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Newspaper Page Text* I 4 I 1 I ■—"T Grant» Past Gateway to the Oregon Cave» W HOLE NIMBER 3.100. GRANTH PAHM, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON. Vol.. XIV.. No, ;M8I. — - TWO HIGHWAYMEN ARE BY OFFICERS > OPENS WIIH A ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ LIVESTOCK EXHIBIT NOTABLE More Sheds Were N'<s e»»ar> to Holier the Man, Fine Entries Ik-Ing llrvughi In. The Ninth Annual Josephine coun ty fair opened this morning with the greatest general displays ever made here nt a fair. The displays were especially noteworthy In the live stock divisions where additional sheds were required to house the ■lock which wan brought here for exhibition purposes. Not only Is Josephine county represented. hut there are also exhibits from other parts of the state, some of the beet Oregon show herds being here for com petition with Josephine live stock. The other exhibits were lie- Ing brought in all morning und the first part of the day was given over to the placing of the many eihlblts. The livestock exhibits Indicate a big Increase In this Industry during th» past season as uu extra shed was found necessary to exhibit the 40 calf club calves of the country. The pig club boys have brought lu .15 entries for their part of the show and have made a commendable show ing In every class in which they have entered. Fox brothers, of Silverton, are here with a carload of sheep and a carload of Jersey cattle, which they have had at the Jackson county fair. Another excellent showing of Jersey cattle is made by Carl Schmidt, who has brought in the pick of hie New Hope farm herd. Long has a herd of s»v< n on display in the same class. In the Ayrshire class. Roy Lathrop has entered some of his stock, and C. J. Parker, from the Loughrldge ranch, has made u good showing. Th» Rogue River Cunsl company of M>dford has brought down 11 head of milking shorthorns, and J. K. Dun- Ills of this city is competing with his well-known herd of the same kind. August Thies, of Murphy, has brought In bls I»uroc-Jer«ey hogs, whll« Mr. Haberman Is showing his Poland-China*. Freeman and Kin caid. of Central Point, arc showing tb»lr Poland-China hogs. River Hanks farm hue brought In some of their blooded Bershlres for the show ns well as u portion of ttalr Guern- sey». • Fifty exhibits were expected be fore noon In the poultry division, a larg«- number huvlug been received Tokyo, Sept. 16.—(I.N.8.1—"The Kato ministry Is the strongest since before the World War; the Kato min istry is natlonariHtlc, headed by n premier who Is determined to piny th«« old gnme of European cliess- bonrd diplomacy; the Kato ministry, borne Immediately following the pas sage of the American Immigration bill, leans away from the United States and looks upon that nation with some distrust." Among the claims made by au old observer In a recent interview were various mutters which have to do wit It the summer molding of foreign policy by a Japanese cabinet which is primarily interested In Improving Japan. Japan's premier, Viscount Kato, was foreign minister when the fa mous 21 demands against China were made in 1914. Viscount Kato has an Intense Interest In foreign affairs, for be was educated In di plomacy In London; he has traveled extensively abroad, and he does not limit himself to a strictly Japanese viewpoint. This does not mean that bo Is not an ardent patriot and u nationalist. With him —and, per haps, second to hint In the handling o. b — (A. audita v> the uitempted i. hold ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ LI.OYDH GIVE OI T M ARINE DIHAMTEILH OF YEAR I Mil London, Hept. 16.— (A. P.) — A statistical return of world shipping losses during the year 1923, Issued by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, shows tlint the casualties during th» year numbered 466, of which 324, representing u total of 494,364 gross tons, were »trainer* uu<l motorships und 142 sailer*, representing 82.208 ton*. In the »learner and motorship sec tion 17/> are recorded as wrecked, SB foundered, 36 colllsioned, 31 miss ing. 29 burnt. 10 abandoned. uno five lost. BRAVE VETERAN IS FOUND THROUGH PRINTED PHOTO ODD FELLOWS TO MEET AT PORTLAND IN 1925 Boise, Idaho, Sept. 1C—.||, N. S )—As the result of the publication of his photograph in (he American Legion Week ly. l-e»«t<-r F. Albert, state ad jutant of the Legion, has just received a i llation naming him for "distinguished and excep tional action" In the World War. May 27 and 28. 1918. Through the error of a clerk In th» war department the cita tion went to France, came back to the United States and finally reached la-ster ft Albert's home In Shenandoah. Penn. Albert didn't know what It was al! alaiut until he saw a photo graph of the Idaho man with the same name, except for the middle ' initial. In the Legion Weekly, and sent ft on to him. Jacksonville, Fin., Sept. 16. ♦ ♦ (A. P.J — Herbert A. Thompson ♦ of Williamston, Mich., was ♦ ♦ elected grand sire of the fade- ♦ ♦ pendent Order of Odd Fellows ♦ e at the sovereign grand lodge ♦ ♦ session today, Portland, Ore.. ♦ ♦ was chosen for the 1925 con ♦ ♦ vention. ♦ EMERSON IIOI <.Il'S CLAHHIt OX ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦« ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ RETIRED ARMY CHIEF BOOMED J TO SI<N'EEI> QUINN AH NA SCREEN BRINGS BACK MEM RI’KHIANK WHO FLED HIRING TIONAL COMMANDER ORIES OF EARI.Y DAYS P.RVOU TION I RGKf) TO RETURN ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ JUSTICE RANO IS DISSENTER Majority Holds Tlist the RxprrsarB Intention of the Ix-gislature Hhoulil l.uidi- Balam, Hept. 16.—(A. P.) The Income tax law was upheld by the supreme court today in an opinion reversing the Marlon county court, which had granted an injunction re IIK.RMX IH HIT HARDEST straining Its enforcement. BY GERMAN CRIME WAVE The case was glut brought by the Berlin, Hept. 16.—(LN 8.>—Ber Standard Lumlter company. an Iduho lin was hit hardest by the German I corporation. The decision was wrlt- crime wave. During the last year I ten by the late Justice John Me no less than a hundred thousand ¡Court, concurred in by tile entire crimes hav«« been brought to the no ¡court except Justice Rand. who wrote tice of the Berlin police, according a dissenting opinion, The majority to statistics issued J«y Berlin police opinion declared the court should be headquarters. Half of all cases are gulilqil by the expressed intention of thefts of various shade*. Police re* the legislature. turns of 1923 show an alarming in- ■ r«a»e of crimes against 1922 re- port*. The increase of crimes in 192.1 is attributed to the demoralizing effect of the Inflation period, which reueb-I London, Sept. 16. — (I NS.) — ed its climax in the preceding year. Following upon the information that It is generally assumed that, with King George Is the owner of a sa the return to normal currency and loon. lt is now revealed that he also decreasing unemployment law-break owns a distillery. It Is situated on the royal state ing cases will be considerably re of Balmoral, Scotland, and is known duced. as the l-ochnagar distillery. by the lime the fair opened thia, The whiskey distilled is reported morning Rabbit* also form a good to be of u very pure and high order, portion of that part of the exhibit, and it is to be found In all the with numerous exhibits of turkeys, royal households of Englund. ducks and other fowls. The Judging of the various ex- hibit* will be done tomorrow morn Ing. I it the women's departments, ex- Itrii'lancc on Opening Day Shoe« Ul cellent displays were being arrang .Afore Than laist Year ed. one of the most colorful being the flower booth where bright col ored blooms were being placed lu' The Grants Pass schools, which profusion. The other departments opened yesterday, show a total regls- were receiving a large number of tration upon the first day of 1123 entries and will undoubtedly prove pupils, a gain over opening day of of greater Interest than ever before last year of 64, a larger Initial in to the women of the county. crease than upon any previous year. The merchant* were making good I*ast year 1059 reported when the use of the opportunity to display nine o'clock bell tolled the hour, their wares and some attractive while in 1922 the number was 1045, booths have resulted. showing that the growth of the pres The amusement features will be ent season has more than met Its better than ever, with dancing on usual increase. I the new floor nightly, A large array The high school yesterday num of concession* were .being put up bered 345 students. A year ago it during the day and will provide was only 317. Washington school, plenty of entertainment. The event the junior high, registered 226; Lin de luxe, however, will be "The Mi- coin *choo1, 228; Riverside, 244, and kado." which will be presented for Roosevelt, 80. the first time tomorrow night. It Is expected that the auditorium in the reconstructed high school building will be ready for use next Monday, adding greatly to the facil ities available to the student*. The building Is also much better ar ranged than was the old one. and the Increased attendance will be taken care of without difficulty, as will of the Japanese business of foreign also the Increases that are anticipat affairs — Is his brotlier-iu-luw, Baron ed during the next few months, as Shldehnra, former ambassador to new students enter dally during the Washington and a statesman of no I opening weeks. small mind, To an American in Tokyo It is well to realize that nei ther Viscount Kato nor Baron Shide- hara admit any of the claims of Jus tice In the American attitude on ex clusion. "The Japanese foreign policy un der the Kato cabinet is influenced, one might almost say that its for mation ‘begun, under the weight of the exclusion hill," said the old To- kyo ohserver. "The premier of Ju pan lias ever in the back of his bend the nationalistic spirit, which may easily lie found in the minds of all Jupanese in greater or lesser de grees. His adherents defend the 21 demands against China in 1914. Those demands—once passed, par tially recalled after the Washington conference in 1921, but, in the tnluds of tnauy Japanese, justlfed as a proper nationalistic measure follow Hose buutn, united ing the passage of the American ex States senator from Georgia and clusion bill—are, lu the mind of the former secretary of the interior, is Japanese premier, no dlsgruce what on bis honeymoon. Ills bride is his soever. Let me explain. The Ja- [former secretary, Mazie Crawford. ¡They will live in Washington. (Continued on Page T wo TT ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ y ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ THE COVERED WAGON FILMED Residents of Grants Pans Witness Sieurs That Tell Story of Trip Aims» Plains . ...----------------------- j Pioneers, with memories of their TIIOI'T TO BE KEPT FROM I trip a< TO■:» the plains in the covered PREYING ON SALMON FRY | »agon still k«-en. are planning to see , enacted those same scenes with which Anchorage. Alaska. Sept. 16. —(A. they are so familiar. A large num P.I—Under a plan adopted by the ber were present today at the Rivoli United Slates bureau of fisheries, it where "The Covered Wagon" is be is hoped to increase the salmon pack ing shown. of the Cook Inlet section of Alaska Among those who took delight in from 200.000 cases in recent sea recounting the experiences of the sons to 500.000 within the next few trip to the west was W. F. Davis. 301 years. Rogue River avenue. Although only According to William Studdert, in nine years of age when his parents charge of salmon protection, the de started out for the coast in 1864. pletion of salmon in i southwestern ‘ ; has a vivid recollection of Alaska has lieen due as mpch ** *°i those exciting days. They left their failure to conserve the spawning) honle jn Nodaway county. Missouri. grounds as to overtoiling Mr. J" Stud-| ‘ on jq that year, with Salt Lake dert declared the greatest enemy to ‘“ as their goal. A train five miles th«* salmon were Dolly Varden trout, ahead of theirs at Rox Elder was at which preyed on the eggs in the tacked by Indians and the entire spawning grounds up streams and train murdered, This was near Fort caught the salmon minnows before arney. Their train buried the re- (hey could swim to safety. mains and got to Salt Lake where "One trout,” he said, "captured in they spent the winter. In the fall a stream white the salmon fry were of 1865 they reached Howl Prairie, traveling to the ocean revealed 70 near the^present town of Salem. They odd fry in it* intestines. To stop went there because it was said that these inroad* we have decided to de they could go anywhere uud dig gold. stroy the trout." In 1866 they had Indian troubles there. Mr. Davis has been here only about a year. STEALS PALM TREES Los Angeles. Sept. 16.—(I.N.S.)— One of the true pioneers of south T. Moriwaki admired the palm trees ern Oregon is han Green, well known in his neighbor's yard. Now he is j here because of the articles he has serving six mouths in jail for steal-: contributed on the early life in this ing six of the trees. part of the state. In 1853, when IS years of age. he left St. G®ie- H. B. Hudson and family, and P. vieve county, Missouri, the oldest E. Lucas and family, of the Hudson county of the state. The trip was Electric store of Roseburg are In the made with Lupten's train, which took city today. They visited the Caves cattle to California, He left the train and continued with a few fam yesterday. Hies from Utah to Marysville. now Six and a half I months were t=kc: taken in the trip, No Indian trouble was experienced, al- Private Interests Would Curry Pas though a number of scares were re sengers to the Island ported, Mr. Green promises to write in detail some of the experiences of New Orleans. Sept. 16.—(A. p. 1 — the overland trip at a later date. Airplane passenger and mail service Mrs. C. N. Hathaway is one of between New Orleans and Cuba und those who made the trip in the cov Mexican Gulf ports as a private en ered wagons. She says: "We left terprise is a subject of discussfou here, with many predictions thaT it Allendale. Worth county, Missouri. May 1. 1864, and landed iu Port is likely to become an accomplished land the last of September of the fact in the not distant future. We were just five Suggested terminals would be same year. mouths on our journey, We came Tampico, Mexico City via Vera Crux. of wagons, Merida. Yucatan via Trogreso. and with quite a large train experiences We had some thrilling Havana. The type of seaplane be lieved suitable for the lines — air with Indians but all got through safely. We settled in Linn county, cruisers such as are used between (Continued on Page Two.) Florida and Cuba and the Bahamas but equipped with at least two mo tors—could make the hop from New Orleans to Tampico, 710 miles, in about nine hours, The 900 mile jump to Mexico City via Vera Crux would require about 14 hours. Yucatan run of 540 miles would surne about eight hours while 550 miles to Havana could be ered in approximately the same length of time. One of the sugges tions in connection with the Tam pico and Vera Cruz service involves a relay at Brownsville. Texas, with planes operating between New Or leans and Brownsville and Browns ville and the south. Postal officials are authority for the statement that approximately 1500 pounds of first class mail dis patched from New Orleans to Mexi can ports each week for which the government pays 82 cents a pound. Incoming mail from much of the ter ritory is transported fr<i- of charge by the steamship companies, but It | Lieutenant Locateli!, the Italian Is believed the United Slates and aviator who started out from Green- Mexican governments would agree to land with the American 'round-the- pay 11.50 a pound for all first class world flyers on their last lap across mall handled by the planes should the Atlantic, is the guest of fellow such a service be established. The I countrymen in New York. This plc- revenue derived therefrom, it is estl-1 titre of him was taken on hoard the mated, virtually would support a tri-'destroyer Richmond, following his weekly service. I rescue in North Atlantic waters. PLAN CUBAN AIR MAIL ROUTE k—'"’ DAWES IS VISITOR TO VETS Berlin, Sept. 16. — (A. P.)—Soviet officials have taken steps design<-d to persuade Russians who fled dur-, Ing the revolution to return to their R u II omm I Man Tolk Roily Tli.it Gov native land. Newspapers through ernment Ownership Is Bureau- out Germany have published a com cratic Move munication of the soviet embassy in Berlin to all former Russian war • * prisoners and others who did not St. Paul. Sept. 16.—(A. P.l—Dl- take an active part in fighting the tiding interest with the annual par- red army, inviting them to return are of the American Legion today to Russia. Free transportation is was the visit of General Charle» G. assured. Dawes, republican vice presidential The Prussian department of the candidate. Dawes said he would interior declares itself In sympathy march in the parade. with the official soviet summons, Charles P. Donnelly. president of asking the German authorities to as the Northern Pacific, in an address sist all Russian subjects who wish : | at the business meeting, said the to return. proposal for government ownership of railroads was an effort t« estab- nurn li,h a bureaucracy. OVER A ?*** defined boom developed for General Pershing to succeed John R. Quinn as National Commander. Infection Now Suspected in Only One Place in siate CATTLE EPIZOOTIC IS AMERICA RETAINS POLO HONOR A succession of recent event* in dicates that the nation's livestock industry has little further to fear from the outbreak of foot and mouth' disease in California. Veterinary officials of the United States depart ment of agriculture expressed this optimistic view of the situation, The only place where infection is ■till suspected is in the Stanislaus National forest in Tuolumne county. California. No new cases of infec tion have been discovered or report ed since August, 16. In that case only two cattle in a herd of 800 were affected and officials are hopeful that the prompt slaughter and deep burial of the entire herd destroyed the virus of foot and mouth disease before it could spread. Twelve large herds which were giveu a most thor ough inspection on leaving the forest recently showed no symptoms of the disease. As an additional precaution those herds and all others which are allowed to leave that area will lie inspected frequently for several months. Morover. susceptible test animals will be kept with them long enough to make certain that no cat tle carrying the disease are in the herds. As a still further measure of safe ty. the forest service, acting on the recommendation of the bureau of animal industry, will close the Stanis laus forest to all livestock during 1925. This will inconvenience a few neighboring ranchmen, hut the ac tion is necessary in the interests of public safety and economy. The value of the grazing in the area is small compared with the cost of suppress ing another possible outbreak. English Visitors Are Defeated in De ciding Game Today International Field. Westbury, N. Y„ Sept. 1«.—(A. P.)—America re tained the international challenge cup today by defeating Great Britain fourteen to five in second and decid ing match of the polo games. FOOTBALL GAMES ARRANGED High School Team Will Meet South ern Oregon Elevens t A football eleven that will be a lively contender for gridiron honors in southern Oregon Is being organ ised among the husky youths who are seeking education and discipline at the Grants Pass high school. The schedule of games has already been arranged, the first to be played on Saturday, October 4th, when the lo cals will journey to Klamath Falls to meet the team representing that city. Tlit schedule provides the following contests: October 4—Klamath Falls at Klamath Falls. October 11—Marshfield at Grants Pass. October 18—Ashland' at Grants Pass. October 25—Medford at Medford. November 1—Klamath Falls at Grants Pass. November 11—Roseburg at Rose- burg. November 21—Ashland at Ash- land. A game upon the home field will be arranged for Thanksgiving day. when it is probable that the Eugene team will be brought here. London, Sept. 16.—(I. N. S.) — of inferior military rank to General • London newspapers, having refought Sauberzweig. attempted to intervene, the battle of Jutland at least a score urging the general to postpone the execution until he had communicated of times, without reaching any defi with the kaiser. Sauberzweig re nite conclusion as to the whys and ■ fused and ordered the harón from wherefores, have turned their at- the room. tention to German atrocities in Bel-1 Defying discipline, the baron tele gium. and claim to have unearthed phoned to tta German headquarters the real "Inside story" of the exe- at t’liarleville, urging that the kaiser cution of Nurse Edith Cavell in should be informed of the case and Brussels in the fall of 1915. 1 begged to Intervene. The kaiser had The Evening Standard announces retired, and his officers were afraid that the execution was due to a to wake him. When informed of the execution blunder of the German military gov ernor of Brussels, a general by the the following morning, the kalaer name of Sauberzweig, who had sole was very angry and immediately re authority to confirm, quash or modi prieved the other women condemned with Miss Cavell, further ordering fy courtmartial verdicts. Nurse Cavell was condemned to that in the future no woman should death with several other persons, be executed by German military au General Sauberzweig was particular- thorities. The kaiser realised, according to ly vindictive against her and. at 5 .o'clock in the evening Of the day the Standard, that Miss Cavell'* exe before she was executed, ordered cution was illegal, the offense of that she alone should be shot the which she was convicted not coming within the category of espionage in followiug morning. Barou von der Lancken, although the German military code.