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Jaiversrty •! Or« Libra»’ tante \OI„ X., X». KI7« Courier G HA NTH PAHH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, liiinstru<l<v1 D«*l«*gatlon Will Be Sent to lb« llepublhnn Nominat ing < onvcntlon WHOLE NUMBER W'KIMWIHV, APRIL 7, IW OF TWO LIVES Great Britain I’laced in Awkward Light by French Occupation of titles of Rhineland t New York, Apr. 7.- New York MORE LANDS IN DISTRICT- NE- state’s "Big F our” uninstructed dele- CESHITATEH BRINGING IN OF gallon to the republican national LARGE OUTFIT convention rolled over the opposition of form«!; State Senator William M. Bennett, who Is pledged to the pres idential candidacy of lllram Johnson, In yesterday’s primaries, according to virtually complete returns today. Ixindon, Apr. 7. 7.—There is littld COMMITTEE ON ROAIIS APPOINT* CHICAGO FREIGHT TRAFFIC probability ot Great Britain par MAY BE PARALYZED BY AC- ED BY PRESIDENT AT LAST tlcipatlng in the French advance Into NIGHT'S SESSION TION OF ENGINEMEN f Germany as far as la ascertainable at present. According to a statement current In some quarters the British government feels Itself placed in an awkward position by the French oc cupation of German cities. AA’ork on Pr»»J«'« t Progred컫-«. Rapidi) Fred Hamilton, of Berkeley, and Order iBroivre MAGO Workers Who Cougar Is Killed— and Several Mil«“* Already Flnish- Will Go Out in Sympathy With Daughter Are Among A'ictims A cougar hide, measuring eight « m I —Material'. Arrive I nauthorizwl Strike of lau.« Night's Fire feet and seven Inches In length was brought to the courthouse today by iawter Smith, of Briggs creek. The The board of directors of Chicago, Apr. 7.- -Representatives 'Seattle, Apr 7. Two persons are cougar brought bounty' amounting to Grants l’iix-4 Irrigation district t >25, part being paid by the county known dead, five injured and a num ot 8500 members of the Brotherhood terday afternoon authorized ber of others received minor jiurts as of Locomotive Firemen and Engine and the rest by the state. Shuttuck Construction company to th« result of a fire which early today men, employed in the Chicago bring in another outfit, consisting destroyed the Lincoln hotel, a family switching district today defied the of between KO and 100 head of mules Pruning I .'xliibilion Given— hostelry in the downtown district. union officials and voted to join the A pruning exhibition was given and the necessary equipment. This switchmen’s strike. The property loss is estimated at unauthorized action was made necessary by the yesterday by County Agriculturist >400,000. The dead are Fred R. Freight traffic through the expansive bringing In of a large amount of Miller to the pupils ot the eighth Hamilton, of Berkeley, Cal., and his Chicago district is already restricted A numl>er of the pupils were new lands Into th« district. It was grade daughter. Grace Hamilton, who seriously. Both sides are agreed that present, and Mr. Miller showed how etu-n that th« ditch could not be com jumixMl from the fifth floor. Over : if the force of the strikers is aug- plete«! to cover all these lands this to prune pear trees In the (Allen or- 200 guests, scantily clad, made their j mented, such traffic will be brought aprliig unlei some such ateiai were I chard across the river. way to safety down the smoke-filled < virtually to a standstill. — taken Superintendent Corlllo. who stairways. ha« charge of th« ditching opera- Albany College Concert Coining— Chief of Police Warren said he Auxiliary- Had Meeting— lions, says that the mules will be Ixttcrs of music will lie glad to believed there were possibly more The lAdies Auxiliary had an en They will lie learn that another treat is in store tsidles to be found in the ruins of the I thusiastic meeting last Saturday. her« In about a week put to work, it is thought, on the for tlie Grants Pass public. Albany hotel. Rev. Knotts and Prof. Gaston gave north side unit of the work. College Conservatory Faculty will helpful talks. The music by Miss The mules will be kept at work on give an evening's entertainment at Seattle, Apr. 7.—(Another body, Noble and Mrs. Knapp was enjoyed. th« ditch for a month, after which Bethany Presbyterian church Hext believed to be that of Miss Blanche The entertainment committee of they will be turnml over to the Tutsday. April 13, at 8:15 p. m. Al- Crowe, of Seattle. 20 years of age, which Mrs. Lundburg is chairman, Southern Pacific iompany The rnil- Itany College has always been very was found in the ruins of the Lin wish to announce that they will give road will use them on the right-of- strong In Its musical course , anti the I coln hotel today. Il was thought a festival on May Day for the bene- way near the cltv. The equipment faculty will doubtless give us their •that Miss Crowe was an employ«, of fit of the Anxiliary. is nt present near Siacramento, but very b<«t. They are making a tour i a local restaurant. will lx- rushed here for the einer- of Southern Oregon, and Grants Pass AN«'IENT grny work Men to handle the is fortun -■<• tn being included in <>l«l Soldier Di«***— mules will be brought In at the «am« their Itinerary. Z. W. 'Hagen was called to Rose- time, an R has been found Impossible Honolulu, Apr. 7.—Eben Low, | burg last night by the death of his' to secure sufficient workers her«- to member of the Honolulu city and | father. E. D Hagen, who died yes-' county board of sui«ervisors. do the work an- ! terday afternoon at the Old Soldiers , nounc««l recently that he is working To date about two mile« of ditch j home in that city. Mr. Hagen was has Is-en worked over and the work on a plan to establish in Kapiolani I a former resident of Grants Pass and . Is progrt-sslng rapidly The ditching Park. Honolulu, a replica of an an I was well known here. During the cient Hawaiian village, populated l»y so far has b«>en confined to the past eight years he has l>een living native Hawatians. who will live the south side The work was slowed up at the old soldiers home in Roseburg. life and follow the pursuits of their In one place liecatise of the heavy mud encountered. An average of forbears. Tapa. mat and hat making London. Apr. 7.—England's war Tak«*s Ronds North— 1 000 yards of eartli have been moved will be exemplified and the products «lail.v since the work began on the taxes continue to force many of her Wilford (Allen, secretary of the sold to visitors, according to Ix»w's maln canal. The clearing and grtih- nobility to sell parts of their great Grants Pass Irrigation district, left plan, while surf and outrigger canpe bing has been practical!« completed «•states. One ot th«1 great«*st of these last night for Salem, where he is riding will be seen from the nearby which recently Ims (passed under the taking the >106,000 bond issue to be shore. on the south side . auctioneer's hammer, is that of the certlfie«!. They will then be turn«*«! «lone on th*» north I Duke of Rutland, which is known as over to th«* Ralph Scbneeloch com- The pob*. wire GERMANA’ WILL LAY TAX of I Belvoir The duke owns about 51«,- . pany, who have purchased the bonds. lais necessary to ON TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS uoo acres of which he is selling 1 Mr Allen will go on to Portland, th«* ixiwer line has ---------- - about 13.000 acres located in the where he has some business -matters this work will lie Berlin, Apr. 7.- The German gov best part of the Lincolnshire hunt to attend to, and will return here ernment holies to raise 1,000,000.- The pumps, which for the present year, arc on the way ing district. He explained at a pub Friday. 000 marks by unusual levy on tele lic meeting that the salt* was made and are expected In a short time. phone sultecrihers. It is announced i The two mile« of canal, contracted necessary by the increasing burden that they will be assessed a special AN MISSION WILL by Bchroeder and McFadden has I of taxation resulting from the war. PURCHASE RUSSIAN GIN1DS one-time tax of l.Optl marks which Goudby Hall, on«* ot the duke's been completed with the exception will bear Interest and be returned of the final cleaning up. Thia part properties of 230 acres was solti pri Athens, Apr. 7. I . -—It is announced when the subscription is cancelled. of th** ditch extends from the Crea- vately In the advance of the public here that the Italian mission has ar Charges for the use of telephones cent City road to the R. R. Turner sale and 100 tenants have bought rived at Athens on its wav to Rus- will be more than doubled and post ranch at Fruitdale. A few difficul from the «hike the farms he had sla to negotiate with the soviet gov- age rates Increased 100 per cent in ties have been experienced but these rented to them. eminent for the purchase of ra w «April. Telegraph rates will be heav Earl Manver’s estate, known as have been overcome and water la ily advanced. materials for manufacturers. promised shortly after the first of "Holme Pierrepont” at Radcllffe-on- May. The company has until I he Trent, has been sold at auction for last of that month to complete the 42,685 pounds. It. covers 320 acres. It Is reported that part of the es work, but they are anxious to get the tate of the Earl of ixindesborough, water running as soon as possible. comprising Raincllffe Woods and Racecourse has been bought by a Scarborough financier. SOLD Ï0 PAY TAXES Juneau, Alaska, Apr 7. Resi dents of Sitka say that the herds of seal migrating northward toward Boring sea this spring are greater than they have seen In years and that th« migration is three weeks ahead of the usual time. Countless thousands of the seal have been pass ing Sitka. Government officials say the groat size of the migratory herd is evidence thnt the government's protective measures have been effec tive. Ixmdon. Apr. 7. Recent uncon- firmed reports of a Sinn Fein plot for an armed uprising in Ireland wore based on fact, according to the Irish police. They state that thev are In possession of Information not only Indicating thnt an uprising was Intended, but that certain Germans tn Berlin had been engaged to fur- nlsh war material. Discuss Flsli Question— George Putnam. Salem editor, was on his way to Hpokane last night to attend a meeting of the Associated Press when he met A. E. Iteames of Medford In the Hotel Portland. The resultant argument over the steel head in the Rogue river became so Interesting that Mr. Putnam decided that he would rather talk fishing than newspaper press service. Ac cording tol.Alr. Putnam, there should be a deadline established at tide water In the Rogue river and the weekly closed period should lie 36 or IS* hours Instead of 2 1 as at present Mr. Ri anies wants to go further. He asserts that commercial fishing should be abolished In the Rogue at least until the stream Is repopulat- ed with fish, and to that end he is In the city trying Io get assistance In a plan to Initiate a measure to place on the ballot in November elimlna'- Ing commercial fishing Interests. Oregonian. The matrimonial age is fixed at Londpn, Apr. 7.—<A Russian wife is required to support her husband IS for men and 4 6 for girls. Both if she be able to do so and he is un must be of sound 'mind and mutually able to work and in need of her sup desirous of marriage. Differences of port. under the marriage laws of soviet Russia. A copy of this code, religion or vows of celibacy are no translated into (English has just impediment. 'Married persons may reached Ixmdon from the Russian choose to liear the surname of the people's commissariat of justice. bride or of the bridegroom or their It provides that married (persons joint names. Marriages contracted shall be expected to support each other. Should one refuse and the in accordance with religious forms other be what is classed as a "need are not binding unless the union is ful." unfit to work, the latter has registered under the prescribed form the right to apply to the department of civil, or sovietist marriages, Old of social security to compel the hus forms of marriage law or. as it is band or wife, ns the case may be, termed, ‘‘the legalized forging to- gather of men and women”are abol- to pa.v support. Mutual consent of husband and ished. Under the laws of succession in wife or merely the desire of one of them to be freed from the other may the soviet code, none but the “need be considered as grounds for divorce. ful" and the state may inherit pro- Ixwal judges are authorized to hear ; perty. The estates of emigrants and divorce cases but their decisions are I of rebels’are subject to confiscation subject to appeal. j by the state. Coblenz, Apr. 7—Nearly 2000 com Everylxxly Will Be Invited to Attend Banquet at Which Public .Matters munists have crossed the Rhine Into Will Be DiMUssed .the British zone of occupation and have been interned. Their flight In to occupied territory Is considered A long session of the board of di an Indication that the revolt In the rectors of the Chamber of Commerce Ruhr region is near an end. was held last night at the club Many matters of import Aix La Chapelle, Apr. 7 German rooms. government troops are marching on ance were considered and passed up- Dusseldorf and the occupation of the on. A numt»er of men from Apple- town is expected tonight or tomorrw gate and vicinity were present and took part In the transaction of bus- morning. iness. A representative of Chicago Paris, Apr. 7.—The entry of Ger business interests was present and man government troops Into the gave the chamber of few general A Ruhr district Interrupted the tenta ideas on finance and business, throughout tive negotiations for an economic un splendid spirit existed derstanding between France and the meeting and the directors are Germany. In authoritative circles confident that a large amount ot here, there Is conviction that It was good will be accomplished. Commit- tees on roads and irrigation and a deliberately planned. special entertainment committee Berlin, Apr. 7.—A great military were appointed. It was decided that a dinner would conspiracy, which was to have been the Bavarian parallel to the recent be given about the middle of the Berlin, revolution, has been disco ver- present month, the object being to ed in Munich, it was announced to- bring up public matters requiring discussion. All committees from day. the country and their wives will be Berlin. Apr. 7.—A special session invited as the guests of the organ- of the national assembly will be held ization. A musical program will be Saturday, according to a call issued given, A special committee was ap- pointed to arranged for this. today. An application for the position of managing secretary was read and af ter discussion, was laid over for the time being. President Bramwell said in part: i “Tonight we want to go into busi- ' ness matters with spirit and with a determination to do things properly, I recommend that we make thie Ketchikan. Alaska. Apr. 7.—Offi I chamber more of a community pro cials of the government forest ser position and that we invite the peo vice are making every effort to in ple living in the country to partici duce paper manufacturers to estab pate in our doings so that the inter lish pulp and paper mills in Alaska’s ests of the entire County will be forests, according to C. H. Flory, for taken care of, as well as of Granta est supervisor for Alaska. Active Pass. With this thought in mind I steps toward establishing mills prob have decided to appoint a road com- mittee representing every section of ably will be taken soon, he said. Mr. Flory denied reports that the the county. In the selection of gen forest sendee has put stumbling tlemen to act on the road commit blocks in the way of prospettive pa tee I have taken into consideration the location as well as their ability lter manufacturing companies. “We are offering better induce- and I feel sure the men on this com ments right now than the Canadian ’ mittee will accomplish wonderful re government.” he said, "We are go-I sults.” The committees appointed were: ing to do everything possible and Road committee: O. S. Blanchard, within reason to aid the establish- chairman: Douglas Wood. A. A. Por ment of jtaper mills.” ter. L. M. Mitcher. F. W. Sawyer, H. E. Duncan. C. E. Niles. D. W. Mitch District Manager Here— ell, Harry Sordy, Bert Bigelow. A. Walter H. Pitts, district manager C. Hoffmann. Ed. Lind. A. Wylberg, of the Woodmen of the World, is in Fred Roper, A. A. Hanseth. Cvrfl the city for a few days, having ar Wise. rived today from Medford. He re- Park committee: Wilford Allen, l>orts the initiation of a large class chairman. The rest of the commit there last week. The 25th anniver tee will be named later. sary of the local lodge will be cele Irrigation committee: George C. brated here In May according to Mr. Sabin, chairman; C. A. Winetrout, Pitts. The affair will be made a ga H. W. Webber. Herman Horning. A. la occasion as Head Consul Boak. of L. 'Martineau. Denver, will be present. The exact date has not yet been set. Albany. Apr. 7.—Two bills de signed to carry out the recommenda GREEK ARMY AUTHORIZED tions of the assembly judiciary com TO ADVANCE INTO ASIA mittee “for barring the socialist par Athens, Apr. 7.—Greek troops ty of America from participation In have been authorized by the allied politics in New York state” was in supreme military council to advance troduced in the legislature today. in Asia 'Minor in anticipation of an eventual attack by Mustapha Kemal. Engineer Was Here— They have occupied a stragetic posi AV. J. Roberts, one of the foremost tion east of the sector they have held engineers on the coast spent a short around Smyrna, according to a dis- time here last night and then con patch to the newspaper Ethnos. tinued on his way to Tacoma. Mr. PAPER MILLS MAY BE AMERICAN TROOPS ARE FIN ALIA OUT OF SIBERIA Manila. P. I., Apr. 7. «Brigadier General Graves, with his staff of 32 officers and 300 men arrived here today from Vladivostok on the trans port Great Northern. The transport South Bend, arriving shortly after ward. brought 1600 troops and 119 war brides. This completes the evacuation of American troops from Siberia. Roberts was here the last part of hist week and went over the irriga tion project. The past few days have been spent in Medford, where he formerly resided. He planned the water works system in Medford and has laid out the systems in many other coast cities. ’IHe says that Medford is (progressing rapidly and that Grants Pass never looked better. He also stated that he was greatly pleased with the'work being done on the irrigation ditches.
