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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1919)
1IGB TWO GRANTS PAM DAILY OOCKIXIt vhim:hi.v, ji i-y ho, mhii. BRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER Published Daily Except Sunday Ju K. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. BBtrd it poatofflos. Grants Pm, Or., as second clan mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES -. Display apace, per Inch lSc Local-personal column, per Une,.10c toders, per Una . . to . , DAILY COURIER " f mail or carrier, per year.6.00 Sjr mall or carrier, per month .60 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per rear .11.00 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED. PRESS . The Associated PreM U exclusively .antltlMl to tha dm for reDabuoauoD of all news dispatches credited to it nr 11 otherwise credited In this paper and also the local nwa pub- ltshed herein. . All rights ot republication of spe cial dispatches herein are ate reserrea. WEDNESDAY, JVLY-30. Jt. OREGON WEATHER ' Vet slope fair; fair and t cooler . east portion; gentle northwesterly winds. San Francisco, July 28. 'Ad vancenlent of naval armament from Spanish. American war days to rea ent is shown in the weight of a broadside fired irom the old battle ship Oregon, the largest at the time of the Spanish American war and from vessels of the Pennsylvania type of the new Pacific fleet. The Oregon could fire a broadside of steel projectiles weighing 5,660 pounds. A broadside from the Penn sylvania' type with Its 14-inch guns would weight 17,500 pounds. Future American dread naughts and tattle cruisers are to mount 16 Inch guns. Each projectile will weigh 2,100 pounds compared with the 14- inch shells or the 'Pennsylvania. The broadside from the future battle ships mill weigh a! total ot 25,200 pounds more than four times the size of n Oregon broadside. The new ships will be the heaviest armed ships in the world. The 16- inch guns were developed during 1918 and proved satisfactory in every respect . The largest guns on the Atlantic fleet in its cruise of 1907-1908 around the. world was. 12-inch. The greatest number of these' on any single ship was four against the bat teries of twelve 14-Inch guns on the more powerful dreadnaughts of Ad miral Hugh Rodman's new Pacific fleet The 12-inch gun had a maxi mum effective range ot 10,000 yards against the 22,000 yard Rodman uns. The fleet of ten years ago, naval officers say, would be helpless against even a small part of the Pa cific fleet. The Atlantic Ifleet iwhen it made Its famous trip was consid ered the greatest fleet ever brought together. Admiral Robley D. Bvans com manded the Atlantic fleet until it reached San Francisco. All his ves sels burned coal, as did the Oregon . of Spanish American war days. Ad miral (Rodman's flagship," the New Mexico, is electrically propelled and most of his vessels are oil burners, thus materially increasing their cruising radius over any previous American fleet. Three-Day Special v Thursday, Friday, Saturday This Season's Keds All Sixes With and Without Heels ' At 98 Cents and $1.35 Pair KINNEY & TRUAX 103 North Sixth SOLDIER LETTERS NOTICE X'OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the County Court will consider-bids for the construction of portions of the Pacific highway between Grants iPass and Sexton Mountain between Stations 194 to 236, 267 to 334, 380 to 393, and 465 to 467, according to maps, plans, specifications and es timates on file In the office of the County Clerk of Josephine County, Oregon." The Court will consider separate bids for the construction of i such highway between each of the above stations, or in thn meat o be made by road warrants? lAll bldB must be filed on or be fore 10 o'clock, am. of the 6th dav of August, 1919, and a certified check of 5 per cent of the amount bid must accompany the same, made payable to E. L. Coburn, Countv Clerk. , The County Court reserves thP right to reject any and all bids or award the contract according to th? "best Interests of the county. By ordpr of the County Court of Josephine County, Oregon. E. L. COBURN, 3 ' County Clerk Long Island, N. Y.. July 17, 1919. Dear Mother and Father: More than six weeks have passed, and not a word from home, or any other person with whom I corre spond. I wonder if you have been receiving my letters, or whether they too have gone astray. I have had a! lot of good exper ience in the airplane line, but well: A lieutenant and I flew from As he ry Park, N. J., to Philadelphia on the 3rd of July. We did exhibition flying on the 4th, staying over to the 6th. The lieutenant's mother and a'J cousin were there and also a family by the name ot Ketchan, and the name is very appropriate, for they have something like a' million and a half to their credit. Well, they en tertained us in our spare moments. and you can bet we spared all that was possible. Their car was at our disposal, and MIbs Peggy Ketchan drove us around most of the time. The evening of the 4th after we had finished flying, the lieutenant's mother and cousin and the Ketchan family captured us again, and took us to dinner at a' country club. We had some time. The cldh was crowd ed with people, all of whom had more money than they needed. We were only there a few minutes un til every one knew we were the ones who had flown over the park in the afternoon. They were all watching us like a cat watches a mouse, and when any of them were talking to us, they acted like we were little tin gods. We had a splendid evening, it really ended too soon, for it doesn't take morning long to come. The lieutenant went home with his mother, and the whole Ketchan fam ily drove me to my room in the club down town,) about 12 miles. Mls3 Peggy and I rode In the rear seat. Mr. and Mrs. Ketchan in front Mr. Ketohan driving. . You would have died laughing if you could have seen it. I felt almost like a bandit ot the Villa order. Just picture me riding in the rear seat of the' automobile with a: millionaire's daughter, her father and mother in front. Why not steal daughter, -car and money? For Miss Peggy was really pretty I thought of turning bandit, but 1 didn't have the gun. And when Peggy stopped talking long enough to laugh, why I could not have harm ed her for the world. Miss Peggy is 1 19 and Just out of a seminary or a i collet for girls. She could talk faster than chained lightning and I laugh while she talked, so you can imagine the conversation when I got my tongue umbered up too. - We stayed until Sunday afternoon In Philadelphia, and left there about 4 o'clock and flew to Athmtlo City, a' flight of 100 miles, and it took us about 40 minutes. We were making from 120 to 140 miles per hour, a little faster than the railroads. We got to Atlantic City just as a thun der storm broke, and had to put the machine np for the night. There was no hangar to run it In, so we could only run It up beside a house and tie It down, covering the motor with canvas. I don't believe I ever saw It rain very much harder than it did that night, and the lightning was just one continuous flash. We exjiected to find our old liberty air plane useless, but when we over hauled It we found It quite Intact. We flew on to Camp Vail, where we had started from, making a total of about 1200 miles. Gee! liow I would like to come home. A pal of mine has Just re turned from a furlough In Washing ton, and .he says everything Is so nice out on the coast, compared with the east, and 1 can readily believe him, for 1 know the difference be tween God's country, and this place. Of course the country back 'here Is very pretty In its way. but nothing compared to the Pacific coast. Well, I will have to close and see If my buddie is getting into nny trouble. I don't dare to leave him alone very long, or. he might take a notion to go to Mexico. Will say good bye, and remember me to all. CW.R1,BS ATKINS, 36th Balloon Company. t Mitchell Field, .Long Island, X. Y. K K.Vri't'KV MOC XTA I X EKK CLAIMS AGE OF 1.10 Iuisville, July 29. The Nation al Geographic Society has been ask ed to investigate the claim of John Shell, a! mountaineer of lye lie coun ty, Ky., that he is 130 years old. Shell's neighbors corroborate the statement concerning his age. Shell has nine children. He sayis the old est Is 90 years old. He Is saldo have 200 descendants in his home section, several being great-great grandchildren. The mountaineer, who claims excellent eyesight, steady nerve and general god health, attri butes his long life to outdoor living and temperate habits. SMALLEST "TAXI" IN THE WORLD if V 5 ,53 "SNA JL Vs. ' ""til-is Mtel W 'I . ' .. . i i i - ii r i i I rim SMT This illiiiliuitlve "taxi" anil lt cliiiriiiii.ig ililvt-r i-iv Hi.- .rincr r iittnic tlon ut a recent theatrlrnl party lit the boliinlcul giinlenH in Lomlnu. I'ri'tty little Miss Gertie Mlllnr and her inlnlutnre linriNom Hh driiwn by n hicmlful Shetland pony were forced to refuse scores of prospective "fnres" un they drove around the gardens. "GREATEST THING IN LIFE' Ouo. ot the loading ctiaru.tcr In D. W. Griffith's new photoplay. "The Gre;ittl Thing In Ure." which will be shown at the Joy Theatre Wed nesday and Thursday, Is a snobbish and fastidious young aristocrat. Ed ward IJvtngaton, a role charmingly played by Robert, Harron. Utllnli (Ish hut) the stellnn role. , Ktlward Is a languid' younx man, one of ihe variety known In the "young sot" of society as a "Urns cat." He lives In a' 'palatini bachelor apartment. A man servant meets him at the door and spares him the physical wear and tear ot .hanging up his own hat. j Considerably to his own alarm and I chagrin he finds himself fulling in love with Jcanette .Peret (TJlllan Glshl who sells him cigarettes at herl father's tobacco shop. Half to get her out of his sight, halt to atone; for a rudeness, he sends her the money to tajte her old father, who' la 111. back to France. But, no simn-: or has he done so than France seems' also to call to him. j Over there, ho is disgusted to find himself a rival In lore against a' French peasant with a hand like aj ham but a good stout, stupid heart. ' Down in the mud and reek of the: trenches he learns his lesson, ft Is borne in upon him that there Is a greater aristocracy thun that of wealth and aristocracy of courage. When. Jn the unraveling of the story, a detachment of Yankees res cue a girt from a band of battle ninddened Huns, it is the former dandy who leads them like a demon or conflict. In Edward Livingston, Mr. Griffith hus made a' character who will live in the literature of the screen. XOTICK i Oallce, Oregon. ' .Tulv in i oi a TO WHOM IT MAY fXXCBlix: I will not be responsible for any debts contracted toy my wife, Sllda Aiaioney. from this date. 31 j. MAinvRV (Continued from Page One) Oaks to bathhouse: 1st prize, sil ver novelty ring, Bert Barnes; 2nd prize, embroidered veatee, Klnnev & Truax. Ladies over 16 years, fancy div ing: 1st prize, 1 pair eilk stockings, Golden Rule Store; 2nd prize, box toilet preparations, Geo. C. Sabln. Men over 16 years, around large float and return ;to liathhc.ise: 1st pflze.fly book and flies, Roue Rivc-r iia.raware Co.; 2nd prize, one pound chocolates. Herman Horning. Men over 16 years, hack stroke "Oaks' to small float. 1st prize. Gem safety razor, f. ,11. Demarav; 2nd prize, one quart honey. Klnnev & Truax. Men over 16 years, plunge for dis tance down stream from small flout: 1st prize, two pound box chocolates, Roses Confectionery; " 2nd nrlze. necktie. Peerless Clothing Co.. Men over 16 years, fancy diving: 1st prize, five pound pall lard. Gray & Harbeck; 2nd prize, flashll tl.t Jewell Hardware Co. Girls consolation prize, one po ind home made candy, U W. Richard son. Boys consolation prize, watermel on, T. iB. Cornell, Constipation causes headarhes. allow color, (full, sickly eyes you feel out of sorts all over. HolUster's Rocky Mountain Tea will banish constipation, regulate your towels, purify your stomach. You'll feel bet ter all over. Sabln's Drug Store. Adv. Foley's Honey and Tar for COUGHS - COLDS - CROUP F un Ym Iks StuJud Fuoily CWl MatdM 7jy for FoUy ' Honey A Tar ... SOI1) KVKKYUHEUK ISAM NE AS J Horse Shoeing and General - Kliicksinithlng ' ' Wood i'i-nfrlng on all kinds if ' Vehicles have one of. the best of home. Khocfs thut tho country Irf. fords. ' 315 South 6tn St. Are You In The Dark? We are allowing some beautiful BOUDOIR LAMPS BARNES, The Jeweler N, P. Time Inspector Next door Hnt ' National llauk c mm y We ar fully (jqulpp.-d for nil 'kinds of butlory work at rouaoniihlo prices couslstout with Nrsl class work, When In neetlof a now battury buy Ihe stlll-betler Wlllnrd. with threndud rubber Insulation. The Battery Shop A. V. Ilnroltou. I'ropr. HERE'S the quality bread. Only the purest and most costly ingredients enter into it finest patent flour, rich milk, sugar, pure shortening, best yeast. It means the most nutrition, wholesomeness and flavor. Say FRANZ Butter-Nut The Incomparable Loaf Fresh Shipment Daily to , KINNEY & TRUAX The Automatic Servant , "Oh. jcs. 1 fpend most of my time out-of-doors this summer. With - electric 'motors I make light oY my .'housework." " . "The cost is small and it is '. so convenient and simple just a turn of the switch and 1 tan sit down and read op anbroider until the work is (lore." .... 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