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DAILY BOG CIS HIT Eli COURIER MONDAY. D1X.KMI1KH 2, 1P1B. USED HUMAN FLESH FOR BAIT Hawaiian Kings Utlllnd Bodies Of lavas or Enemies to Lure Men . stsrs of tha Ooaan. In tha dny of flawallan kings, ev arj part of the bona and akin of a ahark was supposed to confer unfllnch In bravery upon tha possessor. Wherefore. ahark.flHhlng waa then a regal sport. In those daye, tha bait mnrh In vogue waa tha human body tthi.r tha hodv of a slave or of some on a against whom tha royal pefVonage hnd taken a sudden dislike, according to Outing. Ksmehamcha I. waa especially proud and Jealous of hla title of the Great fihark-Flsher. Ha kept hla victims penned up near tho great temple of Mooklnl. near Knwaihaa, on uie isinna of tlnwall. Ha therefore had a plcn- tlful sunnly alwaya on hand. Tha person choaen to act aa bait. waa killed, cut up. placed in a caia baah. and allowed to mellow for a few data. Tha mellowing process eon summated, the alt waa laahed to tha outrider of tha royal canoe In inch manner aa to leave behind a drip- ulna trail of Mood and oil. upon reaching the flatting grounda, the bait wat unlsshed. I-arge hooka fashioned from wood or bone, were then "bolt ed" and lowered ever-side. Historians tell tie that grant aklll and courage were ahown by the membera of the royal party on auch occnalona In the roping and landing of the captured hark. HUtory of Ballooning. The flrat aacenaton In a balloon filled with hydrogen waa made In 1783 by M. Oharlea and M. Robert at Porta. Henry Cavendish, about 1700, d I cov ered tha grent levity of hydrogen gaa, and the following year Doctor Black Grants Pass & Crescent City Stage Co. W. T. Ilreen, fil'ropr. H. niddlnga. ttaent Big Piercef Arrow Car Office Old Obaerver II lk. Corner Seventh and G atreeta Phone 241 Telephone 22A-J and 163 PR I N P. of Edinburgh announced Hint a tnin tttrt'W filled wllh Hil Von innt . ml Into tho nlr. ravelin expert wcted nlnrm these lines and found that a blinVlcr waa too henvy. paper not air Unlit, but Hint aonp hnlililea rilled with Rim rose to tho celling of tho room. Til" flrnt auccetwful bnl- loon wna made by the Montgotfler brothera, In France, In 1782. It waa a Ore balloon, Inflated with hot nlr from burning paper. Tho Montgolfler suc cess led M. Charles to experiment with hydrogen gn, and with M. Robert he traveled Bi miles In a hydrogen bal loon tilted with a aafety vnlve. In mn ninnchard. the flrat professional MiTonaiit. with Dr. John Jeffrlee of lloaton. croaaed the English channel Military balloona were used at the bat tie of golfcrlno In J8.T0 and by the fed eral army durlne: the Civil war near Washington In 1801. Kyea of Fishes. Althongh there are a few exceptions to tha rule, the eyea of flNhe are in tended to aee beneath the water with, and. aa In the cnae of the eyea In all animals, eight only become poaalble to the eyea of diurnal animate wnen there, la light preaent. To be anre, there may he flithea that are nocturnal flMiip. Just aa there are nocturnal mainninla and blrda of vaiiona klnda; but the majority of fish douhtleaa de pend upon the preeence of light In or der to aee or use their eyea. Where the light la removed, and the removal pemtNta for an Indefinite period, It haa audi an effect upon the eyea of fishes that Mm of their deacendanta may, within comparatively abort apace of time, loae the aenae of eight entirely. All klnda of Commercial Printing at tho Courier Office. Legal Blanks at the Courier. Easy Riding TH AT LEASES SAVE 16,000,000 BUSHELS OF WHEAT THAT FORMERLY WAS LOST IN THRASHING Farmers, Urged by Food AdmlnJstrs tlon, Provide Seven Extra Leaves of Bread for Every American, By adopting cleaner threshing meth od and. by literally combing harvest fluids to gather grain formerly wast ed, threshertnen and farmers of the United States this year aaved fully 10,000,000 buahela of wheat, estimated aa equivalent to about seven one-pound loavea of bread for every person In the country. This result, accompanied by corresponding aavlnga of barley, oats, rye and other grains. Is ahown by reports from 83 grain atatea to the V, A. Food Administration. Other states, although not prepared to furnish defl' olte figures of conservation In- the grain fields, report greatly reduced harvest losses. . This rural food aavtng achievement, accomplished In scarcely six months' time, waa In direct response to re quests by the Food Administration, which aaked farmers and threshermen to reduce harvest losaea from about 84 per cent the estimated average In normal times to the lowest possi ble minimum. Country grain thresh ing committees carried Into every grain growing community the official recommendations for accomplishing the results desired. In numerous' Instances drivers of racks with' leaky bottoms were sent from the fields to repair their equip ment and frequently bad order thresh ing machines) were stopped until the cause of waste was removed. But In proportion to the number of persons engaged In gathering tbe nation s grain crop, cases of compulsion were com paratively rare. The Food Adminis tration freely attributes tbe success of the grain threshing campaign to pa triotic service by farmers, thresher men and their crews. - Incidentally grain growers of the United 8tatea are many mlUlona of dollara "In pocket' aa a result of the grain aaved. NO ONI BUFFERED HERE. The marvel of our voluntary food- saving, now that we are "getting ae suits," Is that no one ever actually suffered any hardship from It; that we all are better In bealtn and spirit and better aatlsfled with ourselves be cause of our friendly self-denial. Printing that nleases We do It Courier Job Department. IMG 1PIGE0IIS MIGHTY FACTORS III WAR rained Birds Save Hundreds of Lives. CHANGE COURSE OF BATTLES Thousands of Pigeons Ars Fighting In Their Dumb Way aa Valiantly, aa tha Men In the Line Fly Through Shell Fire Carrying Messagea That May Mean Success or Failure In an Operation. Can you imagine a man's life being saved by a pigeon T Or, can you Imagine tho lives of hundreds of men being saved, and the course of a battle being changed by a pigeon 1 Such things are happening dally on tbe great front where the GeVman army la slowly, but surely, being beaten back. Thousands of pigeons are fighting In their dumb way as valiantly as tbe men In the line, their battle for the al lied cause. Hundreds are giving up their lives. They fly through shell fire. through the smoke and din of battle, carrying measages that may mean suc cess or failure in an operation. Tele- phono lines may be broken, or com munication by. tils means Interrupted by other causes. But communication by pigeon war's most reliable messen gercan be broken by death only. Fly Mile a Minute. A pigeon may be wounded. It may be famished for water, but it will fly, despite Ita own enemies In tbe air, un til its last ounce of strength; la hausted. Heading for lta cote from the front line. It will fly with the speed of tbe wind. Fast pigeons can' make better than a mile a minute. Attached to Its leg is a little aluminum message box about an Inch long. Arriving at the cote, the pigeon ta "trapped," tbe message box quickly opened and rushed to headquarters. rue message Is deciphered. And while the pigeon Is straightening Its ruffled feathers, or cooing In anticipation of 1 meal of barley or canary seed. It la ikely that orders are going out mean ing life or death, success or failure, to t company, a regiment, a brigade or rven a division. As you pass along- the roads In tbe rear of the battle front yon will see lueer little houses standing on top m the very peak of prominent knolls. rhen you will notice the odd little Douses are on wheels. They are al rays standing In tbe most open place n the vicinity. There IS not a tree within rods of -lie little bouse. The sun bolls down jltllessly, or the rains pour upon tbe ilace. There doesn't aeem to be any ine about, .but somewhere In tbe ihade of the little house or the shelter )f a dugout you will find the only mman Inhabitants of the knoll. The queer little house Is a pigeon ote. Three men are attached to each wte. They train the pigeons, see that he flphtlng unit to which they are at- ached Is kept supplied with birds. vatch for their charges when thsy re- urn from tbe front, and then see that he message brought In by the pigeon S promptly delivered. Incidentally, It should not be as mmed that of this queer little eettle- nent atop the knoll, only the pigeons ace tbe dangers of the front. - Tho pigeon men" will not trust the deliv- ry of their birds to the front Hue to myone else. They put the pigeon In i wicker basket and dash over the ihell-swept roads in a motorcycle aide ar to the post command of their unit. vhere the birds are turned over to tho sen In the line. - i Work Period Begins. ' Then begins the pigeon's period of vork. It lives In the basket In which t Is carried to the front, known as be "rest basket". . This basket Is of pen wicker, and la some eight Inches I leep. It la about a foot and a ball wide md two feet long. Little water pans ire fixed. In the basket, and food -urned over to the man Who Is to care or the pigeons while they are In the 'font line. ' ' i. When a- patrol Is ordered, or an ab ack is being made, the pigeons are aken from the rest basket and . put hto a smaller wicker basket This Hats on a man's bock, just , between he shoulders. Pigeons are furnished not only the nfantry, but to balloon observers and avalrymen. In the case of the bal- oon observers only the rest basket la ised. The pigeons are teamed tip in . he hnllobn, nd should the observer's , ;elenhotrt connection wfth the ground 1, jecome broken, one of bis pigeons la ...llienuoo. dq Dears me messu vacs. ... Ita cote. . ,v nen wun cavniry, uie piswu r mo n a tiny, net "hnromock." Jt rests m ihe hammock' In a ttormal sitting tosl lon, nnM thonjb the tribtloW Of the Kirse triay cause ; the 'hammock to wing, th jitgeott-ts In too "danger of ,flng thrown' against the side ttMbO' .Miskett but la ently ."rocked" on lta Jqupjejf Into battle. ' CaUtasT eaida and tbe .Observer, eatoe. Envelopes -tt Classified Adver&ing FOrf SAIiB i17 CHEVROLET with demount able rlma for aale. Is In best run ning condition. M. J. Barker, 207 West C street. Phone 196-R. 3S FOR 8ALE Young team (excellent pullers), wagon, plows, barrows. hay, lumber, cedar poets, shot gun, rifle, bedsteads, oil atove and other articles. Phone 502-F-12, Mrs. George I. 'Morris, Rd. 1, Grants Pass. Ore. .42 FOR SALE A few boxes of first and second grade Spitzenberg ap ples. R. K. Roes, phono 804-F-2, 80 FOR SALE Disc root cutter, prac tically new. R. K. Ross, phone C04-F-2. "80 FOR SALE Good, dry, sorted corn. delivered, 2 He per lb. L. A. Ho, lowell-, 924 East F street, phone 212-J. .28 FOR SALE One yearling faolier . t from excellent dairy cow;. Se, Dr. ' A4. VITHAJI ,M.; ' D.Intemal R. J. Bestul: 80 "c "" diseases: 90r Corbett- Bldg., Portland. Ore.- - FOR BALE Furniture, ., atores, Hoare a. . nu to 1 p. m. ' ' ; ' tables, chairs, ruga, etc., top . -TT . . . w buggy, a few good bens. 801 BUR81SLL M. a D. C-U Meek North Sixth street : 82 BOrth mm.. eorner aaxtk ' and D sUeefev eurgieaL elestrieal, AUCTION 8 ALE of household goods, chiropratie aad osteopathia treat farm Implements and a team - at menta. Oflee phone 197-R; resV the H. H. Ward rip ranch In Fruit- dence phone 283-R. " dale, Saturday December 7 at 1 mi am i . i- o'clock p. m. Road the porter. WIURUiXlXX 8CBSEOM tor particulars. 34 DR fc - BewnjL. . V.Uri.arlao. FOR SALE Good Irrigated ranch on the Applegate, bouse, three barns, and out buildings, first class water right, all fenced, most ly 'wire fencing; For further par ticulars inquire of Geo. Feldmaier, Grants Pass'. S3 TOBSTI FOR RENT Cottage 321 Rogue River Ave., ' three rooms ' and sleeping porch, good well and one half acre land, barn. $4.55 , f' month. Key at 208 Foundry.' Iw . WAMTEB WANTED Pruning and grafting 20 yeara experience. ' Owen Ivlns, Grants? Pass, P. 'O. Box 155. 80 WANTED Apples and potatoes, ear lot Address A. R. McCormick, Grocer, Kennett, CaL - 38 WANTED .by an Invalid-rSunny room on lower floor with stove, also board and care. Write or call on Annie D. Wlmer, 413 Booth Street,. Grants Pass. ' 29 WANTED Information aa to pres ent whereabouts of Mrs. Flora Hin Page, formerly Flora Hill, who with er husband, moved to Grants Pass, Ore., sometime In 1902 or 1903, from San Francisco. It will be to this lady's advantage to communicate at once with Mit chell A Gents, attorneys, Alliance, Nebraska. 29 WANTED At once, a dishwasher and a pantry girt, both must be experienced. Inquire chef, Jose phine hotel. ' 29tf laaCBLLANBOOB JITNBT SRVIC Aay where, any time. Phone kfscha Cafe. 181-lt Otto J. Knlfs, Residence " 149-T 333 HEMSITTCHINO aad picoting done to order. Handicraft Shop, Med- ford. Ore. 88 GARAGE First class work; elec trical work a speciality; satisfac tion guaranteed., Oils i andgaso llne. Everett Stelger Garage, 211 North SixUi Street, Phone .298. v ' 3 TAXI If going or coming call the White Line Taxi.;;, t Safety v nrst. Call at the Spa ' confectionary. Phone 262-R. Residence ' phone',' 820JR." r ' 45 PIANO TUNING Owing to the ur gent" request of . a ' number of Grants Pass musical ' people. George W. Cross, of Medford, will agalh be here on Monday, Decem ber 8, to fill orders now on hand. Any . bthert . wishing . their pianos tuned and repaired, kindly notify Rowell Music Store, "phone 12 6-ff. '',. ;: -..-.."-.ft': .---.i i .30 STRATH " j-- 1- ESTRATED One ! 'J-year ld ' ,rHol- atetn" helfer.'l horn,' ' tunmaxked; ! one Holsteln heifer 8 ihonths'Uld ' .'Eateartt, spop .of tthe rltflit, -upper ', slope in the left ear.' Reward tor. v Information, ileadtng'to Teodvery ot same: Mrs. Joate Messenger, ofcone 801-F-13. . ' 80 PHOTO( BTTJPIO THE) PICTURB MUX, for fine photo graphs. Open dally except Boo- ' day from 10 a. m. te I p. m. Bun- day sittings by appointment only. I Phone MU1;'283-R, or restdestee j 140-J.. 87tf ; rsnrsiciAivs L. O. CLEMENT, M. D., PraoUos limited ta diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat: ' Glasses fitted. Office bears 8-lt, 8-8, or on ap pointment Oslee phone 88, raat denee phone 888-J. ''. A. LOOQKBIPfta. aL - PbjreiuUa and anrgeoa. City er country sails attended day or night " Resadeaor phone, 861; ease phone. 188 Stat and B. Tatto Bldg. I ' DR.- J. O. NIBfJBT, - Pbyaletaa--aad-surgeon. Laadbarg Bldg. Health officer: OaToe hours, to- IS a." m. and 1 to t p. m. Phone 81S-J. Offlos. reeldea.ee. Phone I(-B. ATTOaXITS H. O. NORTON, Atloraey-eUaw. , Practises la all Bute and' Federal Courts. First Natieaal Bank BldsV OOLTIO ft TniltlKI, Atteraeye atXaw, Oraate Pass Baallag Col Bldg-. Oraata faeK Oreaecu B. 8. VAN DTKB. ' Attorney. Prae- ties U all court First NsUoaal Bank Bldg. " a&' BLANCBARD. ; ttoraer at Law. Geldea Rule ' BuUdina Phone 378. GraaU Pass,' Oregoaw ' BLANCH ARD A BLANCHARD. ' At7 toraeya, ' Albert Bldg. " Pbear 214-JT. Practice la all eourU; laai -board atteIleys,, a A. BIDLHR, Attorney-et-Law. rat- are la aaakruptey. , Maaonls teatple. G rasas Pass. Ore. mtcrnwn : : B. C, MACT. B. M. D. Flrstlaaa dentistry. . . 10H South .. Sixth, street Grants Pass. Oregeau DRATAOH AMD TRANbfaM OOMMBRCIAL TRANSFU& CO, Al klads of dragage and traaefai work earefully and promptly aeae Phone 1S1-J.'' Stand at Brelgai' depot A. Shade, Prop'. ' V THB WORLD MOVBS; so de ws. Co, Phone Bunch Broe. Traasfar f 387-4L , F. a tSHAM. drayage and traaafer, : Safea,: ' alaaea - and ftraltaie moved, paoked. aalpped aad etor-' ed. Office phon 22-R. Rest denee fthone, 124-L. The . Calif raiaw aad Oregon Coast E&ilrtad Company OArU Effective Nov. 19, 1918. Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday ' v and Saturday "' ; ' Leave GranU PmasJL...J.. 1 P. M. Arrive Waters Creek':... P.'M. : Leave Watrra Greek .'...--...8 P. M. Arrive GraaU Peas ': 4 PI M. 'For Information regarding freight' and passenger rates' call at the office " of the company," Lundburgf building,'' or telephdne lii;-w'' ' ' '" " : We Bay and Sell i .... vf.- h if Second-hand cars. Come la and aee ma, and if we do not have just What, you want we will get it for yon at the right price, y , tV. TATI8 ADAMS ATJTO CO1. PHONE 817 i vU) . ' i MoiMMrterlea o'The monasteries once thickly strewn throughout England and much of En rope' were called abbeys, from being ruled by boots or 4bbsts from -abbas, Syrian for "father as those governed by a prior were called priories. 1