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Grants Pass—Gateway to the Oregon Caves
VOL. XIV.. No. IIMI,
GRANT« PAM«, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON.
EERO OF VERDUN, GEN.
ROBERV NIVELLE, DIES
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HAT! RDAY, MAKI If 22. 1021.
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WILD CANADIAN HORSES
WILL BE SLAUGHTERED
DEMURRER IS FILED TO
STATE INCOME TAX SUIT
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WHOLE NUMBER JUSO.
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CERTIFIED
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Clinton, II. C., Mar. 22.—(A.
Salem, Mar. 22.— (A. P.) —
♦ IP.) —Scouts are out locating
The attorney general has filed
♦
♦ the haunts of each band in a
a demurrer in the suit attack­
♦
♦ horde of several thousand wild
ing the state income tax law.
♦ horses that has laid waste the
♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦•♦♦
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♦ rl8h Cariboo grazing district in
♦ the nortimpart of the province
♦ of British Columbia. This re­
♦ connaissance is preparatory to
Roseburg. Ore., Mar 22
(A. 1’. ) PROSE« I TOIC CONTEND« THAT ♦ a roundup to be held in the
REFI’HEH TO TESTIFY BEFORE
London, Mar. 22.— (A. P.)—Cut­ FORMER ASSOCIATION «AY« HE
JI STICE DEPARTMENT IN-
— George Milliken, John Shay und
COMMITTEE LOOKING INTO
lery which was once the property of
W AR ENTICE D TO
♦ spring.
TERFEREH
John illlllngH. ex sailors, were ar­
OIL DEALS
the late Czar and which adorned the
LONELY SPOT
♦
In the roundup al! those ani-
rested ut Hutliorllii following nn ex­
tallies of the royal palace is now in
♦ mala for which sale can be
citing duel between u suspected au­
public use in aji obscure restaurant
found at $.* a head on the hoof
tomobile thief who eluded the offi­
in one of the slum districts of Lon­
♦ are to be captured. The rest
don.
cers nnd n posse and armed Slither
♦ are to be slain. Every Cariboo
lln residents. A fourth und civilian
There are 600 knives at the es­
♦ cowboy is being mustered for
member of the purty wus hunted to­
tablishment each bearing the royal
Roxie Stilinoli Gives Iler Siile of the ♦ the roundup.
Dollar Per Year Will He Annesse! lo
Conten, I h That Courts Should First
night.
arms engraved upon the blade. Takt-n to Hospital—Assailant Givre
< Icvelnnil lliilcl Altair—Black­
♦
Pay Colisi ruction Charge on
Like the cayuse» turned out ♦
Get Information Which Hi­ Has
Self Over to Police and Is
The driver of the machine wus bo­
Some of them have the device filled
mail Is Charged
♦ by Indiana on the Yakima res- ♦
lo Give Out
llouieMi-ad latuds
Given Release
lleved to lie wanted in t’ullfornln be
in with gold, but these the proprie­
♦ ervation in the state of Wash­ ♦ :
tor is not using in the restaurant.
cause of desperate chances which
♦ ington, south of here, the ♦ '
The history of the knives since
he took In niuking Ills escape, The
Washington, Mar 22.—(A. P.) — ♦ horses of the Cariboo thrive too ♦
Washington, Mar. 22.— (A. P-> — they left the Russian court is not
Upon invitation of the board of trio arrested did not know his name
Portland, Mar. 22.—(A. P.i — Dr.
♦ well, and have become a burden ♦ Harry F. Sinclair refused to testify known, but when they came into the
directors of thu district, homestead­ and said that he picked them up ut Senator Wheeler, prosecutor in the
Joseph A. Pettit today faced a charge
♦ on the country that ranchers ♦
before the oil committee today on hands of the previous owner of the of assault with Intent to kill Dr.
ers within the boundaries of the Ash lu ml. A search was still In pro- Daugherty investigation, asserted to­
have pronounecd intolerable. ♦ '
gross for hlin ut a lute hour today.
day that “we have the whole power
the
grounds that any evidence he may restaurant they all had massive Raymond H. Staub, a former asso­
Grants Paws irrigation district met
♦ Province officials have lent
handles of solid gold, These were
♦i
of th<- department of justice dlrect- ♦
with the board Friday afternoon at
their aid for the spring clean­ ♦ I possess- should be reserved for the replaced, however, by more conven­ ciate. who was taken to the hospital
Oregon City, Ore., Mar. 22. (A. ed ngainst us in this hearing, with
the court house to discuss matters
*1 courts. He declared he did not de­ tional and less tempting ones, and last night with a scalp wound. Staub
♦ ing of the Cariboo.
affecting the homestead lands. Until P.i—July 25 and 26 huve been set Its agencies intimidating our wit- ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 4 sire to plead that his replies would
although the cutlery is used daily charged that 'Pettit enticed him to a
these lunik come Into private owner­ for tlie 17th annual convention of nesses by threats of prosecution if
tend to incriminate, because there by customers it is seldom that these
the Oregon State Editorial associa­
lonely spot and attacked him without
ship through final proof and thus
FEAIt GROWS THAT HEB
was nothing in the facts relating to historical relics are recognized.
tion. according to an announcement 1 they appear, 1 criticize the presl-
warning.
Pettit, who surrendered
find their way upon the tax rolls,
CREW HA« SUFFOCATED the Teapot Dome lease that was in-
made here today by Hal E. Hoss, dent of the United States for keep-
they do not pay taxes, getting water
and
was
released
on his own recog­
criminaing. Will H. Hays flatly de­
president of the association and edi­ ing this man in his place of power
Tokio, Mar. 22.— (A. P.)—Al­ nied before the committee today ■
for their cultivated acres hy pur­
nizance,
said
they
got into a quarrel.
tor of the Morning Enterprise. The
while this proceeding goes on. The though rescue work is being con­ I that Sinclair had given any stock tty
chase. It was to discuss and clarify
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convention will lie held at Tillamook,
tinued vigorously, the fear has grown ¡wipe out the $1.600,000 deficit of First Week in April Set Aside by
the status of these lands for tax pur-
where editors will be guests of the least the president could do would
that 18 survivors imprisoned in the , the republican national committee |
Council’s Order
posre that the conference was held, Tlllninook Kiwania club.
be to suspend him."
after-compartment of the Japanese ¡after the 1920 campaign.
ns many of the homestead tracts are
Tentative plans for entertainment
Wheeler declared that Daugherty navy submarine 4 3. which has lain
A cleanup week for the first week
now being proved up on. A portion of the visiting newspaper men and
By a unanimous vote the oil com-1
of the tax levied upon the district women call for liusines« sessions to had done ’’dirty, cowardly tricks” in 26 fathoms deep on the ocean bot­ rnittee today decided to certify Sin­ In April has been sanctioned by the
Hoxie tom off Sasebo since Wednesday, clair to the senate for contempt as a civic committee of the Grants Pass
lands each year Is for the purpose be held at the city hall, an annual charging blackmail against
Round-the-World Planes Hop Off at
have succumbed to suffocation. Sig­ result of his refusal to testify.
Woman’s club and ordered by the
Miss
Stinson,
again
testify-
Stinson,
of paying off construction costs, and banquet at the new armory, visits to
End of Month
nals
from
the
interior
of
the
vessel
city council. This cleanup is to ex­
the district la required to charge this cheese factories In operation and a lug today, declared as "utterly
tend over the entire city and every
amount against new lands when they luncheon ut the Whitney lumber false." Daugherty’s charge that she have ceased attempts to raise the
stern of the vessel having failed, it
place will be included in the pro­
come upon the tax roll. The amount mills at Garibaldi.
Seattle, Mar. 22.—America’s eight
attempted to ’’caRjtalize her silence.” now Is planned to tow It to shallower
gram. This will embrace homes, va­
of till« construction charge that has
She denied sire was a disappointed water, Twenty-aix men of the crew
United
States army aviators, who
cant lots, parking strips and all other
already been paid by district lands are largely held by service men. who
woman, and declared that Jess drowned in the forward compart­
are attempting to encircle the globe
property.
previous to the present assessment were given the preference right in
Smith never led her to believe she ment of the craft after a collision Three-Day Event Draws to Cime
The refuse is to be gethered up in four giant Douglas air cruisers
Is II for each irrigable acre, this filing when they were opened to set-
wus to be ills sole heir.
with a warship, and it appears now ■
Program
of
Merit
With
and
placed in the’street where it canj and who landed at Sand Point avia­
i
representing the amount of construc­ tlenient lu 1918. The lands are all
that the remaining IS have smoth-1
Roxto
Sttnron.
gave
the
committee
be collected readily. A plan for thei tion field north of here Thursday
tion cost paid off |<> date. To bring n part of the Oregon & California
■■red in the foul air of their cramped
collection of this rn-bbish Is now be­ |i after their initial start from Santa
thin charge, with its accumulations railroad land grant, held by the rail­ her Version of the affair In a Cleve­
land hotel In which Daugherty charg- quarters.
The annual school meeting was ing worked out. stated Mrs. Jeanie I Monica. Cal., on Monday, will hop
from year to year, as more of the road for 40 years, but forfeited to
d she was registered with A
L.
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brought
to a close here today with Burke, chairman of the civics com­ off on the next leg of their 25,000-
bonded debt Is retired, against home the government because of non-com­
mile trip Sunday, March 30. pro­
Fink, of Buffalo, as man and wife.
la program of exceptional merit be- mittee. The fullest cooperation pos-
stead lands as a single payment, pliance with the terms of the grant.
She said she went to Cleveland to (YMYLIDGE PROMISES TO
vided weather conditions are favor­
the
siitle
is
urged
in
this
movement.
..
ing
presented.
The
meeting
of
along with current water tax for the They were given value upon the for­
AID ECONOMIC RELIEF
meet Fink to talk over a big deal,
able. according to an announcement
rural teachers was augmented by the
year that the lands come upon the mation of the Grants Paas Irriga­
and hud him to dinner In her room.
made last night by Major F. L. Mar­
addition
of
the
Grants
Pass
teachers
roll, would prove n burden on the tlon district in 1917, and were euger- There she said Fiuk told her he reg­
Washington. Mar. 22. — Promise
tin, commander of the squadron.
homesteader nnd handicap the devel­ ly sought when opened to entry fol­ istered them under a fictitious name. was made by President Coolidge to­ who took the opportunity of hearing
1 Only one engine will be changed
some of the talks given by promi­
opment of these lands. The lion rd lowing the war. As fast a» they are
She said she was incensed. Later day in acknowledging the result of,
Pro­ Annual Affair Will Be Held Septem­ 1 at Seattle, according to Major Mar-
nnd the homesteaders agreed, how­ proven up on. they are rapidly she said Fink told her both were un- the North Dakota primary "to advo­ nent educators of the state.
I tin. The engine in the plane piloted
fessor
Carleton
gave
a
paper
on
Pro­
ever, to a spreading of this charge broken into small holdings, One der arrest for registering under fic- cate legislation, use all the admin­
ber 1« to 1». at Fair Grounds
by Lieutenant Wade, which was
over a number of years nt the rate proved on last April is now in 10 titious names and were headed for istrative forces of the government fessional Reading, and Professcr
flown from Cottonwood, Cal., to
Brumbaugh
talked
.on
Imagery.
Miss
of 11 per year for each acre In­ separate ownerships.
At the fair board meeting this 1
nine the liars unless she promised to say and organize private enterprise to
with
Sand Point with a slightly damaged
volvod, thus relieving the situation homes already built upon it.
An- nothing damaging to Daugherty. give sound economic relief where it lElsie Neave. grade school teacher week, the dates for the annual Jose- ¡
tail, will be replaced. Thé damaged
.delegate
to
the
world
education
con
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for the homestead owner and pro- other has seven homes upon it wheri Miss Stinson snid Jess Smith, her is needed."
phine County fair were set for Sep­
ference at San Francisco last year, tember 16, 17, 18 and 19. Manager part of the plane was fixed by a
tooting the district In the construc- n year ago there was only the home­ former husband, told her he feared
squad of experts today.
tlon charge.
Daugherty. She told of an Incident mi fl Uli I DiU^ IQ PI nctn made a r®P°rt on the sessions. Mrs. F. S. Ireland is making extensive
steader's cabin.
The four air cruisers have been
OULU
PILL
DflflK
Io
bLUotll
Hopkins
led
in
group
singing.
preparations
for
the
staging
of
three
In
which
Daugherty
swore
at
the
There are about 30 of these home­
Under the action of the beard, the
thoroughly scrubbed and cleaned
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Sixty
teachers
were
present
at
the
days of fair that will surpass any of|
stead tracts within the district, rep­ accumulated construction clinrge fol­ nbiiscd Smith, and that Smith bought
with gasoline, motors inspected and
resenting some 2000 irrigable acres. lows the land, nnd will be paid by a gun nnd decided to kill himself. «’asliier Alleged to Have Default«! banquet last night at Epworth hall. the previous affairs. Plans are be- tuned, and new propellors bolted in­
The
dinner,
which
was
served
by
the
ing formulated for the big celebra- to place. The new propellors will
Ten of these came to final proof dur­ the homesteader or purchaser of his
With $10,000 in Year
! W. C. T. U. ladies, was declared to tlon of the year.
ing the past year, nnd the rest will lands at the rate ot,$l per acre per
have a stronger pull, necessary to
have been most satisfactory.
A
Among the Improvements contem- lift the aircraft out of the water af­
be proved up on during the next two year, assessed and collected as other
Medford. Mar. 22.—The Gold Hill ladies double quartet and quartet plated for this season at the fair ter being fitted with pontoons.
years.
They represent, excellent tnxos nnd increasing the currvnt Motornian and Conductor Mix«! Vp
bank was closed Friday afternoon numbers were given. Group singing grounds are the installation of sani­
lands, some adjacent to the city llm- charge by $1 per acre until It is
Fourteen hours of actual flying
in Wreck Ncigr Portland
by order of the state bank examiner, was also enjoyed during the dinner. tary lavoratory accomodations and time is the record of the trip to Se­
its of the city of Grunts Paas. They paid.
No statement was issued as to the Talks were given by President I.an- the enclosing and flooring of the attle from Santa Monica, Cal., ac­
Portland, Ore.. Mnr. 22.— (A. P.)
reason. The action, according to re­ dens of the Oregon Normal, and M rs. dance floor. In the past the dance cording to data compiled by Major
.Motornian Samuel Aiken was kill­
port from Gold Hill, has caused great Bacon.
floor has been in very poor condition. Martin. One hour and 15 minutes
ed and Conductor Wade seriously
The present school meetings were A committee has 'been appointed to was lost when the planes turned
hurt today when an electric train of excitement here.
The cashier of the bank Is Percy declared to have been a big success take charge of this and report at back to Vancouver, Wash., after
the Portland Railway, Light
and
Power Company, collided with a i H. Bell, who about a year ago ac­ [by the attending teachers. Credit is the next meeting of the fair board. starting for Seattle Wednesday and
gravel car which had run onto the quired a $4200 interest in the bank. . given to Mrs. Alice M. Bacon, county Over $2000 will be available in pre­ this time has been eliminated from
the statistics.
| school superintendent, for the man- miums for this season.
main track front a siding at Bell sta­ He has a wife and two children.
Chicago, Mar. 22.— (A. P.) -Cost freight rates began to rise in 1918 tion near here.
Following a conference Thursday
In which they were handled.
[ with local bankers the state bank
of hauling freight in the United they did not rise as fast or as far
YAHYA PASHA
examiner at Salem was notified, and
States has undergone little change ns prices. Since 1921 freight rales
JOHN C. SHAFFER
Stanley H. Stewart, state bank ex-
in the last 40 years, according to a again havo fallen.”
| amlner, arrived yesterday morning
The research council, taking 1885
survey just completed by the re-
I for an Inspection of the books,
search council of tlie National Trans- as 100 both for freight rates and
According to reliable authority.
portatlon institute, comparing wholesale pricey shows the highest
Beil admitted to Attorney Porter J.
freight rates with wholesale prices point for freight rates In 1867 at
Berlin, Mar. 22.—(A. P.)—Near­ federated states and most of the
Neff, that he was short about $10.-
since 1867. While the costs of basic 190.4. Wholesale prices then stood
000.
This
is
the
total
of
the
capi
­
mark
for
frolght
Lowest
commodities have undergone wide at 197.
ly 200 persons were arrested during leading cities as well as the railway
administration and many firms hav­
tal stock of the Institution. It is al­
fluctuations, the survey points out, rates was 70.7 in 1916 and part of
January in Berlin alone for counter­
ing issued their own money, that
leged
that
Bell
concealed
his
alleged
1917,
at
the
beginning
of
which
year
the cost of freight transportation has
feiting or passing bad money. Simi­ the public is bemuddled and cannot
defalcations by removing the ledger
jogged along closh to the base level, wholesale prices stood nt 148, then
lar reports are made from other tell good money from bad.
sheets.
apparently hnvlng little effect on shot up to 207, High water mark
parts of the republic, especially fromI Travelers in Germany have much
It is said that the immediate cause
prices or on the changes in Indus­ for wholesale prices wns in 1920
the
occupied area, With the fixed difficulty because of the various cur-
of
the
failure
of
the
bank
was
the
rates
'with 263, at which time freight
trial costs.
value of the rentenmark, issuing rendes, as Hamburg money is not
Inability to pay checks sent through
"Prices in the United States havo'wore mil
104.1.
bad money has become profitable, as good In Berlin and Prussian money
regular banking channels.
"High mark for freight rates In
gone through two major movements
the output of the counterfeiter’s is not good in Bavaria or Saxony,
Bell is under $5000 surety bond,
In the last 55 years," the survey dis­ the post-war period was 126 in 1921.
press does not drop in value.
and so on with the money of all the
which protects depositors for half
closes.
"From the late sixties to but it quickly dropped to 116 Ht
Prussian state dollars and other states and capitals. The situation
the alleged embezzlement, and it is
1897 the trend of prices was steadily 192.3, and now Is at 110. The big
money of the Prussian government is further involved In the occupied
said that notes held by the bank will
downward, with the exception of spread between freight rates and
have been counterfeited so widely areas by the money of the railway di­
fully cover the remainder.
brief rallies in 1872, 1880, 1888 and wholesale costs began In 1899 and
In the Palatinate, where
that many shops refuse to take any rection.
An examination of the books of
1893.
After the 1921 depression has widened ever since, so that, ac­
of the money of this state. There the French arc controlling the rail­
the ibank is under way by the bank
prices rose until April, 1 923. The cording to the charted figures,
has also been a general manipulation ways, the regie money, or railway
examiners, and it is said that a war­
price level at the beginning of 1924 freight rates have only exerted n
of
paper money through alteration of direction money, is not good the mo­
rant
will
be
issued
for
Bell
’
s
arrest.
minor
Influence
In
determining
the
price
above
the
stands somewhat’
John C. Shaffer, owner of the Chi the lettering. Notes of one million ment a train passes out of the occu­
The president of the bank is M. 9.
course of wholesale prices. Strict
level of 1870.
In
Johnson, former mayor of Gold Hill. cago Evening Post, the Rocky Moun­ marks are frequently changed into pied area into France proper.
"From 1867 to 1 897 freight rates regulation of railroad rates down to
tain News of Denver, and other West
Among the directors Is Martin Bow­ ern newspapers, who told the senate higher denomination by making the other words, regie money, which a
Freight a hare subsistence (basis, while in­
nnd prices fell together.
traveler takes at Speyer. Is useless
ers. J. IT. Reed was formerly a di­ committee he received gifts In money million read billion.
rates remained nt the depression dustrial production has been free to
There has been such a variety of when the traveler reaches Strase-
Yahya Ibraham Pasha, prämier of rector, also the late Horace Pelton and oil in connection with the Teapot
level until 1917, a period of 20 years, go after profits, Is reflected in these
land William Ulrich.
Egypt, in his official drasa.
paper money in circulation, all the,burg.
Dome lease.
■while prices wore rising.
When figures."
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COSTS
ARE
DISTRIBUTED
Purls, Mar. 22.—(A. P.i —
General Robert Georgi1 Nlcvçlle
commander of
the
French
troops ut Verdun during tlm
world war. is dead.
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PRESIDENT
IS
CRITICIZED
VICTIM HAS SCALP WOUND
CITY CLEANUP ^EEK ORDERED
AVIATORS LEAVE MARCH 30
SCHOOL MEETINGS
?
PORTLAND TRAINMAN KILLED
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