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VOL. XIV., No. N3.
GRAMTH PAHH, JOHKPHINK COL'N TY. OREGON
WHOLE NIMBER 8378.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 34, 1038.
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DINTY MOORE, AIR PILOT,
DIES WHEN PLANE FALLS
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Cheyenne. Wyo., Dec. 24.—
(A. P.)—James F. (Dinty)
Moore, mull pilot, whose plane
crashed to the earth near
Burns, Wyo., this morning died
in a Burns hospital a few min
utes after tho plane sent from
here carrying u doctor, reached
Burns.
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Paris, Dec. 24.— (A. P.)—
Germaine Berthon, the girl an
archist, was acquitted today on
the charge of killing Marius
Plateau, a reporter for the Roy
alist newspaper Laction Franc- ♦
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caise, last January.
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•< PARLIAMENT TO PAY
WORK ON MAIN CANAL ENDS
*' LOANS PLACED IN AMERICA
AH CHRISTMAS PRESENT TO
LAND OWNERS
Berne, Dec. 21
<A. P. 1—Swit
zerland has lost $1.000,000,000 since
th« beginning of tho world war be
cause of the depreciation of Swiss in
Offices Will Be Established ill Even vestments abroad.
The practical
Small Middle West Town and In
wiping out of Swiss moneys invested
Western Cities
in Germany, Austria, Russia and
Hungary accounts for more than
nine-tenths of the loss.
The Josephine county Christum»
stocking will be filled to overflowing
this year, for snnoun.-ement was
mad» today of a half million dollar
development program to be under
taken Immediately after the first Eskimo Mushes 75 Miles In Two Days
of the year by the Chicago Land
to Tell of News
Company. The Chicago Land com
pany owns some 1800 acres of valley
Nome. Alaska, Dec. 24.— (A. P.>
land, the greater part of which Iles —An Eskimo mushed 75 miles In
witbin the Granta Pass Irrigation two days to tell Nome today that
district. In addition to this there Rev. F. J. Ruppert, pastor of St.
are some $00 acres of the Leonard Josephs Roman Catholic church of
Estate, on the east side of the Apple this city, yielded his life to the cold
gate river, which will be Included In while trying to take oranges, apples
the development.
and Christmas greeting cards to the
The plan as outlined by J. W. Lu Hot Springs orphanage. near Pilgrim
cas. when he was hem a short time River, north of here. Over Father
ago, la to divide the lands into five, Ruppert's body, when found eight
ten. 15 and 20-acre tracts, clear days ago on the bank of the river.
them, plant alfalfa or clover as is four tulles from the orphanage, stood
best Bulled and build a complete set Mink, leader of his dog team, who
of buildings. These tracts will then ferociously repelled those who came
be sold to settlers, In an Improved to carry his dead master to the or
condition so that they can start Im phanage. and had to be captured
mediately In their farming enter first. It is believed that reindeer
prise. The lands are to be sold on frightened his dog team and caused
easy terms with deferred payments the dogs to scatter. Indications are
nt a low rate of Interest.
that Father Ruppert's attempted to
Offices are to be established In continue along the road when the
Grants Pass within u few weeks i dogs .broke apart, became weary and
from which the work will be carried lay down to rest and froze to death.
on. Other offices arc to be- estab
lished in the principal cities on the
coast. Mr. Leonard's idea also Is to
establish a connection In every small
town In the middle west, these plans
to l>e worked out as the organiza
Geneva, Dec. 24.—(A. P.)—News-
tion grows. The settlors will be in papers of Switzerland report a re
terested In the community through newal of campaign throughout the
the connections established hy the country in behalf of the League of
Chicago Land company and will re Nations as an organism of benefit to
sult In the bringing of hundreds of humanity.
new settlers on the lands within the
Speakers at public meetings have
irrigation district.
emphasized that it is to the exis
Work ou the first clearing has tence of the League of Nations with
already been started, a number of its alm of conciliation and arbitra
20-acre tracts already having been tion that Switzerland owes the fact
staked out, preparatory to clearing that France has accepted In princi
and levelling. These tracts aro sit ple the submission of the controversy
uated about two miles from Grants over the customs zones to settlement
Pass on the Murphy road, in the Al by arbitration.
len creek bottom. These aro to be
the first to be Improved. Alfalfa or
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clover will bo planted, according to
which is best adapted to the special
tract on which the work Is being Hcliool Boy Not Allowed to Attend
done. Modern homes, barns, and
Church, Haya Guardian
other buildings will be constructed,
fences built and everything done to
Convent, N. J., Dec. 24.—(A. P.)
put the places In a condition to start —Monnell Sayre, who is adopting
production at once. Irrigation can Francis Kluxen, the school boy ac
als, laterals and ditches will be con quitted recently of killing a school
structed.
girl, said threats had prevented him
'According to Clyde ®. Niles, man- from taking the boy to church.
rger of River Banks farm, dairying
and poultry raising are to be
stressed in tho selling campaign.
This campaign Is to be managed by
J. W. Lucas who has had much ex
City Health Officer Says Many Cases
perience In colonization work In oth
of Measles Developing
er places. He will be remembered
as having engaged In the real estate
Parents are requested by the city
business In Grants Pass about 12 health officer to keep their children
year ago. (From here he went to at home as much as possible during
Granada, Calif., where ho succeeded the holidays. There are many cases
in colonization work on au irriga of measles in the city nnd several
tion project. Froth Granada, ho went cases of diptherin just across the
to Montana and colonized an Irriga- Jackson county lino. Parents from Ono of Leading Republicans Relea*'
cd With BINI Others
tion project In that state, He states homes in which children have con
that he will bo here Immediately af tracted dlptheria attended the dance
ter tho first of the year to take up at Savage Creek Saturdny night, not
Dublin, Dec. 24.— (A. P.)—The
the Grants Pass project.
knowing that the children were ill. Free State government announced
The holdings of tho Chicago Land Others who attended the dance today the release of Countess Mark-
company embrace 1800 acres of the should be very cautious nnd watch levlcz, one of the leading women re
finest lands oit the district. Of the for any symptoms of the disease.
publicans, arrested on November
total acreago, 1479.4 acres are
The health officer also states that 20th. The government also announc
classed as irrigable, water now being should dlptheria develop here to any ed that 34S1 political prisoners had
available in the canals of the Grants extent it may be necossary to close I been released between December 1
the schools to prevent the spread, j and 23.
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COLONIZATION SCHEME HUGE
PRIEST YIELDS LIFE TO COLD
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THREAT KEEPS BOY AT HOME
FREE STATE FREES WOMAN
Dublin. Dec. 24.—(A. P.)-—The
•ee State parliament considers it-
? elf the legitimate successor to all
the previous Dails which functioned
as Irish parliaments in opposition to
the British, and is preparing to as
sume their financial obligations.
Chief of these are the republican
loans floated in Ireland and the
United States.
A formal bill has been submitted
to parliament by the government au
thorizing the paying off with interest
of those loans. To the first loan
Ireland subscribed 378,000 pounds
and America $5.000,000. To the
second
Ireland contributed 35
pounds and America $620,000. All
these bonds are now to be paid in
full. This intention was foreshadow
ed in the speech of the governor
general at the opening of the pres
ent session, and the government bill,
which probably will pass without
opposition, is thus certain to receive
the assent of the governor general
as representing the king.
DIGGING TOOK OVER A YEAR
Last Obstacle Removed Today-
Water Can Now Flow Over Val
ley From Havage Rapiti* Dam
As a substantial remembrance by
Santa Claus on Christmas Eve to the
land owners of the Grants Pass Irri
gation district, was the scooping out
of the main canal, along the high
way west of town, of the last yard
of dirt, opening the way to the flow
of gravity water from the Savage
Rapids dam six miles above town.
For more than a year the great
steam shovels have been digging
away at earth and rock, making the
channel which is to carry 110 second
feet of water for thirsty lands sur
rounding the city of Grants Pass, and
every man of the job for the past
week has been bending every energy
toward the completion of the work
by Christmas Eve. This morning
less than 20 feet remained to be fin-
Arrest of Englishman am! Five Oth ished. and when the teams finally go
ers Yields Clue
to the stables this afternoon, this
New York, Dec. 24.— (A. P.)—A last obstacle will have been re
great rum running conspiracy was moved.
uncovered in the arrest of Robert
One of the steam shovels used by
Graham, an Englishman, and five the contractors has already been
others on a motorboat. Graham had | taken out of the canal and is ready
$46,000 and the names of suspect to be returned by truck, while the
ed bootleggers all over the country, ' second will be kept on the work for
I a few days yet to take out some small
accumulations of gartlj^nd rock and
to raise «ny low places ifoat may be
The
laica* Writes That Place Is found In the embankments.
contractor
will
also
have
to
clean
up
Important in Work
the debris along the Highway, open
exhibit building for Josephine up the gutters where they have bden
obstructed, and otherwise put thii gs
county is emphasized by J. W. Lucas,
in shipshape before he can call its
general sales manager for the half
work done.
million dollar land development pro
With the finishing of the catial,
gram. in a letter on the subject to
the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. the irrigation project can be called
Lucas states that the matter is of a completed work. Next spring its
90 miles of canals will carry water
importance. He says:
sufficient to irrigate the 16,000
"As I have advised you before that
acres that can ultimately be includ
our plans are now completed for the
development and selling campaign of ed within the district. These canals
the company’s holdings at Grants will take enough water from the
Pass. I am wondering if anything Rogue at the great dam at Savage
further has been done toward the Rapids to cover every one of these
erection of the building for the dis- j 16.000 acres with four and one-half
play of products that I heard men- i feet of water during the Irrigation
tioned on my recent visit to Grants season. This is more water than the
soils of the valley will require, so no
Pass.
land owner need fear that there will
"It occurs to me that there is
ever be any shortage of the life-giv
nothing that Grants Pass could do
ing moisture, and as it will prob
that would be of so much help in in-
ably be several years before all the
terestlng settlers in the community
lands are cleared and ready for wa
as a place where they could see sam ter, the canals will not need to carry
ples of everything raised there.
capacity flow until the lands are
"When we get on the job we will ready.
be glad to do anything possible to
There will probably be some small
further this cause.
landslides come into the canals dur
ing the winter, and these will be tak
en out before the irrigation season
opens next spring. The large slide
Husband Not Anient Enough Ixiver. that came into fbe canal on the river
bank above town was easily removed
Leads to Quarrel
Averu J. Wells
by placer mining methods, and the
Portland. Ore., Dec. 24.— (A. P.) smaller slides will work in well with
—Mrs. Kathleen Richards, 17, was the puddling operations next season,
taken to a hospital with a bullet All tew ditches are expected to de
wound in her left breast. The shot velop some leakage at first, but
was fired at 3 o’clock this morning. these leaks are readily stopped by
Her husband was taken Into custody the puddling in of the red clay
MUNICH HOTELS REPORT
by tho police. He first told the po through which they are constructed.
TRAVELERS VERY SCARCE
■Water will not be put through the
lice his wife fired the shot acci
Munich. Dec. 24.— (A. P.)—Mu-
dentally. but later said she did it in big canal until the gates are raised
| nich hotel keepers are heavy heart- On-gon Senators Take Matter Up tentionally, The couple had quar- at the dam next March, then for the
With President
I ed. They would like to close up, for
reled after returning home at mid- first time the acres of the country
j their houses are virtually empty, but
night from a theatre according to around Grants Pass will be watered
with the Rogue's crystal current di
I the Yaw provides that if they do they
Washington, Dec. 24.— (A. P.)— neighbors.
cannot reopen for 15 years.
The resubmission of the nominations
Donald C. Richards. 20-year-old verted Into 90 miles of man-made
One well-known hotel has 2D of Frederick I. Thompson, of Mo husband was released by the police channels.
! guests, and employs well over 100 bile, Ala., and Bert E. Haney, of | this morning when they became con-
; men and women to keep the estab- 1 Portland, as members of the shipping 1 vinced that his Btory, that his wife
; lishment going. Others are echoing board was indicated today after Sen shot herself because he was not ar
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Harvey and
solitudes during the day, and count ators McNary and Stanfield had con- dent enough In his love for her, was children, VerOean and Thomas, are
but a few guests for dinner in the | ferred with President Coolidge on true. His wife, who is in the hospital, here from Marshfield, visiting A. II.
evening.
the shipping board question.
| Dennison and family for Christmas.
said the shooting was accidental.
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RUM PLOT IS UNCOVERED
EXHIBIT BUILDING IS NEEDED
I] mamma said for me to write
ear old Santa Claus tonight;
So 1 have told him, best 1 coulcL
That I have been so veru qood
And as he’s sure to come our wau,
A call on me I know he’ll pau;
I’d like a doll a cart and horn.
And all the joqs of Christmas mom
WARNING GIVEN TO PARENTS
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GIRL ANARCHIST FOUND
NOT GUILTY OF KILLING
3ll*O ACRES OF VALLEY LANDS
WILL BE PUT ON THE
SWISH LOHE heavily abroad
MARKET
DI E To DECREAHED VALVES
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HANEY MAY YET BE NAMED
GIRL WIFE SHOOTS SELF TODAY