PAGE FOO. —— PROSPERITY For the Dairy Farmer GRANTS PASS DAILY COURIER SCRAPS OF OREGON HISTORY Uy W. W. Fidler I The conclusion of Mr, Watt's ¡dark enough several of us started story runs as follows: "Thus theout to look for camp fires, hoping to u_' _ "TTie dairy farmer who has been wise in the selection of peace was again broken and the I discover . the Indians In that way. his cattle, wlw in growing the right kinds of feeds for effect of this attack upon the Indian, ■Our search was soon rewarded by them, is in a better position today than at any time during was a condition of vigilant defense tho sight of a biasing fire, not far the past twenty years.*'—Hoard's Dairyman. upon both sides. Ou the day after from our camp, and creeptag slow the stuck, Mike Bushey and AJex ly toward it we found, instead of Watts went to the Indians, accom Indians, a party of soldiers under Dairying plays an important part in a well- panied by a friendly Indian named | coni niand of Lieut. Swltxer. who had balanced farming program. A steady, de Jim. and patched up a truce. The come up front Fort* lame. The truce— a sort of armed neutrality, Lieutenant told us he was very glad pendable cash income is assured throughout with both parties suspiciously watch |to see us, as ho had but 12 mon and the year. ing each other, continued without two Indian scouts or guides. He any events of moment to break its told us that the Indian« had killed We l«x»k on it that way here at the First National Bank, and are monotony until the spriug of 'bo, Jerome Dy nr and Dan McCue on always glad and ready to assist farmers in procuring or increasing when a party of Illinois Indiana i Applegate, and that as he was out or bettering their herds within practical and profitable limits. went over to Happy Camp and rob-1of rations he would not be able to bed a party of white men. then follow (he Indians and would have To anyone interested in studying livestock breeding and produc killed a man on Indian Creek, thence to return to the fort the next day. tion from the "standpoint of results, the Pacific Intel national Live Haye's ranch ____ and stole but would let us have his guides to came to _ ____ _ _ _ _____ stock Exposition at Portland, November 3 help us in our pursuit of the lios- opportunities. This has become the largest and most varie! live had started booty into the Slate Creek Utile. At tiles, who, he said, stock show in America. You will gain a liberal education in stock- daylight on the morning of the next toward Klamath. We returned to raising and feeding by attending. day a party of nine men under com our camp well pleased with the polite mand of Capt. Sani Frye started out Ueut. and the next morning early from Hay s to follow the Indians. By went over to the camping ground of rapid traveling the party came up to the regulars to take our guides and the Indians about ten o’clock A. M. start after the Indians, when, be and surprised and shot their rear hold! the Lieut., soldiers and guides guard of three men. One of the three had all disappeared. We were con was killed outright and the other siderably astonished, of course, but GRANTS PASS. OREGON. two were fatally wounded as was their trail being plain. Cnpt. Frye, learned subsequently. The sacri taking four men. who were best fice of their rear guard saved the mounted, set out to learn the cause main party of the Indians. As soon of the "skedaddle". By hard riding, as our shots were tired they chow he overtook the detachment near their ground and wired a volley on ¡Rock Point, and found that the In dians had surrendered to them, and ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ There is but little means of trans us at short range, but did not injury. the Lieutenant was marching to the f GOMMINIGATED ♦ portation. the cost of living is high They then took shelter in a thicket fort as prisoners nine bucks and ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ er than In the United States, and it and as it would have been equal to seven squaws, the bucks carrying 1 he locates a claim he is obliged to insanity to attempt to follow we re Mexico City. .Republic of Mexico, , pay a monthly tax to the govern- turned to Hay's ranch for more their arms and amunifion. .Upon being asked by Capt. Frye the mean October 13, 1923. help. 1 ment on his location. ing of hia strange actions, the re Editor Rogue River Courier: There are many who predict great "From Hay's Capt. Frye and a doubtable officer merely replied that I am now in the land of Cottez prosperity for Mexico in the near and Montezuma, and a very interest future, since Mexico has been recog few others started the same even the Indians were his prisoners: | ing country It is. As I rode on the nized by the government of the ing for Kerby to get more men for they had killed three white men and the next day’s attack. Having suc we had killed three Indians. It was - train from Juarez, Mexico, to Mexi- United States, but times are very ceeded in obtaiuiug several more men an even thing, and we could go home ' co City, a dBtance of 1224 miles, II hard here yet, and time alone will * viewed a succession of great plains, tell what the result of recognition the Capt. Was returning to Hay’s ! satisfied. I do not say we were sat with a party of seven men in all isfied. but we thought ft best to go covered with green grass on either ! will be. Capt. 8am Frye, John Frye, James home, as there were nine buck In-1 side of the railroad, and stretching Yours truly. Harnbuckle, Jack Cutbirth, Gus diana and twelve soldiers and one; 1 far away to borders of high moun-i WILLIAM MACKEY Sloan, Jack Guess and Alex Walts. U. 8. Lieutenant of Dragoons against * tains. It would be difficult to im Just as we were entering the Deer five of ua.” agine a more grand and beautiful > « Creek bottom the stillness of tne " country, it resembles the Willamette 1 I OBITÙARY The Meanest Man. forest was broken by a succession * valley in Oregon, but it Is of far ♦ Th« meanest man in the world haa of rifle shots directly ahead of us 2 greater extent. Charlds Albert Wible once more been located. This time ■ According to reports millions of Charles Albert Wible was born We halted on the impulse of the he turna out to be an eastern busi moment, and before we had time - cattle grazed on these broad plains May 22, 1963, near Mendon, Illinois. ness man who stole a newspaper from * before the Mexican Revolution, but and departed this life at Blessing. to form in our own minds any idea a blind newsboy every morning for 4 now there are only a few small bands hospital. Quincy. Illinois, on October of what the flreing could mean James four months. Ue wore rubber-soled * far apart. 3- 1*23> used 60 years, four months Miills appeared, coming towards us shoes and would take a paper from * Mexico City in area and popula-'and 17 «’W- death «-¿suiting from an from a thicket in the direction in the lad'a stock without saying a word. which the flreing had been heard. But he was Anally trapped, and It . tion is about the size of Los Angeles. °i)era,ion- gave a policeman much pleasure to * There is a great combination of the After 'Iendon hl*h »c11001 He had received two wounds in hi, bear him off to the bastlie. There a side from which the blood was run -•Id and the new. On the one hand lle eotered Carthage college, later judge also found satisfaction In fin there are old Catholic churches. takln< “P 1’ch«o‘ teaching as his ning and as he came up to us he j ing him the limit. It would have been told us that the Indian, had attackuo - great massive structures, with exter- ”ar|y lif” work- whkh he followed cheaper had he subscribed for the pa* Tors of crumbling masonry that seem f°r eighteen years. He then became his camp and his partner, a Mr. Phil per twenty years In advance. a. old as the Pyramids of Egypt, and • member of the law firm of Wible pot, had been killed. Capt. Frye im other dllapltated and time worn and Ta’'k”- at Vrea' I,llnoi*' Flft0en mediately ordered Jack Guess to go Nerve Is Necessary, buildings, intersected with »arrow'?«•« a«° he removed with his fam- with the wounded man back to Kerby Ton pounds of knowledge Is not and then told the rest of u, that -Mreets and sidewalks and people llv- “> »cants Pass, at which place he worth one pound of nerve In retting our duty was to recover the dead things done. ing ls wife, a son. Arthur L. Wible, of through the thick underbrush was buildings of modern style and archi-' »cants Pass, a daughter Mrs. Arlie very narrow and it seemed like in lecture, and two large and beautiful »■ Walker, of Sheridan, Oregon, and viting death from the bullets of some parks, with artificial lakes.. ! »no grandchild. Also two sisters and hidden foe to venture upon tho trail During the day the streets are so two brothers, Mrs. L. D. Nichols of but we thought of the man and boy ’ thronged with automobiles and horse Mendon. Illinois, Mrs. Mary Randles, in danger and not one faltered drawn vehicle, as to be almost im- •>< Alma Center, Wisconsin, Edward Stopping but an instant to see that passible, “but at midnight and the G. and Joseph H. Wible, both of our rifles were all ready for use, we later hours the silence of the wilder Ursa, Illinois. Three brothers and raised a yell and then followed the three sisters preceded him in death. Captain as he dashed Into the thicket ness reigns in this city. Regularly every third month The deceased and wife were on a saying 'come on boys we’ll save the At Pachuca, «0 miles from Mexico checks are mailed to all holders Tlty. is the largest mining camp In visit to relatives when taken ill. The boy.’ Just as we started we heard Copco Stock at $1.75 per share remains were brought to Grants Pass three gun shots at the creek where of ($7.00 per annum.) Tell any the Republic. The city of Pachuta, for burial. Funeral services were James Mills and his partner had been member of our organizations you has about 15,000 inhabitants. There held at Newman M. E. church on ahead. Perhaps our faces blanched want to be placed on the mailing . are several large mines mostly sil-, list for Copco 7% Preferred Stock October 16, conducted by the pastor, and our breath came harder, but we • ver producers within a radius of a yielding 7.14%—cash or install Rev. D. L. Fields, and assisted by kept on at full speed expecting to be miles of Pachuca in the moun- few ment plan. formerly of Rev. Joseph Knotts, fired on at every jump, until we tains around the city, some of these Grants Pass but now of Roseburg. came to a halt. There lying upon mines have been operating for cen The deceased was a member of the bank of the stream was the body turies. There is a large mill in the town of Pachuca with Immense ma the Masonic lodge and Modern of Mr. Philpot, with the brains ooz- chinery in the building and yard Woodmen. The Masonic order had ing from three bullet holes in his that cost many millions of dollars. charge of the burial services at the head, and eight other wounds In the body and limb,. We took but a This mill receives the ore from the Masonic cemetery. C. A. Wible was a well known and glance at the shocking sight, then surrounding mines in cars gliding on respected citizen of Grants Pass, He rushed through the brush to the Par value $100 cable Topes of steel for miles sus- took an Interest In civic matters and house, where we found Mr. Philpot ln mid-air, and resemb- pended high Now at $98 was an enthusiastic worker in both with his boy behind him on hi» ling swarms of aeroplanes. 4n this mill the Masonic lodge and the Newman horse, just atarting away. We called The men employed _ . ASK ANY MEMBER and in the mines are mostly Mexi M. E. church. His loss Is mourned him back, yoked bis oxen to a wagon OF OUI ORGANIZATION cans performing cheap labor. They by his fellow-townspeople with whom loaded his household effects upon receive two and three pesos per day he has been associated for so many it, then went down to the creek and as wages. Two pesos are only worth years. brought up the body of bls brother one American U. S. dollar. There and moved all up the creek a short Regarding Slang. arc only a tew white men employed distance to a fort or blockade built Slang of any other country seems in these Mexican mines. The white so much more foolish than that of by Mr. Yarnall. leaving Mr. Phil men are shift bosses. They receive our own. pot and his boy here in tolerable se as wages eight and ten pesos per curity, we returned to Hay’s ranch, Medford, Grants I’ns". Roseburg and Klamath Falls day, which is the equivalent of four WEATHER CHANGES reaching there about ten o clock in CAUSE SICKNESS Yreka anti Dunsmuir and five dollars in United States the morning. money. The Mexicans have all the Extreme changes of weather dar "Resting but two hour, at Hay*» easy jobs, such as watchmen's jobs, ing ¡'all cause many colds and we started with a party of 21 In For quick relief from at the mines. Throughout Mexico, coughs. M.nrTfWTA OREGON throat, chest and bronchial trouble, pursuit of t!.« band of Indians who I’OWEA COMPANY Mexican mechanics receive two and I coughs, colds and croup use Foley’s had given u, the slip the day before. a half pesos per day and common Honey and Tar. Contains no opiates We found them at the head of Round laborers receive five and ten pesos | —ingredients printed on the wrap- Prafrte creek, and they immediate i per. Largest selling cough medicine per month. j in the world. "Foley’s Honey and ly began to retreat, going down the Mexico is a rich undeveloped min i Tar is the most pleasant and efficient creek and up Applegate to Cheyenne eral country, but a poor prospector j remedy for coughs and colds that I creek. We followed them until has not any show here, if he goes ever saw", writes Wm. Jones, El nearly dark and then camped where Dara, Illinois.—Couch's Pharmacy. warn SAsmsM out to prospect in these mountains. adv ' Mrs. Stevens lived. After ft was i IN PRUGKtSS The First National Bank of Southern Oregon Save with us The habit grows 1 SOON Corner Third and G Streets Phone 123 Grants P am , Oregon Josephine County Flour Mill I Retail Price List Effective Oct. 16, 1923 FLOUR AND CEREALS Josephine’s Best, (hard wheat flour) 49-lb. sack..................... $1.90 ClemaUs Flour, 49 lb. sack......... 1.66 Graham, 24-lb. sack .................... 90c Whole wheat Flour, 10-lb sack 45c Graham, 10-lb. sack ................. 45c Wheat Hearts, 9 lb. sack........... 60c Com Meal, 10 lb. sack................. 40c Rye Meal, 10-lb. sack .................. 50c Cream Oatflakes, 9-lb. sack...... 66C Pastry Flour, 40-lb. sack ............ 1.20 Health Bran 6-lb. sack................. 25c GRAIN Wheat, per 100-lbs .................... i $2.10 Shelled Cam, per 100-lbs. ....... 2.45 Cracked or Ground Com, 100-lbs. 2.60 Rolled Barley, 67 pound sack....... 1.45 Oound Barley, per 100 lbs........... 2.26 Whole Oats, per lOo lbs....,........... 2.00 Rolled Oats, ¿o-poundsack .......... 1.35 Ground Oats, 100-lb .sack......... 2.26 Ground Wheat per 100 lbs............ 2.25 Rye per 100 pounds ..................... 2.25 Ground Rye, per 100 lbs................ 2.50 5.00 Vetch Seed, per 100-lbs. - - MILL FEED Mill-run, 80-lb. sack Shorts, 80-lb. saak.... Bran, 50-lb sack Milkflow, 100-lb sack Josephine Dairy Feed, 90 lb sack Molasses Dairy Feed, 80-lb. sack Chop Feed, 801b. sack............... Stock Food, 75 lb. sack ............... POULTRY FEED Chick Feed, 100-lb. sack . . . Chick Mash, 100-lb. sack............. Developing Scratch, 100-lb. sack Scratch Food, 100-lb. sack ...... Josephine Egg Mash, 100-lb sack Dried Buttermilk, per lb............ Chicken Oatflakes, 80-lb. sack Beef Meal, 100-lb sack .............. Granulated Bone, 100-lb. sack Eastern Oyster Shell. 100-lb.sack Granite Grit, 100-ib. sack.......... Charcoal, per lb.............................. Sunflower Seed, per lb................... These prices are subject to change without notice NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO BUY FLOUR Do You Save Enough ? Pl ANKERS say that saving money is largely a matter of g habit—of systematically putting away something every pay day—of consistently thinking in terms of thrift. January 25 April 25 July 25 October 25 The bankers are right. But remember that thrift embraces buying as well as saving. It is “penny wise and pound foolish’’ to save by scrimping and yet spend money needlessly in making your cvery-day purchases. Preferred THE CALIFORNIA OREGON POWER COMPANY $3.60 3.90 3.30 2.70 280 lie 3.20 5.00 4.15 1.80 1.65 5c 10c MISCELLANEOUS Linseed Oil Meal, 100-lb. sack $3.30 Alfalfa Meal, 100-lb. sack $ 2.00 Soya Bean Meal, 100-lb.sack 3.30 Cocoanut Meal, 100-lb. sack ..... 2.15 Calf Meal. 25-lb. sack........... 1.35 Cottonseed Meal i, 100-lb. sack 3.50 OUR MAILING LIST GOES OUT COPCO $1.55 2.00 1.10 2.55 2.20 1.90 1.50 1.50 Ilas it ever occurred to you that every day you can save something simply bv reading the advertisements in this paper? Do you realize that the advertisements tell you just where and when to buy to advantage—that they tell you how to avoid re grettable expenditures? Thrifty folks realize that advertising has reduced the selling costs of thousands of factories and stores. Many (if the things that to-day count as necessities or simple luxuries could not he sold at anything like their present prices had not advertising created a broad market for them. It has made millions of sales at small profit where otherwise there would be thousands of sales at large profit per sale. So, you owe a great, deal to advertising. And you owe it to yourself to read advertising. ADVERTISING HELPS YOU SAVE MONEY READ IT SYSTEMATICALLY Published by the Grants Pass Dally Courier In co-operation with ' The American Association of Advertising Agencies.