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PAGB THREE
"The Sin Ve Do,"
powerful five-part Triangle drama,
with Frank Keenan, Margery U'IImhi,
Howard liioiuiuut and lj-)fim.i
' Thompson,
and '
a twu-itxl Keystone comedy,
with Mk Swain,
tonight
UTAH TIIKATKIl
: FER52N1L
Saturday Chaplin day. 994tf
Geo. Light returned to Lelaud last
night after a week In the city.
Or. J. r. Roddy aoent Fridav at.
lending to business In Medford.
K. W. Allen Is pending a few day
in Portland attending to builneai.
Bicycle cleaned and repaired at
Cramer Brot. It
It. 0. eparlla Ml Saturday worn
Ing (or Dorrle to spend the summer
Id the mills.
R. B. Miller and 0. W. Morrow
li'ft last nlicht for Portland to spend
a few days.
When you think of lumber, think
of the new firm -Carson-fowler
Lumber eompsny. It
W. M. Llnhtenbcrger was a visitor
In the city for several days return
ing to Wolf Creek last night.
J. 8. Miller, who has bu apend
I. Ing the past two weeks In ihn city,
returned last night to Timber.
Oyster shell at Cramer Bros. It
P. E. Reed, of Kansas City, who
bss been In the city for ll.e psst
week, left last night for Portland.
Miss Jeanett Moss will return to
day to the University of Oregon, af
ter spending the past week visiting
here with her mother.
Hens and poultry houses kept
clean with Ilea powder and lies liquid
old by Cramer Bros. 2
Mrs. Thomaa Stott and son.
Thomas Jr., are spending a few
weeka visiting Mrs. Stott's brother In
California. , , ,
Bert Anderson left Friday for Day
ton, Wash., having received word of
(he serious Illness of his father, who
la not expected to live.
Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Srsrbrough ar
rived yesterdsy from Tort; Collins.
Colo., and will remain In the city for
the summer with their daughter, Mrs.
F. O. Yoirogblood.
Bicycles at Cramer Bros. II
Mrs. R. Cherry returned to her
home at Spokane this morning after
pending a week In. the city, She
waa called her by the death of her
mother, Mrs. J. D, Palmer.
O. L.,Ragen, of Saltm, will leave
today for San Francisco to take up
his new duties as salesman for Davis
Brothers. Mr. Ragen has been vis
iting here with his sister, Mrs. R. T.
Ludden. -
- Chirk teed at Cramer, Proa. II
S. D. Williams, who ' has been
ponding a weak In the city on bus
iness, left yesterday for his home at
Portland, He stopped off for a abort
time at Merlin where he ha property
Interests.
Orlando Hiller returned Friday
from Crescent City, where he was
snowed in during the winter. He
pent eight weeks In the coast city
on account of the heavy fall of anow
' In the mountains.
Garden seeds in bulk and packets
t Cramer Bros. II
Mrs. J. D. 8trnebHgh left yester
day morning for 'Marshalltown, Iowa.
She was called there by the Illness of
her lather, 8amuel Mooney. ' Mr.
Mooney is well known here, having
visited in the city on numerous oc
casions. JOY Theatre
Tcsiglt ad Mcsiay
IILUKUIRR PHOTOPLAYS,
Presents
"TkeSibt Battle'' ;:
' In five, gripping Mia with -
J. WAKKKN KKIUUGAN -,
IXIH WILSON, MAUD
OKOIUIK and A SELECT , ,
; ,ITMPANY OK CAMERA.
STARS
How a Brilliant lawyer Fought
and Won Ills Lire's Rattle
Against Hereditary Appetite
for Strong Prink.
VNot Temperance Play, But
' ' Drama, of Great Human Appeal
to the Masses.
LOCAL :
R. M. Miller, of Eugene, Is spend
ing a few days in the city.
N. I". Macduff, of the local forestry
station, spent Saturday at Gallre.
Charlie Hansen, of Takllma, Is
pending a few days In the city.
Nororosa cultivators at 60 eenU
and 11.00, at Cramer Bros.
Mrs. Nellie Utley loft yestordsy
morning for Portland to spend a few
days.
Tyrell Oarner will leave tonight for
K u gone to resume his studies at the
university.
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Runysn, of
Booth Ferry, were visitors In the
city yesterday.'
F. F. Chlldera, superintendent of
the Oreenback mine, Is spending Sun
day In the city.
Mrs. C. 1 Johnson left yesterdsy
for Dorrls. where she will remain for
seversl months.
F. F. Williams, of Glendale. ws
In the city Friday and Sal unlay slop
ping at the Josephine.
Mr. and Mrs. H. F. McClellsn re
turned to Hugo last night after sev
eral days In the city.
Miss Rlsm he Rpperly went to
Placer Friday evening to spend a few
days visiting her parents.
The Joy theatre has secured ' a
Fox feature film for this week. 28
Mrs. Anna Ahlf left yesterday
morning for Portland, r-K she
will visit for several weeks
W. D. Hunt, of Kerby. was in the
city Frldsy and Saturday, stopping
at the Grants Pass hotel.
Mrs. Chartea Hansen returned last
night from Ashland, where she has
been visiting her daughter.
W. O. Mercier left Friday evening
for points In Idaho, where he will re
main for the next six months.
Miss Anna Calvert will return to
the University of Oregon today after
apendtng the week In the city.
W. T. 'Reed, of the Oountrj Club
orchards, returned to Merlin Isst
night after a few days In thi t ty.
Lawn fertiliser at Cramer Bros.
Chicken dinner, 25 cents. Palace
dmlng room. 28
A. C. Rpperly, of the Columbia
mine at Placer, was In the city Frl
dsy. 'He reports that the work at
the mine is progressing nicely.
Mies Edltha Vincent la spending a
short tim In the city visiting with
Miss Anna Calvert, who la spending
the spring vacation in the city.
"Orchard White." Sabln has It. 28
Miss Berenice Clark returned to
Olendale Friday evening after spend
ing a few days visiting In the city
with Mr. and Mrs. P. A. DeGenaulL
Lawn seed at Cramer Bros. 28
C. P.' Ferrin, Eugene Kimball,'
James Zimmerman and Ell Bailey
will leave this morning for Falloa,
Not. where the Utah-Idaho Sugar
company haa a factory located. The
men will spend about two months
getting the fsctory In shape to use
for the present year.
Would Join Red Cross
The local recruiting officer statea
that the young ladles of the city arc
applying at the recruiting office for
Information concerning the Red
Cross. A nunvber of young ladles
from Medford were Inquiring yes
terday about the work.
Rand Haa Rehearsal
The first rehearsal of the reorgan
ised Grants Pass band was held Fri
day evening, at the Chamber -of
Commerce rooms, with about 20 play-
era present. Th members arc trickl
ing down to work with t vH and
promise the hest band the city has
aver had.."
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Loren Rasler Honor Guest '
-Don Graham entertained at his
horns on North Sixth street Friday
evening In honor of Loren Easier,
who left Saturday morning for Brem
erton. Chocolate and doughnut
were served to the following, Misses
Dora Herman, Vivian Isham,' Esther
Gllkey, Ulda Bailor, and Loren
Courtney, Mrs. H. H, Basler and Mrs.
Graham, and Harold McOee, Frank
Tnrpln, Horace Hair, Loren ' Basler
and Velton Basler.
Let I'a Tell You
About our wall Boards-Upson
Board, the board with the blue cen
ter. Carson-Fowler Lumber Co. 28
Rebrkahs Invited
To the members of Etna Reboksh
lodge, you are Invited by the Oolden
Kule Lodge to sttend a meeting In
the I. O. O. F. hsll on Wednesdsy
evening, April 18, 1817. Grand
Master Westbrook will be present.
Mollle Beldlng, secretary.
Another Chevrolet Record
Gene Hayes, of Stockton, recently
piloted a stock model Chevrolet tour
Ing car over Flnley Hill, near Mil
ton, Cat. Four, six and eight cyllu
tier cars hsd all tried to make, the
grade hut failed and the Chevrolet
I the only car ever to top the sum
mit In high. 28
Dry Slab Wood
Williams Wood
137-R.
Yard,
phone
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VIslU In City
Bert Presley arrived In the city
yesterdsy from Cotvallls for a vis
It here for short time. Mr. Pres
ley Is a cadet at the O. A. C, and
recently passed examination for first
class private, of which there are
only four in each company. ' He
stales that the young men of the
college .are enlisting In the army
rapidly and that the attendance at
classes Is fsst diminishing. The ca
dets are expecting to be called out
at any time.
"Ambulance No. 10"
"Ambulance No. 10." Is the title
of a book Just presented to the pub
lic library by the American Ambu
lance Field Service. These personal
letters from the front were written
by Leslie Buswell, a young American
volunteer serving In the ambulance
corps In France. Henry , Cabot
Lodge cells this unususl book unon
the war, "one of the very few really
worth reading."
H. H. AUyu In Auditor's Office
H. H. Allyn haa been placed In
charge of the office of the city auditor
and police judge and will administer
the duties of thst position during the
absenoe of Judge Basler. who has
been ordered to report for duty at
the C. S. naval station at Bremerton.
Assisting la the office will be Mrs.
Bernard Hall, who la familiar with
the duties of the position. Judge
Basler expects to leave for Bremer
ton Monday. Whethtr or not his
position with the navy department
will ibe permanent or only temporary
be does not yet know.
Trustee Hold Meeting
At the weekly meeting of the
board of trustees. Grants Psss Cham
ber of Commerce, held Saturday
noon, the monthly budget of bills
wss audited, a committee aoDolut-
ed to take up with the directors of
the Northwest Tourist Association
the listing In their advertising cam
paign of Josephine county tourist
attractions and Industrial resources.
and a committee also named to de
vise ways and means to further the
use of vacant city lota for "gardens In
compliance with the urgent recom
mendations of Governor, Wlthycombe.
The Bijou
TONIGHT
a KMMYWKHLHN
One of the moat beautiful and
gifted actresses of the stage or
'screen In .
"The
Pretenders
A great Wonder play In 8 arts
A Comedy He ream
, "THE FUTURE MAN"
SPECIAL MUSIC PROGRAM
By the IMJou Orchestra
Rosa Bumwalt, Director
1 Tower of Jewels, March,
J, A. MacMeekln. .
2 The Oolden Days done By,
MacMeekln
S Hawaiian Breeaes, Mac
Meeldn
4 My Heart la Calling For
. You, MacMeekln.
The sheet mualo sold by all
I Dealers ,
Admttttlon 5c nd 10c
. . . . .
'COMI.XU TUESDAY
"THE SECRET KINUDOM"
Ue Trial Is Delayed. .
The case of W. C. Peck, charged
with the larceny of copper plates
from mines In this county, wss put
over till the latter part of this week,
when the Judge will return and the
Jury will be assembled to try the
case If witnesses wsnted are found by
that time. Otherwise, tbe case will
go over until the next jury term.
Birthday Celebration . '
Thursday, .April 6, Mrs. Ransome
Orme entertained a number of
friends at her home in celebration of
the birthday anniversary of her
mother, Mrs. Wm. Wilcox. Music
visiting and games filled the after
noon hours, after which a lunch was
served, then all enjoyed a speach by
Mrs. Wilcox, who wss the receotant
of msny beautiful and useful gifts.
Died Yesterday
Merle Spalding Thompson. 1auch-
ter and Mo. and Mrs. William Spald
ing, died st the residence, 602 West
B street, yesterday evening nt 6
o'clock. The csuse of death was
tuberculosis of the glands. The d
ceased was 81 years. 6 months an 1
daya of age. The funeral will be
held Monday at tbe Newman M. B.
church, at 2:10. Rev. Wire officiat
ing. Interment will be made at the
Granite Hill cemetery.
Sends Contribution
From Grants Pass, Ore., comes sn
unlooked-for contribution to Robert
Smith, the blind man who sells lesd
pencils on Portland street corners.
Moved by a local news story pub
lished a few days ago. that Smith's
17-esr-old son hsd enlisted, A. Daw
kins, Instructor of the commercial
class In tbe Grant Pass high school,
sends The Telegrsm 81.50 with In
structions to invest the sum In
Smith's lead pencils and mail them
to him. Portland Telegram.
Storage Battery Service Station
BenJ. M. Collins, of the Maxwell
garage, and Carl Centner on Satur
day made arrangements with the
Prest-OsLlght storage battery peo
ple whereby they will maintain a ser
vice station in Grants Pass, and they
have placed an order for a charging
plant and service batteries, and will
have as copiplete a plant as can be
found In southern Oregon. Mr.
Oentner will hsve supervision of the
charging and repairing departments.
Mr. Underwood to Talk
The. merchants of the city are tak
ing an unusual interest in the talk to
be given at the Chamber of Com
merce weekly luncheon Monday noon
on "Trade Acceptances," by E. M.
Underwood, late president of the
States Credit Mens' association. A
highly (beneficial departure In handl
ing credit business Is being urged
upon the business men of the na
tion by the Federal Reserve bank
which will be fully explained at this
meeting.
ITof. Peck Here
Prof. A. L. Peck, of the O. A. C,
spent Saturday in the city. Prof.
Peck 1a' a well known - landscape
gardener of the college, and' while
here gave numerous pointers on the
care of the city parks. During the
forendon the clvlo committee of the
Ladies Auxiliary was given Instruc
tions on the beautifying of the cKy.
In the afternoon he explained the
care ot parka to the park board and
laid out various changes that could
be made. Saturday night he gave a
stereoptlcon lecture at the Chamber
of Commerce assembly room, which
waa well attended.
Tries New Experiment
W, C. Long, who has a ranch
near Merlin, has recently tried out a
new experiment, In which the resi
dents of Merlin are much Interested.
Mr. Long had several hundred cords
of wood on Jump-Off-Joe creek and
decided to try to drive it down the
creek. There waa a lack ot water
until last week, however, and when
the experiment was finally tried, U
Notice.
Tickets for scats for the
Damroach New York Symphony
orchestra and Efrem Klmballst,
soloist, at Medford April 17
now on sale at Horning' re
maining unsold at 4 o'clock
Monday afternoon, tuust be re
turned to Medford, as there are
calls for these tickets there,
Inasmuch as the overwhelm
Ing majority of persona going"
from here prefers to travel by
automobile, the management
has been compelled to ooncrl
tho special train. .
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UKORtiE ANDREWS-
INTENSE SUFFERING
now exists among the great masses of honest hard work
ing people in the European Countries which are involved
in. the great war. During times of peace, manv of these
people were happy and enjoyed the luxuries of 'life which,
were available to them when they were prosjttrous; but
many of them are now destitute
BECAUSE THEY FAILED TO OPEN A BANE AO
COUNT AND SAVE THEIR EARNINGS
In what kind of a position have vou placed vourself to
meet adverse circumstances
you! .
A T?;ink Aiwnunt. l' flip KJifVrv-valvo fnr ororv man anA
woman. Onen an ftwtunr.
which will insure your comfort and happiness in times of
8 tress.
We give you protection and efficient service.
The Grants Pass Banking Company
CAPITAL, SURPLUS AND PROFITS, $66,000.00
proved successful. Tbe wood was
cut about eight miles above Merlin.
It la being taken out by elevator.
about a cord every 10 minutes. If
this method eaa be applied to other
creeks, It will save much expense in
getting the wood to market.
Mollo Oris Verdict of $1,75
The jury that heard the evidence
In the action brought by George and
Barbara Mollo, against the Rogue
River Orchsrd company, brought In
a verdict for tbe plaintiff in the snm
of $1,750. The amount sued for
was 17.100. Mollo contracted, as he
alleged he supposed, to purchase a
tract of land of the defendants, and
later proceeded to clear and develop
the lands. His supposed contract be
ing only a lease, he sued for the re
turn of money spent In clesring,
orchard, personal services, etc., in
all a claim of $7,100. The Jury grant
ed judgment in the sura of $1,750. .
NEW TODAY
(CLASSIFIED AD RATES. 25
words, two Issues, 25c; six issues,
60c; one month, $1.60, when paid in
advance. When not paid In advance,
6c per line per Issue.)
JOS. MOSS AGENCY Fire Insur
ance, plate glass liabiUty insur
ance. 201H Sixth street. tf
PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER, Gene
vieve McCracken, In Best-Fuller
Realty company office, 20( North
Sixth street. 22tf
$160 WILL BUY the Waldorf dance
hall. 28
FOR SAiLE Early Magoon and New
Oregon strawberry plants. Plants
are well rooted. Phone 603-F-12.
FOR RENT 7-rooni house, water,
bath and electric lights, cor. C
and 8th, $7.60 per month; (-room
house and barn, West D street,
$5 per month; 6-room bouse and
barn. West G street, $4 per month;
4-rooiu .house, cor. C and Third,
$3 per month; S-room house, West
L street, $ per month. Inquire
Otto J. Knips, 616 South Fourth
street. . 33
FOR SALE Sire stallions, champion
stock, bred right; none better at
any price. Will consider trade.
Address Morris Koon, Junction
City, Oregon. 61
DRESSMAKING Do you want an
advanced style early aprlng suit,
afternoon and evening gowns and
waists for all occasions? Remodel
ing done. Reduced prices tor 60
daya. 115 North 6th street, cor
ner D. Phone 120-R, 33
FOR RENT 6-room modern bunga
low, with sleeping porch, close in.
811 D street: 83
WANTED To lease a good hay
farm with option to buy. Address
No. 71$, care Courier. 33
FOR SALE Dewey hotel business.
Glendale, Ore., fully furnished,
good Ibuslness; sickness necessi
tates change; $400 cash. Address
Henrv Stephens. Glendale. 29
WANTED 'Married man for farm
- job; must ba competent teamster.
Phone 610-F-S4, or address Box
, 48, R. F. D. No. 1. 29
HIGH 8OH00L girl wants place to
work for board and room until
school closes. Address No, 731,
care Courier. 18
should misfortune overtake
rnriav and niimn1ato a fund'
CHER M
Sixteen of the prominent business
men of the city gathered at the
Chamber of Commerce rooms Sat
urday and resolved themselves into a
membership committee of the Cham
ber with the avowed purpose or se
curing forty additional members
that number being required to main
tain the work of the organixaUon as
planned. Citizens are urged to help
this committee in Its undertaking.
The people of the city are beginning
to realise that the Chamber of Com
merce is a general clearing house and
active agency for any community
welfare activity, and that it is de
serving of loyal support
NOTICE FOR BIDS .
t , , TO HAUL ROOK
Notice is hereby g'.ven thst (be
Board of Supervise) t of Del Norte
county, will receive sealed bids up
to anl Including Monday, Appl SOth.
1J17, at 10 o'clock a. 111. to haul
6,000 yards of rock more or less,
from South Fork Bridge toward
Crescent City. Tenders to be on the
basis of so much per yard per mile.
No rock to be hauled more than I
miles. Successful bidder to. deliver
not less than 75 yards per day. Con
tractor to furnish all bonds and com
pensation insurance required by law.
Certified check In the aum of $100 to
accompany each bid. Board reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
Attest W. U NICHOLS,
Clerk.
OOMIHa EVENTS 4
April 14, Saturday Stereoptlcon lec
ture at the Chamber of Com mere
rooms Iby Prof. Peck, landscape
gardener of the O. A. C, at I
o'clock, p. m.
April 26, Thursday Meeting st
Southern Oregon Association of
Odd Fellow lodges at Grants Pass
and celebration ot 98th anniver
sary ot Odd fellowship.
May 16, 17 Tri- State Good Roaas
association convention at Medford.
May $1, June 1, I, 3, 4, 6, Annual
Chautauqua, Grants Pass. ';
July 7-14. N. E. A. Conventlen.
Portlsnd.
DIAMOND TIRES
MORE MILKS rX)R LRSS
MONEY
DIAMOMD TUBES
Will outlast several
We prefer selling Diamond
tires because they are better
Grants Pass
Hardware
At your servlee