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Grants Pass GREETINGS ARE PRESENTED Midnight Hprrs-li Mieli- to Hludciils nt Washington Xiitniiil Hcliool In I.astern Washington ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ I’vlumblu (Tty. July 3 il N 8.1— I'mler gome circum stances relatives come In han- dy3 the case of (’buries Murker *«*«*tn* Io Indicate Murker uud family left her«« recently by Uiltomoblle for ,in dependence, Oregon. They planned Io stop each night with relatives en route until they passed Yellowstone I'urk. Wyu- tiling, The longest distance be tween atops was to be 12 5 miles. Wheeling, W. Va., July 3. II. N St Boys walking along a street here thought they smulleil gas. Dis regarding th«« advertisement based upon the theme "Your nose know»,’’ the lad* «truck match«*«. Fumes from a natural gas main Ignited. The en suing explosion ripped up the main. REPLIES HELD ENGLAND IS NOT SATISFIED IhMir» X'«H i los,si |o Further Ills, us. siotis. However, l>> Answers Giv en h> Amliassiulors Ixindon, July 3.— (A. P.)—Oral explanations of the French and Bel gian attltud«** toward Germany on the reparations questions were given Mnr«|uls Curzon, British foreign secretary, today by ambassador* for the two countries in re*pon*e to a recent British questionnaire. The conversation between th«* French ambassador and laird Curzon on reparation* was reguriled as un liedl, nt Ion of W nis-iioiis,. Occasion satisfactory. but not a* oloslng the l ’or General <'elidimi ion door to further di*< u**ion*. The British cabinet in tomorrow to con sider the latest viewpoints of Franc- Elsewhere III thia Issue Is an Invi and Belgium. tation to the public opening of the t'ullfornln Oregon Power Company's Brussels, July 3.— (A. P.l—The I new general warehouse In Medford, Belgian answer to the British ques on the evening of Saturday. July 7, tionnaire on the Franco-Belgian re ut 8 30 o'clock. Consumer* unit paration policy has been sent to the frieuds ot the company are cordially Belgian ambassador al Loudon. Invited This mean* that all stock holders. employes uud the public in i> u s general will be wlcouie. Tin* event ITI will take place in th new warehouse located ut 13th uud South Fir \ public Toklo, July 3 — t A. P. i street*, udjacent to the plant of th«* dinner extending over three days Is Medford Ice ft Storage Company. planned to follow the ueliding of the A stage has Iieen erected for the Prince Regent and Princess Nagako. occasion, and a number of vaudeville which is to take place In the tall. acta have Iieen arranged for. among Three thousand government officials, which will be tne following Muni- the diplomatic corps, the foreign co-- cal skit. Ed Andrews a Company; ony and many others are to be Invit magic, Jay Gore, dancing number. ed. The Empress, the Prince Regent I Miss Rubenstein A Miss Brandon; Princess Nagako. who then wifi be Vocal trio. Mr. Todd. Mr. Lamb and the crown princess, and other mem Meacham. Oregon, July 3. (A. Mr Sherwood; "classical stuff.'• BII- ' bers of the royal family will al tend P. I President Hurtling stopped here at statiMi times. today on his western trip to pay ly Fenton. homage to the memory of the sturdy Following this short entertaln- X ITIOXAI. IIAXKS MIST pioneers who founded Oregon and ment, Fifer's Syncopators will fur- REPORT OX COXIHTIOX saved to the nation the great north iiish music for dunclug. it la ex Washington. July 3.— (A. P.l — wist. pected that at least 200 couples can The controller of the currency today Speaking at the exercises com- be accommodated on the main and called for the condition of all na building tional bunks at the close of business memorattlng the eightieth anniver mezzanine floors of the sary of the blazing of the Oregon Light refreshments will be served I on June .In. Trail, the Executive declared the during the evening. American people owe to those plon- XO t ot HIER TOMORROW The California Oregon Power ♦ ver« a debt of gratitude whlch they ♦ Company has constructed this build never can repay. Their victory, he There will be no Issue of ♦ ♦ ing. approximately 200x50 feet, in asserted, proclaimed the strength of ♦ the Courier tomorrow, July 4, ♦ order to centralize their supplies and resolute purpose to do for themselves ♦ in order that the employes may ♦ to conveniently house equipment to not asking the government to do. ♦ celebrate at the various places ♦ be used on the entire system, ex but for government only to sanction ♦ In Southern Oregon. The final ♦ tending north from Delta. California, ♦ fight returns from Shelby will ♦ or pormlt. to to Springfield. Oregon. and "We may reasonably do more to Klamath Falls on the east. In the ♦ be posted in the Courier win ♦ ♦ day,” ho said, "than rejoice In pos front of the building will be the inf ♦ dow at the end of the battle. session of the Imperial domain which flees of the purchasing department, ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ they revealed, and the life they made the superintendent of power houses, possible to the vcrlle aspiring and and the locnl division superinten confident Northwest. I find new as- dent. The cost of construction was In the neighborhood of $25.000. (Continued on Page Three) Meacham, July 3 —(A. I'.) — President slid Mr*. Harding went back today to the day* of Oregon's pioneer* Arriving ut 9 o'clock they entered wholeheartedly Into th«* old Oregon Trail celobratlon. which attracted thousand* of people from Oregon and nearby state* Horse - men wearing cavalry uniform* of the Civil War day* met th«* special train u mile from the station uud galloped uloiigald«* until the train stopped. Then th« cowboys and cowgirl* pre sented their greeting* Meacham 1» gaily decoruted. Th«* president saw an Indian vlllaxi* dose by and a prairie wagon. The announcement was made that the president would leave aliout mldnfternoon to visit Pendleton. He may play a round of gulf lit Pendle ton. 11« will speak from the rear platform of th«* train. At Cheney, Wash . the president made his first ad midnight speech of the trip, dressing the »Indents of the Ws«b- He Ington stale normal college, suld too much re*pon*il«lllty that liolong* In the home 1* now placed upon th«* school teachers and urged that the teacher* meet the respon slhillty and develop the moral char acter of the young which Is neces sary If th» nation I* to fulfill Iti destiny. 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ COPCO ISSUES INVITATION practical method of this sort can be perfected, the result may be to revo lutionize the entire lumber industry. Aside from utilizing the present groat waste in converting trees Into usablo lumber, they say. it presents a solution to the manufacturer's Although none of the product has problem of finding sufficient mater- been marketed, oflflclals of the Na lai in the country's rapidly diniln- tional Lumber Manufacturers asso ishing timber resources. ciation declare that tests already From the time the standing tree is made of a synthetic composition pro turned by the sawmill Into plank» duced by Mennesota lumbtvr Interests and boards and applied In construc show it possesses many qualities mak tion, from <i to 85 per cent has been ing It availjble for structural pur- wasted. This Includes stumps, chips, jmses. bark and branches, plank and log The experiments are bused on trimmings and a huge amount of saw somewhat the same principle as that dust. The new method will use all employed In the manufacture ot pa of this. per from wood pulp. Un the process Already $750,000 have been spent not only the trunks anil branches of | In experimental work in this direc young trees, but the leaves and small tion by the Weyerhaeuser lumber In er parts as well are ground up and terests in Minnesota. Their experi mixed with other substances, virtual ments are said to have been under ly eliminating waste. The resulting taken largely because one of the compound Is capable of being mould chief obstacles encountered by hint ed Into sizes and shapes of almost her manufacturers Is the competition any description needed In building. of paper manufacturer», who can Oiflclals ot the Lumber Manufac use young trees unsuitable for him- turers association declare that it a her purposes. WHOLE M MUER 3231 MEASUREMENTS GIVEN OF SHELBY FIGHTERS RELATIVES ARE HANDY ON AUTOMOBILE JUNKET I Oregon Caves JOHEI’JIINE (Ol'NTÏ. OKI VOL. Mil., Xu. 211. DEBT IS OWED Gateway to ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ DEMPSEY GII'lUlXS <l feet I In. II fCl-t ill. tNH potimi» IK I pound* 73 I urti«** 7 I Im he* 17 ini lie» 17 Imli«-« II Imlic* i lu»»t (nor) It ln> he* 11 Ini lie* cfli-Mt (i\|.) 11.5 J m lu-s ilili-* I 32.5 III, lies in<l«e* 15 iaelii-N liicepk Im I m ** tuche* 12.5 1 III he* forcami Mt« ini lie* Im lies wrt«t 22 Inches thigh 22.5 inches 15 im ites <air I 1.5 Inches 11.5 inches 1* inities ankle 2S years 29 jenes agi* ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦ SOILS EXPERT ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ W. U POWERS, OF Tl RAL COLLEGE, ♦ FOR FARM TOI ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ PARTY ON TRIP ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ >♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Paris, July 3.— (A. P.)— The international conference of wine producing countries of Europe, at its closing session in this city, adopted resolutions setting forth the necessity of replying in kind to the propa ganda of the prohibitionists, and drew up a set of rules to guide wine growing countries to uniform art ion in this re- gard. KEARNH AOK FES TO WAIT Foil LAST PART OF GlARAXTEE FROM REt El ITS FIGHT HAD BEEN CALLED OFF HELD THURSDAY, SATURDAY New Haven, Conn., July 3.—(I. N. Mexico (Tty. July 3. (A T. I • The Joan d’Arc of the Mexican revo- ' lution. Ramona Flores, Is «lead from the effect* <>f a wound «he r«—eived during one of the battles in which she was engaged against the troops of Victoriano Huerta in 1913, Known popularly as ‘‘I-a Coronel ía." Ramona first saw active service in the ranks of General Juan Carras- ' co. She was born in Sinaloa about 40 years ago. and was a striking ex ample of Mexican Indian beauty 'Dur ing the last three years she was a patient in a local sanitarium, the físi eral government meeting the cos t of her medical treatment. Grants Pas», Illinois and Deer Crock Dempsey'» Manager to Take Care of 8.)—Farmers of New «Haven County Finances Until lasst Hundred District* Will B«- Visited Dur ■ figure on new Winter suits and over Thousand Raised ing Excursion coat* of the best this year, having just concentrated 48,001) pounds of raw wool at six railroad point* where it is being packed for shipment to six different mill* to be woven into cloth. Sheep raised under direction of the Federal Farm Bureau here furnished the wool and the bureau apaches supervised its transportation, ar ranged for weaving and wUl see that tailors give special rates for making clothes. In addition to providing the new clothes for the family some of the farmers will pay their taxes out of the woolen cloth. Great Falls, July 3.— (A. P.)— Advice has been received that The Jack Dempsey-Tommy Gibbons W. L. Powers, ehief'of the soils de partment at O. A. C., will be on hand fight, suddenly called off last mid for the farmers' tours that will be night, was back on its feet again to held under th» auspices of the ex day. and will lie decided in the big pine liowl tomorrow at Shelby as tension service on Thursday and Sat scheduled. Kearns, the champion's urday in this county. The Thursday manager, at a conference which tour will • start at the courthouse a broke up at 2:35 a. m. agreed tn 9 a. i tn. and the Saturday tour will send Dempsey into the ( ring and start from Selma at 9 a. m.. and will gamble for the final hundred thou cover th,* !>*■ r Creek and Illinois sand dollar installment due on the valley. $300,000 guarantee. A review of the fertilizer trials The promoters have guaranteed and needs of the various Josephine the preliminary expenses, including county soils will be made by Profes the payment of boxers of the pre sor Powers, probably upon the farm liminary bouts, $5,000 to Jimmy of J il, Locatelle, on the Pacific Dougherty, referee, and other Inci highway near the Junction and dental expenses, probably amounting Fruitdale road. Here Mr. Locatelle, in cooperation with the experiment Local Party Has Thrill When Car to $30,000. Kearns is to control the gate receipts until the champion's Officials of \\ estl»oft h I'm tnd-r station, is carrying on trials of var l»r«|»s 200 Feet Arrest by Soldiers hundred thousand is secured. The ious fertilizers to prove their worth gate receipts then revert to the pro in stimulating crop production. Falling over a 200-foot grade with moters. The main event starts at 3 Another feature of the trip, par a yawning abyss hundreds ot feet Dusseldorf. July 3.— (A. P.l— p. m. Mountain time. French troops have occupied West ticularly in the Illinois valley will be deeper staring them in the face, was the opportunity of viewing two trials hofen. arresting the burgomaster, the experience Sunday morning of a station master, postmaster, and of Reed Canary grass. This grass, , party of Grants Pas* people on the rather extensively grown in the Coos i Crescent City road about 12 to 15 other city officials. Bay section for dairy purposes, . miles from Crescent City. The par Berlin. July 3.—(A. P.l—French promises to be one of the best yield- ty was composed of Julia and El win troops have oniip^-d the Wiesba ng grasses yet discovered for the Able. Harold Briggs and R. E. John Amesriian Teacher Must Ris-laiiii Pus* den branch of the Reichesbank. and wetter lands. County Agent Howell son. of this place, and Mrs. Lucile it ion Formerly He|,| have confiscated considerable cash said today. "I observed a trial of this Myers and little son of Corvallis. grass about three weeks ago at Cor says the Fossiche Zeitung. Mr. Johnson was at the wheel San Francisco. July 3.—<1. N. 8.) vallis. on wet ground and it really ; and when the steering knuckle of was making a wonderful showing. It his car broke or gave way. the car —The time has arrived when the PORTEA Ml M IRKETS averaged about seven feet in height, i plunged 200 feet down the bank and classroom teacher should reclaim / and was very leafy, would probably ! lodged against a tree. Some of the some ot the once high status held _ J7.75 & $8.35 Choice st* urs cut three tons or better per acre." occupants remained in the car. while in public affairs in order to dignify ... $8.2'5 «r i $8.50 Hogs prim«' light The route of the Grants Pass tour others were thrown out and landed the position and advance the inter $10.50 @ $11.00 Choice lambs against brush which prevented a ests of public education. Albert R. has not been definitely determined, Medium lambs $9.50 & $10.50 but starting at the courthouse at 9 < drop of hundreds of feet, and one Lang, of Stanford University and for 29c Eggs, select _____ 24c • I a. tn. the caravan of cars will take ‘ jumped. Only minor scratches and merly Superintendent of Schools in Eggs. firsts _____ 24c G 25c the upper river road to the Dimlck bruises were sustained by any of the the Panama Canal Zone, today de Butter, extra cubes_______ 37c & 38c i crowd, which is considered marve clared in addressing the National farm where a field of Hannchen 4 2c Butter, prints ix-ague of Teachers' Associations in 1 barley will be observed. From there lous. $1.10 Wheat. soft white session’here in connection with the the caravan will continue down the $1.10 Wheat. hard white | World Educational Conference and ' upper river road to the Eaton farm, $1.00 Wheat. western red ■the meeting of the National Educa- where another field of certified bar- i tion Association. I ley will be viewed, and a study of Portland. July 3.—-IA. P.I I —Cows "The status to which classroom ' potato diseases made. Mr. Eaton and calves 50 cents lower, steers has some of the Earliest of AU pota- Government Heads Will Inspect Col teachers are entitled by the import steady, hogs slow, lambs steady, ant and strategic position in the pub umbi» Basin Project I toes, which are showing up wonder- sheep steady to 50 cents low er, egg". lic school system has never been ade- I fully well for this earlier variety. Du firm, butter slow. Spokane. July 3.— (A. P.) — As quately recognized." said Protestor | this farm also a cover crop of com- ¡Hogs ranged from 25 to 50 cents ' mon vetch will be observed. From surance that Secretary of the Interior Lang. lower this afternoon. Some select "The influence for proper rocognl- i here the cars will' cross over to the Work. Commissioner of the Reclama- drive-ins at $8 but the best car | tion Bureau D. W. Davis and Chief tion must come from the classroom (Continued on page Two.) loads at $s.50. ' Engineer Weymoath will inspect the teachers themselves and largely I Columbia basin irrigation project through voluntary organizations for about October 1, was given the Col that 'purixise. All classroom teach umbia Basin Irrigation League mem ers need the help and inspiration that such associations can give." bers here by Secretary Work. NARROW ESCAPE EXPERIENCED HIGH STATUS IS ESSENTIAL Washington, July 3. —(A. P ) — Experiments In the making of "arti ficial" lumber are arousing Increas ing interest among government of ficials and leaders In the lumber In dustry. > WINE COUNTRIES WILL COMBAT PROHIBITION Tom, Indianapolis, Ind.. July 3.—(I. N. begin about 7 o'clock tonight, nearly )—Sand, gus and air currents are 24 hours being needed to pour the SO.000 cubic feet of gas into the the trumps of the game. Thirteen monster gas bags are the huge bags. A coal gas with a lifting power of 40 pounds per 1.000 cubic pawns. The vast expanse ot sky over feet will be used, giving the balloons North America is the playing board. a total lifting power of more than a Twenty-six army, navy and civil ton and one-half. At 4 o’clock tomorrow afternoon ian fliers are the players. The honor of representing the part of the sand bags that have been United States in the international mooring one of the balloons to the balloon race in Europe next Fall is earth will be removed, and the in flated sphere, with its pilot and aide, the chief prize. The game starts at the Indianapo will shoot skyward. The other bags lis motor speedway at 4 o'clock to will take off at five-minute intervals. morrow. July 4, and ends—the Pow It is not luck that will win the er that directs the upper air currents national race, fliers declare, r.o much as skill with the sand, gas valves only knows where. Preparations for the event, the Na-, and air currents. At the start the tional Elimination Balloon Race, pilots will shoot their balloons to have been completed. Special mains predetermined levels, where they ex- to carry the inflating gas have been pect to find air currents that will laid to the starting ground. Tests ci c' ’ carry them the greatest possible air currents and atmospheric condt-{ distance, If they find themselves in can tions have been made by Weather an unfavorable current they Bureau experts. An aerial circus to. throw off sand and ascend Into a dif occupy the interest ot the spectators ferent current, or they can release while the racing bags are filling has! gas and descend if the winds nearer I ! the earth are thought more favor been arranged. The inflation of the gallons will able.
