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W ednesday , xotTwnrn h » i grants PAM DAILY rounrrn P\GF. TTTFEF WINNING » CANDIDATES STILL GOING ON! We will never say quit until Every Article is Sold Out ! We want to impress upon your mind that we will sell everything in our store at greatly reduced prices, in some cases cheaper than we can duplicate (he article on the wholesale market today, to take advantage of this great I Calvin CooiMgo DEFEATED CANDIDATES CLOSING-OUT SALE at once before the choicest articles are sold out. Don’t be too late and then be sorry. Take an inventory of your needs and supply them at once. Here it is ! Now don’t hesitate! CLOSING-OUT SALE OF THE ENTIRE STOCK OF • • GRANTS PASS, ORE. J. C. BRILL Successor THE PEERLESS CLOTHING CO GRANTS PASS, ORE. Mr. Coolidge asked Daugherty to step out to make way for some man who could give him advice from the point of view of one disinterested, To the Attorney-Generalship he appointed an old Amherst classmate, Harlan F. Stone; to the Navy post, a California jurist, Curtis L. W’ilbur. Meanwhile. Mr. Coolidge had be come the logical candidate of his party for the 1924 elections. Sena tor Hiram Johnson made a bold stand against him for a while, but as the primaries returned Coolidge almost everywhere, Johnson was out of the picture. When the convention was held In June. Mr. Coolidge had almost all the votes corailed. V.'i’s- consin and North Dakota alone held out against him. The President would not interfere with a free choice of h'ls running-mate, and Brig.-Gen. Charles G. Dawes of Chi- cago was picked. A' crushing personal blow came to the President and his wife just a month after his nomination, when his youngest son, Calvin. Jr., died suddenly of blood poisoning con tracted from an infected blister. All that medical science could offer to save his child was provided by the frantic parent, but to no avail. Cal vin. Jr., died in Walter Reed Hospi tal. in Washington. July 1, 1924. Returning to Washington from his son's funeral, the President applied himself to his speech of acceptance which he delivered on August 14, contplsory compensation bill was ' lowed, for he had been advised of the White House desk, chief among C.. re- them settlement of the Pennsylvania given a severe setback here with a the president's Illness. Coolidge majority of 688 against It. The vote tired as usual that night, . Shortly hard^oal strike. An inspection of (Continued from Paite One! stood ye« 94'5, no 1633. The voters after midnight, un automobile dashed the law convinced him it wae a state were In favor of the repeal of the in up to the door and the occupant matter and he turned it over to Gov- present Josephine county in the state come tax law. a majority of »1 be- jumped out and pounded on th<^ ernor Pinchot. •legislaturo as representative, de- His first major appointment was Ing cart, The vote »food yes 1108, door. Col. John Coolidge put his tfiwtlng George Werts, independent no 1017. The county fair tax men- bead out of the window and heard that of Campbell Bascom Slemp. .ex vondidate, and W. M. Hayes was. sure was crushed under an adverse that Harding hud died und there wus Congressman of Big Stone Gap. Va.. elected sheriff of the county,'defeat Vote of 1603. with 1000 In favor. I a telegram tfor the vice-president. He a Republican from a state of Demo ing E. II. Lister, Republican nominee In the city elections. T. P. Cramer aroused the new president and his crat«. as his private secretary. There for the position. These two offices was a hue and cry over the choice and E. JI. Harbeck were tied for wife. They descended the stairs. •were In doubt until practically every councilman from the first ward. In Telephone linemen cut a line In because Slemp had been involved in precinct had been heard from and tho first precinct, Cramer received frotp the nearest phone at Plymouth charges of the sale of postmaster ap ■majorltlee in both cases were ap •133 ahd Harbeck 101. In the sec. Union, two miles away at the Cool pointments, (but the President is proximately a hundred. E. W. Mil ‘onil precinct the vote was Just re idge house, and at 2:30 a. m.. Cool nored this. ler was elected state senator, receiv Congress, which he addressed on versed. In the fourth ward. Mrs. idge talked with Secretary Hughes in ing a majority over both James T. "Adah Morrison was elected to the Washington, who notified him it was December 6. had not been easy on Ixxgan, Independent, and A. C. Council. She received a majority his duty to take the oath of office President Harding, and it was no Hough, democrat. Mr. '.Miller had easier on Calvin Coolidge. The in- ‘of 134. The third precinct gave Mrs. at once and start for*Washington. the Republican nomination. Ernest Gravely turning away from the tel vertigations into the oil scandal had 'Morrison 117 and Shade 46. The 'Loughridge defeated J. L. Stan •fourth precinct gave Morrison 143 ephone to his father, he announced just begun to get under way. and the brough for county commissioner, re and Shade 30. F. N. Mooers and that he wool# take tho oath at once bonus, tax and Immigration ques ceiving a majority of "52 votes, Isaac Best were elected without op and that hts father, a notary, would tions were on the griddle. Coolidge their count standing Ixtughridge from the first opiosed the bonus, position. W. D. Fry, without oppo administer Ct. 1896 and Stanbrough 1144. Hayes Then, in the dim flickering light supported Secretary Mellon's tax sition was elected mayor with 1386 received 1692 votes and IJster 1584. votes and George P. Jester was elect of an oil lamp, in the presence of plan, and opposed the Japanese ex giving lHayes a majority of 10-8. his wife, some neighbors, his sten clusion clause in the immigration ed treasurer with 1316. Cramer received 1356 and Werts ographer and chauffeur, Calvin bill. On all of these be was over 1253, giving Cramer a majority ot Coolidge held up his right hand be ridden. Both houses passed the bon 93. fore hie father and swore to defend us over hi« veto; sent him a tax bill i Coolidge was the popular favorite the constitution as twenty-ninth ho did not care for, but which he In Josephine county. The state Re president of the United States at signed because It was a measure of (Continued from Page One) publican ticket went over without a tax reduction, and dumped the inter 2:47 a. m.. August 3. hltoh, 'McNary being the choice for Tennessee were ascribed by his He embraced his father, dictated national problem with Japan into his the United State«» senate by a big friends to his tour. Coolidge served a statement to the nation, express- unwilling lap by writing the exclu majority and Thomas B. Kay win out his term as governor and then Ing the hope that the late preal- sion clause Into the ‘bill over his pro ning over Jefferson Myers for the I returned to Northampton for a rest dent's cabinet would serve him. and test. (Nevertheless he signed it. be state treasurer's oßflce. Van Win | of two months before going to Wash declaring his faith “that God will di cause Congress said it was what it kle received a majority for attorney ington for Inauguration, March 4, rect the destinies of the nation,*’ and wanted, and there was no legal general with Ostrander being seated 1921. then retired. grounds on' which to veto It. on the public service commission. Calvin Coolidge was the first man The investigations caused Presi Once In Washington. Coolidge Belt and Coshow worn given the dropped Into the inevitable obscurity to 'be inaugurated president of th«, dent Coolidge untold trouble. He largest vote for the supreme court of the vice-presidency. He sent his United States by his father. Some personally entered them only justices. 'Hawley was given the ma two sons to Mercerburg academy and effort was made to cast rfbubt on through the production of telegrams jority for United State» representa took up his abode with Mrs. Cool- the legality of the oath, but it never sent to Edward B. iMIdl-ean. Wash- tlve. Koser was dle choice for sec- ldge at the New Willard. Ho did not , went far. , ington publisher, who was involved retary of state. He started for Washington next ( in ... mo tho Fall run money uiuur/ matter, uiuviv., These he make the popular presiding officer The measures went about a» ex- of the senate that his predecessor,1 day. and in the ensuing days went declared were entirely innooent. peeled. The voters literacy amend Tom Marshall, had been, but he ruled through the trying ordeal of the 'Bu.t the Senatorial demand for the ment was catrled here by a majority impartially. i State funeral of the late 'President. ' removal of Secretary of the Navy of 1709, the vote standing yes 2216, He benefitted by nil innovation In- He occupied his old suite at the Wll- Demiby put him to the test of loyalty. no 507. The public use and welfare nuguratd by President Harding, who lard, held many conferences with his He stuck with Denby against the cla amendment ran closer, with a major made a place In the cabinet meet- ■Cabinet and refused all their read mor for his ouster until Denby hlm- ity of 651 In favor, the vote being ings for the vice-president on the nations. ! self quit, with an expression of Mr. . yes 1472. no 821. The voters here theory that he should know the af-1 When the funeral was over, and , Coolidge's regret and praise of his were In favor of the bonus amend*- fairs of the nation the better to step Mrs. Harding had moved her effects service«. With Attorney-General ment. giving yes 1372, no 1229, a into them if occasion called. i from the Executive Mansion, the Daugherty It was different. Mr. majority In favor ot 143. The oleo On August 2, 1923, when President Coolidgo family moved Into the Coolidge stood by him under the margarine amendment wna defeated Harding died In a hotel room far White Hous«. The transfer ot exe withering flrp of tho Senate Depart Backers of the campaigns ot all by a vote of yes 1380, no 1546, a away In S«n Francisco, Calvin Cool cutive power had been effected with ment of Justice Committee, until the three leading presidential candidates majority against of 166. idge was home in the little two- Ito disorder. committee put him In the position of are busy just now explaining how ________ he __________________ became President, Coob having to ask his Attorney-General The Initiative petition for the na story house of his father at Ply-1 When much money they are spending and turopath biUl was voted down by a mouth, taking his annual vacation ldge had 19 months and tiwo days of for legal advice on a matter which from whence it came. When this In the atmosphere of his tiefcrhood. hl« predecessor's term to complete. directly Involved Daugherty. majority of 522, the vote being yes I With a regard for the proprieties. ‘ picture of the Borah committee that 692 und no 1414. The workmen’s He was not unprepared for what fol- Many problem« were piled high on CLOSE RESULT IN COUNTY COOLIDGE WINSl VICTORY ! and the next day retired Ply- ! mouth for a two week’s rest. He I [came back to Washington refreshed : and devoted himself for the remain der of the summer to bis work in ! Washington. He refused to be drawn extensively into the campaign I but stayed close to Washington, [ making frequent speeches there, and ! one each at Baltimore and PhilideL •phia. Promoted SENATOR WALSH WILL WIN MONTANA ELECTION Helena. Nov. 5.—(A. P.)— Sena tor Walsh appeared assured of his reelection today. He is leading by 10,000. The Republicans claim the state by a substantial majority for Coolidge. Canada's Gold Production • Colonel John A. Hull, heed of the war transactions board, will become judge advocate general of the army Nov. 15. . He succeeds Maj. Gen. Walter A. Bethel, who is retiring. During the war, Colonel Hull was Judge advocate general of the A. E. F. Louis D. Hontoon, former profes sor of mining anil metallnrgy nt Yale University, predicts that within n few years Cnnnda will surpass the United States in gold production. He points out that since 1915 Canada’s output has increased rapidly, while in the United States It lias undergone a steady decline. Canada’s gold produc- tforf in 1923 was valued nt 325.294.000. and be expresses tlie opinion that tilla year It will rise to «30.000,000. A version of the gospel ot St. John, written about 400 A. D., has been The method of dividing the day unearthed in an Egyptian cemetery, into 24 equal parts was first used j entirely of iron ore, is used by United States as target for airplane bombs. by the ancient Egyptians. x • ............. - ■ Looking Into Campaign Expenditures Is doing the investigating was taken in Washington, it was the Demo crats' “day in court.” Seated, from left to right, are Senator Thomas F. Bayard, Deleware; Senator William E. Borah. Idaho, and Senator T. H. Caraway, Arkansas. Standing, left I to right, are: Frank P. Walsh, counsel for the 1« Follette Inter* ests; H. P. Leete, special account; James W. Gerard, treasurer of thO Democratic National Committee» and Clem, L. Shaver, Den.ocratic Na? tlonal chairman.
