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Gateway to the Oregon Caves
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VOI,. XIV., No. ;M»t.
ST. PAUL MEET
GRANT« PAHH. JOSEPHINE OOVNTY, OREGON.
ONLY Th v "'TAN WAR
SURVIVORS v T-'ÎGON
WEARING OF HAT HELD
INDEX TO CHARACTER
Albany. Sept. 15.- •I A. P.l
—-John McPeeley. 97, one of
the three surviving Mexican
war veteran* In Oregon, died
today at hl* home al l<ebanon.
London, Kept. 15.- — (I. N.
S.)—Man reveal* hl* character
by the way he Wears hl* hat.
Thats the assertion of I»r. C.
W. 'Klmmlns, chief education
officer to the f-ondon County
Council, who claims to have
studied the subject exhaustive
ly
Here’s the code:
Hat worn well down over the
forehead, the man is solemn
and* thoughtful.
Hat pushed hack far on the
head, the man Is a "happy-go-
lucky."
Hat tilted on the right side,
the man.Is a rowdy.
Hat tilted to the left, the
wearer loses his social status
completely, being classed as a
f
mental deficient.
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Foil TI EHI» IY EVENIN'*»
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COMMANDER QI INN HAYS TIIIT
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A good card has been arranged
OM INI/ I I ION IH I PIIOA I N
TWO MEN WHO HAVE
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for the smoker tomorrow night al
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HIM HIDE
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8:30 at the Grant* Pa*« Athletic
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club on G »treat. Two excellent
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I main events have been lined up thgt
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.are sure fire. Dan Hullivun of Grants
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Pass und lltid Sholtz, of Rogue River
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weighing in al 144 and 145 respec
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Hay* Veteran* Organisai loti II m tively, will wrestle for the honors of Petty Tlilevery Reported lo Office
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Bern tlrnnrtl O»H ami Thai Public southern Oregon, with u belt going
lav>t Mg III h> People fiere-—
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4'<mfl<|rii<«> I* Ncsewary
Girl Ite!ornili to Parent»
to the winner. Bud Fl*her of Grunts
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Pass will take on Ted Brown, of Eu'
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gene, for six round* vf ekclting box
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$135 IN CASH AND RING LOST
HINES TALKS FOR BUREAU
w hole nv mi if , it :i.*>nn.
MOMMY, SEPTEMBER 1.1, 102»
OSTRICHES IN AFRICA
SHOW HUGE DECREASE
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Capetown,
Sept. IS.—(A.
P.) -The number ot ostriches
in South Africa, has dropped
from 900,000 to 1 20.000. There
Is in consequence fear of an
ostrich feather shortage.
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Bï Ü. S. FLIERS
SMELTER IS PROPOSED
FOR < RF.S4 ENT CITY FLY FROM DAYTON DERING DAY
—GIVEN WEIA'O.ME BY
Crescent City. Cal.. Sept. 15.—A
MI ETITI DES
proposition to build a smelter here
in Crescent City is under discussion
by some of our mining men and busi
ness interests.
There are large ore bodies con
tiguous to this region and with a
smelter to reduce these ores they Tomorrow'» Hop Will lie for Nebras
ka on Eli gilt Which Will Erut
would prove highly profitable to
Soon At Seattle
work.
To make many of these ore bodies
profitable to mine, it is necessary
to extract the values from the ores
Air Mall Field. Maywood. III.,
near their source, a* transporting Sept, 15. — (A. P.) — The Army
low grade ores any considerable dis- world fliers descended here at 12:55
lance to a smelter would prove un- p. m. from Dayton. Before landing.
profitable. Hence, a smelter near: they were seen by multitudes crowd
the source of supply is as essential ing the skyscrapers' roofs, fire es
as any other mining operation to capes and open spa«** in Chicago.
make the working of those bodies They were given a tumultuous wel-
both practical and profitable.
come.
Crescent City is favorably situated
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for the site ot a smelter, being near
Dayton. Ohio. Sept. 15.— (A. P.)
extensive ore bodies and on lido —The Army world fliers took off
water. Fuel can l>e brought by from McCook field at 10 a. tn., to-
water transportation from the north day for Chicago, where they will re-
ern mines and the smelter’s output main over night. They plan to pro
shipped by water. A distinct ad- ceed tomorrow to Omaha on the
vantage over an inland town.
flight which will end at Seattle.
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Shanghai, Sept. 15.—(A. P.)—-
Ing. ilo) h boy* are to weigh in nt
St. Paul, Sept. IS.—(A. P.l
A transient giving the nnrne of
Armies of the rival military gov
Proclaimed by it* commander a* "A 125.
Jack Brannan, was picked up on the
ernors fighting for the possession of
Joe Gorman, manager, «tutes (hat
proven quantity", the American
Pacific highway seven miles north
Shanghai, battled with renewed
le'glon opened It* Sixth Annual Con l he expects to start up regular classes
vention today, with proposed chang In physical culture for all boys who of the city last night In a dazed con-
latnijon. Sept. 1|—(I..N.S.I— De force on all sections today when the
es in policy the most Important mat desire to take the work. These dltion and wus brought to the local tails are beginning to be revealed of rainstorm ended and sunshine reap
ter likely to come up. Addrv**e* by classes will be In the afternoon and hospital. He saya that he was pick several new types of aircraft ¿pee- peared. The fighting is more intense
National Commander John It Quinn evening and those desiring informa e<| up by two men traveling in a ; tally designed by the British govern along the line of the Shanghai-Nan
king railway at Hwangtu, 15 miles
tor of the Veteran's Bureau, fea- tion can see Mr. Gorman.
Ford bug and that while he was In ment for naval use
nnd General Frank T. lllne«, dlrec-
| Many secret unique features are west of here, where the defending
men struck him I embodied in the new machine*, it is Chekiang forces were entrenched
George Riddle. Jr., left last night l,h* r«r ®n* ot
tured the opening *e*«lon.
lllne*
declared the veteran* bureau hud for Portland, where he will *pend a in the back of the neck, rendering i reported. One of them is that they along the creek bank and succeeded
been cleaned up. but It cannot take few day* before returning to Eu him unconscious. He was robbed jure all equipped with a small, apec- in holding the line throughout the
another forward step unless public gene where hr will attend th* Uni of >135 and a diamond rink valued ' |a|jy designed lifeboat fitted along- day.
Severe fighting is also reported at
At first he «jj,. the hull in such a way that It
confidence In it* work Is preserved versity of Oregon during the winter. *t $150. he charges
Ihing, 100 miles west of Shanghai,
wus unable to give many particulars offers little or no wind resistance.
and there I* a cessation of th« tur
1 but enough information was gather-, The most important of the new where the Chekiang forces have
moil and baseless condemnation.
fed by the officers to be able to send I plane* I* a giant flying l>oat, offic- been victorious in previous engage
out notice* ahead to stop the men. I tally stated to lie tbe largest in the ments.
Fishing Excellent Yesterday—
St Paul. Minn., Sept. 15 — (V. P.l Julius Meier of Portland Buy* Ex
Fishermen report excellent suc
The fighting today west of Shang
He claims that the cur bore a Ken-! world. Her hull measures seventy
Calling on the American le-glon to
hibit at Jackson Fair
cess yesterday at all places In the
so
far
in
the
hai
was
the
heaviest
lucky
license
number.
z.
H
An
Oregon
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feet
from
stem
to
stern,
and
she
will
launch on roads of service heretofore
river, although the greater number
car passed through Ashland at 9: 40 : comfortably carry a crew of six. warfare of the rival factions. Im-
untravelled. John II Quinn, retiring
A Josephine county grape display which answered the description, hav- I Special features about her are that, partial observers said the lines were Season Opens in Klainaili Region of the anglers appeared to be on the
national commander, today gave the In one of the largest stores In Port
lower Rogue. Nearly all got fish,
Tomorrow
Ing license plates issued to D. W. I in addition to having two 500-horse- virtually unchanged.
convention of the veteran*’ organlxa-
land was ussurvd by the purchase of Poole of Roseburg. The Ashland . power aero-engines, she will lie fit
There is a new run on in the river
lion an accounting of hl* steward» the entire display al the Jackson
Tientsin. Sept. 15.— (A. P.)—The
' chief of police chased the car to the ted with u maritime engine in her
Klamath Falls. Sept. 15.—Eigh and some big fellows are l»eing
»hip u* II* leader during the past
county fair Saturday by Julius Meier, , top of the Siskiyou mountains but I hull, enabling her to proceed on the war outlook in northern China is teen minutes past five o'clock. Sep caught.
12 month*.
of Meier and Frank, of Portland
blacker today than ever.
Chihli tember IS. will witness the opening
"A half decade ago th« t<egiop was Mr. Meier took the display Just as was unaliie to overtake them. The' sea under her own power, while her
troops of general Wo Pei Fu. ruling day of the 1924 dnr-k and goose ■
Yreka
officers
reported
that
the
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gear
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will
Include
fognhrns.
riding
but an Ideal.” Quinn said. "It in it was exhibited in Medford and Is
i military power at Peking, continued
season in Klamath.
spired great hope* In *ome, trust in having It sent to Portland where [ same car passed through there at a lights and other maritime features
today to move toward the eastern
high
rate
of
»peed.
Other
towns
usually
only
associated
with
ships.
Local nimrods are enthusiastically
others, and was the object of fear It will be exhibited In hl* window.
end of the great wall at Shanhak' prepurtng for the opening day ahoot Thousand.* Gather to Hear Nominee
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In a few. Today It has pasaed It* The dlspluy wa* one which created , were instructed to be on the watch !
for President
wan. Reports said the Peklng-Muk- by cleaning the barrels ^f their shot
nonage and begun a career which much comment and attracted much | for the car. The injured man claims i
den railway has been cut on the guns. shaking out the moth balls
piiNt accomplishments indicate will attention to this district a* a grape ! to have seen the two men first at 1
Eastwood Farm. Bunceton. Mo.,
Manchurian side of the wall.
Aberdeen. S. 1).. some weeks ago. I
from hunting coats, and purchasing Sept. 15.— (A. P.)—Thousands of
tie replete with great »deeds.
growing region In addition to the He was traveling afoot, headed for
hunting licenses.
"During the year in which I have exhibit, the Chuml>er of Commerce
Missourians gathered today at the
Priver Die» of Injurie» Su»,
Tokio. Sept. 15.— (A. P.)—Dis
been your leader, two major trl- is sending three boxes of excellent California.
barbecue at the farm of Dr. Arthur
Present
indications
point
to
many
tainiil in Race
order and unrest in the forces of
Ross Mallby, carpenter foreman at
umphs have been won by the Legion, grapes to Mr. Meier to go with his
General Chang-Tso-Lin. at Mukden, limit bags on opening day. Tens of W. Nelson, Democratic candidate for
the high school, picked the man up
triumphs which have proved Its great display.
Syracuse, hi. Y„ Sept. 15.— (A. P. I have resulted in a protest from the thousands of ducks are now in the governor, to greet John W. Davis,
Influence for good und crystalixed It
The first car of Josephine grapes and brought him into the city whero Jimmy Murphy, driver in the 150- Japanese consul general there. Dis-’ Vppei Klamath lake region, accord Democratic presidential candidate,
into a tremendous force working for will be loaded and shipped next Fri Dr. Smith was summoned. He la mile automobile race at the state
Mr, Davis spoke on the ideals of
paches say that as a result, of the ing to reports received here today
the betterment of our country.
day. Thl< will start the movement reported to be (tetter today but in fair grounds here today, died from situation the Japanese consular po front Eagle Ridge tavern. The flight democracy.
"The greatest triumph was the of the bulk of the crop, only u few still suffering front the effects of i Injuries in the 13Sth lap when his
lice are held in readiness for action to Klamath started about two weeks
passage of the Ree<l-Johnson bill. having been shipped previously by the blow he rec-elved.
i car went through the fence. Phil at Mukden and Japanese troops may ago and has been increasing in vol
The police have also been inform
the greatest reform legislation for express. The picking will be started
ume ever since.
"Red” Shafer won the race.
be called to preserve order.
the disabled since the creation of the tomorrow. The representative of ed of some petty thievery during the
According to Del Gammon, con-
veterans' bureau.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jeffries and
th» Pacific Fruit and Produce com evening. H. Lyons of Gresham, Ore..
nected with the Califurnia - Oregon
The other outstanding achievement pany of Portland will be here this I 1 left hi* car on the street while he Mrs. Cordilla Bunn of Tacoma.
Mrs. A. W. Moon and daughter, Power company, Agency lake is llt- Mrs. J. Christie Tells of Trip Io West
of 192» was the enuctment of the week, ull grupes being purchased i ' attended the ship*. When he re Wash., are visiting at the home of I Marie. arrived Saturday eveuiug from erally alive with the game birds, and
in Covere«! Wagon Day*
turned he found that his kodak hail Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Steiger. They Hilt, Cui., to lie here during the the number is increasing from day
adjusted compensation law The op 1 f.».l>. Grant* Pass.
poneut* of this bill, using It a* an
Pioneers of the covered wagon
The grape crop in California which been stolen. Mr. Hayton reports the are ^motoring to California to spend school year. Miss Marie enters high to day.
open means of attack on the Legion, competes with the Grants Pass grapes
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the winter.
days are beginning to show up in
school this year.
wished utterly to destroy the orga for table use Is practically ended.
greater numbers at the Courier of
nization. Instead of crushing our This will mean that the Rogue val
fice and it begins to look as if the
organization our enemies proved our ley product will have the entire field
matinees at the Rivoli, of the "Cov
inherent strength.
ered Wagon" will be a reunion of
in the northern markets, with strong
"To the best of our ability wo have prices resulting.
Men Here to E'ight Possible Spread the pioneers who helped to make
endeuvored Io curry out the man
of White Pine Disease
Oregon Mstory. One of the most in
dates given us by the San Francisco
teresting of the communications is
convention a year ago.
A crew of men has arrived in Jo that of Mr*. J. Christie, 850 N. 7th,
"If In Immigration we did not)
sephine county to start the fight who tells of her trip to the west
achieve total suspension, there has at. Kenneth .McKenele Victim of Auto
against the possible spread of the in her own words. Her account fol-
Accident Sunday
least been Immigration reform fol-1
white pine blister rust into this sec lows:
lowing genorully the thought of your
tion. This crew, uuder the super "I think I may be numbered among
Kenneth McKenzie, <1f Meilford,
resolution of 1923.
vision of L. N. Goodding, will start the Oregon pioneers. I was born in
"The American policies us dic suffered a badly broken arm and
a* once on their quest for the cul Kentucky in 1846. When I was four
tated by the Inst convention have other minor injuries early Sunday
tivated black currant, known as the years old nty father moved with his
been closely followed by tile crea morning in a collision with a truck
host plant for the disease. They are family to Missouri. During the Civil
tion of (lie community service anil nnd trailer driven by a carnival
putting in an exhibit at the county War we decided to come to Oregon.
troupe on its way to Myrtle Point.
civic bnttermeut bureau*.
fair in order to acquaint the people On the first day of April, 1865, our
The accident occurred about 15
of the community with the danger to family, in two covered wagons, and
mile* south of Grants Pass on the
the forests should this disease enter. four of our neighbor families in
Pacific Highway. Mr. McKenzie was
■land Receives Praise—
The cultivation of the black cur covered wagons said 'goodbye' to the
The Grunts Pass Concert band did driving toward Medford and the oth
rant is prohibited by Oregon law old home and started for Oregon.
itself proud at the Jackson county or car wus headed toward this city
and already 2000 plants have been
We came over into Nebraska and
fair last Saturday. The boys kept a The smoke was so dense that It was
eradicated In other parts of the state. camped, where the train was made
steady line of peppy music going nil hard to see very far and when he
The people here are asked to cooper up. There were 100 covered wag
day and when their concert was over had passed the truck, Mr. McKenzie
ate by removing these plants should ons in the train. "I could tell many
received much praise for their work, evidently swung in a little to the
they he in their gardens. The dis things of the journey, of Indians on
The band wee hired to play all nfter- center of the road. The large trai
ease spreads from the white pine to the war path, of graves left beside
noon and the majority of the niem- ler also exended well towurd the
the currant and then back to the the road and some amusing things.
center and this was struck head-on,
hers were able to go.
pine, as it cannot be transmitted too. West of the Rocky mountains,
the whole side being ripped off. Mr.
from pine to pine. This section will the train divided, part of them go
McKenzie's Dodge roadster was also
be worked and the crew will* con ing to California and other* to dlf-
badly battered.
tinue as far south as the California ferent places. Our wagons and one
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line this fall.
other came on to eastern Oregon.
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bur Davis and Chas. Burnett was re
The blister rust started In the We landed near Walla Walla, then a
Tank Farm* Near Monterey Biirnesl turning from Medford soon after the
Puget Sound country after having small town.
With Huge I.»»«
accident occurred. They managed
been brought in from Europe. It has
My father homesteaded a tract of
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'to extricate Mr. McKenxIe after some
spread through parts of Washington Hand and then he decided to come on
Monterey, Cal., Sept. 15.— (A. I*. I difficulty, a* he was pinned beneath
and has a firm hold in British Col Ito the Willamette valley, where he
Fire which swept the tank farms of the machine. They brought him to
umbia. So far, the disease has not died. The railroad extended only to
the Associated and Stanriurd 1)11 com this city where ho was taken to life
appeared in Oregon and strenuous Roseburg when I, with my husband,
panies ami the waterfront between Good Samaritan hospital at .which
efforts are being made to hold It in and children, came to southern Ore
Monterey and Pacific Grove, taking place he is now recovering. None
check.
gon. (In wagons again). We stop
a toll of at letat two lives and caus of the carnival trouge were Injured
In the crew are Mr. Goodding. R. ped first at Ashland where we lived
ing damage of $2,000,000, Is under although they suffered a few cuts
B. Fehren. W. E. Lewis, J. E. fpur- ¡a while, then back to the vicinity of
control thl* morning after burning from the glass of their windshield,
lock, E. M. Hornabrook and T. I). i Grants Pass, where if have siuce
for neurly 24 hours.
which wns broken by the impact.
I lived."
Mallory.
GRAPE DISPLAY WILL BE MADE
DUCK SHOOTING WILL START
DAVIS TALKS IN MISSOURI
MURPHY IS KILLED
PIONEERS SHOW INTEREST
BLISTER RUST CREW HERE
MEDFORD MAN IS INJURED
OIL FIRE IS CONTROLLED