JTKMIMV, JANTARY 2H, 1010.
GRANTS PAHS DAILY COIRIEII
PAQB THREE
1918 Ford, motor perfect, new tires $450
1918 Ford in fine shape ' - ' ' - $425
Nearly new Ford with new Amesbilt
body
Ford Bug
F6rd worm gear truck,
C. L. HOBART CO.
JUST WHQ ARE THE PUBLIC7
Somshow They 8m Nsvsr 'to Be
PrtMnt Whtn the Term la Em
ploysd Possible explanation.
Wa bear much about the public. It
la seldom praised; often It la berated.
The public will stand fur anything,
we art told. Tlie public like to be
duped, said lf. T. Barnuni yeur ngo In
explanation of Ida success aa a show
man. Tlit; public be damned, auld a
corporation liend generation hko. So
ciety never advances, declared the
philosopher Emerson. The public I
tune beast sowu one else haa auld.
AlinuKt unybody who lulka about tho
public or nutter pertalulng to the
public will reiterate such oplnloui to
day, observe the Kansas City Star.
And no offense la taken; no Indigna
tion moetliiKa are huld and no resolu
tion drawn np In , condemnation of
aui'h Insulting Innguugu. Apparently
nobody feels Inaulted.
Who, then, la the public? Nobody
cun tell ua; alwuya the thing eludes
our search.
Hut la not the public anybody but
you and ni, or anybody, except the
persons tulklug ubout It) Therefore,
the public run never be found, though
one should Inquire all hi. days. Al
ways the thing la further on, like the
rainbow's end.
Ho tin-re la little umi relying on the
public to do anything, to tnko the Ini
tiative, to Hturt miini'ihlug, to rise up
In rebellion ugitlust wrong oppression,
outrage, Injustice.
There lias been much tulk uliout re
bellions, revolution, when public In
dlguutloii hue readied thu boiling
iMilnt ; but there never wns and likely
never will be a public uprising of any
kind without a lender, without aouie
Individual workhig nlone or In co-op
PRINTING
$650
$300
$550
nearly new
eration with very 'few "other lndl
vlduala to organla "public auutluieut,"
to give It form and substance, "a local
habitation and a name."
Therefore all the abuse that has
ever, been Reaped upon the public
might be gathered ibto one man and
once more burled at the thing's head
and nothing would ever be beard of
It and nobody hurt
What recourse can be had, then,
when the people Buffer, when a com
munity, a city, la oppressed . by bad
government, aelflab and aoulleaa cor
poration or what not! None at all
by damning the public.
It all coinea back to you and me'
who alerted the dlcuiiron. Vou are
a vital purt of the public; I urn. Ton
owe It to yourself and the cause of
Justice, aa do I, to wait not a moment
In doing something, In going straight
to a neighbor uml with him to some
body else, and on and on until an
army la raised and the outrage put
down. Let us realize oar own Indi
vidual reMotiHll)lllty to an abstract
public. The public will do Ita duty
when you nnd I act
Checking a Presumption,
"There Is n rumor that you may be
asked to assume leadernlilp of your
struggling country." ventured the
trusted retainer.
"I have heard tuch a rumor." an
swered Wllhelu.
. "Well, you may be a pnlnter and a
poet nnd a lot of other things. Rut
there la a limit to human venmtlllty.
With your shabby record for truth and
veracity, don't you ever try to poBe
as the George Washington of Ger
many." ,
Calling caida and Envelopes m
the Observer office.
THAT
PLEASES
IS
WE BO IT!
rookie" Atoned for1 fault
Call It' "Fisherman' Luck," If You
Will, He Cam Out of Scrap
With Coveted Decoration.
At Alx a Ntrange story wua told of
an American soldier who will probably
ubiiudou fishing for tin; rent of hi m
life. It seems that the rookie bad
heard It said that one could readily
riiU'h Hull with u hand grenade, the
method being to proceed to the lulr
of (he Uli nnd hurl the huml grenade
Into the water, Thu grenade, explod
ing, would kill nil the HkIi In the
neighborhood, and one could gather In
u tileiiilful harvest Ko our hero set
torlh one evening nnd. reaching a not
fur (Mutant canal, he threw In bis hand
grenade. No doubt It killed A fish or
ko, M. unforlunntefy, so Intent wa
he on Ida job that he had not noticed
ii hurgi! hard by. The grenade nearly
blew the barge and the bargee nnd
bis family out of France, and did
such mighty damuge to boat uml boat
men that, although for the moment
(light enabled the culprit to escape
urrest, It wus quite clear thnt, when
discovered, a he would Inevitably be,
be would suffer very severe punish
ment. It cannot be permitted to blow
French barge up with Impunity.;, A
court-martial and death were the leant
that the wretch expected. That nlghf
there wus an attack on the Aniert,cun
sector. Our man wept oypr the top
a dekpvrute rookie. Ue bud deter
mined to tile a glorious death rather
than submit to a shameful end. The
rerult was that, single-handed, he
killed seven Germans, and, aelzlng a
machine gun, turned It on the enemy,
thereby saving a . ticklish situation.
Picking up the machine gun, after It
had done sufficient damage, be car
ried It back toward his own line, but,
en route, be fell Into a German trench
and on top .of . a German postman.
Thli postman wa laden with mall for
the regiment or company ounted from
the trench; cigars and other delicacies
were among his burden. A the off!
cer who told the story said, the rookie
murdered the postman and), seizing
several bags of moll, bore them. In ad
dition to his machine gun, buck to his
own people. Ills record for the day's
work was not only deemed sufficient
to condone for tils Ashing escapade.
but to hla astonishment be received a
medal for distinguished conduct In
the field. lie was decorated I Fisher-
man's luck with a vengeance l8crlb
ner Magazine. '.,
Our classified aJa btlni results.
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HERE IS HEW EAST
Result of British Occupation of
Mesopotamia. " ' " "'
Ages-Old Somnolent Peace of the Dee
rt Give Place to Activity Which .
Amazes Traveler Familiar
With the Old Days.
It wn early morning when I arrived
at Busra, the aeoport of the Mesopo
tumlun zone, and I stood for two hours
or more at the dock rail, wondering
vaguely why somebody did not come
to take me ashore, while I watched
with Intense Interext the disembarka
tion of the troop we bad brought, and
a acene along the river bank of toll
some end bewllderlngly multifarious
Industry. Eleanor Franklin Egau
write In "The War In the Cradle of
the World." It was war twentieth
century war in the process of de
stroying for all time the somnolent
peace of a world thnt baa drowned for
ages In eastern dreams.
The Arabs children of the desert
and Inheritors of noiseless ease and
ancient methods euy : "The British
came with the smoke." But it was the
other way round. The smoke came
with the Brltlah, and It roll today In
black spiral of Industrial abomlnutlon
from workshop Innumerable, from
electric power plunu, from many
steamboat and from tall chimneys and
funnels of every kind all round the
horizon. Aud with the British came
also the loud murmur and the clatter
and clank of toll, the shrill shriek ot
the locomotive and the bonk of the
horn of the motor. t
The Arabs say also: "Leisure Is God
given and baste Is of the evil one."
Tbcy never worked before In all tbelr
lives, .but they are working now, and
they are working with a rapidity and
cheerfulness which denote much with
regard to the reward they get nnd the
character of the discipline they are
under.
But the scene on the amazing river
bank looked to me like the ntmost In
dlsorderllnesa und confusion. Docks
aud wharves were lined with ships
and crowded witn men and women
coolies working uut fashion, coming
and golng.ln endless lines, carrying on
heads and bent bocks boxes and bales
of materials and materials and ma
terials. Acrea of low sheds stretching
away Into the fringes of the paliu
groves; miles of closely tented open
space seen hazily through clouds of
dust; pyramids of hny and smoked
grain . under light green .canvas mule
wugiins, motor lorries, ammunition
carts, ambulances, an artillery convoy
getting under way out across a baked
gray wuste In the dlRtunce; automo
biles hurrying hither and thither; offi
cers on handsome horses moving slow
ly here and there; a long line of di
minutive donkeys tricked out In bright
ly ornnmentnl pack saddles and with
Jingling halters und strings of blue
beads round their necks; a longer line
of ambling, munching, disdainful
nosed camels on the way down to the
adjoining dock, where they were being
swung up one by one, like so many
bales of hay, and deposited In the hold
of a big gray ship ; It was a scene to
bold the newcomer's attention and to
make the time pass swiftly.
"Safety" Umbrella Handle. '
A certain wise man of this city 'per
sists In carrying an umbrella with a
broken handle. The hnndle ha come
loose from the center rod, and twirls
around nnd around on the rod.- :
"Why don't you glue that on l asked
one who la perpetually telling other
people what they. ought to do,.
the man gave his broken umbrella
a whirl,, and replied: ,
"I don't flxlt because I find It quite
useful this wny.' The other day, for
Instance, I took It to the theater with
me. and placed It between my seat
and the next. . :
"When . the show waa over, my
neighbor absent-mindedly reached .for
my umbrella, caught the handle and
mnrched ah". After he had gone a few
feet he looked dowp td see what he
had drawn and then he threw the
handle away. I came alqng and
picked op my handle. Why should 1
get It fixed so someBody can get away
with Itr Washington Star. . , ,
Great Tunnel Opened.
With the folding pf the official cere
mony n honor of the, piercing of "the
hole III the southern Alps," the great
Otlra tunnel of New Zealand took' Its'
place proudly aa one of the world'
longest subways.. The full story of
the Otlra tunnel has been described
In .the Christian Science Monitor,. but
the . fact , that,, it.. Is five,. miles and
thlrty-fjve chains In length, nnd that
the first , shot ,at the ptlra end wa
fired on May S, 1908, may be recalled.
Owing to scarcity of labor due to the
war, it mny be two years before the
permanent way Is laid through. By
that time the water power available
will have been harnessed In readiness
to drive the. electric, trains that: will
ran from Canterbury to the, .west
Valuable New Metal.
A,whlte,,mtal;. whlcbi take a bril
liant polish and holds It on .exposure
to, the ,atmQphere,.1nd claimed., jto be.
pnsseMeq.py.an alloy , of bismuth, mer-
cury, tin, line ana copper, ha been
covered by a patent' O''"
Gassffied
FOB BALK
FOR SALE! Ford car (first class
shape), cultivator, double shovel
cultivator, good range, bedstead
and springs, feather tick and pil
lows (newly cleaned), beater,
tables. Phone 602-F-12. i ;7
FOR SALE Ford worm drive truck,
bra,n new. Cost complete, $775,
will take $650 cash. Roy .Talt,
403 O street. 77
FOR . SALE Matched team and
. nearly new harness; also Durham
bull, zy, years old. Phone
500-J-I. 79
FOR 8 ALE 75 good Angora goats.
Inquire Harry Orr, Kerby, or J.
L. Calvert, Grant Pass. ; 79
FOR SALE First class timothy hay,
. baled, $25 per ton. Bluestem
wheat, best for spring seeding, $2
per bushel. Barley straw, IS per
ton. B. S. Watts,- Murphy, Ore
gon, so
TO RENT
FOR RENT Partly furnished cot
tage at 321 Rogue River Avenue;
three rooms and sleeping porch,
good well and one-half acre of
land, barn; $5.00 per ' month.
-Key at 402 Rogue River Ave. 07tf
FOR RENT OR SALE Our resi
dence at 801 and 811. North th
St., eight and. ten dollar a month,
Will sell either or both.- Make me
an offer. John, Summers, . Leba
non, Oregon. ., :. 40tt
FOR RENT 9 acres half mile
from city limits for $25 to Decem
ber 1, 1919. AddressNo. 2310,
care Courier, . .. .79
FOR RENT Rooms at 301, corner
Third and H streets. Board If de
sired. 78
wAjrriai
WANTED By good all around cook,
restaurant, hotel or camp work.
First class pie maker. Jack Mil
ler, Route 2, Bpx 71. , 87
WANTED Four wood splitter and
one swamper; $1 per cord and
tools furnished. Wm. Dickens,
713 North Fifth street, or phone
Scot Robinson, WUderville. 78
WANT THE USE of a piano for its
care. Call 379-L. 74tf
WANTED Thoroughbred Single
comb Rhode Island Red cockerel.
W. H. Leonard, Rt. 2, Box 11-A.
, ... .. ; 76
WANTED A milk goat. Write S.
F. Overton, Grant Pass, Bd. 2, or
phone 610-F-24. 76
TO EXCHANGE
TO EXCHANGE Eight acres in
grain, half mile . from city, six
room house, . barn, 'garage, tele
phone, mall delivery, school bus
service; for town property. Phone
602-F-12, 87
FOUND.
FOUND Elk's emblem with initials
S. D. S. Owner can have same by
describing property. Wm. Boog,
208 Foundry. ,76
LOST '
LOST Saturday afternoon, a tan
colored moss agate breast pin.
Finder kindly notify Mrs, A. U.
Bannard, phone 106-J. . 76
MISCELLANEOUS
JITNEY SERVICE Any where, any
time. Phone Mocha Cafe 181-R
Otto. J. Knlps,. Residence 149-Y
, 23'
WE REPAIR cars, mag's, colls,
generators, starters, batteries. Ig
nition systems, Satisfaction guar
anteed. Stelger Garage, 211 North
Sixth street. S6tf
FURS, FURS, FURS We buy fur,
nides, wool, old autos lor wreck
ing, and all kinds of Junk, Grants
Pass Junk Co., 403 South , Sixth
street -phone 21.
E. L. GALBRAITH, Insurance, rent
als a specialty. Acreage, Building
and Loans. 609 G street, Launer'a
old location. ,',"'. ( : '. , , 94
ELECTRIC! WIRING and general
', electrical work, repa'rlng, house
wiring... C, C. Harper, 607 E. St,
phone. 47.- '93
SECOND HAND goods ot every dps
i crlptlon bought,, and , sold, K.
Tlmmon; .408 South Sixth St. t(
THE PARTY atealing milk on 'the
Peter Olson route is knpwn aijd
will be prosecuted and. name ex :
posed lf practice continues. . 76
at the Courier Office.
Advertising
PHOTO STUDIO
THE PICTURE MILL tor fine photo
graph. Open , daily, except San
da from 10 a m. to 5. p. m. Sua
' day sittings by appointment only.
Phone Mill, 282-R, or residence
140-J. 57U
MUSICAL INBTIttCTION
J. S. MacMURR AY Teacher of sing
ing. Write or apply at 716 Lee
Street. , : . . 66U .
PHYSICIANS
U O. CLEMENT, M. D., Practice
1 , limited to diseases of the eye, ear.
nose and throat. Glasses fitted. '
Office hour 9-12, 2-5, or on ap-,
polntment- Office phone 62, resi
dence! phone IB9-J. 1, , , ,
3. LOUGH RIDGE, M. D., Physician
and surgeon. City or country call ,
attended day or night. Residency
phone . 169; office . phone. . 1,8 f .
Sixth, and. H. Tuffs Bldg.
A, A. WITHAM, M. D. Internal
medicine ' and t nervous disease;
901 Corbett Bldg., Portland, , Or. '
Hoar 9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
VETERINARY ; SURGEON
DR. R." J. BE8TUL, Veterinarian.
Office, residence. Phone 305-R. .
DENTISTS
E. C. MACY. D. M. D. Flrst-la
dentUtry.' 109 South Blxtk
street. Grant Pass, Oregon. '
DR. C. E. JACKSON, D. M. D-, WO
ceseor to Dr. Bert Elliott Over
Golden Rule Store. Phone 6. - '
DRAY AGE AND TRANS tK
COMMERCIAL TRANSFER CO. Ai
kind of dray age and traastet
work carefully and promptly done)
Phone 181-J. Stand at freight
depot A. Shade. Prop. ' . i-
THE WORLD MOVES; so 'do way
Bunch Bros. Transfer Qo. Phone
97rR. - t. ,. .
r. G. ISHAM, drayage and transfer.
Safe, piano and - furniture
moved, packed, shipped and tor
'ed Office, phone 124-T, . Reel-.'
dence phone, 124-R. ..
ATTORNEYS
H. D. NORTON, Attorney-at-law.
Practice. la aR Stat and. Federal
Court. First National Bank Bid.
COLVIG ft WILLIAMS. Attorneyv
at-Law, Grant Pas Banking Co.
Bldg., Grants Pass. Oregon. r
E. 8.. VAN DYKE, Attorney. Prao
tlce In all court. First National
Bank481dg. .. '( ,1 ' ,
O. S. BLANCHARD, Attorney at
Law. Golden Rule BuUdina
Phone 270. Grants Pass, Oregon.
BLANCHARD ft BLANCHARD, At,,
torneys. Albert ; Bldg. , , Pho(
XI6-J, Practice In all courts laH
board attorneys. , .
C. A. 8IDLER, Attorney-at-Law, ref
eree . In bankruptcy. "' alasonl
temple, 'Qranta Pass, Ore.
The California and Oregon,
. Coast Eailroad Company -
7. TIME CARD mi:
Effective N,ov. 19, 1918.
Train will run Tuesday, Thursday
- and Saturday- -
Leave Grant Pasa...,. 1 P, M.
Arrive Water Creek .. ...2 P. M.
Leave Water Creek - -.3 P. M. '
Arrive Grant .Pass .-4 P. M.
i Foe Information., regarding freight '
and passenger rates call at .the office
of the. company, Lundburg building.
or telephone. X 31. , . . , ,
' ' "' First' Across Canada. ..-.-.a
' The first white man to cross this
continent by a route north of Mexico,
was Sir Alexander Mackenzie,, a Scots
man who rose high in 'the service of
the old Northwest company which wa
amalgamated, with the Hudson's Bay
company In 1821., Mackenzie was in
the lac West when be planned hi, trio
across country to the Pacific coast
In the autumn of 1792 he led his party
far, up , the,, Peace river where they
built a post and wintered. On May 9,
1793, the party set out, passing up the
Peace river, through the Becky moun
tains, across to the Fraser river which
was followed down stream for some
distance and . then across . country
through, an .unexplored, region, until
the party came out on the Pacific
coast' Mixing a quantity oi vermilion
with melted grease,' Mackenzie wrote
on the Inland aide of a high rock ris
ing . from . the shore these., word te
mark hla visit: "Alexander. Macken
sle from Canada by land, the twenty
second pf.sJuly,, one thousand seven
hundred and - ninety-three. Lat 62
degrees, 20 minutes, 43,secondsi north."
Mackenzie then retraced his course
and returned to the East" -
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