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DAILY ROGUE RIVER COURIER
MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1PI.
Daily Rogue River Courier.
An Independent Republican Newt-
paper. United Presi Leased
Wire Telegraph Service
A. E. VOORHIES, Pub. and Prop.
WILFORD ALLEN, Editor
Entered at the Grants Pass, Ore
Son, Postoffice as second-class mail
matter.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
One Tear 15.00
Six Months v
Three Months
One Month ..
8.00
1.60
.60
Payable In Advance
'MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1910.
OREGON WEATHER
"
Showers tonight; cooler east
portion. Tuesday probably fair;
4 winds becoming westerly. -f
WILL THE ROGUE GO DRYT
Down at the mouth of the Rogue
where that stream' pours its flood in
to the briny deep, the people are be
coming much perturbed for tear that
the Rogue is going dry. All of the
Irrigation projects, dredging and
placer mining operations, and devel
opment along other lines based upon
the use of water from the Rogue,
that have filled the people of the up
per river districts with Joy and hope,
spell another story for the residents
of Gold Beach. Here is the way the
Gold Beach Reporter, under the cap
tion "Will the Rogue Go Dry?", sums
up the situation:
"Old residents of this section will
remember the times in early days
when email trading schooners coming
Into Rogue river could navigate to
Bagnell's ferry, four miles up Rogue
river, with permanent channels and
good water in the lower river. Later
the large amount of placer mining in
the Illinois river and along upper
Rogue river placed large amounts of
gravel in the beds of these streams
which the high waters of each suc
ceeding winter kept working further
and further down the streams until
when the big flood of February, 1890,
had subsided nothing of a permanent
' channel was left In Rogue river from
the Illinois down to the mouth. Flats
and farms were washed away, the
river, formerly confined In channels,
spread from hillside to hillside, leav
ing bars of gravel; even Islands in
the lower river were washed , away,
leaving only fields of gravel, which
shifted more or less with changing
winter floods. All the tailings of the
upper mines came down, and the
river bed has been filled, leaving only
gravel bars, small stretches of deep
water, and steep riffles to confront
the navigators of today along the up
per river. This condition has been
especially apparent when the low
water of late summer made naviga
tion of the numerous riffles difficult
The boatmen of the river have ad
justed themselves to the circum
stances as well as possible, construct-,
ing boats especially suitable to over
come the obstacles, and Jot years past
navigation by gasoline boats has
been steadily conducted for 40 miles
up, the mail to the mouth of the Illin
ois, 30 miles up, being regularly car
ried that way.
"Two summers ago, however, a
new difficulty confronted the (boatmen
In the summer time. The river sud
denly fell several inches, sometimes
nearly a foot, and would again swell,
only to go down again, keeping this
up each day. This was a puzzler tor
a while, but was soon traced to Its
source irrigation systems In the
Rogue river valley taking out the
water. Last summer this condition
was especially noticeable, and the
mall carrier had good , occasion to
note the fluctuations. In the morn
ing the river was low, and continued
so until nearly noon, when it began
to raise, and by night it was fully
six inches higher than in the morn
ing. As the worst riffles are in the
upper reaches of the river, by the
time the mall carrier's boat reached
them the water had raised sufficiently
to enable him to get over them, other
wise they would not have been navi
gable, Indeed, on several occasions
he was obliged to tie up his boat sev
eral miles this side of the Illinois
and take the mail through by other
means.
"This summer the conditions prom
ise to be even more- severe on the
boatmen, owing to the fact that Irri
gation systems of large size are con-j
templated that will take most of the
water from Rogue river." j
And then the fears of the lower
river people are fed upon the stories
of the plans for irrigation and' for
dredging as recounted previously in'
A GOOD OLD WORLD AFTER ALL
ARM HAMMER SODA, pound packago. ...So
FANCY JAP KICK, 4 pound tor 2.V
FANCY PEANUT BUTTER, S hhiiu1s fop. 85c
NUMBER 18 SPECIAL ROAST COFFEE, lb. 40c
STAR SWEET CHO(XLATK, 1 pound kg. for..SOc
BEST CARACOL COFFEE, S pounds for.. fl.00
FANCY GINGKll SNAPS, per pound 10c
NUMBER 12 COFFEE, 2 pounds for 85c
HKRSHEY'S COCOA, half pound can ..15c
STRAWBERRIES FRESH DAILY
WE SELL ONLY GUARANTEED GOODS
ALPINE BUTT Eli
KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY
Quality Firit
the columns of the Courier, and the
Reporter nightmare closes with the
following paragraph:
"The facts augur 111 tor naviga
tion facilities on lower Rogue river.
And as though the menace was not
sufficient from this source large
dredging operations are carried on
at various points along the river, put
ting more tailings in the stream, to
be brought down fey each successive
winter flood. One such enterprise
about to be inaugurated we mention
ed in last week's Reporter, wherein
one tract of 2S0 acres la to be torn
loose and washed down. The time has
come when some steps shonld be!
taken to protect the Industries of the
lower Rogue river section and the
numerous settlers along the river who
depend upon navigation of the river
for securing their supplies and mar-j
keting their products."
It our friends at Gold Beach would
consult men of science they would no
doubt be informed that some day the
Rogue might go dry. But the date
would be set bo far In advance that
it need cause no apprehension upon
the part of the present population of
Gold Beach. They would have ample
time to prepare tor the worst.
Changes are of course constantly oc
curring In the bed or the Rogue, as
in the beds of all streams. Pros
pectors are still hunting for the old
bed of the stream, and many a rich'
placer mine is being worked away up
on the side of a mountain where the
river at one time deposited Its golden
sands.
Water taken to irrigate the acres
of the valley is only borrowed tem
porarily from the stream. It finds its
way back. But is there not a serious
menace in the fact that the people of
Medford and of Gold Hill and of
Rogue River and Grants Pass must
henceforth use water from the Rogue
for drinking purposes? Until Gold
Beach helped to vote Oregon dry;
many of the residents of these locali
ties did not draw upon the limpid flow
with which to quench a burning
thirst .
HUGHES
NAM
E
MAY
GO ON OR
E
GON BALLOT
Salem, April 17. A writ of man
damus requiring Secretary of State
Olcott to. show why the name of
Charles E. Hughes should not be cer
tified to go on the ballot as a can
didate for the republican nomina
tion tor president, was lsaued today
by the supreme court.
Olcott was given one day In which
to show cause. The suit was tiled
by Wallace McCammant, of Portland,
who recites that on April 14 he filed
an authenticated petition signed by
1354 registered republican electors
of the state of Oregon, praying that
the name of Hughes should go on the
ballot.
Hughes' letter, refusing to permit
his name to go on the ballot, and
giving his reasons, had not arrived
this afternoon, but It was expected
late today 6r tomorrow morning.
AITO PIRATES MAKE
HAUL IN SPOKANE
FIND BODY OF YOUTH
WHO PERISHED IN STORM
Eugene,' April 17. The body of
Lyman Maddarls, 19 years old, who
perished during a snowstorm In the
wilderness of western Douglas
county, was at the home of bis father
at Big Creek today. A searching
party found the body yesterday
within 16 feet of the trail for which
the youth had searched In vain.
Spokane, April 17. Two automo
bile pirates who cruised the residence
sections of Spokane for four hours
Saturday night and Sunday morning
were still at liberty today. The po
lice have excellent descriptions of the
highwaymen, and these descriptions
have been sent to officers in surround
ing cities and towns.' The harrow
ing tales of Bit people who were cap
tives of the "pirates" during the wild
cruise were re-told today.
Booty taken by the robbers totaled
only $44. Harry Walker, driver of
a Jitney bus, was the first man cap
tured. The "pirates" forced Walker
to drive his machine: They over
hauled Mr. and Mrs. J. :J. Rouse,
driving their own car. The Jitney
bus was then abandoned, Walker was
hustled into the Rouse car and with
three captives in the new machine
the highwaymen, carrying on a rapid
fire conversation, started on a tour
of the residence section. A racing
car, carrying B, H. Robwall and M.
H. Houseman, was stopped and these
two men added to the list of captives.
The last man taken prisoner was
Charles Anderson, a reporter, hurry
ing home about 1 a. m. He was
struck on the head with the butt of
a revolver and bundled Into the auto
mobile. The reporter had no money.
About 3 o'clock the "pirate car"
was driven to the outskirts of the
city and the robbers abandoned their
prisoners, making off on foot la an
easterly direction.
REDWOOD LUMBER PLANT
IN CALIFORNIA SOLD
' A
f7r
PAAS-Egg Dyes
in
Eight Colors
Calico Tranftfer Papers
and
Mutt and Jeff Pictures
CLEMENS Sells Drugs
The Store
. San Francisco, April 17. A 18.-
1500,000 lumber deal Js completed
jhere today. The L. E. White Lum
iber company of Mendocino had been
; purchased by the C. A. Goodyear k
James D. Lacey Interests of Chicago
and James A. Mackenzie of Baa Fran
cisco. The property la located at
Greenwood and Point Arena.1 It Is
one of the oldest operating redwood
plants In the state.
Old papers, 5c per bundle, at the
Courier office. 1
GIVE YOUR BEST.
Postponement of a righUeui
ot Is never right The sooner
we sow the itads of love the
aooner wo baoln to roap the
bountiful harvaat of happinea
nd Joy, Tho isonir wo give to
the world tht bed wt have tha
oonor tho beat will bagin U
corn back to ui If not In via
Ible matorlal thing, than In
what la muoh to bo daalrad
spiritual and mtntal delighta.
8alaotad.
COUNTY AGENT'S
; NOTES
Deuauso ot tho close similarity of
appearance ot seed ot Johnson grass
aud Sudan grass, (armor living lu
aectluus where Johnsou grass la a
troublesomo weed have beeu reluo
taut to dak. plautlug Sudan grass
(or (ear ot introducing Johnson grass
outo their (arms. Careful study ot
the seeds ot these crops which though
closely related and quite sluilllar la
appearance differ greatly In their
agricultural value has resulted in de
veloping ot the methods by which
they can be distinguished through a
careful and thorough examination ot
an ordinary magnifying glass which
enlarges to the extent ot six or eight
diameter. .
The pure seed law is very string
ent and anyone selling seeds that
are not up to the requirements Is
subject to a severe penalty. Since
so many people are planting Sudan
grass, 1 would suggest that . when
you secure your seed, it you have
any suspicions that It Is not pure,
to bring In a sample and let us try
it out. No doubt, Johnson grass will
be the one thing with which it will
be adulterated and this Is one of
the worst pests with which we have
to contend.
'
Selling dandelion roots at four to
six cents por pound. offered a pretty
fair premium on removing the dan
delion pest from the lawns, fields
and pastures. ,
Since 100,000 pounds or more are
Imported annually Into the United
States, It seems that ninny a young
boy or girl ought to make fairly
good wages by collecting and pre-:
paring dandelion roots for the drug
stores. The root Is used medically
In diseases ot the liver and for dys
pepsia. Report to II. S. Hammond,
of the O. A. C. Botany department.
The past week hns been very fav
orablo for the development of fun
gus on fruits. As the time is near
at hand for the application ot arsen
ate of lead, I would cinphaslxe the '
necessity tor the use of lime and sul
phur in about the proportion of one
to 35, with the arsenate of lead spray.
Indications at the present time are
that the fruit prospects are good so
It will be necessary to keep that fruit
clean or else it Is of no value to us.
I have a few leaflets on -broccoli
growing which I shall be glad to
supply to those' Interested, either by
mall or you may call at the office.
;
I believe that good results can bo
obtained from the organization of a
row testing association In Josephine
county. I am satisfied at the present !
time that we have many cows in our
dairies here that ore not paying for,
their keep. Several dairymen have
already expressed their desire to go
Into a pact In the very near future
to make a survey of the situation and
determine the possibilities ot per
fecting such an organization. I shall
be glad to hear from anyone who Is
Interested.
C. D. Thompson, County Agent.
PORTLAND TO RELEASE .
' FOUR RIG 11ALLOON8
Portland, April 17. Four bal
loons, thirty feet In diameter, will
be released from the downtown dis
trict" of Portland at noon tomorrow
to announce the opening ot tho Paci
fic Coast league season on the home
grounds, Hugo streamer will bo at
tached to the gas longs. Evory boy
who returns on ot the streamers will
be given free admission to the game.
TKMiURIDE WOMAN
LEARNS FRISCO WAYS
San Francisco, April 17. After
having spent five minutes In a tele
phono booth at the Hotel Manx un
der the Impression that it was an
elevator. Mrs. Helen Morton, of that
duar Tellurldo, Colorado, came forth,
and suggested that the service waa
vory decayed.
"That I the slowest elevator I ever
rude In." she told the clerk.
When he explained, she said.
"Have you no floorwalkers here to
direct guests!' and entered the
propor"l!ft."
This Is Mrs. Morton's first trip
away from Tellurld In IS years.
AMERICANS A HOARD
INVKltLYON MISSING
London, April 17. One or two
Americans' were possibly among the
11 satlors who perished when the
steamer Inverlyon was attacked by
a submarine, two American survivors
declared today. They said they were
certain the American were missing.
WILL GO TO RESCUE OF
EXPLORER SIIACKLETON
San Francisco, April 17. En route,
to London, where, he says, be will
take charge of an expedition to res-j
cue Lieut. Shackleton, famous ex
plorer, believed in danger somewhere ,
off the South American coast, Sir
Douglas Mawson arrived In San
Francisco- today on the liner Ventura.
He will leave at once for New York.
Mawson was 8backloton's aide on
several previous exploring trips, In'
eluding the one which resulted In dis
covery of the magnetic pole.
GERMAN TERROR SHIP NOW
' CARRIES ARMS TO RUSSIA
San Francisco, April 17. A touoh
of irony was ibeneath the chartering
today of the steamer Republic to the '
Robert Dollar Steamship company. A '
few months ago the 'Republic was the
German ship Walkure, terror of Pa-
clflc waters, which attacked Tahiti
and was later sunk by the French.
According to the charter, the Re
public now goes to Vladlvostock to
take arms to Russia, The sum for
which the ship has been chartered It
said to be fabulous.
PORTLAND CAT OWNERS j
FORM M. F O. W. OLUU
Portland, April 17. Organisation
of the "M. E. O. W. club," a group
of women owners of thoroughbred
cats, was perfected today. A cat
show Is planned.
You will find with the
Dodge Brothers Motor Car
miuiy featurea scarcely to be Um-u1 at so moderate a price.
(Juullth which the eye cannot ewllti mlJuMmrtit of parts mi!
due Iwvlamv rvvrttl tlienniolvea In way the car Mlrka to the road
at high upeod.
K8rt F. O. II. Grant Paa
MYERS MOTOR CAR CO., Grants Paw, Ore.
Phone- 8i: or M
Car mi dtsplny at Grant Pa Gamut'.
i
Have You
I
Registered ?
April 18
At 5 p. m.
Is Your
Last Chance
GOLDEN GATE SPECIAL
TO
CALIFORNIA
Leaves 9:00 P. M. Instead of 1:00. A.. M.
Arrives San Francisco 5:30 P. M. .
THURSDAY, AFRIL 20th
Is the date this change Is effective. Other changes as follows:
Np. 13 1 1 No. 63 I STATION 3 NoHT"
8: 15 p. m. 8:30 a.m. Lv... Portland Ar. ItfSlTm.
9:05 p. m. f 9:12 a. m Oregon City 7:85 a. m.
10:30 p. m. 10:22 a. m Salem 6:12 a. m.
11:23 p. m. 11:08 a. m Albany A V20a. m.
12:48 a. m. 12:80 p.m. Eugene 7:60 a. m.
4:15 a.m. 4:16 p. m Roseburg ... 1:00 a.m.
8:64 a.m. 9:00 p. m Grants Pass 8:80 p.m.
10:15 a. m. 10:15 p. m Medford 7:28 p.m.
11:00 a. m. 11:00 p.m. Ar Ashland Lv. 7:00p.m.
7:80 a. m. 6:30 p. m. Ar San Francisco Lv. 11:40 p.m.
Motor car will make two round trips Albany to Corvallls and return
as follows:
Motor
fl730"a7nT
12:05 p. m.
Motor
frO0"a7m.
9:40 a. m.
Lv...
Ar..
BjIfiONSf
. Albany ..
. Corvallls ..
7Ar
Lv.
Motor
l"0T65a. m.
10:20 a. m.
Motor
3:50 p. m.
8:15 p. m.
Ask your local agent or write
John M. Scolt, Goneral Passenger Agent, Portland, Oregon
SOUTHERN PACIFIC UNES
Letterheads at the Courier.