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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1920)
TI KHDAV, Al «il HT ». IlSîXt MS PASS DAILY COURIER NEW Published Daily Except Sunday A. E. Voorhie». Pub. and Propr. First Ton ot Hard Coal Reached th« City of Philadelphia Just One Hundred Years Ago. Art Draperies stere«! at poetoffioe. Grants Pass. Ore . as s*cond class mall matter ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch............. —$»< Local-personal column, per line 10c Bradera, per line......-........ -— ........ 5c New Crochet Books DiAIl.Y COURIER By mall or carrier, per year..... $6.00 By mail or carrier, per month. .50 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year............... A CENTURY OF ANTHRACITE Buy McCall Patterns »•«<> MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS I Th» Associated Brees is exclusively «■titled to the use tor republication A of all news dispatches credited to it er all otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news pub or let him come here acd survey the lished herein. All rights of republication of spe- whole field. eial dispatches hereto are also re- California has demoustraled the value of development of constant and big advertising. The Pacific North-j TUESDAY, AVGUST 3. IWJO. west Touring Associaticn has shown Aged French Soldier’s Luck Con tinues, but Police Help us the way we can do it. Now lets ♦ ♦ ♦ OREGON WEATHER ♦ Him Save "Roll.” quit i>eing kids with our exclusive ♦ cellar door» to the attractions of Weather foe the Week Ragged, batless and practically ♦ Southern Oregon, and get down to! shoeless, an elderly man was sitting Pacific Coast States General ♦ the business methods our age de in a Paris park uu the south side of 4 ly fair except probably showers the Seine a few nights since, mutter mands. ♦ Monday west of Cascade»; nor- ing to himself "h’lfty, sixty, seventy," ♦ mal temperst urea. the while stacking thin little slips of ♦ paper one ui>«>n the other. He at- WHEAT RAISING COSTS HIGH traded Tonight and Wednesday fair ♦ the attention of two gen- ♦ Moderate westerly winds. dannen, for he had apparently been SHOESTRING RAPIDLY ' RUN INTO A FORTUNE I LaM Year's Crop Produced at Average Expense of $2.15 a Bushel. The wheat crop in America In lt>11* was produced at an average cost fo the grower of $2.15 a bushel. the pro duction survey by the department of ajrriculture shows,. The cost of producing winter wheat was tunch lower than for spring wheat, the costs being given as $1.87 and $2.65 respectively. The survey- covered winter wheat areas of Kan sas. Nebraska and Missouri and spring wheat regions of Minnesota. North and South Dakota TELL THE WOR1J» ABOUT SOUTHERN OREGON Southern Oregon can learn valu- able lessons from this year's activ- lty of the Pacific Northwest Tour- Ing Association. This great associa tion covering in its territory the Pa cific northwest of the United Stated" and British Columbia in Canada, hat during 1920 carried out suc-eisful- No R?cm for Governor In Capital. ly an advertising campaign in which Be«ain«e the resilience occupied by the whole field was impartially in the governor of <■ -uh Dakota was cluded. There was no hint of fa sold, he lias been «i .«I to move from Pierre, the capiti ' >• Redfield. The voritism to any section, there was governor. Peter N« : •<■ has asked no taint of “toadying” to financial that provisions be by the state ly powerful or populous districts to legislature for a gov« t-or’s residence In Pierre. the disadvantage of weaker neigh bors. The reason is simple, in the Cannibals Attacked Americans. The party of Dr. A. liuiuiltou Rice, fact that nowhere is the many dif which Is exploring the Amazon region. ferent pamphlets published and dis «11 attacked at one p« ¡nt by ferocious tributed was there a mention of a lo •camlly-clnd asnnlba is of large stat- cality. Al! advertising was general, are. They were rvc: 1 after two uf 'their number had l»e a killed. but the way was opened for more de tailed facts if the first interest □sadly Weapon of Warfare. prompted it. I An invention by a French wireless For years live business men of engineer, M. Dunoyer, will completely change the character of naval war- Bouth«»rn Oregon have realized that fare, if its claims are fulfilled, says ®nr chief need is some form of COD- the London Mail. It consists of what certed action by which the attrac- he calls an “electric safety lock." The mechanism to direct the course of a tions of the district, scenic as well torpedo and secure Its explosion as practical, can be placed before the against an enemy warship can ^e rest of the ountry. Several attempts,' worked not only by wireless waves of the right length, hut also by n have been rtarte<|. but petty jeal- proj«T sequence of Morse signals. Any ousies of locality have stood in I the error In the right sequence of -dot« •way of suc esa each time, and to and dashes would run tlie mechanism down to zero again and render the date no such plan has been put into torpedo bnrtnle«.«. Each torpedo Each community has been Inun hetl would have Its own key •» effect left to its futile un-aided efforts qumce of dot» and «lashes, and so the enemy would he unable to tinier which have been effectually nnlli- with it. ed by the jealous determination of the neighbor that the other shall Books F rom Washington’s Library, The sale of the library of ilie ln!< not s icceed. Samuel Riker of this city wh « cort It is now suggested that if the eluded nt the Anderson Galleries r< 8 Bosenbach Hosenbach pnl< policy followed in previous attempts cently. Dr. A. 8. <4.000 for George Was! ington'« copy to advertise Southern Oregon Is not of "A Collection of All the Trenti«'« workable for the reasons made ap of Peace, Alliance, and Commerce Be parent, the way can be cleared by tween Great Britain and Other Pow ers From th«- Treaty Signed nt Mun forgetting locality altogether in the ster. In 1684. to Treaties Signed tit course of general advertising. I.et Paris, in 1783," three volumes. Lon there be no mention of any town or don, 178* The work contains Wash ington's autograph on each lltle page city in Southern Oregon, but settle and hi« hook plnte on.the Inside of on the plan of the Pacific Northwest each front «-over. The work was auc Touring Association and advertise tioned off tit tlie . .de of the library of Lawrence Washington, the great what there Is here, whether alfalfa grandson of George Washington, in fields or snow-capped mountains, Philadelphia. in 1876.—New York whether lakes or caves, whether Timed. hunting or fishing. Then if the first Wonderful What Eugenics Can Do. audience is interested let him look “Wanted—three or more furnished rooms for light lion«, i ... ■ irig Have on his map and pick out a town and two Indestructible <lilhlr>ui."—Boston write there, for further particulars. Transcript. Silk Shirts OI K Bl YER SOW IX NEW YORK HAH MADE A VERA' SPECIAL IllY IX MEN’S SILK SHIRT». WHICH UK HAYE JI ST RECEIVED. Choice $5.70 Golden Rule Store STORE CLOSES .AT « P- M. EXCEPT SATURDAYS AT ».30 An even hundred year« have elapsed MltHV one William Wurla. a I'lrladel ph I m merchant, drove hl« team of iiiulen with th«» flr>t toil of anthracite through th«» Mpiing foMivts iiih I bon hind to tli«»« bnnkx of tin* iMlnwnro river nnd flouted the tieu fuel down (he river to I'ldlndelphlti on ti pine log raft. But ho « \perieiH«><1* no little dull culty in thnt flrat nntbriK'Ite jmr of IS’JO In overco»nlii< tlie populnr objec tion that the coal wn> •‘extremely h | ow of lighting.'* Pine lou rut flouted only Httf» ton* of anthnicite Hint jeitr But it fetched u price of '12 u ton and could bv delivered freight • n im » Philadelphia al S’* a fact thnt wu freely advertised to attract a«l»Hi'« capital, for. of courae, there uii protiteerlng III those ik >s. Spring fresliets and I« ok land . «!■■' 1111111.11'1111x i . ion • i a<» op« nit«»rs Silk MliIrtM for mln* r^ a bigger nuisance But production a hundred years lias Juni|»ed t<> tons, and could (his yi.ir stir pass the UM) ndllion-ton mark, wh was almost leached In I!>I7. Bending, WHkeahurre, l.eln Ji Mauch (’hunk these uaiuv* a”» spoken one thousand tlnns hoitr!j v the Industrial world t»»dn> - mph !e cause there lay up In the hills •» Be sylvniiln a hard, Idack sul»situ» i , * tn (Oil »•; vlihh sly «»Id William Wt;. «teem! on n rutt down the I »«■!..w. to riilladvlphlll, just Olie hu: years ,;go.— Wall Street Jourunl drinking too much wine. He was taken to the station. ASTRONOMY STILL AT F The desk sergeant was be wilder cd when the ragged man explained that Men of Science Forced to Admit L • t the little slips of paper he was count Results From Their Calculations ing were goo«l bills of the Bank of. Are Not Possible. France and that tlie figures he was mumbling represented their amount. - Th«- < vh l-i ut<-«l oli’ i-rvatory at Gr« «-ti He had 115 08» francs. ivlcli. the place fnuu with h ««• r«-< k- n “I won this money at the races." ex longitude, was founded by Clmrb-s II plained the denizen of the park. iu 1(175. mnlnly for the ptirp« «■ It develop«-«! that the man was one vestlgatilig the iimvcmvnt-« of th Bllligot. a former colonial soldier, at In the Interests of « m igution * times street newspaper vender, known In tlie Inters«-«lliig two ami a lintf een to the citizens of Grenelle ward. In turie- ustronouii'i- ' . Paris, as “Father of Luck" or "Father prubl« iu. the til«« n b Cherry" (the little fruit living known eutlrely amenable to In the parlance of the Paris gambling les. In a recent report of tin clrciqs as the emblem of. luck). Hr vatury nt Gn-enwlch attention lx Had run up 11° franca, the amount of vlted to th«- his pension paid to him ns an ex-sol twi-eti tlie ■ dler. into 11,' m IMI francs. The jiollce moon In tlie released him. after giving him n little shown by th. advice id«>ut counting Ills wealth In Th«- <1. ' tlon hum lately hwn k »"” tu public parks while slightly under the in a serious manner. The error la«» Influence of r«-«l wine. year win more than twelve film« u Bllligot Invested m >on» francs in a large as the 'error twenty yenr« a-.-< life annuity the next morning, an«l the orange annual lucn-nw «Hr bought a suit of clothes, shoes, et Ing the two «li-cades hns amounted to cetera, and before departing for St. half a second of are In longitmte 'I" •• Cloud race tric k called on the frit-ml reason thnt astronomer« lune fa-«-I ly police sergeant rind gave him n tip iu getting exact result» from eulcu'u on the races for thnt after-mam The tlnns Ila’s*«! on tin* «lynamlcnl Inws of horse won. The "m-v.«pnper LRCclair i grm I tn tlon Is |M>««ibly the exlst«-n<-<’ ha« offer«--! him !<»> francs per <!ny for of some attractive for« o thnt they have his racing ««■! actions until the eml not yet dlscovereil. although the result of the sea-xin. Ynay al««« l«e uff-< ted t>> tin- true «hii|><- PROTECTION OF WATERSHED Precautions Taken to Prevent Over, cutting in Forests. One of the most Importimi function« of the national forests In llieir relation to the farmer I« that of wnter«lie«l protection. Practically every stream of Importunée thnt Is its<-<| for Irriga tlon In the Western «täte« hn« it- source in a national for«- GOOD HELP la almost Inipoaalbl» to obUln and my Watch Repairing has grown to such proportion that I am «onip»ll«d to dlsrantlnu» cartain lln»» of repairing. AFTER Jl l«Y IMT I wlll noi b» in a po»ltlon lo accept for r»i«nlr» »ny Jeweli» or ■mali work, but wlll mah» a «p»ctalty of Fltn« M atch R»palrtng ami Diamomi Svttlng BARNES, The Jeweler Timmons & Higgins < '»all *n<l til Hotith Mlitll H< riM’îie 321-J Agent« for Ihr < lev eland \allonal Fire Inaarauxe Comi««) $5.15 PER TON —IS THE FREIGHT AMOUNT THE OF FARMER GETS WHEN HE SKLIJi BIS GRAIN TO THE MILL IN STEAD OF M(IIT1NG IT TO INIRTLAM). WE PAY THE I’ORTLANII I’RICYJ». —IH THE AMOUNT OF 1 iu it,III mi CONM 'il l. - \\ i s W tit x lit lit YH HIM i I KD AND '-i: UN i lloví THE Mil l. INVTBAD ' >1 I IM>M HOME I i EALI-'.R wiio ham WIIPPMD 11 I HOM l't»BT- LANII. JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILL Corner Third and G Street Phone 123 of the earth, which «till nwalts curate di-terndniition. Appropriate. In Egypt yellow-brown, the hue of the dead leaf 1« worn a« the emblem of mourning •?Fo premiums with Camel«—all quality! f4 äRj Arteriali in Chugacn at.onai r j . I'lustratmg Water Power Possibili ties. ppnd«, for n s I pik I v flow of water, tip- <»n th«» rnnlnteniince of a forçât covri on the steep mountain elope«. In making plans for hundlinir the ».ati»>ri.’I forests this fact is rpcogrilz-•<! bv th-» forest .Mprvh'A*. United States <lv went of agriculture, and prvean- are taken to prevent overcut ting, the timber below or ovoritrazinu In erosion. The protect the watoi TURKISH DOMESTIC BLEND CICAMZTTSS choice Domestic tobaccos pass out the most wonderful cigarette smoke you ever drew into your mouth I And, the way to prove that statement is to compare Camels puff-by-puff with any cigarette in the world! Camels have a mild mellowness that is as new to you as it is delightful. Yet, that desirable “body” is all there! They are always refreshing—the^ never tire your taste. 0e mels leave no unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste nor unpleasant cigaretty odor! Your say-so about Camels will be: “My), but that’s a great cigarette’*. Camels are aeld ev-rvwftrfe in scientifically »ealed packaiira of JO cigarette» for JO cents, or ten pact- age» ( J00 cigarette») in a glaaame paper covered Wr atr< ngly ■•itimendthia carton for Nkc canon home or office supply or when you travel. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO Wintton*Salcm. N. C. supplies. Superstition and th- Moon There nre «till people Imlleve a felon on the finger Is enused by hnvlng policed the finger at the moon, ami that some headache« are canned hy hnvlng one’s hair cut while the moon Is In crescent.—F H. Cheley In "Stories for Talks to Roys." I «
