Grants Pass daily courier., September 06, 1924, Page 8, Image 8

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What -the World Is Doing
A» Seen by Popular Mechanics Magazine,
Collapfi bit Cano« Carried on Auto Vivid Hue» Brighten Piper Money
to Check Counterfeiting
Hui Seau for Two Persons
For the automobile tourist who likes
io bah and paddle, a collapatble canoe
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So that it will be harder to counter­
feit Vtuted State« paper currency and
rpuhouz note« may be more readily de­
tected. legal tender is beiug brought out
m distinctive colors
The denomina­
tional figure, serial number and treasury
seal will be printed blue on stiver certifi­
cate*. red on United States notes, gnen
on federal-reserve notes, brvwu on na­
tional-bunk botes and yellow on gold
certificates.
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Hxndv Block Mikes Can
Opening Easy
Many women find it hard to hold cans
firmly when opening them, and will
therefore appreciate the simple device
shown >n the drawing.
A block of 1-in wood is cut with a
V-ahaped opening, as shown, and the
facta of the vee covered with strips of
fine emery doth, glued to the wood; the
block is then screwed to the work top of
the kitchen cabinet. The can to be
opened is pushed into the V-notch where
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a eery light preretire holds it securely.
has been imported from Germany which
With the can held firmly in this manner,
can be packed in a bundle, six inches in
opening it is a very simple operation, re­
diameter and forty-eight inches long,
quiring no heavy exertion. The angle of
and weighs only thirty-five pounds
the notch and the size of the block
When assembled, which can be accom­
plished in ten minute«, it is fifteen feet
BOARD-,
long, with waterproof spray shields al
each end, and seats two people m com­
fort
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“Loudest Noise" Deafens Persons
EMERY CLOTH
Ten Miles from Blast
Camp Meals Are Cooked Easily
on Revolving Bracket Grid
Much of the unpleasantness of coA-
mg over the camp fire may be eliminated
by the use of a revolving bracket grid
recently invented It consist« of a short
pointed luvsc which is driven into the
ground and about which the fire is built,
an extension tube, a revolving top piece
and four interchangeable gnds Several
things may be cooked at once, and a
light touch is sufficient to swing the ar­
rangement around for stirring the con­
tents of a pot or for plm mg any flung
over the hottest part of the fire without
stepping into the smoke. The entire
outfit is quickly areembled or taken
apart, occupies but little space and is du­
rable. The surfaces of the cooking grids
are angular-shaped, making them easv to
clean and well suited to broiling steak
or tousling bread
What is believed to be the loudest
noise ever made by man is reported to
have deafened persons within a ten-mile
radius in France. Ten tons of explosive
were set off in order to observe the speed
f’Sotne of the larger iron b’-dsteadz
of sound and to discover the cause of
the «ones of silence." first noticed dur­
often sag down on the rollers so that it
ing heavy barrag-s in the war. when
is difficult to move them about. Thu
cannon could be heart at long distance*
can be cured by driving a hardwood
vet the explosion» were inaudible nearer
plug into the bottom of each post and
to the guns. Observers were stationed
boring a -X-in hole in it. theu putting
in many of the principal cities, some 600 should be such that it will hold any sue m a regular roller intended Xor wooden
of ordinary can.
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beds.
miles sway.
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KLAMATH SHOW IS OPENED
Irrigaiioii <\»ngn--- Merli. Today ut
KlamiU h I'alls
Khitn.tth Fall*. Or».. Sept
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The advance guard of the
gates to the Oregon Irrigation
great« which will In- in Hendon
Monday and Tuesday arrived today,
t meeting of the Oregon Drainage
association wa* held here today. To­
morrow the visitor* will.be taken on
a tour of the Klamath project. The
visitors will be taken through the
Klamath l*oe, Langell and
Wood
river valleys, where they will net
loi.ooo acres of producing Irrigat­
ed land.
The visitors will al»o*he
taken to Upper Klamath Lake.
The program (or the drainage coh­
eres.* today Includes u number of
addresses.
Prof W J Power», soil
expert of the Oregon Agricultural
College, Is to tulk on reclamation of
wild meadow and tule lands. Prof.
<’. F. Shaw, of the University of Cal­
ifornia had an address on "Preven­
tion of Drainage and Alkali Trou­
ble." Dr. Samuel Forties, in charge
«■f the western drainage investigation
of the United States Drainage asso­
ciation, had a talk on "Drainage of
Irrigated
l-and- ”
11 D. Newell,
manager of the Klamath irrigation
project, was on the program for a
talk on drainage work of the United
States reclamation service. Senator
C. L.
.McNary.
Ed. A. Geary, of
Klaniuth Falls, and E E Chadwlch.
secretary of the Eugene. Ore , cham­
ber of commerce, also were to talk
today.
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FAIL
Success does not always rest accident insurance company paid
upon the shoulders of a man. And Mrs. Carter $500. Summer guests
so today, for a change, I am going at the beach hotel collected $175
to tell you abaut a woman who more for the mother and widow.
won out when everything seemed About $300 of the total $675 was
hopeless. John Carter’s wife, Helen, used by her to meet the expenses
was an invalid. Nothing immedi­ of the two funerals. Helpless and
ately dangerous; just weak heart alone, broken in spirit and feeble,
valves and aenemic. She couldn't the great question of what next to
get about easily and lived on milk do confronted her. At that time
and its by-products. In 1914. when I she was living in an old fashioned
she was fifty-four years old, her frame house just off Massachusetts
husband, a $50 a week chemist’s avenue, in Lexington. Maas. Her
assistant in Waltham. Mass., was reputation for cooky making was
run over by a Waltham trolley car well known. It was generally said
and killed. A jury said it was that Mrs. Carter could bake the
careless negligence on his part and thinnest and finest cookies ever
refused the wife a penny as dam­ produced and neighbors asked her
ages.
Her son, Baldwin, thirty why she didn’t try to build up a
years old. was drowned that same market for them.
year at Nantasket Beach where he
Sensitive and high
was ,
„ strung
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was employed as a hotel clerk. An a humiliation to try and commer-
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cialize a talent that she had em­
ployed only for her husband and
son’s sake, but it was all that she
was fitted to do.
A traveling salesman neighbor
agreed to try and sell her cookies,
however, and three months later
three of the better restaurants in
Boston and two in Providence were
making a specialty of them, to­
gether with “wafer thin ginger
snaps” and what came to be known
as “Carter's feather weight sponge
cake.”
That year Mrs. Carter’s
net urofits airoynU',}.t<> $1JM5.
NINTH ANNUAL
JOSEPHINE t imUtT FilH
GRANTS PASS - SEPTEMBER 16,17,18,19
S3,000.00 IN PREMIUMS
On Livestock, Agriculture, Horticultural and Dairy Products. School Exhibit,
Minerals,
Kitchen
Pro-
darts, Needle Work. Art, Etc.
HORSE RACES
“THE MIKADO”
Held every day on the t, Mlle Track
A MUSICAL COMEDY
$2,000.00 In Purses
(Continued from Cage One.)
first big purse in beating Jim Tracy,
an Australian.
Since that time Flrpo hbs beep In
the public eye.
He came to this
country early In 193S and knocked
out Bill Brennan. Jack .McAuliffe,
and halted a come-back by Jean Wil­
lard. .Before each fight his equip-
meut was ridiculed, iniil it wan frim­
ly predicted that ili'm psey would
easily conquer the crude work mull
from Argentina
But the champion
was knocked down twice and hurled
out of the ring before he beat the
wild hull to the cimva* for the sev­
enth time, to win by a knockout in
two rounds of the most spectacular
prize fight in history.
Flrpo grew In liu*lnes* saguclty
as he advanced in power. He man­
ages his own affairs, combs the coun­
try in barnstorming flurries and his
financial bout* with Tex Itickard
and other promoter* have ultra.ted
almost as much attention as I
light* in the ring.
In the mld*t of negotiations fol'
return match with Dempsey, t
Wild Bull' suddenly announced that
he was through with prize fighting,
lull when Itickard offered more at­
tractive inducement*, he changed
bls decision. In hl* own country he
ha* been regarded as a national hero
because of the attention he attracted
to the South American continent. He
is now Implicated with immigration
authorities here In U h-gai buttle
which has a woman In the liack-
ground.
Flrpo won 2 4 of hi* 32 battle* by
knockouts, ami seven by tlwlMion*
Hi* knockout by Dempsey was the
only reverse of his professional ca­
reer. The coming bout with Will*
I* considered by the Impatient "Wild
Bull" as a mere preliminary to an­
other
championship
with
Dempsey.
A fountain pen for writing In dark
place* is equipped with a small flash­
light.
Means Freedom of Mind
Presented by Andrews Bros, and
Hazelrigg
Rock Drilling Contest—$200.00 Prize
Six Steers Hidden Each Day
Cast consisting of local «Inger». Presented on a
large stage especially built for the play in front
of tile grandstand.
ending quest of flat hunting, high rents,
there is the assurance that money yon formerly
paid into rents is being saved.
Evenings of September 17,
18, 19, at the Fair Grounds
Best Horses in Oregon to Run
You can live in a district where your family
and yon will have health and happiness,
extremely simple to possess a home at a cost
that will meet voiir desires.
Big Parade Friday at 2 p. m., of all Prize Winning Livestock
Baseball Game on Tuesday between Two Fast Teams
A Day for Each Section of
Southern Oregon
BIG MIDWAY
Largest Midway Ever Staged in
Tuesday - Wolf Creek, and Glendale
Southern Oregon
Wednesday - Williams, Illinois Valley
Thursday - Jackson County Day Ferris Wheel
Merry Go Round
Friday - - Josephine County Day
Whirling Seaplane
Come—Bring the Whole Family
IN
THE
HEART
OF
Your Own Home
Side Shows, Band Concert, Concessions
ROGUE
RIVER
VALLEY
THREE C’S LUMBER CO.
West G St.
The Prince of Wales, young man
of many falls ft >m horses, arrived
New York last week, lunched
with President Coolidge on Satur-
day and is now being lionized by
N. Y.
«.
i. society as he
nc attends the
U|t*n4>tlOfl> 1,0,0 ro,tci,es on Long
Phone 59