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WKDNIIHIt.tV, IHXKMIU.iMM, 10IH D.JLV IlOu'.i; RIVER COlIUEfl PAGE THRKH MUSIC'S AID TO MEMORY Uk Nothing Ele, a Strain of Mualo Will Tak On Baok to ftcna of tha Past Ilav you ever realised tho powor that mulc haa to carry tho memory back year and yoar until the llluNlon la ao realtntlc that when your wind return to It Immodlute aurroundlnga you realise with a atart It waa only a day dream that you war not actual ly and physlcully where your thought were? A few bar from one of the old aonga carries you back to the old borne. Tou aee the field, the river, the Mould kirk" In the haiy distance. Tou almoat feel the evening breeze on front and watch them, your cbwk and hear the familiar 1 Nobody can attend a movlng-plctur Bound-the towing of the ktna and ahow without being reasonably confl th bleating of the sheep. Tou'ro U ', dent that ho baa assimilated every lng agala tboe dear old day jut t thing. It la not Uk tho apoken drama, nviaiy aa you did long ago. Or Ui atralna of an old walti r- mind you of your Orat danco yoara and year ago. You live over again tho day before tb dance whoo you war ao buy getting verythlni ready- and then the great night arrived. You reuembur your entrance Into the bril liant ballroom. Tou aaw all those old frlenda whom you thought you had forgotten until now. Then the excite ment and the pleasure and the wonder ful dunces tho people you uiut for the flret time and the face you saw for the liut time. All thla recalled by Just a few bar of music. Thla la one of the reason why wu- Useful Gifts INITIAL KTATIONKKV KNGHAVKD GREETING f'AIUH COIlltKM'ONDK.NC'K f.tltDH TOt'KIKTH' WRITING CAKKM KIT-AM TOII.KT ('AM KM Miiny UNeful nrtl- In 1ml her good, htk arreMrlttN, rut Mini, mirror and other article suitable for (liriHtmiw Itiftt are now remly for yrair Inspection at Demaray's Drug and Stationery Store n sic tin such a grout hold on people and why lie churm puvur wearies why miiiii' iiiuhIc no mutter how old, no mutter how familiar or oft heard. Ih ulway now. It I a necessity that tlu-ro aliiMild be uch wuilc n every home, mid ttiiink to the Ingenuity that Bimlo poMlble the milling machine and tho pluyvr-plano tho inuHlcully un trained are not dependent upon their gifted and tutored frlt'nd for thin blowing. Exchange. Thoi Flattering Film. Next to an unretoucbed photograph, the moving-picture screen la the great oat flatterer In the world. It doeao't flatter tboaa wbo appear In the pic tures an mnrh mm thnu mhn alt In where one learn, on picking up the paper the next morning, that he muwod Just about balf the subtleties In the performance and cam near losing tb ilg Idea of tho wbolo thlag. Every- thing I right where all of u can get each detail without effort, and In grub bing those detail we find great mat ter for self-congratulutloo. Film Fun. Hog Hav the "Flu." Huntington. W. V. Dr. D. M. MjII 'lp. a veterinarian, tins made the dls .overy thnt hog get the "flu," too. Ha iay that they are dying of pneumonia following Influenza just Uk human. .MYRTLE WOOD HOWLS PARISIAN IVOltY A KTIOIKH KOI NTAI.V I'KNH KVK.ItKIIAItl1 PENCILS JAI'ANICSK ISAKKKTfl PRINTING T HAT PLEASES WE DO HAS GOOD WORD FOR CROW Australian Writer Point Out Ocea aiena Whn Bird Become a Ral Benefactor to Mankind. There are those who ay that the crow deserves no mercy. There I no other peat eradicate, Imported or otherwise, doing It bit so patriotic ally aa the elf-am crow. In Ba nannland, Australia, saya the Sydney Bulletin, the ravage of the aheep maggot fly must make a loss of hun dred of thousands of pounds worth of lumhuck every year, about tb only difference In one season being that the damage -I probably greater than the last Were It not for th bird whom no one ho a good word for, the fly peat would soon duplicate Itxelf with losses to heep-ownen Increased accordingly. Every dead aheep or piece of offal In the buih ii the depository of the egg of unlmag- Inutile numbers of pronpectlvu aheep dertroyers. Juat about the time that the gruba are the size of a grain of rice, and a few duya before they burrow Into the soil, where they re main for about 10 dnya before coming forth, aa a developed abeep-mag-got fly, Brother Crow splea out the colony. Then be aenda the glad tid ing by wireless system, and all th family within range hurries to tb banquet When it la over a supply of gruba for the next meal baa to be found elsewhere. New Explosive. Tb Oil. Paint and Drug Reporter mentlona a new explosive being tested by tb government which will aave a considerable amount of glycerin. It 1 called nitrobyronel and la the product of Dr. Byron E. Eldred. It 1 claimed that It blow a chamber twice the else of that caused by T. N. T. (trinitro toluol). In the manufacture of nitro byronel neither nitroglycerin nor to luol la used. It 1 a hydrocarbon ob tained by a by-product In coke-oven processes. It Is estimated thut 60,000,000 pound of glycerin la used In American In duttrial concerns, and a big saving In thla Important material, now growing scarce, can bo effected through the employment of nitrobyronel. lit a shortage of glycerin should be come imminent the Oil, Paint and Drug Reporter believes that the gov ernment would promptly atart In to manufacture nitrobyronel. All kinda of Commercial Printing at the Courier Office. IT! n MEAT PRODUCERS DID FULL. DUTY Increase In American Hogs Wilt Help to Meet World Fat Shortage. FARMERS SAVE SITUATION. Government Justified In Stimulation f Pork Production Sevenfold Ineress Over Pr Wr Exports.' Through Increased production and conservation we will be able thl year to export seven times our pre-war average export of pork product. With the heavy demanda added In car ing for th million wbo hav bee freed from German oppression, th Department of Agriculture and th Food Admlnlitratlon ar Justified to day In our every action of atlmulatlon of bog production. In the coming year th greatest world shortage will be la tats, and pork will help to aave this altuatlon. The efficacy of the policy of stimulated production ha built up In thl country supplies which will en able us to supply a very large part of th fat deficiency of the world. la beef there must be a shortage In Eo rope, due largely to limited refrigera tor ship capacity. All freezer ahlpa available, however, will be filled by America, Argentine and Australia. The contribution made by the pro ducer of this country to the war pro gram aa applying particularly to ani mal food producta la Illustrated by th following : Report compiled by the D. 8. De partment of. Agriculture Indicate an Increase In cattle of 10.23S.000 bead and 13.441,000 bog. These figure were compiled to January 1 last. In tliia period there waa a decrease In aheep of 810,000 bead. The Indira tlona are that thl decrease will ahow an Increase, according to recent re port. Since January 1 unofficial Informa tion ludlcatea an Increase In hop of not less thnn 8 per cent and not more than 13 per cent as compared with one year ago, with an increase In the average weight Following the request of the 0. 8. Food i Administration for an Increase In bog production for marketing In th fall of 1018 and the spring of 1019 th Increase may yield not less than 1,600, 000,000 pounds more of pork producta than were available last year. With out thla Increase the shipping program arranged by Mr. Hoover regardlug an imal food products would have been Impossible, The dressed hog products during th three months ending September 30, 1017, amounted to 003,172,000 pounds, while for the corresponding months of 101S the dressed hog products totaled 1,2"7.5S0,000, an increase of over 374, 000,000 pounds for the quarter. During the aame period for 1917 th records of inspected slaughter of dressed beef showed 1,203,000.000 pounds as against l,54,O0O,0OO pounda for the three month period ending September 1, thla year.- HAS FAD FOR COLLECTING Anything Odd or Curious, 8an Fran cisco Man la Eager to Add to Hla Possessions. ' "I met a man In San Francisco who goes In for collecting odd things onV'E REAPAIR cars, mag'a, colls. large scale, said a traveler. "He haa, to begin with, several ropes which have been used to bong celebrated criminals. In the same room are a number of menus obtained from hotels Ir. various parts of the world. He I phuvs considerable vulue on several ; corks nen have been pulled from the . Homes ui wine usea on uie tuoies or neii-KDowu persons, ana a aozen dook dedications are considered an Impor tant feature of the collection. Some of the autograph In the collection . are highly prlxed because they re - quired the expenditure of not a small sum of money and quite n little time. During hla travels in foreign lands the collector picked up the thigh bone of a Syrian giant a chameleon of Bar bury, a great African Usard and a rose which was said to be 100 year oncl In the American army, who, en old. He even turned his attention to rnged nt the audacity of the hostile beuns, and has ten Chinese bean blrdmnn, grabbed the weapon and soon which are not familiar to the people ; of this country." Gather Wladom From Others, It's dangerous policy to consider : yourself ubove tho other man's mes sage. If you're ao superior your fel- l lows will never be content to let you sit In silence. Besides it you don't i want to listen to what's going on you , have no business there. Noise made ; by you will interfere with the hearing of those who do want to learn. You 1 owe it to yourself and others to pay attention or at least moke It possible , for others to listen. Besides there are ' few people that can't learn from oth ers. Don't be a prig. Remember any , child can ask questions that will con found the wise. The ordinary speak er may have Ideas that deed the polish of a Gladstone. You are always a gainer when you get the other man's best It may be a help to yon some day. Pennsylvania Grit ' Gass?fiedIAdvertising FOB BALK FOR SALE 8Ixty-five acre on Pickett creek. House, barn and blacksmith abop, S boriei, harn ess, farming Implements, house hold goods, etc. Price $3,600. E. T. Carnegie, Merlin, Ore. 45 FOR SALE Eighteen food rrida Angora goats and goat ahearing machine. Price $100. E. T. Car negie, Merlin, Ore. 45 AUCTION 8ALE Saturday. De cember 21, at 1 o'clock p. m., at Merlin, Ore., for cash, tb follow ing neaa oi hock: Three cow fresh In a few day, on fresh in February; 1 milchlng cow and 2 are dry; 8 young cattle; apan of horse with harness, weighing about 1,300 lb; 10 12 ton of oat bay and about 4 tons of rye, On range, cook stove, on Vega cream separator. J, H, Daley, Merlin, Oregon. 44 FOR SALE One thoroughbred ow, one horse. Address E. F. Vahren wold, 'Murphy. 46 FOR 8ALE Good, partly improved ranch for sale. Will accept good, modern residence a part pay- ' ment What have you. Box 143, Riddle, Ore. 47 TO RENT FOR RENT Partly -furnished cot tage at 321 Rogue River Avenue; three rooma and sleeping porch. good well and one-half acre of land, barn; $5.00 per month Key at 402 Rogue River Aye. 07tf FOR RENT OR SALE Our real dence at 801 and 811, North 6th St., eight and ten dollars a month Will sell either or both. Make me en offer. John Summer, Leba non, Oregon. 40tf FOR RENT One five-room furnish ed bouee at corner of N. 6 th and A St. . Inquire at Roper'a Tailor Shop, or phone 603-F 14. 45 WANTED I WANTED Girl or woman to spend nights with lady whose husband Is In the service. Call 303 West K. St. 46 i WORK WANTED By competent woman as cook in camp, or gener al housework. May L. Brown, Sel- ma, Ore. 47 MISCELLANEOUS JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R Otto J. Knlpa, Residence 149-Y 23 TAXI If going or coming call the White Line Taxi. Safety first. Call at the Spa confectionary. Phone 262-R. Residence phone, 320-R. . 45 MEDFORD business College,' now open. Stenography and ' related aubjocta; classes under personal supervision of F. Roy Davis, offi cial court reporter. 60 generators, starters, batteries, lg nltlon systems. Satisfaction guar anteed. Steiger Garage, 211 North Sixth street. 36tf HOST lost One sack of rolled barley, on I ,n greet 43 Accurate Shooting. in France a German plane, swoon- 1 lng nmund a farmhouse', wa startled i;ml soon driven away by very accurate rine fire. At least the firing was ac- curute enough to convince Frltx thnt In- was In no safe neighborhood. But he didn't know that the rifle was being handled by a lieutenant col- had the "supremacy of the air" In that particular locality well under control. On Way Out Two bluejacket were In the wash room washing clothes, preparatory to , .1 mi... WK : , regulars nnu uu euuwcu wi " - . .. . . i . vunn I Inn nr Tnpm nnn nppn in idh service one year, and was rather tired of being on the station so long, and expressed bis sentiments to that effect The, other, looking np at his dlscon tented "buddle," -said, "Well, If you don't like It give three years notice and quit the navy." Wool of th Llama. The wool of this curious animal largely In use In Bolivia, where the traveler may see Indian women, 'It ting before their huts and spinning tne wool, wuue mey wur.cn rneir flocks. These women use band looms, ort which they make blankets and shawl. ' ' TO EXCHANGE WILL TRADE Five or 10 acre la pears, 9 yeara old, adjoining city of Grant Pasa, for property la ' or near Portland, Ore. Inquire of T. M. Geiger, Boise. Idaho. 74 PHOTO STUDIO THE PICTURE MILL for tin photo graph. Open dally except Sun day from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sun day lttlng by appointment only. Phone Mill, 283-R, or realdenoa 140-J. I7tf PHYSICIANS L. O. CLEMENT, M. D.. Practlo limited to diseases of th eye, ear, no and throat Glasses fitted. Office hour 1-12,' 2-6, or on ap pointment Office phone 62, resi dence phone IB9-J. 8. LOUQHRIDGE. 1L D Physician and surgeon. City or eountry calls attended day or night Healdenc phon 262; office phone 182 Sixth and H. Tuffs Bldg. DR. J. O. NIBLEY, Physician and aurgaoa. Lundburg Bldg. Health officer, Offic hour, t to 12 a, m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Phon 310-J. . A. WITHAM, M. D. Internal medicine and nervous diseases; 103 Corbett Bldg., Portland. Or. Hour t a. m. to 1 p. m. . BURSELL M. D. D. C. In block north of postofflce, corner Sixth and D street-, surgical, electrical, cblropratie and oateopathlo treat ment. Office phon 127-R; resi dence phone 333-R. VETERINARY SURGEON DR. R. J. BESTUL. Veterinarian Office, residence. Phon 306-R.' ATTORNEYS a. D. NORTON, Attorney-at-law. Practices in all State and Federal Courts. First National Bank Bldg. COLVIO ft WILLIAMS, Attorneys- at-Law, Grants Pas Banking Co. ; Bldg., Grant Pass, Oregon. E. 8. VAN DYKE, Attorney. Prae tlos In all court First National Bank Bldg. O. 8. BLANCHARD, ttorney at Law. Golden Rule Building Phone 270. Granta Pasa, Oregon. BLANCHARD ft BLANCHARD. At torneya, Albert Bldg. Phon 226-J. Practice In all court; lam board attorneya. C. A. 8IDLER, Attorney-at-Law, ref eree In . bankruptcy. Maaonla tempi. Grant Pass, Ore. v , DENTISTS . E. C. MACY, D. M. D. Flrst-la dentistry. 109 South Stxtk street, Granta Pas. Oregon. DRAYAGE AND TRANSfcli.lt COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Al kind of drayage and tranafo; work carefully and promptly don Phon 181-J. Stand at freight dopoL A. Shade. Prop. THE WORLD MOVES: ao do wa. Bunch- Broa. Tranater Co. Phon 827-R. F. G. ISHAM, drayage and tranater. Safes, pianos and furaitur moved, packed, ahlpped and stor ed. Office phone 124-T. . Resi dence phone, 124-R. The California and Oregon Coast Railroad Company TIME CARD Effective Nor. 19, 1918. Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Leave Grants Pass 1 P. M. Arrive Waters Creek 2 P. M. Leave Water Creek ..........3 P. M. Arrive Grunts Pass 4 P. M. For information regarding freight and passenger rates call at the office of the company. Lundburg building. ' or telnnhonn 1st. , - WE WELD - 1 , ; Cast Iron, Steel, Aluminum, or Bronze How about that broken stove casting that you did not think could he fixed. Try us and see. We make a speciality In weld ing automobile frames. ' ; In ' , TAVIS & ADAMS AUTO CO. 811 H Street i Grants Pass, Ore. 1 0