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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1921)
vv i . i > nemdvy , trini, m, imi . ORANT« PAM DAILY OOURIKR PAGK TWO NKW TODAY New Shipment Japanese Crepe and Colored Pongee ADVERTISING RATES Display space, per inch............... — 35« Local-personal column, per line.... 10c Readers, per line— ........... ™ 5c DAILY COURIER By mall or carrier. per year---- 36.00 By mail or carrier, per month.. .50 WEEKLY COURIER By mall, per year.............. I MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS Th* Associated press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication I of all new* dispatch** credited to It or all otherwise credited In this i paper and also the local news pub lished herein All rights of republication of spe ■ described—just the man’s name and cial dispatches herein ar* also re th* amount he owned. Soma war* FINDS SECRET OF HIS ORIGIN served. deacribed aa a ' farm on the Apple- Natives of Guam Enlighten Marine; WEDNESDAY, APRIL IS, It»» j gate." a mill near Kerby,'” etc. Disagree With the Theories Put Forward by Darwin. . "Joe Umpqua,” Indian, is assessed ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ j 3200 on personal property, but aa his The theory that he had sprung from OREGON WEATHER ♦ name appears in the delinquent list i some remote protoplasmic organism, ♦ I it is also presumed that he never that hl* twenty-time* great grandfather Tonight and Thursday, rain ♦ was a wire-haired baboon In the wilds ! paid it. in west. Rain or snow east por- of Abyssinia and other near-Darwtnlan ♦ tion. Colder tonight. In 1864 there is a page headed monstrosities, were all regarded by ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ i "Chinese Liat.” with such old timers Sergeant John Burrows of the marine corps as so much “bunk.” Still, hit ROMANCE AND THE ASSESSMENT as Nun. Hank Mon. Toang. Yet, mind was never at rest. Clong. Brother Sew* Jowu to Hing.' The sergeant re-enllsted after the ROLL I The things that today are the com and they are assessed with ditches 1 war and was ordered to Guam. The other day a letter was received monplace, to-be-expected happenings i and one or two horses principally ; at the murine corps recruiting head of the hour, are tomorrow wrapped | Toang is assessed with a "ranch on 1 quarters. It came from Sergeant Bur about in romance. One would hard Sucker Creek” with a value of 3700. rows In Gunm. “At last," he stated, "1 have discov ly expect to find in the archives ot , and Wane with a house and lot at 1 Waldo with a value of 3300. Yet ered where my ancestor* have Como a county assessor’s office matters that from.'' The sergeant explained that natives teem with human Interest and that had the largest assessment, with a tell stones as fraught with interest ' ditch on Sucker creek, near China- of the Island had enlightened him. In : town, with a value of 3700. As these accounting for the origin of man. they as the best-wrought fiction. said that everything In the world was County Water Master Opdycke was , i Chinamen were all on the delinquent. derived from a certain rock on the prowling around the courthouse the I list, like the Indian, it is presumed ( Island of Guam, which first became human, then a stone, and gave birth to other day. and in the ancient files that they never paid. all men. From this Island men were ■When the present assessor looked scattered all over the world. They he recovered a little volume that could be carried around in a coat over some of the names on the an forgot their language anti "talked llku cient roll, he found the name of his' fools without understanding one air pocket, yet that has within its covers other nor knowing what was said."— enough to point the way to many a father there as one of the first tax Portland Oregonian. tale of deepest interest. It was the payers in the county, and there came Wealth and Happiness. assessment roll of Josephine county back stories that the elder Hayes Mticli of the anxiety and care of had told his son, the present incum covering the years from 1862 to bent of the office. He recalled that these days is needless ami spring« 1866. The earliest entries show that; from an overemphasis of the amount Joe Umpqua, mentioned above, wat of property needed for happiness. Ev Gutsof Wilson was county clerk the father of Indian Mary, who now erything in our country tends to stim when the first entries in the volume lives in Grants Pass. Indian Mary ulate rneu toward excessive ambition. were certified over the seal of Jose married a young Indian named Peco. Our climate Is rich In oxygen, and Is un Irritant to work. The undeveloped phine county, and they indicate first Peco killed Umpqua's dog. whereup resources of our land appeal to cu the cold business fact that taxes on the latter shot Peco, but before pidity—even at a time when we begin showed an upward trend in those Peco died he fired a fatal shot at to realize that these treasures should tie conserved tor our descendants. The first years when the county was new Umpqua, both dying a short time af stories of successful men are exploited In 1862 the taxpayer who was asses terward*. with endlev* variations In magazine* sed with property of the value of During the early days an assessor that teach the art of getting on In stead of getting up. Little by little 31000 paid a total tax of 337. In sometimes took his life in his hands, young men feel that It I* a disgrace eluded in this sum was the county as it was up to him to collect the to live I’KHlestly. Avarice is a virus tax of 324. Then there was a state poll tax and the Chinamen were In the blood. Endue ambition Is poi*, ta X of 32; school tax, 32; a special oning the springs of contentment. averse to ¡taying real or personal tax. Youth has forgotten Cervantes’ warn- tax : of S3, and a "Jackson county .»» of 32. The later was no doubt I It was in 1883 that Frank Desslnger. Ing* not "to fly too high toward the tax" now a resident of Kerby, was the as- sun le«t the flame consume the wing*.'' the amount of alimony which Jose sessor. In addition to the Chinamen — Newell Dwight Hilll*. phine was paying to Jackson from mining ; there were hundreds work whom she had recently been severed ! How Many Presidents? Ing on railroad construction, for it Percentage* Intrigue our fancy, S<> The poll tax in this year was $3, in-j was at : that time that the Southern when we read that “5ft per cent of creased the following year to 34. at Pacific was building through this our pre*ldent* have been college men" which time a military tax of 32 was we wonder how many that wa*. Twen- county, As far as Dessinger was ty-seven men have held the office, and also added. The United States was concerned, when it came to paying on that basis 14.85 were college men. at that time involved in the war wlth| poll tax a Chinaman was no better But Mr. Harding may be Included and the confederacy. By the year 1 866 than a white man. and there were that would indicate that 15.4 were col lege men. The frnction* grow worse; the total tax per 81000 had increas then hundreds of them working in it looks as though someone were be* ed to 354. of which amount 343 was the county, They had previously re- Ing insulted. Then- Is a further pos the county tax. The property owner fused to pay the poll tax. Dessineer sibility : «ome folks reckon Grover Cleveland as the twenty-second and was relieved from the military tax in swore in some deputies and proceed the twenty-fourth president, This this year, but the poll tax of 84 was ed to the Chinese gangs, The China duality of Mr. Cleveland would make still there. It is worthy of note. ; men attacked them with shovels etc., Mr. Harding the twenty-ninth P reel dent. It's a Mtrange thing that in so however, a.* indicated by Mr. Op-1 whereupon the deputies shot two or Important a matter, men cannot a grec dycke’s delving into the mouldy re-1 three of them—and then the China <ai how many presidents the country cords, that the people ot those days Im« hud. And when one comes to frac men paid tional ¡’residents, the task of the per- had no such luxuries as millage taxes entage gutbcrer proves hopeless.—Mil for educational Institution*, market waukee Journal. roads, no automobile taxes, and no-! where is there evidence of a tax on Merchant sales books at Courier silk hosiery, georgette waists, etc. office. Very little of the real estate wa* JOSEPHINE HOTEL CAFE REDUCED PRICES on Xew Furniture and tres'sCNí Tlli«* \\ eek Mat- E. W. CHILES Come, try our ready-to-serve, a la cart lundi, 12 to 1:30 We will serve a very fine 75c table-de-hote dinner — Time 5:30 to 8 p. m. Spi ( 'ni Sunday IHnn< r £ 1 011 New Sirpment of Silks WE NOW HAVE THE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF SILKS THAN IT VNY OTHER TIME THIS SPRING. CREPE-DE-CHINE, GEORGETTE 4 REPH. SATINS. TAFFETAS, IM- PORTED PONGEE AND TRKO. PRIC ES ATTRACTIVE EVERYTHING IN INMVRANÒE— Dependable companies and r*aa ouabl* rata*. See T. M. Stott. Buick Salesrooms I63tt FOR AAIJB -«Alfalta seed, alalke clover, red clover and blueatem wheat seed at Count's Feed Store 46tf PHONE 3 26-Y for dry wood. Pine $3.35 per tier, fir *3 60. Houser Uro* Box »3. Grant* 1‘as*. Ore 63 FOR SALE—Light truck. 3350. Will accept good farm horse, or set of double harness or both. Call or write Poter Tangen. Rd. 3, 3 mile* we*t of town on Crescent City road. 53 CLEAN UP SALE on Now Furnitur* and mattroMO* account of building repairs. Will sell all of stock at reduced prices at one*. E. W. 53 Chiles. 403 O St. FOR SLKIJC Apples, Inquire at fruit warehouse or cold storage plant EOD63 E. I. GALBRAITH—Real estate, in surance and plate glass liability. 609 H O atreet, phone 38. 40tf FOR SALE 40 acre*, part or all; 30 acres under Irrigation; 15 In cul tivation. House barn, and well*. Seo owner. Ernest J. Smith, Jer ome Prairie. Rd. 4, Box S6-A. Grants Pass MWS WANTED—Housekeeper to cook and keep dining room und kitchen only. No laundry. Call at Mrs I Swoape's dressmaking parlors across the hall from opera houae 54 FOR SALE—-On* new stovo-range. used one mouth, also two bed steads, kitchen table and chairs Phone 341-J 54 FOR AAdsE t»l< TRADE Ranch on I Applegate, 5 acres in grapes, 2 In Will I l>ea hes, house and barn, consider automobile In trade See I 54 I 'Mitch” at Murphy. — NEW TODAY—I’urv «ilk flu** tunt- trcwMx, «anitary <*>t | mm I*, l»by lied, good a* new. l*»t* of 2nd tinnii be*!«, chairs, stove*, etc. Remington stand ard typewriter, *20. 1 drop sewing machine left. < »uk book cano and writing desk, $2N. Comfort* anil blanket* at lower price*. Phone 71. T. C. BOOTH. JI ST THE THING FOR MOTHERS DVV HI ItPRlHE SELECT ONE NOU VI The Music & Photo House Granta Pa**, Ore. Stanton Rowell. Proprietor MORA PUMPS THE WORLD’S GREATEST PUMP A POSITIVE DELIVERY, SLOW SPEED PIMP FOR IRRIGATION MINING AND MARINE HERV'H E MORE WATER WITH LESS POW ER Means More Money to You SIMPLICITY, CAPACITY, ECONOMY AND DI RAIIILiTY COMBINED Pacific Mora Pump Sales Company Oil <■ ST., GRANTS PAM, OREGON Write for literature and state your requirement* Is It Yours ? I oh «un'l teli—|H-riirt|>s II tot! The mitre «Imre« you have in thè lincrhaii !*•- gion MI,Otiti Bollali, thè moro pro*|>ert« you bave «>f vvin- nlng It Every «Imre you buv hclp« l.tiild an American glori Building. get voi is sii \ i : i > now : ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ AMUSEMENTS ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Kentucky landmarks abound in the1 Charles Mafgne production of the John Fox Jr., novel, 'The Kentuck ians,” a Paramount picture, featur ing Monte Blue, which will be the feature film at the Rivoli theater to day and tomorrow. Many of the scenes were made in i and around Big Stone Gap. Va . which has gone down in history a* the home of John Fox Jr. Several hundred mountaineers ^ith a motley collection of old-time guns and clothes took part in the feud scene*. | witnessing the filming of motion pic tures for the first time In their live.* Monte Blue. In the role of Boone Stallard, a mountaineer who goes to I the legislature to emancipate his peo ple, does some of the best work of hi* career. Others In the cast in clude Diana Allen, as leading wom an, Frank Joyner. Wilfred Lytell and John Miltern. What the Public Wants. Theatrical Manager— Well! What do you want? Playwright—Sir, I’ve written a play. “Everybody's doing that. Get out!" "It bn* a bathtub In It—” "Yes? Have a chair.” "And a bedroom—” "Here's a cigar.” “And a young girl and a minister.” "Have a couple of cigar*." "In the third act—the big one— the minister I* stricken with remorse." “With what?" "With remorse. He regrets hl* weakness.“ “Sorry, young mnn, bnt that kind of play doesn't go. I'm busy." “I forgot to tell you that the min later Is already married to another woman." "Here's all the money I've got for advance royalty.”—Life. We still have some very good Seed Barley and Wheat ALSO OATS AND RYE HANSEN AND BEARDLESS BARLEY Bluestem, Marquis and Early Baart Wheat. JOSEPHINE COUNTY FLOUR MILLS Phone 123 Cor. 3rd and G Sts. Consider This If you deal with u* you Ret prompt «ervice, fair treat ment, and bent of nil we sell car* that are manufactured by the strongest companfe* In the industry. W. S. Maxwell & Co. TIRES ACCESSORIES PARTS COMPLEXION is muddy. You look hag- 1 and yellow. Your eyes are losing their rc. The trouble is with your liver. Take rlain’s Stomach and Li ver Tablets. They Tect that. Then avoid meats, hot bread cakes, take frequent baths and a long walk iy, and y .’ will soon be a.3 well and as I as ever. Price 25 cents per bottle. .Man ma , __ u 4-
