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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 24, 1921)
SUANTS PASS QAILY COURIER Published Dally Except Sunday A. E. Voorhiaa. MONDAY, JANI 'H' -i G HINTS PANH DAILY <XH HIER PAGE TWO Pub and Propr. BROKE HEART OF SCIENTIST Specials Catered at postoffice. Granta Paas. Ore . as second class mall matter. Learnod Men, Victim of Thoughtless Practical Joke, Proved Unable ( to Live It Down. What 1« bellmed to be the great est hoax In the history of science was played over a century ago by students of prof. Barthoiomaeus Adam Bvrtn ger hohk-r of the chair of natural philosophy at the 1'nlveralty of Wurz berg. He was keenly Interested In fwu-ll remain», ami was the leader In the great group that held them to he a sort of divine Joke, placed tn the earth by God to test human faith Stuih-iits d-’slgtn-d a score or more of fossils front clay representing the most absurd beasts their Imagination« could conceive, and hid them In the ground In a spot where the old pnleon- tologtst was known to frequently dig. He discovered them and accepted them as real, and when a little later the stu dents hid other designs, showing stars ami suns and even Inscriptions In Hebrew. Byrlnrt mid Babylonian, the old man was delighted and ««« sure he had proven his ground*. He began a book of Immense »Ise. and written In Latin. In which he gravely set forth hfs pn»>fs of the divine origin. The «haul of laughter that went up when the book was Issued broke the old man's heart, and he died after «pending every cent hr had In an effort to recall the book. What made the Joke more serious was the faith with which many learned men accepted the thing at first. Brrlnger's reputation up to this time being high In the world of science. On Hosiery and • Crochet Cottons ADVERTISING RATES Display apace, per inch.............. 15c * r—1 p—- --1 column, par Hue—10c R»»d«n, par line----------------- —- 5c DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier, par year---- $6 00 By mail or carrier, par month.. 50 * WEEKLY COURIER By mali, per year---- --------------- 12.00 MEMBER OF, ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the usa for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or all otherwise credited in this in Oregon and Washington and paper and also the local news pub- forts ot fir# protective organizations, Ushod herein AU rights of republication of »»♦- the state forester, government fores etal dispatches herein are also re- ters. and private timber owner# that served. people who use the forests still do MONDAY, JANUARY 24. 1»21 not all realize the great damage and He also ♦ danger of forest tires, ♦ brought out that there is a healthy OREGON WEATHER ♦ public opinion growing in the north- Tonight and Tuesday, rain ♦ west against forest fires. as shown ♦ ♦ in west; rain or snow southeast ♦ by a much smaller percentage of portion, Warmer tonight east ♦ ♦ man-caused fires in 1920 than In pre ♦ portion. ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ vious years, and that a noteworthy feature of the past season was the PROOF OF THE I’l lHHXG hearty cooperation rendered by local pro- They tell us that the proof of the I county and state officials in the secution of these fire eases. I pudding is in the eating. We havei long contended that the Rogue val ley pear was without peer, but plain FOR FRIEND HUSBAND assertion is now backed up by re turns from the sale of the fruit, and by.getting the record prices for pears we get also proof that the fellow who eats the pudding says it is good, If the man in ,Xew York or in London will pay more for a Rogue valley pear than for a pear grown in any other part of the world, that pfetty firmly establishes the fact that our pear is the best in the world. If the valley can grow the pear, then it ought to specialize in that product. and build up a reputa- tion and a trade that will give our pear even greater command of the best markets. The farmer and the orchardist who has land adapted to pear culture should make a planting of the fruit, and one day the Rogue will have not only the quality pear, but will have it in quantity sufficient to command the markets that will open for it. The southern Oregon experiment station has solved the worst trouble of the pear producer tn finding blight-resistant stock that makes of pear culture a safe and a sure business. There has been a fight in the past to keep blight from the orchards, but through the effort at the statiop. the problem has been solved, adding profit to the orchar A very businesslike-appearing knout dist. Is part ot the equipment of all Yakut tvomen. The Yakutl are a tribe of several hundred thousand natives who PROTECTING FORESTS inhabit the northeastern part of Sb A total of 51 forest fire trespass I berla. They are similar to our Indians. eases were investigated for legal ac-| tfon by tbe forest service in Oregon and Washington in 1920. is the infor Orig’n of Slang Term. “Chair,” as a slung phrase, refer* to mation just given out by Assistant the throwing of chaff Inst, ad of till I ■District Forester Waha, of the for* wed to allure bird- and connequent'y eat service office in Portland. we get the phn.se an old bird Is not caught with .haff that Is a wise mtn, Criminal action has been taken in with all his wits about him. Is not to 43 of these cases and eight cases are be deluded by humbug. But “you are stnr nfid^r Tnvestiratton by the gov cliitlliug me,” springs from an entirely ernment, say Mr. Waha. The re- different source. II*-re the reference la to the French word chauffeur to cook, port shows that these cases are the chaff to vex. and the English ex result of fires getting started in the pression still survives in the phrase to national forests of Oregon and Wash “roast” a pe. son, which does not neces sarily mean to cook him, although he ington, the fires originating from a may become heated. variety of "ances. such as leaving camp tire- burning, cigarettes, burn Only one* of those New llresscr» left ing of brush •without permit In vio- at 817.50- Cottin is coming up. Mat- lation of state fire laws, defective tre»M>s will be higher—a few 4O-|l>. •park arre' trrj on logging engines, all cotton ones left at *11-75. Will take 2nd hand mattress«» in on new- and incendiarv. Mr. Waha points one«. out that in « ite of forest fire laws PHONE 71 STORING WORDS IN MEMORY What May B* Described as Mental Photography Is Especially Valu able to Theatrical People. The photographic memory Is found most frequently In actors and ac tresses. who have to study a variety of parts In « very short time. After n time, these people form a habit of getting a mental photograph of the words. They look at the |Higc, rend the line«, and then, shutting their eyes, endeavor to “see“ th.- words. It is a habit which, once form.»I. Is quickly devel.q-ed. The present writer once “crammed” n part of forty five pages In a single day by the aid of this natural photography. It may be katd at once that not everytnxly can acquire this specie« of memory. Only those poss. -sei of great powers of concentration can s<T>ieve the results described. Rut. providing that a person hs« anything of this gift, he can build upon It until It will serve him to an almost unlim ited degree. The photographic memory usually finds its beat development among |>eo. pie with what are called "bumpy” foreheads. They hrtve unusual pow- era of visual concentration.—Ex- change e Two Atomic Theories. An atom Is a part so small as not to be divisible, It Is an ultimate pnr- ticle of matter Two opinions, dlrect- ty opposite to each other, have long had currency with regard to the cm- stitnent particles of material things; the one. that matter Is composed of an assemblage of minute particle«, or atoms, incapable of further division; the other, that there Is no limit to Its divisibility, the smallest conceiv able particle still consisting of an infinity of parts. The first of these theories, which Is commonly distin guished by the name of atomic phil osophy. was originated In Greece by Leucippus; It was supported by l>eu>- ocritus and subsequently Improved by Epicurus and his disciples. The Epi cureans professed to account for the origin and formation of nil things by supposing that these atoms were en dued with gravity and motion, and thus came together Into the different organized bodies. ..... ......................... — - ■ ■ i ns usks roets. Tb<- Lake Poets, the latke School, the l.aklsts, were names given by British critics about the beginning of the past century, tn a certain brother hood of poets who "haunt.-d for some years about the lakes of Cumberland, England,” and who were erroneously thought to have united upon souiv settled theory or principles of conq-o sltlon and style. Wbrdsworth. Stout! « ' and Coleridge were regard«**! the chief representatives of th - ««»■• ul,«*i school, but I<atub, Lloyd mid Wils»«: were al-d> tnclud.sl und.«.- ’lie MAUD* d'Slgnntlon. tria-Hungary was operated during 1919 without a single fatality to a passenger in the 4 47,126,738 jour neys recorded, the average journey being 4 4 mile«; That the number of Injured In rail way accidents in 1919,—147,018 was the lowest on record since 1910; That fewer passengers were killed in 1919 than In 1888, although be tween those years passenger mileage ING the old cough or cold drag on, or the new one develop L ET! seriously, is folly, especially when at Dr.Kings New Discovery Wake Up Clear Headed That “tired out feeling" mornings, is due to constipation. You can quickly and easily rid yourself of it by taking Dr. King’s Pills. They act mildiv, stir up the liver and bring a h'althy bowel action. Same old price, 25 cents. Prompt! Won’t Gripe prKin^ Piils $3.45 $4.29 $3.19 and $3.25 $1.35, henvv wei $1.25,1 $125 ami $1.35, I Mtns Overall* Men's Overnlls .linnpers SAMPLE STORE Seed Grains BLUESTEM AND MARQUIS WHEAT BEARDLESS AND OTHER SPRING BARLEY WHITE SPRING OATS AND RYE 60 Pound Sack Rolled Oats, $1.70 JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILLS Phone 123 Cor. 3rd and G Sts. Increased more-11100 36o per cent, and freight tonnage Increased more than 500 per cent. lu 1906 on« pas senger was killed for ever 183.20*,- 488 passengers carried one mile; tn 1919 one was killed for every 693.304 passengers carried tn mile. A noteworthy decrease In the ber of railroad employes killed • « made in 1919 as compared with the In 1918, with preceding year. 1.897.741 men employed, 2.759 were killed, nn average of I 45 per 1.000 employed. In 1919 with 1.980.569 men «mployod. 1.693 were killed, an average of 0 86 per 1,000 employed (Continued from Page One) Why, when Dr. Kind’s New Discovery So Promptly Checks It? 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Conn., write* this; "When 1 feel a cold comint on I go right to taking Foler’e Hon»y a- * Tur. I hare u*ed It for a number of year* and always with good results.” MAZOLA «
