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r ACT TWO GRANTS PASS DAILY COl'IUEH vi:im:niay, mahcii id, una. .1! Published Dally Except Sunday A. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Propr. Bntrd at poatofflce, Grant Pus, Ore., m second cluw mail matter. ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per inch lBc Local-personal column, per Une..lO Eeaders, per Una , . 6c DAILY COURIER By mail or carrier, per year ft. 00 By mall or carrier, per month .50 WEEKLY COURIER By mail, per year $2.00 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is excluslrely entitled to the use for republication oX all news dispatches credited to It ' or all otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights or republication of spe cial dispatches herein are alee res erred. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 1919. H-f-f-M. OREGON WEATHER Probably rain west, rain or snow east portion. Colder east portion tonight Gentle north- f easterly winds. JVSTICE FOR GERMANY The peace conference seems to bo making rapii '.regress la sly in ie termlnlng the allies' policy toward Germany, and that policy as an nounced is one in which the United States will take profound satisfac tion. There has been, all along, a fear that Germany would be let off too easily. There is certainly no mildness in such terms as these: The German army to be perma nently reduced to 100,000 men raised by volunteer enlistment and serving for a long period of years, in oraer to prevent the training of many men in short-term periods of service. au uerman warsmps and war planes to be surrendered or destroy ed, and no more to be built. No poison gas to be accumulated In any dangerous amount. All heavy artillery to be surren dered or destroyed, and no more built. German munition plants to be su pervised by the allies. German forts along the Rhine and In other strategic positions to be destroyed. Germany to lose the iron ore de posits of Loraine and the coal of the Saar valley. German territory to be bounded 1y the Rhine on the west and the Vis tula on the east, reducing Germany from 212,000 square miles and 70,' 000,000 people to 172,000 square miles and 67,000,000 people, even if she absorbs German-Austria. All this Is in addition to the in demnity, which will probably ap ' proximate $4,000,000,000, the pre cise amount being determined by the1 formula, "All that Germany can pos- j slbly pay." i t If this program is carried out, itj will assuredly leave the world safe from German aggression for many 1 decades. And it In the meantime a ! strong, smoothly working league of r nations has been built up, the safety! may last forever or as near it as Infinite man dares to estimate. ' It will Indeed he a monumental : punishment. But however drastic,! It will not be so much as Germany deserves, because It will not come anywhere near making amends to the' nations she has wronged. Did You Buy a Columbia Ham? Fresh Stock Quality Guaranteed KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality First the circumstance of the soldier's death. Still they will be Infinitely precious to those who rorelve them. For no amount of faith or patriotism ever made up for the little concrete things which comfort the heart. Perhaps no one of Its activities Is a better testimonial to the great ness of the Red Cross than this sim ple, kindly thing, founded on an un derstanding of human yearnings. It is all very well to continue quoting George Washington: "Eu rope has a set of primary interests which to us have no, or a. very re mote, relation. Hence she must be engaged In frequent controversies the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns." But here we are with an army in France! Times have changed. . No doubt German music will be sung in public again after a while And there is no particular reason why some of It shouldn't be after a while, a long while. ANNUAL SELF DENIAL It Is desired to raise the Grants Pass Salvation Army "Self denial allotment of $75 in the least pos sible time, either by mail or solid' tors. Teams will be at work next week, bearing the proper credentials signed bjrthe officer in charge. The entire fund collected will be devoted to the national Salvation Army fund. The officers In charge are confident the citizens of Grants Pass will help them to care for our neighbors who need aid in India. Java, Africa, etc. Wounded Yank to Heat Drum Ensign J. E. trantin, of the lo cal Salvation Army brings the fol lowing story to Grants Pass: Cap tain Ensinger, of Seattle recently returned from France tells the fol lowing: "When' I was in the hospital, after being wounded, another soldier who had lost his left arm and left leg, was commenting to a soldier in the hospital upon his helplcaj condi Uon. I asked him what he was go ing to do for a living, to which he replied, 'Well, there Is one thing sure, I am not 'going to soli shoe laoea. I'll tell you what I can do as long as there is strength left in this good right arm, I can beat a Salvation Army bass drum. That is what I am going to' do the rest of my life it the Salvation Army will only let me." " . 0 IS THE BEST BUY THE 51k SIZE AND SAVE MONEY Every Can Guaranteed AUo Paektd in " 3 and I -lb. Cant PICTURES OF SOLDIERS' GRAVES The latest activity of Red Cross forces abroad is taking photographs of the graves of the soldiers abroad and sending them to their people at i home. It seems, perhaps, like aj small thing to do, yet it is truly a great undertaking, for the graves are , many and it is hoped' not to miss one. ! The (photographs will not be very wonderful a little mound, a wood-i en cross, a wreath. The pictures will be simple. They will be simply mounted, and enclosed with them will he any little details the search ers have been able to gather about J MARCH 15th The Interest Cou- " pons on Your 3d LIBERTY LOAN BONDS were due. Why not bring your Coupons to this lank and deposit the proceeds in a Savings Account. If you do not already have a Savings Account with us, this will be a splendid way to start one. A Savings Account means thrift. SAVING, like spending, is a HABIT. Which habit have you formed? . We pay 4 per cent interest compounded semi-annually, on Savings Deposits. Grants Pass Banking Con pany Capital and Surplus, $60,000.00 A letter from Jo Pardee to hl parents contains nn lum of pbiiooUI Interest. Ho stales that Everett Smith In France was 4rwent and saw General Pershing pin a distill gulshpd service cross on llort Presley and shake hands with hlin. Bert Presley was born In Grants Pass and was a student at O. A. C. when he entrod the service. Pardee states that the O. A. C. college band, of which he is assist ant director, Is exporting to go to Portland to meat Co. K, which Is made up almost entlroly of Corvnllls boys, on their return the last of this week. FORMER CHIEF TRIES TO JOIN VILLA BAND El Paso, Texas. Mar. 19. Fred erico Corvattee, chief of stall of Gen eral Felipe Angeles, when he was with Francisco Villa in 1914. was arrested early today near Socorro. Texas, SS -miles southeast of here, with 12 tflen while they were at tempting to cross to Mexico ftf Join Angeles and Villa. One Mexican is reported to have been wounded and another one escaped In the darkness. Brightening a Room. The yellow gleiiin of brass always adds IlRht to any dark nook and nscd with dark furniture. Is most artistic. A pair of brass candlesticks on the mantel, andiron before nn open fire, or even a brass Jardiniere for fernn. are all especially attractive in a dark room. No Friends Like.Old Frlsnds. Esteem of great powers, or avail able qualities newly discovered, may embroider a day or week, but a friend. ship of twenty yenrs Is Interwoven wnn me texture or life. A friend may bt found , and lost, hut an old friend can never be found, nnd nntura hna provided that he cannot easily be lost. Samuel Johnson. Motor Car Sale Now "being conducted at Vancouver IJamuikH, ' Vancouver, Washington, by tins United States Spruce Production Corporation Motor Trucks V to 5 ton, $1,HK) to fl.'JOO. Trailers 2 to Mon, (-KM) to .fl,KK). Fords $:W0 to HW. Also a few passenger ears of oilier makes. All cars carry prices plainly marked. Come ami see and buy. Vnr furlhor liifornuttiuii . nriilrpN Automobile It., Hales lloanl, I'nltml Ktnte Hpniie Pro iluclion Corporation, Yeon INmliuicI, Oro. Largest Fire-Proof Warehouse in Town Storage rates very low Grants Pass Hardware Company Ford Worm Gear Truck Commercial ho!y, ienl an new, run M mile, north NK, real hnrisnln $675 I'wmI Kortl touring car, re.uly to go $250.00 C. L. HOBART CO. JOY THEATER- FRIDAY and SATURDAY MATINEFS 2:15 D. VV. GRIFFITH'S nights 8:00 SUPREME TRIUMPH one HEARTS WORLD The Sweetest Love Story Ever Told I AM COMING I am the love story of the great war. I am the brain-child of the ereatest ci nema producer-D W. GRIEFITH-his most sensational achievement. I was born on the battlefields of France where your brothers, husbands sons sweethearts, fought the Battle of HUMANITY. But I have been called a viz ualization of LA MARSEILLAISE. I am not war. I am-don't foreeU-THE SWEETEST LOVE STORY EVER TOLD. iorgew-iu. A TRIUMPH BY THE MASTER FILM PRO DUCER OF THE AGE SEATS NOW SELLING At Homing's Shack . r X W" ' 1 L lli ALL SEATS RESERVED PRICES Matinees' 50c, 75c Nights 75c, $1.00 SPECIAL MUSICAL SETTING