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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 18, 1919)
laimwi rtntn 'wwiinini Mwmmwa&vmAwaimfi -''r,r-rrtfniiiiiTiKT-iiw,MijWmi1mww,wl, wmumhiii t iM . ' .-i It I ; - 'KnilMV.'JCt-VUII.'MMtf. GRASTS PAR DAILY COURIER PAGE THRU Expert Battery Work By an Expert Battery Man Tire Repairing Well Done , Goodrich Tires Aiito Service Company Classified KOH SALIC PRESENT OWNERSHIP township , plats of Josephine county, tOe each. Kor sale by Josephine Conn ly Abstract Co. Blue prlutlrg at reasonable rate. 39tf GET YOUR TIRES MBNUEO and buy D. M. C. K. welder for future use. See Mr. Ootcher the ' tiro man at Grants Pass hotel, if 12 ACRHH oak, madrono, fir ami pine, on railroad In Jerome Prairie. Will take wood In pay ment stumpage. Pbone 270. 83tf 00-ACRB STOCK RANOH for tale; about 135 eorea In cultlTatlon; eonalderable irrigation; 2 ml lea from R. R. station; Itt miles from two school; half cash, bal ance low Intereet. Address No. 106 J care Courier. 86tf roR 8AUC Singer sewing machines on easy terms. .Machines rented and old machine taken In part payment. C. A. Chapman, 245 S. Central avenue. Medford. Ixoal headquarter Omnts Pass Hard wars. Iltf ANGJSL CAKTCS7o cenu each; or der by phone, No. 1J0-J. 2tf TIMBBU ITLAIM FOR 9A1J0 .160 seres nesr Kerby, mostly pine. NV4 or 8Ki, SW', or SB and 8B'.4 of SV4. Sen. 1 4, T. 38 8.. R. 8 Went. Price $2,250. Ad dress owner. Mrs. Mottle K. Pal mer. fi74 Nehnlem. Ave., Portland, Oregon. 37 OCT YOl-R OltDKIt In early for blocks, kindling and Bawd 11st. (ta bor 'Bros..' phone 609-J. 24 lot HSN1 FOR iRBNT -Woom bungalow, 421 ' West U shade trees, good well, electric llffhts, 2 acres, burn, poul try house and park. Address Mrs. W. H. H. Taylor, 1114 Pine St. 38 1)8T 1AST- Crescant-shapo gold pin with diamond setting. Kinder plniuin lesve at Courier office, care No. 1281) nnd rwelve reward. 23 W ANTBD Man aud wire want one or two rooms with batb. North side preferred. Address No. 1230 care Courier. 1 , lOtf WiANTBI) (Men for concrete road work. Wages 4.50 and tip. Board $1.00 .also men for rock quarry same wages. Perham, Brown, Dean & iHague, Marsnfleld, (Oregon. 32 WANT.BIX-'Klrst class teamster; permanent work. River Hanks . iKarin, phone 607 -F-3. 23 WANTED tlOO reward will 'be paid to unyoue for authentic. infor mation us to present whereabouts of 'Mrs. Cler Hill iPge. formerly Flora Hill, who with her husband moved to AJraslJ Pass, Oregon, sometime In 1902 or 1903, front San Francisco. It wilt tie to this lady's advantage lo communicate at once -with Mitchell & Gantx, At torneys. Alliance, Nebraska. 1 30 v"ANTr5l Ulrl for general house work. C,ll 821 I street or phone 837-R. ' ' ' ' " 21 KUX-'lltlCAL WORK , 4SM&TKIG -WIRlNO and " general . electrical work, repairing, house wiring. C. C. Harper, 215 North Sixth street, pit one 47. tf CIVIL KN'GINHtiKS . DANIEL McFARLAND. olvll engi neer and surveyor. ' Residence 740 Totb street, pbone 211-Y. 5 Advertising TAXI DAILY JITNEY to Belma, Kerby and Waldo. Leaves Grants Pasa dally at 9:30 a. 111. Everett liogue, phone 317. 317 l'8B THE WHITE LINE TAXI FOR prompt service. City and country trips. Safety first Call OranU Pass Hotel, phone iti. Residence phone 320-R. W. 0. White. 790 IF YOU WANT TO GET THERE, call 22-J. Two common old Fords, We are on the Job anywhere and any time. iPalace Taxi Co. Wyatt and Cutler. - Jitney Luke. 50tt MIBCKLLANEOUg B. L. OAUJRAJTH Insurance, any kind. RentaU. Building and Ixmuj. Plat Glass Liability. C09 O strsst. 4tf ATTRNTION'-A (buyer of theMed ford Junk Co. will ibe In Grants Pass from July 18th to 31st. Bring your rag, metal, rubber, sacks, hides and pelts. 403 South Sixth street, Grants Pass, Ore. 29 ' DRAYAGK AND TRANS Ut rHsT WORLD MOVES; so" do Buutb Bros Transfer Co. Ptaos 197-R. r. a ISHAM. drayage and irausf Safes. 1 lanos . and furnltnr moved, packed, shipped and atot ad. Office phone 124-Y. Resi dence phone. 124-R. DENTISTS :. C. IIACY. DM. 67 Flrst-elas. dentistry mm South Bliti strest. Grants Pass. Oregon. PHYSICIANS L. O. LEMENT.V. " bTPri te limited to driseases of the eye. ea ' nose and throat. Qlassaa nttee Office hours 9-12. 2-5. or on sr polotmsnt ', Office pbone (3,. res' dence phone ' I59-J. a" Louo h rTdgeT u."d.. physiir and surgeon. City or country car attsnded day or night. Resident phone JR9; office phone 1ft' Sixth snd H. Tuffs Bldg A.r A." WITHA wii",, mJ7 n terns medicine and nervous diseases vug Corbett Bldg., Portland. Or Hours 10 to 12 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m DR. W. T. TOMPKINS, b7 T Rooms and , 2 Schmidt Bldg. Treats all diseases. Hours 9-13 a. m.; 1-B 'p. m. Pbone 304-R. tf VKTKRINABY SUKttKON DR. R. J. BE8TUL, Veterinarian Office., residence. Pbone I0R-D Oxls the ttnisti iu , T-WVMOT VUI. U19 bowels, drives out Impurities, helps xiib nvei- 111 iioiiMter's Rocky 'Mountain Tea. Take Jt once-a-weejt during hot weather and see ho happy and contented you'll he. 85o. Tm or Tablets. Sabla's Drag Store. The California 'and Oregon Coast Railroad Company TIME CARD . - Effective Nov. 19, 1918. Trains will run Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Leave Grants Pass .. .l p. M Arrive Waters Creek 2 P. M. I-eave Waters Creek 3 P. M Arrive Grants Puss 4 p. M, For Information regarding freUht and nansenger rates call at the office or the company, Lundhurs- bnlldlim or telenhone 181. ' UgaJ BlenVs at the Qbservr ' SUBMARINE CHASER MAKES PORT WITH SAILS OF BED CLOTHING Dicinei of No, 28 Break Down, Despite Applications of Salad Oil and Butter When Lubricating Oil Gives Out, and Craft Is in Distress for Thirty Days Crew on Short Rations. Ill", iiie clew of a submarine chaser rlggtd ii bed clutheK as sails, their sig nals of dlstresn fulling to bring help after the vetsel's engines were dis abled end her nsvlgatlng Instrument vashed overboard In mldocesn. and how they piloted ibe crsft through the' "pea ea for s month until they reached the Aiirc. Is grsplilcslly ile wrlbed In the report of Alexis Puliihen. the sailing iiinmer In rotnuisml, which haH Jnt deen made public by (lie navy depart merit. The submarine chsxer, w,hlch was called No. m, wss American liuill ami one of a grutip turned over to the French gnvernnieii. Slunned by French erew the vemaelii left the Kermuilas on Jauusry 7, IK1K. and soon srrnck hesvy weather. , The lux and chsxer found It hard to keep together. In s terrific storm on January 1'.' the tug convoy m iitu r.-il mid No. '.'S lot Sight of her l oiupmilnnia. Hesvy ncsm ciirrleij away her life boats, davlm. boxeN of coat mid koko llue and ventllstom. The engine room wss floodi-ij, but the crew iiiHiiaued to Stsrl one enitlne and keep the u-shcI going. Win ii the Hculhcr iiioitcnitt-d h.iiicmIihi Nu. 'JN Ntsrli-d out In Hearch of her convoy. She then developed en gine trouble, and die shortage of lubri cating oil liei'ume alarming. Although the crew worked friintlcil I lliey could not locate the trouble and the engine finally went "dead." Submarine i Iikit No. was tlierelore helpleso, and slihough mauy ilgnals of dlitren were wut up nolxuly neeined to see tlietu. Rtpertcd st the Axerts. When the (rniip of rhsers reached the Kreudi port No. 18 ws reported mlssliiK end II ws generally believed she hsd been lorn. Then on February If), much to the aurprlne of both the French and AmerlcMii navy depart ments. he mi reported at the Azores. The expedients to which the crew of the veel resorted In their month at ses are bet related In the sailing mas ter's own report : "The msctilnlma et to work to fix the engine, and ou Wednesduy, Janu ary 16. at nililnlglit. the central engine t sited up. I et iinre eant. There ws nothing In Night. At .1 n. m. we sgsln broke down. At S:.'tO s. in. I asw HkIiI of two steamers to port on the horlxon. headed earn. I showed two red lights st the msalhead and alg ssled to tbem with the blinker. They did nut snswer me snd continued on their course to the esst. The host continued stopped snd the aischlnlsta kept at the repair of the engine. I kept pumping the bilges where the wsler reached a height t about 'JO Inches. The boat made a lot of water from the springing of her beam. "At ten minute to 12 s. m. 1 ssw the msst of s scout boat on the horlxon te the northwest. Considering my host to be hi a critical condition by .reason of the length of time it hsd been dis abled aud the nesr exhsustlou- of my lubrlcstlng oil. 1 Bred s salvo of six shots snd hoisted the. signs! , of. dis tress. 1 obtained nu answer and could see nothing more of them a few min utes later. At noon the center engine started up; course east. Nothing In sight. At 1 p. m. a new breakdown of the engine. The chief machinist, Palg aou. reported to me tiist the lubricat ing oil was sll gone. Thereupon I used soap suds snd several greasy aub stances to replace the oil, but these gave bad results. "I then gave all the salad oil and butter for the lubrication of the en gines. These latter gave very good re sults, but were not sufficient. There was about five gallons. At 20 miuutes ATTORNEYS H. D. NORTON. Attorney-at-law. Practices in all State and Federal Courts. First National Bank Bldg. G, W. COLVIG. Attorney-at-law. Grants Pass Banking Co. Bldg. Grants Pass, Oregon. E. 8. VAN' DYKE, Attorney. Prac- Uoes In all courts. First National Bank Bldg. - O. 8. BLANCHARD, Attorney-at-law. Golden Rule Bldg. Phone 270. CraaU Pass, Oregon. BLANCHARD & BLANCHARD, At torneys. Albert Bldg. Phone 236-J. Practice In all courts: land board attorneys. C. A. S1DLBR, Attorney-at-law. Ma , sonic Temple. Grants Pass. Ore" GEO. H. DURHAM, Attorney-at-law, referee in bankruptcy, Mnsonlo Temple, Grams Pass, Oregon. Phone 135-J. . . , JAMES T. CH1NNOCK, Lawyer. First National Banlf Bldg.. Gtarts ( Pits. Oragot, , te sis p. in. the engine started np; course esst, nothing In sight. "At half-past eleven p. m. soother and last breskdown of the engine snd burning est of the dynamo. The chief tnschlnlMt reported to roe that be would net be able to make the engines run suy more, 'ibe radio would not work. It was iniMisslble for me to call for help. There was nothing left me shosrd but seversl pints of salad oil, which I ofed only for the lubrication of the auxiliary engine with which 1 pumped bilges when the stale of the ses was such that 1 could not ue the bindy billy (hsnd pump). "I found myself, therefore, in com plete distress, drifting toward the Miiiiheast, at the mercy of the winds Slid ses, with no exact position. I es lluisted my position st this time as M degrees, 30 miuutes north latitude, and 8t degrees west longitude (sbout 7m I uillss from the Azores). Put Crsw en Short Rations. "1 remained In this condition uutll the eighteenth of February without getting help of sny kind. I ordered .a Jury lug rig to be got up, pumping the bilges sll the time, putting out ami tak Ing In a sea anchor when I thought It well to uoe It, sparing the drinking water as much as possible, rstioulng the crew to the louen pontible amount, in view of the probability of a long voyage; putting out and taking In the sails according to the condition of the weather and the direction of (be wind, aud endeavoring to make head way east by compass In an -effort to reach the Axores. The winds were fa vorhble. blowing generally from the uwlerly quad-anis nnd changing at Internal from northwest to southwest. 'l Hlaliled four steamers, of which three were very far away and making a Coiire nearly parallel to mine, so that they did imt sppmach very near to me. They were out of sight very quickly and probably did not see me.' "On the 8th of February at half pant nine in the morning, I saw the third steamer about four points to port snd croiwiug our course nor far away. The weather was tine, the sea very beautiful. I at ouce hoisted sig nals of distress snd got out the life host, manned by two volunteers, and ordered It to get iu Ibe path of the stesmer and apeak to blm. but when he arrived at a distance of about five miles snd was bearing about two points forward of the Nrt hesm. the steamer changed course suddenly and put on all stesm. I Immediately fired a sslvo of seven guuS at Intervals of one mluuie. In sccordsure with the rules of distress slgnsls, but be did not answer me end continued to run away. At 13 mluuie past eleven he disap peared over the liorlr.no, heading shout southwest. "The conduct of the crew wss msr velous throughout the voyage. They retained at all gmes their hshltual calm. They never complained of the sniallness of the ration which It na necessary for me to rextrlct them to. and thereby showed a grand uplrit Mt sacrifice snd self-denial. Steered by Sails. "On February IS. at luilf-paM n a. ni., I saw land one point on the port bow, bearing north .V degree east by compass. I headed over and took a sounding from time to time. At eleven a. m as the ship was going very slow ly becuuse of the light breexe from the west that prevailed and the sea was calm,, I had the lifeboat hoisted out and manned by. three volunteers for the purpose first of recounoiterlng the exact nsture of the land, and secondly to have a tug m-iiI out. I hoisted at the ssme time the signal 'YP' I re quire a lug.' At one p. m. I recognised Ka.nal to port and Pico to starboard. At half-past two p. m. 1 naw a tug com ing from port snd hesdingeTor me. At three p. m. I doused sail (one jib. two atayxalls jind one fore-aud-aft main sail). These sails allowed us to steer to a certain extent, and drove us about three -knots when we had a fine sea and a good breexe. They were made frotn tablecloths, sheets, bedspread and blankets. The weather did -not permit of their being used at all times, because they were not very strong. At 25 minutes past 'three the Sin Mac took me In tow about five miles southwest of Fayal and brought me in to the port of Horta. At half-past four the Sin-Mac took In her tow line and a patrol boat of the port put me alougisde the Freuch four-masted bark Cape Horu. "The coal for the galley was all ex pended by January 'M. The galley fire was made from Hie wood of the broken mens table and benches. 1 es timate that I might liave held out for 20 days longer, hut ivot mure than that, because all the provisions ud water would have been gone by that time." : I " i 1 ( Unci Ebn. "Some men find fault because dey're too wise." said Dticle Ehn. "and oth ers bemuse dejr sin' got wistm enonnU.' Taxi Stand Moved Thos use to calling me at the Spa will bow find ana nt the OWL CITY AXI (JOl'NTRY HKRVICK C. E. Pbom 172-J Cleaning, Pressing ' ' . Repairing From the standiHtint lag plant is essential. We hare one of the bent eqolpped dry cleaning plants in Southern Oregoa. The bswlly soiled garment that you think are aot worth clean ing are the ones we can pot la a clean and wearable condition, thus saving yon money, as the new rlothes have advanced slightly In price. The Wardrobe Cleaners AM08 P. WILLIAMS, Proprietor SIS North Sixth Street Phone 147 We are firily equipped for all kinds of battery work at reasonable prices consistent with first class work. When la needof a new battery buy the still-better Willaxd, with threaded rubber insulation. The Battery Shop A. V. Haxelton, Propr. UNITED STATES RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION WALTER D. HINES. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROtAOS SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD Llne North of Ashland, Oregon) Vacation A vacation is a good investment.' Rest and change are very heueifirial to bodily health and mental vigor. July and August ; are the ideal vacation months. Attractive summer resorts are within easy reach. Excursion ticket are on sale. Shasta Springs 7'?.. - ' (. Season Tickets from Grants Pase..............;.v S7.20 '. 15 Day Tickets from Grants Pans. .. 0.OO '. Special fares also In effect to Shasta -'Retreat ' ; ' and other Shasta 'Resort '''' Crater Lake - Mi ',:,'. Season Tickets 1. 1-Day Tickets Newport Season Tickets from Grants Pass....... Corresponding fares from other points.- Tillamook County Beaches Season Tickets from Grants fase... S10.8U Fares to Neah-Kab-Nle, Manianlta and Bay- . t ocean slightly higher. Corresponding fares iroin inner points. Various Special fares In effect to Columbia River ' Beaches, Mt. Rainier National Park,' Yellow- , stone National Park and Glacier National Park. Inquire of Ticket Agent JOHN M. SCOTT General Passenger Agent Newspapers 5 & GILKISON Day sad Night of economy, the dry cl from Grants Pass.... "From Grants Pass. .. S1O.0O .. 16.30 ' 914.00 Kesorts 10c Bundles- Courier f:' v.