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ROGUE RIVER COURIER. GRANTS PASS, OREGON APRIL 3. WITH THE CHURCHES FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, i Morning worship li 110:80. Tbe pastor preaohee on the toplo "The Canes and Cor of Despondency." Tbe Right Band of Fellowship will b extended to w members, acd tbe observance of the Lord's Sapper fol low the MrmoD. The teseioo of the Bible School is at 11 Tbe Joolor Union meets at 8 p. m. Tbe Seoior Yoong People meet at, 8:80. Tbe Membership committee will have chares. onon the toplo "Tbe M n Whom God Afcepta." Tbe floal service is at 7:eud the subject of tbe dlecoorM "j, Glimpse iafo the Coort Room uftlleaven." To all of these apnolntineuts a cordial welcome In extended. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. Much enthusiasm ii inanlfeted in Sunday School at CliriRtian ohorob over the contest now with Medfnrd. Tbe audiences are on the increase. The evening services a conducted by children la an attractive feature Tbe object 11 a. m., April 5 will be "The Divine Provision." At 7 80 p. m. "The Call of the Good. " Hear these sermons and above all, enjoy oar fellowship. AUSTIN J. HOLLIN OS WORTH. SALVATION ARMY. The Salvation Army is actively en gaged in preparing for ite Annual Week of 8lf-Denial, which bas now become an established onatoin throogh ot the world. The dates fixed are April ltn toafitb. Last year the army raised a princely sum by this means, which enabled it to pursue its Mis sionary, Spiritual and Social Work with uninterrupted access. Few pen tint seem to realise what a vast aad world wide movement this has become. The mortem crusaders have now mure than 18,715 officers uuder their banners, working in sums fifty four different counties and colonies, and In tbair own . energetlo way tbey re preaching the gospel to the poor la about 80 dlffereot languages. Of social Institutions the army bas now vast network, numbering in all kinl 1UH Th. a.n.a a. Ml ..,,., same very self-saoriflaina measure in order to raise the amount of money greed opoo. Every member, a) well as the friends of tbe movement, is being requested to abstain from any articles of food, or clothing which nisy be considered in the leant degree luxurious or unnecessary. That tba effort will meet with suooeas goas without saying, andjthers is oo doubt that the friends of the move ment reongulslng the vast amount of good already aooomplished will not fail to afford their practical aisslst noe when tbe proper time arrives. KPISOOPAL " Rev. H P. Chambers of Portland, will hold morning and evening ser- mI... a, T it .. i .. I -. i. una m ait uuv niiuuii uuuruu on Sunday, 'April 6th. Also evening aarvlnes on the following Monday and Tuesday. All are cordially invited. PKKSUYTEKIAN Brvines , will be beld at Bethany Piutbyterlan church Sunday, as aaual, mornlag and evening. 8uudy school at to a. m. Young .'Peoples meeting at 7. Tba regular quarterly commu nion will be bald In oouueutlou with she morning nervioe. 8traugers are invited to all eorvices aud especially to the mid week prayer service, held Thursday aveuiug at 7 o'clock. "K. P. DWltt A Co.. Chicago. 111. Oeutlemeu -In 18K7 I had a disease of the atonianh and bowels. In the spring of li I bought a bottle of Kodol and the benefit I received all the gold in Ueorgla could not boy. May yon liva long aud prosper. Yoara very truly, O. N. Ooruell. Hod tng. Us., Aug. 87, 11KXJ." Hold by Model Drug Mote. 4 3 Ut Not) l'lirtioo for Canned Goods UK H1S.L.I4 IT FOl t I II Our Grants Pass Plums r Pr can CI5R our choice dried Fruits, " reaches they are finest in Our Crawfford Teaches per cau -CI ILL the city; and notice them in aww the window an you go by. Standard Tomatoes n nowjjoat, per c.ui. . rdl Ufc5fc2 (.rants Tiiss, Ort. Dou't forget our Garden Seeds and Potatoes OFFICERS "MEDDLING IN AFFAIRS OF THE CITY : I Vigorous Exprsmslon of Oregon Sheriff on Clylo Unrlght oneness.' Tbe editorial columns of the Ore poniao are so completely and ably voicing the sentiments of the moral pe pi of Oregon on tbe question of civic ooudition ao long as n contno law and order that little remains to I ate to bia financial welfare. Of he aid. However, there la one Terr ' conrae be doesn't want any sheriff to important i-sne along that line upon which tha writer has noticed scarcely any oomment in tbe publio press. We refer to the question of "whether or not couuty officers have a right to uji-ddle in matters periainiog to city affair." Ills matter that ia being d iciis d and axilated in the samll towns and cities throughoat the Stat" of Oregon. This question has become so aoule in Southern Oregcn that Mayor Red dy, of Medford, has filed with the Secretary oi State an initiative peti tion for a constitutional amendment, giviug to incorporated towns exolo- slts authority to license, regnlste or suppress saloons, poolrconis, theaters, racetracks and. similar places, thereby abrogating ths present local opttion law. This question will of course be voted npon at 'the state election next June, and tbe friends of good govern, nient must turn out and promptly de feat this proposed amendment. ' At' tempts to enact such lrglslation were promptly crusned at the 1900 session of ths Oregon Legislature. Mayor Roddy says: "We don't like to have ooaoty offloers meddle in mat ters that relate to city affairs." Now, we all know that tbe best in terests of the town and country are so identical and closely related to each other that no dispute should arise over matters of . local government. The trouble is that we bave not yet eliminated from official circles all the Mayor Reddys in Oregon, and the few remaining ones mast be weeded out as qoiokly as possible. You may rest assnred that the oity er town that bas respect and revsrenoe I for law and that stands for civic righteousness and publio deoenoy has no desire to secede from nor to nullify the state criminal laws. The town that is governed by men who stand for law, and order, who have regard for their oaths of offloe, aud who have a sense of their moral duty to society, has no fear of a "meddling" sheriff but is glad and willing to work in conjunction with biin for the better moot of social, moral and financial conditions Tbe uiuulciplity that doesn't waut to be "meddled" with by tbe state criminal laws Is usually governed by men who stand for a wide open, Crip ple Creek, rlproaring, town .where gambling and thievery thrive and where ererbyody, including father, works on Sunday. Tbe mayor and oouuollmun and marshal and recorder of such oitiea are nearly always to be found spending their leisure mo moots In the saloons, at the gauibliug tables or some similar plaoe of aniune meot. They are usually men who regard home as simply a quick lonoh counter aud a plaoe to sleep Home, in its highest aud noblest and grandest sense the very foundation of the government itself Is an unknown in stitution to thetu. The wife of such a man stsyt at home year iu and year out, slaving aloug with the children and house drudgery, never knowing what it la to enjoy the awset companionship aud tender, protecting love of a husband aud father. Wife and children see him only at meal times, for after business hours and all days Sundays ha sits at the card tables In the saloons or at the Pastime or at the club. He Is blind to his doty to his family aud to the moral welfare of his city. He ! s baa degenerated imo elmpiy money making machine, and will nciifl.e thing. even the honor and fntare welfare of bia boys and girls, lor the .a, , . . , m ajmigiiiy aouar. turn wu, look to the tchool teacher at achool and the town marshal on the aireeta for their moral and intellectual train ing, not daring to follow the precepti and example of their father. He ii a moral ooard, and a an official be ii owned body and eon I by the la 'break ing element. He will tolerate any II arlth Ma rllclxo BID'lUlu ...... III most of tbe towns of Oregon the saloon element is strong tnougb to elect a "favorable" mayor and city council, by importing a bunch of floating tinhorns if neoetsary. The city council collects the license money from the saloons, gambling dens and booses of prostitution, and of course sxiienas the money iu the city. When these Incubators of crime hatch aud bring forth their finished products in the shape of murder trials aud kindred cases, it is then only that such cities do not object to the sheriff snd the district attorney and the farmers and the stockmen batting in and "meddling" with ciiy affairs, for' there are perhaps thou sands of dollars of cironit bills to be paid. Ninety five per oent .of all orlmes are lucu-! bated if not perpetrated in the saloons j of the cities and towns. j Mayor Reddy, has the country tax-1 payers no interest in the way bis home town is run? Has he nothing to say when bis boys and girls come to town to attend achool and fall prey ; to the vicious town environments?! Has the fsnner nothing tn say wl en his harvest hands corns to town Sndnys, get drnnk and don't return for several days, while his crops and hard work are sacrificed for wsnt of help? i In such cases as these law enforo-1 ing sheriff or district attorney proves a Qod-aend to the farmer and stock men aud the law-abiding element of : towns and oitiea, after the easygoing j city authorities refuse to do their plain dntv. These county officers represent higher power, and are usually under no obligations to tbe vicious "element for their election. I hey cao bring order and decency oat of this chaotlo state and be npheld in it by the people of the oounty. There are, of oonrae, some sheriffs and dis trict attorneys in Oregon who have no desiie to "meddle" in city affairs, or in anything els that might lose them a few votes. Such offloers belong to the gang above described, and their chief purmlt ia playing politics aud smiling npon and winking at anything sud everything, even the devil him self, if he could in some mauner help ktep tbeui in oftloe. It is really re freshing to see . a mayor or any other public official rise above his surround ings and take a firm, manly stand for law and order. Il is astonishing bow quickly be can change the moral com plexion ofjthe city without in the least damagiug its fluauoial interests, for after all .there is latent majority in every community that stands ready and willing to oome to the support of ' a publio official who has the moral stamina and conrage to take a stnod for right. Such tueu as Msyor Reddy and the others we have describsd belonged to a pant age, aud have no plane iu of ficial life iu this great, growing, regenerated West. Eliminate the uiofs ba.'k official aud proftsaivual politician and .install patriotlo men who hold saori'd their oaths of office."" What we need iu cougress, in the goveruor's of ace, in all state, ouonty and municipal ofScial circles are men who are not afraid to do their plain jduty. whatever this calls for, even 1 though an apparent majority are against them on the start. Great aod small reforms spring from heroio and Persistent minorities. Lincoln. Rooevelt aud Folk ; aiuples for emulatiou. furnish good ex- E. M SHUTT. Heppner, Ore. DeWitt's Csrboliiea Witch Ha.el Salve. It is especially good for pilrs. Sold by Model Dreg Store. 4 3 1st Colonist Rates. As has been the custom for several years past the Railroada leading to the coast hve agreed on a oolonlat rat, a little higher than in years past, but still a very attractive rate, and it ought to have tba ffectof bringing a large number of immi grants to Oregon this spring. Tbe rateis effective from March 1st to April 30th aud is substantially as fol lows: from Chicago K8; from Mis souri rivrr common points, Oouut-il Bluffs to Kansas City inclusive. St. Paul. Minne.nolla TVn sto. H , ' ' . v. , T-v . St. Louis, 1.14.50. TJsual stopover privileges win be given on these ticket. 1.J4 it Ch.mberl.In1. V'tf. MmviaUa. aavtlaow. haanUft, Varsity Models if J 'Witt I I vv Copyright 1908 by Hart Schaffner St Marx Geo. S. Calhoun Co. a "Outfitters to boy and Man" , LIST OF CANDIDATES FOR JUNE ELECTION Except Soclo-llsts Whose Percent age Doea Not Entitle Them to . Prlmevry Keglatravtlon. Following is the list of nomintions as filed with Couuty Clerk Chsehire for the various offloers to be voted for at the June election, except the so cialist candidates whose percentage does not entitle the party to primary registration : REPUBLICAN. State Senator Geo. W Colvig, O S Ooodnow, L L Jewell. Sheriff-W H Fallin. Oounty Clerk S F Cheshire, E E Dunbar. Assessor Eclua Pollock, D E Dotson Constable for Grants Pass, Justice itiKtrlrt. J PRumlla Tjinia A ClrV,- ; Dsn Johnson Represents' ive Win L Baboock, Made on the become neither acclimated nor adjusted to the peculiar Coast requirements. The character of the roads and the climatic conditions on the Pacific Coast are so radically different from those prevailing elsewhere that no car other than one built here with the sole idea of meeting these local peculi arities could have made the wonderful record of vic tories in track races, hill climbs, endurance runs and economy tests won by THE TOURIST in the psst year. These victories, while demonstrating the superior worth of THE TOURIST uader severe strain, prove also its unique value to the automobilist who demands a car that will "get there" with dispatch, comfort, and economy. Auto Vehicle Company Factory at Los Angeles Northern Branca at 540 GOLDEN GATE AVE. San Francisco R. S. Wilson. Agent Croat Pm Oregon T HIS season 1 1 new moaeis you want to see some of the most swagger styles ever made in men's clothes just come in here some day and ask to see one of our Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity models; there are half a dozen or more styles in the Varsity line; some one of them will be sure to suit you. Business and 'Drees suite, $18, $20, $22.50, $25, $27.50, $30. Other good suits, $10, $12.50, $15. . This store is the home of Marx clothes. Altbouse, Geo H Durham, J C Smith, County Treasurer H N Mitchell. Justioe of the Peace for Grants Pass, Jnstice district Oliver S Brown Jaa Holman. Coroner F D Strieker. County Superintendent of schools Lincoln Savage. Couuty surveyor Fred Mensch. County Commissioner E F Meiss ner, Kerby, H S Woodcock, Eerby, Thos Loth Morpby, J u Biatt, Selma. Committeeman for North Grants Pass, Joseph Moss. Committeeman 'for South Grants Psss, W G Coburn. Committeeman , for West Grants Pass A O Hough. Committeeman for North Grants Pass, H D Norton, DEMOCRATS Sheriff W J Russell. County Treasurer J T Taylor. Constable Geo A Bryan. Justice of the Peace, Chas Ladd, Merlin, Merlin Precinct. Constable for Grants Pass, Justice Pacific Coast reared tVOe Car that wnn we're strong on .-a,-a1 aTM l 4 a the If in sai-iv aun&. Hart Schaffner ii district W M Cheshire ' J County Surveyor H O Pertint Representative, H Li DeArmond,, County Assessor T Y Dean. ... i Committeemen W J Ott, Merlin, f Meriln pretiinct, H L Wilson, Lehad, j Leland Precinct, T T Dean, Swtb Grants Pass. Cot the Le,ugh on Him. An old gentleman, a soldier, a nan of flue culture and president of a Seminary, had no taste for music, bat went as an esoort to Edward Butsr Perry's Lecture-Recital. He kner he should be intolerably bored, so took with him his daily paper. Bd be listened to tbe wonderfully poetic and instructive description of the first number of the program and tli to the playing, to see if he ooold mate it out. This he repeated for each 10 m ber, forgetting hi. paper in bis in terest and enjoyment of the rital. His wife and sisters "hadtheangb on him." Mr. Perry will be keard here iu a Lecture-Recital on Tnaday, April 14, at the opera house. . i-8 It The one car best adapted to Pacific Coast roads and conditions. Born and IV a m here it needs to The car here illustrated is the famous Model "K" cyl luuci, ivui passenger, wim removaoie ronneau; inev fha almACi tinhrnlr.n rk.m nf ut.VJYt' tories sgainst all types of competition. It is truly a wonderful car, and no one interested in automobiling should fail to investigate it The makers think well enough of it to guarantee it for a year. See the Modef "K" and other models of Tourist Cars, and ask for ths terms of the easy-payment plan by which these cars may now be bought. Write for catalogue, Twe-CyEnder Towiag Car "H I Tvro-CjEncUr T oaring Car Tke Tw ia Oat Car