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Quality and Service
The following extract from an As­
Buried Under the Flsor.
An Abyssinian funernl Is a very
sociated Press dispatch in The I'nlon
singular affair. When a new-born In
published Thursday morning tells its
TIES DAY, FEBRUARY 3, IMO.
fant dies It Is almost Immi'dlately
own story:
buriisl under the floor. After the de
♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦-»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ “New York. Jan 28.—The wool mfse of an adult, the body Is washed
In water sweetened with honey,
♦
OREGON WEATHER
♦'
market rapidly is approaching a uor- wrapped In a shroud, sewed up in a
4
♦ Fair with moderate easterly ♦, Iual pre-war basis and mauufactur- mat of braided straw, and laid upon
4(er8' demauds for raw wool will be a litter made of boughs cut from
4 winds.
trees.
met in full soon, according to Ar-
The lamentations of the relatives re-
thur William, federal food adminis-' soun<! among the cliffs, and the news
INVEST IN DOLI.ARB
trator. who conferred with represen­ Is rapidly communicated to al! the pen
"A dollar is about the cheapest ,
pie of the neighborhood, who at once
tatives of the American Woolen a^ set out to condole with the mourners.
thing there is today.” advertises a |
As soon as they catch sight of the
' soeiation here today.
.
•alings bank, “Why not buy up
funernl prx««'essioo they begin to weep
"High clothing prices, in the asso­ nnd cry aloud. When they Join tt.
a few every week, put them in a bank ■
ciation's
opinion, have reached their the men range themselves on «me side
and wait for a rise in value?”
of the bier the women on the other,
! crest."
Doesn’t that set one to thinking? ‘
aid chant. When the religious cere­
Until with a few weeks the <rade mony Is over, the corpse Ik buried In
We have heard much about the■
reports
have shown a wide and un­ the churchyard.
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“cheapness" of dollars, and have us­
The
ually though of that quality only in satisfied demand for wool.
Taking Blood Staing From Feathers
sheep
of
the
world
did
not
seem
able
connection with spending them. It
Miik«1 • strong solution t‘f salt In wn-
Practically all ter nnd saturate a huge and (hick
Is true that they will not buy much to meet the demand
today. Because of this very depre­ European countries except Russia doth with It. Wrap feathers up in
cloth .-in«l keep until blood gets soft.
ciation people become more re kless. torn to pieces by bolshevism were in Wticu sofi rui> out with gentle press
the
market
for
wool.
“A dollar has so little value,” they
ure_, putting “omethlng hard uj[der
Then the tremendous slump in for­ feather^ ii ¡Hi blocx'l on. nnd rubblrii?
•ay. -What good is it? Might just
I
M well get rid of it. Anyway, there eign exchange caused a check in
■re plenty more where It came buying and the purchases were re­
from."
duced to absolute necessities of the
But the supply is not going to last people. A further decline in demand
forever. The flow ot dollars will not now points to a satisfaction of the
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always be so plentiful as it has been call for wool.
It must not be supposed that un-
lately—all financial history teaches
that. Monev fluctuates in value like
Other things; it has its period of
plenty and cheapness and then its
period of comparative scarcity and
dearness. (A dollar may never again
buy quite so much of the commodi-
ties of life as it did before this war,
Jbut it will certainly buy more some
tlm than it does now. That timJ
may not be far distant, either.
This is the time, therefore, to
er tn«:-1 l’< .l.-ne sefiarately. Orcoui -i
go,.“' >i iher feathers for cushions
or pilloii“ uuiy be put Into a cotton
bag :.u«l
-lied an«! dried, but a pre
llnilni’ii “« king In brine will be of
advantage
j
Trade Acceptances, book of 50, It
—
Courier office.
der present conditions ther<? can be
a rapid reduction in prices. Tn fact
a sudden drop in prices would be dis­
I VOU CAN TELL AT
astrous. A gradual return to nor­
A GLANCE
mal conditions is to 1>e desired, even
WERE
A
though the readjustment requires
STEP
IN
longer than some of us think neces­
ADVANCE
sary, and the trade straws indicate
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that readjustment is on the way. It
will be aided by wise policing of the
nocket which checks waste and ex-
a good cash investment. Take a travagance.
At a recent meeting of shoe man­
flier in dollars Hang onto some of
the money flowing through your ufacturers in Boston there were seen
hands—you can probably grab more the first direct indications that shoe
now than you ever could betoro—
would soon decline. Manu-
I
facturers
reported that expoH trade .
end stick N in the savings bank be­
fore it gets away frot& yob. This is had almost ceased. Whereas a few
a perfectly sound business idea, months ago. they were facing the
f
which any financial expert will en­ problem of meeting the demand \oey
dorse. When you take those dol­ are now discussing tind’^g a market
lars out of. the bank, after a while, for their surplus product. This m»alM>
they will buy a good deal more of lower ■prices for footwear, no? at
the things you want than they will I once but in the not distant future. -
now. «Meanwhile, the bank will pay Sacramento Union
you for the privilege of taking care
ot your investment.
To Keep a Husband.
The skill required is not so great.
I’RK’ES NOW AT THE CREST
Nothing flatters a num so much us the
There are many indications that happiness of Ids wife; he Is always
the wave of high prices of clothing proud of himself as rhe source of It.
and shoeB is nearing If it has not A» soon as you are cheerful you will
be lively und alert, and every moment
actually reached Its crest. This does will afford you an opportunity of let­
not mean that prices will tai) at once. ting .'all an ngr< cable word. Your ed­
It may mean that the retail purchas­ ucation, which gives joii an immense
ndvuntnge, will greatly assist you; and
er will pay even higher prices than your sensibility w ill „ become the
now prevail.
noblest gift that nature Ims bestowed
But the manufacturing prices give on you. when it ehows Itself in n ffec-
tionate assiduity, ami stamps on every
signs of a decline, according to the
RCtion a soft. kind, and tender char­
statements of those well Informed on ni ter. Instead of wasting Itself in se-
cret ripening.—Justus Moser.
the market situation.
Rslativss ef Dead Soldiers Are Being
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Victimised.
Relatives of soldiers who fell nt the
buttle front are being victimised bj
cal> drivers, hotel men, denlsrs in cof-
tins and grave diggers, accordili); to
»
I'srls [.'InformalIon.
Soo Our Wlmloiv
The newspaper says thia "odious
exploitation of grief Is auch that It
cannot be passed over in silence."
It Is charge«! the worst cases of Im
•. P. Time Inapeetor
Nest door First National Hank
position occur In the Champagne ami
Somme regions, where unhappy pil­
grims are charged from 00 to ik’> francs
(•IS) for a six mile drive. It Is mild
the carriage drivers, In agreement thè t'hamlier ot Commerce far con tlgnllon <»f propused clothing, <«tc.
with Innkeepers, Invariably manage to
nils» ths lust train out of these re­ alderatlon, thè sessi on belng fllled Thia com mi tti*«« Is ordered to report
gions so that the mourners are cum wlth mudi Interest. The highway to to I’resldcnt llramwoil next Friday.
polled to stay overnight.
| thè cavea «ame tip tor dlaciisaion. unii
The need for -the iiiiniedliite ai llon
Coffins of the cheapest grade, It la Il waa explulnwd thnt thè state high- In preparing tlm auto camp j<round
said, are sold at from
to 400 way commission's approvai of thè for the coining tourist « m ' wroii v/as
francs ($89), while soldiers wlm o|>eli
grave« charge tin francs for brillgin i Project was now to !>«• obtulned. und iiuproMsed by numerous speakers.
the coffin to the grave, and In addition thè comliiittee, «onslMtlng ot Mesara I'he owning of n site for the camp
ask relatives to pay 40 francs ($S) Bramwell, Salii n and Opdycke, wa» 1 was advocated, and the «Mtabilah-
nieiit uf permanent convenlencea and
for 20 minute«' work In exhuming the contlnued. to keep up ita work
Siipervisor MoDantels npoks tipon th«' dally care of the grounds.
To
body of a soldier. (/Information culls
upon the authorities to repress ener­ thè Project, and ahoweil hi» Intere«! further InvoHtlg.ite sltmi, the com­
getically the activities of those “prey­ in thè supiHirt of thè highway.
mittee, conslallng of Mesara. I’araona,
ing on the public."
E. T. McKInstry (old of thè blrth Hoffman anil Baker, waa «outlimed,
of thè Idea of thè Khakl club, and thia I'oinniltteo also to report Frlduy.
FIRST LOOTERS PUNISHED after discusnion. a commlttee. om
A doxen applications for member­
posed of Mesurs McKInstry. Saldo ship In the Chamber of ('omtnorce
German Steel Kings Get Heavy Sen­ and liratton, was appolnted by l'r«*. were read by the s«'crelnr.i, and the
tences From French Court.
lilent Bramwell to glie further con iippllcanta were elected to niember-
An allied courtmartlal has sentenced eld««ratfon to thè auhject, wlth Inves- »hip
tlie German officer. Robert Roecltllng,
administrator of mines at K.irtsruhe,
Io ten years* confinement. 15 years of
exile and a fine of $2,000,990 u|a»n hie
conviction of n charge of orgunlr.lng
the pillage of factories in eastern
France. It was testified at his trial
that he collected machinery und other
material from the factories and blew
It up in Novetnbwr, 1918.
A brother officer, Herman Ludivlg,
H'ceived n similar sentence by default.
T!««* lloeckling brothers are known us
the German "steel king«."
The «n .deuce presented by tliepro.se-
cutiod WAS td show that the brothers
lurl system« Hcalfy destroyed the
Freii'h metal working p bin in at Brjey.
Micheville, l.ongwy ami other places,
transport ini; wij I i I q two years' time
millions <>/ ions of ma terial to I heir
factory nt Karlsruhe, including quanti­
ties of undamaged materials, so ns to
make the operation of what remaim'd
of the French plunts next to Imposal-
tie.
SMALL PAY IN CANDY WORK
Average Wage of 53,658 Workers Less
Than $500 a Year.
All Is not sweet in the candy busl-
OSM. ilci-ordiug tn n report Issued by
Miss Mnry Anderson, director of the
woman's burciiu of the United States
The average
deptirtment <«t labor,
wage, for Instance, Is less than $."«*>
a year.
With the advent of ipitlonnl prohl-
bition there will tie a lurge Increase
In the consumption of candy, th**
port states. In 1914 the vale
x- **■
,e of tile
candy output In the Un1*
. <*d States was
estimated at $170.«**
. j O.OOO, of which the
total payroll
05s wa«’
«ran $25.500,000. for M.-
„e earners, in 2,391 factories.
s
How time fl1'
.
all p -
- * e
.^<l***
Yf L fellow
wants
j^uev'. «d nowadays
he Avafi/s to keep a step in
advance of his competitors.
Those among you who are
enjoying
our
sanitary
plumbing agree that we
render sujierior service and
sell a high grade of plumb­
ing supplies.
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< %abyt Born at Sea, Gets $2.301 Puree.
On the voyage of the big st.-atnshlp
Mauretania from Cherbourg, Erance,
to New York a baby girl. Frances Ast-
ley, was born to Mrs. William F. Ast-
ley. who came to America from 'Scot­
land with her husband. A puree of
$2,301 was given the baby by the pas­
sengers.
B. S. DEDRICK
Continued from Page One.i
51« F Street
I’h'me ¡3OM-J
place. Katherine Baker urged the
need for basket liall practice, stating
that there was not a floor in the
town where the team could get the
practice under the conditions as thei
were found when they were «-ailed
•tpon to play in other towns. She said
that players from other towns obje t-
ed to coming to Grants Pass, as they
did not like to play ii|M»n "a postage
Charles Hallow« 11
stamp floor.”
showed the need for a place where
boxing, dumb bells, and other exer-
cises could be indulged in, and Joe
Harper placed the cost of the needed
building and equipment at from $15,-
000 to 520,000. Gretchen Clemen
told of the .great advertising value
of such a structure and its malnten-
anee.
After the other speakers hail ex- ,
plained the great need for the Inst I- ,
tiltion, and Mr. Bears« had said that
the campaign was on In earnest and
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that it would not end till the gym i
had l>een built, Royston l«accy asked
that all the business men present
who would Join In the movement Iby
signing the petitions to call the ne­
cessary election stand up. The stand­
ing was practically unanimous, laicey
said that 100 signers would be re­
quired to get the school board’s ac­
tion In calling the election and that
the petitions would be circulated in
the next few days, when an election
within the school district would be
called.
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Various other subjects were before
Buv at
Pardee’s
IMl THE
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211 North Sixth St.
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