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r . UATl.im.lY, JAM'AKV II, JUIU. Oil A NTS PAHS DAILY COUUIEIl PAGE THREE BRITISH INVENTOR GRANTED $150,000 London, Jnn. 11. A dovlce which tor mora than three years helped lo protect British warship from Ger man nilnos has won for It Inventor, IJeutennnt Charles D. liurney, of the British navy, the order of Compun- .. .1 ui Mlnhinl anrf Rt. nor nd grant of 1160.000. The In- hut wouM roatly lncre,uo tho re ventlon I auld to have saved the ,'"' of the notion. Briefly the live of hundred of allor and pre- program contemplate the employ vented tho loss of many warship. :'nt of discharged aoldlera at cur It eonalst of a watorplan shaped ,'ent waxes on vaat reclamation like a torpedo, having, a pair ofchemo In many tate, hp, would large flat, fna. prpMUm pr, ..either,, be, permitted, later to eelect ectlons aide. It la lowed .ovorstde , by a'of , the;. reclaimed, land for farming wire rope In urh a way that If run, M'lrposei. the government turnlsh from th,shlp' bow outward. Thao money to Ray for the cost of df wire rone li Intended to Dirk nn the velppmnnt.- This .money, togother mooring rope of mine and allde, them along until they reach to the Interest, would. latr be,riturned,,to pom of the device, where a ahnrp'the government, aaw la flired Inside a V-ehaped slot.j "The project will not cost the gov The aaw cute through the mooring ernment a penny," Secretary Ine rope and allowa the mine to float sold. "Full payment for the land free, where It can either be avoided 'will be made within 40 year." or destroyed. The Invention la known Necessity for haate In making the In the service aa the "P. V.." or a(,roirlatlon wa emphasized by "paravane." Secretary Lane. Soldiers are being jdla'harged from the service at the I.ANE BAYS PLAN WOXT ra,0 0f thnuianda a day. ho Bald. COHT GOVERNMENT A CF.NT(Aml provBlon for employing them Wellington. Jan. U. Immediate should be made soon. ilKPOUT OK TIIK OOMHTION OK TUB KIIWT NATIONAL I1AXK Ol SOUTHERN OUMJON et Oranta Pa.. In the State of Oregon, at the doae of business on .December 31, 1918. Itcsourm Loans and discounts. Including rediscounts t 11.03.. .72 Totl loan - - 4l.u-- ' Resource 1. a Deduct: . , . f Foreign nilla of Kxchonua or Diaft 'old with Indorsement of thla bank, not ahown under Item d, above (aeo Item 57c 2 Overdrafti. unsorured, $2H().21 . ft. I". 8. UoiuU (other than Liberty Honda, but Including U. 8. certificate of In debtedness): a U, 8. bend deposited to ecure circulation (par value) it a ri.tiAm mnA i Art if lpA t ! nf indebtedness owned and unpledged - 5,000.00 . UlMTty lawn Momlat a Uberty Loan Honda. 3H. 4. and i'A Pr reut. unpledged 8.000.00 , c Mbvrty lxan Honda. iVt. 4 and 4 'A por cent, picogoa 10 aecur. iu-. - Inga dupoalt 9.000.00 7. Ilonda, kecurltloe, etc. (other than V. B.) f c Honda and aocurltle pladged aa collateral lor State, or othtT deposit. poHtal . cx eluded) or bill payable" 13.038.58 e Securltle other than U. 8. bonds (not Ip- Hmiinir utocksi owned unpledged.. Total bond, ccurltle, etc., other than IT. 8 - 9. Block of Federal Itesorve llank (50 per cent of ubcrliitlon) - 10 a Value of banking house, owned cumbered Furniture and fixture 11 12. Ileal estate owned other lhan 13. lawful reserve with Federal Heere Hank.. 16. Cah lu vault and net amount due from a tlonal bank 16. Net amount duo from banks, bankera, and trust companies other than Included In Itema 13, M or 15 i 17. Exchange for clearing house i ..................... Total of Horn 14, 15. 16. 17. and IB.... , 76,045.14 19. Check on banka located outsldo of city or town of reporting bank and other cash ltema - 20. Redemption fund with U. 8. Treasurer and due from U. 8. Treasurer 22. War Saving Certificates and Thrift Stamp actually owned 23. Other assets, Gold Oust Total Liabilities 24. Capital tock paid In 25. Surplus fund - 28. a Undivided profit - k Left current expenses, Interest, paid 27. Interest and discount collected In advance of maturity and .not earned (approximate) 86. Circulating note outstanding 88. Net amounts duo to banks, banker, and truat , companies (other than Included Iff ItemB ai.-or 32) w Total ot Itema 82 and 33 805.86 Demand deposits (other than bank deposits) sub- Ject to Heeerve .(deposits payable with- in 80 days): 34. Individual deposit ubject to check. 85. Certificate of deposit due In less than 30 . daya (other than for money bor rowed) , - - 86. Certified check J 88. State, county,-r other municipal deposits aecured by pledge of asset of this bank , Total of demand deponlt (other than -. bank deposit) subject to Reserve Item 84, 35, 16, 37, 38, 39,, 40, and 41 404,805.48 Time deposit anbject to Reserve (payable after .80 days, or subject to 89 days or more notice, and pgstal savings) : . . 42. Certificates ot deposit (other than for money borrowed ) 44. Postal savings deposits Total of time deposits subjeot to Re serve, Items 42, 43, 44, and 45;... 164,921.68 Total vmb ........... rf thA mini loans and discount Interest and discount was charged at rates in excess, of those permitted ZX Z hyjaw (Sec. 5197 Rev. Stat) , was $3,704.95. . The number of such 'WSS State of Oregon, County ot Jesephlae. as: . ' bas. '' wt' W-thJtothlng but' I, Oeo. E. Lundburg, Cashier of the above named bank, do solemnly hospital clothes the1 Red Cross In swear that the above statement Is true to the beat, ot my knowledge and I stantly provides him with a blanket belief. " " " ' ; ' ' f ' 1 i ; robe, .Hneiu wooV bQotB;,and crutches Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th day ot January, 1919. (Seal) EDWARD S. VAN DYKE, "Notary Public. (My commission expires Not.. 26, 1920.) , Correct Attest: ' - H. D.' NORTON ' . ' L. iB. HALL '. ..,,;',. .-.'... ... FRANK. 4IASHBURN; : . ; A,y v'O. ;'. ... ronaldoratlon of the Inturlor depart ment's request for 1100, 000, 000 for thit reclamation ud occupation of 215,000,000 acre of tillable toll In thti country by ret n mod soldlors wan link imI today by Secretary iLsno ut n Informal meeting of member i of congress held In the house chm- The plan of the dupartment not I only would provide labor for thou-j HnmU of ,,, uncharged from mlll- tary service, Secretary Lane said, Uh the full cost of the, lapd and 441,035.72 280.21 12,500.00 17.500.00 12,000 ')) 35.076.60 48.U0.1S 2,250.60 and unln- , 20.000.00 3.600.00 banking house 10,810.00 36.187.TD 71,150.74 1,821.89 3,672.51 1,533.61 625.00 1.383.21 719.88 1673,180.65 - and taxes or credited 50,000.00 25,000.00 25,191.71 12,676.65 12,515.06 2,632.72 12,500.00 805.86 343.039.17 44,382.26 134.25 17,249.80 161,356.02 3, 665.51 !67S,1iSi8 . , , . ahown above, the amounts on which HOW HEROES ARE BEING OARED FOR Uc( fop NotWng ReWm to Tt.1 f TWS Country. . REASSURING TO HOME FOLK Army Surgeons and Red Croas Take 8otdlrs In Hand at Port of Debar katlon Rlstlvs Art Notified After i,mn Art uipirntg rronr I nnifnrw Wounded, and 8lcK Ara Being Sent h Horns first How are the sick .and wounded sol diers, coming back' to America in in creasing but happily not . very large numbers, being cared for In that try lug period botwecu their arrival on transport ana ,vVle,r aJHiriDuuon among our widely- scattered recon struction hospitals? Is the govern ment leaving anything to chance, omit ting any service that might contribute to the patient's comfort or recovery? There la a story In ftie answer to these questions. It ought to be sup plemented and illustrated by scenes described, so that he who reads could vhtuulize, but cannot be sutll the "war department gives consult But even as It stands it is a story reassuring to home folk wondering if all the way across the Atlantic and through the home port and on trains bound inland or to the Pacific coast their boys are getting the treatment they descrfi snd Uncle Sum Is pledged to give. 8ltk to Come Home First. A great majority ot the soldiers sailing to war passed through the port of New York, and through this port, whether well or disabled, will a great majority return. The army port of embarkation is also the port of debarkation. Machinery built for swift dispatch ot troops to- Europe reverses Itself, as it were, and distributes throughout America the soldiers whom it aforetime gathered up and propelled u cross the ocean. But before tb 'companies and regi ments of the well, the unhurt, are started back from France all the wounded or sick will have come ahead of them. That Is the war depart ment's policy, to bring borne the elck and wounded first. They are coming now and have been for some time, and after the shortest possible sojourn In debarkation hospitals are segregated and paused along to a reconstruction hospital as close, a, possible to their homes, there to be dlschurged if their condition warrants It, or to be treated for special disabilities, or to complete the period of convalescence. To receive these Incapacitated sol dlers; to make smooth their hard path; to be prepared for their coming; to make the distribution process swift. sure and merciful; to see that every thing Is provided for until the distant destination is reached that is the co operative Job of the medical depart ment of the port of debarkation and the American Red Cross. So this is the story of how the Job is done. Offi cially It is "the plan of handling the sick returned from 'overseas service." The New York port of embarkation and debarkation really includes all the coast from Baltimore to Canada, but Its work is directed from Hoboken. The surgeon of the ' port, who has charge ot the reception and care of Invalided troops. Is Col. James M. Ken nedy, medical corps, TJ. S. A. - He is the sanitary adviser of the command' Ing general ot the port, William, V. Judson. - Every Facility for Medical Care. The following facts' were, obtained from Colonel Kennedy and are official : Sick . and wounded soldiers are brought from Europe on army trans ports having every hospital facility, Each transport has normally a good' sized hospital, which may be expanded to accommodate any number of men, Every patient baa more than enough room. One of the great liners con verted Into a troopship may have carried 10,000 men to France, but as a hospital ship it brings back only a thousand or so. The medical attend ance for the returning soldiers has been uniformly satisfactory, The' transport arrives oft quaran tine. It is, boarded there by two medi cal officers detailed for thla purpose by the port surgeon. They ascertain the number and classes of the sick, the pier and hour at which the ship will dock. One of them stays aboard, arranging for debarkation,- r.The other returns. to the quarantine station and telephones his information to the office of the surgeon of the port In Hoboken.' The surgeon then' sends a harbor boat with a party of medical J officers and men' to the designated nlnr. TSt nlfirk nnttflna thA TIai) fVnaiL ! wn'cn turns up at the pier, with all the I w asanas ,aa uw av lv uivi . T w tin kuv i ,. , . ..... l riAi Ttnofa ' tViam fwwn DUUIUMltVM rinlnmnnr " . .v"- -- I Relative Are Notified. Debarkation continues1 without in terruption until- completed urfless It extends Into the night. The patients are transferred without delay to the designated debarkation hospital, the Red Cross attendants remaining on the pier or trauxport and dispensing refreshments as required. In the hos- 1 ital the sick or wounded men are 'iiKsilled rapidly, a to the nature of s- Ir disabilities, the reconstruction hospital to which they are to b sent and their home address. "Every courtesy," said Colonel Ken nedy, "Is extended to ' parents and other relatives. At the debarkation hospital a deld director ot the Red Cross gets the name and addreas of the patient and Ills nearest relative. He then writes a letter to the relative, notifying him of the arrival and coa lition of the patient and whether or not It Is advisable for the relative to come. - "Unless the case la a very serious onef the letter also says that the patient will soon be transferred to a hospital la the Interior, of which ac tion later notice will be given. No pa tients are discharged from the debar kation hospitals. They are sent to the hospital nearest their homes that la equipped for the treatment of their particular trouble. "As soon as the classification la com pleted at the debarkation hospital a report of the numbers In -each class and the reconstruction hospitals to which transfer Is recommended la wired to Washington. Authority be ing received, transportation la ar ranged for. Red Cross Furnishes Food. "The Red Cross canteen service fur nishes food and drink during the transfer from hospital to train and nntll the train leaves. So far as prac ticable the patients are carried from the port to the distant hospital on especially fitted hospital trains which have hospital beds, a mess kitchen, an operating car, offices and other con veniences. ' It the number of men la too .great for a hospital train standard Pullmans or Pullman ' sleepers are osed. - " : "When the patients are transported on these cars," said Colonel Kennedy, "feeding them becomes a more com plex problem than on hospital trains. To meet this problem a special organi sation of medical personnel Is In op eration whose training is directed spe cifically along those lines; No patients are allowed to travel without proper medical attendance and none who are unable to stand the travel. . "Arrangement Is made with the Red Cross canteen service for assistance all along the route. . Two days before the movement Is begun full Informa tion Is given to the canteen head quarters of the Red Cross In New York. It sends notice to its canteen stations, so each knows Just when the train la due,- the number of patients, the number of ambulant and litter cases and ot those unable to leave the car. - "In this manner complete co-opera tion Is provided between the medical and the Red Cross services from the time the patients leave the hospital at the port until they are transferred to the designated reconstruction hospital. To guard, against unexpected delays from accidents or other causes each medical officer In charge of the train detachment is required to have food for at least one meal for all his pa tients held on the tram In reserve.' GETS COMMISSION IN FRENCH ARMY Dr. Anna L von Sholly of Flushing, L. L, who, with two other woman phy sicians, Dr. S. E. Finley and Dr. Mary Lee Edward ot New York, was" deco rated by the French government for excellent surgical work performed un der heavy bombardment In France, and received a lieutenant's commis sion In the French array.'. The .three women were at the head of an over seas hospital unit financed by the Na tional Suffrage association. Dr. von Sholly Is a Cornell graduate and was associated with the New York Infirm ary for Women and Children In East Fifteenth street, New York city. I Ever Think of Itt . Electricity can run through very slender wires. And the energies of saving grace can enter the life through theiiedlunf of a very anfiniahed creed Christian Herald. i , a ti t V Qass?fied FOR BALK WOOD Laurel, oak, fir and pine and dry pine at $2.75 per tier de livered. R. TImmons, phone 538-J. ' ' sitf FOR SALE A few weaned pigs. Price $6. H. E. Cordon, R. F. D. No. 2. Phone 610-F-24. 63 FOR SALE or trade 40 acres of timber for city property or good car. Address Box 112, City. 67 FOR SALE 6,000 feet of choice second hand lumber; 1x12 mostly, also some 2x4 and 4x6. . Inquire Dericka, 208 Burgess, 82 FOR SALE Good wheat hay. In quire Grants Pass-William -stage, Phone 287-R. "' ' . ' e TP RBzrr FOR RENT Partly furnished cot tage at 821 Rogue River Avenue; three rooms' and sleeping porch, good well and one-half acre ot land, barn; 85.00 per month. Key at' 402 Rogue River Ave. 07tt FOR RENT OR BALE Our resi dences at 801 aiir 811, North 6th St., eight and ten dollars a month. Will sell either or both. Make me an offer. .. John Summers, Leba non, Oregon. otf FOR RENT Partly furnished mo dern cottage at 724 North Sixth street. Key 718 North Sixth. rrice, 88 per month. 67tf VCAVfEI waivied Stock to feed. Inquire! Grants Pass-Williams stage. Phone 287-R. '" ' 66 MISCELLAXBOUS JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any "time. Phone Mocha Safe 181-R Otto J. "Khlps, Residence 149-Y ' ' " '.231 WE REAPAIR cars, mag's, colls. generators, starters, batteries, ig nition systems." Satisfaction guar anteed. Steiger Garage, tli North Sixth street. 36tf HAVE ' YOUR tires repaired at the Maxwell garage: Get work that holda any kind ot an injury on any aized tire taken care of. -- , 70 K. L. GALBRAITH, insurance, rent als, acreage, building and loans; snaps in city property. 609 G St, Launer's old location.' 68 FURS, FURS, FURS We buy furs. hides, wool, old autoa for wreck ing,' and all kinds of junk. Grants Pass Junk Co., 403 South Sixth street, phone 21. ',2 AUTO REPAIRING All kinds of automobile repairing, prompt ser vice, all work guaranteed. 506 South Sixth street. 63 WHAT OUR DEFENDERS COST At Home It Is $327 and Overseas $423 a Year for Each Man In the ' Service. Statistics have been collected by the clothing N end equipage, subsistence, conservation, reclamation " and hard ware and metals division of the quar teiiuuster' corps. United States army, to Indicate Just what It costs a year to maintain a soldier overseas and In the United States, i - ' ' These, according to the Army and Navy Journal, show that the cost Is $423.47 a year to equip and maintain a soldier overseas and (327.78 to equip and maintain one In the United States. Subsistence, figured at 69 cpts a' day, antounta' to $25X84 yearly "for each rrion, overseas; figured at 01 cents ,1 day In the United States', if amounts to-$180.80. the cost" ot the initial equipment i or me soiaier ine nrsi year In the United StRtes Is ?115.30, while ma ct'ki 01 uiu- auuiuonni equipment equipment for the first year overseas Is $42.41. ' Thus It appears that If the soldier going overseas did not take with him a great deal of his equipment already supplied in the United States the Con trast between the cost' 'of 'equipping and maintaining a soldier in this coun try and abroad would be much more marked. " Not only Is the amount of equipment needed abroad greater than that needed In this country, but the statistics of the conservation and re clamation division show that equip ment and clothing overseas are subject td much harder use, wear out more quickly fand; are 'less' effectively i re claimed than similar material, cloth ing and equipment used In the United States. The amount of reclamation of each individual soldier's equipment In this country Is $5,80 a year, whlle the amount of reclamation of similar ma terial abroad Is bat 333.3L Eucalyptus Superiority, i A cedar tree requires more than a century to grow large enough to yield 80-foot telephone pole. The eucalyp tu.;wtij. .attain a .larger growth tn80; years and Its wood la quite as durable. $dyertijng '.tt-t" 1 . 1 TO EXCHANGE WILL TRADE Five or 10 acre ii pears, 9 years old, adjoining city of Grants Pass, for property la or near Portland, Ore. Inquire of F. H. Gelger, 912 North Tenth street, Boise, Idaho. 74 PHOTO STUDIO THE PICTURE MILL for fine photo graphs. Open dally except Sun day from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Sun day sittings by appointment only. Phone Mill, 283-R, or resldenoe 14W. " 67tf PHYSICIANS L. O. CLEMENT.. M. D.. Practice limited to diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Glasses ntted. Offloa hours 9-12, 2-5, or on ap pointment Office phone 62, resi dence phone 159-J. & LOUGHRIDGE, M. D.. Physiol e and surgeon. City or country call attended day or night. . Realdenc phone' 161; ' office ' phone 182 8ixta and H, Tuff Bldg. DR. J. O. NIBLET, Physician and ' surgeon.' Lundburg Bldg.' Health . officer.' Office hour, f to II a. m. and 1 to t p. m. Phone 810-J. A. A. WITHAM, . M. D. Internal medicine and nervous disease; t 908, Corbett Bldg., Portland, Ore. Hours 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.. VETERINARY 8TOGEON OR. R. J. BESTUL. . Veterinarian. Office, residence. Phone 205-R. DENTISTS E. C. MACY, D. M. D. Flrt-laa dentistry. 109 H South Slxtk street. Grants Paas, Oregon. ' DRAYAGE AND TRANSr ER COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Al kinds, of , dray age and transfe. werk carefully and promptly lone Phone 181-J. Stand at .. freight depot A. 8bade, Prop. THE WORLD MOVES; so do w. - Bunch Bros. Transfer Co. Phone 397-R. F. U. ISHAM, drayage and transfer, ,. Safes, ' pianos and furniture moved, packed, shipped and stor ed. ' Office phone 124-Y. Resi dence phone, 124-R. ATTORNEYS H. p.. NORTON. , Attoraey-et-lavr. Practices In air State and Federal Court. First National Bank Bldg. COLVIQ.. WILLIAMS. Attorneye-at-Law,' Grant Pass Banking Co. Bldg., Grants Pass, Oregon. - E.r8 VAN 'jRYKE7'Attorney.:Prae ttoe In all' court ' First'" National Bank Bldg. f O. S. BLANCHABD, Attorney at Law. Golden Rule Bulldlnn . Phone 270. Grant Pass, Oregon. BLANCHARD A BLANCHARD, A ;; torneys,- t Albert ' Bldg. '7J4Phon 2 1 6-J. Practice In all courts; lam board attorneys. ' ' C, A. 8IDLER, Attorney-at-Law, ref eree In bankruptcy. Masonls temple, Grants Paas, Ore. '' ThePalifornia an Oregon Coast Railroad Company1 ' t !vTIMtE CARD'' ,'. .Effective Nov. 19. 1918. Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday 1 gn(j Saturday T -'.'. nn. .. x M. .-. i, Vr-.i n t. . iuriTti Tvaivrs wreeiL 6 m, Leave Waters Creek . 3 P. M. Arrive Grants Pass i P. M. For Information regarding freight and passenger rates call at. the office of ''the company, Lundburg building, or telephone 131. l CHICHESTER S PILLS Alk ararciiia'i wuuvnif nit. An tp riL. xnkMfmMa4AftaiAhMnm4ttsAa SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERWdlEKE - Get tho Genuine nd Avoid Tti Cvory Col ak 1 hoiea. nssaltid wttki Bluai sUhhoauXTX