Rogue River courier., March 15, 1907, Image 1

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VOL. XXII.
VISITOR PRAISES
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
. I C 1 1 D 1
nd Corp of Excellent
Tetvchers.
j, Editor A friend said to me
othor day "Grants Pass may well
nroud of lier pablio schools, taken
,11 in all they compare favorably with
Tof like grades on this coast sorely
, t the preient rate of progress
vfill soon raua uujuug wie uesi
it country over." it pieasea nie to
MTemy friend say this, for he is a
dew observer, besides he had voiced
,r own opinion fully.
Iteoee wimuui. suiug, miib gives
,ell deserved praise to our excellent
Jiool board or tue t)road generous
. i i : 1 1 i
jjjcj and gooa uusiueiss uieuious
i1.D in their efforts io give us of
be best, polioy that has, looked be-
tend the present and works for the
itore s well, we sr provided
rih boildings whion meet present
itedi two of which are up-to-date in
arti for the work and of archi
wtoral beauty our buildings are all
.f them brick structures and well
The older or high school
sjilding, although large, will doubt
leuis s few years give place to a
tincture modern ana np-to-aate in
'icilites sb are the Riverside aad
buildings. Onr able auperin-
odeiit, who. by his masterly aligu-
aintof tbe edooational forces put in
:U hands is laying foundations broad
d deep for that splendid structure
,i call Eduoation, ' he well merits
u recognition and sympathetic ap-
-inL His fine corps of teachers,
kui of whom have the capacity for
iher positions than they are called
fill Here are doing a work the value
which for the rising generation we
:uoot too highly prize. Running
rough all the grades aud tbe high
itool there is to be noted a fine,
jil school spirit, always the out-
tee of firm, kindly discipline, the
drock of all attainment.
Doubtless we do not all of us know
utour high shool has already an
-.v.pment for those who desire
je course hut little inferior to
xol many of the academies and
ar preparatory schools both in the
Lmnd the West.
The natural sciences are ably taught
k-o the varied mathematics, history,
I:;liih literature and other branches
tbe more technical or practical
"M and other studies for the
'tly classical oourBes are taught
'7 thoroughly. These include
pi, also Greek if desired the
::ipmrnt for all these is excellent,
-nmraphy now has a place in the
vticslum music is yet to have place.
t piano forte has been purchased
the school and will prove an in
iting fuctor, stimulative aud help-
GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAkCH IS, 1907.
No. 50.
HOOD RIVER IN
ASCALE PANIC
Consignment of Nursery Stock I.
Found Infested With Se.n
Jose Scale.
Hood River fruit
oiimuijr agitated over tha r..t u..
a 01 B COnmininiQii, . .. .
ut lree ,n(tt
xuny received by a local nursery
man kdm i . -
.miu to oe infested with
San Jose scale. When they found
' rauious apPlB orchards ol
trwl IJ i i
vaney were menanced bv
uie presence of this dread pest they
insisted that prompt action be taken
to avoid the possibility of such a
calamity, (joany Fruit Ir.nBrtn, n
R. Castner was notified of the pres-
i me caie and examined the
irees. He found them in a diseased
condition and State Horticulural
commissioner R. H. Weber of The
Dalles was communicated with and
the nurseryman ordered not to per
mit their disposal.
The trees are said to have been re
ceived from an extensive grower of
nucleus for a library is estab-d-here
are to be found many of
leading magazines, books of travel,
"i of a scientific character, his--Cil
biographical, etc., etc. Valu
' contributions are from time to
made by friends, Entertain-
httate gotten up at times in the
Kn of this institution and in the
listaiit tnt lira nnr corinnlo Will YA
:;?Pd with a good, well-selected
vy.
ii' is but an imperfect sketch of
BDe, growing educational plant.
nursery stock in the Willamette vi.
ley, who admits that the trees showed
indications of scale, but says they
were dipped in a solution which is
supposed to kill any infection of ihi.
kind and that they had been Dassed
upon by the state inspeotor for that
district. Before prohibiting the Bale
of the trees Commissioner Weber
placed several of them under a power
ful microscope and ;6ays he discoverd
the presence of several ljve scale.
He states that as one female will pro
pagate 5,000,000 yoaug in a seasou the
trees, if planted are liable to infect
au tne orchards in the valley. None
of them will be sold and it is ex
pected that they will be destroyed.
wnile growers admit that tbe sale
of the trees ought not to be allowed
they say that the matter is unfortu
nate and comes at a very inopportune
time, as it is about time for the
Spring setting and .for some time it
nas been almost impossible to secure
young trees for that purpose. Dur-
iug the , past. Jwo months there has
been no nursery stock for sale in the
valley and dealers elsewhere .have
been unable to supply the great de
mand for nursery stock. Many acres
which have been cleared during the
Winter and put iu condition for the
Sprii,g setting will have to lie fallow
until uext Fall unless nursery stock
can be secured and at present there is
no indication as to where it can be
obtained. Growers are offeriuK a
premium for healthy stock and are
scouring the country to secure it.
Notwithstanding their dilenia the de
cision of the county fruit inspector
meets with popular approval and they
say that rather than t ike any chances
they are willing to let their lani go
unplauted until they can secure
healthy trees.
Hammock, the photographer now
has two young laly helpers aud can
attend to miy amount of work
promptly. Come and see what we
have for you. Opposite post office.
I GRANTS PASS HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
Musicevle
On Friday evening a musical was
given for the benefit of tbe High
School piano. The program which
was beautifully eudered was as fol
lows :
Piano duet . . . . Wlna and Errol Gilkey
Piano solo Pauline Coe
Vocal duet Mrs. Barnes aud Mrs. Bates
Piano solo Ailma Wolke
ocal solo H. L. Andrews
Piano solo Lacoeta Mangum
lOlln SOlo Mnri.in l'luko
Vocal solo with violin obligate
Miss Nina Paddock, Miss Burton
Piano solo Flava Hackett
Piano solo ..Victor Nu7oll
Piano duet
Clare Kremer and BesseDavis
Debcte.
The long looked for March 22d is
near at hand. On that evening the
debate between the High Schools of
Salem and Grants Pass will take place
at trie opera house in this city. This
will be the final debate of the year
and will determine the champion
ship of the Western Oregon Debating
League. It promises to be a very
close and interesting contest as each
team hat already won a victory this
year and neither met defeat. The
question to be debated is "Resolved,
That the Railrtads of the United
States should be owned and operated
by the Government." The Grants
Pass team, consisting of Herbert
Gilkey, Harold O'Neill and Randall
Hood, will support the negative.
The Salem team .is also all boys, one
of whom, Willim J. Perkins was for
merly of Grants Pass.
As Salem has one of the largest
High Sohools in the state it is cer
tainly an honor to debate with iter,
but we intend to let her know that
there is something doing in Grants
Pass. No one can afford to miss the
opportunity of hearing this e'ebate
and the opera house should be
crowded to it's fullest extent.
which lasted for several weeks. The
monotony of school life was occasion
ally enlivened by the prmission to
vent onr feelings in the school yell and
in various other ways it was made
manifest to all that something unusual
had already, now is, or would happen
in the future. But yelling is'nt the
only way to show High School Spirit
We now have in the assembly room a
new piano of which I am sure we are
1 1 . .
an very prouo. ana yel there were
hardly a dozen High School pupils to
the musical e last Friday evening.
which was given to mite fands to pay
lor the piano. On last Mondaay even
mg both of our Basket Ball teams
gave another exceptionally good exhi
bition of their prowess. The boys
giine was one of the most closely con
tested aud highly interesting games of
the season, one that would have amply
repaid anvoue for his trouble in going
to see it, yet heie, as at the Moaiole,
tne High School pupils were a minus
quantity. The faithful few were in
attendance but the hopeless majority
were the knows where. The de
bate on March 22 will be an excellent
opportunity to show both kinds of
spirit. Each one can do his prt by
coming aud giving his material sup.
port aud afterwards join in the yells.
On Friday, tbe teachers are going
to visit tbe Medford Schools and as
school could not keep without teachers
we will have a vacation. To most of
the stuoeots it is a great disappoint
ment as you can easily imagina
The Grants Pass Boy's Basket Ball
Team goes to Medford on Friday to
beat the Medford boys.
IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS
TO SCHOOL LAW
The First Year Latin class has lost
another student. Every scholar who
drops out is greatly missed. We hope
that no one else will desert ns.
but I have thought it would be well,
iu view of tbe fact that we so often
hear of the things we do not have
in Grants Pass, to call to mind
the things we do have, that from
these we may get courage to attempt
good work on other lines.
CITIZEN.
Must Be Sold Quickly
IS ACRES
PRICE ONLY
$350
TERMS
In the edpe of Grants Pass; Cottage of
3 rooms, two small chicken houses,
aizn.l nark. About 200 well a?
Borted and pood bearing strawberries.;,
A number of fine young fruit trees, a;;
portion of which are in good bearing.!;
Two wells on place. Land is sub.rn-;;
gated. Excellent place lor pouurj
and berries.
win Q,.0nr Sinn down and easy terms
i mnnr Vioa tn rrn awaVlS
on uaiancw. uci t--
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W- L. IRELAND
THE REAL ESTATE MAN
Ground Floor, Opera House Block
the line, but
it stands six
Girl' B&aket Ball Game,
'Tis a Monday night and the game
at the hall, by the Basket Ball Girls
is open to all. Hark I Hear he shrill
whistle 1 The game is begnn. The
ball goes up high no victory won.
But as it come down, Lydla gi ves it a
bat and makes it go flying while one
girl falls flat. Now, Anna May has
it. she throws 'way acros, but back,
back to the other side it is tcsstd.
Lydia tries for a basket, the victory is
won The crowd is jost roaring
they think th's such fun. The next
Addie hits it and Pearl would ca'ch,
but Clara is ready they make a good
match. Now, Pearl gets the ball,
and a basket iB tuadti by accident
though, as somebody si id. The gam!
thus progress, excitement and
mirth, keeps the spectators laughing
for all they are worth. There's often
a foul and a cross of
when the game's ended
to nine.
Reflection of the Old High
School Piano.
When I was It, They nsed me,
And jost how ninch they abused me
They never knew.
For years aud years they've played me
And on, such tones they made me
Give out to them.
And ne'er a rei roofwas beard from me
Wheu each iu turn would drum me
For I was It.
Knt they beat all the time ont of me,
I hn scornfully said they did not love
me,
'Cause I was old.
So a new one came in place of me,
Rough by the door they shove me
Out into the hall.
Iu this cold place they leave me,
Knowing not how much they grieve
me,
By their scorn.
Listen! Softly my rival's notes float
to me,
If only out the window they had
thrown me
Where I oonld not hear !
Oh New Piano, take this advise from
me
"When for drumming your notes will
bum be
You'll not be it!"
School Spirit.
Tbe victorious return of oor debat
ing team signaled a marked revival of
hool spirit in, thejHigh School,
'botany Excursion.
On Wednesday afternoon, the mem
bers of the Botany class made a last
excursion with Mr. Harrison. Shortly
before the lait class period, we;were
informed that we were to take an
other of those so much desired ex
cursions, and feeling verv important,
we started on onr way. As we all
wanted to visit the reservoir, our
teaoher consented and soon we were
nearing the woods in the west part of
the city. We noted the scarcity of
vegetation, aualyzed a few flowers and
then fouud ourselves at the foot of the
rcsrevoir Seeing no way to climb to
the top we went on down to the tun
nel, were kindly invited iu and told
to stand near the wall aud uot get
frightened when the car came down.
SDddenly we heard a terrible noise
and in au instant the car shct by us
like a whirlwind. But this was not
the worst thiug that happened. We
were then told to climb up the track ;
this looked somwhat risky to some of
oh, bnt seeing uo other way out of it
we started up. All succeeded in
reaching the top with the exception
of two, who collapsed when they
reached the highest point. There
they sat, half way from either end,
until one of the men assisted them on.
After seeing all the sights, w.i ran,
rather than walked down the hill and
were foon seen approaching the school
building, thinking ourselves a great
deal wiser.
The reception tendered the Seuiors
aud the debating team on Wednesday
evening, March lyth by Prof. A. E.
Harrison at his homo on Seventh
street, was a very enjoyiible affair.
Among the games which enlivened
the eveuiug was a list of conundrums
entitled "Some celebrities" to be
answered by the names of those presj
ent ; these were very clever and in
trusting. In the course of the eveo
ing Herbert Gilkey, as spokesman,
pu sented Mr. Harrison with a fount
ain pen as a token from those pr es
ent, expressing their appreciation of
his efforts on their behalf.. Light
refrehsiuents were served and all
spent a pleasant evening. The for
tunate ones were the Misses Amy
Itaaee, Ella Savage, Nina Paddock,
Esther Holloway, Auuabclla Liethe,
Wilua Gilkey and Bessie Liethe and
Messrs. Fritz Deao Randall Hood
Harold O'Neill and Herbert Gikley.
A Burlesque in the Opera house by
the Men of Bethany Church. Date,
March 8a. if you want a good, hearty
latigh, come out that night. If you
think it's wicked to laugh, stay at
home that night. 8-1 It.
Truant Law la Made More Rigorous-District
High
Schools.
THE COUNTY COURT
HOUSE PROPOSITION
Two of the most important amend
ments made to the school law by the
reoent legislature were those of mak
ing the truant law more rigorous aad
providing for district high schools.
Oregou now has the strictest compul
sory educational law of uuy state in
the United States and after May, when
it goes into effect there will be a hur
rying into shcool of the scores of boys
and girls now loafing on the streets or
working in the various towns in Ore
gon for the punishment is so severe
on both parents aud children that they
will not care to incur is enforcemen.
The following are the requiremens
of tbe law :
All childrn beween the aires nf
n . . .
v ana 14 years must go to public
school all the term. The Children
from 14 to lrt must either work or go
to school. Tbe exception to these re
quirements are children in private
schools, pupils physically uuable to
attend, pupils under 10 liviug more
than one and one-half miles from
schools, pupils of any age living more
man mree inues rroin school aud
pupils nnder private tutors at home.
The steps for the enforcement of the
law are as follows :
1. Appoluuient of truant officers In
each district. 2. First-class districts
have power to call on nolice.
County Court Seeking to Know
Wishes ol Tax Payers Alive
to People's Interest.
3. County Superintendent furnishes
officers with a list of teachers.
4 Teaoher oompares record with
census each monh. 6. Teaoher re
ports delinquents to seceretay of
boundary board. 6. Secretary reports
to traont ottlce. 7. OUicer notifies
parents and teachers. 8. Offices
makes complaint to Justice of Peaoe.
9. Justice issues warrant and con
ducts trial. The panishment for
truancy is a flue of from f.5 to f'JO or
imprisonment of from two to 10 dava
and all officers, including the Scho.'l
Superintendent and teachers, may be
fined from 5 to t-Ofor failure to per
form the duties incumbent on them
under the act.
The following ate the principal
features of the law providing for dis
trict high schools :
Two or more districts mar unite in
rounding a high school and all dis
tricts thus interested in a high school
will be exempt from a count v hivh
school tax. The ohlef Incentive for
the estabishmeut of these schools,
however, lies in the fact that a pupil
may demand his school money from
any district which does not n aintain
a high school and go elsuwhere to
school.
Several changes in the laws govern
ing teachers' salaries and qualifica
tions are made. Under the old law a
teacher oould secure a third-grade cer
ticllwtes in one county and then secure
another third-grade in auother county,
if not able to qualify for a second
grade certificate. This cannot be
done now. The same condition pre
vails iu regard to second grade cer
ticrJates, with the result that a
teacher must keep studying In order
to raise the grade of his certificate.
A teachrer must also pass in
aauinouai nrancnes plivsical seoir
raphy and English litemtnre in order
to secure a first grade certicflatu.
While these changes mean more
work for teachers, they are given
large salaries by the provision ttiat
districts must apply at letst 8." pei'
cent of the amount received from the
county aud state school fond for
teachers' salaries. As the amount
appropriated by the county has been
increased from 'l to 7 per capita, it
means a substantial increase in
salaries.
Hereafter districts are compslled to
Editor Courior
As some of our oitizeus seem to
misauderstand the Court House propo
sition that is being voted on, I wish
to place the matter before your
readers in its proper light.
It has been intimated that the
couuty officials are trying to force
the building of a new court house to
the neglect of other needed improve.
tneuts. This is very far from beiug
tin case. Iu fact, it is not the propo
sition of the commissioners court.
At our last term of court, we ap
pointed a oouiuiittee to make au esti
mate of such repairs as were needed
aud report at the April pterin. This
committee after careful investigation
fouud that the house needed a new
roof, additional rooms, another vault,
replasteriug, and repainting and that
the cost would be at least J000.
Also, while we were making these
estimates, quite a number of tax
payers suggested the advisability of
selling the old house aud building
new one. So, on this suggestiou, we
simply asked the taxpayers of the
county what they thought about it.
And now that a majority have voted
against the proposition to build a new
house, we will report accordingly.
As to the bridge across Rogue river,
we have just had the nnder part in
pected and have spoken to a bridge
expert to inspect the upper timbers,
which shows that we are not blind
to the Interest of the traveling public.
As to the Present Owner Book lately
made by Doranoe E. Dotsou, it loost
about f 180 and is np-to-date iu every
particular.
I mention these facts in order that
the people may see that the present
oounty officials are fully alive to the
faot that they are servants of the
people, and that ..the people have
right to expect efHelent Her vice. It is
not our business to advertise the nns
takes of the ipast, but" it is ou'busi-
ness aud our'duty to carefully look in
to all of the details of county work,
and to fully protect every interest.
Very respectfully,
STEPHEN JEWELL.
Lot us make your picture we
guarantee to please you. Hammock's
Photo and Art Studio. 3-lft 2t
have four months school iu each year
instead of three as under the old law.
More money will, be provided for the
districts by the" county for now iu
making the tax levy the county oourt
is required to make the levy large
two 'enough to raise for apportionment to
the various districts of the oounty an
amount that will give each district
f 7 for each person between the ages
of 4 aud ''0 years. Under the old
law the amount was Q per capita of
school children. This new law will
especially benefit country districts
that make no tax levy and have little
school for now they will pay mora
school tax and have more school even
though the nioiwhack element may not
like it.
BAKTLETT PEARS-Several thons-!
and strictly first-clans, one year old
. Bartlett Pear Trees 4 to 6 feet high.
Also Walnuts and ornamental trees, :
shrubs aud roses. J. B. Pilking. t
ton, nurseryman, Portland, Ore.
Get Ready For Spring
JIOUSl laXTUltlCS
Have on a few prices that will very much reduco
the cost of making the IIOME look new. Note these
reductions for they are uot ordinary, and are for now
Wall papers, regular li'jc values for 25c
25c " 18c
A few special numbers in choice
patterns of carpets, regular 75c for.... 52'2C
Regular $1.25 values for 90c
1J yard carpet rugs worth $2.50 for $1.75
Comfortors, regular $1.50 for !.()()
Go-Carts new 1907 Patterns Just in
Thomas O'Neill.
Headquarters lor tiling for the House