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About Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1923)
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE VIEWING BODY OF VILLA whirl root, at riti:\< iii hi un rAKMN ioli. u. nils iitmimnix INEXPERIENCED itoi H (IN SWIMMERS Ito» K. Johnson Onl> Other l'rnmt NNItli Exception «»( Simili Girl«. Help of N ii Avuti Tin* Itoituc liter ilnImotl its first »Icll in h of tli«« n w I min ing wiisoii I im I h )' w lion Miss J it I In A lilt* mol Nllwx Edllli IxHoin N<*ulx*rt were tlmwnetl while km I iiiiii I iik hi lite NN lillc Rixk**. Tin* acclili'iil imur- I't'tl n< 2:30 <■*« locli mol, iilthongli help Mils suiiiiiioiiim I nt onct*« at tempts to revive tin* two girls mch ' of no nvull. Til»') got into file wlilrl- | hmi I ni tin- NV lilt<- lti«ki rnplils «ml were tlrnggi'il under l>> I lie suillon. Tin' two Kirin were swimming ut tin* beach with Roy E. John non. Minn Neubert Hwum out too fur unil when sin felt tin- «trong auction »creamed for help. Minn Able, bring th» l>e»t swimmer of the party, started t i go to her a»sixtnn«*e Mr. Johnson, an Inexperienced swimmer, called her buck and tried to take uu Inflated tire to the drowning girl. Mixa Able, meanwhile, hud decided to try to l»< of aaalalunce and was also drawn into the whirl. With the ex ception of u few amall girla, the three were alone and no other as- Hlatiincn Van obtainable. A little girl by the name of Wheeler at tempted to rescue Mlns Neubert tint wan not able to lie of iiaalatunce al though she cauKht hold of the larger girl several times. She waa sucked under with Mixa Neubert aeveral times but finally managed to get buck to shore, ulthough It looked ut times m if xhe, too, might drown. The men working at the rock crusher Just below the A O. ('. bridge rushed to the aaalatance of the girla us soon na they learned of tile accident. Minx Neubert wua pulled from the water ulaiilt 10 min utes lifter xhe went under but Mixa Able remained in the water for a halt hour. Mr. Johnaon phoned from Camp Handy for I>r. Lough- ridge Immedlulely but ull efforts at resuscitation were unavailing. There Is n deep holo at the Willie Itockx, which tire located about a half mile above the city. A whirl pool makes this an exceedingly dun- geroux place, over half a dozen peo ple already having lost their lives there, the greater part of the deaths coming to swimmers. TOM NSIIII’ DOMI "NN N III YING AMI HELLING Hartford City. Ind., July 21.—(I. N. 8.) —The Harrison Township Farm Bureau, located at Montpelier, will soon have one of the most com plete cooperative stores In the state. Both buying and selling will be done. The bureau has purchased a building and Is now making repairs upon It. PORTLAND MARKETS Choice steers $7.50 (ii> $8.00 Hogs, prime light $9.00 fit' $9.25 Choice Innihs $10.50 4C $11.00 Medium lambs $9.60 4i> $10.50 Choice valley lambs $10 4i’ $10.50 Eggs, selects 27c 4l> 28c Eggs, firsts 25c if 26c Butter, extra cubes — 37c if 38c Butter, prints 42c Wheat, soft white $1.01 Wheat, hard white $1.04 Wheat, western red 9 8c Portland, Ore., July 21.— (A. P.) Livestock, eggs and butter, steady. SCIENCE SHOWS CROPS I REGULATED BY LIGHT ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ J’arrnl, (Mexico, July 21.— < A. I’.) — Thousand«, today vloweil the body of Francisco Villa, slain yesterday from umbush. Villa's secretary, Tril lo, was also killed by seven as sassins. The first reports that Trillo killed Villa were Inior- reel. ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ !x>ndon, July 21 (Í. «V F.) Hr Irne« will noon be ahlw to control fruit erupn. and straw- berries ut t'hrixtmaalid«* may not be an unknown thing, if a discovery of two Ixindou fruit merchants materializes It has been ascertained by them tliut thef rulting and flow ering of plants is controlled by the length of the period of day light, and that only when this period is exactly right do flow ers and fruit appear. Based on this «Recovery, a great many experiments were carried out under 'artificial sunlight.” which gives results similar to genuine sunlight, Re sultx obtained have given rise to the belief that it will be !H>X- sible under this system to pro- duce flowers and fruit at any season of the year. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ JACOBS IS ACQUIRED IN MANN MURDER CASE ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ MANY FARMERS SPEND DAY ENJOYING SPORTS AND Ml ML ♦ t Al. PROGR IM ♦ ♦ (tan Diego. July 21.—'(A. P. i ♦ ♦ ■Dr. Txtuls L. Jacobs, charged ♦ ♦ with the murder of Mias Frit- ♦ zie Mann, a dancer, last Janu- ♦ ♦ ary. was acquitted by a jury ♦ ♦ here today. ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MEN NY ANTED IN NAVY IIE.NRING WANTED Tit EM» THAT FOR OFFICER TRAINING GRAIN RATES AGAIN HF. ES ♦ TABLISHED Portland, Ore., July 21.—(Spe- ♦ : clal I—Continued shortage of officers ♦ In the navy has led officials ot the ♦ ♦ Laredo, Tex., JuJy 21.— (1. N. 8.1 navy department to make special ef- ♦ * American school teachers are go forts to increase the number ot en- ♦ ♦ I I ing to Mexico to work. Bated men for entrance to the naval ♦ ♦ NVIthln tin* lust two days nearly ♦ • Promises Pfvcd Road to 4 oast in academy and for graduation from HHMl Farmers of Snake Rlvrr Ter a hundred young American women them as officers, stated Lieutenant ♦ ♦ Five Year* Yen —Day Ends With Five ritory Fib* Petition With Inter- have passed through Laredo on their Commander Daniel E. Barbey. naval ♦ Dance ♦ at Fair Grounds Mate 4 ’oiiinirrci* < 'oiiiinissioti way to Mexlco City to attend the recruiting representative for the ♦ ♦ summer session of the t'nlv«*rslly of Portland district. ♦ I ♦ Mexico, The majority of them are The law authorizes the appoint ♦ ♦ Grangers of Josephine county Olympia, Wash., July 21.— (A. ♦ teachers ot Spanish, or those deslr- ♦ made merry all day yesterday at ment annually of one hundred en oux ot li*urnlng that language. P. )—A petition for a rehearing In ♦ ♦ I Riverside park at their annual pic listed men to the naval academy and Many of them stated they expect the grain rate differential case to nic*. The farmers started arriving all commanding officers of ships are to remain In Mexico .is scltool the end that u parity In grain and early in the morning and before being urged to form classes under teachers. competent instructors to prepare any time for the picnic dinner at noon, class rates ruay be restored between applicants who have the necessary south of Snake River territory und IjirRr Delegation Come* to Hirer- a*bout 400 were assembled. Sports, qualifications. music and a talk by Governor Wal Puget Hound cities and Portland, «*!<!<• fur (•rt-to-grtlirr ter M. Pierce occupied the greater wus entered today by the state de part of the day. with a second picnic partment of public works, setting Vehicle Traffic Over _____ _ 'before _____ ____ Quite a large delegation of the! dinner _ in ____ the evening the forth 10 reasons. A petition to this Ashland lodge of Brotherhood of | weekly band concert of the Grants Mudi During Oconto. Wis., July 21.—<1. N. S.) effect, bearing the names of 1.000 Railway Mail Clerks, an Internation- | Pass concert band. — Alfred Nelson. 40. prosperous Vehicle tnifYlc over the Taclfic farmers in the Snake River terri al organization, motored to Grants ; jn the forenoon a musical pro- farmer, of this community, was al Pass Friday evening and held a get- grani was ____ given, . with __ orchestra and most instantly killed when his ap Highway jumped from 737 vehicles tory wax filed with the interstate to gether meeting al Riverside perk voca| .elections being rendered. The pendix burst after a plow handle In 1922 to 1978 in 1923. Both fig commerce commission a few days They had asked the Medford and i audience joined in several numbers, struck him in the side. Physicians ures were taken for the middle of ago. also the Grants Pass lodge to meet ■ Following this, the tables were cov- who examined him said he had be« n July nnd are taken to demonstrate Among the reasons advanced by wlth them but for some reason ered with the food provided by the suffering from chronic appendicitis _ members - 'grange and •- everybody sat for many years, although be was un tb« rapid growth of the tourist traf- the department is the increasing neither of these were tvpresent**d. l_ After the meeting they retired to ' down to a huge meal, In the tug aware of his ailment. fir. The cenxux wax taken Thurs- dissatisfaction of producers in the day ut the junction ot the Crescent locality effe«ted; that two years of the Acme cafe for dinner after which ■ of war which immediately preceded [ the meal, the Rogue River and City and .Pacific highways between experience with the differential has there were some very interesting Fruitdale granges found that each demonstrated its failure to produce talks by various members of the the hours of 6 and 10, making a the results anticipated: that rail lodge. Several of the members were 'organization was a match for the total of almost 124 cars every hour. roads are not in competition; that a accompanied by their wives. Those 'other and as the event was a tie. the Only Three Industrial Workers En In 1921 the traffic past the same parity existed for all other parts of present were: Miss Lenore Morgan. , prizes were distributed to the two. tered Port Arthur During Week point waa 741 machines. the Inland Empire; that there are no Miss Ruth York. Mr. and Mrs. Governor Pierce spent the entire On Thursday 68! cars panned over comparative markets; that other Ralph W. Clapp. Mr. and Mrs. A. V. day at the ¡»ark getting acquainted Port Arthur. Tex.. July JI.— (A. the 4’reiicent City road at the Junc rail adjustments would lie required Hood. Elizabeth Edwards. A. T. Ed | with the farmers, He spoke at 2 P.)—The invasion of Port Arthur by tion. As tlie report from the O'Brien north of the Snake river; that the wards. Harold J. Carrington. Mr. and o'clock to a large audience, the the Industrial Workers of the World school was not received, the num Puget Sound buyers have withdrawn Mrs. A. N. Humphrey. Francis Hum stores having closed in Grants Passwo a|| outward appearances has be«n her of tourists cannot be aacer- ■ their agencies south of the Snake; phrey. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Stidham. ito allow the employes and the em-lca||ej off outside of the three of tallied. Isist 'ear 004 cars passed that Portland is handling more grain Earl Constable, Mrs. C. M. Con- {plovers to hear what the governor1 the advance guard who arrived early the same point and the year before than all of the Puget Sound cities, stable. W. L. Lamport. J. G. Bibly, ! had to say. He spoke chiefly on in the week. None of the army ha« 377. At Wolf Creek, 823 cars and that when Portland storage fa Mr. and Mrs. Phil A. Wolcott. Mr. taxation problems but also dwelt to come. paesed on the Pacific highway, cilities are at capacity, the territory and Mrs. E. R. Harris. Edward P. I some extent on the building of the these being through cars for the south of the Snake river is without Spencer, R. G. Stein, Eva H. Achert. ' Redwood highway to Crescent City. 1 He declared that this highway would and A. M. Arnold. most part. Of these cars, 226 were a market. Oregon cars and 583 non-resident. President Will Not 4 all Special Ses- Of the cars that passed over the Mion of 4 'ongress Pacific highway south of town, 894 cars bore Oregon licenses and 850 Aboard the Transport Henderson. had non-resident licenses. Fifty-one July 21.— (A. P.)—President Hard- horso-dgawn vehicles passed. The ing has no intention of calling con huavient traffic was between 5 and Editors «if State Make Trip NN itli H ihh I River Post of American Legion—Report Big Time—Several gress into a session in advance ot 6 o'clock for all pointx and all man Hundnxl Present—Trip up Io Summit Full of Events the regular meeting in December, ner of traffic, There were 78 cars according tq members of his partv that turned off to the Redwood who reflect his views. They say the highway from the Pacific highway By A. E. Voorliic« hosts at a sumptuous banquet at the tew feet from the outdoor kitchen. president feels there is little or no without ootilnff * on In to Grants Country newspaper men from all Columbia Gorge hotel, the famous ! sacks and sacks of potatoes, several need for the immediate assembling Pass. parts of the state gathered at Hood tourist hotel located a mile or tw<»| ij hundred loaves of bread, and like of congress and furthermore that i quantities ot other supplies. The leaders in congress and the public River last Friday, some of them with from the city. Saturday morning an early start supplier, together with personal bag genernlly believe the country is bene- the sole 'purpose of talking shop, others with the Idea of seeing the was made for the American Legion! gage made up over 70 loads for pack fitting by the current recess. Hood Hlver valley and still others camp on the slopes of 'Mount Hood, horses. There were four meals at Plan To Finance Fumiers Successful lured by the prorpect of scaling the some driving their own cars, others the camp, besides a lunch issued to be paved in five years, through the Says Federation • automobile license fees and the heights of Oregon’s monarch nioun- going in passenger trucks nearly the climbers. At the camp we were guests of the money collected from the state gaso tain. Hood. . None were disappointed, all of them dressed in hiking togs to Chicago, July 21. ('A. P.) The There wax i variety for all. The make the two mile hike from the Hood River American l«eglon. which line tax. (He also recommended that American Farm 'Bureau Federation newspaper men hold two meetings end of the road to the camp, for the has taken as its job the conducting the farmers back the income tax announced today that Information each year, a I spring meeting with the final session of the editorial meet-, of an annual .Mount Hood climb, to measure at the election this fall as popularize this natural beauty‘sec it meant less tax burden for the far- from Kansas City indicated its plan University i of Oregon School of Jour- ing. This two mile hike, over a dusty tion, and to secure federal aid for mer. IHe promised, while here, that for the storage of 200,000,000 bush nalixm at Eugene, .which is strictly els of wheat on farms nnd financing buxines«, and the mid-summer meet pack trail, ail up grade, in the hot the building of an auto road to he would be here one day during the It. with money borrowed under the ing, which is more of a pleasure sun was a test which might in a Cooper spur, 8,000 feet elevation, Josephine County Fair in Septem new intermediate credit act lx al-'jaunt, although much 'business Is measure preimre one for the more from which a wonderful view of the ber. strenuous trip of the following day. surrounding country may be had Following the governor’s talk, ready working out. Offerings of taken up at this meeting. ■Hood River had been looking for At any rute, it waa a hard trip to and from which point a start for the sports occupied the afternoon. Foot wheat "to arrive” have begun to ward to entertaining the newspaper those unaccustomed to hiking and real assent of Hood may 4>e made, and swimming races were held and fall off. people and they had made ample signs of extreme fatigue were no-1 In the afternoon, gathered about prizes, donated by merchants ot preparations, but much of the possi ticeable on the faces and In the ac-jon a sloping bank facing the Sand Grants Pass. were given the winners. I canyon, through which ran the ice A baseball game. between the ble value of the visit was nearly tions of many. Dinner In camp was a novelty for'ccld waters from the melting snows Grants Pass locals and the team missed by the action of a local traf fic officer who tagged the machines many, but no dinner ever tasted so | of Mt. llixid. the newspaper men from the Standard Oil company, was F. H. Harrett, of Spnkiiiic, is Named of the visiting editors which had good as this one. following the hot. held their concluding meeting, elect played at the hall park. The game President for Next Year been parked In front of the hall in dry. dusty hike on the two mile up ed officers and voted to meet at resulted In a 9-3 victory for the which the meetings were held. 'Rep- grade. Each one was given an army Tillamook in 1924, although other locals. The sports committee stat- Portland, July 21— (A. P.l—F. resentatlves <*f the local papers heard mess Ikit and taught how to hold cities were active in their efforts to pg that thanks are due to the locals S. 'Barrett, of iS.Mikane, was elected of the action and they gathered in their plates for convenience and ease | secure the convention. Incidentally through the manager. A. C. iHoff- today ns president of the Northwest the lags and took them to the local in operation. Each person was giv- I learned that Grlints Pass as a con- 'man. and to the Standard Oil play _ __ a ________ generous helping „ of ____ Hood ltiv- vention city Is gaining fame, with ers for helping to provide entertain Real Estate Aseociatlon. John H.' Judge who simply tore them up. thus en er's logan berry Jam, flieat. potatoes.' the Caves as an alluring side trip, i ment for the day. M&rlels, of Porilantl, Is vice pretri- closing an embarraslng Incident, In the evening the band concert dent for Oregon, W. A. Barnes, of | 'Hood River people gave the visit- bread and butter crackers, vegetable The newspaper people could prob Tacoraa, vice president for Washing- ors glimpses of the orchards 'which soup, and coifee. And if they want ably be Induced to come to Southern was enjoyed, after which the farmers attended the dance at the fair ton. L. ft. Weeks, of LaGrande, II.' have done so much to advertise Ore ed more there was plenty. A glance Oregon in 1925. lx*gion members, in tbelr talk to grounds pavilion. Tha concessions ®. Walters, of Corvallis and Harold go«, showed, them Rhe 'big power at the stores waa illuminating. There Jnnck, of Portland, are direcitors for dam and irrigation system, the were 60 gallons of jam, eight or ten the editors gathered about a camp and dance netted the grangers over Oregon, Yakima gels th«* next con-' packing plants and other Industries, cases of eggs, many hams, two quar fire, in the evening, pointed out the $50 after all expenses for the day had been paid. TTonttnued on Page Three t vention 'and at the close of a busy day were ters of 'beef packed in the snow a TEN REASONS ARE SET FORTH GOVERNOR PIERCE IS SPEAKER ASHLAND PEOPLE HAVE PICNIC HIGHWAY TRAFFIC INCREASES INVASION OF WOBBLIES OFF HARDING REFUSES TO SCARE Editor Describes Climb to Top of Mt. Hood WHEAT STORAGE WORKS OUT REAL ESTATE HEAD ELECTED ORIOLE GOLD MINE IS SOLD AI.MEDA PROPERTY IH TAKEN ONER TUDAY RY Ititi INTERESTS HARRY SORDY PUT IN CHARGE Names of Purchasers Not Revealeil But Stat«*inent .Mailt* That Work NN ill Start Immediately One of the biggest mining deals completed recently in Josephine county was closed this morning when the Oriole gold mine at Almeda. was transferred to certain Alaskan min ing interests. The mine was purch ased in the name of Harry Hardy. Galice mining man, but it is well un derstood that he has (big interests behind him. the identity of which has not been disclosed. Mr. Sordy, a mining man of wide experience, will have active charge over the pro perty and will start operations im mediately. looking toward the open ing up of the large ore bodies which are known to be in the mine. At present it will be impossible to do any actual mining as the property has been held i»t> by litigation since 1909. The tunnels have begun to cave and rettmberihg wfll be neces sary. only a small crew being able to start on this work. The mining men purchased the mine on the repu tation of Mr. Sordy and on the rec ords of the past achievements of the (Continued on Page 1) MEDFORD PLANNING PAGEANT Operatic Affair Given Next Week at Jackson Fair Grounds All arrangements are now com pleted for the Rogjue River Valley Pageant, to be given the evenings of July 26-27th, on the Fair Grounds at Medford. A company of 200 and a large orchestra has been assern' letl and has been in rehearsal for several weeks past and even at this earjy date the performance is ready to go on. A crew of men have been work ing on the otit-door stage for some time, and are transforming the ground in front of the grandstand into a regular fairy land. Of course the trees and shrubery will be set the last thing so they will not look wilted the two nights of the per formance. A large fountain 18 feet high is being built in the back-center of the back ground. The fairy castle on the left, and a clump of flowering trees on the right. The dancers. 75 in number, are under the direction of Miss Helen Rudolph, a professional ballet mis tress of unusual ability. This per formance is not alone a Medford af fair. performers from all parts of the valley are taking part. The sale of seats has already commenced and indications are that the fair asso- cition will have to build additional seats to accommodate the crowd. Seats can be reserved by mall or wife at the Chamber of Commerce, Med ford. BASEBALL SCORES National Cincinnati Brooklyn Cincinnati Brooklyn 10 6 ............ Pittsburgh Boston ...... Chicago ......... Philadelphia ................... Amrrkun Heston Chicago 2 5 14 I _..4 17 I 8
