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. !
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Pear Trees Free From Blight.
All standard varieties.
Walnut Trees.
We are introducing after a thorough trial Pure Strain Franquelte
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Grape Vines.
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Peach Trees.
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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.
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Take Hail's Family Pills for consti
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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
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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
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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.
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