For Spot Cash By MarlKa. MtCulloch -William Copyright, 1104, by ll.mr Kpragu 1 WOMAN hlKlm, "I wlh.' A mini should fay, 'I will.'" Norrl rcud from an old commonplace book, adding, with a Utile lauh; "Lord, how thlt generation discount Unit fine piece of Bulwer's sentimentality! Women now aday have got pust sighing anything-. Instead they nay thing, and, behold, the thlnga are done," ; "Wlili:b uicnn, If anything, that you're dead sore," Marvin retorted, pullltiK hard at hi pipe. "I don't won der at It," he went ou. "You were o Injniortally certuln Ilaby Currau would make ducka and drake of her venture. When, lo, six..' succeeded In a way to atoulHh everybody." "Wrong, a a uaiuil," NorrlH comment ed. Marvin Nliook hla bead, with a lazy IuukIi, saying: "George, but I'm (lad Ixiddy Cumin left nothing but debta and a livery (table to hla dork Of children. There wn nothing for Baby to do excel keep on with the business" "There waa. Hhe might have mar ried me," Norrla Interrupted. "Sue knew I'd look out for her stepmother and the kid" "No doubt." Marvin broke In, "but Unit lan't Knby'a way. Iion't you re member bow at school Hint wouldn't be told In cIiihm or have lu r aiiuia done for her? Honest Independence la her rutlDK mi anion no much no, li!'l"ed. 1 f cured to have her go Into IIiIh. I :i1 dy Curriiu never thought of doubting anyUxly' word until be bad to. I thought Itnby waa ofT the stune piece. f!o alio la, but she's got something else In her. Her spot chhIi conscience, she calla It. 1 heard her explaining to old Major Aitnn thut the way to avoid bad debta waa to have no tlebta at all and let the bunk do all the bookkeep ing" Norrla drummed hard on the tnMe "I'm a fool to kit-p on curing!" he burat out. "She puta me BKlde like a last year's bonnet; won't beiir to mar rylug me until the debla are puld and Benny boy through mhnol and ready to tep Into her shoe. That iiiciiiih four yenra at leant. Meantime there's the devil to pay with my people. They're not purve proud, but who can hliime them If they don't want to welcome aa a daughter n headstrong young wouiuu irho baa made heraelf the talk of the ounty, not even though alie did It with tlx) beat Intention In the world? My mother at mo yesterday, axklug m If I wutited u wife who had grown alinrp at bargululng wltli half the borne dealer anil tciiiuNter In the country wide. It aii'iim Ilnby la setting up to buy aaddle stuck" I don't know anybody with a bet ter light Hhe knowa horaea tietter than tlie nxiat of ua," Marvin Inter posed. "Ami, all thlnga coualdereiL It ia a total thing. Hhe ha her market ready made, aa It were. Thoae city folka take everything of cluit alio can find them and ay her a handsome profit." "You Hcein to hold a brief for hur," Norrla aald Riilklly, a gleuin of ua ptclou In hi eye. "It might be well for you to join hand with her. You might make more at horae dealing than you ever did at the law." "Very likely - If I bud Itiiby'a chance. But certainly I ahan't scheme to take it from her." Marvin said steadily; then, flushing a little, he mldcil: "I would be only too ghul to Join Ii:iihIm with her In anything and for life, lint alie baa let me Know that out of the qilittlloii When nlic act you frif she left herself bnuinl. little ns you deserve It." The hint word was flung over hi ahotilder. lie hail risen nml was strid lug lowurd the dour. Norrl looked after him, half angrily, half sliuinedly. then glanced about the handsomely np Nlntetl otllee with it scowling hihmt. Ills uriiliilfiithcr had lus-ti governor, til father a u senator, his neither led society In .Mllughiiin. Naturally ahe lisike.l high for her only son, much higher than a bankrupts daughter, who hud taken upon n-r hot:h1er-i an un omanly htirileii Slill she h i, I not set herself iM-td against l.er son's choice Khe had even :i c,l. thooch niMtllv. Ills lull nt ion ol' nui l.m,' I low . then, ah-mid lie sii--i,ist ft;;1 1 she was plili lllllg to ll.s, (I, i.itelltloll? The hinge of the l i n was l-.-s ! t ! i.-.i li w Well a beauty, M:ss Aithea. If one timid hate oorlooko,l her ii.mo I n foitnn.,cl it si.iod out so boldly mci looking It wis lnisssi,c eten In tile i-ff iilgeuce of her many doll ns It was tlic nose as n:lt h as an thing else tint had made lit.tmlle Virrts feel so lunch at ra-" with her She had come for a long v sit. uinl xlliiighain ns making 1 1 1 in T i of I i v, ct somehow she had not I con brought f i. e to ft,-,, with II. il v. who hid now ad, us little time and los ii.om. for ru!!!':ig It !n the tow ii g ucti.-s n r's himself tw her but hi I. tile t,:,i, !,, s c went ami tarie s.. tiitvrt-!i-th m. ai such odd tin is1,. ,s.i'! :...t iv , .-i d CIllN M ere old ,.f (' e ,;ll st ei " ,. 1 t tie new ... e ii ' s .... ,i In.l '. It- to s t i !, i ,. t' ... . ' ' OVt ,!'., o ,,. ,. .. I , .. fcl! Hi 1 :' . e M ' ,i tubes,: t ., '. . .i ;. i . ,, , broui.l t ' i .,.'1 , i' ( , , ,, lug 1- lb' ' -I . lit ,-' f . I. I ,)., t.U 11'. Aithea anug beaide her. lie ruahed out to greet Oi0 and almost dragged them Inside. Verj shortly thereafter he went away with '.hem upon an errand ha did not in the li uitt relish. Ml Aithea had heard of Huby Curran'a venture: further, she bud lost her heart to a Hue aaddle mure liahy bad Juat bought and Ht-iit out to exerciae. She meant to have the creature at almost any price, ao Norrla. perforce, went along to aec the bargaining. He did not go quite blindly. Though he hud never let him self acknowledge It. he wua not Insen alble to what he would gain If he could bring himself to marry Mis Hoawell. If he meant ever to do Uiut, It was well not to net the new fancy beaide the old. He writhed at the thought, hoping against hope for some mlrucu loua chance to tuke liaby away. But, moat liicunaiHtently. he felt a doodlng gladnem at night of her, mulling a wel come from the door of the neat dingy office. Bhe wa aorry, dreadfully sorry, but Black Icezy waa not to be bought. Bhe had been bought, Indeed, upon a apeclal order from the city stable and would be aent there as soon aa ever ahe got a little wonted to the bustle of streets. Yes, ahe had got a fine com mlaalon. No, Mlaa It o well eould not hare the mare by doubling, trebling, quadrupling It -not for anything at all. Hhe (Haby) wn aorry to aeem dis obliging, but ahe could do nothing else. Blie had given her word and must keep It; had promlacd the dealer the beat horae to be found and, having found one without a match, waa bound to let him have It. Mia Itoawell hud been silken soft at the (intact. Finding herself thus wlth atood for the alike of what seemed to her a flue Hpun scruple, abe showed a temper a high aa her none and flounc ed acroNS the atiill front, saying to Mm. Norrla In pretended aside: "lan't It lucky? I didn't really want the mare only to see what a woman horae Jockey Is like. Hhe'i not bad looking either. You might take her to bo quite reaiiectable unless you knew better." well meant she should. ' Hl.e stepped ! back a pace, going white, then red. ber ' band hanging helplessly at her sides. ; Norrla llkewlae heard; he flushed dark- j If and made aa If to stand by hla ; weetheurt. Hut hla mother waa rail- j lug him, likewise his duty a a cour-! teous host. With a look half angry. , half apologetic, be followed the two; retreating figures toward their car-' rtage. Halfway to It he .topped and I bak turned about, to see Marvin ' standing with Haby's hand In hla, ber face raised to his and ber eyea wet Instantly he flung back to them, but ! Ha by waved him away. When be bad ! gone ami the carriage was out of hear- j Ing. she said to Marvin, with a little ! bard breath: "I'oor Urauvlllel I ought I not to blame him. He baa maybe ' caught my faith In spot cash." Then, mini uuarrouutably, she hid ber face In her hands and sobbed hard minute, but lookisl up after It, smil ing a brave yet pltisius sin lie. Marvin ' took ber baud ngulu and prewed It ewer so little, saying In a half whisper: "Honey, cry all you want to between now ami the New Year. We are going to get mnrrlts.1 then and live happy ever after." liahy'a answer was a blush nud al ienee, but the wedding came off duly, a month ahead of the Norrla Itonwell affair. Ioe III Hand by a Rite. Springfield. O.. March 13.- rank Lewi, conductor on the Springfield V London traction Hue, has lost his right hand as the result of having been hllten by a drunken man. whom be tried to put off the car several weeks ago. A few days later blood poisoning set In, and It was found necessary to amputate the wounded member to save the man's life. Vienna Protects lis ( llliem. YIhiib, March 1.1 In order In save the people from the ctioitlons of the coal monopoly, the city t-oun, il Is planal.g to eu.sge in lbs cent, hunlness. rl men Yt'AP 1 a is i tf c I U 1 . a! AM, ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS OREGON, MARCH 13, SAGE MILLIONS 10 HELP P WIKOW OF CAI'ITAUST SKEKf To i;i;nKi- i.ivi.vtJ coxiu- TIO.YS IX I'XiTKI STATES. I.cgislat.ire Asked to Incorporate 9lii.(ii)ii,()00 Koundution to Curry Out I'Luiis. New York, March 13. Mrs Rus sell Sue", through her counsel, At torney Henry W. UeKoreat, yesterday auihoriz d the following statement in regard to the Sage foundation, a bill for the Incorporation of which has been Introduced In the Senate at Albany. "I have set aside $10,000,000 for the endowment of the foundation. It object is the Improvement of social and living conditions in the United States. "The means to that end will in clude research, publication, educa tion, the establishment and mainten ance of charitable and beneficial ac tivities, agencies and Institutions, and the aid of any such activities, agent-lea and Institutions ulready established. "It will be within the scope of such a foundation to Investigate and study the cause of adverse social condi tion, including ignorance, poverty and vice, to suggest how the condi tions can be remedied or ameliorated , put nto operation any approprl- I ate means to that end. "It will also be within the scope of ! such a foundation to establish any DeW BR'nCy n"8fi"ry t0 0,,t W ot " conclusions and equally to contribute to the resources of any exUtlng agencies which are doing efficient and satisfactory work. "While Ita scope is broad, it toxlu preferably not undertake t0 do what u now belrlg done or Is effectively done by other . . . t , .,k individual, or by other agencies wt h resource.. It will be Its aim to take up the larger and more difficult problems and take them up Insofar as possible In such a manner as to secure co-operation and aid in the 0iution. In some Instance, it may wisely Initiate movements with the eipectatlen of having them maintain themselves unaided after once being started. "In other instances It may start other movements with the expecta tion of carrying themselves. In come will be used for Its charitable purposes, because the foundation Is to be permanent and its action con tinuous. It may, however, take In vestments fur social betterment which themselves produce Income. "While having headquarters In New York City, where Mr. Sage and I have lived and where social prob lems are most pressing and compli cated, partly by reason of lis extent and partly because It Is the port of entry for about I.ouii.rtoo Immi grant a year, the foundation will he national In Its scope and in lis ac tivities. "1 have sought to select as mv trustees men und women who are fa miliar with MX-inl problems end who can hni.is In their solution lint only li ,il ai.il Inseres:, hut opoi lonce guj judgment." Threaten Strike on Veiv S. I'. Itnlc. I'a'hcrKti. Id, t'al . Man li 1 :'.. - it wan made known today -mit South cm I'aililc employes a e making a ib'ti i mined effort to prevail upon t !-. company to rescind lis order com pollini; a physical eva iniua' Ion of c crv applicant foi emp'oies delate mplo The h. in nig 111, ni b Ml llls- I, ax. I .1 ST l-.lii ii -,,, , Iti'l'i Tno Moi. llll.lll Killed hi .in Icicle. :.i IV.. , v.,, . ; . A h el l LUMBER CARS TIED CP. There Are 4.H00 I-oatled Cars Sotr Awaiting Shipment East. Belllngham, Wash., March 13. Although shippers were notified by Great Northern officials yesterday that the embargo on forest products had been raised and offerings would be accepted from now on, all appli cations for cars were refused, and there seems no prospect for resump tion of shipments for two or three 1 weeks. There are now 4,800 loaded cars west of the Cascades awalMng shipment east, and no more cars will I be loaded until they are forwarded, j No cars have been loaded with ! lumber or shingles in Northwestern Washington for sixty days. Ninety 1 per cent of the rail shipping mills are closed down and will not be reopened until thir yards are cleared of ac ; cumulated stocks, which under ordi : nary conditions cannot be done for ' at least a month after the railways ! commence furnishing cars. TIMBER. FOR MATCHES THE DIAMONH MATCH COMPANY ADDS 0,000 ACRES TO THEIR HOLDINGS. Chicago. March 13. Edwin A. Potter and Granger Farwell, direc tors, and O. C. Barber, I'resident of the Diamond Match Company, have returned from California, where they secured an option on about 90,000 acres of timber land adjoining the company's present holdings. Timber experts are now making examina tions, and if their report Is favor able, the property will be taken at once. The company's earnings for the last fiscal year have been nearly $2, 000.000. The earnings in the cur rent year will be somewhat larger. JI XK MAX (JETS TAIH.ET. Bought Broaw Testimonial for' Rio cum Disaster From Thief. New York, March 13. Albert Dunham, 19 years old, was convicted yesterday in Queens County Court of stealing the bronze tablet from the monument to the Slocura victims In the Lutheran Cemetery on No vember 9, 1906. Three other youths are under arrest for complicity in the robbery. The testimony brought was that the thieves strlpiied the tablet from the monument with a pick, buried It for the night, and the next morning broke It into small pieces and dis figured it further with fire. They sold the fragments to a junn man for $14.30. Compromises Eight Over Coal Lands. Washington, March 13. Presi dent Roosevelt has come to a com promise In his tight with Western Senutors over the public domain In the West. A new order that will re store to the public domain about half the coal lands withdrawn from entry In the past year will sunn he Issued. In all. the President has withdrawn iiO,"00,000 acres of coal lauds since last summer, not includ ing many million acres of other lands lor forest reserves, has disenvered that land withdrawn can entry ami slill tin- h lands kept in t h,. hands. The I'resident about half the he restored to st of the coal llovornment's Mob llistui-b's M.itiches'er, la S'aie militia was lonn'x I'tai-e. March 13.- ,hp; ai'.ed out yester- i du to cuard two hank robbers, ar- j rested for blowing up '.he hank at j Masonvllle. Man h nth. from mob vioVmc, and Sheriff John Hennessy , has asked the fbivernnr for more aid. i t'onipany n Is now on guard with In s: picions -n shoot . The action followed the ousting of tratid jury, which was declared i:: "l which therefore cannot 'he men h .1 Atii'ry citizens h- in on lymh- d a mob and 'O' tu, 11. IVt, I es r' smoker I'rot ed inh I IV pulitr. A dts- rion in church ii:.iiiu-mitd In lov .Inhn W. 'he I'lninh of i :::o'i r at the ' lid, ,1 by about a members of be f U II hi lo Criminal Court. ' y-- h I '! Chief :.ll' d I :oa:'is-s :'. was !i:"ak-r :.-!on of tie III, 1 1-- I . V i . lo. r lein ite. ' "11. ' 1 . nt. " 1 1L 1907. lifti w IBB Estate ' ... j. a Imm town. 18 acre, under enll.,:. r Ti'iTtX Ml K tlr -Apple trees, also peaches.-proS Large crehard I n lull wan . Btrawberrie8. A good box hoa f pears, p uma and grap - On at large harm vtaann shea before Mttroh 20th will ulJ ; tiood water anu m""'- ; fioo. Big and Sure Profit In FRUIT RAISING In Rogue River Valley In Eismann Bros.' orchard an 18 year old Newton tree bore this last seaton 87i boxes of marketable ap ples. In the orchard of L. L. Ben nett, president of the Medford Frnit Urowt-rs Union, a 15-vear old New ton tree bore 33 boxes this last seaon of fine apples. The Grants Pass Frait Growers Union got 11.79 a box net on their shipment of Newton ap ples to New York this last seaton Other trees in the above orchards bore from 10 to HO boxes each and as there are from 64 to 60 trees to the acre, the value of the crop per acre would average fully ft "00. As it costs for a medium size orchard 68 rents a box to grow and put apples on the car the profit ou an crehard will beat the average Bold mine and far ahead of wheat at IK) cents a bushel or hay at $12 a ton. Now is the time to invest in Josephine County Fruit Land at from $5 to $80 per acre, In Jackson County 'the same quality of land and the same distance from the railroad sells readily at from 100 to WO per acre. As Josephine county has the name soil, climate aud market advantages as lias Jackson county land here through the interest now being taken in frnit raisiiiK will sonn go booming iu alue. The wise investor will boy now aud double his money iu two years. Full particulars as to different kinds soils, location, cost of plantiugnuil of marketing fruit given by CIIAS. MLSKKYE, Seller of Fruit Lands iu all parts of ROGVK RIVER VALLEY Notice to Tax Pokvers, Notice is hereby givtn that the tax roll fur Josephine Comity, Oregon, is now opi'n for collection and payment of taxei, and all who make fall pay ment of their tax before March 15, l'.'UT, will receive a rebate of 3 per centum. Half payments of taxes can l e n sde ptior to the first Monday in Aaril without interest charged, or panalty, and the remaining: half can then he paid at any time prior to the lirst Monday iu Octot., r l'H7. Where no tax u pai.l by the lirst Monday in April. I '.107, tiiid tax will become de Iimpaeut, ami the st.ttute requires, from th.it date, a charge of HI per cent leniilty mid au interest charge of one per centum j r tnoti'li on the tax until it shall be paid. W. J RUSSELL, Sheriff ami ex olticio tax collector of Ji se hiue County, Ore. Listen and ri member the next time von stiff, r irom pain caused bv damp wratlur when your bead' nearly hi.rsts from neuralgia-trr i'allird's Snow Liuiuient. It will cure von. Airominent business man of llem--tei.l, Texas, writes: "1 have used 'our liniment. 1'revinus to using it I w:, a gr. at sufferer frmu Rhaema t;m ami N. tiriiliits I m i, ,.i s. iv that now 1 am free trom these eomi.unts. l am sure 1 . we this to your lu,im, nt. " Ft r vile ! v National I'niK t-'o. and hv IViuarav. Latest steel, et vvaf l.-s and chaius ever in tow i,V:u;,.l f.,;;,j at Letch er's Everyt hin.- in -!.. .K welry liue The Courier is the lai:nj Paoer Qi f -tr .( IWue River Vi'Vv. Houses, IJusiiKSS properties, Farms and all km Js ot REAL ESTATE JOSEPH MOSS, .e ne.i i-cTiTP. MAN Office 516 E St iilC IVC'lV Av- I FIT FOR A KING is a plate of nicely broiled, teuf succuleut lamb chops. You'll the meat to your likiug if y0t yonr eyes iu this utaiket. We anxioni to got a trial order from because we are oonfiVeut we enable you to have on yonr tJ what most men who are not veg-j iana like. City Meat Marki .T. II. AIILF, Propr. I want yout bargains in rX",imler mid rL,imlei JLiiids Can use a few homestead and t ber relinquishments. P. O. Box 366, Roseburg, Ortfj Give the Best Results, Transplant trees from a dump and a wet climate to a semi-arid turn like Rogue River Valley will snch a change of condition! tint trees will make little Browth the I year aud will reqntre at lMit years to become acclimated. Yakima Valley has the iamedlni and conditions as Rogue River Vil aud trees from the Tafcima Valley Nam will give the best result to SomB Oregon growers. Large stoci prices right. Fall Stock of Fruit Trees Henj aud true to name. Prices that right. W. D. Ingalls, Prop North Yakima, Waihinjli TIME FLH-S And mnnov iqq ivitfi It I loss you start a Bank count Pflrlv in hfp nml Ilia n i iii tiit rf o.i-in.T mil Sinn nnnnnTa ot,1 lirt'Pil .miii uvvvumo uuu r ltv nt The r.rnnU I'll Ibnkina nm Trust t aiiu every customer u- i1 n,i with thrt ntmnct muiru "to. mu utuivci at all times, Grants Pass ft r f li SjP S .MJ! '(X XX I (.rants Pass, okKaJON.