Granta Pasa
VOL. XIV., No. II».
GRANTS PASH, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
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Gateway to the Oregon Caves
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY H. 1»24
TED THYE RETAINS HIS
TITLE IN SAXON BOUT
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HAIR-COVERED BABY IS
PRINCE OF WALES HAS
ACCIDENT WHILE RIDING
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Prague, Feb. 8.— (A. I’.)— ♦
♦ The medical profession here ♦
♦ has been much Interested In a
♦ baby born recently which was
♦ covered with a growth of hair. ♦
♦ The child has been exhibited ♦
♦ only to physicians and scien ♦
♦ tists by Dr. Benda, who attend
ENGLAND REPORTS IXIWEHT
♦ ed the mother during confine ♦
DEATH RATE ON RECORD POSSIBLE DEMIS RATIO NOMI ♦ ment.
tm tMH’NCLL TAKEN ACTION AT
♦ UNITED STATES ANSWERS THE
NEE FOR PRESIDENT tfot'LD
APPEAL TO THE STATE
MEETING — EMERGENCY
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Both the parents are quite ♦
EXPLAIN
DEPARTMENT
GLAUBE ADDED
London, Feb. 8.—(A. I’.)—Sir
♦ normal, according to the doc ♦
e
Walter Ktnnear, controller of the
♦ tors, who as yet have been un ♦
National Health Insurance depart
♦ able to account tor the strange
ment, is rather optimistic about the
♦ freak of nature.
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health nt the people of Great Britain.
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Portland, Ore., Fell. 8.— (A. ♦
♦ P. 1—Ted Thye retained tho ♦
♦ light heavyweight belt last ♦
♦ night, taking two out of th fee ♦
♦ falls from Frank Saxon, claim ♦
♦ ant to tho Canadian title.
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GOES INTO EFFECT AT ONCE
Penalty Attached to Non-Compliance
With law—Strip I’urchuM il
Adjoining I'll y Park
In a recent speech Sir Walter said
that despite the fact that during the
lust few years they had been passing
through the greatest wave of depres
sion the country had known since tho
Napoleonic era, the health of the peo
ple was steadily Improving.
Last
year, lie added, tho death-rate was
the lowest on record and the infunt
mortality rate was about one-half of
that of 15 to 20 years ago. It was
a cheering fact to remember, the
speaker concluded, that a child born
today had an expectation of life 12
years longer than had bls grand
father.
Before any new building may bo
constructed or any building altered
to any great extent In the city, a
permit must be secured from the city
auditor. This was decided Thursday
bight when the city council passed
an ordinance through three rvudlngs,
which requires such action.
This
will give the city an absolute check
on all building operations within tho
city in tho future. Thg, ordinance
became effective today, upon the
signature of tho mayor, an emer-
goncy clause having been attached. William II. Anderson, Antl-Haloon
Head, Goes to Prison
This new law pertains to all places
within tho city limits, permits hav
New York, Feb. 8.—(A. P.) —
ing been necessary previously only
when buildings were contemplated Wm. R. Anderson, state superinten
dent of the Antl-Saloon league, to
within the fire limits.
The ordinance Is based upon re day was sentenced to servo from one
commendations made by the state to two years In tho stnte prison for
fire marshall, it requires that an third degree forgery.
application must be made in writing
to the city auditor whereupon a per
mit will be issued to build or make
alterations. The permit Is not neces
sary If the Improvements do not Cabinet Ix<ave« Chamber When Of
ficial Is Exasperated
amount to at least $200. The ?oun-
cll passed the measure unanimously
Paris, Feb. 8.— (A. P.)—Premier
as It was deemed necessary to keep
down the fire hazard to a minimum. Poincare, with all his cabinet mln-
In making application, it will be Isters, exasperated by the opposi-
necessary to ghe the type of build Hon's attacks, walked out of the
ing contemplated. Its dimensions, chamber of deputies today. The ses
height and other moasuremeutr, ma sion was immediately suspended.
terials to be used, number and lo
cation of flues, tho estimated cost MISH BRANDSTROM EXPENDS
MONEY RAISED IN AMERICA
and Its general location in regard to
streets and alleys. A penalty Is at
Stockholm, Feb.-8—(A. P.)—Miss
tached for failure to comply with
this ordinance. If ouch building or Elik Brandstrom, called "tho Abgel
Improvement is undertaken without of Siberia,” has begun the invest
a permit, the city engineer may or ment of the $100.000 which she
der construction stopped and the ma- raised by her popular lectures in the
tsvia’.s removed. If thia order Is not United States lust year In the cause
compiled with in 10 days, the owner of the widows and children of cen
tral European war prisoners in Rus
is liable to a fine of $25.
A matter of Interest which re sia.
celved the unqualified support of tile
Miss Brandstrom hns established
council was the abatement of the a children's homo at the castle of
train nuisance on Sixth street, It Neusorge, near Mittweide, in Saxony,
was stated by Councilman "Shade where the children ran be brought
that cars and trains were being left up Is cheerful surroundings and un
across Sixth street by tho trainmen der the best of care. The instruc-
for long porlode and that no effort tion is to be individual and practical,
was being made to cooperate in _ Including such things as household
keeping the main street of the city management and gardening.
open. Tho wholesale whistling with-
tng the city limits was also protest Chevrolet SiNlan llurm
ed and the city attorney was direct
The Chevrolet Sedan and garage
ed to write to E. L. King, superin at the Ed Steigers place at 1096 N.
tendent. asking that he tako the mat Ninth street were completely des-
er up with the trainmen In an effort troyed by fire at noon todajk. The
to secure better cooperation.
fire engine was called out but the
The council authorized the pur fire had gained too much of a start
chase of a atrip of land adjoining the when they got there. The cause of
tho fire Is not known.
(Continued on Page Two.)
DRY CHIEF IS SENTENCED
POINCARE LEAVES DEPUTIES
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Unlveralty of Oregon, Eugene,
Feb. 8.—(Special)—Joseph H. Mad
dock, a product of "Hurry-Up”
Yost’s coaching system and one of
the greatest tackles in ’Michigan's
football history, succeeds "Shy"
Huntington aa coach of the Univer
sity of Oregon football team. He
waa elected by the executive council
of the Associated Students upon the
recommendation of Virgil Earl, Uni
versity director of athletics, who
made a tour of the country Inter
viewing twenty-two applicants for
the coaching position.
Walter Camp and every other
leading critic selected Maddox on
the 1904 All-Western team, He waa
named by several others on the All-
American eleven.
The new Oregon cosch has had
sn excellent coaching record, He
was first assistant to Yost in the
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seasons of 1920 and 1921.
Before
Joining the 'Michigan coaching staff,
he was director of athletics and
physical education at tho University
of Utah for alx years, taking charge
of football, basketball, basoball, and
track. During this period, 1906 to
1912, Utah had championship teams.
A successful business man as well
ns a coach, Maddock has an Interest
in a chain of mercantile stores in
Idaho. His homo town is Idaho
Falla. During the last two football
aoasons, he coached the Idaho Falls
high school team, giving his service
gratuitously. Ildaho Falla won the
champlonahlp of the atate. He waa
aa successful aa a baaketball coach.
The Idaho Falla quintet won the
interscholastic champlonahlp of Utah
and Montana two yeara ago, defeating
Montana State College at Bozeman
in one game.
BONFILS TELLS OF CONTRACT
REVOLUTIONARY MOVE FEARED
Senate Commit Iw* Honrs How I-arge
Num Was Divided Between Part
ners In Teapot Dmne Deal
TWO BATTLESHIPS ENTER
Mexican Rebels Hold American Res
HARBOR TO BE DISMANTLED
ident for *50,IHM» Ransome Accord
ing to Word to Juarez
Washington, Feb. 8.—(A. P.)—
William G. McAdoo has asked to ap
pear before the senate oil committee
to explain his professional relations
with the Doheny oil companies, from
which he yesterday severed his con
nections.
Frederick G. Bonfils, publisher of
the Denver, Colorado, PoBt, appear
ed as a voluntary witness today, tell
ing of his efforts to assist Leo Stack
to enforce the contract that Stack
had with the Midwest and other oil
companies supposed to own acreage
in the Teapot Dome reserve before it
was leased to Sinclair. Bonfils en
tered Into a contract with Stack to
help him enforce his rights. Bonfils
explained how the $250,000 paid by
Sinclair in settlement had been divid
ed between him and his partners in
the deal with Stack. The commit
tee decided later today to hold for
Monday its examination of McAdoo.
Oakland, Cal., Feb. 8.—(A. P.) —
To the dirge of a chorus of steam
whistles, two American battleships,
the Nebraska and the Vermont, ar
rived here recently from their last
voyage, a sail of 25 miles from the
Mare Island navy yard. They were
the largest vessels ever to enter the
inner harbor here.
They are consigned to the scrap
heap. It will require a year and a
payroll of about $1,000,000 to dis
mantle them. The scrap metal from
the men-of-war will be sent to east
ern steel works.
The Nebraska, with a length of
435 feet and a displacement of 14,-
948 tons, was a training ship during
the world war. The Vermont, 450
feet long, with a tonnage of 16,000,
was in company with the Nebraska
on the cruise around the world in
1908. The Vermont was in Vera
Cruz harbor when the Americans
captured It in 1914. In the world
war she was a troop-ship.
FINED FOR HAVING BOOZE
Washington, Feb. 8.— (A. P.) —
The oil inquiry was widened today by
the adoption of a resolution by the
J. G. Donley ÄMMMed *300 by Fed
senate directing the invesUgation of
eral Court in Portland
circumstances by which the Hono
lulu Consolidated Oil company se
J. G. Donley, who halls from
cured extensive tracts In California.
Grants Pass or the Applegate section
and who was arrested some time ago
at a rooming house In Medford by
Patrolman Cave for having moon
IziHt Survivor of Ill-Fated Dinner shine in his possession, was convict
Party Suffering
ed on that charge after eight min
utes' deliberation by a jury in Unit
Albany, Feb. 8—(A. P.)—Horst ed States court at Portland early
Reusing, aged 2, only survivor of this week and was fined $300. In
the fatal dlnner last Saturday, was fact. It took only about one hour and
reported still suffering today and at a half to dispose of the rase tn the
noon his recovery was considered federal court.
doubtful.
The defense made a motion to dis
miss the charge on tile allegation
SEISMOUKilSTS SAYS QUAKES
that the evidence had been seized
MAY BECOME MORE VIOLENT without a search warrant, but this
motion was dismissed by Judge Wol
London, Feb. 8.—(A. P.)—The verton when it was shown that the
earth Is in a continual state of un arresting officers had witnessed Don
rest. Internally as well as on the sur ley in the act of carrying about two
face, says Professor H. H. Turner of gallons of booze into his room, and
the London Training College. In a had seen it In the room before the
recent lecture he declared that al arrest was made when Donley came
most every day an earthquake occur to call for it. Patrolman Cave and
red somewhere, and often three or Chief Adams were the witnesses for
four took place. These quakes seem the.prosecution.
ed to be getting more frequent, and
It Is still a question with experts
whether the worst had been pnssed or
still is to come.
Commenting on the accuracy in Will Help Install Umpqua Chiefs
our times of the science of seismolo
Near End of Month
gy, the professor said that modern
methods of recording had proved that
Tn an effort to get the Umpqua
what has hitherto been written on Chiefs, of Roseburg, off with a good
the seismographs as interior rumb start, officials of the Coos Bay Pi
lings are in reality earthquakes so rates and the Cavemen’s committee
far down in the earth that the crust in charge of the event, will meet on
Is not disturbed.
Sunday to discuss what forms of tor
ture shall be used to find if the baby
organization is qualified to take its
AUGUST THYSSEN
place among the booster clubs of the
state. An Installation, rivalled only
by that of the Pirates last Septem
ber. will be staged, according to
plana, on February 23. The Pirates
and Cavemen are collaborating
the scheme for evolving several
bollcal stunts.
Captain Kidd Taylor, of the
rates, nnd several of his crew
meet with Niel Allen and others of
the Cavemen's committee In Rose
burg on Sunday. The procedure will
then be determined. The meeting
will be the means of the three Ore
gon localities getting together and
furthering an Oregon spirit rather
than a sectional one. The Umpqua
Chiefs selected the Pirates and Cave
men as the leading organizations of
the two sections. The installation
work done by the local club last
September at Marshfield put Grants
Pass in the forefront there in the
August Thyssen, next to 8tlnn«s th« way of publicity and it is believed
most powerful of the German Indus that the trip to Roseburg will result
trial magnates,
equally woli.
HORST REUHLING STILL SICK
CAVEMEN TO GO TO ROSEBURG
Washington, Feb. 8.—(A. P.) —
The Cruiser Rochester, now at Colon
has been ordered to La Ceiba, Hon
duras, in response to an appeal to
the state department from American
residents, who fear that revolution
ary developments will jeopardize
their interests.
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London, Feb. 8.-*-(A. P.) —
The Prince of Wales broke his
collar bone while exercising one
of his hunters at Billington
Manor, near Ascot today. His
horse fell in jumping a fence.
LETHAL GAS IS
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SAYS TALENTED YOUNG MEN
NOW TURN TO BASEBALL GEE JON IB EXECUTED TODAY
AT CARSON CITY FOR TONG
MURDER
Boston, Feb. 8.— (A. P.)—Boys
who were too young to enter tho
World war are going to be the major
league baseball stars within a year
or two, in the opinion of Judge Emil
Fuchs, one of the owners of the
Braves.
"There will be some careful scout
ing for this material,” he said, “be-
cause the big leagues are crowded
with veterans who are fading fast.
"I believe the time is fast ap-
proaching when there will be many
Frankie Frisch's in baseball, The
war shut off the natural flow of tal
ented young men to big league base
ball, but now many of those boys
who were below the draft age are
coming along.”
RUSSEL GIVEN COMMUTATION
State Pardon Board Takes Eleventh
Hour Action—Was Sentenced for
Killing Girl
Carson City, Nev., Feb. 8.—(A.
P.)—Gee Jon, convicted of a tong
murder, was executed today with le
thal gas. Physicians said that death
occurred six minutes after the gas
was turned into the chamber, and
was painless. Thomas Russell, who
also was condemned to die by the le
thal gas today, received an eleventh
hour commutation of sentence late
yesterday by the state pardon board.
Beck He was sentenced for killing his In
dian sweetheart.
COMMUNITY HAL IS SOUGHT
El Paso. Tex., Feb. 8.—(A. P.)—
A ransome of $50,000 was asked for
the release of T. J. Mackenzie, an Delegation of Provolt Men
Funds in Grants Pass
American, who was recently abduct-
edby Villistas near the Aifargas miues
The people of the Provolt section
south of Chihuahua city, according
are out after a community house.
to word received at Juarez today.
Funds are now being subscribed to
ward the erection of the building
which is estimated to cost $2000.
The farmers of that community
Louise Lawson, Movie Star, Strang have already pledged a large part of
led by Thieve«
that sum and Thursday a delegation
visited Grants Pass to get the sup
New York, Feb. 8.— (A. P.) — port of local business houses in their
bound to the posts of her bed, with enterprise. The delegation was op
her mouth gagged. Louise Lawson, timistic and members stated that
24, a motion picture actress, was to they had enough money in view to
day found dead in her room in a insure the building.
fashionable apartment In West Sev-
The hall will be 80x40 feet and
enty-seventh street.
will be situated next to the Provolt
Louise Lawson was strangled to store. The farmers who visited the
death after a desperate battle with local business men Thursday were
thieves, It developed later,
Gems Fred Litchen, E. U. Provolt, Sam
valued at several thousand dollars Letteken, George Fields and Glenn
are missing.
Provolt. Substantial pledges have
already been made by the people liv
ing in that vicinity.
ACTRESS IS KILLED FOR GEMS
MANY THREATENED ON ICE
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CONVICTS GAIN FREEDOM
Five, Who Drift for Hours on Float
BY USING SCREWDRIVER
ing Ice, Reach Safety
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Quebec, Feb. 8.—(A. P.)—All of
the 20 porsons whose lives were en
dangered yesterday by the breaking
ofjhe mile long ice bridge across the
St. Lawrence river, escaped. Five,
who drifted for hours on the float
ing ice, and who were believed lost,
reached shore safely.
Lawrenceville, Ga., Feb. 8.— (I.
N. S.)—A screwdrivier was used by
three members of the (fwiupett coun
ty convict gang here recently in drill
ing their way to freedom. The three
convicts patiently worked for. a day
and a night and finally drilled
through the floor of the convict camp
wagon.
JAP THINKS MISSION TO
UNITED STATES OPPOSED River Is Muddy—
Toklo, Feb. 8.—(I. N. S.)—The
Japanese press and a section of the
politicians here are strongly criticiz
ing the suggestion made recently
that a mission of thanks be sent to
the United States to visit the princi
pal cities of the country and thank
he American people personally for
the donations in the recen| earth
quake period. The American people
generally would not approve of such
and output of money by the Japanese
government at this time, according
to the opinion of the opponents of
the plan.
GREGARIO CARMICHAEL
Gregarlo Carmichael, • Filipino boy
who has come to the United States to
claim an estats of $60,000,000 left-at
the death of hie father, an American
eoldler, In Oklahoma. Oil was found
on the land.
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Tao Rogue started up last night,
the rise being occasioned by the
heavy rains of the past few days,
The upper stretches of the river
have been experiencing a heavy
down pour, the heaviest rainfall of
the season having occurred.
FLOWERS WERE RECEIVED
Iatrge Basket Sent to Annual Dance
of Josephine Association
When the Josephine County asso
ciation of Portland met in their an
nual dance last Saturday night at the
Hotel Portland, they found a large
basket of flowers awaiting them, or
dered by the local chamber of com
merce. A letter was received today
from Adelia Wilson, secretary, by
President Blanchard. It follows:
"The Josephine County Associa
tion were both delighted and sur
prised on entering the assembly room
of the Portland hotel to find the
beautiful basket of flowers with the
card wishing us happiness awaiting
us, and they added very much to the
attractiveness of our gathering.
"There were about two hundred in
attendance at this
semi-annual
gathering, and many anecdotes were
related
and pleasant memories
brought back to the members. It is
always gratifying to see the loyalty
shown to Josephine county and to
hear the enthusiastic praise bestow
ed upon this wonderful valley.
"We hope some of the present
residents in Josephine county will
find their way to Laurelhurst park,
the first Sunday in'August, and we
are certain you will spend a pleas
ant afternoon and receive a hearty
welcome.
"The daughters and sons of Cave
men wish to extend their sincerest
wishes for a successful season to the
Grants Paas chamber of commerce,
and please accept our heartfelt
thanks for the handsome basket of
flowers, you so thoughtfully sent us.”
Nenana, Alaska, Feb. 8.—(A. P.) took dimes and nickels, there was an
—Gold-seekers along the lower Yu outcry from other stores and rejoic
kon river have just won a strike
ing among prospectors and laborers.
against the cost of living, according
to men here on their annual pilgrim But prices soon became lower.
Wages dropped with prices, but to
age from the Arctic placer fields to
help meet adjustments the Alaska
the "outside.”
Old-time prospectors explained railroad established a commissary,
that they had wrought a metamor with provisions for sale at prices ex
phosis of trading in Alaska. Traders isting in the states. Many railroad
they said, no longer can dole out laborers are getting but $4.50 a day
time-worn goods, but must meet the this winter, but the railroad gives
competition of mall order houses in them the privilege of drawing any
the states, as well as that of the more part of their wages in food, and the
modern towns that have sprung up workmen found, early in the winter,
that for a day’s pay at this rate they
along the Alaska railroad.
The railroad, with its connecting could receive tn provisions the
steamboat lines, which extend far equivalent of $9 in prices at the trad
down the Yukon in summer, was the ing posts of the interior. They boy
medium through which the miners cotted the traders by getting all their
won their advantage. The railroad food from the commissary.
provided a facility of shipment never
Merchants protested to the rail
known to interior Alaska.
road management and received the
Fairbanks was the first "placer reply that whenever prices were on
camp” to abandon the quarter or a fair comparison with markets in
"two bit” piece as the lowest basis of I the states, the commissary would be
change. That city came to accept ] discontinued, Colonel Lee H. Lan-
the despised nickel and dime,
Be- dis, manager of the railroad, an-
fore thegove rnment railroad was nounced this week that Anchorage
built, ten cents was called a “
' short business men had agreed on what he
bit” and was not legal tender. When considered reasonable prices, so the
the first Fairbanks trading company commissary there would be closed,