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f .? DAILY MMOa aUVBH OOCWWi Till 1IAOAY, Jl XV M( 1017. rAGI TWO i ; ; i . li t - rj Published Dally Bxcept Saturday A. I. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. BBNJ. C SHELDON, ' Editor Bntered at the Poatofflce. Grants Pass, Or., u second class inall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per inch ...lye Local orperaaualcolumn, per line 10c Keadere, per lln. e DAILY COURIER By mail or carrier, pr yeer....M00 Br mil or carrier, per month ... .(0 WEEKLY COURIER Sy mtit, per year ll MEMBER State Editorial Aseoctstloa. Oregon Dally Newspaper Pub. Aaam. Audit Bursas of Circulation. . THrRSDAY, JVLT 98, 191T. 4 ORBQOX WEATHER ' Weather tomorrow: Fair and warmer. LOCAL ROAD WORK Although work U being done on the grading of the Paelflo highway between this city and the Jackson coanty line, many of those conver sant with the situation believe that the work must be prosecuted with considerable more diligence and in a larger way to enable the county to finish the work of preparing this six-mile road bed before the wet sea son of the winter sets in., in order to have It In shape for paving next year. The matter Is important. If the grading work Is finished this fall the county can claim, and success fully, that the state highway com mission is under obligation to lay this six miles of pavement next sum mer. With three requests for money where one allotment will be avail able, the highway commission will be disposed to refuse to pave any road where the grade has not been pro perly prepared. It is almost certain that the commission will not allow pavement to be laid on fills until they have had time to settle to a permanent level. Any other policy would be waste of money. If operations now under way are not designed to complete the work of grading this six-mile stretch be fore the rainy season commences, the county court should take steps at once to accomplish such result. The wording of the $6,000,000 bonding act does not place any ob ligation on the state highway com mission to pave this stretch of road until the road bed Is In absolutely proper condition to receive such pavement. A new fill without any time for settlement li not a "pre pared road bed." It Is a far more bnslness-llke pro cedure to fix this road bed at the earliest possible date, which will cost no more than doing it later, than to spend all next summer whining and fussing with the state highway com mission because, as a matter of good Judgment, It refuses to put expen sive pavement on a freshly built grade. T. 8. TREASURY HAH ' NET BALANCE OF BILLION Washington, July it. The net balance In the general fund of the treasury on June 30, the last day of the fiscal year of 191 7. was $1,084,-, 086,250, It was announced Monday. Total receipts for the year were $S.- . 4TS.1S9.9S4. against im,40S,9 for 1(16. Expenditures for the fls-i eal year of 1917 were $2.681.477.-, 100, against f769,66,16S In 1916. The excess of receipts over eipendl-, tares wss 82l,6i2,63S, against $71, 717,110 In 1911. Special Full Count Paper Napkins $1.25 per thousand Use our Pure Extracts KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST Ca IS E Washington, July it. The Rus sian embassy, on Sixteenth street, near Scott circle, has faea convert ed Into a big office building by Boris Bakhmetieff, the new Russian am ibaasador. The former stronghold of Roman- off diplomacy and magnificence hat been turned into a great business of fice for the transaction of the Am erican share of the new republic's business. The library, where once the click ing of tea cups could be heard, will become a workshop for the new en voi- and the clatter of the typewrit ers will supersede the cups. There Is even a new office boy to greet vis itors, though the same messenger now rushes names in to officials and guarantees audience within ten min utes. An hour's wait waa nothing at all under the old system. There Is a police detail on duty at the embassy, but this is more or lees of a formality. It waa said at the embassy today that none of the embassy staff would make their homo in the building. MEET TO DISCUSS HOW "f ATTRACT TOURISTS Ban Francisco, July it. Califor nia has called a conference of the Paelflo coast tourist associations, transportation companies, chambers ot commerce and hotel men, to 'be held In this city probably September 26 and 17. It la expected ' that strong delegations of business men from the Pacific northwest will at tend. The purpose of the conference will be to secure co-operation in at tracting tourists and visitors to this coast Each attraction and advant age will be given publicity. STATE FAIRS OFFER HELP FOOD STOAT! Wsshlngton, July 16. Represen tatives of the American Association of Fairs and Expositions, in conven tion at Washington have tendered to the government through the state fairs ss rood-training camps to pro mote food production, food conserva tion, effective marketing, live stock production, and more efficient agrl- i Victor Distillate Burning Attachments For Ford Cars, C. L Hobart Company Special Sale "Bosker Hill Fabric." Demaray's FOR SORt; SWOLLEN, TMCD rtXT Drante EuoaiyntM Ointment ar au oaua erosae Tueis ibo Je 600 ....... .V W - I ...,,,11. k.M. an attendance or la.ooo.ouv to iv, 000,000 people. The association stands ready to set aside as many of the faly activities as possible to bring the government's programs of food conservation and production to the attention of this audience, and to demonstrate methods ot co-operating effectively la national measures. AIDS FRENCH FORESTS. Henry ft. Gravsa, Chief Pereeter ef United Stataa. Sent te Help. The .Vsi i . loii or H'mMlland hi Kraut tin- i'ili'iiHif Kftwinl tlie tree supply r rrmii-v. mul Hit HiMMthin t rrplmitiiiu t'r lnt dmnd ill the wsr at m reii'lvluit tut alien Uou "f tJ. Mtu liMiit m-m i Henry S Grave I'liitl furiulo' ol the Uultcd Mates. H' lend all the help possible Id his r'ult i- KrHiu-e. with Primer $5.00 Box Paper A Fine box of paper, 25c WIDEMANN'S J -a fa ran. wiTi. roTa B s f '' . Igoat milk jv av uuoins DoueTS I '' iT-lY 1 WIOCMthOATiMILK Ctt V'H'Pji I t Ji"' .VTJ LAWYERS OF N. W. MEETING AT SEATTLE 8eattle, July t. The Joint. con vention of the bar associations ot Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Brit ish Columbia opened here today. The convention ends Saturday. Several hundred lawyers are attending. HI QUI, mayor of Seattle, welcom ed the attorneys this morning. Sam uel White, president of the Oregon association, responded. Gordon Hun ter chief justice of British Colum bia; Helton (Rlgge. of Portland, and William Tucker, president of the Washington association, were on today's program. As guests ot the Seattle Bar asso ciation, visiting lawyers this after noon are on a trip on Puget sound. They will go through the new Lake Washington canal, before returning, and tonight will take an automobile trip over Seattle's highways. E REPORT HOLDINGS Washington. July I . Practically every storage company In the United States Is now co-operating with the government In reporting the cold storaae holdings ot food products, according to a statement just made by the bureau of markets, United States department Of - agriculture. These reports Include meat, poultry, eggs, butter, eheeee.and apples and are Issued monthly by that bureau. On the present meat situation, for example, the report shows that there la a storage response to the prospec tive demands for war emertenctea, and that more than a hundred mil-; lion pounds ot froten beet are In storage, or more than half again much as was on hand laat year at the same time. 1 RE 1 MM THREATENS WATER SUPPLY A bed forest fire is still raging on Ashland mountain, which If oncheck- l threatens to Impair the water shed which furnishes Ashlsnd creek and the water, system of Ashland with their water. The tire In the Prospect and Butte Falls section Is reported under con trol, although .It Is recosnlted that with the continued dry weather the danger la not yet past Photo by Aluartoan i'r.u Aaaoclatloe Of the four sous or Colonel lloose velt who bsve entered the annr Quen tin, the youngest, la the only one te bsve tsaen to the aviation corps, lit Is training at Mlneola. N. YH ror the aviation service and Is showing greai skill, decently be flew over his fa titer's hnusr in Oyster Ray , ' A slaaslflsd ad brings results. Job printing of every description al the'Ceorler eflae. ' QUENTIN ROOSEVELT. Veunatet San el Colonel Training In Flyine Corps. Regal iPoiver Four $825Grants Pass If you are planning on a Motor Car. be sure and tee the Regal before you buy.' C. L. HOBART CO. Excellent Rebuilt Fords One 1915 Roadster, One 1915 Touring, Al condition One 1914 Touring, with leather upholster ing, shock absorbers, let-down seat-back, high tension magneto, andfotherf extras. 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"Let's go on With the story." ilefore continuing the case the Justice appealed to all in the court room (o "die like Kngllshmen" If they must die. In Justice Darling's court the roar waa desfonlng, but court didn't ad journ for a moment. White the raid waa at Its worst he turned to the counsel and said: "The raid ssms to be over. Let us go on with the case till they coma back." . In the Chancery court, Justice Aat bury Interrupted to say: "I am told there Is a raid going on. If you look out of the windows you ca see the aeroplanes." "Not Interested," said a witness. A few Grants Peas pennants at too ' each. S for 60c. Put one on your ear. Iltf i i f