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PAGE FOUR GRANTS PASS DAILY COUUKH vi:im:hiay, h:iiih AHY H. IDIU. Our Watches TEIJj THE TRITH DOES YOVRS? Letcher & Son JEWELERS I PER52NflL LOCAL Harry Sordy, of Oallce, It la the Try Our takes tuid Cookies WOMEN GUARANTORS . FORCHAUTAUQUA Chautauqua guarantors met Tues day afternoon In the Chamber of Commerce rooms. There were about 30 present and after discussion they voted unanimously that a Chautau qua for Grants Pass this season Is necessity. They decided to make the event a real success. Heretofore men only have been on the guaranty list and there was always deficit to be fought off. This year the guarantors are women and It Is safe to predict a financial success. All kinds of Commercial Printing at the Courier tfflce. city for a few days. Mrs. Herman Schmidt went to Al banv this morning to spend a tew weeks with her parents. Nursery stock of all kinds Geo. H. Parker, phone 2SS-Y. 8S Miss Mildred Lown, of Portland, arrived here last night from Port land to visit friends. V. L. Curtin returned this morn ing from Portland, where he made a business visit. ' John Herman and daughter, Ida, of Selma, went to Roseburg this morning to visit Mr. Herman s daughter, Mrs. C. U Hayes. Frits Krauss returned this morn ing from Camp Lewis, having been discharged from Cattery D. SSth Field Artillery. . Hinds Cream.: Sablu has It. S3 W. H. Caldwell arrived last night from South Bend, Wash., to attend the funeral of his sister, Mrs. Pil grim. John Summers arrived this morn ing from Lebanon on a short bus iness trip. On his return home he expects to start for his old home at Hart, Mich., for a visit. Mrs.' Fred Gumpert, of Portland, is the guest of Mrs. E. G. Holraan. Mrs. Gumpert was a resident of Grants Pass 10 years ago, Mr. Gump ert having been in the dry goods bus iness here. Mrs. Hattle Jones, of Crescent City, arrived here last night from Portland accompanying the remains of her husband, who died In a Port land hospital. She was accom panied by her daughter, Mrs. Fealey. They left for Crescent City this morning. . The Oxford Cafe serves an excel lent noon lucheon, prepared by a skillful chef and served at a popular price 35 and 40 cents. 83 Moore Baking Co. 83 Why Snfler So? Why suffer from a bad back, from harp, shooting twinges, headaches, dixxiness and distressing urinary Ills? Grants Pass people recommend Doan's Kidney Pills. Could yon ask tor stronger proof of merit? Mrs. A, M. Evensen, 625 S. Fourth St., says: "I was nearly laid up -with rheumatic troubles, which af fected my hips and one of my limbs. (At times the pain was almost un bearable. Often the muscles and cords In my limbs seemed to con tract, causing intense pain. - During this trouble, my kidneys were more or less affected, which prompted me to take Doan's Kidney Pills." The first box regulated my kidneys and I took about three boxes In all when the rheumatic pains In my hips, and limb left me entirely. Now when my kidneys bother me, I use Doan's Kidney Pills and they always do me good." Price 60c at all dealers. Don't simply ask for a kidney remedy get Doan's Kidney Pills the same that Mrs. Evensen bad. Foster-MUburn wo., Jftigrt., Buffalo, N. T. Dairyman Marries In Indiana- Roy E. Lathrop and Carrie Fuller- ton were married at the home of the bride's Darents at KendallviUe. Ind.. January 23. Mr. and Mrs. Lathrop ;tne umpqua roresi reserve: mereiore arrived in Grant. Pass Monday niEht . the te and the government are and will home. COMIXG EVENTS Feb. 7, Friday Meeting of the Pub lic Service commission at the courthouse to consider increase In gas rates. Feb. 8, Saturday Meeting Rogue River Valley Grange. Feb. 8, Saturday Annual meeting Josephine County Live Stock as sociation. Feb. 12, 13, 14. Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday Soil and Irrigation school, direction Prof. W. L. Pow ers. Feb. 26, 27, 28, Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday State examinations i at the courthouse. c JsYour )) . imrjmSk 8yindcn Complete FnlMment Ralph Swlnden arrived home luBt night from New York, having been discharged from the navy on the ex piration of his enlistment of tour years. He trained at San Francisco and spent two years on the battle ship Oregon. Soon after the en trance of the United States In the war, he was made captain of a gun crew on the transport Northern Pa cific and made six round trips to France. Later he was transferred to the Jason as coxswain's mate. Electrio Work Phone 90 Medford. Store. Pauls Electric 63tf Milk Bottlo Shortage It Is reported on authority that there are several thousand milk bot tles In Grants Pass homes that should be in possession of the milk dealers and dairymen"! One dealer places the number out at 10,000. In many homes the bottles are used tor canning fruit, others use them for containers for various liquids, while In some places they are simply stored in a back room or shed. The dealers ask that the bottles be returned. Notice to Milk Consumers Unless all milk bottles belonging to downtown dealers are returned by the 20th a deposit charge of 15 OREGON TO SEE BIG IT. -L. Upson, tedoral extension poultryman ) In the city for a short visit with his family aud to push the Hatch Early campaign. Mr. Up son In coming down from Corvallts on tho train yesterday read the ac count of the death ot -Ray rtravlnder, well known here., Young Dravlnder, who was killed in Frame, was with Mr. Upson as poultryman for more thitn eight months, resigning to en ter the service. Mr. Upson says that two ot his poultry men have beon killed In France, tho other being, Leaman L. Graves. Mr. I'pson goes to Medford Thurs day on work connected with ' the Hatch Early campulgn. He says that this will be the biggest poultry season that Oregon has ever seen, und that the limit ot the number ot chicks hatched Is the number ot hatching eggs procurable. DEL NORTE PEOPLE Icounty the agricultural possibilities ot the county and how they may be realised. - The Josephine County Fitrm llu- reau Is regularly organUed and tins outlined a complete program of work tor Josephine county, as fol lows: The following Is a list of the pro jects nnd the project leaders: 1. Industrial club work and school lunches, Mrs W. W, Canny,' U.F.I). 2, Grants Pass. 2. Conservation of clothing, Mrs. C. B. Nlles, 11. F. D. 2, Grants Pass. 3. Preservation of, Foods, Mr C. Dk Thompson, Grants Pass. 4. Health and sanitation, f, Home study tour, '.Mrs. tiuo. ICnton, It. F. D. 2, Grants Pass. 6. Household accounts, Mrs. A. J. Green, lt.lf.l), 3. Grants Puns. 7. Farm records, Win. Auslamt. Drjdon, Oregon. 8. Horticulture, U. D. Mlhllls. K. F.D. 2, Grants' Pass. 9. Poultry production, T. P. Cra mer, Grants Pass. 10. Rodent control, W. G. Smith, Wolt Creek, Oregon. 11. Irrigation, C E. Nlles, It.F. D. 2, Grants Pass. 12. Field demonstrations, S. E, Robinson, Wlldervlllo, Oregon. 13. Live Stork Improvement, W. R. Lin ad ay,' Merlin, Oregon. Of the above projects the Farm G. A. Webb, an automobile dealer ot Crescent City, returned to his home today," having spent yesterday In this city on business. In speaking ot the roads between this place and the coast city, Mr. Webb stated that cents per bottle will be made here-'the highway Is In a very bad can after. Return bottles regardless of J dltlon, especially on Oregon moun how long they have been out or tain whore there Is a two mile llurcau Is particularly putting stress upon Irrigation, field demonstrations and llvo slock. I'resont Irrigations needs have brought the roniilusloit that tho Farm . Uureau should Investigate, and assist In the development ot every possible source ot Irrigation water In , the county. Tliore are large possibilities along Deer creek, Sinker creek and Rogue river, besides smaller projects that will receive consideration. Iloth County Agent Thompson and the Project leader Nlles aro men who have had wide experlonee In practical Irrigation and together with a number of the. land owners are right 'now working diligently In an effort to bring the proposed Ir rigation projects In the Iminediatu vicinity ot Grunts Pass to a success ful conclusion. Mr. Thompson has taken a hand In organlxlng various Irritation pro jects, while Mr. Nlles had served as superintendent ot two largo Irriga tion systems before taking up his duties as manager of the ioonard Estate company. One' of these 'pro jects Is a part ot the government Umatilla, Irrigation project, whore Mr. Nlles was In charge of construc tion work and farming operations, and the other one was the Rogue lands Company at Medford, with 60 miles ot canals, pipe lines, etc., whore he served for five years be fore coming to Grants Pass. whether tickets have been lost. Com mittee. ' 85 Hampshire In Portland John Hampshire, Grants Pass con tractor, is at the Portland. Mr. Hampshire has the contract for con structing 10 miles of highway through Cow Creek canyon, between Canyonvllle and Galesvllle, in Doug las county. This roadway is through make Grants Pass . their UNWELCOME LOT OF VISITORS Irruption From the Sea That Struck Terror Into the Heart of Youth ful Castaway. J. Allan Dunn's "Jim and the Ad miral," in Boys' Life, contains this passage: Jim Is alone on an atoll of the South Sea Islands when a band of blacks Invade bis solitude. 'Something appeared on a seething crest, a slender length of black like a mammoth water beetle, striking ont with desperate legs. The next instant It slid sideways down the watery bill and smashed upon the reef. A dozen figures fell from It and then a dozen bobbing heads appeared In the lagoon. It was a canoe, the bobbing heads were those of natives. "While he stared, first one. then an other, dragged a weary body up on the beach and rested on hands and knees with heads hanging down as I: exhausted. Slowly they got .to their feet and staggered up the beach. "They were like no natives Jim had yet seen. These men were black rath er than brown. Their hair stood up in fanlike frizzes, dyed yellow and red by lime. Their foreheads were low, eyes deep sunken, chins retreating. The lobes of their ears bung in ragged strips almoHt to their shoulders and, stuck In the leathery fringes, were or naments of brass anil shell. Save for a wisp of fiber they were'stsrk naked. And they were almost skeletons. Hips nnd ribs showed through skin tight as the parchment on a drum, elbows and knees wore great knots and the leg and arms mere bone and corded sin ews. Their lips were hideously swol len and cracked, they leaned on long spears. One, who seemed the leader, with a flat Hhell thrust through the cartllnse of Ids boko, carried a Hub In set with (.'learning bits of nhell nnd studded with sharks' teeth. In the lii?onii, Its outrigger smashed, drifted their eiiiioe, n liigh-prnwed. elaborately carved model." sharing the expense. He says that $200,000 Is being expended for grad ing alone, one huge caterpillar steam shovel and many teams of horses and graders being used. Oregonlan. IS OF University Of Oregon, Eugene, Feb. 6. Jack Dundore, of Portland, a junior, was elected president of the university band at a special meet ing last night. Other officers chosen were Lloyd Still, of Milton, secre tary; Earle Voorhles, of Grants Pass, manager; Walter Wagner, of Suther lln, librarian. The university band Is planning a combined concert with the band of Eugene. Miss Eleanor Lee, of Pomo na, Cal., vocal instructor of the uni versity school of music, will be the soloist. The band this year has a membership of 35 and Is practicing weekly under the direction ot Albert Perfect, of the school of music fac ulty. Classical music Is being studied. stretch that most autoa are unable to pass over. He said the stage drivers use four horses on this stretch ot road hitched to their au tomobiles, and that at places the horses sink Into the mud up to their knoes. The remedy needed, said Mr. Webb, Is a little attention to that part of the road during the winter months. In speaking (it the harbor bonds of Crescent City, Mr. Webb stated that they had been sold but that In all probability no wori would be done until business conditions are more settled and men could be em ployed at a reasonable wage. It Is stated, although not authoritatively, that the harbor Improvement will be made whether tho proposed railroad between Grants Pass and the coast city Is built or not. Asked as to whether the people of Del Norte county woild look with favor on the $300,000 bonus asked. Mr. Weed said it was too early yet to determine, but added that the peo ple of that section will make any kind of a reasonable deal to seruro a railroad. Buy Coats Now Good for two seasons Prices that please MRS. E. REHKOPF Five Dollars Reward Five dollars reward will be paid for the arrest and conviction of any on stealing the Dally Couriers from residences or mall boxes. escape un of Sheriff The first county Juil der the administration Chas. Terrell took place some time last night and was not discovered until this morning. The erstwhile prisoners who escaped Is Joe Martin of Ashland who was held In $3,000 bail on the charge of criminal assault on a. young Ashland girl. Tho sher- Classlfled advertising in the Dally lift and deputies are scouring the Courier will be charged for at the .country for him today and tho police rate of 5 cents per lne per Issue un- of all surrounding towns were not! less paid In advance. The rate of. fled by telephone or telegraph to 25 words at 60 cents per week does not provide for bookkeeping,, post age on statements mailed, etc. Here tofore we have permitted occasional charges at the cheap rates but, no more. - new to:my APARTMENTS, rooms and garden ground tor rent, Dean apartment house, 615 North Sixth street. 88 SECOND HAND goods of every des cription bought and sold. A. J. ' Powers, 408 South Sixth street, tf look out for the escaped man. Martin made his escape by sawing off one of the one-half Inch ' bars across the skylight of the Jail corri dor with an old case knife, crawling through the skylight and letting him self down to the ground by means of a rope Improvised by cutting his bedding Into strips. He was not flocked in his cell last night and had the freedom of the carrldor. By stacking up tables beneath the sky light he was able to reach the latter and saw the bar oft. Medford Trib une. , THE FARM BUREAU- ITS AIMS AND WORK The Farm Bureau is an organlza tlon made up primarily of farmers, .fruit growers and stockmen. It is non political and. non sectarian, an organization that Is recommended and reorganized by tho federal gov ernment and . co-operates directly with the U. S. department of agri culture, state agriculture college and experiment stations and states rela tion service of Washington, D. . The chief functions are to coord!-1 nate the efforts of existing local agri cultural forces, either orguulzed or j unorganized, and to organize new j lines of effort. It does not supplant any existing organizations or com pete with them, but establishes a clearing house through .which all may Increase their efficiency without in any way surrendering their indi viduality, To bring to the agents the counsel and cooperation of the best farmers In the county in planning and exe cuting an agricultural Improvement program. ' . To furnish the necessary local ma chinery for easily and quickly reach ing every community in the county with information of value to that community or to the county as a whole. To encourage self-help through de veloping and exercising leadership in the rural affairs or each commun ity, . ' To reveal to all the people or the i i r v. m m a w m m m b m t ' Id III IHil Exit ine i&m BroomriP Backbrcakine, unsanitary, effectual cleaning methods have become but . unpleasant memories , in homes where a G-E electric motor-driven vacuum cleaner has come to stay. California-Oregon Power Company M-201 oy Theater WKDXKSIKW and Till ItSDAY . Admission 10c nnd UOc Tlionuwt ll.'.lnco Presents Charles lay In "The Law of the North" A Paramount Picture ' " ( It was five shirts cold when he loft tho shack. Rut his anger at her apparent neglect dulled the edge of the sharp winds that canio from tlie mountain tojs. Could it be ? ' Fear grlpitod his heart as he lashed the wiry Eskimo dogs In wild pursuit.