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WINNERS ARE PICKED
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A Business
Proposition
I have told you so often about
boys with “no chance” who con­
quered difficulties and hardships
and thereafUr rose to fame and
fortune that it is only fair now to
tell you about a woman who won
success. She Is Mrs. Josephine
Duble Miller of New Orleans.
In 1908, when Mrs. Miller was
twenty-one, her young husband
■lied. Death had followed a long
illness and in its wake came ex­
treme poverty, large unpaid debts,
the problem of what she, sickly
and weak and inexperienced, was
to do, and a future almost devoid
of prospects. Mr. Miller had been
a locksmith.
During the same year of her
husband a death Mrs. Miller de­
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termined to become one of the most
talked locksmiths in the world and
to that end she went to work as a
locksmith's apprentice.
Marine locks were her specialty.
To get business she canvassed the
docks and personally interviewed
the masters of ships whose vessels
docked at the port of New Orleans.
Results of a paying nature were
slow and poverty was keen, but
she stuck to her chosen work and
during the spring of the following
year she entered a bid against a
number of competitors to com-
fdetely overhaul and rebuild the
ocka of a steamship which had
put in for repairs. She was given
the contract. From that day her
fame began to mount. It be­
came the custom of ship owners
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fine lot of fruits and vegetables be*>
ing shown, the grape display being
I particularly attractive.
to send for Mrs. Miller and place
Rogue River valley,is featured in I
large orders with her. Before two
the exhibit from the lower valley J
years had passed she was employ­
ing a number of helpers, had
just west of town, thia district being
moved into a pretentious shop and
one of the well known producing dis­
her net profits were hovering about
tricts of the county.
>7,000 a year. About four years
The Deer Creek valley comes for­
ago two large buildings, housing
ward with a dry-land exhibit that
the Canal-Commercial and the
Whitney - Central
Banks
were
will make the irrigated regions sit i
erected. Contract bids for locks
up and lake notice. Big vegetable^
for all doors were let. Mrs. Mil­
are notable In this display.
ler won both blds. Today Mrs.
Fruit ciilturlats arc much inter­
Miller's business is a large one
and she ia called a specialist.
ested in the exhibit from the state
experiment station at Talent, 225
different varieties of pears being
shown. While these are not nil com­
Ancient Pennies
Source of Mental Health
Not Prehistoric
mercial varieties, they give a pretty
A silver penny struck during the
Some years ago an expert announced
In society you will not find health, 1
, thorough understanding of the de­ but In Nature. You must converse \ reign , of Ethel red H„ the Unready, the discovery of clear evidence of
velopment of the pear, and particu­ much with the field and woods If you 979-1018, at Sudbury, England, where prehistoric mural paintings In a cave
larly of the disease resisting stock would Imbibe such health into your . at that time there was a royal mint, on the Cornish coast, and a French
now Bought by the grower. This mind and spirit as you covet for your I lias been presented to the borough by authority on Neolithic art. which ap­
’ represents the most complete study body. Society is alwuys diseased, : the town clerk. It passed into bls pears to have flourished about 20,000
!of the pear ever attempted in this and the best is the sickest. There is | possession several years ago, and he years ago, accepted them as genuine.
no scent in it so wholesome as that o.s ascertained on high authority that However, a local fisherman appeared
, country.
It Is genuine. The coin has been de­
The general agricultural and hor­ of the pines, nor any fragrance so posited in the borough technical in- on the scene and confessed that he
wus the artist. He hud. he explained,
penetrating
and
restorative
as
that
of
ticultural exhibit shows wonderful
stltute.
cleaned his brush on the walls of the
everlasting
in
high
pastures.
With
­
advance In this line In Josephine
cave after painting his boat.
out that our feet at least stood in
county production.
the midst of Nature, all our faces ■
"Boxing the Compass"
A moat magnificent display of would be pale and livid.—Thoreau.
To “box the compass” means to re­
Seneca's Philosophy
flowers grown In the valley is made
cite In consecutive order the 32 points
True joy Is * serene and sober mo­
in the flower department, which is
of the mariner's compass. The phrase
Says Bre’r Williams
tion. and they are miserably ont that
attracting a great deal of comment
They’s always one more river to also has a popular meaning. When a
for Its artistic arrangement and the! cross, one more hill to climb when person adopts successively all possible take laughing for rejoicing; the rest of
It Is within, and there Is no cheerful­
variety of the exhibits. It marks a| you think you’ve reached the end of opinions on a question he ig said to box
ness like the resolution of a brave
greater attention to the cultivation tLe road. But cheer up! The road’g the compass.—Pathfinder Magazine.
mind, that has fortune under its feet.—
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a short one.
of flower« in the valley.
Courier Bargain Day, Sept. 18.
Seneca.
The barns are well filled with live-
stock represent in» nearly every
breed, The Jersey class Is especially
strong in number and quality. The
A«be«to«
poultry exhibit is also more encour­
aging than ever before, and indicates
a great increase In this industry in
Josephine county. Representatives
of nearly every breed of fowl Is
found in the coops.
The fair grounds hre open both
day aud night, and many amusement
attractions are provided for the visi­
tors.
Our prices enable you to fit up your home at
less expense and we invite you to inspect and
judge the quality
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Holman’s Furniture Store
Grants Pass, Oregon
Fini; FIGHTER kll.I.FD
BY A FALLING TIIEI
GRANTS PASS MERCHANTS WELCOME YOU
Portland. Sept. 17. — (A. P.> —
Michael Harney, firo fighter, mot
death from a falling tree while pa­
trolling fire lines on Bob’s Garden,
in the Siskiyou National forest, yes­
terday, according to report today.
J. C. BRILL, Successor to
Honor to Dead Soldier
The War department says when a
soldter is burled the following Is the
procedure: The body Is lowe.’ed Into
the grave as the priest or minister
reads a short service. Usually music
Is played or a hymn Is sung. A bugle
then sounds taps, after which a firing
squad fires three rounds over the!
grave. The guns are pointed upward.
In no particular direction. After the [
luneral party leaves the cemetery the
cemeterlul help closes the grave.
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Takes individual pleasure in welcoming you to Grants Pass and
Josephine County Fair, which is exhibiting the products and
achievements of our beautiful country — the pride of Southern
Oregon. We also extend to you a cordial invitation to visit our
beautiful store, famed for its fair dealing and honest merchandis
ing—now showing the best in men’s clothing, furnishings and;
shoes for your fall and winter requirements.
Greatest Suit Values
Mining location uolu.es
Courier office.
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the
Teaches Ford to Dance .
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Henry Ford is going to give old-
time dances at his Wayside (Mass.)
Inn this winter. He has hired Mrs.
B. F. Lovett of Hudson, Mass., to
teach! him, his wife and their friends
the old steps. Mrs. Lovett is now
in Detroit to show Mr. Ford how
¡0 do the "Doe-see-doe."
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