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Th« Associated Press is exclusively
•■titled to the use tor republication
of all news dispatches credited to it
or all otherwise credited in this
paper and also the local news pub
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lished h«r«in.
All right« of rwpublloation of ape- day taking a larger place. The high-
dal dispatches herein ar« also re-
wU1 wkh(n
v#ry few
«•rv«d.
j have been given over almost entirely
MONDAY, JAN VARY 1», 1WO. j to the gas-propelled vehicle, for the
; horse has now almost entirely disap
peared from them. This vast increase
4 4 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦
OREGON WRATHKR
♦ jin power-driven vehicles has brought
London. Jan. 19.—Even the great
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♦ with it a menace to the general pub-
Rain tonight in ■west and rain ♦! lie that can not be entirely control- Woolwich arsenal has turned from
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the manufacture of war material to
or snow in east. Tuesday fair.
♦ led. but that will require stringent the peaceful pursuits of trade. Ter
Northwesterly winds.
♦ • 4 4. 4 4 4 -4 4 4 4 4 ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ 4 ♦ ♦ laws enforced without favor to pro thousand butte' churns have been
tect the rights of the people front manufactured in the great building
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carelessness
and iucouipetency. The which during the war sent out vast
THE SPECIAL SESSION
1 rights of the other users of the high quantities of munitions for us<*
The special session of the legisla
against the Germans.
way must always be recognized by -
The nickel purchased to manufac
ture completed its labors early Sun
the driver, else accidents will hap-: ture bullets is being used in the ar-
day morning after a strenuous week
pen that might have been avoided. j senal to make five-cent pieces for
at the state capital. The Courier did
There
There will be certain accidents upon ' I British Hondurac currency.
not believe that there was emergency
Is
a
world
shortage
of
locomotives
the highways that are unpresentable.'
that would justify the calling of the
and railway cars. To meet this it
but nine out of ten that now occur
has been decided to manufacture
session, and the results bear out the
would not occur if due care had been these articles in the arsenal and
thought that it would never have
exercised.
work alread is underway there on
teen called except that Olcott was
One of the laws passed by the re-j orders for 2,500 cars, 100 locomo
seeking cover in the woman suffrage
cent special session of the state leg tives and tor repair work on 700
situation.
cars.
islature was for the licensing of au-|
The outstanding feature of the ses
This serves a double
purpose.
tomobile drivers, and it provides Thirty-thousand persons now are em
sion was the expression on every oc
that no person will be permitted to ployed in the arsenal where 110,000
casion of a lack of confidence of the
drive an automobile in Oregon with- were at work in war time. Thou
body in the accidental chief executive
out a license. The permit can be ae sands of these men are skilled muni
of the state. This was most pro
tion workers By keeping these busy
cured on application to the secretary
nounced when the legislature, which
making locomotives and other peace
of state by any person over 16 years ful products, the government not
is composed of a better-than-usual |
of age who is not mentally or physi only gives them work but retains
type of legislators, enacted a bill for
cally deficient and who has had five their services. In event of another
a new fish and game commission. It
' days’ experience in operating motor war they could return immediately
was announced on many occasions by
to the munition works in which they
the members that the law as passed | '*11 ic’es-
are skilled.
Those who have not had five days’ i One of the side line products of
and signed, which provides for the
experience, may apply for a learners’ the arsenal since the armistice has
election of the commission by the leg-|
license, which will permit them to been the striking of 6.000,000 war
islature itself, was not right in prin-l
drive a < ar for a period of 15 days, [ medals.
ciple and would not work satisfac
provided they are accompanied by a
torily in practice, but anything seem
I licensed operator. If at the end of
ed to it better than to take chances
that period the operator is competent
with Olcott. He had already thrown
to drive a car, .he can secure a li-
too many monkey wrenches into the
cense.
state machinery, and the legislature
A license may be suspended or re
was bound to protect Oregon by giv-
voked by the secretary of state upon
ing him as little occasion for further
Washington, Jan. 19.—-Marked by
damage as possible. The legislature request of a magistrate, sheriff, chief
of police, or city marshal. If the the presence of leading financiers
stated as plainly as was possible that
operator, within 30 days, fails to and business men of 21 republics of
it considered Olcott a blunderer and
convince the secretary of state that the western hemisphere, the second
an incompetent, and it tried to find
Pan-American
financial
congress
he is a proper and competent person
some way in which he could be jar-
opened here today for the considera
1 to drive, the permit is revoked for a tion of international problems aris
red loose from a -position in which
period of one year.
ing from the return of peace.
the public has said it did not want
The penalty for violation of the act
hint, and in which he has established
All kinds of Commercial Printing
is $<00 fine, one year imprisonment,
himself through a musty precedent
at the Courier Offfe
or both. The license may also be
that is based upon neither good law
revoked
for one year.
NOTICE
nor common sense.
The legislature was not anxious to
serve at this time, and it hurried
matters to the limit to get home
within a week. As a consequence, a
lot
of legislation was jammed
through in the final hours, and it
■will require some study to determine
lust what the net r«‘sults of the ses
NOTICE
I am visiting my father, Mr. Fry,
and my brother. .Mr. M. J. Maslker.
at 401 West G street, and on account
of the feebleness of the former I am
unable i to call on the women of the
town, I would appre late It if you
would ■ drop in and see me, as I bring
sion will he. However, if the term an important message to you on the
"Olcott’s -circus” Is justified, it Plan of Peace.
MRS. E. M. WEST.
proved that Olcott was his own 72
clown.
War Souvenirs Blew Clubhouse to Bite.
Explosion of souvenir shells brought
PROTEI TING THE PUBLIC
from Franco caused the destruction of
The automobile has taken a large| th«- Admiral Benson clubhouse for serv-
place in the business, the ndustrial ice • m< n at H‘>la>l;eii, N. Y.
end the social world, and is everv *
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Codfish Middles
Ail persons knowing themselves to
be indebted to the Grants Pass J,um
ber Co. will please call and make
payment of accounts before February
1st so that we may close our books
by that time.
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G-RANTS PAÍS LI MBER CO.
YOU WONT MIND THE
COLDEST NIGHT — .
IF YOUR. <
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HEATED
RlG-HT !
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After playing a tie game with the
Roseburg basketball team nt Rose
burg Saturday night, the local high
school girls’ team lost when they
went back to the floor to play off
the tie. The game as first played
resulted ill a tie score of 21 to 21,
and was a fine contest, each team
showing excellent spirit and a com
plete understanding of the gam« Af
ter the completion of the game It was
agreed that they should return to
the floor and continue the content
till one or the other made a basket.
\s Roseburg was first to score, the
official result shows 23 to 21 In favor
of the Roseburg girls The following
is the report of an eye witness off
the game:
"The Grants Pass girls played a
splendid game. It was a hard con
test. and a fight from start to finish.
The first play of the evening left the
Roseburg girls rather round-eyed
Almost before they could realize the
game had started the local girls had
made a basket.
"The girls here played fine team
work and it can’t lie said that any
girl was a star. The guards. Vera
Robinson and Thelma
Robinson
played against heavy oddB M one of
the Roseburg forwards was much
taller than any player on the Granta
Pass team. The forwards. Lynetta
and Vernetta Quinlan had the same
trouble with the Roseburg guards,
but wore able to do their quick work
regardless of It, The i-enters, Kath
erine Raker and Evelyn Anderson
played a hard game also in keeping
the ball from the Roseburg centers.
“There were no serious injuries
but one of the local players was
slightly hurt.”
The local team is looking forward
to meeting Roseburg on the local
floor, sometime next month.
Valuable Tool Chest.
War created many Ingenious de
vices, developed In the time of stress
to nld the tight Ing men on the battle-
front, lull capable of adaption to the
needs of peaceful lndu«trial armies,
line of these Is a mobile tool chest, t
described in Popular Me< liiinlcs Magu
zine. It resemble* a Held artillery
caisson. In which are parked Imple
ments und supplies In great variety
and quantity, and Is recommended for
building contractors, lumbermen, road
builders ami others who require n
compact, easily moved tool carrier.
Among the articles pecked In the boa
are shovels, mattocks, mallets, sledge
hammers, pliers, wrenches, extra han
dles for axes and picks, ropes, pul
leys ami wire, besides many other«.
Naughty Arthur.
Davbl and Arthur shared a bed to
gether, but did not get along well In
doing m >. for nearly every night there
was »ome disturbance lo tween tiieui.
"Well, «lint is the io !• r uuw7‘
mother ailed from the • -<•< of ill
stair» om- evening <>n hearing lou t
talkin'.’ hi tlielr chitnilier.
A lilt I" voice lloiiteil down to her
••J can't
t into bed, ’cause Arthur’
kicked iitound In it till he's all un
made it.”
ANNOUNCEMENT
In response to a petition presented
on January ltith, requesting that I
become a candidate before the pri
mary election on May 2 1st for the
nomination of county clerk upon the
Republican ticket. I take this means
of announcing to the voters that I
will become a candidate for such
nomination and I solicit the support
of the voters of the party.
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F. L. COON.
BARNES, The Jeweler
P. Time Inspector
Nest door First Natlotiel Kaub
Kecluincw*
iiih I
ICrpHir* Moratfr I laiterie»
And remember whenever you want your buttery or electrical ays-
teni tested he dore It free of charge, We have the beat equipped
auto electrical shop In the city und every Job we turn out means
a new customer for us WHO’N NEXT.
Your» for Nervine
ADAMS’ ELECTRIC BATTERY SHOP
Adams A Johnston, Pro|n>.
fMMI .Hooth NHtli Ntrrrt
rhonr M
PHONE 123 For Prices on FLOUR and FEED
WE DELIVER
Josephine County Flour Mill
'Corner Third and G Streets
Start the New Year Right
Buy a Maxwell
MOST MILES
MOST MILES
ile lune A few 1020 Touring Cars in Stin k.
them over- They sell them solve«.
< all and linik
We also have in «took a few used curs nt bargain*.
THE 1020 I IIALMFRS IS I WONDER
< all mill see for yourself, If you want a »It cylinder car the
t'liulniers Is just whnt you're looking for. Medium priced, no lim
It to power, n bear for comfort and looks, it's lusting qualities un
excelled and last but not least It Is economical to o|H-rntc.
LISI» III MEMBER WE CARRY X COMPLETE LINE OF
AND A<<ISS<IRIFS
Tl it KN
and
OPERATE A MACHINE HHOP WITH TIIE BENT OF MEt HAN-
KB IN CHARGE
AGENTS
FOR
HUDSON
MAXWELL
CHALMERS ANO ESSEX CARS
’lyl’
COLUNS AUTO COMPANY
R'Ï5 »HO REPAIRING
PHONE 317
5H H STREET
GRANTS PASS. ORE
ANNOI NCEMENT
Being too busy at this time to
write personal letters Eclus Pollock
takes this means of stating to those
who have asked him to become a
candidate at the primary election In
May for nomination to the office of
County Judge on the
Republican
ticket, and who are awaiting bls de
cision, that his name will appear on
the ballot at that time.
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ECLI’ft lOLIXX'K
G. B. BERRY
Harness and Saddlery
Auto fop and Canvas Work
With Grants P ass Hardware Co.
NEW TODAY
rm you remember the night
that yon sat up in bed wrap
ping the blankets around you
and swearing that iby all that
was good and warm you would
n’t let another winter’s day go
over your head until you had
Installed the proper heatin'-’
mechanics In
your
home?
Translating ’’aecompMsh It im
mediately” do It now!
B. S. DEDRICK
511 II Street
SEE G. P. JESTER for life Insur
ance Penn (Mutual Life.
fifltf
FOR RENT OR »ALE 50 bbl., rol
ler system, water power, flour and
feed mill.
For particulars write
owner.
E.
I^athrop, Myrtle
Creek, Douglas Co., Oregon.
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LOST A bunch of heps, finder call
phone 3-10 and receive reward. 73
FOR SALE Spltzi nlmr-’s, Newtown.«
and Delicious apples In cold stor
age.
Fan'y grade.
$1.25 to $2
per box.
Phone Geo.
8 ■ebtich,
602-P-13.
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Whiion«
like
peroxide
Peredixc
Tooth Paste
Sold only wIiereADS
good« are displayed
Lar^eliibe 25^
Hutler’s superb assortment of
rare confections Includes a va
riety of special flavorings and
nut paste«, fruit nnd other com-
binalIons of surpassing deli-
clousness.
Their luxurious contents are
artistically displayed In a box
of artistic beauty, richly em-
Imssed and forming one of the
most iicreptahln gifts ever de
signed.
W S. BUTLER
Merlin, Oregon
Prices upon Application
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