Grants Pass—Gateway to the Oregon Caves -------- -------------- ...------------------------------------- y —------ — Gilt NTH PAHS. JOSEPHINE COE.NTY. OREGON VOI». XV., No. ». n irne oi/IDT LLItlw üia I ií I sweepstakes ai '? '’ 1 are taken by MOk.: Salent. Hept. 27. (A. P. I YV. <> Morrow of Independence won the sweepstakes over all dairy herds ut the state fair. The prize winner was Golden ’Ierro'* Happiness, the grimi i humpion Jersey cow. ♦ ♦♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ OF INS CITY f it ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ M WERE NOT EXPECTED HERE Ydvlccx Iroui South Were to I That Direct Route From Moll To Roseburg Would Ik’ lake The world flight aviator* passed over Grant* Puss today at I 05 They o'clock, headed northward, were not expected to be seen from here a* reports from Sun Frunclaco Indicated that the three filer* would go direct from Medford to Roseburg, missing this city entirely. As a re­ sult few' people were watching for them. The three planes skirted the east­ ern part of the city entering the inountuln* to the northeast and con­ tinuing In a northwesterly direction They had evidently followed the railroad track from Med ford, K«t- Ing back to It ugilln toward Merlin, The Hire«« big planes made a plain- ly audible roar as they went by. They plan to be in Eugene by 3 o'clock. Hamburg. Germany, Sept. 27 (A. I*. I The I ioc II m of muny llrlt l»h soldier* und hci II oi * who died In , German hospitul* anil prison cumps during the wur are to remain in I t!i«> country permanently. The British government recently I acquired several tract« of ground here and elsewhere where cerne- ferie* ur<> to lie maintained, The largest burial duce will be In the Ohlsdorf <•< cemeidry of Hamburg, ' where a space for 700 grave* hus I been taken over by the English. Bodies of soldiers who died in Meck­ lenburg, Hchleswig-Holateln. Han- lover unii Oldenburg are to be Iran ferrod here, a* well us th«- sailor* I who died ut Borkum and Emden. PHILIP HELMER PASSES AWAY Prominent Resident Passes U») After Illness of Month pianto i ÌPAIM L j IAN 10 / ibHII'l TWO GREAT EUROPEAN PHACT FINANCIERS CRIPPLES UllHû 1 ♦ London, Sept. 27.— 11.N.H.) ♦ ♦ — An amazing feature of the ♦ ♦ London conference has Iw-en ♦ ♦ that the two great financial ♦ ♦ experts Philip Snowden and ♦ ♦ M. Seydoux are liotli cripples. ♦ ♦ Philip Snowden suffers from ♦ ♦ the effect* of a severe cycle ♦ ♦ accident nearly <0 years ago ♦ < ♦ which seriously injured his ♦ ♦ spine and kept him on his back ♦ ♦ for two years. Today he walks ♦ ♦ painfully with two sticks, but ♦ ♦ to stand for more than a minute ♦ ♦ or so cause* him agony -yeaYs ♦ ♦ of which are written on his ♦ ' ♦ ♦ face. ♦ M. Seydoux Is bent and crip­ ♦ ♦ pled with rheumatism. He has ♦ ♦ to liuve assistance in walking ♦ ♦ and is almost curried to his ♦ ♦ ♦ auto. ♦ Yet these two men are mas­ ♦ New York. Sept. '17. (A. P i ♦ ter financial mind* of Europe. ♦ The New York lllants clinched their ♦ What the body has suffered the fourth straight pennant, a record ♦ ♦ brain has apparently gained. achievement in National l eague his­ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ tory, today by defeating Philadel­ phia 5 to 1. while Brooklyn lost to IOS! CONSTRUCTION NEAR Boston 3 to 2. I BILLION DOLLAR M YRK YANKEES ARE GIVEN SETBACK Chicago. Sept. 27 .— (I.N.. )- —Nlne- Philadelphia, Sept. 27. (A. P. I — The New York Yankees received a teen twenty-four is destined t o be severe setback today when the Phil­ the greatest building year in th< adelphia Athletics defeated them 4 history of the I'nited States. Figures gathered from 1000 cities to 3. throughout the country by the Indi­ ana Limestone Quarrymen's associ­ American ation show that *.’!, <20,000,000 Washington 7, Boston 5. worth of construction was done dur­ New York 3. Philadelphia 4. ing the first eight months of-the Nat tonal present year. Chicago 2. Pittsburgh 3. This, according to Thomas J. Ver • nia. president of the association, is a 10 per cent increase over the same period for 1923. It also proves, he said, that building is going ahead by greater strides than over before. Trans-Atlantic Trip Net for Flr.1 Further figures gathered by htf Part of October organization. Vernia said, show that many federal and stale projects will 27. (A open up aa soon as a slackening in P.) —The ZR-3 will start her I rani- private bujlding is felt, Thus ch** Atlantic trip to Lake-Hurst, N. J., on outlook for the building trade is October 5 or 6, provided the weather remarkably secure. over the ocean is favorable, accord­ ing to an announcement by the Zeppelin company which built the craft for the American Navy. Philip Helmer, prominent mer- chunt of tltla city, dled.at the Good Samaritan hospital last night after all illness of five weeks, the result of crrebreal hemorrhage, which oc­ curred August 20 at his home, cor­ ner Fifth und 1> streets. Mr. Hel­ mer. with his wflfe, came to Grant* Pus* from Minot, North Dukota. in San Francisco, Hept. 27 (A. P.) 1920, and lor a time wa* a*»ocluted Enroute to Eugene, which they with the Jewell Hardware company, expect to reach about 3 p. in, the but later engaged In the furniture Army around the world flier* hop- liUMiness, which wa* built up to one ped off from Crlssev field today at of the largest of It* kind In south- 9:03. The route through Oregon Is ‘orn Oregon. over Medford and direct to Roseburg Mr. Helmer was a train dispatcher and Eugi •ne. They were not tn |>U«* , for 27. (A. P. I Helmer’s Parents left this morning Hiihstantlul advance* were claimed to- j Aqueduct Race Track, New York. (’luire. WIs. night by tin» headquarter* of Lung from Eau Sept. 27. (A. I*. I Ijidkin. owned wba. of th«* Chekiang a rente« de­ I by August Belmont, won the Inter­ fending Shanghai, following the national special, number two. this launching of a Chekiang offensive in afternocrti by a scant nose from the Would t all Ont til Rangers to Eight the K luting sector. French champion. Eplnard. with Disease Wise Councilor third. a length ■*<*,000 SNAKES I SI D EVERY Anstln, Tex.. Sept. 27.— (A. I'. I— away. The time was 1:36 2 MONTH IN TOKIO, J AI'YN , Mobilisation of all the state rangers — to assist In controlling tin' foot und Tok Io, Rept. 2 7 (A. I’ I More mouth dlseuse. reported discovered than two hundred snuka dealers in near Houston. Is requested by the Toklo supply the city’s demand for state livestock sanitary commission «nukes as food and medicine, accord­ in a mesage to Governor Neff toduy. ing to figures gathered by the Jijl Shlmpo. one of Toklo'* leading news­ papers. Toklo citizens consume about 10.- 000 snakes each month, says this I tin gnosis Shows No Results In Ar< paper. Snakes, mostly of the viper rival nt Coiu luslon family or garter snakes, are either eaten by invalids needing the nour­ Klamath Falls, Sept 27. Diagno­ ishing factor which silence has la­ sis conducted by veterinarians In San belled vitamin A, in which these rep­ Francisco and Sacramento hnvc fail­ tiles are supposed to be rich, or they ed to disclose the cause of the mys lire consumed ns a drink, made by terlous malady which has killed him burning them and dissolving the dreds of mule deer in the Shasta Na­ ashes In spirits, Such consumption tional Forest in less than a month. of snakes Is due to* old superstitions Post mortem examinations con­ olid docs not have medimi endorso» ducted on deer carcasses show that meat. the disease first manifests itself-on DATE SET FOR ZR-4 FLIGHT LUNGWHA CLAIMS ADVANCE LAOKIN WINS THE BIG RACE 1EXAS REPORTS EPIZOOTIC DEER MALADY IS PUZZLING TOKAYS NOW BEING PICKED The Tokny grape picking is now getting under full headway with nearly every vineyard getting their product out. If the present good wenther continues for two weeks it is believed that the hulk of the To­ kays will have been harvested. Car­ lot shipments will start moving again I next week unless a ruin is experi­ enced before that time, tyhich Is not probable nt this time, The rains of the past few days did not damage the grapes and the bunches are now dry again. Tbo picking of malagns I h being held up ponding a stronger market. Those will not be picked for more than a week, some vineyurds leaving this grape until the lust. the lip of the deer In the form of an ulcer and gradually works down into the stomach destroying tissue and severing organs from their tnoor- Ings. Animal experts have vetoed the suggestion that the disease might be "hoof and mouth" or unlhrax. They say thnt external symptoms of the disease are unlike any discovered on wild animals heretofore. Officials of the Shasta National Forost have been instructed by tile government authorities to burn all carcnsses as soon as located and to forbid nny person to enter the forost reserve. Following n conference with Dep­ ut/ Game Warden Richardson of Modoc county, California, ' Game Warden Marlon J. Barnes, an- nonneed that Richardson and a , com- panion had In an hour and a half counted sovonty-two doer carcasses in (lie vicinity of llnckamore Spring. WHOLE MEMBER MK»<». NATI RDAY, Hl ITI Villi IS 27, 1921 PIONEER BUILDING BURNS Knights of Pythias Building in Hood River Is l*e-ti-o>ed ------- »- Hood River. Sept. 27.— (A. P ) — Fire this morning destroyed the Knights of Pythias building, one of the pioneer two-story structures, and threatened adjoining buildings. Tht scarcity of water handicapped the fire fighters. The loss to the build­ ing is estimated at *10.000. Half a dozen fraternal organizations lost th« ir records. Th«- fire started in u garage down stairs. Several auto­ mobiles were burned. Spontaneous combustion is blamed for th«* fire. C (nilTr LUU 1L READY BY1925 SPOTTED TYPHUS NOW [ RAVAGING LENINGRAD 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Leningrad, Sept. 27. I A. P.) Spotted typhus has broken out in this storm-swept city, add­ ing its horrors to the flood. Thousands are homeless, and hospitals are crowded, m flood swept bodies from the ♦ cemetery graves. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ IJ>SS ESTIMATED AT THREE STATE IIIGHYY AY COMMISSION TYPHOID FEVER < c »STS MILLION DOLLARS IS DE< IDEI* TO IMPROVE STATE MILLION DOLLARS SI EFEBEI» REDUOOD BOI TE Charleston, W. OLp ROAD TO BE REPAIRED Will Huffice for Next Eire Years If Put in Good Condition Is View of Highway Ihely Portland. Sept. 27.— (Special) — Uy 1926 the Redwood highway, now under construction between Crescent City. Cal., and Grants Pass. Ore., will lo> open, life state highway com­ mission announced yesterday. Next summer the new location up Patrick .■reek will be graveled and opened. The Redwood highway is one of the Interstate primary roads. The commission decided yesterday to improve the present location of the Redwood highway between the O’Brien school house and Grants Pass. 33 miles, instead of spending $500.000 on a new location, as by this arrangement the commission will have funds to devote to the further construction of the Roose­ velt coast highway In Curry county, south of Pistol river, where construc­ tion work will be costly. The com­ mission argued that the present i route can be made usable and satis­ factory for traffic for the next five years, and considered that this is the best policy to pursue in order to do further development on the coast road. Between O’Brien school house and the California line, the government is now grading and surfacing, and this section will be completed next year. It will connect with the new location of the Redwood highway, which the government is building on the California side of the line. Parks along the highways to pro­ tect some of the scenic points are becoming a problem, and so is the matter of planting trees, The com- mission was advised that thé next legislature will be asked to create a state pagk board, to be composed of members of the state highway commission, so that the public parks in connection with the state high­ ways can be coordinated better than at present. In order that the tree­ planting problem can have the best of judgment, an advisory committee will be appointed. Va., Sept. 27.—! i I N S. I—Typhoid fever cost West I Virginia more than million dollars in . cold, hard cash, last year, according to state health authorities, who in-1 (MM) Guests Sent Scurrying Out of sist the figures are conservative. Building at :»;;«<» This Morning Incomplete state death record* j When Blaze Is Discovered show 251 deaths from the typhoid' malady in the past year. The health, department estimates 10 cases of thej Del Monte, Calif., Sept. 27.— (A. disease to each death therefrom. ' bringing West Virginia's typhoid rec­ P.)—The main building of the Del Monte Hotel burned here today at ord in 1923 up to 2510 cases. an estimated loss of *3,000,000. ■ Both wings of the building, con- i taining 300 rooms were saved. ORIGIN OF FIRE UNKNOWN BOBBY JONES IS CHAMPION Del Monte. Calif., Sept. 27.—(A. National Amateur Championship Is IP.I—The Hotel Del Monte, center Won at Ardmore [of the playgrounds internationally 'known to tourists, was destroyed by Ardmore. Pa., Sept. 27.—(A. P.) fire of undetermined origin which —'Bobby Jones, of Atlanta, won the started in the tower in front of the national amateur golf championship building at 3:30 this morning and today by defeating George Von Elm. continued to burn at day break. The of I-os Angeles, in the finals 9 and 8. | fire sent 600 guests scurrying in ’ scant belongings to witness the des- i truction of the main structure val- I ued at * 1,000,000. WOULD STOP STOCK Hartman Syndicate J.vlttxsl by R«- port of t'or|H>ration Commissioner BILLICK JURY IS STILL OUT —- Salem. Ore., Sept. 27.—Recom­ No Indication of Verdict Reached Today at Presst ime mendation that further sale of stock of the Hartman syndicate, an Oregon No indications of a verdict in the corporation undertaking to extract : oil from shale rock at the head of | case of Dr. E. J. Billick. whose fate Antelope canyon, uear.isnu^^c >>•» I jypw rqs^withjjie jury on the man­ prohibited by the state corporation' slaughter charge preferred against A commissioner until the stockholders him. were forthcoming today. have had an opportunity to meet and heated discussion in the jury room fully investigate the company's af­ is evidenced by the loud voice« fairs and properties. Is contained in which may occasionally be heard At a report filed with Governor Pierce emanating from that place. today by Oswald West and George 2:35 this afternoon the jurymen re­ Black, appointed to investigate cer­ ported back to Judge Thomas for ad­ tain stock and bond sales in Oregon. ditional instructions or rather for Charges that the company was ap­ a repetition ot .parts of the instruc- which parently organized for the purpose I , tions given this morning, x of creating a market for certain they had forgotten. The case went to the jury at 10 equipment used in the extraction of the oil from rock, whicl^ equipment o’clock this morning with Judge C. is manufactured by other concerns In M. Thomas issuing instructions. He which E. W. and W. H. Hartman are brought out the points of the law heavily interested and on the sale of which governed the case. The jury which equipment they receive a roy­ was in session all day and at press alty. and that they received *1,500.- time gave no evidences of being 000 of the *3.000.000 capital stock able to agree on a verdict. Prosecuting Attorney W. T. Mil­ of the Hartman syndicate as pro­ moters. while the public was “ex­ ler this afternoon told the Courier pected to supply the capital and as­ that in case ‘of disagreement, he sume the risks”, are set forth in the would call for anoWier trial, provid­ ed the majority of the jury did not report. The syndicate was. according to the stand for acquittal. If there are any report, organized in May, 1923, with assurances that another trial would a capital stock of ,3.000.000 divided bring a conviction, it will be asked. The penalty in case of conviction into 30.000 shares with a par value on the manslaughter charge for of *100 each. which Dr. Billick Is being tried is for imprisonment ot from one to 15 years and a fine ot not more than <5 one. Good Headway Made on Paving of Orchard Avenue SEASIDE HAS HEAVY' FIRE MISS ON FRIDAY Present progress on’ the paving of 1 Seaside, Ore.v Sept. 27.—Flames Orchard avenue indicates that the I which started in J. W. Bartlett’» pouring of the concrete will be start-' variety store Friday caused a loss ed jthe first of the coming week, ex­ estimated at *19,000 in a business cellent headway being made by Fore­ section of Seaside’s downtown dis­ man Schroeder. The pavement now trict. before checked. contemplated is that which conforms to th«» state specifcations and will be some of the first to b«> constructed | according to these plans. It will have a depth of seven inches in the, District Manager Will Ylake Koine In (■rant* Pass center, gradually thickening towar