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DER GEYSER ("OLD FAITHFUL")
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Pep' Initial.
Alexander r a vlitiiu of his
Initial. After tlie puloi'ail"ii of t tt
Ironclad one of I lie poet- enemies, I
had suffered a severe trouncing bi the
satire, declared that If you tisik the
Initial letter of Pope's uauie iiinl add
ed tlie tilial letter of bin surname yon
bad biti character.
Tbe ."Jest" caugtil uii. mid In ITJA
appeared a pauiphllt cm hied "l'npo
Alexander's Supremacy i..id infallibil
ity Examined.' Tin- iVortlispivce to
this now fnr.'utteu pasquinade repre
wntcd Torn in the foia of un ujx-.
Willi Ills bi nd testing i"i liix bald and
bi cllw placed iiu a pile f bis
own work.
Body to B Htalthy Mutt B Worktd.
ola-slty conies from lixcllnif the
stomach and underworking tin Usly.
Nature Mild. "You must curu .mur liv
by the sweat of your brow. and
if .vim earn llmt living in some oilier
way you must get the sweat nr he
will make von my.
If you take more food tlinii tin- di
gestion can biuiillr you not only lire
the stomach, but the whole s;. Mem.
Xiue-lelitLs of "the blecs'' lonie fri-m
a Imd llv-ruiid bi' k of oiititnor mit
clw. l'.ill. iln-p brfutliiii;. lii inlcli..' .li nty
of wut-r Mild kri'ldiiK thi lbi mliJe
'ill k'p uioxt 'o; lo out of tbr iN"'
ttr" bunds. Manual of tin- Senior
Service t'ori't
A Broken
Harness
WILL OKTKX CAI SK A HOIUK TO IMHT. AM THK
nRST.BOLTIXVAlUULY CALL FOR AX)THEIl, AXI
oTin:ns, .xn on-miKs seiuocs ixirity.
HAVE YOI K H.UINKSH AXI BHIDLKS KEPAIKKI)
IX TLME XOW AM) PREVENT THE IHI,T.
EAEX A XEW ft.ltXKSS IS IltHTEH THAX A HIWIK
EX XtXTt.
Jewell Hardware Co.
. Recharging
Overhauling
Battery Shop
Battery tested free of charge
. , Rent Batteries for all makes of rars.
C. A. LINCH
406 Smith Sixth Street
Skid Chains
WE HAVE THEM
IN ALL SIZES
C L. HOBART CO.
STATE FIRE MARSHAL REVEALS
. GRANTS PASS FIRE CONDITIONS
The lire niarliul department of wnond pump lut-aUd at tlie l)aa ol
Oregon ha forwarded to the IViirler tlie Hint pump and dratln water
thi report of the ftre urvey eondtirt- from th wall Imuiod on a lower
ed in till elty r-nlly by Meaara. level of it) feet. The neioml pump
Allen and I'omarojr. deputy (Ira mar-! leeda tlte flntl pump, lb tlrat pump
hal. Thla report, which contain
It typewritten pane, will he pub
lished In full, a portion only of the
feed the reservoir, which ar to
taled 9,4 1 1 (eel lioithweat of wulnr
work on hill at an elevution of
report being published today, other l twt, above lb city,
nertlona will follow. The conditional Tlia iMrotra coull of two con
revealed and the reeomntendnllon jcrele tanka, holdtug reieitvily
made roma from a noiirce which Ul.'.OOO and tT 2,000 maltona of .
unqueatloned and mmtt romuiaml the;ter. Tlia renervolr ara aupplied by
attention of tho elty authorlttea and I 11-lnrh main. Tb city water
all thoe Interested In the welfnra oflnialiia oonHlat of IS, 10, 8, i, 4-lmh
the city. I main, the majority of which are t j
A portion of tba report follow a; (lurh a U ahown IhiIow by th nttm-liilrmliicloM-y
bcr of 4-lnrh nut tn fnedlnK fire hy-1
Uranta 1'ima i th county neat otjdranta. 1
Jonephlne county with a hipulullon 34 hydrwiitit attt fed by t-lnch j
of 4.D0I) Inhabitant. It I located 'nialna.
on the tine of the Southern I'aclfle fire hydrant are fed by s-lnch t
rail rulil about i mlle aouth nfimaJn.
Portland, and lt prlnrlpnl renourceMj 4 fire hydrant are fed bv tl Inch
are derived from mining, lutnbrr and.tniilna.
fruit orchard, toneiher with manu
factui'tiiK plant located in and
around the elty. The city U lo-
2 fire hydrant are fed hy 10-inch
main.
2 fire hydrant are fed hy 13-Inch
rated on level around. Sixty foot ; main.
street with ulleyw prevail, with the Making a total of 4S hydrant ron
eveptlon of Sixth mreet. which U.alstlnK of even different rnnke. J
the main tre.H, having a w idth of 'of which have two outlet, und 14
SO feet. . ' ,havlnif ono outlet. The atatlc pre-
KvlslliniC CoiiilllloiK mi re nt fire plim on the Kouth Me
Flrxt. The Southern Parlfle rnll-; "f town will average .'.1 tuli pie
road paiwen throntth the renter of"iire. but on tlie north aide of he
the town and the clty'a entire flreiflly trie prewtnre wa taken with the
apparatus I homed on the aouth follow inn raanlta:,
7th and School nt reels. 44 pound.
Sth and private atreot. 40 pound,
t'lth and I) atreetn, HO pound,
tilll and Evelyn at reel. 45 pound.
Niwnrldtte A-e. nnd VnnPyk
j pluee, 27 pound1.
Second and A atreet. fill pound,
llvilratit tit Cenirnl School. f. 2
aide of truck. In cnae of accident i
to train aervire over the Mreet ;
cronslnir. the entire north ble of!
city would he cut off from fire pro- j
tectlon. The ordinance prohibiting
the railroad from Working street
crolnw for a loneer period than
fire minute is xometime abused.
Second. Ordinance No. 30 Mate . pound,
that whenever a fire alarm I given! T"'r' ni atreeta,
that the rltlr.en who are uprlnkllnn!
their luwn or using water for lrri-
(ration purpose he required to Im
mediately ceae their sprinkling. We
find that very little attention I paid
to thi ordinance.
Third. W find that the reason M'" '" hydrants and uttnch two
for irrass fire I that any one may ' "W of hose conslHtlng of 300 feet
at anv time burn rubbish or traah"-h and we doubt If they would be
in the rear of their hulldlnea or va-!'l develop enough prendre to
cant lot. This I a erlou condl-'' h'enk window In a two story hoiine,
tlon in regard to being a fire men- j ' I'n'vea that Grant Pass la at
ar and In carefully examining thejh mercy of the fire fiend,
city ordinance we find no one ha! We tritut that the city council and
the power to prevent the burning of ,he citizen who are Interested In
rubbish or trash In the rear of build- .protecting their property from the
in ?s or on vacant lots. ; destruction of fire, will Investigate
Fourth, fn the northwestern parti""' present condition. If nn lnve-
of the cltv the water pressure Is so Htntlon la made we are sure thnt
low that we consider that the mnJor-i!"W "I" ninke some arrangement
ltv of the dwelling are praitleally whereby additional mean will be ob-
without water protection In case of l1 "'" doqunte Pressure
uH pound.
Third und K streets, fi8 pounds.
Illph school hydrants, " 7 pounds.
Sixth and F street, K0 pounds.
Sixth nnd O street, pound.
The lust two hydrant are In tTie
'buslneH district. Take nny one of
There seems to be no regula-, " t" contingency. This
we consider serious and should be
given Immediate attention.
fire,
tlon as to the distribution of fire.
hydrants and this no doubt Is the
cause of so many section being In
some degree unprotected.
Fifth. The tuildlng lawg are very
lax which no doubt Is the cause of
some hnlldlnir being poorly con
structed. Sixth. We find there is no regu
lation for the Inspection of electrical
wiring where said wiring consists of
repair or old work.
Seventh. The careless manner in
which gasoline la bandied we con
sider an additional fire hazard and
the same should be regulated.
Eighth. We believe those who
keep dynamite for sale or on stor
age, do not realize the danger to
the lives of firemen and others fight
ing fire and their attention shu.i'd i
he brought to thla serious hazard and
that they discontinue keeping same
in their stores. .
Ninth. We find that the city has
no . system of removing, rubbish' or
trash except that some' 6f the' mer
chants burn same In the reaB of their
buildings, which; In our opinion. Is"
-flr hazardy ' ' n:
Water HyNtem tu)(J Source of Supply
The water sunply'Is' obtained 'from M. ,
the Rocue river one-half mile east! V
of town and enters the sunken- well
at the water, works by gra'vity.",The
water works are Ifca'tAd about a
mile east of center of town and' con
sists 'of a one story corrugated iron a
building with, frame studding and
concrete floor. , " '
' The above building houses two
Dyt'on Jackson two stage centrifugal '
pumps operated by electric motor
wlt.h a rapacity of 120,000 gallons
per hour. In case of at cldcnt to elno
i trie current, they are supplied with
steam boilers held In reserve. Tho
I boilers were full of water &!!! feel
jail set ready to fire when Inspect
ed. The above building Is equipped
with extinguishers and stamlpfpcK.
with hose connected. The pumps
are located In concrete wall. The
first pump at. a depth of 20 feet, the
Taming an Eltpbant.
In Ceylon the unlives capture wild
elephants by lassoing them and lying
their hind b't-'s tn In cs. Tims tied, thev
are left to struggle for four or five
days. If the ropes be well secured and
knotted the aiiluiiilx htruggle in vain,
for they are tillable to evert their full
strength toward getting free. When
fuey Imve grown tired of the frnltles
tight they are tied liy tlie nock lictween
two tame elephants mid marched oft
to the tea plantations or the rnilrond.
here they are put to work. I'nder the
tuition nf tame elephants tliey learn
rapidly to perform the labor llmt I re
quired of I Item and soon are able tn lay
railroad lie mvttralcly.
Calling cards at the Courier.
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Heating, We Do It
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Tetherow Sheet Metal and
Plumbing Works
1914 Ford, overhauled,
new top . . .
1915 Ford, without body;
make bug; new th es .
Ford Delivery Car .
Ford 1-ton Truck, new engine
new attachment
Little Giant Truck, one and
one-half ton
165
150
1914 Chalmers, slarter ard
lights
G. L. Hobart Go.
WARTIME SIGNALS.
A C!vr Civic Thai Wa Usod by
tb Anoitnl !Umni.
Ill View of Die wiricd i.nil ten 1 1 tic
si it ii t iniMliisIs Used in iii'sliiu war
fate a ilesi'i Iplloii of tlie all' lent my
llllltllg llll'tll'Hls foillill III : ni'lllllg
uf I'oI.vI'Iiim will I'lnvc of Ink ret.
'I lil wilier bud onvi'U'tl i he .cra
tlolis of the ItiNiiuti L.i i-iul- Is (ntc Hie
full of I 'art bin: c in I lii II. ('. niel says
I bey piovldeil Ibeii sluiia! stnlloiis wall
eartbeimure ussits. exactly i'iuiU iu
all respei ts Hud-Dititl uilii ehl,s whii b
allowed lie ivater in escape at the
same rate. They ere ciiirfully test
eil to make sure of I lie last lei pi lie
nieut. foils of smaller ilinneur thi.n
the ve.sel Here il'nilei', In tbelli. ittr
Itlg risb;. iipnti wliii b Were tl Hiked lit
a dlstniiee of ibiee l,,.,is npitrt the
slinpli si iiml uiosl uipeiil luiliiiiry uies
miges. Tbi'jr were n et! us follows:
The solid Inn station raised a torib
The recelvlnr. stnllc.i. seeing it. did
likewise. Tbl wa u sU-nnl for l'tb
sla I Ions to open the cork of their tv;i
ler Jarn. Wlleti the red at the sending
station hud sunk so timt Hie desired
message appeared at the edge of the
jar another torch was raised, and the
receiving atatlon shut off it cork and
read the message on the rod. nimi.cd
Identically with thai at the sending
station.- Detroit Krec I'res.
thillleolnl difTelrines In'IWi i u loan ami
the ares, difference which defy any
theory of evolution to explain Among
thee illfTeiruee an those In the form
of i In skull, the hiiie of the most
an ient skulls thnt have Imcii found
hell's mibsiiiui tally the same a tbe
sha,e of the skulls of ohiy.
I'n.ressor Curtis plead that sound
leiii" and soimil ciliii'iiilnii lie haed
upon si tiiul fact and sin h theories an
grow mit of I bem rallier than upim
piere spei'iilations
MAN AMD THE APES.
And lb Anatomical Flaw In th
Theory of Evolution.
Dr. Mattnon M. Curtis, professor of
philosophy in Western Itesorve univer
sity, protests In a idler to Science
against tlie assertion, still common in
current solenlltlc literature, that inun
is a descendant of 'be anthropoid ape.
He quote Professor Duckworth, tW
lending authority In Ibis Held, who
wroie iu hi ''Morphology and Anthro
pology'; t , . i" i ,
"We must eoniitiile that the exist
ing anthropoid ape, constituted as
they now are. did not figure in tlte
ancestral history of man."
And lie points out some of tbe fun-
Cut th Ship In Two.
"I was a passenger on one of the
old fashioned sailing steamer going
from Uindou to Australia In 1HXH,"
said a traveler. "In the lied sea w
run plump Into a vessel, mid our boat
cut it entirely in pm, neatly that It
might almost hnc liccu done with a
huge knife. We went clean through
her. and the men on the vessel struck
stepped from the two halve of that
ship on o our deck. The Injured Te
sel went down within a few minute
after It hm been struck. The thing
whs so sirnnge thnt when the captain
of the vessel we had slruek went hack
to London au Investigation wa held,
and It wa substantially proved that
the officer, had with design got In the
Iniinw'late track of our vessel In rtrilei
to bring about n collision in the hone
that they could eolUs t Insurance mon
ey. The captain and some of the olli
cer were punished by Imprisonment."
Th Correct Word.
"Old Hromn won't live lung, lie baa
ore foot In the guile already."
'yon mean one foot In Hie grave.''
"No: he' goUig to be cremated."
Itofttnn Transcript.
Quit Lively,
City Iti.y-ltnt Is It not a lilt lonesome
In-re? Country Hoy t b. jiot at all.
Why, only eestcriliiv wits ntiiiost run
over by an automobile wllh all people
in It!- Life.
man who il('s you a w rot if baa
mtsi of pity
Nearly All Items in Drugs and Stationery
Have Advanced in Price
.
We- have been trying to give our ctistoinera ndvnntjige of formor
piirett iin fn sr mshm1IIis . ' ! . '
Von can help u nuilntilin clieaNr prices by paying up old in
count and by paying new account promptly. ; "'.'' "
VOI'IIH. Vtl HKKVICK
Demaray's
Drug and
Stationery Store
MASONIO TKMP1(E, OH A NTS PASS