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AGH TWO H HANTS PA DAILY OOCRIU MoxnAV, NKi'i i:iiuu lit id. GRANTS PASS DAIW COURIER Published Dlly Except 8undy ; B. VOORHIES. Poo. and Prgpr. stored at poetofflos, OrnU Pw, Or., m second class mall matter. ADVERTISING RATES ntaniiT tc. dt Inch 15o local-personal column, per llne..loc tMdtn, par Una . DAILY COURIER r mall or carrier, per year $6.00 r mail or carrier, per month 60 WEEKLY COURIER fey mall, per year .1100 MEMBER OP ASSOCIATED PRESS , The Associated Press la eiolualrely A h nA fur mnn btlcatloa of all newt dispatches credited to tt or all otnerwise creaiiea paper and also the local newa poe lUihed hereto. All rlghu ot republication of pe els! dispatches,, herein are alae reeerrea. MOMAY, 8HTKMI1KB IS, OREGON WEATHER Fair, except-probable showers -f near coast; gentle southerly -winds. - ' thk amkhumn u:t;iox Oregon's quota in the nation-wide campaign to Increase the member ship ot the American Legion to one million In a drive fceginning today and ending Saturday, September 20, Is 8,743. The call has gone out to every post of the iLegion In the state urging a' special effort .during that week, so that Oregon will not fan behind In the work ot organiza tion in which it already leads all pot six states ot the union. Oregon's membership goal is based on the number of former soldiers, sailors and marines from this state -which reached the total of 37.856 "We have stood together. Let's stick together," Is the slogan of the Tvorld war veterans in this drive. Teams are being formed In every dis trict, meetings planned all with the1 cooperation of editors, merchants, employers and all good Americans who extended their cooperation in the liberty loan drives. The Amer ican Legion ! represents 4.S00.000 men and women who offered their lives to safeguard the liberty they now enjoy. Marshal Foch will present a ban ner to the state leading the coun try in the membership drive, at the national convention at Minneapolis on November 11, American Iegion day. P.O. Soap Oil vor (JKT Yol H TWO 11AHS FltKH KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality and Sen-ice ALIEN PRISONERS ESCAPE Fl Salt Luke City, Sept. lo.-Between seven and 17 enemy alien prisoners escaped the war prison barracks at Fort Douglas, via a tun nel underneath a wire enclosure. It is believed that none of the import ant prisoners escaped. There were 107 prisoners In the compound, mostly I. W. W. . A later account showed that 17 men escaped, none of Jhem danger ous. Four were recaptured at Ogden and confessed. It took the prison ers a month to build the tunnel. T PROCLAIMS Geneva, Sept. 15. Gabriel d'Aun nunzio, supported by forces of Ar dette, which accompanied him into Flume, has proclaimed a union of Finme with Italy, It is reported. Flume was plunged into a slate of anarchy by occupation by d'Ann nunzio and his forte of irregular soldiers. British and French troops at Fiume barracaded themselves within their quarters, expecting that he would attack them. Crowds tore down the allied flags. Courier Bargain Day Sept. 18. HOLD-UP MAN PULLS (Continued from page 1) him closely. The gun-mau carried a stout roie and when they hud threaded their way through the trees slid brush to a distance of about SOt) feet.- called a halt. He told White to get down on his knees, then pro ceeded to tie his hands behind hhn, and also tie his feet securely. - The rope cut Into the flesh and White told him to be as easy as he could. "1 will," came the respouse, "but I am playing a desperate game and can't afford to take any chunces. Do you want your hat on?" White's hut hud fallen to the ground. "It makes no difference," he an swered. He then gagged White by stuffltiK his mouth 'with a rag. finishing by tielng a handkerchief over his ll securely. Then telling him that he would drive back that way In a couple of -bourn, he returned to the car in which the "lady" was wait in:;, and disappeared. Mr. White then fully realized the seriousness of the situation, but never lost hope for a moment. He was lucky enough to work the gag, from his mouth, but was still bound helpless and It was getting dark. Lying on his side he began groping about for a' sharp rock and finally found one. Then the real work be gan. He sawed at the rope behind his back with the sharp edge of the stone and finally got his feet lose about 11 o'clock. That was some relief, and after starting the clrcu lution In his legs he 'worked his way to the road and walked toward Jack sonville.' A mtlii down the road he came to a.lioose and (tently kicked came to a house and gently kicked It was the iMvlntyre home and the Molutyre boys canto out and cut the roe thnt bound hie arms. Mr. White's hands were badly swollen from the tightly hound ropes and there are still scars on his wrists. Sheriff Terrlll of Jacksonville was notified fcliil Immediately began sending out telegrauiM. The sheriff was also taken to the spot whore Mr. White was bound. After binding his victim the rubber had driven the Ford a short distance nhend mid turned It around, possibly with the Intention ot taking the highway south and thus fur has not been ap prehended. 1 Mr. White arrived home lost nliiht. His Ford was a 1913 model with straight fenders and square doors. License number 6297, engine nuin ber ISO. 276. The top had been freshly oiled and Is glossy. Mr. 'White's experience was equal to a Diamond Dick story. Ho had a close call, and had be not succeeded In getting rid of the gag and rut ting the rope with a alone, his body mlKlit not hnve been discovered for weeks. Residing thin. Mr. While's many friends In Grants Pass sre somewhat worked up over the affair and today some of them were men tioning such words as "rope" ami "tree limb." Courier Bargain Day Sept. 18. Dally Courier $4.50 the ISth. BAND HERE TONIGHT Signor Tommasino and his Italian land will appear at the Oregon thea ter tonight, last night they played I at the Ttlalto theater in Medford and delighted the big crowd with su perbly played selections. This organ ization is known from coast to coast and everywhere is it received with enthusiasm. The Atlantic City Daily Press has this to ny of these ar tists: "ThoM musically inclined are en Joying the music and concerts of the White iBand or Handa Blanca,' of which that sterling artist, Slgnor Tommasino is the conductor. This organization is creating a furore among the music lovers and plays to record-breaking audiences In the au ditorium three times daily." EDITORS REFUSE TO WRITE "RED" ARTICLES Yakima, Wash., Sept. 15. As a result of disagreement over Uie edi torial policy of the ipUjjer, the editor ial and news force of tlie Yakima Daily American resigned last nlsht. The men who resigned announced that they had Insisted upon a strict ly "patriotic, anU-bolshevist, anti-I. W, W. policy, and had ibeen overrul ed. The paper was - established about a month ago and was financed largely by stoi'k subscriptions from farmers. '" ,.i ' Courier Bargain Day Sept. 18. c a package before the war c a package during the war c a package NOW O THE FLAVOR LASTS SO DOES THE PRICE! DEER HAD NO CHANCE TO ESCAPE THIS YANK Concrete evidence that the Hogue valley Tokay grnpn Is not only the most toothsome fruit In the world for the human family, but that 1t puts a quality In Columbia blacktall venison that nothing else can glle was brought to town Saturday even-III',-. Niel Allen and his wife start ed out Saturday afternoon for u hike over "Old Illuey." Above the Tokay vineyards there was evidence thut the deer were feeding there these moonlight nights, and us Lieut. Al len had his eye and his rifle with him after a year In France hunting lloches .he miuu sdd a couple of antlered vineyard maurauders. One got away unscathed, but the second went down at the first tthot, and 140 pounds of fat Tokay-red venison was soon hanging In the oaks at the Allen home: The buck was killed within two miles Of town ami Is the se ond to be bagged in Hie vicinity this season. Dully Courier $4.50 the 1Mb. Courier Bargain Day Sept. IS. FRUITDALE 187 I Miss Margaret Kathbone bean her se ond term of school here Monduy with ten pupils, enrolled. She will hoard with Mrs. Hamilton. Mrs. Xazor, of Grants Pass, and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Smith or New Hope spent Tuesday afternoon and evening with !Mrs. Fred Tloiier. Rev. and .Mrs. Alexander McUnn, of Portland, and Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Hamilton, of Camas. Wash., came down Friday to attend the funeral of Gall Hamilton Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Mellean and Mr. Hamilton re turned home Sunday evening, Mrs. Hamilton remained until Wednesday morning. Lawrence Fnderwood called at the Brletmayer home Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. L. ,U Harrell, or Cot tage Grove, visited Mrs. R. Nellson one day last week. Mrs. Harrell and Mrs. Nellson are 'first cousins but had nover met before. Mr. and Mrs. McCarthy, of Crant3 Pass, arid Mrs. Thomas Shadduck, of Klamath Falls, called at the Alon-' ze Jones home Monday. O. 'A. Hamilton has a good crop of late crnwford peaches which he Is shipping to Crescent City and Gold Beach and his late pears sre golnn east. Henry Droulette returned to Oak land, C'al., to take up his work as rrtahlniBt. Dr. and Mrs. Elliott, of Medford. s-ient the week end with the Florcnze Jlrfetmayer family, -who Tiave JtiBt returned from Michigan. Mrs. Brlet mayer and children returned home with them nd spent the week there. Mr. and Mrs. '. W. Bates were dinner guest? of .1. H. Harris and A. Bauer Sunday. The people of Frultdale gathered to pay their last respects to their ynin friend. 'Gall (Hamilton, and sympathize 'With the 'bereaved fam !'y. His ever cheerful face will be src&t;y missed from -our gatherings. See The Handylite A great' stop forward In Alarm Clocks Just the thing for long winter nights and dark mornings. We predict that all alarm cloeks will be rsdlolltod In ih nesr future. BARNES, The Jeweler fc P. Time Inspector Ne W Mrst NsUihisI Itaak G. B. 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