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Shanghai. Jan 30—I A. P I—The
first step tn an effort toward uni
formity in Chinese currency will be
undertaken by the building here of
China's first national mint.
The
work will be directed by an Ameri
can mint expert. Clifford Hewitt, of
Philadelphia, whose services have
GETTING THE THRIFT HABIT
been 1<.med to China by the United
The American citixen has the rep States and who came here a short
Mr
utation of being a thrifty individual. | time ago to begin his duties
In many foreign lands the term Yan- Hewitt installed a new mint at Ma
kee is only another name for Amer- nila. the first esta! 'IsLed in the Phil
ippines It is expect I that the 'j •••
lean foresight in matters financial,
pl»tton o' the new Chít ese mint will
But not all Americans are thrifty. put an ct d to the contlomerate ayt-i
Thrift may be a national trait, but tem of currency of all kinds and ¡
like other traits, there are degree® of I values which have long been a drag
thrift or of lack of it. This is na on the commercial progress of China
While the Mexican dollar, intro
tional thrift week. The object of duced into China from the Philip
setting aside one week for the pur pines. has come to be the common
pose of spreading the goepel of sav- unit of value, the various tuchuns. |
tag the dollars is that thrift is a ha- governors and other officials of pro
vinces have issued coins that are (
Mt. and this makee the starting point
dealt with commercially at values!
for the habit. It brings to attention based on the quantity of their silver
the need for saving when saving is content. The Chinese tael in which
Bearing on this question government funds and customs ordl-
possible.
of need for thrift, some figures rath narily are reckoned is not a coin at
all, but a silver slug of a given
er startling to the average reader are
weight and fineness, differing in
prepared from the statistics of life in weight and value in the different pro
surance companies. These figures vinces.
The Shanghai mint is to cost about
show that of an average group of
100 Americans beginning life at the »2,000,000 and be one of the largest
in the world, rivalling in size and
age of 25 and carry the group
cutput the mint at Philadelphia. It
through to the age of 75. At 35 is to have a capacity of 500.000 silver
year«, five of the original hundred d'Jlars a day with a dally consump
are found to have died. 10 are weal tion of 14 tons of silver in addition
thy, 10 are well-to-do. 40 live on t' baser metals used as alloys. Mr
Hewitt hopes to have the plant com
their earnings and 35 show no im
pleted and in operation within two
provement. At 45 years. 16 have yc-rs.
died, one is wealthy, three are well- ’
He is the originator of many of
to-do, 65 live on their earnings and tbe machines and processes in use in
15 are no longer self-supporting At American mints, having been in the
service of the United States govern-
55, 20 have died, one is wealthy,
m nt for 24 years
He was builder
three well-to-do, 46 live on their of the American mints at Denver and
earnings and 30 are no longer self- Philadelphia.
supporting. At 65. 36 of the original
hundred have died, one is wealthy, »♦♦♦♦-.♦♦♦.«.♦♦♦♦♦♦a ♦ ♦
AMUSEMENTS
four well-to-do, only five live on their i
farther, the figures show that of the
estates at death of 100 average men
one leaves wealth, two leave com
fortable «states. 15 leave from »2.000
to »10.000 and 82 leave nothing. Re
porting on the financial condition of
100 average widows, the figures show
that 18 live on their incomes, 47
supplement xheir incomes by working
and 35 are dependent.
This is the week; will you get the
habit*
Sorre Cowl
A Long Island animal was adv er
tlsed for sale by her owner: “For i
sale, cow that gives five quarts of |
milk a day also two grindstones, one
set of harness and a hay rake.”—New
York Central Magazine
WERE
«15.85
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«0.X5
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87.3S
t»5.»5
85.50
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81.05 .
SPECIAL SAIJB for thia week only
on U 8. army goods illanketa.
' shirt*, raincoats. belts, breeches,
leggina.
slick-
pants, coats,
ers. caps and a complete line
Call early nnd
of army goods
get your choice. 1 U. 8. Army Store
X ■
Co., Conklin Bldg *
Not Quitting
easiness
Since «»ui |»rl<
Ju»t ill«* t*¥vr
ninny tin»«*, h «
r fnr th«* lonrnt, nian> think wc nrr qttitUntf,
K«*nli<iM|c thal Spring pri»«*« nr** l»>ww
i <»ur priren non to givr j»»u th«* bm«*fit.
SAMPLE STORE
and thereupon hinges the big events
REWYRD »25 will be paid for the
in the girl's life and the murder of
Immediate return of articles stolen
Joe, all matter» combining in a most
from my residence Saturday night,
interesting and gripping tale of a
and no questions asked, or »50
girl who dared to fight for the right
reward for the* arrest and convic
despite the preponderance of odds
tion of party or parties reaponslbl >
for the theft. A E Voorhies
8,
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Tonight and Thursday occas-
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Rain
♦ or snow east portion.
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Carrying tbe investigation a little
REPAIR WORK of any description
Ament's \uto Repair and Machine
Shop. Phone 113-J.
81
1-X»R SALE- -Ford roadster In
Al
shape, with an extra truck body,
two extra tires and carry all. leav
ing city at once
Will take »325.
E. I, Bailey. 1314 M street
«3
THVRM>AY. JAM IKY 20. 1021
earnings and 54 are no longer self-1
supporting. At 75 years of age. 63
have died and of the remaining 37
only three are self-supporting—one
wealthy, two well-to-do and 34 de
pendent.
INSURANCE Fit« automobile, life,
accident and health. T. M Stott.
308 North Sixth S!
waif
The Prouty Booster’s Ball was toj
blame for it all!
And the theatergoers of Granta
Pass have the Prouty Boosters' Ball
to thank for affording them one of
tbe most appealing photoplays of the
year in "The Fighting Shepherdess."
screen version of the famous book by
Caroline Lockhart, starring Anita
Stewart and which will be seen at the
Rivoli theater last times tonight.
In the role of Kate Prentice, a girl
in whom a splendid character has
been reposed but about whom a de-
pressing environment has been en-
shrouded as a result of living in the
questionable roadhouse from which
her mother derives a livelihood. Miss
Stewart has a role that calls for a
vigorous delineation of the natural
effects these circumstances and sur-
roundings would have on a girl.
The plot begins to unravel when
Kate Is saved from the advances of a ■
rough character through the chivalry,
of "Mormon Joe," a recluse sheep-
herder whose moody exclusiveness
has a tendency to make the villagers
wary of him. He provides a separ-l
ate hut for Kate on his sheep ranch I
N< >W
S1O.M5
»7.50
85.75
«4.OS
83.95
83-S5
81.05
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THIS INCUDES MEN'S, LADIES' AND < il|LDREN"S SWEATERS
Golden Rule vStore
I
GI1YHA.M GEMN
of the boat quality cau only be
made frciq* graham
flour
ground from selected clean
wheat which has been ground
properly and kept together in
Its natural proportions. Many
mills make graham by mixing
bran, shorts, middlings and
flour, but they can not get tha
natural mixture which consti
tutes good graham any more
than you can get real whole
milk by mixing cream and
skimmed milk. Try a sack of
real gribam made by the
W ANTED Your car to overhaul.
All work guaranteed. , Ament's
Auto Repair and Machine Shop. 81
WANTED A coll box and magneto
for 3-cyllnder truck
Address Pe
ter Tangen. Rd 3. Box 131. S3
District No, 8—Labor. »1.809.80;
material. »»«7.68.
WANTED -A few more milk custo
District No. 9—Labor. »2.646 51;
mers. lTic a quart, come and get It
material. »103.47
663 N 8th St L. F Roat
83
District No. 10--Labor. ,9.338.90;
FOR RENT, -Furnished apartment
material. »649.76.
61 m G street.
SOtf
Dtstrlct No. 11—Labor
HOUSE
POU
RENT
Phone
331
R.
material. »2.338.61.
or call on R. D. Cole, at First Na
District No. 12 - datbor. ,131.60.
tional Rank
31
General expense—laibor. I- 181
99; material. »39.811.10.
FOR SALE Modern bungalow on
Bridges 4<abor, »3.330.
north side of track Close tn. Has
terial. ,13.880 40
Splendid lit-
garage and garden
Total expenditures. ,183.008.25.
tie home. Address No 147 care
Expenses of the county during the
of Courier
»1
past year other than for roads and
alfalfa
bay.
FOR
SALE
-Ita
led
bridges are listed as follows:
shtf
River Hanks Farms
County Judge and commissioners,
(Continued from Page One)
all expense. »3,838.09.
Clerk's office, all salaries.
»4,-
882 35: books, supplies, etc. »1.340 •
13.
Sheriff’s office, all salaries. »4,224 -
92; books, supplies, etc., ,1.401.60.
Assessor’s office, all salaries. ,3.-
674.93: books, supplies, etc. ,444 34.
Treasurer’s office, all salaries, ,1.-
770.00; books, supplies, etc. ,247 44.
Surveyor's office, books, supplies,
etc.. »1 »0.
School superintendent, all expense.
»2.036.31.
Health officer, salary and expense.
,598.34.
Fruit Inspector, salary and ex
pense. ,3.650.00.
District sealer, all expense. ,125.-
61.
County veterinarian, all expense.
,1,054.29
Coroner, all expense ,5.00.
Registration and election, all ex-
pense, ,3,979.64.
Courthouse, salary of Janitor. wa-
ter, fuel, light, etc., ,4.005.67.
Furniture and fixtures, all offices,
,55.75.
Circuit court. Jurors and witnesses.
,695.60; gTand Jury. ,354.00; misc.
expense. ,299.46.
County court. Jurors and witnesses.
,43.60.
Justice court, fees of justice.
»170.95; fees of constable. »2.50;
Jurors, witnesses, etc., ,30.00.
Juvenile court, witnesses and ex-
pense. ,446.65.
Care of poor, county general ex-
pense. ,4.651 40; < home misc. ex-
pense. ,293.05; other paupers, »■•.-
609.55; widow's ;>enstons. ,4.399 50;
indigent soldiers. ,200.00.
Jail, board of prisoners. ,370 62;
repairs, etc.. ,5.65.
County cemetery, all expense. ,6.
Tax rebates. ,319.47.
Insane, examination and expense,
,30 70
Advertising. ,1.191.25.
Ferries, operation and mainten
ance, »1,592.82.
Scalp bounty, ,673.00.
Miscellaneous, »1,576 63.
District attorney, ,526.75.
Water master, all expense, ,1,749.-
35.
Library. ,1.014.07.
Total. »61,587.86.
WANTED —A few more men for
farm work. River Banka Farms.
85
(Continued from Page One)
Northwest this season than In 1920.
The Northwest Tourist Asaocla-
tion is at present conducting aa ex-
tensive advertising campaign for at-
trading the tourists who are now In
there
California and predicts that
will be 10,000 tourists from the City
of law Angeles alone visit the North
west this coming season.
"There is no fear of a gasoline
shortage this year to cut short ohr
tourist trade and It only happened
last year on account of the motorists
flocking to the Pacific coast In such
large numbers that the supply pro-
I ortloned the Pacific coast was not
i dequate to take care of the demand
end there was no actual shortage in
supply in the United States, said Mr
Cuthbert.
JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILLS
Phone 123
Cor. 3rd and O Sts.
Two Second Hand
DODGES
At Bargain Prices
C. L. Hobart Co.
BOTH
Lionel Barrymore,
in 'The Devils Garden
Idonel ’Barrymore In a plcturiaa-
tton of W. B -Maxwell's fascinating'
novel. The Devil's Garden." will be
the big attraction at the Rivoli thea
ter beginning tomorrow.
(Continued from Pa^e One)
quite sure that the much talked of
Grants Pass-r*rescen/ City highway
will be constructed this year. Con-
gratulatlons to all concerned."
It Is understood that California
has already taken the initiative in
starting work on Its end of the pro
posed new highway through the
sending of crews to the field to make
the final location survey. Much of
the road building In California will
he through new territory, the pro
posed route being up Smith river to
Elk creek.
MORE PM FOR H'HED Mill
BOXE
)M» BRAWN
are the result of eutlng plenty
of o ir bread
It Isn’t Just <i
"flll-up." It’s a strength giv
ing food, especially valuable
to the growing boy or girl.
Try It for a few weeks. You'll
like Its taste. You'll like Its
results
A«k your Grocer for Bread
t>*kc<1 by the
GRANTS PASS
(Continued from I’age On »
labor without board, the avers <e I t
those states last year hav'ng been
,107 a month. The lowest aver
was In Mississippi wl-. r» ,4 1
na
paid. The average fur the country
as n w'holo was »64 95. the northern
Atlantic states avernted ,75.5 1. 'he
south Atlantic ,50 5«. t'-e north east
central states, ,7o.o ■; the nnrthwe«i
central states. ,79 79. the south cen
tral states. »51.94; and the far west
FAKE INVENTOR IN JAIL
• rn states. ,99 1.1
For harvest time Dbor , without,
Used Hidden Barrels of Alcohol to
board North Dakota ptid the highest
Make Substitute Motor Fuel Work.
A formula designed to “revolution rate with ,7.40 rents a day. while nt j
ize'' the motor fuel Industry by mix other thtin harvest time South Da
ing corn stalks, enne «ngnr nml v.-n-t kota paid the highest rate with ,5.90
n« n substitute for gasoline worked cents a day.
hecnn«e the Inventor. Prof. I* .lol n
Taking Care of Indoor Plants.
t'hnsler of Brooklyn N Y . hnd two
To make ferns grow rapidly Indoors barrels of alcohol trdden behind th •
World’s Smallest Coin.
end loo' fte«h . n>l green chop n few wall nnd connected by a pipe to n
The coin of the least value ever Is
I' -ters fine nnd rmx -.Itli the soil nnd tnnk containing the npprtrrrni«.
sued Is the “mite,'' so called, such ns
hen vn't-r V < ||. Th’« mny be done
t'liriMler's arrest followed an ln-.‘e-
the widow of the Bible contributed
»very for'nl lit. W.-i h the leaves of
» 'ion by the district attorney - ■ '
to the poor Its -.liape was hexngonnl
your rubber plant «Ith n cloth wet
fi'*e of n complaint of it delegation mid Its value about one fiftieth of s
with olive oil. Thia nourishes the
representing J<»> per-oii- from the En«t cent. It would take live thou«uml
plant nnd keeps the leave« dnrk green
aide «ho snld they find lnve«te<|. in mites to make one dollar.
nnd velvety. Add a few drops of am-
stock In a company salti to have te<-n
monIn to a quart of lukewnrm wnter ( formed for the manufacture of the sub
GRANTH PASS RLE 5S|:D
when von water house plants. Tim stitute motor fuel
BY QI K K BES« l.l s
chemical net« ns a tonic and fertilizer
and makes the foliage fresher. And
Everyone
la
ple.iscd with ti e quick
Cat Coes eoo Mil’s In Wh-cl
he careful, when real winter weather
results of simple wltchhnze’, cam
A
kitten
i
ra«
led
ln«!de
the
rii
of
comes, not to writer your plnnts with
hlC flywheel nt the <lrn.it Norf
phor, hydrastls. etc . as m.xed In L-<-
«ntcr too cold. Water running from
III« at Burlington. Neh., anti
voptlk eye wash. On* Min's rye
n faucet In J-minrv Is fnr ton cold
le.-p The lililí pet «na lllilill’
were so badly «trained he coaid not
for tender ph -its.
VM enough hot
<1 fl e glsnt mm hl nerv wii» st
«atrr to make the drink von give vour
read without pain Two n .nitration
ufimi
Tile uh el whirred u
plnnts ink»w->-m—is rainwater always
relieved him. A I dv with Weik, In
Is in summer trio»
flamed eyes *es greatly helped by
ONE bottle. 5Ve g-ar n'.eed a email
bottle of l.avo-’tllt t > help ANY
Order your year's supply of sta
C ASE weak, atralned or Inflamed
tionery at the Courier and save
money.
eyes. National Drug Stu-a.
Adv
BAKERY
50.1 G Street
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RHEUMATISM
Is a blood disease and
cannot be cured by ex
ternal treatments.
ANTI URIC
This herbal remedy will
eliminate the cause of
$out, rheumatism or
lumbago or your money
will be refunded. Give
it a trial.
For sale by
SABIE’S DRUG STORE
Only <>ne of II iohc \ew Itrcnsers left
at 817.SO- Cottin la coming u|>. Mnt-
treaae« will lie higher—n few IO-II>,
all cotton ones left nt 811-75. Will
tnke 2nd linntl nmOrexscw in on n<«v
one*.
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PHONE 7i
,
A Dream.
\ BoMoti 1'iinl.ei -aya we are tin ex-
t- ■ mu n itli.ti
In this he makes
no r.-fereiicc to us per«onnliy. One
ot mu tohdt xt muli’tion« is some tiny
'< f..- aide tn have enough gathered tie
gmtier «o rb-it we can go out ami
in - Inf It I« like to be i-xtrnvugnnt.—
De’iolt I > .-e press.