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.
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MONDAY, MARCH 6, 1810. '
OREGON WEATHER
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ally fair; westerly winds. !
THE HIGHWAY TO THE ILLINOIS
VALLEY. . t ,
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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COUNTY AGENT'S I
NOTES
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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, " .
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are piled on the Alblna dock, waiting
shipment to Russia, the O.-W. R. ft
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