DAILY ItOOt'N niVKlt COI'IURK Tlll'llMDAV, NOVKMBEH 4, 1B1B. 'aily Rogue River Courier. Coffee i r. - , v If .we coultf send your coffee to yon every morn ing by express, it wouldn't be any fresher than it is when you open the airtight tin. Don't hesitate with ifs and buts; try Schilling's Best It's moneyback; we take the risk, there is Independent Republic News rtr. UnlUd Press uuil Wire Telegraph 8enrlo4 B. VOORHIE8, Pub. tad Prop WILrORD ALLEN, Editor Entered at the Grants Pas. Ore- fu, Postofflce m second-clan mall natter. ' " - v SUBSCRIPTION RATES ine Year- 'mL. x Montba .15.00 -..J.00 i taree Months ne Month . PAG3 TWO Hi THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1915. OREGON WEATHER Tonight and Friday ttit. ex- cept rala north west portion; . cooler tonight southwest dot- 4- tlon, except near the coast; southerly winds.' - - . GETT1XG A CITY MANAGER. When the managerial form of gov ernment la considered we 'are apt to think ot a complicated and cumber some machinery for putting the pro cess Into operation. Other cities hare spent months, and even years, in con sidertng a new charter with tta mani fold provisions; then come elections for the ratification of the charter and for election of commissioners who will name the city manager and in a measure direct him. At least one city has found an easier way of pro viding Itself with the new-tangled government, a way that has some advantages over the more orthodox one, and which leaves an easier method of escape if the city later ' wants to get from under. ' " Down in Arizona two of the chief cities of the state tried the new way ot running municipal affairs. Phoenix (built a new charter, elected a com mission under it, the commission named its manager, then trouble commenced. The charter gave the manager multifarious duties and au thorities. and when the commission failed to agree with him there was no " at which the voters authorised the commission to dispense with the ob noxious manager. - Tucson, not to be distanced by the capital city, also wanted a municipal manager, out no new charter was adopted. How it went about the job is told by tho Sunset Magazine in the. following words: -"When candidates for the city council started to shake hands, they were asked to pledge themselves to appoint a city manager. " There was no law authorizing such an official, but Tucson reasoned that it could try out the system with or without a law. Supporters of the city manager idea won at the polls and the new council at once proceeded to turn the technical part of the city's administration over to a competent engineer. He Is running Tucson now under the city council's supervision, and he i making a good job of it, even though Tucson's charter does not mention a city manager."' Grants Pass could get Into the city manager class in a short time If it so desired. A city election is to be held December 6, and councilmen could then be elected pledged to the new order. There Is no doubt about the modern plan being the efficient ' plan, and a cursory examination of the city charter points to no insur mountable obstacles In the way of the' council hiring a general superin tendent of municipal affairs if It to desired. This would take the bur den of detail off the shoulders of the individual councilmen, and would make for efficiency and economy. Business men might then yield to the Importunities of the public and become candidates for the council with less reluctance than they do now. Anyway, Tucson made it win, and It might do to think about. PEACH CROP THAT, ROTTED. Collier's had a picture of a mighty heap of peachea. The heap looked 60 feet long and was s high as a woman who ! standing before It, as if for the purpose of comparison. They wore four thousand bushels ot peaches In that ptle. Yet It was allowed to rot "because none. Schillings Best the owner could not get enough tor it to pay marketing expenses." Ac cording to Colller'a "similar losses occurred ' throughout Oklahoma, which grew 3,000 carloads ot peaches this year, and in many other states as well, notably Oregon. In the cities peaches have been retailing all summer and fall at from two to five cents apiece." It may seem an exaggeration to pronounce such a waste a crime asainst civilization, so accustomed are we to our clumsy and inadequate system of distributing farm products. 3ut it is a crime. People in the poverty-stricken quarters of the big cities go hungry while all the time the finest kind of food is rotting on the ground in sections that In these daya ot rapid transportation are not far away. Men go without employ ment while during their busy season farmers find r the utmost difficulty in getting labor. , . .. Americans have been . proud ol their ability as organizers. But they have neglected organising marketing facilities for the distribution of food, a task that should come before all other ventures in orgsnization. To ledo (O.) Blade. COMMEND VILLA'S ; ARMY FOR ITS 0 1 BRAVERY Washington, Nov. 4. Tribute to the bravery and tenacity of the threadbare,' thirsting and suffering VUIista forces repulsed before Agua Prieta was paid in General Funston's official report to the war department today, dated last night. The report follows: ' ' "The whereabouts of General Villa and bis main force tonight is un known. There are persistent rumors that he has fled to Cabullena, 18 miles south of here, where there is ample water, and that he is recuper ating his men in order to return to the attack, but a small detachment of his force with some wagons reached Naco and is purchasing food, while' an officer east of Naco reports seeing about 4,000 encamped across the boundary from Osborne. "Villa's force consists of about 12,000 men, 36 guns and an un known numlber of machine guns. His men suffered terribly during opera tions here from thirst and hunger, but thelr'splrit is shown by the fact that leas than a dozen deserted to our side. Women, children and camp followers usually found with a Mex ican force were left at Casas Grandes. He has nothing but fighting men with him." Explaining bis failure to fire across the border, in keeping with his in structions from Washington to do so, if bullets from the warring Mexicans Injured any on the American sldo, Funston said: "It may not be understood at the war department why; In view of ex isting orders, I have not fired upon contending parties, considering the fact that some bullets and shells struck on the American aide and three men of the 7th infantry were wounded. 'I did not fire because It was evi dent that both commanders were do ing their utmost to prevent injuring Americans. General Calles' men (Carranzlstas) committed the prin cipal faults, and I could not In fair ness open on Villa without treating Calles the same." Old newspapers, .five and ten cent bundles, at the Courier Office. I came because T was sent for, and I'm here to take full charge of the R. L. Bartlett Shoe Store and to turn HALF of this stock into cash in the next 13 days, even if goods don't bring 25c on the dollar. BARTLETT'S Entire Stock Turned over to Lewis Bros. & Co. For 13 days in a rousing and stupendous Mil. SALE Losses won't stand in. the way. Older s fcae gone forth to close out half, this stock and at once and at any price to do it quickest. Lewis Bros. & Co Make the Prices and every price will be cut to a point that will bring a regular pande monium of buyers. Watch for Fri day's big ad and get a copy of the large circular to be distributed tomor row. It's a shoe sensation in earnest. Watch, Wait r. - a M Hi -J I' Is l & BARTLETTS only orders are SELL, SELL, SELL ; MAKE PRICES DO HI I AM THE MAN Who's K(,'nK to (far things loone ami cut and hIunIi shoo prices as they were never rut before. Tomorrow's big ad tells (lie story. Ml Grunts i'uns It coiiiIiik. Watch. GEORGE MUNRO, Merchant Adjuster. Half the stock to go in 13 days, no matter what losses are entailed. BARTLETT DOESN'T WANT THE STOCK HE WANTS THE HONEY t nd Munro, the Lewis Bros.' adjuster, will cut prices to a point that will sim ply make the good3 sell themselves. WATCH WAIT Tomorrow's big ad tells the story of the bargains. Get ready to come. Store Closed All Invoicing Stock and Cutting Prices. Get the money, is the order. Half this stock Bartlett don't want, and cut it goes regardless of cost, loss and consequences. Every single pair of Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes marked at prices to sell them at sight. Tomorrow we '11 be closed, cutting and - Day Tomorrow SALE OPENS SATURDAY AT 9 A. M. slashing prices and preparing for this the greatest out and out shoe sacrifice that ever startled the people of Grants Pass. It's up to you to get posted quick. See the windows tomorrow and watch for the big ads and circular. WANTED extra SALESMEN Apply at Once to Manager SALE OPENS SATURDAY S9A J. PEOPLE SHOES 25c and Up Get here early. Come Grants Pass TT5 mm: LEWIS BROS. & CO., Merchant Adjusters, in full charge THE SHOE MAN I 'pleasant GROVE I . We are having quite a nice rain, which Is very much appreciated, as the farmers can now get their plow ing and fall sowing done. C W. Smith had the misfortune to lose o valuable cow, one day last week. Grover Dunn and J. S. Linton and family have returned from Califor nia. A. J. Strohecker and wife, of Oar- field, Washington, visited at tho home of W. H. Jordan ono day last week. Grandma Jordan and son Roy and Mrs. Edwin Smith wore callers In the Pleasant Grove neighborhood on last Thursday. Several new pupils were enrolled In our school last weok. The Sunday school Is mill flour ishing under tho management of the people of tho Church of God. Thore was quite a large attendance on lout Sunday. Miss Kathcrlne Smith visited homo folks on Sunday. GRIFFIN FERRY Mrs. II. II. Master and llttlo daugh ter, Elizabeth, of Los Angolos, are visiting with Mrs. Master's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Black. , Tho Halloween party glvon by tho Maploton school Saturday night was a success, All presont exproMod themselves us having a very enjoy able evening, J. W. Evorton, of Grants Pass, spent tho latter part of the wook with his brothor, P. J. Everton. Ii. L. Patterson and Stanley Ogdon, who aro digging the woll for the West Sldo school, now have the work nlcoly started and all looms to ho going woll. Mrs, Gus Mnd located water. Steve Smith Is now running the M. Ii. Grlflln farm. - VKAVK NOT VI'JT HWUHT HV ITALIAN GOVERNMENT Washington, Nov. 4 "The Ital ian embassy has boon Instructed to dony most emphatically the reported attempts of the Italian government to dlRouss peace." ml.t n ht-u n.m.i Htatonient given out by the embassy nre ion ny, This was In roply to peporte that Italian diplomats had gone to Lu cerne, SwlUerland, to meet German peaoe agent. . ; ,