PAGE TWO. DAILY ROGUE RIVER COURIER MONDAY, MARCH 0, HMO. Daily Rojue River Courier. i Independent Republican News paper. United Press Leased Wire Telegraph Service A. B. VOORHIES, Pub. and Prop. WILFORD ALLEN. Editor Entered at the Grants Past, Ore ton. Postofflco m second-class mall natter. SUBSCRIPTION RATES f One Year. tsen IU Montha . J. 00 Three Month , 1.50 One Month ; ; .50 MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1810. ' OREGON WEATHER ' . 4 Tonight end Tuesday gener- -f ally fair; westerly winds. ! THE HIGHWAY TO THE ILLINOIS VALLEY. . t , - IfV - . V . a - iuo ruaa ouuaug prooiem ux Jose phine county is its most difficult one. The county court is confronted with cores of needs for the expenditure of cash, but the treasury is in a de pleted condition, more than a hun dred thousand of the expected dol lars having failed to find their way Into the county till because of the re fusal of the railroad company to pay taxes upon the grant lands for three years. This is a sum of money that Josephine can not afford to nave tied up at a period In her development when it Is most needed, and every citizen of the community should come to the aid of the court in finding the best possible way around the diffi culty. The Pacific highway Is already In pretty fair shape, and with prom ised assistance from the state can no doubt be put in most creditable con dition tor the season's travel. But it Is the road leading Into the Illinois valley that needs immediate 'atten tion, and all the attention that can' possibly be given it During the pre-! tent season the country along Jhe route of the highway thrdugn'h Illinois valley and to Crescent' City win command a wonderful amount of attention. It will be visited by thousands of , people and will wit ness more development than - ' has come to It In years before. .' Already the mines at Takilma and Waldo are opening npon an extensive scale, and were the roads in better condition the returns through ore shipped would be much greater. This .ore traffic over the highway Is necessarily pretty hard on the road, and It has been suggested that there could be a plan of co-operation between the county and heavy users of the road Our Business is IBB ftt'l$I.S 14. 000.OQ rm'J4.270.60S.&Cjl fwfiS.22 2,000.0 rW6.005.9655Sl fS4i$6, 1 08.480.00 r95$a093.456.(W QrCOD jfe Oregon's Successful Life Insurance Company . The Only Company Which Does Business Exclusively in Peaceful and Healthful Oregon We Help in the Upbuilding of a Greater Oregon YOUR e ln8urance will be in QrCgOnlifr if you take time to examine our "Low with tpecial privileges and results to policyholders. HoOffic; SZSSS1 Prtlnd,Oreg.n worked out that would make im provement of the road possible at once. Almost any sacrifice would be warranted in building this highway from Grants Pass to the Illinois val ley. A large portion of the traffic of the county will go over it, and with the development that will follow the building of the railroad, the wagon road will be needed even more than before the railroad was constructed. Logs and grain and beets and hay will be hauled to the valrous railway stations over It The attention which Grants Pass is attracting in the public ey is well evidenced by the space which the newspapers of Portland and else where give to news from this source. Both the Oregonlan and the Journal of Portland have had frequent ar ticles upon the front page of their respective publications dealing with the activities In the Grants Pass dis trict The Journal featured the story of the coming of the sugar factory upon its front page, and Sunday it featured the activities in the mining field. There is a lively demand np on the part of the general public tor the news about Grants Pass. That is the reason why the Courier Is dally adding new subscribers to its list, many of them going to people at oth er points who want to keep In touch with local development ' ' Word of the organization of the sugar beet clubs throughout Jose phine county has reached the office of extension work of the TJ. S. De partment of Agriculture at Washing ton, D. C. Superintendent Savage has Just received letter from the department commending the idea and offering the services of the depart ment in the furtherance of the work. The letter states that a number of clubs are already In successful oper ation in Utah and Colorado, and that a new standard in beet production has been established through the efforts of the young farmers. .j.: r Now' is the time ' of the placer miner's harvest, His crop does not make much of a showing so far as bulk is concerned, but it runs into figures mighty fast in the bank book. Multnomah county has 38 per cent of the wealth of the state, a third of the population, and 100 per cent of the Oregon members of the United States senate. If Medford would stop her pipe dreaming and grow beets, she could assure herself a sugar factory by an other season. Oregonians are UProud Unmatched fflecord all in Oregon. All INCOMC TKlt t4.4t,001 v90S t I 26.5 59.00 ' r2081;job.ov 19131$ 2 76,483.00 $3 1,956,00 W5 $345t3bZ&f95$785AQ.W V95S988.099 .00 The Figures Show the Marvelous and Continuous Growth of BEST FOR OREGONIANS MED MERCHANT SHIPS SNIPERS Berlin, via Amsterdam, Mar. 6. "Armed merchantmen are the snipers of the sea." declared Dr. HecksherT relehstag loader, "and the British ad miralty, by instructing merchantman to fire on submarines, began franc tlreur warfare on the seas." Dr. Heckscher, whose posltldn In the retchstag is similar to that held by Senator Stone as chairman of the senate foreign relations committee, discussed the German-American con troversy over armed merchant ships at some length today. "It an officer and 10 men la a hos tile country saw a group of civilians across the street armed with two or three rifles, the officer could not wait until he had warned the civilians be fore ordering his soldiers to shoot." said Dr. Heckaeher. "That is an ex ample of tranctlreurlng, and the same principle applies on the seas to merchantmen who snipe at submar ines. "The submarine la a legal sea weapon, as Secretary Lansing' himself has admitted, and the submarine that attempts to warn an armed merchant vessel puts itself in grave danger, since It is easily damaged. , "It ia said that the United States wants to settle the submarine ques tion with Germany before taking up her trade relations with England, holding that questions affecting hu man lives should be first Conceding this viewpoint, does America realize how many thousands of women and children in Germany and Poland lack nourishment today because America does not insist upon the right to send milk and food to the German people? Is not that a question of human lives, too? . "Germany has waited for months for America to take steps against England's illegal blockade, but noth ing has been accomplished. Now, Germany, finding the English admir alty Instructions aboard the steamer Woodfleld, must act for herself. "Germany's official declaration is but the counter-step any belligerent would take against an enemy." PLACE WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR MURDER OF HUSBAND McMinnville, Mar. 6. Mrs. Anna Booth . was placed on trial for the second time today for the murder of her husband last October. William Branson, Indicted with her, was con victed of second degree murder three weeks ago. Mrs. Booth's first trial resulted in a hung Jury. Daylight Darkness. There are a number of daylight dark nesses recorded in history, among them being those In R C. 205. A. D. 740 and 773. There was a dark day in England In. January. 1807 and another on Oct 21, 1S16. There was also a dark clay In Detroit on Oct 10. 1702. " On May 10. 1780. there wo such atmospheric gloom over Hartford. Conn., tbnt the ipdnlature adjourned for the iln.v Funds Invested in Oregon Securities U4AI ' r.tstnve ' rf 4 itftAriftM rsvT is .7 i.oo fiml$ 5?.Z9 7.00l W?I58Z. 122.00' W3$502.7 6.0Q 19141 $63 1 ,69 . 00 A. L. MILLS L. SAMUEL. Cmnl Muiiar mm Pill SENATE ACTION Berlin, Mar. 8 Americans who have canvassed the situation here to day reported that the senate vote tabling the Gore resolution warning Americans not to sail on armed merchant vessels materially lessened the possibility of a German-American break on the submarine Issue. . Berlin newspapers differ in their Interpretations of the vote. Most of them agree that the senate would not be likely to interfere with the administration's plans unless the ne gotiations seemed leading straight to war. ... ' . . ' The Cologuo Gazette assorted the vote was without meaning. WASHI.NUTO.V AGAIN UNDER 8XOW IUUAXKKT Wenatchee, Wash., Mar. e.Three feet of snow fell In the mountains near here last night and today. The Great Northern railway is tempor arily tied up. Leavenworth and Peshnstln report ed 18 Inches of snow. Only occa sional flurries have visited Wen atchee. FRAXCIS IS NOMINATED AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA Washington, Mar. 6 President Wilson today nominated David R. Francis, of St Louis, as ambassador to Russia. He will succeed George T. Marye, of San Francisco, who re signed on account of ill health. Francis Is a former governor of under President Cleveland, and pre sident of the Louisiana Purchase Cen tennial exposition in 1904. 443 MISSING FRO.M WRECKED SPANISH SHIP London, Mar. 6. Reports from Santos, Brazil, to Lloyd's declared 445 or more passengers and crew of the Spanish steamer Principe de Astorlas were missing and believed lost in the wreck of the vessel on a reef off the South American coast She was en route to Buenos Aires from Barcelona, Spain. WASHINGTON CAR LINES TIED UP BY STRIKE , Washington, Mar. 6. Senators and congressmen who are without auto mobiles walked to the capltol today, all street cars having been halted "by a strike. Several congressmen are busy preparing resolutions calling for immediate arbitration of the strike, which was called yesterday when traction officials refused the demand of the employes for Increased wages. ' A fleet of Jltny buses Is reported en route from Baltimore to reap a harvest of nickels during the trouble. Old papers, 6c per bundle, at the Courier office. ; of this AUT 7i25.idgodl WlXtt i (.33,641,00" r$af6.380j5cj Premium Policy" 0 A- B. CORNELL , DUtriet Minmr, UraaU Pim, Orf -JVelchV COUNTY AGENT'S I NOTES ..- I am located in Room 1. formerly occupied by tho secretary ot tbe com mercial club. .You can see the sign on the window, "County Agent." Urn til further notice I will be in tbe omce on Saturdays only. Come up and see me. . You know something that will be ot much assistance to mo In carrying on the work here. I am starting out this week with a Ford and will soon have our sign on It. Stop me anywhere at auy time. This Is an axent without any thing to sell. i U has been fully demonstrated that leguminous crops are benefited by Inoculation of the seeds. This Is especially true when planted on old worn out soils or soils that have not had such crops grown upon them. The Oregon Agricultural college Is furnishing Inoculation cultures at cost of preparation. Slxe A, for I to 3 acres, 40 cents; slxe B, 2 to 16 acres, 60 cents. , , ' In the selection of a stallion for breeding dulrng the coming season, do not let a few dollars In difference of service fees keep you from breed ing to the best. ' Do not breed to unlicensed sires; there Is a reason, or they would be licenses. It Is also a violation of the law. .- . I am surprised to find that so much feed apd produce Is shipped into Grants' Pass, and even bought and consumed by the farmers. Nearly 700 tons of hay, 12 to 14 carloads of potatoes, and quantities ot barley were shipped In here last year. Cauliflower is being shipped in here and selling at fancy prices. You can grow Just as good cauliflower here as the best grown anywhere. While conditions have not been tbe best during the past few years, we must realize that it Is disastrous to be sending good money away from home for those products. We should be producing them to ship out. Fruit growers, if you are going to produce the right kind ot fruit, be sure to attend to your spraying. One spray omitted may mean the loss ot practically the entire crop . Be sure to use not less than 200 pounds pressure. C. D. THOMPSON, County Agent. T RETURN OF THE RAIDER MOEWE London, Mar. 6. Several London newspapers expressed doubt today that the German raider Moewe had eluded the British blockade fleet and had returned ' safely to Wllbelms- haven, as announced by Berlin. They believed the story was circulated to throw pursuing British warships off the trail. ' The Times waf expert, however, accepted the Berlin statement as true, and wrote: "The possibility of an enterprising captain breaking through the block ade inward as well as outward has frequently been demonstrated. -The Moewe's captain certainly executed a desperate adventure.. , of skill and courage." RUSSIAN BIIKLL HIT THE U. S. CONSULATE Washington, Mar. O.A Russian shell struck the Amorlcan consulate at Treblzond during the bombard ment of that city by two Russian &t stroyors March 1, according to state department advices today. , The sholl killed a Turk standing within 20 feet of the vice-consul's desk. The residence of the vice-consul, adjoin lng, was also hit, but the consul and bis staff escaped uninjured, " . D B Don't Take a Substitute When you can get the original Ti'e National Dvin.fi. At KINNEY MAX GROCERY Quality First AltMKl) (il'AIUti I'ltOTECr MCXITI0S8 AT IX)UTMXI Portland, Mar. 6. Following tht publication of a nows Item that a large quantity of war ammunitions are piled on the Alblna dock, waiting shipment to Russia, the O.-W. R. ft i.V. company today placed Ave armed guard at the dock. In some families theway to keep peace before breakfast is to say nothing &prepare a pot of FolgerV Golden Gate Coffee 4ScCoffee 45cQaality Folger Week March 6 to 11 Save 10c a pound i Rut SpeW Tta Price Price 1 lb. AS 35 21b. .85 .65 2Vlb.. 1.00 .75' 51b. 2.00 L50 Or.nri mill eeflest fe fi7r rem as, Telephone or 6cnd the order to your grocer today. J.A.Folger&Co. San Francisco t