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About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1906)
ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANT'S PASS, OREGON, DECEMBER 7, 1906. Have You a Home in View? NEED OF ENFORCING FRUIT PEST LAW If so, don't be rash enough to buy without first consulting me. I krow and understand values. I may be able to save you t much money on it. If I can, it will be to your great advantage i to g;t acquainted with me And if you are not yet determined i where to buy, I may help your choice. I buy and sell and ex- $ change Real Estate in town or country, and I shall be happy to serve you in a professional capacity at any time. JOSEPH MOSS, THE REAL ESTATE MAN. Office 516 E St. ! HWMMHMtmMMVtWWMVH( True to Name. Free From Pests. FRUIT.'. TREES Oregon Nursery Company Salem, Oregon Charles Meserve, Agent, Grants Pass. Big stock of YELLOW NEWTON PIPPIN and SP1TZENBERG APPLE TREES that are of the perfect type of these most profitable of all apples for Rogue River orchardists. Pear Trees Free From Blight. All standard varieties. Walnut Trees. We are introducing after a thorough trial Pure Strain Franquelte Walnuts from the celebrated grafted grove of Mrs. E. M. Vrooman, near Santa Rosa, Calif. Write for Walnut pamphlet, sent free. Grape Vines. All the best varieties, healthy and vigorous. Peach Trees. Strong, well-rooted and leading kinds. Largest Nursery Stock on the Pacific Coast. Our Prices are Right and our stock the best. Law Must Be Enforced lor the Benefit of the Fruit Industry. , Editor Courier: Hating been re quested to write something on toe (Ideation of fro it raising, it ocenrg to tne that a tew thoughts on the ethical restores of the present frnit law would not be amies. Especially is it opportune in view of the fact that so many seem to misunderstand the real porposes for which the law whs enacted. Any new law is necessarily incon venient until the people become ac customed to its use. Infact, a change of any kind is ueually more or less annoying. We are so constituted, and generally so situated, that any change from the old way of doing things is considered to be heresy. It usually takes experience to bring about permanent conviction. While the present law governing the care and protection of our fruit in dustry is 'meeting 'with much oppo sitiou, I believe the time is not far distant when we will rise up and bless those who brought it into existence. There will be some loss of labor be fore we can expect to see the frnit industry reach a state of perfection bat this is one of the incidentals of all big undertakings. The "try, try again" motto must be applied to fruit raising as well as to any other business and if lack of in. telligence , leads os into trouble, we should be willing to pay the penalty, The mistake of those who complain of the fruit law is their failure to see the difference between the right to control one's business where it does not Interfere with the business of others and where it does interfere with the business of others. I may have the right to take the small pax and die with it, but certainly do not have the right to spread the disease among my neighbors. Society has a right to protect itself against any thing that affects' the whole cora ls plainly evident that of Oregon in the future depend on oar ability to Orient with good frnit; this, there must be We must be will- Good fruit in the future will be as cheap, comparatively, as bad fruit is now. If it is possible to raise the best, it is certainly our duty to do so, as well as our privilege to have and to enjoy the best. The law provides that on the ap plication of 25 resident frnit growers the connty court shall appoint a fruit inspector for the county. The duties of this inspector are well defined, and the circuit court of one district has sustained his right to exeoute the law. I would suggest, however, that the inspectors use good judgment in the performance of their duties. The people should have time to prepare themselves to do whatever is required of them. It would be wrong tt use drastic measures to begin with. Whatever is done should be agreeable to all parties concerned. Common sense and kindness should always characterize public officials. About all that is needed is to have all under stand that the law is designated to benefit the entire people. Oregon is dentlned to become a great country, and no one should be lacking in that state pride which is so necessary to success. STEHPEN JEWELL DISASTROUS RESULTS OF THE CAR SHORTAGE Inability to Market Lumber Re sponsible for Great Lose to Lumber Interest. inanity. It the welfare will largely supply the and in order to do concert of action. iug to make reasonable sacrifice to begin with at least. The cry of cheap fruit for the poor is misleading. There is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and until the last few years was supposed to be incur able For a great many years doc tors pronounced it a local disease and prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Science has proven catarrh to be a constitutional disease and therefore requires constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured by P. J. Cheney Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional oure on the market. It is taken internally in doses fails to oure. Send for circulars and testimonials. Address: K. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75o. Take Hail's Family Pills for consti pation. A Guaranteed Core for Pllrt. Itching, Blind, Bleeding, Protrad ing Piles. Druggists are authorized to refund money if PAZO OINT MENT fails to cure in 6 to 14 days. "His Master's Voice." The Photo aud Music Houso has been appointed selling agent for Josephine county for the Victor Talk ing Machine and a full stock of ma chines and records will be in stock early next week. Come in and hear "His Master's Voice." The Portland Oreaonian thus sums up tbe car shortage situation : Cars needed by Oregon and Wash ington mills 6442. Cars supplied during Novebmer 233. Twenty-four mills hae not re ceived a single car this month. Six mills have closed since Novem ber 1. Others have been forced to run shorter hours aud curtail their output. This condition means bankruptcy for some lumber manufacturers, aud serious losses for all. Laborers emlpoyed in the mills forced to close Bre innocent victims of the failure of the railroads to properly equip themselves. It is estimated that 40 "sawmills in this state have been forced to close be cause they were unable to get cars from the railroads in which to market their products. Some of these mills have resumed, but the loss to all has been heavy. Owners of mills have been forced into bankruptcy, mills have been turned over to receivers, and men whose capital has been invested in plants which could not run because of lack of cars to carry their products to market, have been ruined. This, too, during a time when every other condition, save railroad trans portation, is extremely favorable to profitable lumber manufacture. Tbe demand was never so good and prices are high. Losses to Oregon mill owners that are directly attribntable to the car shortage are incalculable, but they have mounted into the hundreds of thousands. One mill alone reports its losses amount to 1100,000. A Miraculous Cure. The following statement by H. M. Adams and wife, Henrietta, Pa., will interest parents and others: A miraculous enra has taken place in our home. Our child had eczema 5 years and was pronounced incnrable, when we read about Elctrlo Bitters. and concluded to try it. Before the second bottle was all taken we noticed a change for the better, and after tak ing seven bottles he was completely cured." It's the np-to-date blood medicine and body building tonio Guaranteed. 60c and ft. 00 at all druggists. NOTICE TO SALOON MEN. In view of the report that certain saloon keepers of Jospehine county are violation the laws governing the sale of intoxicatng liquors, notice is nereoy given tnat while the County Judge and Commissioners are dis posed to comnlv with all lesal rinni fo ments, those to v. horn license to sell liquor may be granted will be ex pected to do the same. The law nlainlv forhids t.ho oolUn of liuuor to minors and habitnai drunkards at any time, and to anv person on Sunday. It further pro vides that a violation or these pro visions shall work a forfeiture of li- STEPHEN JEWELL, County Judge. M. A. WERTZ, Commissioner, J. T. LOGAN, Commissioner. J. E. PETERSON (pioneer) F1RL, LIFE AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AGENT Still doing business at the old stand. Cor. Sixth and 1) streets. Grants Kans. - Ohkoon. Weigh Carefully the question of where you will do your banking! And we feel sure your final judgment will be in favor of placing your money in the Grand Pass Banking & Trust Company's Bank where you will always re ceive courteous treatment; where your affairs will be handled in the most thoroughly business-like man ner, and where you can have im plicit confidence in the trustworthi ness of the institution. E LETCHER'S JEWEL11Y STORE Is the place to get Reliable Goods at Right Prices. Make your friends happy by presenting them with a good article, something that will last and that is guaranteed to be as represented. Your choice of the following articles: SILVER WARF OF ALL KINDS WATCHES FROM $1.00 to $100.00 RINGS ALL KINDS OF SETS FROM GARNETS TO DIAMONDS WEDDING RINGS I carry nothing but solid gold in rings ALL KINDS OF GENTS' AND LADIES' CHAINS AND FOBS NECK CHAINS, LOCKETS, SOLID GOLD CHARMS, BRACELETS BROACHES A tine line of solid gold, some set with Diamonds others with Pearls. CALL AND LOOK OVER MY STOCK. ENGRAVING FREE. A. L