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VOL. XX. GRANTS PASS. JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER i, 1904. No. 33. FE W to reduce 25c hand pumps, 10c Dixuns 10c Graphite, 5c 10c tubes Cement, 5c M & W No. 1 Inner Tubys, 75c Bicycle gas Lamps, $1.75 Brst Pedals, $1 per pair Foot Pumps, seamless cast base the most durable made, 50c Coaster Brakes, any style $0 each Chain Brushes, 10c per pair Handle Bar grips, 5c each Too Clips, 10c per pair A large stock of bicycles, dont want to carry them over, will make the prico very low for cash only A full line of Fishing tackle at REDUCED PRICES A remnant stock of base ball goods to close, at prices to please 25c, 50c and $1 Boomerangs, 10c, 15c, 25c $1.25 & $1.75 Maher fc Grose axes, 75c and $1.00 THESE GOODS MUST GO S to make room for new stock, nothing cheap I but the price, at 6 y PaddocK's Bicvcle Den k East of Depot Grants Pass Banking & Trust Co. HA I II IT CAI'ITAL STOCK Transact." a Oenernl Hanking UU'.meKS. Keceives deposits subject to check or on demand certificates. Our cu-loinet aro vs.ne.l of courteous treatment and every' consideration con stent with sound hanking principles. Safety deposit buses fur rem. J. KKANK WATSON, Pres. K. A. BOOTH, Vice-Prea. L. L. JEWELL, Cashier. The First National Bank OF SOUTHERN OREGON. CAPITAL STOCK, ... $50,000 OO. llrreive fl.'pnitw suljt'rt to check or on certificate j-ayalile on demand. fell? fi'hi ilriifiM on New York fan Kranriwo, and Portland. Teierai'tiic trimeters sold on all points in the I'nited Slat. Special Attention imyui t Collertionit and Kencral luirieif) of our customers, t 'nllectionf made throughout Southern Oregun, and uti all accessible points. K. A. ItOOTH. Fro. J. C. CaMPHKU,, Vice Pres. li. I,. (ill.KKV. Cashier MAKHLK AND GRANITE WORKS J. IS, PAIKCK, 1'boi b. i am prenered to furnish anything in tho line of Cemetery work in any kind of MARBLE or ORAMTE, Nearly thirty vears of eiperience in the Marble business warrants my eavinu; that I can till your orders in the very best manner. fan furnish work in Scotch, Swede, or American Granite or any kind 1 1 M m b e. J. li. PADDOCK, front Street Neit to Greene'. Gonshop. . Newell Bros, Tull's I tiiililln, .AMERICAN BEAUTY CORSETS. Iu all the latest styles. Light Weight Summer Corsets. y Men's Working Gloves.. REAL ESTATE I BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE OWN YOUR OWN HOME No. 2.5. 2m acres; MOatres acres iu iiraiu; 2't acres iu pasture, of nine rooms. Birn 40 x Sj feet. I'rice, fi-J p-r acre. No. 244. W acres; good water sold socu. ah No. 2-':). IW acres alxiut 13 miles from the city. Good house cnt about flwi. Abont i' i ,() feet of good saw timber. Will sell for 100U. Stop payini rent. $10 down aud 5 a mouth will purchase a lot in almost any portion of ttlie city. Call on or address JOSEPH MOSS Headquarter fur Real EnUte. OfBi on E Street, betwee-o Fourth and Fifth Street, GRANTS PASS, - - OREGON. PRICES! stock S'JS.OOO.OO. Racket Store,,. Kixth Street m:wi:ll hi com. K cleared; 15 acres in alfalfa; 100 Good water right, and good house Orchard with all varieties of fruit. right; no improvements, Must be Special Excursion to St. Louis. August 8, 9, 10, September 5, 6 aud 7 aud October 8, 4 aud 5 are the re maiuiug dates upon which ticket will lie sold at the re laced rates to the St. Louis Fair. . These rates apply over the Denver & Rio Grande -aud Mis souri Pacific. For the patrons of these roads special excursion cars will be run through from Portland to St. Louis without change. See the many points of. Iiterest about the Mormon capital aud take a rldo through Nature's pciture gallery. During the closing months travel to tho Fair w ill be very heavy. If you contemplate going write W. C. Mc- Bride, geueral agent ft Portland for tho Denver & Rio Grande, for partic ulars of these excursions. Fruit wrapping paper can be Be- cured at tho Courier office. L. G. IIIGGINS Assay Office CHARGES: Gold, Silver, Copticr, Lead, 1 each. Gold and Silver, $1. COLD DUST Bought and Refined for Dental Trade. Each and every assay done with the idea that it may be checked. JRED'K. D. STRICKKR, M. D. HOMEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Masonic Temple, Rooms 2 & 4 Grants Pass, 'Phone 633 Ohkgon. G. DOUGLAS, M. D. Physician and Surokon OftIeo: I'i''noy's residence, cor. Cth and E street. Day and ni'lit phono No. 6.H. Grants Pass, Ore. P. LOVE, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Oflloe ill Williams Bros, block, over Grants Pass Grocer Kcsideoce Phone 414. Utlice Plione 141. (HANTS PASS, - . OlIKUON M. C. FIND LEY, M. D. I'rRctice limited to EYE, EAR, NOSE and Til HO AT. (Illice hours I) to 12; 1 :w to 5 Kvcning hours Tuesdays and Fridays, T:Wuott. Telephones 2U1 and 77. Ukanih Pask, OlIEdON. C. HOUGH, ATTOKN KY-AT-LAW, Practices in all State and Federal Courts Uthce over First National Bank. Grants Pass, - . . OnooN. SWEETLAND & CO. FRESH and SALT MEATS. Puoni 21 N. E. McC.REW, PIONEER TRUCK, and DELIVERY Furniture slid Piano Moving CRANTS PASS, OREGON. The popular barber shop Get your totisorial work done at IRA TOMPKINS On Sixth Street Three chairs Hath room in connection House Moving If you hive a building that you want Moved, Raised or Levelled up, Call on or address Work reasonably and prom ptly done. Kcsideoce 2 in i U s went of Orants Pass. A. E: Holloway. E E. A. WADE DIlY GOODS, UXDEKWEAn, NOTIONS, Etc. Front Street, west I'alace hotel GRANTS PASS, ORE. II. 11, 3I:ioii, Carpenter, Contractor and l Architect. I All work done with neatness ; and dispatch and in workmanlike manner. Job work a specialty. Give me a call. ) Am prepared to rejair, or raise build I iogi and pot iu underpinning. Front street, bet. 3rd and 4th. M IB H 'PROSPERITY SMILES Good CroD and Big Price Make Josephine County Grow ers Happy. Acreage ol Hop Yards Is creased SO per Cent This Year. In- Hop picking began on Monday iu most of the Josepliino county yards. During the past week crowds of pick ers have beeu flocking to the various yards which now a'l present busy, picturesque and interesting scenes. The hop pickers find here an oppor tunity to combine business with pleasure aud to enjoy a ramp outing aud bring a goodly supply of the "needful." The hop picking habit, otieo established, is hard to overcome and many young people iu Southern Oregou await the coming of the hop picking season with much the same impatience with which the small boy longs for the Fonrth of July. Tho hop picking business iu this couuty has beeu growing rapidly iu the past few years. At first of iu significant proportions, the protfis aud possibilities of tho hop crop were quickly observed aud the acreage was soon increased. The industry may uow be clussed among the princi pal enterprises of tho couuty. The hop ynrds of this county are located iu two districts, one on Rogue river from one to six miles bolow Grants Pass aud the other on tho Ap plegate iu the viciuity of Provolt. Hop raising at the preseut time, is confined mainly to tho bottom lands of Rogue river and the Applegate, lands that never fail to yield rich returns from any plant iug. The lust two seasons have been con clusive tests of the excellence of this comity as a hop district. Last year, while tho Willamette valley hops were being ruined by rain, the Jose phine county vards were experiencing as near a drought as Southern Oregon bus ever known. In spite of tho ex treme dry weather, the crop iu geu erul was very good. The yield was saiisrnctory and the quality unusually excellent. This year tho Willaiuotte vallev is suffering from a season of extreme dryness; wlncli lias cur tailed all sorts of crops and tho hop crop as well. In consequen-e of tho exoelleut com parativo showing of Josephine county ynrds in the pnBt two years aud the high prices which have prevailed, the acreago iu this county has been mater inllv Increased. Tho number of acres MAKES GOOD PASTURE Glasses for Semi Arid Land It Pays to Plant. Bronio grass dronght resisting perhaps the most semi-arid and dry has remarkable qualities, aud is suitable for tho portions of the country. When properly set and es tablished, it will withstand extremely low temperature without iujnry and will successfully stand the beat of a long dry summer. It starts very early iu the spring and remaius green late in the fall, standing almost any amount of pasturing without serious injury. Its peculiarity is that it forms very thick bunches of leaves closo to the ground, making a heavy sod and is without many seed heads. Tho first year's growth yields a good crop of hay, but it is distinctly a pastur) grass. Italian ryo grass grows rankly and is excellent both for pasturage and hay, being mors greedily eaten by stock than almost any other kind of hay. It requires a good amount of moistnro and will perhaps do hotter on irrigated laud. It yields enormous lv, sometimes eight and ten tons to the acre. Because of tho fact thut it i gives a fine color to the butter, dairy- men who have pieces of most fertile soil set iu this grass can be assured that they will huve pasturage from ! March until Christmas in this region, i Fescues is a suitable grass for either hay or pasture and is well j adapted to all parts of this country. Thorn are two varieties, meadow fescue and tall fescue, the latter being more valuable of tho two. It holds sod a long time in low lying lands and is best adapted for cultivation on rich lands. Bermuda grass makes the rankest and deusest growth of any species. It pobessi'S also the peculiarity of jointed roots aud when the roots are cut or broken they immediately sprout sgaiu at the broken point and it is almost impossible to exterminate it on moist laud. This gras makes an excellent hog forage and for the reasou of its Droliilo growth from broken roots, farmers who have given it any attention find that it pay to plant it. Its long season in the equable climate of this territory adds greatly to its value tor pasturing, as it keeps green and furnishes au abundance of food for Dearly the en tire year. Timothy is the old reliable for wet and heavy land but it Is not suited to light land even with irrigation. In the heavy soils of the foot bills and river bottoms wlx-re the rainfall is plentiful growing of timothy is a conspicoos iinlajtry and on that is yielding big profit to their owners. Homeseeker and Investor. TOO pieca of vocal and instrumental sheet music at 10 ceut each at the J rants Pass Music House. IN THE HOP FIELDS iu bearing hops is about 20 per cent more tlinn last year aud next year will have a 60 per cent iucrcase over the present acreugo. This year's crop shows an increase per acre from 20 to 33!, jwr cent over last year. If the price this year are fully as good if not better than last year, tho hop growers are among the happy people of the county. The prices at the present time are quite uear the 23 ceut mark. Some of the growers have contracted a portion of their crops nt lees figures but at rates which insure them a good profit. Four firms of buyers, two being the largest iu tho market, havo local rep resentatives here und the result inn competition insures the top prico to tho growers. Following is a partial list of the Josephine couuty hop growers with the number of acres iu ouch yard iu bearing hops. Tho figures aro not accornto but will bo found iu gen eral, nearly correct : Johu P. Kanr.iiu Jr., (15 acres. DoAriunud, 20 acres. Bowler, 0 acres. Baldwin, 10 acres. Loescli, 20 acres. Rehkopf, ;i0 acres. Liucoln, 10 acres. Weidnmn, 2." aero Weston, fij acres-.. - Roymers, 15 acres. ,' Jennings, 8 a cres Johnston, U acres, York, 15 acres. Mrs. J. Ituuzau Conwuy, 8 acres. Fiudley, 17 acres. ..Robinson, 14 acres, Tho following shows the acreago of new hops set out this year and which will bo iu full bearing next year: Raur.au, 10 acres. - DeAnuond, 15 acres. Harmon, 20 acres. Howler, 8 acres. Baldwiu, 8 acres. I.oesch, 8 acre. Liucoln, 0 acres. Ilolloway, 10 acres. Law ton, 8 acres. Alverson, 0 acres. Uniphlette, fl acres. Jennings, 8 acres. Miller, !)5 acres. Cook, 8 acres. Wowull Bros., 20 acres. The total acreago of hops iu full bearing is about !)o0. This will bu increased next year to over 500. BIG RAILROAD CONTRACT Arlington Condon Road Finished Jn. 1st. to Be Iho Baciflo Coast Constru 'lion Company of Portland, has been awarded the contract for building tho Condim-Arliiigtou branch of the O. K. & I., which is to tup tho great wlieat and f uttlu country of Gilliam county. Iho road to ho constructed will bo 4 miles in length mid the work to be done by the contractors will be varied, as the contract provides for bridges, culverts, cuts and fills. Work on the road will ho com iiioiioon ac onco and tho contract stipulate that nil of tho bridges aud track work shall be finished hy De cember HI. 'iho track will be con strutted iu a modern manner am! as substantially as possible. Owing to the lightness of the soil ami the ueavj ami suiideii rains common to that part of Iho country, a great deal of rot k work will be put in ulong the low places w here there might be d in- ger of tlie winter's (lends cutting tho track iiml endangering tliu safety of the trains. The bridges also will m con strueted with n view to withstanding the suddeu ra!ses in tho water of the stream of the section and ample pro tection will be given the piers from tiie brushwood or drift that might m washed down from the mountains. The culvert and all opeuing un der tho track through which small or occasional streams will run, will be faced witli masonry and so protected that Ihcru will bo no uced of contiu ued repairs after each storm of the winter. The road is the one which General Manager K. K. (,'alvlii, of the O. U. V . und tlie .Southern 1'aciflo de cided to build during his recent trip through Gilliam County and over the line of the proposed track. To It will he tributary the great wheat Iwlt of Gilliam county ami the stock district nf tlie interior. For years niucl wlieat lias been raised along the linn ol liio new road from Arlington to Condon, hot owing to the lack of transjxjrtation it has been impossible to g t more thau a small portion of the produce to tho market. The resi deuts of the district have Ihm-u forced to feed tho greater part of their crot and drive the cattle and sheen to Arliutgou in order to ship them to the Portland markets, losing hy the process both time aud money. The adveu-t of tlie road will be a great ad vantage to tho people and will do much to bring the district before the country at a deslrat-e pah; for invest ment iud location. Three car loads of brick will soon arrive tiotu (Jrants l'sn, then the uew bank building will soar upwards. All i ready for the brlik. Gold Hill News. X SOUTHERN OREGON IS RICH No More Inviting Region for the Homeseeker. Tho Portland Journal lias the fol lowing artiolo relative to Southern Oregon aud its advantages: 1 Crops this year iu Southern Oregon meauiug by this term that part of the state lyiug between the Callipooia mountains aud the Caiforuia liue, north aud south, and between the Cascade and coast rangos of mountains east aud west, are on the whole as good if not better than usual. Grain and bay there, as in tho Willamette valley, are somewhat short, yet by no mean a total or bad failure, a they are iu a dry season in California. Hops for a good many hops are raised iu Douglas, Jackson and Josephine counties, though not nearly so many a in Willamette val ley counties promise a full yield, of superior quality. Fruit aud this section of Oregon is as fine a fruit re gion as there is iu tlie United (State is abundant aud excellent, and will bring largo returns to the growers, Tlie stock Industry In that part of tho stute is flourishiug as well as it cau iu these prosperous times, wbeu beef ou foot is low and on the table high. Lumber mills are active aud ap parently prosperous. In brief, South ron Oregon i in excellent shape In every way, and deserves to attract a very large immigration in the near future. v A to climate, that part of Oregon cannot bo excelled, if equaled, any where in the United State. Thoro is no excesmo and prolonged rainfall, as sometimes hapm'i.a ou the coast. There Is no very severe winter weather, as sometime occurs ou the elevated plain of eastern Oregon. It is as a rule a delightfully equahlo and healthful climato, such as, once lived in awhile, Is never left for long, ex cept on strong inducement or for ur gent reasons. The soil of southern Oroogu is vari able, but mostly a fine volcanic gravel, exceedingly fertile whoii lufll- oieiitly moistened. Portion of the Iloguti river aud Unipqua river vl icy need irrigation, most years, to produce large crops; but stream aro numerous anil- contain abundance of water; and iu timo nearly. all thut very rich volcanic surface ash will be undo to produce Iniineusp ctops. Perhaps Southern Oregon excels in fruit rather than in anything else. tine need not get oil a oar movloa throuh Jackson oounty to see thou amis of acres, mile aud mile of or chards bearing tho finest fruit, os- IH-cially, iu point of value, apple, raised iu tho United State. Paclie, iiruuos, piums, apricots ana grape are also produced iu profusion, and of first rate quality. Most of these or chards ami vineyards aro now young, fresh, vigorous, and well carod for, Mr. J. D, Olwull and others havo set an example in first cl.isa lxirtlcul turn that many aro following, to their own and tho whole statu' advantage, Wo look to see next year at the Lewis aud Clark fair, the finest exhibition of fruits from Southern Oreuon ever displayed anywhere in the world. Its tieoplo can do this. Southern Oregou i also noted for its poultry, rsieclally turkeys. From one little town alone many thousands of turkeys aro shipied annually just before Thanksgiving aud Christmas to Portland and Sau Francisco; and many tuns of thousands from that part of tho state, which seem e. pecially adapted to raising fine poultry, an industry by no means to bu despised, aud which (lifers gulden opportunities to hundreds of home seekers with small means even right around Portland. Southern Oregon is rich iu minerals also, aud produces annually much gold. Its mountains are rich, too, in timber, some of which la of the choice and exceptionally valuable varieties. To go into details no further, there is not a plcasantcr or more inviting region between the great oceans for tho homiiseeker than Southern Oregou. BITTEN BY RATTLE SNAKE Slieepherder Ha fin F.nperlenco. Fuelling James Uemiiig, a slieepherder, working a few miles east of Kennet, Cab, while climbing up a ledge Saturday of last week, put Ills hand in a rattlesnake bole aud a rattler coiled therein sank Ms fangs Iu It. Doming rushed to his cabin, a quarter of a mile away, but bis comrades were out with their flock. He ap plied a soda bandage to the wound, left a nolo to the other herders telling them hn had beeu bitten by a rattler and that be had started for Keunet, a distance of tlir.ie miles. As the snake's jmlaon coursed through his veins, he became derang ed from the pain and lost his way 011 a well traveled trail. It was sil hours later that Harry Keiley, another herder, found the note. He started after the injured man, and found lii in in a dillrous state beside the trail a mile from Kennet. lie i ley rushed iJeming on to town, only to find that there was no physi cian there. Hut there was plenty of whiskey, aud the victim of the snake bite was given lot of It. Sunday morn lug be was still living, much to the surprise of hi friends, and was Uken to 1:1 home in Red Bluff, where it I said he will renover. Everyone know who "Suuuy Jim Is. But everyone dou't know that all his correspondence I handled on ev enty-fiv Underwood Typewriters. inese remark ar backed by " rorce. Of Special Interest to House Furnishers WINDOW SHADES Our Special is a good one. Send us your orders for special aud large sizes. LACE CURTAINS In great variety, 45c to 16 a pair. CURTAIN POLES and fixtures; all sizes and prices. PORTIERES An immense assortment $3 75 to $10 a pair. CARPETS AND MATTINGS 15c to $1.25; large variety and of the kind that wears. None better, and few as good. RUGS Exceptional values; 30x60 for $1.50 up. REFRIGERATORS at cost. HAMMOCKS Regular $1 goods for 60c. A big reduction to close out. TENTS Big sizes at little prices. WALL PAPERS and Wall Paper Paste A new idea and a great invention. GLASSWARE aud Semi-Crockery going at little prices. R. Thomas (Si Co., Ue Housefurnishers Grants Pass, - Oregon. What' in a name? The question is asked again because of Bishop Pot ter' appearance at tho "dedication" of the Subway Tavern in. New York. Subway Tavern aud Potter' Field 1 A religion that stays In the olonda ia of no use to anybody, Heligion must be definite, practical, useful a binding rule of dally life or else it ia as much a mockery a the gildod prayer wheel of the Buddhist. We dcslro to direct attention to the first plank iu the platform of the Pro hibitiou party; "The widely pre vailing system of the Uceuaad aud legalized sale of alcobolio beverages la to rulunu to Individual luterest, so inimical to publlo welfare, so de structive to national wealth aud so subberslvo of the right of great masse of our oltiaenship, that the de struction of tlie trafllo is, and for years has been, the most Important question In American politic." Is there an honest oitizon in thlaoonutry who will deny this declaration? A Mew York paper fiuda fault with a representative of the Womau's Christian Temperance Union, who said, in referenco to the ojieiilug of the Subway Tavern: "We object to the uew tavern, on the very ground npon which it Indication la attempt edthat it seeks to make drinking respectable." The principle of the Woman'! Christian Temperance Union ia that drlaking should bo kopt a thing of degradation. The paper regard this sentiment a "lament ablo. " and declares that It seriously "Injures tho cause of temperanoo, Of course, the secular pros which ha business relations with the liquor Iu terests la an iufallahlo and uupieju diced Judge on these matters TO WORK FOR GOOD ROADS Leglslativi 1 Commit! of Stat Good Road Association. In accordance with a resolutlou adopted at the last meeting of the State Good Kosils Association, held ill Portland last year, Presideut Scott ha announced the personnel ol the legislative oominitteee, tho purpose of which will lie to draft and oflur to the legislature suoli legislation a is deemed best fur the good roatl movo ineiit In till date, a follow: M. A. Miller, of Lebanon; C. J. Smith, of Pendleton; W. W. Steiwer, of Kos sil; J. II. Albert, of Salem; M. A. Wortz, of Orauts Pass. Among matter augvostod to the committee, to cover which it I pre sumed bill will be drafted for pro scutatlon to the legislature, I the matter of publlo road construction by convict labor. Other prospective law 1 oue per mitting the couuty court to condemn iroperty for the purtsise of straighten ug out roads, and another for the purpose of requiring petitioners for the establishment of new roads to pay tlie costs of survey and viewing. ROYA1 Baking Powder Mockes Cleacn Brewed With Royal Baking Powder there is no mixing with the hands,no sweat of the brow. Perfect cleanliness, greatest facility, sweet, clean, healthful food. Full instructions in the "Royal Baker and Pastry Cook" book for making all kinds of bread, biscuit and cake with Royal Baking Powder. Gratis to any address. SOY At OAKINa SOWOCR CO., 100 WILLIAM ST., NIW YORK. TO PREVENT FOREST FIRES Think Policy of Government I Wrong.. "The" goverumeut may mean well iu setting aside vast tract of timber laud aud letting them become brush oovered and mere firo trap, but tlie ystom 1 Just a mistaken a if the thing was 'done with malice," said Dr. W. W. Oglesby of Cottage Grove. in the Portland Journal. 'I have boon on every reserve in the Paciflo northwest," continued the doctor, "aud for 60 year I have traversed mouutalns, valley and thicket, aud I know whereof J spoak, whou I ay the entire system put lu foroe by tho government la radically wrong. "Tree have their life like a crop of hay or a patch of cabbage.. When their period of usefulness eud they begin to deteriorate aud are worth lcsi in a few year. We would call a farmer a fool, who year alter y6ax allowed hi hay crop to euoamber the ground without ever catting an acre of It, and we would term him insane If he allowed this Hold to become so weed choked that a spark of fire would duvaatato the entire farm In the dry season, but this 1 the policy adopted by the governmeut, mid it is, as I said before, dangeroo aud fool- h. "There are vast forest of rottiug tree in the governmeut 'reserve that might have been used a sawlog had they been out when they wero ripe. There are thousand of acre of big treo that aro ouly shell, the entire Inside having decayed and left but the bark and a thin crust beneath. Why not cut this timber before It goes to waste? "Another bit of folly 1 preventing fire to be set In the reservations un til the brush and undergrowth be comes so high that when the In evitable lire come, the whole forest t destroyed. Old settlors aud Indiau kuow that tho ouly safe method 1 to annually burn oil the undergrowth, when it I so thin that It would not eudangor the big tree. Thou tho grass cau grow and yon have a beau tiful forest, Instead of a firo trap. " In speaking of the method to be fol lowed lu preventing big forest fire and the waste of valuable timber, Mr. Oglesby said: "Use tho ranger to act a ovorseera and lit them allow annually the cut ting of such timber as ia ripe. The Pacific coast, year alter year, pro duce enough timber for all lumber needs if the waste is stopiied and merely the annually ripe product Is cut. Thou let there be fire staited each year in the reserve and allow them to burn oft the year' brush, and by taking proper back fire pre caution, no los will result. Had the government adopted this plan in stead of tlie one uow iu vogue, wo would havo had vast areaa of produc ing forest instead of tlie bleak hill and barren valley that mark the path of great forest fires. " U try a Blue Iiibbon, fi-cent cigar.