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GRANTS P. PAGB TWO HATURDAY, JULY U. IUJi. GAILY COVRI K R i Do You Know LIBERTY’S DEADLINE That (irauts Pax« has a combination I ho irie lighting «'talking rate, pertind to nom- in the I nltcd Males? , » That w* have over sis hundred user« on our «yatnu? »atI.fled Electric Thai YOU ran get away from Uw «Macomforta kill lien by installing an Electric rattan? ,L<*C ' OF APRIL THC M I H'’> T C MEN STAND YOUR GROUND Th»« wr tu«tr •even Ilyiiro-FJortrl)' Power (danta uix-totl w hielt Insures an alnandame of power? DONT TIRE UNLESS FIRED UPON \ >8UT ,F THEV MEAN TO HAV.Ç A WAR LET IT. BEGIN HERE*?* Officers workmen employed In the different de partments. in addition to a complete list of all the vessels used by tha army, with their masters' names, ton nage. and the use to which each was put. These shipping lists do not Include the regular ships of the line in the navy, but the boats actively contrib uting to the maintenance of the army Include over 60 craft, from small horse and provision boats to several armed brigs and sloops and the prison ship Falmouth. That those In charge of the gov ernment pursestrings had manipulated the expenditures for personal gam Is a matter of history, and grafting, to use no harsher term. In the quarter masters, commissary's and barrack j master’s departments, bad been preva lent from the very day that the Brit ish set foot upon Manhattan Island. Thomas Jones, who was judge of l the New York Supreme court before ' the Revolution, and who suffered from {both sides during the war. although an ardent loyalist, criticizes the flnan- j rial management of the British army severely In his "History of New York ; During the Revolution." He does not I mince matters In describing the pecu- I latlons of the quartermaster generals In New York under Howe and Clinton and the wealth they carried back to England. A valuable contribution to the New York records of the Revolutionary war appears in the latest volume of the collections of the New York His torical society. It contains the hith erto unpublished records of an Inves tigation into the great Increase in war expenditures Incurred by the British army In New York city from May, 1778, when Sir Henry Clinton succeed ed Gen. William Howe in command. The vouchers of the quartermaster s, commissary's, and other departments showed that from May 26. 1778, to December 31. 1780. the expense of maintaining the army had exceeded by over £2,000.000 the expense under Gen eral Howe's command from December 31. 1775, to May 16, 1778, a period of two months’ shorter duration. The expense m<ler General Howe I was £1,070.412; under General CTln- ton £3.278.429. Rating the pound at 32.50, which was then Its currency value, the Increase represents about $5,500.00“. The original volume Is in manu- Mtript, in one handwriting, containing copies of all the papers and letters submitted to the board of general of ficers appointed by General Clinton on Augugst 7. 1781, to inquire Into the expense accounts. It Is evidently the copy prepared for Clinton himself. The original letters, if In existence, are probably buried In the British army records. The volume was dis covered in London by an old book dealer several years ago, and was pur- r based by a former president of the New York Historical society for pre sentation to Its library. The documents cover the [leriod from August to December, 1781. In contrast to the miserable results that the British army could show to the home office, this great expenditure had alarmed the commissioners of his majesty « treasury, and Clinton’s commissioner of accounts. Major Drummond, admits in one of his let ters having been requested from Lon- •lon to curtail all Improper charges, as an examination into the extraor dinary expenditures for the American war was under consideration. For the British the period covered by the Investigation In New York wax the most depressing of the war. Andre had been executed In the fall of the preceding year. The Carolinas, through the brilliant campaigns of General Greene, had been recovered to the American cause. Cornwall!« had succeeded in getting himself trapped nt Yorktown, and on October 19, 1781, Ills urmy surrendered to Washington. No mention of this event, which took place during the Investigation, is made, but among the list of British officers In New York appears the name of Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold. He Is mentioned two or three times In the list enumerating the number of horses nnd wagons detailed to the officers and regiments of the army. These detailed lists enhance the lo cal Interests of the volume, as they give an accurate recon! of the num ber of men. women and children In the British and Hessian regiments, the muster roll of all the assistants, drivers, carp« titers, ardfleers, and other iatercon- to explain the advantages of Electricity in a modem home Just rail 1OH-J anil our repwwraitaUvrs will rail on you. ; The California Oregon Power Company Phone 108-J Oh, »ay, can yon ana, by the dawn's aarly light. What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gloaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars, thro' the perilous fight. O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And tha rochets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air. Gave proof thro’ the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled ban ner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? And whore are the foes that so vault- iagly swore That the havoc of war and the bat tle's confusion A home and country should leave us no more? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling end slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the gravoi And the star-spangled banner in tri umph doth wave O’er the land of the free and the homo of the brave. On tbv »kora dimly •sen thro* the mists of the doop, Wharo the foa's haughty hoal io draad silauco raposas. What is that which tha braaxa, a’ar the lowering staap, Aa it fitfully blows, half conceal», half diadoaoe? Now it catches tha gleam of the morning’s first beam, la full glory reflected, now ahinoa en the streami 'Tie the star-spangled baaaeri oh. long may it wave O’er the land of the free and tho home of the brave! Oh. thus be it «ver when frw«HH»a •hall stand Between their loved homes and tho war’s desolation« Blest with victory and peace, may tho heaven rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer wo must, when o«ar cause it is just, this bo our motto—“In God Is our trust I” the star-spangled banner in tri umph shall wave the land of tho free and tho home of tho brave. Remembered Whether you have been there or are planning to go. here's a story of Val There are three or four contem ley Eorge you will want to remember. porary accounts of the first puhlie I give It 1« It was told by a writer In reading of tbe Declaration of Inde Our Dumb Animals: pendence. none of them very full of The Incident 1 am about to relate oc particulars and all of them lacking curred In 1824. during Iaifayette's last in agreement on some points. One visit to this country. Forty years had of the best accounts Is that of Chris passed since his promise to Washing topher Marshall, who was a member ton to return a« his guest. He was of the committee on safety and who now nearly 70 years old. but his heart was in an official position in Phila heat a« warmly for his adopted coun delphia. This brief record of that try as In those earlier days when he historic occasion will be found In his had fought for its liberties. "Remembrancer.” He writes : "Warm A brilliant reception was under way sunshln.v morning. At eleven went A slowly moving line of stately guests and met the committee of inspection passed by Lafayette, who greeted each at the Philosophical hall; went there with courtly grace. Presently there ap In a body to the lodge; Joined the proached an old soldier, clad In a worn committee of safety (as called); went Continental uniform, In his hand was in a body to the state house yard, an ancient musket, and across hl» where In the presence of a great con shoulder was thrown a amali blanket, course of people the Declaration of a blanket. Independence was reed by John or rather a’ piece of On reaching the marquis the vet Nixon. The company declared their approbation by three repeated huzzas. eran drew himself up In the stiff fnsh- The king's arms were takwi down In lon of the old-time drill and gave the the courtroom, state house, at the military salute. As Lafayette made same time. . . . This day the the returti signal, tears started to eight memtej-s for this county to sene his eyes. The tattered uniform, the In convention were elected very quiet ancient flintlock, the silver-haired sol ly at the state house. Fine, starlight, dier, even older than himself, recalled ringing bells, with other great demon the dear past. "Do you know me?” asked the sol strations of joy upon the umif! mlty dier. and agreement of the Declaration.” "No, I cannot say that 1 do,” was the frank reply. "Do you remeinlier the frosts and snows of Valley Forge?” The Nation’s Day. “I shall never forget them,” an- ’Tit the day when the grandest swerd Lafayette. proclaiming was made “«me bitter night, general, you were Which ever this world did going the rounds at Valley Forge. Yoq awaken came upon a sentry In thin clothing To the right and the might of nnd without stockings. He was slowly humanity's self. freezing to death. You took his gun, That fate from long years saying: ‘Go to my tout. There you will had forsaken. And stockings, a blanket and a fire. Then on this Liberty’s After warming yourself bring the birthday, resolve blanket to me. Meanwhile J will keep That na’ar from its birth guard.' right we'll sever, "The «old I er obeyed. When he re But stand by the natlbn, the turned to Jila poat, you, General La- fayette, cut the blanket In two. On e- freest on earth half you kept; the other you present And its star-spsngled ban ed to the sentry. Here, general, Is one- ner forever! half of that blanket, for I am the seu- —Baltimore Americen. I try whose life you saved.” 623 G Street, Grants Pass There U «onielMng h I hhii Ihn Hupmobile that giirw you a different feeling—A feeling of Katiafaillon anti ln<let>e.idcncr < omfort, Economy, Endurance and High Value after »«vira of »er»Ice are known farla alioul the Hupmo. Mie. DonC grumble, lie safe and Inviwt in the old reliable Hup— IJlu-ral Term«. Smith’s Garage II VENNORI EH TELLS OF HISTORIC OCCASION Christopher Marshall’s Account Reading of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. ho« That we have <n|HWlen<nd nqirominuillvaw al YOU II service c**TAM«»hjtgCfl In the spring of 1775 General Gage was informed that the Colonists had deposited a large quantity of munitions of war at Concord, a village some Ifl miles outside of Boston, and he planned a secret expedition to seize them. The alert and wary Colonists heard of his plan, howevsr, and through ths im mortal ride of Paul Rsvere ths whole countryside was alarmed. When Major Pitcairn, with some MX) men, (the advance guard of the British) arrived at Lexington on their way to Concord, they were met on the village green by about seventy determined men under Capt. Jonas Parker. The British ordered them to disperse, and when they refused to do so, flrod upon them, killing eight and wounding a number of others. This began the Revolutionary war. a Thal YOI can have ho« water twenty-four hour* a • lay l>> inalai lilla i«n Electric water heater, At an exceedingly low flat rate? » ‘>75 A- •' 5 of Range Some 140 year» ugo, In what was then the nucleus of the United States, every inan and txiy owned a muaket nnd knew how to uae It. They were skilled In woodcraft, knew their own country and could bring down any game wltMn range with one shot. Yet In all the terrible years of the Revolutionary war It took 250,000 of them to defeat 150.000 Invaders. The British could not shoot as well and neither did they possess the spirit of the American colonist, who was fighting for his home and his convic tions. But they were organized I They were trained I Organization and training, brought over 3,000 miles of sen, kept them go ing In a strange and hostile country where they were greatly outnumbered by the Inhabitants and enabled them to remain there for eight years! Individually, the Colonials were better fighting men thnn the redcoats; collectively, they were not. With 75,000 trained and equipped men—half the British number—Wash ington might have vanquished the in vaders as quickly as their regiments were landed. «liven equal training end equipment with the British, and their spirit an>l knowledge of the coun try and of tnurksmanshlp would have done the rest. At ilk- utmost, It Is unlikely that it would have required more thnn two years. But lllstead Washington had "rag ged Continentals." half starved, loosely organized, and equipped with practi cally only what they could furnish I themselves. Should Bo Commemorated. Independence <lay liven In the hearts of the tieople, rather tljnn In specta cle«. It lx recognized and observed In spirit, whether there are parades or fireworks or pageants of any kind, li requires no noisy demonstration to keep II active as an influence for good citizenship. 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