GRANTS
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singly or in the aggregate, with pre
vious debts and liabilities incurred
for that purpose exceed six per cent
of the assessed valuation of all the
property in the county.
“The prohibition against the cre
AWRIHV, JANUARY », 1921
ation of debts by counties prescribed
1 in section 10 of article XI of this
OREGON WEATHER
♦ constitution shall apply and extend
♦ to debts hereafter created tn the per
♦ formance of any duties or obliga
♦ tions imposed upon counties by the
♦ Pacific Coast States: Unset- ♦ constitution or laws of the state. an«i
♦ tied and raine. Normal temper- ♦ any Indebtedness created by any
♦ county in violation of such prohibi
♦ ature.
♦
♦ tion. and any warrants tor or other
Tonight and Sunday rain in ♦ evidences of any such indebtedness
♦ west portion with rain or snow ♦ and any part of any levy of taxes
in the east portion. Not so cold ♦ made by ths state or any county, mu
♦ in the north. Southeast winds. ♦ nicipality or other taxing district or
» ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ body which shall exceed the limita
tions fixed hereby shall be void."
THE HOSPITAL SITUATION
It has been suggested that the pro
Good hospital service is an essen hibition against the creation of debts
tial in every community, and Grafts by counties prescribed in Section 10
of Article XI. applies only to pre
Pass is facing an emergency in this
vious debts and liabilities Incurred
direction, The building at present in excess of the 6 per cent limitation,
used for hospital purposes has been but the case of State vs. Stannard
sold and will be remodeled into a reported in 84 Oregon, at page 450.
dwelling i house, and the housing of removes all doubt as to Its applica
tion to the $5,000 constitutional lim
a hospital where the iU and suffer- j
itation. In the last case referred to
Ing may be given adequate care and the court said:
attention is going to be a problem. [
‘‘The extent of the enlargement of
There will be something lacking in the prohibition is made plain an<^
our civic economy until provision is, certain by expressly extending Sec
made for proper hospital facilitiee, tion 10 to debts 'created in the per
formance of any duties or obligations
either through public appropriation
imposed upon counties by the consti
or by private enterprise. The coun- tution or laws of the state.’ This
DIFFERENT TYPES OF STEERS
Advantage of Beef Animal Compared
With Scrub as Meat Producsr
Is Demonstrat'd.
A demonstration conducted In
operation with the United States
partnient of agriculture shows the
vantage of the beef type compared
with the scrub as a meut producer. A
purebred Aberdeen-Angus steer
months of age, ami a steer 11 months
old. of the dairy type, containing a
large percentage of Jersey blood, were
under observation over 2*4 years. Both
animals received similar rations, which
consisted of hay. bran and mixed
grains. The live weight was frequent
ly taken, and the digestibility of the
total ration and the ultrogen balance
were determined at Intervals. The
growth of the purebred steer was more
largely In body girth, while the scrub
steer Increased relatively mon- rapidly
tn length and height. It Is thought
that the difference In temperament,
also breeding, explained In part the
economic sujierlorlty of the beef type,
for apparently "the two steers did not
materially differ as regards digestive
power, percentage of feed energy
metabolized, or percentage availability
of feed energy."
The purebred steer was superior to
ty court of the last year attempted to language needs no extraneous words the scrub In that his maintenance re
aid in the solution of the problem, to aid in its construction, for it is quirement was less while his capacity
to consume feed was greater. On the
but went beyond the limit set by I unambiguous and self-construing. To
hold that Section 11 does not apply moderate rations fed, he manifested
statute for indebtedness, and the
not in the
to any involuntary indebtedness this superiority, however,
matter is now just at a point where would be to deny the indisputable form of greater gain of live weight
from a unit of food, but In the pro
a fresh start must be made, with a meaning of the clearest language.
duction of higher quality of product.
public demand that Grants Pass not Standing alone, Section 10 applies to representing the storage of more en
be left without hospital service. Ad voluntary indebtedness; but. when ergy available ns human food.
aided by Section 11, it also applies
T»o frequently, farmers apologize
vising the county court in its rights
to involuntary indebtedness, or debts for the gains of their animals and the
in this matter. District Attorney Mil created in the performance of duties condition they are In. by saying they
ler yesterday filed an opinion with and obligations imposed by the con were unfortunate In selecting the right
breed. While there may be a differ
the court, setting forth the law in stitution or laws of the state. Aside
ence between Individuals, whether of
from
the
exceptions
expressly
speci
the following terms:
the same or different breeds, there Is
fied by the constitution, a county is little If any difference as has been
To the Hon. County Court,
I
absolutely prohibited from incurring shown, between breeds In the feeds
Gentlemen: Complying with your an Indebtedness In excess of $5.000."
consumed per pound of gain, If In like
request for an opinion concerning
Under the constitution and laws, condition and stage of maturity. The
your authority to purchase real pro and from the construction placed Jersey steer, for example, may make
as economical gains from the stand
perty for hospital purposes 1 submit thereon by the supreme court, the point of feed consume«! as the Aber
county court has no power to created deen-Angus steer. Tills does not mean
the following:
any voluntary Indebtedness in excess that Jerseys are as desirable for the
Section 3353, Olson’s Oregon Laws
of $5,000. Purchasing a county hos production of beef as tlie Aberdeen-
reads:
pital would be a voluntary indebted Angus. for such Is not true. While the
"That the county court consisting ness, as the statute does not com gain may be practically the same up
of the county judge and the commis mand such indebtedness, but simply to a certain limit, the price received
per pound of gain will be from two to
sioners in any county in the state of authorizes it.
five cent« more In the case of the
Respectfully submitted,
Oregon is hereby authorized to erect,
W. T. MIDLER,
maintain and operate a hospital
District Attorney
where the poor of the county may
be treated and cared for."
From the section just quoted it is
Not Exactly Church Music.
plain to be seen that the county
Reverent Catholics of Dunkirk
court may erect, maintain and oper
ate a hospital for the poor of the demanding an investigation why
<»unty, were it not for Section 10 of Dunkirk cathedral chimes, instead of
playing the Angelus. are now calling
Article 10, as amended by the people
the faithful to worship by exhilarat
at a general election held November ing jazz tunes, with fox trot music pre
7, 14>16, which provides:
dominating.
“No county shall create any debts
k ureo red Angus Bull.
Fox trotting is not especially ram
or liabilities which shall singly or in pant in Dunkirk, but the cathedral bell
Aberdeen-Angus. This Is due to the
the aggregate, with previous debts ringer must have had his vacution in
fact that the Aberdeen-Angus has
or liabilities, exceed the sum of $5,- Paris, for, according to his astounded put on the gain In the regions of the
000, except to suppress insurrection listeners, he lias been playing recent more desirable cuts, the loin, ribs nod
or repel invasion or to build or main ly with a pure Montmartre touch, not hind quarters; while the Jersey stores
missing a single note.—London Mall.
fat Internally, around the kidneys and
tain permanent roads within the1
caul fat. which Is of much’ less value.
county; and debts for permanent
Tills means then, that a 1.000 pound
roads shall be incurred only on ap-
Order your year’s supply of sta
proval of a majority of those voting tionery at the Courier and save Aherdeen-Angiis steer would sell for
from $20 to $50 more than the Jersey
on the question, and shali not either money.
steer.
BIG HORSES ARE IN DEMAND
New Hosiery
NEW SHIPMENT LADIES AND MIKSEH
WOOLEN
HOSIERY', THREE QUARTER AND FULL LENGTH.
FANCY BROWN AND (¿KEEN MI XT! III.S. NEW IX»W
PRICER.
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EASY FOR FRENCH PEASANTS
American Tourists Expected to Pour
Golden Flood Through the War.
Devastated Regions.
Commenting on the American sum-
mar rush to Europe, especially to the
i French battlefield». Customs Inspector
Henri Duvul sold In New Orleans:
"1 am reminded of a tourist ane«*-
dote.
“In many French provinces every
pea-ant raises each year for his fam
ily's use one or two enormous pigs.
Nothing of the pig Is discarded—the
fat Is boll«*d dow u for lard; the blood
is made Into blood puddings; the hams
are cured; the chops are suited; the
feet are dried; the meat In the head
is eliup|<ed Into sausage meat; even
the ears are preserved; an occasional
sllx.'«- of ear being used to enrich the
soup.
And the lull?
Uh. ye*. they
use the tall, too. It Is mewed with
vegetables and contains, they say. a
tiny morsel of delicious meat.
"l,ut to return to the anecdote. An
American touring the north of France
ooe summer before the war, asked a
peasant what the people thereabouts
lived on.
“'I’lgs, monsieur, In the winter,’ re
plied the peasant, 'and tourists In the
summer.'
Customs Inspector Duval laughed.
"Well," he auld, "the tales of extor
tion I bear from people now return
ing from France make me think that
few |>easatits will be eating pigs' ears
or pigs' tails this winter—they’ll be
eating truffled chicken and driuklug
champagne."
Quality Goes Clear Through
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A. N. PARSONS
208 North Sixth Street
The Navipendulum.
One of the problems which naval
architects have to confront 1« the roll
ing of a ship on the waves, nnd
“navipendulum" Is an Invention
dealing with It experimentally.
Tb«' apparatus consists of
parts: A plate fo which a motion
responding to that of a portion of the
of a wave la Imparted, and n
MIXED HUMOR AND TRAGEDY surface
pendulum of a peculiar shup«1 which
rolls upon the moving plate In the man
Writer Tells of Rslievlng Touch In the ner of a vessel support«! by water.
Midst of Scenes of Revolt In
The sum«' pendulum cun be made
i to represent different vessels of given
Ireland.
size nnd shape by adding or renlovlng
There Is no country In the world like artificial resistance to the oscillators
Ireland. Even Its serious attempts at motion.
revolution have a humorous «ide. Just
This Instrument ha« bwm employed
ns there Is a touch of sadness In the to study the rolling of the Italian bat
wildest Irish merriment, there Is a bit tleships as well ns those of other
of good humor tn the midst of Its most countries.
tragic earnestness.
Miss Dorothea
Conyers, In her Sporting Reminiscences,
To Wall Without Meat.
tells an Incident of one of the Sinn
Lev than a third of the world's
Fein uprisings:
|wip*.intinti gets nbnf we should «-»Il
The harrier on the Wellesly bridge
tl ,»<• good meni» a »lay. vet tlie work-
was most Imposing, nnd I remember ng capabilities of the. from our point
rushing down to see It and upsetting a >r view, underfed continents of Asia
neat stack of bayonets, but no one and Africa will compare very well with
minded. An Irate old Indy In au asa either Europe or America. The aver
«art was trying to pass out Just as I
age annunl meat consumption of the
got there. Wheeled truffle had to go world Is 30 pound.« n head, yel both the
round by another bridge.
tustrallnn and the American ent nearer
“Young man,” she hailed the sen 180 pounds per bend, nnd the English
try, “young man, let me pass, If ye man Is not far behind with about 120
plaze I”
pounds.
The sentry explained matters pleas-
nntly.
“Go round be Tbomond
Criticizes Use of Oil.
bridge."
Dr. White of the United States ge
'‘No. young man. Young man, let me
»logical survey bus dwiured It “no
puss. Young man. I have three young I«—s fbnn an economic crime to use oil
pigs hungry nt home, nnd the male In
under boilers ns fuel.” beem>>c the sup
the car. Will ye call an officer?’’
ply of oil wns so rapidly declining In
After a prolonged wait she lost her
the United Stat«'« mid elsewhere mid
temper, hacked the cart Into a sentry
because It woul’l soon be ”n very seri
box anti drove off. declaring “she’d
ous problem ns to getting the necc«
have the law on the military.”—
snr.v amount of labrlcmita—which Is
Youth's Companion.
really the most Important part of the
rock oil business."
Historic Estate on Market
The Stoke Park «-state, once the
Symbolism of Animals,
Wide-Awake Farmer Will Reap Profit
home of the Penns, has be«-n placed
on His Supply of Heavy Ani
In the symbolism of all Inin Is. the ant
on the market. <»n this property Is n typifies frugality mid provision; the
mals for Farm Work.
monument put up by John Penn In bear. Ill temjier mid unconthness; the
Good heavy horse« for form work memory of the poet. Gray. On three bull straightforwardness; the bull dog
are at n premium In some sections, »Ides are quotations from tin- Elegy, pertinacity; the butterfly, sportlveness
Buyers state that when a reasonably on the fourth Is an Inscription saying mid living In pleasure; the dove Inno
good heavy horse 1« for sale lie must tliat the clone was er<-cted In 1791* cence nnd '..tirmle ■ ness; the fox. cun
be taken, for there Is a large number ‘mnong tin- «< eiier.v celebrated by the nlng, artifice; the goose. conceit and
of buyers on the waiting list for such great Eyrie mid Elegiac I’oet," and that folly; the grn««hopper, old age; the
horses. City users of horses are get in- “lies unnoticed In th«- adjoining mule, obstinacy; the on I, wisdom; the
ting at wits’ ends to know what to do eburchyard under tl <• to.ub-toiu- on peacock, pride: the swim, grace
for goo«! hoi --S. The fnnn Is not pro «lib b be piously and fn-fhetlcnlly re-
corth-d the Iniermei.t of III« mint mid
during them ns formerly and they
Building a Concrete House.
lamented mother.’
I lie l.ot»- Is «-X
not he secured nt any price.
An Engll-li engltr-er Is building ot>e-
full
presswl
thgl
the
profwrty
«HI
not
"The wide-awake farmer who pro
piece concrete liniise wall- with n con-
vl«|e«| against the coming «< nrelty of Into hands that will iieniilt this inonn trai nir space by i-ri ■ ting the core first
beeollic
heavy tor«-«.'' says It. IV. . Clark
Cl rk live I meat, “« filch In a sense has
nnd moving the outer mold upwurd as
«foci: «p<-ebtllst from the Colorado
N<I<<HI<I<I A:- ■ historic, io fall into ruin.' Dindon tin- concrete Is jsHired.
rlmilturnl college, "will reap n a hl:- . Times.
profit, and otln-rs should begin now to
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Defense of Righteous Anger.
Anger Is a noble Infirmity; the gen
•roti- failing of the just; the one de
me that rlseth above zeal. asserting
•he nrerogattve of virtue.—Tunner.