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PAGE TWO DAILY ROQCTt BIYER COtlUKR MONDAY, , JIU 81, 10 16. Daily Rogue River Courier An Independent Republican New , paper. United Free Leased Wire Telegraph. SerTlee. " A. S. VOORHIES, Pub. ajid Prop, WILFORD ALLEN, Editor. Entered at the Grant Pas, Ore .con, Postofflce aa second-class mall matter. . . SUBSCRIPTION RATES One Year , 15.00 Six Months... S.00 1.50 .50 Three Months.... Cne Months Parable la Advance MONDAY, JVLY 81, 11. ; OREGON WEATHER : Tonl.ht end Tuesday partly -f 4- cloudy; fair east portion; west- f erly winds. CAVES ROAD PROGRESS. -A letter Just rewired by the officers of the Commercial club from Con- gressman nawiey gives cause ior a most optimistic feeling oTer the out look for action in regard to the build ing of the road to the Josephine eaves. Mr. Hawley included a letter which be has received from the oBce or the ehier forester. This letter in dicates that the department is now , formulating its plans of operation, but that meantime it is assembling all available data concerning a'ny of the projects that are in line for funds. The pKh of the letter, however, is found In the following statement: Since the road to the Oregon caves is one that has been frequently re- - Information is available, this road m Va. Iam aaMtfnl JMfiaat A am l Ait While the project Is well thought of at this office, I can not tell you at present whether or not It will be con structed during this year." This let- mm'm mtvnaA 1v .AnMna lFnrMtftP Pnt- ter for hit chief, Forester Graves. The tenor of the communication ln- - UlVklCS VUw UDf. ,UJtU, WU. IU plates the building of the eaves road -as one of Its earliest projects, the on ly doubt expressed being the one con cerning the eons troeti on this year. Congressman Hawley adds that he in tends to leave nothing undone to se cure the construction of the eaves -roaa as one or u very nm. The Oregon State Press association will convene in Medford Friday for a four days' session. One day will be devoted to a trip over the Pacific highway to the Siskiyou divide, and a trip to Crater lake is one of the attractions arranged for the visitors. There will be two days of business sessions when newspaper men from Oregon, as well as speakers from afar, will appear upon the program. On the first day's program A. E. Voorhles, publisher of the Courier, will speak on "How to Make a Coun try Daily "Pay." Mr. Voorhles was assigned this subject, as there are a good many newspaper men In the west who would like to know bow he has put a dally over during the past five years in a community no larger than Grants Pass.. A good many cities larger than this have not been able to maintain a daily newspaper. MILLIONS LOST. 'Continued From Page 1.) .barges, one tugboat, 85 freight cars, many of them loaded with munitions of war. Estimated property damage on Black Tom peninsula: National Storage company plant and stores, $12,000,000. Lehigh Valley railroad, $1,250,000. Central Railroad of New Jersey, $50,000. Ammunition In cars and barges, $5,000,000. Moran Towing company, barges, $60,000. Other barges and cargoes, $200, 000. . Total, $18,560,000. Jo Greater New York ( mostly a plate glass), $300,000; in Jersey City, (mostly windows), $250,000; On Ellis Island, $100,000. On Bedloe island, where Statue of Liberty Is located, $150,000. New Jersey points ; FLOUR KINNEY & TRUAX GROCERY Quality First outslde ot Jersey City and Black Tom peninsula, $150,000. Total damages, $19,510,000. v r New York, July 31. Comprehen sive investigation into the shipment an.i tt tha miintffnna rtiiutiiae nf trA country by state and federal authori-l10 prMent Ume' the CodUa moth ties seemed certain this afternoon as 8,ry 8ho",1 be ppl,ed not Utcr than a direct result ot the monstrous ex- thotaf August. It appear- that plosions that occurred at the Black th natohln f th prwnt ,8 Tom munitions terminals Sunday. 8ln8 o cover considerable time and Hint of such an investigation came tha ,n ' h Is al- today when Prosecuting Attorney Wlg Its work and spray- Hudspeth at the preliminary hearing be done right away. With ot two men arrested on charge- of the prNnt prospwt f reasonable manslaughter in connection with the ! prl3 ' irM rowe f - resultant deaths declared every rail-!'0" ennnce. In omitting this -.n.u.tu. i v.. T0 fc..!spray. ' . e.- f f t.ih leuiaviu vvviufiv v- aata ajvoi i.s Agents from the department of; Justice and the Interstate commerce commission spent nearly all day onomene from the agricultural col the scene. On their report will de- lege to be preeent and address the pend whether the commission will go people. Mr. Steel Is going to barbe m tva fit iiv ntn tha roo Thia nh aa i cue a dIk and furnish coffee tor the will not. however, deter state and I municipal officials in their investlga-'own tions. Most amaalng of all the startling features of this greatest explosion on record is the growing belief today that the death list will not exceed 25 or, 30 at the outside. As the flames died out this afternoon and searchers prepared to go through the ruins of the Lehigh docks, -only tour persons were known to have died. They were Leyden Conrad, the Lehigh Valley railroad's chief of , police; Arthur Tossen, baby, shocked to death, and two unidentified men. Twenty-three men are. renorted mlSBlnir. .These were the known facts as to loss of llie more than 36 hours after the first explosion. ' A serious aftermath of the disaster developed today when many boxes of dynamite and other high explosives were discovered, floating nearly sub merged, in the harbor. Marine offi cials Issued warnings to. ship owners and established a harbor patrol of ; small boats. Outdone ' Teacher Now, boys, I want to tee if any of you can make a complete sen tence out of two words, both having the same sound to the ear. First Boy I can. Miss Smith. Teacher Very well. Robert Let us hear your sentence. First Boy-Write right Teacher Very good. Second Boy Say. Miss Smith, I can beat that 1 can make three words of It wright write right. Third Boy (exdtedly)-Hear this wright write rite right WILL MRS. WILSON CAMPAIGN WITH PRESIDENT? : r A J ', 'jp f r n - Jy -ihii' ."HI bee.D rnmo?d ,,b1Bt Mr"- mtoa wl" "wompaoy the president on a campaign tour through the west pot. tlbly taking to speeebmaklng herself ,be suffrage strongholds. This ple.ure of th. president and Mn iSZ '7'ZolVtVrlTWt ,riP ,:,,""dc,pbl" Pr"lnt spoked ibe conventioT of AssocrtteTAdvirrS si iiOii Sack COUNTY AGENT'S NOTES " Spray for Cvdlln Moth . As near as can be determined atlncl fw minutes of daylight of The Ninon Demonstration I We expect Mr. Plummer from the Union Stock yards at Portland and occasion. Every one Is to bring hlsT- Mpanslve smile and a lunch, which win be served about 12:30. Mr. Steel Is planning a pig 'M&lng contest and will have his en itlrt herd to arranged that It may beiepeck,ed tles. and the reason for in o advantage. we also have a very interesting series of fertiliser experiments on red clover on Mr. Steel's place. The second crop it Just ready to cut and results of the work will show to good advantage. , At night the county agent will give ii illustrated stereopucon lecture on America. Remember the date Is Saturday, 'August 5, and the place Winona ranch. Everybody Invited. Again I wish to inquire if any one has had experience with crimson clover in Josephine county. C. D. THOMPSON, County Agricultural Agent. GOOD HABITS. Pay attention to the habits you art continually cultivating. Life is very largely msdo up of habits. They are meant to make life easier for us and bet ter. A good habit once formed, is like a .towrope that pulls ut along thereafter without our comeious effort. The moVe good habits we can form tho sweeter and safer and more successful life will be ever after. Begin to form good habits now this very day. The Rambler Goes Fishing The, Rambler ceased some of bis rumbling, speaking lu terms of yards and miles, when ho hit the Rogue val- ey lie rented because the n.h n, h( wm ut0 lod u n he Rogue valley stream, w.s the I Mk . ,U(J th best on earth, and n.hlng was one uch M ,ttIulumrkT And of hi, weakness That Is why the tho lBquWUw om ,t ,Mt Bluuu(,rm Rambler was aboard when Doc or Kd u d(,WB (o , turned on the gasoline late Saturday LBthUilBlUc wlr tr,,lod uo nf BinrtaYA It rt rt i ft t at. It uaa tm A v it t I r ::: o .:rr. " , ;7rk . lunaru ohciwt errrn, van atiuw- ed the doctor (Ed for short on fish ing excursions); Tom, the proaccut- log attorney; Marsh, tho cashier; ;Geo., who counts the city's cash In j his leisure moments, and the Rambler all present or accounted for . . . . ... . . . on arrival at the mouth of Gravback : creek, SO miles from Grants Pass, a I scant two and one-half hours after j 'turning off 8lxth street. There re- , Saturday, and the Rambler and Tom I,"' V" taf. Tom was first In the water He i4 W" on,y T dpep' b"' the Rambler remembered, as the wavelets rippled around his ears, that Tom , knee deep ' mlght mean dlf- wnt things to different people. It j rolled Claude Hlldreth's remark 1 whB 0,d corta'n ?n i ltt,lm, jre to he .maje-XBi NNednoday. Claude said that was perfectly satis- factory, but would they please toll hlm which Wednesday? So It Is with iu'y n,orn,n- "i tnought knee-deep water better find out ! M lbal 11 ' n wtN'iake. After whose knees are under discussion De1"5" t0 ,th,n " thJ fore yon wade in. scene of the explosions a few minutes T. P. Cramer was camped on thel,a,,r' and viewing the utter devaita other side of the stream. Not many!t,ott wroull- wondered bow some minutes had elapsed before the genial,""""" "" ""Pi "om pan of trout appeared in the camp ot the arrivals. He seemed mighty glad to give away that nice string of nia joy was soon apparent. The next day was Sunday. So long as there were trout in eaiiin. Mrs T. P mirelv would not listen to fishing oJ"Sunday. jr rattled. Thousands dashed But If trout were really needed forto th ,,rMtU ,n nlht c,othM ,nd th iirdfp. that ii . riifforon .tnr inny of them stayed there for hours Go to the Ice box Oraybsck creek and get them. And they do tell that the Cramer camp had trout for every ;8lble ,rom bullditma. Many clockt meal of the two weeks It was pitched ,nd wtch "topped tt 3:08, and. as beneath the pines and fire at the!1 fterwrd learned, elevators and Junction of Grayback and Sucker,,lsht Pnts throughout this' city, -reek. lower Manhattan and Brooklyn -, a .-.j ' i ,l , ;tlmply stopped dead atlll for the I Half of Saturday night the quln- .,.. .k , L.m. i. . . . . . Iseconds that the vibration continued. tette lay upon their beds of boughs . . . . . . , . ii .-j ,v u . !w i Doors crashed Inward and roolt Ltnd talked of the beauties of the' M . . , , .. landscape. Then for a few more' Hr,pP!i ff; ,Br,ck ."T" hour, they dreamed fitfully of other !t0"p,cd' ,dd,"K t0 h" ."nde'Uon m ... ., . i ana am as iney siruca tin or me. beauties tinned, etc. The sun was .. ,, . ........ . , iThen every on real ted it could not Just reflecting from the snow banks . . "r " .... . . . ioe an earthquake, because of the on Grayback's topmost peak when all ... . , . . ' , . . . ., lightning flashes followed by flames five of the escaped Grants Pass tes ... . . . . . . , . .. .. ' .. . that seemed to shoot 200 yards n the were casting the fly over the waters . , .. ., ' . . . . .u v i ,u . ,r from tb direct on of Commun - of one of the three creeks that come .. .... , . .u ..!., o . Paw. It waa so light several roosters together to form the larger 8ucker , , u . . . , nearby began crow hg. creek. Doctor Ed and the Rambler. , . " ... " . ,, ...... , . , i I telephoned the United Press In creek. The doctor got what the boyt call a "head atart." He bad half a dozen rainbows before his fishing partner could get the right twist of the wrist. Then It was nip and tuck all day, but the doctor kept his lesd. At three o'clock the pair was surely eight or ten miles up the creek. They had slipped, and slid over the rocks and had tent maay a trout scurrying from Its hiding place as they clawed frantically to retain an equilibrium. With all ot those miles behind tbeni.'ptt-iist-pat, bang, emash explosions the fishermen turned to retrace their from out la the harbor. Explosives steps, Stopping at an occasional on careening bargea were letting go. 'pool to inveigle one more rainbow The nurses, least excited of any from hit retreat, camp was reached: about, methodically went about re Just at tlx, after an even U hourt celvlng a number of Injured which ot continuous fuming. The doctor took 86 handsome rainbows from hit creol; the Rambler could find -but 89. Thon the twain told ot the tulles and hillta Miv hn.l travnln.l hut a nntlva stream. Rut It was soma snort, ami re a though It had boon the doxen. miles. 8tock was taken or the catches made by the others. Tom, with a spinner, on the lower Sucker creek, had taken 13 trout, and Marsh still had the one htk hail "Yi-iiinil imin tK tunba r9 th .,, . ,,,, , stream he still Insists It took a rnvl Knnnhman W B Av Ah.I n t Geo. does not oare much for trout. anyway. OF T By Horbert D. I)e Lima. Jersey City, N. J July 31. I was literally Jarred from my bed when tho first of the two titanic blaMs oc curred on lllaek Tom peninsula Sun- crumunng unuer tne impact or tne blast, that made Itself felt In five states Now York, New Jersey, Dela ware, Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Buildings shivered like giant ships smashed by mountainous teas. Glass was Jarred from windows like water rtrols thaken off big dog. after the second detonation, hugging open spaces to be as far away as pos- New York and ten minutes later wss as near the scene as I could get. Soon after the ambulances came carrying calm looking, white-capped nurses and policemen. Then came the fire apparatus. Suddenly the entire world seemed to split open. l did not really hear anything. My ear drums merely seemed to collapse. A pillar of flame shot skyward. Sur rounding the fire talumn a circlet of pocullur colored smoke, twenty feet in diameter. As it touched the top of the flume It umhrellued nut until (lt- formed a mushroom shape, nml then came another crash of Round. I A door Just behind mo fell Inward, it felt n scnsutlon such bh one gets when on elevator suddenly dips 10 I or 12 stories. Then canto a whistling ,and whirring overhead. It was shrap 'nel and I ducked to lie fane downward i until the worst of It seemed to stop. It later developed this hombardmcnt came from shrapnel and shell loaded freight cars some dlatawe from the end of the peninsula. By this time there were countless IMPRESSIONS GREA EXPLOSION f Men Wanted Box factory men wanted at'once for both day and night shift. Wages $2.00 and up. Apply Dorris Lumber & Box Co. DOHHIS, CALIFORNIA. policemen were bringing out at day covered the ground. TOTELL MR. HUGHES New York, July 31. Hotel lobbies tmluy looked as though a republican convention were on In New York. Hundreds ot a. O. P. leaders were, arriving from all over the country, anxious to see Charles K. Hugh. oltlrlally advised that he was the re publican standard bearer and to, hear him shatter another one of his fam- :OUS Silences. i Up to date not a solitary repbl- can leader, except National Chairman Wlllcox knows what the nominee will say In hit speech of acceptance. In his speech custom requires that tha candidate fhall sound a "keynote." Usually the standard hearer glvet out advance copies of the "keynote" in plenty of time, to that It can he fully circulated by the1 press associations, nut Hughes, again pursuing his sil ence plan, has withheld all advance Information. Carnegie hall, where the notifica tion ceremonies will be held tonight, seats nearly 4,000 people, and it waa expected that every seat would bt occupied at R o'clock when the meet lug will be called to order. Senator Warren G. Harding ot Ohio, who was chairman ot th Ohl raiiu convention, will make the formal speech notifying Hughes that the party has selected him to make their presidential race. Then Mimhes will respond about l.ono words outlining his views on every Hsslble subject at Issue be (ween the two parties. Kvery effort will be made tonight to make progres sives feel st home. Roosevelt has been tent box teat tickets. A score or more former bull moose leaders will be present. Portland, July 31. Today's mar ket quotations were: Wheat Club, 93;. bluestem, .1.04. Oats No. 1 white feed, 37.25. Barley Feed. 87. Hogs Ilest live, .25. Prime steers, 7.50; fsncy cowt, fi.ftO; best calve, 7. SO. Spring lambs, 8.2S, Butter City creamery, l coun try, 27. Kggs Selected local extras, 27 4128. Hens, 15; broilers, 16ft 18; geese, 1 0 f 1 1 . Copper, U. Didn't Care For It "Ever try liquid soapT" asked the barber "No, sud don't wsut to." replied in msn In the chnlr. "Why uutr "Ob, well. If I have to cat toap I'd Just at leave chew It si drink It" Yonkers Btuiesinnn. Money by the Bushel. She Whut's this I bear about your getting a large sum of money from some woman? lle-8ome one's been klddliig you. Who wns the woman? Fhe ltiiiineiitlyi-Wli.v. May Wheiu. the.v tolil me her iiiuue was, Boston Transcript- , Hopeless. "IJo'k no Kond nt an argument. U her Not at all convincing." "Well, I should say not Why, thni man coulln't convince n woman that sbo was reiry."-Londnu Stray 8to rles. Job printing of every description at the Courier office. ft' REPUBLICANS PORTLAND MARKETS
