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THURSDAY", DECEMBER 12, 1018.
OREGOX WEATHER ' -f
; .
f Rain In west; ' rain or snow
f in east portion. Warmer tonight
In the east: strong, southerly
-f winds.
4 " More and Better Fruit
PORT LIMON BANANAS
SUNKIST ORANGES
AND LEMONS
FLORIDA GRAPE FRUIT i
OREGON APPLES
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
SOLDIERS AXD STCMPS
. : i i ' .
Many expedients have been Bug
gested as to what Is the best thing
we can do to make places lor the re
turning soldierg and eailors. Re
. claiming land by clearing stumps is
strongly urged by some, while Irri
gation and draining of swamp land
is also suggested.
To face the facts squarely and
acknowledge the truth, everyone
knows that there are not any more
available public lands to give the
returning soldiers; that is, land
worth attempting ' to farm. There
are some lands in the west that
would make fine homesteads were
it not for the fact that they are too
remote for anyone except cattlemen
and sheepmen to tackle. Should a
farmer raise a crop on such land he
would be unable to get it to market
Reclaiming swamp land and plac
ing other land that is reasonably
close to good roadg and a shipping
point under Irrigation, would be
fine proposition for the soldiers who
have been doing the fighting, for on
such lands they could "make good."
But no meaner punishment no
greater injustice could be done our
returning soldiers than to encour
age and persuade them to attempt
to make a living out of "stump land"
the arguments of some college pro
fessors and venders of - stump-pullers
and dynamite to the contrary
notwithstanding.
Clearing stump-land is a back-breaking,
tedious process and some
thing a poor man will do well to
pass up it is a rich man's game.
Before a . poor soldier could get
enough stump land cleared and pro
ducing crops, lie would be old and
tottering. However, his great-grandchildren
might appreciate his efforts.
We ought to think too much of our
boys to expect them to pit their en
ergies fighting i GO acres of infernal
stumps that resist everything ex
cept giant machinery and dynamite.
Perish the thought. Give the boys
irrigated land, or reclaimed swamp
land, but don't sentence them to
hard labor for life amWst a million
stumps.
Allowing for the restless and un
settled frame of mind produced in
many men by war, it is safe to pre-
' diet that the majority of them would
rather-return to their old Jobs. At
any rate, let us give them, a Bquare
deal when they return.
One of them is the influensa epi
demic that has swept this country
and has not yet finished its ravages.
The victorious "Flu" is already
credited with approximately 300,000
deaths in the United States, accord
ing to reports, and the list may
reach almost a half-million before
the Invasion is ended. Our "Flu"
casualties, or cases of Illness vary
ing in degree, are vastly greater
than all our war casualties, and
more disastrous in effects than the
wounds of our soldiery.
It would have been humiliating.
as well as saddening, to suffer so
many deaths and' Injuries from an
Invasion of the enemy. It should
be hardly less humiliating to suffer
them, as we have done, from an In
vading epidemic. Contagious disease
can be kept out of a country no less
surely than an armed foe, if proper
defensive measures are taken.
It would seem that the ones most
to blame for the rapid spread of the
disease are the United States health
officials and the war department
These departments made but a weak
effort to check the disease when
snips irom Europe landed on our
Atlantic seaboard. The disease first
appeared in the eastern cities and
was rapidly carried westward by the
trains, spreading over the central
states, and then hit the Pacific coast
until now it covers the whole coun
try like a blanket.
There was sufficient warning; the
disease carried off thousands, in
Europe, yet our government was
caught napping and the influenza
broke through the government health
guard like a Foch offensive against
a thin skirmish line. It is asserted
that on Goat Island near San Fran
cisco, where 4,000 soldiers are sta
tioned, not one case of Influenza ap
peared. But on Goat Island disin
fectants were used and incoming
persons isolated for a certain period.
The mothers of. the outraged
daughters of 'Belgium lure crying
aloud that the kaiser be tried tor his
crimes. Let the court proceed.
The kaiser says he prefers toj
make no statements until his trial J
i
So the old rascal expects to be tried!
Let's not disappoint him.
ESTABLISH MODEL
FARMS IN FRANCE
JUST PBT OF DAILY GRIND
Wounds and Death Mere Incident to
American Soldier Whin Duty
8ounds Its Call.
There were four of thorn, and their
mission was to transport a machine
gun to a wooded hilltop commanding
the enemy lines. It was not very far
to look at But they had to crawl the
entire distance nndw Ore. All night
long they crawled, except When they
frote Into stillness under the light of
fhtf star hells. Before they were hatjp
waV JPSTi Jwj fi them w6re' wounded
and, pad J work Cud way back to the
UUS? ver jta Mm perilous ground.
The other two kept do. The danger
Increased aa they approached the top
of the hill. Both of them were bleed
In it from flesh bounds. Both w?
spent with, the exertion of the fctkj as
cent dragging their gun.. Tint their
billy thought waa to do vW they had
come to do. Just at dawn they round
ed the toU If the hill. The first thing
they saw were two German officers
standing" with binoculars sweeping the
American lines. Quick as thought
without waiting to place their gun, one
"Yank "held it while the other fired.
The officers went down, and the enemy
guns woke up. The two boys made
rover with their gun and answered the
, fire. Before the day had fairly broken.
they had "cleaned out" the nest of
! enemy guns and bad their own gun
' advautageously placed,
j This la Just an ordinary episode of
I dally life at the front From a Red
Cross Scrap Book.
Books for Gifts
A wll c!t4MHn iMMik In n direct monii of ntnkinu otliorn linppy.
The "bout wllcr" in tli nrw fiction are "Tlio Wind of Uhiuieo,"
"A liiKhtr f tho Iml," "lr Mnbl," "The VtiHoy of the
liuit. 4. '
In popular copyrlghtM nt 7fto tlio copy ar "'y IMrkV
"Son of Tarauui," "JiiHt ItavM," "Tlio Firs Hundred Thousand,'?
and fliany other for title t
Demaray's Drug and Stationery Store
A model farm has been established
by the American Red Cross at Courbtt
for It has beea found that farm work
la one of the very best means of hasten
ing the recovery of those men suffering
from shell shock. On farm of 600
acre haa been laid out In the depart
ment of Indre-et-LoIre that is planned
and la to be managed after U meth
ods pursued in our own great farming
region of the West
Since the farms will be worked al
most entirely by the convalescent sol
diers and those mad unfit for active
service, th expense of maintalnanc 1
will b very little.
Bat the saving of human life will be
enormous. Aad every farmer In this
Red Cross Roll CaU wlU be
work among the mutilated soldiers In !
France.
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vtuioiuiu j sVV mm
biptn in-; KjW?arYmr Button J
instruction 1 Jrs.. in wf "
Utility 6ift$
for
.0)ri$tma$
Grants Pass Hardware Co.
That was a solaj plexus blow to
the Northwest when the wa board
yesterday cancelled wooden ship
building. The payroll brigade will
diminish.
RED CROSS SUPPLIES.
The varied character of the supplies
which the American Red Cross pro
vides for American soldiers and sail
ors Is shown In the following list of
articles furnished In one recent month
to our fighting men in Great Britain:
80,000 sweaters, 30,000 toothbrushes,
50,000 pairs of socks, 32,000 pounds of
soap, 300,000 boxes of matches, 800
baseball outfits, 000 mouth organ,
144,000 packages of chewing gum,
6,000,000 cigarettes. For handling
these supplies, the Red Cross has sev
en warehouses in England and six In
Ireland. At the Irish stations there
are stores of clothing, first aid outfits
and other necessaries to provide
amply for any emergency which may
arise through the torpedoing of ships
carrying American soldiers or sailors.
If necessary, 6,000 shipwrecked Amer
icans could ba outfitted from head to
foot at one time from these emergency
depots. Advance arrangements have
also been made for Mltetlng, housing
and feeding ony number of men who
might unexpectedly be landed at ports
where there ore no British military
camp.
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Printing that please-.;'- V.
OLD AGE STARTS
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS
Science says that old age begins .The oil stimulates the kidney action
with weakened kidneys and digestive and enable,, the organs to throw off
organs- thn poisons wi.ich cause premature
ThiB being true, it is easy to be-'old &v. -New life and htrenth in
lleve that by keeping the kidneys and j crease as you continue the treatment,
digestive organs cleansed and in pro-j When completely restored continue
per working order old age can be de- .taking a capsule or two each day.
ferred and life prolonged far be- I (I.iJ MEDAL Haarlem Oil Rapaulcs
ytfnd that enjoyed by the average .will keep yo;i In health and vigor and
person. . ;;r. ver.t a return to the Jlsease.'
J-or over 2) years GOLD MEDAL i Ho not.
Haarlem Oil has been relieving the ' t(!.,t. !iv.
W(.akneMen nnrl illenhtlffv rlna nA- ' '
vancing years. It is a m.im'nrri ni.i. t0 'our "r'lgrost and get a box of
I time home remedy and needs no In- IGOLD :;i liaarlpm oil (ap-
jtroduction. GOLD MEDAL Haarlem sales. Money refunded it they do not
jn is incuKBa in oaoriess, tasteless Help yon. Three Kisses. Hut remem-
(.apsiues containing about 5 drops sbi-r to csk for the crisr'r.al lmnort-d
each, rake them as you" would a COLD MKL.L bi-aiid. In sealed
Pill, with a small swallow of water, packages.
wait tin'-ll old ut:- or di-
settled down for good. Go
THE AMERICAN' DEFEAT
If peace, no less than war, has her
Victories, she also has her defeats.
Owing to the very unsettled conditions, the Joy
Theater will be closed for a part of each week
until further notice. Beginning next Sunday,
December 15, the theater will be open on Sun
day, Friday and Saturday only.
On Sunday we. will show a regular program pic
ture at 10c and 20c. On Friday and Saturday a
big special production at15c and 25c.
We wish to assure our patrons that the quality
of our pictures will nbt be changed even though
the quantity has. Also we wish to say that we
have provided for very practical ventilation and
the theater is now as well ventilated as any pub
lic building in Grants Pass.
In addition to this we are fumigating the house
every day. In short we are doing everything
possible to ensure the safety and comfort of . Our
patrons.
W. . T. r.rccii, Troj t.
II l.M.liii'j
Grafts Pass & Crescett (ily Sf?ge Co.
Big, Easy Riding Pierce Arrow Cars
Office Old Observer Itlk. Corner Seventh um'l i Mrcfts t'lumi
1 elt.plioiie iltU-;..! :ui(l 10:' "
Joy Theater
Alma P. Wolke, Mgr.