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PAGE TWO GRANTS PASS DAILY OOl'KIER Till 11HDAV, JAM'AHY 'ill, 1UIO. f 8RASTS PASS ' 0A11Y COURIER Published Dally Except Sunday A. E. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Entered at postofflce. Grants Pass, Or., as second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch .15c Local-personal column, per lineal Oc . Readers, per line .. Be DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year....$6.00 1 By mall or carrier, per month .60 . WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year $2.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It 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 reserred. .THURSDAY, JA5.XARY 23, 1919. OREGON WEATHER f ' f Rain In west, rain and cold- er in east tonight Friday fair. . TIME TO GET BUSY The legislators at Salem are put ting In much of their time discussing road matters and a late dispatch from that city states that the mem bers hare tentatively agreed that a $10,000,000 bond Issue be provided for the purpose of building highways over the state. ' From this vast sum many thou sands will no doubt be spent on lat- . eral roads as feeders to the main highway and already the citiiens of progressive communities are work ing to secure appropriations for their respective districts. .They are organ izing and are strong believers in the theory that "everything comes to him who goes after it," realizing that in order to pull out of the uid rut and enhance the value of their property, as well as to keep abreast , of the times, they must have, better and permanent roads leading from the rich farming districts to the paved highway. They will not re ceive all they ask for In the way of appropriations for these lateral high ways, but by making an earnest and Intelligent effort they will receive something much more than will the community that sleeps with folded arms. . Isn't it about time for Grants Pass and the ranchers in this part of the Rogue River valley to wake up? PEACE-TIME HEROES "There were 25 persons on the car, and with one possible exception all of those injured will recover," says a dispatch about an interurban trolley accident in an Ohio town "The possible exception is Wilbert Lewis, motorman, who was serious ly burned about the face, shoulders and arms." Spreading rails. It seems, were to blame for the plunging of this heavy car 20 feet from a bridge over creek. Pilings along the bridge caught the car before it went com pletely into the water, but the front part was submerged. "The motor- man, who was both shocked and turned, revived when he fell into the icy water. He broke the glass door of the vestibule with his f!st an got out. He then walked along the side of the car, ripping screening from the windows. He pullea four passengers to safety through th windows before he lost conscious ness again." Not all the stories of heroism come from the fields of France. II Wilbert Lewis dies of burns, expo eure, shock and almost superhuman strain, he will haVe lost his life for his fellowmen just as truly as th boys in khaki have done. ,. A SPECIFIC 'REMEDY JfEEDED A few days ago the. greatest sea port in America at New York was tied up by, a strike of workers. Bus iness was paralyzed, food supplies were Interferred with, and many homes were cold because there was lack of fuel. Foreign trade was BLUHILL GREEN", CHII.K LSc FRESH T1LAMOOK CHEESE . KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST blocked and the railway yards were tied up tight. Since that time other strikes have occurred, the one at the shipyards of the Northwest being in Tull swing at the present time, approximately 50,000 men being out of work. But the American public has been so ac customed to strikes that It stands calmly by, taking tie-ups as a matter of course, something to be endured, like a crop failure or a blizzard. America at the present time with our president in France is at tempting to compel peace throughout the world, but this same America appears to be unable to compel peace at hpme. Arbitration hoards will not prove futile if backed by the proper legis lation enacted by congress. The president and congress should get busy. With the present Pacific highway completed and a military highway running from the' Columbia to the California line, Oregon would be In a fair way to keep herself from sinking Into the mud to her ears! Twenty-flve cents per pound for Oregon hops, on a three-years' con tract, explodes the theory that pro hibition "shot the hop business all to pieces." GRAY AUTO IAD GREAT Mexico City, Jan. 6. Correspond dence of the Associated Press.) I The record of crimes attributed .! the supposed organization popularly buuku oa me gray auiuuiuuue ruu ber band" has been augmented by the killing In the federal peniten tiary of Francisco Oviedo. Oviedo had been a prisoner for a year and a half and was accused of being one of the sub chiefs of the robber band which has operated here for two years or more. He was slain with a dagger by a negro prisoner who was charged with nine other murders. xno iuumK m. uviwio juacw. Uluer ouBlac,e in me pain oi me au- thorlties who tor two years have1 been trying to discover the supposed man or men "higher up" who direct the operations of the robber band which uses a gray automobile In making their raids. Six men, Including Oviedo were held In the penetentiary accused of being members of the band. Several weeks ago one of them, Rafael Mer cadante, Is said to have offered to confess. Shortly afterward he died from an unknown cause In his cell. Two weeks later Oviedo offered to tell what he knew and two days af terward he was killed. Four others who remained in prison have not offered any- statements to the au thorities. The gray automobile, late in 1916 and early In 1917 figured In numer ous daring and productive raids. Pos ing as agents of the district govern ment and bearing forged credentials, the occupants would stop in front of a house, enter it on the pretext of searching for arms , or robbers, or with no pretext at all, take what they fancied and drive away. At the height of their career the bandits, pursued by a police motor car, waged a running fight with their pursuers through the Pasea de la Reforms, one of the principal highways of the city. Several deaths resulted from the Interchange of rifle shots. Later a society woman complained to the authorities that she had seen a valuable necklace, stolen from her by the, auto bandits, on the neck of an actress. Called upon to exnlaln. r i CHEESE AXI PIMENTO the dancer asserted that the Jewels were a present from an admirer. The alleged giver was a general In the Mexican army. The neckluce was returned, but apparently this clue did not lead to the lendors of the robbers. The operatives, however, finally were surrounded while engaged in robbing a house In the foreign col ony. But each time that it appears i that the truth was near disclosure. the principal witness counted on by the elate to establish its case, dies. Thus passed Mercadante and Oviedo. BARON VON DER LANCKEN Baton von der Lancken, civil gov. '.liiu Li Brussels gnder the Germans, .ns c elected to direct a commission if rcutral residents of Brussels namtd to investigate charges of unnecessary cevaztation during the German re. est from Belgium, Von der Lancken ' ,' 8 part lne mura,r KEEP P, I E. A meeting of citizens was held Tuesdav to dlscusd . the situation a-,caused by the court order suspending servlce on the Pacific & Eastern January 31, and a committee ap pointed to communicate with timber owners and lumber operators, to se cure their cooperation In efforts to keep the road In operation as a log glng road at least until the lum ber men have time to formulate some' plan for the future. Another meeting was held this afternoon which was attended by H D. Mills, manager of the Butte Falls Lumber company, and arrangements will be made to send a delegation to Portland to take up the modification of the court order and secure the terms of the receiver for the pur chase of the property, with a view to enlisting capital and freight guaran tees. Mr. Mills stated that the Butte Falls Lumber company had expended $140,000 the past year In modernlz ing its equipment and was now, for the first time ready for continuous operation. The mill Is now cutting 50,000 feet of lumber a day, has a million feet manufactured and await ing shipment and two million feet of logs cut. Two carloads of lumber a day can be furnished. Medford Tribune. Got George In Wrong. Little -Ethel, whoex big brother, George, wus her teocher's bead, walk ed proudly to the desk with her exam ples worked neatly. The teacher, af, ter looking them over, said "Ethel, I don't like your methods." "Well, then," ald Ethel. "I'll tell my brother, George. He wrote them for me." E FOR WORLD LEAGUE brunches ot the League to Enforce l'eiico In Oregon, WashlnKton and northern Idaho will cooperate lu' holding the "Northwestern Conttress for a Leuguo ot Nations" In Port land, rVbruury 10 and 17. The call for this convention, issued here to day, is alumni by a-committee on or ganization, consisting of 35 ot the most prominent members 'of the league In these states. Tho gover nors and mayors and the loading organizations and societies In the throe ntates have been invited to send delegates. This congress will he the third of a series of nine to be held durlntt February at Important centers of population throughout the United States under the auspices of the League ito Enforce Pence and Its state branches. William H. Tatt, president or the league, will preside and speak at all nine conventions, and will take with him In his tour of the country group of speakers. 2,000 MEN, WANTED FOR V. 8. MEKCHAXT MARINE Salem, Ore., Jan. 23. Governor Wlthycombe has received a telegram from Henry Howards director of the recruiting service of the United States shipping board stating thai the board wants 2,000 men on it training snips at Atlantto and Pa cific ports. ' The mesnage says the shipping board "notes that there are Indica tion of a coming of surplus of labor In yonr state," and asks that public attention be called to opportunities offered by the merchant marine. Men between 18 and 35 years of age nre wanted for firemen, unllors or stew, ards with chnnces of advancement to officers' positions. All kinds of Commorwlu! Prlntlni it the Courier 'nV. NOTICE All parties having bills agalnnt me are hereby notified to file the same with the firm of Blanchard & Blanchard, at their office In this city, who will immediately look after all such matters during my temporary absence. -Also, those who owe me are requested to make such payment to the above firm at once. 73 H. CAMERON. llll by R. J. 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