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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1921)
MATUIUtAY. APRIL SA, ItMI. 1 " 1 ■■■■—■ ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES REDUCED We are overstocked on Electric Appliances and must make room, as we are crowded for space and also must raise money to meet our bills, so will cut prices below cost. We have bought up a bankrupt stock of Standard Appliances and so will be able to make prices that will astonish you. Crystal Electric Washing Machines The Rutenber Electric Ranges that formerly sold for $ KM» < 'ash and $176 on time now sells for $130.00 Cash, $140.00 on time. Also carry afire year guarantee. that formerly sold for $225.00 now sell for______ __ _________ $175.00 These ranges come either in the open or enclosed type elements and are alisolutely guaranteed and one year’s free service with each range. They take standard elements that are interchangeable with other standard makes of ranges. These ranges have 4 top cooking plates, both top and bottom oven elements. The Regina Electric Vacuum Cleaner that formerly sold for $«M) cash. $62.50 on time, now sells for $40.00 Cash ami $45.00 on time. If in need of a Vacuum <’leaner, this is the best opportunity you will ever have. Revolving brush cleaner, but not |x>wer driver. Absolutely guar anteed. The Acorn Electric Range that lists for $135 will sell for_____________________________ $90.00 Two top plates and top and bottom oven elements for broiling and baking. 'Die elements used on this range are General Electric, same as used on the Edison Range which sells for $253.00. Hotpoint Rotary Electric Sewing Machine Electrical Fixtures House Wiring All st vics <»f Chains, Shower Fixtures in any finish, also all indirect and semi-indirect fixtures have taken a 20 per cent drop. Our prices include installation. We wish to call your attention to a big drop in all materials used and will be glad to figure with you. I These Prices on Appliances Will Only Last Until Present Stock is Sold » GRANTS PASS ELECTRIC Next Door to Water Office Phone 350-R Harry S. Clapp, Electrician Orlando Glick, He Is So Quick in:» i’<‘p*n.h-ni .'uppIlM the American l.e«ion NA»« Service ) by ONE OF LEGION’S FOUNDERS Walter H. A. Coleman, Adjutant Lon- don Post, No. 1, Organized Body In British Capital. Although he Is thousands of inlle* from National Headquartera, Walter , The children of the imine and vocational school nt Mouftvhviirt, III., gather round Orlando A. Glick, who peels potatoes for IMMi every day. It's fun to watch him, he Is so clever nt It. Ile Ims peeled nine tons In the last four months nnd claims the championship of tlqj world. * Quality Goes ClearThroutfi THE ECONOMY CAR I F. M. Dosier and M. C. Moran appreciated a BARGAIN—each bought a Dort after having owned THREE other Cars. Do you know a Bargain? If Not, Don’t See Me. PARSONS 208 North Sixth Street tabllshed In chnrge of a Legion mem ber, who devotes his full time fo IL Both job applicants and employers seeking men are listed in a card In dex. according to their abilities nnd needs. When a man applies at the Legion headquarters for a job, he Is required to till out a blank giving the follow ing Information: Name, address, place of birth, married or single; If he Is an ex-service uiau, If he has ile- pendents. special training and schools attended, with the extent of the edu cation gained. Trade test questions are: “Can you fVenk any foreign language “Do you understand card-index system“Can you o[>erate a switchboard;" “Can yon use a typewriter efficiently;" “Are you good at figures;" “Can you run an automobile or truck.” Trades Included in the list of job applicants for one day were electric ian. druggist, salesman, accounting clerk, bookkeeper, daughtsman. insur ance salesman, machinist and mat tress maker. When the job seeker has filed his application. Ift> Is given a card to show that he has registered with the Le gion bureau. When he Is sent to an employer In response to a call, he Is given a card of Introduction stating that he Is sent by the Legion bureau. His original application, together with the secretary’s Indorsement or esti mate of the man. Is forwarded to the prospective employer. By arrangement with the negro post of the Legion, the employment bureau Is able to answer calls for negro la bor. applicants for work being listed with the negro secretary. The work of the employment bureau Is supported by funds available In the Legion treasury from a post show given last year. Another entertain ment will be given soon to raise money for further «iteration of the bureau. II. A. Coleman. ad jutant of London Post No. 1 of the American Legion, lx In close touch with the entlra Legion program. Mr. Coleman was one of the found ers of the Legion at Its tirat caucus In Paris and ot\ ganized the post in the British chp- Ital. Born In I’hlla- delphla. I’a., Mr. Coleman wns edu- cated In private schools In that city nnd In New York. During his business experience In various departments of the Pennsylvania railroad, he lived In Philadelphia, New York City, Albany, N. Y„ Imllaimpolls, Ind., and Bethle hem, Pa. During the war Mr. Coleman served In the American Destroyer Flotilla, which had Its base at Queenstown, Ire land. Since the war he has been con nected with the United States Embassy Th* Rul* In Texas. In London. Maybe you also have noticed that London Post of the Legion took a lending part In decorating the graves when a woman Is raising seven chll of American soldiers burled In England dren her favorite dog Is a dead one.— Dallas News. Memorial Day, WJli. HAS HUSTLING LABOR BUREAU Nashville, Tenn., Poet Tacklee Hard Problem and Makee Most Effi cient Showing. / In accordance with the genero! ac- tlvity of American Legion posts lu meat Ing the unemployment crisis a* It affects the ex service man. Nash ville, Tenn., Post has tackled the sit uation with a considerable degree of Argonne enthusiasm. An employment bureau has beeri vs- Soap and Candle* of Human Fat Among soap anomalies may be men tioned human fat toilet soap, known over continental Europe the past cen tury or more and Indicated by some medico* a< n superior emollient. This sounds callous, but the art of soap making Is not particularly noted for tine sentiment. The fnt stock was ob tained from cndavers of hospital and morgue derelicts and tried out like any other fat. Candies for special purposes have also been made from human fat.—Scientific American. Grants Pass, Oregon STARTINO & LlGHTlNG' Simare fàallezy What about, “Reinforcements”? HERE was once a Crest Indian-Fighter. He led his Brave Band against Unsuspected Odds. And History Record« the Unequal Strugg|e that might havq. Ended Differently —if only Reinforcements Had Been Provided! T There are motorists who likewise go into aetlon with a battery of no reserve power. It wage* the unequal battle against frequent starts and the steady drain of lights at night. And some day an unresponsive starter records the plight of that battery—and its owner. The Prest-OLite Battery uses less than one four- hundredth of its power-reserve for ■ tingle start -and th* generator quickly replaces that. Adams* Electric & Battery Shop South Sixth Street Grants Pass, Ore. Give That Car a Square Deal lotting her top, cushions and paint go to rack and min will put her in the wrap heap an quickly M neglecting the engine work wiU. Better conte in anti talk it over with The AUTOCRAFT WORKS F Mreet, between Third and Fourth, opiawite lloundhouwe
