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. PAGE TWO Monday, femu'ARY sit, mio. GRANTS PASS DAILY COIIUFJI 1 BUIR PASS DM COURIER Published Dally Except Sunday ! A, B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Bntared at poetofflce. Grants Pass. . Ore., as second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch Jj Local-personal column, per llneloc Readers, per line Bc DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, per year....$6.00 By mall or carrier, per month .ou WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year .$1.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for republication of nil news dispatches credited to rt or all otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. AH rights of republication of spe Hai A (Matches herein are also reserved. MONDAY, FEBRVARY 24, 1810. OREGON WEATHER Fair In east, rain In west portion. Moderate easterly 4 f winds. HIGHLY FLAVORED Ripe Fruit PORT LIMON BANANAS KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY QUALITY FIRST JAPAN AND THE LEAGUE It Japan keeps on claiming herj pound ot flesh at the peace table, she will do so at her own risk. Japan was admitted to the confer ence on terms ot equality with Amer ica, Britain. France and Italy. This was the greatest compliment ever paid to the Japanese government and people. It was tacit recognition of what Japan has so long coveted recognition as an equal with the leading representatives of western civilization. The other powers have gone about the business of making peace and establishing a World League in a notably generous and unselfish spir it. No finer example of national al truism has ever been revealed than the voluntary agreement ot Britain, France, Italy and the rest of the al lied group to surrender their indi vidual claims to conquered German colonies and accept a mere ''man date" to govern them under the au thority and direction of the league of nations. Japan alone has balked. She has balked in spite of the fact that when she took Kiao-Cnau, the German stronghold in China, and the German Islands of the Pacific, she expressly stated that she had no Intention of keeping them. Now Japan Is not only seeking to break her own word. ' but In doing bo Is threatening the success ot the biggest and most de siraDie acnievement or tne peace conference. Her general attitude toward China also arouses grave sus picions and forebodes trouble. Japan pleads that those German possessions were promised her, in a recent treaty made with other allied powers during the war. Maybe they were. But the other allies are Ideal istic enough to forego the advantages of special treaties, made when the fate of the world hung in the bal ance. In order that they may succeed . in setting up guarantees ot perma nent peace and Justice. Is Japan less civilized than the . white nations she Is associated with? Are her fine professions and noble utterances of no more worth than Germany's, when put to the test? If so, thb sooner the world finds It out, the better. Then Japan can take her place on the outside, while united civilization goes on its way Ignoring her. Her fate rests with herself. Arizona has five times as much as she had in 1914. Many other states have quadrupled their deposits. Al most all ot them have at least doubled. The average increase per capita la $113. which la pretty good as everybody must allow. There Is a growing tendency to ward thrift, which is directly due to the hard bat Interesting lessons learned during the war. And even the relaxation of peace has not ser iously affected it thus tar. Another good thing is that people show an Increasing desire to deposit their savings with reliable banking con cerns, Instead ot using the old stock or trusting the honeyed' words of the promoter. There may not be the same wave of patriotic enthusiasm to help float the Victory loan, but there will be a satisfying sense ot solid security in the Investment which will go far to offset this. The buyer of a Victory bond is secure in a feat accomplish ed. It is not a gamble, it Is a gilt edged security; and It wages are not quite so high, there is the fund In the savings bank to help pay tor the bonds. BONDS AND SAVINGS "Another Liberty Loan," says the hard working citizen, and mops his perspiring brow and tries to look anxious, but he doesn't have a bit of luck. In the first place he loves his little bonds. In the second place he knows perfectly well where the money Is coming from to pay for them, though he pretends not to. Every state In the Union,, accord lng to the American Institute of Banking, has Increased its savings deposits sine war first started. The I. W. W. and Bolsheviks have certainly made a goat ot labor. Many strikers from the Seattle district, en route to Oakland and Ban Francisco, are now stopping along the way. asking for money to satisfy their stomachs until they can reach their new fields of strife. Tla said that Francisco Villa Is wearing a wrtBt watch, a gift from an American friend. Who's his friend how can an American be a friend ot Villa? Should Marshal Foch visit the United States next May as planned the reception given htm will be no small affair. ' By a vote ot 276 to 15 the house passed the bill guaranteeing $2.26 a bushel for wheat. There will be no Fords on the ranches of wheat growers. ANOTHER LEADER Ml'RDERER London, Feb. 24. Habibullah Khan, Amir of Afghanstan, was mur dered February 20, It is officially announced here today. -,r Remembered Figure This Out No modern home is complete without its electric range. Electricity is no longer a luxury to be en joyed by the few. It is now within the reach of all. Read the following figures based on current bills paid bv one of our customers whose installation con sists of a Standard Electric Range, Lights, and a two kilowatt water heater, all under our new combined Lighting, Heating and Cooking Rate. Month K. "VV. Ilrs. Consumed Amt. Paid June 1918 July 1918 August 1918 September 1918 October 1918 November 1918 December 1918 Januarv 1919 207 , $6.54 193 6.26 186 6.12 220 6.80 279 7.49 301 7.71 263 7.33 304 7.74 Let Us Show You Where Electricity Will Help You California-Oregon Power Coapaay . ... . Phone 108-J Grants Pass, Oregon ALL SHOT UP BUT HAPPT 1 I I W ilrtn Nrwstwitr t'rtli Hubert Sluy of New York city li:i the distinction of being one of the most wounded nntl iltcoriitil men of the Seventy-seventh dtvlxlon. 11. lias been awarded the Distinguished Serv- Ice Cross aud Croix de Guerre mid cited In army orders, besides belmr highly complimented personally by the king of England. Ue was woimm-a wx times. AVK.ILH THAT RERH AUK DOING "GHKAT WOltK" Washington, Feb. 22. John Reed, a writer, who described himself as "revolutionary soclallA." told the senate committee Investigating law less agitation today that he believed the Bolshevik regime in Russia was doing "great work," and that he was a firm advocate of a revolution In the l'nted States. He followed his wife, Louise Bryant, on the stand, and, like her, denied stories of atrocities related by previous wit; nesses. On cross-examination Rned could not recall that he had said Inst Sun day In a speech at'Yonkers, N. Y., that "three million rifles are In the hands of 3,000.000 Russian work men and soon 3.000,000 rifles would be In the hands of American work men to do the same thing that Is be Ing done In Russia." HIS REASON FOR STICKING . i ; An insurance man, one who has seen the bitter strife of many win ters. gives this reason for staying In business: , "We have been In this business a long time. "We hare been cussed and discus sea, noycotted, talked about, lied aljout, held up, robbed, flooded out and burned out; and the only reason we are staying In the business now Is tq see what In H is going to happen next." IX FLANDERS' FIELD Dr. John D. McRae. of Montreal, oii.inwiK wuu me Canadians, was commissioned lieutenant, and later was killed on Flanders front Jan uary 28, 1918.. Some days before ni aeatn ne wrote the following: In Flanders' fields the popples blow Between tne crosses, row on row. That mark our place: and in the sky me larxs sun oravely singing fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below. we are dead. Short dara aa-o We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved, and now we ne In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe! To you from fallen hands we throw The torch. Be yours to hold it hlghl If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though popples grow In Flanders fields. America's Annwer By R. W. Llllard. Rest ye in peace, ye Flanders dead The fight that ye so bravely led We've taken up. And we will keep Ten million hands will hold It high, And Freedom's light shall never diet We've learned the lesson that ye tayght In Flanders fields. True faith with you who He asleep With each a cross to mark his bed, And popples blowing overhead, Where once his own life blood ran red, : So let your rest be sweet and deep . In Flanders fields. Fear not that ye have died for ' naught. The torch ye threw to Us we caught, Five Dollars Reward Five dollars' reward will V paid ( for the arrest, jand eoovlctlon of any one stealing is lwiit 'Mumtn irum resident" or matt boxes. Car of New Fords just arrived C. L. HOBART CO. Lathe Work OTVO ACETELEX H WKUHMi Ratti'rien rwhargod, ronJrl, IxitiKlit and UI. 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