought It would prove unlucky and when she missed ber $8,000 tungsten ring she knew It was. She telephoned Sheer- luck Bones, the great detective. Imme diately after the discovery and a few minutes later he arrived. "Ladles and gentlemen," he an nounced In his cold, clear tones, "a tungsten ring worth 13,000 has been stolen and one of you Is the thief, not to use a harsher word. Mrs. Hy phen Ramrod wishes me to spare the culprit's feelings, Inasmuch as be Is her guest Very well. If you will kindly assemble about the dining table I will cause the lights to be ex tinguished and slowly count fifty. That will give the guilty party ample time to lny the ring on the tuble, un der cover of the darkness. Otherwise I shull be obliged to search you all. But I should like a witness to be present Mrs. Rumrod, kindly procure a witness." Mrs. Rumrod li'ft and returned with a passer-by, a tall man with side whis kers and a vacant stare. The great detective waved his liund, the room was plunged In darkness, and slowly he counted fifty. At "forty-eight" the unmistakable tinkle of tungsten against wood wus heard as the stolen ring was tossed on the table. Im mediately afterward there was a vio lent crush, ns of breaking glass. The great detective turned on the lights. The ring was not there. Neither was the witness. Detroit Free Press. r-T- Dancing teachers have put the ban on the closed position, or "grlzzlly bear hug." Rib-crackers take notice. DO SOMETHING WORTH WHILE ON BASIS OF COMPROMISE Couple's Religious Differences, Which Caused Trouble Once a Year, Set tled in Peculiar Manner. Much Benefit Will Come From Deter mination to Make Each Day j Record of Accomplishment The one who starts' out In the morn I In? with a determination to do some- thing during the day that will amount ! to something, that will be distinctive. that will have Individuality, that will give hi in satisfaction nt night. Is a great deal more likely not to waste his dav In frivolous, unproductive work than the one who starts out with no plan. Begin every day, therefore, with a Food Attracts Ants. Tho surest way to keep u house free from ants Is In leuve tin food lying about en shelves or In open places where they can reach It. Ants go where they llud food, and If the food siimllos of the hoiiMehoir. arc'kept In nut proof metal containers or in ice- ...... .,,,1 If nil f.uul Hint iiibV luilllH'll )pi,ai-, nil.. ..." .- . . to be scattered by children or others 1 Is cleaned up promptly, the ant nui sance will be slight. Cuke, bread, sugar, inenl, and like substances am espe cially attractive to the ante and should be kept from them. Roaches will not ' frequent rooms unless they find some available food material, and If such materials can be kept from living rooms and nfflces or scrupulous euro exercised to see that no such material Is placed In drawers where It con leave an attrac tive odor or fragments of food, tho roach nuisance can be largely restrict ed to places where food necessarily must be kept. National Mazda Lamps II Field of Corn Showing Good Method of Selecting Seed The Men Are Searching for Plants Thst Hsve Pro duced Heavily Under Aversge Condi tions and In Close Competition With Less Productive Plants In the 8ams and Adjacent Hills. True Art "Womhut Is what I call a real art ist." "Ehr "lie can get n fair likeness and yet make the portrait 40 ier cent bet ter looking than tho original." Louis ville (iurlerJournal. WING too little light nuts a strain on chil dren's vision that thvy may never outgrow! Why not have plenty of llghlT Na tional MAZDA Lasips give three times the light of old fashioned carbon iauif without adding a penny to your light bill. Rogue River Hardware (.to. It. lUddle, Mgr. Not a Tight Fit Equipment was being Issued to the recruits. On the previous day they had received shoes and as the men riinie up the officer asked each how his shoes fitted. One man wild: "Why, sir, I can do a right about face with out moving my shoes." Our classified aJa bilnu results FOOD m win (fm$ wail gr Compromise where political and re- evidently possible In Belfast accord- P"" and determine that, let what tag to the testimony of a recent vis- j me- " "T " out M . ,t,.f tn nn. Hnv she had pU 8 possible. Follow It np per- HOW OUt GRKAT .M KUCHA XT MARINE IS GROWING More than 3,000,000 tons of ship ping have been built In U. S. ship; yards as part of our answer to Ger many's plan to wipe out merchant marine of her enemies, according to reports of the Emergency Fleet Cor poratlon for business to August 31st. On August 1st, there were 171 shipyards at work, of which 76 were steel, 85 wood, 2 composite and 7 concrete. A total of 5,819,081 tons is now afloat under the control of the ship ping board. mo neei corporation program calls for a merchant marine of 2,051 ships, of a total deadweight tonnage of 18,003,504. There remains to be hunt, exclusive of what has been launched in September, 10,184,423 tons. The fleet corporation also is building a "mosquito fleet" of tu lighters and barges totalling ,"n,iioo tons. occasion to call at a house where a woman of the Roman Catholic faith had married a Protestant husband. On one side of the mantelshelf was a bust of the pope, on the other a bust of William of Orange. "I suppose you find It very difficult to agree at times?" Inquired the visitor. "No," was the ready reply; "we only differ once a year, on the Boyne anniversary, when my husband comes home drunk and smashes my bust of the pope." "Then I suppose you return the compliment , by smashing his William of OrangeT' Not at all I put It In pawn and buy another bust of the pope with the money," was the unexpected answer Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. . Don't talk about an Inconclusive peace. Remember "In Flanders Fields," by Lieut. John McRae, who died fighting In Flanders last Jan uary: "Take up the quarrel with the foe! To you, from falling hands, we throw The torch! Be yours to hold it high If ye break faith with us who die, We shall not sleep though popples grow In Flanders Fields." The Gravity District Improvement company is making good headway 1 ! sistently, day after day, and you will j be surprised at the result , Make np your mind ut the very ! outset of the duy that yon will accom I pllsh something that will amount to ! something; that yon will not allow . callers to fritter away your time, and , that you will not permit the little nn j noyances of your business to, spoil I your day's work. Make up your mind I that you will be larger than the trifles I which cripple and crnmp mediocre lives, and that you will rise above petty Change While You Look. Ry moving a single lever a new auto mobile body is converted Into an open car or a two-seated vehicle. annoyances and interruptions ana carry out your plans In a large and commanding way. Make every dny of your life count for something; make It tell In the grand results, not merely us on added dny, but ns an added duy with some thing worthy achieved. Ail kinds of Courier. leal Hank at the Poison Gas 0 should begin' now, for the only proper wuy to seli"ct seed corn Is from the standing stuiks ns soon us the com matures and before the first hard freeze. Select plenty of seed enough for your own needs, for repluntlng If necessary and to supply your less thrifty neighbors who may wait until spring to take their chances of getting good seed from the crib. Well-choseu, home-grown seed of varieties of proven worth In the com niunlty, properly dried Immediately af' tel it has been gathered nnd carefully preserved until planting time, prmluces tho best yields. As soon as the croii ripens, go through the field with seed-picking bugs, and husk the ears from the stuiks tlmt have produced the best corn with out having hud special advantages such as spuco, moisture, or fertility. Avoid the large ears on stalks standing singly with an unusual nmount of spneo around them. Preference should bo given the plants that have produced most heavily In competition with a full stand of less productive plunts. Late mo turl rig plonts with ears which ore heavy becuuse of un excessive amount of sap should be Ignored. Sapplness greatly Increases the weight and la likely to destroy tho quality. In the central nnd southern Stntes; all other things being equul, short, thick stalks are preferable. Short stalks are not so easily blown down and penult thicker planting. Thick stalks are not j so easily broken down, and In general are more productive than slender onest The tendency for corn to produce suck ers is hereditary, other things being equal, seed should be taken from stuiks . that have no suckers. immediately after the seed corn Is gathered the husked ears should bo put In a dry place where there Is free circulation of air and plnced In such a manner that the ears do not touch eath other. This Is the only safe pro cedure. Good seed Is repeatedly rained because It Is thought to be nl- ready dry enough when gathered. I Many farmers believe that their nu- 1 tumns are so dry Unit such cure is un- I necessary. Seed corn In every local- Ity gathered at ripening time will bo I benefited by drying ns suggested. If left in the husk long after ripening It may sprout or mildew during warm, ' wet weather or become Infosled with weevils. The vitality of seed Is often I reduced by leaving It In a suck or In a j pile for even a dny after gnthering. Daring warm weather, with some mois ture In the cobs and kernels, the ears heat or mildew in a rcmurkahly short time. The best possible treatment Immedi ately after gathering Is to string the ears. Ordinarily the best place to bang strings of ears Is In nn open shed or loft. Wire; rncks are more conven ient and In the end cheaper than bind er twine. Such racks may bo made from electrically welded lawn fencing. Tbe catting Of the fencing Into seed corn racks Is d,ne without any waste, . Only during unusuully dnmp weath er at seed-gathering time will fire be necessary to dry the seed. If bout Is employed In a poorly-ventlluted room It will do the seed ears more Injury than sood. If used, the Ore should be slow, long continued, and below the seed LETTERS from our boys in the trenches and from the women in canteen and other war work, all brinfr to us the same mes sage SEND US NEWS FROM HOME. World news is all right, but OUK BOYS want NEWS OF THIS TOWN. They want the home newspaper. Publishers are prevented from sending their papers free to anyotio, even boys in the service. Consequently a national movement has been started by Col. William Doycc Thompson of. New York, who is acting as President of the Home Paper Service of America to give the boys what they are falling for. Every community is joining the movement Let us sc that our boys are not forgotten. Send to the publisher of this newspaper whatever amount of money you can 5 cents or $50.00. We will publish a list each week of thone contributing, and the amounts contributed. ' Every cent received will be used to send this paper to our boys at the front. If at the end of the war, there is any surplus, it will bo turned over to the local Red Cross ' Committee. There is no profit in this to the publisher even in normal times, subscriptions arc not sold at a profit. With war prices prevailing, and the high rate of postage on papers sent to France, our cost will scarcely be covered by our full subscription price. Remember that over in France, some brave soldier or sailor from this town perhaps even some splendid woman working within sound of the guns is depeiu' ' - on you to "KEEP THE HOME LOVE KIM '. !." I) They are calling to YOU from "Over There" GIVF. WHAT YOU CAN KlIlKfiRII'TIONH I1AVK IlKKN RKCKIVKM AS KOLIXIWH: Herman Horning; $2-tO Frank M, Inland , XiMQ