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Washington, Jan. 13.—(A. P.)—
General Tasker H. Bliss told the
house naval committee that should
tbe United States call a conference
for a discussion of disarmament, a
favorable response would be prompt.
Secretary Daniels gave comparative
figures of the naval power of the
United States. Great Britain and
Japan
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HIS RIDE FAMOUS
Remarkable Feat of Freighter of aecution was in the hands of City At
torney H. D. Norton. When the Jury
the Early Days.
, returne«! a verdict of guilty as charg
ed, the police Judge assessed a fine
Traversed tight Hundred Mlles. on of *125. The defendant was at first
sent to the city jail, but was release»!
Horseback. In Five Days and Thir
later when the amount of the fine
teen Hours, a Record Never
was forthcoming.
Since Equaled.
j But the troubles assumed by Tran-
Alexander Major«, a pioneer freight ' chell when he sold the bottle of stuff
er. whose determined foresight estab
lished Ksnsas City as the great ‘trad that bad the smell of good liquor
ing poet of tbe Southwest, and to were not all put behind when he
whose memory the erection of a monu walked out of the city hall after pay-
ment was suggest,»1 at the time of his , ing bls fine. Today another war
death. Jan. 14. 1900. gnve the follow rant awaits senice upon him. this
ing description of F. X. Aubrey's fa time the state of Oregon, through
mous ride:
District Attorney .Miller, being the
“One of the moot remarkable fests complainant, and Trenehell
will
ever accomplished was made by F. again have to face that marked *5
X. Aubrey, who traveled the distance
bill and the bottle of liquid held as
of 800 miles, between Santa Fe. N.
M„ and Independence. Mo., in five evidence, but this time with the great
days and thirteen hours. This ride, state the prosecutor. This latter case
in my opinion, tn one respect was the was initiated in Justice Holman's |
most remarkable one ever made by court, from which the warrant was
any man. The entire distance was i issued
ridden without stopping to rest, and
having a change of horses only once
In every one hundred or two hundred
miles. He kept a led horse by his
side moot of the time, so that when the
one he was riding gave out entirely,
he changed the saddle to the extra
horse, left the horse he had been rid
ing and went on sgnln at full speed.
“At tbe time he made this ride; tn
much of the territory he passed
Washington. Jan. 12.—(A. P.l —
through he was liable to meet hostile Reduction of American forces of oc
Indians, so that his adventure was cupation in Germany from 15,000 to I
daring In mote ways than one. In the
first place, the man who attempted 8,000 has been ordered by the war
to ride 800 miles In the time he did department. The reduction is already I
took bls life in his hands. There Is under way.
perhaps not one man In a million who
could have lived to finish such a jour-
ney.
Ripening Fruit.
“Aubrey was a Canadian Frencb-
High temperatures »eem, very curi
man. of low statnre. short limbs, built
like a jackscrew, and waa In the very ously. to retard the ripening of pears,
zenith of his manhood, full of pluck while hastening that of apple». In ex
periments described by Overholser
and daring.
“It was said he made this ride upon snd Taylor In the Hotanlcal Gazette,
a bet of *1.000 that he couM cover the ripening of green first-crop Bart
lett pears raised from TO degree« F.
the distance In eight days.
“One year prevlon« to this. In 1852. or room temperature, to 81} <l<>grees
he made a bet he could do the same was not affected, but at 87.7 degrees
distance In ten days. The result wan It was delayed live days, and at 94 de
he traveled It In a little over eight grees and 1(M degrees tbe delay was
days, hence hfs het he could make the 13 days. Secend-crop Bartlett pears.
ride In 1858 In eight days, the result In a temperature of 101 degrem, and
of that trip showing he consumed lit surrounded by a relative humidity of
below 50 per cent, remained unripe
tle more than half that time.
“I was well acquainted and did con four weeks after similar pears at
siderable business with Anbrey dur room temperature and humidity had
ing hla years of freighting. I met him become fully ripened. The flavor of
when he was making his famous ride pears kept above 85 degree» wai al
at a point on the Santa Fe road called fected, sweetness and Julclnea» being
Rabbit Ear. lie passed my train at a diminished. The ripening of Yellow
full gallop without asking a single Newton apples on the other hand, waa
question as to the danger of Indians hastened at every appreciable rise In
temperature from 50 degrees up to
ahead of him.
"After his business between St. the point of destruction by burning.
Txtuls and Renta Fe ceased, hla love It Is concluded that tbe picking of
for adventure and his daring enter pears may be delayed In very hot
prise prompted him to make a trip weather, bnt that tbe picking of ap
from New Mexico to California with ples and storage In a cool place moit
sheep, which he disposed of at good be hastened.
prices, end returned to New Mexico.
“Immediately upon hla return he
Barnstable's Old Bell.
met a friend, n Major Weightman of
In
the
courthouse at Barnstable,
the United States army, who was a
great admirer of his pluck and daring Mans., Is an old bell, cracked ktid
Weightman was nt that time editor silent, which may be, and probably Is,
of a small paper called the Santa Fe the oldest hell in the United States.
Herald. At their meeting, aa was the So thinks Mr. Alfred Crocker, clerk of
custom of the time, they called for courts of Barnstable county. The date
drinks. Their glasses were filled and 1675 Is still plainly visible In the pho
they were ready to drink, when An- tograph recently printed In the Bos I
brev ssk«d Welghtmnn why he had ton Evening Transcript.
By this date, however, the old bell
published a damned He about hla trip
seen nearly a quarter of a cen
I to California. Instead of taking hla had
drink, WHghtman tossed the contents tury of life In England before It came
of his glass in Aubrey’s face. Aubrey to America and began calling wor
made a motion to draw his pistol and shipers together In the church st
shoot, when Welghtmnn. knowing the Sandwich town. Gratitude bought the
dnnger, drew hla knife and stabbed bell In England, for It came as a gift
Aubrey through the heart, from which from Mrs. Peter Adolph, whose hus
blow he dropped deed upon the floor. band. Captain Adolph, was lost In the
“The whole affair was enacted In wreck of his vessel on the Massachu
one or two seconds. From the time setts const In 1097 despite the efforts
they started to take n friendly drink of the people of Sandwich.
till Auhrey wns lying dead on the
Hammermlll bond In six colors at
floor less time elapsed than It takes
Courier office.
to tell the story."
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SHOES Kill LÄDIER
El Paao. Tex , Jan. 11.—(A. P. 1 —
El Paao Is filled with cattlemen here
WEDNESDAY, JAM ARY 13. IMI- to discuss the Berious plight of their
business at the 24th annual conven
tion of the American National Live
The convention
* ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦ stock Association
♦ opens today and continues three
OREGON WEATHER
♦
♦ days.
♦
The "wave of deflation," accord
♦ ing to leaders, has swept livestock
Pad tic Coaat States; Unset- ♦ prices below the cost of pronuetton.
♦
♦ tlsd and rains. N'ormai temper ♦ Stockmen cannot get loans to con
♦ tinue their business, they say. and
♦ ature.
« this has caused liquidation of much
♦ Tonight and Thuredav rain in ♦ livestock that should have been "kept
west. rain or snow east portion ♦ for further finishing or breeding."
Ike Pryor of San Antonio. Is ex
♦ Warmer tonight east portion. ♦
pected to deal rigorously with ad
verse conditions in the Industry when
he speaks during the convention on
JOSEPHINE'S STRENGTH
“The Tariff as it .Affects the Farm
“There is no county in the state and Ranch.”
of Oregon where business and fin-! Other speakers include W. 3. Cul
bertson. member of the United
ance are on a more stable and solid
States tariff commission; Senator J.
basts than in Josephine.” is the wv' B. Kendrick, of Wyoming, president
• Grants Pass banker sized up the of the association: S. F. Tolmie. min
Mtuation in discuestng the little flur ister of agriculture. Dominion of
ries that always aocompany a return Canada; W. W. Turney, president of
the Texas CatUe Raisers Association
to normal conditions after a period
and J. Z. Miller, governor of the
of inflation.
The readjustment Kansas City Federal Reserve bank.
period that follows the unnatural
business conditions of the war Is na-I
turally somewhat disturbing, but in
a district where the resources are so
varied as they are here, the disturb
ance will be scarcely felt. Where it
is making its influence most felt Is in
I
those districts that depend more I
Olympia. Wash . Jan. 12.— (A. P.)
largely upon a single crop or product
—Governor Louis F. Hart, in his bi
aa the main support Thus where ennial message read before the
the financial institutions and bus Washington .egialature here today
iness houses rely particularly upon recommended that the present state;
cattle or sheep as the basis of cred direct primary law be changed so as
to provide for a state-wide primary,
it, the slump in the price of cattle
"conducted for the sole purpose of
and sheep had its most noticeable electing delegatee to the county and
effect Likewise the reduction in state conventions of the several po
price and market for wheat affected litical parties."
"Time and experience have demon
business where wheat was the staple.
strated,
” said Governor Hart, “that
But tbe wealth of Josephine is from
the direct primary Is not the rose-
a variety of resources, no one of strewn pathway that leads to politi
which predominates to the point cal utopia, dreamed by its sponsors.
where it can shake business or in Even those most responsible for its
dustry if temporarily it is on the operation are not quite willing and
down grade. Thia in the reason why ready for a change.
"The demoralization of responsi
the Grants Paas banks occupy their
ble party organization, the unfair ad
strong position in the financial world vantage given to minority parties and
and why there is Httle variation from groups, the easy temptation to undue
day to day or from month to month personal abuse by unscrupulous per
I
fn the business which they transact. sons, all require a modification of
our method of nominating candidates
Josephine's harvest la a continuous
for public office.”
one. We have no period of fat fol
The governor urged the enactment
lowed by longer periods of lean. But of a law to prevent the violation or
fruit and grain and stock and lumber evasion “by any subterfuge.” of the
prohibition against
and mine each adds its part to that constitutional
ownership of lands by aliens; passage
constant stream of wealth that
of more stringent divorce laws; adop
keeps our financial and industrial tion of an administrative code pro
«hip on an even keel. Diversity of viding for the reorganization of the
industry means to a community Just state government to "make it more
what diversity of production means responsible, effective and economi
cal" and the imposition of a tax on
Ao the individual farmer
gasoline, distillate and kerosene to
create a fund for the construction
Better be getting the brush off and surfacing of the state highways.
that land. The water will be there
in the spring, and it will help in pay
Thought and Art
ing the tax to be growing something
“Poetry," says Matthew Arnold, “it
to pay it with.
•bought and un
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
175 PAIRS OF YOUTH’S SHOES AU,
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OF FARM IS THE NEED
El Paao Texas . Jan. IS.— (A P.)
—A tariff on farm products at the
earliest possible date. increaae<l cred
its and early adoption of legislation
now pending in congress providing
for appointment of a commission to
supervise the livestock industry, were
urged necessary for the early rehab
llatfbn of the cattle «rowing Industry
by John B Kendrick, of Sheridan.
Wyoming, president of the American
National IJ restock Association, ad
dressing the annual convention here
Merchant Printers—Courier
Portland, Jan. 13.—(A. Pi—A
cooperative marketing association Is
expected to be organized at the meet
ing of the Oregon Farm Bureau Fed
eration In «emlon here.
Oregon
whoat growers representing an an
nual production estimated at half a
million bushels annually are present.
George A Mansfield, of Mtslford. waa
elected president of the federation:
V H. Smith, of Wasco, vice presi
dent and P. O. Powell, of Monmouth,
secretary treasurer
Office stationery -Courier office.
GENUINE
U.S. Army Goods
New and Reclaimed
Grants Pass, Oregon
Conklin Building
208 1-2 Sixth Street
WE HAVE A COMPLETE LINE OF
Q/J
U.S. Army 0. D. New
Wool Blankets . .
Reclaimed, for .
. <p3*O3
. $3.25 “p
Raincoat«, Overcoats, Belt«, Breeches, Pants,
Coats, Leggins, Shelter Half Tents, Blankets,
Slickers, Caps, and a complete line of Army
Goods.
Hurry and Get Your First Choice!
Open January 12th
U. S. Army Store Co.
GRATEFUL
will be the home which Is fed
on our high «rade homo food
bo will love the hand that
foods him, truly,
You will
have finer stock, «et morn
work from them, and they will
be worth more to you. I mx In
a supply of our food today.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILLS
Phone 123
Cor. 3rd and O Sts.