THE ROGUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OREGON.
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A. E. VOORHIES,
VI. E. WILLIS,
PROPR
Editor
Knlared at tbe post office at Oreata Pass
Oregon, as seoond-ol
lent mail matter.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 81, 1008.
Onr Deerlng "correspondent tells of
the email boy oat that way going
swimming, these January ; day I
How's that for a mild climate r Why,
even Boothern California with all its
boasted climate oonld not begin to
- equal that.
It la now permissible In England
for man to marry bis wife's lister,
If the wife is dead. U it not abobt
time to enact a law in America for
tba protsotlon of the wife'a mother
from tba allea-ed fanny mao. who
never was fanny? '
. It is eald that the dtsgrantled Ob
erver has been "rounding up" the
various oouny of flotala aud In his pom
pone manner baa Insinuated that an
less they give bitu all the patronage
of their respective offices they cannot
expect the support ef this mighty or
gan ot the "ring." Bit he is ear in
the habit of claiming everything In
sight that h's rautlng are not re
garrttwl very seriously.
Postmaster Harmon I' at 'asked
the Courier to call the attention to Ihe
practice of some people on the rural
routes'ln placing loose change in the
boiits, whi'U they want to mail a let
ter, Instead of providing themselves
with stamp. He hopes tee practice
will he discontinued and that rural
route patrons will place a small cup
of wood or tin In their boxes, in
which to plaoe the coin, in pate It be
comes wceasarv for them to do so.
Thtt man who wrote this Is not
minister but a newspaper rlmp
who hs had eiporieucm In the world :
"The best people In town an church
people. Tlirre may lie liypix'rltcs
anion- tluui, and a eoourrirel or two,
hut as a whole Hicks people r the
ones yon aeed. You do not worry
atont your daughter If she builds up
her aot'inl circle among these church
people, ami in your heart you are glad I""' " again he hoodwinked after
that your boy has found frieuds inj,,T ,cn fashion. The "ring" carnit
ine oh ureli, svu tf yoa haven't set j deles In Josephine county will hear a
foot m-ide cf a church for M year. " , tu'ghly tVmd, eocnt tie bit s of Joue.
' jnhsu the lade prmlsul voters yet In
A yoi tK bachelor sheriff who wis 'their work. (r vre hum our gusss.
railed r. pen to aeive an attachment oo1 AUefi.lv machine oaii.l idntee are try
It hivi.'eorce young widow . u 1 the ! Ing in vitin In hii.li on the itbe.JP
folio
ii. g eiperlrnce: "Mnl.mi. I ;
Have h-i ettacl:nei
for
you " She
tlohhrd and said til" nti.i hnicnt
reciprocated. "You luiimidcmtood, he
said, ou'inusl pr.v. e I to c urt She
told lain ehe knew it waa leap year,
but she bad rather be would do the
cvottuiK. "Madam," lis colitlne.d
"1hi in no tm.o for trifling The
Tiu.tice is wailiiiK- "O, I prefer a
nnniatei, " slid replied. "A e.iair;
Jiisriii.t fie the llrel time, and 1 had
bad luck"
Tod.iy 'the AtKra breeders .f this
ROGUE
Winter
SHOES
Now as winter is here
every man needs a pair
of good heavy soled
shoes. We have sever
al special styles with
soft, easy uppers and
double soles, just the
kind for winter wtar
R. L. Bartlett
Howard Bldg Sixth St.
the place for the propogatlen of the
Angoras. And tbey bring good re-
tnrna, too. Now that the tommon
sheep are diminishing all over Ibis
and other ooontries, it becomes
evident that mohai' will be needed
and in great demand.
We are almost too bosy enrolling
the names of new eabscrlbera and
In gatbsring the local nswa fer onr
constantly increasing circle of reader
to even notion the little threat which
the pessimistic editor of the Observer
attempts to give uv True to his
nature, be can see nothing good in
the newspaper line unless it etna
nates from bis overtaxed brain. We
h'ave not the time to wate oa each
people who, envious of the ucoess
that Is coming to the Courier, at
tempt to deceive the people of Jose
phine county. We merely "consider
the source" as the fellow did, who
was kicked by the male.
Orants Pass holiness men should
torn oat and attend the fruitgrowers'
meeting, tomorrow. We are told by
the frail men that in the past oer
merchant! have shown very little in
terest In these gathering This
ought not to be. for wltb oar mild
climate, excellent soil and many ether
took things, it is evident that this It
destined to be the crowning iodattry
of oor favored valley. Mining, lim
ber and other talnis will add ma
terially to eur general prosperity, but
nothing oan begin to equal the fro it
growing industry. So, It behooves
oar dealers to torn ool and take more
than a passinf interest in tomorrow '
meeting.
Will the Observer mti have another
siok apell.now that he has relieved his
over worksd brain, again ? Three
weeks ago his labored and Incoherent
article proved to be too much fer his
physical makeap and he had to re
cuperate for a few days Now thai he
ha at aln given utterance to bis; lot
of his spleen, we may expert him to
saornmb for a season. We frefer te
expend our energies In gathering the
nows, which is, we are sure, decidedly
more acceptable to onr leaders tbsn
to dish np a lot of mud, as the Obser
ver's inishty editor is doing. But
he's setting hi own hands dirty In so
doing.
Now that the Observer editor has
suoeedud in having himself made a
member of the republican political
machine of Josephine county, have
you untied bow hoIIcIIoos be is to
have the voters of this county "line
up" and pay tribute to the "ring,"
of which be Is one of tits chiefs? His
efforts, however, hsve been abortive,
for the intelligent voters of this
county here been foolsd too often iu
fr tbey see their chances go aUnnLer'-
I,,,, ft , lv, oll ,u( I ,h s. .
, 'cm Tie i
Ical dealers tell us that ever since
OrnntN l'as was anythiag cf a place,
there have been shiuients of poultry
ma le from eastern states of chickens
and egrs. This ha thus been it con
stant drain ui.ou the hHlilr's r.
source, for the freight, alvue. is a no
email Item. Ihit, Mr, ,.;Bll u,
that tins state cf a.Ta.r, ,.y ,,,, Ion, ;
eiict. And one of the sureet signs is!
the interest which ,.,...!....,..
irVER COUKIEI, GRANTS
icg this new, and growing organiza
tion, for it means much for the
fotare growth anddvelopment of
the entire valley.
I NOTES AND COMMENTS 1
By Old Man Smith
MODERN SAINTS.
Not such as dwell in cloisters, nor
such as love to gaze at the stars bnt
men who follow the primitive if not
Divine method 'of life by cultivating
the soil and garnering the fruit of
the earth. Man's first business was
horticulture. After degradation came
the artist the builder and the trader.
Tba man who chooses to dress and
kaep the trees in bis garden and bring
to perfection its luscious fruits is get
ting back to God's way. No better
oooopatioo need be sought, for it
tend to bring out all that is lovely
In human character. The merchant
regards another a his rival whom be
mast beat by sharp practice, fake (ales
and shoddy goods The stockman
fsnces the public domain for hls.owo
nse and threatens bloody murder if
anyone proposes to interfere. The
sheerowner is ihet down for pasturing
where his neighbor herds bis stock.
Lawysrs and Doctors rail at saoh
other for gobbling np the fees. Even
the minister in a small parish though
sometimes justly, dreads the incoming
of a possible rival. Bat the frait
grower welcomes another of Ihe same
kind and more of them. Each helps
the other. And the more and better
fro if In any neighborhood helps in
marketing at more remonerative
price so that the benefit of one is the
benefit of alL And the watchfulness,
the oonstant labor required in ridding
the orchard of pests as well a ths
oare in putting np the fruit in the
most attractive form for the market
with the gore and better return for
his investment all go to make the
fruit grower a well developed man.
And frnltgrowers aa a roleare t reefrom
the vices of artificial society. The
bo: tic nil crist ought to be an angel.
OEMS OF LITERATURE.
Careful with fire i good advice we
know,
Careful with word is ten times
doobly so j .
Boy flying kite baul in their white
. winged bird,
Yoa can't do that way when yoa are
flying word.
Things that we think may sometimes
fall back dead.
But Ood himself can't kill them,
when they're said.
A powerfol King of Greece had im
prisoned a learned man for some of
fense. It happened that the King of
Spain one day presented the Greolan
monasvh with a noble horse. He sent
for the learned prisoner to tell him
Ihe value of the horse. After a
Ihcrongh inspection the Greek pro
nounced the horse a beautiful ooorser
but said pie, the horse had been fed
on asses' milk which the king foond
to be true. On another occaHion the
king was inspecting bis jewels and
again be sent for the learned man ho
told him that in a certain stone was a
liviog worm which was found to be
true On another occasion the learned
Greek told the king that he was
merely the son cf a baker. The king
was struck with his wisdom and
aekel the Greek how he obtained s)
much knowledge. "1 will tell yon,"
said he: "I knew the horse had been
fsd ou asses milk beaose he hung his
cars. I knew there was a live worm
in the stone because it whs warm
while other stones are cold and 1 knew
that you are the son of a bakrr be
cause when I told von of the horse,
von rrdered uie the gift of a half loaf
a day and when I told you of th"
stone, you ordered me a whole loaf.
If yon bad been a king's son yon
would have given me a city.
LITTLE NTGGKTS.
After epei-ial service the churi hs
endeavor to tabulate the result". I'm
the most p rniuneut results r m:ui t he
counted on your tlugsrs. Truthful
owing brings its appropriate barest.
Tot you must ait.
It is a pretty combination of grafi
and politics that tleiiey is di'closiug
in lortlaud. So far protection fir
graft. Min return fir votes is all the
evidence disclosed. Hut '.hat
(ei,on;li to bring the blush of s'lsiue
M the check of the lionet c ti?su.
Th,.u is need of a wholesale purging
party politics.
Spcc((ll Ra... From Grant. rW
. , .
" " -f Ihe Mb annual cou-
PASS. OREGON, JANUARY 31
CITY TEACHER WIELDS
BIRCH TOO FREELY
Pr of. C. V. Kilgore, principal of
the East pnblio school of Grants
Pass wa arrested and tried tbi
week, on Ihe charge of aiiault and
battery opoo Harry Truax, the 8 year
old son of Mr. and Mr H. L. Truax.
The trial occurred before Jostioe of
th Peace, James Holman, at the city
hall, Mooday aftenoon and Tuesday
afternoon, msny intereetid cltiaens
being in atteadauoe.
It was charged that Mr. Kilgore, in
reprimaading the yonng boy had over-
epped his boonds and had Infected
wounds upon the body of the child, bo
his soother testified.
After bearing all the testimony,
Justise Holman assessed a fine of 110
and cost against Mr. Kilgore.
Snob affair are truly unfortunte
for any oommonlty, and no matter
how decided, they generally lend to
demoralize the publio school, of what
ever locality they happen to occur in
and breed trouble for all parties con
cerned. BUILDING ROAD DOWN
ROGUE RIVER TO SEA
The government is making good
progress under th direct supervision
oftthe forestry service In extending a
road down Regne river Into Oorry
county. This partitnlar stretch will
open np a wide latitude of country
rich In mineral and prolific of the best
marketable pine. When his werk has
been completed 10 per cent of the pro
ceeds will be diverted to the school
food, thus Inoreaslng the permanent
means of keeping np schools. About
$.500 bss been appropriated to be
used In developing highway, and it
i expected that Congress will set
aside t-'iOO more to be used on this pro
ject. Extreme difficulty ia met in
soms places. For instance aloag
Rogue river in some place men tak
ing the initiative step in building
were swung out along the bank ef the
river antll the drilling coald be done.
The ooetlgaooB territory will yield
millions of feet of pine and fir, which
will Increase the, revenue ef the
government at the rate of 2 and $3.60
million. Oresesnt City New.
Celenlet Rate.
A has been Ihe eastora for several
years past the Railroad leading to
the coal I have agreed on a eoloaist
rata, a little higher that In year
past, but still a very attractive rate,
and It eughl to have the effect of
bringing a large number of immi
grants to Oregon this spring. The
rate Is effective frcm March 1st to
April 30th aud is substantially as fol
lows: from Chicago (38; from Mis
souri rivir common points, Council
Bluffs te Kansas City . inclusive, St.
Paul, Minneapolis, Denver, etc., $30;
St. Louis, $H6 50. Usual stopover
privileges will be given on .these
tickets. 124 tf
Teachera Examinations.
Notice Is hereby given that the
County Superintendent of JoFcphiue
County will bold the regular, exami
nation of applicants for state and
county paper at Grants Tans.
FOR STATE PAFER3.
Commencing Wednesday, February
13, HMiH, at U o'clock a. m., aud con
tinuing until Saturday, February 15,
lleW at 4 p. m
Wednesday Penmanship, history,
spelling, physical geography, read
ing, psychology.
Thur-day Written arithmetic, the
ory of teaching, grammar, bookkeeping,
physics, civil government.
Friday Physiology, geography,
composition, algebra. Englisn liteia
tnre, Sitnrday--Botany, plane geometry,
geuc-sal lusiory, st'hncl law.
FOR Cm XTY PAPERS.
(.'ou.uii ncii.g Wi.lneMlny, Fehra irr
UiSt! o'clock a m., and con
muting until Friday, February II,
I'.'os. at 4 o'clock p. :u.
Wednesday lVnii-:inhip, I i-trrr,
orthography, reading, physical geo
t;ra liy.
Thurlnv- Written arithmttir, the
cry of teaching, gmnroar. jhysiology.
Frtdiv-lJ. ography, school l,w,
civil government. KnglUh literature.
l-Kl 3t LINCOLN.. SAVAGE.'
Co. Sut
Applications for Grazing Permits.
NOTICE is hereoy glvsn that all
at plications for permits to glaze ct-
tie
norsee ana ri,.p
''vl 1ST.
t
1908.
Change
The increase in business has necessitated onr enlarging, and Mr.
T F Klein, an experienced eastern tailor is now a partner in
this 'Tailoring- establishment. We make a specialty of
FASHIONABLE
iii bi n i hi i T
And are well prepared to please the'most fastideons lasts, both
in the manner of fashionable suiting and up-to-date styles.
'Cleaning and Repairing
Done with neatness and dispatch. Our work is guaranteed to
give entire satisfaction.
Come and see us if you need anything in our
line
ROPER
COURIER BUILDING
For BARGAINS
Fruit and Tokay
before buying, as
to give you bottom
for pamphlet.
GILLETTE REALTY COMPANY
Ground Floor, Conklin Bldg., Grants Pass, Oregon
Safe and
la th Mmm with a good Bank Account By
systematically depositing his earnings each week, hehas
Something for a rmlny day
and ia prepared for any emergency that may arise.
Are you one of the fortunate? We invite you to open
an account with jia. lie it small or great, you will
always receive courteous treatment.
lnttrt on time deposits
If you have soma surplus cash why not have it
earning you some intercut? We pay interest on time
deposits.
Safety Deposit Boxes for Rest
in which you can store your valuables, papers and
treasures. You may hav need for just such an accom
modation. Let us serve you,
G. P. Banking
CLASSIFIED ADS.
NEW TODAY.
NOKTHKRN California Lumber Co..
Hilts, I'al., ran use immediately 40
heart of horses for theT keep.
Giving employment to their drivers
at $'J per day. Worli trading rail
road. 1-81 2t
LOST.
REWARD for information or returu
if a small Pug dug. AuHwers to
the nsme of "Tommv." H. L.
Ilvrzinger, Real Ettuts "Dealer.
i-ai'it
FOR SALE.
A 1URGAIN-100 head of goats,
about f0 Dannies, registered, four
fioe bucks. Hero's a chance to get
suiiidthiug good, M extra cko;i lot.
I. A. Dkhb, Kiri.ll, Ore. 1-17 !t
KoR SAI.E-Eatly Excelsior hud
OreRon Y.rt rgtven f ra when v plants,
bent earl? rat market varieties'
tins sliirrcri and canners. J.i.so per
thousand, liest g-ltvt"u plauu ;o
centa inr l.um'.rcd. Imjuire of J
Hams, U. F. D, No. J, Ur:ints Has,
r. 117 at
FOR SALE Jeriey Heifer Calves
Thoroughbred Stuck-to ach. Ask
ofRlt Scott, The Dairjman. 1-17 tf
HORSES and Wagons for sale,
quire of J.M.Maon, Merlin. Mi
Iu--4t
Fl.'K SALE-Six head full blood
Herefi r.l Hulls K. P. George,
Kertv, On. jj tf
in Firm
& KLEIN
GRANTS PASS, OREGON
IN REAL ESTATE
Grape lands, see us
we are in a poeition
prices. Address us
: : : : :
Secure
& Trust Co.
WANTED.
TEAM WANTED Anyone having
workable team, who want it kept
through winter months for light
work, apply to Chas. Meserve for
particulars. 12-20 tf
WANTED ta!esrren. Many Make
. $100 to 1150 per month j some even
mere. Stock clean; grown on Reser
vation, far from old orchards. Cash
advanced weeklT. Choice of terri
tory. Address Washington Nnrsery
Company, Toppeniili, Washington.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BARGAIN IN WOOD-Two-tbirda
worth of 200 tiers of Dry Oak given
for the catting of same. Nine miles
from Grants Pass Aek at Courier
OfHce for particulars. 1-17 tf
FOR SALE Three Wo'k Horses for
aile at Moody's Wood Yard. 1-17 2t
JOK VH ARTUN Guns, Rifles,
Revolvers, Ammunition, Fishing
Tackle, Sporting Goods and High
Grsde Cutlery. Front St., four
doors east of (ith. 1-8 tf
FRAtt BURNETT-UphoUtering,
mission furniture made to order.
BARGAIN in wood. Will give half
for catting 100 cords or more, oak
principally. One mile from Wood
ville, down hill haul. Could fur
nish board. Rev. J. E. Day,
Woodville.
STRAYED.
There strayed from ray ranch near
Wilderville. one red heifer, brand
d W T on hip. one black and
wnite heifer branded W T on hip.
ibuer
CHAS.