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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 6, 1921)
11 * ♦ EXITED PKEHH SERVICE ASSOCIATED HUM» GRANTS BAHN. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, WHOLE 5I HBER 3108. GOING BACK TO RUSSIA MATHIAS HARTMAN • — J f ■ KOINE CEXBIH <X>MMITTKK RE- POUT WOULD INCREASE THE , MK.uiH'UiNiiir ro «Nt KUU» Will ll«>« to Enact New Law» for EormaUon of < «mgrcw-loaal Distri« ts Washington. Jan. fl.—-(A. p.>— The house census committee agreed today to report to congress the Sisgsl bill filing membership of the bouse at 484. an Increase of 48 over the present membership. It also recom mended a constitutional amendment limiting membership of future housiMi to 800. ' Under the c«>mmtttee’s bill, repre sent nt Inn of On-gon would be fn- creasml from three to four and Washington from five to six It pro vides tn case of any Iticreaee tn tvir# ber of representatives, such addltlofl- al reprcMien tatl ves shall be elected at large until legislatures paaa redis- trl£t1ng laws f. ”W Continued High Water in the Rogue Makes Satisfactory Progress Impossible, But No Delay in Getting A Water By Irrigation Season is Anticipated • All laborers who have been em ployed by the Shattuck Construction company In the building of the Sav age Rapids dam were released by the cotppsny yesterday, and no attempt *111 bo made to continue work upon the structure till there Is more set tled weather conditions and a lower Mathias Hartman of Lins Lexington, stage of water In the Rogue. Con Bucks county, Pennsylvania, one hun current with the reloaae of the men. dred and three years old In November, Is believed to be the oldest mats resi notice was ¡xmled stating that the dent of Pennsylvania. Hs can see to I wage scale now In vogue in Portland read and write without glaaaes and and other centers since the first of has a remarkable memory, clearly re ' the year would be effective here up- calling events of 90 ysars ago. He on resumption of work on the Irriga looks like a man of eighty or lees Hie tion project. This scale shows ma wife died several ysars ago. teria! reductions from wages paid ■ during the closing months of the old ' year, and are based U|x»n the general ; reduction In living expenses and ' costs of all foodstuffs. The new : scale will bo 14.50 per day for com- mon lal>or with a nine-hour day. The i scale for carpenters will be 16.50 for the nln<whour day. with other labor in proportion. The only men retiln- 1’i-ndlcton. Jan. tl.—I A. I*. > An e<| at the Savage Rapids camp wilt be entire new game code is to be recom-| a cook, two watchmen and one labor er, these to be held pending the ma mended to the legislature by the turing of plans for the continuance fish and gain» commission, said Mar of work or for a complete co-oatton ion Ja<k, commissioner. It will re for the immediate future. Engineer commend an increase of hunting and Wiley and Mr. Schneeloch will be uugling licenm-s. and change the mi here Saturday, when the plan that gratory -bird law to c«»nform with will beat protect the Interests of the district will be determined. federal open seasons. I In speaking of the closing down of work at the dam. Superintendent I Carrillo stated that the present indi- Judge Calkins, of the circuit court haa handed down a decree in the case of Rowan vs, Barton et al . In which ho finds for the Bartons and their associates in the controversy that has created much Interest In Two yean ago a re thia district reiver wss appointed for certain chrome mining properties and per sonal property hold hv th« Bartons upon the petition of Rowan, who al leged that a partnership existed be R. W. Clarke, from whom the tween the Bartons and himself and county court on the day before* thnt ho was entitled to a portion of Christinas negotiated the purchase of (the proceeds received from the con duct of the chrome mines By the the Clarke residence for a hospital, order of this court appointing the building, this morning returned to receiver, war savings stamps, bank the county the |J00u purchase price accounts and other valuable holdings of the property, and resumed ¡»oases-( of the Bartons were tied up, hut the aioli of .i deoil to the building an<? decree as now entered releases all grounds The purchase of the of this property. The court holds Clarke residence by the county was thnt a partnership never existed, protested by Attorney A. C. Hough, that Rowan han no Interest 1u the who instituted injunction procettl-l proceeds from the mining operations tugs against the county court, ( •of the Barton brothers, and that the Though hearing upon the petition for. appointment t of n receiver was Injunction had not yet been had Mr. | wrongful, i Judgment against the Hough states, however, that he will] plaintiff Is given for the costs of continue to press his action against' the case. Attorney H D. Norton j the county in an endeavor to defeat was the legal representative of the I any attempt of the county to provide I for any hospital building whatever. Bartons Water Wheel Nearly a Century Old NEW OFFICERS JOR cations were that there would be a heavy flow in the Rogue for some time, but that with the coming of lower water and the resumption of work the dam could be pushed to completion In ample time to serve the canals of the project at the open ing of the Irrigation season. The steam shovel will be held at the dam for a few days pending developments for ' the “ fvture, when it will be put on the Tokay canal. Certain at work ’ of the machinery for the equipment dam will not arrive from the of the I builders until late February, and Mr. Carrillo believes that work can pro gress by the time this arrives so that ft can be at once placed In the power house. This msMtlnery Is being built especially for the Savage Rapids dam. from new designs, and the builders have caused some delay by changing details of plans as the de signing and construction of the pumps and turbines has progressed, The power house architecture has to be made to accqmmodate the ma- ■hlnery With the announcement yesterday of the closing down of work tempor arlly, the men who were housed at the Savage Rapids camp packed their rolls of bedding and have now prac tically all left town. The contrac tors say that there will probably be enough labor available locally to meet the situation with the reeump- tion of work, and that it would not pay to try to hold any of this trans- » lent labor here. THE PELITI ZEB WITH CHEW OF NEV EX .HEX, NOT HURD OF SINCE DEC. 15TH IS OWNED BY A POfiTLAND MAN i. 4* Xavy Department and the Coast Guard Join in Search for the Vessel ■ZXzJSEiB Pastor William Fetter, who was banished to Sitiería during the reign of the late czar, later released but ordered to leave the country, who left Philadelphia with his wife to carry the Gospel to Russia. He goes In charge of a delegation of missionaries from the Russian Missionary Socjetj of Philadelphia. Mr. Fetler is wearing the winter garb he wore In Russia. He was bom of Lettish parents In Taisen. province of Courland. Russia. Washington, Jan. 6.—(A. p.)— The United States mail boat Pultiw with seven men, haa been missing since December 15th, and may have been lost in the straits of Shcllkoff, Alaska, Secretary Payne was ad vised by Governor Riggs of Alaska. The navy department and coast guard. service have been asked by Payne to aid in the search. Portland, Jan. 6.—(A. P. 1— Dr. Andi*» C. Smith, of Portland, own er of the Pulitzer. said he had no fear for the safety of the vessel. The Pulitzer was formerly a pilot boat at the mouth of the Columbia river | Uli L I 11 L 111 UUL I and has been carrying mall between 1 Seward and Unalaska. Dr. Smith i obtained the mail contract a year Portland, Jan. 6.—(A. P.)—City i ago. Attorney I-aRoche resigned today __________ to conduct the Etheridge defense. ; Frank 3. Grant, potentate of Al Ka- ||/|| | AMCTTf tl 111111 der temple, of tic Mystic Shrine, I was nominated to succeed Ij&Roche. subject to vote of the council tomor- row. Federal Judge Wolverton is- sued an order authorizlng the re- ceiver's expenditures in conducting the business of Morris Bros, Inc., Portland, Jan. 6.—(A. P.)—Low and of auditing the books. ered temperature checked the flood of the Willamette and mountain. Xew Council Tonight— feeder tributaries, The river stood The new city council will t meet at 18.9 feet this morning and is not and organize tonight, though the likely to reach 19 feet before it only change in personnel will be starts to fall sometime tomorrow, the seating of Andrew Shade as said the weather bureau, The Wil- councilman from the fourth ward in lamette is falling at all points except place of Otto J. Knipps. who has at Salem and Oregon City. A member of the Oregon Growers filled the position for several yeprs. Cooperative association recently Mayor Demarav and the other conn-] wrote C. I. Lewis, organization man cilmen were all re-elected at the No-. laborers lx*ave City— About 50 laborers who have been ager. asking his opinion regarding vember election. The appointive of ficers of the city will be named by employed at the Savage Rapids dam the planting of pears. the mayor tonight, subject to confir left the city today in various direc Mr. Lewis, before becoming asso- tions following the temporary shut elated with the association, served 14 ] mation by the council. T'±- down o‘f work because of the con years as chief of horticulture at the! Regarding the Anjou. Mr. I^ewis' tinued high water. Oregon Agricultural college and is a ; was of the opinion that it did not, pear grower himself. do well In western Oregon as it has Based on his personal experience ; a functional disease and is very slow ] in pear «rowing, and his observa-; in coming into bearing. The Win-1 tions during his 14 years with the O. ter Nells was not recommended as A. C.. Mr. Lewis wrote the member experience had shown that this va of the association that in the selec- j riety is hard to grow and difficult tion of varieties of pears, he was to produce large fruit tn this part safe In planting the Bartlett, as it of the state. has been thoroughly demonstrated In the Grants Pass pear section Wlishington, Jan. 6.—(A. P.)— that this variety thrives well in of the state, with* more thhn 700 Secretary of Labor Wilson granted a western Oregon. acres planted in peauw in Josephine parole to Lord Mayor O’Callaghan, And along with the Bartlett, the county, the Bose is becoming a fav of Cork, detained at Newport News, Bose and Clairgeau were recom orite. But on an average, the Bart on his own recognizance, pending a mended as these varieties do well lett alone equals the total acreage In decision as to admission* to together. • the state of all other varieties. country. The Masons and Eastern Starty in stalled officers Monday night, De- comber 27. The following officers taking the chairs: W. M - —Mrs. Florence Hart. A. M.— Mrs. Eileen Woodcock, Sec.- -C. J. Howard. Treas.- --Frank Floyd. The Masons Installed as follows: W M.— W. L. Babcock 8. fW— Frank Hart. J. W.—(A. V. Schmitt. j* Sec.—C. J. Howard. Treas.—Ed. Dailey. The Rebekahs held a meeting Wednesday night adding four new members to their list, being: Vernla Albright, Saidee Payne. Mrs. Dolly Duncan and Mrs. Lyda Gordon, The Christmas tree held at the church New Year's eve was quite well attended. The young people gave a very nice little program and the youngsters were all lavishly treated to candy and nuts, while the elders were all treated to pop corn. Mrs. Susie Agle, of Portland, is visiting friends and relatives In our valley. Harold White Is home for Christmas vacation. Miss Wilma Smith is spending a few weeks at home. Emit Hunt is reported much bet ter from his illness at this writing. The various merchants are busily engaged In taking Inventory week. Mr. and Mrs. Orby Shaffer, Weed. Calif., are visiting friends relatives In our valley during Christmas vacation. Miss Vera MacMaster wont to home at Sweet Home, Oregon Christmas. Emil Wells went to Chico to visit his mother for several weeks. Miss Mattle Reed has assumed her school duties again after two weeks of vacation. Mrs Della Payne Is visiting daughter. Mrs. Haxel Skeeters. Capt. C. Moseley, V. 8. A., receiving congratulations In his Vervllle-Packard plane, in which he won the Interna Medford. tional Pulitzer Trophy aerial race at Mineola. L. I., from a field of 34 starters of many nations. He flew at an avers 1 r spendine a Miss Grace McCann age speed of almost three tulles a minute for the 132-mile course, which he completed In 44 minutes, 28.57 seconds, few days at home from Springfield or 178 miles an hour. At the right is a portrait of Captain Moseley. where she Is teaching. Pilot and Plane That Won the Pulizter Troohy Race This giant water wheel whs errwted In 1838 by Ilenry Burden nt Troy. N. Y„ and supplied the motive power for a large plant continuously from that time until 18P0. The wheel developed 1,200 hhrse power. It Is 00 feet in diameter, and now Is but a landmark.