r o ♦ □ mln Courier taute IMITE» PREHH SERVICE AKMIHIMED I’HFNS HEKVICE WHOll NUMBER 31*3. GRANTS I'ASM, JGftEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER H. KM2O ANTI-BRIT4SH ACTIVITIES IN U.S.NOT LIKED 24 BILLIONS . HITCHCOCK ASKS FIXED AS COST AID FOB FARMERS CFWARTOU.S. l*ro|M>Mil Miulo Tlmt E»mln*» of I <5,000. * the residents of the city guessing as represented in the independence Rogue river valley five directors. He advocated that corporations be farmers are prosperous. One member of the executive com­ 'There la cruel misery,” he writes, to his next move. About 10 o'clock1 movement. made to i>ay n flat tax of 20 per cent mittee probably will be elected from “ tn the homes of workers who have in the mornings, the sun shines as! on undivided profits. this section of the state. Any mem­ That a big Increase be made In many children. This condition Is brightly as if It were going to keep Mud Holes Filled— ber of the association may become a not limited to families of the unem ­ on all day. Then about noon the I By tomorrow night, the bad mud­ member of the board of directors if exlatlng consumers' taxes on toba co, cigars, cigarettes, candy, chawing ployed. of whom there are *00,000 In clouds roll tip and hy evening s mln- holes on the Hays hill grade will be elected. From the board of 21, the gum and the like: that gasoline be Germany. It Is characteristic of tbe ature cloudburst is experienced. Last filled, according to Harry Webber, executive committee of five is taxed two cents a gallon and autos present crisis that a workman can- night .6 of an inch of rain fell after I who has the contract for graveling chosen. 50 cents per horsepower Houston's nbt manage to feed and clothe bls J 5 o'clock. The day before .36 inch the road. The road will then be in proposals were contained in his an­ fanflly. even when he works at rela­ fell. The river has not been affected I very good shppe. Mr. Webber states Hunters Go After Bear— . I to any great extent as snow fell in I that he is moving 100 yards of gravel nual report presented to ffpeaker Gil­ tively high wages. R. K. Buker arrived yesterday "1 have been in homes where the the mountains. lette of the house They are Intend­ from Boston to get a little western a day. ed to net the government approxi­ father got 200 to 250 marks a week hunting. In company with A. D. and mately >2.600.000.000 a year. At When he must feed five or six chil­ A. W. Robinette, of Los Angeles, who leas«» 812.000,000.000 must‘be col­ dren. It Is destitution. To buy bread, have been here for the past two lected during the next three years, fata and potatoes, even In Insufficient weeks, Mr. Buker went out into the Houaton declared. If the government quantities. he must s|»end 80 marks Josephine county mountains this 1s to pay ordinary expenses and meet a week or more. Rent, gas and a morning. The gentlemen trill hike the |7.506.000.000 worth of floating little coal absorb part of the remain­ in from the end of the road and will der. How can the family be clothed spend the next month hunting for debts. and shod? Even a poor suit coats bear and cougar. 1500 marks, a pair of shoes 150 to There has been considerable com­ Washington. Dec. 7—(A. P.) — WAR DECLARED ON INION I200 marks. Linen has become al­ ment In this city recently with ref­ Vancouver. B. C., Dec. 8.-j(A. P.) Despite the influx of recruits, health Bl’ CLOTHING MAKERS most an unattainable luxury.” erence to the telephone situation.j conditions in the Navy during the —Three men were burned ”o death In Berlin, M. Herbette visited mo­ particularly In connection with the last year were good. Surgeon Gen» in a fire which destroyed the Parks New Yorlf. Dec. 8.- (A. P.)—The dest homes with welfare workers delay In securing a telephone If one eral Braisted said in his annual re­ rooming house early today. Amalgamated clothing workers an­ "We saw." he says. "In the homes happens to live In certain sections of port made public today. Influenza nounced that clothing manufacturers of hard-working people who did not | the city where the report is given was the only communicable disease had declared war on their union, sl| ask aid. pallet-beds and rags, so mis-! that the telephone cotppany has no which was unduly great. Admiral large firms Io king out 18,000 work­ er#ble that my companion could lines. The Courier had occasion to' Braisted said, adding that the num­ ers. hardly believe his eyos. There arej talk this matter over with Mr. Cor­ ber of sick leaves on this account children three and four years old son, local manager of the Pacific Tel-I were not over large when taken in HEAVYWEIGHT DIES AFTER that their mothers carry In their ephone and Telegraph company, and consideration with the replacement RECEIVING K. O. LAST NIGHT arms, actually wrapped tn rags when finds that at present there are 22 or-1 of the duration-of-the-war enlist­ they go out, because they have no ders being held in Grants Pass which I ments. * clothes. One hears little complaint, Santiago, Chile, Nov. 7—(A. P.)— Jersey City, Dec. 8.—(A. P.) — the telephone company Is unable to The death rate of the Navy, the Mickey Shannon, heavyweight, who however. The habit of privation pro­ take care of under present condl- 1 report showed, was 5.90 pefr 1,000 in Chilian newepapers did not expect ■was knocked out last night by Al duce a sort of torpor and no one tlons.. In many cases installation of the last year, while for the year 1918 that the 40-year old dispute betwen Roberta, of Staten Island, died to­ seems concerned except with finding telephones for applicants must wait with thousands of Airtime enlist­ Chile and Peru for possession of the a little something to eat." day. ‘ until someone else gives up their tel­ ments. the death rate reached 18.47 territory of Tacna and Arica would ephone service, and Mr. Corson can ’ per thousand. It pneumonia could be taken up by the League of Nations see’no immediate relief for this con-1 have been eliminated, the report dition as there are no spare lines said, the death rate last year would Assembly at its first meeting in Gen­ eva this month. which can be used to provide service; have been only 1.84 per thousand. CITIES THAT FAId. ADREAMING. (Bolivia and Peru had requested In these sections of the city. Mr. The naval medical corps, like other Corson states that In order to be able branches of the service, has suffered the league of Nations to revise their » Everett Earle Stanard to handle orders promptly there must from the competition with private treaties with Chile. Bolivia Wanted be a continuous expenditure for new; business, and, the surgeon general access to the sea and Peru wanted a plsnt In order to meet the demand said, has not been able to counteract reconsideration of the Tacna-Arica Sometimes a man fall» dreaming in a mysterious way for service in this city and to pro­ “the reaction against military pur­ agreement; but both these requests right when old Sol is beaming bis hottest sweltering ray. vide the new toll lines necessary to suits," in keeping Its rolls filled. The were withdrawn early in the session, And cities up and coming likewise may Jail asleep, tnelr in­ meet the rapidly growing long dfst-‘ year ended with 762 regular medical thus preventing the possibility that dustries quit humming »nd qtriel shadows creep. The heal­ ance business of this section. thy click and clatter trail» off into the air, and folks begin and reserve officers, 193 officers the League might encroach upon the The telephone company recently holding temporary appointments and Monroe Doctrine by considering to scatter and get right out of there. The residue remaining filed an application with the Public' 79 former pharmacists commissioned those American questions in the ab­ continue their good snooze, and this town that was gaining Service Commission of Oregon de­ as temporary assistant surgeons. As sence of the United Statee.) does nothing now but io»«- The buildings tall to ruin, the Newspapers here expressed the be­ claring Its inability to make these the authorized strength Is 1,225, the city hall falls down, and from the hills a bruin comes strol­ lief that the League of Nations new expenditures in the absence of existing vacancies number 570. ling through the.town. The raccoon tribe, enamored of con­ would not touch any American quea- any earning capacity, and Mr. Cor­ versation's lack, where mills and looms once hammered, son states that unless some relief Is have only been Increased approxi­ tions until It was decided whether come skipping trooping back. The only signs of action that provided his company cannot go on mately 20 per cent since the war, the the United Statee would enter the these fat coons can note 1« a dissatisfaction of souls come in the development of their tele­ railroads have received upwards of a league and under what conditions. out to vote. ' It seems tome man deluded had broached the An interesting point not generally phone work In Grants Paas. The 50 per cent Increase. He also calls paving plan, and the wh »le town concluded to rise and swat present revenue Is barely sufficient attention to the recent raise of 60 known in • connection with Chile’s the man. And when the vote was ended thspoons were glad to pay operating expenses and leaves per cent in the street car fare of the preference to the league of Nations to know ti e voting conte *t tended to lay the paving low. The no margin necessary to secure the city of Portland, which la only fol­ is that it reserves the right of con­ voters said, "Our father' all nicely got alopg without these money to carry out the company’s lowing the example of other cities sidering modifications or reservations paving bothers, and we’ll sing the same song.” So silence of the country. He further mention­ to that iJact that may be made by construction program, he stated. thick end dismal once more Involved the place, and streets ed an item appearing in ths press to nations signatory to the Treaty of There has been comment to the ef ­ with mud abysmal stared heaven in the face. And coons In fect that the telephone company is the effect that a resolution had been Versailles and which have not rati­ great elation now dwell upon the site, and their hold cele­ asking for increased rates at a time Introduced in the city council of Seat­ fied It up to the preeent.” The date bration now every moonlit night. A comber forest stately when everything else is going down. tle Increasing cash street car fares thus referred to was November 4, sighs where the hoot-owls yap, and Bltrg+11fe*4s sedately now Mr Corson calls attention to the fact one hundred per cent over pre war 1919. This reservation would leave wiped clean off the map! that telephone problems are Just the days to meet an admitted deficit of the opportunity open for Chile to reservations subsequently same as those of other utilities and over hundreds oj thousands of dol­ adopt made by the United Statee. states that while his company's rates lars. ECONOMIC CONDITION IN GERMANY SERIOUS TELEPHONE COMPANY HEALTH CONDITIONS ASKS RATE INCREASE IN U.S. NAVY ARE GOOD GROWERS’ ELECTION CLOSES DECEMBER 21 GREAT BRITAIN BLOCKS RETURN Threat of Withdrawal of Financial Supfsirt Ila.- Effect on Plan to Re­ store Former Ruler Paris, Dec. 8.—(A. P.)—The Greek government has addressed a note to former King Constantine asking that he abdicate in favor of the crown prince, says an Athens dis­ patch. Athens, Dec. 8.—(A. P.)—Plans to have Constantine returned appear­ ed to have been abandoned today. Financial pressure by Great Britain against the plan to restore him has become stronger. Lucerne, Switzerland, Dec 8.— (A. P.)—A close adviser or former King Constantine said he would not abdicate the Greek throne. EXPENSES OF PEACE MISSION GIVEN OUT BY PRESIDENT Washington, Dec. 8.—(A. P.) — President Wilson sent a sgfcial mes­ sage to the 'senate showing jÿie ex­ penses of the American peace mis­ sion abroad amounted to 31,651,1.91. WOMEN RI N MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN YONCOLLA Yoncolla. Ore., Dec. 8.—(A. P.)— Yoncolla’s new municipal officers, all women, who wefe elected recent­ ly to take office on January 1, have taken charge of the city administra­ tion following the resignation of the men officers, who wanted the women to start immediately on a cleanup. PORTLAND MEN ADMIT THAT THEIR MACHINE KILLED GIRL Portland, Dec. 8.—(A. P.)—Al­ fred Axelson and Pat Caves admitted the police said, that they were In the machine which struck and killed Maud Ferguson, a high school teach­ ers late yesterday. Earlier the men told a story of an unidentified auto- ist striking the teacher. CHILE WOULD ADOPT NOME TRADER BRINGS ' CHANGES IN COVENANT ESKIMO EROM NORTH i Nome, Alaska. Dec. 7 — (A. P.) — Apuktawana. a lone male member of the far northern mysterious tribe of "Blond Eskimos," the discovery of which has been credited to Vilhjal- mur Stetansson. Canadian explorer, recently was brought by traders to Nome from his home on the southern shores of Coronation Gulf, located on Canada’s northern rim. Nome resi­ dents thought that only in his drees did he differ from the Eskimo of this region. Joe Bernard, Nome trader, who brought the "blond” Eskimo out, said he Intended to take him to the states to show outsiders what sort of people the strange Eskimos are. The native was of stout build, with copper colored skin, straight black hair and dark brown eyes. Bernard said he waa an average example of the males of the "blond” tribe. Some members of the tribe, Ber­ nard asserted, have reddish brown hair and light eyea. They are scarcely light enough, however, he things, to be described as blond. It waa recalled here, when Apuktawana arrived, that Stsfansaon never de­ scribed the tribe aa ''blond" and al- states exaggerated his atory and gave his mysterious tribe the name. 9te- fanseon's description waa similar to that of Bernard's. PORTLAND MARKETS Portland. Dec. 8.—(A. P.)—'Hoge are lowtr. 311.50 to »13. Cattle, and sheep are weak. Butter and eggs are steady.