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Vol. XI., No. KM».
GRANTS PAKH. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
MONDAY. JANUARY 17, 19*21.
Corn, the King of Crops, Showed a
Iter Acre Value of Only S'JO.IM
In IIWO
WHOLE NI MBER 8177.
Sentry Who Shot American Meuten-
ant Mtngdon to Death Must An
swer for His Action
Washington, Jan. 17.—(A. P.l— OWNER OF LIQUOR-CAilitVlNG IJ-XHSLATURE RECONVENES AF
Washington, Jar 17.—(A. P.)— PRESIDENT-ELECT HARDING HAS
ELEVEN MEMBERS OF NATIONAL
1
Corn,
king of crops, produced an J
CONVEYANCE RSSTONM1BLE
ORGANIZATION JAILED FOR
TER KEt’EWi WHICH WAS TAK The Japanese sentry who shot and
PRACTICALLY DECIDED ON
' average of only »20.93 an acre to
killed Lieutenant Langdon at Vladi
FOR ILLICIT TRAFFIC
ALLEGED PARTICIPATION
EN MOT THURSDAY
EXTRAORDINARY SESSION
farmers based on December 1 farm (
vostok gave his version, coinddlng
prices while hops produced ,486.10 |
with the antemortem statement of
an acre, according to average« for
the dead officer, said a dispatch to
the country as a whole Issued by the I
the navy department.
The sentry
department of agriculture.
The
has been recommended for court-
value per acre of hops In 1919 was
martial.
I
,874.75. while corn's average value
Named Guani» Who He Said lla«l per acre was ,38.49. With the ex hupreine tourt fluids Ixwn llecl- Urges Use of flood Fund to Build BAUEN BANKER’S ESTATE
■don in a C um - From Georgia That
New Training School FadlKies
Taken Hutnmary Action Against
ception of rye. cranberries, soy beans
IS VALUED AT gl 77,060
Ila* IttXMul Effect
Killer of Private
for Boys
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and sirup, the average value per
acre last year showed heavy reduc-
Salem, Ora., Jan. 15.—(A. P.)—The!
tione from 1919 because of the de
real property of John H. Albert, Sa
Washington, Jan. 17.—(A. P.)—
Salem. Jan. 17.—(A. P.)—The lem banker, who diqd here recently,
Birmingham. Ala., Jan. 7.—(A. clines in price«.
Washington, Jan. 17.— (A. P.l—
P.l—.Elevon na’llonai guard mem
Wide variation 1« «hown In the i The seizure of automobiles or other legislature reconvened* today after a was valued at »92,660, and the per President-elect Harding has practic
ber* are in Jail charged with lynch value per aere of the various crops, 1 conveyances carrying liquor is au- reoees taken Thursday and several sonal property at »85,000, a total of ally decided to call a spedai session
»177,660, according to a petition of congress April 4th, members of
ing William H.ilrd, miner, at Jasper, while the averages for different 1 thorized whether or not the owner
bills are before both houses for the
filed In the prolate court by Mrs. tne house ways and means commlt-
Thursday night.
statee show a broad rvnge for each 1 of the conveyance Is Innocent of vlo-
The arrests followc’l an
ill -g«d crop. The average farm value ;»er itlng the law, the supreme court third reading.
Eiizabeth McNary Albert.
tee were informed by Chairman Ford-
The joint session was arranged for
Mrs. Albert asks that she be named ney wh0 returned from a conference
confession of a taxlrxb driver of the acre of the Important .’arm crops as 1 ¡»eld In deciding a case from Geor- i
administratrix of the estate,
part he took, naming th« sildiers. estimated by the department of ag ! gia here today.
Her with Harding today.
(Continued on page 4.)
husband left no will or testament,
Baird had been accused of kill! >( a' riculture for last vt ar follower
she said.
national guard private after the
Hope. ,4*6.10; cranberries, ,218.-
tetter had killed Baird’s father-in- 37; tobacco.
,16*05;
potatoes.
t
no BWHiwwM oveb
law.
,137.61; eweet potatoes, ,116.71;
•orgum sirup. ,97.56; soy beans.
,48.42; rice. ,47.75; peanut«. ,38.-
68; beans, ,31.94; hay. ,27.87: cot-
enthusiasm is evidenced by the news-
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¡ton, ,25.14; buckwheat, »24.41 ;
papers
over
the
new
cabinet
formed
winter
. grain * sorghums, ,24.86;
Washington. Jan. 17.—(A. P.)— by Premier Briand.
Sydney, Jan. 17.— (A. P.)—A vio-
Keep our money at home, buy
wh«at, ,22.88; broom com. ,21 40;
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lent rainstorm, said to be the worst
home
securities
that
are
becked
up
The
house
resolution
proposing
re-i
( cowiieas. ,21.25; clover seed. ,21.-
Chas. Spaulding, of Grand Rapids, 1 for 70 years, has reduced the new
25; corn. ,20.93; barley. ,17.68;, by the lands of the valley, and use < peal of most of the special war-time'
Mich.,
spent Sunday In Grants Pass. South Wales wheat harvest from 20,-
every
financial
resource
for
develop
rye. ,17.57; oats. ,16.61; spring i
laws was approved by the senate ju
I 000,000 pounds to 15,000,000 pounds
ment of industries here, was one ®fi diciary committee. Under a commit-1
Dallas, Tex., Jan. 17.—(A. P.)— wheat. ,14.08.
■ the minister of agriculture states.
Albert Rowan, son of a wealthy Dal-
the pithy points brought out in a dis tee amendment, operation of the!
The minister describes the great
1 m business man. was arrested to
cussion at the courthouse this morn food and fuel contract act would be.
, storm as a tragic disaster for the
day charged with robbing the Jack-
ing. About,30 of the land owners; eon tinned.
wheat growers, who had' every rea-
of the Grants Pass Irrigation project'
eon street sub-postoffice Friday. The
I rll 8On to <'xpect a recovery after three *
police said one of the robbers con
| gathered at a call issued by J. E.
LLU ! years of devastating drought.
fessed, declaring Rowan planned and
Hair for the discussion of affairs con- ; Cyrus Wheeler Passes Away—
1
cernlng
the
progress
of
the
work
of
directed the robbery
I the project. The directors and other! Cyrus C. Wheeler, for the past 10
Paris. Jan. 17.—(A. P.)—The J COMMISSION ADVANCES
'officials of the district supplied facts years a resident of Grants Pass,
passed away at his home on A street I carriages for passengers are being I
GAS RATE IN PORTLAND
and
figures
asked
tor
during
the
dis
PORTUIND MARKET»
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Visalia: Cal . Jan. 17.—(A. P.l — cussion. the land owners desiring to Sunday morning, January 16th, fol taken from the big Ferris Wheel'
I
it , —(A.
P.)—Th®
know the costs of the various fea lowing a stroke of paralysis which here and sent to the devastated re-' 3alenii jan
Three
hundred
mljes
of
carbon
bi
Portland, Jan. 17.-<-(A. P.l—Cat
tures of the project to date and es-l he had suffered Saturday. He was gions of France where they will be1 put)]|c gervjee commission increased
sulphide
"smoke
balls
”
stretching
tle steady: hogs lower, prime mixed, j
|n Portland by order today
' timates for the complotion. A fur 68 years of age, and is survived by used as bungalows to provide homes. gas
,11 to ,11.75: sheep firm to higher; , four times across Tulare county’s
ther meeting will be held next Mon-1 his widow, and by two sons and a for homeless. They are just big1 rajsing the first 12,000 feet from »1
agricultural
lands,
are
being
used
In
eggs, firm: butter, steady.
what has been described as the most day. the meeting resolrtng to Invite' daughter. One Bon is a resident of enough to make a diminutive home |o »1.35 per thousand, with corre-
extensive squirrel eradication cam Ralph Schneeloch also to be present Central America, the other son and containing one living room and a gpondjng increase to larger consum-
I erg
paign ever undertaken in the west. A motion was carried asking that the: I*1® daughter residing at Concord, kitchen.
board of directors be asked to pub- Mass., where the body will be taken1 The Ferris Wheel is being - dis-j
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The work la being carried on un
lish a monthly financial report of for burial. Mr. Wheeler was formerly! mantled after haring been one of
der the Tulare County Horticultural
HIMIOTnAI 01IIIHOI III I
association, assisted by the county the district. It was during the dis- a resident of Concord, where he the sights of Paris for many years.
supervisors, commercial organize-i cussion on finances that Mr. Hair.' holds a life membership in the Blue
tlons. farm bureau and state agri calling attention to the losses of ' lodge and the Chapter of the Masonic. Basketball Game—
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cultural department officials.
(Continued on page 4)
The high school girls’ basketball ;
Constantinople, Jan. 17.—(A. P.)
It Is expected close to 200 tons of
team met the Ashland team Friday,!
—Defeat of the Greeks by Turkish the poison will be used in the drive,
November 14th, on the high school!
nationalists in a pitched battle near which opened January 10, 1921, and
gymnasium floor of our neighboring!
London. Jan. 17.— (A. P.)—Win
the junction of the Bagdad line with closes about May 1.
Twenty-eight <
city. The girls played a hard-fought
railway to Angora, was claimed section gangs of the Southern Pacific
game, with Ashland winners, scores ston Spencer Churchill, war minister,
the nationalist press at Angora, railway are being used to help. The 1
27-13. The much anticipated return I has accepted the post of secretary
nationalist capital. The Greeks drive officials hope to drop a "smoke,
game is doubtful because of the n«- of state for the colonies, succeeding
«r<> reported as withdrawing along ball" Into every squirrel hole In the
ture of local facilities for match J Viscount Milner, resigned, it is re-
i liably reported.
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farming sections.
thia entire front.
Washington, Jan. 17.—(A. P.)— games.
There must ibe something wrong
Roland B. Mahaney, solicitor of the
with a bunch of burglars that will
department of labor, has been ap-
pick the domicile of a newspaper!
i pointed by the president as the Am
man for their operations, but that is
erican representative at the interna-
just the thing that happened Satur-
1 tional commission of immigration to
day nlght when the home of A. E(
meet at Geneva at a date to be fixed
Voorhles was broken into, and Mr.
VoorMes' other suit of clothes and by the international labor officie of
various other articles were removed ' the league of nations.
TAXICAB DRIVER CONFESSES
STORM DESTROYS
““
WHEAT IN WALES
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Ixtndon, Jan. 17.—(A. P.l—It Is
estimated that Txmdon Is short of
150,000 bouses and Premier Lloyd
George, speaking in
house ' of
commons, h^s placed the total house
shortage for the whole of the United
Kingdom at roughly 1.000.000.
A
house for rent potice board In Ixin-
don quickly attracts a crowd.-
Housing Is a department of the
ministry of health and. by legisla
tive act. local authorities are requfr-j
ed to submit housing schemes. Thou
sands of sohemMi have bean submit
ted, but progress has been veryi
slow.
Perhaps the chief reason for this
has boon the economic factor
Houses which coat throe or four,
times n» much to htilld ns before the
war, cannot ohvtoualv let or sell at.
pm-wnr figures. Nevertheless, ac
cording to government atetlatlcs
some 60,000 new houses were started
In 1920 and the number contracted)
for has risen during the year from |
10,408 to 133.3^1.
One striking feature of the effort!
to provide houses 'is a housing|
scheme conducted by the office of
works, which wan empowered to'
spend 6.000.000 pounds spread over
18 mouths. IU) operations started in to some place as yet undiscovered.Mr.
Voorhies was in Eugene at the time
Camberwell, a south -London bor and the other members of the house Approves Work Shutdown—
The county court has received a)
ough. An arrangement was made by hold were absent from 7 .till 9:30,
letter from the district engineer in
which the office of works supplied returning at the latter hour to find charge of the work for the bureau oil
the plans, materials and supervision, the liouBe ransacked.
roads for this territory appovlng the
The thieves gained entrance 1 i cessation of work on the Hays hill
while the local federation of trades
(
till the weather becomes
unions supplied the labor and the foretng one of the kitchen doors. contract
tearing the door and casing from the more propitious. This is the work
borough council assumed responsi
wall. An unsuccessful attempt was that has been in progress by Harry
bility for the flnsnces. The plan
made on another door. They drew . , Webber, but which had to stop opera
worked smoothly and houses were
the shades of the second floor win tions because more* damage was be
built for 78(1 pQunds apiece, a saving
dows and proceeded systematically ing done through heavy trucking
of at least 200 pounds, making a to
to ransack everything. They nsed^ Tover soft roads than good was being
tal saving to taxpayers of 400.000
matches at first hut later found a ‘ accomplished. Mr. Webber has the
pounds. This scheme may become
candle, as was shown by candle drip | contract for the surfacing of the
the embryo of a stato building de
pings over many articles. Mr. Voor-i grade over Hays hill. The engineer
partment.
hies lost a well worn blue serge suitJ also forwards a statement showing
The financial difficulties connect
and a pair of new sox. Miss Rene-i I that »5,309.97 had been expended on
ed with the housing problem have
diet’s loss was a platinum bar pin 1 . the work between the date of com
been responsible for the creation by
with one diamond, a gold neck chain mencement anil the 13th when work
local tithoritiM of Interest bearirrg
with three diamonds, gold nugget
ceased, and Josephine county is
"housing bonds” which are In some I
stick pin. and gold locket.
Miss
asked to put up »1.769.99 as its
localities a fairly popular Invest-1
Ament lost a gold ring. An opal pin
third o( the cost. This work is done
ment.
was left untouched, the burglars evi
through cooperation of the federal
In the north of England. concrete I
dently considering it unlucky.
bureau, the state highway commis
houses have become popular, as ma
There Is no clue to the light-fin
chinery largely replaces man-power gered gents, though a trio of negro sion and the county each bearing an
In their erection. Tn some parts of hobos had been seen loitering around equal part.
London, too, such houses have been the district earlier in the evening. As
built recently, owing to the shortage a neighbor lost two chickens at the
9. P. Morrison, of Watsonville.
of bricks, the high rate of wages same time, suspicion points pretty
Cal., was a Sunday visitor tn the
and other difficulties*
strongly to the colored strangers.
city.
Philadelphia, Jan. 17.—(A. P.)
Frederick J. Libby, commissioner of
the American Friends’ Senice Com
mittee (Quakers) who recently re
turned from Reval. brought back in
formation that many children are
starving in Russia. Mr. Libby ob
tained his Information from Arthur
J. Watts, an English Friend, who
has been engaged in relief work in
Russia. Mr. Wattr gave Mr. Libby
a translation of the reports of Rus
sian commissars from various Rus-
slsm cities. It is upon these Mr
Li>by bases his Information.
It appears from the commissars
reports that the situation of the
children varies greatly In the differ
ent centers. In some cities such as
Vitebsk, it Is reported by the com
missars that whole families are PW-
iahltig from starvation., In others
such as Smolensk. Yaroslav, the chil
dren are reported to be obtaining
sufficient nourishment. . The re
port from Vitebsk stated that the
bread substitutes give the children
chronic dysentery which it is impos
sible to cure. The commissars re
ported that in several centers the
children had been unable to obtain
bread for a long time and that In
a
others no kind of fats or meats were
obtainable and that milk was re
ceived rarely.
The children of Moscow were de
clared to have no sugar nor fats and
were reported to be either starving
or falling 111 due to undernourish
ment. Inmates of the children's
homes In Novgorod are starving, ths
reports stated. They received no
meat, butter, potatoes, milk or salt
but live on a daily portion of sour
cabbage soup, milelt cooked in water
and black bread made from bad
flour. They are suffering from scur
vy as a rest:It of undernourishment.
The children In the schools of ths
Bashkir republic are reported to be
In rags, barefooted and hungry.
Golden Drift Item Partir Gone—
The recent high wnter of ths
Rogue have taken ont a portion of
the concrete work on the old Golden
Drift dam above town, the portion
destroyed being between the spillway
and the north side. The water is
now running through the break and
the. crest of the spillway Is reported
to be several feet above the water
mark.