THE ROSUE RIVER COURIER
GRANTS PASS, OBEUOX.
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Oregon, a second-class nail matter.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 7, 1908.
Candidate for office are already
b ginning to loom tip and, of course,
each man ha a right to oaat bl caa-
tor Into the ring. Bat il will remain
for the rotera to decide their fate.
The day for the "pall" li gone and
very candidate moat atand purely on
hia merit and no political machinery
can ran thing, a in day gone by.
The week beginning September Slit
will tee the greatest livestock and
race meeting at Portland that ha
been held in tbla city tlnoa tba Lewi
and Clark Expoiition in 1U0R. The
gathering hare hut week, participated
in b the Oregon Pore Bred Livestock
Aieoclatlou and the .North Pacific
Fair Aiaoclailon, brenght lireetook
men from all over the coantry, oloeing
with a banquet at the Portland Com
nurclal Club,
That little touch of "the Beaotl
Tul, " which attempted to pnt In an
ppoartnre here, Sunday, served to
remind the newoonier of what they
are missing by havlng;cast their lot
iu itioli a mild climate, for the anow
melted almost a fast a It fell. Ho
ever, the youngsters managed to ge t
enough to Indulge in a bit of anow
balling. "The other day," aaid a man pass
enger in a street our, "I saw a woman
In a street car open a satchel and take
nut a purse, close the satchel and opeii
the purse, take out a dime and dote
the pnrso, open the satchel and put In
the pursti. Then she gave the dime
to the conductor and took a nickel lu
eiohange. Then shn opened the
satchel and took out the pnree, closed
the satchel aud opened the pane, put
in the nickel and clnaod the parse,
opened the satehel and pot la the
poriie, olosel tbe satchel aud locked
both er'de."
Time wa when It was popular to
make fun of prohibition. That day
ha pasted. It hna rassed for two
r'Ksim: First, because Prohlbl
tlonlst are a more dignified and
unified body than ever before. Where
once the temperance army was aevuH
toinwl to use. more aiiuumiitiou iu
hoot inn at Ita follow soldier thnn at
the whisky runny, there 1 now co
operative lighting against the com
mon fe. Nalutally. the fight Is going
on more succotefully
Kvery inhnhitiiut of those Ameri
can cities most he perfectly well
awn re that he pays lucre thnn he
ought to pay for every one of the
ordinary accoiupnniment of urb-tu
ilvllwatioe, mads, water, light, pro
tection of life and property, and that
all these nrivanariea, lesidr Wing
npplied at eihorbttant rates, arv. a
a rule, very bad of their kind. Kvery
Aimriau knows that illicit profits op.
on muti i-ixt nisnageiuoni or illicit
enhaiicenieut i f the rice of commo-
nmcs or commercial neveity are the
origin end tonn 'ntiou of most of
the Colo, ml fcrtiuie to which he
points with a certain degree of pride,
though they otten constitute iu reality
not oiiIt a iiHtion-tl i'i.-ni.-e but
I national d u;:vr - l.i ik, u Times
ROGUE
Winter
SHOES
Now as winter ia 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 wear
R. L. Bartlett
Howard Bldg Sixth Si.
Now that tba important Horticul
tural Institute i thing cf the
past, may wa not expect to reap the
great benefits which should naturally
follow in ita wake. Fruitgrower
ahonld take a new lease on that moat
important industry. while tba
poultry men and Angora breeder
hare already made moat excellent
beginning. With thia trio, together
with our important mining and tim
ber Interest, what mora.oould be de-
aired a a "backlog" for any commu
nity. Certain It ia that the people of
this Immediate vicinity have much
to be thankfnl for and few, if any
other oommanltiea can boait of inch
reaonroea, a yet hardly touched.
It ahonld be remembered that real
prosperity doea not coosiat in higher
price, but in tba regular employment
for all. Real hard time are those in
which a portion of tba peopla find
nothing to do, and hence the great
waste from idleness. Where every
body 1 bnsv in productive employ
ment time are geod. If w were to
double all prloei, nobody won Id be
any better off. With riling pries
some at the expense of others, the
gains and loases of different c lessee
balancing, until permanent higher
level is established, when nobody is
any better off than before. When
Urge numbers of people are out of em
ployment, however, whether price
ere high or low. it mean hard tlmea.
LW Postal Ruling
Below ws quote from general or
der of the postmaster general which
peaks for Itself. Tb order Is num
bered 907.
Amend Section 438, postal laws and
regulation to read a follow t
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but nnlee subscriptions are eipresaly
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iods: Daillo, within three month.
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Semi-weeklies, wlthlu nine mouths
Weeklies, within ooe year.
Monthlies, within four month.
Bi monthlies, within six month.
Quarterliea, within fix month, they
hall not be counted in the legitimate
list of uboribera and copies mailed
on account thereof ahall not be ac
cepted for mailing at the second -class
postage rate of one cent a pound, but
may he mailed at the transient sec
ondclasa postage rate of one cent for
each four ounce or fraction thereof.
prepaid by stamps affixed.
The above order. Issued by tbe
postofflce department, is of vital im
portance to publishers and sub
scriber :
I. To publishers, who are reuuirod
to pay postage rates cm subscriber
who are delinquent for the time speci
fied four times the rate, of potage they
now py. Pabliebera cannot do this,
and hence they will lie obliged to drop
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of such delinquent subacriler.
8 To subscriber who let their sub
scriptions eipire and become delin
quent. Many If net al such de,ire to
continue the paper without interrup.
tiou and fail only tweause of uninten
tional ucgleet. Such subscribers, and
all other delinquents nisy find them
selves much inconvenienced by sad
den stoppage of the paper to their ad
dress. If such Inconvenience occur,
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il np to the postmaster-general who
issued this order and pay up past iu-deModiie-s
and subscribe at one with
payment in advance and you will not
receive further annoyance In this
war. It will h better alike for pub
llher and subscribers if the deliu
quent s uNcripticu lit were reduced
to the minimum. May we not hope
that publishers aud subscribers may
nxpciate iu this muter?
cl
ser the subscription lit
come to .
Kilvitnco so!s-ri;ti
n lift.
rire ilviii the
ubscripliou list of
RITE COURIER, GRANTS
big city newipaper and magazines,
the better it li for pnlitben and tub
tcrlbera.
One immediate effect of tbil order
of the postmaster-general will be an
increase in the camber of labecribert
wbo pay their subscription in ad-
Tanoe.
COMMERCIAL CLUB HAS
AN IMPORTANT MEETING
An Important meeting of tbe Com
mercial Club wa held Tuesday even
ing, with a larie attendance of the
membership. In the matter of tbe ad
vertising fund tbe committee reported
that the citizens of Grant Pas had
already lobecribed over $1800, which
is the neceMBory amount needed to
aisn the contract with the Sunset
Magazine Publishing Company for a
page advertisement in their magazine
for year, and 20,000 pamphlets, 6x9
inches, containing 63 pages, ilia
t rated, descriptive of Grants Pass and
Joapehlne oounty. The matter was
put before the mtinbers of the Club,
who voted unanimously that the Club
accept ths offer and sign ths contract
The advertissmeot will commence
with the April number and confine to
ths following April publication.
The members were heartily in favor
of paving Sixth street as well as Front
striet. tbe sentiment being qalte
strongly In favor of the idea.
A committee was appointed to look
into the matter of providing Ladies'
Rest room. Thia committee will in
terview the ladie of the city, regard
ing thi matter.
The Poultry how deficit of $15,
was refernd to the Fair committee,
who will provide lor the shortage.
The olub had tbe pleasure of enroll
ing four new name, making a total
of 108 members.
Wm. Bittle Wells, editor of tbs San.
et magazine, wa to have been pre
ent, bot owing to the lateness of the
evening train was unable to attend.
INLAND EMPIRE VISITORS
ROYALLY WELCOMED
Special Correipondeoce.
Portland, Ore.. Feb. 10, 1908.
Ths great "Inland Empire" Ex
cursion, under tb auspices of ths
Bpokaos Ckambar of Commerce and
Walla Walla Commercial Club, ipent
Saturday in Portland, and were re.
oslved with a heartioeaa and cordial
Ity seldom witnirsed.
There were aorss of automobile and
carriages at tbe station when the party
arrived at 11 o'clock, bot before that
they baa been met by a committee of
representative oitkens, led by tba
Governor of Oregon aud the Mayor of
Portland, who joined the train some
40 mile out of tbe city. The pro
cession from the depot up town wss a
remarkable sight in fact, long before
the last vehicle had left the station
others were well ont in the reoidano
district, as it required 20 minute to
get the entire party under way. Dur
ing all this time ths bands played aud
ll .1 tn.
me people cneerea. inure weie some
bright, short, crisp tslk at the lunch
eon, with more extended speeches at
the diuner.
Thi (rreat excursion ami the enter
tainment at Portland show what can
be accomplished by organization.
Two prosperous commercial bodies of
the state of Washington were received
by the largest organisation of its kind
in this state, the For' laud Commer
cial Club. All the advertisement in
the local paper welcomed the guest",
there were thousands of cards in the
show window of the stores reading
"Portland welcomes her guest from
the Inland Empire," "Spokane aud
Walla Walla do things right, ""The
Inland Empire nink. s Poitland THE
wheat port of the Facfc. " etc It
was a happy and successful day.
These 220 excursionists are now in
California at work getting people
there interested in the Pacitlo North
western country.
Seventy-nine nrg.mi .itimis are
uow included in the Oregon Develop
inent I., ague, the latest b. i i j the dak
drove Improvement s-.viation, and
all the active ones are wt1 ing o
cure new people. I h . fit. 1Hle from
Wimi'peg, St. Paul. Kansas City, ami
all the Middle West is good on all rail
road. fr,nu March 1st to April 30th.
with rroportiouatu rate from eveiy
ttatiou in the luit.d States and
Canada. Every letter that gxws out of
Or-gou ought to make mention of
this and the fact thst the low fare, ap
plies to Ashland. Salem, Faker Citv,
Astoria, or any other poiut iu Ore'
gon just a it does to Portland, but 1
people must a.-k for tickets to the
point desired when they buy them.
W A Watts, nreai.l.tir ,f ,,. I!.....
son A Town-end Co., Hardware Job-
hers, of New Haven. Ccnn., sfnt a
I couple of days iu this citv ri.i. i-
Thathe Kue-t of bis fri.ii.V M.r."
I . r J,.. n .i , 0
- v,r,i, -v i nilHMll.
He is ou tbe coast looking after some
l'rnities interests.
PASS, OREGON. FEBRUARY 14,
CANDIDATES CARDS
S. F. CHESHIRE
Of Grants Pass
Republican Candidate for Nominee
COUNTY CLERK
O. S. GOODNOW v
Of Grants Pass
Republican Candidate for Nominee
FOR STATE SENATOR
From Josephine County
"I stand by statement No. 1"
I further state to the people of Oregon as
wsll as to the people t my legishuive dis
trict that during my term ot omci 1 1 will
always vote for thst candidate for United
buies benator in Congress who ha re
ceived tbe highest number of the peop e s
votes lor that position at tbe general elec
tion next preceding the electiou of a sena
tor in congress, without regard lo my di
vidual pre.erence O. B. uOUU0 W.
ECi-US POLLOCK
ot Grants Pass
Republican Candidate for Nominee
for
' ASSESSOR
GUs NEWBURY
of Jacksonville
Republican Candidate for Nominee
lor
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
VV. J. RUSSELL
of Grants Pass
Democratic Candidate for Nominee
for
SHERIFF
E. E. DUNBAR
of Grants Pass
Republican Candidate for Nominee
for
COUNTY CLERK
John B Griffin, of Holland, Jose
phine county, is greeting old tilllooms
in Ashland. It is his first visit here
for half a doxen years and the place
bas grown out of bis knowledge until
h can scarcely get hi bearings.
Tears ago John and hi d g "Trailer"
were tbs terrors of bear in this re
gion. He real's 1 on a ranch in ths
Dead Indian country east of Asb
land, whence he weot on luoh fre
quent successful quests fnr bruin that
his reputation a a bear hunter spread
far and wide. He is now engaged in
the more peaceful and profitable oc
cupation of farming and dairying
and bss abandoned bear hunting al
together. Ashlaud Tidings.
CLASSIFIED ADS.
NEW TODAY.
WANTED One or two men with
some experience to prune anple
trees. Jdartiu Angel, Western
Hotel, 3-14 It
FOR SALE 40 acre land on Rogue
Kiver two mile from Grants Pass,
about 15 acres rich bottom loam,
cleared, some good timber on bal
ance. Terms I'-'OO down, f-JO a
month without interest on bilance.
Also 35 acres grai'e land one mile
from tirants Pass on Hosne River
Low pirce and easy terms. Address
P. O. Uox 671, Medford, Ore,
2-14 2t
INCL'UATOH-Wanted-dood second
hand Petaltima inenbstor, 218 cap,
city and brooder, write P. O. Box
315, Grsots Pass, Or. 2-14 tf
HELP WANTED Younir ladT to
learn to become an operator. Apply
to A. T. Marshall, Mauager Pncicfi
Telephone aud Tilegraph Co. 214 tf
Siniile Comb KhcnleJ Wand Reds ex
clusively. I'm the pioueer Red
I r-eiler of Southern Oregon. I won
prize for best pen at last show.
Vigorous stock, tine livers. Ewks
ti pet settiiig. Cockerel' for eale.
M K. Moore, Box, 574 jj 2-14 tf
FOR SALE.
A BARGAIN 100 he;l 0f poatgi
about 00 nannies, registered, four
tine hncks. Here's a chance to get
sonietlmiit good, an extra cho'ce lot.
I. A. I Van, KidcMes, lire. 1-17 8t
FOR SAI.K Early Excelsior and
Oregon Kveryrven atra when r plants,
best earl rat- market varieties
fiue shippers and cancers, per
thousand. Best scKvtd plants 75
cents per hundred. Inquire of J
Sstus. K. F. D. No. 3, Grauts Pass.
117 I't
FOR SALE Jersey Heifer Calves
Thoroughbred Stock 15 each. Ask
of R G Sivtt, The Dairvuian. 1-17 tf
HORSES and Wagons for sale,
uuire of J.M. Macn, Merlin. I V,
FOR SALE
Hereford
K, r' t, ( ;-,
-Six h.'.ol full blood
B11II.-K. r. Gecrge,
11 1 :t
1908.
this oi
Bijou Theatre
IS NOW OPEN
And the roaagement offers to the public the best
moving pictures and illustrated songs money can pro.
cure, no fl ckering or hurtinsr the eyes, everything
first Hass. A show for the ladies and children, come
and see us in our beautiful little theatre located on
Front st. between 6th and 7th, and be convinced.
A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE
beginnino- at 7:15 p.m. Matinee every afternoon at 3
AIXIIS-SIOIV lOo
Change
The increase in business has necessitated onr enlarging, and Mr.
J. F. Klein, an experienced eastern tailor is now a partner ia
this Tailoring establishment. We make a specialty of
FASHIONABLE
rrA I T ORING
And are well prepared to please the most fastideons tasts, both
in the manner of fashionable suiting and up-to-date styles.
Cleaning aid 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
wwwwvwtwvwwwwviwwvwMwvvHMmwwww
FOR SALE-J H Robiuron & Sod, R
K D, No.;1, Grants Pass, Breeder
and Sellers of Thoroughbred Short
horn Cattle, Poland-China Hogs,
Bronze Turkeys and Brown Leg
horn Chicxens. Fine Shorthorn
Bull, which Cannot be used with
herd, for sale at R-ssouabla Price.
Z'.V ill furnish pairs of Hogs -Boar and
Sow that are of no kin Turkev
and Chicken Flock headed each
season by Imported Birds and Eggs
" Guaranteed Fertile aud just as
reprt sented. 1-10 tf,
WANTED.
NORTHERN California Lumber Co.,
Hilts, Cal., ran usm immediately 40
head of horses for their keep.
Giving employment to their drivers
at f3 per day. Work grading rail
toad. x-81 2t
TEAM WANTED Anyone having
workable team, who wants It kept
throngh winter months for light
work, apply to Cbas. Meserve tor
particulars. 13-20 tf
WANTED ha: -sn-eu. Many Make'
JUKI to cl.10 per month; some even
more. Stock clean: grown on Reiser-'
vation, far from old orchard. Cash I
advanced weekly. Choice of terri-1
torv. Address WHghintgon Nursery'
vomimii,. xoppenisii, Waslnngron.
MISCELLANEOUS.
SPRAYING Have your fruit trees
sprayed fy Calhoun & Doxsee
Leave criers at Geo. S. Calhonn
I lothing Store. 3.7 tf
FOR SAI.E-Three Work Horses for
sale at Moody's Wood Yard. 1-17 2t
PLANTS PLANTS
Name of Our Farm, Bonny Brier
Situated on onjier 10th St. Her.
have a lot of Logan and Phenomenal
up 1 or saie. ixigans at ii Der 100
Phenomenal at ft per UK). Also Glen
Mary strawberry plants at ft per 1000.
r or sale, a heavy wagon, harness
aud 14 inch plow. W. J. Sturgess.
. 1-31 St
PARGAIX IN WOOD-Two-thirds
worth of 200 tiers of Drv Oak given
f'r the cutting of same. " Nine miles
rroiu Grants Pass Ask at Courier,
:;k for irtrt:cu'.4;.'i. t.17 tf
igiai
in Firm
& KLEIN
GRANTS PASS, OREGON
IN REAL ESTATE
Grape lands, Bee us
we are in a positions
prices. Address us
: : : ' : :
JOE WHARTON Quni, Rifle,
Revolvers, Ammunition, Fishitr
Tackle, Sporting Goods and Higt
Grade Cutlery. Front St., foor
doors east of 6tb. 1-5 if
FRANK BURNETT Upholstering,
mission furniture made to order.
BARGAIN in wood. Will give half
for cutting 100 cords or more, oak
principally. One mile from Wood
ville, down hill haul. Could fur
nish board. Rev. J. E. Daj,
Woodville.
STRAYED.
There strayed froo, my ranch near
Wilderville, one red heifer, brand
ed W T ou hip. one black and
white heifer bradded W T on hip
JMLder notify me at Grants Paw
,rS; . w- H. H. TAYLOR
12 37 fi Pine Street,.
The Southern
Oregon State
Normal School
at Ashland offers especial oppor
tunities for teachers to review for
the Teacher's Exaniinations in
February and August and to take
work in Pedagogy and in Special
Methods of teaching in the vari
ous grades of the training school
Siuce the public school of Ore
gon are c lling for teachers who
can teach Manual Training,
many are taking advantage of
the industrial work lately in
stalled in the school.
The State Normal School at
Ashland is eniovinr the largest
appropriation of State funds ever
granted a rtnal School in the
history of Oregon. Catalogues
sent on application to the
President.
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