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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 28, 1920)
s.iTi HPiv. i Finn tin tiHAXTH rtss mill «<>( Killt PAGE TWO EX KAISERS ESTATE Berlin, Fel>. 27.- The value of the estates which belonged to the for mer German omi»eror and his family may reach 1,000.090,000 marks, in attempting to fix the conu»ensation to Count Hohenaollern for that part | of hie private proi>erty taken over by the state, the authorities have exi»erieneed difficulty In deciding wli&t j»art belonged to the crow n and how much was strictly private The difficulty arose in part from the fact that the appraisers have had to inventory properties which have been »«•cumulating for five cen turies. The settlement will be dictated, it is stated, by a deeire to offer to the Hohenzollerns a generous adjust ment Their acquiescence is said to have been obtained to the bill in the Prussian diet to pay the former em peror 100,000.000 marks for proper ty taken and permit him to retaiu a number of castles, real estate personal property. Honolulu, T. H.. Feb. 2x.—Delbert Khodes Scholarships in Oxford uni versity will have to pay an extra $250 yearly to meet the increased cost of living, as the present scholar ship of $1,500 "is no louger suffi cient to cover the expenses of a full year, including terms and vacations." This is i>ointed out in the statement of the Rhodes Trust for 1919. The trustees have made a temporary ■ grant of a small war bonus to exist ing scholars but those elected for 1 any year later than 1919 will hate i to furnish the additional money. IS WIFE A CHATTEL? COURT DELAYS ANSWER London, Feb. 28.—What is the I sash value of a wife is a question which agitated the I-ondon divorce court for a time. Counsel for the' husband in a ease, arguing on the question of damages, said that the old theory that a wife was a chattel I and that the jury had to award dam-| ages to the owner of the property ' still bolds true "with some slight modifications.'’ "Then you «all her a quagi-chat- The court tel,” said the judge, found the matter too heavy for hasty decision and reserved judgment. Scheme to Foil Robbers. A famous detective once said that whenever on effort was made by a rob ber to loot a bank, if any of the em ployees had presence of mind enough to hurl an Inkstand through one of the plate glass windows the robber would Dine chances to ten. take to his heels, “for.” said Detective Burns. "I have found In my exp* «-nee that robbers are mortally ufru.d of the sound of splintering glass. It gets on their nerves.” What Do You Pay for Flour Now? 'A contract tot 10 mile» ot ditli Honolulu, T. H . Fob. 28. The tor the new irrigation project at movement recently lauitcl.ed ill To- Graut» Paas 1» to be let today,* said kio by university »tudenta for iini- E. L. (Churchill, well-known real es vnraal suffrage iu Japan has spread tate man ot Joaephiue county, who to all parts of th« country and to Is stop plug at the Imperial while at Korea anil .Man« hurla us well, ac tending the auto »how. cording to Toklo advice« to the Ha " The district laws of Oregon are waii Hochl. a local Jaixmoae lung- | mighty good. It the majority of a tiage dally. neighborhood votes to have au irri Th« i>olice bureau of the home af-1 gation project, everyone lias to come fall's deiKirtment has I nut mated pre- hi on it. The new area to l»e irri fectural police chiefs to reatrict »uf- gate«! by gravity system from the frage agitation, th«* llochl*» corre Rogue rher i» about 10,000 acres. •l»ondcnt a<lda The land is practically all In brush Two of the opposition parties tn anti small trees. ami it is of no earth- the lower house of the Jatutneen diet, | I) use other than to look pretty the Kokuminto and Kensolkal, re without irrigation. A part of the cently introduced it universal auf- big Leonard relate, which is being frage measure In the chamber of farmed scientifically by Clyde E. doputla». Niles, iwill coiue under th,* new pro-1 jcct. " There are many new buildings going up al Grants Pass. One brick building. 100 by 100 feel, w ill be the i home of the Chevrolet; another gar age. 100 by 150 feet, is being built of reinforced concrete, and still an-1 other brick one will be ready for use in a short time. We will soon bate London. Feb. 28. Two young a new opera house which will a - aristocrats are going io California commodate the best shows on the to seek fame in the film world. They road The present one is inadequate are Captain Vesey .1. Davorcn. "The in stage apace." "—Portland Telv O'Duvoren,” an Irishman who claims gram. to be a descendant on Ills mother's aide from the great Duke of Welling* ton, and on his father's side from Irish kings; and Eliot Cordon, ne- phorw of an earl and h«ir to big es tate» in Hertfordshire. Both have already played in films here. DOGS SHOT IN CONNECTICUT Wardens Destroy Mor* Than 5.000 Canines, and Less Injury to Sheep Has Resulted. I Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Information from Connecticut show» that In the year ending September 30, more than 3.000 dogs were killed by dog wardens. Many were shot while interfering with sheep. Less injury to sheep has resulted than In any pre- ENGLISH BLUE-BLOODS A Dog-Proof Fenced Lot in Which Sheep May Be Placed at Night In Regions Wheie Animals Running at Large Are Ravaging Flocks. vlous year, due. perhaps, to the so- called roaming dog law, which went Into effect July 1. The sheep Industry in Connecticut has Increased 33 1-3 per cent the past •wo years, and Is still growing. The state legislature recently appropri ated $10.000 to be used by the Connec ticut Agricultural college in further ing the sheep industry. BLANCHED FEED FOR HORSES II Josephine County Flour Mill I'lionr I'J.I <'orner Third and G Street» GATES 8» TIRES «1ISTN oxe - ii ILF IH Ml « II lly putting « hi Gates llulf-s,d<s> yon add oiie-luilf Olili to )»nr worn tires ami get th,* la-m-flt of oversivv, which meat«« double ml lea He. without om* cent additional charter. In favi-, tire» prole« usi with toiles llalf-Hol*'« are giting motorista A.IMIO to lo.ooo mile« of ser vice—and bett«*r service than they ever Inni la-fore. THE IM IHi IMITIOX I’lUX'ENS simplifie« th« applhailoti of llalf-Sol«***, «‘lliiitnatcv the chime* of blistering nml a«*-iir< « result« in Half-Holing of c«>rd tire«. “OLE’S” TIRE SHOP AI.L WORK <•! niWTI lib GATES Double Mileage RETREADING TIRES GATES Tested TUBES Advertising Pays—Advertise with the Courier Mart uniti paratila» Mart miltl •« Urti Select Ration That Seems to Meet Animal’« Requirement»—Indi vidual» Differ. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) As no feed or combination of feeds will meet conditions In all parts of the country, so no feed or mixture Is suit able for all classes of horses. In choosing n ration for a horse, select the one that iwni, to meet his re quirements, whether for growth maintenance, work, breeding or fatten Ing; estimate the amount of feed need ed and try out the ration, It may ap pear after a trial that too little Is Ite Ing fed or thnt the ration may be changed somewhat In the Interest of economy or efficiency. If a number of horses are kept, different rations may lie tested vu different animals and the best one select«! for general use. In- dividual feeding gives the best re- suits. Feeding stuffs are broadly divided into two great classes, proteins and curlHihydrates. The protein feeds arc rich In nitrogenous compounds which are used In the animal body In build Ing tissue, bone, hair, etc., and to pro vide energy; the carbohydrate feed- are starchy and are used In the animal body In the formation of fat and ul*' for energy ami heat. To obtain the best results In feed- Ing. tlie ration should be balanced property to meet the needs of the ani- mat In building ti--ue and supplying energy for work, The subject is dis- cussed In detail In the United Elates department of agriculture's Farmers Bulletin 1030, which will be sent free on request. Our price has not changed since last harvest. Berlin, Feb. 28. The "Kaisci Wilhelm” monument at Haderaleben. Schleswig, which was covered up with potato sacks when the French marched into the town, has now been removed to the premises of a private club where it is concealed from pub 11- gaze. Bristol. France. The Rev. Gus tav Francis Heckh, a native of San Francis’o, w ho is pastor of the Oak field Unitarian church here, has cause«! some comment by refusing to accept an increase of 50 itounds in his stipend offered by his congre gation. Dr. Beckh. who is married has one child, receives 250 pound a year. He said many of his congre gation had l>een hard hit by the war and that all the clergy have a right to ask for is. »heller, cloth«*«, access to education for their children, and a minimum of leisure. London's Great Fir». Some 250 years ago there wax a tragic time In Ixtndon. for one night In KHUI the great fire broke out. It began near the tower and. driven by the high wind consumed HD churches Including St. Paul's cathedral, Gtllld- liall and more than 13.000 houses. Happily, the number of Ilves lost was comparatively small. To quote the concluding words of the Inscription on Really Something in a Name. the inonumetit which commemorate» the tire; “In a small space of time The Hebrew nomenclature 1« full of the city was seen most flourishing long ami difficult name«, but the most and reduced to nothing. Three days Illustrious biblical characters, from after, when the fated Are had baffled Adam to Ma<*al'«'U«. have lx>nie name« all human counsels and endeavors In that «lip smoothly from th« tongue. The same is true of Greek and lloiniin | SHRUNKEN WHEAT GOOD FEED the opinion of all. It stopped, as It were, by a command from heaven, and liietol’J. ax is illusl lilted by Pericles. Alexander, Caesar. Cicero, Augustus; Hog» in South Dakota Experiments was on every «Ide extinguished.” Some good was done, for It bunted Made Almost az Large Gaine and in more modern history by Leo away all lurking Infection from the a» With Good Wheat. < buries, Edward, William, Cromwell. plague. Another result was the popn- Napoleon, etc. American history fur nishes no exception. Washington. Lin ‘With the prkre **u hogs, shrunken luting of the district known ns Shore- coln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and all wheat aS n pig feed Is worth about a« ditch, which until then had been most the presidents had fine sounding much as tiff* government's guarantee.' ly fields. The homeless citizens set names. says J. IV. Wilson, professor of animal tled themselves there in tents, with husbandry nt South Dakota State col such goods as they could save; grad ... Professor Wilson bases this ually shacks and houses replaced the t temeiit upon the result» of experi tents. Exchange. ments conducted nt the college «on»- . tns ago in feeding -M-pound wheat In Name of Japan. unpiirlson with 57 pound wheat. I’lg- Ry Marco Polo, the empire of .Tnpnn ecelvlng ground shrunken wheat made 1« named Zlpangu; and b.v the Chi nn average dally gain per bend of two ne*«*, Glpuanqne; or. "The empire pro pounds, the good wheat producing only ceeding from the Sun.” Japon or Jn- three tenths of a pound more per dnj pan. appeal« to be a corrupt form of Life is a burden when the body per head. the Chinese term. Introduced proba is racked with pain. Everything bly b.v ib<* Portuguese or Italians. By worries and the victim becomes the Inhabitants, the empire, after the Obliging. despondent and downhearted, To wus feeling tn :in cx«ep- principal b land. 1« dealgnnted Jflpon. or euphoniously Nlfon. which line the bring back the sunshine take I iuiiioi ns I entered the where I lived. Meeting 8 same signification ns the Chinese term. out loaded with bundles. Tenka 1« another name b.v which the empire 1« recognized, whlt’li signifies. "The sub-celestial realm." From this designation, the sovereign originally derived on«* of Ills title« : that of Tenka Snniii. I t*.. ‘Tin* laird of Tenka," or of Th« national remedy of Holla d for osar tile s Ib-Celesthil-Ejoplre. Xote In the 200 years; it is an enemy of all pain* re sulting from kidney, iiver and uric acid Hakluyt Society publication. troubles. All druggists, three sizes. ¿•ek lor th. Mme Cold Modal oe ever» boa Legal Blanks at the Courier. ■nd ■ceept DO Miration The Rise of Maxwell Is Due To Its Metals Fine soil makes fine wheat; fine feathers make have made the a fine bird — ; —. - and - fine metals • • • Maxwell. They have given it: A life of 100,000 miles. 2 Thriftiness. For its metals are light in weight. Therein comes thriftiness. But these metals are of extra strength Therein comes long life. made the Metallurgists—those who you that study of metals a science—u such metals are costly, but they guarantee quality in a car and their generous employ ment in a Maxwell is by far the best evidence anyone may need to determine its quality They are almost alone responsible for the rapid rise of Maxwell, for the fact that nearly 400,000 now have been built, for that ever growing friendliness to Maxwell the world over BETTER DEAD COLD MEDAL uh , itj « — Collins Auto Co