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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1919)
PAGH FOUR GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER WKDSF.HDAY, JANUARY l.t. 1019. CHURCHILL TALKS OF El L' London, Deo. .11. (Correspon dence ol the Associated Press.) Winston Churchill, minister ot mu nitions, who announced the govern ment policy ot nationalizing British railways, explained to the Dundee chamber ot commerce the reasons tor the proposed step. Owing, to the enormous debt with which the country had been burden' ed by the war, he said, relict meas urea on a big scale were required. "The three great parent factors of a country's welfare," he continu ed, "Are land, communications and power, and the three children food housing and manufacture. So long s the railways are in private hands they may be used for immediate pro fit. In the hands ot the state, how ever, it might be wiser or expedient to run them at a loss It Jhey de velop industry, place the trader in closer contact with his market and stimulate development. "Tou cannot organize the great questions ot land settlement, new industries, and the extension of pro duction, unless the state has control of the means of transportation." A mass of information about the railways is already available, he said, and a large part of the task of na turalization has automatically ac complished Itself. "I think It high ly Improbable," he went on. "that action on this vital matter can be delayed until a royal commission has wandered about." Explaining to the press a bill which the Railway Nationalization society has prepared, Emll Pavles, the chairman, said it provides tor the acquisition ot all railway storks and shares at their mean market price during the 12 months ending six months prior to the introduction of the bill in parliament, the pur chase price to be paid Is 5 per cent government stock to the railway shareholders. PFR SNdl and I rr i i - II JOSEPHINE FARM LOAN Lruu'nMI J AJOTATIfIN FIFHTMN I I IVVVVII I I IVI I h.k.WIIWI1 D. V. Garner loft this morning for I'kiah, Cal. Corporal Russell Wood, who speut his furlough at home, left this morn ing, returning to Fort Ward, Wash. Ihfluenza fumlgators Sabln has them. 6S MASSACRES CONTINUE AND 2,000 ARE KILLED Geneva, Jan. 15. Two thousand persons have been killed at Prez emysl, Gallcla, by the Ukrainians, according to a dispatch to the Xeue Freie Presse, of Vienna, a copy of which haa been received here. The Ukrainians have been bom barding Prezemysl for several days past by land and by air, and condi tions In the town are described as terrible. The gas and electric plants have been destroyed and there is no light In the town. Water and food also ere lacking. 8,000 DEATHS FROM FLU IX PORTO RICO San Juan, P. R Jan. 15. Five thousand deaths, the department of sanitation fears, will be the toll taken by influenza in Porto Rico. More than 3,000 deaths it is esti mated, have already occurred, and the acting commissioner. Dr. Fonty Gnillot, believes that In spite of every effort that will be made from 1,500 to 2,000 more may be expected. Mllo L. Witters, of the 884th Aero Squadron, station in England, re turned home on Sunday. Again at your service to repair any part of your car. E. A. Adams, 503 South Sixth street. 64tf Wm. Chapman returned home this morning from Newport News, hav ing been discharged from limited service duty. v M. Wire, ot Newberg, Ore.. Is visiting with his brother. Rev. Mel vllle T. Wire. Mr. Wire is on his return from a visit to various points In Oalitornia. Radiator repairing at 503 South Sixth street. See announcement, tf H. G. Shldler, who Is now located on a ranch near Klamath Falls, is In the city. Mr. Shldler was formerly in the mining business in the Rogue River valley. H. M. Butler and family and J. R. Baker and family, nine in the party, arrived this afternoon from Astoria, expecting to make Josephine countj their home. Hemstitching and plcoting at 10 cents a yard All work guaranteed The Vanity Shop, Medford, Ore. 27tf H. C. Bobzlen, who spent several weeks at home with his family, left lnt nleht returning to sseauie, where he has been employed for sev eral months In the steel shipyards. OUle Alnsworth, who returned home a couple of weeks ago, just missed seeing France, for the trans port on which he sailed was two days out from New York, when the armis tlce was signed. The ship returned to port. TO "FACE OF THE WORLD" i Electric Work Phone. 90 Modford. Store. Pauls Electric 63tr Annual Meeting PoNfponod The annual meeting ot Botnany Presbyterian church, which Is , an nounced for tomorrow night, will be postponed until pome future time. The regular prayer meeting will bo held. , a . . a I have another fresh cow, and can furnish a few more discriminat ing customers with unsoparated milk and cream'. Phone 244-R, from 11a m. to 3 p. m., and evenings. Mrs. Anna M. Lewis. 65 lu Xcw York HoKpltnl Henry Johnston, who recontly ar rived home from overseas has re ceived word that his brothor, Private Uoyd B. Johnston, ol Co. D, 104th engineers, has arrived In New , York City and Is In a hospital In that city suffering from shell shock. Xcw 'Weather Man" C. D, Thompson, county agent. In now "weather man" for this district, the government thermometer and rain gauge having been removed from the residence ot Jno. B. Pad dock to the courthouse. Mr. Pad dock has been recording the weather at Grants Pass for about 30 years. Mr. Thomuson says ho will not take any chances on predicting what the weather will be, but will merely make a record of It after it haa happened. London, Jan. 13. "The wonders of today in the air will be as naught compared with the wonders of to morrow," was the way J. A. White head, the Inventor, summed up his view of the future of aviation In an address here. "The face of the world," he de clared, "will be changed. Our towns and cities will be aa different from the towns and cities of today as the streets and houses of London are different from the streets and build ing destroyed by the Great Fire. Our methods ot life will be changed. Our ideas of speed will alter. We shall be the people ot the Air Age." He said that England's future aa a nation depended on the question of the commercial use of aircraft, and that this country's task, would be to control the aerodromes of the world. "They must be plannr.d and laid out," he continued, "by our own workmen. We should develop, by means of aircraft, distant and Sheriffs Annual ReKrt Sheriff Geo. W. Lewis,, of Jose phlne county, shows some Interest ing figures in bis annual statement for the year 1917. The total amount collected by the sheriff's office for that year was $238,659.77. The amount of delinquent tax was $4 4.- 564.46, and the amount charged on the assessment rolls was $298,463.- II 33. The sheriff's annual report of all delinquent tax collections for the year ending December 31, 1918, I shows: Tax collected, $34,589.52, with $7,265.93 In penalties, making a total of $41,855.45. LUXEMBURGERS ARE London, Jan. 15. The republic of Luxemburg, which was . proclaimed on Thursday, lasted only six hours, according to a report to the Express from Brussels, which adds that French military authorities restored order in the grand duchy. FIRST REPUBLICAN GOV. TO SUCCEED HIMSELF State Capitol, Salem, Jan. 15: Governor Withycombe was officially 'inaugurated yesterday afternoon and declared to be the first republican governor of the state to succeed him self, when the ballots of the 1918 general election were canvassed by a joint committee ot the senate and the house. CHICHESTER S PILLS W . TIIK 1MAMO.ND BRA.SB. A I,adlcl Ak jf nir vrnuui ;or m ehl-chenter 1 I mob dHr 4V 1'ilU In Rf d od Void meullkV boiet, tle4 wKs B)u Rtbboo.y Take B other. Raj f yoar " bruiFarUl. As.f crifl-4 lfKH-TF IMAMONI IIUAM PILLH. far M yean known u Best, &tift. Alwtyc ReaUbf SOLO BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE Announcement I have opened a shop at 503 South Sixth street opposite the Oxford . hotel, where my friends and customers will find me In the future. If your car needs repairing, remember that I am doing all my own work and' consequently can give better satisfaction as I shall know that every job is turned out ae it should be. " E. A-. ADAMS. At the annual meeting ot the stockholders ot the Josephine Na tional Farm Ion association the following members were elected as directors and officers, for the ensu ing year: A. A. Porter, presldont; Goo. A. Hamilton, vice-president; Snm H. Baker, secretary and treas urer: Ed. U Schmidt, Molvln H. Gates, T. M. I,amond. There are now 17 members o the association, who have recelvod In loans $51,650. All members ot t!u amoclntlon were enthusiastic about the benefits received. Through this farm loan association farmers are able to Imrrow money at 5 M per cent for a pi'ilod of five years, but have the privilege ot al lowing the loan to run for. a period ot 34 years it they so desire, and any time after five years can pa off auy part of the loan. The pay ments are so arranged that by pay ing V per cent of the original pr'n- Ipal In addition to the Interc.O. each year, the whole loan tln,it(l"4 Itself If allowed to run the maximum time. It Is the wish of the members of the association that all farmers, who are carrying loans, or wh6 doslre to Improve their place Bhould Investi gate the merits ot the federal farm loan act. This Information can be received from any one of the officers or members or, by addressing the secretary-treasurer, a pamphlet will be mailed which gives all the Infor mation. Wesson Snowdrift A PURE VIX1KTAULK SIIOHTENINU . a lb, tins T'V' 4 lb. tin. - fl-IS 8 lit. tin 'J.H5 BOLD WITH A MONEY HACK Gl'AHANTKK BASKET GROCERY CO. Geneva, Jan. 15. Details of the proclamation of a republic in Luxem burg, which have reached here, say that revolutionists forced an entry into the palace of Grand Duchess Marie on Friday and demanded her abdication. The grand ducbasi re fused on the ground that the par undeveloped parts of the worjd and iiaraet had not made such a re secure International cooperation for qest Sne wag given 24 nourg to the development of commercial air- jeave ner nitai an(j wag to,j tnat craft. The success Of the business ,, wnl,M h nermiHeit tn taU nnlv- world is won by speed. ner nersonal effects. Sho consented to go to her chateau outside of the city. It Is stated that feeling against FOll QUICK SALE and to make the grand duchess is due to the fact room for my new large Petalnina that she received former Emperor electric incubator will sell one William, the crown prince and. Other 216-ezg Petaluma and one 123- German officers and also permitted egg Mandly Lee (both lamp ma- her sister to become engaged to chines) at $10 each. Both in Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, good on'er. K. Tlammerbacher, ft is said the people desire to be ab Rd. 2, Phone 606-F-23. 70 solutely independent of German con- PIAXO TUNING G. W. Cross, piano, "" timer, will be in Grants Pass for. the next couple of days. Those wishing their pianos tuned -or re ICINt BOTH SUFFER HEAVILY The driuks they drank to make them drunk have been reported upon by Municipal Judge George Rossuiau in an Interesting table we condense below, covering the 13-day period of December 17 to 28 inclusive. Within this period there were 91 "drunks" before the judge, and following are the liquids partaken by the number of prisoners Indicated: Whiskey, 40; bay rum, 9; home made wine, 9; medical preparations, 9; homemade beer, 3; self-made al coholic concoctions, 4; unknown, 1; cider, 1; lemon extract, 1. Total 91. There were ten court days In this period. Monday, December 23, showed the largest number ot drunks" (23) and Tuesday, the day after Christmas the next largest number. (18). A gradual tapering off is evident from the beginning of each week towards the end, the vic tim evidently being able to get a fresh start on each Sunday or holi day. Oregon Voter. LIFEBOAT OF MISSING TANKER IS PICKED IT W. T. Ilrwn, I'ropr. Grants Pass & Crescent City Stage Co. Big, Easy Riding Pierce Arrow Cars Office Old Observer Ilia. Corner Seventh and Q street Phone 80 Telephone and I OH WRANGLE OVER CARS Washington, Jan. 15. The re fusal of northwest railroads to fur nish cars ot less than 24 cubic feet capacity for lumber carrying. Is de clared unreasonable by the Inter state commerce commission, In sus taining thq complaint ot manufactur ers ot Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana. COMING EVENTS Feb. 3, Monday Annual meeting stockholders of the Grants Pass Fruit association at 2 p. m. 4 4t 4 QUARANTINED January 15, 1010 Herbert Smith. M. Hough. ' K. Topping. , W. Jordan. K. Ualslger. , A. Shade. ' Mnryl Mulr. Released J. II. Itlmur, 1 desire to thank the doctor and the public for tholr cnoparatlon. C. II. DEMAIIAV. Mayor. Our classified ads bring results. Spring Will Soon Be Here We hive a carload of FORDS coming Get youf order in Ford Worm-Gear Trucks C. L. HOBART CO. new to;my Seattle, Wash., Jan. 14. The steamer Carlos, arriving today at Aberdeen, Wash., reported having picked up, Saturday t lifeboat from the missing tanker George W. Loo mis, according to a dispatch received here. The boat contained, no occu pants. According to the dispatch, the lifeboat was found near Shelter Cove Wash. The boat's sea anchor was out and a code book was discovered aboard. Nothing was found to Inch oate the fate of the boat's occupants, if there were any. Welsh "8Ufell." Reference to a "stafell" In a recent paired kindly leave orders ati West Wa,es breach of promise case Rowell's music store. G6 puzzled the court. The "stnfell" Is the household linen usually bronchi hv TO TRADE Jersey cow, fresh! a Welsh bride" to her new home. The custom, stilt practiced. Is one of great antiquity. In early times a girl was not allowed to get married until she had spun the linen, and from It comes the term spinster. "Stafell" Is now bought at the shop, to the old folks a degenerate Innovation. soon, to trade for cow blood, or young stock. Hammond, Route 2, bv Hall. of beef Alva M. Grange 67 LOST Somewhere on Lathrop Bros, milk route, purse containing somewhere between five and seven dollars. Finder please leave at Courier office and receive reward. Cecil Wilhelm. 66 8lameae Musical Instruments. The Siamese have an instrument which they call the ranat, a species of harmonlcon, with 17 different wooden keys, united by cords and resting upon a stand, each strip of wood giving a different note. The instrument Is played with two wooden hammers. Nuts and 8lrup In Candy. It is a fact of common knowledge that nuts are very high In food value, those used principally In manufactur ing confectionery being almonds, Al berts, pecans, peanuts and walnuts, averaging approximately 1,600 calories per pound. Corn sirup, erroneously called glucose, used largely In manu facturing gum drops, hard candles and taffies, Is a pure, wholesome, trans parent, heavy sirup, manufactured, as the name indicates, from corn. 8an Francisco, Jan. 14. Th, George W. Loomis, a Standard Oil Company tank ship, left hero Decem ber 19, with a cargo of oil for Eu reka, Cal. Tho vessel, under the command of Captain K. E. Lapchls, f-arrled a crew ot 18 men. Nero's Golden Palace. The golden house was the pnlnce of Nero In ancient Rome, which occupied the valley between the Pnlutlne and Es qulllne, and connected the pnlaces of the Caesars with the gardens of Maecenas. It was built after the great Are of 04 A. D., and was so lnrge that it contained porticos 2,800 feet long and Inclosed a lake where the Colos seum now stands. The forecourt con tained a colossus of Nero 120 feet high. Building Ships While You Walt A' crew of fourteen framers, tyo foremen and four riggers In the Sup-ple-Ballln shipbuilding yards, at Port land, Ore., built and placed In position fmn lumber In the yards eighty-nine frames In forty and one-halt hours. These frames, being double, were bull) bolted together with sixty-four screw bolts In each frame, and two coats of carbotlneuin wore applied before bolt Ing together. II A V THEATER TONIGHT mid Tlll'ILSDAY Norma Talmadg'e in '"The Moth" COMING!! THE FILM 8F.XHATIOX OK THE SEASON "TARE AN" OF THE APES FRIDAY and SATURDAY at H ::t( A1iiiInsUii il.-,0 mid 2.c MATIXEB 8ATI HDAY nt 2:!l 0 Admission 1.1c and 23c From tho Orlgiiutl Story by I dgar Itlco HiU'rouglM i TAIWAN'S STRUGGLE WITH THE LION TIIK KM-; AID OX A OANXIHAL VILLAGE HATTLE :ex. an ape asu gorilla AIHHTTION OF THE WIIITH GIRL UY APES , Tlffi! MOST STUPENDOUS, AMAZING FILM PRODUCTION IN ' THK WORLD'S HISTORY T.I 112 A H 'S ljEIj between ELMO LINCOLN AND ENID MARKEY And 1,000 others Produced In the wlldiwt Jungles of Ilrazll nt a cost of 1O0,0OO. Staged with wild Uomt, tigers, elephants, bub. oons, ivhh and cannibals.