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GRANTH PASH. JOMEI’HINE COUNTY. OREGON.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 21, I92L
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CHILDREN ARE KILLED
AND MOTHER IS SUICIDE
PASSES AWAY
THIS MORNING
WHOLE MM HER
SUPREME COURT HOLDS
FOR SEATTLE COMPA
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Washington. Nov. 21.— (A. ♦
♦ I'.)—President Coolidge
sent ♦
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following
telegram
to ♦
George B. Christian Jr., former ♦
♦ secretary to President Harding ♦
♦ ut Marlon: "l’l«*..»<* express to ♦
♦ members of Mrs. Harding’s fam ♦
♦ ily the sincere condolence of 4
♦ Mrs. Coolidge ami myself. We ♦
wiiMtu oi
lvie
i:\i« itivi : ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ MM'AL <HI It E REt El VEN WORD ♦ »hare in the fullest measure, ♦ Vol NG GIRL GIVES COI RAGE TO
TO NT til l IMPROVEMENT OF
NUCCIMHH To II.I.NEXS
COMPANIONS AFTER
♦ the sorrow her death brings ♦
REDWOOD
(.IltMYNS I LEEING ROMEI. Wit
EAKLY TODAY
♦ to them.
SHlPYVREt K
We ar* disappointed ♦
♦ that her brave fight was in vain. ♦
♦ Lut it Is a sour« «• of pride to ♦
Berlin. Nov. 21—(A. P.)—Emi
♦ know »he made It so valiantly ♦
gration from Germany In advancing
♦ as to arouse the admiration of ♦
by li.iipH and lioundn. Within one
♦ her friends.
We never forget
. ♦ her unceasing helpful
month the number of Germans hop
friend ♦
l*h>*li lam. Ilio«* Deepalr»*«! ««( Lifo ing to find better luck elsewhere bun Large Fune Will lb* Put On lu Wid ♦ ship for us, which will become ♦
Party Driftrsl Several Days In Stormy
fur 'Li li I |iii)« ' W as Helper lu
increased from 1.873 to 4.855. The
♦ an increasingly sweet memory. ♦
en Rumi. Grinte nml Resurface.
Sees—Suffered Inh-iiM-ly From
Plmlili ni Iturbiti Ti'Oii
’ ♦ The whole nation mourns for ♦
»tute of Württemberg and the Rhine
No New Construction
Cold ami Exposure
lumi couutry furnished the largì«»!
♦ her. Our deepest sympathy goes ♦
♦ out to those nearest and dear ♦
quota».
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In tin* Rhlnelund Industry
has
Marlon. O.. Nov. 21.—(lA. P.)
Work will start Monday morning ♦ est to her.”
Boston, Nov. 21.— (A. P.)—The
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Florence Kling Harding, widow of , linen hard hit by the occupation of
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Minutinoli, Ohio, Nov, 2 1
(A. P.) Thu limili.» of Mr».
Donald Burkhart nml her two
children ware found hanging In
iliuir lioinu by llmlr hunliuml
nml father, wlu*n ba returned
from ii hunting trip toduy
lliirklmrt said lu* found a fare-
well noli, from III» wifi*.
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WORK TO TAKE SIXTY DAYS
HAS BEEN ILL FOR WEEKS
on the grading and surfacing of the
Warren (I. Harding. died hero at the French, and it has proven diffi
H 55, thin morning at the White cult to get the wheels turning prop Redwood highway between Grants
Many wage earners, des- .Puss und the OregonCalifornia state
Oak» »anltarlum of Dr. Furl W Haw- erly again
yer, where »lie hua been III for the 1 pairing of better days, are leaving line. It was announced today by J.
la»t few week».
’’Dentil wax due for North and South America. Itus- G. Bromley, district highway engi
directly to a kidney ailment from 1 ala and oliter countries In quest of neer. following the receipt of a tele
which aho had »offered for year«, , happiness.
gram from ('. (’. Kelley, division en
That the Württemberg quota is
ami which neurly resulted fatally
gineer. authorizing the improve
The people
while »he wa» mint re»» of the White huge Is less surprising
ments. This calls for the widening,
House. Site died peacefully." Dr. of that state always have been char grading and surfacing of the present
(lawyer »aid.
Funeral »cryIce» will acterized by the "wanderlust."
highway only, while the local organ
be held at 3 o'clock Monday. Rev.
izations have been working with the
Jesse Swank, who conducted »er-
state highway commission to secure
vlce« for Preaident tlurdlng. will be
new construction to cut down th»
In charge.
mlleugo between this city und the
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Only .* Credits Sc|iarntc Ttietn From California line. Regardless of this
Washington. Nov 21 -(I N. 8.)
feature, however, the improvement
leading Nlfte
With the <!eat|i of .Mr». Florence
will be of great benefit to the valley
Kling iHardlng, the nation witnesses
and those people living along the
Only 5 points separata the Mun-
the passing of one of the most pop
road as it has been needed for years.
ular mistresses of the White House todonlans from the lead acquired by
Engineer Bromley states that ho
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the
Dlnosaurlana
In
their
contest
for
In history. During the two and a
will put a force of men on the work
members
of
the
American
Automo
half yeurs she occupied the execu
next week to rush the road to com
tive mansion, the widow of the late bile Association The Mastodonlans.
through the efforts of their team pletion within 60 days It possible. Ho
captnlns. put In some heavy licks expects to engage the county ma
, the past few days and have brought chinery until such time as the. state
,th«*ir total» to a «mint where they equipment arrives. This is to be
I now threaten their opponents. This sent immediately by the state. The
morning the standing of the two county equipment consists of two
1 teams was Dlnosaurlana 05, Maston- caterpillar tractors, two blade scrap
! Ians 80.
ers. a scarifier and other smaller ma
The drive opened last Monday chinery needed in road construction.
morning when 40 activo Cavemen He expects that a force of 50 men
and 25 associate members met at the will be required on the work. In ad
Chamber of Commerce and began dition. extra men with scrapers will
| their work. By the end of three be employed to dean out the ditches,
. hours, they had amassed a total of repair culverts and bridgi-s and do
j 10! points. The next day and Wed other necessary maintenance work.
I neaday. the two teams declared a
When finished, the highway will
I truce with no efforts to be made to be like a boulevard. Mr. Bromley
ward the solicitation of members. said. He intvnds to make the pres
, The Mastodoniaiis now claim thut ent road into u first class highway by
I the opposing side slipped in a few cutting out sharp turns and widening
¡extra members on those two days and it to a 24-foot road the entire dis
appear to be getting ready to context tance.
It will be scarified and
| the victory.
Yesterday two shock smoothed, with fine gravel applied
Florence Kling llarding
troops were sent out. one from each to the surface. This will make it ax
side, und credits to bring the total
president established herself in the to 1S5 were secured. The total of 143 good as the (’rater Lake highway, it
hearts of all who came in contact members were rained in the six ‘ Is stated. The road will, however, be
longer than If tliq highway depart
with her In a manner that has sel hours of work put in by the teams.
ment
had authorized the construc
dom been equaled. Vivacious, sin
The fight is on today to bring the
cere and above all, lovable. Mrs. campaign to an end with the town ' tion of the highway along the route
Harding created a profound impres thrown open to both sides. It was laid out by Mr. Bromley some time
sion not only upon the national cap 'expected that a few hours of work ago. when the commission promised
the construction of the
Redwood
ital. but the country at large.
would end the drive.
route.
Mrs. Harding was born August I
15, i860, at Marlon, Ohio, the
New bridges and culverts are to
daughter of Amos Kling, prominent PHOTOGRAPH PLANET
be Installed wherever needed. The
bnnker and business man of Mie lit
EDI ND NEAR NI N culverts are to lie extended to the
tle town, and a direct descendant of
maximum width; The drainage will
an
old
Mennonlto Pennsylvania
Chicago, Nov. 21.— (I. N. SJ—A bo Improved. In fact. Mr. Bromley
Dutch family.
new astei'old, 6r tiny planet, revolv- , intends to make a first-class road. He
In her youth. Mrs.* «Harding was Ing about the sun between the orbits will put a camp near Wlldervllle and
not in the most robust Health. nnd. of Mars and Jupiter, has been pho-'
In striving to keep physically fit, togrnphed by astronomers at Yerkes
MASTODONIANS CREEPING UP
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Rushed
I Observatory, Williams Bay, Wis.
"I have turned my attention to the
construction of commercial sea
planes made entirely of duralumin.
Three such machines are being test-
ed nt Copenhagen anil will shortly be
put on a commercial route, which Is
as yet being kept secret.
"The world has not yet realized
the potent Ion possibilities of com
mercial aviation. If the money were
foithcomlng we could fly machines
with ISO-foot wing spread, capable of
carrying 4(1 persons, and equipped,
If necessary with dining rooms.
"Whether or not airplanes will
ever he used on the cross-At Inn tic
remains to be seen, for it is a big
span; hut. on the other hand, In the
future the journey from London to
Copenhagen or to Christiania will be
made by seaplane."
UNIVERSITY WILL HAVE
REPRESENTYTK E IN CONTEST
University* of Oregon, Eugene,
Nov. 21. — (Special).— Sol Abram
son of Portlaud, a sophomore in the
school of journalism, will represent
the University of Oregon against
the representative» of six other Pa
cific coast institutions in the sec
ond annual intercollegiate extemp
orary »peaking contest to be held at
Palo Alto, Cal., Dec. 3.
Speakers will appear for Oregon.
Stanford. I’nlversity of Southern
California, Washington State Col
lege. O. A. C., Willamette and
Whitman.
The general subject to be dis-
cussed Is on the power of the fed-
eral court» to overrule acta of con-
gresx. An hour before the contest,
each speaker is assigned some spe
cific subject bearing on the main
topic, and the representatives have
only sixty minutes to prepare their
discussion. The .first prize winner
will receive $75.
Second prize 1»
$50.
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VESPER CONCERT
Methodist Church
Sunday. Noveiitiier 23, 1921
by
Music D«*part ment
of
GRANTS PASS WOM IN'S ( I.I B
Director
Mrs. R. H. Tucker
Miss Carlotta Wiseman
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Accompattlste
Violinist
Robert Neilson
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that Comptroller General Me
Carl has no jurisdiction
in
claims against the government.
arising out of the Fleet Corpo- ♦
ration contracts.
♦ DOMINATION OF ORGANIZATION
Tok io, Nov.
21.—(A. P.)~An
American company has obtained the
¡contract for two’ of the most im-
i portant pieces of engineering in the
I Tok io reconstruction program.
The Foundation Company of New
York will build the foundations for
I two bridges over the Sunida River
which will replace (hose destroyed
in the earthquake of 1923. These are
the Eitai and Kiyosu bridges. The
contract amounts to about $2.000.-
000. It calls for the foundations to
start 80 feet under water, work be-
>ing done by the compressed air div-
ling system. L. R. Craft and N. Eng
lander, New York engineers, are in
Tokio to superintend the work,
which is expected to take about
‘ Utree years. Japanese engineers es-
> timate that with their methods ft
would require six years.
story of a girl, singing while facing
death in an open boat at sea to keep
up the courage of her shipwrecked
companions, was told here today
when the girl, Katherine Wood
worth. 18, Mrs. L. Bishop, wife of
the skipper of the wrecked ftchooner
Susan B. and five men were landed
here. They had been drifting In the
life boat since Monday night when
the schooner went down in the storm
that swept the coast the first of the
week. Tlie party had little rood,
and suffered intensely front cold.
The girl sang many times to keep
up the spirits of her companions un
til rescued.
¡Bulletin Shows Highway Is In Fair
REDWOOD CONDITION IS GOOD
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Shape Now
QUINCY scon TO SPEAK
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POLICIES
BE KEPT OFT HAYS
4 OMMITTEE
ARE
OUTLINED
« Would Maintain Non-partisan Biely.
Ballot Reforms, Increimed I’rinmry
Interest Wanted
El Paso. Nov. 21.— (A. P. I—A
i special report on the political policy
I to the American Federation of La-
! bor'a annual convention today by the
| executive council asserted that the
organization must lie kept free from
political domination and the non
partisan political campaign commlt-
¡tee created during the recent cam
paign must lie maintained permanent-
id Ballot reforms, increased inter-
lest in the primaries and the treeing
lot independent political movements
ot their narrowly circumscribed lim
itations would be sought, the report
| declared.
HOOVKI HAS DECIDED
TO STAY’ IN CABINET
Eureka. Cal.. Nov. 21.— (A. P.) —
Washington. Nov. 21.— (A. P. I —
Motorists travelling up the Redwood
Fiel I Executive of Boy Scouts Is | highway will find it in good condi- i Secretary Hoover has definitely de
I Don from Sausalito to Laytonville cided to remain in the cabinet, des
(liainlicr Talker
and fair from that town to Garber pite various efforts by commercial or
Quincy Scott, field executive of ville. according to a mid-week bulle ganizations to secure his services.
Boy Scouts of America, will be the tin issued today by the California
speaker at Monday noon luncheon of State Automobile Association. The
the Chamber of-Commerce at the Ox-| j bulletin stated that there had been
ford Hotel. Mr. Scott's subject will! la few slides from Cummlags north. |
be "Boy Scout Organizations." In hut that they were all removed now. Council and Committee Approves
The road is a trifle muddy through ,
asmuch as there is a movement on 1
Tentative Expenses For City
foot to increase the number of Boy , the trees and getting chucky, al-1
Scout organizations in Grants Pass, though it is considered good from ! The council, meeting last night
the coming of Mr. Scott at this time I Gar!>ervllle to Eureka, according to1, with a number of local citizens act
the automobile association.
is fortunate.
ing as a budget committee, approved
North of Eureka the road is good (
It appears that there is to be in '
the tentative budget as prepared by
Southern Oregon, a permanent ex-1 to Arcata, bnt Is getting chucky to ( City IA>uditor H. H. Allyn and the
From
ecutive. whose duty will be to help, Trinidad and Big Lagoon.
budget will remain as printed in the
select and train »cout and assistant Bit? Lagoon to Stone Lagoon the new
Courier of Wednesday. This calls
scout masters, and to give such other highway is closed and all traffic is
for a tax levy of 22 mills for city
advice as may be necessary, Right sent over the old road which is nar purposes, a lower rate than that of
now. the need in Grant Pass of more row and rough. From Orick to ten the past year, when the rate was
scout masters is imperative.
Mr. miles north of Requa the road is very 22.66 mills.
Scott's address will deal with the muddy and slow and chains are ad
The council and budget committee,
Crescent City to « Grants
possibilities of enlarging the scope visable.
in view of the fact that city valua
very
Pass is still passable but is
of the Boy Scou^ activities.
tions are steadily increasing, took
slow and chains are required.
the attitude that Grants Pass is due
for a\t exceptionally prosperous
year. Due to the increased valua-
tion of the city property. which
T-ondon. Nov. 21. — (A. P.) — British Foreign Secretary Semis made it possible to raise 6 per cent
Nearly 11 percent of workers in
more in taxes with a lower levy. It
Notice to Charge d’Affairs
Great «Britain and Ireland were un
was held that the budget should not
Ixmdon. Nov. 21.—(A. P.)'— The be trimmed, as every possible ex
employed on September 28, accord
ing to figures published by the Min-| British foreign office today issued pense. which could be eliminatted,
istry of l«bor Gazette. The number for
publication a letter from For- had been dropped. The few increas
of applicants for employment regis-«eign Secretary Chamberlain to Rus- es in expense are justified, it was
tered at the employment exchanges «sian Charge d’Atfaires Racovsky. no- held.
had grown from 1,152,000 at the tif.ving hint that the British govern-
A. C. Stewart, who has been in
end of August to 1,205,000 on Sep-: ment cannot recommend to parlia-
tember 29.
j ment the treaties with Russia ne- Seattle for home time, has returned
The Gazette also records another gotiated by the MacDonald govern- to southern Oregon to take up the
advance of four points in the cost of ment.
I work on his mining properties here,
living on October 1, the index fig-!
CITY BUDGET IS NOT CHANGED
Prelude.
Chorus—'‘Praise Ye the Father"
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............ . Gounod
Invocation
Rev. I). Lester Fields
Sextette-—-“I Will Give You Rest”
W.>t
Mesdames Marks, Knapp. Fies,
Woodward. Parsons. Peters
Violin Solo—
(a) "Largo ......................... Handel
(b) ■Spring Song’ ... .¡Mendelssohn
Master Harold Kayser
Miss Harriet Kayser. Accompaniste
Chorus—'On the Sea". ..Dudley Buck
Clarinet
Solo Selection
from
"Cavallerla Rusticana". ................
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Joseph Wharton
Silver Offering -Grants Pass Com
tires indicate a percentage advance
munity House Benefit.
in prices over the pre-war level.
Chorus- -"List th«* Cherubic Host”
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Bass Solo. J. M. Isham
Vocnl Solo—"The flood Shepherd”
Van de Water
Mrs. A. N. Parsons
Chorus—"When the Roses Bloom"
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Relchardt
Benediction
Rev. D. Lester Fields
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TRANSPORTATION MEN Of PACIFIC COAST ARE
mectimo
Tnnnv
to
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nicpncc
thud ddhdi ciuiq
Aids Nurses
ZEPPELIN EXPERT HAS GRAVE DOUBTS AS TO
FEASIBILITY OF TRANS-ATLANTIC AIR TRADE
Ixindon, Nov. 21.— (I. N. S.)—
Dexplti* tho successful crossing of the
Atlantic by the ZR-3. Dr. Rohrbach,
well-known German inventor nnd for
mer associate of Count Zeppelin, has
grave doubts as to tho feasibility of
transatlantic commercial flying by
lighter than-alr craft.
On the other hand, he paints a rosy
picture of the future possibilities of
travel by heuvler-than air craft, to
which lie has now turned his atten
tion
"It lx only a question of a few
years before it will be possible to
travel generally Just ax safely by air
ax by railway, steamer or motor
car,” Dr. Rohrbach declared In an
interview. "To my mind the future
in the air Ilex in tho construction of
all-metal airplanes and seaplanes.
SHIP WENT DOWN ON MONDAY
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Washington. Nov. 21.— lA.
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The District Columbia su-
■ ♦ preme court today In a
case
♦ brought by the Skinner A Eddy
♦ Corporation, of Seattle, held
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('. Bascom fllemp. secretary to the
president, is taking his meals on the
run Just now. He’s swamped with
work dictating replies to the thou
sands of congratulatory telegrams
that have come into the White House
since election day. He is seen here
sipping his coffee while carrying on
a telephone conversation.
will work out from that place.
The new road over the Elk creek
divide will be opened to travel about
the last of 1925. When that high
way is made accessible to travel, the
distance to the state line front Grants
Pass will be 45 miles .instead of 52.
While local people show some sat
isfaction over th«* fact that the road
is to be Improved, it is quite general
ly regretted that the state highway
commission did not see fit to stand
by its promise of new construction,
which would materially cut down the
mileage between this city and the
line. Mr. Bromley, however, intends
to give the people of the valley as
good a road as It is possible to con
struct using the present route.
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Mrs. Calvin Coolidge has enlisted
ax a volunteer in the Instructive Vis
iting Nurse Society. Gertrude H.
Bowling, director of the organization
is seen here pinning one of its
badges on the “first lady."
San Francisco, Nov. 21.—(V. I’.) national association hopes to aid
—Scores of shippers and transporta- I railroads In eliminating the danger
tation men of the
Pacific
coast of car shortages and other bugaboos
gathered he«*e today to attend the .which snatch money from the pock
meeting of the Pacific Coast «Reg'on- ets of shippers.
Among the topics scheduled for
al Advisory board at the St. Francis
discussion today are "economic as-
hotel.
The regional advisory board was ( pects of car supply and service con
organized several months ago as a ditions on the railroad, including es
local representative organization of tablishment of a progressive defin-
the American Railroad association i ite measure of volume of new equip
to aid shippers and transportation ment necessary.” This is expected
men to come to a mutual and advan to be the most Interesting of the
tageous understanding of shipping man discussions.
problems and to minimize losses be - I Placing of advertising matter on
” passenger or freight cars or loco
cause of inadequate
facilities fnj
motives, now prohibited, will be dis
moving perishable commodities.
Most of the work to be done dur cussed in connection with an analy
ing this meeting is expected to bear sis of car service and other trans
fruit this winter during movement portation regulations, as applied to
of Ute fruits and other perishables, Pacific coast traffic.
Reports on the production and
but particularly to be of service next
¡summer when car shortage might movements at 36 groups of commod
be caused by wide demand for rail ities will also be made by chairmen
road rolling stock. Through Its va of the committee appointed to make
rious regional advisory boards, the Investigations.