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DAJEfcY KMC! IITO OOVKBI WKONKHOAY. HNPTKMBRH 8, ItIT FAGS MXa FER52N1L H. B. Burton lft this mornlof for Los Angeles. ; E. P. Huthoi went to " Medtord tills morning. The bit Rexall 5o pencil tablet at Clement. SI frank Bramwell went to Portland last night oa a business trip. Mr. R. H. GtlMlea went to Ash land this afternoon to spend a day with relatives and friends. "Orchard White." Sabln has it. Mrs. H. F. Ogden went o Rose burg this morning for a visit. Hear Mrs. Kemp Friday evening. Miss Dams Sexton spent Tuesday with friends in this city. Hiss Ann Calvert returned yes terday from a short stay at Eugene. ' Correct costumes require a hat to narmoniie. Tours is waiting at ,"The Hat Shop." Opposite the post- offlce. 4 George Parker went to Klamath Falls this morning to remain indef initely. Mrs. Mollis Beldlng will leave on ' Thursday tor San Bernardino, Cal., to spend the winter. Parents who wish to place -children in kindergarten, please call Miss Telford this week. 411 C street O. 8. Good now la spending a few days at home, but will return soon to his Jump-off-Jo mining property. E. B. Grau and family of Ksrby left last Bight for Westos. Ida., ' where they will spend several weeks "visiting. - . - Mrs. S. A. Bngie. who baa been ..with her mother, Mrs. S. A. Tyser at Holland for the past three years, left this morning for Portland. . A tine selection of Isdies' coats just arrived. Mrs. E. Rehkopf. tf Mrs. Rose Junking left this morn ing returning to her home at Seat tle, after visiting her mother, Mrs. Emma Daniels. i Attend the all-day patriotic meet ing ax the M. E. church Friday. 48 - Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hsrper v have retained from Brookings, , where they spent the summer, and Mr. Harper has gone to Brookings to work. Mrs. H. D. Peak and son. Dale, of Portland, who spent the past five weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Amos My ers, left this morning for San Fran cisco. , W. M. Hayes and family and Mrs. Steve Jewell and children returned Monday from Cave Camp, near whioh place they camped for nearly twoi weeks. Beginning Friday and Saturday, September 7th, and 8th and through ' out the season "The Hat Shop" will have on display a full line of rail .and winter millinery, including pat tern hats, novelties, trimmings, etc. The ladles are cordially invited to this displsy. 49 SUBMARINE SHELLS BRITISH SEA COAST London, Sept. S. A German sub marine bombarded Scarborough last night, Lord French announced to day. Little damage was done. Three persons were killed snd five injur ed. The submarine fired a total of 32 rounds. So far as is known, Scarborough Is wholly unfortified. Th Harvest. Where the river winds through grassy mesdows as sure ns the south wind brings the rain. Hounding his uote in the reedy alder, the starling comes back to bis, nest skiiIii. Are these not miracles? Promptly you answer. "Mere ly the prose of nntural fact: nothing but instinct plain snd patent, born in the creature, that bid tlietu set." Well, 1 have an Instinct ss tine snd valid, surely, as Unit of the beasts and birds, com-crulug deutli and the life Im mortal, too deep for logic, too vague for words. No truce of Ix-nuly can pass or perish, but other lieuuty is somewhere born; no seed of truth or good be plant ed, hut the yield mut grow ss the growing corn. IIIIhs Carman. Joy Tonight 7:30 HIIARP The Beloved Adventuress Ford Animated Weekly A THIP TO THK HAWAIIAN IHLAN'DH Admission Be and 15 LOCAL ;.: Marring License IsmiM A marriage license was Issued Tuesday to Elmer Robert Marshall of Crescent City and Ruth Virginia Powell of Kerby. Leases Oak Knoll John Hampshire has leased the 11. C. Kiuney home, known ss Oak Knoll, for one year and will be lo cated there nsxt week. Myers Barber Shop Reopened . Old customers welcomed. R. Hlgglns, proprietor. Ituy SciHits to Drill ' The Boy Soouts will meet tomor row night at the Chamber of Com merce rooms at 7: SO 'Sharp. The evening's work will consist of mili tary drill. Williams Stage Office Removed From Fashion garage to Ford garage, phone 17S. Leave packages Burkhalter's feed store. 01 ' Picnic at the Park The Newman M. E. Sunday school i held their annual picnic at Riverside park today and the youngsters and! older folks spent a happy day. There ' were gsmes of all sorts and a boun-i tifsl picnic dinner. j The Wardrobe Cleaner j At 315 North Sixth street. Phone 147. Receiving offlc with Peerless Clothing Co. Cleaning, pressing and repairing. Ws call for and deliver, tf Williams Cabbage .Stevens Bros, of the upper W11-' Hams creek have a big cabbage on I exhibition at the W. M. Hayes shoe i shop which, they say, will set. a ; pace for ths city back yard gar-i Med ford, Ore., Sept. &. No defl deners. The hesd Is very solid snd nlte clue has been obtained to the weighs 22 pounds, snd there are In ( Identity of robbers who took about the Stevens patch about 500 more $1,000 In money and Jewelry from of the ssme vsriety. ! the safe deposit vault In the Jack- sonvllle bank esrly Sundsy morn- MesMorlBg Stream Flows j lng. The bank's money vault was Fred F. Henshaw, district en- not entered. Two initialed chisels gineer of the 17. S. geological sur-; found In the bank may lead to a vey, and family, spent Sunday with clue. Mr. and Mrs. John Dubuis at 115 a j street. Mr. Henshsw Is touring southern and eastern Oregon meas uring the low water flow of streams where government stream flow re-1 cords are being kept. He planned ' to measure the flow of Rogue river , Just below Gold Ray dam on his, way to the upper Rogue river val ley. i t n-j ' wlvM ar Invited to an all-day dairy Turpln Indkted ! demonstration at River Banks farm. Ralph Turpln was arranged be- , fnm 0ranU .7J V , , n'DV northwest from the bridge and the Jury returned an Indictment I where th 0rantg pM,.CrMcenl CUy v. nujuii uvsiw UIUIUOT. i urpiu will tie given an opportunity to plead tomorrow. The grand Jury also re turned two not true bills against Alfred Hutchinson, charged with killing stock, and J. J. Powers, charged with larceny ot machinery. In the latter case Mr. Powers bought machinery, the title of Which was In dispute. - .. IS SPENT ON ROADS Salem, Sept. 5., December 1, 1916, to August 1, 1917, the state highway commission has actually ex pended for administrative expenses and surveys and road work the sum of (103,621.33, according to a fi nancial statement prepared for the commission by Highway Engineer Herbert Nunn. December 1 was the beginning of the fiscal year. Administrative expenses have amounted to $16, 144. HO, while an additional $8,314.52 has been spent on automobiles. The largest expenditure is shown In Columbia county, but of a totsl of $23,616.87, $20,978 Is for work done by S. rtenson In 1916 and 1917. In Yamhill county, In addition to the $9,829.21 spent by the commis sion, county funds In the sum of $2, 283.69 have been expended for grading and paving near Sheridan. t ' Word has been received by State ; Highway Engineer Nunn thut cost of Improvement of five miles of the Wolf creek hill road In Josephine I county cannot be paid from federal ' funds and thut such a road would i not be acceptable to the secretary ; of agriculture as a post road. Con- sequently, some other provision must he made to handle the cost of that I road. . BUT ONE INDICTMENT , Grants Pass, Oregon September 8. 1917. Honorable F. M. Calkins, Circuit Judge. Josephine County, Ore. We, your grand Jury duly empan eled and sworn at the April, 1)17, term of this court now meeting in adjourned session, beg to submit the following report? We have diligently searched Into all cases wherein iwrsons have been charged with crime, whether brought to our attention by acts of commit ting maglst rates, or by those volun tarily accusing others of the com mission of crime, aa well aa all case presented to us by our prosecuting officer. We hsve returned Into court as true 'bills one Indictment. We have returned Into court two not true bills. W hsve Investigated other mat ters but did not find sufficient' evl dene to Indict. We would recommend that the the new court house which will soon I be completed for the reason thst It is practically a fire proof building. Reeixtctfully submitted. C. D. WELTER. Foreman. W. O. THRASHER. JOHN PARKS. GEO. WELLS. J. C. RANDLE, A. C. LICHENS. E. 8. PATTON. NO CLUE TO ROBBERS BE The people of Josephlpe county, : especially the farmers and their rosd crosses the Applegate river, Saturday, September 8. State Food and Dairy Commis sioner J. D. Mlckle, will be present and address the gstherlng. Mr. Nlles, manager of the farm, will ex hibit his dairy herds and explain up-to-date dairy and stock rsislng methods. Visitors are requested to bring their own lunches, which wll be sup planted by coffee and Ice cream, pro vided by the hosts of the day. . 4) COMING EVENT 4- 41 Sept. 7, Friday All-day W. C. T, U. meeting, M. B. church. Sept. 10, Monday Miss Telford's kindergarten opens, 411 C St. Sept. 10. Monday Opening of olty schools. Sept. 10, Monday Opening of Sol diers and Sailors reunion at Ash land. Sept. 11, Tuesday Meeting of the Society of Arts and Crafts at the country home of Mrs. Geo. Eaton. Sept. 18 Tuesday Courier Bar gain Day. Sept. 22, Saturday Pomona Orange at Williams. Sept. 29-30, Saturday and Sunday C. E. district convention at Ashland. JAR CAPS Economy Kerr's Self-sealing White Crown Mason Golden State Schram Rogue River Hdw. THK UIG RED FRONT SCHOOLS OPEN NEXT Th sottools ot ths olty will open for th 117-1118 school year next Monday. A few changes are to 1 noted. Registration day tor the high school will he Monday; Instead of Friday as heretofore. All seventh and eighth grades will attend the Central aohool. Persons who ran give school boys or girls employment that will per mlt their attsndlng soliool and working out their board, are re quested to notify Superintendent Imel ss soon as possible. Superintendent John Gray Imel. ot the olty schools, has recommend ed the following assignment of teachers for the Grants Pass pub lic schools for the yesr 1917-18. sub ject to possible changes: Senior High Scttool H. H. Wardrlp, prinolpal, manual training In senior and Junior H. 8. Edna Cornell, domestic art and science In senior and Junior H. 8. Gladys Cox, music and drawing In high school snd grades orchestra. Katharine Bridges, Latin and Eng lish. Anita Crellln, history and civics. Juanlta Parker, German, Spanish and Rnglish. . Muriel Turner, mathematics and science. Marian White English. Science teacher and commercial teacher to be selected. . Junior High School -Central Building Blanche Crane, principal. 8ue Cook. Cora Smith. Elvm Beals. Jesnnette Cramer. Need one more teacher In this school. Departments will be assign ed lster. Alice Pool, IB and 2B In this building. Cast School Mrs. Nellie Woodward, principal 6th grade. Blanche Dickinson, 5lh grade. Louise Henry, 4 th grade. Gladys March. 3A and 4B. LIU O. Waters. 2 A and SB. Mrs! Lollta Dunn. IB and 2B. Grace Green, not assigned. Riverside Mrhool Kathryn Ryan, principal. (1th grade. Laura Strong. 5A and 6B. Jennie B. Johnston. SB. Oro Wlllson, SB. Wlnnlfred Paddock, 3A and 4U. Edith Russell, 2B and 2A. Ethel Isaacs, 1st grade. Fourth Ward Halite Montgomery, IB and 2B. TROUBLES. In Ills treublts will corns whioh lesk ss If thty ntvtr wotild pass swsy. Ths night and the storm look ss if thty would last fortv tr, but Oi calm and the morning r.innct bs stoppod. NEW TOD4T (CLASSIFIED AD RATES. 25 words, two issues, 25c; six Issues, 50o; one month, $1.50, when paid In advance. When' not paid In advance, 5c per line per Issue.) GREEN OAGE and egg plums, 2c, blue plums and cooking applet lc. 731 South Eighth street. Phone 251-J. ' 47tf FOR SALE On easy terms, team of work horses, working every day; chance for anyone wishing a good Job. Phone 166-J. 63 TOR 'RENT 4 or 5 room furnished apartment, lower floow, close In, modern. 112 C street. Phone 3294.. T3 WANTED To rent pluno. 527-J after 6 o'clock. Phone 49 L08T One day last week, gentle man's tan leather embossed purse, containing two greenbacks, fin der please leave tit Courier oilier and get reward. 49 RAYMOND Second-hand store mov ed to 4 on G street, next to City Market. Phone 3 5 Ml. U WANTED -Girl for general wurk Country hotel. Apply Mrs. Ilae L, Baker, Selma Hotel, Hclinu, Ore. ATTENTION We Desire to Call Attention to a Few Facts- ' IT'S A VMV, THAT Ol'M CIXmtKM AUK THE IIKHT OlArTHKH THAT MONEY (tU 14) III Y AND KXPMHK.N4 K SELECT HMM THK IIKMT MAKK11M. IT'S A FACT, THAT THK MAN WE CLOTHE ALWAYS l-OOKH WKLL-41HOOMK1I. IT'S Aim A VAit, THAT, WHEN YOl' llt'Y WKAHAHLUH HHRH Hl'IT, OVEKOOAT, HIIOKM, HAT OH TOtKlKIlY YOl' SKVKH PAY I-ONO I'llHrlH. GRANTS PAM. OWKOON 7 Mm Wax It. W Hot If "Cuh Onm Thm CrWr Land f Surprises. New Zeslsud la not exactly contigu ous to or a part of Australia, as many seem to iusgliie, there being a slight difference of some 1,700 miles betwsen them. Things go by contrsrtes in the "tend of the kangaroo." The farther north you travel the hotter It Is 13S degrees In th shsds In Queensland. IJgnum vitas, which sinks In other waters, Boats Austrsllsn waters. The Christinas dluner Is eatcu In Melbourne and Sydney when It Is over 100 degrees In the sbsde. For Ctanniiig' Economy Jars Kerr Self-sealing Jars Economy and Mason Caps. Mason Rubbers Best Cane Sugar, 10 lbs. for $1.00 THE BASKET GROCERY 417 G St SCHOOL 5? Pens, Pencils, Tablets other School Rnpplle". Demaray's MASONIC TKMPLK, OKA NTS PAHA Attention Motorcycle Riders A Few Tires and Tubes at Half Price Also otlwr motoroyelu supplies at a sacrifice.' Mclntyre's Garage 506 So. 6th St. The ksterhaiy ftiohes. Ths family of Count Marlta Ester hair Is probably the rli html lit the Aus trian empire and Us eUlc, though diminished lu rt vnt times, still exceed the whole of livtmut lu extent aud lu- elude twenty-oii utitry seals, sixty market towns and over 4(i vlltsgs. Prince Xl.linlus IMcrlissy, when be uas auiliS vudor to England, once wit nested one of tlit fuiuous llolkbaui lic-p slK'ni'lngs unl tuld l.'rd lice icc tnut lie pixmsih1 as wsuy shop. lirU us the cm I did shwp.-Wrstmln-'ir tiiib'tte. for (he grades and High School now on BOOKS Drug and Stationery Store 4t Job work at tr.e Courier. gon.