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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 25, 1918)
MONIl.W, NOVEMIIFJt 8, 1P1 DAILY ROGUE RIVER COURIER PAGB IBM!) MOTHER NATURE AS SCULPTOP Marvelous Beauty of Yossmlte Veils) Due to Cretlon of Wstsr Through Unoountad Agss. ' After IIih vlMlior r. the Yoaemlto vnl ,ly has recovered from hi" first shock of BMtonlxliiiit'iit for It la no lens tit the supreme beauty of tha valley, .In , evltahly bo wonders how nature mmle It However illil It hnpix-n that walls ao enoruir)ua rose so nearly perpentllo alar from ao level a floor? It will not lesson wonder to learn that It waa water which rut moNt ol ,011a (loop vulley In tha solid granite. Originally tlm Merced river flowed practically ut tho level of tha canyon top. How long It took tla waters, enormous In volume then, no doubt, to swipe with tools of sand thla vsl- The Electric Laundry rVhether you do your own helper, or send the work out you time and wear and tear by installing up-to-date home labor avers driven by ELECTRIC MOTORS You will be surprised to tea how little it costs to run these motors. Their first cost is soon offset by the saving in labor. Less than a cent an hour will operate most of the machines for home laundry work. A couple of hours will suffice to finish a good sized wash the electric way. Will you try on of those machines' la your home! California - Oregon Power Go. PRINTING THAT PLEASES l :.r l'''ti",'ii'la of fwif Into tlio living wru' v, n -mi n cnti uvin guess. Anil, ,i cut vnllcy, It left tlm trlb t vj? riiiiiM wloilns even more ii 'irji'v friii their levels until event' unity they poured over hrlnka aa glnnt wiiterfiilh, Ttitt irtologlst hnve determined, by inn i rliiu fnrt, tlmt the river did by for the iiin.'t nf tho work, and thut the Ctvnt glacier which followed the water akcn uftorwnrd did little more than si'iuro Ita cornera nnd steepen Ita rlirfR. It may have Incresxed tha depth from 700 to 1,000 feet, not mora. During the Uncountable yearn alnce tho glaciers vanlahed, erosion has again marvelously used Ita chisel. With the leadening of tha Merced's volume, the effect was to amazingly carve and decorate tha walls. washing, hire a can save money. ''.,' WE DO .f.fvi' .... Got Ring Lost Thirty Years Ago. A boy was playing along the rocky coast of North Wales, a abort time go, and trying to lift many of the loose rocks, saw aparkllng object lying underneath one of them. On be lug Bulled up this proved to be valu able gold ling. When Inquiries were made, It was found that It belonged to n old resident of the district, who had lost it in the sea over thirty years ago, when bathing. Great Wrong Dons Willis, There ought to be severe nenaltv for an alarm clock striking blue note. One of these things got Willie oat of Dea an hour too early under the sug gestion that be was an hour late, and landed him st the office Uke run way horse, before the janitors bad nnisnen their morning's work-Se- atue font-Intelligencer. Really Fine Eulogy. uere is a eulogy of a dead emir wmcn Ion KhalUkan declares the Commander of the Faithful, as ths Caliph of Bagdad was known, pro nounces Incomparable: "Now let mis fortune do Its worst, and time Inflict Its evils. There Is no excuse for eyes wmcn nave-not ahed their tears." Snakes Brad for Profit. Most of the snakes used by show men are procured from a large "snake farm" at San Antonio, Tex., where all klnda of reptiles are bred. This farm consists of eight acres for snakes alone, besldea the land required for raising rubblts, chickens, frogs and omer -snake reed.' Telephone Probe." The. Inventor of the Bell telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, baa another Invention to his credit that very few know of. Yet It la In constant use In France. It Is called the "telephone probe," and absolutely locates ths ex act position of a bullet In the human body. 8etk Fuel Oil Substitute. Experts In the employ of Uruguay are experimenting with bituminous schist, which exists In great quantities In that country, in the belief that It may replace fuel oil In government electric plants. Jnvelopes at tha Courier Office. IT! OW TO MEET MIDDLE AGE Imperative That One Should Keep Up witn ins procession of Humsn Thought Margaret Dclnnd gives some useful advice on how to meet middle age In such a manner aa to Insure future hap plness. Among other things, she says: "To hold on to our appreciation of nature, we must spur our dull and tag ging memory of beauty; to keep our ppreclatlon of human nature, we muHt refuse to be laid on the shelf; we must keep up with the procession of hurnnn thought. Only so can we aee the sweat the tearssnd smiles of our fellow-creatures. These are the two tasks of middle age; If we perform them worthily our souls will nover grow old. And, plain ly, It Is up to us' as these slangy youngHters of ours express It It Is up to us to keep young; to make sure that our Inner vision Is often to beau ty; and to the joy and sorrow, the squalor and glory of our fellows. If we do this, the 'compensation' Is Im mediate! So, what difference does It make If the body Is rheumatic and near-sighted and a little deaf when It comes to the song sparrows; what do such things matter. If the eyes of the soul still see that crater mirroring the sky, rf the ears of the spirit hear the bird's note In dawn and dewT "Nor does It matter that the body declines a game of tennis and shudders tt a plunge Into the surf when the thermometer registers only 55 degrees if the body's tenant Is able to say to the young people, Oo ahead 1 Have good timet But take my word for It "The best Is yet to be I "Wom an's Home Companion. ADAPTED TO MODERN NEEDS 8eemlng Proof That Fset of Women Have Developed With Enlarge ment of Thslr Work. The different sizes chosen for the standard hoots for women dld not ap parently Include size one, which raises an Interesting point remarss ine Manchester (Eng.) Guardian. Some little time ago an old curiosity, shop In a country town ahowed In Its win dow a woman's shoe of ancient date. It was made of a gray-blue brocaded Bilk, with a large square-cut tongue and fastened with a buckle. The heel was very high, made of wood and cov ered with red-brown leather. It was a beautiful shoe, and might have be longed to a lady of Marie Antoinette s court, or even have trodden dances in the time of our Merry Monarch. But It was so extraordinarily small thst 909 women would have failed to get It on. The thousandth happened to eee It was fascinated by Its sppearance, and axkc4 she might try It on. It fitted exactly. Was the normal else foot of that are the abnormal one of thlsf One wonders. And have women's hands. feet and waists developed u suit the work which nowadays they have to do? Attractive Tiled Roofs. One of the most romantic touches of old 8paln snd Mexico Is transfer red to southern California tnrougn the medium of Its tile roofs on the better class of domestic work. The work left by the old Franciscan priests In their missions throughout southern California and mostly done hv the Indians, who were good pot ters and who became expert under the direction of the monks. Is the source of this new departure. It Is claimed that the variations In the tile, making It possible for them to fit together, was done over the calf of on Indian's leg, the wet way lielne molded by that method and than iniii boMb tn drv. The charac ter of these old tiles consists not only In the rich red and reddish brown tones In the clay or the' tex ture, n sort of semi-rough matt clnse. but from the Irregular, many sized and shaped pieces going Into the roof. Dwleht James Baum In Architecture. Vslus'of Thunderstorm. A thunderstorm Is one of the best of Bhyslclana, . In fact It Is worth a whole army of doctors working day nd night. What they can only as suage It can cure, clear out absolutely abolish. ' Lightning makes the .atmosphere fresh. It Is the cleansing Are of heaven. Where It passes no germ can live. But an even greater cleanser, for It leaves nn nook or corner untouched, un washed, unflushed, Is the torrential rain which almost Invariably accom panies a thunderstorm. Think fcf bil lions of tons of water passing through the stmosDhere. carrying down with It thousands of tons of solia matter in the shone of smoke and ashes, and ef fluvia, and germs untold and swilling nil these things from street ana aiiey and court and roof. Why, no spring eiennins could effect in a century what a thunder shower does In ten nUn- ntes. .- . Destructive Civil War. Civil war In England lasted from 1642 to 1660 eighteen years helng contemporaneous part of the time with the Thirty Tears war, which di vided all Germany Into two opposing camps, ii iouna xne empire wim a population of .16,000,000, and left It with less thaa n.ooaona Clsssff fed Adver FOR BAUC FOR SALES 40 tons first class al falfa hay. haled, at the barn. C. D. Woolverton, Rogue River, Ore ton. 21 i917 CHEVROLET with demount able rime for sale. Is In best run ning condition. M. J. Barker, 207 West C street. Phone 196-R. 28 FOR SALE Young team (excellent pullera), wagon, plows, barrows, hay, lumber, cedar posts, shot gun, rifle, bedsteads, oil stove and other articles. Phone S02-F-12, Mrs. George L. 'Morris, Rd. 1, Grsnts Pass, Ore. 42 run bale A good piano. Call at 408 C street. Phone 22-R. 19tf FOR SALE at snap -1912 Chal mere, Al condition, new tires; a! so 2-wbeel trailer. Also hare good cook stove and steel range snaps. Call 707 E street 27 FOR SALE Two good mules. Also new Winona wagon. For particu lar, address H. C. Miller, Rogue River, Ore. 27 TURKEYS for sale; also bull calf one week old. Inquire Peter Ol son, phone S00-R-2. 24 TO RUNT FOR RENT Cottage 221 Bogus River Ave., three rooms and sleeping porch, good well and one- half acre land, bam, $4.65 i month. Key at 208 Foundry. So WASTE) STEAM ENGINEER, blacksmith and all around mechanic, also pipe fitter wanfl permanent position, Address No. 1980 care Courier. 26 WANTED Cook, dining room girl, chamber maid and dish washer. Clarke, Phone or write Hotel Glendale, Ore. , 24 JANITOR wanted for Presbyterian church. Inquire Mrs. Mary Van Dyke, 804 Washington, boulevard phone 164-J. . 27 WANTED Electric motor, about M h. p., state make- and price. Clifford Roberts, 714 J street. 24 MISCBLhANBOVM JITNEY SERVICB Any where, any tlsas. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-ft Otto J. Kaips, Residence 149-Y 23t HEMSTITCHING and plcotlng done to order. Handicraft Shop, Med- ford. Ore. . 38 GARAGE First class work; elec trical, work a speciality; satisfac tion guaranteed. Oila and gaso line. Everett Steiger Garage, 211 North Slxta Street. Phone 298. . 42 TAXI It going or coming call the White Line Taxi. Safety first Call at the Spa confectionary. Phone 262-R. Residence phone, 820-R. 45 THE VERY BEST fire Insurance. Isaac Beet 25 MISS RAY C. SAWYER - $ :i jS - m wi(iiijli5a Miss Ray C. bawyer of New YOrk Itv. who la called ths "musical god .nothsr of America's fighting men," laving adopted all ths musical untjts In ths United State service by keeping ;hem supplied with all the latest hits. Thrt eevsre ever 600 band. 290 trchsstras and scores of alngere tss the my. navy and marine oarpa. PUOTO 8TTJIMO THE PICTURK MILL for fine photo graphs. Open dally except 8ua dsy from It a, m. to I p. en. Baa day sittings by appointment only. Phone Mill, 288-R, or residence 14W, 87tf PHYSIO ASS L. O. CLEMENT. M. D., Prsetle limited te diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. - Glssses fitted. Office hours 9-12, 3-C, or on ap pointment Offies phone II, resi dence phone 389-J. , S. LOPOHBIDOa. JL. D Phyatouut and surgeon. City sr. country ealls attended day or night Reside phone SSI; office phone ' 182 -Btxtk and H, Tufa Bldg. DR. J. O. NHsLBY, Physician ana oargeoa. Lnndbtrg . Bldg. Health . officer. Office hours, to 12 s m. and 1 to S p. m. Phone 810-J . A. WITHAM, M. D. Internal medicine sad nervous diseases; . 908 Corbett Bldg., Portland, Ore. Hoars 9 e. m. to 1 p. m. A. BURS ELL M. D. D. C In Mock north of poetofflee, corner (Math and D street". surgical, eleetrloal, chlropratlc and osteopathia treat ments. Office phone 197-R; resi dence phone 982-Ct VETKBIMAAT BURGEON DR. R. J. BE3TUL, VeUrtnarlaa Office, r Mid sacs. Phone I8&-R. ATOUIUIKYS H. D. NORTON, Attomey-t-Uw. Practices In all State and Federal Oeorta. First National Bank Bids OOLTIG ft WILLIAMS, Attorney at-Law, Oraats Pase Banking Co. Bldg., Grants Pass, Orenoo. - . 8. VAN DTffl. Attorney. Prae ttos in all court Flrat National Bank Bldg. O. a BLANG1IARD, ttorney at , Law. Golden Rule Building Phone 270. Grants Pass, Oregon. BLANCH A RD BLANC HARD, At torneys, , Albert Bldg. . Pbon lls-J. Practice la aH courts; Inns . board attorneys. O., A. BISLBRAtterney-et-Lew.- ref eree la ssakraptey. ataaoaie temple, Grants Pass, Ore. E. a MACT, D. U. D. First-"! dentistry. 109 tt Booth Btxtk street Grants Pass, Oregon. ' UKAYAOS ANB TKAVftt COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Al klnda of dray ago and transfer work carefully and promptly dene Phone 1S1-J. Stand at freight depot A. Shade. Pe-op. THB WORLD MOVES; so do ws. Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phono S97-R. F. G. ISHAM, drayasje and transfer. Safes, frlaaee - and fur nit or moved,, packed, shipped sad stor ed. Office phon, 22-R. Resi dence phone, 124-tR. The California and Oregon Coast Railroad Company THUS CARD - Effective Nov. 19, 1918. Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Leave Grants Pass. .1 P. if. Arrive Waters Creek . ; 2 P. M. Leave Waters Creek S P. II. Arrive Grants Pass ,...4 P. M. For Information regarding freight and passenger rates call at the office of the company, Lundburg building, or telephone IS 1. ; . Tires Repaired By the new section method ALL WORK GUARANTEED Second hand tires bought and - sold : TAVIS A ADAMS ATJTO CO. PHONE 817 i -Mstsrtsls In Alrplsne. Exclusive of the engine, the average airplane contains 4,326 nails, 3,377 screws, 920 steel clampings, 798 forg ing, 276 turnbuckles, 65 pounds of aluminum and relative quantities of varnish, rubber, Unen, wood, etc