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r AOS TWO GRANTS PASS DAILX OOURIER MONDAY, FMHU'AUV IT. it9. GRANTS PASS DAI COURIER Published Daily Excopt Sunday A. E. VOORHIES, Tub. and Tropr. Entered at postoffiee. Grants Pass, Or., a second olast mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES . Meplay apace, per Inch 15c Local-personal column, per Une-lOe Veaders, per line 5c DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year.-. $6. 00 By mall or carrier, per month ..SO . -. , WEEKLY COURIER. By mall. W year ..1.1I1.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to It or all otherwise credited la this paper and aiao the local news pub lished herein. AU rights of republication of spe cial , dispatches herein are also res erred. MONOAY, FEBRUARY 17, 11. iUU JUUI1 I VlUl FERRYS SEEPS KVKHYWHKRB DVT YOU DO GET Til EM WHEN YOC BUY FROM VS KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST '" , "' ';', V ' t ft OREGON WEATHER . -f .'. I.'1 - 4 f Fair, except rain Tuesday -f f near coast; colder tonight In east portion. Moderate west- - f erly winds. . ' ' ' ' BEER STRIKES The trades council ot Essex coun ty. N. J., representing 45,000 work men, has adopted a resolution "to resist to the utmost prohibition en forcement, even .to the extent ot a general strike." Labor union offi cials In New York City are said to te considering the same step. Sim ilar action is talked of in various other industrial communities.' The movement Is also, said to threaten the mining industries Coal cars from Pennsylvania mines are found bearing placards that flaunt the slo gan, "N6 beer, no coal." ; The general motto of the men participating In this protest Is "No beer, no work!" It is oinscribed on buttons, designated as "Liberty but tons,"' which are being spread broadcast . 'The origin of the movement is not - -- . . , . . , , revealed. Maybe the labor officials . thought it all up themselves. Perish the thought that the breweries had anything to do with it! . The public may hear a good deal along this line before the matter is ended. But "it will not make any difference In the outcome. The fed eral prohibition amendment Is rati fied. It will not be onratifled, nor will the ."dry' law passed by con gress be annulled, by any. such de vice as general strikes, no , matter whether they are the voluntaryei pression of Industrial sentiment or a thin disguise for liquor Interest ac tivity. And it does not seem likely that the trade unions will go very far with It. The American workman has never been inclined to identify his citizenship rights with the right to drink beer. That Is attested by the fact that most of the United States is already beerless, as a re sult of the ''dry" votes of the work ing people themselves. And tijere will not be any general "class re volt" against federal prohibition, for the very good reason that whatever its faults or virtues, it is essential!" democratic. The mlllloralre is being deprived of his beer also his whiskey and wlne-7-Just as surely as the manual laborer. It is. hardly more of a de privation In one case' than In . the other. If there is any strike em ployers and employes might logical ly strike together. TJVSIXESS BOOM IN THE SPRING The business outlook is better than It appears on the surface. While . showing a tendency to exaggerate .. . prssent dullness, business men are already looking . ahead , to better times! . If advertising ' plans . mean anything and' they are ' probably the best criterion there is the In .dustrial -and commercial, revival Is not far ahead. . ; ; '" . ; Advertising men familiar with the national field say that large adver tlsers are making .unusual plans for extensive publicity campaigns In the spring. . This testimony la corrob orated by a statement from Richard Spillane, a - business expert - well known for his writing In Commerce and1 Finance. He tells ot one large monthly magaslne "which ' recently had $892,000 of net advertising in hand tor one ot its spring Issues, and expected to make it aneven 11, 000,000 before the' forms closed. That Is said to be the greatest amount of advertising ever printed In any publication. Mr. Spillane's conclusion Is, "Advertise." - It la undoubtedly ' good advice. Shrewd business men are planning to advertise on .a big scale, because they believe prosperity is coming. It enough business men believe that, and follow their example, there will be no doubt, about; it.' J, ' ' Dr. Bernhard Dernberg, former German colonial minister and Prus slah propagandist,' says that Ger many will not sign a peace treaty that deprives her of her colonies. The patient is raving. Call Dr. Foch. . ' Some peofle have been known o become Intoxicated on chocolate- so das. Others show signs ot abnormal exhilaration alter partaking, of hot bean soup. Babies have been known to 'act-most suspiciously over their milk bottles. Where shall we draw the line? .. ' ' ' ' " COMING EVENTS ' Feb. 26, 27, 28, Wednesday, Thurs day, Friday State examinations at the courthouse. Mar. 1, Saturday Meeting of , Po '. mona Grange '. with Rogue ' River Valley Grange..-- AS "WENT OVER THE TOP" A tabulated statement supplement ing the report of January 18, 1911, showing for each county in Oregon the quota accepted by it, total ma turlty value ot 'war savings ' stamps sold up to and including December 31, 1918,' and 'percentage of 'sale to the quota, has been Issued by the state director ot the Oregon 'war sav ings committee.' 1 ' . J- It Is very gratifying to note that Josephine county show a percentage of 101.6, especially so. as the quota accepted by this county was exceed ingly large for the county. - The quota accepted by Josephine was 1170,000 and the value of stamps sold amount to $172,859.06. t ; . Josephine county has distinguish ed herself by going over the top in the war savings stamp campaign as she has In every other war activity, In this campaign 21 counties "went over the top," while there were 15 that failed to make their quota. A HUNDRED-DOLLAR 8TAMP A new feature of 1919 War Savings Stamp activities 1s the stamp--ot $100 -.denomination, which will probably be placed on the market this month. ' ' "The $100 stamps will be about the slse of a Liberty 'bond and will seU for $82.60 it put on sale 'in February. The price will in-. ' crease 20 cents each succeeding month until the end of the year. Printing that pleases We do ft! Courier'! Job Department. SOLDIER LETTERS AftylENJA 'AND SYRIA ..,' ' ANOTHER UpB ' PDJl ' tHEIR ilNCL SAff . I Dear llomofolks: v i Morry Chrlstiuasl And how are you? I'm quite O. K.i even though I am where 1 don't care particularly to be at this time ot the year. We are now back with the divi sion, which, by the way, Is still In Belgium, about 12 or 15 miles from the coast, and near Dunkirk. . , We got back night before IbbI and had a wonderful trip. I hope, and expect you will receive my let ter written trout the Argonne battle Hold and the Christmas cablegram sent from Paris. When we left things were so unsettled and busy that It was most Impossible to get Christmas packages home. It is 'quite a happy bunch around here today we are now slated to go home and taken ott the reserve list to go to the German frontier, Hurrah! It means, If the plans are carried out, that we will probably be on the way home within a month or six weeks. The division will; be in La Mona. 'France, by January 15, it is now planned. This is some Christmas treat ' I forgot to tell you that our trip was decidedly a success. ' ' We found some 100 graves that were unac counted for, among them some five or six officers, whose graves were marked "unidentified" and "their whereabouts unknown. All ot which was causing much official . concern. I will stay- with the division burial office (Lt. Rexroad) until the Job is finished, which will be perhaps two or three weeks. I was up with the company last night. The boys are crasy to get out ot this Flanders mud. They had a Christmas dinner yesterdsy ot turkey, 200 pounds, which coat thnra , $1 -a pound. The mess fund brought from the states wss a life saver. I lost out on . the feed with the company, but the headquarters' troop had turkey so I did not get left... When we returned your letters of November 11, 18, 21 were here, but no boxes have yet arrived... Well, I'm only a '"simple soldat" but I would not trade my experiences for a major general's Job In the; states. . I dont want to do It over, no; no. I have had my bit of Hell 1 in the fight; seen the whole" of the ! western front almost from A to Z; I been all over the bloodiest battle ' ground on earth "after the battle" as; well as before and during the struggle: seen the situation both going and coming: and I have come out ot it all the better for lt, Now, a price could not touch it. With all the inne thing Is: "When do we get home?" Which Is expected to be- before 'many weeks. - Do not forget to write often. Take good care of yourselves and give my beat, regards to friends. -'.".' ' '. Always, '' v'. ,- . ' LESLIE. '-' PVT. 1st class L. W. HARTLEY, ; 384th Field Hospital., 316 Sanitary Train, ; American Ex: Forces, France. bpe bargains One 101S Ford, like new, elcctrlo trt and lhl, wtirhs fine, price $25. One lt7 Chevrolet, f.KH). One 1014 Ford, rotwlntrd, $300.- Will give, terms on any of those ram. We; will inspect any eWtrlq Systran on any oar, and p"liit out the trouble, If any, without expanse DR. SPARK, The Battery Man Throngh Service We Grow" Five Year Farm Loan at H Interest After five years you can psy any part of your losn and It can run 3 i. years before sll Is paid off If you wish. Ton can pay off the loan by paying $05.00 per year on each $1,000.00 borrowed and It is all paid off In 34 years. 1 Ram II. linker, 8errotnryTroaiurer of Jowphlito County ' " Farm Ixtan Axtoriatlon V Josephine County Bank 'GRANTS PASS, ORE. We have just installed a most complete and modern ; VulcanizingPlant - and are now prepared to take care of all kinds of work on all stsos of Urea, . ' Jfyo live In town rail at our shop with your casings, if . not send llirm In to as for Inspection. 9 After examlnlnK them If we find the tire Is worth impairing will save you nwmcy the work will be na - conditionally guaranteed to out lt the remainder ol the caning, Auto Service Company "Phoiie WM1 ".;"';" BO South Slrth tkntf- PLANS GREAT DRIVE ! Washington, Feb. 17. The na tional war garden commission Is pre paring to launch this spring a cam paign for "the - biggest producing year the country ever saw." - To spur the home gardeners to renewed -efforts the commission remind them that the clocks of the nation will' be set one hour ahead on the last Sat urday' in March, In compliance with the daylight saving law In effect for the duration of the war.- , "We must help feed the people of Europe," declared. Charles -Lathrop Pack, president of the national war garden commission, in. an appeal to the home gardeners for larger. re sults. "Will you have a part in this great work at -hand? Next to the sun the extra hour of daylight is the best value the victory gardener .has. Will you meet the sun Jialf way? Will you be up to take advantage of the health-giving garden work in the cool , of the - morning?' Have ' the spade and the hoe bandy and turn the clock ahead one hour on the last Saturday night In March . and be ready for the biggest . home garden food producing year, the country ever saw." ., -J, '.' '--:- ,.-'. xoTTfCE, ' Notice Is hereby given that from (his; date I will not, be. responsible for any debts contracted by any per son without a -written. order from foe. .-V r: H. B.r CALHOUN.,: - February .12,1919. 4 1913 Ford, motor perfect, new tires $450 1918 Ford in fire shape - - - $425 Nearly' new Ford with new Amesbilt body - - , - .. , Ford Bvs ' 1914 Ford . .. $650 $3Q0 $325 C. L. HQBART CO. rr Exit the Broom! :i .. - 'i - . ". 7lL I. lff,r 1. . .;- Backbrcaking,' unsanitary,' in- ; effectual cleaning methods have - become, but iinpleasanti memories 'in ( homes where a G-E electric motoMlriven " vacuum clcanef has come to' stay. . Galifornia-Oregn Power! Company, M-203 .