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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 7, 1915)
Tltl'RNDAV? OCTOIlKR T, 115. ' nirf.v Rfwiirn river ootjkIkh Daily Rogue River Courier. Aa Independent Republican News Paper. United Press Leased Wire Telegraph Service A- B. VOORHIE8, Pub. and Prop. ' WILFORD ALLEN, Kdltor Entered at the Grants Pass, Ore gon, Postofllce as second-class mall mauer. SUBSCRIPTION RATES ., , Oaa Year. -15.90 Elx Months .1.00 .1.50 Three Months One Month ..50 Payable la Advance. THCRSDAV, OCTOBER 7, 1915. t' - OREGON WEATHER . Vv:, . 4 Fair tonight; frost - Friday, f fair, warmer east portion; east- f erly winds. TOKAYS AT THE LAND SHOW. Arrangements are being made for the exhibit of Tokay grapes at the Land Products show, to be held at Portland commencing the 25th Inst The Grants Pass Tokay Is just now breaking Into the markets of the country In a way to attract attention, and It Is the one product that grows to a perfection here approached by so other district In the west In fact, there are few localities upon the American continent where the Tokay can be grown at all. This showing at Portland will be about the first introduction of the local grape Into high horticultural society, and It should be complete enough that none can miss it and the message which it will carry. Our apples and pears are already known, and shipment of grapes has been made to Portland for a number of years past in a small way. From now, however, the vine yards will continue to increase their production and the Grants Pass grape will command a market aa soon as Its excellence Is known. The Cali fornia Tokays have brought a margin in price in the past over the local product because they were better ad Tertlsed, but the growers now are going to. "show the goods." In speaking of the arrival of local Tokays in -the Portland market, the j Oregon Journal says: . "Tokay grapes of superior quality from the Rogue river section are ar riving quite freely in the Portland market. While there have been ship ments of Tokays from the Rogue sev tion since pioneer days, still this Is the first season that a sufficient acre age has been in bearing in southern Oregon to make carload sales and shipments. "Carload lots of Tokays are Just beginning to move out of the Rogue river country, and while the number will be limited this season, a liberal Increase Is expected next year and further increases during the next few years. "Flaming Tokay grapes are said to do better in southern Oregon than any other place. While the fruit is not grown in such big bunches as in the south, still the colors are bright er and the fruit is far better keeping quality." The San Francisco newspapers are featuring with photographs and news stories the arrival there of a couple of female hikers from Chicago. The papers are miBslag the greatest news features of the story, however. The females arrived In San Francisco Just 10 days after leaving Grants Pass, a matter of only 40 or 50 miles per day. They must have sauntered along the way, for according to news paper notices of thelr'arrlval at vari ous stages of the trip, they reached Roseburg late one evening, then walked Into Grants - Pass late the next. Seventy miles Is quite some hike for the best of us. Grants Pass has been moved up a notch on tho Medford map. The newspapers of the Jackson metropolis announce tho shipment of Tokay grapes "from tho Rogue valley In car lots." The nation little thought during the' past xaontht when the cares of state were resting so heavily upon the classic brow of the school-master president that there would be place for Cupid to creep In. But the pre sident has proven himself a man of resources, and golf and state's craft could not quite smother the flnr sentiment even In so great a man as the president of these United States. With weddings, new babies, and like Intimate associations, the .White House will have gained a new dis tinction during the, Wilson regime. PROSPECTIVE FIRST LADY OF THE LAND HAS INDIAN BLOOD Washington, Oct. 7. When Mrs. Norman Gait becomes Mrs. Woodrow Wilson in December, the White House will have as its first lady an American Indian princess by descent, who can rightfully lay claim to hav ing "royal blood" In her veins the blood of Pocahontas. The president's bride-to-be is proud of the fact that she is a descendant, In the ninth generation, of the Indian heroine who wedded John Rolfe, Jamestown, Va., colonist, after she had saved Captain John Smith's life. R, W. Bolting, Mrs. Gait's brother, today said the family is of proud line age. He recounted the wonderful story of how Pocahontas put her own head upon the sacrificial stone when her father, the grim Indian chieftain Powhattan, was about to dash out the brains of Captain John Smith, his prisoner, the founder of the James town colony in the early days of the 17th century. . . " So impressed was the stoic Indian by this sacrifice that he gave Smith his liberty and subsequently the bloodthirsty trlbeecame very friend ly with the Jamestown colony. Later, when Smith left the colony. Captain Argall treacherously seized the charming Indian maiden and took her to Jamestown 'aa a state pris oner. Then, believing Smith, her fiancee, dead, she met John Rolfe, a widower of sturdy English stock, fell in love with him and married him with the full rites of the church, later embrac ing Christianity. The couple returned to England In 1616. There Captain Smith learned of the wedding and petitioned Queen Anne to remove the ban of "state prisoner," first relating the story of how she had offered her life to save him. Queen Anne not only removed this stigma but frequently received Poca hontas. GRAIN CROP HEAVY IX THE UNITED STATES Washington, Oct 7. One billion, two million and twenty-nine thousand bushels of wheat Is America's total 1915 wheat crop, according to the department of agriculture October es timates Issued today. This Is an in crease of 2,700,000 bushels over the September estimates. The total corn crop was placed at 3,026,159,000 and the oats 1,517,478,000 bushels. COMnSSIOX REDUCES SEATTLE GAS CHARGE Seattle, Oct. 7. An order of the public service commission is today on file reducing the minimum charge for gas In Seattle to 25 cents a month. The Seattle Lighting company has been charging 50 cents and though it had agreed some months ago to the 25-cent rate, failed to live up to Its agreement with the city and re- petltloned the commission for per mission to charge the higher rate. The order is to become effective Octo ber 20. Grape Crate Labels Beautiful labels, lithographed in natural colors, for sale at reasonable prices at the Courier office. Ask for samples. GOTHIC THE NEW ARRW a for 2sc COLLAR IT FITS THE CRAVAT r.7T.T ciuiTT, praaoDv a co., io.,iit i ...... - FORCED SALE AT WITH GREAT RUSH Crowds thronged the big store all day and It was Impossible to handle them. Hundreds of dollars' worth of fine merchandise was sold to eager buyers. '; ' ' . ; The management Is arranging for additional sales people for Friday and Saturday, as. tomorrow is to be the big day in yard goods and bedding, One hundred blankets, Just arrived, will be placed on sale Friday and Saturday, market! at from one-third to one-halt off the price of the regular stock, as there are now thousands of dollars In bills that are past due, and in order to realise cash all this flue new bedding will be sacrificed. Regarding Mall Ordore. -It is Im possible to get all these out on time, but they will be filled as soon as possible (reserving the right to sub stitute) on all orders accompanied by money orders. Friday and Saturday will be spe cial days in yard goods and bedding, so take advantage of this opportunity snd realise big savings. MERCHANTS' ADJUSTMENT CO., 561 In Charge. WILL BUILD HOTEL IX ... RAINIER NATIONAL PARK Seattle, Oct. 7. John Rocs, con cessionaire of Rees' camp In Paradise valley, Mount Rainier, haa been noti fied by Assistant Secretary of the Interior Stephea T. Mather that his commission ends this season. With this notice today it develops that a group of Tacoma and Scattlo business men has been organised to handle every concession connected with the Rainier national park for twenty years. The construction of a 175.000 hotel camp will be com menced at once. Chester Tborne, of Tacoma; Joseph Blethen, C. D. Stlm son and Herman Chapin, of Seattle, are some of those Interested in the new company. SHARP ADVANCE IN WHEAT IX CHICAGO : Chicago, Oct. 7. Repetition of yes terday's buying, notably from Wall street Investors, started, wheat today on another sharp advance. May open ed at 1.08 Vk and sold at 1.10 within five minutes. This is the first time In history that the United States yield of wheat has been figured at over a billion bushels. This Increase is due in part to the decreased acreage planted to cotton and an increased acreage planted to wheat. Profit taking caused the market to j close, at a lower level than the open ing. May wheat was quoted at 106 and December at 105 . PRESIDENT HAS LIU ERA L FEELING TOWARD MANKIND Washington, Oct. 7. -President Wilson today extended executive clemency to Sam Plastino, Tacoma white, slaver. Plastino't five-year sentence Is up, but he is unable to pay costs. The president's action saved him from spending another 30 days in Jail to work out the costs. Mining blanks, Courier office. SCHILLINGS OPENS An was told In TucHday's Dally Courier, Another House Burns because of defective wiring. . Have It. 8. Hash, licensed master electrician, w lions work patHes underwriters' Inspection, do your wiring, repair work, etc. Bush Electric Shop liny M' trlml Knpplle'tt rr " mi ifim inraczjc3cn AGE emphasizes qualities good or bad VELVETS two years' agein' makes even the best tobacco better. Ll iLjnc STILL SEEK JURY FOR TRIAL OF THE DYNAMITE CASE Los Angeles, Oct. 7. While prose cution and defense vainly angled for a Jury In the M. A. 8chmldt murder trial today, Attorney Falrall, chlof counsel for the alleged McXamara accomplice, made It clear that his side was not In favor of a compromise verdict or a "hung Jury." ' Just after Judge Willis Informed a venireman that a compromise ver dict was possible, Falrall leaped to his feet and cried: "Your honor, so far as tho defense Is concerned, we do not want a com promise verdict, and I want theso prospective Jurors to know It." After a wordy battle, Judge Willis ordered this remark stricken from the record. Schmidt today displayed a large number of telegrams from friends in the east. They told him to "cheer up and contained statements to me effect that th country at large be lieved him Innocent. Several talesmen were challenged and excused today, but no appreciable progress toward getting a Jury was made. MERGER OF STEEL COMPANIES PROGRESSES New York, Oct. 7. Efforts to effect a third gigantic steel combine, headed by Bethlehem Steel, and Including Pennsylvania Steel and Crucible com panies, progressed rapidly today. Renewed activity or Bethlehem, H A A J r rt . I . I m . ru... j which uui;eu ov yviuia iu w tacular burst on the market today, plus the sudden strength of Crucible, were Interpreted aa meaning that the merger la nearly completed." Charles M. Schwab, moving spirit in the new combine, laid, however, "The matter is still in abeyance." BULGARIAN MINISTER AT ROME GETS PASSPORTS London, Oct. 7. The Bulgarian minister at Rome has been given his passports and will leave Italy tonight, It was reported here today. Oregon mining laws, 40c. Courier lit Clin f'.leclrlc Hliop Compare VELVET, cured Nature's way, with an artificially-cured tobacco. You will find VELVET superior in flavor, mildness and aroma. ' t L Mo Tins Maul-Unad Bus I E, Oakland, Cal., Oct. 7. ot modern childhood "The curse Is over- education." This is what Luther Durbank, California plant wltard. to day told delegates to the convention of the Social Workers' Conference for the Pacific slope. The first ten years of a child's life should be spent In preparing him for education: ho should not go to school 'before that time, Hurbank declared. "I would not bother with a dis eased plant. It only spreads disease among healthy ones and accomplishes nothing; so why eneouraslck chil dren?" he asked. The time spent out of school build ing tho body, Durbank said, will be made up for by the child In perfect health. He will be more Intelligent aa a result of good health. Durbank loft a sick bed to address the conference. UNDERTAKERS HOLD INVENTION IN FRISCO San Francisco, Oct. 7. The clvlo auditorium today was a real Jolly sort of a place. 'The California Funeral rHrvtnm' anioolitlon was In session. Tney brought with them their fancy long frock coats and top bats, gen eral funereal expression, to say noth ing of a fine xhIbK of coffina and embalming fluid. E EDUCA MODERN CHILDHOOD S SAYS BURBANK A BAD COLD aggravated by neglect has caused the death of more than one per son who was wise la many things, but not In that. His Is Good Weather for Colds Use your wisdom in this and you will live longer. We sell cold and cough remedies for few cents. They get results quickly. It's better to .be a wise one than a dead one! Demaray's 1 '' i HOTEL GRANTS PASS QUIET, REFINED HOUSE, tastefully furnished with a view to our patrons' Comfort. Hot and cold running wuter, steam heat and telopliono la each roon, at 70c nnd 9 1.00 a day. ' A EWilccn rooms have been rcervcd for local people, tho nrls 910, $12 and 9in a month, with bnth iit lvllfKCH, 1 Make your reservations now. XO MIIII'H TO CARRY'. ' ALASKAN COlTKR ORB - Valden, Alaska, Oct. 7.Lack of ship Is given aa the reason for thous ands or tons of copper betng held la tho bunkers of tho mining companies In Prince William Sound district. The transportation companies are unable to handle the mass of freight Intend ed for smelters In the slates. The mines are anxious for early ship ments In order to take advantage of the present high prices of copper. rrs JKAl'TY OFTEN CONCEALS an Inferior tone in the ordinary piano, and a low price helps to cover up such undesirable quali ties. That is why we say I TEST OCR PIANOS at your borne. Judge them not by their beauty, but by their actual tone quality. Tou will find that all of our planoa are built on merit, and that they are the beat plaao value obtainable at the price wt ask. On Easy Payment Rowell's Music Store ' Drug and Stationery Store OXFORD P. W. STREICTS, Prop, and Mgr. I
