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MOXD.W.'rKIWllWHY !. 9l PAGE TWO GRANTS rASS DAILY OOVK1ER e -i n J It 1 GRAHTS PASS UAILY CQURlERl 'Published Dally -Except Sunday Ju B. VOORHIES, Mb. and'Propr. Entered at poetoffloe. Grant Pass, - Or., as second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display spaee, per inch liOoal-personal column, per Readers, par Mne 15c Une..lOe Be DAILY COURIER '. By mall ftr wrier, per yearM.OO t noil nr rTriHT. D6T month ' .SO WEEKLY COURIER, By mall, per year i - A 2.00 ireuRER OF ASSOCIATED . PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to too use tor republication of aJl news dispatches credited to It or all otherwise credited la "this psper and also ins loca n llshed herein. All rights of republication of spe cial . aispatcaes nerem w reserved. ...... MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1M9. " i OREGON WEATHER ' . Fair In east, probably rain i. in maat: moderate southeaster- -f ly winds. ' Fat Norway Herring, 15c PKlt CAN Russian Caviar 8o CAN KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST , THE GREAT EXPERIMENT Perhaps It Is Just as well, alter all, that the Bolshevikl are Bolshevtking the way they are In Russia." The ex perience must be very unpleasant for Russia, and is perturbing enough even to outsiders at this fairly safe distance,' but much good may come out of it. ' For It is the greatest la boratory 'experiment ever made in political economy. For the first time, the political ' and economic theories of Karl Marx re being put into practice literally. For the first time" simon-pure social Ism la having a try-out, and having It on a vast scale, with the world looking on. Other nations may almost congrat ulate themselves, even now, that any nation had the rashness to tackle such a task. For. though the men ace still looms, already the experi ment seems marked for failure, juBt as any clear-headed thinker, seeing facts as they are, migh have foretold. Modified types of socialism may succeed, by adapting themselves to human nature and contemporary in stitutions. Marxism, the dream of a mere theorist who could not even earn a living for his own '.family, goes sgalnst some of the deepest in stlncts of human nature and against unassailable facts of modern business life. Abolishing all private property, it abolishes the principal Incentive to work. At the same time It destroys credit, without which modern bus iness cannot be conducted. This Is vital. It is mainly from the destruction of credit that since November 11. For once, pos session Is not "nine points of the law." It is not even one joint. The warning applies to the Csecho Slovaks, the Jugo-Slavs, the Rou manians.' the Serbians, the Poles, the Greeks and various other small nationalities. It even applies to Italy, one of the big five who is sued the warning. In view of her claims on the eastern side of the Ad riatic and her encounters with the Jugo-Slavs who dispute her claim. If the grabbing stops and the quar relling nations acquiesce, the peace conference will have won a signal triumph, full of good omen tor the future. ' It will, Indeed, have exer cised one of the principal functions of the forthcoming league of na tions. Its action is therefore a big step toward the completion of that league and the fulfilment of the orld's desire. FORTUNE VANISHED IN NIGHT SEEKING SECRETS'OF ARCTIC Daring Feats That Have Been Under. taken by Both Roald Amundsen and Storker Storfcerson. present economic paralysis baa come over Russia. That paralysis, In time, will surely destroy the Bolshevist movement, unless Russians by mil lions choose to continue indefinitely defying facts and starving for theo ries. It Is an error of reason, become epidemic. Unless all the ordinary processes of sane thinking are false, it will run Its course, giving way to a reaction of common sense. Marx ism will then have had its day in court and been repudiated by the eld test of experience. If it will work anywhere, it will work In Russia. If It won't work In Russia, we shall be done with It Two Arctic explorers, Roald Amund sen, noted Norwegian, drifting In bis lcelocked boat eastward from the At lantic, and Storker Storkerson. lieu tenant of Vllhlalmur Stefansson, Ca nadian explorer, floating westward from the Pacific on an tee pack, are both believed approaching the new Si berian Islands, which Jut out of the Arctic ocean off the mouth of the Lena river in Siberia. Authorities credited with knowing the Arctic cur rents believe the two will reach the Is lands early next year, the Washington Evening Sar says. - No other explorers are now In the Arctic, and it Is thought very likely that neither Amundsen nor Storkerson knows the other has the same goal In mind. They probably will not meet, for Storkerson Is expected to arrive ahead of Amundsen and. probably will land far west of Amundsen's course. Amundsen, the discoverer of the. south pole and navigator of the diffi cult Northwest passage, is on the first lap of a journey to the north pole. He expects to make the last lap by air plane. Storkerson Is. bound back In the genegjj dlrec$on of civilization alter spending several years iu wie njU-' Both are seeking new lands and study the! ,n8 h jurrents and life of the north ern nif m. ?r-r ... ..... When Amunasen reacnes me muei i- an islands the current, it is believed, will turn and carry him north. He Is exoected to remain with the drift until It lands blm on the immovaoie ice iar ud toward the pole. There, according to his plans, he will establish a base and attempt to fly the rest of the dis tance to the top of the globe. American Citizen Tells of His Expert, ence In Mexico, Well Called Land of Revolutions. 'The experiences of an American citliwti. In. revolution-racked Mexico, In which between two rausae fell from a position of wealth and affluence to poverty, are told by W. A. King, Im porter of snakes and wild animals from that cactus country. Widely known as the "Suake King." he makes his headquarters In Brownsville, Tex., where be is prominent in Masonic cir cles. II was In Washington a tew days ago on business with the federal government. "I Uved for a nuber ot years In Mexico," he said, "and am one of the Americans .who can really appreciate the genuine freedom ot our nation. I had a unique experience there Just before Pershing Invaded that country on bis hunt for Villa. "I was in that section dominated by the Villa bandits and anarchists. I had In my personal possession more than 300.000 of the Villa pesos, and from the pofct of view of the Mexi cans that sum of money made me millionaire of Influence. "I went to bed one night with my wealth strapped around me In money belt. I awakened the next mornfug and found that a military and political breuk had taken place between Villa and Carranza and I was a pauper. The 300.000 In pesos were worth less. I did not have the price of a cup of coffee." , TO THE MOUNTAINS Mexico City, Jan. 18. Hunted by government troops and with bis forces decimated by hunger and . In tluenia, Emlllano Zapata, the rebel chief, Is reported to have sought ref uge In luaccosslble mountain fast nesses ot the estate ot More!owltb a small Dana ot louowers. itepons from the forces ot pacification dally tell ot the surrender ot former Za pata adherents. , The Extreme Penalty, Qeonre, the colored oner, wi tell tng about negro gnmbllnit dub. ' "It shun la some place. Oat Is, com mented George. "Any tough colored gamblers ever thereT' "No mill, no tmiiib bunds, only nice gen'men." t "Any of the boys ever get rough V "Oh, no suit, not much." "Any ever pull a rasor on your "No, not on dls baby." "If one did, some real tough fellow, what would you dor . Tuhn dat man right ovah to d law." . "And supposing that he would cut you all up. Just hack you to bits, what would you, do then?' "In dat case dat man wud be bahd fruui de club aftah dat I" 1918 Ford, motor perfect, new'.tiret 1918 Ford in i fine shape -Nearly new Ford with new Ameibilt body - - - - -Ford Bug -1914 Ford - - - $450 $425 $650 $300 $325 C. L. HOBART CO. Helping' Food Administrator. One Industrious war-gardener Is pic tured as working busily and -reflecting on (he virtue of raising his own food supply. "If everybody grew bis own vege tables and ate less meat," he solilo quised, "we'd put old 11111 on the buui In a hurry. This Is tough work, but I'll stick to It it it kills me. I'm with Hoover on this." At this point a line uHHortinent of earthworms was um-arthed. The dig ger's reflections Immediately shifted to a shady' stream and (he filial "Xi no shows blm happily Ilslilua. . "Oh, well," he reflect to soothe his conscience, "vegirtahlea or lUh ; It's nil the same to Mr. Hoover." War-Garden Guyed. " ' Dutch Cleanser Is wonderful for black stains. During his sojourn In Holland it would be well for Wll helm to try It on his conscience. W. T. Ureeo, I'mpr. Grants Pass & Crescent City Stage Co. Big, Easy Riding Pierce Arrow Cars Office Old Observer nik. Corner Hevnath and (1 streets Phono IW Telephone 82H-J and left OV January Tltaw E mwmm GORDON AUCHINCLOSS v BIO STICK AT VERSAILLES The peace conference has swung a big stick. No less vigorous a term . will convey the vigorous Intent of the five big powers In their recent warning to their scrappy little brethren who, during the armistice, have, gone on fighting, each trying to erab what It wants while the grabbing looks good. It must have been considerable of a shock to these fighting cocks to pe Informed that the new boundary lines will be drawn absolutely ac cording to racial facts' and merits, on principles of abstract JustUe, and that none of them will be allowed to retain territory seised by violence MRS. ,ry J 11 - j Mrs. Gordon Auchlncloss, daughter of Col. E. 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