PAGH TWO
DAILY KOGCB kUVEM OODKIKJI
TIll lWD.W, NOYKMIlKIt lil. IUIH.
Ill ROGUE RIVER C0U1R
Published Dally Except Saturday
A. E. VOORHIKS, Pub. aad Propr.
taterej at poatofflce. Grants Pass.
. Or., as second claaa mall matter.
ADVERTISING RATES
Display space, per Inch -. IS
Leeai-personal column, par Una 10c
Handera, oar Una Be
- DAILY COURIER
7 mall or carrier, per year $6.00
Br mail or carrier, p.r month- .60
WEEKLY COURIER
' y mall, per year
.11.50
MEMBER OF .ASSOCIATED PREba
The Associated Presa la exclusively
Mtltled to the nae (or republication
f all news dlspatohaa credited to It
ar not otherwise credited ta this
japer and also the local news pub
lished herein.
All rights of republication ot spe
lal dlsputchee herein are also
reserved.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1U1S
OREGON WEATHER
" -
4 Rain In west; easterly winds
ta east
WHO WILL CONTROL?
Apparently one of the biggest
questions confronting 'America is
that ot a merchant marine, and to
, formulate a policy aa to its opera
tion. President Wilson Is said to
have expressed his desire for a great
fleet of ships to carry our nation's
commerce and to that end favors
the continuation of the government's
shipbuilding plan.
Our government has invested, ac
cording to the press reports, upwards
of $4,000,000,000 in ships, mainly
I for the transportation of troops and
supplies to France. Immediately
peace is assured, additional ships
will be available for export trade. It
is generally understood that our gov
ernment will operate these vessels
. for a time, but many congressmen
scarcely favor the retention by the
government of a monopoly of sea
going tonnage and favor a return to
the pre-war conditions of private
ownership of our merchant marine.
But the construction of most of
this great fleet represents an outlay
of money out of all proportion to
their actual value in peace times a
price greater than most private par
ties can afford to pay for them. Their
production being a war necessity,
many of them were built regardless
of cost. If taken over by private
concerns this extra cost will prob
ably be written off as necessary ex
pense incidental to the war, and
which would .be the only method
that would make them attractive to
Investors.
The merchant marine question Is
one that will no doubt be hotly con
tested In the next congress, some fa
voring government operation while
others bitterly oppose it, and the
outcome will be watched by the Am
erican public with keen interest.
FREE AMERICA TOO FREE
America Is a great country, worth
LVj finding. We have many proofs of
this fact. Columbus came all the
way across the ocean on a few planks
to discover it. The Aztecs so loved
It that they gave their last son to
defend it. The Americans saw that
It would make a fine little home and
took it away from the Indians. The
English, true to their policy of "to
,.v uu TO uo,a, put Up a lair,
crap for it, but. engineered by
Washington, the Americans twisted
the British Lion's tail and settled
the dispute, thus resulting in the j
hatching of the American Eagle and
the 8tr Spangled Banner and they
nave Dees nying end waving ever
sines unafraid.
ANY TASTE PLEASED
Fine Coffees
15c to 60c Pound
PAPER BAGS COST YOV LES S THAX TIX CAX8
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
' QUALITY FIRST
The flag has grown and the old
bird has grown, until no nation has
the temerity to reach out and pluck
its feathers but here is where fools
rush in and Angels stay out.
Most of the fools came from Ger
many, Russia, Austria and a sprink
ling from the sands of other nations.
Their number was augmented by a
few natural-born 'Americans. Many
fine people came from those coun
tries, who are now among our beet
and most loyal dtixens, but the
fools followed, having been told that
this was "the land of the free and
the home of the brave" especially
the home of the free, which only
concerned them and they were told
the truth. But an overindulgence ot
any one thing is likely to produce
evil, and here Is where loyal Ameri
cans relaxed their watch free Am
erica became too free.
As a result of this o pen-heart ed-
ness and do-as-you-llke policy, the
United States hag been honey-comb
ed with German spies, the seed of
anarchy has been sown, Bolshevik
ism is now knocking at our door, and
disloyalty has crept into our nation
al congress at Washington. Men
yellow with dishonesty and posses
sing the propensities of a copperhead
have been elected to office, to help
shape the destiny of our nation.
One ot these is Victor Berger, of
Milwaukee, elected by the pro-Ger
man socialists a man four times in
dicted for his seditious utterances
and now lie is to take a seat in our
next congress.
Eugene B. Debs Is-another man
who is accused of making seditious
utterances, and one might name doz
ens of others who have proven them
selves unfit to reside in America,
Bob Lafolette. at one time loved
by many, displayed his broad yellow:
streak when put to the loyalty test
at the beginning of the war.
America Is the home of the free
let us keep it that way but it can
not be done by allowing such men
to have a hand In running the gov
ernment, or tolerating their open
teachings. Such men would, in
time, rally to their cause a horde
that would trample the Stars and
Stripes and hoist the'red flag. The
administration, in handling this
brand of human varmints, needs not
for a moment fear that "the people"
will not; back him up "with power
without stint," because they will.
There is something wrong with
Milwaukee with WIg"onsin some
thing very rotten In that eectTon of
Uncle Sam's domain, and Berger
should never be allowed to take a
seat In congress.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of tlon" perhaps only to have part of
Massachusetts, the man who was a Dodv to taS- These -high explo
vllifled by the Oregon Journal be-1 Bhe1'9 are hel1' puro and lm'lle'
cause he had the temerity to speak
out and state his convictions on mat-1
ers national, is said to bo booked Yesterday we saw a good air fight
tor the chairmanship of the com-and the American plane set fire to
mittee on foreign relations of the German. They were high but
senate when the republicans regain', ne" the two Germans falling
control of that body after March 4.
Should Senator Lodge receive this
chairmanship, It would be fitting
recognition of his 25 years service
in the congressional body.
.
"One of our great works of the
near future," says Director Smith of
the United States bureau of labor at
Portland, "will be to place the re-
turned soldiers. However, sawmills
and camps which have been running' " J ?" 1
' (cant. I don't know much about the
from SO to 75 per cent capacity can
now run at full capacity because ot
plenty ot labor."
ROSCOE C. PLUMLEY
GOES OVER THE TOP
In France, Oct. 3, 1918.
Dear Folks:
This is some placo to write so I
am goiug to make one letter go tha
rounds. ' don't know when I caj
g-'t it censored and mailed but will
do my best It is pretty noisy and
sometimes we are real busy dodging
pieces ot shrapnel, but this division
is ahead ot the ones on either flank
so we are getting a little and much
needed rest between Boche snells
and aircraft. We went over the top
at daybreak September-26, and have
had some very hot and nasty fight
ing, but the boys stayed with it like
old "Vets" and left a good many
dead and wounded Germans with
the ones we lost. My battalion went
over in a heavy fog and smoke bar
rage, and did not meet the Germans
until we had advanced two miles
through the timber and their
trenches. The fog lifted suddenly
and left us on an open hillside with
Boche machine guns on both sides
and big guns in front. Every man
fought like old timers and walked
up- on machine gun nests like they
did not know what was there. Some,
of .course, fell, but so did the ma
chine guns. My first experience
under fire came quick and I think
I was too d mad to get scared.
I saw a man fall a little to one side
ot me and started to him, but soon
dropped and crawled up. He was
hard hit and I started to cut - his
pack, etc., off so as to handle htm,
when a Boche sniper opened up on
me. He put four shots right over
me and one kicked up the dirt at my
!arm8 makes a target they love to
shoot at. We carry them in our
pockets now. Well that Is what
made me mad and from that on I
did not have time to be afraid.
. I was a pretty sick man the first
day, but now it doesn't bother me,
nor do I see go much, for we are not !
on the firing line so much. We have!
nlentv to do takinc cars of the
wounded as they are brought in hyl,nev hlra- 1 KUP9S 8"e others
the stretcher-bearers. Kot nlm ,or ne wa9 8ho' Bn,l they
... .11 v.l 1 i
I don't think Sherman knew m.iehi"cru ttu ",n" 1,1 u,,ncn-
about war, and trench warfare Is a
picnic compared with
stuff. This morning I
this drive
washed and '
shaved, the first time I have even
washed my face in nine days. All
we have Is a gas mask and our first
aid outfits. At night we dig a little
hole In the ground and crawl in.
.Wo expect relief now and are
surely ready for it. The Germans
h , , . , ,
ave not had time to use much gaB
t t,.. . . ,
and I have only been In It once.
think this game is about over and
I hope so for I have had enough. It
sure Jars to fln,d what was a friend
and have to tag him "Died In Ac-
wb were ai me rout rront, hut only
our machine guns went into action
there.
v... u.. very mKn ana reii.
faster than the burning plane, i;
know it will sound funny to you, but
we all cheered Just the same, for If
the Boche get hold of an allied plane
they me them with our marks still
""I "1, 7 V8r v" llneS 8nd
nsl the big gsns where to drop their
big shells Nothing 1s too little or
too dirty for them to do. I think I
murt be bullet proof, for they have
had no luck with met yet.
I only wish I could write a letter
war In general as we don't get any
papers up here, but I fell sure that
this Yank drive .will start the finish.
I am fueling fine, but tired out and
ale- but by the time you got this I
will be back having a rest and get
ting filled up again.
October 6
Wo left the fighting front the
night of October 3. after dark and
are now Just boliind our own biff
guns whore we feel sate and getting
more to eat and rest some. We sleep
ou mother earth, but have a btankot
each and got along O. K. The guns
are talking all the time and it sure
does sound good to u. We know
now what the big shells can do for
we have 'been among the Hun's big
shells for eight day. Thank God
these are going the other way, for
the shrapnel from the high explo
sive shnlls Is hell and I pray I will
never have to see again, what I saw
In those eight days up there. Ws
had a hard march to here but can
move around more and have a light
at night You see all marches near
the front are at night and the coun
try is all terrain the Yankees have
taken from Huns and ig Just a mass
of shell holes and ruins, therefore,
is very hard to' walk through tn the
dark. To make it better, It rains
most ot the time and there Is mud.
I could go on with this stuff for
a week, but It won't help you to
write ot our hard luck. I thought
I had a tough time up there but I
saw bo much worse and the wounded
were lying around in the rain and
cold with almost no covering. We
used our 'raincoats and soma Boche
blankets we could find for them, but
it was awful and so for us fellows
that had no holes in our hide and no
broken bones, we shouldn't kirk.
I am still dead tired and away be
hind on sleep but this division Is re
lieved and we are going back for
real rest, where we can get some
things we need and some we think
we need.
I can carry all my personal be
longings in my pocket for I have
ditched everything but my razor and
watch. I don't see how it runs but
It does and keeps good time even
though It Is rusted until I can't open
It.
Now for the beet news I, or any
of us have ever heard or expect to
hear. An American plane flew over
us and dropped some N. Y. Heralds
wtth the news that the central pow
ers were asking for peace under
President Wilson's terms. Since we
have heard more .and I pray It Is
true, and I really think, part of It
at lenst is true for the Huns are
whipped for sure and we'll soon be
on hts own soil if he don't quit now.
W here we Were, they now have
clear sailing to the Rhine and will
soon be there. .1 saw one place
where a lieutenant I knew in this
regiment had shot, with his automa
tic, four Germans and a German po
lice dog before they got him. Three
of the Germans and the dog were
dead. The fourth was wounded and
I took care of him. Ho talked good
English and said the Yankees were
1 wonderful fighters, but easy to kill
Tnat DecalI8e they "8
reckless
8n1 take DS chances, alone and In
'"'nches.
Another place a private got three
of then wtn "Is bayonet before
Now for some more good news. In
the last three days I have had about
tn,rty letters, mostly from you folks
ana ine itoys ana also one rrom uex.
Dickenson. I close now and work a
while. Will wrlto where I can.
October 9
Here 1 am still in the mud and
still on ground taken from th Ger
mans, but out of reach of their
bii'tiib auu .an jiidi. ileal mil KIII19.
,,, . , : . , . . ..
We expect to get out of here In the
. . ,e , . . ,
sneiis ana can just hear tno guns,
1111,1111115 in huiu 11 11' nn auu Bt?t uuijl
to where there are, whole buildings
and a healthy kitchen and rest for a
month. Believe me we need It after
marching all over France and doing
eight days up at the front. 1 have
had all the war I want, but if the
Oermans want more I am willing to
go back and do my share. Trench
warfare Is a picnic compared to this
Pn(led thla gtruKK,e. Botn ,lhe Ger.
manfl and Krench wer0 very comfort.
able In dugouts fitted up with stoves,
RhtSi etC-t and nelther Me Mre t0
ftght muoh
We reached our division objective
heforo we Qult( but the Beemed
pr(itty t0 me, ftnd t put a tft(?
on more tnan one felIow T knew that
reaa ..KIlled , Actlon. 0nc) ri M
by our ald lell hit near
Bomo of the an4 ,took both feflt
off of two men clean M Jt co)d
have been done. We were lucky and
KOt them etArteA to the fIeId hospHal
immediately. Both were alive when
they left there and more than likely
W",d puH throun' but the kalar
can't give them back their feet.
Classified
FOR BALK
FOR SALE 40 tons first clitss al
falfa hay, baled, lit the burn. C.
D. Woolverton, Rogus River, Ore
gon, n
FOR SALK Thoroughbred llrowu
Leghorn cockerels, 7-mouths old.
C. Sohaefers, Rd. 2, lower river
road. 11
i9lT CUUVKOLKT with demount
able rluis for sale. 1 in best run
ning condition. M. J. Barker. $07
West C street. Phone 196-tt. 3S
FOR SALE Steel range good V
new. price $20. Call 329 West I
Street. 21
FOR SALE Young team excellent
pullers), wagon, plows, harrows,
hay, lumber, cedar poBts, shot
gun, rifle, bedsteads, oil stove and
other artloles. Phone 502-F-12,
Mrs. George L. Morris, Rd. 1.
Grants Pass, Ore. 42
FOR SA1JB Oood. dry, sorted corn,
delivered, 2Ho per lb. around
corn, cob and all, 3 renta. 924
East F street, phone 212-J. 23
FOR SALK A good piano. CnllTt
408 C street. Phono 32-R. 19tf
FOR SALE Span horses with har
ness, $100; weight about 1.000
pounds; 3 good pack or riding
ponies, three brood sows. 0. H.
Pease, Placer. Ore. 21
TO RENT
FOR RENT Cottage 321 Rogue
River Ave., three rooms and
sleeping porch, good well and one
half acre land, barn, $4. SC. tw
month. Key at 208 Foundry. Oiu
FOR RENT Dec. 7th. modern six
room bungalow; wood house,
sleeping rooms above, garage. 710
North Sixth street. And five room
cottage, corner C and Second.
Rents low. See N. E. Townsend,
621 A street. 3
WANTKTt "
WANTBD AT ONCIi "$1,000 loun
for year on 136 acres timber on
Coyote Creek, two miles from Wolf
Creek station, halt mile off high
way, Douglus fir, some sugar plno.
Cruises between 4 and 8 million.
No underbrush and all smooth
timber. Write Hob Roberts, Hotel
Clark, Glendale, Oro. 21
MHM'KLLA.N'ltOim
JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any
time. Phone Mocha Car 181-R
Otto J. Ksips, Resldencs 149-Y
231
HEMSTITCHING and piloting dono
to order, Handicraft Shop, Mcd
ford. Ore. 38
OA RACK First class work; elec
trical work a speciality; satisfac
tion guaranteed. Oils and gaso
line. Everett Stelger Garage,
211 North Slxta Street. Phone
298. 42
VIOLIN. PIANO, mandolin and ban-
Jo lessons; good methods and ex
perienced teachers. Music fur
nished; stringed instruments re
paired; violin bows repulred. G.
M. Kellogg, 725 South S-venth
Street. 23
TAXI It going or coming call the
White Line Taxi.. 8afety first.
Call at the Spa confectionary.
Phone 202-R. Residence phone,
320-R. 45
I think I have been all over
Franco and mostly ou foot. If Rol-
lie really wants a Job, let him try
marching over a slicslied ami
trennhod forest flllod with barbed
wire etc., on a dark night with a
shell dropping often enough to keep
up your interest. It's a great life
even If you do weaken.
Young Courtney of Grants PasR
was wounded in tho log. I had din
ner with Herbort McKenzle aftr we
came out. lie is in our field hos
pital you know. Well I will close
now. 1 am feeling fine only In need
of sleep and a good rest.
ROSCOE C. PLUMLEY,
363rd Infantry,
Medical Detachment,
A. P. O. 776, Amer. Ex. Forces.
Grants Pass & Crescent City Stage Co.
W. T. Breen, Propr.
H. Glddiags, Agent
Big Pierce Arrow Cars
Office Old Observer Blk. Corner Seventh and O streets Phone 20
Telephone 228-J and 108
Advertising
PHOTO HTIIUO
THIS PICTl'RK MIIL for fine photo
graphs. Optn dally txrept Sun
day from 10 a. in. to $ p. ni. Sun
day sittings by appointment only.
Thons Mill. 283-H. or rssldono
140-J. (7tt
"""""PMYSICIANM
L. 0. CUSMMNT, M. 0., PracUoo
limited to diseases ot the eye, ear,
nose and throat Glasses fltled.
Offlrs hours 9-U, a -5. or nn ap
pointment Office phoue 62. real
denes phone IS9-J.
&LOUO UR1DQ G, II. V., Pbysloisji
and surgeon. City or country calif
attended day or sight IUldeno
phons 389; offloe pboo 111
Sixth and H. Tuffs Hldg.
DrTTT '6NIlrLkY,Pbyw"oTaTiM
urgsoa. Lundburg Oldg. Healttt
officer. Office hours, 9 In II a.
tn. and 1 to 0 p. m. Phonw 310-J.
A. A. WITHAM. U. O. Internal
medicine and nervous dJteasos;
03 Corbett Hldg., Portlaud.i Ors.
Hoars 9 a. m. to 1 p. in.
A. m'R8ICl,I M. D. O. C In block
north of poatofflce. corner Sixth
and D street surgical, electrical,
chlropratlc and osteopathic treat
ments. Office phons 197-R; resi
dence phone 833-11.
VKTKKINAJtY Kl'HUICON ' '
DR. R. J. BE8TUL, Veterinarian.
Offlos. rssldsnce. Phons 101-R.
ATTOHNKYK
II. D. NORTON, Attorney-at-la.
Practices In all Dials and FsdersJ
Courts. First National Bank Bldg.
COLVIU ft WILLIAMS. Attorneys-at-Law,
Grant Pass Basking Co.
Illdg., Grants Pass, Orogau.
E. fl. VAN DYKE. Attorney. Prao
tlos la all court. First National
Bank Bld.
r. 3. HLANi HARD, ttornsy at
Law. Uuluen Hula Building
Phono 270. Grants Pass. Oregon,
HI.A.M'ilAKD k nLA.NCHAKD. At
lufltays, Albert Bldg. Phos.
2S8-J. Practice In all courts; las
board attorney.
C. A. 81DLBH".AttoreyT7-LTri-.
sree In bankruptcy. Masonl
temple. Grants Pass, Or.
B. C. MACY, 1). M. I. ""lrsl-li.
dentistry. 109 South Blitb,
street. Grant Pa, Oragen.
I 'HAY At. K AM Tll.lNl. ul
COMMEKUAL. TK ANdl- EK IAJ. At
kind of drayugv ana lrnf.
work carefully and proutMUy lnn
i'bone 181-J. Stand at tre'.gh)
depot. A. Shad, Prop.
Ti7kw6rLD MOVES; odo w"Z
Hunch Bros Transfer Co. Pbons
3K7-R.
K. ti. iSHAM. Ufajke and transfer,
Safes, ilaoot and furniture
moved, packed, hl,.e1 and tor
ed. Phone Clnrk ft dolman. No.
SO. Residence phone 124-R.
The California and Oregon
Coast Railroad Company
, TIME CARO
Effective Nov. 19, 1918.
Trains, will run Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday
Ijenve Grants l'asm 1 p, m.
Arrive Waters Creek 2 P M
1enve Wntm Crok ... 3 p. m.
Arrive Grunts Pans 4 p. m.
For information regarding freight
n:!l pa:;t.Mi;.r rates call nt tho ortloo
of the company, Lundburg building,
or telephone 131.
CARD OF THANKS
To the nuiny friends, and Order
of Eastern Star, we desire to ex
press our heartfelt thanks and ap
preciation for tho beautiful flowers
and tho kind words of sympathy of
fered in this, our sad hour.
MRS. FLORENCE MEIKLE.
O. II. KESTERSO.V.
Easy Riding
'ft
It