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FAGH TWO GRANTS FASS DAILY OOl'lUEK GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER Published Dally Except Sunday B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Knterd at postofflce. Grants Pass, Ore,, as second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display spaee. per Inch .15c Local-personal column, per line.. 10c Readers, per line 6c DAILY COURIER By nail or carrier, per year....$6.00 By mall or carrier, per month .60 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year 12.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to tt or all otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of spe cial - dispatches herein are also reserved. MONDAY, JAMARY 20, 1910. OREGON WHATKER f -f Rain; moderate southeaster- f ly winds. YOU DON'T SAVE A DOLLAR On Each Pound Of You do save 30c and get the finest pure health ful article that can be produced KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST ASKED CHEAP BURIAL Left a Note 8aylnn He Wanted Red Cross to Share In Saving. rtnned to the shirt of J. II. Bhunk, who died of Influenza In his room at a hotel at Yakima. Wash., recently, wns found a nolo with $140 In hills. The note aBkod that he bo Riven Uio cheapest possible burial In case of i death, and that the remainder of the money, otter paying his debts, be do noted to the Red Cross. Sliunk bus no relatives In this part of the country, so far as known. The note gave the names and iiddrewtes of a brother and slHter living In Wisconsin. lie had boon working In an evapo rator here and the money evidently represented his .savings. MARRIES COUSIN OF LATE HUSBAND rer's exploring expedition. In quest of new territories for his majesty, George III, sailing up the Columbia river In October, 1793, saw and named It In honor of Rear Admiral Samuel Hood, of the Brltsh navy, who had distinguished himself In naval battles during the American revolution. EXPLOITING THE UNIFORM No soldier needs to sell foolish lit tie patriotic emblems from door to door, presuming upon the fact that he is in uniform to Insure their pur chase. No soldier needs to work in his uniform as solicitor or agent, or in any capacity where his uniform, and not the value of his work or the pro duct he is selling, is the drawing card, and few, if any, of our boys want to do this. Not only are such uses of the uni form unnecessary, but they disgTace the army and the whole people. Says an officer of the Red Cross: "It is simply the exploitation of the uniform for the profit of the employer, and it "belittles both the . soldier and the uniform. The sltna ' ttons of this kind coming to our at tention have not been In the class of occupation that would encourage thrift on the part of the soldier or a quick and easy return to substantial civilian pursuits. . "Any discharged soldier unable to obtain employment will be assisted by the civilian relief department and its cooperating agencies to obtain worth-while employment." In some cases where the soldier's pay is long overdue, and he rs con sequently unable to fit himself out in appropriate civilian clothing, the Red Cross has arranged that he may have credit. The wearing of the uniform is a dignified and serious business. The khaki is not designed tor an adver tising medium, and use of it as such ppens the way for fakes and impos tures without limit. XO ESCAPE The draft dodger who hid behind matrimony to escape war service Is not going to be able to break his matrimonial ties easily now that he no longer needs their protection. The courts will deal severely with Prom now on he Is assured of an in come of aftout $330 monthly from the state, and this total, together with what he earns from bis new profes sion, he believes, will keep the wolf from the door. Scrantoa's sister, who resides at Gallon, Inherited property worth fl, 600,000 from the great-aunt's estate. The Scrantons were born in Copen hagen, Denmark. PAYS FOR CLOTHING It Was Evidence Against Him and Ne. flro Burned It Miss Geneva Crlswell of Vandal la. Mo was paid $85 through the county circuit court for the loss of her grad uating wardrobe, and thereby hangs an Interesting court story. Miss Crlswell was a member of the ffmrinnHnc. 1bu nt tho Vanrinlta titcrtl all young people who attempt to es- A few cape from the contracts they en- ment William Briscoe, a negro, stole tered into so lightly. Probably many a young couple by now are learning in repentance and tears that any battle of the war was mild beside the battle for existence when complicated by ill-judged alli ances. They will have to learn, Just as all soldiers do, to discharge their duty faithfully whether it be con genial or not. Certainly little sympathy will be felt by the public, and none should be shown by the courts, for the coward who hid behind a woman's skirts, or for the woman who per mltted it. her graduating clothes. He was cap tured, but decided to destroy the evi dence by burning the clothing. He was sentenced to a term In the peniten tiary, but was paroled upon his prom ise to pay Miss Crlswell for the clothes. He has been saving the money at the rate of $5 a month and this week made the final payment The wheat, oat, barley, rye, corn potatoes, hay, onion, hop, clover seed and fruit crops of Oregon aggre gate $98,702,000 the pas't season. About $12,000,000 more than In 1917. Oregon is on the Increase in production of these crops. RECORD IN BRIDGE WORK Structure Is Rolled Into Position In 1 Minute and 20 Seconds. . All bridge-rolling records were bro ken when the flve-spnn, 000-foot Bos ton and Maine rallrond bridge over Green river, at Greenfield, Mass., was put Into place In 1 minute nnd 20 sec onds. The structure weighs 2,700 tons. It replaces a bridge built In 1870. The new bridge Is the second largest ever moved by tho rolling method. The work was done In a fog so dense that workmen on one end of the structure could not see workmen on the other end. The feat was witnessed by 1,000 spectators. HOW TO AVOID INFLUENZA Doctor Says to Cut Out Fruits, 8wets and All Fried Foods. To be Immune from Influenza cut out fruits, greasy foods, sirups, confec tionery, boney and fried foods. This la. the advice of Dr. Frederick de Lue of Boston, an expert ' Here are some of Doctor de Lue's Influenza pointers: Influenza bacillus locates most readily In rheumatic people. Acids In the system are the cause of colds. Chocolate that we give our soldier boys makes acid, and acid serves as food for the Influenza bacilli. Boiled) rice Is a better ration than chocolate.1 Relief. "The landlord says he Is going to raise our rent" "All- right Then we needn't worry vying to do It" Our Americans can now certainly be called seasoned troops, Tholr fighting showed no lack of pepper. ;. V Mrs. Annie M. Mills Arclibolil, widow of John D. , Archbold, who has become the bride of Judge Charles W. Dustln of Dayton, Ohio. Mrs. Arch bold, a daughter of the late Major 8. M. Mills, Inherited more than $12.000,. 000 of the $41,000,000 estate of her late husband, who1 at the time of his death was president of the Standard Oil company of New Jersey, Letter heads I hut will please you at the Courier, FLIGHT NOT PRINCE'S FIRST Formsr Heir to Osrman Throne' Jumped From Window to Escspe Oncoming French, . Tho former crown iirlnce of (lermnny never took" iiimertiary chance". Ills flight from hi rndlenl-swrpt "father land" Is In keeping with trull ho es hlMtwl to the French during many in cidents of the great war. In a letter received at Chicago from Sergt Halnh Sinclair of the mobile ordnance repair division, a veteran of Chateau Thierry, the otip-tlmo heir to the Herman crown Is described as Jumping from u window to lies from the oncoming Kronen. The story was told Hurgeunt Sin-, clalr by the mlstrem of a French chatenu near an American camp. "It wns during the first Gorman drive. In 10W," Bergeiint Sinclair wrote, "when they swept down Into France) In the full flower of their military power. ' Hlio saw the tired I'ollu fall bock, worn"out with nine days of cease-1 less flithtlng to stem that apparently Irresistible army. Then she saw the great German war machine roll on. Some of the German high command came to her chateau, and then a re splendent figure on horxelmek. He swung an emerald headed swagger stick and bore hltimclf with an air of conscious superiority the crown prince. "llu Informed the lady of the cha teau that on the morrow his troop would bo In Par In. Hut six miles back the tired I'oIIuk bad halted and fought the first battle of the Mnrne. And quite suddenly and unexpectedly the great Gorman army started to go back -with them . the resplendent crown prince, who at the flint news of defeat Jumped from the window of a neighboring chateau where ha wss staying and fled." All kinds of ieval blanks at the Courier. W. T. Ilrrwn. I'ropr. Grants Pass & Crescent Cily Stage Co. Big, Easy Riding Pierce Arrow Cars Office Old Observer 111k. Corner Seventh and G trers I'lmiie 1!I Telephone 2'JH-J and I Oil BRITISH EMPIRE KNEW IN 6 MINUTES IX HOXOK OP YAXKS One of Portland's patriotic citi zens suggests that Mt. Hood be changed to "Mt. Liberty," as a fit ting monument to our brave boys who chased the Huns back across the Rhine, and adds that only the Al mighty is able to erect a fitting mon ument to world freedom. In telling how Mt. Hood got its name the Port- lander says: ' "A few years ago, we changed the name of Mt. St. Ellas to Mt. McKin ley, in honor of our great martyred ex-president, who had fought and won a great fight for a principle. We also changed the name of Mt. Pitt, a beautiful mountain near Med ford, to Mt. McLaughlin, in honor of father McLaughlin who came to the Oregon country, not to conquer and destroy, but to teach the Red man the Golden Rule, Mt. Jefferson is named In honor of President Thomas Jefferson, who sent Lewis and Clarke across the continent as path finders. You all know the story well. , "But who Is Mt. Hood named af ter? Scarcely anyone In ' Oregon knows. The author of "The Guard lans of the Columbia,": ays that Lieutenant Broughton of Vancou- Record Time Made in Informing Colonies That England Was at War. It required only six minutes to In form the British empire that England wag at war on the night of August 4, 1914, says Lord Harcourt, who was then colonial secretary. "On that unforgettable night" he said to the Empire Parliamentary as sociation, "I was In the cabinet room. Downing street with a few colleagues. Our eyes were on the clock, our thoughts on one subject only; but there was a feeble effort t direct our conversation to other matters. "We were waiting for a reply, which P M n-ever comel 16 our ultimatum lo Berlin. "When Big Ben struck 11:30 mid night in Berlin we left the room knowing that the British empire was at war. "!;fc.'4 "I crossed to the Colonial office to send a war telegram to the whole of the British empire. I asked the offi cial In charge of that duty how long & would take. Ee said 'about six min utes.' Tri4t!.-:i'.-j:.i;x ' "I asked him to return to my room when be bad done his work. In seven minutes he was back and before morn ing I received an acknowledgment of my telegram from every single colo nial protectorate, and even Islet In the Pacific. "So the grim machinery of wa be gan revolving In perfect order and with perfect preparation because more than two years previously, an In dividual war book had been prepared by the colonial committee of defense for every single protectorate and Island. It was at that moment locked In the safe of each governor or com missioner and they knew at once what to do." LAW CLERK IS RICH Inherits Fortune After Struggling for Years on Meager 8alary. W. W. Scranton, for 80 years a rest dent of Knozvllle, Tenn., who strug gled for the last seven years to feed and clothe bis wife and two sons on his meager salary as a clerk In a law. office In Fountain City, Tenn., has just Inherited an estate valued at $100,000. Scranton learned of his good fortune from attorneys for his great-aunt, who died at Gallon, O., recently. Forthwith he abandoned his clerkship and pre pared to enter the practice of law, WAR -DEPARTMENT Spruce Production Corporation SALE Sealed Bids Will Be Received on the Following Equipment from January 15, 1919, up to 1 1 A. M. February 15, 1919 DONKEY ENGINES Logging, Hoisting and Loading Willamette, Taooma, Smith & Watson, Washington and other makes. Sizes ranging from 6-in.xlO-in. to 18-ln.xl4-ln. A. C Electric Motors 440-volt, 8-phase, 60-cyclsv 8 to 75 H. P.; with or Without starters fix I RAILROAD EQUIPMENT Rails 20-lb. Relayer 6S4 Tons 20-lb. New ;. 40 Tons 86-lb. Relayer 26 Tons 40-lb. Relayer 147 Tons 45-lb. New 1727 Tons 45-lb. Relayer 409 Tons 64-lb. Relayer ' 66 Tons 60-lb. New 2581 Tons 67 -lb. New 6030 Tons .80-lb. New 2910 Tons Locomotives Geared and Rod, 36 to 70-Ton. Shays, New Yorks, Baldwins, , Heislers, Climax, etc. Logging Trucks Connected and disconnected, 60,000 to 80,000 capacity. TRUCKS and AUTOMOBILES Trucks Packard, 1M to 6-Ton Standards, 1 to 5-Ton Darts, ltt-Ton Denbys, 2-Ton Seldens, 2-Ton Velies, lVs-Tod Uniteds, 1-Ton Gramm-Bemsteins, 2tt-Toa Federals, 8-Ton Garfords, 8 -Ton' oAutomobiles ' Cadillacs, Seven-Passenger Dodges, Five-Passenger ' Fords, Five-Passenger Also OTHER MACHINERY and EQUIPMENT FOR SALE For Terms, Full Information end Descriptive Catalogue of Equipment, Address All Inquiries to the - SALES BOARD United.States . Spruce Production Corporation Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon rM