1 Iter 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-- i 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