ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS
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As a treasurer the pocket, the
wallet, the purse, and the pocket
book, are a lot of loose charact
ers without integrity, and un
worthy of trust. Put them out of
office and elect Mr. Bank Check
as your treasurer.
GRANTS PASS BANKING & TRUST CO.
J. P. Tcffs, President. E. P. Dixon. Vice-President,
G. P. Jester, Assistant Cashier.
Courier and Oregonian $2
The Rogue River Nurseries
Are strong on TOKAY GRAPES, having about 250,000
fancy cuttings that are rooting nicely in the reddest of
We are ready to contract for fall delivery at prices
lands
inai wm surprise you. We are as well prepared to fur
nish you with anything in line of trees and general
nursery stock.
Grants Pass Or.
Conklin Building
TREES !
TREES !
BUY YOUR TREES FROM
TREES
"Old Reliable Albany Nurseries"
Jewelry
I have just received
my fine new line of
Solid Gold and Gold
Filled Jewelry.
Call and See It
I also have a fine line of
Watches and Clocks
W.H. HODKINSON
Practical Watchmaker and Jeweler
WITH JOE WHARTON
104 Mli St Grants Pass
FARMERS ARE VERY
PROSPEROUS NOW
High Grade
Cutlery
-roR-
Christmas
Gifts
Carving Sets, Pearl Handled
Pocked Knives, Gillette Saf
ety Razors, Embroidery
Scissors, Fine Kazors and
Strops.
Joe Wharton's
Sperling Goods Store. 6 St.
and you are aure of getting just what you order.
our tree for quality not cheap prices.
GEO. H. PARKER,
Office with J. E. PETERSON
We grow
Agent
tlcltlTVUE
SUCCUSOI TO C C DANIELS
BICYCLE AND
MACHINE SHOP
Sixth St., It iween J & K
Phone 513, with Centner Garage
De Wllt'a Little Early Rleara,
pleaeeat litila allls that are eaay to
take. Beld y Madal Drag Btore.
SPRAY
w
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Orchards 1
AW
WW
Samps
For San Jose
Scale and use
on's Concentrated Lime
and Sulphur Solution
Scale livei and works all the year round. Don't forget thia. As the old
scale dies, the new is rsady to carry on the destruction of our orchards.
The icale is less rigorous in the fall, and more easMy and surely destroyed
than in any other osaion of the year. Therefore now is th beat time to attact it
and kill it. If you spray now, many a valuable tree will be laved that otbsrwiae,
because of the scale, would not retain life enough U start up in ths spring.
YOU HAVE MORE TIME NOW There is less wind to scatter aid waste
the spray, and make it hard to cover every part. The, too, you cannot toll what
may happen to prevent thorough spraying in the fall. BUT ABOVE ALL, the
results of FALL SPKATINO are absolutely certain, provided, of course, tkat you
SPRAY with SAMPSON'S LIME AND SULPHUR SOLUTION.
These are all "Spray Facts"
We claim no wonderful chemicalCdi8CoveryJin"thiBpray,Cbut we',do claim
most emphatically that
Sampson's Lime and Sulphur Solution always produces
satisfactory results, and does no injury. ThereIi&no
better spray manufactured than Sampson's Limeand
Sulphur Solution.
Sampson's Lime and Sulphur Solution is a clear, cherry-colorrd eolution
free from sodiment. It is guaranteed to test SO degrees Baume. If youe dealers
cannot supply you, write to us. BE SURE YOU USE SAMPSON'S SPRAY.
Manufactured By
Grants Pass Canning' Co.
Grants Pass, Oregon
After 12 years of service as head
! of the Department, the Secretary of
Agrculture iu his annual report la
; Bued last week, presents a review of
the progress of agriculture la the
i United States during this period
i Concerning the furm production of
190i), he says that the farmer has
I created wealth by the billions. Pro
i duction has been above the average
of recent years with few exceptions;
and while some prices have fallen
ohers have risen.
The farm value of all farm pro
ducts of 190S reaches the most ex
traordlnary total in the Nation's his
tory $7.7"S,lK0,000. This Is
about four times the value of the
products of the mines, including
mineral, oils and precious metals.
The farmer contributes 87 per cent
of the raw materials used in those
manufacturing industries which de
pend mostly or considerably upon ag
ricultural materials, and these Indus
trios use 42 per cent of all materials
used in all Industries.
The gain in value of farm products
in 1908 over 1907 is $290,000,000
and would have been much larger
had not the prices of cotton and hay
been low. The value of products In
1899, the census year, being taken
at 100, the value of 1903 stands at
125; for 1904, at 131; for 1905, at
134; for 1906, at 143; for 1907, at
159; and for 1908, at 165. During
the las ten years the wealth produc
ton on the farms of this country has
exceeded the fabulous sum of $60,'
1)00,000.000.
The corn crop this year Is 2.643,-
000,000 bushels, valued at 11.615.
000,000. Compared with the aver
age of the preceding Ave years the
quantity la 2 per cent higher and the
value 43 per cent higher.
The cotton crop la likely to be one
of the three highest ever produced,
with a value next to the highest, or
perhapa more.
The greatest hay crop In history
has been gathered this year, 68,000,
000 tons, or twelve per cent above
tha average of the preceding five
years. Its farm vaue Is $621,000,
000, or 6 per cent above the five
year average.
Wheat Is m per cent above the
flve-year average In production and
23 above In total value. The 660,
000,000 bushels are estimated to be
worth $620,000,000 to the farmers,
or $66,000,000 more than the moat
valuable wheat crop heretofore pro
duced. The oat crop ia worth $321,000,
000 for 789,000,000 bushels, or 10
per cent above the five-year average
value and 9 per cent below the aver
age product.
The barley crop, 167,000,000 bush
els. Is 13 per cent above tho five-
year average and Its value, $86,000,-
000, is 23 per cent above. Both
have been exceeded only once.
Rye In value Is $22,000,000, 17
per ceni above the average.
All cereals aggregate 4,3 29,000,
000 bushels, a total that has been
exceeded three times, but the value
reaches $2,694,000,-000, or more
than $300,000,000 above that of
1907, and exceeds still more the to
tals of former years. Compared
with the preceding five years, the
number of bushels la higher by 0.2
per cent and the value is higher by
32 per rent.
Nearly 500,000 short tons of beet
sugar will probably be made from
the crop of this year, and tho factory
value Is about $45,000,000. About
407,000 short tons of raw cane sugar
were produced.
Unfavorable weather made the po
tato crop only 275,000,000 bushels,
or 5 per cent below the 5-year aver
age, although the value, $190,000,
000, Is 18 per cent above and was
never equaled.
On account of the extremely low
price of hops In 1907, the average
production and value of 1908 are
low and have been exceeded In many
former years.
For tne first time, this year, the
value of all farm crops equals $5,
000,000,000. Although the farmer
gets hardly 20 cents a pound for bis
outter, uetween o and 4 cents a quart
for his milk, and about 1 cents for
each egg, yet the value of the farm
products of the dairy cow Is getting
close to $800,000,000, and the value
of the eggs ana poultry Is as much
as the cotton crop, seed Included, or
the hay crop, or the wheat crop.
The extraordinary prosperity of the
farmers followli g their low financial
condition a dozen years ago and ear
lier has enabled them to pay higher
wages for farm labor than before.
In the matter of wage Increase com
pared with prices, the farm laborer
baa fared better than the working
men employed In manufacturing and
mechanical industrlea.
Detailed Increase! of prices re
ceived by farmers for their products
are next In the report, and In con-
Where yii wast It
Uses yoi want II
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vuui juu nam iiui ill nuny
in some room in the house the fur
nace does not reach. It's so easy to
pick up and carry a
PERFECTION Oil Heater
(Equipped wttk Saaoltcleea Device)
to the room you want to heat suitable (or any room in the
house. It has a real smokeless device absolutely preventing
smoke or smell turn the wick as high as you can or
as low as you like brass iont holds 4 quarts of oil
mat gives out g lowing neat lor y noun, fin
ished in japan and nickel an ornament
anywhere, Every heater warranted.
li tkf aaaa tor tha
tmim. It mrm a knlluai. tttril I
tkrisuluaakiraaUuun. -A ' ' ,
wit. Ux UM Uasrama' faatil ink auras, trmy kau wanaaaj.
II ran canal akaat lha ParUabaa Oil Hatter ar Kara Uaa kaa
yaar atalar wtila ta aur naaraa aaauv Uf ipMi a anaiar,
ITAXDiaP OIX. COMFAWT
iuiiiiinttuuiunnTOmv
PERFECTION HEATERS
And RAYO LAMPS
Are for sale by
HAIR-RIDDLE HARDWARE
COMPANY.
eluding the subject the Secretary
saya that the consequences of such
rlsea In prices need not be Itemised.
Ihe old cotton plantation that' no
lenuer wanted aa a mortgage se
curity Is now sougu. for Investment
and Ita owner can borrow without
mortgaging Tha farmers of tha
poor mortgage-ridden Kansas of
former days uave stuffed toe banka
of mat state full of money, have or
ganised banka of their own and have
sent money to the East to be Invest
ed.
The total coBt of our 2,151,000
miles of road la over $1,720,000,000
while the percentage of Improved
roads was only 7.14 In 1904, and la
probably not In excess of 8 per
cent at the present time.
Twenty statea have given aid to
counties In making good roads.
Tho number' of national forests
now 182, and the total area
168,000,000 acres. At $2 per
thousad feet stumpage the timber
standing In these forests Is worth
$800,000,000. Those forests now
contain ono-flfth of the standing
merchantable timber In the coun-
ry. In tho forestB permanent lm-
irovemcnts were completed as fol
lows: Three thousand four hundred
miles of trails, 3200 miles of tele
phone lines, 100 miles of wagon
road with 260 bridges, 600 miles
of pasture and drift fences, 40 miles
of fire lines and 650 cablna and
barns. The fire loss for the calendar
year 1907 waa less than half that
for the previous year, which In turn
was less than In any preceding year.
The ratio of loaa to value of timber
protected waa only about 4 centa to
$1000. The amount of timber aold
from the national foresta waa 386,
u00,00it feet, and the receipts from
timber sales were $850,000. The
grazing privileges yielded last year
an Income or nearly $1,000,000.
l-ast year seed trees were sown
broadcast In 27 forosta In 8 states
to test the usefulness of this meth
od. In tho Government's forest
tree nurseries about 700,000 young
trees wero planted out. Over 2,
000,000 treea will be ready (or
planting In 1909.
Annual Mooting.
Notice la hereby given that tha Jua
aual Meeting of the Wlldervllla Irri
gation Company will be held At tha
resldonce of Jacob Wagner, Thum
day, January 7, 1(09, at 1 o'clscsa
P. af. to elect officers and traas
such other ouslness aa may oosj
before tha meetlag.
A. E. BI1EHAN. President.
JOHN II. ROBIN80N, Secjr.
HKKD TUH WARNING).
Many
Grant Pom
J tone So.
People Uasa-
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars re
ward for any case of Catarrh that
ranaot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure. F.J.Cheoaey & Co, Toledo. O,
We, the undersigned, have known
P. J. Cheoney for the paat 16 years,
und believe him perfectly honorable
a all business transactions, aad
financially able to carry out any ob-
'"rl by his firm. Wald
lug, Rinnan t Marvin, Wholeaale
Druggists, Toledo, O.
Hall's Catarrh Cure la taken Inter
nally, acting directly upon the rnu
cous surfaces of the system. Testi
monials aent free. Price 75c. per
Dome. Bold by all druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pllla for con'
stlpatlon.
When tha kldneya are sick they
should not be Ignored. By eiaaa
Inlng the urine and treating the kleV
neys upon the first sign of. disorder,
many days of suffering may fee)
saved. Hick kldneya expel a dark. .
Ill-smelling urine, full Of "brtcft
dust" sediment and painful la itst
age. Bluggish kidneys cause a 4uU
pain In the small of the back, head
aches, dlzsy speila, tired, langeld
reelings and frequent rheumaUai
twinge.
Doau'a Kidney pills are tor taw -kldneya
only; they cure alck kidaeya -and
rid the blood of urlo polsoa. If
you suffer from any of tne abova -symptoms
you can use no batter
remedy.
Grants I'shr people rr rmnimnaJ '
Doan's Kidney Pile.
J. M. Jones ;N. Fifth St, Oraa
Pass, Ore., says: "I have aaasl
Doan.a Kidney Pills and am glad sa -state
that they have helped sbsj -greatly.
For some time I autenjaK
from symptoms of kidney irniiaaet
such aa an Irregularity of the ka-
ney secretions and pains through tha) -
small or my bark. The many
dies I tried, failed to give the
relief until at last I procured Doaarts
Kidney Pllla at Clemens' drug stare.
Th pains left, the kidney ascrettaaaa
became normal and my fenet aaaaj
greatly benefited. I gladly rr-n
mend a remedy of such merit mm -
Doan'a Kidney Pllla."
For sale by all drslers. Frtne
rent. Foster-Mllburn Co.. But9s-
lo, New York, sole agenta far thai
United Statea.
Remember Ue name Doaa'e
and take no other. 11-11 M
NEIL & GRIFFIN
Grocers
New Stock of Groceries
Everything Clean anC
Fresh
Canned Goods
Tea and Coffee
Staples
Flour
Fruits
310 SOUTH 6th ST.
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