Rogue River courier., December 30, 1897, Image 2

ROGUERIVER COURIER
FtBUHHKD ftVKKY XHUftblMY,
PRICE <fc VOORII1ES,
Kinross and rMorKixToKs.
RATKh or Bl HhC KiriluN :
One Year, in advance,
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•
$125
bix Months,
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...
.65
Three Months,
...
.35
The data opposite your name indicates
the t nir to which your »ub>* ription is paid
aacxiunt *ith th« • ■ ukb Whei
you paV \ bur aubacription »ee that the date
1ft
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A«i\'.rl mg rale' 4»u appli- alion. <’opv
foreh
T of,,ad’*nrtI§T’b< handed in before
Tuer
noon.
Ei
-I at the post olfn e at <>rants Pass,
Oreg- i
second-class mail matter.
T hi
ksday ,
D hck . mbek 30, 1897.
Mrs. Mary Lease wants to go to con­
gress.
The C uvkiek extend.-« to one and all of
its many readers a happy New Year.
The Tinted States has 140 naval ves­
sels of all kinds, only nine of which are
find -» i-s war vessels.
Eugene Klenlen’a lu-anae to retail li­ hence
right, lie has a great re.poiui
quor will expire January
The biltty W thrTSiaiter; and last, but not
city council will please l»-ar.iiujniri|/ least, 1» thq k-.n», i.lierem in-» a great
that under their own ord owsce, t ,.«• ) »h irts of th* r«*i»ponnihility
Hom«
will not !>• jiistifiabl« in rent»win(bi» ft- ftni mother and the kindly, wee
venne to continue the diMtfder h3r-luif* conn»«*! ei the lather »huuid l>e »o tbor-
prevailed there.
xr
^£7**
oughly infused into the life of the boy»
that all the iniquity of the den» could not
Father» and I
t'l»on two officials in particular defend prevsil against them.
the maintenance of law ami order in mother« should enter into the live» of
this city. These officials are the poln e their children and make home »o at trie- *
judge and the marshal They must work tive ami their companionship ho congen­
in unison else nothing can be accom­ ial that their bo» h will imek home above 1
What conati '
plished. Should the marshal do A m duty all thing» elite earthly.
ami the polit e judge not, then the whole tutea a home? Not Beautiful buildink»
and fine lawww adorned with flowers;[
work comes to naught and vice versa
riot fine carpet», coatly furniture amt ar ,
Ike Spanish arc endeavoring to make tiotic painting»; no, not the»e, the hum*
much of the execution of Col Ruiz by befet place where all Iheae are lacking'
the insurgents. General Blanco ha<i may be a home in the truest »ense I
fair warning of how his p ace bearers Where the chihlren are trained to obey
would lie treated if they should enter father and mother through love and not
the rebel army. Ruiz was foolish to un­ through Mar. Thi» in one of the eaten- i
dertake such a thing, when he could not tialf-. and there are others akin to it.
but help knowing the result, unless he
knew that the Cubans have so much
AS IT NOW APPEARS.
Spanish blond in them that they never
mean what they say, when they say any­
111» an easy matter for one to con
thing good. it was a hard thing, but
demn bis enemies and thus« whom the
that lerson will surely teach Blanco that world in general knows are wrong, but
there is nothing in autonomy.
to criticise a (rien<l takes moial courage.
suspicion something going on that is dis-
reputable, but f.’u- officials must lie p—
culiarly constituted tor they took Hie
oath of oilice iu wfeicb they »wore to ftp-
hold the conetitution of the »tat«? and to
enforce the city ordinaru we but to them
thia oath rnuwt hare l>e»-n a mere an'oru
aloft. The man who take» an oath to do
a certain work and then even fails to fry
to do that work, in the eye» of the law
he is a perjurer. The lawless no duub
would call him a gentleman because
they can para»!»- the »tree!» in tbeir ini
quit/. Iniquity germinates in «iarkn« *--
but eminatoe hoiu
tin br<*auMe
the e official« are purp< sely Blind.
Wears informal that the commi-Mioner
who has police duty to perform was
found in one ol these dens himself and
accused a worthy citizen, who by chance
found him out, uf telling on him. No,
no, no collusion there nothing to show it
in that cast?. This same official became
spasmodic and arrested two gentlemea
for a minor offence when the public were
looking «in but this gambling and rioting
he could not see. “There are none «>
bhn<l as those who will not see.”
imlftStry and we bops thi> industry will
bring in mure (»eople. In this county
the pawl «»even years, t' ere has been a
' number of very expensive criminal ca*e»
in the circuit court, a majority «>f which
are (rateable directlv or indirectly to the
mine»,or on account of the mining indus­
try. These tiials have added a heavy
burden to the county in court expenses,
but the busineM* industry which is re-
wpunsible for must of it, pays little or
n< ne uf ’he burden. It must naturally
cutne from -
- or • and therefore of a
consequence it comes from the sources
which the law can reach, making the
burden heavier upon them because of the
inciease in li'«uaiiuii and criminal trial».
We do not wish our readers to enter­
tain tne opinion that we are opposed to
mines and miners that thewe Staten ents
*re maul. They ar»* made to show one
cause why our taxe* are so high and
must continue to be high without some
radical change. We repeal that it is but
♦ qnitable for all tinea to bear proportion­
ate burdens. 'there are other reasons
why Jo ephine’s taxes are high.
They
will I».* p'liiito I '»nt one by >ne and when
theCokKiEK is through diagnosing the
disease it will present for each ami ev«*ry
OUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
sympton a prescription which in our
(Continued. )
judgment will greatly alleviate the raf­
A» we »aid, it is but fair that all tering it the disease ie nut absolutely
brancheau» indu.try in th. county ahould cured. Our readers will please follow um
pay thair prop.rtionaie part <rf the coun­ through this discussion until we ate
ty*. taxrfl. Every man who owns min­ ' done.
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ing i-laiui«, eitimr quar'z or placer, is re­
Fariner» for
Hank».
quired hy the government to do «loO
Dr. Sheldon Jackson has gone to Eu-
Men ar« criticised by their friend» and
Senator Wolcott of Colorado, it ÌM
rojMi tor reindeer for the government’»
by their foes: by their friends to their
said, will have something of a sensa
use in the Klondike
good, by their foes to their hurt. The
tional nature to say to the United States
(’or kieh is not a foe to any man, but it
Senator
The dismemberment of China by senate after th» holidays.
is aii outspoken foe against anything
Enrop tn nations is a thought w hich is Wolcott, it will be remembered, was a that hurts the cummunnity, and it will
member
of
tliecommittei*
which
went
to
receiv mg some attention the world over.
continue to be.
Europe to investigate the ixissibility of
It has bsen said of us that we speak | I worth of aH-ee-ment or development
Much lias been beard about the de­
Horae • G. Burt,third vice-president of bringing about bimetallism by interna­
the Chicago & North western railway,has tional agreement. This gentleman has against the marshal and the street com­ work on each claim yearly, or if h<- mand of organized la or for the estab­
been « • cted president of the I nion Pa­ come to I he conclusion I hat bimettallism missioner because we dislike them, but owna a numb-rot claimHadjoining.hr lishment of a postal savings I ank system.
that is absolutely false, for we have noth­ may, a« we imderntand it,do all the work Organized farmers are no less emphatic
cific.
is an impossibility except it may be
ing against c?i her of these men person­ on one of them. But thin add.-, nothing in asking the government to provide
with
the
United
States
alone.
He
wi'l
It i- ►•aid that Mark Twain pays his
ally, it is their abominable do nothing to the county’a wealth from which to safe depositories for persons of small
debts. There are some ¡»eople in this announce his intention of declaring for policy as public servants that we dislike, draw a revenue to bear expense». If means. Farmers are not so well organ-
country who surslv can be no blood rela­ tree-silv«*t and his purpose of uniting and we w ill continue to condemn it until (here claim« were patented th- n the $|i 0 ganized as the workingmen of the cities
with some party other than th«* republi­
tion I- dark.
they ate out of office, or until they do worth of work could be omitted, if the ami do not come together in conventions
can
it. is also believed that Wilson of
thsir work as men ought to do it.
party should are fit, het-amte he would be ami associatio’is so frequently, but when
Th» • oi hieb la under many obligations Washington, Carter of Montana, Shoup
Mr Keenan, as regular marshal, is the aoxolute owner. Where niinerr wi-h they do postal savings banks is generally
of
Idaho
ami
Clark
and
Williams
of
this u. • k to Hon. Binger Herman,of the
' supposed to be on duty at night, but it to hold one or many claim« it would tie one of the subjects discussed.
general lami office, ami to Hon Thomae Wyoming will go out with Mr. Wolcott. is his duty to make arrests anytime he chea|>er, with some exception«, to par
At the meeting of*the Michigan State
H. Tongue of thia district, for many fa­ If such should be the case the republi- | may see violations of law. When the the tax««on them than to do the llotl Association of Farmers’ Clubs at Lan­
«•ana
will
not
have
a
majority
in
th
sen
vors tdiown.
marshal goes about bis work, he neetl worth of work required by tne govern­ sing recently a strung demand was made
ate.
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not and should uot sound an alarm, “I ment
In the first place the quqnty for the establishment of the postal sav­
Representative Japanese in this coun­
1'hcre was a scene in town Saturday am coming, look out”, but he should would get Home revenue, hut in the «ee- ings bank system, to which all the del­
try in?-» t that their country has no de­
go about his work in such a manner an oml plat e, it would get none. Th« man egates present gave their approval. On
signs on the Hawaiian islands.but Japan night. Two boys, about fourteen y«*ars
to tind out the I a w I ess n ess. We do not who buy« a farm for
payn taxen the day previous the state grange had
old
and
small
fur
their
axe,
wer«j
fuund
doe* w ant the protection of her subjects
on the street drunk as fool •. Two larger say Hut the marshal sounds ili» alarm, on it every year, whether lie makes any­ taken similar action.
when v»*r they may b»-
boys managed to escort the drunken ur­ but hi» conduct as an ollicur and the thing from the ‘arm or not, while the
A demand which the workingmen and
chins
to a shed in an alley way until they lawlessneHH that has become a daily oc­ man who put« »100,0!) I into an unpatent farmers unite in making is one to which
Congress will be called upon nt this
•eshion to make an appropriation of could <levis«t some plan by which currence, are proofs positive that he • d mining claim, which to him may be congress should give heed.—Chicago
$401. ulto pay th»- Bering sea claims. to g«?t the little fellows home. Did they does not try to discover anything w rong worth a million need pay no tax. The Record.
farmer may let his farm grow up in weeds
J. T* King, of the supreme court of swear? Darkest midnight could reveal that may Ire going on in the city.
(iet a season ticket at $1 for the entire
In any city where gambling and de­ hut In must pay his taxes or else have
Canada, and Judge Putnam, of th«* no worse oaths than fell from the lips of
Musical Convention.
theMH street hoodlums. Out of respect bauchery run not the police force are in- hia farm sold; the miner may put his
Unit« <l States, were th«* arbitrators.
\ \V. Fruit Grower'* Meeting.
for I heir parents w«* w ill retrain from vanbly in collusion with it. Thia is liu» many l.'iouaands into a mine, which In-1
if
there
are
many
police
or
if
there
are
mentioning
nanieH.
Sad
is
it
not?
But
is
satisfied
is
well
worth
the
monev
put
1'he N. W, Fruit <«rowers will hold a
Koine people seem Io be fearful that
ths < - t kier has been influenced by the who is responsible for this conduct? The few , for the number of police depend up­ into it, bit nothing does he pai the meeting in Portland, commencing the
We know that it ig said the 11th of January and continuing through
law I»-—» to make a mistake. The editoral boys themselves are old enough and know on tin* size of the city. The street com­ county.
columns of this paper will be sufficient enough to be ashamed of themselves, missioner has marshal duty to perform larin's value is vi.dhle. therefore evident. the 13th. Samples of green, dried and
proof to our readers of what we are. hence they ure not to be excuse«!; the mi I how well lie does that duly none can while tiie mine’s vnlue is invisible,then - canned fruiis from various parts of the
for»* »•onjectured.
We p: >mis»*d from the first to be fair man or men w ho sold them or gave them tell so well as the lawless.
Northwest are desired as an exhibit.
I'here are many wavs in which a
the liquor with which they made them­
If tin Im-rease in tint population of this We know that the Rogue River valley
and impartial and that is our course.
selves like brutes, have committed a woithlasH •Ificial can shirk his duty. county lor lhe pn«t few year« has been in has the be»t of fruit and we are anxious
After reading the marshal’s oath of crime morally and statutably, hence to He can say that he sa«*» nothing to justi­ proportion to the increase in the vote for to see samples sent down for exhibition.
me This office is authorized to leceive sam­
office wc have about corns to ths conclu­ them belongs the res|»oiisibility; the fy in arrest. Of course not when he is presi.lentinl candidates for the
sion that he inis violated nothing He marshal who it seems, is hat-like in na b«j dvrelect in «bring his duty that ihv time, wu know th it the population is al­ ples of fruit, and we trust that fruit
sav's that he will perform his duties to ture and who rings the burlesque bell, lawless can almoHt pftrade the streets most double wh.i' it was six or s-vet: growers will bring us samples ami we
the be *. oí his abiliry, then we must he it is that allow«« the boys to roam the without tear of being arrested. Officers years ago
'Ibis growth in population t- will see Io it that proper credit is given.
conclude that he has absol iteiy no ability. stn*ets when they have no business, bhoull watch places where they may almost solely attributable to the mining Send in your samples.
tree, no <•»
""
tìgtd». no presents no nance, »° P"*’ "
wed lmg.no get UP, «*•«»*••
Merlin Happening».
Mr»
of tiie
a M-a^Hi ticket for th« Mu-ic«l
Buy
Convention.
There were several family Christmas
trees in our vicinity
Mr. and Mr«. B. A- William» went to
mare or mule.
An attempt «¡11 »*
hrre
oi-erve ti e eclip»» »« ‘«ie moo" «' J““
7 1H9*. through » «*’<•»"
hvdraul’te pip. »«.i «
¿ding populft- H. will endeavor to
, '
initiative and reteren.lum
1 point out th.
of the moon ; »1»« the defects of the
(iranls Pa-s Monday lw«t.
.
A »hooting niateb furnish«! tiie ex lungiey bill. »I1J pro*l’«r‘t,r-
citement for Chrntm*» day.
iv*l from th« mouth of th»
A Ute arriv— ------
D. W. Milcliell visited Grant» r»<«
...........-<ti <l for
rlVer repmt. t he
■_i. Cooli'llje
»
just before CbruttniM
the murder of Ai.
------ - »•
_ hauti*
_
Miss Hawkinsand sister spent Xma“ picnic. Curry county
i------. board« them at a
with their »inter,Mrs. Misner ami family hotel »t the rateof »5»)e.chper week
Mr. ani -Mr» Dave Carr went to and they nut iu t their
----- time »1 ti.hing,
■ -.
mining »ml plasm* Puke,
J. Their trial
Salem to «pend Christmas with Mr. C arr
fall by which time the
takes pla«.e nest
!•».——
mother.
a large board bill to
Mi«« Cassie Ceaaon came down from county will have •
Granta Pass to attend the dance Friday pay.
a sailor but
Chas. Kang»». formerly
<
evening
Tyee bar, was some
The S. P Company’« carpenter gang now mining near
. night lately by tailing
all went to Salem to spend Christmas w hat brui.ed one
about fifteen feet, He started for home
with their families
ami when rounding
Edward Williams returned from ( ali- from thi. place. »truck a blizzard and
Peavine
mountain
forma last week, where he has b en
put back for Galice and when within a
working fi r -orne time.
ruj|e of port -i heavy fo* set tn. about to
Mrs. Arthur Everton of Roseburg, p in , and the channel could not lie
came down to spend Christmas with her made out and he fetched np hard on
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Robertson. Kime log- in a deep cut. After necessary
Mr. and Mrs. Sainnsl Hoyt of Grants repairs lie left for home, having favora-
Pass, spent Christmas in Merlin, tiie ble weather.
guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burnett.
The Skazway, Alaska, correspondent
W W. Benson went to Grants Pa«« of the Coi KII K write, interesting letters,
Friday evening and remained until giving a pct-mi many pointer, regarding
Sunday evening with his family at that the country ami price, of various articles
but omits the price of a hair cut and
place.
C. D. Williams lias been making the »have, he being a tonsorial arti-t. A
run of trai-k-walker Mik« Galvin, during number of the Col buck readers here
tiie recent sickness of th» latter’s wife at who conte mplate going to Alaska have
been trying to guess the ¡trices of the
Grants Pass.
above
in the far north and it remains for
Friday
and
School closed at noon last
Mr. and Mrs Haye« rode to tirants the correspondent to enlighten them as
Pass on their bicycles in the afternoon, to the tax levied, as thev will no doubt
have many close shaves or hairbreadth
school began again Monday.
«•«SCIALa
* GO(H> HiiMr I- u
<
A Is.y io ,e»r. .. i
fU' i
bi» board and chui,r. i. *l*t*<1
office.
.
<1 i- ' ‘ t i ■ Fl
r» near Merl.n , .
’ ' 1
» th roach mane, loi.-p,..
( -taron forehead and » whit» .. ,B*’
.
w ith two shoes in front
00
to J. M Earn . y;,.r,lalSS
lyANTEH
Tl:l -1«
re-|,on»ihle. e»tal.li-hed h„,
mt'l.."" . ..... •'58S5
Uva t luuam, »,,■< ,.j ,.BuU
To quit Udstccc,
,U()
letlc. lull or life, nerve u„d cu.,,.
Un. the «milder worker. ihat
strung. All druggist*. 50c or
l«J Booklet uni ,ani|..e
Sterling Remedy (o
«•■IM- - . I
• Y ea-v ! ) ou work n , ■ , '
,
A lirand new thing. Wrm- • 'un'111 >
You will lie surprised at I,..*
«‘i'll
done. Hend us your addre-» U " ia|«
w ill Ice to your interest to inv» ,"iw*< It
today. Addre-.-I-e..l,i^'e'^«';'V^
street, Philadelphia, l’a.
’
ERY.
' all at thee.,rat,,
and -ee their
Monogram statio«^ *
'■«•I m th. market ’t*
’’Upplied a |arfe
boxe» for ('hriotnias. »nd all wh<
them were delighted with the pap»/’°"w®
|,1OK SALE A -MM ¡. KI t ,
•
farm three miles Iron, «,»■„
mg 32 acres..........
n, h. riVej . ’
land. A part uf it is beaver da,
espec ially adapted to raisin*' v®. ■
There is on the place a t,ar »2
prune orchard, fhis pls,H ¡,
-ale simply lie. au-e the owner
attend to it. For terms enuUlr. .' "
office.
Gallea Item»
Tom and Jerry did not spend Chriit-
ma* here.
Tit» Klondike fever is abating in this
camp, but will probably breakout agon
soon.
Judging from the tone of the Grants
I’asfl press there must have been a hot
time in the old town on« night recently.
Swearing off time—New Years—is
w ith ns once more, and it is to i>» hoped
that anglers in general will take tiie op
portunity to sign ironclad articles
\lnianacs for 189S have mad« their ap­
pearance iiere and can be found at tiie
Galice revolving library, “free gratis for
nothing,’’ as a scholar once remarked.
A number of our resident* went out to
feast on turkey and other surprises dur­
ing Christinas, and they plainly showed
tin- ‘ Is-fore and after taking’’ on their
arrival home.
IS - —
Fies> ■ | ELLO! CREStENT < ITY r.f
Humor on the Hands
H ■ cun talk between «Iranís Ha ,-ij
would Crack Open-I Stinging,
_
« re-xcent (’ity and all interine»liate ; k
Burning and Itching.
< ver the <4. P. A C.
I el« phon» ng
harge> reasonable. Grant» Bas>.. n,.’ ln
“I suffered for three year» with salt 1 < the
C ourier office
rheum and was unsuccessfully treated bj
Stock holilt-rs Mi-t-iing
a local physician. The humor was in ml iyy.
hands and I was obliged to keep a coher r„l
­
The annual meeting of the No
ing on them most of the time, changing 11 ers of tile'Ilgar I’ine hooi and J. w
the covering several times a day. Nothing Company will lie held at tbeConu . ,
seemed to do me any good. The stinging, office ill (.rants Pa«-, on Wedn -ur
burning and itching were very severe and January 12, 1H9H, at 2 o’clock p. m
it seemed at times as though I should
11 C. K 1XNEV, Presill,'
J. 11. B ooth , >ecreur.
become insane. If I bent my fingers the
flesh would crack open and bleed. I began Grants Pass, Or , Dee. 17, 1897.
taking Hood’s Sarsaparilla and after I bad
.Notice to Shtin holders.
used six bottles I was entirely cured.”
M rs . C. E. W ood , DeLamar, Idaho.
The annual meeting of tliesha
j.
era of the First National Bank of
. n-
ern Oregon will be held at the o;!: • of
said bank on Tuexlay, lamian 11,
at 1 o’clock p. ni.
R. A. Boom
|
Cad »r.
Hood’s
Sarsaparilla.’,?,
For constipation lake Karl’s (
Root Tea. the great biood-|
Cures
beadache, nei vousness, erm .
Purifier All druggists. »1; six for |5. (iet Hood’s.
on the face, ami maki s th»* head
Christmas passed off rather quietly in ,
Honda
on,y s Sarsaparilla.
Pill# ,o tak® as a bell. Sold at Kremer’s Dru^ S
this burg, as usual. We had no Christ
noou b Pille.
I iilb are
with the
Hood
Thirty Years Ago
(Iti'ins taken from Rogue River Courier of Thursday, Dec. 30, 1H97)
— i IH» 7 —
Hello, ( ler.ccnt City! Yen can talk Ix-twien tirants Paas
and Cri-M-ent < it> ami al! intcrmexUMe point over the (¡. I’.
Mini <’. C. telephone line, Chargea rcaMrnubli*. (.runts Pass
— I H » 7 —
Ashland.
< iilhoitn K-tniixsl on Monday even ng's train from
Mrs. Calhoun will remain in Ashland for a few w« «-ks.
— I H !> 7 —
GAI
David (). Hayes has finished ids term or at-liool in the
Thoss district.
— 1 S 9 7 —
l .-av <>!•<!<•>> f<)r tl„. \t.„ y,..,r s
M. t ’ viik ii *. ( \ih.)
(>1 (J|.. Ongonlan at
S
This is our house cleaning time. and as it \\ ill be just one month.--30 days—until we take our annual
Inventory, we have arranged to inaugurate so?ue
DONT MISS THEM
THIS WEEK’S OFFERINGS
200 Pairs cf Ladies’ and Men s Fine Shoes
4
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"•
Bduratn Your Howel« With c»»,,.
Candy Cntl.aritc, cn, , .
,
“■
toe.»,-, nc c.c „¡¡...r.. ciX:,:”*
— 1 H » 7 —
Regula.
*
'
s
and Mrs. B. A. Williams went to Grants Pass Monday-
last. (Merlin item.)
SALES
;
E
TRAVED OR >Toi.EN_A .,Y h 2
old bay Alley, with white ri/bt J
toot. Disappear«*«! from Brigu'hcret/ " *
July 1st. send information tothi»on1 M
oirice nt the ( onrier office.
GRAND CLEARING
' ' r
‘
H
toa
T»
a,
Salt Rheum
Th
S
w
MOR SALE WE H I Ell Fo|[
,
The dance Christian) night at Wil- escapes-
1
tins week a pla - of Lve », r».
hams’ hall, given by Robert Crockett
ri.-li -oil near Grunts I',;... sidewNk I,-. ,,
an<l Fred Brockman, was quite well
into town. This place bus on it a ,3
dwelling,
some good fruit trees of di., om
attended and all seemed to enjoy the
kinds. This place at a bargain i ,r jrl
evening, the supper especially.
-■sh and balance on time. ( *n 1
Suffered for Years With Terrible^"
rite to Price A Voorhie.s.
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