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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 7, 1920)
PAGB SIX ûMvn p. DAILY COVRI K R SOLDIER AND HIS ARMENIAN BRIDE *FARMf PÔOLT^ SITI lil> U, l l.lUCl lin 7. Il*-'» THREE MORE IX l*OltTUlXI> DIE FROM I M i l E.XZ I . —. Port laud. Feb. Three deaths! from influetua were retxirted today. | making a lutai of seven in the city, i EinMy-etx new case« were reported, making a total of 52U reported since | the present eitidetui VENTILATION OF HEN HOUSE For Success With Poultry There Must Be an Abundance of Fresh Air Without Drafts. <’ Printing that pirase* trier Job Department. Minin« blanks at Poultry raisers have come to real- tie that the ventilation of the poultry house Is a very Important matter. There must be an abundance of fre«b air without extreme heat or cold, and without dampness and draft. Proper conditions cannot be had with the makeshift, wrongly used ventilators frequently employed. One method, which has proved suc cessful Is to use the straw air strain er. A second celling Is built about six Inches below the regular ceiling 1n the form of a latticed framework. A trapdoor In the center of this mukes it possible to change the straw which Is packed between the lattice ami the original celling. Vents, or wide, low 1 1 »Vewtem Unlimited supplies of iron pre have been reported to exist in the Trane- vaal by a government geologist. Equipped with its own electric lights, a camera lias been designed to enable police to photograph linger prints. A bulb operated syringe with a tube liittt fit* tightly over :hc !«■'.!- lias been patenusl for ck-ju«):s- ■'•CO p” ~ GAVE “SHOW” UNDER GUARD Peculiar Experience of American Mu sical Comedy Company in the City of Vladivostok. A belated story of how an Amert- can lyusical comedy com puny whlcTi had volunteered to give an entertain rnent for the troops at Vladivostok was caught tn that city while the "reds" held sway, has been received by the Knights of Columbus from Gurry McGarry, who is in charge of the wel fare activities of the order In Siberia. The troupe was in charge of W. R. Bandvsrd anti had come from China to the Russian senport, where they were held up for several weeks await- Jng a steamer. During their stay, every one went around with a revolver, and the city took oh the appearance of a «Astern "boom" town In pioneer day«. During the period tile bolslievlsts kilted about 22 persons, and many of the actors had narrow escapes. Several of the women actresses had to he taken to and from the theater guarded by a squad of allied soldiers, and at the hotel where they stayed a guard was constantly posted. However, the American troupe “carried on” for the doughboys amid al! the panoply of war anti revolution. There were armed sol diers Inside the theater, outside be hind the scenes, and in the box office. All the audience brought their rifles with them nr carried side arms anti I hand grenade«.—Chicago Post. SCORPION ON BABOON’S MENU COVER WINDOW WITH BURLAP Animal Seems to Consider Insect a Del icacy and Consumes It With Most Excellent Plan to Keep Out Much Relish Wind at Night While Fowls Are Roosting. FATTEN FOWLS FOR MARKET Poultry Will Sell for Higher Price Per Pound Because of Increase in Weight. If any stock is to be sent to market be sure that it if> fattened well before It Is shipped, It will pay to do this because the poultry will «ell for a higher price per pound and It will weigh more. I The chacma baboon of South Africa Is very partial to certain kind« of ani mal food—scorpion«, spiders, centi pedes. Insects, lizards and the eggs of wild birds all befng eaten with re!1«h. The scorpion la evidently regarded as a tidbit. If one Is released near a captive baboon, the latter will hold Its hand extended over the prey until a suitable opportunity for attack of- fer«. Then the hand will descend with a sweeping slap, which Is followed by n swift, circular, rubbing motion. This disables the scorpion, which Is then picked up and carefully examined un til the sting is located. The latter Is then picked out between finger anti thumb and thrown nwny as far a« pos sible, after which the scorpion' Is munched with every apfe-anince of satisfaction.—William C. Scully, in At lantic Monthly. Harmless Superstitions. MAN’S BEST AGE A man is as old as his organs; he dan bn as vigorous and healthy at 70 as at 35 if he aids his organs in performing their functions. Keep your vital organs healthy with GOLD MEDAL < X psi i EJ Ths world's standard remedy for kidney, Hvor, bladder and uric acid troubles •incs 1696; corrects disordois; stimulates vital organa. All druggists, three sizes. , far _ __ Gold every bo» |-h,'W In I After dodging the bullets ul the liiui. ami lie« of tie luirinlng French luaidetis. Private Ernest Lockwood fell a victim to tile i ! » from the besutiful black eye« of this Armenian girl, whom lie promp:'\ m .'e Mrs. I.ockwtwxl. He couldn't even pronounce her maid n name, he .. ■« Lock- w.Mwl drove 11 motor truck under tire in Frame, aa.l Inter wn« pm n, charge of the Near East relief garage In .<'onstnntim ,, r |H- met the future Mrs. I.m'kwoou He is here on furlough. Imt soon exp. « to return to Constanti nople and his Armenian bride. Muslin Ventilators Can Be Used in the Poultry House to Secure Abun- dance of Air Without Either Drafts or Extremes of Temperature. If the poultry house is narrow SO that the wind blows In through the open windows on the fowls on the roost put a piece of burlap over the open space at night, but do not close the windows until the weather gets cold. . We du IV Courier office VOTR E OE BOXI» til I.E POSTSCRIPT openings, must be cut in the «hie of the Imus*- ns close under the eaves n« possible. The air, entering at the«e vents, filters through the straw, and thus into the poultry nouse. No drafts are po««lble. and the tempera ture is kept very nearly constant. The straw also absorbs a great d»*a! of moisture. Another method. In rather wide use. Is to rover an ordinary window frame with muslin, instead of using glass An improvement on thl« type of ven tilntor is shown at the right of the drawing. A Ugh' wooden frame cov ered with muslin is hung from a wire, which serves ns a track. The frame can thus le moved sideways over or away from the window- opening. Screw eyes on tin- frame allow It to slide easily over ibe wire. The wire itself may be fastened either to screw eyes or ovgr blocks at cither end. To the left is shown a similar frame, mov ing up and down. In this case It will be necessary to arrange some mean« of holding the frame at the In ight de sired. Either the |>eg« that fit into hole« in the wall, dr a hook lifting into screw eyes, placed al various lieigli;« in the wall, may be i,-ed for this pur pose. The advantage of the air strainers over muslin-covered frames is that tin latter have to be adjusted accurately to the weather, while the air strainer raqtilra« no attention whatever.—.1. T Bartlett. Fort Collin--. Colo., in Populai Mechanics Mngiiz.’i commenced. FASHION GARAGE & MACHINE SHOPS A Gentian manufacturer has put on the market a "serial liosmu" paper shirt Merely by tearing off H sheet of t! paper bosom the wearer of the «•mt «l.ii .-an -how a fresh clean front ev cry • lay The total number of new postage stamp •">■■ « .«Ince December, 1918. Is nuw i.,! i. ui hlng 2.000. Of these near ly 1 ■*' : re accounted for by the Qrst «tuie; - • > the new European states. n noiny was guaranteed by th-- •« c-inference. An Notice Is hereby given that «»*alml bi«l« will be received by the under- signed Secretary of Grants Pass Ir rigation District at the office of Mid District In C.runts Pass. Oregon, un til the hour of 10 o’clock a. m . the 2nd day of Mandi, 1920. and im mediately thereafter publicly open ed by the Hoard of Director.« of said District. tor an issue of bonds of said District In the sum of ,1 S4.00.0, same belnx In denomination« of $ I ,- 000 each, numbered 107 to 200 Inclu- she. unti maturing serially in nil* mertcal order as follows: 110.000.00 July 1st. 1920: *12,000.00 July 1st. 1930; »H.ooo.oo J it i y 1st. 1931 ; » in.tioo.oo July let. 1932; » 1 S, 000.00 Jnlv tat. 1933; »20,000 00 July 1st. 1 934 ; »21.Otto.00 July tst. 193.1: »23,000.00 July 1st. 1936: * a ,24.000.00 Ju ly tst. 1937: *26,000.00 July 1st, 1939; said bonds to bear interest at (he rate uf 6 per «'ent per annum. pay [ able seiul-annually on the first day,« 1 of January and July, prtactpnl anil interest ixiyable at the Flsi-al Agen v lot the State of Oregon In New York city Each bid luuet be accompanied by 'a certified check for at least 5 per cent of the par value of the iion.ls ■ bld tor. The Roard reserves the right to reject anv or all bids <J®O. A. HAMILTON, Secretary. SERVICE .1X1» MAjTKIt l< TIOX t»l R MOITO W b carry a »’ill line of liras mid Acceesorle* al the lic«l pi li i s on the mccker- • Xow I« the time to niMl.c your «| ring repair«, lie make a »lu-clrtltj <(f all I.nul» of Istilli- mut Miit'li tic work and general n-pal”* liso all kirnt« of i Hot st tel anil illuminimi wrMlnu. Urine lu your iiiei-liiinlt nl 1 rouble*. IV e ran help ya. C. F.BURKE and . E KNOX, Props TACOMA GUN STORE. INC. CHICHESTER SPIL Taconia, Hush. I.BfgeM Stork of Hiiutnni *n<l Tr»t'l“'rl Suupllra In ibe Northwest K.pei'lsl niirnllon 1« molt onler« SKNtl ONK cent stamp fok cat a i.<Mi r e n SKAXU l-tl.11. SOI D BY MtWCl's MRYWW« Old Newspapers, 5c and 10c Bundies Ail-Nations Case. John Pappas, a Creek has been ar rested <111 a charge of grand larceny. Habld Heide, a Turk ntqkes the ac cusation. Heide had some Russian money, how much he doesn't know, lie exchanged it for 100 English sover eigns. An Italian friend Introduced him to Pappas, the Greek. A trip through the Botanical gardens was un dertaken. During the walk a man who looked like h Swede anti who talked like a Swede appeared and assumed the role of hold tip man. Pappas dh'n't help, said the Turk. Detective Hagerty, an Irishman, arrested the Greek. The preliminary hearing was held next morning before n magis trate who was born In Wales.—New York Times. cytfaxwdl Extra Fine in Metals Extra Fine in Mileage Cuba Starts War on Rats. The Cuban sanitation authorities have undertaken a vigorous campaign against the rat pest to prevent the hitlHinlc plague from entering Cuba, Thousands of traps have been set and every precaution is being taken. Ships coming from port» under su« pinion will not be permitted to unlond nt the wharves, but must discharge their cargoes by means of lighters or launches while nnchored in the bar bor thereby lessening the possibility of plague-carrying rat« ranching shore. Ashes Make Good Fertilizers. The technical authorities for the res toration of France anti Belgium an nounce that they have discoverei! that furnace ashes frwtn glass, ■ anti steel works stimulate vegetal»’ • growth enormously tliro’'"!-. carbonic m ¡<1 fer tilization. All plant I f" is -.'id to tie spurred to mitt- ml growth. Thc-e a !■ es mr la* app! •■<! to restoration of the dev toti'd d .triefs. Royal Railroad Engineer. There Is no cleverer locomotive en gineer in Spain than the duke of Sara gossa, a wealthy member of H ip nobility, who is closely relat.il to the royal family. Since the unrest in Spain h:>« bet mile so tict entuati il. each time that King Alfonso foti-u train th.- Itammotive I* condo •! the duke. A Maxwell car weighs 2130 pounds It is made of the finest materials that may be obtained. on .cannot find in any car a better crankshaft, better bearings, better axles or better gears M »r» utifol M.r, fUtlfi <//•« Urti Neither science nor money can produce them better. Do you know why such fine materials arc used in a car like Maxwell? Wc had to Keeping its weight down andyetmaintainings rength mean the use of only those extra fine steels and metals. For a metal that is light in weight and yet strong, as any user of metals knows, is a high priced metal. The use of these fine graded of steel has been (he foundation of the business, Maxwcl I has grown in numbers and friends, The latter countless; the former well on the road to 400,000. Concerning Mum nlcs. Mummifying 1.« a proct-«; of dehydra tion, signifying merely the withdrawal of till moisture from the body. In the Peabody museum at Cumbridge, Mass., is a liaby that may tic thousand- of years old. It wits found In a cliff dweller's cave, fastened to u hoard cradle, and so perfectly preserved that even the eyes are intact. Interesting experiments have recently been mnd- n tin- "restoration” of miimmlc« oh lained from cnvel In the Southwest. So shrunken are they by desiccation that the body of n TS»-pound man Is re duced to about fourteen pound«, the pnrcliinent-llke skin holding the bones like n bag. When such u mummy Is placed in a closed box, and steam is slowly Introduced, It gradually absorbs the moisture and resumes somewhat of the contours of the person in life, giv ing a notion of what lie looked like. But thereafter It must be kept in al cohol, else decay would set In. Everybody is superstitious and gon- ernlly our super«!itions are trivial and do no harm. To carry a coin In the pocket for luck; to comment about seeing the moon over the left shoul der, to refuse to walk under a ladder; to believe that It Is bad luck to turn hack; to make a wish at the appear ance of tile first star of the evening; to suppose It Is not «el! to break a mirror, which It Isn't well to do. But the point 1«, everybody Is superstitious, regardless of what he says about it. lie may not really know th: t lie Is su i perstitious; he may bn hones* In be I Much U. S. Food Shipped to Poland. More than 250.000 tons of foodstuffs lieving that lie 1« not. But the fact remains that superstition was bred nml raw cotton have been shipped from the United Stutea to Poland since Into the race away back tn the jungle, where little was understood, where last February. For a time these sup Importance was attached to the shape plies were arriving In Poland at the of ttie clouds, where trees and stones rate of 5,000 tons daily. and mountains and rivers had • per- « mallty^ and we can't get It out of Mining blanks—Courier office. the system. Collins Auto Co