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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1920)
NATI UDO . 'I »I« II GUAM'S I'ASS DAIIA ______ <111111111 y PAGE TWO wood bids u nn:n compliment to this body when we are able to inform you at this time that Notice Is hereby given that the Mr. George CeeU has made an nn- Boar«) of IMri'ctom of School District equivocabl«' promise that che money No. 7, of Josephine County, Oregon, is ready to pay for this work. How at its regular monthly meeting to bo ever, ma.' we suggest that th«' matter | held Tm-eday afternoon April ti, I 1920. at the parlors of tbo First Na must first be passed upon by the; tional Bank of Southern Oregon at state highway commission. 15:30 o'clock will receive sea led bids Your president has personally in- I for the sale and delivery to the •aid I The following is the address given very improper manner and so we em tervleweii Mr. Benson, chairman of (district of 400 tiers of wood; said ¡wood to be cut from the body or I last night at the Chamber of Com ployed gentlemen and paid them for the state highway con>m<aaion. and ¡sound gre«-n trees free from rot. dote merce meeting by JTeaident Bram- their services and in this way largely he assures us that he stands for con or punk, diameter to tie not less than •well, In which he points out the work Increased what might have been struition. We have wrltteu Commis | four inches and not larger than ten done by the chamber under his lead made of record. May w e say, how - sion Booth but h«' being In Southern ; inphes (seven Inches round timber), round timber not to exceed 20 per ever, even after all this care and California, we have thus far boon tin cent ership during the past year. of entire delivery and all wood Gentlemen of the Grants Pass Cham cost we fear you may be surprised able to get an expression from him to lie cut in two-foot lengths and and disappointed when the figures as to Just where ho stands In th«' mat ¡delivered to the turions school ber of Commerce: Since thia is the last time I shall representing the population of Grants ter. Wo have also written Commis houses of the district on or before the 15th day of (August, 1920, well I •wing the gavel as president of this Pass are given out. sioner Kiddel, but from him we han piled according to the legal Import! The auto park has been a bone of body I deem it fitting and proper to had no response but in It all we sug and definition of the said (erm on | inform you to some extent at least of contention here for many years. We gest this matter be followed up! ¡the ground as delivered, ready for the present condition of your asso have not believed tt good business to closely, otherwise It tnay fall by the I measurement. Bids may be placed for the de ciation, what has been accomplished improve land to which we have no way-side. With proper care this road livery of the whole or any part of during the last year and to respect title. Please be advised that through will be constructed during the year said wood and may be for either fully suggest what seems to me to be he splendid efforts of a committee 1920. AVe suggest however, that the hard or soft wood or both. The board paramount for great care in the fu appointed by and out of this body matter be not allowed to become cold reserves the right to reject any and all bids we now own the auto park and while but thut constant attention b«' given, ture. EDWARD S. V \.\ DYKE You will of course have noted that it is not yet fully imid for we will until it is brought to a happy end Clerk. our financial condition is not bad. pay the balance due in less than one ing. During my presidency we have re year after which the park will be Your president made a trip to Sail Courier classified ads bring deemed the institution from au obli deeded to the city of Grants Pass Francisco last December in the inter suits Try a classified gation of «275 and now show a small free of charge. This feature alone est of a duty or tariff on chrome. credit. We owe no bills so far as 1 justifies the existence of this cham This trip was made at great expens«' know of and so our slate is clean in ber if nothing else had been done to me personally, not one cent being Ix't me eay again WE NOW HAVE paid by this chamber. Please lie ad a financial way. The membership of this body re TITLE TO TTIE ATTO PARK vised that while the matter has al You are hereby advised that after ready been delayed longer than we mains about the same as one year ago and at least 40 per cent greater the contract for the construction of bad expected there seems little doubt a wagon road over Hays hill had but that at an early date this matter than two years ago. Your president has traveled large been given, the matter was put over will the adjusted and sufficient duty ly over the State of Oregon during for one year and perhaps longer. Had be put on this article to make it pos the past year anil has raised his it' not been for the splendid efforts sibie to mine and deliver thousands voice in 21 counties and sjioken of of this body the Hays hill road would and tens of thousands of tons of Grants Pass and Josephine county. not have been constructed this year chrome in Josephine county which in We have heralded "IT'S THE CLI at all. an ordinary business way will bring While the Smith hill road was con- hundreds of thousands of dollars Into MATE" everywhere. We have re ceived many letters from people de templated. surveyed and ready for this community. siring to locate here. May I say that construction. the matter had po«i- From Crescent <?ity we have an In through the efforts of this body sev tively 'been laid over for one year vitation to meet ami confer with a eral families are already here while and had it not been for the efforts of committee from their body looking: there are many more likely to come this body the Smith Hill road would to the building of a wagon road con-j and locate later on. Josephine coun not be on the map as it is now. This necting that place with Grants I’ass. , ty has been placed on the map of chamber arranged for a loan of «20.- We have written an invitation to | Industry and vim a harvest from 000 which made it possible for the them to send their committee here; ■which will be reaped right alone work to be done immediately. and we will not only confer with; The Caves road is reasonably well them but will feed them and arrange perhaps for years to come. This body was informed that the a^ured. From all we can learn this for such further work as may be con- census as taken by those appointed matter has been in hand for many sistent with the work contemplated, to do this work was being done in a years and so we think it a decided We suggest that this matter ‘be care- fully considered and not allowed to rest until brought to a businesslike conclusion. A change in the present county road leading front Kerby to Waldo is seemingly contemplated by thej state highway commission, From all I we can learn to make this change 1 would work a great hardship on the! agricultural interests of our com I munity and so we suggest this mat-1 ter have careful and prompt atten tion. • , There are two main reasons—one, the name itself, At a meeting of the board of di which certifies superfine value—the other, that time rectors of this body held this day | many matters of importance were tells the same story. discussesl and we now suggest to you Thus reputation and performance unite in giving that at no time in the past has there you all you expect—and more. been such a keen necessity for -lietter; and more efficient work by this! Yet Bruns wicks cost no more than lik’e-type tires. chamber looking to the care of bus-1 Many motorists would pay more readily, but the iness doings as they come to us. We Brunswick idea is to GIVE the utmost, rather than therefore suggest that for at least six j to GET the utmost. And this has been true since 1845. months from date the membership: You can appreciate what Brunswick Standards mean fees of this club be in reused in such j amount or sum as you may thing ex by trying ONE Brunswick Tire. It will be a reve pedient but by all means that it lie lation. You’ll agree that you could not buy a better, sufficient to employ a permanent sec-! regardless of price. rotary and that your board of direc-: And, like other motorists, you’ll decide to have tors be eniimwered to so employ a comiietent man to do this work. I’n- ALL Brunswicks. Then you’ll know supreme satis less we gTow daily and meet the j faction from your tires — longer life, minimum changed conditions that are now and | trouble, lower cost wrill continue to confront us we will be branded as slackers and make a i THE BRUNS WICK-BALKE-COLLEN DER CO history for Grants Bass which may | Portland Headquarter«: 46-48 Fifth Street never I k - gotten rid of. We suggest j this matter iie decided tonight one | way or the other. However, ma.' we say that witli the incoming people I and tile ig things contemplated we believe, in fact we know, thi should: « be done at on e. Th< re is a gentleman here just now who wants us to get together- ore for an exhibit at Seattle. This matter we believe should have at ten-1 lion iiy the newly elected board. In passing let me say. 1 appreci ate the splendid efforts and support given me by your board of directors! of this chamber. During my presi dency not one jar or unpleasant word has in-on passed from one gentleman i to another «luring our deliberations. I I thank this board as I thank any) ami all who have helped with the good work done. I feel that the re cord ef ihis chamber during the last yea r is good and that stupendous i things have been done, It Is true w-e have not— as the S rlbeg and I’hiracees did «pray on the street timers to -lie seen of men but ma we »ci h.i .e worked and then worked some more anti the general benefits fieri' ed from the efforts we have made i have been and will be felt for good ' by every business house In Grants! The! f’asa and Josephine county. only fault ■I can find is that too few] —fa r too few manifest a willing- ness to participate in the work to be done. However, In so passing 1 tha nk you all and so I «irbmlt my presl- Hazelton & Disbrow dency to a lietter man whom I feel sure you will elect tonight. 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