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GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER
birr’s go fishing ”
When he feels the urge to go fish-
ing, the boy knows it is spring, So
long as that thought arises in the
mind of man, so long does he retain
the vitality of youth, The man who
no longer feels a yearning to get out
tackle and start for the stream
should consult the family physician
and put his business affairs in order.
Fishing is more than sport; it is
a season ad philosophic reflection.
The successful angler has to be philo
Of course a fisherman
sophical,
wants to catch fish, but one endowed
with the real spirit will find pleasure
in having gone fishing, even though
he comes home with a creel empty.
However, he will not be so happy as
he would be were it full. There is
an indescribable thrill in the feel of
the strike when the fish takes hold
like he means business. The period
which elapses between the first con
sciousness that something is doing
and the time the fish is landed safely
is one of Intense, joyous Ufa. It is
a mixture of hope and fear, hope for
the successful outcome and fear of
failure.
It is true that a game fish at the
end of the line can make more of a
fuss than its size after it is out of
the water would seem to warrant.
That ig the reason “the biggest ones
get away," It is not intentional ly
ing the fisherman does. The one
which got away seemed big and the
ones safely landed were estimated
before they left the water.—Ashland
Tidings.
EDUCATION BY RADIO
Daily broadcasting of short edu
cational talks and features from
New York City public schools
through an arrangement with one
of the great radio corporations Is
considered by Superintendent Ettin
ger “a wonderful opportunity to
bring the actual work of the school
tation of a Chinese rebellion and per
sonally financed it.
Unfortunately
for Mason there was no fruit ion of
his scheme, and he was arrested by
i hlg own countrymen at Shanghai, and
hts first shipment of arms was sailed
before he had beeu able to make a
single attack.
Mask Guard» Painter
From Lead Poisoning
Mason’s confessions are well told
and do uot err on the side of reti-
cence. In fact, the story is almost
brutally trank, and the author spares
neither himself nor his comrades.
and paints some amazingly out-1
spoken pictures of the laxity of life
in the foreign colony in China.
One of the most interesting of the
recent crop of English first novels is
John Innes' "Till A’ the Seas Gang
Dry.”
Despite the title this is not a boot
legging novel, but is instead the story
of a pair of Scotch lads who left
their native heath and came to Lon
don to join “the group of Scotchmen
who run England.”
Innes has written his tale iu his
native Scotch dialect, and it is tuli
of the dry humor of the Scots, He
is no respecter of persons and even.
takes occasion to have a little fun'
with Sir James Barrie. He tells of ;
a visit to Thrums, where he ques-|
J Honed one of the natives on -their
attitude toward their distinguished-
townsman. Barrie.
"James Bawrrie's fatir mair thot!
o’ oot o’ Thrums than een Thrums," -
said an old cab-driver. "He mieht I
o’ been a meenister in the kirk, but;
i noo he‘s taken to writing deillsh;
■ plays."
lend polsonNvg hits long been the
bugbear of p.¡inter«. While working
with paint hnvlng a high lead content
the Inhalation of the piiint odors bus
been known to produce duligeroiia at
tack* of the well known "painter«
colic,” while coutuct of lead palm
with the akin, piirtlciilnrly where II is
cut or abraded, often results In
tilting diseases.
To Combat these conditions a
dal gas mask or respirator lifts
devised. This is not so cumla-rMtme
as tlie conventional type, merely serv
tug ns a filter ugainst the lead fumes
and not covering the whole fine. It
straps around tlie back of the bend,
covering the nose and mouth, but not
the eyes, thus affording free vision.
Worn lu combination with rubber
gloves for protecting the hands, the
new respirator affords ample protec
tion against the possibility of contract
ing disense, no matter what may be
the lead content of the paint u :ed.—
New York World.
Human Decoy Used to
Lure Wolf in Russia
The Russian hunter's method <>f kill
Ing wolves Is Interesting. A great
hefty peasant, with yellow hnlr. snub
nose, reel face and shining blue eyes,
brought an immense wolfs skin to me
once, and I asked him how lie had ob
tained It. lie was standing it the
window of his Izba one late afternoon
lie said, when he saw a wolf walking
through the village street. He seized
his gun, called a friend, and they went
In pursuit. The wolf stopped on the
top of a hill outside the village ami
looked at them. To prevent It from
running awuy. the second man went
down on all fours and moved toward
the wolf. lie looked, In his heavy
sheepskin shuba, for all the world like
an animal, and the wolf ran back to
The flood of memoirs continues to attack him. When It had come to a
inundate the English book market, convenient distance the hunter shot It.
some of them interesting, many of I —Francesca M. Wilson, in Manchester
Gossip of Staff Correspondents
them uninteresting and a tew of Guardian.
at World Centers of
them inexcusable.
Population
They Battle Bugs,
Tlie warblers are one of the mo»
; Pioneer Pax-o-«—
j Mrs. Emma Alfred died this morn ata ful families of birds—they cut s<
London, Mar. 28.— (I. N. S.)—The ing after many months of suffering I luuny RoxiotU Insects and liuve
servant problem is a very delicate (from heart trouble. Mrs. Alfred was scarcely any bad habits, says Nalurt
Magazine. They nest iu orclinnls.
subject in England, and perhaps a pioneer of Josephine county, hav shade trees, willows, shrubbery mid
that is why Fannie Hurst’s new novel ing lived in Grants Pass for 30 years spruce forests. The yellow-throated
"Lummox”, has been banned by one -or more. Her son. Will H. Alfred, warbler tenants orchards and sin ill,
of the largest circulating libraries in ¡lives in Alameda, Cal.
Very nehr standing or running water
London.
A cuterpillur is its favorite tldb.t.
"Lummox" shows the seamy side
Strange, Sirange!
of servant life and, according to the
Legal blanks of all kinds at ths
This is veracious: A clergyman Courier office.
English version, is a little too sympa
from Cambridge. Mass., bad occasion
thetic toward domestics.
to preach to the inmates of an insane
English householders are not in
hospital. During his sermon lie no
clined to glorify their servants, nor ticed that one of the patients paid the
are they anxious that the servants closest attention, his eyes rlyeted upon
shan pity themic-Ives. Any literary the premier's face, his body bent
work that is too sympathetic toward eagerly forward. Such Interest win
the domestic Is bound to be unpopu most flattering. After the service, tlie
speaker noticed that tlie man spoke to
lar in England.
It is probably to spare the feelings tlie superintendent, so as soon as pos
sible the preacher Inquired:
of the employers that the banning of
“Didn’t that man speak to you about
“Lummox" has been resorted to by my sermon?”
the circulating library.
“Yes.”
“Would yon mind telling me what
"Lummox" wag very well re he said?”
The superintendent tried to sidestep,
viewed by the English press, and
with a great deal of sympathy. Im but the preacher Insisted.
“Well,” be said at last, "wlint the
r
mediately after its reviews had at
man said was, ’Just tlilnk, he's out
tracted attention announcement was
and Um In.’”—The Christian Register
made of its banning. The publishers (Boston).
have made advertising capital out of
the ban, and there is little doubt but
The 1920 United States census
that “Lummox” will become a best shows that less than one ip 2,000
seller among the thousands of ser persons in this country are blind.
vants of England.
DAILY
NEWS
LETTER
ONE eleven "
cigarettes
One of the most unusual books
published in England in many a day
has Just made its appearance. It is
“The Chinese Confessions of C. W.
Mason.’’
Charles Welsh Mason, who has
lived in America and who confesses
into a closer relation with the home." to unpleasant experiences with an
At 2 o’c'ock every day the schools American wife, opens his memoirs
have "exclusive use of the air” for with the announcement that he has
20 minutes. Entertainment offer been a convict and an outcast, and
I presents his story as a psychological
ed by the schools includes talks on
I study.
special aspects of education, music
Thirty years ago, when a mere
lessons, glees and other songs, ¡youth. Mason was a junior assistant
music appreciation, orchestral mu in the Chinese Customs Service. He
sic, recitations in reading, spelling, became involved in the plots of a
Chinese secret society and gave birth
English, history, civics, geography, to an ambition to become emperor of
arithmetic, nature study,
science, the world. He worked upon the the
and exercises for special holidays. ory that he might out-Napoleon Na
Each principal will submit a tenta poleon and planned to start upon his
world conquest by becoming King of
tive program representative of his
China. With this idea in his mind
school.
Mason personally directed the fomen-
PEOPLE’S MARKET
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Classified ads appear under this heaing the first «.kne
MOTOR OUT TO THE ABERDEEN THE PICTURE MILL for artistic
VILLA, Sunday dinner» and week
photography. 420 F St. Phone
283-lt.
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end parties.
Excellent Service,
Amid Delightful and Congenial
FOR
SALE
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A
rugged,
two-year-
Perfectly
Ap
Surroundings,
old roan shorthorn bull, register
pointed Cabins. open Aprll lst.
ed and priced right lor quick
BOtf
sale. Avalon Ranch. C. O. Gar-
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SECOND HAND coil bed spring! for _ rett & Son, Glendale, Ore.
sale. $2.00 each. Josephine notel.
4 1 tf SUPERPHOSPHATE — Car now on
track.
We will
be unloading
CALL 155-Y—For dry slab wood,
Thursday and Friday. This may
$2.50 per tier. C. V,. Ijtmbrecht. ,3
be our last shipment this season.
Let us have your requirements.
SECOND HAND motors handled,
Farmer's Co-op.
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overhauled and repaired at Clev
enger's Electric Store.
21tf T. M. STOTT INSURANCE SPE
CIALIST — Temporary headquar
WOOD FOR SALE—Chunk fir $2.75
ters at Buick salesroom, 308-310
and $3.25 per tier; manzanita
North Sixth St.
$3.75. Phone 286. Houser uros.
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3 e ir FOR SALE--6uO feet. 8-inch,
gauge galvanized irrigation pipe.
FOR RENT—Furnished apartment,
Carold J. Parker, care Lough-
ground floor, very desirable.
ridge ranch, Rd. 2.
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One 7-room, modern house,
furnished.
U!l-
Dili SEASONED WOOD—Williams
Wood Yard. Phohe 137.
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One 6-rooin, modern house,
furnished. Isaac Best.
un-
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FOR SALE—Victrola with records.
Phone 370-R.
LOST Knap-ack containing some
tools and K. G. P. on llap. Please
have at Pine Box factory or at
Courier.
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FOR SALE—Tokay grape plant«,
4c each. Red and yellow rasp
berry plants, 50c per 100. Magoon
Strawberry plants, 40c per 100. J.
A. Plttenger, North Twelfth St. 56
PUREBRED Jersey bull for sale.
Peter Olson. Phone 500-R-2. 60
BULL CALF, Holstein, come and get
him for $1. 715 West Bridge St.
or phone 323-Y.
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FOR
SALE—5-rootn
furnished
house. Large corner lot. »1250.
Terms. A. C. Wheeler, 514 South
tilth.
W
RANCH f < 'i: SALK a nice 10 mh
home ranch for some one. Good
Improvements.
Easy
payments.
Box 63, Rogue River, Ore.
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FOR SALE Modern 7-room house,
good location.
»1300.
Small
payment, down, balance like rent.
A. C. Wheeler. 614 South 6th. 60 I
FOR RENT Nicely furnished apart-
ment
Call !•> E st.
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FOR SALE One Economy Chief
cream separator 1n good condi
tion. $25.00; 6 thoroughbred An
nina liens, $5; 2 thoroughbred
Barred
Rock
roosters,
$1.75
each. C. P. MacFarlane, Rd. 4.
Box 12.
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Editor Courier:*
The gates at the Savage Rapids
dam are being raised in good shape
and the fish are being looked after
in like manner. I don’t believe that
we will lose a single fish in the oper-
If other people wlll be a*
atlon.
careful as Mr. Wilford Allen Is in
protecting the fish and game of this
county, they will surely be protected,
aud we would not have to pay so
much money for game wardens. But
the people won't respect the laws of
our country and that is the reason it
makes It so hard on all of ns to live
right. There has been some fishing
going on that Is Illegal, some shoot
ing from cat« on the highway, also
an illegal practice, so I want all of
you to be careful not to violate any
of the game laws of this county
while I am game warden.
By re-
xpecting the laws, we will make this
place a pleasant one in which to live.'
Mr. Burghduff, the stale game
warden, says he will work In connec
tion with us to bring about condi
tions here that will attract the whole ¡
world to our sporting places, Just ;
imagine a trip down the Rogue to the
coast in boats and stopping in places
to hunt and fish. And to think that
Grants Pass Is the head of the whole
thing. So we are asleep. Let's wake
up and do someMiing. The posMblll-
tieft are here in the sporting line, and
there are lots of people who have
money and are hunting places like
this to spend it. I can't do much,
but I will do my best, because I have
the faith, So If we all push, pull and
lift, we'll get there, believe me, peo- .
pie.
JACOB REDDING,
Game Warden for Josephine County.
ELECTRIC COOKING
Friday and Saturday
March 28 29
St <‘ the range with the Quick Oven and enclosed typo
QUICK HEATING HOT PLATES
1 he new 1 nivcrsal Wrinkle Proof Iron or ’roaster
given with every Universal Itangc piir<’hnsed Friday
or Saturday.
SOLD ON TERMS
CLEVENGERS ELECTRIC STORE
215 North Sixth Street
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Grants Pass
Gateway to the Oregon Caves
The bite of a peculiar bug that is
found on the Philippine Islands pro
duces temporary paralysis.
Capital invested in the coal bus
iness of the United States totals
$2,330,000,000.
tint a
1«, folk«,
cobbler
cry when you Irani of
wonderful little devise ublch
increases the wear of your
shoe soles from three Io seven
times.
It will save you not
less than S.*> In repair bills on
euch ptiir of h I iocm .
PRICE 25c
See
J. p. Doyles, Dry Good« Store.
Rnrtttl’s Racket Store
nini Later Hie Economy Store
Rogue River Hardware Co.
< ’. I’. T. Co.
Bcst
by
Test
/mich as Thai oianv other brand
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