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EVERYTHING IN INSURANCE—
Dependable companies and reas­
onable ratea. See T. M. Stott.
Buick Salesrooms
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FLOWER SHOW JUNE 10
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PHONE S26-Y, Houser Bros., for
wood. Pine $3 tier. 2-tier load;
¡'he committees of the Lidies Au*
fir |S 50.
estat
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in-
iltarr
"f ,h* OranU
Chamber of
I. L'UALB RA ! TH—Rea'
Commerce which have been appoint­
turane» and plate glass liability.
ed to arrange attractions for the
60»H Q street, phon» 28.
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flower show to be held in this city on
A SALESMAN’S
open-
Friday. June 10, have been lining up
Complete line of varieties in well a tentative program tor their events
grown stock. Write for terms to- ind eXj*ect hearty cooperation from
day. Capital City Nursery Co.. the entire community.
426 Oregon Bldg. Salem, Ore.
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Awards for flowers are to be so ar­
JOS MOSS AGENCY—Fire insur- ranged that the smallest growers may
ance. plate glass liabllty, insur- have an equat chance tn competition
with the largest and persons are urg­
ance. 204 H Sixth street.
ed to present their best exhibits,
FANCY CAKES made at home Also ¡even though but one »peel men is
would like work by the hour Ad- available. Awards will _ e made only
dress No. 19<> care of C ourier. S3
amature growers a i l exhibit*
poamouN
I HAVE 40 ACRES, relinquishment, will lie Judged under the following
on Applegate river. 12 acres river classifications:
Section 1
bottom, 20 acres can be irrigated,
Best single rose from the garden
livable house, on Crescent City
(only one from one exhibitor.)
highway. Price $550.
Best 6 roses. separate named va-
riety.
49 acres deeded land. 2 acres
Best 12 roses, separato named va-
bottom, livable house, fine
riety.
tion tor country store. 20
Best 20 Caroline Testout.
tillable. Price H00.
Section B
Best display 6 to 12 white roses.
SO acres. 13 miles out. 15 acres
cieared. 20 acre« more that can be
Best display 6 to 12 pink roses
Best display 6 to 12 yellow roses.
cleared easily, good water right
free. 2 houses, fine stock range
Best displav 6 to 12 red roses.
Section C
Price 1900.
Basket of roses, not less than 12
in lots at bar- blooms, one or more varieties.
If you want close ______
For amateurs who have never won
If you
gain prices, S ee me .
want a fine home for 60 per cent a prize: best 3 roses, one variety or,
of cost, I have it. E. T. McKin- mixed
Best 6 roses, one variety or mixed.1
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*trv, 603 G St.
Best display of sweet peas.
FOR SA1JS CHEAP for a quick turn
Each exhibitor Is requested to ar­
over—A 4-room and sleeping porch
range his or her own display and to
bungalow with a General Electric
bring the necessary vases
range. $850. See Grants Pass
Electric Co.
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Miss Uster Association Officer—
FOR RENT—Small cottage. June 1st.
The fjrst annua! convention of the
Inquire at Peerless Clothing store.
Oregon high school press association
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was held at the University of Oregon
WANTED by lady and son—Two re­ yesterday with 42 delegates present..
spectable gentlemen to board and Miss Helen Lister, of Grants Pass,
room, with home privileges Rates was elected secretary-treaurer of the
reasonable. Phone 291-L.
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FOR SALE—co acres unimproved of the speakers at the association
on Jones creek. 80 acres unim­ meeting.
proved in Fruitdale.
14 acres
cleared and fenced in Fruitdale
Extraordinary Tim» Keeping.
160 acres 5 miles out on Crescent
Methods of reckoning time have al
City road above ditch, unimproved
And H interest
in Bronson ways been a source of trouble to sci­
addition on Tenth street.
Must entists. The first standard was the
lunar month—that is. the period of
be sold, Make me an offer on all about ¡Si’s days between one new moon
or part. E. L. Churchill, trustee. and the next. Twelve of these months
Phone 268-J.
86 seemed to correspond to the four sea­
FOR SALE—My home, 1026 Lawn­ sons, and so the year was fixed at
ridge Ave. Davenport addition on 354 days. They soon found that they
were getting badly mixed, that the
Tenth street. Also several 10. 20
seasons did not correspond to the
and 40-acre tracts. Some under months; in the course of 10 years
irrigation and some not. If yon they were more thun three month*
are looking for a snap, see E. 1,. wrong. The Jews and Greeks stuck
Churchill, owner. Phone 268-J. 86 in another month now and then. They
LIST YOUR STOCK—Boswell Vin­ added seven months In 19 years and
managed to keep a clumsy track of
ing stock bought and sold. Give time.
price and amount you wish to sell
or buy. Geo. S. Barton. Grants
Trophies of the Chase.
Pass, Ore.
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Motorson—Was that guy we hit
WANTED—More milk customers for hurt badly?
Speedup—I dunno. I Just got out
morning delivery at 10c a quart.
to cut a button off his coat to put in
A. Alberts. Rd. 1. on Sixth street
my collection of trophies.
north of town just outside city
limits.
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Neither It Satisfied.
BEST OFFER before June 1st takes
Tell a woman she looks like____
some
Stutz Bulldog touring car,
tine other woman and the chances are you
condition, wire wheels, cord tires. make two women mad, the one you
Phone 282-J.
89 say It to and the one you say It about.
—Boston Transcript.
NEW TODAY—-Lady's oak writing
desk. Bedroom set. Oak extension
Old Story to Him.
table, n slightly used dining chairs.
Jud Tunkius says that when he wa->
Oak center table. One B-hole steel a boy the old folks were always
say-
range, first class condition. One $1 I Ing the fashions were scandalous
just
mattress used one month, 80.50. Lota the same as they do now.
of other bargains. Phone 71. T. <_'•
Booth.
Typewriting paper—Courier office
TOMORROW!
AND I HUI1 II'ISDAY
NO RISE
IN PRKES
LOIS WEBBER’S fancinating and lavish
romance—filled with the glamour of lovely
gowns and beautiful women.
A Melodrama A Thrilling Spectacle
All in One Supreme Production
“TO
I’VE GOT THE BLUES ”
Well Here’s a
"Electra Platt, of the Stone-Platt-Bragers Trio, gave a per­
formance that sent the blues traveling into the unknown.
Miss
Platt is some entertainer all by herself and frequently the audience
had to virtually hold its sides—tn other words, she got right under
your ribs. If you had the blues before you went there, they took
wings and flew afterwards. She Is a great comedienne and a real
funny girl.
"Vernon Stone made another smashing hit both with his banjo
and one-string fiddle made of a Cigar box. With the violin he is an
artist, and he also played saxophone accompaniments to
Miss
..... ...... Platt’s vocal numbers.
‘‘Achille Bragers. the third member of this unusual company,
created keen interest with a most beautiful piano accordion. We are
told that thia la the largest and finest instrument of Its kind ever
built. Mr. Bragers also sang French and Belgian songs, accom­
panying himself on the accordion."
Grants Pass Chautauqua
27th
June 1st
SEASON TICKETS—Adulta »2.50, Studente »1J5O, Children 91.00
WOMAN”
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A Story of Real Life in a Real Town—A Story
That Reflects Every Aspect of American Life
Interpreted by a Cast You Never Heard of—
But a Story You 11 Never Forget.
IT’S A
PARAMOUNT
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WHERE HUSTLE IS UNKNOWN
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SUCCESS MOUA pl MP VERIFIED
BY GOVERNMENT M XX
Mallorca Justly Entitled to the Ap­
While demonstrating at Klamath
pellation Given to It, "Island
Falls recently a government
man
of Calm."
who has charge of the reclamation
Mi.ilorcu, a tiny speck of an Island work witnessed the Mora Pump In
In the Mediterranean, is a land of operation and was greatly surprised
peace und ease. A great painter and at Its performance. He stated: “It’s
writer who visited the island, has the greatest pump In the world.”
At Marysville, Calif., a couple of
christened It ‘"The Island of Calm,”
because there everyone moves, rests, days ago the manager of the Hamp­
talks, walks and conducts his court­ ton Hardware Co., who has two men
ships as If the day had 48 hours, the out all the time attending to sales
mile about 16,000 feet, and the span of pumps In that district, after see­
of human life 700 years, so little haste ing the pump demonstrated, declur
do they make In living and enjoying
life. These people who take life so ed :
“It looks like you were defying the
leisurely, are not lazy, shiftless or un­
pleasant In personal appearance or laws of gravitation. It beats anything
manner. They are Intelligent, honest, I ever saw.” He wanted the demon­
capable of work, sober and econom­ strating crew to stay another day
ical. These characteristics, preserved till he could get his men In to see It
throughout centuries of uninterrupted and wants the agency In his locality.
peace and tranquility, have made
The Mora Pump’s efficiency Is
them peaceable, trusting and liotne- double the efficiency of other pumps
loving.
The men are of medium
on low heads. Therefore It Is econo-
height, strong and agile.
so saves
And ns for the women, they poe­ my. It la always primed,
tess the same lovely skin as the time. No irrlgatlonist can do with-
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women of North America, features as out one.
if scluptured 4>y Phidias or Prnxlfelos,
and they walk like goddesses. But 8anq Bab»* to Sleep Then Slew Them.
they know nothing of the "Joy of liv­
Chicopee Muss After singing her
ing.” due partially to ancestral Arabic j wo children to sleep Mrs. John Wewl-
Influences and to tlie fact that their orskl. twenty Six years old of Chico- I
Island hns for so long been under pee. Mass., took an ax and beat their
strict religious repression.
heads as they slept One died soon
afterward and the other I* not expect­
Office stationery, all weights and ed to live. The woman made an tin- I
grades of paper—Courier office.
■uccesaful attempt to kill heraelf.
Three C’s Lumber Company
CARRY a complete line of lumber, nil grades,
Lath, Shingles, Doni’s, Windows, Wallboard, etc.
WE MAKE all kinds of Cabinet Work, Screen
Doors, Window Screens, Cupboard Doors, etc.
ESTIMATES ON REQUEST
Fol NDICY AND WEST G
(Continued from Pax« One)
machlne. I thought there must have
Iwen an epidemic of losing rear li­
cense plates, until I inquired the rea­
son. In Koy West the automoblllsts
never lock their machines for there
Is no possibility of machines being
stolen and driven off the Island Key
West 1 r about six miles long and
contains about 10 square miles.
GRANTS I'ASH, OREGON
are first chuis citizens, In fact, the
champion potato rnlsor of Alabama
is a Negro, but there are any number
of big, fat. lazy niggers, whose whole
alm and ambition la to sleep and eat.
Fresh milk and sweet cream are
apparently novelties in some sections
of the south, for on one of tlio dining
cars the waiter brought In with our
coffee a small can of condensed
cream
Two holes were punched In
the top of tho can. Condensed cream
was served at more than one hotel,
occasionally in the original can. At
no less than three high priced hotels
I was brought up to call a colored wer we served with sour milk or
man a Negro, and to believe him to cream with coffee.
be every bit as good a citizen as any
Long runs a specialty in the
man. On this trip I saw Negroes and
niggers and I can now say "nigger" Courier merchant printing depart-
without hesitation. Home of them meat.
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