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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON. Angust 2. 1907. The Publisher's Claims Sustained United States Court of Claims The Publishers of Webster's International OtctlonarysllcKetliiit II "I. In fact. the Mipu lur l,lwlrilKl IhorollKhly re-edlted in eviTV detail. Hml vu"tlveiirn lied luevury mrl. wilh I ho purpose ir adapt lug It to meet the iuriror ml severer rv'iuireuieiiU ol another genera tion." We lire of the opinion t hut this alienation most clearly and accurately luserilai thu work tlmt linn Ifen a-.wjitiU.l and the rewult Hint lm li-en reached. 'J Iks lilollonnry, a It now stnnils, lias licen tiioi-oniilily re edlted In every detail, lum 001 rci led In evory part, anil 1 inliiilruhly nitnp'eil to meet the luror and severer rofpiiienients of a jrenenitlon which denuinrift inure- of opuliir IihlloloKlitl knowle.l"e thitn liny generation hut tho worlil liiocftrconiHlnel. It la K'rliH not-ilKoH In add that we refer to the ilietiomiry In our Jiidlciul work a of Ilia liiirlo-Ht uutliorlly In accuracy of dcllnl llon: anil tlmt In tho future as in the pant It will Lie the eouroe of conn ant ruforence. CHAHLES O. KOTT, (IM JsMka. I.AWRKWK WKMHlN JIIIIN HAMS, ' BTA NT I N J f-KKI.I.P, ulUKXia V. Iluwiir, Judo. Tht ahmt rtfm to WMISTEIVS INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY THE GRAND PRIZE (the highest nwardlwss given to the luternu llonai at tbe World's Kair, hi. Louis. GET THE LATEST AND BEST Tmi trtH bf. inlrrutrd in nut j4.'trnen jtayrji, ent rer,. C.&C. MERRIAM CO., pusushirs, 8PRINOFIELD. MASS. I Ml Ml. Sallowness Transformed to Dusky Beauty A dark ikin become! faicinating when delicately toft, underipread with the radiant glow which indi cate! a healthy, active ikin. Kobert lne keepi the skin refined in quality, keeps poresireelromclugging waste and stimulates the tiny capillarieito contribute thecolor which charmi in blonde and brunette alike. Robert ine li certain protection against tan, unburn and freckles if applied be fore exposure to lun or wind. Spread! likean Imperceptible iheen of gauie ovenkin surface, forming a ihield stimulating and preserving m delicate, luit roui beaut y. Mtmr Dt TOD AT ROBERTINE E. A. VADE Dry-Goods, Underwear, Notions, Etc. Front;Street IfeJof Pj!Cetel GRANTS PASS. 0RK00K, EXCHANGE FEED STABLES J. R. WELLS, Prop. J. street between Sth and 6tU targe and sale Wagon Yard con venient for hitching- Horses lJoutiht and Sol.l Second hand rigs for sale 'jjj CJKANTS PASS Commercial Club I Will furnish information of Josephine county tree of charge. ConespondotHX So licited. I.. 11. H.U.I President 1I. L. Anhukws. . . .Secietaiy CARBOLEUfi Ihe Beat Known Dip for Sheep. Ce.ttle,'Sv Ine ivndlnll Live Stock. Non lnurlois and Non-Poleonoxie Host known remedy tor M.inge ot Itch, Scab, I. ice, Ticks on Sheep, Fleas, Hen I. ice. Hog Cholera. Galls, Soies and Wounds, Thrush, Grouse Heel and Scratches, Tac Worms, Ring Worms. Screw Worms. Hies or Maggots, Castra tions. Also disinfecting .stables, outhouses, pens, v'c. i v. l'lioitcn Mf'.KUY OKKtiON Vi.,.- i. liCk-r iM c sc . vrn.,cd ".t Coui-f i.fe. I wravrtiri I lINTUINAfKINAll in i I 'WX. ' ' AT EARLE'S JROAD BILL How He Would Have the Govern rtrent Improve Highways. WANTS BUREAU ESTABLISHED. Chief Featurei of Michigan Highway Commiaeioner'i National Reward Road Bill That Will Be Introduced In the Next Congreaa. One of the moat euthunluntl.' advo cate! of good roads In tbe United BUtea la Horatio & Earle, tbe state highway commissioner of Michigan, who nan done so much to Improve the roada of the Wolverene State. Mr. Earle wants the government to aid In Improving our highways, and he ha drawn, a national reward road bill, which will be Introduced In the next congress by Congreasruan Charles E. TowtiHomt. In an argument he made for Ills bill recently Mr. Earle said: Our educational advantngea are far ahead of any other country. Our poetal aervlce la fnlr, but not equal to that of a few natlona. However, we are taking lnpe every duy to Improve It and have tninle wondroua prngreaa In the paat ten yeara. Uur niethoda of transportation! Tako the railroads. They are the beat In the world. They ought to be. Wi'vi done enough to muke them good flrat built them mid then gave them away and paid the takers large auma of monoy every year to keep them. ilut our common, everday wagon roada? By gum, they are by all odda the poorest on the face of this green earth no other civilized nation on the globe but has bet ter than we. Why Is It? I It because we are poor? A fieople that has created and bulliled a nutlon In a day. with more mil lionaires than any other two countrlee can claim, poor? Well hardly. The trou ble la that we are so blamed rich that we can live even with poor roada. It would bankrupt a commonly bleaaed nation to haul the product of field and factory over auch abominable roada. . What are we going to do about It? Knowing aa we do that the nation has paid out In land and money to railroads and livera and harbors IJ.Ouu.OOO.OOU or fl.000 per mile for every one of the 1,000,000 miles of public, wagon road there Is In this home land of oura. Isn't It about time that we Insisted upon having some national aid on our hlghwaya that the roada of our country may show algna of civilisation may show that our reli gion has taken effect and that we are putting our education to a good use. be na ming our postal facilities and making It easy for ua to get to the church, to school, to library, lodge, theater, to mar ket and, laat, but far from least, to our neighbor's dinner table and sitting room? This can be brought about all over the United Btatea only by national aaalatanee. No other country ever got good roada In any other way. Then why ahould there be longer delay In following the prece dent established by all the natlona that have good roads? I am one of a very large majority of the people of this coun try that demand national help. Among other things Mr. Earle's road bill calls for are the following: To establish In the department of agri culture a bureau to be known aa the Unit ed Btatea highway department and to pro vide (wr national reward for the Improve nwnt of tbe public wagon roads. That the object and purpose of aald de partment shall be to aaslst In and encour age (lie improving vf the public wagon roads la the various statsa and territories uf the United flutes by thi payment o? national reward, according to the provi sions vf this act; to make Investigations, experiments and tests In regard tu meth ods of road making and road materials; to furnish without charge to any state Vt territory the result of, any such Investiga tion, experiment or teat upon request of lti slate or territorial highway commis sioner, slut engineer or viner ofllcer or officere having In charge the question of Improving the public wagon roada of such atata or territory; to give advice, infor mation and reports on the subject of roads, road Improvement, road materia) and so forth, by means of lectures, bulle tins or otherwise; to sugitcet from time to time laws which. If enacted, would tend to bring about aa fur aa may be a unl turpi jij stotu for tho. cojutructlun, repair Fruitgrowers of Rogue Rivtr Valley find the Courier of special interest. OVERTAXED Hundreds of (iftkhta Pass Head era Krvow HiM Means. Th ItldnoTS are cvi'rtimsl : have too much to dv 'bey tell alautt ! it in umov aches audpalns taekc, sidenche. headache. Early svinffMiis of kidney Ills. t'riliary trcMbles, diabetes, llrlght's dist'sse Mr.iw. E. E. Gillian, proprietor of lively and funl stable, at d;' Ferry 'St , and liv ing at Una Water St., Salem, Ore., says: " Yesrs of almost constant driv ing and a tall 1 got several years ago which wreuehed my liack badly had tended to hurt my kidneys which 1 felt in scvete backache and lameness so that at times I oould hard It straighten up. Sharp pains caught me when I arose after sitting. None nf the remedies 1 tried did me any good until a short titu" ago 1 was in duced Vo get lVan's Kidney l'illn at a drug store. In a short time I obtained more relief from the backache and disordered condition of Ihe kldlievs than 1 had for years. 1 know ot neighbors who havn also used Tour remedy and they all speak of it as tbe (met kidney medicine there is and 1 Udievt this to lie so." Fur sale l all denial 1'riie ,V cents. Foster Mllliurti Co., iliitlalo. New York, i solo agents for li e I uited States Kcmetuber the name- Poans aud take no other. ot Lixr r Yen go to be 1 in a Is out of ord lad humor and get nil with a bad taste in your tuonta. i ou want something to stimulate your lifer ,!ut try H rbine, tho liver regu lator. A positive cure for Const . ca tion. lypcpsi;t ui'l all liver emu plamts. Mr F.- I t Worth. Texas, writis: "Hive used llebniic m my tan'iilv for ve.ir Wot U can't eit'r.nK what I thick aho.it it. Evtryh ,lv in .,iv I'd x.'bc'd ale l i: V and well md . nv .-' . oi- . For sVc t v - a- .n u . rt 0" 4 '-i I viimrav and Improvement of the public wagon roada throuirlrout the United Btatea. ; That an ottleer to be known aa the Unit- ; ed States highway ciimtntasloner shall be ; appointed by the president, by and with the advice anil consent of the senate, within fifteen days after this net shall take effect. Such commissioner shall be a citizen of the United States and ahull have practical knowledge of road c in struction, improvement and repair. Jle shall receive a salary of Js.UW per lyinum. Thut whenever any state or territory shall file notice with the United States highway commissioner throuch the officer or officers having in charge the matter of Improving or aiding In the improving of the public wagon roada of such state or territory or the officers of any two or more atatcs or territories shall do ao Jointly, etatlng that It Is the intention of the state or states, territory or territories, to build a certain nunber of miles of road , such as will merit United Btatea reward, it shall be the duty of the United States highway commissioner to furnish general plans and epeclncatlona which. If follow- 1 ed. will entitle the atate or territory to ! receive the amount of reward due for the , length and class of road built. I That every mile of well graded road on i which the steepest incline shall not ex ceed per cent and the width of which ! shall not be less than eighteen feet be- . tween side ditches and which shall be properly drained and crowned ao as to shed water quickly to the aids ditches and which shall have a wagon way or travel track not less than twelve feet wide made In two couraea and tnorougniy compacted, If built in accordance with the plana and specifications of the United Btatea highway commissioner and approv ed by him, ahall merit reward aa follows: If built of gravel, 1609 per mile; If built with one course of approved stone and one course of gravel, t"IW per mile; If macadamized. $1,000 per mile. If the Unit ed Btatea highway commissioner ahall by Investigation or experiment flrnl that some other material than those mention ed in this section Is equal to them or any one of them, then he may prepare plans and specifications for roads to be built of such material and shall place them In one of tho classes described In this section, and auch roads shall be entitled to receive tho reward of the clnaa to which they ore assigned by the said commissioner. That the decision of the United States highway commissioner shall be final rela tive to whether the road Is built well enough to merit United States reward or not. That there Is hereby appropriated out nf any moneys In the treasury not otherwise appropriated for the purpose of carrying nut the provisions of this act the sum of f im.niO.nrio. the snid appropriation to be available at the rate of UO.WAOnO a year, beginning with the year In which this act shall take effect. If any portion of the J10.(Mi.0o0 appropriated for any one year shall not be expended In the year for which It Is appropriated, such portion not expended ahall be added to the HOOtO.tuO available In the year following. Abraham Lincoln was a man who, against ') odds, at tained the highest honors man coo Id get io the United Sttaes. Ballard's Horahouod Syrup has attained a f laoe, never equalled by any other Ike remedy. It is a stirs ears for Coughs. Colds, Bronchitis, InOueuzs and all Pulmonary diseases. Evety mother sbonld keep supplied with this wonderful cough medicine. For sale by National Drug Co. aud by Demaray. Importance of Laying Out a High way Properly. AVOID ALL STEEP GRADES Straight Roads the Right Kind to Hav but In Hilly Countriea Their Straight ness Should Be Sacrificed to Obtalr S Level Surface. All the ImiHirtaut roads lu tbe United States can be and doubtless will 1 4 macadamized or otherwise Improved In the not distant future. This expecta tion should govern their present loca tion nnd treat men t everywhere Un less changes are iiUuS: h the, hs-atlon of the tmids In irtfirty parts, of the Unit- j ed Stiitcn rt uii',d la: Worse than fully to fflncMdiilt'ile thorn. "Anv costlv re- snrfiotVig of Up existing roads wlll iHstcn ttietu v here they tire for genera tions," any tienerul Stone. The chief ; dlhVulty lu the V tilted States Is nut with the surtace. but with the steep grades, many nf which are too long to reduced by culling nnd tilling on the I'lVM'tit lines, and If this could w 'tio It would cost tin-re In many cases than ivIocat'uiL; them, says Motor News. Manx of our toads were oiklnally ! laid out without any attention to gen eral toisigriii'.l.y. and In most i uses ol- . lowed the settlor's path from cabin to' cat i'i. Ibe ': t ", '"! :(!. ,. lH.iiinl.iiy ''.!' t'c .i- ' v .: rdless nf les nf d.l'.s- . i 'O.it el' tluon remain t 1. 1 y w!i,to t'ic were located, vcars .n;,., .- tut v wo rnt..;d labor, e:: poire and cuitL'y li:ie Icon wasted !u 1 1-j 1 1 1 ir to haul over tbctii and l:i en tjeavofs to to m o e tl'i-'r on.ii'i.ni. Tile gie.it clT.il- I. liiHile of colltillU lug I i follow these ; : i 1 1 . 1 1 . ;sith' with our I'tiVv h.-hw.ivs 11,. ri-.il! coll"-.- is t . ,,..1 .. ti:, i-iv; ;nvi- and ! thr the t a, .ir.e.iiM the end or ' along (V ii.' .1' t.'o; I, i; instead ol i - 'at inc. i li ,'ivr tl m m- ti pttl! j 'he r i.t I r.. o . d-y. .!,. ground In -t.'.ul " -I'i.oh i.g tltfi.i-g'i the mild and w iter ,-f ti e i ns-k or amp Uar more t n,e and money have U-oti wast ed in tix'tig to 1,,-eii ui a Miu'.e mile uf one of these "pig track" surveys than .1 would take to build and koev In repair two miles of good road Another and perhaps greater error Is made by sumo persons in the west who continue to lay out their roads on "sec t 'on t.ncs" These sections ara si square, w ith sides ruutiiH north, south, east and west. A person wishing to cross the country in any other than these d'.ro tions must mvessari'y do so In rc. t i: g-;!,ir zigzags. It a No neves !ta:os very often the crossing and re crostn of hills and i alleys which tu.ght Ivavo.d.ed if the roads had been constructed on scientific prttieiples. In the prairie state of Iowa, for ex ample, where roads are no worse than In mnnv other states, there Is a great -r number of roads having much steep er (.'nidi's than are found iu the moun tainous republic of Switzerland. In Marjlaud the old stagecoach road or turnjiilce running from Washington to Iialtiinoie makes almost a "bee Hue," regardless of hills or valleys, aud the grades at places are as steep as 10 or 1 per cent where by making little de tours the road might have been made perfectly level or by running It up the hills least abruptly the grade might have been reduced to 3 or 4 per cent, aa is done in the hilly regions of many parts of this and other countries. Straight roada are the proper kind tc have, but In hilly countries their straightness should always be sacrl flceU to obtain a level surface, so as to better accommodate the people who use them. Graceful and natural curves conform ing to the lay of the land add Beauty to the landscape, besides enhancing the value of the property. Not only do lev el curved reads add beauty to the land- aXEVATTNfl KOAD OKA DEB. scape and make lands along them more valuable, but the horse is able to utilize his full strength over them. Furthermore, a horse can pull only four-fifths as much on a grade of two feet in 100 feet. Tills gradually lessons until wPh a grade of ten feet In 100 feet he can draw but one-fourth as much ax he can on a level road. All roads should therefore wlud around hills or he cut through Instead of running over them, and In many cases the former can be doue without greatly Increasing the distance. To Illustrate, If an apple or pear be cut in half and one of .the halves placed on a Hat surface, It will be seen that the horizontal distance around from stem to blossom Is no greater than the dis tance over between the same points. Mors For Governmant Aid. W. F. Hill, muster of the state grange of I'eiuiHylvanlu, is quoted as saying lu a recent address that "tbe grange of that state believes that the government should assist in building the public roads and that It Is the pur pose of the national grange to under take to obtain the passage of a bill through congress to appropriate $50, 000,000 for this purpose. This appropri ation, it Is contemplated, shall be di vided over Ave years, $10,000,000 being available each year, and to be paid to states for expenditure through the state highway department I recom mend that the state grange give to this movement Its cordial Indorsement" What Trees Should Be flanted by the Wayside. WHY FRUIT TREES ARE USEFUL Their Yield Would Build Up a Fund For Maintaining and Improving High ways List of Long Lined Shads Trees Preferred by an Export. j T'he quest ion us to what trees should be set out to give shade and charm to our thoroughfares is thus uusweied lu the tSood Uoads Magazine by I.. C. t orls'tt. horticulturist to the depart ment of agriculture; It is known In a general way thut chestnut, walnut, plum, tipple and oth er fruit trees ni'e used for this purpose til many foreign countries. It Is iu many cases desirable that the trees which are to give shade shall also yield fruit which, when gathered and sold iu the proper season, will build up a fund to K- used for the main tenance of the road, or perhaps to lie tleiotod to the siavlal purpose of fur ther beautifying the highway and so lidding to the material us well as to the aesthetic value of the neighboring laud. Within the confines of the United Stales so great a variety of conditions exist whli h bear on lli.s iues!Um that it would seem linpos-sll le to designate a INt of trees which will be adapted to all the road conditions lu this country, unless It Is desirable to limit the list to fruit or to nut hearing trees. U this Is the case, the fruit hearing trees which will tie found Ust adapted to highway conditions are the apple and the p'-ar for some localities. Apples may tie planted In all that part of eastern United States north of the farolinas and In the Appalachian reg'on even south of that sivtlon. West of these mountains the apple will serve as far south as the gulf states and westward to the base of the Uocky mountains, with crh:ip the exception of the northern part of Minnesota, the Iwakotas and Montana, where It would he well to substitute other plants for the apple unless the crab apple were substituted for the cotnmou apple. Nut bearing trees which are adapted to this use lu eastern United States are t!a hickory, the walnut aud the butternut for New England aud uloug the Appalachian mountain as fur south as tloorgia At this point the distnbut on of the,. io:t trees should take a rut -,w i.-.l f a .it, th,. west . where ' K i l ROAD BEAUTIFYING Graas Prix, Peris, WM h 4S over the world are dlscaidlng other Itecords for the Columbia. They Fit All Makes of Talking Machines If Columbia Records sound best on Columbia Graphopnones: hot If yours Is another make, Columbia itecords will greatly Improve the Tone Quality of your machine. Prove It For Yourself Cotmaeia 1 0-tack Disc Records, 60c Columbia Cold-MoahM Cyfiader lacards, 25c CoJiawble Half-foot Crlieder Records, 50c Columbia Phonograph Co, a, 371 Washington Avenue, PORTLAND, ORE, A' U MARBLE AND GRANITE WORKS J. B. PADDOCK, Proprietor. I am prepared to furnish anything in the line ot Cemetery work In any kin of Marble or Uranite. 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Personally I U-lieve that as s rule It would be lietter to select long lined BBAOK TREKS AS ROAD BEACTIFltHS. hade trees than to attempt to com- l ine fruit production with shade anil , lieatny. j The following list of shade trees won 1 1, ia my Judgment, fulfill the re nulivmeuta better than the fruit and nut list: I Elms are desirable, but do not give 1 900 DoMe Greaa Prize, St. toeis, I S04 Graad Prize, Milaa. 1908 " himinU Clti- Dtakn twmmlm, COLUMBIA CYLINDER and DISO RECORDS They Sound Best The clear, sweet, natural tons of lolumbla Records delights the ear concord of Bweet sounds." They reproduce all the characteristic timbre and sympathetic qualities of the hu. man voice with absolute fidelity H All harsh, metallic, disagreeable sounds are entirely eliminated, making Columbia Records the smoothest known! They Wear Best If Columbia Records outlast all others, bv actual test. Thousands of uaeraaii DR. MORROWSt ANTI-LEAN MAKES LEAN PEOPLE FAT throngh the nerveoua system. 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Ia this family the red oak, the willow oak and the pin oak are all desirable for roadside use outside tho territorr In which the live oak thrives. Ia my judgment there Is no tree which compares with tbe live oak for shade and ornament in regions south i'f the northern latitude of Caroilni This tree might lie used to the exclu sion of every other throughout the southern pnrt of the United States, be cause It is typical of that region. For California the pepper tree wU' perhaps supersede everything else as roadside tree, while in Florida tie camphor tree might well be used as s substitute for the pepperjree of Call