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4 VOL. XXIII. GRANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE W, 1907.," No. 11. BATTLE FOR R. R. I LANDS TO BEGIN SpeciaJ Prosecutor to Arrive Soon to Talc Up Proceed- Inge In R.. R.. Land Test ' - Hon. W. C. Haw ley, our represen tative iii Congress, hat been advised ., by wire tbat S. D. Townsend, of Pargo, N. D,. would arrive within a few days to commence the proceed ings which the U. S. department of justice will undertake) to enforce the terms of the railroad land grant of the 8. P. io Oregon. ' . la view of the possible action of Congress with regard to these lands and the questions of 'what definition the courts might place upon the phrase "actual settlers" in oases in volving lands valuable only for tim ber, grazing or mineral purposes, the act of Congress forfeiting lands taken under similar conditions by the N. P. It. R. is interesting. ' 4 By an act of Congress September 30, 18U0, there was declared foi felted to the United States all lands thereto lore granted to any state or to any corporation to aid in the construction of a railroad, where tbe terms of the errant had sot been compiled with. Tbis act provided that all persons who at the date of the passage of the aot, ' were aotoal settlers in good faith on the land forfeited, should have the xlght to claim them under the home stead law and they should be regarded as aotoal settlers, from the date of ctual settlement or occupation. Tbe aot further provides tbat where per sons had settled said lands with a bona fide intent to secure title there to, by a purchase from the state or the corporation, that tbey should be en ' s titled to purchase the lands from the .j United States and that tbe United I States upon being paid for said lands, 1 .should make a patent to tbe actual j settlers. ,; Subsequent to that act of forfeiture and on January 28, 1896, Congress 0 passed a law amendatory of the aut forfeiting such railroad lands by ad ding to the said act or forfeiture the following proriso f - . "Providing that aotoal residence upon lands by persons claiming the right to purchase the same is not re quired, where such lands have been fenced, cultivated, or otherwise im proved by such grants " " , It will be noticed that under this ' act all that is necessary is for the set ' tier to have fenced the lands, culti vated them, or otherwise .iraprov.d them. While this is a law, and not vourt decision,- it goes a long way in suggesting the radical difference be tween an actual settler within tbe purview of the homestead law and at) actual settler for the purpose of pur chasing lands of a railroad. Strawberries Are Profitable. At frequent intervals during the fruit .Season the Courier force is re ' xnauibereJ by J. T. Morrison with Y .generous sampled of fruit from Fair view Fruit Farm tiiut are root puni tive that Rogue River Valley leads the word on fine fruit. Thursday Jir. Moriisou brought in a halt doi-iu ' boxes of strawberries that were per : feet in size, color and flavor,- and tliey were given a regular Fruit '.'! Growers Aasciation pack' for the J middle berries were as good as those .. in the bottom and the bottom berries ' were as good as those on the top. The time is at baud when Rogue . I Rivur will be as noted in the ruaikets I of the East for ttra wherries at Hood 160 ACRES FOR ONLY $1,000 1("0 acres within one mile of the city, limits ; of tirunts Pass. Kiue place to raise Peaches, Strawberries or Poultry. Fine : beriea 01 late springs from which a large ; area eoiiil be minted. An abundance of ! tiitibi. on jii.icu xuitable for wood. Price ; o:.ly . Will give terms on portion of prl e if wanted. It you are looking for a Murrain, investigate this at once. W. L. IZRJELA.IISrr) THE REAL ESTATE MAN Ground Floor, Opera House Block River now is for the berries there in addition to being of the highest quality have .the fiimnets to stand shipment long distances. Mr. Morri son has been growing strawberries for several years and be finds them more profitable than apples or any of tbe other fruit that he raises. There has been fully 10 acres of strawberries planted near this city this past Spring and last Fall and there will be a larger acreage planted this Fall and Winter. Through the local market, the new cannery and the Fruit Growers Association the growers will have a ready sale at profitable prices for ail the, berries tbat tbey can raise. R. E. Gilbert, who organized the Rogue River Miuing and Development Company with mines on Blossom and Paradise bars on Rogue River, has resigned Jhis position as superintend ent of the company 'and has become interested in a mining property near Grants PaseJ which he intends to de velop. ; '..!, FOR A WAGON ROAD TO THE COAST Forestry Department Will Put Engineers in the Field to Make Survey. The Grants Pass Commercial Club held its reuglar monthly meeting Tues day and the evening was spent discus sing live topics. Tbe Irrigation question was takes up and move to enlist tbe reclamation service, started. A resolution was ordered drawn np to forward to the Denver convention called for tbe purpose of discussing the land policy. The resolution reads as follows: i Resolved, That it is the sense of the Grants Pass Commercial Club, voicing the sentiment in one of the riobest mineral and timber regions of the stato, tbat the policy of the Administration in creating, utilizing and protecting tbe National forests, assisting in open ing sp means of communication, en couraging agricultural settlement, min eral development, gracing and lum bering Within their boundaries and regulating the streams upon which irrigation projects depend, is direct and far reaching in its benefits and is here by indorsed. R. L. COE, M. L. OPDTCKE, A. E. VOORHILS. Committee Superintendent Anderson of the Sis kiyou Forest Reserve and Wm. Coz of Washington, D. C, assistant U. S. Forester, were called in and explained some points regarding t e forest res erve policy and i the course of the evening the question of a road down Rogue river to the Coast was brought np. Tbis question has been receiving the atteution of Superintendent An derson and ou the following evening be aud Mr. Cox met a party of uiiuer from the Galice ditrict and'it was de cided to place J. F. Richardson in charge of a crew and make preliminary survey of a routs from Galice to John Mule creek. The expanse of the road will be in tho neighborhood of fl 0,000 or more. The expeute in the main will be met in the main by the gov rrunnnt with ibe endorsement of Mr. Anderson aud Mi. Cox who are enthu siastic over the proposition as the road is badly needed in the work of the For-estJ-frvUe. Such a road would be of lnestimabld value to this place ai it would open up a riih mining territory now practically shut off from trade centers. This road would eventually be extended andwill open up Curry . oonty. NEW FEATURES ADDED FOR THE CELEBRATION The Modern Woodmen Will Saw Wood and the Miners Will Drill. As the 4th and 5th of July draws nearer the interest in the mammoth celebration at Grants Pass inoreases with enormous strides. Kew features are constantly buiog added to tbe already most eleaborate program ever offered to tbe publio in Southern Oregon. Tbe strong feature of the celebration is the large number of interesting atbletio sports. The two ball iiamee will be the best exhibition of their kind seen in Grants Pass for many years and great interest is being shown byjthe cltizensot both towns in tbe outcome of these ..contests. An other new and interesting feature bas been added in tbe way of log sawing contests both double and simle handed. These contests have been put on as a favor to the Modern Wood men and are open only to members of that order. Tbe horse racing on the afternoon of tbe 6th is alto creat ing great interest. Tbere will be horses here from all the Southern Oregon towns, from Roeeburg, south, among which will be some of the best horses on tbe coast and lovers of tbe tnrf will And great "interest in the oat corns jt these races. Tbere will be minor sports as racing, jumping, eta, also a .drilling contest, which at least four teams will entsr. Ralph Berry, the aeronaut who is to make tbe balloon ascension and para- ohute jump on tbe morning of tbe 5th is now in Portland, securing the neces sary paraphernalia and and expects to give the most successful exhibition of.any aeronaut ever in Grants Pass. Hundreds of people will be here from Medford.Gold Bill and various other Southern Oregon towns. Excursion rates of one and one-third fare will be given from all railroad points. There will not be a doll moment in either day some event will be going on all tbe time. The parade on tbe morning of tbe 4tb is creating a great deal of rivalry among the Grants Pass Merchants as to who can put on the most attrac tive float and each is endeavoring to be tbe leader. All the principal orders will b? represented and the re sult will be an attractive and interest ing parade. ANOTHER OLD PIONEER PASSES AWAY Dr. W. F. Kremer Dies in Nevada, and Rtmalni are Interred U Wilbur, Ore. A mersage was received Diursduy by Geoige Calhoon from Roy Kremer? stating that his .father, Dr. W. F. Kremer, was dead and that' the body would be taken to Wilbur, Douglas county, where burial would be made on Saturday with the funeral services conducted by the Masons. The tuee- age did uot state wheu or whire Dr. Kremer died, but as be went from here a mouth ago to Goldfleld, Xevaria, it is presumed that he died in that state. Dr. Kremer was born in Pennsylvania and was 6a years old at the time of his death. He came to Oregon in aud moved with bis family to Grant Pass in;i886. He opeoed 1ha second drug store in this place and erected the first brick building in Giants Pans. Dr. Krenje- was a gradoats of a St. Louis medical college and practiced his profersiou while a resident of this oity and had a large practice. His wifd died March It, aud was iutnrred in tbe family burial ground and his remains will alio be placrd there. Three children survive. Dr. Maude Kremer, of Portland, Dr. Roy Kremer, of Sao Fraocisoo and Clare Kremer, aged 15, who is making her borne in Portland. Tbtrs Art Fw people who know bow to take care nf themselves the majority do net. The liver is a most important organ in the body. Herbine will keep it In condition. V. O. 8impkina, Alba, Texas, writes: "I have used Herbine for Chills and Fever and And it tlie best medicine 1 ever used. I would not be without it. It is u annA for children as it is for Brown -on ueonl. and I reoommeud it. it is flue frr La lUnppe. I or sale by National Drug Co. and by Detuaray. MANY NEW SCHOOL BOOKS ARE CHOSEN New Common School Book Se lected by the Stevte Text Book Commission. The State Text Book Commission has announced its selection of books for the publio schools of Oregon, and in the common schools all are new selections excepting four, and the books retained are the fourth and fifth Cjrs readers, Thomas Elementary History and the Reed Speller. The eight-year course will require - 85 books, the aggregated coat of which is f.14. If a .pupil should exchange an entire set of old books for a com plete set of new ones the difference he will have to pay is $4.51. The prinoipal changes are the sub stitution of Wheeler's readers up to the third . book for the Cyrs reader; tbe adoption of Smith's arithmetic instead of Went worth's; the adoption of Buehler's grammar in tbe place of Reed as Kellogg 'a; the adoption of tbe natural geographies in the place of Fry's, aud Doub's United States history in tbe place of Thomas' ad vanced history. List of Books Selected. Readers Exchange Retiil Prioe Price Wheeler's Graded Primer I .10 I .25 Wheeler'sQraded 1st Reader .10 .25 Wheeler's Graded 3d Reader .15 .85 Wheeler's Graded 8d Reader .30 .45 Cyr'ssth Reader .25 .60 uyr s out Header 80 .00 Geographies -Natural Introdnotive Geo- araphv 97 .54 Natural School Geography .57 1.18 Arltnnistici Smith's Primary Arithmetic .18 .86 Smith'sPractloai Arithmetic .88 .86 Mental Arithmetic Mo separate book adopted ; will use written ariihuntio. Thomas'Elenieotary History .80 .80 til story ol U. o., by Itaub .70 l.UO Grammar Buehler & Hotohkiss' Mod ern English Lessons 80 .40 Buehler & Hotohkiss' En glish Grammar.., 80 .55 Civil Government No separate book adopted history to be used. Physiology First Book in Hygiene, (Krohn) 18 .85 Graded L suras in Physi ology ana Hygiene (Krohn) 80 .80 Nature Study Agriculture tor Beginners (Kurkelt, , Stevens & Hill) .88 .75 Wriuoir Outlook Writing books, 1 to 7 , .05 Outlook Writiug Slips, 1 to 6 ' .06 Outlook Practice Books, A, is. U, U.i ..05 Empire Writiug Speller .05 Spelling Reed's Word Lessons 13 .33 Music New Educational Course: First Book 15 .80 Keoond Book .., 15 .80 Tliiid Book 18 .88 Fonrtii Book 20 .50 Ml tli Book 26 .50 Drawing Art Eiucalon Drawing Books 1 to 8, flmt tiiree books , 16 ceuts; last life, 20 cut. The " vertical systun" of writing Aas thrown out of the curriculum and tli ne tuxt-boos is a semi slant system of writiug that will meet with the approval of thn people at large much more ilian the vertical style. JACKSON COUNTY TO HAVE MODEL POOR FARM He.ve Purchased 50 Acree of the Ammerman Donation Claim, Near Talent. County Commissioner Patterson, of Talent, was in Medford a few days since on business connecUd with equipping the county poor farm, which has recently been movd to ths old stage stand on the Ammerman donation land claim, near Talent, where the commissioners have pur chased 60 aores of land aud hare se cured the service of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Copelaud as keepers of the home at a salary of 11000 pr year. The inmates, 11 iu number, all males, have been , taken from the De- Roboam place, near Jacksonville. to their new borne and are now tempor arily quartered in buildings which were on the place and in tent. Plans have been made for the erect loo of a new home and work on it will be commenced at once. It will be 30x4 ileetiusize, two stories high, with a I wide porch, extending 'entlrelr 'arouudit. There will be a basement jaod lu this ill be placed a hot air beating furnace, with whloh the en tire building will be heated. The commissioners have adopted a new plan of oaring for the unfortanate dependents, in that they proposed to furnish themselves all tbe require ments of the inmates and as well have a keeper. Tbe 50 aores tract of land which they bare purchased is very fertile and it is expeuted that enough of vegetables and fruit oan be grown on it to supply the home with all needs, and besides being a matter of economy there will be an oppor- tuuity given for those of the Inmates who are able to do a little gardening aud tinkering around and thus add diversion and profit to their lives. Tbe institution will be under the supervision of Commissioner Patter von and be proposes to so cause the farm to be conducted as will be as lit tle expense and nearly self sustaining as is possible and at the same time make the declining years of inmates pleasant and comfortable. MalL MORE LANDS OPEN FOR SETTLEMENT Fulton Act Results In Opening Lands Temporarily ' Withdrawn. Recently lands temporarily with drawn with tbe riew of permanently adding the same to the Ashland, Sis kiyou and Cascade Reserves in South ern havs been restored to settlement and entry. Now H Is announced from Washlnton that the secretary of tbe interior will soon order ths restora tion to entry of all land in Oregon and Idaho temporarily withdrawn for forestry purposes but not heretofore mads part of forest reserves. Under tbe Fulton amendment tbis laud could not now be reserved exoept by act of Congress, and as it is impossible to secure such legislation, It was con sidered good policy to throw this land open to entry. Tbe order of restora tion has uot yet been made, but will probably issue in a few days, stipulat ing that the land effected . be opened to settlement in 80 'ays and be sub- ject to entry after 80 days. The restorations which have been recommended by the Forest Service comprise the following land with drawn with a view to enlarging tbe forest reserves named : Oregon Goose Lake National Forest, Klamath and Lake oounties, 195,480 acres; Fremont Natinoal Forest, Crook county, 850,880 acres; Weneha National - Forest, Wallowa county 17,030 acres; Wallowa National Forest, Union county 41,8f0 acres. CARD OF THANKS. We desire to exprosa our sincere thanks and gratitude to the many friends who have been so kind and Bunerous to us sluoe our recent losi of our house and fo'uiture by fire. Mr and Mrs. J. Darnel lie and family. SEASONABLE NEEDS A Whole Lot of little things you need around the house. This store hands them out to you At Little Prices because it buys them the same way and in big quantities. We sell little things and big things and deal rightly with you on both. A happy home com in? e sure to follow if you've bought a VUDOK TURCII SCREEN or one of those nice HAMMOCKS. Tell your neighbor how nice thev are. Furniture and Car pet, Linoleums, I.' Curtains, Por tieres, Mattretaea, Pillow, (JoU, Wall Par, Clocks, Mirrors, Window Shades, Pictures, Picture Moulding. R..H O'Neill THE HOUSEFURNISHER I root St bet. 6 and 7 FRUIT GROWERS AND FRIENDS WILL PICNIC Hacks Will . Run to Vsxnnoy Creek Every Hour Next Thursday. The fruit growers picnic. to be held next Thursday at A. T. Martin's farm, on the Hill road" 4' miles west of Grants Pass, nuder the auspices of the Grauts Pass Fruit Growrs Association will afford a profitable day to those interested in the fruit industrv as well as a de lightful outing to all. The picuio will be held in a beautiful grove on the banks of Vannoy oreek. Tbe grove is large and clean and there la no poison oak, or sticker grass or other annoying features, aud adjoining 1 open , woods where teams can be left Tbe oreek is running a large stream of clear water .and along its banks the. azallas and other wild flowers are now in Jblooui. ' The fruit growers are to meet Monday afternoon to put tbe grounds in order and to arrange the seats and other con veniences for tbe picnickers. To ac commodate those attending from Grants Pass, who have no conveyance, an arrangement ;haa been made with Glltuore's livery stable for hacks to run between tbis oity and.the pionio grounds. The hacks will leave Jhe Courier office every 'hour, except'the noon hour. The leaving time win be 8:80, 0:80, 10:80, 11:30 and 1:80, 2:80, 8:80, 4:80, and on the assuranoe tbat there would be a Urge number of passengers, Mr. Gllmoro baa agreed with Secretary Mesenre to give the special ;iow .rate of l5o to each person, 60o kfor the roundtrlp. Comfortable rigs will be ' used and qulok.time will be made and as the Hill road affords a .One view aud a handsome drive the trip will be one of the added .pleasures of the day. To enable tbe settlers ;about Wllderville to reach tbe pionio grounds with but a short distanoe to drive a boat will be at the old Vannoy. ferry to bring them ara-osa Rogue driver and a team , will be.there to trausport'them to the grounds. :" A program on topins pertaining to the froit industry will be oarried out. The speakers will be leadiug fruit growers of Rogue River Valley and prominent business men of Grants Pass. Two special features of the ex exercises will be addresses by Austin T. Buxton master of the Oreogo State Grange, and by M. J. Auderson, superintendent of the Siskiyou forest reserve. Mr. Buxton, who Is a suo cessful farmer of Washington (county, will speak on what .the Grange is do ing in bettering the conditions for tho farmers ana Mr. ,Andurson will speak on the benefit that would come to the fruit Industry of Rogue River Valley were the hills aud mountains about the ' Valley covered with a growth of timber. Quick delivery Tha Weakly Orasonlaa. Mtovas and Ranges, Oraniteware, Agteware, Tinware, " Woodenware, Willoware, Cutlery, Cnx kery, Lamps, (ilasawsrs, Kancy t'biua, Mo-Carts, Dahy Carriages.