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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 25, 1919)
4Ws The Climate We're Telling The World Come and Enjoy It9 VOU X., -Nil. 7. I A BRICK BUY A BRICK" NEW SLOGAN ttTATK CAMPAIGN IIKUIXM MOK DAY TO PROVIDE HOME FOU AIIAXItONKD UAHUM Will BE III Governor OlcoU llcliiud Uis Move ment) Untrue Hwloty Now Om duel IoiiU Home Utr Oirto The pIwib for tb JoMtphlue coun ty campaign ,fir funds for the home for abandon 'babies are materializ ing. The drive In in bs made n tlruly by the ludlcs. Every woman in the community lit rcMfted U) hold herself In readlnoiut to resiioiiri whnn thn call Ih made (or worker. Mm. Kl It'll Thrasher, chairman, and her committee have deolded to make thn cnmpalieii In on day, Sep temlior 29. The Rinnan in "Ile-a-Ilrlck-Huy-a-Hrlfk" mid solicitors will have little celluloid brick tHgs which -will he Mold for tl or more. 'Residents of hls city and thn en tire county are called upon to a wlat thn rnuHA of the nameless, home leas and abandoned babies of Oregon. Surely, tlibt I an appeal that ran not fall uton diaf ears. The rcnou society want to erect a new nuranry building for Ita tiny . bivtilo. Jt aula that bulldlnx to- U fire proof, a brick building with every modern convenience. Governor Oleott ha nsked the people of Ore Iton to help. He knowa the eoclety does a worthy, unHulflHh work. There are In tb old nursery build ing, now located In 'Portland, at pres ent about 40 tiny buhle und many more should bo sheltered If there were room. The 1aMc hold out their hands and aak you to "he a hrlck buy a flirlck" for the new hulldlnit. The nnclety conducts the IouIhc Home for unfortunate girls and many a tfrl ha been saved and shel tered end taught the right way of living while In the home. The girl are taught to he aolf helpful, to cook, sew. wah nnd Iron nnd do other use full thing right. Every dollar given now for the o- loty will go to tho balden. Not one cent for publicity or salnrica or for any commissions. The people of Oregon should be able to build a' building that will he a credit to Ore gon. Tact's all dig for the cause. Never before haa there been such greut conridencn hat. a campaign would win. "Win? of course! How conld.lt fall? Ife for tho babies!" declare those In charge of the drive. Itr.MOIl LEMXE KIM. Kit , Paris, 8opt. 2-5. iA rumor la cur rent here that 'Nikolai Lenine haa been assassinated. FIRE MAY IT I'lacorvllle, Cal., Sept. 25. Forest fires are meuaoliiK this town. One flrq la within a mile of the city lim its. San Jose, Sept. 25. The famous California redwood park 1n Santa Crux will 'be eweipt by fire unless help la sent Immediately, the super intendent of the park reports. The damage Ih already estimated at 4100,000. .San (Bornardlno, Cal Sept. 25. The entire forest about "Thousand Pines," a! resort In the San iDornar dlno mountains, Is afire. It 1a doubt ful wlietlior the place can be saved. ER SEN GARLAND 111 CITY Itlkin tiritntN Poms and Our Auto I'nrk, but "lrtur" Oct lllin In Tntuble at Haglnjiw Samuel M. Uurland and family arrived In the city yesterday and lunt night camH-d In the tJrantH I'uhk ntito park. Mr. Oarland waa former ly atate aenator of Mnn county. He hah not boon in the lient of hmtlth lately and will epond a few weeka In Callforla, ti la family Intending to apend the winter at I ami Angeles or San (Diego. Mr. Oarland apeak highly of the fine auto lark at this (illce and aay some of the membeni of the civic 1nit'r0friient club who were work ing at the rk lawt evening ahowctd him very conrteay. He aays they mad him "feel at home," and an a reantt tie ha a Mndly feeling in hie heart for our city but he haa a kick coming not at our Hty, tint on the way come of thn road contractor treat ton Hutu. Here la what hap pened to 'Mr. Ourland and family at Saginaw, jieitr Cottage Grove: Workmen were bimy grading the highway. Tli ere waa a detour, but no algn marked tho iway and the Ourland car and another automohll- Ittt after driving ahead for aome dis tance, found themeelvea In a "pock et," and only got out of '.their pre dicament by aome hard maneuver ing. Mr. Oarland aaya he tried to get aome Information from tho work men, "hut they gave ihlm little notice nnd the language of the man who did finally decide to tak with the tour lala waa abualre and not what ahould Jmv been aald In the prea- ence of a' man' family. Not all contractor and thotr fore men are ao dlnconrteoiia. aaya Mr. Oarland. but he ta of the opinion that most of them could make It mdeh more pleasant for tourist without discommoding themselves In tho lonst, by putting up proper de tortr signs and gldng Information when questioned almnt the roads. "Workmon ahould remember," aays Mr. Oarland, "that If 1t were not for thn tourists and heavy auto mobile traffic, theite fine roads through Oregon would not now he tinder construction." The word "detour" certainly strikes terror In the heart of the average tourist, hut present road condition are something that must bo endured until tho highway la fln- Iwhod. IVOAI-T IMI'ICOVIVU Portland. Ore., Sept. 2.". Fred iloalt, editor ot the Portland News, who waa recently severely Injured by a fall and was rcHrted dead. Is still ullve and slightly Improved. He has a fair chance for recovery. SALMON PACK ON THE COLUMBIA A FAILURE Portland, Sept. 25. The fall pack of salmon on the Columbia river has been a faillure, according to word brought here by iAukusI Larson, manager ot the Altoona Packing comipany. The traps are about done nnd tho seiners are considering the advlslblllty of quitting for the re mainder of the season, Mr. Larson staites. There were a couple of days after the opening of the fall season whon the run waa good, but since then It has dropped off and the catohes ihave'dwlndled to such a point that the seiners are unable to make any money. "ilAif fall," said Mr. tiarson, "we put up about 15,000 cases; this fall we will not pack 5,000." Robert S. Farroll, of the Pillar Rock Packing oonvpany, states that his fall pack will not 'be one-fourth of last year. Prices are Ihlgh with chinnock tails quoted at $3.15 and silversldes at $3. ' The demand 4s not what it haa been and mar force the market downward somewhat. ATOR GRANTS PAflS, JOSEPHnTB OOUlfTT. ORBGOlf, TlllltHDAY. KKITKMMKH JM. ltl. E KILLED IN THE SIEEL STRIKE MTATK TROOP Kit KfTLfl SETtlHAN WHO WA8 HI'KPI-XTKU OF SMPIXO LITTLE CHANGE IN HON HUiutlrlck, Labor Lender Says "Men Are Going- tu Itcnuind lucent iustico From Jvcrninent" Karrell, I'enn., Sopt. 25. I. like Irogan. a Serbian, waa tttiot and Hied today by a state trooper, when thn police searched a house suspect ed of being a entiling post , from which shots were fired at the steel plant. Waehington, Sept. 26. Even Hlionld the I'nited States Smelting Company consent to meet represen tatives of men of the nation-wide atrike of ateel workers, they could not now be called off, In the opinion of John Vltapatrick. chairman of the strike committee, expressed at the oiienlng of the senate labor coHimlt toe's Investigation of the strike. Fltz- pntiick said: "The 350,000 men on strike are going to demand from the United States. Justice and decent Justice." Mr. Oary. chairman of the board of the steel corimratlon. is to oipear next Wednesday. , , - I 1 Chicago. III., S..pt. 2".. There is little change In the general strike situation. The first death here was reimrted when the body of Robert Lloyd, a steel mill worker, was found in the street near his home with a bullet hole under his heart and a ri fle nearby. It Is unknown iwhether it was an accident, suicide or mur der. Voungstown. Ohio. Sept. 25. Meetings for tomorrow have been called by skilled and non-skilled employes of practically all the large utoel mills in the Mahoning Valley. to vote on the queetion of returning to work. Buffalo, X. V., Sept. 25. Five thousand members of the marine firemen, oilers, water tenders and coal passers union have voted almost unanimously for a general strike in support of the steel workers. NILES SEEING 'OREGON Clyde ,B, Xlles, manager of River- banks Farms, of C. rants Pass, is at Hotel Portland for a day or two be fore ending the week with a good time at the state fair, says the Port land Telegram. ' He attends every year and generally 'takes a few blue ribbons with his thoroughbred Per- oherons or with one or two ot his 50fcOuernsey milkers. 'Rlverlmnks Farms consists of 800 acres of the best soil ,1n Southern Oregon. It is on the iRogue river where tApplega,te river empties in. One thousand acres are now being cultivated and the rest will be cleared nd put into use before Ntles Is many years older. He has developed a pumping plant irrigation .system which is raising 1800 gallons of Water a minute, There are hundreds . of acres of young orchard coming Into bearing. The pear yield was worthy of men tlon, and 40 acres ot Newtowns will bear 4500 boxes of perfect apples this year. Alfalfa Is used as a cover crop In the young orchards, and nun dreda of turkeys keep the bugs and worms jumping through the emerald green of It. The turkeys roam at will until about three weeks before Christmas when they are rounded up like cattle and fattened for the market. TIMOR III MENS ARE KNIVES STUCK IN THE TREATY 1'RBSIDENT COTV BRAXD 7TKW PHI.MK TO HA.V Oil TO TlfK lKXVKK ftOPLK WANTS U. S. TO KEEP PLEDGES laJmn Thone Trying to Iefent the lKue Are Those M'bo Hampered Government in the War Denver, Colo., Sept. 25. Declar ing that the lane In the peace treaty discussion has at 'last been clearly drawn, President Wilson said today that the question squarely facing the nation waa whether the United States would keep her pledges to help guarantee the peace of the world. The president said the objections to the Hritlsh Empire's voting power in the league assembly Is exploded when it became known that the British dominions "have six votes in the assembly, but the assembly don't vote." He said "hyphens are knives being stuck Into the peace treaty. There is no organized opposition, ex cept the people who tried to defeat the purposes of the government In the war." He said qualified adop tion would be rejection and would be asking special privileges for the United States, and that "when the senate acta it will be for nie to. de termine whether. the. action. const! tutee rejection or adoption." As the power of negotiating tres tles rests with the executive branch of the government, the president said he hoped the senate would not leave the matter In doubt. Paris, Sept. 25 Spealcing in the chamber of deputies today. Premier Clemenceau said- that if he had any word to send to the United States. It would be that It hurry ratification of the peace treaty. JOHXSOV TO RKSVME HT8 SPKAKTXO TOl'It Washington, Sept. 25. Sen- a'or Hiram Johnson, of Callfor- 4- nia, announces that he will leave tomorrow for San Fran- Cisco, to resume his speaking tour against the league. . 4 Rbseburg, Ore., Sept. 25. Prune packing is on in full blast here. The three big packing houses are all ready for the biggest run in their his tory. From present Indications the prune crop of Douglas county will run over 7,500,000 pounds. The prunes are weighing very heavy this year and. the Italians are showing an increase over other va rieties. Every available space In the driers Is filled to capacity. , In Coles Valley the drop was very heavy after the rains, and every ef fort waa required to save the fruit without loss. At Sutherlin it was the same way and the drier there which was es timated to he able to handle the crop easily, was taxed to capacity. At Winston they are ahead of the pick, on account of having sufficient drier capacity to handle all the crop. At .Myrtle Creek the prunes came In very rapidly, the rain seeming 4o ripen the fruit. The driers are all keeping up pretty close to the rlpell ing fruit, and there will not be a very great amount ot toss. DEFY WILSON AND TJ Shipyard Workers In Son Francico IMxtrict Want Watccn Iromlnd; Other Villous to Follow 9an Francisco, Sept. i. An ulti matum to the effect that they wHl not await the outcome of the Indus trial conference In Washington, be ginning October 6, as requested by Preside Wilson, 'but will strike on October 1, for the wages promised them has been served on shipyard operators In the San Francisco bay district by the' shipbuilding unions, executives of the San Francisco Iron Trades council announced here to day. Similar strikes -would be called all along the coast it was stated. At a recent conference between the national officers of the shipyard unions and the operators a' new scale of wages was drawn up effective Oc tober 1. Three shipyards hers, the Bethlehem Shipbuilding corporation and the Pacific Cast and San Fran cisco Shipbuilding companies have not signed the agreement, however. The shipping board offices In Philadelphia Informed Its offices here that the increases could not be allowed pending the outcome of the Washington conference. JOYRIDER WAXTip TO LEAD THE PARADF, FOR PRIXCE Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 25 A bay onet with a determined soldier be hind it came Into action daring the reception to the Prince of Wales at Victoria last night. One daring auto driver endeavored to cut in ahead of the procession. - An Officer of the" guard of honor ordered the car to the side lines. The driver persisted at the head of the parade. A sharp or der to a trooper of the guard, a flash ot a bayonet and the explosion of a rear tire on the auto followed In quick succession. The bayonetted tire stopped the car effectively and the lamed motor had to pull to one side. REPORT NEW CAVE-IX; TWO PEOPLE KILLED Ashland, Ore., Sept. 25. Rumors are circulating in railroad circles here that a second serious caVe-ln has occurred In the tunnel north of Kehnett, where traffic has been blocked for several days. Two work men are reported, to have been killed. Passengers coming 1n from the south report that transfer of passen gers around the cave-In Involves a climb over a mountain and that it has been necessary to carry many over in stretchers. No freight or barrage has arrived from tho south. ELECTS OFFICERS The local order of the American Legion held a meeting Tuesday night and elected the following permanent officers: President, Neil Allen; vice president, Harry Harper; secretary- treasurer. Hal Truax; chaplain Charles Dana Anient. The following executive committee was appointed: Jessie X. Johnston F. D. Strieker, Elmer J. Billlck, Earl Brown and Luther Tingley. Ten new applications were receiv ed at the meeting, and the member ship drive will be conttnued until November 11th, when a 'Teace Dance" will be given by the legion. THIRTY-FIVE SCHOOIA rXSUPPLIED IX 1K)l OIiAS In compliance with a request from the etate superintendent of schools, a complete list was made today by County School Superintendent O. C Brown showing all school and their teachers In the county, especially set ting forth the vacancies now' exist ing, where so far as know here no Instructors have been supplied. ' The list showed 3 vacancies. -Roseburg Review. WILLSTRIKEOC WHOLE NUMBER 277. HUSTED m KEEPHANDSQFF E NEW YORK fUCPRRS ENT ATIVfc WAXTS HOt'SE TO GO OX RE CXRI AGAI.V8T LEAGUE IS SAMPLE OF LEAGUE TANGLE Assert That Such Meddling Is Com- trary to Our WeU Established National Policy Washington, Sept 25. The 'house foreign affairs committee may inves tigate the reported landing of ,m rines near Flume. A meeting has been called for tomorrow to consider a resolution offered by Representa tive Husted of New York, who wants the house to go on record In protest against interference. "This is a glaring cose of officious Intermeddling and Is absolutely op posed to onr well settled national policy," declared Mr. Husted. He said It waa a concrete fllnstra- tlon "of the kind of trouble we would be involved In as a nation it we Joined the league of nations under the unamended provisions ot the core nant, and that it would not be many years, it we Interfered in situations of this kind, before we would have the unfriendly feeling of all the na tions of the earth which hare been Mn4lT.to IiMlM sl,r'.i"lt Fill m His resolution provides that "It to ' the sense of the house ot representa tives that the United States should not participate in any military or naval opinions against the Italian forces under the command of Ga briel d'Annunzio now Investing the city of Flume, and that It should not attempt to influence the notion of said forces or of their commander by show or threat or force or other wise." TRADE WITH MEXICO SHOWS UPWARD TRFVT) Mexico City, Sept. 25. Despite conditions popularly regarded In the United States as uninviting to Am erican trade expansion here, business between that country and Mexico shows a decided upward trend. Cur ing the fiscal year ust closed Im ports and exports between the two republics amounted to more than 531,000,000 pesos, according to fig ures given the Associated Press br W. F. Saunders, secretary ot the American Chamber of Commerce in Mexico City. Of this amount 376,000,000 .pesos represents exports from Mexico and 164,000,000 pesos represents Im ports. Previous to the current fis cal year, the banner period of Mex ican-United States business was In 1911 when 102,000,000 pesos worth of goods were exported from Mext co and 146,000,000 pesos worth were imported. WARSHIPS TIED UP FOR LACK OF SAILORS Xew York. Sept. 25. Eleven Unit ed States war vessels ate tied up at the New York navy yard without crews sufficiently large to man them. It was said today that as a result of the shortage of enlisted men and the possibility of many resignations among the officers' the annual fall and winter maneuvers of the Atlantic fleet may have to be abandoned. The destroyers havs been the hardest hit by the discharge of men enlisted for the period of the war. A similar vondlWon is said to ex ist In the Pacific fleet, and the naval authorities are greatly worried by the situation at a big navy and no one to operate It. It is estimated that fully one-half of the navy's war efficiency has been destroyed.