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ROMAN INVASION OF BRITAIN
Good Rsatons for 8ettlng August 27 ai
the Date on Which Julius Catiar
Landed on tht Island.
The 27111 day of AiucUNt, 58 R C
limy, n miii good grounds, bit ant down
aa tint day on which Caesar Invaded
tha Inland of Ilrltiiln. It In Interesting
to learn the method by which a pains
taking and Ingenious Inquirer deter
mined tha date ua given Caesar him
self tell Ihnt ha proceeded on hla ex
pedition whun iittl of the summer re
mained when the people of the south
of Hrlluln were engaged In their har
vestand we learn that he returned
before the eqiilnox.bus, the duy must
have been In August He further tella
aa that the full moon occurred on tba
fourth day after hla landltfg. The full
moon of August In that year, aa given
by astronomical table, occurred at 8
a. in. of the Slat Ilence, Caeaar land'
ed on the 27th.
It la well known that Caeaar met
with greater dlfttculty In landing and
making good hla first footing on the
Uland than he exixM-ted. Tba southern
Grants Pass & Crescent City Stage Co.
w.
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T. lirern,
(biddings.
Big Pierce Arrow Cars
. Office Old Observer Hla. Corner Seventh and (i streets Phone S8
Telephone 22M-J and Mil
Full Line of
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C. L. HOBART CO.
Briton were a people well advanced
In civilization at the time. It wna only
about a century after this that London,
by lta present nuine, wua a city crowd
ed with merchants and of world-wide
celebrity.
History repeat Itaulf. England, even
In those early duya when Caeaar made
war on the Venltl, to the went of (Jaul,
the Ilrltona sent fleet of ahlpa to
their assistance.
SEIZED CAPE COLONY TWICE
Peace of Amlena Nullified Britain's
Capture of Holland'e South Afrl
can Territory In 1795.
Early In the ware of the French
Revolution Holland waa forced to be
come an ally of Great Britain. A Brit
ish fleet appeared off Cape Town In
August 171)5, and tbe colony aurren
dered on September 16. For aeven
year Rritaln held the country, spend
lag fully eight million dollara In Im
proving It Monopollea were taken off
trade, torture wua abolished, and pros
perity prevailed, whereas before the
colony had been on the verge of ruin.
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DAO.I UJUIZ,
In 1802 the Peace of Amlena secured
for Napoleon' breathing spell, which
he used in preparing still greater at
tack nion. the liberties of Europe. By
thla treaty Cape Colony waa restored
to Holland. War waa reaurned In 1800,
with Holland an ally once more of
France. Again the Iirltlab captured
Cape Colony, and when peace waa defi
nitely settled In 1815, after Waterloo,
Britain retained South Africa, paying
Holland six million pounds sterling.
the colonies of Dcmeraru, EMsequlbo
and Berblce being Included In the sale.
The populutlon consisted of 20.700
whites, holding 20,800 slaves, and 17,-
650 free Hottentot. Britain aup-
preased the slave trade and In 1834 the
alavea were emancipated by the Brit-
Inn government
Snaring Snakes.
For sheer, downright danger the
work of snnke catching In the Austra
lian bush compares very favorably with
anything one might Imnglue. It Is
also An exceedingly profltuble method
of earning a livelihood that la, If you
survive.
The snakes are collected for the
sake of their venom, a substance that,
like radium, la valued by the grain, a
pound of It being worth about f 500. It
1 In active demand by chemlHta and
Is obtained, as far aa Australia la con
cerned, from only three species of
snakes the death adder, the brown
udder and the tiger snnke.
The reptiles niUHt be caught unin
jured, and It goes without aaylng that
the bUHlmwa demands conalderuble
aklll and agility on the part of those
following It
Tiger snakes are the best for they
carry moat venom ; and they are atlll
numerous in the more remote part of
tbe aeldom-vlifltcd Interior.
Rocky Land Brseda 8allor.
The best Bailors In tbe world come
from Brittany, and tbe best auilors in
Brlttnny hnll from Ouessunt Island, the
land farthest west in France. This In
land, which la mimed Ushant on the
American charts, la rocky, forbidding,
almoHt hurrea of trees, ho much so that
tlie Breton fathers tell their children
not to climb any trees when they go
visiting. North, west and south of tbe
Inland la oM-n water, which in vrtnter
la almost constantly In a turmoil be
cause of the frequent storms. The
channel, tbe Atlantic and tbe Bay ol
Biscay vie with each other in vain
effort to overwhelm tbe island and
prevent its Inhabitants from wresting
a living either from the land or tbe
water Chicago Dally New.
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HIVES. CUtRUCB
SOUGHT ONLY BY FISHERMEN
Rock Point, Md, Differ In Many
Ways From the Conventionalized
"Summer Resort." -
Little white wooden bouse In
broken row, like an old man's teeth;
behind tbetn a fat green Maryland
farm country of broad-leaved tobacco
fields and yellow wheat and deeply
ahadowed woods; before them a river
seven miles wide of almost tropical
green and blue, with a wooded Island
In the foreground shading the water
with great aycumore and crowned by a
pine grove, where nest the ospreys that
hover all day long over the water,
plunging like living Javelins, now and
then, to snatch fish of dazzling silver
from a river of polished Jade.
Huch, ImpresslonlHtlcally, la Hock
Point Md., where all summer Jong
many Washlngtonlana go to catch flan.
The place la not at all fashionable;
there Is no botel worthy of the name,
and the prices of everything are alto
gether too low to attract the "best peo
ple.
Even the fact that at least one cabi
net officer, a senator or two and seV'
erul congressmen go regularly to Hock
Point does not seem to add to lta dig
nity or to endow It with the rank of a
real summer resort Somehow even a
senator loses bis value aa a social or
nament when he put on a pair of
overalls and yells and get excited over
a four-pound sea trout
Tbe great majority of those who go
to Hock Point are simply anglers-
whatever else they muy be at home,
here they are but membera of the great
fraternity of fishermen. Bankers and
plumber often "chip In" on tbe same
motorhoat and borrow tobacco from
each other.
Women are fewer than men. but
never lacking, and they are always
benrty, sunburned women of the kind
that get their hair wet when they go
In swimming and don't pretend to be
afraid of a fish.
FAILED TO PLEASE NAPOLEON
Narrow-Minded Officials Who Ob
scured Royal Emblem Had Mis
Judged Mind of Great Emperor.
A pretty story Is told by some his
torians of Napoleon's entrance into a
French cathedral city In the days when
his eagles were taking their most glori
ous flights and Europe wus at hla feet
It happened that the cathedral win
dows were, some of them, decorated
with the design of the fleur-de-lis.
Eager partisans had covered up these
windows so that tbe Ullea would not
be seen.
Tbe emperor, sharp of eye aa ever,
Iruinlred tbe reason for the obscura
tion of the windows. -
"They bear the fleur-de-lis design
and there Is no time to change It" ex
plained some one. "So we covered it
up, fearing it might offend your maj
esty." "The lilies of France," said Napo
leon, "have led her sons to victory
through many wars. Surely every son
of France should be proud of them."
It Is needless to add that the win
dows were immediately uncovered.
Human "Fish" No Match for Angler.
Fishing a man waa the novel feat
performed by a man at Avalon, Cali
fornia, a few days ago. Captain Adar
go, a powerful swimmer, played the
part of the fish, while Captain West
brook took the part of the angler. The
"fish" was given one hundred and fifty
feet of line at the start and quickly
gained thirty feet Then the angler
felt that he was ready to begin tactics
to .""subdue" the "fish," and telling
about it afterward, Captnln Adargo
said: Then I was pulled backward
and couldn't make any headway
against the outfit I have gone into
some heavy swells a a professional
swimmer and coin diver, but the fish
ing stuff has got them all beat for tak
ing tbe energy out of a man. Every
time Westbrook came back on the rod
It almost lifted me out of the water."
In fifteen minutes Captain Westbrook
regained the one hundred and eighty
feet of line. He "fished" with his usu
al tackle. A broken line would have
won the contest for. the fish.
Eider Ducks. . ,
Elder ' ducks are numerous every
where In Norway. Being the produc
ers of the valuable eiderdown, n
"tuple nrticle of trade In Norway, they
are rigorously protected by law, and
are In consequence so tame ns In
ninny plnces to approximate a domes
tic fowl. The birds are regarded with
far from friendly eyes by the flsher
menr by reason of the dnmnge they
work among the spawning beds of the
flsh. Lobsters In particular suffer se
verely from their devastations.
"he California' and Orej6t
Coast Railroad Companr .
TIME CARD
Dally except Sunday
Effective May 1, 1918
Trains lv. Grants Pass.. 1:00 p. ra
Train 2 lv. Waters Creek 3:00 p. m
All trains leave Grants Pass from
the corner of G and Eighth street
opposite the Southern Paclflo depot
For all Information regarding
freight and passenger service call at
the oBlce of the company, Lundban
touildlng, or phone 131 tor same.
Class? f icd Advertising
FOB BALK
FOR SALE CHEAP lor caan
acre near Wlmer. Oood place to
start with little money. Address
H. M. Knudsen, Pasco, Waah. 94
FOR SALE Oood milk cow. Jersey.
Call 225 West J. Phone 609-J. 89
FEED and Livery Stable Hay ana
grain for sale. Red Front Barn,
Peter Cravlin, Prop. ' 15
BOAT 16-foot, in first ciasa conui-
tion, good oars, pole, etc.. for sale,
$15. Inquire Western Hotel. 97
APPLE9 for sale at 35c per box at
Rio Lado ranch, two mile west of
town on lower river road. Spit
zenbergs, Delicious and Newtowna.
No deliveries. Bring your boxes
or acks. Geo. Seeback, Phone
606-F-13. 94
WANTED
WANTED Three or lour-room
modern furnished houae; no chil
dren. Address No. 1745, care of
Courier.
IS
WANTED Good man aa teamster.
House provided. Married man
preferred. Good wagea. Also want
an experienced pruner. Write to
Country Club Orchards, phone
RnO-F-2. Merlin. Oregon. 98
WANTED Furnished
bungalow modern,
or 115.
cottage or
Phone 328-J
94
LOST
LOST Between McCollum mill and
Grants Pass, dark grey Mackinaw,
.Finder please leave at Courier No.
1729. 9&
MISCELLANEOUS
BRING YOUK JUNK to the Gran
Pass Junk Co.. 403 South Slxtb
street Phone 21. We buy rags
metal, rubber, scrap Iron, hide
and wool, old automobiles for
wrecking. 51 f
BUY YOUR FUEL, kindling, blockt
and sawdust of Baber Bros. 2
West G. Phone 609-J. 96
JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any
time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R
Otto J. Knlps, Residence 149-T
. 238
POLITICAL CARDS
( Paid Advertisement.) "
MRS. JOS. MOSS
Independent Candidate
for
County Clerk
EUGENE L. COBUEN
Regular
. Republican Nominee
for
County Clerk
GEO. S. CALHOUN
Regular
Republican Nominee
for
County Treasurer
Present Incumbent
GEO. W. LEWIS
Regular
Republican Nominee
for
, Sheriff
C. A. SIDLER
KKPI BLICAX NOMINEE
, FOK
REPRESENTATIVE
Josephine County, Oregon
DON'T DRINK SHIPS!
0
Are you shocked to see the lady drinking ships?
You drink ahlpa every time you use sugar -unnecessarily, in a
beverage. .
Seventy-five per cent of the sugar used in this country has to he
brought here In ships. Every possible ship la needed tor the trans
portation of troops and supplies to the other aide. ,f
Eliminate augar aa a luxury, and you release many ships for war
purposes.
Teach your appetite to remember thla O1
DONT DRINK SHIPS. . . I
I'AUK THKBB
PHOTO STUDIO
THE PICTURE MILL for fine photo
graphs. Open dally except Sua-
day from 10 a. m. to 6 p. m. Sua-
day sittings by appointment only.
Phone Mill, 283-R, or resldeao
140-J. S7U
VETERINARY SURGEON
DR. R.
J. BESTUL, Veterinarian,
residence. Phone 805-R.
Office.
PHYSICIANS
O. CLEMENT. ' M. D., Practice
limited to disease of the eye, ear,
nese and throat Glaaeea fltted.
Office hour 9-12, 2-6, or on ap
pointment Office phone 62, resi
dence phone 3 5 9-J.
LOUOHRIDGE. M. D.. Physician
and surgeon. City or country call
attended day or eight Residence
pbene 369; office phone 181
Sixth and H, Tuffs Bldg.
DR. J. O. NIBLEY. Physician and
surgeon. . Lnndburg Bldg. Health
officer. Office hours, 9 to 11 a.
m. and 1 to 5 p. m. Phone 810-J.
A. WITHAM. M. D. Internal
medicine and nervous ' diseaaea;
903 Corbett Bldg.. Portland. Ore,
Honrs 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
BURS ELL M. D. D. C In block
north of postoffice, corner Sixth
and D streets, aurglcal, electrical,
chiropratlc and osteopathic treat
ments. Office phone 197-R.
ATTORNEYS
H. D. NORTON. Attorney-at-law.
Practices in aU State and Federal
Courts. First National Beak Bldg.
COLVIO WILLIAMS, Attorney-
et-Lkw, Grants Pass Banking Co.
Bldg.. Grants Pass, Oregea.
E..S. VAN DYKE. Attorney. Frao-
tlce in all conrt . First National
Bank Blag.
O. 8. BLANCH A RD, ttorney at
Law. Golden Rule Building
Phono 270. Grants Pass. Oregon.
BLANCHARD ft BLANCHARD. At
torneya. Albert Bldg. Phom
2 3 6-J. Practice in aU courts; law
board attorney. ""
C. A. SIDLER.. Attorney-at-Law. ref
eree In , bankruptcy. ' Maaonle
temnle. Granta Pass, Ore.
DENTISTS
E. C. MACY.'D. M. D. Flrst-las
dentistry. 109 Vs South . Sixth
street. Grant Pass, Oregon.
MUSICAL INSTRUCTION
J. S. MACMURRAY. teacher of voice
culture and tinging. Lessons givea
at home of pupil, if requested. Ad
dress 716 Lee street '
U KAY AGE AND TRANSl tK
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. AJ.
kinds of drayage and traaafe:
werk carefully and promptly den
Phone 181-J. Stand at freight
depot. A. Shade. Prop..
THE WORLD MOVES; so do we.
Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone
, 397-R. .
F. G. ISHAM, drayage and transfer.
Safes, (.lanoa and furniture
moved, packed, shipped and stor
ed. Phone Clark ft Holman, No.
SO. Residence phone 124-R.
Somewhere in France there is an
American boy fighting for you. Have
you proved- yourself worth his won
derful effort by finishing his socks
on time?
road Admla titration.
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