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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. OCTOBER 19, 1906, IfSonn One Should Offer You a Set of Dinioa Room Cbilrl Next Spring Wouldn't Vou Take Them? But wouldn't It be better If jou bad lived the money yourwelf to buy them? Well, you can have those chain If you are a mind to Tou can save the money for them on your fuel this Winter by using a Cole'a Original Hot HI ant Stove or a Cole'a Original Air-tight Wood Htove. And you not only aave It this Winter, but every Winter you uso the stove Because Cole's Original Hesters are air tight. They are made without alove putty, and consequently there are no planes for air-leaks to develop and waste your fuel. They not only save the chimney heat but hold back and burn the escaping gases (the bust part of the fuel). An ordinary stove may give satisfaction for a few weeks, but as soon as the puttied seams open up, it will require twice as much fuel to keep up the heat And thereafter you will wake up on the coldest mornings and find the Bre out. Cole's Heaters hold fire over night and beat up the rooms for two or three hours the next morning with the fuel put In the night before. For soft coal, slack, hard coal, lignite or wood. Call and see tbem ar (Dealers' nam.) OIL FOR JERSEY ROADS. To lie lard la 1'rraerre Them Prom the IciTecl of II envy Auto Trafllo. The freeholders of Hudson count j are contemplating treating section! of the country rouda with a preparation of cruile oil to preserve tliein from the effect of the greut trulllc of automo biles, says a 1'aterson (N. J.) corre spondent of the New York Sun. Un less It be the ronria from New York to l'binVlclpliln, no county roads In the stute are more used by autolsts than the ronds In Hudson county, which lead to Greenwood luke, Lake Ilopat cong, Echo lake and other Inland New Jersey pleasure grounds. The weight of the machines and the dust they create are continually lay ing bare the underdresslng of the roads, making It compulsory on the freeholders to keep repair gangs out almost continually. The oil is said tn act aa a binder und will prevent the disintegration of the top dressing by the heavy tires of touring machines. Hove to Apply Foneatatloas. Fomentations should always be as tiot as can comfortably be borne, and to Insure effect should be repeated ev ery half hour, says the Pittsburg Press. They are of various kinds, but the most lmple and often the moat useful that can be employed la warm water. For a hot water fomentation a great deal of the trouble of wringing out the flan nel can bo saved If there happens to be steamer In the house. Into which It ahould be put over boiling water after being folded to the required alee. An other plan la to dump the flannel with hot water and sprinkle a little turpen tine on the aldo of the poultice to tx applied. Cover the flannel used to fo ment, which should be folded four times thick with wool and oil silk. An other kind of fomentation la composed of dried poppy beads, aay four ounces. Break them In pieces, empty out the weds, put them Into four plnta of wa ter, boll for fifteen minutes, then strain, and keep the water for use. "Opportunity treads upon the heels of achievement." M.ike rrady tor tuccru young man ami young wom.w -hy equipping your aril with Ihc knowledge and skill wliu h not only deserve tureen liut which ac Complidi it, in sir ol olisLule. 11 llir I loltnci BiuincM Collrer ha conliihutcd this to the success of hun dreds of young men and women : care ful, intelligent, painstaking training, to develop the qualities and knowledge demanded hy modem business nthods, and then, alter graduation, lending them every assistance in securing positions offering opHNtunities for advancement. J We are proud of the immense file of letters received from our students who graduated ten, fifteen or twenly yean ago. They all nng vyith a tone of 'achievement of "success.' Almost every one altnhutei his success to meth ods, hahits and knowledge acquired at the Holmes Itusmea College. You are at liberty to read as many of them as you please. a Our folder telling all about the olmet Business College, the course of study, tuition, etc, is worth getting and worth keeping. Send us your name and address and we wiU send it to you free, post-paicL' I 1 1 BUSINESS COLLEGE I I I I WASHINGTON CrTENTH 6T3, JJ. 1-1 PORTLAND ORF H III ) (J ELGIN DAIRY FARMING. The System of Hented Farms Make Money For Owner and Tenant, Moat of the farms In the Elgin dis trict, Illinois, are rented, and the sys tem of renting Is a money making one for both landowner and tenant and has a tendency to constantly make tire land more productive. Several land owners who have grown too old to work their farms thcmsclvea and who have moved into town and rent their lands have told me that their farms were producing more than when they worked theni themselves, and some have said that their laud produces more toduy than It did forty years ago, when the prairie sod was first broken. The business Is milk producing. The owner of the land furnishes the land, buildings, permanent equipment, line shafting and engine, and the cows. The tenant furnishes teams. Imple ments and labor. The crops grown c i the farm are fed, and one-half the cost of all feed purchased Is paid by the owner of the lund and one-half by the tenant. Gitch stands one-half of the loss caused by the deutb of animals and each one-balf the loss or gain when dry cows are sold and fresh ones purcbused In their places. The tenant spreads ull the manure on the laud and keeps an agreed number of acres seed ed to grass and clover. The cost of the feed bought off the farm is deducted from the amount received from sales, and the balance of the money Is divid ed equally between the owner of the lund and tenant, settlement being made monthly. Equal Interests. The advantages of the Elgin system of renting farms are that landlord and tenant ui-o alike Interested In securing the greutcst net profits from the farm and that whatever Increases or de creases the profits of one will equally Increase or decrease the profits of toe other. The owner of the farm fur nishes the liest cows that he cun se cure, becuuse they pay best. lie fur nishes good barns und yards, because the better shelter and surroundings the cows huve the more they will yield for each ton of feed eaten. The tenant takes the bent' care of the cows, be cause neglect lowers the yield, and whenever a cow dies or loses a quarter or wears out and has to be sold half of the loss comes out of his pocket. The tenunt manures the laud and works It to get the largest crops be con, because every extra dollar's worth of feed raised makes a dollar less to be spent In buying feed and adds a dollar to the profits. Landlord and teuuut are equal ly Interested In buying feed that will make the greatest net profit and con sult together as to what feed to buy to mix with that which grows on the farm to return the most money. Most of the fnllk produced Is sold to the Burdens. This requires a high quality of product and Insures good prices, and every tenant is anxious to keep more cows rather than less. II. M. Cottrell In Iturul New Yorker. Continuous Cure. Acquired characteristics, such as the milking qualities of the dairy cow, which have been develoed under fa vorable conditions, best cure and ubun dunt food, are only to au extent hered itary or fixed. The same care, abun dance of feed and favorable surround ings must be continued If It Is desired to maintain these acquired character istics. Butter and Milk The separator should lie taken apart and washed every !ny. If the sep arator Is used twice a day It Is pref erable to take It apart and wasli It Ik-iIi times, but If time does not per mit this nt least live callous of warm water with some washing powder should In- run through it. followed by u gallon of dolling water without the washing powder. foollnw the I'renm. After cream has lieen separated it should lie cooled to at least til) decrees l' and lower If possible. When putting cream from two milking together cire should be taken that the cream id. I last Is thoroughly cooled. I'roti-ellon For ( ana of Milk. t'over the cream and milk cm with cloth In the summer when driv ing lone distances to the station and plan so they will not have to stand out on the platform In the hot sun. Sunrrp of I ni'lrnn Milk. Milk is often contaminated by milk ing Into tilt 1 i palls or palls that have not been scalilisl with hot water. Ill washing (he milking utensils it is ad vlsable to use hot water and some washing powder, and finally rinse with boiling water or steam over u steam Jet. I ntlt' of ( herns' llntler. Cheesy butter Is said by the Kansas experiment station to lie due, first, to the curdling of cream, either sweet or sour, and, second, to a milky body. A milky body is due, first, to buttermilk not separated from butter, or butter not thoroughly washed, und, second, to butter made from ropy cream. Time of Mllklnsr. In recent English Investigations on the ttme of milking It appeared that the average dally yield of milk was somewhat greater vvheu the Intervals between mllklngs were equal. HiiMsnina; the Oram. Milk should lie skimmed as aoou aa the least degree of acidity can be de tected, as the cream will all have been precipitated wheu that stage Is reached. Cream requires frequent stirring. If even ripening Is to be secured. It should be smooth and velvety and pleasantly (not decidedly) acid to the taste and Is then ready for the churn. Much of tne success of the butter maker depends on the proper ripening os toe cream. Country Gentleman. W. C. T. U. COLUMN. All matter for this column Is supplied by the Josephine County Woman's Chris tian Temperance Union, Y. and L. T. L Branches. The regular W. C. T. U. meeting, October 26, will be a mothers meet ing. Subject "Hurry and Worry. " Program will be prepared by Mrs. Loughridge Mrs. E. Howard and Mrs. Cheshire. Meeting will be held at Mrs John Summers. Light refresh ments will be served lOo will be ac ceptable. Yon are invited to attend. Mrs. Heckle, President. Mrs. E. Howard, secretary. At State Convention the following officers were re-elected : President, Mrs. L. H. Additon, Lents, Oregon. Corresponding secretary, Mrs. H Brown, Albany. Recording secretary, Mrs. Ida Mar stera, Roseburg. Assistant secretary, Miss Gotshall, Portland. Treasurer, Mrs. H. J. Shane, Port land. Y secretary, Mrs. Henkle, Grants Pass. Mrs. Addlton's expenses were paid to the National and Worlds Conven tions which convene at Hartford aud Boston. Mrs. Helms of Grants Pass Union has gona to Boston to visit her sou. Grants Pass Y's are prepariug for auother Silver Medal Contest to be given in the near future. October 12. Grants Pass W. 0. T. U. met at Mrs. Weidman's as an nounced. Mrs. Henkle presiding. An interesting meeting was held. Devo tions led by Mrs. Oowdrey. Business session. Committee on Year Book submitted an outline and same was accepted with slight change and will be printed soon. Superintendents eleo'.ed for ensuing year as follows: Evangelistic, Mrs. Cowdrey; Sabbath obiervanoe, Mrs. Kellogg; Work among soldiers and sailors, Mrs. Weidman, Mrs. Fenn. Mercy, Mrs. Chapman; Purity, Mrs. Gilkey; Res cue Work, Mrs. Beckman; Parity In literature and art, Mrs. Berry, Mrs. Clements; Scientific, temperanoe instruction, Mrs. Day, Mrs. Belding, Miss Mulkey; Sunday school, Mrs. Ranme; temperance literature, Mrs. Trussler, Mrs. Caldwell, Mrs. Cow- drey, Mrs. Lamphear; Parliamentary, Mrs. Hildreth; Prest, Mrs. Hattie. O. Calvert; Anti-narcotics, Mrs. A. Hale ; Medal Contest, Mrs. Summers, Mrs. Rannie; Health and Heredity, Mrs. Grout ;Physlcal Education, Mrs. Clements; Medical Temperanoe, Miss Lomas; Social Meetings and Red letter Days, Mrs. McFarland ; Mothers Meetings, Mrs Loughridge, Mrs. Ella Howard; Flower Mission, Mesdames Gould, Hyde Colvig, Frakes, Camp bell and Flamui; Christian Uitizeu. ship, Mrs. Caldwell; Franchise, Mrs. Anient; Legislation, Mrs. Curtis, Mrs. Chiles; Peace and Arbitration, Mrs. Fay ; Uniou Signal representa tive, Mrs. Pike; Chairman of Music, Mrs. Cheshire; Standing committee on drinking fountain, Mesdames Ber ry, Henkle, Clements, Gilkey, Anient, Cheshire, Loughridge and Hildreth. Plans and suggestions were then in order and a carefully prepared paper was rend by our president, Mrs. Hen kle, showing interest in every depart ment aud words of encouragement to all superintendents. The president's suggestions in part areas fellows: May we be united, working shoulder to shoulder for God and home aud every land. Always having charity for on another, knowing none are perftct and ull of us are apt to make mistakes. 'In hcuor preferiug oue another. ' May we always work for the cause losing sight of ourselves and working lor the Glory of God. May the one object of our lives be to do good uulo others to save souls. This should be the key note of all our department work. ITsmg educational and preventive method rather thau reformatory, believing them to be more effective. May we have the spirit of the poet, who said "If I cuu stop one heart from breukiug I ihll not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or soothe one puin. Or help oue fainting rob n Into its nest again, 1 shall not live in vain." Of great Importance are Y aud L. T. L. branches to establish the young people and children in the principles of temperauca and purity. I believe we have the right leaders aud may we as a W. C. T. U. take an interest in this work aud assist our secre taries, Mrs. Savage and Mrs. Cow drey. In Legislative aud Christian Citisen ship work, while we have uo vote, we have our voices and may we use them to the glory of God and enforce ment of laws. Is intemperance our greatest enemy? If so, why? Be cause it handicaps ns in every branch of Christian work for example see how it effects the missionary work Bishop Newman writes of Africa : "I say it with all reverence, bnt so far as human eyes can see, Africa would be better off today without the pres ence of a missionary than that the ship that brings him should also bring strong drink. " He adds : ' 'Rum is the greatest barrier to our mission ary work in Africa, and not only in Africa, but everywhere. It jou can do anything in the name of God, save the poor heathen. The work we do is quickly undone by the effects of rum; in other words, rum destroys in one year what we accomplish there in many years. We will fail in Africa unless we have the assistance 'of the Christian governments of the earth to suppress this terrible traffic." Rev. David A. Day, for nearly a qnarter of a century a devoted mis sionary in the Liberian Mission on the west coast of Africa in an address said, "I wonder that the Africans do not shoot with poisoned arrows every white man that lands upon their coast for they have brought and are still bringing rum ; aud in a few decades more if the rum trafllo continues, there will be nothing left in Africa for God to save. The vile rum in that tropical climate is depopulating the country more rapidly than famine, pestilence and war." Knowing these facts how can we be Indifferent to the cause of temperance. May we as the Grants Pass W. 0. 1. U. not relax our efforts but press on in God's name against this greatest enemy of our churches and our homes. There is do reason to be alarmed at the magnitude of the work. The Lord is in it. May we bb a W. C. T. U. never be antagonistio in spirit but rather join hands with all forces which are for the betterment of mankind. May we ever be loving, tympathetio and tactful in oar work, thus creating public sentiment in favor of our cause. Above all, remember that we are living epistles .known and read of all men and order our lives accordingly. . The superintendents of department submitted plans which were accepted and which will appear in the column at time of meetings. Mrs. Lough ridge was invited to give her report of State convention. To this she re sponded with a very interesting ao count of the convention. Upon mo tion same was accepted and thanks extended Mrs. Loughridge. MRS. HATTIE L 0. CALVERT. Press Supt The Classified Ad oolamng of the Courier contain many items whioh will be of interest to yon and yon should make it a point to read them each week. How to Care For Honse Plants. House plants can be put out of doors with entire safety now. The best place for them Is on a veranda shel tered from the afternoon sun. Leave them In Ihelr pots. Plan for free cir culation of air about them. Do not nllow any that nre to be made use of In the house next winter to bloom dur ing the summer. Throw their strength Into the production of branches. These should be nipped nt the end from time to time to force the production of side branches, thus securing n bushy, com pact plant Willi plenty of flowering points. If not properly trained most plants adapted to bouse culture will grow Into awkward shapes, but with a little attention at the proper time they can easily be made symmetrical. The proper time Is now, while the plant Is In process of development. How to JuiIkc Melons. The first point in judging your melon Is the weight. A heavy fruit Is a good fruit, and If heavy, says the Pittsburg Dispatch, only the question of ripeness remains to be decided. A good ripe ness test Is the o lor. A ripe fruit Is f nigra nt, spicy, tempting to the nos trils. Mtisknielons with deep furrows and rough surfaces are sound and sweet. The color In the furrows Is also worth noting. If very greeny green It Is, underripe; yellow, and it Is npt to be mushy. A very smooth sur face often means that the melon is overripe. It may be sweet, but It will be too soft and dry for perfection. How to Manage nn Oil Stove. To take core of an oil stove, thor oughly clean and refill every time after using. If you allow oil and dirt to ac cumulate on It, It Is sure to smell un pleasant when lighted. Don't cut the wick, but rub off the charred parts with a rag or a piece of paper. Always turn the wick down before extinguish ing It and leave turned down till you are giitur to light It again. Uememher that the top of the part up and down which the wick runs needs to be kept thoroughly clean. Give It a rub Inside and outside every time you clean the stove, and If a crust forms round the top scrape It occasionally. How to Clean Japanese Fnraltnro. To clean Japanese furniture mix to gether one plut of strong cold tea. one pint of linseed oil, the whites of two eggs und two ounces of spirits of salt Put these Into a bottle and shake well to Insure nil the Ingredients being thor oughly mixed. Take n pad of old soft linen, pour a few drops on to this after well shaking the bottle and then polish It up with an old silk handkerchief. I Can Show A Better Bargain in Farm Lands and Citv Property Than you could find in a year by yourself JOSEPH MOSS, The Real Estate Man Hello 393 Office, 611 Residence. 516 E Street Grants Pass. Ore. St. Paul Minneapolis They are bound together by the fast and comfortable service of the Burlington Route. Superb trains via the Burlington's Mississippi River Scenic Line! No other way as satisfactory ! If planning a journey via the Twin Cities you can get from us information of value to you. Postal card Inquiries receine careful attention. liimrmpii. "fay Photo & Music Store COURIER BUILDING A full stock of Kodaks and Photo Supplies, Musical Goods, Sheet Music, Talking Machines New Record Received More to Follow Three $70.00 NewHomeSewingMachines Will be Soi l at $30 Each OCTOBER MUSIC We receive advance copies of new music from the Eastern music publishers and during September we received nearly 30 pieces Call and look them over. The complete mothly additions of Edison Phonograph Records will be inlstock in a fewldays. Photo Stkic Store You Chicago St. Louis R. W. FOSTER, Passenger and Ticket Agent, Burlington Route, Oor. 8rd& Stark Sts., Portland, Ore. Mmii