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' fAGBTWO GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER Tl'KHDAY, Al'ltlli I. Mill. GRANTS M ill COURIER Published Dally Except Bandar A. B. VOORHIE3. Pub. and Propr. Batard at postofflos, Granta Paea, Or., aa second elaaa mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per taoh.......... 16c Local-personal column, per line.. 10c Eeaders, per line 5c DAILY COURIER Br mall or curler, per year 6.00 By mall or carrier, per month .CO WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year f 1.00 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Frees la excluslrely entitled to the use for republication o all newa dispatches credited to it or all otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub- usnea Herein. All rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein are also reserred. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1919. .. OREGON WEATHER 4 Fair; gentle winds, mostly 4 southerly. 4 444 44 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 THIRTY -SEVEN ANSWERS An ' eastern news bureau recently sent oat questionnaires to newspa pers of the United States wn the lew of getting the opinion of the press In regard to the proposed league of nations Idea. The bureau ays: "The outstanding fact seems to be the orerwhelmlng sentiment In favor f the league of nations. Of these IT representaUTe papers 34 profess themselves friendly to the Idea of a world federation. Nineteen of these Indicate that they think the consti tution now under consideration will Dll the Mil even in its present form, and 15 more Indicate that they will accept It if It is modified in certain partculars or if It stsnds the test of careful scrutiny. " "In some of the letters there is drastic condemnation of President Wilson's method of procedure, espe cially his attitude toward the sen ate. In some there is severe crit icism of certain things in the doc ument he submits, as the editors un derstand them. But we are glad to find that the spirit of the criticism la the big majority of cases is con structive. The critics approach the ubject not-wishing the president's undertaking to fall, but wishing It to succeed, because whether they are for Wilson or against him, they want to see a peace league created. In the main, even when doubtful about the fundamentals of this con stitution, anddesiring changes or amendments, they seem to feel that it affords the only basis in sight for accomplishing what the world wants and what America wants. So they desire to whip it into . acceptable shape and put it over." A noticeable feature of the In quiries received is the fact that In dependent and republican editors speak of "A" league of nations, while the answer from democratic papers sJeak of the proposition aa "THE" league of nations, or Presi dent Wilson and "HIS" league of nations. One democrat speaks of the league as "THE" thing and as serts that the senate will "NOT DARE" turn it down. So far as results are concerned all such straw votes, or expressions of opinion, does not get anywhere. While it is safe to ipredict that the majority of American citizens are In favor of a league to prevent fu ture wars, If a satisfactory agree ment between the nations can be drawn up, yet no proposed plan not even the one now Hieing advo cated y the president and Mr. Tart Is In no manner so sacred that it is a crime to criticise it or suggest modifications. CrVTJO SERVICE SHOULD STAND Though the desire to assist our returning heroes in every iway In ob taining employment is natural and right, the suggestion that civil ser- vice examinations should foe waived for them or that they should be Why certainly, we'll refund your money If you aren't satisfied with anything you buy at our store Just tell us about It and we will make good. It doesn't happen often 'It may never happen to you out once In a while something goea wrong no mat ter how careful we try to be. In that Vase It's a comfort for you to know that you can never lose. We look out for you first because, after all, that's the best way for us to look out for ourselves. Wo want yon to feel that we are really giving you something more tor your money that Just groceries. One of the things we do for you is to recommend certain things which we have found to toe good. For Instance, RTZON Baking Powder. We recommend It because we know it will please you, because we know you'll thank us for calling It to your attention. RYZON is everything a baking powder should be: pure, economical and efficient. It sells at 40 cents per full pound tin. We also have the famous 'RYZON Baking Book. You'll like this book 'because of Its many new 'recipes and because you'll find that everything you make from It comes out right every time. KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality First given the preference In examina tions or promotions is open to ques tion. The positions for which civil ser vice examinations are required have to do with the business of the state, and It is manifestly for the public good that the persons, soldier or ci vilian, best fitted to fill those posi tions should have them. The system was Inaugurated to do away with favoritism, with political and party handling of state offices to the Jeopardy of state business and equal rights for the,lndividual. Mer it determined by the same, tests for all, open to all, was accepted as the only Just basis for decision. Any soldier will stand Just as good a show as any civilian In passing the examinations which have been care fully compiled to test the ability of the average citizen, and which should therefore work no more hard ship upon one than upon another. ' To break up a great and truly democratic System in favor of any single class, however deserving, is to break faith with democracy itself. Now that the clocks have been turned ahead one hour, why not turn them . ahead three hours more so labor can take a half-holiday each day? About as much logic In one as the other. Besides, so many city people never thought of the fact that the best time to work In a gar den is the cool of the morning, not the sweltering heat of the evening. Well Is the apple called the king of fruits. The apple crop of 1918 Is estimated at a value of $230, 000,000, or nearly three-eights of the combined value of all the other fruits. The success of the Victory loan will mean that Americans do not in tend to drop the handles of the plow until the furrow Is done. "Wives pick flaws when others quit," says an article on electrical appliances. Any husband knows this. Why print It as news? Max Harden says Germany is crazy. When the Germans begin to realize it themselves, there Is some hope. 25,000 WORTH CONFISf'ATKD " WHISKEY STOLEN AT 8EATTLK Seattle, WaBh., Apr. 1. Entering through the skylight, thieves broke Into United States customs ware houses, Western avenue and Lenore streets, opened the doors from the Inside and carted away $y,000 worth of confiscated whiskey. TELLS WHY UTAH'S E RATE IS Salt Lake City, Apr. 1. In the matter of suicides, Utah. In 1915, had the lowest rate of any state In the union, according to statistics of the state health office. The per centage was 12.7 per 100,000 of population. Even this record was bettered In 1916 and 1917, when the number per 100,00 population was 11.8 and 10, respectively. . Credit for this low suicide rate Is given. In a large de-tree to the "block teacher" system of the Mor mon church. Utah's population is largely Mormon and visits by these "teachers" has been found an Im portant factor In preventing actions due to lonesomeness and lack of ad visors. In each ecclesiastical ward of the chflrch are tooth ward teachers and relief society teachers. "Blocks," ap proximating from six to twelve homes within a ward, are visited regularly by these teachers, both men and women. Families are given counsel in both religions, business and family affairs when they'deslre it. In this way, acordlng to the au thorities of the church, those per sons of a morse disposition are cheered, young mothers are advised and numerous other matters taken up that have proved of benefit to all. In the advising of young moth ers, according to church statistics, It is claimed that the death rate among young children Is remarkably low among these iwho accept counsel, the records showing that an average of only one In 21 babies under one year of age die annually. . ' While the '"teachers" are princi pally for the purpose of visltlngand counseling members of the church, the help is offered to gentiles if they wish It. No one, Including church members need be visited if they do not wish it. Fruit-Juice Essences . Jiffy-Jell desserts carry real . fruit flavors in es sence form, in vials. A wealth of fruit juice is condensed for each des sert So you get a fresh fruit dainty, healthful and delicious. This isN the new-type quick gelatine dessert' five times as good as the old kinds. Loganberry and Pine apple are two of the best flavors. Try them. They're found only in mm 10 Flaoort, of Your Grocer's 2 Pachagti for 23 Cants m 1 m il-vyvyuMiiiALi INCREASE POULTRY AND EGGS Few Etssntlal Things Are to Bs Con stantly In Mind Dispose of Surplus Cockerels. (Prepared by the United Stmtea Depart ment of Agriculture.) The general features of poultry husbandry, If adhered to by farmers and farmers' wives, by city dweller who have enough space to keep a few hens, and by poultry specialists of the country will result In a remarkable Increase of poultry and egg produc tion. Only a few essential things are to be constantly borne In mlml. First In this list, perhaps, should come dire ful selection of breeding stock, In or der to reproduce larger percentage of good types of profitable producers. Next to thst lu Importance Is early hatching. In order that pullets may be sufllclently mature to become good fall and winter layers, the chicks must be out of the nest as early as possible. For at least two weeks after the chicks are hatched mother hens should be confined to brood coops to prevent fatality to the brood from ex posure to wet and other dungers. From the time the chicks are old enough to be Immune from the dan ger of wet grass and the ltke free range la of first Importunce for both growing stock and layers. Free range, la the first place, stimulates growth. It also stimulates egg pro dactlon, and It reduces very materi ally the quantity of dry feed neces sary to keep the flock In condition. . Another matter -of prime Impor tance la the production of Infertile eggs. As soon aa the breeding aeamm Is over every poultry keeper, whether general farmer, specialist or city dweller, should see that the hens are kept separate' from the cocks. If this practice Is followed It will result In the saving of millions of eggs that would otherwise become spoiled, ei ther la the hands of the producer or before reaching the consumer. When the chicks hnve reached a marketable age care should be exer cised to dispose promptly of all sur plus cockerels In order to conserve feed. A early as possible such put lets ami bens as are not profitable producers should be culled out and old. -The greatest of cure should be xercUed to see that profitable pul lets are kept as egg producers. Throughout the yesr care should be exerclHed to prevent the marketing of all profitable hens of the general purpose class. Hens of this kind run ii TEL , Flock of Chickens Like This Will Pay. should never be sold nntll the end of their second year, and hens of the Mediterranean or egg class should not be sold until the end of their third laying year. A careful check should be kept, however, on hens, and every Individual that doe not show herself a profitable producer should be sold for- meat BEST FEED FOR LAYING HENS 'Mixture of Cracked Corn, Oats and Barley Is Recommended Exsr. else Is Important (Prepared by the United States Depart . ment of Agriculture.) A good mixture for laying hen 'is four parts each of cracked corn and oats and one part barley or wheat, If available, which should be scattered In the litter. Provide four or fve Inches of good, clean litter. A dry mash composed of equal parts of cornmeal, bran, middlings, ground oats and beef scrap should be kept In hoppers to which the fowls have ac cess at all times. Plenty of exercise Increases the egg yield. , Cabbages, mangels, sprouted oats, cut clover and cut alfalfa moke ex cellent green feed for poultry. When wet mashes are fed be sure that they are crumbly and not sticky. ' Reputation and Character. Reputation Is what men think yon are. chnrnptni In tut.,. - ""' "u ure. MOW are Important, but character Is indis pensable to success. Without char- flftfpr Vnlt ftpa'nit . .. ,, imcij w nave a good reputation very long. mmw it I ryi 1 Hi is POULTRY RAISING ON FARMS Little Capital Is Required and Noth ing Equals It a Profitable Side Lino. Poultry raising requires very little capital, but there are very few side Hues, If Indeed there are any, that ure equal to It for profitable production. Much I ssld of tho, time It requires for raising young fowl. But do not forget that when they are managed properly the fowl pay liberally for the time required to raise them. Farming la greatly handicapped for lack of cash und when any side line can be found that requires little money but considerable labor It 1 at tractive. Such It poultry raising on the farm. FOWLS FOR BREEDING STOCK Young Hens With Blunt Tosnalla Are Not Loafers 8ama Applies to Mai Birds. Be sure to look at the toenails of the year-old and two-yenr-old hen be ing selected to hold over for next sea son' breeding stock. Tho hen that baa worn her nail blunt and short bus not been a loafer, and It the other well-known signs are lu her favor, she 1 worth a place la the breeding pen. The blunt short toenails are gocd Indication on the cock bird a well. GOOD QUALITIES OF ROOSTER More Apt to Bo Carried to Femalei Than Males Hens Always Tak After Sir. ItooBtera from high-priced luyere are more upt to carry these qualities to their young thun are hens of the aame breeding. This Is because In all animal life the mat resembles the dam more than It does the sir and the female just reverse. Bumblebee's Soliloquy. Frank, seeing a bumblebee for the first time, said to his brother: "near that bug whispering to Itself," PHYSICALLY FIT AT ANY AGE It Isn't ass, It's careless living thst touts men "down and out" Keep your internal organs la good condition and you will always be physically fit The kidneys are the most over worked organ in the human body. When they bresk down uudcr the strain and the deadly uric arid tc cumulate and cryetalllgee look outl These sbsrp crystals tear and serstrh tlx. delicate Urinary channels causing t'lcruciatlng pala and art up irrita tlons which may rouse premature do generation and often do turn Into disdly liright's) iJiscase. One of Use first warnings of slug glah kidney action I p&lu or stiffness In the smsl of the bsck, lone of appe tite, lndigeetlon or rheumstinm. Do not wait until the danger la tapon you. At the first indication of trouble go after the cause at once. 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E.A.ADAMS 606 South Sixth Street I BUY AND SELL In order to secure more room, I have moved my stock of second-hand goods to the orlck store room, No. 614 South Sixth St. MAXWELL, LATB '17, FOIt HALIfl AT 0OO Automobiles and Accessories Buggies Wagons Farm Imple ments Big stock always on hand R. Timmons Suggestion on Eczema low mmrp toe uitea the Brel bottle t- uene rou. .TTD.TTT). Tho JJiauid Waah l. Clnutens, Druggist tiTV vm. forvriiY Hit left the Turin and went to work, Mini wrote a letter to hi brother who hud elected to stuy on tho farm: "Thursday n autoed out to the country rlub, whore wo golfed until dark. Then we trolleyett hack to '' town and darned until dawn. Then ( we motored to tho ibeuehed and Frl diiyed there." Tim bnn her 011 the farm wrote) bark: "Yesterday wo boggled to town and hasfttallod all afternoon, Then we went to Neil's and pokered until morning. Todoy wo muled out to the cornfield and gee-hawod until sundown,. Then we slippered and then we ylml for a while. 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