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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS OREGON, JULY S.
CLASSIFIEDDS.
1907.
TAN OXFORDS
The phenomenal and 6udden demand for
Tan Oxfords which has sprung up bo sud
denly through the east and west caught
many manufacturers unprepared to serve
their customers. This demand does not ex
ist in New York alone, but prevails through
out the larger cities of both east and west.
Golden Brown is the color.
We have them in stock.
R. L. BARTLETT
HOWARD BUILDING SIXTH STREET
THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
the age of twenty-cue year and are
apposed to be free, moral agents.
Whatever their conduct, they hare
gone into ito pen eyed and no one is
to blame bat themselves. It seeins
ridiculous that a man should try to
retaioh ii wife's affections at the
point of a revolver, bnt they seem to
do it. Oftentimes the bosbaud is as
much to blame .as anyone and when
a woman goes oat of her borne for her
love and affection, there is generally
good reason for it. Of course the
most sensible thing to do, would be for
all parties concerned to just quit or
to get a divorce but then who of ns
is sensible in the face of this greatest
of primitive instincts. When John
Raskin the greatest of English critics
found that the affections of bis wife
bad been placed elsewhere, be stepped
back and gave her op. Bat yoar
American would have got out bis six
shooter and a triple plated tragedy
would bave resulted. Bnt the law
of suggestion is a curious thing and
for some months to come we may
expect to read of the unwritten law
audits viotims;: then will come the
reaction and the public mind will run
to the other extreme.
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FRIDAY. JULY 5, 1907.
. TIIK FOUHTU or JUL.Y.
Oar ancestors might have picked
out different day for the birth of
our nation but they didn't and to we
bave to make the best of it. Some
time late In the Fall after the first
rains bad settled the dost and
sweetened no the vegetation and the
crops were all salefy gathered in,
would have been moon nicer but the
Fourth of July it was and apparently
ever will .be. We all celebrate after
oor own peculiar temperaments. The
f.rai.1 with wtfM Anil nhlMrMl. flnml
Into town and get sorefootcdwander
Ing over the bard pavement and the
city man goes into the country where
the ants get luto bis picnic grub and
he gets beautifully stung with poison
oak. It is anything for change.
Some people .even wait for the
Fourth of July to get drank and a
Fourth does not pass without tbeir
getting into that condition where
they can see anything from a boa
constrictor to a garter snake. But the
Individual who enjoys the Fourth the
most of all is the small boy who
gets up at Ave o'clock in the morning
and who thinks that noise is the chief
eud aud aim of the Fourth of July.
You cau't make fire crackers too big
for him and if it keep ou the canuon
cracker will soon be powerful enough
to crack a cement pavement. Hut
theri'is auother side to the Fourth of
July that too few of us look upou aud
that 1m (he view taken by the original
founders of our Republic. To them
it was uothitig frivolous. It was not
a time to he spent in dune ing and
driuklug Ice cream sodas but a time
for serious matters. It was no hoys
play breaking away from England and
establishing an independent sover
eignty. The traditions of centuries
bad to be torn op and cast aside be
fore it could be done. They settled
tbeir problems and settled them
bravely without flinohing. Ifjve ooly
knew it we bave problems in; our
economic and political life that need
as much serious attention as any that
ever worried our Revolutionary fore
fathers. Bnt we do not "seem to be
able to declare ourselves free and in
dependent of " the forces that "are
crowding ns to destruction. And so
when the Fourth of July annually
comes we should strive to look at the
serious side of it and try to get a lit
tle of the old revolutionary spirit
into our blood and then mayhap our
problems would not seem so bard
after all.
"Wives of smart men, should remind
them,
They cau make thelr.Ilves secure,
Aud, departing, leave hehind them
Something solid, something sure."
Qregonjife
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A. B. CORNELL,
KclJent Agent
Grant !,
Oregon
A SUGGESTIVE EDITORIAL.
The Portland Oregon Ian of Jane 27,
had very suggestive editorial en
titled "East and West" which was
based on an article in Appleton's
magazine for Joly. It discussed the
competition that is just commencing
between the East and the West and
the possibilities of the Japanese as
representing the East coming out the
victor. Japan has com .to tbe fore
at time of great material and Intel
lectoal progress and being people of
great adaptability, she is picking oat
all that is best in our civilization and
casting the ohaff by the wayside.
Having discarded all the ideals of her
past life, she is not hampered and
restrained by conservatism. The C're
gonian goes on to show that in re
ligion the Japanese are becoming the
exponents of intellectual freedom
and are picking out the best In all
religions. They are in the search
for truth and have no prejudice to
be Irritated on finding it. Ou the
eoouomio side again, they are develop-
Ing along lines that the American
seems fearful of entertaining. The
Japanese government is becoming
one great trust of the people. The
hand of the state is everywhere in
evidence; steamship lines, railroads
and industries of all description.
And withjthis system of cntralized
industry, the competitive individu
alism of the Western world is bound
to go down. A third advantage
claimed by this writer in Applcton, Is
the centralized form of government
which gives increased governmental
efficiency. We cannot but admit that
all of this will give the Japan se
great advantage for we see that it has
done the same In our own case.
reaaou that the American basin
man and manufacturer cau oudersell
his competitors is his rcadiuess to
adopt new methods and machinery
aud rant aside the old. Japan is do
ing that ill : V,k i.'ii, economies aud
politics and Is time that we bestir
red ourselves.
ANY ORDINARY PRISONER.
We sometimes wonder ; what Is the
matter with our body politic and why
corruption and disrespect for law
exists in high places, but an item
of last week goes a long way towards
making it plain that it is our own
fault. In the newspaper reports of
the Yale-Harvard boat race was an
account of the arrest of Mr. Harri
man, the railroad magnate, for
violating some of the roles governing
the conduct of spectators and the item
weot on to state: "Mr. Harriman
aw no more of the race bnt was de
tained as any ordinary prisoner
aboaid the Graham until after the
race." Now any plain American
citizen may well, inquire : "Why
shouldn't he be detained as any ordi
nary citizen? Is bis person sacred
and above the law and shall the rest
of ns have to knuckle at his mere
beck and call?" The enforcement of
law should be the same, no matter
whether the offender be riob or poor;
high in official position or a scaven
ger of the streets. Yet the old bar
barlo spell still dings to the most of
ns that there is something sacred
about wealth and power. ' The
chanoes are that if the rash lieuten
ant who ordered the arrest had
known who it was, be would have
thought twice before doing it.
Another example is before our eyes at
the present time. John D. Rocke
feller is evading the service of a sum
moo at the home of bis daughter in
Ohio. We read how a search light
plays nightly over the ground and
that guards patrol all the walks and
approaobea to the house. Now sup
pose it was some poor Irishman who
was wanted for a witness. Do yon
Ui ink they woold get him? Of course
they woold. He would have his door
caved in about his ears in a jiffy and
would very likely get a taite of a
hickory club for bis temerity bot
John D. is not a poor Irishman and
we all look on and take it as a mat
ter of course that wealth enables
auy one to have a contempt for the
law. What
GIRL to do housework in small
family. Mrs. W. S. Murray, North
Sixth St, Grants Pass.
LOST Tuesday, long black pocket
book, somewhere between Galice and
" Grants Pass, contained photograph,
check, on which payment has been
- itnnnori Leave at Courier office
and receive reward.
7-6 It
A F. PIERCE Registered Angoras,
Flock headed by one of the famous
bucks of the ''King Arthur" also
other bocks of different strains of
bleeding. Does of the noted
strains; bu:ks for (ale, Merlin., Ore
LOST A watch, Friday, between the
place where the baioon went up ami
the parachute drop. Finder re
fnrti to Courier office.
6-7 It
OLIVER Typewriter, new,
at 35 per cent discount
at this office.
for sale
Inquire
7-5 tf
VERMONT Maple sugar, pure, gov
rnment inspected, in 10-lb cans
lor sale by 3. Chase, Phone 1038.
7-6 tf
FOR SALE,
40 ACRE FARM for sale or trade for
city property. Mostly bottom land,
15 acres onder fence, seven acres in
cultivation, plenty of running water
for Irrigation, 6-room cottage, barn,
small orchard, one half mile frou
school house, post office aud ruil
road station. Price right easy
terms Inquire of W. G Henry,
Hugo. 6-28 tf
PHAETON for sale.
Harth.
Inquire
P. H
6-21 tf
WANTED.
GIRL wanted for two or three week
in small f am illy. Address J. V.
care Courier.
TIMBER WANTED I will pay cash
for timber land. L. G. Brown,
Eugene, Oregon. 6 24-71
WANTED Salesmen. Many Make
f 100 to 1150 per month ; some even
more. Stock clean ; grows on Reser
' ration, far from old orchards. Cash
advanced weekly. Choice of terri
tory. Address Washintgon Nursery
Company, Toppenish, Washington.
WANTED Grain Sacks, Tools and
other second-band goods. Harrison
Bros., Second hand-store, corner
Sixth and J streets. 1-W tf
31 U R V H Y
; The hay crop is fair onr Part of
the county.
Jeff Wimtr is spraying for the cod-
lin moth. . .
E. T. Perry is busy harvesting ins
berres. He 18 tne mooi
berry raiser cf Murphy and has a
splendid crop this season.
The Murphy baseball team was a
little outclassed last suuuay vj
Applegate nine at Ferndale. score
11 to 4.
Arch Bunch, Ed McCracken and
h T. Dav have gone on the Takilma
coku and matte hanL The boys claim
it is better money than hauling lumber.
H W. Mitchell of South Western
Missouri is visiting his sister, Mrs.
.T W. Gilmore. He arrived Saturday
via Portland and expects to spend
some three months seeing the Oregon
slehts. among them Klamath, Crater
Lake and the Coast, returning via San
Francisco and Salt Lake.
Mr. Lleth has been complaining
iiinmhla latelv about the deer
eating his grain. He savs they have
aatmweA as much as two acres. We
would recommend a spray of metal
catched bullets, bot applied very
sparingly for awhile jet.
Lasalle Stewart is again among bis
many Murphy friends looking after
his homestead on Murphy Creek. Mr.
Stewart has a lnorative position
with the Booth-Kelly people in the
Willamette and after cultivating
his crop here and doing some more
improving be will returnn to bis
work.
Morpby farmers challenge Jose
phine county to beat them in the fol
lowing products. The Gilmore boys
have three acres of oats, six feet
high. The Hays Bros, have tomatoes
three inobes in diameter. D. Wimer
has cherries measuring Scinches in
circumference and Charley Williams
boasts cabbage heads four inches
through. What do yon think of tbat,
"Eben"T
WillisYork brought out a new light
ening hay press this week .and will
commmenoe the scg-x-z-z bang I of
hammering ont HI after the 4th.
X. Y. Z.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FRANK BURNETT-Upholstering,
mission fornttor mad to order.
Petr Pirzer was in Grants Pass
Wednesday from his farm near Hugo.
Mr. Pirzer is demonstrating that
Rogue River hill lands are productive
and will profitably produce both fruit
and field crops. His place is at an
altitude of 1600 and is in the thermal
belt where frost dons not kill the
fruit. The soil is red clay and pro
duces both fruit aud vegetables to
perfection. Peaohes, cherries and
grapes are the fruits that Mr. Pirzer
grows and the trees and vines show a
vigorous s'owth not excelled on any
other farm in Roguft River Vallev.
While It is generally supposed that
the United States needs mlu can only be grown successfully
FINAL SETTLEMENT t
In the County Court for Jew
Cnnntv. Oregon.
In the matter of the)
Fsrate of Alpheus I
E. Holloway-
Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
dersigned administrator of the ,
estate, with the will anneiss 1
niea in nam court ana cause tiii C
account and that Saturday. AnJ-;
at 10 o'clock a. m. at the ooort WJ
at Grants Pass, Josephine county n
egon, has been fixed by the above ii"
as the time and place for eettlin, ,
urannnt and all nAronn,
therein are hereby notified to flu t'.
before that time. '
W. B. FLANAGAJT,
Administrator
Dated July 1, 1907. M-
more than anything else is a retnrn
to tome of the Puritan spirit that
prompted our early forefathers.
When we catch a millionaire violat
ing the law he must be "pinched"
aud jailed and not .treated aa some
thing above the law. Lots of people
are clamoring for more law to protect
themselves from the rapacity of pre
datory wealth but there are laws iu
plenty at the preseut time. Only they
line snouiu oe f moreen wun impartiality.
That alone would remedy a great
many of our present troubles.
on the bottom land Mrs. Pirzer finds
melons one of his most profitable
crops. Watermelons of 80 pounds are
common and Mr. Pirzer had one last
year that weighed 41 pounds. Mr.
Pirzer is one of the most enthusiastic
members of the Grantf Pass Fruit
Growers Association and in compli
ance with the role lately pat into
effect he will use the Association
stationery in his personal correspond
ence. As all tbe fruit farm of the
members are to be named he has
chosen Hugo Heights as tbe name for
his farm and that name will be
printed on the Association letterheads
and envelopes that he ihas ordered of
Secretary Meserve. There is bat one
unpleasant feature at Hugo Heights
Fruit Farm and that is that there is
no woman to brighten the home and
to abare the work and the prosperity
of that attractive place, but rumor
has it that a strong, rosy-cheeked girl
from far away Bavaria is one of
these days to assume a partnership in
this sightly and to be model farm.
NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S gATi
b uciuuj giTvu mat if!
1907 at tbe hour of 10 o'clock i ?)
at tbe front door of the rw
Court House, In the city of Grm
Pass, said County and State, kji r
public sale for United Statei r,
coin, cash in hand, all oftheriu
title and interest whioh tbo Couk
of Josephine has acquired to W
through the non-payment of tai e
W. J. RUSSElj, j
Shtr?
If yon are not illuminating
home with electricity do it k,
Considerations of safty, ooator
convenience, health andeconomjt
mand it. U-
Clinton Cook was in Gisntih,
Wednesday and was a caller it
office of Secretary Meserve, of a
Fruit Growers Association, it
Cook is a progressive young farmen'
Missouri Flat and he is taking aM'
interest lin fruit raising. Recoju
ing the value that the Fruit Groi;
Association is to tbe farmer Inju'
keting their froit and purcbitiDi
supplies Mr. Cook became a dmi
and will use tbe association jititii!
ery in his correpsondenoe. 1'
Cook has a small orchard aodV'
plant more trees this Fall.
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CEMENT AND CEMENT I
R. H. GILFILLAN
Will do your cement work is i
shape Give him a chance I
Photn 744. Cor. B and SI
J. M. FISHER
Junk Dealer
Highest prices paid for hides, m
pelts, rubber, iron, metals, gx.
sacks, and all kinds of junk.
Red Front, 6th st. bet. I sad J.
ASHLAND COMMERCIAL!
COLLEGE !
!
Complete and thorough trainiq
Commercial, Shorthand and Eng
lish courses.
Individual instruction at abet
one-half the usual expence.
Note Our Special Oder. '
Stndents who enter at the beginsin
of tbe sohool year, Sept. 9, 1907. u
secure a 9 months' scholarship for l
will be entitled to initructiou Uk
and all the departments to July 1,
This is youroppoitunity to oonpl"
the combined course, ask
formation.
for i
We trust that the Orchard confes
sion will not run as long iu the maga
zine as the Civil War arti les did.
lllli LiAWKUMKN LAW.
If atiyone wanted proof that the
average cit zeti is an hysterical perron
and controlled by the laws of sugges
tion, he needs'only to hnk at the ever
growing !it of "uuwritton law"
ranee that are commem-iug to till the
coltuiius of the daily press. A great
deal of gush is helug wrilteu about
these "injured" hushands. hut there
is a serious side to this (ue.-tioti and
that is the sentiment it is creating
of a man with a "wrong" of takiug
the law iuto his owu hands and
wrecking vengenoe ou his victim.
This is alwavs dangerous and es
pecially so when prompted by insaoe
jealousy. It is very easy for a
wrong construction to he placed on
conduct and actious that are entirely
innocent, lirauts Pass has narrowly
missed a tragedy cf this kiud by
reason of a fool, n wife and
vulver. Then ns-.nu there
where it would undoubtedly have been
better , if the tragedy I ad occurred.
t he majority of wives that are uiiied
l.akeview, Oregon, celebrated for
six successive days. That ought to
do them for ten years and give every
body nervous prostratieu.
a re-
are caie
New York has a strike ou of the
garbage, collictiors and it is said the
town is beginuiug to smell as though
there were several deid cats in the
cellars.
Fairbanks seems to live in nard
luck. The Prohibitiouists are. now
gtttiug after luai for serving whiskey
cocktails with cherries in them ou
Memorial Day.
The undertakers of Oregon have
just closed a successful meeting In
1'ortlaud. They are makiug it cheaper
to live all the time. People kick
about living expenses going up bot
dying ones seem to keep right along
with them.
Onr
lattst
from the
r.veiiuig post lias
article about him and
for the Precideut.
The big Ptlck is not
own Jouathan 'Hourne is the
statesmau to get a ttruwinrir
magazines. The Saturday
a slight Iv ureas tin
his friendship
iu it
weapon or ofTense us r.mm,..l
as a
with
BANKING DAY
PVERY person who earns money should have a res
' ular banking, day. On this day they should not fail
to deposit a certain proportion of their earnings.
IN our savings department seores of people carry ac-
counts and deposit their savings regularly.
AE invite accounts of $1.00 and up, on which we pay
v v 4 per cent interest. Wouldn't you like to estab
lish a banking day?
Call and see us.
SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS
GRANTS PASS BANKING & TRUST GO.
G31AT.S ItVSSS, OREGON
pot
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jiip iu ca'i of unwritten law are over th
1 slat.