Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, February 28, 1920, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextG RA N TH P.1BH DAILY COI Itigli A merry crowd of neighbors with well rilled baskets went to the home of Alva Woodard last Tuesday night and gave them a rcul surprise Vis iting. playing games and music wore Indulged In during the evening, and I I inch nerved al a late hour. Th« worthy people expect to move Ui 2H. «.More than PlltHttUIg, Fob their new home near New Hope thia famille« bought «10.non Plttaburg v.'sc1t, and will sure lie missed • by their homes «luring the past year, not their friends. becatiHM they were particularly anx- Iona to own their own homes, but, according to real listate men. they htitl to buy or move. Thia I« con- Unulng at the same rate thus far this year The home buying movement began two y««ara ag<t when war activities In the mills brought »««ores of families into a community where housing a<- Isindon, Feb. 28.—'Peeresses who roinmodations had been Increasing intended the slat« opening of par ly scarce for a number of y«tit th Cost liament this month wore dresaws t h I m of construction Increased anti with los necks, "but wiiho.it feath curtailed building operations. ers and veils.” This was by order Rents huve increased In pro|mr- of the Isird Chamberlain who has tlun, small house« nnd apartments ( charge of all atate function«. showing the highest percentage. Flf-1 It is understood that this new ty j>»r cent raises for the coming) rule was due to Queen Mary’« deter year are said to be common, while In mination that In future the dri-as for sums Instances ion per cent has women attending state functions been asked und paid where the oc should lie of a aim pier character than cupant could afford It. "The demand heretofore. Formerly, the gorgeous la hare und« the living places are I drosses of women at these functions not“ is the way one real wtate man .drew crowds of sightseers and "court explained the situation. ' photographers” did a big business. Ml tn Iler conditions pretail all through the Pittsburg district. In some manufacturing towns Industrial cor i Hirst Ions are building and buying houses for their men. while In Shar on. Pa., the chamber of commerce has undertaken to finance the con struction of 60U resldenc«H> WILDERVILLE NEWN Sacramento. Cal., Feb. 28. <* M. Several In the neighl>orhoo«l havej Goethe of Sacramento has donated I10.0O0 to «Htabllsh children'« play been aick the past w«-rk Robert Stevens has a light attack of the flu; ground« In China and thus help es Winifred ¡Robinson han been »uffer- tablish Amerl an educational Ideals Ing wkli n oold nnd asthma, Mrs L. I there. lie bo|«es to establish In the . a|>i- M Anderson has had a «evere attack tals of all the province» of China, of stomach trouble Ml are getting playgrounds similar to one he 1« better now maintaining in Calcutta. Mr. Goethe There 1 m an old saying, that it nev er rains 1>ut that It itoiira, and we is a director of the National ¡Play gnuae It la so in Rev Rummel’s ease. ground association and the national community service board Um week, while hi« wife lay alck with flu and he vu the nurse and Freak« of Naturo, hired gire he accidently hoirped his A ent thut tenrk«*d like a d"g. hand in Ht oad of eoine w « hm | he was splitting. It lieing necessary to take cently exhibited nt Boston, tO(MI six stiche« to close the wound .Mr. list of numerous freaks discovered In this country. Recently, says the De Rummel and wife are both recover troll Free Press, ii giant glow worm. ing at thin writing, however. 1H Inches long, wns found In the W. IM wh nnd wife as here from Santa Cruz mountain«. When pla«*cd Idego, Cal., where they have In the dark a gorgeous effect was pro been upending the winter They will duced by the luminous rings circling visit their son and family. J. 1«. It» body. Mammoth fruit Is of fre l>awH, a few weeks and then return quent occurrence, but In Soutlistake Bath. England, a shocking case of to their home 1n Iowa Mr McColm and wife arrlietl last plant over-eating was discovered. Tt rrsnite«! In seven da Isles growing on Wednesday morning from Houth- one stalk. Tills freak, scientists said wlk. Idaho, they have bought the was caused by fasciation, which A. Woodard ranch and ure at present means over-eating. White blackbirds, «laying with their daughter. Mrs J. canaries, linnets an<l sparrows have been seen nnd exhibited. The ocean IRoblnaon Mr Stevenson. of Texas, arri vml too. gives Its sltarc of curiott-* freak». here Inst wook and 1» now cutting A double-sided flounder, with both sides alike, duplb-ate fins nnd a mis wood for A. Ruttencntter. placed eye. was caught some month« The laidies Aid was |H>stponed for ago. thia week, and school is still closed. IsYour BUJ We fiMittire Ten Blu "The Cracker for You” in Granta Paas KINNEY’ * TRUAX BANKET GRfM’ERY J. PARDEE I*. A. BEAMAN MDORE BAKING COMPANY L. O. REYNOLD« ,1. M. < AREY ED. BAERUMTIER GILA NTH I’ANN <OMPANY .if NEPHINE GROCERY J. V. NCHMIDT HERMAN HORNING . Ilf (I • PllSf!'. Every One Hie Own Manufacturer. “On the old frontier there were no blacksmith shops, no tanneries, no stores of any sort, nil titm«l)s were either made by the pioneer or |lur- ebnseil from M>m<> « iiiiderlng Intllan trader, But money whs nlnioM tin tin know u article mnoin; the hardy Buck- skin« hence they either traded pelts for giswls or vent without. conni-quem ly ilieli ingenuity toid skill was highly tic«« lopetl nnd they koiiic times even ntr«de their unit guns nnd knives lie famous P.'Ale knife wns not '"tle«l Ity Col. Bowie, but wns nmde by tt whitesmith from Phlhtdclplil:i for dotigltty colonel nnd ntlopted ity latter, whose name the weapon beara. Cotdhel Bowie. Ity lite wtty give the smith a pit I tern drawn on brown puper but when the knives w««re finished It«' chose th«' design tntide by the smith.**- I»tin Beard In Boys’ Life. Barc«!ona’s Medieval Tint. ftespll«« It« disorder» iind Its modern ism, Barcelona retain« tunny relies of those mellow times n licit Cervantes imide It Ute netting for bon Quixote’» later adventures, There still are church procession«, lottery ticket sell- era, policemen with red coats and hel- met«, flower «tails and eng««! I itili vendor«. Folklore embellishes the story of the girlish martyr. Saint Ku- larla. whose unites lie In the Barcelona cnthtslral. perhaps the darkest of all great churches, and among the most beautiful In Spain. Cool fountains play In the cloister gnrtlen. among Meanders, and orange mid lemon trees, and pools disclose geese, not violators of the medieval sanctity, but contrlbn- lory to It, wlitut one learn« they are descended front the birds formerly used for augury. Seeing Hersalf. wife. We’ll miss the el«'- liny, eh? I think 1 see myself." Hint ruse. yen'll have to stop nuke ii Imi" ’n-ipcctlon."—Louis < ’«.ur'iT .lourr I Minins blink* -Co’irler office. I I HAS DRASTIC PLANS Vienna, Feb. 28. The effect ot th« diminishing value of Austrian currency la shown In the great in here, creases In wage« demanded There was a strike of tailors the other day to enforce a demand by master tailors for an Income of 65.- Their pre-war 7HU crowns a year. earnings w«»re about 2,700 crowns. Assistant tailors, that 1« plain sew ers. asked for about 36,000 crowns a year. Before the war they aver aged 700 crowns. In all recent «trikes and demands of other class ot workers, a sliding scale allowance was asked wo as to meet the advance In the price of ne- ■ eewltle». What the Hair Denotes. A long and peaceful life Is promised the owner of hair that grows low on the forehead and retreats up the head above the temples. Coarse hair Indicate« humble birth and a coarse nature. Black, short, and curly hair Indicates uncertain temper, a tendency to alcohol, and an amor ous nature. The darker the hair the more pow erful the physical organisation. Chest nut or brown hale denotes fairness In dealings, generosity, absence of de ceit, but unhappiness in domestic life. Thick, straight and glossy brown hair Indicate« a robust constitution, en ergy. and eagerness tn the pursuit of life; thick, coarse, and wiry brown hair, great determination of charac- ter; curly brown lialr, a weak cha rac ter. but natural Ingenuity and ability; w-ldle dark brown long and Kinooth tmlr Indicates faithfulness In love, many children good health, and much happiness. Selling the Gospel. In “pn>f«*»«lonal** circles It la coin- mon to dlMparng«' MtlesmitnHhip a« a phase of cominerclallHni—a specious art by which people are Induced to buy whnt they do not want—and yet pub licity, preaching, propaganda, and other forma of >>nle«manshlp are need ed to overcome the natural Inertia of mankind and to IM-rwuade them to mend their way«, In tills «ense clergy men. t»hyalclana, lawyers. statesmen, teachers, artists, writers, philanthm- plat«, engineer« and all other ‘’profes sional" people have something to «ell. and. while Home decline to accept re muneration. they are usually glad to have their wares accepted and appre ciated Even the gnspel has to be «old, though without money and with out price.—J. E. Rossignol, In the Re view. « Napcleon Not a Snuff Taker. In a letter from Mlle. Bertrand, daughter of General Bertrand, Na poleon’s devoted companion at St. Helena, Mlle. Bertrand maintained that, although the emjteror was com- mottly credited with being n «miff taker, lit* detested tobacco In any form. “Only once," »lie wrote. "wav Napoleon persuaded to try a pipe, At «oon ns lie plac««d the umber tube In his mouth lie tiling It from him with n gesture of disgust and shouted: Take the dl»guHtlng thing away.* To soothe his chronic lndlg<*stlon the ent peror had a mixture of licorice anti brown sugar made up. which he ear- rled loose In his waistcoat pockets^ He frequently had recourse to this, and when In company would convey « pinch to hl» nostrils it« If It were antfff. but Instead of Inhaling It he would alide It aurreptltloUKly Into his mouth. Bun.rdt, Buzzard« lire round nil over th« Routh and Southwest, In the West an«! In the central stat«-». They seldom g< as far north as Canada, however. They congregate In large flock« and, "It « hi on the ground, perch oil dumps of rartli, little hillocks, or on rocks and the like. If they alight In it tree they line up on the limbs, their head« drawn down on tlielr shoulders, nnd their en tire attitude one of melancholy mid de- j«>ctlon. Tlielr eyesight Is remarkable for Its keenness, ami on the pitting or In the Florida everglades they can discern carrion for a long distance. They circle high overhead when they sight a man dying of thirst on the plains, or see a wounded animal strug gling along, nnd the moment the man or the animal drops they shoot down from the sky, perch on the body nnd begin their horrible feast. The birds ent until they can hold no more, then disgorge what they have eaten, and be- glu all over again. Cultivate Joyousne»». Let us make it a point to be hitr hlngvrs of joyous tidings -those say ings that will mnke happier another’s way. Let us keep to ourselves what “they sity" about this one or that one. Absolutely nothing Is gained by spreading doleful news. The woman with n long drawn-out story of en other’« troubles or heartaches in.-tk;'- herself hoi It object lotuiltle nnd tin welc ..........ml little, In fnct nltsoltth ly no ci rem.-it' «houhl be expend« d up. r n P' f on «• I «> ihits waste« her time. Nev V««r- II, mlns Telegram. Envelope» at tie Co rie.- OŒc» Isindon, Feb. 28 George Bernard Hbaw declare» that the old cottages of England should lie destroyed wholesale. "'After living In one of these 'lit erary and artistic’ houses with an ex alted Hense of doing the right thing,' he told the society of arts recently, "one realizes that all the time one has been living in a sort of archi tectural hell. "I am so tar modern that I have coma to the conclusion that what is wanted is a law that every building should be knocked down at the end of 20 years, and a new one erected That would get rid of old cottages. We have got into the incorrigible bit of si«onging on the i«ast. "Every generation ought able to produce its own art this worship of the past can only be got rid of by a wholesale destruction of all the monuments of the past. "If we could avoid the wholesale destruction of hitman lieings Involv ed by a great war. I should lie glad to have half a dozen great war« In Europe so that all the old building.« might be knocked down, thus forcing us by a sort of starvation to make our own architectural efforts." I ... ■*£ STILL ACTIVE AT 97 Ixindon, Feb. 28.— Ixird Halebury, the venerable former lord chancellor, ha» been receiving a flood of con gratulations on the 79th anniversary of his call to the bar. Although in his 97th year be »till goes to public dinners, makes speeches, and take« part in all the appeal cases before the house of lords. Ixtrd Halsbury became lortl chan cellor in 1885 and after two tem porary retirements filled his posi tion without interruption from 1895 to 1903 when he retired definitely. I Since the pension of a lord chancel lor is £5,000 a year, it is estimated that Ixird Halsbury has already re ceived something like £100,000 as I retiring allowance, and as one of the I newspapers puts it, "he is still going strong.” Honolulu, T. H.. Fob. 28.—Al though the street cars ot Honolulu carried 15,383,436 petwengers during 1919. according to- the Honolulu Rapid Transit and 1-and company, there were only five serious accl- dents during the year. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Effective March 1st, office hours of the .American Railway Fxpre»- Compiuiy Will Be .A» Follow« M A. M. TO 12 M---- 1::M> P. M. TO S:3O P. M. SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS AT TRAIN TIME ONLY ALL <’ALI>i FOR PICKUPS MI ST BE PHONED TO OUR OFFICE NOT LATER THAN 5 P. M. It is necessary for us to do this in order to attempt to comply with the eight hour day which was granted all employees some months ago. Your hearty cooperation is earnestly solicited. AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS CO. Per. M. F. Rolx-rts. Agent Southern Pacific Company Resumes Tomorrow Monday, March 1st The operation of its lines which since January 1st. 1918, have been under control of the United States Railroad Administration. Your Patronage is asked on the ground of our giving you in return the beet service at our command and in which w e all. officers and employee, hope to earn your commendation. Your Consideration is asked because with the passage of the new Railroad Bill by the Con- now gress determining the public control over the railroads, we only have in sight the end of a long period of great uncertainty in which it was imjioasible to determine plans for the future, In the period of re- adjustment following March 1st. we rely n»pon your patience. Your Co-operation Is asked in letting ns ha\e the benefit of your suggestions and counsel in connection with our service* e. .lohn M. Scott, General Passenger Agent. Portland, Oregon. H A. Hinshaw. General Freight Agent, Portland, Oregon. J. M. Isham, Jxical Agent. Granta Pass. Oregon.