ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, JULY 6. 1906.
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.We shall have plenty of
Black Repulican and Royal
Anne
Cherries
As soon as they are ripe, or
in a few days.
Logan and Red Rasp
berries are now ready.
Flour and Feed
J Pardee
Near Palace Hotel
Telephone 803
MANY PICNICS ON
THE GLORIOUS FOURTH
No Big Celebration in Josephine
County Ore. nte Pass Almost
Deserted on That Day.
Tne Fourth wu a very qalet day
In Grantf PaM other than the
din made by the firecracker! and
bombs by the few boys and menlert
in the" city,"" for a very-large part of
the population bad left to spend the
day in other placet. A ipecial train
of els care took a big crowd to Mod
ford; and to Ashland, leaving here
early in tbe.morulng and gotting back
late at.night. The eicurslonists had
a good time, baring their ohagrin of
the defeat of Grant! Pan ball team by
thVMedford boys in a score of 7 to 8.
A large party of plonioers spent a
jolly day at Savage Rapids and many
other parties, large and small, drove
to various cool retreat! in the hills
and by the pretty stream in the
country about this oity where .they
spent the day. At Plaoer and at
Kerby well attended celebrations were
held and an enjoyable time was bad
in games and other amusements.
Every neighborhood on Applegata had
a pionlo gathering, putting in the day
in a cool shady place, enjoying a fine
dinner and games. Wlldervile, Mur
phy, Provolt and Williami each had
picnics 'as also did New Hope. The
latter place though had a program of
etercises of more than nalual merit
and Interest. In the forenoon a ihor
program was rendered that embraced
some well song scigs by the New
Hope Glee Club, several pleasing
recitation! and a carefully prepared,
able add rem by Rev. A. J. Starmer of
Williams. A dinner, such only as
the skillful housewlvei that are in
each American neighborhood, cn
cook was then served. The long
table bad everything to totnpt a man's
appetite even to large dishes of the
meet luoious strawberries, for New
Hope is a land of plenty, aud after
the 00 people present had been fed
there was euongh left over for 10
more. In the afternoon another short
and very pleading program was ren
dered, the leading feature beiug au
address by Judge Stepheu Jewell of
Gram Pass, that was a most thought
ful presentation of the causes that
has made this sotion great aud of
the needs of today for a clean,
courageous and mnnly citizenship.
O. N. Hathaway filled the position of
president of the day iu ao able man
ner and Mrs. Minnie J. Woods dis
played high musical skill as organist
and assisting in the singing.
Doriug the Summer months the
library will be open on Tuesday aud
Saturday eveuing.
JKNN1K H. JUIXSON, Seo'y.
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RESIDENCE LOTS!
For Sale in Nelson's Addition
Prices From $10.00 Up.
Terms: Cash, easy payments, installments
or work any aid terms. : : : :
Come and see me and tho lots, too. If we
cannot mako a doal, you must be hard in
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JOSE X. NELSON.
TO SAVE LARGE GAME
A Question That Has Hot Received
Sufficient Consideration. . ,
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tractive Taaa the i at BlaBt
era Maar Lars Aalasale
rarlaa of Maaarar.
During the last few years many public-
pirited men have realized the
necessity for the preservation of big
game, and numerous state and federal
laws have consequently been passed
with this object. In general this pur
pose may be accomplished by two
methods: (1) the protection of win
ter and summer ranges for game; and
(2) the regulation of the slaughter
and sale of game. The importance vi
the preservation of natural game
ranges ban usuiilly been underestimat
ed; but several attempts have been
made to restrict the sale of game by
hunters and to limit the number of ani
mals which may be killed by the hunt
er during a given season. The large
prices which are to be obtained for the
meat of big game, as well as for the
skins, heads, antlers and tusks, have
made hunting very profitable to men
who are thoroughly acu,uated with
the natural' habitat of these animals,
says E. V. Wilcox in the Forum.
Statistics cannot be obtained for ex
actly determining the number of game
killed by hunters aacompared with the
number dying of starvation on account
of range. Death by starvation, how
ever, is apparently a more serious
problem than slaughter by hunters,
whether legal or Illegal. The evidence
which can be obtained regarding the
starvation of big game during winter
is extensive and convincing. It is i nly
necessary to travel for a few days
through any region in the weatern
states where such animals are plenti
ful to find oarcasses in considerable
numbers. Some of the animals hare
evidently been killed for their tusks,
but it is practically certain that a
much larger number have died of
starvation.
AU hunters know how frequently
elk and deer are found In a half
starved condition In the midst of
winter, especially when the snow
ia deep. It is easy for unscrupulous
persons to slaughter them in such
circumstances. They may then take
from the slaughtered animals such
portions as they wish, leaving the
rest upon the ground. It ia impos
sible, however, for any large propor
tion of the game suffering in winter
to be observed by hunters or set
tlers. Travel is not possible during
that season except by means of
snowshoes; and sportsmen from the
eastern states are not, as a rule, de
sirous of undergoing the expense
and hardship incidental to Ufa ia the
woods at such times.
In order to( call attention to the
extent of the loss of large game
by starvation, It may be well to cite
a few instances which occurred at
Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The num
ber of starved elk which arc actu
ally found by settlers in that neigh
borhood may be from 500 to 1,000
in a single season. Large numbers
of elk come down into the valley
in Jackson Hole during the winter;
hut that district is only a small por
tion of the winter range for game.
Hundreds of men have testified that
they have seen elk during the win
ter in the Inst stages of starvation;
aud these men know, from personal
observation, that a large number of
elk die every winter, especially
where the summer range of game
has been too rlosely grazed by do
mesticated animals, and where, in
consequence, the game has been
driven down to lower nltit tides early
in the fall. Whenever, as is fre
quently the case, rarenssea are found
huddled together in a sheltered spot
where the available food material
such as bark, twigs of trees nod tall
dead weeds-has been completely de
voured, the eideure is overwhelming
that the animals died of starvation.
Where game are caught in a deep
fall of snow and a crust ia subse
quently formed, it is evident that
the d idle ul ties of obtaining enough
forage to maintain life arc almost
insuperable.
Posterf, placards, dodgers, all sires
itvi kind, printed at the Courier off ce.
SCIENCE AUD INDUSTRY.
lord Walsingham has presented bis
collection of 200,WX' moths and his li
brary of books on microlepidoptcratq
the British museum.
The rotation of a waterspout at the
surface of the sea has been estimated
by Prof. Bigelow as 334 miles an hour,
or nearly six miles a minute.
The deepest gold mine in the Trans
vaal is 3,740 feet, and though in so hot
a country, is less hot at the bottom
than a German mine the same depth.
The measuring-machine made by Sir
Joseph Whitworth will measure one
millionth of an inch, and will show the
expansion of an inch-long bar of metal
if touched by the finger.
A strange lamp has been constructed
by Prof. Dubois. A glass globe placed
on a metal stand is nearly filled with
a liquid composed of luminous marine
microbes; there are two tubes running
from the globe, and through these a
supply of air can be sent to the inte
rior when the light grows dull, the ef
fect apparently being to revivify the
microbes. The light from this lamp
will last for several week without re
newal of the illuminating medium.
It seems that as yet the speed at
which the Hertzian currents of wire
less telegraphy move has not been de
termined. Marconi says he thinks they
travel at about the same speed as light,
1S6.0OO miles a second. Therefore,
should Marconi be able, as he pro
fesses to believe he will be, to send
a message around the world. It would
occupy in transmission approximately
one-eighth of a second, and the clicks
of the sending and receiving instru
ments would be almost simultaneous.
To determine whether there exists a
relation between the climate and the
weight of the grains of cereals experi
ments have lately been made on 731
samples of cereals obtained from all
the grain-producing countries. The
average weight of 10,000 grains of each
sample was determined and the results
arranged in order, of the countries of
provenance. The first six groups were:
(1) Russia. (X) United States, (3) Ger
many, (4) Denmark. Sweden and Nor
way, (J) England, Holland and Bel
gium, (S) France. Spain and Italy.
THI SULTAN'S SPIES.
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rsssl la All Olaaacs at
SaaUtr.
In no country and no time of the
world's history has the spy system
been developed to the point it has at
tained in Turkey to-day. It is a most
elaborate organization and costs an
iuunenss amouut of money. There are
spies and counter spies, and counter
counter spies to the fourth or fifth de
gree, says the London Chronicle.
Their number is legion, and they are
to be found in all classes of society,
from the highest to the lowest. Be
sides the minister ot police, almost
every high dignitary has his own serv
ice of spies. These are all rival or
ganizations, and spend most of their
time in spying and denouncing each
other. All prominent persons are
closely watched, and followed even
while shopping, and should they meet
another person of note and exchange
a few word the faet is carefully
noted. Turks no longer dare assemble
in parties of five or six for the pur
pose of spending their evenings to
gether. It Is impossible for three or
four of them to sit down at a table in
a coffee house without having a spy
at the next. On such occasions they
always speak very loud, so that every
body might hear them. Should a Eu
ropean converse with a Turk in the
street, a spy will follow them and try
to find out what they are saying. The
result of all this is that the Turks
avoid one another's company as much
as possible, and whenever they do
come together the conversation is on
the most futile subjects, and quite
childish. The Turkish nation Is grow
ing more and more demoralized under
the present spy system.
SNUFF-TAKING DYING OUT.
Starr la Ta4 Revive la Loa-
oa la Wlthoat Maea
Peaaaattoa.
6toris have been in circulation re
cently In regard to the new vogue of
snuff taking in England. The habit is
supposed to be becoming most preva
lent in aristocratic quarters in the
West end, London, and Is even ascribed
to the most august personages, but
there is little real foundation for these
stories. The London snutT dealers do
not report any noticsable increase or
new sales. The manager of the larg
est snuff factory iu London, according
to recent report, says:
"The trade has been a decreasing one
for many years. There is a tendency
recently in an upward direction, but 1
am afraid that snuff taking is a dying
habit. I attribute the decline to the
advent of the white handkerchief. In
the days of the yellow and red ban
dannas the snuff did not show, but
nowadays it is mostly old gentlemen
who use snuff frequently.
"I hear from dealers who do not
want more supplies, as their old gen
tleman customers have died. Other
wise, the people who work in places
where they cannot smoke often carry
snuff, such as compositors, and also in
many factories."
Outside of the snuff takers indicated
above snuff is often served In England
in clubs and saloon bars. What slight
Increase has been noticed in carrying
of snuff boxes has been attributed to
the Influenza epidemic, snuff being rec
ommended to effect the same purpose
for which it retains Its place in saloons,
and often on the dicing table of the
old-fashioned public banquets, namely,
to clear the heads.
Gootly Oaveraaseat Clccsm,
Scattered throughout the various
Washington departments are ' hun
dreds of clocks and chronometers,
which coat the government annually
thousands of dollars. The chro
nometers are the most expensive
clocks in existence, and they are to
be found on board every warship of
the United States. These timepieces
cost $400 each. The ones most con
sulted are those in the marble room
of the senate and in the speaker's
lobby of the house. Hundreds of
people daily correct their watches by
them.
Fruitgrowers of Rogue River Valley
find the Courier of special interest
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CREDIT UPON THE PARENTS
AS WELL AS OH THE
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THE MOTHER AND FATHER. WHO NEGLECT To
DKESS THEIR. CHILDREN WELL .SEEM UNWORTHY
IN THE EYE-5 OF THEIR NEIGHBORS AND THEY
HAVNT MANY FRIENDS. WHEN NATURE WAS
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BEAUTIFUL LITTLE ONEJ Do YOU NOT OWE IT To
THEM TO DO YOUR PART AND MAKE THEM AP
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WEAR WE WOULD HAVE -STOCKINGS KNITTED
OUT OF .STEEL WIRE, .SHIRT WAI-5TJ MADE OF
GALVANIZED IRON AND KNEE PANTJ AND SUITS
MANUFACTURED FROM BATTLESHIP ARMOR
PLATEIF WE COULD BUT WE CANT. WE Do
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GET THEJBEJT WEARINC STWT POIBLE AND
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