V PACK TWO DAILY KOGUH KIVKK COllUKIi mo i it- Ehily Eo2ue River Courier, Aa Independent Republican Newt Paper. United Prest Leased -Wire TelecP& 8ervlce B. VOORHIE8. Pub, and Prop. WILFORD ALLEN, Editor Entered at the Grants Past, Ore ron, Postofflce as second-class mall matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ! One Year ....... ... 15.90 8U Months .. 3.01 Three Monthi .........1.6 One Month .... .... , ; .St Payable la Advance, IISEPK PBMG1GE ELECTS OFFICERS 1 FEASTS AT MjtT LOCALS BEAT MEDFORD (Continued tram Page 1 ) For the fifth time, Hon. E. K. Blanchard was on Saturday elected master of the Josphiue county grange hen, without protest, other than his own voice, he was conttnueU but their Imckflold loomed very for mUUhl with 1'erry Ashcraft and Sampson Ciarrett, of the O. A. C. 'varsity, alternating at the line and at ends. Hansen struck' hla nalt and played a love sot with hi opponent MONDAY, JAXVARY 3, 1916. -'OREGON' WEATHER . :-' ,. f Today and tonight and Tues f day snow or rain; warmer west portion; winds becoming west- erly. A PROMISING OUTLOOK. A new year never opened more auspiciously for any city than does 191$ for Grants Pass. There Is no adjustment of business conditions ne cessary because of the becoming ef fective of the prohibition law, muni 'clpal affairs are In a satisfactory shape, and industrially there could be little else to be asked for at the present time than the good things that are assured. The railroad has passed the stage where doubt enter ed into its future, and the details for Its continued construction are pro gressing as rapidly as engineering skill can outline it There seems little doubt In the minds of those best in formed concerning an opportunity to be given before the end of another summer to celebrate the advent of the railroad to the mines of the Il linois valley. The sugar factory Is also practically assured to the valley, and Grants Pass is making a strong campaign for its location here, past four years. The annual meeting of the romoaa grange was one of the most inter esting ever held by the organisation, and the . rooms of the Moose lodge were filled with grange members and thetr families and a few Invited guests. At the business session a number of grangers were initiated into the Pomona1 degree, following which came the annual election of officers, the new officials tor the year 19U being as follows: Master, E. E. Blanchard. Overseer, H. M. Gorham. Lecturer, Mrs. U. D. Mlhllls. Steward, U. D. Mlhllls. Assistant steward, J. L. Stan- brough. Lady assistant steward, Mrs. J. L. Stanbrough. Chaplain. H. B. Alverson. Treasurer, Fred Reynolds. Secretary. W. O. White. Gate-keeper, W. B. Terrlll. Ceres, Mrs. W. B. Terrlll. Pomona. Mrs. E. E. Blanchard. Flora. Winnie Osborn. Executive committee Andrew Crow, L. M. Mitchell, A. J. Green, master and secretary ex-offlclo. banquet spread in the assembly room at noon, at which 400 members of the grango and their friends wrVunti the lust Quarter, when ho burst ted with the. many delicacies brought 'fortn wllh a rtillniit recovery of In by the ladles. Following the ban-pilnt txxmWA by Aircraft. The, ends qnet, a program of short speeches, wm ,h, flcld and almost cross- every time, and tn the office he has held during the . interspersed with musical numbers pj tnn jfOBi u0 Cornell; halfback, Harvey and MUM ken; fullback, Ilestul. Referee, Suely Hall, Modford. Um pire, James Drown, Grants Vn Head lineman, Charley (lllmour. Time-keeper, Paul lllanchard. MASON TELLS WHAT w MOVES I and readings, occupied the attention Bmothmd tn roUirn of unU rf.'! '"S " Z for most of the afternoon, and wit W Md ln tll CUrU Moroy hns nanuoa out m Bnnft f h1. n.., .-. ...,, ," - - v. ..... V .. w. ..v. I .... -.I...... ... tk.. . lirupui iiuiia. in" nmn'r 01 um ii- in tensive at llmwi Is within 25 mlla of the main railway to tomber. The Bitkovlna campalttn Is moving to ward the Carpathians, but the Rus sians liuiKt first occupy Cxornowlt. Then the Teutons must retire from the Roumanian border to the posi tions where they withstood Kusnlun attacks last winter. In this manner the first condition governing itoumnnla's participation with the allies will have been mt, for after the Carpathian pannes are tn Husslu'a power the cisar may buy Roumanla's assistance. Operations before Cae-rnowlU are preliminary to such a situation. There Is. however, no promise of and wisoom were uanuea ow none n)e olJ h)(.h .noo, chunks, the wsy being cleverly paved 'cunning ' ' by the toastmaster. Dr Wllcoxon. ofj A commirUon of tUo m of Murphy grange. Dr. Truax. the new jirarvey HmJ Garn,u , Satllrdtty., nmyor of Grant! , Pass first welcomed ; m)) (o thal Dr the Tomona to the city, the freedom -8U wnlwM a M wl(uu he didn't have Harvey tn the flint squad at Corvallts. Ue plowed and wlcttlod jand rtppod and tore throiigh Med i lord's defeime like a mad bull In a china shop, and on the other side . Mtlltkfln ttblmitiitfl iktiH ubliiiiml Evans assistant leader of wteMion ' holttarh,d RnJ WI1U(1J ,ko ft vr. worK rorm ,ne u. y urora non Q ( t Allen president of the Commercial, club: E. E. Blanchard. master of the ghoWB ho kBow- county grange; F. 8. Bramwell, of " the OroRou-Vtah Sugar Co.; PresI-! KItnr r tho t0m co,ll dent Robert Twohy. or the C. & O. C. ,vn, M' ot tho wIUk railroad; R. B. Miller, of Um same ,ln th, 8tate tha' 1 l,ave 11 ko' race iot ue mouey Asncrau 10 of which he freely offered with the compliments of the season. Other speakers were A. C. -Allen, of Med ford, horticultural commissioner for the district; C. C. Cats, county agri culturist for Jackson county; M. O. company; C E. Spenco, ot Oregon City, roaster of the state grange; L. M. Mitchell, of Murphy grange, and W. B. Terrlll, of Rogue River Valley grange. The orchestra from the Fruttdale grsnge gave a number ot success yet. though all evidence Pelouxe was a good aerial attack, and ,hows that a major effort Is Intended. it worked at least twlca for good I - gains for Medford. MacOonald play-1 litKK VK!lliS HMt ed a bang-up game as lust defense, with the one exception that cost a selections, Mrs. H. K. Clarke. Miss ("IHUU" Urrr anil Mr. Xlolson attni and Miss White gave a reading, all of "'" of 00 teaching, ana not a The high school boys showed the Ginii who morose Chicago, Jan. 3.--Police Magis tral Walter Taylor, Waukegnn's 300-pound eupld, will marry all Ir wor tins wor Ir let t it h rich Hcs It tra Hcs cup K'VAA I'o Wart !llonlt for ( TE The big feature of the day was the which were received with applause, fumble shows the class of Beam and , couple's free of chaw In leap year, vviuvii. vui uoh ivfcimi iiwoniuii. , ii n Kirm no iiic iro njdiiiK. 'nortr dawn ed t II STORM OF WIND SWEEPS OVER CALIFORNIA tByX'nited Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 3. One death and nearly a dozen injuries stood to day as the toll of a terrific wind- though that is a matter yet to "bet storm that swept San Francisco and of the waterfront today showed that because of his rugged physique, Is many vessels auffored damages, nau-oacK, inougn idis is no discount CAi.iHHlXJA AtTKK decided by the builders of the enter prise. If a central location, proxim ity to the largest acreage of beets now guaranteed to be planted for a five-year period, satisfactory trans portation facilities with a new terri tory of the best of beet lands about to be opened by the new railroad, availability of cordwood, lime, water, building materials, and other things that must, appeal to the man who is putting his capital into the enter prise, determine the location, this city will surely be fn at the final ac counting. But regardless of its de finite site, the fact of its coming to the valley is second In Importance on ly to the railroad projected toward the sea. In the material develop ment of the district agriculturally the sugar factory will be of nntold value, while the railroad will make available the wealth of the forest, the mine and the farm. But better even than these ma terial things is the spirit of the people that Is now manifest. There is a unity of feeling and a lack of pes simism that will go far toward plac ing Grants Pass in the very lead oft southern Oregon cities. will do to tie to. environs overnight Henry Chllson, a retired Los An geles druggist, lost his life after a signboard burled him and his wife. The storm, regarded as the worst in a quarter of a century here, rip ped Its way through the city at close to a 75-mile clip. In its wake sign boards, wires, electric signs, fences, and even an uncompleted house, crashed down in the path of pedes trians. Flying timber and crashing glass hurt several persons. On Market street a big electric sign crashed from the top of a 15- story building, Injuring a woman and narrowly missing others. Pedes trians made scant headway against the gale. ' Off the heads the storm lashed the ocean Into a white foam. Steamers stuck to port. Several troke loose from their moorings. Lumber loads on a few were picked up and whirled away like paper. The Whitesboro Lumber com pany's steamer from Greenwood crept ln through the heads and re ported the wildest weather on the seas her captain had seen for 27 years. The French bark Dieppen dallo found It terrible going, but struggled through to safety after a Red Stack tug had picked her up off the lightship. While property damage was com amounting to thousands of dollars, ln on his pivotal playln. I'uderwood accidents resulting from the storm Played a good game at guard, but ls which swept over the bay Sunday. too good-natured to step on the. tosi Sacramento. Jau The schooner Robbie Hunter was ;of his man. ' ion dry petitions filed with th aerre- 'rom blown from her moorings off Butch-; All ln all. this annual event should tary of state to date total 02.021 for,wh ertown and was swept out toward eall out 1.000 people next year and total prohibition In 1020 and S7.S12 ,Pr,J Goat Island. She was picked up at snouid taKe its plnco with the big for rnrtlal prohibition In 191 R. a late hour. i dates of the year, an establRhed in-,' -., ,. The coal barge Wellington dragged 'H'tlon for Grants Pass. tDXKISOATEO IIOOK her anchor and crashed into the The Medford line-up follows: Cin-( IX Al'TO IUIHATOU barge Kinney, causing several thous- tor. Stuart; guards. Wilson, Uad- .. and dollars damage. ;cffand Marvin: tnckl. ,V!la nm L. The yacht Cyprus was blown down AHhcrsft; ends, f'clouvo a-id Ald.-r; Ma-DonnM; hnlfba--ka, and Garrtt; fittlmck, P. JOHN' IIAKMlYCOItV :Sotur a R!imliir e"i KKH! i the bay, dragging her anchor, and quarter, narrowly escaped several accidents. Chuuhard , Ashcraft. GENERAL IICEItTA FREED ) Grants P sg: OX OWX RECOGXIZAXCE guards. Dean, Caldwell, and Vnder- . - , wood: tackles, McCracken and Allen; f'tt'.l..' !'.. I Wire lAl'trdeen, 8. i) Jan. 3.--Chief of Police Hurst Is using 5f Rations of hove, con filiated 'from' oootlegger. In Mi a;iti riullittor. H won't fre;e, 'enter. B'tarsa; A jeclal otfloer guards tnai radtstor whenever th machine Is at n curb. FRISCO FIREMEN OVERCOME RY SMOKE San Francisco, Jan. 3. Three fire men were overcome by smoke In a fire in Chinatown early today and were dragged from the path of the flames by fellow firemen and a' police man. Patrolman Peter Mclntyre, who discovered the fire, ran Into the blazing structure and rescued Fire man W. Strickland, who had been overcome by smoke. Fire Captain Brennan was also overcome, and was pulled from dan ger by Fireman Llchner. Recover ing consciousness, Captain Brennan went back into the huildjng and saved Fireman Benjamin Durham. TEUTONS ARRESTED I1Y ALLIES IN 8ALONIKI Athens, Jan. 3. The allies at SaJonikl have arrested 350 Teutonic .'nard Grants Pass ; paratively small, wires ami wireless suffered extensively. Communica tion overland, and up and down the coast, today was in a badly demor alized condition. The big Marconi tower at Hlllcrest went out of com mission at the height of the storm. This is the main station, receiving calls from the sea. Chilson, the storm victim, died j shortly after being caught beneath I the debris. "His wife secured a frac jtured hip. At the exposition the LaFayette I statute was partly wrecked. Electric lighting and power s'tr (vice for street railway UncH were i inconvenienced for a time. Crossed wires rang ln a number of alarms and kept firemen busy for hours en swerlng needless calls. Fears for the safety of two yo;in:j men who put out of Burllngame Vere entertained when they had not re turned from a hunting trip on the bay at a late hour. The steamer President, from Beanie reported heavy sens and a battle after coming in many (By United Press Leased Wire.) San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 3. Gen eral Huerta, ' whose Indictment was expected from the federal grand jury convening today, has been released from custody on his own recogniz ance at Attorney General Gregory's suggestion, District Attorney Camp announced today. This action fol lowed a serious operation on the al leged conspirator. ends, Hansen and Morey: quarter, Location notto. fioirUr nl- W 11111 Katli at U man; l. li posit eral ' barr publ ays tin Story of a Fortuna. refer TUclusMiii, u Loudon merchant ! died in 1707. leaving a fortuuo of 700,- 000. By his will U)0,(m) went to his , wife and children. TU' rest of bis foi ; tum unit committed ti trustees, with the Btipokitlou Unit It .should I e allow- ed to accumulate during the lives of : the sous' uiiil gi'tmdiiotis. When tbcj were all doml the fortune was to go to the oldest living greut-grundson, or . If there should te no grvut-grtiudsoL ', It should go to the coveruineut and he applied on the national debt. The will was contested, but the heirs wero uh- able to break It. The last grandson died In ISoO. and the fortune was de- '. livered to Churlcs Tueluitsen. the old ; est living great -gin ndsou. At the time . tho will was Made experts figured out i that tiie fortune would amount to something like 1.000,000 by tho time It should be turned over to the great j grandHon. but the expensea of lltign- i tiou uml administration bad been h i ' grent that he received only about the 1 amount of the original fortune, 700. I 000. civilians, despite a protest by Greece, hours late. Fears for other craft Turkey protested through American Ambassador Morgenthau and threa tened reprisals If they were not released. were felt along the water front, today. How Cotton Varies. Cotton Is usually differentiated In or dlnary clarification by tlio length of lu staple. "Ordinary cotton" In tho United States Is of several kluds. chief among tbem the upland cotton, with i a staple of from seven-eighths to onv inch In loninli. and gulf of Texas cot ton, of which the staple is not usual ly quite ho long. The longest stapled cottons anion;; the "ordinary cottons' here nre the bottom land or bonder cotton, with a Hiuple of from one ami otio-clghtli to one and one-fourth Inch, and the special fancy Ntnplu otton. one uml tbieeeltfhths to one utid five eighths Inch in length. Tlio sen Island cotton, which Is grown oti the sea Is lands off the const of Boutli Curollnn. has a staple of from one nnd n bulf to two nnd ti half Inches, the nvernvo length being one and tlirccfoiirths. Egyptian cotton Is being grown In southern California. New Mexico and Arizona. If staple In not so long as the sea Inland cotton, but compares rather with the upland cotton here. San Francisco, Jan. 3. 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