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PAGE TWO GRANTS FASS DAILY COURIER vi:dm:ki).v, ii:iiiu.uv 10, tuia 11 Published Dally Except Sunday A. B. VOORHIE3, Pub. and Propr. ntered at postofftce. QrenU Pa, . Or., aa second clasa mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES XMaplay apace, ier Inch 15c Local-personal column, per Ilia e.. 10c leaders, per Una . Sc DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year 16.00 'By mall or carrier, per month .BO WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year,. 1 J. 00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press U exclusively entitled to the use (or republication o all newa dispatches credited to It or all otherwise credited In this paper and also the local newa pub lished herein. A3 rights of republication of spe cial dispatches herein are also reserved. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY i, 1010 OREGON WEATHER . Rain In west, snow in east portion.. Warmer tonight In south and east; moderate southerly winds. mm Non-bitter. Made Ilka Jell. Fruit out flnei spreads Ilka Jam. ajH tMm California oranges, ripened on . tree, henee Its flavor. No Change in Price 1 KINNEY and TRUAX hampered, the terms In full to every home in the United States. Not until then will the people be able to pass judgment upon the mat ter, but they are entitled to know the truth. It Is hoped "that there will be no "closed sessions and con ferences of the chosen few" when the president reaches the White House. Political lines are flung aside and a few senators from both the old parties are bitterly criticis ing the league. THE PEACE LEAGTE Former President Taft in his short speech in Grants Pass yesterday left bo doubt in the minds of his hearers that, should the league ot nations be formed, the nation that broke faith with the others and insisted upon declaring war would at once become somewhat helpless an outcast that , had no one to turn to for assistance. Mr. Taft is heart and soul in fa Tor of the peace league for, in fact, he was the first man to propose such an organization a few years ago. He stated that while he will no doubt always remain a republican and Mr. Wilson always remain a democrat, . that fact will not in the least keep him from supporting the president's plan for attempting ' to preserve world peace. To him it is not a ques tion of politics and he' asks people of all political parties to seriously think the matter over and see if they do not come to the conclusion he himself has reached. He asserted that the covenant for peace was the biggest political move that has ever been attempted and told his hearers that the peace league was far from being a pink tea affair, for the rea son that the league would be com posed of the most powerful nations on earth, and It could bite, and swat tbe offending enemy in the eye, If they got chesty. Offending nations, said Mr. Taft, would be outlayed. and any monies due the ontlaw would be retained by the league, who would sort of hold it in trust for the recalcitrant until it came to its senses. Each country a member of the league would be called upon to furnish a certain num ber of troops ready for service and In case of conflct all the other mem bers would make Immediate war up on the nation that broke faith. It Is stated that one of the terms is that no nation shall commence war without giving three months' notice. Perhaps it is though that by the end of three months any nation that had a grudge at another nation would have time to cool off and quit seeing red. Mr. Taft did not touch upon the possibility that two or more of the most powerful nations might break away from the agreement at the same time, In which, case there might result an equal division of power, hut that risk will have to be chanced. The league of nations, apparently, is the biggest thing to strive for, providing the United States Is not entangled in too much red tape and called upon to police the whole world, or is pledged to lower the bars for free Importation ot goods , and materials from all nations. But the' people are not yet In position to form a positive opinion to the cove nant for the reason that they are in the dark so far as the full terms of the agreement are concerned, and must' await until the president comes home and explains the matter and Invites the dally press to carry,' un FILM HOVNDS The Edith Cavell case la now hav ing a great run in moving pictures. How would you feel about it if Edith Cavell was your sister? Wouldn't you feel that the film hounds had gone a little beyond the limit in capitalizing the death of this . girl who was so brutally murdered by the Huns? The war is now over and depicting the bloody scenes ot Miss Cavell's murder is no longer needed to fire the blood of soldiers it can accomplish no good, even though it satisfy morbid curiosity. Is It pos sible that film managers will yet reach that point where the camera man will take death-bed scenes while your parents pass away and flash them on the screen to draw a crowd, or show the contortions of the man who Is hanged as he writhes in agony while the breath wheezes from his body? The film makers had best .stick to fiction, for the rea son that they do not seem to know where to draw the line. THE BIGGEST LOAN' Secretary of the Treasury Carter Glass wants congress to raise the au thorisation for the Victory Liberty loan to $10,000,000,000 and to per mit the treasury to determine what part of this sum should be sold. To people who thought that with the signing ot the armistice all need tor conservation of resources and lending money to the government was at an end, this news Is some what ot a blow. It can hardly be stated too often or In too definite terms that the money from each previous Liberty4not to have kept you In suspense, loan was spent before It was recelr ed. Uncle Sam had to have the money, not tor future purohases, but to pay for purchases already made. SLOGAN CONTEST FOR E San Francisco, Feb. 19. There will be no lagging In the Pacific slope states in the Victory Liberty loan campaign judging from the re sponse given the general publicity committee's appeal for a stirring slo gan. Hundreda of slogsns are com ing dally from every part ot the west As there Is no limit to the num ber that may be sent by one person every letter contains a variety ot suggestions and each is being given careful attention by Jhe slogan ' edi tor. In addition to slogans, valuable suggestions accompanied by pa triotic declarations of support for the final drive are Inspiring those in charge of the next government campaign for funds to pay the debts of the victory. The slogan contest closes March 22. First prize is $30; second, $20, and third price, $10. The only lim itation Is that slogans be less than 12 words. SOLDIER LETTERS THE NEAR.EA5T TO CIVILIZATION SAVE MY. CHILDREN Mending Itoada on Verdun lint tie Clnwm! . Stvry-sur-Mouse, France, January 12, 119. Dear Folks; Have your lottor ot December 1st which came to me yesterday after being at the company office a few days. This belug detached is tine, but makes the mall late it some one does not briny It out often. The company has moved and so have we and It la much farther and hardor to get back and forth than It was bo fort. Company A la now located at Bll- ly-eous-Manglennea between Dani villers and Spincourt north ot Ver dun and our coon company Is at Sivry on the Meuse river between Verdun and Dun. We are still patching rqads and at present hap pen to. be on one ot the national highways over which some pretty hard fighting haa been done. How ever, the Bocbe was on the run when he went through these 'small tuVns in this vicinity. . Was glad Rose called you In and let you read the lotter, but wish It had been after November 11, so as I did not 'write until November 16th because I was busy until we moved on the 14th and bad a get settled In our new home. You wonder If we keep warm. I should say we do. - A big tire place and a stove In a room big enough for two, Gil and I. There Is plenty of wood. All we have to do Is to go out and get It. Besides the fire we each have plenty of blankets, in fact more than Is really necessary. Sure would have enjoyed eight warm cookies, but over here It would have taken more than eight to go around. Had a piece ot the cap tain's wife's cake today which he received as a Cbrlstmaa package. It was fino, too. We eat better than the coons and not aoo good as the officers, but you can judge how we eat by the two meals so far today. For breakfaat we had oatmeal (fur nished by us) with sugar and milk, bacon, biscuits, prunes . and coffee. For dinner we had roast beef, mash ed potatoes with gravy, sweet cake with pudding sauce on It, bread, but' ter and coffee. Have been thinking about going back to school next fall. It we get back home in time to work a sum mer and fall before school begins. Am pretty rusty now, but If I can get back into the harness soon enough, I will be able to go to O. A. C. next fall and take their highway course; for that looks mighty good to me after reading the wonderful preparations the different states are making for highway work. However when you think that a seldler can get a discharge In order to go to school, you are very much mistaken. I think when they get through with us, they will discharge ns, and not until. ' ' Had a nice letter from - Flo In which was a clipping which camu just at an opportune time. All of the clippings are good to get. Gil gets the Monitor, but I don't get a chance to read them. The clippings are easy to get to so I read them. . ' Our quarters In Sivry are not near so good as the one we had at Boln vllle. We were all five located In a' small room In the officers quar ters. Gil and I found another place and moved out. But bur fire place smokes and we may have to move or do without It and use the stove. Must write some other letters, for our mall comes In bunches and I have a bunch to answer. Your loving son, WALLACE one lime. That guy and wicked city hath no charms for one certain Westerner. "I have nothing to say against army copks, except that they are the greatest little 'repeaters' ou earth. "I was only at the front for about six weeks but 1 didn't gain any weight dodging the shulls, I saw some beautiful air bnttles, and got mixed tip In some machine gun fire once that wasn't so beautiful. We did most of our work under shell tire, but they have never made the shell yet with my name on It and I thank God for that. I took my chance with tho rest ot the boys and we all did our "bit" and It was pret ty hard sledding at times. I certain ly do take off my hat to the man who haa stuck It out for one, two, and sometimes three, and even four years. "There Is a big commlsary down hare and Ihny now have chocolate, stick and assorted candles, and quit a variety of stuff In moat every llnq. 1 haven't been pnlil hIiico lusvlng the states, and have hei'ii. broke for throe months,'- but another oporator hero sold his W'ntonm.u pen for Ave francs (fl) and bought a box ot ohocolates. It didn't Inst long. be Hove me, 1 wish I had soiho of the boxod randy that I used to give to various and sundry Hide fairies In California and Bait Lake. I would at least appreciate It more. "The French, especially the wom en, seem to make moat ot their llr liiK by soiling grapes and nuts as well as apples and pears to the sol dlers. From tbe prices they charge I Imagine that they spend most of their spare time figuring out their Income tax. I,egal Blanks at the Courier. Pvt. Van Slyck Ready to Come Home Following are extracts from a let ter writen by Pvt. P. M, Van Slyck, Company -H, 21st Engineers, Ameri can Expeditionary Forces, France. Pvt. Van Slyck will be remembered as having spent a winter a few years ago, with his aunt, Mrs. P. E. Ger ould, at Selma. ' "It Is now 10 o'clock on a Sunday morning and I've just finished send ing a few telegrams. At 10:30 I copy tbe Paris Press headings and from then on I'll be more or less busy throughout the day on the wire. The only news that Interests us now is, when we are to be sent home, now that the war Is over as we may now say. Some of us must stay here for quite a long time some say a year and none of us know when we, individually,' will be able ' to say "good bye" It will be a happy Am erican goodbye, too to France,- and start home. I have gotten so that I don't care whether I ever get to Paris or not,' though our company did go within eight miles of it at the WlSl W BroomlWljJI Backbreaking, unsanitary, in- Backbreaking, unsanitary, in effectual cleaning- methods have become but unpleasant memories in homes where a G-E electric motor-driven vacuum cleaner has come to 6tay. California-Oregon Power Company . M-S01 ' fk- fi'i in Five Year Farm Loan at Interest After five years you can psy any part of your loan and It can run 84 years before all Is paid off It you wish. You can pay off the loan by paying $65.00 per year on each $1,000.00 borrowed and It Is all paid off In 84 V years. 8am H. linker, ftwretary-Trefeturer of Josephine County Farm Loan ANwocIatlon - Josephine County Bank GRANTS PASS, ORE. We have just insta lleda most complete and modern VulcanizingPlant and are now prepared to tale car of all kinds of work on all sizes of tires. If jron live In town call at our shop with your casings. If not send them In to ns for Inspection. After examining them If we find the tire Is worth repairing will save yon money the work will be ua conditionally guaranteed to out last the remainder ol - . the rasing. Phone 824-J Auto Service Company 003 Sooth Sixth Street 1918 Ford, motor perfect, new tires 1918 Ford in fine shape - . Nearly new Ford with new Amesbilt body - - ... Ford Bug - . . . 1914 Ford - - - n . : $450 $425 $650 $30O $325 C.L, HOB ART CO.