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F.VFRY SATURDAY AT GOLD HILL. JACKSON COUNTY,
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1915
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ADVANCE
ROBBING THE ROGUE RIVER
anglers assemble the fame of the Rogue river as
W HEREVER
a piscatorial paradise is common gossip. Every lonely
sportsman of less favored localities, catching chubs or carp in
turbid streams of the East or South, has sometime sighed for
the glories which are peculiarly Oregon’s and particularly iden
tified with the mountain bred torrent which heads near Crater
Lake and sweeps into the Pacific from the woods of Curry coun
ty. To them there is no river but the Rogue, and the fighting
steelhead is its prophet.
Annually when the word goes out that fish are rising to the
fly in southern Oregon, there is an overhauling of tackle, a con
sultation of train schedules, and a general skidoo to that stream
which is the fulfilled vision of old Ike Walton. Of all the tour
ist tribe the angler in search of summer sport is the most love
able fellow. He endears himself to the district which welcomes
him by a general air of camaraderie, and a happy lightness and
freedom with his purse and the contents thereof, h e is the
“good fellow” incarnate—and h e spends thousands of dollars
each season in southern Oregon.
Beyond the merely mercenary view, however, the conclu
sion is obvious that well-stocked streams, limpid, pure, and scen-
ically wonderful, are a heritage that go far toward promoting
the sheer joy of existence. Such a heritage is the Rogue to the
citizenry of southern Oregon.
The curse of the Rogue is commercial fishing. Commercial
fishing, unless the public disapproval is soon manifest, will low
er the standard of the wonderful river to that of a common
stream wherein one may dangle any lure or bait as futilely as
Simon Simple fishing in the scrub pail. Once closed by the peo
ple of Oregon to all commercial fishing, the stream was reopen
ed at a legislative session in which the lobbyists lobbed to a
purely personal purpose—the looting of the river by slaughter
for profit.
Not content with the concessions made to them, the fish hogs
now propose to take it all. A measure pending in the present
legislature provides for the opening of the entire river to com
mercial fishing, while extending the present season two months.
The argument that only salmon will be taken is without stand
ing among those who know the habits of the fish—or the facili
ties of these fishermen for disregarding and violating the law.
Sportsmen know that it is the fixed habit of the sea-going
steelhead trout to follow the salmon up-river from the Pacific.
They know that in seasons when the salmon take is large—and
so thorough are the methods of commercial fishing that during
the open season barely a corporal’s squad or the Chinook ever
win past the obstructions—the steelhead run is small and delay
ed. They know that the salmon run is constantly decreasing,
and that steelhead angling suffers in proportion. They know, in
brief, that a salmon stream is a trout stream, and that the advent
of commercialism is the knell of our famous fly fishing.
The measure now pending should be defeated. It is purely
mercenary and would rob all for the benefit of the few. Fur
ther it will permanently impair the reputation of the Rogue as
a sportsman’s stream, and practically destroy—in but a short
tim e—one of the chief attractions of the valley.
The Jackson county delegation at Salem will be expected to
lead the fight which must end in the defeat of the proposed
measure.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
Out of the sta te of v irtual deadlock,
w hich for weeks has existed in the
e a st and west, th ere have sp ru n g d u r
ing the la s t few days m ilitary events
of more im portance th an follow ers of
th e w ar expected a t th is tim e. They
are, briefly: The R ussian offensive
tow ard new points on the fro n tiers of
E a st P ru ssia and Posen; the fighting
a t Solssons; the expected T u rk ish a d
vance on E gypt and th e plans for a
renew ed a tta c k on Servla by com
bined A ustro-G erm an forces.
To th e w est of W arsaw large G er
m an forces a re still co ncentrated, but
they a re gaining little ground and It
is th o u g h t likely th a t th e fighting
which will develop as a resu lt of the
new R ussian m ovem ent may, for the
tim e being, overshadow th e fighting
fo r th e P olish capital, it Is even sug
gested th a t Field M arshal von Hin-
d en b u rg held In check along the
B zura and R aw ka rivers, is about to
in itia te a fresh m ovem ent of German
troops e ith e r from T horn or from E ast
P ru ssia , and th a t th e R ussian advance
tow ard th e G erm an fro n tier is in ten d
ed to fo restall th is attem p t.
T he B ritish p ress concedes th a t the
G erm an s w ere v icto rs In the recen t
fig h tin g n e a r S olssons. M ilitary w rit
ers, sp ecu latin g as to th e reaso n for
E m p ero r W illiam ’s p resen ce a t the
front durin g th e fichting n ear Soia-
sons, su g g est th a t G eneral von Kluck
“e ith e r req u ested th e em peror to come
and inspire en th u siasm am ong the
v/eary troops, or else felt so su re of
nis ability to force back th e F rench
over th e river, th a t he desired to have
th e em peror w itn ess th e v ictory.”
D ispatches reaching London a ss e rt
th a t the G erm ans have not abandoned
hope of reach in g C alais, and a re plan
ning a new offensive in Belgium and
n o rth ern F rance. A ccording to th ese
advices, tra in a fte r train , loaded w ith
troops. Is m oving into F landers. W ith
the touch so often added heretofore
on th e occasion of any approaching
holiday or an n iv ersary , th ese dis
patches say th a t the G erm an soldiers
hope to p resen t C alais to E m peror
W illiam for a b irth d ay present.
Only a sm all fraction of th e B ritish
m ilitary w riters pro fess to see In the
G erm an advance a t Solssons an y new
th re a t a g ain st P aris. T hey pay more
atten tio n , how ever, to th e cum ulative
Indications th a t th e T u rk s have de
term ined to a tte m p t an Invasion of
Egypt. T he general feeling Is th a t
any such raid could be checked, aa the
T u rk s would have to reckon w ith not
only the B ritish troops, b u t w ith w ar
ships, w hich, o p eratin g In th e Suez
canal, off Akabah, A rabis and a t o th er
points, will be able to sh a re in the
work of opposing th e Invaders.
BRIEF NEWS OF OREGON
U m atilla county has 7010 persons of
school age Of th is n um ber 3446 ar
( tr is and 35*5 are boys.
T he annual show of the Hoik County
Poultry association Is being held In
th e arm ory la Dallas. About 1000 birds
a re on exhibition.
Salem has been uarned aa the next
m eeting place of th e O regon F edera
tion of Women s Clubs for the annual
oenventlon to be held nex t O ctober.
Tw elve I. W. W .'s w ere arre ste d a t
R eseburg charged with d istu rb in g the
peace. T hey becam e abusive and pro
fane while speaktng ou the streets.
Indians front reserv atio n s In Ore
gbn, W ashington and Idaho will g a th
er a t th e T utuilla M ission on the lira»
tills reserv atio n early next m onth to
hold a cam p m eeting sa d revival
T h e re will be an in terestin g g a th e r
ing a t C orvallis F eb ru ary 3, w hen a
county fair conference will be held.
.Men who tak e a prom inent p art In
m aking fairs a success will be present.
Bids a re being ad v ertised for the
co n stru ctio n of the proposed (1,750,-
000 In te rsta te bridge to connect V an
couver and P ortland, by the In te rsta te
bridge com m ission. T he bids will be
opened F ebruary 23.
T he th ree trials of Roy F&rnum, w ho
■was recently convicted a t R oseburg of
a sta tu to ry offense a g ain st E dna Mor
gan. of Glendale, cost Douglas county
*4480. according to figures m ade pub
lic by the county clerk.
M. J. Gersont. it is announced, has
been m ade chief clerk of th e judlclar»
com m ittee of th e house. Until a few
w eeks ago he was d is tric t atto rn ey of
Tillam ook county, but w as recalled by
th e people a t th a t tim e.
Five days in th e city jail w as the
sen ten ce given by Police Judge But
le r a t M arshfield, to Jam es Aiken and
W alter Rehfield, youths of 19 year
convicted of throw ing onions a t an
a cto r in th e Lem aski th eater.
S ta te ow nership and the flat salary
basis of conducting th e sta te printing
office w as responsible for a saving of
»7890 for th e q u arter, O ctober 1 to
D ecem ber 31, 1914. according to a
statem en t given out by F orm er S tate
P rin te r H arris.
W. E. F tn ser, ad ju tant-general, will
be relieved from duty as chief of sta ff
of th e O regon N ational G uard F eb ru
ary 1. G overnor W lthycom be nam ed
C aptain George A. W hite, of th e T hird
O regon Infan try , to succeed the re tir
ing adjutant-general.
T hirty-six accidents, none fatal, w ere
reported to Labor C om m issioner Hoff
durin g the week from several lines of
activ ity in th e state. L um ber and log
ging work caused th e g re a te st num ber
of acoidents. 11 being hurt, and nine
w ere h u rt while engaged in railro a d
ing.
A science club has been formed at
th e U niversity of Oregon. The object
of th e organization is to keep the
m em bers in touch w ith th e la te st re
search work and discoveries In bot
any, zoology, biology, psychology, phy
sics, chem istry and o th e r allied sci
ences.
Overdrafts ^Xttd,
B. H. L.
Clearing the Calendar
The Time for Resolutions
[ BE IT RESOLVED THAT 1915
Shall be a year of education: That you will carefully study the I Rt K ill I RATES
from the large cities to your own little city. That you will a< quaint yourself with
the prices offered by your local merchants, and without prejudice carefully com
pare them with prices o fk re d in the large cities on the same class merchandise.
FREIGHT RAIES FROM PORTLAND TO GOLD HILL PER 100 POUNDS
1st Class 94c
2d Class 80c
3d Class 66«
4th Class 56c
Add the freight and R E S O L V E that you will spend your money at h o m e -
prices being equal. We offer the following prices by way of comparison, and
for your information.
Our Prices:
Portland Prices:
Best E m it S ugar..........................................ft.ltft
Fruit Sugar......................... .....................
Honolulu Otne Sugar......................
Gittok'iic Medium . . . . ............... ____ tift
Graham Flour ........................ . . . ____ 40
Pancake Flour . ........................... ....... St)
Honolulu Sugar
Schilling Baking Powder 24 lb s .... ..,.1 .0 0
IYaberry Coflee 1 Hi........................ ......... 30
6 11W tfixwl (’«»ffo*.............
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3 lha Cresent Baking Powder
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Violet Oats 2 packages.................... ......... 2A
Columbia W h eat-H u k es......................... ......... 30
(' »lunibia Oat*................................ ......... 3ft
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Grvam uf Wheat 2 pavluikrvx . .
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Japan Tea
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Schilling Baking Powder 24 I b a .............1 (Ml
Pi-alu-rry (Toffee I Hi .
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3 Ilia ('n-aciil Bakin'.' Powder . .
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RESUME OF WORK OF
STATE LEGISLATURE
Review of Doings of Oregon's
Legislators During the
Past Week.
S a le m —J u s t as In previous sea
along, th e first week of th e tw enty-
eighth session passed with very little
accom plished aside from organization.
In the sen ate, w ith S en ato r W. Loir
Thom pson, of Lake county, as presid
ing officer, th e legislative w heels ap
pear to be running sm oothly, but In
the house, as a resu lt of d issatisfac
tion over S peaker Ben S elling's coin
m ittee appointm ents and an an tag o n
istic sp irit which arose ag ain st the
M ultnom ah county delegation, a well-
defined m utiny a g ain st the house or
ganization developed. A few hotheads
even talked of deposing the speaker,
nullifying his com m ittee appointm ents
and su b stitu tin g o th ers nom inated
from tho floor of the house.
W hile much of the first week of the
session w as taken up w ith o rganiza
tion, inauguration of the G overnor and
useless o ratory over clerkships, when
the leg islatu re did get down to law
m aking a num ber of the Im portant
questions to come before the session
appeared In th e shape of bills. T hese
Included m easures to am end th e tax
laws, consolidate d ep artm en ts of the
sta te governm ent for economy, to
m ake effective the prohibition am end
m ent and revision of the gam e laws
T he econom y sp irit m anifested it
self in the sen ate when th a t body
voted to elim inate ap propriations for
th e s ta te accountancy board and the
sta te im m igration com m ission and by
authorizing the suspension of the d e
cennial census, effecting an approxl
m ate saving of *170,000.
At the close of the first week the
house had 102 bills before It and the
senate 49. All passed second reading
W hile th ere is no universal agree
m ent on th e prohibition question, It is
certain th a t a m easure will be passed
strictly In accordance w ith the pro
visions of the con stitu tio n al am end
m ent adopted by th e people a t th e No
vem ber election.
Two prohibition
bills now are pending In th e house.
T he C om m ittee of One H undred's bill
was the firs t m easure Introduced In
th a t body. It h as been referred to the
com m ittee on alcoholic liquor. D. C.
Lewis, of 8t. Johns, is the au th o r of
an o th er m easure now In the hands of
the sam e com m ittee.
Rigid regulations for com m ission
m erchants a re prescribed in a bill In
troduced In the house by R epresents-
tlve B lanchard, of Josephine county.
The bill providing for the creation
of a s ta te h o rticu ltu ral com m issioner,
prepared by the sta te h o rticu ltu ral so
ciety, w as Introduced In the house by
R epresentative Vawter, of Jackson.
T hree bills strik in g a t Im ported
eggs w ere Introduced In th e house by
R epresentative Allen, of Marlon coun
I stood in the prisoner’s dock—m aw 's
face was wet with tears—and heard the
drone of the judge’s voice sink down to,
“ Twenty years. ” Seemed like I dream
ed and fought in a choking strife for
breath, and but for the tick of the court
room clock the place was m ote as death.
Somebody screamed, and I woke as they
led favor maw ontside; aometliing within
me stretched and broke ami I knew th a t
hope hud died. Never no more to come
back, never no more to be free—never to
see the d e a r stars shine or feel the floral
in my veins like wine—never to sm oke
a pipe at noon nnder the apple tree.
Nobody smiled at me, nobody scowled
or jeered ; and out of the state attorney’s
face something like pity peered; the sher
iff touched my arm and looked right
h ard a t the floor, back of the sidling,
gazing c r o w d somebody gasped a n d
swore. My voice come back to me then,
dull for the dearth of tears, I echoed it
over again, “ The judge said, ‘Twenty
years.’ ” Never no more to go home,
never no more to be loose—never to h e r
the tall pines sing or watch for th ■ d c r
at the hidden spring—never to feel the
April joy wake to the winging goose.
I never have blamed the law ; a man is
the play of fate—he swings like the tick
of the court-room clock betw ixt his love
and his hate; T never have blamed the
judge—he done what lie had to do; I
never have blamed the lawyer chaps or
the twelve good men and true. Nobody
understood—and I couldn’t blame them
none— th at a fellow whom heart was good
conld doOwhat I had done. Never no
more to be free—th at is the way of the
law—never to follow the old ridge trail
and hear the call of the mountain quail—
never again to go home . . . home
to the shack—and m aw !
ty.
Miss M arian It. T ow ne's first bill troops cap tu red tw o tren ch es and
to be presented to the house was In m ade prisoners of th e occupants.
troduced Friday. Tho only woman tu
"T he ham let of La Bolselte, no rth
the leg islatu re lias a m easure to pun e a st of A lbert, which has been m en
lah conspiracy, the present luws. she tioned frequently of late, w as com
says, having nothing to cover the pletely destroyed and cleared of all
| point.
Frenchm en.’’
S en ato r Sm ith of Coos and Curry
Introduced a bill for a new tax law. ft
I-very one of the 90 hopgrow ers
j changes th e d a te for which assess-
. inents should he made from March 1 p resen t a t a m eeting held In A urora
to Jan u ary 1. and provides th at the u n d er the auspices of the O regon Hop-
first paym ent shall becom% due on No g ro w ers’ association subscribed for
I vem ber I, of the y ear In which the as rtoi-k in th at organization to the full
! sessm ent Is made and th e second pay am ount of his acreage and nearly
, m ent shall become due April 1 of the *6000 was raised to assist It) financing
following year. No penalties are pro the association.
W ith 170 m em bers p resent, the S a
vided.
S en ato r B arrett, of U m atilla, also lem F ruit Union held Its fifth annual
T he re p o rt
introduced a tax hill in the upper convention a t Salem
house, and m em bers of the Multnomuh show ed th a t business agg reg atin g ap
county delegation have an o th er m eas proxim ately *250,000 w ent through tho
u re in course of preparation. II prob union during th e year. The m em ber
ably will be introduced In the lower ship of the union Includes 600 fru it
house w ithin a few days. T hese m eas grow ers of Marlon and Polk counties.
R ecom m ending th at the s ta te high
ures are sim ilar In som e p articulars,
but differ In o th er essentlul provis way com m ission tie given en tire Juris
ions. Both provide fur sem i annual diction over all s ta te roads, and tho
paym ents. T he M ultnom ah county hill anuetm eut of a provision giving th a t
allows a discount for all paym ents In d ep artm en t supervision of toe design
excess of 5» per conf made nt (he first ami con stru ctio n of till bridges a:M
period, while tin B a rre tt hill does not. cu lv erts costing *.'e>0 or more. S tale
The M ultnom ah county hill attaclu-s a H ighw ay E ngineer Bow I by h as issued
penalty of 12 per cent per nuniim his first annual rep o rt with a resum e
ag ain st delinquent paynu ats, while ot the work Which has I,eon accom
the B arrett penalty Is fixed a t the rate plished during the first 18 m onths of
of only 8 per cent. T he paym ents the existence of the highw ay d e p a rt
m ent.
d ates also differ.
Indications a re th a t S enator Dim-
Ick's hill to abolish tho Oregon naval
Former G. A. R. Chief Dies.
m ilitia is going to have easy sailing
N ewburg, Ore. — M ajor T haddeua
In the ren etc.
C larkson, form erly com m ander • In
A bill designed to keep heavy freight chief of the G rand Army of the Repub
autom obile tru ck s off tinpaved high ; lic and ex-postm aster of O m aha. Neb.,
w ays a t ce rta in seasons of the year j died here aged 74. He hail lived h ere
was Introduced by S enator Vinton. It w ith a d au g h ter for several y ears past.
provides that they shall not go on tin
paved highw ays betw een O ctober 15
A ware o f the fact th a t It Is less dif
and April 15 following.
Provision is made In a bill in tro ficult to cross the d esert In w inter
duced In the house by R epresentative th an In sum m er, the T u rk s a re said
Schuebel for th e abolition of the p res to be m assing troops with all possible
speed south of Syria.
en t sta te fish and gam e, com m ission,
L atest advices relativ e to th e pros
and the su b stitu tio n th erefo r of s com
m ission to co n sist of the governor, pective A ustro G erm an atta c k on Ser-
m aster fish w arden and s ta te gam e via say th a t B avarians and P ru ssian s
a re on the way to B udapest to effect
warden.
a Junction w ith the rem n an ts of four
or five A ustrian arm y corps which
suffered so severely a t the hands of
the Servians.
GAIN AT SOISSONS
PLEASES GERMANS
Berlin, by w ireless to Sayville, N.
Y.—T he fighting In the region of Sols
sons Is regarded by G erm an m ilitary
ex p erts s s the g re a te st success for the
G erm an troops In France for three
m onths, and It la held to confirm th eir
convictions th a t the offensive of Gen
eral Joffre, the French commander-tn-
chlef, has broken down.
M ajor M oraht, w riting in the Tage
W att, says the total French losses In
the th ree d ay s’ fighting In the Sols
sons d istric t m ust have reached 30,-
000. His conclusion is th s t this vic
tory m ust expedite the G erm an opera
tions in the A rgonne forest and around
th e French fo rtress of Verdun.
"The enem y’s a tta c k s on our post
tions n o rth e a st of A rras w ere re
pulsed.
In a counter atta c k our
UNKINDNES3.
Aa “unkiudness lias no remedy
at law,” let Its avoidance be
with you a point o f honor.—Ho
sea Ballon.
Unkind language Is sure to
produce the fruits of unklnd-
nsse—th a t Is, suffering In the
bosom of others — Bentbam.
Uakindness may do much.
And his unkindness may defeat
my life.
But never taint my love.
—Shakespeare.
Tn nature there's no blemish bat
the mind.
None can be call’d deform’d hot
the unkind.
- -Shakespeare.