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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 2, 1921)
Gim PASS DAILY COURIER Published Dally Except Bunday A. E. Voorhles. I’ub and Propr Entered at poetoffice, Granta i'aaa. Ora., as second-class mail matter We Specialize I»o vou know that very tew stores ou the Pacific Coast earn the complete line of QUALI TY COEFEF. that we do. Think of it. Fivsli roasted eotTee at from t*’»e to 60c per pound. Try our Xtimber IS at 50c. If vou do not like it. ask us to refund your monev and we will. ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per Inch......................35c Local-personal column, per line. ...10c Readers, per line—.......................... 5c DAILY COURIER Ry mail or carrier, per year $6 00 B t mail or carrier, per month 50 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year........................... $- 00 & 1 MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS l»HY <;<»ol*i AND GRlX'ERIKS The Associated press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or all otherwise credited tn this peper and also the local news pub lished herein. All rights of republication of spe-| I gram for the bringing of settlers to rial dispatches herein are also re I the state. served. Briefly, the program adopted is as 101 & 105 N. 6th SATl HD.IY. APRIL 2. 1921 4 4 ♦ follows Grants Pass, Ore* Early this spring agents will be sent to canvaas the middle west ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ 4 ern states including the Dakotas, 4 Iowa. Kansas. Nebraska. OREGON WEATHER Colorado. 4 Wyoming. Montana and Utah, tor the Tonight and Sunday. fair, ♦ purpoee it intvrvi« • d -» pros, ectivo colder in the interior. Light to ♦ immigrants who are contemplating heavy frost in the morning. 4 444444-444444444 ♦ ♦ a move westward. Advices received WOMAN STUMPS SCIENTISTS BY DISCOVERIES Experiments, Begun as Hobby, Lead to Amazing Results. during the past few months indicate —■ Ip♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ that tbie westward movement will ♦ be on a larger scale this summer 4 CIVIC PRIDE DEMANDS BEAI T1FY1NG »TREFT» 4 than in former years, and these ad* ^jvnnco agents will gather together a Water Treated With Radio-Active Crys The committee recently ap ♦ tals Causea Bread te Rise Without «I large group to move to Oregon on pointed by the Chamber of Yeast—stimulating Effect Upon ♦ 'fixed schedule and a certain dale Commerce to took into the mat Plants Is Shown In Remarkable It is believed that a party of at ♦ ter of cleaning and beautifying ♦| Growth—Other Marvels Performed ♦ our city have some suggestions *| least 500 prospective settlers could’ in Experiments on Animal Life— 4 to offer which if carried out will Crystals Out of Air. - be grouped together In this way and 4 make Grants Pass the most at «■ brought to Oregon in a body. Defl- tractive town in Southern Ore The story told ui a book Just ar ♦ gon The committee reeom- ♦ nite assurances have been given by rived frcm England, where it was late mend® that Sixth street particu ♦ the railroads that they will cooper ly published, w of s sort to pleas« th« larly be thoroughly cleaned up. ♦ j ate in every way with the proposed appetite fur lhe marvelous that has been developed In recent years under Old piles of tin cans and rub plan. Homeseekers rates which were the discovery of raiftuui and the con bish removed; store fronts suspended during the war were put sequent succession of revelations con ♦ brightened up by a little paint; into effect again last Tuesday follow- • cerning the amazing possibilities of streets washed and flushed radio-activity. According to tills down; hedges trimmed; un- ing a conference of railroad officials book. It Is again a woman who, quite ♦ sightly and condemned I build- at Omaha. by accident, has made a remarkable ings removed More sidewalks Taking advantage of these rates,! discovery along these lines; Its nature built on this street; old signs Indicated by the title of the book. "A which permits of stop-overs on any, ♦ removed. In order that these New Activity?" This woman. Sylves point en route, the party of home ter Baxter tells the Boston Transrlpt. improvements can be brought about the cooperation of every seekers would arrive in Oregon, the is a M rs Maud Dickinson, widow of citizen and property owner is ♦ rail trip coming to an end at the the late T. G. Dickinson. Mrs. Dicklu* son. although English by birth, was desired for only in this way can From that brought up from Infancy In Burling most advantageous point the proper results be effected. tour ton. la. personally-conducted point a ♦ THE COMMITTEE It was tn 1911 that .Mrs. Dickinson ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Let'» «lean fp ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ over the entire state by automobile began to experiment, first as a hobby, would begin. with a view to finding a perfect anti The routing of the party through septic for medical use While travel MORE PEOPLE FOR OREGON Oregon has got some mighty fine the state would be in the hands of a ing In the east Mrs Dickinson had been impressed by the healing, health people—but she has not got enough committee from the state chamber. giving and preserving qualities of the of 'em. We need population, and. This committee would select the most oriental essential oil.« So she began the state is in no position to wait for favorable itinerary which would en to Investigate their therapeutic prop erties. Her researches appear to have home production, much as the Ore-! able the settlers to investigate the been conducted along ulehemlstlc gon product might be desired. So wool and wheat growing sections. Ir lines. Taking various organic oils the state is going to reach out into* rigated lands, fruit districts, and all (chinamen. orange, lemon, pine, lav ender. laurel, rosemary, violet, etc.) to rp- other states and bring in people to! the agricultural and industrial gether with the many rare Eastern care gums, ".«he found that by a certain Great farm idle lands, dig the minerals sources of the state, from the mountains, cut our trees would be used in selecting this Itirt- blending of the««. according to an- elent and traditional rites, already representative and saw the logs, and do the various, erary. so that every known to her frmn both the inspired other things that must be done to district of the entire state would be and the ancient Egyptian writing- put Oregon in the position which is covered by the party In the shortest that «he could prmluce an 'antiseptic rightfully hers in the world of in space of time consistent with a thor- fierfuuie of exceptionally high thera peutic and germicidal value. To the ough investies tion. dustry. commercial development of this, and many other hygienic preparation«. Locally, »e have lands that need Mr« Dickinson -in '-«“-fully gave her Cynical. clearing and cultivating. Josephine attention for a year or so. “His friend« could give no ren «>n is up against a real problem in this, Crystals Frcm Soap. why be stiuuld have committed suicide Igite in 1913, while preparing an and we bave homes for thousands He wn« inch " -The Stamford Advo "antiseptic nieillcnl cream soap" with of new people with the most favor eate. a mixture of these oils, resins, etc.. able surrounding« and conditions to Mr- I >ii kin«on found certain m nu'e crystalline parll'-les precipitated upon be found in the west. All that is the pa; <-r at the lop of the jar con necessary is to carry the news to the| A Texas Iconoclast, talning the i-ompotind She thought Our gue«« i» ih;,, when the brida tit lir«t the«« were Impurities n««l- people to get them here that they I promises to love, honor and obey «he dentally pre-ent. But on tte«ond'',r may Investigate. The state chamber( I» Just a« earnest as when she kisses 24 «In* « rniined them with some care of commerce has undertaken a pro- rhe bridegroom'» folk».—Dallas News tinder a microscope The, were red ----- N--------- ----------------------------------------------- dish brown and glittered ami scintil lated In tl« sunshine. Mr«. Dickin son. liiulng them apparently In «nine “active" -tat«, exclaimed “Radium I" imagining from what «lie had heard that radium «o appeared. Fixani ,ilng them '•are'ully. and find ing that th« ' ombli.ritl' n of oil« and gum« i-niitalned no -olid matter, hav ing b«*-n filtered ««vend tine*, «he took th« cr'-ta1« to the head «h«inl-r of tl-e I.omhc: «liemlcnl firm that had -I*«« ail*, ol-la'i.ed the oil», etc., for I er fro* . II.« I “t II" i-> ||I«I not ac- ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Let's » lean 4 »ut unii, it-itti *.*, urji, GRANTS PASS l»ll! Y O»! «.KI PAGE FOl R GETS CRYSTALS LIKE RADIUM Spring and Summer UNDERWEAR Some extra good value» in .Men», Women's and « bildn-n'» I mler- wenr iwehel this week. Men'» full cut, fine quality, athletic union »uit» ....... .......... .... Men'« well marie full cut mesh union suit«, J en g til ................... ........................ ankle k ne<* Bl.tMl anil .Men's fine ril»t«-«l union suits long anil short slntrs st .IMI Men's Italbriggan Shirts ftn<] drawers per guriwnf #.*><• Boy’* fin«) rihlxfl union »oit», »hurt sleeves anti kru»* length 5ÍH Imdie» fine rihlied union »ulto l i guiar top unii I,ml..top. -Iiv-le - an«! cuff knit* ... -■»th GirK fine riblxw] union suits. |guli<*s »leevnlem» venta all style . and prit <«l from .Vk it-"« up Golden Rule 5tore | ; THE HOME OF .MI SSING VI Filli , i v«n tlu-rn Into nt scientist« i pt to lier-elf ««. Although she 'Organic lindi ci'i.” It wn« simply ns n nnnm In con frost to the Inorganic substance called indium. F'roni what Is said of Mrs Dickinson Jt would appear that It can hardly be a sordid motive that Induced nei re- v n« to her methods, but rather the desire, common to ao many p«r- eons, "to do everything herself." It Is related that «he has always consltl »red before an, Idea« of fame or wealth the «acred cau«e of bcneflllng hiinianlti Shi* ha« long ilerirvd to »h*'vv the world the wav io cure can ,-er Prev I oii « to her dl»exivi*ry «he o expert In I wa» already known a« hygiene mid 1« the auiho over fifty ie liter ; different Invention' in H* hnvlng worked iinulded f«r four years. It 1» announced that «he has at last placet! her work In the hands of a aclentlfle authority «•> that the year W17 It 1« regarded a« the < lo«e of the flr«t perioi! of her researehe« Crystals Out of tho Air. One of Mr» Diikinvin« tlieorti*« 1« that from one of her radii»a five ery«iul» In a »caleil gla«» tube «lie cun ! collect other« within the vicinity (Materialization?) Iler explanation 1» that the ray» emitted by the crystals, after pa««lng through the tube and i ! ! I I ' I | mixing with tn* atuiosptirrv. ten deii-i* tn u nucleus that absorba mat ter mid organize» a crystal out of the moisture and otliw substances In the ulr This suggest» the prediction of Sir Oliver Lodge thin tlir day a mild coiih * when we should I»* able to liar* Hr" lhe electricity of the air." Mr« Dickinson's first observation of the«« crystals a» being radioactive an* when one' of them hurtled her hand Then It was found that they affix ted photographic plates Some extraordinary results are re|x>rted as to what has been done with this radlo- actlvlty. Mrs Dickinson. trying the effect of the crystals upon practically everything Imaginable, is said to have prmluced a "radio-active soap” highly efficient in cleansing w.xvl. Making water radioactive she has produced a table water; wrlth this water the growth of plants Is »aid to have been remarkably stimulated Gold was suc cessfully separated In a few hours from the arsenic In certain Welsh ore«. Bread without yeast was made with the radio-active water. 56 loaves of this bread were sent to British prison ers In Germany. Three week» <m the way. It arrived so fresh thst It was thoroughly enjoyed. Radio-active yeast, also produced. Is said to have proved so superior as to make the nicest sort of bread out of Inferior flour Excellent wines have also been produced. Radio-active coal. made so by the radio-active water, was reported by an engineer to bars been Improved to the extent that a quantity of It ran a locomotive .'fit hours longer than the same quantity not treated. Radio active water was found to be highly effective In ridding steam holler tubes of scale Crystallized fruits have been pnxluced and vegetables preserved, while the natural colors have been ex traded from flowers by the radio ac tive process, Ordinary pnlnt Is re- ported to hare been greatly Improved by the use of radio-active oil. Stimulating Effects, Th.* stimulating effect upon plants treated with radio-active water ap- pears to have been so marked that n carnation So treated was ten days In advance of one grown under ordinary condition«, while Its stein was slz Inches longer Similar effects were re ported from experiments with animal life; frogs eggs In radioactive water hutched readily and the pollywog- grew rapidly ; eggs In ordinary w ater ■ ' the Mme time did not hatch nt all The remark« made by various scien tific men Indlcnte Unit Mr«. I'lckln son's discovery does not belong in the Keeley motor class. F'or Instance. Sir James Den nr «ays : "If this discovert can he proved to he organic. It is the discovery of a new world, hut It Is too giguntlc even tn dream of.” Sir oil’er Lodge «ays: "It (the rndlie-nctlvlty) 1« not mnimfacturetl; It Is n new disciiv ery.” Sir William Barrett: "The re obtained are simply suits you have I astonishing, but .until I know* more of the Hoiirci ■ of this radio activity It Is Impossible to any whether ,v«i have made a new discovery or not.” ITof F' IV. Kei-ble: "This <1.«emery doe 1. ire thnn I wax ever expt «ti-d from ri. dliiin. •a I.< n r: ilium was illwove-ed .*' Prof. IV F". Gwlnr «11: “Il la a tny- 'Till« 1« rm t«ry ' Jiillu- Mi eller: rmlluin; It Is n new* discovery, an«’ not to lx* mentioned In the «aim breath." i To Voice a Rtiy toPJau Just Tribute / \///(>/. l.s//< I 5/ R.S I ROM (»I OECEIRE IIIE / l .\ IO (X / I V Gulbransen Player-Piano lo l>c llir girate»! Ixxin lo music lovri» produtetl in tlir lati deisti« u pumo ibi oligli u* Ito li lhe n oi If of Il i.i o piiino thal iiniione nifi p/uv girai pianiiti art bioughl itilo your home. Voti iati be ¡uie of having thè latti! anJ brìi /’ .ino munì il you liiire a Gl /.//R.-IA.SEA. I hcy aii«\atH>nally pneed and live prue I» guaiantccd tor all nt I'M I V out ohi piano lalfen in ai pail payment ami hbeial Itimi on balani e STANTON ROWELL Tht Reliable 1'iano Menhanl I. Chevrolet Offer Appeals to Everyone 1M4I.H7 1 I lO.iJÍÍL « HI l Hol.I l »11 F» liFXOHII CHEVROLE •s W. S. Maxwell ClihED BY SUDDEN FRIGHT Philadelphia Man Relieved of coughs in Curious Manner. Hie Unexpectedly meeting an Angel, chid in white and armed with a lance, c* red Edgar Peters of Philadelphia of an attack of hiccoughs. Peter», thlrty-tvvo years old. who re sides at No 71-1 Spruce «tract, was Seized with nn attack of hiccoughs lit the dinner table recently. When the nitnck did not ce.-ise after several hours lie went to the Pennsylvania hospital. Waltliig for th« arrival of n surgeon for nearly half nn hour Peters was nervously paring the flixir of the re- *elvlng ward, when Doctor Angel, a res ilient physician, entered unexpectedly, «till garbed In n white operating gown and carrying a wnrgeon'a lance. “What's the mutter with you?" a»k«»l the surgeon of Peters. "Nothing,” replied the other. I came In re to lie cured of the hiccough«, find I'm cured." And he left. phy-l' l: ii- explained that fright or 'midi'll «urpr'-o will often cure nn attack of h i-migti And That la Not Much, Jud Timkins »nya there have mine specimen« of propaganda more yon couldn't attach any portane« to than you could to a vai* rntlne. Albania’s Devastating Earthquake
